A DARING ADVENTURE. General Funston Leadi Expedition lo Capture Aguinaldo. MARCH INTO THE DEEP INTERIOR. May Furnish a Fitting Climax lo HI Brilliant Carter, or Result lo Hl DIscomflture-Hit PUo It lo Be Taken Into the Pretence ol the Flllpioo Leader at Prisoner, and Then Tarn the Tablet on Kit Supposed Caplcr. ' Manila (By Calilc). General Funston is now engaged in a daring project which promise to he the greatest and most romantic achievement of Ins event ful career. In January, from his hiding place in the province of Isabella. Aguin aldo wrote letters anathematizing the sub-chiefs who had taken the oath of al legiance to the L'nited States. Later. Aguinaldo ordered certain insurgent i forces in Southern Luzon to join him at ' a rendezvous in I -abulia province. The rebel officer entrusted with these orders secretly negotiated with the Americans, i securing necessary mtormation. ucn eral Funs-ton planned Aguinaldo's cap ture, and with General MacArthur's au thorization General Funston proceeded two weeks ago to make the attempt. General Funston. with Surgeon Major Harris. Captain Newton, of the Thirty fourth Infantry: Lieutenant Admire, of the Twenty-second Infantry; Lieutenant Mitchell, of the Fortieth Infantry; six veteran scouts, and a company of native scouts, all picked men. embarked on the gunboat Vicksburg and were landed on remote beach above Baler. It was ar ranged that Aguinaldo's emissary, with the native scouts, shouttl pass themselves off as insurgent troops, who, having cap tured General Funston and others, were taking them as prisoners to Aguinaldo. At the right time, when brought before Aguinaldo, General Funston was to give a signal, when the tables were to be turned and Aguinaldo was to lie seized. Six days' march into the interior were contemplated. Treachery was considered possible, but every precaution was taken. The troops in New Vizcaya and New Ecija. and the gunboats Vicksburg and Albany were to operate with General Funston' s force. BOERS FKillTINQ AS HARD AS EVER. They Wreck a Supply Train and Burn Bloody River Bridge. Standerton, Transvaal (By Cable.) Four hundred Boers, under the Boer Commander Buys, have wrecked a sup ply train north of V laklaagte. 1 hey overpowered the escort and carried off ; several wagonloads of provisions. A 1 convoy, destined to join General French's column, has been attacked between Blood j River and Shcepers Nek, Transvaal Col ony. The British had one man killed and three wounded. The bridge at Blood River was burned. j London (By Cable). The Colonial! Secretary, Mr. Chamberlain, in the : House of Commons, replying to a qucs- , tion, said no specific objection had been j made by General Botha to any of the j peace terms offered by General Kitchen er, and General Botha made no counter- proposals. The only information in the ! possession of the government, outside of that published in the papers, was con tained in a private telegram from Gen eral Kitchener, saying General Botha had a strong objection to Sir Alfred Milncr The Big Steel Deal. Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). The holders of the $100,000,000 bond issue of the Carnegie Company are now considering the exchange of them for bonds of sim ilar amounts and terms of the United States Sleel Consolidation. The matter has been brought to the attention of the stockholders by a circular signed by C. M. Schwab, president; W. W. Black burn, secretary, and L. C. Phipps, treas urer. It was stated on good authority that Andrew Carnegie has agreed to an exchange of bonds if all of the others are retired at the same time as his own and new ones issued. Of the total issue, An drew Carnegie will receive $175,000,000, in addition to the payment of $25,000,000 in cash, for his total holdings of stock and bonds. Kidnapper Dead and Child Restored. El Paso, Tex. (Special). May Carrie Stevens, kidnapped from here six years ago, when but 5 years of age, and not heard of again by relatives until re cently, was brought hack from Dan ville, lnd.. and restored to her mother, Mrs. Anna Stevens, Monday. The stolen child was able to tell a con nected story of her wanderings since she was taken from home six years ago. She was trained for a trapeze performer in a circus. The actress who took her away from home is dead. Cleared tp By a Skeleton. Warren. Ohio (Special). The skele ton of James Tod arrived here Saturday and a mystery was cleared away. Nine years ago James Tod, of Warren, a nephew of War Governor Tod, disap peared from Dayton, Fla. One day this week his skelcon was found near Spruce Creek, in Florida, and was identified by gold fillings in his teeth, a watch and a ring of keys. Deputy and a Moonshiner Killed. Augusta, Ga. (Special). Deputy Marshal Alexander S. Whitely was killed in attempting to arrest Lum Scott for illicit distilling in Lincoln county. Scott was also killed. The officer, with his posse, found the dis tillers in a barricaded house, and in attempting to make the arrests a fight ensued. The other members of the Scott crowd were arrested. Cubans Playing to Grandstand. Havana (Special). It has been learned that the Constitutional Conven tion long since determined lo grant the demands made by the L'nited States under the Piatt amendment, and that all the show of opposition now being made is grandstand play. Tbt Old Familiar Game. Greensboro, N. C. (Special). Three confidence men, Frank Thompson, D. Hawley, and Gomez Bono, the latter disguised as an Indian, were arrested heie while attempting to work the gold brick scheme on Paul Garreit, of Wei don. Garrett notified the officers of the presence of the men and planned the capture. He and Thompson were followed to a spot in the woods near town, where Bono had two bricks con cealed reputed to be worth $50,000. Hawley, who was to assay the gold, was arrested at a hotel. At Odds With Her Colored Editor. Topcka, Kan. "(Special). Mrs. Ciirric Nation has dissolved partnership with Nick Chiles, her colored publisher. She will hereafter endeavor to edit and have printed her paper,"The Smasher's Mail," without his assistance. The trouble grew out of the suppression by Chiles of an editorial written by Mrs. Nation scor ing District Judge Hazen, before whom the has appeared a number of times. The temperance agitation started in this city by Mrs. Nation has resulted in bringing out the heaviest registration for the spring election in the history of the city. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS. Domestic V. J. Bryan, when asked whether he thought any Democrat or Populist would aid the Republicans in electing Senators, said: "Not unless he is bought." and Mr. Bryan would not as sume without evidence that any of the Nebraska Legislators were corruptible. Because of suspicious circumstances surrounding her death, the body of Mrs. F.liraheth Matthews, of Cril.eitdcn. Vn.. was disinterred and delivered to medical officials for an autopsy. . The l'nited States officials place the responsibility for the wreck of the steamer Kio de Janeiro on the late Captain Ward, who went down with the ship, and Pilot Jordan. The jury brought in a verdict of not guilty in the case of Hon. Clark Sim mons, oi the County Court in Weston. Va , w ho was tried for shooting Rev, John Kexwood. Giovanni Lautiere. of Natick. R. L, nearly killed Miss Knricliette Mazar ello. who had rejected him, and three others who came to her assistance. The Korea, built for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was launched at the yards of the Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuilding Company. A Holstein cow went on a rampage in Richmond, Ya.. and did considerable damage to persons and their property before she had enough of the sport. The tight between the Chicago Board of Trade and the telegraph companies over the distribution oi market quota tions has been settled. Several electrical storms raged in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A number oi cattle were killed by lightning. Isaac Levy and Lewis Goldstein. Government contractors, were arrested in Philadelphia for swindling. A blow from the southeast did con siderable damage to shipping on the Florida coast. William Stern, a business man of Seranton, Pa., committed suicide at Atlantic City. More women are registering in Kan sas to vote at the spring elections than ever before. Thomas Levins was accused in Free hold. N. J., of killing his mother on March 1. Charter Day was celebrated at the University of Virginia. The steamer Poughkeepsie ran on the rocks at Stony Point, near Have-straw, N. Y. All the passengers, who were panic-stricken, were saiely taken off. The Supreme Court of Virginia granted a new trial to M. A. uavis, sentenced for four vears for poisoning a well in Fauquier county, a. I A fire in the hold oi the steamer J Casano. lying at the Atlantic Basin, Brooklyn, caused damage to the amount 01 St.'O.coo. Rev. Dr. Frederick A. Muhlenbery died at his home in Reading, Pa. John Held, a traveling salesman, com mitted suicide in Buffalo. It is rumored in Colorado that ex Senator Wolcott will be appointed Sec retary of the Interior, in place of Mr. Hitchcock. Bruce F. Dunbar, aged 15 years, of Harrisonburg, Pa., died of lockjaw, which followed vaccination. The grand hotel at Kcnova. V. Ya.. and the saw and planing mills of Davis & Lenon were burned. Mrs. William H. Wilkins. of Milford, N. H drowned her n -year-old daugh ter in a river. The family oi Edward L. Smith, at Martinsburg", were poisoned by eating a ! wild root H. C. 'Bourquin. of St. Marys. O.. sued Miss Sarah B. Ruble for breach of promise George D. Swigert, a veteran of the Civil W-ir HipH at Frir Pi ' Charles Humphries, a tenor, killed himself in St. Louis. Albert Ives, the oldest banker in De troit, is dead. Foreign. Mr. Chamberlain stated in the House of Commons that no specific objections had been made by general Botha to any of rile peace terms offered by General Kitchener and made no counter pro posals. Emperor William, in speaking of the attempt recently made upon his life, said that the outrage convinced him that since the death of Emperor Wil liam I respect for the authorities had decreased. The Privy Coucillor and Chief Pro curator of the Holy Synod at St. Pet ersburg narrowly escaped assassination, two bullets being fired at him through a window. Russian statesmen declare emphati cally that Russia does not intend to assume a protectorate over Manchuria. The French Premier has arranged for the settlement of the strikes in Mar seilles by arbitration. In the hearing of the libel actions brought by Arthur Chamberlain, broth er of Joseph Chamberlain, in connection with charges bearing on British War Office contracts, Arthur Chamberlain stated that in a cordite contract for Arklow local pressure was put upon the Irish members by telling the working people that the shops would be closed unless the contract was secured Lord Lansdownc announced in the House of Lords that Russia and Grtat j tight against it by Representative Col Britain had agreed to withdraw tluir by, of Detroit, Republican, who de troops from the disputed ground at Tien 1 clared it was being forced down the Tain pending investigation of title and i throats of the people of Detroit by the proprietary rights. The House of Lords adopted I.oid Salisbury's motion to appoint a nun tmttee to revise the King's anti-Roman Catholic ascension oath. A glacier slide from the Rossooden Alps has filled the valley with broken ice and destroyed Simplon street, 111 Berne. A general strike has been ordered at I Marseilles in support of the striking I dock laborers. ! Philip Botha, brother of the Boer i general, was killed in battle, and his j two sons w ere wounded. 