Jill!) 1)1*11 KILLEt
He Had Been Leading Filipinos
Against American Troops.
HEAD CUT OFF BY NATIVE SPIES
Had on a Ring Belonging to an Offi
cer of the Engineers, Who He Had
Captured—Traitor Held Commission
In Insurgent Army for Two Years.
Manila, Dec. 9. —Native scouts from
Bengabon, province of Nueva Ecija,
have killed the American negro. David
P'agan, a deserter from the Twenty
fourth (colored) Infantry, who for
more than two years has been leading
Filipinos against the American troops.
The native scouts decapitated their
prisoner. The man's head, however,
was recognized as that of Fagan's.
They also secured his commission in
the insurgent army. Fagan had on
cue of his flng»rs the class ring of
lieutenant Frederick W. Altstaetter,
ot' the Engineers, who was captured
by Filipinos, supposedly under the
command of Fagan himself, October
2S. 1900. Fagan has been reported as
killed upon several occasions. The
authorities are satisfied that former
statements of his death were erron
eous, and that he has now been killed.
A military commission has sen
tenced the Filipino general, Isidoro
Torres, to be hanged, after finding
bim guilty of ordering the assassina
tion of Corporal Fieldner, of the
Twelfth Infantry, at Malolos, province
of Bulacan, last October. The sen
tence of the commission has been dis
approved by General Chaffee, who
finds that the commission had rea
sonable grounds to doubt whether
General Torres personally ordered the
assassination of the American sol
dier. General Chaffee thinks that the
high rank held by Torres in the in
surgent army would have been suffi
cient to prevent such unmilitary ac
tion on his part.
GIFTS FROM MRS. McKINLEY
She Sends to Ladies of Cabinet Christ
mas Souvenirs.
Washington, Dec. 9. —The ladies of
the cabinet were pathetically remind
ed of the death of President McKin
ley. They all received Christmas
souvenirs from Mrs. McKinley. These
were slippers and little tokens in fancy
work, made by herself, of black wool
trimmed with gray ribbons. When
Mr. Cortelyou returned from his re
cent visit to Canton he was charged
with a message to the ladies of the
cabinet, who for five years had beer
Mrs. McKlnley's companions and as
sociates. She requested that they re
frain from sending her any Christmas
gifts, as the grief of the day will be
poignant enough without adding to it
by such reminders of other days.
New Cave Discovered.
Denver, Colo., Dec. 9. —A special
from Butte says that a new and won
derful natural cave, believed to be
one of the largest known, has just
been discovered in the canon of the
Jefferson, on the line of the Northern
Pacific railway, ahout 50 miles east
of Butte. An exploration party from
that city spent several days in the
cave, going over an area of ten milee
and to a depth of nearly 1,000 feet. A
large river, with a cataract of about
100 feet, was explored for a distance
ol several miles without discovering
its source of outlet. A few articles of
stone and copper utensils and some
bones, believed to be human, were also
found in one of the large apartments
of the cave. The formation of staiac
tites and other natural decorations
throughout the cave are most beau
tiful.
Tobacco Warehouse Burned.
Danville, Va., Dec. 7. —Fire broke
out here yesterday and totally de
stroyed the leaf plant of John E.
Hughes & Co. and Brown's storage
warehouse, with contents. Both were
filled with leaf tobacco in hogsheads
and loose. The storage warehouse
contained 500 hogsheads of leaf be
longing to the American Tobacco
company. The total loss will exceed
$130,000, exclusive of the advance in
the price of tobacco since purchased,
which is considerable.
$135,000 Fire at Wilkesbarre.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., Dec. 7. —Fire broke
out in the large dry goods store of
I.angfell Brothers, in this city, shortly
after 6 o'clock last evening, and the
flames spread so rapidly that the
buildl&g and stock was entirely de
stroyed. The clothing stores of Simon
Long & Sons and Weitzenkorn Broth
ers, adjoining, were also badly dam
aged. The total loss wad $135,000. A
spark from a broken electric light
wire in one of the show windows of
t lie dry goods store is said to have
started the fire.
Cattle Sale at Live Stock Show.
Chicago, Dec. 7.—Judging in the
championship classes for the leading
breeds of cattle was the feature yes
terday of the International Live Stock
Exposition. In the main cattle pa
vilion the Galloways were on sale.
Thirty-three Galloways sold at an av
erage of $285. The top price was $2,-
000. paid for a bull exhibited by N. P.
Clarke, of St. Cloud, Minn. This is
said to be the highest price ever paid
for a Galloway In America.
Postoffice Robbers Becure S9OO.
New York, Dec. 7.—Burglars entered
the postoffice at Sussex, N. J., last
night. The safe was blown open and
about S7OO in stamps and S2OO in cash
taken. The money order blanks and
other valuable papers which were in
the safe were also carried off. The
same office was robbed of several
hundred dollars In stamps and cash
about four months ago.
THa A. F. OF L. CONVENTION
.iajsrity of the Comrrittees Met am*
Organized Yesterday.
Scranton, Pa., Dec. 9.—Notwlth
-1 standing that yesterday was Siwiday,
| man> of the delegates to the conven
! Hon of the American Federation ol'
i Labor did not cease their activity.
