DAJOR WALLER IS ACQUITTED CMrtMartlal Declorci Him Not Guilty on Charfe of Murder. TUB JUDO.ES STOOD ELEVEN TO TWO. Ctargn Improperly Ordering Id Shoollof I Sinir Nitlvtt Art Not Sustained la th Vordkt Accssed Officer Tellt tnt Conrt Ttat lb Natives ol Stair Rcvtl It Blood ffatlUtt Their Vidian. Manila, (By Cable). Major Littleton W. T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, has been acquitted. He was tried by a court-martial on the charge of killing natives of Samar with out trial. The court stood II to 2 for acquittal. Declared Killing Wat Justified. The trial of Major Waller, who is Irom Norfolk, Va., and an officer with a record of distinguished service in many quarters of the world, began at Manila, March 17. He and Lieut. H. A. Pay, also of the Marine Corps, were jointly accused. The verdict in Lieutenant Day's case has not been announced, but as he was Major Waller's subordinate, he will probably hare the fate of his chief. At the outset Major Waller pleaded "not guilty" to the charge of murder, but admitted that 11 natives had been killed. Later he testified in his own be half. He said that his conduct was in line with instructions from Gen. Jacob H. Smith, commander of the American troops in Samar, but General Smith, who also went on the stand, denied this. The Major also declared that precedents in China and elsewhere justified his con duct. The natives who were killed were some of those who during the recent ter rible march of Major Waller's marines across Samar ate roots and parts of plants, but refused to save the marines from starvation by pointing out to them similar food. Capt. Robert H. Dtmlap, of the Marine Corps, testified that he received information from Lieutenaml Cridlev and Sergeant Quick regarding the arrival at Cargadorcs of these pris oners. He reported the facts to Major Waller, who was lying on a cot and who ordered Lieutenant Day to take the pris oners and have them shot. Captain Dun lap said Major Waller was not excited and had personally given the command that the men should be shot. SAYS HE FED GLASS TO HER. Jersey Woman Accuses Her Husband of Attempting Murder. Plainfield, N. J., (Special). Charged by his wife with having attempted to kill her by putting ground glass in her food, James H. Carson was arraigned here before Justice Smalley. His arrest caused a sensation in Plain field, as he is a prominent member of the church. The motive for the alleged attempt on Tier life.. Mrs. Carson says, was her hus band's infatuation with another woman. Her husband denies all the allegations. The Carsons have four children. Mrs. Carson alleges that she first dis covered ground glass in a cup of coffee. She said she at once suspected her hus band and watched him closely. Later, she says, she found what she suspected w ground glass in her food and had the food analyzed. Anarchist Magg'o Released. Albuquerque, X. M. (Special.) An tonio Maggio, who has been confined in jail at Las Cruces since shortly after the assassination of President McKinlcy on Siitp:'rn o having knowledge of p-i anarchist plot against the President's life, bat been released. It was said that Maiffio. who was a member nf the f,. Andrews Opera Company, had prcdict'-ifl roe aeatn ot President McKinley sev eral months before he was shot. His re lease was ordered by Judge F. W. Far ke, at the request of the United Stairs District Attorney, W. C. Reid. Was Probably Assassinated. Decatur, Ala. (Special.) W. J. Polk, a prominent insurance man and a rela tive of President Polk, was found dead ia the entrance of a tenement house. He bad evidently been assassinated. The skull was crushed on the right side, but the scalp was unbroken. The blow was delivered from behind with a blunt cloth or leather covered instrument. Robbery was evidently the motive for the murder, at the money Polk was known to have on his person was missing, except a few cents. Oca Baptiste Captured and Shot Port au Prince, Hayti, (By Cable). The revolutionary forces commanded by Gen. Nicolas Baptiste, which captured Jacmel April 5, held that town for 24 hours and then retired to the hills, tak ing with them all the arms and ammuni tion available, were pursued by the gov ernment troops commanded by the min ister of war. General Guillaume, and were completely defeated at Fonds Mel on, near Jacmel. General Baptiste was captured and was immediately shot. Phosphate Companies' Deal Columbia, Tenn. (Special.) The Howard and Ridley Phosphate Compa nies have disposed of their entire inter ests to the Charleston (S. C.) Mining and Mineral Company for the sum jf $435,000. The companies are two of the five largest interests in the field, and im mediate possession of the property is to be given. The Charleston Mining and Mineral Company is a branch of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company, manufacturers of phosphate fertilizers. To Enforce Coercion. London (by Cable). A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Dublin says that ten battalions of English and Scotch militia are to be embodied and sent to Ireland within a -month, in pursuance of the British Government's determination ,to apply the coercion act. The corre spondent understands that Lord London derry, the postmaster-general, threatened to resign from the cabinet unless active measures were taken to circumvent the United Irish League. Killed Her Sot Wbilt Insane. Poughkeepsie, N. V. (Special.) The