THE NEWS.
A report comes fr.nn Chicago that as
result of I ho reran t agreements of the trunk
Una officials, separate city ticket offices will
be abandoned In Hiltlinore, Philadelphia
and other chins, ami Jolut oMces will bo
substituted.
Tbe tobacco growers of North Corollna
have agreed to mil none of their product to
the American Tobacco Company for Bvo
years.
A. 8. Van Wlekln it Co., nonl miners at
Oolernlne, Pa., have advanced the wage of
their men two per cent.
It Is reported thnt forty thousand miners
In the anthracite region of Pennsylvania
nave decided to strike.
Thomas McDowell, the llrst mayor of Sac
ramento, Cal., died nt Suth ltiver, N. J.,
aged eighty-three.
Henry Hmith died In Rockbridge county.
Va., aged elghty-ulno. lie bad HUH descen
dant. f (,'nptnln Charles I.. Htnelo. of the Eigh
teenth tufuutry, died at Fort Ilayurd, New
Mexico.
Home Egypllnn cotton wits received In
South Carolina, tho llrst ever sent to that
'state.
Me. riyun made another move at Norfolk
In the Hen board Air Linn mutter.
Major J. C. Bryant died nt Newport News,
Va.. of pneumonia.
Frauds P. Owing, of Chicago, presented
an Indebtedness of over live and n-half mil
lions of dollars In Chicago, the largest sched
ule for liabilities for discharge ever known
under the national bankruptcy act.
Deputy Bheriff Alfred llency, while feed
ing the prlsouers In the Howell county (Mo.)
Jail was drugged Into a cell and killed. AH
tbe prisoners la the Jail escaped.
At Hpruce Creek, Pa., Charles Itoblnson
found JobnO'NcIl In his bouse with his v ife,
and killed hlin Instantly.
The American Hteel and Wire Company
has advanced the wages of Its men at Crown
Point, N. V., ten per cunt.
Three men were fatally scalded by the ex
plosion of a boiler on the yacht Caperon at
Delaware City.
Professor Enoh Howard Vlckers, of West
Virginia, was married at Toklo, Japan, De
cember HO.
Miss Maud A. Clcnry and Mr. Edward J.
Brady, of Uarrett Park, Md., were married
at Norfolk.
Tbe arm of Jacob Crumbling, a farmer
living near Wrigbtsvlllo, Pa., was blown off
by dynamite.
TheTygart Valley Bank, at Phlllppi, W.
Va., was robbed of a large Hum by burglars.
Five men of a section gang of nine were
killed by a train near Oxford, N. J.
Negotiations have been olosed In Detroit
which, It Is contended, will be the beginning
of the end of the Independeut telephone
movement.
The annual convention of the Virginia
State Horticultural Convention was held In
Staunton.
Captain J. W. Murphy, cashier of the
Third National Dank of Columbus. Oa., shot
and killed the teller, P. T. Hhutze, and then
killed himself, soon after the bank opened.
William Ourley, proprietor of the Indiana
Home In Phoebus, Va., was arrested, charged
with killing Joseph New, a soldier at Fort
Monrop.
Senator. Morgan, of Alabama, has written
a letter to the Democratic committee of
Mecklenburg county, N. C, on the race
question.
Fred Btbeley, of Taylorvtlle, III., was sen
tenced to prison for life for complicity In the
murder of Mts. Jane Brunot.
The old frigate Saratoga started out from
Philadelphia with boys of the Pennsylvania
Nautical School.
Tbe marine department of tho Boston
Chamber of Commerce Identities the stea
mer wrecked at Ht. Marys Bay, Newfound
land, as the Norwegian steamer Parrau,
which sailed from Baltimore January B for
Bydney, C. B.
Judge Waddlll, of the United Stnteg Court
In Norfolk, Va., denied the Injunction asked
for by Mr. Thomas F. ltyaa to prevent the
consolidation of the various lines of the Sea
board Itallroad system.
Two bids were mode for constructing the
rapid transit road lu New York, Mr. John T.
McDonald's being for thirty-five millions.
Nearly a hundred people at a wedding
dinner In Chicago were made violently HI by
eating chicken cooked in a copper kettle.
James Welch made an uttouipt toassassin
ate Judge William I.oehren, of the United
States Court at St. Paul, Mluu.
Negotiations are la progress for tbe con
solidation of Chicago tailors who work for
the wholesale trade.
Louis August, the Fort Monroe soldier,
convicted of murder, committed suicide at
Newport News, Vn.
Nick Ollllgan, aacused In Norfolk, Vs., of
murdering bis sweetheart's father, surren
dered. Tbe rod employes at the American Htoel
aud Wire Works at Cleveland went on a
atilke,
Tbe National Convention of the United
Mine Workers was opened lu India' apolls.
Rates oa all trans-Atlantic lines have been
raised ten per cent, or more.
Boiler makers la Buffalo, N. Y., went on a
strike.
Joseph Leach, of Baltimore, a prlrate In
Company B, Fourth Artillery, was found
guilty, at Topeka, Kans., of killing Corporal
Thomas Flunell, the verdict being "Guilty,
without capital punishment."
Tbe formal presentation by the women of
South Carolina of a gold medal to Lieuten
ant Victor Blue was made on board the battle
ship Massachusetts.
Tbe remains of General Dabney H. Maury,
after lying in state In ltlchmond, Va., were
taken to Fredericksburg and there burled.
N. K. Gosa, a merchant of Edunburg, O.,
was killed In his store by burglars. Three
tramps were subsequently captured by a
posse.
H. H. Tammer and Frederick O. Bonllls,
editors of the. Don ver Evening Post, were
hhot by W. W. Anderson, an attorney.
James House, a lunatic, leaped from tho
second-story window of a sanitarium at Ht.
LouU and killed himself.
The authorities of Mount Vernon, Y.,
think tbey have found powder stains on the
night gown of Mrs. Alfred Morrison, who
was shot by ber husband.
