ROUGH ONTTHE CADETS.
Slinging Arraignment of (he Brutal and
Harassing Devices.
THE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION
The Committee Finds (hl Cadets Rretk
tod Boot Were Treated With I'nusual
Severity, Boot Being Especially Maltreated
lor Doing Ilia Duty as a Cadct-The Method
of Fighting Chnrnctcrlcd as Vicious.
Washington. The report of the
special congressional committee wliicli
investigated t lie haing oi Cadet
Boor, iiiul the general subject of hazing
nt West I'nint. was submitted to the
House of Representatives hv the chair-
man of the committee. Representative j
ijick, tngctner witn a mil making s;rm
gent regulations against haini;. fight
ing and all lirutal practices.
I'lie report is an extensive review of
the practice of liaitig in all its forms,
and while moderate in tone, is never
theless a stinging r.rraigtimrnt of the
many alleged brutal practices enumer
ated. It specifies more than one hun
dred distinct methods oi annoying and
harrassing fourth classmen, and de
scribes them in detail. Ine ot the
"funny formations" described is that
practiced on I'hilip Sheridan. Jr., who
was compelled to ride a broomstick "in
mockery of his illustrious father's
achievement at Winchester." The re
port states that a system of fighting has
grown up which is shocking in its char
acter. The fight.s are described, and the
committee states that the West Point
code is more vicious than the Queens-
bury code. the committee hold that
fighting is the worst fortn of hazing.
The report says that such fighting as j
Iti-it :it U nt Po nt is :i i,. onv .1. ri . i
inn t, tli ctnliil in iii-nivr rtf till t
States, and the' time lias come when '
Congress must decide whether tigh's j
i.;i, . ..i i.r n
continue at Wet Pom:.
The committee find
that Cadets
MacAri'iur. Breth and Burton were
hazed into convulsions, others were
hazed until they fainted, while others
were hazed until they were sick.
The hazing oi Cadets Boo, and Breth
are elaborately treated, but the commit
tee does not attribute their deaths di
rcctly to hazing. The report adds:
"But while we cannot fix upon haz
ing the responsibility for these tw 1
deaths, the possibility that it hastened
them and the plot it throws on trie
Otherwise fair and glorious fame ot the!
academy, its conflict with proper train-
ing and discipline and unfitness in this
cew century urges the adopt on of rea
sonable, yet we believe effective meas
ures for its eradication and the promo
tion of discipline at the .i.i:!eiii ."
The hill submitted contains u sec
tions against hazing, and provides
means for its detection and punishment.
Dismissal is provided for taking part in
a fight or a challenge, directly or in
directly, or tor any form of annoying,
harassing or bracing oi cadets.
YOUTH SAVES WHOLE FAMILY.
Dwelling Near Bowie in Which Amanda Clark
Was Murdered Burned.
Eiiwie, Md. (Special). Fire destroy
ed the dwelling located about two miles
rast of this town, in which, on the night
of Saturday. Marcli lS. iSi;r). the negro
boy John Berry murdered Miss
Amanda Clark ;.nd murderously as
saulted her :istcr. Miss Annie Clark.
and for which he paid the death pen
llty.
After the murder the farm and dwell
ing were sold to Fritz Mack. The ori
gin of the fire is not known but it is
thought it caught from a stove in a
room on the ground floor. It was dis
covered by Charles Fladiing. aged 16
years, who lived at the Mack home.
He hurriedly called Mrs. Mack, the
husband being absent, and all the me.11
bers of the janiily having retired she
and her seven children, ranging in age
from 7 weeks to 7 years, narrowly es
caped burning to death. F.verything
was destroyed except the night gar
ments in which the mother and Utile
ones were clad.
THE CUBAN SITUATION,
lotted States Cannot Withdraw From the
Island Before Next Fall. j
Washington (Special). It is now ap
parent to the officers of the administra
tion that it will scarcely be possible for
ahe United States to withdraw entirely
from the government oi Cuba under the !
most favorable circumstances before
noxt fall at the earliest. This is con
ceding the possibility that the Cuban
convention may adopt a constitution en
tirely acceptable to this Government
un or before the first of April next. j
It is recognized on all sides that it
will require several months after the
adoption of the constitution to complete
the organization of the Cuban govern
ment and have it in 'successful opera
tion. All the national officers must be
chosen, laws enacted for the collection
of revenues and the establishment of a
stable government, a police force or
constabulary organized to take the
place of the United S'.ates military force
for the preservation oi peace and the
maintenance of order, and the tnunici
pjl governments organized.
Harrison Wouldn't Sign.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). F.x
President Harrison declined to sign
the petition now being circulated asking
Congress to appropriate $50,000 to erect
a monument on Tippecanoe Battlefield,
the scene of Wni. Henry Harrison's vic
tory, November 7. 1811. General Har
rison said the popular movement to
erect a monument on the field 111 mem
ory oi the patriots who lost their lives
vnuer 111s grandlatlier s leadership waj,
commendable anil uatriotic. anil tier-
onally he would like to see it succeed,
but he Jiad uniformly declined to sign
all petitions to Congress.
Nation Folliwers Killed.
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w, rit v r .1,, 1 :..
stantly killed in Dick Bailey's barber; Lovenng bill, whose purpose is to sc
allop. His brother. J-'.zcll HainiK-k. kl tl,re -laticity for the currency,
fatally shot. The Hamrick boys at-j The charges agams: Delegate W ilcox,
temoted to smash the shoo .il'i, r tli- : oi Hawaii, were taken up by House
Ktvle of Mrs. Nation, while Bailev w.i
sliaving a customer. Uailey laid down
his razor, and picking up his pistol used
it with the result stated. The 1 lam
ricks come of good family. Bailey
cays he had to shoot them in self de
fense. Small Town Destroyed u Fire.
