Will Lead Thirty-five Thousand
Britons Into the Free State.
AGAINST THE TOR0E8 OF OBOHJE.
Kimberley Is In Sore Stralta, tho
Drrrmbrr Death Rate Shonlni an
Appalling; Marlalltr Japaa Aids
Knit I a ml b Tranafrrrlng Warablpa
London, Feb. 13 Lord Roberts has
gathered 35,000 men, with whom, ac
ctrdtng to the best military opinion in
London, he purposes turning the left
or the Magersfonteln lines near .la
robsdal, entering the Free State, com
pelling General Cronje to raise tho
s;ege of Kimberley, and thus making
his first step toward Bloemfonteln.
Yesterday Lord Roberts announced
the appointment of General Sir Henry
Golville. hitherto commander of tbo
(iiards Rricado, to the command of the
Ninth division, which Is being formed
and will consist probably to a gnat
eiterit of colonial troops. General
(rdville will be succeeded by General
Reginald Pole-Carew.
Lord Roberta tells (he correspond
ntits that when he gets down to busi
ness they shall have ample oppor
tunity to send news. His chief press
dnaor yesterday issued new rules, and
in future all written communications
are to go unchecked. Only telegrams
will be censored. For the next few
days little news is likely to gel
through, but later there will be mora
freedom. Thus says the censor, and
the last clause may be interpreted to
mean that something is about to hap
pen. Kimberley, 20 miles away from the
MOdder river position, is in sore
slralts. Details of the December death
rite show that In a population of 14,
010 whites and 19,000 blacks and mor
tality was 00 whites and 188 blacks per
1.000. The Infantile death rate was
wl per 1,000 among the whites and 911!
per 1,000 among the blacks. Enteric
fever wan prevalent. This frightful
B'.ate of things in December cannot
have improved much, If at all, since,
and the fighting power of tho garrison
must have been greatly diminished.
Meanwhile t lie bombardment by the
lioers has Increased, and there Is im
minent danger of thetown falling under
the very eyes of Lord Roberts. It is
believed in circles close to the war of
fice that he will move at once.
Sctrtits have approached within n
thousand yards of the Boer entrench
ments at Magersfontein. They have
found these strong and ascertained
that they are used as dwelling places.
N'aval gunners are constantly watching
the enemy's lines with strong glasses,
and they declare that there is an ap
preciable diminution in the Boer forces.
In Natal the Boer commandoes south
of the Tupela occupy Mold's Farm and
several mines west of Chleveley. Two
thousand Boers, with three guns, are
advancing through Zulu la ad toward
uNktel.
The war office Is making prepara
tions to continue the stream of troops
Ifor South Africa. Four large steamers
-nave neon enartereii. japan agrees to
let the Armstrongs transfer to Eng
land four naval quick firers that were
built for her, consenting to wait for
the execution of her own order until
the hostilities in South Africa are over.
Several European powers, by similar
consents us to guns being constructed
by Vickers' Sons & Maxim, enable
England to secure 100 Maxims.
Two thousand men are constantly
employed at Woolwich arsenal, and all
i the gutis and ammunition factories ate
working night and day to execute gov
ernment orders. The weekly output
of four firms is 4,000,000 rounds.
Outside of the requirements for
South Africa Great Britain is accumu
lating Immense stores of war material.
Considerable divergence of opinion
exists ns to the adequacy of the gov
ernment's military proposals, even
I new.
The Aatl-Trnat Platform,
Chicago. Feb. 13. Last night, at the
Irlose of the first day's proceedings of
Ithe anti-trust conference, good pro
gress had been made with the set
speeches, of which a dozen or more
ere delivered. The resolutions com
mittee was busy, while the main body
uf the delegates were listening to the
fpeeches, and a set of resolutions was
formulated by the committee covering
pe following points: Government
vnership of all the railways and
plegraph lines; tue abolition of all
ipcfial privileges by legislative enact-
lent; placing on the free list all trust.
loads, and direct legislation by peti-
Ipn from the people.
Prnaaia'a Department Store Tax.
Berlin, Feb. 13. The text of the
Iovernrnent bill specially taxing de
artment stores in Prussia was pub-
isned yesterday. This shows that
ales from 500,000 marks upward are to
taxed 2 per cent, rising to 5 pet
pit with each Increase of a million.
his measure Is due primarily to Dr.
on Miquel, Prussian minister of
nance, although Prince Hohenlohe
cently remarked to a press corre-
ondeut: "These department stores
a very dubious Institution."
