i ms ripped open bhbeiw. PASSENGERS ESCAPE. Tut Rrmovt jso Ptraon From tht Bteamtr A Bhort Dlster.ce Away List tht Wreck el tht Mohtgtn. Three hundred nnd eighty passen gers on the American Line utenmer Paris trembled with terror lant Bun day morning ns the Knot steamer struck the rocks five miles from Fal mouth. Englnnd. The accident oc eurred a short distance troin where the wreck of the Mohigan lien, and the remembrance of the dlsnBtcr (ltd not make the passengers overconfident of escaping. The Paris nailed from Southampton Saturday evenltiK. In a dense fog and at high tide she run ashore at 1 o'clock Sundny morning. The first Intimation of the vessel's striking the rocks wan a slight grat ing sound, which V" followed by a Record and more pronounced shock. The lookout shouted that there n.i something looming ahead, but before there wns time to revcrii the englneii the ship had gone on the rocks, 200 yards from the shore. Assistance Was summoned by means of rockets, and the const gunnls promptly telephoned to the life-saving station for bants. A majority nf the pnssongers were not aware ih.it an accident had hap pened unCi they were called up by the stewards. On reaching the deck they found the ship's boats In perfect rciull liess for th.-dr reception. The sea was perfectly calm. Owing to the cnlm tiess of the sea the boats could be man eged with entire safety. Perfect order prevailed aboard the vessel, Copt. Wntklns stixid on the bridge, giving orders, and his perfect sclf-poHxesHlon and calmness of de meanor had a, reassuring effect upon the passengers. In accordance with the Instructions of the captain, the women and children were the first to be taken off the ship. Such perfect order was maintained that a passen ger described the scene as simply a slow procession of women . .and chil dren walking In single tile to the boats. All the passengers were transferred to the tug Dragon, but beyond the clothe" they wore they took nothing with them. They wtre loaded at Fal mouth, the local agents of the Ameri can line meeting them and providing them at the various hotels and the sailors' home. Happily, the sea was smooth and there was no wind, otherwise there would have been a different tale to tell. Henry Wilding, managing agent of the line, who arrived from Southamp ton Monday by special train, to ar range for the transportation of the passengers, snld: "I have had no op portunity to Inquire ns to the facts, nnd certainly have no theories to in dulge, t'apt. Wntklns Is one of the most trustworthy officers on the At lantic, and I must await the results of th Investigation before passing nny Judgment." Mondny the Paris lies In m"-u e same position as when she struck ier bow being about l."0 yards from the shore and her stern about 200. Almost In a direct line and about a mile ahead lies the wreck of the Molregan. Just outside the bows of the Palis is a great raged rock, and a ridge of rocks projects into the water 10 yards ahead. There is about IS feet of water In the three forward compartments, but the engines are apparently unharmed. H has been decided to nwnlt special salvage apparatus, and after lighten ing the vessel It Is hoped by means of the tide to set her alloat in a few days. BETTER THAN BANQUETS. The Entirt Nation May Subscribe to a Homt lor Admiral Dtway. T. A. Vanderllp, assistant secretary of the treasury, who has accepted the chairmanship of the notional com mittee to receive subscriptions for the erection of a fine residence here tor Admiral Dewey, talks most enthusias tically of the movement. United States Treasurer Roberts will receive the funds. Many other prominent government officials are on the com mittee and governors of states will be asked likewise to serve. The Idea Is to let everyone subscribe who cares to, and when the property Is eventually turned over to the hero of Manila the name of every subscri ber, large and small, is to be placed in the deed of conveyance. Mr. Vander llp suggests, that It will be much more appropriate for the admirers of Dewey to build him a home In Washington . than to give him banquets and parades, the banquets as a rule producing headaches the next morning. y President Will Wslcomt the Soldiers, It Is the intention of President Mc Klnley tc be In the western states at the time of the return of the volunteers who have done herolo service in the Philippines. It Is expected that the necessity for the retention of the vol unteers in the Island of Luion will not exist much longer, and when tht vol , unteers reach their native states for muster out Mr. McKinley hopes to be ' there to greet