NT LITTLE HOPE FOR MUG.
COL PLUMER CHECKED.
Efforti le Rail Iht Slegt do Nol Look Llkl
Ecrly Siieottl-Gen. Frenoh Flnh:lnfj
Etsl ol Blocmlonleln.
The hone of early rrlitf of Malcking.
or tliiit I l. Baden Powell will not be
ronmclled to surrender before help
reaches li i til from cither the north or
south, grows (liinniiT. Gen. Robert
main nrmv continues resting at lllocni
fonlcin, while lott. Mclhttcn I skir
mishing with the Boers nt Warrctitun.
107 miles away. Mcthucii has not ad
vanced in live days in the direction of
Mafcking. although hi (one is nppar-i-Mlly
strong enough to 1 pretty iiuirh
a he likes. 1 1 it hoped thai he ha a
pleasant emprise in store hy raising (he
siege of Mafcking with n large eoliiinn
of cavahv nnil artillery dctoiiring to
Malcking' while Commandant Snymaii
i drawn oil lo engage Col. Plunicr.
Hut it is eviilent that Oil. I'lutner ha
been temporarily nt least checked oil
his way down from t lie north.
Ceil. 1' mull's cavalry nml mounted
infantry, according to a rumor, arc
lighting somewhere east of Hloemfon
!ein. This suggests lloer had news, as
Commandant Oliver's commando, with
J.ooo wagons, is reported on the Bnsulo
iand frontier, toiling northward toward
KroonMad, via l.adyhrand. This enor
mous wagon train is supposed to he
moving J5 miles a day. (Jen. French'.
cavalry posts stretch from lllocinfon
lein eastward to the mountain.
A dispatch from the lloer camp at
Kroostad, dated Tliutsday. says: Af
lairs are being pnl in proper shae
ind the Free Staters who hail to lea'e
are returning in crowd. The presi
dent's proclamation lins shown the
burgher that the government is stand
ing fun). The cominanil are mobiliz
ing in great miniher nml the men are
more determined than ever, rresideiit
Stcyn ha issued a proclamation in
which he warn the burghers who lay
down their arm ami help the F.nglish
that they are liable to the utmost pun
ishment a traitors.
A letter from Mr. l'oiillency, an in
terpreter in the Free Slate courts, ha
been received hy hi wife at Iiloemfon
(ein,. in which he declare that (ion.
Jotihert i commanding the combined
fores1 at Kroonstad, where there is
plenty of men, guns and food stuffs for
a determined resistance.
A Cape Town correspondent tele
graphing. Tuesday, nays:
"1 have just arrived from Illoemfon
tein, where I learned that no further
movement is probable" for three week,
as negotiation arc proceeding. I fail
ed to ascertain the nature of the ne
gotiation or whether Sir Alfred M li
ner's departure from Cape Town is con
nected with them, hut I should not he
surprised if the war collapsed quickly."
Several telegrams have passed be
tween President Kruger and the British
government, in addition to the Salis-hury-Kruger
correspondence, already
published. The foreign office received
n dispatch from Pretoria Monday.
The content of these communications
cannot yet be obtained.
So far as the militar" situation is
concerned, there is practically no
change. Lord Huberts is quietly mak
ing preparation for the next move. As
necessary to a beginning. Gen. Gntacrc
and Brabant are swiftly moving from
point to point in the southern districts
oi tlie Free State, dispersing or ac
cepting the surrender of any remaining
Boers, thus iivitiring the safely of Lord
Roberts' communications before start
ing toward Pretoria.
"Gen. Gatacre is sweeping through
the country like a cyclone, with Hying
columns in nil directions. His swift
ness and strategy have proved of ines
timable value to Lord Roberts."
Chicago Wlfo Bealcr Kilbil.
At Chicago Picrtic Finch, 15 years
old, shot hi father, George Finch,
through the heart Tuesday night lo save
his mother from being cut to pieces.
When taken into custody the boy wept
bitterly and said he expected to be
hanged at once, but that he would do
the deed again if necessary to protect
his mother. Finch was a laborer, used
cocaine, drank heavily and had been
fined numberless times for beating his
wife. At the supper table he worked
himself up into a frenzy over nothing,
knocked his wife down and was about
to cut her throat when his son fired
the contents of a shotgun into his
chest.
