ILLINOIS HAS RACE WOT ' Colored Mao Lynched for Assaulting Former's Daughter. THE WHITES SHOOT MANY BLACKS. Jk Rail Wat Made for a Colony of Several Hna'reo' Nef rota, Employed on Bridge Coo Btractioa Work and Living la Teoli Near the Bridge The Negroea Saw Ibe Mob Coir. lag aad Opeaed Fire. Thebes, III. (Special). An unknown colored man, about 17 years old, was lynched by a mob of angry farmers near the village of Santa Fe for attempting to 'assault the 10-ycar-old daughter of Farmer Branson Iavis. This was followed by a general on slaught on a colony of colored people liv ing in tents, who were engaged in bridge construction. The tents were burned .'and many were shot, but so far as known '(tone was killed. Hundreds of shots were exchanged, but no whites were 'hvrt. Branson Davis lives a half mile east of Santa Ke, a village near Thebes. While liii 10-year-old daughter was in the barn vard the man accosted her. She ran, but he seized her and her screams brought lire mother to the rescue. The man tied. Officers were notified and were soon in pursuit. News of the assault speedily rpread among the neighboring farmers, and resulted in an angry mob starting in search of the assailant. The colored man meanwhile had been captured by officers and was being taken o Santa Fe when the mob of farmers was met. A fight followed, during which 'the farmers secured the man. He con fessed the crime, but begged for mercy. Without a word the mob started with the man toward the new bridge being constructed across the Mississippi, where lie was hanged to an oak tree without ceremony or delay. After the body had dangled in the air a few moments it was riddled with bullets. The officers tried to disperse the mob trot their efforts were useless. A rush was made for a colony of sev eral hundred colored people employed on ibridge construction work and living in tents near the bridge. They saw the mob coming and opened fire. A fusillade fol lowed and the whites fired w ith effect, as many of the colored people were shot flown. Jt is not known how seriously they were wounded. The mob pressed forward, notwith standing the steady fire, until the colored people turned and fled toward a nearby wood, taking their wounded with them. The mob then burned the tents. After accomplishing a general work of destruc tion, the, whites dispersed. Extra police were sworn in and the village is under heavy guard. Excite ment is intense. Santa Fe is a village in the extreme southwestern portion of Illinois, near the Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad. SECRETARY HAY WILL PROTEST. Stasia's Orip on Manchuria Violates Pledget Foreign Criticism. Washington, D. C. (Special). It is probable that the United States Gov ernment will make a vigorous protest, through the proper diplomatic channels, ?igainst Russia's demand upon China or the pratical retention by Russia of the Province of Manchuria. Secretary (Hay will first consult the President. It is scarcely possible that the Unit ed States would join with any other Jiower in forcible action against Rus ia, but the State Department will for ward to the Russian Foreign Office, fit the proper time, a plain statement of the sentiments of this Government in the matter. It is pointed out that the text of Rus ia't demand is so diplomatically word ed that it may mean much or little, as Russia may sec fit to interpret it or iut it into effect. At the State Department this step hf the Czar's country is regarded as a direct breach of faith and an attack upon the American policy of maintain ing the integrity of China which was announced more than two years ago. Whltecapt Whip Olrls. Bloomington, Ind. (Special). Thir-Jy-eight unmasked men broke into a t.ouse here and whitecapped Misses Rc tweca and Ida Stephens, white, aged 18 fcnd 16 years, and also whipped Joe (Oniveiy, a negro, aged 50 years. 1 lie Stephens girls lived with their mother n the same house in which Shivelv had a room. The negro was whipped with ft barbed wire and was hit in the eye with brass knuckles. The older girl was whipped with barbed wire and the youngcr one with apple switches, but neither is dangerously injured. Many i trie whitecaps were recognized and warrants will be sworn out for their 1 irrebts. New Warship's First Dip. Philadelphia, Pa. (Special). The ar mored cruiser Colorado was launched fct Cramp's shipyard in this city in the ; giresence of a distinguished gathering 1 of officials from Washington and the ! State of Colorado, including the entire congressional delegation. Miss Cora 'Way Pcabody, daughter of Governor 1 1'eabody of Colorado, broke the hot- i tie of wine on the prow of the cruiser I as she glided down the ways at 1:35 into the Delaware river. U Jews Killed by Rioters. St Petersburg (By Cable). Twenty five Jewt were killed and 275 wounded, snany of them fatally, during I lie anti Semitic riots at Kishineff, capital of Bessarabia, on April 30, when a num ber of workmen organized an attack on the Jewish inhabitants. The Minister of the Interior has ordered the adop tion of special measures to restore or cr in the town and district. Slaogb'-tred Bttbl-Biiouks. Vienna (By Cable). Dispatches from Sofia, Bulgaria, announce that a band of Macedonians recently surrounded and slaughtered forty Bashi-Bazouks and fifteen gendarmes near Petritch, Mace donia, out of revenge for the murder of