WARSHIPS TO GO TO KIEL
Government Wants to Please Emperor
William.
GERMANY FELT MICH SLIGHTED.
Harsh Criticism io the Oermsn Press Which
Espressed Indignation Because (he Euro
peaa Squadroo Had Been Ordered to Oreet
President Loubct at Marseilles Alter De
clining a Number ot Ocrmaoy's Invitations.
Washington, D. C. (Special). From
the highest official quarters it is learn
ed that the criticisms in a tew German
newspapers directed against a supposed
declination of the Navy Department
here to send an American naval squad
ron to Kiel this summer are based on a
complete misunderstanding of the sit
uation. The facts are explained as fol
lows: No set and formal invitation from the
German government to send an Amer
ican squadron to Kiel was ever re
ceived. But through semiofficial channels in
timations did reach Washington that
the German Emperor would be pleas
id to have the North Atlantic Squad
ron stop at Kiel during the naval dem
onstration. Tailing that, it was in the
same informal way suggested that when
Admiral Evans retired from his com
mand in Asia and started to return to
the United States on his battleship
Kentucky the Emperor, who was well
acquainted with him. would be glad to
have him touch at some German sea
port. Secretary Moody is extremely desir
ous of doing anything within reason to
show the warmth of the friendship
which he cherishes towards Germany,
and the President and Secretary II ay
have the same disposition. They were
resolved to miss no opportunity to re
ciprocate the many kindly expressions
f regard for America that had come
directly from Emperor William.
Hut circumstances conspired to make
it impossible to meet either of the hints
thrown out from Germany. Eirst, as
to the North Atlantic Squadron, the
general board here had planned an ex
tensive scheme of maneuvers anil drill
work which had advanced so far to
wards execution that the results of a
failure to complete the work would
have been disastrous to discipline.
As to Admiral Evans' invitation, it
was decided that the Kentucky having
leen in scmitropical waters for a long
time and having beiorc her a voyage of
nearly 18,000 miles returning to New
York in the shortest line, would be in
no condition when she arrived at Gib
raltar going westward to be diverted
from her stright course to Northern
Europe. She would certainly not have
been an attractive ship to inspect at
that stage.
But the United States Navy is not to
he unrepresented at Kiel. Following
the usual custom, when the warm
weather begins in the Mediterranean,
the European squadron will begin slow
ly to work its way northward, and it
is calculated that it will arrive at Kiel
in time to take its proper place in the
celebration.
This can be done and will be done
without undue interference with the
routine movements of the European
squadron, and attention is directed to
the fact that this is the same squadron
which is under orders to be at Mar
seilles when President l.oubet returns
from Africa. While the Navy Depart
ment is desirous of showing the great
est courtesy towards President Loubct
end the people he represents, it is only
fair, in view of the German misconcep
tion on the subject, to point out that,
being even now only a lew hours' sail
distant from Marseilles, a failure on the
part of the American squadron to greet
the returning President would have
been little less than a gross discour
tesy. FOILED BV A PLUCKY MAN.
Killed One of the Robbers and Was Himself
Wounded in the Fight.
Wampum, Pa. (Special). In a battle
following an unsuccessful attempt to rob
the First National Bank, of this place,
one man was killed and another seriously
wounded.
The dead man was one of the burglars,
and he has not yet been identified. The
wounded man was Henry Willmighby,
a baker, who surprised the burglars
while at work. Hi;, injuries arc serious,
but not fatal.
Willoughby was passing the bank at
an early hour on his way to work, when
lie was suddenly confronted by a man,
wno, at tnc point ol a revolver, ordered
liim to throw up his hands and keep
quiet He did so, but in his right hand
was a revolver, and a moment later both
men fired at each other.
At the report of the revolvers two
other men rushed from the bank and
took a hand in the shooting.
The three-cornered revolver fight
aroused some of the people in the vicin
ity of the bank, and they were soon at
the scene of the battle, but before thrr
arrival the burglars tied. While the met
liad broken into the banking rooms they
had not completed the drilling of the
safe, and their attempt nt robbery was
unsuccessful.
The bo1y of one of the burglars was
discovered on a vacant lot in the upper
end of town.
As the bullet wound was near the
heart, it is presumed that his compan
ions had to drag or drive their dying
companion front the bank to where he
was lounu. w nuc ne was orcssed in
only an ordinary suit of rlothcs, he was
Slot shabbily dressed, and on his Ixxly
was found a gold watch and $44 in cash.
Willoughby was shot in lxth legs, and
it is supposed he fired the shot that killed
the burglar.
Carris Natloo's Charity.
Topcka, Kas. (Special). Mrs. Car
rie Nation Sunday formally opened her
home for the wives of drunkards. F'ivc
women, all destitute three sick and
two badly beaten by their husbands
were admitted. The opening consisted
of a song and prayer service by Mrs.
Nation and a few of her supporters.
No men were allowed on the premises.
Contributions of cash, food ond cloth
ing were received.
Killed Woman and Himself.
Johnstown, Fa. (Special). Robert
Long, a carpenter of this city, shot and
killed Mist Emma Foust, then firel a
hot into his head and died instantly.
