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G- TIE MCHENRY PLAINOEALER |jr' FLAINDBAUUt III;" MONKT, ILLINOIS. m E Henry Brown, aged eighty-four, a prominent resident, committed suicide at Pana, 111., by taking strychnine. The milling firm of Hill Brothers went into bankruptcy at South Bend. The liabilities are $59,029.47 and the assets $52,077. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob B. Harmon, who lire near Benton Harbor, Mich., cele­ brated the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. George H. Moody, aged thirty-five, of Hollister. Ohio, and Wilbert H. Mil­ ler, aged sixty-five, of Heir's Island, Pa.. were killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train near Cincinnati. Passenger train No. 16 on the Lake Shore road struck and instantly killed Holly Hogle. aged eighteen; Louis Mohr, aged sixteen, and Guerney Gill, aged seventeen, near Swanton, Ohio. The Chicago Federation of Labor will ask the legislature to stop em­ ployment of women at machines where they may be maimed. They want the club women to aid. Sam Moy, king of Chinatown, was buried at Rosehill, Chicago. The crowd about the grave prevented the Chinese from performing burial rites and carried off incense sticks as relics. Dr. Edward Everett Hale said that tan controls 1,000 times more physi­ cal power than 100 years ago and that the work of the new century will be done better. Daniel G. Ried of the tin plate com­ pany paid $8,050 for Cardiff and Wales, carriage horses, at a Chicago auction sale. Henry O. Havemeyer has just given 3,000 volumes to the library of the public school at Greenwich, Conn., erected by himself and his wife as a memorial. The business section of Norfolk, Va., was damaged $125,000 by fire. The to­ bacco factory of L. W. Davis was de­ stroyed and the Dispatch newspaper office was among the buildings de­ stroyed. The Army Relief Society of the United States has elected Mrs. Daniel 8. Lamont as its president. • den of rattlesnakes was unearthed six miles southeast of Patoka, 111., and 200 were killed, some measuring 5 and € feet in length. Members of the Waukegan police force are in an anxious state for fear they will be discharged for allowing gambling to exist. The mayor made a clean sweep of gambling when he assumed office, but lately several gam­ bling houses have been operating on the quiet. Under the new law every North Car­ olina voter who failed to pay his poll tax is disfranchised for this year. Sev­ eral thousand white men failed to pay the tax. Charles Bright, the American engi­ neer charged with concealing $500,- •00 of his assets in connection with bankruptcy proceedings, was commit­ ted for trial at the next sessions of the Old Bailey Court at London. • detachment of soldiers belonging to the troops of General Yuan Shi Kai, the Governor of Chi Li Province, re­ cently lost sixty men killed while at­ tempting to quell an anti-indemnity up­ rising near the border of Honan Prov­ ince. Prince George of Prussia is dead. He was born Feb. 12, 1826, and was a general of cavalry. The Danish landsthing will not rat­ ify the treaty with the United States an the sale of the West Indies until after a plebiscite is taken on the isl­ ands. The President ordered another court- martial to meet in Samar to try Major Olenn, accused of ordering the water cure administered, and such other of­ ficers as may be ordered before it. The Central Trust and Safe Deposit Company of Cincinnati was appointed receiver for the firm of Howell, Gano and Company, whose liabilities are stated to be $68,000 and assets, $88,- 000. Conrad Lueder, who claimed to be a brother of Baroness E. von Bergen of Germany, has disappeared from John­ son City, Tenn., leaving letters stating be intended to commit suicide. The Spanish government proposes to construct 5,000 kilometers of narrow gauge road at a total cost of $48,260,- 000, the state guaranteeing 4 per cent. Crazed by the death of her three- year-old child last March, Mrs. Ade­ line Sage of Detroit committed suicide by pouring kerosene over herself and Igniting it. The "full crew bills," requiring that no passenger train shall be run with less than four men and no freight train with less than five men, passed the Ohio senate and are now laws. Bnos Riley, aged eighty-two, a pio­ neer, was killed near Avoca, Iowa, by a Rock Island passenger train as he was crossing a bridge. Professor Rolfe of the University of Michigan has accepted the professor­ ship of philology In the University of Pennsylvania. The Indiana Supreme Court in a test oase from