BOERS H TAKE THE OFfEKSIVE.
RECAPTURE A RIDGE.
Gen. Joubort Attempting Flank Movement
Has Crossed to South ol the Tugela
Butler to Make Anoiner Dash.
The most important news from South
'Africa Sunday morning is conveyed in
a dispatch from Uuoban, which says
that Gen. Jonl)ert is marching with
6.000 men to otttllank Gen. Buller. An
ntann was Riven in the Boer camp on
Friday night that lien. White was try
ing to cut his way out of Lailysmith,
but nothing seems to have come of the
attempt, it' it' was made.
"The Boers have occupicil Bloys
farm, south of the Tugela, which is
under an hour's ride from Chieveley
and have turned the homestead into a
hospital, t )n the farm arc hills com
manding both bridges over the Tugela,
as well as Torts Wylic and Molyncux,
and from wbjch a view of Bulwana
and l.adysmith is obtainable. There is
much apprehension here regarding the
Boer movements and the authorities
are on the alert."
A dispatch from Frere Camp, dated
Sunday, said all was- quiet there. The
British troops were resting and the
lloers were inactive.
The latest reports from the front,
showing that Buller nbandoned Vaal
Krantz and retired across the Tugela
because the Boer puns could shell him
out of his position, and that he intends
to make another dash for l.adysmiih,
destroy the comforting and ingenious
theory that the movement was an elabo
rate feint to facilitate the main advance
of lien. Roberts. The dating oi mes
sages from Frere camp may indicate
that Buller has withdrawn all his forces
there.
Kvcn the most sanguine persons be
gin to sec it almost hopeless to expect
the relict o( l.adysmiih, while it is clear
that if it be impossible for Buller to
reach l.adysmith it is equally impossi
ble for the garrison, exhausted by sick
ness and privations, to cut a way out.
The fact that Gen. Roberts arrived at
Modeler river Friday seems to show
that he has been on a round of inspec
tion of the chief commands and that
the main advance is not so near as has
been supposed.
London was astonished and disheart
encd Friday afternoon by the publica
tion of the following dispatches, dated
on Thursday at the Boer head laager,
Ladysmith:
"The British who were in possession
of the kopje at Molens drift abandoned
it after a bombardment by Boer cannon
Thursday morning and retired across
the lugcla river to their former post
tion. A desultory cannonade is pro
cecding at the Tugela, but otherwise
everything is quiet.
As tending to confirm the above this
dispatch from the same source, dated
.Wednesday, was posted:
"An armored train Tuesday made a
sortie from Chieveley towards Colcnso
and landed 3.000 British troops on the
right of the Boer position. The Boers
immediately crossed the river and made
at attack with rifles and artillery, forc
ing the withdrawal of both the train and
the troops to Chieveley. The lighting
on the Upper lugcla river lasted until
8:30 Tuesday evening. Firing at both
Colenso and along the Upper Tugela
4 lias been proceeding since 5 o clock
.Wednesday morning.
While Buller has been forced back in
Natal an unpleasant story comes from
' the western border that Methuen lias
ordered a retreat from an advanced
position.
Col Plumer's force attacked the Boer
position near Ranionsta and after heavy
fighting, including an endeavor to take
the place by storm, the British were re
pulsed. Their loss is unknown. No
Boers were injured.
Ex-Secretary of the Navy Richard
V. Thompson, 91 years old, is very
near death at his home in Tcrrc Haute.
CONVICTS ESCAPE AT LOUISVILLE.
Fie Desperate Criminal Gain Their Liberty
In Kentucky.
There was a jail delivery at Louis
ville, Ky., Saturday evening. Red
Flanncry, Thomas Kelly, Henry Card
ner, George Gorman and George Mc-
r.lroy, live notorious criminals, made
their escape from what is known as sec
tion No. s, which was heretofore
thought to have been the safest part of
the structure. By the use of files they
cut a sufficient portion of the roof of
their cell away and effected an exit.
When they reached the wall of the
building they dug their way out by re
moving the bricks. By a daring climb
along a narrow cornice they reached
the roof. Then they leaped across a
10-foot alley space to an engine house
beyond. From this they made their
wayto the ground and disappeared.
