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: TO THE APPLE. Thy rounded form and ruddy cheek, Soes Thy full proportions’ Tomely grace— What sturdy heaith they seem to speak, How beams witn cheertul smiies thy face! : Oh, let the orange flaunt her gold, The peach her bloom seductive show, The grape display her purple boid, . > The cherry prank in gauay glow— I'd give them all away for thee, : Pomona's pride, New ‘England’s joy: Thy devotee I'il ever be : . To latest days, as when a boy, ‘ Symbol thou art-of sanity, ; A soul serene, a temperate life; - In thee 'we find no vanlty, No idle pomp, no foolish strife, :

Who wotld have nieaith and length of days, ‘Who would look back on years well spent, Oh, ret him join in this thy praise : And learn the secret of content. —Percy F. Bicknell, in Farm Journal,

JACK WILSON—f TRUST BREAKER § By EDWIN J. WEBSTER v (Copyright, 1903, Dsm& l;ub. Co.) |

ERHAPS the young men of AbP beyville, relying on the fact that they had known the girls of that pretty little’ village since childhood, had grown somewhat careless and in- . attentive. Possibly the girls of Abbeyville were too particular and demanded more than was their due—though an unprejudiced observer would have said this would have been almost impossible in the case of such attractive girls. Whatever, may have been the right of the case originally, the girls of Abbeyville, under the leadership of Laura Hopkins, decided .that they had not I®en treated in a ‘satisfactory manner. Something must be done to caus¢ the young men of "Abbeyville to repent and to remorsefully regard and regret their lost opportunities, -Clearly an offensive and defensive league of the prettiest girls in Abbeyville would quickly bring about this much-to-be-desired result. And this was the reason for the forma‘tion of the Abbeyville Bachelor Girls’ trust. : - Laura Hopkins, as the leading spirit in the movement, was chosen president of the new trust. Laura had just quarreled with the man who Lnfught her as_near perfection as a girF can be—which in his onirpisn was very,: very near—and in whom she had taken qmore than a sisterly interest. ' Perhaps this was the reason- why she plunged into the -work of forming the Bachelor Girls’ trust in such an eager, not to say vindictive manner, heedless cof the fact that all the evils claimed by the opponents of man-made trusts would be small compared with those _which would be-wrought by this new one if it should become firmly established throughout the country. - “We can have a club as well as the men,” declared Laura, in sterner tones .than one would have expected from so pretty a girl. “We ecan have our own dances, little parties all by ourselves, ‘and all kinds of fun. We will show the, men of "Abbeyville thgt they are - not one little bit necessary to our scheme of life, liberty- and the pursuit of happiness.” They did. From the first the Bachelor ‘Girls’ trust had a career of tri“umph compared with which the careers of man-made oil, coal, steel, rubber and other trusts were chéckered. The trust had scarcely been started ere its victims were anxious to capitulate. = They pleaded that manufacturers and producers who - were crushed by other trusts were at least allowed to. take stock in them. But the Ab]Jeyville Bachelor Girls’ trust was differently managed. It would hear of no compromise. Ils victims must be .crushed and thoroughly punished for their previous neglect of the. fair members of the trust. Soon the poor victims were ready to listen to any terms. And then, just when the trust seemed to have everything in its own hands, when "a complete and unconditional . victory, seemed assured, the trust was ruined, and ruined by the treachery of Nettie Williams, one of its prettiest and ‘'most prominent members. : - Nettie had originally regarded the trust project with much -favor. But with the advent of Jack Wilson in the village of Abbeyville things.had grad-ually-changed. Jack was a distant cousin ‘of hers. She had met him at a college commer::%ment two years before. She had tched him plunge through the Yale line in the big: foot-

JAPANESE ROYAL WEDDING. Marriage of Crown Prince of the Flowery Kingdom—Tokio Gay with , ‘ - Floral Arches. ; The royal wedding of the crown prince of Japan, some four years. ago, was celebrated with national fej_oicing, writes Florence Eldridge inm her article on “Yoshihito, Crown Prince of ~ Japan,” in Pearson’s. The city of ~ Tokio was transformed into a veritablefair ground with arches of flowers, festivals, numerous processions and congratulatory emblems. A new postage stamp was issued to commemoraie the happy day. Thousands of peopic thronged the streets and gathered to see the imperial procession pass,standing respectfully with heads reverently bowed when the-cortege appeared. © ~ The costumes ‘worn by the imperial bride and bridegroom during the ceremony were fachioned after the court dresses of centuries ago. The dressof the . crown prince }vas a flowing robe of satin, with silken breeches seven feetin length, " that trailed on the ground behind him as he walked, an outer coat of crepe, embroidered on sl%v_es, back and breast with his crest.. ith this he wore a cap of black, varnished material, bound by a fillet of gold, with a long streamer off stiff wire ribbon hanging from the liack; this cap was kept in place by atlight-colored silk cord which, « passing once over the top of the head, was brought down and tied under the chin. A Our People on Deck. . The American physician who has . been decorated in Paris with the cross of the Legion of Honor only shows the stuff be is made of by winning it. Decorations don’t count in this country, remarks the Plttsburg Dispatch, but if they did they would all come to Amer-

ball game. Even before Jack decided to pursue his pfot‘ession in Abbeyville it must be confessed that he had -occupied a larger place in Nettie's thoughts and day dreams than was safe for such an ardenft member of a Bachelor Girls’ trust.

