NAVAL OFFICERS
SENT TO PRISON
American Seamen Who Were Arrested for
Resisting Police of Venice.
MAY BE TRIED BY COURT-MARTIAL.
Capt. Robert F. Wynne, Commanding the Ma.
rine Guard of the Cruiser; am Assistant
Surgeon and Lieutenant Doddridge and a
Marine Will Spend Several Months in an
Italian Prison for Their Conduct.
Venice, Italy, (By Cable). —All the
members of the crew of the U. S.
conduct here have been sentenced to
terms of imprisonment ranging
three to four months each.
the marine guard of the Chicago; Robert
E. Ledbetter, asistant surgeon of the
Chicago; Lieut. John S. Doddridge, of
the Chicago, and a marine named Wil
fred Langley, who were arrested on
brought up at the San Marco Police
Court here. Captain Wynne was sen
tenced to four months and ten days’ im
prisonment. The other re
sentenced to three months’ impr
ment All the prisoners were ser
to pay costs and damages.
At their trial the San Marco Po
lice Court the prisoners admitted they
were intoxicated when the disorders oc-
curred and pleaded that they in
self-defense when mobbed by the
The public prosecutor demanded a
tence of seven months’ im
Assistant Surgeon Led!
tences of six .
the others
It is
the
the persons who sustained
result of their di
of the injured persons ciaim
each,
prisoner
mn
acted
crowd
s¢n
for
sen
for
1
manth
mona
understo
costs of
tne
SOraeriy conauct
GEN. CASTILLO DEAD.
Disastrous Termination of a Veaczuelan Gov.
erament Expedition.
Spain, (By Cable)
troops
Port of
government ps, nur
elan
200 men, under
attacked the
Antonio and
thirty
ated
known to
Castillo personall;
ernment guard, ce
troops
One hour after th
tion General Casti)
mediately after
cruited Venezu
deserting }
ally reaching
ment officers
but their efforts
in a complete
sol
The whereabouts of
Gen. Ramo
revolution:
Guantaguana, di
ieagues
mn
mposed
mi i
diers
ernment ar
dispatch was
General Ca
edict pulled the leve
God have mercy on
was pulled the
trap. force of the fall
that the
the body
under the g
his bi od
Chinese Rebel Chief Taken.
Hongkong, (By Cabl
ceived here
hod
DOQY
head was alnu
and
Advices re
under date
t a bloody battle
was fought
rial troops on
the Wu-Chang hills, 3
Maxim guns and two 12-pounders,
finally scattered the rebels, capturing
their leader, Hung-Yung Seng, who was
wounded. Subsequently, the rebels cap-
tured two villages on the outskirts of
Nan-Ning and established headquarters
there.
and
King's Daughter's Home Burned.
Oakland, Cal, (Special).—The King's
Daughters’ Home, a charitable institu-
tion, containing 40 inmates, was almost
totally destroyed by fire, and two
tients—Wm. Bray, at one time a New
York editor, and J. H. Murray—were
terribly burned. Bray died of his in-
juries. The fire is supposed to have
originated by Bray overturning a lighted
lamp while in an epileptic fit. The other
patients, including 25 elderly women and
15 men, were rescued.
$15,000.
The Sandwich Comes Higher.
Chicago, (Special).—For the first time
in many years in this city a cash outlay
of 10 cents is necessary for
ment of one ham sandwich. The price
heretofore has been five cents, but the
pa-
sause of the prices they
are compelled
to pay for meat,
sandwiches are
every day, and the increased cost to t
public will thereby be $15,000 on the ham
proposition alone,
Agree Not to Eat Meat.
Bloomington, Ill, (Special). ~An
e 2,000 employes of the Chicago and
Alton shops m this city which provides
that none of their number will eat meat
during the next 30 days. The action has
been taken with the hope of its being
Extensively imitated in order to bring
the Beef Trust to terms. The men ar-
that if their example is followed
Be laboring men of the entire coun-
try the reign of high prices of meat will
speedily end and that this article of food
will resume its normal cost agaim.
§
OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
William P. Waite, the negro who
made a confession to Pinkerton detect
ives that he murdered Mrs. Collins at
her home, near Portsville, Del, now de-
nies that he killed the woman, and says
the detectives “forced him to tell a lie.”
I'he detectives say they are confident
they can prove his guilt.