Their escape was discovered only a few
minutes alter tliey iclt tlic jail.
Ballot Be Stutters Sentenoed.
Samuel R. Marklcy, Joseph S. Hogan
and Frank Taylor, alias Pierce, of Phil
adelphia, "have been sentenced to im
prisonment for two years in the Eastern
penitentiary, and to pay a fine of $500
eacli lor frauds perpetrated at the No
vember election.
The men were election officers in the
Twelfth division of the Fifth ward and
were recently convicted of stuffing the
ballot box and making fraudulent re
turns ol the votes cast.
Shot Nil Wile's Murderer.
At Cherry station, Ky., Saturday, Jim
Gordon, a negro (arm hand, enraged
because Mrs. George Rollins, a white
farmer's wife, refused to give him some
money, cut her throat with a butcher
knife. Her screams were heard by her
husband, who shot the negro twice and
beat out his brains with the gun butt.
Mrs. Kollms died in a lew minutes.
Will Institute a Tariff Law.
France refuses to lower the duties on
Brazilian coffee, and the negotiations
on the subject are broken off. A cable
message lust received from Paris af
firms that the French Government will
retaliate against- the Brazilian law
doubling duties on French goods. The
.7 f.i.. c 1 i
negouuuons wun naiy, opuin auu ucr
many are progressing favorably.
Dr. Leyds, diplomatic agent of the
Transvaal, had another interview with
Count von Buelowv the German foreign
minister,
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
A society has been formed in Berlin
to promote emigration to Southern
Brazil.
Tampico. Mexico, had the most dis
astrous fire in its history, the loss being
about $1,000,000,
At Black Hawk. Col. W. M. Allen
shot and killed his wife and daughter
and committed suicide.
The Alsonchc cement works of Gcf-
many are now seeking n suitable place
in the United Mates to erect a branch.
United States Judge Seaman, at Chi
cago, decides that saloon license bonds
arc not exempt under the war revenue
act.
Governor Tanner, of Illinois, is con
fined to his bed with a serious attack of
stomach trouble, and all visitors arc de
nied.
At Corry. Ta., Thomas J. Berney, ;f
Tidiotite. committed suicide, nearly sev
ering his head from the body with a
razor.
Robert P. Porter and Director Ran
ger, of the Cuban census, arrived at
Havana from the United States Wed
nesday.
A combination of the manufacturers
of whips in the country, with a capital
ot $20,000,000, is soon to be consum
mated. The American Bicycle Company, of
Jersey City, N. J., was incorporated at
Springfield, 111., with a capital ol fo,-
000,000.
riltsburc was fifth among the cities
of the country in building last year, and
there were 3.547 operations, at a cost
of $8,291,20.1.
The Diamond Match Company has
declared a quarterly dividend of J1 j ner
cent., the net profits of the pa-t year
being fl.5M.7f17.
Rev. William Hudson, pastor of the
Carmichaels (Pa.) Presbyterian church,
lias started to Egypt, Palestine and the
1 ans exposition.
Fifty skaters on the Kiskiminctas
river, at Bagdad station, narrowly es
caped drowning Monday night by the
ice breaking up.
Eighteen hundred nuarts of glycerin
exploded at Ftilmer Valley, near Brad
ford. Pa. 1 he shock was felt 50 miles.
No lives were lost.
The citizens of Bellefontc. Ta.. have
already raised $N,ooo for the erection of
the soldiers' and sailors' Curtin monu
ment at that place.
It is now conceded in England that
the Salisbury ministry is firmly in pow
er and will be backed by the country
in continuing the war.
Henry A. Holcomb. a New Bedford,
Mass., yarn manufacturer, has gone in
to bankruptcy, with liabilities of fi,
35 '.438, and no assets.
An American student at McGill Uni
versity, Montreal, was ducked in a dis
section bath for criticising the British
troops in South Africa.
Promoters of the electric railway to
connect Sharpsvillc, Pa., Sharon, Pa.,
Hubbard, O., and Voungstown, O., are
securing the right of way.
High water and floating ice in Buf
falo creek, N. Y., Friday caused dam
age estimated at $100,000 to shipping
and docks along the stream.
