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Chicago, (Special).?The strike of
packing house employes, which began
nine days ago and which has demoral
ized the packing industry throughout
the country, was settled here Wednes
day night at- a conference between
representatives of the packers, the
officials of the Meat Cutters' Union
and representatives of all the allied
trades employed at the stockyards.
The whole controversy will be sub
mitted to a board of arbitrators, both
sides agreeing to abide by whatever
decision this board may reach. Pend
ing the decision of the arbitration
board the men will be taken back to
work as rapidly as possible by the
packers, and it is agree by the pack
ers that all the old employes are to
be reinstated within,45 days from the
date work is resumed.
If any of the former employes are
still unemployed at the expiration of
that tune, such persons are to have
the privilege of submitting their cases
to tlie arbitration board for settle
ment.
The strikers will return to work as
soon as th^ can be notified of the
peaceable adjustment of the trouble
and it is expected that- by Friday
morning everything will be in normal
shape at all the plants in the different
cities where the employes were on
strike. Half an hour after the de
viS,tin r? ^ ?Y;en reac'l?d to arbitrate
M. J. Donnelly, the strike leader, had
secured communication by long dis
tance telephone with the leaders of
the strikers in outsiJe cities and had
notified them that a satisfactory settle-1
ment had been reached and directed
the strikers to return to work as soon
as possible.
The settlement of the difficulty by
arbitration was brought abottt Kv th*
allied crafts at the stock yards/who
would have become involved in the
controversy had it continued much
longer. The representatives of these
union's, which represent about 14,000
roeJ1? 8?t together yesterday and sent
a final appeal to the packers asking
tor a three-sided conference between
the packers, the strikers and them
ve*' ?" ? final effort to get both
aides of the controversy together and
arrange some sort of agreement which
would prevent the strike spreading
*0 the affiliated unions.
This appeal of the allied trades
unions received a favorable response
from the packers and the conference
was the result.
agreement entered into between
the representatives of the packers and
the strikers follows:
"Wages and working conditions of
all employes now on strike to be
submitted to arbitration, each party
to this agreement having the privilege
of bringing before the arbitrators for
decision any question of wages or
conditions or any other grievance
they may have, and both to abide by
the decision of the arbitrators.
'The packing companies signing
this agreement to retain all employes
now at work who wish to remain,
and will re-employ all employes now
out as fast as possible, without dis
crimination. Employes to return to
work at the wages received when go
ing on strike, pending the decision- of
*he arbitrators; arbitrators to consist
of three practical packing house men,
to be selected as follows:
"One representative of the packing
companies, one representative of the
Amalgamated Meat Cutters and
Butchers Workmen of North America;
^?se two to select a third member.
7 he two first named shall meet with
in 48 hours after resumption of work
and proceed to elect the third mem
ber and shall meet daily for that pur
pose un<til this duty has been com
Eleted. When the third member 4ias
een selected the three shall meet
daily unless adjournment be had by
unanimous consent, until the final con
clusron has been reached and the
award made. Any former employe
not re-employed within 45 days from
date work is resumed to have the
privilege of submitting his or her
cause to arbitration^ on question of
discrimination, decision of arbitrators
to govern."
WON'T ENLIST AUENS.
PI?m Maklaf far IN Aaurkaafiiag at IIm
Navy.
Washington, D. ?C., (Special).?111
accordance with the Navy Department
policy of americanizing the United
States Navy, Captain- Pillsbury, acting
chief of the Bureau of Navigation, and
other officials of the Navy Depart
ment are considering further restric
tions on naval enlistments. A tenta
tive regulation which has been pre
pared for the action of the Secretary
of the Navy, and is likely to be
adopted, reads as follows:
"Hereafter no aliens will be en
listed in the naval service of the Uni
ted States except those who may be
entitled to re-enlist under the pro
visions of law relating to continuous
service, and except, aUo, Asiatics on
the Asiatic Station who may be en
listed on the messman branch to
fill vacancies, but not to serve else
where than on that station."
Father aai Saa Drawaetf.