A magnificent silver service was pre
sented to Admiral Schley in Memphis,
where he is the guest of the city
The Metropolitan National Bank of
Chicago, which will be merged with the
First National of that city, has distrib-
i uted $75,000 among its employes, the
| gifts ranging from $50 to $15,000.
Witnesses testified in the court-martial
trial of Brigadier-General Jacob H
Smith, in Manila, that the natives
SUMMARY
SURRENDERS IN
Insurgent Leaders and Their Commands
in Hands of Americans.
TAKEN PRISONERS BY GEN. GRANT.
Captain L. W. V, Kennon, of the Sixth ln:
fantry, Reports From the Island of Negros
the Surrender of the Ladrome Leader Rufo,
With 158 Officers and Men of His Com-
mand, Together With 12 Guns.
i
{ that boys fought in the ranks
| the charge of being one of the four
the Misses Hench in Liberty
| Pennsylvania.
{a trial ocean trip from New York to
under water along the Jersey coast
Sensational circumstances surrou
{ the abduction of little Margaret Ta
in Cincinnati by her grandmother
in inhat
1
Cu
Copper C
*S, was
‘nited
cq In
arrest
ns ted of
husband
nd
near
ese agreem
has iss
to afford sus
1
warships
Lord Cranborne
that there had been no offic
about Capt. Lewis Bayley
tache of Gre
who was alleged A
regularities in investigating
bors.
Ambassador
vised of
mission
stated in Parliament
I complaint
naval at
amnglon,
ir
lorida har-
#8 0d
ed
Horace Porter was ad
the personnel of the French
that will attend the dedication
of the Rochambeau monument. General
Jrugere, commander-in-chief of the
army, will head it
The first naval squadron of Germany,
under command of Admiral Prince
Henry, sailed from Kiel on a training
cruise, but the battle ship Kaiser Wil
helm der Grosse was damaged at the
start.
A battle was fought between the Chi.
Nan Ning. The leader of the rebels was
Rear-Admiral Lord Charles Beres-
seat in the House of Commons.
mons that the whole question of ship
subsidies was being considered, with the
view of defining the rights of the admi-
ralty in the matter of the shipping com-
bine. An arrangement has been made
with the White Star Line preventing any
foreign flag during the existence of the
present admiralty agreements.
Financial,
Articles of incorporation have been
filed at Phoenix of the Western Iron
Steel Company, with a capital stock of
$15,000,000.
It is said that a bid considerably
above the present market price has been
made for a controlling interest in the
American Cotton Oil Com any.
The Pressed Steel Car ompany has
declared the regular quarterly dividends
of 134 per cent. on its preferred stock
and 1 per cent. on its common stock.
The preferred dividend is payable May
21,
Manila, (By Cable).—Gen.. Frederick
D. Grant's exepdition in the gunboat
Baseo and Florida, several steam launch
es and lighters, has ascended the Gan-
in the Island of Samar, and
has brought the Filipino General, Gue-
varra, and his
entire com
164.
mand as pris-
oners down to the co
con
immediate command
of Rafael
Guevarra's
Sel
rhasty 30 other ofh
in,
189 men and 161 rifles
131 rifles
3 Catbalo-
surrender :
nen, 28 of
surrendered
, Samar. 1.000 bolor
rifles,
with
FIVE KILLED IN POWDER MILL.
All the Bodies Tora Into Bits Excepting One
- Bulldiogs Wrecked
Morgan's Cost
’ { Special)
n Re
$1 he frre
id, the corners set with
by J
fn. was passed by th
oritics
held
and
owned Pier.
ustom
here free of t. The
up the « sto : hose
investigation be made. It
assed on the ground that it was old
manuscript and the precious stones part
of the bindings. Mr Morgan set the
cost of the book at $45,000
Yas at
wuts]
could
Town Destroyed by Fire.
Findlay, O., (Special). —Castar.
oil town of 500 inhabitants, 20 miles
north of here, was totally destroved by
fire, the origin of which cannot be learn.
ed owing to the fact that telephone and
telegraph wires are broken and all com.
munication to the town is shut off. A
high wind was blowing, which prevented
any possible chance of saving the town
Aid was sent from surrounding towns
but to no avail. The loss, which will
exceed $60,000, includes nine stores and
scores of dwellings.
