aA A NO DECISION. Filipino Commissioners Retire to Their Lines. EXPECTED TO RETURN. The President of the Delegation Approves of the ameriean Terms Soldiers wired Satlors nt Manila Thus Far Have Heen Well supplied With Good Food ~ Reports From Officers st the Froaot, Manila, Phi i. pine I-lands, (By Cusbie,)— The Fiilppine Commissions iv t hme by special train. They we e ese rted to their Ines under a flaz of truce, It is expected they w ll return soon, Presid: nt Gonzags, Commission, jr vous said: “We greatly appreciate the shown us. We have spent som your Commissioners, ineidentally fog the American Constitation. i los impress me profoundly. *“The plan of government off red the Phil- ipploes seems, in thecry, 8 good colon’ system. But why should a nation with your Constitution seek to muke a colony of a dis- tant people who have so lousy been fighting Against Spain to secure the sam» rights your Constitution gives? You foucht tha same battle in Amerien when you fought aguivst Euogland.” In the fighting at Sun Frroando 50 Fil pinos were killed and mauy were WO wded, The Americans bad 2 men killed and 12 wounded, of 10 the Pollippine nis departure, couriesy time with co asider- I.» priced FOOD FOR THE TROOVS, Soldiers and Sailors at Manila Thus Far Have Been Well supplied. Washington, D. C,, The War Department gave open to the satis’action with which it received the state- ment of Major-General MacArthur contalc- ed 1a his report ju.s mad + public, so far us they relate to the food sappiles of the Amer- ican troops io the Philippines, Secretary Alger has already, actiog at the instance of the Presid-nt, given special in- structions to General Otis to cause a careful inquiry to be made by a competent board of experts into the sufficiency of the present Army rations for the wants of the America: & in the Philippines, realizing that the elimat.¢ conditions there might warrant considerabis changes in the estabiished food But meanwhile both the President and See- re ary of War are gratified to kara from sajor-General MacArthur that the Army is abundantly supplied with the best Austrai- ian beef aud with choles Amerika Lies in good quantity. The Giacier, which just sailed from For- tress Monroe for Gibraltar, is making an #x- periment in food supply that is belug wate! ed with interest, She earries 1,000,000 pounds of fresh beef fa her relrigerators for the sailors and troops at Maniie, and If this ean be kept in good condition for the sixty days required for thepassage there will be an opportunity to make a comparison be- tween the American and the Australian beel witn which the Americans have »0 [ar Leen supplied, (Speeinl. eX pression Sappile #, Yegelia~ FIGHT AT BALIUAG, Gen. Otis Reports the Engagement of the Third Infantry. Washington, D. C., (Special. }—Gen, Otis has forward-d the fcilowing d spateb to the War Department: “Manila. —Adjutant-General, Washington Third Infastry, returnicg to Balicag from San Miguel, were atiack-d morning, noon and evening by a large lors of the enemy, suffering in ensun ties two wen killed and tLirteen wounded; enemy repulsed, leaviog on the fleld sixteen arse namber wounded and prisoners, “The enemy appeared in vielnity of San Feroando, which wae attack +d by Kao- sas and Montasa regiments, which suffered slight loss, The enemy was driven through rice flelds, leaving 50 dead, 38 wounded and 28 prisoners: 50 rifles snd other property were captured; their retreat through swamp land saved them from destruction, Lawton returplog, leaving with MacArthur on the front. Regular troops to repiace volus- teers." kliied the GREAT FIRE AT ST, JOHN, One Haudred and Fifty Buildings De stroyed «Loss Haif an Mililon, St. Jolin, N. B.. (Special, }—Fire that broke oit in a bLuildieg adjoining the’ general warehouse of FP. Nase & Sone, Male street, Northend, did enormons damage. A lead- ing underwriter estimates the lose at $500,- €00, and the insurances at $300,000, For several hours the fire's progress was un- checked. Insufficient water supply, a long term of dry weather and a brisk gale cons tributed to cause & conflagration, which swept over fifteen blocks and destroyed ono hundred and