Toledo, Ohio, (Special). ? Henry
Yetter and his son Arthur, aged ten,
were drowned in the canal near Grand
Kapids, Ohip. The boy was seized
with cramps while bathing, and the
father jumped in to save him. The
father had a cork leg, and this proved
iitch an impediment that he was un
able to control his own movements,
and both were drowned. The father's
body was recovered nearly a mile be
low the scene of the drowning, where
it had floated head downward.
HEWS IR SMKT H9QL
J. Marbourg Kennedy, formerly of
Hagerstown, Md., was appointed
prosecuting attorney for the Panama
Canal zone.
Twenty persons were injured in
a crash between a work car and a trol
ley car near Hempstead, L. I.
Jujge Upton Aluir, of Louisville,
Ky., who resided in a cottage at Cape
May, was drowned in the surf.
The buildings of the Philadelphia
Horse Show Association, on Wissa
hickon Heights, were burned.
Officials of the Pennsylvania deny
that there will be a strike among the
trainmen at Altoona.
The Parrot Mining Company has
sued F. A. Heinze and others to re
cover $2,200,000.
Five men were injured in a powder
explosion at Barton, O.
Chief John Long Dog, of the Madin
Sioux is dead.
The long-standing claim of the
San Domingo Improvement Company
against the government of San Dq
nnngo has been brought to a suc
cessful arbitration.
Adab, perhaps the ol'Jest city in
World, has been discovered by
tnc University of Chicago's excavat
ing expedition in Babylonia.
Five deaths occurred from heat in
Greater New York, and there were
many prostrations.
The Western Federation of Miners
has appealed to the Red Cross So
ciety to take charge of the relief of
the deported miners.
The Immigration Bureau has issued
a statement showing the number of
inmates in the penal and reformatory
institutions.
General Miles says he withdrew
from the contest because he did not
want to cause dissension among the
Prohipitionists.
The State Department has begun
a study of precedents relative to the
stoppage of neutral ships by bel
ligerents.
Assistant Secretary Loomis has ac
cepted the finding of the British
coroncr's jury in the case of his
brother.
The triennial review of the Supreme
Tent, Knights of Maccabees, began at
Detroit.
Capt, John I. Wood, grandson of
President Zachary Taylor, died at
Halifax.
The Mexican National Pavilion at
St. Louis was struck by lightning.
The New England Dredging Com
pany, of Boston, assigned tor the
benefit of its creditors. The liabilities
are given as $200,000, with assets
nominally the same.
B. H. Marsh, who went from Chica
go to China in 1808 as a missionary
and member of the faculty of the
Anjjlo-Chinese College, at roochow,
Daniel J. Sully & Co. made a formal,
offer to compromise at 40 per cent.,
but would not show to the satisfac
tion of the creditors' meeting the
funds to pay it.
The captain and crew of the
steamer Aldborough, which went
ashore at Fortune Island, were
brought to New York on the steamer
Altai.
The rush to the Rosebud country
increases as the time for the regis
tration expires, and it is estimated
that about 60,000 persons have thus
far registered.
The Insular Bureau of the War
Department issued a circular inviting
proposals for the sale of $3,000,000
Philippine 4 per cent, bonds.
Charles G. Rockwood, for many
years president of the National New
ark (N. J.) Banking Company, is
dead, at the age of 90 years.
Charles D. Rogers, of Chicago, who
was injured in an automobile accident
Saturday, died at the Elm Tree Inn
in Farmington, Ct.
. Lightning struck two of the Enter
prise Powder Company's mills, at,
Grandale, Pa., exploding 600 kegs of!
powder.
The new reservoir of the Citizens*
Water Company, at Scotdale, Pa.,
burst, destroying crops and other
property.
The two factions of the window
f[lass-workers, in convention in Cleve
and, O., agreed upon amalgamation.
Henry L. Wilson, the American
minister, left Santiago, Chili, on leave
of absence.
Three negro brothers, killed a
white boy whom they held up in Hol
ton, Kan.
Farctga.
King Peter of Servia had the blooJ
staincd furniture and wardrobe oi
King Alexander and Queen Draga
burned in a bonfire on the palace
grounds.
Count Gocss, governor of Trieste,
gave a dinner to the officers of the
American battleship and European
Squadrons.
King Edward has conferred the
Cross of the Victorian Order upon
Captain Matthews, of Sir Thomas
l.ipton's yacht Erin.
