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The Great Mi Supplies Our Corn, Wlieat ; , Be great Middle West \s-il Tand the wheat of the cc most of the beef. The mm?m?m presence felt in manufacci plements with which the the writer heard an East better and cheaper shoes These are only a few < ' the straws thai The Middle West stiil inhabited so busy getting things going that they the refinements (sir) of the East, nut that no Western foot-hall team has yet the Eastern universities, still we hav. leges are fairly efficient, and turn or worthy. When we have a groat educs Indianapolis are better than those of ment its savagery, nor resent the o< comes to it from over the Alleghanie and the Westerners do not mind. T Toads and making their ities beautiful Here is a little story which may s Yorker who called a Missourian "provi the retort. '"Everybody in Missouri ki few people in New York know anvtli the man who made this tale was a N sidered it a joke. I leave my readers repeat, goes on her way bringing hoi turning them to account in her own lio and run the newspapers and the com ters marry dukes and princes and sit specially reserved for the mighty. T1 West less, byt that they are preparin when K will have to come to then.. people who live in the Northwest reri take off our hats! <5 Russia's Territ Frightful unci Habitual Dee Fo By A. D. I jhhaN consequence of the terrib (g&I have devastated Russia. l!Xl A spring of 1899 to inquire governments of Europeai ^ne ?* 'ts members, ItanHnn# lished some results of th? the quantity of grain sow: 35 per cent, between 18C1-18C5 and 189 ant living in these governments sufferei and the terrible consequences are alret How greatly exhausted the soil has b according to the commission, the gTour did thirty years ago. The impoverishment of the popvla of the great increase of the numbers < .decreased by 48 per cent, between 18C . died of famine many peasants have the plough. Notwithstanding the frightful and food more than half of Russia's expo meal. These exports of food represent ?40,000.000 a year. If the Russian po sia could not export any grain, but wot cannot always afford to eat' his own gra Government gathers the taxes, and mi the harvest is over. Their food has be form of taxe3 and is sent out of the c< huge foreign loans which have been c * " o.^cia'c cvnansionist p iurinerauce ui ? ?, and navy, her strategical railways and sia. her secret service, her shipping s paid for with the food of the peasants eat their own food Russia would speed! J? <? The Ignominy The Shadow of the Gallowi I n no on the gallows is the D suffer. The terrors of tl itself, for death is the cor ^ out flinching, no matter it the death of a felon?to associations of an ffxecut ness of the condemned n Van Dine. Niedermier, and Marx n They showed no mercy for others, ar.< world. They must die, leaving to the 1 live on in ignominy and dishonor. Fort 1 have no wives and children to share 1 future years. The shadow of the gall is the awfulest thing to contemplate i: The car-barn murderers will have no p The mothers and brothers and sisters bear the degradation. Many a young man. whose footste Van Dine, Neidermier and Marx trod, r tacle of such a death. Sometimes it is a glorious thing to name has corac down to us honored in s the noose cut off his breath were: "I to give for my country." But to die death which is waking for these threi ishment that can be inflicted by the out Let the lesson sink deeply into the J? ? What Women All Women Do Not Confine Boo is at least a differen Tj distaste of women for se' critic in the National Rc^ mmmmmmrn nor on principle do they their minds, and give the HfcifigE/ other makes the comfortin are called, the "solid" boo culating libraries are in the proportion erage. M. Ernest Quentin Bauchart has that many rare and beautiful volumes treasured by French ladies, from Mai How far the pleasures of a collector r is always a delicate point to decide: bt that some of these ladies loved their "Books and art." he says with happy t< ame de Pompadour's liking than the di dium of Louis XV.: and many a time she plays and nove-ls than engaged in conscic els." l^a Duchesse de Montpensier?"La rious and scholarly books. The frivoloi plagued her. I.a Grande Mademoiselle 1 but the choice does credit to her taste foi were a shade less diverting than mathen The Yankee in England. An enterprising Yankee came over 1 to England and decided to open a shop in Birmingham. He obtained < premises ni?t door to a man who also kept a shop of the same description, but was not very pushing in his busi- j ness methods. The methods of the ! Yankee, however, caused the older j < trader to wake up. and, with the spirit j * of originality strong upon him. he af- 5 fixed a notice over his shop with the < ddle West cuicl Hogs and Most of Our ef. 1 one day "wag the dog." The corn mntry are grown here, the hogs and West is also beginning to make its . iring. They make the agricultural im- , world tiils its fields, and not long ago j ern shoe-dealer say that he could get | from Ohio than from Massachusetts, t show which way :he wind is blowing, by a pioneer people; they have boon | have had scarcely time to acquire all j they are doing their best. It is true j ; succeeded in downing the elevens of j i reason to believe that Western coiit men whose scholarship i is not tiniter saying that the public schools of Boston, the West need not greatly laxasional condescending smile which s. The East must have some solace, hey go on building school-houses and serve as an apologue. It is of a New neial." "^ou are the provincial." was nows ail aoout New York, but mighty ling alrout Missouri." 