ENMfiaiJJMKEINT. A MEANING APPOINTMENT. Greek Oovrrnmenl Unit Treat Dlreotly With Turkish Conqueror of Iheisaly. It In reported In Athens scml-ofTh'Inlly that r. Ihrm Paslm. commander of the Turkish nrmy In Tliessaly, has Informed the Greek officers, who, lu conjunction with t(i Turk. Ih nfllcers. urn arranging th neutrnl rone, t lint In In empowered tn negotiate the terms ol peace with Greece direct latcr dispatch ssy-: It Is again semi officially nsserted that Edhem Pasha he re peated ins statement thin peace must be ne go' luted with lilm, and lit now pressing for the iipMliitimiit ol n Greek plenipotentiary to conduct tliii settlement f terms. 1 h correspondent ol the Loud n Stand ard Mt I'uiisliintitiopln rays: "Tim pence negotiation continue, It Is na-erte. tlmt the amount of Inili'iunity will ho reduced to 8,1)01),"" llr i l,IHW,Uiitil, 'i.Ui O.IHHJ to le. paid in cash to Turkey .mid ,iHM,IOO to l accept el by lliis-lu as Wirt payment of Indemnity owed her by 'i in key. 'It Is said tlmt nltiT thn suspension ol hostilities, thn Greek-, under i retensn of washing ilielr linen, crossed thn brblen over Inn Aria ami were attacked ly th Turkish I'nnimiinder, who drove litem back, after heavy lighting for t'ii hours." The Athens correspondent of ill Htnmlnril mtn "1 ho Government mill people are now mi'iy anxious for the dbiirinthg ol the Irregu lars, nud they I'lintl'lHiitly mly upon General Smolenskl to ilo this in oon ns tlm cuiidl Hons of pence have liifti agreed upon. Thn Greek army l paralyzed, anil new oninw from Miilniil. it of the dispatch of larite Turk Isk reinforcement to Thenly. At l.arlssu, Trlkliala ainl Kurdltr.a Hi" Turks seized corn valued nt l,iu,00ii ilrui'lims. "Great in liguatlou It displayed nt the lory that clement Harris wan killed with thn iiutt of n rlllu because ha wan unable to walk." THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL Tout and tenatf Conferrals Agrts Upon ths Amendments to the Msatura. Tho cnuferroeo on the sundry civil appro priation I III huva ugreed. The tuost Import ant amendment to the hill win that revoking the order ol President Cleveland ol February Hi, 1h'J7, setting apart i!l,0l'ii,eO0 acres ul laml us lurept reservations. Tho Semite amend ment ha been mo.lilli'.l by proNblliu that tlm President may moillty or revoke thn ir.x'ln in ul I. .it nml It Ik provided that thu lands I'mhra.'Kil In tl'" r'ii'rviitloiiK not ilia poml ol bniorn Mar'.'h 1, l'.is, hall bo uli. ji'ft to iipcratlona of thn unliT ol Ki'bruary 2L or a thfy may bo moilllbMl by thn l'renl iIhiiI, 1 hn K'-imriil provLtioim for thu uovrn Ih.Mit of llio t ir."t r.'Hi'rviitloln ura rntaluoil nt proviili-.l In tha Henate nui"ii.lui"tit. A provi-l.in la liiii-rtml allowluir mittb-rd to tnko ollior lat.ilK In tlm publln iloiiinlim. 'J Iih appropriation fur I'nari harbor.llawnil, in ri'ilu. i il to -f 10,0m). 'llii'iippropriuiiou for a KiiviTiinii'iit I'Xliliilt at llio Omaha Kx po sition in luft at i-'JOo.O)!), tha 75.0O0 Incrciisn of tlm Si'iiatrt b"ini mrb'kuu out. Tha amciul-mi-nt for Iiivntl.'aiion of nuar proilui'ttoti rmain lu thn bill. Tho appropriation fur tho liiiproVHnmnt of thn l.uwnr MNIKlppl rivnr In llipri-aso 1 to tJ,W;l,:l:i:t anil In mailo liiimt'illntKiy nvullaliH', by vontravt or oihor wli, In llio illsprntlon of thn Hwrntnry of War. Thu n't r-ilu'tloii from thn Sfiiatn ami-uiimi'iits In t.'.OO.uoo. Tho totul ol the hill n ii;ro'il to I toJ,l12,C'il. AN INTERVIEW WITH WEVLER Ho Cays Recognition of Cuban Hons- Thieves Would Bs Ridiculous. The New York Morning Journal prints, uuder data of Cltenfueiros, Culm, May Ul, an Interview wlih Capt. lien. Wcykr. HpeakliiK of tha action ol tho sonata In piuMim thn Morxau belligerency resolution, Wnylcr said: "1 am not surprised, nor eliali 1 be, if thn house should concur in thn senate resolution and sand It to the pri'Milou'. Your Jingoes lira In tho saddle, and vvMontly bent upon forcing 111" country Into soma serious lori lgu complications lu order to distract attention from the lat approaching Internal crisis. The lew scatteilng bauds of Cuban dynnmltors, railroad wreckers, horse and cattle thieves, plantation burners ami high wayman, now lu tha Held hare, who hold uo port and possess no seat of civil government, have no right to expect recognition. Such distinction at I'resldent McKluley's hands, issued in the face of my owu proclamation officially declaring the greutor part of thn island to be already padded, would hold the Washington executive up to tha ridicule of European powers and prompt a healthy out- Dursi oisymputuy. BANK OFFICIALS 00 WR0NO. Cashier and Teller Short in Thslr Ao-oc-ints. National Dank Examiner Chaunlng Bing ham has sworn out warrants before Cnlted State Commissioner Klrkpatrick, at Easton To., for the arrest of John 11 Moixell, cashier, and Willis H. Hocb. teller, of the South lluihlehem national bank, for embez tslouiuut. The amount Is not yet delluitnly ascertained, but from what bus been discov ered upon early examination it Is stated authoritatively by s ivoral of the directors to be ,000 or '.1,000, which amouut will not materially injure the bank. The entire loss will be made good from undivided prollU and by the directors. It la said that Carhfer Malxell