Mr. Chamberlain's tariff commission
recommended the putting of a tariff
on iron and steel imports.
The freedom of the city of London
was presented to Lord Cruzou of
Kedleston, viceroy of India.
The negotiations for a Russo-Ger
man Treaty have been succssfully con
summated.
Mexico is no place for a man with
out capital, says Consul Conley, at
Mexico City.
A company has been formed at
Cologne with a capital of $1,750,000,
subsidized by the German and Dutch
governments, to lay a cable to con
nect with the Dutch settlement 011 the
Island of Celebes, through the Island
of Yap, in the Pelewi group, and from
Shanghai to Guam, where it will link
with the Commercial Cable Company's
Pacific cable.
In the trial of the seven German
Social-Democrats, at Koenigsberg, ac
cused of smuggling anarchistic litera
ture into Russia the defense wanted
to summons Bulgarian officials in the
hope of proving Russian responsibility
for the murder of King Alexander of
Servia and Premier Stambuloff oi
Bulgaria.
John Barrett, American minister to
Panama, arrived at Colon on the
steamer Seguranca.
A national child labor committcc
has been formed in New York.
Mrs. Florence Maybrick was re
leased from Aylesbury Prison.
LOSSES ON BOTH SIDES
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London, (By Cable).?Simultaneous
with the reports from correspondents
of the battle of Motien Pass, in
which it now appears that the Rus
sian looses were upwards of 2,0001
and the Japanese losses over 300,
come stories of severe fighting in the
neighborhood of Tongschu, eight
miles east of Tatchekiao. It is re
ported that the Russian loss in Mon
day night's engagement was 2,100 and
ihe Japanese loss 1,200.
The Japanese also have been in
active contact with the Russians east
of Haicheng, where there have been
many minor actions.
All along Kuropatkin's front and
flank the Japanese are moving into
position, but the general attafck is be
ing postponed until supplies and rein
forcements come to the front. Pro
gress along the muddy roads and
mountain passes is slow.
From Chefoo comes another story,
or a revival of an old one, brought
by Chinese, of heavy Japanese losses
at Port Arthur. The Chefoo dispatch,
dated July 19, says:
A junk, with 8 Russians and 50
Chinese on board, arrived here this
afternoon, five days from Port Ar
thur. The Russians refused to talk,
but the Chinese say that on July 11
and 12 the Japanese captured and oc
cupied, with 4,000 men, one of the
eastern forts near Port Arthur.
Before reinforcements arrived the
Russians cut off the 4,000 troops in
the fort and exploded mines, which
resulted in the killing of every Jap
anese soldier there.
The Chinese report also that the
night before they left Port Arthur a
Russian torpedo boat sank a mer
chant ship near Port Arthur, mistak
ing her for a Japanese y-ansport.
Many Chinese on board the merchan-.
man were drowned, but the white
crew of the steamer and a number of
her Chinese passengers were rescued
by the Russians.
if this story is true the steamer in
question probably is the Hipsang, be
longing to the Indo-China Navigation
Company, which is 48 hours overdue
from Nuichwang, and which was re
ftorted to have struck a mine. The
ocal agents of the Hipsang say they
believe the steamer to have been lost.
PIERCE BATTLE ON MOTIEN HEKMTS.
Oeaeral KarskTs Official Repart af Haw the
Rasalaas TrM ta DliM|? . apt.
Tokio, (By Cable).?The Russian
attempt to retake Motien Pass July
17 was not productive of a general
engagement, nor was it marked with
serious loss to the Japanese. There
were, however, a series of desperate
encounters. The Japanese guarded
their positions about the pass with
a company on outposts. These men
resisted stubbornly the Russian ad
advance and awaited the arrival of
the reinforcements; when these ar
rived they joined in a general attack.
The outpost detachment stationed
at Hsiainatang held this position all
day. It was largely outnumbered by
the enemy and every commissioned
and non-commissioncd officer was
wounded, as was a majority of the
men. The attack on Motien Pass be
gan at 3 o'clock in the morning. The
Russian;* engaged the outposts and
the Japanese at once went into ac
tion. The Japanese artillery posted
on the heights to the northwest of
Wufingkuan opened 011 the enemy,
and the Japanese outposts retired
gradually.