A Noted Artlat Uylna.
New York, Feb. 13. William H.
ard, the famous painter of animals,
dying at bis home In this city. He
Jo years old. After the first of the
Nr his constitution began to weaken,
Pa on Jan. 27 he suffered an apoplec-
shock. For a few days It seemed
lere was a chance of his recovery.
pt hope has been abandoned.
Far Sivy liovrrm Tatulla laland.
.Washington, Feb. 13. The president
M Issued au executive order placing
e Island of Tutuila under the con-
pl of the navy department. Assist -
It Secretary Allen Is charged with
administration of this and other
&nds under the jurisdiction of the
Ivy department.
India's Starvation Increasing.
ondon, Feb. 13. The India office
received a dispatch from Lord
on, the Indian viceroy. In which
1 rs that the distress arising from
famine is steadily increasing, and
P those new in receipt of relief
1,74.000.
MOLINEUX MUST GO TO SINd SING.
Ilia Counsel Knowa of No War It
Can Be Avoided.
New York, Feb. 13. Bartow S.
Weeks, senior counsel for Roland u.
Molineux, who was convicted on Sat-
uriay night of murder in the first de-
gree for killing Mrs. Adams by poison
Bent to Harry Cornish, said yesterday
that he felt confident a new trial would
be granted. Mr. Weeks was asked if
steps would be taken to keep Moh
neux from going to Sing Sing while
awaiting the result of an appeal, and
leplied that he knew of no way that
that could be avoided.
i The record of the Mollneux case
contains 8,286,000 words, and is said to
be the most voluminous one ever taken
in this country. Besides that the de
fendant will have to put it In his brief
'calling the attention of the court of
appeals to the case in requesting a new
trial, and this will necessarily be a
lengthy document.
Molineux was ;s buoyant ye-tcrday
l as ever since his Imprisonment in the
Tombs, if he is laboring under any
strain, mental or Other,', 'A is not
noticeable, the warden and kei pors B ty,
'His only visitor yesterday was his
, younger brother, Cecil, whom he af
fectionately embraced.
THI- ARMY CANTEEN WINS.
' President llcKlnley Sustain tlie
Opinion of tin attorney General.
Washington, Feb. 13.- Mrs. Lillian
I M, N. Stevens, president of the Na
tional Women's Christian Temperance
; union. Miss Anna A. Gordon, vice
presldent-aMarge, nnd Mrs. Margaret
1 Bye Ellis, superintendent of tho de-
pertinent of legislation for the sn ieiy,
'were granted an interview by President
McKinley yesterday afternoon. Mrs.
I Stevens, on In-half of "OO.OOii iiii-mbers
of the w. C. T. v., expressed whal she
I declared was the general dissatisfac
tion of the people at the decision of
I Attorney General Griggs regarding the
I sale of liquor In the army canteen, and
, appealed to the president as command-
er-ln-chlef of the army to "right this
great wrong."
While tlin reply of the president was
most courteous and expressed his ap
preciation of the work of the W. C. T.
1'., be stated, in response to a direct
question from Mrs. Stevens, that the
opinion of ill" attorney general must
be accepted as final.
Hani. Bobbery by Daylight.
El T'aso, Tex., Feb. 13 The bank of
B. c. Bowman, at Las Cruces, N. M.,
was held Up by two unknown men at 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon and rob
bed of $;).00O. Tho robbers rode Into
town and hitched their horses on the
opposite side of the street. Then thev
! crossed over and entered the bank.
covering Cashier Freeman and his
young lady bookkeeper with Blx-shoot-ers.
The cashier was forced to open
the safe, and the men took all the
available cash, amounting to $11,000.
They then quietly left the building and
rede toward the Organ mountains, 15
miles away. Twenty minutes later a
posse started in pursuit.
The Mystery of a Cadaver.
Baltimore, Feb. 13. The body of the
unknown man which was shipped to !
Sioux City, la., on Jan. 16, and which
was returned to this city last Satur
day, was Identified yesterday as that of
Patrick Callahan, who on Dec. 29 was
killed by a trolley car. The body was
turned over to the College of Physi
cians and Surgeons for anatomical pur
poses. William Devine. janitor at the
college, boxed it up and shipped it to !
