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ENTS Or l HE Mi Hems Gathered from Al parts of tiia world. EPA1ED FOR THE BUSY READER .rinnt but Not Less Inter- citing HapPon,n&0 w""" Outildo tho uinto. Rockefeller says golf boats finance . i ,nft ntock boom Ib on In HO iniw""" 11 i..iAnnrit!B jii 4 il l .nnnn'rt nrVinflf lino rtflrt 01 WHO duuuij " ' ..m in Texas at $1.85. ?enor Aldrich will kill tho Income ...-rfrflflni. HL 11 1 1 UU.H1MUI o nlpco. Cal.. woman, nor lu. .nrl two Bona will be marrlod II LCI " th ame time. Leaders of mo micgcu jmuaikuu -i i a fiii v nnvu liuuii at & udwu iii ai if"-- . t n oken up. department of Victoria, B. . ,i i i ;, njjng its cnomicui unki iu iiin nnrnrmiinr tiiil on ma .. . h lttV. Secretary Ballingor has approved latinna fif nnnmnL- me HurmuH i. . hn f'rtnnr fl'Alfino. QDOK&no i Flathead reservations. Pncamaclon Diaz, leader In tho con iracy to Invado Mexico ana overthrow ninr wVin wnii nnrdnnnil hv .iii nvf l rf thn folArnl nrlann Leavenworth, Kan., Friday. So-Wah-To, a fullblooded Oneida im .miirnri mm inn neensa iiuriiuu thBDolIco department in Chicago, niado formal application in oxcei- 4. 1 1 l r n nst nnwmir f rt iim tatomobile. Br holding a pleco of down-town : - OA ... W111Ir V ostein, or New xorKcity, ens f -I ilL - . A L ffnrn This Is at the rate of 'moro than 0,000 a year. is out with his 1912 slogan, Northwest rivors aro rising rapidly d high water is looked' for. For tho first time in history wheat is int, flhinnori wnnf frnm MflW Vnrl It is reported that oil has been found Arizona, and great excitement pre ils. An auto jumped a brldgo in Seattle, iiinir iiih iiri uiir unit iniiinni.r n i h t urn antrara 1 law is in force at wcCIoud. sir iters. i Omaha train robbers havo been It f t t i . m mm m aiany lnnaoitants oz MoloKnt aro I to bo frco of lenrosv. but do not 1 in ann wn Em f-I .....J.. 1. - i. niu was suDpoenacd to appear D&Dfir atlfl nrrrnrt t nnnnnt A.-i.-P. exposition opens with at- a np af uo nor; n a. .i prosecution has almont com. The Portland water board will im- "v nuiu uiijw niiu iruui ii nun. our Method St m n nlnrn nt RlrrSn. ,, , " uo in uuwuueu wiui at nirnacn il. J . llinuu 111 LIIU UBBDHBGU ..... ui mo tuunvry reaiaonce. Count Zeppelin says the kaiser was iiib uiranin irninc imr. Jl T TH4I L. . : . .v. itmuuiiU WW U btlUAU. Heavy ralnn - --..!.. uju uumo Biiorni flamttco. C Ml1 n I . ' " - "HiiiunBu omounc oi good. The Broomont between tho rAllroada v.vu uy jj,, m. Hnrrlman and AOA it . 7. " wviihui oa nv .inmon .1 him Tn -"" ino irncKH InnHlnrc from - nu uuuvereci, Aehnrtago of $137,000 hnn honn iIIb. "Jf lHO unnk Ctxnminnr fn thn w ntnn r.ii. .. . . . -.w.i, jiuuno. natlnnnl hnnlr. Thn v,MIO IllUIin IT rvnnrl A mn Una f- ftVVfV.. fc ...Ull "arrested in Ton Amnii f.. c f a - o - J P""K woman whb was murdored Thirty oik brnkn nnf f - J. n -m w w wa wiuwil uhvw . " gun iirnii anA MAnMAj tu eevoral hours. most severe wind and rain storm The iiBVO QOlllornrf ih nioL- TUlIu ooum Dakota. GralCamnehn ed r. ;,,lu.Von,fltfl hR8 boon cP-wdwllUlkolyboBhot. 0 Amnrtpnn i v "rrested hr (. di..-.i 'rtmorlca. but A BOn nf T..1I... toalnf0V ""UB iuwemmt, director . "miico OT f in Hbvp man Vail. thfl 57.1.1 wu" PPontea roMmaster, ; .0Aiyou aiBtrlot. The noalt on but HP 8tP above a common track TORNADO KILLS 32. Town of Zephyr, Texas, Demoliihed and Rulnt Burned. urownwood, Tex., Juno 1. A tor nado of groat fury Btruck tho Httl ..in... . i it t ' . yuibKo ui .opnyr, in tno eastern por tlon of Brown county, at 1 o'clock this morning and loft a path of death and destruction Bdldom paralleled. Tho death list haa reached a total of 32, and tho numbor of aeriously or fatally injured will reach 60. Jino Btorm formed a half-milo west of Zephyr and swept down upon the vll Ingo, cutting a wido swath directly through tho roaldonco and business dis tricts, Nearly CO houses wore demol lahed. Lightning started a flro vhlch destroyed one entiro business block. No effort was made to fight tho flro as tho caro of tho dead and injured do mandod the attention of overyono. A section employe rodo a handcar to Brownwood and spread tho alarm. In two hours tho Santa Fo railroad was speeding a special train to tho scene of tho storm with nlno surgeons and a score of Brownwood citizens. Hundreds of persons directly In tho storm's pathway saved tbomsclves by taking rofugo In storm collars. Moro than 12 bodies woro torriblv maimed. County Clork Thad Cabler and wife ana two children, who had gono to Zephyr to spend tho night, wero killed. Tho big Btono school bulldincr and two cnurchos woro demolished. Brownwood