HEALTH OFFICERS
HELD RESPONSIBLE
St. Louis Officers Blamed for Deaths
From Lockjaw,
HEALTH DEPARTMENT NEGLIGENT.
A Committee of Bacteriologists Conclude,
After an lavestigation, That the Serum of
September 30 Was Issued Without Having
Been Tested by the Proper Methods
Comment of Other Officials.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special).—Coroner
Funkhouser rendered a verdict finding
the St. Louis Health Department negli-
gent in the preparation of diphtheria an-
titoxin, the administration of which re-
cently caused the deaths by lockjaw (te-
tanus)
The verdict in part is as follows:
of seven children.
their death from tetanus, following the
administration of diphtheria antitoxin
by the Health Department of the city
of St. Louis and bearing dates on labels
of August 24 and September 30, 1001.
“The presence of tetanus toxin in the
dipththeria antitoxin negligence
upon the part of the Health Department
in the preparation of said diphtheria
antitoxin and in the issuance thereof.
“Robert M. Funkhouser, Coroner.
“Frank Boogher, M. D.
“John G. Fitzsimmons, Deputy.”
For some time the City Health De-
shows
us in diphtheria This dis
tributed among practicing
throughout the city free of charge and
used in the city institutions quite gen
erally. In many cases it is said to have
saved lives. The serum was obt:
from horses that are said to
tracted tetanus.
After rendering his verdict Coroner
Funkhouser said: “For the present |
have done all that I can do. I am not
cases was
1ed
1
case, but, so far as I know now, there
is nothing more for me to do.”
The Coroner's verdict is based
the testimony of phy
ed the lockjaw cases, the in
the report of the bacteriol
ployed by the
the infected serum
sponsibility for it.
CIty
and ascertain the
DYNAMITE UNDER A BRIDGE
Burlington Railroad Officials Discover Plans of
Train Robbers fo Wreck Trains,
Lincoln, Neb,
cials of the Burlington ro
( Special)
Oa
since the first the
trains leaving
with a guard armed
rifles. This precautior
lowing the discovery,
sticks of $
number of masks, hidder
just outside the city. unday night
three men attempted to the ex
press car as a train pulled out of Lin-
coln for the East, but they were driven
off. Monday the same three men were
at Ashland, and an effort
arrest them, but p
watch has been kept
the dynamite was
come to claim it
Lincolr
Ww
taken
inchester
fol
nday, ot 26
with a
r a bridge
with
dynamite,
was made to
peared A
j
s
Wier
EXPOSITION OWES $3,326,114.
The Pan-American Fair Co't Its Promoters
$8,860,757. 20,
Buffalo, N. Y.. (Special).—The
rectors cf the Pan-American Exposition
Company and a of
conferred and
of the financia
as prepared by the au
shows the total liabilities
pany at the present time to be $3,326,
number creditors
listened to
1 eyed
i repors
$146,454.15 are collectible at face
The company owes for operating ex-
7 ¥
penses and on construction work $577.-
045.73. which it of course, em-
if e figure of total liabilities.
bodied in the figure of total liabilit
An interesting fact shown by the re
port is the total co
the exposition itself, The cost,
ing to the report, was $8.860.757.20. The
total receipts from admission after May
em 1s,
{
from concessions were $1.011,522.79.
Gunners With Bad Eyes.
Augusta, Me,
the last legislature passed a law impos
prisonment or a fine not exceeding $1,
ooo for negligence or carelessness which
should result if the shooting of a human
being by hunters, the record of such fa-
talities in this state during the present
season is very heavy. A peculiar feature
of the situation is that in several of the
accidents the shots have been fired by
unknown persons. The record up to
the present time shows that 12 persons
of the victims have been either
outright or wounded so that death re-
sulted.
Starvation in Texas
Dallas, Texas, (Special.)~Governor
Sayers received a leter from F, W, Sea-
bury, a member of the Legislature, in
whose district Zapata county is situated,
saying the people in that county are
starving and unless immediate relief
reaches them nearly the entire popula-
tion will die. There is no chance to
raise any kind of crops earlier than next
April or May. Mr, Seabury says there is
scarcely a bit of food on hand and ap-
Is for outside aid at once. Governor
ayers immediately sent $3500 to Mr.
Seabury.
—
385 Leonids Fell in an Hour.
Los Angeles, Cal, (Special) ~The
fall of the long-expected leonids was
marked in this city just before daylight.
