THE NEWS. Charle Tracy, confidential bookkeeper fur F. B. Buy ley St Co., of Chicago, ha been mining for nearly a month.' The strike of the girl at the Allen A Gln ter Tobacco Work la Richmond, Vs., wu amicably arranged. Major Taylor, surgeon In charge at Hono lulu, reported six deaths from buboblo plague up to December 16. Qorernor Roosevelt pardoned Chlara (Mgnaraln, who was serving a lite aeutenoa lor murdering her husband. The account of ex-County Treasurer Her shey, of Lancaster, Pa., were found to be ,100 short. Peter Dunkle was arrested noar Hencek, Ind., on the charge of murdering May Wol Wlg In 1984. F. Blanchl A Co., wholesale dealer. In mil llnery gooda In Now York, made an align ment. B. B. Wyatt, of Roanoke, Va., was ariested on a charge ot felonious assault on Mr. Thomas N. Simpson, of Newport News, who had been kind to him when he was sorely In need of food. Edward Doyle, of Chicago, bnssued John Robson, a Board of Trmln operator, for 4000,000 damages, several times the amount of losses In speculation. Howard Trydny and his wife Inhaled Illu minating gas In Philadelphia. The husband Is dead and the wife lu a critical oonditlon. Five Klondlknrs were tound frozen to death, two of tbein ou the summit ot White Pass. Freeman D. Homerby, supreme president of the Iron Hull, died In Philadelphia. W. Murray Cruuo whs Inaugurated as governor of Massachusetts. Governor Roosevelt's message to the New York legislature was largely taken up with a discussion of trusts. He advocated the re peal of the liorton boxing law. The United Htutos tug Resolute was sunk lu Boston harbor by collision with the steel ocean trig Swutnra. All on board were saved except the englueer. North Carolina Koptibllcans will contest the constitutionality ot the suffrage amend ment to the constitution to be voted on next August. At the United States mint In Philadelphia during 1899 there were 122,790,623 eolns made, representing a value of over 1 06,- 000.000, George L. Price was sentenoed to eighteen months In the Enstou penitentiary for lar ceny of photographlo supplies In York, Pa. Edward Orcsalnirer, nineteen years old, was banged In Hunbury, Pa., for the murder of Daisy Smith, sixteen years old. The Democratic caucus ot the Mississippi legislature nomluated Senator McLaurln for tliu luug term. The rtlrls at the Allen & O Inter Tobacco Company works lu Richmond, Va., went on a strike. . Oscnr I. Fleming, the Princess Anneooun ty muglstrate who shot and killed Clarence L. Unyder, of Norfolk, a few weeks ago, was indicted In Princess Anne county. His ball was Increased from tl.OOO to 1 10,000, and his trial set for the first Mouday In Feb ruary. .Fire In Blchmond, Vs., destroyed a large , part ot the C. A O. office building, records and other papers, the damage being about 960,000. Former Senator Blackburn was chosen for United States senator by the Democratic members ot the Kentucky Legislature. The L. A. W. will try to get Congress to vote five million dollars to construct good roads all over the country. Water was turned Into the Chicago drain age canal. The canal cost thirty-three mil lion dollars. Star Edwards, aged fifty-five, died In York county, as the result of a stroke of paralysis. A baby's life was lost and nine people were Injured In a lire In a tenement In New York. Junius Robinson, colored, was hanged In Dinwiddle oouuty, , Va., for killing W. M. Jolly. The wages of 26,000 men In Pittsburg were advanced from Ova to ten per uouL Charles J. Harrington, register of wills ot Eent county, Del., Is dead. George T. Metzel, founder of the Ordor ot Heptaeopbs, died suddenly at his home la Stewartstown, Pa., aged seventy-live years. On Decemlier 13 be celebrated bis golden wedding. He was a native of Baltimore. The rystem of pensioning old employes of the Peunsylvania Railroad Company on the lines east ot Pittsburg was Blurted. Nine hundred and fifty men were retired. The executive committee of the National Intl-Trust Con fereuce Issued an address de flaring that the special privileges of the fust should be takeu from them. An explosion of acetylene gus set Are to he Eden Baptist Churob In Stromsberg, Neb., while a wutcb meeting was In pro gress. Captain W. W. Marshall, formerly deputy postmaster at Dch Molues, Iowa, tried to eommlt suicide. Ills death is expected. During the week eight men of the Central Phosphate Works at Lady's Island, b. 0., died under mysterious circumstances. Ellen Labash was accidentally killed at Passaic, N. J., by the discharge ot u pistol in the bauds of Michael Schwartz. The stores of the McCorkle Dry Goods Company, and W. J. Clary, lu Greensboro, N. C, were destroyed by lire. Andrew Carnegie has given (300.000 to Cooper Union to lou nd a day school similar in scope to the night school. The one buudred anniversary of the birth ot Dr. Constautln lierlng wo otlebrated in Philadelphia. E. R. Hershey, treasurer of Lancaster county, Pa., U a defaulter. Ue is supposed to be In Cuuaila. Eugene L. 1'iiuknrd, of the Robinson In vestment and Security Compuny, ot New York, was sentenced to eighteen months' Im prisonment lu Slug King tor unlawfully using the malls. Judge Sanborn, ot the United States Cir cuit Court In St. Paul, Minn., discharged the receivers of Ibe Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The stock and plant of the Charles nolser Shoe Company, ut Hanover, Pa., waa de stroyed by lire. John T. Whitehead, A wealthy Vlrulnla farmer, died at his home, near Buy View. A strike of miner lu the bituminous ooal regions of Pennsylvania Is threatened. The men want a general Increase ot thirty per tent. In wages. By the will ot the late