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14 PEOPLE CRUSHED.
Collapse of Steel Skeleton of Hotel
Dalinglon
OTHERS MAY IE IN WRECKAGE
The Building; Department Entered
Repeated Charge* of Violation
Against the Building, Which Were
Disregarded.
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New York, Special.?Fourteen perrons
are believed to have been killed,
?' whom the bodies of only five have
been recovered. about a score injured,
and several are missing through the
collapse of the steel -skeleton of the
Hotel Dalington. a thirteen-story
apartment house in course of erection
at r.TS West Forty-seventh street. The
steel frame had been erected as far as
the eleventh tloor, and the structure
was swarming with iron workers, maeons
and laborers, when, without an,
instant's warning, the upper floor sagged
ami collapsed ami the whole strut- !
ture fell with a crash that was heard
for blocks and shook all the buildings
in the vicinity. A portion of the stool
f'atro fell upon the rear of tho Hotel
Vntterson, on West Forty-seventh
street, crushing in the wall of the dining-room
and killing Mrs. Klla I.aooy
titorrs the wifr, ?,f L- Ctr??-.-o -
wealthy resident of Rye, Westchester
'ouuly. as she was sitting at luncheon
with the wife of Rov. Dr. Mlnot Savage.
who escaped unhurt.
The other dead. so far as known, ar?
Frederick Morrills. foreman of the
Rncbling Construction Compati); a
derrick man and two unidentified men,
apparently laborers.
Among those missing is Frank J. Allison.
of the Allison Realty Company,
the builders of the hotel, who is known
1o have been in the building when it
fell. Efforts to recover the bodies of the
Head and rescue those imprisoned in
the wreck were begun by the firemen
immediately after the trash, aqd the
work of searching the ruins vill be
ontinued all night. Owing to thejenorntous
mass of metal wreckage, days
may elapse before all the bodies are
recovered.
The cause of the disaster gene'ally
accepted is the overloading of the
floors. Foreman James llalpin in
< barge of the iron workers, stated that
there was a large quantity of eeirent
nnd other building material on the
fifth floor, and that, on the ninth floor
were eighty-three iron beams which
were to have been used in constructing
the remaining floors of the building.
That criminal carelessness is chargeable
to somebody is shown by the fa t
that the building department bad
placed repeated charges of "violations"
against the building, the last one of
Inspector Charles French, because "the
side walls were more than two stories
in advance of the front walls and the
floor beams were not properly bolted
and tied."
In spite of this and previous warnings.
those responsible for the construction
of the building went ahead,
regardless of consequences.
Adjoining the collapsed building oh
the west is the four-story brown-stone
residence of Harold Brown. Some of
Iho huge iron beams struck the side of
thn hnr.9f> ntnl fitnvn linlfle In ??oll
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and voof, and dislodged a part of the
brown-stone front, which was thrown
to the street. The occupants escaped
uninjured. On the east side is a house
occupied by A. Walpole Orage as a
school for boys. This had been dismissed
a few minutes before the crash.
A few beams struck the house, tearing
off a portion of the roof and smashing
holes in the side walls.
Mrs. Storrs. whose husband is in
T,ondon, was sitting at luncheon with
Mrs. Savage when the crash came, and
she and Ernest. Meier, a waiter, were
instantly buried under the debris of tho
roof and walls. Mrs. Savage barely escaped
being struck, but he?- skirt was
pinned to the floor by a mass of fallen
bricks. Mrs. Storrs was breathing when
extracted, but died within a few minutes.
The waiter is believed to he fa.
tally injured. The other occupants of
the dining-room escaped unhurt.
For a Dispensary.
Wilmington, Special.?Those who are
in a position to know,* say that, within
ton nays trio campaign ror a dispensary
in Wilmington will bo launched in
earnest. However, the temperance advocates
will make n.) effort to ront the
open saloons before the first of next
Janunrv. The necessity for a vote
upon the question TO days preceding
the regular election in November is assigned
as the reason for drawing the
lines so early. Should the anti-saloon
element postpone the election as late
as August, it would then be too late
to close the salcons in January, in
the event that they are successful The
requisite number of names were secured
to a petition calling for the election
during last fall.
