MM TROOPS H REQUIRED NOW WAR DECLINING. A preach cl Poses In thi Fhitipplnei May Alltel Sizo of New Army Expouses Will be Cut Down. The very favorable condition of af fairs in (lie Philip'iincs lias raised liii'i hope in the brca't of Secretary Root, who believes there is warrant in the present tranquility for considering plans for reducing the strength of the mili tary forces in the archipelago. The sc retary's optinii-ni has led hitn so far that he lias a resolution to try the ex periment of keening the natives in sub jection with 40.000 men instead of the 70.000 row employed. All prtparations for the displacement of the volunteers now in the i-lands with regulars enlisted under authority of the reot y -miration law are hi inn niaile with that end in view. As the terms of 35, 000 vo'ttnteers expire on July I, the re duction will easily lie accomplished. The army will he recruited to about 75, boo men. at which figure it will be main tained until it is possible to determine (whether more than that number or few itr will be sufficient, j The war department figures that 30. tno nun will be enough for service in the States, Cuba and Puerto Rico. Nearly half this number will be needed o care for the seacoast artillery, li the army is kept at "5.000 nun for a year the expenditures of the war de partment for the year will be only about ifoo.ooo.ooo, instead of $123,000,000, Which is the s"in appropriated in the Various supply bills at the short ses sion cf Congress. PARDONS DISCOURAGED. Attorney Goncrnl Thinks Murderer Should be Sttliflfd With Saving Their Llvot. The President has denied seven ap plications for pnrdon and granted two petitions for the restoration of civil rights, remitted one fine and granted one pardon on account of ill-health. The attorney general in reporting upon the application says: "It is obvious that there must be at some time a stop put to these numerous applications, which arc made with fre quent periodicity, for the pardon of condemned murderers, to whom has been shown the clemency of commuta tion of the death penalty to imprison ment for life. It is very clear, from a perusal of the reasons given by Pre-i-ient Harris' n. that he expected the pen alty of imprisonment for life to stand as a just measure of punishment due the lcfendant, with pretty grave doubts on his part as to whether he did not de serve to be handed. To interfere now with that conclusion would be to en courage every person on whose case final and deliberate action has been tak en, to appeal through a new scries of reports to a succeeding President, until one could be found who could be in duced to change the deliberate judg ment formulated by his predecessor. This practice has been too frequent, and I make these extended comments upon it in order that the President tuny be advised of my views, and, if he eonctr.s in them, that they may become the set tled rule governing such cases." STOPS DIVINE HEALING. Apostle of Z on tco Busy With Bu:lnoss to Cothor With II. John Alexander Dowic, general over seer of the Christian Catholic church in Zion, Chicago, for reasons which he will not divulge has discontinued his endeavors to heal the sick, the halt and the blind, and is having the "Divine Healing Home" remodeled and trans formed into an office building. The building, as soon as the altera tions have been completed, will become .headquarters for the Christian Catholic Church of Zion, the Zion Land and In vestment Company, the Zion city bank, the Zion Lumber Association, the Zion Lace Industrial Company and the other Dowie enterprises. It is said the abolition of the "Divine Healing Home" has been contemplated by Dowie for a long time. The colony of those afflicted with disease has been a menace to Dowie's other and more important interests. Therefore, he has nnnounced. those who desire to be "healed" must seek other ;uar;ers. SNOW AND FLOODS. European Vlllagos ira Inundatod and Hsaty Damage Dono. Austria is experiencing nnothcr heavy snowfall, the third of the season. In some places it lias been snowing f.ir 36 hours, with serious interruption to railway communication. Several rivers in Bohemia have over flowed and Hoods are feared when the heavy snows on the mountains melt. A sudden thaw in Southern Russia of the recent phenomenal snows is causing the rivers to overflow. The town of Elizabetgrad. government of Kherson, is partly flooded and other place are threatened. Several land subsidences have occurred. Mere se rious disorders are breaking out anions the poor. High Tariff lor England. England is on the brink of a pro tective tariff. It may be adopted as a revenue measure, but in effect it will be protective. The