TWO DAZZLING PAGEANTS

ClMC Ike CeralvaJ Cclcbretloa* al New Orieaae.

MISS MINQE WAS CI{OWNED QUEEN. Um» Hater* Mist Myrtle Su.tler-Tw. Orttl Betts Eatt the Srtsos ol Qayrty— State TV If Arrtvsl Miss Alice Bsosevelt sad Miss EAHk Kosl Here Hsd Every Hout •I TVIr Tiac TsVs Da •Uk SscUl Allslrs.

Orleans carnival closed In a blaze of jlorv. In point of attendance of strsnSets it has been the must successful ever held, while the pageants have been on a scale ot great artistic splendor. All the avenues traversed by the pa-

CTowded with s|>ectator*. : usual number of promj:--iskers and good order gener-

ailed.

geant were W

There was the usual number of f coous maskers and good order

ally prevailed.

Rex appeared before noon, riding in a superb chariot at the head of the pageant. The subject he chose for illustration was •Fetes and Feasts." and the idea was presented in 33 floats. Mythology. Biblical lore and ancient literature furnished material for the designs. The costumes were rich and ar-

tistic.

The parade was by the Mystic Krcwe of Comus. Its title was "A Leaf From the Mahabharata.' and it illustrated in jo superb floats the great epic poem at The culminating society event of the season was the ball of Comus at the French Opera Honse. The curtain rose upon a picturesque tableau revealing Comus on a throne of light and the masked Krcwe grouped on r **-' ^was present and was the object of

special attention.

THE UTEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.

ire at the winter quarters of the num & Bailey_ eireprf; at Bridge-

port. Ct . caused the destruction of a number of cars belonging to the circus. Loss $100,000. on which there is

an insurance of Sjj.ooo. A St. I-ouis judge disfnissed

tachmcnt suit against Ryan & C

investment company, on the

•■i

V,

o%

.tment company, on the plea that nch companies are gambling

:h companies all investors

_ _) atCo.. turf

that con-

t the

MR. C0RTELY01TS FIGURES

Scheme for the Orfioiiatioa of the New Department Laid Before Coogrctt.

A SAURY ACCOUNT OF S6M.6M.

Henry Young, accused of killing J. H. Williamson in a barroom at Ham-

C, Saturda;

tured at V police the:

war,'

Saturday night, was cap»nroc. N\ C.. by the chief of ;. who will receive $400 re-

Odinances were introduced in the ipe May City Council providing for cat improvements to be made by the ittsburg syndicate which has bought

mr squares miles of beach.

Three firms holding printing contracts with the State of Washington have charged Louis Levy, a member of the legislature, with soliciting money

from thei

In the trial of Al

of Johanna Sullivan, the aget • lade a sensational

; for the murIhe aged sister

Joseph Sibaracc. a negro. 27 years of age, whosays that he is the only survivor of the St. Pierre volcanic catastrophe,

landed in New York.

tical leader, of New York city, died suddenly of heart disease. He was 69 years

of age.

The works of the Schultze plant of t American Bridge Company, at McKl Rocks, near Pittsburg, was destroy!

>ved by

^Admiral and Mrs. Schley and Gen. Joseph Wheeler and the Misses Whccl-

'tr were among the guests.

Rex held his ball in Washington Artillery Hall, temporarily converted in-

to a carnival palace. Thei

crush

ht and The convention of the department of e «1 er superintendents of the National Educa-Llf-ln i *' on »l Association began at Cincinnati • - -pf,,. Misses Smith have offered to do-

' land, near Scottsboro, s of the Peabody

proposed

,1 palace. There was a great of subjects of the King. Miss soil M inge was chosen queen of ;—1 *1 -i—v.* -iety girls

Ingersoll Mmge was chosen c the carnival, and eight socit_. ..

serves! as her attendants. After midnight there was an exchange of visits between Comus and Rex and their

SIX PERISH IN RAILWAY WRECK.

1 nc .susses onmn innate 430 acres of land. Ala., to the trustees ■ Fnpd, provided the pr

Fttpd, provided tl . .

college is located near Scottsboro.

