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v b EVENTS OF THE DAY GATHERED PROM ALL PARTS OP THE TWO HEMISPHERES. , CapreheiiH Review of the Impert nt Happenings of b Past Week, Presented la Condensed Form, Mee Likely to Prove Interesting to Ow Many Reader. Porlliml laarvdrymen have locked out their employe!. Russia expect war with China and ii preparing for it. Nearly 500 tenant were evicted in the New York tenement diHtrict May 1. Fifty half-naked Doukhobor are on '"march for Jesua," near baaakatoon, N. W. T. The Merchant etate bank at Free man, 8. D., waa raided by robliera. They secured about $3,000 and escaped. The sixtieth anniversary of the founding of civil government on the Pacific coast waa celebrated at Cham poeg, Oregon, May 2. John Firman, 25 year old, living at Pater boh, N. J., haa two hearts beating In hla own breast. He ia fine sped men of physical manhood and constant ly enjoyi good health. A lell cast by Paul Kevere, that had been in constant use since ita making ia being recast at Troy N. Y. The Leominster Congregational chnrch, in ttie belfry of which it hung, waa burned a abort timu ago. Turkey haa proclaimed martial law in Balonica. An earthquake in Chile caused heavy property loss. Postmaster General Payne has un earthed a scandal in the Washington olllce. Labor troubles are seriously affecting business in many of the cities through out tho United States. Six passengers were injured in a col lision between an electric car and a Lale Shore train in Chicago. Fruit and garden truck in the Arkann sas valley, Colorado, have been serious ly damaged by frost. Tho Iobs ia esti mated at more than $500,000. W. J. Petera, an experienced geo grapher and acientist. will be sent by the National geographical society with the Zeigler Arctic expedition. Forty persona have been arrested fol lowing the robbery of the Wells, Fargo express company at Silao, Mexico, of $42,000. All but $11,000 was recov er!. Over two Dlocka of buildings in West Point, Va., the York river terminus of the Southern railway, are in ashes as the result of a fire of unknown origin. The losa ia $125,000, Regulations in regard to matches in New York now provide that no one without a license can sell or give them away. Ketailera may not sell more than 1,000 in a box. The splints must be strong, and the heads must not fly PIT,' 'd train nti the. Panhandle railroad was derailed at the crossing of the Bal timore & Ohic near Columbus, O. . Itaggugemaster John Gallagher, of Xenla, James Moran, fireman, of Cin cinnati, and Charles Keck, engineer, also of Cincinnati, were severely in jured. Rebels in Turkey are fighting with bombs, blowing up everything within their reach. Secretary of the Navy Moody will visit the coast with President Roose velt and inspect naval stations. Two masked robbers secured a pack age containing $10,000 from theJUnited States express agent at Britt, Iowa, nsar Pes Moines. "Tho powder works at Hollidaysbnrg, Pa., was wrecked bv an explosion Nine persons were killed outright and 20 others injured, several fatally. Between 70 and 80 naval recruits have placed in double irons at Boston as the result of a mutiny which broke. out on the receiving ship Wabash. The dead at Frank, Canada, from the landslide now number tUi, and this number may be increased. Slides con tinue and rescue work ia very slow. Forest fires in Pennsylvania have caused great loss of life and propertj Walaonville and Simpson have both been entirely wiped out by the flames Simpson is in the oil region. A party of five Americana and five Japanese were attacked by Chinese 60 miles from Canton. They barricaded - themselves in a temple and were later rescued by Chinese troops. Irving M. Scott, of San Francisco builder of the battleship Oregon, dead. William k. uearst, of newspaper fame, was man led in New York to Miss Hillieeut Wilson. A movement ia on foot in Portland to organ ite an association of employers to resist growing power of unions. Investigation of boodlers continues in Missouri and Illinois. Three blocks, practically the entire business portion of Melbourne, Ia waa destroyed by fire. The loss $43,000. Twenty people gathered about the coffin of Mrs. Martin Meyerhofter at Chicago were precipitated into the eel lar with the corpse by the giving aw of the floor. Seven were injured. More serious rioting haa occurred 1 trmh monasteries. SPARK START5 EXPLOSION -, Four Persona Killed and Maay Injured at Cleveland. Cleveland, O., May 5. An explosion that caused death and destruction oc curred in the torpedo plant of the Thor manufacturing com pa ay at 647 Orange atreet this afternoon. , Thus far four persons are dead, while 27 others are lying in hospitals, some