nation has reach ed the limit pi money raising under the present system, and the widespread de pression of British industries is causing a clamor among working men for some barrier ngainst foreign competition in the British market. ., "England has become a dumping ground of Europe," said a prominent member of parliament last week, "and flow we are going to become a dump ing ground for America too. We must have a tariff, if we are going to keep any part of our old time business lead ers." Roleasos all Drunken Prisoners. Police Judge L. W. Wochenheimcr, of Toledo, O., has decided that drunken ness is a disease and not a crime. Pris oners charged with that offense ap pearing before him are discharged end the costs remitted. LATEST NEWS NOTES. The catch of seals off the Newfound land coast aggregates 216,000. General Iunstnn has started out in a bold plan to capture Aguinaldo. Robbers blew open a safe M Wichita, Kan., and secured about $7,000. Japan will go to war with Russia un less latter backs down in Manchuria. An aged couple at Akron, ()., have been married alter a quarrel of 40 years no. The Japanese nt Pckin established a school to give literary degrees to Chi nese. Thomas Whalen, of Turtle Creek, has returned Irom Alaska with $75.0.0 in uoU. The school teachers of Eastern Ohio formed a protective trust to keep up salaries. Owing to a blizzard 500 railroad pas sengers were snowbound at Ogallala, Neli., Sunday, Begging letters by hrslul pour into Carnegie's quarters, but none get be yond his sci-rctary. Some of the conservative newspapers of London predict the downfall of the Salisbury government. The Kerr-Murray machine works, at l"t. W ayne, liul., were damaged by fire to the extent of $50,000. Mrs. Carrie Nation discharged her negro publisher bi-cau-c he suppressed ot.; of her hot editorials. . D. E. Thompson was nominated for short-term senator from Nebraska, but his election is not assured. A Japanese fleet of warships sails for Korea and relations between Japan an I Russia arc greatly strained. The bealch at Pcnsacota, Fla., wis strewn with wreckage caused by a 70-mile-an-hour wind Saturday. The Minnesota legislature has passed a bill forbidding the manufacture, sale or giving away of cigarettes. The Minnesota Legislature has passed a bill forbidding the coloring of oleo margarine to resemble butter. A a result of an election fight in Morgan county, Ky.. ten men were wounded, three of them fatally. Andrew Carnegie has offered Aber deen. S. 11.. $15,000 for a public library building 011 the usual conditions. The revolutionary students at St. Pe tersburg have appealed for aid in the formation of the new freedom party. The New Mexico territorial govern ment will appoint a commission to visit Washington and work for statehood. A mob at Pocohontas, Ark., lynched George Cheories, accused of the mur der oi John Norris, the town marshal. Gen. Harrison's will, which has been filed for probate at Indianapolis, dis poses of an estate worth about $250,000. At Philadelphia police raided a negro masquerade ball, capturing 17 colored revelers of both sexes in very scanty attire. The transport Grant sailed Saturday from Manila for San Francisco with the Twenty-ninth and Thirty-second in fantry. The New York Legislature has pass ed a bill taxing trust companies 1 per cent, on capital, surplus and undivided profits. Pope Leo decided to remove the head of the Jesuit order to make room for another general more ajiienablc to dis cipline. The French Chamber of Deputies adopted a resolution to prosecute Jalu zot for an attempt to corner the sugar market. At San Diego, Cal., fifty Chinese pas sengers on the steamer Belgian King, from Hongkong, have been refused a landing. Fire that started in the Greenville, Miss., cotton compress was not got un der control until Jioo.coo damages had been done. Senor Carlos Roloff, the newly ap pointed treasurer of Cuba, whose term begins April I, will qualify with a bond of $.200,000. The Pittsburg coal combine closed another deal for 5.000 acres of coal land in Belmont county, O., and optioned 6,000 niore. The municipal code of Manila pro vides that those in rebellion alter April I shall be ineligible henceforth to vote or to hold office. David Winget, an old soldier, is un der sentence to be electrocuted June 20 for the murder of Frederick Blancke. Winget was an inmate of the Soldiers' Home at Sandusky, and killed Blancke in a drunken quarrel. Minnesota has been reapportioned in to nine congressional districts by the passage through the Legislature of a bill to that effect. The committee raising a fund to pur chase a home in Washington for Rear Admiral Schley has received $6,000 of the $10,000 needed. The strike of coal miners of the Fre mont county (Col.) district has been ended by an agreement satisfactory fj both sides and work will be resumed April 1. About 1.500 men are affected. Millions of dollars worth of oranges arc rotting in California because of the lack of transportation facilities to move the enormous crop. President Gould has completed plans for the unification of the Southwest sys tem of railroads, meaning a combina tion of $,)oo,coo oco. John E. Tipton, former secretary treasurer of the Switchmen's union, pleaded guilty at Buffalo, N. V., to lar ceny of the union's funds. It is officially estimated that the Aus tralian wheat yield will reach 17,700.576 bushels, or an increase of 3,552,028 bushels over last year's yield. Deputy Marshal A. S. Whiteley and "Lum" Scott, an illicit distiller, were killed in a fight of officers and moon shiners in Lincoln county, Ga. Albert Kelly, Daniel Preston, Rich ard Battle and Cornelius Davis, negro miners, were killed by a fall of ore in the Sloss-Sheflield shaft at Birming ham, Ala. The Olympia, Admiral Dewey's flag ship in the battle of Mamila bay, has been placed in drydoek at the Boston navy yard and $500,000 will be spent in repairs and alterations. State Insurance Commissioner Voryj, or-Columbus, O., has made a ruling that insurance companies cannot do health insurance in-that State in connection with insurance against death and accident. BLOODY ENCOUNTER. Confl et In Ruisla In Which One Hundred Are Reported Killed and Wounded. Threatening Letters Received. St. Petersburg (Kussia) dispatches say that on Saturday joo workmen from the Obiichower metal works pnraded on the Nevskio pro-pect. On the way thither they demolished the state brandy booths. Eight hundred Cossacks, wiih drawn swords, met the workmen, and a sanguinary encounter ensued. The nnmln r oi killed and wounded is kept secret. The police have discovered a plot against the life of the czar. A group of students drew lots a,nd the fat ll choice fell to the son of a prominent general. The student told hi father, and the latter informed the c.ir. im ploring him to leave St. Petersburg. In the last encounter at Narva gate 100 workmen are reported to have been killed or wounded by the Cossacks. The political situation is so serious that Emperor Nicholas had a meeting of the ministers to consider the state o! public affairs. Threatening letters have been received by Lieutenant General Kouropatkine, minister of war. Mour avieff, minister of justice, and Sipiag nine, minister of the interior. MANY CASES OF LEFROSY. Estimated Thai Then Ars 20,000 Ca' In the PMIIpp'ne Islands. Marine Hospital Surgeon Perry, chief quarantine officer for the Philippines, has forwarded an official report on lep rosy in the Philippines. He says: "Leprosy is widely prevalent over the entire archipelago, but the greatest num ber of cases exists in southern Luzon and the southern islands. The total number of caecs in the islands is esti mated at 20,000. The cases in Manila and surrounding country arc isolated in a substantial hospital under the aus pices of the Manila, board of health. Several months ago, orders were issued that a hospital in each district be set aside for the isolation of the lepers that could be apprehended, and a board of army officers was detailed to investigate several islands ior the purpose of select ing a suitable one for a leper colony, the intention being to deport all cases of leprosy to this place for segregation and isolation." FLAYID HERSELF ALIVE. While Tcmponrily Insane Woman Cuts CfT Her Toos, Ears and Note. Mrs. G. Brunschneidcr. residing near the Toledo (O.) city limits, occupies a ward at St. Vincent's hospital and is in a serious condition as a result of horrible injuries self-inflicted. With an ordinary pair of scissors she cut all of the toes off her left fool, both her cars close to the head, and about an inch off her nose. She then cut out a portion of her right ch?i k, inflicted live gashes in her left cheek, and finally began on her arms. Beginning at her left fore arm, she removed everv vestige of skin, laying bare the muscles. She also lac erated her right arm in a horrible man ner. Her recovery is doubtful. The wo man is about 50 years of age. It is thought that she was temporarily insane on account of domestic troubles. ZOARITESTO MIGRATE. An Ohio Colony of Thorn Preparing lo Locale In Northwest Disrupted by international dissensions the Zoaritcs, who lived in a colony at Zoar, O., for almost a century, have de termined to migrate to the northwest, which shall be as far from civilization as possible, to found a new kingdom of communism, which they say shall