SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic.
Governor Dockery, of Missouri, has
sent to Senator Cockrell, in Washington,
the result of an investigation made as to
the nature of a British cattle camp
Lathrop.
Philip Haus, a 15-year-old pupil at the
Manual TrainingsHigh School in Louis-
ville, was arrested on the charge of mak
ing counterfeit nickels
At Stillwell, 1. T., in the Cherokee
Nation, a man named Dudley killed one
daughter, mortally wounded two others
and wounded his wife
Bv the will of Frederick Sutton, filed
| in Chicago, an estate of $50.000 left
Michael | to John Alexander Dowie, the head of
the Zionists
Daniel Berklite, aged
married in Wavneshoro,
Rachel Rock, aged 62
Mrs: Alda Collins,
Collins, of Portville.
was found by her husband
throat cut from ear to ear
John Wesley Elkins, who, when a lad
national | of 14, was sentenced to the State prison
for illegally killing his father and step
MUST TAX FOOD TO PAY FOR WAR.
The War in South Africa Has Cost Over
$825,000,000 Unless Peace 1: Speedily Se |
cured the Government, in Addition to Duties |
Upon Grain and Flour and Stamp Taxes, |
Must Borrow $160,000,000,
1%
Sir
of the
Commons,
10
state
London, (By Cable)
Hicks-Beach,
quer,
chancellor exche
the House
was crowded in
the
He
He
claring that the vear 1901 did not afford
any special grievance to the
prosperity
Sir Michael! announced that the gov- | mother, is to be released
ernment proposed to borrow £32,000,000 News was received in New of
The Government's proposals also include | the seizure of an American steam launch
a registration duty on corn and all grain | by Colombian insurgents Bocas del
of 3 pence per hundredweight. The duty | Toro.
on flour is to be 5 pence per hundred Some firebug created a reign of terror
weight There will be a penny tax on | in South Chicago, starting a number of
dividends, and stamps on checks will be | fires during Friday night
2 pence. The income tax to be in Green's Mountain House
creased a penny on the pound Heights, near Harpers Ferry,
Sir Michael rejected the suggestion for | was burned
an increase of the duty on champagne, Charles Rymer stated that William
because the revenue from this source | Jones, now under arrest on suspicion of
had fallen off in 1901, the result | having murdered George M. Hevwood in
would be that spurious would be Detroit, had threatened to kill Heywood
placed on the market I'he Philadelphia and Reading's steam
The total ordinary expenditure for the | er Williamsport was struck
coming i 1902-3, would | barge on Pollack Rip She
amount to £120.149,000. This was exclu- | sunk I he crew was
sive of war charges [hese 1 At Detroit Prof. Joseph
amount. to £45.460,000, making ital | fessed that he murdered Char
aggregate expenditure to be provid f nett and gave the details of
of £174.609,000 John Finncan. aged 81
Reviewing Kecsel, aged 83 years
Sir Michael said > was erate veterans, died at Martinsburg
no special ground for « Major John W. Green, former]
certainly there was i Tg
, yet
de eral of
pression died at Atlanta
There Major Littleton
mn foreign trade, Marine Co
ession in the price
arge falling off
3
went ot
'
rits and tobacc
Was
alrs
74 Years,
rose in Pa, to
rer,
every oot
1
Dil
which
of Elmer P
laurel. Del
with
wile
near
make Government's
ment, received with general
was
cheers. opened his speech by de
Orlean
at
on Loudoun
WwW \V da,
is
and
wines
by a railroad
~ 1
fin al year il,
saved
Years, i
the situation, J
manaecr
had been
Ing
mcome had
I'he defici
coming financial
344.000 Per
fairly apprehended
vear's expenditus
war
very
slasshlower emblon
Eiassinower nos
Jonas (
and the George
Fell Down Elevator Shaft.
