WS TERRIBLE
COST TO BRITAIN
ttfyalltaf Flgares of tbe Cooteit Id
South Africa.
OFFICERS, 18,000 MEN DEAD.
Sadadlag Thai Taken Prisoners and tht
TkoHtaadt Invalided Hon. the Losses la
Head and Incapacitated Foot I'p Nearly
HMO Officers and Men Cost at tha War
WIU Exceed $l,2M,00O,0OO.
London (By Cable). When it be
came known last week that peace over
tares had been made by agents of the
Afrikanders and rejected by his Maj
esty's government, Britons again began
to count the cost of the war. To help
hem they had this statement on British
Casualties, issued by the War Office and
covering the entire period of the war
up to the end of December, tool :
Officers. Men.
Killed in action 469 4,762
Pied of wounds 161 1,6.15
X)ied in captivity 5 97
Died of disease 276 10.007
Accidental deaths 20 542
Total deaths in S. Africa. 931 18,033
Missing and prisoners, ex
cluding those who have
been recovered or have
died in captivity 7 435
Sent home as invalids 2,664 6i,Mj6
Total 3,602 8o,t34
As to the financial end of the war and
the prospective increasing burdens for
taxpayers to bear, the general view is
lest expressed by this editorial utter
ance in the Daily Graphic, made in
commenting upon the table of casual
ties :
"The enormous bill which the United
Kingdom has already paid to sustain her
prestige and her honor in South Africa
will not, it is obvious, complete the dis
bursements necessary to bring the war to
a conclusion. Taking the period from
the commencement of the military op
erations until March 31 next, we find
that the total amount car-marked for
war purposes in South Africa reaches
jl50,ooo.ooo, and, as it is possible that
an additional 9,000.000 will be annexed
by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
irom the anticipated surplus for the pur
pose of tiding war expenditure over un
til the new fiscal year, w may put down
il6o,ooo,ooo as the total amount which
will have been paid OJt by March 31,
,1002."
TREATY IS SIONED.
United Slates to Buy Danish West ladies
For 4,000,000.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Secre
tary Hay and Mr. Constantino Brun, the
Danish Minister at Washington, signed
the treaty arranged between the two
Governments ceding the Danish West
Indies Islands to this country for a sum
believed to be about $4,000,000. The ne
gotiation of this treaty was consummated
several weeks ago, but recently the
State Department was advised that Den
mark would refuse to sign it on account
of strong opposition developed at home
against the sale of the islands.
The treaty will now be transmitted to
the Senate for action; and Denmark will
refer the question of the sale to a plebi
scite. Should tVie people of Denmark
strongly urge- the rejection of the trealy
Denmarkrnay decline to ratify it. Not
touch abjection is expected here from
the pecjple of the islands, as the treaty is
ao framed that they are not called upon
tcj'surrendcr their Danish allegiance, and
they may remain Danes in fact and in
''name while enjoying whatever advan
tages in a commercial way may result
from a transfer of the islands to the
United States.
JOHN MITCHELL RE-ELECTED.
Miners' Union President and Secretary Had
No Opposition.
Indianapolis, Ind., (Special). The
miners' convention here re-elected John
Mitchell president, W. B. Wilson secre
tary and T. L. Lewis vice-president.
There were no other candidates for
these three offices and the entire ballot
of the convention was cast for them by
the secretary. The only opposition was
in the form of a communication sent up
to the secretary after the ballot had been
cast, protesting against the unanimous
lection of T. L. Lewis as vice-president
The protest came from the dele
gate from Local Union No. 319, in Ohio,
the State that Vice-President Lewis
comes from, and was not read to the
convention.
The protest was regarded by the offi
cert to whose notice it came as not wor
thyof official or formal recognition.
Tht convention adopted a resolution
appropriating $500 to the National Mc
Ktnley Memorial Fund, after a pro
longed discussion. ,
L'OLV BLAZE IN MOBILE.
prominent Society Man and a Laborer Lost
Tbelr Lives,
Mobile, Ala. (Special.) Fire in the
wholesale business district destroyed
property to the value of $300,000, and
caused the death of Richard H. Vidmer,
a leading society man of Mobile, and
Bat Thomas, a negro laborer from New
Orleans. Three firemen were injured,
two slightly and one painfully. Mr.
Vidmer and Thomas were assisting the
firemen in subduing the flames and were
caught by falling walls. Mr. Vidmer
wu a prominent Hoo Hoo, and was
nee vice grand snark for Alabama.
The fire broke out on the second floor
f the Michael & Lyons Grocery Com
pany, in the office occupied by E Holz
born & Co., cotton brokers. The entire
lots is almost covered by insurance.
Alabama Great Southern Railway.
Cincinnati, O., (Special). Word has
been received here hat W. J. Murphy
lias been made general manager of the
Alabama Great Southern Railway, and
t that the general offices of that road will
be removed from Washington to Cin
cinnati. Murphy still remains as gen
eral manager 01 the Queen and Cres
cent route, of which the Alabama Great
Southern it a part, from Chattanooga
to Meriden, Miss., but heretofore the
latter has been under the separate man
agement of Frank S. Gannon.
