UMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS,
Domestic.
Miss Elsie D. Richards, aged 52, at
rkhamstead, Conn., while insane shot
mother, it is believed fatally, and
In tried to kill herself.
he steamer Batavia, from Bremen,
led at New York 2,602 steerage pas-
ers, said to be the greatest number
brought by one vessel.
. J. Brookins, aged 77, and Miss Sal-
homas, aged 75, eloped from Lee
y, Va. to Bristol, Tenn. and were
ed.
Ss now estimated that 25 lives were
nd property valued at $3,000,000 de-
d by the floods in Tennessee.
town of Newport, in Giles county,
as wiped out by fire. Loss, over
0; insurance small.
as Dunn English, writer and ex-
essman, died at Newark, N. J.
s born in 1819.
b people were killed and one se-
njured by a Union Pacific train
Mary 5. Kan.
Addie M. Francis was married by
in the Tombs in New York to
Patrick, who has been con-
he murder of millionaire Rice.
was impaneled in Hudson, N.
trial of the three Van Worm-
's for the murder of Peter A.
a farmer, of Greenport.
of hold-ups and murderous
e reported in Richmond, Va.,
fide was begun against negro
ints.
ompkins, of Buffalo, was’ in-
pnchester, Va., on the charge
r peaches with a worthless
back, of Floyd county, Vir-
with the 16-year-old daugh-
W. L. Howard.
Trust Company, as re-
e wrecked City Savings
Petroit, asked the court to per-
of the stockholders, the assets
fe bank being less than $2,000,000
the liabilities over $3,000,000.
I'he threatened big strike of the
in Southern New England has
ted. Many mills have agreed to
demanded 10 per cent. increase,
others are expected to follow.
reported in Butte, Mont., that
Paulsen, a defaulter. reported
mmitted suicide, really fled to
where he is now living with
ing stable of Frank H. Colby,
Park, near Detroit, was de-
e and 17 valuable horses
a =
tions of Seventh-
¥ a church in ‘Chicago.
Mdward, who was sen-
hanged at Casper, Wvo,, |
r of Sheriff Ricker, but in
a stay of execution was
Suprenie Court last Tues-
hed at Casper.
in Mississippi, Alabama
rts of the South have
hilroad companies heavy
Fridian and Jackson, Miss.
were driven from their
J. James, president-elect
Jniversity, in Chicago, in
tion to the board of trus-
the view that public sen-
ing against coeducation.
Foreign.
lemente, former presi-
ha, cied at the age of oo.
e¢ mystery about his ill-
s believed he was kept
illetta. His death legiti-
nment of Vice President
active president.
kre drowned in a colli-
lish coast between the
Alma
ss, the latter sinking
between Russia and
huria permits China to
force she thinks nec-
ria after the evacua-
hper asserts that King
d his proposed visit
Pause of the discovery
ot agaimst his life.
liament buildings at
, costing 8,000,000
dl with imposing cere-
itish soldiers were
ed in a railroad wreck
the Transvaal.
o assassinate M. Tre-
fect of Moscow.
baona was attacked
kvolutionists after a
re killed or wound-
gunboat then bom-
d forced the revolu-
eyds and the Boer
ill meet at Utrecht
ral Schalkburger’s
ill declared that un-
is out of the ques-
70,000. deaths occur
gue in the Punjab.
I'riple Alliance, with
Ss, was effected at a
e between the Ger-
pee Italian Minister
re generally disap-
rom Mr. Chamber-
pial secretary, with-
o the new constitu-
R, it appears, sug-
¢ Edward's coro-
of London.
Doers within the
By Lord Kitchener,
gh the gaps in the
Rk 179 men, includ-
Kruger. There
tween the British
ormer recovering
he Boers in Feb-
ecace were offered
ngland and Pre-
pean agent of the
was to have an
bsebery and other
in Paris.
fleclared the reg-
of 134 per cent.
ents of curren-
t the New York
0
2: fining Jg
and-tumble fight
and the shin!
STRIKES CALLED
IN MANY CITIES
Electric Linemen of Pittsburg and Allc.
gheny Demand More Pay.
TEN THOUSAND MINERS STRIKE.
Will Have the Effect of Curtailing the Em.
ployment of Nearly as Many More Ra’'lroad
Men Employed by the Buffalo, Rochester
and Pittsburg Railroad Company, Whose
Freight Traffic Wiil Be Nearly Paralyzed.
Pittsburg, Pa., (Special).—The eclec-
tric linemen of Pittsburg and Allegheny
struck for an increase of pay from $2.50
to $3 for a nine-hour day. About 500
men are out. The strike invoives about
all the big office buildings in course of
erection in the downtown districts, ex-
are at work, satisfactory arrangements
having been made with the contractors.
Telegraph and telephone interests are
also affected.
Strike Formally Declared.
Altoona, Pa. (Special).—After mass-
meetings of the Rochester and Pittsburg
Coal and Iron Company's miners were
held at Punxsutawney and Sykesville
the threatened strike was formally de-
clared. It involves 10,000 miners
will have the effect of curtailing the em-
ployment of nearly as many more rail-
road men employed by the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Com-
pany, whose traffic will be nearly par-
alyzed in consequence of the strike.
Blast Furnace Worke rs.
Columbus, O., (Special). —President
James McMahon, of the Blast Furnace
organization and official notice from
Youngstown, Ohio, tHat on -and after
May 1, 1902, eight hours shall consti-
tute a day's work at the same rate of

