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Women's Work By \Iis? XI. Care President of Bryn Ma\ T IS ONLY a question of time w I women. Professional educatioi A cated for women. Experience in of Paris, open to women since where, has proved that there women students serious enoug fairminded person the vast ga the trend of modern opinion and usage it ? City of New York no woman can obtain the cal training without leaving her native cit\ expense in Ithaca. Philadelphia. Baltimore But in other respects the great cities of men. and New York is one of the most illibei 1853 Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell found it notes: vide clinical work and hospital practice foi cians, and that fifty years afterward this inf pathic hospital are still practically the only tlce as internes, or as visiting or reguarly a the nine city hospitals of New York out of DUt one uy rigiii, anu 111 iuu pmaic uwiium ly supported by women, out of 117 interne In the ten New York State insane hospitals and as many women as men. out of 132 resid eitions are reserved for women. In Boston In New York, because the New England He woman's institution, is the only hospital in In Baltimore, Philadelphia and other c greater liberality shown, though there was t? In those cities. In Great Britain, on the contrary, much hospitals in Ixmdon. ten in Glasgow, nine i five in Dublin are open to women. ihere is a great opportunity as yet sea physicians are still so few. for dispensary \ women physicians among poor women and missionaries of hygiene, morality and heali: are said almost to worship the women phys outlying districts of Russia. Such work is clans, both because there has been developed spirit and because women can afford to de\ for a mora moderate compensation than m< tions to forsake it for more remunerative w< opportunities for lucrative work are open t< It is impossible to bleive that this infir devoted men and women associated with yc ; ' will be allowed by the largo hearted and lib< its doors now when the community has grei and unique activities. Motor and Sai Advantages of the Motor-Bicyc i'roved by Exp i , By Josepli II was at the foot of the / I I aided, a motor-bicycle from Pa [111 I had surmounted all the di: KkHMHal "There is no exercise." Isn't it work." Do you? "It's no ti llnrcafrtf may be well said of the lar quadrocycle. or other such at Is a different thing. The car is either the a turer or tne racing man. or the latest marl very rich can exhibit. The quadrocycle and r the snare by which the ignorant would-be all the disadvantages of the car, and many The trouDie wun an iucsc luiuis ul i owing to their weight, they must either b< away by horses. They require skilled eng with the exception of very powerful cars ar Incapable of speed and of climbing hills. 0: ' is a heavy safety bicycle with a strength electricity and petroleum. This motor is ca miles an hour up to about thirty-five, and t or, rather, a great deal more care and attent safety bicycle. Many cyclists have alleged place. I very much doubt whether the m physical benefit to anybody. As a matter of and there is no real work in it?you can i its speed. Recently, in riding from N'owha\ Sast road, I pedaled almost the whole waj at I covered the distance at?well. I am n i . and I do not know at what speed I was goi ? from one town to the other. On the level, t aiderable amount of pedaling is done in a < In working your legs, on a motor-bicycle y< advantage of this machine over all others of the motor from any cause, the driving? machine ridden as an ordinary safety, whic y riding an ordinary bicycle. I have pedalei J this fashion, between fifteen and twenty rail The mechanism, too, is so simple thai Of course things happen that are hard to a I rode six hundred kilometers in three days, are not insi rmountable. I know nothing there is one indispensable qualification for tience. Any one who possesses it can get motor for a week successfully -will never r Century. | & ^ k~Can Sickness ar n I oe By j. G. FMielps Stokes HE evil conditions which men 1 I change are responsible for the J[ and wrongdoing. tmmgmmm* Disease, for instance, is n to defective and unsanitary su constitution, both of which ai r1 ferer's control. For the majority of men health depend of the individual's making, on the surroun his inheritance; conditions which, usually knowledge nor the means to avoid. P . Each year sees an increase in the pre trace to remediable defects in human