THE RUSSIANS
IN A BIG FIGHT.
They Have a Battle With Several
Thousand Chinese.
RUSSIANS LOSE SEVERAL OFFICERS.
Tare Regime! ol East Siberian Troops In
an Engagement With Several Thousand
Chinese Troops Many Men Killed and
Wounded-The Chinese Retreat Alter .Losing
Heavily Prince Tuan to Be Banished.
Berlin (By Cable). A dispatch to (he
Cologne Gazette from St. Petersburg
says hard fighting is reported to have oc
curred between the First, Second and
Third East Siberian Rifle Regiments
and several thousand of Chinese troops
between Kobantsy and Sin-Miu-Ting.
The Russians lost a captain and several
men killed and a lieutenant colonel, sev
eral other officers and many men wound
ed. The Chinese lost heavily and re
treated, with the Russians pursuing
them. The date of the engagement is
not mentioned in the dispatch.
Another dispatch to the Co'ognc Ga
zette from Pekin, dated Thursday,
April 4, says the Chinese plenipoten
tiaries have agreed on the punishments
of the guilty provincial officials to be
demanded by the foreign ministers on
account of the murder of 242 persons,
missionaries and their wives and chil
dren. Prince Tnan's fate has finally been
decided. His death sentence will be
commuted to banishment to Turkestan.
The list of guilty Chinese provincial au
thorities includes only four to be be
headed and several degradations. The
Chinese commissioners are surprised
that the guilty officials should escape
with such light punishments. The in
formant of the correspondent of the As
sociated Press added "and well they
may."
The Frankfurter Zeitung published
another letter from Pekin containing a
verbatim account of the interview be
tween Dr. Munn Von Sehwarzenstein.
German Minister to China, and a Chi
nese Prince. The most interesting point
in the interview is the Prince's open ad
mission that if the allied troops are now
withdrawn the Boxers would immedi
ately appear in strong force.
Washington (Special). The determi
nation of the Russian Government not
to press to a conclusion the negotiations
begun sometime ago with the Chinese
Government in regard to Manchuria has
naturally given great gratification to the
Government of the United States. The
President is understood to recognize in
this act of the Czar another proof of his
sincere regard for the harmony, of the
powers now engaged in negotiations in
China and his determination to do
nothing to impede the speedy and satis
factory conclusion of these negotiations.
Bid GRAIN ELEVATOR BIRNED. I
About 899,030 Bushels of Wheat and Cora
Are Destroyed.
St. Louis (Special). Sparks from a
switch engine set fire to the big elevator
on the river front at the foot of Biddle
street, owned by the St. Louis Elevator
and Storage Company, and within less
than two hours the building was re
duced to ashes, entailing a loss of nearly
$650,000. H. C. Haarstick. president of
the company, said the building and the
contents, which consisted of about 800,
000 bushels of wheat and corn, were
fully insured. It was his opinion that
the loss of the grain would not affect
the local market. The burned elcvatoi
was the second largest in St. Louis, and
was used for storage purposes by others
titan members of the St. Louis Elevator
and Storage Company, but the latier
iust at this time happened to own n.ost
of the grain. The building conl.-ir.n-d
corn and wheat of grades below No. 2.
Only a small quantity of high-class
rcrcals was stored there.
Suicide of Evangelist's Daughter.
New York (Special). Mary Rivers.
tS-ycar-old daughter oi Mr. and Mrs.
Charles V. Rivers, evangelists, of Jer
sey City, committed suicide by taking
carbolic acid. The parents insist mat
:hey know of no reason why she .-hould
have ended her life. They were away
from home in an adjoining town when
;he girl took the poison, Mr. and Mrs.
Rivers having gone to pray ior a per
on whom they s-ay needed prayer, and
lid not know oi their daughter's act
until they returned later in the day.
Damage by Floods In New England.
Boston (Special). From all over
New Kngland reports come of damage
lone by rio.uls. which have been threat
tiling (or several days to equal those
91 l8. Bridges have been swept away,
railroads inundated, mills ruined, anil
:he flooding oi itllars is a common
complaint. While the greatest damage
seems to have been done in Maine, the
Merriniac river in New Hampshire anil
Massachusetts is proving to be as tur
bulent as any.
Eighty Men P;r Troop.
Washington (Special). An r.rdrr has
been issued by the War Department, di
recting that the five new cavalry regi
ments (excepting the Fifteenth Cavalry,
under orders to the Philippines) be or
ganized on a basis of 80 men per troop.
L'nder the elastic provisions of the Army
Reorganization act a troop of cavalry
may consist of from 65 to 100 men. The
IVar Department has concluded that a
Itrength of 80 men per troop will meet
II military requirements.
Re-elected Mayor of Raleigh.
Raleigh. N. C. (Special). The first
galize1 primary in the Stale under the
jew law was held here Tuesday by the
Democrats for Mayor, other city ofii
:ers, and Aldermen. There were two
tickets. The administration won by a
arge majority. A. M. Powell, the pres
ort incumbent, was re-elected Mayor.
Stabbed by a Madman.
Stinbury, Pa. . (Special). Dr. John
ion, a physician in the State Hospital
ior the Insane, at Danville, Montour
rounty. was stabbed to death by an in
lar.c Italian patient named Capello.
