BALDWIN BLAMES ALL ON CAPTAIN
300 MESSAGES SENT.
Says Sailing Master Tried to Boss
Ice Pilot at Wrong Time.
Compares Results.
Evelyn B. Baldwin, the Arctic ex-
plorer, has arrived in New York. He
at first refused to talk about the al-
leged controversies which had taken
place between him and Captain Jo-
hcnnsen, of the America, but after
hearing that it had been reported that
the expedition had been short of food
and supplies, Baldwin made the fol-
lowing statement: “There is not a
word of truth in the report of our not
having sufficient supplies. It is easy
to explain the trouble between my-
self and Captain Johannsen. He
wanted to be the whole thing. That's
all. The trouble first started between
the captain—or, to give him his proper
title, sailing master—and the ice pilot
took up his place in the crows nest
on the ship when we were in the ice
fields and should have had, and event-
ually did have, complete charge of the
directing of the ship. The sailing
master objected to the ice pilot’s hold-
ing absolute sway over the move-
ments of the ship at any tire, and
that is how the row began. I, of
course, took the side of the pilot, and
saw that he was kept in command
while we were in the ice. The ex-
pedition went away with 42 persons
on board and we brought back the
same number. The Fram drifted
around in the ice for four years,, while
in one year we did almost as much
and established an outpost. I have
learned one good lesson, though—
never take a Swede and a Norwegian
together along with you if you want
to avoid trouble. The ice pilot was
a Norwegian and the sailing master
a Swede. Our most exciting adven-
ture was when we were coming back
and were caught in the pack ice. The
ship’s propeller frame was Broken and
the rudder and screw bent. We were
sending ballecons and buoys adrift,
containing messages, continually. Al-
together we sent over 300 messages.
Fifteen balloons were sent up, but
they never reached their destinations.
The meteorological observations taken
and the dredging will be of great in-
terest to science. I still believe that
when the pole is reached it will be
found to be surrounded by ice.”
HIS PRICE $1,000,000.
Young Stratton Demands That Sum
for Withdrawing His Contest.
I. Harry Stratton, at Colorado
Springs, said that he had been ap-
proached by one of the executors of
his father’s will with the proposition
to compromise the contest, and an-
swered that he would withdraw his
suit if given $1,000,000. The matter
was taken out of the county court and
transferred to the district court on a
writ of certiorari issued by Judge
Cunningham, of the district court.
The action of the county court is set
aside, and the case now stands as it
did before the appointment of admin-
istrators by Judge Orr, and the ap-
4 pointment of the administrators is
practically annulled. It is victory for
the executors, who are defending the
dead millionaire’s will.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. ,
The President's wound will not per-
mit him to review the G. A. .
parade.
Frederick C. Jackson, captain and
assistant surgeon, United States
army, is dead of morphine poisoning.
Ernest L. Squires, alias Edward
Somers, was captured in Washington
after an 18 months’ chase by the New
York police force. > ¥
The naval estimates for 1904 call
for a total of $82,426,038, and are re-
markable for their liberality to all
branches of equipment of the war-
ships.
All bids for the interior work on
the public building in Chicago have
been rejected for the reason that
none are within the appropriation
available.
There will be 14,000 rural free de-
livery postal routes in operation July
1 next, and the estimate for appro-
priations for the next fiscal year pro-
vides for 12,000 more.
Colonels Chambers McKibben, of
Pennsylvania, Hood, of Ohio, and
Kimball, of New York, were promoted
to brigadier general rank and all will
retire almost immediately.
The navy department is informed
that Rear Admiral Evans, on the
Helena, left Hankow, China, for Ich-
ang to investigate the threatened up-
rising against the foreign element.
Minister Conger’s dispatches to the
state department show that Yuan-
Shi-Ka, the viceroy of Chih-Li, is in
earnest in his expressed determination
to crush the Boxers in his section of
China. boven
The navy department received a ca-
blegram from Rear Admiral Robley D.
Evans, second in command on the
Asiatic station, announcing his de-
parture from Kuiksang for Hankow to
investigate the “Boxer” disturbances.
Secretary Shaw designated Assis-
tant Secretary Ailes, United States
Treasurer Roberts and Mr. Ridgely,
comptroller of the currency, as a com-
mittee to examine and report on the
character of bonds offered by banks
as security for public deposits.
