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Rattlers Near a Unlveraltr. Rattlesnakes in large numbers have J been reported as infesting the bill i slopes just behind the University of < California grounds, and there is a be- j lief that the record breaking rattler ' that was killed a few months ago was the mother of this large brood of young j snakes. E. A. Bailey was almost stung by a rattler that attacked him while he was surveying on the hills. A few days : ago a party of boys were found play- ! ing with a dead rattler just behind the ! Greek Theatre.?San Francisco Call. The Dying Man's Vo:e. "There was a membfr of the Opno^i- j tion almost at death's door. He was i dead." Mr. Gladstone added emphati- j cally. "except that he had just a little j breath in him. The question was, j Could he brought to the House. The | whips said he must come, so they car- j iivu uiiu uuun. tie was wuirciiu ill lu j a bath-chair. To this day I never for- | get the look on his face. His glassy j eyes were upturned, his jaws stiff, j We. a lot of young Consevatives, clus- I tered round the door, seeing the bath- J chair, thought at first they had brought down a corpse. But he voted and the resolution which turned out Lord Melbourne's Government was carried by a majority of one."?From Lucy's Later Pepys at Parliament. XIia Idra of Squaring; It. "How did it happen that you printed some other man's poem on your editorial page and credited it to me?" "What's your name?" "Biggins, Swinburne Biggins." "Eh? Biggins? What a stupid blunder! But I'll tell you how we can fix it. We will print your poem to-morrow and credit it to him. Good day." ?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Proflfs of the Packcrs. There lias boon a great ueal of dis appointment because the Uartield re- ] port shows that the profits of the packing industry only amount to about two j per cent, on the volume of business \ transacted. There is no doubt, how- < ever, that the report is correct. J The census reports compiled by the Government in 1!)00, before the agita- ' tion regarding the "beef trust" began, throw considerable light on this qties- < tion. It appears from the census that 1 the packing industry is conducted on a i smaller margin of gross profit than any ( other industry in America. The gross , margin of profit of 871 flour and grist mills in Illinois, in the census year, was nearly seven per cent, on the vol- 1 ume of business. The gross margin of J fifty-one wholesale slaughtering and '< meat packing establishments in Illinois I was only about one-third as large, or a i little more than two per cent, on the c volume of business. * Tho r?i 1 'lorfi hfira nnf hi A ATI flPPlT^Ad A4,r ' V ?*vrw vvw.. . . of being in a "trust," and combina- j , tions would seem impossible in a busi- * ness where there are severdl thousand s mills in the United States competing I actively for the flour trade, but it ap- t pears that the gross profits of the miil- I ers are larger than the gross profits of t the packers. It may turn out that the * agitation regarding the packing industry will show the same result hs the devil found in shearing the pig: "All squeal and no wool." ^ A diamond mine in South Africa yielded t $5.23 every minute last year. t 356.50 Portland and Keturn, ^ From Chicago, via the Chicago and " Northwestern liy., daily to September 30. 1 Choice of routes via Omaha, Cheyenne b and Granger, via St. Paul aiul Minneapo- jlis, through the mountain sccnery of Colorado and Utah, through the Lake MoDonald country or the Canadian Rockies, with ticket.8 via California H>r via Yellow tone Park at slight advance in rates. Correspondingly low rates from other points on account Lewis and Clark Centennial. A great opportunity to visit one of the greatest grain and fruit raising couutriea the largest fishing and lumbering industries and some of the most aggressive, rich and growing cities in the world. The ' best of everything. Full particulars in regard to the exposition and descriptive of the Pacific Northwest sent to any ad dress on receipt of two cent, stamps. All agents sell tickets via this line. D. W Aldridge, G. E. A., 4(il Broadwav, N. Y City. * Turtle'* Slow Gromli. In May, 1801, William Kryder found a turtle in the woods, aud on the shell he curved his name aud the date. Five , years ago, in the same woods, he found the same turtle, and