RADICALS STILL DEFIANT.
Cubing Will Not Accept the Piatt
. Amendment.
HAVANA PLACARDED WITH POSTERS
Addressed to the tailed Stales, ind Read
tot: "Do Not Make Prom Idea That
Voa Are Not Sure to Keep, end
Ncrer Go Back on the Word Von Have
fflveo."
Havana (Special). Although the
political demonstrations have ended,
the radical element 111 the Cuban Con
stitutional Convention has not given up
hope that the I'nitcd States will recede
from the position taken regarding the
riatt amendment. The Radical press
is doinK everything in its power to keep
this view before the public. It attri
butes the action of the United States
Congress to the influence of the trusts,
declaring that the American people
''are in favor of giving Cuba absolute
independence and of rebuking the ac
tion of the administration.''
Articles from American papers which
seem to sustain the attitude of the con
vention are given wide publicity.
Scnor Gualbcrtu Gomez says in La
Patria:
"Let us. the champions of our coun
try's independence and sovereignty,
preserve the calm, dignified attitude we
have assumed. Do not let us lose our
calm judgment. Let us maintain our
energetic resolution to be irec. but let
us avoid furnishing the slightest pre
text for the unhealthy imperialism
which is corrupting the blood of a gen
erous people and inclining them to
trample upon our rights.
"Let us still have faith in the jus
tice of our cause and in the honor of
the country which produced Washing
ton. Jefferson and Lincoln."
At street corners in various places
placards have been posted, which read
thus:
"To the people of the United States:
"Do not make any promises that you
are not sure to keep, and never go back
on the word you have given.
(Signed )
"GEORGE WASHINGTON."
This is recommended to the consid
eration of "all worthy compatriots of
the great American."
NORMAL SCHOOL BIRSED DOWN.
A Bif Blaze in Shephcrdstown-lnadequate
Facilities to F.ght the Fire.
Harpers Ferry. W. Va. (Special).
Fire in the new building of the Shep
herd College Normal School, Shep
herdstown, this county, destroyed the
building, burning all the woodwork
within, while two of its walls caved in.
It broke out in the upper story. The
Hagerstown Fire Company was sum
moned, but did not respond. The
building was of brick and stone, two
story and basement, built several years
ago, at a cost of $25,000. and was up to
date in the minutest detail. The legis
lature had just appropriated an addi
tional $25,000 for the college. The
building possessed a tank of water
within, was but 200 feet from the tire
engine, and the town "run" ran through
its yard, yet it availed nothing as
against the fire. The building was in
sured. BANK CASHIER DISAPPEARS.
First National Bank of Niles, Michigan, May
Have to Close Its Doors.
Niles. Mich. (Special). Great ex
citement prevailed here over the dis
appearance of C. A. Johnson, cashier
of the First National Bank, which just
closed its doors alter a short run on its
funds by scared depositors. None of
the officials of the bank seem to know
where Johnson is but President W. K.
Lace, who insists that Johnson is in
Chicago suffering from a complete
mental collapse. All sorts of rumors
are going around regarding the miss
ing cashier, but none can be verified. It
is alleged that Johnson gambled. The
directors of the bank assert that the
concern's affairs are in a prosperous
condition, so far as they know. Na
tional Bank Examiner Seldcn is in
charge of the bank's affairs.
Reported Sale ol the Seaboard.
New York (Special). August Bel
mont has acquired control of the Sea
board Air Line, and devised a close
traffice arrangement with the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad. In this new
railway enterprise August Belmont &
Co. represented a syndicate of Wall
street bankers and the Rothschilds, of
England. The plan is said to have been
completed last week in a series of con
ferences at the offices of August Bel
mont and John Skelton Williams, of
Richmond. Ya., president of the Sea
board Air Line.
Baptist 20th Century Movement.
Meridian, Miss. (Special). The Bap
tist Twentieth Century movement for
the Southern States was inaugurated
here. A large number of distinguished
ministers, educator and well-known
laymen from all sections of the South
took part in the exercises of launching
a movement to be taken up by every
State in the South. Rev. J. R. Wil
linghain. secretary of the Foreign Mis
sion Board, of Richmond, Va., was
among the speakers.
Production of Precious Stones.
Washington (Special). The report
of the United States Geological Survey
on the production of precious stones,
as prepared by Mr. George F. Kunz,
special agent in charge of that inves
tigation for the division of mining and
mineral resources, shows that the total
value of the out-put of precious stones
in the United States for i'oo is $j.?j.ilo,
as compared with $185,770 in lisoy, a
gain of $46,440. or 25 per cent.-
Tried to Blow Up a Bank.
Toicdo, Ohio (Special). Five men
broke into the More of R. Danz, at
l'errysburg, and made two attempts to
blow a hoie through the wall with
nitro-glyeerine into the Citizens' Bank,
adjoining. They aroused the town.
t ajid' abandoned the attempt. As they
were leaving the place, George Reitiier
saw them. They fired a shot at him.
Fred llillahrand saw the crowd from r
second-story window, and recognized
all. Henry Keller and Geo. Taylor wc:-c
arrested, and warrants are out for the
others. All are tough local characters.
Chris. Mat:e Dead.
