1552 Council of Trent prorogued.
J007 Hudson sailed on his first voymgi
of discovery.
3704 First issue , of the Boston Newi
Letter, the first American newspaper,
3707 Allied English, Dutch and PortU
guese forces defeated by the French
and Spanish at battle of Almanza
1700 Demerara taken by Great Britain,
1S05 Dome, Tripoli, captured by Ameri
can marines.
3821 The Ore Patriarch put to death
at Constantinople,
U834- The Quadruple treaty established
the right of Isabella to the throne ol
Spain.
l&W Battle of Ban Jacinto.
3840 Earl of Onthcart appointed gov
ernor of Canada
3851 First Canadian postage stamp Is-
sued.
13850 The French army defeated the
Annara troops, 10,000 strong.
1380.1 Mail ateamcjr Anglo-Saxon wrecked
off Cape Race, with lost of 237 live
0868 Chariot Dickens left the United
States for borne United State
government concluded a treaty ol
peace wltA the Sioux Indiana.
1878 -Queen Victoria declared Bmprei
of India.
1807 Grant' tomb, Riverside Park, Now
York, dedicated
lift 8 Matancas. Cuba, bombarded b
American squadron under Admiral
Sampson. .. .Spain declared a atatt
! of war existed with the United
1 States..,. Beginning of the Spanish'
American War. .. .American squad'
ron tinder Dewey defeat Spaniard!
at Manila.
J0OO- Attempt to blow np the gates ol
r the Welland canal.
3907 Treaty of peace between Salvadoi
, and Nicaragua signed at Amafala.
r
In the Canadian Senate at Ottawa,
lenator McDonald of British Columbia
offered a resolution declaring the Immi
gration of Hindoos should be limited at
jauch at possible, and the Canadian gov
ernment should Invite the aid of the in
iperlal government to limit the Influx.
Senator Scott said the Canadian govern'
ment sent Mackenzie King, deputy mln'
later of labor, to England for that pur
vote. This satisfied Senator McDonald.
and be withdrew his resolution.
The London Times, in an editorial oa
President Roosevelt s message on anarch'
Ira, says that the President ha entered
cpoa a campaign that will command thi
sympathy and moral support of the civil
ised world. Fuller particulars of his pro
posals, says the Times, will be awaitef
with the deepest interest in all the citlei
of the world, and whatever may U
thought of the prospects of the trugglt
with this terrible evil honest men every
where will wish .him victory in the fray,
Th Chinese money changers of Hour
fcong are tupporting the existing boycott
against th Japanese which hat come InU
existence at a result of the Tatau Mara
Incident by refusing to accept Japaneai
frank notes even at a discount. The drug
yistt' guild lso has joined in tht move
sscnt And members are making deposit!
t money at security of their good faith.
The deposits of members who do not bold
to th boycott are to be forfeited to th
elf-government society.
Manila dispatch report an engage
Bent between American trooo and con
iBtabuIary, and Moro outlaw near Lana,
a town on the Island of Mlndaao. Tw
i member of the constabulary are report"
d killed and three soldiers wounded. 4
sluma ooi-ed of a battalion of tbi
eighteenth Infantry and constabulary un
der command of Col. Davl hat betn fob
lowing a band of outlaws and It 1 pre.
turned that thry overtook them and a
ngagemeni eusaeo.
Australia's apprehension In the mattei
f poeaiblq jtg&ression on the part o
7apaa wa voiced, at the meeting held in
London .of JUe .Australasian chamber ol
eominercVby 'Thouaa Price, premier ol
Bouth Ahstritlis'. Mr. Price was emphv
tiling th necessiy of Great Britain giv
ing a more tangible proof of her interest
In the colonic and favored the organiiv
tlon of a hirge federal , citizen army la
auscraua
The . French cruiser Cussurd hat been
Ordered to 'the roust of Morocco to try
to reaeue the 'crew' of the French fishing
vessel Baleine,' who were recently captur
ed by Moors n en i' Cup Juby. -
At the trUKvf the. niu members of tht
sect known ah ."il reamers',' for . burning
Gown John I.tnrs home south of Modi
cine Hat, Can., it was revealed that th'
members of tin order hfld to obey th
instruction of f W leader, who, because
Lebr refused tit join, the congregation, or
dered ,nuiv fullowctrt t destroy Lehr i
home and slay bin family at aiidnigh
"because he was heii'tie."
