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I THE ENTERPRISE. WELLINGTON, oaia General News Summary. Interesting Home and Foreign Newt. DOM EST IO. 'An Incendiary Are on the night of the 21t destroyed the business portion of Livermore Fulls, Me. Loss 40,IX)0. Thirty families lost everything but their clothes. The Erie rond has cut the tourist rates from Chicago to Boston $5. The Michigan Central and other roads will meet the cut and a rate war spreading over the whole eastern territory is im minent. A big strike of coal miners is on at Arnot, Pa. The trouble has been brewing for some time, and flnnlly 800 miners quit work, demanding 60 cents a ton. They have been receiving 47 cents. The Arnot mines are owned by the Erie Iiuilroad Co. Two dies and several bottles W acid, portions of a counterfeiter's outfit, have been unearthed by a wood chop per in the outskirts of San Hnfuel, Cul. One die was for silver dollars of 1S98, the other for $5 gold pieces of 18("7. Both are well executed. A letter from Dawson says the clean up for the present season will amount to at least $18,0(10,000, more than twice Inst year's yield. The Incrense is due to the fact that Dominion, Sulphur nnd Hunker creeks, which were prac tically unworked last season, have been developed to a considerable extent. The Second immune infantry regi ment wag mustered out at Camp Meade, Pa., on the 22d. The regimeut at the outbreak of the Spanish war was recruited in Louisiana nnd Texas nnd served 11 months in Cuba. Continued drouth hns nearly de stroyed all the large Colorado cattle ranges. Hundreds of cattle and sheep lire reported flying in the San Luis val ley. Northern New Mexico, parts of Oklahoma, the Indian Nation, western Kansas and southern Utah also report the ranges almost bnre and it is feared the loss of cattle will be heavy. The 200 furnacemen and laborers employed at the Carbon nnd i-'teel Co.'s plant at Parryville, Pu.. have been notified that beginning July 1. their wages will be Increased ten cents per day. This is the second advance In wages since the plant resumed oper ations ten weeks ago. Owing to the advance in the price of Iron nnd copper it has been found that the plans for several public build ings which were made a year or more ago, will have to be modified. An explosion of gas occurred nt Wilkesbarre, Pa., on the 22d in one of the lower lifts of the Maxwell colliery of the Lehigh and Wilkesbarrre Coal Co.' Three hundred men were at work in 'the mine nt the time. 'AH mude their escape except three, who were slightly burned. There is a steady increase in the immigration of i-'inns to the United States. During the mouth of May .170 Finns arrived at New York City. This is a decided increase over last year about 50 per cent. A certificate of incorporation of the United States Vehicle Co., with an . , authorized capital of $23,300,000, was filed at the officer of the secretary of state in Dover, Del., on the 2:id. The company was incorporated for the purpose of manufacturing with com pressed air as motive power. While driving in a buggy along the right of way of the Chicago & North western railroad at Chicago on the 23d August Werner was killed and his nine-year-old son fatally injured. For some unaccountable reason Werner drove down the track fully a mile und apparently made no effort to get out of the way of the train. The contributions to the Dewev home fund received by the national committee up to the 22d amounted to $10,130. Justice Nash In the supreme court nt New York City on the 22d tried V.3 divorce enses with an average time of ten minutes for ench caBe. One case occupied four minutes. All records were broken. The health department of Chicago is considering the feasibility of provid ing Hterili.cd milk for the use of small children in the districts where it is most needed. It is suggested to place in the public parks stations where the milk can be supplied to ap plicants, as is done in New York. Near Ainsworth, Neb., on the 2M a heavy rain was preceded by great clouds of sand driven at a furious pace by a strong wind from the west, doing a good deal of damage, tearing sheds nnd outbuildings into fragments nnd passing eastwurd with a roar that could be heard for miles, A tornndo passed over the vicinity of Waterloo, I nil., on the night of the 21st, leveling many buildings. Much stock was killed. Business failures in the Vnited States for the week ended June 2H numbered 178, as compared with 285 for the corresponding period of lstH, and 18 In Canada, as against 11 for the fame time last year. Hreuker boys at Spencer's mine at Punmore, Pa., have inaugurated a strike for more work. They have been getting but four hours a day and demand five hours, or pay at the rate of a five-hour day. The mine was obliged to shut down and over 300 workmen are idle in consequence. The Carnegie Steel Co. haa contract ed with representatives of tne Russian government to furnish that country with 180,000 tons of steel rails for its Immense railroad enterprises in Si beria and China. This, it is said, is the largest order ever placed with one firm in the world nnd represents an sutluy of between 4,500,000 nnd $5,- JO0.0O0. A dispntch from Austin, Tex., aaya .hnt an English syndicate with a cap ital of $100,000,000 hns started in to purchase all of the cattle in Texas, f with a view to cornering the cattle