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' r ? mm§m * v * - ^ i v / n - " v * \ v N \ f / * v - * ' , V - > < * * > ^ \ \ ; , ^ - 1 1 ^ * ; v * * THE MCHENRY PLAINOEALER itcKKNTiY, ELLTITOIB. E Dr. N. D. Hillis told the Plymouth Church congregation at Brooklyn that he was threatened with nervous pros­ tration and would start for Europe. A committee may be appointed to carry on the duties abandoned by Lewis Nixon, the Tammany leader. Miss Julia Williams of Detroit died at the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, from an overdose of strychnine pills. The striking coal miners at Hazle- ton took oath in the Catholic church to abstain from liquor. Father Phil­ lips urged the men to stand together during the strike. The foreign commerce bureau re­ port that American shoe imports into India increased 400 per cent in 1901; cotton piece imports also increased. The Chicagp Federation of Labor started an attack on the national body by proposing to issue local charters. Bishop William Kenney was conse­ crated in the old cathedral at St. Aug­ ustine, Fla., Cardinal Gibbons officiat­ ing. George Shirley of Pittsburg, under restraint at Louisville, attempted to commit suicide by driving an eight- penny nail into his head. George Taylor, colored, who died at Louisville, is said to have been 102 years old, and to have belonged to President Zachary Taylor. Miss Elizabeth Sturen, teacher of Gefrman at Cleveland, was thrown from a carriage in a runaway accident and probably fatally injured. Private Frank L. Farris, serving in the headquarters building at the mil­ itary academy at West Point, was killed. He got out of the way of a freight only to be struck by a passen­ ger train. Herman Smith, a former member of the Indiana legislature, fatally shot Roy Lassiter, a farmer, near Abote, Ind., Mrs. Lassiter accused Smith of Insulting her. At the state normal oratorical con­ test between Illinois and Wisconsin, at Bloomington, 111., the former won. William Kephart of Atlanta, 111., won first prize in the interscholastic ora­ torical contest at Urbana, 111. At the Central Oratorical League contest at Delaware, Ohio, Ohio Wesleyan won first, Indiana second and West Virginia third. Franklin, Ind., has a child with four living great grandmothers and one great grandfather. The child is Anna Marguerite, the infant daughter of yirgil Whitesides. L. B. Moore of Bristol, Tenn., whose aon was killed by a falling telephone pole, got judgment against the tele­ phone company for $5,000. John Jacobson, his wife and infant child were burned to death and Wil­ liam Snyder, a clerk, and another of the Jacobson children, aged 6, were seriously burned in a fire in the liv­ ing rooms over Jacobson's implement store at Laurel, Neb. Page Bennett, a pensioner, 63 years old, committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn at Washington, Ind. Henry Dumprope, aged 18, was con­ victed of manslaughter at Emporia, Kas. He killed a man named crow- ley. The board of managers of Missouri Insane asylum No. 4 decided that July 1 is too early to open the asylum, and that the date be set for September 1. The Iowa State Federation of LabQr adopted a resolution condemning President Roosevelt because of his or­ der forbidding employes of the govern­ ment to seek to influence legislation in their own interests. ^ General Charles Dick was renomi- nated for Congress by acclamation by Republicans of the nineteenth Ohio district in convention at Warren. Henry Clay Evans, who has just re­ tired as commissioner of pensions, took the oath of office as consul gen­ eral at London. He will leave for his new post early in June. . Joseph Coleman of Foulkton, S. D., charged with the murder of his broth­ er Edward, to secure $10,000 insur­ ance on the tatter's life, has been held to the circuit court without bail. A washout cn the Colby branch of the Union Pacific railroad caused a freight wreck in which George Reg- neir, engineer, was killed and the fire­ man and two brakemen were badiy scalded. ' __It is reported in Panama that Gen. Alfaro, the former president of Ecua­ dor, is preparing a revolutionary movement against President Plaza of the republic. The case against Mrs. Carrie Nation lor joint-smashing came to trial at To- pekd, Kan., and was dismissed on a technicality. George Thomas, aged 26 years, son Of a prominent farmer of raradise, 111., was caught in the machinery of a saw- giill and killed. Miss Pearl Netherwood of Oregon, lQ7i8., was fatally hurt by having her Beck fractured in a scuffle with her \>rother. ' B e t w e e n 2 0 0 and 