NILIPPINE BILL PASSES SENATE Tie Measure Approved for Temporary Ooverameof of Islands. VOTE WAS 46 FOR AND 31 AQAINST.

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Debiic Seasu

Prt>xrtk» la lbs

Mr. MtU.rli. lor tkc Bill

k; Ike AUnorily Rejected

Hu Bets

lor Se»eo Loa* Weeks.

Washington. D. C. (Speeial).—The bill for the government of the Philippine Islands passed the Senate by a vote of 48 ayes and .to nays. Only three Republicans voted against the bill on final passage—Messrs. Hoar. Mason and Wellington Of the Democrats. Morgan voted against the bill, although

s favor, while Mr.

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

if Claims, r the bill.

o be appointed voted with the

be made a speech McLaunn, who is to the Court of C Republicans for tb

r All the amendments offe committee to perfect the bill

ed, while all the amendments of the op^^by NH‘TllfeV'.pt^si^Tlht'I^L pmos freedom in explicit terms, obtained

om in explicit terms, ol

: vote of Senator Hale in its favor, along with Messrs. Wellington. Hoar and Mason, but it. too. was lost, the majority against it being iy. The bill now goes

to the House

fhe essential differences between 'the bill which passed the Senate and the measure which the House will adopt are the provisions provided for the self-gov-ernment of the Filipinos and the legislation providing for the standard of money. The Senate bill is studiously vague. Stripped of its berbiage. the bill provides that “whenever the existing insurrection m the Philippine Islands shall have ceased, and a condition of general sus of the population of the islands. The Philippine Commission, on tlje completion of this census, shall then repon to the President whether or not all or certain of the Philippine Islands are capable, fit and teady for the establishment of a permanent, popular, representative government.' Meantime, the Philippine

; Commission may continue its present pol.

icy of establishing municipal and 1 ional governments as far -- c ~

munities "capable.

it pol.

mnicipal and provis-

[! DEFIANT NATIVES.

CaL Baldwin Sayi There Can Be Ne Peace

I’atB This Element Is Wiped Oat

Manila (By Cable).—Col. Frank D. Baldwin, of the Fourth United Stales Infantry, has telegraphed to Brig.-Gen. George W. Davis, in comnund of the | United States troops in the Island of Mindanao, that he does net expect to I element is wiped out. The natives pre-a-K ssvs

jyed by fire, which broke out half an ir after tke last race of the day. All horses were saved. The loss is

100.000.

Capt. K. G. Martens, of the transport luford. was found guilty of cruelty, profanity and neglect, and suspended. Third Officer K. Grauman was dismissed from the service. By a rear-end collision on the New ‘altx trolley road, about three rn: rest of Poughkeepsie, seven, persi •ere injured, none very seriously. The Yaqui Indians are reported to be again on the warpath. A number of haciendas have been raided and the occuints fled to avoid massacre. Five representatives of the railroads irtdicted in .Memphis. Term., for violating the Interstate Commerce law, gave bond to answer in court. The" remains of the late Gen. Henry Leavenworth were reinterred with imposing military- honors in the National Cemetery at Fort Leavenworth. Reflections of the volcanic eruptions in the West Indies were seen at Honolulu. Hawaiian Islands, in a red glare on the horiron.

Fcrefj*

A dispatch from Pretoria states that the sigrang of the peace agreement took place in the dining room of a residence occupied by the Boer generals adjoining

_ that of Lord Kitchener.

F y* ars - Poisell is a speedy amatepr. bicy- A German uncommissioned officer . H - Pac'd by ireewitx, he was train- named Beyer has been degraded and sening for a race on Wheatland avenue, teheed to t8 months' imprisonment for

f It was dark and neither bicycle had a ! lamp. . Powell, thinking he had

•tripped Trei—

jeopardy, ••which." the Colonel adds, “we 1- are in the highest sense under obliga-

I tions to protect."

. • "The defiant element." continues Col. Baldwin, "respect nothing but power and the sword. They will destroy humans fintil destroyed themselves." General Davis replied that to meet the 1 emergency in the ffay suggested by Col. t Baldwin would necessitate the capture P of every More fort which now admits b American soldiers as friends, and that j' inch action on the part of the Ameri-fc-^an forces is forbidden by existing or-

Rioting incidental to'the teamsters’ strike continued in Chicago. A score ol policemen and rioters were injured, and

some 50 arrests were made.

