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l"e Income and Inheritance IVx. "y Melville K. 1,-iuaiiH. ;ni r<*f,..luncc. (o IIw| U!S' ^c>w years coiiu. ( / ' "lr<' :>n '"fonio tax, I have Jo t&o "M ,yx iliar |J(. ,|ivj '' tliat it l* the ix'st and tilr ,,uf for tho |iiir?lls4 !. , ,,a f<)1 ,h?' support of this ?J?verUBWil? '" '"K inoiu'ity. for tho purpose of I UK woaiUi |iay its sharp or tlio bur.k>m; of the people- 1 >* i< 1 < ,u ,t graduated iunmie tux f?ir i think- thai would k? ll*Uu'?r a,ujKu<hmua shouldpay i i IllWo,,,u ,ax Mil incomes ?r ,U :IM u li,x ,or protection of hla l)rol) 1 believe the proper law h ?' ?r ?V er on a fixed percentage. Dcoifi^8!,1!0 8lun<1 11,0 u?t of ih.. ?'",IK 8 cuu bt> f,'auied ami be passed by l>L?l\e w,t.h 51 con4**'tu t loan | a in.!?,i" . ,f 11 w'? ?<>?. H?oa let us ko to the J am la favor or the , l. ",a, w|1> >"?ke it legal. ter fo,a,^,!ko oth<?r ?"xos. j, ts "Ci> tHX itH !i ta* tor Paying the expenses of It ran s,ate to tak<? no ijv i'i ,,"!'h,,un whether thin Is not aiorc of a inst il cannot be imaged l? that w,v f ""'l K? ou ?? "u*>- aru now starting. If | V' 'hen the national Government should tskv iroaeff^f' th\l "^"'nan'Slid'h!; l)!PAr h,y the "atlonal Government or by lw.1.. J vvl"1 hut that when ? V. K,,t to dispose of the bulk of his as (jie law directs i ? !\ * shall bo divided equully among bin tie up hlH property in trust r ,al<t' avvi,y fl<>m any citizen the right to ?nco ?f the |a> of ^f ? onu m,. ally ? allll|>ly a conl|DU. -s together, when if th<>v u ??'1 '"""her form and holds these Immense for* soon scatter. ' ? WUo divided equally among the heirs, they would children and HoiL^t^wLb.f and people, will sav that If a man haB <<> hi in or her, that the m.'"^'"Petent to handle the fortune coming tJU8t* l>ut fhat is the verv thin* l|ave the right to put their slwe In them be distributed, if in, ?.r Perpetuates'these large fortunes. Ut will gain?tho property is / , , 'lrt wasto their Inheritance the public ment, win so protect our fnturn'?!? < distribution, and nothing, la my Judg* I'll ere is danger In Hi.? . ,lsl . "ecuaiulatioaa of wealth a? this, drift Into a hysteria tint utii l,, S<7 ( cf,!M""?n of public opinion that we will ness and produce dlsifitor * ? . legislation that will seriously hurt our busi* ways, and we m.ist keep j,', niirw/'Vti V'V '!"K ,n,? ln Icft?reneo t0 ,ho ral1' force in the coualry. Wo , railways constitute fho largest business their business in the fntino 1'V ? ? ",0in a fair opportunity to carry on and thus prevent disaster to the community. I he Lone/ome Millionaire By Gerald Stanley Lee, man-who has a million dollars In his pocket and a philanthropic, work on his hands soon finds (hat *o far as his philanthropy is concerned ho is one of the most lonesome* and helpless objects In the world. Ihp world does not want his philanthropy. It wants his sa v ahou|01 hV'8 . u' (1i??s no1 eveu want to hear what ho has t0 say about his philanthropy. u wants to hear how lie got his million dollars. If there is a particular set of poor people he is interested in the best way for him to raise money for them would be fo tell other poor people how to Ket rich. If ho wero to open an office and give private consultations, heart to-heart talks on how he supported himself, he could support a dozen charities with his daily fees. If thoro were any arrangement by which a millionaire could be toUl at ?ight?if he were compelled by law to wear a coat, for Instance, with a dollat sign on it, amount specified?there is scarcely a city in the world where h? would not be followed by crowds in the street. Even aS it