The Legislature of Prince F.dward Isl
and bas rxcliiiii' l all motor cms from the
prounre, on' f he ro-irir"or public- unfcty,
it being e'ii'l Uifit, coiiilifioiiH (licve are
peculiarly tintJioia'ile lu ike toleration of
these Ainrhln,-: bea;v- the firmer havi
to depend Tvi'n i(tvs Jaifly to. J.'ii'b
th trd'-'K''!-;" ! . ' ' ;,
A Panama ;'c;t't ks.vs laei-e is great
'.taU'Mti:n i' Col iKs) f. ::.'k' what
Las been t'.-i ib.'ri' tLXoiti:ial mints.','
whin Is m V eiTpi tvale e:rei-,im and
that- 'iMtMii. w"- was 4j.uli:eiii.' This
Presitk-ot Uer to liyiiit; lo-pevveiit by a
trip'-to the coaf, cotiitiiij o:r his pre.
'BDc and his nr-ifut i! prtnle i(l i,l liim.
1 mi i. 1 1 1 ii 1 1 1 1 ii m 1
200 LIVES ARE LOST
Exploding Projectile Destroys Jap.
anese Cruiser Matushlma at
Pescadores.
BOATS SAVE OVER 100 OF CREW.
Sone of Baron Cblnda and Prince
Oyama, of th Cadete, Thought
to Have Perlehed.
Two hundred or more Japanese naval
officers nnd sailors lout their liven
Tuesday when the Japanese training
crulwr Matsushlma was demolished
by an fxjdwlon. The ernlwr sank
within a few minute after the rrnKli
and mure than half Its crew of WW men
tank iM'iientli the wave, with it, despite
frnntle efforts at rescue by the rrulHers
ItsukiiHlilina and IIiiHhldate. About n
hunilrwl men were saved, but most of
the itllleern. Iik IikIIiij; the tnptaln. are
numbered nmoiift the dead. The trage
dy was caused by a mysterious explo
sion In the cruiser's magazine..
The explosion mine Just as the iruls-
er was droiqilng tim-hor at Maknng, n
harbor on the Pescadores Islands. Ma nj
of the rndeta and sailors were nssi iii
bled on the decks, watching or taking
port In the evolutions. These were
swept Into the sea by the upheaval and
part of them saved.'
Olftf-vra Kink nils blp.
The officer, however, were nearly alt
below on account of the early hour.
They Immediately made a frantic
scramble for life and safety, but the
wamlnj enme too lale. The cruiser
waa thrown Into such n panic by the
explosion, and the wnyn of escape were
ao blocked by the flyliii; debris that be
fore they could reach the decks the ves
ael had gone down.
A number were killed outright or
burned In the disaster. Most, however,
were drowned in a few minutes after
the cruiser had received Its death blow.
Tho quick sinking of the ship saved the
helpless victims from the horror of
death by burning.
Sonic of the proudest families of
Jnimn ure represented among the vic
tims. The sons of Huron Chlnda, vice
minister of the foreign oftlce, nnd of
Prince dyama. Held .murslml, are
among the cadets who it was feared
were lout, also Captains Name, Vosli
mort and Yashlro.
The cruiser had a displacement of
4,277 tons, being about the size and
carrying the same armament as the
United States cruiser Olympla. it car
ried one twelve-Inch nnd eleven four
inch guns. It was one of the older
ships of the Japunese navy, having
been built In 1800, at a cost of $1,000,
000. The vessel was Admiral I to'r flag
ship at the battle of the Yalu Itlver.
NUBBINS Or FARM NEWS.
A cure for 'locoed" cattle has been dia
covered by the experts of tho government
Agricultural Department.
Robert McGuire, a Pennsylvania farm
er, la the father of twenty-ono children,
of whom eighteen are living. ,
The lumber cut of the United States
last year was the largest on record, ls
ing 37,550,7a0,)00 board feet.
Green bugs arc reported in Oklahoma,
but the State. board of agriculture says
that they have done little damage this
year. '
The Iowa experiment station is making
an apple storage experiment to find out
the beat method of keeping apples foi
winter use.
A herd of 100 cows at the Illinois Kant
em hospital has been condemned as tuber
cular. This action followed tests umde
by State inspectors.
The St. Paul road is planning to nlml
Ish the baling rate on wool shipment to
the East, which will save the shipper
about 10 cents per 100 pounds.
About 38,000 acres of land along the
western border of Utah have been dis
covered overtopped with salt. The value
of the lands is estimated at $100,000,000
A freak horse covered with loug curly
hair wat told recently on the Chicago,
horse market. The an hi nil resembled a
buffalo In color and had a swinging walk
like a bear.
Secretary Wilson has advised I lie park
authorities of New lork City to grow
potatoes or corn in Central l'urk'to get
a Stand of grass. Potatoes will prolm
bly be the crop grown.
