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One of the ship yards on the lakes has orders to build 11 freight steamers for $2,000,000. This means there is to be an increase in lake commerce for many years to come. There are & dozen ship yards on the lakes and there is activity in all. ’

' Pine and cedar trees from the Black Hills country are to be systematically planted on 200,000 acres of government reservation in northern Nebraska. This is a long neglected work that should have been taken up by the government a quarter of a century ago. : '

The first Cuban minister, Sener Gonrzlo De Quesada, and his family have taken apartments at Chevy Chase inn, in the near suburbs of Washington, pending the selection of a permanent home for the legation. The minister’s wife is-yet in her early twenties—a typical Cubana who speaks no English. -

Theophilus H. Porter, for 46 years ® nmewspaper carrier.in Lynn, Mass, retired from business recently, having made enough money to keep him comfortably for the rest of his life. Iz all that time he has walked about 15 miles every day but Sunday, when he went to church regularly, as he does uot believe in Sunday papers.

" The New York publishers say it is impossible to work off new novels as rapidly as last year, and that ‘“‘the fiction boom” is over. The market bas been flooded with the yellowbacked publications during the past few years, and it is gratifying to note that the publie has been sickened by the dose, and is now demanding something better. : :

A Chicago lawyer who has been colJecting statistics of murder in that city finds that during the last year 111 persons were committed to jail for that crime, and four times as many have been indicted for assault with intent to kill. He thinks the habit of carr_vin;:; concealed weapons is largely respansible for the freguency of Fomicides. It is so everywhere. :

~ Prof. Koch, having declared that human beings cannot be ingculated with tuberculosis from ecattle, Prof. Garnault promptly refuted him by inoculating himself with bacteria -from a cow and contracting the disease, which is presumably fatal. The great love ©of medical gentlemen for one another is notorious, but this is the first case thus far recorded wherein one gentleman is willing to kill himself in orC€er to prove another learned gentleman in the wrong. : An incoming vessel at San Francisco reports the voleano Kileauea, on the island of Hawaii, presents a great spectacle just now, “forming a great picture of fire at night, and a great cioud in the day time.” Not for ten vears has thé voleano emitted such volumes of flame and smoke, and it is stated that the eruption is becoming more violent every day, but it is reported that the people have no fear of the volcano, and that they are enJjorying the spectacle, - : e — . A bulletin issned by the geological survey states that the production of aluminium in the United States during 1901 amounted to 7,150,000 pounds. The largest product in any former Fear was 35,200,000 pounds in 1899, which was an increase of 300 per cent. over 1880. As the output increases new uses are discovered for the article, and it now seems probable that it may replace copper to some extent for electrical purposes, it being only half as heavy and having equal conductivity. har

- The extent that the short crops of last season affected our exports is seen in the falling off-in the amount of $22,000,000 during May and $92,500,000 during the 11 months compared with the same periods a year before. The loss is mainly due to the short crop of corn and oats and the lower price of cotton. During the 11 months of the fiscal year the amount of corn exported was 140,000,000 bushels and of oats 26,000,000 bushels. Although 200.000 bales more of cotton were exported, the value was less by $22,000,©OO. ,

Hajime Hoshi, the editor of a Japanese weekly published in New York city, bas placed five of his countrymen in educational institutions where he expects them to become proficient in the use of the English language, Editor Hoshi uses the 26 letters of the Roman alphabet in his paper, instead of the 2,000 or more Chinese characters; and he finds the Roman letters perfectly adapted to expressing the sounds of the Japanese language. In fact Hoshi Jooks forward to the adoption of the English language throughout his native land. s 5

- It is understood that Surgeon General Rickeycontemplates the estabjishment at the naval museum of hygiene in Washington of a school for maval medical officers modeled on the lines of the army medical school, which was founded in 1893. Besideg giving jnstruction to newly-appointed medical officers of the navy in the proper performance of their duties. At this school medical officers of longer service, returned from a tour of sea duty, can refresh their knowledge on special branches and fit themselves for examination. ; x

A nickel in the slot restaurant is the latest, one having been opened in Philadelphia. There are no attendents in the place, just an array of glot machines containing all sorts of quick lunch ecreations. A nickel in one slot hands you out a sandwich, another produces a slab of pie, and you can have anything you want to drink from coffee to beer. The next thing will be the compressed tablet jonch where a man can drop a nickel jn the slot and receive a nice chocojate ecoated tablet in which is compressed a square meal. :

A WEEKS HISTORY

The Important Happenings of a Week Briefly Told. IN ALL PARTS OF THE UNION All the Latest News of Interest from Washington, From the East, the West and the South. THE LATEST FOREIGN DISPATCHES FIFTY-SEVENTH CONGRESS, The first session of the Fifty-sev-enth congress adjourned sine die on the Ist. The Philippine bill and remaining appropriation bills were disposed of in conference during the day and signed by the president. Senator Allison announced that the total appropriations for the session were $800,193,837, against $730,338,575 last year. Before adjournment the usual resolutions were adopted thanking President Pro Tempore Frye of the senate and Speaker Henderson of the. house for their services. FROM WASHINGTON., Repeal of war taxes, which has gone into effect, will diminish the government’s yearly revenue $73,000,000. For the fiscal year ended on June 30 the treasury surplus was $92,193,390. Cash balance available, $208,630,022. . : The statement of the publc debt issued on the Ist shows that the debt decreased $13,012,332 during the month of June. The cash balance in the treasury was $358,574,115. The total debt, less the cash in the treasury, amounts to $969,457,241. In the fiscal year ended June 30 the total coinage executed at the mints of the United States was $94,526.678. e

