tOCKAWAY BEACH SWEPT BY FIRE 'Elerta Hotels and Several Otber Build lofi Entirely Destroyed. POUR PERSONS LOST THEIR LIVES. Tit Fir Stifled la the Framt Stridor Oc espied by tb Kasteas la Short Tim It Spread to at L'aapled Brick Building, aad Thta Leveled Eleven Others The Lois b Estimated at Abont $120,000. New York (Special). Max Kasten, &3 years old, and Mrs. Lydia McKrow, the same age, lost their lives in a fire which swept away many buildings at Rockaway Beach. Thomas S. McKrow and his five-year-old son Frank ; Martin Hanson, 28, and Morris Kasten, 75, were injured and ta ken to a hospital in Long Island City. Several hours later young McKrow died, and the father was reported to be dying. The fire started in the frame dwelling occupied by the Kastens. In a short time it spread to an unoccupied brick building, and then in succession leveled the fol lowing structures: Kastcn's Hotel, the Colonnade Hotel, the Casino, Walters' Hotel, Sagamore Hotel, Burns' Hotel, Seaside Avenue Museum, the Annex Ho tel, one-story frame hotel, unoccupied; Peterson's Hotel, the Mousctte Hotel. Other structures damaged were Harry Genette's store, Herr Bros.' store, the Morrison stables and Brcnnan's Hotel. The buildings for the most part were cf the frame type usual at the seaside resorts, and the loss is estimated at about $120,000. After the fire had been controlled the body of a man was found burned to a crisp in one of the buildings. He is supposed to have been a candy maker. A number of persons received alight burns. The fire appears to have started in the kitchen of Kastcn's Hotel, probably from the explosion of a gaso line stove of from a pot of candy boiling over. DEFIANT NATIVES. CoL Baldwin Siys Ttere Can Be No Pesce Until This Element Is W iped Out. Manila (By Cable). Col. Frank D. Baldwin, of the Fourth Unted States In fantry, has telegraphed to Brig.-Gen. George W. Davis, in command of the United States troops in the Island of Mindanao, that he does not exepct to establish satisfactory peace conditions in the Lake Lano district until the defiant element is wiped out. The natives pre ' tending to be friendly are urging that this be done, as their own lives are in jeopardy, "which," the Colonel adds, "we are in the highest sense under obliga tions to protect." "The defiant element;" continues Col. Baldwin, "respect nothing but power and the sword. They will destroy humans until destroyed themselves." General Davis replied that to meet the emergency in the way suggested by Col. Baldwin would necessitate the capture of every Moro fort which now admits lAmerican soldiers as friends, and -that auch action on the part of the Ameri can forces is forbidden by existing or ders. FARMER NAILED TO A TREE. Atroclons Cruelty ol Two Robbers His Sides and Hands Lacerated. Iluntsville, Ala., (Special). Tom Harless, a farmer living near Berkeley, was assaulted and robbed by two men and then nailed to a tree. He was res Cued alive, but his hands were badly torn and he will not be able to '.vork for aeveral months. Harless had been plow ing and was eating his dinner at a spring, when he was confronted by two strange men with pistols, who robbed him of $4 nd then backed him against a tree. The loose folds of flesh on each side were pulled out and nailed to the tree, and bis hands were stretched above his head and treated likewise. In this condition the man remained until dark, when he was rescued by a farm hand. To Mak Malleable Class. Muncie, Ind. (Special). "I claim to kave discovered the secret of manufac turing malleable glass, the long-lost art f the ancients, and, though I have not Succeeded in obtaining a glass that is absohitely malleable that is, hammerable aad unbreakable I am now manufactur ing semi-malleable ware, and soon will be able to put on the market a kind of glass that will be as malleable as any of the metals," was the statement made by Louis Kauffeld. Kauffeld is the head of a lamp-chimney factory. He is turning out a few chimneys of his semi-malleable (lass, but says he is npt yet ready to put them on the market in any considerable quantity. Collision Between Scorchers. Lancaster, Pa. (Special). One man is dead and another dying as the result of a bicycle collision which occurred here. The victims are Walter Powell and Daniel Treewitz, each about 17 years. Powell is a speedy amateur bicy clist Paced by Treewitz, he was train ing for a race on Wheatland avenue. It was dark and neither bicycle had a lamp. Powell, thinking he had out atripped Treewitz, turned to find him, and they collided, both being thrown vio lently to the street. Powell was carried nncon!ious to St. Joseph's Hospital, dear by. His skull was fractured and he died without having regained conscious ness. Chattanooga I Shaken. Chattanooga, Tenn., (Special). At 30 A. M. a considerable portion of the sleeping population of this city was aroused by the shaking houses and rat tling of windows, which continued for Only a few seconds. Innuines fail to de velop any damage to property, but it is asserted by many reputable citizens that the disturbance was a distinct earth quake. Wall of houses vibrated and windows rattled. A number of super stitious negroes who were awakened by the shaking of their beds ran to the atrect thoroughly scared. A Reported -Tiff" With Spala. Pari (By Cable). A dispatch to the Patric from Madrid states that Senor Sabina Arana, leader of the Biscayan Nationalist party, sent a long cable mcs aage to President Roosevelt congratu lating him on the establishment of the republican government in Cuba and that tb Spanish censor suppressed the mes sage It is also said that the Spanish Government ordered the prosecution of Senor Arana, and that President Roose welt ha "instructed the United States Legation at Madrid to ask for expltna ioi." 1 SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic. Loretta Scudder, 18 years old. while under the excitement of a religious re vival in a Methodist chu.