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ySZT' . I? fe" ' t: _ c \ GREAT LOSSES BY FLOODS V ' Widespread Destruction Due to Rail ? #*r.rl QnAUl anu vjhutti PITTSBURG SUFFERS HEAVIL> ???? Unprecedented Damage Inflicted by t lialn Lasting Sixty Hours?April Snow Tall of Thirty Inches?All the Cities 01 * the Ohio From Pittsburg to Wheellnj r? "Flooded?Losses in Oth?r States. Pittsburg, Ponn.?The most wide spread and destructive storm, from s material point of view, has passed. Ii has left a zone of ruin 200 miles in diameter. Cities seventy miles fron Pittsburg were tied up by one of the worst snowstorms ever known. ' The money loss may reach $3,000,000. The railroads think they have lost $1,000,000. The loss of wages to the army of workers in manufacturing plants up and down the rivers will mount up to $500,000 and the repairs to plants will be a large sum. The damage to stores, stocks, residences and furniture in Pittsburg, Allegheny and towns and cities down the Ohio will probably reach $500,000. In addition there Is the enormous Indirect damage caused by the almost complete suspension of trade. While there have been greater floods 1 at this point, there was never one that 1 caused so much financial loss and discomfort. This was due to the denser i population caused by the recent rapid growth of Pittsburg and Allegheny, and to the fact that all the manufacturing plants on the river banks were In active operation, most of them working night and day. until the rising water put out the fires and drove the workers to higher ground. The submerged districts in Pittsburg and Allegheny on Sunday were a scene of abject misery. Cellars, and in some Instances the fir"t floors, of stores and dwellings were covered with water. Where the flood subsided it left behind a greasy yellow scum two or ! three inches deep. The damage to furniture and buildings in Allegheny is estimated at about $100,000. In Pittsburg the loss to residences and stores and goods and the cost of cleaning \ up will amount to about $2o0,000. ; At Carnegie Borough, six miles from ! Pittsburg, the loss is estimated at $40,000, of which the Columbia Bridge < Works lose $5000. The other losses range from $75 to $900. 1 At Beaver Falls, Penn., the damage 1 by the flood and storm was considerable. Reports from Washington, Penn., ] said that all traffic on the Chartiers Road was blocked by bridges being i washed away and landslides, and that the Baltimore and Ohio was seriously crippled. Waynesburg was isolated, ; and much inconvenience resulted. ^ ? Erie, Penn.?The snowstorm of Frl- J day night and Saturday and the sleet storm of Saturday night were the worst known here in sixty years, and : surpassed thj famous blizzard of < March, 1SS8. There were twelve inches Df snow on the level, nnd nenrlv everv ? trolley line in the city was tied up. Reports from outside the city?west, sast and south?show snow three feet Seep and great damage to fruit trees from the wet snow. ^ V Storm in New York State. Buffalo, N. Y.?The deluge of rain that followed in the wake of the big snow storm continued for two days, :eaving little of the foot of snow that :overed the ground. Reports from ooints along the southern shore of take Erie say that the damage to fruit trees will be great. The wet snow :lung to the branches until they gave way undOr its weight, leaving only the trunks standing. The loss to telegraph and telephone companies is great, miles of wire being broken aown- . r "Rochester, N. Y.?West-bound Train * No. 126, the fast freight on the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg Railroad, ran into a wash-out one mile southeast of Forrest Lawn and the engine and nine cars rolled down a fifty-foot embankment. All out one or tne cars were loaded with merchandise. The loss is roughly estimated at $50,000. The train crew cscaped by jumping. ? Dunkirk, X. Y.?Chautauqua County was covered with eighteen inches of J heavy, damp snow. Telegraph and s telephone wires were down, while <xainr on all roads ran late. 1 s Batavia, N. Y.?Six inches of snow fell In this section. Country highways t were In bad shape, but railroad traffic i was not greatly interfered with. I i Suffering and Damage in Ohio. j Cincinnati. Ohio. ? The Ohio River j reached forty-five feet. Report sfrom up the river were of great distress, owing to snow, flood and cold weather. The fruit crop in the Ohio Valley, it Is said, is gone. _ < Damage In Massacnuseus. Boston, Mass. ? In Massachusetts considerable damage was done. A dam near Middlefleld broke, submerging the town of Chester, but no lives were lost. 1 Austria Makes Up With Mexico. The diplomatic relations between Austria and Mexico, which have been broken off since the execution of Maximilian, will be resumed immediately. Boxers Defeat Indian