is, he is often reminded that he is a sight in spite of himtalf. The word passes around if he enters a restaurant, and when he hides in his hotel people stand in Hue to seo tils name on the register. The world envies him for one thing and that 1-s the thing it never forgets. Whichever way he turns in his attempt to carry out some larger design for the world he finds that his million dollars are in the way. He cannot do the work alone and he cannot find tlie men to help him. ?? He spends nearly all his time in discovering that the men >who appear to help him are helping themselves. They are not the same men with him that they are with others. They arc polarized by his money. Ho cannot get at men, somehow, as they are. He finds himself defeated at every point either by his own million dollars or by some one else's million dollars, or by some one else's desire to have his million dollars. The whole getting-a-living machine of modern life Is across his path.?Mount Tom, Deadly .Effects qf Fatigue By Dr. Luther H, Ouliclc. ATIGUB lowers all the faculties of tbo body.' The effects ontthe other part of a man arc just as Important. It puts a chasm "b* twecn seeing and acting; It makes a break somehow between the messages that come In to the brain from the outside world and the messages that go out. It destroys will-power. In every direction It decreases efficiency, forcing the personality down to a lower level. ' g<rpnt like sickness and death. It is a condition hi nature of things wo cannot avoid; but It .la Important foirtjtf to and how to deal with It U wo want to koop out of&tly blunders. are not ouraolve<,. A part, ot us has temporarily gono ouet"o7 exiatonco. What remains Is something whk-h belong* to a mor, primitive state of f^^^'jt up in strata, one layer added to another. At Our Per " 0 u lb;|?tli8 and vice's of our remote ancestors. The the bottom lio the sa 9 aud huntinR tribes still holds there. At the code of mora * of < K (8 <)f aIJ advanced- society?the things that have top lie the hlghei a (o aC(lulve. i? mo0 patience i? one of these, mod est*" s anther-chastity, and a fine sense of justice and personal obligation belong in u*c J1b/q' be?lns to attack the personality, it naturally under Mow -when fatigue begins ^ ^ a man ,B cxhRU8ted, he finds it difficult mines these latest_ st hla f.u,lt it iB because fatigue has forced him to bo patient, Ihat - u a His ^elf-control is at a low ebb. The small back a few hundred low his temper. est annoyances are en s the llBt 0f recent charter acquisitions. Mnnv The same hoM* and harder to resist when a man is fatigued. 11|8 temptations are more vividness of his distinctions between right morat sense .?. d.U ?d H. SosW-Oood Housekeeping and wrong, honesty ?n? A Famous and Historic Almanac. By FronclsGribble. v pot ha Is more than an Almanac. It 1b an lnstltu ,r?, d in red and So!d, ,t Ho. on the tab,. 1.inmntist is in constant request in the newspaper office* T2. ^ ? ?">? ??? >?"???. , ih.'in any other nnnuat ot reference in the world. U """Zlatc what Burke and Dohr.lt and the other Peerare. ? to the iiriusn isies. ana u is 'iisn mo of such topical encyclopedias a*j our 'Wblttaker," our *HCe"t1(lr ar>d ^od'T, ''Statesman's Yearbook." A political and soclalhlst^ ?S last one hundred and flfty years could be written from ? ror,(l f0r thi these were readily accessible to students. But thev are nn? ? nuo?bertj* do GuiLa began to apn?*r in 1763. but the purchasers <im m7 * A1?ana<* ence. The earliest number* tn the British M?M?um aro ?2LS Ji for "SS 1783; and a complete set can be consulted nowhere ^ 177rrr>^; office in Frederlch's Allee in the little Thurinalan can?