The Pennsylvania is_ negotiating with the Postal Telegraph Company, and it is thought that a contract will be made with that company after the expiration of the

ope with the Western Union.

Passengers arriving at Seattle by steamer from Cook Inlet tel! of the Redoubt volcano erupting smoke and flame,

bm no ashes reached the ship.

Disturbances, bm none of a serious nature, occurred at the scenes of the strike of coal miners in Pennsylvania. The incumbent board of directors of the Reading Railroad Company was

elected in Philadelphia. 1 Floods caused the loss of and heavy damage to propel

Illinois. I

ITie National Farmers’ Congress wiM meet at Macon. Ga. October Officers of the W. R. Jones window-

have uncovered a 1 Trust with union

raders to cripple their plant. E. Louis Smith, who had a f

rveral lives f at Joliet.

conspiracy of the Glass ' leaders to cripple their f E. Louis Smith, who I

bogus postal cards, was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary by Judge Kohl-

saat. in Chicago.

Several physicians declared before th< National Conference of Charities and

consumption

Carrie Nation, who is serving a ten* in Topeka (Kan.) jail for saloon-smash-ing. was pardoned by Governor Stanley T he Mexicans under General Torres had a battle with the Yaqui Indians al El Tanquc. near Herroosille. Loretta Scudder. 18 years old. whili under the excitement of a religious revival in a Methodist church at Brooklyn, N. Y.. died suddenly of heart failure in the parsonage of the church just aftei

one of the meetings.

The question of changes proposed in the covenant membership of the United Presbyterian Church was referred to a committee by the General Assembly, in

President Ja^ciS G. Schurman. of Cornell. drlivered an address before the Free

' rious Asi

Religious Association in Boston, in which he urged the granting of inde-

pendence to the Filipinos.

New York University 1

degree of master of letters M Gould. Miss Emily Ogi

Mrs. Henry Draper.

The members of the Rochambeau 1 sion placed a wreath on the gravt Newport. R. I., of Chevalier de Tar

confer the

_ Miss Helen iss Emily Ogden Butler and

Dra

the comn sels that

r de Tarney,

rr of the fleet of war v rcyed Rochambeau's ar

nveyed Rochambeai:

Newport, their landing place. ~ and and paddocl

The grand stat _ _ , Hawthorne race track. Chic ed by fire, which broki

CeCision Between Searchers. Lancaster. Pa.-'TSpecial).—One man is dead and another dying as the result of a bicycle collision which occurred Her Powi

about

rcewitx. Rimed to I

r — -ollided, both being thf w ... I kully to the street. Powell was carried i amconwou; to St Joseph. Hospital, j- near by. His skull was fractured and he died without having regained consciousI ness \ -

Acraaaai Fails MO Feet.

t •' Kingston, N. Y. (Special.)—Harry ps^-Hkks. an aeronaut, was killed at King*101, Point, a summer resort He had L-£been engaged to make daily b

rrrfieen engaged to make daily balloon astensions, and in the afternoon was i booked for his first exhibition. T

2.000 1 it by in

ihibhion. When

reached an altitude of Hicks commenced the of a parachute, cotn-

-■

descent h, ... _ . ing slowly to about 800 feet above the Hudson river. For some reason he lost his hold and fell, striking head first on a sand bar in the river. Hides was a nephew of Charles Kabritk, well known

r London. (By Cat8e).—Field Marshal j ~ Lord Wolseley unveiled a material tab-

let to Archibald Forbes, the war correspondent. who died March 30. 190a, in the crypt of St Paul's Cathedral, in the ce. among others, of the widow; sir Evclvn Wood and Commandhardson Clover, naval attache of lited States Embassy. Lord Wolseley paid a high tribute to the correspondent. who •erred through *0 many cam-

F ffaigns with himj

Jr Fsm.il North Cardtoa.

■ - ^Washington, D. C (Special.)—Tb* ag- ' F ricuhural resource* of North Carolina

teheed to 18 months' imprisonment driving a subordinate to suicide by brutal

treatment. ''v

The British Parliament will vote $500,000 to General Lord Kitchener, and King Edward will confer a new title upon him for hit work in conquering the Boets * The British government announced in Parliament that it was not prepared to remove the tax on grain from the budget. The British War Secretary states that the Boer prisoner* in South Africa and

elsewhere number 25.565.

