A BUNDLE OF RAGS
IN THE COFFIN.
Aa Alleged Insurance Swindle Un
earthed In Missouri.
THREE MEN HAVE BEEN ARRESTLD.
Tie Sadden Appearance ot Thomas Rcid,
Hit Insurance, followed by His Mys
terious Illness and Alleged Death In the
Woods-The Smallpox Scare Used to Keep
Away the Curious.
Portagcvillc. Mo. (Special). Follow
ing a dramatic scene in the village
Kravcyard here, where a dozen men
gathered at midnight and dug up a
coflin found to contain only some old
rags, three prominent residents of this
place have been arrested, charged with
attempting to perpetrate an insurance
fraud.
The accused men are A. T. Smock, a
druggist; Dr. Harry II. O'Kelley and
John Adams. They had taken a lively
interest in Thomas Reid. a stranger who
came to this hamlet a few months ago,
and soon joined the Modern Woodmen
of America, a beneficiary order. Reid
presently took out a policy for $3000 in
the order, naming a cousin, Francis
Marion Reed, as beneficiary. He dis
appeared in a few weeks and his alleged
death was announced by Adams soon
aiterward.
Murray Phillips. Jr., prosecuting at
torney of New Madrid county, makes
bis principal charge against Smock and
O'Kelley, and holds Adams for com
plicity. A further charge against Adams
has just been made, it being alleged
that last week he fired two shot! into
the homes of George McFadden and
David Fischer, two farmers living near
the graveyard.
Little else has been talked about here
than the sudden appearance of Rcid, his
election to the Modern Woodmen, the
issuance of the largest policy the order
grants to any member, his subsequent
disappearance, and reports that he was
seriously ill with pneumonia at a hunt
ers' camp nearby.
Adams announced on April 5 that
Reid was dead. Smock bought a coffin,
which was charged to the Woodmen,
and several members of the order then
J.'iggr:cd that they attend the funeral
as a mark of respect for the new mem
ber who had been taken from them so
suddenly.
The strange facts surrounding Reid's
insurance and the burial late at night
led several men living near the grave
yard to make an investigation. Mc
Fadden. convinced that the affair was
no ordinary one. led a little band of
farmers to the graveyard at midnight
on Monday. Some began to frown on
the undertaking, but McFadden was
not discouraged. Taking a shovel he
began to throw back the earth over the
grave.
When McFadden had penetrated to
the lid of the coffin several tried to dis
suade him from iurther investigation.
But he continued his work, presently
lifting the cover from the coffin.
Taking a lantern in his hand he re
turned to the edge of the grave and
lowered the light until the rays fell upon
the casket. McFadden exultantly called
his companions to the edge of the grave
and there they beheld with him that only
a few old rags had been buried in the
coffin.-
A PHYSICIAN'S Bid BILL.
tie Calls It the Utterance of a Man Who Has
Yielded to Force.
Pittsburg (Special). The Dispatch
says the estate of the late State Senator
Christopher L. Magce has received a bill
from Dr. Walter C. Browning, of Phila
delphia, for $190,000 professional ser
vices during the illness of Senator Ma
Rce. Dr. Browning was in attendance
on Senator Magee for 21 months pre
vious to his death, and accompanied him
to several places for the recovery of his
heaith. The fee is believed to be one of
the largest of its kind ever charged in
Pennsylvania 'or the United States, and
has produced widespread comment in
professional circles. The bill is under
stood to be itemized, covers 21 months'
treatment, and is charged at the rate of
$80 per treatment hour. One charge is
$I7.oco for last summer's treatment at
Atlantic City and another $12,000 for ac
companying the deceased to Hot Springs,
Va.
FAITH Cl'RISTS BARRED.
Aa Atlanta Court Refuses to Allow Them to
Practice There.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). Judge Lump
kin, of the Superior Court, denied the
application for a charter for "the Atlanta
Institute of Christian Science," the ef
fect of his decision being that Christian
Scientists cannot practice their treat
ment ot diseases in the State of Georgia
without having regularly graduated in
medicine or passed an examination be
fore the Medical Examining Board, the
same as other physicians.
Judge Lumpkin holds that, according
to the decision of a case in the Supreme
Court of Nebraska. Christian Science is
the practice oi medicine, and he further
holds that the practice of medicine in
Georgia, according to the State law,
must be accomplished by persons who
are regularly graduated from a medical
school.
Killed His Wife and Himself.
Chicago (Special). J. J. Gillen, an
attorney, 25 years old. killed his wife
and then fatally shot himself in a hall
way at 177 Fast Lake street. The couple
were married only a few months, and
soon separated. Shortly after Mrs. Gil
len left her husband the latter accused
his wife's relatives of drugging her and
keeping her as a prisoner. He was ar
rested for threatening to kill. Mrs. Gil
len was the daughter of Cornelius Mc
Guirc, a wealthy manufacturer of this
city.
Serious Railroad Wreck.
Philadelphia. Pa. (Special). A fatal
head on collision occurred on the Ply
mouth branch of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad at Tyrol Station, near
Conslvohoeken. John Fallows, engineer
of a westbound passenger train, which
sai into an eastbound freight train,
was instantly killed, and his fireman,
Grant FJsle, was seriously injured. The
locomotives of both trains were wrecked
and many of the cars were damaged.
