URS. KENNEDY
FOUND GUILTY.
Conicted of Murder lo tbe Second De
free at Kansas City.
TEN YEARS IN THE PENITENTIARY.
Cahaly the Girl-Widow Convicted of Kill
Id Her Husband Receives Ida Verdict
net Mather and Slater Sob Violently, but
She Sheds Not TearAa Appeal May
Be Takes.
Kansas. City, Mo. (Special). A jury
In the Criminal Court here decided that
Lulu Prince-Kennedy was guilty of mur
der in the second degree lor having
killed her husband, Philip H. Kennedy,
on January 10, loot, and fixed her pun
ishment at 10 years in the penitentiary.
When the verdict was read this re
markablbe 20-year-old prisoner, whose
cool, indifferent manner has for five
months baffled the jail officials, looked
traight ahead of her. She neither
burst out crying nor moved a muscle.
Later she expressed interest, but
nothing more, in the formal calling by
the court clerk of the cases pending
against her father, G. V. Prince, and
her brothers. Bert and Will Prince.
ho are charged with conspiring to kill
Kennedy.
While Judge Wofford was dismissing
the jurors who had sat on the case for
twelve days and reached their verdict
after eleven hours' deliberation, the
prisoner sat with her chin resting on
her hand. A reporter asked if she had
anything to say. Mrs. Kennedy ig
nored the question and continued to
look at the judge. When Mrs. Ken
nedy had been taken into a little room
adjoining the courtroom and the crowd
was beginning to leave, a chorus of
sobs and moans was heard. They came
from Mrs. Prince, mother of the pris
oner, and Mrs. Leon, the girl's sister.
C. W. Prince, the father, was trying to
pacify them while Bert Prince paced
up and down the corridor, sobbing and
wringing his hands. Lulu Kennedy
sat thoughtful and r.ilent, gazing fixedly
before her. Taken to her cell she
maintained her calm manner. She re
fused to discuss the verdict.
C. W. Prince had shown not the least
emotion and only displayed great in
terest in tlic proceedings when the case
against him and his sons was called.
FOUR KILLED BY TRAIN.
Engine Strikes Carriage at a Crossing in
Flint, Michigan.
Flint, Mich. (Special). The Mar
quette passenger train due here at 9
o'clock a. m. struck a double carriage
at the Hamilton avenue crossing, in the
suburb 01" Oak Park, and instantly kill
ed four well-known people.
Several factory buildings adjoin the
track at Hamilton and prevent a clear
view of the track. Major Buckingham
drove directly in front of the train,
which was going at high speed. The
pilot of the engine was broken bv the
force of the collision, and the bodies of
two of the ladies, terribly mangled,
were found on it.
Geo. Gardner Dead.
Memphis, Tenn. (Special). General
William Montgomery Gardner, a vet
eran of the Mexican and Civil Wars,
died here, aged 78 years. He was a na
tive of Augusta, Ga., and was graduat
ed from the Military Academy at West
Point in the class of 1846. In the bat
tle of Contreras, in Mexico, August 26,
1847, young Gardner, then a lieuten
ant, stormed a battery of 12-pounders,
casemated, with a single platoon of
American soldiers, taking the guns and
winning the plaudits of McClcllan,
Beauregard and other officers. In a
bloody encounter at Cherubusco a few
days later Genera! Gardner was severe
ly wounded.
General De Wet In a Big Fight.
London "(By Cable). Lord Kitchen
er reports to the War Office from Pre
toria as follows:
"During the march from Vrede Gen
eral Elliott's column engaged De Wet
near Reitz on June 6. After severe
righting they captured 71 loaded wag
ons, 45 prisoners, 58 rifles, 10.000
rounds of ammunition and 4000 cattle.
The Boers left 17 killed and 3 wounded.
Our casualties were 3 officers and 17
men killed, and 1 officer and 24 men
wounded."
I'ncle Shoots Nephew.
Swainsboro. Ga. (Special). John
Stroud and Thomas Moxley, uncle and
nephew, respectively, also brothers-in-law,
fought an impromptu duel near
here, as a result of which Moxley is
dead. Stroud reproached Moxley for
circulating false stories about him. The
quarrel grew bitter. Moxley drew a
pistol, and Stroud reached behind a
stump and got a double-barreled shot
gun. As Moxley fired his pistol Stroud
sent a load of shot into his chest.
Stroud surrendered to the authorities.
Three Mea Killed by Lightning.
Allegan, Mich. ( Special). During the
progress of a terrible electrical storm
which passed over Allegany county, the
barn of Sullivan Case, near Scott Lake,
was struck by lightning, and burned.
The charred remains of Case were found
in the ruins. John Verger and his son,
James, of Mill Grove, were killed by
lightning, having sought refuge from the
storm in a barn. Much damage to crops
was done.
Want Picketing Enjoined.
Cleveland, O. (Special). The Cleve
land Punch and Shear Company com
menced injunction proceedings against
the striking machinists, asking that the
men be restrained from picketing the
works of the company. The company
in its petition avers that the union pick
eta have terrorized employees who wish
to work. The case will be heard Tues
day, floy Probably Kidnapped.