recently he again ran across it. Apparently it had not increased in Bize since first discoveml^-South BeniJ j correspondence Indianapolis News. UNSIGHTLY BALD SPOT Caused by Sore* on Ncck?Verrilos* Irchinjj for Two Vears Made Him Wild | ?Another Cure l>y Cutlcura. "For two years my neck was covered ? with sores, tiie humor spreading to my ^ hair, which fell out, leaving an unsigntly bald S[)Ot. and the soreness, indammution and merciless itching made me wild. c Friends advised Cnticura Soap an<i 0;nt- I 1 went, and after a tew applications the tor- i meut subsided, to my great joy. The sores ( 600n disappeared, and my hair grew again, j as thick arid healthy as ever. I shall al* j ways n?comn!Pnr] Cuticura. (S:gned) H. , J. Spalding, 104 W. 104th St., N. Y. City." The Hicht ot B:rd9. One of the few men to recover sight 1 after being blind from the birth of roe- 1 ollection was reported to have won- j ' of nr.rhiror irmrOi n: I ( of tlie birds, says tiie London Outlook. : "Why do not people make more fuss 1 about them?" he added. '< One-thi/d of the 100,(XX) Japanese in J , this country are said to be in Califor- J nia. N. Y.?27. j ( 1 > says: "My nightly rest was broken, owing to irregular action of the kidneys. I Pfvas suffering intensely from severe pains in the small of my back and through the kidneys and annoyed by painful passages of abnormal secretions. No amount of doctoring relieved this condition. I took Doan's Kidney Piils and experienced quick and lasting relief. Doan's Kidney Pills -will prove a blessing to all sufferers from kidney disorders who will give them a fair trial." Foster-Milburn. Co., Buffalo, N. Y., proprietors. For sale by all druggists, .price 50 cents per box. 1 i r . * ii UFhriitoiin;: Tntnt.-j Crops. In lino wlili tlie classic case cf ilic j oyster shippers, oitoil by President I lad ley of Yai? University in bis boo!; 0:1 Railroad Transportation. is the case of tiii Aroostook potato growers brought by President Tuttle of the " oston & Maine Railroad before the Senate Committee or. Interstate Commerce. Xotliing could better show bow a railroad works for tin interest of ( lb? localities which i!: servos. A main dependence of tbe farmers of ihe Aroostook region is the potato ? crop, aggregating anuualiy eight to ton million liudiels which find a market largely in Boston and iLie adjacent thickly sstlled regions of Xew England. The competition of cheap water transportation fro'u Maine to a!! points along the Now England coast keeps } railroad freight rates 011 these pota- v toes always at a very low level. Potatoes are also a considerable out- s put ?f tii? truck i'anu'. cf Michigan, their normal market being obtained in t and through Detroit and Chicago and 1 other communities of that region. 1: Not many years ago favoring sun and rains brought a tremendous yield of ^ potatoes from the Michigan fields. At normal rates and prices there would have been a glut of the customary markets and the potatoes would have rot- ' ted on the farms. To help the potato ^ ....... 11 growers tlis rauroaus iroai .ujc-uigan made unpreeedeutedly low rates 0:1 ^ potatoes to every reachable market. even carrying thorn in large :u:anti:ies j to a place so remote as Boston. The jj Aroostook growers bad to reduce ilie i ric-9 oa their pota'.oes and even then a could not dispose of them unless the b Boston & Maine Railroad reduced its 11 nlready low rate, which it did. By * means of these low rates, making pos- || sibie low prices, the potato cro.js of c both Michigan and Maine were finally s marketed. Everybody eats potatoes. I and that year everybody had all the potatoes he wanted. s While the Michigan railroads made u rates that would have been ruinous to * the railroad?, had they been applied to the movement of all potatoes at all c times, to all places, they helped their 'j patrons to find markets for them. The $ Boston & JlaiuD Railroad suffered a do- b :rease in its revenue from potatoes, b jut it enabled' the Aroostook farmers :o market their crcp and thereby to )btain money which they spent for he varied supplies wjich the rail- t.j oads brought to them. If the making t. ;f rates- were subject to Governmental cn^Ii rml'pnl .111(1 m'CUint O iction could never bare been takes, J a >t?cause it is well established that if a J i< ate be one:; reduced by a railroad ! * ' ;omnany it cannot be restored through " he ved tape of Goverumeutal proc:dIf the Michigan railroads and the Boston C: Maine Eailroad had bcea c ubj:eted to Governmental limitation v hey would have felt obliged to kpep a ip their rr.tes as do the railroads of ^ "rnnce and England and Goroauy t;n- 0 ier Governmental .