: the day being given up to the trans
i action of committee business. A ma
, jority of the committees met and or-
J ganized, and not a few of them took
I up questions that will engage the at
tention of the convention during the
week. The executive council, which
is composed of the president, the six
vice presidents, the secretary and the
treasurer of the Federation, went into
session early and did not adjourn un
til long after jioon.
What is looked upon by many of
the delegates as the most vital ques
tion that will come before the con
vention is that of trade autonomy.
The brewery workmen and the iniiio
workers' delegates probably will be
the storm centre on this question.
Both of these trade unions want in
dustrial autonomy. Nearly a dozen
resolutions on the matter of the ex
clusion of the Mongolian race from
the United States and island posses
sions are in the hands of a special com
mittee. This committee probably will
report one resolution embodying the
good points of all of them.
Among the cities that have entered
the campaign for the next place ol'
meeting are Atlanta, Ga.; Buffalo, l.os
Angeles, Milwaukee, New Orleans and
San Francisco. Portland, Ore., wants
the convention in 1905, the year the
exposition is to be held in that city.
AGED COUPLE ASPHYXIATED
Stopper of Pipe Used For Gas Stove
Was Open.
Wilmington, Dei., Dec. 9. —Robert
Roberts, 76 years of age, and his wife,
Sarah, aged 70 years, were found dead,
asphyxiated by illuminating gas, at
their home. When found Mr. Roberts
was lying partly out of the bed, his
feet resting on the floor, while Mrs.
Roberts was sitting on a chair in a
corner of the middle room, it is sup
posed that she became sick, and that
Mr. Roberts was attempting togo to
her assistance when he was overcome.
The stopper of the gas pipe used to
connect with a gas stove was open. A
little dog in the house was not affected
by the gas. Mr. Roberts was a retired
business man, well-to-do, and there are
no circumstances to indicate any sui
cidal purpose on the part of the aged
couple.
BERRY HOWARD IN CUSTODY
He Is Charged With Complicity In
the Goebel Murder.
Frankfort, Ky., Dec. 9. —Sheriff
Broughton, of Bell county, accom
panied by three deputies, arrived here
yesterday, having in charge Berry
Howard, of Bell county, who was in
dicted for complicity in the murder of
William Ooebel, and who has been a
fugitive for more than a year. Ho
turned his prisoner over to the au
thorities here, and Howard was as
signed to quarters in the jail with
Caleb Powers and James Howard, a
relative, charged with the same crime.
Howard protests his innocence, and
says that he became a fugitive in th'e
mountain section only because he did
not want to lie in jail here. He will
ask for an immediate hearing, that
he may be released on bond.
Strike Or Lockout a Misdemeanor.
Sydney, N. S. W., Dec. 9.—By the
passage of the industrial arbitiation
bill through Us final stages; the gov
ernment has placed a law upon the
statute books, the working of which
will excite interest throughout the
whole world. This bill not only com
pels reference of all disputes between
employers and employes io a compe
tent court, with power to enforce it3
ordei'6 and award, but mal.es a .strike
or a lockout, before or pending such
reference, a misdemeanor punishable
by a fine or imprisonment.
Married Over the Wire.
Bowling Green, Ky., Dec. 9. —Miss
Maude Wilcutt stood in the telegraph
office here on Saturday night and be
came the bride of Dr. J. W. Simmons,
of Peaster, Tex. They were married
by wire. The questions were asked
from the Texas end by a justice of the
peace and were answered by Miss
Wilcutt. The operator and newspaper
acquaintances were the Bowling Green
witnesses to the marriage. Mrs. Sim
mons will leave for Texas to join her
husband.
Killed In Railroad Wreck.
Charleston, W. Va., Dec. 9. —A head
end collision between heavily loaded
freight trains on the Chesapeake an'l
Ohio railroad caused the death of two
men, l'iren.an Meader, of the west
bound train, and an unknown tramp. A
brakeman of the same train was fa
tally burned and scalded. The colli
sion occurred between Nuttali and
Fayette stations, and, it is said, was
caused by a telegraph operator for
getting to deliver his orders.
Molineux to Stand Trial Again.
New York, Dec. 7. —Roland B. Moil
neux will have to stand trial again.
Judge Newburger, of the general ses
sions court, handed down a decision
yesterday afternoon, in which he de
clined to dismiss the indictment a&kcd
for by prisoner's counsel.
Anarchists Not Allowed to Meet.
Cleveland, 0., Dec. 9. —The Cleve
land police yesterday refused to allow
the "Liberty Association," which in
cludes in Its membership a numb -r
of the disciples of Emma Goldman, to
hold a meeting in a hall engaged for
that purpose.
Young Corbett Will Meet McGovern
New York. Dec. 9. —Yielding to the
personal request of Terry McGovern,
Young Corbett last night, it is said,
to fight Terry next July.
i WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED
Tuesday, December 3.
"La Belle Russe," David Uelasco's
first successful play, was revived at
Murray Hill Theatre. N. Y.. last night.