their leader. Captain Sacff, who was re cently killed in an engagement in the dis. trict of Melnik. The band subsequently captured the district chief of Petritch nd twenty 6 ve soldiers, whom they stripped and released. W. K. Vtsdcrbilt Married Agsla. London (By Cable). William K. Vanderl ilt, Sr., and Mrs. Anna Ruth erford, widow of the late Morris Ruth erford, were married here at the Church tf St. Mark, on North Audley ttreet The Kev. Robert Henry Harden, vicar of St. Mark't, performed the ceremony. Tbit wat Mr. Vanderbilt't second marriage, and hit bride has been twice at widow. The bridal party consisted of 74 1. Vanderbilt, Mrs. Kirtherfurd, Henry White, secretary of the United .States Embassy; Winfield Hoyt, of New York and the Duke and Ditches of MaxUborough. THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic United States Senator Beveridge, who visited Manchuria two years ago. says that Russia then had 150,000 troops within three weeks' striking dis tance of Japan, and that by this time her army there had probably been in creased to 175.000 men. The Philadelphia carpenters' unions have rejected the compromise offered by the master carpenter relative to the new wage scale, to go into effect May 1. If n strike is ordered 15,000 men will stop work. Fire at Benson, N. C. caused the de struction of 15 stores and an estimate aggregated loss of $-5,000. Jeremiah Baxter has resigned the presidency of the Tennessee Central Railroad. The testimony in the trial of James Howard at Frankfort, Ky was com pleted and the jury viewed the scene of the killing of Governor Gocbcl, on the capitol grounds. There was a mutiny on board the American ship Edward Sewall at Woo sung, China, which was suppressed by marines trom the battleship Oregon. Mrs. Elizabeth Budd Gallaudct, wi dow of Rev. Dr. Gallaudct, died at her home, in New York. Inspector McClusky. of New York, had Tomaso Petto arraigned on the charge of killing Madonia, whose mur dered body was found in a barrel. John F. Martin, formerly ot Phila delphia, who was supposed to be dead, has turned up in San Jose, Cal., alter an absence of 30 years. President Baer. of the Philadclnhia and Reading Coal Company and the Philadelphia and Readme Railroad, tes tified before the Interstate Commerce Commission in the matter of the charge of the existence of an illegal combina tion. A preliminary injunction wa secured in Lancaster, Pa., to restrain William C. Liller, who claims to be an adjutant of the Association of Spanish-American War Veterans, from exercising the func tions of that office. Andrew Carnegie and J. P. Morgan sailed for Europe on the steamer Cedric. Several detectives accompanied them. An aged Advcntist uttered a warning just before the ship sailed. Friends in New York of Princess Craykowski, formerly a ward of Senator Dept-w, have been informed that she is a prisoner in Constantinople with her hus b:.nd. President Roosevelt made an address at the laying of the cornerstone of the new gate at the northern entrance to Yellowstone Park, after which he re sumed his tour. Judge Grosscup, in the United States Circuit Court of Appeals, entered an order enjoining six railroad companies from discriminating against small ship pers. Mrs. Jennie Flood was arrested in Grand Rapids, Mich., on the charge of killing John London to get the insurance money. Tlic strike of the iron workers em ployed by the American Bridge Com pany was officially declared off. The National Municipal League, in session in Detroit, elected officers, and then papers were read on the munici pal situation in various cities and in the Philippines. President Roosevelt's vacation is ended, and he returned to Cinnabar much benefited in health. He and Mr. Burroughs were tripped by skis, but neither was injured. Internal revenue inspectors made a raid on a moonshine plant in Mount Vernon, N. Y., and captured the plant, but the moonshiners escaped. Roland L. Morgan, of Elgin, 111., died suddenly at his winter home, in Pcnsacola, Fla.. after eating some pre pared food sent him by mail. Judge Adams, of the United States District Court in St. Louis, refused to extend the benefits of the Bankruptcy Law to a bucketshop. Andrew Carnegie has given $600,000 to Tuskegee Institute. In his letter he gives unstinted praise to Booker T. Washington. Fcrelgo. Russian government officials declare the United States has been misled by Japan concerning Manchuria, and that the improvements in progress in Man churia will certainly benefit internation al commerce. The consuls at Tetuan and Centa, Morocco, have warned the foreign resi dents to be ready to leave at a mo ment's notice, owing to the pretender's threats of attack. The Prince of Wales unveiled in St. James' Park, London, a statue erected in memory of the marines recently kill ed in South Africa and China. The British Parliament will appropri ate $300,000 for the proper representa tion of Great Britain at the St. Louis Exposition, A committee of Nationalist mcmliers "f the British House of Commons, with John Redmond chairman, was appointed to draft amendments to the Irish Land Bill. 1 lie German government officials ex plained in the Reichstag the facts in con nection with the killing of an artillcry ir.:. n named llartmanii by Naval Cadet 1 It'scmr. The First Chamber of the States Gen eral of the Netherlands adopted the tre:itv of