fatally and others more or leas seriously injured. The Thor manufacturing company is engaged in the manufacture of toy tor pedo canes and other explosives. The company was in the midat of its busiest season, and extra girls were being em ployed. The force of the explosion was tre mendous, and windows within a radius of a quarter of a mile were broken. In house on Orange street next to the factory lived Maurice Cohen, his wife and eight children. With the collapse of the house simultaneously with the expksion tne woman and four children ere caught in the falling partitions nd all were horribly bruised. All ere taken out unconscious. Three of this family are dead. The fire which caused the explosion oiiginated in a peculiar manner. ' The torpedo capa are filled in molds and there is constant danger of some loose powder, supposed to be fulminate rf mercury, dropping on the floor. For this reason the girls and boys who are employed In the factory are compelled tc remove their shoes while at work so as to avoid striking sparks. The ex plosion was due to the frolicsome pro pensities of a new girl, who had been employed at tho plant less than a week. Some of the girls had their shoes on at the lunch hour, and one playfully hoved another. As the girl slid long the floor her shoes struck a spark n some loose powder. Instantly the oor was aolaze. The flames were easily subdued hy the firemen after the explosion, as there was nothing eft of the factory but a pile of debris. The property loss will not exceed 10,000. NEW MAP OF ALASKA. Government Publishes Hirst Contour flap With Recent Data. Washington, May 5. A new map of Aaska on a scale of 40 miles to the inch has just been completed by the United States geological survey. It is the first contour map of Alaska yet made, the reief being shown by contour linos rep resenting vertical .intervals of 1,000 feet. In the construction of this nuip, which was prepared . by . E. C. Barnard, topograpner, all available information was used. Ihe maps of the United States coast and geodetic ' survey, cov ering Southeastern Alaska and the coast were extensively utilized. With in the coast line the map is based prin cipally on surveys and reconnaissance maps made by the geological survey. Other sources of information were the maps of the army, the navy, the reve nue marine service and the British gov ernment. After all the authorative lata had been used there still remained large areas whore the topographic feat ures had to he based upon such general information as could be obtained. The map will be printed in colors, the streams, lakes and. glaciers being shown in blue, the cultural features in ilaek, and the Contour lines in brown. The characteristic features of Alaska topography are well shown by the map. At one glance one sees the deep river like fiords in the southeastern part; the bold, almost precipitins, front presented to the Noith Pacific ocean by the St. Elins range; the deep interior valleys, scarcely more than a thousand feet above the sea; the Alaskan range, with its culminating peak, Mount Mc Kinley, 20,000 feet in altitude; the great valley cf the Yukon, with its tundras sloping to Behring sea ; the Endicott range, dividing the Yukon valley from the tundras sloping to the Arctic ocean; and the great horn of the Aleutian islands, reaching at Attu island to the other side of the world. n longitude 172 degrees east, almost the longltnde of Auckland, New Zea land, the latitude 53 degrees north, being about the same as that of Liver pool. Had a Bomb Factory. Salonica, May 5. The number of Bulgarians killed during the recent dynamite riots is now estimated at 100. A complete bomb manufacturing plant has been discovered in a shoemaker's shop, communicating by an under ground passage with the Ottoman bank It is feared that the presence of the three Austrian warships which have arrived here will encourage the Bul garians to irritate the Turks, who up O the present time have behaved well. Plague Appear Again. Matatlan, May 5. There is much alarm here over the reappearance of the plague. Two persons who were serving at the quarantine observation st At ion were attacked. Another case of plague has also appeared iq the city. News has just reached this city that a man waa suffering from the plague at the Zapote ranch, near Siqnero. He was removed to the lazaretto, and many people who had intercourse with the sick people will be quarantined. Volcano Breaks Out. San Francisco, May 5. The Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala has broken out again. The news was brought to this city by the steamer San Joan, which left Champerico on the afternoon of April 17, the day the fresh emptions is said