1 suspect that ew Yorker, and that his hearers oonto get a moral. The Middle West, I no ideas from the outside world, and usekecping. Some of her sons go East iting-houses: and some of her daugh011 thrones and other desirable seats lis does not mean that they love the g the rest of the world for the time To the Middle Wo'jt. then, to the itorv and the Louisiana Purchase, we $ 0 >le Famines. irtli of the Most Neceasurv ocl. 5oljeno\v. fmnnnnt famines which of late !C ail** * vxfwv~. a commission was appointed in the into the economic decay of the central i Russia. , Mr. A. D. Poljenow, has recently pubit inquiry, from which it appears that n per head of population decreased by 1-1896. We are told ">the Russia peasi chronically from insufficiency of food, idy apparent to a pronounced degree." >eeome is evident from the fact that, id yields now 27 per cent, less than it ition has been so great that, in spite )f peasants, the number of horses has 8 and 1895. As so many horses have taken their wives and children into habitual dearth of the most necessary rts always consist of corn, flour and a money value of from ?30.500.000 to pulation were properly nourished Rusild have to import. But the peasants iin. Immediately after the harvest fhe my taxpayers are left to starve after en collected by the Government in the juntry in order to pay interest on the ontracted by the Government for the olicy. Thus Russia's enormous army harbors, her loans to China and Perubsidies and her export bounties are . and if the peasants were allowed to ily be bankrupt.?Nineteenth Century. ? m Hano'ino' U1 IIUAI^aaa^* h Darkens* tlie Lives* of tlie cent. most ignominious fate which man can tie scaffold lie not so much in death nraon lot, and most men meet it with1 what form it comes. But to die have life taken amid all the horrible ion?is what makes the chief bittertan's lot. iust die in atonement of their crimes, i they can expect little pity from the tvorld, as a heritage, names which will tunately for posterity, these three men the infamy of their names during the ows, falling over innocent little ones, n connection with capital punishment, osterity to hide their heads in shame. >. and other relatives, however, must " 1 ~ ~ i/->n n:Viif>h I ps are tenutng m me uho.?iUU ? 10 doubt will pause before the specdie, even by the rope. Nathan Hale's ;tory and verse. His last words before only regret that I have but one life the death of a murderer?to die the ? inhuman boys?is the supreme punraged law. hearts of the rising generation. w m . Read. Tlieir Heading to FVivolou8* Ich. ce of opinion in regard to the alleged core and systematic reading. One iew assc-rts that neither for pleasuro study books which would cultivate m broad and stable views of life. Ang statement that the good, or, as they ks, taken by women f^om English cirof two to five,?a very creditable avshown us, in I.es Femmes Bibliophiles, were for two centuries collected and "garet of Valois to Marie Antoinette, nerge into the pleasures of a student I it Mr. Andrew Lang is of the opinion libraries, even to the reading point. Dlerance, "were probably more to Madversions by which she beguiled the te would rather have been quiet with her ?ntiously conducted, but distasteful revi Grande Mademoiselle"?liked only sens ones, she used to say. wearied and was by no means the wisest of women, amusement. The romances of her age latics.?Harper's Bazar. words, "Established fifty years," painted in large letters. Next day the fankee replied to this with a notice }ver the store to this effect, "Established yesterday. No old stock."? rhe Country Gentleman. The hydroscope, invented by Pino of Uenoa. is a long tube, with optical instruments in one end. which, when aibmerged, will reflect any submarine jbject upon canvas aboard ship. > , VV LIVE ITEMS OF NEWS. Many Matters of General Interest in Short Paragraphs. Down in Dixie. A new ice factory has just been completed at Elkins. I)r. Isadore Dyer, in a lecture at New Orleans, declared that he had cured 12 lepers. T.V_ ?F 'DOT i ill." L/au^iurid ui iuc nuiciitau nt?olution have adjourned and gone to Jamestown. Ya. It is now certain that Dr. Crum will not be confirmed as collector at Charleston. S. C., during this Congress. Hon. J. C. Pritchard has been appointed by the President to the position made vacant by the recent death of Judge Simonton. \V. L. Moody, of Fairmont. W. Va.. has wagered $300 that he can walk from Fairmont to St. Louis in one month. He will start May 1. The United