THE NEWS. F.irisnucl Morton, colored, wns sentence! to eighteen years In tin1 i-nlK-ntlury for k II I Inn a whlto m:ti at Clover, Vh. A muli want ed to take Ijlm from lliu olfloers and Unci him. Frank J. Columbaln ww arrested In Ill'h niond, Vii., for false ropr. smtntions In con nection with the sale of u piece of )ro"Tty President Charles II. Cole, former presi dent of tlin Globe National Hunk, In Boston pleaded not guilty to tho charge of embez zlement. Fred Reynolds, nn Insane n no. -hopp T of lied Bench, Mo., killed Ills wlfo mid 'ii son Wllb an axe and burned his house down, Former United Slates Senator Piilh tin Sawyer, the mil Ul-riillllottniro Iu'iiImtiiiiiii, died nt Ids residence la 0-ihS.osh, Vl.i. The Cormier's jury nt Dover, N. J., de clares that Mm. F.minu K. Sutton caused thu death of lior husband t j- poisoning l.ltn. Mayor William J. I;-hI decided Hint Mr. Lungtry hiihII not be rinlUt'd to piny "The Degeuerntos" In Pittsburg. Henry M. Athorton. ngertt for tlm Xatloiml Vermont Life Insurance Company lit Now port News, Va., Is missing. Seven hundred Hud fifty miner of thu ISIossborg Coal Compuuy, mar Amid, l'a., went on it strike. i J ii . I til 11 1M"' C. Doming, assistant com missary of subst-dcnco, wait urrestcd In Hun Francisco. The S.'iv Yiiili grand Jury j-ul.tiiftti-.I n Ilecordei' f! IT n piosoutm.-nt severely con demning I Hsl.ri.rE Attorney Gardiner, tin' Pollen Dcpnrtmeiit imil the Third Avenue lluilrond wreclieis. Polio.. Captain Thomas wni nrraigncd he foru Judge U iir, In X"w York, on tlm charge of failing to suppress disorderly house, nud plead-d n.it gullly. A Pittsburg jury gave Assistant District Attorn. y Billows, colored, who su-d under tho I'.iurt (intlt Amendment, a vurdiut lor six uiid'i.-.iiurtir cents. Two men wero killed by an ovploslon at n dyrau.ilo factory ut Flve-Mllo Point, I;. (J., which wiped out tlm factory. Tlm Columbia Theater building, I:i Chi cago, was leiriied. Loss, lilO'.OOJ. 1'ivo person were Injured. Lx-l'ro.-.ldoiit C.ovolnnd declared lilinselt in f.iv. r of tlm rullllcutleii of tho llay-l'.iuu-uefote t: telly. , The art collection of tho Intu David T. S llu.by win Hold at nuetioli la New York. G.-orgo W. Clark, of Macon, Gn., was nr n su-d in Jacksonville, Fin., on tlm charge ol cracking tl.M Sato of tho Perry Loan and Savings Company, of perry, (i.i. The southbound I.oilisviile u:u Nashville UM(!i;-r train rail Into ft freight at Cave City, K y . , mid live passengers were hur:. Samuel liiek, t'll(!lni;er. win killed ul llreedon, V. Va., Iiy tho explosion of n loco. motive, and li.ivid Hlmri was fatally hurt. The enhMtltutloiiiility of tho new valuation law of Yirltiln was argued before n full eo irt and Ml! mltted. i man naned Prum, living near F.lkln.a, ' V. Vii., shot his wifo and l imself. Jiotti will dl-. Tne UilinlnirtonSI. K. CouferBnee iidopteil u resoliiiioii condemnlmr tlm nrmy eaiiteon, mid the lint and Rale of lln,uor In the new povexsions of this government was also n! opted. A roWier who waq shot nt while nttempt : iiiu to roll HHtoro In Lmont, III., dropped dead fron frlKht. Th.i 11 clem Ht ineeittters will join the ntrll! eig when their term of iiKreetnent w.th the luaiiufantiinTH e.xfilron. One man was killed and two f.rolatily fat ally li.jjred hy n premature explosion of a bl&it of tlynamltelii Allen A Hu.-sei's quarry, neai Waterloo, ,. J. In (Il'i.'aiio an I'.iillnn wiis ntrlelcen dux! alter l.llliiijr hl partner. fV Tho 11 v. Dr. Frank M. Wulls has pub- llslied a letter lisscitliii' that di'Unkeuiiess M ' iirucdaloii.-ly prevalent nnionK the ollleor? ' nod t ihiito. of tile United tftnles Army In he Pliiiipplnoti. Up .1 the present tltuu 17 coneernn In fjleveli ud, O., Imvo yianted the tuaehliili!tir the n:;n -hour day with 10 hours puy, m dem.Midi cl. The National Viulldlnir Trades Counoll . lias tal.i..i in. the ihchtof the uul.iusnmilateil v.lth tlm Ch;u io Jiulldlun Traded' Oouncll. '''lie lii pulillenu Ciiitfroshloual Convent'on mat in A.lieos, U., and nomlualed Hon. ('. K. (ls'.iivenor for Cjagress for the sixth thno , ., Tho Xorwejilan i.tenmship Vldar, of Fn-J- erleksholld. Captain Korennen, from New Vork to Norfolk, went nshor.i shortly nftet I'iidnljt t et l;yr. Nee.l; Mills, ten miles south of Cape Henry, Y.i. Thu crew or elyhteen ' men i-.: e safe on board. Prof. .X C. Mi'.e!ie;i, of ;iulin:ond College, In hi." Ke moil at tlio Koeond liaptist (Jhureh , onttiinday niht, Kcathlnly deuour.ued Gov- j ernor Tyler for allowliifj tho lymdilns of tho two men nl Emporia. ' Ch.itle-, KenU p.er.rly killed hin wife nr.d . her tie. lieu- hy ir.ishliit; thorn in tho head ntid faee with a ehimd a: their homo In Owosso, ' . Jlieh.. and then oournllU'd Biilelde. ' Tho iller-lini tB' Nat'ona! Ban!; of Iliitland, V;., eennil Its doors, and Hm oashler, Charles V. Murr.ee, was arrested Oh tho charge ot Uilsnpi ropiialion of liiud.-i. The ni'it mail on the Atlnntl'i nnd Wet Point Uailway wat, w:i:ekd near Ojilixii, Cal mid lixpresa 'iiumiiuxm Oslin wus killed. The strikers of the Sl.rnanii Hebko Com pany. In Chleiiyo, returned to work, n eoru prondso havln; Leon iirrauud. Itov. Dr. I.-ionn II. Wise, the r mltien'. rnbtil nud founder of H.-hreW Union College, dh '. at ld. hoioo In Cin.-iiiuuLi, The luittlediip Kearsari;.) loft Kowpori NewH, Vs.. oil her l!Mt trlpinjaeonimissloiie.) vts.-oi of the navy. PuMi.! i. i:.lu!! ill YUkIi-.U is divided as In tin- (ii.ieinor'o reBpoiislhility for the Kir. porl.i I; in hiiii!s, hut there is a Konernl uu dercui i .-nt of .tlifaetion at the result. Tho bidv t thi lef.-o Coiton vi:s Inkon to Nojloil. Thir'.e ii vouiik lri ?udeii! of the Wi s;, irn Sii-.