Troops. A force of Boxets attacked a company of Punjab Infautry near Ning.Fu, China, killing a British major. f ~ " i i Mother of Twenty-five Children. * Mrs. Frederick Cordeau, wife of a French-Canadian at Westbrook, Me., lias given birth to her third pair of twins. Mr. and Mr6. Cordeau are about forty-five years old, have been married twenty-four years and are the parents of twenty-live children. New Electric System For London. The managers of the Metropolitan ' District Railway, of London, have decided to adopt the electric traction system used by the surface lines in New 1 I'ork City. Minor Mention. Oil has been discovered near Hart selle, Ala. Steps are to be taken to form a commercial museum in Madrid, Spain. Italy's new coinage with the head of Victor Emanuel III. will be ready soon, .vs The Hungarian census shows the population of Budapest to be 703,448. The Prussian railway authorities are making experiments with American f' car couplers. A combination of gasoline . lamp I manufacturing interests has been efk fected at Chioae^ i THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON* ITEMS. President MeKinley pardoned Henry Gardes. President, and Walter W. ^' rii>p?^iAn oftnfQn/>fi/l In 1.Q07 tfl UiniUUi Oluituvv\4 .? eight years in the Ohio Penitentiary for embezzling funds of the American National Bank of New Orleans. Diplomatic displeasure will be shown to Venezuela for President Castro's attitude toward Minister Loomis. John A. Kasson severed his official connection with the State Department as Special Reciprocity Commissioner. The War Department will not interfere with Sir William Van Home's project for a railroad in Cuba. First Deputy of the United States Treasury Maurice L. Muhleman resigned, to go into business. General John C. Gilmore, Colonel In the Adjutant-General's Department, was placed on the retired list by operation of law on account of age. President McKinley appointed former Minister John Barrett a delegate to Amonlflnn Pnn OTOSQ I lit; OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Major George, the Surgeon->a-Chlef, says that Havana, Cuba, is without a case of yellow fever. By an executive order establishing an insular naval force, Filipinos who enlist in the service will receive onehalf the pay of other seamen of the same ratings. Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn contractor, was awarded a $550,000 contract to dredge Cardenas Harbor, Cuba. Governor-General Wood commuted the sentence to die by the garrote of two Cubans, Dunbar and Sosa, of Matanzas, to life imprisonment. DOMESTIC. A bill was passed by the Lower House of the Illinois Legislature prohibiting the sale, giving away or bringing into the Stat of cigarettes. Robbers who blew open the vault of the First National Bank at Wlscasset, Me., secured nothing. The last sale of a new York Stock Exchange seat made a record price? $G2,000. Shirt waists were officially denied New York firemen. By "tips" from James J. Hill, former Senator Pettigrew.of South Dakota, - - - * a AArA AAA is said to nave ciearea ip^uu.vw uu stocks. Tlie schooner Samuel Ricker was un down and sunk off Cornfield, Conn., by the Fall River steamer Pilgrim, Captain Allen, of the schooner, being irowned. The traffic season at Nome, Alaska, has opened. A stucco trust Is proposed in the west. ?** Alabama cast a large vote for a Constitutional Convention by a good ma(Ojlty. The Republicans and Populists prill not have more than ten delegates jut of the 155 in the Constitutional Convention. Charles C. Stockley, aged eighty-two fears, former Governor of Delaware, lied at Georgetown, Del. Tom Lee, a Chinese merchant, ap3lied for police protection at New York 2Ity, saying his lue was threatened )y Highbinders. Ohio, Indiana and Illinois, through heir Attorneys-General formed a 'riendly alliance to eradicate frauduent insurance companies. By means of a breeches buoy the Tew of the life saving station at }hadwick, N. J., rescued Captain Modeller and his crew of seven men rom the stranded schooner Mola. The transport Garonne arrived at < >an Francisco, Cal., from Manila, 1 laving on board the Twenty-sixth I iegiment and the unusual number of ( ixty-four stowaways. In a jealous rage John H. Gorman, \ oreman of a copper mine, shot and :illed George McCarthy, at Milton, ' Hal., and then blew himself to pieces J vith giant powder. A manganese iron ore field was disovered twelve miles south of Little ( Jrande, Utah. Andrew Miller, a wealthy farmer ' vhose land adjoins that of President 1 IcKinley, in Columbiana County, ] )hio, was shot from ambush. Burglars cracked the postoffice safe i it Tarpon Springs, Fla., and got over I 11000 in cash and some stamps. ! Passengers from Klondike report a jlacier fifteen feet thick on the hill- ; iide back of Dawson. Former