to have taken place. Couriers from the interior brouiht word that the volcano had broken ont, that a storm of afhes was falling and that the inhabitants of the surrounding country were jvanic stricken. FAIR IS DEDICATED IMPOSLNO CEREMONY AT ST. LOL'IS EXPOSITION. On Hundred and Forty-Ftve Thousand People Present Cold Weather Only Drawback to Complete Success ol the Day Eleven Thousand Troop Re viewed by the President. i St. Louis,' May 1. The buildings of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition were yesterday formally dedicated to their purpose with all 'possible pomp and ceremony. In every way save one the exercises were an unequivocal suc cess, and this one circumstance was the weather. It would be difficult to imagine a more disagreeable day. The wind blew fiercely from the west, rending great clouds of dust whirling into the faces of the troops as they marched past the president, and at times so nearly blinding the president that it was well nigh impossible for him to see across the street upon which the troops were marching. Added to the discomfort of the wind and dust was a temperature which sought for the marrow and generally reached it. The ladies who, on the strength of the warm weather of the day before, came in summer dresses to the reviewing stand, suffered keenly, and but for the thoughtfulness of the officers commanding the guard thrown around the reviewing stand, who pro vided them with blankets, many of them would have been compelled to leave the place. Both President Roose velt and ex-President Cleveland re mained in the reviewing stand exposed to the icy wind until the end of the parade, although their faces were blue and their limbs stiffened by the cold. Conditions in the Liberal arts building, where the dedication ceremonies proper were held, were little better. There was no wind, but there were manifold drafts which added to the dampness in separable from newly-erected build ings, produced a penetrating chill that was uncomfortable to a degree. The effect oi this was evident in all rf the speeches, as the speakers, commencing their speeches in clear .tones, were without exception given over to catarrh al inflections before they finished. Despite this heavy handicap, , how ever, the ceremonies proper were splen didly handled and the programme was carried out to the letter. The police work was excellent and the patrolling of the avenues and passageways by the First Missouri infantry was ably done and all possible consideration shown the great crowd. The great military parade, which was designed to be distinctively the show spectacle of the dedicaory cere monies, proved to be all that its pro moters could wish, and all that the regular army officers who controlled it could hope for. The sight of the marching thousands from the point oc cupied by President Roosevelt's review ing stand was one long to be remem bered. For a half mile to the left and for an equal distance to the right, the winding column was in complete view. Tho president watched the march past with eager attention. Every well-set rank (and nearly all were so), every ac curate formation (and very few were not accurate), elicited his berty com mendation. From end to end of the line of march the cheers of the im mense crowd were as cordial as the president's approval. There were 11,000 men in line 3,100 regulars and 7,900 of the National guard. New York being repre sented by 1,000 officers and men; Illi nois, 1,000; Iowa, 960; Missouri, 3, 000; Oklahoma, 2,200; Ohio, 1,000. The formation throughout was in col umn of platoons, of all arms, at half distance, the infantry marching lb' file, and the cavalry 12 troopers front. Has Told Two Stories, rekin, May 2. The denial from St. Petersburg of the authenticity of the Russian demands on China previous to the evacuation of Manchuria has cieat- ed comment among the members of the interested legations. The day the de nial was issued, M. Plancon, the Rus sian charge d'affaires, admitted to his colleagues that their information on the subject was correct. Prince Ching, the grand secretary, purposes urgently to request Russia to proceed with the restoration of the government of - Man churia to China, as per agreement. New Hands Turned Down. Chicago, May 2. Effective picketing headed off an alleged effort on the part of the management of the Deermg har vester works to introduce nearly ISO workmen to the twine department of the plant just after dawn today. When the men appeared before 5 o'clock, pr pared to go to work, they were met by a delegation of striker and turned away. Effort of the strikers are now being directed toward bringing about similar conditions at other factories. Tyoer Has