hurried her socond relief train at 12 o'clock today, laden with provisions, clothing and necessary ar ticles and carrying 40 nurses. Three persons aro still unaccounted for to night. Two children were found dead Tato today two miles from town, having Dcen blown that distance. A special train will leave Zophyr tonight for Temple, carrying the moro seriously injured to a hospital. The storm Bwopt tho earth for a distance of prob ably less than a mile. Surgeons from Brownwood found t desert scene awaiting them. The hill sides at Zophyr woro covered with do brio of all kinds, carcasses of animals and human bodies. Tho ruins were dimly lighted by tho burning build ings, and the cries of tho injured rose above the roar of the elements which threatened a second Btorm. A hog roaming through tho streets was killed while attempting to dovour the body of an infant. Bodies were found twisted about trees and in every conceivable attitude. Residents walked the streets almost naked. Houses which had escaped the storm were turned Into hospitals. One houso col- apsed on a family of nino without ser ous injury to any of the occupants, Brownwood, which organized tho relief work, has tho situation well in hand AIRSHIP BREAKS ALL RECORDS. Count Zeppelin Travels 450 Miles Without a Stop. Berlin, June 1. Count Zeppelin, whoso romarkable performance in his first airship brought unbounded honor to the inventor, accomplished today the most striking feat in his caroer. Ho guided his Zeppolin II from Fricdrichsbafen to Bitterfeldt, a dis tan ce of moro than 456 miles without anding. Tho journoy lasted nearly 22 hours, and, so far as Known tonight, Count Zepelin Is still In the nlr on his return journey to Friedrichshafen. Ho has already beaten all records for dirigible baioons, with the opportunity of greatly improving tho performance t was announced that the count would come to Berlin and land at thoTompel- hof parado ground. Hundreds of thou sands gathorod thcro this afternon. Tho omporor and empress, several of the princes and the leading officials and officers were present. Toward even- ng searchlights wero sot at work in anticipation of the approach of tho air- hip. Soldiers kept an enormous space clear until half-past' 10 at night, when a dispatch from Bitterfeldt announced that the airship was returning to tho tartlng place at Friedrichshafen, which caused intenso disappointment Ex-Corn King Is Miner. Baker City, Or., Juno 1. Excellent showing of mineral In his Baker County mines has caused George H. Phillips, once tho centor of attraction through out tho nation ob a "corn king," to place moro money in development work. Ho is spending a few days in tho Granite mountains west of Baker City, When aBkod if he over expected to enter tho pit again, Mr. Phillips said: "No, I am dono. I would much rather pin my faith and fortuno to Baker county mines than to play tho grain markot." Removal to be Opposed. IndianapoliB, Juno 1. Dolavan Smith and Charles R. Williams, own ers of tho Indianapolis News, charged With criminal libel in having pub- shed articles alleged to havo inti mated corruption in the purchase of tho Panama canal zone by the Unitod States government, will appear before Judge Anderson in the Unitod States district court in this city noxt Tuesday to opposo tho removal for trial to tho District of Columbia. Onions Prolong Life? Bellofontaino, O., Juno 1. -Mrs. Re becca Burns, who assorted that when child alio saw George Washington, died hero at the age of 111. She at tributed her longevity to eating onions twice fteh day. 1 PROCEEDINGS OFlQNGRESsiBiEr Friday, dune 4. Washington, Juno 4. Although Al drich has indicated tho tactics ho in tends to purouo to kill the income tax amendments to tho tariff bill in the senate, and although ho has demon strated his ability to got votes enough to accomplish his purpose, those sena tors who sincerely believe in income tax legislation and who havo had the courage to stand by their convictions atill hone against hope that at tho crit ical time thoy will muster enough strength to securo tho adoption of their pot measure. This is optimism in tho extreme degree. Through forenoon, afternoon and evening sessions the senate today labored on the cotton schedule. La Folletto completed his long speech, at tacking changes in tho Dingley rates recommended by the sonata flnanco committee. Tho senato adopted LaFoIIette's resolution calling on the president to send to tho senate correspondence be tween tho state department and tho German government , or its represen totives, rolating to tho German report on wages. Thursday, June 