and honor them. If the trip to the West already planned should not occur when the volunteers are re ' turning, another Journey will be made to carry out this purpose. DISCOVERED ON A MOUNTAIN, Explorer Witneaeea Cann baliem by a Newly Discovered Race. The steamship Empress of India ar rived from the orient a few days ago. bringing news of the ascent for the first time of Mount Morrison, the highest mountain in Formosa, by Stoepel, the explorer of the peak nf Orizaba, in Mexico. Many previous attempts had failed. Stoepel says the heat was terrific and he narrowly escaped death from wild animals and men. He found on the mountain a strange tribe of man eaters hitherto unknown to exist. The people are apparently Ma'ayan In origin and distinct from any known race, They nave never communicated with the Chinese. They are skull hunters, and cannibalism was actually witness ed by Stoepel, who saw the progress of a feast while biding close by in the underbrush. American F rm Charged With Treason. A Berlin dispatch to the New York StaaU Zultung says word has been re ceived from Hong Kong that the mem bers of the American Arm of Spitsel & Co.. at Hong Kong, have suddenly left the city upon It being discovered they were supplying Agulnalda with arms and ammunition. , ' Bins r( Tranaport be lei y Moored. With a serious leak and all her pumpt going the United Btatee transport Meade, with the Nineteenth United Htates infantry on board, returned t Ponce. P. C Wednesday morning fur repairs. TERSE TELEGRAMS. t400,ono worth of lumber was des troyed by fire at Chicago last Thurs day. An expedition left the coast of Greenland last Sunday In search of i or, a mi roe. Pnnll shells In large duantltles fell during a storm at McKeesport, Pa., Inst Wednesday. An unknown Pittsburgh has present ed the American University at Wash ington with $00,000. The Cumberland Presbyterian Gen eral assembly has decided to meet next year at Chattanooga. Police Sergeant Pnssau, of Washing ton, was shot and killed last Thurs day by a negro whom he was trying to arrest. Holier! Wnodhrldge. who was secret ory to President McKinley while he was In congress died at Denver last. Thursday. Rev. Robert F. Sample, of New York, was elected moderator of the reshytcrlan assembly now In session at Minneapolis. The vnpltnl of the new Cnrneglc company will be $,."ii,ino.cio. It will be a distinctly Imme concern, using n Pennsylvania charter. There are Indications of a fight on the antl-Rohrts resolution to be re ported to the Cumberland Presbyteri an General Assembly. The schooner flange was sunk In Lake File bv a collision with the steamer Fresquo Isle. The crew of eight men was taken off. Frank Campbell, residing at West Alexandria, near Dayton, o.. last Thursday, killed his wife nnd s ster-ln- law and then committed suicide. Women held a mass-meeting at tins- ton a few clays ago to protest against Southern lynching. They favored mili tary protection for the negroes. Edward Oswald, In Jail at Camden, N. J. for wife murder, failed In an at tempt at suicide by piercing about the region of the heart with a nei-dle. Admiral Dewey says that If he were 0 years younaer and had political as pirations he would return by way of San Frnnclsoo and cross the continent. During a storm at Flttshurg last Wednesday, lightning upset the bed in which Peter l.otowskl nnd wife were sleeping. Their child was not awaken ed. After n pastorate of 43 years Dr. Ed ward Everett Hale resigned the pulpit of the South Congregational Church of Hoston, saying he is too old for active service. Wilson Wnddlngham. who died sud denly in New York Thursday was the largest landowner In the United States. owning in Mexico alone nearly 2,000,00 acres. The Texas limited southbound on the Iron Mountain & Southern wns derail ed at Tli Top, Mo.. Monday. The fire man was killed and several persons In jured. Several hundred Rnptlsts spent Sun day at Salt Lake City on their way to attend the anniversaries of the various missionary societies on the Paclllo coast at San Francisco. Seventeen companies to operate au tomobiles In ns many different States were Incorporated in New Jersey last week. They are backed by the Whitney-Wldener-Elklns syndicate. Roosevelt's Rough Riders, led by Colonel Roosevelt In person, may be one of the features of the parade at the laying of the corner stone of Chi cago's new ORioffice building on Oc tober 2. Dr. Chnrles S. Murray, of Sewlckley, Pa., who shot his father's negro butler, John Jennings, was found guilty of murder In the second degree and sen tenced to four years In the penltentl- ry. Edward Selleck