Elf DRAWING iR iFEKIM
.WAR'S END NEAR.
Pre Staters Surrendering- Lord Robert'
Fcrces rtcC3ling Rifles Faster Thin a. .
r aclory Could Turn Thorn Out.
The news from South Africa Monday
Is entirely satisfactorily In the, British
public. Tin- relief of Mali-Wing i not
yet announced, but it is extremely prob
nlile iliat this in it!re:iity accomplished
by Col. Fluuicr's Advance The aclmd
. relief movements have not lieen public
ly developed in detail, lint it seem that
Lord Methuen only started very
recently nnd is rather engaged in dis
persing the Bocts "f the district than
aiming at actual relief. The officer
commanding nt Belmont rcp.rrts that
some deserters have come in with a
Maxim, n nine-pounder and another
Kim. Another nine -pounder has been
brought into Colcshctg. The cavalry
brigade hat gone to Thalia Nchtt in or
der to reassure the inhabitant of that
district and to distribute copies of the
proclamation to the people of the Free
Slate. These proclamations are being
eagerly sought after.
We nrc getting rifles surrendered
faster than a factory could turn them
out. It is quite certain that if a British
official can reach the northern laagers
u-iih Lord Roberts' proclamation the
whole Iloer population will declare forj
peace. - ,
Events have occurred which induce
some to predict that the war will last
(inly so long as it takes to march to
l'retoria. The educated lloers, even
the Transvaalcrs are ready to accept
the inevitable.
It is reported that n corps of j.oixi
women have been formed at l'retoria.
It is called the Amazon corps. All the
members nrc uniformed in kills ami arc
armed. .
Lord Huberts probably ascertained
from lr. Eraser, the new mayor of
Bloeinfontcin. before dispatching Gen.
Polc-Carcw southward that, in all like
lihood, the railway was clear. The next
move will be to edict at ISIocmfonlcin,
by railwav, sufficient stores for the im
mense nr'iny Lord ttoherts will have
when the Orange river forces have
joined him. This will probably occupy
from two to three weeks. Therefore
the next important operations may be
expected in Natal.
The cavalry brigade winch Lord Koh
crls hh sent to Thalia Nchu. .15 miles
east of nioemfontein, is destined to cut
off some J.ooo Boers who are escaping
from the southward.
According to reports there are u.oon
Boers with 20 puns in the Biggaiberg
range. They will have to be caught
sooner or later. The British troops are
anxious to try. and the feeling is gen
eral that before long they will be per
mitted to do so.
A dispatch from I.adysmith. dated
Sunday, says: Our advanced camp is
on Sundays river, two miles north of
Etaudslaagtc. The lloers hold two po
sitions on the Biirgarsherg range, about
in miles north. The strongest is on the
New Castle road, where several nuns
have already been mounted and where
licy are digging extensive trenches.
The second position, which is on the
Dundee road is not so strong.
A dispatch from President Kr.tger
says: "The burghers will only cease
fighting with death. Our forces are re
turning in Rood order to our lines of de
fense on our own soil. The Natal
campaign was longer in our favor than
we expected. The British will never
reach Pretoria. The burghers, Stevn,
Joubert and myself, as well as all the
others, are united. There nrc no dif
ferences. God help us."
Murdered by a Maniac
In-a Paroxysm of rage Olof Pallesen.
a Norwegian, stabbed nnd killed his
wife Josephine, murdered Julia llenges
bach. the three-year-old daughter of
Charles F. Hengcsbach. a mail carrier,
and murderously assaulted the child's
mother, Mary llengesbach, Wednesday
afternoon, in front of his home, Wash
ington, D, C. Mrs. llengesbach lies
near the verge of death with seven stab
wounds in her body. Pallesen was ar
rested. It is believed he has become
demented through sickness.
Texas Republicans nrc endeavoring
to start a boom for Republican Slate
Chairman E. H. R. Green, who is a
son of Hetty Green, of New York, for
vice-president on the ticket with Mc
Kinley. Hundred Homelet.
