CI STRENGTHENING RUSSH SUPPLYING ARTILLERY. Thouesnds el Field Pieces Now Btlnf Menu, lectured in Pennsylvania for th Cm. Counterparts ef Pirn out Qun, TVIlhln the punt week contracts have been practically closed with sev eral Pennsylvania concern, under which parks of artillery that will moke all the other power tnke low rating, are to be manufactured for Russia. The details of the plans and specifica tions have been kept deeply ecrct, but It wim Ktnted that the pieces to be made for the grent czar are almost direct counterpart of those that thundered before HnntfnKo, and are hurling death Into the Insurgent rank at Manila. The contract for gun nlone call for "an outfit of field piece that will num ber half a doien thousand" and will place Russia ahead of any power In the number and efficiency of It light artillery. Speaking of the change of bae by the Russians, It I stated: "When thry obtained from China the Port Arthur and Manchnrlan conces sion there wa on evidence of decided haste In the circle of St. Petersburg diplomacy to put Russia on a naval fouling In the far ent that would make her second to no power on earth. If not In the very lead. Suddenly, however, all the plans for thl sort of prepara tion for trouble were dropped. It may be that the hurry order which four of the largest British battleship received to steam to the Chinese coast had something to do with It, and It may not. Those consersant with the situation say that British battleship commanders have a very embarrassing hnblt of checking any little plan which rival power may be making, hence they de duce that had the expected movement about Port Arthur occurred there might have been trouble. "The Russian I wily under any cir cumstances and checked1 In one direc tion he la not Inactive In all. There fore, the preparation has gone right on. only In another line, and now In the vast steel manufactories of Pennsyl vania, there are being constructed the rolls, bridge and rolling stock that will put the czar's people In close communi cation by land with their possessions on the Chinese coast." LIBERATING THE SPANIARDS. United Bute Endeavoring to Releas Those Held by Agulnaldo. The Spanish minister at Washington, the duke of Arcos, cables to Madrid that the United States government ad mits Its obligation and 1 proceeding to secure the liberation of the Spanish prisoners In the Philippines, according to the terms of the peace treaty, and while so doing grants Spain the privi lege of Independent action In the same work, including ransoming the prison ers. There are probably about 4.000 Span lards held by Agulnaldo. All are mili tary or religious prisoners, the pro portion of friars, however, being said to be small. Whatever Is done by the Spanish government will be with the full cognizance as well as the thorough co-operation of the United States mili tary authorities. ALONB IN A BOAT. Olrlt Hobionii s Daring Mariner Who la Now Crossing the Atlantic Capt. Andrews, a well-known sea captain, sailed Monday for Europe from Atlantic City In a 12-foot boat, and was Hobsonlzed by four girls who rowed after him at sea. The captain refused at the last mi nute to allow Belle Shane, a young girl, to accompany htm on his voyage, although he had promised that she would be allowed to make the voyage with him. Mis Shane had packed her trunk and was ready to make the peri lous Journey. She begged plteously before a crowd of 2.600 people who lined the boardwalk to make the Jour ney but Capt. Andrews would not per mit her to run the risk of being ship wrecked at sea. A reward of $100 Is of fered all sea captains speaking his boat. FRENCH MINISTRY RESIGNS. Premier Dapuy la Not Supported by the Dcpu. ties and la Forced to Retire. After a stormy session of the cham ber of deputies In Paris last Tuesday, and because that body did not adopt the order of the day, demanded by Premier Dupuy, the ministers with drew amid great excitement and sub sequently tendered their resignation to President Loubet. The successive votes In the chamber of deputies clearly demonstrated the existence of a majority. Including members of all parties, who were de termined to rid themselves of the pre miership of M. Charles Dupuy. Many deputies agree that the Drey fus affair la largely responsible for the cabinet crlala. All the Royalists and many Radicals demand that their share of the responsibility must be brought home to Gen. de Dolsdeffre and Oen. Mercler. At the same time those taking this view hSve been all along persuaded that M. Dupuy would never proceed to that extreme. It Is understood that M. loubet la well content to be rid of a premier who has brought 111 luck, as the supersti tious believe, to every president under