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ARGU VOI.. Jj. NO. 182. BOCK ISLAND. Hili.. TUESDAY. MAY 21. 1901. PBICE THREE CENTS. ROCK ISLAND JOIN !H STRIKE Locomotive Works Men With Other Machin ists. THE EXISTING SITUATION. Another Estimate of Number That Are , Out. the Dunkirk. N. Y., May 21. Seven hundred machinists, employes in the Brookes Locomotive works, struck to day. All other departments of the Shop are running. Washington, May 21. The storm centers of the general strike of the machinists throughout the country today are in the vicinity of Cincinnati and on the Pacific coast. The number of firms that signed agreements was augmented today by about 100, which brings the aggregate making con cessions to 1,000 during the past three or four days. Save in two in stances the allied trades are not yet affected. President O'Connell. of the International Association of Machin ists, this morning said: "Additions to be made to the list of strikers today and the number returning to work with terms granted about bal ance "each other." Washington. May 21. Approximate ly ."VO.OOO machinists throughout the country struck yesterday for a nine liotir tl.iy. a wale of wages equal to the present tea-hour per day wale, regulation of the apprenticeship sys tem and the number that shall be em ployed in accordance witn the number of Journeymen machinists employed; agreements as to arbitration of all dis putes that may arise In the future; the right of the machinists to be repre sented by a committee, and agree ments that there shall be absolutely no dix-rimiuation against machinists be causeof theirmembershlp Intheunion. Fifty thousand Is the estimate of iTesident OVonnell. of the National A-'.-ociatloii of Machinists, based oa the telegraphic advices that have reached him from the machinists' heudquarters in the various cities. Kuilroad machinists, as a rule, are not Involved in the strike, though the men on several roads are out. Stataraant of th. Xamb.r Striking-. Following is a statement of the iiunt-Ix-r of meu out at imiwrtant point, as rciKjrted at this writing: Hartford, i.'onu., 1,01)0; Ansouia nnd Derby, Conn., Hamilton. O.. 1.000: Buf falo. 1.20O; Scranton, 2.."aw; Cincin nati, completely tied up and r.,000 men out: Conuersvllle. lnd.. 200; Palestine, Tex.. :MO: York, Pa.. Fast Orange, N. J.. :JC0; Oswego, N. Y.. 300; Nor folk. Va.. all shois out, men; San Francisco, V.50U. When the Kmploy.r. Bare 8orrndred Telegraphic reports to O'Connell show the following as the number of lirms -which have signed the agree ments: Kenosha. Wis., all: Milwau kee. Wis., ."; Wilmington. Del.. 2; To ledo. O., 1; Auburn, X. Y.. all firms; Anaconda. Mont., all; Denver, Colo., all: St. Louis all: New Orleans, all; Hanbury. Conn., all; Pittsburg. Pa., ! Ier cent.; Franklin, Pa., all: Youngs town, 0.,"all; Cleveland. O., 15; Koeb ester, X. Y.. 90 per cent.; Buffalo, 50 ler cent.; Niagara Falls, all: Tona wanda, all; Trenton. N. J.. 75 per cent.; Baltimore, 11; Philadelphia 25; New Haven, 8. Goui p.r en th. Contract. President Gompers says the outlook presages ultimate victory. He added: "The statemeut made by some of the manufacturers that the machinists have broken the New York agreement vith the National Metal Trades asso ciation not to strike cannot be substan tiated. The agreement tailed for a nine-hour day, anu it said nothing atHHit wages. That does not neces sarily imply that when they reduce the hours from nine and one-half to nine a day there shall be a correspond ing reduction in wages. The machin ists are not asking an increase in wages except that the diminution of hours is practically 'an increase." EMPLOYERS WHO ABE Kt LISTING. Onttt City M.a Ivld. to Cloaa Thoa- undi Strlka at 'I riKO. Cincinnati, May 21. At the meet ing late yesterday of the employing machinists they decided to close down their plants indefinitely as a result of the strike. A number of the larger lirms declare that they have enough finished product on band to tide them over a strike without Inconvenience. At a meeting of the strikers Business Agent Schilling announced that the tie-up In Cincinnati is the most com plete la the country. He said there were but 100 non-uulon machinists at work. San Francisco. May 21. Sixty-five hundred union machinists and other Iron trade workmen affiliated with them quit work in this city yesterday. It is expected that l.OOO more men will Join the strike as soon as they are ordered to do so by their respective national directors. Among the latter are the iron molders and the core mak er. The other crafts affected Include almost every branch of the Iron ship building and boiler-making trades. Of tiie 4.OO0 men employed at the Union iron works 3.700 went out. At the Kisdon iron works U0O meu quit. On the pay-roll