ML TURN PEKIN OVER TO CHINESE. The Foreign Generals to Make the Transfer This Month. SPEEDY DEPARTURE OP GERMANS. Carrying Away With Them Chinese Carta, Rickshaws and All Kinds ol Mementoes aad Loot - A Notable Demoattratloo Over the Departure ol a British Regiment, Pekin (By Cable). At a meeting of the generals of the allied troops it was ek-cided to transfer the administration of the city of Pckin to the Chinese officials gradually during June. Count von Waldersee, accompanied by his staff, left Pekin Monday. Two spe cial trains will run all the week, taking troops to Taku. The Germans are re moving an extraordinary quantity of baggage, including Chinese carts, rick shaws, tables and chairs. The Baluchi regiment left amid im pressive ceremonies of farewell. All the other British troops, with their bands, and every American officer in Pckin was present, the Americans being particularly anxious to show their appreciation of the manner in which the British bade fare well to the American troops. London (By Cable). "I am inform ed," says the Hong Kong correspondent of the times, wiring Saturday, "that the French intend to annex Hai Nan in July." TRIE SPIRIT OF RIVALRY. Eajlish Press Comments Upon King Edward's Receptloo to the Americans. London (By Cable). The Daily Tele graph, in the course of an editorial up on King Edward's reception of the vis iting delegation from the New York Chamber of Commerce, says: "It stamped the royal seal upon a na tional welcome. There could have been tio more fortunate suggestion at the out let of this remarkable visit, oi the true spirit in which American business rival ry is regarded in Great Britain.'' The paper advocates as one of the best means of meeting this friendly rivalry that British employers and workmen alike should visit the United States and observe for themselves American busi ness methods; and it declares that "the fact of the two countries being so in dispensable to each other makes all plans of European industrial coalition against the United States an idle dream, so far as any British participation is concern ed." HOUSE WRECKED AND FOCR PEOPLE HURT leavy Storm Passes Over Plttsburf-Wreck Damage Caused by Hail and Wind. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). One of he heaviest spring storms known to the government Weather Bureau here pass td over this section. Much damage was lone, and four people were badly hurt during the storm. The storm lasted only 15 minutes, but in that time .30 of an mch of rain fell, heavy hail ruined many trees and the wind blew down several nouses. At Whittaker, near Homestead, a part ly finished store and dwelling w-as-wrecked, burying in the ruins three boys and a man, all of whom were badly hurt. The man (Daniel Martin) may die from the effects of injuries to his head and spine. The boys George Marley, aged 15 years; Frank Sturgiss, 13, and Daniel Ashton, 16 when dug out of the ruins were in bad shape, Marley remaining un conscious for some time afterward : but all will recover. The boys had been playing ball, and 25 or 30 took refuge from the storm in the building. When the collapse came all escaped except small houses. Robbed ol $17,000. Seattle, Wash. (Special). George lulligan, of Liberal. Kan., who says ic is president of the Eagle City Min ng and Exploration Company, while in his city awaiting the sailing oi a vessel or the Yukon, was robbed of $17,000. tie was drawn into a dark alley by two men as he was passing down a brightly lighted street in a busy section of the tenderloin, sandbagged and despoiled of the money by the ripping open of his shirt, underneath which the money was concealed. He reported his loss to the police, but no clew has as yet lieen obtained to the perpetrators. Chief of Police Meredith has found $13. 500 of the alleged stolen money in the lining of Mulligan's overcoat. Two Miners Killed. Connellsvile. Pa. (Special). Michael Alisco. aged 19 years, and Frank Ke sok were instantly killed in the Elm Grove mine, near here, by a fall of coal and slate, which completely buried the men. Comrades dug them out, and an inquest was held, resulting in a ver dict of accidental death. Kesok leaves a widow and large family in Austria. Alisco was unmarried ' Trolley Car and Train Collide. McKeeport, Pa. (Special). By a collision between a car on the United Traction Company's line and a train on the McKeesport and Be!le Vernon liranch of the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Kaalroad, at McKeesport. nine people were more or less seriously injured, one perhaps fatally. Castro Dismisses Attorney-General. Willemstid, Curscca (By Cable). President Castro, of Venezuela, has dis missed Senor Galavis. the Attorney General, becau.e of his opinion in the last judgment in the case of the New York and Bermude Asphalt Company. Twenty Miecrs Perish. Berlin (By Cable). A dispatch from Waldenbu-g Prussia, says that as a re sult of a fie which broke out in the Hermann mine 21 miners perished. An "Ajaostlc" Marriage. Cincinnati (Seial). An "agnostic" marriage occurred here and formed the closing feawe of the agnostic Sunday Srhool that has beei established here. The contracting parties were Frederick Jr'ederle and Miss Martha Seaman. Ju Ice Alexander Rocbling performed the legal pwt f th ceremony, after which fiolh parties made their pledges, includ ing one not to resit divorce proceedings. The bride also repealed the words "Should I discover that we are uncon- fenial or mismated I hereby pledge that will not bar children that ate not born of affection." Railroad Sum aad Cars Burned. St. Pyl, Mir.n (Special). Fire, which for a