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COUNTRY IS PROSPEROUS.
Abundant Harvest With Remunera-
tive Prices for Products.
FURNACES AND MILLS BUSY.

New York, July 1.-R. c. Dun & Cos
weekly review Of trade says
The country is undeniably prosper
Gus and with prospect of an abundant
harvest to supply our own needs and
increasing European deficien eies. the
situation is viewed with confidence
few more labor disturbances have aris-
en- but others have been settled, nota-
bly,. the dispute over the tin plate
scale Some disagreements in the coal
regions at times assume a threatening
aspect, but the troubles have been To-
cal. Reports from the country speak
of a coz tinuaI active movement of mer-
chandise with the jobbing trade and
EN- bracing nearly all lines
The fiscal year closes with conditions
in the iron and coal industry in mark
ed contrast to the situation at cores
ponding date in 1906 Quotations were
then receding rapidly without stimu-
1ating activity, idleness was the rule
at furnaces and mills and wage scales
Were under serious discussion, with
employers and labor organizations far
apart in their views. This year diff
Guilty is experienced in stopping ma
chinery long enough to make neces-
sary repairs. Prices are well main
tanned and steady, without unreason-
able imitation. Construction proceeds
structural material. builders hardware
and kindred goods find ready purchas
ers. Railway facilities are Inadequate
to handle expanding traffic, and shops
crowded with orders for new
freight cars and other equipment
Wheat prospects are further improv-
ed throughout the entire producing re-
gion. More satisfactory to the pro-
Queer than evidences of banner
yield is the failure of quotations to
show the commensurate decline, for
there is good profit at the present
prices Foreign needs continue the
sustaining influence The price of
corn is supported by reports of injury,
and receipts are less than half last
year, but the export movement is
equally unsatisfactory Many reports of
in jury to growing cotton tend to adj
vance prices in the face of heavy re-
ceipts of the old crop.
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sailed for Manila.

San Francisco, June 27-The trans
port Hancock sailed for Manila with a
distinguished party composed of Gen
era1 Henry Clay Corbin, adjutant gen.
eral: General George NJ. Stern berg.
surgeon general; General Chambers E.
McKibbon, who will join General
Chaffee-s staff; General John T. IVES
ton. Colonel W. P Hall, who is to
succeed General Barry adjutant
general in the Philippines, Senator C.
H. Dietrich OF Nebraska and Congress
man Julius Kahn. of California
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The Fortyfourth regiment of United
States volunteers, in which there are
between $50 and 400 Kansas men en-
listed will be mustered out in San
Francisco and the discharged soldiers
will be required to pay their own trans
portation and other expenses to their
homes. Owing to the fact that San
Francisco is infested with confidence
men, gamblers and thugs who make a
business of fleeing recently discharged
soldiers, the relatives and friends of
the Kansas soldiers are inclined to feel
reach home safely. Thirty-five of the
regiment were recruited at Larned and
a committee from Larned asked Gov
ernor Stanley to send a man to take
care of them and their money. The
Governor felt that the men would take
such act in suit to them
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London, June 2T--The South Afri-
can war was again the subject of
innuInerable questions in the house of
commons Little information was
elected except that the war continued
to cost So. $50, 900: that the authorities
estimated that the invaders of Cape
Colony numbered from 1000 TO 1000
men and that there were lash cases
of typhoid fever among the troops
during the month of April, of which
number 1s- proved fatal.
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Another CIouaburs t.

B1uefeld. ". Va, June 2a.-Word
comes from Pocanontas, II miles west
that there has been cloudburst there
and that the water is three feet dee p
in the railro~d yards.
keyser, w. Observation-Disclosures New
Creek Valley, were covered by a cloud
burst with 20 feet of water. carrying
off everything Several persons are
not accounted for When the water
receded scores of dead cattle. horses,
sheep and hogs We're found New
Creek rose a foot every two min utes
and then run down rapidly
Cooper, w. Va.-A heavy rain has
washed out most of the new work on
the railroad. The bridge on Mill
Creek washed away.
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ARRIVALS FROM MANILA


Include Mrs Funston, Wife of BriEadie.
General Funston
San Francisco, June 27--The trans
port Logan arrived from Manila with
the Forty-fourth regiment, United
States volunteers, and six companies
of the Thirty-eighth regiment
In addition to the officers of the
organization, there were q number of
cabin passengers, including Mrs. Fun
ston. wife of General Funston
There were two deaths among the
troops during the voyage
On the transport there We're thirty
seven officers and ], o63 enlisted men of
the Forty-fourth, twenty-one officers
SIS men of the Thirty-eighth, thirty-six
officers on leave, sixteen women and
children, five servants, eleven hospital
corps men and thirteen general pris-
oners of the FTorty-fourth and Forty
eighth.
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seven Regiments Waiting.