cotoner of the city was called to investi gate the deaths of Mrs. A. Edward Tow er aud her young ion. According to in formation obtained by the coroner, Mrs. Tower shot and killed her son and her self in a fit of temporary insanity. Mrs. Tower's husband is a wealthy and promi nent resident of this place. Mrs. Tower went to her son Albert's room and emp tied a five-chamber revolver into his body. She then sat down on a bed in an adjoining room and with another revol ver shot herself. SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic. Mrs. Alda Collins, wife of F.lmer P. Collins of Portville, near Laurel, Del., was found by her husband with her throat cut from ear to ear. John Wesley Elkins, who, when a lad of 14, was sentenced to the State prison for illegally killing his father and step mother, is to be released. News was received in Xew Orleans of the seizure of an American steam launch by Colombian insurgents at Bocas del Toro. Some firebug created a reign of terror in South Chicago, starting a number of fires during Friday night. Green's Mountain House, on J.m'."n Heights, near Harpers Ferry, V. Ya., was burned. Charles Rymer stated that William Jones, now under arrest on suspicion of having murdered George M. Heywood in Detroit, had threatened to kill Heywood. The Philadelphia and Reading's steam er Williamsport was struck by a railroad barge on Pollack Rip Shoal, Mass., and sunk. I he crew was saved. At Detroit Prof. Joseph Miller con fessed that he murdered Charles M. Jen nett anil gave the details of the crime. John rinncan, aged 8t years, and John J. Kenscl. aged 83 years, both Confed erate veterans, died at Martinsburg. Major John W. Green, formerly gen eral manager of the Georgia Railroad, died at Atlanta. Major Littleton W. T. Waller, of the Marine Corps, on trial by court-martial, went on the stand and justified his hav ing the treacherous natives shot with out trial, quoting precedents. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the missionary who was captured by brigands in Bul garia and held for ransom, arrived in New York on the Deutschland. She looked pale and worn, and said the sea voyage had made her very ill. The glassblowers employed by the Moses Jonas Company, at Bridgeton, N. J., and the George Jonas Company, at Miratola, went on a strike. Rev. C. Columbus Bradford, of the Methodist Episcopal Church at Okaw ville, III., was accused of heresy and re moved from his pastorate. Third Vice President Gannon, of the Southern Railroad, announced that the strike of the company's machinists had been settled. The total value of Philip D. Armour's estate is placed at $15,000,000. The whole of it is left to his widow and son, J. Ogdcn Armour. Mrs. Minnie Grady, of Butte. Mont., confessed that she drugged Mrs. Emma Proule. a rich willow, and robbed her of her diamonds. Mrs. Shepard R. Bucey, of Everett. Washington, in a fit of insanity, killed her husband, her four-year-old son, and then herself. Senator Tabor's widow entered two suits in Denver for damages, amounting to $250,000. and to recover valuable mining stocks. In the Philippine province 224 cases of cholera and 166 deaths were reported ; in Manila, 206 cases and 160 deaths. Foreign. German public opinion is divided upon the question of the acceptance of the Cecil Rhodes scholarship. A portion of the press and many people hold the ac ceptance of the scholarships to be moral ly impossible for any German. The British steamer Kinsfouna Castle, with 350 passengers on board, stranded off Brightstone, Isle of Wight, at night, and the ship lies in a dangerous posi tion. Strikes continue to spread in Belgium. The soldiers and police are able to keep down the disturbances so long as they themselves remain loyal. Seven brigands who had fortified themselves in a tower in Monastir. Mac edonia, were shot to death by Turkish soldiers. The Duchess of Sutherland has made a vigorous plea in behalf of what she terms "manliness" in girls and women. Natives in the French Kongo mur dered the manager of a factory that they looted, and also massacred a number of natives employed at another factory that they pillaged. The Prince of Wales reiterated that he knows nothing of the intention of the New York Chamber of Commerce to invite him to attend the opening of its building. At a conference in Vienna it was de cided to renew the Triple Alliance for another term of years. Germany making some concessions to Italv and Austria.. The I'niversity of Edinburgh has con ferred the honorary degree of doctor of laws on Professors Jones, of Harvard, and Schurman, of Cornell. France will send representatives to be present at the dedication at Washington on May 24 of the statue of Count de Rochambeau. The nritis,n Admiralty Court awarded the owners of the steamer William Cliff 1.1, coo for salvaging the Cunard liner Etruria. Large numbers of troops have been concentrated in Brussels, the city prac tically being in a state of siege. Ten battalions of English and Scotch militia are to be sent to Ireland to en force the Coercion Act. A movement is reported to be on foot for the overthrow of the Sultan of Tur key. So fearful has (lie Sultan become of treachery that he lives only in three apartments of the palace, encircled by a corridor, in which are stationed a hun dred special police agents. The court in London, in the action for damages by the owners of the Amer ican Line steamer Waesland against the owners of the British steamer Harmon ides, which sank the Waesland in colli sion March 6, found the Harmonides alone blamable. Diplomatic relations between Switz erland and Italy have been broken be cause of the refusal of the former to give satisfaction regarding an article published in Geneva insulting to the memory of Hie murdered King Hum bert. Financial. The annual meetu.jf i f the Chicago and Northwestern will hi held on June 5. The United States Rubber annual meeting will be held in Ne.v Urumwick, N; J., on May 20. The New York Subtreiiiry statement shows that the banks lo-t Jt.