time threatened to do an immense amount ot damage, broke out in heap of rubbish-near the repair ahopt of the Chicago. St. Paul, Minne apolis and Omaha Railroad, at Hud son, Wis. Property valued at $1,000, 000, consisting of the immense car and machine hops of the company, as welt as other large buildings, was in immi nent danger, but good work by the lo cal firemen, assisted by a company from St. Paid, routined the Haines to the re pair Ropi, which was destroyed, to gether with 2J box cars SUMMARY OF THE NEWS. Domestic In the municipal elections in Havana the Nationalists claim the election of their candidate for mayor and the ma jority of the Council. The Nationalists won also in other places. Mr. Bryan gave out a statement in Lincoln. Neb., in which he attacks the Supreme Court decision in the insular cases, and calls upon the people to re pudiate the verdict. The Chicago grand jury refused to find indictments against Dowie and the other Zionists accused of causing the death of Mrs. Judd and her child. A little son of John Williams, of Richmond, Va., got his head into an ice cream freezer, and it required two plumbers and a doctor to get it out. Five or six hundred soldiers started a riot in the saloon district about the Presidio, near San Francisco, and wreck ed one of the saloons. Floyd Blackburn, the clerk of the Richmond School Board, who stole $84 from the school funds, got fx days on each of two charges. The reformed Presbyterian Synod of America, in session in Pittsburg, Pa., denounced labor unions, as well as secret societies. It is reported that a company has been organized with a capital of $3,000,000, to build a shipbuilding plant at Chester, Pa. William Gallagher and a little child were killed by falling down the shaft of an apartment house in Jersey City. Jc.scph Harris was arrested at Ann Arbor. Mich., on the charge of kidnap ping Albert Koskea. aged 14. Two sections of Buffalo Bill's train collided at Bellwood, Pa., wrecking six cars. Reports to machinists' headquarters in Washington show that many men in the shops of the Southern Railway in Southern cities arc on strike. The gen eral strike of machinists declared in Chicago will, it is claimed, involve over 20.000 men. The Hall of Fame was dedicated at the University of the City of New York, where the tablets to the memory of the 20 American immortals were un veiled. Senator Chaunccy Depew de livering the oration. The monument erected at Freder icksburg. Va., by Gen. Daniel Butter field to the soldiers of the Fifth Army Corps, which he commanded, was dedi cated with interesting exercises. A rowboat containing a pleasure party went over a rlam in the Schuyl kill river, near Philadelphia, and five girls and two boys were drowned. Lincoln J. McCarty, aged 68 years, of Lexington. Ky.. died apparently of hydrophobia, having predicted his death three days before the time. A monument to the soldiers of the Civil War was unveiled at Battle Creek. Mich., Senator Julius Burrows and General Otis being present. Thomas B. Spellman was acquitted in Winchester. Va., of the charge of setting fire to the Old Dominion Paper Company's plant. The tugboat Acorn, in a fog. struck the coal piers at Kenova, W. Va., and wrecked the entire Meet of eight coal barges. Rev. J. Preston Lewis shot Lewis Hunt, colored, who had found the preacher's coat on a fence and was ex amining it. Minister u, of China, delivered the oration at the ceremonies at Grant's tomb in New York. Blakely Hall. Sr., died at his home in New Brunswick, N. J., from blood poi soning. Sidney Cole was indicted in Parkers burg for the murder of Capt. W. T. Terry. The General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church, in session at Des Moines, Iowa, passed a resolution ex cluding members of secret societies from church membership. Foreign. The presence of General Bonnal and other French military officers and promi nent Americans, including Senator Beveridge, at the military review in Ber lin, added special interest to the occasion. London is anxious over reports from Boer sources that the British were severely defeated near Pretoria. Officials of the War Office say they have no offi cial information. Rev. Dr. John Watson (Ian Mac Laran) expressed gratification at the de cision of the American Presbyterian General Assembly to have a revision of the creed. Cardinal Gibbons, according to a dis patch from Rome, has not been feeling very well. About the middle of June he will go to France. The Polish ar.ti-German agitation in West Prussia is becoming serious, and the government has forbidden all Polish political meetings. The German newspapers publish sen sational stories about the United States intriguing in Brazil against German colonial influences. A new American church will be built in Berlin, the Rev. Dr. Dickie having collected $45,000 in the United States for tile purpose. A delegation of members of the New York Chamber of Commerce was re ceived by King Edward and the Queen at Windsor. Queene Helene of Italy gave birth to a daughter, something of a disappoint ment, because a girl cannot succeed to the throne. Two men and a woman were killed and many persons wounded in riots at Corunna, Spain. There are rumors in Spain of an an archist plot to kill the King and Queen Regent. The bodies of 31 infants were found in a cellar beneath an undertaker's es tablishment conducted by a widow in Birmingham, England, und the woman was arrested. The Spanish police are on the look' out for two anarchists who are said to be on their way to Madrid to assassi nate the King. Queen Wilhelmina and Prince Henry arrived at Potsdam