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Wh?J: Wa/ Done Last Week
In Thij* Great World of Outs.
Sndusiriai.
miXADELPI?IA TEXTILE STRIKE.
I3y Tuesday more than 90.000 workers
In the 50*) textile mills of Philadelphia hnd
Folned the strike which be/in the latter
bart of last week In favor eef a flfty-flvo
&our week and a ten per cent. Increase of
?vages for three clnsnes of labor. Tho
present working schedule Is sixty hours
j. week. Tha contention of the manufne
furere In opposing this demand was that
thoy could not compete with New Eng?
land nnd tho South. The union leaflers
replied that this argument hnd little np?
pllontlon, because most of the workers
arer? on the piece plnn and were willing
(o take proportionately less wages. They
liso say that In the carpet and upholstery
trades there ls little outside comp?tition,
rhev explained that wage IncreVes ot thn
fast three years were partial restorations
|)f rdeuctions In 1893, nnd that the present
average Is loss than Jl a day. A few of
[he mills granted tho demands of the
pnlon. Both the workers and the manu?
facturers are well organized. Thirty-nine
branches of tho textile trade are affected.
The capital Invested Is ?100.000,000, Tho
flally Iohs In wages amounts to over
1125,0?.
FRA.-KDIN FIELD BOYCOTTED.
The Allied Trades Union of Philadelphia
announced Tuesday that its members
would boycott all future athletic events
held In Franklin Field, the University of
Pennnylvsnla's athletic ground, because a
promise to prevent students from work?
ing as non-union laborers on the Held
was refused by Denn Pc mil m an.
ARIZONA MINERS STRIKE.
Several thousand Arizona miners ha".e
?sono on strike because operators attempt?
ed to reduce tho wage schedule com
monsuratelv with reduction of hours to
conform with the eight-hour law. Ihe
Western Federation ordered the strike.
ANTHRACITE STRIKE THREATEN
?-???*
Owing to the refusal of the represen?
tatives of the coal operators on the Board
of Conciliation to recognize District Pres?
ident,?? Nichols. Dettry and Fahev be?
cause they claimed membership merely
on their official connection with the
United Mine Workers, another general
ntrlko of anthracite miners .has been
threatoced. After a conference with
President Mitchell at Buffalo. Sunday, the
miners' leaders decided to call a general
convention at Pottsvllle, June 15th. to
determine tho question at Issue. Tho
operators' representatives in a statement
contended that any award of the board
?which involved a recognition of the
miners' union would not be binding as
this was not contemplated in the decision
of the Arbitration Commission.
NEW YORK'S LABOR WAV..
Early In the week an effort was made
with anparent success to end the blind?
ine trades tte-un. which hai Involved 100.
CeOO workers of New York city. With the
tirlmary object of letting work continue
on new school building?! a committee of
Ihe Board of Building Trades decided to
let the drvers In the lumber and brick
yards fight their own battle, and with
this concession In view the employers
i-eeellh- agreed to resume business and
take hack their men regardless of union
connections. But when the committee's
reriort wa? made to the board a majority
voted acalnst this concession and '?n favor
pf standing by the teamsters unless the
latter of their own volition should decide
to stand alone. ,
ADJUSTING CHICAGO STRIKES.
Several of the labor difficulties at
ChlciKO have been adjusted by mutual
concessions. The frelEht handlers accept?
ed a four per cent, increase for wages
Instead of tho 26 per cent asked. The
express drivers called In the aid of the
Chcairo Board of Arbitration and the
laundrymen agreed on terms with their
emnlyes nnd resumed operations Thurs?
day. The restaurant and hotel service
was still In trouble.
c?7/iSceiianeous,
FERRIS WHEEL GOES FOR JUNK.
The Ferris wheel, which was one of the
wonders of the Columbian Exposition and
which cost $362,000, was sold at auction at
Chicago Tuesday to a Junk dealer for
fl.SOO. The sale Included engines, build?
ing, bMlers and all. ,
TOM REED WAS RICH.
The official apprisal of the estate of the
late Thomas B. Reed shows personal prop
eriv worth $6'JS,.r>.i3, besides somo real es?
tate at Portland Me. The ?431.U09 re?
maning, after tho deduction of debts
fen! expenses, is all left to his wife.
ROMAN ARENA AT PARIS.
?'hlle digging in a small park In tho
h'art of Paris for the purpose of build
lig a reservoir workmen unearthed a
ftructure which proved to be part of a
?"toman amphitheatre, many centuries old.
The government has docleled to buy tho
adjacent property and restore the am
piitheatre.
ACCIDENTS AND DISASTERS.
Last week's storms over the States Im?
mediately west of tlie Mississippi culmi?
nated In unprecedented disasters at To?
peka and along the Kansas River, nt
Kansas City, Mo., and at Dos Moines,
jown. Beginning with May 30th North
Topeka, the home of 9,000 ' people, was
practically tho bed of the Kansas River
for four or five days, nnd at the outset
fire uncontrolled was added to tho hor?
rors of the flood. After a majority of
Mie people had escaped by means of tho
bridge to the south side, there were still
huneireds left for many hours, clinging to
house-tops and trees, before the most
heroic efforts of rescuers could bring
relief. At this writing the number of
dead reported Is over sixty at that one
place. Many others wero reported drowned
nt other points in the flood-stricken terri?
tory. On Monday and Tuesday Kansa.i
City. Mo., was inundated, and?,the crest
of the flood moved eastward, threatening
St. -Louis and points on the Mississippi.