*?i Lw 11,6 MltorX issue was lately published. Probably not one In ten tho-j?^!li*nc/> Him currently use the AJmanac ho* sny knowledge of tt? InterestwII ku. It had, of course. Ita predecessors. The blwiU?^,"!n* ponderous tomes^ and the middle of the eighteenth centur* ai* of thin kind of literature. In Pari, alone, as many ZZ^iZS* *?1** ?h were published In the year 17*0, Inchiding a Royal Alman^ Z?* A,B?iE Almaaac of Beasts, aa Almanac of Badinage, etc., etc. eto. ieuu^T^ Itself hod Its own Almanac from a *UU earlier date.'la tks of 0a? prored (k*he Oeaealo^cal and Writing CaJengar." the ortgtn^J^M. te the mist of antiquity, though a copy date* lft# -it Scmnm? \ The &dMt /A SERMon ' 4 i/tAere/. Subject: J?Ug (h(, ? flauara I' at tlj Irvl1g ?h?m^i'e6b,U,nau ChuM-h. on tk* the Preacher the Rev. lra W?B?mell Hender^u, pftltflT. t0JJ ^k 2.2, Ana He I ElfS* h"?i5 un!o ?*??" ^ The sharp lioe between nreaei.'mi? and t6?cM*K ll very hardly drawn. Th*/ preacher who amounts to anv-1 thing at aH o?tht to be u good teacii-1 er, ln#trn3 ^n,i? Ulen' 11 dot,<s I neeiM*"1^ l0ll?* conversely that :i good teacher *m be as ready when preaching iB then*^. But the preach er niuBt be a teacher does he w|gh for Buccew in sowing of the Gospel seed. He wno would be an infltknue tatjnd toward Cod must he able not (only to dec lire to men what is die Vay we should live that we may at tain to eternal li(e, but also he must able to unfold to mankind how , may find the way and keep to i's ddle Oh the march toward heaven. .But lost wUrlft from the theme InN^and, letfa to the point. Jenus wailfca-^^a^t preacher the woi..i lias ever seen, and He stands to-da> as the Master and1 the inspiration of all tboae who would tell His truth.' Glorious as are the messages of the prophets to their people and their day, and' rich a? are tlie utterance of the long line of spirit-filled men, who bave slnct Christ preached the Gospel of God uuto men, Jesus yet holds the prettier place as the might iest message-girer of them all. Let us for these minutes, while we are here together, glance at several salient qualities In the preaching of Jesus which commend Him to us 1,-t us not waste our time In speculation over the sort of gestures Christ may have used or the oratorical powers we may concelvc Him to have pos sessed. I^et u rather set down to the kind of gotpel He preached, and to a consideration of those elements of reacbing-force in It, which have so captured and held the attention and the 'lives of men throughout these many years. r lrst and foremost Jesus preached the Gospel?the good news to men that men could jo saved from sin through the everlasting love of the Father. Knowing; that sin is the deep and engrossing godless fact of life, and knowing alBo that the one desire of men when at their best is to escape from bondage to sin, Jesus wasted no tine over non-essentials, secondary or inconsequential things; but came stralfbt to the point Jesus took no tlnyjftprove the existence of God?He tdVlbat fact for granted. Christ spent? moments to make it clear that sis really does exist?that too He felt to be the consciousness of every- norstl man. Jesus asked no man whejher or no he was hun gering or t rating for a sure salva tion from' ?, but rather gave the Gospel stra! it without question. Re pent and b [eve and follow. These are three < the great words that J*su8 sent > the hearts of men: *Turn awaj from evil unto Qod and humble you lelf In His presence, ask ing pardon or your sins." "Mine is the ravelat ra of the Father in all His fullnes , which is able to lead you outvrof death and bondage into freedom;, llj fit *nd life." "Follow after do aft 1 do, act as I act, walk as I walk, 1 ?tnk as I think, lore as I love?for I walk in the simllltttde of our Fattier- -ail then shall-7* grow from grace unto grace." ThWfe are three of th I mighty words of Jesus to sinning a >en/ And they are the es sence of-th t Gospel.