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: Leading . Yale
STUDENTS IN THE LAW'S CLUTCHES
_ BREACH OF THE PEACE.
College Undergradu-
ates Must Answer Serious
Charges—Ten Arrested.
¥or the alleged mobbing of a squad
of New York speculators who came
to New Haven, Conn, to handle tick-
ets for the Yale-Harvard football
game five of the most prominent
students in Yale have been arrested.
One of them has been charged with
highway robbery, the other four with
breach of the peace. The under-
graduates who are awaiting trial
are: John Alston Moorhead, Pitts-
burg, class or 1904; Henry Barnum,
New York, 1995: William Robert
Orthwein, St. Louis, 1903; Harold
Merriam Sawyer, Bridgeport, 1803,
and Bradford Ellsworth, New York,
1903. Moorhead has played end rush
on the the Yale ‘varsity footbail
eleven most of the fall. He cracked
his shoulder a month ago and was
crippled for the rest of the season.
He ig a member of the Yale ’varsily
baskethall {eam. The arrest of Moor-
head, Orthwein and Sawyer took
place Tuesday. Ellsworth and Bar-
num were arrested within, 24 hours
after the riot occurred. All of the
students have been released under
bonds. Ellsworth’s bonds have been
fixed at $1,000, those of the others
$200 each. All of the students un-
der arrest are attending recitations,
but were not allowed to go home for
their Thanksgiving recess. Wit
nesses say that 500 students piled on
the speculators, searched their cloth-
ing, found 16 tickets, took these to
the office of the football association
and gave the speculators a piece of
paper on which was written: “These
are the men we took the tickets
from. Pay them their face value”
Landau Held.
William Landau, of Buffalo, who
was arrested yesterday in New York
city in connection with an alleged
cotton swindle, throuzh which Laden-
burg, Thalmann & Co, bankers, were
reported to have lost $200,000, was
theld in $1,000 bail for examination on
January 8 on the charge of grand lar-
ceny.
AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL.
Among the President’s “callers was
Cardinal Gibbons. The Cardinal was
accompanied by Father O. J. Stafford.
M. Carbon, the French Ambassa-
dor, presented his letters of recall to
the President, and will start for his
new post in Spain.
Senator Allison said he was in
thorough accord. with’ the President’s
‘trust megulation policy and does not
favor any attempt at tariff revision
during the short session of congress.
The President has denied 32 appli-
cations for. pardon, has restored five
“applicants who have served out their
terms of imprisonment to citizenship,
and has acted favorably upon six
other cases.
President Rocsevelt laid before the
cabinet Tuesday his annual megsage
to Congress in completed form. Only
such parts of the message as had not
been considered previously were
read in full.
The President has decided to ap-
point Judge Francis M. Wright, now
judge of the circuit and appellate
court of Illincis, to the vacancy on
the court of claims, caused by the
death of John Davis.
The President has announced his
decision to appoint Ashby DM. Gould,
of Washington, present district at-
torney for the District of Columbia,
ag associate justice of the supreme
court of the District of Columbia,
In an address before the National
‘Geographical society Lieutenant
Robt. BE. Peary said the north pole
could be reached by way of Smith
sound, and that it should be done
by American dollars and American
energy.
President Roosevelt has informed
several of his congressional callers
that he intends making George B.
Cortelyou, his secretary, the first
head of the new department of com-
merce, a bill for the establishment of
which is pending before the House.
Representative Cannon, of Illinois,
has announced his intention to intro-
duce in the House a bill for an ap-
propriation of $50,000 for the pay-
ment of the expense of the anthra-
cite coal strike commission and com-
pensation of the members of the com-
mission.
Colonel Emmet Urell, commander-
in-chief of the Spanish War Veter-
ans, has urged the President to place
under the civil service all the Span-
ish war veterans who are now serv-
ing the government in a clerical ca-
pacity in the Philippines. President
Roosevelt promised to consider the
request.
Private advices from Valparaiso
report that the Chilean congress will
consider the treaty with Colombia,
which recently was made public, and
in which, it is stated, a clause exists
guaranteeing Chile certain conces-
sions on the isthmus should the Pan-
ama canal be constructed that are to
be embodied in the canal convention.
Justice Harlan. of the United
States supreme court, cn December
9 will have completed 25 years of ser-
vice ag a member of that court, and
friends have arranged to express
their appreciation of his services by
a dinner in his honor at the new
Willard hotel, The President and
his cabinet will attend.
