TEN KILLED IK
A EI6 STORM.
Mack Dsmaro Caned by Wind and
Ufhtntaf la Oklahoma.
FARMHOUSES AND CROPS DESTROYED
A Stretch ot Conotry Tea Mlltt Wld
aid Thirty-Six Mllet Uaf Devastated
-Aa Estimated Leu el Orr 1100,000
-Heavy Rains Precede and Follow tb
Windstorm.
Wichita. Kan. (Special.) The most
disastrous rtorm that has ever visited
Oklahoma prevailed in Kay county. A
tornado struck Billings, Eddy and Ton
kawa, and in influence covered a stretch
of country 10 miles wide and 36 miles
long, destroying towns, farmhouses and
crops. The financial loss will exceed
$100,000. At Eddy three persons were
killed. It is reported that two persons
were killed at Billings, but this cannot
be verified.
The rain fell in torrents from early in
the evening until midnight. The fury
of the storm centred in a tornado at
about 630 p. m., which formed at a
point near the Kansas State line.
The little town of Eddy was struck,
and of the twelve or fifteen buildings in
the place all were leveled to the ground
except the railroad station and an ele
vator. The people of the town sought
places of safety. Three persons were
killed and seven were injured by flying
debris.
The track of the tornado between
this point and Tonkawa was laid waste.
Five farmhouses, with barns and out
buildings, were blown away, but all the
occupants escaped without injury. Fine
fields of wheat in the midst of harvest
were laid waste.
The tail end of the tornado fell with
terrible force upon Tonkawa. Thirty
dwellings and business houses were
scattered like loose lumber. The citi
zens of the town had been watching the
advance of the storm and had sought
shelter in caves and cellars.
At Blackwell, a few miles north of
Tonkawa, F. H. Crawford, a carpenter,
working on a house, was struck by
lightning and instantly killed.
MRS. M'KINLEY'S HEART AFFECTED.
Blood Infection Resulted From Bone Felon
-Physicians' Statement.
Washington (Special). Mrs. McKin
ley's physicians, aiter a lengthy consul
tation, issued the following bulletin:
"Mrs. McKinley's illness has been a
blood infection, resulting from periosti
tis of the index finger (bone felon),
which began in Los Angeles, and which
was promptly treated by incision. The
subsequent condition of exhaustion was
due to the same blond infection asso
ciated with a severe diarrhoea. She im
proved, however, and was brought home
in comfort and without loss of strength.
The principal cause of anxiety in her
case since her arrival in Washington has
been an acute endocarditis (inflamma
tion of the lining membrane of the
heart), involving the mitral valve, the
result of the same blood infection. This
does not appear to be progressive, and
there has been an improvement in the
diarrhoea and in her general condition.
Mrs. McKinley's case at the present time
presents a more hopeful aspect."
The statement that Mrs. McKinley's
case at this time presents a more hope
ful aspect is the best word that has come
from the sick room since the arrival of
the distinguished patient in Washington.
The President feels considerably en
couraged. Major W. It Daly Kills Himself.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Major W.
H. Daly, who was a deputy to the assis
tant surgeon general on the s'aff of Lieu
tenant General Miles in Porto Rico, com
mitted suicide here by shooting him.ielf
in the right temple. The body of the
doctor was found in the bathroom by
Miss Mary Short, the housekeeper, lying
in a pool of blood with a .38-caliher re
volver lying on the floor. Dr. Foster,
who was summoned, at once found the
bullet hole in the temple, and announced
that death had taken place several hours
before.
Saved by Rainstorm.
Pekin (By Cable). Lightning struck
a building inside the gate of the Ameri
can end of the Forbidden City, causing
a fire. Three buildings were burned.
The American and Japanese guards did
all possible to prevent a spread of the
flames. A heavy rain saved the Forbid
den City. One of the buildings burned
was a library, containing many valuable
manuscripts and numerous historical
records of the dynasty.
Double Murder at 16.
Toledo, Ohio (Special.) Leroy
Grove, the l6-year-o!d son of a pros
perous farmer living near Napoleon,
stabbed his sister, aged 24 years, to the
heart, killing her instantly. He then
strangled his Ij-year-pld brother to
death, and, firing the barn, ran in and
shot himself through the temple. His
charred body was recovered. It is sup
posed he was insane from reading cheap
novels.
Deaf Mute's Horrible Death.
Berkeley, Cal. (Special). Weir Al
len, a 9-year-old deal mute, was burned
to death at the State Institute for the
Deaf, Dumb and Blind. The boy was
being bathed in alcohol by George
Hoffman, an attendant. Hoffman light
ed a cigarette and threw the match in
the alcohol, which immediately took
fire.
For Study ot American Methods.
London (By Cable). Elder, Demp
ster & Co. olTer to pay the traveling
expenses of the official delegates of any
British trades unions willing to go to
the United States to study American
trade methods.
Farmer Shoots Ills Sweetheart.
North Vernon, Ind. (Special) John
Ncely, a prosperous young farmer liv
ing south of this place, shot himself on
his sweetheart's doorstep because she
refused to marry him as early as he
wished. He had called on his affianced
bride and asked her to marry him July
4. She declined, saying the wedding
should be in the fall. He left the house,
but soon returned and shot himself on
her doorstep. Miss Brintnn heard the
shot, and when she found it was her
lover dying she attempted to shoot her
self. Can and Houses Tom to Pieces.