San Francisco, Cal. June 29.-The
arrival of the transports Thomas and
Buford brings nearly all the vol unteer
army home from the Philippines
There is yet to arrive the Indiana,
with the Forty-second regiment and
the Fitzpatrick with the Forty-third-
There are now at the Preside seven
regiments awaiting mastering out
Orders have been received to hold the
mail for the following regular troops:
Twenty-nipth, Thirtieth, Thirty
second and Thirty-third, companies of
coast artillery, batteries one, eight
ten, twelve and Thirteen of the field
artillery; the Fourteenth, Eighteenth
and Twenty-third regiments of infan-
try, company of the battalion of en-
gineers and the Fourth cavalry
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nIor-an Gives a million.

Cambridge, Mass, June 29.-Presi-
dent Eliot announces that J. P. Nor
gan has given more than one million
dollars for the erection of the build
ings planned for the Harvard Medical
School in Boston. The gift is for the
prosecution of applied biological re-
search. .
MIR. Morgan-s cable reads: ''Refer-
ring to our conversation and plans
submitted [ am prepared to erect the
central building and two side pavilions
as u memorial to Justus Spencer Nor
gan "a native of Massachusetts and for
many years u merchant of Boston
You can announce this
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RanEntoa washout.

Pera, Ind, June s7.-A westbound
passenger train on the Wabash rail
road ran into a yyashout at C:ss. IS
miles west of here, at 1890 u M,
wreclxing the engine and five cars
The train left here one hour late in
charge OF Conductor Brownley- The
train was running at high speed to
make up lost time and when near Cass,
a switch five miles east of Iogansport,
plunged through "a trest1e that had
been swept away by washout Three
passenger coaches were overturned.
The engineer and fireman and proba-
bly, a dozen passengers were killed.
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Rulings Concerning Banks.

Topeka, July 1.-The attorney gen
era1 rules that directors of savings
banks have the authority to declare a
stock dividend without consulting the
stockholders ruling is also made
which denies the right of state banks
to operate branches, where at stated
times deposits are received and checks
cashed- Bank Commissioner A1baugh
says this will be the rule for the guild
ance Of his department. and no banks
will be permitted to cash checks or re-
ceipt for deposits outside their banks.
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Ell Dorado, June 2o--F. NJ. Rowland,
one of the jurors, said: 1.-The jury on
the final windup took Miss Morrison's
story of the ARRAY as the true one;
that is, we believed that Mrs Castle
called her into the house and began
the quarrel. But one of the instr,ac-
tions of the court was that if we found
that Jessie con tinued to use the razor
after she had disarmed Mrs Castle and
was out of danger herself, then she
should be held for manslaughte ter.
That is how we happened to return
the verdict of mans1augh terri After
the verdict Miss Morrison faint ted
twice in the court room and four timer
that afternoon in her cell
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San Francisco, July although
the last day of the term of enlistment
of the United States volunteer army
came on Sunday that day was charac-
terized by the greatest military activ-
itv at the Presidio- The day was
marked by the mastering out of four
regiments, numbering over 1000
troops Another event of note occurred
on the same day; Major General Shafter
retired from active duty and reinqu-
ished command OF the department of
CALIFORNIA; to Gen s NJ B. Young
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PhIlippIne Timber.

Manila, June a7.-An agent of the
Pullman company who has been ne
gotiating here for the purchase of
Philippine wood, named price at
which his company would take mahog-
any in the log delivered at any Philip
pine seaport This offer, though de-
clined, tended to increase assurance
generally felt here that the beautiful
finishing woods of the Philippines will
be rich in demand 1t has been de-
Inonstrated that Philippine lumber
will sell in America
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Philadelphia, June a9--At meeting
of the Chinese American society reso-
buttons We're adopted protesting against
the selection of WI Ting Fang, as
orator of the day at the Fourth of July
celebration. The resolutions alleges
that Mr.. WI sscovertly aided the Box
ers in their massacre of the Christi ans
in China and has been misleading
the public by his statements in regard
to his position toward them
The Globe-republican., 1901-07-04