The following appointments under
the department of justice have been
agreed to in the cabinet: Judge L. I.
Lewis, Richmond, Va., United States
district attorney for the eastern dis-
trict of Virginia; Sol Betica, United
States dis attorney for the Chi-
cago district, and Morgan H. Reach,
United States distriet attorney for the
District of Columbia.
The coal situation in Washington
will be made the subject of an in-
quiry under the supervision of a com-
miitee of the commissicners of the
District of Columbia.
RUSSIA PAYS INDEMNITY.
Owners of American Vessels Seized
in Sealing Dispute Recover
Value of Ships.
Prof, Asser, the Dutch jurist, at
The Hague, Holland, who has been
arbitrating the claims of American
sealers for the seizure of their ves-
sels by the Russian government,
about ten years ago, has delivered
his award in favor of the United
States. He appraises the damage in
the case of the American schooner
C. H. White at $32,444, in the case
of the James Hamilton Lewis at $28,.
5&8, the Kate and Anna at $1,483%and
the Cape Horn Pigeon $38,750. Prof.
Asser delivered his judgment in the
arbitration court in the presence of
the representatives of the United
States, and of Russia and others,, in-
cluding the foreign minister of the
Netherlands, Dr. Van Lynden. In
giving his reason for the award Prof.
Asser held that the schconer C. H.
White was seized outside Russian
territorial waters, and that the Rus-
sian contentien that a warship of one
nation was entitled to pursue beyond
the boundaries of its territorial seas
a ship of another nation guilty of il-
legal action within those waters was
untenable. The arbitrator ° declared
that the jurisdiction of the state
could not extend beyond its terri-
torial’ waters, except by , special
treaty. The seizure and confiscation
of the C, H. White and the imprison-
ment of her crew was therefore il-
legal, and Russia was condemned to
pay the C. H. White $32,444, with in-
terest at 6 per cent. The oase of
James Hamilton Lewis is governed
by the same decision, while in the
case of the Cape Horn Pigeon Prof.
Asser, in fixing the damages of $38.-
750 and the interest at 6 per cent,
held that the general principle that
damages should include the prospec-
tive profits of which the victim had
been deprived, applied equally to in-
ternational litigation. In the case of
the Kate and Anna the arbitrator de-
cided that the captain could have
continued seal hunting, and that
therefore Russia was not responsible
for the prospective profits.
USE TROOPS IF NECESSARY.
Roosevelt Ordered the Cattlemen's
Fences to Be Torn Down.
Colonel John S. Mosby, special gov-
ernment inspector at Omaha, Neb.
says concerning his proposed raid on
the cattlemien who have been fencing
government lands: “There will be
bloodshed in Nebraska over that fence
mailter before it is done with, but I
propose to have the fences torn down
if I have to send a cavalry force there
to do it. President Roosevelt hos as-
sured me that the fences would be
removed. He said: “This thing must
stop or there will be bloodshed over
it. And President * Roosevelt knows
just as much about this Western land
question as anyone in the country, for
he lived in the West a number of
years.”
EUROPE’S TRADE ADVANTAGES.
Can Sell Machinery in Cuba Much
Cheaper Than Americans.
Information has reached the state
department at Washington that deal:
ers in Cuba in machinery have a de:
cided advantage in buying in Europe
instead of in the United States, Be-
cause they get lower prices, from 10
to 20 per cent, according to the class
of machinery: lower shipping rates;
quicker delivery and more advanp-
tageous terms of payment. Eurc-
pean manufacturers -are willing to
sell on lime where Americans de-
mand cash. A preferential tariff
would not overcome these disadvan-
tages.
ALABAMA MILL'S WORK.
First Time in This Country 12 Heats
for Channel Made.
The record for bar mills has been
troken by the Southern Car and
Fcundry Plant ,at Anniston, Ala.
Twelve heats of 12-inch channel were
made successfully for the first time
in the United States. One hundred
clannel, which is used extensively in
12 heats and rolled without accident.
Previously, this particular size of
channel, which is used extensively i
building freight cars, has been made
and shipped almost exclusively from
Pittsburg and Youngstown.
AMATEUR TRAIN ROBRERS.
Hold-Up Near , Kansas,
a Mess of It.