Dallas. Tex. (Special). E. D. Strong,
of Texarkana, has given his seven-year-old
son up as a victim to kidnappers. The
boy was put on a railroad train at Waco
June 1 to be sent home, a distance of
250 miles. Parents and friends have not
beard from him since.
Wirelcsa Telegraphy.
London (By Cable). The steamer
Lucania, the first of the Cunard vessels
to be fitted with the Marconi system of
wireless telegraphy, made communica
tion with the shore when 20 miles from
Liverpool.
Australian Ballot tor Cabana.
'Havana (Special). Senores Bravo,
Silva, Aleman, Betancourt and Zayas
liave been appointed by the constitu
tional convention a commission to
draw up the electoral law. It is prob
able that the Australian system will be
adopted. The commission are study
ing the New York law as a basis.
Castro Ditniascs AlloraeyOeueral.
Willemsfad, Curacca (By Cable).
President Castro, of Venezuela, has dis
missed Senor Galavis, the Attorney
General, because of his opinion in the
last judgment in the case ol the Ne
Vork and Bcrmude As.olia't Company,
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.
A dramatic break for liberty was
made at the Virginia penitentiary while
Governor Tyler and others were mak
ing an official visit. As a reward for
bravery shown by II. Quinsey Bailey,
a white convict, in stopping a bnriy
neg'o. Governor Tyler pardoned him.
The Detroit Branch of the Machin
ists has protested to the president of
the University of Michigan against De
troit employers hiring undergraduates
of the university to take the place of
strikers
The Otis Steel Company, of Cleve
land. Ohio, has asked for an injunction
to restrain members of the Ironmong
ers' LTnion from interfering with toe
works.
W. T. Hudgins. of Portsmouth. Va..
is on trial in that city on the charge
of enticing Mrs. Nannie Barnes (rum
Granville. N. C. He denies the charge.
John Czech killed Kazmir Kochan
ski in a quarrel about five cents, and
was barely saved by the police from
being lynched.
Capt. John W. Brechtol. who served
during the war in Cole's Cavalry, died
at his home in Berkeley Spring?, W.
Va.
The Union Traction Company of
Philadelphia will contest in court the
legality of the recent rapid transit or
dinances. A destructive cloudburst causal con
siderable damage in Harrisonburg,
Va.. and flooded the town.
The Supreme Lodge, Knights of
Honor, decided to hold the next an
nual meeting in Cleveland.
The decennial of the founding of the
University of Chicago was celebrated
at that instituion.
E. C. Osborn, treasurer of Prince
ton University, died at his home in
Princeton, N. J.
Instructor Bronson, who was hazed
at Lehigh University, resigned and left
the town.
John Hassell, a policeman, was shot
and killed by burglars in Mahanoy
City, Pa.
Vice Chancellor Stevens, sitting in
Newark. N. J., denied the application
for an injunction to restrain the Amal
gamated Copper Company from purchas
ing the Butte and Boston and the Boston
and Montana Companies.
Judge T. W. Harrison, in the Circuit
Court in Winchester, Va.. awarded to the
custody of Thomas S. Wheelwright his
child, whom the mother had attempted
to abduct.
The Southern Industrial Convention
adopted a resolution recommending to
Congress the creation of an expert com
mission to have charge of river and har
bor improvement.
The L'nitcd Slates transport Ingalls
toppled over while being arranged for
repairs in dry dock at Erie Basin, Brook
lyn. One man was killed and many
injured.
Moderator Brownell announced the
standing committees to the General Syn
od of the Reformed Presbyterian Church
in session in Philadelphia.
President Wise, of the Union Lead
j and Oil Company, in announcing that
the Rockefeller interests had secured
control of the American Linseed Oil
Company, stated that the agreement of
merger between his company and the
American Linseed was non-operative.
The Boston authorities have notified
the Montreal police to arrest Blondin,
the husband of the woman whose head
less body was found recently, it having
been reported that he is in the vicinity
of Montreal.
John Wanamaker has offered the city
of Philadelphia $2,500,000 for the fran
chises granted and intended to be
granted for street railways by 14 ordi
nances of Council now awaiting the
mayor's approval.
Foreign.
Lord Kitchener reports that General
Elliott engaged De Wet on June 6,
and the British captured 45 prisoners
and 4000 cattle. Three British officers
and 17 men were killed.
F. W. Holls, the United Slates mem
ber of The Hague arbitration court,
announces that the court has been or
ganized, but the Transvaal War ques
tion is not belore it.
A number of children were injured
in a crush in front of the king's palace
in Rome during the ceremonies of
christening the infant daughter of the
king and queen.
Berlin newspapers report that Field
Marshall von Waldcrsee will be creat
ed a prince by Emperor William on
his return from China.
Labor riots have again broken out
at St. Petersburg. The military sup
pressed the mobs.
A Russian cruiser and other vessels
together with government buildings and
warehouses, were destroyed by fire and
12 lives lost at the Galleys Island ship
yard, near St. Petersburg.
Speaker Henderson, of the House of
Representatives, formed a most agree
able impression of President Loubet of
France, who received him most cordially.
M. Drumont, anti-Semite, in the
French Chamber of Deputies, bitterly at
tacked the government in connection
with the administration of Algiers.
The German government is orzanizine
; an expedition of coal miners in the Rhine
Province to exploit the coal mines in
the Shan Tung Province.