Indianapolis hits the 3-cent fare law, holding the street car com- Jtoy's charter valid. Cardinal Martinelli, apostolic dele­ gate to the United States, Has been recalled to Rome by the Pope. Forty thousand people gave Presl-. dent-elect Estrada Palma an enthu­ siastic welcome on his arrival in San­ tiago de Cuba. Members of the British house of commons asked the government to pledge itself to prevent the transfer of shipn to the American combine. Abont 2,000 miners in the twenty- 4wo mines in the Chicago and Alton subdistrict may be idle as the result of the failure to reach an agreement at Auburn, 111. It is thought the men will continue to work for a time pend­ ing farther efforts toward settlement. Two hundred and fifty fishermen are reported to have been drowned in a 'gale which has made havoc of the herring fishing fleet on the west ooast of Japan. The Japanese cruise/r Mu- sashi was driven ashore, but her orew were saved. . In the Island of Marinduque Inspec­ tor Brown has captured six cannon in good condition and 200 iron cannon balls. Reports from Seoul, Korea, declare that the Japanese representative there is pressing the Korean government for compensation for the Japanese sub­ jects who have been killed in recent years on the peninsula by Koreans. Half of the town of Bobruisk in the province of Minsk, Russia, has been destroyed Dy fire. Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has been summoned owing to the at­ tempt of his daughter, Princess Beat- rice de Berrone, to commit suicide by throwing herself into the Tiber. Another riot occurred at Coimbra, in the province of Beira, Portugal, during which the police fired their re­ volvers at the students. Charles t Burpee, county treasurer at Neillsville, Wis., fell dead while dancing. Reports show that the boll weevil, which did such great damage to the cotton crop in south Texas during the past half a dozen years, have appeared in only a few localities and the hopes of farmers have been greatly raised in consequence. WfQ. Richards has bought the Moon ranch in the Panhandle of Texas from J. R. Gray, paying $3.25 cash an acre for 34,625 acres. Last May Richards paid $1.75 an acre for the land. The corner stone of the new $50,000 Carnegie library at Houston, Tex., was laid with much ceremony. At Crawford, Tex., a whisky seller named Terrell att&cked and seriously beat Rev. S. P. Brown, whom he sus­ pected of having had him arrested. Terrell stood off the people with threats of killing. Fire In a lumber yard at Terrell, Tex., caused a loss of $13,000, partially covered by insurance. August Nolte, a wealthy farmer, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn in Morgan county, Mis­ souri. President Roosevelt, in speech at a Washington banquet, said the army and navy had placed the American flag in the Philippines, and it would 6tay there. Major Cornelius Gardener wiH be court-martialed on failure to sustain his charges against Philippine mili­ tary rule. At Valparaiso William Earnest, a prominent young farmer, was killed in a runaway. His companion escaped unhurt. He was 38 years old and leaves a family. Joseph Seifert, charged with com­ plicity in the death of Miss Arietta Dwiggins, was found guilty at Rich­ mond, Ind. He was fined $50 and must serve from three to fourteen years in the state prison. The Gurnigel-Bad, a famous health resort near Thun, Switzerland, was de­ stroyed by fire. The church alone es­ caped. There were no fatalities. The season had not begun, and the estab- lishments were unoccupied. Fully 500 building contractors of Cleveland have declared war on all trades labor organizations in that city. Both sides have been preparing for the contest, which promises to be a bitter one. Two thousand carpenters and 500 plumbers employed in Buffalo are on strike. The carpenters demand 371-2 cents an hour. They now get 30 cents. The plumbers want an advance from $3 to $3.50 a day. The forty-eighth district Democratic senatorial convention on the fifth bal­ lot nominated H. Munday of Mount Carmel and Carl Busse of Lawrence- ville for representatives in the general assembly. The pope has decided to hold a con­ sistory earlier than he previously in­ tended. It will now be held in the latter half of May. No new cardinals will be created and only a few bishops will be appointed. Jacob Schaefer, the champion bil­ liard player, in a match with Julius A. Dorgan, the Hungarian expert, broke the world's record at 18-inch balk-line billiards, held by himself, by making a run of 148 points. The American Smelting and Reduc­ tion Works