not decay. All the younger members of the so ciety clamored for a division of the property, and their efforts ended in dis ruption. Tracts of land in Dakota and Minnesota arc being negotiated for. The new community will be started as far away from railroads and settlements as it can get and new laws will be framed whereby each member will bind himself or herself to lifelong loyalty to communism, to guard against future dissent. Boers Raid Supply Train. Four hundred Boers under the Boer commander, Buys, have wrecked a sup ply train north of Blacklaagtc. They overpowered the escort and carried off several wagonloads of provisions. A convoy destined to join General French's column has been attacked be tween Blood river and Schcepcrs Nek, Transvaal colony. The British had one man killed and three wounded. The bridge at Blood river was burned. Carnegie Ponsions Needed. Fifty-nine men were billed in the works of the Carnegie Steel Company at Braddock. Homestead and Duquesue last year. In addition to these there were several thousand injured, a cou ple of hundred of these being more or less crippled for lift. In view of the figures the workmen are greatly inter ested in the proposed pension fund so handsomely started by Mr. Carnegie, and which is intended to benefit the in jured and needy in his employ. Semoan's In Revo'L The Ottoman government has sent a warship to Marathooampos, island of Samos, off the west coast of Asia Miuor. the whole southern region of the island being in rebellion. Pansy Rebellion Ended. Gen.' MacArthur cables from Manila that Gen. Fullon and 180 of his com mand, armed with rifles, has surrender ed to Col. Scott, of the Forty-fourth in fantry, at Antique, island of Panay. MacArthur adds that this ends the in surrection in Panay. Bank Robbers Fled. The First National bank, at Lowell, O., was entered by burglars. They were discovered by a patrolman and- fled. Three supect were captured at Water-ford. MURDER MANIA. Massachusetts Woman Wlolris Clt Mi Ax While Tcmponrily Insane Mains Farmer Kills Three Children. Mrs. Lizzie Nnramore, while in a fit of insanity, killed her six children at her home, a farmhouse, half a mile from Coldbrook, Mass., and then tried to take her own life. The children ranged from ten years to a babe of ten months, and their lives were taken by the moth er with nn ax ami n club! She laid the blood-drenched bodies on the beds, two on one bed and the other four on a bed in another room, and then attempted to take her own life by cutting her thro.u w ith a razor. When discovered she was in the bed on which the bodies of t'l," four children were lying. Although she cm a deep gash in her throat and suf fered the loss of much blood, it is be lieved she will recover. Mrs. Nnramore told her most inti mate friends that she first killed Ethel and then followed with the five others, each time taking the next oldest. Five were killed by being struck on the head with the back of an ax. while little Lena was killed with a club. She says she fully expected the gash in her throat would cause her death, and that when her husband returned at night he would find all of the bodies in the two beds. She appeared rational in the evening, and displayed signs of sorrow for the deed she had committed, although she is unable to give any reason for killing the children. , Jacob Dearborn Marr, a farmer, liv ing eight miles from Clinton. Me., kill ed his three children, Alice M., aged 13: El win, aged o, and Helen, aged 7, with an ax shortly after the family had risen from the dinner table. Mr. Marr had been despondent for some time, but his actions were not such as to make his wife believe that he had any serious trouble to brood over. The eldest daughter was washing dishes nt the sink when her father went by her to the shed and got an nx. He came back into the kitchen and struck the girl a single blow on the he.nl, killing her. Mrs. Marr saw this and ran screaming to the house of her husband's father. Samuel Marr. The husband apparently walked up stairs to where the younger children were playing and dealt each a single blow with the ax handle, killing them both. Later in the day he was placed under arrest. When asked why he had done the deed, he said: "I don't know." COMPROMISE IN CHINA. Danger of Anglo- Russian Conflict Avorled by Eoth Sides Withdrawing. Telegrams from Fekin. March, dated Friday, say: Count von Waldcrsec, Gen. Barrow and Gen. Wogack have been in consultation, and Gen, Wogack has agreed to withdraw the Russim troops from the disputed ground rt Tien Tsin provided the British also with draw. He insisted upon a guarantee that work on the railway siding should not proceed until the