111 111 IIIR CI. SHARP FIGHTING. Colonial Undsr Gen. Brahsnt En(iiq Ihs Boers In t Fierce Fiflli! Q'n. f ranch Also Encounters III Enemy. A dispatch 1:it't1 Sunday, says tint I Iril. Iliabatit has Micresslnlly attacked (lie llm-ri in Northern (ape Colony, some j miles south of llic Free State fromiiT. "t li'ii. Brabant roloiiiiil division, after nnight march, is mm' attacking l In- Boers in n strong portion nl I n Buschangc's Nek on the H'iol from Dordrecht In Jamestown." A laltT tlitpntt'li said: "The cngagcim nl is proceeding with prrat vigor anil lilt' llorrt arc gradit ally reliving before llif British shell lire fniiii three positions. A heavy rillf lift" is being exchanged where llif British are engaging llif Boers on llif riiU Hank. .So far tin- Boers linvc hail no big urn" in action." Tlif result H.'lt llllllolltllTll in llif fol lowiiiK menage, dated lit Dordrecht, Sunday evening : (ifii.' Brabant's advance wi most satisfactory. Aftrr marching nml bivouacking over nielli, the force reach ed tin- strong entrenched positions which llifv occupied nml now hold, thi nners being on tin- opposite lull, 'l lif British will rt'inain to night in the "!' Inrt'tl positions, although llif Boers drought two units inlo action ami made delft mined efforts In retake llifin. Thr British losses are six killed ami lH wounded." "(it'll. French made a rccotmois sanec Satnrtlay ami c ncouiHcrcd tlif rnc inv in force. Tlify were occupying n lalilf shaped liopjf. Shots were ex changed, a Boer pun replying." Another dispatch says: "llif whereabouts of tin- enemy is not exactly known. Inn llif nuilnlf t iin maudoes air hovering aroiiml our army. Wf anticipate opposition at Abrahams Kraal, .V miles cast of Paaidehcrg. where (itn. Joiihert is rt'poiiftl collect ing a force from llif wlmlf of l.ady smith forces with tlif northeastern Free Staters. Pre sidcni Slryn arrived nt tlif ltotT camp at Abrahams Kraal on tlif morning "f Feb. "'"1 ',:,r" rangued llif Burghers, exhorting thrill to icnifiiibfr Majnlia ami to deliver Clonic." Alnaliams Kraal is n group of three kopics. situated al llif junction of Kraal Spruit wiili Moililcr river. It it a nat ural poinl of concentration which the Boers could tnakf exceedingly strong, lint nfttT tlif proofs of tlif mobility of tlif army of (ifii. Roberts it may he doubted whether they will inako a really serious attempt lo bar his advance tlifre. At Graal Ucynct. about .'o miles nortli of l'ort I'.liabftli. sonif 70 Dnii li ineil atlacketl with sticks ami stones a hotly of Loyalists, who were cclebraliiiK the relief of I. a lystnith. Many persons were injnreil. The Loyalists tleniaml inililnry protection. A similar riot oc cnrretl nt Stellfiihosch, about J$. miles cast of Cape Town. ANGLO-RUSSIAN AFFAIRS SERI0U3. England Is Nol Ga'horlng Troops lor Iho Boers Alono. The tloniinant note in mlviccs from St. l'etersbiitK is the serimisnrsx of the AiiH'o-Kus-ian ipioslion in Cenlral Asia, particularly on the border of Afnliatl istan. A private letter from the Russian capital received at Herlin states that nt. t'etersmiru tliiuks mat the continu ous war preparations in Kimland are directed not only against the lloers, hut have also for their obiect the sentlmir, if necessary, of an KiiHlish army frtuii South Africa to the l'ersian gulf and Central Asia. This supposition is streiiKthened by dispatches savinu that Joseph Chamber lain, the Uritish colonial secretary, has ipicned the Canadian and Australian colonial Koveriiments as to what until her of troops they could scud to South Amea 111 case the lintish forces now there should be withdrawn. I'-nland will soon have almost a tiuarter of a mil lion seasoned troops in the field ami the Russian government is keeping a sharp eye on this fact. The question therefore is just how Ioiir will KitKland, with this force at her command to strengthen her powerlul Indian levies, continue to ac ccpt Russia's assurance that her concen tration of troops on the Afghan frontier is "only experimental" or that the push ing of her power southward to the Per sian gulf and Afghan is purely a pacific development ol her commercial policy, The Carnegie Steel Company, Limit ed, will be reorganized next year. Mark!d lor Life. At the evening services on Ash Wednesday in