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;-"rr ' 4 i 1' I THE SUNDAY OREGONIAN PORTLAND", APRIL' 15, 1900. i i SPIRIT OF IMPERIALISM EASTER WEBK" IX CI1E.W BRIT. AM. Rejolclnc TTirousjhout the Country Sot Justified liy the Results In South Africa. . LONDON, Aprtl ll.-Easter eggs this season are decorated tilth pictures of General Lord Roberta and Union Jacks, with shamrocks and Irish harps Inter woven oa their grounds. Political af fairs are In a dormant state, and war and the spirit of Imperialism Is In the ascend ant Had aay one Oared to prophecy at this time last year that those things would have come about w)thln a twelvemonth, ho would have been laughed to scorn. A spirit of rejoicing; pervades the country, which Is not at all Justified by 'the prog ress of Brltsh arms In South Africa. Ne'ertheless. England needs an outlet for tho enthusiasm Qver past victories, for the escape of the Prince of "Wales and for tho -prosperous times that have bene fited the country: so. It Is small wonder that on unprecedented flood of excursion ists is leaving London over Good Friday and Easier Monday. Every one who can afford It has gone away, and holiday-making Is tho rage of the moment. Next week marks the opening- of the Ports Exposition. Comparatively fen Britishers are likely to attend. Seven months ago thousands were planning to visit Paris; but since tho anti-English press In France has become so venomous, .almost all Interest seems to have been lost In what promised to be one of the greatest expositions of the century. Punch's cartoon this week represents Punch bowing to,Mlstress Paris and wish ing her good fortune: but this does not represent In the slightest degree popular, opinion, for, as the Globe says: "The British people are sot going to the show." Speaking of shows, one of the most an cient occurred this week when, the Royal Maundy Money was distributed to old men and women at Westminster Abbey. The ceremony of giving small alms to de serving persona with yeoman of the guard In attendance, as usual, attracted large crowds, and. according to an evening pa per, tho red purses containing the Queen's mail gift were eagerly bought up by American visitors, some of whom offered as much as 5 for them. The number of recipients increases with, each year of the Queen's life, and the 81 men and El wom en who the other day tottered up the Ab bey chancel formed a striking, living com mentary on the great age of tho Empire's active sovereign. Poor Stephen Crane, who Is ly ing at the point of death, has for the past year been occupying one of the oldest houses In England. It Is situated aln the loveliest part of Sunset, and Is owned by Moreton Frewen. It Is called Brede Place, and was built In 1400. In reality It Is a miniature castle. There, with straw littered over the stone floors, with huge old fireplaces burning brightly, and -with everything as In the feudal times the man who wrote "The Red Badge ot Courage" has been turning out books and magazine stories with an Industry for which few who knew htm In his younger days gave him credit. Though perhaps the most American of all the Americans in England, no one in Eng lish literary circles Is spoken of more lov ingly and admiringly than the author whose career threatens to end before he reaches his 30th year. His wife Is with him. Young Somerset, the son of Lady Henry Somerset, who is welt known In America, has been de prived of his- chances of becoming Duke of Beaufort by the birth of a' eon .to the present holder of that title. For yean young Somerset has been the heir appar ent to the Dukedom, as hitherto the Duke of Beaufort only had two daughters. But now. for the first time In a century and a half, a Marquis of Worcester has been born, and Somerset, during the life of this young Marquis, will never be called HM Grace. ' Somerset married four years ago, and has a son. Though this unexpected Mar qule of Worcester, for the Duke of Beau fort Is an old man, robs Somerset of the chances of a Dukedom, he comes In for a considerable fortune upon the demise of hli father, whose marriage to Lady Henry re sulted In such notorious unhnppinesa and disagreement." Toung Somerset Is one ot the keenest motor car experts In Eng land. The Spring inflow of Americana has begun, and while many of the visitors are already hurrying, to Paris, the hotels and other public resorts give ample evidence of the return of the tide of American travel. Not since last Midsummer has Southampton presented a busier appearance than on Thursday, when the American liner St. Paul arrived with a long list of theatrical people and general tourists. Prominent among the former were Mrs. Leslie Carter. David Belasco end members of the "Zaza" company: George W. Lederer. Edna May; J. Sulli van and the members of "The American Beauty" Company. Mrs Carter's first visit was to the Gar rick Theater, which opens April 16. She went to the theater on Thursday after noon. Four rough days at sea had devel oped a serious throat affection, compelling Mrs. Carter to seek a specialist Immediate- Dertgner