3. Washington, June 3. LaFollotto was the center around which a storm raged in the senate today and tonight. In tho afternoon he resumed his speech in opposition to the cotton schedule. but was forced by exhaustion to sub pond. When he resumed he made t violent attack on the "autocracy of tho senate," aiming his attack directly at Aldrich. An amendment by Aldrich placing a duty of 35 per cent ad valorem on tarn pico when mixed with other vegetable substances was adopted. Tho para graph on furs was changed so as to levy a duty of 20 por cent ad valorem on dog, goat or sheepskins which have been sewed together, instead of 35 per cent duty, as reported by the finance committee. Aldrich offered a substitute for the parargaph placing a duty of 60 per cent ad valorem on jewelry, by which specific rates were placed on a long list of articles of jewelry. Aldrich said tho new paragraph would prevent un dervaluation and would increase the revenue. It was agreed to. Tho 'most important amendment adopted was & reduction of the dutv on common glove's for women and children from 51.75 to 1.25 per dozen. The rest of the glove schedule, which was restoration of the Dingley rates in place oi the houBO rates, which were considerably higher, was agreed to. Tho amendment was offered by Al drich. Quilts were made dutiable at 35 per cent ad valorem and a 50 per cent duty was placed on combs of horn or metal, on which the house rate was 40 per cent. The committee amendments to the paragraphs on works of art were agreed to. Wednesday, June 2. Washington, Juno 2. With tho adoption of a resolution providing for day and night sessions beginning to morrow, the Benato heard today a sug gestion of a policy for limiting dila tory motions which caused an earnest protest from Bacon and others. The vice-president, basing bis action upon a precedent made in the last congress, when the Aldrich-Vreeland fair cur rency bill was under discussion, held that attention could not bo called to the absence of a quorum if the senator occupying the floor declined to yield for that purpose. Bacon declared this was one of the revolutionary rulings when the currency bill was under con sideration and that under it there, would bo serious abuse of rules. A long speech dealing with the pledge of party leaders was begun by LaFolletto and will bo continued to morrow. By numerous quotations he maintained that no question could bo raised as to the pledgo of tho party for revision downward and declared that before he should conclude his speech. ho would demonstrate that on tho whole, tho ponding bill placed the cus toms dutieB abovo tho Dingloy rates. Sinco the enactment of tho Dinirlev aw and until 1904, ho said, the control of trusts had bcon extended to 8664 plants with' a capital of more than $20,000,000,000. Tuesday, dune I. After, in offoet. receivincr informa tion from Chairman Aldrich tha night sessions for the conaideratoin of the tariff bill would be hold, beginning with tomorrow, the senato began con sideration of the cotton cloth Bchedulo today. Smoot and Lodgo, both major- ty mombors of tho finance committee, wero tho principal oratora and both epoko in support of tho committee pro visions. Lodge spoko of tho general policy of tho Ropublican nartv with reference to tariff revision. He con tended that tho purposo of tho nartv had boon merely bo to revise tho tariff as to protect Amorican manufacturers against cpeap foreign labor. Senator Jones today introduced an amendment to tho tariff bill, nlaclncr Calcutta gran sacks on tho free list. Fear Trouble at Adana Washington, June 2, Tho Times Constantinople correspondent says ap prohonBion Jibb been caused among the Young Turks and Armenians bv nowa that the new Vail of Adana, who la described as a fanatical Kurd, has "en trusted the Important task of the gov ernment relief fund to Bagdad, a Turk- bb iwiaowner, wno was . th first to ead a band of armed men into the ha.' xaar at Adana, and began the si auditor of the Armenian,',' If this amendment Is voted down, he will nronoao another reducing tho pros ent duty from 1.76 cents to 1H centa in Hacks and reducing tho duty on bur- Inn from 1.43 cents per pound to i cent. This Is Intended to cheapen bags to tho wheat growers of tho Northwest, Cotton mlniroums word reduced from 25 to 20 per cent ad valorem on sug gestion of Aldrich. following which a clash ensued between tho Rhode Island senator and Dolliver. when tho latter nttomnted to eccuro an amendment re placing with ad valorem rates a lino of HDficific rates on cloth not dyed or otherwise treated. The houso was In session only 13 minutes