-ch at Brooklyn, N. Y., died suddenly of heart (allure in the parsonage of the church just after one of the meetings. The question of changes proposed in the covenant membership of the United Presbyterian Church was referred to a committee by the General Assembly, in session at Pittsburg, to be reported at the next assembly. President Jacob G. Schurman, of Cor nell, delivered an address before the Free Religious Association in Boston, in which he urged the granting of inde pendence to the Filipinos. New York I'niversity will confer the degree of muster of letters on Miss Helen M. Gould, Miss Emily Ogdcn Butler und Mrs. Henry Draper. The members of the Rochambeau mis sion placed a wreath on the grave in Newport, R. I., of Chevalier de Tarncy, the commander of the fleet of war ves sels that conveyed Rochambcau's army to Newport, their landing place. The grand stand and paddock at the Hawthorne race track, Chicago, was de stroyed by fire, which broke out half an hour after the last race of the day. All the horses were saved. The loss is $100,000. Capt. K. G. Martens, of the transport Buford, was found guilty of cruelty, profanity and neglect, and suspended. Third Officer K. Graumun was dis missed from the service. By a rear-end collision on the New Paltz trolley road, about three miles west of Poughkcepsie. seven persons were injured, none very seriously. The Yaqui Indians arc reported to he again on the warpath. A number of ha ciendas have been raided and the occu pants fled to avoid massacre. Five representatives of the railroads inebcted in Memphis, Tenn., for violat ing the Interstate Commerce law, gave bond to answer in court. The remains of the late Gen. Henry Leavenworth were rcinterred with im posing military honors in the National Cemetery at Fort Leavenworth. Reflections of the volcanic eruptions in the West Indies were seen at Hono lulu, Hawaiian Islands, in a red glare on the horizon. A bronze bust of McKinlcy erected by the letter-carriers and postal em ployes in the Philadelphia postoffice was unveiled. . A monument erected by the Daughters of the Confederacy to Confederate sol diers was dedicated in Kansas City, Mo. Mrs. Rose F'icginow, while insane, killed her six-year-old daughter and her self in New York. The safe of the treasurer of Hardin county, Texas, was looted by burglars. Sylvester Penjoyer, ex-Governor of Oregon, died suddenly. It was reported in New Y'ork that V. K. Vandcrbilt would intervene in the miners' strike and not only seek to pre vent a strike of the bituminous miners, but also to end the anthracite miners' strike. There was a conference between George W. Perkins, representing the Morgans, and Senator Hanna, but the latter declined to talk about it. Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredcll pleaded guilty in the United States Court at Philadelphia to indictments charging them with complicity in the counterfeit ing conspiracy at Lancaster, Pa... and were each sentenced to seven years in prison. The president of the Wheeling (W. Va.) City Council and a number of Councilmen were acquitted, after a trial of the charge of conspiring to extort a bribe of $50,000 from the City Railway Company. Col. Frank Baldwin has informed Gen eral Davis, in command of the troops on the Island of Mindanao, that he does not expect to establish peace conditions unti the defiant clement is wiped out. Foreign. A large number of arrests have been made in Russia in connection with a re ported plot to assassinate President Lou bet of France during his recent visit to the Czar. Acting President Steyn, of the Trans vaal, according to a dispatch from Pre toria, is suffering from paralysis and will take no further part in the peace con ference. A detachment of friendly natives, com manded by a French lieutenant, had a battle with Tuaregs in the Sahara and routed them. Recent murders committed by the no torious Kenniff brothers in Queensland recall the terrible crimes of the bush rangers. King Edward quarreled with Premier Salisbury because the latter refused to recommend Sir Edward Cassel for a peerage. Michael Henry Herbert, nominally secretary to the British Embassy at Paris, but in reality minister to France, will, it is generally believed, succeed the late Lord Pauncefote as British Ambas sador to the United States. Lord Rosebery, in a speech at Leeds, referring to the South African negotia tions, warned his hearers that the Gov ernment was not concluding peace with