St Joseph. Mo. june % Every
bushel of wheat, corn and barley in
the elevators of St.>Joseph has been
shipped to Chicago. for export More
than 2oo. 900 bushels of wheat left this
city in day and it would be abso-
luteIy impossible to buy the smallest
consignment here now a week ago
the big elevator at Elwood, Kas-, con-
tanned more than SOC, 900 bushels of
wheat Now the stock is reduced to
less than 100, 900 busf1sls~ The wheat
sead on a contract price at &c
cents. corn brought AZ cents
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Double Inspection Resisted.

Chicago, June 29.-In an intervie W
John w Springer, of Denver,
president of the National Livestock
association, declared that it was the
intention OF his organization to test
the constitution atty of the Colorado
law which requires state inspection
of livestock, Notwithstanding clean
bill of health had been granted by the
federal authorities Double inspec-
ton has cost cattle men hundreds of
thousands of dollars a year Judge
HaIIet of the u. 8 District court will
be appealed to to stop it,
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Open Coast Trade.

Washington, June 2o.=General Mac
Arthur, military governor of the Phil
ippines, recently issued order
declaring the ports of Boac, Santa
Cruz, Torrilos and Gazan. Island of
Murinque, open to the coasting trade,
and allowing c1earances to and from
said ports TO all coasting vessels APP
plying for the same This action was
taken as the military. condition which
required the closing up of these ports
no longer exists
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a Timely xvarnlng just Now.

Helena, Mont. June 29--The United
States grand jury returned 1o2 in
dictments- They are almost all against
land locators, and charge perjury in
saying that they filed upon lands for
personal use, whereas they transferred
them soon after securing time The
lands comprise about Is, 900 acres and
were bought by r. NJ Cobban, who
afteryvard sold them to Senator w. A.
Clark. The persons indicted include
school teachers. ranchers, servant
girls, and, in fact, all classes of peo-
pie 1t is for the recovery of these
lands that proceedings were instituted
by the government against Senator
t.lnr-lx
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AIfaIfa.s Year.

Topeka. July 2.-The crop of alfalfa,
and in some localities two crops have
already been harvested. and two more
will be cut before fall. Alfalfa is
eragiug about one and a half tons to
the acre per cutting. The crop is sell
ing at from So to S. per ton. This will
give the farmer from SIS to $50 per acre
for his alfalfa crop. The timothy and
clover raisers will not get much, if
anything, for their -: the majority
of them will not get enough hay TO pay
for the cutting
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TWENTY THOUSAND IDLE.
Ali Union iron, Steel and Tin
Workers Included in Order.
MEN EXPLAIN THEIR DEMAND.

Pittsburg, Pa, July "A definite
order for a general strike of all union
sheet steel workers was issued by Pres
ident T. J. ShafTer. of the Anna, gamated
Association of Iron. Steel and Tin
Workers. There are over 10000 men
affected by this order, and every mill
operated by the American Sheet Com
Pany where union men are employed
all over the country will close indef-
initely or until such time as a settle
ment of the matters in dispute has
been reached.
The officials of the American Sheet
Steel Company refuse to discuss the
troubles with the workmen-
The Amalga mated Association asked
that non-union plants now operated by
the ombine be turned over to the
union and be governed by the same
rules as the union mills The officials
of the company declined to consider
the proposition at all
The strike order in general will take
from the union plants all union
nzen wori1ing there, as well as from the
union mills. The men explain their
demand for the unionizing of all the
mills os the combine by stating that
last year the com Dine had taken advan-
tage of the situation in its having the
non-union mills operating first and
leaving unorganized mills stand idle
until the pressure of business forced
them to start
1t resolved by the men at the
time that such a chance should never
occur again for the company That it
would be either all union mills all
non-union mills. To gain this point
no change in the scale was asked. but
a demand for unionizing all the mills
waa made definite.
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Another ohio Tornado.