The display at one time was brilliant,
but there was a steady fall of the bril-
liants after 1 o'clock. One watcher
counted 385 between 4 and § o'clock,
while the total number scen in this city
estimated at 1,000. Some of the meteors
were beautiful, leaving brilliant trails of
green and red. One were
counted between 4.04 and 4.20 o'clock,
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic.
A thief entered the room of E. F. Low-
a hotel in Portland, Ore., and got away
in cash.
fields.
was held in New York under $1,000 bail.
A natural gas explosion occurred at
Buffalo village, Pa., resulting in the in-
jury, more or less serious, of six work-
men.
An unexpected meeting of the Chi-
cago, Burlington and Quincy was held
in New York and directors were elected
cured very little booty.
The fruit jar combine has been dis
solved, and each concern will now
George Zollinhoffer, receiving teller
of the Williamsburg Savings Bank, con-
took
spent
dead,
and
former paying teller, now
$30,000 of the bank's funds
Filipt Rini and Dominick Beaumonte
held the grand in Chicago,
with the murder of Antonio
Natali, whose mutilated body was found
in a barrel on the prairie, at the edge
of the city, on November 5
At the annual meeting of the United
at
mimngton, N. C., it was announced that
313.000 had been collected the past year
for the Jefferson Davis Monument
“und, which now amounts to $38,000
The Baptist General Association of
to
cational conference
4
3
the end
recommending that
yminational schools be drawn to
gether in a system of co-ordination.
The sheriff of Concho county, Texas,
has identified the picture of Longbaugh,
the train robber as that of Kil
patrick, the “Lone Texan,” wanted there
for murder.
suspect,
City, Ind, Joseph D. Keith
d that he killed Miss Nora
because she annoyed him too much
Rev. Charles H. Brent, of St. Steph-
Episcopal Church, in Boston, ac
cepted his appointment to the Episcopal
i created 1 we Philippines
The grand j the Rockbridge
County jicted a number
of persons
for
Kifer
fess
ens
diocese
masier,
Nhe
aged wo
Ret
1 i
sural
’
her son-in-las
MH was n
n, the
High School
New York. re
; coms cation from the Sec-
r of War y CONVEY
the officers of th
assassinate
of th
to
expression of
m the effec
which
:
1 the
anghorne,
’
sed of attempting
admit
Sheriff
swindle insurance
to rat
ted hi to
C Mnpanies,
identity
§ 1gentity
Forcign.
A Rome dispatch tc
er says that,
news
¥4 wiih awn od svn 3 24}
notwithstanding denials
t the Pope is in any minent danger
there are indications that the
far off
Hungarian Premier
Diet that the Triple
1 three States
other alliance
death
is NO
The
in the
announced
Alhance
in it a
security that no
give.
In the French Chamber of Deputies
ti-clerical report submitted by the
budget comittee provoked
debate and turbulent scenes.
Lieutenant Hildebrand, of the Ger-
Army, who killed Lieutenant
Blackowitz in a duel, has been sentenced
an exciting
made
Cross
Uribe-Uribe has
ineffectual attempt to
General
other
thie
with the revolutionary troops.
Miss Marie Josephine
to six weeks imprisonment as a second
class misdemeanant.
ceived instructions from the Empress
Dowager to conclude the Manchurian
treaty.
H. St. John Dix, an Englishman, said
to be the eldest son of a British peer,
and who figured in the Itata affair, in-
dulged in various banking schemes and
was a commissary general in Coxey's
army, was brought up in a London
court, charged with larceny in the United
States.
A Paris report says that “deteriorated
American tinned foods have been dis-
covered among the military stores at
Verdun." The Minister of War has or-
dered all tin foods in the army stores
to be suld.
The Chinese court has arrived at Kai
Fong Fu, capital of Honan, the people
along the route of the imperial march
having been left nearly destitute by the
contributions levied upon them.
Financial
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois and
Illinois Central will build a bridge
across the Mississippi River from Gray's
Point to Thebes.
It is stated that the Canadian Pacific
will build from Winnipeg to Duluth and
compete with Great Northern and
Northern Pacific.
The American Sugar Refining Compa-
ny of New York has been incorporated
with a capital of $2,500,000.. The direc-
tors are H. O. Havemeyer, W.
Thomas, L. M. Palmer, C. N.
A. Donner, of New York city.
NEW CANAL TREATY
FORMALLY SIGNED
| England Has VYielded in Matter of
| Guarantee of Neutrality,
TEXT OF THE PACT IS WITHHELD,
i
| Formal Ceremonies Attending the Attaching
of the Signatures of Secretary Hay and
Ambassador Pauncefote United States at
Full Liberty to Construct and Control the
Canal at All Times.