The estimates of appropriations re-
quired for the department of agricul-
ture for the next fiscal year, as com-
pleted by Secretary Wilson, aggre-
gate almost $5,000,000. The -appro-
préations for the current year amount-
ed to $4,503,960.
First Assistant Postmaster General
Wynne has issued a circular letter to
the postmasters of all rural free de-
jivery postoffices instructing them
that postmasters and rural free de-
livery carriers are not permitted to
condemn the letter boxes used by pa-
trons.
According to the annual report of
the paymaster general, army expen-
ditures decreased during the past
fiscal year $918,919, as compared with
the preceding 'vear, partly owing to
flecrease in the pay of the army.
ADMIRAL CASEY'S ORDER.
Salazar Refuses to Accept His Inter-
pretation of Treaty—May En-
danger the Great Canal.
After the conference held between
General Salazer, Governor General of
Panama and commander of the Ceo-
lombian forces on the isthmus, and
Commander McLean, of the United
States cruiser Cincinnati, no further
difficulties were feared, for it was be-
lieved that General Salazar was sat-
isfied that the landing of the Amer-
ican marines on the isthmus had for
its only object the maintenance of
free railroad transit between Panama
and Colon. The arrival at Panama
of Rear Admiral Casey on board -the
battleship Wisconsin has altered the
situation. Instructions brought by
Admiral Casey may result in serious
complications. General Salazar re-
ceived a communication from Acting
United States Consul Ehrman saying
that Admiral Casey would not permit
the transportation of armed or un-
armed military employes of the gov-
ernment, or of war material of any
kind by the railroad. General Salazar
held a conference with Admiral
Casey on board the Wisconsin. At
this meeting General Salazar said
that the United States, according to
the convention of 1846, had contract:
ed two inseparable obligations, name-
ly, to guarantee positively and effi-
caciously free transit across the isth-
mus and to guarantee in the same
manner the rights of sovereignty and
property which Colombia possesses
over the isthmian territory, and said
that if the Colombian government is
not allowed to transport its troops
and war material by rail over the
isthmus not only does the United
States not fulfill its second obliga-
tion, but it attacks Colombia’s rights
of sovereignty and violates all prin-
ciples of morality and justice; that
he, as the representative of the na-
tion and government, could not ac-
cept such an interpretation of the
convention against which he ener-
getically protests. To General Sala-
zar Admiral Casey answered that he
was complying with instructions. He
said he regretted he had been com-
pelled to take these measures, but he
considered them necessary to the pro-
tection of free transit across the
isthmus. Admiral Casey said that
he would consult with Washington
and see what could be done in the
matter.
PROSPERITY SHINES ON CUBA.
Treasury Filled and Sugar
Increased.
The customs receipts of Cuba dur-
ing September amounted to $1,307,102.
The receipts from the postffice, money
order department, internal revenue
and sundries and reimbursements,
etc., bring the total receipts for the
month up to $1,596,401. The cash on
hand on August 31 was $1,039,247,
which makes a grand total of $2,635,-
648, and there was a balance in the
treasury on September 30 of $1,406.-
736. There was an increase in the
customs receipts for September of
this year of $264,490 over those of
September, 1901. The customs re-
ceipts are keeping up with those col-
lected during the period of interven-
tion. ‘The increase in the price of
sugar and reports that the next sugar
crop will be larger than that of last
year, are bringing about a restoration
of confidence.
Prices
MAY BE THE WESTINGHOUSE.
American Company Gets a Huge Con-
tract for Electric Power Plant.
A contract to the value of $2,500,000
was awarded in London, England, to
an American corporation, presumably
the Westinghouse Company, for the:
equipment of two generating stations
in the Ciyde valley, of Scotland, in-
tended to supply electrical power for
industrial purposes over an area of
755 square miles.
GREAT LETTER WRITER.
Accused of Using His Gift to Win Half
a Million by Fraud.
The arrest of C. W. Norton of South
Wallingford, Vt.,, by a Boston post-
office inspector on the. charge of using
the mails for fraudulent purposes has
brought to light what is alleged to be
one of the biggest swindles known in
New England in many years. The of-
fenses charged against Norton cover
several years, and involve more than
$500,000. Norton was an adept letter
writer. He is accused of getting ex-
tensive consignments from wholesale
houses on the pretext that he was an
owner of a large department store.