-iilnaiy for Girls, In Oxford, ., were suspend' d Tor ladi-eorous ponduet In Holding nn tu i 1 1 a ion in n cemetery vault. Albert I!. Talbott, who wn lo have been Uft n an at bis brother's :narrl:iL;.i to .diss I.uey Ill.'retiifT. of lialU eoiinty, Ky.. cliiiLged plaees nud becanii thu girl's hililmnd. The York Pol ton JIllls 'Jou;iaiiy, of South Carolina, will dfiliiet tl reo per oent. from the annual dividend and add It to the vng en tjt thu operatives. After a quurro! with her lover In Paternon, N. J., Hlsu Anno Volunde laid tier head on a railroad truck and allowed ti train to do uupllute her. Dr. Jl. A. Ward, of lla'timore, and II. W. Gntc-woed, of Old l'olnt, bad H narrow a onpu from drowning in Hampton Itomls. Iu Mount JCUko, N. Y., llrs. George I'elnel attempted to lash Frank Drovt foogle for ifioklng fun nt her bushaud. Lena C. ok.lu Philadelphia, made a fourth tilisue,-es(ul int. mpt t kid liers.-lf. Captain George II. Flagg Ulud lu Churles town. W, Vu,, of apoplexy. Volney V. Ashford, formerly a Uawallun revolulluiilst, db U In Oakland, C'al. The dliTerencei between II. 0, Frlck and Andrew Carnegie huve boon eettled. This announcement was mndu olll .'lully by tho Ciiruegie hteel Company. Tho Jii aueau I.lner Hoiig-Koug Maru has arrived from the Orient via Honolulu. No mails nor pussuuger will be lauded untl. the vessel hint been paused by the quarantine iuspeetorn, tdierllT Hater, of Frankfort, swore In n p0(so of I'M s edal deputy sherlll's. About half of those swwrn in are membera of the ;iew Boekhnin luililia uoinpitny recently or (anl.cd. DELAGOA BAY AWARD DFX'l.sION OF TIIK SWISS COt'IlT OIT A It It IT It AT I O.N THE M MURDO CONCESSION. The I'nrtnatiesn inverninertt C'nridemn"rt to I'uy Over Kirteen Million i'rnq, With I'lve Per t ent. Interest Per Anlium Miicn ism, to the I lilted States a"d Orent Itrllaln. Berne. HwlW-rlntid, (Hy Cable.) Tho lwls ;ourt of Arbitration nnnotineed Its ileeKlon In the D.iiugoa liny ease. Following Is the text of the decision, which is In six clause-: "Firs. The PorturiicHO Government ns the defending partv, Is condemned to pay to the Govet-nmuiit of the Hulled ijtnteH and to Great Ilrltaln, the claimants, altogether, In addition to the l'2V 00 paid on account In Is'J , tlie su:n of 1 .",:! 1 4 .IK 0 francs in legal Swiss moie y, wlt.'i simple Interest on this sum nt the rate of five per cent, per annum from Juno 2.", lHS'J, up to the du'.o ol tB'' nient of said sum. ".Second Tim sum, nftor di'ductlng what Is necessary to defray the cost of arbitration falling on the claimants and lu addition tj the balance of X2H,0'M paid ou account In 1H!)0. shall bo employed In tho payment of bondholders nnd other creditors, if there Is need, or the l dagoa Pay Hallway Compiiny, according to their standing. The claimants will draw ur n scale of distribution for ihls purpose. The Portuguese Government wlil have to pay Into the bands of the govern ment of the United States tho sum which, according to said scale, idiall accrue ti Me Murdo, represented by said government In her quality of bondlioldlng creditor of tho first nnd second degree. It will pay the surplus to the Government of Great llrltaiu for tho benefit of all others having rights. "Third The delny of six months lixed by tho last line ot clause IV. of the arbitration compromise shall run from this day forth. "Fourth The costs of tho arbitration, ac cording to a scale to be drawn up In accord ance with clause V. of the arbitration com promise, will be borne In equal parts by tho three parties to tho suit, that Is to sny, n third part by each of them. "Filth -The conclusions of tho pnrtles In sofar as they diff-r from tho above award are set aside; ".Sixth -An authentic Ropy of the present nward will lu delivered through tho Inter mediary of the Swiss federal council to each Of the throe parties to the case." The award Is unatiluioiH. Lisbon, (Iiy Cable.) The IJ irno nward has been published hero. Tho preamble says: "After deliberation, the court decrees aa follows: "First The court rejects nil demands In favor of n final inquiry. It declines also to separnte the judgment on the principal ob-j'-ct of litigation from that denllng with the Indemnity dti" for the territory In question. "Second On the other hand, the court decides to deliver forthwith Its definite de cree on the main question, nnd to communl cnte to the parties nn authentic copy of Its essential points, the complete decree, with recital of tho reasons, to follow after a short period. In 18G0 the Portuguese government con cluded a commercial treaty with tho Houtn African republic. Great IJ'ltnln claimed the bay under a concession which had been ob tained frdm a native chief by a Ilrltlsh naval extilorlng expedition In 122. Portugal re sisted the claim, and in 1875 It was referred to the arbitration of Marshal MeMahon, then president oT the French republic. Throe years later ho awarded the territory to Port ugal. Hlnce the nward th-ro have been fre quent rumors that Great Ilrltaln would ac quire the territory, but the pride of Portu gal always prevented tho sale, la 1S83 Colonel McMurdo, an American nlt'zen, obtained from Portugal a conces sion to construct a rnllwny from Lourcnzo Jliirquezto Komatlpoort on the Transvaal border. IP) pushed tho work, but died be fore it was finished. Thereupon the Portu guese government, taking advantage of a technical brench of contract, because of the noncomph tlon of the line to Pretoria, a originally agreed upon, cancelled tho con cession nnd confiscated the railway. This was on June 34, 1H8D. The shareholders protested, and nft'-r v'gorous representa tions on tho part of th Ilrltlsh and United States governments Portugal consented, after long delays, to rofor the matter to arbitration. The Swiss court was appointed' for C'U purpose. The railroad whj opened la 11'Jl. 1'OKTO It ICO HKOTKST. Many Noted Speakers Oppose Uo lo posed Turin". New York, (fimclal.V-Between throe and four thousand people gathered at Carnegie Hall at a meeting called to express sympathy for Portd ltlco Hud to proteat ugalnst tho proposed tariff legislation. Homo three bun- I dred Porto Iticau residents of this cttv at tended. Speeches were made by tho chairman, C. C. Hhnyiiej F.x-AsUtant Secretary of lliu Navy William MeAdooj Senator William E. Mason, of Illinois; Senator William V. Allen of Nebraska; Congressman John Icn,lz ot Ohio, and Kx.