mi CROPSEY'S
DEATH UNSOLVED
Testimony ol the Physicians Not
Convliclof.
DOUBT THAT THE OIRL WAS KILLED.
Bfc Laatdta Decline (o Testily M ae
Bieert, Declaring He l( UhMi to
filvt Eipcrt Testimony Concerning a
Dead Body That Had Beta la lb Wiler
JT Days,
lUizabeth City, N. C. (Special). Tlie
Wilcox trial grows more interesting
each day. The State, so far, has not
made oitt a clear case of murder, al
though the majority of the people here
lwlieve that she was the victim of foul
play. Though Drs. Fearing and Wood
both expressed the opinion that the
death of Nellie Cropscy was caused by
blow on the left side of the head, the
defense has succeeded in creating an
impression that the evidence against the
drowning theory is not sufficient.
Some people go so far as to say that
Mr. Aydlett will ask the judge to dis
miss the case on the ground that the
State has failed to prove that the girl
was killed.
Dr. VV. J. Lumsdcn, one of the leading
physicians of this section of the State,
gave the prosecution a hard blow when
lie refused to testify as an expert, giving
es bis reason that he did not consider
.himself qualified to give expert testi
mony in a case where a person had been
dead and in the water 37 days. He was
not on the stand more than two minutes,
but he as good as said that all symptoms
were worthless in such cases.
While there still Is feeling against
Wilcox among the people hereabouts,
they realize that the prosecution is light
ing in close quarters. The evidence is
of a very uncertain character.
STEAMER LOST, CREW MISSINQ.
Lobster Fishermen Find Wreckage ol the
Steamer Tiber.
Halifax, N. S. (Special.) A dis
patch received here from Canso an
nounces that the wreck of the Dominion
Coal Company's steamer Tiber has been
-found off White Point ledges, five miles
west of Canso. The news was brought
to Canso by lobster fishermen. The
steamer is below the water and pieces of
wood and other wreckage floating about
led to the discovery.
No trace of the members of the crew
has been found, and it is likely they have
perished. The steamer left Louisburg.
C B., on February 26 with a cargo of
1,900 tons of coal for Halifax, and
nothing more was heard of her until
March 3, when some wreckage and life
buoys from the steamer was found in
the vicinity of Whitehead.
Sere a Men Injured by in Explosion.
Huntington, W. Va., (Special). Tom
vdwards and William Strank were prob
Wy fatally injured in an explosion of a
team boiler at a grist mill at Blue Sul
phur, a village, 10 miles from here, and
Eve other men were slightly hurt. The
cause of the explosion i: not definitely
known, but is supposed to have resulted
from the flues getting too hot for lack
f sufficient water. Edwards is a loco
motive engineer and runs one of the
Chesapeake and Ohio fast express trains
and owns the mill.
Miss Stone Grateful.
Salonica (By Cable). A press repre
sentative here has received a letter from
Miss Stone, the American missionary, in
which she expresses her surprise and
gratitude at the universal manifestations
of joy at the release of herself and
Mme. Tsilka. Miss Stone also conveys
her heartfelt thanks to all those who by
their labor, their money and their pray
ers co-operated to the release of her
self and companion.
Two Powder Mills Explode. I
Columbus, Kan. (Special.) Two i
mills of the Laflin and Rand powder
works, four miles north of this city, ex
ploded with terrific force. Walter Reid.
a workman, was killed and several
others were injured. Many thousand
dollars' worth of property was de
stroyed. The explosion was plainly felt
30 miles away.
A Russo-Germaa Treaty.
London (By Cable). A dispatch
from St. Petersburg to the Central News
says that M. de Witte, Russian Minister
of Finance, in conjunction with the
German Ambassador, Count von Al
venslebcn, has completed the draft of a
commercial treaty, the substance of
which has already been approved by the
Government at Berlin.
Help lor Southern School.
Danville, Ky., (Special). President
W. C. Roberts, of Central University,
and the committer in charge announce
that they have been successful in rais
ing a fund of $25,000 in order to meet
the terms by which a like sum was of
fered to the endowment fund of Central
University by Thomas H. Swope, of
Kansas City. Mo.
American Claims In China.
Pclcin, (By Cable). The United States
Minister, Mr. Conger, has commissioned
Messrs. Cambridge and Ragsdale (the
latter is the United States consul at
Tientsin) to adjust the indemnity claims
of Americans, approximating $-',000,000
in gold.
Cbolcra at Hongkong.
Manila, (By Cable). Owing to chol
rra at Hongkong, a quarantine of five
days will be enforced against til vessels
arriving here from thr.t port.
Dwelling Colliipscs.
Philadelphia (Special.) A threc-slory
brick dwelling at Randolph and Master
streets, in the northeastern section of
the city, collapsed while the ix occu
pants were asleep. Mr:;. Rosa I.e
Maire, a boarder, who occupied the
third-story front room, was the only
person severely injured. She was car
ried from the top floor to the cellar and
, lried beneath the debris, being badly
bruised and lacerated. Herman Ehin
ger, his wife and three children escaped
with slifiht injuries. Heavy rains had
aradermined the building.
Torpedo Factory Glows L'p.
