BRITISH OUTWITTED. Col. Broadwood' Convoy Ciplurod Bodily Without Iho Lou ol Lit Si Gin Among th Spoils. "nee more the liners have sprung a disagreeable surprise upon the lliitir.ll army and the British public. A dis putcli (roni Bushman Kop, dated Sat uriiay, says: "The British force commanded ly Col. Broadwood, consisting of the Tenth I Invars, Household ravalry, two horse hntlcrirs and a force ol mounted Infantry under Col. Pilcher, which had been garrisoning Thaba N'Chu. was obliged, in continence of the near ap proach f a larne force of Boers, to (cave last night. Col. Bioadwood marched to Blocnifniitcin waterworks, south of the Moddcr, wheer he eiicamp- C ':'At early (lawn the ramp was shell ed by the enemy from n near point. Col Broadwood sent off a convoy with the butteries, while the rest of the force remained to act as a rear guard. I he rotivoy arrived at a deep spruit, where the Boers were concealed, and the en tire body walkuj into ambush ami was captured, tocher with six nuns. 1 he loss ol life was not Krcat. since most of the British had walked into the trap before a shot was tired. , "On. C'olville's division, which iii.wi.,i,.in vnrlv. arrived at left IIOOll and he is now shelling the H'rs. The head of the army of I. old Rob erts is now about 31 miles north ol Blocmfonli-m. It occupies n cluster ol hills won from the liners after a stilt light in which the British lost 7 officers and 1 jo men. The liners had been using these kop jes as a ba- lor marauding bands that have been beating up tin- country adja cent to llloeinfontein for supplies, driv ing ofT cattle and forcing iion-resi-tant Free Staters into their ranks a;?ain. I he enemy must have been in considerable force, as Lord Roberts sent K.noo in fantry and ,1.of.r cavalry against them. The reason why a hot chase was not made after Commandant Olivier is that Lord Koberts did not wish to wear out the cavalry transport. (ten. lrcncli lost .1.000 horses in the relief of Knn berlc'y ami the pursuit of On. Cronje. Lord Roberts lost .1.000 transport cattle w,...,...,-,! ilrid. nml it is estimated that he has lost 4.000 other animals since the forward movement began on February 1.1. . Lord Kitchener and bis stall crossed the temporary limine at iwvais He had .1.000 men under lii.i command ....1 1... !.'.(. -m -it I'rieska. lie consid ers the rebellion crushed, although the .. ...... .,,w,t,1,r for some time t..i.!.,,. Irom Cane Town, dated Tuesday, say: It is improbable that the lUoi'tnfontfin will be ithrr month. On. Clem cms is advancing to Bloemlontein in f,,r .Iii,m When Lord Koberts lie gins the march northward Gen. Gatncrc will be left in charge of Bloenifontcin. ti. -ininl nnviTinni'iit has ordered the Cape volunteers to withdraw south of the Orange river for fear of accentu ating racial feeling." The Boers arc having a little good luck and arc showing some boldness i, a a raidinar party estimated at 400 is believed by the British forces at Warrenton to nave crosseu nij ej""-berley-Blocmfontein wagon road Mon day and to have headed for Jacobsdal. with the intention of cutting the railway Inn miljtft u!stt. Commandant Olivier appears to have gotten his 5,000 men and as miles of wagons into rugged country where he can make an easy rear guard defense. Ten thousand transport, cavalry and gun animals are due to arrive at Cape ports during this and next week. The war oflice has issued another ahli of British losses, showing an ag gregatc of 16,65a, which docs not iij cludc 4,004 who have been invalided home. The hone of early relief of Mafeking or that Col. Baden-Powell will not be compelled to surrender before help reaches him from cither the north or south, grows dimmer. Gen. Koberts main army continues resting at Blocm fontein. while Gen. Mcthucn is skir mishing with the Boers at Warrenton, 167 miles away. MethuCn has not ad vanced in five days in the direction of Mafckinir. although his force is appar ently strong enough to do pretty much as he likes. It is hoped that he has a pleasant surprise in store by raising the siege of Mafeking with a large column of cavalry and artillery dctonring to Mafeking while Commandant Snyman is