THE NEWS. I.juls A'um'. I'll F rt M nro nf.lllcry Dinn, l uilei'. a iy knowlod of what lie did tthetlmi hl a leiirt I or hiving killed Annie llonodh-t. He nduUtcd that blood stained jlutlitu foial In liU box at t'.ie fart W bin. Ellery P. In f ia n. ex-U lil'd Mate dis trict atturmy, a i.l hlilu partner ami ter mor aislitmt, H trvey K. NiUt, w-)r h-ii-tenoed lu Piillalolphla to Imprisonment fjr two year n:id nit in tilths. The uew battleship K intucky In hor offi cial upend trial off tlio Mass icliututU const, made a record of over 111 knots au hour gainst tide, wind aad heavy hoaJ una fur bait the course. Harearit Bill Aithonv, the marine who announced the sinking of the Milne, com mitted suicide lu New V -rk, William Hummed. uccucd of tbo murder of hl.4 wife a:id chlidriu, .n arrested uear Wl linuisport, l'a. John Tatoa, a waiter. wa fatal 'y stubbsd With an umbrella lu a Chicago restaurant. John U. Hkeltou, found ir of the ltlchinond Mica Works, died In Ulchtnond,. Va. E.I Lucky and Tom Mitchell were executed In Darlington, H. C, for rape. ltev. Edwin A. Hehell resigned ai secretary of the Epworth League. The city of Tucson. Ariz., accepted Cur ncgle's offer of a library. The Anti-Trust League wan incorporated In Albany, N. Y. The General Assembly, Knights of Labor adopted resolutions condemning coiiiMuaV tlons nud trusts, anil chnriicterlvdiig Presl dent McKiuluy a the "nUtcr enemy of la in." MissMury Cimplmll Q ilnn, d uig'iter of James (Veil Qulnn, and Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., on of Governor Lowndes, of Maryland, were married in the First Presbyterian Church nt Chllllcothe. O. Thomas OilYu, a pension attorney of Chnt tanoogu, Tenn., who whs disbarred for al leged crookedness, sued Commissioner of Pensions Evans for tilS.OOO dumug s. The motion to throw out the vote of Louis ville In the Kentucky Htato eleo.lon has been referred by the Jefferson county canvassers to the State election I oard. Louis A'lgtut, ai artilleryman at Fort Monroe, Va., confessed that he bad mur dered and mutilated two women living in the tenderloin dlHtrlet of rhocbus, Va. The women of South Carolina have ten dered a Kold medal to Lieutenant Victor Blue for bis gallant services during the war. The monuments and markers erected on the battled dds about Chattanooga by the btate of Illinois were dedicated. Joseph Kicbards, aged twenty-three yenrs, committed suicide In. Macon, Oh., as tUn re sult of religious mania. s William Hay, fon of Congressman Huy, was held up, assaulted and robbed near Btutinton. Va. Mary U i -ket was forcibly taken from her aunt, Mrs. John Eagan, lu Chicago, and kid napped. Ex-Postmaster William H. C illahan wiu arrested lu Oaktlcld, Va., for appropriating public money. A woman and herthreechlldren w re mur dered In their borne, near Montgomeiy, l'u. Ground was broken at Chelsea. Atlantic City, for a mammoth hotel to be built there. One man was killed and six Injured by an explosion lu a trench In New York. The deed conveying the home presented by the people to Admiral Dewey from Mrs. Mildred McL"iin Dewey to George Goodwin Dewey, the Admiral's only son, whs placed on record In Washington. By ft rear-end eolll-lon penr Mi Cool's Station, led., on the Hulllmore and Ohio, Engineer Bradford, of the passenger train, was killed. Engineer Haub r and two lire men were Injured. Tbe General Assemby of the Knights of Labor, in session at Boston, adopted a reso lution favorable to the organization of women's district assemblies, A delegation from tbe I'amunky tribe of Indians paid the tribe's annual tribute -a (lain deer and wild turkey to Governor Tyler, of Virginia. D. W. Pope and D. M. Ferdlie, two Georgia countrymen, blew out tbe gus Id their room at a Hnvannuh boarding-house, mnd were asphyxiated. Fo ir hundred and fifty 8uo and Fox In dians are reported to be ready to go on the warpath on account of their alleged griev ances. The Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America whs Incorporated at Trenton, with an authorized capital or $10,000,000. The solid sliver loving cup presented to Admiral Hchley by citizens of St. Louis baa reached bimon bis flagship. Martin V. Bergen dled'ilt Princeton, N. J., from tbe effects of a hazing tit Lawreuee vllle. The lower bouse of tbo General Assembly of Georgia pussed the Prohibition bill. The window-glass jobbers, at their meeting In New York, organized nn association, to be known as the Wludcw-Olnss Jobbers' Asso ciation, which, It Is Htild. will avert war between the American ami the Independent (lass manufacturing companies, Oscar Fleming, the Virgluia magistrate, accused of murder, ami who killed a man in an attacking mob, visited Norfolk, nnd while lu a hardware store was arrested on u technical chnrge.and locked up to keep him out of the builds uf the crowd. A pitched battle occurred at Fort lllng (told, io Grande City, between a voni uny of colored cavalry of the regular army uud a body of citizens. T ho casualties an as yet unknown. Miss Ilattlo Hml h. thn eighteen-yeur- ld daughter of a f.iim-r iu Wisconsin, bos beeu chosen by her graiiduuele lu Heotli.ud tut bis heir to a million dollurs. The Southern Itul'road has completed end Is now operating a now link betweeu Co lumbia and Gerry, rt. ('., which parallels tbe Keuboard Air Line. There is greut excitemeut lu the Georgia legislature over a bill providing for state prohibition. The organization of n new pn'rlntlc society, railed the Mpuuisu War .Veterans, has been completed. The Democrntlo National Executive Com mittee ended Its sessions lu Chicago. Only seven Jurors for the tt I ill of Mollueux In New York have been Becured. Tbe