whom he has served, namely Carnot, Caslmlr-Perter and Faure. Flage Were Intertwined. Australian advices say that the offi cers of the British and American war ships, who have been fraternizing dur ing the recent trouble In Samoa, have decided to erect to the memory of the English-speaking slain In the various engagement a granite monument, with the name of the British engraved on one panel and the Americans on the other, surmounting the roll of the killed with the British and American flags intertwined. Int.rsstlns Matter lor Dewey. Prominent men engaged in the ship ping business at New York have pre pared for presentation to Admiral Geo. Dewey on his arrival a mammoth al bum, containing assorted clippings from the principal newspapers and pub lications that have mentioned Admiral Dewey since last May, so arranged that they give a complete history of the part that Dewey took in the war. Frederick B. Dalaell, treasurer of the committee which has the memorial In charge, said that the money to pay for it had been subscribed. Caute f.r Admir.ng the United Stater. The work of disbursing the American gratuity to the Cuban troops continues at Curdenas, Remedlos, finer del Rio and Puerto Principe. The palpable evi dence of fraud in making up the lists Is arousing popular indignation through out the Island, and the evident desire of the Americana to carry out their Jtlndges excites general admiration. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Chisago claims a population of more than two millions. John Sherman la III at Mansfield, O., suffering from long disease. Castle Harden the hlstorlo old land mark of New York city has been rased. The Standard Oil Company ha In creased It capital stock from $10,000, 0UO to $110,000,000. President Kruger, of the Transvaal, I arming hi subjects, expecting a clnsh with Great Britain. The 123d anniversary of the battle of Bunker Hill wls appropriately cele brated In Boston Saturday. The town of Brackeft, near Pan An tonio, Tex., I under four feet of water. Four persona were drowned. The Chicago Transfer and Clearing Company of Chicago, capital $4,000,000, v. as Incorporated at Dover, Del. Bandits rnlded the town of Ounmo, near Mnnznnlllo, Cuba, killing seven of the gendarmerie and wounding others. Two dnughtevs nf Jnmrs Clock, resid ing at Guthrie, o. T., were so badly burned by lightning that ttiey will die. Miss Zetta Cooper, of Hockp-irt, lnd.. Is dying of hydrophobia. She wa bitten by a vicious dug Ave weeks ago. The Pullmnn Car Company of Chi cago, tins received an order from the Argentine Republic amounting to $3, 000,001). The Havana newspaper are unani mously exhorting the people to devote themselves to securing peace In all the districts. At Begtown, Clay county, Ky., Chris. Jnckson, Tom Baker's brother-in-law, was shot and wounded from ambush Saturday. Congressman Richard Pork Bland died at hi home near Iclmnun, Mo., last Thursduy, peaceiully and Without suffering. Four men were killed and three ser iously injured In an explosion at the Government smokeless powder works at San Rafael, Cal. Samuel Rosenthal of Baltimore has secured options on HO large clothing establishments and proposes to organ ize a $100,000,000 trust. An elevator In tire Western electric building, Chicago, fell eight stories, but the eleven men In the car at the time escaped serious Injury. Judge Slmonton, at Harrlsburg, Pa decided the army canteen at Camp Meade can not be run without a license and it will be suppressed. Oeorge Barrow, one of the kidnapers of Marlon Clark, has been sentenced to 14 years Imprisonment. The nurse girl, Carrie Jones, received 4 years. The Rough Riders will have a re union on the !4th of this month. Gov. Roosevelt will be present. The soldiers will meet at Las Vegas, New Mexico. Kdward Gray, a sick negro, against w hom the authorities could find no evi dence for crime, was lynched by white men near New Orleans last Thursday. The body of Richard Parks Bland was burled at Lebanon, Mo., last Satur day, thousands of his friends attend ing. McKinley sent a tribute of re spect. Perry Belmont, president of the De mocratic clubs, declared himself In favor of the nomination of Senator Ar thur P. Gorman for President by the Democrats. An authenticated copy of the Belgian decree rescinding the prohibition of Importation of neat cattle and swine from America has been received at Washington. The Old Dominion steamship Hamil ton collided last Wednesday with the Macedonia, near Long Branch, N. Y. The Macedonia sank and several of her crew were lost. An advance In wages was assured 25, 000 Iron and steel sheet workers by the signing of the Amalgamated Associa tion's scale by the representatives of the manufacturers. At