-imitation and iet ho potatoes rot?Exchange. " A Ktusian Deathbed. A scathing arraignment of the '*eal ? ulers of Russia?the priests of the Or- j h hodox Church?is a leading article in o he World's Work. Mr. Percival Gib- | is >on. in his account of "The Church's l>i Slight on Russia," tel'.s the following 11 ncident to show the fatal grip of a ? ipsotted clergy cn the ignorant Russian j >ea san try: jt There is a dreadful tale which I have u old before in another place. It was 11 ;iven me as autlietic, to illustrate the 0' rtn^if-mn nf til.a nriestllOOd Of the Or- 1 hodox Church. Let it be a picture. A int. in which a man lies (lying, sodden vith Tear lest ho may pas^ ere the last :acrament bs administered to hin?. ^ Pho shaggy, long-robed pope has come, ind the gear is laid ready; but ere he vill get to bis work and unburden the ri >oor soul he will have an enhanced ri >rico for it. The wife of the dying (nan comes from the side of the ;qualid bed aud pleads with him. He ' eers and is obdurate. Then a son will a :ompel him, and they light about the oom, while the shaking patient stares ( < rom his pillow. The priest sfrizes the li >read and tries to break it, for broken )read may not be blessed, while the a ;o:i of the dying man grasps his arm to 11 ;ave it, aud in the wrestle the little *' oaf crumbles at last, and the sick man :;oses his eyes with a sigh of despair, s, iwaitiug damnation. r; f, A Calm at Sen. All afternoon the brig roiled on the ^ ong swells, which hourly grew hear- 0 er. They leaped against the horizon. ^ iwuug onward beneath the keel, and (( jwepr past with the unrelenting periistency that seemed the embodiment >f vindictive hate. A gale can be com xtted. but. in the grasp 01 a ca;uj, mm. t. s helpless. Every part of tbe vessel Tied out a protest. The canvas slatted iii'J flapped like tbe wings ot' a buge jird vainly trying to raise from tbe ;* svaves: every block rattled and J. n-oaked: tlie main boom, bauled cbock | Jj ift. snatched at its sheets with a u riciousness tbat threatened to part li :heni at every roll and made their huge b blocks crash: from the pantry below P :ame the constant rattle of crockery; p tnd the blue sea. dipped up through 1 the scuppers, swashed back and forth E across the main deck. By eight bells j jvery stitch of canvas had been furled i ir clued up to save it, and the brig lay v rolling in the dark hollows like a h irunkea sailor reeling home.?Century, a Fishy. Mother (reproachfully to h^r small | ?, -n-iipro have vou been all j f 51)11/? oamiv., " afternoon?" , . . t ? m i ? fnnpnsilv.?"At Sunday -school, mamma." Mother? "Then liow is it you are wet and smell so of fish?" ^ Jamie tin desperation)?"Well, you ^ see. I've b^en studying about Jonah ij and the whale, and?well?I guess it cairn o3." on my clothes."?Harper's < Waskly. ' i How Wc Sell Fiinn Tools. A recent number of the Canadian ^ Manufacturer contained a statistical Y statement regarding certain imports into Canada in 1904 which, under the a heading ' Agricultural Implements." in- v eluded a list of twenty-one articles, . valued at $2,034,394. of which $2,911,- , 120 worth came from the United States and $21,842 worth from Great Britain, j the imports from all other countries t being valued at only $1032. The United States furnished 98.5 per cent of the .i whole class.?New York World. i V. Jk A I. EQUITABLE PROSECUTIONS ier.dricks Has Proof Insurance Chiefs Speculated With Trust Funds, CRIMINAL ACTION IS LIKELY ita!e Prober* Cnoirt.li Evidence That Policy Holders' Money Has Been Used in Wild Wall Street I)pfiU?Grand* .Jur ?rs Uejin XVorU?3Iny t'ncover Criuiln .I'lity in Shipbuilding Fiasco. Now York City.?Law* breaking oficiiiis of ?ho Equitable Life Assurance Society art? being attacked from ali ;ides. District Attorney Jerome has iiready put the Equitable crimes into he hands of the Grand Jury, which las just begun wiiat will hp a bistorynaking session. Some high financiers nay soon face jail, <?age E. Tarbell is telping 011 the criminal action against lis associates. In swearing in the July Grand Jury 11 Part