market in this country. A number of mirror manufacturers, a-ho control the business of the United States in that line, met at Pittsburg on :he 24th and formed a combine for the regulation of prices nnd production. The transport Sheridan has sailed from San Francisco with troops for Manila. She enrried 1,042 armed men ind 64 officers. Two lives were lost at the an lital regatta of the Senwnnhnka C'orin Ihinn Yacht club, held nt Oyster llay, Jf. Y., on the 24th. The men were tost off the. cat boat Pot. Eight people were injured, one per laps fatally. In a wreck on the Pitts wirg it Western railroad at lienfrew, Pa., 32 miles north of Pittsburg, on the 4th. aSSSSSSSSSai M M M , , Four companies of the Twenty fourth Infantry and 150 recruits sailed from San Francisco for Manila on the 22d on the transport Zealandia. The transport also carried an immense amount of provisions and supplies for the army in the Philippines. Word has been received at San Diego, Cal., that a party of 20 miners, bound for the Sierra Pintnda pincers, lost their way In the desert and wandered around s long time, finally dying of thirst. The trinls at Philadelphia of ex-District Attorney Ellery P. Ingham and Harvey K. Newitt, his law partner and former assistant, who are under in dictment on the chnrge of aiding and abetting in connection with the fa mous Jncobs-Kendig revenue cigar stamp counterfeiting conspiracy, which were to begin on the 26th have been postponed until October 9. The trinls of the six other defendants also go over. A fire broke out in a billiard room at Laurel, Del., on the 24th and extended with such rapidity that the total num ber of buildings consumed reached 78, including two hotels, a bank, the post office, nearly nil the business houses hind the homes of the most wenlt'iy residents of that place. Loss $200,000; insurance scarcely $20,000. The house of Andrew Johnson at Mayville, N.Y.,was burned on the 24th. Johnson was unable to escape and was burned to death. The southeastern portion of New England was the center of heavy cle tricnl storms on the 2"th in which n combination of the elements wrought extensive damage, hail destroying crops nnd breaking window glasn, rain cnusing washouts on lines of suburban street railways and electricity, wreck ing buildings and cnusing some loss of' life, At Sandwich, Mass.. an electric bolt killed Abrum S. Ellis. It is said by officials nt the war de partment interested in the recruiting movement that this work is progress ing with pleasing rapidity. lteeruits have been received nt the rate of 1,000 n week for the past three weeks and there are now at San Francisco about 5.000 men awaiting transportation to the Philippines. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Commodore Oscar C. Badger, IT. 8. N retired, is dead at Bedford, Mass., aged 76 years. The directors of the Pennsylvania railroad have elected A. J. Cassutt president of the Pennsylvania Co., the corporation which operates the lines west of Pittsburg. Mr. Cassntt suc ceeds the late Frank Thomson and this action places him in control of the entire system. (iov. Mount of Tndinna, for whom western politicians have developed n vice presidential boom, has written n personal friend that he will retire from polities at the close of his term of office. His letter disavows uny fu ture political nspirntions. Harry Ell.es rode n record breaking five-mile motor-paced bicycle race at the Fall Uiver (Mass.) track on the 2 4th, putting the figures nt 8:55 1-5, against 8:57, the previous record. It has been decided that the Duke of Albany, grandson of Queen Vic toria, is to succeed to the throne of the grand duchy of Saxe-Coburg Cotha on the abdication of the Duke of Edin burg. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Maj. Gen. Ludlow has issued an or der directing a general revaccinntion in Havana. It is the result of a few sporadic cases of smallpox. It is es timated that within 30 days 175,000 people will be vaccinated. The riots in Southern India have spread to Travancore, where the po lice have been severely beaten and forced to retire. The rioters seized a number of guns and a quantity cf ammunition. They are cutting off the ears of their opponents in order to ob tain their ear rings more expeditiously- Twenty denths from yellow fever out of 40 cases have occurred in the city of Panama since May 1. A combine of oil seed crushing mills, engineered by Mr. Bartlett, of New York, and including 17 of the largest firms in the United Kingdom, is about to be completed with a capital of 2, 500,000. LATER. Oov. Tanner has issued a proclama tion revoking the declaration of mar tial luw at Pana, 111. State troops, which have maintained peace between the striking union miners and import ed negro laborers for several months, have been withdrawn. Advices from central Eurepe show that a full average wheat crop is prom ised from the Baltic to the Adriatic and from the Rhine to the Vistula. An almost unbroken story of crop deteri oration comes from ltoumnnia, Russia, Enst Poland nnd the eastern Baltic provinces. The New York Central is about to acquire, under leue, the Boston & Albany railroad system. Under the terms of the deal, already agreed upon, Tloston & Albany tihareholders will be guaranteed 8 per cent, dividend for 99 years. The English house of lords hns de feated the bill legalizing the