Iavenworth, Kan., a military prisoner named Wringer, who was serving a two years' sentence in the Federal prison, was shot and killed while trying to escape. Planters In Louisiana are alarmed at the prevalence of anthrax, which is killing off hundreds of head of cattle. Several planters have contracted the disease from the stock. Samuel Cohen, a Brooklyn soap agent kissed Florence Chaffee, aged 11, six times without her permission at her home In Watertown, N. Y.p and In the police court was fined $50. The feud between the two democratlo factions at Columbus, Tex., has be come alarming. More killings are threatened. Rangers have been order ed to proceed there at once. Judge Stephen Leslie Mestrexat, of Unlontown, Pa., was nominated last Thursday by the Democratlo State Convention of Pennsylvania for the scat upon the Supreme bench. The sale of the Consolidated Traction Company, of Pittsburg, to the Wld-ener-Elkln-Whltney syndicate, known aa the American Railway Company, was accepted as accomplished by fi nanciers In Philadelphia. It is said certain antl-Brlgga clergy men of the Episcopal Church are plan ning to depose the standing commit tee of the diocese of New York, all but Iffcv. Morgan Dlx, as a rebuke and to prevent future occurrences of a like nature. Charles Jones, alias Joseph Brown, I alias "Dandy Joe," the negro burglar captured the other day In Pittsburg, made a confession, saying he had sold over $16,000 worth of plunder within flvo years to Louis PUner, a Jeweler, of that city. At Santiago de Cuba, the newspaper, Independent, publishes a number of signed articles from prominent Cubans advocating annexation to the United States. In its editorials It disclaims approval. The articles are causing a vigorous discussion. The nuptluls of Miss Florence Has ard. the 16-year-old daughter of the millionaire catsup manufacturer of Shrewsburg, N. J., and Prince Auers perg of Austria occurred last Wednes day. After a summer at the seashore and a visit to Paris they will live In New York, where the prince will prac tice medicine. L.Lockwood, an Independent oil pro ducer of Zellenople, Pa., testified before the industrial commission at Washing ton that the railroads allow immense rebates to the Standard Oil Company, that they control courts and Legisla tures, and practically run this govern ment, and that public ownership of the roads Is the only feasible remedy. Joe Leppe. a barber, shot and killed his stepfather, George Bowmaster. at Louisville a f ew nights ago. Bow master had been drinking and his vlfe left him and went to her son's home. H called there and urged her to re turn to him. She refused and he be gan abusing her. Leppe seised a pistol and rushing Into the room, ordered his stepfather to leave. He refused and advanced upon young Leppe in a threatening manner, when the latter fired two shots, both taking effect. At the sheep ranch of M. L. Butler, near Ban Antonio, Tex., every living thing was swept away by a cloud burst and tbe entire Butler faraitt. BUI 111 Oil II WHITE RICE. A NEGRO'S DEFENSE. Colored Orator Tells of Southern Demoralise, tloa lor Which Hla People art Not Entirely Reeponable, Joseph W. Henderson, of Providence, founder of the Amerlcnn Protective league, an organization of colored people for the securing of their lights, delivered an address In the Spark Street church, Boston, a Tew day ago. In which he replied to the recent pe.'eh of Ex-Gov. Northen of Georgia, with reference lo the southern outrages upon colored people. Said Mr. Henderson: "It I not ne cessary at thl time for me to make any reply to Gov. Northen' dramatic defense of human slavery. But had I been an owner of human being and mnn-kllllng dog, a he ha been, and since written my einme among the fol lower nf Christ, 1 would have felt more like coming up to the altar of repentance at this stage of reform than to have come to one of the greatest cities In the world with a typewritten defense of the most cruel Institutions of humnn debauchery ever known to civilized or savage man. Were It not that It was In Georgia that my poor mother was born; there that she trem blingly obeyed the slave master's whip and felt the slave hounds' bite; there that she wa sold and deported for life from her blood and kin, I would not stoop to dignify Gov., Northen' pro slavery utterances even with a sneer. "Gov. Northen says that miscegena tion by law will never take place In the South. But miscegenation In the South has already taken place. It ha been on the road over two hundred years. Not miscegenation by law, but by brute force, which I the very worst form of law. Who started It? Not the negroes, I am sure, nor was It the poor white trash. It wa the blue vein