CUBA MOURNS HERO Highest Honors to Be Paid to General Gome?. BODY IN STATE AND MANY VIEW IT. Confess Decreet That HI Body Shall Receive Military Hoaors Correr ponding to Thoit Tbal Would B Paid on Iha Death of President ol the Republic-President Pal ma's Message to lb People. Havana (Special). The boely of Con. Maximo Gomez, who died Saturday, has been lying in state in the principal hall of the palace since 7 o'clock. A guard of honor surrounds the casket. There was a continuous stream of people defil ing pvt the body all day, eager to take a la-t look at the old revolutionist, to a ' whom Cuba owe? ?o much. In this, however, they were disappointed, as the face was covered. It is underwood that this was dene at the rcjuest of General Gomez before he died. There were an immense number of wreaths from Ha vana and other places. I'rc-ident l'ahna has given up his living quarters in the palace to the faintly ot General Go- - llle 7., The Official Gazette contains a mes sage fr.-tn I're-ii'.cnt Pahn.i to the Cuban people. . In it he says that Major Gen eral Maximo Gcuc ', ch'i f of the liber ating army, is dead. There is not a single heart in Cuba which does not feel wounded by so ride a blow. The loss is irreparable. All the nation is in mourning, and as all are identified with the same sentiment of pronund sorrow the government need not stimulate it in order that it be universal. At a session held after midnight Con gress declared Monday and Tuesday days of national nf mrntng. It also pro vided that the body of General Gomez should re-eive military honors corre sponding with those that would be paid on the death of a president of the repub lic; that his funeral should be of a na tional character, for which $15,000 was appropriated. The armed forces of the republic wiil wear mourning for jiinc days. BCRNED AT Ttili STAKE. Terrible Orgies Followed w ben Traders Took Eskimos Whiskey. Seattle, Wash. (Special). A dispatch from Nome says a reign of terror re cently prevailed on the Diomedi I.-lands. The trouble was caused by whalers trad ing whisky for furs and ivory. Eight ships were anchored off the is lands during the orgies, during which a young native woman was burned at the !0.akc, one native man was hanged and tftrec were shot. Chief Kutzcena was kept continually drunk. The schooner Louise, after an investi gation and instructions from Washing ton, has been sei.'ed by the Collector of Customs. The Louise left two weeks ago loaded with whi sky ami returned with a cargo of whalebone, jory and furs. It is rumored that the schooner traded at Diomedi Islands, The Siberian authori ties are aroused over the matter. NEW YORK'S CENSUS. Report (ialc ol Half a Million la Five Years. New York (Special). New York has gained half a million in population in five years, according to an estimate based on the returns received in the city's census. To be exact, the city has gained id per cent., which would give it an in crease of 5.10.05J in live years. This would bring the total population of Greater New York up to 4,000,000. Superintendent llrown has found an ama.-ing incrca-e in many of the as sembly districts. There arc also, how ever, sections in which the population has fallen off, due to the destruction of buildings anil othcf causes. Cotton Acreage Less. Dallas, Texas ( Special). John T. Garner, business agent and manager of the cotton department of the Farmers' Union, has is-ucd a cotton report show ing a reduction of cotton acreage as per sworn statements from union and non union farmers through the Soti'hern cotton belt, lie 'ays that about Janu ary 1, 150.000 cotton coupons were sent out to members of the union on which coupons the farmers Were each to state what their cotton acreage was last vear, and to write :, pledge that it would' not exceed a given number of blank acres this year. 3,S'M),liO) Ejjs la Storaje. York, I'n. (Speoi.:!). The buy ing and storing of KI!i :n York county !y aK, ,4 for Yo'k and Jkilthii.-rc cold-su rage hou-( - has :,; a e;i -e for the year. The pne - a; .r :i: a-kre! by the farm ers and pr.-.t'.try r.t is are , ,, high p. rendr r b-tyh.g pr n: .,!.'.,.. In 'one cold storaee warm...! '.i-r- are pa. ked J. 400,000 ct-.!-. v.iirh -4,11 )... h, 1.1 until next wiuti r, v. la n :':i-. will U ;.,,t u; r. the ni.o Let. Five Hundred Dtad in Mine. I:.k:.:rino-:-,v 1 Py Cable 1. A fri'h;-tf-K'-'v l is occurred at the Kan Collier;., at Khar' i-k, near ':'. place. An e;:pio-'- n of gas in the mine re sulted m tile k oine; of -t0 per-OllS -u,d the injury 1 i many ,. r. 'iie colliery belonged to the L i-.ian 1) net Com pany. The Khar.