■■Slit International High Joint Com- • mission Will Hold Meet ing in Washington. COMMISSION GATHERING. German Government Withdraws Signified Intention to Have Baron Sternberg Goto Berlin. United State* nod Great Britain Strongly Opposed to Establishment of Mataafa in l'ower Germany Equally Hostile to Malletoa— It is Hellered Tamasese Will lie Selected as a Compromise. Washington, April 18.—The Sanioan crisis has become concentrated In this city, where the International High .loint Commission will hold its prelim inary meeting, and whence it will start for San Francisco, the scone of subsequent labors. l'rogress was made and an hiatus caused by Germany's alleged intention to have her Commissioner-elect, Baron Sternberg, goto llerlin lirst, ended by the presentation of his appointment to the state Department, and the noti fication of Secretary Hay that he would be ready to start with the \mcricnn and English Commissioners direct for Samoa. Croat Britain had previously virtu ally conceded the point for which Ger many was contending, that the pro ceedings of the Commission should be in accordance with a prearranged plan and no action ix- takfru without unani mity in the conclusions reached. The United States has not cared to take any part in this dispute, either method, majority or unanimity, suiting this country equally. As the commission can scarcely get ready and cross the continent by the time the next steamer sails. Wednes day. the transport Badger will be in readiness to leave for Samoa when the commission reaches San Francis co, which will be according to the pres ent outlook by April The American Commissioner. Bart lett Tripp', is at present in the West, awaiting instructions to proceed to San Francisco, but he will now come East and receive his instructions direct. The Commision will proceed to Apia, where it will at once make an exami nation of the situation. The Consuls will be continued in office and directed to proceed with the administration of government affairs and to report to the Commission any point upon which they fail to agree, the Commission to take action and the naval commanders and consular officers to carry out its decisions. The United States and' Croat Brit - i ain are a unit in objecting to the es- | talillshment of Mataafa in power, and Germany objects to Tanti. Germany, it is believed, will appre ciate the necessity of withdrawing her support from Mataafa. who will tin- | doubtedly be returned to exile. It is the expectation that a compromise will be reached by iiic Commissioners, and that, a third Sainoan will be en throned, possibly Tamasese. who was elected vice-king with Tanu. Tama sese is liked by the Germans and would probably not be objectionable to Great Britain and the United States. BRIDE GETSSISO,OOO A YEAR. I.octl A slit on*!* Daughter \Ve«N Viscount ; Peel's Kl«lest Son. London. April 18. —'The Hon. 1011 a Williamson, daughter of Lord Ashtou. was married to (lie Hon. William B. W. Peel, eldest son of Viscount I'eel. The bride received as a present from her father an annual allowance of £30,000. which is the record English marriage settlement. The President Sit* for n Portrait Washington, April 15.—The Presi dent to-day gave Charles Ayre Whip ple of New York a sitting for a full length portrait of himself. The por trait is being painted in the private apartments of the White House. Mr. j Whipple has painted ti.e portraits of ex-President Harrison. Gen. Miles and ex-Secretaries Sherman. Herbert. Tracy and Biking. New York Markets. GRAIN. —Wheat—The Government ! report was a disturbing element in wheat circles. Generally scheduled ! to show a decrease of about 10 points ] from last year, there was. neverthe- 1 less, sufficient doubt about the mat- . ter to make traders nervous and (lis- j posed to even tip accounts pending the arrival of official figures. Quotations of cash wheat, 112. o. b. afloat basis, were as follows: No. 2 red. &2Vic.: No 1 Northern Duluth. s:',ii.c. COBN.—The market opened lower, but gradually assumed a stronger tone. No. 2 corn. 42%a43c. OATS.—The market was dull. No. 2 white, 3fic.: No. .1 white, .",-i BYE.—Market firm. No. 2 West ern. <!sc.. State rye ,<!oaolc.. e. i. 112„ New York car lots. BABLEY.—Market nominal. BEANS AND PEAS.—Beans, mar row. 1808, choice, per bushel, $1.47'-..; do., medium. 1808, choice, .Sl..'i,"ia..'>7'L': do., pea. 180S. choice, $ 1 ..'l2V.a 1 .35. BI'TTKIi. - Creamery. Western. ex- Iras, per II).. 21c.: do., firsts. 