aris tocracy of the South that broke over the fence, defied all law, and the result Is we have black negroes and white negroes, some of them as white as Gov. Northen. "The Increase of miscegenation In the South I due chiefly to three caue, namely force, financial persecution and discernible willingness on the part of both sexes of both races. "One seldom hears of the wholesale assaults that southern white men are making upon colored women, but they are aa constant as the rising and set ting of the sun. Go south and count the penitentiary born children whose mother are colored and fathers white. That tell the story. "Aside from force there Is a regular organized society of white men and colored women, for which the colored woman Is as much to blame a the white man. These particular colored women have long alnce concluded that they would rather wear diamonds and ride In carriages of their own than to chop cotton or wash dlshen for aome bodv else, and be It said to the dis credit of thl class of colored women and their white gentlemen associates that they are living in clover. "The poor whites of the South are not to blame for this racial amalgama tion, for they and the blacks do not associate. They mutually bate and scorn each other. It Is the blue vein arlMocracy of the South that Is creat ing havoc with the morale and social affections In negro homes, and mixing the races most alarmingly. "I have been unable to ascertain what led Gov. Northen to tell hla northern audience that the negro ha the 'same chance In southern courts that the white man ha. Southern law I the white man' cloak and the black man' enemy. It I often ued to protect the lawless and punish the law ful, provided the lawless are white and the lawful are black. It Is the collar that yokes the, negro to the stool of humiliation and holds him with a grasp of crucifixion. "As to lynching," continued the speaker, "I would ask: If lynching Is the proper cure for assaults upon women, why do not the lynchers simp ly lynch the assailants and let lynch ing drop at that? Why have they vic timised some 60,000 others against whom there were no charges of as sault?" BY A FUNNEL-SHAPED CLOUD. The Town of Herman, Neb., Wrecked-Dead Scattered Through the Streets. Ten persons dead, 25 Injured, Ave of whom will die, and half of the re malnder suffering from very serious wounds, sums up the list of casualties resulting from the tornado that wreck ed Herman, Neb., on Tuesday night. The entire business portion of the town Is blown Into one Immense mass of wreckage. It la greatly feared that many more have been killed than those whose bodies have been found. Postmaster Richards apparently died of fright, there being no marks to show in any way that the cyclone had Injur ed him. Four members of the family named Hopkins, living on the outskirts of the town, are reported dead. A conductor on the evening train from Sioux City passed through the place not long after the storm, and he saya not a building I left standing in town. He counted 12 dead bodies ly ing In the streets. The fatalities will undoubtedly run up to 100, it not higher. A Young Man's Reward. For more than 40 years Alexander Dewltt lived in Poughkeepsle, N. Y., and practically upon the bounty of friends. A week ago he died at the age of DO, and his will shows that he leaves an estate of $40,000. One nephew, Amos H. Harrison, of Tonawanda, N. Y., visited the old man once a year and tried to better his condition. He once sent Mr. Dewltt $16 with which to buy a suit of clothes. It was a good Invest ment, for Harrison is left about $39 089 of the estate. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. President McKinley visited Mt, Holy oke, Mass., last Sunday. Next week the government will test the Holland submarine boat. Ma. Oen. Wood, in charge at Santi ago, writes that it will be some time yet before the Cubans can govern themselves. The navy department denies any In tention of removing Admiral Sampson from command of the North Atlantic squadron. The administration Is determined that there will be no more "peace negotia tions" with the Filipinos. The Insur rection will simply be crushed. Over 4.000 men sail from San Francisco for Manila this week. The meat Investigations In this coun try made to verify charges of army of ficers have cost the United States $26 000,000. Bo says Robert Porter who has Just returned from Europe where he saya there Is a great prejudice against our beef. The war department has been In formed that the Filipinos are being re gularly disciplined for a erolongid war lasts. AN ARTILLERY DUEL Th American Aaelated by Seven Ounboers Only Pores the Filipino joo Yards Our Losses Number Slaty. Oen. Lawton unexpectedly