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mf. Is \7i II & a fcl WMpgtm jlnwr H. HAWLEY, Publisher. WORTHINGTON, MINN. ONE great advantage the Turks have had in the present war appears from the statements of a German officer, who makes a comparison between the military armaments of the two nations. The Turkish infantry, he says, carries a firearm decidedly superior to that oi the Greek soldier. THE period longed for by the advo cates of peace, when swords are to be beaten into plowshares and spears into pruning hooks, does not seem to have arrived in these closing hours af the nineteenth century. Since- 1890 the world has witnessed an almost unin terrupted scene of carnage. WM. T. HARRIS, United States com missioner of education, a student of social science, thinks that under mod ern conditions fewer farmers are neces sary and more people are wanted in the cities to handle machinery that the increase of urban populations ia not a disease which needs a cure, but the natural result of scientific inven tion. England has several old women who were born before Victoria and carry their years well. Mrs. Gladstone is six months older than the queen the Baroness Burdett Couts is five years older, and Lady Louisa Tighe, who was present at the ball on the eve of Waterloo, and is still hale and lively, was a girl of 15 when Victoria was born. ACCORDING to the latest census of To ronto that city now has a population of 195,987, an increase of 7,000 in four years. The city is getting too large to continue in those good old Connecticut ways of eating nothing but cold victu als on Sunday and the people there have gone to clamoring for street car service on the first day of the week. Walking to church is becoming too much like labor. THERE is a popular idea that June is the favorite month for weddings and that the young woman who loves ro mance and who wishes fortune to smile upon her nuptials in every way must choose this of all months. Cold and unromantic fact, however, shows that the three most popular marriage months are October, November and December. Fifty years' show this to be true, and also demonstrate the fact that the most unpopular months arc January, February and March. THE British government now has un der consideration a plan for the great est submarine tunnel which the mind of man ever conceived. It provides for a passageway, to be lighted by elec tricity, beneath the Irish sea or North Channel, as it is called, from a point in Scotland just north of Point Patrick to a point in Ireland just west of Car rickfergus and several miles north oi the arm of the sea stretching up ta Belfast which is known as Belfast lake. The total estimated cost is $35, 000,000. FAR from diminishing the consump tion of liquor, the government mono poly of spirits in Russia seems vastly to have increased drunkenness among1 the subjects of the czar. For, where as formerly the authorities frowned upon the dramshops and favored the establishment of tea drinking estab lishments, the contrary is now the case, since it has been found that the popularity and vogue of the the tea ahops affect injuriously the revenue derived by the state from its monopoly of the sale of spirits. ALUMINIUM violins are said to have a richer tone than those made of wood, and the inventor states that he has found in aluminium a latest property, consisting of a tendency of the funda mental to outweigh the upper -partial tones For this reason means are em ployed to introduce and regulate the partial tones to suit the tastes of the individual player. Notwithstanding the strong popular feeling in favor of wooden instruments, aluminium in struments are steadily gaining their way in musical circles. THE United States can call upon a greater number of trained soldiers than any other country in the world. Although the standing army numbers only 27,003 men each state has to sup port its own militia, and should it be come necessary upward of 7,500,000 men. could assist in maintaining the independence of the states. To de fend the coast there would be a navy of some 70 ships, with 10,003 man. Of the {European armies the biggest is that of France. The number of men in the active army- and its reserves ia 2,350,000. THE greatest fortress in the world is Gibraltar. The height"of the rock is over 1,400 feet, and this stupendous precipice is pierced by miles of gal leries in the solid stone, portholes for cannon being placed at frequent inter vals. The rock is perfectly impregna ble