While James H. Finnegan, at
Cleveland, ()., was blowing his nose his
eye popped out. The cleverness of a
physician has saved it for him.
Major General Otis will be detached
from duty and will return to this coun
try after the arrival of the new Philip
pine Commission at his own request.
A inob of 1.200 miners in Martinique
have been preventing the harvesting of
sugi'.r cane, and in a fight with the mil
itary nine men were killed or wounded.
Four thousand men and boys employ
ed in the collieries of the Mineral and
Union Coal Company, at Shamokin,
Pa., arc idle on account of a car famine.
William Stiles, aged 70, was arrested
at South Bend, Ind., charged with em
bezzling $40,000 from the estate of the
late Samuel Halstcad, of New York
City.
Youngstown (O.) council voted
down a resolution expressing sympa
thy with Boers, on the ground that the
British are in the greatest need of sym
pathy. A joint resolution was passed by the
House in Iowa calling for an amend
ment to the -Constitution authorizing
the selection of Senators by popular
vote.
The hospital ship Missouri, which
started from Manila with 272 sick and
wounded soldiers, is reported from
Honolulu as having lost 16 of her pas
sengers by death.
Rear Admiral McNair has been re
lieved of the superintendency of the
Naval Academy at Annapolis, owing to
illness, and Commander Kichard Wain
wright succeeded him.
Seven members of the MeTarish fam
ily were murdered by Indians at Cap
per Lard, British Columbia, the Indians
imagining that they had caused an cpt
demic of scurvy by witchcraft.
The courts of Berlin have decided
to refuse Herr Sternberg's offer of bail
to the amount of 1,000,000 marks, and
the iH-fold millionaire, now charged
with financial irregularities, went to jail.
Agonrillo, the Filipino representative
now in Paris, declared that the propos
ed plan of civil government for the
Philippines would never be accepted, as
it gives the natives little say in the gov
ernment
The benefit performance in New
York Friday for the English soldiers in
South Africa and the widows and chil
dren of the - American soldiers who
fought in the Philippines netted about
$6,000.
Pittsburg engineers, workmen and
materials are to be used in the erection
of the mammoth blast furnaces on the
site of the old Cleveland rolling mill to
be used by the American Steel and
Wire Company.
"Bill" Cook, sentenced in 1895 to four
years imprisonment in the Albany Pen
itentiary, and who died there Wednes
dav from consumption, was once one
of the most noted desperadoes of the
Indian Icrritory.
Two switch engines on the Wiscon
sin Central Railroad collided in a fog at
Franklin Park, III., Wednesday, two
men being killed, another sustaining
what is thought arc fatal injuries and a
fourth severe injuries.
Dr. Barth, the Freisinnige fcader in
Germany, is warmly in (avor of passing
the Kiuer 1 naval uui.
CITIES BIG BURNED BY REBELS.
GEN. SCHURMAN ATTACKED.
Filipinos Try to Ambush the American Expe
ditions Now Use Flaming Arrows
to Aid In Destruction.
Of late the insurgents in Albay prov
ince, Luzon, have adopted harrassing
tactics against the towns which the
Americans have garrisoned. They
camp in the bills anil maintain a con
stant fire upon the American outposts.
When the troops sally against .them
they scatter, returning when the Ameri
cans retire. They shoot burning ar
rows and have thus burned a large part
of the town of Albay. Most of the
larger towns in that province are prac
tically deserted except by the garri
sons. Scarcely any of the inhabitants
return to their homes. They arc camp
ing in the interior, and it is supposed
armed insurgents prevent them going
back. It is reported that there is much
suffering among them, owing to lack
of food. As a result of these condi
tions, the hemp business in that section
is seriously hindered and ships going
for cargoes are compelled to take gangs
of coolies to do their loading. Hemp
held in the interior is quite inaccessi
ble. Guerilla warfare continues south of
Manila. Two attemnts have been made
to ambush the Americans, lien.
Schwn, while retiming to Manila with
his staff and escort of too cavalry from
lialangas. was attacked by the insur
gents. The latter were dispersed, but
the Americans have live men wounded.
