Show SHORT STORIES The Porte has not replied to the American Am-erican note regarding the indemnity claims Three cases of bubonic plague and one death from the disease arc reported report-ed at Suaklm In Detroit Mich the National Wo mans Whist congress spent thc llrst sessions in playing preliminaries In tho trophy contests For rt fires arc raging throughout Presque Isle county Mich Heavy losses must follow unless rain comes qulqkly ns strong northwest winds arc prevailing I I A report i afloat in Wall street today that John W Gates will resign the chairmanship o the directorate of the American Steel and Wire company at the adjourned mooting next Monday In Cnp < town within an hour after the opening of the Ottawa lire relief I l fund there were live subscriptions of 500 each recorded The members of 1 Strathconaa horse contributed liberally aly allyThe British steamer Accomac has been chartered to load 3500 tons of anthracite an-thracite coal at Philadelphia ports for Crunslad Russia This IB I the first an ihraclie ever shipped from the United Slates to Russia In New York as the result of an autopsy au-topsy on the body of the young woman known as Mary Smith which was ax humed yesterday Assistant District Attorney Blumcnihal declared that she had been murdered The Egyptian steamer Towfik nab liana having aboard Ismael K < mal Bey who was reported April aOl to have mysteriously disappeared passed through the Dardanelles yesterday morning without Incident Owing to the physical condition LioutCol Richard Eskrldgc of the Twentythird Infantry has been relieved re-lieved from the command of the PresidIo Pre-sidio reservation He was wounded at Jhe battle of San Juan hill Fred Bortzmcyer a young man who arrived In San Francisco from Clevc laiul 0 a few days ago was shot and fatally wounded about I oclock yesterday yes-terday morning by i a highway man who secured 500 before he fired at his victim Secretary Nichol of the naval arch fund New York says that It will be along a-long time before the 500000 that must bo in the bank before the reconstruction reconstruc-tion of the Dewey arch Is attempted can possibly bo raised Tho interest he says Is I dead The IrishAmerican Catholic parade union will not take part In the Dewcy parade In St Loul on Saturday as originally Intended Tho Intention was lo have had 1000 men In line but this I has boon abandoned No reason Is given for this action A notable event of the past week In I the Ion trade was the capture by 1 the Photsnlx Bridge of the company contract I con-tract for the great bridge over tho St t Lawrence river Canada which will I require 27000 tons of stool This Is one I of placed the largest bridge contracts ever I l In Chicago Miss Emma Steb wan I shot and Instantly killed ycfiUmlay af tornoon by Mrs Albert Hoist at the n latterH homo Mrs Hoist sent for I Mits Stcl and after accusing her l of having broken up the Hoist home llred I I Hoist two shots vas Lrrc both lcd taking effect a lsI I |