Kvansville, Ind. (Special). A dis
jiatch from Blackford, Ky., immediately
until of here, on the Illinois Central
Railroad, says the entire town was de
stroyed by fire last night, entailing a
loss oi $100,000.
Three Jolata Smashed.
Topeka, Kan. (Special). Telephonic
advices just received from Hottou say
that 1000 citizens banded together and
unshed three joints this evening.
Great excitement prevails there lo-
JMlfhi
NEWS IN BRIEF.
George W. Beard, a lumber sawyer
of Waynesboro. Pa., and Krnest Wey-
ant, his employe, were arrested on the .
charge of faking a highway robbery to ,
11 f t, i' I:.
uciranu ncaru s crciiuoin.
An investigation into the cause of the
.tr.slli ,.f 1)r l'.rtro P.lltl wbn flint ill I
Philadelphia, two vears ago. exonerated '
, . : . ' .....1 ..f 1 : i
his w ife, who was suspected of having !
poisoned him.
Mayor Moss and Councilinen Hughes
and McLaughlin, of Newport News.
Va. gave bail to appear in Kittrt on the
indictments found against them.
The trial was begun in Minneapolis
of Prank Hamilton, a reporter, accused
of the murder of Leonard Hay, a young
millionaire.
Mrs. Mary Rapp Hampton, who
shook hands with l.aiayette, died at her
borne in Phocnixville, Pa., at the age
oi 101 years.
Namcy Suyfes, colored, was arrester!
in koanoi.e. Va.. on the charge of at
tempting to a--ault Mollie Conrad, col
ored. Alonzo Niblack. while speaking to
tiietnbers of his family in York, Pa., fell
lifeless into the arms of his grand
daughter. William Davis, of Crdarvillc. V J..
found a box with some thousands oi
dollars in an old house he recently
bought.
Hie (icrman cruiser incta sailed
from New Orleans, where the officers
and men had been nicelv entertained.
Assistant Postmaster Alexander, at
Emma. N. C. routed fuur masked rob
bers who had broken into the post
office. hannic Lenant. 13 years of age. was
arrested in New York on the charge oi
circulating counterfeit pennies.
Ada Gray, the actress, is reported to
'c "iv'ng at me Home tor incuraoics at
J'Vliiaiu.
The Armstrong Brothers' cork fac-
!orv m Pittsburg was d
lc"i.s 500,000.
At a public mass-meeting held
Topeka. Txan., an ultimatum was adopt
ed giving the "jointists" until noon oi
next Friday to uit the business and
have all their fixtures shipped from the
city, on pain of severe consequences.
Lucy Carter, colored, was tried in
Newport News, Va.. on the charge ot
securing the incarceration of her hus
band in the penitentiary on trumped-up
charges and then marrying another
man. ,
The United States Pipe Line Com
pany, aiter a bitter struggle against the
Standard Oil Comnanv. secured a sea-
board terminal at Marcus Hook, on the
Delaware River.
Justice Russell decided in Ballsto:i.
N. V.. that steam automobiles must
have a flagman, under the law that re-
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It has developed that the '
syivania and the Morgan railroads re-
lusing to
givc v.arnegie iav yu ...ics ,
for his steel products. H
$1500 as the equivalent for every $1000
?ii.iic 111 ill? sluiiv
Judge Lacombe. in the United States !
1 Circuit Court, in New York, appointed ,
UeorgeCould and Helen Gould receivers
of all the income of the Countess de
Ca-tellanc 111 excess of $200,000 per
year for the benefit of her creditors.
The Yale University authorities dis-
claim sanctioning the proposed erection
on the Yale campus of a statue of
Nathan Hale by William O. I artndge.
It has come to light that a number of
merchants in Manila have been trading
with the insurgents, and several arrests
. 1 have been made.
George Foster, former cashier of the
South Danvers National Bank, of Pea
body. Mass., was arrested on the charge
of embezzlement.
C. B. Murfin died while snowballing
with other students at Braden's School,
in Highland Falls, N. Y.
Armcti men patroiec ine property 01
the W. R. Niver Coal Company, near
Mcyersdalc, Pa. j
Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss, the hero;
of Shiloh. died at his home in Bethany, j
Tim t'nit..d Stnt,. Circuit Court of !
. , , , , ,
Appeals at Richmond, 'a.. affirmed the
judgment of the lower court in the !
case of William E. Breese. formerly of,
Charleston. S. C. who was convicted
oi embezzling the funds of the First j
National Bank of Asheville, N. C, anil I
whose punishment was fixed at a '.erm ;
in the penitentiary.
The introduction of evidence at the '
second trial of Dr. Kennedy, charged I
with the murder of Dully Reynolds, has ,
begun in New York.
Congressman Boutelle, of Maine, has J
resigned.
Charles Arncld. aged 23 years, shot
and killed his wife and then committed
suicide in New York.
Robert W
Steele, first territorial gov-
crnor of Colorado, is dead
Scranton, Pa., was'visited ly a $400,-!
coo fire. I
The grand jury of Newport News.
