GEN. CHAFFEE IS
AT MALABANG
Personally Looking Into Affairs In
Mindanao Island.
TROOPS CONCENTRATED IN TOWNS.
Accompanied by General Davis and in
Escort, He Starts for Lik: Lanas, In
the Interior Armed Insurgent Resist
ance Having Ceased in the Province of
Batangas.
Manila, (By Cable). (icncral Chaffee
lias arrived at Malabang, Island of Min
Ianao, where lie was met by General Da
vis, the commander of the American
forces in the island. Generals Chaffee
and Davis, with an escort, at once start
ed to ride to Lake Lanao. in the interior.
The American forces in the Province
of Batangas, Southern Luzon, have been
concentrated at several towns in the pro
vince. This action is taken because arm
ed insurgent resistance in the province
lias ceased.
The records, pleadings am evidence in
the case of the San jose Medical Col
lege, amounting to 518 printed pages,
hare been put into book form and for
warded to the civil governor of the Phil
tpines, William H. 'Taft, at Rome. These
records are forwarded with the idea of
their being available for Governor Taft's
use while he is in Rome.
The San Jose Medical College case has
"been heard before the United States
Philippine Commisson in Manila. The
point contested was whether the col
lege was owned and controlled by the
United States government or the church
in the Philippines. The commission re
ferred the case to the Supreme Court of
the Philippines.
The United States Philippine Commis
sion has passed a law abolishing impris
onment for debt after the debtor has
sworn to bankruptcy. Until this law
goes into effect the expenses of those
persons who are now in jail for debt
must be borne by their prosecutors, and
must be paid weekly.
Another case of cholera Tins occurred
on board the United States army trans
port Warren. The ship and her passen
gers will be detained in quarantine for an
additonal five days. The Warren has al
ready been quarantined for cholera for
' over ten days.
HELD IP TRAIN, BIT GOT NOTHING.
Robbers Retort to Desperate Measures, But
Did Not Profit By Tbem.
Jonesboro. Ark., (Special) The west
fcound fast mail train on the St. Louis
and San Francisco Railway was held up
about 10.40 o'clock at Marsh Siding, five
miles west, by four masked men. In
formation wired to express company of
ficials state that the robbers secured
nothing The robbers flagged the train,
which did not slow up quickly enough
to let them on. and they threw the switch
under the rear of the chair car, throwing
it and a Pullman across the tracks. The
fireman was compelled to cut off the en
fine, mail, baggage and express cars,
which were pulled down the track some
distance.
Messenger Xewton was ordered to
open the express car. He replied he
would if the robbers would not shoot
hiin. The leader of the gang wanted to
shoot the messenger, but the others dis
suaded him, and ihe messenger opened
the car door. The safe was wrecked
with dynamite, which also blew out the
side of the car. After fruitless attempts
to secure any booty, the robbers cut off
the engine and ran farther west.
Finally they jumped and the engine ran
wild to Bond, where it stopped oil the
level track. The conductor followed and
found the engine. He aroused the Bono
operator, and information was wired to
headquarters, the conductor returning
to the train with the engine. With the
exception of the chair car, which was
brought here by the wrecker, the train
proceeded West.
A posse, headed by the sheriff, has
gone after the robbers, who had a good
start.
TWO YEARS FOR MRS. SOFFEL.
The Wife of the Former Warden Will Now Be
a Penitentiary Prl ooer.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special). Mrs. Cath
erine Soffel, the wife of Warden Peter
Soflel, of the Allegheny county jail, who
entered a plea of guilt to the charge of
releasing Edward and John Biddle. the
burglars and murderers of Grocer Kah
ney and Detective Fitzgerald, was sen
tenced to two years in the Western Pen
itentiary. Mrs. Soffel received the sen
tence calmly and with no show of emo
tion. Walter Dorman. the member of the
Biddle gang who turned state's evidence,
and entered a plea of guilty to the mur
der of Kahney, was called up and sen
tenced to death.
NEW STEEL COMBINE.
Schw.tb, Gary aod Gates la It The Concerns
That Have Consolidated.
Chicago, (Special). The Daily News
printed the announcement of a new com
bination of interests in the steel indus
try which has just been perfected in this
city under the management of Arthur J.
Eddy. The name of the new company
i to be the American Steel Founders'
Company, with a capital of $40,000,000,
equah'y divided between common and
preierreo. siock.
Concerns comprising the new combi
nation are: The American Casting Com
pany and the Sargent Coimiany, of Chi
cago: Light & Howard, of St. Louis; the
Franklin and the Reliance Companies, of
Pennsylvania, and the American Casting
Company, of Newark, N. J.
Georgia Cattle-raising Project
Atlanta, Ga., (Special). A company
lias purchased and fenced in 1,100 acres
of land in Lincoln county, Ga., and will,
it is stated, devote the tract to the rais
ing of Georgia cuttle for the market.
The corporation is said to have options
oa 10100 acres in the vicinity. The first
carload of cattle was sent from Atlanta
to the new pastures. The company is
financed by New York men and the com
missioner of agriculture assisted in se
lecting the land.
King Praises American Exhibit.