Several passengers were shaken up and
fcrjistd, but none was seriously injured.
Captain Ripley Innocent.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special J. The jury
in the case of Cant. Garnctt D. Ripley,
who was charged with being implicated
in the conspiracy mjainst Goebcl, has re
turned a verdict of not g-iilly. Captain
Ripley was aid lo have commanded a
company of the militia that was in
Frankfort on the day that Goebel was
lmt. The jury was out but a short time.
Col. A. H. Bclo Dead.
A'hcvillc. C. (Special). Col. A.
H. Bclo, of the firm of A. If. Belo &
Co., proprietors of the Dallas (Texas)
N4Aand the Galveston (Texaf) News
here after a three month:.' illness.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.
Two derision made by the Circuit
Court in New York upon the tariff law
will add SJoo.coo annually to the cus
toms receipts of the government.
'Longshoremen's I'nions No. "I and
108. ot Newport News, Va.. received
notice that their strike hail been sanc
tioned by headquarter.
Capt. R. S. Parks wa nominated at
I.uray. Va.. to represent Page ami Rap
pahannock counties in the Constitu
tional Convention.
Four graduates of Union Seminary
were denied admission to the ministry
because their views were held to be un
orthodox. Negotiations are in progre for a
combine of makers ot steamer engines
and for manufacturer oi mining ma
chinery. W. S. Yeatman, a disbursing clerk in
the Treasury Department, died suddenly
at a hotel in York. Pa.,
The Reynolds band of feudists, in
trenched at Boone Fork, Kv., was
finally induced to surrender.
The chair factory of James (). Clone,
at Madison Court House, Va.. was de
stroyed by fire.
Ex-Crov. Charles C. Siocklcy. of Dela
ware, died at his home in Georgetown.
Lizzie Dodson. the woman liurg'ar,
who escaped from the Virginia Peniten
tiary, was recaptured in Fairfax county
after a fight with Deputy Constable
Pierpont.
Dan Murphy, the Richmond (Va.)
newsboy who had been missing for
some time, was found dying from
wounds at the Tredegar Works.
Rev. ayland F. Dunaway was elect
ed to represent Lancaster and Rich
mond counties in the Virginia Consti
tutional Convention.
'Hie hamlet of Hiscayne. Fla., was
struck by a tornado. John Peters was
fatally injured and William Cook seri
ously hurt.
The strike of the steelworkers at Mc
Keesport was ended by an amicable
agreement, which declared that there
had been misunderstandings and mis
takes on both sides.
W'u Ting Fang, the Chinese Minister,
spoke on America's cotton trade with
China at a dinner given by the South
ern Manufacturers' Club at Charlotte,
X.C.
T'ostoffirc Inspector Bulla and United
States Marshall Bendit arrested in
Rocky Mount. N. C, Charles Alexan
der, a member of Frisco Stern's gang.
Two locomotives wcte struck by a
huge snowslide near Boulder. Col., and
hurled down the mountain into a chasm.
Four men were killed.
In a head-on collision on the Wheel
ing and Lake Erie Railroad, in the
Cleveland yards, one man was killed
and a number injured.
Joseph Goniblosky was killed in Tren
ton, X. J., by Detective John J. Clancy,
who was trying to arrest him for bur
glary. Labor leaders in Virginia have started
a campaign to secure the adoption of a
ten-hour bill by the next Legislature.
D. P. Hurley, freight agent of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Alex- :
andria. Va.. has disappeared. I
Clifford C. Deem, a brakeinan, fell j
from his train at Long Run, W. Va., .
and sustained fatal injuries.
Dr. Charles W. Dana was burned to
death whiletrying to save his horse from I
a burning stable. !
Gen. Andrew M. Anderson, com- .
mandant of the Soldiers' Home at San- j
dusky. Ohio, dropped dead.
Storms did considerable damage in
Tennessee, Alabama and Louisiana.
Archbishop John J. Keane was invest
ed with the pallium at Dubuque, Iowa.
Cardinal Gibbons conferred the pallium.
Archbishop Ireland made the principal
address.
Five hundred employees of the Onon
daga Pottery, in Syracuse, N. Y.. went
on a strike in sympathy with the girl
strikers.
.Minister Loomis arrived at New
York from Venezuela. He denies that
he criticized President Castro.
Fifty-one Indians and negroes receiv
ed diplomas and certificates at the
Hampton Normal School.
Alexander Agassiz was elected presi
dent of the National Academy oi Sci
ence. Mrs. Anna Sheldon Andrews died at
Slatersvillc, R. I., aged too years.
Code Denny, a B. & (). brakeman,
was killed at Lamira. W. Va.
Ex-Congressman Melvin K. Baldwin
killed himself at Settle.
Foreign.
The cup challenger Sh.-.mrock II. was
launched with interesting ceremonies at
Dumbarton, Sir Thomas Lipton and all
expressing confidence that the yacht
would lift the America's cup.
Prince Hohenlohe says that Field
Marslial vor Waldersce. more than
Count von Buelow, advised the Em
peror to take an uncompromising atti
tude toward China.
