V
THREE MEN DEAD,
SEVEN WOUNDED
Kt Battle With a Sheriff's Posse In
Alabama.
DEADLY AIM OF WILLIAM REYNOLDS
Barricaded Himself la a House and Held
t Bay With tlii Winchester a Crowd
f a Thousand Men Until He Was Farced
Out By Flames From a Neighboring
Hons
Tuscumbia, Ala., (Special). Three
tnen are dead, three mortally wounded
and four seriously wounded as the re
ult of Sheriff Gassaway's attempt to ar
rest "Will" Reynolds a desperate negro.
All the casualties, except the death
of Reynolds himself, arc the result of
the deadly fire of the black desperado
with a 45-caliber Winchester ride. The
negro in his turn was riddled with bul
lets and thrown into a fire.
Sheriff Gassaway went to a negro set
tlement, "Kinardtown," to arrest Will
Reynolds for obtaining goods under false
pretenses. The officer was met by the
negro, who opened fire with his ritle,
wounding the Sheriff, and immediately
fired upon the deputy, "Will" Gassaway,
who was some 300 yards away, mortally
wounding him.
la a short time every man in Tuscum
tia who could get a gun went to the
scene. Owing to the location none
dared to venture within the open space
in front of Reynolds' house. Dynamite
was procured and the house in which
the negro was barricaded was fired tipon,
but to no effect.
At t o'clock Captain Simpson, of the
Wheeler Rifles, arrived with 12 guns and
1,000 cartridges, which were distributed
to 12 picked men. This company was
stationed around the house and riddled
it, but the negro had taken refuge in the
cellar. He returned the fire, killing
Jones and wounding Finney. Coal oil
was then procured, and, after four hours
of hard work, the houses adjoining that
in which the negro was located, were
fired.
About 8 o'clock the house in which
the negro was besieged was fired by the
Wheeler Rifles, who had arrived on the
scene. The negro took refuge in a shed
and opened fire again, killing Wallace
and wounding Davis. But in a short
time residents and militiamen riddled
the negro.
The crowd, which had increased to
1.000 persons, grabbed the body and
threw it in the burning building. Wal
lace, who was killed, was closing in on
the negro, who shot him through the
body. His body fell in the burning de
bris, hut was recovered. Davis, Wallace
and Falkncr were the men who fired the
building.''
BLIND MEN FORM A COMBINE.
They Employ Attorneys to Secure JICO Each
From tbe State.
Toledo, Ohio. (Special). A unique
combination has been formed by the in
digent blind men of this city, numbering
IS persons. Their object is to obtain
$100, which every needy blind man is
entitled to by act of Legislature, from
the County Commisisoners. Attorneys
have been employed by the combination
to lay the matter before the City Coun
cil, and if necessary, take it into the
courts. The $100 has never been paid,
and the individual efforts of the blind
men have proved ineffectual, hence the
pooling of their interests.
Under the act the trustees of every
township are required to certify to the
County Commisisoners the number of
blind men in the township in need of as
sistance. The Commisioners are then
required to make a levy to meet the obli
gations. Wages of 2.000 Men Increased.
Pittsburg, ("Special). The structural
iron and bridge workers, o: whom there
are a.ooo in the Pittsburg district, will be
granted an increase in wages amounting
to 25 per cent, and an eight-hour day
after May I. The decision is a result
of the visit here of Joshua Hatfield, of
New York, president of the American
Bridge Co. at Pencoyd, and his con
ference with D. F. Mclntyre. secretary
of the International Association of
Bridge and Structural Iron Workers.
The concession will probably prevent a
strike, which, it is said, would have in
volved New York, Chicago and other
large cities.
Rcpe Industry In Danger.
London, (By Cable). The English
ropemakers will shortly submit to the
Foreign Office protesting against the ac
tion of Congress in abolishing the ex
port duty on Manila hemp shipped direct
to the United States, but enforcing the
tax on hemp shipped to other countries.
This discrimination, the English rope
makers say, entails on them an extra
cost of .to shillings (about $7.50) a ton,
leaving them on a "most unequal footing
as competitors with the United States."
The ropemakers state that "the Ameri
can action constitutes a grave menace to
trade."
Held a Pistol to Her Head.
Carlisle. Pa., (Special). At an early
hour in the morning Miss Kate Swartz,
who conducts a small store in Worms
leysbuig. this county, awoke and found
a masked man in her bedroom. He
placed a pistol to her head and ordered
her to keep quiet, while an accomplice
robbed the store below. For an hour
he remained, and after his departure it
was found that cigars, bananas and
money had been taken from the store.
The only other person in the house was
an older sister of Miss Swart, whose
door was tied shut, and who was not
awakened by the noise.
Wreck 00 Grand Trunk Line.
Lansing. Mich., (Special. While an
cast-bound Grand Trunk passenger train
was passing through Millrtts, a tank sta
tion, seven miles west of here, the rear
coach and the Pullman sleeper were
thrown off the track. One person was
killed and five were injured.
Forty Vessels Missing.
Yokohamo, (By Cable). Forty ves
sels have been reported missing since the
rtorm of April ,1, and there have un
doubtedly been many fatalities at sea.
Jury System Abolished In Cuba,
Havana (Special). The jury system
in police courts throughout the island
has been abolished by the Secretary of
Justice. The Atidcncia Courts asked for
the abolition of the system, as it had
proved to be a failure.