Two men made an unsuccessful at-
tempt to hold up the eastbound Cii-
cago & Alton train, which left Kau-
sas City. Mo., for St. Louis at the
Alton station at Independence, a se-
cluded spot in the easiern suburbs
of that town. The train had stopped
at the station and the two men, arm-
ed wih rifles, boarded the rear of
the train there. As the train was
pulling out at 10 ¢’clock the men cov-
ered a brakeman with their rifles
and commanded him to throw up his
hands. The brakeman refused to
ohey. and one of the bandits shot
him in the leg. The report of the fir-
ing was heard by other trainmen, wko
hurried to the rear of the train. The
{wo robbers evidently were discon-
certed by the turn events had taken
and leaped from the train before it
had gained much headway. They evi-
dently were amateurs in train rob-
bing. They were not masked, and the
injured bral san was able to give
the police a good description of them.
but Make
Jailed Her Generals. -
Three genenald wede arrested at
Lisbon, Portugal, by order of the
queen regent for inciting the army to
demonstrations against the govern-
ment. The generals! Mad informed
the ahsent king that the present cab-
inet must go and Carles telegraphed
his wife to deal with them according
to her pleasure. The queen at once
arrested their excdllencies. Portu-
gal has not had such an energetic
ruler for 20 years.
(CATILE
NEW ECLARD
DISEASE IF NH,
Cargoes of Live Beef on
From Boston Will
Quarantined,
the Way
Be
Cable advices from Liverpool state
that the establishment of a quaran-
tine on cattle and sheep in the New
England States and prohibiting their
export from Boston have caused much
excitement along the Mersey in Eng-
land. The Mersey dock board derives
a large revenue from the slaughter of
Boston cattle at Birkenhead. Man-
ager Lairages, of the board, says the
restrictions will have far-reaching
consequences, and that the cargoes of
cattle now cn their way to Liverpool
from Boston will be quarantined. In
speaking of the effect of the depart-
ment of agriculture’s ‘order, Dr.
Samuel E. Bennett, inspector of the
United States Bureau of Animal In-
dustry, said: “The British govern-
ment would close her ports to all our
ships on slight pretext. All that they
would look at is that there is a foot
and mouth disease in the United
States. It makes no difference
whether the cattle are yarded in Mas-
eachusetts or in Kansas or Iowa. It
was only a short time ago that the
Argentine Republic was shipping a
great many cattle to Liverpool. Those
ships were on the sea when the word
was carried ahead that there was a
cattle disease in the Argentine Repub-
lic, and when the vessels got there
they found every British port closed
against them. Those ships had to put
to sea, slaughtar their cattle in mid-
ocean and throw them overboard. The
ports were closed to them for three
years. In three years’ time that wouid
mean the loss of upwards of 2,000,000
of export cattle from the ports of the
United States.” The Cunardar Sylvia,
which sailed from Boston, Mass., for
Liverpool, was booked te take 664 cat-
tle and 750 sheep; Sagamore sailing
for Liverpoel, 600 cattle, 1,074 sheep,
and the Columbian, fcr London, 500
cattle and 1,200 sheap. Other book-
ings of live stock for steamers leav-
ing Boston, Mass., within the next ten
days are as follows: Englishman,
L.iverpoci, 331 cattle; Merion, Liver-
pool, §00 cattle; Ultonia, Liverpool,
n42 cattie; Armenian, Liverpool, 650
cattle, and 1,000 sheep; Kingstonian,
London, 380 cattle and 1,800 sheep;
Virginia, London, 425 cattle. The
shipments figure up more than $45,000
in freight charges. New Hampshire
has closed its doors to cattle from the
other New England States.
NATIONAL FOOD LAW. *
Agreed Upon at Columbus Meeting,
Will Be Introduced in Congress.
The committee appointed at the
last session of the National Associa-
Joseph E. Rlackburn, state dairy and
fcod commissioner of Ohio; O. H.
Jones, dairy and food commissioner
secretary of agriculture of Pennsyl-
vania, met in Columbus, Ohio, and
framed a bill for a national pure food
law which will be introduced at the
opening session of congress. The
bill will provide for a food commis-
sioner at $5,000 a year, a head of the
chemical department at a salary of
$2.00 a year ana an assistant com-
miscioner at $3,000 a year, besides
var-ous inspectors and examiners.
Tie act will be remodeled on ths
Ohio law. The bill will be introduced
in the senate by Senator Quay of
Pennsylvania and in the house by
lepresentative Warner of Illinois.
INCREASING M’KINLEY GUARD.