Sioux City, addressed to John Brad
told. He has been arrested. After his
ai rest Devine said the cadaver was in
tended for Dr. Maxwell E. Silver,
demonstrator of anatomy at the Sioux
City Medical college.
Leslie win Turn Mate's Bvldeaee.
New York, Feb. 13. District Attor
ney Clark, of Brooklyn, last night au-
thorlled the statement that Cecil Les
lie, press agent for the Franklin syndi
cate, would surrender to the niitbori
ties and give evidence for the state, j
Leslie was Indicted jointly with Miller
In November for conspiracy. He dis
appeared, and since then his where
abouts have been a mystery. Since
Miller's arrest District Attorney Clark
has been in communication with Mrs. ,
Leslie, and this has finally resulted In I
Leslie's agreeing to surrender.
I in pc rlu u I to Exporters.
Washington, Feb. 13. An Important
bill was passed by the house yester
day which makes universally appli
cable the law that now permits the
transit of goods in bond through cer
tain ports of the United States. Un
der It goods In bond can be shipped
through any portion of the territory
of the United States to foreign ports.
It Is principally designed to give the
transportation companies of the Uni
ted States a share of the transconti
nental trade of the Orient.
Dr. MeGICert Rat to Be Trleil.
New York, Feb. 13. The New York
Presbytery yesterday decided, by a !
vote of 77 to 39, not to try Dr. Arthur i
G. McGlffert, of the Union Theological
seminary, on the charges of heresy
preferred by Rev. G. W. Birch, the
stated clerk of the Presbytery. A reso
lution was adopted declaring in effect
that the action of the Presbytery in
December, when it decided not to try
Dr. McGlffert for heresy, but to dis
avow his teachings, was sufficient un
der the circumstances.
Opposing I'ropos. il Maicara Dnm.
Buffalo, Feb. 13. At Niagara Falls
last night the state reservation com
missioners passed resolutions calling
on congress to defeat the bill of Rep- 1
resentatlve Corliss, of Michigan, which
proposes to dam the Niagara river at
its source for the purpose of raising
the water level of the great lakes.
Resolutions were also adopted against
the Mather bill, which proposes to
bridge the Niagara at Buffalo for
power purposes.
Roekefeller'a Princely Glfta.
New York, Feb. 13. It Is expected
that at a dinner to be given at the Ho
tel Manhattan early next month John
D. Rockefeller will announce a further i
gift of $1,500,000 to Chicago university,
making his total contribution to that j
i . J .... I mo Cr AAA Y". l 1 1
promised some time ago that if other
luniiiuuou fo.Dw.uw. inr. nocneieuer
friends Of the university WOUld raise a rB- nevna nonore raimer, oi Illinois,
certain sum he would give $1,500,000. j to be commissioner to the Paris ex
The friends have done their part, 1 position. -
, , ,
Kentucky Republicans at Frank-
pf t , . -r tia
tort Democrats at LoUlSVllle.
THE LEC-AL CONTROVERSIES.
Rennbllenn Governor Tnyinr Awaits
Deelaton f J udsts Tnft, and boss
oe ratio Governor Hrckhnm win
Slake an Appeal Pie State Gonrta
Frankfort, Ky Feb. 13. Yesterday
was another day of unbroken calm in
Frankfort The Republican members
of the legislature met at noon and
after appointing committees to inform
Republican Governor Taylor that pur
suant to ;hi' terms of his proclama
tion adjourning the legislature at Lon
don ai.d calling It to Frankfort they
hud come to this city and were pre
pared to transact such business as
might come before them. Taylor ac
knowledged the messages, and both
hour.es adjourned until today. There
were alne members in the senate and
Jo In the house.
A committee whic h was expected to
com fn m the Democratic members at
Louisville to report whether It Is safe
for thom to come to Frankfort did not
pui ia an appearance during the day.
'i lie Republican leaders say that they
expect nothing now to transpire until
after Judge ;..!t. in Cincinnati, has
rendered his decision tomorrow.
At one time yesterday Taylor de
cided to oilier away i ll of the soldiers
now here with the except ion of a few
as a personal body guard. He sent for
Colonel Williams and actually gave
tiio orders tor the moving of the
troops, bin Beveral of his friends urged
so strongly that the soldiers be per
mitted lo remain that Taylor changed
his Intention and said that, for the
present at least, lie would not have
any more of them returned to their
homes.
