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CHICAGO. Developments in commercial affairs liscloee a sustained confidence in the out look. May payments through tha banks usually are a teat of soundness, and it 1 notable that while much heavier this month than heretofore, there la no special pressure in money and default remain remarkably, small. Low temperature yet delays a seasonable activity in leading retail lines, but less fear is flt as to the crop. Transportation by rail and lake reflects an enormous tonnage movement f freight, and new demands make con siderable addition to the assured period of future employment at the mills and factories, although the upward trend of costs and difficulty in Retting necessary supplies to some extent hinder operations. Shippers find railway facilities steadily Improving, and, with the water ways fully opened up, the conditions become more, favorable for increasing movements of ore, coal and forent products. Tha markets for raw materials reflect rapid consumption. Reports from the agricul tural districts show that farmers spend liberally for ' Implements and improve ments, and seeding makes good progress where adverse weather has not Interfered. Bank clearings, $208,150,306, exceed those of the corresponding week in 1900 by 13.2 per cent. Failures reported In the Chicago dis trict numbered 19, against 19 last week and 03 a year ago. Dun's Review. WEW YORK. TTnseasonably cold weather still ham pers trade and crop development Retail business has been chiefly affected so far, but jobbers and wholesalers report that April trade a a whole does not equal that of April a year ago, though the vol ume of business for the four months' pe riod Is considerably In excess of lwXJ. Collections are likewise showing some effects of delayed trade, while Improving where weather condition's have been tem porarily favorable. Reports as to ad vance orders booked for fall are quite en couraging In excess of this time a year go, in fact though a few lines note hesi tation as to booking far ahead. Indus try as a whole la actively engaged; May 1 atrlkea, largely confined to building trades, do not appear nearly as serious as In previous years. Business failures In the United States for the week ending May 2 number 103, against 157 last week and 189 In the like week of 1000. Canadian failures for the week number 23, against 23 last week and 20 in this week a year ago. Wheat, Including flour, exports from the United State and Canada for the week ending May 2 aggregated 2,234,700 bushels, against 2,580,242 last week, and 2,104,743 this week last yea; for the past forty-four weeks of tb fiscal year, 143,800,487 bushels, against 113.000,149 in 1905-06. Corn exports for the week were 1,817,095 bushels, against 1,011,041 Jaat week and 1,0.15,315 a year ago ; for the fiscal year to date, 01,427,037 bushels, gainst 103,837,343 in 1905-06. Brad street's Commercial Report. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, S4.00 to $0.50; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00 to $0.45 ; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $5.70 : wheat. No. 2, 81c to 82c ; corn, ' No. 2, 48c to 49c ; oats, standard, 43c to 45c ; rye, No. 2. 72c to 74 ; hay, timo thy, $13.00 to $19.00; prairie, $9.00 to $14.00; butter, choice creamery, 23c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 14c to 17c; potatoes, 40c to 50c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $(1.00; hogs, choice heavy, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, common to prime, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 80c to 82c; corn, No. 2 white, 50c to 52c; oatj, No. 2 white, 42c to 43c. St. Louis Cattle, $4.50 to $0.25; togs. $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $3.00 to $0.25 ; wheat, No. 2, 80c to 82c ; corn, No. 2, 49c to 50c; oats. No. 2, 41c to 43c; rye. No. 2, 67c to 08c Cincinnati Cattle, $4.00 to $5.75; bogs, $4.00 to $0.05; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2, 83c to 84c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 61a to 53c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 45c ; rye, No. 2, 74c to 70c. Detroit Cattle, $4.00 to $3.00; hogs, $4.00 to $0.75; sheep, $2.50 to $0.00; wheat, No. 2, 83c to 84c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 520 to 54c; oats. No. 3 white, 15c to Pic; rye, No. 2, 72c to 74c. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 northern, f&c to HHc ; corn, No. 3, 47c to 49c ; oats, standard, 42c to 44c; rye, No. 1, 72c to 74c; barley, standard, 70c to 77c; pork, mens, $16.00. BuffnU) Cattle, choice shipping steers, . $4.00 to $0.00; bogs, fair to choice, $4.00 to $0.75; sheep, common to good mixed, $4.00 to $0.00 ; lambs, .air to choice, $5.00 to $7.75. New York Cattle. $4.00 to $0.15; bogs. $4.00 to $7.00; sheep, $3.00 to $0.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 89c to UOc; corn. No. 2, 65c to 57c; oats, natural white, 48c to 40c; butter, creamery, 24c to 27c; eggs, western, 15c to 18c. Toledo Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 82c to 84c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 49c to 50c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 44c to 45c; rye, No. 2, 70c to 72c J clover seed, prime, $9.10. AU Around tha Globe, During a quarrel In a liquor store at Toungstown, Ohio, William Price shot and almost instantly killed Tom White- bead. 1'rice was captured. Gov. Folk has granted a respite of sixty days to William Spauga, Jr.. can traced to be banged for tha murder of Sheriff l'olk of Iron county. Mo. Announcement was made that the sen aval conference of American Friends will be held in Richmond. Ind., opening on Oct 15. Canada, Cuba and Mexico will be represented. An iuvaluntary petition lo bankruptcy was filed for the Cleveland, Ohio, Win dow Glass Company In the United States District Court. The liabilities are given a $j.'i0.00. ' The Marblebead life-saving crew res cued three men adrift on a scow which became separated from the tug Pankrants during a heavy storm. The men speut a wild iifybt on Lake brie. - Michael McNaiusre was convicted at St. Louis of murder In the second de cree. McNamara' killed his wife while abe was with another an In a hotel last August. He is yet to be tried for IDAHO Till A L KEGINS, GREAT DRAMA ENACTED IN SMALL COURT ROOM. Oprnlaar of Case Against Westers Mlaera' Officials, Which 11a Arointed Much Passion and Which Is Variously "Viewed. Crowdrd dally Into tlio little court room of the Ada County Court House, In Boise, Ida., the largest nudlence of siKH-tators that ever attended a trial In Idaho witnessed the opening of one of the greatest legal battles ever fought In America. Some would have ns be lieve that It Is on epoch-making drama, fraught with dangerous possibilities to the social and Industrial fabric of our notion; others Insist that It Is but a trial for murder, cold-blooded murder with admittedly extroordinory phases. The State of Idaho, through its Gov ernor and Ita prosecuting officers, de clares that here the equity of American Justice Is to lie put to Its supreme test that copltal Is not concerned, but thot the tiower of a State to protect the lives of Its citizens must assert Itself, by punishing those who are guilty of tak- lng human life; that ns prejudice will not bo permitted to tnko the place of proof neither shall passion be permit- ted to stand In the woy of penalty. The question of whether William I). Hey- wood, secretary-treasurer of the West- ern Federation of Miners, orator, or- gnnlzer and writer, and one of the ablest exponents of the couso of union- Isru lu this country, was Jointly respon- sible for the murder of ex-dov. Frank Steunenbere. Is to be debated. The de- clslon In his ense will be a fair guide to a decision In the cases of his prison colleogues, Chorles Mover, president of the same organization, and CJeorge A. Pettlbone, chairman of Its Executive Committee. When these cases have been I passed upon the public will learn what dlsjwsltlon the prosecution Intends to mnke of the real perpetrator of the crime, Harry Orchard, who confessed that lie was hired by these men not only to sloy the giant ex-Governor at the portals of his home In Caldwell on the I last nignt or ishjo, but to murder about a score of working men nnd their su perintendents. When 40,000 men can be induced to parade the streets 0f New York In pro test against a trial about to take place In a State nearly 3,000 miles distant; when even the President of the United States can be drawn Into the contro versy, It must be admitted thnt there Is unusual Interest In this ense, whether It be n mere murder trial or nn enter ing wedge In an Industrial redlvlslon of the country. This Interest Is en hanced by the unique features In the case. The right of a State practically to kidnap three citizens of another State and try them for a crime perpe- tratea in the former State while they were absent therefrom, bus been de clared by the highest court in the land lis unquestionable, but It Is a departure from precedeut and Involves the set ting aside of luibens corpus. Further more, tho