Tbe shooting took place at the girl's
tome, at Scanor, eleven miles from
here. Long had been paying attention
to the girl for soma months, hut she
had recently informed bim that she
could not return his affection. Madden
ed by jealousy he called on Miss Foust,
and alter holding conversation with her
bout an hour, he killed her and him-elf.
THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.
Domestic.
It is stated in San Juan, Porto Rico,
that should District Attorney Pcttin
gill refuse to prosecute those army and
naval officers against whom indict
mcMs have been found in connection
with the alleged smuggling cases the
judges will appoint a substitute for Mr.
Pcttingill.
Mateo Fajardo, the Mayor of Maya
gucz, Porto Kico, arrested, charged
with municipal frauds, was released on
bail and started for San Juan. An ef
fort will be made to prevent his escape
by water. Other arrests arc expected.
Harry C. Kline, a grocer, of Fort
Wayne, Ind., shot and fatally wounded
13-ycar-old Lizzie Jackson, with whom
he was infatuated, and then killed him
self. Burglars, using dynamite, secured
$.2700 from tlie Allen State Bank, at
Allen, Kan. At Admire, a few miles
east, they robbed the postofiice.
An agreement was reached for a set
tlement of the strike of the structural
ironworkers employed by the American
Bridge Company.
Four members of the crew of the
fishing schooner Independence, of
Gloucester, were knocked overboard
and drowned during a gale.
The revolt in the Province rf Misa
mis, Island of Mindanao, is spreading,
and the government will increase the
military force there. The troops have
dispersed the band which raided burigao.
Mindanao. Twenty of the natives were
killed and many wounded.
Circuit Judge Sanborn, in St. Paul,
Minn., agreed to hear arguments on the
petition to suspend the decree recently
made against the Northern Securities
Company so far as it related to the pay
ment of dividends.
There is talk in San Francisco of pro
ducing the skulls of Mr. and Mrs.
Charles L, Fair to disprove the evidence
given by the Frenchmen in the will con
test in New York.
Glen ilavis shot and killed Elias M.
Latham, aged 30, a traveling salesman
from New Orleans, in front of a hotel
in Birmingham, Ala.
All the holdings of the Economies in
the Scwickly Valley, in Pennsylvania,
were sold to a syndicate of Pittshurgers.
Former District Attorney Philbin
submitted his report to .show that the
properties of the Metropolitan Street
Railway were so manipulated in the in
terest of the Intcrurban as to lose mil
lions for the stockholders of the Met
ropolitan. Moses Fowler Chase, the young man
who was found in a sanitarium in Paris,
arrived at his home, at Lafayette, Ind..
in company with his father. He caiucd
a sensation by shouting that he was
not crazy.
The report of President Shaffer to
the Amalgamated Association of Iron
workers, in convention at Columbus,
O., shows the organization has gained
2000 members in the Eastern district.
The National Association of Manu
facturers, in convention at New Or
leans, selected David M. Parry, of In
dianapolis, president and selected Pitts
burg for the next convention.
The trustees of the General Theo
logical Seminary elected Dr. Wilford
L. Kobbins dean of the cathedral, to
succeed the late Dean Hoffman.
Ten million five hundred thousand
pesos were coined at the Philadelphia
Mint for the Philippines.
Frank Cecil testified in Frankfort,
Ky., in the trial of James Howard for
the murder of Governor Goebel that
he had been offered $2500 to shoot the
Governor.
The steamer John If. Starin. whose
non-arrival at New Haven caused anx
iety, was located in Huntington Bay,
where she took refuge irom the heavy
storm.
A terrific northeaster caused trouble
in New York city and harbor, and tore
up the beach at Coney Island and the
various New Jersey summer resorts.
President Koosevclt has presented
medals to citizens of Kincardine. Out.,
in recognition of their bravery in the
rescue of American sailors.
Fcreign.
The textile manufacturers of the
lower Rhine, Crefeld, Prussia, have
locked out their employes because men
on strike at one factory refused to re
turn to work. Fifteen thousand men
are affected.
Semi-official advices from St. Peters
burg state that the Russian govern
ment is convinced that acting in con
junction with Austria it will be able to
prevent further complications in Mace
donia. The French commission to the St.
Louis Exposition, headed by Commis
sioner General La Grane, started from
Paris for St. Louis to attend the dedi
catory exercises.
Signor Prinetti, the Italian foreign
minister who in January was stricken
with paralysis, has decided to retire
from the ministry.
During a terrible storm the Italian ship
Francesco struck the rocks off Civita
Vecchia and sunk. The crew were saved.
The Duchess of Marlborough, who
has been undergoing treatment for deaf
ness in Vienna, will soon return to
England.
Madame de Thebes, the French seer
ess, predicts numerous political and fin
ancial disasters for the present year.
A delegation of estate owners and
farmers representing the German Agri
cultural Society sailed from Hamburg
for New York to study American
methods.
The arsenal at Canton was blown up,
it is said, by officials whom the Viceroy
had charged with selling powder to
rebels, in order to hide their defalca
tions. Furious snowstorms prcviil on the
Hartz mountains and throughout
Northern Germany. 1 he weather in
Berlin is unusally cold for this season
of the year.
The subcommittee of the United
States Panama Canal Commission ar
rived nt Colon to make an inspection
of the entire route of the Panama Canal.