A Wireless Test.
Pensaeola. Fla., Special.?Wireless
telegraphy is being put in practical use
here. Messages were received from
and sent to the battleship Texas.
She was fully 100 miles out when the
first message was received, and though
going at. full speed the vessel did not
arrive until late in the afternoon.
Other vessel^of the navy will be communicated
with as they approach.
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THE SMOOT INVESTIGATION
Great Latitude Will Re Allotted In
(Examining Witnesses.
Washington Special.?An effo t to
draw out the innermost farts o( the
Mormon faith was manifest in Wednesday's
proceedings before the Senate
committee on privileges and elections,
in an investigation of the pro
tests against Recti Snioot. claiming
his seat as a Senator from Vtah
President Joseph F. Smith, tho highest.
official of the church, was on the
stand all day. lie was questioned
closely in regard to the principles of
divine revelations. Ho said he adhered
absolutely to all the teachings
of the church in that regard and that
he himself had been visited with divine
inspirations from (led. Ho nlso
said that he still believed In polygamy.
Tno testimony was directed in
a siight. degree only at Senator Snioot
and 110 attempt was made iiv tho do
frnso to curtail ihr admission of testimony
until President Smith was questioned
in relation to polygamous cohabitation
of certain officials of the
church before the manifesto of ISOO.
The attorneys then objected, and
much time was devoted to the relevancy
of tpich testimony. The committee
went into executive session,
and after full discussion determined
to allow the utmost latitude to the
hearings, which means that court,
practices will he avoided, and thus
the first victory was scored for the
protest unts. The committee will
near practically all the prosecution
has to offer and determine for itself
what is competent testimony. Tho
committer will hold daily sessions.
President Smith war the first witness.
II. \V. Taylor, counsel for the
Protestants, -shed Mr. Smith if he
was a prophet, seer and rcvelationist.
Mr. Bmiin said be received his
powers liy reason of tho position ho
held. He said the apostles of tho
church were "sustained in the saiuo
powers as prophets, soeis and rovela
tors."
Mr. Smith explained that (lie first
presidency it: the president of the
church, and two high priests or counselors.
and the twlovo apostles aro
next in authority. Tho Presidents
are elected i?v the council and the
apostles. Ik- said, but he believed and
It is taught that presidents are really
chosen by divine revelation, and they
aro then endowed with the authority
of the hnlv priesthood by authority
direct from Clod.
In relation to r< \ latir.n the witness
said tho church holds that any
elder may receive a revelation for
his own guidance.
"Then Mr. Smoot may receive sin h
revelations direct from God?" said
Mr. Taylor.
"For his own guidance, yes," was
the answer.
Mr. Smith said only those revelations
to the president which had been
presented 10 the church and accepted
by tlje members were binding upon
them. Mr. Overman wanted to know
what happened o those who did not
believo in tho inspired revelations.
"Were they unchurched?" lie asked.
"They unchurched themselves,'*
was the response.
Mr. Ta>lor put the situation in
this form: "May the members of tlio
church s:t> to you, 'We deny that
God has told you to tell us that, and
we will not loeeive your revelation?"
"It could." was the reply.
Mr. Smith then made this statement:
"The members of the Mormon
church are among the freest, most
independent people of all the Christian
denominations. They have freedom
of speech, freedom of thought.