election of women as councillors and alder men. The vote stood 182 against the measure nnd 68 in favor of it. At Pueblo, Col., on the 26th tilt., the Eiler smelter, one of the trust plants, resumed operations with about half the regular force. The wages pnid ure about what the company orig inally offered, and the men are guaran teed protection if they choose to vio late the eight-hour law. The Delaware & Hudson canal hns ,been sold to S. B. Coykendnll, who controls the Ulster & Delaware rail road. A large majority of the, distilleries which are to go into the great liquor combine have deposited their securi ties with the Central Trust Co., rj New York City, trustees, assuring the suc cess of the scheme. Following the recent reductions in grain rates, the eastern railway lines hnve now cut the rates from Chicago on export provisions Z'i cents. The Grand Trunk was the first in the field and put in nn 18 cent rate to Montreal, The Chicago lines then met the cut, thus making the rnte to llnston and New York 20 cents, Philadelphia 18 cents nnd Baltimore 17 cents. Thomas P. Kane hns been appointed deputy comptroller of the currency to succeed Lawrence O. Murray, who recently resigned. On the night of the 26th nit., for the second time within six weeks, distinct earthquake shocks were felt in towns along the Connecticut river from a point a short distance enst of Hart ford, ns far as Sayhrook, Conn., near where the Connecticut empties iuta the sound. THEY DO GOOD WORK. eeret Service Idem In Havana are Earning Their Salaries-A Budget al Cuban News Havana, June 23. The secret service is doing excellent work. The latest report shows that since June 1 the de tectives have captured seven criminals whose identity was not suspected when the crimes with which they are charged were committed, 28 connect ed with recent offenses and well known, and 16 for whom the authori ties have been looking nearly three years. Enrique Collnzo, who was a member of the staff of the late Calixto Garcia, and who from time to time has at tucked'the American military admin istration through the press of Havana, now denounces the Cubans for accept ing money from the United States and calls them cowards for doing so. He says: 'Dignity should come before the calls of the stomach. What we want is that the interveners should conduct themselves as the American people at large desire, and not in accordance with the wishes of those here and In Washington, who are seeking personal enrichment through lucrative negotia tions. Let the administration define a policy that will enable us to know what to do to-day nnd in the future, and then net in accordance with its spirit." The clerical force at Qiiinta de los Molinas, now working on the new list of the Cuban army, finds many pri vates appearing ns officers on the old rolls, and numerous cases of bona fide officers who claim to be privates. This is particularly the case in the rolls showing the army ns constituted in 1898. In the supplementary lists thus far there are 1,112 names not included in the original lists, although entitled to payment. Gomez is receiving personal letters from Cuban officers of high rank in all parts of the island, including those who endorsed the action of the former military assembly, expressing thanks for his last manifesto. Most of the writers proclaim their adherence to the views of Gomez and promise to render nil the assistance in their pow er. Sugar enne in all parts of the island is suffering from the small amount of rnin that hns fallen of late. The spring planting is the chief sufferer. WITH WHIPS AND TAR. An llllnolsan Is Beaten and Smeared by Masked ltlcn. Danville, 111., June 2::. Bleeding, covered with tar nnd deathly sick, James B. Kiley, of Itossville, stnrgered Into the police station here Wednes day night. He was the victim of a whiteenpping attack at Bossville. Ter rible marks ncross his back and breast showed where the lash of a whip had sut through the Rkin nnd deep into the flesh, liiley said 12 young men came to his home in Bossville and took him out. He said they wore masks, but he recognized five of them. They took him out of the town and tied him to a wire fence. He was then stripped and beaten with a whip, lis says they wore the whip out on him and then smeared him with tar. He was turned loose, nnked and bleeding and told to leave town. He made his way to a doctor, who attend ed to his wounds. The night tele graph man at the railroad station gave him clothes and he came to Dan ville on a freight train. A former resident of Kossville says the action was no doubt due to the alleged fact that liiley would not support hiu fain- "y. A FARMERS' TRUST. A Maryland Granger Kays that Such a Combine Could Not be Maintained. Washington, June 23. Joseph Agcr, president of the Maryland grange. Patrons of Husbandry, was before the Industrial commission yesterday. Ht said a trust among the farmers, wai Impracticable, owing to the difficult,? of getting the farmers to hold up prices. Speaking of colored labor In said it was unreliable because of the natural indolence of individuals of the race. Liquor he regarded ns the great bane of that people and responsible for nine-tenths of the crimes commit ted by them. Mr. Ager considered the condition of the average furmer as worse than it was 20 years ago, but he believed money invested in funning was