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THE PLAINDEALER to smoldertng,Turns. The loss will ex­ceed $4,000,000, and is well covered by insarance. Among the buildings de­ stroyed are Jenkins' wholesale grocery establishment. Home's six-story dry goods establishment, Home's office build­ ing, the Duquesne Theater, and the Methodist Book Concern. The fire start­ ed, in the cellar of the Jenkins building, in a pile of barrels filled with waste pa­ per. The flames were discovered by Watchman William Hunter while mak­ ing his rounds on the third floor. He had swelled smoke earlier in the evening, but beJieved that it came from the outside, and had paid no attention to it. New York City is losing a great many of its rich men. who find it cheaper to pay their taxes jn some other town, where the ways of the tax-gatherer are not so op­ pressive. Friday was the last day for the "swearing off" of personal taxes by claiming non-residence, and 1,80^> more persons swore off this year than last. The real estate assessment will be increased $60,000,000, but the removals of rich men will reduce the personal tax accordingly. A tax commissioned said: "Not within the history of this department have there been so many cases of out-of-town resi­ dences to avoid personal tax. A million­ aire came into this office to-day. .His*es­ tate last year was assessed, at more than a million dollars, but he. swore off this year, because -he had lived, long enough at Tuxedo last fall to v6te there. The family is now living in .this city in the winter as usual.. Another man came, in and exclaimed: *Ha! You can't catch me this year., I voted. at/Far Rockaway.' That is the way we are meeting them ev­ ery day'. The'Goulds were not here be­ cause the Supreme Court has declared* them non-resideiits.. Although they have town residences, and do all their business in New York, they claim- ta reside and vote elsewhere. They are not the only ones. There are many rich men who claim residence in Tuxedo and other parts, of the State merely to avoid paying their just ta^es." tions held daily sessions at their respect­ ive headquarters, in addition >to th-s regu­ lar meetings of the congress. A large number of interesting and important pa­ pers were read and discussed. A statue of the late Prof. Gross, the eminent phy-' sician of Philadelphia, was unveiled Wednesday afternoon. The statue is erected in the grounds of the Smithsonian. Institutipn, • NATIONAL SOLONS TENNESSEE EXPOSITION BEGINS BUSINESS. REVIEW QF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. HUNT FOE AN ISLAND A collision occurred off Girdleness lighthouse between the British steamers Collynee and Gringoe. The Collynee sank and eleven of her crew were drowned. The British foreign office has mailed the reply of the Marquis of Salisbury to the request from Washington for a re-inquiry into the Bering Sea fisheries dispute. -It is reported that the British premier's re­ ply is in the negative, on the ground of expense. Washington asked for a prompt reply, which was hurriedly drawn up and dispatched. Kingston, Jamaica, dispSfcTi'f There has been a succession of terrific earthquake, shocks in the Leeward Islands, killing many people and doing great damage to property. The center of the disturbance is at Montserrat. but the-area affected ex­ tends from. St. Ivitts to Martinique. ^The" greatest loss of life is at Guadeloupe. All business has: been, suspended and the churches have been opened for general prayer. v . ' " . - A special dispatch, from Athens an­ nounced that. Ediiein Pasha has sent an officer with a flag of truce to. the Greek headquarters, asking for an armistice of five days. The Minister for.Foreign Af­ fairs,M. Sko.uloudis, says the military ..situation, has • greatly iitiproved in both Epirusaild Thessaly and that the victory of the Greeks ever the Turks at Veiestino was brilliant. Advices from Arta say that the chief local authorities and about 100 inhabitants of that place have re­ turned there. Panic, however, still pre­ vails at Arta. All the .stores are closed and the military authorises a,re> said to be contemplating a further withdrawal of the Greek troops in that vicinitys o The most unique London thief of the, present decade is James Felix; his method was to tlcall at undertakers' establish­ ments, generally late in the evening, for the purpose of making arrangements for the funeral of some mythical father, mother, wife or other relative. When the undertaker's back was temporarily turn­ ed Felix would appropriate anything in sight, from the contents of the cash draw­ er to an overcoat, and make a hasty de­ parture. In this way he has victimized over 400 undertakers in London, or an average of two a week for, four years. Finally some of the victims got together and offered a reward for his capture, which finally resulted in his conviction and sentence. The British office has ordered a rigid inquiry into the scandals in the police de­ partment of