The Dutch troops at Blangpedir, on
the west coast of Achin, routed 500 na
tives who were trying to surround the
place.
Italy's alliance with France is regard
ed unfavorably in German political cir
cles. M. Delcassc. the French foreign min
ister, started for St. Petersburg.
Admiral Canevaro, of Italy, formerly
Italian minister of foreign affairs, says
the future of civilization will require
European nations to unite against
America, Africa and Asia. The London
Spectator says this view corresponds
with that of the Austro-Hungarian For
eign Minister.
The Chinese government lias ordered
the Chinese troops at Huailu to remove
outside the Great Wall. The Franco
German expedition has, accordingly,
been abandoned. France will shortly
withdraw 10,000 troops.
Major (ieneral Schwartzkopf, Count
von Waldersee's chief of stall, perished
in the fire that destroyed the winter pal
ace in Pekin. General von Waldcrsee
made a narrow escape through a win
dow. The acceptance by Archduke Francis,
the heir apparent, of the patronage oi
the Austrian Catholic Schools Associa
tion, provoked a stormy scene in the
Austrian Reichsrath.
The British punitive expedition
against the Ogaden Somalis. in East
Africa, has constantly detcated the na
tives and burned villages.
Active preparations are being made
at the arsenals and shipyards of Japan
for war with Russia.
The ministers in Pekin have accepted
Mr. Rockhill's proposition for a foreign
board to take the place of Tsung Li
Yamen.
Financial.
It -is said there is to be an advance
of 10 cents a ton on anthracite coal at
tidewater points on May 1.
It is rumored that Dr. W. Seward
Wedd will buy the New York and Ot
tawa Railroad and merge it in the Rut
land system.
Enough of the stockholders of the
Diamond Steel Company have assented
to the reorganization plan to make it a
success.
The farmers of the wheat belt in
Kansas will organize and arrange for
independent shipment of wheat to mar
ket, so as to avoid the Eastern centres.
BIG RAIN AND SNOW STORM
CAUSES WIDESPREAD RUIN.
It Sweeps From Cleveland, 0., on the North to Atlanta, Ga., on the South
The Heaviest Damage Done in Western Pennsylvania,
Eastern Ohio and West Virginia.
Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). Pittsburg
and Alleghey are slowly emerging
from the flood. At 8 p. m. the rivers
were receding nearly a foot an hour.
The highest point reached nt Davis
Island dam was 25.8 feet at 3 a. in..
which means 28 feet at the junction of
the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers
The water remained stationary until
about 3 p. m when it began to fall.
Conservative estimates of the total
loss in this district is between $2,000,000
and $3,000,000.
Fifty thousand workers are suffering
from enforced idleness.
While there have been greater floods
at this point, there was never one that
caused so much financial loss and dis
comfort. This was due to the denser
imputation caused by the recent rapid
growth of the two cities, and to the fact
that ail the manufacturing plants on the
river banks were in active operation,
most of them working nigtit and day,
until the rising water put out the fires
and drove the workers to higher
ground.
The damage to the furniture and
buildings in Allegheny is estimated at
about $11X1.000. It will take two months
of hot summer weather to thoroughly
dry out these houses. In Pittsburg the
loss to residences, stores and goods and
the cost of cleaning up will amount to
about $250,000.
At Carncgid borough, six miles from
Tittsburg. the loss is estimated at $40,
000. of which the Columbia Bridge
Works lose $5000. The other losses
range frni $75 to $000. The Westing
house Electric Company had two car
loads of finished material for Toronto,
Canada, on the tracks near Turtle
Creek. They were caught in the flood,
an J water got into the cars. The loss
may reach $yo.ooo.
Trains Stalled In Snowdrift.
Erie. Pa. (Special). The snowstorm
of Friday night and Saturday and the
slectstorm of Saturday was the worst
known here in 60 years, and surpassed
the famous blizzard oi March, 1888.
There is 12 inches of snow on the level,
and during Saturday nearly every trol
ley line in the city was knocked out.
Sunday traffic was resumed irregularly.'
Wires were down and crossed and tele
phone companies blocked. Saturday
night there were two fires from crossed
telephone wires carrying heavy currents
AGED HUSBAND A MURDERER.
Holds His Wife and Fires Four Bullets Into
Her Body.
Jackson, Mich. (Special). David II.
Creech, a capitalist, aged 70 years, and
for 50 years a resident of this city, shot
his wife on the street, tiring four bullets
into her head, neck and mouth while he
held her fast with his left arm about the
vaist.
Mrs. Creech was 40 years of age and
was married to Creech 12 years ago.
Previously she had been li is house
keeper. Three years ago Mrs. Creech began
divorce proceedings, and after several
futile attempts to live with her husband
she was granted a divorce. Tuesday
the Supreme Court affirmed the divorce,
and the shooting was the result.
Mr. Creech was arrested, and a sec
ond loaded revolver was found on his
person. He said he intended to kill
himself.
Bank Official Accused.
Pittsburg (Special). A. J. Scbroth, a
bookkeeper in the First National Bank
of Birmingham, this city, has been ar
rested by United States Marshal Leon
ard charged with the embezzlement of
$35,000 of the bank's funds. He was re
leased later on furnishing bail in the
sum of $10,000. The defalcation was dis
covered by National Bank Examiner
Slack, who found a number of false en
tries in the books. Mr. Slack says the
bank is in excellent condition and will
not be affected.