St. Rose s Roman Catho lie Chinch at Meritlcn, Conn., the priests made the sign of the cross on the toreheads of the parishioners, din fiing their fingers in a plate of ashes icfore performing the rites. A few hours later those who were thus treat ed complained of a burning sensation, and not long afterward severe blisters were noticeable on their foreheads. The red wounds burned deeper and deeper, and invariably took th shape of the cross, as marked by the priests. Some miscreant had poured acid into the plate containing the ashes. Cuban Schools Plentiful. Governor General Wood says he has decided not to open any more schools at present, as the 2,300 schools already established, which are attended by 130, 000 pupils, practically meet all the re quirements. By the settlement of the estate of the late tleanor (. scott, at Richmond. Ind., $10,000 now awaits the demand of the General Foreign Missionary socie ties of the Methodist and Presbyterian Churches. The money will be divided equally between them. Pittsburg Ptps for Mexico. The Guadalajara Water Company, which has the contract to supply water to the city purchased a big- bill of pipe from the National lube Company, of nttsbursr, Pa. The pipe contracted for will build 40 miles of mains, and is to range in size from 3 to 18 inches. This is the first order of the kind placed in this country by Mexican or South American concerns. The steamship Teutonic, sailing Wednesday from New York for fcurope, look out ,000 ounces ot svlvr S.ATES1 NEWS NOTES. Thrre wrre three more fatal rases ol bubonic plague nt Honolulu on Febru ary jo. 1 mice I onlatowskl is said to hnve piiri'hasrd tlir island of Hiilan, In the Philippine. A (in Morrison was Tuesday In dicted at White Plains, N. V., (or the murder of his wife nt Mt. Vernon, lilt Prussian postal authorities nn- noiincr that pnekaues sent bv mail to llif United Slates iniisl go unsealed. Tlif Kni'li-h I'liviTiiuiciit has a scheme for doing nway with the slums of I .on ion ami for properly housing the poor. I.toiig Kav, an nssoclalf of Kang Yit W ei. llie Chinese reformer, nml like him a refugee, has reached Victoria, II. C. The National Republican League of clubs will meet in St. Paul, July 17, In elect ollicets ami transact oilier busi ness. Charles Ingersoll. rx treasurer ol Thonipkins county, N. Y., was ntlesteil al lola, Kas., for embezzling public funds. Subscriptions for the Topeka Capital during (he werk it is lo be cditftl by Kev. Mr. Sheldon have passed the loo,- (sx) mark. It is feared that the war will serious ly nITert the big Christian Lmleavor convention to br held in London this summer. Hv n vole ol eit to rt the National Ldiicalion Association al Chicago vot ed down immediate action on spelling reform. Robert lohtison's residence nt Mount St. Vincent, on the Hudson, was de stroyed by fire Monday at n loss ol $100,000, I'be extension of the wires to Rilioll Palls has established leleitratdi coni- 1111111 i:tl 11 n between London nml the sources of the Nile. nti expansionists are to hold a Na tional convention al Indianapolis after tlir Republican and Octnociatir nomina tions have been mailt'. Recent eatllniuakes in Mexico caused n tidal wave on the Pacific coast thai swept away several towns and destroyed an unknown number of lives. An Lniitish edition of the Topeka Capital, as run by Kev. Charles I). Shel- lon. is to be brought mil hv the Mraml Magazine, published in l-.tiglaml. Miss Susan H. Anthony has under taken to raise an endowment fund for the National Suffrage Association, her aim being to secure not less than $.v, ix xi. The rubber nianufactnt intt plant of the Candee Company, nt New Haven, Conn., has been closed down for a month, throwing 1,250 people out of work. Mrs. Marie Krebs poisoned herself in Halliuiore an hour after her mar riage because her aunt objected to her husband and ordered I11111 trom the house. Robert K. Spencer, cashier of the bankrupt R. I). & Robert K. Spencer Company, bankers at Thonipsonville, Conn., has been arrested 011 a charge ol forgery. Steps have been taken by the war department for the gradual return to the United Slates of the entire Fifth regiment of cavalry now distributed in P uerto Rico. George H. Harrow, who abducted the Clark baby in New York a year