Fifteen persons were killed and 20
injured, the latter nearly all women, by
an explosion in a cartridge ftory in
France.
English census returns show that there
are 15.721,728 males in England and
Wales and 16.804.j47 females.
. Sir David Barbour, who was sent by
the British Government to report UDon
j the sources of revenue of the Transvaal
! and Orange River Colonies, and how
! much they should contribute to the cost
I of the war, is in favor of a 10 per cent.
tax upon the profits 01 the mines.
Mail advices from New Guinea tell of
the massacre of Revs. James Chalmers
and B. F. Tompkins, missionaries, and
14 natives by cannibals. The nr-ssion-aries
were devoured.
Financial.
Wcatherford. Pa., has voted nsniiut
the proposed issue of $18,000 bonds.
The Calumet & Hecla Company has
declared a quarterly dividend of $15 a
share.
The New York sub-treasury state
ment shows the banks have lost $1,138,
000 since June 12. ,
The Southern Railway Company has
purchased the Sheffield Machine YVorks
at Huntsville, Ala.
It is said there is every indication
of good crops and 10 per cent, more
traffic than at present all over the Mis
souri Pacific territory.
Missouri Pacific gross earning! for
April show an increase of $488,844 and
a net increase of $403,648.
It is said that a deal is on between
the Western Union and the American
Telegraph and Telephone Companies.
The Old Dominion Steamship Com
pany has declared the regular semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent., payable
July 1.
Cambria Steel sold ex-dividend and
ex-rights. The warrants deliverable
when issued have been placed on the
unlisted department.
The Sloss-Sheltield Company has de
clared the regular )i per cent, divi
dend on the preferred stock.
WEST BADEN HOTEL
DESTROYED BY FIRE.
Three Hundred People nave Narrow
Escape la Indiana.
SCENES OF WILDEST CONFUSION.
Not Certala That All the Gattts and Employes
Escaped, aa tbe Register and All Records
Were Dcstrsyed-FIre Breaks Out Early la
(he Morning, and la a Few Minutes Sweeps
Through Ibe Large Frame Building.
West Baden. Ind. (Special). The
Mineral Springs Hotel, at this place, is
a mass of ruins after one of the most
disastrous hotel fires in the history of
the country. The flames broke out at
I o'clock a. m while nearly 300 people
were asleep in the building. The seen;
during the next hour was one of the
wildest confusion, but seemingly by a
miracle no lives were lost.
In loss than two hours after the flames
were discovered the hotel had been burn
ed to the ground. The loss is about half
a million.
There were 225 people registered nt
the hotel. The employees sleeping in the
building made the number in the hotel
at the time of the fire nearly 300. The
large frame structure burned so rnpidly
that those in the uniting had difficulty in
escaping. The hotel guests and others,
aroused from sleep, were forced to leave
the building without their clothes. Many
streamed forth into the street in their
night clothes. Hundreds were also bare
footed. Those staying at the hotel lost their
trunks and everything in their rooms, as
practically nothing was saved.
Scenes of the wildest confusion mark
ed the progress of the flames. Women
rushed to the balconies which surround
ed the hotel and jumped to the ground.
Those whooccupied inside rooms rushed
down the stairs. Many fainted from ty
citement. On the streets, in the chill
night air and rain, several hundred peo
ple in their night clothes were huddled
for hours. During the early morning
many wealthy persons begged from door
to door, for wraps and clothing of any
description.
The Mineral Springs Hotel at West
Baden was erected 12 years ago and
contained 700 rooms. The owners re
cently refused $1,000,000 for the hotel,
springs and grounds.
Two Killed by a Tornado.
Memphis. Texas (Special). A tor
nado passed across the northwestern
part of Hall county and completely
demolished the homes of W. R. Moore
and a man named Wickson. Wick
son's family escaped to a dugout and
were unhurt, but two children of
Moore were killed outright. Moore
was seriously injured, and Tom Mar
tin, a neighbor, who was at Moore's
house, was probably fatally injured.
Mrs, Moore escaped to the dugout with
her infant and was unhurt.
Two Women Seek Death.
Pana. III. (Special). Ten days ago
Mrs. Otis Price attempted suicide by
taking a large quantity of concentrated
lye. Heroic efforts saved her life.
Thursday her sister-in-law. Mrs. Chas.
Price, committed suicide by taking ar
senic. The case is a very strange one.
The women were very intimate, almosf
continually together. Mrs. Price says
she will yet succeed in killing herself,
as she has nothing to live for. Neigh
bors say the women wanted to leave
their families and live together.
Cashier Commits Suicide,
Cleveland, Ohio (Special): George
Baird. local cashier for the New York
Life Insurance Company, committed
suicide by inhaling illuminating gas' in
his room, at 39 Lincoln avenue. Baird,
who is about 35 years of age. came here
from Newark, N. J., where he was con
nected with the above company. His
relatives live in Montreal. The officials
of the insurance company say that so
far as now known Baird's accounts are
all right.
Rival to Steel Trust
Philadelphia (Special). It is rumor
ed that British interests are buying up
the independent , steel plants erf the
country in order to form a rival to the
United States Steel Corporation form
ed by Morgan. It is said that options
on a number of independent plants have
already been secured. The report has
arisen irom the recent rumors of com
ing changes in the Pennsylvania Steel
Company and Bethlehem Company.