20a20i{,c.: State, extras, 20 1 ,£a21e.: do., tirsts. 19y.a20e.; Western factory, extras. M%alsc. CHEESE.—State, full cream, fall made, large, colored, fancy, per lb., 12a 1214 c.; do., large, choice, I l' I-' l , do., good to prime, 1 OU.a lie.; do., com mon to fair, 9a 10c. EGGS.—Jersey and near by. fancy, per d 07,., 1 ic.; State, Pennsylvania and near by, average prime, POTATOES.—Maine Hebron per sack, $2.25a2.fi0; do.. State and West ern. per 180 lbs.. $1.75a2.25. BEEVES.—The demand was slack for nearly all grades of cattle, ordinary to prime native steers sold at $4.«0a5.25 per 100 lbs. CALVES.—The supply heavy, and market weak, prices sagging off 15a -25c. 011 all grades. SHEEP AND LAMBS.-The market had a firm tone, sheep and iambs ranging from 10 to 20 cents higher, dressed. -laOUif. ner lb. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS News Notes From Every Part of the CivilizediJWorld A $30,000,000 combination of Mon ongaliela coal interest is being formed. Bellamy Storer, named Ambassador to Spain, is ill with influenza at Brus sels. Besidents of the famine-stricken districts in Finland are fleeing to this country. Gifts of $215,000 have been made to the University of New York by five donors. Budyard Kipling has leased a farm at Lakewood and will spend the sum mer there. The Pope will announce a number of new cardinals at the Consistory to be held May 11. Lizzie McKenney, eight years old, died at Bristol, I'a., from excessive rope jumping. The American Woolen Company's plant, near Boston, is covered by in surance of $40,000,000. The old Delnionico restaurant, Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, New York, will close Tuesday Under Pennsylvania's new cycle path law, wheelmen will have to pay for the roads themselves. The work of rebuilding "Idle Hour," W. Iv. Vanderbilt's home, recently burned, will be commenced in June or July. Greystone, near Youkers, the coun try residence in which the late Sam uel J. Tilden took such pride, will be sold at auction early next month. John Weyans committed suicide at Camden, N. J., by shooting himself with a rifle in his bathroom, lie had been married only four months. He was a member of an old Philadelphia family. The Army Beef Court of Inquiry expects to finish its work this week. A Spanish party has been formed in Cuba favoring annexation by the Unit ed States. Over $1,000,000 is left to various charities by the will of Caroline E. Ilollister. Lord Hosebory. it is understood, will shortly re-enter public life. Judge Lippincoit has denied an ap plication to review Jersey City's wa ter contract. The American tank steamer Alle ghany, from Now York for Hover, is missing. Mayor Van Wyck was presented with a miniature machete cut from the steel ol' the United States battleship Maine. The liev. It. I.i.i Cave has tendered his resignation President of Ken tucky University, the successor to the Transylvania, and it was accepted. Charles Dudley Warner, the well known author an<l editor, is critically ill at New Orleans. He was attacked by the grip, which has developed into pneumonia of tho right lung. William Kinnlmau, of Deertield township, Ohio, IMIS disappeared after being tarred and leathered by twelve masked men, supposed to be neigh bors, who objected to his attentions to a woman of that locality. Warned that disinfected second-hand clothing is being shipped from New York to Haleigh, N. C., and other points in the South, the Board of Health of Baleigh ordered all second hand clothing stores closed until the stock has been disinfected. Two robbers boarded a Lake Shore train at Grand Crossing, in Chicago, abducted a passenger, Harry Ketch am, of La Porte, who was standing on the rear platform, bound and gagged him despite his struggles, and then dragged him into an empty freight car. where they left him, after taking everything of value he had. The steamer City of St. Louis, Cap tain Thorwegan, from New Orleans, is quarantined a ttlie southern limits of St. Louis because of a case of small pox found 011 board. She has thirty first-class and thirty-five second-class passengers, with 100 deckhands on board, where they will be compelled to stay until all danger of contagion is removed. A Pure ;'<>er law is being pras.ed in Pennsylvania. Street preaching has been stopped by the Mayor of Atlanta, Ga. First Secretary G. D. Bland, of the British Ambassy at Washington, is dead. The Pope received the Cardinals yesterday. He h»f)cs for universal