of the Fultou iron works then arc about UO0 names, and (AA) of them, left (be choua. WANT ANNEXATION. Som or llie Kmwiu Why Th.y OppoM Krai Iat.p.ail.nre far Cala. Havana. May 21. A prominent na tive lawyer, referring to the report of the relations committee of the consti tutional convention on tin Piatt amendment, said: "The majority re port h not an acceptance of the riatt amendment, as It distinguishes Inter vention on different grounds." A per son who Is in close touch with the SpanNh government made the follow ing statement to n representative of th Associated Press: -It Is a fact, to which the attention of all Americans should be called, that not '.only Spain, but Spanish residents in Cuba both those who have retained their Span ish nationality by Inscription ond those who have become Cuban by not inscribing are closely watching de velopments In this matter of the re lations between Hie United States and Cuba. This Is a question which seem to Involve more than the Piatt amend ment merely. It seems to tend ulti inaiely toward annexation. Span iards here and In Spain favor annex ation. Not only do they fear that any government ly Cubans not controlled by the United States would endanger property and even life, but they also favor annexation lecause they believe It wonld restore the Spanish influence In politics: because with the alliance they would make with the former, autonomist, the conservative Cubans and the Americans who belong here they would control the politics of the Island by an overwhelming majority. 'This condition would meet with the approval of Spain, because in her commercial relations with Cuba fflie would be benefitted by the prepouder would be benefited by the preponder ance of Spanish influence. Spain has great influence In South America, and H trying to maintain her influ ence in Cuba. The only solution of the problem Is annexation. Spaniards will not become Cubans, but they are ready to be"Oine citizens of the Uivited States. "All the Spaniards in Cuba and the conservative Cubans desire that the Piatt amendment r.hould not be ac cepted, hoping that In such an event the next congrefs." will take a more an nexationist view of th relations be tween the l.'nited States and Cuba. Indeed. ome of our most prominent Spaniards and Cubans have gone as far as to approach Governor tJeneral Wood to tell him that the most conser vative and American solution of the present problem would be the rejec tion of the Piatt amendment, and to urge that the United States should take specdal notice of the situation in order to see what deep root the desire for annexation has taken." CANNOT REMOVE THE BODY. JIutlier nfuked PrrailHion to Dinlntrr th. Ibxljr of Her ran. .Lincoln. Neb.. May 21. Bishop Bos-a-um. of this diocese, has refused to allow the mother of Kdward Cagney to remove her son's remains from the Koman Catholic cemetery in this city. The mother. Mrs. McKntee. of Platts mouth, desired to exhume the body, which has leen buried ten years, to place It liesitle the remains of another son at Plattsmouth. The request wan refused, and when agents tf the moth er persisted, threats of criminal prose cution were made. In Roman Catholic ecclesiastical law the wish of a dying person Is regarded sacredly. Cagney had expressed a de sire to be buried on the Fitzgerald lot in the Lincoln Roman .Catholic ceme tery. The cemetery is held, according to church custom, in the name of the bishop as itersonal property. Bishop r.onaeum holds that the wish of the dying man shall le respected. The courts will probably settle the matter. Mother Kill Her Children. St. Louis. Mich., May 21. Mrs. El mer Qulmby. wife of a farmer living live miles south of this city. Sunday night gave her two children a boy aged 7 and a girl aged 9 large doses of morphine, and both children died early yesterday. Mrs. Qulmby then took eighteen grains of the drug her self, but the dose was so heavy it acted as an emetic and t-lie will re cover. Family trouble is said to have induced the woman to commit the crime. She is under arrest on the charge of murder. Gol$3 for HI. Pains. Lansing. Mich.. May 21. The will of Lucien D. Wilson, of this crly, has been sustained. It cuts off George Wilson, a son, with only $5, while the three children will divide an es tate worth $40,000. Young Wilson was Instrumental In commencing pro ceedings to have a guardran appointed for Iris father, but failed 'to establish his mental ineompeirtency. Shot Down In Cold Blood. St. Taul. Minn.. May 21. In the presence of his Oyear-old son. Frank tlreipel was shot down in cold blood by his brother-in-law, Henry Mlngers. Three shots were tired, two bullets lodging near the heart and another entering the left temple. Greipel died almost instantly. The two men- had quarreled. " - Cumberland