The Russian cavalry galloped for
ward and deployed along the ridges
to the west of the pass. Two hours
later, at 5 o'clock, the entire Japanese
line was engaged. The Russians were
constantly receiving reinforcements
and finally they had four regiments
in action. They outnumbered the
Japanese. The Russians made a vain
endeavor to envelop the Japanese
left. At this point the Japanese oc
cupied the summit of Motien Mount
ain and they resisted desperately
the efforts of the enemy to dislodge
them. When the Russians finally re
treated they were pursued by the
entire Japanese line. Seven battalions
of the enemy made a halt on the
heights of Tawan, and with four guns
checked the Japanese pursuit.
Safebtawars lo Ocorgla.
Calhoun, Ga., (Special).?The post
oftice safe was blown open by un
ktown parties and about $800 in
money and stamps taken. The losses
arc: One package of stamps,
amounting to $500, which had been
received by Postmqfter Davis the
day before,, and had not been opened;
about $100 in other stamps, and be
tween $175 and $200 in cash. The
safe crackers, who were evidently ex
perts, carried off the books, so the ex
ac. amount of the loss is not known.
Post-oflficc inspectors arc on the
scene, but the trail of the robbers is
?.c Id.
Struck By Lightning.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special). ? The
Mexican National Pavilion was struck
by lightning during a severe storm
at the World's Fair grounds. The
bolt of lightning which struck the
Mexican Pavilion destroyed the flag
>taff and cupola surmounting the
pavilion, but the building did not
catch fire. There was considerable
??\citcnient among those in the build
'rig, hut the visitors' fears were
tuickly allayed by those in charge of
t building.
UTE VA9MTW Ifriflfi.
The foreign Mtfitafterce of the United
States in the jbeil year 1904 it the
largest in it* history; the exports of
manufacturers art larger than in any
preceding year? and the exports of
domestic products exceed those of
*ny other country.
This is the snb?tance, in a single
sentence, of the record of the year's
commerce just announced'by the De
partment of Cotftmerce and Labor
through its Bureau of Statistics. It
shows, taking vp.^he figures in detail,
that the total exports during the year
ended June jo, 1964, are $1,460,829,539.
against $Mao,i4l^f79 in the fiscal year
1903, an increase 'of $40,687,860; that
the imports for the year are $990,
745.084, against $1,025.719,237 in 1903.
a decrease of $344P4.I53. and that the
excess of export* over imports is
$47<Vp84^55? against $394,422.44? in
1903, an increase of $75,662,013 in the
excess of exports Over imports.
Comparing the figures of 1904 with
those of earlier years, it may be said
that the total exports are larger than
in any proceding year except 1901;
that tne imports are greater than in
any preceding year except 1903. and
that the total commerce?the imports
and exports combined?in 1904 is
greater than that of any preceding
year.
The total commerce of the year j
amounts to $2,45^574,623, against $2,
445.860,916 in 1903 and $2,310,937,156
in 1901, the year in which import* and
exports, respectively, made higher re
cords than those of ,1904. Thus, while
neither imports nor exports for 1904
reach the high record of a single
earlier y^ar the total of imports and
exports combined it# 1904 exceeds the
total commerce of any earlier year.
Nat Attawotf Citiieasblp.
Japanese and Chinese women mar
rying American men do not become
American citizens. Such is the dictum
of Secretary Hay just made public
through correspondence between the
Secretary of State and United States
Minister Conger, at Peking, China.
According to Secretary Hay's in
terpretation of the statues only white
women marrying United States citi
zens acquire the citizenship of their
husbands. This is of especial im
portance at this time, when so many
American soldiers and other citizens
of the United States are marrying
native women in the Far East. All
children born of such unions, how
ever, acquire the citizenship of their
fathers at birth. Consequently chil
dren of Chinese blood, if born of
American fathers* may enter the Uni-,
tad. Stuw./.. : *?-?
Secretary Hay was called upon to I
interpret the statute- by cases in Han- 1
kow where American men married
Japanese and Chinese wives. In re
plying to questions from Mr. Conger,
Secretary Hay replied:
"As we construc this act, it confers
the privilege of citizenship upon wom
en married to citizens of the United
States if they are of the class of per
sons for whose naturalization acts
of Congress provide. The previous
naturalization act existing at the time
only required that persons applying
far its benefits shall be a 'free white
person.'"