Report have been received that the
Fox, Illinois and Sangamon river have
overflowed their banks, doing great
damage. Ottawa, 111., is under water
and hundreds of families near Havana,
111., have been driven from their homes.
There is an ice gorge at the Santa Fe
bridge at Chilli cotlic, 18 miles above
Peoria, and the water is up to the lies.
Attempts are being made to break the
gorge with dynamite. Peoria is threat
ened with flood.
Cap'. KcCalla Pardoned.
President McKinley has granted n
full and unconditional pardon to Capt.
Bowman H. McCalla, of the navy, now
serving in the Philippines. In 1800
Capt. McCalla, then a commander, was
convicted by court martial of several
offenses, including the striking of an
other person in the navy, and was sus
pended from rank and duty for three
years. The pardon, which was granted
for conspicuous service in the war with
Spain, restores Capt. McCalla to his
old rank and position.
CAEIE FLASHES.
Official of the Pari exposition say
that the exposition will be opened
April 15, a advertised.
The Prussian Reichstag is discussing
a bill to purify the stage. It prohibits
the presentation of anything calculated
to produce a feeling of shame.
The Prussian Reichstag ha adopted
a coinage bill providing for calling in
gold five-mark piece and twenty-pfennig
pieces, issuing silver up to fifteen
mark per head of the population and
calling in provincial coins, for renam
ing. Dr, Arendt, free conservative, of
fered an amendment proposing the
purchase of silver bullion for minting
the new coins, but it was rejected by
161 to 61 votes.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
On the Jack's Wndc crerk Klondike,
sonic dirt has assayed $j to $5 of gold
per bucket.
A colony of 400 Missouri farmer Is
to be established in the Concho River
Valley, Mexico.. -
Sunday the I'ort Gibson (Miss.) coni
pressj in which was stored a.otm bales
of cotton, was burned. '
Governor General Leary. of the island
of Guam, has Issued :i proclamation do
ing nway with slavery.
Secretary Root left llavann Saturday
for Charleston, where he will inspect
the new fortifications.
The unveiling of the Vance statue nt
Raleigh. N. C. Iii been postpifned
from May iti to July 4.
A strike by union machinists of Cleve
land is imminent. Employers refuse to
consider a nine hour day.
The Armstrong Steel Works, nt
Mint. Miih., were burned Wednesday,
the loss being $150,1x10.
Brazil will close her polls to Argen
tine vessels on account f reported bu
bonic plague in Argentina.
The National Sleel Company's steel
nnd bnr mills at New Castle, Pa., re
sumed operations Thursday.
King Menelik. of Abyssini i. is threat
ening to seize Italian provinces in Af
rica and a war is imminent.
The total number of deaths at Kim
berley during the scigc was 1.07(1, 01
which ono were caused by disease.
The Juliet (III.) Limestone Company
has gone into the hands of a receiver.
The liabilities nrc estimated at $4110.000.
The ( til Well Supply Company's
plant on Second nvcmie, Pittsburg,
was damaged by fire to the extent 01
$00,000.
The Senate commerce committee has
reported favorably a bill to change the
name of the steamer Paris to the Phila
delphia. Webster Davis, assistant secretary of
the Interior, arrived at Naples on his
return from Smith Africa and sailed for
New York.
The Illinois Manufacturers' Associa
tion has begun a movement, by resolu
tion nnd petition, for the repeal of the
war revenue law.
Kansas will have n big exposition in
lx4, in celebration of the fiftieth anni
versary of the organization of the ter
ritory of Kansas.
The Prince of Wales is growing more
like his mother and is now looked
upon by Englishmen as promising to
make a good king.
M. L. llarbeson. law partner of the
late William Gocbvl, has been elected in
Kenton county, Ky to succeed Goebel
in the State Senate.
Application for the exchange of old
bonds for the new two were made Sat
urday to the treasury demrlment to the
ai v.regate of $J7.ixx),0'Xi.
Lady Roberts and her two daughter
left England to join Lord Roberts in
South Africa and were given a popular
demonstration in London.
Mexico's grand canal, part of the val
ley of Mexico drainage system, was in
augurated Saturday with grand cere
monies in the City of Mexico.