I., of General Sessions, Judge Varreu \Y. Foster took occasion to antounce that this particular Grand Jury could probably be called upon to give lot of extra tirnp and attention to the cry important investigation (of the Equitable Society's affairs) now on foot 11 the District Attorney's office. It is said that the Grand Jury will Iso delrp into the cinited States Shipmilding Company scandal. This was nixed up with the Equitable's affairs brough the Mercantile Trust Comany. That the shipbuilding graft may evelop criminal ends is evident beause of the recent restitution of funds uuk in it. including $190,000 to Mrs. da E. Wood. Attorney-General Mayer is expected peedily to begin tho prosecution of all leu who acted as directors in the Suitable without holding live shares f stock. Tliijs was in violation of the aw. Mr. Mayer had his attention ailed to this by Senator Brackett. "he penalty for the offense is a fine of 2000. Only about ten of the men who ave acted as directors in the Eqnita1" recently, it is said, are innocent of lie charge. a i ccvri \ n oijj p ^luuccuuiq i ronts the Equitable. A big New York iw firm is preparing to.go into court i ^ take this action to safeguard the | ights of the policy holders. Proof of speculation on margins by i Hirers of the Equitable Life Assurnce Society with the funds of the pol?y holders is in the hands of Superin ?ndent of Insurance Hendricks, so it as announced, and is soon to be made tie basis of criminal actions. Judge Foster's significant charge to lie Grand Jury makes clear that the ritninnl aspects of Equitable affairs ;ili come under immediate scrutiny, nil the preparation of evidence by Ir. Hendricks will expedite the jurrs' work. Coupled with this announcement, hich staggered financiers and insurnce men, was the further assertion lat no time would be lost in bringing le criminal proceedings against those ho had used the money of the policy olders to dabble in the most dangerns sort of Wall Street specuiatiou. It i not known tliat any of the money so isked was lost, but, it is snid, that lakes 110 difference in the legal status f those who made such a misuse of Equitable's funds for their owe enchment. Superintendent Hcndricks, : is said, will insist that both Attorey-General Mayer and District Attorey Jerome shall proceed against rerybody involved and push the cases srainst them vigorously. Ml ? I MOB TORE A MAX TO PIECES. peotators at a Bullfight Avenged the Death of a Matador. City of Mexico.?One of the most horible tragedies'ever enacted in a bull ng in Mexico is reported from the ity of Durango. An intoxicated specitor, wiio was responsible for the eath ot' Si! verio Cliico, a famous latador, was literally torn to pieces by mob. The sixth and last bull of the exhibion proved !o be particularly large and erce. and the cleverness of Chico in playing" the animal gained him great pplause. Just as he lunged forward, is swonl penetrating the heart of the iiimal. tho intoxicated spectator hurled piece of iron pipe. It struck the latador on the bend, and he fell inensible in front of the bull. The eniged animal gored him six times beire he fell over dead. As soon as the people realized what ad happened there was a rush for tho Sender. He was thrown into the ring, here his head and limbs were severed i-om his body and then hacked and jru to bits. THE POLICY HOLDERS KISK. [ealth Must Bo Good When Insurance Takes Effect, Says Courr. Boston.?Tiif Massachusetts Supreme lourt lias upheld the condition in a olicy of life insurance that the inured must bo in sound beallb ou tbe ate tbe policy takes effect. Tbe fact liat tbe insured bad no knowledge of is poor condition of bealtb or that he ad no intention to deceive tbe coinany the court held immaterial as reanis the question of the company's ability. Tbe case was that of Elizabeth A. tarker against the Metropolitan Life nsuranco Company of New York, 'be lower court gave tbe plaintiff a erdict for $005 under a policy on ber usband. The verdict was set aside ad a new trial ordered. CHIC At. O COUNTS 2,272,700. 