Frank Davis was sentenced to tbe peniten
tiary for forty-five years in CarbondaJo, 111.,
for murder.
Edward Hnynes shot at his m Jther-ln-luw
in Ht. Louis aud killed bis wife.
Jacob Shudln killed bis wife and com
ml ted suicide lu Knoxvllle, Tenn.
John Barrett, ex-United States minister to
81am, In a speech lu Chicago, named Henator
Hoar as the United Htates senator whoso
anti-expansion speech was cabled to Hong
Kong and placed In the hands of tbe Filipi
nos for effect.
Mrs. Ellen C. Cameron, died suddenly at.
the Carter House, lu Cbarlestown, W. Va.
Tbe Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern Is
reported to be spending a million and a-balt
in shortening its line between St. LouU and
Cincinnati.
Lieutenant Bamuel Howard, the last sur
vivor of tbe crew of tbe Monitor during ber
battle with tbe Merrlmao, died at his borne,
In Washington.
J. L. Blackford, tbe Central Railroad de
tective, was sent to prison for three years
for bigamy by Judge Vail in Elizabeth, N. J.
Shortage In bituminous coal Is necessitat
ing tbe uloslng down of manufacturing con
cerns In Pennsylvania.
While his wife was In court In Philadel
phia prosecuting ber husband for non-support,
the latter kidnapped their four-year-old
child.
THREE DEAD.
TKKHIBLR TItAGKDf IN A REX.
TtllK? HOTEL.
THE FINISH OF A FEUD.
Several Men. Including Two of Those
Killed, lilt by Ntrajr Hullets-Kthelbert
Scott, a Nephew of Kx-overnor Urail
ley, Killed-. lie and Colaou Had lleea
Kncinles Since Spanish War.
Frankfort, Ky (Special. )-The outbreak
fiat wn feared because of the attendance of
so many excitable politician at the legisla
tive ooutesttt occurred Tuesday. As a result
three men are deail and four wounded, one
perhaps fatally. The dead: Etbelbert Scott.
Luther Demaree, Charles Julian. The wound
ed: B. B. Oohlen, perhaps fatally Harry Mo
Eweugj W. O. Redpatoh, ChlcugOj Col. David
O. Colson, former Congressman from Elev
enth district of this State,
Colonel Colson did the killing. Thatroublo
grew out of the renewal of a feud between
Colson and Bcott, who served together In the
army last yenr.
The tragedy took place lu the crowded
lobby of the Capitol Hotel. Two of the dead
iuou and two of the wounded wore shot by
accident.
Colonel Colson Is In Jull, churged with
murder, but he claims self-defense.
Colson was shot In tho arm, but not seri
ously hurt. After the shooting be went to
the residence of Chief of Police WllllHms,
near by, aud gave himself up. Later a war
rant was sworn out for him by Clluton Fogg,
who witnessed the killing. Fefc says Col
son shot first.
Scott, who was the first killed, was n
nephew of ex-Governor Brndley. Demnree
was assistant postmaster at HhelbyvUlo and
o prominent Republican politician.
Charles Julian, who wai at first thought
to be but slightly hurt, died luter from shock
and loss of blood. Julian was a prominent
and wealthy farmor.
The death of Julian Is most remarkable.
He walked to his room unaided. His cousin,
Judge Ira Julian, examined the wound and
congratulated him on bis escape. Doctors
wore busy with the dying and Julian waltid.
Ha Was bleeding to deuth, however, and
when the doctors turned attention to hitn be
was past recovery.
Capt. B. B. Golden, who Is thought to be
fatally wounded, Is a lawyer w ho lived at
Barboursville, and was captain of a Kentucky
company during the Hpanlah-American War.
He made a statement In whioh he said no
words passed between Bcott and Colson be
fore the shooting and that Colson Bred first.
Golden and Colson bnd had trouble before.
W. O. Rldpatch, of Chicago, sustained a
broken leg by the lifeless form of Scott fall
ing against him as It rolled down the stair
way. Colonel Colson Is In a blgbly nervous state
resulting from excltemeut attending the
tragedy, and, as he bus never fully recovered
from a stroke of paralysis sustained last
year, bis friends are greatly concerned over
his oondltioa.
Accounts of the killing differ. It la Im
possible to give accurate details further
than that while Colson and a party of friends
were standing in tho southwest corner of
the hotel lobby Bcott came Into the hotel,
and when near Colson the firing began.
Scott, after being shot, walked backward
toward the stairway looking to the barroom
and fell down the stairs dead. His body
rolled over against tbe barroom door, and
as it did, Colonel Colson, wbo bad followed,
shooting at every step, fired one or more
shots Into It.
Examiuatlon of Scott's body shows that
he was shot at least six times. The mot that
n part of the bullets were of 33 and part of
44 caliber Indicates thut be was shot by
somebody besides Colson or that Colson hud
two revolvers. Witnesses to the killing say
that D'inmutee was directly between Scott
and Colson when the shooting began and
that be was killed by the first bullet fired.
He was shot twice, once through the breast
Colonel Colson, who killed Bcott and wbo
Is charged with tbe killing of both Demaree
and Julian and with shooting Golden, has
long been a prominent figure in Kentucky
politics. He served two terms In Congress
and declined a reuomlnutlon nt the bauds of
tbe Republican party of the Eleventh district
1 1 1H9S in order to accept the colonelcy of
tho Fourth Kentucky Regiment in the Hpan
Isb war. Bcott was a lieutenant and Oolden
was captalu of a company in Colson's regi
ment, uud the trouble which led to the trag
edy began then.
A feud sprang up between Colson and
Bcott while the troops were In camp at An
nlstou, Ala., and lu which It is said by Col
son's friends that Captain Golden was a
warm purllsau of Bcott. Tbe trouble be
tween them at that time culminated In a
nun tlug between them In a restaurant, which
resulted In Colson being shot by Bcott.