I're.by ierlana. West Point. Miss.. May 21. In the Cumberland Presbyterian generalas smbly yesterday morning Hev. F. H. Smith, of Kansas, proposed that the name of the church be changed to the American Iresbyterlan church. The motion was tabled. The women's eld ership question was settled by suffer ing the young woman to hold her seat. Hotel Mao Salcldaa. Milwaukee. Wis.. May 21. James Cnrruthers. a former well-known hotel man of this city, committed suicide by jumping Into the river. Carruthers was proprietor of the Kirby House for many years. Despondency is said to be the cause. He was 40 years old. Tax oa -Call" la All Right. Washington. May 21. The United States supreme court yesterday denied he petition of Ex-Hepresentative 8. V. White in his case Involving the va lidity of the tax upon stock exchange "call" under the war revenue acU. WOMAN'S CONFESSION Solves the Question as to Who It Was That Killed James Seymour Ayres. SAYS SHE HERSELF DID THE DEED; Did It to Save Her Honor and Then Fletl from the Koom by ttfe Fire Kmc ape. Washington. May 21. At last the mystery of thedeath of James Seymour Ayres is solved solved by the confes sion of the woman who committed the murder, under circumstances, how ever, as told by her, that would have justified her in committing It and an nouncing it as soon as it was done. Mrs. Bouine confessed to Major Syl vester, superintendent of police, yes terday afternoon. She has been under suspicion for several days. According to statements of witnesses at the cor oner's Inquest, she was a frequent vis itor to Ayres room. Mrs. Bonlne was a resident of the Kenmore hotel, where the murder was committed, and Is th wife of a drummer for a Chicago drug house. She is about 115 years old. Cenfeaaion Was Kntlrely Voluntary. Her confession was entirely volun tary. At a few minutes past 3 p. in. yesterday she telephoned for Major Sylvester, saying that she was coining to his otlice, and she appeared there a, few minutes afterward. When she reached the otlice she said she had a statement which she wished to make, nnd she was immediately turned over to Detective Home, who took her con fession. She said that she was alone in Ayres room with him when the hilling took place, ami that the shoot ing was the result of his own miscon duct. She stated that Ayres had drawn the pistol upon her for the pur pose of making her respond to an im proper iroiosal which he had made to her. Lured the Woman to Ilia Room. At the commencement of the affair, she said. Ayres had come to her room I:i the Kenmore hotel about 2 o'clock Wednesday morning, ami upon the pre tense of being ill, had gained admis sion to her room. He complained of feeling as if ho was going to have a chill, and asked her to give him some preventive. She had given him. she said, a medicine which she had in her room, and he had then referred to some differences which tliey had had in the past and asked 'her to ctune to his room, where they might quietly talk the matter over and come to nn amic able understanding. She had agreed to go to the room, as he had requested, and he left her room, preceding her to hi -own. - DEVELOPMENT OF AYRES' PLOT. Attempted Aaeanlt Failed His Odd Pis tol Kills Him. When Ayres called at her room he was entirely dressed, but when she entered his room, as per agreement, she found him standing behind the door undressed except as to his under shirt, and with a revolver In his hand. He then told her that he had enticed her to the room for his own purjHises, and that if she did not submit to his wishes he would kill her. Mrs. Bo idne says that s-he immediately grasped the revolver, and in the strug gle which ensued it was discharged three different times, striking him at each discharge, the last shot proving fatal. She says that the cries for help which Miss Minas heard were all from her, as were also the sobbing which Miss Minns descriled. Mrs. Boniue says that after the shooting she passed through the win dow of Ayres' room to and down the fire-escape ladder, and entering the parlor window of the second floor, passed through the parlor and back up the stairway of the hotel to her own room on the fourth floor. She then washed her bauds, undressed nnd retired. Mrs. Bonine was entirely self possessed when she made her confes sion, and did not exhibit any evidence of either present of past mental ex citement. She is apparently about 02 years of age. and says she was bora in Macon, Mo. She says It was at her -husband's so licitation that she learned to practice with a revolver, and that he had made the suggestion that she should learn this art for self-defense against pos sible assaults. She said she had twice In her life fired a revolver to frighten burglars, and that she had brought a bulldog revolver with