CHINESE ROUTED BY
THE GERMAN TFGOPS.
A Number of (Wmw Oil leers
Men Wounded.
and
BATTLES NEAR SHANSI BORDER.
Tbe Qcrnan Fortes Commanded by General
Kettler soil the Chinese by Qeneril Liu-
Tbe Chinese Driven Buck Over the Wall
After Stubborn Redstancc-The Germans
Storm Bastion.
Berlin (By Cable). The German
War Office has received the following
advices from Count von Waldcrsee, dat
ed Pckin, April 27:
"Three engagements occurred April
23 and a fourth April 24 at the Great
Wall between four columns under Gen
eral Kettler and the Chinese troops un
der General Lou. The Chinese were
everywhere defeated, and. after a stub
born resistance, were forced back over
the wall, being pursued a far a Ku
kuan. Our casualties were four officers
wounded and three men killed and 32
wounded. The French troops were not
engaged.
Subsequently the following additional
dispatch regarding the lour engagements
was received from Count von Waldcr
see :
"The following reports from Pckin
arrived last night, owing to the dillicul
ty of comunication :
"Genera! Kettler's brigade, reinforced,
marched in four columns against the
Great Wall. Colonel Lcdebtir's being the
right wing: then those commanded by
Colonel 1 lotTmeitcr, Colonel Wallnic
rich and Major Iltielilcnfeis. Ledebur
reached the wall April 24, after a slight
engagement near llai Shan Kwan.
"Hotfmcistcr drove hack the enemy
April 23. On the same day 1 Icuhelenfels
encountered a strong party of the enemy
occupying a bastion on the heights com
manding the pass. The enemy fought
stubbornly in a particularly strong posi
tion, which was oniy taken after eleven
hour's fighting.
"Huehelenfels and Lieutenant Richert
were slightly wounded, and Lieutenant
Drewells was severely wounded. A
standard-bearer and another were killed
and six men severely wounded and ten
slightly wounded."
FIVE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATM.
Babe Barn During the Fire Perishes With
Its Mother.
Houston, Texas (Special). In a fire
which destroyed a livery stable and I
three residences here, live persons were j
burned to death Joe Copping, a florist, 1
his wife and three children. A negro j
has been arrested on the charge of hav- i
ing started the fire to get revenge on j
Ins employer for having discharged
him. In the ruins were found the bodies
of the victims, among them being an in
fant which had been born to Mrs. Cop
ping duriijg the progress of the fire. The
body was found with its mother.
Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Hopper jumped
from the burning building and both were
badly injured. The lire started in a
livery stable over which several families
lived, and the building was a mass of
flames when the firemen arrived.
A crippled widow Mrs. Thompson
escaped from the building, and says she
saw the Copping family run back into
their rooms from the hallway, and that
was the last seen of them alive.
NOT A CANDIDATE.
Bryan Says He Would Not De Editing a Paper
If He Had Further Aspirations.
Lincoln, Neb. (Special). In a state
ment just given publicity V. J. Bryan
says in effect that he has no intention of
seeking a third nomination for the
presidency. Mr. Bryan's announcement
is in answer to an article in an eastern
paper speculating on his plans as a I
political leader. Mr. Bryan said: "I
am not planning for another pretiden- I
tial nomination if I were I would not
be editing a paper. If I ever become a !
candidate again it will be because it j
seems necessary for the advancement of !
the principles to which I adhere, and
that does not now seem probable. I !
shall, however, take an interest in noli- !
tics for several years yet if I live.
Government Olficlal Expires.
r, c , .c iv r- c-
Denver Col (Special). E. S. Nettle-
ton, lor the last two years connected
with the Department of Agriculture in
Washington as an expert on natters
pertaining to irrigation, is dead at the
Homeopathic Hospital in this city of
heart failure. He was 69 years of age.
About a week ago in La Junto. Col.,
Mr Xettleton over-exerted himself in
running (or a train, and upon his arrival
here was taken to the hospital, where
he remained until his death.
Schwab In Role of Philanthropist.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Charles M.
Schwab, president of the United States
Steel Corporation, has made' an early
start in spending a part of his large in
come, presumably following in the foot
steps of his preceptor, Andrew Carne
gie. Mr. Schwab has just authorized
the erection of a large building for the
Mount Aloysius Academy, at Cresson,
Pa., which will cost in the neighbor
hood of $30,000. Hut Mr. Schwab has
et no limit to the cost of the building.
Five Men Burled Alive.
Springfield, Mo. Special). Rosebud
Mine, at Aurora, caved in and buried
five men at a depth of 110 feet. It may
be a month before they can be reached.
The victims are Grant and William
Shane, Elmer Biglcr, John Gilland and
Fecstcr.
Carnegie's Gift to New York.
Albany, N. Y. (Special). Governor
Odell has signed the bill which author
izes New York city to accept the $5.
300,000 gift of Andrew Carnegie for a
free library system
Ladi.s .0 Remove Hats la Church.
Readir.g, Pa. (Special). The Rev.
Dr. Harcourt, of the People's Methodist
Church, has issued orders that beginning
next Sunday evening all ladies attending
service in his church will be expected to
feyiove their hats before the sermon be
gins and keep them off until after the
doxoloyy and benediction.