The total circulation of national bank notes at the close of business June 30 was $356,672,091, an increase for the year of $2,929,904. The crop report of the government shows great damage by storms in central Indiana and southern Ohio. June fire losses in the United States were $11,100,000, against $8,200,000 in 1901. The loss for the year ended June 30 was $83,000,000.

In the fiscal year ended June 30, 1,657 vessels of 473,981 gross tons were built in the United States. Steps will be taken to put the civil rule plan for the Philippines into effect at once. Plans are practically complete for four new warships authorized by the Tecent naval act. : THE EAST. - At the Lehigh valley colliery at Con--nellton, Pa., Vincenze Luigi, a striking miner, was killed by guards. This was the first loss of life since the great strike commenced. During the first six months of the year 316,711 immigrants landed in New York. ‘ . Anarchists have been crdered cut of Pittsburgh, Pa. : The strikers’ pickets around the anthracite coal mines prevented workmen from reaching Hazleton workings, and operators are talking of calling out troops. A man named Anderson, who has been an extensive operator in real estate in New York city, has filed a petition in bankruptey in the TUnited States district court. The liabilities are given at $1.535,212; assets. $lOO. .

Before an audience of 200,000 President Roosevelt delivered an address in the Independence day celebration at Pittsburg, announcing a policy of strict enforcement of law governing industrial - combines and = warmly praising work of the army in Cuba and the Philippines. : A total of 15 persons were killed and 29 injured near Gloversville; N. Y., by a collision between two trolley cars. The motorman lost control on a steep hill and the rear car ran away.

The weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co. reports trade quiet in most branches; railroad gross earnings for the six months exceeded 1901 by 5.7 and 1900 by 18.7 per cent. WEST AND SOUTH. Minnesota populists have nominated Thomas J. Meighen, of Fillimore, for governor. By a windstorm at Momence, 111, three men were killed and much property was destroyed. In Salt Lake City Paying Teller Robertson, of the Wells, Fargo & Co. bank, is charged with embezzling $60,000. At the funeral of Mrs. John Seibert at Mount Morris, 111., mourners tarred and feathered the widower and the sister of the deceased for improper actions. ' Fire wiped out the principal business portion of Watonga, Okla. Shipshewana, Ind., has been nearly wiped out by fire. At Bowie, Tex., J. T, Kilgore, a prominent man, shot and killed his wife and then killed himself. It is said that United States Senator Vest, of Missouri, has become totally blind.

A man in St. Louis undertook to find leaking gas with a lighted match. The I explosion wrecked the building, killed his wife and daughter, and probably fatally injured him. ; At Denver, Col., the two-story buildI ing occupied by Sands Brothers, clothiers, was destroyed and four men bad1y hurt by an explosion of gasoline followed by fire. Loss, $67,000. ~ In Sioux City, la., Mrs. Robert Seney and 12-year-old daughter were killed and her son, aged nine, and guest, Mrs. P. Banty, were badly injured by a Milwaukee train which struck their carriage. - - Evanston, Wyo., experienced a heavy fall of snow, and in the mountains it lies on the ground to a depth of three to six inches. The mercury fell to freezing point. On the fourth Rev. D. C. Peabody, rector of St. John’s Episcopal church, Decatur, 111., blew his brains out at his home. He recently resigned his charge because of ill health and is believed to have been mentally affected. - At Mt. Vernon, 111., an aeromnaut named Hallbrook, from St. Louis, was instantly killed. He made a balloon ascension and the parachute failed to work. He fell 100 feet and was dashed todeath, -

A tornado swept through the southwestern portion of Michigan, killing one man, injuring many other persons and doing great damage to property. Independence day accidents due to gunpowder killed a total of 21 persons and injured 2,172.

Two brothers, Emil and Edgar Lindberg, 13 and 14 years, were drowned at Rock Island, 111. The lads were on a raft which capsized in a ravine which had been filled by the recent rains.