Waat Postoffice Restart*.
Another chapter was added to the
long controversy over the Las Vegas
(New Mexico) postoffice, when man
damus proceedings were instituted in
the District Supreme Court to Compel
the Postmaster-General to re-estab
lish the former postoffice in Las
Vegas.
The petitioners are Margarito Ro
mero, Mayor; Jesus M. Tafoya, Re
corder. and Ignace Isquibel, Martin
Delgado, Felipe Dclgado and Bow
man M. Williams, trustees, and Elmer
E. Veeder and John D. W. Veeder,
residents of the town of Las Vegas.
It is alleged that in violation of the
law the postoffice at the town of
Las Vegas March 31, was abolished
and discontinued and consolidated
with the postoffice in town of East
Las Vegas, now called the City of
Las Vegas.
lacroase* Postal Receipts.
The gross postal receipts for the
50 largest postoffices in the United
States for last months as compared
with June, 1903, were $5,467,498, an
increase of more thafn 6 per cent.
The highest increase was 21 per cent,
at Peoria. Decreases were reported by
Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Roch
ester, Columbus, Worcester and St.
Joseph. New York's receipts increased
almost 6 per cent.; Chicago increased
over 8 per cent. The receipts at St.
Louis, where the Exposition has
swelled the postal business, increased
17 per cent.
Slaatfeter Is New Oa.
O. E. Cook, who found the Guate
malan boll-weevil-eating ants, has
wired the Department of Agriculture
from Texas that the new ants are de
stroying cotton boll worms and are
attacking similar injurious insects
with even greater avidity than they do
the boll weevils.
Another important fact is that the
ants do not injure at all the ladybird
larvae, which are beneficial insects.
Mr. Cook reports that the agricultural
value of the ants now depend* chiefly
upon acclimatization and rapidity of
propagation. These questions are be
ing investigated.
Occupations of Americans.
The Census Bureau has completed
a volume dealing with the occupations
of the people of the United States.
It shows that in 303 specified occupa
tions there are employed if! the Uni
ted States 29.073,233 persons, of which
number 10,381,765 are engaged in
agricultural pursuits, 1,258,538 in pro*
stonal service, 5,580,657 in domestic
and personal service, 4.766.964 in trade
and transportation and 7.005,*09 in
manufacturing and mechanical pur
suits.
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His Service I* It?Praved ? Great Sta?kBaf
kiack ta Bridak Daslfaa.
Clarens, Switzerland, (By Cable).?
Paul Kruger, former President of the
Transvaal Republic, died here at 3
o clock A. M. from pneumonia and
supervening heart weakness. Mr.
Kruger lost consciousness Monday.
His daughter and son-in-law were
with him at the time of his death.
He had been out only once since his
arrival, at the beginning of last
month. The post-mortem examina
tion showed that Mr. Kruger died of
senile pneumonia, cause^ by sclero
sis of the arteries, which made rapid
progress during the last few weeks.
The ex-President's state of health was
kept a secret.
The ex-Prcsident's body was em
balmed and in the afternoon was
place J in a vault pending funeral ar
rangements. Application will be made
to the British Government for au
thority to transport the body to the
Transvaal. In the meantime it will
be temporarily interred here.
On several occasions Mr. Krugct
had expressed a desire to be buried
beside his wife in his own country.
Pathetic Figure At Mentone.
Paris, (By Cable).?The death ol
the ex-President of the Transvaal,
Paul Kruger, at Clarens, Switzer
land, aroused wide-spread regret
here, owing to French sympathy fot
the Boer cause and personal admira
tion for the ex-President.
When he recently left Mentone his
health was gradually failing through
old age, constitutional disorder and
throat troubles, which threatened to
extend to the lungs. However, his
personal physician, Dr. Heymann, did
not apprehend a speedy crises, and
Mr. Kruger himself resisted the idea
that his physical pnwrr* were failing.
Mourning In Transvaal.
Pretoria. (By Cable). ? The an
nouncement of Mr. Kruger's death
called forth general expressions of
regret, especially because the ex
President died among foreigners.
