Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, June 17, 1897, Page 6

The Merald-Review. | PITH OF THE NEWS. By EB. Kiley. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - The reformer is always in advance of his age. If he were not, he would not be a reformer. If the glamor and glitter could be taken out of sin, the devil’s right arm would be cut off close to the shoul- der. Dr. A. H. Gardner of New York is the apostle of quietude. He has in- avgurated a crusade against the dis- turbing noises which are destroying the nerves of those who live in large cities. Next! The bicycle had to be suppressed in China 2,300 years before the Chris- tian era, it is alleged, because the celestial ladies spent too much of their time on it. The feet of the Chinese Jadies then must have been much larg- er and less deformed than now. Pos- sibly it was decreed that their feet should be cramped in order to prevent any revival of the wheel craze. There is in Chicago a scheme to pro- vide workrooms for men out of em- ployment. No money will be given them, but they will be paid in clothing ©: whatever else they may need of the articles made in the workrooms. Old clothes will be mended and old shoes made mcre serviceable by cob- bling. As soon as the workmen can get places where they will be paid they will go to them. The idea is Eu- ropean, and, properly carried out, is likely to result in much good. Beggarweed seems to be rivaling cow peas in the south as a fertilizing crop. It also makes a good hay. In Virginia it is cut when about three feet high and thoroughly cured. After mowing it makes a second crop, ma- tures its seed and is good pasture until it succumbs to frost. Turned under when plowing, it makes an excellent fertilizer, one man writing to an ex- change that with no other fertilizer he had increased his corn crop from ten bushels to thirty bushels per acre. A bulletin (No. 7) of the division of entomology of the United States De- partment of Agriculture says that in France and Pennsylvania an industry has recently sprung up, which con- sists of the farming of spiders for the purpose of stocking wine cellars, and thus securing almost immediate coat- ing of cobwebs to new wine bottles, giving them the appearance of great age. This industry is carried on in a little French village in the Department of Loire, and near Philadelphia, where Epetra vulgaris and Nephila plumipes are raised in large quantities and sold to wine merchants at the rate of $10 per hundred. This application of entomo- logy to industry is one which will not be highly commended. ‘A Mexico City telegram says: “A company has been incorporated here with a million dollars capital, the larger part of the shares being takea by Pearson & Son, English contract- ors having in hand the drainage of the valley of Mexico and the port works at Vera Cruz, with a few Mexican share- holders. The new company will be known as the Mexican Land, Naviga- tion and Railway Company. The first object of the company is to build a railway from some suitable point on the National Tehuantepec Railroad to a desirable point in the state of Vera Cruz. The government gives a sub- sidy of over 8,000 acres of public lands per kilometer of railway constructed. On some 400,000 acres of land thus ac- quired the company will settle Europ- ean and cther colonists. Among other plans of the company is to acquire rail- ways in the southern part of Vera Cruz, and also the building of new lines. Part of the main railway line has al- ready been located, and construction will begin in two months. Many office-holders can“repeat glib- ly the aphorism that “a puDlic office is a public trust,” but a New Jersey county collector has proved the sin- cerity of his convictions in a very un- usual way. Four years ago the New Jersey legislature passed a law au- thorizing collectors to retain two per cent of their collections as compensa- tion. Under this law the official in question is entitled to nearly forty thousand dollars a year. But he has always refused to take more than his yearly salary of forty-five hundred dollars, on the ground that the law permitted a robbery from the people from which he was not willing to de- rive any personal benefit. He will not die a rich man, but he has what is more to be desired than wealth, the re- spect and confidence of his neighbors. His example of official unselfishness and integrity is worth more in its up- lifting moral effect upon the commu- nity, than if as a mere money-getting citizen he had given a lifetime to the successful accumulation