Harrisburg. Pa. (Special). Senator
Christopher Lyman Magee. of Pitts
burg, editor, statesman, philanthropist,
arid financier, died here after an illness
of more than two years. His death was
unexpected, as it was generally believed
by friends that he was improving in
health.
Mill on Dollar Exhibit.
Jefferson City. Mo. (Special). The
House passed its own bill appropriating
$1,000. -co for Missouri's exhibi' at the
Lbiana Purchase Centennial Exposi
tion, to be held in St. Louis in 1903.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic
Charles Broadway Rouss' offer of $10,
000 toward a mortuary chapel in Mount
Hebron Cemetery, in Winchester, Va.,
provided a like amount was raised
there, was accepted by the cemetery
authorities.
The New Orleans and Western Rail
road was sold at auction at New Or
leans for $too.ooo. It is believed that
the Morgan syndicate bought it.
Dr. 11. M. Lincoln, of Saratoga. N.
Y., had Kera Harte and two men ar
rested for giving him knockout drops in
a Norfolk theatre.
The Lehigh Valley Coal Company
posted notices that the 10 per cent, in
crease in wages would be continued for
another year.
The First National Bank at Niles.
Mich . failed, and Bank Examiner Jos
eph v. Seldcn was appointed tempor
ary receiver.
Philip Marlow was tried and acquit
ted in Newport News. Va., of the
charge of offering a bribe to Council
man A. E. Burclier.
Five men were badly scalded by the
bursting of two test tubes at the Amcri
can Iron Works in Pittsburg.
Mrs. Ann R. Perkins was attacked in
Manchester, Va., by a negro who want
ed to rob her.
Hugo C. Schultze, supposed to be a
German baron, vas buried in potter's
field in Chicago.
Rev. C. H. Tinsley while chopping
wood at Huntington, W Va., cut off
his hand.
Mrs. Anna Goldwaithe Scott died at
her home in Staunton, Ya.
The vaudeville White Rats returned
to their circuits in the New York thea
ters and elsewhere, the managers hav
ing abolished the obnoxious five per
cent, commissions.
Cecil Sherbrooke Beaumont How
land, who lived in McKccs Rocks, Pa.,
as C. B. Howland, died at the Alle
gheny Hospital from typhoid fever.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
signed the Ripper Bill, and under it
appointed the present mayor of Scran
ton to be recorder.
Officer McCoy, of Carlisle, arrested
Frank Springer, who is wanted in Mid
dletown, Pa., for attempted murder.
Mrs. Myrtle Webster was arrested in
Topcka. Kansas, on the charge of cut
ting her husband's throat.
Rev. Francis Budyyoski. a despon
dent Roman Catholic'priest, committed
spicidc in Minneapolis.
Steps were taken looking to the de
portation of Chinese women held in
slavery in San Francisco.
Beulah Crowther, five years old, was
burned to death in Morgantown, W.
Va.
Joseph A. Conlin". a New York postal
clerk, was arrested in San Francisco,
charged with robbing mail packages in
New York. He admitted the theft.
Francis L. Pettus. speaker of the Ala
bama House of Representatives, and
son of United States Senator Fettus,
died at Montgomery, Ala.
Albert Zimmerman tried to kill his
wife and her father and then committed
suicide, near Absccom, N. J.
Frank Winter!. Thomas Wilson and
T. L. Pierce were killed in West Vir- I
ginia by trains. I
. Thomas J. Burns, married six weeks,
killed his wife in Boston.
Oliver l.aubach was killed by an en
gine at Bethlehem, Pa.
John E. Searles. reputed to be a mil
lionaire, has made an assignment for
the benefit of his creditors.
John Snyder and Isaac McCullom.
farmers, were fatally wounded in a duel
at Parkville. 111.
Rudolph Dimaria was murdered in
the street at Scranton. Pa., it is al
leged, by Nicholas Lapiz.
All the large tin-can factories have
been sold to the recently organized tin
can combination.
Carter H. Harrison was rc-nominatcd
for mayor of Chicago by acclamation.
John D. Rockefeller has given Vassar
College $110,000 for a dormitory.
A large crop of hemp arrived at Phil
adelphia from Manila.
Isaac M. Gregory, editor of Judge,
died in New York.
Foreign.
The correspondent of a German
newspaper, who has been traveling in
Northern Manchuria, gives facts to
substantiate his statements that Man
churia will become an integral part of
Russia.
Herr Bebel, Socialist leader, made a
vigorous attack in the Reichstag
against the imperial government con
cerning the meat inspection law.
The Dutch troops captured the
Achtnese fortress at Paiarenbre. Seventy-seven
rebels were killed and many
were drowned.
The official excommunication of
Count Tolstoi was formally published
in the organ of the Holy Synod of the
Greek Church.
Many casualties arc reported to have
occurred in the English Channel, where
a fierce storm prevailed.
Emperor William's physicians say
that the wound in his cheek inflicted
by Dietrich Wieland, who struck him
with a piece of iron, is about an inch
and a half long and penetrates to the
bone, but that his general condition is
good.
The British government has been as
sured by the Russian Minister of For
eign Affairs that Russia has made no
arrangement with the Chinese govem
mtnt of a permanent character concern
ing Manchuria.