peace. Bobert l\ Lincoln's daughter, who ran away witn ballplayer Beekwith, has been forgiven. Lord Charles Beresford's book on China based on his recent trip .will be issued tliis week. Professor Booker T. Washington, the negro leader, urges his race to vote with local majorities. Agoncillo, the Fllpino agent now in Paris, says tlie army consists of 200,- 000 troops, including women. The Wilson parole bill, better known as the Younger brothers' bill, has been killed hev md resurrect 011 in the House. Second Lieutenant C. E. Lang, Sec ond Artillery, is on trial at Washing ton because of his recent alleged es capade. The Anderson-Dupuy Steel Com pany at Pittsburg, lias advanced the .wages of all employes from to 20 per cent One hundred and thirteen Unionists and 53(5 Nationalists were chosen at elections for members of the Irish County Councils. August Bosenbaum. Sr., and Max Trinoski were struck by a train near La Cross, Ind„ while riding a railroad velocipede, and both instantly killed. Charles Ball, a merchant, and Bob ert llager, a farmer of Ewart. had a fight with pistols, resulting from an old feud. Ball was killed and Hager will die. Leonard E. Philippi, corporal of Company O. First Colorado Volun teers, wiio died from wounds received In battle at Manila, was a Kansas City druggist. Heavily armed special police are guarding the shops of the Cumberland Glass: Company at. Brldgeton, N J., where one thousand glass workers went on strike. ■ Mil Dewey's Crack Cruiser Drops Anchor in New York Bay After 4 Month's Cruise. A HEARTY WELCOME. New York's Officials and Citizens With Streamers and Bunting Galore Hasten to Do Her Honor. Major Van Wyclc and IIU Committee Pro sent Captain Joseph It, Coghlan and Her Other Officers With the Keys of the City —Raleigh Convoyed By Two Captured Gunboat*. New York. April 17.—"Raleigh Ahoy!" was the chi-erl'ul greeting to Dewey'S crack little cruiser at 11.55 as she rounded up a lour months' cruise by dropping anchor at Quarantine "All well on hoard V "All well." came the hearty answer over the water. She had been sighted oil' Sandy Hook at I i :i:«» |>. m. showing no signals but the observer there hoped and be lieved that site was the Raleigh, a_d so sent word to this city. The news paper tugs were soon on the way, and tile identily of (lie stranger was tixed beyond doubt when the rattle of her anchor chains were heard as she slowed down at Quarantine. She was heartily cheered by the crowd thai insisted on remaining there till daylight if necessary, only so (lie cruiser could lie seen and word sent that she was safely home at. last. It was a trying .indeed, the lta leigh had made. sin- left Manila on December 15, jusi four months aero, CAPTAIN .lOSl.I'i; U. < GGHLAN. coming here for a general overhauling. Her coal bunker capacity is not very great, and she sloped frequently to re plenish her stock of fuel. Then she struck exceedingly stormy weather in the Atlantic. Near Gibraltar ibe Raleigh met and passed the Spanish fleet under Admir al Cainara. Site hoisted the Spanish ensign and Immediately tired a salute to tiie Spanish flag The Admiral's flagship, Carlos Qninto. promptly raised the American flag and tired a similar salute. At Hamilton, Bermu da. on April !>. :• splendid reception was given her. and with daylight on April I.", she sailed for tiiis port. She is said to have a sp«HHI of eigh teen knots an hour, when hard pressed and this fact is what led to prepara tions for a reception here long before she really was due. The committee had llgurcd that she would travel at least twelve, if not llfteen knots an hour, entirely overlooking the fact that her coal bunkers were light, and, besides, her boilers are said to be in bail condition. in addition. I.\ iug so long in Manila. Bay. her bottom necessarily Is in bad shape. All these things combined to retard her speed, so that she really traveled from Bermuda to this port at from 8 to 1) knots an hour. But the several disappointments aud forced changes in programme did not interfere with the magnificence of the reception given for Captain Joseph B. Coghlan and his splendid crew, now that they have brought the game little cruiser here at lasr. The fact that several men from the Olympia also are on board adds io the interest this city is showing in the Baleigh. Men have been seen, and men have been talked lo here who had a hand in the tight in Manila Bay, but the de- THE CRUISER RALEIGH, sire has been great to see one of the