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HARD FIGHT OF PERCE GUARDIANS |
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Driven from Work by Riot- |
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Striking dye helpers Wednesday
stormed the establishments that were
atill running at Paterson, N. J.. and
compelied a complete suspension of
business in their trade. They en-
gaged in a serious of running fights
with the police and plant managers, |
and in onc of the severest clashes ex- |
. changed a volley ‘of pistol shots with !
them. Many persons on either side!
were severely injured. While the]
conservative element of the strikers
was holding a meeting to formulate |
deriands upon their employers for an |
increase, the more radical organized |
a raid upon the dye plants. The fac-|
tory of Johnson Cowdin & Co. was |
first visited. The men at work there |
were called out and the strikers |
nioved on to the establishment of |
James Simpson & Co. That firm |
dismissed the men and closed its |
doors. Robert Gaedes’ works were |
visited next and after that the Bam-
ford mill, where the first serious dis- |
order oecunad, Windows were
smashed, chemicals spilled and con-
slderable damage done. The men at
wor. in the plant quickly quitted their
places. While one mob was closing
the Bamford mill another mob was
surging into the plant of the American |
Silk Dyeing & Finishing Company.
Armed with dye sticks and stones
they charged through the plant, driv-
ing the men from their places. George
Arnold, one of the members of the
firm, was dropped insensible with a
blow on the head from a dye stick.
Almost simultaneously an attack was
begun on the works of Emil Geering.
Gerald Misteli, a striker, hurled a
rock at the police and was placed
under arrest. The crowd tried to
rescue him, but failed in the attempt.
At noon the men at work for Geering
went out and the works closed down.
The strikers’ committees = reported
that the employers are willing to
grant concessions provided all the
mills are included in the agreement.
It the strike is prolonged other
branches of the great silk industry
which centers in and around Pater:
son will be affected. Four thousand
men are out.
STOCK HELD BACK.
Beef Trust Keeping Cattle on Ranges
to Justify the Rise of Prices.
Agents of the Beef Trust announced
to be raised again, conditions, they
assert, make another. rise inevitable.
Meantime consumption of meat is
dropping off, and butchers all through
the West are failing or being forced
out of business. The charges made
to the government of the existence and
operation of the trust is that a natural
shortage in cattle does not exist on
‘Western ranges, that the visible sup-
ply for the next 12 months is little
less than that of one year ago; that
85 per cent. of the cattle on the West-
ern ranges are either directly owned
or are under contract to the packing
houses accused, and that their ship-
ment is being held back.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
' The President has nominated Rufus
Waterman, of Rhode Island, to be
United States consul at Dublin, Ire-
land.
Congressman Amos Cummings, of
ill, at Baltimore, is said to be getting
along nicely.
Henry White, Secretary « of
American Embassy at London,
be appointed hy
bassador to Italy.
Colombia has notified Secretary
Hay she is willing to waive all com-
pensation for 14 years if the Panama
routs for the canal is decided on.
Colonel Crowder’s report on the re-
sults of his examination into condi-
tions at Port Chalmette, La., has been
placed in the hands of the Attorney
General.
At its meeting Friday the Cabinet
discussed the relative proposition of
the Columbian and Nicaraguan gov-
ernments in connection with the pro-
posed canal.
United States Consul McWade, at
Cantgp, China, cabled the State De-
partment Thursday, that the bubonic
vlagne has broken out in Canton in
-alignant form.
reneral Frederick Funston was
reprimanded by order of President
Roosevelt Wednesday for utterances
in regard to the Philippine situation
and a reported criticism of Senator
‘Hoar.
Rear Admiral Arent Schuyler
Crowninshield hoisted his flag on the
battleship Illinois at New York Mon-
day, preparatory to sailing for Europe
to assume command of the European
station.
Assistant Secretary of State Hill
has sent to the government of Guate-
mela an official message of sympathy |
because of the earthquake in that|
country.
Bernard 8. Rodey, delegate from |
New Mexico, had a conference with |
Speaker Henderson, in which he|
the
will
the President am-
urged Mr. Henderson to set aside al
the Statehood bill |
ico, Arizona and
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day for voting on
admitting New J
Oklahoma as State
Mme. Cambon, w
of the French
Ambassador, has arrived in Washing: |
ton. With her event every embassy |
in Washington except the German has
a hostess to preside over its social
functions. M. Cambon has been here
since 1898. |
it Roosevelt
Thursday ex- |
3 his approval of the measure |
now pending in Congress for the ap- |
propriation of $50,000 to erect a monu- |
ment in Washington to the late Major |
General John C. Fremont.