Congressman Melvin R. ] Baldwin, of Minnesota, committed 1 ;uicide by shooting at Seattle, Wash. The transport Rosecrans, with a porion of the Thirty-fifth Regiment, ar- | ived at San Francisco, Cal., from Manila. J. K. Lamsley, of Lowell, Ohio, , short in his accounts, drowned himself in the Muskingum River. FOXEIGN. Peace is rapidly being restored in Colombia. Count von Waldersee nearly lost his l'.e in the fire which destroyed the Empress's palace at Pekin, China, in which General Schwartzkopf perished. The Egyptian budget shows a surplus, estimated, of $320,000, for 1001. The Rev. James Chalmers and the Rev. Oliver Tomkins were murdered by natives in New Guinea. The work of cutting the Nile sudd has been so successful that navigation will shortly be practicable from Rejaf to Omdurman, a distance oI 1200 milest Germanv hns levied a dutv on lotr wood and a supplementary duty on coffee and cocoa from Hayti. Queen Wilhelmina refuses to pay the debts of the Prince Consort, and Is angry at the threats of the creditors to negotiate the Prince's paper on the Amsterdam Bourse. President Loubet returned to Paris from his tour in Southern France. Argentina is alarmed at an announcement that Chile has opened passes in the Andes leading into the former's territory. Mexico signed the convention of The Hague Peace Conference. China, Luxemburg and Turkey are now the only countries which have not signed. Dutch troops made a sortie at Blangpedir, on the west coast of Achin, and routed 500 natives, who were attempting to surround the place. Fifty-three natives were killed. Natives of McQuarie Island, South Seas, murdered Dr. Menke, leader of a German scientific expedition. British capitalists are at work on a plan for the establishment of a fleet of 10-000-ton steamers between Canada and England. The punitive expedition sent out after the murder of Sub-Commissioner Jenner, of Jubaland, East Africa, by the Ogaden Somalia, captured the Sult.n and subdued tha tribe. SUICIDE OF BMEBS President and Cashier, Fearing Arrest, Die Together. BOTH MADE A FULL CONFESSION Had Wrecked a Bank in Vancouver,Wash. and a Posse of Depositors Was Searching For Them?Their Bodies Fonnd on the Road side?Used the Same Revolver ?A Shortage of 881,000 Discovered. Vancouver, Wash. ? Charles Brown and E. L. Canby, President and Cashier respectively of the First National Bank of Vancouver, which was closed by the Controller of the Currency, committed suicide by shooting them selves "with revolvers. Their bodies were found lying together in a sma.1 clump of bushes near the city. Both used the same weapon, and Canby evidently died first, as tne revolver was found in Brown's hand. Each put the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and blew the top of his head off. The fact that Brown's bicycle and Canby's umbrella were found a short distance out of town led to the belief that they had taken their lives. A searching party started out, and after several hours' search the bodies were found. Following the arrival of District-Attorney Wilson R. Gay a warrant was issued by Judge Miller, of the Superior Court charging Brown and Canby with the embezzlement of $10,000 of me funds of the bank on January 18, 1901. The complaint contains charges of embezzlement and misapplication of the funds of the bank, falsifying the books of the bank, and issuing false reports of the bank's condition to the Controller of the Currency. Brown and Canby, when confronted by Maxwell with false entries in the books, made a full confession, Canby remarking: "Well, you have caught me this time, Maxwell; that is a false entry." Then, picking up a pistol from the counter, he remarked as he held toe muzzie towaru ms ueuu, a ma id the only way I see out of the difficulty." Maxwell remonstrated with him against his apparent suicidal intent when Canby lowered the weapon and 1 ft the room by the rear door. In answer to an Inquiry from Maxwell If he was implicated in the criminal entry, Brown replied: "Yes, I am equally guilty." Beside Brown's body there was found a package containing $25 and a note saying that the money belonged to his daughter. Upon Canby's body the following brief note was found: "My Dear Wife: I feel that what I am "about to do is for the best. Forgive me If you can, and try to live for our dear children. God bless you all. Good-bye, Ned." Brown, who was fifty-four years of age, had lived in Vancouver since 1862. Canby was fifty-two years of age, and was well connected.. A brother committed suicide by Jumping off the wharf at Vancouver several years ago. It Is known that the bank has loaned a large sum of money on Insufficient security. According to the report to lue Controller of the Currency, there is a shortage of $81,000 in the bank's accounts, and it is understood