The pope sent a message to Irish
Catholics in America with his benedic
tion and expressing the hope that the
Irish race may live in peace.
The will of Isaac Gordon, the no
torious money lender of London, has
not been found. Scathing obituaries of
him are published by the papers.
At a meeting in Dublin the lord may
or presiding, a committee was appoint
ed to fittingly receive the uecn and
E 1.-400 was subscribed for decorations.
The war department is preparing ad
vertisements for bids for live addition
al buildings to be at once erected at
Kgmont Key, commanding Tampa
bay.
Mrs. Ida M. Law. wife of F. W.
Law, of Pittsburg. Pa., strangled her
baby while temporarily insane. Four
years ago she cut the throat of another
baby.
J. Picrpont Morgan, of New York,
has announced the closing of the Brit
ish war loan. The amount of applica
tions, received here was about $30,000,
000.
Application has been made for a char
ter for the Franklin (Pa.) Air Compres
sor Company. Capital. $.too.ooo. one
half of which has been taken by Frank
lin people and the balance by J. W.
Duntley, of Chicago.
Secret service officers have arrested
in New York four F.nglishmen accus
ed of making counterfeit coins and seiz
ed their plant and a epiantity of bad
money.
Thomas Poolcy, a saloonkeeper of
Butte. Mont., shot and killed his son-in-law,
Thomns Littleiohn, and the lat
ter' wife, Lyda, during a difficulty on
the strcut.
John R. Haines, a Topeka ticket
broker, has been sentenced to 50 years
in the penitentiary for murdering
Charles Watson, formerly a rich Ohio
lumber merchant.
Senator Cullom Friday presented in
the Senate a memorial from Illinois for
the construction of a ship canal, 24 feet
deep and 300 feet wide, from Lake
Michigan, through the drainage canal
anil the Illinois river, to the Mississippi.
The attorney general ' of Nebraska
has brought suits against the Union
Pacific railroad for $.110,000;: the Mis
souri Pacific for $2lo.oro, and the Rock
Island for $150,000, or alleged viola
tion of the maximum rate law.
It is reported that a Kenosha, Wis.,
tannery has been sold to the leather
trust for $4,000,000. Last week it was
reported the big combine made the
company an offer of $,vooo.uoo, but
this was refused and the company held
to their original demand of $4,000,000.
Prince Anandsing Ajectsing Advasi
of Bombay, India, has been sentenced
to three months in jail and fined $50
for fraudulently obtaining board, and
lodging in New Haven.
Trouble is looked for between Rus
sia and Turkey if Prince Ferdinand, of
Bulgaria, backed by Russia, carries out
hi announced determination to declare
himself king of Bulgaria.
A movement has begun in Russia to
abandon the Julian calendar, which i
12 day behind that used by other na
tions, and secure, jf possible, the adop
tion of a universal calendar.
INSURGENT JUNTB STILL ftCTIVE.
INCITING FILIPINOS,
Their Idea It lo Fore the Etsl Possible Term
From Congress Brlgindag Take Iht ' -Plaol
of Organizid Warfare. ...
Gen. Otis considers Manila the most
troublesome center III the siliinlion.
The insurgent junta there, in conjunc
tion with that in I long Kong, Is grow
ing netive. The military authorities
have lu'Mi forced to put a stop to Ma-
bitti's intercourse' with the public.' The
press considers Ins- recent utterances
calculated to incite the .Filipino to a
continued revolt and prejudicial to
American control.
Mores, Agiiinaldo's surrendered sec
retary of war, who has just arrived in
Manila, says he comes trusting to Amer
ican leniency nnd that he would not
have dared come to Manila if Spain were
in control, lie cherishes the hope
which actuated him when in the field
nnd desires to watch congressional ac
tion upon the question of the Philip
pines. 1 lie insurgents, he says, 110 not
rxpect to vanquish the Americans, but
nrr maintaining n resistance with tlir
idea of forcing Congress to accord
them the best possible teims. A num
ber of representative itum-gent leaders
from different parts of Luzon have re
renlly been in conference in Manila.