Vait Trtainr Was Burled.
Pekin (By Cable) .Chinese officials
fcave found treasure to the value of over
$72,000,000 in gold and silver, which was
buried in the women's quarters of the
palace before the court fled from Pckin.
a'be court has granted $600,000 annually
to Yuan Shi Kai. Viceroy of Pichih,
for the maintenance of an army of 100,
000 men in that province. Yuan Shi Kai
has been given practical control of the
army and navy of China. He proposes
to engage Japanese instructors for the
army and British instructor! for the
suvy.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Dmtitlc
Admiral Schley had a series of enthu
siastic receptions in Chicago, in the
course of which he declared that un
der no circumstances would " he risk
losing the love of his fellow-countrymen
by accepting political office.
William Strothcr, the negro attendant
at the Vista Turkish Bathhouse, in St.
Louis, admitted having killed Alexan
der D. Cooper, the millionaire while the
latter was asleep in the establishment.
The men at the Norfolk Navy Yard
will endeavor to have Secretary Long's
ruling about vacations changed by con
gressional action. It has caused much
dissatisfaction.
A jubilation was held in Boston to
celebrate the removal of the last black
patch from the Woman's Christian
Temperance Union map.
The United States cruiser Olympia
went into commission at the Charles
town (Mass.) Navy Yard.
Col. Charles H. Burton, formerly inspector-general
of the Division of Cuba,
testified in the trial of the Cuban postal
fraud cases at Havana that examination
of the books of C. F. W. Necly disclosed
the probable embezzlement of about
$100,000. On cross-examination Burton
said he had bought a carriage from the
insular funds, and other army officers, he
said, had done the same.
Dewey's old flagship, the Olympia.
renovated and modernized at a cost of
nearly $400,000 at the Charleston Navy
Yard, will take part in the naval greet
ing to Prince Henry.
President Hill, of the Northern Pacific,
was one of the witnesses before the In
terstate Commerce Commission, which
is in Chicago investigating the big rail
road combine.
Despondent, John McCormick, of
Mount Pleasant, Pa., strangled himself,
and Harmon Biirrow, of Somerset. Pa.,
drank carbolic acid, with fatal results.
Judge Jenkins, of the United States
Court of Appeals, in Milwaukee, decided
that semitontine insurance policies be
long to the assets of a bankrupt.
General Whcaton. commander of the
Department of the North Philipincs, says
50.000 soldiers will be required on the
islands for five years.
Martin Melvin was shot dead while
trying to break into the hotel of Isaac
Evans, at Dttryea. Pa.
Justice of the Peace Harry Smith com
mitted suicide in Wheeling, W. Va.
A large meeting in the interest of reci
procity was held in Havana and resolu
tions were adorned declaring it was a
duty which the United States owed Cuba
to establish relations of reciprocity with
the island.
The United Mineworkers' Convention
in Indianapolis, by a rising vote, exon
erated President Mitchell and Secretary
Wilson of the charges brought against
them by Miss Mollie .Meredith.
Col. Gilbert Bcntley. a wealthy tim
bcrman of Big Sandy Valley. V. Va.,
and Riley Ramey fought a duel with pis
tols and Bentlcy was killed.
Prof. J. L. Jarman. of Emory and
Henry College, was elected superintend
ent of the State Normal School at Farm
ville, Va.
Mrs. Bula Abbey, of Spartan, Tcnn.,
a religious enthusiast, plucked her eyes
out and died from the effects of the in
jury. A. Dean Cooper, a wealthy St. Louis
man, was murdered in a Turkish bath es
tablishment in that city.
Foreign.
It is stated in Berlin that Herr Ballin.
of the Hamburg-American Line, and
Dr. Wicgand. of the North German
Lloyd Company, before entering into
negotiations with Mr. Morgan, will de
mand a pledge that the American capi
talists abstain from buying more shares
of the Hamburg-American and North
German Lloyd Companies.
Charles M. Schwab, president of the
United States Steel Corporation, re
ceived a procession of bankers and man
ufacturers in Berlin. He said that his
observations in France, Italy, Austria
and Germany confirmed his belief that
their external markets will inevitably
become the United States markets.
A Vienna newspaper publishes a dis
patch from Constantinople stating that
the Porte has received reports accusing
Miss Stone, the captive missionary, of
connivance with the Macedonian Com
mittee. From Sofia it is reported that
she and her companion, Mine. Tsilka,
will soon be released.
Prince Henry it deeply interested in
the dinner to be given him by the
American press. Dr. Barth, in the Na
tion, says: "The modern spirit inspiring
the whole expedition, is brought sharply
into view through the Emperor's
brother becoming the guest of journal
ists." President Castro, of Venezuela, sus
tained the action of the authorities at
La Guaira in preventing M. Secrestat to
land, and the French government is in
sisting that he be allowed to land.
The Dowager Empress of China and
her councilors are said to be considering
the engagement of foreign advisers to
reorganize the government, Japan to be
taken as a model.
The bearers of the ransom of $72,500
for the release of Miss Stone are re
ported on their way to the mountains,
accompanied by a strong escort, to meet
the brigands.