An Army Post With Accommodations
for Sixty-Five Men.
Major Miller, U. S. A., quartermas-
ter of the department of the lakes,
visited Canton, 0O., to investigate the
matter cf increasing the guard at the
temporary tomb of the late President
McKinley. It is expected to put the
garrison on the basis of an army
post. Hospital and dispensary facili-
ties are to be increased and a new
site selected to accommodate 65 men.
To Build a Railrecad.
The Indiana Harbor Company of
Indianapolis has filed articles of in-
corporation to build a railroad from
Rast Chicago and Lake Michigan in a
southerly dircction through EBenton,
Newton, Warren, Vermillion and
Vigo counties, to Sullivan county.
The length of the proposed road is
21() miles. The capital stock is $200,
004.
Celebrate Old Christian Movement.
The Philadelphia Society will hoid
commemorative exercises at Prince-
ton, N. J., on December 6 to cele-
brate the twenty-fifth anniversary of
the formation of the American and
Canadian Student Young Men's
Christian Association movement,
which originated in Princeton in
1877. Representatives from nearly
all of the student associations in the
United States and Cpnada will be
present.
Dissatisfied With Welsh Coal.
brought up the St. Lawrence river in
large quantities, going to Western
points. Dealers are anxious to get it
off their hands, as it is 20 per cent
dust.
Negroes to Sue for Franchise.
The colored contestants of the new
constitution who * were denied regis-
tration in Richmond, Va., will
civen all opportunity
local registration boards
judges at local precincts. Blanks
for this purpose were being distribut-
ed by John S. Wise, counsel for the
contestants,
| cept a transfer to. the United States.
ticn of Dairy and Food departments,
of Illinois, and Prof. John Hamilton,
Welsh coal, ordered during the coal|
strike for Montreal, Canada, is being |
be |
to bring suit]
against every member of the conven- |
tion, the governor, three members of |
and three)
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Colonel Thomas P. Ochiltree died
of heart trouble at Hot Springs.
Three negroes were sold at Lan-
caster, Ky., under the vagrancy. act.
Charles V. Herdliska, of Ohio,
United States consul at Callao, Peru,
resigned. =
Franz von Lenbach, the famous
German painter, is very ill with apo-
plexy at Munich. - .
John Dillon, at Chicago, the Irish
parliamentary leader, has practically
recovered from his illness.
Oom Paul Kruger has asked Colon-
jal Secretary Chamberlain’s permis-
sion to return to South Africa.
The United States Steel Corpora-
tion will concentrate offices of sub-
sidiary companies in Pittsburg.
Anarchistic waiter in Brooklyn at-
tacked the guests and attempted to
kill the proprietor of a restaurant.
S. H. Hayes, of Bloomington, IIl.,
was killed and his son fatally injured
by a railroad wreck at Portal, N. D.
Steamers arriving at New York
and English ports report having en-
countered fierce gales on the At-
laatic.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania,
will appoint three additional mine in-
spectors for the bituminous coal re-
gions.
Thirteen persons were killed and
scores injured by the explosion of a
boiler in the plant of Swift & Co., in
Chicago,
The grand jury at Honolulu has in-
dicted William H. Wright, treasurer
of Hawaii, for embezzlement of pub-
lic funds. .
Job Williams was hanged at
Bridgeton, N. J., for murdering John
S. Holmes and Catherine Shute on
August 27.
The United States war vessels
Montgomery, Osceola and Uncas have
arrived at San Juan, Porto Rico, from
Culebra island.
Panama canal negotiations were
brought to a standstill by Colom-
bia’s refusal to accept Secretary
Hay’s latest oifer.
Richard J. Cartwright, minister of
trade and commerce of the Dominion
of Canada, has been made a privy
councilor of England.
The decision of the miners of the
Loire district to resume work ends
the coal strike in France, which em-
braced 100,000 men when it began,
Lawrence Murphy, formerly treas-
nrer of the Journeymen Stonecutters’
Association of New York, was ar-
rested, charged with the larceny of
$25,000. !
The arrest of C. T. Richardson in
Texas on a barge of ingdurance
swindling, possibly involving murder,
was the result of a detective’s clever
work. ; i
Charles D. Bourcrat, Swiss minis-
ter to Great Britain, declined to ac-
THe has been thrice offered the
change.
The Bancroft bank of Bancroft,
Neh, was robbed. of between $3,000
and $4,000 in cash, the safe being
blown open. Much commercial pa-
per was destroyed.