-m.-joo dur ing the week. 4 It is said the Chicago and Northwest ern is not entertaining any pr ipoMtion and has no intention of obtaining con trol or an interest in the Grci-i!,av and Western. A director of the Philadelphia Electric Company says: "The dividend which it has been decided to declare will be setni annual, and will probably be an110111.ee 1 at the next board meeting." The earnings of the United Fruit Company for March showed an increase over March, 1901, of $190,000. This makes the increase in net earnings for the first seven mouths, of iqoi-2, fiscal year of the United Fruit Company, over $600,000. A representative of J. P. Morgan & Co. says: "We are not in a position to make any statement as to when the United States Steel circular will be is .sued. It will be a lengthy document." END COMES TO AN EVENTFUL LIFE Rev. Dr. Talmage Pauses Away Peace fully In Washington. INFLAMMATION OF BRAIN THE CAUSE He Hid Been Gradually Dying for the Put Week, tnd the End, Though Knows to Be Near, Came So Quickly That tbe watchers tt His Bedside Hardly Knew Tbtt He Hid Gone. Washington. D. C, (Special). Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, the noted Presby terian divine, died Saturday night at his residence in this city. It had been evi dent for some days that there was no hope of recovery, and the attending phy sicians so informed the familiy. The pa tient gradually grew weaker, until life passed away so quietly that even the members of the family, all of whom were watching at the bedside, hardly knew that he had gone. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the brain. Dr. Talmage was in poor health when he started away from Washington for Mofico for a vacation and rest si.x weeks ago. He was then suffering from influenza and serious catarrhal condi tions. Since his return to Washington some time ago he has been quite ill. Until Thursday, however, fears for his death were not entertained. The last rational words uttered by Dr. Talmage were on the day preceding the marriage of his daughter, when he said : "Of course, I know you, Maud." Since then he had been unconscious. The body was conveyed to Brooklyn, where interment was made in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery. Career of Dr. Talmage. Rev. Thomas DeWitt Talmage was born at Bound Brook. N. J.. January. 18.12. and educated at the University of New York. As he determined to enter the ministry, he conmpleted a course at the New Brunswick Theological Semi nary, graduating in 1856. He was or dained pastor of the Reformed Dutch Church at Belleville, N. J., later went to Syracuse, and from 1862 to 1800, he preached in Philadelphia, during the Civil War acting as chaplain of a Penn sylvania regiment. In 1869 he was made pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. The first taber nacle was built in 1870 and seated 3.400. It was enlarged the next year to scat 500 more, but was burned December 22. 1872. A new tabernacle, seating 5.000 persons, was dedicated February 22, 1874. the largest Protestant church then in Amer ica. This church was also burned and replaced by a third tabernacle, which was also destroyed by fire in 1894. There was an effort to again rebuild, but owing to the heavy debt incurred in previous dis asters the work was abandoned and Dr. Talmage preached in the New York Academy of Music. In 1895 Dr. Tal mage accented the call to the First Pres byterian Church of Washington as co pastor with Dr. Sunderland. Dr. Tal mage was a voluminous writer on a great number of subjects and a favorite lecturer, the announcement of one of his sermons or lectures being sufficient to draw a crowd. MASSACRE BY CONGO CANNIBALS. They Murder a French Manager and Kill the Employes. Paris (By Cable). The Minister of the Colonies M. Decrais, has received a dispatch confirming the report of a re volt of natives .in the Sangha district of the French Congo. A body of natives at tacked the French company's factory on the River Sangha. murdered the manager and also burned and pillaged another factory. The local militia defeated the rebels. Reinforcements of Senegalese troops were dispatched to the scene of the trouble. According to advices received by the Journal, the natives employed at the French factory were also massacred, and goods valued at 150,000 francs were pil laged. This report states that rebels, who are I cannibals, marched later on to attack ! other factories, and it is feared that many j persons have been killed. MOST MUST SERVE TERM. Tbt Supreme Court of Nrw York Has A I firmed tbe Conviction. Xew York (Special). The appellate division of the Supreme Court affirmed I the conviction of John Most on a charge of printing in his newspaper, the Frcheit, an improper article, entitled "Murder vs. Murder." The article was published about the time of the assassination nf 