300 Detroit bakers v ^rtruck following an ultimatum to the y ^ Blaster bakers demanding that em- ,v ployers rescind an order that all ped­ dlers of bread should quit the union. , 'Recognition of the union Is also de> - <; |handod. I v , It is reported that the first steps ;>\*.;\$j|ave been taken by Mersey shipown- ? j" V/'frs and financiers to organize lm- | Ipaense fleets for the development of ; i / >• 'trade between the British colonies, ;;jfouth Africa and China, with the ob- >iect of freeing England from depend- . n/'; »ing upon* America for many imports. fl' The Detroit United Railway and ,*he Street Railway Men's union have -3*®reed to submit their differences to '^^arbitration. The men demand 25 i T, .-cents an hour and the company of- a compromise of 22% cents. The ; 'vamwtVatt is 21 cents. <V r General Chaffee has returned from Mindanao and reports peace there as­ sured. The troops will be reinforced as a precaution. W. E. Cee, engaged to wed Miss Maggie Krantz in June, killed himself by cutting his throat and jumping from a fourth-story window at Chi­ cago. Delegate Smith of Arizona secured 200 shares of Verde copper stock through an unpaid $100 loan. They are worth $1,600 each, but Smith has lost them* Four Northwestern University fresh­ men, including two girls, were kid­ naped by sophomores and forced to sing and dance on Evanston streets. Tanning human skin is a profitable industry at Huch & Son's tannery, Chicago. Medical students sell the skin for purses and shoes. Henry Tuttle, a Dowie follower, fell from a Metropolitan "L" platform at Chicago and had his hip broken, but refused medical treatment Robert A. Williams, chief of the Chicago fire department at the time of the 1871 fire, died at the Garfleld Park sanitarium. , Five hundred New York Jews or­ ganized a "Ladies' Anti-Beef Trust as­ sociation," and will try to cause a boy­ cott of butchers till meat prices are lowered. William Cole, mourned for forty- seven years as dead, returned to Het- tich, 111., to find his wife dead and all his children married. Anton Ragler and Hannah Kickel, who left a note stating they were too poor to get married, committed sui­ cide together at St. Louis by taking carbolic acid. Harry N. Cook of Evansville was elected president, Fred Meyer of La­ fayette, secretary, and A. J. Mear of Indianapolis, state organizer of the In­ diana Retail Merchants' association. Mrs. Homer K. Lewis, 33, wife of one of the wealthiest farmers in Dela­ ware county, Ind., dropped dead from heart disease at her home near Smith- field. Richard Van Brunt Newton, once John Y. McKane's chief lieutenant, and generally charged with the actual responsibility for the disaster which befell the boss of Gravesend, is dead at King's Park, L. I. Fred Connerly has been appointed clerk of the supreme court of Texas. The 5-year-old son of F. S. Winn was run over by a wogan and killed at Perry, Ok. John Wardell, a saloonkeeper, was accidentally killed near Sallna, Kas., while hunting. Near Pana, 111., Clarence Curry accidentally shot and killed Frank Curry while pointing a shotgun at him, not knowing the weapon was loaded. Henry Laboda, aged 50, and Harvey Clay, colored, aged 24, were killed at Leavenworth, Kan., by coming in contact with a barbed wire fence across which a broken electric light wire had fallen. Julius Lohman, former member of the St. Louis house of delegates, was placed on trial on a charge of forgery in connection with the alleged offer of $135,000 to members of the house to pass the subnrhan railroad franchise. A preliminary injunction was grant­ ed restraining the striking miners of the Connell Coal company at Hite Sta­ tion, Pa., from interfering with the nonunion workers. Delegates from ten states and the District of Columbia are attending the woman's national missionary conven­ tion of the Universalist church at Au­ burn, N. Y. The firm of Baars, Dunwoody A Co. of Pensacola, Fla., with a large for­ eign timber shipping trade, made an assignment to A. M. McCourin of Brewton, Ala. The liabilities are not known. Rev. Thomas "Ridge, near Hart, Mich., shot and wounded W. L. Sha- fer, a neighbor, who it is claimed owed Ridge. The latter claims the Lord commanded him $o collect the debt or kill Shafer. Rev. S. P. Bonbercoke, pastor of the Christian Church at Wymore, Neb., went into the office of Dr. W. H. John­ son and fired five shots at him with­ out effect The cause of the assault is not known. The Hotel and Restaurant Em­ ployes' International Alliance and the Bartenders' League of America in ses­ sion at Louisville decided to leave