Reports from all sections of Minnesota
and the Dukotus state that a more favor
able season for seeding has not been
known In years. The seeding of small
grains is well oil toward completion.
A man of Itiruilnghum, Ala., has pur
chased the Rodriguex ranch of 471,000
acres in the State of TMirangu, Mexico,
for fl ''OO.OOO. Included in the deal am
a.ri,000 head of gouts and ,,00O cuttle.
Prince Victor Nuiyan of India is in
the United Sliyes to tuke a course in air
riculture at Cornell university. Al'ier
completing his course he will go South
and got experience in the lobiitvo fields
The Wisconsin experiment station has
.proved that sugar beets can be grown
successfully in northern Wisconsin. In
testa they yielded Y.l.'-V per cent of suga
Thirty farmers In Irtitit uud Haste
couuties, Kansas, have entered into con
tract with he Agricultural 1 t-pact iu.-iir
to give a thorough lest to some sptv ieN oi'
dry laud alfalfa which experts have Just
picked up in Peru. South Amem a. The
department lias lumislicil I ln-ui wilii
enough seed to plum ten acres each. If
the experiment succeeds, there will sum
be seed enough to sil.M'ly nil the arid di
tllcts. '
1 he Jicd lliver alley. In Miun-
w ill trow tlioui-uiiilx til ucivs it lev
Mover this year, aud I here will nls.i li
larger acreage of oats ami hurley, win
a corresMiudiug decrease in Max neia
1 lie farmers there are preparMg to
more extensivi ly into stin k I'.ilsina.
The Department f Agri.'iillife an
nounces that the aveiHi' co.ulitiui
wiutvr wheat on April I was Hl.'l per
ceuV rgainxt M.! per-( "ill .i t Aic.'il 1
i : jv'.i on .ir.t i, i"; :n.t u:
April 1, VI"'". aTd ii.. lii tc:i-ear sv
trage; J Be average coimitioii o( ryr o:i
April I s SP.l. i;ainst uu Apnl 1,
ItXt", and a ten-yeur vr f of SJ.Ii.
;!AL
CHICAGO.
H. fl. Dun & t'o.'s weekly review of
trmle in the CliidiRO district says:
"Huxiness activity, while recovering
now I v. is seen to bo upon a steadier basis.
Liqiiiilntion renin ins but caiiKes lest ap
preheuxion as to results, snd the commer
cial defaults. nltlmiiKh yet seemingly nu
merous, include noni of conspicuous In
fluence njMn cn-dils. Isomer cost of ac
commodation is nccompHiiied by a heavier
movement of money and preparations In
dicate prompt settlements of the May In
terest payments, n considerable portion
of which will rest here. A wry satisfac
tory volume appears in the distribution
of general incr. li;i ikIikc. and interior buy
era not only miike frequent rails for re
assortments, but iilso place liberal aW
value orders fur full and winter lines.
"Hnilrond trnllic relurns suffer from a
limited mnrketing of crops and restricted
shipments from the factories. Weakness
in pig iron liincou rages large buyers, and
ore xiii 'plies curried over show an unusual
surplus, which imiy be slow of reduction,
unless additional furnaces resume. Fac
tory work in the iron brunches runs more
stendily, especially in machinery, heavy
hardware nnd farm Implements, but the
forges nnd foundries have little forward
work and resumption of normal opera
tions is not jet discerned,
"Itestriction yet appears in wood work
ing branches, but not so severe as a
month ago, there being more activity in
furniture and boxmukiug, while planing
mills obtain Increasing orders from the
extension of building enterprises.
"Mercantile collections throughout the
uear Jiy States exhibit more promptness
with t lie growing ease In money. Farm
advices are uniformly good as to pro
gress in spring work and condition of win
ter wheat.
"Failures reported in the Chicago dis
trict number ,'U. against 21 last week and
lit a year ago. Those with liabilities
ever $."i,000 number 10, against 0 last
week and 7 in 1007."
NEW TOXX.
Improved weather conditions and ex
cellent crop reports throughout the great
er part of the country, coupled with the
favorable construction . put upon recent
financial developments, have made for
the growth of a better feeling as regards
the outlook, but the. actual effect upon
distributive trade and industry! as yet
of the slightest. Some gain is reported in
a few section, notubly the South and
central West in retail trade, but at the
South retai' business since Knsler it
ntber quieter, and Kaster trade as a
whole wan not up to expectations. Some
etilergentents in filling-in orders by job
bers is noted, and a few western points
report slightly more buying for fall de
livery, bvt hesitancy nnd conservatism
rule operations to an extent not approach
ed n recent, years. Textile are very
tjuc'a depressed, though weather and crop
r (tor Is are harbingers lf hope for the
future and short time is well-nigh univer
sal, North and South. Tim thoe trade
reports more orders, especially at leading
western markets, but business it hardly
up to expectations.