Va.. indicted Allan A. Moss, mayor; J. ,
If. Hughes and Mark McLaughlin,
councilmen; Samuel R. Register, of,
Richmond, attorney for the Newport j
News Railway and Electric Company;:
Philip Marlow. agent for a paving con-;
cern, and B. F. Smith, contractor, for j
bribery and corruption in connection 1
with the awards of city contracts for
street paving, bridge building and the j
construction of the city jail. j
Mrs. Carrie Nation, the temperance
crusader, made no effort to surprise the
Topeka "jointists." Guards were on
dutv about the places. Chief of Police
Start! and Sheriff Cook warned the I
keepers of the joints to close
Tl - ....I 7..-e A r,
.ion of S:,va,,:.l adooted resolutions
1 e c.oineucraic tiuiiins nmm-
:.,;,, un invitation to President Mc -
kinley to attend the reunion at Mem
, phis.
Fish Commissioner Dawney. for the
Western Shore ot
(,,..,, ...I l."r,.,l..rirlr
Maryland, has in -
i-oiintv sDortsmeii
' that oo.o sneckled brook trout audi
! cooo rainbow trout will be supplied for;
I stocking county streams.
, ,toVtoM7Capltal.
1
i Secretary Gage, in
an interview.
de
file ' clarcd himself to
be favorable to
i Committee No. I. and evidence
was
both
. nearii anu m gunn-iua
made on
sides.
Tl' House committee submitted a
majority report favorable to the appro
priation for the Pan-American Exposi
tion at Buffalo.
The Senate confirmed the nomination
of Carroll D. Wright to the Commis
sioner of Labor.
President McKinley sent a long list
of army promotions to the Senate.
The Senate committee confirmed the
nominations of Lieutenant General
Miles and all the major generals and
brigadier generals except Wood, Grant
and Bell.
Mr. Allison, chairman of the Senate
Committee on Appropriations, says
they would amount to $760,000,000,
with obligations for $60,000,000 more
for future sessions. Mr. Hale thought
the amount would be nearer $800,000,
oco for the session.
ERIE FLYER WRECKED.
Five Are Dead, Many Badly Hurt, and
Others Missing.
p. pcrnPFn
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BY STEEL MAIL CAR,
Every Occupant of the Combination
1 j ii a i .1.- n... c
Coach
Killed or Injured In the Crash-Five Soldiers
Among the Victims-Engine .lumps the Rails
on a Sharp Curve and Plunges Into a Hill
Rescuers Quickly at Work In the Debris.
Greenville. Pa. ( Special). Train No.
5. the New N oric Chicago limited, on
the Eric road was wrecked within the
town limits. Five passengers were dead
when taken from tb. wreck, several are
missing and there are many badly in
jured. Hardly a passenger escaped without
some injury. The ill-fated train was
composed of vc-tihii!ed Pullmans, three
sleepers, a day coach, combination
smoker and baggage car and a mail
car. and was drawn by one of the new
Atlantic type oi engine?. It was in
the smoking compartment that death
laid a ruthless hand, for not one of the
to occupants escaped being killed or
injured. This car was telescoped by
the steel mail car ahead, which went
through it as if it were paper.
I he scene of the w reck is on a sharp
curve. On one side. 40 feet below
(lows the Shenango River: on the other
is a sleep bluff. The engine left the
track at the curve, and before it had
gone two car lengths plowed into the
steep hill, where it fell on its side and
was half buried. The train was running
about two hours late and the accident
happened at 7.10. jut about the time
when the occupants of the sleepers had
finished dressing.
After the terrible crash the uninjured
passengers set about the rescue of the
troyed by tire;! dead and wounded, surgeons were sum
n.oned and within a few moments the
dead and dying were being cared for as
fast as thev could be discovered beneath
the wreckage. It was several hours.
however, before the victims had been
removed and placed in the two rear
Pullmans. The engineer and fireman
escaped by jumping, though both were
painfully bruised. Superintendent
Belknap and other officials were early
on the ground. Thev were unable to
assign a cause for the accident unless ,
spreading rails can be blamed.
GOVERNMENT MAKES POOR SALES.
Sold Many Ships for Much Less Than Was
Paid lor Them.
Washington (Special). Senator Hale
submitted to the Senate .1 number of
communications from the Secretary of
the Navv concerning naval aftairs. One
of these is a list showing the names of
vessel, purchased for the navy during
j the war with Spain, together with the
I prices paid, and also a list of such ves-
, -, . . , fn.iier wiih the
J-imj",,
prices received tor them. 1 he latter tn-
the billowing: Ine .iagara.
1 C rifn c.,1,1 l,r "I?E nnn- lt-.loi- ilty.
" ' .lYf.,. e.-rvr u,.nlni.v' $17;'-
c ' soU1 ()r (x".ooo: Vulcan. $.o.ooo.
. suI(j (or Sl-. -.0. (jassjs $,(,0,544, sold
for 1)llrclaM. ,,rjce: Scipio, $X 57(H), sold
j for s:so.t25; Hector, $200,000' sold for
j'so.tso.
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j Christian Scientists Must Be Examined,
jefferson Citv. Mo. (Special). It is
an.10nccd that as a result of a hear-
mg given hy the joint l ommittee on
Ways and Means of the Missouri House
and Senate to prominent Christian
Scientists, the public health committee
will strike those paragraphs of a medi
cal practice bill now before the legisla
ture specifying "that all persons pro
fessing to heal the sick or afflicted"
must undergo examination by a state
medical board. Nearly tooo Christian
Scientists attended the hearing, and
villi; iuiiii ui un" i'iw.i.si.t u.uiii.11 1111.
.,rovisions mentioned.