drawn off to engage Col. Flumer. But it is evident that Col. Plumer has been temporarily at least checked on his way down from the north. w. , A . . .1 ucn. rrcnens cavairy ana mounicu infantry, according to a rumor, are fighting somewhere east of Blocmfon tein. this suggests Boer bad news, as Commandant Oliver's commando, with 1,000 wagons, is reported on the Basuto land frontier, toiling northward toward Kroonstad, via Ladybrand. This enor mous wagon train is supposed to be moving 35 miles a day. Gen. French's cavalry posts stretch from Blocmfon tein eastward to the mountains. Rocketeller Civet 12,000.000. The University of Chicago is richer by nearly $5,000,000 than it has ever been before. John D. Rockefeller has confirmed his gift of $a,coo,ooo to the university, and president Warper, sec , retary Goodspecd and the trustees sup nlemented it with the announcement of gifts in cash and the land received aggregating in value more tnan J. 000,000. The first international cat exposition will be held in Berlin next month. It has been decided to officially open the Paris exposition on Saturday, April 14. Augustine Daly'i collection of Thackeray was sold in New York for pa, 100. William R. Smith, a New York mil liner, is bankrupt, with debts of $300,000 and assets of $165,000. ' The New York grand jury has begun an investigation into the wrecking of the Third Avenue Kailway Company. The steamer Sylvania sailed from New Orleans for Cape Town Tuesday; with 1,500 mules for the British army. LATEST NEWS NOTES. President Dlnz opened the spring se-' sion of the Mexican Congress Sunday evening. Lient. Caldwell denies the report that Admiral ami Mrs. Dewey are to go abroad. The first electric car operated In Chile went over the rails in Santiago Sunday. All the Indiana coal miners, about O.noo, are idle, pending settlement with the operators. The German chancellor. Prince von tloheiilohe, on Saturday celebrated the 80th anniversary of his birth. The sultan of Turkey was threatened bv the cznr of Russia with a view of securing valuable concessions. Burglars robbed the store of Isidore Wrinslein, in New York, of $15,000 worth of jewelry and diamonds. At Leadville. Col., Charles Joy was fatally shot by his wife as he was about to fire at her in a drunken frenzy. Love Alford. formerly sneaker of the Iowa House of Representatives, killed himself Friday at Waterloo, la. Rear Admiral Kcmpff sailed for Ma- ila to relieve Rear Admiral Watson, in command of the I'acilic squadron. Tweutv-six immigrant trains are en route on the Canadian Pacific to Win nipeg, full of settlers and their effects. In Central nud Southern Mississippi fruits and vegetables have been damaged bv frost, in some instances as much as 35 per cent. Arrangements were completed for the pilgrimage to Rome of 200 American aihobcs, t tic occasion being the cele- ration of Holy year. The transnort Grant sailed from San Francisco for Manila Sunday with a umber of assistant surgeons and 5,oo 011s of army supplies. California labor unions are beginning 'i complain of the inllux of Japanese Iforers, ol whom j.jjo nave come ver within 1 1 months. e spring pi ices of anthracite coal oinpanies lor coal 10 tidewater will go uto effect Monday and will show an ncrcase over last year. Prof. Pi itched, director of the United States geological survev, has been lected president of the Massachusetts nstitute ol Technology. Thomas Stewart, who is alleged to lave abscoutiiled from 1-a si nil with $1.- 700. has been captured at Denver with $t,too in his possession. The board of health of Honolulu has lecided that the bubonic' plague lias run its course there, no easel having levclopcd for over a week. Chief Engineer John Trech. of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, who was recently dismissed from bis position, has been reinstated. In Montreal James Baxter, well known as a diamond smuggler, was sen tenced for five years for an attempt to cheat a bank out of $45,000. Chief Joseph, of the Nez Perce In dians of Washington, has applied to the Government for permission to remove a the Halloa Valley, Oregon. Since January I. .1.420 laborers from Japan have arrived