PEOPLE HURT BY FALLING STAND
TERRIBLE CRASH OF TROLLEY CARS
A Serious Accident Sadly Ends an Athletic
Exhibition In Chicago
Sii Injured.
Chicago (Special). A temporary
grand stand at Sixty-eighth strert and
Stewart avenue, built for the purpose
of accommodating an audience to wit
ness the annual field day sports of the
Chicago Normal Schools, collapsed.
Twenty-five persons, mostly women
and children, were injured. Several
were hurt seriously, but it is thought
none will die.
The stand, which was 100 feet long
and seven tiers high, was crowded. The
program .oi the day was fairly under
way, when on account .of the general
stamping of feet in recognition of a
meritorious athletic accomplishment,
the supports gave way, precipitating
the spectators a short distance to the
ground. Several hundred persons were
buried under the timbers.
The field events came to an abrupt
ending and the participants joined in
the work of rescue. The injured were
removed to the Normal School nearby,
which was converted into a temporary
hospital, with a score of physicians and
surgeons in attendance.
The Oregon Needs Extensive Repairs.
San Francisco (Special). It is esti
mated that the repairs to the Oregon,
which has just arrived from the Orient,
rendered necessary by the damage sus
tained when she- was wrecked in the
Gulf of Pechili, will require ab'tit six
months on the dry dock and cost fully
$250,000.
De Wet Coming to America.
Berlin (By Cable). Andries De Wet,
the Boer leader, says he is going to the
United States in the middle of July to
lecture.
. Cartridge Plant Blows Up.
Paris (By Cable). An explosion in
a cartridge factory situated in the sub
urb of Les Moulineaux has resulted in
the loss of fifteen lives and the injur
ing of about twenty persons. The vic
tims were horribly mutilated. A ma
jority of those injured were women.
Kidnapper Callahan Held lor Perjury.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). James Cal
lahan was held for trial in the District
Court on a charge of perjury, alleged
to have been committed in one of the
Cudahy abduction cases. .Bail was
fixed at $1500.
ACCEPTS PLATT AMENDMENT.
Tbe Cuban Convention lake It Without
Qualification.
Havana (Special). The Cuban Coi
stitutional Convention has accepted the
Piatt amendment by a vote of 16 to II.
The resolution to accept was carried
without discussion. Immediately after
the opening of the session Senores Ta
niayo, Villuendas and Quesada. consti
tuting a majority of the committee on
relations, submitted as a s.ib.ttitute lor
the committee's former .port the F'a't
amendment as passed by Corgres. r?c
otnmending that it be accepted and
made an appendix to the Constitution.
In the vote on the resolution 27 dele
gates present divided as follows:
In favor of acceptance Senores t.a
pote, Villuendas, Jose M. Gomez, Ta
maye, Montcaguedo, Delgado, Betan
court, Giberga, Llorente, Quesada, San
guily. Nunez, Rodriqucz, Berricl, Qui
lez and Ferrer.
Opposed to acceptance Senores Za
yas. Aleman, Eudaldo Tamayo, Joan
Gualbrrto Gomez. Cisncros. Silva, For
tun. Lacret, Portuondo, Castro and
Manduley.
Senores Rivera. Coreoso, Gencr and
Rohau were absent.
The latter two voted against accept
ance in the previous division. Senor
Ferrer voted with the Conservatives,
explaining his change of attitude by as
serting that he believed acceptance
would be the best solution of the prob
lem. The convention will now appoint a
commission to draw up the electoral
law.
MISSIONARIES KILLED AND EATEN.
Revs, James Chalmers and B, F. Tompkins
Devoured by Cannibals.
Victoria. B. C. (By Cable ). From
New Guinea news was received via
Sydney of the massacre of Revs. James
Chalmers and B. F. Tompkins and 14
native teachers by cannibals. The
whites were eaten. The place of the
cannibal orgy was seen by the troops
sent out to investigate the massacre,
and a portion of the jaw and thigh
bones of the missionaries were found,
together with their hats and portions of
trousers which belonged to Chalmers.
The expedition punished the natives,
destroying their villages and canoes.
Sonic prisoners taken during an at
tack made by the natives on the troops,
told the tale of the massacre and can
nibalism. $15,000,000 0R0CERY COMPANY.
Largest Certificate ef Incorporation Ever
Granted In West Virginia.
Charleston. W. Va. (Special). The
largest certificate of incorporation ever
issued under the corporation tax laws
of West Virginia was issued by the
State of West Virginia to the Bear
Grocery Company. The business is to
manufacture and to carry on a large
wholesale grocery business and to
manufacture, pack and ship goods in
any domestic or foreign trade.
The amount of the total authorized
stock of the corporation is $15,000,000.
The incorporators reside in the city
of Wheeling. The new company is
building an eight-story building in
Wheeling, W. Va., where it will conduct
business.
New Million Dollar University.
Lincoln, III. (Special). The new $1,
000,000 Millikin University, to be coin
posed of Lincoln College and the Deca
tur Industrial College, was organized
here on the occasion of the thirty-fourth
and final commencement of Lincoln Uni
versity. A. R. Taylor has resigned as
president of the State Normal College
at Emporia, Kan., and will come this
summer to accept the presidency and
complete the new organization. The
new university is named for James Mil
likin, of Decatur, who has given over
$150,000 to the endowment. Dr. VV. J.