The Copenhagen correspondent of an
Eiglish newspaper states that the
United States has notified the Danish
government that it will not permit any
transfer of the islands to any foreign
power.
The Right Rev. A. F. W. Ingram has
been appointed Bishop of London.
The committee of the foreign minis
ters in I'ekin has reached a decision
upon a general principle 111 the settle
ment of private indemnities.
British officers have been dispatched
as advisers to the Abyssinian comma. id
er in his expedition against the Mad
Mullah.
'I he British War Office issued orders
for the formation of eight volunteer
cyciist companies for service in the
Philippines.
The British expedition against the
Emirs of Bida and Koncagora in Nig
eria was successful, and co slave wo
men were released.
Financial.
A street despatch from Chattanooga
says a combine of Eastern capitalists is
being formed to buy up all the leading
coal mines in that part of Jhe South.
Several million dollars will be involved.
The preliminary estimate of anthra
cite coal production for February fixes
it at 4.oo!,ooo tons as against 5,153,400
tons in January, and 3,188,100 tons in
February, lyoo.
The decrease in Colorado Fuel and
Iron Company's net earnings for Jan
uary, it is said, was partially due to the
strike which has spread from one prop
erty to another since it began about the
middle of that month.
TOWN CYCLONE SWEPT.
Four People Killed and Twenty Others
Were Injured.
DESTRUCTION AT WILLS POINT,
Buildings Shattered and Their Contents
Hurled Through the Air Little Children
Were the Chlcl Victims ol the Storm
The Property Loss Is Estimated at Over
$55,000.
Wills Point. Tex. (Special). A
cyclone passed through the west side of
this town, demolishing everything in its
track. Four people arc dead, and
about twenty injured. Fourteen dwell
ing houses arc entirely ruined, and a
number ol others are badly wrecked.
The public school building is a total
loss. The cotton oil mill is damaged,
and the largest sin nlant is in snlinleis.
The wires were blown off the poles and
fences leveled, and a freight car was
blown off the track. The property loss
is placed at 150.000, which is considered
a conservative estimate.
Black clouds had been hanging in
the southwest all morning. The atmos
phere was heavy, and at intervals there
had been blustering showers of rain. It
was just at noon, when there was a
long roar of rumbling thunder, a puff
of w ind, and then the air was thick with
flying timbers. The cyclone came from
the southwest and held to a straight
northeast course. Its path was about
three hundred yards wide. It struck
the northwest quarter of the town, in
the residence section. No house is
left, while those that arc not irreparably
wrecked are in the minority. Most of
them arc demolished mere heaps of
debris. Household furniture and uten
sils are strewn farther than the eye can
reach.
The town of Wills Point was demol
ished by a tornado in May. 180.1. Re
ports from Terrell. Texas, say that the
heaviest rainfall on record occurred
throughout that section. Several per
sons are reported drowned or missing.
Memphis. Teun. (Special). A heavy
wind and rain storm prevailed here, and
much damage was wrought. Culverts
were washed out. and fences and small
trees in this vicinity suffered severely.
Texarkana, Ark. (Special). A storm
having the fury of a tornado swept over
the west part of this county. It is re
ported that many buildings were de
stroyed and several lives lost.
BRYAN RAPS SAMPSON.
Rakes Admiral for Morgan Letter and Says
Its Imperialism.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). Hon. Wil
liam J. Bryan in this week's number of
The Commoner, comments on the
Sampson-Morgan affair.
The application of Morgan for pro
motion and the Admiral's .subsequent
note to the Secretary of the Navy dis
counting the gunner's claims for pro
motion for alleged lack of social quali
fications are reproduced, after which
Editor Bryan passes the following criti
cism: "And when you have read them sup
press your indignation long enough to
ask yourself whether Admiral Sampson
is a snob and an aristocrat, or whether
he is merely a representative of the 'new
order of things' which is to follow mili
tarism and imperialism. If this is only
an individual opinion, no condemnation
can be too severe, but if he speaks for
those who are dominating the adminis
tration and shaping our national policy,
then the rebuke should be administered
to the system."
Maude Gonne Cries tor War.
Chicago (Special). War between
Ireland and England a revolution of
the Irish people against the misrule of
Britain was demanded in Central
Music Hall at the celebration of the
u.ld anniversary of the birth of Robert
Emmet. Mayor John Daly, of Limer
ick, came 4000 miles to express his sen
timents, and Maude Gonne journeyed
from Dublin for the same purpose. Maj.
John McBride. of Blake's South Afri
can Brigade, added his testimony to the
indictment against Britain.
A Letter Written by Washington.
Kalamazoo, Mich. (Special). An au
tograph letter of George Washington,
dated 1766, was found among some
waste-paper stock at the Bryant Paper
Mill. It was written to Capt. James
Jamison, a New York merchant, ask
ing for boat freight rates on a quantity
of flour. Two copies of the Federal
Gazette and Baltimore Advertiser over
100 years old and an autograph letter
of Robert Morris, of Philadelphia, dated
179.1. were also found. The waste pa
per came from Philadelphia.
Sick Man Burns to Death.