Indictment of Moyer, Hey- wood and Pettlbone does not accuse them of being accessories, but of being the actual icrpctrators of the crime, although tho Stnte acknowledges that they were not In Caldwell, not even In Idaho, at the time tho murder was com mitted. But as the State of Idaho does not recognize the crime of accessory 11 was necessary to Indict them as prlucl pals In order to bring them to trial This phase of the case has also been passed upon hi the highest court of the laud and tho correctness of Idaho's po sition has been sustained. Unusual as are these conditions, th State declares thut extraordinary means were necessary, ns the State waf dealing with an extraordinary eonill tlou. The State asserts that the as sassination of Steunenberg was but the climax of a series of dastardly crime! Inspired by Moyer, Hey wood nnd Pet tlboue, nlded by Jack Slmpklus, who belonged to the Executive. Committee and who wus with Orchard on bis ter rlble errand to Caldwell, after which he cbcoimmI nnd has never been appre hended. The State dtH8 not claim thai the Western Federation of Miners wni Implicated as a body In these crimes, but that the Indicted officers were re siKiuslble. How much proof the Stat can adduce Is a question. It has Or chard's confession nnd MePurtlund, the deteetlvo, assorts that he has proof In corroboration of the details of thai confession. It also has tho confession of Steve Adnnis, slnii repudiated, yet corroUirated In many details, the Stiitt claims, by subsequent Investigation, Tho defense will meet this ense of the prosecution with an nllbl, proving that tho Indicted men were not In Idaho when the crime was committed. They will also present what they clulm Is proof that the assassination of Steu jienberg was brought tUuit by tho Mine Owners' Association, through Orchard, for the sole purisiso of throwing the responsibility therefor hihiu the West ern Federation olnVlals and thus creat ing a sentiment ugnlnst them. While the whole State Is a veritable volcano of feeling ready to burst Into eruption there Is little outward mani festation and no disorder. Such ru mors as thM Orchard will be shot to death when he takes the stand and that McPartluud, the detective, la marked for assassination, are scouted by the sheriff and other authorities. The pres ent atmotqibcre Is one of patient' ex pectancy, rattier than of violent out- burst. Yet there are' ominous condi tions. From Far and Near. Three saloons In Atchison and two la Leavenworth, Kan., were seised and closed by the receivers apKluted by the State Supreme Court In the liquor In junction cases. Miss Helen Dent Wrenshall and Chaf fee Graut, a giaudsoa of Gen. Grant, will be married lu Washington, Pa., in June. The bride-to-be is a descendant of Alfred the Greut. Two women and a man were seriously Injured as the result of un explosion of gas retort at the plant of John and James Dobson, Philadelphia carpet mauufuttui DRUQ TRUST IS ENDED. Court Enjoins Combine on Complaint of (Inrernnirnl. Th WM'nlloil "drug trust" was pnr prtunlly pnjolncd from continuing Its operations by the ontcrlnir of o decree In tlm United States Circuit Court for tlm district of Indiana on the complnint of the United States government filed by .Toscpu It. Kenllutf. United States District Attorney. The defendant, ninety-two In number, who are tlm members, ofllcers, directors, aK"nt and attorneys of the Nntloiuil Association of Uetnll Druggists, the Wholesale DniKjrlsts' Assoclutlon, tripartite pro prietors, "blnckllHt manufacturers," "di rect contract proprietors," "wholesale rontract proprietors" nnd Charles C. HomliaiiKli, ore ierpetually enjoined from combining nnd eonsplrintr to re strain trade In dnnrs, fix prices by ngreement, bllckllst retailers who cut prices, or to refuse to sell lo any re tailer on equal terms. All publication of blacklists Is for bidden nnd nil contracts and ugree Wilts covered by the charts are de clared void. The direct contract serial ir-milier plan I prohibited ns well ns the securing of the adoption of sched- ules for the sale of drugs. Charles C. Bomliaugh was charged In the bill of complaint with lielng en- gaged In printing and circulating lists called blacklists, which contained tne names of druggists throughout the country who sold proprietary articles and medicines at prices less than those which the alleged combination ordered. As charged, he would send a list each month to every retail and wholesale druggist In the United States who be- longed to the association of those ac- cused of cutting prices and as a result of