stirred up one of the liveliest engagements of the war south of Las Plnn Tuesday morn ing, upon which occasion American field guns were engaged In the first ar tillery duel nun Inst a Filipino battery, concealed In the Jungle, Companies F and I of the Twenty-first Infantry were nearly surrounded by a large body of Insurgents, but the Americans cut their way out with heavy loss. The United States ship Monadnock and the gunboats Helena and Zaflro trained their batteries on Bukoor and tho rebel trenches near La I'lna all the morning, llakoor wa once on Are, but the native stopped the spread of the flame. During the night an Insurgent can non wa fired three time at the Amer ican on the outskirts of Las Pines. The fighting at Las Plnn continued hotly nil tiny long. Gen. I jiwton call-id out the whole force of S.ono men, and at 6 o'clock ho wa only able to push the Insurgents baric 6(10 yard to the Za pote river, where they are entrenched. The Insurgents resisted desperately and aggressively. They attempted to turn the left Hank of the American troops. The American loss I conserv atively estimated at 60. The battle continue. At daylight the rebel at Cavlte VleJo dropped two shells from a big smooth bore gun mounted In front of the church Into the navy yard. The only damage done was splintering the top of the huge shears on the mole. The gunboats Calliio, Manila and Mosquito then proceeded to dismount the gun. After silencing the big gun at Cavlte Vlcjo the gunboats ran close along the shore, bombarding the rebel position. The rebel replied with rifle fire, and with the fire of some small pieces of artillery. So vigorous was the enemy's Are that at 9.20 a. m. the gunboat He lena Joined the small gunboat already named, and the Princeton, Monterey and Monadnock from their anchornge dropped occasional big shells among the rebels. This apparently only served to Incite the rebels, as they kept up an Inces sant fire of musketry and artillery near the mouth of the Zapote river, two miles north of Bakoor. The Are of all seven warship wa concentrated on thl point shortly after noon, when the upper bay presented the appearance of being the scene nf a great naval battle. The rebel were eventually forced to abandon their guns after holding out for about four hours, only to be con fronted by Gen. Lawton'a force on land and In their rear, where there was heavy Aghtlng. Beyond the destruction of several buildings along the water front the ef fect of the bombardment Is not known. The Filipinos retreated several miles southward after Tuesday's engagement to the strongly fortified town of Imus. The shelling of the American war ship drove the rebel from Bacoor, so the Americans control several more miles of coast. General Lawton. with his staff and a troop of the Fourth cavalry, started to ascertain the nature of the Insurg ents' position. He rode Ave miles along the coast to Bacoor without discover ing the enemy. He found the town full of white Hags, but there were no sold iers there. The women and children who had fled lo the wood during the bombardment were camping In the ruin of their homes. The shells had almost knocked the town to pieces. The big church wa wrecked and many building were ruined. Even the tree and shrubbery were torn as by a hall storm. After cutting the railroad and tele graph at Apallt, seven miles south, for the purpose of severing connection, tho rebels attacked Gen. Mc Arthur's lines at San Fernando last Friday morning. They met with an unexpectedly warm reception, and were repulsed with a loss of "6 killed, 30 prisoners and many wounded. About 6.000 troops destined for serv Ive In the Philippines are still In thl country, and will not be able to reach the scene of action for 6 or 6 week. JAPANESE DIPLOMAT. Will Retura War Veaaela to China ao That She Can Protect Hsrssll. A well authenticated story comes from Japan to the effect that all of the men-of-war captured from the Chinese In the late war between the two coun tries are to be returned to the Chinese government. This Is part of the policy decided on by Japan to protect her neighbor from the Inroads of the pow ers. It is said that the only require ments to be made la that China Invest so many millions In new war vessels to be built under Japanese direction. The Hong Kong papers see trouble ahead If the dowager empress and Generalissimo Junglu Insist upon hold ing the proposed review of 200,000 Chin ese braves at Pekln. Various legations have advised against the review, as calculated to endanger foreign inter ests. Will Examine Chlnamen'a Ears. Prof. Frederick Starr of the anthro pological department at the University of Chicago, Is making preparations to measure the ears of 600 