CABLE FLASHES.
.Two fresh cases of bubonic plague
have been officially reported at Sydney,
Australia.
There were 4,725 deaths from bubonic
plague in the province of Bengal. In
dia, last week, and the disease is spread
ing fast.
Sydney, capital of New South Wales,
and Adelaide, capital of South Aus
tralia, have been declared infected with
the bubonic plague.
The Argentine cruiser President
Sarmiento is visiting ports of Spain
nd her officers are being signally hon
ored by the Castilians.
The Duke of Orleans was attacked
by a bear during a hunt in southern
Spain, but killed the animal after re
ceiving a slight wound.
Eight ladies and gentlemen belonging
to the best Paris society were found in
an opium joint, raided by the police,
in a state of intoxication.
The French Chamber of Deputies
passed the finance bill after the Right
ists had refused to vote on the ground
that the government is wrong in all is
policies.
The French government has rati
fied the agreement delaying the rati
fication of the reciprocity treaty with
the United States to March 24, 1901.
Swiss watch makers are combining
to protect themselves from American
competition. Prizes are being offered
to develop improvements in the Swiss
watch which will tend to maintain its
reputation.
In the palace of justice, Paris, Bar-
din, a disappointed litigant, fired three
shots at the judge, whose head the bul
lets srazed. While the police were re
moving Hardin, the judge coolly told
the next lawyer to continue nis casa.
LATEST NEWS MOTES.
Tame Dunlap, a noted lafe blowrr
and bank robber, was captured nt Chi
cago. Thirty stranded American colonists
front I. a Gloria, Cuba, arrived In New
Vork Sunday.
The United Slate auxiliary rrulser
and training ship Dixie has left Ai
rier for Naple.
More than 4. 511' women have rrgls
tercd in Cleveland in order to vote for
director ol schools.
The Stale bank of Manly, Neb., wa
robbed of Jii.iaxi, tlie safe being blown
open with dynamite.
Admiral and Mr. Dewey were greet
ed by crowds of ndmirer in Macon,
tin., Friday.
Three mine at lloonville, I ml., eipcr
ated by non-11111011 men, have been clos
ed by Milking miners.
The fugitive, Quartermaster-General
White, of Michigan, ha been heard
front in South Africa.
At Scrantoti, Pa., the grand jury Is
investigating allegation ol corruption
against city officials.
Society women are going from Lon
don to Cape Town in great numbers,
believing the war 11 good as over.
A Hock of sheen on W. C. Bnrch
field' farm, near Slciihcnvillc, ()., went
mad from a dog' bite und had to be
shot. ,
Paul Reno, a fanner near Detroit,
was burned lo dcalh when alone in his
home ami murder and robbery are sus
pected. The war department has given order
to have the transport Hancock prepared
for the Use of tlie Philippine commis
sion. Canonshurg, Pa., mechanic are talk
ing of organizing a general building
trades union to enforce a demand for a
nine hour da.
The rharter granted the new $uo,
000,1100 Carnegie Company empower it
to do almost any kind of business ill
nny part of the world.
Leaders of the recent riots on the Isle
of Martinique have been sentenced to
iniprisomunt for term varying from
six to twelve month each.
Mrs. Charles Smith, wife of a Chi
cago saloonkeeper, Tuesday shot and
killed Mis Annie Strother, a restaurant
cashier, because of jealousy.
The Woman' Hotel Company, of
New York Cily. has been incorporated
with a capital of $400,000, to operate a
hotel exclusively for women.
Thomas K. Watson, of Georgia, de
clines in advance the middle-of-the-road
Populists nomination for President, de
claring himself out id politics.
Free State deserter at I.adysmitll
assert that their troops have done most
of the lighting so far, the Transvaalers
holding themselves "in reserve."
The board of trade and other or
ganizations of San Francisco will issue
widely n circular denying the existence
of the bubonic plague in that city.