arbitration between Holland and Venezuela. Disturbances continue in connection with the expulsion of the members of the religious orders from France. The British royal commission for the St. Louis Exposition was announced. Viscount Peel is chairman. Four nun were killed by an explosion in the Dominion Coal Reserve Mine, at Sydney. B. C. Macedonians recently massacred 40 Bashihazouks and 15 gendarmes near Petritch, Macedonia. The governments of Prussia and Mecklenburg have decided to expel the Mormon missionaries. ' Financial Silver is dearer. Bank of England retains its 4 per cent. rate. The English grain duty has been abolished. United Copper's output for April will be upwards of ,1,000,000 pounds. New York banks have gained on the Suhtreasury since Friday $.1,155,000. There is a truce in the Keene-Harri-man conflict, but not a settlement. Congressman Tawney says: "The West is in good shape financially and industrially. Crucible Steel hat declared the usual quarterly dividend of I 3-4 per cent, on the preferred. The British Government has decided to reduce the income tax from 1 shill ing 4 pence to 1 shilling on the ground, I'ennsy'a net earningt'for March are likely to show a decrease, although the fiross earnings were much larger than ast year. Chicago Northwest Railroad's earn ings for March were $1,449,368, an in crease over the previous March of $075. 'OS. or more than aj per cent, hur the ten months of the fiscal year the increase is about 6 per cent. This sr extremely good iliowu'i. MANY BRITISH KILLED Somalis Annihilated a Column of King Edward's Troops. , ONLY 37 NATIVE SOLDIERS ESCAPE. Col. Plunkett, Nine Junior Officers tod 174 Privates Misting Reconnoitring When Surrounded and Cut Down Mala Body L'nder Col. Cobbe It Also Threatened Qeo. Manning has Started to Extricate Them. Aden, Arabia (By Cable). The Brit ish transport Hardingc arrived here from Bcreba, the capital of Somaliland, East Africa, and reports a British de feat in Somaliland. The officers of the Hardingc say that 10 officers and 174 men out of a total British force of 221 men were killed re cently in an engagement with the So malis. London (By Cable). The War Of fice received from Brigadier General Manning, in command of the British forces in Somaliland. a dispatch dated 20 miles westward of Galadi, Somali land, as follows: "I regret to report that a flying col umn' under the command of Colonel Cobbe. which left Galadi on April 10. to reconnoitre the road to Walwal, had a serious check on April 17. "On the morning of April 17, Col onel Cobbe was at Gumburru, 40 miles westward of Galadi, and had decided to return to Galadi, owing to serious dif ficulty in finding the road to Walwal and to the shortness of water. He was about to leave his zarcba (protected ramp), when firing was heard in the direction of a small party, under the command of Captain Olivcy. which had been sent in a westerly direction to reconnoitre. "At 9.15 o'clock in the morning Colonel Cobbe dispatched Colonel Plunkett. with 160 men of the Second Battalion of the King's African Rifles, 48 of the Second Sikhs and two Maxim guns for the extrication of Captain Olivey, if necessary. As a matter of fact, Captain Olivey had not been en gaged. "Colonel Plunkett. on joining the de tachment, continued to push on. At II-4S o'clock Colonel Cobbe heard a heavy fire in the direction taken by Plunkett. and at about 1 o'clock in the afternoon a few fugitives coming in re ported that Colonel Plunkett had been defeated, with loss. The news has been fully corrobo rated since, and I have to report the total loss of Colonel Plunkett's party, with the exception of 37 Yaos, who have arrived here. "The latest information extracted from the fugitives is to the effect that Colonel Plunkett pushed on after ,the enemy's force to the open country seven miles westward of Gumburru, where he was attacked by a very strong force of mounted troops and the ene my's infantry, who attacked at close quarters. "He kept back the enemy until he had no more ammunition, when he formed a square and charged with bay onets in the direction of Colonel Cobbe' s zareba. He moved some dis tance in this manner but a great many men, including Colonel Plunkett him self, were killed or wounded by the pursuing enemy. "At last the enemy's infantry over whelmed the square and annihilated them all, with the exception of the 37 fugitives above mentioned." British Deleat Mad Mullah. Aden, Arabia (By Cable). Brigadier General Manning, after an engagement with the Mad Mullah's forces, has re lieved Colonel Cobbe, near Gumburru, Somaliland, 45 miles westward of Gal adi. About 2000 of the Mullah's men were killed. The British loss is not known. The few details obtainable of the dis aster to Colonel Plunkett's detachment. April 17, .show the Mullah's forces con sisted of jooo horsemen and 10,000 spearmen. They surrounded Colonel Plunkett's force in the open and the Somalis. after a heavy rifle fire, charged repeatedly with their horsemen and spearmen on all sides. The British de tachment held out until its ammunition was exhausted, and then charged with the bayonet, but it was ultimately over whelmed by weight of numbers. The British force fought until all its officers and 170 men were killed. Most of the handful of men who reached the camp were wounded. The Somalis' losses are reported to have been