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MAY BIG sENsATION.
Four Alleged Counterfeiters Taken In ONO
with $4,000.

ENrRr. O.. July 2l.-Two detectives iol-
lowed four suspected counterielters from
Youngstown and ovcrhauled them m d
farm house near Wellsville. In the VallSe
of the prisoners was found :, 900 IN nve ana
ten dollar bills, which the detectives claim
is counterfeit The suspects had papers
showing them 20 be members OF a business
firm i'm New York. which may or may not
be true Ii is claimed that a cabal OF cont
acxers Of men of means exists IN THIS ana
other counties. Surprises Will be sprung
in q week
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FARMERS INSTITUTE.
\ County Association Organized at Clarks-
burg Yesterday.

Sos-il' Is',qcqm 70 ne Register.
CLAEKsBUEG. w. VA, July 2l.-The
Harrison county Farmers Institute As
sociation. a branch of the State ASso-
citation. was organized here to-day by
Col. Dan Johnson, of the State Agricul-
tural Station. The meeting was held
at tine court house and Hon. Ira c. Post
was made Chairman and John NcMan-
away Secretary. Col. Johnson made
quite am instructive speech. giving the
objects Of tine association, after which
the following officers were elected:
President. SilaS u. Ogden; Vice PreSl-
dent. Parker B. Cookman; Secretary.
John Patton. Treasurer, l.. ID. Jarvis.
The next meeting will be held Thurs
dav. August 2Sth. This is the first
County Association organized since the
State Association was organized IN
Wood county.
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CncAGo. July 2l.-Charles a. Chase, OF
the North End Tennis Club, for the fourth
time champion tennis player cf the West
ern States. having successfully defended
his title at Kenwood to-day against Edward
Mcclellan, the winner of.the latest tourna
ment. which ended on Saturday Chase
will have 10 enter the Eastern Tournament
at Newport in the fall for the championship
of America
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lie WIN Challenge Grain.

WA~uNGT0N. July 2l.-Congressman
Grain. of Texas. who threatened TO Kill
O'Brien Moore. the 81. Louis Rep8blic cor
respondent. refuses 20 rctract what he SAID
Thu-siay. a written apology was brought
to him yesterday by friends Of Colonel
Moore. but he declared that he was willing
Oh stand hv his words \ challenge is
my. .ounv.l % be .ikelv tn follow.
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Tho irwin Mine strike Broken.

GREENsnuRc, PA, July 2l.-It appears
the strike has been broken at Irwin. This
afternoon fifteen miners went 10 work in
the Larimer mines, and the prospect is that
others will follow tomorrow The break
was made on Saturday. when two men
went into the mines Al Claridge great
many men are working.
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GLASS BOrTLENIEN
Have "a Hearing Before the senate Com
mittec.


WASHINGTON. ID. c.. July 2l.-Thi>
afternoon delegates 90 the annual con-
Neutiou of the National Glass Blowers
Association. which has been in session
at Baltimore. were received by Chair
man Morrill, iu the room of the Senate
Committee ON Finance. They present
ed. through Lewis Arlington. of
Na~,.iou. Ohio. President of
rl. Association. request
that the duties laid by the House bill
upon glass bottles Doe retained. Mr.. Ar
rlr-tou said that within the past two
year, there had sprung u9 competi-
tou with foreign Importers. which the
home manufacturers could not meet
Wine and b,,r bottles, he said. are im-
ported into this country and used In
cities where g.a>, factories stand idle.
while tine foreign goods go by in loads.
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stnic Tcnchcr.' ENaminatIons.

Su.-iaI Telf1r1m % NJ Hf1l''n.
FuRNoNr, W. Va, July Professor
. C.. A. Scipe, President Of the state Board ,.a,;
of Examiners. announces that teachers
examinations will be held as follows;
Grafton. July 81. August l and :; Charles
ton. August : and :; keyser' August =
% and 70: Hinton. August - and 30
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Revolutionary Plot Discovered.

BrENos AYRE-. July 2l.-Fotwiihsiand-
! ing the denials of the Semirials newspaper
that plot against the government had
been discovered several army officers have
been arrested for completely In conspir-
acy 10 overthrow the present rulers Of the
Republic. As measure OF prccauiion
against the plotters guards have been
stationed about all the government build
iugs
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WANTS \ MINISTER.
4 Canadian Paper Asks Representation at
Mnshingtnn.