T. P. O'Connor, in a speech in the
House of Commons, declared that Pres
ident Roosevelt was in thorough sympa
thy with the Irish movement.
For the first time the automaton Em
peror of China received the ministers of
the foreign powers as representatives or
sovereigns equal in rank to his own. The
Dowager Empress, the real ruler of
China, was concealed behind a screen
during the audience.
A statement was published in Berlin
that a majority of the members of the
Reichstag favor a project for the govern
ment to buy up the German steamship
lines.
The new German 3 per cent, loans,
amounting to 300,000,000 marks, have
been nearly entirely taken in the United
States.
Financial.
The New York Subtrcasury statement
shows that the banks gained $1,901,000.
It is rumored that the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company is negotiating for
the California Northwestern Railroad to
give it an entrance into San Francisco.
Owing to the advance in raw material,
it is thought an advance of $2 a ton in
the price of bar iron will be made.
The net revenue of the American Dis
trict Telegraph Company for year end
ing December 31, 1901, was $103,419, an
increase of $16,572.
The First National Bank of New York
has secured control of the Commercial
National Bank of Chicago.
Definite returns of the wine produc
tion of France in 190! have now been
issued. The vintage was not a prolific
one compared with 1900, as, although the
superfices of land planted with the vine
increased from 1,730,451 hectares of I't
acres in 1900 to 1,735,345 hectares in
1001,, the production declined from 67,
353,000 hectolitres of 22 gallons to 57,
964,000 hectolitres.
The New York banks have received
from the interior $7,235,000 and snipped
to the interior $1,277,800, gain of $5,-957.30.
EXPLOSION KILLS
TWENTY-ONE MINERS
Poor Sbot It ailed the Oat While 100
Men Wert In the Mine.
WORK OP RESCUE DELAYED BY FIRE.
Twenty-nine Mea It the East Entry el Lost
Creek Mine Wbea the Disaster Occurred,
Eight ol Whom Were SHU Alive When tbe
Rescuing Party Reached tbt Scene Mea la
Olber Parts ol tbe Mine Escaped.
Oskaloosa, Iowa, (Special). As the
result of a terrible mine disaster at Lost
Creek, near Oskaloosa, 21 dead are in an
improvised morgue and 8 injured men
are in a temporary hospital.
The disaster occurred at noon and was
what is known as a "dust explosion."
The miners had just fired their noon
blasts. Burning powder ignited the gas
and the explosion followed.
Smoke and debris were blown out of
the shaft 200 feet high.
Part of thc top works was torn away
and the fans and cages were partially
wrecked. This made the work of rescue
slow, and it was 3 o'clock before volun
teer parties dared to vcntuic into the
east entrance, where the explosion oc
curred. When the rescuers fought their way in
a fearful sight greeted them. The dead
and injured were terribly burned and
mutilated, some of then: almost beyond
recognition.
Fire, which it was at first feared would
prove destructive to the entire mine, had
broken out, and this added terror to the
spectacle. The frames were finally con
trolled, and after several of the rescue
party had succumbed to the fumes all the
dead were found and carried to the top
of the shaft.
At the time of the explosion more than
too men were in the mine, but all except
those in the east entry escaped with only
slight injury. It was nearly dark when
the last of the dead was taken out, and
the scenes of anguish among the families
of the men were many. Nearly all of the
men were married and leave families in
poor circumstances.
The mine is owned by the Lost Creek
Fuel Company, of this city, and has been
in operation about one year. The prop
erty loss is about $10,000.
AN APPEAL FROM CUBA.
Merchants Beg Congress to "Save Their
Interests From Ruin."
New York, (Special). The following
cablegram was received by the Mer
chants' Association of this city from the
American Club of Havana:
American interests in Cuba aggregating
about $80,000,000 urge your body to im
mediately exert every effort possible
through every channel of influence at
your command to have Congress grant
tariff concessions asked for by the Cuban
Commission in order to save their inter
ests from financial ruin. Every commer
cial interest in Cuba is jeopardized un
less immediate favorable action is taken.
With reciprocity trade with the United
States in manufactured articles will in
crease $30,000,000 within a year."
The Merchants' Association will file
the original message with the chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee of the
House of Representatives at Washing
ton. A copy will also be sent to each
member of the committee.
MARCONI'S NEW RECORD.
Signal From s Liner 200 Miles Out Proba
bly His.
New York (Special). Marconi, on
board the steamship Philadelphia, sent
several messages ashore by wireless tel
egraphy as the steamer sailed down the
bay and out to sea on Wednesday after
noon. They were received aboard the
French steamer La Savoie, which was
moored alongside her pier. One, sent as
the steamer entered a log below the Nar
rows, presented Marconi's compliments
to C. A. Griscom and James A. Wright,
of the American Line.
At 11.05 P. M. Wednesday, when the
Philadelphia must have been nearly 200
miles away, it was reported that a signal
was sounded which it was believed was
from Marconi. If this report is correct
a new distance record for ships may have
been established.
TOO MANY NEEDLES TO LIVE.