real warships that aided in making history and changing maps of the world—and the Baleigh is one of them. She is here, and patriotism found full vent. The city and shipping in the bay were decorated with flags and stream ers in the Itnleigh's honor aud the in habitants turned out in full force both Saturday aud Sunday, to give her roy til welcome. The Raleigh was welcomed officially Sunday, by Mayor Van Wyck and hi's committee on the Glen island. There was a little speech-making and Mayor Van Wyck presented her officers with the freedom of the city. Then the water parade was formed, nd the Ra leigh. escorted by the captured Span ish gunboats Sandoval and Alvarado steamed up to Grant's Tomb, a host of steam craft of every description following in her wake. At Seventy second and One Hundrei and Twenty-flflli etreets, she was sa uted. and at Grant's Tomb she hersel tired the national salute in return. Then Dewey's cruiser steamed slowly back to the foot of West Thirty-fourth street. As soon as the valiant j&ekiee clean house she will be open for in spection by the public. BEEF INQUIRY ALMOST OVER I l>uct*r Adams Testified That In HU Opto. lon Artny.Meat Was WholMome. ■ Washington, April 18.—The Army Court of Inquiry considered the appli cation of Major-Gen. Miles for the suiumonlug of six additional witnesses whose names- were presented to the court. It was determined to summon only a few of (he persons mentioned. Dr. Charles Frauds Adams, regi mental surgeon of the 2d New Jersey Regiment, was the flrst witness. He testltied that he condemned fresh beef twice at Camp Cuba Libre because it was spoiled. Dr. Adams charged that the camp at Jacksonville was crowd ed and the sanitary conditions poor. He had often examined the refrigerat ed beef, having in mind that chemicals were frequently used in Europe to preserve fresh beef. On one occasion Dr. Currie remarked to liim that a knife thrust into the meat turned the meat dark. This was the only Instance where Dr. Currie had spoken to him with reference to the fresh beef. Af ter that Ihe meat was more rigidly in spected. but at no time did the witness find any evidence of the use of chemi cals in the preparation of the fresh beef. Dr. Adams said that lie was of the opinion that the food furnished by the Government had nothing to do with the disease among the soldiers at Camp Cuba Libre. "When did you come to (hat conclu sion." asked Major Leo. "1 have never doubted it." The witness explained that his re mark .applied to the use of army ra tions entirely. Gen. Davis asked, "Did you follow up Dr. Currie's experiment with the knife to find out if discoloration fol lowed its contact with (lie meat?" "I did. I tried it myself, but found no corroboration of his statement." Marsleltl Win. tlx ll'i* Hit not. Klkwood. N. ,T„ April 16. —Mayor Thomas Marshall, of Keithsburg, 111., won the grand American Handicap at this place after one of the most sensa tional rinishes ever witnessed in any shoot held in this country. Marshall killed 5.8 birds before he was success ful in winning (lie event. 33 of this number being kilcd in the shoot-off. This is tiie second time that. Marshall has won the handicap, lie captured it in 1807. There were six men tied at the end of the twenty-fifth round, with clean kills, which necessitated a shoot off for tin possession of the handicap. The tied men were Marshall, Grimm, Dr. Knowlton. Jackson. S. Hoffman, Jr., and Charles Roll. NVw tVm- lc|>* for Spain. Madrid. April iii. -The Mlniser of Marine propose to construct ten arm orclads. ami tiie Minister of War in tends submitting a proposal for com pulsary military service. Senor Sil vela has had several interviews with the Queen Regent in regard to the coining pence conference. He highly praises the Czar for taking the initia tive in the matter, and says that Spuin should send three delegates to the con ference • t\ Jtrnwnod on a Train. Cheyenne. Wyo.. April 16.—Word has reached here of it terrible accident at Sheridan in which six persons lost their lives. The melting snow has caused both hj£ and little Goose Creeks to overflow lirf'ir banks and Hooded the town. Into the raging torrent a Burlington train plunged and six passengers were drowned before help could reach them. l'ot«<ii,r<l By rut lon. Eastport, L. L. April 16.—Pollen blown from a cactus in an open win dow entered both eyes of Mrs. Will iam Jenkins. \ physician was sum moned. He said both eyes were pois oned by the pollen. It is not thought she will lose her sight. al ore Volunteers l.eave Cuba. Washington, \pril 17.