The State Department is taking |
steps toward the settlement of the |
claims of missionaries and other |
Americans who suffered from the]
Boxer uprising in China in 1900. !
Qu
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CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.
New Army Bill.
The Senate Tuesday had up the
bill to provide a civil government for
the Philippines. It was opposed by
Mr. . Rawlins, Utah. The bill pro-
viding for a union railroad station
in Washington was briefly discussed.
Mr. Patterson, Colorado, opposed it,
because he claimed that the ‘value of
the franchise and property accorded
railroad
ator Hawley, Chairinan of the Sen-
ate Military Committee, introduced
an army bill that does away with
General Miles’s objection to the bill
prepared by Secretary Root. The
bill provides that the Lieutenant Gen-
eral shall exercise general command
over the military forces, subject to
| the President and the Secretary of
War, and shall be charged with the
mobilizing of the troops and the
preparation and maintenance of
schemes of offensive and defensive
He will be assisted in
his duties by, and his orders will be
conveyed and executed through the
agency of, the general officers hold-
ing commands and the general staif
of the army.
The House Tuesday by a vote of
75 to 72, rejected claims attached to
the omnibus claims bill of the Senate
aggregating $1,800,000, and non-con-
curred in the whole Senate amend-
ment, and sent the bill to conference.
The military academy appropriation
bill was passed, after the limit of
cost of the improvements at West
| Point had been reduced from $6,500,-
000 to $5,500,000 and the amount of
the appropriation in the bill from
3,000,000 to $2,000,000. The Senate
amendments to the river and harbor
bill were disagreed to and the bill
sent to conference, with Messrs. Bur-
ton, Reeves and Lester (Georgia) as
conferees.
Conference Committee Named.
During discussion in the Senate
Wednesday of the bill for a union
railway station in Washington, Mr.
Tillman, South Carolina, charged
that Mr. Hoar, Massachusetts, had
been discouteous to him. “The Sen-
ator from Massachusetts,” said Mr.
Tillman, “habitually breaks certain
rules of the Senate, and he should
make allowance for those of us who
have their foibles and shortcomings.”
The Philippines government bill was
taken up, and Mr. Rawlins, Utah,
made another installment of his
speech. Messrs. McMillan, Elkins
and Berry, Arkansas, were appointed
conferees on the rivers and harbors
bill. Messrs. Warren, Mason and
Teller were appointed conferees. on
the omnibus claims bill.
The House Wednesday adopted by
a vote of 152 to 79 the resolution from
the Committee on Rules, for consider-
ation of the Senate amendments to
the bill taxing colored oleomargarine
10 cents a pound. Mr. Cowherd, Mis-
souri, said that immediately after the
passage of the oleomargarine bill by
the Senate the price of butter went
up four cents in New York and three
cents in Chicago. Mr. Wadsworth,
New York, offered an amendment
providing that colored butter shall
not be construed as coloration. This
was defeated, 51 to 88, and the House
adjourned without final action on the
bill.
Hall of Records.
In the Senate Thursday Mr. Rawl-
ins, Utah, reached the end of his
three days’ speech in opposition to the
Philippine government bill. The
Senate passed the bill appropriating
{$1,000,000 for a hall of records in
Washington, and the bill authorizing
an increase of pension in cases of to-
tal deafness. :
The House Thursday passed the Sen-
ate amendments to the oleomargarine
bill, but added some amendments of
its own that sent the bill. back to
conference. Consideration of the
i agricultural appropriation bill was be-
gun. Mr. Fox, Mississippi, discussed
the question of restricted suffrage in
the South, with espedial reference to
the constitution of his own State,
which he defended. He argued that
Mississippi had done the wise and
patriotic thing and deserved the com-
mendation of the country.
Repeal Tariff on Meats.
A resolution frem the Committee on
Cuba was reported to the Senate Fri-
day as a substitute for the Teller res-
olution ordering an investigation of
the methods of thé American Sugar
Refining in holding this season’s crop
in trust:
Mr. Sims, of Tennessee, introduced
I'riday in the House a resolution to
repeal the tariff duties on beef, pork,
mutton and veal.