Collapsed. Washington, May 2. Judge James N. Tyner, recently dismissed from the government service while holding the position of assistant attorney general for the postc ffioe department, is criti cally ill. His health has been verv poor since last July, when he suffered a stroke of paralvsia. The strain on his system which preceded and fol lowed his dismissal has been too reach for him, and he ia almost completely prostrated. RUSSIA DEMANDS ANSWER. Want to Kaow Why China Rejects Her Terms. London, May 4. -In a dispatch from Pekin the correspondent of the Times say that in an interview held on Wed nesday with all the minister of the Chinese office, M. Plaochon, Russian charge d'affaires, pressed for reasons for the rejection of the Russian de mands. The minister replied that they were unable to give the reason separately. M. flancbon then, on be half of bis government, requested a statement of China's intentions, first, the contemplated alteration in the gov ernment of Mongolia; second, the non alienation by lease, concession or other wise of any portion of the Liaou valley to any other power, and, third, the opening of new treaty ports in Man churia. To the first clause the minister re plied that the alteration had not re ceived imperial sanction; to the second, that China had no intention of alienat ing any of her territory; and to the third, that the opening of ports would depend upon trade developments. M. Planchon professed to be satisfied with these answers, but the Chinese are still uncomfortable, knowing how impossible it is for her to resist Rus sia's demand. It is announced that M. Let Bar, the Russian minister to China, ifl returning to Pekin, ami that the fulfillment of the terms of the Manchurian convention will be post poned until after his arrival and will result from his negotiations. "The fact that Russia now no Dears anxious to repudiate the orders given M. Planchon," concludes the Times correspondent, "does not mean that her demands have been abandoned; by these orders Russia has acquainted China with what she expects." NAVAL OFFICERS BRIBED, Charge of Boodllng Against Builders of Philippine dunboats. Victoria, B. C, May 4. Two Jap anese papers publish stories to the effect that the A niericau officers sent over to watch tht construction . of the Manila gunboats for the United States by the Uruguay lock company were bribed and passed work which resulted in structural defects in the first, gun boat. , , ,, The Niroku Shimpo says that three United States officers superintended the construction of the first - gunboat and eome Japanese officers who took her to Manila saw that, although outwardly the vessel was well constructed, there were some defects. They reported to Washington, and new .inspectors were sent, and the four gunboats now on the stocks are being reconstructed at a heavy loss to the builders. The Japan Mail discredits the stories of bribing. CABLE TO MANILA. Will Be Finished by Next Independence Day if Possible. Chicago, May 4. A dispatch from Wushintgon, D. C, says: By July 4 there will be direct cable communica tion between tho United States, and the Philippine islands. Ihis promise has been made by Vice President Ward, of the Postal cable company, during an extended conference with the assistant secretary of the navy. Since the cable was opened to Hono lulu the work of laying the cable from Hawaii across tho Pacific baa proceeded with great rapidity. The present plan is to time things, so it will be possible to make the Fourth of July, 1903, in Manila memorable by the establish ment of communication with the home government, through an American di lect cable. Fire Destroys Oil Wells. Bradford, Pa., May 4. Late advices from Watsonville, the town reported to have been wiped out by fire, indicate that it escaped almost miraculously from the fate which had lieen predicted fot it. The property losses in the i cinity, however, are large. Mount Jewott also escaped with small losses. But in the vicinity of Simpson and Bingham hte destruction cf oil prop-' erty was complete over a wide area. It is estimated that at least 1,000 oil wells in McKean county were de stroyed. Surplus Still Qrows. Washington, May 4. The monthly statement of government finances show that for the month of April, 1903, the total receipt were $43,426,100 and the expenditure $41,763,814, leaving a surplus for the month of $1,563,286. Custom receipts showed an increase for the month of $1,640,000, and the in ternal levenue receipts a decrease of 13,102,000. For the 10 months of the present fiscal year the receipts exceeded the expenditures by $35,419,646. Ounboat to the Rescue. Pekin. May 4. The United States consul at Canton has notified Minister