The Canard Company has issued a circular to shareholders announcing negotiations which will effect the future position of tbe company. Whether the negotiations are with the Morgan : — 1 other svndkate is not stated.

PIMP STRIKE ON IN EARNEST Disagreement as to Number of Men

Who Went Out.

THE. STRUGGLE HAS JUST BEGUN, j

Tbs Uoeitected Fealara si tbe Day Was Thomas S. McKrow and his five-year-lb* Abacaet .1 VM.at._Wbe* tb« Naa- *“ “ - " J

Uaiaa M.o W.r. Takta la tb« Mian Tb*r. Wat No Troabk at Aay CollUry

bb< N* hostile DtnoBstrstlta.

ROCKAWAY BEACH SWEET BY FIRE Elmo Hotels a ad Several Other Balldlnr*

Eotlrely Destroyed.

New York (Special).—Max Kastcn. 32 years old. and Mrs. Lydia McKrow-. the same age. lost their lives in a which- swept away many building!

leach.

Wilkcsbarrr, Pa.. (Special).—The order ol the United Mine Workers of America calling out on strike all engineers. firemen and pumpmen employed at collieries where the eight-hour work day with present wages was not granted went irffo effect, and, as has been predicted. a majority of the men obeyed the

order.

Neither side can claim a victory at this time, because the struggle on this phase of the anthracite coal miners’ strike has just opened.

Although

Ithough a majority of the

work, the companies, generally speak!

- - . rin «'

:eping their pumps in op-

eration. The operators feel that at present they have the advantage, but they are not so sanguine of the future. The exact number of men who quit cannot be obtained. Each side refuses to make public their figures, but gave out information that roughly estimates the number of men affected. Tljese estimates

art far apart.

• National President Mitchell, of the miners' union, gave out a statement in which he says: ■'Reports recei 1 tant mining col where the eightconceded. fully 80 per cent, of the firemen. pumpmen and engineers have ceased work. The number will be materially increased daily. In some sections mine foremen have positively declined to perform the work of engineers, firemen and pumpmen. In some places A foremen have manned the pumps, and (clerks have also been required to perform this labor.''

Reports received from every import mining commnnity indicate that e the eight-hour day has not been eded. fully 80 per cent, of the

Morris Kastra, 7;, were injur

ken to a hospital in Long Island City. Several hours Uter young McKrow died, and the father was reported to be dying. The fire started in the frame dwelling occupied by the Kastcns. In a short time it spread to an unoccupied brick building, and the* in succession leveled the following structures; Karlen's Hotel, the Colonnade Hotel, the Casino, Walters' Hotel, Sagamore Hotel, Burns' Hotel, Seaside Avenue Museum, the Annex Hotel, one-story frame hotel, unoccupied; Peterson's Hotel, the Mousette Hotel. Other structures damaged were Harry Genette's store. Herr Bros.’ store, the Morrison stables and Brennan's Hotel. The buildings for the most part were of the frame type usual at the seaside resorts, and the loss is estimated at about $120,000. After the fire had been controlled the body of a man was found burned to a crisp in one of the building*. He is supposed to have been a candymaker. A number of persons received slight bums. The fire appears to have started in the kitchen-fcf Kasten's Hotel, probably from the explosion of a gasoline stove or from a pot of candy boiling

over.

Qsakts Nertk a*4 Saalk. Greenville. S. C (Special).—A distinct earthquake shock was felt here. The tremor was accompanied by a low rumbling sound, continued several sec-

onds.

East Hampton, Conn. (Special).— Many residents in the southern part of this town fell what they believe were earthquake shocks. The disturbance occurred at 9.50 o'clock, awakening sleeping person*, jarring buildings and rattling dishes. It lasted about 30 seconds.

PEACE TERMS ARE SIGNED AND Iff BOER WAR ENDED After a Great/and Hef^ic Struggle for Independence Against Overwhelming Odds the Brave Boers Surrender to Great Britain^It Is Impossible, Exclaims Kruger.

ruption of rn Alaska

VOLCANIC ACTION OF MT. BLACKBURN A Supposed Harmless Mountain in Alaska

Belched Ashes and Smoke.