1 Many delbgations who want libraries 1 and other gifts are awaiting the arrival of Mr. Carnegie on the American Line steamer St. Louis at Southampton. A discharged lieutenant of the gen darmerie in Budapest attempted to as- I sasinatc Field Marshal Jublcnozy, the I chief of the department. The sinking dock w orkers in Mar- i r,;ii. l.-..-. seilUs have caused panic among the storekeepers and had several clashes with the soldiers. Three Boer patriots were shot at De Aar U:itnu l,,.n rr,nu(fiM,l .t lt.i.l. t court-martial of murder and trr:isrm ' It is the general sentiment that the British will eventually be forced to back down in the Tien Tsin affair. British reinforcements consisting of (jo marines, arrived at Tien Tin. Financial. Brooklyn Rapid Transit earnings in February increased $41,000. Louisville and Nashville earned about 12 per cent, on the stock last year. The trunk lines arc doing an extremely heavy eastbound business for the season. The copper share market was exceed ingly active and strong in Boston. There is a great demand on the L'nited States Treasury for small notes, a cer tain sign of business activity and pros perity. London was a buyer of stocks in New York to the amount of 80,000 shares yesterday. WILL CHECKMARRIAGES. Minnesota Expects to Require Fhytl cian'i Examination. TRACE OF INSANITY TO BE A BAR, No License Will Be Issued II Bill Pattet Legis lature Until a Certificate It Pretentcd-ln-crease In Number ol Inmates ol Asylums for Feeble-Minded In the State la Strong Argument In Itt Favor. St. Tanl. Minn. (Special). The Chil ton bill, which passed the Senate Satur day, is proposed as a measure to restrict the marriage of persons afflicted with physical or mental disorders, and has the supiHirt of the physicians of the State. While the bill! which is reasonably certain to become a law. is aimed at the class above named, it will affect nil per sons seeking marriage, as a physical ex amination of the candidates for matri mony is imperative. Some of the provi sions of the bill follow : "No man or woman who is cplieptic, imbecile, feeble minded, or afflicted with chronic insanity, shall hereafter inter marry within this State when the wo man is under the age of 45 years. "Any person who, not being an epi leptic marries an imbecile or feeble minded person or one afflicted with chronic insanity, or who knowingly vio lates the provision of this section, shall, upon conviction, be punished by a fine of not more than $1000 or by imprison ment in the State prison for not more than five years, or by both such fine and imprisonment. "No officer shall hereafter issue a marriage license to any person apply ing therefor until, in addition to the condition now required by law, he shall be furnished with a certificate from a reputable physician or physicians of the county in" which the parties reside. "No clergyman or any official author ized by law to solemnize marriage shall hereafter perform a marriage ceremony within this State when either of the parties to such marriage is prohibited by this act from marrying. Any vio lation shall be punishable by a fine of not more than $1000 or imprisonment in the penitentiary for not more than three years." While this bill has general approval in this Stale, it will undoubtedly result in a number oi the marriages of parties in this State being made in adjoining States. This has been one of the prin cipal arguments advanced against its passage. On the other hand the increase in the number of inmates of the asylums for feeble-minded and insane in the Slate is strong argument in favor of its pass- age. CUT OFF HER OWN EARS. Woman Also Removes Five Toes and Part ol Her Nose. Toledo, Ohio (Special). Mrs. G. Brunsclincidcr, residing near the city limits, occupies a ward at St. Yin cent's Hospital and is in a serious. con dition as a result of horrible injuries self-inflicted. About 5 o'clock in the evening, armed with an ordinary pair ! of scissors, she cut off all toes of her left loot, both her ears close to the head and about an inch of her nose. She then cut out a portion of her right check, inflicted five gashes in the left ihk a"d """"V on her arms. iicginning ai ner icn iorearm, sue re- '""vec! every vetiKe of skin, laying bare the muscles. She also lacerated the right arm in a horrible manner. Noth- kn"wn of th,e KA until huer husband, who was absent during the night, returned home in the morning and found her in bed in a semi-conscious condition. A surgeon was called at once and she was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital. Her recovery is doubtful. Hotel Quests Routed by Fire. New York (Special). The Hotel Renwick, at Port Washington, L. L, was destroyed by fire. The occupants of the hotel had narrow escapes, but all got out without injury, except Frank Kelly, who was cut on the hand while breaking a window in an effort to arouse servants, who were asleep on the second floor. After arousing the ser vants, Mr. Kelly was partially over come by smoke and had to be assisted from the building. The loss is placed at $15,000. Saya Apology Waa Refused. London (By Cable). "General Wog ack has refused to accept Count von Waldersec's arbitration at Tientsin," says the Pekin correspondent of the Diily Mail, "and demands that the Brit ish not only