Cleveland, (Special). An explosion ir.
the powder-mixing department of tiie
Kairmount Manufacturing Company re
sulted in the death of Anna Fritz, a 17-year-o!d
girl, and the serious injury of
Miss Christine Smitzer, Miss Kittie
Howard and Frank Groch, vho will
probably die Four others were rlso hurt
in the accident. The front of the two
story frame building was blown com
pletely out, and the ;,hnt burned out by
fire, which followed the explosion. The
company iiuaut'acture'J railroad torpedoes.
THE NEWS BRIEFLY TJLJ.
Doasstlb
The National City Bank of New York
paid out $21,500,000 dividends- of the
Standard Oil and Consolidated Gas Com
panies. .Mrs. Brooks, in a New York court,
testified that Florence Burns said she
would shoot Walter Brooks if he did not
marry her.
The factory owners at Fall River,
Mass., have agreed to the 10 per cent, in
crease in wages demanded by the strik
ers. While speaking to a miners' conven
tion at Dcs Moines, Iowa, President
John Mitchell was taken suddenly ill.
Gen. W. S. Smith states that the steel
framework in many of Chicago's sky
scrapers is corroding and the buildings
may soon become dangerous.
A new volcano is reported to have
burst forth near Kenal, on Cook In
let, Alaska.
Notices were posted at the collieries
of the Reading Company in the Ilazleton
district that the present scale would be
continued for another year.
Edward Butler, a prominent St. Louis
politician, was arrested on a bench war
rant charging him with offering a bribe.
He was released on bail.
Henry Clark and Kmmet Brown, col
ored, were arrested in Alexandria, Va.,
on suspicion of having murdered Mr.
Clavton. of Richmond.
Lafc Verkcy, of Flint. W. Va.. be
came suddenly insane and buried a
hatchet in his wife's head and then cut
his throat.
J. Cauffman Stoncr, an old-time stage
driver, died from a paralytic stroke at
his home, near Shippensburg. Pa.
Mrs. O. L. Benson, of Petersburg. Va..
attempted to eommit,suicidc hy cutting
her own throat with a carving knife.
Martin J. Klausdigger "had himself
shipped from Kansas City to Chicago as
a sack of potatoes on a wager.
Six deaths occurred on the transport
Sheridan, which arrived at San Fran
cisco from Manila.
Mrs. Alice Stover shot and killed her
husband. John T. Stover, in self-defense,
in New V'ork.
The strike of the weavers has extended
to the Anchor Mills, in Pascoag, R. I.
Largely through the influence of Gov
ernor Crane, the strike leaders in Bos
ton have recommended that the men re
turn to work, pending results of the
Governor's efforts to secure concessions
from the transportation companies
Major General David S. Stanley, re
tired, who fought in many campaigns
and was a corps commander during the
Civil War, died at the age of 73 years in
Washington. '
Governor Odell, of New York, in
structed his appointee, Sheriff Dilkc. to
use force, if necessary, to evict Guden,
who holds on to his office.
Arthur Bathhurst. who attempted to
shoot Miss Minnie Gohn in York. Ta.,
was arrested on the charge of attempted
murder.
The transport Sheridan arrived at San
Francisco. Cal., with soldiers from Ma
nila, including a number of sick and in
sane. Andrew J. Watrous, a well-known
newspaper writer, committed suicide, in
New York.
Nearly $3,000,000 is pledged for the
use of the medical school at Harvard.
Foreign.
Russian students drew up a declara
tion of demands for civil liberty.
Count Tolstoi, in a letter to a Swedish
committee, calls money a curse.
Baron d'Estoumellc de Constant,
French diplomat, is enthusiastic over his
visit to America and highly praises Pres
ident Roosevelt.
A wooden boat, supposed to be nearly
2.000 years old, was dug up in County
Mayo, Ireland.
Capt. B. D. Greene and Col. John F.
Gaynor, who are in Quebec, have en
gaged some of the most noted lawyers in
Canada to oppose their extradition.
Field Marshal Lord Wolselcy sails for
Cape Town to advise Lord Kitchener,
and probably direct British operations
himself in South Africa. Lady Methucn,
wife of the wounded General Mcthuen,
will be a passenger on the same .steamer.
-Mrs. Conger, wife of the United States
minister at Pekin. assisted hv Indies of
the American legation, entertained 11
princesses another departure fror: the
cxi'lusiveness of the Chinese court.
A dispute has arisen between the mu
nicipality of Lyons, France, and the
United States consul there, on account of
an attempt to impose certain new taxes
upon that official.
Princess Alice of Albany started from
The Hague for Berlin, and it is reported
she will be betrothed to Frederick Wil
liam, Crown Prince of Germany.
The French government may send war
ships over to participate in the exercises
when the Rochambeau statue is dedicated
in Washington.
The Lower House of the Danish Parlia
ment approved the treaty for the sale of
the Danish West Indies to the United
States.
The failure is announced of Lord
Fr ancis Hope, of England, he petitioning
creditors' claim being 4,000.
lfo:r Commandant Menlz, with his
men, broke through a British blockhouse
line at Gothenburg.
The North German Lloyd announced
an increase of 10 per cent, in steerage
rates.
Mr. Brodrick, the war secretary, an
nounced in Parliament that General
Mcthuen, captured wounded hy the
Boers, had been released by General I)e
larey. Timothy Healy, Irish National
ist, suggested that the government show
equal magnanimity to Commandant
Kritzinger.
Members of the councils of South
ampton and Batterseahorough. England,
oppose appropriations for coronation
festivities, two couniilincn of Battersea
declaring that the King was a mere fig
urehead, and it did not matter which in
dividual occupied the throne.