Supreme Court in Philadelphia a mandamus directing the Pittsand Eastern Railroad to furnish to C D. Lorraine, a soft-coal opera-

Special

suit of a head-on collision between westbound passenger train and an east-

Rev. Ferdinand S. Pudgarski. pastor of the Independent Catholic Church, was arrested on the charge of assaulting the

president. Majich MaturzeSki.

The Kosmos liner Totmes arrived at San Francisco from Hamburg and reported that 18 vessels were lost in the

Bay of Biscay during the storm.

Arthur L Bishop, convicted of manslaughter for the killing of Thomas Wilson at Charlotte. N. C.. was sentenced to

five years in the penitentiary-

years in the peniten

The Alton and Kam

struck a carriage ing two of the oc

id passenger train and _ __

tramps were burned

trainmen were more or lc«s seriously j Clarinda.

Braceville, HL, kill-

occupants and fatally in-

or lc«s seriously Clarinda. la.

be iderui

u.U&teS &£% £%£ lish a school tor the training of librar-

«*na-

ified. It is said that two tramps ,0

the freight train as it passed ;

hurt

The badly charred bodies of two tramps were found in the aches of one lans

, William J. Reinhard, of Paterson. J

zg: ^ i - ‘a

Thinks ScVca MUBms A boot the Rlihl San to Spesd for ■ Balldiai. EictasWc ol tho She. ■ad Wuts a HaD ta It Saltahlo for Holdloi of Coatresaet—12 Braachos al the Pabllc Service Tnaslerred lo New Department.

Washini

- (Special).-A

the organization of the new of commerce and labor ha* been laid before Congress by Secretary Coctelyou. in the estimates transmitted to that body through the secretary of the

treasury.

In addition to the twelve branches of the public service transferred to the new department from other departments which have been appropriated for, Secretary Cortclyou asks for appropriations for salaries aggregating $669,690. The salaries cover the secretary's office, the Bureaus of corporations and manufactures and subordinate divisions, as fol-

lows :

Secretary's office, twenty salaries. $38.MO; under the chief clerk, seventy-one salaries, $61.900; appointment division, twenty salaries, $26,160; division of nails and files, twenty-one salaries, $Ji.too; division of sutionery. nine salaries, $12.360; library, seven salaries. $8340; afficc of solicitor, eleven smlarie<fci8,ioo: bureau of coiporations, one hundred and sixteen salaries, $ 150.000 for compensation of special examiners in the field, $296,960; bureau of manufactures, twenty-one salaries, $30,980; in connec tk>n with the new duties imposed on tht

bureau of statistics, $5570-

Secretapr Cortelyou says in his letter that provision should lie made for the payment of salaries for the remainder of the current fiscal year for such officers and employees as qualify before July' 1, ■903. but be says that the bureaus of corporations and manufactures probably will not be perfected until some * : —

during the next fiscal

c July

>me time > that he

year, so that he

concludes that $669,690 will be sufficient for the remainder of this year and the

next year.

In addition I mates of $75«

coming!

ing e

sries are esti-

rent, $150,000 for 50.000 for traveliiners. $600,000 for

ling $250400

the

’5400 for

ngent expenses. $1;

expenses of examin.. , T --- printing and binding (including

(or the census office).

In his recommendation for a building for his department. Secretary Conelyou urges that the future growth of the department be considered. He says it should be so planned in advance as to be : - t —— in convenience or beauty to

— — rcial and

urges that 6

not interior in com:_hc structures which

inancial houses at the

American trade arc erecting transaction of their daily busin states it should have at least

suitable for confi

rnational

nfercnces or cong - national, and dwi

r *,2 « Cornell Univers....

‘•-S, p^eose, train «. «=., fX ,n ' Man, ot the pae.enper. aere .chool Tu . o luIljl]j „„ kinrf ’.prSSaufSTn.S.iorS ^ !

■^2 “S™”? '^'"eleth. .err I ^ ft" caught like rats in a trap w-ithin their : mv rfw ,j| in „ ''

international or nal

ihe inadequacy of the present department buildings. He asks for $7400.000 for the building .exclusive of the site.

He

hall

re„.r

depai

MUST WAIT THE LIMIT.

■adslma-diale Piymrat of Vciczacla— Bowea Refuses.