Kentucky Democratic state ennpnlgu eommltti e concedes that Taylor, Itepubllcan candidate fir governor, has a majority on the face of the returns, but hope to elect Uoebel by throwing out the vote of Louis ville. The Democratic National Executive Com mittee met lu Chicago, thus Inaugurating the presidential campaign. Keiiator Jones buid the silver plank of the Chicago plat form would be renniriucd. The Dclmarvla Telephone Company, ol Wilmington, and the Maryland Telephone Company have made a combination to su euro long-dlstunce service on the peninsula. After uu absence of thirty years, James Edwards returned to Philadelphia, and found that bis wife bad secured a dlvorue suul married aguin, Hallltfu orders buve been given Admiral ttcbley. Jld will proceed to llutnos Ayres, touching at lllo Janeiro to coal, Ilecordcr Goff declined a motion for a new trial for "Badger" Moore, sentenced to nluu teeu years iu prison, Mrs. Henrietta Bamberger, the midwife was indicted for causing the death of four women and one child. Is a light between Cnptf" Elhrldgtt Bol ersou and Captain Dell pllia- on a boat at Belfast, Me., both weutud lllttrd, and Kol rou was drowned, cooking; WILD FLIGHT. A;l I NAI.ni) IX A lI I. A PI IIATF.l) CON di rio m:Iv.k a hi:h .k, AMERICANS ARE WOUNDED. Ilatle.., With Ills Clothing Torn and Mud Si.attered, Hi ItldiM Into la) anibnii, hanges Horses and Hashes Off Again -The Anifrleun lorecs cilltlmie Tlielr llapld Advance. Ma-illa, flly Cable.) Agulnnldo, accom panied by several of Ills followers, have been seen In full night. A Hpaulsh corporal, cap tured by the Filipinos, hmurrlvod here from Tarla . I( says he saw Aguinuldo, aecom pa dod by n proiilnent leailcr nnd Ilfteen men, arrive a. D ivati ui n, during the night of November 1:1, hatlees, his clothes torn and spatture I wltli in id. and bis horse exhaust ed. A (uinttldo, I', appears, rested a short time, s.'eined anxious, consulted with bis oompiudons and tho villagers ai to the nature of the roal', s jctirjd fresli horses nnd pro ceed nl I n.ncilla'.cly toward Mangalaren, iu rangn.ilnau irovlnce, west of Dayambam. The corporal tells a straight story, giving minute d itnlls. H i Is convinced he Is not mls'.a'eu, having seen Agulnnldo several times during recent month.. Agulnnldo, it appears, would have had time to leave Dn yanibrn November 1:1, und puss through Gjueral Wlioatou's linns November 17. Aitrirican O.Hcors Wuiinded, Severe fl r uing lu the north of Ilollo be gan Tue-,lay. November '11. Four Americans were killed and twenty-live were wounded, Including three oflbiers. Tho insurgents urn retreating to Kantn Barbara, but the light ing continues. G 'ucral Mu"Arthur hat returned to Tar bio, and hat estVillshod Ids head (ilarters at Agulnaldo's former residence. During the eutlro tnoveinent from Geronii to Dugupan not a shot was llreil. The liihnbllnnts of San Carlos met the Amerlcnns with n baud formerly attached to tho insurgent army, nnd the alcalde tmnyor). with ?! tueral MiicArthur and Cjloael Bill, lu a carrluge, headed n proeesflon through the town. General Mae Arthur reeelved an ovation. Explaining the Amerlcu-is' Intentions, he announced that tby intended to garrison nil the towns on the railroads. Iluud eds of men are lu tho Held, harvesting rice, along the railroad. The forelguurs In tho territory ussert that Agulnnldo was not expecting the American advance for a month, when the rnliis would have Mulshed, lie bad permitted a large part of his army to scatter to their homes and do the harvesting. The soldiers bud bidden their rilles ubout their homos. If this Is true, muuy rlllos are likely to be brought In, to secure the 30 offered for ra'jh weapon seized. A llllllliiol Stroke. Captain L-onhuuser's capture of the town of O'Do.-mel wat it remarkable stroke. His command consisted of three eompinHs of tbo Twenty-fifth ltegiment. Captain Al bright and LieiitenntilH Bates and Morton commanding, lie started at six o'clock lit night and marched fifteen miles iu tho mud. Toe only rvgular upproach was along a road uud over a river whose bridge was strongly fortflled. The entrance of the towu was eu treneln d. The soldiers lcrt the road nnd followed a cattle trail to the reur of the town. At daylight tho command supurnted, oae compuiiy advancing on the back of the town nud the other flanking it. Tbe Insur gent force was asleep, except those at tho outposts, who were euptured without shoot ing. One platoon ran down the mala street to u trench and the other deta.'bnieuts mude a quick search, of the houses. An ofllcer, describing the scene, said: "The negro soldiers were pouring out of every house, dragging sleepy, frighten, d Filipino warriors by the collar uud kicking them Into the street. It was a race to see which company wou'd corral tho most Fili pinos. The women and children, believing the stories told that the negro soldiers were cannibals, shrieked frightlully. After nil the rifles bad been secured the Filipinos were surprised by being told to go to their homes und attend to work." BATTLE NEAR BELMONT. Uenerul Metliuen lteporls That tho llrlt Ish Were Victorious -A Numher of OlHcers Were Wounded. London, (By Cable.) The Secretary of War received the following despatch. 