fifty buildings, One thousand persons are homeless, a majority of them laboriog people, Two deaths ars to be set down to the fire, A Miss Cunard, an aged lady, residiog on Holly street, was burned in ber house, and Mrs. Arnold Mowery, who resided a short distin o from the scene, died from shock, Dewey Bought a Ticket, When Commodore Dewey left Washington in November, 1807, to take command of the fleet 16 the Pacific Ocean, he did not ride on a pass or a half-rate ticket, Beloga per- sonal friend of 8, B. Hege, general agent of the Baltimore & Obio passenger department fn Washington, the now famous sea flehter bought two first-class tickets from Wash. fogton to Ban Franelsco via the B. and O,, Chicago and Northwestern, Union Paeifie and Southern Pacific lines, Lieut, Brumby accompanied the Admiral aud they departed on November 27. Hometime ago, Manager of Passenger Teaffie DD. B. Martin of the Daitimore and Ohio Railroad, set out to colieet the coupons of the ticket and only recently secured all of them. He has bad the ticket, containing Dewey's signature lithographed, and Is issu~ ing fac-similes as souvenirs. Sa GIFTS TO CRUISER NEW ORLEANS. Oltizens of New Ortsans Present Warship With Sliver Service nnd Bells, New Orleans, La., (Special. )—The sliver pervios and the siiver bells secured by the citizens were presented to the cruiser New Orleans, Speeches were made by Gov, Foster Mayor Flower, aud Senator McEoery, and Capt, J, 8. Watters and Oapt. responded, Miss Janle McFoery, dangh- committees went aboard on the Strauger reserve bout, Th was by THE NEWS, A conference of Democratic National Com. mittermen was held tu 8, Lous and lester there wis & banquet, at which Hon, Wm. J. Brynu denounced trusts, The Presbyterian Gepernl Assembly, in session at Minneapolis, ndopted a new declaration of faith in referring the MeGil- fort case to the New York Presbytery for ace tion, Rev, Dr, 8, F. Breckenridge, of Witten. Lerg Theological S~minary, Ohio, was elect ed president of the Lutheran General Synod, which is in session st York, Pa, Prof. Arthur Twining Hadley was elected president of Ya'e Usivershiy to sueoeed Tim othy Dwight, resigned, Ex-Goveruor Reed died at the residence of bis sor, Harry M. Reed, in Bouth Jackson. vilie, Fis, in the 86:0 year of Lis age. He was born in M ddlesex county, Mase, and lived in Wisconsin in early life, In 1563 he was wlected Governor of Florida under the new coastitution, which place he fliled for four nud a half yenrs of the stormy yeriod of reconstruction times, The detalled statement of the April imports and exports of the Uunitsd States bas been compl-ted by the Treasury Bureau of Sta- tistles, The total imports were valued at $05.104,487. an increase of $0,148,077 over Apnl, 189%. The duties coilected hmounted to $17,645. 946. The totnl « Xports were £86,- 750.781, a decrease of $11,233,848 over Apri, 1808. Of the #xports agricultoral products smounted to $47,436,316, President MeKinley will go as far west this summer as St, Paul asd Minneapolis, Whether he will go to tha Yellowstone Park and Paecifle Coast Lis cannot pow decide, The date of his visit to St, Puul bas not been fixed. The President expects to be there at ts time the Thirteenth Minnesota, the South Dakota and other regiments arrive on their return from the Philippines, when a great reception will be given them. Harvey Reiff, Washington sounty’s (Md.) famous fat boy, now weighs 421 pounds, snd will Le only 18 years ofl next month, He bas gained 38 pounds since Christmas, A national convention of Baptists was be- gun ia San Francisco with a meeting ol the Woman's Home Missionury SBocialy. Miners in Southwestern Kansas, it is re- ported, are fmporting uegroes to take the place of strikers and trouble is expected, Joho Burkboider, of Martindale, snd L. Ww. Frankbouser, of Terre Hill, Pa., bave been arrested on the charge of counterfeit. ing the iabels of the Cigarmakers Inlerna- tions! Unfon., It is alleged that they Lave been engaged extensively in this counter felting business for several years, pegro was killed and three white men wounded ina strect fight which curred at Joplin, Mo., which was started by a