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ART AND SCIENCES CONGRESS.
The first definite and authoritative an
:nouncenlent OF tho plan OF the ST. LOUIS
Congress Of Arts and Sciences" reaches
the public through an article by Profes-
sor Muensterberg In the May Atlantic
The fundamental purpose Of this vast
survey Of all human knowledge Will DO
ITO bring out the unity OF all the scien-
tific work OF our time, to make living m
the world tho consciousness OF inner uni
~ in the specialized work OF the millions
spread over tho globe" Every paper
read will forth the relation OF OF the
swriters's science to other sciences and
to the general scheme. All participants
are to be we'll paid and 800 addresses are
to be printed for general circula ton.
NATIONAL THEATRE FOR ENC EN- :
LAND. rs. s Tsai
CONFIDENT with the two movements en- ZOE q :
national theatre In the United states.
ono at philadelphia and the other at Ne"
York Is the announcement made py
peerhohm Tree, the English actor, at
stratford on Avon last week, Of pro-
53nct for q British national theatre his
Sian Is for a school In which the neces-
cary eol,pment OF an actor should pc
taught. When an actor or actress OF
eminence is dsengaged 1t Is proposed 70
/ have him or her become the guest OF tle
proposed institution as a sort OF instrucl
TOR . r Entrance to this institution must
be prepared for q special course In the
first principles. He Is opposed to the
State substituting the theatre
NEW CAMPANILBs CORNERSTONE.
On April esth the Count Of Turin, repY
resentlng the King OF Italy. In the pres
ence OF thousands OF spectators 'ncluo-
Ing many foreign guests, laid the corner
stone Of the new Campanile at Venice.
IsCULPTOR OF GEN. LEE CHOSEN.
rho 1oInt committee OF the Virginia
| Legislature has agreed on ille-s'zs
| statue in bronze OF General Robert y.
| Lee and a bronze replica OF the HouoaE
washington. to BIO made by z. AZ Vnlen-
| tIne IT cost Of SIT 900 for presentation
| to the United sto tes Government.
IMPORTANT NEW BOOKS. 4
"crypts Of the Heart, :" by James Lane ne
Allan. To be published In June, MAC
..tIjs Daughter First" by Arthur sher,
burne Hardy. (Houghton, Mifflln co.. M.
,nIonrrell Of the Blessed Isles BY lrvlne
/ Bachelor. (I.othrop). Z. -. =,
"At the Time Appointed" BY a. &, May May
nard Barbour, Q.ippincotts.)
"Questionable Shapes by william I! pea :
Iowells. ITO be published May 10, Char lar
's"More Money for public Schools" b'
president Eliot, OF Harvard. Doubleday
Page & Coz !, !, !, i.
i i'social Origins" by Andrew Lang Ian
i ,(Longmans Green and COY
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Accldents-D Disasters.

= e. T. q
over one hundred persons were killed
at the mining town of Frank, B. G., We'd.
nesday. when the whole top of Turtle
Mountain, just above the town own was was
blown to pieces and thousands OF tons
of rock were showered over the valley.
The mine buildings and two miles Of
railroad track were buried and the Old
River which divided the town, was
damed up, flooding the whole valley
above the village 1t was feared that
the dam would break and the remainder
Of the village be wiped out by the flood.
The surviving natives attribute the dis
aster to a volcanic eruption but others
believe 1t due to severe mine explosion.
Eleven workmen were killed and TWEEN
ty-fiye injured In a collision between
stock train and work train on the Mis-
souri, Pacific near Buffalo, Kan. April
&c. Ass s.la
Tho plant of the international Salt Co..
of Chicago, its piers in the Calumet riv-
err and 1875 freight cars, besides three
boats. were destroyed by fire April 2Sth.
Loss estimated Mt Sl.125.o0o.
4 Fire In the business section OF Column
bus. Ohio. April Goth. destroyed property
valued at 100000, and killed Captain
Daniel Lewis of tho Fire Department.
A severe snow and sleet storm was re-
ported in the West Wednesday,. Fruit
and grain crops were badly damaged,
and In Nebraska railroad traffic was de.
lIycd,
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Religious.

liEWIsH SEMINARY D5DICATED,
The new Jewish Theological Seminary
of America, at New York, was dedicated
last Sunday In the presence OF many rep
resfntatlve Jews of the country. Contri-
buttons of 10000 for the endowment
fund and library of 1000 volumes OF
Jewish literature were announced by DE-,
Cyrus Adler, president OF the Board Of
Directors. The chief address was made
by Professor Solomon schechter, presi-
dent Of the new seminary. He said that
America stood for Wilderness of scope and
Conservatism in religious life.