1'resident ! McKiulcv. Most was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. Regarding Most's contention that the Constitution gave him t he right to publish the article, the Court says : " I he Constitution does not give to a citizen the right to murder, nor does it give to him the right to advise the com mission of that crime by others. What it does permit is liberty of action only to the extent that such liberty does not in terfere with or deprive others of an equal right." Plant Line Rumor Denied. Philadelphia (Special ). Pennsylvania Railroad officials deny the truth of the dispatch from Chicago stating that Penn sylvania interests are soon to acquire possession of the allied Plant and Atlan tic Coast Line system. One of them said there was not a sufficient basis of fact in the report to make it worth while dis cussing. New Rubber Trust Plan. New York (Special!. James R. Keene, having secured control of the Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company, is now making an effort to get control of the United States Rublier Company, it is said, with a view of ultimately form ing a new Rubber Trust. Veneiueia Ratifies the Protocol. Caracas, Venezuela, (By Cable). The Venezuelan Parliament has ratified the protocol re-establishing diplomatic rela tions between France and Venezuela. Fsttl Pistol Duel. Hopkinsville, Ky., (Special). James D. Brown, aged 55 years, a prominent North Christian planter, and William Pulley, his tenant, fought a pistol duel in the public road over a tobacco crop settlement. Brown was instantly killed. Pulley was shot through the shoulder. He is under guard, lieing too badly wounded to be removed to jail. This Ont Got a Rich Clam." Lacrosse, Wis. (Special.) G. Noden ica, a poor fisherman, picked up a clam on a sandbar in which he found a pearl, which he sold for $1,500. LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Would Aid Discipline. The prospect 'for some action on the bill to create a general staff for the army is improving in Congress. General Miles' attack on the bill has been much more than offset by the support given to the measure by General Schoficld, who has had greater experience than Miles as an army officer. General Schofield's testimony has been made public. He indorsed the bill, say ing that he had long since come to the conclusion that there is no room under our Constitution for two commanders, and that the President, whom the Con stitution makes the supreme commander, must act through the Secretary of War. He added : "The very exalted individual office, so called, of the commanding general of the army must disappear. There is no room for it in this government, no matter who occupies it." Referring to the German system, Gen eral Schofield said: "We would have to modify their system so as to make it applicable. If we had at the head of the army for years the same distinguished general, other things being satisfactory, that would be very well ; but what is the use of a great general as the nominal head of the army if the President will not even talk to him except to criticise him. or if the Secretary of War and he do not even see each other ? What good is he ?" New Peoslou Commissioner. Mr. Eugene F. Ware, a western news paper man, has been selected by Presi dent Roosevelt to succeed Col. Henry Clay Evans as Commissioner of Ten sions. He is well known wcst,of the Missis sippi and particularly in Kansas. Mr. Ware has been a writer of newspaper and magazine articles for years and is a poet of considerable distinction. He used the pseudonym of "Ironnuill." The appointment was announced after a con ference between the President and Sen ator Burton, of Kansas. Mr. Ware's se lection is understood to have been a personal one with the President, who has known him for some years, and it was a surprise to the Kansas delegation in Congress, which had indorsed ex-Rep-rcsentativc Blue. Mr. Ware is a member of the firm of Ware & Gleede, lawyers, of Topeka, and has been located in Topeka more than a decade. , Census of tbe Cotton Crop. The Census Office made public a pre liminary report, by States and Territor ies, on the cotton crop (growth of loot), as returned to the office by the cotton ginncrs. The ginncrs return the crop of loot at 0,1)52,982 commercial bales, being 5.l.1.'o6 bales less than the crop as re turned by them for 1900. The Kjoo crop, expressed in 500-pound bales, was 10,12.1.027, or 303.121 less than the number of commercial bales, the gross average bale weight being 483 pounds. The office has not completed the com pilation of the number of pounds and the computation of the average bale weight for the crop of 1901, but using 483 pounds, the average given for the crop of 1900, the 1901 crop is 9,614,581 bales of 500 pounds standard. Land Ceded by Virginia. Senator Hoar, from the Committee on the Judiciary, submitted an adverse re port on the Senate resolution directing the Attorney-General to bring suit to determine the constitutionality of the retrocession of that portion of tbt orig inal District of Columbia which was ceded to the United States by the State of Virgina. The resolution provided that if the cession was not constituional, the Attorney-General was to report what sum should be paid Virgina in lieu af the revenues of that State now received for the support of the Sfite Government from the city and county of Alexandria. Sulzer Bill for Labor Department Representative