States Supreme Court dismissed, on the ground that no relief is possible, the two cases involving the suffrage clause of the new Virginia constitution. The contract has been given for the construction of six Washington carJon factories in the Grassell, suburb of Clarksburg. Six large buildings, ranging in dimensions from 80x80 to lOOx 300 feet, will be constructed of steel, brick and stone. The Petersburg City Council has adopted an ordinance making the license tax to do trading-stamp business in Petersburg $250 per annum. There was much complaint on the part of many merchants that the tax was not made higher in order to prohibit the business here. At a special meeting of the Council later the tax was increased to $1,000 per annum. At The National Capital. An unusually large number of naval vessels will be at the diaposal of the Annapoiis miasnipmen next summer. Friends of Navy Paymaster BIscoe. it is said, may lodge charges with the department against Rear-Admiral Evans. Representative M. E. Benton, of Missoiyjj. declares the Democrats will take the tariff as an issue in the coming Presidential campaign. It is reported that in the event of Mr. Roosevelt's election Secretary Taft will become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court and Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Secretary of State. The President awarded a medal of honor to Secret Service Office Richard II. Taylor for heroism exhibited as a rcembeF of the navy at Apia. Samoa, j March 1C. 1889. In the general deficiency appropriation bill adopted Wednesday the Sen- j ate amendment extending for two j years the time for filing claims for i property taken from Confederate of- J fleers and soldiers, was agreed to. At The North. The number of workmen on the World's Fair in St. Louis was increased to 80.000 but it was stated that the Exposition would not he entirely finished by the opening day, April 30. Redfern. the noted Paris dressmaker, left New York for St. Louis to look after his exhibit at the World's Fair. Fire destroyed the interior of the Victor Talking Machine Company's plant at Camden. N. J., causing a loss of $500,000, with insurance of $250,000. One watchman was killed, another badly wounded and an alleged thief 3hot in a fight with packing-house robbers in Chicago. Mrs. Louise Rodney Holeomb. of Newcastle. Del., sued for a divorce from Capt. Chauneey Holeomb, alleg ing cruelty. Miss Bertha C. Weightman. Philadelphia's richest heiress, was married to Dr. N. R. Norton, of New York. From Across The Sea. Prince Pu Lun, a nephew of the Emperior of China and China's commissioner to the St. Louis Fair, was presented to the President. The Russian General Staff received information that the Japanese are planning to force General Kuropatkin to attack them. Vassili Verestchagin, the artist who was killed at Port Arthur, expressed in his will the conviction that he would never return to Russia. It is now stated that CO persons were killed in the recent wreck in the Mexican Central railroad near Zacatccas. Peruvian troops refuse to evacuate territory on the western frontier of Brazil, which is regarded as belonging to Brazil. The birth of an heir to the Russian throne late in the summer is expected. Miscellaneous flatters. Joel Sarver, a rich farmer, near Martinsville, was robbed Sunday night. The house was set on fire, and while he mem hers of the familv were fight ing the flames the robbers entered and stole several hundred dollars and escaped. A strike was ordered for tomorrow of the 100.000 garment workers of America, but was deferred in order to negotiate with the employers. Saliie Gaston, colored, of Courtland, v.as shot and almost instantly killed by her son, William Gaston. 25 years e ld. They quarreled violently shortly before the killing. President Loubet arrived in Rome and was welcomed by King Victor Emmanuel. Ilased on plans now In contemplation, the proposed Lincoln statute to be erected in Washington will cost about $1,000,000. Capt. Charles S. Bromwell. Corps of Engineers, will act as Superintendent of Buildings and Grounds during Col. T. W. Symons' absence in New York. Governor P. B. Odell had a long conference with President Roosevelt on New York State politics. The Reichstag discussed a bill for a new railroad in the cotton-growing district of German East Africa. ? . WIN A BIG BATTLE ? ? Glorious Victory Crowns Prowess Of Japanese Arms HEAVY LOSSES TO RUSSIANS ARMY The First Army, under General Kuroki. Forces a Passage of the Yalu and Drives the Russians from Chien Tien Cheng. Tokio. By Cable.?After five days of fighting, largely with artillery, the first Japanese army, under General Kuroki, has forced a crossing of the Yalu river and Sunday with a gallant charge covering a frontage of four miles, it drove the Russians from Chiu Tien Cheng and the heights on the right bank of the Iho or Aida river, which enters the Yalu from tue North almost opposite Wiju. The Japanese turned the lert Rank of the Russian position and in the battle of Sun day they swept the new front interposed by the Russians to check their onward