safer than in other lines of business. He attributed the number of abandoned fnrms in the southern states to the fact that they were, owned by non- residents. Mr. Ager said the grange was not so prosperous in point of nuin hers as formerly, and he attributed the falling off largely to the fact that the grange could not be used in poli tics. Dewey Is Welcomed to Ceylon. Colombo, Cevlon, June 23. An uide- de-camp representing the governor oi Ceylon bonrded the Olympia Thursday In order to welcome Admiral Dewey and Col. Savage, commanding ths troops, called later. The visits wer returned by Admiral Dewey. He wnt received ut the jetty by a guard oi honor nnd, amidst cheering, drove in the governor's carriage to breakfast. The admiral booked rooms at the Gal loface hotel and returned on board the Olympia. There he received n deputation of planters and the chnni' ber of commerce nnd was presented with a silver casket nnd an address. The delegates also presented 1,000 pounds of tea to the crew of the Olym pia. Railroad Construction Increases New York, June 23. The Railroad Gazette gives preliminary figures of new railroad building for the first six months of 1899. They show a total of 1,151 miles. This is an advance of 90 miles over the preliminary figures of last year, but the Gazette says there is reason to believe the new railroad building in actual progress is much more extensive than was that of a year ago. Pennsylvania takes the lead with a total mileage of 106. Then fol low Mississippi 85, Arknnsns 83, Okla homa 76, Louisiana 62, Ohio 61, Florida 60, Utah 53, South Cnrolinn 50. A CotnMne of Watrh Case Makers. Philadelphia, June 23. It is nn nouneed that the Keystone Watch Case Co. and the Itiverside Watch Case Co., of this city, have consolidated The new concern is to be called the Keystone Watch Case Co. The Key stone works- are the kirgest in this country, employing over 600 hands. Three I'eowle Drowned, Dnnbury, Conn., June 23. James Itnsmussen, nged 45, a tailor; his sou John, nged 6, and liudolph Johnson nged 45. were drowned in the reservoir lust night. 1 hey were fishing from row boat, which was overturned. A MEDAL FOR "TEDDY, Beach Blders Hold a Beqnloa and a Beautiful Gin Is Made to Col. Roose velt. Tji Veimii. N. M.. June 25. Memo rial services were the first thing on the Rough Riders' reunion programme Br-nday. They were held at the Dun can opera house and Rev. Thomas Uz .ti nt h Veonle's Tabernacle of Denver, preached the memorial ser mon. Mr. Lafe loung, emtor oi me lown State Capital, then delivered an address. Mr. Young served with the Rough Riders and his recital of the fo-iniont'n vrwripnces at Tanuia ana Santiago found a responsive echo in the hearts of the Rough ttuiers. The recimental pnrade tooK place in the afternoon. The regiment formed at Camp Cochran and marched to the tournament grounds six blocks away. Col. Roosevelt rode as a commander, accompanied by a staff of officers. At the tournament grounds Col. Roosevelt occupied a box reserved for him und the guests, of the regiment. Each troop was preceded by its respective pantiiin nn fur n thev Were OrCSCnt. The scene was witnessed by fully 10,- 000 people. While the review was go ing on, rain clouds were banking heav ily In the north and Chairman Whit- more, of the local committee ol ar- rnncrinifnta rpnuestetl the colonel to hurry the movement of the Rough Rid ers, ostensibly on account of tne ap proaching shower. Roosevelt com plied with the request and in another instant the troopers were standing in front of The grand stand. This was a nent, bit of strateirv and before Col. Roosevelt could realize why he was being spoken to, Hon. Frank Springer, ariinir nn hphnlf nf the neonle of New Mexico, presented Col. Roosevelt with a medal. Tho morlnl la of solid l'old. The medal is pendant from a bar of chains, V shaped with the ends attached to tne bar and joined to the medal nt the cen ter. On the bar are the words "Col onel Theodore Roosevelt." Between the bar and the medal the coat of arms of New Mexico Is engraved. On the medal proper are crossed sabres and above them is the monogram "H. R. R." Below the sabres is the wording "Pre sented by the citizens of New Mexico. Las Vegas, N. M June 25, 1899." On the circular edi?e of the medal proper are the words "San Junn," "Las Guns- imns," "Santingo." In the center, just below the crossed sabres. Is a brilliant diamond. FIRST TRIP A SUCCESS. The Cup Defender Columbia Exhibits Wonderful speed. Newport, R. L, June 26. The first trial trip of the new American cup de fender Columbia, winch took place In Nnrragansett bay Sunday was more successful than either her builders oi her owners had reasoa to hope. Not only did the new boat show herself to be able in every particular, but she met the old racer Defender in a friendly brush of a mile to windward and vanquished her with the greatest ease. The race between the flyers, which was over in five minutes, wai sailed in an eight-knot breeze under the same conditions, each boat carry ing three lower sails. It took ths Columbia about three minutes, sailing from the Defender's weather quarter, to blanket her, and in fire minutes she was 100 yards ahead, going past the old cup defender as if she were an chored. Under these conditions It would seem as if the Columbia, were from 15 to 20 seconds faster than the Defender, and if