ToRoNro. ONT. July II. Tic GiobC
advocates Canadian representation at
Washington. 1t SAYS: IAN agent AT
Washington would be- nurse Ia
strengthen rather than impair the tie
thai binds them 10 Britain.
This would do much ia
prevent the laundering which deprived
US of portion Of what is now the State
of Main. and of territory on the Pacific.
If the British connection is ever severed
in anger, 10 will be- because the mother
country has agreed to some humiliatlna
surrcndcrs at the expense of Canada.
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pitchers, Baldwin and Radbourne; atten-
dance, 2,s25.
At Pittsburg-P Pittsburg IA, Philadelphia
.; pitchers, Calvin and Hustled; errors, 1
and 6; hits, - and I; earned runs, and | ;
umpires, Leech and Miligan. Attendance
200.
At Buffalo-Buffa >; New York, ::
hits, and IL. errors, 3 and , earned,
and 3; pitchers, Haddock and J. Ewing
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McKcesport Done Up.

Special telegram 10 me Register
AKRON. O.. July 2l.-The home team de-
featcd Mckeesport to-day in well played
game. which the visitors lost through hard
luck. Score:
Akron ................0 d d
Mckccsport rt.----.. II % % d D. =
Base hits. Akron :. McKcesport @;
errors. Akron 1, McKeesport ,; batteries,
Akron, Couover and Sweeny, McKeesport
Jones and Cote.
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n mn. nrakeman seriously hurt.

Spseiai T,isgran 70 tts Rsgis'a.
PAENrEsurRG, W VA, July 2l.-Grih
Oliver. a Young man breaking on the Ohio
River railroad. got caught between the
cars Of a freight train this evening and
had his left arm terribly mangled. inc
arm was amputatcd between the elbow and
.L.uIInr
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MIR. AND MRS. CLEVELAND.
The Go on "A Fishing Excursion on steam
Nncht.

New YoRK. July 2l.-The steam yacht
Empress, owned by K. ~ Schermerhorn,
came into Greenport few days ago having
finished an extended cruise to the eastward,
taking in Bar Harbor, Marblehead, Cam
pobella and several Canadian ports. On
their return the pacht stopped at Marion
Mass, and took eXPresident and Mrs.
Cleveland on fishing excursion. When
off Point Judith they experienced very
severe squalls. The commander OF TINS
eIerant steamer. Captain McClennon, is a
former resident of Greenport
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PORTLAND. lNp.. July 2l.-A terrible
explosion Of powder occurred az Red
Kew. thi, county. about one o'clock this
afternoon. completely dcmolishing Car
roll and Hornc'> grocery and inIurns
nine persons.
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Arlington Reelected President.

MAs-ILLoN O, July 2l-A private tclc-
gram from Baltimore states that Louis Ar
rington, ofthis city, has been elected Pres
ident Of l.. a. li3. X. OF L.. which compris-
es all the green glass blowers of the United
States and Canada.
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The standard Makes Big Gas Contract

OTTAWA, ONT, July 2l.-The Standard and
Oil Company has agreed to take 22WJ' wv
cubic feet Of natural gas daily at BGlaio,
from the Provincial Natural Gas ana
Trust Company, which will lay pipes 70
Buffalo from its ten wells III NeIldnu
county. The Provincial company als9 9
,,ronoses IN supplv St Catharines and
ptber towns along the Welland canal.
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LONDON. July 2l.-Mr Smith announced
I'm the House Of Commons to-day that The
Government would introduce the Ilihee
and Irish land purchase bills early ln the
next session
Henry NJ Stanley has recovered from
the illness with which he was seized just
before his marriage.
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Id nrEN 4 vIGoKOUs CANyAsS.
The National silver Committee VIII In
draror Co secure Control OF the NeNt


House.
WASHINGTON. July 2l-The National
Silver Committee. which has maintained
,eycra. active representatives here during
the winter. S preparing to open vigorous
canvass for tho control of the next House
rf fRe1rcsartativcs iu the interest OF free
and unlimited coinage Of silver Dur
ia- the past week 10 has purchased
thousands off free coinage speeches,
which DO is sending into every
western congressional district Its presi-
DON'T Genera. Warner, has issued "a call Tor
thecomm.ttec to meet in Washington on
~eu,elber g.. at which time he Will present
aprutcj report. showing the work OF the
committee. rhe progress of legislation in
Cor-ress. and the votes of every Congress
ma. upon tlc silver bin and its various
arenImeuts The Executive Committee
e>urc~ses itself as thoroughly dissatisfied
with tle silver bil ass passed, and has de
tc-r.ued to relax uo efforts until the mint'
|ortlc United States are thrown open 90
fh. silver Of the world
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WORRYING \ RAILROAD.
The Wheeling & Lake Erie Enjoinod at
SteubcnVille.

