NUTIVES WILLING 10 SURRENDER. RESTRAINED BY OFFICERS. Powerful General Quite AgulneldoMen and Women Returning to Maloloe Carrying White Flags Report From Two Priests, Most of the Americans are becoming convinced thnt the backbone of the In surgents opposition la broken. There are numerous rumors pointing to an early collapse of the Insurrection. One of these la that Clcn. Plo del Tllar, the best fighter among the Filipino of tV'cra, will desert Agulnnldo nnd give his support to the Americana. Time alone will allow how much there la In thla theory: but. aa against It, It must be borne In mind that the Ppnnlnnls In nil their domination of the l'hlllpplnea, never gave the In liahllanta a demonstration of power comparable In effectiveness to that Blven them by the I'nltcd States. A priest ami two member of the ao colled Filipino congress, who hid themselvea In the woods during the lighting when preceded the capture Malolos have returned there and de clared that 2.110 of the Filipino sol dlera were anxlotia to give up lighting and would do so but for their olllcers, who keep them under arms. The whote country between Malolos nnd Cnloncnn la now full of women, children nnd old people, who are re turning to their homes, carrying white flags. The Americana are trying to gain the confidence of the Inhabitants by proving to them thnt, If they will return and attend to their ordlnnry work peacefully, no harm will befall them. Two hundred and tlfty civilians enme bark to their homes In Malolos last evening. Two thousand women and children, with n sprinkling of un armed men, supposed to be warriors, came to the outskirts of Mnloloa on the aea side of the city and afterward sneaked away, carrying all the goods they could. Malolos. which was considered Agulnnldu's stronghold and where the Americans expected to encounter the greatest difficulty wus taken by MaJ. Gen. McArthur's division last Thurs day. Agulnaldo and his so-called In surgent government were put to lllght nnd have now established themselves farther north. The rebels burned Malolos before they evacuated It. The advance on Malolos began Thursday morning at 2 o'clock, and covered a distance of about two and a half miles beyond the Gulgulnto liver, along the railroad. The brunt of the battle was on the right of the track, where the enemy was apparently con centrated. The First Nebraska, First Bouth Da kota and Tenth Pennsylvania regi ments encountered tl.ein entrenched on the border of the woods, and the Americans, advancing across the open, suffered a terrific fire for half an hour. Four men of the Nebraska regiment were killed and 80 wounded. "Ten men of the Dakota regiment were wounded, and one of the Pennsylvania men was killed. The Americans flnnlly drove the Filipinos back. Although there were three lines of strong entrenchments along the track, the enemy made scarcely any defense there. General McArthur and his HtafC were walking on fhe track abreast of the line, with everything quiet, when suddenly they received a shower of bullets from sharpshooters In trees and on house tops, but these were speedily dis lodged. The enemy's loss wns apparently small, the jungle affording them such protection that the Americans were unable to see them, and In firing were guided only by the sound of the Fili pino shots. The American artillery was handicapped for the same reason. The provision train was delayed by broken bridges, but the stores of grain and flocks of ducks In the locality furnished ample forage. The hospital work Is remarkably clllrlent, as it has been throughout the whole campaign. The telegraphers keep abreast of the line and maintain a constant connec tion with the city. The American Hag was raised over Malolos Friday morning. The Kansas regiment and the Montana regiment, on entering the city, found It deserted, thn presidencla burning and the rebels retreutlng toward the mountains In a Btate of terror. The following list of casualties re ceived from (len. Otis shows these members of the Tenth Pennsylvania were killed and wounded March 29: Nalcl Stevens, Company I; Frederick Genuine, Company I: Hert F. Am brust. Company I; First Hergt. Augus tus Kemaley, Company I; Sergt. ('has. W. Ashcraft, Company C; Private Wil liam D. Lewis; James Novrckr, Com pany D: Richard Baer, Company E; George A. Taylor, Company H; Solo mon Rush, Company K; Private Wil liam Monglehart; Koy . J, D. Knox, Company E. She Had Distributed Millions. Baroness Hlrach, wife ojt the) late Baron Hirsch, the Hebrew philantro pist, died last Sunday at Paris. She bad been 111 for some days. Baroness Htrsch took