Turin, Italy. (Special). King Victor
Emmanuel opened the International Ex
position here. In his speech he gave
special praise to the United States exhi
bit The Exposition opens under excep
tionally flattering auspices. The King
visited the American section and was re
ceived by the vice prc.idenu of the
American committee, Senor Antonio
Xacca and Count Prat.
Thirteen Ttrsoas Killed,
Rome, (By Cable). Thirteen persons
were killed in a landslide at Marola,
l rovinrc of Lniilia
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic
The bodies of Paul Leicester Ford and
his brother, Malcolm Ford, were buried
in different parts of the family plot in
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Tarrytown.
Walter Pearcc, of Norfolk, Va.t sued
the Supreme Council, Rctyal Arcanum,
for the endowment of the death of bis
brother. John L. Pearcc.
The government bill against the Beef
Trust was filed in the United States
Court in Chicago.
A general strike of the miners of the
anthracite coal region was ordered by
the executive committee of the three dis
tricts upon receiving answers from the
various railroad presidents and coal op
erators, all refusing to agree to the pro
posed method of adjusting differences.
J. 11. Wade, who gave $100,000 to the
Fresh Air Camp at Cleveland, Ohia. to
assist its charitable work, has given a
similar sum of money to Lakeside Hos
pital 111 that city. The gift is in the form
of 400 shares of United States Steel Cor.
poration preferred stock and 400 shares
American Shipbuilding Company pre
ferred stock, each bearing 7 per cent,
interest.
Clara Taylor, w ho kidnapped her niece,
Margaret Taylor, from Cincinnati, is de
tained by the Italian authorities to await
action by the United States government.
The police chiefs, in session in Louis
ville, Ky re-elected Major Sylvester, of
Washington, president, and decided to
meet next year in New Orleans.
The wife of Juan A. Pcrira, the Chil
ian consul at Oakland. Cal., died in the
dentist's chair from heart trouble while
having teeth extracted.
The Omnibus Statehood bill for the
admission of Arizona, New Mexico and
Oklahoma passed the House without di
vision. A receiver was applied for in New
York for the Morning Telegraph, which
had become financially embarrassed.
The President sent to the Senate the
nomination of Kugenc F. Ware, to be
commissioner of pensions.
Dispatches from Northern Minnesota
report a heavy snowstorm. Early veg
etables are said to be injured.
Ex-Cov. John P. Eagle, of Arkansas,
was elected governor of the Southern
Baptist Convention.
The President signed the Oleomarga
rine Bill.
Paul Leicester Ford, the novelist, was
shot and killed in New York by his
brother. Malcolm Webster Ford, writer
and athlete, who immediately sent a bul
let into his own breast, dying instantly.
Mrs. Mabel D. Piggott", of Philadel
phia, secured a judgment of $5,000 in
Denver against her niece. Miss Char
lotte M. Byrani. whom she charged with
stealing her husband's affections.
The annual meeting of the American
Bible Society was held in New Y ork. It
was stated that a special agency had been
established among the colored people in
the South.
Mrs. D. T. S. Dcnison was elected
president of the General Federation of
Women's Clubs at Los Angeles, Cal.
During a drunken orgie at the home
of (ieorge W. Herget. in Cincinnati,
Mrs. Herget was stabbed to death.
Ten prisoners, including a convicted
murderer, escaped from Wise Courthouse
(Virginia) jail.
Mrs. Hetty Green secured permission
1 in .ew iorK irom me ponce to carry a
pistol.
James Foltz, a boy of fourteen years,
was killed by a falling tree at Newport,
Virginia.
I Foreign.
Archduchess Maria Christine, daugh
ter of Archduke Frederick of Austria,
and Prince Emanuel Salm-Salm were
married in the chapel of the Hotbtirg in
Vienna.
Portuguese advices from South Africa
state that peace is sure to be the out
come of the conferences of the Boer
leaders to be held at Vcrceniging. Trans
vaal, May 15.
The dictatorship paragraph is to be
eliminated from the constitution of Alsace-Lorraine.
The condition of Queen Wilhelniina
continues to improve.
The United States cruiser Cincinnati
has arrived at San Domingo. The hos
pitals there are filled w ith men who were
wounded in the last engagements be
tween the revolutionists and the forces
of the former government.
English advices from Borneo state that
the Sea Dyaks have been head hunting
again, and have murdered a number of
the peaceful l.and Dyaks. in order to
secure their heads as trophies.
King Edward has expressed his
strong disapproval of the shipping com
bine on patriotic grounds. The English
newspapers continue to dwell distrust
fully upon it.
The Chinese rebels bombarded Nan
Ning Fit. using modern field guns. From
300 lo 400 people were killed.
The Count and Countess de Rochani
bcau will sail from Havre for New Y'ork
today.
Gen. Tiresias Simon Sam. president of
the republic of Hayti. has resigned.
The town of St. Pierre. Island of Mar
tinique, is reported to have been totally
destroyed by volcanic disturbances, nearly
all the inhabitants killed, and the steamer
Roraima and other vessels wrecked.
It was stated in the House of Com
mons that J. Pierpont Morgan was a
leading member of the syndicate carry
ing out the concession which Turkey
granted to Germany for u railroad
through Asia Minor.
W. F. Powell. United States Minister
at San Domingo, has suspended inter
course with the revolutionary govern
ment and will go to Hayti, where, it is
said, a revolution is also in progress.