. . » in a trap

car. which immediately caught being locked in, were unable ti

antL dwe ' lin *-

release ,

. Pa.

n of Wiliam Adams, of . perished in the burn-

: Washington. D. C (Special).Gcnnan government through its -esent alive here, Baron Spec

»,S',

relief

sisted mostly of cuts and bruises and are , Ihe book publishers of Germany will not considered serious. Alhbut two of ! not participate in the Sl Ijiuis Exposithe cars of the passenger train were de- ! tion because of the present copyright

of the passenger train were dc-

royed by a fire, which probably started 1 ^o»ty 1 im the overturning and explosion of j States. in the express and mail cars. Isadc

oil lamps

Isadora Duncan, the California dancer,

lied with $250,000 by sub-

has been supplici . scription from :

Chinese laportkic Ansa

Washington, D. C (SpeciM).—Repre-

sentations hast been made to the State j The Earl of Dunraven. chairman ol Department by the Russian Ambassador. * he lrish Landlords and Tenants' Con Com. Oumi, "-7 !'"™"- ”!■' l»™ “

seriousness of 1

i, regarding the increasing ^kS^ouL govi the situation in China, in ; bill, which, if drai hope that the United States will co- the terms of the r operate with the other powers to stop final settlement. :n—1 ; — of arms, which | The America!

eminent's Irish land —‘ ~ the liner ~ r

will insui

the illegal importation has reached an alarmit

vity. Similar representations made through the Russian repri

1 Belgium. Germany and The Chinese official’

Similar reprcsenutions have been ; ington's Birthday with dinners and re-

fcX '

lirthday wit

ceptions. The Duke the London dinni — R o0

. cials declare 1 to Presid

they are powerless to stop the practice. : United Btates and the Russian Government, in the m- | dy. in Paris, has

lerest of peace, ha* •*- ' •

the attention of the

dinners and

c of Devonshire at paid a high tribute

'* I dy. i

o into chari

1 belonged

rvelt

. )nsul General GowParis, has begun an investigat

' at valuable furs

rges that valuable furs wb to the late Mrs. Charles L. changed after her death for

tides.

Eanbqaakes UghH On sol inferior articles.

Honolulu (By Cable).—The nasal The President of the Canadian Pa- ^ soum b,. ‘£

} San Francisco from Ma- | der Dempster Company for the

on her way to aan franosco from Ma- j der Dempster Company for the pronila by way of Guam. Captain Schroe- 1 posed transatlantic service of the Ca-

MonadnocL.

VXifES a,, currence of a severe ^‘t four_ofj»er crew and hay-

United States 1

He reports the occurrence of a sevet and prolonged series of earthquake which have raised the level of the k land some six inches. The shocks were

accouqiamed by lo *

ramblings.

loud subterranean

Posts me* Safe Dynamite*. Kan. (Special).—Burg

rial).—Burglai

btaw Open the safe at the Ea*t Atchisc postoffice with dynamite. The exple set fire to the building, which, with

her crew and ing four more disabled in the teriffic

gales she encountered.

The Prussian statistical office reports that there are 70,829 insane putii ‘

the 279 asylums of Prussia.

Gen. Sir Harry Maclean, commandei of the bodyguard of the Sultan of Mo-

rocco. says the power of '

Ues she encountered.

The Prussian statistic m r Maclean, commandei periff permitting a prisoner

roc__. _

I Bn Hamara, who is repo;

1 1. is e< - -

«io” j The court in Hamilton, Ont. cen-

set fire adjoinii

mail matter

strojed. No money was secured

M Perish From Fte.

New York (Special).—Exploding anrmonu lam— ——-* • *-

engine room

Comp*

06 all esc

turc. Over 100 persons were d: to the from windows of the five-i

sel.

m ', , V ca ^‘ cd ^ fire in ,hc ! It""* a *hsde stronger. . 1 Empire State Dairy New York banks have piny * building in Brooklyn, cul 10 the Subtreasnry $2u«

pe from the burning struc- j Al

01 tnc nve-story ]

* «»••« wcp» them from jump- ;

ing until the firemen, arrived and took i

o the

building. Police kejx ing until the firemen, ar:

al! down in safety by ladders. In-! say * tense excitment prevailed during the j n.’ad.

rescues. Many women fainted. Three j A higher price for cojpper m aUrms were turned in to bring enough ' helped boost die quotation for

ladder* 10 rbe rescue. 1 sbare*.