At Des Moines ?>,00i? people were rendered
nnd destitute, whoso number exceeds "0 - <
000. From many points came ? prompt "re?
eponse. The property loss will run Into :
many millions.
At Gainesville, Gn., June 1st a terrific
wind-storm or tornado within two or
three minutes' time destroyed one hundred
houses and tore two stories from the
Gainesville Cotton Mill, causing the sud- :
den death of about ninotv persons thn
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Now York Shipbuilding Company, a resi?
dent of Philadelphia, elieel In the offices of
li Morean and Company at New York
<?????7 ROJIBIKB, said to have been j
?.MBin?-2ln*?.tor of ?,0 newspaper ollpplnr !
i.Snes5* **le?? at nis homo In New Yor
?June ?1.
American affairs.
OHIO REPUBLICANS IN LINE.
?o?,il^?expeCued happened at Columbus
??^dfty? w'h<??? the im" Rep?blica.! Con?
vention unanimously declared in favor
?f the nomination of Roosevelt. On the
??l/i\ne dayi Sena*0?? Henna hai made
PnTlhhl8TJ^???lse.of allegiance by ?uiiugtz
?L?heepIhreBldent,?*???? MBlwi his eiidofse- ,
S? ?hf??S " ? i'-ra-'e hi Hanna's speech !
was hands off " that being his warning
to the Democrats not to disturb the exist- i
Ing? prosperity of the country. Senator I
iroraiter was made permanent chairman, '
ind the Foraker-IIonna political feud Is '
expected to go on. Myron T. Herrick '
was named for Governor.
?TULLOCH'S CHARGES ANSWERED I
The Postmaster-General hns 'made pub?
lic the letters of Charles Emory Smith. !
his predecessor in office, and of Perry I
Heath, both In reply to the formili !
charges of Seymour w. Tul'jieh Mr
Smith says that Tulloch's. charges wee '
investigated at the time they were ilrst ?
made, when It was mude that certain ir- ?
regularities were justified by the lui nel- !
ling of the soldiers' mail during the !
Spanish War. Mr. Heath also denies all j
connection with tho alleged irregularities, ?
Another charge brought out In tho postal I
Investigation was that the Department I
had ??00.000 a year In excessive rentals In
Mew York State. '
Whole Field at a Glance.
The optimist has had a tragic week t.o square with his smooth philo?
sophy of eternal beneficence and justice, and especially in our own country.
He has had to look for the silver side of clouds whose floods, aided by fire,
brought torturing death to scores in Kansas, Missouri and Iowa, sul/ering
and destitution to thousands, and left pestilence to the survivors. He has
seen in the twinkling of an eye the loosened furies of the air strike ruth?
lessly a prosperous city of the rising South, bearing Death's most terrible
summons to old and young alike, making many helpless tiipples. To these
visions has been added the devastation of forests throughout the East, till
a pall of yellow haze obscured the sun from the drought-parched earth.
From far China has come the cry of a million starving souls, close on the
heels of Kishinev's horrors. All this in addition to the existing economic
and political struggles in this and other lands, will pass in mental review
before us this quiet test day, first of the week ahead. However inexpli?
cable the facts, at bottom we are all optimists, willy nilly, and know there
is a Reason and a Beneficence in and through it all in the longer perspec?
tive of the eternal life which belongs to the least of us.
The British tiriff policy, fathered by Chamberlain and fostered by
Balfour, has been strengthened in popular estimation by the reported ap?
proval of the Australian Government and New Zealand Chamber of Com?
merce. The expelled French order of Carthusians was reported to have
bought the'Island of Iona, Scotland, for its home. Macedonian chiefs con?
spiring for new plan of hostilities. Roumanie opposes Standard Oil Com?
pany. Croation revolt spreads. Vene?uelan rebels send Dr. Rojaz to ap?
peal for American recognition.
President Roosevelt has swung round his great circle back to Wash?
ington. His prestige for the Republican nomination was further increased
by the unanimous endorsement of Ohio Republicans. Denials of Smith
and Heath to Tulloch charge^ made public. Suprime Court in case of
03aki decided that Hawaiian law held until superceded by congressional
act, thus the Constitution not following the flag of its own volition.
The labor situation has eased in some quarters and increased its ten?
sion in others. The expected test of strength in Philadelphia's vast textile
industry ha3 begun with the strike of 90,000 workers for 55-hour week.
Another anthracite strike was threatened by the hitch in the Conciliation
Board, and a convention was called for June 15th. Effort to adjust New
York's building tie-up failed. Chicago's freight and laundry strikes
amicably compromised just as restaurant and hotel strike began. Chicago
blacksmith and teamsters' unions suspended 700 strikers for breaking
Stock market on the decline. Convention of millers advocated reci?
procity. Camphor monopoly extended in Japan. Southern Railroad to be
double-tracked. Bumored Gould and 'Frisco alliance for New Orleans out?
let. Canada stock market shocked by failure of Ames & Co., of Toronto.
Successful 2,000-mile test at Philadelphia of telephone invented by
C. D. Vaughn, of New Jersey. .
Sociological?.
PLEA FOR OLD AGE PENSIONS.
Rev Edward Everett Hale, In the June
Cosmopolitan, makes a plea for an old
age pension syst<-m. pointing out some o?
the advantages to the pensioner and to
the State. He. says that tho poll taxes
collected bv a State would more than
provide a liberal pension for every man
and wenen over seventy yearn of ago
and the ?Stvie would be saved expense of
maintaining almshouses. asylums, etc.