lost his position as paymnster In the office of Collector of New York two months ago. He brood ed over his loss nnd Sunday committed suicide. For thirteen years not one penny of the $19,000,000 that had passed through his hands had been lost. He was removed by jealous politicians. In a letter to the Presbyterian gen eral assembly now meelng at Min neapolis. Prof. A. C. MoGlffert, the al leged heretic, declared he would not withdraw from the church, and re pudiated what he termed the false construction put upon passages In his book, "A History of Christianity In the Apostolic Age." OLD AOS CHALLENOED. Lymphatic Fluid of Goata Bald to Freeerve Youth. A dscovery wheh. It Is claimed, solves the problem of circumverenting old age has just been made public by Profs. Joseph R. Hawley and Alex C. Wiener, of the Chicago clinical school. The return to youth, It is asserted. Is pro duced by hypodermic Injections of the lymphatic fluid of animals, particularly young goats. The discovery was made a year ago and subsequent secret dem onstrations of its efficacy are asserted. The general theory of the discovery Is that, if the mineral deposits which accumulate in the bones In the proo.-as of life can be replaced with the "life cells" contained In the lymphatio glands of goats, deterioration of the bones will be prevented and elasticity and youth will be retained in the sys tem much longer. Reproved tht Preacher. Calumet, Mich., Is excited over a sermon delivered by Rev. H. C. Hun ter at the First Congregational church Sunday. Rev. Hunter took occasion to criticise the national administration for its Philippine policy and Its course during the Spanish war. ' Charles Toinma, a volunteer In the Thirty-fourth Michigan, was in the uudlence und he Interrupted the pas tor. suylug: "Any man who talks like tliut is a traitor to his country and to his flag, and I refuse to listen to him. ' He then left the church. Wataon Ball to Relieve Dewey. Rear Admiral John C. Watson, who will relieve Admiral Dewey In com mand of the Asiatic station, Wednes day retired from command of the Mara Island navy yard, which he formally turned over to Rear Admiral KempfY, Admiral Watson sailed the same day for the Orient on the City of Pekin, ac- com pained by nis personal staff, Lieut enants Snowden and Marble. Germane Wert Treated With Respect. Advices hava been received at Wash ington from Apia, by way of Germany, proving that Kauti, the American ad miral, and the Americans in general. have acted with marked consideration and courtesy toward tha Germans In Samoa. The Americans readily grant ed passports to every reputablo Her man, as far as the American lines were concerned. Admiral Kauts caused an order to let all Oerman officials and men In uniform pass tha lines at any time without subjecting them to any molestation. fi ll LEADERS mil BE SII. .PROTECTION DEMANDED. Filipinos Willing to Surrender but no Harm Mutt Comt to Their Commanders. Tht End la Vltw. In an Interview with Oeneral Oro gorlo del Pilar, In the presence of Dr. Robalr. a staunch friend of Agulnnlilo, and another peace commissioner, Col onel Zlnlcha, who approved the senti ments expressed, General del Pilar snld: "The Insurgents are anxious to sur render, but want the assurance first that there will bo no putting to death of the leaders In the rebellion, and some proof that the Americans will carry out the generous offers made It their proclamation. "We have been acquainted with the Americans only a short time. If they arc sincere we will agree to uncondi tional surrender. "In negotiations entered Into with authorised Spanish olllcer In the pre vious rebellion similar promises Were made but not carried out. Ruls and others were put to death In spite of these promises. "If we give up our arms, we are at the complete mercy of the Americans. We realise the hopelessness of a Fil ipinos republic, for the people are now Impoverished, nnd a continuance of hostilities would only Increase the suf fering." ALGER IN DISFAVOR. The Dlatrubutlon of the $13,000,000 and tht Die. poaal of Arma Cauelng No End of Trouble. Itavnna Is In a ferment again over the Idea that the Washington Admin istration has determined to take the arms of the Cuban troops and to retain them In military possession. The view of the latest news from Washington had been telegraphed to the various cities. Governor General Pronke Is thus far unaware, save through the press tele grams, of any dissatisfaction on the pnrt of General Algtr, Secretary of war, with his (General Brooke's) plan to have the arms deposited In the cure of the Mayors of the