-Gov. James T. Campbell! of Ohio. S"iuitor Wellington, who was to have rr.ado an address, was umdiln to attend. JUG h.ll I. ItOllllTilty. Ilur-lnrs Mnks Off With HIS.oou Worth of Jewelry and Hlninonils, New York, (Special. ) Homo time during the night the Grand-street Jewelry store 1 1 Isidore Welnstelu was burglarized of 1510JQ Worth of jewelry anil diamonds. The big safu was practically destroyed. The burglars tiled the heads of the bolts In the back of tn safe off. They then out the back plate and removed tho aibestos lining. Killed Ills llrotlier-ln-r.aw. Paris, T Miti., (Special.) Dr. P. M. Mai oolm, of Owens Hill, shot and killed his brother-in-law, Milt Perry. A dispute over laud caused a quarrel between them. Mai. colm surrendered, claiming self-dofon.-e, llotli men are prominent. JAPAN lis!''. l.AIIOKKItS. TbnlrStes ly lull it Alarming California Worklugmeti. Sun Fr.inelseo, Cal., (rfp loisl.) Worklug men lu this State are b ieoului nlanu 'd at tho steadily Increasing number of Japan -so Immigrants. It Is stated that sluna January I, 18911, no less than U.411) lahnrers from Japan huve a rived lu this country, and the Immlgrutlou Bureau Is Informed that 1,4110 more aru duo here shortly. According to Labor Commissioner North, 7,000 pas -.ports have been obtained lu Japan ese for luborera Intending to ooius to this country. A MiiiU.vr from I'ersla. Washington, (8 vclnl.) The Hhah of Per sia has appointed Motakham EJ Dowleb tnlulslter plenipotentiary of I'ersl i to the United States. The 1'erslai mission has been vacant for some years past. United r-tates Minister I) iwen, nt Teheran, la com-mU-ilimtiug the news of lliu appointment to the Suite Department, strongly oommuudl the bhah's nation. The Last hpan I ullt. ltlohmond, V I., f Special.) Tim last span of too itiuuiu oud, P Hursuurg aad Carollua It il.wiy brld lii'Mi tie J nn is Itiver at tnU euy, Is U ilslied. This, barring a tu ml e gap under oou-triiotlon, gives the Sea board kysteis a completed Hue from Biuli uiuud lo Taiupa. Fia. I BOERS MAKE A HAUL. They Captors Six of ilot" Cnnnon anC Moine Men Ilrltlsh Walk Into a lra;. London, Eng., (Iiy Cnolo.) A force ol liners lias mad a daring raid close te Bloemfomein and captured six ot Lord Hob orts' cannon, besides a number of men. British dispatches state that It was u "lloei trap" one of those wnlch the burghers were so successful lu using when they were less heavily outnumbered. Tne Boers lay In am bush In tho bed of n creek, and few lives are said to hnvo been lost, as most of the British who were passing that way had walked Into the trap before a shot had been llri d. The whole BrltUh force engaged though not all of It, or perhups not even half of It, nppears to have (men captured included four bodies of men under Colonel Broad wood. Their numbers aru not Mated, but from the description of tho commands th-y tnny bo estimated at from 2.300 to 8, .11)0. This force had been at Thnbn Nelnl, 40 miles east of Bloemfoiiteln. Boers threatened It and compelled it to retreat to the B oeinfou teln water works, about 15 miles from the Free State capital. Attacked lu this position from tho renr on Saturday morning, Colonel Broad wood sent off part of his men as a convoy for his six guns nud kept the rest to net as a rear guard. The whole convoy walked into the ambush and was captured. Lord Huberts heard of the loss n'ld sent Geiiural Colvlllo's division of about ld.UOO men to attack the Boers, which they were doing at Inst neconuts. Colvlllo may benblc to recover the captured convoy. The num ber of British prls oners who fell Into tho hands of the Boors Is not stated. Tho Boers uro imperilling themselves by going so closo to Bloemfoiiteln. In their ponltiou they are practically in Lord Bob erts' roar. Tlielr fight onTaursday at Karen or Mafetkop, 21 miles north of Bloemfoiiteln, may have been Intended to ciiu-e Huberts lo send largo masses ol troops in that direction while thoy attacked the capital from tin east and r-ar. It has recently been reported that President Kruger said ho would retake Bloom fontoln. Under their new eommnnder-In-chief, Gen. Louis B itha, the Boors arn expected to be much uioro aggressive than under Joubcrt. Accounts of the fight on Thursday nt Ka reo or Mafetkop are beginning to eomo In. British dispatches estimate the Boer force then engaged at 0,000. The burghers wert attacked by an overwhelming body of Lord Huberts' troops, and after lighting from It o'clock In thu morning until suudowu re treated north toward Brnndfort. Au account or the battle of Splon Koj January 21, wrltteu by n correspondent in side the Boer lines and sent by mail, statet that the feat of the Bjers on that oceuslon outdid JMnJiiba. It is reported in London that the Boel pence commissioners who lire on their way from Lorenzo Marque?, boar a request to th United states to estubllsh a protectorate ovui the Bjer Hepubllcs. KVANS W1M. HAT A Mill. Captain lias "laiteo l'p" Kueinles anil Will Not stop at Fruit Cuke. Washington, (Special.) dipt. Hobley 1). Evans, commander of the battle ship lown lu tho Santiago battle, has reco ved the larg est fruit caku ever presented to any naval commander. The cake weighs nearly 10V pounds, nud was the centerpiece at n large dinner given him February 22 at Peoria, III He described the caku aud Its presentation as follows: "When I was called on to make ft speech tho tonstmast.