Money ii tightening

' le stronger.

t banks have lost this week Subtreasnry $2,436400.

rira sold $390400.000 more nod* abroad last year than it bought The Bank ol France nytes of circulation decreased $7.50a000 for the week. The chairman of Wisconsin Central Grand Trunk will not bny his

rg.

Bowen for the immediate

th: £5500 which it

tocol signed on February

I within

: proti ould b<

payment of stipulated in

ihould be paid 1

thin 30 days inary to the

linst Venezuelan

0 send the quei

preferential treatment of the block-

ports rstion

the blockade agai

and the agreci of preferential

*ding nations to The Hague for deter-

mination.

Bowt

rede to the requi on Sternberg thi

promptly declined to acquest. but informed Bar-

ernberg that, as provided in the protocol, the money would be paid to the German representative at Caracas 30 days from February 13, which would

goverai

from tl ind; tl and tl theur.

iraent in making the request is iscloscd here, nor is Mr. Bowen of it. The matter, however, has — “ '—-i of

the iela.

had calls

some significance, perhaps, ii the fact that the ships taken by Germans during the blockade have

i'et_ been returned to Ver urmg the day Mr. Boi

the Fiend

WITH THE NATIONAL LAWMAKERS.

Is crease of Thre: MBlIost.

The Senate committee on appronria:>ns concluded its consideration of the indry civil appropriation bill. The

committee recommended inci

appropriations made by sed the House amountin

recc riations made

passed the 701, bringii _

Among thc'firi are $1,175,100 1 and fog signals; cx-Queen Liliuol 000 for building

mem.

The committee struck out the House

-ntion of $500400 for the

■creases over the bill as it

r House amounting to $3479--ing the total up to $83,279,650. thcq>rincipal items of increase

'or lighthouse, beacons $200,000 for payment to iuokalani of Hawaii; $250.of agricultural depart-

exten.50400

construction of an office building

the members of the House of Representatives, together with the provisions

completion of ’.hese works

appro prist

!£"

for

. ..s at a ^Ca(^|>l

the completion of these woi total cost of $2.500400 for the

and $3,100400 for the office building,

dusive of the site.

The Senate committee on finance authorized Senator Aldrich to report to the Senate an amendment to the sundry civil ■ropriation bill providing for the appnation of $100,coo to carry into

effect the recommendations of the President for an international commission to consider the relationship of the "silver using countries to the gold standard

countries.

Carrtaty l.r Pkllipptats.

The House Committee on Insular Affairs. by a strict party vote, authorired a favorable report on the Philippine currency bill as it passed the Senate, but

as it passed the Senat .

recommend that it be amended by strikut the Senate provision for an in-

ing o tema:

mg at the ei "Provide!

Mid islands existing at the time of the | tire (ami , jf attempt is made to making of Mid contracts unless other- ; iutnmon f, cljx thil wa they have

wise expressly provided by contract : obtained food

Representative Sulloway introduced a ordered her to get breakfast, and chatbin reciting "that in the administration j « cd /reeljr while she was cooking the

TRYING TRACY TACTICS

Farmers ia Missouri.

NED JERSEY STATE NEWSu

SHERIFFS' POSSES IN UY’ELY CHASE

Latest Happening! Gleaned From All Over the Stkfe.

Two Mea Who Robbed ■ Bisk at L'aioo. Mo.. Tbrcateae* to Marder Faratm' Wives aad ChUdrea Uakss They Give Them FoodOffleers Locate Tbeat at Rlchvkw, but they

Get Away.

While at work in a ‘awmill at Dtlaware Station, four miles above Belvidcre. K. L. Haye. had his lei’ leg abo*"* • a c,rct, -? r ,, * w * nd cu:

St. Louis. Mo.

(Special).-

Rudolph and Frank Lewis

William

_ the Union. Mo., bank robbers, who were located in a cabin, near Richvicw, 111., have again escaped, and posses of citizens in addition to that of Sheriff Howe are being formed to pursue and capture them if possible. The entire commu-

nity is in arms.

According to reports from communities- through which the robbers have passed they have adopted Tracy tactic*. intimidating farmers and ihreaten•ng*to kill pursuers. The two men converse only with women and children. frohi whom all the details concerning them have been learned, except the general description given by a hunter who encountered them in the

woods Friday.

