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Glii"poi24 <1/ <1/ ( < > Siory of Two Rejections and \t> { 0/ an Acceptance. jjj W $ j Translated From tbo German \v by Louise Waring. <9|> Rv to ( He gazed at the double letter in 1 Tiis hand, not fully conscious as yet * .what it meant for him. This was the * end of so nuch joy in creative work, ^ of such boundless hopes! "Regret, not available for us." The letters grinned at him derisively. He hasti- J ]y slipped the fatal paper into a port- * folio, but ever before him flitted j those gray, cold words, "not avail- * able." All through the air they danced; ihe walls of Ills room were ,'dotted with them. He could contain v 'himself no longer within these walls. 1 .which had witnessed his inspiration * and hopes, and on which were now i c .written in black letters, "Regret, not [11 available." 11 He rushed out. Life, and all it J' contained was hateful to him; he 11 hated the whole universe: the plain a " bourgeoise ' pusning ner onspnus * along in a go-cart: the young men b and girls with their tennis racquets? .was there ever a sillier game??the old ladies knitting and munching b Kaffeekuchen (coffee cake); old men strolling along, their eager talk ini terrupted now and then by a little n coughing spell; and then those sweet- ii hearts with their mien of blissful r imbecility. All of them he despised, s the whole conceited lot of them. The Q pa~k was filled with these ridiculous s people, ~hD were enjoying the early a ? spring and seemed glad to live, not r knowing what it was to have one's c work returned with "regret, not available." j The mall was one trembling mass y of glitter. The tender fresh green v of the lindens was as yet not too c dense to prevent the sun from filter- y ins through, making bolden blotches ti on the blond heads of young girls I and glorifying the shabby black v gowns of the old ladies. e A general disgust filled the young e ' pc-2t. He turned into a side path. F Here about the fish pond walked pa- i tient governesses with their rich t Ichargtes; on every bench sat a pair of u lover3, on every tree a nightingale, d He stared into the water as if eager fi unhappy." And again her tears be- s gan to flow. ' "You are right." he said sadly. 3 "Who can help another? No one." I "In order that you may not think me foolish," she began hesitatingly, v "or think Heaven knows what of me" ((he had in reality thought Heaven lcnows what of her) "I will tell you all. I got a letter which disappointed jne dreadfully, a letter of refusal." "Indeed!" ' You see, I am a governess by profession." "Ah!" "And felt sure I had the position; r f .when this cruel letter came." "My dear Fraulein. nothing is certain in this world, and one should k never count on anything with confidence," he replied with the acrid bit-, terness of the disappointed. ? "You are right one should not. caamnH ?nt lQpnrtnrv T 1 f JJVCl J H14U& tfwvu?VU . passed my examination, and I am a good musician." He bowed slight!" in acknowledgment of such accomplishments. "All. that was a&ked was that I should send my photograph. I did so. and after a* few days received a letter from the old ca?. I mean, lady, saying I was too young." 3 "Such injustice!" 1 to murder tne poor nine goiansu a disporting themsslve3 on the sun- s flecked surface. Oh, if that pond A (were not so shallow, harmlessly shal- u low like the ordinary German reading public, he would not have be- c grudged them the pleasure of haul- l; ing h:s dead body out of the water; they might* then understand that t once more indifference and lack of s .appreciation had -"riven a poet to b his death. He walked on rapidly, it regardless of those who came in his h .way. Those whom he jostled rough- " ly looked angrily at him. This o pleased him, for he felt himself at v .war with the whole world. The heavy laden spring air soon a (overpowered him, and he looked y about for a place to rest. All the t seats were taken. At last he found v a bench with but one occupant, a young girl. Ho sat down on the ex- b .treme end. Resting his arms on his y elbows he buried his head in his hands and gave himself up to brood- e ings. He did not care to see the v laughing sunlight. 