The directors of the Hartford Life
Insurance Company voted a dividend
of too per cent, to the stockholders, in
anticipation of an increase of the capital
stock.
New Vork agents of the Colombian
insurgents say that they have defeated
the government forces in battles at
Rio llnchc, Cerro Libre and Villa Vi
cencia. Robert W. Gilchrist, a Chicago bar
ber, was shot dead in his shop as he
wa shaving a customer by a man who
opened the door and fired nt him with
a rille.
Unroii De Christian!, who assaulted
President Lonbet. of France, at the
races last June, has been released from
prison, having been pardoned by the
president.
The Philadelphia and Reading Coal
and Iron Company has announced that
work at their collieries near Shenandoah
will be increased to five and thrcc-quar-tcr
days.
Thirty workmen were injured
Wednesday by the fall of nn elevator
in the building of the Tllakcly Printing
Company, Chicago. No fatalities ore
expected.
Mayor Van Wvck, of New York, on
Saturday removed the first earth on the
work of constructing Gotham's $.t6,
000,000 underground rapid transit rail
way system.
A trustee was appointed in Chicago
for the bankrupt Combination Invest
ment Company, a "get-rich-quick" con
cern that has debts of $300,000 and as
sets of $.25,000.
Representatives of the starving Puerto
Ricans will attend the proposed mass
meeting in New York, and protest
further against placing a tariff upon
the imports from that country.
U. S. Judge Hunger, in the U. S.
court at Omaha, sustained the right
of the Nebraska State board of trans
portation to enforce the reduced rates
it has made on railroads in the State.
While washing down the walls of a
building in which a fire had been ex
tinguished two hours before three New
York firemen were killed and two in
jured by the collapse of the first floor.
C. R. Ellicott. of Philadelphia. Pa-
has bought the Mont Alto furnace, near
Chambersburg, and 23,000 acres of coal
land, the plant to be operated within
90 days. It ha been idle for ten years.
The committee of the British cabinet
considering a form of government for
South Africa has decided on a scheme
similar to that of Canada. Lord Reay
is spoken of as the probable governor
general.
Mayor Van Wyck, of New York,
with a silver spade dug the first earth
in the beginning of the great under
ground rapid transit system which is to
be constructed in that city at a cost of
$36,000,000.
Four suits have been brought against
the bondsmen of John Blevins, the mur
dered city treasurer of New Castle, Pa.,
and who was also treasurer of the city
school fund. The audit of the school
books shows a deficit of something like
$33,000.
William T. Stead, editor of the "Re
view of Reviews," in an interview at
Paris declared that the coming nresi-
dential campaign in the United States
will be (ought on the question of friend.
liness to England and that England has
lost the good feeling of America. He
said the peace movement it worse than
a corpse.
f CULm S MQRDER PART Uf I PLOT.
NEGRO ASSASSIN.
Sergeant Golden, MounlalnMr Mllllliman
Who Hat Turned Blale'l Evidence, Tell
Ida Awful Story.
"John Powers told me they lind two
negroes here to kill woeiici. uicv
were I locker hnillli ami wick minims.
Thi statement was made Saturday by
Wharton Golden, a frail, consump
tive looking Kentucky mountaineer,
while on the witness stand In the pre
liminary examination of Secretary of
State t abb Powers, charged with con
spiracy to kill Goebel.
tiolilen told a slory ol tlie events
lending up to the murder that, if sub
stantiated, will, in the mind id those
connected with the prosecution at
least, probably go far toward proving
the contentions of the Commonwealth
that the minder wa the reult of a
plan in which several prominent men
were involved.
Golden, who claims to have been n
friend to Secretary Powers and his
brother, John T. Powers, for years,
gave testimony that wn particularly
laniagmg In John Power, but he also
brought in the name of ninny others,
including Charles Finlcy, W. II. Ciilton
nml Governor Taylor, in his story of
the bringing of the mountaineer to
Frankfort previous to the asasinntinn.