Manchester, a partial ex­ posure of which recently caused so great a sensation. The scandals are said to permeate every branch of'the force and include blackmail, levying of tribute for the protection of unfortunates and crim­ inals and other offenses. The trouble is not confined to the rank and file, as the chief superintendent of police, whose res­ ignation was forced a few weeks ago, ad­ mitted having for .several weeks owned a number of houses used for disreputable purposes, while in one or two cases he not only owned the property, but conducted through housekeepers the illegal business in question, to his own direct profit. An Athens dispatch Saturday morning says: It is announced that the Turks have been completely repulsed at yelestino. Gen. Smolenski has asked the crown prince to congratulate the troops. A dis­ patch says a great battle has been fought at Veiestino between a Turkish force of S,000 and Gen. Smolensky's brigade, and that the Turks were repulsed with enor­ mous losses. The battle raged fiercely for five hours. The Greeks were re-enforced at a critical stage of the fight. Gen. Smolen­ ski telegraphs that the Turks will be un­ able to capture Pharsalos. because the Greek position is strong and the morale of the Greek troops is completely re­ stored. A semi-official dispatch from London says the powers will not interfere to stop the war. ATTEMPT TO EXTEND AMERICAN DOMAIN. Does Honor to the State. The Tennessee centennial exposition is opeif5 to the world. An electric spark from the telegraph key In the White House at Washington set the wheels in motion at noon Saturday. It was the proudest hour in the history of- Tennessee since the State came into the Union and caused its star to be sewed in the upper right-hand corner of the American flag. After six years of planning and one year of building, all in the face of financial depression, the White City of the South Is ready for the people of the United States to admire, and the crowd that sent the turnstiles at the exposition gates whirling for the first time was scarce able to get inside the exposition park. The White City of the South, washed whiter by the rains, looked from the hills, where the city of Nashville stands, like a grotip of school girls in white dresses sitting in a green amphitheater ready for some, fete, and the red brick, houses of the Tennessee capital across the valley a liiite and a half away looked like an audience waiting for that fete to begin. And no audience that waited for Tbe Legislative Grind. During the consideration of the "free- homestead" bill in the Senate Monday Mr. Morgan prgpotsed an amendment giving all public }ands unoccupied by 1900 to the' several States and territories. Mr. Haw- ley declared this to be startling proposi­ tion, and Mr. Tillman sought to oppose it by a series of questions addressed to Mr. Morgan. Some of the '.uestions referred to the amendment as a proposition to . "gobble" and "steal" the interests in pub­ lic rands. Mr. Morgan in turn -made a sharp and sarcastic rejoinder and' for.,a time Senators and spectators ^ere inter- ested. in the animated cross fire. After Mr, Morgan had protested; against the in­ terruption afe it breach of the privileges, of the Senate the incident -was closed by a statement'from Mr. Tillman disclaiming , any purpose of being discourteous to the Alabama Senator. The: Morgan amend­ ment was ^nthdrawn. > Early in the day Mr. Morgan endeavored to secure a vote, on the. Cuban resolution. 'It went, over, however, at the request- of Mr,' Hale of Maine, in order that speeches in opposi­ tion may. be made.. The House,"by a vote of 124 to 52, approved the postponement of committees until action by the Senate on. the tariff. A Senate resolution appro­ priating $5O,0OO for the congress of the universal postal union was adopted and Mr. Showalter, the Republican chosen at a special election to represent the twenty- fifth Pennsylvania district, was sworn in. The tariff bill was unexpectedly report­ ed from committee to tile Senate Tuesday and the entire time of that body was taken up in listening to reading of the measure. Changes have been made ii^ nearly every schedule since it was passed by the House. Consideration was post­ poned fourteen days. The House was not in session. The Senate Wednesday by the vote of 43 to 2G refused to ratify the general ar­ bitration treaty between the United States and Great Britain negotiated by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian Paunce- fote. At the conclusion of the proceed­ ings, all of which were in executive ses­ sion. the Senate refused to authorize the publication of the details. The open ses­ sion of the Senate was devoted to the sundry civil appropriation bill, which was not completed up to the time of adjourn­ ment. Mr. Deboe of Kentucky took the oath of office at the opening of the ses­ sion and was cordially greeted by his Republican associates. The Senate in executive session confirmed the