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BORN ABOVE THE CLOUDS.

Ten-Pound Youngster Reaches tho Wofdd
by Way OF Pixies Peak.
DR.. Christopher, OF Colorado Springs, was
conveyed by special train to the summit o.
Pixies Peak, Colorado, the occasion being
the birth of son to Mr.. and Mrs. John Tag
gart. Mr.. Taggart Is foreman OF the Mani
tou and Pixies Peak Cog Road, and LOT
Gated mile and half above timber limo, at
an altitude Of Il, 600 feet above the sea- This
Is the first recorded birth at 80 great an ele.
vation In the Rocky Mountains, and prob.
ably on this continent. The youngsteI
weighs ten pounds and has evidently come
to stay. The train boys have named him
Pixies Peak Taggart.
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Prominent People.

The Shah of Persia will not remain at q
table on which salmon or lobster Is placed.
Hon. Jerry Simpson, the Kansas Populist,
saved fifteen thousand dollars while In Con-
gress.
The golden jubilee Of Archbishop Will.
fans. OF Boston. was celebrated there in a
magnificent manner.
The Parkhurst memorial subscription,
opened In New York City to commemorate
the reformer's success, was closed, the total
being S28, ,959.57.
"Mark Twain" is said to have lost the
greater part Of his fortune in iniudicious
business Investments.
Lord Rosebery's physicians think every
week he remains Prime Minister of England
takes year of his life.
Gladstone has written aletter commanding
the movement for a reunion OF the Scottish
and other Presbyterian churches.
Private Secretary Thurber is said to be
one of the cleverest narrators OF dialect
stories ever known In Washington.
Miss Rose Cleveland, sister of the Presi.
dent. Is gray-haired and has pleasant face.
She is rather stout, but her taste In dress is
excellent and she Is invariably attired accord
ing to the latest fashions.
James Whitcomb Riley writes very slowly
J and with painstaking care. "Blll'' Nye, his
old associate and friend, says that he digs
his pencil into the paper 80 hard that the
several sheets below form manifold copies oi
the original.
The MARQUIS OF Londonderry, with the view
of encouraging his tenantry, has decided to
establish IN agricultural show for theil
special benefit.
DIR. Won Stephan, the genial and clever
head of the German postal service, has just
celebrated his twenty-lfth anniversary as
Postmaster-General.
Admiral Meade, whose name was con
nected with an interview criticising the Ad-
ministration's foreign policy, Is first COUSIN
of General George Meade, the hero OF Gettys
burg.
As soon as it was announced that Henry
| George had been named In the will o, g
| wealthy English manufacturer he was be-
sieged by callers asking aid and by begging
letters.
T. 3. Aldrich, the poet and writer. is ar
| alert active man Of fifty. He Is always fash
ionably dressed and wears his mustache
waxed in French fashion.
Mayor Strong, OF New York City, has or
deredthat the American flag shall hoat ovel
the City Hall whenever he Is In the building
Senator Manderson. of Nebraska, has flnt
collection OF Indian relics at his home II
Omaha, and one that time will render eacl
year OF increasing value, for our Indians ant
their ways will soon be things OF past gen
GRAFTON.
Senator Vest, Of Missouri, Is an auction
fend. he attends all the rug sales, art sale
and auctions OF fine brac-a-brac, and Otter
picks up some article OF vertu. His tast'
and Judgment In such things Is said to b.
ipfallible. 49, -
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ROBBED OF S25,ooO.
A Bank Clerk in London Relieved OF .
Tin Case Containing the Money.

A Bank Clerk in London Relieved OF .
Tin Case Containing the Money.
A bold robbery occurred in the Williams
Deacon and Manchester and Stafford Bank,
London. A clerk attached to Coutts & Co. g
bank went to the former institution with
tin case containing s25, 900 In bank notes for
deposit. Pending some preliminaries to the
fulf1lment OF his errand the clerk placed the
case Of notes on the counter beside him.
Half minute later stranger walked IN
and placed an empty case, an exact counter
part OF the one containing the notes, oy the
side ofit. The attention Of Coutt's clerk be-
ing directed elsewhere for few seconds, the
stranger removed the S25,OO0 case and
walked away. ;,
The alarm was Immediately raised, but 1t
was found that the stranger. In the short
time required for him to exchange the cases,
had also bolted the door OF the private en-
trance to the bank on the outside, 80 that his
pursuers we're greatly delayed In following
him
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Foreign Notes.