The Msine to be Launched Soon.
Philadelphia (Special). It has been
practically decided by the Cramp Ship
building Company to launch the United
States battleship Maine on Memorial
Day. Survivors of the original Maine
and the widows and orphans of the
sailors killed in Havana harbor will
probably be invited to attend the
launching.
A Bookkeeper Mlsslnf.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). Henry
J. Hartman, a bookkeeper for Watter
house Bros, and an exemplary young
man, has been mysteriously missing
since last Monday at 5 o'clock, when he
started home as usual. His accounts
are correct. His friends fear he has be
come mentally unbalanced.
Pension for Mrs. Breckinridge.
Washington (Special). A pension of
of $8 a month was granted to Mrs. John
C. Breckinridge, widow of the former
Vice-President of the United States.
Mr. Breckinridge was major oi the
Third Kentucky Volunteers in the
Mexican War. The pension carries ar
rears amounting to $1350. Mrs. Breck
inridge is 76 years old.
A Doctor Assassinated.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). Dr. S. H.
Scruggs, Jr., who resided at Autolona,
a suburb of this city, was found sitting
upright in his buggy near Ins home
early to-day. A bullet hole behind the
left ear showed that he undoubtedly
had been assassinated by sotn: person
who climbed upon the back of rhe ve
hicle as the physician was returning
from visiting a patient. The horse wan
dered along the roadway for several
hours before the crime was discovered.
There is no clue to the murderers.
Three Persons Burned.
Seneca Falls, N. Y. (Special). An
old house, the property of Cornelius
Holland, supposed to be empty, was dis
covered in flames. The house was de
stroyed. In the ruins were found the
charred bodies of Patrick Harmon,
Alonzo Sanders and Charles Mink.
The ruins are being searched for other
bodies.
Carnegie Company Now la Trust.
Pittsburg (Special). A meeting of
the directors of the Carnegie Company
was held here for the purpose of for
mally transferring the great Pittsburg
company over to the United Stateit Steel
Corporation.
into the buildings. Reports from out
side the city west, east and south
show snow three feet deep and great
damage to fruit trees from the wet
snow.
1
Firing at River Steamer.
Wheeling, V. Va. (Special.) At 0
p. m. the river is 41 feet 4 inches. This
stage shuts W heeling entirely out of out
side communication by rait, and only the
big Cincinnati liners are able to run now,
and irate residents along the river bank
are firing frequently at the boats because
the swell front them is washing the foun
dation away from their house. A
Wheeling Island man fired at the packet
Keystone State and a passing tow-boat,
but without effect. In Wheeling. Bell
aire. Bridgeport, Ben wood and Martins
Ferry about five hundred houses have
been entered by water, most of the fami
lies moving lo upper floors.
Nearly every manufacturing establish
ment in the Wheeling district is -shut
down. At Martins Ferry the water de
stroyed 500,000 brick at the Belmont
Brick Company, entailing a loss of $20,
000 to $30,000. There are smaller losses
at other plants, aggregating probably
$40,000. Taking the loss of business, rail
road landslides and industrial losses, the
aggregate cost of the flood in this dis
trict is at least $100,000, probably more.
Ice-Crusted Trains.
New York (Special). Owing to the
heavy storm raging in the West all traf
fic east of Cleveland has been delayed
from 2 to 7 hours. The Grand Central
Depot presented a strange appearance as
the belated Western trains lumbered in
several hours late, with their roofs and
steps encrusted with snow and ice.
Friends of the long-overdue passengers
hung around the depot all day, and
rushed to meet the weary passengers
every time a train came in.
Dam Bursts in Massachusetts.
Chester. Mass. (Special). The Flood
Hollow Dam. in Middlefield, gave way,
letting loose the water in the big reser
voir, which rushed with terrific force
into the west branch of the Westfield
River, sweeping everything before it, and
submerging the greater part of this town.
No lives were lost, but great damage has
been done, the extent of which it is im
posible now to estimate.
Wind's Terrific Force.
which reached Chicago Saturday, loos
ened a huge iron water tank from its
fn&tinitifT n ttm mr( r,t 1, ft ! I . U
6 - v. iuv. i,, nil. UUIU1UIUI
Building, Madison and Franklin streets,
-:illc!nr it t ,.-. cli ,Vtr-....rl.
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to the ground, injuring five persons and
resulting in a cl.imaar to tli lmilHinn in
timated at $50,000.
MANY FILIPINOS BURIED ALIVE.
Priest Prominent In Society That Inaugurated
Reign of Terror.
Manila (By Cable). The trial of the
members of the Mando-Ducat secret so
ciety, who are charged with burying alive
I-ilipinos who were opposed to the in
surrection, and the trial of insurgent
agents has elicited the fact that in one
locality all the local officers, the parish
priest and the president were the chief
offenders.
A reign of terror was secretly inaugu
rated, and persons refusing to contribute
to the insurgent cause were buried alive
by the direction of the president.