Binghamton, N. Y. (Special). Five
men were killed and seven injured by
the explosion of a great quantity of dyna
mite in a car, caused by one freight train
running into another, at Vesta', ten
miles from here. Aside from the de
struction to railroad property, much
minor damage is reported. Nearly every
house in the villages of Vestal and Un
ion, which is across the Susquehanna
from the wreck, lost more or less of its
window glass while farmers' houses and
barns near the scene were shattered and
wrecked. None of the inmates, how
ever, were injured.
SUBKART OP THE NEWS.
Dossestlc
Edward tie Duphane, who died while
drunk in Washington, Is said in Win
chester, Va., to be the heir to the De
Chambord earldom in France, who mar
ried a Methodist minister's daughter in
.Winchester.
Sylvan L. Friedlander, with his wife,
and Daniel H. Bogart, his clerk, were
arriested in Newark, N. J., on the
charge of conspiracy to commit arson
in Reading.
A company was organized in Rich
mond, Va., for the purpose of encour
aging manufacturning there by furnish
ing power to small plants, as may be
desired.
Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy collapsed
in court in Kansas City while evidence
was being given against her in her trial
for the murder of her husband.
Edward Williams, colored, cut James
Shaw's skull in twain with an axe, as
the latter was sleeping in a saloon in
Norfolk, Va.
James Van Burden Bordelway was
arrested in Philadelphia on the charge
of forging Pierpont Morgan's name to
checks.
The son of Jacob Nave, a farmer of
Bedford county, Pa., drank carbolic
acid in mistake for whiskey. He may
recover.
Major Lewis S. Tessen, medical direct
or of the Department of Columbia, died
at the Vancouver barracks.
The students of Wcsleyan University
threatened to quit unless Prof. F. D.
Tahb was reinstated.
The town council of Harrisonburg,
Va., decided against having a municipal
electric light plant.
Eight young soldiers back from Man
ila received a public greeting in
Waynesboro, Pa.
Advices from the Klondike report the
drowning of four men in Five Finger
Rapids.
Judge W. P. Beck dropped dead while
arguing in court in Pueblo, Col.
A number of deficient cadets were
discharged from West Point.
Mrs. Dora E. Durfey committed sui
cide in Norfolk, Va.
Arthur Van Sickler, president of the
Commercial Mutual ' Life Insurance
Company of America, complained of an
attempt made by two women to abduct
his two children from their home in
Whitestone. L. I.
Admiral Schley was forced to hold an
impromptu reception at the Maritime
Exchange in New York, where he was
unexpectedly surrounded by a throng
oi enthusiastic admirers.
Herbert I. Clement, of Woodbury, N.
J., secured a verdict of $3500 against
the estate of Benjamin R. Bittle, who
had shot the plaintiff and them com
mitted suicide.
Miss Mabel Lawrence Burt, of
Bridgeton, N. J., pleaded guilty in
court at Northampton, Mass., of the
larceny of a ring and money from stu
dents at Smith College.
There was a severe frost in Idaho
and the coldest June weather for many
years in Oregon, where the mercury
fell 6 degrees below the freezing pejnt.
Mrs. Jennie Parrish, a widow, of
Flint, Mich., was shot and killed by
Lewis Weeks, who declared that he had
come to her house for that purpose.
Horace Pell, an actor, playing at the
Euclid Opera House in Cleveland, shot
himself with suicidal intent, and will
probably die.
William Allen was conviced in Union
toKvn, Pa., of the murder of Hiram Mc
Millan, of Preston county, W. Va.
The Consolidated Tobacco Company
was organized in New York, James B.
Duke being elected president.
George W. Bentley, of New Y'ork,
committed suicide on his daughter's
grave in the cemetery in Norwich,
Conn.
George W. Cumberland, the founder
of the Order of Elks, died in Brook
lyn, N. Y.
Miss Martha Hichborn, daughter of
Rear Admiral Hichborn, was married in
Washington to James G. Blaine, young
est son of the late Maine statesman, at
the residence of her parents. A small
gathering of immediate relatives and
friends witnessed the ceremony.
The steamers City of Erie, of Cleve
land, and The Tashmoo, of Detroit,
raced from Cleveland to Erie, too miles,
to decide the speed championship of the
Great Lakes. The City of Eric won.
Foreign.
A duel with swords between Max
Regis, the anti-Semite mayor of Al
giers, and M. Laberdesque, an Algerian
journalist, which was begun Friday near
Paris and continued yesterday, resulted
in the wounding of M. Regis.
May Churchill, a concert hall per
former, was arrested in Paris on the
charge of being concerned in the rob
bery of the Paris office of the American
Express Company.
Mrs. Louis Botha, wife of the Bo:r
general, arrived in England, and will
proceed to Holland and Belgium. She
declines to state her mission.
The German occupation brigade in
China will be composed of three regi
ments of infantry, with Major General
von Rohrscheidt in command.
A Chinese imperial edict announces
that owing to the hot weather the re
turn of the court to Pekin has been
postponed until September I.
The Brazilian minister at Berlin de
clares that the talk about German de
signs on Brazil is mere twaddle.