ago and was condemned to prison, has become violently insane and was sent to Mat teawan asylum. The (piarantine at New York against ships from Santos has been removed. M. Ilutin, president of the Panama Canal Company, has arrived nt New 1 ork from Havre. Philadelphia school boys in opposi tion to the wishes of the president of the board of education, secured over lo.ixxj signatures to an expression of sympathy lor President krugur. The first Lafayette dollar issued by the United States in honor of the Kx- posilion at Paris, was presented to President 1 .od vet. ot t rance, 111 a cas kct which cost $1,000. Controller Coler, of New York, tie clarcs that robbery of the city and brib ery of officials is rampant anil that af fairs arc in a worse condition than dur ing the days of Tweed. Snowdrifts 10 feet high have stopped travel around Ogdensburg, N. Y. Trains at Buffalo and New York were from four to five hours late. The storm extended into New England. Emma Schmitllapp tlicd at Kansas City of her injuries 111 the Missouri Pa cific railroad wreck. The hotly of an unknown woman is probably that of Mrs. M. Weil, of bt. Louis. President Kruger, of the Transvaal left Pretoria to hold a conference with President Steyn. of the Orange Free State, ami it is believed they will con sitler making overtures for peace. All the mourning crepe on the State Capitol building at F'rankfort, placed there by the Gocbel people, was taken down in the night, though State troops were guarding the building at the time, For sanitary reasons. Kev. A. B. Church, -of the Evangelical alliance, nt Akron, O., advocates burial of the dead in shrouds only without coffins or cas kets. He also recommends other re form to reduce the cost of funerals with display. Nine miners were entombed in the Big Cave Iron Mountain mine, at Red ding, Cal Wednesday. The air supply pipe is broken and it is feared the men will die of suffocation. The rescuing party is communicating by knocks and sounds. At Brewersville, Ind., a shooting af fair occurred between Isaac Powers, school teacher, and Albert Fuller, over the teacher s treatment ol r-uller s child Both men were probably fatally injur ed. At Montreal the students of McGill and Laval universities are quarreling about the uoers. the hrst named in stitution is British and the other French, There have been a number of small riots. ' Edwin A. Potter, President of the American Trust and Savings Bank, of Chicago, has been selected to succeed the late General John McNulta as re reiver (ot the National Bank of Illi nois. When the mayor of Omaha, Neb., awoke Sunday morning he found the stars and stripes gone from the flagpole in his yard and a red Hag in its place. There has ben a heated political cam-p.ign. AN EARLY INVESTtGAVION. Charges Mad That Mhrn Id Crulter Chart ton Was Wreck d the Offloert Wert Intoxicated. Charges of the most sensiiliotml ihar- neter have been received nl the navy department regarding the wrecking of llie cruiser Charleston in the Philip pines. I bf informant, who is n well known Amt'iiean nml former naval nl tat he abroad, alleges that on the night of the calastrophf 11 number of officers of the vessel were intoxicated. T he charge is supported by limitations from slati'iiit'iils made liy mt-ti oil board tlif ill 1:11 ft! cruiser nt the tinif nml the informant claims lo have verified the al legations by tliligeiil iniiiiiy among the officers of ihe Chat If sltni. Department officials decline to give the exact source of information, but admit that il has been received. The etter was not placed on the official file oil account of the peculiar nature- of llif charges, but it has been referretl to the judge advocate general of Ihe navy Willi instructions Ironi Secretary Long that the mailer be invcsllgaicd nt once. Naval olficrrs wi not discuss the rase. but that it has caused much apprehen sion is evidenced by the fact that un early investigation will be held. It is slated at the war department that unless there is n change in present Plans (it'll. (Mis will be recalled by June nml will br given llie department of Ihe lakes with headiiiarlers nt Chi cago. At that time ( ien. Merrilt will retire and den. Ilrooke will he placed in charge of the department of the ran. (ien. Otis being l ie