With SKO'a year assured to them the
relatives and friends of the old would not
hesitate In many casee to provide for
them In their homes until death, where?
as without this many are too poor to
undertake the extra/ expense.
CLUB WOMEN CONDEMNED.
Mrs. Edwin Knoweles. prominent club
woman of New York and Brooklyn, said
In an Interview that colitica] Intrigue
and go'?* ? were the begetting sins of
women'.1? clubdom and that tho club
woman, though not wielding tho ballot,,
had mastered the game of politics In a
wav that ?proved her brother still In the
kindergarten. Women, she said, voted
for each other becauso of personal lik?
ings and anything but fitness for the po?
sition to be filled. Further, that they
were more thin-skinned and petty In
tholr attacks than men and could give
but could hot take because they lacked
a sense of humor.
FOR OBLIGATORY ARBITRATION.
The concluding session ot the arbitra?
tion conference at Lake Mohonk adopted
a olatform approving and commending
the work of The Hague Tribunal and ex?
pressing the belief that the next step "In
the march forward" should be a treaty
of obligatory arbitration beweon the
X?nited and Great Britain to be. followed
by similar agreements between the
other signatory nations to The
Hacue Convention, to refer their dis
DUtes to The Hague Tribunal. The ex?
ample of the United States and Eng?
land, it asperts, is all that Is necessary
to bring all the nations to this court.
STATI ?STICS OF SUICIDES.
Professor William B. Bailey, of Tale, j
who has studied the question of suicide i
In the MJnlted States during tho period
from 1897 to 11M1 and basing computations
on 10.000 ?cases, reaches some interesting
conclusions. Out of the 10,000, 7,781 wore
males, indicating the ratio of suicides of
males to females as three and one-half
to one. The life period most frequently ]
chosen for suicide Is between thirty and ?
forty, and the number of married suicides !
exceeds thoso who are single. Shooting |
Is found to be the favorite method, while j
poison is a close* second, hanging third,
cutting fourth, drowning fifth, gas sixth,'
.lumping seventh. The leading motive Is
despondency. Monday Is the favorite sui?
cide dav. From Monday there Is a falling
off until Friday when the number In?
creases. The period ot the day from
9 to 12 P. M. is tliat of greatest suicide
frequency.
?ducationai Sfcea/m.
CORPORAL PUNISHMENT.
The Male Principals' Association of New
York city has formally approved the
renort of a Committee on School Disci
line, which recommends the abolition ot
the present rules against corporal pun?
ishment because it Is said there aro chil?
dren whom tho prevailing method of
discipline docs not influence duly. Fol?
lowing this action the New York City
Teachers' Association has appointed' a
committee to Investigate the result of the
abolition of corporal punishment.
PHILADELPHIA CQURJES FEWER.
Most of the educational papers men?
tion approvingly Philadelphia's proposed
course Of study lu elementary schools in
which a large amount of detailed work is
out out. For instanco, study of American
history and civics will not Include de?
tail:; of wars and battles and in algebra
the finding of the common divisor and ?
common multiple Is dropped.
?MANUAL TRAINING A REQUISITE.
Por thn first timo manual training has I
been mado a qualification foi> entrance
into a college. This requirement is mado ?
bv tho College of Liberal Arts at the ?
Northwestern University, It can be sub. I
stltuted for physics, botany, chemistry
or biology.
YALE KK1-.SHMHN MAY ELECT. I
The Yale University corporation has !
approved tho plun to extend '.ho elcoilve ;
system into tho freshman -year by allow, ?
Ing oach freshman to choose tiv? out ot :
light courses and the substitujloti of '
mathematics or modern languages for ?
Greek for admission to colloso.
SCHOOL REPL-^nlC UNSUCCESSFUL.
The Lyman School, at Westboro, Mass.,
which Is run on (he cottage ur group
plan, reports tho failure of Its experiment
with tho self-government ulan of the |
George Junior Republic at Free.ville, fj, .
Y. ?In only three of these cottages wiis
the plan In operation and In these the
results were fuvorable at first, but Ir?
regularities arose from the lack of uni?
formity throughput tho school. The moral
effect on the public sentiment of thu
school was, however, found to be bene?
ficial.
NOTABLE COLLEGE BEQUESTS.
Colby College, at Watervllle; Me., has
received a legacy of J?5,000 through the
death of the widow of Dr, Samuel S.
Smith, author of "America." Dr. Smith
wns at ono time un instructor at Col
bv. '
From the estate of Mrs. Mary J. Win
throp, $2.130,391 is to go to the Theologi
cal Seminary at. Princeton. N. J. '
Commere/ai.
CONDITION OF THE CROPS:
Between storm and flood conditions In
the Middle West and South and unprece?
dented drought throughout the East,
crops of all kinds are reported by the
Weather Bureau to be far below the nor?
mal condition at this season. In the Inun?
dated regions along the Missouri and Its
tributaries vast damage has been done.
California's fruit crop Is above the aver?
age, and 8.000 additional hands will be
needed to take care of it.
BIG TORONTO FIRM FAILS.
The largest firm of brokers and bankers
In Canada, A. E. Ames & Co., with con?
nections In New York. Boston and Cleve?
land, suspended payment Tuesday, due to
a continued decline in the securities mar?
ket
INTERCITY WIRELESS SERVICE.
Mavors Harrison, of Chicago, and Rose,
of Milwaukee, exchanged the first wire?
less messages Monday throuerh the new
service* established between the two
cities by the Marconi Company. This ls
the first Installation of a system which is
expected to cover all points on the Great
Lakes.