The Duchess of Marlboro opened a
charity sale in London with a bright
little speech.
The British House of Commons vot
ed over $78,000,000 for transports and
remounts in South Africa. Charges
were made against officers of buying
broken-down animals at big prices and
dividing with the sellers the price
charged the government above the ac
tual cost.
The stockholders of the London
District Railway sanctioned Charles T.
Yerkes' plan for the introduction of
electricity as the motive power of the
road.
Production of the anti-clerical drama
"Electra," in Barcelona. Spain, evoked
cheers and cries of "Death to Reac
tion!" "Death to the Jesuits!"
A movement is on foot in the Kana
wha and New River districts, W. Va.,
to combine coal and coke companies.
The Leland Line steamer Assy-ian
went ashore off Cape Race, N. F., and
may prove a total wreck.
The banquet of the London Chamber
of Commerce to the numbers of the
New York Chamber and other guests
was a notable occasion. Speeches were
made by Lord Lansdowne, Ambassadur
Choate, Mr. Carnegie and others.
Unsocial.
A dispatch says: Owing to the dif
ficulty of the Russian railways in ob
taining a delivery for Russian-made
rails and other material, it is stated
that the Government has decided to al
low, when necessary, the ordering of
such material abroad.
It is said that the deal whereby the
Glucose Sugar Refining Company will
acquire the National Starch Company
and the Pope Glucose Manufacturing
Company will probably be consummat
ed within a few weeks. It is maintain
ed that the terms will be quite favorable
to the Glucose Sugar Refining Company.
PLATT AMENDMENT
MUST BE ACCEPTED.
The Administration Decides on
Attitude to Cuban.
Firm
LETTER FROM SENATOR PLATT OUT.
It was Confidential, aad Declared Hit Amend
ment Meant No Protectloa or Soieralnty
Tbls Letter, to the Astonishment ot the Gov
ernment, Has Been Published In Spanish la
Havana.
Washington (Special). There is con
siderable uneasiness felt by the adminis
istration at the sullen attitude of the
Cuban Constitutional Convention. At
the meeting of the cabinet Secretary
Root laid before his colleagues a number
of dispatches and telegrams from Gov
ernor Wood, all indicating a refusal on
the part of the Cubans to take any fur
ther steps in completing their constitu
tion. They have given General Wood
to understand that the refusal of the
United States to accept the interpreta
tion which they have placed on the Piatt
amendments will not cause them to ac
cept this government's demand to take
the amendments as they were framed by
Congress, and the result is apparently a
dead. ock, with a constantly growing feel
ing of sharp irritation on both sides.
The administration takes the ground that
the Cubans must yield to the inevitable,
and that until they do American troops
will continue to hold the island. No
fear is felt of any violent outbreak or
manifestation of open hostility towards
United States, but should such an un
fortunate incident occur, the American
troops on the island are strong enough
to promptly suppress any uprising.
The principal difficulty appears to be
over the third clause of the Piatt amend
ment, which the Cubans seem to intcr-
tret as establishing the suzerainty of the
'nitcd States over the young republic.
It is difficult to understand how this
fear can be sincerely felt, for at the re
quest of Secretary Root, Senator Piatt,
the author of the amendment, wrote a
letter for the use of the Cuban commis
sioners who were in Washington dis
tinctly explaining that this country har
bored no such designs. This letter was
made public. It is as follows:
"I am in receipt of your letter of this
date, in which you say that the members
of the commission of the Cuban Consti
tutional Convention fear that the pro
visions relative to intervention, made in
the third clause of the amendment which
has come to bear my name, may have
the effect of preventing the independen
dence of Cuba, and in reality establish
ing a protectorate or suzerainty by the
United States, and you request that I
express my views of the question raised.
"In reply, I beg to state that the
amendment was carefully prepared with
the object of avoiding any possible idea
that by the acceptance thereof the con
stitutional convention would thereby
establish a protectorate or suzerainty,
or in any manner whatsoever compro
mise the independence or sovereignty
of Cuba, and speaking for myself, it
seems impossible that such an interpre
tation can be given to the clause. I
believe that the amendment should be
considered as a whole, and it ought to
be clear on reading it that its well-defined
purpose is to secure and safe
guard Cuban independence, and set
forth at once a clear idea of the friend
ly disposition of the United States to
ward the Cuban people, and the express
intention on their part to aid them, if
necessary, in the maintenance of said
independence. These are my ideas, and
although, as you say, I cannot speak
for the entire Congress, my belief is
that such a purpose was well under
stood by that body.
"Very respectfully yours,
"O. H. PLATT."
NEW WAY OF MAKING STEEL
Carbon Forced la While Iron Ltaves Cupola
Furnace.
Redding, Cal. (Special). Mr. Geo.
C. Carson, a mining man of Northern
California, has invented and applied for
patents in 22 countries on a process for
manufacturing steel, which some cor
poration, apparently the American
Trust, has offered to purchase for $6oo,
000, with the provisions that patents
ari issued and that the tests made at a
plant now being installed for that pur
pose near Chicago prove satisfactory.
The invention really consists of a car
bon blowpipe, through the operation of
which pig iron can be converted into
steel as it leaves the cupola furnace.
Mr. Carson has produced a plan for the
manufacture of steel which is said to
be far ahead of the Bessemer process.