Aa Artiat Ha 3; j lllns:lf.
Paris (By Cable). F. H. Kaommcr
er, an artist, committed suicide here in
, his studio by hanginc He wai a suc-
vrssful eibibitor at the Salon and a
- Chevalier of the Lcrion of il.mnr. Mis
auuide is attributed to private tntublcs.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
The wife of policeman McNcrnic, of
Norfolk, Va., was sent to jail on charges
of obtaining clothing by talse pretenses.
Andy Minor, colored, was arrested in
Newport News, Va., on the charge of
causing the death of his uncle.
Gen. Fitzhugh Lee announced that lie
is not a candidate to become minister to
Cuba or consul gcncraL
John B. Scott, of Richmond, Va.,
drank a wineglassful of carbolic acid
and died from the effects.
The remains of Major General Wm.
B. Whipple were buried in Arlington
Cemetery.
The officials of the Atlantic City Fire
and Police Departments have not yet ex
actly determined the origin of the great
fire. They arc of the opinion that it
started in the rear of the Tarlton Hotel,
but whether from the explosion of a
gasoline stove or an overheated kitchen
range is not definite. There is also a
theory that crossed electric wires may
have started the blaze.
F.loise. the seven-year-old daughter of
Mrs. Ella J. Furbusli. of Philadelphia,
who was shot by William H. Lane, col
ored, when the latter killed Mrs. Fur
bush and anotiier daughter, is dead.
Lane was convicted of murder in the
first degree after a quick trial.
The bill of complaint in the suit of
the State of Minnesota against J. J. Hill,
individually and as president of the
Northern Securities Company, was
served upon him at St. Paul.
Former premier of British Colombia
declares that at a meeting of Clan-na-Gael
in San Francisco a plot was hatched
to blow up the naval docks and fortress
at Esquimault.
There was a celebration at Manila
over the arrival of the steamer Peru
from San Francisco, the first direct
American mail steamer to reach Ma
nila. Senator Hanna and others of promi
nence made addresses at the closing
day's session of the Good Roads Con
vention, in Charlottesville. Va.
James H. Barr, of Winchester, Va.,
victim of cancer, cut his throat with a
razor to end his sufferings by death.
A landslide caused a freight wreck
at Cragdell, Pa., in which two men were
killed and one seriously wounded.
C. E. Coxc, a promoter of zinc prop
erties, committed suicide in a hotel in
Knoxville, 'lenn.
There have been I.40 cases of cholera
and 115 deaths from the disease at Ma
nila to date. i ' "
The Wilson memorial fund for Wash
ington and Lee University has been en
tirely raised.
Thomas Earlv, the negro who crimi
nally assaulted Miss Perry at Ryland, N.
C, was convicted and sentenced to 15
years in the penitentiary. While on a
train to be taken away for safe-keeping
a passenger shot him with probably fa
tal effect.
Justice Gaynor, in the Supreme Court
of New York, refused to grant an in
junction restraining strikers from pick
eting the streets in the neighborhood of
the place of their former employment.
President-elect' T. Estrada Palma. of
Cuba, delivered an address before the
New York Chamber of Commerce, ask
ing for support in urging better tariff
concessions to Cuba.
Financial troubles led Charles H.
Worthcn, a promoter in New York, to
kill his wife and then commit suicide.
Foreign.
It is now reported that the Right party
in the upper house of the Danish Par
liament is in favor of the cession of the
Danish West Indies to the United
States.
Representatives of an American agri
cultural syndicate have requested per
mission to establish warehouses in Rus
sia and to sell direct to the peasants.
Numbers of Russian students of St.
Petersburg have been sentenced to exile
in Siberia for participating in recent dis
turbances. King Menelik has appointed Ras Ma
konncn, the famous Abyssinian general,
to represent him at the coronation of
King Edward.
Natural gas was discovered in Heath
field, England, by an American engineer
representing American interests.
The executors of Cecil Rhodes' will,
all of them wealthy men, will divide
about $7,000,000 among themselves.
Swedish friends of America have sent
a $500 subscription to the McKinlcy na
tional memorial.
Cecil Rhodes' will provides for a
foundation of about $10,000,000 for
scholarships at Oxford University for
students from every British colony, and
from every State and Territory in the
United States, there being two Ameri
can scholarships to each State and Ter
ritory, tenable at Oxford for three
years. Similar scholarships are pro
vided for German students.
The British War Office issues a state
ment concerning the punishment of offi
cers of the Australian commands for the
murder and brutal treatment of Boer
prisoners in South Africa. Two lieu
tenants were sentenced to death and
promptly executed. Another officer was
sentenced to life imprisonment.
After 18 months of study of the Ger
man administrative system, three Jap
anese, named Mori, Nakamira and Asa
hina, have returned home with the pur
pose of introducing German methods
in the adriiinistration of the island of
Formosa.
The negotiations concerning the Man
churian treaty between China and Rus
sia have been concluded, and the terms
of the treaty are said to be satisfactory
to the United States, Great Britain and
Japan.
The Colombian government forces un
der General Valencia defeated the insur
gent forces in several places, and it is
claimed the backbone of the rebellion
has been broken.