The argument before Judge Taft in
Cincinnati yesterday afternoon, on the
i j plications for Injunctions against the
Kentucky state board of election com
missioners and the contestants for the
stale olliees other than governor and
lieutenant governor, consumed over
three hours' time. Ex-Governor Brad
ley, of Kentucky, made the principal
argument for the Republicans, and
Lawrence Maxwell. Jr.. and others
spoke in opposition to the Injunctions.
After the conclusion of the arguments
Judge Tuft advised counsel that hot
would announce bis decision, so far
as the court having jurisdiction in the
cases are concerned, at '1 o'clock to
morrow. Tin: m um iivmi .o i :i; n :vr
will HriiiK tall xuiiinxt Taylor la
iiii- State Goarts.
Louisville. Feb. 13. The efforts of
the Democratic lawyers were directed
yesterday toward mapping out plans to
secure the adjudication of the claims
of Taylor and Beckham to the office of
governor. There is danger of a clash
as bug as the present positions are
maintained. Judge Pryor believes the
injunction suit now pending before
Judge Cantrlll at Frankfort will be
useless as far as determining the main
isfue Is concerned, because Its object
was to prevent Governor Taylor from
interfering with the legislature or ad
journing It to London. A new start
must be had, and this will probably be
I by a suit at law, in behalf of Demo
cratic Governor Beckham, to establish
j the legality of the action of the legts-
lature in declaring him elected and to
1 secure possession of the office, or by
- n petition in equity to restrain Taylor
from exercising the duties of the of
fice of governor. It is thought such
action will be begun beforo the end of
the week.
The Democrats will confine their ef
forts to the state courts, their conten
tion being that federal courts have no
jurisdiction in the case. The Reju'ii-
I licans, either by appeal or original pi I
! feedings before Judge Taft, will
deavor to get their claims before the
federal courts, but their course will
depend largely upon that adopted by
the Democrats. Petitions in the gov
' ernorship case were drawn up for sub
j mission to Judge Taft with that af
fecting the minor offices, but were held
up temporarily because of the peace
negotiations. Ex-Govenior Bradley
may now present them at any time.
In both houses of the Democratic
I legislature yesterday a bill was intro
duced offering a reward of 100,000 for
the detection of Goebel's murderer.
Three Children Drowned.
Wllliamsport, Pa., Feb. 13. Three
children of Joseph Tema, a miner, were
drowned In Sandy creek, near Snow
Shoe, Sunday. The children, who were
aged 5 to 9 years, left their home at
noon, and were not missed until night,
when a search was at once made, but
without success until the creek was
dragged yesterday. The supposition is
that the little girl fell into the water
and her two brothers were di owned
while trying to save her.
The Tuaiii-r-l'iilloiit Flshl.
Springfield. Ills., Feb. 13. The con
vention of the Republicans of Sanga
mon county yesterday resulted In a
split, the Cullom delegates leaving the
hall in a body and adjourning to the
Opera House. The result Is that two
delegations will apply for admission In
the state and congressional conven
tions, and there will be two Repub
lican legislative tickets in the field.
Itallroatlera mailed to Death.
Charlotte, N. C, Feb. 13. A west
bound through freight on the Western
North Carolina road ran Into a heavy
landslide near Black Mountain, and
the engine was overturned. Adam
Jeffries, fireman, and Port Nicholson,
brakeman, were caught under it and
crushed to death.
Mother and Six Children Cremated.
Petersburg, Va., Feb. 13. The home
of Maria Smith, colored, near Stony
Creek, on the Atlantic Coast line, was
destroyed by fire Saturday night, the
woman and her six children losing
tbelr lives. Origin of fire a mystery.
Woman Commlaaloner For Parla.
Washington, Feb. 13. The senate
yesterday confirmed the nomination of
ST Wl A 1 V T . X . I M rill . I
A WEEZ'S HEW8 00NDEHSED
Wriloeail.-. , I'eh. 7.
The Lawton relief fund has reached
a total of $98,054.
The trust sugar plants of Jersey
City, Philadelphia and Boston are to
close down.