SrEUBENvIIIE, O.. July 21.-M. ).
Stokely this morning got an Injunction
against the Wheeling ~ Lake Erie
Railroad Company. now building a line
into this city. restraining it from OBJ
structing certain streets in an addition
to Steubcnyille, laid out by him. In the
south end the railroad goes through
property belonging to Stokcly and he
demanded 1000 damages, but the jury
awarded hlm only 81. 500. The hearing
on the injunction will take place at two
o'clock tomorrow afternoon. In the
meantime work on that portion Of the
road is suspended.
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Mountain ofFIesh Dead.

Tr>cALo Ill. July 2l-John Harris,
the largest man in Illinois. died Saturday
night at his home near here He was 20
years of age and his weight for many years
past has been between coo and 5O0 pounds
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CROP PROSPECTS.
The Present Outlook Very Favorable
Taken ~ "A whole.

Taken a. "A whole.
ST. paul. July 2l.-The weather during
the past week has been watched closely, as
m this season of the year week Of general
bad weather would accomplish great dam
ace TO the growing crops. The reports
received from all over the Northwest, now
ever. are decidedly encouraging. Ihere
nrc localities where some complaints are
made. but GS a whole the outlook Is eN,
trcmely favorable. In the southern ,.. "uu
so,,f b,yes,eru portion Of this State the bar
ie,- and rye harvest is already well under
,v,,v while i'm Northern Iowa the oat crop
is being rapidly secured.
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plaNer.' Ieague.

At Cleveland Cleveland :, Brooklyn, o
hits y and l3: errors. , and : ; earned runs
each. pitchers, O'Brien and Weyhing
A. Chicaro-C Chicago 3, Boston hits, T.
and r errors. / each. earned, and j.
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Nnnnrsinmn Mlns.

MANSFIELD, O., July 2l-Umpirc
Christie's decisions were so radically in
favor Of Youngstown that an appeal will
be made. Score:
Mansfield ...........I O ID o o . 6 o O.
YouugstoWu.........O o o U % 3
Pitchers. Bishop and Scheibe, hits, .
each: errors, 3 and ,.
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rhn nnnhnr Relief Fund

DrvR,n. July 2l.-The total contrio,u-
.;l-,s 40 far received for The families OF the
Unfortunate Hill Farm miners amount 10
almost 1000. including sl,"o gwen " ''''
lumbar Furnace Company.
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MURPHY's MARRIAGE POSTPONED.
The Temperance Advocates Relatives Dis
ncrce Over tic Dlspnsal OF Propcriy.

COrNCm BLUFFS. a., July 2l.-The mar
riagc Of Francis Murphy, the advocate of
temperance, and Mrs. Rcbecca Fisher, Of
this city. which was 10 have occurred dur
ing the present month, viii probably not
take place for some time, owing TO a dis
agreement on the part Of the lady's rela-
tivcs over the disposition Of certain prop
crty.
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RAILROAD FIREMEN
Want the Automatic Coupler and siN
Days Work.

HAvEEFoRD, CoNN., July 21.-Fivc
hundred members Of the brotherhood of
Raj road Fircmcn assembled in union
meeting at Allyn Hall yesterday morn
ing to discuss matters relating TO their
business. This session was with closed
doors. 4 set Of resolutions was adopt
ed fayoring the passage of the bill pend
ing in Congress requiring railroads to
Use automatic brakes and cOuplcrS on
freight trains. The resolutions also
pledge the members of the brotherhood
to doall iu their power 10 prevent train
men from working on Sunday.
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SETTLED THE STRIKE.
Jones ~ Laughlin's Puddlers Return TO
Work.

Prrr>BUEG, July 2l.-Tho strike OF tho
puddlers at the American Iron Works
of Jones n Laughin was satisfactory y
at conference this afternoon and work
will be- resumed tomorrow. The trouble
arose over a dispute aS to the conStruc-
tion of certain clauses in the new scale,
providing for appeals to the firm Tor
better material To- work.
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Gn.hnrn MllI Not Accept.

New YORK. July 21.-According to
AN evening paper Gen. \. 7. GoShorn
said he that he will not accept the Di-
rcctor-Generalship Of the Worlds talr
AT Chicago.
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WESTERN UNION HUsTLEs.
The Great system in New York in Working
Order.