withdraw, but apologize for removing the Russian flag. Gen eral Barrow refuses to do either, and in so refusing has the support of the Brit ish Government. British reinforcements are being sent." Abolishing "Oft Year" Elections. Lansing, Mich. (Special). The bill abolishing "off year" elections in De troit and extending the terms of the present city officials one year, in accord- 1 ance, passed the House afier a bitter Republican "machine." Hot Fight at a Primary. Lexington, Ky. (Special). Ten men were wounded in a battle between rival nrilitir.'il factions at Canrv Mnrcn I nmntv. A urimarv election woe h.ln,. held at Caney, and a dispute arose, it was said, over the question of the riuht j oi certain persons to cast their ballots. i Nearly every man at the polling place j was armed, and as the quarrel pro- gressed weapons were drawn. The I first shot was the signal for a general 1 fight, and when the smoke cleared away ten wounded men were lying on the , ground. They were carried to neigh- 1 boring houses and physicians were sum- iv.oned. Boer Diplomats Not Idle. 1 Amsteniam tuy calle).-ur. Leyds. ' lht "K''"1 ' l'-r"I'e the Boer Gov- j ". " V'13' tllc ,lMnMe tween England and Russia at I len Tsin Amsterdam (By Cable). Dr. Leyds, .. . ... 1.- .1.. r, . . f - offered an opportune moment for a visit to St. Petersburg. L'e therefore caused inquiry to be made through the Boer ! agents in Paris as to whether the Czar 1 would welcome a visit irom the Boer President and himself. The Czar re 1 turned a Hat refusal to receive the would-be visitors, and the settlement of the Tien Tsin dispute has disappointed Boer hopes of a break between Eng land and Russia. $45,000,000 for War Ships. London (By Cable). Mr. Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster, parliamentary secretary to the admiralty, explained the naval proposals of the Government. Their object, he said, was to maintain the navy in a condition to carry on a successful war should occasion arise. It was proposed to have 154.575 men available to man the fleet, of whom 118,625 should be on the active list. The Government, he went on to ex plain, would ask for $45,000 000 for con struction, the largest sum ever appropriated. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Mr. Crljgt" Netlgoatlon. Attorney General Griggs has handed to the President his resignation, to take effect March ,11. Mr. Griggs intends to leave Washington on Saturday next for his home in New Jersey, where, here after, he will reside. His intention is to resume immediately the practice ol his profession. It is stated by his au thority that he will be associated as counsel with the firm of Dill, Bomcisler & Baldwin, of New York city. Mr. Ciriggs also has formed a partnership with Mr. Dill, of Jersey City, under the firm name of Griggs & Dill, for practice in New Jersey. Spain Faid for the Islands. The Spanish Minister. Duke d'Arcos, received from S-crctary Hay a treasury warrant for $100,000, and the United Stales received Hie final cession of "any and all islands of the Philippine Archi pelago lying outside of the line de scribed 111 article 3 of the treaty of peace between Spain and the United States of December iq, 1S98." At the same time a protocol was signed by Mr. Hay and Duke d'Arcos, exchang ing ratifications of the treaty of cession. The specific purpose of the .transaction is to add the islands of Cagayan-Sulu and Sibitu to the possessions of the United States. Schley Home Fund. It has been decided to purchase a residence for Admiral Schley at Cleve land Park in accordance with the ad miral's wishes, he having previously de clared against a handsome residence in the Capitol City, stating that he pre ferred a comfortable home in the quiet of the suburbs. The executive com mittee of the committee of one hundred of the Schley home fund stated that $3000 had been guaranteed by the vari ous Knights Templar lodges in the Uniled States. Miss Edna McClelland, of New York, has sent a statement to the committee that she had raised $3000 for the fund. The amount desired for the home for the admiral is $10,000. Mr. Hitchcock Will Stay. It is staled on high authority that former Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, is r.ot to succeed Secretary Hitchcock as the head of the Interior Department, as published. Secretary Hitchcock, when shown the item, said: "So far as 1 am aware there is absolutely no foundation for the story." A member of the Cabinet stated that the President has no intention of mak ing any changes in his Cabinet further than selecting a successor to Attorney General Griggs. Mighty Naval Weapon. Washington (Special). The pene trating power of a new naval gun has proved satisfactory at tests held at the proving station down the Potomac liver, and naval men say it has no equal in the navies of the world. Of 40-caliber in length, it is longer and regarded as infinitely superior to the 13-inch guns which were used in the Santiago fight. With a charge of 360 pounds of smokeless powder and a projectile weighing 850 pounds, a muz zle velocity oi 2854 feet per second has been obtained, with a corresponding muzzle energy of 47,094 foot tons, the chamber pressure being ifr2 tons per square inch, or half a ton less than the designed working pressure. Compari son of this new weapon with the 12 inch 35-caliber guns now mounted on the Iowa class of vessels show that the new piece weighs 53.7 tons and has a muzzle energy of 893 foot tons per ton of gun. The present !2-inch gun, which weighs 45.2 tons, has a muzzle velocity with smokeless powder of only 2300 foot seconds, and the correspond ing muzzle energy of 31,170 foot tons amounts