this these "nKirresxive cutters, ns they were called, could not buy goods. If was further charged thot those nc- cused of cutting prices on proprietary medicines were unable to purchase any kind of drugs from the members of the several associations. All such practices are perpetually enjoined. The decree entered wus dictated by the government attorneys and agreed to by the defendants. With the enter- lng of the decree the litigation came to an end with a complete victory for the government. Itallwar Accidents at Night. George M. Stratton, the Johns Hop kins university expert on railway statis tics, dismisses in the May Century the subject of railway diKasters at night, nud makes practical suggestions for a change of system which would minimise ncci- dents. I'rof. Stratton wants to shift the responsibility of the traveler's safety from the color faculty to the space sense toy making the vane of the semaphore lumin' ons at night. Such a line of fire would be strlkimrlv different from the usual lichts of buildings or streets, and would stand out distinct from the colored lights which it might seem wise to continue for other purpoHes. This continuous line of lielit. moreover, would be vimble at a far greater distance thun is the present jingle light, it would at once remove an ueeu of discerning whether the light burned white or green or red, with all the risk which the distinction brings. It would be virtually continuing at night the same system of signals which is used during the day. The Stote Department at Washington has been in formed of the successful con elusion of pence negotiated between the recently warring Central American repub lics. A provisional government of llou durns has been announced to administer the affairs of the country pending a pres idential and congressional election, which will probably be held In about sixty days. Washington confirms the dispatches from Pekin to the effect that the Chinese minister to the United States, Sir Chen tung Liang-Cheng, is to return to Pekin, where he will probably assume the oltieo of president of the board of foreign af fairs and controller general of maritime customs. Liang Tun-Yen, a graduate of Yale college, is mentioned as his prob able successor at Washington. The Italian government gave notice in the chamber that It would reserve to It wlf the entire luitlative regarding the proposed excavations at the ancient city of Herculaneum, thus excluding all for eign aid of a financial nature. This means thnt the work will be delayed Indefinitely pending an Investigation, as it is known that Italy lacks the funds to carry on the work as it was proposed to do by Kuglisli scientists with the aiil of Knglish capital. The Japanese battleship Akl, which was launched successfully at Kure, Japan, outclasses the British PreadnoiiKht and gives Jnpun the credit of having the larg est battleship In the world. The Aki is 40'4 feet long, K'2 feet wide, has 19,- SOO tons displacement and turbine en gines of 25,000 horse power, expected to give her a speed of 21',j knots. She has three funnels uud an armor belt 1Vi inches thick, ller armament lucludes four 12-iuch, twelve 10-inch and eight 0-inch guns. Mte was uesigucu aim constructed exclusively by Japanese, the net time of her construction being only eight mouths. The last vestige of war In Manchuria has now been removed, tho ltussian and Japanese troops having completed their evacuation of that section of the Chinese empire; all military movements have msHixl. nnd the Mauchurian towns hsve len turned over to the Chiuese authori- ties. China has written to Japau ex pressing her appreciation of the with drawal of the Japanese troops, and giv ing assurance of the reorgauiuttiou of the Manchurian provinces. April 15 was the expiration of the eighteeu mouths' limit for the evacuation of Muuchuria, according to the treaty of Portsmouth. In the House of Common Chancellor Asqulth submitted a budget statement showing a year of uuusual prosperity, with a reduction of the national debt and a surplus of nearly $27,000,000. The old-age pension scheme is set to go into effect next year and $7,500,000 is set aside for that purpose. The strike situation lu Paris has grown more acute, many of the hotel waiters having Joined the ranks of the striking bakers and other food-producing work men. While uo serious disturbances have occurred, it has beeu fouud neces sary to use the troops to disperse the mobs which have gathered from time t Rusher orkrr In Maiden, Mass., have farmed a union. Prison gnat-is in New York State are ask lag foe