While Jack was deciding on the situation for his office and apartments ‘he stayed at the Williams residence. One must be civil to a cousin, even if he is a distant one and you are a prominent member of a Bachelor Girls’ trust. .So:Nettie accepted many invitations to walk and ride with her big, athletic-looking cousin. Jack Wilson 'was not a believer in procrastination. When he wanted anything he wanted it very badly and very quickly. And one evening, as they were returning from a drive, he asked Nettie ‘a question, a question she had been longing, yet halt afraid to have him ask. And then Nettie }Buddenly remembered her half-forgot-ten duty, her solémn, but unheeded vow as a member of thé Abbeyville Bachelor Girls’ trust. Fortunately Jack Wilson was a lawyer, and still more fortunately, as ik assured Nettie, he had made a special study of the anti-trust laws. He pointed out the danger. Nettie had run in joining a combination which was so plainly illegal. The Sherman law, the laws to prevent the restraint of traffic, innumerable state and federal laws explicitly pronounced such a trust as that of the Bachelor Girls to be illegal, as striking at the dearest rights and privileges of free-born American citizens which had been guaranteed them by the constitution. Nettie .in terror crept closer to Jack and slipped her hand in his. Would she bz arrested, cast into a jail, perhaps sent to prison for life for her flagrant disobedience of the Sherman, the .interstate commerce and other formidable-sounding laws? But Jack assured her that he would look after her legal-rights. Only—otherwise all his efforts in her behalf would be null and void—he must first collect his fees. But as ba@ iuck would have it, and Jack was collecting the aforesai€ feos in spite of Nellie's slight resistan_x, the buggy swept out of the shadows into the glctw of an electria light. There on the crosswalk, under the light, were three ‘devoted and loyel members of the Bachelor Girls’ trust. , The: next meeting-of thg trust was the most stormy in the course of itls existence. Nettie was denounced as a L‘tra.i{orj to the cause and tne trust. ' She was chayged with rank disloyalty. In vain did: she plead that she had 'simply beenk seeking legal advice for the benefit of the trust. The denunciations continued. At last Nettie lost her temper. Worms, if trampled upon, will turn; and if worms why not pretty girls?- Nettie rose in her wrath and thfew a bombshell into the meeting by announcing that Laura Hopkins, the president and founder o the trust, had set an example of disloyalty, that she had made up her quarrel with the man who- had thought her as near perfect as a girl might be, that, so far from discouraging him, she had by her conduct helped confirm him ip this Dbelief. The faltering members of the trust turned to Laura in- impatient expectance of an indignant denial from her lips.. But alas, thc blushes and embarrassment of 'Laura proved that the president and founder of the Abbeyville Bachelor Girls’ trust had set the example of disloyalty. - g With treachery within and temptation witlHout the trust was plainly .doomed to failure. Nothing was left except to formally disband. No resolution- of censure. was upon Nettie. Instead she left the meeting in triumph, arm in arm with the late president. ' The young men of Abbeyville, however, warned by the danger which they had so narrewly escaped by the downfall of the trust, were discreet in their triumph ard individually and c%llectivelf' tried to prove that the need for such an offensive and defensive alliance had passed. The result was that none of the fair founders of ‘the trust seemed to regret its untimely end. And Nettie was least of all regretful. -

‘“When you put up your®office sign,” she said, shyly, to Jack, “it ought to read: ‘Jack Wilson, Attorney and Trust Brealker.” ” But Jack modestly demurred taking all the credit. -

“I was only a humble instrument,” he said, softly, trying to look ‘into Nettie’s eyes. ‘““The really responsible party was an old and determined enemy of bachelor girls’ trusts—a little fellow by the name of Cupid.” .

OWNS LINCOLN’S GLASSES. Watertown (N. Y.) Woman Has Spec- . tacles Worn by the Martyr : President. A cherished treasure of Mrs. Andrew B. Carter, of Watertown, N. Y., is a pair of spéctacl'es formerly worn and owned by Abraham Lincoln. They were found in his pocket at the time he was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s theater, in ‘Washington, April 14, 1865. Mrs. Carter’s father, William H. H. Keyes, was a private in one of the regiments quartered in Washington then, and was on duty at the theater on the night of the tragedy. He was one of the detail that guarded the passage through which the dying president was carried from the theater. As Lincoln was placed in the carriage the spectacles slid from his pocket: into the gutter, and befors Keyes could ‘restore them the carriage had driven away. Keyes afterward sent them t’b his wife, Mrs. Carter’s mother, and they have since remained in the family. The glasses are of the old-fashioned kind, with heavy gold bows and cctagonal oblong glasses. * - The Yankee Scored. A London paper, speaking of the “American invasion,” relates that an enterprising Yankee came over. to England and decided to open a shop in Birmingham. He obtained premises next door to a man who also kept a shop of the same. description, but was not very pushlng in his business methods. The methods of tie Yankee, however, cauged the older trader to wake up, and, with the epirit of originality strong upon him, he affixed a notice ‘over his shop with the words: “Established 50 years,” painted in large letters. Next day the Yankee replied to this, with a notice over his own store to this effect: “Established yesterday; no sld stock.” : S Vo