The flags on all the Government
buildings are at half mast
Mr. Kruger will be buried beside
former Presidents of the^ Transvaal
unless his will has provided other
wise.
Meforial services will be held in all
the Dutch churches. ......
Memorial services will be held in all
the Boers shall wear mourning until
after the funeral which, it is expecte.l,
will be attended by representatives
of every district of the Transvaal.
Kruger's Lift la OatUaa.
Born October to, 1823, at Coles
burg, Cape Colony, of German
parents.
In 1836 was with his parents in the
great "trek" northward from Cape
Colony to found the new Dutch Re
public. In the same year he killed
[.is first lion.
In 1838 he was fighting, with his
father, against the negroes.
He became a leader among the
Boers early in life and at the age of
17 was made a magistrate.
Taking part in the conflicts among
the Boers themselves he became noted
for his great strength and prowess.
In i860 he headed the movement
against President Schoeman.
In 1863 he was chosen commandajit
gencrat of the republic. He put
down civil strife and defeated negro
tribes.
As vice-president under President
Burger's administration Kruger in
1877 led the protest against annexa
tion to Cape Colony.
In 1880 he was chosen vice-presi
dent of the reorganized republic, and
was prominent in the war that fol
lowed, in which the Boers won back
their independence under a British
suzercignty.
In 1883 Kruger was elected presi
dent of the Transvaal over General
Joubert, being re-elected in 1888, 1891
and 1898.
Kruger became practically dictator,
so great was his influence over his
countrymen, and stoutly opposed
British Aggression.
In 1895, when the Jameson raid
occurred, Kruger turned over Dr.
Jameson to the British for punish
ment, but for four years thereafter
lie was busy preparing for war with
Great Britain and placed the Trans
vaal in a splendid condition for de
fense.
In 1899 war was declared, against
Great Britain.
On June 5, 1900, Pretoria fell, and
Kruger fled to Portuguese territory,
and on October t9 sailed for Europ?.
In 1901 took up his residence in
Holland. . ..
On July 21, 1901, the second wife
of Kniger died in Pretoria
In October, 1902, published a vol
ume of memoirs bitterly assailing
Cecil Rhorles and other Englishmen
of South Africa. '
For several years past Kruger had
lived at Mentone, France, where he
went for his health.
Died July I4> ?9<>4
Searching for Redeemer.
Winnipeg, Man., (Special).?Desti
tution and death for the Doukhobors
is feared again, as most of the sect
have started on another march 111
search of the Redeemer, arid refuse
all assistance, including food. The
Dominion Government will leave
nothing undone to stop this second
pilgrimage in search of the Messiah.
There is no danger of starvation or
suffering on the part of the pilgrims,
who number about 60. The children
are being conveyed in carts drawn by
men and women.
SEIZURE IA Y K MSA >? tf EH
gnat Britala'a Pntnl Wtnkt tfca Caar?
B?tk fmfM-im EicM.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?Em
peror Nicholas, in an interview with
Count Lamsdorff, the foreign min
ister, expressed his displeasure at th?
turn events had taken, and at th?
possibility of complications with Great
Britain arising out of the detention of
British ships by the Russian volunteer
fleet steamers in the Red Sea.
This pacific attitude, if the report
be correct, will doubtless lead to an
immediate and amicable adjustment
of the difficulties.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?Sir
Charles Hardinge, the British ambas
sador to Russia, it> behalf of his gov
ernment, presented a strong protest
to Russia against the seizure in the
Red Sea ana detention of the Penin
su.ar and Oriental steamer Malacca,
which was carrying 300 tons of British
government stores for the naval es
tablishment at Hong Kong, each case
of which marked with the broad ar
row, which is the government stamp.
The ambassador also presented a
general protest against the action of
the Russian volunteer fleet steamers
in the Red Sea.
The protest was in the form of a
verbal note, made in conformity with
telegraphic instructions from the Brit
ish government. It does not raise
the question' of the passage of the
Dardanelles by the vessels of the
volunteer fleet, it being understood
that Great Britain is reluctant to re
open the ouestion of the Dardanelles,
and that she will not do so unless as
a last resort.