municipalities, nor has he received any other Inkling of the Secretary's purpose to lay the matter before President McKinley. Consequently, unless Instructions to the contrary are received from the Wash ington Administration the Governor General's orjer respecting the dlstrl- nutlon oil the $.1,000,000 us modified will be Issued. The Secretary of War has been informed as to the substance of this order In the usual course of busi ness. 1 Havnna's mld-dnv tinners published the Washington news, some of them commenting editorially upon It. As the poim nnout where tl arms are to be kept appears to be thought of vital Importance In Washington, the con viction announced there that the Mayors cannot be' trusted with them is a cause of fresh discontent Just at the moment when the various complica tions appeared to be unraveled. Ln, Discuslon says: "Secretary Alger nppears to wish to provoke a conflict here. He Is more distinguished In the 1 nueci Mtites as a business man than ns a politician, and his relntlons with certnln syndicates are well known. He opposes everything that Cuba wants, and favors everything that would cnuse feeling and provoke excitement. his attitude prompts the ouestlon. What does he want? Does he desire a war here similar to that In the Philip pines? We are forced to believe that ne only approves what Is unsatisfac tory to Cuba." BY A DRUNKEN WOMEN. Tht Greater Portion of Daweon City Destroyed by Fire. The main portion of the city of Daw son was destroyed by Are on April 20. rauslng a loss of $4,000,000. In all, 111 buildings, Including the bank of Brit ish North America, were burned. The news was brought down by L. S. Hume, a son of Mayor Hume, of Seat tle; J. Toklas and a third party, who left Dawson on April 27 and made their way out by canoe to Lake Lebarge and then over the Ice, having a most peril ous trip. The fire was caused by a drunken woman upsetting a lamp In a notorious house. None of the big warehouses of tho Alaskan Commercial Company, or the North American Trading and Transportation Company were touched by the fire, so there will be no shortage of provisions, even If the lakes should not open before the middle of Juno, which Is now predicted. A rough estimate places the loss In gold and paper money alone at $1,000, 000. Altogether the burned area com prises quite three-quarters of the area of Dawson. On their trip out the three couriers were forced to every expedi entwalking, running with the dogs, swimming for life on two occasions. and breaking through the Ice repeated ly. They passed the river stemear Flora cutting her way through the Ice with her steel prow at Hootallnaua. and found the telegraph wire to Hkaguay completed at Cariboo Crossing, seven ty-flve miles Inland. LIFTED FROM THE CELLAR. Cyclcne Takes an lows Man From H e Place o . Refuge. The cyclone which passed over Man chester, la., Thursday night killed four people. Three others are fatally Injur ed. The dead are Walter Sheppard and 13-year-old son; J. B. Jacobs, George Lang. The fatally Injured are Mrs. Walter Sheppard and two sons 3 and 5 years old. George Sharkey, Tony Sheppard, 10 years old, Tony Frltx, Mrs. A. Blgelow, Ed. Kruemple and wife, Mrs. William McKlnne, Emanuel Rliicnour and wife. Miss Rldenour and C. Niersen are seriously Injured. The storm started north of Greely, taking a direction due east for four miles, demolishing everything in its course. A young babe was torn from the mother s arms and carried twenty five rods without injury. The Rlden our family took refuge ln a cellar Rldenour was lifted bodily out. Two of the Sheppard boya were carried 400 yards and one killed. Hit Head Opened With s Bat. In the presence of several hundred people, who were watching a hall game on the hillside by the West Shore railroad between Hoboken and Jersey City. Sunday. John Moretta. a block cutter, 40 years of age, murdered his wife, Gavlnna, 85 years of age. Moretta had been separated from his wife for many months, and when ha discovered her he asked her to re turn to him. She refused in rplte of threats to kill her. Moretta drew a knife and stabbed his wife three times while the crowd looked on. Moretta fled, but a baseball player laid his scalp 6 pun with a, blow from a, bat. INVESTIGATING THE STANDARD. Attorney Oeneral Monnttt Teetlnet Be'o-e the Induttr sl Commission Railroad Char- tera Should be Retektd. Interesting and startling Information concerning the methods of the Stand ard Oil company wns presented before the Industrial Investigating committee at Washington last Wednesday. Attorney General Frank H. Monnett, of Ohio, wns the witness In