The Tomahawk., 1903-05-14
AL the News of the Past Seven
Days Condensed.
HOME AND FOREIGN ITEMS
News of the Industrial Field, Personal
and Political Items, Happenings
at Home and Abroad.
THE NEWS FROM ALL THE WORLD
DOMESTIC.


days ended on the 1st, against 1856 the
same week in 1902.
President Roosevelt was given an
enthusiastic greeting at Kansas City
Mo-. and at Kansas City, Lawrence,
Topeka and other Kansas cities.
Killing frosts were reported from
nearly every state in the middle west
and fruits and vegetables apparently
are ruined.
Weekly trade reviews say there is
much activity in manufacturing, with
the exception of some textile mills.
Sales are reported good and collections
prompt
Especial honors were shown foreign
guests on 'international day" by Off.
GERS of the Louisiana Purchase expo
sition.
April insurance losses for the United
States totaled $13, 1885, against $13.-
100000 for 1902.
The public debt statement issued
-on the 1st shows that the debt de-
creased $66s,5O1 during the month of
April. Cash in the treasury, $373,326,-
1877 Total debt, less cash in the treas
ury, 3s,935,41S.
The exchanges at the leading clear
ing houses in the United States during
the seven days ended on the 1st aggre-
gated Sails, ,173,733 The decrease,
compared with the corresponding
week Of last year, was 17.7.
The fifth anniversary of the battle
of Manila bay was celebrated by flying
the largest flag in the navy from the
navy building in Washington.
Forest fires in the Adirondacks
north of Utica, N. y, damaged uncut
timber, camps and villages to the ex-
tent of $1.O0O.00O.
J. Wells Champney, famous artist,
was killed by falling down an ele-
vator shaft in New York.
Government receipts for April were
:$43,326,1 and expenditures SAL
s14, leaving n surplus for the month
of $1,563,2S6.
On April 90 the total circulation OF
national bank notes was $391, ,15l,72s
an increase for the year of $34, 164,-
329
Birmingham, Ala, negro, is one OF
the winners in the Francis Wayland
prize debate at Yale.
Mrs. Jennie James has been SEN
tenced to six months in the Cranston
OR. ~ prison as a common scold. She
was prosecuted under a law enacted in
1856 also under a more recent statute
relating to railers and brawlers.
Mrs. Louis Piatt, aged 90. and nine
year-old grandchild lost their lives in
fire which destroyed the home of
Mrs Piatt, near West Union, o.
President Roosevelt spent Sunday
quietly at Sharon Springs. Kan.
Firedestroyed the building at 151-153
Wabash avenue, Chicago, causing
loss of over $15O,0O0.
Safe blowers robbed the post office
at Middlesville. Mich, securing $1,000
in stamps and $50 in currency.
Bob Bryant and viii Morris. the as
sassins of w. III. Legg. were hanged by
a mob to the Yazoo bridge at Haynes
Bluff. Miss.
Rev. Walser Ferdinand, of Toledo,
was arrested at Lorain, o., on the
charge of the murder of Miss Agatha
Reichiin, and was taken to the Jail at
Elria. The evidence against him is
purely circumstantial.
Saturday was the last day of the ded-
ication exercises of the exposition.
Address were delivered by several gov
.ernors, n great civic parade was held,
and sites for state buildings dedicated.
A National Civic federation branch
will be established in Chicago to aid
in the settlement of labor disputes. 1t
will have 100 members and meet
monthly.
The body of six-year-old Paul Pa.sz-
kowski was found in a sack at Grand
and Sixty-third avenues, Chicago, with
a bullet wound in the head. Two play
mates. Julius Wiltrox and Willie Hlack,
have been arrested.
A fast passenger train on the Grand
Trunk road plunged into crowd of
thousand merrymakers at Detroit,
mangling scores of persons. Seven are
known to have been killed and about 40
injured.
The Institutional Methodist church,
in Chicago. was partly wrecked by
dynamite bomb after Rev. r. c. Ran
som. the pastor, had preached STIR
ring sermon on the evils of policy play
ing and started crusade against that
form of gambling.
The percentages Of the baseball
clubs in the National league for the
week ended on the 4th were: New
York .692; Pittsburg, .6SS; Boston,
.6ss; Brooklyn, 81; Chicago, .535;
Cincinnati, 400; st. Louis, .374; Phil
adelphia. .313.
Arrangements are practically COM
pleted for the ninth annual conference
on international arbitration which will
open at Lake Mohonk. Ny, May Grand
eontinue for three days.