negro woman striking D=Witt Leonard, Tu a fit of jealous race Levi Moore, a clerk in the Chiy Marke!, Kansans City, Mo., shot and probably fatally wounded Mrs. Jennie Campbell, Mrs, Emma Lacdls and Mrs Anna Meck, A 10 per cent. inereass in wages for 7.500 men was the result of the annual prescrip. tion seale conference between the American Flint Glass Workers’ Association and Association of Fliat apd Lime Glass Manu- facturers, whicli just sdjourned at Pittsburg, Fracels Smith Edwards, aged eighty-iwo years, died at bis home in Dunkirk, N.Y, of paralysis, Whoile in Congress he 100K Lieut, Wiliam B. Cushing, of Albemarle fame, lo Washington, made bim a page and later secured his appointment to the Naval Acad- emy at Anospolis, Somerset T, Williams, propristor of High View, a summer hotel near Boyd's, Md. was badly injured in a rupaway. He jumped from the vehicle and fell on bis shoulder, breaking the collarbone snd painfully bruls- ing bimeseif, A case of smallpox was discovered inthe alms house on Blackwell's Island, N. Y., and th» entire Island, on which thers are about 10,000 persons, bas been put under quar. aatine, CUBAN ARMY DISBANDING One OC Gen, Bodrignes's Men Determine Not to Accept American Money. Havana, (By Cable. )—Maj. Gen, Fitzbugh Lew, Military Governor of the Havana-Pioar dei Rio Department, wired Gov. Gen. Brooke at Ei Vedado that 200 Cabans, of the com- wand of Ger, Mayia Rodrigues, near Mari ava, dispersed, after resolving not to ake the 875 per man. Some of them sold their arms, apd other took them to their homes, Teirgrams from different points say that the Guban Army in the western provinces will adopt the idea of the troops ia the Uri ent, declining to give up Arms Or to &ccept American money, According to thess re poris the government empioyes will eon. tribute a percentage of their ssiaries in or- der to give the soldiers an amount equal to that offered by the United States. the present condition, says that the danger of maintaining an armed force is patent, and it appeals to the mento disband peacelully, but it passionately enumerates the reasous which it coneeives to exist against forcing a surrender of the srme, aud closes the edi torial with the following statement: “By adopting foree the United Siates would commit an injostice, Let the chiefs arrange the matter as they believe would te best. Then, within filieen days, thers will not be a siogle regiment under arms; the Americans will have confidence in the Cu- tans, and the Cabans can depend upon the fu. filament of the promises made by the Americans, who really desire to ses Cala independent.” A dispateh from Puerto Padre, on the north const of the provises of Santiago, west of CGibara, says that Baron Machado, a wenithy planter and merchant, who was eaptured by bandits, was released after the payment of $1,000, which the brigands se- cured by sending a messenger with an order from Machado to his agent. AWRUL TRAGEDY, A Man Brutally Marders Wife and Chal dren snd Then Kills Himself, Joplin, Mo,, (Special. )—~lo and near a tent in the southeast part of the town were fouad the partly decomposed bodies of J. E. Moss, his wile, an iniant child, a girl of seven years and a boy of nine, The heads ol all, save Mose, had been mashed with » hammer, He had a builet hole In his head, aud still elasped a revolver. He bad ap parently killed his family, then committed suicide, The motive Is 8 mystery. The tragedy is believed to have ceeurred on Tuesday night while the family were asleep, The woman was io a night dress, and had evidently been killed before she could make resistance, The girl lay on a cot near her mother, the boy was stretched across two re, and the body of the futher and hus. ; , sprawled on the CATE 10 08 UPHELD. Reported Decision of the Sa- moan Commission. DETAILS KEPT SECRET. or pn American Commander Is Coming Home Goodrieh 10 be in Charge—The Cap tain of the Newark Will Relieve the Present Naval Chief, Who Will Keturn to San Francisco on His Flagship. Apia, Bamos, (via Auckiand, N. Z.