A lifeboat with the first officer and
three men of the British ship Boveric ar-
rived at rreniantle, Victoria, with the in
: formation that the Boveric had lost her
I propeller 1,500 miles at sea.
i I he -peasants in Southern Russia have
1 destroyed many estates, helping thein
! selves to supply their needs and using
I violence where their demands were re
' fiued.
i Financial
The Norfolk & Western Railroad di
rectors have declared a dividend of 1
pir cent, on the common stock.
International Paper Company officials
deny that their company has secured con
trol of the American Writing Paper
Company.
The former board of directors of the
N. Y. C. & St. L. Railway have been
re-elected. The old directors of the Lake
Shore have also been re-elected.
The American Cereal Company has de
clared a regular quarterly dividend of 3
per cent.
A memtier of the Virginia & Carolina
Chemical Company is on his way to
Europe to assist in the purchase of two
of the largest German chemical com
panies. Canadian papers say that the collapse
of the Webb lioom is an evidence that
ambitious chemes for the financial ex
ploitation of Canada are all bndly shat
tered. The Delaware & Bound Brook Rail
road Company declared a quarterly divi
dend of 2 per cent.
The stockholders of the International
Bell Telephone Company. Limited, have
voted to reduce the capital from $500,000
to $-'50,000.
FORTY THOUSAND LIVES LOST.
St. Vincent and Probably Other Islands Besides
Martinique Have Suffered From Terrible Out
bursts of Volcanic Disturbances.
HORRORS OF POMPEII REPEATED.
Ships at Sea Enveloped In Clouds of Ashes and Ihe Shore Lines of Martinique
a Masst of FlamesFour American Vessels Among the Shipping
Burned Details ol Guatemala Horror.
The volcanic disaster in the Lesser
Antilles of the West Indies, appears to
have been one of the most terrible in
the world's history as to the loss of
life. According to the latest informa
tion it is estimated that 40.000 people
perished on the Island of Martinique.
This awful destruction of life is com
parable only w ith Pompeii.
All the islands in the neighborhood of
Martinique are more or less isolated, ap
parently by earthquake or volcanic dis
turbances. Cable communication with St. Vincent,
Barbadoes. Grenada, Trinidad, Dcme
rara and St. Lucia is interrupted.
Grave fears arc felt for the people on
the Island of St. Vincent. The captain
of a schooner which arrived at Dominica
reports that he was compelled to sail
from St. Vincent Wednesday afternoon
because of the showers of sand from the
volcano on the island.
The commander of the French cruiser
Sucliet. the only ship that appears to
have gotten away safely from Martin
ique, has reported to his government that
the town of St. Pierre was destroyed by
an eruption of Mount Telec : that they
saved about 30 persons more or less
burned from the ships in the harbor that
were destroyed. The crews of small
boats sent ashore were unable to pene
trate the blazing town. Heaps of bodies
were seen upon the wharves. A former
resident of St. Pierre says there were
about l.eoo white people in the town.
The following cablegram received at
the State Department at Washington
tells in a few words the magnitude of
the fearful disaster.
"Pointe-a-Pitrc, May o, 1902.
"Secretary of State, Washington :
"At 7 o'clock A. M. on the 8th inst. a
storm of steam, mud and fire enveloped
the city and community. Not more than
20 persons escaped with their lives.
Eighteen vessels were burned and sunk
w ith all on board, including four Ameri
can vessels and a steamer from Quebec
named Roraima, The United States con
sul and family are reported among the
victims. A war vessel has come to Gua
deloupe for provisions, and will leave at
f, tomorrow. . ,
(Signed.) "AY'ME, Consul."
The State Department received dis
patches from commercial houses in New
York asking that warships be sent at
once to Martinique to afford relief.
The American consul at Martinique is
Thomas T. Prentis. He was born in
Michigan and was appointed from Mas
sachusetts as consul at Seychelles Isl
ands in 1871, and later served as consul
at Port Louis, Mauritius, Rouen, France,
and Batavia. He was appointed consul
at Martinique in iijoo. The vice-consul
at Martinique is Aniedee Testart, who
was born and appointed from Louisiana
in 1808.
Latest available figures show that the
total population of the Island of Mar
tinique is 185.000 people, of whom .25,000
lived in St. Pierre, and, according to Mr.
Ayme, have nearly all perished.
The cable repair ship Grapplcr, of the
West India and Panama Telegraph Com
pany, is reported to have been destroyed.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has sent out the following notice:
" The West India and Panama Tele
graph Company has advised the Western
Union Telegraph Company's Central Ca
ble Office that two steamers which took
cable messages for Martinique after the
interruption of the cable are reported de
stroyed, and they are unable to ascertain
if the messages were previously deliv
ered. The cable messages forwarded by
cable steamer were carried on beyond
their destination, the ship being unable
to approach Martinique."
A dispatch from Bridgetown, Island of
Barbadoes, British West Indies, says
that volcanic dust due from the eruption
in the Island of St. Vincent is still falling
there, and that the roads and houses are
covered an inch thick.
The Island of Barbadoes is over 100
miles from the Island of St. Vincent.
A VALUABLE TESTAMENT.
Prlocetoo Oct Facsimile ol Oae Presented1 to
Empress Dowager.