to only 68g foot tons per weight of the gun. The muzzle energy of the new piece, therefore, exceeds that of the old by 53 per cent. Capital News In General. An army board, appointed on the re quest of Gen. Baldy Smith, decided that not he. but Gen. Rosecrans, devised the plan for the relief of the Army of the Cumberland. Commander S. M. Ackley has been or dered to the command of the training ship Dixie, relieving Commander Bel knap. Stephen Abell, the Maryland census enumerator, arrested for padding re turns, was released on bail. Chief Wilkie announced that a new five-dollar counterfeit had made its ap pearance. Congressman Mudd, before leaving for New York, wdiere he will sail for the Bermudas, criticised the system of the Census Bureau. Gen. O. O. Howard, the president, de livered an address before the Washing ton annual meeting of the American Tract Society. Senator Depew urged upon the Presi dent Fred J. Allen as successor to C. H. Duell, commissioner of patents. The United States has suggested as a solution of the Chinese indemnity problem that an indemnity aggregating $200,000,000 be divided in eight parts, of which the United States is to receive one. Other powers do not receive the suggestion favorably. Under the new army reorganization law an order has been issued organizing twelve additional companies of coast ar lillery, one to be located at Fort Mc Henry. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Taylor decided that bobbinet lace was a new industry, and decided to admit the imported laborers from England. Senator Dovenor told the President that from his observations in Cuba the Piatt proposition will, after some delay, be accepted. Charles H. Flemer, a wealthy retired builder, committed -uicide. Policeman Stepnen A. Abell, who was arrested Tuesday, charged with making false returns while acting as a Maryland census enumerator, was committed to jail to await the action of the Grand Jury. Our New Possessions. Col. Rosario, with 51 men and 56 rifles, has surrendered to Col. Baldwin, oi the Fourth Infantry, at San Fran cisco de Malabon, Cavite province. Lieutenant Dean, of Troop C, Sixth Cavalry, has engaged a force, of insur gents at Tiibjg, l.aguanda province, kill ing several of them and capturing seven men and twenfy-four rifles. A report v. as received giving inter esting facts in c menction with the open ing ol a girl's high school in- Tutuila. General MacArthur reported the sur render of Fullon in Panay, which ends the insurrection in that province. The attendance at the services of the Evangelical Church in Manila is not di minishing. Protestantism is spreading rapidly in the Province of Pampanga. The Philippine Commission has tailed from Iloilo for Joli to make a three-days' visit and to endeavor to come to an ami cable understanding with the Sultan re garding various matters. There will be no legislation. According to treaty, the Sultan's govermnent controls the Sulu group. The Philippine Commissioners are considering recommendations as to the form of civil government which it is believed President McKinley will order instituted in July. SIX SLAIN BY MOTHER. Insane Mrs. Naramore Enacts a Terri ble Tragedy. FAILS IN ATTEMPT ON HER LIFE. Dispatched Her Little Ones with Ax and Club, Beginning with the Eldest, Ten-year-old Ethel, and Ending with Baby Lena, Aged Ten Months-Placed Bodies on Two Beds, Then Cut Her Own Throat and Lay Down to Die. Coldhrook. Mass. (Special). Mrs. Lizzie Naramore. while in a fit of in sanity, killed her six children at her home, a farmhouse half a mile from this village, and then tried to take her own life. The children ranged from 10 years to a babe of 10 months, and their lives were taken by the mother with an ax and a club. She laid the blood-drenched bodies on the beds, two on one bed and the other four on a bed in another room, and then attempted to take her own life by cutting her throat with a tazor. When discovered she was in the bed on which the bodies of four chil dren were lying. Although she cut a deep gash in her throat and suffered the loss of much blood, it is believed she will recover. Frank Naramore. the husband and father, left his home at the usual hour to go to his work at a sawmill, and at that time his wife did not attract his attention by acting strangely. It is supposed the deed was com mitted shortly after noon. The chil dren were three boys and three girls F'thcl, 10 years of age, the eldest, while the ages of Walter. Charlie, Chester. Bessie and Lena ranged down from 8 years to 10 months. Mrs. Naramore told her intimate friends that she first killed Ethel, then followed with the five others, each time taking the next eldest. Five were killed by being struck on nhe head with the back of an ax, while little Lena was killed with a club. Each of the children had evidently received several blows, as their heads were terribly bruised and blood was scattered in all directions about the rooms. Killed His Three Children. Clinton, Me. (Special). Jacob Dear born Marr, a farmer, living eight miles from this village, killed his three chil dren. Alice M., aged 13: Elwin, aged 9, and Helen, aged 7, with an ax shortly after the family had risen from the din ner table. Mr. Marr had been de spondent for some time but his actions were not such as to make his wife be lieve that he had any serious trouble to brood over. The eldest daughter was washing dishes at the sink when her father went by her to the shed and got an ax. He came back to the kitchen and struck the girl a single blow on the head, killing her. Mrs. Marr saw this and ran screaming to the house oi her husband's father, Samuel Marr. The husband, it is