Governor Taylor, however, was not di
rectly implicated, nml the attorneys
for the Commonwealth intimated that
they do not expect to have hi name
brought forth prominently in the story
of the alleged conspiracy.
lioldens testimony tended to show
that n plan was ninile to bring several
hundred "regular mountain feudists" to
Frankfort, who would, if necessary, as
Golden expressed it, "go into the legis
lative hall and kill off enough Democrats
to make it our way.
When asked if he had any talk Willi
Caleb or John Powers about Dick
Coomb, he replied: "No, but they had
the negroes there to kill Gocbcl. John
Power told me o. I'hey were Mock
er Ninth nml Dick Coomb. I saw
Dick Coombs nt the drug store near
the depot every morning for a week
or so previous to the shooting.
I oomhs. talking to a man named
Wallace, in my presence, said with nn
onth : 'I know him a far as I can see
him, nnd I ran kill him ns far as I ran
see him.' He was talking of Goebel.
This conversation was in the adjutant
general's office. He also said: 'I know
his every movement, and I can hit him
with this a far a I ran sec him.'
'He carried a Colt's 32, that shoots
a inchester cartridge. Coombs was
in the assistant adjutant general's office
on the morning of the shooting, with
Mocker Smith ami Jim Wallace.
I he testimony did not show that the
alleged plot to kill Goebel was part of
the original plan, nor did it contain the
names of those who conceived that idea.
Hut the Commonwealth sought to show
by Goldcn's conversations with various
people that not only Toltn and Caleb
rowers, but oilier n well, had full
knowledge of the alleged plan of assas
sination. HUSBANDS APPLY THE TORCH.
Endeavor lo Burn to Death Wivoi Wllh Whom
Thoy Have Difforonce.
Mr. ami Mrs. Paul Flcinrcy, an aged
couple of Cheyenne, Wyo., quarreled
Saturday night nnd when the officers
arrived Mrs. Fleinrey's clothing was in
ames and her husband was standing
over her with n lighted candle. 1 lie
woman hail been horribly burned, nml
is not expected to live. Flcinrcy wa
arrested.
Michael Fleming, of Chicago, III.,
set fire to a bed Sunday night upon
which hi wife wa lying with the in
tention of causing her death. She was
frightfully burned nnd will die, 1 lie
couple bail quarreled early in the even
ing, and Fleming had vainly tried to
borrow a shotgun with which to kill
his wife. When arrested he said it was
nobody's business what he did in his
own home.
Coffeeyvillc, Kas., is having nn ex
citing fight over the contest for city
clerk between two young women. Miss
I'.lliott is the Republican nominee, and
Miss Rose Bell, a school teacher, is the
nominee on the citizens' ticket. Miss
Elliott's father, the late Captain D. C.
Elliott, of the Twentieth Kansa. killed
in action in the Philippines, formerly
held the othec.
"THE AMERICAN GIRL" IS CAST.
Maud Adams' Figure In Gold Ready for the
Paris Exposition
The gold statue of "The American
Girl." which is to be exhibited at the
Paris exposition, was successfully cast
Wednesday in New York. Miss Maude
Adams, the actress, was the model, and
Mrs. llessie Potter Vonnah the sculp
tor. The statue, mounted on its base, will
be six feet in height. It weighs 712
pounds, and the bullion used is valued
at $187,000. Miss Adams' gown is of
the simplest sort It is a summer
dress of chiffon. Lace ruffles extend
its length and gathered at the waist
they give a kind of blouse effect at the
bosom. The sleeves are tight from
shoulder to wrist The arms drop to
full length on both sides. The hair
waves back from the forehead and is
parted slightly to the loft. The pose
is that of taking a step forward, denot
ing "progress."
The internal revenue receipts for
February are reported as $20,800,000, an
increase of $1,160,000 over February,
1889.
Boy Bank Clerk Absconds.
Thomas Stewart, a clerk in the First
National bank of Easton, Pa., the bank
officials say, hai absconded. According
to the bank'f story, he took $1,700 of
the bank't money. On Saturday Stew
art was sent to the Northampton Na
tional bank in that city to make settle
ment of the previous day's business be
tween the two banks. The balance due
tha Fir'it National, $1,700, was paid
Stewart and he departed. , He reported
to the First National bank, but did not
lesve the money there. He said he was
sick and whs nmuttr.d to sro hnmn.