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Joint Smashera Terrify Wichita.
Wichita. Kan. (Special). Mrs. G.
Bromfield led 20 women in a crusade
at Clearwater. All the joints purchased
immunity by promising to abandon j
their liquor business, which they did.
"t the women now ueinana mat they
t-'ive up their uilhard and pool tables
also. This they refuse to do, and the
w mcn threaten to smash them. A
raid is expected every moment, and the
low 11 is c-Miicu. i lie jijiiuisis say 111c
removal of the liquor brings flieir busi
ness within the pale of the law, ami
that they w ill fight to protect it.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
Some of the Work Being Done By the Na
tional Legislature.
Senator Berry introduced a resolu-
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United Stales Minister to China has
joined the representatives of other
Powers at Pekin in demanding the exe
cution of Prince Tuan or other Chinese
officials; and, if so, by whom he was
authorized to join in making such de
mand. The Naval Appropriation Bill was
under consideration in the Senate, the
debate being on the provision to reduce
the course of study at the Naval Acad
emy to four vears.
Representative Levy introduced in
i the House a resolution for a connnis
j sion to determine the cost to the United
States of the war to secure Cuban in
dependence. An amendment was offered in the
I Senate to the Military Appropriation
j Bill providing for civil government in
I the Philippines.
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! . ln.e lr,en"!i 01 the .snipping tiill in
i ,ne. .cna'? "andoned night
the Senate abandoned
sessions,
and the chances for the
measure are
slimmer than ever.
The bill was passed in the House to
1 , a ''1','niouse aim tog signal
!lt N... I'.illlt I ll..ci ,..' L-M II'. if
1 - -i--s i,.
Majority and minority reports were
presented to the House 011 the Buffalo
Exposition Bill.
The Senate Committee on Privileges
and Elections reported favorably the
bill appropriating $J5.ooo to enable the
Department of Justice to test the con
stitutionality of the act suppressing
rcgro stittrage.
The amendment to strike out in the
Posioliice Appropriaiio.i Bill the appro
priation for special mail facilities were
defeated in the House. The general hill
was then passed.
A bill was reported in the Senate
favorably to prohibit railroad companies
and national banks from contributing
to political campaigns.
A bill was introduced by Senator
Piatt appropriating $750,000 for the
Pan-American Exposition at Buffalo.
In the Senate Mr. McLaiirin, of
South Carolina, made a speech in favor
uf the Ship Subsidy Bill.
The House Committee on Banking
and Currency tabled the bill repealing
the 10 per cent, tax on Slate bank is
sues, and the bill requiring national
bank depositories to pay interest to the
Government on public deposits.
The Senate Committee on Naval Af
fairs favors the construction of three
Holland torpdo-boats instead of four
new vessels, as provided in the bill as
it passed tbc House.
TRADE NEWS OP THE WEEK.
R. 0. Dun k Co. Report That Retail Business
Has Profited by the Colder Weather.
New York (Special). R. G. Dun
ft Co.'s weekly review of trade says:
"More seasonable weather in the Last
has brought up the volume of business
in retail lines a little this week, and
at the West and South distribution of
merchandise is on a satisfactory scale.
Prices of staple products show hut mod
erate decline, and quotations of manu
factured goods are steady in all diicc
tions. "Large operations in the stocks ol
leading steel companies do not affect
the volume of business or the prices ot
their products as yet, and probably will
have no material influence in the fu
ture. "Structural forms are also in notably
brisk demand, and it is impossible to
secure prominent delivery of any finish
ed steel at Pittsburg.
"Textile industries do not revive ap
preciably, even the lower temperature
failing to infuse life into woolens, aside
from better retail dealings. Manufac
turers tnakc small purchases of raw ma
terial.' "Another reduction in the average
price of raw silk makes a loss of nearly
$2 per pound since January 1. 1000.
"Spot cotton lost an eighth on Mon
day and another on Tuesday, malting
the decline $12.50 a bale within a week.
After such a severe reaction to the
lowest point since early in December,
it was not surprising that prices should
steady.
"Wheat fell below 80 cents. Atlantic
exports for the week, including Hour,
were J.R74.1 1 1 bushels, against 2.247,
402 in the week preceding and 2.115.K75
a year ago. Corn is quiet, maintaining
an advance of over seven cents com
pared with the same date last year.
"Failures for the week were 269 in the
United States, against 245 last year and
.15 in Canada, against 33 hist year."
Bradstrcct's financial review says:
"The developments this week have
been calculated to keep the stock
market active and excited. Al
though no new records were made,
the volume of transactions has been pp
to the highest recent level, and there
was evidence that the public has taken
part in the current speculation to an in
creased extent."
DE WET NEAR THABA NCIIU.
His Men Damaged a Train ot Transport Wagons
at Pompcys Siding.
London (By Cable). General Kitch
ener, in a dispatch from Pretoria, says:
"Smith-Dorrien has occupied Lake
Charisse. French is driving back the
enemy to Amsterdam. Dc Wet's force,
is still north of Thaba Nchu. His men
damaged a train of transport wagons at
Pompeys Siding."
The War Office has issued a heavy
South African casualty list, showing in
addition to 13 killed and 77 wounded
in action, 82 deaths from disease during,
the present month. Last month 31 offi
cers and 800 non-commissioned officers
and men were killed in action or died
from disease. The total death list from
the beginning of the war shows 12.989
victims.
Bloemfontcin (By Cable). The Tost
publishes a passionate appeal from Piet
de Wet, chairman of the Peace Com
mission to his brother, Christian, to
surrender.