following nominations: Elmer J. Miller, surveyor of customs at Columbus, Ohio; Thomas R. Purnell. United States district judge for the eastern district of North Carolina; William H. Meyer, Indian agent for the Southern Ute agency, Colorado; John B. Wright and John W. Ross, commission­ ers of the District of Columbia; John Mc- Mullen of Maryland, to be an ass-sts-nt surgeon in the marine hospital service The Senate Thursday agreed to an. amendment to the sundry civil bill revok­ ing the order of President Cleveland,! made Feb. 22 last, establishing forest reservations aggregating 17,000,000 acres. Another amendment agreed to provides for a continuance of the inves­ tigation of the condition of the fur seals in Bering Sea. The sundry civil an aggregate of $53,000,000. The House by a strict party vote, all the Republican® favoring and all the Democrats and Pop­ ulists opposing, adopted a resolution pro­ viding that the House should meet only on Mondays and Thursdays of each week until otherwise ordered. It was an­ nounced to be the Republican policy to wait on the Senate's action on the tariff bill. Mr. Bailey (Dem.) of Texas made a strong but unsuccessful fight to have the order modified so as to give early and fulLfionsideration to the bankruptcy bill, The Republicans replied that they would call up tlie bankruptcy bill and hold daily sessions on it after Gen. Henderson's return, but until then the rule should stand. The House then adjourned until Monday. " Ambitions Project of a San Francisco Mrin--tfto. S. Greene an Interesting: Character--Africanders Called Home to Fight for the Transvaal. An Undiscovered Land. The schooner Louisa D. cleared from Ban Francisco Wednesday for a cruise to New Baldayo Island?, and before she comes back her crew expects that the American flag will be floating over a little coral reef close to the equator that po man or nation has claimed. New Baldayo is the name given to the islknd, but so far the most' accurate location that can be -given for jit is that it is in the north Pa­ cific ocean. The island is said to be cov- 'ered with an enormous and wonderful de­ posit of guano, and for nearly fifty years •numerous vessels have started- out in search of it, but have always returned . .without being able to give its location. It was first reported by Lord Clipperton, an eccentric English navigator, naturalist and discoverer, and the toaix who gave his name to Clipperton Island, He reported that the island lay approximately in north latitude 16 and west longitude 137. He described it as very low, and navigators say a vessel could pass within a dozen aniles of it without seeing it The Louisa D. is being dispatched by the Oceanic Phosphate Company. Oldest Living West-Pointer. The" oldest living graduate of West Point celebrated his -ninety-sixth birthday Thursday at New York. Gen. George S. Greene is his name, and in addition to be­ ing the oldest of American army officers he is the oldest man living in American public life, ,being eight years older than ex-Se<fcretary of the Navy R. W. Thomp­ son. Gen. Greene was a lieutenant in the war seventy years ago and a general in the war of the rebellion at the age of '134, and had his jaw shattered While com­ manding his brigade in a night attack on the enemy at the foot -of Lookout Moun­ tain. Despite the fact that he is within four years of the century mark, he is as vigorous as most men of 60, and his ad­ vice as consulting engineer is in constant demand, fle was chief engineer of the great Croton aqueduct, later chief engi­ neer of public works at the capital, where he plajined the existing excellent sewer­ age system, and later consulting engineer of the Central Park Commission. Controversy Over Cleaned Rice. New York grain dealers are interested in the outcome of a-suit by Dan Talmage's Sons against the United States. The ques­ tion to be decided is what constitutes cleaned rice and uncleaned rice. The Government claims that rice from which both the outer hull and inner cuticle have Been removed, under the law of 1894, is Refined by Congress, as "fcleaned rice,^ ir­ respective of any commercial designation, and is liable to duty at the rate of 1% cents per pound. The importers, how­ ever, maintain that only such rice as has been absolutely cleaned of all impurities and which is ready for consumption as , human food can be described as "clean­ ed," and "patnia or Bengal rice" is only liable to a tax of eight-tenths of a eent per pound. The board of appraisers and the lower courts have upheld the Govern­ ment's contention on the subject, and the appeal has been taken as a test, t Athletes of the Diamond. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore ... 9 2 New York.... 4 5 Cincinnati . . 7 3 Boston 4 6 Philadelphia. 8 4Brooklyn .... 4 7 Louisville ... 6 3.St. Louis 3 7 iPittsburg . . » 6 3 Chicago 3 8 Cleveland ... 5 6Washington.. 