her to Washing ton, but had given It away to a negro man. After she had concluded her statement the woman was placed un der arrest aud sent to the house of de tention. Osteopaths Blast Walt Awhile. Indianapolis. May 21. The atate medical board has decided to keen osteopaths waiting a little longer be fore granting them certificates entit ling them to practice their profession la Indiana. There are twenty-seven applications lefore the board. The report of the committee appointed te m-llr nctonnii Mile enllpfreM. while not , made public, is said to show that sev- . cral alleged osteopathic colleges are not satisiactory to tne uoani. Sulrlded at ft Plcnlr. Qulncy. Ills., May 21. Miss Julia Davis, aged 30. while out with a fish ing party near West Quincy Sunday, JuinjKHl into the water and drowned herself. As she made the leap In full view of her friends she cried out: "Here goes nothing." She sank to the lKttom aud rescue was impossible. Two Families Have Smallpox. English. Ind.. May 21. Smallpox has reached Doolittle's Mill, fifteen miles southwest of here. Two fami lies are afflicted. At Slgler Creek. Perry county, the disease is reiorted as epidemic, - .. WORK OF THE ASSEMBLY. Presbyterians Kspress Themselves on Son. day Openlnr at the Paaj-American. Philadelphia. May 21. ltontlne mat ters occupied the attention of the com missioners to the Presbyterian general assembly yesterday. The annual re ports of the eight church boards were mr X Mm mt IP P&r. ' 3- --- ' -- - J BEY. DR. HEXBT COLIJB ItiTTON. submitted to the assembly, and three of them ministerial rejjef. education and freedom, with the reports of their standing committees were disposed of. During the afternoon session Moderator Mintou Announced the ap pointment of Itobert Pity-aim, or Pitts bcrg, as vice moderator. A resolution was adopted deprecat ing the action of the directors of the Pan-Ameriean exposition in o)enitig the gates oa Sunday, and earnestly urging the closing of the exposition on that day. The sjeclal committee on Sunday observance protested against the publication of Sunday newspapers aud all uses of the Lord's day for busi ness purposes or commercial Interests. The canteen was disapproved of in the temperance committee's report. PRESIDENT WATCHING CUBA He and the Cabinet Satisfied with Devel opment So Ear. San Francisco. May 21. The presi dent and members of the cabinet are watching with interest the reports whieh the Cuban commission which visited Washington present to the con stitutional convention. Secretary Hoot has kept the president fully advised ot the movements In Havana, ami the president in in communication with leading senators upon the subject. The question of this government's accept ance of the action of the constitutional convention as "a sulMtantial" compli ance with the term of the Piatt amendment will, of- course, not be formally raised until the constitution al convention acts upon reports snb l'litteil to it. but there is good reaxui In believe that the members of the cabinet here are satislied with the de velopments. The majority report is considered a virtual acceptance of the Piatt amend ment, aud the minority report could, perhaps, be interpreted as a stronger ptotest. designed to meet the demands of local sentiment in Cuba and "save the face" of its authors. Infatuated with the Village 3elle. Des Moines, la.. May 21. Infatu ated with the village belle, si maiden of 2", Postmaster .1. M. Harris, of I'cote, Iowa county, left his wife and family. locked up his otlice and took a Pock I!aud train to Denver with his inamorata. He is described as a hand some mail of :iTi years, weighing 21 to pounds, while the young lady is desig nated as strikingly beautiful. Post office Inspector Stuart is looking into Harris' accounts. New t'se tor a Snndar Lair. West Superior. Wis., May 21. fien cral Manager Warren, of the Duluth Supeiior Traction company, and twelve men working under his supervision, weie arrested Sunday afternoon. They are charged with violating the city ordinance forbidding work on Sunday. The arrest is claimed to be the result of a controversy as to the Kast Knd line. The company proposes to single track the Hue, and the citizens do not want this. He Cut nia Wire's Thrunt. Osceola, la.. May 21. Sunday El mer Ii ne broke In the door of the resi dence of his wife here, cut her throat, and then attempted to commit suicide. Mrs. Lane is in a critical condition. Lane may recover. The couple had had domestic troubles, and she had applied for a divorce. Einy lores' Wages Kalred. Burlington. Ia.. May 21. The whole rale saddlery manufacturing establish ment of S. It. and I. C. McConuell has advanced its employes' wages ." to 7 per cent. The advance was unasked and unexpected by the men. The C. B. and Q. switch engineers