'opulation Guess Made on Basis of Directory Canvass. Chicago.?Final figures of tb? Chi ago Directory Committee issued give be city a population of 2.272,700, as iased on the recent canvass. The umber of new names contained in the ook is 31.070. The canvass shows the largest inrease iii office buildiugs ever known ii Chicago. Labor World. r>:ifcImutt iPo ^ ct-rnn)- p-u1 men lir.ve lecided to insist upon an increase of rages. * The last congress of German Seamen iud Firemen, held in Hamburg, was rell attended. It is said tliat seventy per cent, of be 3000 carpenters in Los Angeles beon? to labor unions. Tbe western part of Massachusetts s better organized in trade unions ban it bas ever been. There bas been considerable labor ictivity displayed in Switzerland durujr tbe first months of this ; FATAL STORMS IN TEXAS I i i Tornado, Lightning and Downpour Causa Grsat Damage. / Seven Children X ambercil Among the Dead?Many Honsen and I'nblic Building* TVrccIied. Koronn. Texas.?A tornado ado ruunderxtorm passed a few miles west and south of here, kiiling lifteen persons, injuring forty or fifty and destroying a number of houses. Nine were killed at Montague. Reports from the storm swept district give the following list of dead: Mrs. C. C. Shackelford. Miss Shackelford. Mrs. S. L. Tunibleson and three children, Mrs. Mary Lester and four rhildren, Caleb White. Irb Williams, Mrs. Irb Williams and Frank Eakin. | Among the seriously injured are Miss j Nannie Austin. J. J. Woodson. Frank I Woodson four children of Z. W. j Shackelford and a child of Mrs. Lester. .Many rarmuouses neiu i-iu unuj. The school bouse, three miles west of here, was damaged. The Baptist anil Methodist churches at Belcher were considerably damaged. The Methodist Church at Montague was wrecked and the Court House damaged. The Dixey schoolhouse. six miles west of bere, was blown away bodily. Large hailstonrs fell here, breaking many windows. Crops in the path of the tornado were destroyed. Xocoua is on a spur line of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Railroad, 417 miles from Gainesville, in Northern Texas, At Montague fifteen dwellings as well as four stores were demolished. Hundreds of head of stock wore killed outright by the wind. INFANT BLOWN INTO A LAKE. Brewer Hupfel's Grandson Drowned? Wind Struck Baby Carriage. Newburgh, N.Y.?The twenty months old grandson of A. G. Hupfel, the New York brewer, was drowned in t he lake ou the Hupfel estate near berp. It was fastened in its carriage, which was blown into the lake. The child. Anion G. Brandon, son of Frank Brandon, was a pet of his grandfather. It had been seut out with its nurse for an airing. The nurse had strapped the baby in its carriage so that It should not crawl out. The CUlill weui l\J onrcji unci ?i ? uiivt, uuu, leaving tlie carriage near the edge of the lake, the nurse went away for a few moments. When she returned the carriage and baby had disappeared. The nurse searched frantically all around the nearby roads, thinking some one might have rollod the carriage away. She never suspected that the baby and carriage had disappeared into the lake. She finally notified the child's parents and all the help on the estate were turned out to search for the baby. The nurse showed where she had left the baby carriage standing, and the marks of the wheels showed when* it had gone to. The hood of the carriage had be?n up and acted as a shield to catch the wind. Men were put to work to drag the lake, and it was not long before they found the carriage. The baby was still in it. The child had been dead some little time. PHILANTHROPIST ENDS LIFE. R. D. MacGonigie, Deserted by Friends When Money ?Is Gone, Takes Poison. Pittsburg, Pa.?R. D. MacGonigie, millionaire gas man, famous all over the country as an author, lecturer and philanthropist, killed himself in the Hotel Lincoln. He had given away the bulk of his fortune in charity and then lost the remaining $300,000. Recently his friends deserted him, and the blow drove him to death. MacGonigie was last seen alive when he went to his room early in the evening. He appeared to be in the best of spirits at that time. When he failed to leave his room next morning the door was forced open, and he wr.r found dead in his room, an empty vial on the dresser having contained a solution of chloral. Mr. MacGonigie was fifty-three years old, and a few years ago his fortune was estimated at several million dollars. xie was the founder of the Allegheny Light Company, afterward absorbed by the Philadelphia Company. He devoted almost his entire life to charity. He founded tlie KingSJey House, the Pittsburg Golf Club, the Pittsburg Country Club and the Duquesne