at San Francisco, and passports in Japan have been ob tained for 7,000 more to come. Police Captain A. J. Thomas, of New York, indicted for failing to close places of evil resort, pleaded not guilty and was released on $1,000 bail. At Terre Haute. Ind the home of Eugene V. Debs, it is reported his So cial Democratic party is to unite with the Middlc-of-the-Road Populists. , Sir William Hart Dvkc. formerly cluct secretary ol Ireland, will likely succeed the duke of Norfolk as post master general of Great Britain. - The steamship Cleveland, bound from Hawaii to ban rrancisco with a $100, 000 cargo of sugar, broke her shaft and is adrift in the Pacific ocean. The Duke of Norfolk caused a sen sat ion in Loudon by resigning the post- masterslnp lor a subordinate post with the British forces m south Africa. Richard Baadios, 1.1 years old, of Catasauqua, Pa while lying in bed yesterday morning playing with a ois- tol, shot hi m sclt and died instantly. v illiam B. Lowe, a prominent man ufacturcr of Atlanta, Ga.. and whose wife is president of the General Federa tion of Women's Clubs, is critically ill. The steamship Phoenicia, which ar rived Saturday at New York from Ham burg, brought 3,0,18 steerage passengers, the largest number on one steamer in many years. The transport Sheridan arrived at San Francisco Sunday from Manila. with typhoid aboard, and was qua ran tined, as was the steamer China, from Hong Kong. Almost the entire plant of the Mountville Manufacturing Company, near Lancaster, Pa., was destroyed by lire, entailing a loss of between $50,000 and $100,000. Romeo Ruiz, a noted bandit and cat tic thief, has been captured along with one of his gang near Alamogorda. N. M.. and Ruiz has confessed, implicating many settlers. The organization of the greater Car negie steel Company was completed. and the election ot . M. Schwab as president was unanimously indorsed by the stockholders. The glass house of the Anheuser- Busch Brewing Company, of St. Louis, was damaged by hre Sunday to the amount of $75,000 and 1,000 men are thrown out of work. Andrew Krevi was roasted to death in a bath of molten metal and Andrew Sedlak was fatally burned at the Ed gar lhomson steel Works, at Brad dock, Pa., Saturday. One man was killed and two perhaps tatally injured by the premature explo sion ol dynamite in a quarry near Waterloo, N. J. The Morton Trust Company, of Nw York, has absorbed the State Trust Company, the joint capitalization to be $j,coo,ooo. William Card, a young workman in the Victor Safe and ' Lock Works in Cincinnati, went crazy Friday and shot three fellow workmen, one of them fatally, tic ended by killing himself. Private W. C. Endsley, brother of Mrs. Abncr McKinley, was shanghaied for war in the Philippines, the whole war. department's machinery being put into motion 10 get nun out 01 the coun i try. 7 MADMAN'S ACT. Whil Dr. 8haw Wt Raiding lo Nil Child, 1 W. MoKsnni Murdered Him Would Hv Killed Other. Harboring imaginary wrongs, John W. McKimnt, of Kansas City, Mo aged ag years, Sunday shot and Instantly killed Dr. B. F. Shaw, his brother-in-law, as the latter sat reading the Sun day School lesson to his five-year-old daughter. McKimm, who had been an inmate of a sanitarium, threatened to kill the other five members of the family and was only restrained after a strug gle. Dr. Shaw is a widower. His niothrr-in-law. Mrs. McKinnn, had car ed for his children and his wife until the latter died. The doctor spent Sun- av at the McKimm house. McKimm tad gone to his room from the table, and written a rambling staiemeni, 111 which he said that he intended wiping out the entire family, consisting of Dr. Shaw and his c u d. his mother, two rothers and a sister. 1 hen, descending o the narlor. he slipped tip behind Shaw ami placing the revolver against the laller, fired. Dr. Shaw died before ihp fntuilv rould reach Ins side. As the other members ol the family came running to the scene, McKimm raised his revolver to fire at the lirst who nppcarcd. Before he could fire a second time he was overpowered by Ins two brothers and taken lo the po- ice station. There the murderer re sell to talk and appeared unconcerned The Slmws and McKimms came to Missouri from Pennsylvania 15 years go. MAGNETIC POLE LOCATED. Tho Borchrsvlnk Ennodlllon Rilurnj From Iho Anlaro'.lo Wl h Newt ol Succss. The cxnloriinr steamer Southern rovs, bearing C. E. Borchgrcvink nnd i survivors of the South Polar ex ledilion, fitted out in ltfi by Sir eorge Ncwnes, of London, arrived at Wellington, New calami. Sunday. Mr. Borchgrevink reports that the mag netic pole has been located. 