WAR ON WHITE PLAQUE.
Western Reserve University Will EstakMsb aa
Anti-tuberculosis Dispensary.
Cleveland, Ohio, (Special). ? The
trustees of Western Reserve Uni
versity have voted to establish an
anti-tuburcular dispensary in connec
tion with the medical school. This is
the second dispensary of the kind to
be opened in the United States. In
France and Germany the dispensary
has already come to represent a most
effective instrument in the crusade
against tuberculosis. Co-operating
with the medicaJ faculty in the work
of the dispensary are the Association
of Nurses and the Associated Charities
of Cleveland.
The function of the dispensary in
the anti-tubercular movement is
chiefly preventive. It registers those
who are infected with the disease,
locates houses in which tubercular
feoplc live, educates the people along
undamental hygienic lines; its agents
also visit the homes of the sick, giv
ing instruction in the care of those
afflicted with the disease.
Ksritd te the Oroaod.
Cleveland, O., (Special).?Two hun
dred persons were hurled to the
ground by the collapse of a stand at
Brighton Park, a suburb of this city.
A ball game between amateur clubs
was in progress and the stand was
crowded when, without warning, the
entire crowd was thrown to the
ground in a heap. Other spectators
and the ballplayers set to work extri
cating the people from the wreckage,
while calls were sent out for ambu
lances. When all were Anally extri
cated it was found that ten persons
had sustained broken arms or legs,
while a number of others were other
wise bruised and cut.
The General Stocam's Victims.
New York, (Special).?The total
dead in the destruction of the ex
cursion steamer General Slocum, on
June is, is given as 958 in the final
report persented to Police Commis
sioner McAdoo by the inspectors io
charge of the investigation by the
police department. Only 897 of the
dead were identified, 62 were reported
missing and 61 unidentified, while 180
were injured and only 235 out of
nearly 1,400 on the steamer escaped
uninjured. Assuming that the un
identified dead are among the missing
all hut one person has been thus ac
counted for.
Bl; Robbery in Snail ago.
Santiago, Cuba, (Special).?When
Cashier Tcjada went to his office here
he found the Custom House safe open
and $68,000 missing. The safe was
uninjured. The robbery apparently
was the work of an expert in safe
lock combinations.
Vlce-Ooveraor Killed.
St. Petersburg, (By Cable).?The
vice-governor of Ebabethpol was as
jissanated at 7 o'clock P. M. The assas
sination occurred at Adgshakcnt, a
small place in the southwest corner of
the government of Rlisabcthpol, close
lo the Persian frontier.
"financial.
That bull tip last week on Norfolk
& Western has turned out pretty well.
Rock Island has placed on order
with the United States Steel Company
for 9000 tons of rails.
Mexican Central's floating debt It
nearly $10,000,000 and the insiders are
trying to arrange a plan to fund it.
Last Winter it was a question of
how big Sully's profits were. Now
it is a daily discussion how little his
creditors will acccpt.
Several Philadelphia houses were
putting their customers in Rock Is
land. It has not yet felt the general
advancc and ought to start pretty
scon, these brokers argue.
The two biggest gas conccrns in
the United States are the United Gas
Improvement, of Philadelphia, and
the Consolidated Gas Company, of
of New York. The latter is a Rocke
feller institution. A combination of
these two has been suggested, but
that contingency is so remote that it
may be regarded as impossible.
Street reports that J. 1'. Morgan is
buying large lots of United States
Steel common arc very thin tissues.
The Bell Telephone Company, of
Philadelphia, has now 72,762 instru
ments in operation of which 762 wart
installed last moniU.
MAY BE A BUTTON FAMIWLtB
The production of vtgHabte i
during the past mm has been >wji
smsll and rery heavy purchases oB
the available supply have been mAa
bj Germany, the result of the tmr
combined Influences being that Bs
price of this product has been ai?
??need from twenty-fire to thirty W*
cent, during the last ninety daya.
Though perhaps not one ptrsw In B
thousand is aware of the fact, nearby
every man and boy In the Unite*
i States is daily wearing vegetable
ivory, as the greater part of the osn?
snd vest button supply of the wesM
Is made from this product. The Mtn
from which it is made grew wild Im
the forests of Colombia and lTrnsil?
snd sre imported into the Unite*
State* in quantities varying free*
8.000.000 to 10.000.000 poundp a year*
Each pound makes severs! kudrafl
gross of buttons, which are dyed ts
match the color of the cloth with
which they are to be used.