of moderate or even immoderate wealth. They say Queen Victoria is just as fond of a circus and races as any of the young folks. Everyone likes a cir- cus, but some people try to make you believe they don’t. And this, also, is amusing. May good Victoria’s circus day scome for years yet. New Ycrk ncw drinks its whisky in clubs and avoids the amended Raines law. Gotham has a thirst that is im- perishable and insatiate. It is now Greater New York with a greater tank capacity than any city of the New World. > EVENTS JF THE PAST WEEK IN A} CONDENSED FORM. A General Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week, From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. The tariff league has opened head- quarters in Washington.. Samuel R. Arcber will be in charge. The American Seed Trade association is holding its annual convention at the Ebbitt house, Washington. Only about twenty-five members are present- The next convention will be held at St- Louis. The sena te has confirmed the follow- ing nom ions: William L. Penfield, Indiz solicitor for the department of state; W. W. Brown, Pennsylvania, auditor for the war department; W. E Andrews, Nebraska, auditor of the treasury department. Personal Mention. Patti's Nicolini is said to be dying: Baron Dickinson, the Arctic explorer, is dead at Hjo, Sweden. Prof. Alvin G. Clark, the famous tel- escope lens manufacturer, died at his home at Cambridge. Mass., the result of a stroke of apoplexy. Charles L. St. John, consul of Great Britain at New Orleans, is dead of meningitis after an extremely brief. illness. M the house of Bolingbroke. His father was the fifth viscount of St. John. Dr. M. ‘Schiller, the fiance of Mlle. Yvette Guilbert, has sailed for Europe on board the Lue Dr. Schiller says that his marriage with the chanteuse will take place in Paris the latter part of July. M. Paul Cassimir-Perier, senator from the department of Seine-Inferiure and uncle of the ex-president of hat name, is dead. He was born in Paris in 1812, and was the second son of the illustrious minister of Louis Philippe- Prince Maximillian of Saxony, who for a year past has been officiating as a Catholic priest in the slums of White- chapel. has been ordered by his doctor to leave London on account of his health breaking down. The 1 of Ranfurly, the new gov- ernor of New Zealaad, is head of the Knox nily, which counts among its members the celebrated Jchn, the icon- oclastic reformer and monitor of the hapless Mary, Queen of Scots. ong, a pioneer business ale, Mich., and ex-mem- of the Michigan legislature, is dead. aged eighty-one years. He had heen grand couimanéer of the Knights Templar of Michigan. Emma M. Ivins, known to the stage world as Virginia Stuart, has been granted a decree of divorce from her husband. Horace F. Ivins, a physician of Philadelphia. Desertion and non- support was the claim in which Miss Stuart won her case. Dr. John Lewis Smith is the patri- arch of Methodism in Indiana, and he wrote, in his eighty-second year, a book of 450 pages, containing anec- dotes of pioneer preachers and their charges in the West, together with a treatise on Indiana Methodism. Mr. Lyman, formerly the president of the civil service commission, has just taken the examination himself, and re- ccived a marking of 98.47 per cent out of a possible 100. This was prelimin- ary to his appointment as chief of the stationery division. Mr. G. Creighton Webb, brother of Dr. Samuel Webb of New York. and Erskine Hewitt, son of Abram S. Hew- itt, New York, have been appointed ad- ditional secretaries to the special em- bassy appointed to represent the Unit- ed States at Queen Victoria's jubilee ceremonies. Olga Nethersole carries two bicycles of American make with her on her travels. and will take them to England when she sails next week. The fair actress is a devotee of the wheel, and rides every pleasant day, generally ac- companied by her companion, Miss Fields. Arthur Deustrow. who was hanged in St. Louis fro the wurder of his wife and child, was reputed to be a million- aire. But it tuens out that his fortune, as he left it, amounted to $8,742, and a handful of cents, against which the state has a clain of $7.638 for the ex- penses of his prosee sation. Richard Grant White was a great stickler for calling a spade a spade. “Very worthy and well behaved and even intelligent men,” he used to say, “keep bars and taverns, but if they do, let them say sc. When I see ‘sample room’ over the loor, I feel a respect for the bar room, and as if I could take to my heart a maa who owns that he keeps a grog skop.” Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee, U. S. N., retired, the last of the com- manders of the-great squadrons dur- ing the civil war, is dead at his home at Silver Springs, near Washington, after a short illness from a stroke of paralysis. He was a Virginian by birth and a direct descendant of Light Horse Harry Lee of Revolutionary fame. man of Hills¢ Casualties. A boiler exploded in the print works of Noriega Bros., in Puebla, Mex., causing the death of twenty or more persons, the number not being posi- tively known, as it has been impossi- ble to remove the debris caused by the explosion. Criminal. Five hundred dollars’ worth of jew- elry was stolen from W. A. Walker's store at Ainsworth, Iowa. Rey. Berry Lawson, Methodist, was shot and instantly killed at Barbour- ville, Ky., by his fifteen-year-old son. The father had whipped the boy. Claude D. Farrington, superintend- ent of the National Academy of De- sign, bas been arrested at New York on a charge of having embezzled over $4,000 ef the academy funds. Farring- ton has held the superintendency for the past seven years. His honest was never before questioned. St. John was a scion of | Rasmus Berg of Winrebago county, Iowa, disappeared last Thursday. He arrived in this country about a year ago and made_his home _ with his brother, Nels. He had considerable money in the Lake Mills bank, but he made no draft on it. His friends fear suicide. Frederick Boener, thirty-nine years old, of New Braumfels, Tex., attempt- ed suicide by jumping from the fire boat New Yorker, moored at the Bat- tery, New York. An engineer jumped after him, and despite his attempt to get away, held him until they were both rescued by harbor police. Maj. G. B. Mosley, a banker of Clarksdale, Miss., was killed by Mayor C. W. Wise in the street in front of the latter's oftice. Wise is in custody. A small law suit in which Mosley was interested was tried before the mayor lest week, and the decision of the lat- ter displeased Mosley. The ill-feeling has been growing since, culminating in the shooting. Foreign Noten, Commander J. C. Green has been ordered to command the Puget sound naval station. The Canadian house of commons has passed in committee the third reading of Mr. Taylor's bill to restrict the im- portation and employment of aliens. United States Minister Quinby, at the Hague, reports to the state department that the Dutch government has by roy- al order exempted aneline oil from duty. The Hawaiian government has re- fused to renew the exclusive cable con- tract with ZS. Spalding, awarded eighteen months ago and expiring on May 1. Richard Lenox, the noted forger who, on his discharge from the house of correction at Milwarkee was arrested on a requisition from Iowa, to be turned over to Sheriff Davenport of Sioux City, was discharged on habeas corpus proceedings. The ground for dismissal was a technical defect in the requisition papers. The body of Count Henri de Somery of Bruges, Belgium, has been found in the river near Sorel, Que., being iden- tified by a letter in his coat. The count left home some rs ago, first going to Brazil, and arriving at Montreal two months ag). For some reason his father had stopped the young man’s allowance and the count was forced to accept a position as driver for a steam laundry. General. The first annual meeting of the Grain Dealers’ National association will be held in Des Moines. June 29 and 30. The corner stone of the new building for the Nora Springs, Iowa, seminary was laid with appropriate ceremonies. The Ashland, Wis. blast furnace will make a fewndry iron in addition to the regular output of charcoal iron. This will be a great advantage to the foundries. The directors of the Western Union Telegrapt company have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 11-4 per cent in accordance with the recom- merdation of the executive committee. Prof. Burrell, of the Jesup, Iowa, schools, has been arrested for severely punishing a girl of fourteen. The girl’s body shows marks of severe beating with a ruler. Her shoulder was dis- located and fractured. The fourteenth annual convention of the American National Association of Masters of Dancing is being held at New York. About thirty members are present from all parts of the United States. At the direction of Attorney General McKenna, United States District At- torney John R. Walker has filed suit at Kansas City against the Traders’ Live Stock Exchange, alleging a violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. Dr. A. Owen, of electric