The death is announced of J. Irving Pearce, proprietor of the Sherman house Chicago, for 20 years, at the age of 75. Business reverses and the death of his wife were the indirect causes of his illness. He was president of the former Third national bank. ; FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE, A dispatch says that the gunbcat Marietta arrived at Cape Haytian to Iprotect American interests. I Flames at Laurvig, Norway, destroyed 150 buildings. . On the island of Porto Rico a new code of civil and criminal laws has become effective. . ~ Customs receipts at Havana during June amounted to $889,193, against $857.862 in the month of June, 1901. ‘ King Edward’s progress continues satisfactory. Beginning July 6 only lone bulletin a day concerning his ‘majesty’s condition will be issued ' This will be posted at nine o’clock ir the morning, and the arrangement wil! be continued until his majesty is en tirely convalescent. : President Roosevelt’s amnesty proc lamation was read by Gov. Taft’s sec retary to the Filipinos in Manila an¢ 600 prisoners were set free. LATER NEWS, The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended July 6 were: Pittsburg, .763; Brooklyn, .567; Boston, .550; Chicago,.s24; Philadelphia, .440; St. Louis, .438; Cincinnati, .400; New York, .423. Three young boys were drowned at Detroit, Mich., by the capsizing of a sailboat. Robert Wilson, of ' Detroit, and Ward Kiser, of South Bend, Ind., were drowned at Benton Harbor, Mich. Chief Justice Marshall J. Williams, of the Ohio sppreme court, died at his home in Columbus, aged 65 years. Thirteen persons were killed and many hurt in a wreck due to a runaway car on a mountain side near Gloversville, N. Y.

The third month of the great anthracite coal strike began with no chanze in the situation. i

Heavy rains, amounting in many places to cloudbursts, caused damage to the extent of hundreds of thcusands of dollars in western New York. ;

Fire at Clinton, N. C., destroyed 42 stores and residences. :

Pigeons flew from Holly Springs, Miss., to Mishawaka, Ind., a distance of 500 miles, in 11 hours, breaking all records. .

A snowfall ranging from an inch to three inches is reported from varicus points in Colorado. In a drunken frenzy Theodore Oelfeuer shot and killed his wife and 14-months-old baby and wounded Lizzie Stramm, his stepdaughter, in Chicago.

Charles J. McCormick and his wife died in their bathtub in Grand Forks, XN. D., as a result of taking poison. Fire at the stock yards in Chicago wiped out Swift & Co.s wholesale meat market and general offices, entailing a loss of $500,000. King Edward continues his progress toward recovery. Rev. Dr. Farlies, a Church of England clergyman, says that Explorer Andre and his companions were massacred by Eskimos two years ago. Rudolph Steffeck and his wife and sister were drowned near St. Joseph, Mich., while bathing. :

The percentages of the baseball clubs in the American league for the week ended July 6 were: Chicago, .627; Boston, 556 St. Leuis, 525; Philadelphia, .517; Washington, .460; Detroit, .459; Baltimore, .451; Cleveland, .415.

MINCR NEWS ITEMS.

The Rock Island railroad directors have voted a $7,500,000 stock increase.

There are now but 12 survivors of the Maryland Society of the California Pioneers. :

~ Rev. Dr. W. H. Milburn, the venerable blind chaplain of the senate, is nearly 80 years old. ~ The largest cotton mill in ' the world is to be built at Kansas City at a cost of $10,000,000.

Capt. I. M. Smith, the first man who stretched wires across the state of Wisconsin, is still living in Topeka, Kan. . Chicago chemists have invented a process for making wall paper stronger that promises to revolutionize the industry. . Two new battleships and two new armored cruisers will be named Louisiana, Connecticut, Tennessee and Washington. American money and enterprise are behind a $25,000,000 interurban traction system in England, the principal promoters being New Yorkers. ~ The new, all-British cable, connecting Great Britain with Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is expected to be in operation early in November.

Westminster cathedral,London, the new center of Catholic church in England, was dedicated Sunday by Cardinal Vaughan. It has been building six years.

The largest stockholder in the | United States Steel company, “Mr. Cutler,” is John D. Rockefeller, not Andrew Carnegie; his dividend is $1,000,000 annually. Gov. Smith, of Maryland, has appointed a commission of three to purchase a bust of Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley to be placed in the new state capitol at Annapolis. Three Cleveland tradesmen announce the invention of a process to produce gas of chemically treated air, the process bsing so cheap and simple that production of light and heat may be revolutionized. The census bureau has issued its report on printing and publishing in the United States for the census year 1900, showing a capital of $292,617,072 invested in the 22,312 establishments reporting for the industry,

AMNESTY FOR : THE FILIPINOS.

President Roosevelt Issues His Proclamation--. Islands Placed Under Full Civil Control ---Army Praised for Achievements in Cuba and Philippines.

Washington, July 4.—The president has formally declared the restoration of peace in the Philippine archipelago. He has placed the islands under complete civil control, and has extended general amnesty to the Filipinos who have been in rebellion. These three things, marking one of the most important chapters in Philippine history, were accomplished through the issue of three separate orders and proclamations, one by the president, over his own signature, extending amnesty; one through Secretary Root, by the president’s order, relieving Gen. Chaffee from his duties as military governov, and a third, which takes the shape of a general order, addressed to the entire army of the United States, in which Secretary Root takes occasion to express the president’s high appreciationof the work it has accomplished, both in Cuba and in the Philippines.