WOULD WELCOME CHRIST BACK.
Tho Rev. Or. Hirsch, in a lecture before
the Dpworth League OF st. James Meth
cdtst Church, Chicago, said that II Jesus
L Christ could return to the earth to-mor-
row he would DO welcomed In every Jew
,sh synagogus in the land, He said that
tho Jews mad always loved and admired
Christ. who WAS crucitied by Roman
Governor at the instigauon of a few jeal:
y pus peissts He asserted that the Jews Of
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Gom m,,'erc'laI

PRICE OF SILVER, RISING, 8
q subseauent to the Government II pur--
chase Of silver. April %. there was an
other advance OF two cents In the price
Of silver, making In all gain q apo 'l't
six cents from tho 4s point in December
last Treasury officials were apprehen-
slye OF further advances after the pur-
chase on Monday, They say t'1e az
vonce Is due to purchases for the 90 :
600 new pesos for the Philippines.
Steel. SYNDICATE DISSOLVED
], p. Morgan 81 Co.. announced Tues
day the dissolution OF the $500, od], Ooo syn
dicate organized to underwrite the stee,
H,,1st,s securities It's members received
% per cent, inIprofits. 5a
DISTANT POWER FOR ST, LOUIS. ]
stems have been taken by the ~. LOUIS
Transit Company to bring us electrIcal
mower from, across tho MISSISSIPPI GLOSS
IL the coni fields Of Southern illinois, 4
nower-house with capacity o. 4oool
horse power Is to be bullt, ana ~ ope r.
ton before the opening 81 tho Nof9as
Fair.
ALAsKA's TELEGRAPH LINE
The United states Signal Corps has an
nounceu that within q month me tele'
nraph systom Of Alaska VIII be com
niete and BY fall the - cable connecting
Seattle with Junea u will be In operation
MORE FELsPAR5IN CONNECTICUT
a rich deposit Of felspar has Just beer
| exposed at I.eesville. Conn, by prospe.e,'
| tors in the employ Of q New iYofk syRVa7l'
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. dauc0tlonal Realm .,

tCANADA's TRAVELLING TEACHERS 1-tii''
Through the financial cooperation OF
Sir William Macdonald, Of Montreal,
Prof. j, w. Robertson, Of Ottawa, is 70
carry out an elaborate plan for the ne pc
ternen Of rural education In Canada, be-
ginning September next In 5ad 1S11 70
the consolidation Of small country schools
into large and fully equipped ones, a pol
ICY which has been adopted In several RAJ
American States, Prof. Robertson has
worked out a plan for teaching farmers
children on the ground by employing a
travelling Instructor for each group or
tho consolidated schools. This will be
what George lies In the May Worlds
Work. calls San object-lesson FOR the
world" The courses to be conducted at
home are nature study, manual training
and household science. Mr., lies says that
y garden Will surround every school on
which in experimental plots, will be
planted various crops under the daily
INSPECTION Of the pupils. Winter lessons
will include the chemical side u OF asri-
culture "At every point the school VIII
be dovetaled into the home the farm'
the workshop, the smithy, the DIAL TOT J,
girls and boys alike. Books VIII be USED USED
as secondary aids
Prof Robertson Is the man VINO was
Commissioner of Agriculture and DAIRY
inr organized systematic and sclcntll:
study among the farmers OF Ca iilath 70 70
the great Increase of their output.
scHOIARSHIPI IN 4 COOKING E
q Dean Russell, of the Teachers Coliege
at New York, has received gilt OF se,'
mo from Caroline Phelps Stokes, TO en-
dow a competitive scholarship IN dolnes'
lin science. It will be awarded on exam '''aLFE
nation and will be open to graduates o.
other colleges.
p II has been decided by the pupne
sohool @lhra ries Of New York city 20 eH'
lido from the catalogue of class lipra
,.ies H"11ncle TOMS Cabin" on the groune
thot th,s famous book had served It's puI
,nsa vaors ago and thatlt would be D te'ti'
/, . m1 M,i tst AT HAMPTON.
lTho Southern Education Conference 81 s,,
h,vinr concluded Its sessions at Hle.
