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is said, was entirely successful. Three men were killed and two probably fatally injured in a freight wreck on the Iowa Central railroad, near Richland, Ia. Health Commissioner Darlington of New York has been given permission to establish an immense sanitarium for the treatment of consumptive patients. Paul Jones' body will reach Annapolis July 22 and will be met by Admiral Evans' fleet and a French warship. A new theatrical combine composed of Belasco, the Shuberts and Mrs. Fiske will oppose the syndicate with 15 companies and a circuit of playhouses. The teamsters' strike has SO taxed the finances of the city of Chicago that the deficit at the end of the year may reach $1,500,000. The whist experts of the American association elected J. Eberhard Faber of New York as president for the ensuing year. Chairman Shontz of the Panama canal commission, after an interview with President Roosevelt at Sagamore Hill, said that hereafter the public would be kept fully informed regarding health conditions on the isthmus, which he declared had been grossly exaggerated. A Chicago fraternal order of Jews offered financial aid for nationalizing of Israelites. Otto Siedel, Jr., whose confession caused 104 indictments for boodling in Milwaukee, was arrested on a charge of stealing county furniture. The receiver of the defunct Central national bank of Boston has sued the former directors for $500,000 which he says was stolen from the stockholders. Secretary Root is confronted with world problems in the orient, Morocco, Venezuela and Domingo. He will extend and expand the policy of the late Secretary Hay. A strenuous tenure of office is promised. Two hundred and fifty New York policemen were called to quell a riot started by the arrest of a colored man. Many persons were seriously injured during the fighting. Two persons were killed and many injured in an Eastern Illinois wreck at Steger, Ill., caused by an open switch. Coroner Siegelstein's inquiry into the fatal wreck of the Twentieth Century limited train at Mentor, O., closed without locating the blame. Weekly trade reviews report satisfactory progress, the absorption of supplies in the interior being liberal, while collections are good. Lightning struck the new "Old South Church," in Boston, causing demage $2.000 The Citizens' bank of Yellow Springs, O., a private institution, failed. No definite statement has been made by any official as to the liabilities, but citizens of the village in a position to know say that the bank is indebted to depositors *000'09$ JO $40.00 JO amount the 07 It is understood Walter Reeves, of Streator, Ill., will be appointed by the proper court as the receiver of the Illinois creditors of C. J. Devlin. The pay roll of the miners in Illinois was taken care of by Chicago banks. P. C. Renfrow and Thurston Plowman were killed at Cogar, Oklahoma, in a quarrel that is said to have arisen over school matters. e that anthority poor uo stated si 7I German-Swedish alliance is seriously contemplated. The question, it is said, was discussed at conferences between Emperor William and King Oscar on board the imperial yacht Hohenzollern, at Gefla, Sweden. President Roosevelt has declined the invitation extended by the commonwealth government at Melbourne to Miss Alice Roosevelt to visit Australia. One person was killed and 14 injured, two probably fatally, by a tornado which swept a portion of the Rosebud reservation in South Dakota. A contribution to the United States treasury conscience fund just received carries the total amount beyond the $400,000 mark. The conscience fund TI81 up etablished was Heat was the cause of 19 deaths in New York city, making a total of 60 since the hot wave started. Testimony given before Superintendent of Insurance Hendricks, of New York, showed that Equitable officers swore away taxes for years. Mrs. Richard Yates, wife of the exgovernor of Illinois, was robbed of jewels valued at $3,000. John D. Rockefeller, alarmed by attacks recently made on his methods, has become fearful for his personal safety and increased his bodyguard at his residence in Cleveland, O. Federal officials in Chicago are planning an early trial for the packers indicted for violation of the Sherman anti-trust law. The report that Secretary Wilson of the department of agriculture will resign on account of the cotton leak scandal is utterly discredited. Chairman Morton says Depew has not resigned as an Equitable director, contradicting the senator. Walter Scott, the mining Croesus of Death Valley, who left Los Angeles on a special train, arrived in Chicago 41 minutes ahead of schedule, having covered the distance of 2,265 miles in