POSTAL GIVES PENSIONS.
The Postal Telegraph Company * an?
nounced to Its employes that any who
had served the company for fifteen years
or more and had become Incapacitated
might apply for relief. Monthly payments
not exceeding 20 per cent, of salaries Is to
be. the pension plan. This Is to be in?
creased 3 per cent, for each additional
year up to twenty-five years. This step
ls In compliance with the expressed
wishes of John Vf. Mackay, the Inte pres?
ident of the company.
MILLERS FAVOR RECIPROCTi"'.
The first convention of the Millers Na?
tional Federation, which began at Detroit
Wednesday, with 300 delegates present
from all parts of the country, took action
In favor of reciprocity with foreign coun?
tries It also attacked railroads and
steamship lines for rate descrlminatton
against flour and In favor of wheat.
NEW ORLEANS VS. NEW YORK.
The reported alliance of the Gould Rail?
road system with the Frisco system, con?
trolled bv Moore Bros., has revived the
question of New Orleans' advantages as
an export point for the Great West. The
belief prevails at New Orleans that Gould
has just turned Cnssatt's flank and abnn
eloned New York as a prospective outlet.
DOl'BLE TRACKS FOR SOUTHERN.
President Spencer, of the Southern Rail?
way, hns announced that his road will be
double-tracked between Washington and
Atlanta, and other Improvements made at
np expense of ?2*i,000.000.
IS.'! MILES IN lit MeNUTES.
The New York Central Twentieth Cen?
tury Limited broke the record for the
d'stnnce by making the 133 miles between
Toledo nnd Elkhart In 114 minutes, or on
average of 70 miles an hour.
Sfteiipit
tous.
STANDING OF POLYGAMY.
In an Interview President Joseph F.
Smith, head of the Morman Church, said
the numher of polygamie families in this
country hnd dwindled from 2,451, In 1S90,
when President Woodruff's manifesto sus?
pending plural marringes wns mnde, to
71S nt the prosorft time. He snld that he
believed In polygamy; that It was a man?
date from God, but thnt the church sub?
mits to the law of the land. lie owned
to having himself five wivos and fortv
two children.
DUE TO RUSSLVN IDOLATRY.
In reply to a cablegram sent by the
North American to Count Leo Tolstov
asking if the Russian government could
be held guilty of Ihe massacre- nf Jews
at Klshlneff last Easter, the following
reply was received: "Guilty Is govern?
ment. First, excluding Jews from com?
mon rights, making them sepnrate coslo;
secondly. Inculcating hy force In Rus?
sians an .idolatrous fnlih instead of Chris?
tianity "
Count Cassini, Russimi Ambassador nt
Washington, on seeing Tolstoy's mes?
sage, said that measures wore being taken
to punish the perpetrators of tho out?
rages and to prevent their recurrence.
Ho said further that tlio war being waged
In the United States against Russia could
not possibly help the Jews in Hint coun
POPE LOVER AMERICANS.
In receiving Mny smb. the gift of $10.500
sent by Archbishop Ryan and the Catho?
lics of Philadelphia, Pope Leo said: "The
Americans ?are very loyal to me, and I
lovr ?*-????? "
n*e them.'f
-AHGESTJAUDITC
The new (Adventls
LARGEST ?AUDITORIUM DEDICATED
The new (Adventlst Auditorium at Bat
tlo Creek, Mich., the largest In the world
was dedlouied lust Sunday in the preserco
of 27,010 ?f?'.? from out of town. Presi??
dent Roosevelt and Cabinet menili, in
wired rongrat illations.
G1CRMAN LEADS FRANCISCANS.
At the maetlng of the Francisca?; Bro?
thers ut RoVno Moy 30th Father Sch?ler
was elected (general of the order to suc?
ceed Father. Fleming. Tho substitution
of a German for an Irish-American Is at?
tributed to the Influence of Emneror Wil?
liam.
RITUALISTS. DISAVOW ROMANISM.
During the week a conference of tho
ritualistic clergymen of the lSpIsnomj
Church has been held at New York.
Thoy have taken pains to disavow sym?
pathy with the movement for unity with
the Church of Rome. Nevertheless, tlio
services held In honor of trie conference
wero Been to be almost identical with
those of the? Roman Church.
?foreign ?Poiitics.
Vl?.MiZUEUN REBEL.S APPEAL.
Mall advices received at Nn- York early
In tho week confirmed the reported deter?
mination of the Venezuelan revolution?
ists to ask recognition as belligerents.
Or. Pedro Rojns has been appointed the
diplomatic agent of the provisional gov?
ernment and makes his headquarters at
Trinidad. Ho was Minister of Foreign
AfTnlrs under Presidents Crespo and ?An
drade. He will ask the United States
for recognition on the ground that tho
rebels are In absolute possession of all
important ports, except ?? Guayra. Marl
caibo and Porto Cabello, and hold tho
entire eastern portion of Venezuela.
ausMalta with cha.muer lain.
The latest factor In the .-. -absorb ng
political problem of Great. Britain te the
news cabled to London ?\ edncsday from
At.tornoy-Ge.neml Deakin, of the Aus?
tralian Commonwealth, saying that the
general government and the governments
of nil the component Stales approved of
Secretarvi/Chamberlain s imperlili tariff
programme. This has served to CheCt
the impression recently current in t?ng
lanil that Australian sentiment was
against the Zollverein. Most of the trades
union leaders have taken their stand
against Chamberlain and the Co-operative
Congress, representing 2?J,000 workers,
has declared against any kind of protec?
tion. The Tariff League has begun a
campaign of education In the dlrecton
of preferential tariffs.