mart pay. Ciiarmakers have unionized another shop at Rochester, N. T. Tke leather workers of Toreate will ask fer an increase of wages. TV Brotherhood of Railroad Carmea is spreading rapidly throughout Califar fcia. Tne convention of the Minnesota State Federation of Labor meets in St. Cloud in Juave. Tke Eight-hour League of America has organized for the universal eigkt- hemr day. Salpt I-ake City (Utah) plumboTS are on strike for a wage for $5 a day. The pay heretofore was $4.50. All St. Augustine (Fla.) contractors have signed the carpenters' closed shoji eight-hour day agreement. Union ship painters at San Francisco, Cel., have obtained an increase in wages from $3.50 to $4.00 a day. The silver workers' strike for the nine- hour day in Brooklyn, N. Y., resulted in a complete victory for the men. Strikes and lockouts in Holland during 190 amounted to 132, affecting 7,304 workers, with 78,520 strike days. The waitresses of Pho-nix, Arlx., de mand a ten-hour day. They have been working eleven and twelve hours. The Structural Building Traded Alli ance of America has a membersnh) of 1100,000 workers outside of New York It Is the Intention of the International Photo-EngraverB' Union to establish a fund Jor aid of consumptive members. Members of the Milwaukee Sign Paint ers' Union have had their wages raised. The increase ranged from 50 cents to $1 a day. The electrical workers of Cleveland have presented - new wale, asking for an increase in wages from 45 to 50 cents an hour. The percentage of unemployed In Great Britain in 1900 was only 4.1 per cent, or 1.3 less than in 1905, and 2.4 less than In 1904. The San Francisco Iron Trades Coun :il has decided to allow the question of an eight-hour day to rest entirely witb the individual unions. , Drug clerks in the West are rapidly Joining the Retail Clerks' Union, and it i predicted thnt this movement will sprea toward the Atlantic coast. St. Paul union painters will receive 40 cents an hour the present season. An agreement has beeu sigued between the union and the contractors. The International Association of Ma chinists of Greater New York and vicin ity, 15,000 strong, has voted to demand an eight-huiir day in the near future. The March report of the Mutual Asso ciation of Journeymen Coopers of Great Britain and Ireland shows a poor condi tion of trade, with mauy men out of em ployment. The switchmen's unions of the country are endeavoring to bring about the elec tion of their national officers by referen dum vote, iuntead of on the floor of the annual convention. Diamond workers, members of the Dia mond Workers' Union of America, are de manding better wages from the diamond manufacturers of America, the Associa tion of Gem Dealers. The union barbers of Cleveland are seeing to it that the Sunday closing law is enforced. Three proprietors were ar rested recently for breaking the law. They were placed under a boud. Much systematic work has been going on throughout California to form the retail clerks into trade uuious. The lat est and one of the most promising was formed lu Sacramento recently. The strike in the hat manufacturing business of Orange, X. J., has been Ret tied. The 4,000 men and iOO women went back to work when the manufac turers agreed to arbitrate the difference. The first trade-union agreement entered into by the crty of Boston, Mass., is that effected by the music department commis sioners with the Bostou Musician' Pro tective Union, which will be In force for the summer. The Iowa State Federation of Labor and the Amalgamated Association of Street aud Electric Railway F.myloye Joined in securing the enactment of a vestibule law at the receu. session of the Iowa Legislature. When the Electrical Workers' Union was organized in St. Louis, Mo., in 1S91 wages ranged from $-.-.) to ?J a day from sunup to suudown. To-day the union has 50.000 members, who receive from $3 to $5 a day of eight hours. It is possible that within a short time the farmers of Minnesota and the labor unions will be working hand la band. The farmer and the labor unionist have met on common grouud and talked the matter over, and both are agreed that in co-operating with each other many uutold benefits may accrue to both. All the great trade unions now in ex istence in England were founded before 18X2, beginning with the engineers iu 1850. The boileruiaUers and iron ship builders, carpenters and Joiners, the iron founders, the shipwrights, (he tailor, shoemakers, the bricklayers and others were reorganized in the early aixtiea, be fore the royal commissiou was constitut ed