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DEATH ENDED HIS DREAM. A Naval Veteran Expires While Maki ing. Record on His Life. Marion, ind., March 15.—While writing and moralizing on his life, telling of the resolve finally made and kept to remain on the light side of life rather -than on the dark side, James M. Kuhn, a naval veteran, fell dead from his chair, at the National military home. '

The manuszcript which he had been writing was picked up and will be sent to his widow. . , Under the caption, “Old Soldier’s Dream,” he had written: “l am now going on my 74th year. I have generally tried to lead what is called an exemplary life, temperate habits, }2w-abiding, church-goinig and a geod citizen. . : _ . . “Since I have been in the home I have reflected on my life. I must socon take that long journey. I now see that walking on” the line is risky and dangerous. . “I.must get off the line, over to the bright side and stay there, which with God's help, I have been trying to do. We “slip along through life taking things easy, just like our neighbors, generally on the dark side of the line ard in touch with the evil one.” The pencil:-dropped from his fingers at the end of this paragraph and he expired. i : ' EX-CASHIER ADMITS GUILT. Is Indicted on 18 Charges in Connecnection With Bank’s Failure.

Indianapolis, Ind., Marca 15.—H. L. Collis, ex-cashier -of the Indiana national bank, at Elkhart, pleaded guilty Monday in federal court. He was the first of the bank cfficers to come up for, trial. He was indicted on 18 charges in connection with the failure of the bank. - : Ex-President Broderick’s trial will begin Tuesday. : Collis will be centenced after’the other trials are completed. : VICTIM OF TYPHOID FEVER. Judge Jonathan W. Crumpacker Pass- : ed Away, Aged 50. L.aporte, Ind., March 16.—Judge Jonathan W. Crumpacker, associate justice of the supreme court of New Mexico during President McKinley’s administration and a cousin of Congressman Edgar D. Crumpacl®r, died Tuesday of typhoid fever, aged 50. Judge Crumpacker had served two terms as state senator and was for yvears a leader in Indiana. re&lflican politics. 7 o " Prisoners Marry. : Jeffersonville, Ind., March 15.—Edward Ross was to have arrived at the reformatory Saturday vnight, ‘but the trip was delayed until Monday evening so that he could marry Kitty Brooks, who was his confederate and who is now in the Indianapolis workhouse. .The wedding took place Tuesday morning, and Ross arrived there Tuesday evening. : :

Flogged By a 2 Mob. ~ Noblesville, Ind.,. March 15 — A tramp giving his name as James Winter besieged the back doors of several residences in Cicero and .asked for a handout, but when it did not come up to his expectations he flew into a rage and cursed some of the housewives. A mob gathered and flogged the tramp almost to death. Take a Walk For a Wedding Trip. New Albany, Ind.,, March 16.—William Hurst and Lavina Hurst, his wife, were sheltered at®'the Central police station. They were married in Tennessee a few weeks ago and are making their wedding trip on foot to Crawfordsville, where they expect to visit the bride’s “people.” | Change the Route. ~ Wabash, Ind., March 16.—The projectors of the Wabash & Rochester Railway Co., owing to difficulty in securing the right of way near Akron, are. arranging to alter the course of the line. The deflection of the road from the original survey does not increage its length. : : To Change the Line. Petersburg, Ind., March 14 —At Winslow, nine miles south of here, engineers are at work mapping out a new route for the Southern railroad. A large number of important changes in the line are to be made as scon as the weather will permit. :

, Made Good Their Escape. Evansville, .Ind., March 14.—The threge alleged post office robbers who tried to kill Detectives John Heeger and Fred Ossenberg, who were shadowing them near the Grand opera house in this city Saturday night, have made good their escape. : Brick Renominated For Congress. Knox, Ind., March 16.—The republicans of the 13th district held their congressional convention here Tuesday afternoon, renominating Representative Abraham Lincoln Brick, of South Bend, for his fourth term. Brick had no opposition. Indiana Canners’ Meeting. ‘lndianapolis, Ind, March 16.—A meeting of the Indiana Canners’ asso‘ciation was held here Tuesday. The object of the meeting was to effect an adjustment of prices. No information was given out. - : Horror Crazed Him. Terre Haute, Ind.,, March 15.—John Layher; a neighbor of the Ramsey family, three of whose members were murdered recently ‘by Jerry Duggins, has become.insane over the tragedy. He begs protection from imaginary mob violence. N v Building Outlook Poor. Jeffersonville, Ind., March 15.—Carpenters and builders say.the outlock for the present season is the worst for years, there not being a picce of work on the market that is larga epavgh {o be classed as a contract.