Fife is busy making pfanV for Improving the Shamrock. He has had a testing tank fitted up, various models are being tried and tho results ore care fully tabled to enable. him to redraft the lines of the defeated cup challenger. It is said that Fife has a free hand in 'making eny alterations he may see fit. . Captain Sycamore, who has been re tained for the command of the Distant 6hore, though that yacht is not likely to be fitted out this season, has- refused Cor nelius Vanflerbllfs offer to command, his new 70-footcr. now building at the HeYes hofTs. It, Is said that Sycamore's decli nation is due to his desire to take part In the Important contest to be, sailed In 1901. Curiously enough, the same day Ser jeant Patrick Campbell's name appeared on the list of killed in South Africa, the husband of another actress was numbered In the same columns. He woo Captain Tennant who, four .years ago, married Maude Millet Campbell was a well known sportsman, and married before his wife had any idea of going on the stage.' He was obliged to seek a living, wan dered to South Africa and secured an en gagement at a hotel In Belra. by which he was paid nnd fed in return for his dally services with his gun and the con tents of his game bag. While thus em ployed, hb wife went on tho London etago, made a hit and begged her hus band to return, but he refused to do so until he became Independent Finally he came back. Joined his wife and left her to go once more to South Africa, this time a Sergeant of Yeomanry. " FIRE IN A COAL MINE. One Man Perished, Two Others In the Pit Escaped. PITTSBURG. April S.-FIre In the Essen coal mine. No. 3, at Hazelton. on the Pltta Tnjrg & Youghlogheny Railroad, caused, the death of one miner, Vensel Sternad. The first reports were that 16 men were supposed to have Ptrished. but now that the fire is extinguished and the excite ment over It develops that only three men were in" the mine when the fire rtarted yesterday afternoon. It being "pay-day. the xnen had quit work between 11 and 12 o'clock, leaving only Sternad; Frank La thlck and a driver, name not known. In the pit The fire started, it is supposed, from the electric pump, caused ny the burning, out of a motor. Sternad and Lathlck were at work about 300 feet beyond the pump, over three-quarters of a mile from the mine entrenchraent.-and knew nothing of (the fire until Lathlck started forward to get some orders from the fire "boss. Com ing to the fire he wrapped his head In hli coat and made a dash through the flames and smoke He succeeded dn reaching tho pit mouth, where he fell exhausted. Ster nad has not been reached by the rescuers, but It Is a certainty that he has per ished. The third man escaped easily .be cause he was on the outride of the fire and followed Lathlck lnihis rush. li WARSHIPS LAID UP. Owing- to the Lack of at Sufficient Xumber of Officers. WASHINGTON. April It The Navy Department was under the necessity today of ordering the United States cruiser De troit to the Portsmouth navy-yard. New Hampshire, to go out of commission. In addition to this, orders have been pre pared to put the Marblehead out of com mission at Mare Island, and - telegraphic orders have been sent to Admiral Watson to send the gunboats Bennington and Concord, now at Manila, to Los Angeles, where they will be also put out of com mission. The battle-ships Indiana and 'Massachusetts, which have Just been overhauled at the New York navy-yard, are to bo sent to League Island about the first of the month, to be laid up. Instead of being commissioned. This remarkable reduction of the num ber of ships In commission is ascribed at the Navy Department to the lack of a sufficient number of officers to furnish complements for the ships required for Naval purposes. The hattle-shlp Kear sargo has Just been put In commission, and the Illinois, on the Atlantic side, and the Wisconsin, on the Pacific,' must be! also commissioned immediately, in order that- the ships can be token over from the' hands of the contractors. There are some smaller craft like the Strlngham and the Chesapeake, also calling for com missions and crews. The extent of the shortage may be suggested by the fact that for all of the'four gTeat guns In the double turrets of the new battle-ship Kearsarge, but one officer could.be spared. Involving1-undue risk; even In times of peace. Tho Navigation Bureau Is au thority for the statement that there ore fully ICO vacancies In the line of the Navy, and 'the total number' of officers Is really less than It was four years ago, notwith standing the great Increase In the num ber of ships. The training-ship Dixie, now at Naples, has been ordered to continue her cruise through the Mediterranean Sea and the1 Suex panal to Manila. The training-ship Hartford has sailed from Montevideo for Bahla. The Mayflower, which was yesterday or-dre-ed to be put Into commission May 12. will be sent to Puerto Rico to serve as a station-ship, for the Governor and other Island officials. Changei In Transport Service. WASHINGTON, April It. Several changes have