she can make the same gain in a hard blow anxiety as to the safety of the America's cup will be considerably allayed. The trip yesterday was the builders' trial and although the managing own er, C. Oliver Iselin, and a number of his yachting friends were on board, still the Columbia's designer, Nat Hcrreshoff, was in charge, and after the sail down the bay the boat was towed back to Bristol for a few minor repairs. It is expected the boat will have another trial this weeK and by the end of the week will be formal ly turned over to Mr. Iselin. In the meantime her Interior fittings will be finished and her bowsprit, which ap parently Btnrted in the socket during Sunday s brush with the Defender, probably will need some attention. Mr. Iselin expressed himself as being more more than satisfied with her. THE MURDER OF A RECLUSE. Chicago Police Claim to Have Discov ered the Perpetalors of a sensation al Crime, Chicago, June 26. The police stated yesterday that positive evidence has been secured pointing to Frank Smith, and "Coffee" Braner, two salt water sailors, as the men who robbed and murdered Martin Meier, the aged Swiss recluse who was found dead in his lonely home about three weeks ago, Smith and Brauer are snid to be in Michigan, and several Chicago officers are searching for them. The information was given the po- lice b nn acquaintance of the alleged murderers, who, it is said, knew of their intention of robbing Meier and to whom tliey confided the details of the robbery. Instead of securing sev eral thousand dollars, however, U is supposed the men succeeded in finding but $18. Meier had previously told the nien that he expected his brother at the house in the afternoon to help him do some shingling. The rob bers left Meier bound and gagged, be lieving that he would be released by his brother. But no one called at the house until the following Wednesday, when his body was discovered. A Girl's Lucky Find. Tacoma, Wash., June 26. Miss Flormun, of the lllirk Hills, S. 1)., has discovered what mining men believe will become the greatest quartz mine in Alaska and British Columbia. It consists of an ore vein from 200 to COS feet in width and nearly a mile long. In its course this immense vein Is intersected by Atlin City. The ledge is n true fissure of free itiillin ore with a hanging wall of sc-pr-ntine anl a foot wall of quartz. The largest surface assuys is $27 and many assays average $3, making it much richer than the famous Treadwell mine, Street Railroaders' Strike Ends. Cleveland, June 20. The strike of tlfe employes of the Big Consolidated street railway enme to nn end Satur day night. An agreement was signed by which the railroad company takes back 80 per cent, of the strikers and no employe is to lie disehnrged except for cause nnd other questions arc tc be settled bv arbitration. Famine Threatened. St. Fetcrsbnrg, June 26. The Trans Cnspinn region of Asiutlo Russia is threatened with famine, owing to the prolonged drouth and. a plague of lo roils. A DEFICIT OF' $100,000,000. Darin ( the Fiscal Year'ijow Closing incie nam npeni nearly suuu,uuu,-OOO-The War Tax Revenue. Washington, June 22. It Is regarded ns a conservative estimate that the treasury deficit for the fiscal year 1899, which closes ten days hence, will be less than $100,000,000.' Already the re ceipts for the year aggregate over $498,800,000, with the expenditures barely $100,000,000 more, with ten days, judging from past years, of heavy re ceipts yet to be accounted for. Up to this date customs receipts amount to over $200,400,000; from internul rev enue $263,550,000 was renlized, and from miscellaneous sources there was received $35,500,000. The total re ceipts from all sources Inst year amounted to $405,321,335, while the ex penditures aggregated $443,3i)8,5-)2, leaving a deficit of $38,047,247. From the closest calculation that can now be made the war revenue net, which with the exception of a few Hems went Into effect July 1, 189. w-ll realize for the year a little less thnn $100,000,000. The receipts from to bacco alone will probably show an in crease for the year of over $15,000,000; spirits an increase of $6,500,000; beer and other fermented liquor an Increase of over $28,000,000, and oleomargarine an increase of nbout $585,000. The two items which have produced more than ten times as much revenue as any two others are those applying to docu mentary and proprietary stamps. On April 30, 1899. these items hail pro duced over $36,500,000, and it is not im probable thot by July 1 th total will exceed $44,000,000. The tax on legacies will trobably produce not much In excess of $1,000,000, while tlic spcclnl tax collected from bankers will exceed $3,500,000. The expenditures up to this t'me ag gregate, nbout $600,000,000. Of this amount $228,000,000 was paid out on requisitions from the war department; $64,000,000 on aeeoiii't of the navy; $139,000,000 on account of pensions, nnd nearly Mo.000,000 on account of niiei- est on the public debt; i?V2,67.VMHl was paid to the Indians nnd S117,290,nuu was disbursed on civil and miscellan eous accounts. At this time it is impossible to state with any degree of eer'aimy what the war with Spnin und tin; troubles in the Philippines hnve cost during this year-, but nn approximation hns heen made of the actual cash payments on these accounts, which places ill? amount nt $230,000,000. A calculation has been made at the treasury v.liieh shows that leaving out of the reckoning the J'i'su, 000.000 expended this year on account of the war; the $100,000,000 produced by the war revenue act nnd flic $11, 798,314 received from the Central Pa cific, the figures would show n surplus for the year approximating ?21,00n,0C0. THREE CONSULS REIGN. Ramoan Commissioners settle the Dis pute as to Who Shall Rule. Apia, Samoa, June 14, via Aucklnnd, June 22. Mataafa has surrendered 1, 850 rifles nnd the loyulists have given up 2,000. A henvy penalty will be en forced upon natives found with rifles in their possession. Mataafa promise! to turn in more weapons. The nntives have returned to theit homes. Mnlietoa Tanu was recognized as king by the commissioners of ths three powers and the decision of Chief Justice Chambers in the matter of the kingship was proclaimed valid and binding. Malietoa Tanu then abdicated In fa vor of the commissioners, who op pointed a provisional government con sisting of the consuls of the three pow ers, empowering a majority to act in all cases where unanimity is not re quired by the Berlin treaty. Chief Jus tice Chambers continues to hold otlicc and the various municipal oflicials are confirmed. Wilhelm Solf has been authorised tc. act as president of the municipality oi Apia. The commissioners expect to leav on June 28, but they hnve requested Chambers to remnin. Their report- recommends the abolition of the king ship und the presidency of Apia and the appointment of a governor with a legislative council consisting of three nominees of the interested powers, as sisted by a native house. Snn Francisco, June 22. The cruiser Philadelphia arrived here Wednesday from Apia, via Honolulu. On board the cruiser nre the bodies of Lieut. Lansdule and Ensign Monaghan, who lost their lives in the fight between the Mataafuns and the combined forces of the American and British seaman. Admiral Kautz is in command of the cruiser and he reiterates that he has done his duty in the matter of the Sa moa n trouble and he believes th.it he hns been subjected to much unjust criticism In certain quarters. Identified as Train Robbers. Helena, Mont., June 26. United States Marshal Woolman has advices from Heaver Head county saying that the two suspects captured there are the men implicated in the Union Pa cific train robbery, for whose capture n reward of $3,000 each is offered. Deputy United States Marshal Rush, of Utah, and Ditrick, one of the postal clerks who was aboard the train that was robbed at Wilcox, identified Die Granted the Increase Demanded. Chicago, June 26. The stock yards strike, which threatened to tie up the stock yard district, hns practically been settled by the packers granting the increase of 25 cents a day in wages demanded by the strikers. Miners1 Demands Granted. Indiannpolis, June 22. President Mitchell, of the United Mine Workers, hns received information announc ing the practical settlement of the coal miners' strike in the states west oi the Mississippi which has been in pro gress over two months. As a result of the settlement 2S.0OO of the 30.00 strikers In Missouri, Kansas, Indian Territory and Arkansas will return tc work nt once. The settlement is a victory for the men, ns they secured the eight-hour work day, an increase of wages amounting to from 124 to IS per cent. Was Paced by a Locomotive. New York, June 22. Charles Mur phy, paced by a locomotive, yesterday rode a mile on a bicycle in 1:04 nrni Maywood, L. I. On June 30 he will try to cover the mile in one minute Between the rails of the Long Island rnilrnad for two miles has been luid smooth pine flooring. Hmelters Strike Nears Its Finish. Denver, Col., June 22. There ii general feeling hero that the smelt ers' strike is almost at an end and that within a day or two the plants of the American Smelting Co. will again b In operation. THE FISH COMMISSION. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, A Record of Good Wark Performed During ths Pasl Year. Washington June 26. The work of the fish commission is practically com pleted for this year. According to the officials of the commission, when the reports nre sent in July 1 they will show that it has been the most suc cessful year In the history of the com mission. The great bulk of the work has been in the collection and distribu tion of the eggs and fry of commercial food fish and this year more cod, ivhitefisli, pike, perch, bnss, flat fish and lobster have been planted than ever efore. Fully jis many shad have beeu planted this year as last, when the High water mark in shad propagation Kus reached. The great commercial value of the work done by the fish commission can oest be illustrated In the case of Blind. 