New York (Special). Clarence Coles,
a manufacturer, was burned to death in
bed in his home in Brooklyn. He was
ill with pneumonia, and in the care of
a nurse. The latter left the room
for a moment, and when he re
turned the bed and patient were
in flames. The lamp on a table
at the bedside had been overturn
ed, probably by the patient in his
delirium. Mr. Coles was burned to
death before the flames could be extin
guished. Pat Crowe May Surrender.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). Prepara
tions are being completed for the re
turn of Pat Crowe as a voluntary pris
oner to Omaha in connection with the
Cudahy kidnapping rase. Chief of Po
lice Donahue admitted as much and
gave to the press copies of a letter
which he sent to Steve Crowe at Chi
cago. It was later delivered to Pat
Crowe and Chief Donahue says the sus
pected man is about to accept the offer.
In his letter the chief said: "If Pat
Crowe will surrender himself to me I
will waive all rights to the reward of
fered for his arrest
llay-Paunccfote Treaty Lapses.
Washington (Special). For failure
of ratificition, the Hay-l'auncefote
treaty lapsed. It has been known for
some time that Great Britain would
not assent to the Senate amendments,
and that in due time counter proposi
tions would be made. The attitude of
Great Britain makes it clear that there
must be regard for the position taken
by the Salisbury Government on the
original Hay-l'auncefote treaty, and
that this country cannot go ahead
roughshod and override all the interna
tional reciprocities of the case.
Explosion Kills Five Men Is Missouri Mine.
Joplin, Mo. (Special). Five men
were instantly killed and two others
injured by an explosion of dynamite at
the Engleside zinc mines in Centre Val
ley, eight miles east of this place. Two
shots had been fired in the morning
and one had failed to explode. A box
of dynamite had been tent down into
the mine, and in working with the un
exploded shot one of the men set off
that and the new box of dynamite.
Distinguished Composer Dead.
Brussels I By Cable). Peter Benoit,
the distinguished composer, is dead.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
f eoste 57tb Congress.
After proceedings lasting only six day!
the extraordinary session of the Sen
ate was declared adjourned sine die, at
'55 P- Saturday. During the ses
sion practically no business, except thai
of executive character, was transacted
Nominations by the President.
The President sent the following
nominations to the Senate: Charles S
Wilson, of Maine, secretary of the lega
tion to Greece, Rotimania and Servia
Samuel W. Stratton, ol Illinois, direc
tor of the National Bureau of Stand
ards; Edwin Vernon Morgan, of New
York, now secretary of the delegation
at Seoul, to be second secretary of the
embassy at St. Petersburg. ' To be
members of the commission to carry
into effect the stipulations of article 7 ol
the treaty between the I'nited States
and Spain; William E. Chandler, ol
New Hampshire; Gerrit J. Dickcma, ol
Michigan: James Perry Wood, ol
Ohio; William A. Maury, of the Dis
trict of Columbia, and William I.
Chambers, of Alabama. ' William K
Fuller, of Iowa, to be assistant attorney
general of the United States.
Consuls Frank C. Dennis, of Maine,
at St. Johns. N. F.; Ernest A. Man, ol
Florida, at Breslau, Germany; Martin
J. Carter, of Pennsylvania, at Yar
mouth. N. S.
To be Secretary of the Legation to
Gautcmala and Honduras Robert H.
.Greene, of Kentucky.
To be Second Secretary of the Lega
tion at Constantinople, Turkey Philip
M. Brown, of Massachusetts.
Volunteer Army Sergeant Majot
Walter E. Barrett. Thirty-ninth Infan
try, to be second lieutenant: Chief Mu
sician Walter II. Loving, Forty-eighth
Infantry, to be second lieutenant.
Regular Army Acting assistant sur
geons, U. S. A., to be assistant sur
geons, with rank of first lieutenant
James Franklin Edwards, of Pennsyl
vania; Jay Ralph Shook, of Pennsylva
nia: William Eugene Vosc, of Mary
land; Frank Thomas Woodbury, of
Pennsylvania.
New Desks lor House Members.
During the summer the House cham
ber will be renovated to an unusual ex
tent. A new carpet will be laid, as
customary every two years, and the
frescoing retouched. In addition the
desks, which have seen service for some
years, will be removed, together with
the chairs, and new and smaller desks
will be put in. with smaller chairs.
Members desiring to retain their desks
which thev occupied durincr the last
Congress can acquire them at half price
from the sergcant-at-arms of the
Mouse, ihc remainder will be sold at
auction.
Points lor tetter Writers. .
Third Assistant Postmaster-Genera!
Madden will prepare for popular distri
bution a pamphlet containing in a com
pact form all necessary information re
garding postal rates and the modus
operandi of the mails. In the Postal
Appropriation bill this year Mr. Mad
den had inserted an item of $10,000 for
the purpose of furnishing these pamph
let s.
Extradition Treaty With England.
The Senate confirmed the supple
mental extradition treaty with Great
Britain, which had been pending for
sonic time. The treaty adds to the list
of crimes for which a man can be ex
tradited from one country to the other
the following: Obtaining money under
false pretenses, the destruction or ob
struction of railroads, the endangering
of human life, and the procuring of
abortion.
Capital News In General.
The resignation of Mr. Kassom as
special plenipotentiary for the negotia
tion of reciprocity treaties has been
placed in the president's hands.
I he battleship Oregon was ordered
home from the Asiatic station.