The regiment was shortly afterward mus
tered out of the service ns a result of the
feud between the officers and the serious
charges and counter oburges which they bad
made nt Washington against each other as
officers. '
When the killing occurred the city was
thrown Into a state of the greatest excite
ment, It being supposed at first that It was
the result of a clash growing out of the poli
tical oontests on trial In the Legislature.
Those in the Immediate Colson party de
cline to tulk about the tragedy. While It Is
generally understood that several others
were engaged lu tbe shooting, no names are
given.
The bodlos of tbe dead were removed to
undertaking establishments, aud all the
physicians In the city were summoned ta
attend the wounded. Hundreds of people
Hocked to the scene of the shooting.
Profound sorrow exists over the accidental
killing of Demaree and Julian, and tbe fuel
ing against Colson among their friends Is
exceedingly bitter.
Her Fall Proved Fatal.
Centrevllle, Md., (Special.) Mrs. James
Burriss, of Spaniards Neak, this oounty,
died at the home of ber stepson, aged 71
years, from the effects of Injuries received
by tatting down stulm about two weeks ago.
la fulling she broke her blp.
Frederica Mora, fiscal of the Supreme
Court of Havana, baa ben removed from
oilica ;
TO HAVK AN KJLl'OSrriOX.
Charleston (S. C.) llualunsa Men Formally
Launch the I'rnject.
Charleston, B. C (Special.)-At a largo
and representative meeting of business men
held here the ludustrial exposition project
was launched by the appointment of a com
mittee for preliminary work.
The plans now considered contemplate n
grand State or Interstate exposition to be
held In Charleston lu 1U01. One of the moot
notable features of the meeting whs tbe
raising of 1,500 li. 1ft minutes for the ex
penses of the Investigation ordered. Tho
exposition Idea has ulready been Indorsed by
the governor.
The l ourlh Victim.
Huntington, W. Va., (Special.) Hiram
EUIb died from effaota of Injuries received
on Now Year's duy during the burning of his
brother's borne at Blue Sulphur, this couuty.
This Is the fourth death from this Ure.
Itrakouisn Fatally Injured.
Morgantowu,' W. Va., (Special. ) In a
freight wreck ou tbe Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, 15 miles north of hero, Brakemuu
Harry Scbulty was fatally Injured aud It)
cars were demolished.
were aanou"d UnnoJuJu since the last
DllltlAL Or LAWTON.
Making Arrangements for a Fitting
Funeral fur the flallant Soldier.
Washlngton,(Hpeclnl.) According to ar
rangements already made by tbe War De
partment, tbe remains of Major General
Henry W. I.awton, U. H. V., who was killed
at San Mateo, Lur.on. December li) last, will
be Interred In the National Oometery at Ar
lington with full military honors, the day
alter they reach this city. Previous to Intor
meut, troops to compose the funeral escort,
Which will consist of one regiment of Infan
try, one regiment of foot artillery, a squad
ron of cavalry and two mounted batteries of
artillery, will be assembled In this ulty to
escort tbe remains from the church, whero
the funeral religious services are held, to the
cemetery.
Major General Wesley Merrltt, command
ing tho Department of the East, has been
charged with the execution of these orders.
General Merrltt has been formally desig
nated to couimund tbe escort.
The remains of General Lawton are on tho
troopship Thomas, and are expected to ar
rive at Han Francisco about the 1st of Feb
ruary. Mrs. Lawton Is a passenger on that
vessel, and the final arrangements for the
funeral will not be made until the authori
ties at Washington bave ascertained ber
wishes In the matter. It Is settled, however,
that the remains will be brought to Wash
ington on a special train. In charge of Major
General Sbafter, who will be accompanied
by an aide. The Itinerary of the train will
not be determined until tbe wishes of Mrs.
Lawton are known. It Is probable that the
trip will be made so as to purmlt the body to
lie in state for a short time at Fort Wayne
and ludiunnpolls.
TICAI'l'KD IN AMIIl'HIf.
First MUhup to the American Troops
Two Men Killed.
Washington, (Special.) Tho first unto
ward happening In tbe highly-successful
campaign now going on in Luzon Is an
nounced from General Otis:
Munlla. A pack train of twenty ponies,
transporting rutioua between Santo Tomus
and Han Pablo, Luguua province, escoited
by fifty men under Lieut. Ralston, Thirtieth
Infantry, was ambushed Saturday. Two
men were killed, five wounded, and nine are
missing. Pack truln lost. Lieut. Ralston
and thirty-four men returned to Santo
Tomas with tbe killed and wounded. The
affair is being Investigated.
Doret, with the Forty-fifth Infantry, struck
the insurgents In Bstaugas Mountains pre
pared in ambush to meet them. He killed
eight, wounded three, oaptured seventeen,
Including one Spaniard, aud six rlUes. His
casualties two men slightly wounded.
(Signed.; Oris.
CHOP It K I'ORT FOH 18UII.
Statistics Showing the Acreage, Value of
Wheat, Corn and Oat.
Washington, (Special.) The statistician
of the Department of Agriculture bos made
public his final estimates of the acreage,
production and value of the crops of loMf.
The values are based on 'the average farm
prices on December 1.
Tho wheat acreage was 44,592,510. the
produut.ou ..47,33,1)46 bushels and tbe value
31U,645,25S, the average yield per nore be
ing 111.3 bushels, aud the uverage farm price
per bushel ou December 1, 58.4 cents.
The corn acreage wus 82,103,337, the pro
duction 2.07d,143,H33 bushels, and tbe value
tt!l!J,210,110, the average yield per acre be
ing 25.3 bushels, and the average farm price
per bushel ou December 1, 3 .3 cents.
The acreage In oats was 811,341,330, tbe
production 796,177,713 bushels, and the
value HUB, 107,1(75, tho uverage yield per
acre being 30.2 bushels, and tbe average
furm price per bushel ou December 1, 24.U
cents.
Tue barley crop Is estimated nt 73,331,503
bushels, the rye crop ut 29,1101.741 bushels,
the buckwheat crop ut 11,' 1)4,473 bushels,
the potato crop at 223,733,2.14 bushels aud
tbe buy crop ut 50,053,750 Ions.