been ordered In the Army transportation service. The transports Buford and Kllpatrick are to be taken off the West Indian route and sent to Manila for service between that city and San Francisco. Proposals will be invited to make the necessary changes In their In terior arrangements to fit them for ex tended sea cruises. It is estimated that it will take at least five months to do the work. The transport Resolute Is now be ing fitted out for service on the West Indian route, and the Rosecrans, former ly the cruiser Badger. Is being prepared at San Francisco for the Alaskan service. Secretary Lode Returns. WASHINGTON. April It Secretary Long returned to Washington this after noon from Colorado. He did not come, to the Navy Department but sent for .his mall and gpent the afternoon in disposing of It and In consultation with Assistant Secretary Allen. "He has accepted tho President's action In selecting Mr. Allen t for the Governorship of Puerto Rico, but regrets the necessity for a chance at this time. So far, he has not Indicated any choice In the matter ot a. successor to Mr. Allen. LAST DAYS IN LADYSMITH. British toss In Killed nnd "Wounded Was Over Three Thousand. LONDON, April 7. The last days in Ladysmlth are described by a Standard correspondent who gives from official sources these figures:. "November 2, when the investment be gan, we had a garrison of E72 officers and 12,924 men. March 1. when the siege was raised, the garrison, was reduced to 400 officers and 9761 men, leaving 1C9 officers and 31G3 men to be accounted for by death and sickness. When General Buller en tered the town there were In the hospital 1996 officers and men, of whom 703 were suffering from enteric fever, 341 from dysentery and 1S9 from wounds. During the four months from November 2 to March 1 no -fewer than 10.GGS soldiers, cr nearly 70 per cent of the garrison, had been admitted Into the Hospitals. The ad missions for enteric fever were 1776; for dysentery 1S37. There died of disease and wounds In the four months, COO men of the garrison and 40 civilians, while on the low. est " average 140 deaths will probably be recorded against the patients who remain, raising the total mortality from disease and wounds to 700 among Europeans alone. -""The deaths from enteric fever up to March1 1 numbered 931, or more than 20 per cent: from dysentery, 117, or 6 per cent and from wounds G9. To this must be added 18 officers and 193 men killed In ac tion; 17 officers and 160 men killed in as saults, sorties and storming parties and two omcers ana men Killed in bombard ments. The total of our dead Is, there fore, not less than 1063. Nor does the llet end here, for we have wounded in as saults and sorties, 45 officers and 352 men, and by bombardment, 25 officers and 207 men. A siege, like a battle, is usually a catalogue of blunders. "Aft the non-destruction of the rail way came the neglect to secure heavy guns and unlimited ammunition. With the material at command. Sir Georcc White could not hope to maintain an equal duel wun mo enemy's Batteries of four nine- pounders and 23 long-range guns and How itzers. The Boers fired 15,500 shells within the perimeter. Our expenditure did not exceed 4780 rounds. The two 4.7 naval guns expended 624 rounds: the' three 13 pounder naval guns 7S4 rounds and the two old-fashioned Howitzers fired 776 shells made 30 years ago." i Chlcac-o Street Railways 'Combine. CHICAGO. April 14. Meetings held to day by the directors of the Chlcam-. TTnlnn Traction Company and the stockholders of uie imcago consolidated Trust Company it Is understood practically concluded ne gotiations which have been In progress for several weeks for the consolidation of the two organizations Into one vast sys tem of street railways, tho Consolidated Company being absorbed by the .Union Company. The former company conslsti of several systems of cross-town and sub urban lines on the North and West Sides. W. L. Elklns. ot Philadelphia, resigned vt director of the Union Company, and X M. Roach, the present General Manager, was elected in his place. i Gold Find In Kansas. JOPLIN. Mo., April 14.-J. C. MttTdock and' others, of Galena. Kan., near here, claim to have found gold In quarts forma tion within two miles of that place that assays 340 to 390 a ton. An effort to lease or buy the land, which is said to be In cluded In the great Galena zinc nnd lead belt Is being made. Excitement over the alleged find Is Intense. Stops the Conga and "Works OS the Cold. Laxative Bromo-Qulnlne Tablets cure a 'cold In one day. No cure so pay. Price 25c. GATES THROWN OPEN I' (Continued from First, Pi.) continuous cheering- from the great crowd which Was massed along the route. On alighting from the carriage, the President was Immediately surrounded by the Min isters. M. Mlllcrand, Minister ot Com merce, sto:d at the entrance to receive him. around M. Mllleraud being grouped Commissioner-General Picard and other high Exposition officials. President Lou bet shook hands with M. Mlllorand. and then turning to Picard. said he would be happy to sign his