that a considerable portion of this amount was loaned to Brown and Canby on their personal notes. About a year ago the bank reduced Its capital stock from $100,000 to $50,000. At that time about half of the so-called bad assets were "charged off," and have been car? xu-i. A rled as an asset since mat uujc. .according to the last statement, issued In February, the bank had deposits amounting to about $230,000. District-Attorney Gay stated that there Is evidence that the criminal lets of the two officials cover a period of several years, and only by a thorough investigation of the books can the full extent.be known. Washington, D. C.?The Controller of the Currency announced that the First National Bank of Vancouver, Wash., closed its door by his order. This action was taken on the recommendation of J. W. Maxwell, National Bank Examiner, who reports that apon a recent examination of the oank he discovered a shortage of ibout $81,000. Examiner Maxwell has been placed in charge as temporary receiver. The Vancouver Bank had a capital of $50,000 and deposits of $230,973. Its surplus and undivided nnMH SQS74 prunes uiuuuutcu iv yvw.^ ENTIRE TOWN IS GOOD. 5wlnjf to the Oreat Revival la Hiawatha Kan., Criminal Courts Are Idle. Topeka, Kan.?The Judge of the District Court, when he visited Hiawatha, the county seat of Brown County, found no criminal cases on the docket. Heretofore from twenty to forty of these cases were tried at every term. In January a great religious revival was held at Hiawatha and 600 persons were converted. Since that time no dances have been held, two shows have been frozen out and the Police Judge has only had three trials in as many months. Hiawatha is a town of 5000 people. There is not a place in the town where liquors are kept for sale. Exporta Daring March. Foreign trade is of good volume, but exports of the principal commodities during March increased very slightly over those for the corresponding period last year, as gains in breadstuffs, provisions and mineral oils were offset by smaller exports and lower prices of cotton. **- of Denver, Acquitted. Mrs. J. A. Radcliffe, of Denver, Col., who was arrested on the charge of voting illegally at the city election, April 2, was exor.erated. Justice Hynes, after hearing all the evidence in the case, dismissed the complaint. Manila Frauds Exaggerated. The War Department, at Washington, has made public a dispatch from Major-Ueneral MacArthur, saying that the press reports of the commissaary frauds at Manila have been grossly exaggerated. Personal Mention. Attorney-General Knoz is very fona of horses, and drives a $9000 team. Henry Labouchere. the London pub llslier, suggecis a. wni iu* uu papers. Queen Alexandra has returned to London from her visit to Copenhagen, Denmark. Governor Stanley, of Kansas, will give a present to every set of triplets born in the otate. Admiral Schley has hauled down his flag as Commander of the South Atlantic Squadron, at Montevideo, Chile, and has sailed for the United States. . / ' ' /' " '*' ' ' Y0UN3 GIRL A BURGLARl Katie Allen Confesses to Many Crimes in Poug-hkeepsie, N. Y. When Discovered Around Strange Hougei Would Pretend to Be a Beggar ?Caught by the Police. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.?Residents In the fashionable section of this city have been complaining for some weeks of petty robberies and several servants have been discharged on suspicion. Unusual efforts have been made to discover the thief and tht mystery was cleared when Chief ol Police McCabe arrested tweive-yeurold Katie Allen, who confessed to a series of burglaries and thefts whicfc astonished the police. Katie admitted that after school 11 was her custom to visit the houses ol the well to do as a beggar. At the home of Mrs. H. Raymond she was met in the yard, and accused of hav. ing taken some money from the house. "I am only begging," she said, "bu1 I just met a rough looking man going out of the pate. He must have stolec the money." Suspicion was averted, Katie's basket was filled with good things and she was allowed to go. At the home of Mrs. Eliza Leroy Katie received no answer at the kitchen door, and climbed through a window. She then plundered the lower part of the house while the family were up stairs. In the home of Mrs. Frederick Lucas Katie made her way to the uppei floor and stole a child's bank and ite contents. She was met by a servant as she was going out the back door, and, telling* a tearful story of poverty, obtained a basketful of food. In one instance, where she was intercepted by a servant, she diverted OUOJIILIV/U KJJ ?/!. ?.