and were cordially received by the Emperor and Empress. Count William Bismarck, second son of the late Prince Bismarck, died at his home in Varzin, Prussia. The Marquis de Vogue and M. Ed mond Rostand were elected members of the French Academy. The Boers are massing near the town of Bailey, Cape Colony, and the resi dents are alarmed. The Chinese Government has issued a decree offering to pay an indemnity of $337,ooo.ooo. General Waldersee is to be withdrawn as commander of the allied forces in China. Emperor William of Germany drill ed the troops at the annual review of the Brigade of Guards on the Tempel hof Field. FlaaaciaL The buying of United Steel is said to be fur account of the Standard Oil crowd. American shares in London closed strong. The general foreign market was steady. The pronounced activity and strength in Union Pacific is credited to buying by James R. Keene. Tbe New York subtrcaiury state ment shows that the banks, have lost $2,026,000 since Friday of last week. More attention is being paid to the low price stocks and there are rumor of advance in these securities. " ' MUST DO ITS WORK ALL OVER AGAIN. President Mckinley Rejects the Cuban Constitution, NOT A SUBSTANTIAL COMPLIANCE. Oeneral Wood Notified to So Advise tht Constitutional Convention, Which Is Still In Session-Interpretations and Explanations that Would Completely Upset tht Purpose of the Act of Congress. Washington (Special). As the result of Friday s meeting of the Cabinet, at which the report of the Constitutional Convcnion of Cuba was almost the sole topic of consideration. Secretary of War Root has sent to Governor General Wood a long cablegram directing him to notify the convention that the United States will not accept the action of the convention. It is useless, according to a member of the Cabinet, to discuss whether the convention was deliberately deceived by the commissioners who were in Washington last month, or whether the commissioners were themselves de ceived into heliVving that Secretary Root had modified the provisions of the Piatt amendment. Certainly both President McKinley and Secretary Root sought in every way to impress on their visitors no changes or alterations in these provi sions could be made by any power save Congress alone, and both the President and the Secretary of War were frank to say that the Cubans need hope for no better terms from the next Congress. Secretary Root laid before the Cabinet the full report of the convention, trans lated and transmitted to him by Gover nor General Wood. The report was a verv involved document. Every clause of the Piatt Amendment had been itself "amended" by the convention to suit its own ideas. "Interpretations" and "ex planations" purporting to be statements made by Secretary Root to the Cuban commissioners were added to each clause. In some cases the original pro visions of Congress had been so distort ed as to entirely change its original meaning. "There would be no serious objections if the convention had changed the verbiage of the Piatt amendment," said a Cabinet officer, "so long as they preserved the spirit and intent of the provisions. We do not know what the convention will do about it." He did not add that it was indifferent to the admin istration how the convention would ac cept the refusal to indorse its action, but the inference was plain. So absurd arc the limitations and in terpretations placed by the Cubans on some of the provisions of the Piatt amendment that there arises a grave doubt of the sincerity of the Constitu tional Convention. Thus, for instance, it is stipulated by the convention that the United States troops may never in terfere to restore order on the island unless disturbance has been created by foreign foes. In other words, this coun try is to protect Cuba against all. for eigners, but its troops may not suppress any local riots or excesses of the Cubans themselves. This one example will in dicate the general spirit of the Cubans toward the amendments. COTTON CROP WILL BE LARGE. 2,111,000 More Acres Planted la the South Than in 1990. Washington (Special). The statisti cian of the Department of Agriculture estimates the total area planted in cot ton at 27.532.000 acres, an increase of 2.1 1 1.000 acres, or 8.3 per cent, over the acreage planted last year, and of 2.4(18.000 acres, or 10 per cent., over the acreage actually picked. The increase in States where the area planted and that picked last year were practically the same is 10 per cent, in North Carolina. Florida and Arkansas; 0 per cent, in Georgia and Louisiana; 7 per cent, in South Carolina; 14 per cent, in Tennessee; 25 per cent, in Ok lahoma: 20 per cent, in Indian Terri tory; 18 per cent, in Virginia and 12 per cent, in Missouri. In Alabama the increase is estimated at 9 per cent, over the acreage planted last year, and 12 per cent, over that picked; in Mississip pi at 2 per cent, over that planted and 7.9 per cent, over that picked, and in Texas at 8 per cent, over that planted and 10 per cent, over that picked. Tbe average condition of the grow ing crop is 81.5, as compared with 82.5 on June I of last year, 85.7 at the cor responding date in 1899, and 86.4 the mean of the June averages of the last 10 years. A condition of 81.5 is, with one exception, the lowest June condi tion in 20 years. The condition by States is as follows: North Carolina. 