1 through Gen. Forostlur-Walker, from Gen. Methuen, duttd Belmont, November 23: "Attacked the ouemy at daybreak. He was In a strong position. Three ridges were carried lu succession, the last attack being prepared by shrupuel, 1 "The infantry behaved splendldiy, and received support from the navui brlgu le and artillery. The enemy fought with courage and skill. Had I attacked Inter, I shuuld have had far heavier loss. "Our victory was complete. Have taken forty prisoners. Am burying a good num ber of the Boers, but tbe greater part of the enemy's killed and wounded weru removed by their comrades. Have euptured a largo number of horses and cows, and destroyed a large quantity of ammunition." The situation in Natal- remains obscure. Fighting Is reported at both Estcourt und Lndysinlth. It was at first reported that beuvy flriug had been heard iu the direction of Willow Grange. lua llug to u belief that Oeuural lllldyard bad mude a sortie. Later despatches aunounce that General White sortled from Ludysmlth and Inflicted a dem oralizing defeat upon the Bjurs. It would be premature to give full cred ence to either reporr. What Is quite certain Is that Ladysmith, Kttcourt aud Mooi lilver Hlatlons are all Isolated, and tbe B Jure seem able, after detaching enough troops to hold three British forces aggregating 17,000 men, to push on toward l'loternuuitzburg wlib some 7,000 men. A disquieting feature of the whole cam paign Is the fact that all the advancing British generals report meeting the Boers iu force. Iu view of the brilliant success of General Jouliert In partially paralyzing the relieving columns, the question Is being asked, what would base happened bad he at the outset of the war, Instead of silting down before Ladysuiltli, pushed ou to I'll terniarltzburg' General Gatuere'i) ro rrt that tho Dutch are rising Increases public anxiety, us it tends to coullriu rumors that buve long beeu current, A THANKI'tUlT' Ul U K Itl'X'OKI). The Killer Arrives .-Belgian King Hrlng the Hotly of Major Howard. Huu Frunclseo, Cul.,lt Hpeelul.)- The record for a round trip to Manila Is held by the United Htates transport George W. Elder, having madu the rouud trip lu sixty-one days, rlhe sailed n few hours ahead of the B dglan Klug, which Is now due. The Bel gian King Is bringing the body of Major Guy Howard, son of General 6. O. II iward, re tired, who was killed last October. He was passing up tho Itlo Grande Itlver, near Arayut, lu a luuuch, when be was shot by a native concealed along thu stream. A Negro Itldtlled With lIlilloU. Jackson, Ga., (tlpoclal.) Word wasn. celved here that a small posse of citizens, who have been searching for tho negro who attempted an assault on Mrs. John Thomas MuClure, came upou the man la a swamp, ou the Ocmulgee lllvor, near here, late Moo dily night, and Immediately riddled his body with bullets. It U reported' that ho was burled lu the swamp, Tuosou Aceepl Carnegie's Offjr. Tucson, Ariz., (Special.) -Andrew Car negie's offer of t'JS.OOD for a public library building hus been aeeeptad, the city council voting a slu. on tbe military plaia aad t'J.OOO per auuuua for the maintenance of the library. MORE ARMORED CRUISERS. Sceretnry Long llellcves That the "avy Is In Need of Three fhlps of This t'lnss, Washington, (Apr-clnl.) - Secretary Long will recommend to Congress a program for new naval construction, which will be In ac cordance with the policy that has been pur sued for tho past three years. He will ask for three armored cruisers of about 13,0011 tons displacement: three protected cruisers of about 8,000 tons, nnd a dozen gunboats of 900 tons, making clgteen ships in all. Tho armored cruisers will be enlarged Brooklyns, Improved In many details, nnd will be the biggest shl S In the United Mates navy. In tho opinion of experts they will be equal to the battleships of several naval powers In strength, and will have great speed. The protected cruisers will bo of the Olympla type, fleet, powerful sea boats, with numerous batteries of guns of medium cali ber nnd rapid flrers, relying for protection ngalnst gun fire entirely upon a curved pro tective deck nud eonl bunkers. The gunboats will be about the size of tho little .Marietta, and from their light draft will be of great service Id the shallow waters of the gulf ports and In tbe Chinese rivers, as well as In the new Insular possessions of tho United Htates, for police duty In times of peace. The program is made up without reference to what has already been author ized in thn way of new ships. In other words, the ships will he additional to those authorized by tho last Congress, although most of the tatter have not been coutractcd for, becauao of the. armor limitation. HKAIl AND IH NTKlt DUAI). Desperate Conflict that Knded Fatally for Man and llruto. Htroudsburg, Va., (Ppoclnl.) Reuben Harps, a Wilkesbarro, l'a., hunter, was found on the "Tocono Mountains, near MiiuITerB, this county, unconscious, and horribly lacerated. Besido him lay dead a huge black bear. HnrS started on bin hunting-trip on Monday. Ou Tuesday bis dog returned to tbe village covered with blood, uud n searching-party of twenty men stnrted to seek for Harps. He was llniilly found in a dense thicket aud In a dying condition. There Is every evidence that a desperate struggle bad taken place. l alal Itrar-Knd Collision. Cleveland, Ohio, (Special.) Westbound passenger train No. 6, ou the Baltimore and Ohio roud, run into the rear end of a west bound freight train near McC'ools Station, Indiana, while running at a high rate of speed, causing a bad wreck, killing Eugineei Bradford, of the pussenger train, and Injur ing Euglneur Snrber nud two firemen. The accident occurred dnriiig a dense fog. The passenger train was drawn by two engines. Euglueer Bradford, wno was killed, was on the second engine, while Engineer Hurbe; was at tbe throttle of tho Hrst engine. No one was hurt on the freight train. Both passenger engines, two postal cars aud three express cars were derailed and thrown into tho ditch. Tho officials of the company stale that no