enormous. The Mullah's forces utq reported to aggregate from 3000 to 4000 mounted men and about 80.000 spearmen. Lives Lott In Explosion? Minneapolis, Minn, (Special). The Northwestern Star Oil Company's plant, in the milling district, blew up a lew minutes before 12 o'clock. The phut was annihilated, and it is believed many lives have been lost. There were .'O employees, and thus far but 11 have been accounted for. The explosion was terrific, spreading burning oil over all nearby buildings and causing a shock that was ft it over the northern portion of the city. Judge's Novel Decision. Mount Vernon, Ky. Special). In the examining trial of Charles Durham, who killed John Lawson Monday, Judge Lewis rendered the following de cision: "The prisoner is dismissed. Lawson committed suicide in going with his gun to Durham's home on the hunt for trouble." Lawson had sent to Durham that he was coming for blood and to look out for him. Durham looked. To Establish Cable Station. Honolulu (Special). The steamship Hanalei, which has been chartered by the Commercial Pacific Cable Company, sailed from Honolulu with operating staff, builders, builders' materials and electrical apparatus for Midway and Guam. Midway is an uninhabited island in the Pacific which the government se lected as a station for the Pacific cable. The vessel departed amid cheers from a large assemblage, strains 0 music from the government band and the salutes of every vessel in port. Poltoa la lbs Food. Pcnsacola, Fla. (Special). Roland L. Morgan, of Elgin, III., died suddenly .at. his country home six miles (rout this place. He received a package of prepared food by mail, and within 15 minutes after eating it waa dead. His mother and wife escaped. They only tasted the contents of the package. The food wat in an original package wrapped in white paper. The postmark it too indistinct to give the officers any clue at to the place whence it wai mailed. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. The Papers Shown tor Inspection. The two latest important developments in the investigation of the sensational abstraction of papers from the safe of the office of the assistant attorney gen eral for the Postofficc Department, which led to the dismissal of that official, 'Were the submission of what purported to be the papers to the inspection of the postal officials, and the decision of Postmaster General Payne to immediately relieve Acting Assistant Attorney General G. A. C. Christiancy from his office, pending an investigation of his conduct. The action in the case of Mr. Christiancy was taken nt his cwn request. He states that he courts the fullest investigation. Mr. Christiancy has held the office of assist ant attorney since January I. loot, and has been in charge of the legal affairs of the department most of the time since then, owing to General Tyncr's absence, caused by ill health. . General Tyncr's counsel submitted to Postmaster General Payne and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow papers which they said the Tyncrs claimed constituted all that had "been taken away, but a statement made later by the Postmaster General reciting the correspondence on the subect and the submission of the papew specifically de clines to accept the statement that the papers submitted necessarily constituted all that were abstracted. Mr. Payne had addressed a letter to them declining to consider a proposition to either visit personally or send a repre sentative to visit the'Tyncr residence, but said he would receive the attorneys at the department and look at any papers they might choose to submit. Accord ingly, at noon the attorneys brought an immense bundle of papers to the private office of the Postmaster General. There Mr. Payne and Fourth Assistant Post master General Bristow, who has charge of the investigation examined them. General Tyncr's counsel after leaving the Postmaster General made a state ment in part as follows : "In response to a notification from the Department of Justice that General Tyncr's offer to deliver the papers should be made to the Postmaster General, Mr. Perry proposed to the Postmaster Gen eral that a representative of the Post office Department should meet counsel at General Tyner's house, where the papers snoum De examined and such as were private returned to General Tyner and the others, somewhat public in nature, delivered to the department." Von Hollebeo't Letters of Recall. Secretary Hay received from Baron Speck von Sternberg, the German am bassador, the formal letters of recall of I err von Holleben as ambassador to the United States. Customarily foreign envoys upon their retirement from a post have their letters at the Foreign Office, but Yon Hollchcn's departure from Washington was hurried, anil because of his illness at the time his letters have been forwarded. Two letters were pre sented one for the President and one for the Secretary of State. They arc dated Heidelberg, April I. In Ibe Departments. The refunding operations of the United States Treasury Department passed the fifty million point, the total amount of 3 and 4 per cent, bonds so far exchanged for 2 per cent, consols being $50,037,650. While the work of organization and preparation is progressing satisfactor ily in the new Department of Com merce and Labor, Secretary Cortelyou does not expect to accomplish much ni tric