Princeton, N. .J, (Special). A Chi
nese New Testament of considrable value
has been presented to the Theological
Seminary library.
The book, which is a fac-similc of the
one recently given to the Empress Dow
ager of China, is probably the only one
of its kind in America. It was given to
the library by Mrs. John Stranoch, of
I'hiladclphia. The Testament was pre
sented to her by the British and Foreign
Bible Society in recognition of the serv
ices of her husband, who translated the
New Testament into Chinese. The book
is lionnd in full morocco and has solid
gold clasps. It was published at the Uni
versity of Oxford.
1 Earthquake Shocks Felt la Spain.
I Madrid, (By Cable). Earth shocks
j were felt at Alicante. Murcia and Elche,
, on the southwestern coast of Spain. Pan
! ics followed, but there were no fatali-
Klllcd by His Brother.
New York, (Special). The end of
the long existing trouble among the chil
dren of the late Gordon L. Ford, mil
lionaire real estate lawyer, of Brooklyn,
came at 10.20 o'clock A. M. when Mal
colm Webster Ford, who had been dis
inherited, shot and killed his brother,
Paul Leicester Ford, the celebrated nov
elist and historian, and then took his
own life. The shooting took place in
the beautiful new home of the author,
.17 East Seventy-seventh street.
Eleven Mea Killed.
London (By Cable). Lord Kitchener
reports another accident on May 7 to a
train bound from Pretoria to Pieters
burg. Northern Transvaal. The cars were
derailed at a curve and an officer and ten
men were killed. Lord Kitchener also re
ported that 47 additional Boers were
made prisoners May 7 and May 8.
2,500 Cholera Deaths lo Dale.
Manila, (By Cable). The cholera sta
tistics to date are as follows: Manila,
807 cases and 706 deaths', the provinces,
2.412 cases and 1,05 deaths.
San Francisco, (Special). The steam
ship Newport, from Panama and way
ports, was at La Libertad on the mailt
of April 18, when the republic of Guate
mala was shaken from end to end by a
series of terrific earthquakes.
The shock was felt aboard the New
port, but it was not until Ocos was
reached that those on the steamship had
any idea of the seriousness of the sit
uation, further inland, according to ca
blegrams received here and reports heard
in Ocos by the officers of the Newport,
the damage was immense and the loss of
life large.
In Ocos itself u.fia Mu ..:.i.,.,..A f
the frightful convulsion. The earth
roiied up m three distinct waves, winch
still rear their crests where they stood
when the convulsion rf-jicv! R.iwn.n
each wave is a wide deep crack and the
eanu m every direction is serried by
openings of apparently soundless depths.
Not a house in Ocos is left standing
on its foundation. The river banks were
squeezed together and the stream is now
20 fret n:irrnu-f,r tlinn lwfr,,. Tl...
of the river gave gave up the ghost of a
wrecK mat disappeared in the mud hve
years agj,returning it high and dry to
the land. The railroad bridge across the
river was telescoped and the wharf is
a misshapen mass of badly tangled an
gles. Further details of the earthquake have
just reached Victoria, B. C. by the Brit
ish war ship Grafton, which was at San
lose at the time 'I'tino tlfitrt li.f
city of Esctiintla, capital of the Guate
malan province ot tlie same name, was
almost destroyed. The shock was felt
for but 40 seconds at Guatemala. At
Esctiintla it was felt for about two min
utes, and houses were cracked and de
stroyed, Hundreds oeing buried m the
ruins TIih Insc nf lif ...ne ,..,.;n,.ci.. .....
timated at from 1,000 to 5.000 in Escu-
iiiua. 1 ne city Had a population of about
10,000 before the shock. The greater por
tion of these were left homeless and in
distress.
Ill San Tosp 111, rnnilnl nf ft, rrnlrnl
nrovinrn nf fiuitnmtit'i it, con
were killed. Travelers coming into the
cny rcponeu mat tlie railway had been
much damaged and progress was difficult.
The stories of death and destitution were
coming into San Jose from all sides be
fore the Grafton sailed two days after the
earthquake, the worst stories being re
ceived from Esctiintla, which province
sintered tne most.
Those on the Grafton heard that the
number nf lininflpta in n.iton,', 1-. nu n
suit of the destruction caused by the
earthquake was computed at 30,000. It
was learco mat a famine would lollow.
and with its attendant casualties swill
the death list.
SOME WERE RESCUED FROM ST. PIERRE.
The Dead Found la the Streets to Be Cremated
When Ruloi Can Be Entered.
Fort de France, Martinique, (By Ca
ble). The earthquakes have ceased, but
the volcanic eruptions continue.
Hopes are raised that more of the pop
ulation of St. Pierre than indicated in
the earlier dispatches have been saved.
It is believed that a number of people
were rescued from the stricken town by
steamers running to Fort de France. A
french cable repair steamer saved 450
persons.
The work of clearing away the debris
in the City of St. Pierre will be com
menced so soon as it is possible to enter
the smoikng ruins. Until some sem
blance of order has been restored and the
ruins have been partially cleared away,
it has been agreed by the authorities to
burn all corpses found in the streets.
The authorites of Fort de France hte
sending all procurable necessaries for the
sufferers, with medical aid for the in
jured, the food supplies of St. Pierre be
ing all destroyed. The cruiser Suchet is
revictualing Martinique from Guada
loupe. MUTILATED THE BODY.