Proclamation of Amnesty, The amnesty proclamation is as follows: “By the President of the United States— A proclamation: _ ‘“Whereas, many of the inhabitants of the Philippine archipelago were in insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the kingdom of Spain at divers times from August, 1896, until the cession of the archipelago by that kingdom to the United States of America, and ‘since such cession many of the persons so engaged in insurrection have until recently resisted the authority and sovereignty of the United States, andg,

‘“Whereas, the insurrection against the authority and sovereignty of the United States is now at an end, and peace has been established in all parts of the archipelago except in the country inhabited by the Moro tribes, to which this proclamation does not apply; and, : ‘“Whereas, during the course of the insurrection against the kingdom of Spain and against the government of the United States, persons therein, or those in sympathy with and abetting them, committed many acts in violation of the laws of civilized warfare, but it is believed that such acts were generally committed in ignorance of those laws, and under orders issued by the civil or military insurrectionary leaders; and, i “Whereas, it is deemed to be wise and human, in accordance with the beneficent purposes of the government of the United States towards the Filipino people, and conducive to peace, order and loyalty among them, that the doers of such acts who have already suffered punishment shall not be held criminally responsible but shall be relieved from punishment for participation in these insurrections, and for unlawful acts committed during the course thereof by a general amnesty and pardon; Full and Complete Pardon.

“Now, therefore, be it known, that I, Theodore Roosevelt, president of the United States of America, by virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the constition, do hereby proclaim and declare, without reservation or condition except as hereinafter provided, a full and complete pardon and amnesty to all persons in the Philippine archipelago who have participated in the ins@rrections aforesaid, or who have given aid and comfort to persons participating in said insurrections, for the offenses of treason, or sedition, and for all cffenses political in their character committed in the course of such insurrections pursudnt to orders issued by the eivil or military insurrectary authorities or which grew out of internal political feuds or dissensions between Filipinos and Spaniards or the Spanish authorities, or ‘which resulted from internal political feuds or dissensions among the Filipinos themselves during either of said insurrections;

Exceptions,

‘“Provided, however, That the pardon and amresty hereby granted shall not include such persons committing crimes since May 1, 1902, in any province of the archipelago in which at the time civil government as established, nor shall it include such persons as have been heretofore finally convicted of the crimes of murder, rape, arson, or robbery by any military or civil tribunal organized under the authority of Spain or of the United States of America, but which special application may be made to the proper authority for pardon by any person belonging to the exempted classes, and such clemency as is consistent with humanity and justice will be liberally extended; and further, . :

“Provided, That this amnesty and pardon shall not affect the title or right of the government of the United States or that of the Philippine islands to any property or property right heretofore used or appropriated by the military or civil authorities of the government of the United States or that of the Phiiippine islands organized under authority of the United States by way of confiscation or -otherwise; and, Oath of Allegiance,

‘““Provided further, That every person who shall seek to avail himself of this proclamation shall take and subscribe to the following oath before any authority in the Philippine archipelago authorized to administer caths, namely:

“ ‘l, ——, solemnly swear (or affirm) that I recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United States of America in the Philippine islands and will maintain true faith and allegiance thereto, that I impose upon myself this obligation voluntarily - ithout mental reservation or purpose of evasion, so help me God.’

“Given under my hand at the city of Washington this fourth day of July, in the vear of our Lord one thousand nire hundred and two, and in the one hundred and twenty-seventh year of the independence of the United States. “THEODORE ROOSEVELT,” “By the president: ‘“Elihu Root, Secretary of War.” TRIBUTE TO THE ARMY, President Praises Its Achievements in Cuba and the Philippines. In his address to the army, promulgated through Secretary Root, Presi-

President at Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa., July s.—Half a million persons greeted President Theodore Roosevelt in Pittsburg Friday. They came, not only from Pittsburg and Allegheny, but from the scores of industrial towns within 100 miles of the city. It was the distinguished guest’s first visit to Pittsburgas president, and his welcome was most enthusiastic. In his address at the exercises at Schenley park he announced a policy of strict enforcement of law governing industrial combines and warmly praised the work of the army in Cuba and in the Philippines. Cattle Die in Stampede. Chicago, July 4.—Six hundred head of cattle stampeded as they were driven up the Armour viaduct at the stock yards Thursday. More than 20 were killed. Joseph Quinn, cowpuncher, was slightly hurt. The berd was composed of “distillery cattle,” which are fattened on the refuse from liquor mills. A closed gate caused the trouble and before it was over 21 animals lay in a heap, some impaled on horns, others with necks broken and others frantically climbing over the Equirming mass, o aw

dent Roosevelt proncunces the following eulogy upon the United States army. It is ordered to be read aloud at parade in every military post on July 4, or on the first day after it is received: :