supposed, walked upstairs to where the younger children were playing and dealt each a single blow with the ax-handle, killing them both. When Mr. Marr. Sr.. came in the younger Marr was washing his hands at the sink. He was asked why he had done the deed and he said: "I don' tknow." Later in the day he was placed under arrest and taken to Watcrville. Robbers Chloroform a Clerk. Oberlin, O. (Special). Robbers blew open the safe in the post office here and escaped with everything of value. A young man named Randolph, who slept in the building, was found lying on the floor of the office, bound and gagged. Later in the day Randolph regained consciousness. He said the work had been done by three masked men. Chloroform, he stated, had been used to put him to sleep after he had been bound and gagged. The cracks men got out of town on a hand-car. The inner safe door was so badly warped and twisted by the explosion that it cannot be opened, and the post office officials now believe the burglars did not gain access to it. Acid In Child's Throat Belleville (Special). Mrs. Agnes Huff was arrested here, charged by Nicolas Judiano with an attempt to poison his 9-ycar-oId daughter Mary, by forcing acid down the child's throat. Judiano says that the child, who was playing in the yard at the time, strug gled to free herself from the woman's grasp, and ran to the house, but not until her lips and chin had been severely burned. Mrs. Huff was placed under $200 bail to appear before the Grand Jury. Lively Centenarian Passes Away. Alderson. W. Va. (Special). Miss Nancy Ellis died at the home of her nephew, Enos Reynolds, on Griffith's Creek, this county, aged 104 years. For twenty years she has been able to see as well without glasses as a young per son, though before that time, since she was 40, she wore spectacles. Her hear ing was restored at about the same time as her sight, and other faculties seemed to take on new lease of life. Up to within a few weeks of her death she was able to do her share of the ordinary amies 01 tne norsenoia. Lost Diamonds and Died, Paducah. Ky. (Special). The sudden dearh of Mrs. Mary Tedder, a bride of two weeks, resulted from the loss of her diamond rings. She was in a store when she discovered the loss of two large diamond ring from her finger. She at once fainted, and only a lew Moments elapsed before her death. Waddell Wins in Primary. Wilmington, N. C. (Special). At the primary election held lure the Demo crats showed their preference for the Hon. A. M. Waddell as mayor for the next two years by giving him 1269 votes, against 1035 cast for his oppon ent, W. E. Springer, a prominent busi ness man. Victory in the primary is virtually an election. Hudson River Steamer Wrecked. Poughkeepsie, N. Y. (Special). The steamer Poughkeepsie, of the Central Hudson Steamboat Company, ran on the rocks at Stony Point, a few miles south of Haversiraw, before daybreak. The vessel is badly wrecked. At the time of the accident there was a heavy downpour of rain, and the night was very dark, and the pilot did not see the lighthouse, which is only 200 feet from where the vessel ran ashore. The bow of .the boat ran on the rocks about 25 feet, and the crash set the passengers in a panic, but all were taken off in safety. Cruiser New York at (Jlbraltar. Gibraltar (By Cable). The armored cruiser New York arrived here. She will proceed to Tangier to demand the settlement of the claims of the United States Government against Morocco. J he New York will convey Mr. Cuin mere, United States Consul General, from Tangier to the seaport of Mazar gan, when he will travel overland to Morocco City, the political capital' ol Morocco, there to demand from the Sultan of Morocco an apology for an apparent discourtesy to the United States, committed by the Sultan's grand vizier and his minister of foreign affairs. PLOT AQAINT CZAR. The Walla ol Hit Bedroom Now Lined With Steel Armor-New Contrivance. 1 Berlin (By Cable). The St. Peters burg correspondent of the Cologne Volks Zeitung, under date of March 17, forwards by mail news to the effect that there is evidence in St. Petersburg of the existence of plots against the authorities. He asserts that sums of money are being distributed to the fac tory hands in St. Petersburg and vicin ity to induce them to join the disaf fected students. It has not been learned whence this money comes, but indica tions point to high sources about the court. The fact is, the correspondent continues, the secret police no longer trust even the highest entourage of the Czar. New precautions for the 'protection of the Czar's life have been taken namely, a mechanism which allows no one to open the doors of the room in which the Czar happens at the moment to he. The Czar now has five desks in his study, which he uses one after the other. The walls of the Czar's study and bedrom are lined with steel armor. The correspondent finds that evidence of the new plots was general. Orders were given Saturday night to keep all the troops in St. Petersburg ready. Sunday the police were dis tributed in force on all the main streets of the city. The military commander of St. Petersburg, M. Kleigcls, received a number of warnings. . The Berliner Tageblatt prints a. spe cial despatch from St. Petersburg, by way of Lemberg. to the effect that the Karpovitch investigation has revealed a great plot similar to the Nihilistic conspiracy, with Kieff as a center, the main branch at Odessa and ramifica tions extending to the lowest strata of society. The plan was to make an at tempt on the life of the Czar, who was thereupon removed to Gatchina. Eighteen students are closely confined at Schlucsselberg because