- No philosophy 1b deeper than the Gospel, no story j la more atmple, ao truth more full of power. , And it li because the Gospel meets and administers to the deep est need of men that it is to-day as ever ths_ predominant Influence in our world. BttSUBC it shows hope of escape from ate It lifts the criminal unto Chrlat. Because It is so simple and so 8atlsll riaft'It touches the hearts of little cHU r*n yet unlearned in the mysteries ol life. A message of pro found and iriftertal truth it chal lenges the hfoker and meets his tests. To a 1 men. an(1 to al1 c?011'" tions, rankjfand abilities among men, the good news baB application and ita mlilon. And it is because the GospelTls the universal, deeply ?lmple, inspiring message that it is, that It basTsuch a hold over the hearts of mta. Jn the s< Bond place, I would call your attent on to the fact that the y?8peV definitely preached l>y ?Jcsug to th< desperately poor, to the (j?wntroddei and the weary. In His ('ay the rJct had all they needed alul m?re beeld( b, and the effort was to 8've them at much more as possible. *?r the pelican and the sinner, for the oppressed and sick and the <li.s ??Ul-aged up such care was taken. They wero ullowed very largely In shift for thtmaelres. But Jesus over turned the system with His Gospel *n<i talked Irst to those whose need Xvas Kreates . And "the common pco pl? hear^,H m gladly.'' In th# th rd place Jesus went out the peoj e with the (Jospel. He ?l<* not ;\va t tor them to come to H1*n, but ra her sought them out. it ^ftde <lffarence to the Lord w??ther me* came to Him or lie *ent t6 the n, whether He had on.' - n ?r flvr thousand to whom lie "PaJce the truth, whether men came iJor cliabed up into the trees in?k~ gfcriof the hot Eastern > Hii, wheth"r they^ made hy tfc? .ways id*, or Just ?i steatifly toucBd the h?>m maL,.when ni en would loOMTDagogneB to aal teach ? that la to say _H? treat out into the k-?.rte4ty>1' "l* OD th? hill I'fcroaffct the word of salva >, we have merely r few of the ele iractertatleof the _ 3ht so far a* we lessons from the ? to the mm ?f to \Uf deflatte and tins are Oonpelt the simple story of salvation from siii ihroiiKh tin* low of Goil in Christ* Secondly, we should preach that (lOHjK't not only to those who aiv rich, hut to those also who in** poor, whope misery is crushing tnd who*?* v is so urgent, who**) hearts all' so saddened yiul whoso hope is almost gone. And lastly, wo should carry the message of salva lion out to where men are. If they will noi come into our churches?- and (iod knows many times l< is mora our fault than theirs that they do not I'linic then must wovkO dnt after them and compel them to come iu?? not first into church, hut into the j kingdom. i First, wo should preach the Gospel. "Tell me the old, old story," is not ] mere sentiment set to music, hut the j outcry of breaking and bleeding hearts and souls that are ready and eager to know the truth in Jesus Christ. And for my part, I. as a min ister of the fiospcl, believe the call of , men should be answered. Answered I not with theoretical and doctrinal dls | citHslons, not with recitals of our I doubts and difference*) upon points that are non-essential hut with thHt simple and eternal truth upon which our hearts arft stayed and through which the souls of men about us may