movement. The present position of the Japanese is a dominating one and they may force the abandonment of the defenses erected by the Russians at Antung and otner points lower down the river. General Kuroki began the movement on Tuesday by ordering a detachment of the Imperial Guards division to seize the island of Kurito, which is in the Yalu above Wiju. and a detachment of the second division to seize the island of Kintieto. which is situated below Wiju. The detachment of the Im periai uuaras met some resistance, uui it succeeded in clearing the enemy out and occupied Kurito Island. The Russians abandoned the island of Kinteito when attacked by the detachment of the second divisions. The action losses sustained by the detachment of the Imperial Guards is not known, as there is an error in that part of the message received here referring to the number killed, but 9 of the detachment were severely and 1G slightly wounded. The detachment of the second division which took island of Kinito sustained no losses. During these movements on the island the Russians opened fire on the Japanese with eight guns from a hill behind Chu-Tien-Chein and two Hotehkiss guns which were mounted on the bank of the river at Kosan. where the Russians seemed to have established their headquarters. One battery of Japanese artillery which had taken a position on a hill to the east of Wiju fired three volleys at Kosan and at 1 o'clock Tuesday the Russian batteries behind Chu Cheng opened fire, wounding one Japanese soldier with shrapnel. On Wednesday the bombardment of Wiju was continued, the firing being at intervals. The Japanese artillery did not respond to this fact. General Karoki has received reports to the effect that the Japanese loss was small. The Russians shelled the reconnoitering party from an emplacement in the thills in the southeast part of Yoshoko. This fire was without effect. The n 1 ? ? Ivn Kill hohinrl rtUSSlclIl CWLJUCIJ I'll IUC 111.1 UVM...U Chin-Cheng firing' at a high angle, opened on Wiju. where some Japanese batteries had taken position. This firing continued until Thursday night and General Kuroki reports that while it was ineffective, it disturbed his preparations for an attack. The Russians resumed the shelling of Wiju on Friday. but the Japanese guns did not reply. The twelfth division of the Japanese t rmy was chosen to make the first crossing of the Yalu. It began its preparations on Friday by driving the Russians from their position on the bank of the river. Opposite Suikochin. which is eight miles above Wiju. and the point selected for the crossing. This division constructed a pontoon bridge over the river and at 3 o'clock Saturday morning it began crossing. The entire division crossed over the rivei and by C o'clock p. m., it was in the position assigned to it for the battle Sunday. The movement of the twelfth Japanese division was covered by the second Regiment of field artillery and another artillery regiment of heavy guns. The Japanese losses in the bombardments of Saturday were two men killed and five officers and 22 men wounded. A flotilla of gun-boats from the squadron of Admiral Hosova participated in the fighting of Saturday. It encountered mixed force of Russians infantry, cavalry and artillery on the Manchtirian bank of the Yalu below Antung and after a sharp fight gcattered them to the hills. A bridge across the ma'n stream of the Yalu. just below Wiju, was completed at 8 o'clock Saturday night and the second Japanese division and the Imperial Guards immediately began crossing. They advanced and occupied the hills back of Kosan. facing the Russian position on the right bank of the river. 11 ?~i? Onfiiwinv niI'll) nf ^ill IUIUU5U ....... after regiment of Japanese soldiers poured across the bridge and at a late hour Saturday night General Kuroki telegraphed to the general staff of the army: "I will attack the enemy on May 1. at dawn." True to his promise General Kuroki at daylight today centered all his artillery on the Russian position between Chiu-Tien-Cheng and Yoshoko. To this fire the Russians made reply with all their batteries. At 7 o'clock in the morning the Russian battery at Yoshoko was silenced and half an hour later General Kuroki ordered his line, stretching for four miles, to attack. The Japanese infantry on the word of command, charged across the Iho. News of the Day. A tornado which swept Indian Territory. Texas, Arkansas and other sections of the Southwest killed 13 persons so far as known, injured scores of others, some fatally, and destroyed a large amount of property. The crew of 27 men on board the French waterlogged barkentine Union was rescued by the steamer Haverford and taken to Philadelphia. ???????????1 CONGRESS ADJOURNS Minority Leader Williams Offers Resolutions Commending the Impartial Conduct of the Speaker. The closing Thursday of the second session of the House of the Fiftyeighth Congress was made notable by the demonstration which was evoked by a resolution offered by Mr. Williams, the minority leader, testifying to the courtesy and fair and impartial manner in