—DBy Unable, )-The Bamoan Commission (consists ing of Bartlett Tripp, former United States Minister to Austrin-Hungary; Baron Speck von Sternberg, representing Germany, and , N. Eliot, C. B, of the British Embnasay at Washington, representing Great Britain, bave urrived here, Its first sitting took place May 16. The Commissioners were epeaged all that morp- ing {a conferring with Culef Justices William L. Chambers, Nothing was disclosed re. gurding the deliberations, but it is reported that they will uphold the action of Admiral Enutz, the American naval commander, Matanfa rent the Commissioners a letter 3ft welcome and expressed bope that they would satisfactorily end the troubies in Sa mon, It is wvnderstood Matanfa will obey ibe unanimous order of the Commission, though it is doultiul whether he will order Lis followers to disarm, unless the Malieto- ans are first disarmed, The Mutanfsns will probably disperse to thelr homes i! order<d to do so, Lut they will never recognize Malietoa as King, and, loubtiess, there wiil be further trouble in the tuture i the Kingsbip is maintained, Ouly one or two cases are koown of the woundiag of natives Ly the shell fire of the warships, and, as they have pot realized the reugth of the Europeans, they may go to greater extremes if war arises gale, The rebels remain outside the lines indi ‘ated by the Admiral, and bave strongly fortified a new position, while the loyalists are belog drilled and bave fortified Malisuu, A considerable nuw loyalists have teen brought Ly the warships from other isinnds, The Germans ars preparing compeacsalion claims, I: Is understood ous German fem Salas $60,000, and thst other OG ber of ‘ran subs nets cin 820000, 7 B 8 Maxse, in tinioes, and it is under le will ndjudicate # Britis vite them to pul od the Commission them, Replyiog to questions si 8 correspond nt, Matasia bead ciiels and sot Wl war, adding that they were angered at power them: Ly vicienee, and were made angry by the Cole! Justice's “'an- { just decision.” Matsnla claimed hie had uphel snd ssid Bis orders throughout fire upon the Europeans, this order the whole guid mse! Ww did so be belog bana Gs Cause 13 niko Were nd asd thas paIiy of large bodies of Lush. natives concealed in th KAUTZ COMING HOME, The Rear Admiral Cables that rail on the Philadelphia, Washington, D. C The fc Special, HOW. Department, dated Apia 180%. via Auekiand “Secreiary Navy rived oa May i2 feave so a8 to reach June 25. Commission may on the Badger, M ay in, Washington ibe Ban Pulindeiphia Francisco about desire § Rave” sy reelitith Armistice »uill Exists { By Cable, A jeriln, dispatch received was not disturbed on the arrival there of the Samoan Commission, and that being exchanged with the view ing the rival furoes, ONCE PRESIDENT OF SPAIN, Death of Don Emilio CUsstelar, the Dis tinguished Repub'iesn. Madrid, Spain, (By Cable.}—~S=nor Do: Emilio Castslar, the distinguished Bepubii. can orator and statesman, who bad beer sallering from an attack of catarrh, contracted last winter, Is dead, Emilio Casteisr was born in Cadiz Sep tember 8 18320, His lather, an exchange broker, spent seven years in the Eorilsl possessions, chiefly at Gibraliar, 10 escape sentence of death passed on him for hi implication in Liberal movements, Not withstanding his father died poor, Emilio, received a superior tained great journalist and orator, In 1856 Castelar was the successful com: petitor for the chair of bistory and philos ophy in the University of Madrid. He also education, and a» gation in the Asthenscum, 1864, after having, with Senor Carascon, founded the journal La Demceracia, teiar paved the way by bis writings and speeches for the revolution of 1866, which was put down by Marshal Serrano, was sentenced to death and his paper su; pressed. lo disguise be escaped 10 Geneva, and thenee to Franee, During the troubles of 1568, when [sabelin iI. was dethroned, Castelar retursed to Spain and labored for the adoption of a re publican form of government, but the throtie was re-sstablished In 1870, with Amadeo as King. Oastelar was restored to bis professorship in 1568, and resigned it in 1875. He was elected 10 the courte for Bars goss and Lerida, and opposed Prim aad Serrano and subsequently King Amadeo, When King Amadeo abdicated in 1573 Castelar