up her hus band's work of benevolence at his death. The vast fortune of the Haron estimated at fl25.0O0.00a, was at her command, and from thla she gave liberally, her charities In Paris alone amounting to 11,600,000. Millions were Riven to promote the welfare of He brews throughout the world, and the Baroness recently gave $20,000,000 to Hebrew colonization enterprises In which she was much Interested. IS UNION THERE 1SSTREXTH. Hoop and tie mills' men are planning a combine. The sewer pipe trust Is complete. Capital stock $25,000,000. A $25,000,000 combine of manufactur ing Jewelers Is In the air. Safe manufacturers are organising. The proposed capital stock la $10,000, 000. The thrashing machine trust has op tions on the Huber and Marlon plants at Marlon, O. The American Tobacco Company, in order to strengthen Its combination has voted to Increase Its capital stock from 3&,uuv,uuu to siu,uuu,uuu. The Pottery trust Is dead. Over capitalisation caused Investors to lose confidence in the combine. The National Metalllo Roofing Com' cany has filed Its certificate of Incor Deration In the county clerk's office, in East Orange, N. J. The capital of the company la set at $100,000. This amount Is merely nominal, however, and the capital will within a short time be increased to iiz.uuo.ooo. A very Important addition to the corporation law of New Jersey Is that amendment providing that corpora tions may lease their entire properties. franchises and rights to other cor porations upon. ft two-third vote of the I wanumaia, TERSE TELEGRAMS. A monument to Admiral Dewey will be erected at Montpeller, Vermont. Lottie Fowler, once famous as a spirit medium, Is Insane In a New York hospital. During a quarrel over the municipal election at Chicago Paul Lund fatBlly wounded Arthur Iawson, A party of 150 colonists from Penn sylvania are enroute to North Dako ta where they will settle on farm lands, Dnnlel Donovan, a steelworker of Sharon, Pa., and a member of the Twelfth Infantry, wns killed at Ma nila. Thomas P. Dnnnhey, aged 24, rom mltfed suicide by taking poison while In a barber's chair at Pittsburgh Sat urday. Fifteen hundred persons employed at Norton Brothers' tin can works, Chicago, are striking for a 10 per cent. Increase. nev. James Needham. a Melhodlat minister, la dead near Pilot mountain, N. C. He would have been 100 years old May 2. The will of Joaeph Mrdlll. editor of the Chicago Tribune, who died Inst week, bequentha an estate of $2,000,000 to hla wife and family. Two hundred members of a colored Illlnola regiment have filed applications for a pension. They claim that their health was ruined In Cuba. The bottom fell out of a small lake at New Taiewell. Tenn., Inst Thurs day. A slight earthquake caused the disappearance of the water. Prof. John n. Commons, of the Syracuse University, N. Y., has lost his situation, lie was too aggressive In his denunciation of trusts and mono polies. Honolulu Is flooded with bogus sliver quarter dollars, which It Is believed arc made In the United States and for warded here. The counterfeit Is per fect. Kdwln Gilbert, of Pittsburgh, swal lowed a tack a few days ago. He suf fered Intense pain until physicians re moved the tack from the stomach. He will recover. Warren F. Leland. proprietor of the destroyed Windsor hotel, at New York, who was operated upon for ap pendicitis Saturday, Is In a satisfac tory condition. The Illlnola legislature has approved a bill appropriating $50fl.noo for a new Lincoln monument at Springfield, Bl. The old monument Is In a disgraceful state of decay. The Standard Oil Company refuses to produce Its books before the Ohio Supreme Court. "This would be In vio lation of Its rights under the consti tution" says the trust. The Westlnghnuse Company has contracted to supply the Niagara Falls Power Company with several z,-fiOO-horse power transformers, said to lie the largest ever built. Crews of United States warships en gaged In a severe fight at Kingston a few days ago. Two men were serious ly wounded. The controversy was as to who defeated Cervera, Sampson or Schley. Fifteen prominent men of Lake City, S. C, are to be pluced on trail on a charge of lynching Fraser B. Baker, the negro postmaster at thnt place, killing his child nnd burning the post olllce. Governor Poynter, of Nebraska, vetoed the bill commending the First Nebraska regiment for Its brilliant work In the Philippines on the ground that the soldiers are engaged In a war of conquest. Oreenleaf W. Simpson, of Boston, testifies before tho beef court that Commissary General ICagan told him befi'.e the war that experiments