Fatal Revolver Duel,
El Paso, Tex, (Special) ~"*Sheeney”
Harris was shot through the heart here
by Clarence Wolverton, a special police-
man, in a revolver duel in a gambling
hall. Wolverton was ih 7. | in the
hand. Five years ago, when Wolverton
was chief of police of Colorado City,
Col. he ran Harris out of town, and
Harris, it is said, threatened to kill him
The coroner's jury acquitted
Wolverton.
Boers Still Talkiug it Over.
London (By Cable). ~Cabling from
Johannesburg, under date of Friday,
April 25, the correspondent of the Daily
Telegraph says that General Delarey,
with his staff, arrived at Klerksdorp,
Transvaal. Special dispatches received
here from Pretoria show that General
Delarey had been in consultation with
his commando two days previously, and
that the other Boer leaders are still mov.
ing about consulting with the ers.
From this it is inferred that the pro
pects for peace are improving.
#
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Post-Check Currency Scheme.
The committee of the government of-
ficials appointed by the Postmaster Gen-
eral and the Secretary of the Treasury
ito consider the of post-check
| currency, gave a hearing to the advo
| cates of a bill to provide a system of
| postal currency recently introduced by
| Representative Gardiner, of Michigan.
{transmitting small sums through the
Mr. C. W. Post, the originator of the
subject
business
od of
through the
mails. He said that, in case of the adop
tion of the idea, all rights under the pat
ents would be assigned to the govern-
ment free of all cost
Representative Gardiner advocated the
favorable consideration of the
{and its provisions were further explained
by Attorney D. E. Fox, who drafted it
| The bills provide that all $1, $2 and $5
bills, except national bank notes, shall
sums
{ they may be converted
{ check payable to a named payee, to be
{ cashed at the postoffice named, and for
the f !
of 1s of the d
nom
at once
similar
of £
cent sta ip
lollar desomination
stamp the fractional
government
Issuance {
10, 25 and
1% affixed
nation
A two
on
cent
ice to thi
£0 cent
the «
on
Filipinos Want Reliel
deemed it Ges
gre
dent «
Negre
'
r'ree
Food Adulteration.
" ¥
More Oklahoma
Laasds to Open.
ee Comm fon ilsn
to occur withir
after the law goes Minto effect
we lands are to be aken under the
provision of the homestead
Chinese Exclusion Bill
onferees on the Chinese Exclu-
' ill decided to report a disagree
ment to each house. The point of dif.
ference is the date as to when the law
shall extend, the House contending for
the law
of the
that
life
equally firm in insisting
shall not last beyond the
treaty “
West Poiat’s Centennial
West Point Military Academy will cel.
{ ebrate its centennial during commence-
ment week in June. President Roosevelt
will speak and Gen. Horace Porter. Am-
bassador to France, will be the orator of
the day. It is expected that numerous
veterans of several wars will be present.
| The academy opened in March, 1802,
| with 5 officers and 10 cadets,
| the full authorized attendance is $11.
i Mr. McComas’ Race laquiry.
| Senator McComas, of Maryland, has
{introduced in the Senate a bill similar
| to the House measure providing for the
| creation of a freedman's inquiry com-
mission to investigate the condition of
the colored population of the country
and “promote harmony between the two
races.” ein
For a Hall of Records
The Senate passed a bill providing for
the purchase of a site and the erection
thereon of a building in the city of
Washington, to be used for a hall of
records, and indicating an appropriation
of $1,000,000 for the purpose.
a ——
Capital News in
The Naval Affairs Committee of the
House submitted its report, with a bill
carrying an appropriation of $77,650.38.
The report says our navy is lacking in
fighting strength, and recommends the
construction of two battleships, two first.
class armored cruisers and two gun-
ts.
The President signed the Legislative
Appropriation Bill, which Fives the
clerks t rarily appointed during the
wal ith Por permanent emplo t.
Senate agreed to the House
amendment to the Oleoma ine Bill,
which sends the bill to the
I
resident,
WIND CAUSES A
RAILROAD WRECK
A Car Roof Blown im Froot of
Passenger Train,
LOCOMOTIVE THROWN FROM TRACK
The Fireman Caught Under the Wreck
and Scalded to Death-— None of the Passen:
gers Were Hurt—A Man Crushed to Death
by an Oil Uerrick Being Blown Over on
Him.