1< Just along the line of vision, out of the corner of his eye, he saw a s small foot, shod in a gray gaiter; a dainty foot, which moved slightly, a but regularly. He followed the s movement mechanically. Something s [quieting to his nerves seemed to em- a anate from it. His tempestuous a mood soon gave way to one of melancholy. All pain seemed to have u vanished, and he was conscious of li but one wish, and that was that that a little gray body might keep on sway- d ing indefinitely. Gradually he got a n glimpse of a blue skirt, then a very f slim waist, and finally a delicate profile. The lips quivered, and tears li ,were visible on the long lashes. He o dropped his eyes, and resumed watch- n ing that moving foot. Here, at last, was a woman who P .was not giggling and chattering like v the rest of them. She was a sufferer s like himself. Birds were jubilant, I and from the distance came sounds 1< of voices from the merry throng which thought life good and nature .benign. b The sound of a suppressed sob t mff aroused him. Involuntarily, he h .turned towards her. The girl, over- C' come by grief, was pressing her hand- v kerchief to her eyes; wiping her i5 tears, she looked at him askance. He could contain himself no longer. Moving closer, he addressed her r in modest, respectful terms: "Don't put any restraint on your feeling; I. too, know what sorrow is. Could I perchance be of any assistance to v you? To be sure, we are strangers, * but misery loves companionship." "I thank you," she answered in a childlike way, scrutinizing him close- c ly; "no one can help me. I am so "Do you not think so, too?? It sn't my fault, and I can't add to my ears just for the time being." "There are so many children to 1)9 >ducated. unfortunately," he added pessimistically. "We are a rising latiou. Look about you right here n this park and see the swarms of luman beings." "Indeed, there are a fearful lot of :hildren; but if you knew what it ne.int to find a position, the demands hat are made! Very likely I'll prove oo young for other mothers." She ooked about her helplessly. A smile lit up his handsome, mel.ncholy face. "Don't let that worry ou, lieber Fraulein. Too young! )on't you see that this 'too young" is n truth the highest compliment, that L rouses envy: She shook her head dubiously. "I am willing to wager that the roman in question is a 'mater familas' in the forties, void of graceful ines, who is suspicious of youthful urves. Or else a well-preserved niddle-aged person still vain of her ooks, who does not dare to have a oung and pretty governess about ter. Those whom fate has placed bove you would willingly exchange laces with you, be twenty-one, aud ave life before them." "Are you a poet?" "Why?" he asked, brushing a curl ack from his forehead. "Because you look like one." He blushed and hesitated for a aornent. "Yes," he answered, sighag deeply, "but the world will not ecognize me as such. He stopped hort, not knowing whether to conde iu her or not. Hers were such ~ /lAnr hrAttrn qv?*c' "tVo ULl, OUtU \AXZai L/i vrru VJ wu. ?f v re in a measure companions in sorow. I, too, received a letter which rushed me mercilessly." "Perhaps you, too. are too young." "Yes," he almost shouted; "too oung! that s it. The 'old ones' don't ant to recognize us because we are oming on and they will have to ield us their places. They are geting uneasy on their toppling thrones. cau see him before me, the old orthy who rejected my work?ac. lderly chap, with bald head and an mbonpoint. You laugh, my dear 'raulein? I am sure he is bald and as a paunch, like all those in ai? hority and high in office, and he rears spectacles; for the eyes grow im when one has a book of lyrics or breakfast-, a drama for dinner, nd a novel for supper to review. A ad office, this literary censorship! Lnd what does such a demago^ie now himself?" "Never mind, another may appreiate your work." she said consoling"Perhaps; or I may write somehing else. I feel within me the | trength to create a hundred works, | dttor than what I have done. I see I ; before me, still vague, but I shall old it." His hand clutched the air. We shall hurl something at thosa Id fogies which they shall not dare a ignore." The little