surrot | Smallpox no longer ravages whole popi nee prevails. Yellow fever has of late been j for centuries it neid uninterrupted sway. T : Typhoid is wholly controllable by mode sumption, the greatest of all scourges, is no limit the individual's chances to secure fre reation. If disease can be prevented it follows lL> - to disease can be prevented, too. It is pro I real poverty of the world, or at least of "ci1 j ventable sickness or ill-health; and that mt j ventable evils in our system of industrial I Where bad habits underlie poverty they j ciations; and the evil influences which lead J . dan be replaced whenever society is read) I social, recreational?more helpful to the det I Bad habits are but the results of misi I the desires that men have are largely dete their surrounumgs. Where the influence? are bad the deve consequence. If. therefore, we would pre vice antf crime, we must change the conditi< ; First and foremost we must unite to sc tlons that each individual shall have a bet all that is best in body and character and s< "Overruling the Motion." the exp Not hong ago one of the judges of noti the Rochester, N. Y., district, -who is soot very fond of boasting, invited a friend said of his, a Awver, to take a sail with " him. At the start the wind was brisk, for ; and soon freshened into a gale that caused the little craft they were In to yer, . toss and roll in a manner that caused obli in Medicine. :y Thomas, rr Col!??e. hen ail medical schools will admit 1 canr.ot and should not be dupll tne co-euuc-ationai inecm-ai muuu? ISfiS, Vienna, Baltimore ami elseis no objection to the presence ol h to outweigh in the mind of any in to the community. In view of seems incredible that in the great lirst two years of a regular modi and residing at great additional or elsewhere. the East are sadly illiberal to wo :al. It seems incredible that in sary to found the infirmary to pror herself and other women physiirmary and a small women's homehospitals where women may prac p-uointed dispensary physicians. In 135 interneships women may hold s. many of them founded and large ships women may hold only two admitting both men and women ents and internes only eleven po the hardship is even greater than ispit.il for Women and Children, a which women may practice, itlos. the speaker said, there was ao much discrimination shown even greater justice is shown. Twenty n Manchester. 7 in Edinburgh and rcely made use of. because women vork and home practice by skilled children, to whom they will go as ng. The poor peasants of Russia sicians sent by the government to peculiarly suited to women physi i i? n-nmji, mnr-a nf the missionary ote themselves to charitable wort ?n. They have also fewer tempia jrk. because, when all is said, fewei ) them. mary which Dr. Blackwell and the >u have maintained for fifty years eral citiczens of-New York to close a:er need than ever of its manifok ?ty. tie Over Other Machines ierience. 'ennell. tips. 1 had driven, absolutely un irie, I had climbed every hill, ant (Acuities, somehow. But you say there? "You just sit still and lei rouble." Isn't it? All these things ger motor-car. the motor-trycycle oininatiens; but the motor-bicyclc dvertising medium of the manufac k of pecuniary superiority that the most tricycles that I have seen are motorist is trapped. They possess more 01 their own. notor is that, if anything breaks i repaired on the spot or draggee: ineers to keep them in order, and id racing tricycles, they are tot a 113 n the other hand, the motor-bicycle ened frame. The motor-power is pable of various speeds, from thre< he driving of it requires the same ion than the driving of an ordinary there is no exercise. In the flrsl ere wriggling of one's legs is ol fact, however, by pedaling uphillassist the motor, actually doublfnf en to Brighton over the very hill] r, just for exercise, and I may sa] ot an arithmetician or a policeman ng, but I was fiteen minutes goinj oo. you help the motor, and a con day's ride. So, if exercise consist! ou get a good deal of it. But th< is that, in case of the breakdowi belt can be disconnected, and th< :h is very little more difficult thai d another motor-bicycle myself, ir es. L it can be mastered by anybody ccount for;; but when I say that ' it will be seen that the difficulties of engineering or mechanics, bu driving a motor, and that is pa along. And whoever has driven i ide an ordinary safety again.?Th< * id Poverty Prevented ? save produced