in 1H07. The Trades Union Congress was established in 1808. San Francisco (Cel.) union freight handler are receiving $2.50 a day for nine-hour day, and thuy demand an eight hour day with a alight iocrease in wages Congress Spsat a-JOO.OOO.OOO. Clerks of the House and Senate com mittees u appreaviatlons have niadu their anAual complete statement of the expenditures of the last session of Con gress, showing a total of $920,703,143, ol which about $150,000,000 weut tor pen sions, $212,000,000 for the postofflce, near $200,000,000 for the army and navy, aud $111.000,000 for the civil list. Coal Llaa to New Unaland. The Delaware and Eastern railroad baa arrauged an exteusion to conuect with a branch of the Boston aud Mains at Schenectady and thus compete with the Ontario and Western in the delivery of Pennsylvania hard coal to points in New England and also with the Delaware and Hudson. Ajitomoblla Ha(is Tracks. Judging from the success of a trial motor-driven baggage truck in the Phila delphia station of the Pennsylvania, Jt la earpected that these new vehicle wm bow be adopted In all the larger station! WHEAT HITS 1 MAttK HICAGO BOARD OF TRADE 8CENE OF UPROAR. IS j ' ' Both wpptrinbcr and ftecrmtirr Lines Touch lllah Fisrnrr Millions Vni la Traitpn Forelan Demand' and Hash from All Over the Country. Wheat bit the dollar mark In Chi- fngo Monday with apparently the iMiaru or xraue in a "brain storm." I he even figure was reached by both I Septenilcr nnd December lines, with the trade spreading wider nnd wider. Foreign buying orders swelled the de mand. The opening trade lu wheat was the wildest In the history of the Board of Trade. Brokers who have iHX'n on 'thange for twenty or thirty years say they have never witnessed anything equal to the excitement of the first fifteen minutes of trading. There is no way of estimating the volume of 'uslness transacted within thnt per iod. Lending houses traded in millions nd millions of bushels. Orders to buy ot the market were filled wltlwut re gard to price. .Opening sales ranged frum 03 to 97 cents for July, 95 cents lo $1.00'j for September and OOVi cents to $1.03 for December delivery. Those figures tell the Stjry of the murket. To what extent this speculative craze will bo carried no one cun tell. The development of bullish enthusiasm, seasoned operators assert, has been more sudden and far-reaching thuu ever before In a corresponding iorlod. Foreigners, thoroughly frightened over the prospect of a shortage the world over, are buying in competition with the siKcuIators on this side. Profits re sulting from the rise eo fur aggregate millions of dollars and enormous sell ing by speculators who wanted to take their money out of the market was In strumental In subduing the conflagra tion shortly after the owning, the of ferings being heavy euough to supply the wants of buyers for the time being. Crop Losses Are Heavy. Underlying the present siecultttive craze Is the belief thnt there will be it serious shortage of bread supplies the world over this season, owing to buivy crop losses both in this country and Eurois'. Tlie present indications are thut the United States aud Canada will huve a greatly reduced exportable surplus. The weather In the 'North west still Is so cold as to retard the work of seeding, and ench day of delay row means a further reduction In the acreage. Little wheat has been seeded In Min licuviolis and North Dakota north of Fargo. Only about two-thirds the crop has been seeded on the Preston and Dulrymple farms lu the lied Hiv er valley and the owners say they will not seed any more. This means a heavy spring wheat shortage in this country. Such wheat as Is seeded In the south ern part of North Dakota and In South Dakota Is laying unsprouted and much will fail to germinate. 32 DIE IN TRAIN WRECK. Aorrlltle Accident Caused by a Brok en Snitch at Hondu, C'al. Thirty-two persons were killed In a wreck of the Shrlners' special train on the Southern Pacific coast line nt Hon da Saturday afternoon. Of the two- score or more injured many are terri bly hurt and probably will die. Tne wreck took place one hour and forty-live minutes after the conclave visitors, forming a merry party, had passed a the morning sightseeing in Santa Barbara. The train was runtUns sixty miles nn hour when It struck defective switch at Honda. In an In stant the big locomotive, baggage car, diner mid Pullman coupled with It were hurled together In a huge heap ol wreckage. The engine shot forward on the broken track, tearing up the rails and tics and twisting the huge Iron