today, adjourning until Thurs day without transacting any buaineea. Monday, May 31. Washington, May 81. Agreements Wero reached In tho senato today upon many sections of tho tariff bill, so that as tho hours ior adjournment ap proached, the paragraphs relating to agriculture wero nearly.all disposed of. More than two hours wero consumed by a debate on the proposition to in- . a . f ml J. crease tne duty on jemons irom jl cent a pound, as provided by the Dingley law, to IJft cents a pound, and after earnest opposition by Root, tho in crease recommended by the committee wasisustained 43 to 28. Among other duties affected was that on dried peas, which was reduced from 30 to 25 cents per bushel. The duties on chicory root, chocolate and cocoa wero reduced, as was that on salt, from 12 to 10 cents per 100 pounds in bags and from 10 to 8 cents in bulk. Stout, ale, beer and porter were given an increase of duty from 40 to 45 cents when in bottles, etc, and from 20 to 25 cents per gallon when in bulk. Senators were Very sour looking as they entered the senate chamber be cause of their having to meet on a le gal holiday that most of them had usually devoted to exercises in com roemoration of tho day. The roll call being demanded only 43 senators, not moro then a quorum, answered to their names. Saturday, May 20. Washington, May 29.1 During two hours before adjournment today, tho senato mado more real progress in the adoption of tariff schedules previously passed over than has been usual during an entire day. Despito protests voiced by Beveridge and Root, the duty on barley was in creased from 25 cents a bushel, as pro- posea dv tne House, to au cents, as recommended by the committee on finance. The tax on hope was advanced. The committee on finance had formerly ad vanced it to 15 cents. Today the com mittee brought in an additional amend ment, making tho rate 20 cents. The duty on potatoes was made 45 cents per bushel, instead of 25 cents, and oysters in the shell were advanced from three-fourths of a cent a pound to 25 per cent Tho increase in the rate on oysters was made on motion of has an industry in bivalves against Canadian competi or smelt, fresh of frozen, cent per pound. Piles, who to protect tlon. Eols nro taxed 1 Confer on Labor Measures. Washington, June 4. Samuel Gom- pers, president and Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, had a conference with Presi dent Taf t today reeardintr tha vaHmm matters affecting oreanized lahor. which were presented to tho president by the executivo council of the federa tion several weeks ago. The recom mendations of the council cover a wida range of subjects which It is desired to have the president take up in his annual message to conerreBB next T)- cember. Mr. Tuft promised tn tak the matters up with his cabinet. McFatrldge Confesses. Washington. June 4. Ma?or v.. m. Fatridge, until recently Indian ncrnnf at Umatilla, is in Waahnigton, and to day, accompanied by Rpereaentative Ellis, called upon Secrotary Ballinirer to ask reinstatement. He frankly admitted that h?n duct at Umatilla laid him open to cen sure, though he cited what ho called extenuating circumstances. He con tended that the -nunishmpnt loM for him waa too severe for his offense and mado a plea to ho nermittArt tn reBume his old position. Mlddlos Must Not Marry, Washington, Juno 3.- President Tnft approved today a chanira In tho nnvn 1 regulations recommended, by Secretary Meyer by which midBhipmon aro pro hibited from marrying until tho com pletion of tho prescribed six years' course of training. . Peririisaion of the Becrtarey of tho navy has been Isought by a pumber of midshipmen who de sired to marrv after their irrn.,.ti,. - , . - tuuunhiuii from tho naval academy and by others While on their two years' cruise. Nation After N. p. Land. Helena. Mont. Junn i t United States dlBtrict rmiTt Irniu t- fnyHi8IchAttornoJr Jftmes Proeman, in behalf of tho government, instituted suit to recover from tho Northern Pa clfio railroad all lands within its grant r,ntai ,Ine". Tho exact amount is not known, but it Is said by mining men to Include a largo area Taf t Associate Q. A R. Man. Washington, Juno 1. President Tafi hf tL8A0pteh02?7. ttombershlp bee large.tG.i.RM GREAT FAIR IS READY. B....I.U Tft WIH Praia Soflef GoW Key at Noon June I. R-ttl. Wash.. May 81. When President W. H. Taffc preaeee the gol den key In the White Houso at noon, Pacific Coast time, Juno 1, the Alaska- V,itn.Pafla fixnoaition will be A V lllWl w opened, complete In every detail Ofllcora of tho fair have mado good their promise of preparedness on open Ing day and during the last weelc there haa been a rush night and day to nave tho exhibits in order. The finishing touches wero pat on tho grounds early thfu week. Prnaldent Taft will USO a tclograpn 'a key. made from tho first gold taken from tho Klondike, and net with the identical nuggets takeri out by tha discoverer of the Northern fcldorado, AuffustflC. 