The German postal department has ac
cepted the octuple transmitter invented
by the late Professor Rowland, of Johns
Hopkins University.
Financial.
The Tennessee Coal & Iron Company
has declared the regular quarterly divi
dend of 2 per cent, on the preferred
slock, payable May I.
The Rock Island's increase of $341.
000 in gross earnings for the month of
February i believed to be due entirely
to increased mileage.
A mortgage for $5,000,000 has been
given by the Connecting Railway Com
pany, which connects the Norristown
and Chestnut Hill lines with other trol
ley roads, to John T. Green.
The ii'W York Suhtreasury shows the
banks have lost $2,776,000 the past
week.
It is said T, J. Taylor & Co., who are
conducting the fight against the man
agement of the Rubber Goods Manu
facturing Company in behalf of Jamet
R. Kecne, have sufficient proxies to con
trol the election.
The Long Island Railroad Company
reports for February gross earnings in
creased $10.7". operating expenses in
creased $20.51)9 and net earnings de
creased $0800. From July I to Fcb-rrn.-y
2& gross tarnings increased JU.tS,
operating cxiicnses increased $!&').
;.nd net earnings increased $2,-2,002.
MANY FALL IN
SOUTH AFRICA
British Losses Amount to 47 Killed
and 210 Wounded.
SHARP ATTACKS BY THE BOERS.
The Boers According to British Accounts,
Admit That They Lost 137 Men Killed or
Wounded The Action Occurred al Doom
ball Farm, a Few Mile South ol tbe Scene
ot Oen. Delarey't Defeat ol Geo. Metbueo.
London, (By Cable). A South Afri
can casualty list, just issued, shows that
the losses sustained by the Second Dra
goon Guards in their sharp rear-guard
action with the Boers near Boschman's
Kop, in the Orange State, the evening
of March .11, were severe. Twenty were
killed and 63 wounded.
The British losses in the engagement
in the neighborhood of Harts Kivrr. in
the southwestern extremity of the Trans
vaal, March 31, were 27 killed and 147
wounded. The Boers, according to Brit
ish accounts. admit that they lost 137 men
killed or wounded. The action occurred
at Doornbalt farm, a few miles south of
the scene of General Delarcy's defeat of
General Methuen. The Boers, who were
commanded by Generals Kemp and Pot
gieter, attacked with great determina
tion, but the Canadian contingent, which
was the last to arivc in South Africa
from Canada two squadrons of Yeo
manry under Colonel Cookson and the
artillery and mounted rilles under Col
onel Kcir presented such a stout front
that the burghers, British accounts say,
were finally forced to retreat.
The casualty list shows that the Sec
ond Canadian Mounted Rifles had 0
killed and 44 wounded. The gallantry of
the Canadian troops in this engagement
attracts unstinted praise from the British
press, 1 hesc comments are striking in
view of a recently printed notification
that the attention of Lord Roberts, the
commander-in-chief, had been drawn to
cases where colonials who had been
awarded commissions were treated as in
feriors by the regular officers and other
wise made to fee! that they were only
members of the mess by sufferance. Lord
Roberts, it was scmi-officially an
nounced, was making an investigation
and intended to inflict serious penalties
on any British officers found guilty of
such conduct.
HOTELS WIPED OUT.
A Doien Atlantic City Hostelrlei Destroyed
By Fir.
Atlantic City, N. J., (Special). A
fire that, while at its height threatened
the entire destruction of this city, raged
for over five hours in one of the most
congested sections along the ocean
front.
Two blocks from Illinois avenue o
New York avenue, including 12 hotels,
the Academy of Music, a part of Young's
Pier, stores, pavilions, bathing estab
lishments and other buildings, are in
ruins.
While estimates of the aggregate loss
es run up to $1,000,000, the Atlantic City
Board of Insurance Underwriters an
nounce that they will not exceed $750,
000. The loss to the insurance compa
nies will be about $175,000. The per
sonal losses of guests in clothing and
valuables will run into thousands of dol
lars. No. lives were lost, but a dozen or
more persons were slightly burned or
otherwise injured.
The swift rush of the flames from ho
tel to hotel caused the wildest excite
ment among the hundreds of guests in
their frantic efforts to save their effects.
McKINLEY'S DOCTORS' BILLS.
It Is Now Said That They Will Not Ex
ceed $25,000.
Buffalo, N. Y., (Special). It may be
authoritatively announced that the
amount to be paid to the surgeons who
attended President McKinley in Buffalo
will not exceed $25,000.
Many statements have been made re
garding the surgeons' compensation,
some placing it as high as $150,000.
This has been guesswork. The sur
geons declined to send in bills, saying
the question of compensation must be
settled entirely apart from any bills ren
dered by them.
Edward L. A. Pausch, formerly of
New York city, the sculptor who made
the death mask of President McKinlcy,
is now making the cast from which a
bronze bust of the martyred President is
to be molded. The bust is to be placed
in the Philadelphia Postoffice, the em
ployes of which ordered it from Mr.
Pausch. It is to be dedicated on Memo
rial Day. The cast is one and one-half
life size.
Robbers Hold L'p a Train.
St. Joseph, Mo. (Special.) Passenger
train No. 13, on the Burlington road,
which left St. Joseph for Denver at 11.40
o'clock P. M., was held up three mi.'cs
north of the city limits by four masked
men. Railroad authorities say the rob
bers did not get anything. Ten shots
were fired at Conductor Cox and Brake
man Gaut, but none took effect. The
robbers opened ihc baggage car, but,
finding nothing in it they wanted, they
left and the train proceeded.