Daniel Sharp Ford, of the Youth's Compaulon, the Baptist Social Union comes In for a large bequest. Charles L. Pike, one of the original Free Boilers, died In St. Paul, Minn. C. B. Turner was murdered at his home, Bear Ferguson's Wharf, Va. Comptroller ot the Currency Dawes says the general financial condition ot the country Is sound and stable, and there Is nothing to Indicate a reourrenoe of the recent flurry. The Panama Canal Company of America, with an authorized capital of (30,000,000, Was incorporated In Trenton, N. L The trustees of the NorthtteiiT Seminary have asked for a fund of 3,0u0.000, la oarry en the work of the late Dwlght L. Moody. Governor Mouut, ot Indiana, said a suit would be brought against the Standard Uil Company under the anti-trust law. Tba Dukes, tobacco men, have bought M, C00 acre of laud lu Florida, which will be planted In tobauco. Two buudred and nlnuty-ulue textile mills were constructed or contemplated durlog this year. The first annual convention of the Feder ation of Graduate Club was begun In Now York. MRS. AGUINALDO. THK Wine OF THR INSURGENT l.KADUH C'AFTlHKD. TOGETHER WITH SISTERS. The- first Mnvemeut or the General South, rn Advance IlKlns With a Hard Flglit at aburao, In Which Two Amerioans are Killed atid rour are Wounded The Kiiemy Nutter. Manila, (y Cable.) -Agulnaldo' wife, sisters and eighteen Filipinos have surren dered to Major Maroh's Imtlullon of the Thirty-third Infuutry, at Dontoc, provluc of that nam.-. Three Filipino officers alio surrendered to Major March, and the Filipinos gave up two Spaulsh and two American prisoners. The first movement i.f a general southern advance occurred, when two battalions ol the Tblrty-mnth In fin try lam I and occu pied Cabuyao, ou the south side of Lagunn deBay. Two American were killed and four were wounded. Twenty-tour of the enemy's dead were found lu one bouse. One hundred and fifty prisoners and four six pouud rapid-lire guns Were captured. The gunboat Luguiia de Hay bombarded the town before the disembarkation of the troops from the cuacoea, which was made under the enemy's shrapuel lire. The enemy evacuated the place before the charging Americans, retreating to Santa Mosn, to which to.vu they were pursued. Heavy fighting o -eurred along the road to Saute Rosa, which was occupied by the Insurgents retreating south toward sllaug. The Ameri cans burned theoouuiry bctweeu and around Cabuyao. The gunboat returned to Calamba for re lnrorcemeuts, and thenee came to Manila to fetoh ammunition, she recently captured two of the enemy's steam launches one under the (Ire of artillery at Calamba- and also four euscoes load-d with rloe. Other regiments are mobilizing at San Pedro Nucatt and Pasig, preparatory to con tinuing the southern uuauce. The capture of bombs 1 volved the seizure ot documents Inculpating a thousand Fili pino who intended to rise ugalnst the Americans. I'upers were also found show ing a disttibution of the ulty Into districts, and a careful assignment of leaders aud fol lowers. The precaution takeu by the Americans on Saturday, It 1 now evident, alone prevented an uprising. The provost marshal has requested that two more rcglmeut be detailed for the pro tection of Manila. Three thousand troop are now actually in the city. CAFT. MAHSHAM. -SHOT HIMSELF. Attempted Suicide or the former Post master at les Moines. Iowa City, Iowa, (Special.) Captain W. W. Marshall, of Des Moines, who was for four years deputy postmaster of De Moines, and had previously been connected with the passenger department of the Chicago, Bur lington and Qulucy Huflroad, attempted sui cide here I y shooting. The bullet took effect Just over the heart, aud bis recovery Is pro nounced improbable. Captain Marshall bad grown morose over business mutter. Ill wife and two daughter are prominent lu Des Moines society. During the SpaulBh-Amerloun war Captain Murshull served In Cuba In the commissary department with the runk ot captain, and returued home III with malarial, fever, lie was one ot Governor Boles' stall officers. Didn't Know It Was Loaded. New York, (Speolul.) F.llcn Labash was shot and liitaiit!y killed at Passald, N. J., at the beglunlng of the new your. Michael Schwartz celebrated the advent of tho now year by going outside the house and firing four shots from his revolver. After entering the house he pulled the trigger, believing that there was no other bullet in It. There wo a loud report aud Miss Labash fell tc the floor, shot la the heart. Huh wait was arrested. The Tvzus Golug South. : Washington, (special.) Tho Texas has sated from Fort Monroe for New Ycrk. She will be (locked aud repaired, and then sent to the West Indies to Join Admiral Farqubar In his cruise. The Eagle hat arrived nt Nuevltas. The tralnlug-shlp Adau s h is ar.ived a; Yirja Bueua Island. IttartltqtiuUo Stir L'p Geyser. San Diego, Gal., (Special.) Charles Tag. gart, who arrived In this city from the Coco pah country of Lower California, reports that the earthquake of Christmas Day had a marked effect upon tU geyser of that region, causing thein to spout with redoubled force. Big Fire In Savannah, Ga. Savannah, Go., (Special.) Shortly before midnight the furniture store of Lindsey & Morgan and the dry goods store of Daniel Uogan, on Broughton and Barnard streets, In the heart ot the retail district, were de stroyed i y Are. The fire started from un known onuses In the first-named place. The louse will foot up approximately (150,000. Oytterman Frosen to Death. Beaufort, N. C, (Special.) A man named Suggs was found frozen In the bottom of bis boat on the shore of Bogue Banks, near here. He left Morehead Cl'y to go oysterlug. The wind shifting to northwest during the after noon, blowlug a gale, sleeting aud snowing, prevented his returning. lie succumbed dur ing the night. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Twenty-five hundred minors at St. Btlenno, France, decided ou a strike, their demands for shorter hours and an lnoreuse in wages having been refused. Baron Ludlow died In London. The Freuob Senate, sitting a a high Court, waa again the soene of intense excitement when the public prosecutor made hi closing speech lu the conspiracy trials. The proee outlon of six prisoner was abandoned for lack of evldenoe. The German government has abandoned the Idea of acquiring she Danish West In die. Brazil will negotiate new treaties of oom meroe with Franoe, Spain, Italy and Ger many. Flood and gales have dons considerable damage in Ireland. Barge have foundered in Queeustown harbor. Hon. Harry Esoombe, former prim mlu later of Natal, died In Durban. In closing his ipeuch before the French Senate, sitting as a High Court, the public prosecutor asked that a severe sentence be Imposed upon jue yuanu. Two German military officer, named Sublabitz aud Klssllg, fought a duel, and tho former was killed. A strong movement I on foot In Mexico to Induce president Dlax to continue In the ureatdenoy. Emily Hilda Blaka was hung In Brandon, Manitoba, for the murder ot her mistress, Mr. Lane. Nine members of the family of a rich Po- lander, near Kallson, were murdered by thieve. The British consul at Noumea confirm tba report that the plague 1 raging at New Cale donia. Russia and Franoe are reported to be con niving to encroach upon Chluese territory. The North German Lloyd Steamship Com pauy boa bought tue auxtlisu Oriental Steam nip Company's fleet of fourteen siuhmer. The Au jhur Line steamer Tulnul collided In the Clyde with the British steamer Gull Ot Auu4 9u i&roL I SHOT AND MUTILATED. Americans' Horrible Treatment by the 1 urgent Filipino stronghold Captured. Manila, (By Cuble.) Advices from Maga lang, provluce of Panimnga, report that Captain Leonbnnser, with three companies of the Twenty-fifth Regiment, captured the Insurgent stronghold Commsnche, on Mouut Aruyat, Saturday. Three Americans were wounded, but the enemy's loss Is not kuown. Three members of the Nluth aud two of the Twelfth Regi ment, whom the Insurgents held as prison ers, were shot and horribly mutilated. Three of them are dead, and the other two are re covering. Captain Leoubauscr set fire to the bar rnuks and the town. Washington, (Special. Official confirma tion has come from both General Otis and Admiral Watsou of the first reports from Manila of the release of the American pris oners who have I. ecu held lu the hands of the Filipinos for many months, and there Is no longer any doubt Hint Lieutenant Oil I more, of the Yorktown, Is among the num ber. General Otis despatch reads as fol lows: "Manila. The prisoner now en route from Viguu arrived, and a list of them will be telegraphed. CapUilu Glllmore I among the number. (Signed.) "OTIS." Admiral's Watson's advice Is as follows: "Maullu. Col. Hare and Howse have re captured all ot th American prisoners, In cluding Glllmore, now ut Vlgan. (Signed.) "WATSON." The sweeping statements made In the despatches to the effect that all of the Amer ican prltom-rs have been released has aroused a hope that lu the list will appear the names of some of the officers and pri vates of the urn. y who are set down upon the army roll us missing. Prominent among tho missing urmy ofllcer-i was MaJ. Cnnrlc M. Rockefeller, of the Ninth Infantry. This ofllcer ndvnuc d beyond the lines during tho fierce fighting early lust summer. He dis appeared completely, and no trace of his body was ever found. It Is gathered from Gen. Otis' report that the released men have been sent by bout across Llngayeu Gulf to Dagupuu, at the northern extremity of the railroad, and about a day's Journey from Manila. A BAD DOMESTIC -TKAOfcWY. 1'ulllp Itoie Kills Ills Father and Then fchouW Himself. New York, (Special.) Philip W. Rose, a young man, who two years ago spent some time In an Insane asylum ut Jacksonville, III., shot aud killed his wire ut her father's home, In this city, tried to shoot her father, and shot himself, Inflicting what are be lieved to be mortal wound. Rose and his wife were ecoud cousins, and they were married six years ago, when Rose was prosperous. Some two years ago Rose became Insane, aud was confined -in an asylum In Jacksonville. After being released from that Institution, ho found difficulty In getting employment, and his wire came to this city to live with her futher. The hus band came here a year ago, but the two did not live together. It Is said that she ref us 'd to live with hiin, although he often urged her to do so. He called on her, and his father-in-law permitted him to see his wife. Then he put three bullets Into her head. He attempted to shoot the old man, but tho pis tol missed fire. Wheu the police arrived they found young Hose lying lu a pool of blood, hnlug shot himself through the head. He was taken to a hospital, where It Is suid be will die. DEATH IIY FLAMKS. Exploding lamp Set-l House on Fire and the Kinoke Stupefied Occupants. L'ulontowu, Pa., (Special.) Charles. Thomas aud Allen Stott, sons ot William Stott, were burned to death In their home nt Coul Run, Somerset county, and the resl- lence destroyed. Their parents were with difficulty saved, aud were severely burned before they could get out. The young men, aged nineteen, alxteuu and fourteen )eurs, respectively, came home from their work as usual. They wont to bed, leaving