which Speaker Cannon had presided over the House. The resolu- , tion was not of the perfunctory kind, but was expressive of the kindly feel- ! ing which men in the House of all parties entertained toward him. In a graceful speech the Speaker declared his appreciation of the resolution. Many conference reports were agreed to on bills which had been in dispute between the two Houses, including that on the bill for the government of the canal zone. The only debate of any importance was on the bill providing for the restoration to the Naval Academy of three cadets who had been dismissed for hazing, the House voting overwhelmingly against it. I When the resolution for adjournment was presented. Mr. Williams, of Mississippi, the minority leader, remarked that "while the Democrats personally would feel very glad to get back to their homes they would regret for a long time the in-action of the majority oi the House that seems anxious to leave the post of duty and leave a situation bristling with legislation that ought to be considered." Mr. Payne said that he felt assured "that after seven years of uninterrupted Republican rule the country will say that every important interest has been carefully guarded by the n r* locriclatinn nf nepuunraii pai 1/ uj iuc v5?oiHv*vM ?. those seven years." The time was within five minutes oi the hour set for adjournment when Mr. Williams, amid impressive silence, was recognized to present a resolution expressive of the appreciation of the House for the fair and impartial manner in which the Speaker had presided over that body. The resolution refers lo the sturdy common sense and genial good humor which have been displayed by the Speaker, and which have induced the Speaker, and which have Induced the members of the House itself in a degree almost unprecedented, in imitation of him. to display the same sterling American characteristic in their deliberations and mutual dealings. Mr. Williams said that it was a great thing to be a Speaker of the House of Commons of the American republic, but that it was a greater thing "not to permit the fact of promotion to that place, one of the most exalted in the world, to turn one's head in the slightest degree, or to deflect one from the course hitherto pursued of being a plain American citizen with extraordinary common sense and a remarkable fund of that most characteristic of all America qualitiesgenial humor." Mr. Williams then convulsed the House by referring to a conversation he once had with the Speaker, in the course of which he said: "Mr. Speaker, _n. *m?j, vn? arp a3 fair I Win aiwaja uiun v.i..v a? I believe you will be." The Speaker he said, replied: "John, I am going to be as fair as I can consistently with the exigencies of American politics." Mr. Williams declared that the Speaker did himself injustice when he put that limitation upon his statement. "but." Mr. Williams said, "it was characteristic of the frankness and candor of the man to put in the limitation." The resolution was unanimously adopted on a rising vote, and the Speaker was escorted to the rostrum amid frantic applause. He was visibly affected when he thanked the House for the resolution, saying it touched him more than he could express. He said, among other things: "In the nature of things, the contests on the hustings and in the hall of the House are spirited and earnest. I would be less than human did I not say that while, for the time being, I *!-.? miinritv after all. co-operate wim mc mUJv..v, the minority has a function to perform I almost equal in importance to the I function of the majority, and it is a matter of gratification not only to me now. but as I recollect it at the close I of the various Congresses of which I I have been a member, that when the J heat of contest has died away there I I ever remains resnect upon each side for I I the other, for the efforts of intelligent, I patriotic, brave men who represent I their constituents according to the re- I sportive judgments." The Speaker at 2:10 o'clock adjourn- I cd the House, and was given one of I the greatest demonstrations of regard ever witnessed in the House of Repre- I eentatives. As, to a man the members I rose and sang "America." the occu- I pants of the galleries joined in. Speaker Cannon took a position near I the lobby door on the Republican side, and the members filed past and bade I him "good-bye," all the while singing, I "He's a jolly good fellow," with a re- I frain, "So say we all of us* 'to the tune I cf "America." closing with "God be with you till we meet again." Senate Adjournment. With a brief announcement and a sharp rap of his well-worked gavel, I President Pro Tern Frye adjourned the Senate sine die at 2 p. m. Thursday, I the hour fixed by the resolution of the I two Houses of Congress. The occur-1 reuce v.as devoid of unusual incident. I j. v de- I The greater pan. vi n?c tut^rd to a political debate which was participated in on the Republican side by Messrs. Allison and Aldrich, and on the Democratic side by Messrs. Gorman and Culberson. The President and his cabinet occupied the