The cloth works in Bialystock, Poland,
were burned. Five persons were burned to
death and seven others fatally injured.
At Apia, Samoa, fire destroyed eleven
principal structures besides small outbuild-
ings; loss estimated at $4,000.
Diplomatic relations between Japan and
China have been resumed.
The Belgian Minister OF Finance has re-
signed.
Franz Won Suppe. the musical composer,
died few days ago at Vienna, Austria. He
was born on April Is, 1922. in Spalato, q vii
lage in Dalmatia.
At kobur, Russia. 200 houses were burned
and three persons perished. In the village
Of RuShany the Government buildings and
250 houses were destroyed. At Mukshany,
in the province OF Pensa, ninety bouses
| were burned.
A severe earthquake shock was felt ct Spo-
leto, Italy.
The United States warship Monterey ar
rived at Callao, Peru.
Tho British Royal Geographical Society
| held meeting in London to commemorate
the flftieth anniversary of the departure OF
Sir John Franklin for the Arctic regions.
General Campos ordered that newspaper
correspondents visiting Cuban insurgent
camps be shot.
Austro-Huneary is to build $4,000, zoe
steel plant at Cronstadt.
Fire destroyed the long wharf, freight
sheds, and coaling pier at Richmond, Nova
Scotia. Government property worth
quarter Of million dollars was burned.
tPirltes captured Dutch brigantine in thu
Adr.atic, shot her captain ami mate ant
stole nearly everything on board.
The French troops defeated tho Hovas q
Sakalave, Madagascar, killing sixty.
The pulpits OF 200 Of the London churche
will be occupied on June 16 by women, VIII
will preach a campaign Of religion, temper
ancc, social purity, the abolition OF tn
opium trade, and opposition to the turf.
A revolt broke out in the State Of Chihua
hua, Mexico.
The famous Tichborne claimant has con
fessed he is plain Arthur Orton.
Japan announced that she would qui
Korea this year.
Tbs .hinese troops stationed at Shan
nikwan openly revolted and looted the city
Thepeople fed.
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EARTHQUAKES IN ITALY.
Three Thousand Houses Damaged and
Several People Killed In Florence.

Several People Killed In Florence.
The population Of Florence, Italy, was
thrown into state Of panic by series OF
earthquakes that did much damage there
and In other places. People who were In
their houses when the first shock came ran
terror-stricken into the streets, and their
cries could be heard throughout the city.
The shocks were so violent that houses
swayed like ships in sea-way, and IN
number Of cases roofs fell in, injurlng many
persons who had not sought safety In flight.
The widest scenes were at the theatres,
where performances were going on as usual.
No respect was shown for the women, weak
or aged, and in the rush for the exits many
were badly hurt.
At Grassina, a suburb of Florence, the
shocks were very violent. The extent Of the
earth movement may be judged from the fact
that a loaded omnibus was overturned.
Twelve residents Of Grassina we're hurt.
After the first severe shocks there were
repeated lighter ones. The seismic disturb
ance was felt at Lucca, Pontedera, and gen.
orally throughout Tuscany. The centre OF
the movement was at Florence. Around
Florence number OF houses were destroyed
and four persons were killed.
At Lappaggi, a village near Grassina, no
less than forty houses were thrown rom
their foundations and completely wrecked.
The body of o young mother with her infant
clasped to her heart was found. She had
evidently attempted to flee. but. together
with her child, was crushedt to death beneath
the falling walls of her home.
Great damage was done in Florence. An
investigation was made by the municipal
authorities, who estimated that 5000 houses
we're damaged. The Cathedral La Catthe.
drale di Sacta Maria del Flore), an impos.
ing example of Italian Gothic architecture
and probably the most remarkable building
of its kind in Europe, was somewhat dam.
aged.
The seismic manifestation of this night
was the most violent that Florence has known
since 1445; the earthquake of 1880, which is
historical in the annals of the city, having
been SliOhter.
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MEADE REPRIMANDED.

The Rear Admiral Retired From tho Scr
vice by tho President.
Rear Admiral Meade hns been placed on
the retired list with q reprlmand for criti-
cisine the Administration. The crlti-
cism occurred In an interview with
Admiral Meade published IN New
York paper. In answer to a request OF the
Navy Department, Admiral Meade refused to
deny or affirm the correctness OF the inter.
view. Secretary Herbert recommended
the retirement and the President endorsed
thereon as follows:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, May 20, 1895.
"The within recommendation is approved
and Rear admiral Richard W. Meade Is here.
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DEATHM THE EXPLOSION
Mhjte Men and Chinese Blown to
Atoms by Nitro-GIycerine.
FOURTEEN INSTANTLY KILLED.