they were af filiated with the murderer of M. Bogo liepoff. BIO BILL FOR CHINA. The Powers Cannot Agree on a Common Basis Independent Cla ma, Washington (Special). Another com munication was received from Special Commissioner Rockhill touching the complications that have resulted at Pekin from the efforts of the various powers to reach a uniform basis for their indemnity claims, but there is nothing to indicate that an agreement is any nearer than it was when this subject was first taken up by the min ister. Although the State Department is more than ever convinced that its suggestion, looking to the reference of the entire subject of indemnity to The Hague Commission, is the true solution of the difficulty, that proposition having been definitely rejected early in the negotiations is not now before the min isters. It is stated that the sum total of the indemnities claimed by all nations can not be calculated at this moment, be cause of the lack of agreement among the powers on the very bases of settle ment. But assuming that the other powers are willing to accept the scheme of adjustment proposed by the United States, allowing a certain amount for each missionary killed or injured, and another allowance for property de stroyed, the sum total of the claim would be considerably less than $250, 000,000. It is not doubted that, under economical administration, with order completely restored, and with free ac cess to the interior of China, the Chinese revenues would be able to meet this charge against them within a rea sonable time. But it appears almost hopeless now to expect the other powers to accept the same basis of compensation that would satisfy the United States Govern ment. Not only is there a vast differ ence in the scale of the' demands based on military expenditures, but there also is a very radical difference of opinion as to the treatment of the native Chris tians who have suffered in person and property by the Boxers, and it is be lieved that if this element is to be treat ed with the liberality proposed by some of the European nations the indemni ties claimed will be nearly $500,000,000 in the aggregate; an amount, it is de clared, quite beyond the ability of China to meet. IMPORTANT COPYRIOHT DECISION. Boston Publishing House Non-suited la an Infringement Case. Boston (Special). An important de cision relating to copyright was given by Judge Colt, of the United States Circuit Court here, sustaining demur rers filed by the respondents in a case in which a publishing house sought to obtain damages from two of the large business concerns of this city for alleged infringement in handling "The Pro fessor at the Breakfast Table," by Oliver Wendell Holmes, and "The Minister's Wooing," by Harriet Beecher Stowe. The court holds that the name of the person taking out a copyright musbe inserted in the notice of every edition published, and that the failure to do this vitiates the .copyright. A literal com pliance with the statute may not be re quired, but the notice must contain the essentials of the name, claim of ex clusive right,' and the date where ob tained. Paderewskl't Son Dead. Madrid (By Cable). Padercwski, the pianist, who has been making a tour of Spain, received a despatch while at Bilboa, stating that Hippolyte, his only son, was dead, at Warsaw. Paderewski at once started for Warsaw. He will go into mourning for one year, during which time he will not perform in public. Davitt Coming to Chicago. Chicago (Special). Michael Davitt has accepted an invitation to address the United Irish Societies at their Lady Day demonstration in this city on Aug ust 15. It is intended to have a dele gation accompany Mr. Davitt from Ireland. Harrison's Lift Insurance. Indianapolis (Special). Ex-President Harrison Jcft $40,000 in life insurance. This fact was announced by the prest-. dent of the Union Trust Company, which is executor of General Harrison's will. He said: "General Harrison had four policies of $10,000, each in force. The box containing the policies has not been opened yet. Our appraisement of the Harrison estate gives its total value at $380,000. This includes all. real estate, railroad bonds, stock in the Union Trust Company, the Law Build ing here and other securities." rieTlhs Baby Sister. Rutherford, N. C. (Special). -Mr. John Hatchett's 4-ycarold son had seen ner use creosote for her toothache. When no one was watching he got hold of the poison and poured some on the face of the infant babe, saying that he wanted to give the medicine for tooth ache. The little girl died in a few min utes. Suicide ol Joho B. Ashi. Charlotte, N. C. (Special). A special fjom Yorkville, S. C, announces the suicide of John R. Ashe, president and general manager of the York Cotton Mills. PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. The Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over (he State. THE CHESTER COUNTY MILK WAR. Blast Furnace Combination Rumors ol 1 (30,000,000 Organization In the Mahoning Valley-State Christian Endeavorera Vote for a Postponement ol Convention Until 1902 Runaway Results Fatally-Other Newt. More coal has been shipped South by river this month than in any other mouth in the history of the Pittsburg river coal trade. All previous big re cords have been sent glimmering, and the coal men are pleased. The Monon gahcla River Consolidated Coal and Coke Company has already sent South during March from Pittsburg 600 coal, boats and 400 barges, and this amount will be swelled before April 1 by the shipment of an additional 200 boats and 100 barges. The total shipped for the month will approximate the enor mous amount of 300,000,000 bushels of coal, or