the ttut Investigation. His testimony relnted al most exclusively to the Standard 011 trust, against which he had been pro ceeding In his olllclal capacity. He said the companies comprising the trust even own its own teiegrapn system. Referring to this telegraph line, Mr. Monnett sa d It had ne-n developed so that It was exchanging business with the Western Union com pany, acting as a common carrier and mnklng a cheaper rate to the con stituent members of the trust than to other customers, functions which were outside the corporate authority of the trust. He also cnmnlnlned the Mis- crlmlnntlon In railroad rates In favor of the Standard company tank lines. saying thnt It was equal to 400 per cent. against the ordinary cltlxen. Mr. Monnett cave figures snowing that the capitalization of the "0 com panies comprising the trust amounted to $102,233,000 and the valuation $121.- (131.000. He said the trust could make Its dividends whntever It desired as It controlled completely the retail price of oil. The trustees hold 4fifl,20 of th 700,000 shares, he said, nnd John D. Rockefeller as chairman of the trus tees holds a majority of the stock thus distributed, giving him the halunc of power. Mr. Monnett said the original vnlue of the Plants of the trust was $!7,2f.0.noo, but this figure should now be multiplied by five. Mr. Monnett Insisted t int the way to control the trusts was to control the transportation companies, which, he thought, the courts could do, and If the courts could not do this the charters of the roads should be taken from them. Mr. Monnett estimated that the gro?s receipts were $120,000,000 on the Ohio product alone, and he said that all was profit over four cents a gallon on renn- cd oil. He placed the value of the earnings of the company per year as greater than the value of the farm products In the State. He testified to the fact that the com pany has secured the service of rail road agents all over the country to re port on the movements of the rivals, and he knew of one instance in which the clerk of a rival concern had been employed to supply the details of his company's operations to the Stnndard. vt hen rivals were driven out of a Hold by reducing rates the prices Immed iately went up. Mr. Monnett said he understood thnt the Stnndard controlled from i0 to 1)7 per cent of the crude oil product, but ns the company controlled the means of transportation It was not necessary thnt It would take the oil out of the rock. The company wns thus Inde pendent of well owners. Referring to the necessity of con trolling the transportation agencies, ns the available remedy for the evils of which he complained, Mr. Monnett said thnt no course could be too severe. The States had the remedy of depriv ing the railroad companies of their charters, and this should be res.ntel to If they failed to treat all equally fair. THE KLONDIKE MAIL. Postmaeter Worked Nearly to teeth Hani;. lint It. A case unprecedented In postal his tory Is showt at Skaguay, Alaska, In reports just received at the poatnlllfn department. The office wns established January 1, 1M1H, and W. IS. Sampson was appointed pitstmaster. With the rush Into the Yukon nnd the Klondike Skaguay's postal business develop nl with a rapidity unprecedented. The postofTlee had from 8.000 to 10,000 pa trons. Postmaster Sampson wns a man of education and Intelligence nnd great physical endurance, nnd In handling the business he worked 20 hours a day, and frequently, when the boats unloaded tons of mall, after he had become completely exhausted by laboring late In the night, he would throw himself upon the mall bags, using the empty one for covering, and sleep for a few hours, then get up and go to work again. Hut there was a limit to physical en durance, and he was Anally stricken 111, It was published thnt he was dead. but after months of languishing he re covered. Skaguny has now become president Inl, and Mr. Sampson has been reappointed. Bpanieh Cru aer Floata tht American F'nr. The Spanish cruiser Relna Mercedes arrived In Hnmpton Roads, Va., Mon day In tow of the Merrltt Wrecking Company's tugs, I. J. Merrltt and Res Oue, and accompanied by the steamer St. Morgan. She Is now at anchor two miles off Old Point Comfort, where she will be held In quarantine for five days. When she came Into the roads she had flying from her stern two (lags, one representing the country to which she now belongs and the other repre senting tho company which saved hei from the briny deep. On her bow there appears the only thing to Indi cate that she ever sailed under any other flag than that which floated