-r told me thut fear lug, perhaps, I would feel lonely way out there In Illinois far from the navy, the clut had provided a warship for me, and In fact the Iowa was then near at baud. Then this Immense cake, worked Into a perfect minia ture lawn, was put on the table In front ol mo. The ship was reproduced lu cuke tc perfection. There was every gun, overy bit of spar work and ull the details curefull outlined. Threading It wore a number ol tiny electric wires through which a current run lighting up the Interior of the vessel and making her appear beautifully realistic The cake was about seven feet long, and thf other proportions inululnlued to u careful scale. The people told me they would send It on to Washington. As It Is u fruit cake. It cannot but Improve with age, and I ex pect to have some of It le a year hence." IMI'OKTS FOIt F1VU YEA Its. Averaged :iH,71K,lrv7 Annually Sugar ami Coll'ee Figures Washington, (Special.) A stutoment show ing the sources or the agricultural Imports Of the Uulted States during tho live llscal years 1804-1808 has been prepared by Frank 11. Hitchcock, chief of the foreign markets seotlon of" tho Agricultural Department. During the years named the Imports had an average annual value of $308,784, 1.17. Sugar, coffee, hides mid skins, wool, silk, vegetable llbeis, fruits nud tea weru the ar ticles Imporled most extensively , Jleusured lu value, those eight Items formed over four llfths of our total Import trade lu agricul tural products for the period mentioned, their combined vuluo uveraglng about tS00 -000,000 a year. Of this sum more than oup-ha!f was pah! ror two commodities sugar and eoh.:e. Tho average yearly value of thu sugar Im ports for 1SH4-1898 amounted to y0.418,CC, uolTee 83,570,101!. ( INIVKltSiIXV GKTS W 1,0110,000. Chicago Institution's F.iitlou iiiont is Now SI 1,000,000. Chicago, (Special.) The University of Chicago Is richer by over four millions thuu It has ever been before. John D. Itockefeller, the Standard oil maguute, has confirmed his gilt or 4)2,030, 000 to the university nud President Harper has supplemented It Willi the announcement of contributions lu cash and land aggregat ing lu value more than two millions. The total endowment ol the University is HI, 000,000. Health onlclnls I-ear Nostrums. The annual report of the Norrlstown Board of Health contains this pertinent observation against a growing evil to which rural com munities are subjected: "We are about adopt ing an ordinance to prohibit the distribution" from bouse to house ot sample drugs nud so called medicines, by putting samples upon stoops and lu doorways." A Ktore llurglnrlveil. Danville, Va., (Special. )Tho store of J fl. Muse, near Sago, Va., 30 miles from Dan vllle, was entered and robbed ol about tliO lu currency. The snfe.w as wrecked by the cracksman, who made good his escape. A tramp who visited the store Is suspected The proprietor tracked the man a mile t j small pieces of money dropped in his flight He has offered a reward of 60 for the artes: of the burglar. A German tttateanian luaane. Berlin, (By Cable.) Carl O rtel, a we'i known member of the Helcbslag, has beuuuit Insane. Insane Soldiers Sent Home. Manila, (By Cable.) -The Uulted Rlatei transport Sheimau sailed with a battalion n, the Fourteenth Infantry, Caplulns ltlebaic T. Yentmnn, Armand I. Lasselgue and Wil liam S. Bldilie, Lieutenants Hubert Fl-ll and 0 Ivr, 175 military prisoners and 2! lusaue soldleis. Arrested on a Serious Charge. Warsaw, Va.. (Special.) II. P. D idson. ol Lancaster county, was arrested and taken before Justice Plnunrd, charm d wllh burn. Ing his (D d'ouY) i-tur-hou-e and tha s ore house of J. F.. Coliui'l ee, of thut count)'. Examliuitiou of vhurges was postponed fur Ul days. READY TO FIGHT. N'KAItl.Y 3O,O00 IUSSIAN TltOOr MOIIIM.KO M-.AIt 11 1) MS A. SQUADRON IN READINESS. Active Preparations for a Move oo Con. stantlnople should the Snllnii I'rovo In tractable -ltusslaii Onrrlsons Along I lie Armenian I rentier Greatly Jncrenscd Ititssla's DemnuiW. London, (By C.iWo) Tho Standard gives extreme prominence to the following special dispatch from Odessa, Hu'sln: "There can be no longer any doubt ns to tho object of the warlike preparations now bi Ing completed lu South Bula. Nearly 2J0.0U0 tioops have already been mobilized near this place for active service. Tho Biaek Sen squadron, with transports, Is held lu Instant readiness. "The tension lu the, relations between St. Petersburg and the Sublime Porto becomes every day more ncute. The position Is looked upon with tho gravest apprehension. "If the Ottoman Government, supported by Germany, should prove stubbornly In tractable with regard to Bussla's couces slouaiy demands in Asia Minor serious com plications must inevitably ensue. The Hussluu garrisons In the Caucasus u"'1 along the Armenian frontier huve been In creased fouifjld and equipped for active Servlec." Odessa, tho grcnt liusslan pert on the Black Sea, Is "7e miles across that sea from Constantinople. Tho reported presence or thu transports there would Indicate nn In tention to move tho Husslau troops by sea mid put thom nshorn near Constantinople under cover of the Black Sea squadrou's jjuns should war break