-i-k ih-tnct produce, about one-fotirth ,;f the semi-aiilhraiilr coal mined in Kus ni. Lyochioj Averted. Vuldos-a, Ga. Special . -The a-siir-aiue that a special term of court would be called for the trial of J. G. Kawlings, bis three sons and the negroes, all of whom are alleged to be connecteel with the assassination of the Carter children, has done much to still the tempest of popular indignation, which was rising high. The court will be held early in July if Jui'ge Mitchell agrees to that ,t:ie Solicitor Thomas said that the Slate would be ready for trial any line. I'rincc von D 11m rsmark has under taken, with leading liirlin banktrs, to rai.sc a fund of $.;, 500.000 for allow ances of eit.serving edncirs in the Ger. man Army. The nport of the I'.ntish War Office ifioures a number of officers for the scandal in the disposal of military stores after the conclusion of the war 111 South Africa, Priti.h officials do not contemplate any aerious dilriculticj over the Moroccan question. KEW5 IN SliOHT ORDER. Ta Latest nappealofs Coadensed for Rapid Beadlnt. Domestic; Supreme Regent Howard C. Wiggins, of the Royal Arcanum, says there is 110 occasion for alarm about the condition of the order, members are being initi ated, new applications are be ing receivcel, anil others are increasing the amounts of their certificates. At the Convention of American Ziein its in riiil.ulelphi.i it was decided that Palestine was the best place for the col onization e f the Jews. Alvin J. Tucker, of Clyde, New York, dreamed his uncle had died ami left him a legacy of Jij.exio, ami on the fol lowing day le arned tint it had really oc curreil. Ceillege entrance examinations, con ducted by the college entrance examina tion boarel, will be held toelay rt VK3 points in the United States and i.i Eu rope. Six members of the last Arkansas General Assembly, including the presi dent of the Senate', are uneler inelictment on charges of bribery, perjury and con spiracy. Judge Dickey, of Newhurg, N". Y., de nounce. 1 in open court the defendant, who was trying to recover a secoinl tune money he had loaneel on mortgage. The patrons of the public school at Little Silver, N. J., insi-tcd on the rein statement of the schoolteacher who had been dismissal because he chewed to bacco. The manual 0 f the Daughters ef the Faith, about to be issued, declares that a Catholic divorcee who remarries should be socially ostracised. Pascel P. Pratt, millionaire merchant and banker, died in Buffalo. N. Y. He hael undergone an operation and never rallied from the shock. Hear Admiral Sigsbi'i's squadron sail 1 from Tompkinsville for Cherbourg. France, where John Paul Jones' boely will be taken on board. ihe Hell and the inde pendent tele phone companies in Amsterdam. N. "Y.. and contiguous cities are indulging in a rate war. Francis Murphy, the temperance ad vocate, who has been ill six weeks with blood-poisoning, is recovering slowly. 1 here was a free light in the First Rece.reler's courtroom in New Orleans, in wdiich all parties produced guns. .Miss Mamie Pabb, a schoolteacher, of Norway, Me., will bun Peary's expedi tion in quest e f the North Pole. During an orgie among the Kskimos on the Diomed l.-lands a native woman was burned at the stake.. Herman Kluescmlorf and Marv Kohl eloped from the poorhoiise in Milwau kee ami were mnrncel. Miss Minnie Stocrmer. of New York. after trying twice to shoot the man who jilted her, killed herself. Dowic wants to raise tfjoo.ooo to carry a restoration to Paris and purify the gay French capital. Otis Potts, aged -'I years, convicted of the mureler of hi.; child wife, lost his nerve on the scaffold at Feoria, 111., and was barely able to stand while be ing prepared to be hanged. The: concluehng session of the Credit Men's Association was held in Mem phis. A resolution was aelopted favor ing the Lodge consular bill. Officers were electeil. Samuel Grenson, colored, convicted of the mureler of John Edwards, was ac eiuitteel at Reading, Pa., Edwards' wife having completely exonerated him. ihe federal courts have issued a teni porary injunction restraining the Mis souri State Railway Commissioners from entorcing the maximum freight rate law. Jlarvey Ninth, John Collier and Will Jackson, all colored, were hanged at Decatur, Ala., for murder. Troops were present as a precautionary measure. While excavating for water mains in one of the main streets of Helena, Mont., a workman fouinl an ingot of cupper and gold weighing 75 pounds. Formal indicMiunts against five pack ing firms of Chicago have been drawn up and presented to the federal crand jury in Chicago for action. W. II. V enter, of Cedumbia, S. C., the winner e,f a Cecil Rhodes scholar ship, committee! suiciile at Ashcvillc, N. C. lie had been ill. At St. Paul, Ind., jealousy prompted William Boardman to kill his wife and then himself. At Kieler, Wis., Mrs. Paul KIcs kill ed her four small children and then committed suiciile. l-oreign. The Franco-German situation concern ing Morocco has considerably improved. 1 ne ucrman unoassaelor at i aris has assured Premier Rouvier that the con ference plan for Moroccan reforms is not in any sense a menace to France or a preliminary step to override French pre-'ige ;n .Morocco. Great Iintain will a--:-! France in settling Moroccan affair-. '1 he d. bate on the various scctiems of tae hi.! t, r the separation of rhnroh and state in l-raii.