F i ' .. THE WAR GOES ON NO NEW MOVE FOR PEACE LABOR TROUBLES. IN EXPRESS COMPANIES ARE FIRM Rpfusal to Take Back Any of the Strikers Officially Announced. The Strike In the Lumber Yard Districts Spreads Rapidly. CHICAGO Flnnl rejection of union demands, especially those of tho ex- lroBB drivers, was offlclnlly announced Wednesday by tho employers. They demand practically unconditional sur render. Neither sldo In tho strike made a direct step towards peace and each was apparently waiting tho next move of Its opponent. Tho employers sent their goods all over tho city un dor police protection without encoun tering violence. There was one peace offort and It was enveloped In mys tery. It was said that "a prominent liusiness man" was making efforts to enduco the managers of the expross companies to make terms satisfactory to striking driver, nntl that he had promised them "good news."' Nothing came of the attempt, however, and thero was no good news for either side. Tho strike In the lumber district -i. spread Wednesday with great rapid ity and practically all business of that kind is at a standstill. Somo few lum ber yards are still in operation, but their volume of business Is so small as to amount to practloally nothing. A number of planing mills and sa3h and door factories were compelled to shorten operations, and by Friday, at least, will be compelled to close en tirely If the supply of lumber Is not largo Increased. The lumber yards made llttlo offort to transact business today and wore waiting for drivers to bo sent them by the Employers' Team ing company. One cause for the lack of energy on tho part of the employers In the lumber district was that tho city was not able to nfford tho police protec tion. Mayor Dunne provided against this contingency by issuing a call for 1,000 extra rollcomon, who will be sworn In as rapidly as applications aro filed by suitable men. This will be tho second 1,000 extra policemen Bworn In since the commencement of tho strike. Sheriff Barrett swore in several hundred deputies, the largest number at any time since tho begin ning of tho trouble. United States deputy marshals com menced serving notices on tho sixty teamsters who have been cited for contempt of court in violating tho In junctions of Judge Kohlsaat, prohibit ing them from interfering with the wagons of the seven express compan ies and of the tho Employers' Team ing company. The men aro cited to show causo on May 31 at 10 o'clock why thoy should not bo punished for contempt. CAN'T TAKE SNAP JUDGMENT Fraternal Insurance Pollcleo Acquire Value in Missouri. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. According to an opinion handed down by the supremo court of MIsourl, fraternal and assessment life insurance com panies have not tho right to revoke policies upon which three or more an nual payments have been made. In the caso upon which tho decision Is rend ered a policy was taken out in May, 189G. After meeting threp payments the payment due In Juno, 1899, was not met and tho insured died In January, 1900. Tho company refused to honor tho claim, but tho lower court held that thore was a not value to tho policy sufficient to carry it beyond the date of death, and rendered Judgment In favor of the beneficiary. Southerns Raise $300,000. FORT WORTH, Tex. The report of tho twentieth century assembly of tho Southern Presbyterian church. The report shows that J300,00 has already been pledged and about half of that amount has been received. The assem bly failod to sustain tho complaint of N. E. Thurmond versus tho synod of Missouri. Tho debate on tho question of federation with other Presbyterian oodles will bo resumed after the dis cussion of committee reports. PRESIDENT ASKED TO INVESTIGATE EQUITABLE WASHINGTON An effort was made to Induce tho president to take an active interest in the complications which have arisen, in tho affairs 'of the Kquitablo Life Assurance society. Clarence Whitman, president of the Merchants' association of Now York, had a conference with the president on tho subject. Details of the confer ence were not to be obtained, but it is believed that Mr. Whitman urged the president to take up the subject with a view either to ordering a gov ernment Investigation or to making recommendations to congress on the subject of Insurance legislation. British Women Best Player:-. LONDON Tho ladies' internation al golf match, arranged by tho execu tive committee of the ladles' golf union between British and American players, seven on a side, at 18 holes, wa3 played and resulted In the Brit'sti women winning six games and tbo American one. CHEYENNE, Wyo. Judge