IWDLPtllllENCE ASSURED.
Starttary fool Talk! Fratly on HI Obiervi
Hons. During Hit Reeenl Tour ol
the Island.
. Secretary Root line given to Presi
dent McKlnley the results of his ob
servations of affair in Cuba during his
recent trip to the island.
Mr. Root visited the provinces of Ha
vann, Mntnnr.a nnd Pinar dr Rio, and
made it a point In note carefully the
condition of the people and their Indus
tries, and to discuss wllh Individual as
well as official questions nfTectilig their
Interests. 'I he secretnry feels that he Is
well repaid for the tunc required to
make the trip. He expresses himself
as satisfied with what he saw; the people
appear to be getting along well, nml
pence prevails throughout the coun
try. Naturally the question id the ulti
mate independence of the island came
up for discussion during the secretary's
visit to Culm, but he was not prepared
lo sny just when the United States gov
ernment would be willing that this
should be n reality.
The holding of the municipal election
at nn early dntc was a subject into which
Mr. Root looked very carefully. "These
election," said the secretary, "will be
the Cubans' first effort toward popular
government. Unaccustomed as th'.-y
are to these things, they have everything
to learn. The whole plan for making
effective the scheme ol municipal suf
frage lins to be very carefully worked
out nnd the people instructed in all the
detail. 1 hardly believe that the nil
Ihorilies will be quite rcmly for hold
ing the elections by the first of May."
Mr. Root made It a feature of his
visit to talk with the leaders of what
has been known as the revolutionary
clement of the population and those
who arc opposed to annexation lo the
United Stales, and he says they nre
not impatient over what are regarded
as necessary nml reasonable delays in
the formation of a well established gov
ernment. When a stable and settled milicv of
rule lins been established, the secretnry
believe the island will have a season of
prosperity, and that outside cnpitnl. as
wen as iiiiicii now there remaining unin
vested because of the uncertainty that
exists, will find its way into the chan
nels of trade and agriculture.
PUERTO RICAN RIOTS FEARED.
Poor are Starving Food Prloei Advance and
Congress Blamed lor Delay.
The situation in Puerto Rico is now
more serious than it has been at any
time since the terrible hurricane. . In
many places the poor nre starving.
The price of rice, beans and codfish has
increased from 50 to loo per cent.
Demonstration against the delay of
the United State government in settling
open questions have recently been held
at Mayaguez, Yauco.Arccilio, Agundil
la, F'ajardo, Jiiana Diaz, Guayaina and
many other towns. The people arc un
able to understand the delay, nnd they
condemn all Americans indiscriminate
ly. Had feeling is arising which it will
lake years to overcome. r.vcn riots
are threatened. Trouble is almost in
evitable unless the tension is relieved.
Even wealthy land owner cannot com
mand ready cash, nnd many American
are penniless, being glad to work lor
their board.
J. J. Roche, editor of the Boston
Pilot, who has spent some time in
Puerto Rico, say the United State is
in the ungracious position of having de
prived Puerto Rico of its foreign trade
and given it nothing in return. The
great trouble with the island, he de
clares, is that it is over-populated.
IRELAND'S OPPORTUNITY.
John Redmond Thinks She Can Obtain Any
thing Desired.
At a Nationalist banquet at the Hotel
Cecil, London, Tuesday evening, John
Redmond, leader of the Nationalist
party in the House of Commons, said
he regarded the last nine years of pub
lic life in Ireland as a hideous night
mare. "Our reunion is sincere," he contin
ued, "and there is nothing, humanly
speaking, which the 86 Irish members
of Parliament cannot obtain from the
exigencies of the -British parties. It is
incredible that English statesmen can
be so blind to the teaching of history
as to imagine that serious practical
grievances can be mitigated by a royal
visit to Ireland or by a British celebra
tion of St. Patrick's day."
Edward Blake, member of parlia
ment, who proposed the toast, "Ireland,
a nation," was greeted with hostile
cries. A disturbance ensued and the
police were called in to restore or
der. ENGLISH BUY ALABAMA COAL.