were Doing made with preservative pro cesses for the beef. In falling to the bottom of a mine pit 380 feet deep, Peter Mclntyre, of t niontown, pa., caught a wire came when about 50 feet from the bottom. His hands were torn to the bone but his life was saved. Detroit common council appointed the three commissioners under the McLcod law to purchase the street railways for the city. Governor Pln- gree. Carl E. Schmidt and Elliott G Stevenson were chosen. During a storm nt New Castle. Pa., the other night electric wires set lire to the front of the Opera House. A policeman prevented excited people from rushing in ana giving the alarm, thus saving many lives as the theater was crowded. The Are was extln gulshed without disturbing the per formance. Several of the Industrial establish ments at Wilmington, Del., have vol untartly Increased the wages of their employes. The Diamond State Iron Company will Increase puddlers' wages 25 cents per ton, and the Mal able Iron Company announces 5 to 10 per cent In moulders' wages. The Mc Cullough Iron Company will Increase an wages lu pee cent. LOSSES AT MANILA. Compar.sons Between the Santiago and Philip, pine Campaign, It Is at Malolos that It Is expected the American losses In the Philippines wm oe neavteet. Already the cam paign against the Phlllontnos Is begin nlng to assume the proportion of that arouna Santiago. The ofncal dls patches and the records of the Ad' Jutant General's office show that 167 men have been killed and 865 wound ed slnco the beginning of the fighting on February 4. The casualties at San tiago from July 1 to 13 were only 222 men killed and 1,288 wounded. The denth Hat will soon exceed that of the Santiago campaign, as It Is con stantly augmenting. The record, as prepared Wednesday, Is up to and In cluding March it. In the Puerto Rlcan campaign the total casualties were 3 enlisted men killed and 4 officers and 38 enlisted men wounded. In the trenches about Manila, July 30 to August 19, tho total casualties were 17 enlisted men killed 10 officers and 9$ enlisted men wound ed. Alger la Pleased. Secretary Alger, after visiting Gov. Gen. Brooke at his headquarters at Havana, reviewed the troops and visited every part of the camp. He was much pleased with Its cleanliness and the health ol the troops. Tues day evening a reception In his honor was given by Gen. Brooke. All the principal Cuban families and the civil ana military authorities, attended, domes la Disheartened. Governor General Brooke has al most made up his mind to send the $3, 000,000 back to the United States If the Cuban military assembly does not give up the army rolls. In the course of a conversation with an old friend from San Domingo to day. General Gomes said: "I am ready to go home. I am tired of this tangle with the assembly. These people are an ungrateful people. I, who have a wife in San Domingo, have not money enougn vo orina ner nere. SPITE OF GERMRN RESISTANCE. SAMOA BOMBARDED. American and British Offlcere Compel Malasfe and Mia Provisional Government to Re elf nOermany Upheld Him. Mntaafa and hla chiefs until ft few days ago constituted the provisional government of Samoa. But he and his followers continued to defy the treaty laws. Admiral Kauts, of the United States navy then summoned the various conaula and the senior naval ollleera to a conference on board the Philadelphia, when the whole sit uation was carefully canvassed. The upsnot was a resolution to dismiss me provisional government, and Admiral Kauts Issued a proclamation caning upon Matnafa and his chiefs to return to their homes. Matanfa evacuated Mullnuu, the town he had made his headquarters, and went Into the Interior. Herr Hose, the German consul at Apia Issued a proclamation supple menting the one he had Issued several weeks before upholding the provis ional government. As a result of thla the Mntaafaltea assembled In large force nnd hemmed In the town. The British cruiser Royalist brought the Malietoa prisoners from the Is lands to which they had been trans ferred by the provisional government. The Americans then fortified aiui- Inuu, where 22.000 Mnlietonna took re fuge. The rebels the adherents or Mataafa barricaded the roads within the municipality and seized tho Brit ish houses. An ultlmntum was then sent to them, ordering them to evacuate and threatening them, In the event of re fusal, with a bombardment, to com mence at 1 o'clock on the afternoon of March 15. This was Ignored and the rebels commenced an attack In the direction of the United States and British consulates about half an hour before the time fixed for the bombard ment. The Philadelphia and the Brl- tlsn cruisers Porpoise and itoyausi opened fire upon the distant villages. There was great difficulty In locating the enemy, owing to the dense wrest; but several shore villages were soon in flames. During the night the rebels made a hot attack on the town killing three British sailors. A British marine was shot In the leg by a sentry of his own party, another was shot In the foot and an American sentry was killed at his post. The Porpoise has shelled the villages east and west of Apia and captured many boats.