Killed la a Ball Game.
Madera, Cal. (Special). While prac
ticing for a ball game to-day. F. K.
Kirkpatrick, a young man, collided witli
another player and was instantly killed.
Demand Four Mors Heads.
Paris (By Cable.) A despatch from
Pekin states that the Ministers of Great
iiritain, France, the United States, Hol
land, Belgium and Italy, to wl oin the
question of the punishment of provincial
officials was assigned, have reported to
the diplomatic body a demand for four
more heads and the exile or degradation
of eighty other officials. The demand
was immediately sent to the Chinese
plenipotentiaries.
"legally Hanged."
Ichez, MUs. (Special) Jake John
son, colored, who killed his wife last
July, was legally hanged here.
SUMMARY CF THE NEWS.
Domestic
Joseph E. Widcncr, son of the Phila
delphia traction magnate, was fatally in
jured by the overturning of a coach on
which he and other wealthy young men
were riding.
The scanng schooner Enterprise ar
rived at Victoria, B. C, with the flag nt
half-mast, two of her hunters having
been drowned, while a third died on the
vovage.
Rev. Frank II. Gnnsaulus delivered
the oration at the Grant anniversary
celebration in Galena, III., and severely
denounced the disfranchisement of the
negro.
The members of Harvard Alumni who
object to the university granting a de
gree of LL.I). to President McKinlcy
mailed 7.CC0 copies of the protest to
graduates.
Miss Bessie Smith, daughter of F.rnan
ucl Smith, who lives near Gettysburg.
Pa., committed suicide by drowning her
self in Kock Creek.
Minister Conger said in San Francisco
that he had been assured his course in
China had been entirely satisfactory to
the President.
John Broderick. a Baltimore crook,
was sentenced in Hanover, Pa., to th.;
penitentiary for receiving stolen g-vil.
Rev. Robert Juiien. a well-known
Presbyterian minister, died at his home
in liordcnt'Mvn. X. J.
W. A. Thompson, colored, was fined
Sioo for selling liqti or at Downing, Va..
without a license.
E. II. Conger. I'll i'. el States Minister
to China, accompanied by his wife,
daughter and Miss Pierce, arrived at
I San Francisco imm China. lie de
! dined to discuss his reported candidacy
; ior governor of Iowa.
At the trial of James Callahan for
kidnapping F.dward Cudahy. Jr.. in
Omaha, young Cu.Iahy identified Calla
! ban as one oi his abductors,
i F. G. Kell. a student at the Medical
; College oi Virginia, was arrested in
I Richmond for assault on H. B. San-
ford, a fellow-student.
The contract for building the new
Fast River bridge will be awarded to
the Pennsylvania Steel Company, the
lowest bidder.
William Peters, colored, was arrested
in Basic City. Va., on the charge of
killing Lottie Fields, his sweetheart.
Assistant Postmaster Charles II.
Drexcl. at Tarpon Springs, Fla., was
arrested for n shortage in his accounts.
Only one of a party six gold-seekers
in the Klondike survived the perils
to which the party was subjected.
Eb II. Wittar was shot and killed at
Grundy, W. Va., by Thomas Bcaves.
son of Judge Alexander Bcaves.
Mark Thomas Hayes was hanged in
I'niontown. Pa., for the murder of Wil
liam Lowdon.
J. Frank Condon, official court re
porter, committed suicide at his home
in Altoona, Pa.
Mrs. Maria G. Saxton, aunt of Mrs.
McKinlev, died at her home in Canton,
O.
Joseph H. Shepherd, for many years
a clerk in the office of the Auditor of
Public Accounts in Virginia, was arrest
ed in Richmond on a warrant sworn out
by the Auditor, charging him with the
misappropriation of public funds.
Encouraging reports come from Cin
cinnati and the lloodcd district. The
rivers are beginning to recede at many
plaVes. and at Cincinnati the highest
stage has almost been reached.
Miss Isabel Goodrich Stillman. daugh
ter of Mr. James Stillman, a millionaire,
and Mr. Percy A. Rockefeller, son of
Mr. William Rockefeller, were married
in New York.
One hundred negroes left Greensboro,
N. C, for the coal mines of West Vir
ginia. John Costello. an old-time circus
clown, died suddenly in New York.
A representative of the American
Missionary Association made an inves
tigation which developed that the death
rate among the negroes in the South is
greater than among the whites.
Foreign.
Field Marshall von Waldcrsee reports
that the mountain artillery attacked the
Chinese by the Great Wall on April 23
and forced them to retire, with heavy
losses, into Shan. 1.
It is reported that Cardinal Rampolla
has resigned the office of papal secre
tary of state and that Cardinal Fcrrata
will succeed him.
Count Cornulier was acouitte 1 in
' '.ois, wiicic oe was irieu ior Killing ills
I wife as she was leaving the house of M.
Pans, where he was tried for killing his
Leroux, her lawver.
Germany claims that her expenses in
China already exceed the amount of her
indemnity claims .240. 000.000 marks.
Robert S. McCormick, of Illinois, the
new American Minister to Austria-Hungary,
arrived ot Budapest.
Masked robbers secured 30.000 francs
from the American Express Company's
office in Paris.
Eighteen miners were killed and
seven injured in a fire-damp disaster at
Mons, Belgium.