be saved. The mission of tho church is to bring the story of salvation un to humanity and I for my part am very sorrj' for the Christian brother whose sottJ is jarred Into discord . rather than swung into harmony with I redemption's glorious song wlien^ , those whom Christ has commissioned i to preach His word call men to Jesus I and ask them to take a stand for {Christ. The Christian who objects ! to Hie methods of .lesns Christ needs Jo'** to His knees and got a new naptism from above. inen. too. we must preach a uni versal Gospel?a Gospel that shall re lieve poor men "of restraint. And I. tny part, will have neither part nor communion with any congrega tion of God's people who would make clothes or cash a requisite to open handed and free-hearted admission to the house of God. And I think I voice the opinion of this household of faith when 1 say that all men of what ever race, character or condition who wish to hear the good news of God unto eternal life through Jesus Christ arf welcome to this ch'urch. And the more the Church of God reaches out toward men of low degree and men in sin the faster will she grow in grace and numbers, and the more will she do the will of Him who hath sealed her as His own. And lastly 1 may say that we ought to do definite, energetic, widespread personal and collecllve work for Jqkus. It is our duty to go to men. Our command is not to oid them come to us, hut to go to bid them to come to Jesus. And this church and every congregation of the church mil itant would do a far grander and a more wonderfully blesBed work if we would but go out to the poople and tell them the glad tidings that they so much need to hear. * a ' How God Can Help. God is never at a loss for means lo protect H1b people. Sometimes the : means are surprisingly simple. With 300 men, armed with trum- J pets and lanterns,v Gideon drove a i vast army of Midianltes and Amale- I kites out of the land of the children of Israel. The youth David, armed with a sling and a few pebbles, defeated and killed the thoroughly armed giant Goliath. The prophet Ellsha and his ser vant were alone at Dathan, when they found themselves surrounded by the army of the King of Syria. ;tlut Ellsha was not afraid. The Lord smote the Syrians with blindness^ and they became harmlepi./ Felix of Nola on one occasion, when -being pursued by his enemies, hid in a deep, dark cave. There he rested until hls^pursuers had passed. Coming to the cave, his ebemies looked in, but, seeing a cobweb spun across the mouth of the cave, they concluded he could not be.ther*, or It would be broken. Felix heard them speak of' the web. Then he philosophised: "With God, a 'spider's web becomes a stone wall, and with out God a stone wall becomes a spider's web."?Reformed Church Record. The Conversion of Waste. At the Engineering Exhibition Just closed, considerable Interest was manifested in a product which has proved to be of great commercial value. As exhibited before being ground into its final form, it resem bles a collection of beautiful topaz crystals, which shine brightly in the light. It is another illustration of the scientific: conversion of what was once known as "waste." These sparkling crystals are simply com pounded of sand, coke, salt, and saw dust, subjected to a heat of 7500 dq, Krees Fahrenheit van almost incred ible degree of heat), with the result named. The scientific world is sup plying the church with numerous Il lustrations of the "conversion" of waBte. Society, however, pays little heed to the conversion of human waste, which it treats as hopeless. The Christian alone knows the secret power which is capable