3 1 ixe
Bristol, »
iratola
C. Columbus }
sthodist Episcopal { at Okaw
ville, 111, waz accused of heres
moved from his pastorate
enn, (Special) ens ON a 5
wd, of the
Bradf
Glenn, of the firm of Glens
this cit) with an accident
which will probably ca He
approached the elevator without a light Third Vice President
intending to rise to the upper floor. The Southern Railroad, announ
elevator was up, and he stepped into the strike of the company's machin
shaft, plunging headlong into the cellar, been settled
15 feet below. He was found bleeding The total value of Philip D. Arm
and senseless. and is still unconsci estate placed at $15,000,000
with repeated hemorrhages from whole of it is left to his widow
ears, mouth and nose. He is 24 Ogden Armour
old, and was recently married
nurch
clers, met and re
use his death
Gannon, of the
ns, 1s
his
years J
and son,
Foreige.
Lord Kitchener
enbrander’s operations
mandant
which the
Asarchist Magg'e Released
N. M
tonio Maggio, who has
Albuquerque, { Special.) —An
lever's laager, at
amon
Ian Han
I han
been confined in
oer loss
jail at Las Cruces since she rtly after the men. and General
f President McKinley gn tions in
raving know > of a» the Boers, Commandant Potgicter be
snarchist plot against the 's life, among the killed
has been released Ww said that Strikes ha
Maggio, who was a memb of the Me 4 i
Andrews Opera Company, had predicted | 5. te
the death of
eral months before he was
le: se was ordered by |
ker. at the request of th
District Attorney, W. C
assassination «
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Western vaal, defeat
HAVE
of
trou ps
sections
President
Department of
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A violent storm caused a flood in
lin, and much damage was done by light
!
ung and by the water
A Great Find of Dismonds.
D. W. I. (By
news
St. Thomas,
to
largest find of diamonds in
county, British Guiana, since the dia-
mond industry was started there, has
been made on the property of the syndi
cate. As a result of about five weeks’
work 18.100 stones were brought into
Georgetown last Friday. The largest
stone weighed 114 grains
Cable.)
Accordmg
received here th
Fe Te Lue A thousand of the Chinese Imperial
troops have deserted and joined the reb-
els in Southern China
German public opinion is divided upon
the question of the acceptance of the
Cecil Rhodes scholarship. A portion of
the press and many people hold the ac
ceptance of the scholarships to be moral-
ly impossible for any German
TT & - «f "1 y }
Was Probably Assassinated { The British steamer Kinsfa a Castle,
; 2 | with 350 passengers on board, stranded
Decatur, Ala. (Special.)—W. J. Polk,
: | off Brightstone, Isle of Wight, at night,
a prominent insurance man and a rela- | and the ship lies in a dangerous posi
tive of President Polk, was found dead
| tion.
in the entrance of a tenement house. He | Strikes continue to spread in Belgium
had evidently been assassinated. The | The soldiers and police are able to keep
skull was crushed on the right side, but | down the disturbances so long as they
the scalp was unbroken. The blow was | themselves remain loyal
delivered from behind with a blunt cloth | Seven brigands who had fortified
or leather covered instrument. Robbery | themselves in a tower in Monastir. Mac.
was evidently the motive for the murder, | edonia, were shot to death by Turkish
as the money Polk was known to have soldiers
on his person was missing, except a few The Duchess of Sutherland has made
cents. a vigorous plea in behalf of what she
terms “manliness” in girls and women
Natives in the French Kongo mur.
| dered the manager of a factory that they
! looted, and also massacred a number of
natives empldyed at another factory that
Demerara
the i
Gen. Baptiste Captured and Shot
Port au Prince, Hayti, (By Cable) —
The revolutionary forces commanded by
Gen. Nicolas Baptiste, which captured | they pillaged.