Pittsburg, Pa. ~The wind
storm
(Special }
1
ol almost CYC ria proporuons
|
|
| which prevailed in this section was
{lowed by
much destruction of property
r 2 1 as 4
and was the cause of the Joss of at least
two lives, Ag the Cumberland a
the
approaching
dation on
thrown from
at
Car stax
| front
man,
Port Perry by the
anding on a sid
Edware
£) RG
MILLIONS FOR COTTON MEN
$75,000,000 locrease on Crop Since Last
September.
£0 persons
volts ¢ f pe a2
uthern Ru
at K
were
.
DICAXKS
Confessed Terrible Murder.
Corpus Christi, 1 CXas { Special) we AY
dez Oliveres has confessed that he mur-
dered Mrs. J. Hatch. and the special ses-
sion of the grand jury has declared a
true bill, which will be followed by a
speedy trial. Mrs. Hatch was a young
married woman and was killed in her
home; near here. Her head had been
crushed in with the heavy end of a
hatchet and then split in twain. and her
throat was cut. Oliveres said that he
had no reason for the crime
Detroit (Special) ~The manufactur.
{ers of car and locomotive brake beams
| have formed a trust. The promoters are
Berry Brothers, of Detroit. owners of
the Monarch Brake Beam Company. It
is understood that the capital of the
company is %0 be $5,000,000, and that the
trust will be incorporated under the
laws of New Jersey. The headquarters
{ of the company will be in New York.
Boy Accidentally Killed.
Parkersburg, W. Va, (Special) The
| little three-year-old son of Peter Hess
| was shot and instantly killed at Glen-
ville by his brother, aged 12 years, who
was trying to shoot a hawk with a shot-
gun.
Woman Sentenced to Death,
Reading, Pa. (Special )—~Mrs. Kate
Edwards, aged 35 years, and Samuel
Greason, 40, convicted of the mur.
der of the woman's husband, John Ed-
wards, near Stouchsburg, and George
Gantz, aged 20, convicted of the murder
of Annie Etter, aged 15, were brought
into court here and sent to :
The Hague, Sd Cable) .~Bulleting
issued at Castle declare the condi.
ton of Queen Wilhelmina continues
sat
Ke
WINDSTORM KILLS AND WRECKS
Two Dead and Five Will Die at Joplin, Ma =
Houses Blows Away.
Mo. (Special.)-
the destructive
Joplin, Was
by
jad +
story
Joplin
visited
its |
most storm
, during which at least three
persons were killed out
mjured or more serious
; property :
ury of the storm broke
in the ‘
ven of its
1 utter
{ *
alternoon. in
terrible violence
SDSeNCe « § the ;
and the cl
more threatening than tho
ciond
ordin
She Let Cattle Lick Him.
i
Dog Mangics Two Girls
News, Va
and ldes<a Carter. two
ged 11 and 3
iterally chewed u
sarents, in Hampton, by a dog belonging
0 Robert Howard The older
ily wounds and the vounger 6
ttending physicions entertam |
or their recovery A
pirls was burned to death
gO
{ Special) Flos.
a i
Newp
i negro girls,
respectively, were
y at the home of their
$
has 13
The
ittic hope
sister of these
several weeks
A Battle in Colombia.
Washington, (Special) ~The State
Jepartment has been informed by cable
rom Bogota that fierce fighting is going
m near Guatavita, 45 miles from Bogo-
a. It is reported that 15.000 men are
ngaged. According to government ad.
rices the army of Gen. Uribe Uribe, the
evolutionist, has been twice defeated and
s retreating. The government forces
ontinue to advance
‘Shot the Joker Dead.
Chicago (Special). —A practical joke
erminated fatally for Edward L. Miller,
vhen a man he having laughingly or.
fered to “throw up his hands” drew a
revolver and shot the supposed thief
fead. Joseph P. Brown, who fired the
shot, was a friend of the victim, both
men having lived in the same house for
several months,
AA
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS
The cholera record of Manila te date
shows sos cases and 308 deaths.
The Moro chiefs on the island of Min.
danao are said to submitting, and
Lieut.-Col. Baldwin, who has received
srders to suspend operations, states that
the capture of Sultan Piralo’s fort has
had a salutary effect,
wo thousand employees of the Chi.
cago and Alton Railroad shops have
d to cat mo meat for 30 davs as
an example to other workmen through.
out the country to adopt this means
fighting the Beef Trust,