Mr. Booker Sat on a Cushion Full of Them
and One Killed Him.
Louisville, Ky., (Special). W. L.
Booker, "the man full of needles," died
suddenly here at the home of his daugh
ter. Mr. Booker formerly lived with
another daughter in Taylorsville, and
while living with her he sat on a cushion
full of needles. Most of them were im
bedded in his flesh. Some of them were
taken out by the physicians, but most of
them lemainrd 111 the flesh. Since that
time the ntci'.les have been working out
in the most unexpected places, con.ing
from his fingers and toes, arms and legs.
Coroner Kelly is of opinion that one of
the needles attacked the man's heart and
caused death.
Boy's Bride Is Robbed.
Wichita, Kan., (Special). Mrs. An
gelina Anderson was bound and gagged
here in broad daylight in her room and
robbed of $1,100 worth of diamonds be
sides $1,500 in money.
She came here a few months ago and
married an 18-year-old livery stable boy,
who was taking care of her horses. Mrs.
Anderson is now sending him to a local
college. She is said to be from Racine,
Wisconsin.
Spanish Gunboat Damaged.
Vigo, Spain (By Cable). The obso
lete Spanish gunboat Condor has been
towed into this port in a damaged con
dition, due to the explosion of her
boiler, which killed two men outright,
fatally injured two others, and injured
seven others, including the commander
of the vessel. The gunboat is practically
a wreck. The Condor was built at Bar
celona in 1887. She is a single-screw
steel vessel and has a displacement of
48 tons. Her length is 78 feet 9 inches,
and her beam is 12 feet 12 inches.
Big aiacote Combine.
Chicago, (Special). The Tribune
says: Plans for the consolidation of
the Glucose Sugar Refining Company,
the National Starch Company and sev
eral outside plants have made such
progress that large stockholders in the
glucose concern have been asked to
sign an agreement that they will par
ticipate in the deal. This provides that
in the exchange of securities Glucose
preferred will receive 125 in the pre
ferred shares of the new corporation;
Glucose common will get 120 in the new
common. The capital stock of the new
company will be $70,000,000." ,
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Tae Law Against Anarchists.
The details of a bill restricting anarchy
and anarchists was practically determined
upon by the special committee of .mem
bers of the House Judiciary Committee,
appointed to consider this subject. The
language of some of the provisions is yet
to be settled, but all of the essential fea
tures of the forthcoming measure are
determind upon.
The measure will provide the death
penalty for an attempt to kill or asnsult
the President or anyone in line of suc
cession for the Presidency.
An accessory before the fact is to be
treated as a principal, and an accessory
after the fact is punished in a less degree
than a principal.
Any person who counsels, advises or
advocates the assaulting or killing of any
officer of the United States shall be fined
or imprisoned.
No alien who advocates an overthrow
of organized government or who is affili
ated with an organization holding such
views, is to be admitted to this country
Provision also is made for the punish
ment of those conspiring in this country
against a foreign ruler.
To Control Trusts.
The Industrial Commission, after sev
eral years spent in investigating the in
dustrial condition of the country, with
the view of making recommendations
calculated to assist in the solution of the
problems of the times, has completed
and sent to the printer its final report.
On the subject of trusts the commis
sion follows clotely the lines of recom
mendations laid down by the President
in his annual mfssage. Supervision by
the National Government is recommend
ed. The most radical specific step sug
gested in that direction by their report
is that the books of all corporations
should be subject at all times to inspec
tion, as are the books of national banks.
This, it is claimed, would go far toward
protecting the public against impositions
in the way of overcapitalization and
other devices. The commission dis
cusses government ownership of rail
roads and telegraph lines, but does not
recommend such a, departure from pres
ent methods.
Olves Congress the Power.
The Senate Committee on the Judi
ciary authorized a favorable report on
Senator Hoar's joint resolution pro
posing an amendment to the Constitu
tion of the United States giving Con
gress the power to designate some one
to act as president in case of the disa
bility of both the President and Vice
President. The resolution is as follows:
"In all cases not provided for by arti
cle second, clause fifth, of the Constitu
tion, where there is no person entitled
to discharge the duties of the office ol
the President, the same shall devolve
upon the Vice-President. The Congrest
may by law provide for the case where
there is no person entitled to hold the
office of President or Vice-President,
declaring what officer shall then act as
President, and such officer shall act ac
cordingly until the disability shall be re
moved or a President shall be elected.
Rigid Oleo Bill Adopted.
The House Committee on Agriculture
by a vote of 12 to 5 ordered the report
on an oleomargarine bill, which is even
more restrictive than the original Grout
bill, introduced by Representative Mc
Cleary, of Minnesota.
The original bill placed a tax of 10
cents per pound on oleomargarine and
butterine colored to imitate yellow but
ter. The word "yellow" was struck out
thus making the restriction apply to imi
tations of white or any other kind of
butter. Another change makes those
who take uncolored butter and color it
subject to all the taxes and penalties ol
manufacturers.
The Florist Industry.