Some have been placed tinder arrest,
but the others thus far have not been
interfered with.
Louis Spitzcl, head of the firm of
Louis Spilzel ft Co., contractor to the
Chinese government, nnd himself n sus
pected filibuster, came from I long
Kong to Manila last week nnd wns tem
porarily detained in custody on suspi
cion. It is asserted upon good author
ity that three loads of arms ntul ammu
nition have recently been landed on
the east cost of Luzon. Capt. Taylor, of
the Thirty-ninlh regiment, recently cap
tured 12 new maulers near Calamlia.
It is also reported that the rebels are
reorganizing in the province of Zam
bnles, under Mascardo. Brigands arc
committing atrocities in the province
of Nueva l'.ciga, where they have mur
dered 20 natives and Chinamen. Fight
oilier murders have been committed
near Tarlae. The Nueva Feign insur
gents nre heavily taxing local trailers
and farmers, with the result that busi
ness is paralyzed and there is a general
scarcity of food. The funds for main
taining this guerrilla warfare nre col
lected from the various towns of the
island, whether occupied by the Ameri
cans or not, even including Manila.
Travel between the towns garrisoned
by the Americans is becoming more
dangerous. All wagon trains must be
escorted bv heavy guards in order to
insure their safely. Two ambushes
were narrowly averted recently ; small
traveling parties were attacked; single
travelers freiintly disappear or nre
found dead.
Spaniards nnd Filipinos conversant
with the Tagalo character say that Agiii
naldo's capture would terminate the
revolution. Three months have passed
since he was actively pursued.
A FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH.
An Eccenlrlo Jersey Doctor ol 123 Years Who
Beats Pones do Loon all Hollow.
Dr. Smith, who claims to be 12,1
years of age, and whose marriage in At
lantic City a few months ago to n wo
man of forty caused something of a sen
sation, has removed to Egg Harbor
City, where he is diligently pursuing a
plan to erect a huge sanitarium for those
afllieted with disease. His only cure
is the water of L'nion creek, which he
claims possesses peculiar medicinal
properties.
Dr. Smith, even during the cold
weather of the last three months, has
been regularly administering this to his
patients who could adapt themselves to
the treatment. It consists of a daily
bath in the water of the stream at all
seasons.
The danger of contracting cold is
counteracted by taking what Dr. Smith
calls hi elixir of life, which, he says,
has been the means of prolonging his
life nearly a century and a quarter. He
is very uncommunicative in regard to
his plan, and apparently want to avoid
notoriety.
The American Tobacco Company dis
charged its 500 employes at it New
York factory and will remove the plant
to Baltimore, Cincinnati, Richmond,
Va., and Lancaster, Pa., where labor is
cheaper. '
A War Inevitable
A telegram from' Matagulpa, Nica
ragua, says that war between Nicaragua
and Costa Rica is unavoidable.
Recruiting is going on in the
district of Matanzas. The heav
iest recruiting is in Leon prov
ince in the west. President Iglcsias of
Costa Rica, has suspended the constitu
tion. He expect an invasion by the
Nicaragua!! under Nora, a renegade
Costa Rican.
Trek From Missouri lo Mexico.
A colony of 403 Missouri farmers is to
be established in the valley of the Con
cho river in Mexico. The promoter
of the colonization scheme have pur
chased 200,000 acres of rich valleys, an l
a tew of the colonists have already ar
rived. The remainder of the families
will reach here in time to put in this
season's crops.
The effect of the uncertainty of the
tariff situation as to Puerto Rico, is
shown by a report prepared by Colonel
F.dwards, chief of the insular bureau of
the war department, according to
which the custom receipt.! for January
were $68,460, a decrease of $51,410 com
pared with the receipts for January,
199-
Yields 936,000 a Day.
Norman MacAuley has returned to
Victoria, B. C, from the Klondike
with a story of the riches of claim No.
46, on the Sulphur, which is known to
be the richest mining claim in the
world. The owner, whose name Mac
Auley could not recall, i a German,
and he will before long be the richest
man of all the Klondike kings. The
claim, he says, is now producing at the
rate of $.16,000 each day.