Tanks Weighing q Ton Sourry Through
the Air, and Big Trees Are Blown a
Half Milo Away---PickinE Up the
Fragments of the Bodies Far and Near
A Tragedy at Pinole, Cal.
The nitro-glycerine house OF the California
Powder Works, at Pinole, CAL, blew up,
killing five white men and wounding two
,pehers. Nine Chinese we're killed and three
lUthers injured.
Where the glycerine house stood Is now q
Seap Of rubbish surrounding great hole
blown into the ground by the force OF the ex-
paosion. All buildings surrounding the one
where the explosion occurred and distant
Eon it from 100 to 200 yards are more or
iess damaged. Every person about the mills
vas thrown down by the force Of the explo-
ZION. and many more injuries are reported.
| How the explosion occurred Is mystery.
Hhree years ago there was similar explo-
eion, but it was not attended by such loss OF
life. Seventy-hve Chinese and one hundred
white men were employed at the works. Inc
loss is estimated at S250. 900.
1t is believed that Chinese dropped can
II nICO-SiNCtIlu6 hQO l4dl tLO SNASaS'ASS
from this explosion caused the general blow
ND. The force Of the explosion was tremend-
pus. Huge trees we're thrown half mile
Into the bay. Nitro-glycerine tanks weigh
ing ton each are five hundred yards distant
from the scene.
Toes, hands and other parts OF bodies were
Hicked up mile away. The first explosion
was followed by the general one with not
second g interval. The enitro-glyce-ine house
Mrst went up, then the mixing house and
rorehouse and gun-cotton departments.
! The nitro-glycerine house. Of which not
Testige remains was three-ssory structure,
200 by fifty feet. It contained 5000 pounds
OF nitro-glycerine and 1000 pounds OF Her
eules powder.
The names of the white employees killed
Hre: o. G. Jones. Pinole, married; Harry
Minugh, married, with family at Oaklandi
David Dean, Jr., Pinole; Charles Venages,
Martinez; Walter Taylor, Pinole.
Mr.. Taylor was foreman OF the mixing
house. The bodies Of Jones and Harry
Ninugh are recognizable, although in a
mutilated condition. Their faces and the
upper parts OF their bodies only are intact.
Their legs and arms are either. gone or
crushed into 5hapeless mass. The other
white men were blown into bits, as were also
The Chinese.
Bits Of flesh were gathered into gunny
sacks and taken to the boarding house.
where the few remains that could be found
we're saved for burial.
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The Vote Stood Five to Four---Chief Jus
tice Fuller and Justices Field, Gray,
Brewer and shiras Against, Justices
Harlan, White, jackson and Brown
For---The Courts Conclusions.
The income tax law was declared uncon-
stituionsl in toto by the United State su-
preme Court at Washington.
The vote Of the Court resulted five against
the constitutionality Of the law to four for
the law. Those against the law were Chief
Justice Fuller and Justices Field, Gray,
Brewer and Shiras.
For the law Justices Harlan, White, Brown
and Jackson.
Chief Justice Fuller read the decision for
the Court. Justices Harlan, Jackson and
Brown read dissenting opinions.
The conclusions Of the Court were as
follows:
"Q.) We adhere to the opinion, already
announced, that taxes on real estate being
undisputably direct taxes, taxes on the rents
or income Of real estate are equally direct
taxes.
"(2) We are OF the opinion that taxes on
personal property or on the income Of per-
sonal property are likewise direct taxes.
"(3.) The tax imposed by sections 27 to 81.
inclusive, Of the act Of 1894, 80 far as 1t falls
on the income Of real estate and on personal
property, being direct tax within the
meaning OF the constitution, and therefore
unconstitutional and void, because not ap..
portioned according to representation, all
those sections, constituting one entire
~ 10 nonpccQrilv a.
"The DEGREES hereinbefore entered IN this
Court will be vacated. The DEGREES below
will be reversed and the cases remanded,
with instructions to grant the relief prayed"
Sections AZ to 81 Of the tariff act of 1884,
referred to In the conclusions OF the Court
In the opinions, are all that section OF the
act relating to the income tax, so that the
entire tax law Is declared void specifically. :,
The chamber Of the Court was crowded
for quite q time before the Court convened
at noon. Those present included many at
torneys and several members Of Congress.
The general impression among them was
that the decision would be adverse to the law
as an entirety, and this was increased by
rumor which was current after the Court
convened to the effect that at the conference
which occurred at ten o'clock In the morning
q definite conclusion had been reached and
that Justice Shiras, concerning whose
attitude there had been some doubt,
had cast his vote against the eonstttu-
tionality Of the law on all points. The con-
sultation continued until a few minutes be-
fore twelve, all the members Of the Court
being present. including Justice jackson.
The fact that Justice Jackson was In the city
and that he had participated In the consul.
tation did not become generally known until
O few minutes before the Court came In. He
occupied his seat with the other members OF
the Court, making full bench present at
the delivery Of the opinion, as there was at
the hearing. -
Chief Justice Fuller delivered the main
opinion Of the Court, which consisted OF
about 1000 words.
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Tho Labor World.