and which men cai large majority of human sufferini ow known to be usually due eithe rroundings or to defective physica e often beyond the individual suf Is very largely upon conditions no dings amid which he lives and ii , the individual has neither the >portion of diseases which we cai jndings and ways of life. .llations. except where dense igoor driven out from large areas when 'yphus is no longer known, rn methods of sanitation, and con w feared only where circumsatnce: sh air and food and rest and reo that so much of poverty as is du< bable that as much as half of th< vilized" communities, is due to pre >st of the remainder is due to pre organization. are generally caused by bad asso a child astray are needless. The: r bv other influences?educational /elopment ep character, directed desire for pleasure. Nov rmined by suggestive influences ii lopment of bad habits is a natura vent the development of idleness >ns which produce them. > improve existing industrial condi ter chance for the development o jul. ?New York Journal. lawyer's features to twist into ressive contortions. The judge cing his friend's plight, laid a hing hand on his shoulder, and dy dear fellow can I do anything you?" fes, your honor," replied the lawin plaintive tone, "you will greatly ge me by overruling this motion." RUSSIA'S WARSHIPS BOTTLED New Battleships Will Not Be Available Until the End of August. Ijondon, By Cable.?Litle change in the far Eastern situati n 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 inac' tivity of the navy. According to the Sebastopol correspondent of The Daily Graphic, Admiral Skrvdloff has learned privately from Port Arthur that the Rusisan bati tleship Retzivan lies in such a position as to block effectually the exit of battleships from the harbor, the pa~sage . being parcticable only for cruisers. The i correspondent adds that the Russian new battleships now building on the Baltic will not be ready for active commission before the end of August. The Japanese official who has charge l of Japan's financial and commercial 1 interests in England declares that his government foresaw the possibility of i 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 Feels Easier. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?There exi ists a high authority for the statement * that Rusia now has a reason to feel more tranquil regarding the attitude ol " Great Britain. The real reason for the visit to St. Petersburg of Count Benckendorff, Russian ambassador to Great Britain, ; while ostensibly to see his son ofi to ' the far East, was personally to assure 1 his government of his belief that the Japan's ally were Ill-founded, and Great Britain, although standing by the obligations of the Anglo-Japanese treaty, would not move unless compelled so to do by the entrance into affairs in the far East of a thirl power. As the Associated Press is also credi' bly informed, the British and French governments have reached a thorough understanding, by which they have pledged mutual non-interference. Rus. sian now feels much more secure 1 against European complications. I Attacked By Crank. 5 Washington Special?Armed with a C8-ealiber revolver, William G'Brion, [ alias William Duffy, an insane dis; charged sordier. entered the War Dei nnrtment and eroine to room 227, in 5 the mail and record divis.on, shot Robert J. Manning, a messenger, and I Arthur Weicker, a clerk. Miss Em, ma Saxton. another clerk, barely r missed being shot. Manning's wound ; is considered dangerous. "Weocker 5 was shot in the 1-aft arm above the i elbow. Before the maniac could fire , a third time he was overpowered by r James J. Dawson, a messenger. It t required the combined strength of [ half a dozen persons to finally subdue - the man. Prominent among them ; was Lieut. General Adna R. Chaffee. f chief of staff. The lunatic still held r tho smoking weapon in his hand , when Gen. Chaffee noticed it, and ; with his left hand on the man's throat - took the weapon from him, and also 3 the papers in his pockets. 