of redeeming the mpst abandoned portions of hu manity, and claiming them for God. ?London Christian. What is Dying? I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch her until, at length, she hangs like a speck of while cloud juat where the eea and sky torn# down to. mingle with ?s?b other. Then some one a! my aide aays: "There! she's Gone.,where? Gone from my slght~that is all. She la last as large In mast and hnll and spar as she was wlteH^ie left my side, aid just as able t<nSear her toad of living freight to' the place of her destina tion. Her diminished alse Is in me? and not tn her. And just at the moment whan some one at my aUt iiiyii "Tbint She's cone!" there are other eyes that are watching her earning and ether votees ready to take npthe "There ehe Wholesale l'iict'h (Jui)(cti in .Now \oik M U.K. Tbo Milk l*"*i h.u>n?> prior for fl:\u l.iri! quality is ?'*'<> prr quail. Ill' I'TKIt. (Ye.imory in I'M1.1 *. 'I"1..U Vll'ht X '.K 'ill Stiiti"1 <tair\, lilli'f-t . '.?K i,r "''I (looil (<i priiuo C? l'aettwy. ilin?l>. ?<> Orst*.. 19 (<i ?>!'(, I'll KKSK. Slnto, full oroam, fancy.... 11% Small . nv?i> ' ? Part skiniH.gooil li> primn ^ f?fi 9 Full ukiuis '2 (ji) 3 KO(;8. Ifwy- Kipcv SI 6t> ?} St-ut ??-- < Joiwl to rhoiro 17 \i (<? iK'i Wostorn- Firsts ITtyfo? IX Dink I'tinh' 2i*' <<'? t til'UKI' l*>{gs 90, (if1 1 00 rntUTR AND HKMUIK8 - Kft?? *11 Annlon?({roi'ninK, por I>)>1. 1 .">o (it1 fl 7"> King, per bbl "I (Kl (i ^ 7'* lion l)a vin, ni?r bbl 1 AO (i'fi 'I t!.S Cranborrio*. (' (\ul por bbl iM> Or 7 fri .lorso> . por bbl 4 00 (<i"; .'i 00 i.ivt: eoiH. t hv. Fowl*, por lb ? f f1 1ft lloosteis. por lb.. . ( 0 <<> l'J 'furl-oys. po<- lb ? It lbiok*. por lb ,.... - f''"1 "l Ci??oto. pejr lb 9 fi 11 l'lgcoti*. por pair - - (<>) l!0 nitK?sr,i> Voui.tuv. Turkey*. po" lb 10 <& 11 KowIh, por lb 11 fit T"? (Sooao. npii'iK, pOI" lb X f</> til l)ni'ks. Hprnii'. prr ll> X (if IV Squabs, por ilo/.on I (o I 7.r? 1IAY AND 8T.lt AW. H*?*. p?imo. por 100 |b -? i SO No. 1. por 1"0 ll> - f'/' I 1.1 No "J. por 100 Hi o? 1 or> | Clovor niiKotl. per 100 ||?. vn tm ) 0." Straw, long-rye 00 (?/> ?V? HOPS. *la?e. 1900 flioiie SI ?2 Milium, 190:1 o <tti )o l'aoilio Coast. 1900 olioioe.. l't <<>* 14 Medium, 190/i H @ 10 VKOKTA HI.F.8. Potato"*. I,. I . nor bbl.... I .">0 (it I 85 Southern, por bbl. I /Si Of :< (*? Sweets. per bbl 2 IN) (it ;t 7ft Tomatoes, per rarrici'. 1 50 (<i> <i0 Kgg plan), por box 2 (VI (it :t ck> ?Squash, per box 1 <m (n1 2 r?0 Peas, per basket I 00 0t> .'{ (to Pcpp>?rs, per carrier 1 2r? (3) 2 25 I^eHitice. per basket 1 (VI GO " (V) Cabbages, per rrnte 75 Gt> 1 50 String brans, per banket... 2 5(1 Gt ft (K) Onions, Ct., red, pt.r bbl... 2 2ft (it 2 7ft Orange Co.. per bag 1 ."Ml 6i> 3 00 Carrot*, per bbl 1 2ft (<i) 1 7ft Beets, per bbl 1 00 (a) 1 ,r>0 Celerv. per casr 1 50 (a) 2 fiO Turnips, per bbl !K) (<t I 12 Okra, per carrier 1 (H) (it '.\ 00 Parsley, per bbl 2 00 (3) 2 50 Spinach, per bbl 75 (ii) 1 7ft Watercress,oer 100 bunclieH 1 2ft - (ii> 2 25 Kale, per bbl 1 00 fit 1 50 Shallots, por 100 bunches.. 2 00 (a'1 3 00 Radishes, pfr basket 1 00 01) '2 50 Cucumbers, per basket.... 2 00 fii> !) 2ft J>eek8. per 100 hunches.... 3 00 (3f 4 00 Parsnips, per bbl 1 75 (Si 2 25 Horseradish, per bbl 3 50 (a) 0 00 Asparagus, per doz. bunches 2 00 (<t) 7 00 Oyster plants, 100 bunches. 10 (K) @12 00 GRAIN. KTC. Flour?Winter patents .... 3 (10 (3) .1 85 Spring patents 4 00 (<H 4 7ft Wheat. No. 1 N. Duhith... ?? 2) 01% No. 2 red 81%? 83% Com, No. 2 white ? (3> ftft No. 2 yellow ? (3) 52% Oats, mixed >>? (a) 46% Clipped white 48%? 