The Snanish Cabinet resigned, and
Premier Sngasta declined the Queen Re
gent's invitation to form a new one. to
include all the sections of the Liberal
parly.
Financial.
Pock I -.land lias declared regular quar
terly dividend of i;4 per cent., payable
Mav 1.
The principal movements of currency
this week indicate that the banks have
lost $6,02'80O.
Pennsylvania Railroad new bonds are
quoted at 100 to 14. $70,000 changed
hands at 106 and interest.
The directors of the United Shoe Ma
chine Company have declared a regular
quarterly dividend of I '4 per cent, on
preferred and 3 per cent, on common
stock, payable April 15.
American Agricultural Chemical has
declared the regular semi-annual divi
dend of 3 per cent, on the preferred
stock, payable April 1.
Lyman J. Gage, president of the Union
Trust Company, of New York, has been
elected a director of the Chicago Title
& Trust Company.
It is said that there arc no plans under
consideration looking to an immediate1
issue of new stock by the American Tel
ephone Si Telegraph Company.
Pittsburg reports that contracts have
been made for 100,000 tons of bar steel
at $30 a ton, or $1,000,000 worth, which
will very nearly fill the mills for the re
mainder of the year, and that the price
is now raised to $32 a ton.
BIG BLIZZARD IN .
THE NORTHWEST
Transcontinental Trains Snow-Bound
00 Three Lines.
ALL BUSINESS AT A STANDSTILL.
Every El fort I Be I Of Msdt by the Road to
Keep Its Passtniers Who Art Snowbound
Warm and Well Fed, and lor This Reason
Trains Are Belnf Held at Stations Where
(he Accommodations Ara flood.
St. Paul, Minn., (Special). North Da
kota and the Canadian Northwest are ex
periencing the worst snowstorm in many
years and railroad traffic is practically
paralyzed. The Northern Pacific and
Great Northern have not moved a wheel
for nearly 36 hours in the blizzard-stricken
district and have abandoned all efforts
to run trains until the fury of the storm
abates.
The high wind has piled the snow in
the mountains and packed it in solid
masses, many deep cuts being entirely
filled. The temperature has been grad
ually falling and is now at or below the
zero mark. Not a trans-continental train
has arrived at St. Paul since Friday, and
none is expected for several days. Every
effort is being made by Ihc road to keep
its passengers who arc snowbound warm
and well fed. For this reason trainr, arc
being held at stations where the accom
modations arc good rather than attempt
to get them through, with a possibility
of being tied up between stations. The
Red River Valley division of the North
ern Pacific between Frankfort' and Win
nipeg. Manitoba, has been entirely aban
doned. The telegraph wires have been
carried dow n by the burden of sleet that
preceded the heavy snowfall.
The Great Northern is tieil up entirely
between Grand Forks and Williston, N.
D., a distance of about 35 miles, and all
wires have been lost beyond Fargo. All
communication by wire with Western
Dakota and Montana points has been
lost.
Hie branch of the Great Northern run
ning to. Winnipeg is also tied up. No
trains have been started northward since
Friday night, and those that were Caught
out on the road hy the storm have been
held at the station near the border.
Winnipeg is reported entirely cut off
from railroad communication with the
outside world. The Canadian Pacific
trans-continental trains arc snowbound
somewhere west of there and no prospect
of relief is yet in sight.
M'KINLEV MEMORIAL CERTIFICATE
It Is a Fine Piece ol Work, Nine by Eleven
Inches In Size.
Cleveland, Ohio (Special). At a
meeting of the executive committee of
the Nat'onal McKinlcy Memorial Asso
ciation, held here, the design for the
contributors' certificate submitted bv a
New York firm was accented nnH nm-1i
other business of a routine nature trans
acted. The certificate will be printed
irom engraved plates upon fine card
board, suitable for framing. The de
sign is very handsome, being 9 by '11
itU'hoS 111 n'tVf In -wlslt.wx., . L ....-Alt
... ........ u,,,tl17l, lw iiic mimi
work it contains a fine picture of the
late rresuicnt, the White House and
the McKinlcy home at Canton.
1 he report of the treasurer, Mvron
T. Herrick, showed that the fund" for
the monument is rapidly increasing, the
contributions received during February
being larger than for any month since
the organization of the association.
The following members of the execu
tive committee were present at the meet
ing: Judge William R. Day, Canton;
George B. Cortelyou. Washington; Win.
A. Lynch, Canton, Ohio; William Mc
Conwav. Pittsliuro-: Rvrrsnn Rit.-hi
Cleveland. '
Judge Confesses He Is a Defaulter.
Utica, N. Y. (Special.) John D. F.
Stone, a prominent lawyer and until a
year ago judge of the City Court of this
city, appeared before Supreme Court
JiMice Scripture, at the Justice's cham
bers in Rome, and announced that he
was a defaulter in the sum of $5,000 in
the moneys of the Thomas L. Kingslcy
estate, of this city. He told the Justice
that there was no way in which he could
make restitution and asked to be com
mitted to prison to expiate his crime.
Justice Scripture refused to do this. He
adjourned the matter for 30 days and re
quested that Stone make an effort to
have someone indorse bis note and make
good the money which was due.
Chatham Swept by Fire.