The nuts grow upon a tree somewfcaB
similar to the palm, the fruit growing
in a pod. larger than n cocoanut, wkktr
contains a large number of nuts, ffcaan
the milky inside of which Is |ii mini i il
the hard substance used in maklny
buttons. The nuts sre gathered by the
South American Indians snd taken lac
boats to the nearest trsnsportetfew
point. The market price here is froim
two and a half to four and a half)
cents a prund.
WlSc'ifbHPS.
The only way to have a friend Is tai
be one.
Prudence is merely well trained rnmi
mon sense.
A day without s good deed leave*
you in debt.
The best talker is a man who knows
when to stop.
Abuse Is an indirect spccics of boo*
age.?liazlett.
Personal force never goes out oB
fashion.?Emerson.
If you would be wealthy, think ot
saving as well as getting.
Conceit may puff a man up, hnt neoy
er prop him up.?Ruskln.
Good qualities, like good steel
Biives, grow dull of edge unless they
?re used.
No man ever did a designed injury ts
another but at the same time he did
a greater to himself.
No pouI is desolate as long as them
Is a human being for whom it can feel
trust and reverence.?George Eliot.
Make yourself an honest man, and
then you may *?c sure that there is ooa
rascal less In the world.?Csrlyle.
Self-trust is the first secret of soo
less, the belief that, if you sre hern
the authorities of the universe put yon
'acre. and for cause, or with some task
strictly appointed you In your constl
rution, and as long as you work at thai
tou are successful.?Emerson.
t Franklin's Idea of N?r?.
Seven-year-old Franklin is e&? ot
ihose bright and alert youngster*
whose fathers would like to tell all
ibout them if they dsred, but wha
Tear the wrath of their fellows nnB
oold their peace. Franklin goes dally
to a Camden (N. J.) school with his
)lder sister, who Is in the eighth gradA
and knows a lot about ancient history
and things which make wonderful
stories for the lad to hear. She wag
telling him the other day all about
wicked Nero, who fiddled while Rome
burned, and the boy was duly im*
oressed. At dinner that night. In ordes
to discover whether the knowledge
imparted had taken root, the states
asked the boy:
"Who did 1 tell yon about to-dayl**
"Nero," readily replied the youay
learner.
"Who was he?" was the next quen?
tion.
There was a bit of hesitation, but
finally the nubwer came out with m
twinkle:
"Oh, he was a bird."
"Well, what did he do?'
"Ate worms," was the unexpecte#
reply, wliicli gave the tableful of din*
ers something of a shiver.?Pliiladel*
phiu ltocord.
WIm Man of th* Trolley,
"Yes." said the conductor, as he gavsr
the motorman the double ring, "I ca?
tell what day of the week It la by
the size of the money these young fel*
lows have. Now, there is that kid la
front Just pave me a five-dollar net*
nn?l made me hustle for change. That'*
his salary. He'll be walking down
town next Friday morning. That
young woman there, who Just gave warn
a dollar bill, had to look through ?
pocketbook full of samples on 8atur?
day morning to find a nickel.**
"But this Is Monday." remarked the
observant patron, "and I saw n ma or
give you five cents Just now. How do>
you accAmt of that?"
"Ob, that's easy." said the knight
of the cord; "he's marricd."-*Baltlmora
News.
Tti? Larieit Oil Barge*
The biggest oil carrying steel baryt
In the world. Standard Oil No. 94. re
cently built at Shooter Inland, arrived
at New York recently on her first trij*
from Port Arthur, Texas, with 00.000
barrels of oil, the largest cargo that
has ever come from the I?ne Star
State In one bottom. The barge mado
the trip In ten days, In tow of the big
ocean tug Astral. f
Thrto IrUh 1'rocllvltlM.
Three great qualities of the Irfm
language, said a delegate at the Irlsht
Teachers' Congress lately, were that
It was the InnguHgc In which they
could pray the most fervently, curso
the most bitterly and court the most
sweetly.