They are not all united on every
principle of the church. They are
not. expected to he So long as one
accepts God, and his opinion is not.
in conflict, with the accepted standards
of the church, hf enjoys fellowship
In the church, lie who denies
tiod. ne wno commits adultery. or
steah. or lies. or boars false witness
agaii st his neighbor in any tvav. or
goes contrary to the cardinal principles
of our Christian religion, is compelled
to withdraw. Put one who is
honest, virtuous, bciictcs in God ar *
baa a. little faith in our religion .s
nurtured though he may not heliovn
in theVhurch in all that it teaches. In
that book (Mr. Smith pointed 1o a
Mormon volume) is a revelation on
plural marriages. Not more than ?>
or 4 per cent, of the entire membership
of the church have entered that
state. All the rest have abstained
from plural marriages, and many
thousands have rejected the principlo
entirely."
Senate* Dubois said: "i notice you
say that many thousands rejected the
doctrines of plural marriages. Do
you menu that .thov never practiced
plural . marriages or thai they dcclar?l
against the doctrine?"
Mr. Smith answered again that
many thousands in the church had
declared against, the principle of plural
marriages as given to the church
In a reveiation from Joseph Smith,
I T. v hfioff in 1* - # r
(i i i kj Ifi ||>b v?ui tur ?ji rtiill.v
ing to subscribe to the teachings of
the church, Mr. Hoar asked a number
of questions, and Mr. Smith said:
The principle of reveiatiou is the
fundamental principle of the character."
"Have yon ever received such a
revels i Ion direct from Hod " asked
Mr. Taylor.
"I never said I hod received a revaistlon
except lhat God has shown mo
that Mnrmonism is God's divine
truth." said Mr. Smith.
"How has God shown you that?"
aaked Mr. Burrows.
"Bv inspiration."
Mr. Smith described the accepted
theory of revelation of the principle
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' of^polygainv to Joseph Smith. Jr.. saying
that an angel in black had appeared
unto him.
\ 1? said revelations had not come
to Im In that form, but ho had recolv?d
a direct revelation from Cod
by I ispir&tion.
At this point. Mr. llailey said lie assumed
that all the testimony being
brought in in regard to the religion
of tho Mormon church had some
sound relation to the influonee the
ehurch had in eivil affairs, and unless
ho w?s assured of that he would object.
District Appropriation.
"Washington. Special.?Tlie House devoted
the entire day Tuesday (o consideration
of the District of Columbia
a ipropriation bill, but did not conclude
arion on the measure. The House
ceTnroittee of the whole amended the
bill by unanimous vote so an to tlx the
marimum rates which may be charged
the District of Columbia for telephone
service or for telephones in private
reaid?nees at from J2"? to $.">0 per annum.
The amendment was proposed
by Mr. Barttett. of Georgia.
Notes and Comments.
If Mr. Cleveland and his friends desire
to confer an cspceial favor on the
R?puhlican party Jn 1904 they will
make the Panama issue paramount in
the canvass. Under this sign Roosevelt
would conquer by a much bigger majority
in the electoral college than the
sweeping lead won by McKlnlcy in
1900.?St. Uouis Globe Democrat.
Som? men hope to live when they die
because they are dead while they live.
Killed Himself.
Knowille. Tenn., Special.?Col.
Charles Kahlo, of Indianapolis. Ind..
representative of the Natiohai Association
of Manufacturers, headed by D.
M. Parry, killed himself in the Hotel
Imperial here Tuesday, lie was in the
United States consular service under
President llarrtson i nd lias held positions
of State nnd rust in Indianapolis.
No reason is assigned for his
act.
Pire at Rocky Mount.
Raieigh. N. ('.. Special.?A large part
of Rocky Mount. N. C\. was swept
away by five today, the loss being estimated
at over $8.1,000. Too Ore started
in the opesa house in the Masonic
building. This was destroy*.... together
with the postoffke. the hank
building, the telephone office and five
store building were also burned. The
hank and Maspnir building* were modern
structures. The contents of the
bank were uninjured and mail and
stamps in the postofflce were savedt
The hank opened in its new quarters
(his morning
Newts in Notes.
^ Wellington dispatch says: It will
not he possible for the Hritish West
Indian squadron to accept the invitation
of the cihy of Pensacola to visit
that port this %>iirin;j. The invitation
was appreciated, but it. was felt, that it
would interfere with the practice
cruise.