to the shot of an enemy, and, by means of the great elevation, a plung ing fire can be directed from an enor mous height upon a hostile fleet. Trom the water batteries Jto a distance of two-thirds up the rock one tier aft er another of cannon ia presented tc the enemy. III addition to the earldom, which, In accordance with arrangements al ready made, the queen is to confer up on Mr. Gladstone's youthful grandson, -the real owner of Hawarden castle—oi which his grand parents are only life tenants—it is asserted that her majes ty will, further signalize the sixtieth anniversary of her succession to the crown by appointing the grand old man a Knight of the Garter. Mr. Gladstone ,»r has until now refused all titular hOhors on the gronnd that 1 he mrishes to £9 downto posterity tinder his dwn name and ai a great con* 3» $ THE TARIFF BILL. The Finance Committee Reports the Measure to the Senate. Ureat Chansea Are Malo from tlie Honae Hill—A Synopala of Some of tlie Moat Important 4 Feature*. Washington, May 5.—The: tariff bill was reported to. the senate yesterday and Senator Aldrich announced that he would call up the measure Tuesday May 18. The time for the bill to take effect is made July l, 1897. The important portions of the measure are: Sugar not above No. 1« Dutch standard In color, tank bottoms, sirups of cane Juice and beet Juice meiada, concentrated me lada, concrete and concentrated molasses testing' by the poiariscope not more than 87 degrees, 75 per cent, ad valorem. Mo lasses, testing above 40 ar.d not more than 66 degrees, four cents per gallon testing 63 degrees, and not above 70 degrees, eight cents per gallon. Maple sugar and maple sirup, four cents per. pound glucose or grape sugar, 1% cents per pound sugar cane in its natural state of manufacture, ten per cent, ad valorem saccharine,one dollar per pound and ten per cent, ad valorem. Sugar candy and all confectionery valued at 15 cents per pound or less, four cents per pound and iJ per cent, ad valorem. A duty is levied on tea at the rate of ten cents per pound until January i, 1900 after lt00 It Is admitted free of duty. The following is the provision In regard to hides, which are transferred from the free lists Hides of cattle, raw or uncured, wheth er dry, salted or pickled, 1% cents per pound provided that upon all leather ex ported made from imported hides there shall be allowed a drawback equal to the amount Of duty paid on such hides. In the coal and shale schedule the worrl bituminous is stricken out, and.all coal made dutiable at 75 cents per ton. Duty on Beer Increased. The senate has increased the internal revenue duty on iteer by changing section 8,330 of the revised statutes to read as fol lows: Until January 1, 1900. there shall be pairt on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other similar fermented liquors, brewed or man ufactured and sold, or removed for con sumption or sale within the United States, by whatever name such liquors may be called, a tax of $1.44 for every barrel con taining not more than 31 gallons, and after January 1, 1900, there shall be paid a tax of one dollar per barrel on every barrel of such beer, lager beer, ale, porter and other similar fermented liquors. (The pres et)} rate Is one dollar.) Retaliation for Reciprocity^. The entire house provision relating to reciprocity has been stricken out and the following section substituted: That whenever any country, dependency or colony shall pay or bestow, directly or Indirectly, any bounty or grant upon the exportation of any article of merchandise from such country, dependency or colony, and such article or merchandise is duti able under the provisions of this act, then upon the Importation of any such article or merchandise into the United States, whether Hie same shall be imported di rectly from the country of production or otherwise, and whether such article or merchandise is imported In the same con dition as when exported lrom the country of production or has been changed in condi tion by manufacture or otherwise, there shall be levied and paid in all such cases, in addition to the duties otherwise im posed by this act, an additional duty equal to the net amount of such bounty or grant, however the same be paid or bestowed. Tlie net amount of all such bounties or grants shall be from time to time ascer tained, determined and declared by the secretary of the treasury, who shall make all needful regulations for the identification of such articles and