Many Rills Disposed Of.
In the House Saturday, May 10, was
set aside for paying tribute to the
memory of the late Senator Kyle, of
South Dakota. The District of Co-
Iumbia appropriation bill w report-
placed on the calend A
resolution was adopted to authorize
the city of Boston to use and improve
Governor's Island, Boston harbor.
Bills were passed to appropriate
$5,000 for a lightkeeper’s station at
Ecorse, Mich.; to restore James GG.
Field, Assistant Surgeon U. 8. N., to
the active list; to apportion the terms
of Senators elected at the first gener-
al election in Hawaii; to extend for
three years the time within whi
the Omaha and Northern Railr
can construct a railroad across
Omaha and Winnebago Indian re
vation in Ne ka; to supple
an act creati the middle
district of Penn ‘ania; fo ratify
35 of the twenty-first territorial
er
islature of Arizona, and to autho Subject to State Taxes.
the White River Railroad to co The appellate division of the Su-|
a bridge across White river, / >ub- ; breme Court of Nek York, decided that!
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lic business was then sus
the remainder
companies would |
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TORNADO CLANS TOLL OF DEATH
FIFTY BUILDINGS RAZED.
One Dead at Omaha and Two Were
Killed, and Five Fatally In-
jured at Joplin, Mo.
A tornado struck Joplin, Mo., at
4:45 p. m., Friday. Two are known
to be dead and five fatally injured.
The dead are: Esther Hunter, killed
by falling timbers; Martha Cape, col-
ored, died from fright. Fatally in-
jured: Bidwell Hunter, Mrs. Anna
Hunter, Mrs. Marian Hicks, Charles
Kruger, at Villa Heights; F. B. Kelley,
at Googoo mines. The number of
buildings destroyed was estimated at
50, and the property loss at $200,000.
The worst fury of the storm was felt
in the suburbs west of Joplin. It
is feared that the smaller mining
camps at Central City and Cave
Springs, four mriles west had suffered
much loss, as they were apparently
in the path of the storm. At Omaha
an unusually heavy windstorm, which
struck that city, killed one person
and injured a number of others, un-
roofed a number of buildings and
broke many skylights. Sioux City,
Ia., was in darkness after noon, Fri-
day. Dense, greenish clouds shut
out the sun. For a time the wind
blew 72 miles an hour and considera-
ble damage was done.
WHITECAPS OUT.
Indiana Man Overpowered and Whip:
ped Nearly to Death.
Wednesday morning 200 masked
men went to the home of Finley
Stretchberry, near Nashville, Ind. He
met them with a doublebarreled gun
and emptied one charge into. the
shoulder of one of the gang. The
whitecappers seized Stretchberry’s
wife and forced her into the kitchen.
The husband was dragged to a woods
nearby and whipped until blood
flowed. The whitecappers then tied
him to a post and beat him until he
was almost dead. Stretchberry is at
the point of death and Mrs. Stretch-
berry’s condition is pitiable.
MUST BUILD ONE WARSHIP.
Naval Committee Insists on Construc-
tion of Vessels at Navy Yards.
The House Committee on Naval
Affairs amended the provision of the
naval appropriation bill so that one
of the new battleships or armored
cruisers must be built in a govern-
ment navy yard. An appropriation
of $175,000 is made to fit up the yard
for shipbuilding purposes, and ar-
rangement is made for a test of the
merits of government construction by
keeping detailed accounts of labor
and material, leaves of absence, etc.
so that the items of cost may be com-
pared with those of construction in
private shipyards.
ADMITTED BY GENERAL SMITH.
His Orders Were to Kill
in Samar.
and Burn
The trial by court-martial of General
Jacob H. Smith on the charge of con-
duct prejudicial to good order and dis-
cipline began at Manila, Friday.
Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, counsel
for the defense, said he desired to
simplify the proceedings. He was
willing to admit that General Smith
gave instructions to Major Waller to
kill and burn and make Samar a howl-
ing wilderness; that he wanted every-
body killed capable of bearing arms,
and that he did specify all over 10
years of age, as the Samar boys of
that age were equally as dangerous
{ as their elders.