Jacmel April 5, held that town for 241 The Prince of Wales reiterated that
hours and then retired to the hills. tak- | he knows nothing of the intention of |
mg with them all the arms and ammuni- | the New York Chamber of Commerce
tion available, were pursued by the gov- | to invite him to attend the opening of |
ernment troops commanded by the min- | its building.
ister of war, General Guillaume, and | At a conference in Vienna it was de- |
were completely defeated at Fonds Mel- | cided to renew the Triple Alliance for |
on, near Jacmel. General Baptiste was | another term of years, Germany making
:aptured and was immediately shot. | some concessions to Italy and Austria
: The University of Edinburgh has con- |
Outside Help Not Needed ferred the honorary degree of doctor of
Houston, Tex., (Special). —Governor
laws on Professors Jones, of Harvard, |
Sayers, who is in the city, has announced and Schurman, of Cornell.
that there is no necessity for contribu-
France will send representatives to be |
. . present at the dedication at Washington |
tions from outside States for the drouth | on May 24 of the statue of Count de
sufferers in Zapata county, and that the
oéople of Texas are entirely able and
Rochambeau.
willing 10 relieve them = Scotlies od The pritish Admiralty Court awarded
money are now being forwarded as fast
the owners of the steamer William Cliff
is they can be handled. £11,000 for salvaging the Cunard liner
Etruria.
To Enforce Coercion.
London (By Cable).—A dispatch 10
the Pall Mall Gazette from Dublin says
‘hat ten battalions of English and Scotch
militia are to be embodied and sent to
Ireland within a month, in pursuance of
the British Government's determination
wo apply the coercion act. The corre-
spondent understands that Lord London
derry, the postmaster-general, threatened
10 resign from the cabinet unless active
measures were taken to circumvent the
United Irish League :
Fiosacial
The annual meeting of the Chicago
and Northwestern will he held ea
June s.
The United States Rubber annual
meeting will be held in New Brunswick,
N. J. on May 20, *
he New York Subtreasnry statement
shows that the banks lost $1,222,000 dur.
ing the week.
t is said the Chicago and Northwed-
ern is not entertaining any proportion
and has no intention of obtaining con
trol or an interest in the Greevlav and
Western.
A BIG COTTON
MILL COMBINE
¢! Southern Factories Is
Proposed.
MAY BE $60,000,000.
i
i
| Consolidaticn
THE CAPITAL
Committee Favors (he Acceptance of a Pro:
posal Made by F. L. Underwood of New
York, Who Agrees to Issue a Total of
$60,000,000 Capital Under a Company In:
corporated Under the Laws of New Jersey.
A onst
for
of a gigantic ¢combination of
cotton yarn mills of the South
{es
nvestigatio:
Inve tiga
Fhe (
on foot
al)
)
that plans are
\tlanta, Ga.
tition x
tution say
§
{3
{ Dec
formation
all the
ern Sta
i &« been made by
mitiee five ent me
med at a re
* Southern yarn-spinners, which
f the formation of
combination at a
in Charlotte, N I'he
favors acceptance ol a
posal made by F. 1
Nassau street, N
meeting to
week com
pro
of 131
ew York vho agrees t
Bf under
laws
pro
Southern
mittee
Underwood,
\ i)
R total of 00,000,000 capt al
a company incorporated the
of New Jersey. Mr
Wi ubmitted
issue
under
Underwood's
to
‘1 ‘
a meeting held m Char
fhe
April B last
by Mr
yarn mill owners fi
to be
Underwood
to
Wr their
agreed
ARTCC pon by a
m i own
that
3
ietier
MASSACRE BY CONGO CANNIBALS,
They Yurder a French Manager and Kill
the Employes,
i he
Minister
tacked the French
the R;
and
factory
rebels
compan on
ver Sanghi dered the manager
nd pillaged another
Ihe militia defeated the
Reinforcements of Senegalese
were dispatched 1 of
also burne
oCal
troons
§ sCene
by
at
received the
yed
advices
natives emnh the
and
Were Pi
Masa red
franc 5
CIOry were ais
ined at 150,000
report states that rebels, who are
bails, marched later on to attack
and it 1s feared that n
1 H
ns have been killed
factories any
MOST MUST SERVE TERM
The Supreme Court of New York Mas Affirmed
the Coaviction
{ Special) appeilate
he Supreme affirmed
on a charge
the Freheit
Murder
winting
improper
Murder
The article was
time of the assassination
McKinley. Most
year's imprisonment. Regarding Most's
contention that the Constitution gave
him the right to publish the article. the
Court says:
“The Constitution d¢ not give to a
citizen the right to murder, nor does it
was sentenced
ee
mission of that crime by others. What it
does permit is liberty of action only to
the extent that such liberty does not in-
right
Plant Line Rumor Denied.