governess looked 'at him s young girls are apt to look at a oung enthusiast when he tells them hat he is about to revolutionize the rorld. "You will, no doubt, become celerated some day; you are still so oung." "Yes, I am young!" he exclaimed xultingly. "We are young, the rorld lies open before us, to us beings ?ife." "Listen to the nightingale," she aid, almost piously. "It sings for us! Spring is ours, nd the poor old critic sits in his moky room and reads poems on pring, and your mater familias may t this very moment be discovering new wrinkle under her eyes." The girl laughed a little cruel, trimphant laugh. "After all, it is deicious to be still free on such a day s this," and in a dreamy way she rew in the spicy, balmy air. "It aay be wrong that I rejoice in it so ullv." "No, you are right. Don't you beieve in fate? Isn't it a special act f Providence that we two should aeet here to-day?" "Yes, I believe in fate," she whisered. "We must meet again, must fe not? Fate decreed that we hould become closed acquainted." 5y this time there was little space 2ft between them on the seat. "I don't know, exactly." "Only as long as the lilacs are in iloom?till the jasmine blossoms? ill the time of roses! You must ielp me in my work. You give me ourage, faith, and inspiration. When /ill you come back? To-morrow? liter to-morrow?" "I cannot come after to-morrow." "Then, Auf Wiederseiin. to-morow."?New York Evening Post. The Traveling Salesman. ' Becter than a letter from your ;'i?e, sweetheart or even President toosevelt, is a letter from your firm ncreasing your salary," was the ineresting comment of H. J. Williams, if La Crosse, sitting in the lobby oi! he Kirby House, "f just received uch an epistle this morning, and I eel like a prince. Had I received i notification reducing my stipend would not have been greatly surirised, because my sales recently lave been nothing to brag of, and if he firm thinks by giving me a finanial lift my results will be more noiceable, it won't be disappointed, >ecause I am going to start out tolay and work like a major and prove o my people that I am worthy of the :onfidence shown me. Ther.e are imes in the life of a traveling salesnan, when, no matter how hard he ries, he doesn't do enough business n a day. or even a week, to make lim feel like thinking of his occupation. And then again, the re'erse takes place, but between these wo we manage to even up the (ales. "Persistency is what wins with us ellows. No matter how angry your ustomer gets after tne ntteentn or wentieth refusal to give you an >nler and you are not convinced lie leeds something in your line, adopt he schooldny proverb and try again, tour pluck may elicit his admiration inless he throws you bodily out o? he store, and nine times out of ten ou land him."?Milwaukee Evening Wisconsin. Panama Can ONE OF THE COMPANY'S BIG BO, CANAL, USED IN THE E MERRY-GO-ROUND. Judging by the alacrity with which ( new amusement features are taken up I and the dearth of ideas that the amuse- i ment managers declare to exist, the i new style of merry-go-round should < I j Merry-Go-Rouud and Razzle-Dazzle. prove popular. It is a combination of the ordinary merry-go-round and the razzle-dazzle. The carriages carrying the riders are alternately swung up and down, and at the same time given a rotary motion. In tfce centre is a tower, the carriages being suspended on cables, the whole resembling a spider. As the spider and its a^ms rotate in a circle and as the arms approach and reach the higher part of the plane they will lift the carriages and give the passengers a pleasing sensation of being carried upward as well as in the rotary motion. To enhance ^ the attraction electric lights can be attached to the cables and mounted on the frame and give to the merry-go- . round a pleasing effect in the nigLt tl time. n Panama Cat THE CULEBRA CUT?A SECTION OF THE NEARLY COMPLETE EXCAVATIONS. CARRIER FOR ORANGES. ]c g la the present commercial usages of n orange growers and shippers, each or- ti ange is wrapped in paper, and any e number or quality packed in boxes for s shipment. The result is that even when refrigeration is used during n transportation there is much waste o and loss in fruit, and the fruit remain- o ? ? t; j V ! -j , , ti : ' ll((lli,i r ' 'Holds the Oranges. ' ' I lng ia marketable condition is more or less deletcriously affected. In tliis s plan of shipment the fruit exudes more or less moisture, so that at the contract- t< lng places of the paper it becomes sat* n urated witu uecay, wmcn is (.