to the decision of the local unions a pro­ posed amendment which sought to make a rule that a person engaged in bartending or hotel waiting must con­ fine himself to his trade if he desired to remain in the union. J. A. Agee of Chicago, Edward S. Brown of Springfield and William Keefer of Danville, or Herman Justi of Chicago, representing the coal oper­ ators of the Springfield subdistrict, and State President Russell, J. T. Par­ sons, B. F. Wineland and James Bra­ dy, representing the miners, will go to Hazleton, Pa., to lay their differ­ ences before President Mitchell of the Mine Workers. At Brook Haven, Miss., George W. Wood was convicted of the murder of William Netherland and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. P. C. Somerville, of DePauw univer­ sity, Indiana, has been appointed to the chair of English literature at Buchanan college, Troy, Md. James McCoin, aged 60 years, shot himself in the head at his home near Carrsville, Livingston county, Ky. Hilda Lemkau, aged 8 years, while playing with matches set her cloth­ ing on fire and was probably fatally burned at Muscatine, Iowa. Andrew Hermanson, a farmer of near Capron, 111., was killed by being run over by a railroad train. J. W. Voight, a traveling salesman for the Milwaukee Harvester com­ pany, fatally shot May Welch and killed himself by shooting in a Min­ neapolis hotel. WEEK'S DOINGS N Business Transacted by the House and Senate in the National Capital AID FOR VOLCANO SUFFERERS Senate Passes Urgency Measure Ap­ propriating $100,000 for Relief of Survivors of West Indies Holocaust --Sites for Industrial Plants. , Tuesday, May 13. An additional appropriation of $800,- 000 was voted for the stricken people of the French Wect Indies by the sen­ ate. The agricultural appropriation bill was passed and then Mr. Stewart spoke in support of the Philippine bill. The conference report on the Cuban diplomatic and consular bill was adopted, the house conferees accept­ ing the amendment making the salary of the minister topuba $12,000 a year, and the senate accepting the amend­ ment striking out the provision for $2,000 a year for the minister's house rent and for an additional consul. Mr. Hoar inquired what title was given the Cuban government in the bill. "The Republic of Cuba," replied Mr. Cullom. "And is the American flag to be taken down from the island?" inquired Mr. Hoar,, "I suppose so, of course," replied Mr. Cullom. "I thought we had been told," facetious­ ly remarked the Massachusetts sen­ ator, "that when the American flag once had been raised over territory, it always would 'stay put' " Discussion of the naval appropria­ tion bill was begun in the house. The conference report of the omnibus claims bill was rejected on the ground that claims not considered by either branch of congress had been inserted in the measure by the conferees and the measure was returned to confer­ ence. Speaker Henderson .said there must be no abuse of the prerogatives of a conference committee, as that would open a dangerous pathway for the usurpation of the powers of con­ gress by a committee. Wednesday, May 14. During the greater part of the Sen­ ate session the fortifications appro- propriation bill was under considera­ tion. Mr. Proctor offered an amend­ ment providing that no part of the ap­ propriation made should be used for procuring disappearing gun carriages. This precipitated a debate which con­ tinued for two hours, and had not been concluded when the measure was laid aside for the day. Mr. Proc r led the fight against the disappearing car­ riages, declaring they never would be effective and in actual war would be shown they were a lamentable failure. Mr. Perkins warmly defended the War Department in adopting the aisappear- ing carriage, maintaining the bulk of the evidence upon the subject was in support of the carriage. A further con­ ference on the omnibus claims bill was agreed to, with Messrs. Warren, Tel­ ler and Mason as the conferees. . The naval appropriation bill occu­ pied the attention of the house throughout the day. Mr. Dayton (W. Va.) spoke on the need of strengthen­ ing the naval battle line, while Messrs. W. W. Kitchin (N. C.), Fitzgerald (N. Y.), Metcalf (Cal.) and Maynard (Va.) strongly advocated the building of war ships in government navy yards. The debate took a wide range at times, Mr. Rhea (Va.) speaking in criticism of the administration's Philippine policy and Mr. Elliott (S. C.) present, ing the advantages of the proposed Ap­ palachian forest reserve. Rising to a question of personal privilege, Mr. Mahon (Pa.) indignantly