Tom .Tenk;rts? the heavyweight
champion, failed to win in a handicap
wrestling match with .Tim Parr, hefore
the 01yn*>h: Athletic Club, at
Buffalo. Jenkirts undertook to throw
Parr twice in an hour.
A Ixjndon pauer. the citron
ielo, says that in the matter of
i mjuic.i, inn iiimirn.- i>l v uiiiiiiuiis is 1 lie
most correct assembly of legislators
in the world, and the American House
i f Representatives tho most astonishing.
"Tiio ordinary Congressional
costume," it aays, "is n long. very
loose frock coat, a low-cut waist-coat,
turned down collar, white how and
Derby or felt hat. At first glance one
would easily tako Congress for an
assembly of disjointing ministers."
The battleship "Wisconsin has beaten
tho world's record with thirteen
Inch guns. Its export gunners at
Maniia, on February 27, made nine
bull's eyes out of ten shots fired with
in ten minutes.
Washington. Special.?A conclusion
of the negotiations for the title to the
Panama Canal property is in sight.
Wtthin thirty days, perhaps in a
shorter time, the United States wilt he
in full possession of the property and
the money consideration will have been
paid to both the Republic of Panama
and to the new Panama Canal Company.
In an interview, Mr. Cleveland says
he believes the Democrats will nominate
a proper candidate for President.
("Jen. Kuropatldn, the commander of
I the Russian army in the Far East, was
a personal friend of Skobcleff. with
whom he served in the Russo-Turkish
var and the Tekke-Turcoman campaign.
He is a man of the Skobcloff
type, and regards Britain as the hereditary
foe of Russia. It is said that ire
regards as inevitable the Russian conquest
of India.
Governor Bates, of Massachusetts,
in his annual message, recommends
granting to women the right to vote
for municipal officers. If, after trial,
the results are not satisfactory, he
suggests, the legislature can repeal
the law.
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LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS.
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Many Matters of General Interest In
Short Paragraph*.
Down In Dixie.
Many persons believo the Wabash is
behind the now Tidewater Railroad
Just chartered in Virginia that is to
run from Giles county to Norfolk.
It was decided Wednesday to hold
the annual reunion of iho United r'onfederate
Veterans at Nashville, Tenti.,
June 14. 1."? and 16.
The President Wednnulnv sent m
tb* Senate the nomination of .Inlin M.
Merrick as postmaster at Walhnlla,
S. C.
The removal of holt? from the rails is
believer! to have canned the fatal Roanoke
and Southern wreck near Henry
Station. Vn.
Kdward ICmmet. a woodsman, who
claimed St. bonis as his home, died at
llorton. \V. Va.. from drinking hot
drops as a substitute for whiskey.
Mile. T.ouise Peignet dn Pallet.
French teacher at Wytheville Seminary.
Wythevile. Va.. has been ill with
grip and bronchitis.
A non-union man who lias been
working at the steel plant of the Parkerslnirg
Iron and Steel Company during
the strike was tired upon while returning
honie front work. A Federal
warrant has been issued for a striker
who is suspected of the .shooting.
Detectives Tomlinson and (liltson, of
Richmond, went to Suffolk jail and had
a long talk with William Ferris, alias
"the Kid." the alleged slayer of Policeman
Hob Austin, of Richmond. Ferris
denied thai he had confessed to
three fellow-prisoners. but the officers
think lie is Austin's slayer.
Property owners on the eastern
branch of the Hli/.abeth liver, which
the Norfolk and Perky l.ridge Company
purposes to span with a wooden
bridge 1,600 feet. long, announce that
they will fight the request of the bridge
company to build the bridge when the
application is presented to the War Department.
At The National Capital.
Commander Miller, of the cruiser Columbia.
notified President Morales, of
Sr.nto Dojningo. that he would not permit
the blockading of any island ports.