PHENOMENON OVER IN TEN MINUTES A Close of Ashes ss4 Smoke Shot Oat lito tho Air Several Hta4r*4 Feet, sad Then There Setmetf to Row From the Opcsiof la the Top a Stream of Dirty Stall Mixed

With Largo a ad Small Boulder*.

Seattle, Wash.. (Special).—Word ha*

been received here that an Mount Blackburn, Southeastern

occurred on April 11.

A special to the Times from Skagway under date of May 28, says: "Accounts of a thrilling nature regarding the volcanic action uf a supposed harmless mountain itf Alaska were brought to this city by J. C. McFarland Seven weeks ago a slight earthquake shock was felt in all part* of Alaska, and until now the phenomenon remained un-

explained.

"Mr. McFarland, who is a geologist was within a few miles of .Mount Black-

burn. He said;

“‘On April 11. about 7.30 A. M.. I was packing my cooking utensils, when the air about me suddenly became oppressive w-ith a distinct and uncommon silence In my wanderings through different w-ild* I had become used to many strange freaks of nature, but this one appalled me. I was in a rough, mountainous country, about to miles from the base ol Mousit Blackburn, in Southeastern Alas-

from the starting point of the

icier, which, as it rears its face on the icific ocean, is called Muir Glacier.

“ 'Suddenly the earth beni

hook. A Ianied the

e earth beneath my feel

v rumbling sound making. I glanc<

panted the quaking. I glanced up a‘ Mount Blackburn. It seemed as if tht peak had suddenly opened. A cloud ol ashes and smoke shot out into the ail eral hundred feet. Then there seemec flow from the opening in the top s stream of dirty stuff mixed with largi and small bpulders. This continued only for about 10 minutes, then ceased as suddenly as it had begun. The air cleared and nature seemed again to wear hei

cheery smile.

" 'It was three days, after many perilous attempts, before I succeeded in reaching the base of the •mountain. Then I discovered that the country for miles around had been affected. The small undergrowth of the trees had been enThis stuff which

ritain and

.frica-

The war between Great Briti

the two republics in South Africa—the Transvaal and the Orange Free Stat*— has ended in the triumph of Britafi arms. For over two years and a half t»e Brave Boers made a splendid fight again* the second greatest power in the world Throughout the long and unequal stniglie the strategic ability of their generals ind the bravery and endurance of the Boer soldiers have excited the admiration

Df the world.

Acaording to a dispatch from General Lord* Kitchener, commander of the Britbh forces, to the British War Office, rein London at 1 o’clock Sunday

rlock Sunt

. containing l— •erms of surrender was signed at 10.30 3'clock Saturday- night at Pretoria by Ul the Boer representatives and Lord Milner, the British high commissioner, tnd General Kitchener. When Paul Kruger, the former president of the Transvaal Republic, was informed at LTrecht. Holland, that peace Nad been declared, the old man ex-

:laimed:

-'f God!

"My God! It is impossible!"

It is not likely that be and his entourtgc will be permitted to return to South-

Africa for some time.

King Eduard has issued a message his people expressing tht hope that pea

e of the Prussian Diet in favor of great

lial furnished ' iriff committee

iter the

Reichstag.

Troops fired upon a mob of strikers in Lemberg. Galicia, wounding 40 or more, several of whom died .of their injuries. Jesuit priests at Tientsin report that the rebellion in the southern part of Chili province. China, is spreading. Van Dusrn. an American jockey, was suspended for alleged unfair riding in

Vienna.

A large number of arrests have been made in Rnssia in connection with a reported plot to assassinate President Loubet of France during his recent visit to

the Czar.

Acting President Steyn. of the Transvaal, according to a dispatch from Pretoria, is suffering from paralysis and will I take no further pan in the peace cbn-

I ference.

, The Union Pacific April gross in-

a bulletin just istned from rr ”' e l,* 32 ',f 36 , ; J?** incT e i “«> $136^142.

s Office, The farms in tbe 100 numbered 224.637. and had

1 value of 5194-655.9®. Buildings were

* 2.7002^0. Tbe value of farm

tachincry was joo/a.j. These.