87; South Carolina, 80; Georgia, 80; Florida, 88, Alabama 76; Mississippi, 82: Louisiana 80. FIFTEEN FISHERMEN DROWNED. Three Boats Sun Oil tnarleitoa and No Trace Found of Boats or Men. Charleston, S. C. (Special.) Fifteen fishermen are supposed to have been drowned in a squall which blew up while the mosquito fleet of fishing boats was anchored off the "Eastern Patch es." There were eight boats fishing at the time. The storm scattered them to the four winds, and all save three were accounted for. The missing boats were the Anna Julia, the Messenger Boy and the Knife. There were fifteen men on the three boats. When the supposed disaster was reported the revenue cut ter orward went to sea and skirted for jO miles around the lightship, but can e back with the report that not a sign of life or a disabled boat could be see 1. All hope for the safety of the fisher men was abandoned when the cutter got into port with the bad news. It was thought during the day that the boats had drifted to places of shelter, but the failure of the government ves sel to find a trace of their whereabouts convinced the crowd of watchers at the wharves that the men were dead. Confederates at Memphis. Memphis, Tenn. (special). Gen. Geo. W. Gordon, of Memphis, called to order the annual convention of the United Confederate Veterans with a gavel from a tree which shaded the favorite seat of Jefferson Davis at Beauvoir, Miss. Rev. J. William J. Jones, of Richmond, Va., offered a touching prayer, while the vete rans stood bareheaded. General Gordon then introduced Governor McMillan, of Tennessee. Governor McMillan gave a most hearty welcome to the visitors. He complimented the men of the South on their glorious record in the war, and de plored the fact that so many hid passed awy. Proposed Bankers' Bank. Chicago (Special). Plans are being perfected for the establishment of a gi gantic bankers' bank. The deal is be ing engineered ,by Oakley Thorne, president of the North American Trust Company, of New York, whose repre sentative, W. S. Coursey, has spent a week in Chicago discussing the matter with Chicago bankers. The stock of the bank will be issued only to banks, one share each to 100 of the largest banks in the country. It will be neces sary for a bank to be a shareholder in the new institution in order to make deposits with it. The headquarters will idquartcrs will I I be in New Jorlc. SEVEN VOUNO FOLK DROWNED. Tragic Ending ot a Merry Party et Plcnlcers Near Philadelphia. Philadelphia (Special). A rowboat containing a merry party of eight young persons was swept over Hat Rock dam, in the Schuylkill river, above this city, and seven of them five girls and two boys were drowned. The party was composed of members of the Elm Social Club, and the above named persons, with a large number of others, organized a picnic for the day. They traveled in gayly decorated wagons and pitched their camp at Rose Glen, along the ri'r, on the northern outskirts of this city. The party divideu after dinner for a row on the river. , Heavy rains during the past week had made the muddy stream quite high, and the current was much swifter than usual. After getting in the middle of the river and finding the current too swift for comfort the boat was rowed in toward shore.. During this time it was carried slowly down stream. The boy who was doing the rowing decided to go through the locks, and as he ap proached the dam he was warned by the lock-keeper not to approach any closer. The warning was not heeded and the young oarsman kept on rowing until he found that the lock was closed. He at tempted to turn the boat, which was then about 50 feet from the dam and 25 feet from shore, but he turned the wrong way. A moment later and the boat was in the swiftly moving cur rent. Realizing then that they were in danger, the girls began screaming and the oarsman lost control of the boat. Just as it reached the breast of the dam, over which 30 inches of water was passing, the entire eight stood up and the boat went over stern first. The drop to the rocks below is ap proximately 12 feet. The boat struck the water bottom up, and as it disap peared the whole party was under it. When the boat reappeared one of the boys was clinging to its keel. Then the other young man came to the sur face and made a frantic effort to swim to the shore. The six girls never rose to the surface. BOAT BLOWN TO ATOMS. Two Men Missing and Great Amount of Damage Done. Booneville, Mo. (Special). By the explosion of 1000 detonating caps, which set off 2100 pounds of dynamite and too kegs of powder, the 14-ton freight boat Taurine, plying between this city and Rocheport, on the Mis souri river, was blown to pieces. Con siderable damage was done to property for a mile around. Two laborers who were aboard the boat are missing. The Laurine was the property of the Rocheport Ferry and Packet Company and was about ready to leave her dock j witn a cargo ot explosives for building a railroad below town when the acci dent occurred. The boat was propelled by a gasoline engine. When a match was applied to tne generator the gasoline took hre. Captain Farris and the crew immedi ately vacated and warned all persons nearby. The fire spread rapidly to the supply tanks of casoline and a second explosion occurred. This evidently set ott the explosives on board with a re port that was heard miles awav, and the boat was blown to atoms. The ferry boat John L. Stephens, lying 500 yards above, was considerably damaged, the woodwork of the upper deck and pilot house being torn away. Those aboard the ferry escaped. Three residences belonging to Joseph Shcrrer, Mrs. Sallic II. Johnson and Charles 11. Dunkle, about 600 yards from the disaster, were wrecked. OUR POPULATION IS 76,303,387. Final Announcement Made-Maryland Frauds Helped to Reduce the Total Washington (Special). The Census Bureau made its