The Cabinet decided not to send any j
troops to the 1st limits of Panama
The Senate passed the hill requiring
the transportation of army and navy
supplies in Vnterlean vessels.
The House concluded general debate
on the Distrht of Columbia appropriation
bill.
The House Committee on Interstate
and Foreign Commeree directed an investigation
to determine whether the
"href trust" is violating the injunction
listing against it.
The Senate Committee on Naval At- i
tairs favorably reported th- Naval Appropriation
bill, with several important
amendments.
Senator Gallinger introduced a hill to
increase salaries of Government exc. uti\e
officers and members of Congress.
VIRGINIA AND WKST VIRGINIA.
The schooner David I'. Davis, hound
for Baltimore, was sunk by a collision
off Hatterar.
i Preparation* are cnmninio
Republican State Convention, which
meets in Norfolk Thursday.
| i At The North.
Mrs. Harriet. S. MaoMurphy. of
Omaha. Neb., who has won some reputation
as a lecturer on domestic s? ience
will conduct a restaurant for dyspeptics
at the St. I .oil is World's Fair.
Philadelphia continues to pay a
heavy prico in human life for its
shameless neglect of ordinary precautions
for its water supl.v. Hast, week
there were 88 new cases of typhoid
fever and 13 deaths, and even this total
was haded as an improvement upon
the previous week, when there were
126 new cases, though only l<k deaths,
from Across The Sea.
The Japanese general staff of the
Guards Regiments sailed for Korea.
A combined attack on Port Arthur
was repor'ed.
Sir William Vernon-Harcourt, the
famous English l.iberal. Is to retire
from Parliament.
Isidy Grizel and llaron Uelhavcn
were married In Westminster Abbey,
the first wedding ever held there, dnr
ing Rent.
St. Petersburg:. By Cable.?It is now
said that the Russian Baltic tquadron,
comprising eight battleships, two armored
cruisers, three protected misers,
two large transports and 30 torpedo
boats, will leave for the far east, at the
end of July. It is added that it will be
commanded by Rear Admiral Ftojestvensky.
Plans are on foot to erect in Berlin
one of the handsomest opera houses in
the world.
Paris. By Cable.?Information reaching
here front official sources shows
the Japanese concentration of troops
Is going on extensively in ih? neighborhood
of Ping Yang. Korea. Barge
forces are debarking front transports
at nearby ports, from which it is assumed
that an extensive land engagement
is imminent in northern Korea.
Attscellr.neou* flatter*.
The postoffice at Humphreys, Ark.,
where the postmaster was a negro,
has been blown tip with dynamite.
Folk delegates jumped out of windows
during a turbulent Democratic
I county convention at Clayton, Mo. I
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RUSSIA'S WARSHIPS BOTTLED
Nov Battleship* Will Not Be Available
Until the find of August.
Ijondon. By ('able.?l.ltle change in
the far Kastern situat! a is reported.
It is apparent that the Japanese are
busily engaged in transporting their
forces into Korea, and this work is being
facilitated by the enforced inactivity
of the navy.
According to the Srhnstopol correspondent
of The Daily C.raphic, Admiral
Skrydloff has learned privately
from Port Arthur that the Uusisan battleship
Retzivnn lies in sneh a position
as to block effectually the exit of battleships
from tiie harbor, the pa sage
being narcticable onlv for .misers The
correspondent adds that the Russian
new battleships now building on tho
Bnltii will not ho ready for active commission
before the end of August.
The Japanese official who lias charge
of Japan's financial and commercial
interests in England declares that his
government foresaw the possibility or
coal being declared contraband of war
and that it had been collecting large
stores of Welsh steam coal for years, so
that today it has a supply sufficient
for the needs of the navy for years to
come.
Russia Peels Easier.
St. Petersburg, r.y Cable. There exists
a high authorilx for tlie statement
that IJnsia now has a reason to feel
more tranquil regarding the altitude of
(Ireat Britain.