a crushed foe to whom no further atten tion need be paid. Lieutenant Commander Templin M. Potts, who succeeds Commander Wm. H. Beehler as naval attache at Berlin, October 1 next, was presented to Em peror William. The Shah of Persia divided with Em peror William the attention of the vast crowd at the spring parade of the 30,000 German troops on the Tempelhof field. A community of interests" agreement has been effected between the Virginia Carolina Chemical Company and the German potash syndicate. Lord Curzon, the viceroy of India, narrowly escaped being accidentally shut on a recent hunting trip. Financial. The Union Pacific April gross in crased $321,636; net increased $136,242. The New York Sub-treasury statement shows that the banks lost $985,000 dur ing the week. The International Paper Company has declared the regular quarterly diyidend of VA per cent, on the preferred stock, payable July 1. The Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company has declared the regular quar terly dividend of ifi per cent, on prefer red stock, payable June 16. It is said the amount of copper stored at the Amalgamated Copper Company's works, at Perth Amboy, N. J., is now between I2,ooo,ooo and 15,000,000 pounds. Much of the copper has been sold for future delivery. The Havana Tobacco Company, which was incorporated at Trenton on Wed nesday, with a capital stock of $35,000, 000, will acquire, it is understood, in the interest of the trust, the Cuban tobacco concerns. The new company's stock is divided into $5,000,000 5 per cent, non cumulative preferred shares and $30, 000,000 common shares, and it will have $10,000,000 of twenty-year 5 per cent, gold bonds. PEACE TERMS ARE SIGNED AND THE BOER WAR ENDED After a Great and Heroic Struggle for Independence Against Overwhelming Odds the Brave Boers Surrender to Great Britain It Is Im possible, Exclaims Kruger. The war between Great Britain and the two republics in South Africa the Transvaal and the Orange Free State has ended in the triumph of British arms. For over two years and a half the brave Boers made a splendid fight against the second greatest power in the world. Throughout the long and unequal strug gle the strategic ability of their generals and the bravery and endurance of the Bner soldiers have excited the admiration of the world. According to a dispatch from General Lord Kitchener, commander of the Brit ish forces, to the British War Office, re ceived in London at I o'clock Sunday afternoon, a document containing the terms of surrender was signed at 10.10 o'clock Saturday night at Pretoria by all the Boer representatives and Lord Milner, the British high commissioner, and General Kitchener. When Paul Kruger, the former presi dent of the Transvaal Republic, was in formed at Utrecht, Holland, that peace had been declared, the old man ex claimed : "My God! It is impossible!" It is not likely that he and bis entour age will be permitted to return to South Africa for some lime. King Edward has issued a message to his people expressing the hope that peace may be followed by the restoration of prosperity in his new dominions and trusting that the feeling engendered by the war will give way to a general co operation of his subjects for the welfare of the common country. Following is a chronological record of the most important events of the war: War began October 11, 1809. The peace conference opened April 17, I (,02. May 31. 190.2, terms of the surrender of the Boers were signed by Lord Milner, Lord Kitchener and the Boer representa tives. MAY STIR UP TWO FOREIGN NATIONS. The AircrUao Plan to Secure Naval Sta tion to Liberia. London, (By Cable). It is learned here that the United States cruiser San Francisco is now on her way to the United States after making exhaustive surveys and semi-diplomatic negotiations regarding a United States coaling sta tion in the West African Republic of Liberia. Until Capt. Asa Walker's re port is received in Washington, the ac tual result of the trip cannot be fore told, but in view of the previous adverse report, made after the United States cruiser Montgomery's last trip to Liberia, it is evident that Monrovia, the capital, is considered of much importance by both the State and Navy Departments at Washington. Should any such arrangement as con templated be concluded, considerable ad verse comment and possible antagonistic action may be apprehended both from France and Germany, which are keeping a very close watch on the colored repub lic, which adjoins their West African territories. From Great Britain, which at present controls the major part of Liberia s com merce, no protest is likely to be forth coming. In connection with Liberia a curious incident occurred this week. The son of one of the members of the Liberian Cabi net came to London to learn English ways of business. To what extent Amer ican ideas and the desirability of cater ing to American customs have invaded English life can be judged from the fact that the young negro was refused accom modations at almost all the hotels. After great difficulty he was given a room in a private hotel in Bloomsbury, where he was shut up in one apartment, owing to fear that the American guests would find