Kusiuess failures in the Tintted States
for the week ending April 23 number
2."cl, against 201 last week, 137 in the
like week of 1007, 177 In 10011, 103 in
1IMC) nud 107 in 1004. Canadian fail
ures for the week number 30, as against
2!) lust week and 23 In this week a year
ago.
Chicago Cattle, common to prime,
$1.00 to $7.2."; hogs, prime heavy, $4.00
to fD.77 J sheep, fair to choice, $3.00
to $0.25; wheat. No. 2, 07c to OSc;
corn, No. 2, Ofic to 07c; oats, standard,
.Mo to 52c; rye. No. 2. 70c to 80c; bay,
timothy. $Jl.r0 to $10,00; prairie, $S.O0
to $13.00: butter, choice creamery, $2l
to -'.hi; eggs, fresh. 11c to 15c; potatoes,
per bushel, floe to 77c.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00
to $0.00; hogs, good to choice heavy
$3.50 to $5.75; sheep, common to prime,
to .-.;; wheat, No. 2, 00c to
!ie; corn, No. 2 white, 03c to 05c; oats,
No. J wblte, 51a to 52c.
St. Ixju Is Cuttle, $4.50 to $7.00: hogs,
$4.00 to $5.80; sheep. $3.0( to .50
wheat, No. 2, $1.00 to $1.01 ; com, No. 2,
B5c to Ode; oats, No. 2, 4Sc to 40c; rye,
No. 2, 7tJe to Tic.
Cincinnati Cattle, $1.00 to $0.50
hogs, MH to $5.85; sheep, $3.00 to
$ o: wheat. No. 2, 00c to 07c; corn
No. mixed, 05c to 07c; oats. No. 2
inised, .le to 52c; rye, No. 2, 82c to 81
Detroit -Cattle, $1.00 to $0.50; how.
$t.H to $5,115: sheen, $2.50 to $5.25
wheat. No. 2. t7c to 0!c ; corn, No. i
yellow. lt!e to 70c; oats. No. 3 white
54e to 5."e; lye. No. 2, 81c to S2c.
Milwaukee Wheut, No. 2 northern
$1.07' to $l.O0; corn, No. 3, H.V to OUc
outs, slummed. n2e to 53c ; rye. No. 1
.! to SOc; barley. No. 2, Stic to S7c
pork, mess, $13.35.
I tuff a In -Cat lie. choice shipping steers,
$1.00 to $7.1t: hogs, fair to choice, $1.1X1
to Klt.0.i; sheep, coinmon to gisid mixed
f""1 " laiiuis, iair to choice,
S5.ISI to $S.-M.
Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, !M5o to
!ie: com. No. 2 iiiIxihI. 07c to tWi
nuts. .n. 2 mixed, to 54c; rye, No,
2, 80c to 81e: clover seed, prime, $12.50,
New York Cattle. $1.(10 to $7.1
hugs. $3.50 to $ll.20; sheep,' $3.00 to
xii.oti; wheat. No. 2 red, $1.05 to $t.0tl
corn. o. j. Me to 1.1c; outs, natuvii
while. 55c to 57c; butler, creamery, 25'
lo 20c; csgs. western, 13c to 17c.
INTERESTING NEWS ITEMS.
Sa.nuel lusnll, president of the Chi
cog'j I'Mison Company, wus uppoititcd re
c"ivvr of the Co'tMimers' flit-trie. Com
i:.f, New Orleans, on application of the
'ionnl Comb,'.: nnd Cable Company of
Nw York, a creditor.
f riled Slates secret service oflicers ar
resied W. J. lVllii-kas hi the woods near
(Jue! iee on H chui'ite of making 25-cent
piets-s.
. Mrs. Kate Palter was found atrangled
lo death in her home 'ut 127 West 21st
t-trcet, New York, and lu the kitchen was
Yiu IVIn-llo. with his throat cut. He
(bed later. The man who reported1 the
case suflerir.g from two knife cuts.
(Wittier Wr!sen,lii!iuer asid in New
York that be believed Julius T. Itoseu
helme. nmr.lcrrd recently while walking
with his wife In hia tardea at Pelham
Manor, waa killed by one of two Sicilian
whu luittook hint for his rival Id love.
c . n . t n t r
11
" 8
Mr. HooTirtrs I'lilnre.
.As f.ir as Mr. ;.Mis'velt Is concenie.1.
the American people need imt worry
nlmul the future. The ipicstinn as to
what we shall do willmnt ex-l'resiilcnts
will be solved bv the strentKU'.s execu
tive for hlnmeir, and Hit doubt III n
highly satisfactory manner. When Mr.
