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.