They approach a farmhouse and. standing some distance away, call loudly until someone makes his appearani " they keep on talkii

broken machinery when some one the mill started the carriage, ai Hayes wa» drawn to the rapidly revoj ing saw. His life was saved by throi 11'“. backward whni he reahzi

off the

C a circular si ‘ knee. Haye*

was repairing

r

that

by throwlie realized

he could not Ret off the carnage in time to escape injury. Hayes was taken to Easton and is in the hos-

pital at that place.

J°bn Daw-..in. nineteen year* old, lost a hand by the accidental diicharge of his gun. He was attending to his muskrat traps and whin he iiad reset them he reached for his gun. the muz- , r J e pointing toward him. As he drew the gun toward him the weapon was discharged, tearing away all the flesh from one of his hands, which physi-

cians amputated ai the wrist.

\\ ilfiatn H. Allen, formerly an instructor in the University of Pennsylvania. has resigned as secretary and general manager of ihe New Jersey Conference of Charities and Co».-cc-lions, to accept the secretaryship of the

If it is a man, they keep on talking to him until he comes up closer, and then they throw their rifles do* him and order him to leave the |

Df.

of Princeton Theological Semin-

bS'I'SS 13:'

New Jersey guardsmen will get •bout 4600 of the new Krag-Jorgeiisen rifle- to_l>e apportioned among^thc dif-

I Govern-"

•.cut, under the Dick bill. Quarterlaster General Donnelly has been ad-

ised that these rifles will shortly be

Wa disa

during the performance of military duty within the meaning of the pension laws.

, pension lor any disability contracted by him during any and all enlistments recognized by the

valio, provided bis

War Department as valid, provided his disability or disabilities were contracted during the performance of military duty within the meaning of the pension larany ruling or decision of the Secret!

of the Interior to the ■

standing."

e contrary notwitl

Coctress Invited to St Louis.

The Speaker laid before the House the invitation of the St. Louis Exposition Commission to Congress to be

it the dedicatory exercises.

STILL ANOTHER COLLISION.

J, ’-.nfrzr 1 Li

Karchcr. grocers, all business me- of Phillipsburg. were arrested on complaint of Deputy State Food Inspector

Passeager Trata Rons lata Freight—Traia.

v-andruff, and each paid a fine of $50 i lor having sold adulterated olive oil

and adulterated laudanum.

resent at tl ipril 30-May Mr. Tawney 1

tion, which was

invitation

r offered a joint resoluas adoj '

ritarion and provi

represent

:ors a the t

■pted, accepting the 1 ding a committee 11 Representatives to

houses.

Retireawat ol EaCata* Men. The House Committee on Naval Affairs authorized a favorable report on the bill which has passed the Senate providing that service in the army, navy, Marine Corps shall be credited in computing the necessary thirty years' time for the retirement of petty officers and ———of the navy.

enlisted men c

State Laws Regarding Trusts.

ney General of all State laws trusts and to the organization — of cor* *'—

Attor ating tc id regu-

Coupler BC1 ta Coulereuce. The bill to amend the railroad Mfcty appliance act was sent to conference by the House, and Mr. Underwood moved to instruct the conferees to recede from that portion of the House amendment which seeks to give the In-r-State Commerce Commission the ■wer to reduce below 50 per cent, the imber of cars to be bandied by safeappliance brakes.

Ship-Subsidy Bill Down*. The Honse Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries voted not to port the ship subsidy bill to the Hoi the vote being 10 to 6.

uay .'ir. on wen naa cans raai ch ambassador, M. Jusser t j, c

the Spanish minister. Senor Ojeda. po v

the -Belgian minister. Baron Mon-

:hcor. in regard to ihe protocols that are m preparation for the settlement of the Claims of the citizens of their countries — : —t Venezuela. Rough drafts of

tbeir

The decision in the lottery cases has icasioned much comment in Washington, as it seems to strengthen the administration'* contention that the

in Anti-Trust Law did

against ' (hese instruments are already c

way by mail to the European gove mer.t's interested, but there are cert

rterested. but there are certain s regarding them about which ’* desired to consult Mr. Bowen.