*J iuvju.nuf, a little girl who was known to frequently visit that house. When arrested she said at first thai she had lately gone to work in a factory and had earned the money, the spending of which attracted attention. PHYSICIAN'S BILL $190,000. Dr. W. C. Browning's Claim Against th? Estate of Chris L. Magee. Pittsburg. Penn.?The estate of the late State Senator Chris L. Magee has received a bill from Dr. Walter C. Browning, of Philadelphia, for $190,000 for professional services during | the last illness of Senator Magee. Dr. Browning was in attendance on Senator Magee for twenty-one months previous to his death. He accompanied him to several places for the recovery of his health. The fee is believed to be one of the largest of its kind ever charged In the United States. The bill covers twenty-one months' treatment, and the charges are at the rate of $80 per treatment hour. One charge is $17,000 for last summer's treatment at Atlantic City, and another $12,000 for accompanying the deceased to Hot Springs, Va. The executors of the Magee estate refuse to discuss Dr. Browning's bill. It is learned from reliable sources, however, that the bill will be contested. RECULAR ARMY OF 76,000.'" President and Secretary Root Adopt General Mlles's Recommendation. Washington. D. C.?It has been determined to increase the regular army to approximate 7G.000. and to leave it at that number unless conditions in the Philippines should make more troops necessary. The President and Secretary Root have- so decided. The details will be worked out by the Secretary and General Miles. The decision is practically in line with a recommendation made by General Miles several months ago and renewed by him in a letter to the Secretary of War recently. In this letter General Miles recommended that the army be limited to one soldier to 1 nna Af n/MMiloHnn non^nlr _ AWV Ul ^l/[/umuvu, v? 300 men. The number of officers appointed will be as originally decided. The artillery corps will be increased to its fall strength of 18,000 men. BRITISH RECRUITS FALL OFF* The Times Recommends That the American System. Be Adopted. London.?The annual return of recruiting for 15)00 shows a total enlistment of 98,301, against 42,700 in 1899. The recruiting for the infantry is regarded as unsatisfactory. In spite of the impetus of the war and the reduction in the standard of height, the number of enlisted infautrymeu is. below that of 1899, the recruits generally having preferred the showier branches of the service. The Times, in the course of an editorial on tho unfavorable recruiting report, compares the results here with those of the successful American system. which it thinks should be imitated in the United Kingdom. FATHER IS ACCUSED. Harder of His Five Children Not Committed by Burglar#. Poi*ia TTl'fl n/lrt TV?A nnmnrl A alio, HiUUOCl UU1UCU Briere, whose five children were murdered at Chartres, was confronted with the children's bodies in the presence or a magistrate, whose questions the man refused to answer. He was therefore placed under arrest. The first reports of the crime attributed the killing of the children to burglars, who, it was said, stabbed and bludgeoned them to silence their cries of alarm upon discovering that thieves were in the house. SCHEME TO KILL OFF PIRATES. Viceroy To in Canton Expect* to Slay 3000 This Summer. Tacoma, Wash.?Viceroy To, in Canton, has taken heroic measures to stamp out piracy and robbery In the two Jiwang provinces in Southern China, according to Hong Kong advices just received. He has put into effect an elaborate scheme which he believes will result in the killing oil of at least 3000 robbers in the summer. O/io Y^ar For a Capo Town Eiltor. R. H. Malan, editor of On.s Land, At Cape Town. South Africa, who has been found guilty of libel in having cast reflections upon the conduct of General French and his-troops, has been sentenced to one year's imprisonment. Helping to Make Sure of 91,000,000. Ilarry Walters will give the Johns Hopkins University, at Baltimore, Md., a largo portion of the $1,000,000 necessary to secure the gift of a tract of land valued at $1,000,000 recently offered to the university. ' STOCK BEGOBDS BROKER . Mad Rush of Investors to Realize Fortunes in Wall Street. WESTERN SPECULATORS ACTIVE Jne Day's Transaction! on the Stock Exchange Ran Up to the Enormous Total of Over 2,300,000 Shares?Danger In the Present Speculative Situation ? Snhacrlbe For British Loan* New York City.?Wall Street again broke alf records on Monday In Its wild frenzy of stock speculation. It surpassed all previous record breaking days not only in the enormous volume 3f trading, but In the wide and sensational ranges of quotations through which many of the favorite specialties passed. The number of shares traded In was 2,344,466, as compared with 2,168,1>42 on Friday, which, many thought, would stand as the record. The day was notable in that the opening of the market was the wildest since the present bull movement