hours’ work. The notice will affect all
| the blast furnace workers in America,
and instead of shifts at a furnace each |
| 24 hours, under the new scale three will
[ be required.
Failed to Agree.
| Saginaw, Mich. (Special.)—The strike |
| of the Michigan coal miners, ordered |
several days ago, after the conference
between the operators and miners failed
| tos.agree on a scale, began and 1,100
| miners afe-out in {his county.
[the same number of men have quit-the
| mines at Bay City and in the St. Charles
district.
Join Molders.
Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special.)—The
employees of the brake shoe department
of the Ross-Mehan works joined the
| molders of the malleable department in
| their strike, and 400 men are now out.
| No settlement seems immediately in
| sight.
VERDICT FOR TICKET SCALPERS.
| Chicago Judge Decides That Tickets Passing
| « Through Their Hands Are Good.
| Chicago, (Special). —“However repre-
| hensible and odious to a railroad com-
pany a ticket scalper may be, there is no
law that invalidates a ticket which other-
| wise is valid because it passes through
{ his hands.”
Judge Chytraus, of the Superior
Court, has given this opinion in a suit
for damages brought by Moritz Horo-
witz against ‘the Chicago and Northern
Pacific Railroad Company. Damages of
$250 were agreed upon.
While traveling with his wife to Min-
nesota on a ticket purchased from a
| scalper in Chieago, which had originally
[been issued to a Michigan newspaper,
| Horowitz was confronted by J. C. Pond,
| general passenger agent of the road, who
! happened to be on the train. Horowitz
{and his wife were ejected from the train
|at Lake Villa, st miles from Chicago.
| The attorney for the road argued that
| Horowitz had been guilty of a construc-
tive fraud.
Plot to Kill Waller.
Manila, (By Cable). —At the continu-
ation of the trial by court-martial of
Major L. W. T. Waller, of the Marine
Corps, for the execution without trial
of natives on Samar Island, a native
scout by the name of Smoke was on the
stand. Smoke testified to the existence
of a plot among the native leaders of the
Waller expedition to murder Mdjor
Waller and Lieutenant Williams. He
said that when the marines had rations
they shared them with the natives. The
scout also said that he personally had
suffered severely from hunger.
Boys Skinned a Horse.
Mayfield, Ky., (Special).—Two boys
aged about 14 years were indicted by
the recent grand jury for killing a horse
skinning it and selling the hide for $1.50
At this term of the Circuit Court they
were tried and sentenced to the School
of Reform. There being no room there
for them, the court ordered the boys
whipped until they shed tears. Sheriff
Harris was ordered to do the whipping
with a new cowhide. The boys’ parents
paid for the horse.
Whale Sinks a Vessel.
New Bedford, Mass. (Special.)—
Word has been received here by the
agents of the whaling bark Kathleen
that she had been sunk at sea by a
whale.
bles from Pernambuco, Brazil, that three
of the four boats had arrived at that
place. C
men. The captain’s wife and all the offi-
cers were among those who reached
land. The Kathleen was valued at $12,-
000. She was built in 1844. Her gross
tonnage was 205.

Refuses Carnegie’s Offer.
Richmond, Va., (Special).—The City
Council has virtually declined to receive
the $100,000 which Andrew Carnegie
agreed to give for the establishment cf
public library. Tt would necessary
et aside $10,000 yearly i_. ..°_ main-
eof the library. The offer was
d at first. board of trustees
‘but th

finance comn

| $100,000; Chicamauga and Chattanooga
cept the Frick building, where the men |
| $200,000;
and !
| 000.000; Newport News, Va., $50,000.