“Washington, July; 4, 1902.—T0 the Army of the United States: The president upon this anniversary of national independence wishes to express to the officers and enlisted men of the United States army his deep appreciation of the service they have rendered to the country in the great and difficult undertakings which they have brought to a successful conclusion during the past year. He thanks the officers and the enlisted men who have been maintaining order and carrying on the military goverrment in Cuba because they have faithfully given effect to the humane purposes of the American people. They have with sincere kindness helped the Cuban people to take all the successive steps necessary to the establishment of their own constitutional government. During the time required for that process they have governed Cuba wisely, regarding justice and respecting individual liberty; have honestly collected and expended for the best interests of the Cuban people the revenues, amounting to over $60,000,000; have carried out practical and thorough sanitary measures, greatly improving the health and lowering the death rate of the island. By patient, scientific research they haveascertained the causes of yellow fever, and by good administration have put an end to that most dreadful disease which has long destroyed the lives and hindered the commercial prosperity of the Cubans. They have expedited Jjustice and secured protection for the rights of the innocent, while they have cleansed the prisons and established sourd discipline and healthfui conditions for the punishment of the guilty. They have reestablished and renovated and put upon a substantial basis hospitals and asylums for the care of the unfortunate. They have established a general system of free common schools throughout the island, in which over 200,000 children are in actual attendance. They have constructed great and necessary public works. They have gradually trained the Cubans themselves in all branches of administration, so that the new government upon assuming power has begun its work with an experienced force of Cuban civil service employes competent to execute its orders. A

In the Philippines,

‘“The president thanks the officers and enlisted men of the army in the Philippines, both regulars and volunteers, for the courage and fortitude, the indomitable spirit and loyal devotion with which they have put down and ended the great insurrection which has raged throughout the archipelago against the lawful sovereignty and just authority of the United States. The task was peculiarly difficult and trying. They were required at first to overcome organized resistance of superior numbers, well equipped with modern arms of precision, intrenched in an unknown country of mountain defiles, jungles and swamps, apparent~ ly capable of interminable defense. When this resistance had been overcome they Wwere required to crush out a general system of guerilla warfare conducted among a people speaking unknown tongues, from whom it was almost impossible to obtain the information necessary for successful pursuit or to guard against surprise and ambushes. An Unscrupulous Enemy.

“The enemies by whom they were surrouirded were regardless of all obligations of good faith and of all the Mmitations which humanity has imposed upon civilized warfare. Bound themselves by the laws of war, our soldiers were called upon to meet every device of unscrupulous treachery, and to contemplate without reprisal the infliction of barbarous cruelties upon their comrades and friendly natives. They were instructed, while punishing armed resistance, to conciliate the friendship of the peaceful, yvet had to do with a population among amorg whom it was impossible to distinguish friend from foe, and who in countless instances used a false appearance of friendship for ambush and assassination. They were obliged to deal with problems of communication and transportation in a country without roads, and frequently made impassable by torrential rains. They were weakened by tropical heat and tropical dis.ease. Widely scattered over a great archipelago extending a thousand miles from north to south, the gravest responsibilities, involving the life or death of their commands, frequently devolved upon young and inexperienced officers beyond the reach of specific orders or advice. i Accomplished Its Taslk,

“Under all these adverse circumstances, the army of the Philippines has accomplished its task rapidly and completely. In more than 2,000 combats, great and small, within three years, it has exhibited unvarying courage and resolution. Utilizing the lessons of the Indian wars it has relentlessly followed the guerilla bands to their fastnesses in mountain and jungle ard crushed them. It hasputan end to the vast system of Intimidation and secret assassination, by which the peaceful natives were prevented from. taking a genuine part in government under American authority. It has captured or forced to surrender substantially all the leaders of the insurrection. It has submitted to no discouragement and halted at no obstacle. Its officers have shown high qualities of command and its men have shown devotion and discipline, Its eplendid, virile energy has been accompanied by self-control, patience angd magnanimity. With surprisingly few individual exceptions its course has been characterized by humanity and kindness to the prisoner and the noncombatant. With admirable good temper, sympathy and loyalty to American ideals, its commanding generals have joined with the civilian agents of the government in healing the wounds of war and assuring to the people of the Philippines the blessings of peace and prosperity. Individual liberty, protection of personal rights, civil order, public instruetion and religious freedom have followed its footsteps. It has added honor tofthe flag which it defended, and has justified increased confidence in the future of the fimerlcan people, whose soldiers do not rink from labor or death, yet love liberty and peace. i

“The preeident feels that he expresses the sentiments of all the loyal people of the United States In doing honor to the whole army which has joined in the performance and shares in the credit of these honorable services.”

Asked to Resign, Springfield, 111, July 4.—Gov. Yates Thursday requested the resignation of P. H. O'Donnell, of Chicago, public administrator of Cook county, recently convicted of jury bribing and fined $2,000. The governor refused to discuss the case. O’Donnell was appointed in 1897 by Gov. Tanner and reappointed by Gov. Yates at the expiration of his first term, a year or go ago. Kansas Socinlists, » .Emporia, Kan., July s.—The socialists of Kansas, at their state convention here, adopted a platform and nominated a full state ticket. A. S. McAllister, an engineer of Herington, was unanimously named for governor, and with John M. Parr, a Topeka house painter and decorator, for lieutenant governor. Granted Nine-Hour Day, New York, July s.—Organized iron molders of this city and vicinity announce that they have gained a peaceful victory, 2,200 of their number having been granted the nine-hour day through arbltration proceedings between representatives of the union and of the National Foundrymen’s association. e b

KING FEEDS THE POOR.