Philadelphia (Special) .-
dispatch from Chicago stating that Penn
sylvania interests are to acquire
possession of the allied Plant and Atlan
tic Coast Line system. One of them said
there was
in the report to make it worth while dis-
CULSIng
SOON
New Rubber Trust Plan,
New York R
Keene, having the
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company,
(Special } James
secured control of
of the United States Rubber Company, it
ing a new Rubber Trust
J. Sterling Morton INL.
Chicago (Special).—]. Sterling Mor-
ton, formerly Secretary of Agriculture,
is seriously ill at the residence of his
son, Mark Morton, in Lake Forest. His
of grip, but he is said to be in no im-
mediate danger.
Vesezaela Ratifies the Protocol.
Caracas, Venezuela, (By Cable) ~The
Venezuelan Parliament has ratified the
protocol re-establishing diplomatic rela.
tions between France and Venezuela.
Prisoner Shot by Judge.
Fallsburg, Ky. (Special) Geo. Cook-
sey, just returned from the Philippines,
arrested for disturbing the peace, killed
Constable Raioh Marcil in court, and
Judge Ed Webb then shot Cooksey twice,
ut not mortally. !
Ln
This Onc Got a Rich Clam.
Lacrosse, Wis. (Special.)—G. Noden-
ica, a r fisherman, picked up a clam
on a nar in which he inl a pearl,
which he sold for $1,500,
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAILS,
Would Ald Discipline.
The prospect for some action on the
bill to create a general staff for the army
1s Lnproving in Congress, General Miles’
attack on the bill has been much more
than offset by the support given to the
measure by General Schofield, who has
had greater experience than Miles as
army officer
General Schofield’
testimony has been
made public
He indorsed the bill,
SAY
our for two commanders
President, whom the Con
ander
Constitution
the
stitution makes the supreme comm
must act
He added
“The
«11 { t #
called, of the commanding general of the
There i
government
through the Secretary o
very exalted indi
army must disappear
for it in this
OCCUpK it
no mais
Referring to the German
eral
“We would
$
£)
Seb 101 :
Schoteld said
nos
4101
app
arms
ty their system
If we
Years
¥) a
had at the hea
the
h
licable
for
general, other thing
that
heir
would be very well: |
of a great general as the
of the army if the President
even talk to him excent to critic
him. or if the Secretary of War
do not e
15 he?”
tse
head
not
and
AA fast
vy Ne
veer - 3 3 4
Ven sce each other? t OK
New Penslon Commission-r.
Mr. Eugene F. Ware, a wester
paper man, has been selected
dent Roosevelt
I ki
§ in and part:
Ware has
and
poet
been
maga rticl
of
the
ine a
comsiderable
used pseudonym of
mnmtment wa
ference between
534 4 1 1s
“pp annour
itor Burton
lection
Derse
Census of the Cotton Crop
Oftice made pu
urned i
ginners. The ginners
1901 at 9.052.082 comm
831.1006 bales less than
turned by them for 1000
ry
I'h
the
€ 1000 crop, expressed in
bales, was 10,123 027, or W121
the of ox
crage
snmercial
weight
number
BTOsSs av
pounds
bale
The off not completed
number of pounds and
{ the average bale weight
of 1001, but using
the average given for the crop
1901 Cry
standard
’
pilation of
computation
for the
pounds,
of 1900,
of too po inds
Cri np
the p is 0614581 Bales
Land Ceded by Virginia.
Hoar, from the Committee
tary, submitted adverse
the Senate resolution directis
{
ornev-General to
ost tits
Sulzer Bill for Labor Department.
Representative Sulzer. of New York,
introduced a hill for the of a
Department of Labor, the purpose of
which to promote “such
provements in the social, political and
economic conditions of the wealth-pro
ducing laborers of the United States as
shall tend to secure to them their natural
rights to the opportunity to labor
The bill provides for the annual collec:
tion of statistics covering all phases of
the labor situation and a monthly publi
cation of statistics of the unemployed
creation
shall he
mn
Takes Up Women's Cause.