matter had been diplomatically adjusted. This proposal and stipulation were satisfactory to Gen. Barrow, and was accepted by him. Consequently the British and Rus sian troops were withdrawn at 5 o'clock this morning, thereby avoiding all trou ble at present. The Russians have ordered a regi ment to proceed from Port Arthur lo Tien Tsin. The arrangements made by Gen. Bailloud, the French command er, arc regarded as completely satisfac tory, and all danger of a collision be tween the British and French is con sidered obviated. SKIRMISHES WITH THE BOERS. General Dewot Giving His Soldiers a Res. Erit'ish CrpHire Supplies. The Boer raiders in the eastern part of Cape Colony arc, with the exception of almost daily skirmishes, keeping out of the reach of the British. Col. Sco veli engaged Commandant Fouchc and Commandant Malan near Blaawkrantz March 20. Three British were killed r.nd four wounded, and four Boers were killed. The number of Boers wounded has not been ascertained. Commandant Kritzinger is marching steadily northward. It is officially reported that Gen. De wet's commandoes have been broken up for the present. This is probably to give the men a rest. The result of the combined move ments against Gen. Fourie near TI13 banchu was the capture of 200 Boers, 140,000 sheep, 5.000 horses and a hot of cattle. A GIGANTIC PROJECT. Pennsylvania Salt Manulacturing Company to Spend $9,000,000 In Michigan. The Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Company, which purchased 138 acres of river frontage land adjoining Wyandotte Mich., on tlie south and west in 1898 and 1800, concluded definite arrangement! in Detroit for the erection on the prop erty of a plant that, when finished, will represent an expenditure of $g,ooo,0'V. The buildings will cover between Co and 70 acres of ground. One section, which will cover 20 acres and cost abo"t $2,000,000, will be built this year, work to commence as soon as the frost is out of the ground. The buildings will b of stone, brick and iron and constructed in the most solid and dnrable manner. Heavy Registration. The temperance agitation started in Topeka, Kan., by Mrs. Nation has re sulted in bringing out the heaviest reg istration for the spring election in the history of the city. The books just closed show a registration of 15.000, of which 6,000 are women. The registra tion last fall for the presidential election was 10,174 men, which shows that wo men are taking the greatest interest in the election this spring. Yurder and Sulcldo. Mrs. Nathan Townsend, who lives near Cass City, Mich., poisoned her self and her two children, a girl aged 8 years and a boy aged 10, with lauda num. Family difficulties are believed to have impelled her to administer the poi son. Kew Feruvl n 01 Well. ' It is reported on reliable ar-.thority that ihe Talara petroleum company has lately discovered a new well near Linn, Peru, which is a splendid producer. This discovery it is said, will lead to the export of oil to Central America and Auitralatia. TAV0RS LENIENCY. Stat Depar'menl Finds That $203,000,000 Is as Much ss the Chinese Govern ment Csn Psy. The department of state has received information that $200,000,000, which our government conidcrs the maximum in demnity that should be exacted from China, is the limit which China can pay. The United States fixed upon $23,000,000 as a suitable indemnity for this country, notwithstanding that our officials are .convinced that this amount will only provide for the payment of a tcrcentagc of its claims, brcau'e it was felt that this was as much as we should claim proportionately of the total of $joo,noo,noo. It is not the intention to divide this $200,000,000 into as many equal parts as there arc powers, but while dividing it into eight or to parts to see to it that these parts arc so pro portioned as to compensate the powers in accordance with the outlay they have been put to in suppressing the Boxer troubles. This government would be willing to abate the $23,000,000 claim if the other powers would reduce their claims in the same proportion, even to the extent of reducing the total estimate to $too,cov 000, if by so doing the Chinese govern ment could be relieved by having the tax adjusted to its liabilities. But although in grave doubt whether China can p.ty more than $200,000,000, our government feels bound to secure compensation for its citizens and itself to the same extent as is received by other powers, and is especially resolved to do this because of the conviction that a total abandonment of our claims, or even a heavy reduction without corresponding action on the part of other powers, would rather in jure than help China by destroying