Scott overruled tho motion for a new trial of Colonel W. F, Cody's divorce suit case. The case will go to the supreme court on appeal FIGHT TO A FINISH. Prospects of Peace In Teamsters' Strike Disappear. CHICAGO All prospects of poaco in tho teamslors' strlko have disap peared and It will bo opon war from this tlmo on. Tho last coufcrcnco looking toward a peaeeahlo adjust ment was held at C o'clock Tuesday night between James B. Barry, busi ness agent of tho expross drivers' union, and tho local manngors of tho seven oxpross companies. Tho con ference had been set for an early hour In tho afternoon, but owing to the failure of Mr. Bnrry to recclvo proper notice It was postponed until Tuesday evening. Whon tho meeting finally took placo tho conversation was brief and pointed, nuslnoss Agent Barry opened tho negotiations by say ing: "Our position Is this: I want all tho mon reinstated oxcept thoso who havo been guilty of violence. I cannot do anything different. That is what tho local union wnnta and that is what tho local officers havo told mo to demand. That Is all I can do. The mon told mo that thoy all want to go back In a body or thoy won't go back at all; that Is tho position of tho union and tho union officials." Tho reply of the representatives of tho express companies was brief. It was: "Our opposition to tho reinstate ment of tho men will bo tho samo four years from now as It Is today. Wo will not take thom back under any clrcumstnnccs." This brought tho conference to a close and all parties concerned In it Imniodlrtely left tho city hall. Tho spread of tho ptrlko was not as largo a3 was anticipated, It being understood In many quarters that there still Is a chanco of peace being reached. Four hundred and sixty-two drivers employeA by twenty-eight firms belonging to tho Lumbermen's association went out. In each caso tho men were ordered to make deliveries to boycotted houses and tho usual strike followed. Other firms to tho number of flfty-flvo belonging to tho Lumbermens exchange will mako similar requests to their men and by night It Is expected that tho full num ber of 2,000 drivers employed by theso lumber concerns will bo on strlko. Edward Hines, president of tho As sociated of Wood Industries, said that the members of tho organization pre posed to stand together, and when asked If poaco was in sight, replied: "Peace. I am not looking for peace. I am In this thing now to fight It out Wo may Just ns well havo It over once for all. The Employers' Association of Wood Industries is affiliated with tho Chicago Employers association, which has been fighting tho strlko thus far, and, of course, wo will work in con junction with them. The reason that more men did not go out today was because somo of tho orders to tho boy cotted houses had to bo taken In rota tion and it so happened that most of tho orders were for firms not in volved In tho strike. Tho orders that were given for deliveries to strike bound houses wero met by tho team stors with refusal to do tho work and tho men wero immediately dis charged. TOKIO HEARS OF JAP VICTORIES TOKIO Imperial headquarters, re porting, says: The Russian cavalry which detour cd toward Fakumen from tho right bank of tho Liao river was frequently defeated by pur rear guards. On May 20, after their failure In tho vicinity of Tafangshen, they camped with tho main strength at Slaotatzu, twenty- six miles from Fakumen, and on May 21 they retreated to tho right bank of tho Mallen river. Hi tho meantime a few companies of the enemy's force remaining on tho left bank of the Mallen river wero defeated and retreated northward la disorder. For President of Cuba. HAVANA Tho national liberal convention nominated Jose MIguol Gomez, governor of Santa Clara prov ince, for president and Senator Al fredo Zayas for vice president. MAY CORN PRICE ADVANCES. Stampede Sends Option Up Six Cents and Wheat Advances Also. CHICAGO A stampede of shorts advanced tho price of corn for May delivery precisely C cents a bushel. It was current gossip that tho May op tion Is practically cornered by a few prominent traders. A desire to avoid possibly greater loss than already In curred was the cause of the urgent demand today from thoso who wero on tho wronc sldo of the mnrket. Tho May delivery opened at 53 cents. Tho price quickly jumped up to C9 cents a bushcL A somewhat similar situation devel oped In the wheat pit. On an actlvo demand from shorts tho prlco of wheat for May delivery was forced up 4 cents a bushel. Much of the gain was subsequently lost on profit tak ing. May wheat opened at 99 cents. People Facing Starvation. ST. PETERSBURG Tho