Financial.
Bank of England is still obliged to
continue its 4 per cent, discount rate.
Boston & Maine Railroad has de
clared a quarterly dividend of $175 a
share.
Pennsylvania's wheat crop is rated
at too, and, with Oklahoma, leads the
country.
One firm of brokers has accumulated
50,000 shares of Baltimore & Ohio
within a week.
Some day soon the big wheat crop
outlook will cut a figure. Now it
seems to be forgotten.
J. Overton Paine's failure was re
corded in New York. He had branch
offices all over this country.
Baltimore & Ohio's gain in-net earn
ings in March was 30 per cent, as com
pared witn last year.
Gould says his Western roads are no
more parallel than, the links of a sau
sage. 1 iicrciore they can combine.
Six big California fruit dealers have
combined and advanced the price of
oranges 2 per cent, in the West.
San Francisco's advance of more than
4 per cunt., following so quickly after
the announcement that its deal with
Kock Island was off, came as a sur
uriiM.
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PORTE FEARS AN UPRISING
Tbe Bulgarians Threaten a Rebellion in
Macedonia.
ALBANIANS ARE NOT SATISFIED.
Great I'ncastness Has Been Aroused In Turk
ish Government Circles King Alesandcr
Sees a Crave Situation In the Esst Seven
Servian Officers Are Accused of Conspiracy
Against the king.
Constantinople (By Cable). It is
now understood tUat the commission
sent by the Sultan to appease the Al
banians failed to secure their adhesion
to the reform scheme of the powers ex
cept on the condition that the Albani
ans be allowed to choose their own
governors and civil officials and that
other minor concessions be granted
them.
The Porte has decided to establish a
military camp at Bcrizovitch and has
ordered 19 battalions to concentrate
there in view of possible eventual opera
tions against the Albanians.
Great uneasiness has been aroused in
Turkish Government circles by the re
ports that the Bulgarians in Macedonia
are preparing for a general rising.
Fateful Times Approach.
Belgrade, Servia (By Cable). At a
banquet given at the palace in celebra
tion of the tenth anniversary of King
Alexander's accession to the throne, the
King made a speech in which he refer
red to the grave situation in the East,
saying fateful times arc approaching
for all the people.! of the Balkan Pe
ninsula, and Servia must be ready to
strike at the proper moment.
He also congratulated himself on the
fact that his marriage to Queen Draga
had iri.t with the approval of the peo-
Referring to his recent proclamation
the King said Servia had no time for
experimenting and he had therefore
been compelled to restore the constitu
tion to its original condition.
Servian Officers Arrested.
Vienna (By Cable). Colonel Ilic,
commanding the Sixth Regiment at
Belgrade, and six other officers, have
been arrested at Semlin, a Hungarian
frontier town in Crotia-Slavonie, six
miles from Belgrade, on a charge of
conspiring against King Alexander of
Servia, who submitted the arrested of
fice! to a personal examination.
Plot Against Alexander.
A dispatch from Vienna April 10
said that rumors were current of a plot
against the life of King Alexander. 1 he
plot was discovered and 50 persons sus
pected of complicity in it were arrested.
It was thought at Vienna that King
Alexander's recent coup d'etat prob- I
ably was hastened by the discovery ot
the plot.
PORTO RICO SMUGGLING CASES.
Should District Attorney Rcluse to Pros:cutc,
Judge May Appoint Substitute.
San Juan, Porto Rico (Special). As
a result of the action of the grand jury
in finding eight indictments, following
the investigation of the smuggling
charges, it is unofficially reported that
warrants have been issued for the arrest
of Captain (Surgeon) Lowndes, United
States Navy; Captain Crahbs, LTnited
States Army; Robert Giles, an engineer:
Benjamin Butler, the former supervisor
of elections, and Paymaster Merritt.
Mr. Butler demanded in open court to
known whether he was indicted, and the
judge replied in the affirmative. He fur
nished bail in ft, coo.
Captain Lowndes and Paymaster
Marritt are in the United States and the
Philippines, respectively. They will be
summoned through the Navy Depart
ment. Officers are at present searching
for Captain Crabbc, who is connected
with the quartermaster's department in
San Juan, and Robert Giles. These men
will be arraigned and bound over.
No bill was found against Lieutenant
Commander Mcntz, as he had effected a
settlement w ith the United States Treas
ury. It is reported that others suspected
of' complicity in the smuggling escaped
indictments on the same ground.
It is said here that if District Attorney
Pcttingill refuses to prosecute those
against whom indictments have been
found the judge will appoint a substitute
for Mr. Pcttingill.
BATTLE WITH DESPERADOES.
Two Men Were Killed and a Third Was Fatal
ly Wounded.
Bakersfield. Cala. ( Special). James
McKinncy, the outlaw, was shot and
killed here. Deputy Sheriff Tibbets was
also killed and Constable Packard was
fatally shot.
Sheriffs Kelly, of Kern; Collins, of
Tulare, and Lcovin. of Arizona coun
ties, with Officers' Will and Burt Tib
betts, Gus Tower and City Marshal
Packard, surrounded .McKinncy snort
ly before 1 1 o'clock in a Chinese house.