Riding Clubt which holds the Pittsburg Horse Show. PATIENTS DROWN IN HOSPITAL. Over 000 Guanajuato Flood VictimsProperty Loss, 82,000,000. Guanajuato, Mexico.?Gov. Obregon estimates the loss of life from the recent cloudburst and consequent flood at over 000. The hospital was flooded so quickly that the patients there were drowned. The magnificent Juarez Theatre was flooded to the floor of the first balcony. and soldiers who had talcen refuge there had to climb to the upper balcony to save themselves. The property loss is now estimated at $2,000,000. President at Hay's Funeral. President Roosevelt attended the funeral of John Hay in Cleveland and took a train for home immediately afterward. TT?rt'? CJ<ntnlrt T?nnAvnl IUU11 aaj a t. uu??i. The funeral of Colonel John Hay, Secretary of State, took place at Cleveland. the services being marked by extreme simplicity, President Roosevelt, Vice-President Fairbanks and present and former members of the Cabinet at lending. Yellow Jack in Panama. Nurses arriving from Panama dc elared tuo conditions there are growing worse and that nurses are leaving the place in large numbers. Newsy Gleanings. The first public roof garden wul be opened in London shortly. London will soon put on its streets .1 motor street-cleaning machine that will do the work ot 50.. men. In California an organization known as the Japanese aud Korean Exclusion T ague bos been formed. To cool the New York subway this summer small refrigerator plants may be installed at each station. The house of the Capulets in Verona, where Juliet is supposed to have lived, is to be sold by auction to satisfy creditors. ! SEGRETAHY JOHN HAY DEAD" Eminent Statesman Passes Away at Lake Sunapee, N, H. i CLOSE OF A GREAT CAREER VTa* at One Time Secretary to President Lincoln?Graduate of Brown University?Was Born In 1S3S?C:?me to State Dopariuiout in 1398, at the Close of Sp.iuish-Amerlcan Wan Lake Sunapee, N. H.?Secretary of State John H-uy died at his summer home here r.t 1 o'clock in the morning. His family were grouped about his bed at the end. He died as peacefully as though going to sleep. Kis physicians had been summoLed ^ fatt* mtitnfAr. 4-U ~ A?tr1 a uiiuuiui) ucijic nit: tjiu. The physicians arrived just before he breathed his last. Secretary Hay -was taken ill last 1 February., He went abroad 011 March 10 in the hope of regaining his health. 1 Ho took the German baths, but did not regain his strength, -which had ' bc-on undermined during a long application to his duties in Washington, D. C. Ho returned to this country with his family on June 15 and returned to Washington. I-Ie remained at his post . there, however, only a few days and > on June 23 started for his summer borne. i He had besn there just two days i when he was attacked with a chill. ] This was the beginning of the end. That his illness would prove fatal ] no one at first believed. Dr. Charles 1 L. Scudde:, the Boston specialist, who \ was called, said that beyond the chill i 1 n frtr-ociw -nrw cnonln 1 iln ncror nnH 1 that lie hoped to soon have the distin- i i suished patient on his feet again. i The secretary did show s.igus of im- < orovement for a time, but he later de- 1 /eloped ureamia, and from that time on . ?rew steadily worse. His physicians, However, said that his progress was satisfactory and they still held out hopes of his complete restoration. , There was no alarming symptoms .lutil late at night, when symptoms , of pulmonary embolism set in. He sank rapidly after midnight. , Payne Whitney and his wife, who . was Miss Helen Hay, had all of their ; plans made to sail for Europe only a iew days ago. They were about to ] abandon the trip and go to the bedside , )f Mr. Hay, but such reassuring re- ] ports of his condition were received j lhat they embarked. John Hay was born ir: Salem, Ind., < October 8, 1S38. His parents were Charles and Helen Hay. He was graduated at Brown Uni- ; rersitv in 183S. after taking high rank \ is a scholar, especially in English imposition, and immediately began < the study of law at Springfield, 111., in \ :he office of his uncle, an intimate ] friend and associate of Abraham Lin- , coin. There, besides qualifying himself for the bar, he learned his first lessons i to practical politics and made the ac- | juaintaucc of the leaders of the Re- < publican party. He took part also in \ the campaign of 1SC0 as a