-uuinjuui- * cated to the balance of the fruit and ti results in much loss. The purpose of u the carrier shown here is to provide s] Flock of Pelican* In Kansas. The other day a large flock of pelicans flew over the town of Hepler. S( One of the birds was shot and it fell into the la-rge railroad pond. After it G had been shot the flock hovered over 111 the pond for three or four hours, cir- af cling higher and higher until they were P' out of gunshot reach. P It was after night before the flock si abandoned the wounded bird and con- sj tinued their journey northward. The j& Dira taat was sauc was uul i^iucu, uul was disabled in one of its wings. It cl i3 a fine large bird, standing about four b< feet high and measuring eight feet from tip to tip of its wiugs. It as white as snow, with the excop? tion that it has one or two black m feathers in the top of the wings. Its jjj beak is about one foot in length, with L a pouch underneath large enough to yj hold about one gallon of water. The ^ flock had probably been disturbed and p; driven out of their course to the north- ^ ern lakes.?Pittsburg Headlight. T oc An effort is being made to preserve tt tiie old State House at BostotL & : ' al Hospital. j i i . ? ? * r Avn rrrtn \rtL>U\?j Iiuusr-O ALiU.xu J. riiii 'AST AS A HOSPITAL. x packing box so ventilated that thi ( fruit can be separated from each oth sr in a natural and dry state. Ii transportation there would thus be J minimum of damage. The box i> made of pasteboard and divided intc compartments, each box holding a doz ?n oranges, the partitions preventing sue orange from touching another. ADJUSTABLE WINDOW SHADE A Roller That Can Be Shifted at Will to Any Desired Position. The supports in which the roller 01 an ordinary window shade rests are usually fixed to the woodwork. Hence \ y . W. ' ' * ) ISEEgEEIt! Iiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiii I A 1^009^ iiiii mil ^ 9 * Enn?rln<j Air 'J 1 11 be upper limit of the shade must reuain unchanged. Only the lower edge I lal Scenes. A CANAL U(J 1 NO A STREAM. an be shifted. Something would be ained, though, if the roller could be loved downward occasionally. Venilation above it could then be easily ffected by pulling down the upper ash. Again, in many bedrooms it is comion to have muslin curtains that cover nly the lower half of the window pening. They are more transparent ban the shade, yet afford privacy rhile a person is dressing. Light for be operation is usually secured by unning tbe shade r.p as far as it wil! o. Now, it will be seen that if the hade roller can be moved up and down be curtains would not be needed, for, T* nlAnftT SN I list.!.* I y &vwtrj.iu? iiic luuci, yuzuiy ul ii^UL rould be admitted above it, while the hade would serve as a screen in front ? tbe lower sash. A man named Stone has invented leans for adjusting a roller instantaeously at any elevation. His meclian5in is designed to go on the roller, and lie latter acts exactly as it would uner ordinary circumstances except for s change of position. The device ught to improve the methods of reguiting the light and air in a room, and bould be serviceable in'schools and usiness offices, as well- as in private omes.?New York Tribune Farmer. i The Meanest Man. A low rrv sh.lHprprl tho nrWiirml ? ? - ~~? I ilence, and the man awoke. i "Oil, by the way " he said, "I forgot ) tell you, Fanny, that I am carrying , ly money in a safety pocketbook now, i t sticks a pin in your linger when you j T to%opeu it the usual way. Feel i rider the left hasp. You'll find a pring there that you iyess twice." Howlers For Schoolboy*. Here are sime "howlers" of British :hoolboys; "Chaucer," we are told, wrote a middle class English;" "Every erman joes tu school at an early age, Dwever old he is;" "An axis is an im;inary Ii.ie on which the earth is suposed ti> take its daily routine;" "The har-isees were people