spans like fishhooks. The baggage car halt burled itself In the sand on the right side of the locomotive and was smashed almost to kindling wood. The dining car, In which were thirty- two pel-suns eating their noonday meal, leaped into the air and was thrown di rectly on top of the demolished locomo tive. Nearly every person In this coacb was killed. Scores were scalded by steam escaping from disconnected pipe In Uie kitchen of the diner. It is said that after the wreck oc curred Conductor Jones climbed the nearest telegraph pole and with a tele graph Instrument provided for such purposes suit'it-dcd In tapping one ol the dispatcher's wires. Connected with the San Luis Ollsio division office, he told of the wreck. The men at the other end of the line doubted his story, believing some one was playing a prank, but consternation followed when lu confirmation of his Identity the con ductor read a copy of hi.s last order. The news lniimdiatcly was sent to Santa Barbara and other points. IatereKtin-f New Items. At Hose Pine, La., a Uiuck of businest houses nnd two dwellings were burned. Loss fJj,(KH. Fire destroyed the plant of the Na tional Stove Company,, I.oruiu, Ohio. Loss $'J00,00O, covered by insurance. Peter Savage aifjl Joseph Chouowsky were sentenced to three years' imprison ment in the eastern penitentiary at Phil adelphia aud to pay a fine of ijyOO and costs for wrecking with dynamite the Welsh CoiiKregutional church at Ed wardsville, Pa., C. L. Schroeder, representing the Em pire Molding works of 40 Union Park place, Chicago, was beaten into insensi bility at San Diego by thugs after be ing robbed of $.100 and a gold watch. The Keutucky law inflicting the death penalty for criminal assault wus sustain ed in a terso opinion tiled by the Court of Appeals atlirming a death sentence Imposed ou Harrison Alexander, colored. Fire destroyed eighteen buildings in Leesville, La., in which were located tweuty-fiye business firms, including the First National bank and the Leesville National bank building. I-oss $200,0001 SPANISH HEIR IS BORN. Prince of the Astoria Arrives Amid National Itejolelnsr. A son was born Friday to the King nnd Queen of Spain. The baby will be named Alfonso nnd Is heir to the Spnnlsh throne. The arrival of the li iT n 1 ftolkfl mhium! ilivmntlfitpiitlnnl tt . "J . V IJl. 11 VII llll'll.'IIUlllllllI the wildest Joy throughout the elty and nation. Cannon were' fired, bells were rung, flags were flung to the breeze everywhere, while cheering thousands (tnthered about the palace gates and thronged the streets. Madrid took on ! n holiday appearance. All business was suspended and the day was given over to feasting, sneechniaklng, parades. games, and other Joyous amusement The arrival of the little heir to tho Spanish throne was attended by digni fied yet ancient ceremonies which have been handed down by the custom of centuries. The christening takes plnce iu the private chapel at the palace. The font used for the christening Is one that has figured at the christening of Spnnlsh princes and princesses for sev eral centuries. The nurse for a royal Infant is always chosen from, among the peasant women of the Asturjas, who are noted for their beauty. According to a decree of tho Spanish government, the son born to King Al fonso nnd Queen Victoria will bear the title of Prince of the Astiirlas. The principality of the Asturlas family was tho mountain refuge of the aboriginal inhabitants of Spaiu, who remained there unconquered by Roman or Moor. In many resinvts the Asturlas Is re pttrded ns the cradle of the Spanish monarchy, hence the pride taken In the title of Prince of the Asturlas. Queen Victoria, mother of tho royal Infant, was married to King Alfonso in Madrid May 31, 1900, amid scenes o? the greatest splendor, followed by the horror of n bomb explosion which hilled scores of people and narrowly missed the royal coach In which their majesties were returning from church. One Kitchen for the Town. The women of Montclair, a New Jersey suburb of New York, have projected a domestic service corporation for the pur pose of doing away with the drudgery of the kitchen nnd substituting for it a cen tral plant, which shall prepare all the fainilv's food, bring it to the house three times a day and take away the soiled dishes, leaving to the housewife only the pleasant task of adorning the table us mny suit her fancy. Some of the advan tages claimed for this plan are the solu tion of tho servant problem, the combi nation of n first-class hotel service with the comforts and privacy of one's own