Darby, of Evansville, Ind., was elected
president of the board, composed of 15
members from the Cumberland Presby
terian Church of the synods of Illinois,
Indiana and Iowa.
. Merrimac Hero Badly Hurl.
Honolulu, via San Francisco (Spe
cial). The battleship Oregon arrived
here May 30, bound from the Orient to
San Francisco. As she was dropping
her anchor off port the chain broke, se
riously injuring Chief Boatswain J. E.
Murphy, one of the men who helped
Hobson sink the Merrimac at Santiago.
One leg was broken, and Murphy was
dashed against some machinery, receiv
ing a dangerous gash on the head.
Five Persons Seriously Hurt and Others
Injured In a Collision In Rhode
Island.
River Point, R. I. (Special). Two
of the Rhode Island Suburban Railway
Company's trolley cars collided head
on in this village and five persons were
seriously hurt and a number of others
bruised and shaken.
The collision was between an open
car and a big vestibule car. The open
car partly telescoped the closed one,
demolishing the front vestibule. The
open car escaped injury, as did its oc
cupants, with the exception of the mo
torman. J. H. Fiske, motorman on the other
car. had both legs broken; A. B. An
drews, conductor of the same car, had
both legs broken and his-hand hmt;
Michael Hebcrt, of Centrcville, a pas
senger, had both legs broken and sus
tained other injuries; Henry C. John
son, another passenger, had both knee
caps broken, and Eugene Capoonc,
motorman of the open car, was cut and
bruised about the head and face.
Drugged In a Signal Tower.
Shamokin, Pa. (Special). Lawrence
Hannan, a young telegraph operator,
and Thomas Horan, a student in teleg
raphy, report that they were 'drugged in
a block signal system tower at Big
Mountain, on the Philadelphia and
Reading Railroad, one mile east of 4icre
by two well-dressed 6trangers. who"
slipped chloral hydrate into a glass of
water of which they drank. The boys
became stupefied, and say the men took
Horan s watch and disappeared. The
boys were found in an unconscious
condition two hours later.
Mrs. McKlaley la Stronger.
Washington (Special). The improve
ment m Mrs. McKinley'a health con
tinues. She sat up in her rolling chair
during the day and chatted and laughed
with the President and others at her
bedside. The improvements on the
President s home at Canton, Ohio
have been nearly completed and it wili
be in readiness for occupancy by July
I. If Mrs. McKinley's condition per
mits her removal by that time she will
be taken to her Ohio home, where it
i believed the chances for permanent
improvement will be greater than in
Washington.
FERRY BOAT SINK
IN A COLLISION.
Lives Lost la Terrible Accident in
New York Harbor.
MANY PEOPLE LEAPED OVERBOARD.
Over a Hundred Dragged Gul ol tbe Water by
the Crews ol Steam Tugs and People Along
the Short -The Sldewheeler Northtlcld
Rammed by tbe Steel Propeller Maoch
Chunk Just Off Ibe Staten Island Ferry Slip.
New York (Special). The wooden
side-wheeler Northfield, which has been
in the service of the Staten Island Fer
ry Company for the past 38 years, was
rammed by the steel-hulled propeller
Matich Chunk, used as a ferryboat bythe
Central Railroad of New Jersey. The
collision occurred just off the' Staten
Island ferry slip at the foot of White
hall street, and in less than ten minutes
afterwards the Northfield. which was
crowded with passengers, sank at the
outer end of the Spanish Line pier in
the East river.
The Matich Chunk, which was badly
damaged, landed the two dozen passen
gers who were aboard ol her. Over a
hundred of the passengers of the sunken
Northfield were dragged out of the
water by people along shore and the
crews of the fleet of river tugs, which
promptly responded to the ferryboat's
all for help. A few of the Northfield's
passengers were hurt in the accident,
and the police believe that some lives
were lost.
Captain Daniel Gully, of the tugboat
Mutual, who saw the ferryboats crash
together, says that immediately after the
collision between twenty-five and thirty
of the passengers leaped into the water,
and that many of these perished. Cap
tain uully also declares that he is sure
over a hundred of the Northfield's pas
sengers were drowned. The captains
of other tugboats who were early on the
scene, however, are inclined to think
that the disaster was not so serious as
regards the loss of life. Thus far no
dead bodies have been recovered.
The reason for such a difference of
opinion as to the extent of the disaster
is that the wildest excitement prevailc
on the Northfield. The tug Mutual
saved in all about 75 persons from the
Northfield. and the tugs Unity and Ar
row saved between them 150 persons.
Two policemen of the Old Slip Station
claim to have rescued nearly 30 people
between them.
As soon as the crowd which followed
the sinking ferryboat along the river
front were able to render any aid they
worked with a will and in many in
stances men sprang into the water to
save life. The greatest service was ren
dered by the tugboats, which, as soon
as is was possible, circled around the
Northfield and made a fridge to the
Spanish Line pier, and men and women
clambered over the tugs to the shore.
FASTEST BATTLESHIP AFLOAT.