belt fame, is dead at his home in Palatine, Ill. from being kicked by one of his blood- ed horses. Dr. Owen was at one time one of the most extensive advertisers in the country, and made a fortune in a few years. Should the government accept the proposition of the Union iron works to provide diagonal armor for the battle ship Wisconsin, it is thought that an armor plate plant will be established in San Francisco by Abbott Brown of Edinburg, Scotland. Fire, which broke out in the fourth story of the Renwick block, one of the finest business structures of Daven- port, Iowa, damaged the building to the extent of $10,000, and almost de- stroyed the stock of the Davenport Furniture and Carpet company. Fire at Cairo, Il, destroyed $80,000 worth of property, including the new Baptist church and annex, the HaHi- day warehouse and contents, Glynn’s transfer stables with twenty-six head of horses, and several dwellings; part- ly insured. An English syndicate has secured options on all the coal fields on the Cincinnati Southern railway in South- ern Kentucky formerly owned by the Cumberland River Railroad and Coal company. It consists of enormous coal] tields with railroads along the Cumber- land river. Constables levied on a locomotive and three passenger coaches of the Centralia & Chester railroad just as the train was leaving the depot at Salem, Ill. The action tied up all trains and traffic was entirely sus- pended. The seizure was to protect local creditors. The Pacific Coast Jockey club girect- ors are trying to arrange an ifterna- tional handicap to be decided at Ingle- side, near San Francisco, next spring. In all likelihood a $20,000 or $30,000 purse will be offered if the directors can bring together the best of Ameri- can, Australian, Irish and English thor- oughbreds. Jake Gaudaur, champion oarsman of the world, who has located at Rat Portage, Man., has issued a challenge to row any man in the world for the single scull championship and a purse of from $1,000 to any amount desired. He is also willing to back himself and Hackett for the double championship of the world for a stake of $1,000 and -upward. The State of Texas has secured con- firmation in the court of civil appeals of a lower court judgment against Gal- veston, Houston & San Antonio and the Houston & Texas Central railroads for one and a quarter millions of dol- lars.“This money was borrowed by the roads and paid in Confederate script, which it is now contended was never legal tender. A TOWN DESTROYED FIRES TERRIBLE WORK IN A CALI- FORNIA TOWN. Entire Business Portion of Georgze- town Is a Barren Waste—A Ter- rific Explosion of Giant Powder Kills One Woman and Seriously Injures Several — Everything in Confusion, Auburn, Cal., June 15.—The business portion of Georgetown, a mining town in. Eldorado county, was burned to the ground. ‘The fire originated in the middle of the main block and spread both ways, burning everything in its path, from the American hotel to the water company’s office. Just after the fire had run its course there was a terrific explosion of giant powder in Sornberger’s _ general merchandise store. Mrs. William Newell was in- stantly killed and Mrs. McLain was seriously injured. Many others re- ceived slight injuries. As a result of the shock every window in the resi- dence portion was broken and all the business buildings which had not been burned were leveled to the ground. Everything is in confusion arid the en- tire business portion of the town is a barren waste. FIRE ON ELLIS ISLAND. Te Government Imigrant Completely Destroyed. New York, June 15. — The United States government immigrant station on Ellis island, in New York harbor, was destroyed by fire, but probably without loss of life. The end of the building in which the fire started was used for sleeping, cooking and eating by the immigrants. The detention pen, in which there are always a con- siderable number of immigrants being held for investigation, was soon con- sumed. Besides the buildings mentioned, there are a hospital, the affices of the commissioners, a laundry, a disinfect- ing department, and great cisterns in which are stored large quantities of rain water gathered from the roofs. ‘The physicians and minor officials live in the smaller buildings. It is pre- sumed at this hour that these, with all the other buildings on the island, will be distroyed. The valuable rec- ords are undoubtedly destroyed. The two hundred immigrants were safely transferred from the island to the barge office at the Battery, leaving no one on the island except the firemen