over her captors. She carries a Spunlsh es cutcheon. Victoria ia Almost blind. Queen Victoria Is almost blind). She hat completely lost the sight of her left eye, and the sight of her right one is almost obscured by a cataract. The queen's condition was discovered by the German oculist. Dr. Pagans lecher, who was summoned to make an examination. He has proposed an operation as the only means of pre venting total blindness. The que n wore spectacles Wednesday on her ar rival In London, which Is considered very unusual . Negro Minora Cauat Troublt. Forty strikers attacked 25 negro coal miners behind a stockade at mine No. 53 near Huntington, Kan., Wednesday, firing .volley after volley at them. Men on guard at the stockade returned the fire, killing one of the strikers. John Wright, one of the guards, was killed and another, James Campbell, serious ly wounded. The negro miners had been Imported from Illinois. AT TUB NATIONAL CAPITAL It is doubted that Speaker Reed has resigned and his friends say that he may again be a candidate for speaker. The Anglo-American Joint high com mission will reassemble this umnier, and tha Alaskan boundary question may be submitted to arbitration. Governor General Brooka was authorised by the president to allow tha Cubans to surrender their arms to the mayors of the Cuban cities and tha payment of tha $3,000,000 will be gin at onoe. I THE PEACE CONGRESS III SESSION. COMMISSIONS APPOINTED. Restriction of Armaments, Laws Ooverntnt Warfare and Arbitration are tht Ques tions to bt Discussed. The renco Congress, called by the Czar for the purpose of permanent dis armament of tho civilised nations of the world Is now In session at The Hngue, Holland. The permanent president of the con fidence will be M. de St.inl, Husslnn ambnssador to tlrent Britain, and the head of the Russian delegation. The honorary limit man. who will open the proceedings, will be M. de Beaufort president of the council and minister of foreign affairs of the gov ernment nf the Netherlands. The reporters will be admitted only to hear the inaugural address of M. de Beaufort, who Is excluded from open ing the discussion of the csar's pro ject. Three commissions will then be nnnted to arrange programs for discus sion. The first relates to restrictions nf armaments ahd military expendi tures. The second denls with the laws governing civil I red warfare nnd the third with mediation and arbitration. A great mass of diplomatic docu ments will be submitted on these sub jects. Doctumenls Including the mem lects. Documents Including the mem ttia. in 1S18. regarding the suggestions of the prince regent of England sup ported by Alexander I. of Russia, for an Internntlonnl pence conference: the opinions of David Dudley Field of the I'nlted States as to fixing a permanent limit to military forces; the argument of M. Merlgnhae, in favor of simultane ous disarmament; the proposals of Napoleon 111. to convoke a European peace conference at Paris In 1863. and the declarations of the congress of similar papers. The second commission will consider Purls 1S50, and the Geneva convention 1804, the unratified clauses of the Gen eva convention of 1868; the acts of the St. Petersburg convention prohibiting the use of certain projectiles by civilis ed nations; the minutes of the Brussels conference of 1814: the suggestions of the Oxford manual regnrding the laws and observances of war: the rules for the bombardment of cities adopted by the Institute of International law In Venice In ItwtJ; the declaration of France and Great Britain regarding the unadopted rules of the Geneva con vention; the views of the Amsterduin chnmber of commerce, approved by successive Netherlands foreign minis ters urging the adoption of the minutes Df the Brussels conference of 1874; deal ing with the laws and observances of wnr which did not lead to the conclus ion of nny convention, and the circular 5f the Dutch minister of foreign affairs In 1871, relating to the adoption of the principle of inviolability of private property, and urging a clearer defini tion of the term "Contraband of war." The third commission will consider the proposals of Lord Clarendon at the Paris congress In 18."S for the In termediation of a friendly state 'pre vious to a recourse to force: the mo tion of Plgnor Mnnclnl In the Italian chamber of deputies In 1875 In favor of arbitration: the acts of the Berlin and Zurich conferences on compromise and mediation: David Dudley Field's plan for an arbitration tribunal; the pro posals for nn arbitration trlbunnl for the North, Central and South Ameri can ptntes adopted in