Washington, D. C., (Special).—The
new Hay-Pauncefote treaty was sign-
{ ed Monday at 12.05 by Secretary Hay,
for the United States, and Lord Paunce-
fote, the British ambassador, for Great
{ Britain.
This treaty is intended to replace the
| first Hay-Pauncefote treaty. That con
sion that the British government de-
clined to ratify it. Within a few weeks
negotiations began afresh between Sec
retary Hay and Lord Pauncefote which
have just resulted in the signature of
the new treaty, drawn with special ref
erence to the objecti
Senate w the
due sense of the ¢
ved t«
Senate
ith From a
11 must be
obser wards
treat)
the State Department
making public the text of
vention, and that will
til the Senate itself shall
of confidence. It said
wherever a
remais
break
is at
have been made of the
the treaty are all erronecus and
ural, though, in view of the
free admissions that have been
made of the purposes of the
tors, it has been possible by the use of
the text of the first treaty to construct
which
text of
conject
rather
negotia
convention
he principal point of difference
tween the new and the failed treaty
15
the withdrawal of Great Britain from
he canal, tus leaving the United States
the sole guarantor.
SAVED BY COOING PIGEONS.
The Birds Awake a Philadelphia Family in
Time to Make Their Escape.
(Special), — The
r
frightened pig
|
seven people
sraver
the
at
Robert
oarder i we house,
+ cooing of the pigeons
the
the
the
Was
up in bed he found
while
le > heard in
§
unn hrough the house, McDon
the alarm, and Mr. and Mrs
their two Russell and
William aged eight &1 OATS nd
illiam, aged eigh six years, and
Mr. and Mrs. Garwood had just time to
escape in their night clothes.
me
|ONS,
and
MOUNTAINS SHAKEN
Earthquake Shock In Colorado—Great Alarm
in the Town of Bucna Vista
Vista,
town and surrounding
Cal, (Special). ~This
expe
Buena
country
rienced an eartquake shock which lasted
Many
residences,
be
wege
several seconds people rushed
rom fearing their
Plate
is re
that the waters of Cottonwood
i bi Many hug
IGCTAIMY
clon
§ their
h Ww
i
wing
demolished
Ws cracked It
Ose CONS
Mo
Harv ard
on
Ane
1 dged
of the mountain
travel
northeast,
about six This
Hives ” Yor i , fol ” 1 |
first earthquake ever felt at Buena
to from
ated
ang
the
ila
seconds
1s
Vi
His Fortune for His Sins
Bloomington, Ill, (Special)
- Racked
by conscience, which gave him no peace,
R. A Grimsby, wealthy farmer, who
week
He
children this
himself
wife and three
o make a new home for
with the exception of a few hundred
dollars to atone for alleged wrong
by his family, and if there is an accuser
{ Grimsby 1s the only one
Gets Light From Decayed Meat.
R. 1.
Providence,
ery which may startle the scientific
i world, Prof. Gorham, of Brown
tracting from an overripe porterhouse
steak sufficient illumination to
him to take photographs of laboratory
apparatus. Prof. Gorham is seeking to
find an artificial light in which the ele-
ment of heat is not contained, and be-
Prof. Gorham is connected with
of the
sults
the bacteriological department
university.
Bronze Statue of McKinley.
Cleveland, Ohio, (Special) ~If the
proposition made by a committee of 100
citizens to the finance committee of the
recent National Grand Army Encamp-
ment is carried out a surplus of $8,000
collected for that occasion will be used
to erect a bronze statue of heroic size
to the late President McKinley in the
public square, the center of the business
portion of the city.
lows Bank Robbed.
Greenville, Towa, (Special) ~Robbers
looted the bank here, taking all the
money and papers, but the amount in
cash is not stated by the bank officials.
The vault was blown and the building
badly damaged by the explosion. The
t damage amounts to $1,000,
Se
Mutineers Liable to Charge of Murder.
Leavenworth, Kan., (Special) ~~]. B.
Waldrupe, a guard at the Fort Leaven-
worth Military Prison, who was shot in
the mutiny at that institution on No-
| vember 7, died Saturday of his wounds
]
MINERS READY FOR REBELLION
Alleged Conspiracy in Alaska to Overthrow
Government.