Russky Slovo of Moscow on Friday prints a dispatch from Vladivostok which indi cates" that the Inhabitants of tho whole martlme rogion of Eastern Siberia, in eluding the Island of Sakhalin and tho Kamochkata peninsula, are facing starvation on account of tho situation produced by tho war. Word has beeu brought to Vladivostok from Khotsk, Eastorn Siberia, that the fish supply of Sakhalin wns exhausted last winter and that tho Inhabitants ate their dogs to save life. pmffle Beware the Conceited Man. "I don't caro for him," said tho young woman, snapping her teeth to gether decidedly. "Ho's ono of thoso men that match." "Match? murmured hor friend who had Just confessed to a certain In terest in an acquaintance. "Yes; all tho samo color," was tho answor, "shirt, hnndkerchlof, socks all tho samo shade. Nono of that kind for mine, thanks. Just think how much tlmo they would tako In' primp ing every morning to got nil thoso things tho same." Now York Sun. All At It. Lady "Why aro you a tramp?" Frowzy Frogmoro "Becauso I halp't got but 30 ccntB saved yt for mo new automobile." This Prophetic Soul. Kindly Stranger "Say, bub, you havo been crying hero for an hour. What's up?" Small Boy "I'm appalled by an im pending catastrophy, Blr, boo-o-o." Kindly Stranger "Bless my soul, what a child. And what is tho catas trophy to bo?" Small Boy "Fishln' will bo good about Saturday, and I'm afraid the weeds '11 havo to bo hoed out of tho garden." Regular Jonah. "Do olo mule th'owed Br'or Thorn ns head over heels Inter do mill pond en a 'gator rlz up on Bwallored him!" "Too bad!" "Yes, but I reckon we'll seo him ag'ln kazo do gator's dono crawled up on do bank ,cn ho's lookln' mighty pick." Atlanta Constitution. Reflected Greatness. "What makes BJones so proud theso days?" asked tho seekor after truth. "Ho has Just discovered that ho wears the same slzo collar that Roose velt does," replied Mr. Conn. Port land Telegram. The Lingering Kind. Mrs. Nowlywed 1 don't know whether to bake a pio or a cako for dinner. Chum Which will last longer? Mrs, Newlywed Oh, it doesn't mako much difference. Ono is as bad as tho other! Detroit Free Press. No Good for a Touch. "There goes my frleud, Jones, tho humnn razor." "Is ho so sharp?" "No but ho's continually strap ped." A Cheese With Life In It. Yeast I see an English coroner re marked recently at an Inquest that It was strange what a largo number of people died suddenly after eating cheese, Crlmsonbeak Why don't they eat the kind of cheese which has llfo in it? It can be found, you know. A Sad Fate. ijoe IM Papa Worm Heavens! That llttlo boy is using my son to fish with! Ham. "My dear," said the facetious cannt )al, "I'vo brought homo a ham for din icr," ,. "That's what I call adding Insult to njury," murmured tho shipwrecked totor, sotto voce. He was, however, in no position to irotest. Louisville Courier-Journal. TrijfTB? frurJY iSNTStTrHHsMlVM GOVERNMENT LIGHT. HISTORIC CHICKAMAUGA PARIC ABLAZE WITH ILLUMINATION. United Stater System of Lighting. Mili tary Post Pronounced Gratlfylnnly Successful Six and One-Half Miles of Mains Sixty-Five Street Lights. Chlckatnnuga Park Gn., May 31. Tho United States government has hero In operation ono of tho largest acoty lono gas plants in tho world. The mili tary post nt tho ontranco of tho histor ical Chlckamnuga battlefield whero thirty thousand Union andConfodornto eoldlcrs wero lost in tho momorablo battle of Sept. 19 and 20, 18C3, contains about ono hundred buildings, tho Bovonty-flvc principal ones of which nro lighted with acotylono. To accom plish this six and ono-half mllos of mains and two miles of sorvlco plpoa aro In use, whllo Blxty-flvo street lamps brilliantly lllumlnato tho nvo nucs of tho post. In 1903 tho War Department In stalled n test acotylono plant at Fort Moyer, Virginia. Tho results wero so gratifying and tho superiority of tho Ulumlnant so ovldent that tho government, March 20, 1904, placed tho contract for tho Chlckamnuga plant, In which every citizen of tho United States should havo his pro rata of prldo. But tho government has not con fined its acceptance of acotylono to this military post. Slnco becoming satisfied of tho efficiency, superiority and economical advantages of this particular illumlnnnt, tho Unltod States has installed a numbor of plants In Indian schools and other gov ernment Institutions. Acctylono gas is ono of tho simplest ns well as tho most perfect of artificial lights. It is mado by tho contact of water and carbide, (a manufactured product for salo at a nominal prlco), 1b absolutely snfo and give a beau tiful whlto light soothing to tho eyes and nerves. It