I.ieut. Col. Beaeom, with six com
panies of the Forty-second infantry,
leld a two hour's fiiiht with lien. P10
Del Pilar's command, which attempted
to ambush the Americans along the
trail through Morong province, near
the lake. Here also the insurgents
were dispersed, but the Americans had
several wounded, among them a cap
tain. lien. Bell is operating through Zam-
bales province with a small force. An
other expedition is proceeding north
ward from Subig. It is reported that
the insurgents general Alejandro has
recovered from his wound and has as
sembled a large force in that district.
The plague continues. Eight cases
were reported last week among the na
tives and business and social life are
undisturbed. Smallpox is prevalent
among the natives along the railroad
and in the towns on the northern coast.
Two officers of the Thirty-sixth in
fantry have died of the disease and an
other officer and several soldiers have
been stricken.
CUBA IS PROSPERING.
The Growing Demand tor Laborers Cannot
Be Suppled.
The demand for labor in Cuba is
greater now than at any time in the his
tory of the island. From the sugar dis
tricts comes the information that it is
impossible to get sufficient laborers,
and tobacco growers of Pinar del Rio
arc offering them $3 per day, or three
times as much, as ever before, and even
at this price arc short many hundred.
This condition tells the story of Cuba's
agricultural prosperity more eloquently
than it could otherwise be told. In
response to the demand there arc ar
riving in Havana now from the Canary
Islands from 3.000 to 4,000 men and
boys each month. The immigration
statistics for 1899 show about 45.000
passengers landed at this port, of whom
25,000 were immigrants.
An American syndicate has secured
control of the asphalt deposits in the
rcginn of Puerto Padre and have begun
dcvclonmcpt. Five fold mines have
been discovered in the vicinity of Hol
guin, in eastern Cuba, on property
owned by a British syndicate. Engi
neers arc now at work preparatory to
operating the mines. The same syndi
cate has purchased several other claims
where gold has been discovered.
The automobile has been introduced
in Cuba and the company already es
tablished in Havana is seeking con
tracts to carry the mails to all points of
the interior which have no railway com
munication. The roads throughout
eastern Cuba arc good, and it is believ
ed that the automobile has solved a
puzzling question.
An offensive and defensive alliance
has been made between Portugal and
Great Britain whereby the former is to
give to the latter the Portuguese ports
in South Africa by which the Boers are
importings arms and men, while Eng
land is arming wholesale to keep the
powers from interfering.
Murdered by Natives.
News has been received that the na
tives of the Solomon Islands group are
murdering the white settlers, and that
a gunboat from the German Solomons
has gone to punish the culprits. Many
murders have taken place, and in one
instance the Captain and mate and four
of the crew of a trading schooner were
killed while trying to protect a settler
from the natives. In. most cases rob
bery seems to be the incentive.
Exports lor January.
The monthly statements of exports
issued by the Bureau of Statistics of the
Treasury Department shows that there
were exported in January breadstuffs
to the value of $17,541,249; provisions,
$11,508,340; cotton, $.7,104,391; miqcral
oil, $6,339,185. The total exports for
the month were $04,3.10.593, as compar
ed with $74729 763 'r January, 1899.
Klondikt's Output
Because of the mildness of the winter
into the latter part of December the
Klondike, according to official report,
will be unable to attain the estimated
$25,000,000 output for the year. How
ever, the temperature in the last week
was below 40 and down to 50, and that
will help production.
Mexicans Deltat the Indians.
A dispatch from Oaiaca.Mox..savs that
General Bravo is making good progress
in his campaign against the Maya In
dians, in Yucatan. The Maya losses
are reported to nave been heavy. Sev
eral small villages have been destroyed
by the gunboat crews. It is chanted
by Mexican officers that the Mayas
are receiving aid from the residents of
British Honduras.
For the first time in months Havana
is clear of yellow fever. No cat has
been omciaily reported lor some days.
MA J. LOGAN'S FUNERAL,
Youngstown, Ohio, Pays Tribute to the Dead
Hero Business Suspended.