Austria and Mexico are about to re
sume diplomatic relations, after a long
separation.
The will oi D'Oyly Carte, filed in
London, leaves an estate of .240.817.
The International Art Exposition was
opened in Venice.
Dr. Parker, in an address at the Con
gregational Union. London, expressed
sympathy with Roman Catholics under
what he called the "despicable insult"
indicted on them by the oath of acces
sion. The London Court decided that the
Swedish Count Reinhold Edward von
Rosen is the rightful heir to the estate
of Mrs. Bloomtield Moore.
The flagship Brooklyn, with Admir
able Reiney on board, arrived at Syd
ney and was warmly welcomed by the
crews of the other warships.
Reported in Paris that Russia will
supply China with .the funds to pay the
indemnities and retain Manchuria as a
pledge for the loan.
A financial panic prevails in Japan
and 20 banks in one city have suspend
ed. Earthquake shocks near Rome caused
a panic ainoung the people.
II err Eugene Richter and others in
the German Reichstag, made arguments
in opposition to the building of railways
in Central Africa.
Fire was discovered on the British
steamer Ontario, from Hull, when 3.30
miles west of Faslnet, and the steamer
put back.
The British West African frontier
troops have defeated the powerful slave
trading emirs in Xorthcrn Nigeria.
The Deceased Wife's Sister Bill pass
ed its second reading in the House of
Commons, after a day of debate.
FinauclaL
LTnited States Government 4s. 1925,
sold at $140 Friday, the highest price
ever reached.
It is said the subscriptions to the
new British loan will be cut 10 10 to 15
per cent, of the' amount applied for.
Negotiations are said to be in prog
ress looking to the consolidation of
Chicago and Eastern Illinois with the
St. Louis Southwestern.
The directors of the Southern Pacific
have elected Alexander Miller sccre.ary.
Mr. Miller is also secretary of the
Union Pacific Railroad Company.
SAYS CALLAHAN
ISJOT GUILTY.
Jury's Verdict a Slnck to the People
and Ciiir',
WAS IMMEDIATELY REARRESTED.
The Judge, In Discharging the Jury Without
the Compliments of the Court, Said It
Was Impossible tor Him to Understand How
Twelve Intelligent Men Could Have Agreed
on Such a Verdict
Omaha. Neb. (Special). After atrial
lasting a week James Callahan was de
clared not guilty of any complicity in
the knidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr.
Two other counts still exist against
Callahan, and he was at once rearrested
under these. There is doubt, however,
whether the State will bring the rases
to trial.
Shortly after o o'clock the jury signi
fied to Judge Baker through a bailiff
that it was ready to report. A small
audience of attorneys and interested per
sons was wailing when the 12 men filed
in.
The foreman annouced that the ver
dict was not guilty.
The judge had evidently been expect
ing another verdict and was openly dis
appointed. "It js impossi!),. for me to under
stand." he said, "how twelve intelli
gent men could have agreed upon such
a verdict after listening to the testi
mony. The defendant could not have
chosen more wisely if he bad been se
lecting his own representatives, and the
community could not have made a more
unfortunate selection.
"The jury is discharged without the
compliments of the court and the pris
inor is likewise turned loose as to this
trial, I presume, to continue the crim
inal practices in which you have failed
to check him. I do not know what
motive actuated you in reaching this
decision, but I hope none of yoti will
ever appear again in this jury box."
The iury evidently was ill at ease dur
ing this arraignment, but diil not make
any response and filed rapidly from the
box as soon as it was at liberty.
Callahan's attorneys were not nres-
I cnt. and the defendant expressed a de
I sire to thank the jurors in his own be
half. This the court mused to permit.
He said the jury did not deserve any
tnaiiks.
POWEHS MAY AGREE ON $200,000,000.
A Sug;esilon That China Make a Settlement
Upon the Instalment Plan.
Washington (Special). The foreign
establishments here are receiving a
number of important dispatches "relat
ing to the question of indemnity and
how it shall be guaranteed by a Chi
nese loan or to each of the powers indi
vidually. One of the dispatches coming
through a Kuropean foreign office says'
that Sir Robert Hart has concluded that
China can pay a total of $200,000,000,
and the impression is conveyed that this
will be the amount agreed upon, the
various claims being scaled down to this
limit. Another dispatch comes from a
prominent Chinese official. He makes
a suggestion that when the amount of
inremnity is agreed upon it will be
greatly to the interests of China, as
well as to the powers, if the amount pay
able to each power can be made by in
stalments, and not by a gross payment
outright. In that Case China would be
compelled to negotiate a large loan.
The view prevails among officials that
while this proposition is fair, it is not
practical, and there is little idea that it
will be favorably entertained.
Other dispatches which have passed
within the last few days revive the idea
of having The Hague tribunal adminis
ter the indemnities after the total is once
agreed upon.
Dr. Browning's Big Bill.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Dr. W. C.
Browning, the physician who attended
the late Senator C. L. Magee, and
whose bill for services rendered to the
Senator totals $100,000. was here in con
nection with the matter. The Doctor
j says many of the newspaper reports
nave men sensational and claims that
his fee is in no wise exorbitant for the
service rendered. His attorneys say
the claim will be settled without suit.