at Helena, Mont., have been closed indefinitely because of a strike order issued by the Mill and Smelter Men's Union, whose demand for recognition was refused. Captain John Byrne, for several years master of the steamer Owego of the Union Steamboat Line, died at Buffalo after an illness of two months. ±ie is survived by a widow and daugh­ ter. The Stark County Republican con­ vention Instructed for A. J. Hopkins for senator, Joseph W. Graff for con­ gressman and James E. Noyes for rep­ resentative from the thirty-seventh district. General Sir William Olpherts, V. C., who gained the sobriquet of "Hellfire Jack" at Lucknow, is dead. A general strike of carpenters is ex­ pected at Hartford, Conn., because the Master Builders' Association refuses to grant $3 as the minimum wage and an eight-hour day. Detective Patrick Duffy of Chicago was shot and killed by one of two men supposed to be thieves with whom he was talking. New gold fields of amazing richness are said to have been discovered under the tundra along the Bering coast. Lewis Young, colored, was hanged in the penitentiary at Moundsvllle, W. Va., for the murder of Arthur Kell at Welch in a quarrel over a girl. Count von Waldersee, in a Dresden interview, said the United States will exercise good influence on world poli­ tics. Many Americans are said to be seek­ ing horn as in northwest Canada. Contributors to the fund for Prince Henry's entertainment at Chicago have received a rebate of 10 per cent. Ex­ penses of the visit were $22,500, or $1,000 an hour. The American Woolen Company, in view of the weavers' strike at thirteen of its New England mills, decided to close the yarn department in the mills. The strike affects 20,000 persons. Xavier Aymon de Montepln, the novelist and playwright, is Paris. He was born in 1824. ' v. Jilted Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital. IN HONOR OF A. i. CUMMINGS For Third the Tim* In Its History th* Hall of R*pr«HnUtlTM !• Throws Open to Hold Faneral MrrlMl for • Hcmbw , Xtposday, April S9* The senate devoted the day to dis­ cussion of the Philippine civil govern­ ment bill. Under a special order which allowed three hours' debate, but which cut off all opportunity of amendment, the omnibus building bill, which will dis­ tribute $17,405,450 among 174 cities, was passed in the house. As the bill covers into the treasury $1,585,000, the total amount carried by the bill is reduced to that extent. The bill pro­ vides for seventy-seven new buildings and sites already purchased, seventeen buildings on donated sites and fifty- eight increases in appropriations for buildings already authorized. It also provides for the purchase of sixteen sites. The majority for the bill was so overwhelming that only nine members backed a demand for the yeas and nays on the passage of the bill. There was some criticism of the method by which it was proposed to pass the bill without opportunity for amendment, which Mr. Mercer, chairman of the committee, answered by stating that If the bill had been subject to amend­ ment the appropriation carried by it would have been increased to $60,000,- 000. The consideration of the agricul­ tural appropriation bill was resumed, but only seven pages was disposed of. Wednesday, April SO. Debate on the Philippine question occupied practically the entire day In the sfenate. The bill to/ the purchase of the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota and the sundry civil appro­ priation bill were considered, but no action was taken on them aside from amending the latter by appropriating $250,000 for the purchase of the ground and building how occupied by the cen­ sus bureau. The agricultural appropriation bill was passed by the house after increas­ ing the item for good roads inquiries from $20,000 to $30,000 and incorporat­ ing the following amendment: "The Secretary of Agriculture shall, on or before July 1, 1903, transfer to and consolidate with the weather bureau and under the direction of its chief all the work of the Department of Agriculture relating to the gathering and compilation of statistics by the division of statistics." Consideration of the District of Columbia appropria­ tion bill, the last but two of the regu­ lar supply measures, was then begun, to it to make operative the existing personal tax law of the district, which has been a dead letter for twenty years. By the terms of a special rule, adopted it will be in order to attach a rider Chairman Cannon estimated that there were $100,000,000 of untaxed personal property in Washington. The Gold- fogle