2 7 WKSTERK. At Dayton, O.. the Central Union Tele­ phone Company has filed a mortgage to the Illinois Trust and Savings Bank for $3,000,000. While enroute to a freight wreck at Jonesville in charge of a wrecking train from Columbus, Ind., Engineer Frank Wetzel was confronted with what he thought a fatal danger by the breakage of the right engine railing. He rushed to the, left side of the cab and made a fatal leap to the ground. His neck, right arm and thigh were broken. * "Bill" Adler, one of the most notorious characters of Kansas Oity, Mo., Sunday night committed his second murder within three years and was himself shot and perhaps fatally wounded. Adler "mixed" with the negro keepers of a crap game, and when the smoke cleared away it was found that Adler had shot and killed William Johnson, a negro, and had him­ self been shot in the side by James Gor­ don, colored. In 18y-±, during the street masquerade which concluded the fall car­ nival, Adler killed Postoffice Inspector iJesse McClure. He was convicted of manslaughter and served ten months in jail. Near Larimore, N. D., August Norman Saturday night cut the throats of four children of Knute Hillstead, a farmer, and escaped. Of the" victims, Thomas, aged 13 months, and Oscar, 4 years old, are dead, while Peter and Adolph, aged 15 and 11 years respectively, are not ex­ pected t£ recover. . Norman went to the Hills-tead home in the evening and asked to be allowed to remain all night. Hill- stead was not at home. About 1 o'clock inthe morning Norman knocked at the door of Mrs. Hillstead, who failed to re­ spond, and becoming, enraged Norman went up-stairs, where the children were sleeping, and attacked them one after an­ other with a razor. Mrs. Hillstead and two small children escaped from the house. From Montana to the coast efforts are being made to apprehend the pseudo drummer who, while pretending to rep­ resent the Oswego Starch factory of Os­ wego, N. Y., has cleverly swindled mer­ chants of the Northwest out of several thousand dollars. Two weeks ago he went to Anaconda from Butte, and after sell­ ing a bill of goods had C. C. McKinnon cash a draft for $100 a few minutes be­ fore the train started. The draft was returned unhonored a few days ago. Offi­ cers were immediately set upon the for­ ger's trail and coast towns were noti­ fied. It is learned that the swindler ope­ rated in Butte, Helena, Spokane, Salt Lake. Denver, Tacoma, Seattle, Bis­ marck, St. Paul and nearly every city of importance in the West. In Anaconda he went by the name of A. E. Barmore and had a complete drummer's outfit from the starch company, with several letters, one of which gave him authority to draw on the New York office. The cellar of a house inhabited by hu­ man beings is a strange place for wild beasts to make their home. Antonio Nu­ nez, a farmer living near Sunol. Alame­ da County, Gal., for several days had heard sounds coming from the cellar of his house and finally determined to make an investgation. He called in a few friends, and armed with shotguns they made their way into the cellar. They had hardly reached the side of the stone­ walled place when from beneath the stair­ way bounded a splendid specimen of a California lioness. Before a shot could be fired the animal escaped through an open door. A second later and the lion, a big, ugly beast, made a jump for the stairway. But this time Antonio was ready and killed the animal at the first fire. While his friends stood guard at the doorway Antonio made a search un­ derneath the stairway and found four cubs. They were as comfortable as kit­ tens, having an old coat and a quilt for a bed. . VVASHINQTQM. . JOHN W. THOMAS. President Tennessee Centennial Expbsltion, the opening of any festival was ever more gayly dressed than were the red brick- houses of Nashville in honor of the dedi­ cation of the exposition. _ From every quaint old Southern man­ sion, from every public building, from ev­ ery store, and from the windows of the humblest cottages flags and banners flut­ tered in honor of the opening. The city was buried in a rainbow, which had vari­ colored shoots spreading throughout busi­ ness thoroughfare and pike road. From the dismantled and grass-grown heights of Fort Negley to the blue mist that hangs over the hills beyond the cedars the stars and stripes cast the red. white and blue in the air and announced to all the tri- MRS. VANLEKR KIEKMAN. President Woman's Department. enterprise were convinced that it would be impossible to complete the grounds and buildings in time for tlie original date of opening, whidh was Sept. 1, 1896. It was also argued that it would be wiser to open the exposition in May and continue six months, thus securing the advantage of the entire summer season, than to wait until fall and let the show freeze at the end. Consequently the postponement of the date of opening to May 1, 1897, was officially ordered and the wisdom of the postponement is now manifest. In conse­ quence of the postponement the show is about twice as large as originally intend­ ed. The