John M, Wampler wa tentenced at
Gladeville, Va., to be hanged for the
murder of William Jenkin.
MORE SUBSIDIARY COIN,
AI Least $20,000,000 lo be Minted anil Put
On Ihs Market Under the New
Mone'ary Law.
Mr. Roberts, the director of the mint,
has announced his intention of speedily
taking steps to increase the stock of
itibsiiliary coin under the new financial
net. As quickly ns possible at least
$20,000,000 will be coined nnd put on
the market to meet the demand for
small money. Speaking of the matter,
Mr. Roberts said:
"The new monetary net, approved
March 14, authorize an increase of
about $20,ixxmxx in the stock of sub
sidiary silver coin. The last authority
for the issue of subsidiary silver was
given by a joint resolution, approved
July 21, 1876, in preparation for the re
sumption of specie payments. It au
thorized the issue of nn amount which,
together with the fractional paper cur
rency outstanding, should nt no time ex
ceed $50,r)oo.(xx.
"July o, 1K70, the net providing for
the redemption of subsidiary silver ill
lawful money wa passed, and forthwith
our old quarters, dimes nnd halves,
which had been driven to the West
Indie and South America by our paper
money, began to return. They were
presented for redemption until the treas
ury held over $.n,ooo,ooo of them. In
this way the $5o,ooo,x limit was ex
ceeded, for the treasury officials paid
tin Mock out in the regular course of
business until it wns prarlically nil ab
sorbed. The present stock in the coun
try thus reached nboiit $,ooo,ocio.
Under the new law it may be $100,000,
oon, nnd bullion purchased tinder the
Shermnn act may be coined. The new
nulhority was sorely needed nnd will
scarcely suffice for the growing needs
of the country more tha'n five or six
years."
STARVATION IN PUERTO RICO.
Suffering Inhabitants Rjady lo Agree lo Any
Legislation Thai Affords Speedy Roltef.
(iovcrnor (ieueral Davis has received
petitions for work and food from 60
comity women who marched from Nar
nniito to find relief from starvation.
The women presented a most pitiable
sight. They were barefooted and rag
ged, half, naked, dust-covered nnd
weary from their journey. Some ol
them were lame; all were discouraged.
The petition which they presented to
the governor general tells the story of
the depressing times; no work, and the
price of rice, beans and bread beyond
reach, fruits destroyed and the relief
supply discontinued, bringing them and
other where the came from almost
to starvation.
(ten. Davis promised relief to the
party and reiue.sted the mayor to pro
vide transportation. His reply was that
there was not a peso in the treasury and
that the police were yet unpaid for their
last two month's work. The party of
women dispersed rpiictly, some retracing
their steps afoot, others begging easier
conveyances to Naranjito, which is 20
miles from San Juan, a portion of the
road being almost impassable. Similar
parlies nre expected from other towns.
The feeling of uncertainty regarding
the tariff holds business practically at
a standstill, the merchants being afraid
to order goods or to advance funds on
the planters' accounts.
The merchants here will be satisfied
to accept any decision of Coitgrcss,
either free trade, the 25 or 15 per rent,
tariff, but they nsk for a settlement of
the question, so that business activity
may be resumed.
Shot Daughter and Husband.
Thomas Poolcy. a saloonkeeper, of
Piiitte, Mont., Sunday, shot and killed
his son-in-law, Thomas Littleiohn, and
by accident the hitler's wife, Lydia, the
shot being intended for Littleiohn, dur
ing a difficulty on the street. The trou
ble dated from Liltlciohn's marriage
to Poolcy' daughter without the fath
er's consent. I.ittlcjohn had knocked
Poolcy down nnd was kicking him.
when the latter drew his revolver and
fired. Mrs. Littlejuhn was carrying her
baby at the time.
Forty Door Factories Closed.
Forty sash nnd door factories in
Chicago have decided to shut down as
a result of the struggle of the con
,mti(i1 nnil tin htiilflincr nnd
trades council. This throws 6.000 more
men, mostly union wood workers, out
nf .nJnnwni Tn activity in buildnitr
circle and interference by the employe
with the delivery 01 goous 10 non-union
force caused the action.