EXIT UNDER GUARD.
Non-Union Negroes Sent From Leb-
anon to Avoid Trouble.
The American Iron and Steel Man-
ufacturing Company at Lebanon, Pa.,
sent away in a special train the 300
negroes who had been employed in its
works as strike breakers. The ne-
groes were loaded on the train in the
works, at the eastern end of the city,
under guard of two companies of the
Twelfth regiment, and the train dash-
ed westward through the city at top
speed, avoiding conflict with the strik-
ers.
Terrorize Nebraska Townsmen.
The safe in the bank at Norman,
eight miles southeast of Minden,
Neb., was blown open by four rob-
bers, who secured about $1,000 in cash
and terrorized the town. Part of the
building was blown away by the force
of the explosion. The robbers es.
caped.
Coal for Reading Men.
The Philadelphia & Reading Rail-
road Company notified those of its em-
ployes in Harrisburg who are heads of
families that they will be supplied
with one ton of anthracite coal each,
at $4.25 per ton, in less than 10 days.
Strike May Close Business.
The retail merchants at New Or-
leans, La., resolved that unless the
strike of the street car men is called
off they will close their establish-
ments indefinitely, throwing out of
employment about 5,000 clerks.
PRESIDENT MITCHELL 1S SILENT.
INCREASE RELIEF FUND.
Strikers Strengthening their Lines
Preparatory to Continuing the
Struggle—Find Ammunition.
The administration regards the
coal famine as something with which
Governor Stond, of Pennsylvania,
has full authority to deal. President
Roosevelt hopes he will be able to
demonstrate whether the claims of the
operators are true that they can run
their mines full if men who are will-
ing to go to work are given protec-
tion. The administration still has no
plan, definite or indefinite, for at-
tempting to do anything under United
States authority. Governor Stone
will not discuss the strike situation
or the failure of the Washington con-
ference.” Neither will he indicate
whether or not he has had any com-
munication directly or indirectly with
President Roosevelt on the subject.
If the governor has any plans to set-
tle the strike, he is keeping it to him-
self.
John Mitchell, president of the
United Mine Workers, at Wilkes-
barre, when asked Sunday whether he
had heard from President. Roosevelt
since Friday's conference = with the
operators, said: “Why do you ask?
What have you heard?” He was in-
formed that the President and his
Cabinet had held a long conference
on the coal strike, and he was asked
if he had heard from the President’s
Cabinet. His answer this time was:
“I have not heard from the Cabinet.”
“Have you heard directly or indi-
rectly from Commissioner Wright?”
*1 don't care to say anything.”
Walter E. Weyle, who has done con-
siderable work for United States
Commissioner of Labor Carroll D.
Wright in the anthracite fields, spent
about three hours with President
Mitchell Sunday. Mr. Weyle being
so closely identified with Mr. Wright,
it was surmised that he may have
carried some message to Mr. Mitch-
ell from Washington, but both gen-
tlemen denied that the visit had any
significance. The conference between
the President, the operators and the
representatives of the mine workers
having been without result, the strike
leaders are engaged in tightening up
their lines and preparing themselves
to combat any movement by the oper-
ators to break the ranks cf the strik-
ers. The first step in this direction
was taken when W. R. Russell, pres-
iaent of district No. 12 of the Miners’
union, which comprises the entire
State of Illinois, came to Wilkesbarre
by direction of President Mitchell for
the purpcse of discussing relief meas-
ures. After the conference it was
announced that steps would imme-
diately be taken to carry out a plan
by which the relief fund from Illinois,
at least, will be increased. What the
plan is both Mr. Mitchell and Mr.
Russell declined to say. The 36,000
mine workers in Illinois are now con-
tributing to the Pennsylvania strik-
ers 10 cents on every ton of coal
mined by them. The boys employed
in that State, too, are giving 10 cents
a day. In addition to this tax the Illi-
nois miners are paying one cent per
ton into their own general defense
fund.
Just before daybreak Sunday morn-
ing a squad of Thirteenth regiment
men, stationed near the Grassy Island
colliery, at Scranton, came across an
Italian striker named Papriello prowl-
ing about the outpost with a shotgun.