The relations between the executors
and Dr. Browning are cordial, and there
is no thought of taking it in court.
For Peace and Arbitration.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). May
Wright Sewall. representing the United
States on the International Peace Com
mittee of Women, has issued a call urg
ing the women throughout the country
to arrange for meetings in behalf of in
ternational peace and arbitration, to be
held May 18.
AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY
OFFICES ROBBED IN PARIS.
Paris (By Cable). Three masked
burglars entered the American Express
Company's office here, surprised the
watchman asleep, gagged and bound
him, and escaicd with 30,000 francs.
The burglary was carried out most
audaciously, and was evidently the work
of American experts.
Manager Dalliba, after going over his
books, finds that 30,000 francs were
taken.
The manner in which the burglars
piocceded indicates that they were fa
miliar with the arangements of the of
fice. The street door was opened with
the proper key, as the lock, which is
equal to a safe lock, was not scratched.
An astounding feature i f the bur
glary is that the policemen heard or saw
Burglars Dynamite a Bank.
Toledo, Ohio (Special). The bank at
Pioneer, Williams county, 40 miles from
here, was entered by burglars during
Friday night. The vault was wrecked
by dynamite and the sum of $1000 is
said to be missing. There is 1:0 ciue to
the robbers.
Mall Carrier Arrested.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special.) Post
ofiiee Inspector Keyes has reported to
the department the arrest of Archibald
I'ree, a Star route carrier, charged with
robbing the mails at Newport, Tenn.
She Ca'cimlned Them.
Cincinnati (Special). Mrs. Richard
Grater, wife ol a house painter, on be
ing unable to keep her husband from a
saloon on Ludlow avenue, went to the
place with one of his calcimine buckets
and a whitewash brush tnd calcimined
him from head to foot in the saloon.
He returned to the saloon after he had
accompanied her home and changed
clothing. She followed him again, and
the next time calcimined the saloon
keeper and his bar and its fixtures, and
gave nonce that she would repeat the
performance to any one selling liquor
to her husbajjd. 1
MANY PEOPLE KILLED BY AN EXPLOSION.
Great Conflagration on the Banks ol the
River Mala.
Frankfort (By Cable). Explosions in
the Griesheun Electro - Chemical
Works, where smokeless powder is
manufactured, near that town, caused
a conflagration which destroyed prop
erty on both sides ol the River Main
and the loss of many lives.
It is estimated that 50 to 60 people
were killed nnd over 150 injured. Many
of the vistims were employes of the
works.
A number ol manufacturing plants
were swept away. For a time the ait
was filled with blazing fagots and ex
ploding chemicals, the great chemical
works resembling the crater of a vol
cano in action.
Blazing brands were carried across
the river from Griesheini to the Town
of Schwanhcim, and soon the latter
place was in flames.
The smokeless powder department ol
the chemical works blew up with a con
cussion that shook the surrounding
country like an earthquake.
Eighteen cylinders, each containing
about too hundredweight of smokeless
powder, were in the room where the ex
plosion occurred.
A company of infantry was hurried
to the scene with nearly the entire
Frankfort lire department. The soldiers
performed excellent service in saving
people and keeping the relatives of the
killed and injured from risking their
lives in vain efforts to save their loved
ones. They also aided the firemen in
preventing the flames spreading to
large benzine reservoirs.
The residents of Greisheim fled in
terror from the town during the ex
plosions, most of them coming tc
Frankfort.
The last explosion occurred at "..10
r. M.. and when it was ascertained that
no further danger was anticipated, the
inhabitants were allowed to return to
their homes.
It is still impossible to say definitely
how numerous are the victims.
ELEPHANT DROWNS TRAINER.
Held lllm Under I lie Water Until He Was Dead,
Then the Beast Ran Away.
Peru, Ind. (Special). Henry Huff
man, well-known animal trainer, with
the Wallace show, met a horrible death
lure, being killed by "Big Charley." a
monster elephant, while the animal was
bathing in the Mississinowa river. "Big
Charley" wound his trunk about Keep
er Huffman and hurled him far into the
stream. The man was uninjured, and
when he returned he said: "Wy, Char
ley, I didn't think that of you: aren't
you ashamed ot yourself?" The next
instant Huffman was grabbed by the
big elephant and thrown to the bottom
of the river and held there by the fore
feet of the animal. Then with a great
roar the elephant ran away. Several
showmen shot at him with no effect.
He broke down fences and roamed
about in a big field, keeping everybody
at a distance. Apples loaded with
strychnine were thrown near him and he
ate one. An hour later he lay down
and was in terrible agony. A rifle shot
settled him.
Big Charley weighed over three tons,
and was valued at $10,000, and in his
lifetime had killed four men. Keeper
Huffman at different times was animal
trainer in Kairmount Park, Philadel
phia, and Central Park. New York. His
home was at Columbus, Ohio.
EXPRESS WRECKED.
The Fireman Badly Injured and the En
gineer Scalded.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special). The
vcstibuled Chicago flyer, leaving Detroit
at 1. 10 o'clock over the Pere Marquette
Western Division, was ditched at Sun
field, 112 miles out. by the rails spread
ing. The injured: William Gossett,
Grand Rapids, fireman, internally, prob
ably fatal ; Hank F'uller, engineer, scald
ed, serious; J. G. Lemon, Sunficld, hand
hadly cut by thrusting it through a win
dow; Mrs. C. Percy and daughter,
Grand Rapids, slightly.