who liked to uyw vu lut-it uy pLUj'tng ill faonymes;" "A sower went forth to >w, and as he sowed he fell by the ayside, aud thieves sprang np and loked him;" 'The larynx is the voice jx, and shuts when we swallow it." Louis XVI. Panels on Auto. The latest French fashion in autolobiles is to have the panels painted ke those of the old Sedan chairs, with ouis XVI. garlands and heraldic deuces. A motor car lined with flowered rocade, having silver-gilt mounts and mels painted in imitation of Verms'artin, has been on the boulevards, he twentieth century Farisienne who :Cupied it in no way detracted from le general impression of luxurious ( lintlaess. - i M r)9(jSC603CeOG080CO#OBC5C?00? ? I ;1 |{ausshold patters.: 1 11 o L)0e3G00?0?0*8at????C?0009t9 ] To Wash Chamois Leather. Chamois leather should always be rvashed in warm water to which a little ammonia has been added. Wash | by pressing softly between the palms, but do not wring. Press the water but by holding tightly between the hands, and hang in sun or before the fire where it will dry quickly. Rub and pull into shape every few moments during ths drying process, i To Clean Linoleum. It stands 'to reason that soap is . ijoing to injure the varnish and finish. On a farm where there is plenty , if milk a cloth wrung out of skim milk is the best means of taking up j the dust and brightening the linoleum. Where milk is scarce, us2 iuke warm water to which has been idded half a cupful of kerosene oil i ar some good furniture polish i Wring the cloth rather dry from this ind go over the linoleum after sweeping. An ordinary broom should 1 jot be used upon linoleum any more Jhan upon a hardwood floor, because. It is too harsh, and in time produces i ansightly scratches. Have a soft. |, long-handled brush, which take3 tho Just from a polished surface much better than r. broom, and doe3 not jcratch or mar the surface; then iinish with a clean cloth wrung out it the oil and water. Mo3t housekeepers and nearly all servants scrub' ailcloth and linoleum as though they, crere a bare floor. They are dusty, rather than dirty, since everything remains on top. For the Lamps. ...7 .timp burners and wicks should be thoroughly cleansed as often as once a month. Take out the wicks and put them into a pan of boiling water, with a teaspoonful of washing soda, set the pan on the stove and let ooil for an hour, when they should 0S taken out, rinsed well in clean water and dried in the sun. Put the burners also into a pan of boiling water in which has been dissolved three teaspoonfuls of washing soda, and boil and rinse in the same way. Thoroughly wash out the bowl of the lamp and re-fill with clean, fresh oil. That taken from the emptied lamp may be put into a bottle and used for cleaning in various ways. When the wick and burners are dried, return them to the freshly-filled lamp, trim the wick carefully, lighting to see If all is right, before you set it away. Ml soft or tissue papers should be saved for chimney cle4ner3, and when the lamp is filled and ready to be set away, it is better to rub the charred edge off the wiclt with a bit of paper than to try to even it with the scissors. One of the most necessary articles in the home is a clear, swsetsmeling light. Testing Small Fruits. Testing small fruits is so simple, according to an old time dealer, that a woman who has had any experience in buying supplies for the household should be able to judge their edible qualities easily. "With the larger fruit, such as melons, a woman must ha.ve some i experience," said 4ie, "before she can be sure that the ones she selects are ripe and good. With both watermelons and cantaloupes weight should be a determining factor in the choice. Then, too, with the for- i mer, if ripe, the rind should be soft I enough for an indentation to be made with the finger nail' or the sharp end of a pencil, for as a rule when they are hard and resist such pressure it is an indication that they have not become sufficiently ripe to eat. Of the many varieties on the market the Georgia melons are the best?that is, the sweetest?in my,- I opinion. Many dealers do not object to cutting into a melon w^en a buyer has selected one, and if a ' merchant is willing to