writer and , speaker. Secretary to tlncoln. In 18G1, after being admitted to the ( Dar of the Supreme Court of Illinois, < ne accompanied President Lincoln to i Washington as assistant secretary. J Hay was one of the greatest diplo- ] mats ever developed in the United States and a master of statecraft < whose genius was recognized in every i ehancelleric of Europe. His work for i the open door ia China, his efforts ^or ] trade privileges in the Orient, alone ] stand out as a monument to his ability. ; Mr. Hay came to the State Department in September, 1898, at the close ] of the Spanish war. He had served ] with distinction as Ambassador to the ( Court of St. James, having had former diplomatic experience in Paris, Madrid and Vienna. He negotiated a series of ; I important extradition treaties, making ; It almost impossible for a criminal to bo safe in any civilized community. He settled many claims of citizens ( against this country and increased our p:esti?e. He won additional fame in the Venezuelan tangle. His repeal of ( the Clayton-Bulwer treaty was one j o' his greatest achievements. His trinmph? in the East and his settlement of the Alaskan boundary question are still fresh in the public mind. BIG BLOW AT EAST ST. LOUIS. Five Smokestacks and a Wireless Tower Fall?Many Injured. East St. Louis, Mo.?A storm of cyclonic proportions broke over this city, destroying property worth ?1">0,000. A score of persons Avere injured. Three smokestacks of the Missouri Malleable Iron Company were blown down, seriously injuring four men employed at the works and wounding ten or fifteen other employes. Two smokestacks of the American Steel Foundry Company were blown down. The 200-foot tower of the DeFon Wireless Telegraph Company at St. Clair and Collinsville avenues was blown down. More New York Postal Clerks. Postmaster General Corlelyou lias authorized 100 more clerks for the New York City postoffice. Russian Cruiser Interned. The Russian cn:.ier Terek has been interned at Batavia. 'Frisco Butchers Caught. The San Francisco Board of Health published a list of more than 100 local butchers who have lx?en caught treating the meats with dye stuff and chemicals, such ns solum sulphite, to stimulate a freshly cut appearance. On way to uourt iv.us woman. Driving to court in New York City* to answer to a eliargc of exceeding the spped limit. Frank C. Foote. James J. Hill's chauffeur, ran over anil killed a woman. Tbe National Gams. Lajoie thinks the "spit" ball should be abolished. Mitchell is acting as Brooklyn's general utility man. Maloney is doing some sensational playing for Chicago. Clancy is of the opinion that Ames has the best curve he ever saw. The Chicago National's nexv pitcher, Ituelbach, is certainly a wonder. Bay again is playing a remarkably speedy game for the Clevelands. Emmett Heidrick is playing occasionally with the Clarion (Pa.) team. FORTUNE FOR EDUCATION Si John D. Rockefeller Gives $10,000,000 lo General Board. b di Tlie BIj* UnlTersltie# Ar? Earrod Frew ^ Any Torllon of tl?? Fund? ( Conditions Named. vv tl d New York City.?Following the an- cl nouncemeut of tko girt to Yt.lc by John D. Rockefeller of $1,000,000, came the D( announcement of his gift of $ 10.000,000 N to the General Education Board for D higher education in t}ie United States. The announcement was made in the following statement: "At a meeting of the General Educa- Oi tion Board a gift of X10.000.000 was Kl announced from Mr. John D. Rockefel- .3" ler. The fund is to be an endowment a6j iui iiiguur euutjuuun in me umieu (.g States. m "Dr. Buttrick, of tlie lx>ard. gave out the following statement with respect to this gift. He said the announce- y ment of the gift was contained in a j letter from Mr. F. T. Gates, who is te Mr. Rockefeller's representative. The tii Hollowing is a copy of the letter of gift: "26 Broadway. New York City. > m 'To Messrs. Wallace Buttrick and Starr J. Murphy, Secretaries and h: Executive Officers. General Edu- ic cation Board, 54 William Street, 0 New York: "Dear Sirs?I am authorized by Mr. ^ John D. Rockefeller to say that he will = contribute to the General Education i Board the sum of ten million dollars j [$10,000,000) to be paid October 1 next, 1 in cash, or, at his qption, in income producing securities, at their market ralue, the principal to be held in per- * petuity as a foundation for education, the income, above expenses and ad ministration, to be distributed to, or g used for, the benefit of, such institutions of learning, at such times in such i mounts, for such purposes and under such conditions, or employed in such Dther ways, as the board may deem best adapted to promote a comprehensive system of higher education in the ' United States. Yours very truly. 