,,,nnd vent on Monday to attend tne y ~
nrc,ses at lthe Hampton INSTITUTE. :. !, - =,
oronrne va The anniversary eNer Ss'c
took place "Wednesday, .-- -, :, -, ~ 81
rUIrAGO AGAINST PRlz lss5. W
Tho principals Association Of Chlcas :
IA I sked tho Board OF Education !.
a W. ali nrizes to pupils. It Is though
that the prospect Of prlze y q ~ s . ~
TO tho few who need rather . cu n,..,. ,s
3thnt the spirit of envy and jealousy q
cultivated .unduly, while the system -.
ouires much labor Oh the part Of .he
teacher. iE sS
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Recrenllve.

ACCIDENTS IN FOOT BALL
According to statistics gathered by
Professor Edwin Dexter OF Illinois Uni
versity. regarding accidents and deaths
IN college football games In tho last ten
years, the proportion OF badly injured Is
about ono In thirty-ve while hut three
players have been killed. About one In
every ten students plays. tho proportion
being twice as great In small colleges ms
IN the universities The proportion Is said
TO be decreasing. College officers are ETA
TO In favor of the game. and accident
insurance statistics show thnt It Is less
dangerous than many other sports.
| NEW POLE VAULT RECORD,
| II. Thurman Chapman broke the
worlds pole vault record IN the Drake
| University home field meet mt Des Moncs
| Iowa, clearing the bar at twelve feet, and
beating the record OF clapp, of Yale. BY
| ] l-2 inches.
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Mlscollonoous.

T,,pEE, TALKED-O WEDDINGS,
I Nv The action OF the Bishop Of London
Tnnsdnv in a favorable comment on
ministerial protest against the chuIcn
mnrriape OF w *. Vanderbilt 10 MIS-
rutherford last week because MT. Vuh-
derbilt was a Divorce, this much-ta!hsua
OF wedding has remained IN the PuDi'c
view. E /, i, ~,
Two other weddings Of the week IN TINS
country have attracted unusual atte' tlo'
far different reasons-the ThaW- Var
mouth union at Pittsburg, because the
wealth of the bride was ayowedly gong
,, to settle the debts OF the titled or'ae-
groom; and the marriage OF ny, :"
Hearst to Millicent Wilson at New fork,
because OF Mr., Hearsts prominence ~
the leader Of yellow Journalism a..u
| as a Democratic presidential possipllty.
| Mr. Hearst IS 30 years old and his bride
| u.
RED CROSS CASE sTATiaNtENT,
Tho twcnty-three suspended members
| of the American National Red Cross
gave to the public Monday n signed state
| lnent denying the legal power Of Chalr-
man Phillips of tho Executive Commlt-
leo and asserting that the bylaws under
which Barton appointed this committee
are illegal, They deny that they have
attacked Miss Barton, saying that the'F
objection was to the new bylaws.
Stuart Robson. the welEknoWn come
| dian, died at New York April 70 He
was born at Annapolis, Md" In 1886, and
began his stage career In 1859, He was
best known for his work as 'Bertle' IN
| 1.-THE Henrietta" and the COMEDY OF Er-
rors" with Crane, -
Rev. DR. George Dana Boardmam. the
well-known Baptist clergyman, OF Phila,
delphia, died at Atlantic City, n. r., April
9th. He was born In Burmah In 1873
where his parents were acting as mission
aries
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n,1i Rt.t1As1D EXPOSITION DEDICATED.
Moro than Il Quarter of n million VISIT
\ o,,s n at. 1 outs, Thursday, participated
Iih Inc, ceremonial dedication OF the
Worlds Fair. which Is to commemorate y ,'
tho purchase of the Louisiana territory
" nrc hundred years ago. The visitors IN
e ri,,1ed the President Of the United states,
Cabinet Minister'S, OK President Cleve-
land. state Governors, the representa-
4 tiyes Of foreign nations and representa-
$Stives of the army and navy Nlarshaii-
A ed BY Major General Corbin, the paraae
Il moved through the city to the Tx sit,oli
il grounds, where It was reviewed ny gt.,c
s.President in the Court OF Monuments. - -
Stte afternoon the dedlcntorS ceremonies y, e..
were held in the Liberal Arts Building
before nm Immense throng. President
Trancis OF tic Expositon. presided ana
president Roosevelt made the dedicatory
addrass. followed BY ex-Presdent Cleve-
land. n on Friday tho formal reception OF
4 foreign representatives took place ana
IA Yesterday occurred in civic parade, re-
Viewed by the several State Governors.