Wapello became unmanageable during
flic afternoon a:id threw the institution
mo eoniusion. The other patients be
came alarmed, and their cries could be
jeard some distance way. An attend
int finally subdued the Italian, and as
Dr. Johnson was stooping over him
iking his temperature he plunged his
nife into the doctor's breast three
limit!,
Jews Massacred la Persia.
Constantinople (By Cable). A dis
patch from Teheran says that religious
disturbances have been renewed in the
Persian Capital. A Moslem scheik
tamed Ibrahim harangued worshipers
is tliey were leaving the mosques, sc
rcrely denouncing the Jews and urging
in attack on the people of that creed.
Many were aroused by Ibrahim's utter
inces. and he led them against the Jew
ish quarters, where the mob of fanatics
Indulged in indiscriminate wrecking,
Sunder and slaughter.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, ap
pointed A. M. Brown and John R.
Murphy recorders for Pittsburg and Al
legheny City, respectively, under the
Ripper Bill.
Percy I.. Johnson, a Bridgeport, Ct.,
lawyer, who defaulted, returned from
Mexico and voluntarily went back to
Bridgeport to face the charges.
Capt. F. A. Rice, administrator for
the esta'e of his brother, William
Marsh Rice, of New York, dropped
dead in a railroad car in Texas.
Twenty-eight buildings were burned,
involving a loss of $250,000, in Lisbon
Falls. Me., the town having no fire ap
paratus. I. H. Mover was acquitted in Rich
mond of the charge of murdering How
ard Lpp. a icilow-worknian, at the
Union Depot.
The bill for the paroling of the noto
rious Younger Brothers, now serving
life sentences in Minnesota, was killed.
William Bradley fell into the tire at
his home, near Accaquan. Fairiax
county, Va.
The wile of Rev. Beniamin I". De
Costa died .suddenly at her home in
New York.
Gen. Iri:zhugh Lee has recovered
from his recent indisposition.
General Samuel Thomas, president of
the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis
ville Railroad, confirms reports of a
combination of the Southern Railway,
the Cincinnati. Hamilton and Dayton,
the Chicago, Indianapolis and Louis
ville and the Cincinnati Southern.
The famous Gainsborough portrait of
the Duchess of Devonshire, valued at
$50,000. which was stolen 25 years ago
ft 0111 a London gallery, was recovered
through a Chicago detective agency.
The Interstate Commerce Commis
sion sat in New York to hear charges
of New York lumber dealers brought
against the Norfolk and Western.
Charles L. Poller, indicted in New
ark, N. J., on a dozen charges of forg
ery and uttering forged notes, was
committed in default oi bail.
The steamer Chester W. Chapin. of
the New Haven Steamship Line, went
ashore as she was feeling her way out
of Providence harbor during a storm.
Her passengers were taken off and sent
to New York by rail.
The Philadelphia, Trenton and New
York Railroad Company was incorpor
ated at Trenton to build a trolley line
through Trenton as part of the pro
posed road from New York to Phila
delphia. A coroner's jury in Lynchburg. Va.,
justified the shooting oi a negro who.
while delirious, had escaped irom the
small-pox hospital and was running
amuck.
The appellate division of the Supreme
Court in New York dissolved the in
junction forbidding the Goulds to pay
over to the Castcllancs the full amount
of Anna Gould's income.
John Meyers and Ignatz. Miller were
arrested as they were about to carry
$10,000 worth ot laces from the import
ing house of Joseph Rothschilds in New
York.
The coroner's jury in Trenton placed
the blame for the disastrous Nellie BW
collision on Engineer Thompson and
Conductor Sapp, of the local train.
General George T. Anderson, a noted
Confederate commander, died in An
niston. Ala., aged 77 years.
Robert Clarkson Stribling. a young
lawyer, died suddenly in Newport News
of heart failure.
Foreign.
The German press continues to de
plore the Kmperor's utterances and the
; iact that he has had the barracks of the
, Alexander Regiment built close to his
; palace that his Liie Guards may thus
afford him better protection,
j The Chinese authorities have agreed
I on the punishment of the guilty pro
I vincial officials demanded by the ior
; eign ministers on account of the nnir
j ders oi 242 persons. Prince Tuan. it is
said, will be banished to Turkestan.
1 The big Sprudel spring at Mannheim
, has ceased to How. and the people blame
I the government for artesian borings in
the vicinity, which it is claimed have
: caused the trouble.
I A Russian regiment had a hard fight
with Chinese troops near Kobantsky.
Four Russians, including a captain.
j were killed, and several officers vcr.
wounded.
London has information that a dc-.-.l
1 is on foot ior the consolidation 'if the
: Kreat banking interests of Chicago,
; Omaha and Kansas City.
I Census returns show a decrease of
I one million in the population oi India
I on account of the famine.
I A mob made a demonstration at the
i Russian and Italian consulates in
Geneva. Switzerland,
j The Black Bull Inn, in London, im
! mortalized by Dickens, is to be torn
; down.
The delayed Allan liner Buen.is
1 Ayrcan a'rived at Greenock.
! Dr. C. Stoiloff. ex-premier of Bul
garia, is dead.