He fired in the direction in which the
soldiers were approaching. Colonel
Watres had received information
that Papriello was receiving arms
and ammunition, and a detachment
of two companies was sent to his
house. The soldiers found there
1,200 pounds of cartridges. No arms,
however, were found. Twice during
Saturday night sentries about the
Thirteenth’s camp were stoned, and
early in the evening a train bearing
troops from Olyphant to Birdseye en-
countered a pile of rocks and a felled
tree across the tracks.
Summoned to the White House.
President Roosevelt Thursday sent
invitations to the coal operators and
miners’ officials to a conference in
Washington in an attempt to bring
about a settlement of the strike.
HE DRAWS A SHARP LINE.
Postmaster General Issues Circular to
Postoffice Employes.
Postmaster General Payne has ad-
dressed a circular letter to all offi-
cers and employes of the postoflfice
department and others concerned re-
garding the extent of the prohibition
put by the department on political
activity among postoffice employes,
in which he says: ‘As to political ac-
tivity, a sharp line is drawn between
those in the classified and those in
the unclassified service. Postmasters
or others holding unclassified posi-
tions are merely prohibited from
using their offices to control political
movements, from neglecting their du-
ties, or from causing public scandal
by political activity. A person in the
classified service has an entire right
to vote as he pleases, and to express
privately his opinions on all political
subjects, but he should take no active
part in political management or in
political campaigns.”
Anthracite Coming From Scotland.
It is reported in Glasgow, Scotland,
that the Scotch coal masters have se-
cured large contracts for anthracite
coal to go to the United States.
Burke’s $4,000,000 for Charity.
A deed was filed for record at Mar-
shall, Minn., whereby John M. Burke
conveys to the Winfield Masterson
Burke Relief foundation $4,000,000
worth of real and personal property
as an endowment for a hospital for
convalescents.
Glass Scale Arranged.
The Window Glass Workers’ asso-
ciation, L. A. 300, Knights of Labor,
and the American and Federation Co-
Operative Window Glass Comopanies
reached a settlement.
LATEST NEWS NOTE.
Arctic Explorer Baldwin has arrived
in New York.
Indian uprising feared among
Apaches in Arizona.
Sir Marcus Samuel was elected
lord mayor of London for the ensuing
year.
Since July 15 the cholera record of
Egypt is 36,658 cases and 30,938
deaths.
The business section of Tulare, Cal-
ifornia, was burned, causing a loss of
$150,000.
Illinois citizens want the President
to have receivers appointed for coal
companies.
Union Steel Company orders $1,500,-
000 ore handling plant for furnaces
at Donora, Pa.
President Roosevelt wants miners
to return to work and let Congress
act for them.
Sons of striking miners quit school
because sons of non-union men are al-
lowed to attend.
J. P. Morgan says the President’s
call for a strike conference was an
admirable thing.
Ex-Councilman Uthoff has implicat-
ed Ed Butler and John Scullin in St.
Louis bribery case.
Paul Dorchester, of Pittsburg, was
elected treasurer of the junior class
of Boston university.
Sir Michael Herbert, British ambas-
sador to the United States, has ar-
rived in this country.
Engineer J. S. Perdue and Fireman
E. S. Keys were killed in a collision
of engines at Washington.
Arthur McCormick, of Uniontown,
Pa., was killed while exercising a year-
ling colt at Lexington, Ky.
Gen. Chaffee and Vice. Gov. Wright
have sailed from Manila on the trans-
port Summer for San Francisco.
The metallurgical works at Kurtsh,
Russia, have failed for $8,000,000,
throwing 5,000 men out of work.
A tornado struck indianola, Tenn.
A number of people were injured, one
fataliy, and many houses destroyed.
Benjamin O. Crane and Miss Fran-
ces Herling were killed by the fall of
an elevator in a factory at Lynn,
Mass.
B. H. Howells Son & Co., and Ar-
buckle Bres., of New York, have re-
duced all refined grades of sugar five
points
The steeple of the church of San
Stefano, Venice, which was built 800
years ago, shows further signs of col-
lapsing. -
The jury at Milwaukee has return-
ed a verdict convicting ex-Chief of
Police’ Frederick W. Ames of receiv-
ing a bribe.
The New York detective bureau
has been advised that a bank in Paris
has been robbed of $150,000 in French
government bonds.
Rev. Charles T. Olmstead was con-
secrated in Utica, N. Y., bishop co-
adjutor of the Episcopal diocese of
Central New York.