E President Roosevelt had reached the
q city Wednesday, after a rapid trip across
y Nebraska and Iowa. acclaimed BY the
Sreople and with large demonstra tons az
Omaha and Des Moines.
K TARIFF LEAGUE AT WORK. e
n The American Protective Tariff League
has beg,in distributing n collection OF re.
4 cent speeches Of President Roosevelt and
Secretaries Shaw and Root. on which IS
blazoned the programmes: mo alteration
oSsthe DIngley Tariff Schedule until nj
.fter the election OF 1904. Let the tariff
alone 81 Il sl l$ 81,
SMOOTHING DOWN GERMANY.
S Following the washington report. last
week, that our army and navy officers
been admonished by the Presidents
6 order to avoid offensive utternnces about
4 Germany, Ambassador Won Sternberg, IN
ibis speech at New York. showed that an
official alliance was working toward the
elimination of German-American an7nosi 81
4 ties. 81 .f 59
ELIOT AS RoOsEvEG.T's SUCCESSOR.
Commenting on the recent suggestion
that President Roosevelt. after his second
Il term, be placed at the head of Harvard
yesterdays Harper's Weekly tries on the
other boot by seriously suggesting the
& exceptional qualifications Of Dr.. Eliot as as
a great Democratic candidate for the
presidency after Roosevelt's term.
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y..|'o''c!'f.';oi,'lc.,:g';''flic:al

4 NEW METHOD OF TAXATION.
John Brisben Walker, editor OF the Cos 4
nopoltan Magazine, In a signed "a article = cls Z
for his May issue, advances method for
putting into equitable operation the gen
eral plan OF taxation now accepted IN New >les
York and other States. The more Inn
portant principles which he formulatces
are; taxation OF all property once once pro pro
rata for State. city. county and schoo1.
and only once; "property''t defined as
anything which may be bought and sofa
except personal services; 'eauiltab1llee vac
uatlon,,s defined as the mean between inc
forced sale price and & the spectators tors
price: every citizen to prepare q sworn
schedule OF his property; public properly
also to be taxed; all collections OF taxes sei
by the county treasurer. Il.
FOR NOIsELDss $CAR-WIEELs.4
Al tho recent meeting OF the Academy
of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. at
l1ndanapolis q petition was read urg,nb
the Boards of Health throughout tlo
country to use their flucnco TOWARD -
curing the conside ton by railroad com,
punies OF the sanitary and the rapeutlcai
value of noiseless car wheels. u
lp1TTsBURG's FLIGHT a NA My 415s
s.Plttsburg. A city, Ashamed, the story
! 81 Is citizens party that broke throuE =
onaTr,nt, into another Is the title OF the
! third Of a series Of exposures OF municl-s
nal corruption by Lincoln stefens N ING
NAV McClure.s, lie says tnat WIZ, WIZ
Minneapolis was an example o. ~ po''s -
/ corruption, Plttsburg Is an exai.p'eu =, -
| tl1of
ree and Flynn and their deals with quay
"a Ia delivery OF the city OF Pittspurs
asso 'con, mercinl comodIty Mr., stcnens
AZ scrihes the exposure OF their practlces
= "a Il a recent effort OF tho better ele-
a :, ants for emancipation, The defeat OF
T,vnn,s candidate for reporder Is now
| found to mean only the rise OF anotner
4 ring headed by B!gelow Confronted WIN
! this disbursement the younger men "
the reforE. element have nPW 1orInau =
1 Voters Civic League, which proposes
70 swing from one party to another, &C.
| cording TO the character of Candidates
| nominated, a3 II
NEW YORK NURSES LAW,
The new bill providing system q
registry for trained nurses In New YORK
4 state under the auspices of the UnlYer'
/ slty Regents, was signed by Governor
1 Odell Monday. 4
MARK TWAIN WANTS A REFORM 4.
i An Impressive criticism of the existing
| "nge of consent laws Is made by MARK
Twain in the current Harper's Weekly,
He argues that there Is no age at when
| the good name of n member OF family
/ ceases tos be Its property and that cons
\ sent means previous rsuasion-the point
4 jwhefe the crime begins He would pun-
i|iisl the beginner with tMo years OF soil.
tary confinement or five years Of harS
la Dor, 4 y
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,rhe biggest and best real estate deal
in history, considering time and re-
s,ilts has been brought to mind the
world over since Thursday through
the formal bow OF the great show
which is to celebrate the centennial OF
that stransa cton. 10 nil the thousands
Is Of people who thronged st. louis and
TO the millions elsewhere who have
read the press reports Of the speeches
ana spectacles there tho meaning OF
the historic event thus commemorutetd
was this nations first conscious out
reach toward its expansive destiny MS
4 the foremost power Of the modern
world. All political and commercial
riyalries ceased in the performance of
/ this significant ceremony, but the loom
Of events left Its Quota to the historian
8 OF tho week. May day came with Its
Increase of strikes and ockouts In
many parts Of the country. Prices Of
commodities have hhd an upward.
trend. while labor pressed for higher
wages. Another rise IN silver excite 4
some apprehension III money ccnters.