1 Destructive Prairie Fires Lawton, Okla., Special.?Reports 1 received here indicate that five persons have been burned to death and 3.000 square miles of territory in ' Kiowa and Comanche counties swept t by prairie fires. Hundreds of people are homeless and it is impossible to t estimate accurately the financial loss, 3 owing to the wide extnt of country affected. Following is a partial list of tho killed and injured: D. Harmond, living six miles northeast of Lawton, burned to a crisp; John Harmond, cannot live; A. N. Crawford, near Lawton. seriously burned; Mrs. Henderson, widow living near Lawton, and two daughteis, ) seriously burned: one cannot live. Report says that more fatalities are expected, as the reports from some districts are meagre. t News in Notes. ? In 1896 Congress adjourned on June r 7, ten days before the Republican Na1 tional Convention. In 1900 adjournment was taken on June 11, two weeks before the convention at Philadelphia, t The Republican convention will be l held this year on June 21, and it will ! be a reversal of precedent if the Senators agree to an adjournment of the T 1 Congress ueiore June i.? wusiuugiuu Post. The French Minister of Agifeulture 2 has received from the Riviera a report which shows that the orange growers * are threatened with the worst of calamities. A microscopic insect, scientifically known as chrysumphalus minor, is the cause of an orange disl ease as potentially destructive as the 3 potato disease which spread famine and devastation over Ireland 57 years ago. M. Bc-lle. an expert in Nice, has ' be?n investigating the origin and pro" pagation of this malady among the oranges. The council of the depart ment of Nice has taken the matter in hand. Orange growers are combining for 7 the extirpation of chrysumphalus 1 minor. It is said that the insect was imported *rom America some years 1 ago. and ihat the first signs of its depredations were detected in Florence. A London pauer, the Chron' icle, says that in the matter of ciothes, the House of Commons is the most correct assembly of legislators in the world, and the American House of Representatives the most astonishing. "The ordinary Congressional costume," it says, "is a long, very loose frock coat, a low-cut waist-coat, turned down collar, white bow and Derby or felt hat. At first glance one would easily take Congress for an assembly of dissenting ministers." TOWN UNDER FIRE The City Of Vladivostok Heavily Bombarded TliE SHELLS FAILED TO BURST They Directed Their Fire Against the Shore Batteries and the Town?The Russicns. Did Not Reply. Vladivostock. By Cable.?A fleet of I five battleships and two cruisers apI pea red off this place at 1:25 Sunday afternoon and bombarded the town and shore batteries for fifty-five minutes. The fleet approached front the directon of Askold Island, at the east entrance of Usuri Bay, and about 32 miles southeast of Vladivostock. Entering Usuri Bay the enemy formed in line of battle, but did not approach to a closer range than five and onethird miles. They directed their fire against the shore batteries and the town, but no damage resulted as most of their 200 lydite shells failed to burst. The Russian batteries commanded by Generals Veronetz and Artamoff d"d not reply, awaiting a closer approach of the enemy. The Japanese fire ceased at 2:20 p. m.. and th enemy retired in the direction of Askold Island. Simultaneously two torpedo boat destroyers appeared near Askold Island and two more near Cape Maidel. The Japanese ships were covered with ice. The attack resulted in no loss to the Russians but cost the enemy 200,000 roubles, ($100,0001 in ammunition. Most of the projectiles were six aud twelve-inch shells. The population of Vladivostock was warned this morning of the presence of a hostile fleet and of the prospect of an attack during the day, but it remained tranquil. Japanese Advancing. St. Petersburg. By Cable.?Advices from Vladivostock say that the 2,500 Japanese troops who landed at Selakin Bay. (on the east coast of northern Korea), are advancing toward Musan (21S miles from General San) with the intention of ultimately reaching Hun-, hcun (on the left bank of the Tumen river about 100 miles west of Vladivostock) and threatening the Russian flank. In order to checkmate this move a Russian outpost, 1,500 strong, is advancing to occupy Koyryong, on the Tumen river, a walled city commanding the trails along which the Japanese must pass. The naval mobilization foreshadowed in these dispatches was partially decided on today. Three eastern provinces of European Russia, Vyatka. Perm and Ufa, are included in the plan, the purpose stated being the strengthening of the crews of the Pacific squadron. The Novosti prints a significant editorial article which is very concilatory toward Great Britain. The paper argues that the understanding between the countries with regard to an Asiatic policy will assure peace