Census statistics of the florist industry
of the United States show a total ol
6,159 establishments, cultivating and
using in their business 42,647 acres, ol
which 34,692 is improved land. The
value of the land ana buildings used by
these establishments is $50,619,866, oi
which $22,654,756 represents the build
ings alone. The value of the implements
for these establishments is $1,367,087.
The value of all the products is $18,
387,420. The amount expended for fer
tilizer was $318,298, and for labor
$4,125,799-
Philippine Homestead Law.
Secretary Root appeared before the
House Insular Affairs Committee to
urge the enactment of a homestead law
for the Philippine Islands. He thought
a homestead law should be passed to
permit the natives to make entry of 100
acres of land as the maximum, the local
government to fix the minimum.
He also urged the repeal of the Spoon
er amendment prohibiting the cutting of
timber and the granting of franchises.
Smuggling ol Furs Broken Up.
The Postoffice Department has been
advised officially that the smuggling
scheme by which furriers in Montreal,
Canada, sent their goods concealed in
buggies and otherwise across the border
into Swanton and other Vermont points,
and there mailed the furs to points
throughout the United States, has been
completely broken up and the ringleader
in the scheme driven out of business.
Boer War Resolution In Congress.
Representative Clark, of Missouri, in
troduced a joint resolution expressing
sympathy for the two South African
Republics and regret over the sufferings
caused by the war. The resolution 'ex
presses the hope that this declaration by
Congress will influence Great Britain to
consider favorably a settlement of the
troubles.
Capital News in OtneraL
The National Commandery of the
Naval and Military Order of the Spanish-American
War organized and
elected President Roosevelt coirtmander-in-chief.
Mr. Wilbur J. Carr has been selected
as chief of the Consular Bureau of the
State Department, succeeding Mr. Rob
ert L. Chilton, resigned.
Colonel Bliss, military collector oi
customs at Havana, declared to the
House Committee that the Cubans are
anxious for political union.
Rear Admiral William K. Van Rey
pen, surgeon general of the Navy, was
retired at his own request.
August Schoenborn, who prepared
the plans for the dome of the Capitol,
is dead. , .
A naval board refused to recommend
the retirement of Captain Hobson, the
physicians not believing that his eyss are
permanently injured.
The House of Representatives passed
the urgent deficiency bill.
The House Judiciary Committee Lai
agreed upon the provisions of an anti
anarchist bill which imposes the death
penalty for an attempt to kill the Presi
dent or anyone in the line of succession.
NEED CHINESE
IN PHILIPPINES
Tbey Are Wanted on Islands to Til)
tbe Soil.
BOLOMEN TERRORIZE THE PEOPLE.
Filipinos Arc Apparently Too Busy la Rebellion
to Do Any Work Building la Manila Re
tarded Becauie of the Lack ol Labor The
American Chamber ol Commerce la Manila
Will Appeal to Congrcrs.
Manila, (By Cable). The American
Chamber of Commerce here has formu
lated nn appeal to Congress in which it
earnestly prays for the enactment of
laws allowing Chinamen to enter the
Philippine Islands, under such restric
tions as the United States Philippine
Commission may enact. The present
restrictive law concerning immigration,
continues this appeal, is of no benefit to
the Philippines. Chinamen, if admitted,
would not enter into competition with
local enterprise, and their entry into the
islands is imperatively needed, as the
tobacco, hemp and sugar lands of the
archipelago are only partially cultivated.
Without this legislation the country
cannot be properly developed. Build
ing in Manila has been badly retarder"
because of this lack of labor, and for
these reasons the American Chambv of
Commerce, composed entirely of Ameri
can citizens, representing commercial
interests, respectfully prays for imme
daite action in this matter.
The United States Philippine Com
mission has appropriated $5,wo for im
proving the harbor of lloilo and $3,000
to be expended on the Cagayan River,
in Northern Luzon.
Col. Charles W. Miner, of the Sixth
Infantry, reports the conditions on the
Island of negroes to be unsatisfactory
and that 400 bolomcn and 40 men armed
with rifles, under the command of the
fanatical bandit leader, Papa Isio, are
terrorizing the people.
F'elipe Buencamino, one of the di
rectors of the Federal party, is endeav
oring to establish an exhibition of com
merce, to be held next December. He
relies mainly upon exhibits from the
United States, China, Japan, Spain
and Borneo. The merchants of Ma
nila are inclined to think this ex
hibition should be delayed another
year, but, if sufficient support is
promired, the United States Philippine
Commission will be asked to assist in
carrying out the idea.
NATIONAL GUARD TO BE IMPROVED.
A Meeting ol the National Association Held
In Washington.
Washington, D. C. (Special.) The
National Guards Association of the
United States, whose convention here
was attended by the Adjutants-General
of most of the States, adopted a resolu
tion approving the establishment of a
national military club in this city, its
membership to comprise those who
served honorably in the Army and Navy
in the Civil and Spanish Wars, members
of militia and naval guards of the States,
military and naval cadets, civil and mili
tary officers of the United States, States
and Territories, and others. The objects
are to promote national guard interests
nd provide a club rendezvous for those
ihgible.