After lying in state in St. John's Epis
copal church, Youngstown, l) the re
mains of Maj. John A. Logan were
Wednesday afternoon carried to their
last resting place in the magnificent An
drews mausoleum at Oak Hill cemetery.
The services were held in the church
and the Episcopal burial service was
used without eulogy. The funeral cort
ege was the largest ever witnessed in
Youngstown, and business was practic
ally suspended.
The funeral cortege included Compa
ny H, Seventh United States infantry,
with regimental band as escort; Com
pany H, I). N. G., guard of honor; G.
A. R., nosts, battalion I'ith regiment,
O. N. G.. detail of U. S. Grant post,
Chicago, G. A. R.; a detail. of the socie
ty of the Army of the Tennessee, sol
diers and sailors of the Spanish-American
war, civic societies, city officials,
and friends in carriages.
At the cemetery a prayer by Bishop
Leonard, benediction by Rev. Mr. Fra
zier, a volley fired, the notes of the
bugle sounding taps, and all the earthly
honor had been shown the fearless sol
dier who so heroically died upon the
field of San Jacinto in his country's
cause.
ANXIOUS FOR AN EDUCATION.
Cubans Tzk) Advantage ol the Publio Schools
Instituted b; Uncle Sam.
Mr. Alexis Frye, superintendent of Cu
ban schools, in his report to the govern
or general upon the development of the
school system since the work of reor
ganization began six weeks ago, says
that the whole country seems on tire
with enthusiasm for education. The
popular feeling exceeds all he had ven
tured to hope for. Six weeks ago there
existed in the island less than 200
schools, all based on the old Spanish
foundations, with the exception of a
few that had been established more than
a year before in Santiago by Gen.
Wood. There are now 2,058 schools in
the island, of which 201 arc in Havana
city, 152 in Matanzas City, and 170 in
Puerto Principe City. '
Thus far reports have been received
from 97 municipalities and there are 34
others to be heard from, which will
probably increase the number of schools
hy 400. the schools that have already
reported show an aggregate attendance
of more than 100.000 pupils, and Mr.
rrye believes this attendance will have
increased to 150,000 before June I.
German Navy Increasing,
An American naval officer now in
Berlin, who enjoys exceptional advant
age for gathering information regard
ing the German navy, asserts that the
German Government has made all the
preparations necessary to finish the con
struction ot the new worships hy toon,
Mislead of 1010, as the naval augmenta
tion bill seemingly provides.
In 1908 the German navy, according
to this officer, will have 37 battleships,
varying from ll.ooo to 13,000 tons, and
30 large and 40 small armored cruisers,
thus exceeding in fighting power the
navy of France. Before the end of 1905,
still according to the same informant,
Germany will be mistress of the North
Sea and her fleet w ill beat the American
over twofold.
Coal Fleet Met Disaster.
Word has been received by C. Juttc
& Co., of Pittsburg, Pa., who operate
the big 'owboat Joseph B. W illiams
that their boat bad met with a serious
accident at Point Pleasant, Mo., result
ing in the sinking of 16 coal boats be
sides grounding 10 and badly damaging
several others of her licet. She had 40
coal boats and three barges of steel rails
in her tow. Fog and rapidly falling
water arc said to have been the cause of
the disaster. The entire fleet was shov
cd onto a bar at Point Pleasant and the
tow went to pieces. The coal boats
which were sunk ami damaged contain
ed about 670,000 bushels of coal, The
loss is estimated at $50,000.
Dying ol lnflu;nia.
The inffuenza which has spread
throughout Germany now numbers 60,
000 victims in Munich. In Berlin every
tied m every hospital was occupied, and
the hospital physicians, hundreds of
whom have been stricken with the mal
ady, arc scarcely able to care for their
patients.
Among those believed to be dying is
Dr. Licbcr, leader of the Centrists, or
Clerical party in the Reichstag, who re
ccived the sacraments.
Governor General Wood will estab
lish a board of health in Havana.
Famous Gold Mints Soli
Dr. J. B. Hamilton, of Pittsburg. Pa.,
who represents a syndicate of Pittsburg
ahd Washington capitalists, has just
purchased the famous Cherokee Flat
hydraulic gold mines, situated near
Oroville, Cal. The price paid is in the
neighborhood of $250,000. The mines
have been worked continuously for 40
years and have already provided $13,
000,000.
