TBE “OPEN DOOR.” Tie United States Government Will Inslat On This la Maacharfa.

BUT IS NOT WILLING

FIGHT.

Ac UatM States Caaaat Ms Aar Paver ar Aar Qrosp at Povcrs la tkc Eatorceaicat at a Potlcj-- ladcpcaScacc at Actloa Mast Be Malatalaed-BassU Staadi Ptedfed to Ibis Coaatrj (he ‘Ope* Door."

Washington (Special).—Great Britajp. Germsnjr and Japan have givcb •ntormal notice to the United States that they will regard the signature ol the Manchurian agreement as freeing

them fron

tan agreement as freeing e obligations they assumed

last summer to preserve the integrity of-. China and that they will proceed to' ^^cpnsider such measures -dor the protection of their interests as they deem

advisable.

It is evident that s is concerned shP is v

shall even gi churia. but s

Manchurian agreement as a pretext for anion. Great Britain and Japan arc prepared to act in accordance with the third clause of the Anglo-German agreement, to which the Japanese Gov-

ernment adhered.

It has developed that the signing of the agreement as to Manchuria is likely

to occur in St. P

Pekin, as the Chii

Russian capital, Yang Yu. formerly the Minister here, has been furnished a copy of the la-articlf treaty, which Russia expect* to have executed. At the same time a supplementary agreement may be executed in Pekin, although the one pending before Yang Yu is. just

now attracting chief attention. The United States will not protest

against the Manchurian agreement. The policy of this Government will dc; pend to a' large extent upon the pro-

SUMMARY OF THE KEWS.

Domestic.

In order to settle the affairs of the late William M. Singcrly. the Philadelphia Record will be sold at auction. Amos Strelsmith, a large oil operator in West Virginia, has filed an application in bankruptcy. . Charles H. May. formerly lieutenant governor of Michigan, died at Gull Lake, Mich., aged 71. David Clark, age*! 80 years, a we known inventor, died at Hazleton. I Large sheet steel works will be creed at Martin's Ferry. O. Charles Lattimer killed his wife and.

himself at Chicago. ’ 4 A. Coni in,

Joseph A. Conlin. a clerk in a branch of the New York Post Office, who disappeared with a pouch containing $40.ooo worth of property, was caught after a long chase and brought back to'New A mortgage for $100,000 was burned jn the presence of a large congregation in St. Andrew's Methodist Church. New York. Hymns of praise were sung while the papers were being destroyed. Mrs. Mary Dorlon-Lcwis has sued Charles. Herald, pastor of the

tide

Rev. Charles Herald, pastor Bethsada Church, of Brooklj slander, on account of comments because she went into vaudeville.

pend to a' large extent upon the provisions of tht agreement. If Great Brit-

, Germany and Japan use it 1 . text for th -*

the P

take measures i American commc

tatty

r the _

widest and

'es for the jirutcction of

_ mtnerce by the preservation

of the "open door." Assuming that the agreement is to be carried out. it is stiff the Contention of the State Department that nothing has occurred }o change the status of the United States toward the “open door" as -applied to any part of

China, including Manchuria. CUT OFF HER OWN EARS

Woman Also Removes Five Toes and Part of

Her Nose.

Toledo, Ohio (Special).—Mrs. G. Brunschncidcr. residing near the city limits, occupies a ward at St. Vincent's Hospital and is in a serious condition as a result of horrible injuries self-inflicted. About 5 o'clock in, the evening, armed with an .ordinary pair of scissors, she cut off all toes of her left foot both her ears close to the head and about an inch of her nose. —-flier'

in t!

her

Band Sergeant Alexander Zech. who died while serving with the repilar army in Cuba, was buried with military

;T.. Iv honors in York. Pa.

‘r ■ Ex-Congressman Rodenburg has ia ° | been appointed civil-service commis- . sioner. to succeed rhe late Washington

,hc S. Brewer.