1 he catch of shad in 1885 was 5,000,000. The systematic collection of eggs nnd distribution of shud fry since that vear hnve increased the cntch annual ly until this year it reached 13,000,000; in increase of 180 per cent, in 14 i-enrs. At the same time the cost of mad has been decreased to the con sumer more thnn 30 per cent. The ralue of the catch this year was up wards of $800,000. This result has been obtained by the commission with total expenditure of $42,000. So successful was the experiment made several years ago for the Intro duction of Mind and .striped bnss on the Pacific coast thut the planting if fhnse two food fislief. on that coast has been suspended. The shad catch on the Pacific now ranges between one mil two million annually. The total -ost of Introducing the shad into Pa cific waters was but $5,000. So plen tiful have the striped bnss become in the Pacific const strenms since their introduction thnt they can be pur jhnsed in the markets of the const cheaper the year round than in the eastern markets. When they were first introduced they brought $1 q pound. In the Roclty Mountain region them ire stations in Montana. Colorndo nnd South Dakota for the propngntion of eastern brook trout, grayling and mountain trout. From these stationt 6.000,000 fry were distributed in ths trenms of Colorado, Washington. Ida ho, Montana, South Dakota, New Mex ico. Arizona and Indian Territory. From I he stations on the great lake! Towa, Illinois, Missouri nnd Texas Jo the propagation of brook and rainbow nre collected, 7F0,000,()0l eggs of nl' Kinds were taken and ."00,000.000 fry planted. At the shad stations at Bullockville, Ga., Kdenton, Jf. C. Bryan's Point, Vn.. Havre De Graet nnd Gloucester, on the Delaware, 300,. 000,000 shad eggs were collected and 230.000.000 fry planted in all the im portant streams from Florida to Mas snchusetts. In Massachusetts there are two o! the largest marine fish culture sta tlons in the world. At these the cod pollock, flatfish (flounder) nnd lobstei are propagated. Over 300,000,000 co eggs were collected here and betweet 150 and 200 million fry distributed Over 40,000,000 flatfish were planted. BY WHOSE HAND? Mysterlons Crime Committed In a Kam saa Town A Lady Murdered. Wichita, Kan., June 2B.When tht body of Miss Belle Slavin was found last Thursday morning in the oflice ol the National Bank of Commerce, deals hnvlng resulted from a bullet wound In the head, it was supposed that sht had committed suicide. Later develop ments indicate that the young womar was murdered. Miss Slnvin wos fre quently employed by commercial trav elers and other strangers, work of thii kind often keeping her in the office ol the bank until 10 o'clock nt night. Mr Jobes president of the bnnk.now statei that on Wednesday afternoon strange man came to the bunk nni asked to have some work done. Mlsi Slavin told him to bring it around uftei o'clock. Mr. Jobes .observed flu stranger surveying the Interior of thi bank very critically. A barber who passed the bank at i o'clock saw Miss Slavin standing be fore the window, apparently waiting for some one. Another person henru a pistol shot just after 8 o'clock. When Miss Slnvln's father, the presi dent of the bnnk, and another person went to the bank In search of her at 2 a. ni. they found the bnnk door un locked, papers were scattered nrouni the floor, the contents of several draw ers were disarranged and Miss Sl.iv In's keys were missing. The revolvet found by the young woman's sid-j wai not her own. Her wenpon was found in a drawer. HE WILL NOT RESIGN. Secretary Alger Denies Having Any Intention or Leaving the Cabinet. Washington, June 26. Secretary Al ger returned to the city Inst night after an absence of three weeks. Tht secretary talked freely regarding hii nnnounced candidacy for senatorin', honors nnd of the printed statementi of the probability of his leaving th cabinet becnuse of his nlliaiice wij Gov. Pingree who, it hns been stated Is opposed to the administration ol President McKinley. He mnde it plain to his questioners thnt he did not propose to resign on this account ns he docs not consider his candidacy for the senate apy reason why ht should not continue to hold his posi tion ns a member of the cabinet. Gov. Pingree, the secretary added, is for President McKinley first, last and a! the time. Refused to.xtradlte. Detroit, June 26. At midnight Sat nrdny (iov. Pingree, after a long con ference with Attorney General Oren announced that he would deny the ap plication for requisition on the govcr ni (f of New York for Mr. and Mrs. C Duhme.of Cincinnati, who were allegeij to have forcibly abducted theii nephew, Moses F. Chase, of Lafayette Ind. Chase has an estate of aboul $500,000. The governor said the tes tlmony given did not prove that nn crime had been committed; that 1 seemed to prove that the young mai went with his aunt of his own will. Cyclone Wrecks Nebraska Town. Bradley, Neb., June 26. Sunduj morning a twister struck this villugt and partially wrecked it. The storn came from the northwest with a tre mendous roar. It first struck a two atory brick building occupied by I drug store below and the Methodiv society up stairs. The building wai totally wrecked, entniling a loss of $10, 000. Floyd A. Walworth was cnugh in the debris and seriously hurt Across the street the post oflice wai totally wrecked. Other losses wen smaller, consisting of the unroofing o houses and barn. "Darab&fyis Better Than Show" Tht vxtlth of tht multi-miUiontlrts h not tout! to good hejdth. Richet without hetith tre a corn, and vet tht rich, the middle classes and the poor alike have, In Hood's SarsaparilU, a valuable assistant in petting and maintaining perfect health. . n 'i H'i . A PAINT HAN'S STORY. He Had a Line ol Lies That Was Good! Enoaarh to Striae Most Anybody. This drummer travels for s paint houne nd as it was up to him he told the fol lowing: "I am organizing a new itock company,, ini I am going to pass up the traveling: buainesa