Insurgents captured an American
supply train near Orani, Philippines,
killing six soldiers,
Circuit Judge Taft, of Cincinnati,
Iris been appointed chairman of the
new Philippines commission.
In a speech at Bridgeport, Conn.,
William 1. Bryan declared the east
"no longer the enemy's country."
Delaware's Regular Republicans re
fuse to deal with the Union Republi
cans until ddieks Is repudiated.
in the Spanish senate Count Al
menus denounced "unworthy general'
and an Infamous government in the
late war."
Tharaa'ay, Feb. s.
Flagmakers report a remarkable de
mand for the Boer flag,
c nany'l epidemic of Influensa has
60,1 i'd victims in Munich alone.
The customs nnd internal revenw
receipts of Manila In January agg B
gate $557,608.
Venezuelan troops Inv ided Brazilian
territory, but were driven ac ross the
frontier after a fight,
The local fund for the Republican
convention at Philadelphia is climbing
up to the ?ioo.ooo necessary.
Susan B. Anthony announces thnl
sh" will retire from the presidency of
the National Woman Suffrage associa
tion. Transports Pathan, Sherman and In
diana arrived at San Francisco trom
the Philippines. On the sii"; :i ui are
7J Invalided soldiers, and on the ln
dlana the bodies of 2110 dead soldiers,
i -rhi 11 . Pea. 0.
Richard W. Thompson, who was
secretary of the navy in Hayes' cabi
net, died at Tcrro Haute, Ind., aged 91.
At Ford River. Mich., a Chicago and 1
Northwestern train was wrecked by 11
rear end collision. Nine killed and 11
injured.
William F. Miller, of tho Franklin
syndicate, Brooklyn. Is in juil in thai
city. He returned voluntarily with an
officer.
William Trueadsle, hanged at Char- 1
lotte, N. C, for killing bis awei theart,
was carried to the scaffold, weakened ;
by terror.
Dr. Stelnitz, the noli I c!i. r. ;; :yer. '
has been Officially pronounced Insane,
Friends win place him In a private 1
sanitarium.
King Humbert has conferred on
Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador,
the Order of the Crown of Italy, the
highest In Italy,
II. C. Flick, former president of the
Carnegie Steel company, has decided
to go into court to ascertain the value
of his holdings in that company.
atar4ari Cab, 10.
General John It. Lewis, prominent
In G. A. R. circles, died in Chicago,
aged 65.
A trolley enr accident In Reading.
Pa., deprived MotOrman Irvin Price of
his left arm.
The firm of P. D. Armour & Co., of
Chicago, will be incorporated in tho
near future, it is said.
G. B. Barrow, who kidnaped Baby
Marlon Clark, in New ork, and was I
sentenced to 14 years. Is insane at Mat- 1
tea wan asylum.
Allen Barhart, 15 years old. commit
ted suicide by taking rat poison be- 1
cause he bad been suspended from his
position in u Berlin (Pa.) hotel fori
Infraction of rules.
The deficit in the supply of native '
coal in Russia is estimated at 1,000,000
tons. The government has already
given immense orders for Welsh coal 1
und Is trying to place other orders.
Monday, I'eh. 18.
The three saloons In Manila before
American occupation have Increased
to too. t
San Salvador, Central America, has
been visited by a serious (ire. The
total loss is estimated at $1,000,000.
Richard Croker, whose leg was re
cently broken, can now walk with a
cane, and will go from London to the
Riviera.
Q, It. Patterson, postmaster at Key
West, Fla., has been nominated by tho
Republicans of the First district for
congress.
Markley, Hogan and Taylor, Phila
delphia's ballot box staffers, were sen
tenced to two years' Imprisonment and
$500 fine.
The Republican congressional con
vention of the Fourth Georgia district
nominated A. H. Freeman, of Green
ville, for congress, and instructed na
tional delegates for McKinley.
Tii.-mIhj , Fell. I.'l.
Governor Roosevelt, of New York,
positively declares he is not a vice
presidential candidate.
White inhabitants of the Island of
Martinique are threatened with death
by riotous plantation strikers.
An American company has obtained
valuable mining concessions in Rus
sia, the first granted to foreigners.
Amos Rusie refuses the offer of the
New York Baseball club to pitch this
season. He demands more money.
By the sinking of the steamer Henry
M. Stanley at Cincinnati, after collision
with a bridge, the steward was drowned.