denied state­ ments contained in a circular sent to members alleging that certain contri­ butions had been made to his cam­ paign expenses. The conference re­ port on the Cuban diplomatic and con­ sular oi.i was agreed to. Thursday, May 15. The day in the senate was chiefly occupied with debate on the Philip­ pine bill. The bill providing for the erection of a union railway station in Washington and the fortifications appropriations bill were passed, the latter after the adoption of an amendment by Mr. Proctor, making the acceptance of disappearing gun carriages conditional upon tests. A conference on the agricultural ap­ propriation bWl was agreed to, with Messrs. Proctor, Hansbrough and Bate as conferees. The conference report on the omnibus claims bill was pre­ sented by Mr. Warren, the conferees being unable to agree on the Selfridge board claims. The debate on the naval appropria­ tion bill in the house veered into the Philippine question; when adjournment was taken the measure was being read for amendment. The senate amend­ ments to the agricultural appropria<- tion bill were disagreed to, and the bill was sent* to conference, with Mes­ srs. Wadsworth, Henry (Conn.) ami Williams (Miss.) as the house con­ ferees. A bill was passed opening to Lead Workers on Strike. New York dispatch: All the lead burners employed in the chemical fac­ tories along Staten Island sound from Elizabethport to Carteret have struck for a nine-hour day and higher wages. They have picketed the factories. entry the extensive tract fn Colorado, embracing about 9,000, 000 acres. As a result of several cases of emergency illness which have oc­ curred in the house, a resolution was adopted to provide an emergency equipment of medicines and instru­ ments. Mr. Mudd (Md.) gave notice, that he would move an amendment to the bill prohibiting the use of any money carried in the naval bill for the purchase of Maclay's history, the animadversions in it against Admiral Schley being responsible, In his opin­ ion, for the court of inquiry. Friday, May 16. In the senate an effort was made by Mr. Lodge to Induce the minority to fix a time when a vote might be tak­ en on the Philippine government bill, but Mr. Dubois, speaking for the Democratic side, did not desire to specify a date for the vote. Mr. Mo- Laurin concluded his speech in oppo­ sition to the present Philippine policy of the government, which, he main­ tained, was responsible for all the ills that had come to the United States in those islands. Mr. Deboe supported the measure in a carefully prepared speech, maintaining that the policy outlined by McKinley ought to be followed to the end. He as­ serted taat peace Would come quickly when the sympathizers of Aguinaldo ceased their attacks on the American army and the American flag. Bills were passeu Increasing the efficiency ^and changing the name of the United States Marine hospital service; pro­ viding tor an additional circuit judge in the eighth judicial district; appro­ priating $10,00$ for the establishment of a biological station on the great lakes under the control of the United States commissioner pt fish and fish­ eries; to prevent a-false branding or marking of food and dairy products as to the state or territory in which they are made or produced; the bill regulating interstate commerce in falsely branded goods, and ninety-five private pension bills. The naval appropriation bill again had the right of way in the house, but the debate chiefly hinged on the Philippines and the Schley controver: sy. 'me bill turning over to Porto Rico all of the public lands of the Island ceded to the United States by Spain, except sites designated by the president within one year for coaling stations, military posts and other United States purposes, was passed. In this connection Mr. Lacey (Iowa) stated that the Porto Rico commis­ sioner ought to have the privilege of the floor of the house so as to ex­ plain such matters as this, instead of being compelled to stand around the corridors of congress. The bill re­ ported by Mr. McCall from the ways and means committee, refunding the tax on legacies paid under the war revenue act by religious, charitable, art and educational institutions, was passed. The conference report on the omnibus claims bill caused an­ other lengthy discussion. The motion to instruct the conferees against the Selfridge claims finally prevailed. Af­ ter sending the fortification bills to conference the house adjourned. Saturday, May 17. The senate adjourned until Mon­ day. Consideration of the naval appro­ priation bill was