I Russian officials in Paris say that it
: was never intended lhat the Russian
: squadron should remain at Toulon dur
; ing the France-Italian festivities, and
i lhat no political significance attaches
; to the departure of all but two ships,
which will remain to grcu President
Loubet.
j The foreign Ministers in Pekin are
j considering proposals of financial cx-
pens lor raising sufficient sum ior pay
j ment of the Chinese indemnity. Some
I of the powers are averse to compelling
j China to contract a loan for the pay
j ment of the indemnity.
The German Minister to China says
j that Russia will not abandon Prince
Tuan to punishment because she owes
j Manchuria to him.
General Chaffee cabled the Depart
ment that the allies propose to erect
a scries oi fortified posts between Pekin
to the sea.
The condition of Waldcck. Rousseau,
the French Premier, is critical.
The German imperial 3 per cent, loan
offered yesterday was oversubscribed,
subscriptions being received from the
United States, France, Kngland and
Belgium.
The envoys in Pekin have practically
arranged everything except the indent- 1
nities, the British, German and Japanese
having not yet handed in their claims.
The Chinese Government has formal
ly notified Russia that China, owing to
the opposition of the other powers, can
not sign the Manrhurian agreement.
The flagship of Prince Henry of Rus
sia grounded east of Arcona, but was
subseuqently floated and reached Kiel
under her own steam.
Financial.
The Standard Oil Company has
made a reduction of 3 cents a barrel
in the price of crude oil to $1.27.
The value of securities quoted at the
London Stock Exchange is $37,600,
000,000, exclusive of foreign loans.
The International Steel Company,
with a capital of $1,000,000, has been
incorporated at Trenton, N. J.
The American Car and Foundry
Company declared the regular quarterly
dividend of ii yer cent, in the pre
ferred and 'i of 1 per cent, on the
BRIDGE GAVE WAY
AND CAR GOES DOWN.
Thirty Passengers Are Injured in the
Crash at Syracuse, N. Y.
DROP OF THIRTY FEET INTO MUD.
Several Persons and Horse and 1 Loaded
Lumber Wagon Fall With the Car Into the
Oswego Canal-Had the Canal Been Filled
Wlih Water, Many ot the People In the Car
Would Have Been Drowned.
Syracuse. N. Y. ( Special ). While a
car on the old Fast Side suburban line
of the Syracuse Rapid Transit Company
was crossing the James street bridge
over the Oswego Canal in the heart of
the city about 5.50 p. in., the bridge sud
denly gave way, dropping the car and
its 40 passengers to the canal bed JO feet
below. Several persons who were
crossing the bridge at the time went
down with the car. while a horse and
loaded lumber wagon piled on top of the
heap.
About ,10 persons were injured. It is
not believed that any deaths will result,
although there are reports that several
were very seriously injured.
I lad the canal been filled with water
, the result would have been terrible. The
ear struck the towpath end on first, and
then slid off into the mud at the canal
I bottom, where it stuck. The water
would have been deep enough to cover
all but a few windows and the front
! door, and many of the passengers would
have undoubtedly perished.
When the crash came persons on the
. street called the fire department. Lad
ders, were quickly lowered and the in
jured carried up and sent to their homes
1 or to hospitals in carriages and ambu-
lances.
for more than a year there have been
criticisms of the condition of the bridge.
The bridge was about 80 feet long and
to feet wide. It was broken sharp off
at both embankments, the entire struc
ture going into the canal.
TURNED TABLES ON HIGHWAYMEN.
Nervy Conductor Wellman Shot Two Negroes
Who Tried to Hold Him Up.
Ccredo. W. Va. (Special). It was
scarcely breaking dav when Conductor
M. A. Wellman. of the N. & V left
the hotel in Kenova on his way to catch
his train southbound. He was not
more than a hundred yards from the
hotel when a gruff voice 'shouted, "Halt!
Hands up!" and two burly negroes
sprang Towards him out of the dark
ness, with pistols in their hands. There
was no time to think, but Wclbnan's
nerve did not leave him for an instant.
When his bands came out of his over
coat pockets a pistol was in each one
of them, and before his assailants could
pull a trigger the bulldogs of the nervy
Wellman began to bark. The negroes
turned to run. and it looked as though
they might escape because of the little
light. Wellman. however, shot to hit,
and in a trice he had brought both to
the pavement seriously injured, .one
shot through and through, the bones
of the other's thigh shattered by two
balls. The men were turned over to the
local authorities, and Wellman caught
Ins train.
Bnlfalo Men Show Grit.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). At a meet
ing of incorporators of the Pan-American
Exposition. President J. G. Mil
burne stated that the funds available
would meet all obligations covering the.
completion of the Exposition except
about $500,000. After the recent failure
of Congress to grant a loan of $500,000
to the Exposition, Director-General
Win. I. Buchanan had stated that this
action would in no way affect the car
rying out of the project In the fullest
as planned. This assertion was justi
fied by the results of the meeting of the
incorporators, when within an hour
over $200,000 was subscribed.
Conductor on Ball.
Trenton. N. J. (Special). Conductor
Edward W. Sapp, whom a coroner's
jury found guilty of negligence in con
ncction with the collision of his train
with the "Nellie Ely" Atlantic City Ex
press, on February 21, came to Trenton
and surrendered himself. He was re
leased by Judge Rellstab in $2000 bail
to await the grand jury's action.