Spring promises to bring a renewal
of turbulence In the Spanish prov
inces. There are signs of a reawaken
ing of the Catulonian separatists ugi
tators and strikes are on the Increase.
liK.MOIIAL, MARKKTS.
Philadelphia. Feb. 12.-Flour In light
demand; winter superfine. t.".WKt2.m;
Pennsylvania roller clear $3.10ua.20; city I
ITni V-dv-t 532 nn,.rl0U VZ !
and steady at &..15u3.30 per barrel. Wheat
slow (exchange cloaed): No. t red, spot.
In elevator, 72fi73c. Corn dull; No. 2
mixed, spot. In elevator, 38H(U39e.; No. 2
yellow, fur local trade, 40Hc. Oats dull;
No. 2 white, clipped, 31Vi32.-.; lower
Krudes, 280e. Hay steady; choice tim
othy, 116.50 for large bales. Beef steady;
beef hams, t2l2l.G0. Pork firm: family.
I149H.50. Lard In fair demand; pure city
refined. In tierces, per lb., ",r. Butter
well maintained; solid packed extra, 26c:
fancy Pennsylvania prints Jobbing at 2.
631c.; do. wholesale, 27c. Cheese quiet
and barely steady; New York full cream,
fancy, new, small boxes, 1213c. ; part
skims, new, as to quality, rfjlOttc. ; Swiss
cheese, 11014c. Bus firm; western choice.
16c.; Pennsylvania and other nearby.
fresh, lie,;
Protests Against a Restricted SuT
frago in Cuba.
A DISTURBER TROM CHICAC0.
lie i- Said to nave the Baeklaa of
"Men of Hlatheal Ofilelal Stiimlln;;"
an. I l Holdloa Meetlaajs For the
Purpose of Creatlas: Dlaeoateat,
Havana, Feb. 13, The provincial
council of the Republican piny in the
province of Santa Clare has fori i illy
protested n;;;iir.st a restricted su:i. .. ,e
nnd has forwarded to General Woi il i.
petition in favor universal sufrri -in
Cuba. A majority of the members
of the Santa c;.ira municipality ap
pended their si".;' tures to tiie protest,
and the municipality will vote upon the
question at is next regular meeting,
It i.i worthy of note that the provinrci
of Santa Clara und Matanzas arc just
now doing a good deal ia the w ... 1 1
I rotests of i his nat are.
General Wood lias received s num
ber of complaints from Influential
Cuban property owners, mayors and
other persons of position, represent! 1 1
thnt a mini named Drake, said to come
fn in Chicago, is apparently doing con
siderable mischief, This individual.
It is siid, goes about holding private
meetings, al which he abuses tha gov
ernment, and does all in his power to
prevent amity between the Americana
and Cubans. It is also asserted that be
has the backing of "men uf hlgln Bt o:
fldai Btandlng."
While the governor general does not
think II necessary to take action with
reference to Drake he deprecates Btich
conduct as Is Imputed to him, pointing
out that in modern times a traitor to
bis country can do much mere damage
than h" could oi old. owing to the
benefii ent forms of government ex
isting in most civilised nations.
"America's duty to Cuba. ' say : Cen
eia! Wood, "is to be performed nol on
a narrow partisan basis, but upon the
broadest and purest principles nl
Americanism. When men of Intclll
gi nee and ability devote their time and
energy, whether for their own ad
vancement or in furtherance of the
schemes of others, to promote the ends
of wicked agitation, they commit
crimes punishable by law. but never
theless crimes. It is assuredly a !i
i rime lo attempt to persuade a pie
naturally sensitive that everyl ih
Which has been done for them
wrong or has been done with ulterioi
objects in view."
FILIPINOS FIRE BUR.N1NU ARROWS.
lasaraeats Uoaataatlii i-'irinu on the
Anterleaa Oatpoatii.
Manila. Feb. 12. Of bite the Insur
gents of Albny province, Luzon, have
adopted bitrrasslng tactics against the
towns which the Americans have gar
risoned. They camp in the hills and
maintain a constant fire upon Hie
American outposts. When the troop.,
sally against them they scatter, re
turning when the Americans re: ire.