final announcement of the population of the United States as recorded by the census of 1900. The population of the country is 76.303,387. A previous announcement, made No vember 27 last, placed the population at 76.304.799, but, as stated at the time, this figure was subject to change, because full reports of a number of persons in the military and naval service of the United States abroad had not been made. These and certain alterations caused by the dis covery of frauds in Maryland and other places bring the total down to 76,303,387, as above stated. This figure includes the population of Alaska, Hawaii, Indian Territory and the Indian reservations, but not Porto Rico and the Philippines. The census officials feel much gratified that they are enabled to give these im portant facts to the public in less than one year since the enumeration began. Murdered In WhltecbapeL London (by cable). A sensational murder case, accompanied by mutilation, has occurred in a low lodging house in Dorset street, Whitechapel, close so the scene of the "Jack the Kipper" murders of 1888. The victim, Annie Austin, 28 years old, was found mortally injured in a bedroom on Sunday morning and was removed to a hospital where she died. The murderer escaped and the police were not notified of the crime until Tues day. The murderer's long start and the total lack of a description of hiin render his apprehension unlikely. Th wounds on the victim's body are too revolting for description. German Designs Denied. Berlin (By Cable). In reference to the report that the German government contemplates the acquisition of a harbor or tfoaling station on rhe Island of Mar garita, off the Venezuelan coast. United States Ambassador White said: "This whole matter was satisfactorily explained in both Washington and Ber lin to the- American authorities five weeks ago. All the German vessel did there was to practice target shooting." Another semi-official denial appears in the Berliner Post. Boer Oencral and Daughter killed. Pretoria (By Cable). The Boer gen eral, Schocman, and his diutrhtet have been killed and his wiie and two nthers badly injured by the cx'iUh-.oii of a shell. General Schocman, his "family and some friends were examining a 4.7-inch lyddite shell which they kept in the house as a curiosity, when the shell exploded, killing the General on the spot and fatally wounding his daughter. His wife and two other per sons were also severely injured. Gen eral Schoeman was a follower of Kru ger. He led the commando of Coles berg, and surrendered on the ocmipa tion of Pretoria. Cadets Decline Positions. New York (Special). Three of the five West Point cadets recently expelled for insubordination B. O. Mahaffey, Raymond A. Linton and John A. Cleve land who were offered lucrative nlir.. by Gen. Francis V niton Greene, presi- p j .... .1 wt . - oeni 01 ine ntw iorn ana xiermudl Asphalt Company, declined to accept the positions offered them. They told Gen eral Greene and Gen. Avery D. An drews, both of them West Pointers, tlut it was their intention to go to Washing ton and there try to bring about a re versa! of the decision which has throvr them upon the world at a time when their prospects seemed brightest them ,h'r NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE A White Woman's Assailant Meets Horrible Fate. MRS. TAQOART BRUTALLY MURDERED Was One nl the Boldest Crimes Ever Com mitted lit Florlda-ln Less Than an Hour Practically tbe Entire Town was In Arms and a Posse was Searching la Every Direc tion for the Criminal-Captured by Negroes. Bartow, Fla. (Special). Frederick Rochclle, a negro, 35 years of age, who criminally assaulted and then murdered Mrs. Rena Taggart, a well-known and respectable white woman of this city, was burned at the stake here in the presence of a throng of people. The burning was on the scene of the negro's crime, within 100 yards of the principal thoroughfare of this city. The assault and murder was one of the boldest crimes ever committed in Florida. At 10 o'clock Mrs. Taggart. who was born and reared in this place, went fishing alone in a small rowboat that she kept at the city bridge over Piaeo creek. This is in full view of the public thoroughfare. A few minutes before noon she rowed to the bridge and made her boat fast. A negro man was fishing from the bridge at the time. Mrs. Taggart started home and had proceeded only a few steps in the swamp in the direction of the open prai rie and thence to the street when she was approached by Rochclle who had been hiding in the swamp. He seized her and then she broke loose and, screaming, ran from the swamp into the prairie, where he overtook her. While she was prostrate he held her with his hands and knees, and, taking his knife from his pocket, cut her throat from ear to car, causing instant death. He then walked to the negro who had been fishing on the bridge, and who was thoroughly frightened, and asked him what he should do with the body. He was told to leave it where it was, but, heedless of this request, he took the bleeding form in his arms and car ried it back to the swamp, dropped it and escaped into the interior of the swamp. In a few minutes the crime had been reported and in less than an hour prac tically the entire town was in arms and a posse was searching in every direction for the criminal. Bloodhounds were secured and all night the search con tinued. About noon a courier arrived an nouncing that the negro had been cap tured by two other negroes three miles south of Bartow. Posses were imme diately on the trail, but the captors evaded detection and succeeded in get ting their