1
Negroes Musi Leave.
Citizens of Parium, a fine resilience
suburb of the big mining camp of Cal
umet, Mich., have appointed a commit
tee to rid the town of negroes. They
object to having it called a vigilance
committee, and announce that only
peaceable and legal methods will be
used, but that the negroes must go.
Colored men were almos unknown
there until a sewer contractor brought
in several carloads from Tennessee and
Alabama 18 months ago. Several white
girls have eToped with negroes and
constant trouble has led to this acticn.
Yellow Fover In Havana.
H. J. Ormsby. of Wisconsin, who
has spent the last five months in Cuba
a a special agent of the war depart
ment, says that yellow fever is now and
has been for some time past raging in
Havana. The reports of the actual
deaths from yellow fever, he said, are
not allowed to go out.
For the first time in the history oi
mining in Central Pennsylvania a new
scale was agreed on by arbitration be
tween miners and operators at the Al
toona convention.
The annual report of the Canadian Pa
cific railway shows gross earnings for
1800 of $29,230,9.18.26; working ex
penses, $16,999,77275, and net earnings,
$12,330,165.49.
Frank R. Dundy, city chamberlain, of
F.lmira, N. Y., and defeated Demo
cratic candidate for mayor on March
6, has confessed to a shortage of $jo,
000 in hi account.
The director of the Anaconda Cop
per Mining Company Friday at New
York declared it regular quarterly
dividend of $1.25 per share and an ex
tra dividend of 75 cents.
DEATH IN I JUKE EXPLOSION.
SHOWER OF HOT METAL.
Ont Man Burned Up Completely Another
Vlollm's Flesh Falis from His Bones.
Three Olhers Badly lnjred.
A terrific explosion occurred In Mo.
lioiigaliela furnace No. t, n department
of the National Tube Company' plant,
at McKeesport, Pn., nt $-.40 o'clock Fri
day afternoon. One man wa killed, an
other so badly injured that he cniinot
rrcover, nnd three men very painfully
burned.
The indirect cnusc of the exnlosion
was the dogging of the furnace, which
is (10 feet high. A lot of ore, limestone
and coke had become fastened to the
side of the furnace 20 feet from the top.
This is called a "hung." Hut the men
at the top, Martin and Cumin, kept
filling in more ore, coke and limestone.
I'inally the weight of the stone, coke
nnil ore thrown in caused the "hnng"
to break loose.' It then fell down to
the bottom of the furnnce, 40 feet be
low. At the bottom of the furnace was
a large mas of molten metal nnd gases.
W hen the ore nnd stone rntne tumbling
down, the explosion ensued.
! ire, molten metal, ore, coke ana
stone were sent flying high into the nir.
Some of the pieces of stone nnd ore
fell to the ground a block away. The
noise made by the explosion could be
heard nil over the city. The ynril
about the furnarc wa strewn over with
metal, ore nnd stone. The top of the
furnace was blown oft, and some of the
fixtures of the furnace destroyed. He-
yond this little damage was done to the
furnace.
The report of the explosion and the
wierd scenes attending nnd following
it were indescribable. People rushed
to the place from nil over the city, nnd
the greatest excitement prevailed.
Nothing whatever could be discov
ered of Martin' remains. His hat was
found on the top of the furnace, near
the edire. The force of the explosion
seems to have been directly upward and
downward. Martin had been working
nt the place eight years.
EXPANSION IN WEST INDIES.
Our Government Will Buy the Danish Islands
lor a Reasonable Price.
The purpose pf the government to ac
quire the island of St. Thonia for a
reasonable consideration from Den
mark, has not been abandoned, notwith
standing the statements attributed to
the Danish ministers not to part with
the island. It is believed that the last
announcement is only evidence of a pur
pose on the part of the Danish authori
ties to secure a higher price for the
island than the United State had re
garded as proper. It is probable that
no active effort will be made by our
government to hasten the negotiations,
but having learned that the finances of
the island showed a deficit last year of
$75,000, in spite of the most rigid econ
omy in the administration, a sum charg
ed up against the home government, it
is believed that our terms will ultimate
ly be accepted, if reduced to a con
crete proposition to pay $3,000,000 for
St. Thomas and St. Cruz.
