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.
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conductor, and his brother, Samuel li
tngiey, were hem m S5000 bail on the
charue of deal mir in hnorne ctrpt pup
tickets.
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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.... . ....
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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.