Purchase of. Two Million Tom at 91.29 per
Ton al New Orleans,
An English syndicate of coal dealers
is said to have closed a deal by which
2,000,000 tons of Alabama coal are to
be delivered at the port of New Or
leans for exportation within two years'
time. The purchase price agreed upon
in the contract is said to be 75 cents a
ton at the mouth of the coal pits. Fifty
cents a ton is to be allowed for trans
portation to New Orleans. The entire
3,000,000 tons are to be reloaded and
shipped by steamer at this port.
The English syndicate will run its own
line of steamers direct to New Orleans
and the ordinary brokerage in handling
the ships is to be cut off. On an aver
age one steamer is expected to load . and
sail each month during the 34 months'
time limit. This is one of the most im
portant financial transactions in the
south in recent years.
JT THE KATIONAL CAPITAL
A bill to exclude the book "Sapho"
from the mails has been introduced in
the House by Representative Fitzger
ald, of Massachusetts.
A National Civil Service Retirement
Association, to provide annuities for
retired employes of the government has
been organized at Washington.
. Seventeen assistant surgeons of the
army have been ordered to Manila to
relieve the same number now there. The
list includes Conn R. Ohlinger, of Can
ton, O.; John N. Merrick, of Columbus,
and Luther P. Howell, of Washington
Court House, O.
Ill OIL CITY MM IIS IS Ml
A FIENDISH ACT.
Amoi Elder Flrrs Four Shell Wllh Deadly El
leol Had Ofton Threatened Vio
lence Murde'sr Etenpi.
Amos Elder, f. Oil City, Pa., an oil
operator, shot nnd killed his wife Sun
day evening nfler a desperate struggle
in which a daughter tried to silve her
mother's life. The murderer escaped,
although the entire police force and
hundreds of nrmed cilitcns ure search
ing for him.
About two weeks ngo the murdered
Woman swore out warrant ngainst
her husbnnd for nssaull nnd battery, and
since that lime Elder had not appeared
al home until Sunday night. He enter
ed (he house wild a revolver in hi
hand nnd nt nin e began to make sneer
ing remark to his wife, who was Just
preparing to go Jo the Baptist Church
to be baptized. The woman nnswereil
him nnil Elder started toward her, when
n daughter interfered. The frenzied mail
Hung tlie daughter nsirle nnd drngged
his wife into nn adjoining room. 'I he
daughter ngiiin tried to assist her
mother and the two women prevented
Elder from shooting for some lime, but
nt last he overcame them ninl, placing
the revolver in his wife's face, fired a
fatal shot.
The woman fell to the floor and the
man stood looking nt her for scvernl
moments nml then deliberately fired
three more shot into her prostrate
body. He then walked out of the
house nud disappeared, the daughter
baring to venture out lo give an alarm
until she was satisfied thai her fniner
was not about the premises.
F.bler wa not drunk at the time mid
until a few months ago bad been an
industrious 1111111, being in the employ
of the Standard Oil Company, Of late,
however, he lins not been working
steadily and treated hi family brutally.
SHERIFF PERMITTED LYCHINC.
Two Men Were Hengel After He Had 8enl Ihe
Troops Home.
Cotton, the negro who confessed to
killing Saunders and Wclton, at Em
poria, Va., and O'Grady. the white
man who was with him when the mur
ders occurred, were lynched Saturday.
Cotton was hanged first and the men
who swung up O'Grady were largely
negroes. The sheriff of Greenville
county bad ordered the military under
command of Maj. Cutcliins, who had
been sent to Emporia by Gov. Tyler, to
withdraw. Maj. Cutcliins telegraphed
the governor that the prisoners would
he lynched if they were left unprotect
ed, but the governor replied that the sole
responsibility was on the sheriff. Hard
ly bad the troops left the town before
the mob broke into the jail. Gov. Ty
ler sai'l last night that he could not
keep the soldiers nt Emporia without
declaring martial law and lie did not
feel that the conditions warranted that.
RELIEF FOR POdTO RICO.