The Big Illinois Is the Finest ol Uncle Sam's
Warships-Successful Trial.
Boston (Special). With the proud
distinction of being the fastest battle
ship in America and the speediest of her
class in the world, the new sea fighter
Illinois lies at anchor in Presidents
Roads, after a most successful trial.
Over the government course, from Cape
Ann to Lape Forpome and return, a
distance of 66 nautical miles, she raced
under the watchful eyes of United
States naval representatives and estab
lished a new record by maintaining an
average speed of 17.31 knots for iour
consecutive hours.
Not only did she demonstrate that
she was faster than any warship of her
size afloat, but she proved her ability to
turn upon an enemy with extraordinary
quickness by describing a complete cir
cle within 300 yards, or little more than
twice her length, in three minutes and
ten seconds, while plowing through the
sea at full speed.
Steadiness and reserve power charac
terized the performance of the ship
throughout the severe test. The work
of her engines was smooth, and even
the records of the day showed but one
tenth of a knot difference between the
northern run and the return. The ma
chinery easily met every requirement
and not an accident of any kind marred
the success of the day.
Rear Admiral Evans, who acted as
president of the trial board, as well as
the other naval officers who participated
in the trial, were thoroughly pleased
with the new champion, and as she
steamed back to her anchorage with a
broom at her masthead, the officials of
the Newport News Shipbuilding Com
pany, whose three years of labor had
reached such a happy climax, were en
thusiastically congratulated.
The completed figures for the entire
66 knots gave 3:38:46 elapsed time and
the average sneed 17.31 kno s per hour.
Tidal corrections may make slight al
terations in these figures, but the
chances are not likely to affect the re
sult materially.
FIVE DIB ON ONE GALLOWS.
Negroes Pay Penalty of Their Crime In
Oeorglf'-Kulghts of the Archer."
Sylvania, Ga. (Special). Five ne
groes, named Augustus. Sanders, Davis,
Hudson and Baldwin, paid the penalty
of their crime here. All five were
hanged on one gallows at this place.
At 12.20 the drop fell. The necks of
four were broken by the fall. The fifth
died of strangulation.
The crime for which Augustus, San
ders, Davis, Hudson and Baldwin were
hanged was the murder of two young
white men, Filmore Herrington and
Milton Mears. The negroes were mem
bers of an organization known as the
"Knights of the Archer." When Mears
and Harrington, in company with offi
cers of the law, tried to arrest a negro
they were fired upon from ambush by
apparently a dozen guns and rifles.
Mears fell dead in his tracks.
Fished Out a Big PearL
Chicago (Special). H. Deakin, an
art dealer, has a pearl, taken from the.
Mississippi river recently by a clam
fisherman, which weighs 103 grains.
Mr. Deakin is said to have refused $40,
000 for the gem. It is said that the
fiearl was bought from the fisherman
or $17.00-
Gov. Samford, ol Alabama, Dead.
Montgomery, Ala (Special). Wm. J.
Samford, governor of .Alabama, died at
Tuscaloosa, where he has been ill for
some time. Disease of the heart was
the real cause of death.
Conditions In Samoa.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Com
mander B. F. Tilley, U. S. N., governor
of the United States possessions in Sa
xnoa, who has just arrived here on leave
of absence, discussing the conditions
there, said 1 "The natives r.r now docile
and contented. When I was boarding
the Ventura they gave me a 'sicwa,' or
Samoan charivari, to show their good
will. Ten girls and ten men followed
the boat, singing and making music by
beating mats with sticks. A great many
farewell tokens were pressetf upon me,
but the customs officers demand duty
upon them, and the presents are hardly
worth the exoense."
trVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
For the British American Plan.
Washington. The news dispatches
from Pekin convey to the official mind
here the belief that what is known ns the
British-American plan of settling the in
demnity question is making headway,
and that it will in the end be adopted as
the only feasible scheme. Although
often mentioned, the details of the Brit
ish plan have not heretofore been given,
and they were learned from an authori
tative source to be as follows:
The Chinese government is to issue
bonds to each of the powers to the
amount of the5 indemnity due each. These
bonds are to bear 4 per cent interest, with
a clause providing i per cent, amortiza
tion. Certain of the Chinese revenues,
not specifically designated in the propo
sition, are to be ear-marked for the liqui
dation of the bonds. A committee ap
pointed by the foreign powers is to take
charge of questions relating to the reve
nues thus ear-marked, and the commit
tee is to arrange details by which the
revenues are to be applied on the bonds.
In case of default on the bonds the de
fault is to be to the committee, and not ti
the several powers. The foregoing is in
Mibstanre the entire proposition, but later
it was proposed in addition that tlie
period of the bunds be 30 years and that
they be issued in installments. In th;
form the proposition stood up to within a
few days ago. but it is not known in what
particulars it may have been modified by
the ministers. '
Expects a Great Crash.
"Congress will have plenty to do next
winter and abundance of time in which
to do it," said Representative Mercer,
chairman of the House Coiiiniittee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.
"Among other things, I expect con
siderable progress will be made toward
beautifying Washington. I saw the
Secretary of Agriculture, and he has
planned for an elegant structure on the
site of the present department building.