resolution calling on the Secre- tary% of State for information as to whether American citizens of Jewish faith were excluded from Russia was adopted. Thursday, Hay 1. Discussion of the Philippine ques­ tion again occupied most of the day in the senate. Both the Rosebud reserva­ tion bill and the sundry civil appro­ priation bill received consideration, but not final action. A bill appropriat­ ing $5,000 for a lighthouse-keeper's dwelling at Ecorse Range light station, Detroit River, Mich., was passed. The usual executive session preceded ad­ journment. Most of the day in the house was given to the District of Columbia ap­ propriation bill, which was not com­ pleted. Mr. Shattuck (Ohio) spoke on industrial condition, and Mr. Gaines (Tenn.) in criticism of conditions in the Philippines. A bill was passed providing that third and fourth class mail matter without sufficient postage shall not be remailed to the sender. Friday, Mty S. Debate on the Philippine bill con­ tinued to occupy most of the session in the senate. The conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was agreed to. The Rosebud Indian reser­ vation bill and the Bundry civil bill were again considered, but not com­ pleted. When the sundry civil bill amendment providing an appropria­ tion of $2,500,000 to begin the con­ struction of a memorial bridge across the Potomac River to connect the Ar­ lington Cemetery was reached Mr. Al­ lison explained that it was not intend­ ed to begin the construction of the bridge until the plans had been ap­ proved by Congress. The amendment was then agreed to. An amendment was agreed to appropriating $100,000 for the construction of a revenue cut- Dan Sullivan Will Tight* New York special: Dave Sullivan is ready to box Young Corbett at Denver on May 23 in a ten-round bout. Sul­ livan a few days ago called off the struggle, saying he intended to sail for England with Tom Sharkey. iMt ladlan Tornado Kills Haadroda. Calcutta cable: A tornado has de­ vastated the city of Dacca and adjoin­ ing towns. Four hundred and sixteen persons were killed.' Crops were ruined throughout the district ter of the first class for servioe la Hawaiian waters. The amendment providing the ma­ chinery for the enforcement of the per­ sonal tax law of the District of Co­ lumbia, passed in 1878, was placed on the district appropriation Dill as a ri­ der, and the bill was passed by ths house. The bill > to provide diplo­ matic and consular officers for the Re­ public o f Cuba also was passed. The bill to provide for the issue of Bassports to the residents of the insu­ lar possessions of the United States was made a special order after the dis­ posal of the omnibus territorial bill. The bill to amend the bankruptcy law was called up, but not acted upon. Saturday, May 3. The senate devoted the entire day to debate on the Philippines and ad­ journed at 2:45 o'clock after the adop­ tion of resolutions in respect to the memory of Amos J. Cummings of New,, York and the appointment of the fol­ lowing funeral committee: Senators Piatt (N. Y.), Kean (N. J.), Penrose (Pa.), Jones (Ark.) and Bailey (Tex.). The announcement of Amos J. Cum­ mings' death was made in the house by Mr. Payne of New York, who pre­ sented resolutions deploring his death and provtd/ng for services in the house, which were unanimously adopt­ ed. The speaker announced the fol­ lowing committee to attend the funer­ al: Messrs. McCleilan, WadswortX Sulzer, Ray, Fitzgerald, Sherman and Ryan, all of New York; Young (Pa.), Clark (Mo.), Foss (111.), Williams (Miss.), McCleary (Minn.), Tate (Ga.) and Otey (Va.). At 12:15 o'clock the speaker, as a further mark of respect, declared the house adjourned. TORNADO IN SOUTH DAKOTA Groat Damage Don* to Farmhouses and Stock, One Hoax Being Wrecked. Omaha, Neb^dispatch: , A special from Beresford, S. D., says a tornado swept over the country to the north of that town, doing a great deal of damage to farmhouses and stock. Vic­ tor Anderson lived directly in the path of the storm. His house and barn were totally wrecked. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson and three children were badly injured. Much hail accompanied the storm. At Centerville, ten miles west, a ter­ rific wind and hail storm raged for three hours. The public schopl build­ ing was completely wrecked and al­ most every house there sufTered from broken glass and detached roofs and shingles. After damaging the country to the north of Beresford the storm swept off in the direction of Lennox, ten miles to the north. All telegraph and telephone wires are down at the latter place, and ru­ mors among the railroad offices say the town was badly damaged by the winds. ANDREWS CASE IS POSTPONED Court Grants Defense Time to Examine the Bank's Books. The examination of Frank C. and Henry R. Andrews, former officers of the defunct City Savings bank, which has been in progress before Justice Whelan, at Detroit, was adjourned un­ til May 19. The delay was granted to give the defense time for an exhaustive examin­ ation of the bank's books and also be­ cause two of the attorneys in the case were compelled to leave the city. Paying Teller Joseph H. Schrage of the wrecked bank was on the stand and was examined as to the way the F. C. Andrews overcertified checks were handled at the bank. The county auditors requested Prose­ cuting Attorney Hunt to begin bank- ruptcy proceedings against Frank C. Andrews immediately. Steyn toads for His Wife. London cable: It is stated that ex- President Steyn of the Orange Free State recalled his wife from Europe after the peace conference at Klerks- drop. She and her children started for South Africa a week ago. LOST CENSUS OFFICE FUNDS Disbursing Clark Dismissed for Speeala- tlng with Government Money. Washington dispatch: H. A. Bar­ rows, disbursing clerk of the United States census office, h" been sum­ marily removed a sthe result of the discovery of a shortage in the ac­ counts of his office. He gives the amount of his discrepancy as $7,400 and laid the trouble to speculation. The government is amply secured from loss by bonds aggregating almost $300,000. Barrows lives at Berwyn, Md., and has a wife and seven child­ ren. DIE IN CROSSING ACCIDENT roar Instantly Killed by Mall Train Dashing into Carriage. Kewanee, 111., dispatch: A frightful accident occurred at the Main street crossing here, in which four young people were instantly killed. The dead are Miss Maggie Keesler, Miss Blanche Harding, C. A. Butler, E. A.' Emery. They were in a carriage, which was struck by train No. 8, fast east-bound mail, of the Burlington, which does not stop here. The bodies were ter­ ribly mangled. Steal Jewelry from Window. Detroit, ' Mich., dispatch: Thieves threw a brick through the front win­ dow of Traub Bros. & Co.'s jewelry store, Woodward and Grand River ave­ nues, and stole fifty-one diamond rings and fifteen watches that were in the window. The jewelry was valued at about $750. Stock Exchange Seats Come High. New York dispatch: Seventy thou­ sand dollars was bid for a seat on the New York Stock Exchange. This is an advance of $8,000 over the price paid two weeks ago, and Is due to the recent activity of the market. GnUty of Manslaughters Sullivan, 111., special: Fletcher Pat­ terson, on trial for the murder of John Thomason last August, was found guilty, and the penalty was fixed at fifteen years' imprisonment. Raises Postage on Anarehlsfes. Toronto, Ont, special: The Qanad- lan government will charge extra postage for anarchist papers recently removed to Canada owing to cftjgl of United State* postage. Poisons Self and Children. Denver, Colo., special: Mrs. John L. Kingsbury, wife of the foreman of a local laundry , poisoned her two children, aged eight and twelve, and herself. All are dead. Despondency is giveil as the cause. To Remove Lire Stock Dnty. -Washington special: Representative Foster of Chicago introduced in the house a bill to abolish all duties on live cattle, bogs and sheep ^iwttt1 from foreign countries. . IFIEBCE BUTTLE WITH FANATICS •J.;"; American Troops Take a Fort After Desperate Fight ; with Moros. RAISE FLAG OF THE PROPHET Only After a H»nd-to-Hand loconttr Do ibe United States Soldiers Succeed In Stormlag the Battlements and See Victory PeroU on Their Banners* CoL Frank D. Baldwin, with the Twenty-fifth battery and seven com­ panies of the Twenty-seventh infan­ try, attacked and captured the Moro fort at Bayan, Island of Mindanao, af­ ter a desperate engagement in which one American officer and seven en­ listed men were killed and four of­ ficers aud thirty-seven men wounded. The American loss was eight killed and forty-one wounded. The Moros lost more than 200 killed and at the end of the battle the survivors, eighty-four in number, surrendered unconditionally. Of the Americans Lieut; Bovars was killed and Capt. Moore, Lieut. Joss- man and Surgeon Major Porter were wounded. The principal Moro leaders were killed/including the Sultan of Bayan, Raja Muda of Bayan, the Sultan of Panda Patan and many of the leading dattos. The capture of the fort and the sur­ render of the surviving members is a severe blow to the