The train was going 50 miles an hour,
when suddenly the engine careened and
plunged into a bank, and the cars were
thrown across the tracks, being torn
from their trucks.
The breaking of connections in the
engine caused an escape of steam, which
scalded Engineer Fuller. Fireman Gos
sett was probably fatally hurt by being
pinned under the wreck.
The Emperor Is Not Afraid.
Berlin (By Cable). Emperor William
regards the news of the plot against his
life as "Tartarem nachricht" (Tartar
news), but approves the comprehensive
steps now taken to forestall the alleged
plotters. The Empress saw an account
of the plot and immediately warned the
Emperor, who joked about the matter,
thus removing her disquiet.
nothing of the burglars, in spite of the
fact that the latter worked loudly, and
that the sound of the explosions was
sufficient to awaken a porter on the top
story of a building across the street and
cause him to descend and search his own
house for intruders.
The street door of the express com
pany's office was also left open by the
burglars for over three hours, without
the police noticing it. Yet the office is
located in the center of Paris and is sur
rounded by business houses.
John Munroe's American bank is only
a few paces distant.
The express company's office has a
long frontage facing the opera house.
It was opened about a year ago. The
reading rooms are much used by Ameri
can travelers.
Four Men Burled Alive.
Frederick, Md. (Special). Michael
Kearns, Michael Coyne, two foremen,
and Archer Frazier and Douglass
Hicks, two colored laborers, working
on the Baltimore and Ohio improve
ments near Ridgville, while working on
the Mt. Airy tunnel were buried alive
by the earth caving in Saturday, and
thus far three of their dead bodies have
been recovered. The body ol Michael
Kearns is still in the debris, and it is
thought that several other men have
been killed, as they cannot be accounted
for.
Unique Swindler Caught
New York (Special). Whipple O.
Sayles, a lawyer with an office in this
city and a residence in Orange, N. .,
was arrested on the charge that lie is art
accomplice of Paul D. Hart, now a pris
oner 111 the Tombs. Hart is charged
with swindling people by representing
himself as a long-lost relative and by
other devices. Hart, it is alleged, would
ascertain the name of a missing person
and would then write to the relatives
representing himself as the person and
asking for money. Even after he was
incarcerated in the Tombs, it U alleged.
Hart has carried on this sort of a business.
HEAD SEVERED BY
HANGMAN'S ROPE.
Unexpected Scene at Execution of Train
Robber Ketchum.
BODY DROPPED TO THE GROUND.
Tbe Rope Broke, and the Notorious Train
Robber' Head Wat Jerked Oft by the
Drop-The Desperado Showl Remarkable
Coolness Belore the Execution-Has Killed
Many People.
Clayton, N. M. (Special). Thomas
E. Ketchum, alias "Black Jack," the out
law who had terrorized people of the
Southwest for 15 years, was hanged
here for train robbery.
His head was severed from the body
by the rope, as if by a guillotine. The
headless trunk pitched toward the spec
tators and blood spattered upon those
nearest the scaffold.
The execution took place inside a
stockade built for the occasion. There
were 150 witnesses. When Ketchum
mounted the scaffold a priest stood at
his side, for he had consented to spirit
ual attendance nt the last moment. He
declined to make a speech, muttered
"Good bye," then said, "Please dig my
grave very deep." and as the cap was
drawn over his face shouted, "Let her
go!"
When the drop was sprung the body
shot through the trap and the head was
torn from the trunk by the tremendous
jerk. The body dropped to the ground
quivering and bleeding. Some men
groaned and others turned away unable
to endure the sight. For a few seconds
the body was allowed to lie halt doubled
up on its right side, with blood pouring
from the arteries, as the heart kept up
its mechanical beating. Then the offi
cers rushed down and lifted the body.
Life was pronounced extinct in five
minutes from the time the body dropped
through the trap. It was decided that
the drop of seven feet with the running
noose was too great for so heavy a man
as Ketchum. who weighed about 170
pounds. Sheriff Salome Garcia super
intended the execution and himself
sprung the trap.
INSURGENTS OIVE LP ARMS.
Progress of Pacification in the Philippines
25,000 Lepers.
Manila (By Cable). One hundred
and fifteen officers and 2157 bolomen
have surrendered and sworn allegiance
to the United States at Karvacan, Prov
ince of South Iloicos.
Major Noble, adjutant-general of the
Department of the Visayas, received the
surrender of Qucntin Salas and three of
his officers. All the insurgents under
Salas will surrender soon. It is claimed
this well terminate the insurrection in
the island of Panay, The Americans
arc active throughout the archipelago,
accelerating surrenders.
The commissary investigation is pro
gressing. Several important witnesses
in the Reed case have left Manila. Bar
ry Baldwin. Thomas Harris, Fred Ma
condry and II. Schindler, prominent
merchants who are supposed to possess
information concerning money paid to
commissary officers, are detained as
witnesses under $2500 bail. Other ar
rests will be made. The trial of Capt.