Strikes In the South.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). The 400
coal miners who have been on strike
several days a; Blossburg on account
oi a difference regarding the charges
ior yardage work, have returned to
work. Thirty linemen in the employ
oi a telephone company here have qi it
work because the management put ne
groes to work with them.
STEALINGS IN MANILA.
AGUINALDO TO COMMAND PEACE.
Manila (By Cable). l.teut. Fredk.
Boyer, of the Thirty-ninth Volunteer
Infantry, chief commissary for the 2d
district of the Department of Southern
Luzon, has arrived at Calamba, prov
ince of Laguana, where he has been
charged with misappropriating fifty
cases of bacon and with other irregu
larities. It is alleged that the shortage in the
commissary depot at Manila aggregates
$1X5,000.
In contrast with the scandals in the
commissary department, the collection
and admini-tration of the insular funds
are matters ior congratulation. The ac
counts of the custom house, internal
revenue department, and license office
have been inspected and are reported
perfectly straight.
India Depopulated by Famine.
London (By Cable). The depopula
tion of India through famine and chol
era is assuming alarming proportions.
The latest advices from Simla say the
census returns ol the central provinces
show a decrease of over a million since
I ,sg I . when, under normal conditions,
an increase of a million and a half
might have been expected. It is esti
mated that five millions have died in
India since 18K6 from causes directly
due to the famine. In Western India
things are even worse. The Oodeypoor
State returns show a decrease of 840,
000, or 45 per cent, of the population.
Former Consul General SHI Dead.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). John M.
B. Sill, minister resident and consul
general for the United States to Korea
Irom 1893 to 1897, died at Grace Hos
pital here. For a year or more, in (act
since his return from the Orient, when
his health was shattered, Mr. Sill has
been failing, and since Christmas has
wasted rapidly away. Mr. Sill was frirn
in Black Rock, N. V., in 1831, was nr bl
ister to Korea during the Chinese-Japanese
War, and his legation was the
refuge ol many of the Korean court
dignitaries alter the sensational assassi
nation of the queen of that kingdom.
FIGHT WITH BURGLARS.
Ohio Night Watchman and a Citizen Over
powered by the Robbers.
Chardon, Ohio (Special). Half a
dozen robbers blew open the sale ol
the Citizens' Savings Bank here, an J
after a fight with Night Watchman
Pomeroy and another man, succeeded
in making their escape on a hand-car.
They got about $125 in money and
missed $30,000.
The night watchman discovered the
men at work in the bank. He was
seized, bound and gagged, but not until
he had shot one of the burglars. Dr
Hudson, who lives near the bank, was
aroused by the noise and came to the
scene. He was also seized and tied
hand and foot. Three big charges ol
dynamite were required to blow olT the
safe door.
Cashier C. L. Smith, of the bank,
said: "The robbers got $125 in gold.
$20,000 in certificates held against the
bank by individuals and $25,000 or $30,
000 worth of mortgages and other se
curities belonging to individuals. None
of the paper taken is negotiable. There
was $30,000 in currency in an inner
vault, which they did not get. The
hooks and records of the bank were not
disturbed."
Pomeroy, the night watchman, is bad
ly used up. After he shot one of the
burglars he was unmercifully clubbed
over the head. After being bound and
gagged the watchman was dragged into
the bank. He lay there a witness to all
the operations. Two men charged with
being implicated in the robbery were
arrested at Willoughby and brought
here. A bundle of bank checks, some
old coins and other aritcles were found
in their pockets and were identified by
Cashier Smith.
BIO STORM IN PENNSYLVANIA.
B. & 0. and Pennsylvania Trains Delayed
By Snow.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Pittsburg
was the center of a snowstorm that be
gan early in the morning, continued
with great force until after noon, doing
thousands of dollars' worth of damage!
It made practically useless for a time
every electric wire in the city, suspend
ed all street car travel, and in the early
hours isolated the city from the out
side world.
Heavy" rain fell before the storm
came, and all reports from up-river
points tell of rising streams, which may
bring about a flood here and below.
The losses cannot be fixed, but con
servative estimates place the amount at
between $.250,000 and $300,000. Tele
graph and telephone companies are the
heaviest losers.
The storm passed outward and all the
suburban towns suffered proportionate
ly with this city.
Harrison Re-elected Mayor ol Chicago.
Chicago (Special). Carter H. Har
rison (Deni.) was Tuesday elected
Mayor of Chicago for the third time.
The total vote was 282.477, or 23.000
less than the vote two years ago. Har
rison polled 156,952, or 7000 more than
he ever did before. He won by 28.257.
This shows how great the stay-at-home
Republican vote was. In the last
Mayoralty election Harrison's plurality
was 41.059- Last fall in the Presidential
campaign the city gave McKinley a
plurality of "62t, but Samuel Alsehuler,
the Democratic nominee for Governor,
ran ahead of Bryan and carried the city
by 10,I35.
Monument to Harrison.
Indianapolis (Special). A systematic
movement was inaugurated here for
honoring former President Harrison
with a public monument. The Com
mercial Club, of which General Har
rison was a member, will act in the
matter as a body and it is understood
that other civic bodies will join in the
movement.