The real reason for I he visit to St.
lVlerr'burg of Count BencUendorff.
Russian ambassador to (Beat Britain,
while ostensibly to see his sou off to
the far l-Jast. was personally to assure
his government of his belief that the
Japan's ally were ill-founded, and
Ureal Britain, although standing by
the obligations of the Anglo-Japanese
treaty, would not move unless compelled
.- <> to do by the entrance into
a flairs in the far Cast of a third
power.
As tit" Vssociated Press is also credibly
informed, the British and Krench
governments have reached a thorough
understanding, by which tlicy have
pledged mutual non-interference. Russian
now feels much more secure
against European complications.
Attacked By Crank.
Washington Special?Armed with a
158 caliber revolver. William O'Brien,
alias William Duffy, an insane discharged
soldier, entered the War De
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tho mail ami record division, shot
Robert .1. Manning. a messenger, atirt
Arthur Weieker. a clerk. Miss Rmma
Saxton, another elerk. harel.v
missed being shot. Manning's wound
is considered dangerous. Wcticker
was shot in tho left aim above tho
elbow. lb fore the maniac could flro
a third time lie was overpowered by
James J. Dawson, a messenger, li
required tho combined strength of
half a dozen persons to finally subdue
the man. Prominent among them
was Lieut. General Adna R. Chaffee,
chief of staff. The lunatic still held
tho smoking weapon in his hand
when Gen. Chaffee noticed it. and
with his left hand 011 the man's throat,
took the weapon from him, and also
the papers in his pockets.
Destructive Prairie Fires
Lawton. Okla., Special.?Reports
received here indicate that five persons
have been burned to death and
.1,000 square miles of territory In
tstowa and Comanche counties swept
by prairio fires. Hundreds of people
are homeless ami it is impossible to
estimate aeeurately the flnancinl loss,
owing lo I be wide extnl of country
affected. Following is a partial list
of the killed and injured:
I). iJarmond. living six miles north
oast of Law ton, burned to a erisp;
John Harmond, eniiiiot. live; A. X.
Crawford, near Hawton, seriottslv
burned; Mrs. Henderson, widow living
near Uawton, and two daughters
seriously burned; one eannot live.
Report says that more fatalifes
are expected, as the reports from
some distriets are meagre.
News in Notes.
in 18'm; Congress adjourned on June
7 ten days before the Republican National
Convention. In l!?00 adjotirnment
was taken on June 11. two weeks before
the ((invention at Philadelphia.1
The Republican convention will hp
held this year on June 21. and it will
be a reversal of precedent if the Senators
agree to an adjournment, of the
Congress before June 1.?Washington
Post.
The French Minister of AgiTmlture
has received from the Riviera a report
which shown that the orange growers
are threatened with the worst of calamities.
A microscopic, inse. t. scientifically
known as rhrymimphalus
minor, is the cause of an orange disease
as potentially destructive as the
potato disease which spread famine
and devastation over Ireland .17 yeare
ago. M. Helle. an expert in Nice, has
been investigating the origin and propagation
of this malady among the
oranges. The council of the depart-,
ment of Nice has taken the matter jn
hand. Orangegrowersare combining for
the extirpation of chrysumphalue
minor. It is said that, the insect wa?
imported from America some years,
ago. and that the first signs of its depredations
were detected in Florence.
no. r?j.
COULD NOT AGREE.
Coal Operators Ask for 15 Per Cent
Reduction ;
THE MINERS MAY GO ON A STRIKE
The Conference failed to Reach An
Agreement and An Adjournment
Seemed to He Imminent.
Indianapolis Special.?Wivoti tho
conference ?>f tho minors and opera(ors
of tho central competitive district
opened Tuesday W. S. n?ssett,
an Ohio delegate, moved that th? *
scale no?.- in effe ? be re-adopted".
The Ohio, Illinois, Indiana, and western
Pennsylvania operators voted no.
and Urn minors from the same States
yes. President Mitchell then presented
the demond of the miners, and F.