became minister of foreign affair to the republic, February 12, and President sf Spain, with extraordionry powers, Sep tember 7. On January 2, 1874, he resigned, Serrano eame to the front in the military re- netion, and a year later, when Alfonso XII was ealled to the throwe, Casteiar made a second journey to Geneva, In 1876 he re stitered the Cortes, Benor Castelar's republican views become modified as far as their appliestion to Spain wont. In 1803 on May 23, just six years fae, ig announced his retirement from pub & 's 3 Shot HisWife; Blew Gut His Brains. prosperous farmer, residing near Lone I idee, Warren county, shot his wife fa the lend, inflicting & wound that may result in hor death, Till then blew out his o brains with a shot from bis ’ : syle bad been d for Military Leaders Want to Have Military Rule. Washington, D. C,, (8pecial,)=The ipdi- ention ¢ enrly set out iu the news dispatches from Manin of a division of opinion smoObg the United States Commissloners as to the Lest ethod of desilug with the insurgents nt this critical stage bus nronsed deep lntor- ont here, Nothing was reevived at the State Depart. ment from President S8churman, of the Com. mission, and in Geuveral Otls' dispntebios 10 Becrotury Alger, or at least all of them made public, thers is 00 references to any dissatis - faction on bis part with the attitude of the civilian members of the Commission, It 1s regarded as perhaps a misfortune that this phase of the shiuation was not reached before Admiral Dewey, by leaving Manila for bome, lost to the Commission the benefit of his experience and sound Judgment, It is realized bere hat much tactis re- quired at this juneture in order, while avoid. ing extremes measures with the Filipinos, uot to fall into the mueh graver error of losing the expensively bought fruits of the victories of the American Army and Navy. The War Department {s inciined to sug- port General Otis, not only Lecause of his connection with the war, but also on the ground that his longer experience with the insurgents better fits Lim to understand the uative character, However, the President is giving the mat. ter his close personal attention, assisted not only by Secretary Hay, who Is direcly re- sponsible for the iostructions given to the Commission, Lut by all of the members of the Cabinet, and a proper outcome of the Jittle difference may be expeo od, It is said at the War Department that the town of Zamboango is not to Le permanently abandoned to the possession of the insor- gents in that quarter of the Prilippines, The Spanish garrison will Le withdrawn before General Otis is ready to occupy the place, Lut just as soon Maulia and in the vicinity permit of the withdrawal of a sefcient Zasmboango wil be garrisoned by American troops, Capiain Barker is expected 0 designate one or more of the gunboats under his command to assist ia the recccupstion of the town, SCHUNKMAN'S REFONRT, President of the Filipino Bends Message, Washington, D. C., (Special. )-Becretary Hay bas received from President Seburman, Wes. far held wiih the native sion sent Ly Agulnaido Americans, Filipino Commis to treat with the The message was ald before He was very much at its contents, which weresald to be President Seburmman reports that the na- tive commissioners will taks back to thelr peopie the proposition for a form of govern. ment, &-~,, suggested by the American Come mission, The text of the dlspatch was not wade publie, and will not be, It was stated on the authority of a gentle. man who spent some time with the Presi. deut that, contrary 10 reports from Maaolis, between the military snd civilian of the Commission as 10 the members course to be ARKRIVAL AT RONG-RKONG, Admiral IL Hopg-Kone, by Cable, )The United on board, has arrived here Bhe was saluted Ly the ships of all nationall Admiral Dewey, Captain Lamberton, Lieu. tepant Bramby and Usited States Consul Widmann were received by a guard of honor they landed to visit the Governor of Hong-Kong, Sir Hetry A. Biake; Major-General Gas. oigne, io rommand of the troops, sud Com solore Towel, commanding naval forees, The visit was afterwards returned the Admiral Dewey is In