- The American and British are fight ing splendidly together, but there Is a bitter reeling against the Oermans. The news from Samoa that the Unit ed States cruiser Philadelphia and the Hrltlsn cruisers Porpoise and Hoyausi had bombarded the towns held by Mat anfa, who has thus far had the of ficial support of the German govern ment, came with startling suddenness to officials at Washington, and dis placed for the time being the attention given to the fighting around Manila. The shelling of Matnafa was looked upon as or secondary Importance, but the deepest Interest attached to the at titude of the Oermon governmen. The real crisis from an Inernatlonal stnndpolnt occurred Inst week, when this npprehended outbreak was dis cussed. Although relations were greatly strained. It was possible to se cure an understanding which Is said to mnko sure thnt the outbreak now reported will not cause a rupture In the relations between the United States and Germany, or between Great Britain and Germany. A modus vlvendl for the settlement of the Snmnan troubles has been pro posed and la now under favorable consideration by the three govern ments concerned. It contemplates the creation of a point high commission, consisting of one member from each country, to pass upon the recent clash of authority and resulting disorder. The proposition. It Is understood, wns put forward by Germany and Is the second one submitted for a settlement of the entire question. A COSTLY CHANGE. Russia to Purchase New Arms Before the Peace Conlerence Meete. Russln has practically resolved to supply all her artillery with a new quick-firing gun, the principle of which Is slmllnr to the French weapon. It Is stutcd that a battery has already been ordered from a French firm, though guns of other patterns will be tried. Russia Is proceeding In the matter with unusual haste, her reason, it Is believed, being her desire to decide what gun shall be used, and then to order them within two months, so that If any question Is raised at the pence conference It may be said that the order has been placed and cannot be withdrawn. The proposal has been under discussion for a long time. The chief obstacle to carrying It out has been a lack of money. It la eatlmnted that the cost of the change will be $40, 000,000. Increase In Rscslpts and Expenses. The receipts from customs during March amounted to $20,933,436; from Internal revenue, $2,671,107, und from miscellaneous sources, $13,425,696. This Is an Increase In customs, as com pared with March; 1898, of about $5, 500,000; Internal revenue, $9,783,000, and from miscellaneous sources of nearly $9,000,000. The total receipts during the nine months of the present fiscal year were $382,444,427, and the dlsbursmeents $467,502,303. This Is an Increase in the receipts, as compared with the same period last year, of nearly $75,000,000 and an Increase in the disbursements of $164,122,000. CUR XEW POSSESSIONS. The United States transport Cone- maugh arrived at Honolulu on Mon day, March 20, with 300 mules. Hunger Is playing havoo with the Filipinos. When captured the first thing they do Is to plead for food. A plan, of education, encouraging the Idea of annexation among the Cu bans has been started in the Islands. General Otis cabled that It will be impossible to send heme bodies of soldiers killed In the Philippines for six months yet. MaJ. Gen. Lee Is much affected by the breaking up of the Seventh army corps. He will not say goodbye to de parting regiments. Seven Filipinos were killed In a skir mish with the North Dakota regl ment near the Manila water works Saturday. Agulnaldo'a army was re ported to have broken up in wander ing bands. Princess Kalulanl, of Honolulu, left no will. Most of ner estate consisted of lands In which she had only a life interest. These now revert to Liliuo kalanl and a few pieces to the dow ager. Queen Kanlolanl. She had an annuity of $2,000 from the republic of Hawaii. STRUCK THE ROCKS. English Steamer Pounders and Seventy Lives Art Lost. The passenger steamer Stella, ply ing