The Adjutants-General called on Pres
dent Roosevelt. Secretary Root and Gen
;ral Miles. Secretary Root improved
:hc opportunity to express his hearty
lympathy with the movement in which
:hey are engaged.
Secretary Root said that the time is
aow ripe for securing legislative meas
ures which will be of great advantage in
improving and perfecting the obsolete
militia system of 1792. He congratulated
ihc officers of the convention on the good
temper, spirit and interest with which
!hey have taken up the subject of im
proving the militia system and on the
progress already made in that direction,
and expressed the hope that Congress
would consider the subject in the same
commendable spirit.
The following executive committee, to
serve during the ensuing year, was an
nounced: Col. E. E. Britton. New York,
chairman : Gen. George H. Harries, Dis
trict of Columbia ; Gen. James Drain.
Washington State; Gen. J. C. R. Foster,
F'lorida, and Gen. George F. Gardner,
Colorado. Col. E. J. Dimmick, of Chi
cago, was named as assistant secretary.
Miss Ellen Stone's Brother.
Washington, D. C. (Special.) Perley
Stone, a brother of Miss Ellen Stone,
the captive missionary, called upon Sec
retary Hay and had a long talk over the
prospects of his sister's release. The
last advices of the State Department indi
cate that these are now very promising,
and important news is expected in this
connection in a day or two.
Porto Rico Counterfeiters.
San Juan, Porto Rico, (Special).
The United States marshal has seized
$3,000 in counterfeit silver, near Ponce.
The counterfeits were quarters, half
dollars and dollars. Two men, Roman
Rentas and Moreno Ortiz, were arrested
and bailed after a hearing before the
United States commissioner. The coins
were almost perfect.
Signing Moochurian Treaty.
Pekin, (By Cable). It is expected
that the Manchurian treaty will be
signed within a week. Diplomats here
do not manifest much interest in it. as
they do not- believe any written treaties
will in the slightest degree affect the
policy of Russia in Manchuria. A sep
arate contract with the Russo-Chinese
Bank secures to the bank complete con
trol of the railroads and mines.
ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEWS.
Bob Knccb, the horseman who became
famous a few years ago through his im
prisonment in Germany for racing nn al
leged "ringer," Bethel, is dead. He died
n his Nebraska farm.
It is rumored in Cincinnati that there
s a shortage in the accounts of Theo
iorc Braemcr, scretary-treasurer of the
& F. Schroth Packing Company.-
Ambassador Cambon made a speech in
praise of the President before the New
Xork Bar Association at Albany.'"
Prof. Emil Scheffer, a noted chemist,
died at Louisville, Ky., aged 90 years.
High water has caused much dumage
along the Schuylkill river at Philadel
phia. Dr. Francis Clemens, Jr., was drowned
near West Chester, Pa.
Fire at Columbus, Ohio, caused $l?5,
000 damage.
There was a row during the ceremony
of the confirmation of Right Rev. Chas.
A. Gore as Bishop of Worcester at the
Church House, Westminster.
The Archduchess Elizabeth of Austria
renounced her royal claims as a prelimi
nary to her marriage to Prince Otho von
IWindisch-Gractz.
It required a cavalry cha'ge to disperse
a mob of Polish students in Len.bcrg.
ARMY IN PHILIPPINES.
Otn. Tail Olves His Vltws About Conditions
la the Islands.
San Francisco, Cal., (Special.) Regard
ing the standing army in the Philipines
Governor Taft is reported by the Call
to have said : Fifteen thousand men will
be an ample force in the islands before
the close of the year. I was told this
only a few days before I came away.
Officers thoroughly versed in the situa
tion gave me .the figures. "I will ex
plain to you how peace can be maintained
in the islands. We have organized a na
tive constabulary which is working ef
fectively. Congress allows us to main
tain a constabulary of 5.000 men. They
are under the command of Major Al
len, who has already enlisted 2.500 men
in this branch of the service. When the
force is fully organized the men will be
distributed in the provinces, 150 men to
each province. The detachments of con
stables arc commanded by four officers,
three of whom are retired volunteer of
ficers and the other a native Filipino.
When the constabulary is fully equipped
it will he detailed in the field to clean
out the Ladrones, who are intimidating
the natives. These Filipino constables
can be maintained by the government at
a cost of $250 each year, while the sol
diers in the islands cost Uncle Sam about
$1,000 a head.
"I know that the Pacific coast people
would like to see free trade instituted be
tween this country and the islands," said
the governor, "but I am sorry to say
that 1 cannot see how it would work.
"The civil government adopted a tariff
schedule which is working well, but our
internal revenue receipts are not large.
When you tax a country two heavily you
spoil it, and that is the situation in the
Philippines.
"We have asked that the Dingley Tar
iff Bill be reduced for the products of
the islands at least 50 per cent. We hope
that Congress will be as generous to the
Philippines as it was to Porto Rico. The
reduction of the Dingley tariff will mean
the opening up of a large market for to
bacco and sugar of the islands, as well
as for other products there."
MRS. RICHARDSON'S ACQUITTAL.
Dramatic Scene at the Happy Ending ol the
Trial at Plattsburg.