and fire inen have received hii increase of to S per month. snot iti sweet neart a earner. Metrojsdis, Ills.. May 21. Dennis Reed, an IS-year-oId boy. shot and se riously wounded (leorge Williams here Saturday night. Iteed had called on Williams daughter against the latter's orders. He stepied into the room, ol Jccted to the young man's presence In his house, and the shooting followed. Joint High Commission to Meet. Ctt.iwa, Out., May 21. In the house of commons yesterday Premier Laurler stated that he expected the joint big commission to tneet this year. - Trim ml air Her Salle a Bit. Nannie Oh, dear; my face Is so frec kled! It's just awful! Aunt Hannah I wouldn't fret. Nan nie. Of course the freckles are not ! very becoming, but, then, you know, thev serve to cover up your features. Boston Transcript. "RATS'SAIDTHEIDLER And He Thought He "Had Em When He Looked into a Chi cago Show Window. RODENTS LOOT A JEWELRY STORE According to the Latest News from the Windy. City Work Done Before a Big Crowd. Chicago. May 21. Rats carried off Jewelry valued at over $."iX from the show windows of the (Joodrich & Pot ter company, 202 State street, Sunday night. A big crowd watched the lit tle creatures seize articles and tug aud pull until they dragged them out of sight. Yesterday morning nearly all of the stuff stolen In the last six weeks was recovered, and the clerks of the jewelry firm, who have been watching each other with suspicious eyes, gave a sigh of relief. Several private detectives w'ho also have been watching for the thieves were relieved from further duty by the firm. It was soon discovered that the rats had car ried the jewelry away to nibble the paste from the tags which were at tached to each article. How the TrlrR Was Found Ont. It was luck which made the discov ery of the thieves possible. The watch men had guarded the store at night since the middle of April without get ting a clew, and the clerks had been watched for weeks by the private de tectives, but no trace of the missing jewelry was obtained. Then a man walking down State street Sunday glance-i into the firm's show windows as he sauntered past. He saw a gold Avatch moving along a if it had legs. He looked closer and saw that a big rat had the ring of the watch in Lis teeth and that another rat was pulling the lirt one by the tail. The pedes trian watched until the little animals and the timepiece disappeared into a dark corner. Afraid Ho Had "Kat" Himself- He was so surprised that he wanted to make sure the rats were not crea tures of his own invention. He de cided right away a hospital was the proper place for hiin if nobody else could see those rats. He hailed the next man who came along and told him what he had seen. The second man told the first that a doctor was the proper person for him to talk to. Put while he was giviug this friendly advice lie saw a rat come into the lighted section of the window, seize a g;ld chain and scuniM-r off with it. In live minutes there were half a hun dred people crowding and pushing to get a look into the window. The rats didn't mind the watchers, but kept on working. If an article was too heavy for one rodent lie would get a good for one rodent, others would help hiin. Jtat Loot rr One Night. When the manager of the store was notified of what was going on he came down town and found that seventeen lings, four watches and half a dozen charms and brooches were gone from the show window. Yesterday morn ing workmen began to tear up the floor under the show windows. There was a great squealing and scratching when the first board came up: Below it. in a corner made by a beam and the floor joists, was a nest of rags, several little rats that didn i have their eyes open, and a lot of jewelry. Further search revealed more of the missing property. A Fine Old Government Clock. It Is a fine old clock which stands in the senate lobby fronting the main en trance to the senate chamber. For al most a century it has been ticking away, night and day, and now it is as good as ever. The old clock is about eight feet high. and Its frame is solid mahogany. Its face Is about a foot and a half in diam eter, nnd the name of Thomas Voight, Philadelphia, shows by whom and where It was made. It used to stand in the old senate chamber, now the su preme court room, where Webster and Clay and Benton and all the famous men of the past debated great ques tions. If the clock could only talk, it could tell many tales of dramatic inter est. Upon the mahogany case is carved a large shield, with stars to represent the states. When the clock was built, there were only 17 states in the Union. Washington Tost. A Qirrs W'ho Harried Her Brothers. At 17 years of age Cleopatra was married to her half brother, rtolemy Dionysius, who was then 