Mr. Carson has accepted the offer and
will leave soon tor Chicago to superin
tend the tests.
Mercy Shown to Nine Met.
Washington (Special.) The Presi
dent acted upon 14 applications for par
dons. He commuted four sentences
and granted five pardons, including the
following: Nicholas Politz, cctivicted in
1809 in North Carolina of counterfeit
ing and sentenced to serve a term of
six years in prison. His sentence is
commuted to expire June 13, at which
time he will have served two years.
Richard Toulmin was convicted in the
United States Consular Court at Shang
hai China, in 1898 of the murder of a
Chinaman on board the American ship
Dosing in the harbor of Fuchow, and
sentenced to life imprisonment in the
Shanghai prison for American convicts.
He is pardoned.
City Moonshiners Raided.
Baltimore (Special). A perfectly
equipped "moonshine" whiskey still at
1146 East Lombard Street, was raided
by the police, and Mrs. Lena May,
who was operating the plant, waa ar
rested. The liquor made at the still
was the cheapest kind and was retailed
at a low price to the foreign colony.
Swan's Sbortcge Mors Than $30,000,
Cambridge, Mas. (Special), In con
nection with the report of Middlesex
county grand jury for its June sl.ting,
which was just made public, it became
known that the shortage of Roland D,
Swan, formerly clerk of the town of
Arlington, who was arrested, charged
with the larceny of $5000 from the
town, has been found to be more than
$30,000. Swan was also implicated iu
an attempt to burn the towti hall sev.
eral weeks ago, on the night when the
town safe was robbed and records were
taken.
Now Accused of Murder.
Toronto, Ont. (Special). Rutledge
and Rice, convicted of robbing the post
office and a private bank at Aurora,
were sentenced to 21 years in Kingston
Penitentiary. Immediately aftcrwarjs
they were taken to Police Court and
charged with the murder of Constable
Boyd on Tuesday evening last, when
they, with Thomas Jones, attempted to
escape from the officers wild; being
transferred from ihe court to jail. Both
men pleaded not guilty, and the hearing
was postponed for a week. The three
men were brought here from Chicago.
In Tuesday night's affair Jones was shot
and has since died from his injuries.
I
FELL VICTIMS TO CANNIBALS.
All Member of Oermaa Expedition Kilted
and Eaten Except One.
Berlin (By Cable). The Tageblatt
prints special correspondence frofrn New
Guinea containing a full account of the
massacre of the members of the Ger
mnn South Sea expedition on the can
nibal island of St. Matthias. Dr. Hein
roth, it is definitely learned, escaped.
The Colonial Zeitung, official organ
of the German cdlonial society, also
furnishes details of the massacre. The
vessel which carried the expedition to
the Island of St. Matthias left, after a
few days, for Herbertshoh, New Brit
ain, to get coal and supplies. In its
absence the savages, who had hitherto
appeared friendly, although known to
be rabid cannibals, planned to kill and
rob the diminished party.
The plot was carried olit one morn
ing while the members of the party,
who had a body guard of 40 drilled Pa
puans, were cleaning their rifles, which
they had taken apart. Suddenly 80 of
the islanders broke from the bushes,
raising fierce war cries and brandish
ing spears, with which they stabbed to
death the leader of the party, Dr.
Mencken, his secretary, Herr Caro, and
a white sailor who was sleeping under
a tent.
Dr. Heinroth emptied his pistol into
his assailants, while the body guard, in,
the meantime, retired tea the boats with
the wounded and Dr. Heinroth. The
boats put off to an island not far dis
tant, where the expeditionary vessel
rescued them later. The survivors af
terward returned to the Island of St.
Matthias, where they found that the
bodies had been devoured and the camp
looted.
Recent Berlin dispatches have stated
that Emperor William has sent an ex
pedition tci New Guinea to avenge the
death of German members of the South
Sea expedition.
The expedition sailed from Hamburg
about a year ago on the steamer Eber
hard, which had been the Prince of
Monaco's yacht Princess Alice and had
been renamed. The Prince took great
interest in the expedition, which was
headed by Herr Bruno Mencken a
German millionaire who had a fondness
for deep sea exploration and for scien
tific research in general.
It was in March last that the massa
cre occurred.
TERRIBLE FALL OF COMMANDER BILL
Dashed From the Dome of the Government
Building at the Expedition
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Lieutenant
Commander J. H. Bull, of the United
States Navy, in charge of the hydro
graphic service at the Pan-American
grounds, fell from the dome of the
Government Building and was serious
ly injured. He was unconscious when
assistance reached him, and he was
taken at once to the Emergency Hos
pital. After a careful examination the
surgeons reported that, while Com
mander Bull's injuries were serious,
they did not think they would prove
fatal. His right leg is broken below
the knee, and his hip is fractured. It
was at first supposed that his skull had
been fractured, but this was not the
case. Lieutenant Commander Bull is
40 years old, a native of Pennsylvania,
and a graduate of the Annapolis Naval
Academy. He served with distinction
in the Spanish-American War and sub
sequently was detailed to service on the
Petrel in Philippine waters. That was
his last naval assignment. He lives
in Buffalo with his wife and four chil
dren. Accused of Many Murder.