Sulzer, of New York, introduced a hill for the creation of a Department of Labor, the purpose of which shall be to promote "such im provements in the social, political and economic conditions of the wealth-producing laborers of the L7nited States as shall tend to secure to them their natural rights to the opportunity to labor. The bill provides for the annual collec tion of statistics covering all phases of the labor situation and a monthly publi cation of. statistics of the unemployed. Takes Up Women's Cause. The Civil Service Commission has come out as a champion for the rights of women to employment. Preference now is generally given to men employes in the Government de partments, and the commission, though powerless to compel appointing officers to choose women, lias, through President Proctor, issued a strong circular letter to the heads of departments calling at tention to this unjust discrimination. Commander of Cuba't Army. Governor-General Wood has issued an order directing Brigadier-General Ale jandro Rodriguez, chief of the Rural Guard of Havana, to take conuiand of the "Ctterpo dc Artilleria," in addition to his present duties with the guard. On the transfer of the present government, General Rodriguez is directed to report to the President of Cuba, "as command ant of the Cuban armed forces, for such orders and instructions as may be given him." For a New Executive Building. C I.' '-I I... ..I. ' . . ricii;iur ran uuiiKs, ciiairman ni the Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds, has reported favorably a lull providing for a building for the use of the Executive, the Department of Mate and the Department of Justice The proposed building is to be erected north of the present State, War und Navy Building, and, with the site, is ex pected to cost 7noo,ooo. Postal Receipts Increase. The postal receipts for March. 1902, a compared with March, 10x11, for the fifty largest poslofhces in the country show a net increase of 10 per cent. The total receipts of the fifty offices were $5,207.6(16. May Accept Senate Amendments. The House Committee on Agriculture in order to extwdite the bill's passase de cided to recommend the acceptance of the Senate amendments to the oleomar garine bill. Capital Newt la Ueaenl. The house passed the bill erantinir a pension of $5,000 a year to the widow of president McKinley. During the debate in the Senate on the Chinese Exclusion Bill some of the Sen ators sharplv criticised Minister Wu for his efforts to prevent the passage of the bill. Lieutenant Commander Tcmplin M. Potts has been selected to succeed Com mander William H. Beehler as naval at tache at Berlin, Vienna and Rome. The President sent to the Senate the nomination of Robert J. Wynne, of I'cnnsylvania, to be hrst assistant post master general. PROF. MILLER GETS LIFE SENTENCE r ' Punishment Begins 72 Hours Alter He Committed Murder. DENOUNCED. BY HIS OWN COUNSEL. His Mental Condition Investigated Three Alienists Reported Tbtt Ho Was Ter fectly Sane, tnd Plet of Oullty Was Entered Tbe Murderer Wcept tod His I'ohtppy Wife Collapses. Detroit, Mich.. (Special.) Just 72 hours after Prof. Joseph M. Miller mur dered Miss Carrie M. Jennctt with a hatchet, he was in Jackson prison, sen tenced to spend the rest of his life there at hard labor. He was arraigned in the Recorder's Court on the charge of murder. His at torney, who was appointed by the court, raised the question of Miller's sanity, and Judge Murphy accordingly appoint ed a commission of three alienists Drs. Emerson, Hitchcock and Kennedy to examine Miller. His plea was withheld pending their examination. After a careful examination the physicians came into court and announced that they were agreed that there was no symptom of in sanity in the defendant. Miller was then ordered to plead, and the confessed mur derer said in a low voice, "guilty." Evidence was then introduced to prove the death of Miss Jennctt. At its conclu sion Miller's attorney, F. C. Chamber lain, addressed the court. He congratu lated the police department on their effi cient work in running down the mur derer and securing his confession, and said that he had no svmpatTiy with Mil ler, who deserved the extreme penalty of the law. In sentencing Miller Judge Murphy called him a demon, and said that he considered that the sentence he was about to impose on him was inade quate to his horrible crime. Sentence was then pronounced. Mrs. Miller, his wife, who has been an invalid for several years, is prostrated at her home, and is in a dangerous con dition. She at first refused to believe her husband guilty, even after he had confessed, but as the truth gradually forced itself on her she collapsed. WEDDING R1N0 "BARBARIC." Chicago Professor Calls It Obsolete Laughs at Dress Coat. Chicago (Special). The romantic ideals of 75 "co-eds" in a class of an thropology at the University of Chicago have received a rude shock at the hands of Prof. Frederick Starr, who in a class lecture bluntly declared 'that the wed ding riiie was a "relic of barbarism," an absolutely useless survival of the culture of primitive people. "Undoubtedly, said the Professor, "the wedding ring is a beautiful example of barbaric tradition living in this mod ern twentieth century and filling no func tion whatsoever. Perhaps one of you can tell me the origin of the use of the wedding ring? He received no answer from the 75 young women. 