Switzerland has watch schools.
California has Japanese miners.
London has 200, ,0oo factory girls.
CARPENTERS are on strike to gain the eight
hour day In fifteen cities.
The United Standard Engineers Union hai
decided to join the Knights OF Labor.
Anew Yorker has Just made his gardner
q present Of 5000 for long and faithful
service.
A large increase OF wages In all branches
of the oil we'll industry In Pennsylvania
reported.
All the mills in Olneyville, R. L, closed on
account of a strike and 10000 operatives be-
came idle.
competent authority declares that over
1.5OO. 900 women Of this country earn their
own living. e
Cincinnati carriage and wagon manufac
turers are unable to secure enough men to
run their plants.
Preliminary arrangements have been made
for the amalgamatlon OF the glass-workers'
organizations In this country.
The Brooklyn trolley strike threw out OF
employment about 5000 men, OF whom not
more than ten per cent. have recovered their
places.
The miners strike in the Pomeroy (Ohlo)
District Is practically ended, the miners
having accepted the reduction made by the
operators.
An advance Of ten per cent. in day wages
and correspondening advance In piece worh
has been ordered in all the departments Of
the Riverside Iron CoDpany and Wheeling
Steel and Iron Company, at Wheeling, W. Va.
This affects more than 5000 meh.
Governor O'Ferrall. of Virginia, says
miners who want to work will be protected
il the whole Virginia brigade has to be Or
dered into service.
Five thousand three hundred and sixty
three white men and 40,SsS natives are ems
ployed In the sixty-seven gold mines at the
Rand Transvaal, South Africa.
Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood Of Loco
motive Engineers, has sailed for Europe fol
q six months visit to his birthplace In Scot
land. Hethinks that there Will be no labor
troubles until his return.
The metal polishers show no inclination to
20 to Boston and other Massachusetts, towns,
where there Is now great demand for work.
men. The demand Is such that In soma
places the factories are working night and
day.
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career. He was born at Florida, Mo. No.
yember 80, 1885. At the age Of thirteen he
was apprenticed to printer, and worked at
his trade In all Of the larger cities OF the
United States. In 1855 he was pilot on the
Mississippi River. In 1851 he was private
secretary for his brother, who was then Sec
retary Of State for Nevada Mr.. Clemens
Ipent short time in the Hawaiian Islands In
1864, and then returned to California, where
he delivered series Of humorous lectures.
In 1872 he was married in Buffalo, N. Y, to
. lady OF great wealth. In 1874 he visited
England on lecturing tour and was very
successful. Since that time he has more or
less actively followed literary pursuits.
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his ultimate release from prison. The
matter has reached stage where the
United States Government has ample evi-
dence on which to base claim against the
,6oyernment Of France, possibly involving
the payment Of indemnity for the treatment
accorded to Waller and for the abrogation
of his concession Of valuable rubber forests
I'm Madagascar. Waller WAS incarcerated In
q military prison In Marseilles.
Paul Bray, Waller stepson, who recently
arrived in New York from Madagascar,
passed nearly the whole day at the State
Department reading the papers concerning
interview with Acting Secretary Uhl. He
declined to discuss Walters case, holding
That he might say something 10 prejudice 1t,
but he expressed himself as highly pleased
with the steps the State Department was
taking in the matter.
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Photographed by Lightning.