Tho Tariff League has Launched Its
campaign to stand pat on the Dinsley
schedule till after 1901. Anti-1mperlal-
lists have been cheered by the publica-
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cegal and Criminal.
p, + 9 r NJ: \ AZ, FORBIDDEN,

DISCRIMINATION FORBIDDEN.
Judge IGrosscup's decision at Chicago
last week. enjoinlng six railroad COM
panies from discriminating against small
shippers, based on the new Elklns law,
was followed by a like ruling In Kansas
/ City courts for eight other railroads In
tho latter's Jurisdiction.
LABOR FORCED HIGHER RATES,
In the answer made by the Texas and
Pacific Railroad to the governments in,
qury about the recent advance in freight
rates, IT is contended that organized
labor forced tho road into raising the
wages OF employees fifteen per cent, while
the increase In tariff did not exceed ten
per cent, The Wabash Railroad also de-
MED that Its grain rates were unreason-
able, &c
ENGINEER WISkER lACQUITTED,s
John M, Wlsker. the engineer OF the
train which caused the New York Gem
trail tunnel collision OF January 9th. 1902.
when seventeen persons were killed, was
acquitted OF the charge of manslnughter
BIZ n Jury April o5th at New York,
ALIVE, BUT LEGALLY DEAD,
"A I negro named Tom Barth. who was
hanged at Wodowee, Ala. three weeks
ago by the authorities and pronounced
dead, was resuscitated after his body
had been returned to relatives. His neck
had not been broken. Tho question
raised is whether the man has paid the
legal penalty OF his crime and can go
free.
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT BAD.
Governor Smith. OF MarylandN has conf
muted to life imprisonment. the sentence
OF death about*to be executed on a negro
murderer, Louis g, Green, at Easton.
I Md, on the ground that the people o.
the county were opposed to capital pun
ishment as demoralizng to the commuun-
itv
Ex-MAYoR AMEg ON TRIAL,
The District Court OF MINNEAPOLIS mas
begun the trial OF ex-Nfayor Ames for
bribery and extortion, It Is nearly year ear
since the Investigation began Whch
brought out these charges. 4
ALABAMA CONSTITUTION VAIL D,,l
The United States supreme SQUIRT &C. e,
cided Monday. in the case q sla ckson W:
Giles, who was denied the PRIV lege OF
Registering as a voter In bama under
! tho new Constitution, that the case was 7'a
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tffA T. .p
!. ton Of General Miles report, giving
official support to their charges OF
army cruelty and mIsmnnn cement IN
the Philippines. Philippine teachers ltSFse'i1'
we're brought under tho civil service vice 4
Funston and Baldwin exonerated by
: War Department a number OF I'M, 3
portant legal decisions have boon rem i'el.l 4
Z derod during the week. The supreme
4 Court In the Giles negro franchise case la9 Q
could not interfere with the operation
OF tho Alabama Constitutions c 'tl'l-'l +
tlonal qualification. Further Federal I.
injunctons were issued against vest
crn railroads for discrlminations. Pres res
ident Bner and others Of tho ant ti1
cite cool roads declined to obey the
mandate Of the Interstate Commission M ION
Il for revelation OF their contracts inc ne
General Goblin Kill order during the
coal strike has been upheld by the
Pennsylvania Supreme Court New
York's franchise tax law was sustained &C
by the Court. Of Appeals and
the Same court invalidnted tho
oight hour q law. ohio's special
franchise act Tor the benefit OF city
railways was demolished by the su =
4 prerne Court OF that State. Philadel-
pha's corrupt school directors rs were at' /
sentenced. r. Anew York jury acquitted
wisler the Inflated engineer, OF the
tunnel disaster The event Of chief
International interests was Rus ISL g
sudden diplomatic veer In the face I OF II
a threatened storm Of foreign dlsap-