between Southampton and the Channel ialanda, craahed upon the dreaded Casquet rocks, near the Island of Alderney, Friday afternoon In a dense fog and foundered In ten min utes, her boilers exploding with a tre mendous report as she went down. In spite of this, It la anld, there waa no panic on bonrd. The cnaatlng steamer Lynx, which brought the news of the disaster picked up four boats and forty persona belonging to the Stella. According to the lnteat eatlmntea of tho nfllclnla of the London Botith weatern Hallway Company not more than seventy persons were drowned out of the 220 on board the Stella when she struck on the rocka. Other re porta, however, place the number drowned much higher. The second officer of the steamer, who was among those rescued, says thnt a collapsible boat waa launched full of people, but he thinks she struck on the rocks, owing to the fog. Another steamer has picked up a boat containing fifty-five .persons, In cluding twenty women, who escaped from the wrecked ateamer. The Stella, which belonga to the Lon don ft Southwestern Railway Com pany, left Southampton conveying the first dnyllght excursion of the season to the Channel Islnnds. There were about 185 passengers on board and the crew numbered 85 men. The weather was foggy, but all went well until the afternoon, when the fog became most dense. At 4 o'clock the Casquet rocka sud denly loomed out of the fog bank and the steamer almnat Immediately after wards struck amidships. The cap tain, seeing that the Stella wns fust sinking, ordered the life-boats to be launched. His Instructions were car ried out with the utmost celerity and the women and children were em barked lu the boats. Then the captain ordered the men to look after them selves. A survivor named Bush, states thnt lie and 25 others put off from the Stella In a small boat. The sea was calm, but there was a big swirl around the rocks. When this boat was a short distance away from the wreck the boilers of the Stella burst with a ter rific explosion nnd the vessel disap- 1 penred stern foremost In the sea. The Inst thing Bush saw was the figure of the captain of the Stella standing calmly on the bridge and giv ing his Inst Instructions. The captain perished with his vessel, owing to the suction caused by the sinking steamer, being very great. WOUNDED MURDERER LYNCHED. His Bullets Did Not Hit Hi Intended Victim But Her Aunt. Henry Sanderson, who murdered Mrs. Fleischer at Mavetta, Kan., Sun day, wns lynched near Holton Wed nesday morning, Sanderson attempt ed to shoot his sweetheart, Myrtle Fleischer, for refusing to receive his attentions, but struck her aunt, Mrs. John Fleischer, who died Tuesday nignt. Sanderson was brought to Holton Sunday night and pluced In a room In J. Horr's restaurant Instead of being taken to jnll. as he was suffering from an accidental gunshot wound Inflicted by himself. Sheriff Haas placed no guard over hlin except an unarmed attendant to look after his wound. At 2 o'clock Wednesday morning the mob aroused the proprietor of the restaurant and covered him with re volvers. The door of the room where the prisoner was confined was kicked open, and Sanderson, stupid from the effects of morphine, was bundled up in bed clothes and placed in a larm wagon. Leaving a guard over the restaurant keeper and attendant, the mob drove to a high bridge which crosses Banner creek. Here they bound Sanderson hand and foot, tied a stout rope about his neck, and pushed him off the bridge. Ills neck was broken by the fall. The little band then went home as quietly as It had come. The lynchers were not masked, and made no effort to conceal their Identity. A BIO BRIBE. A Representative of Delaware Now Under Arrest on a Serious Charge. Mark L, Davis, of Milford, a Union Republican representative In the De laware Legislature, had a hearing at Dover, Del., last Tuesday on the charge of attempting to bribe Repre sentative Francis H. Lattomus. a re gulnr Republican member of New Castle county, to vote for J. Edward Addlcka for United States Senator. Representative Lnttomus testified that Representative Davis told him In the latter part of February that a mortgage on his (Lattomus') farm for $5,000 would be paid off If the latter would vote for Addlcka. He said Davis told him the money could be paid to his wife, Defendant's attorney made no plea and offered no evidence and Davis was held In $1,000 ball for trial at the April term of court. The bribery committee of the Penn sylvania legislature Is unearthing some sensational testimony. Repre sentatlve Brown declares that he was offered $300 to vote for ex-senator Quay. Representative Kendall stated that he was offered $5,000 If he would vote for the ex-senator. Groom Receives Finsncial Encouragemsnt. William K. Vanderbllt has dupli cated his wedding present to his daughter, Consuelo, Duchess of Marl borough, for his son, William K. Van derbllt, Jr. Securities amounting In value to $10,000,000 have been turned over to the young man by his father. Miss Virginia Fair, the bride-to-be, la said to have $5,000,000 In her own right. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. Vice President Hobart is still kept to his house by grip. Ex-Secretary Sherman is continuing to improve. Thus far tho President has decided that there Is no need for additional troops In the Philippines and no more volunteers win De cauea tor. Word was received at Washington Wednesday, that Private J. O. Cllne. of Co. H. Tenth Pennsylvania, was killed In battle with the Filipinos last Monday. It waa reiterated Monday by two members of the cabinet that no con alderatlon will be paid to any proposl tlon for money for the Cuban army outside of the $3,000,000 fund now awaiting acceptance, and, furthermore it Is hinted that If too much trouble and deliberate delay occur preliminary to that amount being turned over to the Cubans that $3,000,000 may be with drawn. The monthly statement of the pi'bllo debt shows that at the close of bits! ness March 31, the debt, less cash In the treasury, amounted to $1,149,505, 563, which Is a decrease during the month, of $8.3l.82&. IN SPANISH METHODS. Pereont May be Imprisoned for Life Without Knowing Upon What Charge-Court Clerks Insert Alleged Testimony. Having disposed of the clamoring Cuban soldiers and quieted the ob noxious Cuban assembly, Gov. Brooke now Intends to claim the Judiciary. To-day, as under the Spanish regime, bribery and fraud elltect the Cubnn courts. Thla Is the firm con- vlcton of the military administration. Gov. Gen. Brooke Is taking the matter up and Intends to clean out the ctir- uptlon, to revise the Judicial pro cedure, to change the court personnel nnd to nhnllsh the bnrbnrnus, prnctlce of Incomtinlcado, by which a Judge may Imprison for life a person Ignor ant of the nccusntlon against him and of the names of his accusers. It la true thnt the statutes allow only three dnys' detention lncomunl endo, but ft Judge, under the practice that tins grown up, may make a new commitment at the expiration of the third clay; another at the expiration of the sixth, and so on without limit. More than this, the evidence In criminal cnuses la taken by clerka, who, for a consideration, write Into the testimony things never uttered, thus often making the best friends of the accused appear to condemn him. Apparently the whole criminal and civil systems have been arnnged so a to make It easy to buy and sell Jus tice. Stindny nfternon a slight conflict oc curred nt La Machlna wharf between the police and some marines and aall nra of the Resolute. The appearance of Gen. Ludlow nnd the police reserve quelled the disturbance. It la asserted that the ninrlnea were more or less Intoxicated, .that one of them rnlsed a row, that the police Interfered, and that, thereupon, the companions of the Intoxicated marine Bet upon the police. Several shots were fired before the arrival of the military governor and the police reserve under Chief Menoncal. The marlnesreturned to tne Resolute and It was reported at head quarters thla evening that one pollce mnn wna wounded In the affray. The Island government, aa adminis tered by the United States military authorities, has yielded for the first quarter 1,1, .,00,000 as customs receipts. Of this amount $2,100,000 has been spent, the city of Hnvana getting $1,- lno.OOO and the city of Santiago $259,- 000. Each provincial governor received all he asked. Spanish silver and especially gold, are going abroad, so that Cuba's treasury keeps out of circulation from 10 to 15 per cent of the currency In the island. Silver Is appreciating; worth 53 cents during the blockade. It has now risen to 83 on the basis of the local value of the centen, $5 29. SUICIDE OP A REAR ADMIRAL. Charles Csrroll Csrpenter While Insane Takes His Life. Rear Admiral Charles Carroll Car penter. IT. S. N., retired, aged 64 years. committed suicide at the Adams Ner vine Hospital Sanitarium. Jamaica Plains, a few days ago by shooting himself with a revolver. In 1SR4, while Admiral Carprmtrr was In commnnd of the United States ship Hartford on the Paciflo coast, he had a severe and protracted Illness. Pine then he has been subject to periods of nervous prostration that