All the details of the conspiracy have
been unearthed, many arrests have been
made, there is abundant evidence and it
is probable that all the ring-leaders will
be hanged.
SHORTAGE OF 5X1,000.
First National Bank of Vancouver, Wash.,
Closed by Comptroller.
Washington (Special). The doors ol
the First National Bank, Vancouver,
W ash., were closed Saturday under in
structions from rhe comptroller of the
currency upon recommendation of Na
tional Bank Examiner J. W. Maxwell
and a report from him that during the
course of his examination of the bank
he had discovered a shortage of about
$81,000. Examiner Maxwell has been
placed in charge as temporary receiver.
The following is a statement of the
condition of the bank as shown by its
last sworn report to the comptroller
of the currency, under date of February
5. 1001: Capital stock, $50,000; surplus
and undivided profits, $0874; circulation
$12,500: deposits $2.0,973; total liabili
ties, $.103,348; total resources, $303,348.
Against Compulsory Education.
Jefferson City, Mo. (Special). Gov
ernor Dockery has vetoed the compul
sory education bill, entitled "An Act
to enforce the constitutional right oi
every child in the State to an education;
to provide for truant or parental schooli
and attendance officers in cities of io.
000 population or more, and to prohibit
the employment of children during
school hours." Governor Dockery de
clared that the Act interfered with the
personal rights of parents and savored
Another Bullion Theft.
Newark (Special). It has been dis
covered that forty bars of silver bul
lion, valued at $1200, have been stolcr
from the Lide, now lying at Balback'i
Dock. No clew to the thieves ha;
been obtained. The police believe the
bars were stolen by river thieves, whe
operated from a boat and secured th
bars while the watchman on the dock
was engaged.
Oil Craze Causes 1 Ruth
New Orleans (Special). The Louisi
ana State Land Office has disposed o'
all the swamp overflow and sea mars!
lands in the parishes of Calcasieu, VcY
non, Iberia and Vermillion in the las
few days. Since the oil boom the Lane
Office lias disposed of 7000 acres o'
lanjs in Calcasieu and Vernon, 74,5c
acres of sea marsh in Iberia and 53!ooc
acre in Vermillion. This is the heavies'
sales of marsh and overflow lands in thi
history of Louisiana. The sales are at
tributed to the oil craze.
Convent Saved From Flames.
Haverhill, Mass. (Special). Twenty
two Sisters of Charity, under the di
rection oi Sister Mary De Chastal
saved St. James Convent from destrue-,
tion by flames. In some way the paro-"
chial school next to the convent caught
fire. The flames spread toward tht
convent. The Sisters stationed them
selves at windows facing the blaze, and
armed with buckets of water, watched
for Jlying sparks. Several times tht
convent caught fire, but the black-robed
fire fighters prevented a spread of tin
flames. The school was des'roH
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Pensions" Postmasters.
The following pensions were granted:
Maryland. Increase Saml. Snriggs.
Odenton, $12. Original widows Mary
E. Slottlemcycr, Hancock, $8. Mexican,
war Ellen Garrett, Baltimore, $8.
Virginia. Increase Henry Ford,
Stevens City, $12. War with Spain,
original Thoina J. Jordan, Norfolk,
$27. War with Spain Susan E. Hard
wick, mother. Blacksburg, $12.
West Virginia. Additional Joseph
Gardner, Raven Rock, $12. Renewal
William J. Shrcvc. Lowman. $12. -IncreaseJames
O. Ellis, Huntington, $8.
Postmasters appointed:
Maryland John Anderson, vice W.
C. Henderson, resigned, Appleton, Cecil
county: W. W. Reynolds, vice Dixon
Connelly, Jr., resigned, Manor, Balti
more county.
Virginia J. D. Rordcn, vice W. C.
Bowman, resigned, Toms Brooks, Shen
andoah county.
Has Completed His Work.
Mr. John A. Kasson ha severed his
official connection with the State Depart
ment, where he has been since the begin
ning of McKinley's administration, en
gaged as special plenipotentiary to con
duct the negotiation which resulted in
the drafting of a number of reciprocity
treaties and arrangements under the
terms of the Dingley Act. Although
thus severing his official connection
Mr. Kasson holds himself ready to re
spond to any call of the department for
the special information of which he is
possessed. Meanwhile the bureau in
the State Department which he organ
ized will continue in existence, so that
the highly trained expert force may lie
of service at short notice whenever the
Secretary of State decides to resume
reciprocity negotiations.
Exchange ol Crop Reports.
The Department of Agriculture has
under way negotiations for an exchange
of cable crop reports with European
and other grain raising countries. The
arrangement with Hungary has alreadv
been completed, and the first bulletin
respecting crop conditions in that coun
try will be issued May 10. The reports
are to be exchanged monthly, and as
soon as received in thi country will be
given to the public. Tiie proposed sys
tem will give official government re
ports, and it is expected to have a
steadying effect on the market and to
be of value to farmers in deciding upon
the planting and marketing of their
crops. The grains to be covered by
the reports are wheat, corn, oats, barley
and rye.
Nearly 1,000,090 Pensioners.
Commissioner Evans is authority for
the statement that there are more pen
sioners on the roll to-day than ever be
fore. They number 005,056, an excess
Of aboilt ICOn OVPr ill, nnvt nc...;......
highest number.