make such a test I should suggest that a woman | accept such an offer." , ? I Cherries For Tarts?To preserve cherries for tarts, to three pounds of fruit, after stoning, add one pound j of brown sugar; put the sugar and j juice together and boil, then put in { the fruit; stew fifteen or twenty miu- ! utes; take them out and skim and j drain the syrup from the fruit; lay in dishes to dry in the sun;., pour { over the syrup a little at a time; : turn the fruit over frequently; when all the syrup has been used and the J fruit is well dried, put in stone jars * with alternate layers of sugar. Orange Fritters?Mix one-half pound flour and one-half pint milk into a stiff batter; add two ounces melted butter, two eggs well beaten ) and a very little salt. Peel two ) oranges, divide into sections without 3 cracking the skin, have ready a pan 3 of thoroughly boiling fat, put in a f3 tablespoonful of batter with one piece of orange in the center, fry a Dice gomeil uruwu, uiam ui_i mi.i,ucu paper, then dish oa lace paper, sprinkling powdered sugar on the f top. They should be cooked and sent f to the table as quickly as possible. 5 Hotcli Poteh?Hotch potrh is an oldfashioned Scotch dish, made iu the spring, when there are plenty of fresh [ vegetables. It is a thick puree-like j soup. It may be made either from fresh or cooked- meat. This is one way of making it: Three or four pounds of l loin chops are put into a saucepan with About three quarts of boiling water. ;! I'oas, harricot beans, carrots, half a 3 lurnip, parsley, a little bit of cabbage find some green onions are added. Boil t this very slowly for an hour and a ? guarter, season with pepper and salt; ^ it should be a thick broth when done. L 5 SEVEN LITTLE GIRLS DROWN Were Wading at Cedar Rapids and Stepped Beyond Depth. SRnallest One Suddenly Sinks and Six ^ Others Lose Lives in Trying K to Save Hcr? & Cedar Rapids, Iowa.?Seven girls ^ sverc drowned while wading in Cedar River, only three blocks irom home, pi One child slipped into a deep hole, tl and in trying to rescue her six others ivere drowned. Ruth Klersey was the only one of the party to escape. d] The dead are Lucille, Hazel, Gladys Si and Jo3ie Sweeting. Ruth and Cora 0! Coyle and Clara -Usher. The girls ranged in age from seven to sixteen /ears. The Sweeting children lived with their father near Ellis Park, on the tt outskirts of Cedar Rapids. Clara ci Usher was the daughter of Swee^- al fng's housekeeper, and the Coyle M children were nieces who were on a visit from Sioux City. C The children had gone to the river C1 with Mrs. Usher, who took her baby, h; The latter fretted and Mrs. Usher j. started home with it. The children ]c immediately went wading in the g< river. Ruth Klersey went to the n; end of a long sandbar and, seeing that the water was deep at the end ^ of the bar, warned the other chil- gl dren. Lucille Sweeting, however, ran to the end of the bar and, the sand yielding, slipped off into seven r< feet of water. Her cries brought P1 Hazel Sweeting to her aid. In try* ~ ~ H T t.rtlllfl Konl- r%rt +h a CQTl/1. I ^ bar she, too, fell in to the deep water. Another child went to her ol a39istajL.ce .and slipped, in. and so v< 5n until the seven"of The eight children were in deep water. Some of 13 them drowned helplessly, while two w or three vainly tried to climb back d< on the sandbar out of deep water. ti Ruth Klersey, seeing the fate of ? her companions, then ran down the road crying to Mrs. Usher, overtaking her when almost home. Mrs. ^ Usher left her baby in the road and V( ran back to aid the children. She _ managed to get hold of the hair of ^ two of them and fulled them out of y the water, but it was too late to save their lives. ' The other bodies were recovered later, while hundreds of people gathered on the river bank to watch 6 the sad ta3k. E ? b: Girl Drowns in Big Mooso Lake. C Utica, N. Y.?The body Miss SJ Grace Brown, of Otselic, was recovered from Big Moose Lake in " the Adlrondacks. The lake is still rr being dragged for the body of her P companion, Carl Graljam, of Albany, bi They went out on the lake. Their boat waa found upside down next s day. b Ia STOLE $200,000; LOST IN COTTON oi T. \V. Alexander, an