New YoRK, July PA large number Of
operators were sending and receiving dis
patches to and from all parts of the country
in the Western Union building this morn
ing. At II o'clock Manager Dealy issued
the following bulletin;
III \. M.-Working from l95 and 4l5
Broadway TO all points. The delay now Is
principally with way stations in New York,
New Jersey and the Eastern States. Forces
at the depot offices in Jersey City will be
called into 1876 Broadway. and the general
business will be done in good time from
now on
The newspaper tube service will be re-
sumed tonight The wires doing the busi-
ness of the Exchanges are being operated
from III Broad street and 1875 Broadway. \
swarm of wOrkmen are engaged in repair
ing the damaged building 1t has not yet
been decided whether it will be necessary
10 rebuild the rest of the structure, which
would be an immense and costly job.
GOULD oN THE FIRE.
For the first time since the fire on Fri
day Jay Gould was ut his Office on the sec
ond floor of the Western Union building.
His headquarters, like all the offices in the
building, showed some evidences Of the re-
cent confiagratiOn, but little damage was
uOnc ny inc water. NJ Sdlh ht 10 d ~
porter, IL was not connected with the com
pany when this building was erected, but
believe it was understood to be as nearly
fire proof as ii was possible to make it. The
floor, walls and stairways are all inde
structable, and there was no more material
for fire here than YOU will find in any
large Office building. OF course there was
necessarily u vast amount Of fuel on hand
i'm the furniture needed To accommodate
so many persons 1t must be said, how
ever, in view of the probable origin of the
fire, that had it broken out any other time
ii would almost certainly have been eX
tinguished. Thus, instead of saying that
at any other hour, the fire would have
probably caused great loss Of life, it is
doubtless proper to say that at any other
hour the Western Union building would
not haXe boon DESTROYED
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Goldat 2O5.


BrrNos AYRrs, July 2l.-At the close of
the market Saturday gold was quoted ai
20j per cent premium
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FOR SUNsTROKE
r.e nor.fnrd.. AeId rhosphale.

DIR. Al. Zur6er. Melrosc, Minn.' says
1T produced a gratifying aud reih4rA; 81. .o'C :.
rerenerating effect in case OF suiis'loN0'
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.SCULLERS AT WORK
A GREAT RACE ROWED At DULUTH YES
TERDAY.
Gaudaur and Mckay Win the Professional Doubles
Beating Teemer, Hanlan and the Rest
Tennis Championship-Base Ball
Games Yesterday.

Duluth, MINI, July 2l.-The first
day Of the great regatta has proved a
success and was witnessed b. thousands
of people from all parts of the country.
First racc-Junior Scull, was one by
Nettleton, of Minneapolis, in 1910.
Second racc-Iunior four cared. a
foul between the Turbines, Of Winnipeg,
and Duluths occurred. The race will
have to be rowed over.
Third race. Junior double, was grand
lizzle, and was won by six boat lengths
by the Catlin Club, of Chicago, the Min
nesota representatives. being second.
Time, l0;l0it.
GRAND CONTEST.
The fourth race. the great profcS-
sional double, proved as grand a contest
as Minnesota ever witnessed. 1t was
$50 when the four great professional
crews of the country got into position
for the two-milc struggle, in which the
winning crew was togetSl ,000, the second
crew 500, and the third $3.50. Gaudaur
and Mckay were nearest the shore.
Tccmcr and llosmer next. llanlan and
Wise next. and lIamm and TenEyck
next. 1t took some time for them to get 4
proper start. Teemcr'S crew much 10 the
amusement OF the crowd, taking water
five times in anticipation Of the pistol
shot. When it was finally fired
all the crews dipped their
oars in the water as if they
were one man. In an instant the pow
erful stroke of Gaudaur and Mckay
told, and they forged ahead of Teemcr
and lIoSmer, now quarter, now 4 half,
and now full length. From the start
the struggle was most exciting. The
crews followed one another quite close
" in order from the shore. GaudUar
and Mckay were pulling - strokes TO
the minute, Tecmer and IIoSmer 3G and
lIanlan and Wise 36. aud lIamm and
TcnEyck -.
GAUDAUE AND M'KAY WINNERS.
The turn was first made by Gaudaur
and Mckay. \ second later IIoSmcr
and Teemer followed, then Hamm and
Ten Eyck, and finally lIanlan and Wise.
On the home stretch lIanlan'S boat got
into Tccmcr'S water. Half way to the
finish the press boat was passed, when
Gaudaur and Mckay led IIosmcr and
Teemer by three lcnghthS. The latter
kept three-fourthS Of length ahead Of
Iamm and Ten Eyck, who kept the
same distance ahead of the Toronto
crew. GaudaurS crew shot across
the line amid great cheering. about
four lengths ahead. The efforts Of
the last two crews to pass HoSmer was
nnavailng, but there was only a quar-
ter Of length between Tcemcr and
Hammaud, also between lIammand and
Hanlan at the finish. lIanlan would
have done better had he not lost both
Of his oars for a second few hundred
Yards from the finish. The time was:
Gaudaur and Mckay 12:23: Teemer and
Hosmcr 1872; llamm and Tcneyck
1888. and Hanlan and Wise. 1881.
Hamm and Tencyck, according to
Teemer and HoSmcr. turned the former
crows buoy, and Teemcr has entered Il
protest.
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fragrance. refreshing coo.-
n..utg mplr,ei to thc skin
Powder c0uwouds Do on OIL
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noroott Of Northern Industries Urged