NITRO-GLYCERIN EXPLOSION. One Man Blown to Atoms and Thres Factory Buildings Wrecked. Knightstown, Ind., March 14.—More than 500 quarts of nitro-glycerin in a largs magazine a mile and a half from this- city exploded with terrific force. Steven A. Clark, a gas well shooter, ‘'was blown to atoms, his horses were killed and the factory. buldings destroyed. ; i . The explosion was heard for 25 miles. In this city hundreds of window panes were broken, and people rushed from their homes and from their stores panic stricken. Scme were stunned and knocked down. The scene at the factery was appalling, as great havoc had been wrought. A huge hole, 40 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep, was torn in the ground on the spot where the magazine had stood. Much of the building, which was of brick; had been driven into the ground, while the rest flew into the air and was hurled in every direction. : "

The, factory stood. .about 100 feet west ,of the magazine and thre boiler room 100 feet further. Both werce totally demolished and are now heaps of iron, timber and rubbish. A small repository for . dead animals, 300 feet away, was also destroyed. :

THE LINTON MINERS. Indications Are That They‘ Will Accept the Operators’ Ultimatum. : R T A Linton, Ind., March 15.—Vice President T. L. Lewis, of the United Mine Workers, addressed two meetings of miners here Monday. He explained the conditions which governed the stand taken by the national officers of the miners’ organization in urging an acceptance of the operators’ compromise proposition. 'His remarks were applauded. The sentiment here indicates that the miners will vote Tuesday in favor-“of accepting the operators’ ultimatum, which means a reduction of 5.55 per cent. from the existing wage scale. .- _ HIGH WATER AT EVANSVILLE. Thousands of Acres of W/heat Is Overflowed and May Be Ruined. Evansville,. Ind., March 14—The Ohio river became stationary here Sunday afternoon and stands 36 feet, which /is one foot above the danger‘ line. - Rain was falling along the lower Onio Sunday night and the river will ‘ not come to a stand for several days yet. Blame For Ba#ik’s Collapse. Indianapolis, Ind., March 16.—1 n the trial of Justus L. Broderick, president of the defunct Indiana national bank at Elkhart, which begun Tuesddy be-_ fore Judge A. B. Anderson, ‘of the federal court, it was evident from the opening statement of Attorney Henry. N. Spaan that the defense will try to place all the blame on Cashier W. L. Collins for wrecking the institution. Ready to Shoot Him on Sight. - Muncie, Ind., March 16.—Farmers north of Muncie have organized to shoot on sight a Negro who has been appearing at their residences while only women are.at home and attempting to rob the houses under threats of killing the women if they make an outery. Armed women thus far have thwarted the Negro. 1

Her 105th Birthday. . W Lafayette, Ind., March 16.—Mrs. Nancy Tigue, of this city, Tuesday celebrated the 105th anniversary of her birth. She is hale and hearty, reads and sees without glasses and shows great vitality for her age. She has a remarkabie memory. She was born in Ireland. . Denounced Brigham Young. - Indianapolis, laud., Mareh, 14.—“ Brigham Young was the greatest rascal that ever remained unhung,” was the declaration of Rev. M. B. Hyde, of the Fletcher Place M. E. church, Sunday night in a scathing denunciation of “Mormonis%n” the subject of his sermon. P Headache Powder Fatal. - - New Albany, Ind., March 16.—Chas. M. Scott, & well-known business man, died at his home, 413 West First street, his death being due, it ig believed by the attending physicians, to heart failure brought on by a narcotic powder taken to relieve a 'violent attack of headache. Instantly Killed By His Son. Fort Wayne, Ind., March 14.—Prince John Godfrey, 55, descendant of Little Turtle and Francis Godfrey, of the Miami Indian tribe, was instantly killed on the reservation, west of Fort Wayne, by his son, John Godfrey, jr., 23, in a family quarrel.

' 'Renamed For Congress. Mt. Vernon, Ind., March 16.—Congressman James A. Hemenway was renominated Tuesday without opposition by the republicansg of the First Indiana district. Strong resolutions instructing for President Roosevelt were adopted. { | ~ Taken to Brownstown. Brownstown, Ind., March 16.—Mrs. Cora Weeks, who is charged with the murder of her mother, Mrs. Inland, at Bedford, has been brought here by the sheriff of Lawrence county and .placed in jail to await .her trial. ‘ Swindled Out of $5OO. Wabash, Ind.,, March 15.—A coldblooded swindle wae perpetrated on Mrs. Lee Porter, of this city, it is charged, by a man supposed to be William Carrol, who'represented himself as a palmist. Mrs. Porter’s loss is $5OO. : By the First of November. Indianapolis, Ind., March 15.—Chief Engineer Thomas Hazzelrigg, of the Indianapolis Southern Railway Co., said Monday that the line will be completed between Indianapolis' and Blocinington by the first of November.