BELGIUM WON'T ANNEX CONGO
Tne government of Belgium decided not
to annex the Congo Free State, allowing
tho option of annexation arranged In 1890
to expire, Thursday. The responsibility
was declined becauso of popular opposi?
tion and tho attitude of Great Britain.
The Congo Free State was declared a
sovereign power under King Leopold, of
Belgium, by tho International Confer?
ence of Berlin In 11385. Leopold of?
fered his rights In the Stnte to Belgium,
and In 1S90 a treaty was arranged, giving
the country the privilege of annexing
Congo after a period of ten years.
ROOM ???? OPPOSES OIL TRUST.
Fremler Stourdza and Financial Min?
ister Contlnesco, of Roumania, urged
etronglv before a gathering of Liberals
at Bucharest Wednesday that Americans
be prevented from gaining a foothold In
the oil-fields of that country. Represen?
tatives of the Standard Oil Company are
there making Investigations at present.
The ministers declared that an abundance
of British and Continental capital was
available to develop the Roumanian fields.
FRENCH AND MOORS IN BATTLE.
A clash between the forces of France
and Morocco was reported Wednesday
near FIgulg, on the border. Premier
Combes said that France had no Inten?
tion by acquiring territory In Morocco, but
would preserve order and security In Al?
geria.
ALBANIANS STILL DEFTANT.
In spite of the advance of Turkish
forces In the determination to control Al?
bania the people of that countrv are re?
ported to be still defiant, though retiring
to the hills. The province of Adrianople
Is also greatly disturbed, and hundreds of
Bulgarian refugees from that region have
been received in Bulgaria. Liter news
from Croatia, where the peasants are In
full revolt, contain gruesome reminders of
the French Revolution. The disturbances
grow out of the government's efforts to
denationalize the Crotians.
MILLION CHINESE STARVING
Consul-General McWade, at Canton,
China, telegraphed Secretary Hav Thurs?
day that the governor of Kwang-Sl prov?
ince had appealed for help from America,
and that over a million natives were
starving there.
?cient/fic,
SOURCE OF RADIUM'S ENERGY.
Tho Electrical Review calls attention to
the latest authoritative suggestion as to
the source of the wonderful energy
emitted by radium, namely, that of Dr.
J. J. Thompson. He discards the theory
that Its energy Is abstracted from the air
because radium continues to melt ice
when enclosed in a block of It He makes
the assumption that each atom of radium
Is.formed of a positive and a negative
electron, and then concludes that the in?
trinsic energy would be ?able to maintain
the radiation of radium, as measured bv
Currle, for 30,000 years. That Is, 1t would
be able to melt half Its own weight of Ice
once an hour for that period.
???? SCIENCE OF LYING.
The Literary Digest translates from the
Revue Scientifique a review of a new
book by M. G. L. Duprat, containing a
scientific study of lying. It Starts out
with the admission that the He extends
through all civilization, Into all classes,
through all ages and both sexes. It Is
defined as^'a means of suggesting error"?
what one knows or believes to he false.
Ho shows that in some cases lying arises
spontaneously without Imitation or vicious
training, ?solely from the play of the
Imagination. He finds that lying In?
creases as th? social environment be?
comes more complex. He concludes that
It Is futile to eradicate the He by preach?
ing moral precepts. The true method is
to oppose to unfavorable social and men?
tal forces other social forces by a proper
education. An Important factor In this
education Is scientific Instruction which
arouses the critical sense.
A CC.ATALEPTIC FOR 20 YEARS.
Medical science has been greatly Inter?
ested In the eflse of Marguerite Royenval,
who died at Paris last week after lying
In a cataleptic state for twenty years.
Her trance began alter giving birth to a
child. At first she had serious convul
flors. but after a I'm?? relaxed Into phy?
sical Insensibility and mental inertness,
Throughout the period her resplratlcn wag
normal and temperature slightly above
normal. Her face was pale and wax-like.
Shortly bM'o'-c her death she appeared to
awake, hut Dr. Chnrller believed she wns
never conscious. He was In chnrge of the
case. Throughout her sleep she was fed
on peptone, administered through a quill,
where a tooth lind been removed for the
purpose. The body was almost a skele?
ton. Her age was forty-two at the time
she died.
MISSOURI CAVE WONDER.
Prof. C. N. Could has returned from
Southwestern Missouri, whero he has been
Investigating a cave which promises to be
nf much archaeological vnl'">. It Is sev?
entv feet long, ? hole duo- out of solid
rock, nnd evidently occupied at one time
by cave dwellors. The bottini Is covered
bv three fe?>l of ashes, and out of the
debris have been dug four human skele?
tons und flint, stone und bone Instru?
menta of all 'kinds. Sta'ugmites have
formed above the ashes. which Prof.
Gould says must have taken thousands
of years to form.
jtfrtj TIfusic, ?Cotters,
SCIIU.MANN-HEIN'KE'S DEPARTURE.
Madam Schuniann-Helnke. the famous
Beyruth contralto of the Metropolitan
Opera Company, has signed a contract to
sing In English comedy roles for the next
three years under the management of F.
C. Whitney at a salary snld to be $2.000 a
week nnd share of receipts above a?cer?
tain amoun. Siilnllaus Strange and
Julian Edv/iwds have been engaged to
write the first onora for tho new- star.
VIOLA ALLEN IN SHAKESPEARE.
In closing her sason Miss Viola Allen
announced that she had appeared In ?