1 he wedding ring represents the nose rinct. anklet or manacle by which in past ages the sold slave was led away from the mart by his new master, the Pro fessor continued, "but everyone today knows that a woman, when she is given a ring to symbolize the wedding sacra ment, is by no means a slave." The dress coat was also included in Professor Starr's arraignment of "relics of barbarism." TO OIVE A SUICIDE PARTY. North Carolina Farmer's Invitation (0 His Last Day Feast. Charlotte. N. C, (Special). Alan Cogsdell, an old and well-to-do farmer in Colfax township, near Rutherford ton, N. C, has made preparations for one of the most remarkable suicides on record. Those who know him say he will keep his word. Cogsdell is said to have sent out neat ly printed invitations to a number of friends and relatives inviting them to a dinner to be given at his home, four miles from Ellenboro. on June to. when he will do the honors at the table for the last time. The dinner will be served at II o'clock. Promptly at 12 o'clock, Cogsdell says, he will give his guests an opportunity of seeing him take his own life. Just how Cogsdell contemplates com mitting the deed is not stated, but it is understood that he will shoot himself at the table after the repast has been con cluded. Sedition Cnse at Manila. "Manila (By Cable). A number of prominent business men at a meeting here decided to petition the commission to drop the proceedings against Free dom, the local paper, the editor of which is charged with sedition, hut the editor objected, saying he would prove every statement made. The merchants hope the case will not be tried, as they believe the matter may have a bad effect on Philippine legislation. Hope of Pence Increasing. London, (By Cable). The announce ment of the presence at Pretoria of the Orange Free State and Transvaal lead ers and generals, who have been at Klerksdorp considering terms of peace, has caused a decided increase in the hopefulness of the public concerning the possibilities of peace. The expectations aroused by the conference at Preeoria have been further heightened by the movements of Mr. Chamberlain, the co lonial secretary, and other members of the cabinet in London. Mother tod Daughter Murdered. Cleveland, O., (Special). Mrs. Mar tha J. Calhoun, aged 75 years, and her daughter, Mrs. Vaughn, aged 46 years, were shot and killed by, as yet. an un known party two miles east of Mantua Station, a village 40 miles southeast of this city. Will Vaughn, a stepson of the younger woman, is locked up in Ravenna jail, charged with the crimes because of circumstances which are alleged to in criminate him. Mrs. Vaughn was shot five times in the head, the sixth bullet of a revolver ending the life of her mother. Tbltk the Illinois In Danger. Washington, D. C, (Special). It is said that the proximity of electric motors to the magazines on the battleship Illi nois is a source of danger to the vessel. It is understood, however, she will sail for the European station according to the original program. President Roosevelt's Flnt Dog. Lafayette, Ind. (Special.) President Roosevelt's retriever Sailor Boy has been shipped from the training kennels here to Washington. Sailor Boy came from the Chesapeake Bay family and is valued at $1,000. He has powerful limbs and is seal brown in color. OEM. WADB HAMPTON DEAD. South Carolina Statesman Snccombs to Dis ease of tht Heart Columbia, S. C. (Special). Gen Wade Hampton died at his home here from valvular disease of the heart. He had been unconscious for several hours. ' The General had just passed his 84th birthday. Twice this winter he has had attacks that have greatly weakened him, but he rallied wonderfully on both occa sions. Licut.-Gcn. Wade Hampton was born in Columbia, S. C, 84 years ago. H came of a family of soldiers, and wa conceded to have been one of South Carolina's most distinguished sons. His grandfather served in the Revolution under both Sumter and Marion, was aft erwards elected to Congress and was ii major-general in the war of 1812. Tht father of the great cavalry leader of the Confederacy was Col. Wade Hampton, who also served in the war of 1812. In 1876 he was elected governor of the State, and was re-elected in 1878. While he was serving his second term as Gov ernor he met with nn accident while horsback riding which shattered the bones of one of his legs. The leg had to bo amputated, and for some time after the operation the General's life vaf despaired of. Whilo he -va:- lying he twecn life and death he nvs uruiirmous ly elected to the United St.r.-s Sentte He served in that body "or twelve years retiring in 1801. following the wave ol Tillmanism which swep t ovr South Carolina and swept the "Pitchfork" intc Hampton's seat in the Senate. He leaves one son, Wade Hampton Jr., and one daughter. "A DESTROYER OF SOULS." So Bishop Potter Characterizes Modern In dustrial Progress. New York (Special). Bishop Henry C. Totter, at a meeting in the interests of the Working Girls' Vacation Society held at Sherry's, made a stirring appeal for rest and recreation for these workers The Bishop said: "I have yet to heat anything more tragic than the story ol the modern working girl in the modern great city. These girls come into the city by the thousands, only to disappeat again after a moment, broken, decrepit prematurely aged. This devouring ma chinery takes the young life, uses it foi a moment, and then dismisses it as noth ing