IMPORTANCE OF THE BATH

A Source of Conifort and Healthful- - ness to All the Members - of the Family. 5

Every house should contain a bath room. If you are building a new one, the additional expense for a good tub and the pecessary plumbing will be a trifie compared to the comfort it insures the family, says a housekeeper, in the Prairle Farmer Home Magawine. In a house that is already built, there is often a smal] unused room that can be fitted -for that purpose. The floor upon which the most of the bedrooms are situated will be the most convenient. Some provisions should be made for heating, by steam, hot air or a stove. There should be at least one window that can be lowered from thé top, and the panes in the lower sash should’ be of ground glass. Water-proof paper is excellent for the walls, for it can be washed when it is soiled. Linoleum is the best floor covering, since water does not - injure it. ;

A porcelain bathtub will not cost an exorbitant price, lasts a lifetime, and is easy to keep clean. All the plumbing should be open. The tub should be rinsed after each using, and thoroughly washed once a week. After the weekly cleansing heat a pailful of water until it is boiling, dissolve a tablespoonful of powdered borax in it, and pour it through the.drain pipes. This thoroughly purifies them. There should be a cupboard for towels, soap and other things needed for bathing. A wire sponge rack fastened to the wall will keep the sponges from becoming sour ang¢ moldy: - Hooks for the bath robes, a wash bowl and pitcher and a foot tub will add greatly to your conveniences.

Tepid baths are advisable for almost every one. Hot baths are weakening, while only the most vigorous can endure the cold bath. It should be of every day occurrence, and if taken just before retiring is ore of the best remedies for insomnia. Make a number of cheesecloth bags about seven inches square, fill them loosely with oatmeal and put in a slice of good soap and a teaspoonful of powdered borax. The small pieces of toilet soap that accumulate so rapidly may be utilized in. this way. ;

SOME USES OF BUTTONS.

They Are Largely in Evidence on - Many of the Season’s Costumes. 2]

White waists are made vér’y elegant by the woman who will take a little trouble to fix them up, says the Brooklyn Eagle. One white waist, after it came home from the laundry, for it was a wash shirt waist, was trimmed with buttsns covered with gray suede. They were very large and were set in rows of two down the front of the waist, down the sleeve and arranged upon the yoke. Then there was a wide suede Lelt and a suede stock.

Very large buttons, covered with Japanese silk, are used to trim waists and some of the handsomest lace waist effects are accomplished by ‘/placing these buttons upen the waist in doublebreasted fashion, or in a single row runninpg down the right of the waisat and trimming the cuffs and stock. . Ornate puttons of all kinds are employed upon shirt waists to the great benefit of the waists, for there is something that is almost jewel-like in'the new buttons.

Squares of turquoise, with a shank underneath, are used in button fashion and squares of red stone, of green, of topaz pink, and of eyery. color and kind ' which one associates with the real gems are also 4ised.

Mother of pearl has come out very strong and there are mother of pearl buttons with tiny jewels in the center which go very well with shirt waists of gray and of blue. Don’t, if you are an amateur dressmaker, attempt to make up a handsome shirt waist without duexregard for the button fad which has swept across the land and invaded the strongholds of fashion. . The covering of button molds s something for the fingers of the industrious girl of sgring. Many .of them are covered with canvas ~which is worked in cross stitch in ‘bright colors Cb&\ering button molds with ‘canvas and afterward working them is plenty of fun for the girl with artistic tastes. They can be worked in Armenian, designs, or in the old-fashioned ' cro%sstitch, which made the samplers of a generation ago so very pretty. If the designs are intricate the canvas is worked before the button molds are covered, but in the painted buttons and those that are done in a great cross-stitchery right in the middleff of the button, it is better to cover ths molds and do the fancy work later.

" Boston Brown Bread. Boston brown bread is made in New England with rye meal and yellow ‘lndian meal. Rye meal or rye graham is not rve flour, but it bears the same relation to rye flour that graham flour does to wheat flour. It is found at large grocery stores throughout New England and in some cities of the middle states, and rye flour will not take its place, as it is a very different article. To make two large loaves of this genuine Boston brown bread, mix *a pint. and a half of yellow Indian meal and a pint and a half of rye meal. Add half a cup of molasses and a pint of pumpkin juice! a teaspoonful of salt, #wo cups of milk and a teaspoonful of soda dissolved in a third cup of milk. Beat the bread thoroughly and ‘turn it into two two-quart brown bread tins to steam for five hours. If it is intended for a Sunday breakfast it should be made on Saturday afternoon and steamed Sunday morning. Boston ‘brown bread makes delicious toast for breakfast or luncheon.—N. Y. Tribuge. . : Flemish Soup. Wash-and slice five green onions, a head of celery and six large potatoes, cover with two quarts of water and simmer until fender. Rub through a sieve, return to the fire, add a tablespoon of flour mixed smooth in a cup of cream; when it boils, add salt, pep: per, a teaspoon of chopped parsley, and pour over four hard-cooked eggs cut in slices.—Good Housekeeping. . " Rice and Eggs. . IZeat cold boiled rice, add little water, meat in two goft boiled eggs, and serve hot, with grated cheese over the top.— Orange Judge Farmer. : '