FOUGHT WITH YAQUiS.
Americans Wen Killed by M:x!cans During
a Ballle.
George W. Vaughn, superintendent
of n mining company nt Lower Sonora,
Mex., says that just nt this time the
Yaqui Indians arc quiet nnd Mexican
soldiers nre also quiet. Vaughn re
ports that a young American prospec
tor named liostwick, who for months
has been a prisoner in the hands of
the Yaqtlis, has been released and, that
he returned to Ilcrmosilla last Tuesday.
Host wick said the Indians have no
idea of surrendering. They are well
armed nnd number not more than 2,000
Ilostwick was not mistreated by the In
dians nnd did not know why he was
released. He was simply led to the
outskirts of the camp and told to go.
Vaughn says Gen. Torres is friendly to
Americans, and that the only two Amer
icans killed by Mexican soldiers, were
fighting with the Indians and were
slain (luring a battle.
At Rio Janeiro elaborate prepara
tions are being made for the celebra
tion of the anniversary of the discovery
on May 3. 1500, of Brazil, by Pedro
Alvarez dc Gabral.
ONE GOOD INDKN GONE.
Washakie, Chief of Ihs Sosione Tribe, Buried
Wi'.h Military Honors.
Washaki. for nearly 70 years head
chief of the Shoshone Indians, died a
few days ago at Fort Washakie, Vv yo
ming. He was buried with military
honors. Troop E. First cavalry, escort
ing the coffin, which was draped with
an American flag, to the cemetery. The
F.piscopal service was read by two
clergymen of that church, one. Rev.
Sherman Cooltdgc, being a full-blooded
Arapahoe Indian. About 2.000 Indians
and whites were present to pay a last
tribute to a chief who had always been
a firm friend of the whites, always en
deavoring to have his people live after
the manner of the white man. nnd to
set an example to them in the attain
ing of a higher civilization.
tl IHfc NATIONAL CAPITA1.
Representatives of the Philadelphia
?roduce exchange were before the
louse agricultural committee in favor
of the Grout anti-oleomargarine bill.
Mr. Wise, the newly-seated Republi
can representative from Virginia, has
introduced a bill to encourage the or
ganization of industrial schools for the
benefit of the frccdmen of the outh.
The State department has been advis
ed formally of the willingness of the
French government to extend the pe
riod of time allowed for the ratification
of . the pending French reciprocity
truaty.
Because of his wife' health, George
A. Gate ha resigned the presidency of
Iowa college to take effect in Novem
ber. Before the Idaho investigation com
mittee at Washington L. J. Simpkins,
an electrical engineer, testified concern
ing extreme brutalities committed by
the colored soldiers at Wardfeer.
WAR MUST GO ON.
Great Britain Poremptorlfy Refuses to Aco;pl
Petition of Burghsrs United Stales fn
terventlon Not Wanbd.
Offer to nld In bringing about peace
In South Africa have been respectfully
declined by Great Britain. Lord Salis
bury has rejected the Krugcr-Steyn
proposition to end the war.
The United Stnte government, nt the
request of President krugrr and Presi
dent Steyn, offered to the British-government
Jtn service a mediator, with
the view of bringing about peace in
p""ui Mricn.
The United State charge d'nffnire,
Henry White, rnw Lord Salisbury at'
the foreign office Tuesday evening and
received a formal reply from the British
government, declining the good of
fices of the United States in regard to
pence.
The representations made to Grent
Britnin were o put that they nsumed
nothing (lf 8 desire to intervene, but
simply transmitted the communication
ninde to United State Consul Adelbcrt
S. Hay, at Pretoria, with the accom
panying assurance that anything the
state department could do In the inter
est of peace would be gladly undertak
en. The well known aversion of the
British government to any foreign In
tervention doe not nppenr to have been
aroused, and while Lord Salisbury wa
unable to comply with the offer, he ex
pressed hi appreciation of the United
States efforts in behalf of humanity.