They shoot burning arrows, and
have thus burned a large part of the
town of Albay. Indeed, most of the
large towns In that province are prai -tlcally
deserted, except by the gar
risons. Scarcely any of the Inhabi
tants return to their homes. They are
camping in the interior, and It is sup
posed armed insurgents prevent them
noing back, It is reported that there
is much suffering among them, owing
to lack of food. As a result of these
conditions the hemp business in that
section is seriously hindered, and ships
going for cargoes are compelled to
take gangs of coolies to do their load
ing. Hemp held In the interior is
quite Inaccessible.
Coloael iii mii in Vlrarlala.
Richmond, Feb. 11!. Yesterday after
noon Colonel William J, Bryan ad
diessed an audience at the Academy of
Music made up of the members of the
legislature and as uiany other persons
as could get into the building. Ad
mission to the greater part of the
house was by ticket, and the demand
for tickets was greater than the sup
ply. The pn,rt of the building that was
thrown open to the public was quickly
filled and many people were unable to
obtain admission. On the stage were
Governor Tyler, Hon. J. Taylor Billy
son, chairman of the state Democratic
committee; Attorney General Montagu
and others. There were many ladies in
the audience.
Haad win Not lie Sold.
New York, Feb. 12. Maud S, 2:08,
I for years the queen of the harness
turf, and still regarded by many good
! judges as the greatest trotter that ever
I lived, is exhibited today at the Faslg
' Tipton sale at Madison Square Gar
den. All of the rest of the trotting
i stock belonging to the late Robert
Bonner will lie sold, but his heirs will
see that the grand old mare spends the
i rest of her days In comfort. She is
' now 26 years old, but is remarkably
well preserved, and can trot a mile In
1 2:40 or better. Maud S's mark of
I 2:08 Is still the best on record to a
: high wheel sulky.
I'rln.ll I'rodtll't I nr I n rulers.
Lansing, Kan., Feb. 13. The board
of directors of the state penitentiary
! yesterday decided to hereafter sell the
entire output of binding twine of the
I Kansas penitentiary direct to farmers.
; Implement dealers in various parts of
I the state had offered to purchase the
entire output, but it is said the prison
officials feared the binding twine trust
wa" ck of some of the dealers,
Kx-l'oiiKresamHii Korker fiend.
Jersey City, Feb. 13. Samuel C.
' Forker, who represented the Second
I congressional district of New Jersey
In the Forty-third congress, died yes
terday at his home in Edgewater Park,
N. J., aged 80. Until a few years ago
Mr. Foraker had been active in Demo
cratic politics in his state.
A Lincoln Stalne For Waahlnajton.
Washington, Feb. 13. Representa
tive Lorlmer (Ills. yesterday intro
duced a bill for the erection in Wash
ington of a statute of Lincoln, and ap
propriating $500,000 for thnt nurnnae.
News Items of Interest From All
Parts of the State.
THE CARNEGIE COMPANY Sf.'ACL.
A Report Thai Heart Phlpps iiaa
I Broken Baslaeea Relatloaa With
the iron Klaa-Plttsbara District
Miner Killed While Borgia rlslac
Pittsburg, Feb. 12. The Dispatch
says: One of the sensational develop-
' meals of i be expected suit of II. C.
i Flick against the Carnegie Steel com
pany is the report that Henry Phlpps,
: Jr., n"xt to the largest stockholder lu
the company, has broken the business
relations with Mr. Carnegie, winch
have been exceptionally close during
the hitler's business life. The two
Steel kinns have been associate; siUCS
boyhood and their Interests have b in
Identical, not only In a buslne a w; y,
but in their philanthropic work aud
social Btandlng. The announcement of
the breach will therefore be a surprise
ii; the Bteel world. Mr. Phlpps owns ll
per cent if the capital Block of the
company, which is more than thi hold
ings of ail) oilier one Btockholdei ex
cept Mr. Carnegie.
it i Bald th.it Mr. Phlpps alone
st:'"i!. as the only partner whose sig
uature Is nol attached to the i mo us
lioni i d agreement. The ren ion i.r
this is inn known to the public, b it
the Important omission, it is suld, will
be tclzcd upon by Mr. Frlck us one
of the strongest arguments in hi ef
fort . to buve th Icbrated document
broken, his contention being thai tic
agreement cunnol be binding when one
of the largesl stockholding partner's
name Is nol attached.
KIKimI wiiii.- BnrarlarlslaR.