Moro rebellion against American sovereignty iu the most savage part of Mindanao, al­ though the military authorities realize that the co-operation of the sultans and chiefs is general when the flag of the prophet is raised in a jehad or holy war. The battle was a hand-to-hand one. The fort was defended by fully 300 men and was surrounded by four trenches. The mountain guns fired 120 rounds at a range of 1,400 yards, but the Moro fortifications withstood the bombard­ ment and Col. Baldwin ordered the infantrymen to take the fort by storm. The Americans were compelled to make their way forward through suc­ cessive entanglements of grasses and took the successive trenches after hand-to-hand encounters. The Moros fought furiously. After exhausting their ammunition they resorted to krisses, barongs and kampilans. Sev­ eral wounded Moros who were hidden in the' high grass attacked the mem­ bers of the hospital corps, who vere seeking the wounded to succor them. TRUST CONTROLS EGG MARKET Small Dealers Charge Boef Combine with Having a Monopoly. Kansas City, Mo., special: The big packing-houses have made such in­ roads into the business of packing and shipping eggs and poultry for con­ sumption in eastern markets, that the business of the small shippers in this part of the west is threatened with de­ struction, according to members of the Produce Dealers' Association of Kan­ sas and Oklahoma, which met here to consider the situation. John Stewart of Concordia, Kan., president of the association, said: "The packers are so firmly in­ trenched that I do not believe we can do much .to oppose them. I do not know whether the recent operations of the big dealers could be called a corner or not. However, I do know that four big firms have stored 144,- 000,000 eggs, or 400,000 cases. At this time last year more than 1,000,000,000 eggs, or 3,000,000 cases, were in cold storage. There will be fewer eggs stored this year, because the prices are higher." FORTY COAL MINERS IN CAVE-IN Clondbnrst Causes Sixty-live Feet of Shaft to OIto Way, Burying Workmen. Peoria, 111., special: For three hours Friday afternoon forty coal miners were imprisoned in the Black Dia­ mond coal mine at Farmlngton, fifteen miles west of this city. There were scenes of wildest excitement outside the shaH. Most of the miners were men of families, and their wives and children were crowded about the shaft driven frantic with the fear of the loss of their husbands and fathers. A cloudburst occurred directly over the mine, flooding it because of the peculiar location of the shaft, and causing sixty-five feet of the roof to cave In. Just when all hope was given up, however, and It was believed that the men were drowned, a hand was thrust out through a crevice in the dirt. Those outside soon dug through to the men and they were all released at a late hour without the loss of a single life. Several were badly bruised or sustained broken limbs. The mine Is owned by the Newman company . Seventy-five Die to Japanese lira. Yokohama cablegram:' A disastrous fire swept over the town of Lakayen- anache leaving death and ruin In its trail. A large number of buildings were destroyed and seventy-five per- logt their lives in the flames. Death la a Bunmway. Morris, 111., special: Daniel Regan, a prosperous Grundy county farmer, while driving from Morris to Verona to attend the funeral of his mother, was killed by his team running away. Marconi Wireless Plans. Xewport, R. I.; special: The Ameri­ can Marconi Company is planning to connect Block Island with Providence by wireless telegraphy, forming an­ other link in the chain between Nan* tncket and New York. & Oil Carrying Fleet. San Francisco special: A fleet five large oil carriers soon will be run­ ning between this port and Hawaii. A prominent oil company of California It the promoter of the project f t * •/. PEASANTS JOIN Faith in Rumor Ar$nt Nobles' jh Estates Causes Serio^ ^ Trouble. • ORDER LANDOWNERS TO LEAVE Kmaaolpatml glares Btllen t*e fear Has Ordered Land to Be Divided Among Them and Arrange for Distri­ bution of ^Everything in Sight. 