out. B -twoeii Odessa nud Turkey by the lnnd route nre Houmauin, Bulgaria nud Eastern Boiiinelin, which aro supposed to be under ititsslan Influence. By tho most fnvorablo land route the ill-tanee from Odessa to Con stantinople Is over 500 miles. The Hussian demands on Turkey for con cessions lu Asia Minor uro understood to bo for railroad conceshl ns Involving praetioul control of all Northern Asia Minor, BOER RAID. Threatening Lwrd ltoberts' l.lno uf Com munication Operating lu F'rce Ntute. London, (By Cable.) A censorod dispatch to the Dally Chroulclo from Klmberley, says: "Four hundred Free Staters have takeu possession of the road between Klmberley und I'nardoberg. They have seized a farm near Pandumsfontoln, where a number of nrmy horses hnd becti sent to rest nud graze. It Is rumored that their object Is to raid the railway by way of Jiieobmlul." The Capo Town correspondent of the Dully News, telegraphing Tuesday, says: "It Is Improbable thut the advance from Bloemfonteln will be made for another month. General Clements is udvanclug to Bloemfonteln In four eclumns. When Lord Huberts begins the march northwnrd General Gutaero will be left In charge of Bloemfon teln. The! Colonial Government has ordered the Cape Volunteers to withdraw south of the Orange river for fear of accentuating racial feellug." Lord ltoberts cables to the Wnr Ofllco as follows from Bloemfonteln, uuder date of Monduyi "Captain Sloano-Staulcy, ot the Sixteenth Lancers, was slightly wounded In nn affair of outposts north of the Moddur river March 25." A dispatch from Bloemfonteln to the Times nmplllles Lord ltoberts' dispatch as follows: "A cavalry recoiiuolssaucu was made on Sunday toward Brandfort. The Sixteenth Lancers, by skirmishing, drew the Boers from their position Into the open, when tho Ninth Lancers nttemptod to outflank the eunniy while they were engaged from thu front by a dismounted section of the Six teenth Lancers. Our-cusuallles are reported to be few," A dispatch to tho Dally Telegraph from Bloemfonteln says: "The Transvaalers have arrested Com mandant 1'ritnloo, who hnd settled upon a farm 20 miles north of Bloemfonteln, wish lug to enjoy peace uuder British rule." I'HKACilUI) WITH I1LAI K KVKS. Itev. Mr. MuMiinaway Got the Worst of a Ftstfe Encounter. Columbia, S. C, (Special.) Hev. J. F.. McMauawuy, pastor of First Baptist Church, nt Greers, went Into Ids pulpit Sunday with black eyes and swollen face the result of n light with Lewia Cunuon, a well kuowr. young ttitti!, There was a question ns to whether a certain lot ndjolnlug the cemetery belonged to the church or David Cannon, one of Its prominent members, nud young Cauuon benring the preacher had used duiogutory remarks about Ids father went to his home. Mr. MeMnhawuy disclaimed thu remarks, but on being attacked by Cannon he made a good light, but was outclassed. ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Dr. Martlneau said on tho occasion of his SOtli blrthdayi "I have so many friends lu both worlds that I know not whether to wish to stay or dor art." Governor Booaovelt Is to spend bis next vacation on n shooting trip la malue. Gov ernor Smith, of 'Vermont, Is an expert shot und very road of hunting big game. Lx-Congressmnn John Davis, of tho Fifth Kansas district, has becomo totally blind. He was on ot the founders of the Popullat party nud snrved two terms lu Congress. April 1 next will mark the 200th linn! rer sary of the day when the ano.-stors of Lord Husebery, the family of Primrose, became ennobled under thu t'tle ot llosehery. In Charles Frauds Adams' recently pub lished biography of his lather be mentions theuames of a number or distinguished men. Including Gnlushu A, Grow, of Pennsyl vania; Lot M. Morrill, ut Maine, and L, Q. ('. I.uiuhu, ot Mississippi. Curiously enough he locates thom respectively lu Illinois, Ver mont and Alabama. The Duchess of Cobourg, better known ni the Duchess of Ed in burg, It said to be ex tremely popular lu thu the country wuure she now resides. During thu past 13 months of his Presi dency of Oherdn Collega Dr.iJ. H, Burrows has delivered 101 sermons, lectures und ad dresses. Michael J. Dady, the Brooklyn ooutraotor, who has been trying for so long to have thu Uulted States sanction hat contract for new streets and sewers In Havana, now intends to secure a controlling Interest in La Lu.-ba, the leading newspaper there, aud to become Its editor. Sir Charles Gnvnn Duffy, who has been speaking his mind i n the reunion of tha Irish and Natlonalist-i, Is the Nestor of Hi bernian polltb-s, the senior t ollt oal prison. of our time, and no Kx-Preinlor of thu Au trnlliiu Colony ol Victoria, Surviving friends ot Edwin Forrest have jolued III placing upon the front of his for-ni-r homer In Philadelphia, now the School of Design for Women, a eommumoratlvu tut. lei of bronze. Queen Willielmlna, of Holland, Is much i.-rl.-ved over thu war In South Africa. Both she und h -r mother uro constantly contrl i utlug funds lu nld ol the Boers, She is fuby persuaded that the E.iglUh people are lu the wrong. POVERTY DROVE HIM MAD. Orcailful Heed nf a Poor Wooilchoppor Killed Ills Wire and One Son Wllh nn Axe. Calais, Mo., (Speclal.)