began, while the close was most irregular and chaotic. Throughout the day stocks moved most unevenly, and with a glaring lack of sympathy. The galleries of the Stock Exchange were thronged with spectators when the presiding officer's gavel marked the opening of the day's trading. The floor of the Exchange, which a minute i before was a scene of quiet activity, became a mass of wildly gesticulating men, each fighting for an advantage over the others. ~ ' 1 Jnni Long before noon ji uecume e VlUCUt | that all previous rfccords would be broken. At twelve o'clock the tape recorded the fact thajt In the two hours 1 of trading more thai 1,188,000 shares 1 of stock had change*! hands. On the Saturday before, in the same time, 1,118,902 shares had been bought and sold, a record for a Saturday's trading. At one o'clock the sales were 1,440,000 shares, and at two o'clock the tape recorded transactions of 1,850,000 shares. The tremendous buying from West- 1 ern speculators was again the feature 1 of the market Brokers reported an i accumulation of orders from over Sat- I urday and Sunday, which they stated \ they were unable to handle. A fresh , impetus was also given to the market j by the arrival of a large number of Western speculators who had come to the city on Sunday. I After the market had settled some- 1 what after its wild opening, the trad- i ing developed considerable strength, i During the afternoon sharp reactions j were the feature of the market. These t extended from two to five points, due, j it was said, mainly to the information . that gold was being sent abroad and that $50,000,000 of the new British loan had been placed in this country. ( wild specctlaxiox causes ajtxibty High Government Official Think* Manj j Values Are Dangerously Inflated. Washington, D. C.?Conservative men In Washington look on the present season of wild speculation in the New York stock market with considerable anxiety. A high official of the Government, who has made a special study of economic and commercial conditions, said: "My own opinion Ib that values, have been in many cases inflated to very near the danger point. It is even possible that the dividend earning capacity of some of the stocks would justify even higher prices. On the other hand, there Is no doubt that certain stocks are far above what a conservative man ought to be willing to pay for them as investments. "One of the natural effects of the present rage for speculation is seen in tho rpnpnt hnnk failures.. Men are not content to gamble with their own money, but they are tempted to' use trust funds or the money belonging to banks and other institutions in which they may be employed, in the hope of making fortunes quickly and making good their defalcations." Secretary Gage and other officials of the Treasury Department, are very careful not to express opinions on any subject connected with the speculative market, as the motives of anything they might say might be mis: construed. BOY SAVED A TRAIN. Be Saw a Landslide and Rod* HlsTVheo) Down the Track to (Jive Warning. Altoona, Penn.?The Pennsylvania crack train, the New York and Chicago Limited, was saved from wreck by the heroism of a thirteen-year-old lad, James Stover, who saw a landslide on the track. The boy, while riding to this city on his wheel* saw a portion of the bank at Union Furnace, loosened by the heavy rain, fall on the westbound track. With presence of mind he saw he could ride to a portion of the track half a mile away in time to save the train. Tlie lad had the endurance ana he swung his hat as the engine whirled around a curve at a rate of forty-five miles du hour. In the dim light of the storm the engineer saw the boy's action. He reversed the engine and came to a atop with the nose of the pilot buried in several tons of rock. The passengers did not know that they had been saved from a wreck by the heroism of a boy until they reached this city. .? Disastrous Cyclone In the Canaries. The Canary Islands have been swept by a cyclone, which killed twelve persons and did great damage to property. Sweden Imports American Quail, United States Consul Nelson, at Bergen, says the importation of American quail into Sweden has awakened lively interest. More than 5000 birds, representing about $3500, have been ordered. Jury Acquitted Captain Kiplcy. At Frankfort, Kj\, the trial of Captain Garnet Ripley, who was indicted for complicity in tiie muruer 01 wuliam Goebel, of Kentucky, was ended. The jury returned a verdict of not guilty. Had Mullah Has 40,000 Soldiers. The Mad Mullah, now at Lassidar, has 40,000 followers, including S000 horsemen, with quantities of ammunition obtained from an unknown source. A British force will shortly concentrate at Burao, preparatory to a general advance in conjunction with Abyssinians. Agulnaldo's