home, absolute freedom from the care nud worry of providing for the table aud a cost for the highest grade of food prepared in the very best manner probably not ex ceeding that for the average family table. The corporation may extend its service so as to include lnundry work, houseclean 'ng, lawn mowing and gardening. t Sernnt (or Menlnsjltls. Dr. Simon Flexner of the Rockefeller Institute, New York City, while declining to discuss the reported discovery of a serum for the cure of spinal nieuingitis, has admitted that experiments have been conducted very successfully with the si-rum in the treatment jf monkeys, al though it has never been tried on a hu man being. Train with New Field Gaa. Dispatches from Berlin state that the Oermun government has ordered 44,IKK) men of the army reserve and territorial army to join the colors for a fortnight's service, to receive training with the new field gun and modified rifle, witb improved ammunition. The number of men sum moned for duty is 85,000 more than were called out for training In 190(1. The mili tary authorities are displaying unusual activity in other directions. Military ma neuvers on the largest scale, involving for tresses as well as troope, are being prepared. I ,1'4 V ? B-s-. 'At CK ' s Colorado Lands. Do you want to make 50 to 100 per cent on one, tvo or more ol tne thousand dollars that is now bringing you 'a very small, if any, income. If you do, come with me to Julesburg, Colorado, any Tuesday of the month and investigate the rich and productive but cheap lands of Sedgwick county, Colo. The land will positively advauce 50 per cent and upwards during the present year above the price at which they can now be bought. Cheap rate excursions every Tuesday. Write or call for more information and litera ture about Northeast Colorado. W. T. BARTLETT Jackson. Nta. W. C. EckKevrt Scientific Refractionist. Spectacles and Eyeglasses Accurately Fitted. Coi jultation and Examination Free. Offioe at residence. NEBRASKA Will Compete with Sioux City Trices. L M. LESLIE, Druggist, Dakota City, ... Nebraska. Heart Weakness The action of the heart de pends upon the heart nerves and muscles. When from any cause they become weak or ex hausted, and fail to furnish sufficient power, the heart flut ters, palpitates, skips beats i and in its effort to keep up its work, causes pain and distress,, such as smothering spells,, short breath, fainting, pain around heart, arm and shoul ders. The circulation is im peded, and the entire .system suffers from lack of nourish ment. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure makes a heart strong and vigorous by strengthening these nerves and muscles. "I had palpltntlon nnd pain around my lieart. and the doctors said It was Incurablo. I don't believe it now. for after taking: Fix bottles of Dr. Miles' Heart Cure, thrco bottles of thoNervino end Uiroo boxes of tlio Nerve and I.ivcr Pills I nm entirely cured, and feel better tlinn I huve for hvo years, and It In nil duo to tticso remedies. I want you to know thnt your medicines cured me. It relieved mo from tho first dose, and I kept risht on till the pain tn my chest was pone, and I l:?!t on feellnR better even nfter I quit taking it." JOHN II. PHKRMAN, BeldiPK. Jlich. Dr. Miles' Heart Cure Is cold by your druggist, who will puarantee that the first bottle will benefit. If It fails he will refund your money. Miles Medical Co., Elkhart, Ind Go Somewhere ! Special to California Low rate summer tours to San Francisco and Los Ange les; about half rates until May ISth, also June ISth to 15th; IpBril ' June 22d to Jul) 5th. Slight ly higher daily commencing June 1st; small extra cost, via Portland and Seattle. Big Horn Basin We run personally conducted homeseekers' excursions May 7 and 21, June 4 and 18, un der guidance of D. Clem Dea ver, general agent landseekers information bureau, to assist settlers to secure an early hold at cheapest rates of mag nificent irrigated lands in the Big Horn Basin; write about these lands. Round trip $20. Cheap Rates East To Jamestown Exposition dai ly low rates; via New York slightly higher. During the summer low excursion rates to Atlantic City, Saratoga Springs, Philadelphia, ( also ta the Seashore and Mountain resorts. t Rocky Mountain Tours To Colorado, Utah, Black Hills, Cody, Sheridan, Yellow stone Park. Daily low rate tours aster June 1st. H, M. Abrami, - Ticket Agent DAAOTA city, kid. L. W. Waeklkt, G P A, Omaha, Neb killing the u-sa at the same time. era. Ihe machinery was damaged. time. of the country. with lusura-tice of about $.O,O00. I