resumed in the house. An amendment was agreed to appropriating $75,000 for the continu­ ance of the erection of a storehouse for naval supplies at League Island navy yard. An amendment was also agreed to appropriating $20,000 for making tests of liquid fuel from the California and Texas oil fields under the direction of the bureau or steam engineering. . An amendment appro­ priating $60,000 for a key wall at the naval station, Puget sound, Washing­ ton, was agreed to. PRESIDENT TELLS OF BRIBERY The strikes of 5,000 carpenters and 2,300 structural iron workers at Pitts­ burg have been declared off. The car­ penters' demand for $3,50 per day has been granted, while the iron workers will resume work at 47% cents an hour. ' The fifth biennial convention of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers is in session at Norfolk, Va. Spain will follow England's example and entertain European princes and foreign delegates to the coronation. The king's dignity has astonished dip­ lomats. Traction Official Says He Arranged to Pay for Passage of Bill. St. Louis dispatch: Charles H. Tur­ ner, president of the Suburban Street Railway, whose confessions formed the basis of most of the indictments returned in the bribery scandal, was a witness for the state in the trial of former Delegate Julio's Lehmann, charged with perjury before the grand jury which returned the bribery in­ dictments. Witness said he had been president of the Jsiiburban for twelve years. He testified that he employed Philip Stock to look after the passage of the Suburban franchise bill. Hef" added that he made arrangements with the German Savings Institution to pro­ cure $145,000. This money was to be given into the possession of Mr. Stock. "Mr. Stock told me that this amount of money, $145,000, was necessary to be raised to pay the expense of the passage of the bill," said Mr. Turner. "Do you know what this money was to be used for?" Circuit Attorney Folk asked. "To be used as the expense required for getting the bill through the house of delegates," was the reply. Judge Ryan asked: "Did you know that this money was to be used in pay­ ing for Votes from members of the house of delegates to pass the bill?" "Well," replied Mr. Turner, "that was what I understood." Scholarship for Tuskegee. Tuskegee, Ala., special: The largest gift which Tuskegee institute has ever received from a colored man comes from Robert F. Baptist of Galway, N. Y., who sent a check for $1,000 to found a permanent scholarship. Circus Train Is Wrecked. Harrisburg, Pa., special: The Fore- paugh and Sells Brothers circus train was wrecked at Marysville and a num­ ber of employes hurt. One man died on the way to the Harrisburg hospital. v Study Great Battles. Constantiiiople cable: Four Ger­ man officers recently arrived in Con­ stantinople for the purpose of study­ ing the battles of Alexander the Oreat. They are touring Asia Minor. Lumber Cargo for Marinette. Marinette, Wis., dispatch: The first cargo of lumber ever brought to Me­ nominee harbor was by the steamer Susie Chipman. Billions of feet have gone from this port, but never was a cargo unloaded here before. Gov. Yates Names a Colonel. Chicago special: Gov. Yates has an­ nounced another change in his staff, the acceptance of the resignation of Dwight Lawrence, and the appoint ment of John Lambert of Joliet who will rank as colonel. 1 VIEWINGBIG FIRE Falling Runway Precipitates 2,000 Persons an the ' Crowd Below. PATROL DRIVER HAS STAMINA Sticks to His 8eat and Controls Horses Though Suffering from Two Broken Liegs--Loss to Plant Placed at Half a Million. Name Lish and Kerrick. Stove Makers in Convention. Mononk, 111., special: The Repub- I New York special: The Stove Man- lican senatorial convention nominated I ufacturers' Association of the United Josiah Kerrick of Woodford and Ira States began its thirty-first annual M. Lish of Livingston counties for 1 convention here. There were present representatives. I >50 member#,. While fire was destroying half of the $1,000,000 lard refinery belonging to Armour & Co. in the Union Stock Yards at Chicago, a runaway crowded with two tiers of spectators broke under the strain. From the mass of crushed timbers and struggling men and boys more than thirty injured persons were taken out. A boy, two women and one man were dangerously hurt In addition to these a fireman sustained injuries while making the run to the fire which are expected to result in his death. Several other firemen were hurt, the list approximating forty. There was a second's warning as the roof of the runway sank under