Roma In "The Eternal City ' for the last
time, and that hereafter she would be nn
Independent star under the management ?
nf her brother, Charles W. Allen. Her j
first production will be "Twelfth Night," :
In which she will take the part of Viola j
Her object In leaving her present manage?
ment, she says, is an ambition to appear
In higher grade plays.
BELASCO% RECORD. BREAKER.
David Belasco's first year as an Inde*
pendent manager ended at his ?Now York
theatre with a record-breaking run of the
JupaiH-si play. "The Darling of tin.? Gods,"
In which Blanch Bates took the leading
role In ISO performances. She Is to con- ?
tlnue in the suine play when next season I
opens.
RIVER'S BED
Plan to Divert the Appomat
tox Progresses Slowly.
TROUBLE OVER DAMAGES
Several Cases Will Have to Be Settled
by a Commission?Plans for a New
Hotel in Petersburg Are in
Abeyance.
(Special to The Tlmes-DI-patch.*
PETERSBURG, VA., June ?.?The Ap?
pomattox diversion matter continues in a
state of satisfactory progression. Occa?
sionally a man Is found along tho lino who
considers his half arce of marsh lanel
worth J500, when heretofore ho would
willingly havo disposed of It for a hun?
dredth of that nmount. The committee
in charge ls arranging with the owner of
the land for its purchase as far as this
course oan be pursued, and With the oth?
ers alluded to the condemnation commis?
sion will have to deal.
If Petersburg would go Into the canal
business Just at this time, there Is no
doubt that she could make a neat sum out
of the contract to add to her rapidly
growing sinking fund. There are many
who favor tho city's taking the matter in
hand and guaranteeing tho -jompletlon of
the work for the amount appropriated by
CongresB, for tho only thing that ls now
delaying the work ls to havo assurance
that the sum of $200,000 that was appro
prlate?d will be sufllci***nt to complete tho
work.
DOUBT A8 TO COST.
The opinion of tho best engineers Is that
the work can be don? for that sum, hut,
of course, If a great amount has to be
dealt out to land owners for; their prop?
erty, It will materially affect the working
sum.
The committee continues to work and
doubtless. In a short time, will have pur?
chased the land, aa it has beftn author?
ized by the e-oiincll to do.
TWO OLD VETERANS.
Two men who have known each other
In Petersburg for more than t^iree-quar
ters of a century were seen a few even?
ings ago talking over the years that now
havo passed. They were Mr. Samuel H.
Marks, aged ninety-live years, and Mr.
Addlson A. Traylor, aged eighty-four
years. These old gentlemen were living
over again their lives In fancy and en
Joying memories of stories that form the
sweets of old age. Thoy turned back time
and almost forgot theft- eyes were dim
and for a few moments became boys
again. But the hearty congratulatlonn of
friends would break the spell and the
two old men -would realize that youth had
passt?d and that they had only been en
Joying the sweets of honorable old age.
THE NEW HOTEL.
Nothing definite can be written at thl3
time concerning the plan for the new
hotel. The bids of the contractors far
exceeded the estimate of the architect,
and after the building plans had "Been
changed tho bids were still beyond the
limit fixed by the builders. It will cer
talnly be several weeks yet before work
begins, and still more delay may bo occa?
sioned by the necessity for further alter?
ations, In the .plans. . .
While the bulldersare not delaying mat?
ters on account of any Idea of a local
option election In Petersburg, still one of
the gentlemen connected with" the project
did not hesitate to say that If they
thought the city would go "dry" thoy
would not undertake the building. Tho lot
has been cleared and some excavating
done, so that very litt le delay would be
occasioned by preliminary work.
The season at Ferndalo Park Casino
has opened auspiciously and the
attraction that will be presented by the
Harrison-Adams Theatre Company will
doubtless give plensure to many people In
Petersburg during tlie summer months,
and. at the same time provo profitable.
BISHOP KEILEY TO PREACH.
Bishop Keiley, of Savannah, will preach
at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, In this
city, Sunday morning. Bishop Kelley has
many friends In Petersburg, his former
home, nnd is greatly belon-ed in this
city.
Miss Lltty Galbralth, of Spartanburg,
S. C, who hns been visiting New York
and Philadelphia, Is now the guest of
Misi Emily Roper, In Petersburg.
Mrs. Harry Parker, of Newport News,
Is the guest of Mrs. Preston Roper.
Mr, Andrew Allen left . this week for
New York city to spend several days.
Miss Martha Collier has returned to
Petersburg after a very delightful visit
to Baltimore.
MAY-DAY FESTIVAL
Beautiful Children Decked With Roses
nnd Daisies?A Dance.
(Special to The Times-Dispatch.)
GLOUCESTER C. H., VA., June C.-A
May Day festival In tbe rectory lawn
on Friday, under the auspices of Mes?
dames David Sanders, W. S. Mott, Per
clval Hicks and William Duncan was a
notable success. The beautiful children,
decked in wreaths of roses and daisies,
did their part well, nnd the dnnce arounel
the Mny pole wns really Idyllic, and ono
might go far without seeing any?
thing more captivating than the seven
airy, fairy zephyrs,
Another notable entertainment was .a
dance given by Judge James Lyons Talla?
ferro at Church Hill, In honor of Miss
Sadie Washington and Miss Charlotte
Blackburn. Mrs. Henry Osborne San?
ders wns the gracious chnperon, and thn
menu showed tho presence of an expert
chef. Among tlie guests wero Misses
Jenkins, of Baltimore; Blackburn, of
Alexandria; Washington, of Washington;
Drown, of Nelson; Chalmers, of Halifax;
Salile Perrln, Elizabeth Meredith and
Miry Leo, of Gloucester; Messrs. G. B.