Fire destroyed the grocery store of Samuel Dick and the stable of Dr. J. B. Snodgrass in Martinsburg.'W. Va. Judge Joseph M. Bartholomew, of the Supreme Court of North Dakota, dropped dead on the street in Bis-

marck.

John Grant Lypian. the zinc promoter. disappeared from New York, and

no one knows where he is.

. The West Park Ice Palace, in New

-pretext tor the twtttion of China, then j th h , ' or Populist e President and Secretary Hay wil won £ aid ,f le Republicans in electing

protpctian of Senators, said: "Not unless he is “ *' "* ‘ {ht.” and Mr. Bryan would not as-

r without evident* that any of the curaska Legiilators were corruptible. Because of suspicious circumstances Grounding her death, the body of Mrs. lizabeth Matthews, of Crittenden. Va.. is disinterred and delivcrcd^o medical

hcials for all autopsy. . \

' ru - United States officials place the isibilipr for the wreck, of the

Rio de Janeiro on the late ” ‘ ' ' it down with the

right arm in k-horrible manner. Not

ing was knchvn of the affair until her husband, who was absent during the night, retnrned home in the morning and fonnd her in bed in a semi-conscious condition. A surgeon was called at once and she was taken to St. Vincent’s

Hospital. Her recovery is donbtfuL Uiaappcr Dead aad Child Restored. El Paso, Tex. (Special)—May Carrie

Stevens, kidnapped from here six years ago. when but S years of age. arid noi heard of again by relatives until recently. was brought back from Dan-

* ' and restored to her mother.

Stevens. Monday. The » able to tell a con-

sin ce

•ville. ind..

Mrs. Anna

:bild was able to tell a conory. of her wanderings since taken from home six years

led^for a trapeze

ictress who

lead.

stolen nected

the was

ago. She » performer in

_ n a arcus. The act: took her away from home is d<

Cleared Up By a Skdctoa.

ery was cleared away. 1 a*o James, Tod, of War. _ nephew of War Governor Tod, disappeared from Dayton, Fla. day this

gold filli _ ring of keys.

Dkd Frew EaUay Teaberries.

Hazleton. Pa. (Special).—Rose, a 4-year-old daughter of Augustus and Agnes Biliman, of West Hazleton, died as a result of eating tyaberries. Two of her sisters were in 'the woods on ‘ ly ,afternoon gathering these ber-

turday,

lies and when their berries with Rote,

mber of them, is taken with < lh was '—i 1 —* *

the child.

noon gathering these they retnrned they shared " ~ ' ate 1 •

Rote, who ate a large Shortly after the child

was taken with convulsions. A physician was called in, Jim could not save

* iikL ••

TMs Robber Was Polite.

analog me silverware marked, lett tne joUowjng note in a^lovmg cup which Old Ladies' Home Society for charitable work: “I humbly beg your pan 1 do not want to rob good people.'

Careegk Library la Charlotte.

Charlotte. N. • C. (Special).—At a meeting of the Board of Aldermen it w»» decided to accept Andrew Carnegie’s proffered gift of Saoxioo toward ‘ a public library on condition that, the city provide for $3*00 annually to support the library. The Aldermen will raise half the sum and the School Com-

missioners the other fclaf. To R* Haagtd tor AssaalL

Baltimore, Md. - (Special).—Wiley Kirk, a negto 19 years of .age, was found guilty of felonious asnnlt noon Mrs. Barbara Green and ser.teisced to- ^ J y.to be fixed by the

. The crime was

. .. s Point, near this March 7. Kirk escaped, bat ed several days later, and b?s

f been kept in the Baltimore city mil tq avoid lynching. Hr was tried in Towson. Baltimore county, before three judges, and confessed o* the witness ■toad to haring committed the crime.

be hanged on a day.to Governor of the'State,

comm! ‘ '

city. . was at

steamer Rio dc J Captain Ward, who'wenl ship, and Pilot Jordan.