Killed Ills Wife and Shot Himself.
Toledo, O., (Special). Harry Pre.i
ton, a plumber, shot his wife in the head,
killing her instantly, then shot himself
three times. Shots took effect in his
abdomen, and he died a few minutes
later. Preston was under the influence
of liquor, but otherwise no cause is
given for the deed. He was 57 years of
age and his wife 47.
Murderer Hanged.
Trei:tcn. N. J., (Special) George
Hetirick, alias Franklin Williams, was
hanged in the Mercer county jail for the
murder of John Krause in this city on
Thanksgiving Day last. Hettrjfk. who
had shown signs of collapse early in the
week, walked to the gallows with firm
step. The trap was sprung at 10.56, and
Ilettrick was pronounced dead 10 min
utes later. Just before his execution
llettrirk sent a note to Sheriff Atchley,
in which he said he did not wish to see
any newspaper reporters or to make any
statement.
He Struck Mrr. Nation.
Nebraska City, Neb. (Special.) Mrs.
Carrie Nation was arrested here and
taken to jail, but was. released on her
promise to leave by the next train. She
had been making the rounds of the sa
loons and at one threatened to demol
ish a huge picture and smash the bar.
The bartender warned her, bui she per
sisted,, and he struck her twice in the
face and put her out of the saloon. She
soon returned with a party of adherents,
but a policeman arrested her. Before
leaving she exacted a promise that the
bartender should be prot rented.
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Tobacco todustry Gains la Orowth.
The Census Office has issued a pre
liminary report regarding the manufac
ture of tobacco in the United States,
which shows the number of establish
ments to be 15,252, an increase of 31
per cent, over 1890; capital invested,
$124,089,871, nn increase of 29 per cent.)
average number of wage-earners, 142.
277, the wages amounting to $49,85.484.
an increase of 12 per cent. Total value
of products, including custom work and
repairing. $283,076,546. Miscellaneous
expenses are placed at $79,495,422, an
increase of III per cent, over 1890.
The number of establishments en
gaged in the manufacture of cigars and
cigarettes is 14.439. an increase of 33 per
cent, over 1890; 'capital invested, $07,-455-503
; persons employed in the work
number 107,462, drawing wages amount
ing to $40,925,596, an increase of 12 per
ccht.. and of 19 per cent, in number of
employes; miscellaneous expenses. $31,
436.701 ; value of products, including
custom work and repairing, $160,223,152.
The number of establishments manu
facturing chewing and smoking tobacco
and snuff is stated to be 437, an increase
of 10 per cent. ; capital invested, $4.1,856,
570, an increase of 42 per cent. ; average
total 5$.$ , (blshrdlu hrdlu un nit nit nu
number of wage-earners, 20,161, the
total wages paid being $7,109,821, an in
crease of 2 per cent. ; value of products,
$103,473,462, an increase of 58 per cent. ;
miscellaneous expenses amounted to
$47.533705, an increase of 144 per cent.
Near the $1,000,009 Mark.
The Department of Agriculture has
issued a statement of the foreign trade
of the United States in agricultural
products.
It shows that during the fiscal year
1001 foreign countries purchased Ameri
can farm products to the value of $952,
000,000, representing the largest agri
cultural exports in the country's history.
Compared with the record for 1900, the
increase is over $100,000,000.
United States agricultural imports, on
the other hand, disclose a considerable
falling off when contrasted with the trade
of the year preceding. These imported
products were valued at $392,000,000, or
$28,000,000 less than in 1900. The ex
cess of exports over imports was $560,
000,000. These figures do not include
trade with Hawaii and Porto Rico, sta
tistics of which were not to be had. In
1900 the agricultural imports from Ha
waii and Porto Rico were valued at about
$24,000,000 and the agricultural exports
to those islands at about $5,000,000.
To Hurry the Powers Out.
It is learned that the Russian govern
ment has not asked the assent of the
United States Government to the con
vention it has just concluded with China
regarding Manchuria.
But the United States Government al
ready has expressed its objections to
certain features of the original conven
tion, and as these do not appear in the
published outline of the treaty provis
ions, it can be stated that this Govern
ment would not interpose any objection
to the ratification of the existing docu
ment, even if its assent were necessary.
The provision pledging Russia to
evacuate Niuchwang immediately the
powers evacuate Tientsin is regarded as
the test piece of the agreement and as
calculated to hasten the powers in their
withdrawal.
Cuba's Internal Revenuei.
The Division of Insular Affairs of
the War Department made a statement
showing the internal revenues collected
in Cuba during the six months ended
December 31, 1901, as compared with the
same period of 1899 and 1900. The
total revenues for 1901 were $349,4.18,
for 1899 $413,448 and for 1900 $327,427.
Until July I, 1901, there was collected
in Cuba a tax of 10 and 3 per cent.,
respectively, on passenger and freight
rates, which yielded from July I to De
cember 31, 1899, $140,723.53. Except for
this tax there is a gradual increase in
each period.