a light burning, which exploded about four o'clock, and set the building on fire. Neighbors buw the flames, and hurried to assist, and were horrified to discover that none of the family bad stirred. They broko In the door below, and discovered Stott and his wife sleeping la a lower room with the flames all around them. Tne aouse sinoxe had stupefied them. SHOT BY HIS NEI'llKW. Charles White Killed by the Accidental Discharge or a Gun. n,.,ln,l Mil fHneclal.Y Charles White. n.v,n nuirfuj in thA Hvaiis Glade Settlement. about five miles south of Oakland, was acci dentally shot and instantly killed by bis nephew, a boy about fourteen year of age. The two were In the woods hunting rabbits. and had started on the trail oi one, tue un fortunate man leading and the nephew fob lowing, when his gun was discharged by the t-i,r....r natchlnir In a bush. The charite en tered the small of tho back, aud cams out ut the breast. He was a son oi tue lute vi imam White, and was about twenty-seven years of age. The young nephew Is prostrated with grief, and la brooding over me sua acoiueni. WAS Oo.OOO SHORT. A Demand to be Made on the Bondsiueu of Kx-Treaturer Hershey. Lancaster, Pa., (Special.) The county commissioners stated that they learned on Saturday last that ex-County Treasurer Hershey was ((16,000 short lu his accounts aud Immediately swore out a warrant against him on the charge ot misappropriat ing public funds. They decided to put an exoert on the books at once. The county has throe sources ot revenue taxes, sale of bonds and liquor lloense fees and It 1 be lieved that the items of the last two can be easily traced. A soon as the work of the expert is oompleted a d the exact amount ol the defalcation ascertained the county com mlssloners will make a demand on the bondsmen. THE SCIILKY HOME U NO. Elaborate Design of t'ertllloute Adopted for Contributors. Washington, (Special.) The Schley home fund committee met and adopted a beuutl- lul and elaborate design for the certlllcute to be Issued to those contributing (1 or more to the fuud. Audrew B. Graham, of tub city, prepared the design. It was announced ihut Mrs. McClellau, New York, hud reported the collection of (6,000 for the fund, with .he prospect of Increasing this sum to 26t 000 before July 1. The total umouut col lected her sinoo tho last meeting Is 4719.43 bhot fruiii Ambush. Pensacola, Fla., (Special.) Fred Dldon, a white man, employed at one of the lumber mills at Santa Rosa county, was shot from ambush whllu on hi way from work and fatally wounded. Tba dead bodle of two negrou employed at the gama mill were tound, having been shot from ambush. The killings are the result of trouble between union aud uou-uulua laborers, aud have caused gr at exelteiueul. Killed hv a Train. Murtlusburir. VV. Va.. (Special.) Philip r elers. of this place, while gathvrlug coal . .. .i .. A I.. n r.. . II 01 tliu DUimnuru u uuw, iwnr vau Liovirn vllle, was struck by a helper engine aud in (tantiy killed. -CURRENCY BILL. THE MtOI'OSKH CIIANUF.ft TO 1K HAD K IN THK TEXT. AMENDMENTS PRESENTED. Provisions May lie Muds for the Hcdcinp tlon or Greenbacks Authorising the Kuclisnire of Bonds -Will Make the In tention or the Hill More Clear When En acted Into Law. Washington. (Heeelnl.l The Ilcpubllcnn memlwr of tho Senate Finance Committee authorized Senator Aldrleli to present amendments to tho financial bill which ho offered ill tho Senntc. Tho most Important relutes to the greenbacks, and is as follows: The New ( Imiw. After tho word authority, In lino 5, pngn 12. strike out remainder of the section, and Insert "and the gold coin received from tho sale of said bonds shall first ha covered into the general fund of tho Treasury and then exchanged, lu tho manner hereinbefore pro vided, for nn equal amount of the notes re deemed mid held for exchange, and tho Uni ted States notes exchanged In nccordniico with the provisions of this sostlon shall, when covered Into the Treasury, be reissued as now provided by lnw, and the gold coin in the reserve fund, together with tho re. doomed notes held fur uso as provided in this fcllon, shall at no tlmo cicecd the luuxlmum sumaif (150,000,000.'' An i-:iiitiiii-ii..,i Kf-ti.m. All of Si cllon 0 is eliminated, and the ol- ' lowing new section substituted-. Sec. (1 That the Secretary of thn Tronsurv Is hereby author!.-.! d to receive at the Treas ury any of the outstanding bonds of the United State bearing Interest at, 6 per cent, porunmim, payable February 1,1901. nud auy bonds of tho United State. bearing In terest at 8 prfr cunt, per annum, payable August 1, 190-1, aud to issue 111 exchange thcrofor an equal amount of coupon or reg istered bonds of tho United States, In such form as he may prescribe, In denominations of (50, or any niulllplo thereof, bearing In terest at tho rate of 2 per cent, per annum, payable quarterly, such bonds to be payable t tno pleasure of the United States after 30 years from the date of their Issue, and suid bonds to be payable, pilncipul and Interest, '.n gold coin ot the present standard value, and to be exempt from tho payment of all taxes or duties of the United Mutes, as well as from taxation in any form by Dr under State, imiulclpul or lor-nl au thority; provided that such outstanding bonds may be received In exchange ut a valuation not greater than their present worth to yield an Incomo of U,'4' per cent, per annum, and lu consideration of the re duction of Interest i-fTcctcd, the Secretary of the Treasury Is authorized to pny to the holders of the outstanding bonds surren dered for exchange, out of any money in the Trensury not otherwise appropriated, a