The Civii Service Commission has
Preference now is generally given to
in the Government de-
partments, and the commission, though
powerless to compel appointing officers
to choose women, has, through President
Proctor, issued a strong circular letter
to the heads of departments calling at
tention to this unjust discrimination
Commander of Cuba's Army.
Governor-General Wood has issued an
Ale-
Guard of Havana, to take command of
the “Cuerpo de Artilleria,” in addition to
his present duties with the guard. On
the transfer of the present government,
General Rodriguez is directed to report
to the President of Cuba, “as command-
ant of the Cuban armed forces, for such
orders and instructions as may be given
him.”
For a New Executive Building.
Senator Fairbanks, chairman of the
Senate Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds, has reported favorably a
bill providing for a building for the use
of the Executive, the Department of
State and the Department of Justice.
The p sed building is to be erected
north of the present State, War and
Navy Building, and, with the site, is ex-
pected to cost $7.000,000,
Capital News in Geseral
Attorney General Stratton, of the State
of Washington, argued in the United
States Supreme Court against the North.
ern Securities Company.
James A. Paine, a blacksmith on the
cruiser Cincinnati, killed Agnes Wily
liams, a water-tender, while the ship was
lying at tleston.
President Roosevelt has decided that
Governor Dole’s course has been such in
Hawaii as 0 warrant his Feiention, :
resident Roosevelt granted a pardon
to Alfred Plant. who gp a four
years’ sentence for looting in China.
END COMES TO AN
EVENTFUL LIFE
Rev. Dr. Talmage Passes Away Peace.
fully in Washington.
| INFLAMMATION OF BRAIN THE CAUSE
| He Hed Been Gradually Dying for the Past
Weck, and the End, Though Kaowan to
Be Near, Came So Quickly That the
Watchers at [lis Bedside Hardly Knew
That He Had Gone.
I'aly
aimag
he started ay
Mestico for a
ago. He
ca and
‘ashington
been quite ili
y :
fears for his
wed I' i
Dr
» on the day preceding the
were net enter
Th
CAN
' 1
stional words uttered by
daughter
I know
been ur
also destroved by §
an effort to agam rebuild, but owin
the heavy debt incurred in previou
Was i ‘
a
rk and
Dr. Talmage preached in the New York
Academy of Musi In 180s Dr. Tal
mage accented the call to the First Pres
byterian Church of Washington as co
pastor Sunderland. Dr. Tal
Mage was a writer on a
great number of subjects and a favorite
the ann ent of one of his
sermons or lectures being sufficient to
draw
asters the w
YOIUMINnoOus
lecturer, uncen
a crowd
TO GIVE A SUICIDE PARTY.
North Carolina Farmer's lavitation to His
Lest Day Feast
{ Spe
“ly
well 1
Is printed
friends and relatives
dinner to be given home
les from Ellenboro, on June 10
he will do the honors at the table for the
last The will be served
at 11 o'clock. P 12 o'clock,
Cogsdell says, he will give his guests an
opportunity of seeing him take his own
life
Just how Cogedell contemplates com-
mitting the deed ic not stated. but it is
understood that he will shoot himself at
the table after the repast has been con.
cluded
17s
mi
fume
re wnptly at
Sedition Case st Manila
(By Cable) —A
business
of
mecting
Manila number
prominent
here decided to petition the commission
to drop the proceedings against Free.
dom, the local paper, the editor of which
18 charged with sedition, but the editor
objected, saying he would prove every
statement made. The merchants hope
the case will not be tried, as they believe
the matter may have a bad effect on
Philippine legislation
men at a
Hope of Peace increasing.
London, (By Cable) —The announce-
ment of the presence at Pretoria of the
Orange Free State and Transvaal lead-
ers and generals, who have been at
Klerksdorp considering terms of peace.
has caused a decided increase in the
hopefulness of the public concerning the
possibilities of peace. The expectations
| aroused by the conference at Preeoria
| have been further heightened by the
| movements of Mr. Chamberlain, the co-
Jonial secretary, and other members of
the cabinet in London.