HIMORK1) NAVAL SCANDALS.
Stories About Captain McUowan and
Commander Very.
Boston, Mas.'., (Special.) A letter re
ceived from a naval officer at Manila, dated
December 12, says that two scandals in tbe
United States squadron are causing general
tulk. One is the shooting of a Filipino on
board the Monadnock by Ouptuln McGowan,
because the man climbed over the side ol
the vessel forward instead of aft, as de
manded by naval usage. It is maintained
that the captain Intended to tire over the
man and scare him, but be wns hit In the
hip, and died soon afterwards.
The other subject of commont is tho fact
that Commander 8. W. Very, of the Castlne,
up to the present time, has bad every offloer
on the vessel, with one oxoeptlon, under sus
pension, and one of them bits objected.
ANTI-LYNCHINU MKASL'ltK.
Colored Congressman Proposes to Make It
Treason to the t'ulted Stute.
Washington, (Spoclnl.) Representative
White, of North Carolina the colored ruj
resentatlve lu the House, Introduced a bill
"for the protection of all oitiz-us of the Uni
ted Stutes against mob violence," etc. It
provides that all persons shall be proteoted
from being murdered, tortured or burned to
death by mobs known us "lynching bees,"
whether spontaneous or premeditated, nnd
nil parties participating, aiding or abetting
In suoh affairs are made guilty of treason
against the United Btates government, and
subject to prosecution In the United States
courts.
TWO YOUNG LADIES UHUW.VKII,
Their Horse Stumbled While They Were
Fording Cheat Klver.
Parsons, W. Va., (Special.) Two daugh
ters of Rev. O. N. Duy were drowned in
BalTord Fork of Cheat River, six miles above
here. They were about fifteen and eighteen
years old, and wore crossing the river on
horseback. Tbe animal fell down, throwing
them from bis back. One clung to the
bridle and the other by his tall, and were
belug thus dragged out when tho horse fell
a second time, Tbe father saw the accident,
but his skiff sunk before roaching his chil
dren. MCAKAUl'A WILL AttlilTKATK.
Heady Settlement of Any Trouble With
the Canal Company.
Washington, (Special.) It was stated by
officials authorized to speak that there Is ab
solutely no basis for reports that the State
Department bos received assurauaes from
Costo Rico and Nicaragua of a willingness to
lease territory to the United States for a hun
dred years or more for the construction of
tbe Nlcaraguan (.'anal. Nicaragua, it is
learned, has practically admitted, lu princi
ple at least, the doctrine of arbitration as ths
menus of settlement of any trouble between
It and the Marlttne Canal Company.
ESTIMATED IIOKIt LOSSES,
Reported to Approximate 0,4148 Meu, la
eluding U.OOO Casualties.
Rensburg, Cape Colony, (Spoclnl. Care
fully compiled ilgurea from Republican
souroes, some of which bave been investi
gated and found to be correct, show the
Boer losses up to date nre, approximately,
0,425 men, Including 2,000 casualties during
the siege of Ladysmttu.
Fatal Fire In New Orleans.
New Orleans, (Special.) A tire, wblob
started in a barroom lu tbe old Ht. Mary
Markst neighborhood soon after midnight,
caused tbe death of four members of a Si
cilian family named Giordano.
DESTRUCTIVE FLOODS.
Washington State Valleys Swept by Bag'
lng Torrents
Tacoma, Wash., (Speelal.) A downpour
of rain for three days, together with a pre
vailing Chinook rain, Is melting the snow,
and has suddenly flooded soveral Western
Washington valleys and a great portion of
Latah county, Idaho. Hundreds of farms in
Puyallup Stuck and White River Valleys are
under water, nnd tbe mountain streams are
raging torrents.
The streets of Kent, lying on the banks of
White River, are flooded, and for a distance
of three miles below the town the river is
out of Its banks.
Ths oounty bridge has beon washed out at
Sumner, nnd two others are damaged. Tbe
Stuck has cut u new channel for itself noros
the Maloney fruit furm, and into the Puyal
lup. Green River left Its banks at Canton, and
tore out a long piece of track along the
mountain side, where the work of rebuilding
la slow and difficult.
A special from Kendrick, Idaho, says three
children of Charles Hamblin and two China
man are reported to have been drowned
there.
A Northorn Pnclflc freight train was caught
by tbe rushing waters In the canyon between
Moscow and Kendrick nnd swept into the
raging torrent. The train crew escaped. A
passenger train Is reported caught between
the floods below Kendrick.
Kendrick, a town of about 000 people, sit
uated on the flat where the Potlach and Bear
Creek oonverge In a narrow canyon, suffered
tbe most. With a rush the water engulfed
the town, and 30 frame business bouses and
a number of dwellings were soon floating
down the Potlack Blver. Ho rapid was the
rise of waters 4 hat ninny people wore caught
in the flood and rescued with difficulty.
Communication with the flooded district by
wire or rail him been completely out off, nnd
details as to loss of life are unobtainable.
The town of Jullaetta, also on the Potlach,
when last heard from beforo tho wires went
down wns In imminent dangerof bolngswopt
away, and a large tramway olevator filled
with wheat was early carried away.
Lewlston reports that tho Snake and Clear
wator rivers are rising rapidly, and threaten
to overflow vast territory.
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
Captain McCalla writes In high praise of
Captain Leary's administration of the Island
of Guam.
Secretary Hoot will appoint u commission
to devise reforms In the Cuban judicial
methods.
General Otis reports a vigorous pursuit of
tbe Insurgents south of Manila. Tho Fili
pinos have been driven from several posi
tions during the last two days, losing 245
killed and wounded. Tho American losses
were Lieut. Cheney and four men killed and
twenty-four others wounded. Gen. Otis says
It Is expected that Cavlte and Batangus
provinces will soon bo cleared up.
Hen bave been found languishing in Cuban
prisons who have been waitluir vnftn tn It
tried. General Wood says summary meas
ures win ue necessary to prevent further
suffering.