turn not greater than the difference between their present wortb, computed as aforesaid, and their pur value, and the payments to bo made hereunder shnll be held to be pay ments on account of the sinking fund ore- ated by Section IG94 of the Revised Statutes uuu provioeu itirtnur, tnnt tno z per cent. ponds to I e Issued under the provision of this act shall be b-suod at not less than par, nud they shall bo numbered consecutively in tne Order of their Issue, and when pay ment Is inade the last numbers issued shall be first Vaid. und this ordersbull be followed until nil tho bonds are paid; and whenever uny of the outstanding bonds are called for puyojeut Interest thereon shall cease three months after such call. The Gold Reserve. Another nmeudment is to the second sec tion of the bill, where It provides for main taining the gold res-rve. The bill as re- ported made It the duty of the Secretary ol the Treasury to maintain the gold reserve nt fino.ono.O 0 by the sale of bonds. The amendment provides that when the reserve falls below that amount It shall be his duty to restore it to the mnxlmiim of (151,000,0 0. It hi slated by tho members of the oom- mlttee ifmt the amendments are for the pur pose ot rmking more clear the Intention ol the bill, and to leave no question ns to the construction of the law when enacted. Cr.l'.KNSIIORO'S BIG BLAZE. Large Dry Goods Store Destroyed -100,. (IOO Damages. Charlotte, N. C, (Special.) Fire at Greens boro, N. C, caused losses aggregating neur- ly (101,000, pnrtly covered by Insurance. The fire started In the elevator shaft of the Hague-McCorkle Dry Goods Company's wholesale house, and soon enveloped that building and spread to the adjoining store, oioupled by W. J. Clary. Water fror.e be ( re it struck the burning building and added to the hardship of subduing the flames. A large quantity of cloth and notions were burned and much damage done by the wa ter. The losses are estimated as follows: Hoguc-McCorkle Dry Goods Company, (80,000; insurance, 65,00). W. J. Clary, loss (12,600; Insurance, (0,500. The damage to the buildlugs will aggregate (4,000. May Save Mrs. Maybi-lck. New York, (Special.) A letter from Lady Randolph Churchill has been received by, Mrs. Caroline J. Taylor, chairman of tho Womau's Committee ot the Physiological Section of tho Medico-Legal Society, In whloh she says the only rational way to base petition lor the release ot Mrs. Maybrlck Is not on the plea that she Is Innocent, but that even If she Is guilty, she has been pun ished enough. Collector Shoots Woman and Children, Chattanooga, Tenn., (Special.) Samuel Mills, a collector for un Installment house, attempted to seize furniture In the bouse ol Mary Veuable, for a small debt. The woman attempted to prevent It, and, lu the struggle that ensued, Mills shot the woman and bei little son, and duughter, all seriously. Klgltt Men Lost In a Wreck. St. John, N. F., (Special.) The schoonet Puritan was driven ashore on Cabot Islund in a heavy gale, and eight nt her crew ol nine were lost. Six were married men with families. The survivor broke his arm. It Is feared that other disasters will be chronicled within a day or two as the results ot th same gule. BRIEFLY TOLD. The Castle Bilk Compauy, of Franklin, N. J., made an assignment for the benefit of creditors. Liabilities, (00,000; assets, (j2, (91. E. T. Smaller, editor ot the Northwestern Magazine, and secretary of the National Sound Money League, died suddenly at St. Paul, Minn., of nervous dyspepsia. At a special convention ot the American Flint Glass Workers' Union held at Pitts burg, Jobn Kunr.lor was elected president to succeed W. J. Smith, resigned. LARGE FhllliMK TltANSFEK. Forty-live Million Dollars In I'ollclef Involved. Galesburg. III., (Spec al.) By a vote of 17.0117 to 10 tho Covenant Mutual Life Asso ciation of this city decided to amalgamate with the Northwestern Life Assurance Com pany, of Chicago. This is the largest Insur ance transfer ou record, as the ?,( 0 mem burs ot tho Covennut Life Assuruuoe Asso ciation, whose policies aggregate (45,00 i 0 )0, will go over to the Northwestern Company lu a body. There was much opposition among some members ot tho Covenant Aisoc-Iullou to tliu transfer, aud for a time It looked us though the deal would not be carried through. ' GOVERNMENT REVENUE. Small Items Which Swell the Total of Receipts Kent for Islands of Alaska.' Washington, (Special.) In transacting & business of over half a billion dollars a year the Government finds many sources ot rev enue. The statement of tho receipts and ex penditures of the Government during the last flscnl yonr, submitted to Congress by Socrotary Gage, shown the snwillast item in tho way of receipts was !W cents from n Chinaman's eeitlllcuto. From Illegal tecs, presumably not refunded, tho Government profited to tho extent of (3, while the swecp lugs of gold from the Treasurer's office, Washington, netted (1. From thn cxliaust steam In the Hooo llulldlug, Washington, nn income of (7fi was derived, whllu tho gas company nt Snlt Lnko refunded to the Gov ernment (12 which had boen deposited as security for tho payment of the gas bill. Counterfeit gold coin which fell Into the hand of thn Government netted (154. In Alaska enterprising fur merchants rent ed certain islands from tho Government for the propagation of foxes, paying therefor (!K)0. The tax on sealskins amounted to (1,110,011; penalties under thn Chinese ex clusion act aggregated (224; the Government gained (1,607 by exchange nud (4,200 from premium on exchnnge. Persons wanting discharges from the navy and Marine Corps paid (3,Hii for them, and