UooscvHt leaves the White House lier.t
March he will ls Just 50 years of aut'.
rherefore. be will have ai-litcved tils
most remarkable ills' lti timi nt a period
f life wlih h will leave Miu the proli-
nbillly cif miny years of aclivlty ye!
11 come. r.lcssed with a wonderful
physical const It nt Ion, 11 masterful h'i--
son;! Illy, a record of line achieve tils
uud a iiunl'ortable fortune lie can look
forward (o the fultire with pleasant an
ticipations. 1
Although be luw ,iot formally an-
iiounci'd his pin us. It Is pretty well un
derstood flint lie intends going abroad
for rest and recri'iitloii after leaving
(he Presidency, with the Inevitable '-nig
me" hunt In the foreground. No
doubt be would enjoy such an ou'tiiig
greatly, especially the opportunities for
iicountcrliig lions mid tigers In Africa
and 1 1 1 I In . Willi such facilities as
would be Ills be could fully satisfy bis
restless spirit for adventure. At for-
Igu courts he would lie entertained In
royal magnificence and Indulge his
fancy for nssiKlntioii with art nnd llt-
rature nt every capital of culture. It
Is little wonder, then, tbat be is anx
ious to lay down the reins of admin
istrative responsibility and go out Into
llie world to enjoy himself, for he has
the same driving capacity for enjoy
ment as he has for work.
President Roosevelt ierii'ives another
advantage In foreign travel, in that It
would secure Immunity from the charge
of critics that lie was dominating the
I'a ft administration assuming t lint
Paft will be his successor.
So many opportunities are open to
Mr. Roosevelt us an ex-President that
the selection of 11 future career do
(ends merely Usm his own predilec
tions. In all probability he will turn
to writing bisiks and possibly serve his
Slate In the fulled States Senate. It
has been suggested that be might be
come u college president, but there Is
Utile probability of this. He is entire
ly too strenuous for anything so seden
tary. Kansas City Journal.
The Boycott In ( lit 1111.
Tlr.it the "lien then Chinee" assimi
lates civilization rapidly, once be gets
under way, Is shown by the maimer In
which lie la vlstltig punishment on Hie
Japanese -for.-the Tatstt Marti Inci
dent. Compelled to apologize for the
seizure of that ship, the Chinamen are
retaliating through the medium of tin
American boycott. At lirst It seemed
Incredible that stirh a movement could
be successfully organized, owing to tin
lack of national spirit, but the feeling
for revenge has spread into so many
corners of the empire that the Japan
ese merchants have taken alarm.
The first experience of Chlnii with
the boycott was when complaints were
made against this country for alleged
lll-trentineiit of ChTiicso clti.cns who
came here on 11 visit and were deport
ed. The boycott was not of very Ion;
duration, but had the effect of modi
fying the methods of our Immigration
luspiM'tors, and therefore was regarded
by the Chinese as a good thing.
The boycott against the Japanese Is
more serious, because China is doing
a larger business with Hint country
than she did with us. Resides, the feel
ing agnliist Japan Is very bitter, and
unless a ri-concillntion Is effected, Jap
anese goods will Hud little favor
on Chinese soil. However, the .Japan
ese ministers are born diplomats, and
when they And that the boycott has
assumed dangerous dimensions they
will bend themselves to the task of
straightening nut the dlfllculty. with
tilt almost certain result of compelling
the Chinaman to iwiy damages grow
ing out of his little twentieth i-entury
pleasantry.
Illatitrleal Kaet.
The historical fact stands nil the
time tluit during periods of highest tar
iff, this country has prnsiereil most,
and under even approaches to a free
trade have come periods of unusual de
pression. This Is not merely n stati
ment for cffi-ct. but Is borne out by his
tory. This reminds us of wha! Lincoln
said a hunt tariff: "I do not know much
about tariff, but It strikes me that If
you buy a ton of steel of Knglafid you
get your sltel ; but If you buy It of an
American, you get your steel and keep
vour money." Pallas (Texas) Ameri
can.
l.toLIff for a Slmllnr One.
"llezekluh," said the Kansas matron
us bhc adjusted her glasses and opened
the paper. "It says here that a woman
was carried two miles by a cyclone a nil
didn't sjicuk n word for three weeks."
The sun-tunned farmer grabbed his
hut and his spyglass.
"Where, are you going now, TTezc
kialiV
"Where am I going, Lucy? Why.
am going out to see If I can't sight one
of them thnr kind of cydoner.."
liirnklilH II lirsll)',
- "Ah. me gM"l mini.' said the heavy
tragedian, ns be came out on the main
line of the railroad, "how fisr Is It fnun
here to dear old Chicago?"