52% Lard, city 8%(H> 8% LIVE STOCK. Beeves, city dressed 7 (31 9 Calves, city dressed dU (t$ 15 Country dressed " (3> 13% Sheep, per 100 lb...... . 4 50 @ 0 00 J>amhB. p?r 109 %. ? (S) tt (M) Ho?, Jive, perHia) lb 0 10 (3) 7 10 Country dressea, per lb,. 8%@ 0% BOOM IN MAPLE SUGAR. Pure Food liaws Have Eliminated Rivals of tho Honest Farmer. Swanto, Vt. ? Ideal weather for starting the sap in the 'sugar maple trees of thiB State has prevailed for the past few d?ys. While few farm ers who own extensive maple or chards havo tapped their trees, prep arations htave been made for one of the most profitable seasons in years. The pure food laws recently passed have practically >klllod the competi tion of dealers manufacturing adul terated or imitation maple sugar and syrup, and already buyers from New York and Boston and other largo cities are on the scene offering twelve and thirteen cents a pound for sugar. Most of the producers are holding oft from these prices, although last year they accepted eleven cents a pound. Buyers are also trying to get syrup at from eighty to ninety cents a gal ion, storage provided by the buyer, although last year's price was sixty cents a gallon, storage not added. One farmer in tho vicinity of Cam bridge, who tapped 1000 trees, re ports the sap running freely. Good Southern Crop Prospects. If the excellent crop prospects can be realized tho railroads will enjoy another era of great prosperity. The South has hinge umouuts of cotton and corn to *hell. The streets of country towns and cities are lined with cotton bales, because of the ina bility of railroads to move out the cotton rapidly enough to make a place for tho movement off the plan tation. April Dividend Disbursements. April dividend and interest dis bursements aggregate more than $135,000,000, which is a record amount for the month. Up to the present 187 corporations of various sorts have declared dividends calling for a total payment in the month of $79,001,783. Th- interest payments of 386 corporations will adiount to $53,042,222. The Maple Sugar Season, The best expert opinions that we have at hand unite in the prediction that there will be a good run of sap this spring and a good season for making maple sugar. The predic tlon of these experts is based upon the deep freezing of the ground the past winter. A Shrtttkage of #0,000,000,000. Dfevitt* the last twelve months there has baen a shrinkage of $??? 000,100.000 la etoek iM hoa4 SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRAIN WRECKED BY OPEN SWITCH Many Passongcrs Killert ami la jin oil at Culiou, C-iL EXPRESS NiNE HOURS LATE U cmbound I'rain <>l ro'.u-tecii Ctmcluvi ItilliniiiK mi High tfper<l l/cf( tlu? I rack ami Witi' <'rushed 't'u gcthcr \VU1i (''rightful l<osx. Colton. Cal.?? A disastrous wriYk on t ho Sou (horn Paclllc occurred oim* and a half miles oast of Mori*, wiu-i? n west-hound tr.111*1 from Now Oilcan* for San Francisco, known an th<? Sun set Express, ran Into an open awflctk Mt foriy miles-an hour. Ton of the* fourteen coaches won* derailed. Twenty six persons aro known 1o have been killed. and tho tinal UkL will probably total much higher The Injured number nbonl ono hundred, many of whom may die. Four of tho v/rerked roaches wore smashc.i lo splinter:*. Most of tho dead were Immigrants en route from Now York and Now Orleans for Sau Francisco. '/'hoy occupied I ho smoker ami day coarli. The dnnd worn trr ribly maimed ami mangled. The Florence Roberts Theatrical Company occupied one coach, whifi* wn? bul led from the tracks and botla ends of i( crushed In by Impact against lhe others Two of tho Uou ty-lwo members of the company were* injured. Minn Roberts was unhurt. The escape from death of tho occu pants of thin ear was remarkable, considering the manner In which tlw* coaches were splintered and torn. Tho men and wojnen woro hurled from one end of tho roach to tb?