whatever of restraining influence the state department has been able to ex ert upon less sympathetic powers. HOME RULE FOR PHILIPPINES. Civil Government Likely lo be Installed by the End of June. The transfer from the military to the civil government in the Philippines is expected to occur about June 30, ac cording to information received from the Taft commission and Gen. MacArthur. Even where civil governments arc be ing established by the Philippine com mission the military will be necessary for some time to support the civil au thorities. It is the intention to with draw the military a far as possible, however, from any participation in the governments established, and the sol diers will be more of a police force than a military force. Wherever possible na tive police will be organized. It has been decided that Gen. MacAr thur will be relieved as governor gen eral of the Philippines on July 1 and will return to the United States. Gen. Chaffee, who is now in China, will sail for Manila on May . He will succc-mI Gen. MacArthur in command of the mili tary forces in the Philippines. The President expects to appoint Judge Taft governor general of the Philippines be tween the arrival of Gen. Chaffee and the departure of Gen. MacArthur. Insurgents have attacked and burned the ungarrisoned village of Ugius, in South I locos. A detachment of '.he Twentieth infantry overtook and chas tised the marauders. Col. Schuyler, of the Forty-sixth infantry, has captured eight insurgent officers and 218 men at the village of Tcrnate, in Cavite prov ince. Sanitation of Havana. Gen. Wood reports that the death rate in Havana for February was 19.32 per I.ooo, which is below the average jf most American cities. During the last February of Sp.uii-h rule, in 1808. it was 82.32 per I.ooo. The report compares Havana's health statistics with those of a number of Eastern and Southern cities of the United States, most of which arc shown to have a higher death rate than Havana. Maryland Voters Disfranchised. The new election bill having for its object the practical disfranchisement of most of the 50.000 illiterate voters of the State of Maryland, has passed the Sen ate. It was sent to the House, where all the amendments made by the Sen ate were concurred in, and the bill pars ed. It is now ready for the governor's signature. Fought a Dual With Knives. A. P. Elliott, manager of a San Rcr r.adino, Cal., copper mine, and James Neville, another well known mining man, after a quarrel, fought a duel in the streets with knives. The entire pop ulation witnessed the fight, and not un til Neville fell mortally wounded did any one interfere. Elliott was nlso wounded, but not seriously. He is in jail. Won by Cpora'ors. The Indiana bituminous operators and miners have reached an agreement, ami the annual contract will be signed. The agreement provides for the ac ceptance of the operators' proposition on every point except one. that being the paragraph relating to the wages of day labor. The operators concede ;n advance in the wages of day laborers from $2.10 to $2,2S a day. A Million for Education. Mrs. Emmons Blaine has given $1,. ooo.oco to the University of Chicago School of Education, lately organized by the affiliation of the Chicago institute and the university. This sum is to be used partly for purchase of ground, partly for buildings and partly for en dowment. Coers Will not Surrendor. Colonial Secretary Chamberlain has informed the house of commons that Gen. Botha had sent a letter to Gen. Kitchener saying that he was not dis-. posed to recommend to his government the terms of peace offered by Kitchener. Botha added that the Boer government agreed with him. Telegrams from Mafetens. Basuto land, say: Gen. Bruce Hamilton's force has reached Wcpcncr, where the troop found heavy stocks of grain and ca'tle. They carried away as much as possible, but had to destroy 10.000 Kegs of grain. MINERS MUTINY. Lack ol Good Food Causes Kansas Ccnv'ets to Rebel Wert Starved Into 8ub mission by tht Warden. The Kansas State penitentiary coI mine at Lansing was Tuesday in pos session of 284 convicts, who captured IS guards and held them as hostages. The insurrection was brought to a clo3 at 11:30 o'clock at night and the mutin ous convicts were placed in their celts as fast as they could be brought to the surface. Shortly after nightfall the warden and every available officer gathered around the mouth of the mine, each man heav ily armed. Hunger had begun to tell upon the mutinous convicts and they began to parley with the warden. Sel ecting his men the warden with seven or e.iglu guards, heavily armed, entered the hoists and were soon speeding down