Will Tibbetts and Packard approached
McKinncy in the house and ordered
him to surrender.
McKinnev answered by shooting.
Will Tibbetts was shot through the
stomach and died soon after; Packard
was shot through the neck and shoul
ders and dangerously wounded. Burt
Tibbetts, a brother of the dead deputy
sheriff, shot McKinncy through the
mouth and neck, killing him.
McKinncy had been in Bakersfield
two days, and was harbored by friends
in a Chinese joss house. The house was
a regular fort. In the place with Mc
Kinncy was II ul llulze, a desperado.
McKinnev bad a sawed off shotgun.
and Hulze used a pistol. Hulzc would
not obey the order to come out of the
barricaded house and the fire depart
ment was ordered to the scene.
Coughed Up a Reptile.
New York (Special). A reptile from
the Philippines, born and brought up as
a member of the interior economy of
William Fay', served as a poser to sev
eral of the surgeons at the navy yard,
where Fay works. The strange creature,
which is seven inches long and half an
inch thick, made its appearance from
Fay's throat after he had suffered a vio
lent fit of coughing. It has the charac
teristics of an angle worm.
A Donesllc Tragedy.
New York (Special). George J. Jor
dan, 35 years old it is alleged, shot and
killed his wife, Clara, 32 years old, and
shot his son, George, Jr., probably fatally.
He then shot himself and is also ex
pected to die. Jordan had a quarrel with
ins wife about six weeks ago. He took
his son and went to Cuba, whence he re
turned to New York with his son on
Monday. When asked by the police if
he had shot his wife and why, he re
plied: "I guesi I did; because of a man
who made a lot of trouble for me three
vcars go."
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Ousrd Against Yellow Jack.
The following-named acting assistant
sur.geons have been assigned to the fruit
ports of Central and South America by
the Marine Hospital Service for the
coming season for the purpose of in
specting the vessels, their cargoes and
crews hound from their ports to ports of
the United States:
W. H. Carson, Belize, British Hon
duras. D.W. Goodman, Blucfields, Nicaragua.
Paul Osterhout, Bocas del Toro, Col
ombia. W, B. Robertson, Cciba, Honduras.
R. H. Peters, Livingstone, Guatemala.
Fleetwood Gnivcr, Port Limon, Costa
Rica.
C. W. Carter, Puerto Cortez, Hon
duras. In a letter on instructions to the sur
geons Surgeon General Wyman says:
"Your attention is called to the spread
of yellow fever through the agency of the
mosquito known as the Stegomyia fas
ciata, and special precaution should be
taken to prevent their presence aboard
vessels. Should yellow fever break out
lit your port you are requested to im
mediately cable the bureau."
Dea!hs from Cholera.
General Davis reported to the War
Department seven deaths from cholera
in the Philippines Frank M. Squires,
Richard A. Morris. William R. McGre
gor, Danilo A. Cotter, Company A.
Tenth Infantry; Kinney Milcr, Com
pany M. Twenty-fifth Infantry; II. C.
Iliatt, Company II. Twenty-ninth In
fantry and Henry M. Diedel, Company
K. 'lenth Infantry. The commands to
which these men belong, with one pos
sible exception, are stationed in Min
danao, where it was reported in press
dispatches this morning that cholera
had broken out among the troops op
erating under the command of Captain
Pershing.
While Will Not Serve.
Andrew D. White, former am'.ssa
dor to Germany, has declined to serve
as one of the United States commis
sioners at the forthcoming monetary
conference, thus confining the delega
tion to the three persons already nam
ed Messrs. Conant, Jenks and II. II.
1 fauna.
Mr. White's declination reached the
Stale Department in a letter dated
Ajaccio, Corsica, and is based on the
unsatisfactory condition of his health
as well as a pressure of private business.
That Maney Conference.
Messrs. II. II. Hannn. Jenks and Con
ant, constituting the United States rep
resentation to the Monetary Conference,
had a long conference with Secretary'
Hay respecting their work.
They were met at the department by
the Mexican Ambassador, Senor Aspi
roz, who is greatly interested in this pro
ject. When the United States delegates
go abroad, about May 13. they in a
manner will look after Mexican interests
in the solution of the problem of adjust
ing the rates of exchange between silver-using
and gold-using countries.
Must Fir: Light Charges.
In order to minimize the recurrence
of accidents such as that which occurred
recently on the Iowa, Admiral O'Neil,
chief of the Bureau of Ordinance, has
recommended that hereafter target prac
tice with the big guns of the navy be
restricted to the use of light charges at
shorter ranges and the substitution of
the sub-calibre tube whenever practic
able. In this he is at direct variance with
A.lmiral Dewey, who, on February 19
h.'t, said:
"Sub-calibre practice is not enough.
The men don't take interest in this
'make believe' gunnery. They want to
see the shot hit."
Cuban Negotiations Deadlocked.
Advices received here from Cuba in
dicate that the treaty negotiations are
almost at a standstill. The nature of
the obstruction does not appear, but it
is believed fresh instructions which are
to be sent to Minister Squicrs will re
lieve the situation.
In Ihe Departments.