Middlesboro, Ky. (Special). Louis
Myers, alias Williams, a notorious
moonshiner and desperado, has been cap
tured here. He is charged with the mur
der of two women in Virginia, three men
in North Carolina, including a United
States marshal ; one in South Carolina,
and the sheriff of Unicoi county, Tenn.
Rewards aggregating $2,500 have been
offered for his capture. The governors
of these states have been notified of his
capture. He has several times been cap
tured, but has always managed to escape.
Three Girls Drowned.
Philadelphia (Special). A party of
six persons three men and three girls
while sailing on the Delaware River off
North Essington, a few miles below this
city, were thrown into the water by the
swamping of their skiff during a squall,
and the girls were drowned. The party
were guests of the Federal Boat Club.
Other members of the club heard the
cries of the unfortunates and immediate
ly set about rescuing them,
W heat Crops Ruined.
Wichita, Kan. (Special). A corres
pondent who arrived here from the scene
of devastation in Key county, Okla., says
that the storm of Friday night ruined the
wheat crop of 400 farms west and north
west of Blackwcll. These farms are all
in one body of territory. The farmers
who had purchased twine and harvest
machinery are asking tlie local dealers
to take them back, and the dealers have
referred the matter to the factories.
Killed by Incandescent Lamp.
Lakewood, R. I. (Special). Edmund
Walsh, 45 years of age, was instantly
killed here by grasping an ordinary in
candescent light globe. Walsh attempt
ed to turn on the light by twisting the
globe, the glass melted in his hand and
he received the full strength of the cur
rent. He leaves a widow and three chil
dren in Providence.
Headiest Body of Woman.
Lowell, Mass. (Special). The head
less body of a woman, who was appar
ently 20 years old, was found in a lonely
spot about two miles from Chelmsford
Center by Elmer E. Hilbrcth, superin
tendent of the town farm, and William
Baker, also of Chelmsford. A search
for the head was not successful.
Csptflln Hall VlndlcaTed.
Washington (Special). The record
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 Pokin, 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.
Oft ea HI Daring Voyage
Gloucester, Mass. (Special). In his
S5-foot sloop, the Great Republic, Capt.
Howard Blackburn, of this city, started
on his second trans-Atlantic voyage,
his present destination being Jiabou,
Portugal, which he expects to reach in
45 days. His previous voyage, In 1890,
was to London, which trip took 61
days. The start was made amid the
plaudits of over 1000 people. Shortly
after 2 o'clock the Great Republic, es
corted by a large fleet of boats, set sail.
She received a succession of salute un
til the was nearly off Thatcher' Island,
when the last of the escorts left Iter,
TERRIBLE CRIME OF
WEALTHY WOMAN.
Startling Discovery Made by tbe French
Polica Officials.
MOTHER DIES OF HEART DISEASE.
For Twenty-five Year Madam Monuler, a
Miserly Landowner, Imprisons Her Daughter
In a Room In' Her House Because the. Olrl
Waa In Love With a Poor Lawyer-The One
Beautiful Woman Nearly Reduced to Skeletoo
Paris (By Cable). The sensation of
the week has been the arrest of Mad
ame Monnier, a rich, miserly landown
er of the neighborhood of Poitiers, and
her son, a former sub-prefect of the
Department of Vicnne and a leader of
Poitiers' society, on the charge of in
carcerating Mile. Blanche Monnier,
daughter of Madame Monnier, for 25
years in a room of Madame Monnier's
house.
The police, who were anonymously
notified of the woman's detention, en
tered the house and found Mile. Mon
nier shut up in a room, in darkness,
lying on a mattress, stark naked, and
so emaciated bhat she appeared to be a
living skeleton. The room was covered
with filth, bones, refuse, food, worms,
rats and all Icinds of vermin.
The unfortunate woman, who had
partially lost her reason, was taken to a
hospital. It'was thought she would die,
but she is now improving.
Twenty-five years ago she was a
beautiful brunette and fell in love with
a lawyer without means. Her mother
disapproved of their love and confined
her in the room which she has only re
cently, left. The son, after his arrest,
pleaded that he acted as he did on ac
count of filial piety, and that the mother
was responsible. The lawyer died in
1885.
There was another dramatic develop
ment in the case Saturday. Madame
Monnier died in prison of heart disease.
The gravity of her crime was brought
home to her at the judge's examination
Thursday. She became ill and died
suddenly in the infirmary of the prison.
MRS. EDDY'S VICTORY IN LIBEL SUIT.
Judge Charies Bell Orders a Verdict for
tbe Defendant.
Boston (By Cable). In the Superior
Court Judge Charles U. Bell brought to
a sudden and unexpected end the famous
$150,000 libel sut brought by Mrs. Jose
phine Curtis Woodbury, of Boston,
against the Rev. Mary Baker Eddy, of
Concord, N. H., the founder and pres
ent head of the Christian Science
Church.
Judge Bell stopped the proceedings
with the following words:
"I have examined this libel with great
care, both while the arguments were go
ing on and during the trial. I think the
plaintiff has sustained her case, as I have
already intimated upon the matter of ap
plication. As regards the publication in
the church there is no evidence that any
one there understood the alleged libel as
applying to the plaintiff, so that she
could not recover damages upon this
count because she had shown no injury
from it.