Conger that a mob recently attacked a party of engineer at work on the Can-ton-Hanow railroad. The United States gunboat Callao was dispatched to the nearest point rip the river to aid the engineers. Mr. Concer has requested the Chinese foreign office to investigate the matter and instruct the viceroy to give the engineerprotection. A DELUGE OF ROCKl TOP OF MOUNTAIN IN CANADA FALLS ON TOWN AND COAL "aNE. Firty.su Live are Lost by Strange Dli aster la Crow Nest Coal Field En trance to Coal Mine Buried Under 100 Feet of Huge Rocks-Elther Upheaval - of Limestone or Earthquake. Frank, N. W. T., April 30. This place was visited yesterday morning by the worst disaster that has ever been known in any community in Western Canada, posibly in the entire Domin ion. What was either a land or rock slide of such gigantic magnitude as to be utterly inconceivable to the mind of any whose eye has not beheld it, or a slide induced by a seismic upheaval, killed 66 people, destroyed the plant of the Canadian-American coal and coke company, did a vast amount of damage to the mine and completely devastated about ten square miles of the finest and most picturesque section of the Crow' Nest pass. The catastrophe came at 4:15 yester day morning, when residents of the town were awakened by a deafening tu mult and a shaking of buildings which it seemed would rattle them into com plete demolition. Of all the town' in habitants, numbering nearly 1,000, not one professes to have reached the out Side of his domicile in time to see any part of what took place, but when day dawned it was seen that the whole side of Turtle mountain had failed awav and that the country extending from the eastern edge of the town for two miles down the pass and entirely across the pass, a distance of two miles or more from the mountain, lav buried beneath rock and debris of various Kinus jor a depth varvine from 25 to 100 foet. The al mines of the Canadian- American coal and coke company, or more properly the seam being worked, extends along the side of Turtle moun tain in a parallel direction. It ia a vertical vein and is worked from a tun nel up. It was immediately over the. workings that the mountain fell away, burying them to a depth of more than 100 feet. As there is no geologi cal expert on the ground, it is impossi ble to determine the true character of the force exerted. Many hold to the belief that it waa an earthquake which caused the mountain to fall away, oth ers believe it to have been a limestone upheaval, while others think it was simply a slide caused possibly by the lime rock slaking under the influnce of the thawing weather of spring. Dig Their Way Out. It was at first believed that the death roll was swelled by the total number of men at work in the mine, 17, and that the mine had been ruined by the walls squeezing together under the terrific strain, but happily both proved untrue later in the day, when the men rescued themselves and brought out a report of the condition of the mine. Had the mine been ruined it would have meant a loss to the company of about $3,000,' uuu, out, as it is, tne mine will be re opened, and it is thought the actual loss to the company will not exceed 1250,000, if it amounts to so much. The imprisoned miners escaped by dig' ging their way to the surface from the upper workings. Some were injured, but none seriously. The Canadian Pacific railway is heavy loser by the disaster. Two miles of line was buried from 50 to 100 feet deep, and a new line will have to be located and built. The entire loss re sulting from the disaster, it is estimat ed, will amount to $1,000,000, if not considerably more. Payne Starts Reform. Washington, Mayl. The postmaster general today issued an order in which he says that reports have reached him that there are persons doing duty in the department who are carried on the rolls either of the Washingtn city or other po&tofrices, who are employe! under a specific appropriation for other purposes than department service in Washington, and that tern inat ion of this practice, wherever it exists, is directed. As a result of the order, four employes of the Washington postoffice were dropped from the rolls today. Blizzard on Prairies.. Lincoln, Neb., May 1. A blizzard extending over the entire western part of the state, set in early today, and still continues. Trains on the Burlington to the Northwest are delayed. The snow west and north of Broken Bow is two inches deep. The storm also ex tend through Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota, Iowa, Kansas, Minne sota and Wisconsin. Frost has nipped fruit and damaged young grain crop considerably. Western Union Stands Pat. Butte, May 1. There is no change in the strike situation of the Western Union. F. V. Moffitt, of the Western Cnion, says that no attempt will be made to reopen the office in this city until he is assured that the offue can keep open permanently. The business of the city is still somewhat crippled, though the Postal ia giving fairly good service. The Postal will complete another wire to Helena this week. DA I ILK I 1. 