Robert C. Morris, of New York, has
been appointed agent of the United
States to present the American case
before the mixed commission at Ca
racas. The Navy Department has signified
to the State Department that it will not
object to the landing of the Dutch-German
cable on the Island of Guam.
A number of acting assistant sur
geons were assigned to the fruit ports
of Central and South America.
Col. Alexander MacKenzie, corps of
engineers, was appointed on the general
staff in place of Lieutenant Colonel John
L. Chamberlain, who has been found to
be inelgiblc.
Three attempts at suicide were made
in Washington, of which two were suc
cessful. They resulted in the death o
Wilson G. Reed and William H. Har-
nest.
The Central Labor Union has filed
charges against officials of the mail
equipment division of the Postofiice De
partment. The United States government is
sued a warrant (or the surrender to the'
Mexican government of Dr. Charles S.
Herlc, arrested in El Paso, Tex., on
the charge of being involved with
others in poisoning a man for the in
surance money.
The Secretary of the Navy designated
a number of noncommissioned officers,
also a number from civil life, for exam
ination for second lieutenant in the
Marine Corps.
In regard to the dispatch from San
Juan to the effect that the United States
attorney there declined to prosecute a
number of naval and army officers for
alleged smuggling the Department oi
Justice issued a statement upholding the
action of that official.
President Gompers, of the Federation
of Labor, bitterly resented the attack
made on organized labor by President
Parry, of the Manufacturers' Associa
tion. The boilers of the battleship Maine
are reported to be in very bad condi
tion. Among the collection of papers cap
tured from the Filipino insurgents was
one that ordered the killing: of General
Otis. It is in the handwriting of Agu
inaldo. The Sunday School Lesson Commit
tee began its initial meeting at the
Cochran Hotel, Washington.
Four Were Drowsed.
Clinton, Ind. (Special). Ora Ed
dington; his .wife and their three small
children, with - two neighbor boys,
started to cross the Wabash bottoms.
They got over their depth and the
three Eddington children and William
Dudley were drowned. Hundreds of
people witnessed the disaster, but a re
lief boat was late in reaching the strug
gling people. Eddington escaped on a
horse and his wile was rescued by Wil
liam Jacks, a 12-year-old boy. Three of
tin bodies wera recovered.
GOEBEL SHOT BY HOWARD
Youtscy Telia His Story of the Killing
of Kentucky's Governor.
SAYS TAYLOR WAS RESPONSIBLE.
Directed Everything and Was Regarded as the
Leader No Fear of Punishment Youtsey
Showed Howard the Martin Rifle, the Bullets
and ths Window From Which the Shooting
Was to Be Done.
I'rankfort, Ky. (Special). Henry E.
Youtscy for the first time told on the
witness stand his story of the killing
of the late Governor Gocbcl. He nam
ed James Howard, the defendant, as the
man who fired the shot. Y'outscy said
he saw Howard for the first time a few
minutes before the shooting. Howard
had a letter sent him several days be
fore by the witness at Governor Tay
lor's dictation.
Youtscy says lie took Howard into
the office of Caleb Powers, then secre
tary of state, which had been especially
arranged for the shooting. He showed
Howard the Marlin rifle, the bullets and
the window from which the shooting
was to be done. He says Howard ask
ed what he was to get for doing the
shooting.
"What do you want for it?" Youtscy
says he asked, and that Howard said
he wanted a pardon for killing George
Baker.
"I told him he could have that and
more too," said Youtscy.
"About that time.1' said the witness,
"Goebel came in the gate, and I point
ed him out to Howard and then ran
from the room. As I disappeared down
the steps to the basement I heard the
crack of Howard's rifle."
Youtscy said that at the time of the
shooting he was private secretary to
Auditor Sweeney, but that while his po
litical status was not definitely fixed,
it was understood he was to have a
good place under Taylor.
"Governor Taylor," said Youtscy,
"directed everything wc did. We re
garded him as our leader and he was
morally responsible for all we did. We
knew we had the Governor and the
pardoning power behind us and wc were
not afraid of punishment for killing
Gocbcl."
MILLS SHUT DOWN.
Caused by Depressed Market Conditions and
Price of Wheat.
Minneapolis, Minn. (Special). The
Northwestern Miller says: "Every
(lour mill in Minneapolis and practi
cally all of the merchant spring wheat
mills in Minnesota and the Northwest
shut down entirely and will cease turn
ing out flour for an indefinite period.
This act has bee-i forced upon the mil
lers by the conditions surrounding the
manufacture and sale of flour.
"F'or some time, owing to the price
of cash wheat, the high rates of freight
and the depressed state oi the flour
markets, mills have been operating at
a loss, but the crowning disadvantage
which has paralyzed the milling indus
try throughout the Northwest was the
act of the line boats operating between
Duluth and Buffalo in moving wheat
on a basis of two cents a bushel, while
the present proportionate rate on flour
from Duluth to Buffalo is maintained
at nine cents per 100 pounds, equiva
lent to 5 4-10 cents a bushel."
LORENZ'S OPERATION A SUCCESS.
Little Armour Olrl Walks Without Difficulty
After Cast Was Removed.
Chicago, 111. (Special). Dr. Adolph
Lorcnz arrived in Chicago for the pur
pose of removing the cast front the leg
of Lolita Armour, the young daughter
of J. Ogden Armour, upon whom an
operation for congenital dislocation of
the hip was performed last October.