1 lie llorchgrcvmk expedition lelt 110- lart, Tasmania, for the Antarctic re gion on lJeccniber 10. ltjN. uuring hi! latter part of February, I Hon, the members landed from the Southern Cross near Cape Adair, Victoria land, it having been arranged that the steamer should leave them there with full equip ment of every kind, and should return for them early in iqoo. Mr. Borch prevink's party consisted of nine, in cluding himself. Lieut. W. Colbcck, of the British navy, was selected as first magnetic observer, to be assisted by Louis Bernachi. SEVERAL MILLIONS MORE. Tho Cost ol the War Hat Not Been Correctly Esllnuted. It has been discovered that a serious mistake was made in the official esti mates of the cost of the war in the Philippines. The error has caused the figures to appear far too small. It was caused by the fact that many of the re ports from several departments are from three to twelve months in arrears. This is true in the ordnance, commis sary and quartermaster's departments. Uptil these reports come in the goods and materials are carried on the gov ernment's books as assets and not at expenditures. It is said that if all the reports were in the estimated cost of the war would be increased by several million dollars. Notices were sent to-day to all the of ficers whose accounts are in arrears to make returns at once. Prisoner Wat Beheaded. "Levte Island. Forty-third United States Volunteer Infantry, March 11, at Dagami, Company A, Mike Por- gorzlcski, beheaded while prisoner of war. This extract from the casualty list forwarded to the war department Mon day by Major General Otis, announces a new departure in the prosecution of the war by the I'hilippmo insurgents. Officials say it may be possible that his death was due to fanatics, but should it be found that Porgorzleskt was be headed by instructions from the officer in command of troops, sharp measures will be taken to insure humane treat mcnt for American prisoners. Big Coal Deal Mad. One of the largest coal deals ever made in the' Charleston, W. Va., dis trict was closed Saturday by C. J. Wittenberg, president of the High Car bon Coal & Coke Company, of New 1 ork. 1 he owners ol 30 collieries signed contracts with this company for the sale of all coal shipped by them east lor the ensuing year. these mines have a daily output of 8.000 tons. A large part of this coal will be exported irom Newport News. Va.. and wi reach foreign markets to which Amcri can coal has never before found ad mittance. Jealous Husband's Deed. P. G. Frum, a wealthy farmer at Gil man, near Elkins, W. Va., went to the house of a neighbor, where his wife, who had separated from him, was stav ing, and shot licr three times and then shot himself. The woman will recover but Frum will die from the bullet wound in his head. He is unconscious. Mrs. Frum had left her husband be cause ol tamily complications, and jealousy prompted his act. He is 4X years of age and was prominent in the community. China Promise Reparation. ' The Chinese , government has settled the controversy with Great Britain, growing out of the murder of Rev, Mr, Brooks by the Boxers," on the fol lowing terms; Two of the murderers will be beheaded; one imprisoned for life, one for 10 years, and another for two years; a memorial chapel will be creciea upon me sue 01 llie murder and a tablet will be placed in Canter bury cathedral, England, at the expense 01 tne unincse government. GENERAL JOUBERT, A Viollm ol Btomieh Trouble, Paint Awiy In Prslorla A Wonderful Klin Botha HI Probablo Buooenor. Telegrams from Pretoria. dated Wednesday, say: tien. Joubcrl died last night at ti:.V o'clock. He had been suffering from a stomach complaint. The town is plunged into mourning