Victims of Sheraden, Pa. naphtha
explosion bring suit against the Pitts-
burg, Chicago, Cincinnati & St. Louis
Railroad Company.
Mayor Capdevielle, of New Orleans,
notified the railways company that it
must operate its cars or its franchise
will be revoked by the city.
Henry Phipps, who gave $100,000 to
the Boer relief fund, arrived in New
York from Europe on the steamship
Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse.
An explosion of firedamp occurred
in the fourtlr level of the Lawson
mine, Washington, badly wrecking
the mine and killing 12 miners.
The steamer Bostonian, towed into
St. Johns, Newfoundland, .the steam-
ers Pallanza, from Hamburg for New
York, which was disabled at sea.
George McAllister, of Baltimore,
was granted a hearing by the post-
office department on his scheme to
make every street car a mail col-
lector.
Thomas Stewart, a negro barber,
killed W. D. Barringer in Grand
Rapids, Mich.,, with a blow on the
jaw, after accusing him of insulting
Mrs. Stewart.
Police Superintendent Waite, of
Minneapolis, issued a warning to the
public that his force is notoriously
inadequate to cope with burglars and
porch climbers.
Henry C. Rose, who killed his wife
in New York on suspicion that she
was unfaithful, was committed to the
Tombs by the coroner for the action
of the grand jury.
Justice Adam Van Wyck, of Hobo-
ken, N. J., says he was approached by
a lawyer, supposed to represent Laura
Biggar, who tried to bribe him to pro-
duce a marriage record.
Commissioner Wennerstrum, of the
St. Louis Exposition, was received by
Crown Prince Frederick at Copen-
hagen relative to Denmark being rep-
resented at the Exposition. ’
The collection of the fund for the
mine strikers created a record-break-
ing business for the money order de-
partment of the Indianapolis, Ind.,
postoffice for last quarter.
Armour & Co., who hold all the Sep-
tember wheat available, pushed the
price up on the short speculators to
95 cents, the highest figure since the
Leiter deal four years ago.
F. W. Ames, former chief of police
of Minneapolis, was sentenced to six
and a half years in the penitentiary
for accepting a bribe, but was granted
a stay of 50 days to move for a new
trial.
The headless, armless and almost
nude body of a woman was found
in the East river, New York. There
was nothing about the remains to give
any clew of their identity.
The bodies of L. L. Hunter and I.
B. Magill, who were lost in the burn-
ing of the steamer City of Pittsburg
last April, 30 miles below Paducah,
were found four miles below the
wreck.
The monthly statement of the pub-
lic debt, issued from the treasury de-
partment, shows that at the close of
business September 30, 1902, the
debt, less cash in the treasury,
amounted to $957,415,887, a decrease
of $10,675,434, as compared with Sep-
tember 1. °
SAIL THEIR SHIPS THRGUGH AIR.
UNDER PERFECT CONTROL.
Two Dirigible Machines Are Guided
With Ease by Their Manager.
Both Met With Success.
Two airships, seemingly tractable
as water craft, accomplished in New
York the first flight of dirigible aero
machines in America. Dependent on
their own mechanism the ships man-
cuvered at the will of their helms-
men. They rose, circled, obedient to
the ruders, set course and held them,
while thousands of people craned
their necks to follow the sight. Acci-
dents of minor importance to the gen-
eral results prompted the aeronauts to
bring their machines to earth. Their
success had been demonstrated before
descent was made necessary. Rival
machines made the flight. One was
the Santos Dumont ship No. 6, at
Brighton Beach, with Edward C. Boice
in the car. After a flight in which
more than two miles were probably
traversed the ship settled in a meadow
back of the Sheepshead Bay race
track. It alighted as easily as a gull
settles in the water. Leo Stevens
sailed the other machine from Man-
hattan Beach toward the village of
Sheepshead Bay, swung easily on a
westward course until over Coney
Island, when he turned “back and
eventually reached earth by way of a
ladder reared against a telegraph pole,
in the wires of which his anchor had
become entangled. Stevens was as
enthusiastic as his rival. Both ships
started about 3:30. Stevens’ ship
was probably 3,000 feet higher in the
air than the Boice machine. Because
of an escape of gas Boice decided to
bring his ship to earth. Because a
guy rope caught in Stevens’ propeller
of the motor he decided that he had
better descend. In descending the
basket of the ship caught in the cross-
bars of a telegraph pole. Some line-
men working nearby brought a ladder
and he climbed to the ground. The
ship was uninjured and was taken to
Manhattan ‘Beach.