Appointment Declined.
The appointment as special naval
representative at the coronation of
King Edward has been declined by
Captain Charles E. Clarke and the
President has named Rear Admiral
‘Watson {for that mission.
Justifies Violence.
J. N. Arline was tried at Exit, Va.
Arline, while fishing, was interrupted
by Joseph Hill and he fired three
shots, one of which took effect. Judge
Bunting held the provocation justified
violence.
Rebuked Spirit of Caste.
Bishop Potter in his lecture at
Yale, Conn., on “The Responsibilities
of Citizenship” rebuked the spirit of
caste as “almost the worst enemy
to the progress of human society.”
He denied that labor creates all force.
“But workingmen are a coming power
with which we shall have to reckon,”
he added.
500 Persons Homeless.
About one-half of Marienville, the
largest town in Forest county, Pa.
was burned Wednesday. The fire
started in the residence of Mrs. J.
and raged for five hours,
consuming about 150 buildings. The
loss will amount to $300,000, with
about $75,000 insurance.
T. Smith,
President Palma’s Cabinet.
President-elect Estrada Palma in
an interview said he would combine
the Cuban postal and telegraph serv-
ices under one head, and make Gen-
eral Fernanda Figuredo Director of!
He will ap-!
the united department.
point Juan Rios Rivera Chief of Cu-
ban customs, Carlos Zaldos Secretar;
of State, and Senor Yero Secretary of
nstruction.
| in the estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt
of the afternoon was | the Federal inheritance tax of $361,-
devoted to paying tribute to the mem- | 803 was part of the estate and subject
ories of the late Representatives J.| to State taxation.
William Stokes, of Scuth Carolina,
and Rousseau O. Crump, of
gan.
The Senate Saturday adopted the
resolution for an inquiry into the alle- |
gation that the present sugar crop is
owned entirely by the Sugar Trust.
Michi-
Cranted the Demands.
The Dordoni Silk Dyeing Company
at Paterson, N. J.. employing about
100 men, acceded to the demands of
the striking dye helpers Friday. More
than 3,000 men were still on strike.
for felonious shooting and fined $2.50.
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TO STOP BAGGAGE ABUSE
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New Rules for Customs Inspectors.
Women Desiring, Can Have Bag-
gage Examined Privately.
Worthen have won a victory over the
customs inspectors. Secretary of the
Treasury Shaw will issue new rules
for the collection of duties on bag-
gage. The many letters which wom-
en accustomed to trans-Atlantic trips
. Wrote to the Secretary when he made
his public appeal to them some
months ago, asking them to state
specifically their grievances in con-
necticn with the p: 2sent mode of bag-
gage inspection, has resulted not only
in a change in the rules, but in action
by the managers of the various large
steamship lines taking action to co-
operate with the authorities. Rep-
resentatives: of most of the large
steamship companies have written
either to Secretary Shaw or Collector
Stranahan offering to do everything
possible to assist the secretary. The
new rules have not been completed
in detail, but they will seek to remedy
some of the evils which have given
rise to complaint. They will provide
that any woman who desires to have
her baggage examined privately shall
have that privilege if the steamship
companies will provide facilities on
their docks, and that passengers who
do not wish to pay duty immediately
upon landing may have. their baggage
held for them for 24 hours at the pier
Some of the companies which have
none too thuch space on their piers
do not know what to do about build-
ing special rooms for private inspec-
tion of baggage. The Hamburg-
American Company has offered to
build these rooms, the North German
Lloyd will have plenty of room on its
new piers and the American line has
written the collector offering to fur-
nish special accommodations. But
all of the companies are not so well
prepared.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The scare in England over Mor-
gan’s shipping combine is growing
serious.
Archbishop Michael A. Corrigan, of
New York, was stricken with pneu-
monia Thursday.
Maclay, in the latest edition of his
naval history, blue-penciled his abuse
of Rear Admiral Schley.
Fire in the warehouses of the Bar-
bican district of London, England,
caused a loss of $10,000,000.
Increase of capital of the National
City Bank, New York, will make it
the largest in the United States.
The street railway officials of San
Francisco, Cal, declined, to meet
striking employes to discuss settle-
‘ment.
Fire about destroyed the village of
Elwood, N. J. The postoffice, a saw-
mill and a score of buildings were
burned.