Plattsburg, Mo. (Special.) Mrs. Ad
die Richardson was acquitted of the
charge of murdering her husband, Frank
W. Richardson, a wealthy merchant,
who was shot and killed Christmas Eve,
1900, as he was entering his home, in
Savannah, Mo. A dramatic scene fol
lowed the rendering of the verdict. Mrs.
Richardson was overwhelmed with con
gratulations from friends who had
crowded the courtroom to await the ar
rival of the jury. The jury went out at
3.30 and returned with a verdict 35 min
utes later.
The anouncement of the verdict was
received with frantic enthusiasm and
joy, not only by Mrs. Richardson and
her own and husband's relatives, but by
all the spectators. John O. Richardson,
brother of the dead man, seized the
widow around the waist and raised her
clear off her chair. After she was re
leased by her brother-in-law, her ven
erable father, Adam Lawrence, seized
her in his arms and their tears of joy
mingled as they embraced each other.
SPLENDID TRAIN FOR PRINCE HENRY.
The Pennsylvania to Furnish It and Colonel
Boyd to Be la Charge.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Department of State has just concluded
negotiations with the. Pennsylvania
Railroad Company for ' the movement
by special train of Prince Henry of
Prussia and suite during his visit to
the United States. The arrangement
includes the transportation of the
Prince to Washington upon his arrival
at New York, his return to New
York, steamer transportation to Shoot
ers Island, where the Meteor will be
launched, as well as his tour through
the Upper South and the principal cities
of the East. West and Northwest. All
the movements of the Prince will be
made by special train provided by the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company and
run under the well and widely known
methods ' of its personally conducted
tourist system. The train will start
from Washington March I.
PLUCKED HER EYE OUT.
Mrs. Abbey Tried to Follow the Scriptural
Injunction. -
Nashville, Tcnn., (Special). -Mrs. Bu
la Abbey, wife of a young merchant near
Sparta, Tenn., is dead as the result of
pulling out one of her eyes in a fanatical
and literal interpretation of tht injunc
tion of the Scriptures:
"If thine eye offend, pluck It out and
:ast it from thee, for it is better to go
into Heaven having only one eye than to
luffer the torments of heil-fire."
She became much excited over religion
tarly last autumn, and since that time is
aid to have been noted for strange vaga
ries in religious work.
Says a Biscuit Blew Up.
Newark, X. J., (Special). Chief
Judge Gtimmerc in the Supreme Court
in Newark signed an order permitting
George F. Brown, of 90 Orange street,
Newark, to institute proceedings in be
half of his 13-ycar-ofd daughter Anita
to recover $10,000 from a biscuit manu
facturing concern. It is alleged that on
November 9 last the girl bought a pack-1
age of crackers, and one exploded in
her mouth, knocking out two of her
teeth and otherwise injuring her.- What
caused the biscuit to explode is un
known, but it is held that the manufac
turer is responsible.
Driven Back by Rebels.
Panama," Colombia, (By Cable). A
small gasoline launch belonging to the
government, and named the General
Campo, bearing important dispatches
for the government and General Castro,
was sighted by the revolutionary fleet
near Rio Grande, off the coast of Agua
Fulce, southwest of Panama. -Two
shots were fired at the General Campo
from'the revolutionary gunboat Padilfa,
and the former was obliged to return
here.
Princely Olftt at a Wedding.
London (By Cable). The marriage
of Lord Stavordale and Lady Helen
Stewart took place at St. Peter's, Eton
Square. The bride is a daughter of the
Marquis of Londonderry. The presents
were among the costliest ever presented
at a wedding, and were said to aggre
gate in value over $1,500,000.
King Agala Hoaors MsrcoaL
Rome (Special). King Victor Em
manuel has conferred the order of St
Maurice and St. Laiarus upon William,
Marconi.
.PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
; 1
Condensed Special Dispatches From
Many Points.
HURT IN DEFENDING A 0IRL.
List ol Pensions Oranted Cumberland Com
mlisloners Resist the Sheriff's Demands.
' Stale's War Claim Allowed Congress Aske
to Make aa Appropriation ol $669,146.2
Shot a Robber.
Pensions granted Fennsylvanians:
Eli C. Corbly, Pittsburg, $6; John G.
Abbott, Sugar Grove, $8; Daniel Zim
merman, Grove City, $10; William Bar
key, Cnsh Creek, $8; Perry Tanner,
Gainesburg, $8; Clark Randall, Union
City, $8; Bernard Schmid, Pittsburg,
$10; William R. Munson, Ulysses, $14;
Mary Rhoads, Connar. $8; Karl Ber
tram, Allegheny, $12; Willi am W. Lu-,
fiher, Harmonsburg, $6; Richard Ma
oney, Beaver Falls, $6; Michael Pan
ner, Allegheny, $6; John W. Hahn, Elk
Lick, $6; David Kauffman, Jackson
Mills, $10; Thomas H. Wilson, Rose
Point, $8; Rufus E. Evans, New Castle,
$8; William H. Miller, New Castle, $12;
William White, Tarcntum, $12; John
Shriver, Conemaugh, $10; Mathias
Shortencarrer, Spangler. $to; Henry
Morris, Allegheny, $8; John Kuhl, Fair
view, $8; George Price, Altoona, $12 j
Joseph L. White, North Towanda, $8;
George S. Baker, Huntingdon, $12; Ju
lia A. Boyce, Grovcr, $8.