It is proposed that the statue be
erected in front of the new Federal
Building .which will be begun in a short
time.
$100,000,000 Added to Capital.
Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). By the
largest stock vote ever cast in the his
tory of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany the shareholders of that corpora
tion re-elected the old board of direct
ors and authorized an increase of $100,
000.000 in the present capital stock. The
number ol shares voted was 1.793,442,
representing 59.18 per cent., a greater
percentage than any previous election
Increased Fertilizer Sales.
Raleigh, N. C. (Special). The State
Commissioner of Agriculture reports
an increase of 30 per cent, in the sales
oi fertilizers this season as compared
with last. He says this indicates a
largely increased cotton acreage, though
there is a tendency on the part of farm
ers to use a larger quantity of fertilizer
per acre.
Manila (By Cable). Aguinaldo has
the assistance of Chief Justice Arellano
and Mr. Fisher, General MacArthur's
private secretary, in preparing his man
ifesto. 'Ihe work is not completed, and
the tenor of the contents is not di
vulged. Chief Justice Arellano had a long
conference with Aguinaldo. He says
Aguinaldo is realizing the futility of
further resistance, and is desirous of
sparing the Filipinos additional distress
trusting to the justice and generosity of
the American people.
The chief of the revolution will urKe
the insurgents to cease fighting and ac
cept American sovereignty,
Senor Arellano says that Aguinaldo's
manifesto is not yet prepared for pub
lication, and that lie is unable to furni h
the text. Ihe authorities assert that" a
lormal announcement will be made
when anything definite is accomplished.
Gen. Casslus M. Clay Defies Ofncer!
Richmond, Ky. (Special). Hostili
ties have ceased at White Hal! the
resident- of Gen. Casaius M. Clay, vet
eran of two wars, who resisted the offi
cers when they attempted to serve a
writ for furniture sworn out by General
Clay's daughter. The parties securing
the wrt: withdrew the suit. There is
w;'La KC r,,lorts from the barri
caded W hile Hall. I. i (eared General
Clay was slightly wounded in the scrim
mage 1 he officers say they could have
killed him easily, but did not want to
do so.
Doctor Has Somt Few Right.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). The
Supreme Court of Indiana has decided
that a licensed practicing physician is
not legally bound to attend any patient
for whom he is called. The case came
up from Montgomery county, where Dr.
George Weddingficld refused to attend
the wife of George D. Hurley, although
called on three times, the last time by a
preacher, who offered to pay the fees in
advance. It was charged that the wo
man's death was due to lack of a phsyi
cian's aid, and the doctor was sued tor
$10,000 damages.
BIfi COMBINE OF
THE RAILROADS.
Alleged Plan to Form Company of All
the Lines In the Country.
SCHEME SAID TO BE UNDER WAV.
Proposed Formation of a Company that Will
Hold Controlling Interests in All the
Great Railway Systems of the Country
Plans In Line With Those Already Executed
by Plerpont Morgan.
New York (Special). Reports that
huge railroad combinations are in pro
cess of formation were widely circu
lated here.
Detailed statements concerning the
plan already published looking to the
combination of all tiic great railway
systems of the United States under the
control of one company were given, but
as a general thing prominent railroad
officials anil bankers declined to discuss
the matter.
According to all accounts the enter
prise involved the greatest combination
of capital known in the history of
finance. It was said the company would
be formed under the laws of New Jersey
for the purpose of conducting a gen
eral freight and transportation business
throughout the United States; that the
company would hold a controlling in
terest in all of the great railways, and
that the management of the road would
be vested in the controlling company.
According to the proposition, each
road would preserve its identity and
corporate existence, but the new com
pany would control the affairs of all.
By this policy it was claimed large
sums of money could be saved as a
result of economics in management and
the stoppage of rate cutting.
The names of men like J. Pierpont
Morgan, William K. Vanderbilt, James
J. Hill, Edward H. Harrison, George
. Gould. John D. Rockefeller. Jacob
H. Schiff and James Stillman were free
ly used. One report said that the first
step in the .proposed plan would be
the securing' of control of the stocks
of the Chicago, Burlington and Cjuincy,
the Erie, the Great Northern and
Northern Pacific, and that provision
would be made for the acquisition of
other properties in the immediate
future.
THE KINO'S CIVIL LIST.
Proposals of the Committee Call for $335,000
Additional-Labouchere Presents a
Minority Report.
London (By Cable). The report of
the House of Commons committee
appointed to consider changes in the
civil list the appropriation for the
King recommends t'ha the new list
be fixed at about 470,000 ($2,350,000),
divided as follows:
Privy purse 110,000 ($550,000)
Salaries of house
hold and retired
allowance
Expenses of house
hold Works
Royal bounty, alms
and special ser
vices Sundries
125,000 (625.000)
193.000
20,000
(965.000')
(100,000)
13.000
(65.000)
(40,000)
8.000
The report recommends an annuity
of 20.000 ($100,000) to the Duke ot
Cornwall and York. 10.000 ($50,000)
to the Duchess of Cornwall and York,
and 6000 ($30,000) to each of the
King's two daughters. The Queen's
annuity, in the event of her surviving
the King, is increased to 70,000
($350,000), and an annuity of 30.01x1
($150,000) is provided for the Duchess
of Cornwall and York in the event of
her surviving the Duke.