decoration ot the. prand Cross of the Legion of Honor. President' Loubet then saluted the committees, and entered the hall through the throng ot more than 40.0X1 people that formed a sea of human faces all turned toward the door. As a salvo of artillery announced the President's arrival, there was a moment of expectant silence; then the heavy red plush cushions covering the door were thrown aside, and the President In even Ing dress and wearing the broad red In signia of the Legion of Honor acroes his breast stepped Into the tribune which had been temporarily erected for today's ceremony, the Presidential gallery which. Is to serve for all later ceremonies not yet being ready. At the same Instant an or chestra composed of musicians of the famed Republican Guard struck up the "Marseillaise." The whole assembly un covered and remained bareheaded during the remainder of the proceedings. Before tho strains of France's stirring national hymn had. died away, a mighty cry arose of "Vive Loubet!, Vive la Republlque! Vive la France?' A President Loubet stood In the front of the tribune with M. Wa'deck-Rousseau. M. Dechanet, President Of the Chamber of "Deputies, and M. del Cosse, Minister, of Foreign Affairs, and all ot the Minis ters except the Marquis de Gallifet," Min ister of War, who was absent because ot Indisposition. Grouped behind him were a number of richly uniformed officials. The acclamations were sUll echoing! through the alcoves and galleries when President Loubet and tho Ministers re sumed their seats, and M. MUlerand be gan his speech formally handing over the Exposition to the Chief of State, M. MU lerand said: "The persevering efforts and the pas- slonate energy of M. Picard (the Caramls- L sloner-General) and ot his colleagues made possible the prodigious work which I pre sent to you today. One cannot however, without committing Injustice, extract names from the notable list of artists, en gineers and contractors, who were the ar tisans of these marvels. The universe as sociated with France In this gigantic en terprise and the government of the repub lic fulfills a very pleasant duty of hos pitality and gratitude In expressing its thanks to those sovereigns and chiefs of state. "The visitor to tho exposition will owe to the friendly people who have shown so much eagerness and good will In receiv ing the invitation to visit the exposition, the miracle ot being able in a few min utes to make a lour of the world. The types of all architecture grouped side by side on the two banks of the Seine will captivate his imagination while pleasing his vision, and by a natural affiliation of Ideas this picturesque display will give birth In his soul to the reflection that however distant they appear to be from one another by education, custom and prejudice, 'all the sons ot Europe, citizens of divers nationalities, belong to the same family, and their duty, like their interest is to work towards Increasing the common patrimony of science and art "The time will come when other voices more authoritative than mine will make the Inventory of the artistic treasures In closed In these edifices. I will limit my am bition to recalling how In a hundred years the face of the material world has been changed. Words fall me to express the grandeur and the extent of this econom ical revolution under tour hand. We have seen the forces of nature subdued and 'dis ciplined. Steam and electricity, reduced to the role of occult servants, have trans formed the conditions of existence. "Ma chinery has become the queen of the world. Installed In power In our factories, constructed of Iron and steel, she has re placed by slow but continuous Invasion the workers of flesh and bone, ot whom she makes auxllarles.. What a change in human relations. Distances diminish to the point ot disappearing. 'In a few hours are devoured distances which were former ly only accomplished at the price of days and great fatigue. The telephone brings to our ears words and the very tone of a. friend's voice, separated from us by hundreds of miles. The intensity and the power of life, of death Itself, recoil before the victorious marching human souL The genius of Pastuer, pure benefactor of hu manity, whose glory Is not overcast in any shadow, increase a hundred fold the power of surgery and of medicine. The malady, seized at its .origin, and Isolated, ceases, and then appears on the horizon the happy period when the epidemics which rav aged cities and decimated peoples will no longer be anything but terrifying memories and legends of the past "Thus docs science multiply with admir able prodigality (he means which she placed at the disposal ot man to bend the exterior forces to her laws or guarantee him against their hostility. She renders him a more signal service in giving up to him the secret of the material and moral grandeur of the societies which can be described in one word, '6ollaafty., We are the heirs of the faults as well as ot the meritorious points of our fathers, and we are already writing of solldltary ot our bona and of our