Ex-Speaker Kelly, of the St. Louis
house of delegates, charged with re-
ceiving bribes, was arrested in Phila-
delphia, having just arrived from
Europe via New York.
The Indiana supreme court decid-
ed that the law providing for week-
ly payment of wages is constitution-
al, but that the law against “pluck
me” stores is invalid.
Safe blowers made a ‘successiul
raid on the State bank at Stanford, a
village ten miles southwest of Bloom-
ington, Ill, and $3,000 was taken.
The thieves escaped.
A syndicate headed by Banker
Seligman is trying to induce this gov-
ernment to guarantee a loan which
is proposed to be made to Venezuela
to wipe out foreign claims.
The Trades Assembly at Schenec-
tady, N. Y., declared off the boycott
against the Schnectady Railway
Company. The vote in favor or
rescinding was three to one.
The Atlantic Coast Line Railway
“company is considering the issue of
$9,260,000 of new stock, in connec-
tion with the purchase of control of
the Louisville & Nashville road.
A stay restraining the removal
from office of Fire Chief Croker, of
New York city, was granted by Jus-
tice Fitzgerald pending a review of
the evidence by the supreme court.
J. E. Blackburn, Ohio food and dairy
commissioner, will locate a truck and
fruit colecny of Ohio farmers on a
5.000-acre tract he has purchased at
Theodore, Mobile county, Alabama.
J. Ogden Armour, of Chicago, will
give $3,000,000 to establish institute
of blcodless surgery as a thank offer-
ing for the recovery of hig little
daughter from congenital hip disease.
Conductor Sweeney was killed and
Motorman Frank Pitts, John Heck-
man and Bertha Young were severely
injured by a collision of a street car
with railroad engines at Indianapolis.
President John Mitchell, of the
TJnited Mine Workers, is to write a
book. It will deal with the question
of capital and labor, and give the
detailed history cf the 1900 and 1902
strikes.
Three additional informations al-
leging perjury were filed in court at
St. Louis, Mo., against Charles E.
Kelly, Adolph Madera and John A.
{ alias “Kid” Sheridan, former mem-
bers of the house of delegates, under
| indictment for alleged perjury and
bribery.
Grays Inn, a summer hotel in the
White mountains, was burned to the
ground, together with Woodbury hall
and all outbuildings, including two
cottages and the casino. The loss will
be $175,000.
DISASTER 10 ROYAL BLUE FLYER |
CONGRESSMEN BRUISED.
Famed B. & O. Train Runs Into Open
Switch—Trainman Killed—Sev-
eral May Die.
The Baltimore & Ohio's famous
“Royal Blue” limited, due in Pitts-
burg at 7.30 Sunday mecerning, laden
with a score oi congressmen and fa-
mous men and rushing toward New
Castle, Pa., over the Pittsburg &
Western railroad at more than 50
miles an hour, dashed through an
open switch and crashed into a
freight on a siding at Carbon, five
miles west of New Castle, before
dawn Sunday. One man was in-
stantly killed, three trainmen sewvere-
ly injured—one probably fatally—and
a dozen passengers mcre or iess hurt.
The engine and one car were reduced
to fragments. ‘The brakeman, whose
carelessness caused the disaster, has
disappeared. Engineer H. S. Brad-
ley was killed. The injured are Wal-
ter Miller, H. E. Thompson, Kent, O.,
fireman; Frank Miller, Cak Harbor,
0. fireman; and Miss Frances M.
West. The flyer consisted of a heavy
locomotive and six Pullmans, an ex-
press car, a combination haggage and
day coach, a ladies’ coach and two
sleepers. The big train was late and
running at frightful speed. In the
rear sleeper was almost a carfull of
congressmen, €n route to Washing-
ton to attend the opening session of
Congress. Among them were: Sena-
tor J. P. Dolliver and Judge Walter
I. Smith, Republican representative,
both of Iowa; Representative John
S. Snook, of the Fifth Ohio district,
from Paulding, O., with his wife;
John J. Feely, representative from
the Second Illinois district, from Chi-
cago, the youngest man in the House,
and Representatives J. Ross Mickey
and A, J. Hopkins, also of 1llinois;
Representative Chester 1. Long, of
Medicine Lodge, Kan.; Representa-
{ive John 3. Stephens, of Verona,
Tex., and Howell Jones, of Topeka,
Kan., general counsel of the Santa
Fe system, and one of the best known
railroad attorneys in the country. The
train struck Carbon siding at 5:20. 1t
was nearly half an hour late. There
was a frightful roar as it leaped
through the switch and into the en-
gine of the waiting freight. Both en-
gines were almost entirely demolish-
ed. Engineer Bradley, of the fiyer,
was crushed beneath his engine;
which turned ccmpletely over. His
fireman, Thompson, tried to jump, but
was badly hurt. The express and
haggage car, and forward ddy coach
were all smashed. The express car
was reduced to fragments. How
Miller, the express messenger, es-
caped instant death is a mystery.