In a flght betweon Col. Bullard'g troors
and tho Insurgents, on the Santo Tomas
rond.twentv-four Ifistirffeiits wmi. IrllU.I find
sixty taken prisoners. One American was
amea ana two oincers slightly wounded.
The defecations nnnnlntarl tn ln hnlnpa
the officials at Washington tho special needs
oi i-uerto luco sailed from Bin Juan for the
United States.
Coal has been found near Santiago de Cuba
which develops a remarkable degreo of heat.
WITHERS WAI.LLlt DKAI.
Was the Owner of a Famous DuuMiig
41 round.
Fredericksburg, Va., (Special.) Mr. Wlih
ers Waller, owner of the fun .ln,.Mr,
grounds on tho Potomac, at Wide Water,
u.euatuin nome, million, near that place.
Ho was In the seventy-third year of hla uge.
Mr. Waller's duckiuir irroumls worn vi.iiuji
several times by ex-Pruaidcnt Cloveluud and
omer uoiou lovers or tlie sport, aud 11 is said
thut he entertained more nuled men nr. lull
ing and ducking excursions than any mnu
in mo mine, no leaves a widow and eight
daughters.
CA It It I ED OUT HIS THREAT.
August, the Convicted Fort Monroe Subt
ler) Committed Suicide.
Newport News, Va., (Special.) Louis
August, the Fort Monroo soldier. Who TTHI
convicted in Hampton, of ths murder of
Aunie iioncuici una sentenced to eighteen
years' lmprisonmout, hung himself with a
towel in his cell. Ho wns found after ho hud
beon dead several hours. August Bntd Sat
urday that be would commit suicldo rather
than co to the nenltentlnrv. hut llttia mi.,,,.
'Ion was paid to the throat.
Three Persons Itumail to Death.
New York, (Speolul.) Throe persons were
burned to death in a fire In a dwelling on
Fine street, Corona, Long Islaud. Thoy nros
Elizabeth Campbell, forty-nine yours oldj
Jennie Campbell, twenty-four years old, and
Archie Campbell, ten yeurs old. '."ho catuo
of the fire Is unknown.
Oeorge Gould Invosts In Cotton Mill.
Charlotte, N. C, (Speclal.)-Intelllgence
was received hare that George Gould, the
New York millionaire, has become a stock
bolder in the Louray Cotton Mills, at Gas.
touia, to the amount of $250,000. It is also
stated that another subscription of (150,000
from a Noitnern capitalist has been scut the
promoters of the new mill. Those subscrip
tions, it is believed, will ralso the capital'
stock of the mill to 1,400,000.
Found Dead in lied.
Parkeraburff W. Vn flnnMul Tk..-.
Dl ... . -., V r """ AMVMII1S
Jackson, an eooentrto individual, an Eng
lishman by birth, wbo came to this country
about Ave years ago, was found dead In bed
la a small shanty back of the county Jail.
IT Don the flndlnir of the hnriv a no,nnn.'.
Jury was oalled and rendered the verdict
.k.l lll.nll, Ik. - l..L ,.
uh hm ,ug ,ami m uenri xaijure.
Upon searching his room 9185 was fouud lu
purse under his pillow. Tho docensed was
employed In tbe Ohio River Railroad shops
here. The money which he left will be for
warded to England, where he Is survived by
a daughter, aged 13.
Sent I'p for Forty-Are Year.
Cnrboud e. III.. (Special.) Frank Davie,
charged wlt'i killing his wife and a sixteen'
year-old girl, who were Cuc.iruped on the
edge of Murphysboro In a tout, was fouud
guilty, the Jury fixing the penalty ut forty,
live years In tho penitentiary. Da via Is about
thirty yours old. .
Preferred Death to Hydrophobia.
Chicago, (Speeli,l.)Frank Conrlck. sec
retary of the Builders' and Trades Exchange,
committed suicide by shooting himself
through tbe head. Conrlok was bitten by a
dog one week ago, and dread of hydropho
bia, it la thought, bad unsettled his mind.
A Jealous Husband's Crime.
BL Louis, (Special.) Edward Hsynus,
sou of Russ Huynes, it prominent oltlzen of
Salem, III., shot ut his mother-in-law, Mrs.
Frank Arbert, without erToot, and fatally
wounded his wife. After the shootlug Huynes
gave himself up. Mrs. Huynes, who Is thirty
years of age and live years older than ber
husband, comes of a well-to-do nnd promi
nent family. Uaynes was of a very Jeulous
disposition, and for soma time he and bis
wife bud been living apart.
Peter Duukle was arrested near Henpeck,
:Ind., on the oharge ol murdering May Wol-wlglulB8.
PUERTO RICO.
The I.'eport of Special Commissioner
Carroll Recommends Territorial
Form of (Jovernnicnt.
Washington, (Special.) Henry K. Cnrroll,
special commissioner for the United States
to Puerto Rico, under appointment by the
President, to Investigate the civil, Industrial,
financial nnd social conditions of the islands,
has made his report. It covers nil the Im
portant facts about the island. One of the
greatest needs Is good ronds.
The crops most generally raised nrn, lu
the order of areas occupied In lH'Jfl: Coffee,
121.170 ncrnst enne. 60,884 acres; tobnceo,
41,222 acres. Coffee cannot be raised with
out shade, as In Brazil. The ooffce bushes
need five years for full development, under
the shade of banana or other trees, and con
tinue bearing twenty-five, and even to fifty,
years. Bananas give both shade nnd fruit
the first yenr. Coffee farms nre exempt
from tuxes for tho Drst live years. The
grndes of coffee nre among the finest. Tbe
fruits of the Islund nre such ns are common
to tropical countries. The raising of cnttle
Is an Important aud lucrative Industry. The
dally wages of tbe common field luborer
ranges from thirty-five to fifty cents, native
money.