the weight of the crowd. Then the sound of splintering wood was mixed with the Cries of the injured as the roof fell in on the floor of the "run," which, in turn, collapsed on the heads of the people standing on the ground, throw­ ing 2,000 persons in a confused mass. ' This happened while the fire was at its height The fire itself was the most alarming and disastrous one the Stock Yards has had for many days, and only for the prompt work of employes and firemen in draining oil from the tanks in the burning plant, and but for a firewall which prevented the blaze from spreading, it is believed the principal buildings at the yards would have been doomed. The lard refinery was in the center of the yards. Two thousand men and women were employed in it, and 700 --a night shift--were at work when the fire drove them out. J. Ogden Armour placed the value of the building, which was constructed last year, at $1,000,000 and the dam­ age at $500,000. While the burning oil was present­ ing a brilliant spectacle and before the police lines had become strong enough to handle the crowd, the spec­ tators took possession of the "hog run" of the Boyd-Lmnham Company. The "run" stood just to the east and south of the building and furnished the best opportunity for viewing the fiery spectacle. As many men and boys as could crowd on the "run" had climbed either to the rooi or to the run itself. Two thousand persons were stand­ ing on the "run" when the crash came. The roof gave way first. Then, with cracking timbers and shouting people the load came down on the floor of the runway--itself crowded. The whole mass was precipitated to the ground, a fall of thirty feet in all, and on the heads of the persons below. When the runway came down it caught the patrol wagon of the Stock Yards Station and cut it in two. This helped to save the persons on the run, as it held the timbers for a sec­ ond. The timbers broke both legs of Israel Morris, the driver. In spite of the pain, Morris stuck to his seat and held his plunging horses. MINERS WANT COMPLETE TIE-UP Plan to Create Scarcity of Coal byl Closing All Mines. A tie-up of every industry in the country is planned to bring victory to the anthracite coal miners in their present strike. If carried out as now predicted business of all kinds will be inconvenienced. It is the desire of the strikers that a special national convention of the United Mine Work­ ers of America be called as soon as practical for the purpose of endeavor­ ing to have all bituminous mine work­ ers, both organized and unorganized, involved in the anthracite miners' struggle. This announcement was of­ ficially made by President John Mit­ chell in a statement giving the result of the deliberations of the delegates in convention, if a special national convention is called and the miners succeed in their object it would di­ rectly affect 449,000 men, who are em­ ployed In and about the coal mines of the country. Coal would soon become scarce and this ultimately would re­ sult in the tying up of railroads and all sorts of industries that use large quantities of the fuel. Dies from Rattlesnake Bite. La Crosse, Wis., dispatch: Graoe Dickson, eight years old, as a result of saving her three-year-old brother from a six-foot rattlesnake, which had crept into the house, at Dresbach, Mich., was fatally bitten by the reptile and died in great agony. Decide to Keep Up the Struggle for Conditions. MITCHELL STOOD FOR PEACE Convention, However, Concludes to Embark Upon What May Prove to ' Be the Most Gigantic Struggle In the History of the Labor Movement. New Italian Minister. Rome cablegram: King Victor Em­ manuel has appointed Lieutenant Gen­ eral Giuseppe Ottolenghi minister of war. General Count Coriolano Ponza di San Martino, the former Italian min­ ister of war, resigned his post April 27. Big Gift to Museum. New York special: One of the big­ gest gifts ever given to the Metropoli­ tan Museum comes from the proba­ tion of the will of the late Jacob S. Rogers. The museum gets $5,457,000. Russian Assassin Executed. London cable: A dispatchvfrom St Petersburg to the Central News in London says that Balschaneff, who as­ sassinated M. Sipiaguine, the Russian minister of the interior, April IB, was executed on Monday last Last Bulletin for Queen. 