The passenger ccach was partly tele-
scoped, but none of the passengers
seriously hurt. Half the sleeping
passengers were tumbled rudely from
their berths. There were cries for
help from the women and a mad rush
for the doors by everybody. Half the
occupants of the two sleepers were
bruised more or less. The coaches
had not left the track, however, and
after the scare was over all the oc-
cupants returned. An hour after the
distinguished travelers were on their
way to Pittsbung. They were quickly
switched through the Baltimore &
Ohio’s local yards and whisked on
toward Washington.
OIL FOUND IN GAS WELL,
Ontario, in the Throes of
Oil Excitement.
The excitement under which Ra-
leigh, Ontario, Dominion of Canada,
has been laboring since the recent
discovery of oil has reached fever
heat. The cap of a well which was
sunk in the center of the business
portion of the city four years ago fcr
gas, hut which revealed neither gas
nor water, was removed and the well
was found to be full of cil to within
six feet of the surface. Pumping of
the well showed a steady flow of oil,
and arrangements are being made to
explore the find. The effect on the
city is startling, and the price of
property has already taken a big
jump. Rigs are going up at Raleigh
and Talbury, and the whole county
of Kent is oil crazy.
Chatham,
MINERS GAVE $2,500,000.
Total of the Assessment to Support
the Strikers.
When the United Mine Workers
meet in National convention at In-
dianapolis Ind., in January to pre-
pare a new wage scale, Secretary
Wilson will report that the amount
of money given by them for the strike
was more than $2,500,000. The con-
vention last January changed the
constituticn of tke organization, so
that the cfficers are elected by the
referendum plan. It is not likely that
President Mitchell, Secretary Wilscn
or Vice President Lewis will have
any serious opposition, although it
is rumored that W. D. Ryan, secre-
tary of the Illinois miners, and J. P.
Reese, president of the Iowa miners,
might be brought out for Lewis’
place.
New Process of Reducing Copper.
¥. H. Knox, of Pittsburg, is said tc
be the inventor of a new process of
reducing copper ore. George West-
inghouse is interested in the inven-
tion. which is being tested at Mr.
Westinghouse’s mines in Vermont.
Special Venezuela envoys ir Europe
have taken steps to settle all foreign
claims in a lump; the plan is to be
submitted to the United States gov-
ernment before it is broached to Euro-
| The French government hag Dbe-
stowed decorations of the Legion of|
Honor on Generals S. B. M. Young |
and John R, Brooke for their connec- |
ion of the Rochambeau monument |
in Washington. |
William H. Murray, alias Howard, |
was arrested at Dunlap, Tenn., by an |
lllinois officer on a warrant charging
Murray with the murder of a man
pean cabinets.
Faith Cure for Cow.
An earnest
the Black Rock police station, Ruffalo,
N. Y., that his neighbor, Mr, Thonip-
son, had left his cow unshelteregd
in a lot and had refused to get a vet-
erinarian for it. The police sum-
moned Thompson, who explained that
he was a Christian Scientist.
of
citizen complained at}
re mp i a
EE RI SS Ta pment,
NATIVES’ QUEER IDEAS.
Mindanaons Expected to See Amer
icans Ten Feet Tall With
Horns and Tails.
Captain Pershing, with 60 men,
has completed a march across the
Island of Mindanao, Philippine Is«
lands, from (Camp Vicars to Yligan,
This is possibly the first time that
white men have mafle the journey.
Captain Pershing visited the villages
of Madava and Marahui. On his way
to Madaya he found the Moros were
surprised to learn that Americans
were not monsters 10 feet tall, with
horns and tails. At Marahui he ad-
dressed 500 Moros telling them of the
friendly purposes of the Americans.
Representatives of the Nato and
Bocayutan tribes, which are now at
war, asked Captain Pershing to arbi-
trate the difference between them.