and a few attendants. The cost of the plant is said to have been $75 000. All records were lost- WRECK OF THE KINKORA. Station Struck and Dismasted by a Squall and Then Driven on a Reef. San Francisco, June 15. — Advices from Acapulco have been received here giving the particulars of the wreck of the British ship Kinkora on Clipperton Reef. It appears that while on the voyage from Puget sound to Englan with a cargo of lumber the Kinkora was struck and dismantled by a squall on May 1 and driven on Clip- perton reef, some 300 miles northwest of Acapulco. Another storm drove the vessel from the reef that night and the crew of twenty-seven landed on the reef and camped there. After waiting vainly for a passing vessel for some days, the first officer and a crew of six men volunteered to make the trip to Acapulco, which they finally reached, more dead than alive, on June 3. When the rescuing party left Clipperton reef there was sufficient food to last the remaining twenty men about four months. CLEVELAND’S BOOK, He Decides That It Shall Be Post- humous, New York, June 15.—A literary syn- dicate has made an offer to ex-Presi- dent Cleveland for a series of articles on current topics, to appear at the rate of two a month. The price to have been paid for this work was $60,000 a year, or $2,500 for each lit- erary effort After giving the matter due delib- eration Mr. Cleveland has decided not to undertake to do the work, as he does not care to pledge himself to a performance of anything so arduous. Mr. Cleveland has a definite pur- pose of writing a history of his two administrations. But the history is not to appear during the lifetime of the writer. Necessarily in the event of such history being written, the use of the capital “I” would be very prominent. And it is on this account he has decided that it shall be pos- thumous. Penston Business Increasing. Washington, June 15.—The war vet- erans are rushing forward their ap- plications for pensions urder the new administration and the increase in the volume of such business has been so extraordinary as to necessitate the de- tail of thirty additional clerks to the record division to ‘look after the claims. In the ten days ending last Saturday the number of applications of all kinds for pensions aggregated 14,300. Dur- ing the eighty-three days subsequent to March 6, last, the record division of the office disposed of 84,000 applica- tions. The approximate number of such claims now pending in the bureau is 36,000. Gardner Won the Bout. New York, June 15.—At the Green- wood Athletic club, Brooklyn, Maxey Haugh and Oscar Gardner fought tamely until the ninth round when the referee warned the boxers to get down to business. After that they got to- gether. Gardner received the de- cision. . Reserve Indians Bothersome. Winnipeg, June 15. — It is reported that the Indians on One Arrow’s re- serve, near Prince Albert, are uneasy since the death of Almighty Voice. and have been driving and killing cattle. ‘The police have been sent to put the Indians back on the reserve. The Oregon Goes to Victoria. Washington, June 15.—The secretary of the navy has ordered the battleship Oregon to Victoria, B. C., to be pres- ent at the festivities attending the cel- , ebration of the queen's jubilee. MRS. DIXON RELENTS. She Secured Her Husband’s Arrest and Woald Now Free Him, Bismarck, N. D., June 15. — Mrs- Urba Dixon, a stenographer employed in the last legislature, has made appli- cation to the supreme court for a writ of habeas corpus for the release of her husband, who has been in jail here for some time charged with adultery- After the adjournment of the legisla- ture Dixon ran away with another woman and was followed by his wife, who secured his arrest at Miles City- He was brought back here for trial. Mrs. Dixon has evidently forgiven him and is making a strong fight to get him released form imprisonment on the charge she made against him. Both parties are well known in this section. RESCUING A HORSE. One Man Loses His Life, and Another Is Almost Overcome. Missoula, Mont., June 15.