11m Hague cable: The physical condition of Queen Wilhelmina is now all that could be desired. Regular bul­ letins in regard to her health will therefore cease to be isMed. f The anthracite mineworkers in con­ vention decided to continue the strike of the 145,000 men against the mine owners and fight it out to the bitter end. The vote to continue the suspension was as follows: Total yote cast, 811; for strike, 461%; against strike, 849%; majority for strike, 111%. The step taken by the miners, after practically considering the matter for two months, has wiped out the uncer­ tainty of the situation and it is freely predicted that the most serious labor struggle in the history of the country, if not the world, is about to begin. While the leaders are cautious and will not forecast their actions, It is not unlikely that the fight will be carried into the bituminous coal regions and into other fields of Industry. Mine- workers for eighteen months have been looking forward to the strike that is now on them. They have saved their money and are considered to be in better shape to-day for a fight than they were in the great strike of 1900. The workmen fear that the present fight may mean the destruction of. their organization, because they be­ lieve that the mine owners are bent more on wrecking their union than they are on opposing the dem&nds for higher wages and shorter work days. President Mitchell's advice to the miners was "peace," and he gave it to them in the plainest and most forceful language. But the delegates would not listen and amid considerable suppressed ex­ citement the vote was taken. For a time it looked as though peace advo­ cates would win, but when delegation after delegation from the lower dis­ trict, the last to be called, answered "yes" it was seen that thfe men who favored a fight- had won. The result was received by the con­ vention with applause, which, how­ ever, was not extremely enthusiastic or prolonged. The men appreciated the seriousness of their decision. While the people of the coal fields are glad that the suspense is over the news of the convention's action has caused considerable depression. Busi­ ness has been paralyzed to a certain extent and it probably will come to al­ most a standstill. DEDICATE INDIANA MONUMENT Fifty Thousand Visitors Honor Heroes of tjie Rebellion. The Indiana monument in memory of the soldiers and sailors of the state was formally dedicated and presented to the commonwealtn at Indianapolis. There were over 50,000 visitors in the city, as the annual state encampment of the Indiana National Guard and that of the Indiana Department G. A. R. were held at the same time. The Women's Relief Corps and the Ladies of the G. A. R. were also in session. The day's exercises began with a flag parade, in which the flags and banners which were borne-by Indiana regiments during the civil war were carried by the veterans for the first time since they were placed in the state museum. The flag-bearers and the color guard composed of the old soldiers numbered over 3,000. The flags were then massed about the monument and the formal exer­ cises were hefd shortly before noon. The monument was presented to the state by Major G. V. Menzies of Mount Vernon on behalf of the mon­ ument commissioners and Governor Durbin accepted it in behalf of the state. He reviewed the history of In­ diana soldiers in the various wars and paid high tribute to Governor Oliver P. Morton, Indiana's "war governor." FLAMES 8CORCH SUMNER, ILL. Thousands of Dollars! Worth of Prop­ erty Destroyed by Fire. Sumner, 111., dispatch: Fire here destroyed thousands of dollars' wortn of property. It originated between 9 and 10 o'clock in an old, unoccu­ pied frame building. The buildings destroyed were Dale & Sheridan's drug store, William Schuder's har­ ness shop, F. A. Baird's storeroom. Home Building and Loan office, Fiffe & Cain's millinery store, Charles Schuder's grocery and L. J. Bowman's office rooms. The general merchan­ dise store belonging to T. F. Hoopes was partially destroyed. The loss is only partially covered by insurance. Reception to Taft. . Cincinnati special: The alumni stu­ dents and faculty of the Cincinnati Law school gave Judge William H. Taft, governor of the Philippines, a public reception at College hall. Gov. Taft has left for Manila via Rome. To Inspect Illinois Railroads. Springfield, 111., dispatch: The rail­ road and warehouse commissioners will start on their annual tour of the railroads of the state on Monday, May 26. It will take nearly a month to complete the inspection. 