ancestors, and why should we not do so In the case of our contempo raries? We must not forget those phys ical contagions, the houses of the poor, where tho morbid germs of uncultured brains aro sheltered, where superstition and hatred ferment const ltutlng perils of which a far-seeing intelligence is destined to convince us. We must hasten their dis appearance, triumph over Ignorance and conquer misery, imagine the outcome of the assistance of syndicates and associa tions of all descriptions destined to gToup themselves Into one sheaf, resisting Indi vidual weakness,- so many proofs of hu man solldltary. It alms to lessen In the bosom of each nation the shocking In equality resulting from nature or from the regime. It proposes to unite in bonds of a real fraternity the children of a. same people. But Its .effects do'not stop at front iers. Interests, ideas and sentiments In termingle and cross each other over the whole surface ot the globe, like those light threads In which human thought floats beneficent complexity which permits us" already to discern a new era, of which only yesterday a noble Initiative forged at The Hngue conference the first links. Yes, more strongly than we could have done ourselves International relations have shaped themselves from the multiplicity of news and .the stability of exchange. Be sides, we have reason to hope and believe that a day will come when the world will know only the profitable rivalry ot peace and the glorious struggles of labor. Labor! Labor! Creator, sacred Creator! It. Is thou who ennobles: It Is thou who coun seleth. Under thy footsteps Ignorance Is dtaslpated and pain flees. By thee, hu manity has leaped over "the barriers of the' night and mounts unceasingly toward that luminous and serene region where one day will be realized the Ideal and the perfect, accord of the power of Justice and good."' M. Mlllerand's address was received with rounds ot applause, which attained a ver itable roar at Its conclusion. The President's Address. President -Loubet then arose and deliv ered am address which was also warmly cheered. President Loubet said: "In Inviting the governments and the peoples to make us a synthesis ot, human work, tne STencn Republic had not only In, mind to institute competition of visible marvels and to renew on tho hanks' of the a Seine the ancient renown of elegance and courteous hospitality; ouc ambition. Is more lofty: It soars infinitely above the brilliance of. transitory fetes .and does -not, confine Itself. Whatever patriotic (satis faction we may 'experience today, to the gratification, of. our amour propro' or self interest Franco wishes to give a, striking contribution to the .bringing; 'about ot. con cord between peoples. She has tho con sciousness of .working for the good ot the world at the conclusion of this noble century In which the victory over error and hatred was all. Incomplete, but which bequeaths to us a living faith In progress." President Loubet then spoke ot the ad mirable spectacle that 'the Exposition af forded of mind disciplining the forces of Naturo and ot the support foreign govern ments had lent France in accomplishing the great work. In conclusion, President Loubet said: "Gentlemen, this work of harmony, peace and progress, however "ephemeral Its outward show, will not have bee,n m vain; the peaceful meeting of the gov ernments of the world, will not remain sterile. I am convinced that, thanks to the persevering affirmation of certain gen erous thoughts , with which the expiring century has resounded, the 20th century will witness a little more fraternity and less misery of all kinds, and that ere long we shall have accomplished an Import ant step In the slow evolution of the work towards happiness and ot man towards humanity." This "peroration, delivered with" fervor, evoked an outburst of cheering. When the cheering had subsided. President Loubet said: . , "It Is under theso auspices and In this hope that I declare open the Exposition of 1900." A round of cheers lasting several min utes greeted tho conclusion of his dis course.. M. Waldeck-Rousseau was, up to the last moment expected to speak, but he changed his mind, and when President Loubet concluded he remained seated. The orchestra then rendered Saint Saens "Hymn to Victor Hugo." and President Loubet descended from the tribune. A detachment of Republican Guards then filed In. and lined the passage across tne nan to tne grand staircase at the op- S"18"6' K?.