Danville, Va., (Special). Fire broke
out in the store of J. P. Hunt, at Chat
ham, the county seat of Pittsylvania, and
spread with such rapidity that $20,000
worth of property was swept away in a
few hours. The losses are: J. P. Hunt,
$5.5: J- E. Lanier's storehouse, $800;
dwelling house of Mrs. Sallie M. Coles,
$1,000; Hotel Bennett and stables,
$7,000; two stores of W. R. Fitzgerald,
value not stated, and several small dwell
ings. The town is without a fire depart
ment and the people were powerless to
do anything to check the flames.
Would Delay (he Treaty.
Copenhagen, (Special). The president
of the Landsthing, Dr. Matzen, who is
opposed to the sale of the Danish West
Indies to the United States, seems in
clintd to delay consideration of the
treaty. He has called the first meeting
of the Landsthing for April 10. The
press criticises his attitude on the ground
that the delay is considered discourteous
to the United States. It is thought that
1 few of the President's own party will
support the government, thus insuring
the ratification of the treaty without a
plebiscite by a small majority.
Op:n Switch Caused Wreck.
Knox, Ind., (Special). The west
bound Nickel-Plate passenger train due
here at 2.50 P. M. ran into an open
switch, resulting in a disastrous wreck.
Three persons were severely injured.
The train was running at high speed
when it collided with a number of freight
cars that were standing on a side track.
The baggage coach was torn to pieces,
and the engine and six freight cars were
piled in a heap, which was completely
destroyed by fire.
Sazasta Keeps In Power.
Madrid (By Cable). Queen Regent
Maria Cristina has commissioned Pre
mier Sagasta to form a new Cabinet.
She called upon Senor Sagasta to re
construct the ministry only after she
found it impossible to induce the sec
tional leaders to attempt the formation
of a coalition Cabinet. '
Another Rockefeller OilU
Liberty , Mo., (Special). John D.
R'oi'li'pfl'lle r has nflVrp,! tr, nr ...
the endowment fund of William Jewell
foil, 'LSI rirnviih'fl &7Enra a,1rl,M,.n.,l
raised by January I, 1903. College of-
nciais say tnc $100,000 will be obtained.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
For Three New States.
The House Committee on Territories
favorably reported a bill providing
Statehood for the Territories of Okla
homa, New Mexico and Arizona.
It is the intention of the members of
this committee, when the bill is consid
ered in the House, to change the name
of the Territory of New Mexico. This
is not provided for in the bill, but an
amendment will be offered to that effect.
Representative William S. Knox, chair
man of the committee, is among those
who believe that the name should be
changed. He docs not think that any
State in the Union should bear a name
identified with that of any Latin country
upon the Western Hemisphere. Several
suggestions have been made regarding a
new name, but none has yet been agreed
upon. Among the names mentioned are
"Montezuma" and "Lincoln." The lat
ter favorably impresses many members
oftfic committee.
The bill will embrace the three Ter
ritories, taking the place of a separate
bill for each.
New Chinese Legation Home.
The Chinese Imperial Government will
have a legation building of its own in
Washington.
Before Minister Wu Ting-fang was
accredited to this country the legation
occupied a massive brownstone building
on Columbia Heights. The present Min
ister's taste ran to white stone, and look
ing around for a residence he obtained
the beautiful and massive stone structure
at the southeast corner of Eighteenth and
Q streets. Deeds were placed on record
conveying property at the northeast cor
ner of Nineteenth street extended and
Vernon avenue from Julia T. Peck and
A. M. Ely to the Chinese Government
for a legation site. The price paid was
$15.-0.
There recently has been a boom among
legations in this direction. The French
Government bought one of the finest
pieces of property in the city for a new
embassy and plans for the building are
now being prepared in Paris by one of
the national architects. For a while there
was talk of other legations clubbing to
gether and building separate buildings
upon an entire block.
To Retain Census Clerks.
By a vote of 5 to 4 the House Com
mittee 011 Census directed that the bill,
drawn hy Representative Hay, of Vir-'
ginia, be reported, amending section 5
of the recently passed permanent Census
act, by peremptorily placing all of the
employees of the Census Office who were
on the rolls on March 7, 1902, except
imsMiicu. j.iDorcrs, in the classified serv
ice. 1 he purpose of the measure is to re
tain in the government service the large
number of census employees who would
be discharged tinder the construction
which the executive branch of the gov
ernment has placed on section 5 of the
new act.
Pure-Food Legislation.
Jay Miller, of Chicago, concluded his
statement on pure-food legislation be
fore the House Committee on Com
merce, and Robert H. Moses, of New
York, spoke for the National Confec
tioners' Association in favor of a pure
candy provision.
Mr. Miller held that stringent national
legislation was not necessary, as the
States were regulating the matter, but
if there is to be Federal law, he argued,
it should be confined to the prevention
of transportation of deleterius arti
cles. Mr. Moses said the confectionery
clause of the Hepburn bill is satisfactory
to the confectionery interests.
Hosiery and Knit floods.
The Census Bureau has issued the fol
lowing preliminary report regarding the
manufacture of hosiery and knit goods
111 the United States in 1900, with per
centage of increase since 1890. Number
of establishments 921, increase 16 per
cent.; capital $81,800,604, increase 62 per
cent.; wage-earners, average number
83,387. increase 40 per cent. ; total wages
$24,338,627, increase 47 per cent.; mis
cellaneous expense $6,599,865, increase
82 per cent.; cost of materials used $51,
071.859, increase 42 per cent.; value of
products $95,482,566, increase 42 per
cent.
