The Conway log cabin., 1901-05-28

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 ln alliance With Russia to cheek the rowing American trade in these two countries.
 Gov. Bliss has ordered the sheriff Q stop the Martin-Childs colored championship fight scheduled to ake place at Grand Rapids, Mich.
 The Catholics will institute suit Q prevent the Chicago board of edu- ,ation from furnishing free text books, on the ground that the board aas no right to expend any of the school funds for that purpose.
 The legislature abolished the office of pomologist at the state university, put Col. W. c. Vinsonheller, who has l four years contract, will not step down and out, it Is reported, until the contract expires.
 An understanding has been reach ad between the fruit shippers of Southern California and the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific roads, which will preclude another ear famine during the fruit spring sea- son and insure quicker service.
 The steamer City of Paducah sank in twentv-fve feet of water on the |12th inst. in less than five minutes after striking a snag while backing out from landing near Grand Tow er, Ill. Two passengers and num- Der of colored deck hands were drowned.
 The volunteer regiments which are now in the Philippines will start on their ocean voyage to San Francisco, beginning the 18th inst. There are ten regiments in all, and the first three will come on the Han- cock, Pennsylvania and Buford. They will be the 31st, 10th and list regiments of infantry.
 Three young girls were knocked down by Fred Wolfe, Wichita, Kan, bartender, and pitched out in the streets for attempting to follow Mrs. Nations example. The young ladies brought to grief were Winona Kilgore, Anna Peoples and Jassime Wilhoit, three young girls, the latter daughter of Lucy Wilhoit, the col league of Mrs. Nation
 A bloody riot, participated in by 10000 men and boys on one side and the Detrolt, Mich, police on the other was the occasion of an exciting scene in that city on the night of the 18th. As far as known twelve citi- zens and five policemen were injur- ed. The trouble was caused by the police prohibiting a single-taxer from orating in the streets
 A note from the sultan of Turkey has been delivered to all foreign am bassadors to that country. demand ing the suppression of all foreign postoflices, charging that smuggling is being carried on through the post offices. The ambassadors imme- diately returned the note to the porte, thus creating partial cessa- ton of relations between the embas- sies and the Turkish government.
 Reports to the government statis- tician of agriculture made up 10 May 1 show the area of winter wheat in cultivation on that date to be about 2S,26, ,000 acres. This is | 1000 acres or 6.1 per cent less 032 ,000 acres or 7.7 per cent in eX- cess of the winter wheat acreage har- vested last year. Of the reduction about one-half is reported from Tex as and California, due in the former state to the ravages of the wheat plant locust and in the latter to the cutting, as not unusual in that state, of considerable acreage for forage. Of the total amount of spring blow ing reported as contemplated, it is estimated that only 66.3 per cent was actually done up to May 1, the proportion usually done by that date being about 15 per cent of the whole. Only three times in the last fifteen years has the percentage done by May 1 been as low as it is this year. Of the states having 1,000,000 acres or upward to be plowed this spring, only North Carolina, Georgia, Ala bama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Tennessee report the proportion ac tually done up to May 1, as in ex- cess of their respective ten year aver ages. The latenesS of the season is pcnaciaIIv marla1 in Now Norly