The International Paper Company has

nd machinery was 50072.- declared the regular quarterly dividend md of livestock $30^34/193 These of i'/, per cent, on the preferred stock,

f to the value of the farm* and payable July 1.

Idrags. gives the total value of farm The Rubber Goods Manufacturing jxrtv in. the State as $23^834^93 , Company ha* declared the regular quarlately onr-fourth of the faro* ter i y dividend of t*4 per cent, on prefer-

ted b> negro farmers. ^ rttJ jwyaUe J nr.e 16.

, P< be >1 f irST 'th hOI>C ,hat ‘ Pe3C f prosperity in his new dominions and 'rusting that the feeling engendered by •he war will give w;ay to a general cooperation of his subjects for the welfare

>f the common country.

Following is a chronological record of

he most important events of the war: War began October It, 1899.

The peace conference opened April 17,

1902.

Mav ji. 1902. terms of the surrender of i ihe Boers were signed by Lord Milner, Lord Kitchener and the Boer representa-

tive*.

The cost of the war to Great Britain has been estimated to be . in round numbers. 51,200,000,000. If this is correct, it lias cost nearly one-third as much as the Ament an Civil War. Over 22.000 British soldiers have been kiiled. The Boers are estimated by the British to have lost nearly 192100 men. The number of British soldiers in South Africa is nearly a quarter of a million. Sixe of the. Boer army, as cstimati by the Bririfh. was 10.000. The •'TCar has recently been costii Great Britain $8982)00 per day—■ 5330,8502>‘ ~

_ . rgan march on Pretoria; June 5, he entered the capital. October 15, siege of Mafeking was iised. May 28, annexation of Orange Free State announced. October a6. 1900. proclamation of the annexation of the Transvaal December 18, 1899, General Bullcr was succeeded by Lord Roberts as com-mander-in-chief. In the latter part of next year he returned to England and was appointed Commander of the First Army Corps. Because of an intemperate speech he was relieved of this command October 22, 1901. January, 1901, De Wet invaded Cape Colony. March lured b Terns of Peace. The terms of peace in South Africa ligned by tbe Boers and the representaves of Great Britain in brief are: That the bnrghers surrender arms and rlcnowledge British sovereignty. - That burghers outside the limits m the ransvaal and Orange River Colony and lose who are prisoners of war. will, on ec la ring allegiance, be brought back and ot deprived of personal liberty or prop-

«y-

The Dutch language will be taught in ic public schools and will be allowed

1 the courts of law.

Civil government in the Transvaal and >rangc River Colony and, as soon as ircunistanccs permit, representative initutions leading up to self-government.

LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Ciaal Bill Is Next. The Isthmian Canal bill is now the unfinished btuiness before the Senate A wide difference of opinion exin« among Senators as to what the result will lie. Many seem to agree that a measure providing for the construction of a canal will Ik- passed, but there alsz seems to be an almost hopeless divirioa on the question of rotitc. and the outlook for completed legislation is not promising. Quite a large numlicr of Senators be lieve the Spooner amendment or substitute will h* adopted. This provides that the (-resident shall be empowered to »<. lect the Panama route in case a valid title to the property can Ik secured. Tho the Panama advocates assert, can be done without difficulty. There arc many predictions that it is not within the range of probability that the Nicaragua route will be keltcted.

Aabitsadsr Is UalUd Ststes. Ihe Hon. Michael Hem

. nited States. Lord Paunccfc

Mr Hei

try Herbert, to the Brit

'an*, will probably hr Ambassador to the succession to the laic

Mr. Herbert's appointment will probably not be announced until the remain* of Lord Pauncefote arrive in England Tht only question in regard to Mr. Herbert's selection is the approval of King His Xfajesty is taking a keen personal interest in the matter of Lord Pauncefote'* successor, but he will not be asked officially to confirm or disapprove the candidate of the Foreign Office until the period of time during which the Govern mem pays respect to the Isle Lord Pauncefote has elapsed. Rsescvelt'i Trigs Nsxt FsU. President Roosevelt has undertaken to make two trips through the Western country next fall. One will be in the Southwest and the other in' the NorthThey will be made in redemptioi

r less specifically n last winter. Aboul

• Mr. Rt

promises more or less specifically mad> by the President last winter. About tht last of September Mr. Roosevelt will to Springfield, III, and to Detroit, Mit stopping on the way at some other points not yet selected. In the latter part of October hc_ will go as far into

: Southwes!