-e, which began March 20 in the Chamber of Deputies, continues. Kmpen r William saileel from Ham burg 1. r 1 bv.goland to await the- jarhts e-rtgaueil in '.lie. race from D' or to that place f .r the Empi ror's cup. A ra-t occurred a:uo::g jafi prisonrs at Rival, Ru- ia. Th'-y were prevented from e-cap:ng and the oifiii Ur, Lre : -fed. 1 i'. e hundred person.; war' killed in 'hi' f.p!o-ion at the Ivan Colliery, at iviartrick, Ru-sia. Pirates :n.i--acrcd 1 50 natives on the coa-t . f Siberia. kear Admiral J, din C. Watson, U. S. N., r tired, who has been investigating for the Navy Department the physical culture methods of Europe-an navies, ar rived in London, having concluded his mis-ion. Sir John Archibald Willox, principal pri'prtetnr of the Liverpool Courier, and largely interested in the tobacco traele as a manufacturer in Liverpool and Lon il'in, is elcad, at the age of 63. The United States National Associa tion for the Study and Prevention of Tu berculosis has joined the International Association, making 31 national socie ties now interested in the work. While a pastor in Libau, Russia, who had preached against violence, was con ce.neluctinu services 10 men entered- the church and fired at him, inflicting dan gire.'tis weiunels. The explosion nf a 6-inch shell on board the British battleship Magnifi cent, by which 4 officers and 14 men were injurcel, was caused by the car trielge ed the shell missing fire during gun practice. Premier Rouvier of France announced that he hae decided to retain the port fedio of foreign affairs and relinquish that of finance. John Muldoon, a Nationalist and a 'awyer of Dublin, was elected to repre sent the north divisie.n of Donegal Ciiunty in the House of Commons in place of William O'Duhtrty, who died May I.R. FOR OFFICIAL REFORMS The President Urges Sweeping Changes in Methods. PAY IN PROIWOIN TO THE WORK. Too Much Time Wasted la Perfunctory Letter writlog Official Oaiette, Inltorm Stand ards, Central Purchaslof Office for Supplies, and Business Methods lo Bookkeeplni I'rgcd "Paper Work" Menace lo Army and Navy. Washingtem (Special). The Presi dent has appointed a commision of five to report to him on improved methods of doing the public business in the various bureaus and departments. The scope and character of the work expecteel of the committee is indicated in the following letter, addressed to Charles II. Keep, assistant secretary of the treasury, by Prcsielent Roosevelt : "You arc hereby designateel as chair man of a committee, to consist, in aeldi tion to yourself, ed the following four gentlemen : Frank II. Hitchcock, first assistant postmaster general; Lawrence C). Murray, assistant secretary of com merce and labeir; James R. Garfield, commissioner of corporations, and Gif ford Pinchot, forester, Department of Agriculture, who are to investigate and finel out what changes are needed to place the coneluct of the executive busi ness of the government in all its branches on the most eceinomioal ami effective basis in the light of the best modern business practice. In making this inves tigation 1 would like you to have in view securing an improveineut in business methods, particularly among the follow ing : "In preparation of decisions for min isterial approval, expert knowledge eif actual conditions affecting or affected by such decisions should gewern, as dis tinguisheel from a knowleelge of the rec ord ahme. Salaries should be commensurate with the character ami market value of the service performed and uniform for simi lar service in all ehpartmints. Geivcrninent supplies, except such as are required to meet eine rgeiicies er for immediate use in the lielel, shouhl be stauelardizcel and purchased through a central purchasing office. It is the iluty of the accounting and auditing officers to facilitate executive work. Fiscal restrictions or regulations should not interfere with executive efis- cretiem, shouhl be uniform and should be as few and simple as is consistent with accuracy ami safety. Systems of book-keeping and accounting should con- lorm to the most approved modern busi ness methods. The existence of any method, statnl ard, cu-tom or practice is no reason for its continuance when a better is offered. The ceimparative cost of all work for which cost keeping is possible should lie ascertained as between offices and depart ments ami as between the government, and private enterprise, and should be followed by the adoption of standards of maximum cost. There shoXihl be systematic interde partmental co-operation in the Use of expert or technical knowleelge. The business methods of the different denart- meins should be substantially uniform In the adoption of methods and the per 1 . r . ... lornianee e.i worK every step Wlncil is not clearly inelispensiblc shouhl be elim inated. As between the adoption of a uniform standarel and the actual efficiency of any office, the former must yield. No recommendation for change should be marie until after full consultation with all executive officers affected. There shouhl be published an official gazette to contain all executive e.relers, statements of changes in organizations or personnel, reports of important work begun, in progress or completed by any department, advertisements of all gov ernment contracts, all legal notices not requireel to be publisheel locally, notices of coming civil service examinations, etc. A resolute effort should be made to secure brevity in corrcsponelcncc ami the elimination of useless letter-writing. There is a type of burcaucral who be lieve that his entire work, and that the entire werk of the government, should be the collecting of papers in re ference to a catx-, commenting with eager mi nuteness on each and corresponding with oil 11T officials in reference thereto. These people really care nothing for the case, but only for the documents in the case-. In all branches of the government there is a tendency greatly to increase un necessary and largely perfunctory letter writing. In the Army and Navy the increase of paper work is a serious men ace to the efficiency of fighting officers, who are often requireel by bureaucrats to -penel time in making n peirts which they -hotild spend in increasing the efficien cy of the battleships or regiments under them. As riganls his matter you will please confer with the assistant secre taries of the War am! Navy Depart ments and reque-t them to submit to me a scheme for lining away with the evils referred to. In the civil elepartments the abuse e.f letter-writing amounts neit merely to the wa-te e,f time of thL. gov ernment servant respr.n.