8ol 8mith Russell Left $150,000. Minneapolis, Minn., dispatch: The will of Sol Smith Russell, the actor, was filed here. The estate, mostly real, is valued at $150,000. The docu­ ment is very brief and leaves every­ thing to the widow. In Deadlock Over Sale. Copenhagen cable: The deliber­ ations of the committee of the Rigs- dag on the proposed sale of the Dan- irti West Indies to the United States •n at« deadlock. TEXAS TORNADO J LEAVES 200 DEADS Hundreds Are Wounded IniW ^Goliad by a Videat^ Windstorm. WIND BLOWS AT FIERCE RATE Churches, Houses and Stone dences Swept Away by the Ele­ ments--Several Are Injured at Aus­ tin and Other Lone Star Points. ResKV;."^'- Two hundred people were "killed by a tornado at Goliad, Texas, hundreds wounded, great property damage don* and half the town destroyed. The tornado struck the town trav­ eling In a northeasterly direction, Be­ yond a marked fall in the temperature and the lowering clouds tinged with green, no warning of the calamity was given. The storm Btruck Goliad almost in the heart of the city, and wrecked buildings as if they were of1 cardboard. . Between Church and Patrick streets, which run north and south, a distant* of a mile in length, only one house* was left standing and scarcely a vestige of one could be seen. The tornado was precided a few mo­ ments before by a heavy hall storm and a deep rumbling sound. The section which has most suffered was the residence portion, the low­ er part being the negro settlements, while the upper part contained many residences. The Methodist and Baptist Church* es and the Baptist parsonage, both, just completed, and the negro Metho­ dist church was destroyed. The Epis­ copal churfch was badly damaged and fully 100 houses were totally de­ stroyed. The stone residence of D. T. Davis of the Goliad Guard was the only building In the pathway of the storm not demolished. The people of Goliad, realizing at once the stupendous nature of the calamity and the terrible loss of life and number injured telephoned to the sister cities oi Cicero and Victoria for assistance, which was responded to immediately. A heavy rainstorm, accompanied by a terrific" wind, struck Antonio, Tex. Several persons were injured, but no fatalities are reported. Scores of buildings were wrecked and the prop­ erty loss is placed at $75,000. The wind reached a velocity of sev- anty-two miles an hdur and continued at that rate for nearly twenty min­ utes. At Fort Sam Houston govern­ ment property was damaged to the extent of $20,000, the doors being torn off the officers' headquarters and barracks. The West End church was destroyed, causing a loss of $5,000. Hartwell's hotel was damaged to the extent of $3,000. Damage to private residences will reach $20,000. The storm was general throughout the state, extending from the Red riv­ er to the lower gulf coast, a distance of fully six hundred miles. In northern Texas the atmosphere became very cold immediately following the rain. The barometer was very low also, in­ dicating at Dallas 29.2, which is near­ ly the point reached here during the Galveston disaster. THE LATEST CASH MARKETS. CHICAGO. Winter wheat, No. 2 red.$ .79 @ .81 Corn, No. 2 60% @ .61% Oats, No. SI .43% @ .48% Cattle 2.75 @7.60 Hogs 5.80 @7.35 Sheep and lambs 3.50 @7.50 NEW YORK. Wheat, No. 2 red @ .87% Corn, No. 2 @ .69% Oats, No. 2 @ .46 ST. LOUIS. Wheat, No. 2 red, cash. .81%® .82 Corn, No. 2, cash @ .62% Oats, No. 2, cash @ .43 MILWAUKEE. Wheat; NOi 1 northern. .77 @ .77% Corn, July & .61% Oats, No. 2 white 45%@ .45% KANSAS Crr*. Wheat, cash, No. 2 hard @ .74 Corn, cash, No. 2 mixed .63 @ .64% Oats, No. 2 white ...... .44%® .44% PEORIA. Corn, No. 8 Vi's . @ .63 Oats, No. 2 white 44% @ .44% MINNEAPOLIS. Wheat, No. 1 northern. 9 *77 DULUTH. Wheat, No. 1 hard... 9 -78% Oats O -44% Corn * • • • @ .60 OMAHA. Cattle 1*75 @7.25 Hogs 6.75 @7.85 Sheep 1.25 @7.10 TOLEDO. Wheat, cash © .84% Corn, cash @ -61% Oats, cash © -44% Steel Plant for Cleveland. Cleveland, O., dispatch: Arrange­ ments are completed for the erection in this city of a plant to manufacture steel castings by the Ohio Steel Com­ pany^ Three hundred and fifty men will be employed at the beginning. ^ Kansas Needs No Help. Topeka, Kan., special: Exaggerated statements of the need of Kansas for harvest hands have caused a flood of letters on the subject T. B. Grow, state employment agent, says the state can get along without outside help./ Brooklyn Goes to Havana. New York dispatch: The cruiser Brooklyn has left the Brooklyn navy- yard for Havana, where she is to take part in the maneuvers attending the Inauguration of President Palma, And bring back Governor Wood. Memorial Service for Tanner. Springfield, 111., special: The first anniversary of the death of former Governor John R. Tanner is to be ob­ served With a private memorial ser­ vice at his grave in Oak Ridge ceme­ tery at $ o'clock May 28.