"Taking the libel itself, I see nothing
which can in any fair way be said to in
dicate the plaintiff in the first part of the
libel. The only thing in the libel, it
seems to me, which can by any reason
able interpretation, be said to serve as
means of identification, are the words
'widow' and 'widowhood,' which occur
in the latter part of the message.
"I have come to the conclusion that
even that reference does not absolutely
identify the plaintiff, and it seems to me
that the plaintiff has not made out a case
here which I can let go to the jury. I
shall, therefore, be obliged to order a
verdict for the defendant."
A few minutes after Judge Bell's ruling
the jury, which had been excluded while
arguments were being made, was sum
moned into the courtroom. After ex
plaining briefly the cause for this course.
Judge Bell ordered the jury to find for
the defendant, which it accordingly did
in the usual form.
Counsel for Mrs. Woodbury filed ex
ceptions on all the questions passed
upon. They have not yet decided upon
a definite course of action, but authorized
it to be stated that they expect to carrv
the case to the Supreme Court.
Trains Met on a Curve.
Vicksburg Miss. (Srcciil). Te:i per
sons were injured, three seriously, in a
head-end collision between two Missis
sippi Valley passenger trains north of
Vicksburg. The trains met on a sharp
curve, and but for the prompt action of
Engineer Jones in reversing his engine
the wreck would have been more dis
astrous. At Clarksdale five hours ear
lier the southbound train crashed into
a caboose and Engineer Dana received
injuries which may prove fatal,
Storm Wrecks Hall and Warehouse.
Clarksville, Tenn. (Special). A storm
wrecked Waddell Hall, on the campus
of the Southwestern Presbyterian Uni
versity. The end oi the building col
lapsed and fell throupjh two floors, caus
ing $5000 damage. The tobacco ware
house of Gold & Pettus was also dam
aged, and their loss will amount to be
tween $15,000 and $20,000.
Prompt Flight Saved Mayor and Officer.
Uhrichsville, Ohio (Special). J. P.
Carey, a leading business man, who
had been fined for violating an ordi
nance, entered the mayor's office and
threatened to kill Mayor Reed and
Health Officer McCollam. Both fled
and Carey turned his revolver on him
self, with fatal effect.
Death of a Noted Educator.
Crawfordsville, Ind. (Special). Jos.
Farrand Tuttle, former president of
Wabash College, one of the best-known
educators of the West, is dead.
Killed la a Bicycle
Collision.
Ktw York (Snecial).
Ernest Smith,
the confidential man of
General Traffic
rf the Clyde
an uptown hos
skull, received
Manager T. E. Lger,
SteamshiD Line, died in
pital from a fractured.
m I ' .
in a iicuu-uii ruuiMi
on a bicycle at Eighty
Central Park West on
n with a negro
sixth street and
Thursday last.
Another Clash at Tlen-Tsln.
London (By Cable). A dispatch
from Pekin gives an account of a fracas
between Indian and French troops at
Tientsin.
Preacher Convicted of Counterfeiting.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). In the
Federal Court to-day the Rev. William
Wade, of Valpin, Ind.. who conducted
religious meetings while in jail here, was
to-day sentenced to the Columbus Pen
itentiary for one year and fined $1,000
for passing counterfeit nickels.
Lightning Kills Teacher and PupIL
Cedar Falls, Iowa (Special). Dur
ing a hailstorm near Littleton light
ping struck the schoolhouse and fatally
injured Paul Roberts, a pupil, and the
teacher, Miss Jane Harvey. Seven oth
er pupils were burned hut not fatally.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Jndga Taft Will Control
Althongh military control in the Phil
ippines will nan to civilian authority on
July 1, the title of the senior army offi
cer will still be that of Military Gover
nor. This has been definitely determined by.
the Administration and seems on the
face to indicate a dual government un
der Commissioner Taft and General
Chaffee, who succeeds General MaeAr
thttr with the change of affairs. Gen
eral Chaffee will have nil the powers and
authority of Military Governor not only
in command of the army forces in the
islands, but he will have direct control
also over the administration of certain
districts of the Philippines where it is
not practicable to apply civilian govern
ment. These districts are in remote sec
tions and have recently been visited by
Commissioner Taft in his tour of the
islands. As fast as they become pacified
and can be turned over to civilian
control, Commissioner Taft will apply
this form of administration.
It is not expected that there will be
any conflict of authority between Com
missoncr Taft and General Chaffee, and,
in all ecnts, when questions in dispute
may arise. Commissioner Taft's decision
will be final.
Naval Reclassification.
The President signed an order re
classifying the vessels of the navy ac
cording to their tonnage, to take the
place of the old classification, based on
the number of guns carried. Under
the new system there will be four class
es, as follows: First-rate men-of-war,
of 8000 tons and over; second-rate men-of-war,
of 4000 tons and tinder 8000
tons, and auxiliary vessels of 6000 tons
and over, except colliers, hospital ships
and other vessels used for special pur
poses; third-rate men-of-war, from 1000
to 4000 tons, and auxiliary vessels from
1000 to 6000 tons, and collierj, refrig
erator ships, hospital ships, etc., of 4000
tons and over; fourth-rate, all other
vessels.