"Three pair ol' half soles and six
pair of ii. wv heels," was the Informu
lion or the gatckeeiter, who was
familiar with the ways of stranded
Thespians.
I'luunlhla Theory.
Mrs. Wedderly They say there Is
man In the nusm. Im you believe It?
Wedderly No. But 1 hoi lev there Is
il woman In the sun.
Mrs. Wedderly Why?
Wedderlv That must be what makes
It so hot there. Chicago NVw.
No Itunlit About It.
"And what did the tbslor say?"
"He oitld. 'No more medicine; Imt If
ytt take a little walk of a mtirnlu' and
get the air, niebbe you'll live to be
oxygeuuriau."
I UtillUkll UVIII 1IUIII
Chun Slnee
For more than ten yenrs the Itertirb-1
Ilcau party bas Is-en In charge of nil j
departments of the government. The
jM'ople seldom exhibit such steadfast
confidence In n party or trust It with
entire control for so long 11 s'i'lis1.
Another national election Is at binid.
and it N. right that they should care
fully review the ma nner In which the
resKnsihilit les have Ih-ch carried, pass
ing Judgment tiHin Hie Influences ami
Issues Hut have ln-cn paramount nud
the policies that have been adopted.
The presidential election of ISOli hinged
uiin the value of the dollar. "Should
It lie sealed down one-half or more, or
be kept up to tile gold standard, the
only measurement accepted through
out the world .' Should the debts of the
nation he pil.l In loo-ccnt dollars or
be adjusted, without the consent of
creditors, lo nit arbitrary reduction?
The gold standard prevailed nud has
been established by the party that
promised lo do It.' Such Is the jntwer
of example thyt nVarly all the nations
of the eartli now recognlr.e the uni
form standard, and the f;v" races that
do not are placed nt 11 disadvantage.
All Hint the republican party prom
ised lu regard to the vulue of the dol
lar has I 'ecu fulfilled.
Nearly eleven years ago the protec
tive tariff was restored by Republi
can votes. Another dfstlnct promise
was thus redeemed. The present tariff
law, shaped by such practical economic
students as McKlnlcy and Dlngley,
has Itcen In force for more than a
decade. It Is Identified with the coun
try's greatest era of prosperity. Its
enemies said a return to protection
would destroy our foreign trade. P.ut
the opposite lias happened. Our sales
abroad. Including manufacturers, lmv:
largely Increased, and at this time the
balance of trade lu our favor Is at
the highest recorded point. But some
unexpected things have hnpiMMied since
1800, calling for the proof of the ubil
Hy to meet emergencies not looked for.
The war with Spain eanje in 1808 nnd
was ended before the close of Hint
year. Its story is well known to the
people. Within the decade referred, to j
Hawaii, the Philippines, Porto Itleo
and some other Islands have been add
ed to the national territory. We have
looked to Cuba's Interests ns ti ward
while It tries to organize u stable gov
ernment of Its own. A Pananm .one
1,., lw,.,i, t ... ,,il ,.iul .iii.l 4 tin Iiit.,tr,4,1 II It,
mo- I..-W, ii.ini"i miu i nv ......"......- nit- iii.-rrijL unit; uu- uoy receive tfio,
canal Is moving on rapidly. Isold; cooks. $10 to $15; coolies, $5 nnd
An irrigation law has passed itiuljfU, and children's Chinese nurses de-
!jil'.(:(i(i.(!(!t is going into vm-ious large nand $15 a month and their food. Hents
projects to furnish the arid lands with have doubled in the ten yenrs.
the wi.'er that will open them to the! consul general William II. Michael
uses or agriculture and Insure that n'gnppiios figures on increases of food
part oi' the crops will always he se-' ,,rlee8 ,lt j,icutta within the Inst two
cure fr m drought. A pure f'sid I.nv!renrB. n0 8tlJs : "Beef has gone up
Is In for, . Cur interests In the Pn-ji mMj mutton 100 per cent, flour
cillc have been looked to with vigor- UB udvuuced 20, eggs 15, vegetables 25,
ous effectiveness. Relations with Lathi coai nmi coke 28 and milk 20 per cent."
America have been strengthened ny
murks of friendly Interest. Army
and navy show progress. All forms
of production nTul Industry have
been stimulated and American wages
maintained. Tho savings of the peo
ple are vastly greater than they were
ten years ngi. A panic of limited ex
tent occurred last full, whose cause
Is said to have been a lack of sutli
clent currency, to carry on the Im
mensely augmented volume of trade.