ranking brigadier, will be made n major general ill Ihe regular cslablishnir nl. FEARFUL OF A TARIFF WAR. Consorvallsi Gernnni Oppnsn the Bill That Would Shut Out Moat From Ihe Unllsd Slates. Regarding the report that Secretary nay has received assurances from 1 be German government that (he meat bill would be changed, United States Am bassador W hite said that he expected such assurances would he given. T he executive coinmillee of the German commercial convention yesterday adopt ed unanimously a resolution against the committee's report on the meat bill, de claring that such a prohibition of meat imports would considerably miltre meat consumption on the pari of n large sec tion ol Ihe nalion, particularly the in dustrial masses. The protest concludes as loitows: "We protest on behalf ol the industry, commerce and shipping of the German, fatherland." Ihe itilliietitial "Ucser Zeituiig points out that the meal imports, nt a conservative estimate, amount to only ,y,oix,noo marks, whereas the exports lo the United States reach .tOH.txxi,otxi marks, all of which would be threaten ed by the bill. It says: "A tariff war would make the British and the Bel gians the successors to the German trade with the United States. More over, the Americans themselves would develop those industries which Germany now supplies. Shot Kughcs' Head Off. Millard Hughes was killed, ami Hen ry Hlcvins ami others were injured Sat nrtlay night at n dance in Sinallwoods resort, near Mast llornstadt, a mining town in Kentucky. During the dance Leonard Sinallwood, llamp Gragg anil others attacked Millartl Hughes, on ac count of nu old grudge. During the fusillade, Hughes' head was shot off and lllcvins nml others were hit with stray shots. The shooting ended the dancing. Sinallwood then went to sleep in the room with his victim's body. After the coroner's imptest Sunday, Leonard Sinallwood nml llamp Gracg were ar rested as principals. ICdward Small wood, father of Leonard, ami his daugh ter Lizzie, were arrested as accom plices. The four prisoners were lodged in jail, awaiting a preliminary hearing. Postcffico Robb'd. Burglars looted the Carnegie, Pa., postoflicc early Satnrtlay morning ami secured stamps anil cash amounting to about $1,000. They effected nn en trance to the safe without the use of ex plosives. The robbery was discovered by Miss Sylvia Lea. daughter of Post master W. H. Lea, when she opened the office. Letters were strewn about the lloor and the contents were scattered about the premises. The burglars evi dently took plenty of time to do the work. INDUSTRIAL NOTES. Porto Rican Laborers Strike tor an Increase ot B Conts pur Day. The coal strike nt Zwickau, Germany, has become a lockout. A miner's lamp, using acetylene gas, has been introduced into the Sclbcck mines of Germany. There is practically a suspension of the diamond cutting industry of the world, owing to the Anglo-Boer war. The steel casting plant at Lima. Ohio. which has been idle for a number of years, is being replaced and equipped for early resumption. Because recognition of their union was refused boo machinists of the works of Frazer & Chalmers and of Crosby & lo., at Chicago, 111,, went on strike. The two hundred watch case engrav rrs who are on strike against the Watc! Case J rust in Sag Harbor and Phila dclphia are leaving for other cities. All the cabmen of Naples, Italy numbering not far from ten thousand struck in an endeavor to prevent the introduction of automobile cabs, as proposed by their employers. The Hope Cotton Oil Co., of Hope, Ark., has been incorporated with a capi tal stock of $50,000, of which $47,000 has been subscribed. A general strike is on in all the mines between Sandy Lake and Jackson Cen tre, Pcnn. The men went out because an advance ol five cents a ton for run o( the mine was not granted. At Springfield, HI., the electric work ers have gained an increase of wages from $2.50 and $X75 per day to $j per (lay, and the coal handlers from $9 per week to $10 for single and $11 for dou ble teams per week. no SYMPATHY FOR UUEKS. London Polios Compelled to Proloot 1 Galher jing ol the Anil-War ParlyWan Facts Bruised. A large rrowd forcrd the doors ol Exeter hall, Loudon, where 11 "Stop Ihe War" tncciing was being held Fii tlny