way of the objects for which the department was created until after the beginning of the next fiscal year. Secretary Hay has instructed Ambas sador Tower, at Berlin, to investigate a complaint that the authorities in Prussia have taken steps to expel Mor mon missionaries who are Americans. It has been represented that these mis sionaries have not taught polygamy. The new Russian policy in Manchuria is regarded as a violation of the treaty with the United States. Giarles H. Turner, former Tammany congressman, was made assistant United States attorney in the District of Colum bia. Postmaster General Payne summar ily removed James M. Tyner, assistant attorney general for the Postofficc De partment. He states that on Tuesday Mrs. Tyner came to the office and, with the aid of a safe expert, abstracted from the safe all the papers, subse quently refusing to give them up to an inspector. The Interstate Commerce Commis sion decided that the proposed advance in freight rates between New York and Chicago was not justified. Lieut. Henry W. Sprole, who shot himself in the head, was the tenth amy officer to commit suicide in the Philip pines. Mr. I'ulido, the Venezuelan charge, paid his respects to Sicrctary of S:ate Hay. United States Minister Leslie Combes was the means of preventing war be tween Guatemala and Salvador, accord ing to a letter received at the Stale De partment from Manuel Estrada. After two days' hard fighting Gen eral Gill was compelled to capitulate to General Yasqucz, and look reiuge on the United Slates steamer Atlanta, ly ing at Santo Domingo. Minister Fernandez, of Colombia, has directed the editors of the news papers to give the fullest consideration to the Panama Canal. Rear Admiral Luce, retired, will rep resent the United States Navy at the coming congress of the International Red Cross at Geneva. Significant information has reached the State Department to the effect that Brazil is no longer contenting herself with a protest against the establishment of a foreign syndicate on the head waters of the Amazon, Lieutenant Colonel Sprole, First Cavalry, committed "suicide at Manila by shooting himself through the head. Secretary Root has directed the court-martial of a number of army of ficers in Alaska who are charged with using commissary supplies for their private profit. It is the intention of Secretary Root to have the organization of the general stall perfected and ready for business at the time the law goes into effee'. Charles H. Cramp says neither the International Marine Company nor the United States Steel Company wiil con trol the great shipbuilding plant. Funiton's Request Denied. Washington. D. C. (Special). The judge advocate general, by direction of Secretary Root, sent a formal letter to General Funston denying the tatter's request for a court of inquiry in con nection with the charges that General Funston had been guilty of cruelty to Filipinos. General Funston, in denying the charges, taid that if a court of in quiry found that he issued orders which would justify the giving of "no quarter" to Filipinos, he would resign 'irnti h sriuv. GREAT GIFT TO THE WORLD Andrew Carnegie Offers' $1,500,000 to Euild a Temple of Peace. HOLLAND TO HAVE CHROE OF FUND. Ills Offer to Furnish the Money (or the Coo slructloa of a Home lor the Permanent In ternational Tribunal at the Hague Corres pondence Between the Scottish Pbllsntbro plat snd Baron (levers. Washington, D. C. (Special). Before sailing for his home in Scotland, An drew Carnegie donated $1,500,000 for a Temple of Peace for the permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. The gift was made through Baron Gc vers, the minister of the Netherlands to this capitcd, and was made with the understanding that the government of Holland will be responsible for its ad ministration. ' The correspondence between Mr. Carnegie and Baron Gcvers is as fol lows: New York. April 22, 1903. Baron Gcvers, Washington: Your Excellency Your welcome fa vor reaches me on the eve of my depart ure for my Scottish summer home. I am delighted to hear officially from you that your government believes that the cause of the peace conference will be immensely benefited by the erection of a courthouse and library a Temple of Peace for the permanent Court of Ar bitration, established by the treaty f July 29. 1899, nnd also that the govern ment will consider itself responsible for the disbursement of the fund, which 1 esteem it a rare privilege to be per muted to furnish. The sum named to me as being ample for the purpose stated was $1,500,000. I beg to say that the draft of tin- 1n1v accredited officials of your government upon me tor this sum will be honored upon presentation here. Believe me. vour excellency tin's closing act before my departure has given me profund satisfaction. I be lieve that the creation of the nermnnent tribunal for the settlement of interna tional disputes is the most important step forward, of world-wide character, which has ever been taken by the joint powers, since it must ultimately banish war, our foulest stain. Very truly yours, ' (Signed) ANDREW CARNEGIE. Washington, April 23, 1903. Andrew Carnegie. Esq., New Y'ork: Dear Sir I have the honor to ac knowledge the receipt of your letter of the 22A inst., in which you inform me that you have decided to entrust to Ilr-r Majesty's government the sum of $1,500,000 for the erection of a court house and library for the permanent Court of Arbitratiin establshed by the treaty of the 29th of July, 1899. Y'ou further kindly state that upon presenta tion here the drait of the duly accred ited officials of my government upon you for said amount will be honored. I beg to say that I have not failed to communicate by cable to the Minis ter of Foreign Affairs the contents of your letter, the original of which I will forward to His Excellency by the next mail. Awaiting the answer of my govern ment, it gives me great and intense sat isfaction, dear sir, to express to you my personal and sincere admiration of the truly humane and noble sentiments which prompted you to show to the world at large in how high esteem should be held the institution of peace whose scat by the common consent of nations has been placed in the realm of my most gracious sovereign Queen Wilhelmina. Accept, dear sir. the assurance of my highest consideration and believe me to be, Yours very sincerely. GEVERS. SAFE ROBBERS CAPTURED. Bound Physician snd Forced Him to Look on While tbey Worked. Indianapolis (Special). Dr. Charles Zinn of Michigantown was called to see a patient at midnight Monday night, and as he was returning home he was confronted by two men with revolvers and promptly hcld-up his hands. The men bound him firmly and marched him to the postofficc, where they placed him in a comer of the room and then went to work on the safe. Holes were drilled into the safe as Dr. Zinn sat by, and then a charge of dynamite was put in and the fuse light ed, followed almost instantly by an ex plosion. The robbers took refuge out side and then returned and robbed the safe. Dr. Zinn was left in the office, but managed to free himself and give an alarm. Woman Held (or Murd.-r. Grand Rapids. Mich. (Special). Mrs. Jennie Flood, of this city, was arrested for the alleged murder of John London, who was shot to death in Grattan town- I shi'i last Tuesday. An accident insur- I anre policy for $1000 was recently taken 1 out on Imrlon s person, with Mrs. Flood as the beiiefici iry. Bernard I''iti:;!c''.on, on whose farm the tragedy took plac;, has also been arrested, lie and the wo man tell conflicting stories. Four Men killer', Glace Bay, N. S. (Special). A gas explosion brought death to four men nnd probably fatal injuries to ano:htr in the Reserve colliery here, while fire damp overcame a score or more of men who arq now in St. John's Hospital. A rescue parly went into the mine and brought out the bodies, the work being dangerous, owing to fire damp and a large number of men suffered in con sequence. "Uncle Tom's Cablo" Left Out. New Y'ork (Special). In the work of revising the catalogue for class librar; ies in the New York public schools "L'nclc Tom's Cabin" has been left out, nnd thereafter this story of antebel lum days, so popular with readers of fiction in the latter years of the cen tury just closed, will be barred from circulation so far as the board of edu cation is concerned. The reason given for the action by the board of superintendents was' that the story had served its purpose and was of little value today. Burg'ars Make a flood HsuL Toledo, O. (Special). Four burglars blew open the safe-of Munn & Son's private bank, at Portage, O., and secured $j,ooo in silver and paper money. They made their escape on a handcar, wlujch they ditched at Tontogany. The robbery v. as not discovered until two hours later. although the explosion in the bank had 1 awakened the entire village. All sup posed it was a blast from the oil-fields. Portage is about 33 miles frnrn Toledo. The safe and contents were insured for $4,000. HE DEMANDS VINDICATION. Alfred Dreyfus Asks lor a Reopeolog of HI Case Letter to Minister. Paris (By Cable). Captain Alfred Dreyfus has submitted to Minister ol War Andre a lengthy letter in which he earnestly asks for a reopening of his case by means of an investigation by the Minister as the supreme head 0 military justice. The letter, which is dated Paris, April at, confirms reports that Drey fus has been living quietly here fol some time. It promises to cause a tre mendous agitation among thc'varioui elements of the political groups for and against Dreyfus. The first part of the letter is an earn est plea that the court which condemn ed him at Rcnncs was improperly influ enced, first by the annotated document ascribed to Emperor William, in which it is alleged, the Kaiser declared Drey fus had supplied documents to Germany and second by the false testimony of one of the witnesses Czernuski. After arguing on the extent to which these contributed to his condemnation, Dreyfus recalls in graphic terms the long series of horrors to which he had bern subjected. The letter throughout is couched in a highly dramatic style, which is likely to make it one of the notable papers of the case. It refers to Estcrhazy as "one who stands before the entire world as the culprit." One of the leading passages, showing the rhetorical style, is as follows: "I will not recall. Mr. Minister, what I have endured since 180.1. Picturr td yourself the horrors of a soldier whose whole life was devoted to duty, to work, to loyalty and to profound devotion for his country, and who, in an instant, is stripped of his good name and despoil ed of the honor of himself and hi: children. "For five years