Ferocious Killlaf of Chef ol Bridgeport
Hotel hy a Fireman.
Bridgeport, Conn., (Special). Law
rence Bressano, a fireman in the Atlantic
Hotel, crept into the mcatrooin and split
the skull of Michael Tornish, the chef,
with a meat clever. He then took a large
butcher knife and slashed the body, cut
ting off the nose and ears, gouging out
the eyes and cutting strip after strip of
flesh off the face of the victim.
When the upper part of the body was
unrecognizable Bressano jumped on it
and danced from the head to the feet
until the arrival of the police, who were
attracted by the frenzied yells of the
murderer. Bressauo then turned his
attention lo bis would-be capturers. and
was not subdued until one policeman
broke a club over his head and another
knocked him senseless to the ground
with the brass buckle of a licit. Bres
sano. at police headquarters, acknowl
edged the murder, and said he felt bet
ter tor having committed it.
Estrada Palma'i Reception.
Havana, ( Special). The 'Shipping in
terests here arranged a striking reception
for President-elect Estrada Palma, who
arrived in Havana Monday morning. A
double line of decorated barges stretched
from Morro Castle to the wreck of the
United States battleship M aine. Between
this double line passed a fleet of vessels
headed by the Julia, having the presiden
tial parly on board. The wharves and
the whole water front was decorated
with bunting and Cuban flags.
Corpora lions to B tailed.
Boston, Mass., (Special). It is an
nounced that the recent sale of the Plant
Investment Company's trolley lines and
electric light plant at Jacksonville, Fla.,
was to the stone and Webster interests
of this city, which already control val
uable Southern street railway and light
ing systems, including those of Tampa,
Fla., Savannah and Columbus, Ga., and
El Paso and Houston, Tex. The new
owners state that the various companies
comprised in this purchase will be united
in a single corporation, and that a con
siderable sum will be expended in devel
oping the propertied
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Coronation Envoy's Expenses.
A lively debate occurred in the Senate
upon an amendment to the Army Appro
priation Bill offered by Mr. Bailey, ol
Texas, providing that no part of the ap
propriations made by the measure should
be used in defraying the expenses' of the
special embassy to the coronation ot
King Edward Vll. of England. Mr. Bai
ley contended that the United States
should not send a special ambassador to
the coronation of England's King, or to
the coronation of any other ruler, when
the country thus honored did not extend
a like courtesy to the United States on
the inauguration of a president. After
considerable discussion the amendment
was w ithdrawn ami the bill passed.
Subsequently Mr. Bailey offered n res
olution, which will be considered later,
covering the point made in his amend
ment, it provides that It is contrary
to the policy of the United States to ac
credit to any foreign government any
ambassador, minister or other diplomatic
ollicer or agent to especially represent
the United States at the coronation of
any hereditary prince or potentate." It
also provides that the president has no
power to appoint such an envoy, except
with the Senate's sanction.
The New Republic.
The State Department has decided
upon the method it will employ to in
form the world officially of the birth of
the new Cuban Republic on May 20.
Instead of issuing a proclamation, the
department will send identical notices to
all United States ambassadors and minis
ters abroad that the military occupation
of the L:nited States of the island has
ceased as of that date and that Tomas
Estrada Palma has been duly installed as
the head of the new government of the
Island of Cuba. There will be invitation
on our part to the nations to recognize
the new republic, but It Is expected that
they will take notice themselves of the
fact that the United Slates has so recog
nized the Cuban Republic by sending to
the island a minister resident and staff
of legation and consuls, and it is not
doubted that the example will be follow
ed. Agricultural Appropriation BilL
Senator Proctor, from the Committee
on Agriculture, reported the Agricul
tural Appropriation Bill to the Senate.
As reported, the bill carries $5,2.10,680,
or an increase of $1.(5.140 over the
amount carried by the House lull. 1 he
principal item of increase is $50,000, to
be added to the provision for the pur
chase of sites for weather bureau ob
servatories. The committee also added
$250,000 to the $50,000 appropriated by
the House for the aid of irrigation.
This Shoe Weighs 8 Pounds Empty.
An eight-pound leather shoe decorated
with nearly 400 copper-headed nails is on
exhibition in the office of Major James
E. Bell, superintendent of the free deliv
ery division of the city postoffice. Its
interest lies in the report that it is said
to have been tanned by the father of Gen.
Grant in 1859, and was used as a shoe
sign for forty years. It has been owned
for twenty years by F. H. McManigal,
of St. Paul, Minn.
Protest Against "Jim Crow" Cars.
A protest again racial discrimination
on "Jim Crow ' railway cars was made
before the House Committee on Com
merce by a delegation of colored men, in
cluding ex-Congressman White, of
North Carolina, Assistant Register of the
Treasury Adams and Rev. Walter H.
Brooks. The delegation asked for an
amendment to the Interstate Commerce
law prohibiting discrimination 011 pas
senger cars on account of race or color.
Resignation Was Voluntary Act
In view of the public statements to
the contrary, it can be said on authority
that cannot be questioned that Commis
sioner Evans' desire to sever his con
nection with the Pension Bureau was
not prompted by any suggestion or prom
ise on the part of the President or any
one sepaking for him. His resignation
as commissioner was a voluntary act and
entirely independent of any outside con
sideration. Civil Service Eligible.