merchandise and for the assessment and collection of such addi tional duties. Lumber Schedule. The lumber schedule is changed by add ing after, the word timber the words "hewn, sided squared and round timber," and the diity fixed at the rate of one cent per cubic foot, as in the bouse bill. The rate of two dollars per ton on all sawed boards, etc., is retained, but when planed on one side the additional rate is made 85 instead of 50 cents per 1.000 feet board measure, when planed, tongued and grooved, the additional rate is made cents per 1,000 feet board measure, instead of one dollar if planed on both sides una tongued and grooveu, ».uu i.uuu instead Of $1-50. Woolen Schedule. Many arid important changes were made by the senate tariff subcommittee in the wool and woolen schedule as passed by the house. First-class wools were reduced from 11 cents per pound, as provided in tnc house bill, to eight cents per pound, and second-class wools from 12 to nine cents, whereas the duties on wools of the third class were raised. The dividing line in this latter class was placed at ten cents value, wools under inai value beinK raaili dutiable at the rate of four cents per pound, instead of 32 per cent, ad valorem, as in the house bill. W ools valued at more than ten cents per pound were uiaccu ui seven cents per pound, instead of 50 per cent, ad valorem. The wool growers failed to secure all the changes they de sired in classltlcation, but it is understood that the rates tlxed on the wools them selves are satisfactory to them. The duty on oranges, lemons, and citrus fruits is raised from three-quarters to one cent per pound, and reduced on prunes, raisins, plums and dried grapes from two and one-half to two cents. Cattle value*! at less than ten dollars a head are dutiable at four dollars a head, and over ten dol lars at six dollars. The addition of hides to the dutiable list, made necessary various changes in the bill concerning leather and articles made there from. A substitute paragraph was prepared in egard to belling leather, me provisions of which are as follows: Band or belting leather and sole leather, 20 per cent, ad valorem calf skins, tanned, dressed upper leather, including patent, enamel, etc.. Chamois skins and other skins not spe cially enumerated, 20 per cent, aa valorem book binders' calf, skins, kangaroo, sheep and goat skins, including lamb and kid sklhs, dressed and finished, 20 per cent.' ad Valorem skins from morocco, tanned but unfinished, ten per- cent, ad valorem pianoforte leather, 20 per cent, ad valorem boot and shoes made leather. 25 per cent, ad valorem, provided thai leather cut into shoe uppers or vamps shall be classified as manufactures of leather und pay duty accordingly. Agricultural Product*. The rate on cattle importations Is changed so as to provide for a duty of four dollars per head on cattle not valued at more than ten uoilars, and aix dollars per head where the value is greater. The house bill made a unllorm rate of six dollars. The rates on rice were generally reduced putting cleaned rice at Ife cents per pound Instead of two cents uncleaned rice at eight-tehths of a cent Instead of VA cents rice tlqur, one-fourth instead of one-half cent per pqund. Beans are reduced from 60.to 4b cents per bushel hay from four dollars to $2.50 per ton: hops from 15 to 12 cents -per pound dried pekS changed from one cent per pound to 20 cents per bushel. Potatoes are reduced from 25 to 20 centi per bushel: flaxseed or linseed from SO to 25 per bushel, and seed of all kinds not •pecilicaily provided for from 40 to 25 pel cent ad valorem. ft j« Free List. **, •&) The following additions are made to th* house free list: Pensolc, carbolic, oxalic, salicylic and valerianic acids jail fast black coal-tdr dyes, argots or crude tartars and lees crystals, crude beauxlte, man Ilia twine measuring 600 feet to the pound, bolting cloths composed of silk Imported expressly (or .milling purposes books, maps. music. 