-Frcd Iloyuolds, a Wood-chopper a. B d Beach, a small lovro nbout ton miles from hero, while Inrane, killed his wife and one son wllh an axe, In lured another son seriously, and burned tho houso to the ground. Reynolds then ran up the street, flourishing his axe; but finally was taken Into custody, offering no resist ance. Ho was brought to this placu for sufo keeping. Little is known of r.oynolda' formor life. Several yen's ago he was married to Miss B -arinan, an English girl, who had not been very long iu America. The fninl.y moved to lied Beach nbout three months ago. The fnmlly consisted of Reynolds nud his wife and two sons, ono between bIx nnd sevon years or nge, and tho other about three years old. Tho fact that the family was very poor had become known to the townspeople, and n fews days ago assistance contributed by the citizens pluoed the family above immedi ate want. It. ynolds appeared as usual during the early hours. At about ten o'elock, however, be entered the house, and with nn axe as saulted his wife. She was almost instantly killed, and the elder sou was killed outright. The three-year-old boy was frightfully cut, his scalp being entlroly torn off by a blow from tho axe. Ho Is fatally hurt. Reynolds set lire to the houso, ami It was burned to the ground. As tho flames swept through thu small structure. Reynolds rushed up tho street of tho llttlo town, still carrying the nxe, which ho flourished so wildly thut no one dared approach liltn for a'lme. At leugth, however, his fury waned, nud he was placed under restraint. When he was being brought to this city Reynolds again became violent, and his struggles were accompanied by loud, Inarticulate cries. Ho was placed in a cell nud manucled, for fear he might do some iojuiy to himself. Reynolds novel drank liquor, and seemed to be a very quiet, inoffensive man. Ho was about forty-two years of ago. His wife wus thirty-suveu. CHICAGO Til KATF.lt 111 It.NKII. Flames ltroali Out lu the Apartment in the Building. Chicago, (Special.) The Columbia Thea ter, ouo of tho oldi-Kt and most popular play houses t:i the city, was destroyed by lire, en tailing a loss of 100,000. The flru was discovered In tho laundry of the Iroquois Club, which occupied apart ments ou the sixth lloor of thu buikiiug. It is supposed thut some hot couls dropped from the stove to the floor. Tho flumes spread with great rapidity, und within ten minutes aRer the discovery of the fire the theater was bejond saving. Occ ipaiits of the building nnd employes of thu theater and the club wore driven to the street In such bustu that in tho excite meut three women wero overcome. Before the Uro was extinguished thu following were injured: Frances Miller, overconio by smoko nnd her face cut; taken from the sixth floor by John Crllly. a porter of tho Iroquois Club. John Burns, fireman, bit by fulling glass, and cut about the race nnd head. John Courtney, policeman, struck by roll ing cornice and glass; head cut and shoulders bruised. Mary Ellis, foil down stairs; wrist sprain ed and head cat. Mrs. Mary Robinson, hurt about face and head. The losses are distributed as follows: Columbia Theater Amusement Company, of Chicago, owner of the building, $ 125,000 Klaw A Erlauger, proprietors of the Hogere Bros. Company, jllS.OOO; Iroquois Club, jlO, 000; D. M. Bernstein, Jeweler. 5,000; How land block, 11,000; Hiinuan & Hogg, saloon, 3,0C0; Chicago National Bank, 3,000; Bellevuo Medical Institute, $3,000. A company owned by Klaw A Erlnnger, ol New York, aud beaded by Rogers Brothers, presenting "Rogers Brothers In Wall Street, wus playing uu engagement ut the theuter. PIUI.KTAS NAlVVKIt DUAL). l'uruier United States Mouutor and Multl Mlllloualra Luinberiiiau. Oshkosh, Wis., (Special.) Former United States Senator Phlletiu Sawyer died ut tho residence ot bis sou, E. P. Snwyer, in this city. The Illness resulting In his death be came serious at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Tue attack at Urst affected thu stomach, but later other organs became Involved, und ror several days his acondltlon had been con sidered critical. Senator Sawyer was 82 years old. Mr. S iwyer seemed to be feeling a llttlo belter, when lie suddenly settled back und died. Mr. Sawyer was known as tho "Grund Old Man of O.-hkuBh." Wuon his death was an nounced Hugs wero placed ut halfiiuiHt ull over thu city and expressions ot sorrow wero general. Kx-Scnator Sawyer was burn In Rutland cuuuty, Vermont, September 22, 18UI. His Urst political houor was his election ns au Aldermen ot this city. Iu 181)4 ho was elected lo Congress, where he remained for 10 years, und lu 18(1 lie was elected to thu Uulted Mates Senate aud served In the upper house. Tilt ijLIClCN TO MItS. JOIHKIIT. Au Expression of Sympathy to the Widow The Fuueral. London, (By Cable)--ljueen Victoria has cabled to Lord Roberts asking him to con vey te Mrs. Joubert, widow of General Jou burt, her syuipu'.hy ut thu Ions ot her hus band, m.d to toil her that tho B.ltlsh people always regarded thu dead geuerul as u gal lant soldier and honorable foenian. Tho funeral of (K-neral Joubert took place aud was attend.-d by all olusses. The fur nun military attache, Iu uniform, were among tlio-e present, and the British officers who are prisoners in Pretoria s -nt a wreath. There were universal signs of mourning. Fiitherum! ftoii skilled New Martinsville. W. Va., (Special.) Wil liam Smith and sou weru killed by nn ex plosion of glyjerlne. They were bringing glycerine down thu creek In n skiff and when about three-quarters of a mile above the city the exploslou took place. A ItC 11 1 HALM I OUII11.S OK A 11. Ihu Noted War Corrcspuuinuut Fusses Away at HI Huiua. London, (By Cable.) Archibald Forbes, tho well-known w.ir correspondent, died lu this city. 11 ) had be m in bad health for soma years, tnd during the last six months hud been uu able to write or to d) anything, owing to jouiplleatiou arising from rheumatism and paralysis. He spent most of his time at his home in Loud ju. His wife was a Miss Meigs, daugh ter of the lato 0, -nirterinaator-Oonornl of the United States Army, Gen. M. C. Meigs. I'NUKII