this soldier is subject ed to horrible sufferings. They seek to crush him physically, to annihilate him morally. He is absolutely inno cent of all crime, and struggles in vain to penetrate the mystery, proclaiming his innocence and struggling with all the forces of his mind and body for that supreme pleasure of vindicating his good name and character. "Days, months, years pass thus' in most cruel agony, amid the tortures of a murderous climate. At last he is brought back to France, the guilty one is discovered.and the soldier-hears him self proclaimed innocent by those who before reviled him as a traitor. It was then, Mr. Minister, that I hoped to sec my maryrdom end." THE MINERS MUST WORK. Instructions Arc Issued By tbe lnlon Officia l Conciliation Plan. Wilkcsharrc, Pa. (Special). The ex ecutive boards of the three anthracite districts of the United Mine Workers of America, in convention here, issued in struction that all mincworkcrs now on strike or locked out return to work im mediately, pending an adjustment of all differences by the board of conciliation provided for by the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission. District Presidents T. D. Nicholls, of Scranton; W. II. Dc'.try, of Hazleton, and John Fahy, of Shamokin, were elected as the miners' representatives on the board of conciliation. The board is to consist of six members, three ap pointed by the operators and three by the miners. The miners' executive boards held two long sessions here behind closed doors. When the meeting adjourned President Mitchell said he had nothing to say, beyond the instructions issued to the men, except that he expects the coal companies to appoint a similar concilia tion committee, so that the grievances complained of .an he adjusted as soon as possible. 1 he instructions to the men issued arc as follows: "To All Members of the United Mine workers of America in the Anthracite Coal Field: "The executive boards of districts Nos, 1, 7 and 9. having under consider ation the situation in the anthracite 're gion, have, aftrr careful consideration, concluded that the best interests of our organizaticn will be conserved by an im mediate resumption of work at all the mines where strikes or lockouts are now in force and the reference of all matters of dispute to the joint hoard of conciiic tion provided for in the award of the Anthracite Coal Strike Commission, in order that'- adjustments may he facili tated, we have selected the presidents of districts Nos. 1, 7 and 9 to act as our representatives on the hoard of concilia tion, and we have decided to notify the presidents of the various coal -carrying railroads that we arc prepared to meet the representatives of the coal companies at the earliest possible date for the pur pose of considering and adjusting all miestions at issue growing out of the interpretation or application of the award. In pursuance of this action all mir.eworkers are advised and instructed to resume work immediately and to con tinue all work in order that the differ ences may be adjusted in the manner as prescribed by the strike commission. "In behalf of the executive board of districts Nos. I. 7 and 9. "T. d: nicholls, ; "President of District No. I. "W. H. DETTRY, "President of District No. 7. "JOHN FAHY, "President of District No. 9. "JOHN MITCHELL, "National President." President Mitchell has appointed the Rev. T. R. Watkins, of Scranton, til be a national organizer for the United Mineworkcrt of America, He is the only miner-preacher in the anthracite regions. King's Son to Head It. 1 London (By Cable). The appoint ment of the Prince of Wales as presi dent of the Royal Commission which is to represent .Great Britain at the St. Louis Exposition will be made at the special request of King Edward, who thought he could thus best demonstrate his personal interest in the exhibition and his cordiality toward America gen erally. John Redmond, the Irish lead er, was invited to be one of the two Irish members of the commission, but his many engagements necessitated a declination. SPARKS FROM THB WIRES Fire at Fairbury, Neb-, destroyed IS business houses and a number of resi dences. Losses aggregate over $100,. 000. Colonel Rickey, well known at the inventor of the famous "gin rickey," committed suicide in New York. Alexander Ramsay, secretary of war X under President Hayes, died at his home, in St. Paul, Minn, Brigadier General Manning reporter the complete annihilation in Somlilam 1 of Colonel Plunkett's flying column rif over 200 men. Only 80 Yaos Cicape.d.', THE KEYSTONE STATE Lnfcst Netvs of Pennsylvania Told fi Short Order. Pensions granted: Samuel C. Tuv sey, Hollidaysburg, $6; Wilson Switzer West Freedom, $; John Morgan, C.' nonsburg, $8; Patrick Dougherty, Gj. rardsvillc, $8; Frederick Dieche, MCJ, villc. $8; Daniel Grubbs, Wilkinsbnrj $46; WilliamH. Williams. Sacgcrstown' 58; James B. Redin, Pittsburg, $t2' Elizabeth Thompson, Pittsburg, $H; j' J. Sancy, Oil City, $ia; Joseph l! Shoemaker, Oakland, $u; Georn Dupham, Pittsburg, $10; Conrad R. Bccchling, Eric, $u; Samuel D. Dunn, Farnassus, $10; Jesse M. Smith, Knox $10; Thomas B. Mikcscll, Blairsvillt $10;. Henry Hunt, Tyronville, $n' Stoj. Henry ! John Riffcl, ! Johnson, Pittsl: bert, Johnsont Summit, $12: Viraiim sburg, $8; Thomas Won, nbura. $8: Frederick V Gipner, Pittsburg, $10: tames Rol( vanaerout, itf ; j allies w. roster. inn ncautvillc, $10: John W. Nichols, . Icgheny, $8; John G. Myers. Punxsu tawney, $.24: Thomas S. VV. Kitsnn, Shippingport, $40; Hugh A. Hook) Adrian, $55: John Abbey, Indiana, $51! Samuel B. Yoder, Pittsburg, $46; Sam! ttel Cunningham, Indiana, $40; John C. McGrath, Ag'ncw, $46; Jacob Kregcr, Kingwood, $55; David Owens, I'itts. burg. $46: Joseph W. Horton, Ejst Brady, $46; Frederick Ott, Johnstown, $46; Henry Lewis, Ediuboro, $55; Johi A. Snyder, Pittsburg, $12; Joseph X, Cannon, Bcllwood, $12. Jacob J. Hefner, a miner, was crushtd to death by a fall of coal at-DuBois. Harry Hoover, with a bullet womiil in his thigh, was arrested at New Cas tle, and is being held pending an in vestigation. The Odd Fellows' building at Carry was damaged by fire to the extent oi $15,000. Charles Spratt, who occu pied the lower floor, lost heavily. Owen McBarncs was killed in a tun away near Mercer. South Sharon voted to issue $30,500 in bonds for a new school house. The survey for the new trolley road between Kittanning and Moss Grove has been started. Beatrice Bigclow, niece of State Sen ator Sissoii, was killed by a train at Erie. Blowing machines arc being installed in the Jeannctte plant of the American Window Glass Company. The Pennsylvania Railroad lias awarded the contract for the erection oi the new roundhouse at Hollidaysburg. Grovcr Mitchell, of Moravia, wai held up and robbed by highwaymen, who secured his watch and $8 in money. Rev. T. D. Roth and Rev. S. M. Mount, joint pastors of the Butler Lutheran congregation, have each re signed. An application for the release fmm jail of Gctirge West, charged with the murder of Ralph Stivers, was made in court at New Castle. The remains of the brakeman killed on the Unity branch of the Pennsyl vania Railroad was identified at Dcrrj ns those of P. F. Mahan, of Shamo kin. Lottie Evans, of Washington, as a re sult of a love affair, attempted suicide at the boarding house of Mrs. Rne Hannon by swallowing carbolic acid The girl was found in her room scream ing with pain as a result of swallowing the acid. She was taken to the Wash ington Hospital. An unknown man was found mur dered on the outskirts of the town ol Shenandoah. He was shot through the head and bore evidence of having been dragged from the roadside to,, the place where his body was found. His pock ets were turned inside out when he wai found. Erie police have formed a union and threatened to strike if their demand) of $60 a month salary are refused. Fire in the yards of the Moncsscti Lumber Company destroyed $15,000 worth of property before brought under control. Five Chinamen were arrested at Erie charged with being in the United State! in violation of the Chinese exclusion act. Several arrests were made at Punxsu tawney as a result of a disturbance in the Jewish synagogue. The alleged of fenders were bound over for a hearing Mrs. Julia Ann Dachrodt, Easton't oldest woman, is dead, aged 95 ye?"1 Four Chinamen who arrived in Erie from Dunkirk, U. Y., have been placed under arrest by government detective! on a charge of having been run acrosi the Canadian border. They were found hidden in a State street laundry. John P. Lloyd, a prominent contra: tor, died at the Cambria Hospital of fractured skull, the result of a fall sev eral days ago. A union store will be opened at Sum mit Hill and conducted under the man agement of the United Mine Workert of America. An epidemic of typhoid and scarlet fever is battling the Health Board ol Lansford. Many cases have been re ported. Councils have chosen Randolph Hcf' ron, of New Y'ork. to be the superin tendent of tbe sanitary sewerage work to be done at York in accordance wit" the $400,000 loan voted at the recent election. Charles Hague, 9 years old, of Ches ter. fe!1 under the wheels of a freight car and had a leg taken off. The citizens of Marion Heights, town located on the summit of a moun tain west of Mr. Carmcl, have organ ized a fire company. In a shanty ten feet square, where l' lived alone, John Moluski, of Mt. Car met, wat found dead by a party iJ children. Hit death wat due to old agt- Hibner, Hoover & Co.'t warehoust at Dubois, with its contents, was de stroyed by fire. Loss, $.15,000; partly insured. Eli Cope, Brideport's chief of poli was arrested on the charge of assault Louis Bergener ,of Beaver Falls, w arrested on a -charge of conducting ' sneak-easy. The voters of Woostcr townslupi IWayne county, decided for saloons W la vote of 130 to 12B. At Corry, Vera McLean, a Hi1, $chool girl, attempted suicide by shoot ing with her father's revolver. At Washington the presbytcrv of uV Presbyterian Church elected Rev. N. Houston, of Cross Creek, mode' ator. f In the State Senate five bitls, relating 0 the coal miners, wat patsed ftnallr The bills are at follows:) Providmt lor a home for old, crippled and help Mess mineworkers and their wives, 1M ame to be maintained jointly by " employes and employers; prohibit!"' ,thc employment at any work to person1 .under 31 years of age in or about 'j fthracite coal mines more than cif" hours a day; revising the Mine Insp' I ...... I-,... mnA t.-ir ntlrlitioM inspection district to be treated out " Dauphin county; amending the mm10' (awt so as to make the ton of fiounds the basis from which to ctK ate the earnings of miners; I I
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