out that a colored man was staying there. A few years ago a colored man in Lon don was rather paid especial respect. Farmer Tortured by Robbcrr. Ansonia, Conn., (Special). In an at tempt to force him to confess where he had secreted his money, robbers brutally tortured William Baldwin, a wealthy farmer of Orange. Baldwin said his as sailants beat him about the head, burned his feet with a torch and then threw him on a blazing bed while they escaped. He succeeded in extinguishing the flames and then fell unconscious, in which con dition he was found by neighbors. The robbers secured only $18. Ooliai) Death List Now 141. San Antonio, Texas (Special). The death list at Goliad, as a result of the tornado on May 18. continues to grow. W. H. Maddox and David Mathis, both prominent in business circles, died, mak ing a total of 141 dead up to this time. Maddox's three children were killed on the night of the storm, and his wife died several days ago. Plof Pong's Firs) Victim. New York (Special). Ping-pong has claimed its first victim by death. Ex Assemblyman I. Albert Engelhart died of apoplexy at 2.30 A. M. He over exerted himself playing ping-pong. The doctors think that in trying to make a difficult backhand, forearm stroke he severed an artery in the brain. He Couldn't San All. Portland, Ore. (Special.) Herbert Martin, Ivy Martin, Lily Durkee and Lizzie Durkee were drowned by the cap sizing of a rowboat in the Columbia river, near Martin's Bluff, 12 miles above Kalama. Herbert Martin saved his mother, Mrs. E. C. Martin, one sister, Ella Martin, and Mrs. Jones. After tak ing them to shore, he swam back to save the rest of the party, but became ex hautted and was drowned with the three others who had been in the boat. Died la HI 11211 Year. Boston, (Special). James Cavan naugh, who was probably the oldest per son in New England, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Bartley McSherry, of Watertown. He was III years old last Christmas. Until two months ago he was in fairly good health and was about the streets almost daily. Mr. Cavanaugh was born December 25, 1790, in County Monaghan, Ireland. He served seven years as a tailor in London, and during that time he often stated that he made clothes for King George ill and King George IV . The cost of the war to Great Britain has been estimated to be , in round num bers, $1,200,000,000. If this is correct, it has cost nearly one-third as much as the Anient an Civil W ar. Over 22,000 British soldiers have been killed. The Boers are estimated by the British to have lost nearlv 10,000 men. The number of British soldiers in South Africa is nearly a quarter of a million. Size of the Boer army, ns estimated by the British, was 10.000. The war has recently been costing Great Britain $898,000 per day a rate of $3.10,850,000 a year. November 2, 1891), siege of Ladysmith began and lasted 117 days. December J, 1899, battle of Magers fontein; Mcthnen defeated; General Wauchope killed. December 15, 1899, battle of Colcnso; Bullcr defeated. January 6, 1000, Boer attack on Lady smith defeated. February 15, 1900, Kimbcrley relieved. February 27, Cronje surrendered. March 13, Blocmfontein occupied by Roberts. March 27, Jonbcrt died. May 1, Roberts began march on Pre toria ; June 5, he entered the capital. October 15, siege of Mafcking was raised. May 28, annexation of Orange Free State announced. October 26, 1000, proclamation of the annexation of the Transvaal. December 18. 1891), General Buller was succeeded by Lord Roberts as commander-in-chief. In the latter part of next year he returned to England and was appointed Commander of the First Army Corps. Because of an intemperate speech he was relieved of this command October 22, 1901. January, 1901, De Wet invaded Cape Colony. March 10, 1902, Lord Methuen cap tured by General Dclarcy. MT. PELEE QUIETS DOWN. Professor Hill Sayi Area of Ruin Will Not Be Widened. Fort de France (by Cable). Mount Pelee has become quiet. Admiral Servan invited Prof. Robert T. Hill, the United States Government geologist, on the French cruiser Tage, and had an interview with him in refer ence to his recent expedition to Mount Pelee. Consul Ayme acted as inter preter at the interview, which lasted three hours. Admiral Servan was deeply interested in what Professor Hill had to say, as he has personal theories concern ing the recent eruptions. The Admiral furnished Professor Hill many observa tions made by the French naval officers under him, and highly complimented Professor Hill and thp X'alinnal nr. graphical Society upon their explora- uuns. The Admiral accepted Professor Hill's present theoretic attitude on the subject of the eruption and praised his caution in not arriving at an hypothesis until he has studied the data he has collected. Pro fessor Hill told the Admiral that his study of data had been finished on the spot. He said Mount Pelee might erupt for a year more, but tht the area of devastation would remain unchanged. As all the people had fled from the vicin ity of the volcano, no great loss of life would occur. Professor Hill said Fort de France was perfectly safe. Admiral Servan reports that one of the submarine cables was broken May 3 at an Unknown