San Francisco, Cal, (Special).—~The
Call printed an unconfirmed story from
Skagway, Alaska, under date of Novem-
ber 6, telling of the discovery of what is
alleged to be a huge conspiracy existing
in Dawson and ramifying to Skagway,
Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle, for the
overthrow of the local government of
the Northwest Territory and the estab
lishing a republic, with Dawson as its
capital,
According to the details of the story,
arms, ammunition and provisions have
been taken in over the railroad and
cached at strategic points, Prominent
American residents of Skagway are said
to be leaders in the conspiracy. Miners
to the number of 5,000 are said to await
the summon to arms, ready to fight for
The plan is to overpower the mounted
police, arrest the civil authorities
take the government into their own
hands. The rigors of the Arctic winters
would give the insurgents six months’
the adventurous
for intervention
the
and
hope
iritish troops,
archconspirators
assistance by time
mvasion of the reported republic,
It 1s further related that t
idnight, was
at which
1c
from across the Canadian border
United States District Court;
States Marshal Shoup, United States At-
torney Frederick and Hovey
commanding the United States troops at
Skagway, attended the meeting. This
was the last of several hasty consulta
tions between the civil and military rep
resentatives of the two powers in re
to the mysterious
supplies into the
Major
tion of interior
into a revolt against the Canadian Gov
NEARLY 500,000 IMMIGRANTS.
or Write.
D. C., (Special).~The
annual report of Commissioner-General
Washington,
Powderly, of the Immigration Bureau
shows the total steerage arrivals in the
to
the
United States during the year have
been 487.618,
Ceding year
9 per cent
Or this
WY
INCrease over
s 24s
30.340
2020 came thr
with same
3 3 is approximately 36 per
or mote than threefold the ratio of
mcrease from all Europe, and the in
creases numerically from all other coun-
tries of Europe aggregate scarcely ope.
fourth of that from Italy
The total steerage immigration was
distributed to sex between 331,088
males and 156863 females. During the
year 363 were returned to their respec.
countries having become public
charges within one year after landing
st vear,
cent
As
tive
A TRAIN DYNAMITED
Near York, Pa
York, Pa, (Special) —Part of the
through train for the West which left
the Northern Central
Baltimore over
Railway at 9 o'clock was blown from
the tracks by a big charge of dynamite
soon after leaving this city at 1044 P
M
The train was composed of four Pull
man cars, a day coach, a combination
car and express car. It was running
struck the dynamite Al
in the locomotive
cab were blown to pieces,
1
I'hurmer stuck to his post and succeed-
engine
had run over the ties for 200 feet.
The scene of the wreck is about one
mile north of the city, close to where
Codorus creek flows between high hills.
The Northern Central crosses the
stream on an open iron bridge, which is
50 feet above the bed of the stream.
Conductor Grove says the bandits evi-
dently planned to throw the train into
When the attempt failed the
robbers we believe, took refuge in the
Alabama's Cotton Crop
Washington, D. C, (Special).—~The
agricultural division of the twelfth cen-
sus has completed its tabulation of the
In that year there were 102,384 farms
with an acreage of
this cotton to the farmers, as sold by
them, exclusive of the seed, was $37.
470,508. The cotton ginned reported by
the manufactures division for Alabama
was 1,078,510 bales of 500 pounds,
Manila Wants Pacific Cable.
Manila, (By Cable).~The Manila
Chamber of Commerce has cabled to
Président Roosevelt urging that the Pa.
cific cable be laid. The cablegram states
that the main object would be an im-
mense increase of the rubber industry of
the Philippines, estimated at $1
and also economy and the facilitation o
busiiness.
Farther Honors for LL
Pekin, (By Cable.)~~The Empress
Dowager has issued another edict eulo-
gizing the late Li Hung Chang and or-
ering the erection of a memorial arch
near his birthplace. The edict also di-
rects that the rank of marquis, confer-
red upon the eldest son of the late Chi-
nese statesman in his own right, shall
descen ihrouih 23 generations. It con-
ran the other sons of
upon w
BRIGANDS HAVE
REDUCED RANSON
They Drop the Amount to $85,000 for
Miss Stone's Release.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES PATRIOTS,
There Is No Longer Any Fear Regarding the
Brigands’ latentions Toward the Captiver
Declare Themselves Patriots Performing
an Obpoxious Task in the Interest of»
“Holy Cause” —Kidnappers Are Peasants.
Sofia, Bulgaria, (By Cable).—The
brigands who captured Miss Ellen M
Stone and Madame Tsilka have reduced
the amount of ransom demanded to £20,
000 Turkish (about $88,000.) They had
previously demanded $110,000.