President's room during a part of the debate, and some of the President's advisers were among the most interested listeners to the criticism and defense of their chief. Mrs. Roosevelt and otner members of the President's family occupied seats in the gallery toward the close of the session, and they, too. found entertainment in the proceedings. The only important acts of legislation during the day were the i presentation and acceptance of con-1 terence reports on the Panama canal j government and emergency river and J harbor bills. Neither report aroused ! debate. | After the adoption of a resolution of thanks to Mr. Frve. the presiding of | liter, the Senate adjourned. k ? Bid FAIR IS OPEN , Louisiana Purchase Exposition Now Ready For the Public - r DOORS THROWN OPEN SATURDAY Flawless Weather and Large Attendance?President Pressed :he Button in Washington at 12.15 O'clock. St. Louis, Special.?Representing a larger expenditure than any similar enterprise heretofore attempted on this continent, greater in its ambition, and larger in its scope than any previous effort of its kind, the Louisiana Purchase Exposition was formally opened Saturday afternoon. The inaugural exercises could hardly have been . improved upon. They were simple and were carried through without delay of any description. , President Pressed the Button. Washington Special. ? President Roosevelt pressed the gold key which completed the electrical circuit and released the gigantic power of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, putting in motion the 40,000horse power machinery and the fairylike cascades in the grounds. The ceremony occurred in the East Room of the White House, precisely at 1.14 1-2 o'clock. Eastern standard tim*. As the President pressed the kejf the third battery of United States artillery, stationed south of the White House, fired a salute of twenty-one / guns. Congratulatory messages then : were exchanged between the President and David R. Francis, president of the Exposition Company. The historic ceremony was witnessed by a notable assemblage, including members of the cabinet, justices of the Supreme Court, and members of the diplomatic corps. Three telegraphic circuits between' the East Room and the administration building of the Ex position were proviuea Dy iue ru&m? Telegraph Company. The table which supported the telegraph instruments was located in the East Room. On it rested a small dais covered with blue and gold plush, to the top of which was attached the gold key with which the President closed the circuit. The same dais and the same key have been used on several similar occasions. Receiver Wanted For Rice Co. 1 * San Antonio. Special.?The Alliance Trust Company, limited, of England, has filed suit in the United States District Court, asking for the appointment of a receiver for the Raywood Rice, Canal and Milling Company, which has 13,000 acres of rice in cul- . tivation in Liberty county. It is alleged that the company is indebted to the Trust Coinnany In the sum of $100,000 and is under contract to build * * -- * ? 1a n/1 o or bouses upon ana irrigate na i&uu, aggregating about 42,000 acres. While no default iu interest is alleged, it is charged that the work agreed to be done has not been done according to contract, and the court has been asked to appoint a receiver tq^ operate the plant in the interest o? the creditors as well as the company. The hearing has been set for ten days' hence. There are numerous creditors of the Rice Company in eastern Texas. Japanese Blow Up Railway. London. By Cable.?The Daily Telegraph's correspondent at Irkutsk, Siberia, under Wednesday's date, says that the Japanese have blown up' a portion of the railway at Khalir, but that the resultant damage is insigm- .1 flcant. John W. Kennedy Arrested. Niagara Falls, N. Y., Special.?John W. Kennedy, under arrest here on suspicion, has admitted he is wanted in Staunton. Va., for the wrecking of ' an express train and killing of the en- < gineer two years ago. Kennedy had been convicted and sentenced to be hanged on March 11th. Two days .? before the time set for his execution he escaped. ' A Strike Called Off. Roanoke, Special.?The strike inaugurated against the Southern Express Company by the telegraph op- " erators and express agents along the lints of the Norfolk & Western Railway two months ago. when several hundred express offices were cfosed . because the express people would not . grant a 10 per cen.t increase in commissions paid the telegraphers on express business, was called off after conferences between T. W. Leafy, vice nresident and general manager of the Southern Express Company, and a j committee from the Order of Railway Telegraphers who represented the strikers. News fn Notes. Bert Thorndyke. a prominent joung man of San Jose. Cal., masked, held up six rat'n in a club and was later killed by a posse. Mrs. Mary A. Powell confessed at Dover. Del., thai she murdered her foster daughter, Essie Albin. Several famous Trench statues in the World's Fair, at St. Louis, were J thrown down and smashed and irremediable damage done,