In a memorandum issued to the
troops under his command at Alder
shot, General Buller, referring to the
British Aarmy in South Africa, criticises
the lack of initiative and independence
of action shown by subordinate com?
nianders, and refers to the independent,
intelligent action on the part of the tank
and file. As regards artillery, he says
too much drill was introduced on the
battlefield, in many cases the action of
batteries being paralyzed by awaiting
the orders of a brigade or division com
mander, many favorable opportunities
being thereby missed.
Thaba Nchu is northeast of De Wets
dorp and east of Bloemfontcin. It is
about cqui-distant between the latter
place and the Cape Colony boundary
line. A short dash either east or west
by the Boer leader, if successful, would
land him in Cape territory or in Blocm-
tontem
QUEEN AND DIKE WED.
Picturesque Bridal Ceremonies In Holland's
Capitol-Silver Qovn.
The Hague (By Cable). Queea Wil
helmina, first ruling queen of Holland,
married Duke Henry of Mecklenhurg
Schwerin, who becomes Prince of the
Netherlands by proclamation in the
Court Gazette.
The marriage was a series of bril
liantly colored pictures. But the se
vere simplicity of the Dutch form of
marriage, which was followed to the let
ter in the civil contract before the min
ister of justice, Dr. P. W. A. Cort
Van del- Linden, and in the old fashion
ed religious service in Grootc Kcrk,
gave it a democratic spirit.
The procession, as a spectacle, was
not noteworthy. Fifty Dutch hussars
rode ahead, then came a handful of
court officials, with the grand master of
ceremonies on horseback, then a coach
with the Queen and Duke Henry.
Their mother's coach came after it. and
then the chief military officials of the
palace, the governor of the city, to ad
jutants on horseback, and, lastly, was
a group of 50 mounted artillerymen.
Wu Does Not Like Otis.
New York (Special). Wu Ting Fang,
the Chinese Minister, has proved that
he is courageous as well as good-
natured. He would not sit at the same
talile with Ma). Gen. Elwell Stephen
Otis, former Military Governor of the
Philippines and an especial favorite of
President McKinley.
Congressman Uouttlle's Successor,
Augusta. Me. (Special). Governor
Hill issued a call for a special election
in the Fourth Congressional District, to
be held April 8, to choose a successor
to Congressman C. A. Boutelle, re
signed.
Cubans Are Defiant.
Havana (Special ). The Cuban Con
stitutional Convention will refuse nosi
lively to add a clause to tin Constitu
tion, expressing gratitude to the United
States. The delegates say that such an
expression does not belong in the Con
stitution, but they arc wdling to adopt
an independent resolution thanking the
United States. The delegates deplore
the recent utterances of United States
Senators wherein the stand is taken that
the Convention must insert a gratitude
clause before favorable action will be
taken by Congress.
The Jury Could Not Are.
Georgetown, Ky. (Special). In the
case of George Weaver, who has
been on trial charged with perjury in
connection with the trial of Caleb Pow
ers, one ol the Goebel suspects, the jury
reported its inability to agree, and was
discharged.
Minnesota Hotel Burned.
St. Cloud, Minn. (Special). Fire de
stroyed the West Hotel and several
smaller buildings adjoining. Guests
of the hotel, 30 in number, escaped in
safety. Loss on hotel estimated at
$100,000, $70,000 ol which was on con
tents, on which there was no insurance
WAR DIVIDES BROTHERS.
PIct De Wet's Appeal lo Christian to
Give Up Fighting;.
MANY KILLED AND MILLIONS SPENT
In His Letter He Writes: "I Hear You Are
So Angry that Yoa Have Decided to Kill
Me. May Ood Not Allow You the Oppor
tunity to Shed More Innocent Blood"-le-dares
Slrujclc Hopeless.
Bloemfontein (By Cable). The text
of a portion of the letter from Piet De
Wet, chairman of the Peace Commis
sion, to his brother. Christian De Wet,
appealing to the latter to surrender,
published in the Post, is as follows:
"Dear Brother -I hear that you arc
so angry that you have decided to kill
me. accusing me of high treason. May
God not allow you opportunity to shed
more innocent blood. When I saw we
were beaten by the British I wrote to
the President requesting him to con
sider terms of peace, and rather to sur
render than to ruin the country and
SOU IV llll III'MIII. 1 l.IS llllll It'll
..itrriv.-iriU for u month, ronvin.-ina me 1
that it was heller to
was better to lay down our
arms. 1 nm mv duty in tnc name at
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Schictma with Prinsloo. I charged the
guns, when I was shamefully left in the ,
lurch by Fronenian,' who fled. Con
vinced that the struggle was hopeless, I
left with my staff and surrendered and
was sent to Durban.