The British Camp,
The time of the last Cabinet meeting
was taken up almost entirely with a
communication which the President has
received from the Governor of Louisiana,
protesting against the camp alleged to
be maintained in that State by agents of
the British government for the purpose
of supplying mules and teams to the
British army in South Africa.
The President has directed an investi
gation into the facts and the law bearing
upon the question.
Representative Sultzer introduced in
the House a resolution asking the Sec
retary of State to inform the House of
the nature of the Governor's report.
A Victory for Labor.
The House Committee on Labor or
dered a favorable report on the eight
hour bill, so-called, providing that in
every contract for work for the Govern
ment it shall be specified that the work
is to be done on an eight-hour basis.
This measure has been strongly sup
ported by labor organizations and op
posed by the large armor, shipbuilding,
ordnance and other concerns having con
tracts with the Government. 1 he favor
able report was ordered without division.
Funds tor Fortifications.
The house Committee on Appropria
tions reported the Fortifications Appro
priation bill. It appropriates $6,562455
which is $801,556 less than the last act.
With the appropriations in the bill
$53,365,650 of the $99,338,222 included in
the Endicott Board scheme of seacoast
defenses will have been appropriated.
The more important items in the bill
are for gun and mortar batteries. $2,000,
000, and for armament and fortifications,
$3,212,755: for the board of. ordnance
and fortifications, $1,000,000.
Clayton's Conduct Justified.
Both the President and Secretary Hay
have accepted the explanation made by
Amabssador to Mexico Powell Clayton
regarding the charges made against him.
More Severe on Anarrhlsfs.
The House Committee on Judiciary'de
cided to substitute the bill of Chairman
Ray dealing with anarchy and attempts
on the life of the President for the Sen
ate bill recently passed on the s'amc sub
ject. Alleged Eiclusion ol Jews.
The House Committee on Foreign
Affairs directed a favorable report on
the resolution of Representative Gold
fogle, of New York, asking the State
Department for information as to the
alleged exclusion of American Jews
from Russia.
Capital News In uenenl
The Secretary of War sent to the
Senate evidences of the genuineness of
the order issued by General Luna for the
massacre of the foreign residents of Ma
nila on the evening of February t5, 1899.
Prank Sargent, president of the Broth
erhood of Locomotive Firemen, accepted
the position of commisioner general of
immigration.
It is generally believed now tin.'. Bel
lamy Sturer will be Ambassador White's
successor.
The House Committee on Labor or
dered a favorable report on the Eight
hour Li!!.
AMERICA WILL
ANNEX BRITAIN
Andrew Carnegie Prophesies That Our
Country Will Take It All In. .
ENTER THE UNION AS OR 8 STATES
Scotland, Ireland and Wales Each One, and
England Divided Into Two, Perhaps Three
"Of Course," Says Mr. Carnegie, "This Is
Looking Ahead" But It Is a Look Ahead
That Cecil Rhodes Had Taken.
New Y'ork, (Special). Andrew Car
negie expressed his admiration of the
will of Cecil Rhodes, but said the pro
visions did not surprise him greatly, as
he was somewhat acquainted with the
ideas of Mr. Rhodes.
"The will of Cecil Rhodes is great,"
he said, "but I am not altogether sur
prised. Y'ou see, Mr. Stead knew him
well, and I had heard through him some
thing of the ideas of the man. He saw
as 1 see, and as I published 12 years ago,
that if the other branch of the English
speaking race was not to be pushed into
the eddy it must become part of the
larger branch.
"Green, the historian, tells us that the
future of our race is to be found not on
the banks of the Thames or the .Clyde,
but on the Hudson, the Ohio and the
Mississippi. Lord Roscbery has just
stated, in his rectorial address to the
students of Glasgow, that, for the sake
of a united race, he would be willing
that the capital be transferred to Wash
ington. He is one of Cecil Rhodes' trus
tees, very properly. He is also a trustee
of the Carnegie fund, very properly, and
I suspect he does not differ much from
the race imperialists.
"There is no other destiny possible for
the United Kingdom. She must look
across the Atlantic to the children of
her own blood and finally enter the
Union as six or eight States Scotland,
Ireland and Wales, each one, and Eng
land divided into two, perhaps three.
"Of course, as I said m my article upon
this subject twelve years ago, this is
looking ahead. But it is a look ahead
that Cecil Rhodes had taken.
"As for the value of the scholarships
and whether they will be utilized, we
must await further details. But the idea
is in the right direction a drawing of
the English-speaking race together not
only for its own good, but, as I believe,
for the good of the world."
BANK ROBBERS MAKE MAUL.
Oit $16,000 From the State Bank at Ruskin
Bloodhounds oa Their Trail.
Beatrice, Neb. (Special.) The State
Bank at Ruskin, Neb., was robbed of
$16,000 in cash at midnight. The rob
bers, supposed to be five in number,
gained an entrance to the bank by prying
up a window and then opening the front
doors of the building.
Nitro-glyccrinc was used to blow the
safe, and the explosion blew both doors
off their hinges and made access to the
money box easy. The robbers took all
the currency and paper money in the
bank.
The noise of the explosion aroused the
inhabitants in time to sec three of the
robbers making off to the westward.
Bloodhounds were secured by special
train from Beatrice and at once took up
the trail of the three robbers to a spot
about half a mile west of Ruskin. The
dogs were then brought back to the hank
and took the trail of the other two men
to the southwest.