4 "F. T. GATES. i "Mr. John D. Rockefeller. Jr., with j sther gentlemen of New York City, I svas instrumental in forming the Gen- 1 oral Education Board in February, \ 1902. A very broad and admirable charter was secured from Congress 3 md signed by President l?sv3evelt on ] lanuary 12, 1903. * "A gift of $1,000,000 from Mr, John D. Rockefeller was immediately'passed sver to the board, especially desig- a nated for educational work In the n South. Other funds have been added t by other philanthropists since that time, and the board has confined its * work hitherto mainly to educational t work in the Southern States. o ' The present gift differs from Mr. fc Rockefeller's first gift to the board in the following particulars: ? "The principal sum of the gift of ? 51,000.000 made on the organization of ' the board could be distributed. The present gift of $10,000,000 is held as " endowment, the income only being 4 ivailable for distribution. ' "The first gift was designed to be v used exclusively in the Southern D States. The present gift is for use not only in the Southern States, but c throughout the United States, without I distinction of section. 'Tim flrcf- <rift nnnlrt ho iistwl fnr (V>m. mon schools and secondary education. } The second gift is confined to higher a education and is designed specially for a :olleges as distinguished from the great * universities, although thare is no pro- * blbition in the letter of gift against E making contributions to universities. "Both gifts are alike available for ? Jenominationnl schools as well as for ' those which are non-sectarian. While the. funds may be employed for de- 1 uominational schools, they will be employed without sectarian distinctions. * No special denomination will be par- * ticulaiiy favored, but the funds will be open to approved schools of all de- I nominations, although they cannot be * employed for giving specifically theological instruction. . j "The present members of the board 1 are as follows: Robert C. Ogden, chairman; George Foster Peabody, treasurer; Wallace Buttrick, secretary and executive officer for the States south of the Potomac and Ohio rivers and Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas; Starr J. Murphy, secretary and executive officer for the States of the North nnd West; Frederick T. Gates, Daniel C. Oilman, Morris K. Jesup, Walter H. Page. Albert Shaw, John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. Hugh H. Hanna. WilliamR. Harper and E. Benjamin Andrews." DOCTOR A FEUD VICTIM. Wounds Prominent Texan as He Falls ?Factions Are Aroused. Dallas, Texas.?Dr. F. B. Maner and Ephraim Griffin, two of the best known men in Central Texas, met in the scrept at Itasca, and. renewing an old feud, exchanged seven shots from their I pistols. Dr. Maner was killed by shots through the right lung and heart, and Griffin was slightly wounded. Griffin surrendered and was taken to the Hill County jail at Hillsboro. Tine shooting has created intense feeling between ?nds of the two. Equitable Saves Money. . In the rush to escape the payment of the tax on mortgages the Equitable Life tiled a $10,000,000 mortgage in Now York City, saving $30,000. Falls From Freight Train. A son of wealthy Boston parents, Walter J. Clark, fell from a freight train at Elmoore, Cal., and was killed. Canal Commission Buys Ships. The Panama Canal Commission at i Washington, D. C., announced that the ( purchase had been made of two Ward < Line steamers for the use of the Pan- . a ma Railroad and Steamship Company, to carry supplies to the canal zone. ; Restore Equitable Money. Valentine P. Snyder and H. C. Dem- ; ing. directors of the Equitable Life As- * ( surance Society in New York City, re- < stored money gained as members of | the iiytL' syndicates. ( Peopie Talked About. W. E. Corey is the president of the j United States Steel Corporation. i Professor Basil field Dean, of Cohim- | bia University, is studying sharks in ' Japau. 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