United 8 a eiofllclal t irncdovcr (120 whloh had been offered to thorn lu bribes. Alto gether the Government bad n fairly pros perous year, Its gross revenues, exclusive of tho postal service, am'ountlug to (315,900, (WO. It cost the Government Inst year (1,117, 4:13 for the Senate aud (2,ftS0.011 for tho House, of which tho Senate gave It employe C.l-'l.HHl and the House (8:1,110 as a gratuity In tlio shape of extra pay. Contests for seats cost tho Government (76,510. Undortho ex penditures of tho State Department Is nn Item for (222,!).'ll for thn national defense, presumably spent for secret service. Regu lating Immigration cost the Treasury De partment (2l!.'l,07; scientific Investigation ol tho fur seal fisheries, (58. For tho national defense the Treasury Department spent (145,008; artificial limbs cost tho War De partment (12.1.217. Ou the Improvement of harbors (4,541. 01B was expended, and the rivers cost (11,64I),85S more. Tho Wnr Department mannged to expond 5X12.393,805, nearly one-half the entire ex pendltiire of the Government. The Navy Department spent (04,354,734, of which (11,197.701 went for the national defense and (3,H3l!,2(iS as an emergency fuud. Tho reindeer In Alaska, or destined for Alaskn, cost tho Government lsrft yeur (1, 152,000. In pensions the Government spent (139,394. 92ft. Tho Indians oost the Government (12,805,711. The total revenuo of the Government, Including the postal jcrvice, was (B10,!W2.004, nud the expendi tures (700,093,604, of which (309.23G.W4, or considerably more thuu half, wnt for pen lons nnd the expenses of tho War Department. MOCTIIEKMCIIS' PROTEST. riiey Want Now Possesions Kept Out side Tariff Wall. Knvnnnnh, Ga., (Special. ) Mooting of the Savannah River Rice-Growers' Associa tion und of the Truck-Growers' Association bavo been called to take steps against the admission of Puerto Rico nud the Philip pine Islands within tho tariff wall of the United States. The associations will co-opcrnto with the sugar-producing Interests of Louisiana. It Is pointed out that both Puerto Rico and the Philippines are producers ot rice. With the tariff bars let down they would grow im mense quantities of rice, with ooolie labor, and flood our markets, to the ruin ot the home rice interests. And the same applies to sugar. Tuerto Rico Is as close to tho Northern markets for truck and vegetables as Savannah and Jack sonville. If Puerto Rlcan trults and vege tables were lot In free they would catch the :rcam nud profit of tile Northern market, to the detriment of tho growers lu Georgia and Florida. KAHLV READY FOR SKKVICK. Kearsuge and Kentucky Soon to bo Placed in Coiiiiiilitsiou. Washington, (Special.) The Kcarsago will probably be placed lu commission In January. Orders bavo been Issued from the Bureau ot Navigation to make up the en listed force for the ship. But three officers have been assigned to duty ou the ship Capt. W. M. Folgcr, who will commaud her; Llout.-Com. G. A. Merriam, who will be hot executive ofllcer, aud Lieut. Emtio Thulss, who will bo in charge of the engineer de partment. It is probable that tho Kuursago will be placed In commission at the Norfolk Navy Yurd, while the Kentucky, which will bo ready for sea lu a few weeks, will be com missioned at tho Now York Navy Y'urd. Three ollicnrs have been detailed for duty on board the. Kentucky. They are: Capt. C. M. Chester, who will command thn battle ship; I.teut.-Com. Karl Rohrcr, theexecutlvu ofllcer, and Lieut. Martin Bevingtou, who will bu at the head ot the engineer depart ment. ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. When he first entered tho Sonnto Mr. Proctor, of Vermont, hud a full set of whiskers. Kdward Lad, a full-blooded Apaohe, of New Mexico, Is said to be thu best Indian In terpreter lu tho country. James R. Garfield, son of the murdered President, announce himself as a candidate for Congress in tho Twentieth Ohio Die trlct. Prince Henry of Prussia, tho Oermnn Em peror's brother, proposes to visit the King of Slam on his way home from Hong Kong. The Rev. Jeo Gum Is one of the best known Uhlniiuifn In San Francisco. He bus been a missionary there fur tho Amurlouu Missionary Society for 29 years. An Important London society wedding will bo solemnized shortly, when Viscount Custlcrciigh, only surviving sun of tliu Mar quis oi Londonderry, will wed Miss Chuplln, uioca of the Duke ot Sutherland. In a letter to a frlond lu Euglnnd, General Holler denies ever having suid that the British flag would be flying over Pretoria In a month after be lauded lu Bout a Africa. While the German Empress Is often ex tolled as a model housewife, sho has lu reality little to do with the domesticity of the royal household, us It 1 the Emperor who actually rocolve each morning those who supervise the housekeeping arrange ments. Admiral Dewey Is expected In New York ou February 6 to attend a Dumroscb conoert In aid of the Dewey arch fund aud after ward to attend a dlnuer ot the Royal Lugiou, Mayor Gray, of Minneapolis, ho issued nn order forbidding messenger boys from entering saloons or wholesale liquor stores or carrying liquor to patrons of the messen ger companies. Andrew Carnegie has offered (50,000 for a public library in Oil Oitv, Pa., on the condi tions that a site be donated aud that tho oily appropriate (3,000 annuully for the library' support. Congressman James 0. Needbnm, from the Seventh California District, wa born ut Carson City, Nev., In au emigrant wagon while his parent weru pressing across the plains to California. " Nearly throe block of building In Host lnva Minn., wets burned. EXILE AND PRISON. Sentences of Convicted French