Quarters Changed. Aguiualdo has been removed from the Malacanang Palace to a private residence, No. 56 Solano street, at Manila. The guard placed over him has been modified. I CTnnaual Work by a Pump. The operation of a pump under somewhat novel conditions was ref1 tt o/?rtnmnHaliO/1 of IVia Davt/mmia av-v^uujpiioiitu at iuc ucvcuuc No. 1 shaft at Leadvllle, Col., according to a press report. When work was closed last year the duplex Snowpump at a depth of 400 feot was carefully overhauled, check-valves placed In position and the mechanism given a liberal coating of oil. It was expected that with this careful preparation the pump could remain under water for a considerable length of time, and that when operations were to be resumed it would only be necessary to turn on the steam. When steam was raised in the boilers recently the pump was under eighty feet of water. Although the steam pipe was surrounded by cold water, the steam was turned on and the pump was soon delivering 400 gallons per minute. In two days time the water had been pumped out down to the pump station and In three days the lowest drift was free of water.? engineering :sews. Kemarkable Growth of Australia. Remembering that Australia has 2,973,000 square miles of area as against our 3,603,000, but only 4,000,000 inhabitants to our 76,000,000, we can better realize what a stride those 4,000,000 people have made in every modern way. It is only about fifty years since Australia ceased to be a convict colony; since then, even with a soil of which two-thirds Is a desert, It can now furnish the world with onefourth of its wool In quantity and one-third of It In relative value. Its mineral output alone amounts to about $25 for every inhabitant Australia can do better than that, though, in a paternalistic way. She can outdistance her mother country; against England's 4,000,000 people and $450,AAA j AAA ? e nl.A ? Vi ^ ~ A AAA UW.UW UL ICVCUUC auc pill 3 net 000 people and $150,000,000 of revenue and offers every settler $150 per capita?the highest average In the world.? Indianapolis Times. Kiag Edward's Voice. Everybody hearing the king's speeches during the past weeks has remarked anew that his voice carries remarkably well. The House of Lords s easily within the common range; but the king's voice Is one of the few rolces that can make themselves leard at speaking pitch In every nook ind cranny of the Albert Hall. Thi? jenetratingness is not due merely to 1 sounding quality of voice?It Is the result also of a great deal of training md labor. As a pupil in elocution the jrince was caught young. There la ibsolutely nothing clerical about his -A 4-t All UIM UlUUttUUU. .All tiltJ Bciuif, ins ui ai naster in the art of voice production vas a clergyman, Mr. Tarver.?Lonlon Chronicle. Russia's Population. In Russia thirteen in every 1000 of ler population are nobles, nine clergy ind fifty-three soldiers.. New Engja Have an Abiding ! Pinkham's Veg< Alter years of struggle to attain and end steadfast belief that some day oth good faith, and honesty of purpose Trhi hie satisfaction it is to. succeed, and to merited confidence of a Tast army of our Thus stands the Pinkham name in and nowhere is the faith in Lydia E. Pi: than in New England, its home. Merit, ORGANIC INFLAMMATION. 14 Dear Mrs. Pinkham : ? I was troubled very badly with inflammation of the bladder* was sick in bed with it. I had two doctors, but they did me no good. A friend gars me Lydia E Pinkhana's Vegetable Compound, and it helped me. I have now taken three bottles of it, and I am entirely cured. It is a God-send to any woman, and I would recommend it to any one suffering as I was. I think, if most of the women would take more of your medicine instead of going to the doctors, they would be better off. The Compound has also cured my husband of kidney trouble." Mrs. Mabel Goor"v, Box 160. Mechanic Falls, Maine. NERVOUS PROSTRATION. " For two years I suffered from nervous prostration, the result of female weakness. I had leucorrhooa very badly, and at time of menstruation would be obliged to go to bed. Also suffered with headaches, pain across back, and in lower part of abdomen. I was so discouraged. I had read of Lydia E. Pinkham's Comfound, and concluded to give it a trial, wrote to Mrs. Pinkham, and received & very nice letter in return. I began at once the use of her Vegetable Compound and Blood Purifier, and am now feeling splendid. I have no more pain at moathly periods, can do my own work, and have gained ten pounds. I woula not be without your Vegetable ^ Tf !a n or-vl moHlfMne. LOmpUUllu. aw ig u^/ivuuiu I am very thankful for what ithas done for me." ? Mp.3. J. W. J., 76 Carolina Are., Jamaica Plain, Mass. If Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Con not you?you cannot tell until you try i nt well, commence its use at once, and c that he has something of his own whic him to produot ths evidence we do. "M A Man Without Tact. VnriTitr \Ty T?AimAn V??