Commissioner Carroll recommends thnt
the Constitution and the laws of the
United States be extended to Puerto Rico,
and that a territorial form of government,
similar to thnt established In Oklahoma, be
provided; that the legislative power shall
extend to nil regulations for the exercise of
the eloctivo franchises that tho legal voters
of tlie Island be permitted to elect a delegate
to Congress; that n commission ooiisisting of
three persons, wbo shall be natives of the
Island, nnd two of the United Htates, be ap
pointed by the President to revise tho codes)
that the Jury system be adopted; that tho
bunking nnd patent laws of the United States
be extended lo the Island, that n court of
claims bo established to ndjudlcnte nil claims
to properly, secular and ecclesiastical, aris
ing under the treaty of Parte; thut tbe rule
adopted by the military government ns to
civil marriages be continued lu force; that
the Spanish sliver coins be retired and the
coins of the United Ktntivi bo substituted;
that the lottery be prohibited, and that thu
governor general nnd the legislature be re
quired to provide for universal and obliga
tory education In a system of free schools
where English shall be taught, nnd that an
agricultural experiment station be estab
lished for tbe Island.
NO UltOl'XD FOH SEIZURES.
llrltlsh Admit American Goods Were Not
I.lable-Stnte Department Satisfied.
Washington, D. C, (Special.) Ambassa
dor Choate Is prosecuting bis efforts to learn
Just where the provisions nre that were
seized off Delagoa Bay on the Mashoua, the
Maria aud the Beatrice. He has reported
that tbe goods on the Maria are in the cus
tomhouse at Durban, subject to the disposi
tion of the owners.
The goods carried on tho MashoM arc be
lieved to be still on board that ship at Cape
Town, but, owing to Imperfections In the
ship's papers, It has not yet been pesslble to
clear up tho facts In that case. The Beatrice
Is at East London, and the British govern
ment Is trying to learn from its officers the
status of the cargo.
It Is authoritatively stated that there Is no
difference whatever between tbe govern
ments of the United States nnd Great Britain
as to the legal aspects of thu seizures of
goods lu these threo cases. The British
government has admitted without reserve
that these goods were nut Ruble to seizure.
That has given complete satisfaction to tbe
State Department.
It does not follow thnt tho department nc
cepts as binding the view of the British gov
ernment as to tho conditions under which
flour aud food stuffs may becomo contra
band, but the depurtment prefers to follow
the usual role of International law nnd avoid
passing ou hypothetical cases, and content
ing Itself with the full acceptance of Its views
by tbe British government iu the presunt in
stance.
FARMERS AND THE CKNSLS.
An lin'ort Will be Made to' (let Complete
Jietums from Tliein.
Washington, (Special.) The efforts which
Governor Merrlam, director of tho census
Is maklug to induce farmers to prepare
statements of their operations for the calen
dar year 1899, so that they will be ready to
reply definitely and accurately to the enum
erators' Questions next June, are bearing
iruit.
Home farmers have forwarded copies of
statements to tbe Census Office, uocompnu-
icu oy inquiries ns to tuctr completeness and
correctness.
The first, and one of tho best, of theso
statements came from a woman, who oper
ates it iiirm m l eiiusyivnuiu on her own ac
count. Tho paper shows not only the nere
age, quantity aud value of each crop, but
contains also a good inventory of livestock
nnd a detailed statement of tbe quantity and
value of the miscellaneous articles produced.
It every farmer would imitate this woman
the agricultural report of tho twelfth census
would be a marvel of completeness and ac
curacy, and would also show the entire pro
ductive strength of thu United States lu food
products.
CAN DEFEND HIMSELF.
Itoberts Will Have Opportunity to Speak
on the Floor of the lloiwe.
Washington, (Speolul.) Chairman Tny
ler, of the Roberts committee, and Repri.
sentatlve Llttlelleld, of Maine, ure preparing
the runjorliy nnd minority reports, respec
tively, lu tho Roberts ease. They will be
filed together on Saturday. It i4 not expect
ed that tho case will be culled up in the
House uutll next week. The debate Is ex
pected to occupy two or three days. Mr.
Roberts will be given au opportunity to be
heard upon tho floor la his own defense.
Mr. Llttlelleld aud Mr. DuArmoud. of Mis-
sourl, who will sign the minority report, are
no pa i u 1 1 lot inn moao ol procedure which
they favor to a'lo .v Mr. Roberts to be sworn
In and then expel him will be followed.
The majority of the committee, on the other
baud, nre confident thut their report will be
adopted, and thnt Mr. Roberts will bo ex
cluded without being sworu In.
HE CLAIMS MILLIONS.
George W. Italley, of Martlnsbnrg, Ex
peets to Share In a Larue Fortune.
Martlnsbnrg, W. Vn., (Speclul.) Geo. W.
Bailey, of this place, claims be Is an heir to
a 90,000,000 fortune, awaiting to bo oliilmud
lu Euglund. He claims that his share of the
fortune amounted to 1 15,000,000 before his
brothers aud sisters died, and since their
death he Is sole bulr to the entire fortune.
Mr. Bulley Is seventy-seven years old, and
bus one child a sou, Jesse E, Bulley, of
Hugerstowu, Md. He Inherits tbe estate
through bis grandfather, wbo was un Kug
llshmun.
Kgyptiaii Cottoii for South Carolina.
Charleston, S. C, (Speoial.) The first Im
portant shipment of Egyptian cotton for a
South Carolina ootton mill was received at
Clover, iu York county, from Alexandria, via
uosiou. iue new ootton mill ut Clover will
use Egyptian ootton exclusively, Its mana
gers claiming thut the Sea Island staple bus
not the "strength aud sllklness" neoesaary
for the "superior yarn tbey are to make."
Masked Men Kill a Ilarkeeper.
Loudvllle, Col., (Hpeolal.) Two masked
men held up Golob's saloon on Harrison
avenue. Jerry Ryan, the bartender, refused
to throw up hut hands and was shot twice by
one of the robbers, dyluf 'untuutly. The
robber lied.
TO EXCLUDE ROBERTS.
Final Decision of House Investigating
Committee Two Were In
Opposition.