"You and Stcyn, in carrying on a
guerrilla warfare, caused me to write to
kitchener November 1.2th requesting
an opportunity to conic to the F"rec
State and persuade the men to lay down
their arms, no F'rcc State government
existing against whom 1 could commit
treason. What is better, for the repub
lics to continue to struggle at the risk
of total ruination as a nation or to sub
mit? Could we think of taking back
the country, if it were offered to us,
with thousands of people to be support
ed by a government that lias not
.inii.ng, uu; .1 .11.1 .1 nvi. I.. ...... ,?10iOoaooo common and $14,000,000 pre-
lions. even if helped by you? Do you , (crred Mockt M jssllcd.
think any nation so mad as to have Thc American Sheet Steel Company
thousands killed and spend millions ami $s(,i0oo.ooo common and $26,000,000 prc
then give its the republics and thc ! (urrci stork with $24,500oo of each is
necessary capital to govern them? I s,,(i
"Burghers, arc you blind? Can you 1
not see that you are being deceived hy i negotiations was in relation to thc
the Transvaal generals? What are they . bonds held by Mr. Carnegie. Thc Mor
domg? They do not tight one-tenth ! gil syndicate agreed to take the $86,-
part as iniicn as we uo. jransvaai is .
not so much mined as is thc Free State. '
They are inclined to submit, and are j
only waiting to see what you are going i
to do. The moment you surrender, fall I
or are captured they will surrender. I
pray you again to consider before you
proceed further." j
MINE" BLOWN LP.
frightful Calamity In a Remote Locality in
Mexlco-87 Llvea Lost.
Chihuahua. Mexico (Special). Sev
eral hundred tons of dynamite, which
was stored in an underground chamber
of thc San Andres mine, situated in the
Sierra Madres. in the western part of
the State of Durango. exploded with
terrible force, blowing off the whole top
of the mountain and destroying a por
tion of the miners' village.
Eightv-seven men. women and chil
dren were killed and many others bad
ly injured.
flic ban Andr's is valued at $20.-
000.000 and is one 01 the richest silver
mines in Mexico, and it gives employ
ment to over 2000 men. At the tune of
the explosion the underground cham
bers were filled with miners, but none
of them was seriously injured by the
shock or the cave-in that followed.
Among those killed were Herman Luti-
inan, the superintendent of the mine,
and all his family.
It is supposed that the explosion was
caused by electric wires which passed
through the dynamite chamber becom
ing crossed and thereby causing lire.
The Government authorities have or
dered an official investigation of the ac
cident. All of the killed and injured were lo
cated on the surface, most of them oc-
eupying residences immediately above
the underground workings of the mine.
The explosion tore away the whole top
of thc mountain, on which the village
of miners was located, and men. wo
men and children were blown into
small pieees.
WU-OTIS INCIDENT CLOSED.
Chinese Minister Disavows to State Depart-
meot Intention to Criticise.
... . ... .
Washington ( special. t lie incident
of General Otis in his letter to the So- !
eiety of the Genesee is probably cljsed
satisfactorily. Minister Wu has dis
avowed to the State Department any
intention of criticising the Government
of the United States.
It is understood that Mr. Wu be
lieved the exclusion of thc Chinese from
the Philippines to have originated with ;
General Otis and not with the War De- i
partnient, or any other branch of the j
Government, and in speaking of his I
(General Otis) having been ill advised, j
it is understood there was in Mr. Wu's
mind the idea that some local reprcsen-
tations in the Philippines had operated
upon his mind to induce him to exclude !
the Chinese.
Agricultural Appropriation.
Washington (Special). The Senate
Committee on Agriculture reported the
Agricultural Appropriation Bill, which
carries a total of $4,5o.,,020, an in-
rreao of !tijh7nn over th.. .-, Urp :, tn
appropriations made hy the bill as it
passed the House. The principal item
of increase is I'jo.ooo for the publica
tion division of the department, making
the total or that division $167,500. Thc
increase is intended to be used in pro
viding material for and in publishing
the bulletins of the department.
The officers of thc War Department
are making arrangements to reorganize
the artillery arm of the service.
Whole Family Poisoucd.
Toledo, Ohio (Special). The entire
family of Charles T. Lewis, one of the
leading lawyers of Toledo, is suffering
from arsenical poisoning and thc domes
tic, Jeannette Stark, of Alplcna, Mich.,
has died from the same cause. The girl
was found dead in bed. The other mem
bers of the household, seven, in number,
will recover. Mr. lx-wis attributes the
cause of the poisoning to canned
bouillon, of which thc entire family par
took. Criminals Fall to Rob Bank.
Youngstown, O. (Special). .Three
masked men entered the bank at An
dover, Ohio, about 3 o'clock, bound the
watchman, Alonzo Root, and blew
open the safe, but were frightened away
by persons attracted to the scene by
the explosion. The safe was blown to
pieces and the building badly wrecked.
There is no clue.
Firs Loss num. '
Omaha, Neb. (Special). Officials of
the Omaha Street Railway Company es
timated the loss from the fire in their
power house at $13.5,000; insurance,
iBo.ooo. Sixty cars were destroyed.
A BILLION DOLLAR DEAL
Andrew Caraefle Dispose! el His Interests la
Hif Big Steel Plant.
New York (Special). The control of
the Carnegie Steel Company, Limited,
has passed to a syndicate of bankers, in
which J. P. Morgan & Co. nrc the
dominant factors, by the purchase of the
stock owned by Andrew Carnegie. It
is expected that Mr. Carnegie will retire
to private life.
The total capitalization of the com
panies involved in the deal is one bil
lion dollars.
The capital stock of the Carnegie
Company is $ 1 6o.coo.ooo. There is an
equal amount of bonds. Mr. Carnegie
is popularly believed to own about 54
per cent, of this.
Negotiations relating to this immense
undertaking have been going on for
some time. Mr. Carnegie has for near
ly a year been willing to sell out, but
financial interests have not until now
been disposed to take up so large a
proposition as the purchase of his se
curities and the amalgamation of the
different prominent steel companies in
the United States would involve.
The companies included in the sys
tem, besides the Carnegie Company, are
, I,
the following:
Federal Steel Company, $100,000,000;
common
stock and $100,000,000 pre-
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American Steel and Wire Company,
$50,000,000 common and $40,000,000
preferred stock, all outstanding.