can bo producod any where In tho farm homo, tho vlllago storo, tho town hall, tho church and Is so easily maintained as to bo practical for all classos. It Is a matter for national congratu lation that In beautifying so historic a spot as Chlckamnuga, nothing but tho best, Including tho lighting sys tem, has been deemed good enough for the American people. Fatigue of Work Feels Good. Says a railroad man: "Men who grumblo at work or fret nbout an eight-hour working day forgot that a man will bo tired at tho end of tho day whother ho works or not. Tho fatlguo of work is much bottor than tho fatlguo of idleness, and thero is no pleasure llko that which comes from tho consciousness of having accom plished something." in a Pinch, Use ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE. A powder. It cures painful.smarting.nerv ous feet and ingrowing nails. It's the greatest comfort discovery of tho age. Makes new shoes easy. A certain cure for sweating feet. Sold by all druggists, 25c Trial package FREE. Address A. S. Olmsted, La Roy, N. Y. Cure for Consumption. A six months' tour by hullocyjx in South Africa is the 'litest euro for consumption, ns advertised by a Lon don doctor. Your own ralich cow ac companies you, tho pace Is only two miles an hour, thero aro frequent out spans, and vegetables, butter, butch er's meat, fowls and eggs aro easily obtainable, it is said. Tho total cost Is only $525. Returned the Salute. A traveler who visited tho small Siberian town of Kansk tells how sur prised ho was by an incident in tho theater. Tho first actress who mado an nppearanco on tho stago bowed to tho audienco, whereupon tho wholo gathering roso a3 ono man and return ed tho bow in tho most pollto manner. Boston Tot Asks a Blessing. "And, dear Hoavonly Father" fin ished a Boston child at prayer tlmo, "pleaso bless my cat. Bless overy part of him. for I lovo him bo much that tho very whiskers of his face aro numbered. Bless his emerald eyes, his llttlo rico teeth, his crush edstrawherry tongue and tho llttlo baked beans beneath hia feet." Shortest Title of a Novel. Tho shortest tltlo over given to a noval was "B" aub-tltlo "An Auto biography" by E. Dyno Denton, . In three volumes. Whyto Melville, in 1869, published a novel to which ho gave tho title "M or N?" a term well known to every student of tho Church ot England Cathechism. Length of Rivers. Tho longest river in tho world Is tho Nile, 4,000 miles; in Europe th Volgo, 2,1114 miles; in Asia, the Yangtso Kiang, 3,160 miles; In Amerl ca tho MlsslSBlppl-Mlssourl, 3,656 miles; in Australia tho Murray, 2.35C mllos. Tho short Important rlvor Id tbo world is tho Thames, 215 miles. Grows Six Inches a Day. Catalpa grows at tho rato of a third of an inch in diameter a year on good soil, says a wrltor In Country Llfo in America. Thore aro flno summer days when tho sprouts on a stump of sturdy root growth will grow Blx inches in the twenty-four hours. You 'can see catalpa grow, you can bear it grow. Ono room at Tsalkoo, tho czar's palace near St. Petersburg, haa walls of lapis lazuli and a floor of ebony in laid with mother-of-pearl. Another haa walls of carved embor, and tho walls of a third are laid thick with beaten gold. STORY OF "DEAN'S" KINDNESS. How Jefferson Gave a Treat to a Shut-In. At tho Droxol Instltulo ono rocent nftornoon a group of pooplo recalled a vory charming Incldont In which tho recently doceaned actor, Joe Joffor son, acted a kindly part a fow years ago, says tho Philadelphia Record, President McAllstor had Introduced Mr Jefferson, who had mado his ad dross to tho students, nnd was nbout to loavo, whon tho doctor told him how delighted a cortaln nrt student would bo If sho could meet him. This girl wns brought ovory day In hor roll or chair and had been n shut-In up to that tlmo. Tho votoran nclor wnB delighted. So was tho girl. Ho talked, and talked well, and sho listened. In tho courso of tho conversation ho lenrnod that not only had sho nov or scon him net, but that sho never hnd been to a theater, nnd didn't think it posslblo to go, That was onough for Joo Jefferson. It wns nrranged In loss tlmo than it takos to tell It to havo her brought to tho stago door ton mlnulos boforo tho raising of tho curtain that ovcnlng. Whon sho wns brought to that door, around which cllnga bo much mystery, bIio was met by "Rip" himself in his quaint mnko-up, just as he hns been received thousnnds of times by np plaudlng audiences. Throughout tho performanco tho girl in her rollor chair remained a chnrmed listener at ono sldo of tho Btneo. IS NATION OF CHAUFFEURS. Every Boy In Franco Will Soon Be Familiar With the Machine. Tho