WOOD WINS IN SENATE. e Promotiont to Major General Is Confirmed by Sweeping Vote : of 45 to 16. e Washington, May 19.—8 y the action of the senate in, executive session Friday Gen. Leonard Wood became a major general, taking therank from August 8, 1903, the day President Roosevelt madethe promotion. The contest against his confirmation has been a notable one, beginning November 19, 1903, soon after congress convened in special session, and continuing through the present session until Friday, when by a vote of 45 to 16 the nomination was confirmed. The late Senator Hanna was recognized as the leader of the forces ‘opposed to Gen. Wood, and had it not been for his death before the disposition of the case it is conceded that the vote wouid have been much closer. It has not been believed at any time since the contest opened, however, that the fight against canfirmation would have been successful. Some republican members of the senate placing their confidence in the judgment of:Senator Hanna would have stood by him in his opposition to the promotion of Gen. Wood, but when death removed the late senator from the ‘cdnflict only two republicans remained in the minority. They were Senators Scott, a member of the military affairs committee, who opposed the nomination while it was pending in committee, and Senator Kittredge.

- COTTON KING IS-DOWN. Failure of Daniel J. Sully Causes Wild Panic in New York Market. . New *York, March 19.—Daniel J. Sully, the cotton operator who has for 15 months been the biggest figure in the cotton markets of the,K world, and who has ‘“bulled” cotton from seven cents a pound to over 17, annournced his nability to make good his engagements on the New York cotton exchange Friday. Within a few moments cotton fell nearly $l3 a bale from the highest figures of the day. : - Sully’s liabilities are estimated at $17,100,000. His holdings are believed to be worth about $14,500,000. The dif--lerence would be his losses. | While there had been no premonition of the impending crash no morning of the season had witnessed a more demoralized market. In less than ten minutes after the opening half a cent had been taken off the price of cotton. Prices went up and down, ten, 20 and 30 points within two or thrée minutes. May opened at 1525 and sold down to 1475 in less thanéfi minutes; while July, opening at 22, went -down to 1486. Toward the end of the first half hour early sellers started to cover and there was a rapid advance. There was nothing in the news to account for the excitement. It seemed merely a renewal of bear operations and the catching of further stop orders.

PEACE IN COAL FIELD.

Miners Vote Against Strike and the Wage Reduction Will Be = Accepted. |

Indiané\bolis, ind., March 19.—Secre-/tary-Treasurer W. B. Wilson, of the United Mine Workers, announced on Friday that the tellers had finished the count of the referendum vote of the miners on the operaters’ compromise proposition, which provides for a reduction of 5.55 per cent. from the present -scale, which resulted in a majority of 31,141 in favor of accepting the twoyears’ contract with the reduction. The total voté cast by the miners’ local unicnskin Indiana, Ohio, western Pennsylvania, - Michigan, Kentucky, West Virginia and lowa was 165,887, of which 98,514 voted in favor of accepting the reduction, while 67,373 voted in favor of a strike. No official call will be made for the meeting of the joint subscale committee, which will be held at the national headquarters of the miners’ organization Monday, for the purpose of signing the new wage scale, which becomes operative April 1, continuing for two years. - The work of counting the lvote continued from ten o’clock a. m. until ten o’clock Thursday night, beginning again at eight o’clock Friday morning and lasting until 12:40 Friday afternoon, : 3

COST ELEVEN LIVES. Steamship Sinks *British Submarine Boat—All on Board Drowned. Portsmouth, N. H.,, March 19.—The British submarine boat, No. Al was run down_ and sunk off the Nab lightship Friday by a Donal Currie liner, and 11 persons were drowned, including Lieut. Mansergh, the senior officer engaged in submarine work. The liner passed on and reported that she had struck a torpedo. At the time she was struck the vessel was off the lightship engaged in the maneuvers and was lying in seven fathoms of water waiting the approach of the battleship. The boat was one of the newest of the fleet of submarine vessels and was built from the latest models, but she has always been a bad, diver. . She was inspected recently by both King Edward and the prince of Wales. x Heavy Loss by Fire, Fitchburg, Mass., March 19.—N0. 1 mil} of the Fitchburg Paper company, owned by Herbert I. and Senator George K. Wallace, was gutted by fire Friday night, and many machines used in the making of high grade wall papers were ruined by fire and water, entailing a logs of about $60,000. 3 : . Vacancy Filled. Springfield, 111.,, March 19.—The executive couneil of Modern Woodmen of America has appointed T{uman Plantz of Warsaw general attorfiey of the order, vice J. W. White, deceased.

Suffocated by Fire. Geneva, N. Y., March 19.—Fire 'Friday destroyed several buildings in the business section of this place. Miss Inez J. Bonnell, a music teacher, who occupied a room in one of the burned buildings, was suffocated. The money loss is $25,000. Wholesale Execution. Seoul, March 19.—0 n Wednesday, March 16, 13 accomplices in the murder of the queen in 1895 were executed by strangling ia the city prison, Twen-ty-two highwaymen were similarly executed at the same time, -

DOOM OF RAILWAY MERGER.