and go to clipping coupons for s. living. I waa in Mexico not long ago, I. think it waa the trip before last, when I ran across the most remarkable thing in the paint line that 1 have ever seen. I was. riding through the moat forlorn bit of. country that it haa ever been my miifor tune to be cast into. X came to a little house. It was a very peculiar affair, and I noticed that although it waa adorned with, a coat of red paint, the paint teemed to have been nailed on. Inaide I found a little-, man working with a mortar and pestle. I asked him about the house and most par ticularly about the paint. He then told me that he was an inventor; that ten yeara before he had invented what he called as bestos paint a paint that would not burn.. He built a house and laid on a thick coat of his newly-found preparation. Shoitljr afterward the interior of the house caught tire and burned up entirely, leaving the paint standing. After he had cleared away the debris, lie spread s big canvas where- ttlA BhinfrleH rnnf harl tl.M. anA lii-a1 nnm. . fortably inaide the four walls of paint for three yeara. He then accumulated enough money to build up the house inside tie paint again. He did so and nailed the paint. 6n to aecure the interior of the house fronu falling down. 'I have lived in it aa you. see it ever since,' he said. 'How would, you like to buy some slices of stock in my invention?' "I immediately bargained for New Hamp shire, Vermont, North Dakota and Michi gan and am now organizing my company Can I sell you some shares of stock or even some territory?" While the remainder of the company were looking for their weapons, the paint man. made good his escape. Detroit Free Press- SHE GOT IT. Bat It Took the Bystanders to See the Hnmor of the' situation. A lot of people were present at an auction., lale of Japanese goods the other day. "How much am 1 bid for this exquisite vase?" asked the auctioneer, holding it above his head. "One dollar," responded an elderly lady, sitting in one of the front seats. "That's a shame," cried the man with the hammer. "This vase, aa a work of art. is. worth four times the sum. Why. look at it Will an intelligent audience allow such s. lacrifice?" "A dollar and s quarter," came in tbe lame woman's voice. "Well, well, welll Can't you see that this ia a treasure, and you stand here and allow it to be given away for such a paltry sum?"' "A dollar and a half." Again it waa the lame bidder speaking. "A dollar and a half! The very ideal" ejaculated the auctioneer, "I never saw ther like. Come, good people, what is the mean ing of this? One of the mikado's speeiak designs slighted in auch a manner! It is a, reflection on your taste." II A J-il ... e- f !J . . !.. a uunar scremy-nre, saia me solitary bidder. ' ' -'aster- "1 cannot let it go for that," waa the man's reply. "It ia too costly, too precious and too rare in pattern. Wake up, or I'll put it back in the box." "Two dollars," the woman said. , "Well, it doesn't seem aa if I can get any more, so here goes. Two dollars oncer twice, three times! Sold to a lady there St that shameful figure." The ladv stenned un. nniil tnr nA rn;vi?l her vase, and departed, apparently without, noticing the smiles of the audience. Cin cinnati Enquirer. "Next iiawbath. No Sawbath.M Ecclesiastical Cruiosities, edited by Mr. William Andrews, contains a paper on "Curious Announcements in Church," from which the following are extracts: "Next Sawbath," said a worthy Scotch beadle, "we Bhall have no Saw bath, for the minister's house is hav-, Ing spring cleaning, and as the weath er is very bud the minister's wife wants the kirk to dry things in." "Next Sunday," declared the uncon sciously amusing Welshman, "there'll!, be no Sunday, as we're going to white wash the church with yellow ocher." Philadelphia Press. "Tears Wipe Out All Guilt," This anecdote is related of the Aus trian emperor: A sentence had been, pronounced in a criminal court and the document was brought in to the em peror for his signature. He had just, commenced writing his name when a tenr fell from his eye, blotting out the letters. The emperor folded the paper together and handed it to his secre tary, saying: "Tears wipe out all guilt.. I cunnot subscribe the judgment. My nnme is obliterated; destroy the paper nnd let the guilty one live." Chicago Chronicle. Sometimes you hear of a perfect man. He it the fellow your wife could have mar ried. Town Topics. Vo 9?Jrs. Pinkham, Lima to aaa. Msgs ku no, 4107 " Dear Fbiknd A year ago I was a. great sufferer from female weakness. My head ached all the time and I would, get so dizzy and have that all gone feeling in the stomach and waa so nervous and restless that I did not- Know wnat 10 do wun myself. " My food did me no good and I had a. bad case of whites. I wrote to yon and after taking Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege table Compound as directed, I can truly say that I feel like a new woman, and cannot tell you how grateful I am. to yon. , "I have recommended it to all my friends and hnve given it to my daughter who is now getting along splendidly. May you live many years to help our suffering sisters." Mas. C. Cari-smtkb, 253 Oband St., Bboobxyit. N. Y. Over eighty thousand such letters as this were re ceived by Mrs. Pinkham during 1897. Surely this is 6trong proof of her ability to help suffering women. v