The Secrcarv of the Navv. respond
ing to the Senate resolution, wrote that
commissioned officers promoted from
the ranks do not wear the same uni
forms as graduates of the Naval Acad
emy.
Superintendent Davis, of the Naval
Observatory, brought charges against
Prof. Stinson J. Brown, head of the
mathematical department.
Ex-Senator Carter, of Montana, was
appointed by the President to be United
Mates commissioner ol the St. Louis
Exposition.
Consul Gcoree XV. Roosevelt, at
Brussels, reported some interesting ex
perimcnts made there in wireless tele
graphy. Secretary Long made a distributing
among the various shipbuilders of the
warships to be built by contract.
Negotiations for removing diplomatic
obstacles in the way of the construction
of an isthmian canal, it is said, will im
mediately begin with Great Britain and
the United States of Colombia.
The Treasury Department issued a
warrant in favor of Admiral George
Dewey for $9,570 on account of prize
money found to be due him by the
Court of Claims for the destruction of
the Spanish fleet in Manila harbor May
I, 1808.
Our New Possessions.
The western part of Batangos
province, Luzon, formerly an insurgent
stronghold, is becoming pacified.
The transport Garonne sailed from
Manila with the officers and men ol the
Twenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry.
The American authorities have seized
small steamers plying on Laguna dc
Bay on the charge of trading with the
insurgent Filipinos.
Frank A. Brannigan. disbursing offi
cer to the American Philippine Com
mission, has been appointed treasurer
of the Philippine Archigelago at a sal
ary of $(xxx.
Secretary Root issued an order abol
ishing all export duties on tobacco
from Cuba after April 1.
Additional inducements have been
made to the revolutionists to surrender
their gi ns. General MacArthur has di
rected ill department commanders to
release one prisoner for every rille sur
rendered. A Filipino who sui renders
his gun will be permitted to name 'the
prisoner to be released.
The flagship Brooklyn will go to
Pechili pt'lf, Northern China, in April
to conduct ii'vietivers. The Kentucky,
the Oregon, the New Orleans, the, Al
bany, the Monterey ur.il the Monadnork
will take part in thi'se maneuvers. The
American fleet on the Asiatic Stat'on
now numbers 54 vessels.
The Luzon commission has passed a
bill providing an additional $1,000,000
(Mexicat currency), for the improve
ment of Manila harbor, and an act em
powering General MacArthur to or
ganize municipal governments in those
towns where none now exist. ,
Private Jacob B. Henderson, Com
pany E, Twenty-ninth Infantry, was
convicted in the Philippines of man
slaughter in killing Corporal Herbert
Chase, of the same regiment, and sen
tenced to imprisonment for 15 years at
hard labor in Bilibid prison, Manila.
John Sheridan, in the money-order
department in Havana, was sentenced
to two years' imprisonment and a fine
ni lnoo for defalcation.
ARMISTICE TO BOTHA.
rhe Boer Commander Will Confer With
tbc Other Generals.
3EN. FRENCH CAPTURED SEVEN GUNS
Reports That the Boers Failed In Their
Attack I'pcn Llchtenhurg, and That the
Boer General Colliers Was Killed"
Does Not Seem to Know the Position ol
De Wet.
Lorenzo Marques (By Cable). Gen
eral Kitchener has granted General
Botha a seven davs' armistice, to enable
him to confer with the other generals.
London (By Cable). A dispatch
from Pretoria, dated Tuesday, March 5,
evidently held up by the censor, has just
reached here. It says General Kitch
rncr met General Botha and other
Boer leaders at Middleburg on Febru
ary 27, when the question of the possi
bility of the termination of hostilities
was discussed.
Another dispatch from Pretoria,
dated Wednesday, March 6, says the
meeting between General Kitchener
and General Botha has awakened
deep interest, and that there arc favor
able expectations as to the probable
outcome.
According to the Sun. the surrender
of General Botha would have been an
accomplished fact before now had Gen
eral Kitchener been in a position to
conclude the terms of surrender. When
the surrender occurs, the Sun adds, it
will include the surrender or entire sup
pression of General De Wet and will
involve the termination of the war.
Official circles here regard the an
nouncement of the armistice in South
Africa with the greatest satisfaction.
They point out that it must have been
? trained on the solicitation of the
loers, and take the view that General
Kitchener would never have consented
to it unless he felt practically sure it
would result in an important advance
toward the termination of all hostilities.
Lord Kitchener, reporting under date
of March 7, says:
"The Boers failed in their determined
attack upon Lichlenburg. Our losses,
besides the two officers previously re
ported, were 14 men killed and 20
wounded. The Roer General Ccllicrs
was killed.
"De Wet's position is variously re
ported, as his men are scattering
through the Orange Colony."
CONDEMNS STOCKADES.
And:rson, S. C Grand Jury Presents Names
for Indictment.
Anderson, S. C. (Special). Judge
Bcnet, at a special term 01 the Court of
Sessions here, received the report of the
grand jury which has been investigating
the charge that negro laborers are held,
in accordance with contracts signed by
themselves, in stockades in this county
under armed guards, and that they are
often whipped and otherwise cruelly
treated.