for the true pa triot, gallant general and upright and honorable gentleman. The funeral will take place to-morrow (Thursday). The government is pleading with the widow to a Mow u temporary interment Here with a state Tuueral. Joubert always expressed n desire to be buried in a mausoleum built on his Inrm. His suc cessor in the chief command will prob ably be Gen. Louis Botha, now com manding in Natal. tien. Pietrus Jacobus Joubert. com mandant general of the Transvaal forces, better known as I'iet Joubert, or "Slien Piet" (Slim Peter), was born about 68 years ago. He was descended from an old French Huguenot family, which settled in South Africa many years ago. He was born in Cape Col ony, but was taken by his parents, when seven years old, to the Orange 1-ree State, where he was taught from early childhood to shoot straight and hate the British, He is described as having been uttrrly fearless. Of schooling he had but little, and he never saw a news paper until he was to years old. In spite of this, his ambition prompted hi 111 to read the few books he could ob tain, and he succeeded in obtaining a fair knowledge of history and languages. In consequence of the acquisition of Natal by the British, his family moved from Natal nnd settled in the Transvaal. Soon afterward he became a burgher of the South African republic and a dar ing fighter. It was claimed in his be half that he could lead a body of men more successfully against hostile natives than any other man in the Transvaal, lie came to be so feared by the natives that the knowledge that be was nt the head of a punitive expedition usually resulted in their surrender. It was during these wars with the natives that Joubert became acquainted with Paul Krttger, and the two men be came bosom friends. He was elected vice president of the Transvaal n it), lefeatcd Sir George Colley at Mattiba hilt in 1KN1. and acted as president of the republic in iKrt.1-84, during Krugcr's absence in huropc. RUSSIA MENACES TURKEY. zar Has Assembled 250,000 Troops (or Ac tive Eerviei Warshlpi Ready. A dispatch from Odessa, Russia, says! 'There can be no longer any doubt as to the object of the warlike prepara tions now being completed in South Russia. Nearly 350,000 troops have been mobilized for active service. The Black sea squadron, with transports, is held in instant readiness. The ten sion in the relations between St. Peters burg and the Sublime Porte becomes every day more acute. If the Ottoman government, supported by Germany, should prove intractable with regard to Russia s concessionary demands in Asia Minor, serious complications must inevitably ensue. 1 lie Russian garri sons m the Caucasus and along the Ar menian frontier have been increased fourfold and equipped for active ser vice. ROBBERS' BOLD EXPLOIT. Lock Tour Men In a Refrlgeraler Car and Loot a Brewery. Three masked men looted the Star brewery office at Belville, III., Sunday. after first capturing nnd confining the watchman and night fireman of the plant in an empty refrigerator car nearby. As the robbers were preparing to blow open the big safe in the office, Hubert Hartman. secretary of the brew- cry, accompanied by his brother, Hanz, entered the room. They were prompt ly covered with three revolvers and were marched to the same car in which the fireman and watchman were con fined. The cracksmen then blew open the safe. It is thought they secured about $1,000 in cash, and some jewelry and valuable papers. A Killing Follows a QuarroL James O' Boyle shot his wu'e Satur day at their home at Scranton, Pa., in flicting wounds from which she will die. He then shot himself three tunes, cans ina death. The couple have had fre quent quarrels, and a divorce proceed ing was recently begun by the husband. FIT FOR SELF RULE. Sena'ors Pot'lprew and Sutler So Regard Cu bansHavana Paper Attack! KcKlnley. United States Senators Butler and Pcttigrew gave an interview to El Cu- bano Saturday in which they said they were convinced that the Cubans are fit for self-government; that the Cubans want independence, and are not the enemies of the people of the United Mates, but are grateful to them. The Cubans, El Cubano