'engraVings. photographs! etchfn? an«t chart*, prlntpd more tttu 20 •years berore tfafe date of importation all -t1-1 I \V, (V hydrographlc charts and scientific books devoted to original scientific resoarch and publications Issued for their subscribers by scientific and literary associations, or publications of individuals for gratuitous private/ circulation and public document* Issued by foreign governments books printed exclusively in foreign languages .or for the blind books, maps, etc., especial ly imported, not more than two copies in any one invoice, for the use of any society or institution established solely for re ligious, philosophical, educational, scien tific or literary purposes, or for the en couragement of the fine arts, or for the use of any college, school or public library and not for sale brass or Dutch metal bromine, crude liquid camphor, charcoal, underground chlckory root, copper not manufactured and for,'farina, fashion salmon, caught fresh waters, by or for citizens of the United States berries, fruit In brine, trop ical fruit plants for propagation, white glass, enamel for watch dials, hones and whetstones, lemon, lime and orange Juices: loadstones, orange and lemon peels not preserved paintings, original drawings a.id sketches, engravings and statuary, hot otherwise provided for peraffine, philo sophical and scientific, apparatus for schools, libraries and societies profession al books. Implements and instruments and tools of trade or occupation in the actual possession at the time of persons arriving in the United 8tates regalia and gems, statues, casts of marble, bronze alabaster, where specially Imported in good faith for the use of any society, school or library: salop, sauerkraut, beet, canary, cauli flower, coriander, mangel-wurser. radish and spinach seeds and bulbs, not edible: skins of all kinds, raw, hot specifically pro vided for taploco, poplar and other pulp woods, heating bolts, stave bolts, railroad ties. HOPEFUL SIGNS. Dttn A Co. Find Canae for Congratula tion In Trade Outlook. New York, May 8.—R. G. Dun & Co., in their weekly review of trade, say: "Nearly all will be astonished to learn that actual sales In April by leading houses in each line of business in the principal cities east of the Rocky mountains average only about 10 per cent, less than in April. 1892, the year of the largest business hith erto, and were 6 per cent, more than in the same month last year. Yet this is the summary of 257 reports, each covering act ual sales of leading merchants in a line of business in one of 14 cities. They are especially encouraging in view of the great fall' of prices within the five years and with exceptional floods and other retard ing influences this year. While specu lative business in nearly all lines is small, and does not swell clearing house returns, as in previous years, the volume of legiti mate trade shows no corresponding de crease, and the fact is one of the high est importance in all business calculations. Moraover, returns of failures for April by branches of business, given only by the mercantile agency, show decrease in num ber, amount and average of liabilities in almost every branch of trade and in nearly all branches of manufacture except cotton, although failures of five New Bedford mills for $7,990,734 make the total defaulted lia bilities for' the month 40 per cent, larger than last year, GO per cent, larger than in 1895 and 32 per cent, larger than 1894 The value of reports tracing failures to particular lines of business is impressive ly illustrated. "Failures for the week have been 221 in the United States, against 23S last year, and 36 in Canada, against 24 last year." Bradstreet's says: "Favorable business features this week Include the continued decline of water in flooded districts of the Mississippi river valley. In a portion of which planting has begun better demand for staples at Baltimore, St. L.ouis, Omaha, Milwaukee. St. Paul and Sioux Falls larger sales of iron ore to western furnaces, and a re vival of activity among country merchants in some central western states. SIXTEEN LIVES LOST. tlie Terrible Reault of a Fire on Ocean Steamer Leona. New York, May 10.—The Mallory line steamer Leona, which left her pier on Saturday, bound for Galveston, took fire at sea, put back and arrived in port Sun day night with 16 corpses on board. The dead were 13 steerage passengers and three members of the crew, who suc cumbed to a terrible fire which occurred off the Delaware capes at an early hour Sunday morning. The horror of the story can hardly be told Those who are dead were penned up below decks, and although frantjc efforts were made by the officers of the vessel to save them, the fire had gained such terrible headway before the danger was discovered that all escape was cut c-fl. WORK FOR MORE MEN. Alachlnlata Vote to Demand the Ifilgrlit Hour liiny May 1, 18118. Kansas City, Mo., May 7.