-ihle fe.r it, but also to the impeding ed public business. "Please con-iele r al-o the matter of en forcing accountability for property." Not a Delegate Came. Lincoln, Neb. (Special). A Populist convent ien to nominate a candidate for Congress in the First Nebraska dis trict was calleel to meet in this city, but when 'the hemr fir the ceinvention'camc no': a delegate could be founel. Secretary Kay's Plans. New Yerk (Special). Secretary of State John Hay left the hotel in this city where he stopped, and went to the Lau rel5, home of his daughter, in Mineola, L. I. Asked as to his plans for the im mediate future, Mr. Hay said: "I in tend to remain with Mr. and Mrs. Whit ney for a lime. I can't say just how lemg. It is probable that I will run down to Washington for a few days soon and look over the matters that need my at tention in the State Department. Progressiva Japao. San Francisco (Special). M. Toya ma, of Tokio, a member of the Roman Character Society of Japan, is here. This srxtiety is really a government commis sion, appeiinted to make a report on the advisability of the adoption of Ro man characters in that country. While it is not known when this commission will make its report, Mr. Toyama says it is the belief of well-informed Japan ese that within the next decade Chinese characters, which are now used in Ja pan, will le replaced by the less com plicated Roman letters. f , TWENTY-FIVE DEAD IN WRECK. Several of the Mora Seriously Hurt Succumb' ed la Ihe Hospitals. r.altimorc, Md. (Special). Twenty five killed, 20 badly injured and two flightly hurt is the result of a head-em collision on the Western Maryland Rail road which occurred nt 6 o'clock F. M. about one am! a half miles soutli of Patapsco Station, which is about 10 miles south of Westminster. All of the deael and injured were em ployes of the Western Maryland Rail road, the deael having been engaged in wrecking work, ami were on the way to their homes in Western Maryland when the accident occurred. The injurcel were brought to this city at 10.30 o'clock ami were removed to the City Hospital and St. Joseph's Hos pital, where they received prompt medi cal attention. The train bearing the dead was sent on to Westminster. The cause of the accident was a head on collision between a heavily laelcn freight train of about 18 cars drawn ny Engine.? 4t and 43, which was coming toward P.altimore, anel passenger train No. which left Hillen Station, in this city, at S o'clock. The trains, both of which were going at good speeel, crasheel together at 5.55 o'clock, ami just where the blame lies must necessarily be fixed by the officials of the Western Mary land Railroad and n coroner's jury of inquest, which will be hclel in Carroll county near the scene ef the accident. Accoriling to the statements made by the railroad officials Sumlay, the wreck was due. as far ns can he learned, to a fatal case of forgetfulness on the part of the tngincmen ami conductor of the freight train, who, afte-r the passage of train No. 17, which leaves Pallimore nt 4.13 for Union P.rielgc, secniee! to be imprcsseel with the i'lea that the No. 5 passenger train had also passed. The authority for this statement comes frenn Rear P.rakeman Lynch, of the freight train, who heard the conversa tion hcM by the cngine-ers anel conductor of the freight train while the latter was standing at Gorsuch Siding, anel by gooel fortune escaped with his life to tell the tab'. TRAGLDY IN A STREET CAR. Jealous Italian Drives a Stiletto Into the Side of Ills Rival New York (Special). Rushing into a well-filled car at Fourteenth' street and Avenue fi, Vincenzo Garabillo plunged a keen-pointed stiletto into Marcello Mi rheli, who, it is saiel, had won the affec tions of a young weiman in whom both were interested. Garabillo escaped, ami the friends of the victim of the assault, who probably will die, pleaeled with the police neit to search for him, but to allow him or his frienels to settle; the account in their own way. The passengers in the street car were thrown into a panic when Garabillo, with the long knife in his hand, jumpeel aboard and hurried through the car to where Micheli was sitting. Michcli was one of the first to sec him and maele a dash for the front dexir in an effort to escape, but the other man was too quick for him, and plunged the knife into his rival's side. None of the pas sengers dared interfere, ami the assail ant ran from the car anel disappeared. 