This Feature of the Coronation Celebration Is Carried Out Successfully,

London, July 7.—Half a million of London’s slum dwellers were King Edward’s guests Saturday afternoon. They were scattered in about 200 halls, schools and parks in varying numbers, the great number of the royal beneficiaries being at Stepney, where no less than 45,000 enjoyed a dinner such as they seldom partake of. At every gathering was read a mesiage from the king, signed by his private secretary, to the poor, sent through the lord mayor of London, Sir Joseph C. Dimsdale, as follows:

“Buckingham Palace, 11:20 a. m. : “I am commanded by the King to inform your lordship that his majesty and the queen had intended visiting some of his coronation dinners to-day, and he deeply regrets that his {llness prevents their doing so. The king has deputed members of his family to represent him at as many of these dinners as possible. 1 am further commanded by the kingto express his hope that his guests are enjoying themselves and passing a happy day. (Signed) “KNOLLYS.”

Saturday morning’s bulletin that King Edward was out of danger was also circulated, so that half a million poor folks drank his majesty’s health in no restrained enjoyment out of the coronation cups presented to each of them as a souvenir of the occasion. The prince and princess of Wales traversed the metropolis from end to end in semi-state, the carriages being escorted by a detachment of the Horse guards, and appeared at central gatherings in several districts.

Every great hall and several of the most beautiful of the smaller parks of London were utilized for this monster feast, tickets for which had been distributed for a month past by central and local committees of church and charitable societies. It was attempted to fix the scale of eligibility on the basis of those families whose combined income was six dollars per week; married couples with one child whose income was five dollars per week, and families of two whose income was $4.50, and single persons whose wages amounted to three dollars per week. ; There were distributed altogether 350,000 pounds of cooked meat, 250,000 pounds of potatoes, the same number of loaves of bread, 1,000,000 cunces of cheese, 125 tons of pudding, 36,000 gallons of beer, 150,000 pints of ginger ale, and 75,000 pints of lime juice. The usual menu was cold beef and mutton, fruit, tarts and pudding. In some districts pickles were added to the bill of fare.

WITHDRAWAL OF THE FRIARS

Vatican Seeking to Find a Compromise on the Plan of Judge Taft,

Rome, July 7.—The vatican is striving to find a compromise between satisfying the desires of Washington, as set forth by Judge William H. Taft, governor of the Philippines, and relieving the Holy See from direct responsibility for the withdrawal of the friars from the Philippine archipelago. Several plans to this end have been discussed by the vatican authorities. The most acceptable of these is that the generals of the four religious orders concerned, having been informed of Washington’s request, shall themselves order the withdrawal of their dependents, who now number about 500. This plan would necessitate a letter from the general of each order to Gov. Taft pledging the writer to this action, or the insertion of a clause in the contract between Judge Taft and the vatican that steps to this end will be taken immediately by the generals when they are aware of the wishes of the United States. The vatican would thus be under nc odium, the pope merely accepting an accomplished fact.

TRAGEDY IN CHICAGO.

Man Murders His Wife and Shoots Two Children in an Attempt to Kill Entire Family.

’ Chicago, July 7.—Theodore Oelfeuder, a glass polisher, entered his home, 27 West Twenty-first street shortly before seven o’clock Sunday morning and murdered his wife. Then he shot his infant son Walter, 14 months old, and his stepdaughter, Lizzie Stram, 17 years old. «He also fired a shot at his two step-sons, John and Ernest Stram, 12 and 14 years, respectfully. The bullet failed I to strike either of the boys, and they escaped from the house by climbing through the window into an alley. The step-daughter was in the act of fleeing through another window when she received a bullet in the right shoulder. The baby was shot in the left side, the bullet passing though the back. All three victims were asleep when the murderer entered the bedroom and attempted to exterminate the entire family. He had planned to kill all, and had armed himself with two revolvers and enough bullets to accomplish his purpose. Oelfeuder was arrested after a fierce fight with half a dozen policemen. : Big Shipment of Hogs.. Greencastle, Ind., July 7.—The most valuable carload of hogs shipped from this county since the civil war was one sent last week by James Bridges, who is the largest stock buyer and raiser in this part of the state. This load, comprising 72 head, was from his own farm in this county. The load sold for $l,500.58 net in the Indianapolis market. The price was paid in gold, too. Two of the hogs were of extraordinary size, one weighing 629 pounds and bringing $40.55, the other weighing 450 pounds and- selling for $31.77. —_— I Seven Men Hurt, I Chicago, July 7.—By the breaking of a coupling pin of a freight train at Ninetieth street, on the Lake‘ Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, yesterday afternoon, eight cars were derailed, the Twentieth Century limited was delayed for nearly half an hour and seven men who were steala ride were seriously hurt, three of whom it js thought will die. : Carxvegie Buys Library, - London, July 7.—The Times says it hears that Andrew Carnegie has purchased the libdary of the late Lord Acton. )

DISASTERS ON WATER

A Small Sailboat Capsizes in Sandy Hook Bay.