The Civil Service Commission trans
mitted to the House an answer to a reso
lution of Representative Gillet (Mass.).
asking information regarding the eligible
list of the commission. The statement
shows that there are now .1,584 cligibles
on the register. From July 1, 1001, lo
April 15. 1902. 7.072 persons were ap
pointed to office from this register.
Roosevelt Slgos Oleo Bill.
The President has signed the Oleo
margarine bill. This new law provides
for a tax of 10 cents a pound on oleo
margarine, and further a yearly license
fee of $500 is to he paid by dealers in
the product, a license fee of $500 to be
paid by makers of renovated butter and
a license fee of $50 a year to be paid by
makers of process butter.
Sargent Is Conliraed.
The Senate in executive session con
firmed the nomination of Frank P. Sar
gent, of Illinois, late grand master of
the Locomotive Firemen's Brotherhood,
as Commissioner-General of Immigra
tion, vice Terence V. Powdcrly, of Penn
sylvania. Stricken lo Pleading.
After a dramatic incident in which
Delegate Marftts A, Smith, of Arizona,
collapsed under the strain of pleading
for its pass-ige, the House passed with
out division the bill granting Statehood
to the Territories ot Oklahoma, New
Mexico and Arizona.
Capital hewi io beoeril.
The Senate confirmed Eugene F.
Ware, of Kansas, as commissioner of
pensions.
Adjutant General Corbin and Generals
Wood and Young have been selected to
attend the German maneuvers.
The Fortification Bill as completed by
the Senate committee carries $7,946,481.
an increase of $1,. 184.4,(1 over the amount
provided by the House bill.
The remains of Rear-Admiral Samp
son were buried in Arlington. 'The fu
neral services were held in the Presby
terian Church and were ai tended by a
large representation of the civil, military
and naval departments of the govern
ment. Delegate Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona,
was seized with an apoplectic attack
while advocating on the floor of the
House the Omnibus Statehood bill.
Governor Taft closed up his work in
Washington preparatory to starting for
the Philippines. Accompanied by Judge
James E. Smith, of the Philippine Su
preme Court, and Major Porter, of the
judge advocate's office, he will stop at
Rome to have a talk with the Pope about
the friars' lands.
'The Senate confirmed the nomination
of II. Clay Evans to be consul-general at
London.
Secretary Shaw issued amended reg
ulations for baggage inspection, designed
to better provide for the comfort of
returning tourists,.
Prince Henry of Prussia visited the
Cork International Exhibition.
DID NOT WAIT
FOR THE STRIKE
Several of the Mtncowncrs Have 0r
dcrcd a Lockout.
A LONG STRUGGLE IS EXPECTED.
The Mineworkeri, Who Had Been Instructed
by Their Leaders Not to Report at the
Collieries, Were Notified by Hie Mine
owners That They Need Not Come to the
Mines Until Further Orders.
Hazleton, Pa., (Special). Anticipat
ing the action of their employes, two of
the individual coal companies in this re
gion locked out their men. This step
was taken when Coxc Bros. & Co., op
erating the Beaver Meadow colliery, and
Calvin Pardee, Sons & Co., owners of
the Lattimer mines, notified their em
ployes that they need not report for work
nnlil ordered to do so. This order does
not apply to engineers, firemen and pump
runners, whose services arc necessary to
keep the mines free from water. These
companies, it is believed, expect a long
struggle, and this belief is strengthened
by the fact that at Lattimer work has
been suspended on the rebuilding of a
fan house that was burned last week and
whose reconstruction was necessary to
prevent the accumulation of gases in
one part of the slope.
'The Lehigh Valley Coal Company an
nounced that it will give employment te
all men who report for work.
Meetings of the United Mineworkers'
locals were held in most of the mining
villages in the Hazleton district. It i
impossible to ascertain the attitude of
the locals on the strike question. The
meetings were secret and the delegates
were ordered not to divulge their in
structions until they got into the con
vention. Seventy-five per cent, of the
men employed in the various collieries
in this (the Lehigh) valley arc organ
ized, and operations throughout the re
gion will be tied up for several days at
least.
It was reported here that an effort
would be made to start up the Cran
berry breaker, operated by A. Pardee &
Co.. with non-union stripping men so
that all the coal that was not sent to the
surface on Saturday may be prepared for
market.
Samuel Nedrcy, a representative of the
American Federation of Labor, has ar
rived here, and says the Federation
would render all possible aid to the
miners in their struggle.
SECRETARY ROOT'S REPLY TO SENATE.1
Submits Ibe Order ol General Bell Relative
to Ban tan gas.
Washington, D. C, (Special). Socrc
tary Root has submitted to the Senate an
answer to the resolution of May 1, call
ing for copies of any orders issuer by
General Bell relative lo reconqentration
in Batangas and of the orders issued by
General Smith to Major Waller set up by
the latter in his defense before the court
pmartial. In reply the secretary submits
two orders by General Bell, dated De
cember 8 and ) last.