Augusta, Ga., 111 Broker, a Defaulter and a Fugitive, y Augusta, Ga;?T. W. Alexander, u of the cotton brokerage firm of * Alexander & Alexander, is a default- 3 er for nearly $200,000 and a fugitive. He left this city, leaving a note saying he had been using lands to ^ speculate in cotton, that the market had gone against him, and that he would never return alive. Investigation showed that Alextender had used not only all the resources of his firm, but that he had a atolen from August banks by the w improper use of cotton warehouse lc receipts about $150,000. The Georgia Railroad Bank is the heaviest loser, n In addition to money gotten, from a banks Alexander touched his friends O X5 ? Ai AAA ? Lor sums ranging iroui fiuuv ujj iu v> 55000. s1 GIRL KILLS HER BROTHER. f< B Avenges the Death of Creffield, v: Whom Mitchell Shot. p Seattle, Wash.?George Mitchell, ,0, who recenty shot and killed Franz w Edmunds Creffield, a "Holy Roller Prophet," and was acquitted of the jharge of murder on a plea of insanity, was shot and killed by his j* Bister, Esther, in the Union Station. ~ Esther Mitchell joined the "Holy " Rollers" at Corvallis, Ore., and was jne of the most ardent of CrefSeld's A followers. When her brother pur- a sued the leader of the "Holy Rol- t> lers" to Seattle and shot him in the street, he declared that.Creffield had rA leluded and wrongetf his sister. g, Mitchell was acquitted. Nearly p. ill the following day he spent search- s< Ing for Esther in Seattle lodging liouses. She refused to be comforted after the death of Credeld. t] AWARDS FOR BATTLESHIPS. a , R Jramps and New York Company Get Contracts for New Vessels. . Washington, D. C. ? Secretary ir 3onaparte awarded the contracts for he two 1C,000-ton battleships, South jr Carolina and Michigan, one to the c( tramps, of Philadelphia, and the >ther to the New York Shipbuilding Company, of Camden, N. J. E The bid of the Cramps was $3,?40,000 and that of the New York Shipbuilding Company $3,585,000. c< rhe Secretary of the Navy was ob- ** iged to distribute the contracts in V his way because Congress had proided that not more than one ship v hould be built by any one concern. bi McCall Left Small Estate. y John A. McCall, former President f the New York Life Insurance Comany, died comparatively poor. There fj as just been completed an appraise- B( lent of his property, and it shows his et personal property does not excccd . . sv.sjo. L Thaw Denies He is Insane. Harry Thaw, from the Tombs, New p; rork City, made his first statement li ince his indictment, in which he ositively denied that he is insane. U M inor Mention. ^ Cossacks in the Province of the ft )on refused to obey mobilization or- j srs. Archie and Qnentin Roosevelt si rove a locomotive from Oyster Bay r< o Mineola. <] The Shr Dn Estate Company has b; ecided to rebuild the Palace Hotel. n an Francisco, on the eld site. E Secretary Shaw sent a letter to.naional banks, urging them to issue It lore $"> bills, saying the United e: tates Treasury is unable to meet t\ he pressing demand for notes of \ mall denomination. WASHINGTON. Secretary Shaw offered for saM SO,000,000 bonds of the PanamJ anal loan, to bear interest at thfl ite of two per cent, and to be date? ugust 1, 1906. ' } The government received wor# lat hostilities h%ve broken out bei ireen Salvador and Guatemala. The crop report issued by the De* irtment of Agriculture shows that. te acreage of corn planted waf 3,635,000 acres; increase, 1.6. The Commissioner of Fisheries rejrts that the value of the water pronets taken and sold by United tate3 fishermen in 1905 was $56,30,000. j'H OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Lieut. Tallmadge H. Brereton* of i h ie Second Infantry, committed sui? de by shooting himself in the head t the Army and Navy Club at? anila, P. I. Okomotu, Japanese, and Lorenz? olon, a native of Porto Rico, botk E whom killed their wives, wdr? anged at Honolulu, Hawaii. Tha ipanese, in a speech from the gai>ws, begged the pardon of his homo rvernment for having disgraced the ation. t ..V-'JM Members of the Philippine Comlission returned to Manila, after s immer session at BaguoK Commissioner Worcester, is slowly 'covering from a severe at^ck of >. neumonia at Manila, and the othef jmmisisoners are taking a rest from /. leir duties. 