Yellow Jack at Port Royal
Consul Watts, at Kingston, Jamaica,
reports the appearance of several cases
of yellow fever at Port Royal. The
white troops stationed there have been
ordered to the hills.
Capital News In General.
The President appointed Thomas M.
Anderson to be associate justice of the
Sunreme Court of il Ii;ci-it t r-
lumbia, and Ashley M. Gould to be
uii cu jiain attorney ior tne District
of Columbia.
Solicitor (ienprnt Tl iUirA GI J : !.
-"vimiufl iiicu 111 me
United Slates Supreme Court a reply to
the petition filed by Captain Carter's
counsel, which nskcH ihnt th. cni;..:,n.
General's brief be struck from the files.
the commision of the Marine Hospital
Service renorlert lmt tl,
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ed that there were cases of the bubonic
plague among the Chinese in San Fran-
Joseph G. Taylor, secretary of the
Standard Rope and Twine Company,
testified before the Industrial Commis
sion that not a single manufacturer of
rope or twine has made money during
the past 12 months.
Henry White, secretary of the United
States Embassy at London, was intro
duced to President McKinley by Sec
retary Hay.
The Navy Department was advised
of Commander Charles O. Allibone
commander of the gunboat Wilmington."
at Cavite.
Reports to the Marine Hospital ser
vice show a steady increase in the rav
ages of the plague throughout the
world.
Gen. John C. Gilmore, colonel in the
Adjutant-General's Department, was re
ared on account of age.
Chief Justice Bingham, of the Dis
trict of Columbia Supreme Court, or
dered that John II. Walter, Aaron Brad
shaw and Greenville Shaw, of Wash
ington, be delivered to the Maryland
authorities on a recptisition from the
Governor of Maryland. The men are
charged with "statutory burning" of a
dwelling in Montgomery county.
The salaries of the clerks in the post
office in all the large cities and towns
in the country have been ordered to be
increased, owing to the growth of busi
ness. Postmaster Warticld, at Balti
more, has been authorized to appoint
six more clerks on July 1, and six more
on October 1.
Ambassador Cambon has purchased a
site on which the French government
will erect an embassy. '
Plans have been arranged to lie pre
sented to Congress for an extension o'
the Capitol.
Our New Possessions.
Aguinaldo has been removed from the
Malcanang Palace in Manila to a private
residence, and the guard over him has
been modified.
Ex-Senator Towne says Aguinaldo's
proclamation is clearly the utterance of a
man who has yielded to force.
The insurgent prisoners at Olongapo
will be returned to Manila. Many pris
oners are released daily in exchange for
guns surrendered.
General Trias, who surrendered on
March 15 at San Francisco de Malabon
IS accomplishing nnirh .,.....;.... .1 '
surrender of outstanding insurgents
Lucban, in Samar; Malvar, in Batan
gas, and Mimo, in Abra province, are
still heading bands large enough to be
troublesome, but it is almost certain that
these three leaders will surrender within
a month.
The transport Garonne arrived at San
Francisco from Manila via Nagasaki and
Honolulu. On hoard are 1000 men of the
1 wenty-sixth Volunteer Infantry. Most
of the men are from New York and Mas
sachusetts. Rustan, Fabella, Cosmo, Ortonez and
Webb, who are implicated with Carman
m trading operations with the insur
gents of Laguana, were released on Siooo
bail.
Auginaldo composed his address with
out assistance. The original draft was
in Tagalog. It was afterward translated
into Spanish.
Judge Taft says that Monsignor Cha
pelio told him that the friars would not
return to the Philippine provinces, and
that oply a sufficient number of them
would remain in Manila to act as in
structors in the colleges.
Two hundred insurgent riflemen on
the Island of Cebu arc the obstacle to
the pacification of the island.
LET THE WAR CEASE,
SO SAYSGIIINALDO.
There Has Been Enough Blood, Enough
Tears and Desolation.
BELIEVES HE IS SERVING COUNTRY.
Aguinaldo Urges Those Still la Arms to Re
spect the Wishes ol the Majority of Their
Countrymen "Who Have Already United
Around the Olorious Sovereign Banner of
the United States."
Manila (By Cable). The following'!
Aguinaldo s address to the Filipino peo
ple, just made public:
"I believe I am not in error in pre
suming the unhappy fate to which my
adverse fortune has led me is not a sur
prise to those who have been familiar
with the progress of the war. The les
sons taught with a full meaning, and
which have recently come to my knowl
edge, suggest wi:h irresistible force that
a complete termination of hostilities and
lasting peace are not only desirable, but
absolutely essential to the welfare of the
Philippine Islands.
"The Filipinos have never been dis
mayed at their weakness, nor have they
faltered in following the path pointed
out by their fortitude and courage. The
time has come, however, in which they
find their advance along this path to be
impeded by an irresistible force, which,
while it restrains them, yet enlightens
their minds and opens to them another
course, presenting them the cause of
peace.