Chinamen In Chicago to settle a disputed point as to the physiological Indications of the philosophical temperament. The Chi nese say they will run him oul of Clark street when he comes. Prof. Btarr wishes to Investigate three theories: First, that the Chinese ear Is larger than the normal ear; secondly, that the ear of the philosophical temperament is or abnormal size, and, thirdly, that It Is a logical conclusion on these grounds that the Chinaman Is a sound philosopher. Dr. Starr expects to be gin his measurements as soon as he re turns from Kngiand, early In July. Filipino fee aa American Quo. According to General Anderson, tho present commander of the Department of the Lakes, who led the Arst Ameri can expedition tnat landed in Manila, the losses of American troops in the recent engagements with the Philip pines at Las Plnas and Bacoor, south of Manila, were caused by the cannon which Admiral Dewey captured from the Spanish at Cavlte and presented to Agulnaldo last winter. The batteries In question are "being manipulated by Spanish prisoners, who, General An derson says, have been released by Agulnaldo with the understanding that they enlist in the Insurgent army. Two Soldiers Accidentally Killed, . Corporals Cummlngs and Bostle of Company F, Nineteenth United States regular Infantry, were killed Tuesday at Camp Meade, near Harrlsburg, Pa., by the accidental discharge of a Krag Jorgensen rifle in the hands of Private Murphy of Company B. Murphy Is a raw recruit and was cleaning the rifle when It accidentally OUcharged. The ball first struck Bostle on the arm and then went through his head, killing him Instantly. It then struck Cum mlngs in the region of the heart, caus ing internal nemorrages, rom Which he died In two hours. , Ifltllll Oil BY TRUSTS. WAGES REDUCED. The President of th Commercial Travelers' Leagut Preaenta Bom Startling Figure to th Induetrial Commission. The Industrial commission the other day heard a statement from P. E. Dowe of New York, president of the Commercial Travelers' National league. Mr. Dowe said the opinion of the com mercial men at Inrgo wa that the trust were a menace to the commu nity. He estimated the traveling sales men In the United State at 350,0110 say ing the flgurcn of 6O.O1K) were grosly Ircorrect. The formation of trust and combination wa throwing a Inrge number of these men out of employ ment. In giving specific. Instances he sulil: "The National F.nnmellng and Stamping Company, which depends for it raw material upon the American Tin Plate Company, has thrown a great many out of employment and those re tained have had their salaries reduced. The great totmcco combine threw out about 8,000 salesmen; the Continental Tobacco Company telegraphed the dis charge of 350 men In one day: the pHk Ing Powder trust ha dispensed with all excepting half a dozen men, I know of two salesmen discharged by the trust, who were formerly In the em ploy of the Cleveland Baking Powder Company, one receiving a salary of $fi, 0(H), the other $4,500. Their routes, with those of other discharged salesmen, are covered by one agent at $18 a week. The bicycle trust will throw out 600 salesmen gradually, and will cut down agencle in every city: the chair trust will affect Immediately more thnn 600 salesmen, by cutting them out of the line. "One man writes me the Union Bag and Paper Company has thrown out of employment hundreds of salesmen. The salesmen retained have been reduced to a salary averaging, so I am Informed, $1,300 a year. The American Tin Plate Company cut off about 90 out of every 100 salesmen. American Steel and Rod Company, I have been told, discharged 300 commercial travelers In one day. In giving these estimates, I am not con sidering the ofllce force thrown out through trusts. Bugar and coffee mon opolies have thrown out 1,000 salesmen, average reduction In salary of those re tained $1,000 a year, 25 per cent only of the old force being retnlned In house positions. The Standard Oil Company employs fewer salesmen than any other concern In the mercantile world of one half It capital." Mr. Dowe said thnt the trust combi nations had raised the prices of the commodities they controlled from 6 to 100 per cent In almost every Instance except coffee and sugar. In these they were still Aghtlng for control of the field. He bhM his Agures In this line were absolutely correct, being from re liable commercial acquaintances. Tho examples he gave were: "Iron pipe, over 100 per cent: tinware and enameled ware, about 33 per cent; bras good, 60 per cent: chair trust, Just formed, will advnnce prices SO per cent: rubber overshoes (United State Rubber Company), advanced price 14 per cent on May 1; American Tin Plate Company advanced prices something like 30 per cent; news papers, 4 to , cent a pound, a further advance In prospect; book paper, 5 and 10 per cent; an advance I expected In writ ing paper; In common oap, 21 cent to 60 cent a box; Hint glass bottle will be advanced 10 per cent or more; Jobbers and manufacturers of clocks have advanced the wholesale prices on account of the advance of metals 60 per cent; all metal goods have been ad vanced; brass pin. 25 per cent: pipes and brushes. 