ATLANTA. Ga, July 2l.-The Constitution =
urges boycott on Northern industries q"
the Federal election bill becomes Il I""'
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REFUSE TO TESTIFY.
Genessee Oil People Plead Innocence of
the Tioga Horror.

CHICAGO, July 2l.-Coroner Hertz who
is investigating the explosion of the steam
cr Tioga. received in answer 10 the ques-
tion that Messrs Bright. proprietors of the
Genesee Oil Works of Buffalo, who shipped
the naptha on the TiOga, come here and tes-
tify before the coronor's jury of inquest
The Mcssrs. Bright decline TO come and
say they see no reason why they should dc
SO. They disclaim any responsibility foI
the explosion. They say: "All carriers
from Buffalo put all the products Of petrO-
leum in the same classification, charged
the same freight and make no distinction
between them. all of these products being
designated "Oil." There was no conceal.
ment whatever by the steamboat company
of the character of the shipment
MoRFORp DENIES IT.
Agent Morford, of the Union Steamboat
Co., TO which the Tioga belongs, was the
first witness called by the Coroner to-day
BY way of answer 10 the letter IF the
Messrs. Bright, he said that there were q
number of articles, such as dynamite. nitro
glycerine, benzne. gasoline, camphene and
naphtha, which his company refused 10
handle at all and lis printed rate sheets
contained Instructions 10 its agents not Ia
receive them for transportation. If his
company had known that the barrels
shipped by the Gcnesee Oil Co. contained
naphtha il would not have accepted them
The jury returned a verdict censuring
the Union Steamship Company and prefer
ring charge against the Messrs. Bright,
OF Buffalo. prOprctOrs Of the tennessee oil
works. for the consideration Of the grand
Jury
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FOR EICN.

COUNT ANToNELLI, who has just re.
turned to Rome from Africa, gives O
gloomy view of 1taly's prospects in that
country. He alleges that the possessions
which Italy has acquired with such diff
fculty are of little practical value.
A BAND of Arnauts recently made a
night attack upon the Montenegrin vii
lage of Rogmore, surprising the inhabit-
ants, many of whom were murdered.
The Arnauts plundered the village and
then left. Afterward the band was at
tackled by Turkish troops and in the
fight which ensued sixty Arnauts were
killed and many others wounded.
AT Quebec, Can, on the 25th the coro-
ner's jury in the case of the Maranda
family, the five victims of the recent
fire, returned verdict that they died
of suffocation caused by fire; that the
fire was caused by the three prisoners,
Pierre Delamere and his wife and Jean
Gauthier, their barkeeper. The pris-
oners were committed by the coroner to
stand trial for willful murder.
The Russian Minister of the Interior
has ordered the local authorities to pre-
vent foreign missionaries from carrying
on their religious propaganda among
the Jews to the detriment of the exclu-
sive right of the conversion possesse
by the orthodox church.
A TERRIFIC hailstorm occurred at EN-
bro, Ont, on the Goth doing an immense
amount of damage to crops, great fields
of oats being literally stripped and
other grains suffering in like manner.
So terrible was the downfall of hail that
it could be scooped up in wagon loads.
On the 2Sth ult. two trains loaded
with workmen engaged in excavating
the Manchester (Eng.) ship canal,
through the mistake of switchman
came into collision. Four of the men
were killed instantly and large num-
ber badly injured.
The West Scotland steel manufacture
ers have announced their intention of
reducing wages ten per cent, the de-
crease to go into effect in August. The
workmen threaten to strike.
THE village of Brace, in Switzerland,
has been visited by very disastrous
fire. Many buildings were destroyed
and four women were killed and many
persons injured.