Red Albumen" lor Hens.
The Postofficc Department issued a
fraud order against the United States
Salyx Company, of New Concord, O.,
to prevent that concern using the mails
in connection with an alleged scheme to
defraud farmers and others in the sale
to them of a mixture "guaranteed to
make hens lay more eggs in the winter,"
The company advertised a "red al
bum," which, it was alleged, would do
the work. Samples of the stuff were
analyzed by the Department of Agricul
ture. The egg food, it is said, proved
to be nothing more than oxide of iron,
or ordinary red paint.
Printers Complain ol Ruling.
A committee of representatives of
printing crafts talked with the President
and handed him a memorial requesting
that the ruling of the Postoftice Depart
ment barring from the mails certain
publications issued annually, semi-annually
and quarterly, be set aside. They
stated that they represented 1,000 firms,
employing 100,000 persons, and that the
ruling was a great hardship. The Pres
ident took the matter under advise
ment. Cavile Marines to Be Relieved.
Washington. The Navy Department
has made arrangements to have . ballal
ion of marines go to Cavite. P. I., to re
lieve the present battalion, which has
been there for some time. Major. Paul
St. C. Murphy will be in command of the
detachment until its si-rival at Guam,
where he will assume command of the
marine barracks.
Two Civil War Monitors Sold.
Senator McComas. of Maryland, in
troduced a bill authorizing the refund
ing of internal revenue taxes paid on leg
acies and bequests of a religious, lit
erary, charitable or educational charac
ter, or for the encouragement of art un
der the War Revenue Act. , .
Check on Gambling by Wire.
Representative Gillett, of Massachu
setts, introduced a bill to "protect State
anti-gambling laws from nullification
through interstate gambling by tele
graph. Capital News In General.
Representative Gillett introduced a bill
to protect State antigamhling laws from
nullification through interstate gambling
The bill prohibits the sending of dis
patches designed to promote poolselling,
hookmaking, etc.
Secretary Hay wrote a letter to Rep
resentative Hitt stating that the Stale
Department had not refused to grant
passports to Dr. Thomas and his wife
for their mission to South Africa.
Representative Cochran made a fierce
attack in the House on Secretary Hay
for standing in the way of the Dr.
Thomas mission to the Boers in the con
centration camps in South Africa.
BRITISH TROOPS
THROWN INTO PANIC
Lord Kitchener Sends More Details of
Metbuen's Defeat.
GEN. DELAREY A CHIVALROUS FOE
It Is Confirmed That Most ol tbe Boer
Wore British Khaki Uniforms Many of
Them Also Wore British Badges Even at
Close Quarters They Coold Not Be Dlstln
fuisbed From the English Troops,
London, (By Cable). The War Of
fice has received the following communi
cation from Lord Kitchener, at Pretoria:
"Lord M"cthiicn has sent me a staff of
ficer with a dictated dispatch, from which
it appears that certain particulars pre
viously given arc inaccurate. The rear
screen of mounted troops was rushed and
overwhelmed at dawn. There was a gap
of a mile between the ox and the mule
convoys. The mounted supports to the
rear of the screen, with General Mcth
uen, immediately reinforced by all the
available mounted troops and a section
of the Thirty-eighth Battery, maintained
themselves for an hour in the kral in
which the convoys were close upon with
out disorder.
"In the meanwhile 200 infantry were
being disposed by Lord Methucn to re
sist the Boer attack, which was out
flanking the left of the rear guard. The
Boers pressed that attack hard, and the
mounted troops, attempting to fall back
on the infantry, got completely out of
hand, carrying away with them in the
rout the bulk of the infantry. Two
guns of the Thirty-eighth Battery were
thus left unprotected, but continued in
action until every man, with the excep
tion of Lieutenant Neshan, was hit.
Lieutenant Neshan was called on to sur
render, and upon refusing to do so was
killed.
"Lord Methucn. with 200 of the North
umberland Fusileers and two guns of the
Fourth Battery, then found himself iso
lated, but held on for three hours. Dur
ing this period the remaining infantry,
namely, too of the Lancashires, with
some 40 mounted men, mostly Cape po
lice, who had occupied the kraal near the
wagons, also continued to hold out
against the repeated attacks of the Boers.
"Ry this time Lord Mcthuen was
wounded and the casualties were exceed
ingly great among his men. Their am
munition was mostly expended and the
surrender was made at about 9.30 in the
morning.
"The party in the kraal still held out
and did not give in until two guns and a
pompon vere brought to bear upon them
at about 10 o'clock, making their position
untenable.
"It is confirmed that most of the Boers
wore our khaki uniforms. Many also
wore our badges. Even at close quar
ters they could not be distinguished from
our own men.
"It is clear the infantry fought well
and the artillery kent tin the tradition nf
the regiment. In addition to the 40 mem
bers oj tnc Cape police already men
tioned, a few parties of imperial yeo
manry and Cape police continued to hold
their ground after the panic had swept
the bulk of the mounted troops off the
field."
LYDDITE A BOOMERANTJ.
Friendly Vessels Almost as Much in Danger
as the Enemy.