left town for parts unknown. The teller, after Inaviug tha bank apparently for lunch, failed to re turn, and the examination disclosed that his cash account was snort about 48,000, al though it bud been correct the day before. Telier Hocb returned and restored tS,'il() of the mli-slug funds. It Is said tlmt Cashier Malxell had lieen dabbling lu stocks, Mclx ell Is 45 years of uge, married and well con nected. BANK TAX IS LE0AL. The Pennsylvania Aet of 1891 li Constitu tional. The constitutionality ot the legislative act of lH'Jl ol I'enusylvuula regardinu inn tnxa tlou of national banks was alllruied by the United status supreme court. It wusthu cose of the Merchants A Manufacturers' Na tional bank of l'ltlsbuigh airalnet thu com monwealth, and tha opinion of the court, which wus bunded dowu by Justice Brewer, affirmed the decision, of thesupremecourt of the state. This case Involves about SiO.000 In taxes due the commonwealth, and the Third Na tional, tho First National and the 1'eoplea' National banks of l'lttsburg h are also Inter ested In the decision. Tha case wus argued at Washington, li. C, about three weeks ago, with Deputy Attorney Ueuoral Elkln for the couiiuuuweulth and Judge J era Wilson, of Washington, for the bun. This settles the liiigallon, and the state treasury will soon receive back taxus to the amouut stated above. Bullets Prevent Elopement Mar Campbell, variety aotress who came to fit. Louis from Cloclunatl, bid In a clothes closet In Maud Dsvere's room and listened while bar husband and MlasDevere arranged iat an elopement. Then Mrs. Camnbell emerged wltb a revolver and put five bullets . into her husband and one into Maud Davero. She then walked to the FourC'ourta and gave herself up. Campbell waa taken In a dying oondltlon to tha City Hospital. When a de tective brought in his wife and aeked him to Identify her as his aaaailaat be refused to do so and kissed ber affectionately. Campbell la fatally shot through tha lungs and in lha throat. Tha woman s wound la not believed total fatal. DEEDS OP BRUTALITY. Dr. Wins TtUf of Awful Things ht Himself lean. hit Dr. Foster H. Winn, who t with tha Cuban hospital corps la the flolil near Havana, has forwarded Ihe following under date of May 0: Tha wanton destruction of property, the animliiiitlon of paclflnos nnd tha rabllua; of Cubau hospitals and marr?lrua butuherliiK of helpless III or wounded ('litmus by Weyler'a Hpantsh legions enntliiun. I have lean emiiiirh within thn pt week to arousa nny American. Mywlf nnd stuff of native assist ants have beu uii tha Jump day ami nhtht. Ihe majority of our wounded and sick I have been com tilled to tiausferto different mountain enves, for fear of a sudden attack upon our recent hospital headquarter. Others are hldd"n securely In thickly wood ed spots In the foothills with a small escort and a few trusted scouts. I rbla from place to place to attend them as required. Oua of these poor fellows was discovered by the Spanish column of l'izar ro, and when I went Inter to dress his wounds a Khatly slxht met my view. Ha had been ma.'lietcil, literally hacked Into pieces by Weyler'a men. I ordered his body buried. Whilst lookimr for a spot to Inter ilm my men, not mi yanls away, ran upon the sbo 'kinir, dlsDitiired liodies of two pael II cos In the edtfu of a patch, evidently hnvliiR been murdered by tha same Hpanlslt column when It had marched past their Ib'ld. These victims of Weyler's peculiar paclllcatlon tac tics were also burled. Whilst iIIl'ijIiik their Rrnves a little Cuban boy came to uta and told ma 10 mora paci llcos, iieluhhora of those nlrend found, had been killed by lha Spanish column that nioriiinif. With the boy's aid I found nnd burled these. SEHDINQ BELIEF TO CUBA. A Unmans Coootisioa Expiotsd From fpilu. The I'resldent, on tho suggestion of Secre tary Alger, Is considering tha plan of assign. lug an o fTlccr from the commissary depart ment of the regulur army to take charge of the assembling ol relict supplies lor Ameri cans lu Cuba. Through the good o dices of the Span's)! government It Is probable that In Ihe event It Is decbled to send food sup plies to Cut a In addition to remittances of money, our government wiil be able to send much morn than would be tha case if duly were exacted noon the goods Imported. An Intimation lias been given that such supplies will na ailinllteii .liny tree. inn uuty on Hour Is it.W per barrel, or above Its original cost, and the $50, 1)00 appropriation will be prac'i"ally doubled lu vulue by tho saving of tarlll ileiiuctlons. CHASED BY SPANISH GUNBOATS. Fruit Steamtr Ethelrsd Had an Exoiting Experience After being twice chased by Spanish gun. bouts thn ilrlllsh fruit steamer Ethelred arrived at l'hlladelphla from l'ort Autunio, JumHcia. When the Ethelred left May la, it was the Intention ol l upt. John V, Hart to accom puny her, but he was arretted ns he was about to go aboard. It Is supposed agents of the si'iinlsli government nolllled the Spun l-h authorities at Havana that Hart would be on thn vessel. Tho llrst encounter occurred off Cape Maisl, on the trip down. On Sunday even ing, Mav 111, n gunboat shot out tn lu luidei the Miill capes and steered directly for thu Irult vessel. All steam was crowtleil on