Upon removing the cast the limb was
found to be in perfect condition and the
laticnt was able to walk around the
louse without any difficulty.
"The operation was a complete suc
cess," said Dr. Lorcnz, "but I shall
have to be in constant attendance upon
the little one for three or four weeks
before I can be certain of a positive
cure."
After his sojourn in Chicago Dr. Lo
rcnz expects to make a short Western
tour.
GERMANS ARE ANGRY.
Considers Sending of SquaJron to Marseilles
n Direct Affront.
Berlin (By Cable). The news that
the American squadron in European
waters has been ordered to Marseilles
to participate in the reception of Pres
ident Loubet on April 30 has aroused a
storm of indignation, following as it
docs the refusal to allow the battleship
squadron to visit Kiel, the relusal is
regarded as a direct affront to Ger
many. The Tageblatt declares the fact ought
to be a salutary lesson to the Germans
not to truckle to America. It is now
clear, the paper continues, that perma
nent friendly relations between Ger
many and America are impossible.
I he Tagliche Rundschau says it is "a
smack in the face for Germany," and
that Germans will never forget the in
sult. The Deutsche Zcitung welcomes the
incident, because it shows the Germans
how the Americans really regard them.
Most of the, papers comment in similar
strain.
Army Olf.ccr Cuts Throat.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Lieut.
Thomas F. Howard, a graduate of
West Point, drew a razor across his
throat at the Missouri Baptist Sana
torium. When found by an attendant
he was dead.
Struck oa Open Switch.
Montgomery, Ala. (Special). The
second section of a southbound Louis
ville and Nashville passenger, train
which left here at 12.30 p. m., was
wrecked at Castlebcrry, 10 miles south
of Montgomery. Two persons are
known to have been killed and the en
gineer of the train is reported to have
been seriously and perhaps fatally in
jured, while several passengers are said
to be more or less seriously hurt.
Panama Canal Coatmlssloa.
Colon, Colombia (By Cable). The
members of the subcommittee ot the
United States Panama Canal Commis
sion who arrived here Thursday, went
to Panama for the purpose of calling
on Governor Minis Duran, who, it is
reported, has been ordered to proceed
to Bogota, the capital, on an important
mission. The Governor's attitude to
ward the canal treaty is generally re
garded as favorable.
King Edward arrived on his yacht
at Valetta, Island of Malta, and was
saluted by the warships and land bat
MOB WENT WILD.
Houses Burned, and People Stoned by Fren
zied Crowd at Joplln, Mo.
Joplin, Mo. ( Special ). A mob took a
tramp negro from the city jail and
hanged him to a telegraph pole two
blocks from the jail. The mob then
seemed to become frenzied instead of be
ing appeased, and made a -wild charge
through the town, driving all negroes
into the negro section. A concerted at
tack wa.i then made on the negro quar
ter, the police were swept aside, houses
were burned, and every negro was driven
out of town.
The negro was charged w ith the mur
der of Policeman Lelic, who was shot
dead in the Kansas City Southern Rail
road yards while endeavoring to arrest
several negroes suspected of theft.
About 3 o'clock in the afternoon Lee
Fullcrton, aged 21, located the fugitive in
a slaughter-house just cast of Jnplin.
The negro was armed with a rifle and
defied arrest. Fullcrton slipped into the
structure unobserved an da crept up be
hind the negro. Suddenly he sprang at
the unsuspecting fugitive, and before re
sistance could be made had the negro on
his back, with a knife at his throat. The
negro then surrendered his ritle, and
pointing the weapon at him, Fullcrton
marched him out of the building. With
the assistance of another man the negro
was brought to Joplin and placed in jail.
News of the capture spread rapidly,
and the jail was speedily surrounded by
hundreds of people. There were cries of
V'Lynch him !" on all sides, and City At
torney P. H. Decker mounted the jail
steps and made a strong plea in behalf of
law and order. This served temporarily
to stay the mob, but did not appease it.
and a short time after Decker's speech
the mob started to batter in a section of
the jail wall. Every effort was made to
prevent the entrance of the mob, but
w ithout avail, and within 15 minutes the
men had gained entrance to the jail and
secured the trembling negro.
As he was dragged forth City Attor
ney Decker again interfered and urged
thaf the negro be given a trial. For
half-an-hour he talked, and the mob
listened to him, with the negro in their
custodv.
At one time it seemed that the city
attorney would win. as members of the
mob began dispersing, but suddenly ,1
rush was made for the snot where the
negro was being held, and he was drag
ged two blocks from the jail, a rope
fastened around his neck, and after the
rope had been thrown over the cross
bars of a telceranh pole a score of men
attempted to pull the negro from the
ground. Js many more scizen. me ne
gro and pulled to prevent him being
hanged. For some moments it was a
veritable tug of war, but reinforcements
on the free end of the rope proved the
stronger, and the negro, despite his
protestations of innocence, was finally
swung into the air and strangled to
death, while shouts of satisfaction went
up from the mob.
Radium Deposit Found?