The proposals for the civil list show
a net increase of 67,000 ($335,000).
Henry Laboucherc, as a member of
the committee, has presented a minor
ity report declaring that no increase
is necessary.
CUBANS TO REJECT AMENDMENT.
Very Little Hope Now of Piatt's Proposals
Being Accepted.
Havana (Special). The defeat oi
the compromise propositions of Senor
Cjucsada and Secretary of State Tamayo
on the Piatt amendment is believed to
be the death knell of the amendment,
so far as the constitutional convention
is concerned. The aspect of affairs
seems so serious to some people that
a society of Americans has been oigan
i.cd for mutual protection in tliu event
ot an emergency.
The change in the situation is a sur
prise, even to the best-informed Ameri
cans, as up to a few days ago there
seemed to be no doubt that a policy oi
conciliation would prevail, and that the
Piatt amendment would be substantially
accepted. This view was based 011 opin
ions informally expressed by some of
the leading men in Cuba, who appear
to have been unable, however, to stand
out against popular outcry.
Hounds Trailing Bank Robbers.
Somerset,- O. (Special). The Sheriff
of Perry county and a posse, with a
pack of bloodhounds, are in pursuit of
a gang of seven robbers who wrecked
the State Bank of Somerset, stole $5000,
appropriated two livery rigs, held a
posse of citizens at bay, and escaped in
the face of a heavy fire. Bonds and
securities to the amount of $30,000 and
$5000 in gold coin were overlooked by
the bandits. The bank was fully in
ftired and its business will not be in
terrupted. The Jefferson to Be Rebuilt.
Richmond, Va. (Special). It is .said
that Mr. George Arnits. president of
the Jefferson Hotel Company, has
stated that the Jefferson Hotel will be
rebuilt. The work of construction will
probably be begun at an early date.
Plans have not taken shape as yet, it
is said, but the company having the
matter in charge will hurry the work
of rebuilding as much as possible.
St. Louis Commission to Meet.
Washington (Special). Ex-Senators
Thurston, McBride and Lindsay, ex
Representative Allen, of Mississippi,
and Mr. John F. Miller, of Indiana, five
members of the recently appointed St.
Louis Exposition Commission, called
upon the President Wednesday. Mr.
Allen remarked humorously after the
interview that the Commission had
simply called to thank the President,
on behalf of the country, for the wise
selections he had made. The five mem
bers of the Commission took the oath
of office at the State Department and
received their commissions.
Women Fight la Oklahoma.
Wichita, Kan. (Special). Because she
lost a case in court Mrs. Ella Sriglin
went to the farm of Mrs. Daughson,
near Newkirk, O. T., and challenged
Mrs. Daughson to fight a duel. The
challenge was accepted, and the two wo
men stood 50 feet apart and fired four
shots at each other with pistols. Two
shots took effect in the breast of Mrs.
Seiglin, and she now lies mortally
wounded at her home. Mrs. Seiglin was
tried in the District Court in Newkirk
for malicious trespass upon the pioperty
of Mrs. Daughson, and the judge fined
her fjoo.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Mr. Allen Will Return to Porto Rico.
Charles H. Allen, governor of Porto
Rico, who arrived in Washington Satur.
day; had an hour's conference with
President McKinley. Great interest was
manifested in Governor Allm's visit on
account of the rumors that have been
rife ever since he sailed from San Juan
that it was his intention to relinquish his
post in the island. After the conference,
however, Governor Allen announced
that he would not resign, and would re
turn to his duties about the first week
in May. after settling up some private
affairs in Boston. It is pretty will un
derstood that Governor Allen came to
Washington in the hope that the Presi
dent would relieve him of his duties in
Porto Rico, and that he asked the Presi
dent to do so, but the President prevail
ed upon him to continue at the head of
the administration of the affairs of the
island. Governor Allen enjoys the con
fidence of the President to a very high
degree.
AttorreyGeneral Knox.
President McKinley announced to the
members of his Cabinet that Mr. Phil
ander C. Knox, of Pittsburg, has accept
ed the Attorney Generalship, which was
offered him last week. Mr. Knox has
been one of the most prominent lawyers
in Western Pennslvania for years. He
is still a young man and appears even
younger than he is. By the side of the
other members of the President's Cabi
net he will seem like a boy. However,
few members of the Cabinet arc more
competent than Mr. Knox will prove to
be. He has been successful to a marked
degree as a corporation lawyer, and his
legal knowledge will make hnn a worthy
successor to Mr. Griggs. Mr. ''Knox
began his career as a lawyer early in the
'80s. He met with success from the
start, and there have been few cases in
volving corporations in Pennslvania
during the past 20 years in which Mr
Knox has not figured.
Plans for Canal.
The story that a company organized
by J. Pierpont Morgan had offered to
construct the Panama canal and givt
this Government every concession de
sired if the Nicaragua project is given
up has been practically admitted b
State Department officials to be true.
While the officials are not willing to
admit that they are familiar with the
details of the scheme they acknowledge
that the main facts arc true, and do not
deny that the plans arc well under way.