In the first General Bell refers to the
treachery of the natives, to their use of
infernal machines and to their constant
violation of all the rules of civilized war
fare. Therefore, he declares that he is
reluctantly obliged to avail himself of the
right of retaliation under the regulations
and to deal severely with persons who
commit the acts denounced in general or
der 100. lie says :
"The brigade commander announces
for the information of all concerned that
wherever prisoners or unarmed or de
fenseless Americans or natives friendly
to the United States Government are
murdered or assassinated for political
reasons and this fact can be established,
it is his purpose to execute a prisoner of
war under the authority contained in
sections 59 and 148. This prisoner of war
will bo selected by lot from among the
officers or prominent citizens held as
prisoners of war. and will be chosen
when practicable from those who belong
to the. town where the murder or assas
sination occurred."
'The secretary explains that the order
referred to was approved by Abraham
Lincoln, and that the orders mentioned
in the resolution and in Bell's order of
December 13 were in strict conformity
with the letter and spirit of this famous
order, which he says "was a contribution
to civilization of great and recognized
value."
Spaniards Discuss War.
Madrid (By Cable). For the last two
days the Senate has been discus-ing the
interpellation of Marshal Trimo Rivera
concerning the causes of the war between
Spain and the United States. Senor Mo
ret, in defending his conduct at that time,
said the Spanish fleet quitted Santiago
de Cuba on the advice of the Council of
the Admiralty, which had been convoked
at Madrid. Senor Morel was Spanish
Minister of the Colonies at the' time of
the war.
West lias a Mty Snow Storm.
Detroit, Mich.. (Special) .-Snow fell
over the central part of the Lower Pe
ninsula, and fruitgrowers in Western
Michigan are alarmed. Grand Haven
and Sparta report a fall of six inches.
Reed City and Ionia report light falls.
Fruit trees are in full bloom in the fruit
belt along lake Michigan, and if the
temperature falls any lower the crop will
be seriously' damaged. 'There were
very heavy (lurries of snow in Detroit
Acrobat Fall Front Towc.
Nashville, Tenn., (Special). While
8,000 persons were watching the feat of
Achille Phclion. at the Eagles' Carnival
here, the equilibrist fell from the cable
a the top of the spiral tower and plungrd
headlong to the platform beneath. It is
feared that bis injuries are fatal.
Seven Were Drowned.
Toledo, Ohio t Special ) . Seven young
people, member of a Sunday school clas
of the First Baptist Church, were drown
ed in the Maumee River just below the
city as the result of the naphtha launch
Frolic, on which they were taking a
pleasure ride, being run down by the tug
Arthur Woods, of the Great Lakes Tow
ing Company's fleet. 'The launch is
owned by Joseph W. Hepburn, of this
city, who invited eleven young people
to take an evening ride with him.
Ha Disliked WeedsT"
Hamilton. Ohio, (Special). The will
of John D. Maud, a Butler County farm
er, who died last week, has been filed
here. During all his life Mr. Maud was
noted for his hatred of weeds. This
characteristic appeared in his will, by
which he left $4,000 to the Mound Ceme
tery, at Monroe, where he was buried,
"to keep the cemetery free from weeds
and all noxious plants
Killed lo a Mine.
Roanoke, Va., ( Special). George.
Bishop, of Roanoke, was run over and
fatally hurt by a mine car in a coal minj
near Blucneld.
7
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Special Dispatches Boiled Down for
Quick Reading.
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED,
Trust to Build at Least Twenty Plants Near
Pittsburg Guard's Camp Site Selected
Ocloganarlon Burled In a Tomb Which Ht
Made Man Sought Refuge . In an tcchoas
and Perished Miners Resume Work.
New Pensioners. Edgar F.. While,
Erie, $12; James C. Biindy. DuBois. $12;
Elder Craw ford, Trail, $6; John F. Leon
ard. Bradford. $12; George M. Eddy,
Bradford. $17; Emanuel F.rmingcr,
Richardsviile. $IJ; Richard B. Newman,
Faycttcvillc. $12; William Smith, Alle
gheny, $8; Adam Zigler, Ick Haven,
$to; James Dttupsey. Wall, $12; Jacob A.
Fisher, Aaron-burg, $12; Joseph H.
Dickson, Mcadville, $10; William A. Ish
ler. Bellefonte, $8; John Nicholas, Ken
dall Creek, $12; Judson Knight, Sharps
ville, $50; Leopold M. Loll, Fryburg,
$24; Martha C. Kuhn, Johnstown, $8;
Angeline Williams, Moravia, $S; Jose
phine B. Lewis. Philipsburg, $8; minor
of Corydon E. Patterson, Allegheny, $10;
William Shannon, New Galilee, $8; John
Cribbs, Snndy Valley, $8; Anson B.
Campbell, McKcesport, $; Leonard A.
Hollister, Kittanning, $8; William Pcn
cille, Lincolnvillc, $12; James Holt,
Huntingdon, $10; Joseph Beers, Rock
hill Furnace. $12; (ieorge Means, Valier,
$10: Daniel Wonsetler. Washington, $12;
Samuel Pitard. Saxton, $14; Joseph R.
White. New Castle, $16; James P.
Biirchficld, Clearfield. $30; Robert M.
McCulIough, Cationsburg, $30; Marga
ret Simons, Tyrone, $8; Isabella Phil
lips, Carmichaels, $8; Nancy, Dillon
Smiths Ferry, $8.