* other. '? Miss Roberts and hor chorus wore first to render aid to tho victim*. Two cars of the troupe's scenery were destroyed, jiud as a result the company will compelled to nhau Jon the romafhder of Its circuit and return Fast at once. | The train was more than ulue hours late, and making time. The blame rested with a switch crew. Tho switch engine had just pushed a string of freight cars on to & side track. Fireman M. J. Morri son, the ouly man of tho crow that has been seen ainco tho accident, called attention to the open main line awltoh. Only two Americans aro known to have been killed/ although several <>f them are among tho injured. Half of the cars woro old-fa8hfon?*l lay coachcs. 1 They were smashed in to a shapeless mass by the seven heavy Pullman sleepers which madf up the rear of the train. In the Pull man coaches were oighty passengjerr. Not one of them was injured. Engineer Wormington stuck to his post and wub seriously Injured. Amoug tho injured passengers are * Milton Hill, of New York, and Fred Ackerman, of Utica, both slightly* and E. V. Glroux, of New York, man ager of the Florence Roberta troupe* cut on arms. George L. Sharp, of Muncie, lud.*. was instantly killed. INVITATION TO RAILWAYS. ' Interstate Commorco OopunUsioaUb* cusses the Existing CondiUoft. Washington, D. C.?-A general In vitation has been "extend ed to railr oad officials by the*Intcrstate Commena Commission to come to Waakingtoa and confer with it with a view to de ciding on a policy of legislation for more governmental control, to save them from the adverse action at State legislatures, and to restore public confldonce in raitfoattiln vestments. "The crfmteMsion will be glad to see railroad officials fpOm any section of the coantry Or from all sections," said Commissioner Lane, "for the purpose of discussing with thein pro posed legislation for a greater meas ure of.governmental coutrol of sacb a character that it will not be In jurious to the Interests of the rail roads. The whole Commission fewla this way.'* *? This statement virtually cornea from President Roosevelt, a* Com missioner Lano has conferred arltb htm every day for a fortnight. TRAMPS HOLD UP TRAIN". lU?at (ho Kiiglneor ami Arc Captored l>y Now Jersey Sheriff. Morristown. N. J. ? Five tramp* were arrested l>y Sheriff Judsou A (Junn, of Sussex County, for holdinjc up a train on tbo Lehigh and Hudson Railroad near Huntsvllle and aerloua ly injuring the engineer, Kdward A. Shaeffer, of Phlllipsburg. As the train noared Huntaville tho flve.jnen jumped into tho cab and or dered "H^iaeffer to atop the engine. When heTefused to do ho the tramp* pulled him from the cab and beat him. It In believed he will die. At tracted by his cries for help, tbe train crew climbed into, the cab, and the tramps fled to the woods. Tkey were next heard of in Andover, where ^hey robbed a jewelry store of $X5 and a grocery store of $50. Tho men were caught in a barn <r?? the Cranberry Lake road. i rfr. Hill's Road Wfar. The Supremo Court of liinneaota found for the Great Northern it tb? State suit involving the issue of ff?, 000,000 new stock. Dsllplayer Stahl a Fhiiridf. Charles "Chick" StahT, cvpCaft* and until a few days ago manager oC" the Boston American League ta? ball team, committed suicide at tke Wost Baden (Ind.) Hotel by four ouhees of carbolic ccid. Siom'i Ki*( Off to Enrap?. Tho King of Slam, Chuia!< I., started from Bangkok oa Ni?M 4?ttag tto