demanded complete rest. He was suffering from one of these attacks and was under going treatment when he took his life. There Is ample ground for the belief that he was partially Insane. Admiral Carpenter, although retired, was called Into service during the war with Spain and plnced In command of the Portsmouth navy yard, where tha Spnnlsh prisoners were confined on Seavey's Island. CHAPLAINS FOR FIREMEN. Ministers Will Go to New York Fires to Attend the Dying and Injured. Fire Commissioner Scnnnell, of New York, has appointed the Rev. Wm. Smith and the Rev. James LeBaron Johnson chaplains of the fire depart ment with the rank of battalion chief. Mr. Johnson Is an assistant to the Rev. Dr. Huntington, of Grace church. Mr. Smith is a member of the order of the Fathers of Mercy. The fire department never before had chaplains. The commissioner was moved to create the office In conse quence of the Windsor hotel fire, where several firemen were injured. The chaplains will not have any salary. They will be expected to go to all large tires where there Is a pro bability of firemen or other people be ing Injured, so as to give religious consolation to those desiring It. They will wear a uniform according to their rank, and will have a fire alarm In their residences, so that they may promptly go to big fires. Innocent Wife In Prison for Murder. Ttia Vnnaaa Pltv "Rtnr' WanA.-., nrlnted n ntorv resrardlna tha a -.,. of a remarkable gang of Kansas crim inals wno nave ror years lived by means of robbery and murder. One Is believed to be the murderer of Jo seph New, or which crime New's wife nnd George H. Dobbs are now serving llf ... .... r. n- A 1 1'ln 1 ? n ! I r, -. Ing an elght-yeng sentence in the Kan- Hda nr., j .... H lHI I , and "Bill" Turner were the murderers . . H T Ann, ,,.., . r. . . n 1 I UL icw. . "ccnin .nut. nit-jr I itiisjjirtflj good, according to Ballard, even went Bu mi . " . ' j ... w .tic Jul J which convicted them. CABLE FLASHES. Spain will pay the April Interest on the cuoan aeoi. Russia will never agree to dividing cnina amon mo ruwen ana will op pose the move with all her strength. The lower house of the Danish leg islature has voted a credit to send a warship to demand a port from China. British sailors from the royal saua- dron which accompanied the queen to Rivera were set upon by French Bailors at Vlllefranche and compelled to swim oir to tneir snip. The French painter. Atme Morot from his experiences in Abyssinia. predicts that It will not be long before French control is lost thtre, the Eng IUh succeeding to the territory. The diary of an Englishwoman who was In Manila during the first attack by the rebels says that several times during Januury the residences had packed up their valuables to flee. It Is announced that the deficit In the British budget, which has occa sioned so much controversy and com ment will on the final showing prove to be less than 1.000,000, Instead of 6,000,000, as was stated. This means that an Increase In taxes will not be reuulred. SIXTY LIVES LOST. The Rowena Lea Bsptodee Opposite Tyler. Mo. The Captain and Or e of the Craw Res cuedShe Bsnk Very Rapidly. TheLee liner Rowena Lee, with 81 passengers on board, besides her crew, exploded opposite Tyler, Mo., last Wednesday afternoon, and sank In midstream In 70 feet of water. Bhe had Just backed out from the landing and headed clown stream when, as If by an explosion from underneath, shej seemed to raise slightly In the middle and broke In two, both ends plunging forward and sinking from view In stnntly. All on board perished except Captain George Cawellson and one mate. Aa reported there were about W people aboard, among whom were M. C. Lewis, traveling freight agent of the Lee line, and R. Humphrey, general agent for the Chicago Mill end Lum ber Company, of Cairo. The cause of the disaster cannot be obtained. The steamer left Cairo with 18 pas sengers aboard bound for Memphis. At Carutheravllle, Mo., ahe took aboard 15 more passengers. She made the next landing at Tyler, Mo., and backed Into midstream from Tyler to proceed on her Journey. The steamer had Just reached the middle of the river when she suddenly stopped and lurched as If a snag had been struck. The next moment the boat parted In the middle, a volume of steam and debris arose and the de tonation of an explosion thundered over the water. The steamer Im mediately sank with all on board but the captain and one of the crew. They clung to wreckage and were saved by boats. She was manned by the follow ing crew: Cnptaln.Oeorge Cawellson; first clerk L. K. Booker; second clerk, Gus