National Tube Company, $40,000,000
each of common and preferred stock, all
issued.
The American Bridge Company. $,15.
000.000 each of common and preferred
stock, of which $.50,527,800 of each has
been issued.
The National Steel Company. $.?2.
000,000 of common stock and $27,000,
000 preferred, all issued.
The American Tinplatc Company,
$.jo,ooo.ooo common and $20,000,000 pre
ferred stock, with $2-S.ooo.ooo common
and $18.125 000 preferred stock issued.
'n. t hitli tli:.i nmirrnl in the
370.000 stock at something above its
...arket value, but Mr. Carnegie held out
With his usual tenacity of purpose for
a tMiar.-intep of the 5 ner cent, income on
his $86,000,000 of fifty-year bonds. This
Was also conceded.
KINQ EDWARD TO THE PRESIDENT.
Mr. VcKlnlcy's Reply to the King's Message
American People's Tribute.
Washington (Special). The text - of
thc telegram of acknowledgment from
King F.dward VII. to President Mc
Kinley is as follows:
"I desire to express my high appre
ciation of the respect .shown to the
memory of her late Majesty hy your at
tendance and that of your Cabinet at
the memorial service at Washington.
"I am deeply touched by this and
other special marks of sympathy re
ceived from the United States.
(Signed) "EDWARD, K. AND I."
President McKinley sent the follow
ing reply:
"His Majesty. King F.dward VII., Lon
don :
"I am gratified by your Majesty's
message. The tribute of the American
people to thc memory of your illus
trious mother was general and heart
felt. -
(Signed)
"'WILLIAM McKINLEY."
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Robbars Go: His Savings.
Anderson, Ind. (Special). Newton
McCormick, living about 12 miles
north of this city, drew $7000 from the
bank to buy a farm. Neighbors were
aroused by an alarm of fire, and barely-
rescued thc old man from his burning
house. Kobbers had stunned him by a
blow on the head, and then fired thc
house. McCormick was unable to give
any description of his assailants.
Six Persons Drowned.
Montgomery. Ala. (Special) On
the Alabama River 17 miles south of
here, thc ferryboat at Rase's ferry start
ed across the river heavily loaded with
farmers' wagons. When midway ef the
,iream the cable broke and the boat was
swept dnwa the river. It struek aa eb-
struction and was turned over. Several
tMnis of ,. and five er six ..,
were drowned and several others nar-
; t owly escaped.
Carnegie to Found Another Library.
J aeoma, wasn. (Special). Andrew
Carnegie has offered to give the city ol
Tacomn $50,000 for a library building
on condition that a site be furnished and
$5000 vearly be spent in maintenance.
The city has accepted the gift. It is
probable, however, that the amount will
lie increased to $75,000, as the eity is
willing to pay $7500 annually toward
keeping up the library.
To Legaliie Joint Smashing.
Topeka, Kan. (Special) Represen
tative Lawrence to-uay introduced a bill
in the House to legalize joint smashing
making it a sufficient defense in an ac
tion at law to show that the property
i destroyed was used in the operation of
a ..lm- ul." was auvanceu 10 sec
I onn reading. A motion to rifsn it to
! third reading was defeated by a vote ol
37 to 26.
King Edward to Visit Germany.
London ( By Cable). A dispatch
from Portsmouth says the royal yacht
Victoria and Albert has been ordered
got ready to take King Edward to
Flushing soon after the opening of Par
liament, when His Majesty will return
Emperor W illiain s recent visit tu F.ng
land.
FOKEKiN AFFAIKi"
TlicCinrman steamship linen are add
ing millions of marks to their capital
for new nhiptt.
Prince Parlatlimky, a RtiHuliin pub
lisher, attempted aulnldc by Hhootlng
In St. Fctertibui'K.
TheOerman Hceamer Sul IlHland was
wrecked on her trial trip In the
rapids of th YaugtHc.
General De Wet had 3000 mn when
he croHsed the Thaba N'Chu line, go
ing southward. A combined British
movement of cxtenHive proportions Ja
under way.
Memorial service were hold In all
parta of the civilised, world iu honor
of Queen Victoria's memory.
A heavy snow has fallen In the
Southeast of France, and street cars
In various towna are blocked.
In view of the anticlorloal war In
France, some of the mayors have pro
hlblted the wearing of ecclesiastical
garb.
In a battle between forces of the
Sheiks of Kowelt and those of Bin
rashld, who calls himself king of Ara
bia, tno latter were routed.
Chinese residents of Ptkln. In an ad
dress to General Chaffee, denounce the
allied expedftlonH "tor the purpose of
extermination and siollaUyn.".. . ..
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
News Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
SLEIGHING MISHAP COSTS LIFE.
Party ol Women Met With an Accident Near
Clarion and Mrs. J. B. Phillips Was Killed
-Officer Shot by a Tramp-Farmers' In
stitute at Plnevllle-Hlstoric Lend Mark
Sotd-State Printing Contract.
A successful farmers' institute was
held in Pincville a) Thc following
subjects were discussed: "Care of Farm
Implements and Machinery, C. M.
Brodhead: "Education and the Farm
er," R. S. Seeds: "Kedaiining Worn
atit Soils," Prof. O. C. But. The pro
gramme at the afternoon session in
cluded a discussion of thce topics:
'The Horse," C. M. Brodhead; "Insect
Life," Prof. Blitz; "Value of Fertility,"
R. S. Seeds. This evening Mr. Seeds
rave a humorous lecture entitled "Mis-
lakcs of Lite Exposed."