Conspira tors Guerln Sentenced to Ten Years' Confinement In a Fortress. Tarls, (By Cable.) The Fronoh Senate High Court condemned Dnroulcdn, Buffet and Mnrqul de Lur-Snluces to ten years' banishment for conspiracy against the re public. Guorln was soutcnoed to ton years' confinement In A fortress. When tho High Court opened the Presi dent, M. Fttllleroa, read the decisions which had boen roached. Tht prisoners who were acquitted thereupon roso and shook hands with MM. Deroulcde, Buffet nnd Guerln. Then, rnlslng various shouts, they loft the hall. Among the spectators wcro Derottlcde's wlfo and daughter and many women friends of tho prisoners. After the rending of tho decisions, M. Fnl llcres ordered tho expulsion of the men ac quitted, nnd thn public prosecutor nsked for the application of sentences against the con victed. M. Buffet's counsel, M. Xormnnd, followed In behalf of his client, and began to expati ate on the hitter's sentiments, when M. Fnl liorcs stopped hlui, und told the lawyer to keep to tho question of tho sentence. 'Well," said M. Normand, "strike my client, so Hint tho country may Judge tho ex tent of tho linto nnd fear which animate you !" M. Fnllicros Interrupted counsel, saying: 'You are Insulting the court." M. Normand rejoined; "M. liu (Tut leaves this court greater than lie ontered It, and ho will become greater still in prison." M. Buffet tlinn said: "You have dealt-mo a l-low. Thank you. You have condemned the government twelve limes, and I thank you twelvo times. I do not wnnt to benefit by tho Ilereiigor law. dt there werp street demonstrations tomorrow, I would take part In them. I do not want pity or indulgence." M." Deroulcdo then roso and said: "Since you huvc coupled mo with tho valiant Royal ist Buffet nnd tho couraguons Antt-Semtte Guerin, I will sham their pain. Hut, how ever hard may be tho seutcnee, however dis tant the exile, which Is even more cruel for me, a patriot and a soldier. I will return 1 I will return when justice returns! I shall bo free when tho nation becomes froe! I nm hore by Loubct's orders ! Strike me, then '. Accomplish the act which will remain an In delible shaino ou the history of tho Parlia ment ! Vivo rArmoe National ! Vive la l'.e publlque du People !" M. Deroulcdo was llstonod to in profound silence, but his passionate utterances caused a great scnsutlon. M. Guerin said he did not wish tn make any further defense. Ho would not utter a word of ropeutnnco or appeal for Indulgence, adding: . "However hard my trials and stillerlngs, I will say to my friends, Courage ' Confi dence !' " The secret session then began, and tho seutunees were announced later. The decision condemns the convicted men to pay the colts of tho prosecution. The se-ntcnecs took effect Immediately. It Is as serted that Monsieur Deroulcdo was hurried to the train nnd Immediately despatched to ward the Spanish frontier, ho having decided to reside at ban Sebastian. .Monsieur Guerin will be removed to a French fortress, probably on the Island of Rerun, off tho west coast. Monsieur Buffet will go td Belgium. MISSISSIPPI SENATOR. W. V. Sullivan Nominated by the Demo crat to Fill tho Short Term. Jackson, Miss., (Special.') -The joint Dem ocratic caucus of the Mississippi legislature nominated W. V. Sullivan as United States senator, to fill tho short term of ouo year. Tho scenes utteudiug thu caucus weru very turbulent. W. V. Sullivnu Is u civil attorney by pro fession nnd a man of considerable wealth. He is a native ot Lnfayclte county. Miss., and Is now In his forty-second year. Mr. Sullivan was servlug a term in Congress when the death of Senator Walthall oc curred, nnd Governor McLaurln appointed him to fill tho vacancy. A short term of ouo year from tho 4th of March, 1900, ensuing, as a result of the adoption of the new con stitution, he made a cauvnss for election to the place ngalnstex-Goveruor Robert Lowry. Tho campaign was productive of several sensations, chief among which were charges against Sullivan's character ot a grave nature. It has been limply proven, how ever, thnt tho charges wcro without founda- Ion. ENGLISH HIS3TOKIES THItOWN OCT. Will Only Accept Those Containing No Reference to England. Chicago, 111., (Speclul.) Histories of Eng land furnished as supplemental reading for tho seventh and eighth grades In Chicago public schools were thrown out by the school management committee of the Hoard ot Education, und the district superintend ents ordered to recommend other books ou English history which would not contain auy reference to England ns tho '"mother country." When the matter came up on the motion to adopt several hundred books for supple mentary reading,. Trustee Keating, who is preeideut ot the Ancient Order of Hibern ians, Bald: "Every book on this list la good, with the exception of the histories of England. I think It Is time the public schools of Chicago should have histories which show tho rapac ity and tyranny of England In their true light. Thu history ot England Is worth studying; but our children do not want to be reminded thnt England I thn only coun try on tho globe. What we want In the schools Is a history ot England which will bo liberal enough to allow credit to other countries. Accused of mi Old Crime. Kokomo, Ind., (Speciul.) Detectives ar rested Peter Dunkle near Honpeck for a crime alleged to bavo been committed nt Franklin, O., In 1H86. The crime charged Is tho murder of May Wolwlg. For fourteen years a rowurd of (1.60J has been standing fur the apprehension ol tho murderer. Dunkle denies knowledge of tho crime. Women and Children llurned. Johnstown, Pa., (Special.) In a fire