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GREAT LOSSES BY FLOODS
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Destruction Due to Rail
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PITTSBURG SUFFERS HEAVIL>
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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
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"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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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