passengers were injured. Wiped Out by a Tornado. Fort Smith, Ark., (Special.) A telephone message from Paris, Logan county, reports the town of Magazine destroyed by a tor nado. Magazine is on the new Choctaw und Memphis Bond, sixty miles enst of Fort Smith. All efforts to roach Magazine by wire failed. Boouevllle, ten miles from Magazine, suffered a sevyro storm, houses being blown down and cattle killed. ' Macon's Mayor Dciul Macon, Ga., (SnecUI. ) Mayor S. B. Price, of Macon, died Wednesday. He was ouo of the most widely known public men In the State. He st rved with distinction In the Cod feilerute urhiy. He was elected mayor in 1S81, which position he has occupied con tinuously, with the exception of two yenrs lHIH-lK'JS when be was legislated out of ofllee. Those years he served as postmaster of Macon, Ilodles of the Maine's Victims. Washington. iHueclal.) The Nuvv Tie partment bus about concluded nrrnngemeuts J ior iiringiug 10 tuiB cauniry tlio Douiesoi the 106 sailors of tbo Maine now Interred iu Colon Cemetery, Havana. It Is ,uow pro posed to assign a warship to this duty be tween December and February next. Tho bodies will be brought to Washington aud interred lu Arlington National Cemetery with suitable honors. Fell Over a Thousand Feet. Muhnuoy City, Ta., (Special.) Oeorgo Townsend.nged twenty-one years, employed at the Gilberton colliery, near here, fell down tht mine water slinft, a distance of LOW feet, aud was Instantly killed. This is the greatest full ever chronicled In similar mining fatalities in the southern authrnclte coal fields. Fatul ItesuH of a lluxlng. Princeton, N. J., (Special.) Martlu V. Bergen, son of Councilman Peter V. Bergen, nf this place, died from receiving a hazing at Lawroucuville. He died of inflammation of t'ae bowels. Young Bergen was twelve years old, nud a freshmuu at Lnwreucuvllle. He was being put through the Initiation, when one of tho buzers accidentally fell upon him. Lived to a lllpo Old Age. Mnrtiusburg, W. Va.. (Speclal.)-Mlss Elizabeth Jones died Frldny night on Camp bell's Creek, nged one hundred and three years. She would bnve been one hundred and four years of age bad she lived until January next. Her death was caused by the general breaking down of the vital powers. Accident to Secretary Adee. Washington, (Special.) Second Assistant Secretary of State Adee sustained a pnlnful, though not duugerous, Injury, through a fall from his bicycle. He sustained a sevore dis location of tbe ie(t shoulder, which Will con fine him to his home for a fortnight, at least. O IT for the riilllppluu. New York, (Hi eclul.) With flags flying aud soldiers cheering, aud with the band of the Forty-llrst Infantry on her deck, playing "The Girl I Left Behlud Me," the United Stutes transport Logan steamed down the buy, uud out to sen, ou her way to the Phil ippines. Carina; for Spanish Prisoners. Madrid, (By Cable.) An official despatch from Manila says that two hundred Spuulsh prisoners have beeu sent to the Province of Puuuy, and that the Americans hnvn con sented that a vessel with food and clothing shall be sent to gut them, Yellow Fever Has Itmi Its Course. Washington, (Special.) Reports rocelved by Sorgouu Geucral Wyuiun, of the Marino Hospital Service, show that tho yellow fever hus ubout run Its course at Key West, Fin., where it was so severe during the latter part uf the summer. font rurt for Dry dock. Washington, (Special.) The Navy De partment has itwurdcd the contract for the dry dock at I eague Isluud Navy Yard, Phil adelphia, to .he Atlantic Gulf nud Pacific Company, for 1782,01.0. I Virginia l'lmlomce. Wiishlu,' ton. (Hpeelul.)-Tbe postofflce at Crew, Virginia, will become presidential on January 1. Salary of the postmaster will be tl.UHtt ' I Bill of Sir William Dawsou. Montreal, (Special.) -Blr William Dawson, the wul. -known educator and geologist, lata principal of MoUlll Collegsls dintd. HOBART IS DEAD. 'Ill l.ONO IM.MOHft KNOS AT HIS HOMF Ai i-Ai'F.HHON. DIED OF HEART DISEASE. Surrounded by Ills Family and riiyslclan. He Lapses Into Cnconst'loiisness Mes sages of Coiiilnlciire from President MeKlnley and other Distinguished Per ons Iteenived by Mrs. Hubert. Taterson, N. J., (Special.) -The long Ill ness of Hon. Onrrot A. Hobart. Vice Presi dent of the United htates, ended nt 8.30 o'clock Tuesday morning, whon the distin guished sufferer passed peacefully nwny at his home, "Carroll Hall." Around his bed side during tho waning hours were his wife, bis son, Garret A. Hobart, Jr.; his family physician, Dr. W. K. Newton, nnd Mrs. New ton and Private Secretary Fred Evans, Jr. Mr. Hobart's death had been expected for some hours. Thu beginning of thoendcamo Monday afternoon, when there was a sudden failure of the heart, and from this attack Mr. Hobart never rallied. Ho bad been sick for a long time and bad suffered frequently from heart failure, and his strength had been undermined. Gradually tho failure of tho heart's action became moro apparent, nnd soon after midnight Mr. Hobart became unconscious. Ho remained in that condition uutil bis death. Mr. Hobart's denth whs duo directly to angina pectoris, complicating myocarditis. The services were held in the Church of tho Redeemer, here, and tho Interment in the family lot, lit Cedar Lawn, where tho only daughter of Mr. nud. Mrs. Hobart was burled s'ix years ngo. Rev. Dr. Magco preached the sermon. Nearly all the representatives of foreign nations in this country sent messages of yym pathy to Mrs. Hobart. One of the llrs't to express bis sorrow at the death of the Vice President was President MeKlnley, who bad been notified by telephone ly Private Secre tary Evans, Attorney