1 Justice MacLeary, of Porto Rico. "/-.I| btained a license to nj#rry his dl* ; Dreed wife Philadelphia, Montalon, the most powerful out? *(|| iw in the Island of Luzon, P. I.? ho la credited with numerous mur- ( 7,2 ers, outrages on women and mu* v lation of prisoners, surrendered t* ol. Bandholtz, of the constabulary s t Bataogu. An extraordinary session of tht sgislature at San Juan, P. R., con? 1 ned to appropriate money for th? urchase of the pier of the New ? o,-k & Porto Rico Steamship Comany in San Juan harbor. DOMESTIC. .. - - -- . . THe uarnegie ana me oeiuieu?ui teel Companies will take part of ' aval armor plate contract on th? ; ime terms offered by the Afldvala 'U ompany in order that their plants, lould not be idle. A woman who gave her name as '/jl Esac"?Case spelled backward?* lade a determined effort to sea resident Roosevelt, at Oyster Bay, , at was stopped by his guards. ( ^ Harvey L. Shaffer, uncle of John Phipps, was killed in an automo* x ile accident at Sayville, Long Is.nd. President Winthrop, of the Board [ Education, says the allegation " lade by Prof. W. Steel, of Harris- 'V'r: urg, Pa., that positions . in New ork State schools are purchased Is -J. -v 9 MnlflAffori Illi ue U1 luauuauau. Mrs. Frederick Henry Cossltt, aughter of Judge Dugro, whose ridegroom wa3 killed in the recent inglish railway wreck, arrived at ew York City with the body. The marriage of Thomas A. Edl>n, Jr., may reconcile the invettor ad his son. /rjk Mrs. Samuel Greenbaum, wife of* New York Supreme Court Judge, as struck by a golf ball and may; >so the sight of one eye. J. Bruce Ismay, head of the Inter- <:'i$ ational Mercantile Marine Company, ? rrived in New York City on the ceanic and announced that six new, cean liners are to be built. * 'M Ex-Judge Hargis, on the witness :and at Beattyville, Ky., at his trial jr complicity in the murder of J. . Marcum, denied the charge, and Illified the State's witnesses and the rosecuting attorney. Chicago packers deny allegations f Massachusetts Health Board, hich reported finding adulterations i meat products. > Curtis Jett testified in the Hargis lurder trial at Beattyville, Ky., that e killed J. B. Marcum because the itter was his deadly enemy. W. M. Oler, President of the merican Ice Company, has issued statement in defence of his com- 'x&x any. A Mexican Central Railroad offlial in New Orleans said a secret oranization, opposed to government olicy, was spreading anti-American jnttment throughout the country. FOREIGN. S3 Serious charges in connection with le classification of American graia re made by the Association ol! henish and Westphalian Importers, Ex-President Tomas Regalado wan illed in a fight between the Salvaorean and the Guatemalan forces, .. ~ i which the former were defeated. William J. Bryan, in an interview, i London, denied that he had bejme more conservative in his ideas. Tartars attacked a monastery and lllaged the city of Van, in Eastern urkey. Eighty British warships, which >st $50,000,000 to build, went to le junkman a few days ago for * A A AAA iUU,UUV. Forty thousand Hebrews, men, > omen and children, fled from War? iw, fearing massacre. Iquique, Chile, a seaport town, as swept by fire. John D. Rockefeller, expressing Is belief that talk of his extradition om France is "all politics," afc? ounced his sailing for America. A memorial service for tbosa illed in the wreck of the Salisbury as held at St. Paul's Cathedral, ondon. The body of Louis Bernath, ^ ainter of New York, who lost hJJ fe while mountain climbing, hate een recovered at Berne, Switzer-* ind. A company of Cossacks which had een garrisoning Uzvoka, Russia, as been sent away because the soliers refused to fire on the people. tt Po m nholi-Rannerman >5ir neuij v/ *-* * v -? ?? _ lid in the House of Commons. iq jgard to a prediction in the Cana* ian Senite that Canada would soon ?ek independence, that all the colonies desired closer relations with England. The Russian army of occupation 1 Manchuria has departed for Rua* ia. A small force of railroad and rontier guards remain. There will e no further withdrawals befo? Vf :9U-- ' .