The grand jury was made up of 18
men, of whom 14 arc farmers. The
charges were found to have been exag
gerated so far as they represented that
the contract system was general in the
county. After a three weeks' investiga
tion the grand jury reports that about
20 farmers in Anderson county have
been using the contracts. Many cases
of whipping and shackling of laborers,
and at least one case in which a man
was shot at repeatedly, are reported. A
number of names are presented for in
dictment for false imprisonment and as
sault and-battery.
Must Not Sell to Foreign Power.
London (By Cable). "The United
States government has addressed a note
to the Danish government, almost
threatening in tone," says the Copen
hagen correspondent of the Daily Mail,
"to the effect that it will not permit
any transfer of the Danish West In
dies to any foreign power, and that
in the event of Denmark refusing to sell
the United States will require that in
land and maritime neutrality shall be
properly guaranteed and the United
States' sphere of influence be respect
ed." Accused ol Killing Her Daughter.
Knobnoster, Mo. (Special). Mrs.
Ellen Allen, mother of Nellie Allen,
the 17-year-ohl girl whose dead body
was found in the street here, was taken
into custody, charged with being an
accessory in the murder of her daugh
ter. Henry Wise.lv, a negro, was ar
rested for the murder on the strength
of testimony given by Mrs. Allen before
the coroner's jury. It is believed that
the girl was suffocated in the Allen
home and the body placed in the street
by the murderers. Mrs. Allen is a
widow.
Sagasta at the Helm.
Madrid (By Cable). The new Span
ish cabinet is constituted as follows:
Premier Senor Sagasta.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Scnor
Almodovar de Rio.
Minister of Finance Senor Urzaiz.
Minister of War General Weyler.
' Minister of the Interior Senor
Morot.
Minister, of Marine Duke of Vcr
agua. .Minister of Public Works Senor
Villanucva.
Minister of Public Instruction Senor
Romanoncs.
Minister of Justice Marquis Tcr
verga. Fllty Chinese Kllled7
Berlin (Special). 1 lie War Office
has received the following from Count
von Waldersee: "A company of the
Third East Asiatics, under Captain
Knoerzer, came into contact, southwest
on Mau-Sheng, with 41x1 Chinese regu
lars, who had apparently been separaed
from their main body. The Chinese
were scattered and 50 of them were
killed. T wo of their banners were
taken."
Blown to Pieces By Dynamite.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). Gui
seppe Confuno and Angejo Abatto, Ital
ian laborers, were blown to atoms by an
explosion of dynamite in a quarry at
West Manayunk, a suburb. The two
men and a companion, Antonio Torano,
were preparing to blast rock, and pro
ceeded to thaw out the frozen sticks of
dynamite. Instantly there was a terri
fic explosion, and Confuno and Abatto
were lifted many feet above the top of
the pit. Portions of their bodies were
scattered in all directions. Torano was
stunned, but escaped injury.
Cat Her Husband's Throat
Topcka, Kan. (Special). Mrs. Myr
tle Webster has been arrested, charged
with killing her husband at their home
in this city early to-day. Webster's
throat was cut from ear to ear while he
slept. Mrs. Webster is thought to be
Insane.
Seven Killed In Explosion.
Paris (By Cable). A dispatch receiv
ed here from Irun, a Spanish town near
the French frontier, says that a qnan
titay of dynamite stored in the Custom
house there exploded, killing seven per
sons and injuring many.
IT WAS ROSS RAYMOND.
The Man Who Has Pbwd as "Lord Rosst" la
Thus Ideatllled-Prlnc ot Adventurers.
New York (Special). It was none
other than Ross Raymond, a noted ad
venturer with a record extending over
many years, who, as "Lord Rosse, of
Birr Castle, Ireland," was arrested in
New Haven, Conn., while trying to vic
timize Dr; Arthur T. Hadley, president
of Yale University.
Captain of Detectives Geo. W. Titus
identified Raymond when the latter was
brought to this city and locked up in
police headquarters. Raymond, who is
now 47 years old. has, under various
names, carried on his operations in
nearly every part of the world and has
served at least 14 years in prison.
He was arraigned in the Jefferson
Market Police Court. When the Court
clerk asked him his name he said:
"Put me down as Alfred Parsons.
That will do as well as anything else."
He was remanded under $.rooo Dail.
W. II. Becbe. secretary to President
Scth Low, of Columbia University, and
(ien. Thomas L. James, president of the
Lincoln Nationul Bank, were in court
and identified Raymond as "Professor
Sandys," who had presented a letter of
recommendation by means of which he
got a worthless check for $200 cashed at
the Lincoln National Bank.
Ross Raymond is known the world
over for his escapades. When not hav
ing a purpose in concealment he makes
no secret of his tricks, saying: "The
world owes me a living and I am en
titled to the best I can get."
The stories of some of his exploits
read like romances. Though he has
served terms in American and foreign
prisons he has usually managed to keep
out of the clutches of the law. His ad
ventures have girdled the globe. At
one time lie did newspaper work in Bal
timore. Again he was city editor of the
Philadelphia Times.
FAVORABLE TO PEACE
The Filipinos Are Gradually Accepting Civil
Government
Washington (Special). Secretary
Root has received the following cable
gram from President Taft, of the Phil
ippine Commission, dated March 3:
"On the eve of the President's second
Administration I wish to convey to him
assurances of great progress made to
ward peace. Since January 1. 1.207
firearms have been captured and I. ,168
surrendered captures and surrenders
both due to co-operation of natives.