John T. Wilkerson was struck by lightning
In his shop door at Pensacola, Fla, and was
killed. He was standing by a telegraph in5
strument, which was disconnected from any
wire, but loose wire was In contact with
his body. The other end OF the wire was
fastened to pine tree about 100 feet away
When Wilkerson's body was undressed.
perfect picture Of the pine tree, from the top
found photographed on each side just under
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The National Educational Association was
established in 1857 In Philadelphis its OBJ
ject, as stated In the preamble to the const-
tuition, is ITO elevate the character and ad-
vance the interests Of the profession OF
teaching, and to promote the cause Of popu.
lar education in the United States"
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler, Of Columbia
College, Professor OF Philosophy and Edu.
cation, and State University Examiner fol
New York. is President OF the Association,
DR.. Butler Is one OF the young men who
have Of late years come to the front In edu.
cational lines. He Is thirty-three years OF
age and Is recognized as one Of the most ad-
vanced thinkers and among the most prog
gressivs educators In the world.
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Fatal Collapse Of q Tenement.

By the collapse Of four-tenement block
at Jericho, R. l., three persons were killed
and seven Others were more or less severely
injured. The dead are: G.. Asa Aldrich,
carpenter. flfty-hve years; Mrs. Hermione
Guertin, French Canadian, flfty-four years;
Alice Lemoine. three years.
The building was two-story frame struc-
ture, with basement and attic adjoining the
French Catholic Church. on Quidnick
street. It was owned by Joseph Lsmoine,
who, with his sons. had been engaged for
some weeks in turning around and raising
the building to fit the basement story Tor
business purposes.
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Consy Island Has q Big Fire.

Coney Island, New York's popular sea side
resort, was visited by its fourth annual
spring blaze, with result much more disas.
trous than that of any which had preceded
It. The total loss was over $500, 600, with
but little Insurance; over sixty buildings
were destroyed or seriously damaged, sew.
eral persons were severely injured, about SOg
families were rendered homeless and ct leass
1000 people we're thrown out OF employment,
and all Of this was accomplished by tne
flames in less than two hours. The burned
district comprises eight squares.
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Four Miners Suffocated.

At Paramount. ". Va, four miners lost
their lives in an explosion in Mine No. 4,
owned by the Mononagh Coal and Coke
Company. The victims were: c. l.. Blrtcher,
married, leaves widow and large family;
william Shaner, aged fifteen; Luke fltka
and Andrew Donlue. Vitka and Donlue
were both foreigners. What caused the e4-
plo6iop Is not known.
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NICARAGUA PAYS UP.

The s75,5oO Extracted by England in tho
Treasury In London.
The s75,50o demanded Of Nicaragua by
Great Britain for the expulsion Of British
subjects was covered into the British Treas
ury at London by Senior Medina, salvador's
Minister to England, who has acted for
Nicaragua in London throughout the episode
thus closed.
Nicaragua had until May % to pay the in
demnity under the terms OF agreement, which
allowed her fifteen days after the British
warships left Corinto.
tion from Nicaraguans and foreign residents,
and no necessity arose for accepting the
help offered by other Central American
republics.
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LIKE THE SlAMESE TWINS.

A Pair of Remarkable New York GIFTS
Born With a Connecting Link.
A remarkable pair oftwins, Joined together
BY ligament Of flesh and bone that runs
from the upper part Of the pelvis to the base
of the spine, was born the other day to Mrs.
J. Koehler, the wife Of a caterer. who lives
in East Forty-second street, New York.
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ADMIRAL ALMY DEAD.
His Brilliant Naval Career Began Sixty
six Years Ago.

His Brilliant Naval Career Began Sixty
six Years Ago.
Admiral John J. Almy, ofthe United States
Navy, retired, died at his residence In Wash
ington after long illness. he leaves a
widow and five grown up children-three
SONS and two daughters. He was born In
Newport, R. L, in 1914 He entered the navy
In 1929 and served almost forty-eight years,
retiring In July, 1877. He was present at the
surrender of Walker and his hhbusters and
was at the siege Of Vera Cruz and the cap
ture Of Tuxpsm during the Mexican War.
He was commander at the Brooklyn Navy
Yard In 1861 and 1882.
During his service as Commander he had
charge successfully OF the gunboats South
Carolina. Connecticut and Juntata. While
In command of the Connecticut he captured
four noted blockade runners with valuable
cargoes and chased four others to the shore
and destroyed them.