the Ktheired, when n solid shut cut the water a half ml m ahead of her bows. Then cama a second and third shut, each nearer than fin others, t apt. Israel kept un his course nnd after auother hour's chase thu Spaniards gave up. Thn second clime happened lent Thursday afternoon lu almost thn Hainnspot. As the Ethelred rounded Capo Malsl a big Spanish gnniioat ga'.e chase. For two hours tha chasu was kept up, enlivened now mid then by a solid shot. It began to look as If tho Spaniards muaut to chaso the Ethelred Into the iielewaro capes, when auother steam ship was sighted and tho guuboat sheered oil. ONLY THE OILT SI0N LEFT. Two Blind Pool Conosrni Fall la New York. Tho sign of "0. T. Smith k Co., Invest ment agents, stocks, bonds, grain ami pro visions bought and sold," Is still up In gilt letters on the door of un otllca on thn fourth Door of the Svudicatn building. Liberty and Nassau streets, New York, but thu olllce is empty. Tha furniture was sold last Thurs day to satisfy a chattel mortgage. C. T. Smith A Co. advertised that their discretion ary syndicates paid customers over 0 per cent, a week. One ot tha firm wns F. A. I'hlllips, Jr., a member ot the Consolidated Stock and l'e troleum exchange, who failed In that ex change a few weeks ago, and whose connec tion wltb C. T. Smith A Co. Is now under in vestigation. He bad lett the concern before bo failed. The agent ot the Syndicate building said that the runt had been paid for this month. but that the whereabouts of Mr. Smith or other members ot the llrm was unknown, II. M. Hamlin unother dealer in discretion. ary syndicates, who had his ofllen at 165 Broadway, has ceased operations. He omit ted on departing to pay his April rent. POWER OF THI PRESIDENT. Supreme Court Dsoidss That He Can Remove Officeholders at Any Tims. The United States Supreme court render ed an Important decision. Among them was onn adverse to the claim of L, E. Parsons, late United States district attorney for the Northern district of Alabama. Parsons was removed by President Cleveland, but set up a claim that he was entitled to hold the office for four yours. The court ruled that the ap pointment might be terminated at any time ut the discretion of the I'resldent This Is an important decision, as it confers upon Presi dent McKluley the power to remove officials wnose terms nave not expired. Auother decision was tha; a national bank has no right to purchase or subscribe to the stock of another banking corporation, and thut this want of authority can be urged by ine onna to uereut un attempt to eulorco against it the liabilities of a stockholder. The case of Blythe vs. Hinckley, Involving th estate of the late Millionaire Blvthe, ol Cullfornla, wus dismissed tor want of Juris diction. The effect is to leave the property in the possession of Mrs. Hinckley, Uuughter ot the millionaire. Steel Fenoes For the 0. and P. R. B. The Cleveland A l'lttsburg division ot the Pennsylvania Hues Is to be proteute I from cattle by steel fences. One thousuud steel posts Have been ordered from tbe Bond Steel Post company of Adrian, Mich., and they are to ue put down at once. it Is understood that woven wire steel fences will be attached to tha posts. Such feuces am very hand some and durable, and easily kept In repair. and are rapidly luklug thn place of other kinds of of fences. BRIEF MENTION. Tha Nebraska Prohibition atata convention omitted a money plank as an olive branon to tun ires silver prom unionists. Tba large grain elevator at Radford. III. ownad by Wllker A Snail, was destroyed by ure. i ue siruuiure neu jusi uean reouut A Bt Louis millionaire and his secretary wara arrested in New York lor attempting to amuggla H,000 worth of Jswelry into tha oouniry. AN AWFUL COLLISION. Fatal Railroad Aeoldoat in Idaho la Whloh Nlas Wars Killed A collision between a freight and a pas senger train at American Falls, SO miles west of I'ocatnllo, Idaho, caused the death so far as known of nine man and the serious Injury ot eight others. Two of the latter will die. It was tha worst wrack that has occurred on the short Hue In manv years. Tha west-bnuml passenger train was wait ing for the freight at American Falls, stand ing In front of the station. The freight com ing east ran away on tha hill. It Is thought the airbrake was tampered with. The freight, running M miles an hour, crashed into the passenger train, which was already backing up right In front of the station. Two men were on the station platform, of whom one was killed ami the other fatally Injured. The station building was shatter ed, lloth engines ware converted Into scrap Iron and 20 freight cars piled up In aheap. Eight sheep shearers and tramps ware crushed to death. SHOT FOUR MEN. Brother Ot 0ns ol the Viotlms Thsa Killed the Hurdsror With A Oua. The little town of Oukmun, Walker county, Ala., was the scene of n desperate shooting affray. The following are the dead: Isaac Appling, acd SO, mayor of Oakman, and leading merchant of tha place, Charles Williams, aged 30, a machinist. Andrew ltlchards, clerk In the store of Appling llros., shot In the head: will die. Montgomery Appling, brother and business partner of Mayor Appling, shot In the body; wound not fatal, William luiucan, an Englishman, shot In