Workers of America, has sent the local | directing the Secretary of War to re-
| proposition for the consolidation of the
pay that they are now receiving for 12 |
| and brought to the attention of the
| House of Representatives by Mr. Rich-
Almost | 41 qson.
| statements of alleged facts.
. partment, it is said, is aware also that
| to pay one cent of the $500,000 claimed
| none of that money could be used to cor-
1 rupt
| papers.
{ aumber of inhabitants under their flags—
{ the Chinese,
| ing all insular and other possessions, is
{ now 3,600,822 square miles, about one-
| fourteenth of the entire land surface of

Capt. Thomas H. Jenkins ca-:
The missing boat contained nine |
chosen were not

LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Sundry Appropriations.
The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, |
the most important of the Government
supply measures, was completed by the
House Committee on Appropriations.
It appropriates $40,316,305, being $12,-
403,042 less than the regular and sup-
plemental estimates and $12,570,512 less
than the appropriation for the current
fiscal year.
Among the contract items provided in
excess of the present appropriations are
or public buildings, $3,839,046; Yellow-
stone Park, $500,000; Louisiana Pur-
chase Exposition, for Government build-
mg and exhibits, $1,048,000; permanent
census office and twelfth census, $1,400,-
000; seacoast battery sites, etc., $1,537,
050; rivers and harbors, continuing con-
tracts, $5,882,757.
Some of the other main items are as
follows: Atlanta (Ga.) penitentiary,
Park, $50,000; Chinese Exclusion act,
defending suits, Spanish
Treaty Claims Commission, $60,000;
Leavenworth (Kan.) Penitentiary, $250,-
000; enlargement of military posts, $r,-
537,050; preventing deposits in New
York harbor, $50,000; portrait of Wil-
liam McKinley, $2,500; Shiloh Military
Park, $40,000; Vicksburg Military Park,
$100,000.
The public building items of $50,000
or over include: Baltimore, $100,000;
Brunswick, Ga., $50,000; Chicago, $1,-

The river and harbor contract items
over $50,000 include: Charleston, S. C,
$50,000; Allegheny river, Pennsylvania,
$118,000; Monongahela river, West Vir-
ginia, $330,000; Congaree river, South
Carolina, $50,000; Ocmulgee river, Ga.,
$56,000; Savannah river, Georgia, $86,
000; Tampa bay, Florida, $86,000.
The bill contains, a general provision
port at the next session of Congress a
existing commissions having charge of
the several national military parks or
substituting therefor a commission con-
sisting of one or more members ta have
charge under the War Departmena of all
military parks.
Department Will Not Act.
The State Department will take no
steps to bring to the attention of the
Danish Government the charges against
the integrity ~of American statesmen
preferred by Capt. Walter Christmas
The department regards the charges
1s unworthy its attention by reason of
nsufficient evidence and obvious error in
The de-
the Danish Government does not intend
by Christmas as his commission, so that
and
American Statesmen news-
84,233,069 Under the Flag.
Final results of the twelfth census give
the total population of the United States
on June I, 1900, as 84,233,060, with a
margin of error of possibly 1,000,000, ac-
counted for by the uncertainty regarding
the population of the Philippines.
Three. countries only have a greater
) Jritish and Russian Em-
pires. The total area of the United
States, the term “United States” includ-

the earth. The same three countries ex-
ceeding the United States in population
also surpass it in area.
Evans Sends in Resignation.
Commissioner of Pensions Evans has
placed his resignation in the hands of
the President. It will not take effect
until some important position in the dip-
lomatic service is found for him.
The pension committee appointed at
the last annual encampment of the G.
A. R. to’investigate the affairs of the
Pension Bureau, has made us report to
the President. It has not yet been de-
cided as to when the report will be made
public, if at all. Tt is stated that the
policy of Commissioner Evans will be
continued by his successor.

Secretary Taylor in Trouble.
The attention of the President having
been called to alleged interviews with
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
Taylor in a number of newspapers, in
which he had put himself in the position
of opposing certain provisions of the Chi-
nese exclusion bills now pending in Con-
gress, Secretary Shaw has been request-
ed by the President to examine into the
matter and to report to him as to the
truth of the allegations. As Secretary
Shaw is in New York, no action will be
taken by him in the direction of carrying
out the President's instructions until his
return.
To Prevent Fights in Senate.
The Senate Committee on Rules ha:
modified an amendment to the rules pro-
posed by Senator Hoar, which is intend
ed to prevent the use of language likely
to provoke violence on the floor ,as ir
the Tillman-McLaurin episode. The rule
says:
“No Senator in debate shall, directly
or indirectly, by any form of words, im-
pute to another Senator or to. other
Senators any conduct or motive unwor-
thy or unbecoming a Senator. No Sen
ator in debate shall refer offensively tc
any State of the Union.”
Government Sends Warship.
The State Department, having been
advised by cable of the revolutionary
movement in Santo Domingo, has re-
quested the War Department to send 2
war ship there, and the Machias, now at
San Juan, Porto Rico, probably will
start across today.
The trouble is not believed to be se-
rious, but it is deemed well to have a
ship there as a matter of precaution.
Capital News in General.
Senor Concha, the Colombian minis
ter, delivered a protocol to Secretary
Hay declaring that the Colombian gov- |
ernment will interpose no obstacle to the |
proposed building of the Panama Canal.
Chairman Payne, of the House Com- f
mittee on Ways and Means, feported LI
Cuban reciprocity bill. » :
Henry White, secretary of the em- }
bassy at Londop; is a candidate for the |