CABLE FLASHES. "
Sir Thomas Grainger Stewart, the
noted Scotch physician, died in Edin-
burg bunday morning, aged 63 years.
Diplomats in Europe expect Russia
to make an aggressive move in Persia
to secure a route to the open sea at at
most any time.
Count Ferdinand Esterhazy protests
against amnesty being granted to Cap
tain Alfred Dreyfus, and he even invites
prosecution lor himself.
In Munich there are 60.000 victims of
grip, while in Berlin all hospitals are
lull, and Dr. l.ieber, leader ot the Cen
trist party, is thought to be dying.
The mortality in Bombay Tuesday
was unprecedented. There was a total
of 408 deaths. The situation is aggra
vated by the aavent 01 lamine rciugees.
The German direct cable from Emden
to New York, by way of the Azores,
will be laid by a London company. It
will cost 985,000. The cable will be
4,336 miles long.
Lord Roberts. British commander-
in-chief in South Africa, ban sent a note
to Presidents Steyn and Kruger com
plaining against the wanton destruction
ol property in jsatai uy tne uoers.
BUSINESS OUTLOOK flit! BRIGHT.
REVIEW OF TRADE.
Industrial Concerns All Busy, Produc Ion Sur
passed That ol Any Previous Year.
R. G. Dim & Co.'s "U'cektv Review
of Trade" reports the following: The
industries arc still surpassing in actual
output the work of any previous year.
1 neir new business is not correspond
ingly large, nor could such orders be
accepted by most industries if offered.
but enough are coming to prevent stop
page 01 works or much decline in pri
ces. The weekly output of pig iron
February I was 21)8.014 tons, but stocks
unsold rose 20,300 tons in January, in
dicating a consumption slightly smaller
than the output when the month began.
As the consuming works were naturally
stopped about the holidays more than
the furnaces, the figures prove little, but
Dcssemer and grey forge at Pittsburg
have not changed in price during the
past week, and slightly lower offers of
pig by southern and other new furnaces
at Chicago and eastern markets have
had little effect. It is more significant
that the decline of prices for some
weeks in bars, plates and sheets has
been checked. Large orders have been
taken for these and other products, in
dicating that the works in need of busi
ness may have obtained enough for a
time. Failures for the week were 245
in the United Slates, against 217 last
year, and 33 in Canada, against 33 last
year.
Itradstreets says of the grain move
ment: Wheat, including flour ship
ments for the week, aggregate 2.902.357
bushels, against 2.724.937 bushels last
week, 5.5S0.500 bushels in the corres
ponding week of 1X119, 3,419504 bush
els in i8)8, 2.051.345 bushels in 1897,
and 2.718.391 bushels in ii. Since
July 1, this season, the exports of wheat
aggregate t23.ot2.322 bushels, against
t50.599.t50 buhels last year, and 153.-
649.537 bushels in 1897-98. Corn ex
ports for the week aggregate 3.450.009
bushels, against 3.589.962 bushels last
week, 3.865.622 bushels in this week a
year ago, 4.508,012 biidicls in 1898, 4.-
169.274 bushels 111 1807 and 3.143.344
bushels in 1806. Since July I, this sea
son, corn exports aggregate 132,606,774
bushels, against 103,279,350 bushels dur
ing the same period a year ago, and
105.506,671 bushels in 1897-98.
MORMONS MILL LEAVE UTAH.
Owing to Gentih " Persecution " They Will
Settle in Wyoming.
Arrangements for one of the biggest
colonization schemes ever engineered in
ttie west, have been completed at
Cheync, W'yo., where .1 portion of the
Uig Horn basin 111 Northern Wyoming
will be settled by Mormons. For sever
al years a majority of the Mormons in
Utah have left that they could not stand
the "persecutions" ot the Gentiles and
with the idea of getting away and into a
new country where they might build
their homes, new arrangements were
made with the Wyoming authorities for
the selection of 200,000 acres of land in
the Big Horn basin under the Carey
act. A committee of prominent Mor
mons is now selecting this land along
the Stinking water river.