1896. The key baa been mounted on a slab of Alaska marble, and was presented to the President of the United States by George W, Car- mack, discoverer of the Klondike gold fields. The opening urogram at the exposi tion grounds will begin at 9:30 o'clock with a parade of United States army trooos. mariners and sailors from the Pacific crujser fleet and from tho Jap anese warships under Vice-Admira Iiichl. Col. T. C. Woodbury, U. S. A., acting commander of the Depart ment of the Columbia, will no grana marshal. His chief aide will bo Cap tain A. M. Weatherill, U. S. A., who has been assigned to the exposition by the war department. The marching soldiers and sailors will be reviewed by the American and Japanese ad mirals and the visiting governors at the head of the court of honor. The exercises at the natural amphi theater will begin at 10:45 o'clock, with an overture by Innes' band. The invocation will be offered by Bishop EdWard O'Dea, of Seattle. A short address will be given by Director-Gen eral I. A. Nadeau, and the band will play "Gloria Washington," the official march of the exposition. James J. Hill will deliver tho opening address. He will be followed by J. E. Chilberg, president of the Exposition. Bishop IS. W. Keator, of Olympia. wiil pro nounce the benediction. The program at the amphitheater will be timed to closo at noon, at which hour President Chilberg will signal the president of the United States that the fair is ready. There will be an exchange of messages, after which the signal will be given from the White House which will start whistles blowing in all parts of the city. Flags will be run up on all of the buildings and the artillery companies wiil fire a national salute. WHEAT PANIC CLOSED. Re Patten Fixes Price at SI. 34 and fuses to Send it Hfgher. Chicago, May 31. May wheat walked out of the pit of the Chicago JtJoaru of Trade today with head up, firm step and not a sign of wavering; anywnere tne second time in the history of the board when fa wheat corner was carried through successfully to tne final day of the option. Tho only other successful deal was that in September wheat conducted by B. P. uutcmnBon, more than. 20 years aero. when the price touched $2. Opening at SI. 34. which was a cent higher than the close of yesterday, the maricet remained steady dunne tha trading .hours, finally closing at the opening price. Mr. Patten's brokers stood ready all morning to sell to any one wno wanted to buy at the auoted price, and they also stood ready to buy irom any who wanted to sell at that price. It is estimated that the trading 4.1 ! . . . n me option amounted to about 150.- 000 bushels. It is believed that Mr. Patten has about 6,000,000 bushels of cash wheat on hand to dispose of. Experts sav that, owing to the recognized scarcity oi milling wheat, he will be able to Bell hia possessions at prices ranging from $1.25 to today's closing quota tions. It is said that within the last few days local millers havo paid from to 2 cents above the Mav nrica to iret ill, 1 . o - niiiung wneau Solve Wireless Mystery. Los Angeles, Cal.. May 31. Onera- tors at the mile-high wireless teleoranh station on Mount Lowe havo succeeded tracing to their oritrin signals or sparks that have nuzzled by. ports for moro than a year, and reports of which havo attracted scientific at tention all over the world. The theory generally credited was that thev imo frpm Japan in a secret code, but thev havo been traced to induction ordinary telephone line on the peak, . W. Fahes, a wireless constructor, made this discovery. ' Barred by Garlic on Breath. Chicago, Mav 31. A man haa right to go to a theater if his breath reeks with the odor of garlic and the management haa a rlcrht vTi?is waa tha deciaion of Muni cipal Judge Heap today in tho case of James La Mantia againqt Susanna Lange, proprietor of a nickel theater. La Mantia asked $700 damages. Tes timony showed that two other Italians visited the theater a few nights before and wore ordered out. Strikers Steal Dynamite. New Orleans. Mav ni a ai from Managua, Nicaragua, says tho strike over fruit shipments has grown intense. Several cases of dynamite wore taken from the Lope ni Company by the strikers. Many men fefve been paIwtMd. The ateamera ari lltled up? docks