declares, are resentful .of the conduct of President McKinley for not fulfilling the sacred promise of the joint resolution. They are perfectly sure that President Mc Kinley will not do anything to make Cuba independent, but on the contrary all his resolutions tend to strengthen the military hold of the United States on the island in order to convert Cuba into an American colony. Yequls Caught In a Trap. Gen. Torres' force of Mexican troops has a large body of Yaqui Indians sur rounded a short distance north of Tor in, and the early surrender or complete annihilation of the rebels is considered certain to take place. . The Indians were neatly caught in a trap and have no means of escaping excepting to cut their way through the ranks of the government troops. This body of Yaquis is said to number fully 800 braves. Morales and Gonzalez, who were found guilty of murdering a country man, were hanged at noon Friday in the plaza in front of the church at San Carlos, province of Pangasinan, an of ficer of the Seventeenth infantry pre siding at the execution, which was wit nessed by the principal citizens of the place. There was no demonstration, SillHBBHfflOH, MANY SHOTS FIRED. Thro Periont Wounded and Mors Than 40 Msn and Women Arresltd - Sher ft and Depulloi on Guard. The striking miners at the Horatio mines of the Berwind-White Coal Com pany, near Du Bois, Pa., have resorted to violence to gain their ends. Friday morning there was a fierce riot at that plncc when the few men who have con tinued at work came from the mines. A miner by the name of Dibblebis and his two sons were attacked by a mob of women and children armed with clubs and stones and were forced to bat tle (or their lives. The women fought like demons. Dibblebis and his sons were reinforced by the other men who have been working, and th riot assumed serious proportions when both sides drew revolvers and began shooting pro miscuously. Over one hundred shots were fired, resulting in the serious wounding of three persons. Dibblebis received a severe flesh wound in the arm nnd a scalp wound, nnd a boy named McClure and a Hungarian lad were both shot in the body. The latter two were of the strikers. The mine officials Immediate ly called on Sheriff Chestnut, of Jeffer son county, for assistance, and that 01 ficer with a force of deputies went to the scene nt once and nrrested 40 men nnd women, taking them to Punxsu- awney, where they will be given a hearing. I he strikers are in an ugly frame ol mind, and further' trouble is expected nt any moment. The sheriff is now guarding the property of the company and affording protection to the men who are now at work. It is not thought that any of the wounded will die. WHEELER TELLS OF GUAM. lis Soil I Fertile Frjriusnt Enrlrn, jrk2S and Rumors ol Leproty. General Wheeler has submitted to the navy department a report upon bis ob servations and impressions of the island of Guam. He says the area of the isl nnd is about 150 square riiilcs, of which one-hall is susceptible ot cultivation. although only about I per cent, is now under cultivation. The population is fixed at about 9,000 souls, nearly all of whom reside in the towns. The soil is very fertile, and fruits and staples arc produced in quantity, the cocoanut trees especially having an ap pearance ol thrift nnd bearing power sqperior to any seen before in the trop ics. 1 he dug-dug anil other bread fruit trees grow to an enormous size on the island. The principal, and. in fact, the only industry of any consequence in Guam is the production and exportation 01 copra the product in England selling for $75 a ton. The towns on the islands are very neat and complete, a good portion of them being built of stone, and the rest of nipa and bamboo. The temperature is mild and much cooler than that of the Philippines, al though the inhabitants declare the heat in August nnd September is almost suf focating. The rainfall is very heavy and dry days are few. Monsoons are felt with violence for three months of the year, but hurricanes are compara tively rare. Earthquakes are tolerably frequent. It had been stated that in the southwest part of Guam leprosy was