The captain agreed to visit them and
give hig arbitration on his return
journey to Camp Vicars. No hos-
tility was shown toward the column
on the march. The constabulary in
the Zambales province reports a re-
pulsive incident of cruelty perpe-
trated by Ladrones. Several columns
of constabulary had been chasing the
Ladrones with the assistance of
friendly natives. Five of the friend-
lies straggled from the column and
were captured by ILadrones, who
amputated the tongue and gouged out
the eyes of one friendly and then sent
him back to the constabulary. The
fate of the other four is unknown.
Fatality Season Closes.
The season for hunting deer in the
northern woods has closed. Fatali-
ties have been unusually frequent in
the woods this season, 14 men hav-
ing been killed while hunting deer
in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi:
gan. At least 11 others have been
seriously wounded.
CABLE FLASHES.
The steamer Yare, which arrived at
St. Thomas, Danish West Indies,
passed Mont Pelee, Island of Mar-
tinique, and reports that the volcano
was then erupting violently.
The Duke and Duchess of Con-
naught, who are to represent King
Edward and Queen Alexandra of
Iingland at the coronation Durbar,
have started on their journey to
India.
A supposed anarchist was arrested
in the park of Huxinograde Castle, at
Sofia, Bulgaria, on suspicion that he
intended making an attempt to as-
sassinate Prince Ferdinand of Bul-
garia.
The Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, min-
ister of the City Temple, London, Eng-
land, known as the Henry Ward
Beecher of England, and also “The
Grand Old Man of the Pulpit,” died at
his home Friday. ;
A large delegation of farmers, un-
der the auspices of the German Agri-
cultural Society, is going to the
United States in April for a three
months’ tour, studying American agri-
cultural methods.
Colonial Secretary Chlamberlain
and Mrs. Chamberlain sailed for
South Africa on the cruiser Good
Hope from Portsmouth. They were
bidden farewell at the railway sta-
tion by a large party of friends.
The German steamer Acli, from Bal-
timore for Hamburg, which passed
Seilly island November 28, signaled
that she had on board the crew of the
abandoned British brig Blenheim,
from Cadiz August 23, for Cape Cove.
REdward F, Croker, chief of the fire
department, of New York, and nephew
of Richard Croker, was dismissed by
Commissioner Sturgiss after a trial
on charges of failure to enforce the
law for properly safeguarding the
Park Avenue hotel and other charges.
Work at the quays at Marseilles,
France, is at a standstill, owing to
the stnike of the stokers, and 39
steamers lie deserted at their docks.
Crews of steamers which have arriv-
ed at various ports of France from
Marseilles have left their ships in
sympathy.
The British award in the boundary
arbitration between Chile and Argen-
tina consists of a compromise be-
tween the claims of the two coun-
tries. The area in dispute amounted
to about 58,374 square miles. The
award gives Chile about 33,534 and
Argentina about 24,840 square miles.
The Czar of Russia has conferred
the grand cordon of the Saint Alex-
ander Newysky Order on Ambassa-
dor Tower, and the French govern-
ment has made Mr, Tower a grand
officer of the Legion of Honor for his
book on the “Marquis of Lafayette in
the American Revolution.”
President Castro, of Venezuela, in
an interview said that after their de-
feat at La Victoria Matos the revolu-
tionists would nct venture to renew
the struggle. He declared that the
government would be magnanimous
to the insurgents, and added that he
would proclaim peace by January 1.
A dispatch received by Minister of
State Perdomo at Panama announces
that all the political prisoners at
Pogota have been sel free, and that
Gererals Vargas, Santos and Focio
Sota, respectively supreme war direc-
tor and sub-war director of the revo-
lution, have accepted the terms of
the amnesty decree.
Twenty-five Waziris killed,
taken prisoners, two wounded, 59
towers and three villages destroyed,
6,000 head of cattle and 68 guns cap-
tured is the net result of the British
expedition recenlly sent against the
rebellicug tribesmen of British India.
The effect of this punishment upon
the offending tribes is caid to have
been salutary. :
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The admiralty at
England, handed down a = decision
holding the North Lloyd
Liner Kronprinz Wilhelm entirely to
blame for her collision with
steamer Robert Inghem during a fog
conrt London,
Fermin
tha
in ihe English channel last month.
The court ; the Kronprinz was
going at e sive speed at the tima
the collision occurred.