but a rag and a bone and a hank ol hair. "The religious newspapers have pointed out that the working girl can now have cheaper shoes than she used to have and more trinkets, but the fact is only just beginning to be realized that modern in dustrial progress, about which Americans swagger in a manner that is perfectly odious to me. is a destroyer of bodies and souls. The fact is at least being recognized, and the result is a considera ble amelioration of the condition ol working persons both in their factories and homes." ERA OF HARMONY FOR CUBA. Partial Pardons for All Who Art Undergo ing Sentences. Havana, (Special). An order grant ing partial pardon to all those who are undergoing life or shorter sentences has been published. The pardons vary from one-quarter to one-half of the penalties imposed. All persons whose cases are awaiting final decisions by the Court of Appeals must withdraw their appeals in order to bene fit by the new clemency. The order clears up all doubt regard ing pardon for offenses committed in connection with the war. An order was issued March 28, 1899, by Gen. John R Brooke, then Military Governor of Cuba, promising pardon for crimes committed by troops in the field during the war. An explanation of this contained in a circu lar issued by the Cuban Secretary of Justice April 27, 1899. caused some doubt as to just what military offenses were pardonable. The present order ol pardon says that the step is taken in or der that an era of harmony may be in troduced into the new Cuban Republic. Drove Nail Info Husband's Head. Wellington, Kan. (Special.) Ir Grant county, Okla., just across the line from here, Mrs. Peoples, a Bohemian is reported to have killed her husbanc' by driving a nail into his head. Peoples a farmer, went home drunk, beat his wife, and after ordering her to get sup per went to sleep with his head leaning against a pine partition. When suppci was ready the woman tried to wakcr him, hut failed. Fearing that he wouk beat her again when he awoke for not calling him, she drove a nail through from the other side of the partition intc the man's head, killing him. Battle With Chinese Rebels. Hongkong (By Cable). Advices re ccived here from Liu Chow say that thi Imperial Governor General Ma and Mar shal Su have defeated the Kuang Si reb els in a sanguiary battle at Kong Chuen The imperial army was first driven back when General Wog, with three quick firing guns and two Maxims, arrived or the scene and turned the tide. The reb els retreated to the mountain strong holds, whence they have been makinj occasional sorties. Marshal Su is block ing the roads to the seaports, from whicl the rebels have been deriving their sup plies. ' Mckinley College of Government." Saratoga, N. Y, (Special.) At a Ses sion of the Troy Conference, Mcthodis Episcopal Church, here, Rev. Dr. W. L Davidson, vice-chancellor of the Amcri can University, of Washington, D. C. said the corner-stone of the "McKinlej College of Government," to be ineludec in the American University, would hi laid May 14 by President Roocrlt. ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEWS. Over 30 persons were wounded, in eluding women and children, in conflict! between the police and rioters in Brus sets. Many of the niilitiamen called on to quell the disturbances became muti nous. It is reported that the British Cabi net at a recent meeting decided upon 1 firmer policy in Ireland, including tin suppression of the United Irish League John Whitehead, head of the lute head torpedo factory at Fiume, Hun gary, is dead. The Window Glass Jobbers' Associa tion placed an order for soo.ooo boxei with the factories of the Manufacturers Federation at an increase of 13 per cent over the last purchase price. Oscar W. Schaeffer, secretary ant treasurer of the W. H. Baker Chocolati and Cocoa Company, commit ted suicidi at the office of the company, in Wal St reet. The executive board of the Unitec Mine Workers has as yet reached no de cision regarding the situation in Wes Virginia. The vote on the educational bill in tin lower house of the Austrian Reichsratt precipitated a riot between the Czcchi and the German Radicals. PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Special Dlspatcbei Boiled Down for Quick Reading. PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED. Scorched Corpst la a Dltcb Clothes Burned From tht Body of a Maa Found Along the Railroad at Howellvlllt Priest Ousted by Court Kidnapping Plot Revealed Enforc ing Tobacco Laws Other News. Pennsylvania pensions: William F. Behm, Mars, $6: Robert C. Parker, Pittsburg, $6: George W. Moyer, Ber rysburg, $8; Jacob Brnbakcr, Anisbry, $8: William Kennedy. Mt. Holly Springs. $8; Garrett M. Craighed. Bea ver Falls, $17; James M. Packard, Mitchell Creek, $17; Robert S. Laugh ary, Hamill, $10; Robert H. Dickinson, Erie. $24: Additson K. Ncsbit. New Bedford, $10; Stewart Clark. Pittsburg, $12; Andrew Hillegas, West End, $8; Samuel B. McCord, Erie. $8; Sarah Rogers, Allegheny, $8; Jane Moody, Asylum. $8; Catharine Kiles, Connclls villc, $8; Jane L. Southard, Caledonia, $8: Ebenczer II. Hamill, Hamill, $12; William McCoy, McKecs Rocks, $10; William R. Lawrence, Ligonier, $12; James Marsh, Irwin, $8; Matthew Hoosc, Alliens, $17; Joseph Day, Wash ington, $12: John M. Smith. Allegheny, $8; Isaac Buckingham, Jefferson, $8; George Habcn, Butler. $8; William A. Holt, Washington, $13 : J. S. Whipple, Le Roy, $10; Sarah