-Whlh waf raned a d?ubIa lino of Republican Guards. The President made his way across the hall amid a renewed storm of cheering, ascended the staircase of honor and entered the recep tion hall, where the ceremony of presen tation of foreign commissioners was gone through with. A Tour of the Gronnds. The President and his party then pro ceeded on a tour of the grounds. A mo mentary stop was made In the gallery ot the Agricultural Building, where the Pres ident secured his first view of the interior of any of the exposition buildings. Tha outlook across the vast area was disap pointing In that the ground space was filled with debris and the installation ot exhibits barely under way. Parsing through the Interior of the structure, the Salon D'Honneur was Inspected, and the party emerged into the open air in the Champs de Mars. From the top of the" broad stretch of ground extending from the Chateau D'Eau across the D'Lena bridge to the Trocadero. the sight was a brilliant one. Soldiers lined both sides of the railroad, saluting- the Presidential party as it passed. Military bands sta tioned at closo Intervals made the echoes of the "Marseillaise" reverberate from building to building, while the crowds which lined the avenuo walk back ot the soldiers waved handkerchiefs and hats as President Loubet passed alonr. Here and there some raised cries of "Vive Loubet!" and "Vive la Republlque." The bridge D.'Lena was crossed, and at the other end gaily festooned barges awaited. To the booming of cannon and the cheers of the spectators. President Loubet, the ministers, the diplomatic corps and distinguished guests embarked and. preceded by a small naval tug, start ed up the Seine toward the bridge Alex ander III. Though the right bank of the Seine contained many Interesting struc tures, thoso in the Presidential barges gavo most attention to the left bank, ' along which are the buildings of the vari ous nations. Each nation had made an effort to outdo the others in the homage pard the Presidential barge, as it steamed slowly along. Before each national pavil ion tho legation staffs had gathered with their friends. President Loubet stood in the stern watching interestedly the archi tectural accomplishments which the coun tries of the world had presented as a por tion of their exhibit At the United States pavilion many guests wero assembled, and they cheered while the Stars nnd Stripes were dipped on ono flagpole and the French tricolor was lowered from another. At the Alex ander bridge the President declared the structure officially opened, and then, land ing, the party proceeded through the mag nificent Avenue Nicholas II to the gate of the Champs Elysee, where state carriages were taken to the palace. Thus the cere mony came to an end and tho crowds dis persed to their homes. Effect of the Exposition. PARIS, April 14. General Horace Por ter, United States Ambassador, after tho Inaugural ceremony, said to a represen tative of the Associated Press: "The present French Exposition will at tract even greater Interest than any pre vious effort made In Paris to display be fore the world the products of the various nations. Every government of any Im portance will be represented. Tho friend ly Intercourse which will take place be tween prominent and Influential people from all lands will do much to bring about better understandings between the coun tries and to foster that good will which Is so necessary among nations In securing on era of harmony and peace." .United States Commissioner-General Ferdinand W. Peck said: "The exhibits of the great international exposition Inaugurated today reflecting the arts, sciences and Industries of the present age, will bo an achievement of heretofore unequaled perfection. At no other similar event have the nations of the world so elaborately and ambitiously participated." McKInley to Loubet. WASHINGTON, April 14.-President Mc KInley today sent the following message to President Loubet: "Washington. D. C Aprtl 14, 1900.-TO the President of the French Renuollc "Paris: In the name of The American peo ple and on behalf of the Government of the United States, I congratulate the Gov ernment of the Republic and the French Nation on this conspicuous Inauguration of a great enterprise, whoso beneficent mission Is to draw closer tho ties of in tercourse that Join all countries to their mutual advantage. "WILLIAM M"KINLEY." Clash "With Strikers. . NEW YORK. April 14. Hostilities be tween strikers and the Sheriffs forces at Carton Dam began this morning. The strikers made an attempt to cut the cable of the suspension bridge, and were charged upon by the Sheriffs. TwoDeputy uty Sheriffs were wounded. Sheriff Mai loy called out the local mill t la. who will arrive here tomorrow night A clash may occur Monday morning when the work whistles blow. , in , Killed nt a Fire. "NEW YORK, April 14. Ono man was killed and a man and a boy probably fatally Injured In a 3400,000 fire which oc curred tonight In Brooklyn. The dead man Is John C. Donaldson, a bookkeeper. The Injured are William D. Donaldson. the 17-year-old son of the dead man. and Stephen Moneypermy, a laborer. They were on an adjoining building fighting the fire when tho flames made their position perilous and they were obliged to Jump. o Store Prisoners for St. Helena. CAPE TOWN, April 14. Tho transport Lake Erie, with upwards" of 500 Transvaal "prisoners, including French, German and Russlad Bribers of the foreign legion, captured at Boshof, sailed for St Helena today. Peruna, The I WHmiMIHW MH '' ' " SSSSStasSsssssasss. fM$- AliKOTDQmNGTOTM Bjffgf Catarrhal Debility Cured. Mettle B. Curtis, Secretary Legion of Loyal Women, writes from Hotel Salem, Boston, Mass., ms follows: " suffered for oyer a year with' gen eral weakness and debility, manifested especially . in severe backache and head ache. My physician pre scribed different medicines, none of which seemed to help me any until a club associate advised me to try Peruna, as it cured her of constitutional headache and stomach troubles. 