Mit chell; third clerk, Sam Lewis; pilots, Sid Smith and E. Banks; mates John Crasty and Patrick Flanagan; en gineers, Albert Calder and Frank Stull; steward, George W. Todd; mall clerk, M. T. Kell. Most of the crew live In Memphis. The names of her passengers cannot be learned. The boat was the property or the Lees' at Memphis. Tyler is 125 miles below Cairo. The Rowena Lee was owned by the Lee line of Memphis and was one of the best passenger steamers In tha Mississippi river trade. WITHOUT WIRES. Lcndon Psper Prints a Dltpa'ch Flashed Through tha Air. Gugllelmo Marconi, the inventor, who recently, after long delay, obtain ed permission from the French govern ment to estnhlish a station on tne French coast for the purpose of experi menting with wireless telegraphy be tween England and France, announc ed thnt he hns conducted successful experiments between the South Fore land, county of Kent, and Boulogne, at the mouth of the Llnnne. The Times Wednesday morning prints a hundred word dispatch, the first press message by the Marconi system of wireless telegraphy, describ ing the experiment between the Bouth torelnnd Boulogne. Tho experiments were conducted with the Morse code which was read as distinctly as If the termini had been connected by wires. TEN THOUSAND DEAD. Filipinos Have Suffered Oreat Losses Since tha American Aggression. Lieut. William Braunersreuther, executive ofllcer of the Charleston, whose exploit In making the bloodless capture of the Lndrone islands last summer will be recalled, writes an In teresting letter from Manila. He Is now captain of the port at Mvinlla, and has under him some 600 native Flll plnna, whom he finds It Is easy to con trol. Speaking of the natives he says: "Thousands of these are dead (cre mated and hurled), and the hospitals are tilled with the wounded, many of whim will never recover. They have lost In and about here over 10.000 men. Our loss hns been less than 100 men; to he exact, 08 oflieers and men killed, and 273 wounded. AN ENGLISH SUBJECT. The Lsr.d Thst Cava Him Birth and Wealth Renounced by Astor. William Waldorf Astor, owner of the London "Pall Mall Oazette," when he arrived at New York last Thursday, In answer to the customs officers, de scribed himself as a foreigner and a resident of Great Britain. He is ac-, companled by his sons, Waldorf and John, and his daughter, Pauline. Mr. Astor and his family oecupled six state rooms on the Majestic, and had also a private sitting room on the upper deck. This kept the family aloof from the other 300 saloon passengers on the Majestic during the voyage. Astor made the voyage for his health, and In a week expects to be on his way back to England. Edison to Take Part. ' An Important corporation has Just been organized under Canadian and New York auspices, to exploit to the world at the Paris exposition a perfect representation of life and work In the Yukon territory, Including all phases of mining by men direct from the Klondike. An exact counterpart will be built representing a portion of the main street of Dawson. There will be Indian villages, dog teams, together with moving pictures, the latter to be the result of an entire new machine which Thomas A. Edison Is now con structing. Gift oi 3,ooo,ooo. Sir William McDonald, tho million aire tobacco manufacturer, of Mon treal, has made another munificent donation, said to be $300,000 to the Mc Gill university. The school of mining benefits, and the gift is large enough to provide the services of a lecturer, a demonstrator, and assistant and a complete staff of mechanics, which, with his recent endowment of the pro fessional chair, gives that department a complete staff. The total amount of Sir .William's gifts to McGU) univer sity exceeds $3,000.000. Her Lover Killed at Malolos. Miss Mary Wilson, a young society woman of Augusta, Kan., committed suicide upon learning that Alva Dlx. her lover, had been killed on the bat tlefield of Malolos, Philippine Islands. Alva Dlx was a private in Company G, Twentieth Kansas volunteers. Be fore he enlisted to tight for his country against Spain he waa a prosperous farmer In Wilson county, and one of the most ropular young men of hla neighborhood. The young people wereV to have been murrled In June. Spain's Ounboata Purchased. The following cablegram was re ceived by the war department on Murch 18 from Gen. Otis. "Have pur chased all gunboats In Philippines of Spain, thirteen In number, now at Zamboanga. Halt are In serviceable condition. Payment In cash from pub lic funds upon delivery at Manila,
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