Coincident with this news is the infor-
| mation that the leaders of the band, if
convinced that this is more than Consul
| Dickinson will give, would accept £15,
i 000 (about $66,000). Even this sum is
| greatly beyond the cash at Mr. Dickin-
son's disposal. Therefore, unless the
{ captors of the missionary further abate
their demands there is no hope of an im-
mediate settlement.
i An agent who is in touch with the
brigand reports that they recognize they
made a mistake in kidnaping Miss Stone
| would, however, consider it worse than
| a blunder to release her without an ade
{qi ie
i
ate ransom
There is no longer any fear regarding
the brigands’ intention toward the cap-
tives. They declare themselves to be not
robbers, but patriots performing an ob-
noxious task in the interest of a “holy
| cause.” Most of the kidnappers are peas-
| ants, directed by a sccret committee to
execute its decisions, so as to get the
{ money for the Macedonian cause.
(Gas Explosion in a Church
Cargondale, Pa. (Special). —Gas ex-
ploded in the furnace of the First Meth-
bursting
scattering burning coal,
fire to the woodwork. The
| flames could not and the
building was totally destroyed. The
| loss is about $£30.000; insurance $20,000.
| Charles Hull, a fireman, had been in the
| belfry trying to get the line of hose into
the main building, but did not succeed
He was making his way down to the
street, and by mistake pushed open a
door into the blaring auditoriun The
entirely inded him for a
| second, but he fell backward and rolled
down the steps, whence he was dragged
street by his comrades with his
i §
1 $ . 0 . 3
ciothing rom hm.
| odist Episcopal Church here,
the furnace and
which set
be controlled
flames SUT
.
{0 the
burne«
Death Mask of William McKialey.
Juffalo. N. Y.. (Special. )—After two
work a the death
i mask of President McKinley, taken on
months’ cast from
the morning of his death, has been fin-
hed The mask has been care
fully guarded, being kept in a safety de-
posit vault when not in the hands of Ed-
ward L. A. Pausch, an expert mask-
maker from Hartford Ct. The mask is
the property of the federal government.
Next week it will be taken to Washing-
ton, where for a time it will be shown
| to the public at the Smithsonian Insti-
| tute.
i
Seashore Express Wrecked.
Harrisburg, Pa., (Special).—A colli-
occurred between the Seashore Ex-
ress, eastbound, due here at 11.25 A,
M., and a freight train on the Pennsyl-
ania Railroad at Newport Fireman
‘harles D. Toomey, of the passenger
rain, was killed. Harry Kuhlwind, en-
gineer of the same train, was fatally in-
jured. Bot®# are of this city. The en
gine of the p a baggage
a mail reight cars
were demolished he passen-
gers were injured.
train,
and several §
+
None of
aSsCnger
Car, car
Serious Railroad Collision.
Ii.
Great Western eastbound limited had a
“gin, { Special) ~The Chicago
| serious collision with the Sycamore milk
train at Marshall's crossing, four miles
west of St. Charles. Rose Root, aged
{13, of Sycamore, was instantly killed
| and the lower part of her body cremated
| A Chicago drummer named Murphy was
| probably fatally injured and Simon
| Chaffee, of Wasco, 111, and the engineer
| of the limited were seriously injured.
Indians Waat Separate Schools.
O. T. (Special).—Separate
schools for Indian children have become
a political issue in Oklahoma. In som
counties many of the Indians attend the
public schools which have been estab
lished for the whites and the latter dc
not believe in allowing the redskins these
privileges. The Indians also refuse te
attend the negro schools.
Good Bect Sugar Season.
Portland, Oregon, (Special. —Sugat
beet raising and the manufacture of beet
sugar is one of the infant industries of
Oregon which has made rapid strides
within the past three years. This sea
son just closed has been the most profit.
able yet recorded. The factory at La
grande, which is the center of the sugar
beet district, has about completed its sea:
son's run. The output will be about
35000 sacks, which approximate 3,500,
000 pounds.
Valuable Farm Given Away.
Dayton, Ohio, (Special) —~Benjamin
Meichler, a farmer who lives in ackson
township, has made the Heidelberg The-
ogical Seminary, located at Tiffin, O,
ol
a gift of a farm of 130 acres, ued at
$7800. The farm is located in Jackson
nting the dona-
s
township. The deed
unty Recorder
Guthrie,
tion was filed in the
office.
Buried Under Tons of Rock.