rlistnnr nnrlh . fnP:n ique. This break was followed by the 111 si -rupuun 01 asnes. ine second cable was broken May 5, ten miles west of St. Pierre, and when it was dredged up it was found to be tangled and twisted. The nieht of M.iv e tli-r. r.r..rrA .i, eruption of mud, w hich overwhelmed the wu-riii iaciory. Admiral servan consid ers that these facts indicate the possi bility of submarine fissures, which ad mitted sea water to the central incan descent mass. Professor Hill admitted the possibility of this theory, but said the eruptions on the British island of St. Vincent still remained a problem. Family Killed or Maimed by Triio. Greenville, Pa., (Special). An Erie train at a crossing near Sugar Grove, six miles east of this place, struck a car riage in which a number of relatives were riding. The accident almost blotted out one family and maimed for life every member of another. Ethel McClure, aged 7 years, and Rettie McClure, aged 12, were killed. The injured were: Mrs. Charles McClure, fatally hurt; John W. Owens, aged 50, arm broken ; Mrs. John Owens, ear almost severad, cheek torn open, and Mary Owens, aged 12, bruised. Postmaster Caught la Richmond. Trenton, N. J., (Special). Jonathan Osborn, former postmaster of West Sum mit, N. J., who has been a fugitive for two years, was brought back to Tren ton from Richmond, Va., and placed in jail. Osborn, while postmaster of West Summit, it is said became $1,000 short in his accounts He has since been in-South America and other places and finally came to Richmond, where he surren dered himself to the authorities. Quakes North and South. Greenville, S. C. (Special). A dis tinct earthquake shock was felt here. The tremor was accompanied by a low rumbling sound, continued several sec onds. East Hampton, Conn. (Special). Many residents in the southern part of this town felt what they believe were earthquake shocks. The disturbance oc curred at g.50 o'clock, awakening sleep ing persons, jarring buildings and rat tling dishes. It lasted about 30 seconds. Memorial to Archibald Forbes. London, (By Cable). Field Marshal Lord Wolseley unveiled a memorial tab let to Archibald Forbese, the war corre spondent, who died March 30, 1900, in the crypt of St. Paul's Cathedral, in the presence, among others, of the widow Gen. Sir Evelyn Wood and Command er Richardson Clover, naval attache of the United States Embassy. Lord Wolse ley paid a high tribute to the correspond ent, who served through so many cam paigns with him. , LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Ambassador to Uolltd State. The Hon. Michael Henry Herbert, who is nominally secretary to the Brit ish Embassy at Paris, will probably be the next British Ambassador to the United States, in succession to the late Lord Pauncefote. Mr. Herbert's appointment will prob ably not be announced until the remains of Lord Pauncefote arrive in England. The only question in regard to Mr. Her bert's selection is the approval of King Edward. II is Majesty is taking a keen personal interest in the matter pf Lord Pnuncc fotc's successor, but he will not be asked officially to confirm or disapprove the candidate of the Foreign Office until the period of time during which the Govern ment pays respect to the late Lord Pauncefote has elapsed. Roosevelt's Trips Next Till President Roosevelt has undertaken to make two trips through the Western country next fall. One will be in the Southwest and the other in the North west. They will be made in redemption of promises more or less specifically made by the President last winter. About the last of September Mr. Roosevelt will go to Springfield, III., and to Detroit, Mich stopping on the way at some other points not yet selected. In the latter part of October he will go as far into the Southwest as San Antonio, Texas. He has been strongly urged to go on a bear hunt in Mississippi as the guest of the Governor of the State, and it is pos sible he will accept the invitation, for he will visit New Orleans, which is near by, on this trip. Standing Army Reduced. By direction of the President, Secre tary Root has issued a general order de creasing the strength of the permanent military establishment and changing the ratio of its make-up, as provided in the general order issued last May to carry out the Army Reorganization law. Under the general order of last May the total strength of the Army was fixed at 77,287 men. The order just issued re duces this figure to 66,497, a reduction of 10,790. In the cavalry branch of the service the old order specified 12 troops of 85 men each to a regiment ; the new order establishes 12 troops of 75 men each. This will decrease the total strength of the 15 cavalry regiments from 15,840 to 14,040, Pneumatic Mall Service. Postmaster-General Payne has called for bids, to be opened here on July 12 next, for the contracts for installing the pneumatic tube mail service in Boston, New York, Brooklyn, Philadelphia, Washington, Chicago and St. Louis. The bids are to cover either all or parts of the service planned in each city. The ultimate limit of annual ex penditure in all the cities of the country for this purpose, prior to July I, 1904, as allowed by Congress, is $800,000, and