Tallaferro, Curtis James, Lewis Byrd,
Fred Deans, Nell Reade, Ashby Jones,
Jr., Van Oiundy, J. Stubhs, Rernard and
Albert Tallaferro.
Mr. Sam Cary and Master Edward
Cary, who spent ? few days nt the Cot?
tage, have returned to Roanoke.
Misses EloHiior Benson and Evelyn Lee
left on Friday for Richmond.
Dr. Jaeger has returned from a visit
to Norfolk.
Mrs. Mann Is ? guest of Mrs. Frank
Dixon.
Rev. William B. I.co has returned from
a visit to his brother, Richard Henry
I.ee, of-Olarke.
The Law School of Ninhvllle. Tenn.,
Iris'conferred the degree of T.L. ti. upon
Mr..C. E.Cary, one of th?' leading lights
of the Gloucester hnr
VIRGINIA rflJMMHr.' RESORTS
On Norfolk o,nd Western Ry, Gnw.l?/ j
Rfiilu*.?:?"I Ri liiSi ;
. Tickets to tho mountain and seashore
r?solus on, and reached via, tho Norfi'k; ?
and Westen) Railway, are on gale now,
and until September 80th, t,*ood fi.p return
iiHs.-:igo until October 31, 1003, ut ver.'
low rates. Tickets will bo sold Sauminye
?rood until Monday -following date of sale,
at one straight fare for the round trip.
Pamphlets islvlng complete list und do
HiTipt'ein of summer resorts now ready
for free distribution at the company's of. ,
fice. Ho. S3S East Main Street. ,
' C. 11. BOSLEY, I
District passenger Agent*
Main and f 4th Sts.
Main and Uth Sts,
MiHe & Omrtnirrrl by '
B. Kuppenheimtr ?Se C*>.
Amerio'? Leading j
Clothei Make? t
thlcj-? ^ ^r*""-'
EVER before such
furious clothing
selling in June on
hot weather Two and
Three-Piece Suits at cut
prices.
Flannels,
Wool Grashes,
Homespuns
and Serges
have been cut in order to
mako quick s.elling.
The Gold Weather is the Cause of Our Loss
That's why we are shattering records at the height of the season by soiling
NEW SEASONABLE, UP-TO-DATE MERCHANDISE AT ONE-FOURTH
(1-4) OFF THEIR ACTUAL VALUE.
?etmrrlshi. uo?, by B. KorriMHiiMiit A Co.
?
Men's $7.60 Suits selling this
?week at.
Men's $10.00 Suite selling this
?week at.
Men's S12.50 Suits selling
this week at.
$7.50
$10.00
PRICES HAVE BEEN CUT ON ALL CL0THINQ AS ABOVE SHOWN.
CHILDREN'S SUITS SOLD AT 1-4 OF REGULAR PRICE.
$1.00 Shirts sell for. 69c
75o Shirts sell for. 48c
?50c Shirts soil for. 29c
25 per cant, off all Straw Hats
Big assortment Neckwear, 15c
SEE THE GO?BS WE ARS OFFERING BEFORE BUYING ELSEWHERE,
v?. ?
?M-r-Biek Qn Qumai. t.msaAaoa^m.Stowri.0MPi,??'?Ei"?*-?
SCHOOL GIRLS
PRESENT A DRAMA
Commencement Exercises of
Fredericksburg College.
Sermon by Dr.Smith
(Special to Tho Times-Dispatch.)
FREDERICKSBURG, VA., June 6.
The commencement exercises of Freder?
icksburg College, w*hich began Thurs?
day night with a most creditable enter?
tainment by the primary department un?
der the direction of Mi3s Marian Hlg
glns and continued Friday night with the
presentation at tho Opera House of the
play "Me'An'Otls," by the College Dra?
matic Club havo been occasions of
/great Interest, not.only of tho students
of the college, but to. the friends of the
institution generally throughout tho com?
munity. "Mo'An'Otls" is a four net farce
drama, and was presented In a style
which would reflect credit upon profes?
sional*. v
Those taking part were: Misses Lena
Rowe, Jennie Maltland, Stillio Carter,
Lucy Barber, Frances Andrews, and
Susie Bradley; Messrs. B. M. Rosobro, T.
R. Bass, T, W. Hooper, J. M. Green, F.
B. Rosebro, J. M.' Spear. Elerbo Carter
and R. II. Beale. A crowded house greet?
ed the production, nnd the audience high?
ly enjoyed the entertainment.
Tho baccalaureato sermon will be
preached at tho Presbyterian Church Sun?
day morning by Rev. W. D. Smith, rector
of St. George's Episcopal Church, and
on Monday night a musicalo will be
given at the Collego Hall. Tuesday morn
? Ing at 11 o'clock, Uev. Dr. Cecil Russell |
will doll'ver the address before the liti
?ernry societies, and Tuesday night the
societies will hold their celebration.
AVednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, at
the Collego Hall, the final exercises will
be hold, when the medals, diplomas und
distinctions will bo awarded. The ses?
sion just closing hns beon one of the
most successful in the history of the col?
lege, both us to the enrollment and the
excellent progress mndo by tlie pupils.
Miss Mary Sampson, daughter of Rev.