—The War De partment ha> been informed that the transport Thomas, has left Cienfuegos with forty-six officers and 992 men ot tiie Thirty lirst Michigan and llfteen officers and 265 men of the Third En gineers for Edmond Keys, Fla. \foit«*y for a l.u/.on Railroad. Brussels. April 17.—M. Andre, Bel gian Consul at Manila, states that the money for the consructlon of the pro jected railway connecting the north and south portions of the Island of Luzon with Manila has already been subscribed in Belgium. STRANGE FREAK OF NATURE How a Caterpillar's Body Becomes the the Root ot a Bulrush From some of the newer countries, so-called on account of the lack of definite knowledge regarding them, reports of strange freaks and curiosi ties constantly appeur, and, aa a rule, they are laughed at, but once In a while they turn out to be the truth. It is this way with the strange freak of nature called the bulrush cater pillar, which is Indigenous to New Zealand. This report, which Btated that at certain seasons a large black caterpillar would bury Itself In the ground, and be converted into the root of a bulrush, was laughed at, like the rest, but now an English scientist, who recently gave an exhaustive in vestigation of the Mrange phenomenon, stated that In many respects the state ments are strictly true. From this re port it has been learned that the cater pillar grows to about three and one half luetics long and when about to assume the chrysalis state buries it self in the ground, and In doing so it is frequently infected by the spores of some fungus, whieh becomes involved In the scales in Its neck. These the larvae is unable to expel, aud the vege tation thus set up rapidly extends throughout the entire body, replacing each animal cell thus destroyed by vegetable matter, and finally convert ing it into a comparatively dense vege table structure, which retains every detail of the body, even to the legs, mandibles and tu bin test claw. From the neck, the portion first Infected, there then shoots up a single stem, which grows to the height of eight or ten inches, resembjing very closely the clubheaded bulrush in miniature. It has no leaves, and if the flrst stem be broken off another rises in Its place, though two stems n£ver grow simul taneously from the same "caterpillar." v.iiiigo, April in. —ismhc ii. nt'i'tcr an<l his wife Annie. lost their lives at their home in Highwood, twenty | miles north of Chicago. mni Mr-. Bec ker's death was ?t • :i. , it,;u ;l u ef fort to save her husii.ind. Mrs. Beck er had asked her husband. who was ft tailor, to show her bo\v to clfifUt S dress with gasoline. lie got 1 holding rive gallons of the fltilfl and was using it When ii exploded. Both husband and wife were thrown to the floor and covered with the Mazing fluid. Mrs. Becker tnaiie her way ' to the yard where she was met by i four men who tore her blazing cloth- | ing from her. She heard her huslmnd calling for help and madly dashed back into the (lames. Husband and wife died together. Another lll'f Trolley ?«*hem**. Philadelphia. Pa.. April 17.—Capital ists of this city arc engaged in form ing a combintion fur the control of all the electric traction companies in Pennsylvania outside of Philadelphia. The concern is to In- called the Elec trte Traction Company of America, and it is to be capitalized at $25.0(10.- 000. The par value of the stock is to be SSO a share. >'■"> of which is to lie paid in at once. Among those said to be prominently identified with the movement are .lolin Lowlier Welsh. Silas W. Pet tit. W. 11. Shelmerdlno and former .Mayor Warwick. Killed \\ !l>, i liiht aud I trolling Paris, Tex., April 1". —Word reav 'ted here from Grant, in the Indian Te ri tory, that Solomon llatcma had sh <t and killed his wife, cliilil and brothi • at his home live miles from tlint place He Is a full blooded Choctaw and wa» for a long time Judge of Klanute county. He is at present Prosecuting Attorney of the Third district and wealthy. Cambridge. Mass., April 17.—Thefol- ! lowing appointmenrs to the Harvard faculty have been announced: M. 11. ' Morgan. LL.D., Ph.D.. to lie professor ' of classical philology: C. B. Gullck, : Ph.D., assistant professor of history, i Dr. Warren's appointment as profess- | or of Latin was also announced. ! fCATHARTIC xaMj&isXz CURE CONSTIPATION 256 506 DRUGGISTS a. 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