1 he wounded man was taken lo a hos pital. Exterminated By Turks, Salonica (I!y Cable). The band of Macedonian insurgents, 80 strong, com maneleel by Totitchcff, was completely exterminated by Turkish troops, near Jalanka, June 13, afteT seven hours se vere fighting. The Turks lost 9 killed, including two officers, and had II men wounded. A Cbloatnao at West Point. West Toint, N. Y. (Special). For the first tmc in the history of the Mili tary Academy, representatives of the Chinese Emipre were aelmitted as ca dets sn that institution. The two young Chinamen, Ting Chia Chen and Ying Using Wen, with Luis P.agran, of Hon duras, and F. Tom as Plaza, of Ecua dor, under special act of Congress, will receive instructions with the class of 145 canelidates just received as cadets. Bank Official Pleads Guilty. Toleelo, O. (Special). Facing three federal indictments containing 21 counts, the combined minimum sentence of which would mean a continuous sen tence of 105 years and a maximum sen tence of 210 years, Orus M. Rums, the Montpelier (O.) banker, indicted by the federal grand jury for embezzlement misapplication of bank funds, false en tries anel perjury, voluntarily entered the United State s District Court and entered a plea of guilty on one count in one in dictment. Judge R. W. Tayler sen te nceel Purns to seven years in the Ohio Penitentiary. A Hotel Mystery. St. Louis, Me). (Special). The dead body of an unknown man was found ly ing acre-s a bed m the Hotel Parnuin, but there was no evielence to show what had causid bis death. Wcelnesday two men registering as T. Martin and R. H. Patterson were assigned to the room. One was founel deael and the other has disappeared. It is not known which name the deael man bore nor whence be came. On bis breast was tattooed the image of a sailor holding a Hag anel h J hat swe-atband is stamped "Manasscs, New Orleans." FINANCIAL Missouri Pacific eleelarnl li. ncinl semi-annual dividend of 2j per cent. cotton is more man $10 a bale higher now than it was some months ago. In May the production of pig iron was I,!)7,5Ho tons, the highest figure ever reacheel. Japan dcpeisited in New York some 110110; over SeVi.eYin ev-n ,1riv-l f-, 1... a ----- , .tun me recent sale of bonds. , W. L. Hull says : "The buying of Af altinc Coast Line and of Louisville 5 Nashville is ot the best character." T II. Price ficnres that - 3-n this season will amount . -.,, tw Jo(yjy- 000 against 31,730,000 planted last sea son. riiti-i-leiri nf the Ptttim,.r:..l T . 1 - - - -- - , liui a rusi and the Franklin National bank Accept ed the resignation of II. C. Frick as a director of those two institutions. It can be stated on inside authority lti.it tho ritdera for Sil1 rm 1,- I 1.. of the United States Steel Company are exceptionally large. They have not shown any decline during the past month. Philadednhia hank clparintr. u.. s . 1 o - " si v f4,m 630,000, s gain ofo,(3po,x)0. ALL EUROPE ABLAZE Effect of Crisis Between Germany and France. GREAT DANGER ON THE FRONTIER. Slight Break May Caoie Bad Rupture Premier Rouvier Decldet to Continue as Forelio Minister During the Period of Strained Relations Ocroiany will Not Re cofolte French Predominance lo Morocco. London (P-y Cable). It can no longer be denied that we arc in the presence of an international' crisis of the first magnitude. A dispatch freim Paris re ports that the French government is al most convinced that it is Germany's de liberate intention to proveike war. Orders were given by the Ministry of War to make every prcparatiem to re sist attack. All officers and men on leave were ordered to rejoin the colors instantly. Special trains in all parts of the country have been facilitating the execution of the instructions. Prime Minister Kotivicr has .nlopteel the most conciliatory attitude towarel Germany, but every concession he makes inspires fresh elemands, until now Em pcro William asks, in effect, the can cellation of the Anglo-French entente. This is not, of ceuirset, demanded in so many words, but it is in.-i.stcd that France shall make no combinations antagonistic to German interests. Complete submis sion to all the pressure the ICmpercr is now putting upeui the French Re-public wouhl reduce the country to vassalage. France sincerely desires to aveiiel war. but at the moment it is apparent that Germany is deliberately attempting to humiliate her French pride, which will burst into uncontrollable resentment. It should not be inferred that the Brit ish attitude is in any degree weak or yiebling. The Iiritish government is fully aware that Germany's aggression is aimeel cptite as much at Great P.ritain as against France. Lord Lanselownc is all for peace, but the remainder of the cabinet arc deter mined to resist with all the resources of the empire any serious encroachment on British interests. Lord I,andowne has counseled France, while avoiding all provocation, to preserve a firm attitude in face of German aggression. Great Britain has also taken impor tant inde pendent action, which is neit yet disclosed. It will become known when the China Sqnaelron anil other ships of the British Navy, which are hastening homeward at tep' speed, ap proach their destination. It will be founel to be rpnte as significant as t"ic mobilization of the Flying Squadron, which was Great Britain's response to the German Emperor's famous Kruger letters. There is reasem to believe