Federal Supreme Court Declares Northern Securities Un- - 5 lawful.

V‘,".':v.shington,‘a March- 15.—1 n the United ' States supreme court Monday an opinion was delivered in the merger case of the Northern Securities company vs. the United -States, in favor of the government’s contention that:the. merger was illegal. - The opinion of the court was handed down by Justice Harlan and it upheld the decree of the circuit court for the district of Minnesota in every particular. Four of the justices dissented from the five constituting the majority. : iy The division in the court was due to a difference of opinion as to the right of federal control of state corporations. The majdrity opinion -proceeded on the theory that congress has a right under the constitution to control interstate commerce, no matter by whom conducted, while the minority or dissenting opinion was based on the theory that in the present case the effort is to regulate. the ownership of railroad stocks by state corporations and that such ownership is not interstate trafiec. :

Very soon after Justice Harlan had concluded his presentation of the case it .became evident that the court had divided on"the guestions at issue, and as other oginions were -announced it developed that there not only had been a very close shave for the government, but that one of the members of the court who east his vote with the majority, entertained opinions of his own, which fact rendered ‘the division all the more marked and interesting. This was Justice Brewer, who, while he concurred in the result, announced in an indecendent opinion of his own that he held the view that previous antitrust decisions- had been more sweeping than was justified. S

- The decision was concurred in- by Justices Brown, Brewer, McKenna and Day, while the chief justice and Justices White, Peckham and Holmes dissented. -

DIES OF APPENDICITIS.

Operation on Henry T. Thurber, Once Secretary to President Cleveland, Proves Fatal. =

Detroit, Mich., March 18.—Henry T. Thurber, a well-known attorney of this city, who was secretary to President Cleveland during his second term, died Thursday. He was operated on for appendicitis two weeks ago. - Mr. Thurber was born in Monroe, Mich., a little over 50-years ago, and graduated from the University of Michigan with the class of 1874. He ‘then ‘spent a year in Indianapolis, coming to Detroit in 1875, where he entered the law firm of which Former Postmaster General Don M. Dickinson. was a member. When Mr. Cleveland was reelected for his second term, Mr. Thurbey was suggestegr;fof' private secretary by Mr. Dickinson, and appointed. It was while Mr. Thurber was in the office. that it was changed from private secretary to secretary to the president. Mr. Thurber is survived by five children,.ranging in age from eight years to. 21. .Mrs. Thurber died five years ago. " -

BRISTOW EXPLAINS.

Testifies Before House Postal Investigation Committee—Members Cleared.

Washington, March 18.—Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow; in testifying before "the house special committee on the- post office report Thursday, claimed for himself respohsibility for only the first seven pages of .the report which was sent to the.post office committee, and’said ~ the other portions of the document were the work of other officials of the department. The clerk hire section, he said, was prepared in the office of the first assistant postmaster general, and that part relating to leases by inspectors and others in his.own départment. Mr. Bristow’s testimony threw considerable light on all phases of the inquiry. He practically cleared members of congress from wrongdoing touching the clerk hire section of the report by stating that it was the duty of the first assistant’s office to ascertain the -condition of the work. in an office where an ingrease ‘had been recommended. Serious Labor Troubles. New York, Mafch 17.—Labor troubles, as a result of which many thousands'of men are idle, again threaten the industrial world, and the situation is expeectedito become as serioué asthememorable troubles of a year ago. In the building trades in this city it is estimated that already 20,000 men are out of work, and that the number will be increased almost daily. In addition, the printing trades are threatened by the attitude of the iithographers, 10,000 of ‘whom are expected to be locked out throughout the country. e ¥

Ex-Senator Moody Dies. Los Angeles, Cal.,, March 19.—Gideon C. Moody, who was the first United States senator from South Dakota, died at his home in this city Thursday, aged 72 Jyears. : : > Once Speaker of Illinois House. Chicago, March 18.—Horace Thomas; formerly state senator, speaker of the house- of Illinois in 1881, prominent in G. A. R.circlesin Chicago, and.untildately United Statesappraiser, diedin the office of Lawyer J. E. Abell, 165 LaSalle: street, Thursday. Gen. Thomas was 70 years old. S el Commander Sewell Dead. Washington, March 18.—Ceémmander William E. Sewell, late governor of the Island of Guam, died Thursday morning, at the General hospital, Mare Island, Cal., as a result of intestinal disorders. Movement -Is Growing. ‘ Washington, March 17.—Chan Mun Shang, a prominent ChineBe merchant of - San Francisco, called on the president Monday. He is the head of the Chinese reform movement in this country. He says that 25,000,000 Chinamen alreadyare enrolled in the movement and that the list is increasing rapidly. Speaker of Colorado House Dies. Denver, Col,, March 17.—Dr. James Brownlee Sanford, speaker of the Colorado hcuse of representatives, died Wednesday of appendicitis, aged 385 years. o e e

DOOMED TO THE GALLOWS.

Jury Convicts Trio of Murderers in ; Chicago, and Fixes Death ot Pen,a.lt;.