1 IHTLniLW The patent office at vTaahlagton haa just era n ted the right of patent to An son rnelpa Stokes for a floating coast defense battery, which the noted phll- ntbroplat has designed. The fact that Mr. Stokes' claim to fame rests on bla kindly and benevolent nature make his efforts to Invent a deadly war machine seem Incongruous. The Stoke battery, when viewed' from the shore, will present an ap pearance almllar to the upper third of huge submerged sphere. The ma chine I to be globular In shape and! THB STOIES FLOATING BATTERY. will be protected by the heaviest ar-nor that can be made. It will contain but one gun, but that one will be of Im mense size and destructive power, and It will be Immovably fixed. To de press or elevate the muzzle the trim of the firing side of the battery Itself will be raised or lowered by changing- movable ballast. The Stokes battery will be propelled by a launch, which will be taken Inside when the machine Is once In position. It Is believed that the spherical shape of the vessel will make It pract-. lcally Impregnable and that torpedoes or other missiles hurled against It will be deflected by the non-reslstenee of the globular target presented. Doar (Moppet Talk nar. An old but still droll story Is narrat ed of a talking dog to which the power of speech was seemingly given by the art of a ventriloquist. The dog and his master arrived at a hotel, the latter with only a quarter of a dollur In hla pocket. "Well, what will you have?" asked the proprietor. 'I'll take a little whisky," said the ventriloquist, and then, turning to the dog, he usked: "What will you have?" 'I'll take a ham sandwich," was the- dog's reply. The hotelkeeper was breathless for moment from astonishment. He- stared at the dog In amazement. "What did you say?" he asked It. "1 said a ham sandwich." The proprietor was so Impressed by the unheard-of phenomenon of a talk ing dog thut in the' end he offered to buy It. 'Oh," said the ventriloquist, "I wouldn't sell him at uuy price, but If you'll lend me $30 I'll leave him with, you till I bring back the money." To this the hotelkeeper asrreed, think ing be would have some fun with his friends nnd neighbors. Everythlng was settled and the money paid. As the ventriloquist went out he turned and waved bis hand to the dog. "Well, good-by. Jack!" he said. "I'll come back rooh." "You mean brute, to sell me for $30, after all I've clone for you!" answered the dog. "I'll never speak another word as long as 1 live!" And he dldnlt. New York Weekly. Brother. Dicker Overdid It. "I deelur'." said Brother Dickey. "I got ter be mo' keerful in future I sho'' has!" "What's the trouble now?" "Well,, suh, I whirled In en prayed fer rain des two hours en a half. en. bless God, dey come a regular deluge. dat come mighty nlph drownln' de bes mule I had. Providence is so partial ter me!" Atlanta Constitution. Patriotic Confidence. "Then you don't sharj the appre hensions which some people Have ex pressed concerning this country's fu ture?" "Certainly not," answered Senator Sorghum. "Me and the trust have too much money Invested In thl country to let anything very serious happen to It." Washington Star. Testing Polls. The bureau of soils of the Agricul tural Department now has a force of over 100 persons, seventy-five of whom have had a scientific training. Its ob ject Is to show the conditions and re source of the soils of the country and to give the people precise and accu rate knowledge regarding the possibili ties of each kind of soli. Again Mystified. "I'm sure I don't quite understand It, Charley, dear," said young Mr. Torklns. "What don't you understand V "Why people Insist on calling the horse man's truest friend after what he does to people at the race track." Washington Star. One Thins After Another. Mr. Subbube "Oh, John, our hya etntha and tulips are beginning to show their leave." Mr. Subbubs "And that mean grass and lawn mower. Gee whizz! woman, you're forever reminding me of some thing unpleasant." Philadelphia Press. Rady to Learn the Lesson. Old Matron (solemnly) You'll find out ome day, my. girl, what married life really Is, 1 Elderly Daughter (with a sigh) Lord, I hope so. New York Evening Sun. The most thankless task I to 'be a mother; after that it Is to be a father, and after that It U to be a preacher.