evening. The invaders were resist nl by the audience nml niter n free light Ihe disturbers were expelled. Undeter red, they broke through the rear en Irniifp, fighting with walking sticks mid umbrellas. I he police werr siiuiniolicd and the crowd finally nuieteil down, marching off Inward the war office nml singing "God save Ihe Out'cn." After o politi'int'ii had eleareil the building of llie invaders, many murks of the con flict were noticeable, bruised faces, lorn clothes nml other signs of n sh:ip nf fray. Silas Kilto Hocking, the novelist, saitl he would nol In-.iill tin- Boers 'by com paring ihem with such rowdies its had been circled, Francis Alston (Tiiiniiing, Liberal inrinber of parliament, saitl it was disgraceful that a lawful public meeting, convened in ihe very center of civilization should be menaced by drunken ruffians. Sir Wilfrid t.nwson, Liberal member of Parliament, in nil indignant protest, said: "Anyone- who dares to speak n word of truth nml justice nt Ihe present mo ment must nnderiSke tlir service in ac tual danger to life nml limb." Peace resolutions were adopted by the meeting. DANGER IN DEAD BODIES. More E ft -cllvs MnasHres lo Prevent Hubonlo nanus's Imporlalion. The advisability of calling a confer ence of the sanitary officers throughout the United Stales to consider ways nml means of keeping die bubonic plague from reaching this country is being urg ed upon the authorities at Washington. In answer lo a letter sent by l)r. Key tiolds, health commissioner at Chicago, to Dr. Walter Wymaii, surgeon general of the marine hospital service, I r. W'yinan says the health cotninissiomirs' suggestion lliat a national conference be called to inert ill April meets with his approval, ami will be roiitleretl. In a letter to Surgeon General Stern berg, Mitil to-day, l)r. Ucynolds calls attention lo the bodies of dead soldiers which are constantly being brought back to the States, ami suggests ns n precau tion against tlir spread of disease, espe cially the bubonic plague, that Ihe prac tice be discontinued. As an illustration of the danger thus incurred, Ir. Key nolds reporls that the casket recently brought from Luzon containing the body of a Chicago man who died oil the island was opened by the family, des pite orders to the contrary from the war department and the sanitary olli cers here. BIG AMERICAN LOAN. Russia Secures $25,000,000 From New York Capitalist to Comp ete a Railroad. Ignoring Berlin. London, Paris and nthrr Kuropran banking centers, the Russian Imperial Government I'" come to New York for a loan. A syndicate of financial institutions of that city- banks, trust companies nttd insurance companies have just arranged the pur chase of nu issue of $i5,Kio,ooo of 4 per cent, bunds, representing ft first mortgage on the Wlndikawkns railway system. The principal and interest of these bonds is guaranteed by tlir kiis siati Government nml is payable in Anirricnn gold dollars at the New York Security ami Trust Company. The nature mid size of ibis loan and the disclosure which it makes of this country's present position as a financial power of the world is its most interest ing feature. Another is the surprising showing it reveals as to Russia s pur chases in the American market of iron, steel, coal ami finished machinery. Be sides, there is the interesting fact of n gold loan, guaranteed by one of the Knropcan powers, selling in Ihe Ameri can market at a price which nets the syndicate slightly more than 4 per cent. British Casually List. The rapitllv growing casualty lists nrc being classified ns quickly ns possible, ' hey showlhat up to Wednesday morn ing the total number of casualties was ia,H.t4. of which 2..V0 were added dur ing the last fortnight. Ten of the It Scotch regiments lost about 2,050 men and eight of the Irish regiments 2,1x10. 