12Va per cent; combs, 7H per cent: ribbons, 10 per cent; school furniture has gone up, as well as paper bags and wrapping paper. AN INDIONANT BARON. Hue Meslco lor tioo.m Eamagee for Imprison ment. The Baron de Louden, a Russian mil lionaire, who has been sailing the Gulf of Mexico In his private yacht, has just been released from a term of Imprison ment In Jail at the port of Tuxpan, Mex. The charge against him was violating the quarantine laws of the port. In addition to Imprisonment, he was fined $600. The Baron got the news of his pre dicament to the Russian Minister In the City of Mexico, and the case was laid before President Diaz, who Immediate ly ordered the Baron's release. The Baron says he will bring suit against the Mexican government for $100,000 damage to his feelings and health. Millions More for a University. When the twenty-ninth convocation of Chicago University Is called, July 1. the trustees. It Is said, will announce another donation of from $2,000,000 to $3,000,000 to the University from Its patron extraordinary, John D. Rocke feller. CABLE FLASHES. The duke of Abruixl's polar expedi tion sailed from Christiana Wednes day. Chinese rioters killed Rev. H. S. Phil lips, his wife, a woman friend and three native converts at Klen Yan. The Spanish Senate adopted the bill ceding the Caroline Islands, the Lad- rones ana tne i'eiew islands to Ger many. Editor William T. Stead. In his week ly review of the work of the peace con gress tooK a pesBimistlo view of the outcome. The government of the Congo Inde pendent State denlea having offered Spain 6,000,000 pesetas for the Canary islands. Senator Pierre Waldeck Rousseau has accepted the task of constructing the French cabinet, M. Poincare hav ing declined. Further conferences are proposed be. tween tho British government and rep. resentatlves of the colonies regarding the PaclAc cable. The Congo Independent State, the African dependency of Belgium, la said to have ortoreu pain s.uvO.000 pesetas for the Canary Islands. The yacht Fire Fly was seised at Arcachon, southwest of Bordeaux. France, with 4,000 ritles said to be con signed to the Carlltfts In Spain. A body of Kurdish cavalry raided Christian villages near Moomkapu, Turky. The suprlor of the Plrnas- chtn monastery and two monks were killed. It Is announced semi-annually at Berlin that any increase In the tux on American bicycles Is impossible, be cause the commercial treaties with Austria, Russia and Italy exclude such a change. . A masked man held up two bank clerks near Kalgoolie, In West Aus tralia, recently, and robbed them of $25,000, which they were taking from the bank to the mines to pay off min ers. PERSISTENT POLICE WORK. Bartholmae Koat Had Disposed of On Olrl li Europe sad W Pound Living With , . f Antther la Chicago. I In the arrest af Bartholmae Kot, J young cabinet maker of Vienna, Aus tria, the Chicago police believe thej have cleared up the mystery surround ing the death of Marie Veodlcka, ol Vlnna. She In young and attractive satlon In Austria, und for the perpetra tor of which tho police of two conti nents have been searching for soim time. Host was found at Chicago, living with hi bride of a few months, Tho latter I Marie Schlrma, a cook IrJ Vienna. She I young andattrnetlvej and, because of hi love for her Kost la! said to have robbed and murdered Miss Veodlcka. According to the Austrian police. Miss Veodlcka met Kost In New York In 189.1. In May, 1897, she returned to V lenna, followed shortly after by Kost. It was announred they were to be mar ried, and on March 14, 189S, Kost start ed for New York with Mis Veodlcka, saying- they would be married there. Thl wa objected to by the girl' par ent, who had given her 800 Aorlns, and Kost agreed to marry Miss Veo dlcka In Berlin. Two lint'. Int.t. M ...J A I I . - . ' Van, I,.!,. .1 - . . . . . 