1 at once ordered a bottle and before it was used felt greatly improved. Ihave HattleB. Curtis. taken four bottles and for 'two months have been entirely free from these maladies. Several of my friends are using Peruna with beneficial results, especially in cases of trouble with the kidneys and other pelvic organs, together with weakness peculiar to women." MEAT BILL COMPROMISE ITS CHAXCES ARE IHFROIIXO. EVERY DAY. German Agrarians Losing- Strength Xew Measure "Will De More Fa vorable to the United States. BERLIN, April 14. The chances of com promise ot the meat bill are steadily in creasing, and the probabilities are that a compromise, satisfactory alike to the gov ernment and tho Reichstag, will finally be adopted. The vacation of the Reichs tag has been used for the purpose of pre paring such a compromise. The Nord Deutsche Allgemelne publishes a long article explaining why the report on the national BUI was not acceptable to the 1 government In view of the fact that it would surely precipitate unpleasant and mutually unprontabie differences witn other powers, besides unduly increasing the price of "ono of the most necessary nutriments, both for tho high and low, whose exclusive production by German agriculture would be doubtful even then. This paper also points out that the gov ernment meat bill In Its original shape meant a considerable benefit to German agriculture, and this has been acknowl edged by such conservative leaders as Count von Mlrbach and Baron von Man-' tuefeL The article strongly advises the Agrarian extremists not to bend the bow too far, lest It should break. Certainly the Bundesrath will never consent to the extreme form proposed by the Reichstag committee. Negotiations between the government representatives and a number of leading men have been going on for the past fortnight and have now proceeded far enough to permit -It to be said that when the Reichstag reconvenes the week after next tho chances of the compromise bill passing will be much better. At the same time, the government had made up its mind to fight the extreme Agrarians, and especially the Federation of Hus bandry. The conservative parties, who hitherto went along with those extremists more or less willingly, now declare their Intention to separate on this Issue. The well-known conservative leaders thus de- I daring are Herren "Von Mlrbach, Man- i tuefel, Lcvetzow, Kllnckowstro and Kro- patchedk. The government now believes that the I compromise measure, which is' sure to be adopted and passed, will not .meet with serious objections In the United States. One of the arguments used by the govern ment with the Agrarians was to point out how exports to the United States had been enormously growing lately, especially ag ricultural products. x Preparations have begun for grandly re ceiving the Emperor of Austria here May 5. The municipality will beautifully deco rate the whole distance from the Anhalter depot where His Majesty will arrive, to the Brandenburg gate and Under den Lin den to the Castle. Three triumphal arches will be erected to break the monotony. The 00.000 Austrians residing in Berlin are also making arrangements to illuminate at night and display Austrian flags throughout the city. Thousands of busts of the Emperor of Austria will be placed In show windows. 'Spiritualistic seances and manlfesta tlons have become a fad In Germany. In Berlin such seances occur every night new "mediums" appear almost dally, and the papers publish statements pro and con. gavo a, farewell dinner tonight -to James Spring Catarrh Remedy. Corps, Fremont, bad occasion beneficent results of Peruna when a prominent member of our Relief Corps, fered torture with kidney and other troubles of the pelvic organs, was completely re stored through the persistent use of it, while seemed able to I free to any eddrcrs. C. Monoghan, who has resigned the Con sulate at Chemnitz, and who returns to the United States. The dinner, which took place at the Palace Hotel, was attended by the United States Ambassador, An drew D. White, the members of the United States Embassy and a number of tho United States Consuls In Germany. RDFUS WRIGHT SHOT. Bicycle-Tire 31an Probably Fatally Shot by a "Woman. CHICAGO, April 14. Rufus Wright a millionaire, and treasurer of the firm of Morgan & Wright, bicycle-tire manufac turers, is lying at the point of death In n room of the Leland Hotel, shot through the neck by a bullet from the revolver of Mrs. Louisa Lottridge, ot Paw Paw, Mich. The shooting occurred In the apartments occupied by the woman, and she and the victim declare It was acci dental. When Detective Sergeant Burns arrived at the hotel ho found Mrs. Lott rldgo there. Ho placed her