3Ghi.' revolutionary movement In southern and central Russia is spread­ ing and the authorities are powerless to quell the disorders. Tne most sig­ nificant feature is the manifest sym­ pathy shown by a portion of the mil­ itary. The labor population of the whole district between Moscow and Vladimir is in revolt. Encounters between the troops and workingmen have been nu­ merous and many persons have been killed and wounded. A Uhlan regi­ ment, commanded by Colonel Moro- seff, refused to aet against the work­ men. In the southern provinces the situ­ ation is worse and its gravity is ap­ parent from the fact that Dragomiroff, Governor General of Kieff; Pocar':iff, vice director of the department of po­ lice, and other officials have joined Von Plehwe. the Minister of the Inter­ ior, at Kharkoff. The noted chateau of Romone, owned by Duke Alexander of Olden­ burg, has been burned by the peasants, who practically ruined the estate. The duke is the father-in-law of the czar's sister, Olga, who married his son. Duke Peter, last year. The Voronej sugar refineries have especially suffered from the outbreak. It now develops that the agitators who are chiefly responsible for the spread Of the revolutionary movement among the hungry peasants used a curious political canard to bring the former serfs and landowners Into collision. A rumor was industriously circulat­ ed that the czar had ordered the lands of the nobles to be divided among the emancipated serfs. The peasants thereupon formed committees, under the commune officials, which wait­ ed on the landowners and ordered them to vacate the land withheld from the peasants, chose the crown agents, and proceeded to distribute the land and movables, leaving the nobles from fifteen to twenty acres each. The pro­ ceedings, which were orderly, were conducted with the utmost gravity un­ til the authorities interfered. There­ after there was riot, arson and devas­ tation. In military circles it is believed that the army maneuvers, which have been planned to take place In Orel and Koursk, cannot occur, owing to the disturbed state of those governments. DEPENDS THE NAVY Prime Object of American*'fg y Should Be to Build U r̂ - 5 the Servicei PRESIDENT TO NAVAL CADETS rtapresses His Bearers with the rms •Ity of Being Prepared to Bflsg Victory to the Stars and Stripes hp Beaching the Highest efficiency. FOUR CYCLONES VISIT IOWA Throe May Be Dead and Six Fatally and Nine Seriously Injured. Des Moines, la., special: Three per­ sons are missing, probably dead; six fatally injured and nine seriously hurt as the result of four separate cyclones In Iowa. In addition the property IOBS is considerable. From reports so far received the following places suffered more or less severely from the fury of the wind: Adaza, Hiteman, Farnham- ville, Rippey, Weldon, Bayard, Cedar Rapids, Lohrville, Van Wert, Wood- burn. The list of injured, so far as known, is as follows: David Harden, Mrs. J. W. Munirnl, Mrs. Miner and two children, Mrs. O'Hara and two chil­ dren, Hazel Williams and Louise Wil­ liams. In addition several persons sus­ tained minor injuries. Three sons of J. H. Williams of Weldon have not been found and It is thought they per­ ished. It Is estimated that the total property loss in the five counties visited by the four storms will reach $75,000 or $100,000. POSSE CAPTURES BURGLARS Pitched Battle Between Postoflee Bob­ bers and Michigan Farmers. Paw Paw, Mich., dispatch: Thieves entered A. C. Duncombe's country store and postofflce at Keeler, this county, and blew open the safe. They secured $300 worth of postage stamps and considerable currency, besides a number of bonds, mortgages, and other papers. A large posse started in pur­ suit of the thieves. Near Watervliet the pursuers overtook the two burglars and a pitched battle ensued. Both the burglars were wounded, one seriously. The two men were captured after a running fight of nearly two miles through fields and woods. They were armed with five revolvers, which they continued to load and fire, but fortu­ nately without damage. The sum of $460 In cash and postage stamps was recovered. Stages Cloth Sponger* Philadelphia special: Fire complete­ ly destroyed the buldlng of the Cchwarzwaelder Co., cloth spongers, at 301-3 Cherry street. The loss is es­ timated at between $50,000 and $76.- 000; partialis covered by Insurance. Bali bI* kiiis am. St. Joseph, Mo., special: Miss ftsda Hungerford was accidentally killed on the school playground by a baseball bat v(hich slipped from a boy's band and su*uck Miss Hungerford. Hstlonal Delegate K. I L> Ol l< Aurora, 111., dispatch: At ths state oonvention of the Knights and Ladies of Security George Cotter of Peoria was elected a delegate to the national oonvention. W. B. Blxby of Pinckney- ville was chosen as alternate. Moody Resigns. Washington special: Mr. Moody, the new secretary of the navy, has for­ warded his resignation as representa­ tive from the Sixth district tq, the governor of Massachusetts. . **We all of Us earnestly hope that the occasion