each city is limited to an annual expend iture not to exceed 4 per cent, of the gross annual revenues for the preceding year. Deficit lo Postal Fund Small. The revenues of the Postoffice Depart ment for the current fiscal year will nearly equal the expenditures, notwith standing the comparatively large amount expended for rural free delivery. Third Assistant Postmaster-General Madden estimates that the total revenue will be $121,678,000, an increase of $10,046,605 over 1901. The deficit will be the small est since the modern rates of postage were adopted, which is regarded as an other indication of the great prosperity of the nation. The kaiser Will Welcome Them. Mr. Von Helleben, the German Am bassador, called at the State Depart ment, by direction of his Government, to inform Secretary Hay that Emperor William expected that Gens. II. C. Cor bin, S. B. M. Young and Leonard Wood would visit Germany next fall to witness the army maneuvers, and that he would extend to them a most cordial welcome as his own guests. This notice follows one already received by cable from Am bassador White. Almost a Billion More Stamps. Almost 1,000.000,000 more postage stamps of all kinds have been issued since July I last to the postoffices of the United States than were issued during the entire past fiscal year. The total issue during the present fiscal year up to this morning is 4.028.514,645 stamps, against 3,174,748,830 for the entire fiscal year ending June 31 last. Britain Expresses Gratitude. Mr. Raikes, charge of the British Em bassy, called upon Secretary Hay at the State Department and formally ex pressed the high sense of appreciation of the British Government at the unusual honors done the memory of the late Lord Pauncefote in the funeral services. Death Penalty for Train Robbery. Senator Plait, of New York, intro duced a bill in the Senate making train robbery a felony and providing the death penalty for the offense. Capital News ia General. United States Consul Worman, at Mu nich, Germany, informs the State De partment that Col. E. P. Vollum, U. S. A., retired, died in that city. Secretary Root sent to the Senate com mittee the report of Governor Living stone of the Philippine Province of Tor sogon, of the alleged murder by Ameri can soldiers, under orders, of a presi d erne and a policeman. The French government bestowed the decoration of the Legion of Honor upon the members of the commission appoint ed by the President to receive the Roch ambeau commission, William F. Spurgin, recently pro moted to be brigadier general, has been retired, making an opening for Col, Samuel M. Whiteside. The Navy Department was advised of the death at Bacoor. in the Philippines, of Lieut. Olaf H. Rask, of the Marine Corps, of cholera. President Rooievelt has decided to make two trips to the West during the coming fall. Congressman Broussard and Victor S. Clark were the witnesses before the Senate Committee investigating the Cu ban sugar question. The bill of Representative Overstrect, of Indiana, abolishing the one-eighth keg of beer, was favorably acted upon by the Ways und Means Committee, Col. A. L. Wagner, for two and a half years adjutant-general of the army in the Philippines, told the Senate Philippine Committee about the concentration camps. President Roosevelt was the orator of the day at the Memorial Day exercise at Arlington Cemetery. He defined the folicy of the Administration toward the 'hihppines, defended the Army, and strongly denounced lynchings in this country as more atrocious than the iso lated cases of cruelty in the Philippines. WERE PLOTTING TO KILL LOUBET Russian Cniuniracy Against the Presi dent of France. OFFICERS AMONG THE SUSPECTED. Why the Nam ot lb Port at Which Loubet Was I Land oa Hi Recent Visit to lb Ciar Was Kept Secret A Barber' Story ol Two Susplclous-Looklng Mea Caused lb Polk lo loveitlgale. Berlin (by Cable). It has just been learned here upon reliable information from St. Petersburg that the discovery of a plot to take M. Loubct's life was the reason for the uncertainty in making public the name of the port at which the French President would land upon his recent .arrival in Russia for his visit to the Czar. Twenty-four hours before M. Loubet left France the Cronstadt police commis sioner Oostroogoff received information which led lo the discovery. A barber brought a story to the police that two suspicious-looking men had been in his shop and had their beards cut off. His suspicions were awakened since the men, although they conversed in Russian, interposed words here and there, making it impossible to understand what they were saying. On the strength of his observations, he had the men shadowed to their address. The police immediately went to the address given, and found there five men and two women. There were also two boxes of niarvclously constructed bombs, encased, not in iron, but in glass. The bombs appeared to be of a novel kind, very small, but exceptionally pow erful. Letters and documents were discovered in the house incriminating many oilier people in various towns of R'issia. More than eighty persons have been arrested, and this number includes two or three officers and parents of condemned stu