thp nnrmnl Hp velopment of Russian and British interests there would be impossible. If Great Britain. The Novostl says, would agree to an outlet for Russia to "the Indian ocean. Great Britain possessions in India would be unconditionally guaranteed by Russia. The Novoe Vrema also discusses the offers of British friendship but with bad grace, saying: "John Bull believes he has a better chance of reaching the winning post with Great Britain and Japan in double harness than with a troika, including the American mustang." The wife of a naval officer gives a graphic account of the bombardment of Port Arthur Feb. 9 and the flight of women and children the next day. She was awakened in the middle of the night by the heavy reports of the guns and her first thought was that they were due to blasting operations at the dock yard, but when the guns of the fortress began to boom she awoke the servants, who were panic stricken. She went out on the balcony and saw the searchlights wildly swirling. The town was deserted except in front of the residence of Vicernv Alpxipff. The officer's wife, with an infant, took a train from Port Arthur in the morning and she describes the awful crush at the station and also at Dalny. Great hardships were suffered by the travelers for eighteen days. The trains and stations were crowded and the woman found it impossible even to lay her baby doyn on the floor of the car, which was covered with baggage. She says that mothers fought to get food for their children. Direct through communication is now established between Viceroy Alexieff's headquarters at Mukden and St. Petersburg. This is believed to be the longest circuit in the world, being over 6,000 miles, whereas direct communication between London and Teheran, a distance of only 5,000 miles, hitherto has been the longest. Prince Louis Napoleon, who has been in command of a grenadier brigade in the Caucasus, has arrived here and the understanding is that he will receive an important command on tne frontier. Three Boys Burned to Death. Bucktouehe, N. D.. Special.?Three sons of Mrs. Lewis Savon, a widow, were burned to death, and a fourth probably fatally injured in a fire that destroyed their home at Black river during the night The bodies of Joseph, aged 26 years; Thaddeus, 14, and John, 12, were found in the ruins. Alphie escaped the flames by jumping from a window, but was dangerously injured. The mother was unharmed. THE SMOOT INVESTIGATION | Great Latitude Will Be Allowed In Examining Witnesses. Washington Special.?An effort to Cl draw out the innermost facts of the Mormon faith was manifest in Wednesday's proceedings before the Senate committee on privileges and elec- n tions, in an investigation of the pro- " tests against Reed Smoot, claiming his seat as a Senator from Utah. President Joseph F. Smith, the high- T est official of the church, was on the stand all day. He was questioned closely in regard to the principles of divine revelations. Ho said he adhered absolutely tc all the teachings of th9 church in that regard and that he himself had been visited with divine inspirations from God. He also B( said that he still believed in polygamy. The testimony was directed in a slight degree only at Senator Smoot b( and no attempt was made by the do ai fense to curtail the admission of testi- C( mony until President Smith was ques- jj Honed in relation to polygamous cohabitation of certain officials of the ai church before the manifesto of 1890. The attorneys then objected, and 81 much time was devoted to the rele- ^ vancy of such testimony. The comraitteo went into executive session, and after full discussion determined S( to allow the utmost latitude to the ir hearings, which means that court g, practices will bo avoided, and thus ^ the first victory was scored for the protectants. The committee will f< hear practically all the prosecution It has to offer and determine for itself fi what is competent testimony. Tho p committee will hold daily sessions. President Smith was the first witness. R. W. Taylor, counsel for the ir Protestants, asked Mr. Smith if lie S was a prophet, seer and revelation- vv 1st. Mr. Smith said he received his *, powers by reason of the position he w held. He said the apostles of the a church were "sustained in the same powers ao prophets, seers and reve- F lators." R Mr. Smith explained that the first d presidency is the president of the a church, and two high priests or couneelors, and the twleve apostles