111 order to disarm suspicion. Nearly two months later, while seining In the River Elbe, a flsherman brought to the surface the body of a well-dressed woman, which wa Anally Identified as that of Mis Veodlcka. Marks of foul play were apparent. The Police at once suspected Kost of the murder. It was learned that he had disposed of some of Miss Vo dlcka'a wearing apparel In Vienna. Later It also wa learned that Kot had married Marie Schlrma on April 13. and with her had gone to America. They were Anally traced to Chicago. LUNA ASSASSINATED. Wa a Bitter Foe ol the Americana and aa Enemy ol Agulnaldo. Gen. Antonio Luna, one of the bit terest foes of the Americans In the Phi lippines, has been, assassinated by or ders of Gen. Agulnaldo, the Filipino lender. Lvna had recently found him self In opposition to his chief's views and had not only disobeyed his orders, but at one time stopped Agulnaldo's peace commissioners while on their way to Manila to treat with the Amer icans. Agulnaldo ordered his death and his orders were carried nut by one of his fanatical followers. The report of the assassination caused great exol tement among the Filipinos In Manila. The assassination occurred on June I at Kabanatuan, to which place Luna had gone to confer with Agulnaldo. He had Just previously beep promoted to the rank of major general by the Fili pino leader. By a preconcerted plan he was kept waiting at the door of Agulnaldo's headquarters until his pntlence became exhausted. After de manding admission several times he attempted to force his way In. He drew his revolver, but before he could use It he was seized by Agulnaldo's guards, and one of them, named Ney, stubbed him several times, Luna died a few minutes after being stabbed. There Is much rejoicing among the Filipinos for they regarded Oen. Luna aa a menace to peace. DESTITUTE 1NEIANS. Oold Beiker Have Deprived Them of Tnr e Came Maasacree May Result. Owing to the big rush to the Yukon gold fields, wild animals that have not been killed by the prospectors have Aed to high ground, and In consequence the Indians, deprived of their natural food, are starving and In many in stances ready to massacre the whites. Cesare Franceses, Salt Lake City; Robert Hitchcock, Detroit, and a French-Canadian guide who arrived by the Cottage City at Vancouver, B. C, say that while camping on the upper branch of Stewart river they came up on a camp of 150 Indians, and wero told In trade language by their Inter preter that 30 of them had died of starvation during the winter owing to the whiles driving deer from the low lands. Tho men supplied the Indians with food and camped a short distance off. The Arst steamer with news direct from Glenora and the all-Canadian route reports that suffering on the trails has been terrible. The Hudson Bay Trading Company has saved hundreds of Americans from death and starvation. The New Richmond Cyclone. The tornado of Monday night killed 150 people at New Richmond, Wis. Fire followed the storm and many of the bodies were consumed. Out of 500 buildings comprising th town fully. tOO were destroyed. Almost every family has one or more members among the dead. Injured or missing, and little groups are seen everywhere searching, by the light of lantern or torch, for loved ones, who may be buried In the plies of debris on every hand. The property loss ran not be estimat ed at this time and may never be ac curately known. It was almost total, for the Insurance agents report that no tornado Insurance was carried In the town and only a small number of places, where Are Joined In the destruc tion of property, will the business men be at all reimbursed for their losses. Export Sxcecd Imports. The monthly statement of the Im ports and exports of the United States for May, Issued by the Bureau of Sta tistics, shows as follows: Imports Merchandise, $70,131,628. an Increase aa compared with May, 1N98, of about $16, 600,000; gold, $1,070,305. decrease $10. 250,000; silver, $3,010,353, increase $L 500.000. Exports Domestic merchandise, $91, 252,814, decrease, $17,500,000; gold, $2,049 255, increase, $1,940.(100; silver, $4,636,649. Increase $252,000. For the 11 months of the Ascal year the exports of merchan dise exceeded the Imports by $23,547,669. Pour Thousand Lost, Oen. Otis fabled the following from Manila to Washington last Friday: Success. Lawton's troops Cavlte Pro vince greater than expected. Enemy numbering over 4.000 lost In killed, wounded and captured. More than one-third, remainder much scattered, have retreated south to Imus, their arsenal; of Ave pieces of artillery, three captured. Navy aided greatly on shore bay, landing forcea occasion ally. Inhabitants in that country re joice at deliverance, and welcome with enthusiastic demonstrations arrival of our troops. Will Furnish Armor Plat. The Carnegie and Bethlehem Steel Companies have Informed th secre tary of the navy that they will furnish at $400 a ton th 6,000 tons of Harvey tsed armor required to complete the three monitors and the three battle ships Main. Ohio and Missouri. Onl
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