for war may never com% but if it has to come then this nation must win, and the prime factor in se­ curing victory over any foreign foe must of necessity be the United States navy. If the navy fails us then we are doomed to defeat, no matter what may be our material wealth or the high average of our citizenship. It should, therefore, be an object of prime impo?» tance for every patriotic American to see thUt the navy is constantly built up and, above all, that it Is kept to the highest point of efficiency, both in ma­ terial and personnel." President Roose­ velt thus defined the importance of the navy to the nation in his address to the graduating class at the Annap­ olis Naval Academy. "In receiving these diplomas," said the president continuing, '"you become men who above almost any others of the en­ tire Union are to carry henceforth the ever-present sense of responsibility which must come with the knowW edge that on some tremendous day It may depend upon your courage, your preparedness, your keen intelli­ gence and knowledge of your profe* sion whether or not the nation is again to write her name on the world's roll of honor or to know the black shame of defeat. "It cannot be too often repeated that In modern warfare, and especially in modern naval war, the chief factor in achieving triumph is what has beea done in the way of thorough prepare tlon and training before the beginning of the war. It is what has been done before the outbreak of war that is all- important. After the outbreak all that can be done is to use to best advantage the great war engines and the sea­ manship, marksmanship and general, practical efficiency, which have al­ ready been provided through a course of years of the navy department. "The best ships and guns and the most costly mechanism are utterly useless if the men are not trained to use them to the utmost possible ad­ vantage. From now on throughout your lives there can be no slackness on your part. Tour duty must be present with you, waking or sleeping. You have got to train yourselves and you have got to train those under you in the actual work of seamanship, in the actual work of gunnery." The president's speech was followed by the presentation of prizes, which were awarded as follows: For excel* lence in target practice with guns- Frank D. Hall, Illinois, first prize, gold medal; Frank C. Martin, Illinois, seo- ond prize, silver medal. Gilbert J. Rowclift, Illinois, silver medal, for being the best cadet cane fencer, j&arl P. Finney, Winnebago, Wis., pair of binoculars as second price for hand* ling boat under sail. THE LATEST CASH MARKETS CHICAGO. Winter wheat,No. 2 red.f .88 @ .84% Corn, No. 3 @ .61)4 Oats, No. 2 42% @ .42# Cattle 4.70 @7.00 Hogs 5.50 @7.25 Sheep and lambs 3.00 @7.05 NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red @ .90 Corn, No. 2 @ .68% Oats, No. 2 @ .47 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash.. @ .81 Corn, No. 2 cash @ .64 Oats, No. 2 cash @ .44 MILWAUKEE. Wheat, No. 1 northern. .77 ® .77% Corn, July 61%@ .66% Oats, No. 2 white .. .y.. .44%® -45 KANSAS CITY. Wheat, cash, No. 2 hard .78 @ .74 Corn, cash, No. 2 mixed. .65 @ -6&X Oats, No. i white 46% @ .47 PEORIA. Corn, No. 3 @ .61 Oats, No. 2 white @ .48% MINNEAPOLIS. Wheat, No. 1 northern.. O -77% DULUTH. Wheat, No. 1 northern. 0 .76% Corn @ .61 TOLEDO. Wheat, cash @ .81 Two Die In BoUIng Lard. Spring Valley, Wis., dispatch: Psrlt Hill, living near here, attempted to boll together some kerosene and lard, The mixture exploded and Hill's wif* and one child were burned to death. Hill had one of his hands burned oH and four other children were seriously injured. The house and contents wen destroyed. Observe May Day. London cable: Dispatches fron industrial centers on the continent in­ dicate that laboring men generally celebrated May day. All work ceased but not a single disturbance is re­ ported anywhere. Bnrglars Boh Depot Safe. Escanaba, Mich., dispatch: Burglars blew open the safe in the Chicago and Northwestern depot at Brampton and secured' about $500. Most of tkfl money belonged to the station agent. Osteopath Is Fined. Valparaiso, Ind., special: Dr. 8. J. Young of Chicago, an osteopath, wu fined $25 for violating a state law which requires a license to practice. Young took an appeal to the circuit court. 4 Octogenarian Commits Suicide. Jackson, Mich., dispatch; Israel •. Cooklngham, 80 years of age, jumped from the tower'of a firehouse, falling seventy-two feet. He died lJWta&Ujr, | He was temporarily deranged. « • ? , . \ r . - . i . '.I a " . . . i ~ A : i V