London, (By Cable). The cxtiaordi
nary effect of lyddite is revealed hy the
statement that in the recent experiments
with the hulk of the old battleship Belle
Isle shells containing that cx;.!isive re
fracted fragments upon the attacking ves
sels, which were 300 yards distant. Other
fragments dropped close to a gunboat
situated 2,000 yards abeam of the line of
fire.
The deduction drawn is that when lyd
dite is used there is danger for a friendly
vessel at least 2.000 yards away.
The Outlook compares lyddite with a
boomerang and points out that to be of
any service it must be dropped right on
board a hostile vessel, as "if the pro
jectile does not hit the right place it will
fly back and slay the slayer.
American Ladles Entertain Chinese.
Pekin. (By Cable). Mrs. Conger,
wife of the United States minister here,
assisted by the ladies of the American
legation and of the mission cninrtnir,H
at Tiffin 11 princesses and ladies of the
court. This departure from the exclu
siveness of the Chinese court is quite
unprecedented. The Dowager Empress
sent her greetings and expressed the hope
that the kindly relations established will
remain unbroken.
Automatic River Qaugc.
Chattanooga, Tcnn., (Special). Cable
and other supplies have arrived in this
city for the construction of the test au
tomatic river gauge, which is to be placed
in the Tennessee river here by Observer
W. M. Fulton, of the Knoxville station.
It will be the first gauge of the kind ever
constructed, and the workings will be
tested for a year before attempting gen
eral introduction by the government.
Battle With Bradits.
Bowling Green, O., (Special). Bar-leaded
in his house, John Dries, a wealthy
farmer of this county, two sons and sev
eral farmers who had come to their as
sistance, fought a battle with rifles with
several men who had attempted to rob
Dries of money. The sheriff and two
deputies, all heavily armed, arrived later,
and the would-be robbers were driven
off without booty. The bandits ex
changed shot for shot with the men in
tiie house.
McKlolcy Monument Tund.
Chi c.igo, III., (Special). Alexander
H. Rcvell, chairman of the Illinois Aux
iliary of the McKinlcy Memorial Asso
ciation, reports contributions to the mon
ument fund to date amounting to $33,003,
an increase of $2,446 over the previous
statement.
Orphan Asylum Dr.ttiegcd by Fire.
Denver, Col., (Special). St. Vincent's
Orphan Asylum, situated in the northern
part of the city, was badly damaged by
fire. There were 200 orphans in the in
stitution, All we're rescued unharmed.
Earthquake In New Jersey.
New York, (Special). William A.
Eddy, a weather observer, of Bayonne,
N. J., reported that a slight earthquake
shock was noticeable in Bayonne. The
vibrations were recorded on his seismo
graphs, but were only 6lightly perceptible
to residents. The tremor was the fourth
this month.
W hen White Will Retire.
Berlin, (By Cable). With expressions
of regret the newspapers here print u
dispatch from Washington to the effect
that Andrew D. White, the American
ambassador to Germany, will retire next
November.
BLOODY IN COLOMBIA.
loiurgenls Showed Desperaf Valor la AfU
Dulc Battle.
Panama, (By Cable). The govern
ment Generals Castro and Ortiz arrived
here from the Agua Dulc campaign and
received one of the most enthusiastic
welcomes ever witnessed in Panama.
The crowds in the streets leading to
the railroad station made traffic almost
impassable. Cheers for the generals were
deafening.
Referring to the engagement at Agua
Dulce, February 20, General Castro said
that the government troops, numbering
800 men, were attacked by 3,000 revolu
tionists. On the third day of the fighting
both drinking water and ammunition in
Agua Dulce became scarce, and General
Castro ordered his troops to retreat. To
do this the government forces had to
break through the rebel lines.
General Castro says he knows positive
ly that of the forces under the revolu
tionary General Hcrrera over 700 were
killed or wounded. He characterized the
bravery of the revolutionists as some
thing extraordinary. Many of them were
killed within three fcrt of the entrench
ments. The survivors of General Castro's
army traveled 300 miles in crossing the
Andes from Agua Dulce to Bocas del
Toro. Many of his men died on this
march.
PHILIPPINES FOR FILIPINOS.
The Chinese Are to Be Barred From Our
Insular Possessions.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Senate Committee on Immigration
agreed to report the Chinese exclusion
bill, known as the Mitchcll-Kahn meas
ure. It is substantially the same as the
modified bill submitted by the Pacific
coast committee, only a few verbal cor
rections having been made.
A point which occasioned much con
sideration by the commission was wheth
er or not Chinese should be excluded
from the Philippines, or whether the
whole question should he left to the
Philippine commission. The committee
agreed to retain the provision of abso
lute exclusion, taking the ground that
the United Slates wanted to retain the
Philippines for the Filipinos, and that
the latter were as much opposed to the
admission of Chinese as were the Ameri
cans. Another section of the bill about
which the committee debated at length
was that of excluding Chinese sailors
from ships of American register. This
provision also was retained in the bill,
but with a proviso to the effect that in
case of accident, stress of weather or
serious illness the captain of a vessel may
ship a Chinese crew for the voyage upon
which he may have entered.
The provisions regarding the privilege
of transit of Chinese across the United
States arc changed in phraseology, but
remain practically the same in effect.