Policeman Owen Hughes was shot
while trying to arrest two tramps at
Wilkes-Barrc. He had them both in
rustody and was ringing in an alarm
ior the patrol, when one of them drew a
revolver and pressed it against
Hughes' side. The officer turned just
n time and the bullet went through his
irm. Both tramps escaped and tne en-
ire police force is now looking for
ihem. Hughes' arm was helpless and
'le could not get his revolver out to
ire at the fleeing men.
For six vears Tames Gannon has been
in inmate of thc county jail at Scran
:on, because he refuses to obey an order
of thc Court directing him to sign a
deed conveying a certain piece of prop-
rty. He was sent up for contempt and
Jtidcr the existing laws the judges can
not release him until he signs the deed.
This, he says, he will never do, and un
less there is some legislation he bids
air to die m jail.
A bag containing a number of old
roins believed to have been hidden by
Nelson E. Wade, thc murderer of Mr.
nd Mrs. Jolili McBride, has been found
along the river bank near Newberry.
Pile McBride murder occurred near
Linden in 1873 and Wade, who com
mitted the crime, previous to his exe
cution, told of having concealed a bag
of money stolen from his victims in thc
vicinity where thc coins were found.
The German Alscn Portland Cement
Company, of Hamburg, Germany, has
:loscd another deal with J. J. Heintzel-
man and John J. Mans, ot Nazareth,
lor thc Charles Mann farm, near Stock
;rtown. Friedcnsthal mill, which over
too years ago was a Moravian station
for refugees, is included in the sale. The
company will erect a large cement plant
on thc property.
The contract for doing thc printing
ind binding for the State for thc next
four years lias been let. The lowest
)iiider was Milton H. Plank, of Harris
burg, his figures being 89.2 per cent,
nft thc prices fixed by law. The next
lowest bidder was W. Stanley Ray,
.he present State printer, his bid being
38. t off. and to him thc contract was
lwarded.
John B. Brennenian. a driver of a liv
ery wagon, lies at St. Joseplfs Hospital. .
Lancaster, at thc point of death, as the
result of a peculiar accident. The mm
ivas driving his heavy wagon down a
steep grade when the horses struck
sonic ice and slid. The wagon turned
completely over and Brennenian was
thrown out. The full weight of the
ar.goti fell on his body.
The epidemic of rabicr, which broke
out among the cattle and sheep of West
f'inley Township several weeks ago has
not been cheeked. Three weeks ago a
dog bit William Miller and then at
tacked several cows. In addition to
Miller, William McDanicI and Lynn
Sprowls were bitten and both are in
i serious condition.
While Fred Koontz, aged 10 years,
snd Grant Luther, aged 8 years, were
coasting ar Johnstown, their sled ran
in front of a rapidly moving trolley car.
Young Luther succeeded in throwing
himseif off the sled, but Koontz was
cought under the car, dragged fifty
yards and horribly mangled. Death was
instantaneous.
Mrs. J. B. Phillips lost her life by a
sleighing accident at Clarion. She and
seven other women eomprised a party
that started for Callensburg in a large
sleigh. The sleigh was upset and Mrs.
Phillips was injured internally.' She
bled to death before she reached home.
Just one year and one day previous to
her death Mrs. Phillips suffered a
broken arm in a sleighing accident.
Swift justice was meted out to a wife
beater at Greensburg. Albeft Bishop
blackened his wife's eyes and she made
information against him. The grand
jury found a true bill, he was tried an
hour later and in half an hour after
wards was fined and sentenced to a long
term in jail.
George Ilcrko was instantly killed by
falling from the roof of the new St.
Mary's Academy. Scranton, a distance
of seventy feet. Herko was a slater and,
while working on the roof it is sup
posed he slipped and fell. No one saw
thc accident.
Samuel Vandergrift. aged 20 years,
was arrested at his home in Chester and
held in $500 bail in connection with the
robbery of Charles G. Weber. Vander
grift accused a man named Maxwell and
admitted receiving from Maxwell $6
of the $53 taken from Weber.
George and Milton Vanocker, two
youngsters, are thc first victims of a
coasting accident in Pittston thc present
Winter. While enjoying the sport on
Union Street hill they lost control oi
their sled and it dashed into an ap
proaching car. Milton went under the
ear and was caught by the tiuck. An
arm and one leg were broken.
The Commissioners elected last
Spring in Matey, Plains, Newport,
Wil'fs-Barrc and Hanover townships,
five of the first class townships in that
county, have filed objections - to the
nomination uPcrs of all the candidates
nominated in those districts.
Colonel Anderson, un behalf of Mr,.
R. G. Southail, of Amelia, has present
ed to the General Assembly a portrait
of Chief Justice MarrhalJ as the gift
of the Rev. W. T. Roberts, of Williams
burg. Capt. John Tyles, for many years a
citizen of Hampshire county, died re
cently at his home in Missouri.
Frank Urban, a Polish resident of
Girardville, appeared before the authori
ties with a pitiful story. Urhan's wile
died, leaving him with six small chil
dren. He was about to pay him physi
cian when he (ound that his trunk had
been robbed of $j6j.
Mrs. A. P. Taliaferro, general super
intendent of the Chesapeake and West
ern Road, has resigned his position to
accept a position in the same- capacity
on the Virginia-Carolina Railroad.
Mr. W. W. West, one ol the best-known-citizens
ol Shenandoah county,
died a lew days ago, aBed. zi years