Patents granted : Alfred M. Atfclin,
Pittsburg, apparatus for feeding and
tempering foundry sand ; Senate Backus,
Pittsburg, match machine; Allan K.
Bowman, Pittsburg, tobacco pipe; Rob
ert S. Brcckenridge, Butler, overalls;
James E. and C. B. Brown, Bradford,
vehicle body; Mary A. Deforce. Corry,
flower stand; Oliver G. Karl. Allegheny,
bolt; Frank A. Eyler. Harrisburg, ap
paratus for dispelling electricity in deliv
ering sheets into or from printing press
es ; Jas. M. G. Fullman, Pittsburg, outlet
box for electric wires and conduits ; Azor
R. Hunt and W. Ahlcn, Duqiicsne, heat
ing furnace for coiled bundles; Albert
Kalske. Erie collapsible baby carriage ;
John S. Matson, Greenville, railway
block system; Alexander J. McCulIough,
Mcadville, electric switch operating de
vice; Horace F. Netuneyer, Macunigie,
hose nozzle; Henry N. Potter, Pittsburg,
treating ballast for electric lamps; Geo.
W. Rhine, of Altoona. air compressor;
Henry C. Rush. Oil City, gas burner for
firing barrels; Geo. B. Tennant, Johns
town, power press ; George"' W'csting
house, Pittsburg, automatic fluid pres
sure brake apparatus; Samuel B. Whin
cry, Pittsburg, blue printing apparatus.
Announcement was made at Pittsburg
by a member of the party of United
Sfates Steel Corporation officers who,
with President Schwab, are visiting .the
plants of the Pittsburg district, that it
had been decided to btiiid at least twenty
and perhaps twenty-live new plants.
About $60,000,000 is to be expended and
the Pittsburg district will get from 60
to 75 per cent, of the amount. The Na
tional 'Tube Plant at McKccesport will
not be abandoned nor removed, but will
be enlarged and improved. Three new
tube plants will he built and while their
exact locations have not been decided
upon, they will be in the Pittsburg dis
trict. .
(ienerals Gobin, Schall. Wiley, Ad
jutant (icncral Stewart and Quartermas
ter Richardson visited the Gettysburg
battlefield and selected a location for the
division encampment July 12-10. (icn
cral and division icalquarters will be
located on the Eintnitshurg Road in
front of the historic. Bloody Angle. The
First Brigade will encamp on the
Spangler farm, over which Pickett's
charge was made. 'The Second Brigade
will he Joeated liirecllv across the road,
and the Third Bi igadc will be stationed
.011 the outskirts of Gettysburg. The ar
tillery nnd cavalry will enranip on the
Chambersbtirg J'ike aud Reynolds Ave
nue, on the site of the first day's fight
ing, (icneral orders will be issued next
week by Adjutant (icneral Stewart form
ally announcing the selection of Gettys
burg for holding the encampment aiid
giving the details for the movement of
the troops.
Charters were issued at the State De
partment as follows: The Gettysburg
Manufacturing Company, Gettysburg,
rapital $10,000; Keystone Constructing
and Engineering Company, Kaston, capi
tal $10,000: the Roscoe Electric Light
Company. Rosxoe. Washington county,
capital $10,000-; the Lancaster Castings
Company, Incaster, capital $60,000;
Railway Steel Casting Company, Pitts
burg, capital $2,000.
'The strike of the miners of the Web
ster Coal and Coke Company, in Cam
bria county, was terminated when the
company agreed to sign the Altoona
scale. The company's principal objec
tion was to the check-off, but that has
been adjusted in a manner satisfactory
to all concerned. 'There are about 5,000
miners in the employ of the Webster
Company in Cambria county, and they
are all at work again.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
has shipped 15.000 young locust trees to
Newton Hamilton, to be set out on the
Ingram farm in Wayiw Township. These
trees will be planted eight feet apart and
cultivated until large enough for cross
ties. 'This is to be an experiment, and
if successful will be followed by other
larger ventures in this line.
(ieorge Myers, if Gouldshoro, was
found dead in one of the large icehouses
at that place, lie went into the build
ing to escape the heat, it is supposed,
and fell asleep and was frozen to death
Jacob Gcttiuger, who died at Sandy
villc, aged Hi years, will be buried in a
grave which he dug himself. Several
years ago he secured a lot in the ceme
tery at Sandyniouiit Church, where he
dug and walled up grave and erected
tombstone upon which his name and Ihe
date of his birth were inscribed.
Edna Varna, wl 13 years, shot and
killed herself at the home of F. S. Ea
gle. 'The child had bcc brooding over
her isolation, she having been placed in
the Eagle home by the Children's Home
Society of Pennsylvania. The mother
turned the child over to the society, say
ing her husband had left her.
president Isaac Soarpless, of Haver
ford College, announced that another
fellowship of $500 for this year only has
licrti presented to the college. He said ,
that at a meeting of the faculty the
fellowship was awarded to Edgar Eeatlc
Trout, of Wayne, a member of the senior
class. The recipient of the fellowship
is to spend one year in graduate work,
at some university approved by the fac
t'lty. ,
A movement was started in St. Louif
for the organization of the Pullman con
! ductors witli a view of making a de
niana lor better pay.