13. This was because of the will of bis father, who left him the throne on condition of the marriage with his sister. They reigned Jointly under the guardianship of the Romans until Cleopatra became dissat isfied with her brother's attempt to gain solo power. She plotted against him, and, obtaining the aid of Julius Caesar, she brought about Ptolemy's death. Thereupon she married another brother, a boy of 11, whom she later poisoned, assuming sole power 43 B. C. With her death (30 B. C.) ended the dy nasty of Ptolemy In Egypt. Woman's Home Companion. The Sword. There Is only one sword factory In" the United States, a Massachusetts concern, and that one has ample capac ity for supplying the domestic demand for swords. The saber lost Its efficiency; as a cavalry weapon as far back as the. war of the rebellion, and the Increased range of rifles has made the sword equally obsolete as an Implement of actual combat. It is about as danger ous now as a bandmaster's baton and serves much the same purpose. New York Tribune.. rr . - A IN MEMORY OF THE HEROINE. Great Vlidnet Named in Honor of Brave Kate Shelly. Ogden. Ia.. May 21. Thousands of people in central Iowa assembled Sun day on the banks of the Ies Moines river between Boone and Ogden. Ia., to cheer the first train as it thundered over the longest and highest double tiack viaduct in the world, a structure just completed by the Chicago and Northwester Railway company, repre senting an expenditure of $1.000.hh. The viaduct is popularly called the "Kate Shelly" viaduct, christened so in commemoration of an act of hero ism on the part of Miss Kate Shelly, of. Moingona. Ia.. who. at the peril of her life, crept across the broken gird ers of the lies Moines river railroad bridge at Moingona during a midnight storm that swept the principal sup ports of the structure from their foun dation, and saved the tlj ing. Omaha special, with its load of human" freight, from destruction. As a reward for her service the Northwestern road erected a comfort able new home on the Shelly farm at Moingona. presenting it to Miss Shelly. It Is from this incident that the new viaduct spanning the Des Moines river between Boone and Ogden derives its na me. NOT THAT A. V.FREEMAN Must Have Iteen Some Other Man Who Committed This Suicide. New York. May 21. William Stan field, a boatman, found a bottle drift ing with the tide near the quarantine station. It contained a card of "A. V. Freeman. Menominee. Mich., Dis trict Manager I'aber & Watson. Tie6, Poles and Posts, Chicago, Ills." On the reverse side was written in lead pencil: "(Jod knows I had no choice. Did not come from Michigan with this intention. They say drowning is pain less." Marinette. Wis.. May 21. A. V. Freeman, of Menominee, was seen Sunday nilit aud is alive and well. He cannot account for the finding of a note in a floating bottle indicating his drowning. Mr. Freeman represents I'aher & Watson, of Chicago. He has not beet: in the east for some time. TELEGRAPH BRIEFS. Korea ha leased to Japan 4.10 acres at Ma-San-Pho. which land Kussia de sired. King Kdward intends to visit Ire land as soou as possible. Dangerous derelicts in the Atlantic are reported by recently arrived steam ers. Kobert tJibbs. formerly of Chicago, was asphyxiated by gas in New York. Judge Baker's decision at Chicago upholding the blacklist was denounced by the Chicago Federation of I.alor. M. Kevoil will le made French gov ernor general of Algeria. Admiral (iietpiot. formerly French minister of marine, is dead. Fight persons were hurt in a col lision between a wagon aud an elec tric car at Chicago. The Colorado supreme court has de cided that the city of I.eadville owns the mineral rights under streets and alleys. Three cases of smallpox have been reported among I'orto Kicans on the inland of Kauai, Hawaii. The president has promised to talk to the Forty-fifth and Forty-sixth in fantry regiments, now at San Fran cisco from Manila. tJeneral MacArthur has celebrated at Manila the surrender of the insurgent generals, Mascardo and Lacuna, by releasing l.iMX) Filipino prisoners. (Jeneral Moxica. the insurgent chief on the island of Leyte, P. I., has sur rendered with twenty men. The national supreme court has de cided that bottles and corks used in the manufacture of beer for export must pay duty. Braises. For an ordinary bruise 6uch as re sults from an ill directed hammer or from a door shutting on one's finger use a mild astringent of some sort, such as witch hazel or vinegar. Keep the bruise constantly wet until the pain ceases, using a bandage of old muslin for wrapping. If the pain is very Intense, laudanum may be added. After the pain has ceased and only dls- j coloration and swelling remain to tell the tale It Is a good plan to apply a stimulating liniment. This