The two trails finally met about a mile
west of Ruskin, where the entire party
had mounted horses. The dogs were
then put on a trail in a westerly direc
tion, and it is thought that the robbers
were riding in an effort to reach the
main line of the Burlington Railroad
toward Denver.
South Dakota's Suit.
Raleigh, N. C, (Special). A quarter
of a million of dollars is involved indi
rectly in the suit of the State of South
Dakota against the State of North Caro
lina lately begun in the Supreme Court
of the United States. The answer of
the defendant State was filed in the Su
preme Court in Washington. The gist
of the answer is an averment that the
bonds on which the suit is brought do
not constitute a valid obligation for
which the State of North Carolina is
liable. Ground is also taken that the
facts in the case do not bring it within
the provisions of the constitution re
lating to legal controversies between
States of the Union.
Bible Key to Millions.
Middletown, N. Y., (Special). Un
earthed among a lot of rubbish in the
loft of an old barn in Huron county,
Ohio, where it had Beea hidden from
view for many years, an ancient Bible
bids fair to establish the claims of many
heirs to an estate of millions. Accord
ing to the statement of M. J. Dunham,
of this city, who has just returned from
a trip through the West and Northwest
in an effort to locate the descendants of
Absalom Case, the large estate of the
late Leonard Case, of Cleveland. Ohio,
will eventually enrich hundreds of his
descendants, owing to the discovery of
the Bible mentioned.
Oyster Combine Proposed.
Boston (Special). A movement is on
foot to form an oyster combine. A dele
gation of dealers from Norfolk, Va., has
been in this city the past week to interest
some Boston men who have houses in
Norfolk in a combination in that city.
One of the dealers having a house in
Norfolk said the proposed combine was
similar to the National Fish Company,
which was started in this city a year or
two ago. "The object of the new combi
nation," he said, "is to protect prices and
prevent cutting."
Her Digestion Formant.
New Brunswick. N. J. (Special.)
Miss Mary Martin, aged about 60 years,
who lives in Metuchen, suffers from
some malady that the local physicians ad
mit baffles them. They are uncertain
whether it is an imaginary ailment or a
genuine affliction. For 24 days she has
not broken her fast. Her sister and in
terested neighbors can do nothing to in
duce her to eat. If she were to swallow
any kind of solid food, the physicians
think it would afford 110 nourishment, as
digestion is dormant. She remains re
markably strong despite her fast.
Died at 19, Wed Three Times.
Wilkesbarre, Pa. (Special.) Though
not quite 19 years old, Mrs. Paul Panon,
of Hazleton, who died Saturday, bkd
been married three times. She possessed
the largest matrimonial record for the
short space of her life ever known here.
She was first married when nearly 16
years old, hut after some mouths her
husband left her. Ijiter he died. She
married a second husband within a year.
He did not treat her well, she alleged,
and she got a divorce. The third she
married about a year ago. She would
have been 19 yiars old 011 April 23.
CRUSH AT FOOTBALL OAME,.
Seventy Thousand People hi a Mad Struggle
for Lift.
Glasgow (By Cable). The casualty
lists of the Ibrox Park disaster, in which
a number of persons were killed or in
jured by the collapsing of a spectators'
stand while the international football
match was in progress between England
and Scotland, have been completed.
They eclipse all reports and estimates
which were previously current. The dis
aster has resulted in the death of 2t per
sons and the injury of 250. Nearly 200
of the latter were so seriously hurt that
they were taken to infirmaries for opera
tions and treatment. One hundred and
fifty of them remain in the infirmaries.
A large proportion of the injured had
limbs broken, bodies crushed and heads
gashed. Several more deaths will un
doubtedly result from the most critical
cases of fractured skulls.
The infirmaries arc besieged by friends
and relatives of the victims. Heartrend
ing scenes arc witnessed when the names
of those who die arc posted outside the
buildings.
The action of the authorities at Ibrox
Park in averting a more general panic
by permitting the game to proceed while
they encouraged the impression of the
crowd within the inclosurc that the acci
dent was not so direful, is now generally
commended. The incongruity of the
yells of applause mingling with the
groans of the struggling sufferers will
never be forgotten by those who wit
nessed the scene.
SACATION INDIANS STARVINO.
White Ranchers Said to Have Cut Off Their
Water Supply.
Phoenix, Ariz., (Special). Twenty
thousand Indians on the Sacaton reser
vation are suffering from famine, which,
if allowed to continue, is certain to result
in fearful mortality among the Pima and
Maricopa tribes.
Agent Hadley is here to secure tem
porary relief for the Indians and to urge
that petitions be sent to Congress asking
the Washington authorities to provide
means to avert the disaster which, he
says, is sure to come unless the Indians
are given water and supplies.
White ranchers above the reservation
arc said to have diverted all the water,
and the Indians have had none for many
months. They are abandoning their
ranches and their cattle are dying by
scores for lack of feed. Relief has been
sent from here and the desired petitions
are going forward to Washington.
CONNECTED WITH ESQUIMALT.
Welland Prisoners Said to Have Originated
Previous Plot
San Francisco, (Special). The Call
says: "Information furnished in this
city and secured in other localities indi
cates that the men alleged to have been
detailed to destroy the forts at Esqui
malt in 1900 arc now life prisoners in
the Kingston (Ont.) penitenetiary for at
tempting to blow up the Thorold Lock
of tltc Welland Canal some weeks after
the projected attempt on the Esquimalt
fortifications.