. Chicago, March 14.—The penalty of—death was decreed by the jury for Peter Neidermeier, Gustav Marx and Harvey . Var Dine, the car barn bandits. Judge Kersten next Saturday probably will name the date of their execution. The motion for a new trial, made by the defendants’ attorneys, will be argued at that time. The verdi¢t was reached early Saturday morning and reported into court at 10 o’clock. The specific offense - for which the trio have been sentenced to death is the murder of Francis W. . Stewart, a clerk at the Chicago City railway ca/’l" barns at State and Sixty-fivst Streets; who was shot by Neidermeier in the robbery of the barns on the morning of August 30. c: 0 -The mothers and other relatives of the defendants were in court when the verdict was read by Clerk John Cummings. Several of the relatives of the bandits’ victims- alse were there. The verdict as to Van Dine was read first. The ‘bandit turned ‘pale, his eyes opened in a wild stare, 2and he gripped the handle - of his chair cfively. Terror was written on his e. Mrs. Van Dine paled, but gave no other outward show of emotion. ) *

A belief that Marx might receive clemency from the jury made the verdict in his case of greater interest to the spectators than® had been the others. When Clerk Cummings announced the penalty there’ was a suppressed murmur of surprise throughout the room. If Marx had hoped for anything he did not show it. He gave the jurors a glance of hatred and then smiled slightly. Neidermeier was grinning at Marx in glee and Van Dine appeared to find some solace in the fact that the “squealer,” as the bandits cail Marx, had to suffer their own fate.

A GAIN. FOR VETERANS.

New Pensiomn Ruling Lowers the Age . for Disability Pay- . . - ments. :

- Washington, March 17.—QOmmissioner .of Pensions Ware, with the approval of .Secretary Hitchcok, on Wednesday promulgated the most important pension ruling that has been issued in a long time. It directs that beginning April 13 next; if there is no-con-trary evidence and all other legal requirenfents have been mef, claimants for pension under the general act of June'27, 1890, who are over 62 years old, shall be considered as disabled one-half in ability to perform manual laborand shall be entitled to six dollars—a month, over 65 years, to. eight dollars;fover 68 years, to $lO, and over 70, to $l2, the usual allowances at higher rates coatinuing for disabilities other than age.B’il‘ll;,‘\eo\rd?r itself is préceded by a preamble, which, after citing the law, says the pension burean has established “with reasonable certainty the average nature and extent of the infirmity of old age. - "

BALFOUR RECEIVES BLOW.

British Premier Defeated by Clever Coup of Irish Party in’ Commons.

London, March 16.—Premier Balfour’s government on Tuesday was defeated in the house of commons by the combined liberal and nationalist vote. This reverse. was due te the prohibition by Mr. Wyndham, chief secretary for Ireland, on the teaching of Gaelic in the junior grades of the _lrish nationalist 'schools. Mr. Balfour, though defeated by a majority of 11 on this question, does not regard the vote as one of want of confidence, and he will not résign on this account. His determination not to resign was strengthened by the fact that shortly after the foregoing defeat he was able to secure a- majority of-25. ¥ The proposition on which the government was defeated was one to reduce the Irish education estimates by the amount of $5OO. ;

PRES!DENT TAKES A HAND.

District Attorney Summers of Nebraska to Be Removed as Result of Dietrich Inquiry.

Washington, March 18.—As a result of the inquiry into the charges against Senator Dietrich, of Nebraska, Williamson S. Summers, United States district-attor-ney of Nebraska, will be removed from office. President Roosevel’t. Thursday informed Senator Dietrich and Editor Rosewater, of the Omaha Bee, that he would take such action against Mr. Summers. The probabilities 'are that €Chairman Lindsay, of the republican ‘state committee of Nebraska, will be appointed to succeed him. Boston Celebrates. . Boston, March 18.—The one hundred and twenty-eighth anniversary of the evacuation of Boston by the Britisa troops. was observed here Thursday. In South Boston, where the day has been yearly celebrated, the occasion was of additional significance as it was the centennial anniversary of the annexation of South Boston to Boston. The guest of honor was Secretary of the Navy William H. Moody. . e < —_— = ; " Held for Murder. St. Louis, Mo., March 18.—An inquest was held on the body of August Rapheal, the aged man who was murdered in his home Wednesday with a hatchet. The coroner’s_jury returned a verdict holding Henry Heusack, the victim’s son-in-law, who was arrested on suspicion.

New Secretary of Arizona. Washington, March 18.—W. T. Nichols has been appointed by the president to be secretary of Arizona to succeed Isaac T. Stoddard. Mr. Nichols is chairman of the territorial republican organization of Arizona. Hotel Burned. Red Laké Falls, Minn., March 16— Fire Tuesday destroyed the Palage hotel, -the largest structure, and fiveother buildings. -The fire routed the guests from the hotel in their night clothes, but no one was injured.. The_ loss is estimated at $35,000. ° Incendiary is suspected. 1. Has No-Opposition. Mount Vernon,¥ Ind., March 16.— Congressman James A. Hemenway was renominated Tuesday without op~ position by the republicans of the First Indiana district. :