There arc also verbal changes in the pro
vision concerning the detention of Chi
nese who seek entry at American ports,
and the following penalty is provided for
failure to observe this provision :
"Every person bound under this sec
tion to detain a Chinese person who
shall rcTFuse or wilfully neglect promptly
to perform such duty shall be deemed
guilty of a felony, and on conviction shall
be punished by a fine of not less than
$1,000 nor more than $5,000. or by im
prisonment for a term not less than one
year, or by both such fine and imprison
ment." The paragraph concerning the return
of Chinese is changed so as to read as
follows :
"The duty of returning said Chinese
person is hereby imposed on the master,
owner, consignee or agent of the vessel,
and on the railway corporation, its gen
eral officers and agents, and on the own
ers or general officers and agents of other
transportation lines or modes of convey
ance, collectively mid severally, bringing
him to the port at which entry is denied
him or aiding him thither."
Gen. Jose Rnmiro: Killed.
Panama. Colombia (By Cable). It is
reported here that during the attack of
the revolutionists on Agua Dulce, Feb
ruary -K), Gen. Jose Antonio Ramiroz
was killed. His death is deplored by
the liberals, as he was one of their best
leaders. News has also been received
here that during the retreat of the gov
ernment troops under General Castro
from Agua Dulce, he defeated 300 revo
lutionists under General Lorenzo, who
tried to stop him.
ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEWS.
The Colombian revolutionists had 32
officers killed in recent engagements. The
government troops suffered teri'ibly from
impure drinking water while at Agua
Dulce.
The bankers' commission at Pekin ac
cepted the February instalment of the
Chinese indemnity, greatly to the satis
faction of the representatives of Ihc pow
ers. James Dick, the so-called "Rubber
King," who died at Glasgow, bequeathed
$500,000 to his employes and the balance
of his fortune to charities.
Portuguese government troops at
tacked seven strongholds of slave traders
near Pemba Bay, Portuguese East Af
rica, and liberated 700 slaves.
The town of Tchengeri. Asia Minor,
was destroyed by an earthquake and 4
persons killed and 100 injured.
In another fight between "Russian
troops and 'funguses in Manchuria 200
of the latter were killed.
The board of directors of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company authorized
the issue of $50,000,000 worth of deben
tures to add to the road's equipment and
construct the tunnel under' North river
at New Vork.
At New York Col. R. C. dowry, vice
president mid general superintendent of
the Western Union Telegraph Company,
was elected president, succeeding Thos.
T. Eckert, retired.
Ex-Guv. .'.)lir. ! Alltreld died at Jo
het, 111., of cerebral hemorrhage. He
was the principal ..peaker at the pro
Boer meeting Tuesday night in the Jo
het theater.
Charles D. Thompson, ex-suprcnic
finance-keeper of Supreme Tent, Knights
01 .loucaiiees. was ntrer.teu at l'ort Hu
ron, Mich., charged with embezzlement.
A report was made by Lieutenant
Shoemaker of the disastrous trip of the
marines under Major Waller across the
Island of Samar.
The steamer City of Providence cap
sized in the Mississippi river at Davis
Bend and at people were drowned.
A thief got into Rev. Dr. Peters'
house, in New York, and secured the
clergyman's overcoat.
Emperor William sent another cable-,
gram expressing his appreciation of the
hearty reception accorded to Prince
Henry.
The trouble growing out of the colli
sion bet went the American sailors and the
Russian soldiers at Newchwang was
settled by an apology made by the Rus
sian commandant to Captaiu Barry, of'
the Vickslmrj.
The cl',ts.:nia5tcr' tournament In
Mor:to Carlo was ended, Maroczy, of
Hungary, winning ihn first prize, and
PilUbury, the American, the second
priic.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Tbe Latest Happeninfg Oledned From
All Sources.
FLOODS RESULT IN MANY SUITS.
Twenty Berks County Farmers Claim Dannies,
Declaring Aloof th Schuylkill Were Ruined
Deep Deposit of Coal Dirt High Wlodi
Causes Flames to Spread Rapidly at Skip
pack Amputated a Thigh In 58 Seconds.
These patents were granted Pennsyl
vanians: Cyrus M. Carnaham, Alle
gheny, car truck ; Ulysus G. Crampton,
Tyrone, soap holder for shaving cups ;
George II. Fcrnald, North East, thill
coupling; Frank L. Fleishman, Alle
gheny, calculating machine; Matthew
Griswold, Jr., Erie, tumbling machine;
John W. Househerger, Pittsburg, door
strip; Washington D. Keyes, Kittanning,
apparatus for delivering glass; John H.
Koons, Waynesboro, lifting jack; Wm.
J. McCauslin, New Castle, hominy hull
er and washer; John Metcalfe and T.
Bell, Roscoc, thread holder; Jesse R.
Oakley, Homestead, wood working ma
chine; Robert S. Pollard, Pittsburg, de
vice for operating blast furnace snort
valves; William Rohrbacher and R.
Wcddell, Duqucsnc, combination coffee
and tea pot; Harry R. Rose, Allegheny,
fire door; Noah Q. Speer, Pittsburg,
sand drier; Fritz O. Stromborg, Pitts
burg, feed table for sheet rolls; James
IJ. Swindell. Pittsburg, conveyor for roll
ing mills; William White, Jr., Pittsburg,
manufacture of steel ; John A. Wright,
Irwin, and W. F. O'Neill, Wilkinsburg,
knife switch.