The Eric canal and irrigation sys
tem will be utilized and several new
canals and reservoirs constructed. Hun
dreds of .Mormon families are now dis
posing of their property in Utah, pack
ing tip their personal belongings and
during the larlv spring they will start
for the big Horn basin. The Mormon
leaders say there will be upwards of 30,'
000 people emigrate to the colony dur
ing the present year.
Crazed by Kentucky News,
Since the shooting of Senator Gocbcl
Henry ,M inula v. a well-to-do farmer
and woodsman living 30 miles south of
Kcnova, W. v a., near Big handy river.
has manifested the greatest interest and
walked miles daily to the railroad sta
tion for a newspaper. Tuesday he would
talk to his family of nothing else but the
trouble at the Kentucky capital, and to
ward evening he became wild with ex
citemcnt, declaring that he knew the
slaver of Gocbcl.
Before he could be stopped he seized
a Winchester rifle and started for the
station to take the train for Frankfort.
where he intended to shoot down the
guilty ones. The demented man was
disarmed with difiiculty, as he threaten
ed to use the weapon on his friends. It
took six men to hold In 111.
Wealthy Brothers Killed.
William and John Newton, wealthy
bachelor brothers, were burned to death
in the home of the former one mile west
of Portland, Ind., on Monday morning.
The fire was discovered by a neighbor,
but when he reached the burning house
he was too late to render any assistance.
In the rear of the ruins were a number
of chairs and a bundle of papers which
had evidently been carried out. AH of
them were covered with blood. No
actual evidence ol loul play lias been
discovered. William Newton was 75
years old. and one of the wealthiest men
in the State, his estate beinrr estimated
at $1,500,000. Both men-were eccentric
and lived in the most frugal manner.
' Militia Standing.
Secretary Root has sent to Congress
his annual report on the organized and
unorganized militia. It shows that the
country has 10,343,153 men capable of
bearing arms. Of this number 106,319
are in the National Guard, an increase
of about 3,000. Pennsylvania has 10,
016 men in the National Guard, and
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913.904 available ior limitary service.
Ohio has less than half as many Na
tional Guardsmen, the total being only
4.481, and 650.000 men available for ser
vice. West Virginia's Guard has 985
men, and 125.000 available.
Bomb for De Casssgnsc.
Some considerable excitement was
caused in Paris by the announcement
that a bomb had been found in the win
dow ledge r.i the residence of Paul de
Cassacnac. on the boulevard Malcshcr-
bes, with the fuse lighted. The latter
was extinguished by a policeman. The
chief of the municipal labatory said that
the engine would have done much dam
age if it had exploded,
Oporto. Portugal, has been declared
tree Irom the nunomr. uiaguu.
RELINQUISHED BY BRITAIN.
She Will Mike No Objection to Our Entire Con
Ircl ot Nicaragua Canal.
The United States nmt Great Britain
have reached an amicable agreement re
specting the operations of the Claytoil
Ilulwer treaty as affecting the right of
construction and control by the United
.iiaics 01 tne (Nicaragua cnnni. 1 nc re
sult marks the termination of confer
ences between the officials of the State
department and Lord Pauncefotc of ful
ly a year s ciurntion. Great Britain
agrees to a modification of the Clayton
lltilwer treaty by which she practically
relinquishes any claims respecting a du
al control of the Nicaragua canal after
it shall have been constructed. The re
sult is to eliminate that feature of the
treaty bearing on the snbiect of dual
control and to leave the United States
free to construct and thereafter control
this inter-oceanic waterway. In all the
discussions over the proposed canal the
question of England's rights under the
Uayton-JIuIwer treaty has for.mcd
prominent feature, and on more than
one occasion has given rise to the query
Whether or not the United Mates gov
ernment had the moral right to pro
vide tor the construction of thp canal
without n modification of the treaty.
England has made no demands for a
quid pro 9110 for her abandonment of
whatever rights she may have had un
der the treaty and which she promises
to relinquish.
MAY BE GOEBEL'S ASSASSIN.
Peoria, III., Police Think They Have Clue to
tho Right Parly.