French nation so closely guards hor supremacy In tho motor world that plans nro being mndo so thai every French boy will bo mado fam iliar with tho oporation and prlnclplos Involved in tho construction of the automobile, snys tho Philadelphia Record. A courso of Instruction is be ing arranged for introduction into tho public schools. "Thore nro a number of technical schools whero tho details of automobllo instructions nro Impart ed to thoso who dcslro such knowl edge. It is said that no city in tho world gives tho snmo encouragement to auto moblling as Paris. It has been decid ed that nil tho public hospitals shall bo equipped with sclf-propollcd ambu lances and a vory speedy car has been jmlorcd to bo attached to tho munici pal laboratory, whore all tho bombs found on tho stroots of that city shall bo taken for Investigation nnd des truction. Might 'Have Been Worse. Notwithstanding her tendor years, Catharlno's characteristics aro in evi ionco; nnd tho most pronouncod of Ihorn all is tho unfailing tendency, in tho most harrowing situations, to look on tho bright side. On ono occasion, having got hold of a hammer, sho ambitiously en Jeavored to drive a tack Into tho wall, jn which to hang her doll's haL Af ter repeated failures to hit tho troublo jomo tack by clutching tho hammer in both fat hands and thus delivering j. terrific blow, slio next tried holding tho tack In ono hand and dealing a loss powerful stroko with tho hammer In tho other hand. Tho result of this experiment brought tho wholo family running to tho nursery. After tho damaged finger had been bathed and kissed and bandaged, In tho mldBt of various consolations and commisoratlons, Catherine's tears be gan to stop and her philosophy to rlsej "It don't hurt so awful bad nowj mama. 'Sides, when my finger got hit, I was Jus' holdln' the hammer in only ono han' an Jus' B'poso I'd boer strikln' with both handB!" Tobacco In Olden Times. Master Prynno, tho weak, well meaning puritan, who is 1633 wrote an attack 'upon tho stage, tolls ns that in his day tobacco pipes wore offered to ladies at the theater in lieu of apples between tho nets. A French traveler, M. Torovin do Rochefort, who published his journal in 1C77, confirms this by telling us that ho found smoking a general custom In England, as well among women aa among men. Both sexes, ho adds, held that llfo without tobacco would bo In' tolerable, "becauso thoy say It dissi pates tho ovil humors of tho brain." When ladles stopped smoking they took to snuff. Women of quality about a century ago would not stir without their snuffboxes beautiful enameled recoptacles of perfumed midll rappee. Lord Bollngbroke said of Queen Anno and her graco of Marlborough: "Tho nation is governed by a pair of snuff era; no wonder tho light of its glory is extinguished!" Call of the Wild. The bee In tho clover, Tho bird In tho tree. Are happy and laugh In' As loud as can be. An' I'm here a-workln', An', doggone It all! The meadows and bayous Are glvln' their call. The meadows ore callln': "The plover Is litre!" The bayou's are callln': "Our waters are clear." An', doggone it all! I'm here workln'; I wish I could got just a day And could hike out and nshl Could hike out And flsh Where bayous are wide. And whero trout are waiting Down deep In their tide; Or, I'd love to hie Beneath a wide tree. The lazy bird's brother. The chum of the bee! The lazy bird's brother. The chum of thio bee; The beo sleeps au winter An' that 'ud suit me; The bird hops a twig The first thing In the spring, An don't do a thing But just perch there an' sing. Houston P THINK OF IT! This Pretty Matron Had Hcndacho and Backacho and Her Condition Was Serious. PE-RU-NA CURED MMIHtMMMWHMIinMaMSVMMMMsWM fir ft ill I bbbIbBm& 3&fRwfllHliBBH MRS. M. OniCKNEn. H 99 Eleventh Street, J Milwaukee, Wis. f "A short time ago I found my con dltlon very serious. I had headaches, pains In tho back, and frequent dizzy spells which grew worse every month. I tried two remedies before Pcruna, and was discouraged when I took tho first dose, but my courage soon re turned. In less than two months my health was restored." Mm. M. Drlckner. Tho reason of so many failures to euro cases similar to tho above is tbo a act that dis FEMALE TROUBLE NOT RECOGNIZED AS CATARRH. eases peculiar to tho fcraalo sex nro not common- ly recognized as being caused by catarrh. Catarrh of ono organ Is exactly tho samo as catarrh of any other organ. What will euro catarrh of tho head will also euro catarrh of tho polvlo organs. Poruna cures theso cases Bimply becauso it aurcs tho catarrh. 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