Attorney-General Knox appears to be
satisfied to wait for further Congres
sional action before erecting the De
partment of Justice Building. The site
for that building is too small, and some
day we may have a fine structure else
where which will accommodate the De
partment of Justice, the Supreme Court
and the Court of Claims.
"The trust question will doubtless be
liberally discussed in Congress. I have
not paid much attention to the Babcock
bill and have no views to express con
cerning it. I think the trusts will
sooner or later care for themselves and
anticipate a heavy crash at some future
'ime. They cannot hope to continue
consolidating time after time, and every
time they consolidate injecting a quan
tity of water into the stock and securi
ties. Sooner or later there will come a
time when the holders of the securities
will want to be paid, and where is the
money to come from? The way they
are going now is like a man renewing
a note and each time making it for a
larger amount. The people hold these
notes, and some day they will want
their money and there will' be difficulty
in getting it."
Big Coal Output Last Year.
Official reports show that the year 1900
closed the century with the largest coal
production ever recorded in the United
States and continued the supremacy of
the United States among the coal pro
ducing countries of the world. Practi
cally completed returns to Edward W.
Parker, statistician of the United States
Geological Survey, show the total out
put of coal in 1900 to have been 267,542,
444 short tons, an increase over the pre
ceding year of 13,802.452 tons, or a little
more than 5 per cent.
The value of this product was $297,
920,000, an increase of 16 per cent, over
1809. Coal producers felt a much great
er benefit from the improved trade con
ditions in iQoa than 'in cither 1898 or
1809. Coal contracts are usually made a
long time ahead, sometimes more than
a year, and much coal was delivered in
1899 at less than it cost to produce it,
the price of labor having advanced be
fore the operators could advance the
price of coal. The value of the coal
product in 1900 (the value being free on
Iward cars at the mines) was equal to
nearly one-third of the value of the
total mineral, poduct of the United
States in 1899.
A Census of Manila.
Manila papers received at the War De
partment contain articles of more or less
importance concerning that city and the
Philippines. The Manila Times gives
the result of a census taken by Lieuten
ant H. L. Gilchrist for the Board of
Health, completed about the 1st of May.
This census gives the population of Ma
nila at 244,932. divided as follows 1
Filipinos, 181,361; Chinese, 51,567;
Americans, 8.562; Spaniards, 2.382;
other nationalities. 960. The figures do
not intlude men belonging to the United
States Army. There are 18.463 buildings
in the city, of which 3.739 are good, i.ij-,
bad, 1,472 small, and 12,117 classed a'
fhacks.
Governor of New Mexico.
The President has decided to reap
point Miguel A. Otero governor of New
Mexico. A delegation has been here for
some days making representations to the
Secretary of the Interior looking to the
defeat of Mr. Otero, but after consider
ing the matter. Secretary Hitchcock
recommended Mr. Otero's reappoint
ment. Capital News In U;.i;rit,
The United States Philippine Com
mission appointed judges for the Su
preme Court of the archipelago.
The Secretary of the Navy has re
ceived the report of the Board of Vis
itor to the Naval Academy.
Mr. Conger, United States Minister
to China, had a conference with Presi
dent McKinley.
The rapid reduction ' of the foreign
military forces in China is due to the
feet that should the indemnity question
be settled by July 1 each government will
have to pay its own military expenses
there after that time.
Our New Holiest!)!.
Chief Inspector Cochran, of the Post
office Department, received information
by cable of the urrest in Porto Rico of
E. Franceshi and Rafael Vasqucs. They
are sureties on the bond of the postmas
ter of the town of Juana.Diaz, and the
message states that the arrest was' for
violation of the federal law relating to
money orders.
The Board of Health of Manila is en
deavoring to obtain information ' which
will enable it to take measures to pre
vent the spread of cattle disease in the
island, as such diseases have proven very
detrimental to the natives of the island.
Colonel Bolanos, with five officers and
41 rifles, lias surrendered at Lipa, Batan
gas province,
Havana papers name February 24,
tooj, at the date for the inauguration of
the Cuban Republic.
The Postmaster-General has been no
tified of the arrest and trial of Bonificie
Manalac y Reyes, a native mail cleric in
the Cavitc postoffice in the Philippines.
He was caught, in the act of robbing
the mails, and over 400 articles of miscel
laneous nature which hud been taken
from letters and packages were found in
his room. He was sentenced to two
years' imprisonment and to pay a fine
if Si, oocv .
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
rbe Lateat Happenings Gleaned From
All Over the State.
JURORS WERE GUIDED BY PRAYER.
Dm of Them, a Minister, Invoked a Just De
' clsioa In a Murder Case-Robbers Imperiled
Her Life-After Beating a Woman Insenstble
They Set Fire to the House-Chester Woman
Vaccinated Her Nose-Other News.
Three robbers who entered Mrs. Sa
die Fowler's home, Pittsburg, beat her
nntil she was unconscious and then set
fire to the house. The house stands .
in a lonely place on the outskirts not
far from where the Kahney robbery and
murder were committed. At 2 o'clock
in the morning Mrs. Fowler, who waa
alone, was awakened by a man who
held a pistol at her head and forced
her to give up $50 which she had 'just
drawn from the bank. "We know jtrst
how much you have, for we know what
you got at the bank and how much you
nave spent since," said the spokesman.