McKlnlry Signs Bill Refunding S2.000.000 ol
Revenue Wl I be Usod In Improvement
President McKinby Saturday signed
the bill returning to Puerto Rico more
finite $J.ooo,ooo of revenue collected aim
guaranteeing the return of all customs
land and revenues collected in the fu
ttire.
Secretary Root has already declared
his intention to put 25,000 men to work
on the roads as soon as this bill be
came u law, nnd thereby relieve the con
dition of starvation on the island.
These men will be kept at work for at
least on days, nml will receive, 111 the
aggregate, $425,000 a month. Tlii it
is thought, will tide over the present
situation nnd will relieve the immedi
ate wants of flic natives.
Besides the roadwork. a large num
ber will be put to work on the public
buildings and wharves and piers. In
the meantime, the commissary depart
ment will continue to send rations by
every available transport to relieve the
distress of the suffering.
Mormons In Mexico.
The several Mormon colonic ir
Mexico have Wn inrrcasrd in jojitiIa
linn Itv ihn firritnt s.f .i. r XI.
m.in immigrant from Utah, during the
last two months. The colonies were
esta ilisnerl urnier rnnrpt:ifin, r.n,flj
by the Mexican government.
An Ally for Meerum.
E. G. Woodford, of New York, a
mining engineer in South Africa for
25 years, nas conic nomc ro stand by
j.vrnn&ul T :i r rn 111 in lot
against the British government. In an
iniervivw 11c aum.
"Macrum is a gentleman and a man
.f krn!n Hi rnmillcr lmm tmm P...
toria was a necessity of the faithful
performance of his duty. I know that
official mail addressed to Macrum was
opened by the British censors, because
1 saw the letters in the consulate at
Pretoria witn tne censor s sticker ian
nouncing,that they had been examin-
out a year longer at least, declaring that
...1.- .U u Tlri.icli Annllv rlncj. mrrxttnA
WI1CI1 nit j - J - -
Pretoria there will be an army of prob
ably 35,000 defending the Boer capital.
Brazilian Elee'loa Frauds.
The preliminary sessions of the new
congress will begin in April, but al
ready enough is known to demonstrate
the fact that never before in the history
of Brazil were such fraud and corrup
tion practiced as in the recent election.
It is expected that no fewer than 150
seats will be contestd.
Mountain Hat Sltppad.
Great excitement prevails in Jacinto,
Cal., as it has been discovered that part
of San Jacinto mountain has slipped
into a subterranean cavern. Territory
covering 600 acres at an elevation of
4.000 feet was dislodged by the Christ
mas earthquake and slipped 150 feet
lower than it had stood for centuries.
The face of the new valley is thickly
traversed with fissures and cracks, vary
ing in width from an inch to six feet
and it is not possible to see the bottom
nor to sound the depths by throwing
stones into them.
OUR LOSSES IH PHILIPPINE!
Abttri FIMeen Hundred Deaths In Hi Aral
Slnee Ooeuaallini Lots Tkal Hall
la lalll-.
War dennrlniKitl ftfArlnla ttunw rnint
ly published statement that Gen. Otle
campaign is costing upward uf 1,000
men every month. According to the
official records, sine the American oc
cupation of the Philippines. June I.
IttjH, up n February 17. inoo. Ihe data
of the last official compilation, the actual
mortality In the army In the Philippine!
was rj officers and 1,400 men, a total
"I I..V5, or at the rale of 74 deaths
llioillll. j
More delnils nre contained In the re
port of Col. Woodluill, chief surgeon
of the Philippine army. Hi report,
however, doe not extend lirvond the
end ol the bist calendar year. It showt
nun irom tin; time American troopi
landed in Manila up to December I,
the total number of deaths were
SH officer and i.afij men. L)f this
number 44 officers and 570 men died
by violence, and 16 officers and fi
men died of disease. Most of the
deaflis by violence occurred In battle.
I here were, however, 1.17 deaths from
violence outside of actual hostilities. It
Is a singular fnct that more than one
hall of tlie latter class of deaths wera
caused by drowning. The total num
ber of wounded without fatal results
during the period covered by the re
port was 1,707.