There were six fires in Altoona Fri
day night, four of which it is supposed
were of incendiary origin. An attempt
was made to ignite a box car loaded with
powder, oily waste being used. At the
offices of the Hoster Brewing Company,
which were set on fire, the safe was
opened and notes and other valuable
papers were burned. The coal office of
W. L. Pennock was entered and the
safe combination was broken, but the
place was not fired.
The sheriff and the cornmisioners of
Cumberland county are at variance over
the matter of fees and a case stated was
presented ' to the court to determine
whether the sheriff is entitled to 50 cents
for the commitment of each tramp and
50 cents for the discharge of each per
son committed on charges other than tire
violation of the vagrancy act. The com
missioners have refused to pay the sher
iff these fee charges unless ordered so
to do by the court. ,
When four robbers attempted to enter
the hotel of Isaac Evans, in Duryca, they!
were met by Evans with a shotgun. Onej
of them, Michael Melvin, who says that'
his home is in Newark, N. J., was half
way in the window when Evans discov-l
cred him and pulled the trigger. Melvin'
was shot between the shoulders, the
charge snapping the spinal cord and
bringing on paralysis, from which he may
die. 1 ne otner three men escaped.
in a hgnt among negroes loliowing a
church service at Lancaster, William
Stevenson was struck on the head with
a stone, sustaining a f -actured skull. It
is said that Thomas Moore wanted to
accompany Stevenson's sister-in-law
.home from church, but lie woman re
sented his attentions and the fight re
sulted. Stevenson's injury is probably
fatal and the authorities are looking for
Moore, who has disappeared.
Governor Stone lias been notified by
the War Department that Pennsylvania's
claim for money expended in putting
troops in the field during the Rebellion
has been allowed to the extent of $689,
146.29, and that the claim has been certi
fied to Congress for an appropriation. A
large number of claims were not allowed
by the auditors, but the State is satis
fied to get this amount.
For two days recently the Manheim
National Bank was practically without
funds. When an attempt was made to
open the vault doors they refused to
budge, and an expert was summoned
from Cincinnati. After an inerval of two
days he arrived and with the aid of a lo
cal blacksmith the doors were opened.
' John Seible, of Johnstown, when he
went through the Civil War, deeded his
property to his wife, fearing that he
would never return. Mrs. Seible died
six months ago and then Seible discov
ered that he had no interest in the prop
erty. He has instituted proceedings in
equity against his son and daughters,
the heirs, with a view of having
the deed to his wife declared void.
A Stradivarius violin, made in 1721,
was stolen from Alador Fabian, a school
master of St. Julia's Greek Catholic
Church, Pittsburg, a few days ago. The
violin had been in his family tor more
than a century and was valued at $300.
The police found the instrument in a
pawnshop, where the thief had left it
for $2.50.
The four-story brick building at 1313
Eleventh avenue, Altoona, owned by A.
R. Wolf & Sons, was destroyed by fire.
The building was worth $20,000 and was
insured for $15,000. It was occupied by
a store on the first and second floors and
the Altoona Republican League had its
headquarters on the third and fourth
floors.
George H. Danner, of Manheim, who
is the owner of one of the largest private
museums in the State, became the pos
sessor of a large German Bible, printed
in 1562. It is bound in leather and is in
an excellent state of preservation.
It is rumored that as a result of re
cent conferences between E. H. Harri
man and President Gould some long de
ferred Missouri Pacific plans are short
ly to be carried out.
The following charters were issued at
the State Department: Food Publishing
Company, illiamsport, capital, $5,000;
Riefler & Sons, incorporated, Tanners
Falls, capital, $40,000.
A tramp sent to jaiKat Williamsporl
on a charge of vagrancy was found to
be wearing seven pairs of trousers, five
shirts and three coats.
The Pennsylvania Chain Company has
been organized at Harrisburg with a
capital of $50,000. Adjutant General
Stewart is president and Charles Dj
Stucker general manager and secretary.
Factory Inspector Davis has found
seventy-two children illegally employed
in Wilkes- Barre, out of a total of 8,
906 employed in shops and factories.
W. P. Morgan has been appointed
postmaster at Virrtondale.
Harry Rosenberger, a miner, aged 49
years, of Yorkville. was caught beneath
a faJl of rock at Pottsville and his life
crushed out.
Mrs. Randolph Hanler's dress caught
fire at her home in Newtown, but with
rare presence of mind she extinguished
the flames herself and escaped with bad
burns.
The general store at Elam, occupied for
ten years past by T. D. Bullock, a dwell
ing and a Darn were totally destroyed by
fire, entailing u loss of $10,000,
Taylor Pugh was appointed fourth
class postmaster at Trooper.
1 Negotiations are said to be nearly com"
rleted whereby the Borghcse art col
lector will be transferred to the United
States.