lu Lower Yoder Township, a double dwelling, occupied by Fred Wesenberg nud auother family, ton women aud children were cither fatally or seriously burned. All buve been scut to thu Memorial Hospital. Ilrothcrs Drowned While Skating-. Norfolk, Va., (Special.) New Y'ear's Dny, noar Dunwllle, Essex county, Va.. John and Charles Whoely, seventeen und fifteen years uid. sous of a leading farmer, wont skating on Robinson's mill pond. One ot the youths wnut throt'.gh nnd bis brother tried to rescue him. The result was the drowning ot both, KI.OND1KERN TRAGIC FATE. Found Vrosen to Death on Whlto Pass Check for H.OOO, Seal tic, Wash., (Special.) The steamer City ot Topuka, from Alaskan ports, brings Information of five recent trngic, deaths in the north, four of which wore due to freez ing. The bodies of two men were found frozen ou the day the Topeka sailed. They died on the summit ot White Pus, appar ently overcome by a bllr.zard. In a belt tied around the body of one mun wu found n chock on the Alaska Commercial Company for 8,' 00, dated November 7. Tho check was iskucd In favor of R. 0. Jomiine. ilia residence was not given. The bodies wyre dlscovHrod i y a party ot snow shovelurs. KEYSTONE LATEST NEWS I.KJ LOWER MERI0I VlRllnnce Committee, t, ' Slop Midnight Vl,,,' Exchanged with Hi, ( burg Jurist Assert. 1( 21! Harmful than Wlil.n, From Nurborth to Min; the Pennsylvania liullr,,, tho town and country.,! P organizing for n war i W thieves. The entire loom. nnd the erstwhile peiicrli, un dergoing n rolgn ot terror broken when tho Inst ol orirani.cd gang ol imtV billet of lend. Vlgllaiis. I order nnd In a few ilnvi. huvo a well organized TZ Narberth took tho 1cii.1, i t n mutual systora In thn'n fe Council, and ns soon n. tie bo communicated with a ,(J be maintained. Ever nit eg, tho robberies have Is-, Ii . . . . as i rein-e, nun lucre is entjn, method to show that the. Lnllnm It all T.... It 1 SO ...... Ailing., peratothe cltlz ms knoi, times the raiders linve fired upon, nnd in surum ' 1 cldents tho unwelcomn vP' ' to return the lire. Tim.1 be ncss have combined to-, both sides Ineffectual, sear t casualties. With the i ,ti, watch and tho element Inated they are confident , their game. In uvery p. 1 burs bavo been seen ttn- There Is always a tall mm " sot companion. Botli -,rrt und seem to have more ill ) the bird shot aud rcvulv-t way. They are bclicv..!; I wagon close at hand tn lid ami a strict watch U s strange vehicles. Tim N r au men mat tno plans I aro carefully laid in tlie, find some oIhiihIIiIm ..v ., an 1m houses nud thus secnrlofVT observe tho surroundinc Ml has been un Influx of pie ' plumbers, umbrella inen-1-, erant workmen, and str:.-e elded similarity has I eec I, ; peuruuee of mun appear:: I, ira .ludicc Itbiinr.til Judgo J. W. F. Wlilte,,." t lual Court, Pittsburg, cut - pi oplulou of the beer Imi-OW takes every opportunity iej lug it. Friday ho told U f0t beer, thoy hnd better ilr j( and ho said that thu k country does not only lu'tj' brutes of men who drink 1 ' aged Jurist said, to tin- " Judgo White concluM 8U more crlmo results frorui- ' from thu drinking of nt: itc remarks wcro called futttlgg Thomas Chapman, whopoii churgu ot nggruvateil e and blntned the trouble'.; ter to drink whisky Hi'il tj Ul try," said tho Judge. 'vju worse than over since tt j tho breweries. Tluit is a.-, monopolies. Tho only :f, " have Is to quit drinking I- e' Nf gllBcllfrllrgf Tho coroner's Jury Id '-q. horror, after three ,10llr' j0Tj dercd the following verJ tho evidence that the f mini) was negligent In In '8 1 mine was lu a safe comlit " ting workmen to enter li 'A that the lire boss of nilJ f. In falling to make nila l I the mine foreman, aud'ikii mini) and lire boss to b : ri form tholr rospecllvn J ,J has boen taken as y11 tho lucrlmlnntod ofllclaij ' elded upon by n confer with Chief Inspector 11 , date. hl ba . . k Farmer' ,ll''ou A Farmers' Iustliuhj ville, Chester county, Hail. John H. JIaldre 1 John J. Dolffenbnclw v o George II. Miller otWl.ua dress of welcome was twe h fucker, and responded to hei rnd, of West Grove. o ' smiting tho State Deparl:,j. ' were Dr. Courad, Cnitri' y rlsburg; W. A. Hut ,ta Mark, and Wlliium H-1, College. fet 'Cy Carpenters' tn bt While working ulwutft; gi of a new building, at hV) el folding on which John 0i Sperow. carpi-liters, 0 way, precipitating tln'Hn distance of at leant tw,l k(4J gast was killed and Hr Arbegast resided i Spurow in Harrisburit. f arms and leg broken ' Jurod. fa- IB Media's Scii.l-I'l ' The oommlttce having f r.illous for the oelobrHli niversary of Media's Im-Olii ough held a mooting In'tfU her. The town was ha'-'jg DiM, and tho ilfileth ieg celebrated in n bei'fiim jot Georgo E. Darling!"" 'jMW of tho committee, and i and Dr. Llimous Tusw" j -uii.i-1mii It wim uizrci'U'r vl a tlou on Saturday, May -3gi Mrandywliir'1,'. John O. Taylor, ol'" porarlly suspended n" " mout commemorative ol which he Is erecting I" ,tle on tho Brandywlno W eel appeal to Congress tot lot Tho monument will a Congressman Butler ' 4 1 tho Government conn amount. Should he I"1 ...-! . ...111 n..ik. the ID1 luyiur win iiuibii 1 expeusa next summer. ks, Tinsmith K,""ut' Clarence Ralston, ' 8 town, employed as a tlw houses whloh are bol"h' ' orn oud of CoatesvH"' ' from the skeleton ro')f " to another, when '''"' Jl u nt lw.,ntV-eiltW ,10 1 i'JU skull, tromthe efteoW1 -"1" Railroad 7 The Juniata WW ' Pennsylvania Rallrosd' fi e destroyed by fire. A'dil ployed In the shop, " try within tho next six w n I 00 oovered by lnurolio) Non-resistance to Ins short of coropUj
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