—The conven tion of tbe International Asociation of Machinists adopted a resolution de manding an eight-hour'day in every branch of the trade. May 1, 181)8, was set for the day when the demand will be made, and unless the concession is made they will refuse to work. Direct ly 30,000 men will be affected and 100. 000 indirectly. Only eight hours' pay will be asked, for "'the shorter day, the object being to provide more men with work. THE CUBAN QUESTION. Nesotlatlona Uolnjc Forward for Its* Satlafaetory Adjuatment. New York, May 8.—A special to the Journal from Havana says: Your cor respondent is able on high authority to conllrm the Journal's recent Washing ton reports as to negotiations pending there between Secretary «f State Sher man, Dupuyde Lome and Estianda Pal-' ina looking to a peaceful solution, by purchase, or otherwise, of the Cuban question. Hlicna Antl«Trnat lllll. Albany, i. Y., May b.—(Jov.Black has signed the so-called anti-trust bill. The bill applies to foreign as well as domes tic corporations, requiring annual re ports as to the amount of their capital stock and the proportion actually is sued. Predict ai Holy War. Constantinople, May 10.—A circular has been addressed by Shiek-ul-Islam to the Imams in, this city and the prov inces which foreshadows the speedy approach of a holy war. Statue of Loguu. Chicago, May 10.—The unveiling of the heroic equestrian statue of Maj. Gen. John A. Logan will take place on the lake front July 23. It will be made the occasion of a military and civic demonstraion. Illew Her- 5' Head Off. Eau Claire, Wis., May 7.—Mrs. Charles Warden, of Elk Creek, mother of two children and about to give birth to another, suicided by blowing her head off with her husband's shotgun. ,jvii f4^ryw«^ .tr vty ^r. \.. r'l" FROM THE CAPITAL Dally Summary of Proceedings in Senate and House. The Finance Committee Reporta tbe Tariff Bill—Work In the Honae at a Standatlll—Other Waah iiitfton Newa. Washington, May 4.—In the United States senate yesterday Senator Chand ler (N. 11.) introduced a bill for the issue of certificates of indebtedness up to $50,000,000 to meet deficiencies in the revenues. The free homestead bill was considered, and in executive ses sion the Anglo-American arbitration treaty was discusscd. The nominatidns of William. U. Day, of Ohio, as assist ant secretary of slate, and William A. Jones^of Wisconsin, as commission er of Indian affairs, were confirmed. Washington, May 5.—The senate finance committee reported the tariff bill to the senate yesterday. The new bill is radically different from the Dingley bill, practically amounting al most to another measure. The bill to provide free homes on the public lands for actual and bona fide settler? known as the free homestead bill was passed. The Morgan Cuban resolution again went' over. The sundry civil bill was considered, but was not completed. Washington, May 6. The senate yesterday by a vote of 43 to 26 refused to ratify the general arbitration treaty between the United States and Great Britian negotiated by Secretary Ol'ney and Sir Julian Pauncefote. The rules of the senate require a majority of two thirds for the ratification of treaties. Hence four more affirmative votes would have been required to secure a favorable result. The sundry civil appropriation bill was discussed. Senator W.J. Deboe. Kentucky's republican successor to Blackburn, was sworn in. The nominations of Henry A. Castle, of Minnesota, as auditor for the post office department, and Stanford Newell, of Minnesota, as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to the. Netherlands, were re ceived from the president. Washington, May 7.—An amendment to the sundry civil bill revoking "the order of President Cleveland,.made Feb ruary 22 last, establishing forest res ervations aggregating 17,000,000 acres, was agreed to iD the senate yesterday and the sundry civil bill was passed. It carries an aggregate of $53,000,000. Senator Bacon (Ga.) introduced a joint resolution deprecating war and an nouncing the policy of the government in favor of arbitration. Uef erred to the committee on foreign relations. The Honae. Washington, May 4.—|In the house yesterday by a two-thirds vote, Speak ed .Heed was sustained in his attitude in declining to appoint committees dur ing the pendency of the tariff bill. A senate resolution appropriating $50,000 for the congress of the Universal Postal union was adopted, and Mr. Showalter, the republican chosen at a special elec tion to represent the Twenty-fifth Penn sylvania district, was sworn in. Washington, May 7.