MUST HOLD THE ISLANDS. '
Rlthop Poller Give Hit Impression, ol Hit
Philippines.
Bishop Potter, who has Just returned
from a five months' tour in the Philip
pines, Japan and India, says, referring
to the Philippine situation:
"Whatever we might have done
year or more back, there Is but one
thing for us to do now, and that it to
hold on to the islands and assume the
responsibility for their future. The
military administration nf the islands
i beyond trnie. Gen. Otis ha not re
ceived half the recognition tn which he
is entitled. Hi position has been one
of extreme delicacy. New situation
are arising daily, and he has handled
them all with discretion. One thing it
evident and that is that the Filipinos
are in no condition for telf-govern-ment.
If a civil government were im
posed it would need a large military
force to maintain it.
"Several friends of Aguinaldo," con
tinued the bishop, "railed upon me In
Hong Kong, and they told me that
they were satisfied that there could b
no success for his undertaking. The
better class of Filipinos are satisfied
that American occupation means in
creased prosperity and are not raising
any objections."
A BATTLEFIELD PARK.
A Dill lo 81 Apart 6,000 Aoret of Hltlorla
Ground In Virginia.
Representative May, of Virginia
Tuesilay filed the report of the Housf
committee on military affair on the
bill establishing a national battlefield
memorial park of 6,000 acres on the
sites of the battles of Fredericksburg,
Chancellorsville, the Wilderness and
Spottsylvania Court House. The re
port slates that more men were here
engaged than in any battle in the
world's history, aggregating at least
yn.ooo, with losses in killed and
wounded on both sides amounting to
I20.8.1H. The entrenchments over the
entire field arc said to be in a remarka
ble state of preservation.
At Fredericksburg, also, is the home
of the mother of Washington still in
tact and a monument erected by tha
Daughter of the American Revolu
tion. Here, too, Capt. John Smith an
chored hi little bark and fought tho
Indian in 100K. and within sight of the
city were born Washington, Monroe,
Jefferson. Madison, the I-ecs of both
the revolutionary and civil wars, and
.achnry Taylor. The' report adds that
in Virginia the gfeat war began and
ended and not an acre of this soil,
where more men fell than on all the
other battlefields of the war, has yet
been dedicated as a national park.
English Army Frauds.
A London dispatch says discllsuret
of fraudulent contracts in the victual
ling of troops at the front promises to
make a big sensation before terms ol
peace are settled. Mr. Lowther, one
of the strongest tories in the house ol
commons and chairman of the com
mittee of the whole house, has taken
the matter in hand and seems deter
mined to carry it through.
Another phase of the question show
army officers as deep in the mud at
contractors. The Mail says if it be
comes known, that the names of every
member of a firm detected in fraud will
be publicly posted such practices wilt
quickly become rarer. "We do not
forget that the names of the firms who
supplied the troops of tht Soudan with
rotten boots as described by the lata
G. W. Steven, have never been made
public. Mr. Balfour has promised to
wage war against the fraudulent con
tractors, and it it to be trusted that he
will strongly advocate wide and instant
publicity."
POWERS ARE SNUBBED.
Chinese Anti-Foreign Party it Btcominf
Stronger Daily Official Rewarded.
The ascendancy of the anti-foreign
party is becoming more pronounced
daily. The dowager empress appear
unable to sufficiently reward the offi
cials who exhibit marked hostility to
everything not Chinese. Hen-Tung,
probably the most bitter ami-foreign
official of the empire, has been decor
ated with the three-eyed peacock feath
er, which had not been conferred tot
80 vears.
The notorious Li Peng Hing, who
was dismissed from the irovernorshin
of Shantung, on German demand, has
been advanced to the first rank, and tha
former governor. You Sen, of Shan
tung, has been appointed governor ol
the Shan-Si district, a snub to the pow
rr interested and like v to Dreiudie
KnOch lntrrt 111 1H Drovinc. f
powers believe his maladministration t
cause of the present state of affairs
Shantung.
F'our men were instantly killed.
fa'ally injured, and two seriously
jured by the explosion of a' sawi
boiler near Anthony. lad., Friday.