dents. Having arrested the chief movers in the plot, it w as thought best in dipl jm.itic circles to give out that the President would go to Reval or Riga, for by this changing of plans it was hoped to baffle further conspiracies. STEEL tOUNDRIES COMBINE. Six Companies in the New Concern Capi talization $30,000,000. New York (Special). The American Steel Foundries has been organized by the consolidation of these companies American Steel Castings Company, of New Jersey ; Reliance Steel Castings Company, Limited, of Pittsburg, Pa.; Leighton & Howard Steel Company, of St. Louis, Mo.; Franklin Steel Casting Company, of Franklin, Pa.; the Sargent Company, of Chicago, III., and the American Steel Foundry Company, of St. Louis, Mo. Harris, Gales & Co., who were to have managed the underwriting of the new company, withdrew in favor of Shearson, Hammill & Co. It was origi nally planned to issue $35,000,000 of stock, half of which was to be 7 per cent preferred and the balance of common stock. Instead, however, the capitaliza tion will be $30,000,000, of which $15, 000,000 will be 6 per cent, cumulative preferred and the other half common stock. HORSES KILL TIGER. Escaping From Its Den the Wild Beast En ter a Horse Car. Poughkecpsie, N. Y: (Special). A two-year-old Indian tiger was killed in a fight with horses on a circus train while en route trom Goshen to Pough kecpsie. The tiger, which had been recently im ported, escaped from its wqgon den while the train was in motion. It crawled over the tops of four wagons and entered a car containing thirty draught horses. A fierce battle ensued, the panic stricken horses plunging and kicking r.t the savage intruder. When the train reached here the tiger was found dead and mangled under the hoofs of one of the horses. Six of the horses were badly scratched and bitten. THROWN FR0 A TRAIN. F. R. Kenton Robbed and Then Nearly Killed by Desperate Tram pa Chicago, (Special). E. R. Kenton, son of E. R. Kenton, a shoe manufac turer of Milford, Conn., is at the county hospital with a bullet wound in his abdo men, of which it is believed he will die. Kenton was riding on a Chicago and Eastern Illinois stock freight train. He was attacked by two men, supposedly tramps, shot and robbed of a gold watch and $30. The tramps then threw the in sensible man from the train, which was running at the rate of 20 miles an hour. The assault occurred near Momcncc, 111. Kenton lay for an hour before regaining consciousness. Then he managed to drag himself to the railroad station, where he received medical attention. Foar Miners Dead; Six Dying. San Antonio, Texas (Special)! Four Mexican miners were killed instintly and six fatally injured by a gas explo sion in shaft No. 5 of the Hondo coal mines, on the Mexican international railroad, 75 miles from Eagle Pass. The shaft in which the accident occurred is the same one in which an explosion last February caused the deal lis of 106 miners. Love-Sick Indina K lied. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Adam Ja cobs, a full-blooded Cattaraugus Indian, was slashed to death with a knife in a fight on the reservation near Lawton's Station. Jacobs is said to have gone to the house of Hattie Snow, and smashed in the doors and window because' an Indian girl with whom he was in love had taken refuge there. He was jealous of Charles Snow, ton of Hattie Snow. It is said that Jacobs savagely attacked Snow, and that Snow killed him in self defense. Says Kroger Will Sign. London (By Cable). A Brussels di. patch received here says: "It is said that the Boer delegates in Europe now admit that peace in South Africa lias been se cured, and that the settlement between the Boers and Great Britain will be signed in the names of the "former citi zens of the two South African repub lics, who are now in Europe, including Mr. Kruger, thus preventing the irrec oncilables from continuing a guerrilla warfare on the pretext that they are obeying the orders of the delegates in Europe." PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. Special Dispatches Boiled Down for Quick Reading. PATENTS ANDPENSI0NS GRANTED. Crowded Boat Upsets and Two Perish Big Surplus la tha State Tressury Flv Hart la a Runaway Drowned While Trying to Taken Drink Mutilated Corps Found $15,000 Flro ia Hamburg Pensions rranted: Peter A. I.ana ghan, Allegheny; Elias B. Collier, Pitts burg, $0; Stephen Dcibcrt, Hopewell, $to: Obadiali J. Farling. Harrisburg, $10 William H. Nelson, Tlmnipsontown, $24; William F. Booth, Roscoe, $8; Edwin A. Hoffman, Sp;irlanbnrg, $10; William H. Gray, Pittsburg. $12; Jacob Rowc, Mil lersburg, $8; Hamilton Jacobs, Du quesne, $8; William Kelly, Pittsburg, $8; Samuel Barnctt, Bakers Summit, $10; Charles Dclozier, Coalport, !2; $10; Charles Deiozicr, Coalport $12: Andrew J. Smith, Macedonia, 18; Joseph King. Huntingdon. $18; George J. Smith, Mcadville: $8; George W. Cummings, Millheim, $12; Cy rus Biiuglinian. Fayetlevillc, $8; Fred erick D. Lewin. Pittsburg, 12; Daniel S. Sipp, Edinboro, $8; M:Callister Kuhn, Hooker. $6; Thomas M. Lewis, Sterling Run,"$l2. Patents granted : Orvillc J. Brac!:ncy. Butler, pump ; Solomon Conrath, Cook- fiort, street sweeper; Henry S. Grcdlc aiigh, New