New York (Special). A cablegram
to the New York Sun from St. Peters
burg says: The Novoe Vremya an
nounces, without giving any details,
that a Russian engineer has discovered
a deposit of natural radium on the Rus
sian steppes, near the Asiatic border.
The statement is not confirmed, but, if
true, it is obviously of great importance
in view of the extreme scarcity of the
mysterious mineral, the great costliness
of which about $900,000 a pound
hampers experiments with it.
Editor Dies on Train.
Manhattan, Kan. (Special). J. J.
Davis, who founded the Manhattan
Mercury in 1884 and who has been its
editor and proprietor since that time,
died here on a train. Mr. Davis had
been to New Orleans for his health.
He was accompanied by his wife, and
stood the trip fairly well, but died just
before the train reached Manhattan.
Mr. Davis was born in Fulton' county,
Ga.. in 1851, and has been identified
with newspaper work since boyhood.
Carneg'e Will Pay Expenses.
Ithaca, N. Y. (Special). A further
communication was received by Presi
dent J. G. Schurman, of Cornell, from
Andrew Carnegie, in which Mr. Car
negie urged that the students' fund sub
scribed to aid those who became ill
with typhoid fever during the epidemic,
be returned to subscribers, and that he
be allowed to pay all expenses incurred
by students on account of the epidemic,
including those of 27 who died. The de
tails of the plan by which students are
to avail themselves of Mr. Carnegie's
offer have been worked out. and each
one will send to the treasurer's office
an itemized bill.
Negro Murderer Hanged.
Media, Pa. (Special). Albeit West,
the ncgo murderer of Policeman Mark
W. Allen, expiated his crime in the
jail yard here in the presence of over
200 men. The drop fell at 10.15 o'clock,
and he died from strangulation. It waj
an unusual and in many respects a
ghastly day at Media. The streets
were full of strangers, who had been at
tracted to the county seat by the grue
some spectacle that was enacted in the
jail yard. Though there was not the
remotest chance for any of these people
to witness the hanging, yet they waited
outside of the prison in the rain to get
the first news of the affair,
Nina Killed In Storm.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). A dis
patch to the Age-Herald from Ever
green, Ala., says that at least nine per
sons were killed and an appalling loss
of property was caused by a tornado
in Monroe county.
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.
The British st amer Induna. from
Pcnsacola and Norfolk, arrived at
Grimsby, England, with five of her
crew in irons, charged vith mutiny.
Japan is now satisfied that the evac
uation of Manchuria by the Russian
troops will be effected in accordance
with Russia's agreement.
Emperor Willianj has ordered a
thorough investigation into the case of
Naval Ensign Hussner, who killed an
artilleryman named Hartmann at Essen
for not saluting him properly.
Gen. Franklin D. Baldwin, who was
accused of speaking disparagingly ol
the negro and Filipino as soldiers, says
he was misquoted.
. All matters in dispute between the
officials of the Northern Pacific and the
conductors and the trainmen have been
satisfactorily settled, ,
The new Immigration Law, impos
ing a head tax on aliens, is causing
trouble for the immigration board at
San Francisco. , (
It is reported that the revolutionists
now occupy all the western part of
Venezuela, excepting Maracaibo. Presi
dent Castro is said to be, lacking to
troops. . ,
THE KEYSTONE STATE
Latest News of Pennsylvania Told h
Short Ord;r.
Patents granted: Eugene C. Ami.
don, Corry, draftsman's T square;
Ralph Baggalcy, Pittsburg, boilers;
Peter Christian, Johnstown, mcchaiii.
cal movement; William H. Cornell,
Pi.tsburg, rotary engine; Alfred J.
Dicschcr, Pittsburg, treating metal
plates or sheets; I-'rank Dutchcr, West
Newton, signal torch: Charles D.
Ebert, Pittsburg, metallic tic for rail
ways; M. H. Fctzcr, Greenville, thin
rim sweatpad; Richard W. Fox, A.
toona, drawbar rigging; Herman 01 in.
sky, New Kensington, rail joint; Rich
ard E. Hart, Pittsburg, coat and hat
rack; Edwa'rd James, Pittsburg, metal
lic packing; Willis A. Jennings, Mc
Kccs Rocks, pinlcss clothes Hue; Da
vid H. Lnngan. Gaines, hook; Richard
J. Lockhart. Pittsburg, wrench; Ed
ward J. McAlccr, Sharpsvillc, apparatus
for separating and collecting impuritici
from metallurgical furnace gases.
Pensions granted: Albert King, Mt.
Alton, $8; George Meiscl, Carroliton,
$6: Joseph M. Blush, McKccsport.
Tobias VVingard, Gcistown, $6; Wal
lace L. Earl. New Castle, $6; Frederick
Bingman, Pcnns Creek, $12; John V.
Hultz, Catlc Shannon. Thomas
Clonan, Dunbar, $8; Charics Long,
Cochranton, $8: Orlando Rhodes, Cor
ry. $12: Benjamin F. Hanokcr. Rev
noldsvillc. $12: William W. Cole. Ah
legheny, $8; Maurice Donavan, Brook
ville, $to; Josiah Willcy, Lyona, $10;
John W, Patterson, Pittsburg $12; An
drew R. Schncbiy, Mcrccrsnurg, $12;
Lorenzo E. White. Altoona, $12; Elin
G. Hcnerly. Milesburg. $8; Henry I..
Chapman, Grecnsburg, $12: George W.