TIIK 14TH AMKNPHUNT. A Colored Uwjrr lu PlUsburg Gets ,e Judgment, P.lt-hurtr, ra.,( Special. ) The jury In the n. of Assistant District A toruey Walter E. BI lows, uiilorod, ngnlust Willi im J. M" Cnrihi', a prominent restaurant keeper who refused to S'-rve u meal to B Rous and his emu anion, 0 mgrei-smuu G 'orire W. Wh.t", of North Carolina, a so on ored, remmed a v-rdiet in favo- of the p nlntiff lor 0 ceuts. U.iiows iiski d 5,000 damages. Puiulilu ou HI Wlf.'s Grave. ' Franklin, r.i (Special.) Amos KhW. wh shut as. I kllied I. Is wbe a' Oil Cliv, committed Jul. -Id. i lu thee met. -ij i.ure, uit r Vis ting thu ur.ive of h S w fe. KEYSTONE STATE. r.ATKST NEWS) GI.KANF.D FKO.U VAItt OUS I-AHTS. AMOS ELDERENDS HIS LIFE After Visiting Ills Virion's Grave t!e Com-mlttfl-l .Nnlcldo In Adjoining Cemetery Sleeping llesldenls of Miiimnkln Hurled From Hml by Accident In Mine Mrs. Btaiirer llorr.bly Horned. Amos E'der, who murdered his wlfo at Shelf homo In O'l Cily, ended his own life putting n bullet through his brain. Tho body wns found iu n sitting position on a grave In the Cathollo cemetery by tho sex- ion, inn murderer bad evidently previous ly visited the grnve of bis victim in the. Pro testant iim...rr n .1 1 ,.l .. I .. . T I.U vl..ltl : - - - j .j... .u ....... hand was grasped the weapon with which ue Kiueu nis wire nnu completed the net 01 Relf-d.'S! rnelOin Tr ! lw. rrn.,u,..l ni.lnlrtn that Elder bad been in this Immediate vicin ity Binoe tliu murder. He had heel, bitter against his wlfu aud family sluou their scpa tlon from him. Kwnycil Over Cuve-lu. The residents of Line street, between Jnrdln and Chestnut streets, Shenandoah, were suddenly awakened from Ihelr sleep in 1 o ciocK uy tue swnylng, creaking nnd loud cracklnir of their homes. Uoon Invep. tlgatlou It wns found that the disturbance Was due to a cave-In In tho inside workings of the Kohlcy Run Colliery. The plaster fell from tho walls and ceilings nud water pipes bursted. Hooding the cellars. The houses are from ten to twelve- iuohes out of line and lean northward, and are In n dan gerous condition. Peonle were thrown from bod by the force or the Jar. The property owners nave entered suit against the Thomas Goal company Tor damages. Woman I'ntls Info Caldron. Mrs. Samuel Maurer, Go years old, Is lying critically 111 nt her home, lu Mt. Cnrmel from tho effects of n horrible accident. While stirring soap, which was boiling In a larg? kettle, lu the yard, she was seized w th ver tigo and toll across the kettle, her arms en tering tho hot soap almost to the shoulders nnd chin, nnd striking ngnlnst the kettle, inflicting deep wounds. John Isenbnch, ngca a years, a wltn -ss to the accident, sum moned aid. William Clevenstlne and George Wark rescued tho woman, who hnd lain five minutes over the kettle. Wblln there her clothes caught lire from the burn Ing wood beneath tho kettle. The lower part of her body was enveloped In flames when the rescuers arrived. In addition tc injuries about the arms nnd body, Mrs. Mouror's face was horribly sciilded by tht steam, which arose from tho boiling soap imiuoeters pronounced her onso hopeless F'ormer Assemblyman Dies. Hon. John Roland, engaged In tho news paper business at Pottsville for many years died, aged 03 years. Ho was prominent it politics, in 1880 ho was elected a memboi of the Legislature from this county ou the Doinocrutla ticket, nnd after the expiration or Ills terra served as t-ergennt-nt-arms. Ho was the first town clerk of Mt. Carbon. He uervud us a member of tho School Board 1 1 that place for twenty years. Mr. Roland eu- listed lu the three months' service during the Civil War. Ho was ulso treasurer of th Schuylkill Pen aud Pencil Club. Dontli Claims George W. Hill. Aftor teu days' Illness with pneumonia George v. Hill, ono of tho prominent cltl zens of Dolaware county, died at bis home in Jledlu. He was born on the Cherry 1111! Farm, In Middletown Township, in 1832, and resided lu Delawure county all of his Ufa His wifo und three daughters survive him Deceased belonged to George W. Biirtratn Lodge of Masons, of this borough, having joined lu 1NC5. Ho was one of tho prominent nnd active members of tho Rose Tree Foi Hunting Club. Deputy Iterortler of OvoUs Dies. 8. C. Weudley, deputy Recorder of Deed of Chester county, died at bis home nt Strat ford from cousumntlon. acred about novem- Mr. Weadley was a former resident of Phlla- uuipnin, ana wus widely gnowc throughout the State. Ho served a term as State coun cilor ot the Junior Order United American Mechanics. Ho was Instrumental Introduc ing iu Chester comity tun Massachusetts plan of centrallratlou of schoolchildren in country districts. Hoy and Home lliirned, Tho homo ol Mrs. Jacob Adams, neat Moselem Springs, in Richmond Township, was destroyed by lire, and her 7-year-old grandson, Irvln Oswald, perished In the Humes. Mrs, Adams Is u widow and resided In the house with her two sons aud one grandson. They were awakened by smoke. She and her sons fled lu tlielr night clothes. The irriLiiihioti whs nenned in. and It wan Im. possible to reach liltn. Tho tiro ivn3 cuusud i .!.... n.. ujr u uuicubiv1-! uu.-. To Destroy Giant I'iiiglue. The work of br.'uklug up Into scrap Iron thu big und famous engine, "Pnsidont," at tho Friensvllle Zinc Ore Mines near B--thle-hem, was beguu. The Philadelphia firm that purchased the onco largest stationary engine In the world has a largo force of men employed. It will take three months to flu-l-h tho Job. lury lteports Hrlbery. The Scrnnton grand jury made piee-nt-ineuts to Judge Edwards ngnlnst a number of persons who, It Is alleged, havo been guilty of accepting or giving bribes In con nection with the administration of city af fairs. On these the Judge directed that In dictments be founded, Factory l'.a.o Cost .M),noo. Fire complet 'ly destroyed the plant of the Mountvllle Manufacturing Company, located nt Mountvllle, Tho loss Is estimated at $50,. 