Woman, Her Daughter and Ane other Lady Drown—Eight Persons Perish at Varicus Points : in Michigan,

New York, July 7.—The wife of Capt. Tiemann N. Horn, of the Ninety-fifth company sea coast artillery, his daughter Frances, aged seven, and Miss Alice MeMahan, of Nyack, N. Y., were drowned in Sandy Hook bay Sunday. Capt. Horn is stationed at Fort Hancock on Sandy Hook. Capt. Horn had made up a sailing party to go out on the bay in his small cat-rigged yacht Midget. Those aboard were, in addition to the captain, Mrs. Horn, with their two children, Miss Horn, a sister; Dr. Waterhouse, his wife and Miss Alice McMahon, a sister of Mrs. Waterhouse. At a point about half a mile off Old Camp Low dock, a strong puff of wind caused the sail to gybe, and in a moment the little vessel capsized, throwing all hands into the water. Capt. Horn and Dr. Waterhouse made every effort to save the women and ¢hildren, but a strong ebb tide quickly swept them beyond reach, and before any other help could be had Mrs. Capt. Horn, Frances and Miss McMahon were drowned. The others clung to the mast of the capsized vessel for about 15 minutes, until a sailboat containing W. B. Tait, of Atlantic Highlands, N. J., and Walter Tubbs, of this city, came up and rescued Mrs. Waterhouse. At the same time, Capt. Hortung, with his launch, Edna May, of Newark, N. J,, rescued Capt. Horn and his baby boy, Miss Horn and Dr. Waterhouse and brought them to Atlantic Hifhlands. . Three Perish in S§t, Joe River,

Chicago, July 7.—Three Chicagoans, husband, wife and sister, were drowned in the treacherous sands of the St. Joe river at the Carl Tabor regort, 15 miles south of St. Joseph, Mich., Sunday. In attempting to wade across the river the sister stepped oft the end of a sand bar, and the other two lost their lives in attempting her rescue. The victims were Rudolph Steffeck, Mrs. Rudolph Steffeck and Miss Marie Steffeck. Two Drowned at Benton Harbor,

Benton Harbor, Mich., July 7.— Two men were drowned here Sunday, making a total of five lives lost here in this way in the past 24 hours. Robert Wilson, of Detroit, was drowned in the -St. Joseph. river in the morning while trying to swim. Sunday afternoon, Ward Kiser, aged 1%, of South Bend, Ind., was seized with heart failure while bathing in Lake Michigan, and drowned before help could reach him. Boat Capsize.s; Three Drown, Detroit,, July 7.— Three. young boys, Tony Henkel and Oscar Rosenberg, of Detroit, and a boy. whose name is not known, were drowned Sunday in the middle channel at the St. Clair flats by the capsizing of a sailboat. The accident occurred about 200 feet from Savage’s Hotel, where young Henkel and Rosenberg were stopping. The boys were endeavoring to come about with their boat and run back to the hotel dock, when a puff of wind capsized the little craft. A number of people saw the k}ccident, but it was over and the the boys had sunk so quickly that no aid could be given them. The water in the channel is 40 feet deep, and the current is very strong. The boys did not come to the surface again after they sank for the last time. -

THE COAL STRIKE.

Third Month of Idleness Begins— An Outline of the Sit- X . uation,

I’ Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 7. — Today will begin the third month of the great coal strike. There have been ‘many rumors and opinions published that certain coal companies would within a few days attempt to start up one or more collieries. The offi‘cials of the big companies who are willing to talk, deny all knowledge of any attempt of their respective companies to start work. They say, however, that the number of men applying for work is growing larger each week. Many of them are given employment, and the names of the others are placed on the waiting -list. The number of miners among the applicants who are applying for work is very small, and so long as the miners themselves refrain from going to the collieries, no codl can be mined. Of the 147,000 men and boys employed about the mines, approximately 36,000 are miners. Under the laws of the state, no company can employ a man to cut coal unless he has a miner’s certificate, showing that he has had two years’ experience in the anthracite mines. These certificates are awarded by examining boards composed of miners appointed by the county courts. Therefore, if 100,000 men and boys were willing to return they could not lawfully operate collieries unless the striking miners also went to work. Earthquake Causes Less of Life. London, July 7.—A dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company from Vienna says a severe -earthquake shock was felt at Salonica, Europe;m Turkey. According to this dispatch many houses were wrecked and there was much loss of life. Particulars of the disaster have not yet been received. Many Buildings Burned. Wilmington, N. C., July 7.—Fire at Clinton, N. C., destroyed 42 stores and residences, causing a loss of $lOO,OOO, on which there was little insurance. Sells Rig Plant, = New York, July 7.—The government sold at Sandy Hook the plant for the manufacture of pneumatic guns, which had cost $1,000,000, for the sum of $20,000. The reason for the sale was that this type of gun has been abandoned by the government and, consequently, the plant was useless. Temperance Worker Dead. : Brazil, Ind., July 7.—Mrs. William Carpenter, 69 years old, one of the best known religious and temperance workers in this part of the state, died the other day. = o