Ti. Pobbins made tho demands for
the operators of a ir> i?er cent, reduction
in v.-ages. lie said: "Present
conditions demand a reduction In
v.-ages. We ask you lo arbitrate as
to what your share of tho reduction
in the price of coal shall he." Mr.
Hobbins said In- and the ones he represented
would never sign a scale
unless it be a reduction in wages.
President Mitchell replied to Mr.
Hohhins, saying that for bis part ho
knew what lie was going to do. This
statement was interpreted bv the convention
to moan the demands of the
miners would be adhered to.
j The remark was applauded by the
miners. A recess was then taken.
During the recess, F. L. flobbius,
leader of tho operators, said:
"P looks like :i strike. Tho opera
tors will inako no concessions?absolutely
none. It is a reduction or
strike."
President Mil hell said: "On Mr.
Robbins' statement before the convention
it does look like a strike."
\V. S. (logic, of Indiana, made tin*
losing address for the operators. The
question was then called on tho adoption
of Mr. Robbins' resolution for a
reduction of 1" per cent, in wages.
On motion of Mr. Robbins, tho matter
was referred to the scale commitlie,
together with tho entire quotation
of fixing ;> scale. The convention
then adjourned until Thursday.
Want Investigation.
Washington. Special.?An investigation
of the Pnsloffice Department by a
special i uninittee of the House of
Representatives is being urged by tho
r.iinoiity members of the Utilise committee
on pos'officeR and post roads.
A resolution to ibis end. introduced in
Die House .lunnary .Mb last by Representative
flay. Democrat, of Virginia,
was dupli< ate.i by Representative Cowlieril.
Democ at. of Missouri. Mr. Cowherd
is a member of the postoflfice com|
niittee. Mr. Hay is not. and the re
introduction of the icsolution is regarded
as a move to bring tlie matter
to a head in the near future.
Naval Appropriation.
Washington. Special.- After only one
session of the committee on naval affairs
the naval appropriation bill was
Tuesday reported to the Senate. Comparatively
few changes were made in
the hill as passed by the House though
the provision for a naval training static!)
on the (pent l.akos was again incorporated
'r. tlie measure. The increases
recommended by the Senate
aggregate s::_'7.0'in, making the total
$:?7.001.7HS.
Postoll'Ce Hlown I'p.
Washington. Special.- The Postoflico
popartrncnt lias been oflHeialy notified
that the postofflce at Humphreys. Ark.,
has l?een bl< wn tin. and the St. 1/Otiis
division of postoflh o inspectors has
been notified to make an investigation
immediately. The advices to the Department
give no details of the affair,
whirl) pi ess reports attribute to the
dissatisfaction with Hie negro postmaster
and his predecessor, also a
I IIKVITJ.
German Stetl Interest*.
n*rlin. Hy (.'able.?A ft or long and
tedious negotiations the German Steel
Syndicate has finally hern organized.
The original plan was for a syndicate
of the entire German steel industry
and was tirst set in motion at Frankfort-on-the-Main
in the summer of
1002; but, after long haggling, this
project was found to be impossible.
Negotiations were then begun, and now
have breu concluded, among I'fi of
the largest concerns in the country.
The smaller manufacturers whose, output
ranges from 1.000,000 to t.SOO.OOo
tons annually were excluded. The
agreement extends to June 30. 1007.
The Syndicate will l?eg|n activity at
once.
Cruiser Sails for Home.
Philadelphia. Pa., Special.?The new
T.i.'1/It.U lot- * 11* -a.
> uiniou i iwisri .>I<1<1J|IUH, II1IIIL ML
Cramps' shipyard, sailed today for
Constantinople. On the way down the
Delaware river she stopped at Fort.
Miflln, and took aboard 160 tons of
ammunition. The cruiser then proceeded
to Norfolk, to he placed in commission,
after which she will e.ave for
her gun trials off tbe Delaware capea.
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