inauguration exercises took place on the grounds of the original anniver­ sary, June 1 last, and since that time a small army of workmen has been em­ ployed day and night in erecting build­ ings, etc. The majority of the States have heartily co-operated and some of their buildings, notably that of New York, .ire artistic in design. The grounds are but one mile from the city limits and 100 feet above the level of the city. The Government building is on .an elevation, and from its roof a survey of the country for miles around can be had. The wom­ an's building, the children's building, the commerce and transportation buildings, and the fine arts building are all decid­ edly creditable structures, and the ex­ hibits are fully up to the standard of the Chicago exposition. Every day of the ex­ position will be given over to some spe­ cial demonstration in connection with different societies and orders. There possibly has never been so much real, unselfish patriotism shown by the officers of such a large public works. Ev­ eryone but the director general and chiefs of departments is working without sal­ ary. and they have all purchased season tickets for themselves and families. The director general. Eugene C. Lewis, is the genius of tlie exposition. He is a silent little man, with a long head, and can make a dollar go farther than almost any­ one. He has every detail of the great work at his finger tips. The commission­ er general, Maj. A. W. Wills, is one of the ablest men in the State. He was post­ master of Nashville under Harrison, and was one of the best the city has ever had. To him is largely due the interest Legisla­ tures of other States and other officials have manifested in the centennial. Her­ man Jiisti is the chief of the bureau of promotion and publicity, and is a capable Joseph It. Dunlop, proprietor of the Chicago Dispatch, who expected to be taken to the penitentiary Saturday, was given a four days' respite, by direction of the President, in order that he might close up his business affair?. Obituary: At Cleveland, Miller M. Spangler, 84.--At Seattle, Wash., Col. Granville O. Haller, U. S. A., retired, 78. --At Paris, Henry Havemeyer, son of the late Henry Havemeyer of New York, 27.--At. London, Sir William C. F. Rob­ inson, 62. The United States consul general at Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, reports to the Department of State a visit to that place from the delegation of the "Gulf and In­ terstate Transportation Company," ap­ pointed by the Governors of Kansas, Ne­ braska, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. They were particularly impressed with the opportunities which exist for the corn trade. Corn is a favored food of the peo­ ple in Mexico, where it is worth a Mexi­ can dollar per bushel. The committee were introduced to the Mexican officials, who gave assurance of earnest co-opera­ tion in any movement for bettering the mutual interchange of agricultural pro­ ducts. The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. St. Paul.... 9 3 Detroit ! 5 6 Indianapolis.. 8 3 Kansas City. 5 8 Columbus ... 8 3 Milwaukee ..4 8 Minneapolis.. 7 6G'nd Rapids. 1 10, Meaaced by Great Britain. A special dispatch to London from Cape Town says that the army reserve of the Colony of Natal has been notified to hold itself in readiness for active service. It is further announced that the authorities of the Transvaal have instructed their field cornets to thoroughly patrol the Na­ tal border and report instantly any suspi­ cious movements. Finally the special dis­ patch says that a circular from the Trans­ vaal has been distributed in Cape Colony and in the Orange Free State calling upon the Africanders for help. It says! "We do not want your money nor moral sup­ port. We want you to come and help us.1' .4 i NEWS NUGGETS, THE AUDITORIUM, WHERE ALL PUBLIC ASSEMBLIES ARE HELD. umph of the old volunteer State and the en on the shores of Lake Wautauga, ex- entire South. tending from the rialto past the front of Every train that arrived in Nashville the negro building to the boat landing on Saturday brought spectators and exhibit- the west of the lake. A grand salute an- ors, and along the Tennessee turnpikes, nounced the commencement, and the sur- in spite of mud and frequent washouts, roundings were then illuminated in red came carts and wagons bearing whole and green effects. A flight of rockets was families, some of them from away up in observed from the summit of the hill be- the Cumberland hills. It took every pen- liiud Vanity Fair, and aerial pieces of ny that many of these families could dazzling splendor were sent up from this scrape together for months to get ready point throughout the evening. ~ The first big exhibition piece, "The Phe- nix," was followed by a flight of blawing pigeons and weeping willow rockets, mak­ ing a gorgeous display. Then, after a series of other effects, was given a gigan­ tic portrait of John Sevier, which was sa­ luted by the