/1 hoan taff A vuug uxi. xxuu^vu uau V W great deal of money, but no tact One day he was introduced to young Mr. Grinder, a newspaper man, who had a great deal of tact under most circumstances and very little money under any circumstances. Mr. Koupon desired to Inspect the newspaper office, and Mr. Grinder courteously spent half an hour conducting his guest from department to department and explaining the work that was done. Finally they came to the editorial iwm, iu VYiiiuu an. vjriiuutsr iuueu oii days In a week. It was a very dark day, the Toom was unusually gloomy, and over each desk an Incandescent light made work possible. Glancing around the room from one to another of the tolling editors young Mr. Koupon said contemptuously: "Jove! I'd rather run a trolfey car than do that!" "Every man to his calling," the newspaper man said dryly. "Every man to his calling."?New York Herald. Sanitary Depots In Germany. In many German villages sanitary depots have recently been established, at which private families can for trifle borrow various things needed In a sick room, which they cannot afford to buy. London's yearly milk supply is over 4^,000,000 gallons. There la a Clam of People Who are injured by the nse of coffee. Recently there has been placed in all the grocery store* a new preparation called Gbaih-O, made of pare grains, that takes the place of coffee. The most delicate stomach receives it without distress, and bnt few can tell it from coffee. It does not coet over % as much. Children may drink it with great benefit. 15 eta. and 26 ct% per package. Try it. Ask for Gkaih-O. The Countess of Warwick has the most charming garden in England, filled not so much with the fashionable flowers of today as wich the old-fashioned favorites oi long ago. that are allowed to grow in untrammelled luxuriance. One corner of this delightful garden she calls her Garden of Friendship, and there she plants all the flowers that are associated in her mind :*.l r i ^ i. WT witii ineiius uuu ucar uucb, cckq uiuwum being fragrant with a memory. Ctnrhinf Lead* to C?nin>ptl*a Kemp's Balaam will stop the cough at oooe. Go to your druggist to-day and get a sample bottle free. Sola in 26 and 50 cent bottle*. 60 af once, delays are dangerous. The new Norwood Avenue Church of Christ, in Toledo, Ohio, ia to be equipped with a roof garden, where service* will be held during the summer months. This will be arranged to seat between 800 and 900 persons, and will be reached by three stairways, which will be so constructed thai elevators may be added whenever they may be required. Each package of Putttak Fadeless Dn colors more goods than any other dye and colors them better too. Sold by all druggists. The use of acetylene abroad is very much more general than it ia in the United States. The biggest hero is the man who is scared most and runs least. I lllfl iiq women Faith in Lydia E. stable Compound. merit public confidence, with a firm era would recognize in us the truth, ch we know we possess, what a genu* realize the uplifting influence of the fellow beings. New England, and all orer America, akham's Vegetable Compound greater , and merit alone, can gain this. PAINFUL PERIODS. ? I cannot heln but feel that it il my duty to do something in regard to recommending your wonderful medi* cine. I must say it fthe grandest r \ medicine on earth, 5y Bland hare advised ]|J jSy 7 a great many sufj \S / y f % fering with female I \ ry / f? troubles to take it. y\ ' "T/ v I tell people I wish C? ^ <iou!d go on the platform and lee* " My trouble was ^? painful menstrua* ation. The suffering I endured pen cannot describe. I was treated by one of our most prominent physicians here for five months, and found Ayself getting worse instead of better. At the end of the fifth month he told me he had done all he could for me, and that I had better go to the hospital. " My sister advised me to try your Vegetable Compound, as it cured her of backache. I did so, and took it faithfully, ana am now curea 01 my trouble, and in perfect health, many thanks to your medicine. I cannot praise it enough, and would recommend it to all who suffer from any female weakness." ? Mrs. H. S. Ball, 461 Orchard St., New Haven, Conn. ?5fl00REWARD.^'r?sa VWUUU CUy Bank 0f Lynn, iOOO.whleh Trill be paid to any por too who can find thai the abore testimonial letter* are sot genuine, or were published before obtaining the writer's special permission. Lydia E. Pinxuam Mmicijtb Co. ipound will cure these women ? why it. If you are ill, and really want to lo not let any drug clerk persuage yon & is better, for tnat is ahaurdi _ Ask