The t'olice of Peoria, III., think they
re on the trail of the assassin of Sena
or Gocbcl. of Kentucky. A mysterious
well-dressed stranger is co-oncratiiig
with the local force, and sensational de
velopments arc expected. A young man
arrived in the city last fall, who claim
ed his father was a member of a firm
on East Front street, Cincinnati. He
claimed Kentucky as his home and said
repeatedly that it was his evidence that
acquitted Gocbcl of the charge of mur
der, lie was very bitter 111 his denun
ciation oT Gocbcl, and offered to bet
large sums of money that Gocbcl would
be assassinated bclorc he reached the
gubernatorial chair.
lie said a near relative of Gocbers
victini was pledged to kill the governor,
but in case he failed to keep his word,
others would not fail, and that he him
self would, with his own hand shoot
Gocbcl before he got a chance to dis
grace his native State by becoming its
governor. This was said several times
in the presence of reputable witnesses.
Sujiie think lus talk the ravings ol
fanatic but most of his hearers believe
he was desperately in earnest. He had
left 1 eona some tune belorc the Ken
tucky tragedy and his present where
abouts is not known.
JOHN D. ROCKFELLER RETIRES.
Some Motive for His Giving up Presidency cl
Standard Oil Company.
John D. Rockefeller has resigned the
presidency of the Standard Oil Com
pany of Ohio to avoid being drawn in
to future investigation of its affairs. He
will be succeeded by A. M. McGregor,
vice-president of the New Jersey Stand
ard Oil Company.
It is believed that tins move is mere
ly one of expediency, as the State Su
preme Court has decided the Anti-Trust
law of Ohio constitutional and a fur
ther investigation of the Standard is
likely by Attorney General Monnett of
that State. This action by Mr. Rock
efeller will probably avoid the necessity
of his testifying at such a hearing. Mr.
Rockefeller will, it is generally believed,
continue to direct the affairs of the
Standard as he has in the past.
Frank Rockefeller has also retired as
vice-president, and F. H. Squire, o(
Cleveland, has been chosen for that po
sition. The Ohio corporation in which
these changes arc made is really the
controlling organization of the Stand
ard Oil Company.
No Lova lor England.
It is officially announced in London
that Sir Edmund J. Monson, the Brit
ish ambassador to France, left Paris for
the south on leave of absence. The an
nouncement is gencially regarded as
important. Coining on top of the
known anti-British feeling in France, it
is thought the departure of the ambas
sador from his post at the present junc
ture indicates more than appears on the
surface or than is contained in the of
ficial explanation.
A survey for an electric railroad is be
ing made from Tiffin, O., to Toledo, by
way of Sandusky.
New Philippine Commission.
The President has appointed Judge
William H. Taft, of Cincinnati, United
States judge of the Sixth judicial cir
cuit, to be president of the new Philip
pine commission. Judge Taft's place on
the bench was filled by the appointment
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Rapids, Mich. On leaving the White
House Judge Taft stated that the com
mission of which he had been appointed
president would sail for the Philippines
soon after March 15, and its special
mission would be the establishment of a
civil government for the island. There
will be five members on the commis
sion, all civilians.
War Cost 9365,000,0000.
From the beginning of the war with
Spain to the present time the total ex
penditures of the government on ac
count of the hostilities in the Philip
pines anyiunt to about $355,000,000 as
follows: On account of the war depart
ment, $255,000,000. On account of the
navy department. $69,000,000. Paid to
Spain for Philippines, $20,000,000. In
terest on war loan to date, $9,000 00.
Increased expenses in departmental ser
vice in Washington, $2,000,000. Total
war expenditures, $355,000,000.
Not Mceh Yellcw Fever.
A report of the vital .statistics of Ha
vana for the year 1899, compiled by
Mayor Davis, chief sanitary officer,
shows that in an estimated population
of 220,000 there were 8,153 deaths from
all causes. Of these 1,163 were from
enteritis and 1.307 from tuberculosis.
Yellow fever occupies a relatively small
position on the list, 103 deaths having
resulted from this cause. Eleven deaths
were due to leprosy.
At Buenos Ayres there were 167 sun- 'v
strokes on Monday and 187 on Tuesday
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