also that even if France yields to German pressure in the matter of an interna tional conference in regard to Morocco Great Britain will veto it, even if she stands alone. The British government and people were never more anxious feir peace than now, but if the Emperor shoulel attempt to deal with this country as he is treat ing France war would be a question only of hours. Meantime the developments in the Russo-Japanese peace movement command only the secondary attention ot cllicial circles and the general pub lic. Great Britain has probably gone some what further than the others powers in her refusal to take part in the proposed conference of the signatory powers of tilt Madrid convention, but shoulel France, after all, agree to a conference, which is now consielered probable, Great Britain could gracefully elo likewise, since the refusal of Great Britain was maele on the understanding that the conference was unfavorably viewed by rrnnce. In fact, the attitude of Great Britain is much the same as that of the Uniteel States, the latter having indicated that she will wait until it is seen what France will do. Sunk By Russians. Singapore (Ey Cable). The Russian auxiliary cruiser Dnieper recently stop ped the Dutch steamer Flores, from Am sterdam for Batavia, in the Straits of Malacca and transferrcel to her dt of the Chinese crew anel the mails belong ing to tnc liritisli steamer M. Kilela, from Hongkewg, captured the Dnien- er with contraband em board anel sunk in the China Sea. .The European offi cers of the St. Kilda returned here on board the Dnieper. A Young Wile Durned. Cambridge, Md. (Special). The wife of Allen Tyler was shockingly burned as a result of attempting to star! a fire with coal oil. Her littl.t stepdaughter, who was by her siele at the time of the explosion, was also seriously burneel. r.ejtli were talcen to the hospital, and Mrs. Tyler's death is expecteel to occur during the night. The little girl will recover. Mrs. Tyler is but 10 years old. and was married last fall. To Divide Surplus. Mailiion, Wis. ( Special). The Senate has passed the Host bill, to compel the mutual life insurance companies to elivielc their surpluses amone; the policyholders at least once every five years. It now goes to the Governor fe,r his approval, and it is lydieved that he will sign the measure-. This is one of the inost im portant measures passed by the Legisla ture this session, and will have a el'rect bearing upon the squabble over the Eepii table millions in New York. A Chair ol Philanthropy. 'Columbus, O. (Special). The trus tees of Otterbein L'ni vcrsity, a United Brethren college at Westerville, have decided upon a departure in education in the establishment of a chair of philan thropy and practical religion. The pur pose of the new department is to afford an opportunity feir training, not only in the Christian ministry, but also fur work in various philanthropic enter prises, such as Young Men's Christian Association, social settlements and city Fa rbaokt ao LL D. Iowa City, Iowa (Special). Before a large audience Vice-President Fairbanks delivered the annual commencement ad dress at Iowa University on "A Chap ter in American History." Mr. Fair banks spoke of the Spanish-American War, its causes, conduct nnd effects. Mr. Fail banks was entertained at hmi-h.nn by the County Bar Associatiein, of which ex-Congressman Wade, a Democrat, is president. Congressman Dawson, of this district, and Hon. Frank O. Lowdt n were among those present. At the close of the' exercise the degree of deictor of laws was conferred ou Mr. Fairkuik. PRESIDENT GIVES ORDER. Cart Mnsl 6a Used la Enforcing Chines Exclusion Act. Washington, D. C. (Special). Presi dent Roosevelt is manifesting a deep in terest in the statements maele to him by a delegation of members of the American Asiatic Association concerning the difficulties which hitherto have been experienced by Chinese merchants, stu dents, travelers and literary men in gain ing admission to this country. The complaints of the Chinese Gov ernment about the alleged humiliation lo which members of these classes of Chinese often are subjected upon their arrival in the United States, together with the threats of the commercial guilds of China to retaliate by boycotting American-made gooels, have also aroused the business men of this country to pro test against what they regard as un reasonable discrimination in the enforce ment of the Chinese exclusion laws. In a letter to Secretary Metcalf, of the Department of Commerce and Labor, the Prcsielent directs him to see that the immigration officers exercise discre tion in the enforcement ed the exclusion law, to the enel that the relations of this Geivernment with China may continue to be cordial. It is pointed out that great difficulty is experieuceel by the immigration officers in executing the law, because of the many bogus certificates prcsenteel by Chi nese. It is a well understood fact that, fer a consideration, a Chinese coolie may procure in China a certificate that he is a merchant or a traveler or a mem ber of another of the exempt classes. On its face, the certificate entitles him to aelmission to the United States. So many frauds have been discovered in the matter eif these certificates that the im inigratiem officials examine