ascension of tri-colored shells, bouquet rockets aud peacock plume shells and "the performing acrobats," a. mechan­ ical device in fire of marvelous beauty. Other exhibition pieces were the "Kaleid­ oscope," the "Emblem of Essenic Knights," the "Great Seal of Tennessee," the "Bicycle Rider" and the "Fan," the latter being one of the best pyrotechnic Though the project of opening the cen­ tennial with a civic and State parad^was abandoned, a brilliant array of the Knights of the Ancient Essenic Order marched through the streets Saturday to the centennial. The knights came from Great Show's History. On June 1, 1796, George Washington issued the proclamation setting forth the fact that Tennessee was admitted as a State to the new Union. Tennessee was the sixteenth State to be so honored. Aside from the thirteen original States, Vermont and Kentucky were the imme­ diate predecessors of Tennessee ill en­ tering the Union. ° Patriotism flows in Tennessee in mighty rivers, and so the people, of the State de­ cided to celebrate its centennial with an exposition that would fittingly commem­ orate the historic event. Tlie idea of so celebrating the State's parsing century QUEEN OLGA OF GREECE. She Is the Most Popular Queen in All Eurr p Queen Olga of Greece is the most popu­ lar queen in all Europe. There is not a native of Hella who would not die for her. Queen Olga is a Russian princess and was an honorary admiral in the Russian fleet. Olga is the eldest daughter of the Grand Duke Constaiitine of Russia and a niece of the late Czar Alexander II. She is tall and stately and realizes the traditional idea of a queen in her appearance and;* manner. She is a blonde, with brown The building of the Itaska Warehouse Company at Minneapolis was burned Wednesday night. Loss, including con­ tents, $250,000. Cora Urquhart Potter, the actress who married and left James Brown Ptftter, was cut off without a sou by tlie will of (Howard Potter, her father-in-law, filed in New York. The report of the expert accountant who ihas been examining the books of the Sure­ ty Building and Loan Association of Phil­ adelphia shows a shortage of $22,000, in- etead of $8,000, as was at first supposed. The secretary of the association, George C. Thompson, disappeared a few weeks ago upon the eve of- a contemplated 'in­ vestigation of his books by the State bank examiner. Tlie association was one of the oldest in the city. Supervising Architect Aiken has de­ cided to resign, in response, to the request >of Secretary Gage, and will retire from office July 1. Prof. Harry B. Hutchins has been for- fmaily elected acting professor of Michigan University during the absence of Presi­ dent Angell as United States minister to 'Turkey. « Obituary: At Buffalo, N. Y., E. G. ISpaulding, "father of the ..greenback."-- '-At Loudon, Mrs. George Iinnaeus Banks, tpoet md novelist, 76.--At "'Nashville, ijTenn., Mrs. Mary Forrnan, 75. MARKET REPORTS Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2, 16c 16 ISc; rye, No. 2, 33c to 35c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 9c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common growth to choice gre^n hurl, 2c to 5c per lb. Indianapolis--CaUle, shipping, $3.00. to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 88c to 90c; corn, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louisa-Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 96c to 98c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 21c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 33c to 35c. v > .* " Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2, 90c to 92c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 37c to 38c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs,; $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 91c to 92c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 35c to 37c. Toledo---Wheat, No. 2 red, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 $rhite, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c; clover seed, $4.30 to $4.10. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 72c to 73c; corn, No. 3, 24c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; barley, No. 2, 30c to 34c; rye, No. 1, 35c to 37c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. • Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 91c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 81c to 82c; corn, N.o« 2, b 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 13c t.o 18c; eggs, West- era, 9c to 11c. Admiral Meade (retired), U. S. N., who had been ill at Washington for three weeks past, died Tuesday, after an opera­ tion for appendicitis. Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, inspector gen­ eral of the United States army, thinks Uncle Sam is greatly in need of a large standing army. He is in Cleveland at­ tending the congress of the Sons of the American Revolution. He thinks the army should number 35,000 instead of 25,- 000.