Sher-

iti-Trust Law did not exhaust ■titutional power of the Federal

comx

government over commerce.

The State Department has approved

Bowen’s proposal to the allied

•*. . t j je be

powers that the Czar be asked to name the three arbitrators who, as The Hague tribunal, shall decide the ques-

tion of preferential

eral

T J'T* „ I .0 ,0 Topeka. Kas. (Special).—The House extradition proceedings to secure the

stringent law return to France for trial of Thibi

of Ensign charge of

has recommended a

an of Mo-^ -taken from him shall immediately for-

ticipa

riw'^Mporteir^rotint^' •*'* * 1 **. °® c *' Any person participatcompletely crushed. punished by drath"* or “^priV ’ n ' - eminent for life, —d anv member

of a mob at a Iyncbfng/>'hether he par* ;icipates in the’^eed orTrot. may be

ipates iprisoi

(tventy-fi

metal has

Rzported Bogs* Victories. Willemstad (By Cable).—Advices rexived here from revolutionary sources 11 Tucacas, Venezuela, My that the ze--rut engagement between revolutionists and the government forces m the neighi 01 hood of Kargnisimeto was a small affair and the government troops, who inway tn rough the were driven

b lb* 1 rr-rd tr-

im to

and his female companion.

President Roosevelt has signed the

agreement drawn under the' terms ol the Platt. amendment providing for

coaling stations in Cuba. numb The President and Secretary Shaw jured

———— 1— —

have decided to ask Congress to give the President authority to appoint three members of an international commission lider the question of providing a of preserving the stability of a

id silver ratio.

to consu

means gold ai

The Unil cidcd that

States Supreme Court «. Mangrove was entitled all the prize money for

the Spanish *1

ited the

Mangrove was entitled tn money for the capture of learner Panama during the

. .-I- .... -X

Reed Smoot's credentials were pre»".nted in tbe Senate, and were filed with the protest. The House adopted tbe General De:icncy^ Appropriation Bill, which car-

Galena, 111. (Special).—Three trainm*.n were killed and one fatally injured in a head-end collision between the^hicago and Minneapolis passenger train and a southbound freight train on the

Illinois Central Railroad.

Tht freight train had stopped to lake water. It was about to pull out from the water tank, when the passenger train, consisting of a combination baggage car and four Pullman cars, rounded a curve and crashed into the locomotive of the

One good effect of the rural free di livery system around Shiloh is better roads. Overseers are now taking a pride in keeping the highways in good condition, that mail agents may make

At a shooting match in Aljoway. in which the targets were sparrows. :mly

«* bird

Those who participated claimed to be

ack shots.

freight AH the men on the locomotives, except Engineer Lake, of the passenger train, were crushed under the wreck of the locomotive. Lake escaped uninjured. The combination library and baggage car was wrecked and crowded from the rails. Tilling Brakcman Clock. The sleeping cats held to the rails, and the occupants

,<% (SSS 1 hV'b^t, ErS: c~*: s. R v: , T hkh

opted.

ICCCpt!

Avalon residents picked up a number of goat hides in good condition along the bead) during the week.

were uninjured.

mg the beach during t Many handsome and cottages arc being buil:

Beach.

Poisoa for CosAcaoed Mao. Stroudsburg. Pa. (Special).—Etiot poison to kill 15 persons, intended

the

for

'ft;

Fifteen hundred feet of new boardwalk i^ being built jfong Sea Isle

Charles Grether, the condemned derer of Adam Strunk, was taken late Saturday from Mrs. A. S. Corr of Phillipsburg, N. J., a sister of Grether. Mrs. Corr visited tne county^ jail to bid her brother goodby. She acted strangely and Night Watchman Hoijc* followed her and on pretense of being in sympathy with Grether received the

oison package from her.

II. A. Dix & Sons, of Millville, presented the Fire Department a check for $50 for services rendered at the re-

cent fire in their factory-

ory-

Miss Ada Woodland, of cidentally had her hand cr

machinery at Millville bleachery.

Millville ac•ushed in the

Salem county pork was never more carce than at present It is now orth o^cents a pound with very little

Friends Thoathl Him Dead.

Clinton. Iowa (Special).—Win. Mar-

ia!, a wealthy farmer,

escape from being buried alive.