"This cause has been joyfully embrac
ed by the majority of my fellow-countrymen,
who have already united
around the glorious sovereign banner
of the United States. In this banner
they repose their trust, and believe that
under its protection the Filipino people
will attain all those promised liberties
which they arc beginning to enjoy. The
country has declared unmistakably in
lavor 01 peace, so be it. 1 here has
been enough blood, enough tears and
enough desolation. This wish cannot
be ignored by the men still in arms if
tney are animated by a desire to serve
our noble people, which has thus clearly
manifested its will. So do I respect
this will, now that it is made known lo
me.
"After mature deliberation, I resolute
ly proclaim to the world that I cannot
refuse to heed the voice of a people
longing ior peace, nor tne lamentations
of thousands of families yearning to sec
their dear ones enjoyiug the liberty and
the promised generosity of the great
American nation.
"By acknowledging and accepting the
sovereignty 01 tne United States
throughout the Philippine archipelago,
as I now do, and without any reserva
tion whatsoever, I believe that I am
serving thee, my beloved country. My
happiness be thine."
DIVORCES ARE NOW INVALID.
Supreme Court Decision as to Dakota Cases
Causes Much Anxiety.
Fargo, S. D. (Special). As a result
of the U. S. Supreme Court decision
declaring invalid divorces granted in
this State in which residence was not
bona fide, there came a flood of tele
grams from those likely to be affected.
It is believed that, owing to the prac
tice of rushing home immediately after
decrees were granted, less than 10 pcr
cent. of the divorces allowed during
the recent divorce period would be
found valid if contested. ,
But of those secured a large percent
age were agreed cases, where appear
ance was made by both parties. Com
paratively few had bitter contests, and
only in those can the question of resi
dence be raised. Many of the latter
class, however, included distinguished
Easterners and foreigners. A majority
of these have remarried, and the deci
sion of the court not only affects their
present status, but the legitimacy of
many children born subsequently to sec
ond marriage. This, makes the court's
finding far reaching and creates great
anxiety.
UNITED STATES NOW PROSPEROUS.
Exports Reach a Total Unheard In Nation's
History.
Washington (Special). The fiscal
year tool seems likely to exceed any
preceding year in its record of txport::
from the United States.
The March import and export fig
ures, just completed by the Treasury
Bureau of Statistics, show a total ex
portation from this country in the nine
months ended March, 1001, of .$1,140,
170,728, or $86,540,032 in excess of last
year, which held the highest record in
the history of our export trade.
The figures for the nine months show
a decrease of $42,292,639 in the imports
as compared with those in the corre
sponding months of the preceding year.
Thus the excess of exports over imports
in this period is more than $100,000,000
greater than in the corresponding
months of last year and far beyond the
figures of any preceding year.
KILLED A CHIEF OF POLICE.
Frank Major Payi Penalty of Crime In
Meadvllle, Pa.
Meadville, Pa. (Special). Frank Ma
jor was hanged at 2.06 in the afternoon.
Major's crime was the murder of Chief
of Police Daniel McGrath, of Titus
ville, Pa., on November n, 1800. He
was a member of a gang that blew open
the safe and robbed the Titusville
Railroad ticket office and later went to
a house on East Spring street, where
they intimidated and robbed the in
mates. They were tracked to this place
by Chief McGrath and Policeman Shce
hy. The gang opened fire at once and
Shcehy fell dangerously wounded. Mc
grath grappled with the man at the
diior, and alter he had received his own
death wound shot and killed one of the
burglars.
Commission Coming,
Havana (Special. The commission
appointed by the Cuban Constitutional
Convention to go to Washington and
lay before President McKinley the de
sires of tho convention regarding the
future relations, between Cuba and the
United States will leave here Saturday.
General Wood will present the com
mission to the President. He will leave
here Friday and go to Washington by
way of Tampa, Fla. The Cuban com
mission which is to visit Washington
consists of Senors Diego, Tamayo, Ca
pote, Berriel, Portuondo and Llorente.
Jealousy Causes a Double Trajcdy.
Milton? Cat. (Special). John It. Gor
ham, foreman of a copper mine, shot
and instantly killed George U. McCar
thy, a prominent young man of Copper
opolis, and then blew himself to pieces
with giant powder. Jealousy is supposed
to have been the cause.
Killed by Wood Alcohol
Corry, Pa. (Special). Five young
lads, ranging in age from 8 to 12 years,
found a botile of crude wood alcohol in
the woods mar Sheffield, and drank
frerdv of it. One. Inhn tu.nr.Li
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PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gleaned From
All Over the State.
BIG STEEL PLANT AT WASHINGTON.
Firm Presented With About Forty Acres ol
Valuable Land and Will Commence the Erec
tion ol the Works at Once-Mail Pouch Thief
Caujht-Amlshman Defies a Court-Rabies
Among Cattle-Cripple Burned to Death.
To save the' life of her 4-ycar-old boy
Mrs. Ira Willitts, of near Larry's creek
heroically fought a mad dog with a clul
until she fainted. The two were in thcii
front yard, when a large hound, froth
ing at the mouth, ran in from the roac1
and attacking a dog and four pup be
longing to the Willitts killed them all
It tiien turned upon Mrs. Willitts anf1
the child. Seizing a club which was ly
ing near the woman jumped in front o1
her little one and with all the strengtt
she could muster showered blow aftet
blow upon the beast. For a few min
ittcs neither seemed to have the advan
tage, but finally the brute was fougb
backward step by step to a woodshed
where he was imprisoned. Mrs. Willitt
then fainted from exhaustion and in rha
condition was found shortly afrcrwar
by her husband.