Governor Murphy, of Arizona, will
be succeeded by Alexander C. Brodie,
Lieutenant Colonel of Roosevelt's
Rough Riders.
A great annual reunion of confeder-
ate veterans began at Dallas, Tex.
Tyesday. General Gordon received a
‘remarkable welcome. :
Rev. Nathaniel S. Thamas, of Phil
adelphia, elected Episcopal Mission-
ary Bishop of the Salina, Kan., dis-
trict, has declined.
Charles F. Diggs & Co., Baltimore
coal dealers, filed a bankruptcy peti-
tion, showing assets of $212,115 and
liabilities of $251,693.
Lafayette Gruff, who on March 11
killed his wife because she refused
to live with him, has been convicted
of murder at Camden, N. J.
It has been decided by the manage-
ment of the Lake Shore Railroad to
remove the general offices from
Cleveland, O., to Chicago. :
Foreign commanders at Tien-tsin,
China, signed an agreement to evacu-
ate the city, but on terms so hard that
the United States may protest.
The National City Bank of New
York has begun a financial innova-
tion, buying foreign consols against
which it will issue certificates.
Simon Shamonsky, a Hebrew, sen-
teneced to the Onondaga county, N,
Y., jail for 15 days was releasedpon
the ground that he could not live on
the jail diet during the Passover sea-
son. .
The torpedo boat destroyer Hop-
was launched Thursday from
the yards of the Harlan & Hollings-
woth Company at Milmington, Del.
A statue in bronze of the late Com-
modore George H. Perkins, was pre-
sented to the State of New Hamp-
shire by his widow and his daughter.
The highest prices ever paid for
beetf cattle at St. Joseph, Mo. was
received Wednesday for a large con-
signment from Hamburg, Ia.—$7.25
per 100 pounds. \
The State Mutual Life Annuity Com-
pany, of Illinois, was placed in the
hands of a receiver.” The company
| purports to have issued policies to the
| amount of $2,000,000.
Mrs. Sarah Lynch, 75 years old, at
Cleveland, O., was found dead in the
rear of her home and her husband,
Martin, 60 years old, was under ar-
rest charged with murder.
Attorney General Knox made a
| statement Thursday telling the orders
he has given to District Attorneys
with the view of beginning proceed-
ings against the Beef Trust.
Charlemagne Tower,* the United
States ambassador to Russia, has ar
rived in London, England, on his
way fo the United States. He will
sail for New York on the American
liner St. Paul, May 3.
The lecture bureau that endeavored
to restrain Miss Ellen M. Stone from
lecturing under the mamagement of a
rival bureau was defeated by a deci-
sion of the Massachusetts Superior
Court. .
! Granville W. Leighton, charged
| with the embezzlement of $43,000
| while receiving teller of the National
| Traders Bank, Portland, Me., pleaded
| guilty and was sentenced to six years
in prison.
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SITUNTION T0LD BY GEN. CHAFEE
ABANDONED 212 STATIONS.
Reports in Detail What Has Been
Accomplished in Philippines.
Multitude of Guns.
: The Wat Department has made pub-
lic a report from General Chaffee,
dated March 17, which epitomizes the
Situation in the various parts of the
Philippine archipelago in a manner
that is particularly satisfactory to the
officials, in view of the congressional
demand for exact and later informa-
tion. General Chaffee refers to the
Waller court-martial, then about to
convene, and touches upon the Mo-
rong disturbances, forecasting the ulti-
mate settlement and speaks of the. in-
itiation of the movement for Malvar’s
surrender, an event which has been
since brought about. Referring to
the Waller trial for executing natives
General Chaffee says: “Major Wal-
ler, on what I think a very slight in-
quiry, ordered them executed. They
were his prisoners at the time, and
of course should have been tried if
believed to be guilty of the offense
alleged.” General Chaffee says in
one part of the report: “Since No-
vember 1 we have abandoned 212 sta-
tions. This has been accomplished
mainly by withdrawing detachments
into the station of the Captain. Gen-
eral Bell continues to capture arms
and men in the Third Brigade, as
well as receiving surrenders almost
daily. Since Degember he has se-
cured nearly 2,500 gomns of various,
kinds, and I presume that at least
3,000 men have been captured or sur-
rendered in the same time.”