vacancy to qeiir in the Italian embass
~The Se ittee ‘on the Phili
| WAS LIKE A VOLCANIC OUTBURST.
TWENTY-THREE
NINERS PERISH
Terrific Explosion Near Dayton, Tenn.
—Ten Bodies Recovered.
It Is Supposed That One of the Fuses Was
Defective and Resulted in What is Known as
a “Blown Blast” —Tke Flame, Shooting Out
From the Blast Ignited the Ga-, Which in
Turn Ignited the Accumulation of Coa! Dust.

Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special.)—An
explosion of gas in the Nelson mine of
the Dayton Coal and Iron Company, at
Dayton, Tenn. at 4.45 P. M., ignited the
dry coal dust in the mine and caused a
terrific explosion. Twenty-two men are
known to have been killed.
The men who work in the mine were
required to use safety lamps. It is the
rule of the company for the miners to
place their fuses ready to be lighted for
blasts just before quitting work each day.
Firemen go through the mines after all
the miners are out and set off these
blasts.
The miners quit work at 4.30 P. M.
It takes them about 45 minutes to get out
of the mine.
The two firemen who are supposed to
have caused the explosion were Larkin
Hunter and John Harney. They shot the
blasts at 4.45 o'clock, before all the
miners could get out. It is supposed
that one of the fuses was defective and
resulted in what is known as a “blown
blast.” The flame shot out from the blast
and ignited the gas, which in turn ignited
the accumulation of dry coal dust.
The explosion that followed was hor-
rible in its intensity. Flames shot from
the mouth of the mine and wrecked the
shed at the entrance. Three men were
killed while standing outside the mine,
two seriously and one fatally injured.
The mine has been the scene of two
previous serious explosions. In 1889
four men were killed and eight seriously
injured by an explosion of gas. Later,
in 1895, an explosion of mine dust oc-
curred, in which 28 lives were lost. In
May, 1901, an explosion of a similar
nature occurred in the Shalliday mine,
operated by the same company, in which
21 lives were lost.
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Louisville, Ky., (Special) .—Mary
Burkhart, of Lane, Wolf county, has
announced herself as a candidate for
Congress on the Prohibition ticket in
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Believes Wilcox Will Hang.
Elizabeth City, N. C.- (Special.)—Not-
withstanding so many persons at a dis-
tance cannot understand how James E.
Wilcox was convicted on the evidence
of killing Ella Cropsey, most Elizabeth
City folk believe the death sentence will
stand. District Attorney Ward said:
“The notice of appeal has been served
on me, and the case will probably be
heard in the State Supreme Court next
August. -T am of the opinion that Wil-
cox cannot get a new trial. Public senti-
ment has not changed any as to the ver-
dict and the guilt of Wilcox.”
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$350,000 Fire in Guthrie.
Guthrie, Okla. (Special. )—Guthrie was
visited by a $350,000 fire, and as a result
the State Capital printing plant, the Ho-
tel Capitol, the St. James’ Hotel, the
Cammack livery barn and the Richey
general merchandise store are in ruins,
Everything in the State Capital newspa-
per plant was destroyed, including two
presses, machines of every kind, linotype
machines, electric and steam heating Sys-
tem, libraries and, a large stock of sup-
plies. The loss of the various buildings
is $350,000.
A $51,000 Bank Transfer.
Chicago, (Special).—Stockholders of
the Corn Exchange and Merchants’ Na-
tional Ban... have ratified the proposi-
tion to consolidate the two institutions
under the name of the former. The
transfer of a large part of the Mer-
chants’ cash has been effective already.
The enlarged Corn Exchange will have
a capital of $2,000,000 and a surplus of
$2,000,000. The institutions recently -re-
ported deposits aggregating about $51,-
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