all of them most carefully. That fact accounts for the trouble experienced by genuine mer chants, travelers, etc., when they ar rive at United States ports. Thus far no feasible plan has been worked out to remedy the trouble, of which the Chinese complain. Secretary Metcalf is in favor of Congressional leg islation ein the subject, provieling for a rigid supervision of the issuance of cer tificates in China, the idea being to hold absolutely responsible for the accuracy of the statements contained in the cer tificates the officials who issue them. STRANGE DEATH OF TWO YOUNQ WOMEN. May Have Been the Result of Suicide Pact. Frceport, 111. (Special). Mystery surrounds the death of Mrs. John Young, 20, and Miss Media Tylc, 18 years olel, whose bodies were found close together in the Pecatonica River here. A sui cide compact is believed to have been entered into by the two young women, who were close friends, and a love affair is reporteel to have caused them to agree to enel their lives. A post-mortem ex amination, however, showed the elder woman undoubtedly died by drowning, but the girl did not, as her lungs were filled with air. There was a large con tusion on oher forehea'd. It is the coroner's theory that the girl wished to withdraw from the suicide compact anel that the woman knocked her unconscious and threw her into the water. There is but one set of foot steps on the bank, and no signs of a body being dragged to the water. Mrs. Young and Miss Pyle were intimate, despite the objections of the parents of the young woman, who endeavored in vain to break up the frienelship. Mrs. Young had been estranged from her husband for two years, There is a story that the two young women were frequently in the. ceimpany of two young men, who were likewise close frienels. and that a quarrel over the same subject resulted in the estrange ment of both couples and the resolve of the women to end their woes by death. VETERANS IN SMASHUP. Train Bound For Louisville Reunion Wrecked. Albion, 111. (Special). Three persons were killed and 20 injured in a wreck of the castbound passenger train on the Southern Railway, at Golden Gate. The train was a "cotton special," carrying Confederate Veterans to the reunion at Louisville, Ky. While running at a speed of 50 miles an hour the engine struck a spread rail on a trestle 20 feet high and the engine ami four coaches were overturned and fell to the bottom of the ravine. The train consisted of three Pullmans- and four coaches. Two of the sleepers were derailed, but did not go over the, trestle. The third sleeper remained on, the track. 1 Most of ihe injured were taken tni Louisville. The others were taken west-' ward by way of Olncy. J. J. Uhlce, the: only passmger that was killed, was a merchant eif Greenway, Ark. LIVE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. Governor Magoon has sent an official comm-.tiiication to Colonel Gorgas, chief sanitary ohiccr of the canal zone, ad vising him that it is the President's wish that yellow fever be checked if it is within the power of human agency to do so. Prcsielent Roosevelt has appointed a committee to examine into the methods of conducting business in the several departments of the government with n view to recommending improved busi ness systems. The President has approved the find ings in the two trials of Capt. Geeirge W. Kirknian, sentenced to dismissal from the Army and to confinement in the penitentiary. Assistant Secretary Melville W. Mil ler has resigned. Jesse Wilson, of In diana, is his successor. The Treasury Department began the issue of new twenty-dollar gold certifi cates. The District Court of Appeals decided that public officials were amenable to the District Antismo.'-;r Law as well as private citizens. At the meeting of the Cabinet the President was congratulated upon the si-ccess of his efforts in indAcing Rus sia and Japan to agree to appoint pleni potentiaries to negotiate peace. Orders were issued at the War De partment directing the formation of two provisional regiments of field aftillcry. Three deaths and three new cases of ycllo-.v fever were reported by Govern or Mageon, of the isthmian strip. Testimony for the defense was con- t-1 1 1 , 1 ,-. I in trliil nf Willllm P- C - ' s- - s- .......... w, viaw- I ford, charged with conspiring with Aug- use tv, !iacncn 10 ueujuu m govern' menU JAPS OBJECT TO Both Agree to Negotiate f the Ameri-t can Capitol. JAPAN'S DEMAND WILL BE MODERATE.' Russia Urfed Paris, But Japan Promptly Dlsaented Next Step Probably Will Ba An Armistice, Which Russia May Favor Because Another Defeat Would Only la crease Japan'a Demand. Washington, D. C. (Special). Wash ington was chosen as the meeting place of the Russo-Japanese peace commis sion. This decision was officially an nounced at the White House, as fol!fws: "When the two governments were unable to agree upon either Chefu or Paris the President suggested The Hague, but both governments have now requested that Washington be chosen as the place of meeting, and the Presi dent has accordingly formally notified both governments that Washington will be o selected." The next step in the negotiations, with the Prcsielent as intermediary, is being undertaken. What that step is cannot be ascertained in official circles, but it is believed