Washington In 18110; the Marquis of Salisbury's letters to Sir Julian Pauncefote In 189ft. relat ing to the conclusion of nn arbitration treaty between Great Britain and the United States, and the terms of the ratified Anglo-American treaty, and many similar documents. The London Dnlly News publishes a dispatch from The Hague, supposed to be Inspired by William T. Stead, which says in part: "Regarding arbitration, the present position of the delegates seem to be this: 'Germany nnd the other two powers of the triple alliance nre en tirely against It and Turkey follows In their wake. Gieat Britain and the I'nlted States are entirely In favor of It. Prof, von Stengel of the German delegation snld to-day: 'Arbitration Is Impracticable when two nations are divided by a vital Issue, while In less important questions it exists already.' "France is hesitating and will prob. nbly agree with Russia. Several dele gates confess that they came to the conference unprcpnred and have al ready learned much. DETROIT IN A FIOHT. Rumored That She 6unk a Nicaraguan Gun boat. Th President discussed Monday with SiH-retary of State Hay a reptrrt that the Detroit had been fired upon In NIc arnguan waters by a war vessel, said to be a Nlcaraguan gunboat, and the Detroit promptly responded and sank the Nlcaraguan vessel. Secretary Hay had not heard of the report officially and could not throw any light on the rumor. It Is believed that If the story Is cor rect that It is due to some high-handed action on the advice of General Torres, growing out of the dissatisfaction of that general with the plan of settle ment of the double customs demanded at Bluenelds by Zelaya, of the Nlcara guan government. It wns understood by Secretary Hay and the President, Zelaya hud agreed that the second payment of customs be held ln trust by the British consul at Bluefields, pending Nlcaragua'c proof to the state department thut such payment was Just, which the state department de nies. CAIiLE JLASUES. The Phoenicia landed at Halifax Monday 1.308 Gallcians for the Cana dian Northwest. Uaron Herrnsheln, of Berlin, has donated S, 000.000 marks . towards tuberculosis asylum. It Is announced that Emperor Fran cis Joseph of Austria Is' betrothed to the Princess Matilda. In a terrible storm off the north coast of Queensland 86 vessels were wrecked and SS5 lives lust. Andrew Carnegie arrived at Sklbo castle, his Scotch residence, Sunday, and was given a royal welcome by his tenants. Uueen Victoria was 80 years old May 24, and tho event was celebrated all over the civilised world, Archbishop Ireland has dined with the King of Belgulm, and has received much attention in Brussels. Consideration of the meat Inspection bill will be postponed by the German relchstag until next session. President Loubet was present at tha unveiling at Dijon, France, of a monu ment to the late President Carnut. Kmperor William's new play, "The Iran Tooth," la Interpreted by tha Perlln press as a rebuke of the Berlin ufty fathers, who are In mild rebellion gainst the emperor. ADVICE FROM GOMEL Difficulty of Dletrtbutlng tht 13,000,009 Among tht Cuban Bcld'.tra. The manifesto which Oen. Maximo Oomes Is preparing to Issue will not only review his own position as to tha payment of the Cuban army, but pro bably will direct the forces to disband. Col. Carlos Cespedes, who Is engaged In the supervision of copying the mani festo, declines to give any Information as to Its contents further than to say that Gomes recounts his faithful labor ror Cuba; asserts that he has no am bition other than to free Cuba, and calls upon all loyal Cubans to accept the money given by the United States and to return to work, In order to show by building tin the country that they nro litlrens In the truest sense. The manifesto will also allude to the difficulty regarding the surrender of the arms, and will say that Gem Ionics has arranged with General Brooke that the mayors of the various cities shall be repositories for th? ssme. The manifesto will call upon all Cubans to display real patrotlsm by laying down their arms and taking up agri cultural Implements. following Its publication aov.-uen. Rrooke will Issue a modified order. eliminating the necessity for the par ticipation of any Cuban commissioner In the distribution of the $3,000,00. The governor general regards Gomel as having acted sincerely throughout, and believes that his withdrawal lrorra, the question nf the distribution to an attitude of "friendly Inactivity" hns been forced upon him by the d-sertlnn of those generals upon whom he had relied. Oov.