prisoner into town and in turning him over to the sheriff of Polk county. In less than ten minutes after the transfer had been made the streets became congested with people, and the crowd, augmented as it marched, moved on the jail. In spite of the sheriff and a strong guard of extra deputies, the crowd secured the prisoner and took up the march to the scene of the crime. FIVE MEN HANGED. California Mob Deals Summarily With Alleged Thieves. Alturas, Cal. (Special). Calvin Hail and his three sons Frank, Jim and Mar tin Hall and Dan Yantis, who had been stealing horses near here for years, were arrested and were kept under guard hy three officers. A mob of 40 masked men took them at 1 o'clock in the morning and hung them to a bridge near Look out. The officers were pverpowered and compelled to help. The mob dispersed wihtin five minutes. Lookout, the scene of the lynching, is in the Hot Springs Valley, on Pitt River, 25 mik-s from Alturas, the county seat of Modoc county. There is no tele graphic communication with the valley, and the news of the lynching was brought to Alturas by courier. Particu lars are very meager. The residents of the Hot Springs Val ley are nearly all cattle raisers in Modoc county. MRS. M'KINLEY VERY SICK. Physicians Say That She Is Slowly Recov ering, However. Washington (Special). Mrs. Mc Kinley is so desperately ill that her death may come at any time. The ben efit that was hoped for from a return to her home has failed to hold and the dysentery which so nearly proved fatal in San Francsico has returned. The feeling at the White House is hope rather than any belief that the gentle invalid will ever recover. She is so weak that the final collapse may come at any moment. The heroic remedy of injecting salt water into her veins, which resuscitated her at San Francis co, when all other means had failed, has not yet been repeareJ. Captain Hall Vindicated. Washington (Special). The r-oord of the court martial in the case of Capt. Newt Hall, United States Marine Corps who was charged by Minister Conger with cowardice in connection with the defense of the legations at Pckin, has just reached Washington. Admiral Remey has promulgated the finding in a special order, which completely exoner ates Captain Hall from the charge and finds that the only matter of substance sustained in the charges is an error of judgment in connection with the with drawal of his troops at a critical moment from the Tartar wall. Bank In Singapore Robbed. London (By Cable). A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Singapore says that notes to the value of $273,355 have been stolen from the strong room of the Singapore branch of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank. Measures have been taken by the bank which will make a large part of the notes useless. Tragedy la the Northwest. Wetherford, Okla. (Special). At Berlin, 20 miles from here, Olan Chaf fin shot and killed Dr. McGec, after which he killed himself. McGee had charged Chaftin with killing some horses and Chalfin was indicted. Double Tragedy. Pawtucket, R. I. (special). Adam Martineau, of Lincoln, R. I., murdered his wife by shooting her. A farm hand who interfered was shot in the arm, and before Martineau could be caught he killed himself, lie was about 35 years of age. Twelve Killed by Lightning. Berlin (By Cable). During the last few days numerous thunder storms have occurred throughout Germany. Near Aschaffenburg, Bavaria, three persons were killed by lightning. Near Crossen four were killed, and in Frank fort forest five. More Troops Leave China. Tientsin (By Cable). General Cum mins, with the last of his brigads, left for India. A number of officers are filling the hotels. Many of these are to leave China. The sick arc being ship ped away. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. A Minister From Slam. The State Department has been in formed that Phaya Phctchada (pro nounced Pcca Pet-cha-dar) has been appointed envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of Siam to the United States, and that the appoint ment to this post includes no other country. Mr. Peichada is said to belong to one of the leading families of Siam, the title Phya being one of the highest borne by one outside of the royal fam ilies. Cbow Phya being the highest. It is understood that his name probably will be changed to Phya Charoon Raja Maitri before he -leaves for his post, which will be in June. Increase of Shipbuilding. The Bureau of Navigation reports 1024 steam and sail vessels, of 359.789 gross tons, built in the United States and officially registered during the it months preceding June t. Of these 640 were built along the At lantic and Gulf, 135 on the Pacific Coast, 93 on the Great Lakes and 156 on Western rivets.' The number of wood vessels continues to be far great er than those of steel, although the to tal includes 14 steel sailing vessels and 91 steel steamers. The gross tonnage is about 30 per cent, more than that of the same period last year. During the month just closed 143 vessels, of 49,657 tons, were built. Philippine Revenues. The division of insular affairs of the War Department gave out for publica tion the following statement concern ing the customs revenues in the Phil ippine Islands for the two months end ed February 28. 1901. as compared with the same month of 1899 and 1000: Total revenues February. 1901, $t, 455.359i February. 