The order further gives the assign
ment to command afloat. These give
an admiral command of a fleet; rear ad
miral, command of a fleet or squadron;
captain, command of a division, or ship
of the first or second rate; commander,
command of a division or ship of the
second rate; lieutenant commander,
command of a ship of the third ot
fourth rate; lieutenant, command of a
ship of the fourth rate, a destroyer, tor
pedo boat, tug or tender; lieutenant
(junior grade), command of a torpedo
boat, tug or tender; ensign, command ol
a torpedo boat or tug.
Cortelyon Mny Enter Cabinet
A White House rumor revives the
report that Secretary Cortelyou may be
advanced from his present position to
that of a member of the Cabinet. This
is suggested by the report that Major
O. L. Prudcn, assistant secretary to the
President, who was appointed a major
and paymaster, will go into service and
make way for the advancement of Chief
Clerk Rudolph Forster. The opinion is
expressed that there will be an opening
for Mr. Cortelyou in a short time. Not
withstanding contradictions of the re
port, opinion points to Postmaster
Gencral Smith as the Cabinet officer
most likely to retire, and Mr. Cortel
you's experience in the Postoffice De
partment, where he was rhe confidential
clerk of Assistant Postmaster General
Maxwell, would be a preparation for
his discharge of the duties of the office.
United States Makes an Appeal
The United States Government has
again appealed to the powers to submit
the present issues at Pekin over the in
demnity propositions to the arbitration of
The Hague tribunal. CommissiorierRock
hill, who has been watching for an op
portunity, cabled Secretary Hay for per
mission to make a proposition, and the
Secretary cabled him authority to do so.
It is believed that the ministers at Pe
kin have become involved beyond extri
cation in the present issues, and this pro
position may be the only way out.
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 mili'ary 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 sen
tenced to be reprimanded.
Capital News In Qeasnl.
Chief Moore, of the Weather Bureau,
punctures the illusion that orchards can
be protecttd from hailstorms by firing
cannon.
William Morey, Jr., and Mrs. Clara
A. Riedell, clerks in the War Depart
ment, dii-appeared at the same time.
Secretary Long has decided to have
the battleship Oregon on the reverse of
the Santiago medal.
The Secretary of the Navy approved
the recommendations of the board for
the distribution of medals of honor and
letters of commendation for gallantry
in the Chinese campaign.
Attorney General Knox bought the
palatial home of Mrs. George W.
Cliilds, in the capital.
Tht Itala claim for $220,000, with in
terest, was taken up by tht Chilean
Claims Commission.
Major G. W. Rulliers, chief commis
sary of the Department of Northern
Luzon, made an interesting report
showing how the army stations in the
Philippines are served.
Senator Depew's interview advocat
ing a third term for President McKin
ley has started discussion in Washing
ton. The President signed an order reclas
sifying the vessels of the Navy.
Colonel McKibbin was at his own re
quest detached from the command ol
the Department of Texas and ordered
to resume command of his regiment in
the Philippines.
It was unofficially reported that Lieut.
R. 11. Townlcy, of the navy, had been
convicted by court-martiai of complic
ity in the commissary frauds in Manila.
The negotiations between the Navy
Department and Signor Marconi for
the institution of his wireless telegra
phy system have been broken off.
Our New Voum'.iM.
An order has been issued at the Wat
Department directing the organization
of five batteries of field artillery and
three companies of coast artillery in jj.
dition to those now in the service.
Imports into the Philippines show an
increase of $658,321 for the first three
quarters of 1900, an increase of 72 per
cent, over the amount for the same pe
riod f 1899.
A cablegram from General Mac Ar
thur says that all the volunteers have
left the Philippines en route for the
United States,
Major General Chaffee and staff aiu'
two companies of the Ninth Infantry
have arrived at Manila 011 the United
States transport Sumner from Taku,
The General was received with a major
general's salute. General Chaffee will be
General MacArthur's guest at the Mala
canatig Palace.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gleaned From
All Over tbe State.
OUSTED EMPLOYES SUE FOR SALARIES
Stephen Connor Killed at Clark' Summit
. Fourth Fatality at Frlck'i Pittsburg Office
Bulldlrg-Court Versus Assembly-Second
Brigade May Camp at Buffalo-Killed by HI
Train-Other Live News.
The Delaware County Prohibi
tionists held their annual conven
tion at Media and placed in nom
nation the following officers, to be vot
d for next November: Recorder of
Jceds, Charles Palmer, of Chester;
Register of Wills, Joseph Penncll, of
iliddlctown; Coroner, C. C. Fergu
on, of Prospect Park: director of the
oor, Thomas Kirk, of Newtown; del
gates to the State convention, George
i. Yarnall. of Media; Charles Palmer,
f Chester; C. W. R. Smith, of l.ans
'.owne; Levis B. Disbrow, of Colwyn;
lev. C. H. Burnley, of Swarthmore;
rthur Shrigley, of Lansdowne; alter
lates, Rev. C. W. Burns, Lansdowne;
Z. C. Furguson. Prospect Park; W. W.
.ohnson, Media. The Committee on
iesolutions presented resolutions pre
licting a victory for the cause before
he end of the present century; pledg
ng a continuance of their determined
varfare against licensed liquor; advo
.ating woman suffrage, and advocat
ing arbitration instead of war to settle
lisputcs between nations.