the head an back; will die. The two Applings, Duncan and ltlchards were shot by Williams. The latter waa slain by Montgomery Appling, Williams was a traveling machinist, who recently oanie to Oakman from Mississippi to secure work nt the coal mines. While intnxlcuted he enter ed the store ot Appling llros., the largest business house nt Oukmnn, and became bois terous. Mayor Appllng.aftnr ordering him out, was about to call the police, when Williams drew a revolver and opened lira on Appling, who fell dead lit the llrst shot with a bullet In bis heart. Montgomery Appling, who was stand ing behind the counter, only n few feet away, snatched up a Winchester rilln and began llrlug on the murderer. Williams received two rllle balls In his body, but after he had fallen continued Hring until ho had emptied his pistol. Andrew Itldinnls, n clerk, was shot In the head by Williams while trying to escape from the place. William luincan, who has been prospecting in Walker county, wns shot In thu leg and back. Montiromery Appling was also wounded, ft Is thought both Uuucuii ana iiiciuirds will die. SILVER MEN SHUT OUT. No Room in National Rspubllosn League Convention. The National Itcpuhlican lengue has serv ed notice upon tho league lu the Western silver Hlules that the delegates to the Nation al convention la Detroit in July must be In accordance with the pnrty platform. The Executive committee of tha league met to make arrangements for tha coming couvon Hon. The condition of thu leaguo in thn Western States where the party veto was nearly wiped out lust fall was brought up througli the presence ol John A. liewcese, ol Denver, who said he represented the Itopub- llcaus who voteil or Mchlnley, :tud bo want ed to know what tha convention proposed to do lu the way of reorganizing the llepubli enns who stood by their party In the Silver States. He disclaimed being a place hunter, but, he thought tho league should recognize that the leaders lu Colorado had deserted the organization Inst fall. He suggested the league be reorganized in that State. The Executive committee delegated to I'resldont Woodmunsee and Secretary Dowling the duty to appoint a provisional organization in Colorado and any other Stale In which It might appear that thn old organization la no longer lu control of ltepublicaus In accord with the party. Tha basis of representation to the July convention wns made four tor each congressional district and 10 at large In each Stute, A TENDENCY 10 IMPROVE. President Thomson, of the P. B. R., Talks Aftsr an Inspeotton Trip. President Thomson, of tha Pennsylvania railroad oompany, bus returned from an In spection trip over the linea between Phila delphia and Pittsburg, and the Pennsylvania company's lines west ot tha latter city. Mr, Thomson suld: "I am very much pleased with the general condition of the property, notwithstanding the enforced economies ot the post eight or nine months. In Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Cleve land, Louisville, inuianapuiis anil Chicago i found tbe tendency toward Improvement strong. Tbe universal opinion in tbe west Is that tne crops ol tne coming season will be unusually heavy. 'As soon as we Hnd that the tralflo la In creasing and other conditions warrant it, we are prepared to expend the usual amounts for Improvements. Tbe commercial depres sion has been felt most severely In the iron and ateel business, und as the Pennsylvania system passes through tbe districts most directly interested in uiai Kind oi irumo, wa naturally feel the depression morn keenly than some of the olber roads. However the tendency toward Improvement li strong, BIX MILLION POUNDS. Powers Dsolds This the Highest Mark for Indemnity. "The dispatches which thn government has received from tbe representatives of Greece abroad all Indicate mat tbe peace ne gotiations have taken a turu more favorable to Ureece. Turkey's proposal to occupy Tbessulv uo longer receives any considera tion owing to England's attitude, wbllu the proposal tn abolish tbe capitulations In thn case oi ureea auojeuta m luruey is rejected. ana the suggested extradition treaty is ap. uareutlv eel aside. "Tbe powers have fixed 10, 000,000 as the highest limit of indemnity and will allow oul suoh a strategic alteration ol the Iron tier as will not Involve the subjection of any Inhabited district to Turkish rule. Her niuny's demand for an international control ol II reek Uuauues has not been favorably re ceived, as tha government hopes to raise a loan abroad on thn guarunten of England, llussla aud France at low luteret,to pay tbe ludeuiulty, aoucedlng certain revenues but not accepting the principle ot foreign oon trol." ABSCONDER MADE RECEIVER. k Runaway Cashier Oat Work at Cripple Creek. Barry Clark, tha cashier ot tba Bridgeport 0., National bank, who absoouuded two weeks ago, Is lu Cripple Creak, CoL Within a week altar his arrival at Cripple Crank ha waa appointed receiver for a fallen bank there, tha name ot which la unknown to his frieads, who wern appraised ot the faot la long lattar reoeivea by airs. Clark, 1,200 AMERICAN VICTIMS. Fall Reports From Cuba Swsll th List of Destitute. Secretary Sherman received dlspatoh from Const) i-Oanaral Lee, stating that the number ot