—The mag- nificent race horse stable of Higgins Brothers, located two miles west of this city, v burned to the ground. The structure was round. one-six- teenth of a mile, with a practice course interior. A strong wind blowing made the flame: spread with lightning rapidi ablemen and Frank Ryan, p boy, aged seventeen 'S. desperate attempts to save the race horses, and got two out. n undertook to save a third and overcome by heat and smoke and perished. The stable boss nearly per- ished. NUTS FOR SCHWEINFURTH. People at Sioux Rapids Want Him to Locate a Heaven There. Sioux Rapids, Iowa, June 15. — Schweinfurth is planning for the es tablishment of a “heaven” in the northern part of Buena Vista county and has been spending some time in the locality conferring with land own- ers relative to the purchase of a suit- able tract. He is contemplating the location of a colony on four sections north of this place. Contrary to the usual condition residents in the vi- cinity are favoring his plan and of- fering inducements to him to make his home among them. CAN CLAIM THE REWARD. Carl Halvorson, the Missing MeIn- tosh Farmer, Returns. McIntosh, Minn., June 15.—Carl Hal- verson, the rmer whose unaccount- able disappearance on April 20 has since been a deep mystery, returned home Sunday well and in his right mind. He has been at work in Da- kota. He can give no reason for leay- ing here. When he dis: ared he left his large farm in condition for seed- ing. He was fairly prosperous. He has evidently been temporarily insane. A reward was offered for him. South Dakota’s Gurrd. Pierre, S. D., June 15.—The following order has been issued by the adjutant general's office authorizing the en- rampment at Bryant on July 3 to 12 inclusive, “provided the members at- tending waive, in writing, all claims on the state for pay, allowances, trans- portation and any personal injuries received while in attendance, going to or returning. Tents and camp equip- age will be provided at Bryant at the expense of the state and the sub- sistence will be furnished from a fund subscribed by the citizens of that town.” - Col. Sheafe is commanding of- ficer. His Confession Accepted. Deadwood, S. D., June 15.—Charles Brown, colored. was convicted of mur- der in the first degree of Mrs. L. P. Stone in this city May 13. The verdict was based on the confession of Brown himself, made to the jailer And his spiritual ac er. He stated that he had committed the crime alone. No evidence was introduced by the de- fense. Stockholders Save Something. Sioux City, Iowa, June 15.—The as- sets of the bankrupt Commercial Sav- ings bank of this city, at t sup- posed to be in very bad condition, were sold at a receivers’ le to a trus- tee representing the stockholders. The latter will pay all claims in full, and expect to have a handsome b: left for division among themselves. Ligtning Killed He: Great Valls. Mont., June Emily S. Howe, fifty-seven years old, was killed by lightning at a ranch near Highwod. James H. Gillette, her son-in-law, was knocked down and stunned, but not seriously hurt. Mrs. Howe had been in Montana twenty years and was well known. Hotel Clerk a Thief. Redwood. Minn., June 15.,— James Huston, clerk at the Commercial house, has been arrested for robbing a Sleepy Eye residence Saturday night and stealing over $800 worth of goods and notes. Houston has confessed. Two other parties are suspected of be- ing accomplices. Cattle Thieves at Wessington, Wessington, S. D.. June 15.—A sen- sation was caused here by the arrest of two brothers, Frank and Harvey Hearst, and Jim Lion on a charge of stealing beef cattle from . the herd owned by Reid Brothers. The thefts have been going on some time. Buckley Suicides, Milwaukee, June 15.—Deputy United States Marshal William Buckley com- mitted suicide by shooting himself at his home in this city. He was widely known in government detective service and figured quite prominently during the famous whisky ring trials. Two Girls Drowned. Olivia, Minn., June 15.—A sad case of drowning occurred a few miles from here. Two girls named Dalzell and Lorence were bathing in a creek when both were accidentally drowned. Accused of Forgery. Grantsburg, Wis-, June 15. — J. D. Vavre, alias J. D. Pinegore, a one- handed man who has been soliciting orders for groceries among farmers the past month, has been arrested here on the charge of forgery. Mrs, Pinkharinen Gets Bail, Fergus Falls. Minn.. June 15—Mrs. Pikkarinen, the Finnish woman from Wadena, held for procuring the mur- der of her husband, has been released on $5,000 bail, a large number of Vins furnishing it- ‘ ! DITCHED THE TRAIN ONE MAN KILLED AND SEVERAL INJURED. The Accident Due to the Spreading ‘ \ of the Rails by the Heat—The En- gine Was Totally Demolished, Killing the Engineer and Seri~ ously Injuring the Fireman — No Passengers Hart. Richmond, Ind., June 15.