aJK HONOR TO REGULARS PrwWtit M Sftiks n mi Mi if Getfyslwrf. IFfOSEI T0 1EDUCT1IN IN AIMT Expects Congress, With Aid of. Hat Weather, to Adjourn by Jun 20 Monument Unveiled. Gettysburg, Pa., June 1. Yesterday was the day of tardy honor to tho "reg ular" at Gettysburg. An imposing shaft of granite, erected by congress to the memory of those of the regular army who fell In tho three days' battle, ter, MIbs Helen H. Taft, while the president paid tribute to officers and men or the unitea jstates army, ptuii. and present. The president pats nimseii on rocora as opposcu tu txuj ivuuuiiuii nt w Btanding army. Ho told of the preja- dice that often had arisen against tbe possible aggressions of a regular array and a professional soldiery, ana oi tne corresponding difficulty in arousing that love and pride In the army which expresses itself today and has fre quently expressed itself In the past in behalf of the navy. The president as serted that the services of the regulars had never been commemorated ade quately by congress or the nation. "The profession of arms always dm been an honorable one," he declared. "All honor to the regular army of th United States. Never Jn its history baa it had a stain upon its escutcheon." On tho way to Gettysburg irern Pittsburg, tho president's car waa akk tracted at York for two hours and dar ing- his stay he made a brief .address, in which he declared again his hope for the early enactment of a tariff law. adding: "I have been called an optimist for predicting that congress would adjourn by June 20. Perhaps I am. But if the Lord is good to us and the weather, gets hot enough in Juho, I think our national legislators will be mighty glad to get out of those two close chambers at Washington." Four regiments of the regular army wero here to participate in tne exer cises. There also was a personal es cort to the president composed of vet erans of the regular army who fought in the Gettysburg campaign. Tha president waa taken for a drive over the battlefield. AAt several points be alighted and stood on the prominences overlooking the valley below and the mountains in the far distance. The ceremonies of the unveiling- were simple. Miss Taft pulled the silken cord that released the flags draped about the monument In fall ing one of the flags caught on a bronze eagle decorating one of the inscribed tablets. A trooper gave the flag a tug, but it could not be released until a large bole had been torn in the folds of the stripes. After the president's speech, Secretary Dickinson presented the monument to the battlefield cosa mission. After the unveiling the pres ident reviewed the troops. A mounted battery of artillery which recently served in Cuba was a source of much interest. When the review waa con cluded, the president hurried to his train. . n PUT LINCOLN ABOVE ALL. Hollingsworth Protests Against Honor Paid Jeff Davis. Washington, June 1. Memorial Day was generally observed here vester- day. All the government departments and practically all tho business houses were closed in order that tribute might bp paid the nation's dead. The prin cipal exercises wero at Arlincrton. un der the auspices of the G. A. R. Every grave was marked with an American flag, while flowers were strewn every where. Appropriate exercises also were conducted at the Soldie TTnma National cemetery and other hnrt0i places in the city. At the Soldiers' Homo Rnm-eRAnt. ativo Hollingsworth. of Ohio. of the speakers. He referred to tho recent discussion in the houso when ho protested against placing tho head of Jefferson Davis on tho silver service of the battleship Mississippi, declaring that "it would be a dark doy indeed for the republic when the name of Abraham Lincoln ceases to be revered above all other figures of the civil war period, or when it shall ho that of Jefferson Davis in tho heart and affections of the American people. Tho thought of it is as shocking as tho first thrill of horror that followed thn, iring on Sumptor." Wireless Saves Steamer. Guymas, Mex.. Juno l TfcM.,L the use of wireless teWronW l American steamer Precursor, rendered holplessby a broken propeller; was rescued from a dangerous position ani towed into this port yesterday. Tk Precursor had drifted aimlessly for three days, A tug was Bont out ad Drought the steamer tntn of the passengers had become uncom. tronable from fear ami hi ocked In their staterooms. Spain to Try Raform. uuriu, June i, a bill proykW for tho reorganlzatoln of the SbW postal service was adopted byt chamber of denuttfi tlu rvl l?T SulSl foir lower P?l mW, a pw ,r.lfrr? . a fwrtal Mvlafls serik sysfe.