Mich"

He lias been strongly urged to go on a bear hunt in Mississippi as the guest of the Governor of the State, and it is pos-

ir he r by.

Governor of the State, and it sible he will accept the invitation, ft will visit New Orleans, which is nea

on this trip.

.nd «w“h,rr j tr

n the top of the

lop of the mountain was but seemed to consist

HORSES KILL TIGER.

Escapist Fro* Its Den the Wild Beast Ea-

ters a Horse Car.

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Special).—A two-year-old Indian tiger was killed in a fight with horses on a circus train

Gpahen to Pough-

The tiger, which had been recei ported, escaped from its wag while the train was in moti crawled over the tops of four and entered a car comaining

draught horses.

A fierce battle enst stricken horses plunging the savage intruder.

When the train reached here the tiger was found dead and mangled under the hoofs of one of the horses. Six of the horses were badly scratched and bitten.

FARMER NAILED TO A TREE

Atrodoas Cruelly of Two Robbers-HU Side*

ntiy imon den on. It ; Thirty

ucd. the panic-

id kicking at

_ . Ji-govemntem. .

question of franchise not to be de- th

itil after introduction of self-

Trained

ovemmenL

The Boers' landed property not to be

xed for the war.

Tbe British right to punish sobjects of ape Colony and Natal who have fought jainst Great Britain by disfranchitc-

r imprisonment.

itors of the laws of war to be tried

lial.

. 2. 1899. biegc of Ladysmith began and lasted 117 days. December 1. 1899, battle of Magers- . fontein; Methuen defeated; General Wauchope killed. December -15. 1899, battle of Colenso; ^

Buller defeated.

January- 6. 1900. Boer attack o

smith defeated.

iruary 15, 1900. Kimberley relieved, i

27^Cro*je sc

icnt or imprisonment.

Violators p court-m

Withdrawal soon at possible of the Iritish troops. Great Britain to expend $15,000,000^11 locking the farms and restoring the s of the Boer*. Provision is also for loans to farmers, free of interfor two years. 3 per cent, interest to d after that period. ““ by license will be granted 1 to procure rifles for prole paramount feature of the Boer tnder is. of course, tbe fact that t Britain now has. undisputed con4 of South Africa. The question of f-govemment by the Boers is only jkomise to be carried out sometime in

Febr Febt

sat ol peace cam feral satisfaction throughout Europe j the_United States, not on'account of

..ot on eat Britain's triumph, but ‘s bloodshed in South Africa es the hdpe that a trade rcrit

fflTJS

Family Killed or Maimed by 1

Greenville. Pa!. (Special).—An Erie train at a crossing near Sugar Grove, six miles east of this place, struck a carriage in which a number of relativi* were riding. The accident almost blotteJ out one family and maimed for life every member of another. Ethel McClure, aged .7 years, and Bettie McClure, aged 12, were killed- The injfired were; Mrs. Charles McGure. fatally hurt; John W. Owens, aged 50, arm broken: Mrs. John Owens, ear almost severed, cheek torn open, and Mary Owen*, aged 12, bruited

ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEWS. !A bronxe bust of McKinley erected

by the letter-carrier* and postal employesrin the Philadelphia poctoffice seas

A menu _____ of the Confederacy to Confederate diers was dedicated in Kansas City. . The safe of the treasurer of Hardin county. Texas, was looted by burglars. Machinent of friendly natives, com-

d by a French lieutenant, had a battle with Tuafegs in the Sahara and

roti'.cd them.