Newark, O., June 29.-A tornado
swept over the northern and western
sections of Newark. The uppor por-
ton OF the new factory at the E. II.
Everett Glass works, where seventy
five men Were at work, was wrecked
and seven men We're caught in the
debris. The damage to the building is
estimated at about SO, 900. One side
of the Rugg Halter works was blown
in and j. W. Athey and James Burns
We're injured. but not seriously The
ice manufacturing plant and several
houses were unroofed.
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Wills barre, Pa une 21.-The cen
trail railroad of New Jersey issued an
ultimatg11n to the 900 striking men at
the Ashley shops of the company stat
ing that all the men who do not return
to work Will consider themselves dis
charged, and their places will be filed
with other men. This is interpreted
to mean that the company will bring
non-union men to the shops The
strikers say there viii be trouble if
non-union men come here
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mitchell would Avoid strikes.

Kansas City, June e6--John Mitch
ell, president of the United Mine
Workers of America, is here to advise
with the unions of Missouri and Kan
sas who have been unable to agree
with the operators upon scale OF
wages He said: Il hardly think there
Will be a strike The miners will
demand what they regard their
rights, but the policy of the national
organization is to avoid strikes when
ever possible. Our system is to first
try conference, then arbitration and
finally to strike But we strike only
as a last resort
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ostrander Rewarded.

Topeka, July Frank j. Ostrander
of Wyandotte has been given a pardon
by Governor Stanley. Ostrander gets
his reward for courage and services
in the recent coal mine mutiny at the
Kansas peniten tiarv- Ostrander
climbed half way up the shaft and
found the carriage He was then
pulled up and told the officers of the
condition of affairs.
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VIM rest Inqulsition Law.

Fort Scott. Kan. July 1.-The new
Kansas law making IL the duty of the
county attorney in each county to sum
mon before him men whose names may
be given TO him as knowing Of the vio-
Iation of the liquor law and exa mi ne
them for the purpose OF esta blishing a
foundation for prosecution viii be
tested by men OF this city who igno red
the county attorneys summons At
torney D. Z Campbell will be arrested
for refusing and viii take the case
up.
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Hail and Rain In Prussia.

Berlin, July News received here
today from Rominten, Prussia, shows
that the whole OF the Rominten dis
trict has been devastated by hail
storms and cloud bursts Emperor Will
1iam=s estate at Rominten has been
greatly damaged. His majesty, on
receipt of the news, ordered that
speedy relief be sent and he himself
forwarded large sum of money to be
distributed among the sufferers
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Mrs. MCKINLEY sts,1 Improving.

Washing ton, Juue 26.-For the first
time since she was brought home from
California in feeble condition. Mrs.
Mckinley was able to go downstairs
and join the president while the latter
was at luncheon. She renamed at the
TIA ble for some little time and then
returned to her room, having enjoyed
the break in the daily routine of life
for the past month. Mrs. McKin1ey's
General condition con tin ues favora bic.
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military Force in Cuba.

Washington, July a.-There is no in
tention the part of the war depart
nent to reduce the military force in
Cuba at the present time or in the i'm
mediate future The present force of
nearly ). 900 men is held in Cuba on the
recommendation of Governor General
Wood, and the secretary will depend
on General Woods advice as to the re-
duction of the force.
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An Editor Expelled.

Melbourne, June 27--Amid scenes
of excitement and crowded galleries
the federal assembly of the Australian
colonies, by a vote of "a to II, expelled
Mr.. Finlay, editor of a labor organ,
for republishing in his paper the arti-
Gle from the Irish People, of Dublin
dated May 10, violently attacking
King Edward, which caused the seiz-
ure of the last mentioned weekly
periodical by the police of Dublin,
Cork and other towns of Ireland
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FOR THE FULL FIVE YEARS.
Judge Altman will Give Prisoner
Full Limit.
A MOTION FOR A NEW TRIAL.