Induces an extra flow of fresh blood to the spot. In the case of a severe bruise the sup ply of blood to the Injured part must be lessened by elevating it above the heart and applying cold water or even Ice. Of course when the bruise, or contu sion rather, is of such moment bouse remedies should be indulged In only while waiting for a doctor, a truth that necessarily applies to all the various emergencies that arise. In cases of se vere burns physicians are often ham pered by the home remedies that cover the burns and hide the real extent of the injury. A Good Memory. A bad memory in most cases might be more properly described as one rust ing from sheer want of use. The fact is our brain cells are always "ready to oblige," but we do not give them suffi cient encouragement in their well meant efforts. Naturally the Individ ual may cultivate a memory for cer tain details more readily than for oth ers, but the general basis of all recol lective acts is the same, and there Is no department of human mental activity in which the motto that "practice makes perfect" holds more truly than In the science of mnemonics. The Tiew may be expressed, indeed, that we never forget anything presented to our brain cells. When we say we have forgotten, we really mean that we can not find the mental photographic nega tive whence we can print off a positive reproduction. London Chronicle. MONEY MISSING Package Containing $S,coo Disappears From the Mail. SENT FROM KANSAS CITY Postal Clerk Under Suspicion Consigned to Great Bend, Kas. Kansas City, May 21 A Dacka-e containing $8,000 in currency con signed by registered mail by the Na- uonai nank of Commerce to a bank in Great Bend, Kas., has disappeared. Detectives are working on the theory it was stolen by a postal clerk. Attempt to Blow op Bank. Cambridge, Mass.. May 21. What the police believe to be a darin? at tempt to rob the Cambridge National bank of this city by the use of dyna mite in broad daylight, was revealed this morning by an explosion in the bank which blew ont the side of the office and damaged otber parts of the a i n ounaiDg. cashier Koaf sustained a bad wound on the head. If the ex plosion was part of the plot to rob the bank the plan failed, for nothing oi value was taken from the place. FINE COLLEGE BUILDING IS DULY DEDICATED. Urbana, 111., May 21. A notable as semblage of agriculturists today joined with the students and faculty of the University of Illinois in dedi cating the new college of agriculture in this city, ihe building is of brick, has two acres of floor snace. and ia credited as being the largest and best equipped building of its character in tne worm. PRESBYTERIANS PROPOSE AMENDMENT. Philadelphia, May 21. Considera tion of church board reports contin ued at today's session of the Presby terian assembly. The report of the committee on home missions claimed numerous recommendations, one of the most important bring an earnest commendation of the proposed anti- poljgamy amendment to the consti tution of the United States. WOMAN IN CASE HELD FOR MURDER. Washington, May 21. The coro- ner'd jury that has been investigating the murder of James S. Ayers, the census office clerk, returned a verdict this afternoon to the effect that Ayres was killed during a conflict between himself and Mrs. Lola Ida Henri Bo nine. The woman was held for the grand jury. ACTION AS TO CADETS IS OFFICIALLY UPHELD Washington, May 21. Secretary Boot approved the action of the board of officers at West Point, which recommended the dismissal of five cadets and the suspension of six others. This sustains the coarse of Col. Mills and other officers in the recent disturbances at the academy. GEN. FITZ JOHN PORTER DIES IN NEW JERSEY Morristown, N, J., May 21. Gen. Fitz John Porter died at his home here today of chronic diabetes, aged 80. The position that the deceased has occupied in the military history of the country has been extensively recalled daring the period of his illness. Boston, May 21. Former Congress man Charles A. Boutelle died today at McLean asylum, Waverly, Mass. PROMINENT ST. LOUISAN DROWNED IN FLOODS Victor, Colo., May 21. John M. Glover, ex-congressman from St. Louis, Mo., is reported to have met death in floods near Love, Colo., 10 miles from here, Sunday last. FIRST SHAMROCK WINS ONCE MORE. Ryde, Isle of Wight, May 21. Shamrock I today beat Shamrock II by half a minute over a course 15 miles to the windward and return. CHICAGO WINS OLYMPIAN GAMES OF 1904. Chicago. May 21. A dispatch was received trom Paris today stating that Chicago was selected as the place for the Olympian golf games in 1904. Ira. alcKlnley laStroagar. San Francisco, May 21. Reports from the Scott mansion this morning are to the effect that Mrs. McKinley is resting easily and growing stronger.