tad health, being 100 ili to attend the Queen's birthday dinner, The Olympia is golog to dook bere and will remain ten days at this port, QUEEN HAs CATARACT. Operation on tke Queen's Fyos Necessary to Restore Her Sight. London, Eog., {@iy Cable )-Truth, In spite of semi-offieinl statements 10 the con. trary, insists that an operation for eataract on the Qacen's eyes is inevitable, Jt says: “Toe Queen has just consuited Professor Pagenstecker, of Wiesbaden, who guaran. toes the success of the operation and opines the Queen will entirely regain the exosilent sight she possessed until recentiy,” Enlarging the Gunshop. Washington, D. C, (Special ~The Navy Department bas under construction an ad- dition to the big gunshop at the Washington Navy.yard. The pew Luliding is 30) feet Jong, making the main shop 900 feet in length, The new addition will contain the whole of the breech mechanism department, which ins been herstofors housed in a sepa. rate shop. The steam orane railway will be extended 20 as to cover thes new shop, All departments of the gunshop thus will be brought under one roof, Their Wages increased, Lyvehburg, Va, (Special, }=-The Glamor. gan Pipe and Foundry Company, of this eity, posted a notice that after June 1 wages in the pips foundry department will be in- ersaced 10 per cent, Aboul 176 men will be affected, This company made a out of 10 per cont, in 1805, which was restored in 1865, #0 that the wages of employes in the pipe foundry department, alter June 1, will be 10 per cent. higher than ever before, a Buried Under Bricks, Now York, N, X., (Special) The west side wall of the new bulidiog at 126 West Elev. enth street caved lo, severely injuring three Inborers, All the men were taken to the hospital, The cause of the aceldont is unknown, men are vmployed by Contractor Joseph MERCEUES IN PORT, Hoads, Va. Fort Monrose, Va., (Special. )—The former Spanish eruiser Below Mercedes, the first Inrge naval trophy of our war with Spain, reached this port Bunday from Bantirgo, in which port she was sent to the bottom by her own crew and the shells of the Ameri- ean blockading fleet nonrly one year ago. The ship made the run between Santiago aud Hampton Roads in comparatively short time, belong towed Ly the tugs Heseue and Merritt, of the Merritt & Chapman Wreek- ing Company. ‘Thers was no accident dor- ing the voyage, and all of hor erew of twen- ty-three ars well, They report health son. ditions st Baptisgo to be excellent, Al- though there seems to be pot the slightest ground for the fear of infection, Quarantine Burgeon Pettus bas decided pot to permit snyous from the ship to land until after the customary five-days’ probationary paiiod. Meantime the wyessel will bo thoroughly washed Inside with disinfecinats, the docior desming this precaution sbsolutely neces. sary, in view of the possible danger of yei- jow fever, which may have germisated aboard during the ship's eleven months’ submersion uuderneath the waters of Esntl- ago Bay, As she will Le sent to the Norfolk navy yard for repairs, no chances will be taken of spreading tropical infection, The trophy ship is an agreeable surprise, both In view of ber size and condition, Ble was rated sscond-ciass in the Bpaulsh naval reg- ister, and in her dimensions and lices she closely resembles our own second-rate un- proteeted cruisers, San Francisco, Newark and Chicago, The efflset of her submersion is as plainiy visible as is the «fect of the terribin fire poured into June, Bhe is full of baroacles inside, Her forward funnel was riddled by six-poond- ere, and the places where the ten aud five- tach shells plerced ber through and through pisiniy to be seen. These shells must have done terrifie execution among ber erew, They exploded in passing, and wreoked the entire Interior of the ship, which will bave to be wholly restored. Her port side Is badly warped, and mapy of the plates must be replaced, but ln general the good condition, her for- five-ineh Hontoria guns are still d two torpedoes, Her engines Bhe wil be parvy yard next week, Two of ward Upon its comple A BOLD ROBBERY. Gagged nt Bhepherdstown. Shepherdstowa, W. Va, perpetrated and {Special )—~A bere upon wife, an aged Morgan Lis aeroes the Potomase River, st this place, Mr. Morgan and wile were awakened by throes masked his men, tiey resided, fire, and bed, bed- souple., Bslore they could get oul of however, ihe men bad broken In the roots door, They first seized Mr. Morgan aud siretobing him on the bed, tied his bands aed font and then bouad him firmly Mrs, Morgan, who is more ber. Sue resisted him and sucoeeded io snatching the mask {rom his face, revealing & while ;uan who was unknown to her. Bhe was fluaily overpowsred and treated as her and tied to the bed, When the robbers bad secured their vie. money was kept, asd by threats to burn and Kili the helpless old foiks they discovered where the purses were, The whole amount secured, was 84.00, Of belonged to Mr. Morgan and the balances 10 the bridge company, After spending about bal! sn hour in the house the robbers Look their departore, ieaviog the three victims tightly tied to the beds, aud jocked the doore behind them, Mr. and Mrs, Morgan and thelr granddaughter lay beipiess and suller- ing from thelr bonds lor about two bLours, when the cbiid finally managed to [ree here self and then quickly released ber grand. parents, They were exhaused fom excite ment and the rough banding they bad re enlved, LAKE CITY WANTS POSTOFFICE Hepressntative Norton Coming Here to Appeal to Postmaster General. Colambis, 8, C., (Special) Representa. tive James Norton i going to Washington to endeavor to persuade the Postcffice De. partment to restore the postoffics ai Lake City, discontinued when the colored post. master, Baker, was murdered, The 500 townspeople there have to send 10 a rai rond station miles away Tor their mail, Mr. Norton says the boyeoit of the town by the postal authorities, while punishing the gulity to some extent, works a greater hard. ship on the merchants of the town. Tae people are not allowed to mall istters on the train, the drop-«lot in the side of the mail car being closed when the town Is reached, 11 a letter is thrown lato the car it will not be received by the mail clerk, Mr. Norton considers this “an lofamons proeseding,” and is going to report the maller 10 tue Postmaster General, and request the ap pointment of a postmagier at Lake Oty, He will not make any recommeudstion as tC whom to appoint, LEAVING *OUTHERN CAMPS, Signal Corps Company Mustered Out ai Savannah, Savannah, Ga, (Special. )-Three com. panies of the sigoal corps, encamped at Sa vaanah were mustered out Saturday, Indi vidual discharges and deaths bave (binned the companies so that only 37 men formed the aggregate of those mustered out, Three more companies, the Jast of the pinetosn that were enlisted, remala bere and will be muster.d out within the next week, Anwusta, Ga, (Special, )—The Ninth Ii nols Velauteers, Col, Campbell, were mus. tered out bere, SPANISH-AMERICAN ISLANDS, SHEETS ROIS, sir DAWSON FIRE-SWEPT. Entire Business Centre of the Town Gone. Vietorle, I. C,, (Bpesial,)—An extra edi. tion of the bkagway Alaskan, received by the steamer Loess at midaight, contains the foliowing report, wired from Bennet 10 Skagway just previous to the sailing of the slenmer; “Another disastrous fire has visited Daw- son City, this time fairly wiplog out the ens tire business centre of the town, ereating losses that will aggregate $1,000,000, with sot a dollar's worth of losurasce, “The news was telegraphed from Beoneif by the spreal correspondent of the Dally Alaskan, who received it from & man named Tokales, who had just resched Bennett from a long upd perilous trip out from Dawson sver broken trails, open rivers aud danger- sus Inkes,"” Mr. Tokales reports that the fire occurred on April 21, fu the very heart of the business ventre of the city, commenciog near the operas house, on (he water front, and spread- fog with usufusl rapidity, driven by 8 strong wind, destroying everything in its way on that street down to and lnpeludiog Donubue & Smith's establishment, sod tak- low in all of the water front buildings abreast of the same Lioeks, The fire crossed the sireet, burned through ard spread over to the second street, £oOvV- ering the prireipul business portion