Ildorado, Ras-, July 1.-Jessie Nor
.Ison will get the full limit of impris-
onment in the penitentiary for the
crime for which she was convicted
Judge AiI1man Will sentence her to
five years Under the law, he could
give her three years sentence, but he
won't To her brother Hayward .Jes-
sic said that her conviction was due to
: the fact that she did not have fair
trial She claimed that all the ma
4isinery of the court was against her
she expressed a hope that her attor-
neys wound appeal the case and get a
new trial. In that event she will be
tried IN another county.
The attorneys for Miss Morrison are
getting ready to made strong show
ing in their motion for a new trial this
week They are gathering affidavits
from people throughout the county to
show that various mem oers of the jury
had expressed opinions that Jessie was
guilty cong before they were summon
ed as jurors For some reason which
is not apparent the attorneys for the
defense believe they arc going to have
hard time getting u bill of exceptions
approved by the court in case their
motion for new trial is overruled and
the defendant Is sentenced.
Miss Morrison was unfortunate in
having a couple of law yers on her side
Who were not in good standing wit
Judge Altman. Judge A. L. Redden,
of Topeka, and T. A Kramer, of this
city, are law partners. For many
years they have been at swords points
with Jadge Altman. Kramer ran
against Judge Ail1man for the Repub-
tican nomination for judge last fall,
but was defeased. Aikman's friends
charge that Kramer got out and did
what he could TO defeat Altman
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Abilene, Kan, July 1--Applications
for injunctions against seven joints OF
Junction City have been sent to Judge
Moore, of the district court, as the re-
suit of a movement by the Prohibition
lists of junction City They will ask
to have the property and persons of the
jointists permanently enjoined and all
material on hand destroyed by order of
the court
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Death Dealing Heat.

Chicago, June 27--Two deaths and
eleven prostrations, of which several
are serious, was the record of death
dealing heat in Chicago for a day.
Over 300 cattle We're stified in their
pens at the stock yards Several cat
tie, hogs and sheep were also taken
dead from the cars ON incoming trains.
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Tunne1 caves In.

Baltimore, July 2--The roof of 8
railroad tunnel in the eastern part of
this city caved in and avalanche of
earth and stones caught the rear ex-
press car. next to the passenger cars
No one was seriously hurt The houses
each side are near the brink and
any further cave in viii precipitate
them in the gaping tunnel.
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Wichita, Kan July 1.-Two highway
men relieved eight harvest hands of
their an at the Rock Island depot and
rnede their escape. leaving no clevv as
to their identity The eight men were
their way to Peek and IN tended to
take local freight to their destina-
ton. They were all asleep awaiting
the departure of their train when they
were awakened and told to deliver
The hzghwaymen pointed four ugly
fool<iag pistols at the victims About
$50 was secured
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Havana, June 27-There is no
change in the condition of Major Gen
eral Leonard Wood. who is suffering
from yellow fever Though the re-
ports were out shat the Governor
Generals disease is simply an attack
of malaria it is asserted by army
officers and intimate friends he is q
victim of the great tropical scourge.
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Hot Winds in Nebraska.

Lincoln, Neb.. June e1.-Scorching
hot winds have blown for several days
over Nebraska The oats crop is
threatened with total failure Wheat
is not materially injured, but corn is
in danger.
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RUSHED FOR TICKETS HOME.
Four Thousand TIckrts Sold by an Extra
Force Clerks

Four Thousand TIckrts Sold by an Extra
Force Clerks.
San Francisco July 2--The muster
ing out OF the four regiments required
the services of eight paymasters- The
regiments are the nth, 10th, 4Sth anG
3Sth q s. volunteers Over 81, OOo, OOe
was disbursed- The money was taken
from the subtreasury to she Preside
in eight wagons, each under the charge
OF paymaster and his clerk. Forty
five artillery men. mounted and armed.
escorted the treasure and pay corps to
the reservation. In order to protect
the soldiers on the grounds from graft
ers with their swindling devices, 100
men of Troop E, Fifteenth cavalry,
were stationed around the reservation.
AS soon as the volunteers had been
mustered out. they rushed to the rail-
road ticket offices for transportation
to their Eastern homes Both the
Santa Fee and Southern Pacific general
ticket offices put on extra forces of
clerks. Nearly 1000 tickets were is
sued. The 43rd, 18th and 41st regi-
ments were paid off next day and the
volunteer army thus passed into his
tory.
A. OmcIals-
Topeka, June 26--Department Com
mander Norton of the Kansas G. A. r.
made the following appointments:
Staff officers-Chief inspector, W. E.
Dnmont, Clay Center: Judge advocate.
e. 7. Rae, Hiawatha: chief mastering
officer, w T. Short, Concordia; chief
of staff, Fred HartInen, Atchison; chief
of aides, c. N Cunningham, Osborne:
custodian, g. W. Weed, Topeka; chief
color bearer, T. Wilcox, Topeka
Committee to see that the state text
to take the place of the rebel history
now used in Kansas Schools G.
Wood. Topeka; W. II. Smith, Marys-
vile; L. P. Cochrane, Cottonwood Falls
T. Il. Gerow, Atchison: f. NJ. Riddle,
Blue Bapid