TIRED OF LITTLE EVA,
Daughters of Confederacy Want to
Burn “Uncle Tom’s Cabin.”
The Daughters of the Confederacy :
in Louisville .are after “Uncle Tom’s
Cabin,” and have made a strong ef-
fort to prevent the presentation of
the drama in that city. A commit-
tee, headed by Mrs. Basil W.' Duke,
wife of the famous Confederate Gen-
eral, waited on Manager Shaw and
made the request that the engage-
ment be cancelled. The crusade
against “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” began
some time ago, when various chap-
ters of the Daughters of the Confed-
eracy, headed by the chapter at Lex-
ington, Ky., passed ‘resolutions de-
nouncing the play as an “insult to the
South,” and demanded that it be boy-
cotted.
COOPER IN TEXAS.
He Confesses Marietta Murder After
Giving Himself Up.
Haunted by the belief that every
face he saw was that of an acquaint-
ance who would identify him and put
the officers of the law on his track,
H. L. Cooper, a young man -well
dressed and of good appearance; gave
himself up to, Chief E. E. Eastham,
of the Beaumont, Tex., Fire Depart-
ment. He said that he' had killed
Jack Robinson, in Marietta, O.,- and
had then, :on February 27 last,. made
his escape, reaching Port Arthur
March 8. There was a reward of
‘$500 out for him, he said, and the fire
chief was welcome to it. -
THANK THE PRESIDENT.
Soldiers Glad That American People"
Are Pleased With Surrender.
The “War Department has received
the following cablegram from General
Chaffee, dated at Manila: “On .be-
half of Brigadier General J. Franklin
Bell, his officers and men. I beg to
thank the President for expression of
his personal gratification and. for in-
formation that American people are
also gratified because of surrender of
Malvar and forces hitherto support-
ing the cause of the insurrection un-
der his leadership in provinces of
Batangas, Laguna, Tayabus and Island
of Mindanao.
SHIRT FACTORY BURNED.
Fire at Glens Falls, N. Y—Loss
$500,000.
A disastrous fire visited Glens
Falls, N. Y., Sunday, causing a prop-
erty loss estimated at over $500,000.
The fire started in the clothing store
of Webb Bros. on Glen street, ‘and
spread to the large plant of the Joseph
Fowler Shirt and Collar Company, oc-
cupying the upper story of nearly the
entire block.
municated to neighboring buildings.
The destruction of the Fowler shirt
plant throws nearly 800 operatives out
cf employment and 200 more will he
out of work temporarily.
Thieves Rob Corner Stone.
The corner stone of the new Wom-
en’s Christian Temperance Union
building was laid at’ Passiac, N. J.,
Saturday. Some time during the night
someone had pried off the stone and
made away with the copper box. A
number of relics of value and coins,
valued at $76, were taken.
Entire Family Hypnotized.
The family of Rudolph Bartag, con-
sisting of his wife and five children,
were discovered sound asleep in
their heme in Ticona, Iil. Leon Len-
zer, the hypnotic medium, was
nearly lynched because he was sus-
pected of having been the cause of
the deep sleep, tried to awaken them,
but failed.
Howard Acquitted.
The case of Berry Howard, on trial
at Frankfort, Ky., as the alleged prin-
cipal in the Goebel ¢ sination, was
given to the jury Friday. A verdict
of not guilty was rendered.
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Glass Fctory Burned.
The Globe window glass factory at
Findley, O., burned to the ground Fri-
day. Loss, $100,000. About 300
men will be thrown out of employ-
ment.
Then the flames com- |
EIGHTY ESTATES SACKED.
Russian Landlords Flee in Terror
Riotous Peasants Overrun
: Two Provinces.
The peasants in the Poltav and
Kharkoff provinces, Russia, where 18,
000 are- reported to be pdrticipating
in riots, have sacked .S80 estates,
where they destroyed everything they
could not carry off. The whole re-
gion is terrorized, and land owners
and stewards are fleeing for safety.
The fear is increasing that Kharkoft
and other towns will be attacked.