of Dawe son, leaving it all lu ashes, with the firemen beipless and powerless to do auyihing, The fire eonsumed everything from the Bimmons Royal Cafe down to and opposite the Falr- view Hotel, All tha burned ike tinder, due to the fact that they had beeu standing for pearly two years, and jogs wers ns dry The fre spread with such rap- be poopie were unable 10 save yihing {a the way of fursitare, goods and slothing, so that the josses, when foolsd up, promise 10 be even greatpr than at first ests mated, This fire tulidines the enme at a time when the mills ding materials bad ex- winter supply avd were wait- fug the opening of navigation 1o replenish heir stocks, The pesulis are that there Is & famine in ail kids of Lulidiog material and , doors, locks, hinges, vies still remaining outside of the burned distriet have quadrupled in price, Doors are selling for §35 each; door locks, £5 ench, avd everything cise lin proporion, The town is paralyzed, because nothing can opening of navigalion, t beWor several weeks, furniture, such as sash &e, The few an ie yutll the will ns CRAZED BY GYPSY'S PROPHECY. Mrs, Callahan's Hasband Died ss Fre- dicted and she Is Insane, Va, (Special ) ~Baper- intesdent Stathers, of the Btate Hospital for the I Weston, received an spplics- tion { Mrs, Mary Calla in Berkeley ecunty. Her is due to & strange cause, % year ago a baud of gypsies cam p- ber ho One day one of the EYpsy women went to the house sad asked permission to tell the fortunes of several members of the family, Mrs, Calishan re- fused to ist her come into the bouse, The gypey departed, but 58 she was leaving de- clared that Mrs. Cailaban's husband would die in two months, Just two months afier- ward Mr, Callahan did die. Mrs, Callaban conerived the idea that her treatment of the Erpey bad something todo with her bus band's death, nod trooded so over it thst she became violently insane, TRAINS WRECKED BY COWS. Two Fatal Accidents of a Kind on the Iron Mountain and Grand Trask. De Boto, Mo.,, The engine of the Iron Mountain and Southern Texas ex- press, which 8:. Louis at 2 o'clock struck a cow at Tip Top, Mo, Hogan's Mountain, a few miles from bere and jump od the track, turning completely over, Fire mag Pred Parker wos killed, aod Eogineer H. E. Walter severely injured, but not fa- taily. Beyond a few bruises the passengers escaped lojary, Lindsay, Ost. (Special. )— A double-heade: Grand Trunk freight train of thirty-five cfire ran over a cow three miles west of here resulting in the deraliment of both engines and some twenty cars, Fireman Dudley was instantly killed and Brakeman Harry Zea land badly scalded. Toe lvss will reach §50,000, BIBERIA TERROR OVER, A New Pena! Colony Will Probably be Kelected by a Commission. 8t, Petersburg, (By Cable, )~The Czar pre- sided at a meeting of the couccil called to discuss the question of abolishing trauspor- tation {0 Siberia, on the ground that it had betome prejudicial to the interests of the country and was a serious obstacle to the progress of Siberia, As an outcome of the deliberations the Cezar ordered a commission, to be presided over by the Minister of Justier, Privy Coun: e¢ilor N. V. Muravieff, to meet for the pur pose of considering the question of substi tuting another pepnity for transportation tc the Siberian mines, FIELD OF LABD A Buffalo painters get §3 a day. Pittsburg earpenters won a strike, Mobilis has a negro barbers’ union, Dover (N. H.) weavers won a strike Towa suionists hed a State convention, Tokio, Japan, has » venty soap Inctories, Olio single taxers heid a Biate conven. tion, Pittsburg section bands struck for $1.35 » day. Michigan miners’ unions will form a State body. Soviiand iron molders won a 10 per cent, advance, Pittsburg laborers strack for $1.50 and nine hours, Doston pattern-makors struck for the nine. hour day. Sunderland bricklayers’ laborers struck for 7d per hour, Toronto bricklayesrs woa a strive for 87 cents an hour In Hawall $90,000,000 are invested in sugas plantations, : Morgantown, W, sane. at r the nd mission of ban, whose home is At ed Lear at as te, {Bpecial, lest eit on
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