—The house yes terday adopted a resolution providing that it should meet only on Mondays and Thursdays of each week until oth erwise ordered. Gen. Milea Off for the War. Washington, May 5.—Maj. Gen. Nel son A. Miles on Tuesday left uie capital on his way to the seat of war in Eu rope. He was preceded to New York by Capt. Maus, his personal aid, and Mr. Dawson, bis secretary. The party will sail to-day from New York on the St. Paul, and on arriving on the con tinent will go straight by rail to Brin diisi. Off for Cuba. Washington, May 10.—W. J. Calhoun, of Illinois, special counsel for the United States government in the Ruiz case, has left for Cuba* Civil Service Law. Washington, May 10.—The committee on civil service ol' the senate has re sumed the investigation of the opera tion of the civil service law. MAIL EXPERTS MEET. Opening of the (Jnlveraal Poatal Con tgreaa at U'esiiington. Washiugtou, May 6.—The universal postal congress met in the great hall of the old Corcoran art gallery. About Co countries, comprising most of those in the postal union, were represented. Korea, China and the Orange Free state, which are now outside the pale of the union, had delegates present. It is expected that the work of the con gress will extend over about six weeks. Most of the work will be transacted by committees, which will submit the re sult of" their labors to the congress about once a week. The present postal agreement will be revised and renewed. Postmaster General Gary delivered the address of welcome and Gen. G. S. Batcheller, the oldest of the United States delegates, was chosen as presi dent of the congress. Blic Fire at Hamaey, 111. llamsey. 111., May G.—Fire destroyed the principal business portion of Ram sey, involving a loss of $35,000. The post office and its contents were de stroyed. The insurance on stocks and buildings will reach about $20,000. The fire is thought to be the work of incen diaries. Fonr Children Cremated. ^Columbia. S. C.. May 10.—Laurens Tucker and his wife went fishing in the Onoree river. Their four children, all under ten. years of age, were locked in the house. The building caught fire and was consumed, the littleofces being cremated. Scbttonet- Foundera. Boston, May 10.—The schooner Annie E. Rudolph, from Camden, N. J., for this city, was sunk off Nauset and Capt. Gjydiner, Mate Snell and a seaman were drowned. omelal Flower of Iowa. Des Moines, ia.. May 7*—Both houses of the legislature passed a^ resolution making the wild rose the official flower ol the state, rf & 1"" MINOR NEWS ITEMS. For the Week Ending? May lO. Ohio republicans will hold their state convention at Toledo on June 23. It is announced, that Gov. Taylor, of Tennessee, will resign his office in Oc tober. An improvement in tbe condition of affairs in the flooded sections in the south was reported. A. very successful trial trip of an air ship was made in Nashviile, Tenn., by l'rof. A. W. Barnard. Fire at Wilson, N. C., destroyed the big tobacco house of Briggs & Fleming, the loss being $100,000. The first eight days of the centennial exposition at Nashville, Tenn., showed an attendance of 73,500. The revolution in Ecuador, according to all advices received, seems to be in the nature of a holy war.. Iowa republicans will bold their state convention in Des Moines on August 18 to nominate state officers. The mayor and entire city council of Auburn, Neb., were sent to jail by Judge Stull for contempt of court. Fire destroyed the building of tlie Itasca Warehouse company in Minne apolis, the loss being $250,000. Fire wrecked the building of E. A. Small & Co., wholesale clothiers at Montreal, the loss being.$125,000. The Mutual Life Insurance company of Indianapolis went into a receiver's hands with risks amounting to $4,000, 000. Farmer Martin Burns defeated Dan S. McLeod in a wrestling match at Dav enport, la., for the world's champion ship. R. E. Beach, of Chicago, broke the American indoor swimming record for 100 yards, doing the distance in 1:07 1-5. While boat riding at Evansville, Ind., Fred Melsheimer, Fred Rumpf and an other boy fell into the river and were drowned. The residence at Winvvah Park, near New Rochelle, N. Y., of Col. C. H. Green was burned with its contents, the loss being $200,000. Robert H. Martin, formerly treasurer of the Columbian university in Wash ington, was arrested on the charge, of stealing $20,800. F. M. B. Lichtenberg, a young Eng lishman, and another man, an ex-mis sionary, were eaten by cannibals