James C. Reed, formerly depot com
missary at Manila, who, as announced
April 15, was arrested on the charge of
participating in the commissary frauds,
has been temporarily postponed.
It is estimated that there are 25.000
lepers in the Philippines, and it is plan
ned to isolate all of them on one island.
Major Mans, the medical inspector,
Captain Ahern, of the Ninth Infantry,
and Captain Quartermaster Horton,
comprising a board of officers appointed
to select a suitable island for the pur
pose, have visited Busanga, Cuillon.
Cogayan, Dejolo and other islands and
have made a report, but it has not yet
been acted upon.
BOER COMMANDO SURRENDERS.
Bokburg's Men Lay Down Their Anns at
Blddleburg, Transvaal.
London (By Cable). A Pretoria dis
patch says the force under command of
Commandant Bokburg, composed of
106 men, with wagons and rifles, have
surrendered at Middlcburg, Transvaal
Colony.
Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch to the
war office under date of Pretoria, April
21, says;
"Since my last report the British col
umns have captured 242 prisoners, 248
rifles, some ammunition, and wagons
and carts. A few men have also sur
rendered." Lord Kitchener has issued a procla
mation to the effect that any resident in
the martial-law districts of Cape Col
ony found in arms, inciting to fight,
aiding the enemy or endangering by
overt act the British forces will be tried
by court-martial and be liable to the
most severe penalties. Such persons
may even be shot.
Prominent Pennsylvaniaa Dead.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Col. Chill
W. Hazzard, editor and proprietor of
the Monongahela Republican and one
of the most prominent citizens of West
ern Pennsylvania, died of paralysis at his
home in Monongahela, Pa. Col. Hazzard
was a past supreme chancellor of the
Royal Arcanum, past commander of the
Grand Army of the Republic, a member
of the Loyal Legion, a Knight Templar
and a thirty-second degree Mason. The
deceased was 62 years of age.
One Killed, Two Fatally Hurt
Beaver Falls, Pa. (Special). One
man was killed and two fatally injured
at the Pcnn Bridge Works by the fall
ing of a 35-ton steel girder. James
Denwiddie was killed and Martin
Shields and Charles Smith fatally hurt.
Denwiddie was crushed beyond recog
nilin. Shields' and Smith's arms and
legs were broken and they were in
jured internally.
Alleged Counterfeiters.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Unit
ed States Secret Service Agent Hazen
has arrested George Taylor McDonnell
in this city on a charge of having in his
possession appliances for making coun
terfeit money. It is charged that Mc
Donnell has promoted a scheme to
flood China and the Hawaiian Islands
with counterfeit dollars made from
Mexican coins. The secret service offi
cials claim that McDonnell was impli
cated with the Bidwells in robbing the
Bank of England of $5,000,000 by means
of forged checks in 1873.
Railroad Bridge Washed Away.
Winston-Salem, N. C. (Special).
Four spans oi an iron trestle across the
Yadkin River, on Mocksville and
Mooreaville Railroad, was washed out
by high water just after a train had
passed over. Passengers and baggage
will be transferred until damage is re
paired. -'Chaige Scat Sclit lor SeZ.008. '
New York (Special). The recent tale
of a Stock Exchange membership is ad
mitted to have been at $62,000. The high
est authenticated price paid hitherto is
to 1,000.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Cubans Are Satisfied.
The Cuban delegation completed its
labors in Washington Saturday. In the
morning the delegates met Secretary
loot, who escorted them to the White
House, where they had a final and de
cisive talk with the President. Then
they paid a visit of courtesy to each of
the officials whom they have met, and
filially they started tor New York,
homeward bound. The proceedings at
the White House were interesting and
important. Senor Capote acted as
spokesman for the delegation. He
thanked the President for the many
courtesies shown them, which they ac
cepted as expressions of good will to
the Cuban people. Senor Capote asked
the President to do something for the
Cubans upon an economic line, espe
cially in the matter of reciprocal trade
relations. In reply the President said
it was impossible to settle the economic
questions until the political questions
were disposed of. He told the delegates
to first form their government and then
they would be in a position to enter into
negotiations with the United States as
to trade relations.
Penslons-I'ojfmasters.
Maryland. Original Alfred Baker,
Vale Summit, $6. Renewal James C.
Mullikin, Easton, $12. Renewal and re
issue, Wm. Hoffman. Baltimore. $6.
Virginia. Original Lawrence
Lynch. National Soldiers' Home, F.liza
bcth City, $8; Henry Powell, National
Soldiers' Home. F.Iizabcth City, $6.
Increase John C. Stout. National Sol
diers' Home, F.Iizabcth City, $12: John
L. Snyder, National Soldiers' Home,
Elizabeth City, $12. Mexican War
survivors. Restoration and supple
mentalJohn Holland, National Mili
tary Home, Elizabeth City, $8.
W'est Virginia. Original John S.
Kecdy, Martinsbutg. $6. Increase
John Holroydc, Barb.iursvillc, $H; Peter
Sticeson, Laurel Iron Works, $N: Perry
G. Shafer, Aarons, $10; Allen Shields.
Sutton, Jio.
H. W. Green has been appointed
postmaster at Gcorgel, Wise county.
Va., vice C. P. l.udwig, resigned.