Ileglnnlng next Monday, the United
States supreme court will take a re
cess of four weeks, to reconvene on
January 6.
The convention of tho Brotherhood
of Painters, Decorators tmd Paper
hangers of America began at Detroit,
Mich., yesterday.
Pennsylvania railroad ofTicials deny
the ri . so.- i"it the eonipr.ny has
bought .e c . 'ate in New York for
a term!:::il ca ion.
Wat' 'se ay, December 4.
The Southern Conference of the
Unitarian Church is in session at Chat
tanooga, Tenn.
The State National and National
Hide and Leather Banks, of Boston,
have consolidated.
General Russell A. Alger, former
secretary o r w: r, is seriously ill at his
home in De r0... Mich.
Governor St< e, of Pennsylvania,
and a pr-.rty o:' friends started last
night fo a i ir »o Mexico.
A new steamship service was inau
gurated yesterday between New York,
Halifax, N. S., and Jamaica portts.
The will of Hon. Clem Studebaker,
of South Bend, Ind., disposing of sev
eral million dollars, was admitted to
probate yesterday.
Thursday, December 5.
During November 3,700,766 pounds
of coffee were exported from Porto
Rico.
1. Newton Evans, of Hatboro Pa.,
ex-congressman of the Seventh dis
trict, died last night.
American soldiers in Northern Lu
zon, P. 1., are forbidden to drink the
native "vino" spirits.
A heavy snow storm prevailed in
Kansas last night, covering the east
ern half of the state.
Representatives of nearly all rail
roads running west of Chicago held a
meeting in New York yesterday.
Friday, December 6.
Joseph A. Porter, former city treas
urer of Camden. N. J., died yesterday.
George B. Chadwick was elected
captain of the Yale football team for
next year.
Captain Richmond P. Hobson, of the
United States navy, lectured before
the St. Louis Y. M. C. A. last night.
Professor James Swann, Prohibition
candidate for governor of Maryland in
1890, died at his home in Denton, Md.
The Massachusetts state prison at
Charleston was closed to visitors yes
terday because of the small-pox scare
in the city.
The main building of the Michigan
Alkali company's soda ash plant at
Wyandotte was destroyed by fire yes
terday. Loss, $500,000.
Saturday, December 7.
The University of California will
send a track team east next year.
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The thermometer registered 2> de
grees below zero at Ballslon, N. Y.,
yesterday.
Mrs. Roosevelt returned to Wash
ington last night from her visit to
New York.
Sherman B. Oviett, ex-speaker of
the New Jersey assembly, is critically
ill at his home at Asbury Park.
Mgr. Sbaretti, formerly archbishop
of Havana, has been appointed apos
tolic delegate to the Philippine Islands.
A London dispatch says that Major
Van Tets, who was wounded in a duel
by Prince Henry, of Holland, died on
Thursday right.
Augustus Misal. of Columbia, Pa..
brakeman on the Columbia and Port
Deposit railroad, fell from his train
and was killed at. Hain's station.
Monday, December 9.
Senator Quay left lor his winter re
sort at St. Lucie, Fla., today.
President Roosevelt signed the first
bill sent to him by congress on Sat
urday.
A dispatch from Manila says Gov
ernor Taft is much better and will
leave fo>' home December 20.
The boar 1 of health of Savresville.
N. J., closed a handkerchief factory
because of an epidemic of small-pox.
T. B. Waters, of Toledo, 0., jumped
from a third-story window of a hotel
at Lafayette. Ind., and broke his neck.
Two thousand customs employes In
New York organized a permanent
civil service association for mutual
benefit.
Herbert Marx, who shot and killed
two men near Oak Grove, Va., last
Tuesday, arrived at his home in
Brooklyn.
United States Coined $136,340,781. '
Washington, Dec. 9.—The report of !
George E. Roberts, director of the !
mint, upon the operations of the mint ;
service during the fiscal year ended
June 30, 1901, has been completed.
The coinage of the mints during the
fiscal year amounted to 176,999,132 ;
pieces, of the value of $136,340,781. j
Of this $99,065,715 was in gold, $24,- |
298,850 was in silver dollars, $10,9G6,-
848 was in fractional silver and $2,- J
009,568 was in minor coin. There also !
were coined at the Philadelphia mint
225 000 gold pieces of the value of
$349,014 for the government of Costa
Rica.
250 Boers Captured.
Pretoria, Dec. 6. —The largest cap
tures of Boers made in many months
occurred yesterday, when three col
umns secured an aggregate of 250
prisoners. General Bruce Hamilton,
near Errnelo; Major Dawkins, in the
Waterbury district, and General Meth
uen. in Northwest Transvaal, rounded
up three laagers, with only a few cas
ualties on either side.
Ready to Build Turkish Warship.
Constantinople, Dec. 9. —The Cramp
Shipbuilding company has notified the
Porte that it is ready to commence
building a cruiser for the Turkish
government, and has asked the gov
ernment to send officers to supervise
the vessel's construction.
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In most newspapers there is a dead le% r el of advertising excellence,
or rather lack of excellence.
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JjSg I Probably in every town
I j there are two or three advert i
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