Washington, (Speclul.) Tbe special oom
fn Iue of the House of Representatives to
Investigate the case of Bngham U. Roberts,
of Utah, reached a final conclusion.
On the polygamous status of Mr. Roberta
tbe committee was unanimous and agreed
upon a forirful statement of facts. On tbe
question of procedure to be adopted the
committee was divided. '
Tbe majority, consisting of all tho mem
bers except Llttlelleld of Maine aud DoAr
tuond of Missouri, favored exclusion at the
outset. Messrs. Llttlelleld and DeArmond
will niuko a minority report favorable to
seutlug Roberts on his prima facie rights
aud then expolllng lilm.
Thu statement of facts as found by the
committee Is as follows;
"We Hod thnt B. II. Roberts wns elected
as a Representative to the Flfty-slxth Con
gress from the State of Utah, and wns at tin
date of his election above tho age of 25
years; that he bud been for more than seven
years a naturalized citizen of thu United
States and was an Inhabitant of the State of
Utah.
"We further find thnt nbout 1878 he mar
ried Loulau Smith, bis first and lawful wire,
with whom be bos ever since lived as such,
and who, sluce their marriage, has borne
him six olilldien.
"That about 1885 he married, ns his plurnl
wife, Cella Dibble, with whom ho has ever
sluce lived ns such, and wbo, since such
marriage, bus borne him six children, of
whom the last wore twins, born August
11. 1807.
"That sorao years after his said marriage
to Cella Dibble he contracted auotber plurul
marriage with Margaret C. Shlpp, with
whom ho has ever sluce lived In the habit
and repute of marriage. Your committee is
unable to fix thu exact date of this marriage.
It docs not uppear thut he held her out as
bis wife before January, 1897, or thnt before
thnt date she held him out as her husband,
or thnt before thnt date they were reputed
to be husband nnd wife,
"That those facts wero generally known
In Utah, publicly charged against him dur
ing his campaign for election aud wore not
denied by him.
"Thnt the testimony boarins on these
facts wns taken In tho presence of Mr.
Roberts and thut bo fully cross-examined
the witnesses, but decltnud to place himself
on tho witness stand."
The culminating session of tho committee
followed many prolonged executive sessions,
which left no doubt as to the attitude of the
several members, with the exception of Mr.
Mlers, of Indiana, who has been out of the
city. He returned, and it was determined
to bring the mutter to a direct issue. Ac
cordingly, when the committee met Mr. Mc
pherson, of Iowa, offered a resolution for the
exclusion of Roberts.
Mr. DeArmond Immediately toposed a
substitute, recognizing the constitutional
rights of Roberts to take his seuc on his cre
dentials, and providing for his expulsion. .
There was no discussion beyond informal
remarks, and tbe vote was first taken on
Mr. DeArmond's substitute. Mr. Llttlelleld
Joining him in tbe nfllrniutive and the other
voting In opposition.
The vote was then taken on Mr. Mo
Pberson's motion to exclude, resulting as
follows;
Yens Tayler (Ohio), Frear. Morris and
Mcpherson, Republicans; Lanham and
Mlers, Democrats.
Nays Llttlelleld, Republican; DeArmond,
Democrat.
Chairman Tayler was authorized to pre
pare the majority report. It will bo ready
in a few days, aud tbe prospects are that thu
subject will bo brought bjfore the House
early next week.
Mr. DeArmond will submit the views of
the minority. He will include an exhaustive
review of tbe luw, covering nbout seventy
typewritten pages, propared by Mr. Llttle
lleld. The main point of this is that tho
llotrso cannot add to tho requirements pro
vided by the Constitution for admission to
tbe House, and that the only constitutional
remedy Is to ndiuit and then expel on the
finding of facta.
Illueklmrn Now Senator.
Frankfort, Ky., (Special.) The Legisla
ture met in Joint session to make a final
comparison of thejournuls of the two houses
in the mutter of electing a United States
Senator.
The Journals showed thnt Blackburn had
received 77 votes to 53 for Bradley, and
Speaker Trimble, wbo presided, declared
Blackburn duly elected, to succeed Wllllum
Lindsay.
Mr. Bryan was present and applauded
when Blackburn was declared elected.
Blackburn was escorted to the hall nnd made
a speech of aoceptuuee.
, No Demand Mailn,
Paris, (By Cable.) Tho statement In the
London Morning I'ost that the Washington
Administration bus received letters from
France, Germany, Groat Britnlu and Russia,
demanding knowledge of the Intentions of
the United States as to the "open door" iu
China and tbe future of the Philippines, was
news to the Foreign Office ofllclala hero.
Tbey Bald it wns the first time tbey had
heard of any such action.
New Treaty With Hpuln.
Madrid, (By Cable.) Iu the Sennte the
Premier, Benor SHvela, nnnouueed thnt ne
gotiations were In progress with the United
Htates for tbo conclusion of a treaty of peace
nnd friendship, and also a treaty providing
for extradition and tho resumption of nor
rani relations.
He added that preliminary steps had al
ready been taken with a view to the conclu
sion of a commercial treaty.
NINE MEN SCALDED.
Explosion of a Holler Tube oo the Govern
ment Vacht Caperou.
Wilmlng'ou, Del., (Special. )-A tube In
the boiler of the government yacht Caperon,
lying in the canal locks ut Delaware City,
exploded, scalding nine men, three of whom
so seriously thnt they may die.
Hold Hank Robbery.
Pbllippl, W.Va., (Special.)-Robbers forced
un entrance into tbe Tygart Valley Bank of
this place, and, blowing open the safe, se
cured between f5,000 and 0,000.
Daughter of Andrew Johnson.
Chattanooga, Tenn., (Special.) A special
to the News from Greenville, Tenn., says
Mrs. M. J. Patterson, the only child of An
drew Johnson, Is critically 111 at ber home
there and not expected to live. Bho lu over
80 yeurs of age.
New Post for Captain Sis bee.