The proposition was made to the Presi
dent by Mr. Morgan during hii recent
visit to this city. It is said that the
President is inclined to regard the
matter favorably. Despite denials is
sued from Wall street, it is known, as
stated in these despatches yesterday,
that Mr.'J. P. Morgan is planning to
secure control of the Panama canal.
j with the ultimate purpose of eirher
turning it over to this Government lor
its completion or of operating it as a
purely American concern.
Plague Cases in San franc s:o.
Surgeon General Wyman, of the Ma
rine Hospital Service, has at last made
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I I'uuiis iiiv ii-suu ui me recent i-cueia.
investil.irinn nf thf r,la,rn citiintiri.l .it
San Francisco. It is to the effect that
since, January 1 of this year there have
been 10 cases of the plague there, all
fatal, the details occurring as follows:
One on January 6. two on January 15,
and one each on February 5, 6, 7, 10.
11, 12 and March 2. As had previously
been reported in Secretary of the Treas
ury Gage's last annual report to Con
gress, there were 32 denths from plague
in San Francisco during 1900. making
in all 42 cases since the first one was
discovered, on March 6, 1900.
Gage Buys Short-Term Bonds.
In accordance with Secretary Gage's
announcement that he would buy irom
time to time the short-rrm bonds, the
Treasury Department was tendered
$2,000,000 Government short bonds on
practically the same basis as the 2s re
turned at the current market quotation
of about io6;4. Exact figures canno:
be given, for the details have not been
completed, but it is practically certain
that the Secretary has availed himself
of the opportunity to purchase bonds
in accordance with his announcement.
Capita! News in General.
President McKinley and the other of
ficials at Washington have implicit faith
in the Czar's policy as to Manchuria,
and that he is desirous of preserving
the concert of the powers.
Secretary Cortelyou is busily engaged
in arranging ior the President's exten
sive, tour through the West.
No change will be made in the office
of assisaut secretary of the navy be
fore next autumn. Mr. Hackett, al
though entering the otlice with the stip
ulation that he should remain only until
March 4 last, has consented to remain
as acting secretary until November
next.
A committee representing the Na
tional Civil Service Reform League
called oil the President and submitted
charges against several Federal officials.
The Navy Department appointed a
board to inquire into the availability of
wireless telegraphy for the naval ser
vice. Only the Cramps and the Union Iron
Works of San Francisco submitted bids
to build the new cruiser Milwa-aVee.
Lloyd C. Grisconi, American Charge
at Constantinople, has arranged for the
settlement of this Government's long
standing claims against Turkey.
Postal receipts lor February in fifty
cities show a pain of $461,151, or 13.2
per cent., as compared with those of
the same month a year ago.
Mr. J. M. Langlry, representing the
Merchants' Association of New York,
testified before the Industrial Commis
sion in Washington that the classifica
tion of freight rates is absolutely in
the hands of the railroads, and that the
Interstate Commerce Coimuiksion . is
powerless to act.
Our New Possessions.
The Discr.scion, a newspaper In Ha
vana, has been suppressed by Gov.
ernor-Gencra! Wood for publishing an
illustration representing a Cuban sol
dier being crucified.
A number ot important surrenders of
Filipino leaders have been reported.
The wholesale grocery dealers of Ma
nila report double sales of groceries
since the investigation into the alleged
commissary scandals were commenced.
Lieutenant Colonel GoodnelL of the
Marine Corps, rcKrtd the surrender
of the insurgents at Olangapo.
Nineteen officers, 173 men, 133 rifles, 9
revolvers, Pablo Tecson's command,
surrendered at San Fcrnandino Satur
day and took oath.
Privates Edward M. Brodie, a-id Jac.
P. Coffey, Troop C, Third Cavalry, were
recently convicted by court-martial, at
Manila, P, I., of murder, and sentenced
to imprisonment at hrd labor for life.
The transport Kilpatrick jailed for
Manila from San Francisco with the
headquarters staff of the Third Bat
talion of the First Infantry.
The Waid liner Mexico arrived at
New York from Havana wlih the first
cargo of tobacco or. which iherc was
no export duty.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happening Gathered From
All Over the State.
The shooting of Mrs. Emily Keck,
formerly of Allcntown, after she had
alighted from a trolley car near her
home, at Siegfried, and the arrest ol
Mrs. Alice Ditchings, her former friend,
has revealed a most remarkable story.
It appears that Mrs. Ditchings was a
most intimate friend of her victim and
had assisted her pecuniarily in conduct
ing a millinery shop, although Mrs.
Keck failed in the venture. Recently
their friendly relations ceased, and Mrs.
Keck ook up her home with her sister,
who was then living in South Bethle
hem, 'but has since removed to Sieg
fried. Mrs. Hitching followed her al
most daily, pleading for a renewal ol
friendship. On one occasion a trolley
car conductor had to threaten to put
hrr off the car, so boisterous had she
become. Recently Mrs. Keek's brother-in-law
met her at the trolley car each
night so as to preevnt Mrs. Hitching
from doing any harm. Thursday night,
however, for an unavoidable reason, he
(ailed to meet her, and the shooting
followed. Mrs. Keek's friends say that
she owes Mrs. ditchings nothing; that
the latter had advanced her some
money, but that Mrs. Keck paid it back
and has a receipt for the same. When
Mrs. Hitching was brought to jail she
denied all knowledge ol the shooting.