General Griggs, who was in Washington, went to Patcrson nnd took charge of all tho details of tho funeral. Amotig others who sent messages of con dolence were sir Julian Pauncefoto, the British ambassador; Count G. Dc Lichter velde, envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Belgium; Count Cusslni, Russian ambassador; former Vice President Stevenson, Admiral Schley, Governor Voor hees, of New Jersey; United Stntes Senator Sewell, of New Jersey; Simotor llannn, of Ohio; Gen. Russell A. Alger, Senator Foru kcr, Senator Fairbanks, General Castillo. OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. Colonel Hayes captured Agulnaldo's sec retary, and thu sou uud family of Gen. Llnn eras are prisoners. The Insurgents nro showing symptoms of demoralization, and run as soon as they hear the American yell. Former Chief Justice Chnmbors hnd a conference with Secretary Hay ubout tho government of the Islund of Tutulla. General Gomez declines tho offer of Cu bans to raise a fund for him. The cruisor Now Orleans renched Port Snld, on her way to Manila. Tho cruiser Charleston, which struck nn uncharted 'coral reef of the Philippine coast, Is a total wreck. Major John A. Lognn, Jr., was killed In the Pnlllpplnes while lending a charge. American troops lu North Luzon captured the wardrobe of Agulnaldo's wife Aguiu uhlo hl.nself Is believed to be out of danger lor the present. Major John A. Logan, who was killed in ncllon. was buried lu Puoo Cemetery, Manila. Discussion in favor of and ugalnst com plete Cuban Independence Is going on ac tively lu the Havunn press. General MacArthur continues his advance northwurd on tbo Isluud of Luzon. At Geronii ho foyud a better clans of natives, who welcomed the Americans. At Moneada a train was wrecked by the insurgents on the main track, und tho advance was tem porarily cheeked. Rebel trenches at .Taro wore attacked by one American company. Throo of tho eue my were killed. One Amorlcun was killed. The President refused to accept the resig nation of Mr. Damon, thu Hawaiian Minister of Finnuce. MF.1RF.SS TO A MILLION. A Fanner's Dasghter to Ilrlgliten the l.nut Years or a Itich 1'iicle. Stevens Point, Wis., (Special. )-Miss Hut tie Smith, the eighteen-year-old daughter of a retired farmer, Thomas Smith, bus beeu chosen as heiress to one million dollars. Miss Smith's grnndunelo, Richard Smith, ii wealthy business mau of Glasgow, Scotland, has signed n contract to settle one million dol ars on Miss Smith when sho arrived at twenty-one, lu consideration of her going to Glasgow Jo live with tuo old gentleman and brighten bis last years. She will go to Glas gow lu August. Her uncle is ninety-two years old. I.AHV SAI.ISIU'liV 1FAI. The Wife of the Frlme Minister tif Fng lalld a Victim of Paralysis. London, (By Cable.).-. Lady Salisbury, wife of the Premier, who has been lu ill health for a long lime past, suffering a sec ond stroke of paralysis In July lust, died nt Hutflell House. She was a daugh ter of the late Sir Edward Hall Aldersou, a baron of the Court of Exchequer, nud was married to the Marquis of Salisbury In 1M7. A Noted Southern Woman Head. Jackson, Miss., (Special,) Mrs. Ben G. Humphries, honorable president of tlio Mis sissippi Chapter, Daughters of the Confed eracy, died lit her home in Greenwood, aged seyenty-three yeers. Sho was the widow nf ISilijumlu G. Humphries, the war governor of Mississippi. Sllnt HU At'CiiKoi' In a Cemetery Kokomo, Iud., (Special.) - In the elly oemotery hern William Clubs shot aud killed James Horn, Horn bad applied for divorce, accusing Clubs of wrecking his homo. They met In the cemetery by chance. Clubs was arrested. CABLE SPARKS. Emperor William, the Einprots aud two of their sous embarked at Kiel on the Imperial yuoht for England. The burning steamer Putrln was abandoned at sea by tbo captain, utter desperate efforts to bring, her to land. Tbe Khedive unveiled at Port Suld a mon ument to the latu Oou4t Ferdinand de Lea se ps. Sir Richard Moon died In Loudon, Herr Morltz Busch, author of a "Life of Prince Bismarck," died lu Leipzig, . United States Consul General C. P, Great house died at Seoul October 21. An earthquake shock caused a panla ut Verona, Italy. Mall advices from Apia, Samoa, under date of November !), state that while tbe natives were then quiet, weapons were becoming more plentiful among them, showing thut tbe confiscation of tbelr arms bad not been complete. Tbe Associated Press correspond ent says that "unless annexation is the solu tion of the gainoan squabble, war will bo inevitable." Orln Springer was killed and William Busby wounded lu a light oa tbo lutter'i furm, near Kokomo, lad. TRANSFERRED TO HIS WIFE Admiral Dewey's Action a Surprise to Ills Friend, Who Consider It as Show ing a Lack of Tact. Washington, (Special.) Admiral Dowey transferred to his wife tbo houso which tbo people of this country presented to him. The legal papers were Hied. Two papers figure In the transaction. The first is a deed in trust, by which George Dewey ct ux. transfer to John W. Crawford, the consider tllon being 1, tho west 27 feet of lot CO and part of lot 81, square 15S, lu Lathrop's sub division; also tbe chattels at 1747 Rhode Island avenue, In trust, to convey to Mil dred McLean Dewey. Tho second paper Is a dood by which John W. Crawford, ns trustee, conveys to Mil dred MeLenn Dewey, tho consideration bo lng$10, the wost 27 feet of lot 80, and part of lot 01, In Lathrop's sub-dlvlslon of square 159; also the obatteis at 1747 Rhode Island uvenue, A dospntch one day last week announced that It was believed that Admiral Dewey was about to take this step, nnd that his