Henry Morris has been appointed a
rural free delivery letter carrier at Koss
villc, Baltimore county, vice Henry
Levi, resigned.
A postol'ticc has been established at
Duet, Madison county, Va., with
Marion Rosser as postmaster.
Presidential Appointments.
The President has just made the fol
lowing appointments:
State John W. Garrett. Pennsylva
nia, secretary of legation at The
Hague, Netherlands.
Treasury Herman Ellcrman, col
lector of internal revenue. District of
North and South Dakota; Alfred W.
Brown, appraiser of merchandise, dis
trict of Boston and Charleston, Mass.
Justice Earl M. Cranston, United
States attorney, district of Colorado.
Interior Henry Meldrum, surveyor
general of Oregon; Harry D. Cham
berlain, Indian agent, Crow Creek
agency, South Dakota.
The Dues Are Retaliatory.
Inquiry'into the protest of Sir Chris
topher Furncss, head of the Furncss
line of steamers, that tonnage dues are
charged against British vessels entering
American ports, while Dutch and Dan
ish vessels enter free, disclosed that such
dues are imposed because the British
levy a corresponding duty on American
shipping under the guise of lighthouse
dues.
The Dewey Prize Case Argumeai.
The hearing in the libel suit brought
by Admiral Dewey and officers and men
of his fleet for condemnation as prizes
of the Spanish vessels and property
captured in the battle of Manila Bay.
was continued in the Court of , Admi
ralty Wednesday. The day was devot
ed to the arguments of Assistant At
torney-General Binney for the Govern
mcnt. He admited the claims in gen
eral, but argued for proof as to details.
There are many questions of law and
fact involved. The hearing will occupy
several days.
Minister Buck Seriously III.
A. E. Buck, of Georgia. American
Minister to Japan, is seriously ill in this
city. He is completing a 60 days' leave
and was to have sailed for his post last
Wednesday. For some time he has
been ill as a result of the grip. Upon
reaching Washington last Monday
other complications set in, and now be
is confined to his apartments and only
his nurses are permitted to enter the
room.
Mustering Out Volunteer.
General Shafter at San Francisco has
notified the War Department that vol
unteer regiments which recently arrived
from the Philippines will be mustered
out at San Francisco as follows:
May 6, Thirty-ninth Infantry; May 3,
Thirty-second Infantry; May to. Twenty-ninth
Infantry; May 13, Twenty-sixth
Infantry.
No dates have been fixed for the
muster out of the Twenty-eighth and
Thirty-fifth Regiments.
186 Mlssloaarles Killed.
Figures received at the State Depart
ment compiled by J. W. Stevenson, di
rector of the Chinese Inland Mission,
show that the total number of foreign
missionaries killed in China during the
recent disturbances, including the chil
dren, was 186. Of these 28 adults and 8
children were Amcrcans.
Sampson's Claim for Prize Mon:y.
Hearing was begun in the Court ol
Admiralty in the suit instituted by Rear
Admiral Sampson and others for prize
money for vessels captured off Saniago.
The arguments are along the same line
as those in the Admiral Dewey pro
ceedings. Baron Fava'g Farewell. ' -
Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador,
who will shoitly return to Italy, had a
brief informal talk with the President
Wednesday.
Our New Possessions
The transport Sedgwick sailed from
San Juan with 10 Porto Rican youths,
who arc coming to the United States to
be educated.
Commissary Sergeant John Weston,
charged with complicity in the com
missary frauds at Manila, has been dis
honorably discharged and sentenced to
two years' imprisonment.
Cuban Democrats will hold a mass
meeting in Havana, and thoir platform
will favor acceptance of the Piatt
amendment and indorse the course of
Governor-General Wood.
Polloc, on the west coast of Minda
nao Island, Philippines, was wrecked by
a cyclone. The barracks of the United
States troops -were destroyed. Loss,
$2000.
General Morales surrendered to the
Americans in the Province of liuluran.
Many surrenders are expected by May
Cailk-s, the notorious leader of the
insurgents, who declared himself the
successor of Aguinaldo, narrowly es
caped capture. Captain Chase, with a
detachment of the Twenty-first Infant
ry, surprised his camp. His adjutant
general and five other officers were,
taken prisoners. Major Vtlo, an insur
gent officer, was killed
I PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gleaned From
All Over the State.
ENTOMBED MINERS KILLED BY OAS.
Bodies ot Two Victims Recovered In the Bot
torn of a Heading la a Colliery Near Shamo-kin-Season
ot Success lor the Pitt? burg
Orchestra-Delaware Conference to Raise
HOCOOO-Voung Soldier's Death.
After fifteen hours of the hardc.t
work, every minute of which was full ol
peril, the party of rescuers, headed by
Mine Inspector F.dward Brennan and1
Inside Foreman Michael Readdy. suc
ceeded in driving the deadly gas out ol
No. 13 breast in the Lykens valley slope
at the Luke Fidler Colliery. At three
o'clock a. 111. the men reached the dead
bodies of Anthony Marckavick and An
thony Shttracavish, the miners who
struck a feeder of gas, which caused a
fall of coal by which they were entomb
ed. The bodies were lying prostrate in
the bottom of a heading, near No. 13
breast. They were untouched by any
coal or rock. The men had evidently
been overcome by gas while endeavor
ing to escape.