in the South Sea islands. United States Senator Call withdrew from the race for reelection in the Flor ida legislature and J. N. C. Stockton, a Jacksonville banker,was placed in nom ination. R. W. Casey, the best-known miner in the west, blew his brains out at Dead wood, S. D., in a fit of despondency. He was the first man to locate a claim in Deadwood. Brig, and Brev. Maj. Gen. Frank Wheaton has retired from service in the United States army, having reached the age of 63 years, of which time 47 years have been spent in the service. Henry Jones (colored), a convict in the Indiana state prison at Michigan City, was handed in the prison shortly after midnight Thursday for the mur der of a fellow convict named Thomas. GREATER NEW YORK. Got. Black Slirna tbe Charter—S^nop- ala of Ita Prevlalona. Albany, N. Y., May 6. Gov. Black has affixed his signature to the Greater New York charter. The following is a brief synopsis of the main provisions of the new charter: The municipality is divided into five bor oughs, Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens and Richmond, which are in turn each subdivided into ten council districts. The mayor will be elected for four years, at a salary of $15,000 per annum, instead or two years at $10,000, as at present. With the exception of the comptroller, who will be elected by popular vote, all municipal offi cers will be appointed by the mayor, who may remove at will during the first six months of his tenure. There will be onlj one police force, under a bipartisan board of four, as at present. The department of public works is abolished, and water sup ply, sewer, bridge and street bureaus will replace it, their heads to be appointed by the mayor. There will be a municipal leg islature of two houses, the council of members elected from designated districts, and the assembly, of live members, from each of the 21 senatorial districts in the .Greater New York. Of course, Brooklyn and Long Island City are names no longer known on the map. Greater New Yorlx covers a territory of 359% square miles. 32 miles long and lti miles wide, with an esti mated population of about 3,400,000, second in both respects only to London. The first mayor will be elected November 2 next. lllmetallle Cominlaalon Safla. New York, May 10.—Ex-Vice Presi dent Adlai R. Stevenson, Gen. C.J.Payne and United States Senator E. C. Wol cott, who were recently appointed by President McKinley as a commission to confer with the heads of European governments relative to the holding of an international bimetallic confereuce', sailed for Havre on the French liner La Touraine Saturday. Awarded 910,000. Chicago. May 10.—Miss Lucia B. Grif fin, an elocutionist of Albia, ia., was given a verdict for $10,000 against the Illinois Central Railway company Sat urday in the appellate court. Miss Grif fin was seriously injured at Madison, Wis., in 1894, by a heavy door, which fell upon her while Bbe was in the bag gage-room arranging for the transfer of some baggage. sv Holy War Foreahndowed. London, May 10.—-The'correspondent of the Standard at Constantinople says: "I learn that a circular has been ad dressed by the sheikhulrlalams to the Islnms in Constantinople and the prov inces which foreshadows the fepeedy approach of a holy war, the sacred 1" #-W ^/cV'5v5^**Af' ~5 ™ij&^ I edict for proclaiming which is already being prepared." 1 •--''.Fate of a Woman Smoker. Waukegan, 111* May 10*--Mrs. Joseph Green, 70 years old, addicted to smoking a pipe, meta terrible death at a result of the habit. With her lived Mrs. Has card, who found Mrs Green in a room with her clothing afire The fire was .quickly extinguished, but the old ladjr |jg -, 1 ?8 cHOEROE IN PARIS. Over One Hundred Persons Perish in a Fiery Furnace. Awfnl Work of the Flamea tn Crowded Unxar—Many Member* of the Freheh Nobility Among the Victims. Paris, May 5.—Fire broke out at four o'clock Tuesday afternoon in a crowded:: charitable bazar in Rue Jean-Goujon, at which the Duchess d' Uz,es and other: well-known patronesses were presents More than 100 persons are known to have perished, and it is feared the num ber will reach 200. The known wounded number 180. The building in which tbe fire broke. out was a temporary structure of wood. The flames were first discovered above the stall occupied by Duchess d'Uzes and while the place was densely crowd ed. The bazar is an annual function presided over by- the leaders of Paris, ian society. A terrible panic and crush followed the alarm of fire. There wild rush for the exits, and tbe weaker persons were borne down and trarapit-cl upon. Later Kew*. Paris, May 6.