friends were dismayed at tho mere sugges tion. A member of the Cabinet who bad taken a deep interest In raising tho funds for the bouse vigorously denied tbe truth' of the story, on the ground that he could not bollove it possible that Admiral Dowey would do ipeh a thing. Tho story Is widespread thnt a threat of legal action by a former sweetheart of the Admiral Is responsible for tbo Admiral's act. It Is said that she was employed In the Treasury Department whon the Admiral was a commodore stntlonod In Washington. The attentions of the gallant sailor to the Treas ury clerk were so marked as to cause geu cral comment. When the Olympla steamed Into New York harbor on tho 2!Hb of last September one of the thousnnds who crowded ovt ; tho vessel's, side to greet tho hero of Manila whs a band some blonde. She mndo her way to the quarter deck, where the Admlrnl nnd his faithful aide. Lieutenant Brumby, were standing. A number of newspaper report ers were close by, nnd the next dny tholr various papers gave a pretty description of the bewitching blonde who clasped the hand of the Fullor and raised ber lips tempt ingly to his. Dowey hesitated, and may bnve been about to press a kiss but Brumby Intervened, nnd the sluyor of tho Spaniards was not Hobsoulzed. INITIATION KILLK1) HIM. Civil War Veteran Die from Injury Ito relveil During the Ceremonies. Cnrbondnlo, III., (Special. Lafayette Den son, of De Soto, n vetrrau of the Civil War, )b dend from injuries received while being Initiated Into the Select Knight of the Royal Arch, u secret society, composed of men In terested In tho sale of liquors. In tho testimony given before the Coro ner's Jury, it appears that among other In struments used in the tultatlon is a device whloh resembles a paddle. It bns a barrel four Inches In length, containing a 32-callbre cartridge. The cartridge used Is blank, nnd is oxplodod by a sharp tap agulnst an objoct. Gus Glcsek, a travollng salesman, hnd charge of the ceremonies. Through some unknown causo tho instrument lu Mr. Gle sok's hands turned and the wad and powder went into Mr. Deason's right hip. The in jury was at Hrst thought to be trivial, but next day (last Monday), Mr. Deason's bip began to swell, nud he died in awful agony. HIS 1IOUY IN TIIK SPRING. Accidental Drowning of John Ilurley Near N'ewville. ' Carlisle, Tn., (Spoclal.) Tho body of John Hurley, a young man aged twenty-sfx, re siding near Newvlllo, was found floating In the Big Spring. The body hnd been In wa ter seventeen days and presented a ghastly appearance. It was greatly discolored and swollen. Tbe finger tips were eaten off by tho fishes In the stream. Tbe young man was a mason by occupation. After ha quit work he stnrted for his home about two miles away, when It was raining very bard. There is a steep clay bank about '.he stream, where be Is supposed to have fallen In. This was evidently slippery from the rain, nnd In the darkness he must have made a misstep, precipitating him into the water. TRIUMPH OF THF. KICI'LIll-lC. Symbolized In Statue Unveiled by French President. Paris, (By Cable.) Prosidont Loubet un veiled in the Place do la Nation Sunday a Itatue symbolizing tho triumph of the Re public. Premier Waldnck-Rousseau and all the other members of the Cabinet were present. The ceremony was witnessed by an immense Crowd. There wns an Imposing procession of municipal officers nnd labor delegations. M. Loubot wns greeted with c boors. Funston lteturnlug to Munlla. Ban Frunclseo, (Special.) Gen. Fred erick Funston, accompanied I y his wife, has arrived at Oaklund, en route to Munlla, where be will report for duty to General Otis. FIELD OF LABOR. Toledo sign writers are organized. Mlunoapolu has a Packmen's union. 'Frisco has a Lutlu curpentors' union. Syracuse has a municipal lodging house. Tug flreineu at Buffalo demand (50 a month. Grand Rapids has a Ladies' Union Label League. Tho weekly payment of rent Is the rule ol Englund. There are 3,3 0 union patternmakers In the United Status. The Initiation fco of the 'Frisco painters' union is tlO. Scotland blast furnace mou have been conceded an advance of G pur cent. A Toronto druggist was fined for selling soda water und Ice oream on Sunduy. The ooppcr mines cf Upper Michigan are uow giving smploymeut to 13,851 meu. Tho State railways of New Zealand con tinue to show slguB of Increasing prosperity, Kansas City journeymen horseshoers gut (3.5J for nine hours. A set of shoes ousts tue.owuiT of a horse from 12 to $2.5 . Tho followiug Increased Initiation fees by 'Frisco unions are announced: Plasterers', 20; Paperhuugers ami Fresco Painters', 15; Pulnters', C10. At New York Carpenters' Union, 309 (cnb-iuet-mnkcrs), has voted against tho proposi tion of the district council to increase tho initiation fee from t5 to fi). Press Assistants' Uniou, at Cincinnati, now has au enrollment of 250 members. The ofll cers report It Is Impossible to supply the local demand for union men. At Boston tho Central Labor Union, nt Its special meeting, tabled a circular from tbe Purnell memorial committee, conveying a vote of thanks, because It did not bear the printers' label. ' Chicago Typographical Union, No, 16, voted In the different offices on the proposi tion to make tbe Job scale of wages 918 a week for tbo nine-hour dny, to go Into effeot on November 21. The proposition was car ried by a vote of 704 to 57. This was almost exclusively a job printers' vote. Tbe Piano and Orgun Workers' Union re ceived tbe indorsement of tbe Chicago Fed eration of Labor. A total of 8.600 piano and organ makers are Idle. Tbe wages paid In .the piano and organ fuotorles have been 60 Iper oent. lower