Pennsylvania pensions: Adam Wach
ter. West View, $f; John B. Parshall,
Erie, $6; John B. Henderson, Washing
Ion. $30; Stephen Pipes, Van Burcn, $12;
William Wartcrs, Mansfield. $14; John
Russell. Clearfield, $6; Thomas R.
Rhodes. East Stroudsburg. $8; Wm. C.
Hudson. Anghwick Mill, $12; William
. Bailey. West Covington, $12; Matilda
Craig, Pittsburg. ?8; Emilia Gulentz,
Braddock, $8; Elizabeth Sutler, Fry
bnrg, $8; James M. Mitchell, Browns
ville, fi2; Margaret Grabill, Imler, $12;
minor of Peter L. Potter, Albion, $14;
minor of John G. Rcuze, Pittsburg, $10;
Charlotte R. Nason, Fairview, ?8; Mary
Williams, Scottdale, $8; Julia A. Beam
cr, Lemoyne, $12.
James Ling. Pittsburg. $12; Samuel
T. Bowen, Pittsburg. $6; Samuel R.
Banks. Beaver, $6; Walker Bargesser,
Pittsburg. $8; Robert Donaldson, Pitts
burg. $12; Samuel Lines. Spartansburg,
$12: John D. Sneidel, Mt. Holly Spring.
$8; George I lite. Poplar Run, $17:
Henry H. Forrest, Jamestown, $10; Mat
thew J. Andrews. Milledgeville, $12;
William Olinger, Banksville, $12; Silas
Chapman. Wayncsburg, $12; Henry
Houts, Lindenhall, $14 ; Elizabeth Gates,
St. Petersburg, $8; Elizabeth Ross. Pitts
ville. $8: Sarah Mountain, Meadvillc. $8;
Sarah A. Camp, Allegheny, 8; Ellen
Hicks, Huntington, $8. .
Twenty suits for damages have been
entered by Berks county farmers who
own lowland between Reading and the
Montgomery county line against the
Reading Coal and Iron Company and
the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com
pany. All declare their meadows were
ruined during the late freshet by deposits
of two to four feet of coal dirt and
black mud. It is asserted that hundreds
of acres of the most fertile land in the
Schuylkill Valley have been rendered .
valueless by these denosits, and the loss
aggregates nearly half a million dollars.
Many of the sufferers are truckers and
they declare that their business has been
destroyed by these coal dirt deposits.
At all of the collieries throughout the
Lackawanna Valley notices were posted
announcing that the rate, of wages now
in effect will be continued until April 1,
KJ03, and thereafter, subject to a sixty
day notice. There is no general feeling
in favor of a strike among the men in
this region. Work has been steadier dur
ing the year than at any time within
wenty years, and the average pay drawn
p;very two weeks the best in the same
period.
For some lime workmen have been
drilling for an artesian well on the nron-
crty of the Citizens' Ice Company, of Al
toona. Friday oil was found after the
well had been sunk to the depth of 2.48
feet. The drilling has since been con
tinued and the oil's flow is becoming
more pronounced. This is the first oil
that has been discovered in this part of
Pennsylvania.
FVrnr hams were destroyed by fire and
two houses damaged at Skippack. The
fire broke out in the barn of William
Stephen, and the flames were soon car
ried by the high winds to Christian
Stcigner's ham, and in a short time both
buildings were in ashes. The fire con
tinued to snread. destroying the barns
of M. H. Ziegler and Mrs. Mary Ber
tolet. " The County Commissioners agreed on
a division of the $5,000 reward for the
capture of the Biddies. The Pittsburg
detectives will get $950 each. Frank
Holliday, who first recognized the fugi
tives, gets $650; J. G. Snyder, the liv
eryman who drove in pursuit, receives
$450, while the Butler county deputies
who participated receive sums ranging
from $200 to $275 each.
Raymond Harnett, alias Hamilton, was
arrested at Pottsville, charged with big
amy, and was committed to jail in de
fault of $1,000 bail. It is alleged that he
married Miss Louise Bacam, of this
nlace, last year. A woman from Orange.
N. J., who says she is his wife, caused
his arrest.
The Royersford Electric Railway Com
pany has completed its route from Rov
ersford to Collegeville. As soon as the
weather is favorable the company will
commence building the lUie. vjhich will
connect with the Norristowu system at
Collegeville.
Mrs. Samuel Nace, wife of a West
Rockhill township farmer, killed n full
grown fox of the gray species with a
shotgun in the poultry yard of their
home, near Argus. .
At the State Hospital for Injured
Miners, Ashland, Dr. Biddlc, chief sur
geon, in the presence of forty other sur
geons, amputated the thigh of an injured
miner in fifty-eight seconds.
'By reason of an epidemic of diphtheria
at Richland, nine miles eajit of Lebanon,
the public schools were closed. More
than twenty children are down with the
disease.
A week ago Mrs. Mary Devine, of Mt
Carmel, opened a boil on her neck bv
scratching it with her finger nails, Blood
poisoning net in and she died.
At the point of a revolver a tramp
compelled Mrs. ticorge Hardy, of Ches
ter, to hand over all the money fcie )a,j
in the house.
District Attorney Groff ordered sev
eral palmists and fortune-tellers in Lan.
caster to close their establishments.
A six-year-old son of C. G. Holliuger
of Elm, was caught' by a shaft at the
flour mill of D. M. Hiestand, Lancaster
and the boy was whirWiJ Around uikI so
badly injured that his death i$ expvcU-d.