"They were convicted under the names
of Johp Nolan, John Walsh and Karl
Dallman, though the statement has been
puhlishcd that Dall is in reality Luke
Dillon, a former Irish Nationalist leader.
Dillon's friends, however, have said that
he was drowned in Ireland."
Heavy Storm la Texas.
Prattville, Texas (Special.) A de
structive storm swept over this place, and
for 20 minutes there was a perfect flood
of rain and hail. Along 'the path of the
storm, which resembles a rajlroad track,
not a leaf nor a particle of 'fruit is left.
Hail two inches deep is still lying on the
ground. The Methodist church was
blown from its foundation. A store was
wrecked and the goods scattered for
miles.
To Rub Mines In Virginia.
Albany, N. Y. (Special.)-The Steel
Ores Company of New Y'ork was incor
porated here. Its capital stock is $500,
000, and it will do a general mining and
steel manufacturing business, and con
duct its operations principally in Augus
ta county, Virginia. The directors are
Cornelius P. Kitchell, C. T. Plant, J. R.
R. Brach, Graham Summer, W. D.
Makepeace, John T. Smith and F. N.
Clark.
Three Burned to Death.
St. Louis, Mo., (Special)-. Mrsr Win.
VV. Ward, 32 years old, and her baby
girl, Mabel, and a son, M.iles, aged 5
years, were fatally burned by the ex
plosion of a kerosene lamp, from which
the mother was pourning oil into a heat
ing stove at her home. Mr. Ward, who
is an invalid, was so seriously shocked
by the accident that he, too, is in a dan
gerous condition.
Triple Alliance Defensive.
Vienna (By Cable). With a view of
giving a fresh proof of the pcific ten
dency of the triple alliance, the powers
interested have decided, after the com
pletion of the new treaty, to publish a
statement pointing out the unchanged de
fensive character of the alliance, which
is operating only in connection with Eu
ropean questions.
Bodies Found on Sao Juan Hill.
Santiago, Cuba, (Special). Workmen
who were engaged on the park improve
ment of San Juan Hill excavated the
bodies of three American soldiers 200
feet from a Spanish trench. They were
evidently killed during the c' arge, and
probably belonged to the Ninth or Sev
enteenth Infantry. The bodies of 93
Spaniards have been exhumed while re
storing the trenches.
Four Persons Burned to Death.
Boyne City, Mich., (Specipl). The
frame dwelling of Dr. Boyne, and oc
cupied by two families, was totally de
stroyed and four persons were burned
to death. Mrs. Littlefield and her two
children were from Spokane. Wash. At
the time the fire broke out all the per
sons in the house were upstairs asleep.
The crackling of the fire awukened the
sleepers, but only Mr. Thompson es
caped. The loss on the build'ng is es
timated at $3,000; parially insured. The
origin of the fire is not known.
AotlAuarcLlst Law Patted.
Trenton, N. J., (Speefa!). One of
the first laws passed by any State legis
lature against anarchists became effect
ive in this State by the signing of the
Lord bill regulating speech and writings
of a character that would subvert ..r de
stroy government. The penalty is $2,000
fine or fifteen years' imprisonment.
Book Looted by Robbers. '
Pcnnville, Ind. (Special.) Rotbcrs
entered the Bank of Pcnnville, wrecked
the safe with dynamite and secured $3,
200. The force of the explosion caused
one etuj of the bank building to cul'apse,
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Special Dispatches Boiled Down for
Quick Reading.
LIST OF NEW PENSIONERS ENROLLED
State Forestry Association Celebrates Arbor
Day at Haverford College Judge Ashmaf
and Others IKaks Addresses Dr. Elliaheth
Winters Blames Coacbniao for a Fire
Norristown School Board Rejects 01ft.
Pensions granted : William C. Rush,
Glen Campbell. $6; Burton S. Georgia,
Galeton, $6; William Cooney, Mitnin
buin. $8; Erastus H. Ames, Washing
ton, .-; 3; David R. Palmer, Tecplcville,
8; fea.iuicl Stuffe, Somerset, $50; Fish
:r Wi...vi, Edinboro. $10; Samuel M.
5aycr, Am'ona, $H; Peter S. Myers, Sab
bath Resi, $12 i Jerome B. Cole, Nel
son, $12; Lucy Butler, Petrolia, $8;
Mary A. Duncan, Whitcstown, $8; llczc
itiah Scritchfield, Braddock. $6; Frank
C. Stoughton. Lewisburg, $6: James Cas
son, F-ast McKeesport, $10; William
Bumbaugh, Altoona, . $10; William
Thompson, Marion Center. $12; John
Graham, Strongstown, $12; George M.
Busch, Pittsburg, $12; William Vanatta,
Johnstown, $12; Hezekiah Dixon, Phil
tpsburg, $10; Lewis Wambaugh, New
Baltimore, $10; Robert Sidler, Mones
sen, $12; John H. Bonhcyo, Pittsburg,
$10; Oliver J. Walker, Tarentum. $8;
Martin Bottcrff. Reedsville, $12; Thos.
Dillon, McVcytown, $10; Adin E.