prevalent, but there are few traces of this dread disease now, although one or two persons were encounteed who had the appearance of lepers. The peo- fde are very friendly, nnd, as a whole, lave regular features and erect forms. Dividing tho Philippines. Secretary Root has directed the cre ation of a new military division to be known as the "division of the Pacific." embracing all the Philippine archipel ago. The division is to be divided into four military departments as follows: The department of Northern Luzon, Commanded by Gen. MacArth'tr; the department of Southern Luzon, com manded by Gen. Bates; the department of the Visrayas, commanded by Gen. Hughes, and the department of Min danao r.nd Jolo, commanded by Gen. Kobbc. Maj. Gen. Otis will retain the supreme command over these depart ments as division commander. The pur pose of the order is to free Gen. Offs of the many minor details incident to the administration of the island, leav ing him at liberty to devote more time to larger questions of policy and civi administration. Machinists Striks Settled. A settlement of the strike in the ma chine shops of Chicago was reach rnday at a conference between oihmls of the unions and representatives of the employers. The settlement is to be na tional in its scope, and the general strike timed to involve the 150.000 ma chinists of the country about April 1 will be averted. Work is to be resum ed Monday at Chicago, Cleveland, Pat erson, N. J., and Philadelphia. Recog nition of the union was granted and the men will return to work pending arbi tration of wages, hours and other dif ferences. It is claimed that assurances have been made that will guarantee the concession of the n'ne hour day, or its equivalent in working hours, and will secure a slight increase in the average wages of .the workmen. China Delia England. The Empress Dowager has ordered the Chinese cruisers Mai-lien and rial Shou to proceed to the Straits settle ment. to act in conjunction with the men detailed to capture or assassinate Kang Yu Wei and the other reformers. She believes that 34 knot speed will enable them to outstrip any British men-of-war. A British cruiser has been sent to Takti. the scene of the outrage upon missionaries. Arsb Completely Whipp:d. An official account of the victory of the French troops over the Arab army at Inrahr, Sahara, states that the town was first bombarded and then stormed, the Arab warriors making their last stand in the mosques. They left 6co men killed and too wounded on the held. In addition 450 misoners were taken. The French losses were nine native soldiers killed, 13 wjunded and two officers wounded. REBEL INTRIGUE. Tht Conspired Against Ihs Americans Fran Ih First, Before Iho Spanish War Pro on by Doeuminli Csplurtd. The President has sent to the Scnnt documents concerning the Philippine insurgents, consisting of papers cap tured by American troops; Information concerning the Philippine committee in Hong Kong; relating to the treatment of prisoners, etc. The documents con cerning the meeting ot the Philippine : .. it ts ... . . ... i"iiii,iiii-c 111 iiong ixoiill arc b nan- script of the minutes of the proceeding! f of the committee on Feb. 24 and ApriK 5, iKgH. The significant point is that when the committee urged Agitinaldo to accompany Dewey's fleet to Manila It was held that, as shown by the min utes: "There will be no better opportunity than the present for the expeditionary forces to land on those islands and tc arm themselves at the expense of the Americans and assure the attainment of our legitimate aspirations against those very people. The Filipino people unprovided with arms will be the vic tims of the demands and exactions ol the United States, but provided with arms will be able to oppose themselves to them nnd struggle for their inde pendence." Agonrillo urged that Agul naldo once in the Philippines, could arouse the masses to action ngainst the Americans. He thought, however,, that it was probable that the United Stales would grant the independence to the Filipinos. The question as to whether Aguitialdo should go was put to a vote nnd the proposition was car ried unanimously, VICTIMS