Lebanon, Pa., Feb. 13.- -David S
Long, a farmer, of South Lebanon
township, Into Sunday night shot and
lustnntly killed John Bockc , a id 2v
of Midway, this county, who .e.; de
tected by members of Long's family
in i in act of robbing the bouse. Long
gave himself up nnd was released on
$1,000 bail. Long's daughter, Bva, de
tected the presence of the Intruder, and
hurriedly awakened her father. Arm
ing himself with a Bhotgun Long
made a sea lib of the house and caught
the then unknown man as be was
jumping from a front window to a
torch. Long says he aimed low in or
i : to maim the burglar, bill as he
"cil the trigger the man leaped from
ihe c'lndow and the entire charge en-
e tie Intruder's back. He died al
l :l istnntly, Shortly afterward li
wi . i: itlfled,
IMItabnra lltrli-t Miners.
M bun . Feb. 13. The annual con-
r
ference l the coal miners of the Pitts
burg district began today The con
vent ion will be one of the most im
portant held by the miners of this dis
trict in years, and it is probable that
the gathering will continue all week
It has been thought by most people
that all matters with reference to tin
wage scale of the coal diggers was
settled at the Indianapolis convention
but such was not the case. An ad
vance was given the pick miners of 14
cents above the old price 66 cent pi't
toll in thin vein mines. No action wa
taken, however, relative to the differ
ential between thick and thin vein
mini's and the scale for lead work and
turning. The scale for machine inin
lng is also lo lie adjusted.
Tlir Atlantic Baseball Leaaoa.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 13, A meet
ing of the officers and promoters of the
Atlantic League was held ill this city
last evening, The cities represented
wen' Allentown, Reading, Trenton ami
Wllkesbarre. II. s. Fogel, president ol
the league, presided. He said the out
look for a Btrong league of eight clubi
was good. Newark, Chester, ESImlra,
Faston and Harrlsburg are anxious
for membership. The meeting ad
journed to meet at Allentown soms
time next month, when the dubs to
constitute the league will be admitted
and a schedule arranged.
Tiro ESntontbed in n Nine.
Wllkesbarre, Pa., Feb. 13. Patrick
Qulllan, miner, and Anthony Leger,
laborer, were entombed in the Maffetl
mine at Sugar Notch yesterday after
noon. They were "robbing pillars.'
when a largo portion of the root
caved in. It is not known whether
they are behind the fall or wheihei
they were caught in it and killed
Rescuers are now haul at work.
PISNXSYLVASM SEWS BREVITIES.
Ell Leabolt, -1 years
to death by a fnlllng ro
Quarry.
Four thousand mini
old, whs crushes
k in n Blatlngtoo
win Kits are Idli
a scarcity of cars
at Bhatnokln, owing to
to haul away tie' product.
Tin' bodies of John Doris ami Carmsl
Paper, entombed in a mine near Shamo1
kin, have been rei overed.
Cnarles Lehman, aged 79, was draK' J
1J) feet to death hy a hoisting rope at s
quarry m ar Blatlngton.
Tobacco growers and manufacturers at
a Lancaster meeting entered a vigorous
protrst Bgalnst the Porto Itlri, tariff.
Chnrles Lehman, aged 19, was dragged
ISO feel to death hy a hoisting rope at i
dissatisfied, will remain at work for tru
present. They demand higher wage.
Hugh Kennedy, who took May Uibig-
haUS to a Philadelphia opium den, caus
ing her death, Is out on ball. Four otlu i
arc In Jail.
Cm the road bi'twcen HasletOB umj
Beaver Meadow, John Btrublts was at
tacked by footpads, who beat him to un-
sonsctousness.
John Re bolt, the Upper Strasburg hots!
keeper convicted of selling liquor to
minors, was sentenced In the Franklin
county court to pay a fine of 1100.
The call of Licentiate R. F. Reed to
.wlnnle church, Harrlsburg, has been ap
proved by Lancaster ClaSStS and u com
mittee uppolnted to ordain und Install
him.
Oeorgc W. Smith, who served In tht
Spanish-American war as u member ot
Company (i. 81xth regiment, was found
dead In bed, in Buckingham, Uuckf
county.
Orders have been Issued for the Monon-
gahi-la plant of tho American TlnpUte
company to resume, and also
the Star
plant, both of which have
alnpp Thonlft.l..lt
been closed
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