Americans who are starving to death In Cuba because of Gen. Weyler'a or ders confining nou-conibntanta to fortified cities will number at least 1,200. In his lormer dispatch, placing the num ber at MOO, Oen.Lee had not received returns from all consular districts of Cuba, so that the number was partially an estimate. He has now received a return from thu consul at Sogun, stating that there are nt least t.M) Americans In that district who will require relief. From Mnlansas he received a re port stating that there ware at least 1160 starving In thn district. (ten. I.ea ties alreadr drawn 110.000 which Is being distributed to the oonsuis through out the Island. Thn appropriation of 000 will not Inst very long, considering the enormous prices that have to be paid In ( una at the present time lor tor.il. it la said that butter cannot tie obtained la the In terior nt any price, while eggs are selling nt 40 and 60 cents asf dozen. Tha Spaniards have killed oft the cattle to feed their sol diers. In less something Is dona to ohangs the situation In t uba before a great while con gress will have to make another approprl atlon for thn Americans whom (ten. Wavier is starving to death along with the Cubans. It is given out that Mr. Calhoun, who went to Cuba to Investigate the llulr. affair, will not make a report bv mall. Ha will return to Washington and make the report In per son. Speaker fleed had a long conference with secretary Sherman on Saturday. HUNDREDS DROWNED OUT. F.l Paso, Texas, Flooded by tht Breaking of a Lsves. The levee of tha ltlo Grande broke at El Paso, Tex. Not less tiian 120 homes were swept away, and several hundred men are at work on a new levee. The splash of the houses as they fell was mingled with the affrighted cries of woman and children who are driven from their homes. Several hundred families are now housed In cars. The ringing of the tire bells saved tha lives of many people who ware asleep. Ignorant of their danger. BIG STRIKE OF MINERS. National Exsoutlvs Board of United Workers Dsoid to Take Aotior Mia One of the biggest strikes In the history of the coal Industry Is about to begin. This bos been decided by the national exoouttve hoard of the t utted Mine Workers of Ameri ca. It will be the climax of a series of long struggles, and thn l'lttsburg district will be tha center of operations. With tha miners In the l'lttsburg district, the diggers in Ohio and West Virginia will also go out. When the order to strike goes into effect. In a few days, more than 00.000 men will begin grand struggle to get higher rates for the production of coal. It will be a strike against a strong combi nation of coal Interests, which by reason of business opportunities has been formed. It wns Lot organized with any concerted action or understanding. All of the lurgest operu. tors went into thn scheme to get control of the business, ami if the mines were kept run liing during thn lake season they would be musters of the situation, as far as lbs price concerned. This year the conditions In the lake markets are entirely illlTerent from what they wern in former vears. Time was when the smaller operators could market coal on the lake front, but this year nil has been changed. Now they cannot dispose of nny conl unless It goes through the nuods ol one ul 13 coal compnnies. While thn miners in the l'lttsburg district have been buttling iiguinst a reduction ol 54 cents a ton the operators have been quietly nt work on the lake fronts. Every foot of dockage is now in the hands of one of the 13 companies. With coal mined nt 64 cents, they would he In virtual control of the mar ket and need not tear inroads by uuy of the smaller operators. KITES AS WEATHER PROPHETS. Tha Foreoasts to Be Improved By Readings From Aloft For some weeks tbe weather bureau has been experimenting with kites sent up from one or two miles above the earth, and as a result tha officials bellevo that they will soon be able to forecast the weather for at least 111 hours longer than at present and with greater accuracy. Dally readings have been taken at three altitudes, and tne tact nas been established that shilling of the wind occurs at a mile level above the earth's sur face from lii to 16 hours before the same change ot direction occurs on tbe surface. This Is due to the same forces which operate to cause windshifts to produce a storm, one condition being dependant on the other. Tho most imperfect part of weather forecasts now is me prediction aa to roiu or snow. Meteorologists for the past 10 years have been impressed with the fuot that future da ta aa to storms must eome from a knowledge ot upper air conditions, Tbe aeroplane In vestigations neve reaennu uiai poiui wuerv It can be safely stated that within six months tbe government wenther bureau, for tbe Urst time tn thu history of any meteorol ogical service, can construct a telagraphlo synchronic chart based on air conditions one miin above thn earth. This cbart wiil cover tbe conditions between thn Allegben- ies and tbe liookles at tbe outset. BOOTH-TUCKER CONVICTED. Found Guilty of Maintaining a Disorderly Houss at ths Barraoki. Frederick Do I.a Tour Booth-Tucker, com tuander of the Salvation Army lu thn United States, was convicted of maintaining a dis