Since November 5,000 bolomcn have
surrendered in Uocos; 1,000 in Albay
and Camarincs; 60.000 residents of
Panayhavc taken the oath of allegiance;
offensive attacks by insurgents now of
rarest occurrence; Dclgado, insurgent
leader of Panay. with 350 men and
rifles; Angeles and Simon Techon, with
200 Bulacan. have surrendered. Lacuna.
Mascado, Pablo, Techon, SandicO and
other leaders have made overtures to
surrender, but condition of immunity
from prosecution for alleged complicity
in assassination not conceded has de
layed consummation.
"Federal party, avowed and direct
outgrowth election, has spread with
wonderful rapidity in all parts of the
archipelago and is active and urgent
in advocacy of peace and presenting ad
vantage of civil liberty under American
sovereignty and assisted in securing
surrenders in Panay. The party's ban
quet on the eve of Washington's Birth
day and a gathering of 7,000 members of
the party at Luneta to hear loyal, ear
nest addresses by leading Filipinos were
most convincing of its power and pur
pose and completely representative
character.
"Commission has last three weeks or
ganized five provincial governments
Pampanga, Pangasinan. Tarlac. Bula
can Bataan; last two are Tagalog
provinces. Attended each provincial
capital in a body; met by appointment
presidentes, councilors and principal
men of towns; explained provisions of
general provincial act and special bill
for particular province and invited dis
cussion by natives present of both bills.
Conventions thus held very satisfactory;
amendments suggested, considered,
special bill enacted, appointments fol
lowed. Explanation of purpose of
President and people of the United
States to secure civil liberty received
with enthusiasm.
Schley and Sampson.
Washington (Special). Recognizing
the impossibility of obtaining action by
the Senate at the extra session, the
President, it is said, will not retransmit
to that body the nominations of Rear
Admiral Sampson .and Real-Admiral
Schley for advancement on account of
services during the war with Spain. As
Rear-Admiral Schley will retire October
9 next and Rear-Admiral Sampson
three months later it is evident that
the only reward that can be given
these officers is for Congress to author
ize the President to appoint them vice
admirals 011 the retired list.
Rook Causes a Strike.
Tampa, Fla. (Special). The cigar
makers in the factory of Lr -az & Par
sons went out on a novel strike. Every
factory has a "reader" whose duty it is
to read to the workmen. The "reader"
was instructed to read from a book to
which the women objected on the
ground of immorality. The men say
the book was misjudged. The manage
ment was powerless and at a result of
the disagreement both sides followed
their leaders to the streets.
Says the Bible Is Not Inspired.
Lexington, Ky. (Special).-Dr. F. C.
Pillsbury. pastor of the Methodist
Church here, has created a sensation
in church circles by arguing that the
Bible is not inspired. In a recent ser
mon he said: "In all these discussions
I wou'd not have you feel the Bible is
to be in any sense passed over. It must
ever remain the great source of knowl
edge which must be put through the
crucible of one's own personal con
scienceness. At the same time the Bible
must be read in the light of what it is,
simply the literature of a peculiarly re
ligious people."
Three on One Uallows.
Little Rock, Ark. (Special). Kirby
Graves, William Johnson and Henry
Brooks, negroes, were hanged at Rich
mond. Little River county, for murder
ing Kdward Evans, white, and Frank
Hopson colored.
Kslser Wauls More Blood.
Wilhelmshaven (By Cable). Em
peror William, in an address to the Ma
rine Infantry relief companies, who. arc
going to China, exhorted them to imi-'
tate the martial deeds of their com
rades. Train Wreckers Foiled.
Columbia, S. C. (Special). .Two at
tempts were made to wreck the north
bound Florida-New York fast mail train
near Ridgeway. In the first instance
an iron rail was lastened across the
track. The locomotive stopped as the
obstruction was reached. Two miles
further the train ran into a bowlder that
had been placed on the track. The pilot
of the locomotive was knocked off.
Kwaag Su Wants to Bury Past.
Pekin (By Cable). In an edict, the
Emperor of China annuls all decrees
and reports rendered iroln June 30 to
August 14, IQoo, in order that no trace
of them be preserved iu history.
PENNSYLVANIA JOTS.
The Latest Happenings Gleaned From
All Over the State.
STATE FORESTS TO BE GUARDED.
New Commission Meets at Harrl.ihurg-Plnn to
Establish a Nursery-Restocking Streams
With FIsh-BIg Coal Deal ConsummntcOTo
Mark Waterman's Orave-Mendvllle College
Gets New Library. .
The new State Forestry Reservation
Commission, created by a recent act,
leld a meeting Friday. The act' creat
ing the Department of Forestry legis
lated the earlier Forestry Commission
and the Commissioner of Forestry out
of existence. The Governor, however, .
npnointcd all the old members to the
new commission. Measures were con
sidered looking to the repair of roads
which pass through the State Forestry
reservations. A suitable location . will
be selected for the establishment of a
'.ursery, on which to raise white pine,
1 berry, white oak, red oak and other
seedlings for starting a typical young
!o:est as soon as possible. Arrange
ments are in progress leading to the re
stocking of streams with fish by the
Fish Commission, and it is probable
that the public lands will be first con
sidered in the distribution. The Com
missioner of Forestry was directed to
formulate rules relating to camp fires
in the State grounds.