A temporary loss of coniideneo had
something to do with It. Monopolis
tic trusts have been made to .feel that
the power of the people will be used
igalnst them. Tills summary of what
the Republicans In national control
have doiu' since 1S!K1 could be much
extended, but Hie samples given are
amply convincing. St. Louis (Jlobc
Itemocrnt. . o Surrender.
The coming Republican platform in
'hit-ago will lie no surrender or funda
mental modification of the party's pro
tective stand. No new Daniel has come
o judgment as far ns the Republican
uirty Is aware, nor is any Stato tpmli-
tied to sK':ik lu advance for the Chicago
convention. There Is a Democratic
dictator In Nebraska, but the Republi
can party thinks and acts for Itself.
unless it has abandoned its old high
standard of principles and ptirisisrs.
makes I 'resilient s. n is nor iiuiue n.v
Presidential candidates. St Louis
(ilobe-Dcinocrat.
Shmtil l.miX.
What Is Jimmy Finn putting on s.
many lugs about?" sneered the lad in.
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"Haven't you
lieu ill?" replied his
hum. "Why, Jiiiiinie Is de sole owner
of a rublier monopoly."
What! A rubber monopoly? Is It
down In ISra.il?"
"Naw. out to de baseball grounds.
Jimmy bored a hole in de fence an' he
Is going to charge each kid a nickel to
take a peep fit to when de game is go
ing on."
Tenure i:iluluel.
"That man makes a great many mis
takes." snld one factory employe.
"Yes." answered the. other, "more
than all the rest of us put together.
The foreman keeps him mtuiiid to have
some one to jump on ami flaw that
he's boss." Washington Star.
Kt tlte I'rrneut.
'T.efore I give you my answer," snld
the beautiful heiress, "you must toll mo
about your debts."
lltl, ropiiou l or fount, nisi (
why discuss
worldly matters.' Let us Just taik of
love lor the present.
llrlnrru (ieulleiuea.
Mother Tommy, you should tf-e po
lite, dear, and offer to share your ran
dy with the little boy.
Tommy Hut can I be sure that he
will Is- isillte enough not to take my
only f'bk?
After Xe.
The Medium Au! beautiful lady,
you have come to Ilnd your future hus
band ; Is It not so?
The Lady Not much. I've eonie to
find w here my present husband is when
he's absent. , .
Vtolil Nuiii-lon.
Mng Jlmtule, go home and chop
some wood; fetch up two buckets of
coal ; den go over tor de butcher
an' "
Jimmle Sb b-b,' Sis. Not so loud or
fciki-'ll link we're married.
0H1 SPUING, SPUING, THE BEAUTIFUL SPEINQ TIME."
aMSKSMaisniiMsa
THE COST OF ITVTN3
ftiina, India and France Are Affected
Like Ourselves.
The outcry against the increased cost
f presenfHlay living, ns compared with
the figures of a few years back, is not
limited to the United States, says a
Washington correspondent. The race
f prices upward has been going on In
fur corners of the world. One issue of
!he Daily Consular Reports, which ore
jublished by the bureau of nianufac-
tures, showed startling Increases
In
ihree widely separated sections.
At Tsingtau, Chlnn, it was possible
ten years ago to employ excellent
"boys" at $3.50 to $5, gold, a month;
rooks from $4.50 to $0, and the gen
rol house coolies for $2.50 nnd $3. At
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STORMS IN
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Map of the Gulf States Showing Widely Scattered Districts Hit by
Tornadoes. Areas Stricken Are Indicated by Shading.
Consul Cnhpaninn Coleman writes from
Roubaix, France: "The following ad-
ItVauee of prices in percentages during
tne last nve years, irom i:sj to jwi,
may be noted: Hrend, 15; beef, 22;
'veal, 14; mutton. 25; pork, 27; butter,
14; cheese, 25; vegetables 15 to i!0,
pastry, 25; oil. 15; coal, 34; charcoul,
24; coffee and chocolate, 25. The
greatest Increase, 50, Is for fish, and
"""-" - -
roleum."
Protest Meeting I imiolesled.
With about 200 of the New York po
lice force present, some in uniform and
others in plain clothes, a meeting of the
Socialists was held to protes. against the
brutality of these same police in prevent
ing the f nion Square meeting of the un
employed the week before. Algernon Lee,
editor of the New Y'ork Socialist, who
presided, said they were glad to have the
liolice hear what was thought of them.
Morris llihpiit gave notice to all the
forces of reaction that in trying to make
the incident the pretext for a campaign
of slander against the Socialist move
ment they had undertaken a. fruitless and
silly task. All the speakers said the po
lice clubbing had made many recruits for
'.he Socialist cause.