—A somber feeling per vades every class of society because of the disaster at the Grand Bazar de Charite. It is now estimated that there were about 1.200 persons in the building when tbe fire was discovered, about one half of .whom escaped unhiyt. Some es timates place the number of dead at 143, others at a still higher figure. Some of the Dead. Viscounte Dainas identified his wife's body by a piece of bair cloth which she wore next lier skin as a member of the Third Order of St. Francis. Comtesse Villeneuve returned to search for ner two daughters, but failed to find them and perished herself. During the afternoon the bodies? of Duchess d'Alencon and six others were identified. The duchess was a woman of great wealth and one of the most prominent ladies in France. Mrs. Porges was the only American victim. She was a Miss Weisweiller. Mrs. Wil liam Astor left the bazar a quarter of an hour before the conflagration. Ninety-Four Corpaea Identified. At seven o'clock Wednesday evening the police officials announced that 94 corpses had been positively identified. There are 19 bodies still unidentified, among which must be those of Com tesse de Lupe and Mme. Nitot's second daughter, both of whom are missing. Viscountess Malezieux is now placed among those officially identified. M. Gosse, the notary, on learning that his wife and two daughters were among the victims, was so prostrated that his life is despaired of. Death of D' Anmale. Paris, May 8.—Due d'Aumale died at Zucco, Sicily, of the shock he ex perienced upon bearing of the death of his niece, Duchesse d' Alencon. He was 75 years old and the fourth son of King Louis Philippe. BLAZING FORESTS. Ffrea Doing: Great Uamaee In Win conain Timber lletfflona. Milwaukee, May 7.—A special to the Wisconsin from Shell Lake says: For est fires are burning fiercely in all di rections and unless rain comes soon many farmers will lose their homes. The cranberry marshes and blueberry brush are all afire and a light crop of each will be the result. Advices from Spooner say fires are raging north and west of that point and clouds of smoke obscurc the sun. A big force of men is out trying to check the advance of the red destroyer. Forest fires are also raging on the In dian reservation northeast of Eeshcna ana several narrow escapes from the fiames are reported. Several thcusand acres have been burned over and the timber destroyed. WESTERN BANKS CLOSED. lfixamlnera in Charge of Inatttnttona In Oregon and Nebraaka. The Dalles, Ore., May b.—The Dalles national bank wasclosed by Hank Exam iner Charles Clary, against tbe advice, and in spite of the protest of the bank's officials. The immediate cause of the closing, it is said, was a disagreement among the stockholders. No statement of assets and liabilities has yet been! inade. Lincoln, Neb., May 8.—The Exchange bank of Atkinson, State Treasurer Hat ley's bank, was taken in charge by State Bank Examiner Coad. The bank had a. capital of $30,000. Its last statement/ showsassets amounting to $117,367. Lia bilities were $110,934. Well*K.nown Jonrnnllat Dead. Kansas City, Mo., Alay 1.—Juiues 11. Kunniou, for 12 years associate editor of the Kansas City Star, died at a lato hour Thursday night in his apartments at the Coates hotel. Mr. Kunnion's first newspaper work was as a reporter on. the Chicago Times, under the manage ment of Wilbur F. Storey, and later he became dramatic critic of the Times. Still later be became managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and, ultimately bead editorial writer on .that paper. Five Dead and Five Dying. Pikeville, Ky„ Majr 10.—Somebody put poison in Ball Creek springs, several tniles above here, and as a result live per sons died and five more are dying from drinking water from the spring. There is no clew to the on 3 who did the deed. *. Over' Fifty Injured. New York, May 7.—A fire in the cold storage warehouse of the Merchants' Refrigerating company caused a los? of $£00,000 andSOmen were injurcd^and one.killed, Commander Elected. Galesburg, ill., May 7.r-At the stato G. A. II. encampment yesterday the elec tioh of department commander resulted the choice qt A. L. Schimpff, of 'Peoria.: Bhot by Her Lover. Leadville, Col., May 8. Miss Belle Walker was shot and instantly killed by her lover, George Ratliffe, after a quar rel. The assassin then took his owa & St jia Ik if