1890. $563,956; Feb ruary, 1900, $724,024. The figures indi cate an increase in I 901 over 1899 o! $981,402, and over 1900 of $731,355. or more than 100 per cent. Reprimand for Captain Hancock. The findings in the case of Capt. Wm. F. Hancock. Sixth Artillery, who wa recently tried by court-martial at Man ila on charges of "conduct to the preju dice of good order and military d:sci pline," and failing to appear for duty on two occasions, have been received at the War Department. The specifi cations alleged intoxication. Captain Hancock was found guilty and 'ah fenced to be reprimanded. Loomls Will Not Return. It is officially admitted that Minister I.toniis will not return to VenezueU. There arc. two reasons for this deci sion. In the first place, Mr. Loomis has suffered in health at his unconge nial post; and in the second place, the President is not disposed to expose him again to the merciless attacks he has suffered in Venezuela as a result of the execution of the orders of the State Department. Mr. Loomis, who is now in Europe seeking to recuperate, will be given another diplomatic post as soon as a suitable place can be found. Meanwhile, Mr. Russell will remain in charge of the United States Legation at Caracas for a period of time not ct determined upon, but likely to be fixed by the attitude of the Venezuelan gov ernment. To Succeed Waldersee. The State Department replied to the announcement of the German govern ment that Emperor William considered the time had come for the recall from China of Field Marshal Count von Wal dersee. This Government already lnvine with drawn its troops from China, except a small guard intended solely for the pro tection of its legation in Pekin, has thus expressed its view with "regard to the further military occupation of China. In replying to the inemoranduirt of the Ger man Government occasion was taken to express the high esteem with which Field Marshal von Waldersee has been re garded by the officers of the United States in China. Reports from Berlin say that negotia tions are in progress among the Cabinets of the powers with reference to a joint appointment of a commander fir the troops of the allies remaining in China. It is rumored that Count von Walder see s successor will be a Frenchman. Capital News In Oeotnl. The State Department notified Am bassador Choate to issue the passports to the two Filipinos who applied fot them as residents of the Philippine Islands entitled to the protection of the United States. It was officially stated that the United States will retain control of. Cuba until the Piatt amendment has been substan tially complied with. The State Department was informed that Phya Phetchada had been appointed minister to the United States from Siam. Frprlprirtr 1 1 Rnnl... . . . . .. . a biicii id conductor, and his brother, Samuel li tngiey, were hem m S5000 bail on the charue of deal mir in hnorne ctrpt pup tickets. The statistician of the AgricuLural Den.'irttnenr rennrtn -in :.. u- . -, , ... u.t vaat; ill area planted over that of last vear ,. iviiiuiii. if iic.uciuini v.o'Or,ei Michler wcrp bnripl witU r;i;.,..., . . ----- -,,,,t,,uijr jij- ors in Arlington Cemetery. i ne rresiclent had a conference with his advisers about the Pnln ,-.,,: and the right to maintain troops there aucr nit government was formed was discussed. Labor Commissioner Wright was the orator at the Decoration Day services at Arlington Cemetery, and General Ruggles at the Soldiers' Home exer cises. T-rpH D l?io1pv 1 .I.... . .... - .S'V, v, ,UIIUUV Ktl 111 Washington, was arrested and confessed uiai ue wuu oiucrs sow countei U'it tickets. The engagement is anri-,uc d of As sociate Justice Brewer atd Miss Emma Minor Mott. of Washington Former Congressman Hiram Price, of Iowa, died in Washington, Our New Possisjbji. The transport Logan has siled from Manila for San Francisco by way of Nagasaki with two battalions oi . tht Thirty-eighth Volunteer Infantry. Brig.-Gen. Frederick Fttns-on hat been assigned to command of th Fourth district of the Department ol Northern Luzon, with headquarters a I San Isiro. . The United States Philippine" Com mission will complete its pro'.'iuci.i! tour June 20. and should the admitiis tration at Washington approve of the general government scheme cf t)s Philippines it will go into effect July 1 There was considerable fighting in the municipal elections at Santiago dc Cuba, and the presence of American officers in the polling places lis super visors of the election was resented b) the Republicans. In a fight between American troop and insurgents near Paracole, Camsr ine Province, Philippines, Surgeon It John, Company A, Twentieth Infanty was killed and five Filipinos were killed and two wounded. The only bid for the' sewering d paving of Havana was received im Onderdonk, McClellan & Daily, ol New York. The amount asked is $13. 855,575- PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. The Latest Happenings Gleaned Fron All Over the State. SLEW HIS ENEMY ON THE STREET. Henry Smith, a Brakeman, Ended a Fend by Murdering Thomas Kelly, a Mine Worker at Tamsqus-Sixty Cases ot Typhoid Fever la a Population ot 200-. Creek Rao Into a Mine "Governor Acts on Bills-Other News. One of the most shocking crimes in the history of Carbon county occurred at Summit Hill, as a result of which Thomas Kelly, aged 23, lies dead, his body covered with knife wounds, and Henry Smith, aged 28, stands in the shadow of the gallows. Kelly worked in the mines and Smith was employed as a brakeman. The men had been enemies for years and quarrels were . frequent. Friday night, with a number of companions, they engaged in a street fight, but were dispersed by the police. Smith, who was under the influence of liquor, entered his home, -vhere his wile and child were sitting, and grab bing a butcher knife