The Roxborough Club, of Roxbor3Ugh. have awarded the contract for •he erection of a large club house at

iglesea

mer. had a narrow-

had been ill foi dared to be

some time a

lead by doctors,

s laid c

supposed corpse was laid out when, to the terror and amazement of those who were sitting by the body, he stirred and sat up. His illness had almost altogether disappeared and later he was

) and about the house.

j The Good Will Volunteer Fire Com-' | jany. of Sea Isle City, have awarded | :hc contract for the erection of a fire

j louse to cost $1200

1 Clams were never so scarce in Cape May county waters as now. They arc

•elling for $8 per thousand.

By a fire at his workshop, in Newkirk. Henry Tarpinc lost 100 chickens

! that were in a brooder near 1

Miss Roosevelt Bcthrolhe*? Dallas. Texas (Special).—Friends and relatives of the Mcllhennys are said to be authority for a rumor that

tvdt.

r by.

Miss Alice Roosevelt, now visiting in New Orleans, is engaged to John McIlheiray. one of the "Rough Riders." Members' of the Mcllhenny family. I -I 1... TV.II.. 3: .1

bers' of the Mcllhenny family,

when shown the Dallas dispatch, declin-

ed to make any statement.

Washington Warner, a .Clayton . milkman, came near being run down by a train at the station. There are no safety gates at any crossing in the

borough.

The barbers at Millville have organ-

ized a union and joined the America” j Federation of Labor. In the futur

■ —;— —— — J ’ will 1

Orpbsas Bra tally Treated. nghamten. N. Y. (Special).—An ingation of alleged cruelties practiced 1 the inmates of the Susquehanna ry Orphans' Home is in progress hr re. The institution contains about aoo children and is unde^ the care of the State Board of Charities. At the hearing butts of horsewhips loaded with metal and a dozen rattans were shown as the implements with which the boys were whipped by tbe assistant superintendent.

union rates and hours will govern all

but one shop in the city.

A lamp exploded in Amos K. DobeU's store, at Columbus, and set the place on fire, ljut the flames were extingnished before much damage had

been done.

. Owing to the prevalence of smallpox at Florence the Board of Health has offered free vaccination to those

who cannot afford to pay for it.

Tax Receiver and Mrs. H. F. Wolfe of Camden, returned from a wedding

ip to the Bermuda Islands. The Beck Engraving Comp

Cedar Rapids, Iowa (Special).—Ten persons are believed to have been burned death and at least four times that

lumber are known to be

iult of a fii

eriously in- .

jured as the result of a fire which dc- Tv ) hundred persons attended ihe strayed the Gifton Hotel. There were reception to Harriet Newell King, too guests in the hotel when tbe fire president of (fee Teachers' Insurance

The Beck Engraving Company, capita! $5<DH0 and the Printz Decreasing Company, capita) $150,000, filed articles of incorporation in the county clerk'*

office at Camden.

The account of tbe executors of the estate of United States Senator Wil liatn J. Sewell will be presented to tb* “ ' ~ rt on March 13 for sp-

too guests in t

broke out, and most buried in the debris,

of U

when tbe f the dead

Orphans’ Court

provaL

Tv 1 hundred perst

0 Harrie

f the hotel regi<

of the dead are 1 Owing to the dr- ■

president of (he Teachers' Insuran Asociation. of Camden. Addresses were made by Prosecutor Frank T.

Lloyd and Centenary I

Seeiat TblafS ta Ih; Saz> x Laporte, Ind. (Special).—Alexander j Young, of this city, Mys that from ob- | servations made by him be is confident the sun is inhabited; that with his '

Florence. OoL. the miners who came out on a strike a abort rime ago demanding lie tier air. returned to we‘

sun's it anti

Ing lie tier air. returned u.

rerently upon a promise on the part of tbe operators that an air abaft would

be aunt al once.

precipitous rocks which glow with prii malic colon, mingled with the verdui of a perennial vegetation, and with

floral radiance 1

on earth. Beyi.. _ _ Mys he saw valleys

At I'hirago lug in nu million dal

»n. and with a

more beautifai than that ond these mountain!

and plains wi

II ion dollara n

th* teaching for l.’U, -V.-!. |,jf ,

B B.

salary Ii

p.'.uiai