- The President Monday sent the follow­ ing nominations to the Senate: Robert N. Patterson, of Tennessee, to be consul general at Calcutta, India; Stanton Sick­ les, of New York, secretary of legation at Madrid; Alpha E. Hoyt, of Wyoming, to be register of the land office at Sun Dance, Wyo.; John Hancock Merriam, of Minnesota, to be an assistant paymaster in the navy. . Ablout 500 members of the medical pro­ fession, among them some of the most distinguished specialists in the country, assembled in Washington Tuesday to at­ tend the fourth trienuial congress of American physicians and surgeons, - -w-bieh--convened Tuesday afternoon at the Columbia Theater. The congress opened with a business meeting of the Executive '(Corn'mittee,; following which the chairman of the committee, Dr. Lan- don C. Gray, called the general body to order. At night Dr. William H. Welch, '• of Baltimore, the retiring president, de­ livered the triennial address^ and later a reception was given the delegates by the members of the local society at the Ar­ lington Hotel. The congress i is divided into fourteen distinct associations, each* i of whose presidents is ex-officio vice pres­ ident of the congress. These associa- children's building, HERMAN JUSTI. Chief of the Bureau of Publicity and Promotion. for the journey, but they made it in spite of almost impassable mountain roads.. Some of these families have friends scat­ tered about the Nashville environs, where they stay while they take in the wonders of the exposition. Many of them brought their food.along with them and will camp until the food runs out or they have no more money to pass the turnstiles. Ex­ cursion trains brought thousands to Nash­ ville Saturday morning in time for the dedication. The hotels were forced to provide cots to accommodate their guests, but the hinges of Nashville's doors swing both Ways a:nd there was good accommo­ dation. When President McKinley touched the electric button in Washington the big wheels in the ppwer house moved and an exposition of the world's wealth was spread before the public view in more complete form than in any other national or international display. The exposition is a delight and a surprise. The ceremonies of the day were simple, and yet not lacking of dignity for the odcasion. The members of both houses of the Legislature, Gen. Ignacio Garcia, postmaster general of Mexico, and other distinguished guests assembled at*the Union dej>ot at 9:30 o'clock, and were taken in special trains to the terminal sta­ tion on the exposition grounds. Upon en­ tering the park the visitors assembled at the Administration Building, whence, up­ on the arrival of Gov. Robert L- Taylor and staff, the entire party, escorted by the officials of the exposition and members of hair, regular features and a beautiful neck and shoulders. She goes about Athens unattended, even by a maid, and dresses in the most simple fashion. On state oc­ casions she costftuies herself royally. Olga Is a great scholar. She loves science and; the classics and can. speak fluently in Rus­ sian. Italian, Greek, Frbnch, German and English. Lately she has mastered Al­ banian also. She is interested in music and art, devotes much of her time to char­ ity and public education, and has founded one or two prosperous schools in Athene. ! B--^ JOE PATCHEN AT AUCTION. Famous Pacer Goes to C. W. Marks f : oil a Kiel of $15,000. ^ Joe Patchen, the famous pacer, with a record of 2:03. wsls sold at auction for $15,000 to C W. Marks,.a shoe manufac­ turer. Tuesday morning" in- the Dexter Park horse exchange at the Chicago stock yards. Nearly 5,000 horsemen a'nd spec­ tators packed the amphitheater and cheer­ ed the rival bidders in their elforts tf^sdn:^ tlie prize. When David McFeat of Phila­ delphia, in charge of the Splan-Newgass sale, finally, after twenty minutes of auc­ tioneering, knocked tlie horse down to Mr. Marks for a sum fully $9,000 greater than that of any sale ever before effected in the stock yards district, the crowd lustily yelled its approval for almost five min­ utes." *• , „ EASTERN. Actor Edwin F. Thorne is dying at New York with Bright's disease. Peter C. Burke, 35 years old, professor of philosophy at the Georgetown Law School, Washington,. D. C., committed suicide in a New York hotel Saturday night by inhaling illuminating gas. The greatest fire that has visited Pitts­ burg, Pa., since the memorable one of 1845 started shortly after midnight Sun- cay in the ̂ immense wholesale grocery establishment of Thomas C. Jenkins. Three large blocks, extending from Lib­ erty to Penn avenue and from Fifith street to Sixth street, have been reduced woman's building mark was born in the brain of a news­ paper man several years ago, and through ^the efforts of the Nashville papers the first mass meeting to, formulate plans was -called. This took place June i«», 1894. in tfhe capital at Nashville, and fromcit,liat time to the presflent day the "enthusiasm of the peartfe has been unabated.