The political sensation of the hour at
Pottsvillc is the suit brought by four-.
.een of the ousted employees of the
Schuylkill County Almshouse against
.he county and the poor directors for pay
(mounting to nearly $600, which they al
cge is due them for the month of April,
judgment being given in their favor.
The trouble grows out of a deal which
ftas made between Edward Kcster, Re
lublican, with his colleague on the pool
aoard, John F. Horgan, Democrat, by
A-hicIt a set of appointments were made
it the almshouse. The employees took
:hcir positions on April l, with the un
derstanding that they were good for a
rear. Shortly1 afterwards the first deal
nas broken and Kester made a deal with
Henry Becker, another Democratic mem
ber of the poor board, the upshot of
ivhich was the turning out of the firs
ippointecs and the naming of others whe
00k their places on May I. The o(
tmployccs brought this action as the firs'
)t a series of monthly suits which the.
vill bring all year. The suit, was brought
jefore Alderman H. Ii. McCool. One
)f the witnesses, E. B. Hunter, cashiel
)f the Merchants Bank of Shenandoah
:estified that an agreement had beel
iiade wherein it was stipulated tha'
Becker and Kester would not break th
ast deal, and with it a forfeit of $200
lad been deposited at his bank. A
:hcck for the cash and the agrccmcn
vere produced at the hearing. 1
"If General Wiley can make satis
actory arrangements with the official)
f the Pan-American Exposition tht
second Brigade encampment ' will b
leld at Buffalo," said General Char
Miller. "The matter is now entirely
n his hands and the completion of th
dans depends upon his ability to per
ect a satisfactory arrangement witr
he Exposition management. The mat
er of securing consent of the Legisla
lire to take the troops out of the Statt
merely a formality." said Genera!
diller. "This can be done without dif
iculty. The officers of the Second Bri
rade seem a unit in favor of the ide;
.nd the prospects arc decidedly favor
ible for carrying out the plans."
The thirty-first annual commence
nent of the Allentown College for Wo
ucn was held in Lyric Theatre, Allen
own. Prof. -Knappenberger, presidem
)f the college, delivered the address
The William H. Deshlcr gold meda'
or drawing or painting was presentee'
o Miss Maggie Y. Hartzell, of Churct
-Tall. Pa.; the Samuel A. Eutz gold
nedal to Miss Ada L. Sowers, of Sham
ikin, and the Alumnae Association gold
liedal to Miss Mamie Schaffer, of Al
entown. Following the exercises at
he theater aTcception to the gradu
.ting class was held at the college, aftei
vhich a dinner was given in honor ol
he alumnae.
The result of the final examinations
if the classes of the West Chester
itate Normal School shows that all the
cniors and post-graduates, with those
vho had been recommended for State
rtificates, passed. Of the juniors, all
except twelve will complete the old
:ourse next year. The seniors num
icred 157; post-graduates, 15, and the
applicants for State certiiicatcs, 4.
?rof. Delp, of the school, to-day took
he members of the Examining Board
)ver the battlefield of the Brandywine
ind pointed put to them the many
oints of historical interst.
The forty-ninth yearly meeting of
"rogressivc Friends opened a three
lays' session at Longwood Meeting
louse, east of Kennctt Square. Fred
trick A. Hinckley, of Philadelphia, pre
Uled and made the address of welcome.
Slizabeth B. Passmore, of Oxford, is
:lerk. In the morning "Imperialism"
vas discussed by George G. Mercer
md Herbert Welsh, of Philadelphia,
n the afternoon Rev. Charles F. Dole,
)f Massachusetts, and Prof. Edward
Magill, of Swurthmore, spoke on
'Peace the Best Method to Prevent
he Growth of the Military Spirit."
Judge Johnson at Media quashed the
ndictment against E. E. and U. G.
Jmcdley, of Chester, who were charged
vith buying plumbing materials from
ersons without license to sell it, thus
violating the provisions of the Act of
pril 11, 1809. The court declared the
ct unconstitutional, as the Constitu
ion prohibits the General Assembly
rom enacting any local, or special law
cgulating trade. v
The annual commencement of the
3ollege Grammar School at Haverford
va held in the gymnasium. The head
naster, Charles S. Crosman, addressed
lie graduates, and announced the fol
owing awards of prizes: For the high
est average in the lower school, Charles
Beyer; in the middle school, Arthur J.
A'hite; in the upper school, Roderick
jcott, and the "all-round" prize to John
Hastings Thomas".
Amos K.. Brown, a conductor in the
mploy of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
vas decapitated in the west yards at
Columbia while his" train was being
made up. He was struck by a draught
if cars and was thrown under the
ivheels. Brown was in his Ojd year
111 cl was the second oldest conductor
)n the Philadelphia division, .
Charged with robbing the office of
he Montgomery and Chester Electric "
Company, at Spring City, of $.18 in cash
jnd 300 tickets, O. Ardinger, of Ha
jcrstown, was arrested' iu Reading by
Detective Mart. Maine McCuller,
with whom Ardinger had been board
ing, was arrested charged with receiv
ing stolen goods.
John Cahill, a foreman on the big of
fice building being erected by Henry C.
Frick at Pittsburg, waa instantly killed
by being crushed beneath an iron girder.
Cahill's death makes the fourth fatality
on this building.