000, ou which there Is nn Insurance of 420, 000. Forty .bauds will be thrown out of era. ployaient. A spark from thu cupola is oup posed to huve cuused thu lire. Fireman Meets Death, liaaa N. Buzzard, a llrumuu on tho Bungoi and Portlund Hullroud, met d-ath at Naxarutb Junction from injurius received lu a mysteri ous munner wbilu nt bis post on train N i. 8, which left Bangor for Martin's Creek ut O.&t A. M. II Refused to He Comforted. Mr. Henry Irving, tho well-known actor, once took a fancy to a beautiful collie dog belonging to a Highland ibepberd. The man was very unwill ing to part with hU dog, but tbe gum altered for It 60 was a tittle fortuu in bis eyes, and be resolved to sell It There are two In tbe making of a bar gain, however, a the saying Is, and when the collie reached London It re fused to be comforted. In fact, It wai to unhappy in Its new life, and Its mis ery caused Mr. Irving to feel so unconi fortable, that be determined to. restori It to Its old master. Imagine tbe dog' Joy, and tbe shepherd's, too, when th creature, returned to lu Highland heme. One Is reminded of the love oi the Arab for his steed In read-jg of this pretty story, FOREIGN Tha dlanitfA ......... made by the Huh,, J J,,,, ncroaohment Is feg i two Frenoh warship i, n A Pari, newspsp,, ti"' purporting to mv, t !lllo, announcing m routed the Atnorleam'J Arthur O'Conno,',, Tfc, commons, that tho , 1)(, a remedy the ovetu, Jprb .ejected. 'jOI The constituent, 0, 'nU" nember of Parl,l1H; J0" Banded his resin,,,,,!,, T A German crul(,.r , Im nil given tho noire, ft . Iua.t At a luncheon si,,, f," lgn diplomats K:n,,r tii t ;he open-door i)0'., ,loi Whlto. 1 tsn h A Berlin report ol if lemonstratlou In Clii, o London. pa; The price of coal u .5 lent, and factories it, r ( llosed. T A druggist tried to,.' tty shooting ut liimlt, j " Combines nre tlm or fQ! . . ,,u , ,M.. a jiauj. vuiy io, ir , Jiiinufacturers lira . 'yndleate. The li-rmj anve combined. The seal catch this itoiiiners nrrlvlng m y riving m " . nlii,t. n -ger Kmi-rell i ons iiiicni Iif reach 350,000, Tho Dowagi ing aecoratlotis tiionr lion prominent tuum: powers. Chancellor Sir Mi-V.jTj-. nounced thut Sll.stjij loan subscribed fer jj,: ? The 200th aunlvi.r-ip L. omy of Sciences w.h fr , poror made a speei h. '' Chovallor do SouHf u0: Ister nt the Court ol s;'w' dead In bed In Lomu'l 0( Iu the suit nt I.:: wnrdes, for the yi,.X i Bter, Justice Kekcti- lug plaintiff. 1 l) In thu German Pi 16 tl government wus tuiw no quutcd system of car t J0o! Sir Edmund UmicLw te ci envoy ut Copeubai;. a ,.j,0( two- ' lefo OTIS SKNIM tuiTilil J yo Publication of ArtkvDot Military (loiemitWlf Manila, (By CuMe.)-lt I Liberal, Spanish orBa litti plno party, hnvo re:was articles Inimical to Hhi,iioi Genernl Otis hoi ; jB,j journal for sedition,! editor, at the samifc jf, to tho members of tl. .F?. they should observe n- V Senor Paterno.at o:blla tho so-called Fllljilng HI ti celved permission ItjtjOWi coissi to Manlln, Is .-ij- ne self this week at .San I ke Union. .tv Tho rebels In Genni t. becoming aggressive. union garrisoning inci. can was attacked onk: recently. Melnforcess; there. General Young pror-i. 7 rebels aggresslvsiy bt!'"ot sets In. poi dtl OVFIt 350.UUO sl jy ( Catuh F.tla.ateil lo !' C son Than Ht. Johns, N. F., (Cy 13 A lien steamer Leopard, ws Weslevville. in coliii'Qll duo here Tuesday motirigh mers ure expsotid toir Wit Judging from repotti i-ta it total number ot icub'-'e rl about 200,000, und It- :),ee four weeks of the fl-ti -4: run. this total will l"kp6l sixty thousand. YK ' As the outlro cateb 4 f 247,000, this yenr's best within twenty Jtm' 0a t all NO MlNHSWief ; Dni Trenches Dug Sear lu jj, nly to '"' j Frankfort, Ky., (T 1va, can adjutnnt Ken'-lLT , mines ure being laiJiit. . J caidtol grounds, imiliJ."" munlcutlon to the Dim f- jutant goueral Mum 9 I said that some IiiiIIot oon hud dug trenches, aid f laying mines to crests k th work wns entirely nil- f0t kuowledgeof U-uwil Jjj onguged have been il: 'D)j Jouleiny '' l??u New York, (.S.il J1" 22 years old. khh'd 0 'of ago, ac electrlilan.t boarded at Crotty s-.j;u i TOSIh Crottv's wife If tO 111 feeling between th-11 M met his wife ou llieit" 0o' pauy. A quarrel enia,jike a revolver and ahot ' Jfl died utahospitul an--JFftH MurderJl'?l'J Oil Cltr. Pa., f rtptwU- liJ oil-well driller, shot ! I Klder wus lntoxli'st f; s shooting occurred "' ( uo lu which the wonum "-,ko The murderer wvj fieldIfIS Debs will go to l'srii fs8; Austriu had M slrll at Jerusulom has lUtw'w t Kansas has firty-one aht London stores liavoJ'Jow Now York brooin-rod'U , America has 70,W1 Massachusetts has 'Tkii English oolllerh'8 f do St. ruulhasbult" b Beer costs tl.WP,:We The war has dlmto'k), l Africa. J Cleveland pslut"" 'fu- elgbt-hour duy. I Now York coope I, in on May 1. be Toledo carpenWrn 1 with uou-unlonUti. I ( nnmnresaed-llir ""'' i 1 mules lu Michigan u Detroit's mavnr ""bus oompuuy must run m J), Ht. Paul plasteren, 'tjj wou a Strike ocW" j. t Tho Glass Wurksn " : oo-operaMve faotorJ" ti,l(j n...irirl..'s a iVerUO' .1. 1 addressed the uuri" Tha InillalioU Walters' Union hasW"! . A m r nd MT cigniy lllol."- m annually to supply '"V X .1 nt ihMm eoIUtf I1 r A elty ordluuuoe 'J luting to temporary " 1 U .. I II. -IK' '1 which a Mi-no , .1 i hied mieooSlKUH"""!
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