The jury brought in a verdict of pot guilty in the case of. Hon. Dark Simmons, of the County Court in Weston, Va.. who was tried for shooting Rev.

John Rexwood.

Giovanni Lautiere. of Natick. R. I., nearly killed Miss Enrichette Mazarcllo, who had rejected him. and three others who came to her assistance. The Korea, bnilt for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was launched at the yards of the Newport News Dry Dock and Shipbuildinc Comnany.

A Holstein cow 1

— j -

jport. ' fight between the Chicago Board of Trade and the telegraph companies over the distribution of market qnotations has been settled. Several electrical storms raged in Wisconsin and Minnesota. A number of cattle were killed by lightning. ic Levy and Lewis Goldsteii

•ntner' Philadcl A blow

siderable Florida coast.

William Stern, a business Scranton. Pa., committed si

Atlantic City.

** e women are registering in Kanvote at the spring elections than

delphia for swindling,

iv from the southeast did con- : damage to shipping on the

liride at

tlantic More

sas to vot

ever befor_

Thomas Levins was accused in Freehold. N. J., of killing his mother on

March 1.

Forefts.

General Kitchener reports that Bab"cated Delarey and 1500 Boers

' tured

near Ventersburg, and -captured a number of guns, rifles, a great quantity of

ammunition and 140 prisoners. ter a lively discussion, article 14 of law of associations, to suppress iiing by religious orders in the

schools, was adopted by the French

with the

was no intentio 1

imons tl Boers v

lunccd m the t the negotia-.

closed, and f reopening

Queenstown. Cape Colony, is alarmed over reports that a force of Boers is about to raid that place. ^ Miss. Charlotte Mary Young, the anthor. died at Winchester, England,

aged 78

is on lie — War. Junice and the'Interior have re-

ceived threatening letters.

The Korean Government has dismissed from office McLeavy Brown, director general of Korean customs, and Great Britain has entered a protest. .Abbe Revard. the Jesuit scholar and a professor at the University of Ghent, has boken off relaTions with the Church

in order to marry.

The Portuguese Government has closed a Jesuit house and withdrawn sanctions from the associations of Mozambique missionaries. The Germans have ousted the Chinese imperial troops from the passes on the Chi Li-Shan Si frontier.

Baron von

Scbotteostein. t lier, has committi

Wurt-

_ _ . committed suicide

at Ulm.

Six new cases of bubonic plague on an average are reported daily in Cape

The 1-ackawanna Road has ordered

eighty new locomotives.

Scats in the Montreal Stock Exchange

advanced tq $18000.

Br.

irooklyn Ferry stock and bonds «d-

ced Seas Uy 1

n Ex|

:sn Express Company

advanced i poidt* to iptfj last 1 Stock Exchange seats in Ba have advanced to Ifiasa the highest price. Four years ago scats sold in

r—

TORNADO DEALS HAVOC IN SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH.

PEOPLE KILLED AND INJURED IN BIRMINGHAM—HOUSES WERE CRUSHED TO EARTH WITHOUT WARNING—DEATH LIST WILL BE A LARGE ONE.

A Path of Destruction Oae Haadrtd and Fifty Feet WMc Throorb tbs Southern Section of Blnsinihsu—Uha*"! Saltry Weather far Thin Season of tbs Year Precedes the Storm--The Killed Nats her Twenty-five aad Ibc Injured About Forty —Great Trees Tara Uy by the Roots aad Stones Twisted Oat of the Qrenad—Other Towns Daosftd — Havec by Wind aad

Birmingham, Ala. (

for in

. (Special).—A torinjensity and the havoc

ight surpassed anything in the history. of Birmingham visited the city Monday morning- Not only Birmingham, but every town within a radius of ao miles east and west suffered. About 3$ persons are believed to have been killed. Many others were serious>t fatally, injured- Eight of the dead are white. The property "timated to be a quarter of a

•liars.

known dealoss is estii

million doll

Jesse E: Watkins, a negro, was

caught stealing in the ruins in the afternoon and was promptly sent to eternity by one of a number, of men standing by.