"We followed you into every store you
entered and watched what you paid
out."
After the robbers left the room Mrs.
Fowler opened a drawer containing'
jewelry which they had overlooked.
As she took the jewelry from the
drawer they came back, and when the
woman resisted the three beat her into
insensibility. Then ttiey set fire to
some inflammable articles in the parlor.
The house was totally destroyed.
The Councilmen of Greensburg do
not propose to grant free franchises to
street railway companies, and as an in
troductory movement passed an ordi
nance requiring the payment of $6000
from companies traversing one or more
streets. The borough treasury felt rbe
good effect of the ordinance when the
sum of $12,000 was paid by two com
panies, the Westmoreland Company,
controlled by Benjamin F. Myers, of
Harrisburg, and the Greensburg and
Southern Company.
The Pittsburg jury which convicted
John Biddle of first degree murder for
the killing tif T. D. Kahney was guid
ed by prayer. Rev. Henry Fuesner
was a member of the jury, and when
the twelve sat down to supper he of
fered an invocation. Later in the even
ing just before the jurors retired he of
fered another prayer that they might
do the right thing by morning. When
the jury arose and took the final ballot
it stood twelve for conviction.
Sonic time ago the Ministerial Asso
ciation of Mt. Joy entered suit against
A. L. Lawrence, a restaurant keeper of
that place, for violating the Sunday
law. The accused was given a hearimr,
convicted and fined in the sum of $6 60.
The Ministerial Association, to show
tih at there was no vindictive rpirit
manifested in their prosecution of the
man, paid Him the amount of the fine.
Wm. F. Grauper, of Philadelphia,
made himself famous among the break
er boys of the Milnesvile Colliery.
Upon entering the breaker of a mine
at Milncsville and inspecting the work
of the boys and men employed there
he was so deeply impressed that he
began handing out money to the little
fellows. Before he left the breaker he
had given away a large sum.
Detective Chambers, of Harrisburg,
and Chief of Police McKinney, of
Hanover, arrested an Italian piano
grinder near Hanover. Two American
women, one a pretty girl of 16, were
traveling with him. The Italian is
charged with abducting the girl, who
is a resident of Harrisburg and comes
from a respectable family.
While examining the vaccination
mark on the arm of a friend, a Chester
woman got soThe of the virus on ony
of her ringer nails. Subsequently, by.
scratching her nose, she broke the skin
and now has a well-marked vaccination
there.
A bold robbery was committed at the
home of .John Nonnemacher. near
Bethlehem. The thieves got away with
over $500 in cash, which had been hid
den in a trjmk. The stolen money rep
resented Nonnetnacher'a savings for
several years.
The commencement exercises of the
Ambler High Scltool were held in the
opera house.. Dr. Schaffer, State su
perintendent, delivered an address and
Prof. VV. R. Rhawn, principal of the
schools, awarded the diplomas.
One whole avenue of cottages on the
camp grounds of the Methodist Epis
copal Church at Ridgevicw Park is in
ruins from a disastrous conflagration.
The loss is $15,000, upon which there
is no insurance. The fire was caused
by the explosion of an oil stove.
While attempting to cross the Phila
delphia and Erie Railroad tracks at
Milton, A. O. Herr was struck by the
engine oi a passenger train and instant
ly killed. He was about 45 years old
and leaves a wife, son and daughter.
James Howells fell into an empty
wagon at the Cameron Colliery, Sha
mokin, just as a rush of dirt occurred.
He was buried alive for over five min
utes. He was found senseless, ut will
recover.
An attempt made near Middlcport to
wreck the passenger train for Pottsville
by placing a large rock between the
tracks was frustrated by the locomo
tive crushing the obstruction.
Owing to ill health Charles B. Hous
ton has resigned the presidency of the
Tidewater Steel Company of Chester
and is succeeded by George Mr.Call, of
the firm of Dick Brothers, Philadel
phia. ,
The outside employees at the Green
wood Colliery, Tamaqua, who went on
strike for an increase of wages, have
been advancd fro.ni $1.10 to $1.26 per
day and all hands returned to work.
While making repairs to the Reading
Railway bridge which crosses the river
at Yardley, Isaac Shaeffer fell 75 feet
and was probably fatally injured.
Phemia Workman, an inmate of the
insane department of the Lancaster
County Hospital, committed suicide by
hanging herself with her apron strings.
Benjamin F. Cole, of Philadelphia,
fell from a fast moving freight train at
Wert Lebanon and was probably fatal
ly injured. '
William R." Price, of Plymouth, a
prominent citizen, was found dead in
bed by hit son, having died of apo
plexy. Henry Trutzer, of Williamsburg, was
found dead under a tree. It is sup- 1
posed that he was struck by lightning.
A strike of 500 men resulted at I fa-,
zlebrook when the men were refused
extra pay for work in the wet breasts
of the unite.
The strike of the blacksmiths at the
Sharon Steel Works was settled by the
company acceding to the demands of
the men.
Prof. H. D. Patton, of Lancaster,
has declined the Prohibition nomina
tion for Judge of tbe Court of Common
Pleas.
Daniel Pouit, a sawyer at Rugglts
Mills, at Luzerne, bad hi right Titnd
cut off by a circular saw, 1