about 1.200,000 tons. The Building Committee of the Orphans' School Commission, consist ing of Messrs. Mahon, Sample and Stineman, together with Captain John D. Patterson, of Harrisburg, held a conference at Scotland as to the re building of the mechanical department, recently burned. The committee de cided to build over the old plans and specifications. A hospital will also be built south of the mechanical btnlt'ing. Between the two buildings will b: erected a brick structure especially (or the band of the school. A new power house will be put up. Work will be commenced as quickly as ioni'c, Henry Rowe and Weston Kciper, the young men who a week ago held up Cashier Ryan in the Halifax Bank and killed him, were convicted at Harris burg of murder in the first dcgre. The jury retired at 4.25 o'clock, when Judge Simmonton's charge was finished, and at 5. o'clock rendered a vcrJict. The youthful murderers betrayed no sign of emotion as they heard the verdict, and were led away handcuffed to jail. This is regarded as breaking the record for a conviction of murder in the first degree, following so closely upon the commission of the crime. The passenger traffic officials of the lines interested in Cleveland and Pitts burg business got together at Pittsburg and adjusted their differences. The de cision to abolish further- rate cutting between Pittsburg and Cleveland was quickly reached, and the tariffs of the Central Passenger Association were established. This ends a rate war cov ering two years. The roads most di rectly interested arc the Cleveland Mid Piftshurg, Pittsburg and Lake Erie and Pittsburg and Western. While playing marbles on the banks of Shamokin Creek, Lowell Thompson, 5 years old, fell in and was drowned. His companion. Give Henninger, 4 years old, went home at once and said to his mother: "Little boy's gone. Lowell's head went down. You cannot see him 110 more, mamma." Mrs. Hen ninger immediately bore the news to Mrs. Thompson, who, with her infant in her arms, rushed to the bank, but her child was gone. The farmers of Chester County ex pect to erect a creamery near Marshall ton within a short time. The plan is similar to one now in operation in various portions of New York. The farmers are doing some lively work in securing dairies ior the new plant and are meeting with much sucess. The offer made by milk dealers for the month of April is not satisfactory to the farmers and the new plant is pro jected on that account. As a result of the letter' vote taken at the beginning of the month, Rev. G. F. Eberman, president of the Pennsyl vania Christian Endeavor Union, will announce at the next meeting of the Executive Committee that the State convention of the organization, which had been arranged to take place in Pittsburg next October, will not be held until the summer of 1902. The Pitts burg union, which was to entertain the convention delegates in October, 1901, has extended the invitation to 1902. While John Troxell, of Mihon, and J. B. Lcunig, of Port Trcvorton. were turning the cranks of a crane at the American Car and Foundry Works Company to hoist a heavy trestle a support broke and the trestle, falling, killed both of them, the former instantly and the latter dying a few minutes after ward. Lcnnig's son was just opposite, and saw his father meet the awful death. George Nelms, a shoemaker of Pros pect Park, has no; tasted solid food of any kind for seven weeks, but con tinues at his bench just the same as though he were eating three meals a day. He says that the hungry feeling which accompanies an empty stomach docs not trouble him at all. Mr. Helms has often fasted for many days and has lost tittle flesh. President McKinley has appointed the following Pennsylvania postmasters: Dawson, Charles J McGill; New Haven, Thomas W. Scott; Swissvale, Elizabeth W. Haseltinc; Athol. G. M. Ruth; Beaumont, W. M. Parrish; Chanceford, C. W. Gemmell; Clear Spring. J.IL Dick; Cossart, Harry Pyle; Kelly Point. Elizabeth Fox; Out let, M. L. Freeman; Sandts Eddy, E. R. Petty. A consolidation of all .the blast fur naces in the Mahoning and Shenaniro I Valleys, including several stacks at rittsburg and Cleveland, may soon be effected. It is said that options have already been taken on a number of the' plants and the capitalization is to be $30,000,000. David Goiigh, of.Mahanoy Pine, em ployed as a car runner, was instantly killed. He attempted to step from one car to auu.iivi nnd fell under the wheels. ' J. J. Donahue, of Philadelphia, was convicted of stealing Senator George S. Varc's diamond in the House of Rep resentatives 011 the night Quay was made the caucus nominee for United States Senator. He was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary. The bank barn on the farm of ex PostniHster William A. Peffer, at Car lisle, was' destroyed by fire. The barn and contents were insured for $4000, Mrs. Joseph Kreidler, of Wilkes Barre; was severely injured by cart while picking coal on the railroad. R. W. Cromie, Harry Hibbitt and Oliver Knok, election officers, charged with receiving illegal votes and ignor ing challenges at the recent primary election ' Glenolden Borough, were discharged by Squire Harrison. The lotlge of Elks, of Chambersburg, has arranged to purchase the building it now occupies, and which it fitted p at a clubhouse. The property it worth $8000. Thomas F. Corrigan, a prominent resident of Lenovcr, Chester county, died at St. Joseph's Hospital from in-, juries sustained in a runaway accident. Mr. Carnegie arrived at Southampton on the steamer St. Louis and started for London. .evading the donation hunters.
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