An empty chamber in a 38-calibrc re
volver saved the lile of Iinnl Glockler,
a young Alleghenian, who tried to com
mit suicide in the public square. He
had placed the weapon to his car and
pulled the trigger. A second effort was
stooped by Police Superintendent Glenn
and an officer, who seized Glockler and .
wrested the weapon from him. When
taken into the station it was found he
had swallowed some poison, which was
pumped out of his stomach.
While engaged in adjusting a revolv
ing buzzsaw in the saw mill of Kulp
& Co., of Lewisburg, Foreman Charles
Wagner fell forward. In his attempt
to save himself the wrist of his right
arm came in contact with the saw and
the hand was severed in an instant.
Wagner immediately picked up the sev
ered hand, walked to the telephone in
the office and summoned a physician to
his home. He then walked home and
had his injured arm dressed.
The body of Loi Hugh, the China
man who was murdered by robbers in
his laundry at Lancaster, was turned
over to his brother-in-law, Lee Yup.
Lee Yup is an expert mechanic in the
Baldwin Locomotive Works, at Phila
delphia. A boy has told the police he
saw three masked men break int.i the
laundry the night of the murder. There
is no further clue.
John Rceser. of North York, is lying
in a badly bruised condition, the result
of a collision at the foot of Cemetery
Hill, on North George street, with a
horse and buggy. Mr. Reeser is em
ployed as a hostler at the Central Hotel,
and rides a bicycle to and from his
work. Reeser was on his way to the
hotel, and when at the foot of the hill
collided with a horse and buggy. He
was rendered unconscious by the colli
sion. Colonel M. Guffcy. of Pittsburg, has
drilled in another gusher near Beau
mont, Tex. The oil. when struck, shot
up in a solid column 100 feet over the
top of the derrick, but a gate valve had
been put on it so that the flow was
readily shut in. This new gusher is the
equal of the famous Lucas well.
While oiling a shaft in the Eddystonc
Print Works, Patrick Bonner's clothing
caught in a cogwheel and was torn
irom his body. Bonner saved his life
by ducking his head beneath the shaft
ing and leaping to the floor, a distance
oi 20 feet.
Judge R. VV. Archbald appointed Ed
ward R. W. Searle, of Susuqehanna
county, to be clerk of the Federal Court
for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Searle is a member of the Susque
hanna county bar. The position is
worth about $3500 a year.
August Ulrich, the 4-year-old son of
David Ulrich. of West Hazlcton, tried
to pull off the boot of a boarder when
the boot suddenly slipped from the foot.
The child fell backward into a tub of
hot water and was so badly scalded that
he died in half an hour.
A wagon containing Mrs. Evalinc
Scull, her young daughter and a Mr.
Hickman was struck at Chester by a
Darby and Wilmington trolley car.
Mrs. Scull was badly injured. The
wagon was smashed.
Mrs. Sarah Coover, of Mechanics
burg. Saturday celebrated her one hun
dredth and third birthday. Mrs. Coover
is still very lively and cheerful and her
mind is still clear and her sight good.
She wears glasses only when she reads.
Reed and Samuel Anderson, father
and son, narrowly escaped death by
asphyxiation at Lancaster. They had
left the gas turned on and were uncon
scious when found.
Negotiations have been concluded by
the Goodyear Brothers for the purchase
of a valuable tract of coal land 111 Clear
field county from the Clearfield Coal
Company. The consideration was $220,
000. After being a fugitive from justice
for over a year. Levi L. Kreider was
taken into custody in Marietta on the
charges of passing forged checks, false
pretense, larceny, desertion and de
frauding landlords.
Amos Martin, of Sharon, celebrated
his 104th birthday anniversary. He was
born in Scotland in 1797 and was twice
married. Two years ago, unassisted, he
built a brick cistern, and follows the
occupation of a cobbler.
The children of the late Nicholas
Funston, who was killed by his horse
plunging over an embankment while
driving from Muncy -ta. Lairdsville,
have brought suit against Morclaud
township lor $10,000 damages.
J. M. Nichols, of Jersey Shore, killed
the first swan that has been seen in that
locality for 25 years. The bird was
snow white, measuring nearly 8 feet
from tip to tip and weighing 30 pounds.
Miss Lauretta M. Funk and Edwin E.
Hickman, of Challont, were married at
the home of Mr. and Mra. Austin E.
Griffiths at Doylcstown. Rev C. H.
Pinchbeck, 'ol Colmar, officiated.
After two unsuccessful attempts to
take his life, Ellis Fiestcr, of Liberty,
succeeded in killing himself with a re
volver. Despondency is said to have
caused Fiester to commit suicide.
Thirty students of the School ol
Mines of Columbia, in Columbia, in
charge of Prof. F. R. Hutton, visited
the plant .of the Bethlehem Steel Corn - .
pany.
The driver boys at the Keystone
Mine, Mill Creek, quit work because a
favorite stable boss had been dis
charged. The mines had to be shut
down.
The Chester board of Health has re
organized by electing Dr. S. V. Hoop
man president and Frank Innis vice
president. '
Rudolph Rutntosky was instantly
killed at the Pennyslvania Colliery, Mt.
Carmcl, by a fall of coal.