Dr. T. R. Sampson, a former president of
Fredericksburg College, now of Texas,
Is the guest of Miss Lena Rowe, at
Mrompton,
Mrs. Annlo Roberts, of Richmond,, Is
visiting her friend, Miss Alice C. Cole,
In this city.
Mrs. Vf. M. Clark has returned to
Richmond, after a pleasant visit to her
parents In Luncnstor county and to
friends In this city.
Misses Salilo nnel Emma Seger, who j
have been visiting Miss Mercer Crutch
field, have returned to their home In
Middlesex county.
Miss Carrie Uroaddus has returned to
her home at Sparta, Caroline county.
after a pleasant visit to the Misses Pav?a i
and other friends here.
Dr. E. Guy Hopkins, of Richmond, Is j
visiting his grandmother, hire, A. ]'. ?
Howe, In this city.
Mrs. N. N. Feagln. of Birmingham,
Ala., U the guest of Mrs. J. S. Dill,'in
thi1 city,
Miss Alice Peatross. of Caroline coun?
ty, Is the guest of tier relative, Mrs.' 3.
P. Rowe.
Misses Bortlo Durrett and Margaret
Vnn Denhergh have returned to their
home In Washington, after visiting the
parents of Miss Durrett, In Spotsylvanla
.tied friends In this .-lty.
Miss Jennie Gray has returned to
"Traveler's (test,1' In ?taord county, from
Pawl-lei where she visited relatives.
Mis Julia May Grast)?, of. Orange coun?
ty, is tlio guest uf Miss Susie Rawllnge.
Dr. Sidney L Scoti, of New York, Is
visiting his parents here.
Miss Man?.! Embrey a?**! *UU* Htm Aa-**?.
who have bo?n attending the Southern
Seminary, at Buena Vista, during tht
past session, have returned to their homes
here.
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?^^3>5>F'3?3**F??><^^
Amanda, the ten-year-old daughter, ot
Mr. and Mrs. George Wills, of Orleans
Street, had a narrow escape from beine
crushed to death Thursday. Sho escaped
(with painful Injuries. The little girl
?was playing in an old kitchen, which col?
lapsed without any warning, and she was
pinned to tho floor by too heavy roof.
Her mother was busy with her household
duties when the collapse came, and, know?
ing her little daughter was at play In
the old building, rushed at once to her
rescue. The llttlo girl was lying on the
floor with only a portion of ono limb in
sight.
Mrs. Wills soon secured assistance, and
the child was removed from the ruins.
The family nhyslclaij was called In,.and
found that there wore no broken bones,
Dut there were a number of painful
bruises, The llttlo girl Is still confined
to her bed.
Children's Day will be observed at Den?
ny Streot M. E. Church Sunday-school
this afternoon at 3 o'clock. An Interest?
ing programme has been arranged for
the occasion.
CaptaJn John Lamb will deliver the ad?
dress, and Mr. Jumes Avery the ad?
dress of welcome. Tlio music for the
occasion has been carefully selected, and
promises to bo excellent. The school Is
one nf the largest In the city.
The campaign In lower Henrlco county
win opon up ?Monday night at Glffert's
Hall on the Government Road. Tho can?
didates will be out In full force, and In
order that tho evening will be Interest?
ing Nichols Bros, will be present and givo
an exhibition of moving pictures nnd Il?
lustrated views.
.Mr. J. Doc Sears has returned from
Baltlmoro, where he assisted his brother,
W. IT. Sears, of Newport News. In enter
In? his horses at Prospect Park. The
horses held their own, anil Mr. Sears
canio away with four prizes.
Kev. John W. Dougherty is In Roanoke
holding a series of revival meetings.
Miss Lillio Garland, of Canada, Is thn
guest of her sister, Mrs. John Wann,
?Mr, and Mrs. Bert Desler, of Berkley,
who have heen visiting relatives, havo
returned homo.
The Cup of Cold Water Circle? of the
King's Daughters and Sons will meet to?
morrow night with Miss Annlo Gayle. The
Circle will run u moonlight to Dutch Gap
on Thursday night.
Mr. nnd Airs. Andrew Wash, who havo
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. John W. Tur?
ner, of ?Marlon Hill, have returned home.
' ?Mrs. Louis Desler. who has been visiting
her sister, Mrs. Marshall Leonard, on
Fulton Hill, returned home Friday. She
was accompanied on her return bv Miss
Monile Leonard, her niece, who will spend
some time with her aunt.
Mrs. itnvil Childless Is visiting her
mother, ?Mrs. Mnuck, In lower Henrlco.
AGAIN TO POPULAR BEACH PARK
WEST POINT.
60 Cents Round Trip.
Special fast train leaves Richmond each
week ?lay 5:80 P. M.j returning, leave,i
West Point. 10:30 p. M. Two tra?na Sun.
days. Leave Hlchmond 9*30 A. IVI. and
4 P. M.; returning, leaves West Point
8 and 10:?0 V. M.
Sixty minutes' ride. 50 cents round?
trip.
Read the Great Tee-Dee Summer Out?
ing Offer In this Paper.
SUMMER TOURISTS' RATES
Via Southern Railway, 1003.
Summer excursion tickets are now on
sale dltlly via Southern Railway to the
various summer resort points at greatly,
ceduced rates,
One of the most charming sections to
? ? end the summer -months -la Aahovlllo,
riot Springs, "The Land of the Sky; ?
Waynesvillo, Plat Itock. Tryon, Hender
sonvtlle. Hrevard, "Tha Beautiful Sap?
phlre Country." '
- Slimmer Homes Folders, giving compieta
information, may be haa for the aaKlrifl