Columbus, Ohio, (Special). = Two
men were killed and four injured as the
result of the premature explesion of a
blast at the Caspari's stone quarry,
northwest of Columbus. The :
A. M, Vacei and John M. Antonio,
The two men killed were working
under a ledge and were buried under
tons of rock. Thorne, the for
hurled 35 feet in
aie are
SAR BE AAAS A——
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,
Cession of Danish Islands,
The negotiations between the United
States and Danish Govenments relative
to the cession to the former of the Dan-
ish West Indies have been transferred
to Washington. The negotiations were
initiated by Mr. Swenson, United States
Minister io Copenhagen, about three
years ago, and later Mr. White, sec-
retary of the embassy at London, took
up the work in behalf of the United
States. :
The transfer to Washington was
brought about through the desire of
the Danish Government to place its in
terests in the matter in the hands of Mr,
Constantin Brun, Danish Minister here,
He spent some time at Copenhagen last
summer and returned to Washington
recently, prepared to carry forward the
negotiations with Secretary Hay. It is
learned that within the last few days
there has been increased activity in the
negotiations, and that material progress
has been made toward the completion
of a treaty of cession.
Eat More Than They Grow.
Considerable time at the Cabinet meet-
ing Friday was devoted to consideration
of the the
Philip
Reports received by
situation in
agricultural
nines,
Nar Depart-
ment indicate vegetables grown there are
is immediate
necessity for a general distribution of
Secretary Root told the Cabinet
that not enough rice, which is the great
staple, is grown there to meet local con-
sumption.
Secretary Wilson will send one of the
departs it's experts with assistants to
the islands to investigate the situation
[t is expected that many things not here-
tofore grown there can be produced. The
seed will be distributed gratis
It is understood that the President,
in his message, will make no direct rec-
smmendation on the subject of taxation,
The situation will be laid before Con-
gress and its attention called to the rec-
ommendations of Secretary Gage.
there
there
“running out” and
seed.
Paris (reen on Plasts.
At the recent second session of the ane
nual convention Association of
Agni
Columbian
8 1
Dffcial
:
uquor ang
insecticides, cider
products were di
was a long 1 t on
recomme
insecti-
continue
pre
and the
ible preventive of
finally agreed that
ury, but does not al-
lime lessens the inj
together overcome it.
May Examine Rural Postmen.
Superintendent A. W. Machen, of the
of the Postoffice
with
Service
free delivery syst m
Department, conferred the
of the Civil
meme-
Commission
relative to the proposition to transfer
the rural free delivery branch to the
classified service. There are now be-
tween 6,000 and 7,000 persons employed
in this work, and members of the com-
Postoffice Department offi-
alike almost the system
should be embraced within the classified
service. No decision was reached.
bers
mission and
cials decided
Won the Oaly Gold Medal
authorized by
Congress for heroic conduct during the
Spanish War was for Lieut.
Frank H. Newco Patchogue, N.
Y. Lieutenant b commanded
the revenue cutter Hudson and rescued
he officets and crew of the torpedo boat
Winslow, off Cardenas, Cuba, during the
on of May 11, 1808. The medal con-
$730 worth of gold.
The only =o0id medal
warded to
at
a ,
JANEW 1D
Given Digzity by the New Dock.
The Navy Department has given the
naval establishment at Algiers, La, the
title of “Naval Station, Algiers, La."
This station has been known as the “Na-
val Reservation, Algiers, La.” but with
the ownership of the finest floating dry=
dock of its class in the world, built at
Sparrows Point, Md, and the numerous
other improven nts comes the added
dignity of the title of “Naval Station
Mogiters to Stay Near Manila.
The coast defense monitors M.nte-
rey and Monadnock, sent to the Philip-
pines soon after the victory of Manila
bay, are to be kept in these waters in-
definitely. Both are powerful fighting
craft and were sent to Manila to
strengthen the American fleet when it
was feared a Spanish fleet would tr
to recapture Manila. They are of shal-
low draft and just the kind of ships
suited for Phillippine waters,
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Death for Ordering Massacre.
The records of a score or more of
court-martial trials of Filipinos, charged
with murder and other crimes, have
been received at the War Department,
Probably the most noteworthy case is
that of Francisco Braganza, major in
the native army, who ordered the mas-
sacre of 103 Spanish prisoners in Febru-
ary, 1000, and who now has been sen-
tenced to death.
Hitcheock Disbars a Lawyer.
Seeretary Hitchcock has disbarred
William C. Buderus, an attorney of
Sturgis, S. D,, from practicing before the
[nterior Department because it is ale
leged he said after the assassination
President McKinley: “1 am glad of it,
and I hope he will die, as there will be