Brown, Hornby, $8 ; Joseph Mauck, Sig
lerville, $8; Samuel G. Stine. Hunting
don, $12; John Burk. Erie, $26; Charles
Baker, Eric, $24: Dennis Ring, Erie,
$16.50; James Kelly, Eric, $40; David
Oiler, Braddock. $6; Francis M. Fleck,
Springdale, $10; Samantha Longwcll,
West Freedom, .$8; David McCloskey,
Ramola, $12; Emma J. Cook, Pittsburg,
$8; M'ary A. Lewis, Tioga, $8; Amelia
Mangus, Johnstown, $8.
The annual meeting of the Council
of the Pennsylvania Forestry Associa
tion was held at Haverford College in
celebration of Arbor Day. Exercises
were held in-1 Alumni Hall. President
Isaac Sharpless, of Haverford, wel
comed the members of the I:orestry As
sociation and spoke on the subject of
forestry. He described the devastation
to the trees in the vicinity caused by the
storm in February, and then dwelt on
the general good results which the For
estry Association had brought about all
through the State. The president of the
association, John Birkinbinc, of Phila
delphia, spoke of the work of the as
sociation, showing that it had gradually
developed and worked out new phases
of the forestry question each year. He
said it was important to maintain the
forests, both from a commercial stand
point and as a protection from freshets
in the spring. A poem was read by Dr.
Francis B. Gummere, of Haverford Col
lege. The topic was the admonition of
William Penn to his people in regard
to the care of the forests. Judge W. N,
Ashman, of Philadelphia, and Dr. A.
G. Bolles, of the college, also addressed
the meeting. The members of the as
sociation and their friends then ad
journed to the gymnasium, where a re
ccptirn was held and refreshments were
served. About twenty trees were
planted, most of them being evergreens.
The planting completed the general plan
of the tree planting done by the Campus
Club of the college last year, when about
eighty trees were planted on the lawn.
The Norristown School Board bv a
vote of 12 to 5 rejected Andrew Car
negie's gift of $50,00") for a proposed
free library. The gift was made pro
viding that the taxpayers raise $5,000 0
year for the maintenance of the library.
At a previotts meeting of the board the
gift was accepted. The matter was
taken to court bv several taxpayers, but
the court decided that the School Board
had the right to accept the pronosition.
An appeal to the Supreme Court is
pending.
, Frank Huzzard, of West Conshohock
en, was arrested, charged with causing
a fire which, destroyed the stable ad
joining the sanitarium of Dr. Elizabeth
Winters, on the hilltop below West Con
shohocken. In addition to the stable four
thoroughbred horses perished, and car
riages, harness,, robes, blankets, a mow
full of hay and all the enuipmcnts of the
stable were destroyed. The loss is esti
mated at $3,000 or $4,000. There is nc
insurance.
Charters were issued by the State
Department to the following corpora
tions: The G. J. Buechler Cut Glass
Company. Philadelphia, capital $15,000;
Monongahela Light Company. Pittsburg,
capital. $1,000: Swedish Provision Com
pany, McKeesnort, capital $5,000; Stan
yon Engineering Company, Pittsburg,
capital, $5,000.
A chime of bells was presented to the
Glen Mills House of Refuge, which com
pletes the furnishing of the Smith Me
morial Chapel. The bells are the gift of
Mrs. Mary A. Combs, and are in mem
ory of her father and mother, John F.
and Elizabeth Monroe Smith, the donors
of the chapel. Each bell bears an ap
propriate memorial inscription.
Special Officer Schweitzer locked a
gang of eighteen tramps in a freight car
near Bethlehem Junction. Catasqua offi
cers arrested two of the gang on the
charge of breaking into a store in that
place a year ago. The others were
ordered to leave town.
W. E. Coyan, connected with the
works of Carnegie Steel Company, "at
Homestead, has invented a process for
making rails which is being used at the
Edgar Thompson Steel VVorks, Brad
dock, with pronounced success. By the
Coyan process the inventor says a rail
can be produced with a hard, tough fare,
free of scale. The rail, it Is asserted, will
wear from a third to a half longer than
the ordinary rail and it can be bent to
a,ny shape without fracturing it.
At Harvey's Lake, a summer resort
near Wilkes-Barre, James Larkitis, aged
57 years, warden of the lake, was found
dead in a house in which he lived alone.
His throat was cut and he also had sev
eral stab wounds on his head. During
the night Larkius had as his guest Sam
uel Keller, who is about 60 years of age.
In honor tif Easter the men had pur
:hased several quarts of whisky, and
they drank it. It is presumed that they
quarreled and fouglVt with knives. When
Larkins' body was found Keller was still
in the house. His clothes were saturated
with blood, and he also had a stab wound
on the neck and another on his breast.
The Coroner's jury at Reading, that
investigated the death of Daniel M. Hel
ler, and' Mrs. Mary Rolland, who were
killed in the explosion that wrecked two
Penn street buildings four weeks ago',
sfter hearing fifty-two witnesses, agreed
upon a verdict that the deaths were due
to an explosion of acetylene gas, the ex
plosion being caused by a fire.
The Jefferion Memorial and Inter
state Good Road Convention began at
Charlottesville, Va.
Mrs. M. F. Johnson, of Bayshore.L. I.,
'ied t the Chamberlin Motel, Old Point
Comfort.
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