WASHINGTON MEETING FAILED.
Operators Refuse to Listen to Any-
thing From Mitchell.
President Roosevelt's efforts to end
the strike of the miners of the an-
thracite coal district of Pennsylvania
failed, at least for the present. The
propositions of the representatives of
the coal operators and those of the
men who spoke for the miners’ union
were so far apart that there was no
middle ground. The conference
proved fruitless as soon as Mr. Baer
stated to the President that the oper-
ators would listen to no proposition
that Mr. Mitchell might suggest. Mr.
Mitchell, on behalf of the striking
miners, proposed that the entire situ-
ation be referred to a board of arbi-
trators whom the President should
select, and that both sides to the
controversy pledge themselves in ad-
vance to abide implicitly by the ver-
dict of that jury. Mr. Baer and his
associates made a proposition that
any miner who felt that he had a
grievance might in his individual
capacity apply for redress to the court
of common pleas in his district and
that his employer would be bound by
the verdict of the jury. The attitude
of the mine presidents indicates they
have agreed nct to recognize the Min-
ers’ union or its officers. President
Roosevelt has expressed himself as
determined to settle the strike even
if it is necessary to call an extra ses-
sion of Congress to secure authority
to intervene officially.
GEN. MILES SAILS.
With Many Army Officers He Departs
for the Philinpines.
Tieutenant General Nelson A. Miles
has sailed for the Philippines on the
transport Thomas, which will call at
Honolulu and Guam. With General
Miles are .Lieutenant Colonel M. P.
Maus and Mrs. Maus, A. S. Flint,
stenographer, and Julius Barteman,
messenger. Other passengers are
Charles S. Hoit, Frank W. Wiborg
and Henry C. Rouse, president of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway,
all of General Miles’ party; and 20 of-
ficers of the army and navy.
TIMBER FOR THE POOR.
Residents of New Jersey Town Pre-
sented With Hardwood for Fuel.
Mayor Drake, of Lincoln, N. J.,
president of a real estate company,
offered free of charge to the resi-
dents of Lincoln three acres of stand-
ing hardwood timber owned by his
company and located on the outskirts
of the village. The only condition is
that the timber must be cut down,
cut into cord wood lengths and stack-
ed. Then it will be distributed to the
townspeople. The offer was at once
accepted, almost every family provid-
ing at least one worker. By after-
noon the cutting of the trees began.
There are 300 inhabitants in the vil-
lage, and it is figured that there is
enough wood in the tract to do them
for the winter should it become neces-
sary to keep up the consumption of it.
Undercut the Syndicate.
Bids for the construction of the bat-
tleship Louisiana were opened at the
navy department. The lowest bid
was that of the Newport News Ship-
building and Dry Dock Company, of
Newport News, Va. which offered to
build the battleship within 41 months
from date of contract for $3,990,000.
Instructions With Soft Coal.
A coal dealer in Williamsburg, N.
Y., who believes that more people
would be willing to burn soft coal if
they know hew to use it without mak-
ing too much smoke, has put out the
following sign: “Bituminous coal
$10 a ton, with instructions how to
use it.’
Troops on Guard.
Troops were placed on duty guard-
ing streets of Glens Falls, N. Y., be-
cause of rioting brought on by street
railway strike.
PUNISHING THE MOROS,
The Americans Captured Three Forts.
Eremy Opened Fire, but Filed
When Artillery Shelled.
The Maciu Moros in Mindanao,
Philippine Islands, have offered but
slight resistance to the column under
Captain Pershing, of the Fifteenth
cavalry. After skirmishes on two
days the Moros retreated into Six
forts on the shores of the lake. When
a courier left Maciu for Camp Vicars,
Captain Pershing was preparing to
assault the last Moro stronghold. Tha
American column reached the former
camp at Maciu September 28. The
Moros opened fire on them with a
brass cannon and rifles from new
forts which had been erected since
Captain Pershing’s first visit to the
place. The battery, under Captain
William S. McNair, scaled a ridge
commanding the position of the Moros
and shelled them out. The engineers,
under Captain Jay J. Morrow, had
constructed a trail over the swamp
flanking the Moro position. Captain
Pershing’s column crossed the swamp
by the trail and captured and de-
stroyed three of the Moro forts. The
Moros ran as soon as the artillery
opened on them. Captain Pershing
has been ordered to destroy the forts
unless the Moros make peace. Twen-
ty Moros were killed and many were
wounded. There were no casualties
among the Americans. The letter of
General Sumner, in command in Min-
danao, to the Maciu sultans has been
delivered. It warns them not to make
war against the Americans.