during tbe past Ave years than ever before in tbe history of tbe piano 'business. Tbe proposed scale of tbe union I Is from 18 per cent to 25 per cent below tbe soale of wages prior tolU3, M'ARTHURON THE GO. HAS ItKACflEU POttNT WHF.IIE RAIL ItOAIl IS NOT TORN UP. NATIVES LESS HOSTILE. Oerona the First Town Along the Line From Which Resident Did Not Flee at American's Approach Filipinos Work Track Two Engines and 54 Cars Found riled In a Wreck. Oeronn, Luzon, (By Cable.) General MacArthur hns entered Oeronn, which Is 78 miles north of Manila. Ho then pushed on to Pnnlquo and Moneada, a lew miles beyond. Tho Filipino soldiers had Jled from Oero na, after bu.'iifng thn depot. Nothing else was destroyed by them. Oerona Is tho first town along the Manila Dngupan Railway Line, from which the resi dents dlil not ruu at the approach of the Americans. Tho priests offered quarters In tho church and convent. Oerona Is the scat of heavy English sugar Interests. The people hero are of a better class than the Americans have usually found. General MacArthur said:, "We seem to bo entering a different polit ical atmosphere. The people of Oerona seem to be less attached to Agulnaldo's causo thnn those In many towns we have entered on tho railroad line." Thu trip here was a hard one and occupied six hours In covering seven miles and a half, most of tho time being spent In fording a quarter of n mile of the flood running out of the Rio Tarlae. General MacArthur has no wagons. Tack mules and nntivo bearers carry nil his supplies. The command moved northward nt day break toward Bnyotnbong, where Agulnnldo Is supposed to be. Oerona will be garrl Boned by two companies of tho Thirty-sixth Iufantry. Slnven's scouts moved up the rnllwny track toward Panique, a few miles beyond Oerona. On the way they encountered nn entrcuchod pnrty of Filipinos, whom thoy drove back. Then, entering the town, they captured four locomotives and 13 cars. They learned that 500 Filipino soldiers had left tho town the same afternoon. Lnter, all of Gcni ral MacArthur's troops arrived at Panique from Oerona. The rall rond beyond Pnnlquo hns not been destroyed. The captured railway stock is being re paired to handle supplies. Genernl MacArthur discovered at Panique Mnjor Joneson, formerly chief surgoon on the stnff of tbe Filipino commander, Gen ernl Mneardo. He resides at Bacolor and is about to return there to resume bis prac tice. Slnjor Joneson Is quoted as saving that "all respectable Filipinos are disgusted with tho behavior of the insurgents und are glad that tho Americans hnve the upper hand." A continuous procession of refugees Is entering Panlquo from the north. Indicat ing the proximity of other American troops, probably off the rullroad line. These refu gees sny that the Filipino troops have not known which way to turn, with the Ameri cans occupying so tunny places in the north. ranlquels a rich sugar town. Some of the wealthy Chinese and the poorer natives fled nt tho first approach of the Americans, but thoy are now confidently returning. The rain bns oeased, tho weather Is line and the country Ib drying rapidly. FILIPINOS RLOCK TRACK. Two Engines and B4 Cnrs Found Piled la a Wreck. Moneada, Luzon, (By Cable.) Advano Ing through the country by train from runlquo, n distance of live' miles, the Ameri cans readied Moneada, where the natives have dlsplayod a friendly disposition. The train was stalled here by tho wreck of two locomotives nnd 64 cnrs, placed by tho Filipinos to block the track. The freight bouse and depot hnve been hurned. No attempt will bo mndo to save the wrecked rolling stock, but the track will bo clenred, and ns soon as two small breaks have been repaired the expedition will con tinue northward. Tnus far the advance bos been a complete success. Captain Curr, of the Signal Corps, has laid a wire from'Panique. SIX KILLED IN WRECK. Construction Train Runs Into Handcar Near Humhuldt. Sioux Falls, S. D.. (Special.)-Slx meu were killed and four seriously, if not fatally, Injured Iu an accident on tho Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omnha Railroad at Humboldt, twenty miles wost of Sioux Falls. A construction train was backing out of Humboldt, when n handcar bearing thirty five Italians came u rouud a curve. The Italians saw their dungor and Jumped from tho cur, which caught under the rear of tho caboose and this and the flat-car next to it wore wrecked. On tho flutonr were twenty Italian lubdrers, tlvo of whom were killed outright und live moro Injured. A relief train with three doctors went from Sioux Falls and brought tho wounded here. One of tbe Injured died on route to this city. Of the dead, Brook- Cobelman Is an Amer ican. The rest are Italians. As soon ns the wreck occurred, tho Ital ians made threats ngalnst the train crew, who wore compelled to pull out at ouco to save their lives. ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. John Morley aud Joseph ChamlKirlaln, op ponents In politics, are tho best of friends. Col. R. W. Huntington, who oommanded the 000 marines nt Ouantauamo Bay, will be placed on the retired list next January. Zoln explains his slletce on tb'ii Trniisrnnl question I y "a very human fear of appearing to pose as a rlghtor of all hnmuu wrongs." C. Oliver Isolln I credited with declaring that he will no longer undertake to build or manage a yacht to defend tho America's cup. Copt. Hedworth Lambton, who was In command of the detachment from II. M. S. Powerful nt Ladysmith, Is the brother of Lord Durham. King Oscar has signed a docroo that glvn Norway u new national flag. Judge Isaao Story, of Bummorvllla, Mass., a relative of the famous oommentutor, Is the second oldest Judge In bis State. The other dny he celebrated bis Hist birthday. The King of Slam has decided that his son, the Crown Prince, who has beeu at Camber ley the past three years, shall stay two yenrs longer in England to complete bis education, Mrs. Lelnud Stanford's gifts tooducatlonul Institutions ou the Paolllo Coast foot up tlU,. 