Coach, Center Hall, $12: John W. Car
nagcy, New Brighton, $8; Samuel Bay
$8; Daniel Garrison, West Alexander,
$to; Louis Daft, McKccsport, $12;
Louis Dittrich, Pittsburg, $8; Paul Al
baugh, Mcadvillc. $8; Thomas Carpen
ter, Panic, $10: James Jobcs, Union
town. $10; Adolph Schlecpc, Pittsburg,
$8; Jonathan Silvus, Brockport, ?8;
Charics A. Kimmel, Somerset, $12;
Levi Epler. Rcynoldsville. $12; William
O. Hare, Minister, $12; Margact 11a
vey. Rankin, $12.
Henry W. Marsh, aged 76, was
drowned in the Mahoning river.
Louis Bcrgcncr .of Bcavcx Falls, va
arrested on a charge of csliducting a
speak-easy.
The voters of Wooster township,
Wayne county, decided for saloons by
a vote of 120 to 128.
At Corry, Vera McLean, a High
School girl, attempted suicide by shoot
ing with her father's revolver.
At Washington the presbytery of the
Presbyterian Church elected Rev. H.
N. Houston, of Cross Creek, moder
ator. The body of Thomas Cunningham,
who disappeared from Monongahela on
March 2, was taken from the Mononga
hela rive,r near Shire Oaks.
After six years of litigation the
court at Butler ordered the school
board of Bruin borough to pay to the
school district of Parker township
$3213 as a final settlement.
Lieut. Walter Seamans, of Company
C. Tenth Regiment. N. G. P., ot Un
iontown, against whom charges of con
duct unbecoming an officer were pre
ferred by Maj. S. W. Jeffcris, of Pitts
burg, has resigned.
The dead body of Frank George, a
prominent resident, was found lying
along the railroad tracks in Latrobc.
He had been struck by a train.
Melancholy over sickness, Daniel
Follmcr cut his throat at Milton and
died.
At New Castle, the coroner's jury
held George West for the death ol
Ralph K. Stiver during a quarrel.
In the State Senate five bills, relating
to the coal miners, was passed finally.
The bills are as follows: Providing
for a home for old, crippled and help
less mineworkers and their wives, the
same to be maintained jointly by the
employes and employers; prohibiting
the employment at any work to persons
under 21 years of age in or about an
thracite coal mines more than eight
hours a day; revising the Mine Inspec
tion law and providing for an additional
inspection district to be created out nl
Dauphin county; amending the mining
laws so as to make the ton of 224c
pounds the basis from which to calcu
late the earnings of miners; requiring
all mine foremen and their assistant
to make daily examinations of all work
ing places and traveling roads in tin
mines to see that the roof and sides are
properly timbered and safe for men tc
work in.
Mrs. Olive GrofT, of Conestoga town
ship, died from burns received when
her clothing became ignited. She wai
29 years old.
The York Board of Health has reor
ganized by electing Dr. J. R. Spanglei
president, John D. Jenkins secretary,
and Dr. J. Frank Small health officer.
Francis Britton. of Reading, a Phil
adelphia and Reading Railroad brake
man, was instantly knlcd in a wreck ir
the company's yards in Harrisburg.
The body of Anthony Scuming, agcr
30, who leaves a wife and three chil
dren, and who was caught under I
heavy fall of coal at Ellangowan col
.iery was dug out by miners, who work
ed many hours.
Congressman Daniel F. Lafean hai
been notified that thirty-two addition
rural free delivery routes will be estab
lished in York county at an early date
The wave of prosperity following tin
settlement of the coal strike has in
-iiigurated the greatest building boon
Carbondale has experienced in years
and as a result building contractor!
have granted a liberal increase in wagcf
to employes.
The Chester Postoffice clerks, whe
ire connected with the national asso
ciation, have elected delegates to th
invention to be held in Philadclpbil
on May 30. They are Charics Long
hotham, Jr., John Cramp and John j.
Moscley.
John, a young son of Reuben Stone
back, of Zciglcrsville, was accidental!
shot by his brother while gunning f;'
sparrows. The shot entered the lad'i
face and body, and he is in a seriouf
'condition.
Prof. R. R. Rodgers, of DuBois. ha:
tiken charge of the Clearfield Business
College.
James Starr, of Penfield, was attack
cd by hiccoughs, which physicians ar'
unable to check.
The Youngstown Lead and Zin
Company, with a capital of $600,000
has been organized, with J. Craig Sniitr
as president.
The Rochester council will take im
mediate action on complaints regarding
the sanitary conditions in the borough.
C. H. Gilmore, of Freedom, died
the Beaver County General Hospit
of injuries received in the Conway yard
o. the Fort Wayne Railroad.
Miner at Yatesboro and Cowansvill
(Armstrong county) mines of the
Rochester and Pittsburg Coal Company
are out on strike. .
The hotel and 40 cottages destroyed
by fire at Ridgeview Park are being re
built., . .
Asbury Lewis, aged 79, committee
suicide near Uniontown, by slash'1'!
his throat with a razor.