SIOORM SWEPT. lowa and Western New York Suffer Great Damage from VWind : and Rain, - Buffalo, N. Y., July 7.—A terrific rain and windstorm swept over western New York at an early hour Sunday. Rivers and creeks rose rapidiy, overflowing their banks and sweeping away houses and barns and live stock. The loss will reach into hundreds of thousands of dollars. Telegraph and telephone wires are down, and communication with small towns in Wyoming, Niagara and Cattaraugus counties is difficult to establish. This city was not in the path of the storm. z

A dispatch from Arcade says the flood at that place claimed one victim and did many thousand dollars’ damage to property. Minnie Loper, who kept a bakery on the bank of the creek, was drowned early in the day. The downpour and the cloudburst above the village turned the creek into a torrent. The water rose very rapidly, and was several feet deep on the lowlands before any one realized the danger. Miss Lopper’s bake shop was swept out into the street, but it had not gone far before it fell apart. Miss Loper’s body was recovered. :

There were many narrow escapes. At Yorkshire, two miles below Arcade, the approaches to the bridge were washed-away, but the bridge is standing. Mi]es;bf roadway are so gullied or buried in debris that they will. have to be-. rebuilt. -At Sandusky, a few miles from Arcade, it is reported that ‘two houses were washed away. From- everywhere come reports of live stock killed. The loss to individuals will be very high, and the loss to the town from the destruction of bridges and road‘beds will also be high. . At Portage the river is a torrent a mile wide.. At eight o’clock Sunday morning everyone living in the lower part of the town had to abandon their homes. The farms are laid waste, and no theld ecrops: can be saved. Houses and barns were swept down the river. The roadbed of the Pennsylvania railroad is washed out in many places. —

Elmira, N. Y., July. 7.—The greatest rainstorms in years visited this valley, 3.86 inches of rain falling frem eight o’clock Saturday moerning to seven o’clock Sunday evening.” Sunday afternoon a terrific hailstorm destroyed many tobacco crops south of the city, uprooted trees, overturned tobacco barns and outhouses and accomplished much destruction of prepertv. . = :

Warsaw, N. Y., July 7. — The -loss from floods in thiscity will reach $lOO,000. Oatka creek, flowing through the center of the village, burst its bounds and, making a channel through the principal streets, carried devastaticn in/’ its path, wrecking houses and barns, many of which were swept bodily down stream, together with an imnmense amount of debrisbrought dewn from the surrounding hills. Council Bluffs, la., July 7. — Southwestern lowa was visited Saturday evening by the worst storm of the year. In several towns it amounted to a tornado and it is' known that there has been a heavy loss of, life. The damage to corm and unharvested small grains has been very great. In some places the rain which followed ‘the storm amounted almost to a cloudburst. At Rockwell City the rain fell in blinding sheets for an hour and the whole country is under water. Crops were -beaten into the ground and are a total loss in many cases. At Oakland, in this county, there was a deluge of water, accompanied by a heavy ‘fall of hail; which did much damage. Other places send in similar reports of destruetive storms, but in the district principally affected ccmmunication is cut off.

I Whiting, la., July 7.—A small tor'nado Saturday .evening demolished ' half a dozen buildings and sericusly injured Mrs. R. W. Campbell and twe " members of the family of WilliamEar- ' ber. A number of live stock were also killed. Trees were blown down in all - directions and crops were badly damaged. At Anthon. a town of 1.000 inhabitants, 20 buildings were entirely demolished and it is feared loss of life has occurred. Wells, Minn., July 7.—A wind and rainstorm passed over this - section. doing great damage. Four miles west of town it demolished cne of the largest barns in the county, killing E. R. Cook, its owner. His wife and son were also in the barn, and were pnioned down by timbers and unable to assist Mr. Cook. A number of horses and cattle in the barn were also killed. Tuan’s Hand Is Seen, London, July 7—The Standard Saturday morning published a dispatch from its Tien-Tsin correspordent, who says ® is reported that Prince Tuan, who was connected with the Boxer crimes, and who is now a fugitive, is in frequent communication with the imperial government at Peking, and that his son has been secretly appointed deputy lieutenant general of the Chinese forces at Peking. Ohio Chief Justice Dead. Columbusg, 0., July 7.—Chief Justice arshall J. Williams, of the Ohio supreme court, died early this morning at his home in this city of diabetes, aged 65 years. He was four times elected to the supreme bench, having served in ail about 16 years. He recently declined a renomination on account of failing health. . Burned to Death, Mountainview, Okla., July 7.—Mrs. H. Yates, of Ontario, Can., was burned to death here while attempting to light the kitchen fire with kerosene. v , - Mayor Jones Not Seriously 111. Toledo,o., July.7.—There is very little foundation-for the sensational reports concerning the health of Mayor Jones. He is just now suffering from a slight attack of bronchitis, which keeps him at home, but his physician, Dr. Pyle, says his condition is in no wise serious. ; Memorial Tablet Unveiled, New York, July 7—A bronze tablet, commemorating the three murdered presidents, Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley, has been unveiled at the West side branch of the Young Men’s Christian assoeciation. =