OF JEALOUSY. Thiol Husbands Shoot Their W.vei and 0n Suic'des as Censcqutnc. Word from Gihnnn. a country sta tion ix miles from Elkins, W. Va., says that Tuesday afternoon II. O. Frum, an old soldii r and farmer, shot his wift twice at the home of a neighbor, then went home nnd shot himself three times. One shot took effect in his mouth, lodging in his brain, from which he will die. His wife is ex pected to recover. The couple had parted two months ago, but were recon ciled on Monday. Jealousy was the cause of the tragedy. Frum has a goo reputation. David Rhoads. who lives at Berlin Springs, Pa.. Tuesday night shot hit wife, three of the bullets taking effect Jealousy was the cause. Rhoads is now 11 jail, and the woman will die. George McClung was murdered in Kenova, W. Va., shortly after midnight Monday by his brother-in-law, Jjimet ' Hicks. Hicks then turned upon hit sister, Mrs. McClung, and after knock ing her down with a poke, rendering her unconscious, attempted to make his escape, but was captured a few hours atcr and is now in tail. Hicks has been boarding with McClung for several months, and he came in last night in- oxicatcd. On bctng upbraided by Mc Clung, ,e turned upon the latter and cut his throat with a razor. Both mer are employed on the Ohio River rail road. ANOTHER GOVERNMENT SCANDAL. Bad Ehel Supplied lo the Ameriean Navy-. Ccurl Martial In Prospce'. Through information obtained a Boston the fact has been ascertaine that Rear Admiral Charles O'Neil, 01 the navy bureau of ordnance at Wash ington, has been investigating charge! concerning the furnishing of defectivi ammunition to the navy department It is said that the affair will result in 1 scandal when all the facts are made public, and that one officer, whose duty it was to have ascertained tne lacti concerning the condition of the am munition before it was delivered to tht government, may have to face a court martial. '1-1 r e 1... a 1 ne uriKK-orHiiiiry 4-wiiiiiuiiimuc Company, of Derby, Conn., is the con cern which, it is charged, furnished tht ammunition. The charges are given additional weight by an affidavit which has been made by rrank Krickson, 1 former employe ol the Driggs-bea- bury Company, who asserts that he aid ed in manufacture of the ammunition which is said to be imperfect. The company also supplied shells to the war department. The law providing for compulsory medical examination of school children as a precaution against exposing pupil! to contagious diseases was sustained ir the Illinois superior court. WELL-KNOWN COKE OPERATOR DEA0. W. 1 Raincy Expire Af er an Operation Ir Baltimore, Md. William J. Rainey, the millionaire coal and coke operator of Cleveland, O., whose b-isiness interests were in th Connellsville (Pa.) coke regions, died at the Johns Hopkins hospital in Balti more, Md., Wednesday, as the result ol an operation. William J. Rainey was born in Bel mont county. Ohio, 66 years ago. In 1877 he turned his attention to the Con nellsville, Pa., coke region, first selling coke as an agent for two years, and then nnrchased a piece of coal land at Fort Hill, near Vanderbilt, Fayett county, where he erected his first plant Just what his estate in the Connells ville region is worth is difficult, to es timate, but it is well up in. the millions. He owns outright and solely 3,3.11 ov ens, of which 3.151 are active and h'C are in course of erection. There art large coal tracts surrounding all these plants. The weekly production of these plants is about ss.ooo tons. CAELE FLASHES. Two fresh cases of bubonic plague, have been officially reported at Sydney, Australia. The first quarterly sale of the real in the Antwerp ivory market, held Feb ruary 6, resulted in a total selling ot 160, IQ3 pounds of ivory. "II. LJ ........ ...... .ILIt.,l, VI, .Id ,111V. ,f B.pi V XI 1, J.V.,. designs upon Korean territory.' v A !.(. .h,,a p.liauinif .n.iruh.i.j.i.n Ihe uiberian navy, consisting 01 gunboats, is no more. One sunk in hirhor of Monrovia March 10. and other capsized in St. Paul river wl U. ..!..... I. .1 T1.. 1 5140.000, and the government is poor to replace them.
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