are li next in authority. The Presidents tl are elected by the council and the t< apostles, he said, but he believed and f< it is taught that presidents are really d chosen by divine revelation, and they tl aro then endowed with the authority it of the holy priesthood by authority v direct from God. In relation to revelation the wit* K ness said the church holds that any n elder may receive a revelation for n his own guidance. "Then Mr. Smoot may receive such a revelations direct from God?" said Mr. Taylor. c| "For his own guidance, yes," was the answer. ^ Mr. Smith said only those ronrela fi lions to the president which had been * presented io the church and accepted by the members wero binding upon them. Mr. Overman wanted to know what happened to those who did not a believe in the inspired revelations. V "Wero thev unchurched?" he ask* ? ed. a "They unchurched themselves," ( was the response. ^ Mr. Taylor put the situation in ^ thtw form: "May the members of the a church say to you, 'We deny that God has v?ld you to tell us that, and we will not weive. ycur revelation?" g| "It could." was the reply. r( Mr. Smith then made this statement: tl "The members of the Mormon r( church are among the freest, most tl independent people of all the Chris- tl tian denominations. They have free- a dom of speech, freedom of thought, fc Ttiey are noi hh uuueu uu u principle of the church. They are u not expected to be. So long as one 0 accepts God, and his opinion is not si in conflict with the accepted stand- n ards of the charch, he enjoys fellow- a ship in the church. He who denies o God; he who commits adultery, or h steals, or lies, or bears false witness against his neighbor in any way. or L goes contrary to the cardinal princl- J! pies of our Christian religion, is com- tJ pelled to withdraw. But one who is h honest, virtuous, belfe\es in God and ri has a little faith in our religion is ci nurtured though he may not believe P in the church in all that it teaches. In b that book (Mr. Smith pointed to a ? Mormon volume) is a revelation on u plural marriages. Not more than 3 ti or 4 Der cent, of the entire member- tl ship of the church have entered that in tho post have abstained O LULV-. viiv av* ? from plural marriages, and many thousands have rejected the principle jj entirely." t( Senator Dubois said: "I notice you say that many thousands rejected the l! doctrines of plural marriages. Do ? you mean that they never practiced r plural marriages or that they de- o clarexl against the doctrine?" J Mr. Smith answered again that u many thousands in the church had t! declared against the principle of plu- ? ral marriages as given to the church H in a revelation from Joseph Smith, ? Jr. To bring out the effect of refus- a ing to subscribe to the teachings of ll thp ehnrch. Mr. Hoar asked a number of questions, and Mr. Smith said: "The principle of revelation is the j*. fundamental principle of the character." "Have you ever received such a revelation direct from God " asked Mr. Taylor. v "I never said I had received a reve- s lation except that God has shown me a that Mormonism is God's divine a truth." said Mr. Smith. o "How has God shown you that?" b asked Mr. Burrows. n "By inspiration." tl Mr. Smith described the accepted ? theory of revelation of the principle of poiygamy to Joseph Smith. Jr., say- ring that an angel in black had appear- h ed unto him. He said revelations had not come to him in that form, but he had received a direct revelation from God t( by inspiration. At this point Mr. Bailey said he as- ? sumed that all the testimony being a brought in in regard to the religion S of the Mormon church had some fl sound relation to the influence the g church had in civil affairs, and unless a he was assured of that he would ob- 0 ject. . n t ( PEOPLE CRUSHED. )Ilapse of Steel Skeleton of Hotel rv _ i* a uaimgion THERS MAY BE IN WRECKAGE he Building Department Entered Repeated Charges oi Violation Against the Building, Which Were Disregarded. New York, Special.?Fourteen per)ns are believed to have been killed, whom the bodies of only five have sen recovered, about a score injured, ad several are missing" through the )llapse of the steel skeleton of the 'otel Dalington, a thirteen-story partment house in course of erection t 578 West Forty-seventh street. The :eel frame had been erected as far a3 ie eleventh floor, and the structure as swarming with iron workers, mar.na anrl lohnrorc when wlthAilt istant's