Some of the authorities are showing
weakness and pusillanimity, while
others are cruelly vigorous and are
causing wholesale flogging of persons
arrested. The agitation at Moscow
is so serious that the Czar has relin-
quished his intention of spending the
Russian Easter there. The ministers,
including M. De Witte, the Minister
of Finance, continue to receive letters
threatening them with death. The
judicial inquiry into the assassination,
April ‘15, of M. Sipiaguine, Minister of
the Interior, has led to the arrest of
many persons suspected of connection
with an anti-governmental conspiracy.
These include a Jewess, who is the
financee of Balschaneff, the assassin
of the minister, and her father, who
supplied Balschaneff with money. Up-
on learning of the arrest of his
fiancee of Balschaneff, the assassin
mit suicide, but was prevented from
so doing by his guards.
SURRENDER BY THOUSANDS.
General Grant Brought in General
Guevarra and His Command.
General; Frederick D. Grant's expe-
dition in the gunboats Baseo and Flor-
ida, several steam launches and na-
tive lighters, has ascended the Gand-
ara river, in the Isiand of Samar,
Philippine Islands, and Saturday
brought in, on General Grant's fath-
er’s birthday, the insvrgent leader
Guevarra and his entire command
down to the coast. Guevarra’s com-
mand consists of Rafael Sebastian,
Abaki and 38 other officers, 189 men
and 161 rifles. Three hundred insur-
gents, with 131 rifles were expected
to arrive at Catbalogan, Samar, Sun-
day, to surrender formally to the
American authorities. Three hundred
bolomen, 28 of them armed with rifles,
‘surrendered at Sulat, also in Samar.
Captain L. W. V. Kennon reports from
the Island of Negros the surrender of
the Ladrone leader Rufo, with 158 of-
ficers and men of his command, to-
gether with 12 guns, 140 bolos.
READY FOR THE TRANSFER.
Secretary Completes Arrangements
for the New Government.
Secretary. of War Root and Mrs.
‘Root and their daughter arrived in
Florida from Cuba. Regarding the
trip Secretary Root said: “My visit
to Cuba was for the purpose of ar-
‘ranging for the transfer of the island
to the Cuban government on May 20.
Seven artillery companies, consisting
of 800 men, will remain in charge of
the guns, ammunition, etc., which will
be retained in Cuba for the United
States naval station.” The Secretary
says that no claim has been made by
the United States for the settlement
of the sums expended in freeing Cu-
ba, but that the matter will be taken
up when the Cuban government shall
have been perfected. :
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Not
Owned by the Pennsylvania.
President Loree, of the Baltimore
and Ohio Rairoad, is a statement at
Washington, D. C., insisted that the
Pennsylvania does not own the Bal
timore and Ohio. He said the Penn-
sylvania Company had only four of
the 12 directors on the board. The
Baltimore and “Ohio had it within its
power at any time to nulify the influ-
ence of these four directors, in case
‘it did not approve of their manage-
ment. As it is now, these four di-
‘rectors are being upheld in their ideas
concerning the management of the
read to such an extent that they do
practically manage it. As long as
their management is approved by the
other eight directors they will be up-
held, but he said ahen the other
eight directors cease to approve it,
they will be voted down. If they de-
sired it. they could put cut these four
directors.
CABLE FLASHES.
Bulletins issued at Castle Leo at
The Hague, declare the condition of
Queen Wilhelmina continues satisfac-
tory.
The town of Becas del Toro, Co-
lombia, has cvacuated by the
tiberal troops and is once more in
the hands of the government.
Lieutenant Colonel Frank D. Bald.
win, who is operating
Moros in the Island of Mindano, Phil-
ippines, telegraphs that the capture
of Sultan Puale’s fort has had a most
salutary effect
mitting.
Emperor Wiliiam, of
bitterly criticised in aristocratic
drawing rooms because untitled busi-
ness men constituted the majority of
his guests during his recent excursion
in the North sea on the steamer Kron-
prinz Wilhelm.
In the French
not elect a single
The Dattos are sub-
‘ections Paris did
t h : Eight Na-
tionalists, six anti-Ministerialist So.
cialists, four Ministerialist Republi.
cans and three Conservatives were re-
turned. The wo defeat the gov-
ernment has ever sustained in Paris
After a consultation between Prof
Rosenstein and the other physicians
at. The Hague, Tuesday, a bulletin
was issued saying: “There is ga
slight improvement in the Queen’s
condition, manifested by the fall in
her temperature.
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