1 lien come the (1I011 cesters and Northiimbrrlamls, white of nearly 21x1 Colonials the Xoyal Cana dians lost 121 men mid the Victoria mounted contingent 26. BIQ DEALS IN FAYETTE. Coal and Timbor Lands and Mines Sold for Al most 2,O0O,OCO. Joseph II. Hmnbcrstown. of Sotner field, has sold I,4x) acres of timber land in Wharton nnd Henry Clay townships, Fayette county, to Johnstown, Pa., busi ness men. The timber is nearly all white oak of the best quality and it is estimated that the tract will cut 7,000, 000 feet. Mills will he erected antl the lumber shipped to Liverpool, England, to be used in shipbuilding. The Redstone Oil, Coal and Coke Company has sold its mining plant on the Redstone branch, F'avette county, to the Pennsylvania Mining Company for $1,225,000. The plant consists of the tipple and usual equipments and 3,000 acres of coal land. Jacob E. Ridgcway, of Philadelphia, has sold to the same company 000 acres of coal adjoining the Redstone tract for $.118,500. He also sold this company his plant and coal in Washington county for $500,000. Edward Turner, an American engj ncer, has died in jail at Orizaba, Mexi co, where he was awaiting trial on a charge of criminal negligence in con nection with a train wreck on the In teroceanic railroad. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The President has sent the following nominations to the Senate: To be sec ond lieutenant U. S. A. Daniel Van Voorhis, of Ohio. To be second lieu tenant in the navy, Louis G. Miller, of Ohio. Arthur Sewall, who was the Demo cratic candidate for vice president in 1R06, paid his respects to President Mc Kinley Monday. He denied a recent interview in which he was quoted as forecasting the defeat of the Democrat is; party this yeir. SOLDIERS ti l PHILIPPINES. MORE ARE NEEDED, Troops Now en Duty Belnt Kepi Too Long. Death Rale In Their Ranks Certain lo Increase. Officials of tiie Administration nre alarmed over 1 tin reports from the Phil ippines. Private Inters ami press dis patches imlii nit- that tlir insiirgrtils are gathering in force to hunts I lie Ameri can army during the rainy season. There is excellent foundation for the stalrinrnt that Ihe Prrsldeut limy yet br compelled to nsk Congress for more troops before the war slops. Men who are now 111 Hie Islands bavr become so nervntetl by the tlinialr that they nre of little use in nu nggressive campaign. 'real 1 1 nt ri 111 does not keep regiments in tropical or semi tropical countiics for tiiorr than n year nl a time. Her ex perience has been that allowing turn to remain for n longer time unfits tliem to resist disease. Many of the regiments now In the Philippines hnve been there for a year, and tlir officers expect that the dentil rale will rise considerably within Ihr nrxt few months. Thr war drpartmrtit tins givrii n change ol slalion lor the Philippine regiments 110 qonsidrrnlion. It is n question unforeseen nml unpro vided for. Another problem for Ihr Administra tion is how to seeiirr more troops. It is practically ndmittctl that Ihr nrrsrnt campaign in Luzon has resulted in little gam, nml that tlir insurrection will go oil for another campaign. The rainy season will begin within 10 days. In July, I'joi, the rnli tinent of all volunteers expires by limitation. Un less Congress makes itnmedialr provi sion for n new force thrre will hardly br time enough lo elfect it at Ihr next ses sion. A bill increasing the army could nol br pul through before March or April of next year. I'.ven with (lie bill passed al such an early dale it would re (iiire four or live mouths lo recruit the men and another two mouths to change slalion nml reach the Philippines. It would not surprise members of Congress if thr Prrsideiil should send ill n mes sage asking that provision br made for additional troops for Ihr Philippines. LOVE CAUSES A TRIPLE TRAQEDY. Father Shools His Daughter snl Her Lover and Thin Suicides. James Glean, a farmer near Litltes burg. W. Va., killetl his daughter and her lover anil then cut his own throat Wednesday. Glenn had forbidden his daughter I'.llen, aged 17, to keep com pany with Albert Marsh, aged 2.1, of Spanishhurg, but on returning home yestertlay found his daughter entertain ing young Marsh. He ordered Marsh to have nt once. They quarreled, nnd Glean, with his shotgun, attempted to shoot Marsh. Kllen rushed between them, the shot taking effect in the girl's throat, killing her instantly. Glean then discharged the other barrel, shoot ing Marsh through th? bowels, he dy ing soon, filean then cut his own throat and fell dead. Mrss?cr?d by Indians. Frank Greenfield, of Mapleton, Kan., who last fall returned from South America, and secured the co-operation of the government in a rrlirf