Washington, (Special.) Orders wero is
sued formally detaching Captain Bigsboo
from tbe command of tbe Texas and assign
Jug hlin to the head of the Nuval Intelligence
Bureau.
Five Skeleton lu a Cave.
Chattanooga,' Tenn., (Special.) W. L.
Allison, while prospecting for minerals on
Lookout Mountain, discovered live skeletons
In a nave fifteen miles from this olty. Tbero
Is a difference of opinion whether they are
skeletons of Indians or of miners wbo dis
appeared from tbe ore mines at Rising Fawn
several years ago.
A Free Llbrury Also for East Orange.
New York, (Hpoclal.) Andrew Carnegie
has given 50,000 to East Orange, N. J., for
a public library, ou condition that the city,
appropriate 4)6,00) each year for its main
tenance. Mr. and Mr. Joseph W, Stickler
Imve given if 60,000 to found a free library la
Orange, N. J.
SAYS HOjf
Ilarrett Declares Tt.t"
Aroused Fillpno,s
" U"Z
Chicago, (Special.)
United Htate Mlnlit,, r
time publicly named m
Forest University ast, '
whose antlexpniuloB i
Hongkong nnd suh J 'J
of the Filipino solill-t, el
declared, the open It, "
Frequently this s"1
effect have been mvm A
public has connects i '
Hoar with It. 1'
In the oourso ol hi, I
on the general siitij ,J
the speaker said It hip,,
the Government Inve nt
Hour' ipeeoh wns , ni
fragments to Pari,, p'
getber and forward"
message Included
nnd the cost for tn:.Jjk
have been t4,000. It i
ment to know whiitfr,c
at this time who wire "
the message. ln!
"I was In Honiik,,"
Mr. Barrett, "nnd I l r0r
distinctly. I was co-.jb
hotel when I met ths ij '
koug Junta, and ha
long dispatch be had J1!
a large part of Henm ,
full and a eumm.irj o
nsked tbe president l '
do with it, and he tol. ''
send It to tbe orTW
Philippines. He W1,
but he protested that "
the United Htates and ?
"Four days altur l
delivered It was la tt."
saw an opportunity ti.f
of It. Tbo speech i -trlbutod
among then '
was the culminating!. ?
about tbe open liisutif1
you must remember, f
there was an open In
Washington. fSnerii
clined to take any no: J
Slam, as to the liicltjL
lllim war. TIlU Man..
Oils' reports give the jr
events that led to bo:
rwcts. as he has aire.
with the whole matte:
WINDSOR' nnl
Every Building nil?''
Isle of Wight T J" "
Suffolk, Va.. (Hpeeli'J''
Windsor, Va., a smnll f 8
county, and burned D
principal business hli,,' tl
Windsor has no llro ibt
women rushed out bi
dressed. Their Iran;
flames were nnsvtl. fa
boys worked heroin Jje
was urged on by abrj,t
reach was licked up. !" j
The firestartod ins
R. W. Atkins' storo. W
above, had Just time '.P.1
In her night dress, 8L-4V'
There wore burned Hn
them' small, inchidi:.da;
blnoksmlth shops, m f o
two saloons, it uV;,
place, warehouse nnd Ijij
The largest losers nrL
and stock, 47,000; 1 CL.
building; W. T. BarKij,
and grocery stock. K .
loss Is oovered by lu J"
Tbe origin Is tnysttr;1
no Are nor light in t:'e9
lnutorn. Tho only thrf
tbe blaze was started :f)D
U
ROBUKIiS MIS
H Si
Enter I'arkemburj l-j j
400 Worthy,
Parkersburg, W. Vi 0)
dence of Edward OllSt
was entered by sneak " ..
worth of jewelry stol Rt
Suspicion points to;rrc
an occasional visitor :
knew where the vuluiion
iOf
Killed bilu
ndnnwood, Tenn., 0"
four miles from lie bi
highly respected youan
iustuutly killed by El it :
The men bud liai:
amount of money. 1-jg (
of tho Fourth Tcnni-f
While at Onoldn lie.4e
to pieces, nnd thu ';
named Chambers, n?
Charles Keelon, helJ el
engine that carries Uf:J
to Oneida, and at 10 ft"'
rn
ABOUT NOTEj"
Robert J. Burdottf ecn
much of his fatlicr'm )ar
Congressman J. I' jod
ways carefully pr!tas
lug them out a day "' jfee
Many of the ourf
Africa with tho Camiu0
ber of well-known h ,i
Adeline Pattl cotDf.,
Her father, Balvatot If
both well-known slnR'T
Her Highness UioSW"
India, bos presented"? B
worth 9 fUWt tit tlisUla
be competed for by UV"
Gen. Charles KImW' '
career by leaving schff g-
llrstoallof Lincoln , to
tachlng himself ' 'ia I
cunsln regiment. fsor
Tbo London MnllK'au,:
of Austria has given f,,
nand two years In DI jot .'
he will marry the
1 DO UOUS OUb lUUt'J '
rights of succession.
n
we
A
tl
Frank Steuuenbers
oven loet In hifc'ul
blue.
Mr. Root Is alwoy!'?" '
In i
oredlted to blin. I'1'
nnlltleallv almost 6X'
At a recent roof f UUl
Henry Hnvemuyer b-M L
one room 300 dozen r 1
at jj a dozen. w
Professor RoentKf (lis
coverer of the X-ry i
call to Munich Vu'lt
to him some nioutlw-
dipt. Ceoll Ma"1'
major of the Gonia l
the mnnv chnnccft
regiment at the Iroit
the actor.
Confesses
Oarrlngton, N. D-i'V :
iim hj.Mii nniised V Pl'i
joventeen-year-old f
ne set Are to the
I.., p ii u.1 . wuAlr affO. Kl
Ulredtodoobyth''t,
thould bave beunl.t
tbe elevator, bnt v i
bave dlsoo-vored tUP
bushel short. 1"
oliarged with arson W
IMmm I,, f.rim at lb "f
boy claim to hT "j
bfoysle.
report,