A. Greenland, Graf ton, $8: Catherine J. Hamilton, Bclle fonte, $8 ; Sarah Bridget, Sharon, $8. Pennsylvania patents: Alfred M. Ack lin, Pittsburg, drive mechanism for crushing rolls ; Stephen J. Adams, Pitts burg, sand molding apparatus; also forming sand molds ; Fulton V. Enrich, Pittsburg, metallic wheel : James F. Faw cctt, Pittsburg, lift mechanism for tin plate ; Gustave Greenland, Braddock, match box ; John S. Klein, Oil City, speed regulator for explosive engines ; Frank G. McPherson, Beaver Falls, sav ings bank; George E. Oatman, McKces port, rail support; John W. Paul, Kittan ning, typewriter; Ralph V. Sage. Johns town, drop door gondola car ; Charles Stein, Meadville, vehicle tire; John L. Storm. Pittsburg, hat and coat rack ; Samuel Sullivan, Erie, means for cooling milk cans; George W, Wareham. Pitts burg, mattress filler; Frank A. Wilcox, Erie, inner tube for pneumatic tires. Rev. John Armond, a Greek Catholic priest of Olyphant, who was excommu nicated by Bishop Hoban for unpatriotic utterances regarding the assassination of President McKinley, was ordered by Judge John P. Kelly to surrender pos session of the Greek Catholic Church property. Father Armond. in addition to being the pastor of the Greek Catholic Church at Olyphant, was editor of the "Swoba." Its editorials had an extreme socialistic trend, and after the assassi nation of President McKinley the "Swo ba" apparently sought to extenuate the crime. As a result Father Armond was summoned before Bishop Hoban. At the conclusion of the interview the priest disavowed the Bishop's authority, and on February 22 he was excommunicated. Another priest was sent to the church, but F'ather Armond refused to give up the church property. Those of the con gregation who refused to support Ar mond were refused admittance to the church. A committee of the congrega tion appealed to the court and an injunc tion was granted against Father Armond to restrain him from conducting further services and to compel! him to surrender the keys of the church property. , The nude body of a white man about 35 years of age was found in a ditch along theitracks of the Trenton Cut-off. at Howellville. at midnight by a track walker. Apparently the clothes had been burned off the body. The flesh was also badly scorched. The corpse was removed to Malvern, and Coroner Troutman is investigating in the belief that a murder was committed. Two theories are ad vanced. One is that the man was dead before he was thrown from a train and that the body was carried to this out of the way place on a freight train, satu rated with coaloil, set on fire and thrown into the ditch, where it was found. The other theory is that the man was stealing a ride and fell off whije asleep, and that matches in his pocket's were ignited by the fall, thus burning him to death. The body has not yet been identified. In investigating the disappearance f fieorge Wolls, a machinist employed by the Spring Grove Paper Mills Company, the authorities have learned that a plot was concocted last Amntst to kidnap the 12-year-old son of William L. Gladfel ter, an official of the paper company. Through a confession of one of the men implicated, it is said. Mr. Gladfelter was informed that the plan was to conceal the boy in an abandoned ore pit. near Spring Grove and demand $to,ooo ran som. To thwart the plot Mrs. Gladfel ter took the boy to Buffalo, N..Y. Fourteen tobacco dealers were placed tinder arrest in Yi!liamport for alleged violation of the act of Assembly prohib iting the sale of tobacco in any form to :hildren under 16 years of age. The ar rests are the outcome of a movement itarted some months ago by the Mothers' ind Teachers' Clubs and the Women's Christian Temperance Union. Other ar rests are expected to be made. The Central P.ennslyvania Alumni As iociatiou of the University of Pennsyl vania held its annual meeting and din ner at llarrisburg. Sixty persons wer present, and Dr. John V. Cult) was toast naster. The guests were Vice-Provost Edgar F. Smith, Dean E. C. Kirk, of the ieulal department, and Dr. Edward Martin, of the faculty of medicine. While going home from a sick call Father Stanislaus Spotanski was held up by burglars who forced, him to wit ness the blowing up of the safe in the postofficc at Hudson. Three men were mortally wounded m 1 railroad accident at McKeesport, ranted by a locomotive falling through a trestle. ' Two men supposed to be members of the gang which robbed a bank at Town, ville, were held captured near that place. Before they were arrested they held up a constable who intended to ap prehend them, and took his revolver away and- compelled him to give them his team of horses and a buggy. The renomination of George L. llolli day has been agreed upon for postmas ter of Pittsburg. While a numberof children were play ing in a barn on the outskirts of l'utis town a man suddenly pounced upon-11-year-old Lillie Bell The stranger at tempted to stifle the child's screams, but her companions ran to the nearest house and gave the alarm. Capitalists from Youngstown, O., have formed the Juniata Lumber Company and' purchased 70,000 acres of timber 'land in the Licking Creek Valley, from which they will take all kinds of lumber, including extract, match . and paper woods, mine props and logging. A nur ,row gauge railroad to extend up the Licking Creek Valley will be built.
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