expedition to search for the party of rubber pros pectors which was sent from Kansas Lity to the interior of Brazil, tn rcbru ary, iftjo1, has notified his parents, from Cugiiha, Brazil, that Ihe entire party was massacred by Siiais Indians, far up the Aienga river. There were five or six men in the party. It was in charge of M. K. Kirk. a civil engineer 01 Kansas (. uy, nnd ronsisterl of Alfred Greenfield, of Ma pleton, Kan.: two men named William son ami lirownly, of Ohio, and one or two unknown nu n. The 1'razi'ian gov ernment ussistetl in the search. Throat Culling Predicted. Cot. F'rank M. Gardner, of Chatta nooga, Term., just returned from Ha vana, says fVj per cent, of the population is denied the franchise by Gen. Wood's ortler, barring those who rannot read ami write ami who do not own $230 worth of property. Many declare if they arc not permitted to vole there will be sonic throat cutting. So far ns Col. Gardner could observe few Cubans are at work. Chinamen apparently doing all the farming and gardening. American officials think when troops, who arc hated worse than thr Spaniards, are withdrawn, the Cubans will fight among themselves. WanlslSN w Warships. Secretary Long urged the House na val committee Wednesday to build thrre new armort'd cruisers of about l.l.ooo tons each with the heaviest ar mor nnd most powerful ordnance; 12 gunboats of about jxi tons each, nml three protected cruisers of about 8,000 tons each. Admiral Dewey suggested that the committee leave off the 12 gun boats and give three new battleships instead. General Otis has reported that Sec ond Lieutenant John R. Waugh, Thirty ninth Volunteer Infantry, shot himself through the heart while temporarily deranged from extreme nervousness on the 27th inst., at Manila. Lieutenant Waugh was born in Nebraska in 1876. CABLE FLASHES. The sultan of Turkey, alarmed at an alleged conspiracy against his life, has caused the arrest of many army officers. Lieutenant Governor Mclnnes, of British Columbia, has dismissed the Ministry. The Alsatian government has refused to allow the introduction of American wines, as a precaution against phyllox era. Lord Roberts will be given a dukedom, Buller an earldom and Kitchener will be raised to the peerage in return for their services in South Afri-a. 1 t A special dispatch from St. Peters burg says it is certain "the Russian gov ernment will lease a Persian harbor on terms similar to those of the lease of Port Arthur. In spite of the protests of her parents, the king and queen of Belgium, and the pope' appeal. Crown Princess Ste phanie will be married to the Hungarian nobleman. Count Elemer Lonyay, on March 22. EEfERAL Aft RESTS. Clerkt Try to Force Owner lo Close Evening Ho Charges a Mud Wild Dummy and Revolver. As a frsttlf of nn encounter lietwee Hxi or more store clerks of lingers town, Md., ami srvrral Kussinti Hebrew men hauls, who nre accused of violating; nu agreement lo close their stores nt f p. in. every tiny except Monday and l''rlilavs, Constable fotins Rowland nr restrtf Frederick Koberts nnd Bcrf Haley, clerks, for nssnnlt. T he clerks hail freipietilly railed 1111011 Mr. Hctibrn, Max Simon nnd I. Morgan, nil cloth iers, nnd nskrd them not lo violate tlif iigreeiucnt which thry signrd. Friday liil'hl n parly ot tlii-m nu t in the public aipiiirr, whirr they werr joined by crowd of young men ami boys. Tlies man lied to llie clothing stores, whirr were still open. There wns no trouble when the crowd inndc n protest to Ma Simon, hut when the Baltimore Cloth, big house was entered there was a free' for-nll fight. Mrs. Keuben tried to keep the crowd out, but was not successful III the scufllr boxes nnd goods wrrf slrrwn over the store, nnd llrrt Ifnlry. a hoy who was arrested, hit Mrs, Nrti- brn ovrr Ihe nrtii with a baseball bat Mr. Ki Alien, with a rlothinir dummy charged jr rrowd. T hen he got a re volver, nttil mining It nt the mob, order ed them to rlrnr the store. The trowd scattered. Ilrputy Sheriff Cost, Police. men Alrxandrr nml Nnille nml Severn rilizetis rushed into the store and ordei was soon restored. FOUGHT FOR THEIR FLAGS. Three American and Five Mexican Killed While Disputing Place of Honor. Washington's Birthday a shooting affray ocrnrred nt Pilarrs dK Tirrra Mex., in which