Show SHOUT STORIES William Waldorf Astor has contributed 1000 to the Prince of Wales hospital fund The steamship Tuurlc of tho White Slum line which arrived at Now York yes tordiiy brought over KM sacks of mail Sho was eleven days In crossing The British War otllco has been obliged to order 100000 pair of shoes at Cawnporo In the northwest provinces of British India a town noted for its leather works Time latest reports from Achalkalok In the Government of Tlllls Russia show that 600 lives were lost during time earthquakes I earth-quakes which visited that district on m Monday Commodore Farraguls flagship tho Hartford was floated yesterday out of dry dock at ValeJo where she has been for the post three months undergoing repairs re-pairs She Is now said to be In prime condition con-dition In Philadelphia a strike of tIme structural struc-tural Iron workers has been Inaugurated bv the member of union No 13 of the National Association of Bridge and Structural Struc-tural Iron workers Between 100 and GOO men arc affected In London the financial situation Is considered much inoro hopeful on the general gen-eral understanding that the bunk rate will not be raised today nor according to expectation Is likely to bo raised in tho near future The Torrons land act time validity of which was questioned was declared to bo constitutional by the Massachusetts Su promo judicial court yesterday In a test case brought against the Judges of tho I Court of Registration John Stekolce ViceConsul of the Netherlands Neth-erlands forwarded to Holland a draft for 1200 gulldirs Grand Rapids Mich Hollanders Hol-landers latest contribution for the widows and orphans of Boers killed In South Africa Af-rica The sum amounts to American money Philadelphia Knights of the Red Branch at a meeting last night decided to extend nil possible nld to President Kruger Resolutions of Mynipathy for the Boers wuro adopted The order claims a membership mem-bership of 100000 maLI up principally oC Irish and Germans |