ward. The armed guards then started nfter the convicts, and soon had tne ringleaders tinder arrest when the others gave in and surrendered. The work of taking them to the surface began and before morning the convicts wiil again be behind the bars of their cells. Many complaints have been made by the prisoners because of the grade of food furnished them and to this dissatis faction has been added nil manner of mistreatment. No outbreak was at tempted, however, until the men who had entered the mine refused to return unless their demands were granted. They killed the mutes used in the mine and are living on this meat. The mines arc worked by the wort class of convicts and among those who have mutinied arc 20 life prisoners. BRUTAL CHURCH FIGHT. Rival Congregations Engaged In Pitched Battle With Sorious Results. Intense rivalry between the Seventh Day Adventists and the Seventh Day Baptists, at Berea, Ritchie county, W. Va., culminated in a general fight, in which the members of both churches participated. As result Frederick Meredith is lying at the point of death, and three members of the Bee fainilr are seriously injured. Rev. W. iL. Wentworth, of the Adventist Church, was attacked after preaching and as saulted with eggs. The members of the rival Baptist Church were present and are supposed to have thrown the egg. The men in the Adventist congrega tion attacked the Baptists and they de fended themselves. Revolvers, knives and stones were used and several persons were bruised and cut besides those men tioned. The fight lasted for some time, and was fast and f'.'.rious. Participants in the fight will be arrested. 1V.0 MEN 6LCWN TO ATOMS. Dynnmlte trd Clisdng Fowdcr Causes Two ecldents In Indiana. By the premature explosion of 50 pounds of dynamite on the farm of Isaac Marlowe, three miles southeast of Ko komo, Ind., Marlowe and William Sta 111 in were blown to atoms. Frag ments of their bodies were found lodged in treetops nearly half a 'mile distant. Marlowe recently came to this county from Milford county, Illinois. The explosion of a keg of blasting powder in the Zcller mine at Cloverland, Ind., severely and probably fata'ly burn ed Alfred Reffitt, Albert Harris, Ithiet Harris and Thomas Harris, all miners. It is thought that a spark fell from one of the miner's lamps into the keg of powder, causing the explosion. All of the men arc badly burned about the head and on the hands. It is feared that the injuries of Alfred Reffitt and Albert Harris will blind them for life. 1 WANT TO LEAVE CUBA. Over 18,000 Ex-S.ives Desire to Emlgrato to Congo Frse Slate. Eighteen thousand ex-slaves of the island of Cuba, who arc afrcid of bemgf maltreated and oppressed under Ameri can rule, have addressed a request through one of their number named William George Emanuel, who is repre sented as their leader, for permission to allow thein and other colored Cubans to settle in the Congo Free State as Belgian colonists. The govermcnt of the Congo Free State is willing to receive the Cubans if America has no objections to their emigration. Ge rmiay's Scheme to got Trede. The Rcichstng has agreed to the pro posal of the Budget committee to in clude in the next budget a credit for 20, 000 marks toward instituting chambers of commerce abroad, although Baron ' von Richthofcn, the foreign secretary, deprecated their institution, declaring that if the establishment of such cham bers in America would be of any appre ciable value Great Britain would liave long ago established them. A Disappointing P ler. Members of a New fork firm who two months ago were glad to give to Charles E. Cosgrove, their young cash ier, a diamond pin as a recognition of his honesty and ability are rejoiced to learn that detectives of the American Surety Company have found him in the City of Mexico, where he had fled after having stolen $20.000. CABLE FLASHES. Nicholas Francois Chifflart, the French painter and engraver, is dead. He was born in 1825. The British house of commons pass ed the second reading of the bill pro hibiting the sale or delivery of intoxi cants to persons under 16 years old. Many Marseilles workmen strike in sympathy with the dock laborers and a reign of terror exists. Many plots to assassinate the czar have been discovered and utmost pre cautions are being taken to protect him. Gen. Andrade, cx-pre sident of Vene zuela, has arrived at Willemstad, Cura roa, to prepare for another, revolution in his own country. Of the German loan 174.co3.oao marks will be issued in April at 87!'! and 3 per cent. After the government credits ore nvailable the amount will be increased) to 300,000,000 marks.
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