-Oen. Brooke will go ahead ns Inoffensively as possible In the dis bursement nf the $3,000,000 appropriat ed for the Cuban troops. This cannot oegin, however, until next ween. 11 the Cuhnns wish to surrender their arms to the municipalities all will b wen. The American authorities will raise no objection. THEIR CAPITAL TAKEN. Filipinos Now Caught Between tht Mountain! and tht Bea. The following dispatch has been re- j celved at the war department from I Gen. Otis, dated Manila. May 18: "Situation as follows: Lawton, with I tact and ability, has covered Bulacan province with his column and driver. Insurgnt troops northward Into San 1 sidro, second Insurgent capital, whlcn B he captured this morning; Is now drlv- mg enemy northward into mountains. He hns constant fighting, inflicting I heavy losses and suffering few casual- I ties: appearance, of his troops on nanKS 1 of the enemy, behind entrenchments f thrown up at every strategic point, very demoralizing to tne insurgents, and has given them no opportunity to reconcentrate scattering troops. Koo bes' column with gunboats proceeding up Rio Grande." It will soon be the mountains or the sea for the Insurgents. As our troon. could be transported by sea to tlhe mouth of the Aano. and a new basrt ot operations established there. It wolild be folly for them to take that coutfse. Scattered, demoralised and dishearten ed. It Is almost certain that the rebtels In desperation will retreat Into faft- nesses of the mountains, where tWey would be safe from pursuit, and wheVe they could keep up a guerrilla warfnfre Indefinitely, or until their leaders carina to their penses. I Although all the past efforts of oJur troops to get Into the rear of the insur gents have failed up to this time py sheer force of the battering ram, the enemy has been driven back step by step Into the pocket where nothing will be left for them but surrender or the mountains. Over 65 miles, as the crow tiles, the rebels have been fort ed Dac't. "i GUILTY OF TREASON. Victorla'a Boldiere Arreeted Charged With In rt'.ng Rebellion. The arrest at Johannesburg Wednes day morning of eight former British officers on the charge of high treason has caused Intense excitement In Lon don. 1 The men are Captain Patterson, lor- morlv of tho LnnrAri! Colonel R1- 1 Nlcholls. Lieutenant J. Tremlott. C. Ellis, lately a private detective Johannesburg; Lieutenant John All Mitchell, formerly of the horse art lery: Former Sergeant J. Fries, It Hooper and Nichols. None has be1 In the employ of the British South A rlca Chartered Company. It Is said that the commissioner police, who had the affair in hart had been working up tha case months. The arrests were effected by a detf tlve who Joined the movement whld It Is asserted, was for the purpose enrolling men In order to cause an ou break of rebellion. Incriminating do uments were found upon tha prisoned Three Killed by Lightning. At Osceola, -Pa., Thursday thj dwel Ing of Michael Bfe eiaitrucl,v lightning, set C -4 T tompl destroyed and taW JX ban stantly killed. T". J Xoolt Iri some town fell ri' JUehome of ' lam Estep. sever!. 'stunning se members of his family. At Brlstmr; 6-year-old boy named James Joh was Instantly killed by the llghtnl while standing In front of his hot: watching the storm, and a short d tance away two dwelling houses wei set on fire by the lightning and wel destroyed, together with all their co tents. Telephone and telegraph wirl were rendered useless for several hou An Eart Decapitated. The earl ot Stafford, who niarni Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate In Grd church. New York city, last Decembl was Instantly killed Wednesday ev Ing In London, at Potters Bar by tJ Cambridge express. The earl was seen standing upon t! platform awaiting a train from Ln don, and when the express approach! at a high rate of speed he suddenly fl forward upon the rails. Tha body, J capitated and mangled, was taken the nearest hotel. Lord Strafford li London for his country seat, Wreatbii Park, Bar net. Herts. Ha was than el parently In good health. Ncblswcmaa Bent to Siberia. A trial that caused a great sensatl owing to the high station of tha p soner, has been concluded at 8L Pet burg. The evidence disclosed thj Maria Mershwlska, a woman of noli birth, had led an extraordinary card ot Intrigue and crime. Tha court foul her guilty of poisoning her lover a two women, owing to Jealousy, w kidnaping a child and with torgi documents and bills of exchange. 6 was sentenced to IS years' penal tei vttude In Sibera, and to be deprivad .her title ot nobility. '
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