The offer of mediation sprang from
Pretoria, where Mr. Hny, with the oth
er consul, subsequent to President
Kruger and Steyn sending their peace
cablegram to Lord Salisbury, were ask
ed to endeavor to secure the good of
fice of their respective government,
apparently with the view of bringing
outside influence to bear upon Lord
Salisbury' reply to the Boer over
tures. These seem to have been fruit
less, except in the instance of the Unit
ed States consul, whose representation
lo Secretary Hay were forwarded to
the United State embassy in London
with instruction outlined nbovc. These
Mr. White, the charge d'affaires, per
sonally presented to Lord Salisbury,
who received them cordially.
A the Boer overtures had already
been answered to the effect that no
propositions including the retention of
the republic's independence could be
considered, the presentation of the
American offer was already too late,
but the premier apparently deemed it a
matter of sufficient importance to put
himself on record with a formal reply.
The government will not allow the
Krugcr-Steyn nppenl to influence in any
way their determination not to spare
any effort to prosecute the war. There
will be no diminution of measures cal
culated to maintain the full efficiency
of the field force, and whatever rein
forcements were previously considered
advisable will still be sent out.
Lord Salisbury's reply meet with nn
nnimous approval among Conservative
and it is the universal opinion that the
Boers, by their extravagant claims and
canting tone, meant to influence for
eign powers, have again overreached
themselves, as they did by the ultima
tum. FRANCE CANNOT INTERVENE.
For Her to Off ?r Mediation to Britain Wculu
Act a Oil on Flam:.
A responsible mouthpiece of the
French government says: "A far as
France is concerned, she certainly will
not take the initiative in offering Eng
land mediation, nor will Russia, for
the dual alliance is naturally working
together in this question.
"We feci that in the present excited
state of public feeling in England, and
especially as regards ourselves, any
step taken by the French govcrnmenl
would defeat its own object, and instead
of pctiing a way to honorable peace,
would act as oil on flames and proba
bly create fresh complications.
"We consider that overture for me
diation can emanate from some power
whose cordial relation with England
prevent such a suggestion being con
strued a an unfriendly act. The em
peror of Germany, for instance, might
take the initiative, or President McKin
ley. without fear of creating the friction
which would follow any such action or
our part. and. after this i done, full
reliance can be placed on the unquali
fied support of France and Russia, whost
only desire is to see the end of the
bloodshed and who are eager to lend
their good offices in bringing about
this end."
The Gaulois. referring to Lord Salis
bury's reply to the Kruger-Steyrt appeal,
sitys: "England no longer hides hci
plans. She confirms by her attitude
the object she evidently had in view
when opening the campaign, that of
I w'ir of extermination and conquest.
I One can consider the step taken b
Presidents Kruger and Steyn as dic
tated by a desire to place England in
difficult position before the civilize)
world, since she has been obliged tc
reveal her designs publicly."
APPALLED OVER PUERTO RICA.
A New Yorksr Claims Conditions Thera An
Awlul
Tames Creclman cable the following
relative to the conditions prevailing is
Puerto Rico:
"The condition of Puerto Rico is al
most incredible. The whole people an
be:ng pauperized by free government
rations, while the instability of thecoun
try without constitutional guarantee pre
vents American capital from flowing in
There is a general outcry from leadinf
Puerto Ricans against this degradin
alms-giving as a bribe to quiet the pco
pie, while Congress is fastening tin
slavery of a colonial system upon them
"The official return show that it r
five months the normal "datrt rate at
Puerto Rico ha increased g.oWsnci
the tornado period, showing that tin
island is losing in population at th
rate of 20,000 a year as a result o
American control. The sights in tht
mountain districts are appalling. AI
experienced men agree in saying tha
the only hope of saving Puerto Ric
from utter ruin is to at once conver
it into a regular United State terri
tory. The people do not need charity
They need the opportunity to work.
At Ottawa, III., the river is 21 (tb
above its normal level.