While Rev. Powell and Prof. Wm. A.
Beers, prominent citizens of Dempscy
town, were shooting wild ducks from
a boat at Sugar Lake, their craft cap
sized, throwing them into the water.
Neither of the men could swim, but
they caught hold of tbe sides of the
boat and held on until discovered by
Warren McCleland, who is a man of
powerful build and a skilled boatman.
He reached them when they were about
ready to let go their hold from exhaus
tion, and after a tremendous effort got
them ashore.
Striking statistics are adduced by W.
N. l'rcw, chairman of the orchestra
committee of Carnegie Institute, to
show that the season ot the Pittsburg
Orchestra just closed has been remark
ably successful. A deficit of but $22.
168.35 is reported and despite the fact
that expenses increased $5756.88 and
that an individual subscription of $1500
to the soloist fund was not renewed the
individual liability of the guarantors has
been reduced to $316.70 from $379.97,
the assessment of the season, before.
The will of Mrs. Sophia Brenz. late of
Lansdowne, was placed on record in
Media. She bequeaths $5000 to the
General Missionary Society of the Ger
man Baptist Church, if her eighty-acre
farm in Edgmont Township shall bring
$500 per acre. If the farm does not
bring this price, then she gives to the
society one-fifth of its value. She also
fives to the Newtown Baptist Church
too and to its former pastor, Rev. Jos.
L. Sagebeer, the same amount.
Four masked men entered the shops
of the Keystone Agricultural Works, at
Po'.tstown, and after they had succeed
ed in overpowering Henry B. Clay, the
night watchman, nnd binding his hands
and feet they blew open the office safe.
The safe did not contain much of value
except the account and order books,
which they left undisturbed. The rob
bers then rifled the pockets of Mr.
Clay and secured $3.
Portraits of members of several prom
inent Quaker families oi West Chester
appeared this week in a fashion journal,
they being used to illustrate an article
on the Quakers. All the portraits rep
resent young women arrayed in the
gowns, bonnets and shawls of their
grandmothers. The appearance of the
pictures caused consternation among
the young women and they are at a loss
to explain how their features came to
adorn the journal.
Wearied with repeated strokes of pa
ralysis, Benjamin M. Worthington
committed suicide at his home, in
Hulmeville, by shooting himself in the
head with a revolver. He died an hour
or so after the tragedy. Worthington
was about '60 years of age, and at one
time was proprietor of the Hulmeville
Hotel.
J. Ffank Condon, for the past twenty
years official court, reporter for Blair
and Cambria counties, committed sui
cide in his office in Altoona by blowing
out his brains. His body was not found
until to-day. On his desk was a tele
gram addressed to his son in Johns
town, saying, "Father is dead; come."
Sealed letters 10 friends were also found
in his desk. Mr. Condon had been in
poor health for a long time. He was
47 years of age.
The Delaware Unir-n American
Methodist Episcopal Conference, at '
their session in Chester, adopted the
Twentieth Century Thank Offering plan
to raise $100,000, to be divided as fol
lows. Fifty thousand dollars for the
present indebtedness of churches, $40.
000 for industrial schools, and $10,000 to
be used by the publication, department.
'The recent purchase of the Lake Su
perior ore mines by the United States
Steel Corporation has brought uncx
'pected wealth to many Sharon people,
among whom is Hon. Alexander Mc
Dowell, clerk of the lower house ol
Congress. Mr. McDowell cleared up
$200,000 in the deal.
. A special train from Bethlehem struck
a handcar containing the section gang
between Soudcrton and Hatfield, killing
Harry Detveiler, a laborer. Two others
named Morfet and Ziegler were slight
ly injured. There is a sharp curve
where tne train struck the car which
prevented t'he section men from seeing
the approaching train.
Ira A. Danner, who, although but 21
years old, has served two enlistments in
the United States Army, died at the
home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo.
W. Danner, of Alletitown. His death
was due to injuries sustained in the ser
vice. ,
Rev. S. Nicholas, pastor ot tele urina
tive Methodist Church of Girardville,
has resigned to accept a call from the
Primitive Methodist Church ai Phila
delphia. He will be succeeded by Rev.
S. Cooper, of Mount Carpiel.
A wing will be erected to the Allen
town Hospital. It will cost $35,000 and
the expense will be borne by a citizen oi
Allentown whose name is withheld. The
new addition will be Unvoted to surgical
cases.
By, the will of the late Dt John
Grove, of Philadelphia, $Sono i be
queathed to the Church oKjod, at May
town. Dr. Grove was a native of May
town. While at work on the Coleman saw
mill near Sumiuewille, George Beck
was caught in the machinery and
squeezed to death.
George Teets, of Avoca, a driver boy
in the Heidelbirg mine, was killed
while at work. It fs thought iic was
squeezed to death.
Thieves blew open the unlocked s-.fe
of Follmer Bros, with nitroglycerine at
Lewisburg but secured norhing.
The Turkish Government has con
tracted for another :nisp', altnv.'gh
.nothing has been paid ot BCPmint of
the cruiser ordered in the United States.
The Krupps aie also dunninj the Sul
tan to pay tor guns.
A riot occurred ntr S Note, Pun
jab, on account of tiie plague inspec
tion of women.