('n't I Millet Traelloa JiiKUlera.
The special grand jury at New Y'ork,
i which Iihs investigated the charges against
Thomas f . Ryan and other oflicers of the
Metropolitan Street Railway Company in
oniieetioii with the purchase of the fer
ries paper railway from Anthony Rrudy
reisirts the facts of an amazing jusgle
of funds in which vast sums were dis-
hui-Ncd to belli political arties and admits
llie dishonesty of these acts, but funis that
under the laws in force at the lime of the
acts no crime whs committed technically.
Kxplori-r MIILrlrn K uvit.
f pou liis urrivul st New York recently
Cpt. fjmir Mikkelsen of the Mikkelsen
Lellingwell polar expedition, which start
ed north two yenri ngo, aud which has
been credited with proving the existence
of lund north of the unexplored sea, ex
plains that he didn't do anything of the
kind. His observations indicate that there
la no lati'l lliere, but he returns with the
belief unshaken that there is land north
of the uneviiloied sen. This belief rests
largely n;.n the Hi-lit of birds in that tli-
nvtioii. On his way back Mikkelsen
walked V'iuit-1 1: in g like 3.UI0 miles from
flavuiitn's Inland lo Yithlex and Nome,
FREAKS OF STORM AS
TOLD IN DISPATCHES.
At Purvis, Miss., where sixty-two-bodies
were fojnd, n "-year-old child waa
found immediately after the cyclone stand
ing in front of the postofJice ruins un
harmed. Its identity is not known. ,
Near Church Hill, Miss., a negro I by
was caught in the wind, carried .100 yards
and deposited in a -swamp unhurt. An
aged negro woman was whirled into the
air and her head almost severed by Hying
timbers before she fell in a cotton field
100 yards from where her cubin had
stood. The body of a little negro boy was
found in a field with a piece of timber
driven through the heart.
Houses were lifted bodily In the air at
Purvis, Miss., and carried along for great
distances and then dropped a muss of
wreckage. (!. (i. Atttry and his wife hud
a remarkable escape in one of these aerial
flights. He was practically unharmed.
but his wife sustained serious injuries.
W. (J. Mayhon, the station agent, also
sailed through the air in the depot and es
caped unharmed.
In Concordia Parish, La., a negro boy
was found almost wrapped around a tree,
his left leg being broken in four place
and his right arm broken. His mother
and two sisters were killed. His father
Is dying from a fractured skull and four
of his brothers are also fatally injured.
The usual freaks were played by the
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wind. Twenty prisoners were, in the town
jail, llie roof wus lifted off, but so ter
rified were they that no one attempted to
escape. one ot the prisoners wos seri
ously injured. The wreckage which re
mained on the site of a lumber mill, near
town, consisted largely of splinters, from
the size of toothpicks up to small sticks.
or
The spring meet at Ilenuing track whs
a great success.
First lbiseman Arthur Brown of the
St. Louis Americans lias been sold to Mil
waukee, where he will supplant Jack
Flynn, who refused to report.
Race track gn milling or I'enning, the
Mecca of sports and bookmakers in the
spring and fall, is no more. In less than
four minutes the Senate passed u bill
making it unlawful to lay wagers on any
event in I lie District of Columbia, even
when the "peripatetic" system of book
ing is followed.
Rattling Nelson has signed articles lo
tight forty-live rounds with "Itorr" fn
holx before a San Francisco club.
Sir Woosler, the grand looking sou of
Ardlinglou and Lady Woosler, won llie
great steeplechase at Meaning, pulling up
from l'doodslone and lieldenio, which
finished second and . third, r-spcot ively,
and four others.
At Oakland. Cal.. Cabin. ,1. It. Rran
nou's old gelding, won tin- Su Rafael
handicap, lie covered the mile aud one
eighth in 1 :51 3-5, or .",-5 of a sei-ond
less than the track record, without ex
tending himself in the l.'.isr.
At Cleveland, Willie H ipiM-. the 1S'.2
balk-line billiard champion, easily defeat
ed George Sutton in a 4'hl-point 1V2
match by a score of 401) t.i 120. IIop,e
was In fine fettle, while Sutton played in
lioorliick. The balls broke badly for him.
Iloppe made a run of 111 in the liit in
ning aud 140 in the fifth. He ran th"
game out in nine innings, thus making
an average of almost 41'... Sutton made
no good runs.
Jack Johnson, the uegro, h.'.iv.v w ilit
pugilist, will co to fnglmid ami try to
force Tommy Hums to tight him. on rea
sonable terms. Rums bas been demand
ing fit'luM
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