Announcement was made that Alle
gheny College, of Mcadvillc, has been
iven funds with which to build a finely
equipped library building. The college
archives contain a letter from Thomas
Jefferson congratulating the trustees
upon the rare collection of books that
:.ftcrward became the nucleus of the
present library. But for many years the
facilities for housing and using the
books have been inadequate. The new
building is to cost not less than $30,
;oo. The donor withholds his name for
at least three years, and reserves the
light to remjiin anonymous. Work on
the building will begin as soon as the
weather pcimits,1 so that the library,
the Ford Memorial Chapel and the
Newton Observatory will go up simul
taneously. Colonel N. M. Ellis, engineer for the
Valley Forge Commission, completed
for Major I. Heston Todd, of Port
Kennedy, the plans for the monument
to be erected over the grave of Captain
John Waterman, the Rhode Island pa
triot and a member of Washington's
staff. Captain Waterman's grave is on
Major Todd's farm. The momtiment
will be dedicated on Evacuation Day,
June 19. when President McKinlcy and
other distinguished men will be pres
ent. The Legislature of Rhode Island
appropriated $10,000 for the monumcnL
Captain Waterman's grave is the only
one known to exist at Valley Forge.
Within the next few. weeks the Roy
crsford post office will be the starting
point of a rural free delivery route
through Limerick Square and various
other points along the Reading Turn
pike. This route will cover over twen
ty miles. Many of the farmers residing
along the Schuylkill and Ridge Roads,
and through East Vincent township are
making an effort to have the benefit of
a rural delivery route, the Spring City
post office being the starting point.
Congressman Thomas S. Butler, of
West Chester, will be asked to use his
influence.
Another combination of coal mining
interests has been formed whereby the
Pardee collieries, Patton Coal Com
pany, Clearfield and Indiana Coal Com
pany, James Kerr &- Co., E. P. McCor
mick & Co., and the Chest Creek L.
and f. Company will be absorbed by
the Beech Creek Coal and Coke Com
pany, which has headquarters at No. 11
Broadway, New York. The deal was
largely consummated by James Kerr,
the president of the newly formed com
bination, who, it is alleged, acted eager
ly in the interests of the New York
Central Railroad Company, which alone
consumes a million tons of bituminous
coal annually.
Lotte Green, of Haneville, Clinton
county, 10 years old, had a thrilling ex
perience with a large catamount. She
was going to the barn to do some
chores. She saw the animal near the
chicken coop, but, supposing it to be
a strange cat, she held out her hand
and said coaxingly, "Come, Kittiel"
She noticed the animal was unusually
large for a cat, and had such a large
head and short ears. The child then
began to get frightened.
She stamped her foot and asid"Scatl"
shaking her little tin pail at the same
time to scare it away but failed to do
so. Instead the animal started toward
her with a scream. She turned and
fled to the house, the cat following her
to the door, which, as she slammed it,
struck the beast, which was in the act
of springing at her, with sufficient force
to knock it several yards.
Now that the silk mill strikers at
Wilkes-Barre have refused the proposi
tion of Manager Goldsmith to end the
strike they have set about collecting
funds for the' maintenance of their
members. As the union is a new one
it has no money in its treasury and has
to depend on other unions for assist
ance. The jury in the case of Albert Snyder
and Mrs. Louisa Snyder, of Mahanoy
City, who were charged with the shoot
ing of the latter's husband, Michael
Snyder, after being out nearly twenty
two hours, returned with a verdict. The
man was found guilty of murder in
the second degree and the woman was
acquitted.
Edward S. Kerns, who was a student
at Villanova College, dii'd ntPottsvil'e
from the result of being bumped on the
back of the head by a waiter who was
carrying a heavily laden tray ten days
ago. 'A clot of blood formed. An
operation was performed with no avail.
While Mr. and Mrs. Francis Shafer
were lying ill in bed at their home, near
New Ringgold, two masked burglars
entered their rooms and forced them to
give up $36 and a watch. The watch
they returned upon'Mr. Shafer's plea
that he noeded the watch in order to
keep the time for taking his medicine.
Henry Griffin, of Scranton, was in
the care of a ChristianScicnce healer
when he died from apoplexy. Coroner
J. J. Roberts proposes to hold an in
quest, but Griffin's' widow objects. She
says her husband only employed the
Christian Science healer after the regu
lar physicians had failed to help him.
Harry Waftm. the heroic youth who,
at the risk of bis life, warned the occu
pants of the Kenwood building during
the recent big fire at Scranton, was pre
sented with a handsome gold-headed
cane by the employees of the car ac
countant's department of the Lacka
wanna Railroad.
A. C. Leonard, chaplain of the coun
ty jail and almshouse, Lancaster, an
nounced the withdrawal of his candi
dacy for prisonkeeper against H, H.
Moore, the present incumbent.'
David Kline, burgess of Birdsboro,
is deud, aged 1-1 years. He had two
tears to serve in office.