he dallied out on the street and attacked Kelly before the crow .I could interfere. Killv fell shriek ing to the ground, disemboweled and otherwise mutilated. He lived until 6 o'clock a. in. Smith wa.i promptly ar rested. Excitement ran high .and sev eral thousand people were toon 0,1 the r.trect. Cries of "Lynch him-' were heard on every si!e, but thp murderer could not be found. The officers had spirited him away, and .vh:lc ilio crowd was hunting for !iim Smith was being rapidly driver to the Maucb Chunk jail. Governor Stone has signed these bills: Providing for the recording in certain instances of titles to real estate acquired by 21 years' adverse posses sion. Requiring persens temporarily employed by detectives or detective agencies to take out licenses. The bill providing for the extinguishment of any ground rent or annuity or other charge upon real otnte after twenty-one years and making t',ic same applicable to cases where the Commonwealth is a party claimant was vetoed. One hundred and fifty miners cm ployed in the mines of Mecla Coal and Coke Company, at Hecla, came within an ace of losing their live;. The Se wicklcy creek broke through the top of the mine. One entry runs directly be neath the creek and within eight feet of the bed of the stream the water in great volumes poured into all the workings. The great roaring of the Hood alarmed the miners and they escaped by a close scratch. The amount of money in the general fund of the State Treasury is nearing the $10,000,000 mark, and were it not that the Treasurer will begin to pay the school funds in a few days it would get far above that figure by the close of June. At the close of May business there was the sum of $8,909,709.05 in the fund. The Treasurer has already paid $325,091.20 to members and em ployees of the Legislature. Lorcnz Pflegar, until recently the su perintendent of the Jamison City tan nery, and now a citizen of New Paltz, N. Y committed suicide in his room at the Exchange Hotel, Bloomsburg, by shooting himself. No reason can be as signed for the deed. Just before killing himself he received a special delivery letter, which seemed to excite him, but in it there was apparently nothing to have caused him to kill himself. Little May Shcnk, of Fottsto-.vn, 4 years of age, was crushed to death by heavy cart wheels in the presence of her father and other workmen. The child was being drawn in a hand wagon by its elder brother of 7 years along the public road at- Stowe. and when about to pass a horse and heavily-laden cart the child fell from its wagon in front of the wheels of the cart, which passed over it, crushing its life out. Asux Bransk. of PottsviUe, was held up by footpads on the outskirts of Pottsville. while returning from Min ersvillc and robbed and beaten. The robbers held revolvers at his head and after securing about $25 in cash they beat him and threw him insensible to one side of the road. Five highwaymen vittacked Albert Zeltfeldcr on his .way home from Wil low Grove, They missed the money he had inside his coat pocket and sneered at his lack of cash. He roused the neighbors, who gave chase, but the ma rauders escaped. Delegates representing 56 churches, with a membership of 306,000 in the . United States and Canada, convened at Shamokin and formed a permanent or ganization to be known as the Little Russian Church Association. A bishop will be elected at a convention to be held in the near future, after which dio ceses will be formed-and the priests given regular stations. Gcortrc Scclcy, a 12-ycar-old boy, was caught by a revolving shaft in the plan ing null of the I'eck Company at i'eck ville. Before the machinery could be vtrnr,prt lip ita wliirlpH tn rtprith nn,1 Ti!g body frightfully mangled; Jessie McQuaid. aged 84. is dead, the result of a gunshot wound. The old man was shooting crows near his home in Sugar Creek township, and while holding his Run behind h.m li was ac cidentally discharged, the shot tearing away a portion of his right foot. Wliiie dynamiting a stump Edward Johnson, of Roaring Branch, was struck on the forehead by a piece of rock blown out by the explosion and probably fatally injured. The epidemic of typhoid, fever at Cross Forks is on the increase. Sixty cases have been reported. The popula tion of the town is only abojit two hun dred. The trouble was caused by im pure water. The strike at the Hammond colliery of the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company has been settled. The court at Pittsburg approved the sale of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Ca- ' thed'al to H. C. Frick for $1,325,000, declining to irive weight to some ob jestions which two members of the con gregation had filed? A number of capitalists faun Scran ton and Jci-myn decided to turn the old company store of Watkins & Stein, at Swoyersville, into a nftll for the manu facture of silk ribbons. They expect to employ about 300 hands. Ehlrcd Reynolds, aRc-d 1: years, fell into the Lackawanna river near Honcs xlalc and was drowned. Many men are searching for his body. Duvid Ferguson, of North East, was arrested in leccil county, charged with . murderous assault upon his brother, Henry Ferguson, who was cut with a knife during it quarrel. John WalHcI:, an H-year-olJ boy, was struck by an express train on the Cen tral P.uilroad of New Jersey near Ashley and cut o pieces. The t-oyal Temperance Legion of Selinigrove held its anniversary exer cises in Trinity Lutheran Church. Miss Marie Snyder delivered the open ing addrets and Miss Bertie Uoyer the address of welcome.
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