three Americans and five Mexicans were killetl. From ac counts it appears a friendly feeling had existed nt Pilares, nnd in order to do honor to thr United Stales it was ar rntigrd on February 21 to raise the flags of ihr two Ki-piihlirs together on tilt flaiMlaiT. T he Mexicans hnd rhnrge of the af fair, and raised the Anirricnn flag above the Mexican, to ihe complete satisfac tiou of the Americans. But whrn tin Amrricans showed so m jeh apprecia tion of ihr net, the Mexicans found thry had made a mistake, ami decided to lower nnd rehoist the flag, with th Mexican flag on lop. Then the Amer icans declared such a transaction would he an insult to the United Stafes flag. Superintendent Ilanforth told tilt Mrxii ans that thry would have to shoo him before they could limit down tin American flag. It was hrhl that th Hags should have been hoisted properly in the first plare. The Mexicans wrr about to mob Uanforth, when Charles llogsrtt, who was with the rough riders in Cuba, interposed with a six-shootei in each hand. Firing from both sides immediately ensued, nnd llogsrtt wa instantly killed. John I-.vans and JJicI Ken, two other Amrricans, were mor tally wounded. But the Americans held the flag pole nnd both flags floated through the day. Five Mexicans were killed, ami the dance which was to tiavf followed was a failure, as no Mexican? attended, nnd there were less than hnli a dozen Americans in condition foi dancing. Train Pcbber Killed. While making a d.v'1 to escape, Lon nie Logan, known also as Lou Curry one of six men who on June 2 las robbrd a Union Pacific train of $.)4,ooo in cash near Kork Crrrk, Wyo., was shot nnd killed by detective who had tracked him from Cripple Creek tn I Kansas City, Mo. Logan was visiting the 1 - .1 i-.. 1 w i. t Home 01 ins hiiiii Him I'Misin, ,virs. not, l.re ami Lizzie Lee, and had been there a week. Thomas Sayrrs, assistant superin tendent of the Pinkerton office at San I-'rancisco, three local detrrtives and . I,' I i .1 I - iwo i iiiKcrions, surroumicrj me nous and called on Logan to surrender. In stead Logan darted out of a rear door, pi-tot in hand. As he reached the gate and turned to fire ,a volley from the detectives caused him to waver. II ran 150 yards, across the road and into a cornfield before he fell and breathed his last. His body was placed in a wagon and taken to the morgue in Kansas City. Governors of western States will meet in Salt Lake City, April 18. to draft bill for presentation to Congress to ced western and lands to the Slates. Kenlucky Funds Tied Up. Two State governments, completely officered, and each claiming to lie the regular and legal officials, are in Frank fort, Ky., and will remain, each chim ing the right to administer the affair of state until the question is adjudicat ed in the courts. As anticipated, the banks rciuse to recognize either of tho contending factions, and as a result both arc without money, and the Stato funds arc as securely tied up as they could be. Legislators, county as well as State of ficials, and all kinds of contractors with the State, will have to wait until some body is authorized by a decision of the court to nay them, and the State will have to wait on what is due it until the courts say who is authorized, to receive it. The Democratic Sdlte officer hare opened offices in the State hotel. The charitable and penal State institu tions are among, the sufferers. Ellis Hall & Son' nitro-glycerin magazine at Kelly Prospect, between Oil City and Franklin, Pa., blew up Wednesday morning. A hole 40 feet wide and to feet deep marks the spot where the building stood. It is sup posed that the explosion was caused by a fire. No one was injured. Over 6,000 Men Mad Idls. The 11 iron and steel mills in Indiana nwnril hv the Republic Iron and Steel Company have closed down indefinitely on account of the recent filing of suits in Muncie to enforce the weekly pay law by State Factory Inspector Mc Abec, and over 5.000 men become idle. Following is a list of the mills and the men employed: Muncie, two mills, i.coo employes; Terre Haute, two mills, 600 employes; Marion, two mills, 50a employes; East Chicago, two mills, 1.600 employes; Alexandria, one mil!, 1(0 employes.
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