—Train No. yuth-bound express, on the G ad & India railway, was de- Stone station, near Ridge- y miles north of here. The spread, ditching 2. ui: r: v r the engine, tender, ma cars. The smoker W: railed. The engine wa molished, i s David Kramer of Fort Wa) fi He did not leave his s found under the engine. F partially de totally de- Engineer and Ww h pire man Grabel of Fert Wayne was Seri- ously injured. He fell under the geman Martin Finch of as also injured. S. W- messenger, of Grand slightly injured. The smoker and ot coaches were not damaged. No passengers were hurt. supposed to have caused the spreading of the rails. tender. Bagga Fort Wayne Vv Mundy. Rapid: CELEBRATED BY MASONS. Imposing Ceremony in Connection With the Queen’s Jubilee, London, June 15—The Masonic meet- ing at the Royal Albert hall in com- memoration of the queen’s diamond jubilee was a notable function, The hall was packed by over 10,000 Free Masons in gorgeous regalia. The prince of Wales and the duke of Con- naught arrived at 4 o'clock, preceded by trumpeters sounding fanfares- When they entered the hall the organ nd march and al feet. The gran Je to the dais. The prince nd master of England, an imposing staff © lined the a of Wales, 2 followed by posed of grand officers. moved to the sound of the majestic music to his throne, where, surrounded by a bril- liant phalanx of officers, he was re- ceived and greeted in the united form of salutation reserved for his high sta- tion. The prince then addressed the audience and announced that the ad- mission fees for the ceremony amount- ed to $35,000, half of which would go to the Prince of Wales hospital fund and the other half to the different Ma- sonic charities. The duke of Con- naught moved an address to the queen in behalf of the Masons, and it was carried with applause, after which the whole assemblage joined in singing the national anthem to the accompani- ment of the organ. IT UPSET A TRAIN. Earthquake in India Worse Than First Reported. Calcutta, June 15.—Later reports in- crease the gravity of the earthquake s of Saturday in this city and its An extensive area was af- fected, causing much misery among many of the poor Europeans, Euras- ians and natives. > S| re felt at Simla, Agra. Manipur and at many placey. the central provinces. At immense amount of damage was done at Hoogley. Burdwan and Dacea, where several persons were killed, and at Gopalpoor, Pat Ransganj. Nang- ipoor, Balisor, Maziffarpoor and Mong- hyr terrible shock was experienced at D: ing, where many houses were Bengal railroad is interrupted. Bridges have been damaged and a train was overtuned on the am-Bengal line. The ground opened at Manipur and the town of Kohima, north of Mani- pur, W everely damaged. The hea z is the highest on record, de having been re; ad, on the frontier of AN OF HAWALL Rumor That a Treaty Has Been Pre- pared. Washington, June 15.—The officials at the state department steadfastly re- fuse to make any ement as to the negotiation of a treaty providing for exation of Hawaii, and at the an legation the same silence is observed. However, it is known that the treaty, though not yet signed. is drawn up ready for signature, and as the president is fully aware of its scope, there is no reason to doubt that he will authorize its signature. In this case it is anticipated the docu- ment will be sent to the senate for its action very soon. within a week, it is said in some well informed quarters. If this be the case it may be taken f granted that the president has taken steps to assure himself of a favorable reception of the treaty in the senate and to guard against any such mis- hap as befel the arbitration treaty last session. PROBABLY A SUICIDE. George W. Schleif of St. Paul Meets Death in the River, St. Paul, June 15—George W. Schleif, a livery stable employe. was drowned in the river here. There are indica- tions that he took his life. He went to the bank of the river, carrying in his hand a_ bucket containing some beer, quickly threw off his clothes, swam half-way across the stream, and came almost back to the shore. Then he turned back again and started up the stream against the current. Sud- denly the people who had been wateb- ing his remarkable performance heard him call out something, throw wi his hands and disappear under the Tr: Found a Second Bomb. t Paris, Jan. 15.—The police fo second tube filled with powder and scrap iron near the scene of thé ex- plosion. They are of the opinion that the miscreant is probably the man who placed explosive tubes of similar character in the Place de la Concor¥e during the recent visit of Emperor Nicholas. Fire in St. Louis. St. Louis, June 15. — Fire has de~ stroyed the plant of the Sf. Louis Curled Hair company. Loss, $30,000. \ 3