A mail pouch thief has been discov
ered in the person of Harry Santo, age
17, who was arrested for setting fire t
a row of houses at Paxton, and to thi
Harrisburg firebrick works, both o
which he confessed. In the past montl
two mail pouches were stolen from tlx
Reading station, and there has beer
much complaint from people who lo
checks and money. One of the pouchci
was in transit from Williamsport t
Pottsville and the other came fron
Boiling Spring. Detective Windso'
went to the jail to sec Santo, who con
fesscd that he had stolen the pouchei
and hidden them. Both pouches wen
found with all of the letters cut opcr
and checks and valuable papers scat
tered about. . -
A deal has just been closed at Wash
ington between representatives of Jes
ops & Sons. Limited, steel manu
facturers, of Sheffield, England, and
local business men, whereby thi
English firm has agreed to ered
an immense plant for the manufacturt
of crucible steel at this place. The firm
was presented with about forty acres o'
valuable land and will commence the
erection of the plant at once. About
two months ago, when it was learned
that the Jcssops contemplated the erec
tion of works in the United States, rep
resentatives of the local Board of Trade
offered inducements, which were favor
ably received. Representatives of the
company came to Washington and
viewed the available territory. Nego
tiations were started and the deal was
finally closed last night.
As his wife was arising for the day
Charles Hindenach. a farmer. 54 years .
old, of Ambler, killed himself with a
shotgun. Mrs. Hindenach heard the re
port of the gun, but was ignorant
of its nature until she entered the kitch
en. Even when she saw the form of hct
husband she thought he had lain down
probably to rest a few minutes before
breakfast, but a few seconds later she
was horrified to see the gun and a large
pool of blood on the floor. Hindenach
is supposed to have been insane.
The company will expend $100,000 at
once on the erection of a plant, and will
enlarge it from time to time until it will
cover nearly forty acres. The company
will give work to about 1000 men and
American labor will be employed almost
exclusively. The new plant will be lo
cated on a railroad connecting the
Pennsylvania with the Baltimore and
Ohio system. It is expected that the
mills will be in operation by the close of
the present year.
Two herds of cattle in the vicinity of
Christiana and. Cochranville have been
slaughtered, owing to tht discovery of
hydrophrobia among them, resulting
from the attack of a mad shepherd dog
which ran among-them on March 20,
biting several. The State veterinary
surgeons have now taken the matter in
charge and they have placed a strict
quarantine oti the Crosscm and Bailey
.farms.
Samuel L. Petcrshcim, an Amishman,
of Lancaster, refused to pay a fine of $2
imposed by his failure to send his boy
to school. His bondsman will be sued
for the money. Petershcim admitted
that he had disregarded the notices from
the school board because lie felt that no
law could dispossess him of the services
of his son. He said he was obeying the
law of God, and those persons who tried
to deprive him of his rights would be
punished by the Lord.
Although sick abed, Mrs. John Petty,
of Homestead, made a great eflfort to
Save the life of her 4-year-old boy when
he rushed into the room, his clothing
aflame. Shr sprang from her bed and
wrapped a blanket around the child, but
his burns proved fatal. Mrs. Petty was
seriously burned.
A helpless cripple, Mrs. A. J. Holli
day, was burned to death in her home
near Addison. Mr. Holliday and his
three sons were working some distance
from the farmhouse. When they reach
ed home in the evening they found
nothing but a heap of ashes where their
home stood and in the ruins the charred
bones of the woman, who was unable to
leave the bed in which she lay.
James Correll, aged 55 years.of Maha
noy City, who left his home a week ago,
died from the effects of a dose of lauda
num. The man was found in an un
conscious condition in a stable at the
Vulcan colliery. Physicians were sum
moned, but Correll never iK-gaijjed con
sciousness. George WV Lentz, proprietor of the
William Penn Hotel at Spring Mill, was
found dead in bed. He was ?8 ve.im
old.
It was stated in Pittsburg that instead
of $1,000,000 a year the salary of Presi
dent Schwab, of the United States Steel
Corporation, is but $100,000 a year. The
statement appears to be as much based
on speculation as the" original report
mat tne position. was a jt.ooo.ooq jcb.
The Barbers' Union of Lancaster is
endeavoring to prevent auy shop from
opening on Sunday, and has caused the
arrest of one proprietor under an old
State law.
Ernst C. Nickol, aged 70 years, a jus
tice of the peace, died at his home in
Pottsville.
During the present season four new
churches will be,erected in Allentown
those of the First Baptist, First Presby.
terian, Trinity Reformed and Salem
Evangelical congregations.
Charles P. Deiker, Select Council
man, died from appendicitis. He was
for the past fifteen years connected with
tho baggage department at the Penn
sylvania Railroad station, Ilarrinburg.
Dr. W. P. Kistler, of Allentown, was
thrown out of his carriage while answer
ing a hurry call, and it is feared that he
,has sustained concussion of the brain.