warning, the upper fioor saged and collapsed and the whole strucire fell with a crash that was heard )r blocks and shook all the buildings i the vicinity. A portion of the steel ame fell upon the rear of the Hotel atterson, on West Forty-seventh ? :reet. crushing in tho wall of the din!g-room and killing Mrs. Ella Lacey torrs. the wife of Frank Storrs. a _ , ealthy resident of Rye, Westchester ountv. as she was sitting at luncheon ith the wife of Rev. Dr. Minot Savge. who escaped unhurt. The other dead, so far as known, are rederick Morrills. foreman of the loebling Construction Company; a errick man and two unidentified men, pparently laborers. Among those missing is Frank J. Alson. of the Allison Realty Company, le builders of the hotel, who is known ) have been in the building when it ill. EfTorts to recover the bodies of the ead and rescue those imprisoned in le wreck were begun by the firemen nmediately after the crash, and the ork of searching the ruins will be antinuei all night. Owing to the enoricns mass of metal wreckage, days iay elapse before all the bodies are jcovered. The cause of the disaster generally ceepted is the overloading of the oors. Foreman James Halpin, in tiarge of the iron workers, stated that -ere was a large quantity of cement nd other building material on the fth floor, and that on the ninth floor ere eighty-three iron beams which ere to have been used in constructing ie remaining floors of the building. That criminal carelessness Is ehargeblc to somebody is shown by the fact iat the building department had laced repeated charges of ' violations" gainst me uuuumg, iuc uoi Uuv v,.. isnector Charles French, because "the ide walls were more than two stories 1 advance of the front walls, and the oor beams were not properly bolted nd tied." In spite of this and previous warnlgs. those responsible for the conduction of the building went ahead, ?gardless of consequences. Adjoining the collapsed building on lc- west is the four-story brown-stone ?3idence of Harold Brown. Some of ie huge iron beams struck the side of tp house and stove holes in the wall nd roof, and dislodged a part of the own-stone front, which was thrown ) the street. The occupants escaped n injured. On the east side is a house coupled by A. Walpole Crage as a ?hool for boys. This had been dislissed a few minutes before the crash. , few beams struck the house, tearing ff a portion of the roof and smashing oles in the side walls. Mrs. Storrs, whose husband is in ondon, was sitting at luncheon with rrs Savaee when the crash came, and fie and Ernest Meier, a waiter, were istantly buried under the debris of the oof and walls. Mrs. Savage barely esaped being struck, but her skirt was inned to the floor by a mass of fallen ricks. Mrs. Storrs was breathing when xtracted, but died withtn a few mintes. The waiter is believed to be failly injured. The other occupants of tie dining-room escaped unhurt. i For a Dispensary. "Wilmington, Special.?Those who are i a position to know say that within jn days the campaign for a dispensary i Wilmington will be launched ia arnest. However, the temperance adocntes will make no effort to rout the pen saloons before the first of next anuary. The necessity for a vote pon the question 90 days preceding fie regular election in November is asigned as the reason for drawing the uos so early. Should the anti-saloon lement postpone the election as late s August, it would then be too late a close the saloons in January, in fie event that they are successful. The equisite number of names were se j * - . nalllrip fnr the elec urtru iu a y^uuvu a ion during last fall. District Appropriation. Washington. Special.?The House de. otcd the entire day Tuesday to conideration of the District of Columbia ppropriation bill, but did not conclude cticn on the measure. The House ommittre of the whole amended the ill by unanimous vote so as to fix the maximum rates which may be charged he District of Columbia for telephone ervice or for telephones in private esidem-es at from $25 to $50 per anam. The amendment was proposed v Mr. bartlett, of Georgia. A Wireless Test. Pensacola, Fla., Special.?Wireless plegraphv is being put in practical use ere. Messages were received from nd sent to the battleship Texas, he was fully 100 miles out when the rst message was received, and though oing at full speed the vessel did not rrive until late in the afternoon. Uher vessels of the navy will be comlunicated with as tf'iy approach.