under arrest A friend who had spent several hours with her previous to the shooting was also arrested. She gives her name as Mrs. Koss. Much mystery attaches to the shooting. Both tho victim and Mrs: Lottridge per sist in sayinir It was accidental. The first known of tho occurrence was when Mrs. Lottridge called Hugh Willi, a bell boy. and told him to notify Dr. J. D. Hammond, tho house physician, of the shooting. The woman registered at tho hotel April 11, when she arrived with Mrs. Kosa. She told the Chief of Deteclvcs that she had been acquainted with Wright for the last three years, and that on every ono of her visits to Chicago he had called on her. Mrs. Koss, who denies all knowledge ot the shooting, declared that she and Mrs. Lottrldgo had several drinks In the room ot the latter, and when Mrs. Koss was about to leave the room Mrs. Lottridge announced that she Intended to send for Mr. Wright Tho condition of Wright at midnight was critical. Fire in a Bark. SAN FRANCISCO, April 14. Flro broke Out In the hold of the bark B. P. Cheney at tho Howard-street wharf last night The firemen cut numerous holes through the deck, and water was poured through them In such volume as to list the bark heavily to starboard, and ultimately settle her in the 3ort mud at the bottom of the bay. The vessel belongs to the Nax Nek Packing Company, and had nearly com pleted loading with coal and other sup plies for tho company's Alaskan can neries. The vessel, which Is valued at J25.000, Is Insured for JSCO0. The value ot tho cargo Is placed at J5O.C00, not Insured. The total loss Is estimated at J40.00O. mo3t-' ty on the cargo. It Is yet Impossible to tell how badly the vessel has been in jured. 1 Cose of Dreyer. SPRINGFIELD, III., April H. In tho case of ex-Banker Edward C. Dreyer, ot Chicago, under a penitentiary sentence for embezzlement the Supreme Court today granted the writ of supercedeas asked by Dreyer's attorneys, holding that the fail ure to swear In the bailiffs in charge of tho Jury In the last trial was a reversible error. l Cltrarmakers Locked Out. . NEW YORK. April 14. Five thousand clgarmak'ers, employed by six of the largest firms In this city, were notified this afternoon that there would be no more work for them until further notice. No reason was assigned for the, shut-down,' but the cigar-Tinkers - believe they have been locked out to prevent them from contributing to the support of the 2200 Catarrhal Weakness Cured, Mrs. Jane Baxter, President Grand Army Relief Wash., writes: "Last spring I to observe the who had suf no physician cure her. Mrs. Jane Baxter. ' ' tried it for a severe and continued backache and found Peruna the only remedy so far tried that could ever cure me. I am welt and strong now, and although four months have passed since my recovery, 7 have not had a moment's jtain since." Address The Peruna Medicine Co.', Co lumbus, O., for "Facts and Faces," containing the words of the people concerning Peruna. Sent strikers In Korbs, Worthelm & Schlffer"a factory, who have been out six weeks. Irreverent, but Funny. They don't have family prayers In tho household circle of a certain 5-year-old. Thereby hongs a story of an embarrassing episode. The minister called the other day, and at the close of his call offered prayer. Tho next day the 5-year-old aforesaid, the bright and shining light of tho household where the prayers wero of fered, entertained her mother's callers with an account ot the pastor's visit "And they did an awful queer thing." I said the younBster. "They never did that I at our house before. "And what was that?" graciously asked on of the callers. "Why, just before the minister got ready to go he read a little out of a book, and then they all got down and smelt ot tho chairs. Lewlston, Me.. Journal. e m The Texns Flood. HOUSTON. Tex., April 14. The entire town of Wharton and the country forj eight miles above 13 now under water, aU previous records having been surpasiC The body of a stranger, a well-dressed. man. was fished out of the Colorado near Bastrop today. , , " rT noli f ' Spring Is pladly welcomed for tho vitalitvyfrcshness and parity it gives everything in nature; its cleansing showers and sunshine remove, dissolve and disinfect .tinbeallhful accumulations. It Is the Time "When our physical systems need to be cleansed and invig orated with Hood's Sarsapa rilla. This good medicine expels all the badness that has gathered in the blood and en riches and vitalizes the lifo current- If you take Hood's To Purify Your Blood Now, you lay the foundation for good health in the months that ore to come. Hood's Sarsapa rilla tones the stomach, creates an appetite, builds up and forti fies the whole system by giving vitality and strength to every tis sue, organ, nerve and, muscle. Take the Best Spring Medicine " I can highly recommend Hood's Sarsaparilla as a stirintri medicine. There is a necessity for taking such a medicine, and I find none better than Hood's. I would never accept any other in its place." C. Laib, 1231 N. 29th St,, Philadelphia, Pa. r .JMV -S.--V -.-.