SALT TRUST BANKRUPT.
Owes More Than Its Assets and Has
a Losing Contract.
Chancellor Magie at Trenton, N. J.,
appointed ¥rank P. McDermott, of
Jersey City, and Nathan S. Beards-
lee, of Warsaw, N. Y., receivers for
the National Salt Company. Frank
P. Slave, chairman of the executive
committee, admitted that the liabili-
ties are $1,150,000 and assets $850,000,
and that the company stands to lose
35,000 a month on a contract under
which it was to purchase about 2,000,-
000 barrels of salt a year, and which
will not expire until January, 1904.
FOUND STOLEN CORPSES.
Ten Bodies Found Under the Floor of
Indiana Medical School.
Detectives found ten corpses buried
under the floor of the Medical Col-
lege of Indiana, at Indianapolis, and
believe them to have been stolen
from cemeteries by the negro gang
arrested last week. The college offi-
cers claim that the bodies are those
of subjects dissected by the students
last year.
CABLE FLASHES.
Gustav Kauffmann, whose election
as Second Burgomaster of Berlin,
Germany, Emperor William refused to
sanction, is dead. :
According to the St.! James Gazette,
London, England, a Cardiff firm has
booked a single American order for
15,000 tons of steam coal.
Andrew Carnegie has donated $7,-
500 to the union for women students
of St. Andrew’s university, London,
England, of which he is rector.
5,124 cases of cholera and 2,740
deaths from that disease were report-
ed in the province of Iloilo, Island of
Panay, Philipppine Islands, Septem-
ber 29.
The Venture, London, England, cor-
poration, promoters of the Independ-
ence mine at Cripple Creek, Col. is
preparing to bring suit for $5,000,000
damages against the estate of W. S.
Stratton.
The Senate has approved the bill
previously passed by the Chamber of
Deputies, providing for the partici-
pation of Ecuador at the St. Louis Ex-
position.
At a cabinet council in France it
was decided that Chaumie, minister
of public instruction, should repre-
sent the government at the funeral of
Emile Zola and deliver an oration.
Dreyfus revisited the Zola residence
and remained a few moments beside
the coffin. :
Snow has fallen at Hanover, Hil-
desheim, Wernigrode and in the Harz
mountains, Germany, accompanied by
heavy wind storms. The temperature
at Hanover fell to 28 degrees fahren-
heit.
Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia ar-
rived at Constantinople, Turkey, on
the Russian ironclad Georgi Pobied-
onosetz, which, owing to the insis-
tence of Russia, was permitted at the
last moment to pass the forts.
The remains of Emile Zola will be
interred in Montmartre cemetery.
The funeral will be a civil ceremony,
though the body will be accorded
military honors, to which the de-
ceased Is entitled as an officer of the
Legion of Honor.
A cable from England says the de-
mand for bar gold on American ac-
count remains as keen as ever, in
spite of the rise in the bank’s rate
of discount, the firmness of sterling
exchange and Secretary of the Treas-
ury Shaw’s “relief measures.”
Fifty prominent Germans from va-
rious cities of the empire and some
American residents in Berlin were
initiated into the Deutsch-Amerikin-
ascher klub, at Berlin. The object of
the club is to encourage pleasant rela-
; tions between the United States and
{ Germany.
Hungary and Austria have failed to
agree on all the points of the pro-
posed renewal of the agreement as to
the cost each is to bear for the admin-
istration of their common affairs. The
Austrian ministers are expected at
Budapest, when, it is hoped, an agree-
ment will be reached.
A. Guthrie, of St. Paul, Minn, a
contractor of the Great Northern rail-
way; John Henry and J. J. Jaffrey,
of Vancouver, British Columbia, have
bought thet Victoria Terminal rail-
way and its franchises, which, it is
understood, will give the Great North-
ern railway an entrance to Victoria
and Vancouver.
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