orderly bouse nt tbe big nrmy barracks In nvK ruunoaum Biievi, isow lull, nnuiouun was postponed until June 8, and the com mander was liberated on the same ball as he bad been under. Complaint was made by residents ot tbe neighborhood ot the bar raoks. wbo alleged that they were greatly disturbed by tbe singing aud band pluyiug at the salvation Army meetings, espcoiuny those that lasted all night. Booth-Tucker was defended by ex-Mayor A. Oakley Hull, who quoted from the Scriptures to show that Miriam was ba llrst hallelujuu lussle, and that trumpets, cymbals, burps, castanets, cornels aud timbrels were used by the an cient Hebrews in thn worship of Ood. Tho judge's churge was unfavorable to thn de fendant Ihe Jury wus out live Bours. Bayard'a Trust Exeouted. The Bradford manuscript history of ths new Plymoutn colony, which was entrusted to ax-Ambassador Bayard by the consistory ol Loudon, was delivered to tha State au thorities by Mr. Bnyard. Tbe ceremony ot presentation took place In a joint convention of the Legislature, at which Gov. Woloott and tbe executive council were present. Sen ator Hoar made an address, in which he re lated the value ot tbls history ot the Pilgrim fathers and his own efforts to bring it to Massachusetts. Mr. Bayard expressed bis pleasure that he waa able to deliver this priceless document. Gov. Woloott received ths book aud pledged the faith of tba com monwealth "that lor all time the manuscript should bs guarded aa onn ol her chlefest treasures." First Vote on tha Tariff Tha llrst vote on tba tariff bill waa taken In tba senate on tha iultb. It came attar a two-hours' debate on tba Item ol boraolo aold, which, although comparatively unim portant, afforded an opportunity for the. llrst ligament J thevarloua elemouls, EMU FREIGHT RATES. Oaa't bs Fixed for Fatari Uit by the Inter state Commission, Tha t'nlted States supreme court decided two cases, holding that thn United State9 Interstate commerce commission has no power to prescribe railroad rates which may control In tha ftitura. The casas were those of tha commission against thn S'lnclnnatl A New Orleans railroad company and the Florida A Western company. The decision of the court Is construed to mean that the Interstate commerce commission baa no f lower to pass upon rates before they are put nto effect, being simply, empowered to de termine ine equity ana justice oi tne estuo llshed rates. The expected decision of thesupremecourt In what Is knowu as the Nebraska maximum freight rate case was not rendered, and, as the court adjourned for tha term, a deci sion cannot bn announced before next autumn. When the court crier announced the final adjournment for the term there were appar ently 8H0 oases on the docket undisposed of, but there were actually 3i:i cases, 21 having already been argued and submitted. This is a smaller number than the records ol the court have shown for thirty years. At the conclusion c,r the term ending a year ago there were 633 cases undisposed of. and since then 284 have been added, making a total of 817 contained In the docket fur the year. Of this number 437 htiva t een Anally disposed ol and ine principal labor done in 'il others. Included in tha 21 cases which have been argued, but In which no opinions have been rendered, are several ol considerable Import ance. Among them are the Nebraska maxi mum freight rate case: the controversy be tween tne llavden Power Brake and West lughoiise Airbrake Companies as to tha val idity of the Inttnr's investion: the Alabama Midland case. Involving the validity ot the long and short haul clause of the interstate commerce act; the Southern faciflo land case nnd two or three Important private land grant cases. MINISTER TO COLOMBIA. Editor Hart, of Wheeling, Nominated Us President by Charles Burdett Hart's Domination for minister to the United states of Colombia was sent to the senate bf President MoKIn ley. nated by I'resldent Mckinley to be minister to Colombia, is editor-in-chief of the Wheel ing Intelligencer and one of the foremost leaders ol the Kepublican party In West Virginia. He Is a warm personal trland of I'resldent McKluley, and his paper was one or tne llrst to advocate Jlchlnlcy s nomina tion. Mr Hart was born in Baltimore, June lfl, lnou.and Is oi hnglish ancestry that emigrat ed to this country before the revolution. He was educated in the public schools of Nan York and Brooklyn, and In French and Kn gllsh academies ol the latter city, and grad uated lit Trinity Hall, Maryland. He read law wltb Benjamin Harris Brewrter.of l'hlla delphla, but turned his attention to journal ism, and waa connected In various capacities with the "Chronicle," "Inquirer," "North American" and "Brass." of l'hlladelphla. While an editorial writer on the l'hlladel plila i'ress, In 1HV2, ha purchased an Interest in me neeiuig intelligencer and succeeded A. W. Cumpbeli as editor. F'rom the start ha took a lead in llepubllcan politics. Ho led the state delegation nt the Minneapolis convention In Mr. Hart has never sought nor held a public office. He Is an ac complished linguist, being especially pro. llulent lu Spanish and r rencn. A SUIT FOR $1,000,000. Nephews of Samuel Cox Want a Share of the Property. A suit for a tl.OOO OOi) has