000,000, She still bus as mush left, which, at her death, will go for similar purposes. President Steyn, of the Orange Free Btute, although not so well known as President Kruger, Is quite as thorough a statesman, President MeKlnley has promised to make an address at Mount Vernon, Va., on Decem ber 11, when the Masonla observance of tho 100th anniversary of Washington's death will occur. . Miss Ruth Underbill, this year's golf cham pion, Is a granddaughter of tbe lute Charles A. Dana. Prof. Archibald Cooledge, of the depart ment of history at Harvard University, ami bis father have given to tbe University library 10,000 volumes bearing on the cru sades. Oeu. Maximo Gomes bos collected a very large quantity of manuscript treating of tbe warfare In Cuba from 1868 to the present time, whloh he regards as bis greatest treasure. iwinijs up it-e he one or nature s wsndsrr.i Seeu Under flit Tlio New York Mic, ciety recently gave ii, mini exhibition at it, Madison avenue. Tlift forty exhibits. John Ai ident of the aooiety, exfa other things, the bou., showing the booklets which the lower of the tho bee is joiuetl to tho Hying, thns making thec.t single wing. The m,nl; wings is about halt an i the lowsr a little Kliorb s7 come together where Wt to tho body; they nveot-' nte. When the bee poeiv I it f jMs its wings top;; over the other, so that . np less room. When ji it spreads its wings ainl) together with the hoolt. When looked ut tini!. j" scope the upper edge jh wing is seen to lie : I though it had an extra stretched along there, t spaced apart at regn though they are all cot J"1 a total space of little quarter of an inch, ther jL nineteen or twenty tinvf' Thero is a little thinkcu',;! of each hook, where jr strengthened it, aud oix' to regard the hooks an ;:. It Anil in Innlr for IIia .F 0f -j - - . with ihev werA necnru.1 rib from which they spri! rue lower edge of tli, (By ns looked at under the seen to be curled np icCO! trough. When the Iw vu. u . u .v uuiinn (a, i;. ner nrlce nf the 1nuAi . flange or trough at the kf the upper wing, and sotLiX wings practically one. William E. Damon fi boring apparatus of the t( : navalis) commonly knot: worm, though it The specimen llltlf ,,I ""'box three-sixteenths of an r. V" eter nu. - . i i , w j. ue lerouo n nor hardness and ire-. convex kia end. Upon this ioiiiiijj covering it, aud so small unl invisible to the eye, enough seen under the j c thero are set close togetli-jjj , rows of shnrp, file-like, (jQ teeth, twenty thousand l. them within this small -n of the convex end of theV9 its sides, there are other.; ting surfaces that mights) ' out and smooth the ho'c'V, the mnny-toothed oonveil' seeing its boring PIargt)M exhibited, one no longer the teredo's great destrn( iel i London's f.afeat Ci The very latest fail swell set is to receive an i,- guests upon the BtairoaseIce BusiuuiB ui uumiuu usua. , way westward sooner ork- fi is very high new fashion. social initio, , alki ly. It i a'reair siuce the host and hotii parted with their guests i0 of their homes, and 8infSan this social function has lit in il.. 1. il i ii. . J . le o 111 iiib uauways, at tue ut parlor or in the parlor. T able set of London wout 0T ever, consider this a murk pitality. au on i on The new rules are it: The host and hostess li'L( a position about one-lhii Li.i 1 V U ' .LI .11 . . , tue iiignt. iiib uosi the outer side next the hi Eel the hostess takes up a etep ueiuw uiiu luwttl 8 Quests on entering the hi ov through tho hall, where i0, relieves them of their vt 0; entering the rooms orgrtn, they ascend the staircw!0a ceived. After this ft guests retire to the foot ci aad the function proceei)Tu( manner. Baltimore Nei'w Cramp Kttpt (Jui011 While the foreign tleir8 International Congress F t s ..: r.en iwui ui luruei'uuu ut v.. vard. one of the Kritishi! ticiug a smalt, unobtnisi'l8?' at the steamboat landing the party bad started U o stepped up to the man, err di pareutly too modest to forward, and said: "V have been overlooked. ' mind, I will show you 'd. wi ev yards." "ThaukB," ,.? mau; "uo you know "Oh, I am well enougl around here to pilot J1 "All right," raid the lit! tni.nhl.imii. .;.. I,ln in or will accept your kiud "i They sauntered towijre and hud scarcely J-6"'"11)!.!, when the younger Mr. t' f up to them, and addrei" T., est sttauger, said: "F to introduce you to Sir A of Australia; Sir Andrew President of the Cramp Company." The Euglis: stautly boarded the te not suen again until the' ed at the Arch street wh turn trip. Philadelphi Twins are subjects of est to most persons, au w common to find them alt. appearance, that is by no Frequently twins ore looks as iu personality, ' the paternal, the other ' nal family, IntcvestiuK to grown-up folk. thev! to b eai lu; fir of unceasing woudev to if1 I whon thev follow the trtt1 and are as liko as two V'T1 "Is this you or you? ' year-old girl of au older a twin sister. Aud thu difficult to answer. lit If A Diplomatic II Lord Cromer's readin iu Egypt is now a by-1 further example of it 1'b inn xouug Egyptian p vors the French rather i: lish, bad determined to ui demonstration while Iiui cuteriug the Opera. Tbi' his eara. Thereupon b' French agent to share h' Lis box; this was ocePl' result that the hostile c" ciously nonplussed. (