Carlisle, speed regulating clutch; Ewing O. Davis, New Geneva, rail joint : Samuel L. Dicscher, Pitts burg, shaft coupling, coupling for pipes and coupling for pipes, shaft, etc. ; Chas. A. Fryc, Moiioni;aliel,-i, metal lie and rail joint, combined ; John E. Giil, Franklin, device for lubricating car journals, also car axle lubricator; Frederick J. Hcr rington, Pittsburg, non-rcfillablc bottle; William C. Holmes, Pittsburg, folding crate; Oliver King. Warren, axle head; James M. Maxwell. Pittsburg, motor ; James M. Mays, Allegheny, spring lip: Edward E. Willard, Kidgway, sawmill and planer. At the close of business for May the general fund of the State treasury had the sum of $9,535,534-85, the largest in the history of the State treasury. The following sums were held by Eastern banking institutions : Fanners and Me chanics' National Bank. Philadelphia. $2.835.372.67 ; Commonwealth Trust, Harrisburg, $412,399.44; Quaker City National, Philadelphia. $539,256.93; Berks Trust, Rending, $50,000; Chester National, Chester, $10,000; City Trust, Lancaster, $20,000; Corn Exchange. Philadelphia, $75,000; Columbia Trust, Columbia, $25,000; Fanners' National. West Chester, $20,000; Fulton National. Lancaster. $25,000; First National, Har risburg, $259,519; l'irst National, Ban gor, $25,000; F'irst National. Lebanon, $15,000; Harrisburg National, $120,000: Harrisburg Trust, $450,000; Honcsdalc National, $25,000; Mechanics', Harris burg, $20,000; National Bank, German town, $30,000; National Bank, Coate -ville, $10,000; National Bank, Nazareth, $15,060; Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia. $20,000; Sixth National, Philadelphia, $30,000; Southwark-National, Philadel-, phia, $too,ooo ; Union National, Mahanoy City, $20,000. While crossing the Delaware to Bur lington Island Park in a crowded row boat, Jonn Hcizcr and a young man named Cook, both of Tacony, lost their lives by the capsizing of the boat. Chas. Watrcs, of Bristol, who was operating the hatteau ferry, was arrested after the accident, and was held under bail to an swer the charge of criminal negligence. The small boat was loaded with eleven passengers besides Waters. The river was very rough at the time, and being loaded down to the gimwhale, the boat filled and capsized. Ten persons were rescued from the water, but two were drowned. A horse driven by Tsrac Boogor, of Conshohockcn, became friG iter.ee) by an automobile and, running away, ihrew Mr. Boogar, his wife; and skter out of the carriage, causing probably f.ilil in juries to Mr. Boogar and icr.oiitiy in juring the other two. I he a.cidrnt oc curred near Green Tree Hotel, v i the party were returning from Gulf Ceme tery. After runnii.tt a short distance the horse collided with a wagon containing Samuel Smith and Sloan Hammond, both of Conshohockcn. Smith and Ham mond were thrown from the wagon. A fire destroyed about $15,000 vort'i of property at Hamburg. A spark from a stationary engine at David Baehr's ire cream factory ignited an adjoining sta ble, and from there the flames spread to the Hamburg Knitting Mills and several other buildings. The losses arc as fol lows: Hamburg Knitting Mills, $10,000, insurance, $6,000 ; David Bae'n , $3.5 o, no insurance; Mrs. Amos Kcrchoff, fac tory building, $2,000, partially insured; Mrs. A. Raubenhold, stable and contents, $1,000, partially insured. The dead body of Thomas Brennan, of Thomaston, was found lying ncr the Bull Run engine house. The head was hacked apparently with a hatchet and there were several bullet wounds i-: the body. The coroner has been unable to explain the tragedy. Her horse shying at a train, Miss Catherine Pardee, daughter o' Frank Pardee, the coal operator of Hazl'ton, was thrown over the l ashboard o I er carriage under the horse's 'eet. Her left leg was fractured in two places and she was badly cut and bruised. The first armor for the new warship Pennsylvania, made by the Bcthl'hem Steel Company, underwent a severe trial at the Government proving grounds at, Indian Head and scored a splendid suc cess. Hon. John McGaughey, 01 Indiana, representing over 350 farm owners, ot" Indiana and Armstrong counties, ami E. D. Carter, of Eric, representing a syndi cate, have just concluded a coal deal in volving $2,200,000. The total acreage in volved exceeds 50.000 acres, ii which 40, 000 are in Indiana county and 10,000 in Armstrong county. Milton Smale, aged 45 years, a Chester County farmer, fell headforemost into a spring of water while nllempting to take n drink and waslrowned. Many miners arc leaving the anthra cite coal fields, fearing trouble caused by disorderly strikers. William L, Elkirs gave $10,000 to the Bucks Lounty Historical Society to erect a building in memory of his mother. Two thousand Knights Templar para ded in cranton. Lane, the murderer of the Jardens, was hanged at Moyamensing prison. ' Mayor Ashbridge and a committee delegated by the Central High School went to Washington and invited. Presi dent Roosevelt to attend the dedication of the new building in October. Nine new' companies were chartered at Harrisburg to use the power of the' Susquehanna River for commercial purposes.
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