been begun In the United States court nt Hartford, Conn., against Mrs. Elizabeth Colt, of New York, by James B. Colt, ot Washington, I. C and Norman B. Colt, of Seattle, Wash., nephews ol Samuel Coit, who died in lsiii Thn suit is tha revoking of legacies to the plaintHTs by Samuel Colt, who made a fortune out of the manufacture of firearms. In tha com plaint, which la sworn to before Charles W. Fluecker. notary public. Washington, by James B. Colt, eldest son of James Colt, tha brother ol Samuel l oit.lt is charged tnat Mrs. Colt Influenced her bnshand to revoke certnln codicils to his will which gave to tbe plaintiffs a certain share of bis estate. She also Induoed Samuel Colt to believe, It la al leged, that letters containing scandalous matter ware written and sent by James B. Colt or his wife, or someone acting under his direction. It is further asserted that Samuel Colt desired a reconciliation with Jumes B. Colt, but that Mrs. Colt prevented It . Mast Py Duty. A difficulty confronts tbe government In its plan to aid distressed Americana lu Cuba. Spain will not remit duties on supplies sent to tbe islsnd, in spite otthe Spanish govern ment's promise to aid In the work ol relief. The Spanish government does trust the American consuls, except Lee at Havana, nnd Hyatt at Santiago, and fears the aid ot distressed Americans will be perverted to as sistance to revolutionists. The new compli cation may cause a further trouble In the re lief measures. The government will not abandon the purpose to purchase supplies in this country, and Commissary General Sullivan will set his officers to work. Gsnsral Synod Endsd. Tbe general synod ot the Reformed Pres byterian church, which has been In session tor the past week In tho Euclid Avenue church, East End, Pittsburg, finished Its work Wednesday, with a celebration of tha two hundred aud fiftieth anniversary ol tha adoption ol the Westminster Confession ot Faith. The next meeting will bn held In Philadelphia. Instructions were given to accept tSOO for fnmine relief In India. The report ol the treasurer ol domestic missions showed a to tal contribution ol 43,778.73, nearly all ot which nas been expended. TERSE TELE0RAM1 The 10 fishermen who went astray from the schooner J. P. Johnson in dories on the liew foundlaud banks were picked up by a pass, luff vessel und safely landed In Boston. Only about half ot the congressional ap propriation ot s)'iOO,OUO for thn relies of Hood sufferers in thn Mississippi valley bos been spent aud the work has been accomplished. Tha United Stutea Grand Jury at Indian apolis found nine indictments against John F. Johnson, president ot the State Nutiouul bank at Logansport, lad., for violatlug the banking law. Benito Lopez, aged 70 years, was banged at Folsoin, Cul., lor the murder ot George Washburn. Alexander T. Beckett, formerly a clerk lu tbe National Bank of Illinois, oomiultted sui cide at Chicago because of llnauciul trouble. This is the third suloidn resulting from thn failure ol tbe bank. Tha cose of It B. Armour, formerly post master at Memphis, Teun., charged with em bezzlement of government funds, bus been nulla pressed by the Culled States district-attorney for tha reosou that ths shortage, amounting to several thousand dollars, has been made good, Tha Florida house ot representatives by a vota ot SO to 6 adopted tbe artlclea of lm preachment agalnat Stata Treasurer C. B. Collins, that wars reported by tha special oommittee Fil lay. Malfeasance and tocom peieuoy are alleged la each artlola. . ENGLAND'S QUEEit. She li a Presbyterlsa Whsa lha I) In Sootland. At tba opening of thn Monday afternoon sesslon-ol thepresbytorlan flnneral assembly, Hon. John Wanamaker was reoognlzed ahd said: Mr. Moderator, I rise to a question o- privilege, believing that the assembly would ma io oe reminded that to-day is tha anni versary of that most noble woman, wno reigns over the British kingdom. Inasmuch as tba cotnpaat between Scotland and Ireland embraces the Westmnlstar Confession of Faith, and her majesty, the queen, attends the Presbyterian church while residing In Scotland, and In some measure belongs to our body, from whom all her Scottish chap lains are appointed, it seems meat that some notice should be taken ol bar birthday at this particular time, when tha Knglish nation celebrates her diamond Jubilee. It has been wen said or ner mat one dons not know which to admire more, the qtnseiillnesa ot tha woman or the wnmanllnes of the queen." Mr. Wanamaker introduced the following, which the assembly ordered by a rising vote to ba sent to the queen : "This day lining the 7th anniversary of the birth aud 60th anniversary of tha corona tion ot her most gracious majesty, Queen Victoria, whose reign has lasted longer than that ol any other monarch In the last thous and years, this General assembly of the Pres byterian church in the United States of America deems It fitting and does hereby send most cordial Christian greetings to both tha Illustrious Christian sovereign and the subjects of her gentle, generous and right eous rule over tho destinies ot tbe empire upon which the sun never seta. LATEST ALCHEMY A FAILURE. Inventor Brlos Can't Produoa Oold From Baser Mstels. During tha last three weeks expert