Frank A. Muasey Co Incorporated.
Albany, N. Y., (Special). —The Frank
A. Mungey Company, of New York, was
incorporated with a capital of $10,600,600
to carry on a publishing business. The
directors are Frank A. Munsey, Richard
H. Titherington, E. J. Ridgway. Ww. K.
Dowe, Matt White, Jr. enry J
Fisher and W. T. Dewart, of New York
city.
A US 50 i
Mother and Daughter Murdered
Cleveland, O., (Special) —~Mrs. Mar-
tha J. Calhoun, aged 75 years, and her
daughter, Mrs. Vaughn, aged 46 years,
were shot and killed by, as yet, an un-
known party two miles east of Mantua
Station, a vil ‘40 miles southeast of
this city. Will Vaughn, a « of the
unger woman, is locked up in Ravenna
Jail charged with the crimes because of
circumstances which are alleged i
criminate him. Mrs. V
five times in the head, the
a revolver ending the life of |
é Be
mother.
MAJOR WALLER ACQUITTED.
Court-Martial Declares Him Not Guilty ou
Charge of Murder.
Manila, (By Cable). —Major Littleton
W. T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, ha
been acquitted
L 4
He was tried by a court-martial on
harge of killing nativ
iit
.
trial Ihe oourt
acquittal
Declared Killing Wes Justified,
MM:
“A DESTROYER OF soULS™
So Bishop Potier Characterizes Modern
dustrial Progress.
newsna
wapag
RK girl
she 1
it the workin
heaper shoes th
trinkets
More the
al progress
s perfectly
of bodies
jeast being
a considera.
mdition of
their factor
SAYS HE FED GLASS TO HER
Woman Accuses Her Husband of
Attempting Murder.
» 1
emnt On
¥
tor the alleged att
: her hus
ATEN SAVE was
ther worrsan
Wat
with and
denies all the allegations
Mrs Ca alleges th
rovered ground glass in a
She said she at once suspected her
sand and watched him closely. Lat
she says, she found what she suspected
was ground glass in her food and had
the food analyzed
cup Oo
$4,000,000 Mining Deal
Colorado Springs { Special) ~The
argest consolidation ever put through in
he Cripple Creek district was announced
ty the Woods Investment Company. The
feal amounts to $4.000.000 and embraces
tll the properties of the Consolidated
Mines, New Zealand. Damon. Colum
une-Victor. Battle Mountain Consol
lated, Columbine Gold, Bonanza Queen
md the United Mines Transportation
ompanies
Lost Fortune in a Week.
New York, (Special)
mee a wealthy builder. was found dead
n bed at his home, 3068 Third avenue
bv his wife. He was BR years
Heart disease was the cause of his death
He came here in 1848 from Baden, Ger
nany, and. obtaining employment as a
arpenter. accumulated enough to enter
he building business, at which he was
rery successful. At one time his wealth
vas estimated at $100,000. He lost it in
me week's speculation in Wall street
———-—
Street Cat Blown Up
Brazil, Ind, (Special). —One of the
sarly interurban cars on the Terre Haute
Electric Company line was blown up by
1 stick of dynamite placed between the
wints of the rails near Kennedy's cross.
mg. When the car struck the dynamite
t was exploded, tearing up several of
the rails. A piece of the rail was hurled
through the car. Two passengers in the
sar escaped injury.
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS
AA
Mrs. Minnie Grady, of Butte, Mont,
sonfessed that she drugged Mrs. Emma
Proule, a rich widow, and robbed her
of her diamonds.
Mrs. Shepard R. Bucey, of Everett,
Washi , in a fit of insanity, killed
her h nd, her four-year-old son, and
then herself. ‘
rge numbers of troops have been
concentrated in Brussels, the city prac-
tically being in a state of siege.
Ten battalions of English and Scotch
militia are to be sent to Ireland 10 en-
~{_omrad Mever,
$8
id]
force the Coercion Act.