to be to suspend mili tary operations. The selection of pleni potentiaries will be left to the respective belligerents anel the time of the peace conference will have to be settled. The time will depend largely upon the per sonnel of the peace commission and the location of those plenipotentiaries at the time. It is not believed that the plenipo tentiaries will come together before Aug ust 1. Both nations will choose men that command confidence, and it seems almost certain that the Japanese repre sentatives will come partly from Japan. Twelve days will be rciuied for them to cross the Pacific on the fastest steam ers and six days more will be spent in crossing the continent. The Russian plenipotentiaries will come from Eu rope, and Paron Rosen is almost certain to be one of them. He will, at all events, be in Washington when the plen ipotentiaries meet. Although Washington is to be the place for the meeting, it has been prac tically agreed that if the weather be unusually hot and the plenipotentiaries express the wish, sbme of the sessions may be transferred to some cool sum mer resort. In this event the joint peace commission will meet here and1 organize, adjourn to some summer re sort to carry on the parleying and then' return to Washington to sign the final1 treaty. Washington was chosen because Ja-i pan was averse to meeting the Russianj plenipotentiaries anywhere in Europe, and the Russian government did not de sire to meet so close to Japan and the. seat of war as Chefu. After the two governments sent their formal replies to the President's note of geiod offices Japan formally suggested Chefu and Russia suggested Paris. Failing to come to an agreement, the representatives of Japan and Russia received the Presi-; dent's suggestion that The Hague be' chosen. After diplomatic exchanges the; choice narrowed down to Washington,' The Hague and Geneva in the order named. Japan was opposed to both The Hague anel Geneva for political reasons. Neither The Hague nor Geneva was regarded as absolutely neutral, anel both were regarded by Japan as being in too close touch with the political move ments anel ideals of the continental na-, (ions, Geneva was regarded as an asy-i htm of political agitators, many of them from the lialkan anel Austrian prov inces where Russian influence is strong,' and The Hague was regarded as sus ceptible to German, French and Rus sian influences. London was out of the question, being the capital of Japan'a political .ally and on account of the Dog ger Bank incident with Rojestvcnsky. Paris was not acceptable to Japan, be cause it is the capital of Russia's ally and on account of the alleged violation nf French neutrality at Saigon, Cochin China, by Rojestvensky's fleet. Berlin would not suit Japan on account of Em peror William's anti-Japanese attitude and German activity around Kiaochou. THREE KILLED IN WRECK. Engineer of the "Cotton Belt" Special la Dead. Princeton, Ind. (Special). Engineer. Otto Graetz, of the "Cotton Belt" spe-, :ial on the Southern railway, which wentj through the Golden Gate (111.) trestle, near Albion, is dead as the result of his! Injuries. He sustained a fractured skull nd had 24 cuts on his face and head.i The boely of John D. Johnson, fireman, was cut in two. No body of a woman (vas found in the wreckage, and the lumber of dead is, therefore, but three.! ine noeiy ot J. J. L'liles, a merchant. i orexiiway, .'rK., who was the only )3ssenger killeel, was shipped home. Surereons attenele'e! tht ininrie a jasscngers and many of the injured vere sent to Louisville from here. The' ngine had .passed over the trestle safely,1 ut the baggage car went thrqugh, drag ring the engine and four coaches to the (round, a distance of 20 feet. Gun Bursts on Battleship. Gibraltar (By Cable). During gun practice on board the British first-class Mttleship Magnificent off Tetuan, a 6-. nch shell exploded. Eighteen persons, .ncluding four officers, were wounded,1 II of them seriously. The officers are imong the seriously wounded. The ex, nlosion was due to a defect in the breach.' The shell burst insiele the gun. The wounded were brought here tonight. Built on New Lines. Wilmington, Del. (Speci.il). A com bination boat being built for the United, states Navy Department has been launched at the yanls of the Pusey & Jones Company. The contractors were Mayer & Priest, of New York, who turned the work of construction over to the local firm. The vessel, which is of an entirely new kind, will be used for, service in Guantanamo harbor, Cuba, in serving coal and water to war vessels! and taking away ashes. She is 80 feet, over all, .10 feet beam and 8 feet 9 inches' depth of hold. . $1,924 For Consclcocaood. Washington, D. C. (Special). Com-, missioncr of Pensions Warner received a contribution of $1,924 to the conscience fund of the Treasury. It came from a, pensioner and is the sum total of pen sion money drtiwn by hiin since the iCivil War, beginning at the rate of $j and rising to $6 a month. The tdenti hv of the pensioner is withheld nt it. .hitter's request. The name will be drop., from the roll. The reason for re l undl.-.g the money iml declining to ac cept more is ih.-t th. pensioner has not earned and does not deserve a oetuiea.
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