Huntsville. Ala.. (Special).—Tom Harless, a farmer living near Berkeley, was assaulted and ribbed by two men and then nailed to a tree. He was rescued alive, but his hands were badly torn and lie will not be able to work for severil months. Harless had been plowing and was eating his dinner at a spring, when he was confronted by two strangt men with pistols, who robbed him oi $4 then Lacked him against a tree. The e folds of flesh on each side were ed out and nailed to the tree, and

Ted above his head In this condition itil dark, when he

pulled out his hands t

was rescued by a f;

To Make Malleable Class. Mtincic, Ind. (Special).—“I claim to have discovered the secret of manufacturing malleable glass, the kmg-lost art of the ancients, and. though I have not succeeded in obtaining a g]ats that is absolutely malleable—that is, Wmmerable and unbreakable—I am now manufacturing semi-malleable ware, and soon will be able to put on tbe market a kind of glgss that will be as malleable as any of the metals," was the statement made by Louis Kauffeld. Kauffeld is the head of a lamp-chimney factory. He is turning ait a few chimneys of his septi-malleiblt glass, but says he is not yet ready to put them on the market in any considerable lahtity. Taxaas Fight WHfc BargUra. Beaumont, Texas (Special).—The safe of the treasurer of Hardin county, at Kountxe, 20 miles north of this city, was blown open by burglars and all the county money stolen. The burglars and a posse had a fight at Silsbee. to miles east, at daylight. One burglar wa* wounded, but all escaped into a big , thicket. Thes" - bloodhounds, I early morning train.

Staadiag Aray Reduced.

direction of the President. Sccrehas issued a general order dr-

the permanent id changing tbe

ratio of its make-up. as provided in the general order issued last May to carry out_the Army Rcorganixation law. Under the general order of last May the total strength of the Army was fixed at 77.287 men. The order just issued reduces this figure to 66497, a reduction

of 10.790.

In the cavalry branch of the sen-ice the old order specified 12 troops of 85 men each to a regiment; the new order establishes 12 troops of 75 men each. This will decrease the total strength of the 15 cavalry regiments from 15,840 to

14 AMO.

Pocaautk Man Service.

lyne has called

Postmaster-General Payne

for bid*, to be opened here on July 12 next, for the contracts for installing the pneumatic tnbe inail sen-ice in Boston.

leumatic tube mail service in Boston, ew York, Brooklyn. Philadelphia, 'ashinglon, Chicago and St. Louis. The bids are to cover either all or parts of the sen-ice planned in cadi city. The ultimate limit of annual expenditure in all the cities of the couutry for this purpose, prior to July 1. 1904. as allowed by Congress, is $800,000, and each city is limited to an annual expend- : __ . _ rxcee< j ^ ^ cent _ 0 ( t |, e

revenues for the preceding Deficit ia Postal Foods Snail

The revenues of the Postoffice Department for the current fiscal year will nearly equal the expenditures, notwfth--tanding the comparatively large amount expended for rural free delivery. Third Assistant Postmaster-General Madden estimates that the total revenue will be

— — st'oT $10214'

gross a

year.

leficit

which is regarded as anil of the great prosperity

rates of'postage

1,678,000. an i r 1901. The d

est since the moder

were adopted, w •ither indicatiot sf the nation.

' Tkc Kaiser MTU WcIcmk The*. Mr. V?ra Hclleben. the German Ambassador, called at the State Department, by direction of his Government, to infonn Secretary Hay that Emperor William expected that Gens. It C Corbin, S. B. M. Young and Leonid Wood would visit Germany next fall to witness the army maneuvers, and that he would to them 4 most cordial welcome

follows m Am-

1,000.000.000 more postage

sumps of all kinds have been issued since July t last to the postoffices of the

United State* than were issued during the entire past fiscal year. The tottl issue during the present fiscal year up this morning is 4.026.514,645 stamps, linst 3.174.74K830 for the entire fiscal

iding June 31 last.

Created la Nartk Carol!a*. ibeth City. N. C. (Special).-

c building in l!

Elizabeth

Godfrey brick

city war

destroyed by,fire and two men perished

by lb, Dtoghtcra ^ •'J* *" W K_ c.m, Dm

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Britain E-,presses GraUtade. Mr. Raikes. rttarge of the British Embassy. called upon Secretary Hay at the State Department and , formally expressed the high sense of appreciation of the British Government at the unusual ' of .the late

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C*flu! News i* OearraL By a party vote the House Miliurv Affairs Committee decided to Ublc the resolution asking for information concerning expenditures in Cuba. By a vote of 7 to 4 the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce agreed to consider and report the Nelson bill for a department of commerce. The French government bestowed the decoration of the Legion of Honor upon the members of the commission appointed by the President to receive the Soch-