matal lurigists oonneoted with thn mint bureau have been oonduoting a seorat Investigation In tha laboratory of the Treasury Depart ment at Washington Into tba claim of E. C. Brice that be has discovered a process for producing or creating silver and gold from the baser metals, etc., Including chemically pure antimony. Some months ago Mr. Brlce applied for a patent on this process, which was denied pending an actual test The report of the expert follows the test in every detail and ooncludee as follows: "During these experiments, which have now extended over some three weeks, and have Involved an amount of painstaking labor which we hope has not been entirely wasted, we have seen not the slightest evi dence of any creation or transmullon. On tha contrary, the claimant failed in every In stance to recover the entire amount of silver and gold known to ba present In the mater ials." A S33.000.000 FORTUNE. Pennsylvania and Maryland Hairs Claim a German Estats. A New York lawyer sailod for Germany on Thursday last to hunt up tha records of a fortune amounting to 433,000,000, which.lt Is claimed, was left by Dr. Henry Brosius, a wealthy physician and wine merchant of that country. The fortune lias been the subject of Investigation for some time. Judge ltrb'H, of Louisiana, made the dis covery while in Germany. He informed thn heirs that thn fortune was there and could be had. There were live original heirs who lived at the village of Willlamsport, Md.,und In Pennsylvania, Some of their descendenta still live at Wllliamsport, among whom aro Mrs. Margaret Wllilams.Mrs. John W. Long, Joseph Garrlsh and several others. William Albert of Hagerstown, one of the heirs, will go to Germany to establish a resldenco and claim lha fortune. Tha Pennsylvania heirs live In the neighborhood of Carlisle. CUBANS FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER. Bsnds of Castillo aud Delgado Bad a Fra tricidal Quarrel. It la officially reported that between Ojo Agua and Dubiuey, Province of Havuna, in surgents ol the bands under Castillo and Delgado fought among themselves, with thn result that live wern killed. According to the same authority, ths sur render of armed Insurgents continues, and It Is said that a bund of Insurgent negroes, numbering 300 and well armed, was surpris ed by local guerrillas, assisted by Spanish regulars, at San Diinae, Pinnr del Itio, nnd compelled to retreat with heavy loss, Tbe guerrillas lost two lieutenants ami 3!i pri vates. In Miilauzas Id armed insurgents have surrendered. . LIBERTY PARTY'S PL1TF0BM. What ths Members in Ohio Want Their Nominations. Tha Ohio state Liberty party, originally Prohibitionists until thn split at tba Pitta burg convention a year ago, In convention at Columbus resolved that the government ought to suppress Intoxicants as a beverage, but sell the same for other purposes and without profit. Equal suffrage, gold and silver coined at a ratio ot HI to 1 and legal tender paper Issued by the government direct are the principal platform planks. Tbe following state ticket was nominated: For governor. John Iticbardfon, Champaign county; lieutenant-governor, T. M. Hillman, Darks county; treasurer of state, T. A. Kodefer, Belmont county; supreme court Judge, J. S. Wertman, Ashland county; attorney-general, J, W. Itoaeborougb, Fulton county; member ot board ot public works, J. B. Bolunilcr, Marlon county; school com missioner, It. T. Walker, Madison ccunty. Dishonest Natives. Lord Rarstock, Secretary ot thn Society for the Christian Succor of India, has received ' a letter from tba Rev. J. O. Denning, an American clergyman at Nurslnghbur.rnlatlva to the dishonesty and lucompetunue of thn natives who are administering thn famine fund. Mr. Denning says thut owing to tba action ol tbe Hindoo members ol the Local District Committee not a single half-penny has reached the poor Hindoos. Ha adds thut tbe members ot this committee opposed all relief ol children on the ground thut the only orphanage Is Christian, aud that to help tha children would bn helping the Christians. Strikers Oain a Point No meetings were held at tbe headquarters ot tha striking New York tailors on Sunday, and quiet prevailed. Strike Leader Suhoen reld said that the executivn board had de cided to give permission trom this day on to strikers to make settlements with the man ufacturers. In all the cases the agreements must provide for only 61) hours of work weekly; tbe manufacturers must gnuranten thn pay ot thn employes, who must be paid weekly, and an Increase ot 13 par cent over lost year's scale must be granted. Ths Wrong Man Killed. During a poker game by colored miners ot the Pittsburg A Chicago Gaa Coal com pany at Suowdeu. l'a., Sunday morning, George Douglass shot Albert Grler through the head and ba died almost iustantly. Jus. Smith bad beoomn euruged because Doug lass had won a put on a bluff. Ho was go lug to bit Douglass with a scantling aud Douglass got a gun. Smith ran Into a shanty and Douglass Bred whera ha thought Smith was, but bit Grler Instead. Tha Tin Plata Soala. Tha Tin Plata Waga Committee In Its sec ond report made an average luarnosa In thn scale of 10 per cent on moat branches of thai work.
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