The tornado struck the city in the

southwestern corner and plowed its way eastward, leaving a path 150 feet wide through tnc southern section, extending from Green Springs on the west to Avondale on the east, continuing its

intil its • t —

. ... fury was spent beyond • Irondale. a

of the

town six miles_ea$t of the city. All the houses bn the north of path were left unhurt and all thosi the south * --

ne unin the he

dvinolishcd. In a num-

itancrs the inmates of a home

itanding in the idebris of the irt. while the rafters and parts use were blown a hundred

The property loss in Birmingham lone is in the neighborhood cf $200.00. Two hundred homes in this city

re without roofs.

The morning dawned cloudy and sqltry and grew more threatening as the day advanced. Clouds began to gather and shortly after 9 o’clock sharp lightning flashed from the southwest The air became very heavy and stifling. The velocity of the wind suddenly began to increase and from the overcast sky a funnel-shaped cloud made its descent. Hugging close to the earth, if passed through the city in leaps and bounds with terrific force and was away to the east before the people fully realized what had happenedThe altitude of the cloud was not more than 75 feet The negro shanties and cottages in the lowlands in tile path of the storm .were the principal sufferers. The larger residences on the higher ground suffered only slightly.. Large trees on the hills at the St Vin-' cent Hospital were torn up by the roots and large stones were twisted out of the

ground.

From Eighth to Tenth street the tornado bounded like a rubber ball, and when it agaih descended it struck a two-

BOERS FIGHTING AS HARD AS EVER. They Wreck a Supply Treta aad Bara Bloody

River Bridie.

m, Transvaal (By Cable.)— Ired Boers, undv the Boer Commander Buys, have wrecked a supply train north of Vlaklaagte. They overpowered the escort and carried off several wagonlqa^s of provisions. A convoy, destined to join General French's column. b*£'bcen attacked between Blood Transvaal Col-

man killed

ge at Blood River was burned. London (By Cable).—The Colonial Secretary. Mr. Chamberlain, in the House of Commons, replying to a question, said no sjiccific objection had been made by General Botha to any of the peace terms offered by General Kitchener, and General Botha made no counterproposals. The only information in the possession of the government, outside of that published in the papers, was contained in a private telegram from General Kitchener, saying General Botha had a strong objection to Sir Alfred Milner. TRACT SOCIETY'S WORK. Reports Read a* the Annusl Meedni Held

la Wssbinjton.

Washington (Special).—The Washington annual meeting of the American Tract Society was held here in the Gunton Temple Memorial Church. The

years. , .Rev. judson Swift, field secretary of •evolutilfcary feeling in Russia 'New York, presented a brief report of he increase. The Ministers of the society’s work, and ~

O. Howard, president of the society, delivered an earnest address, setting forth the object and needs of the society. The secretary's report said that the society hos issued between 13.000.000 and 14.000,000 distinct publications at home and in ijie foreign field. During fiftynine years of colportage over 15,000x00 family visits have been made, while 16.500x00 pages of Christian ceading

ive been left in their hoi—

story house occupied by Joseph Bushenheler and almost rased it to the pound. The it-year-old daughter of John Krunzey^ a'rolling mill man. was caugh: under the debris and severely

injured.

Continuing in an eastward direction, the storm swept everything in its path of 75 yards width until it passed beyond the city limits, and struck the Lake View Hill, about Thirty-fourth street. There were no houses of any description in its path after it had passed the city limits, and consequently there was no damage until it reached AvonOn Faggot’s Hill, just south of Avondale. a number of persons were seriously injured and many houses badly

damaged.

Onward the tornado swept, and at Irondale again repeated its work of destruction. Houses and fences were leveled to the pound and up to this writing several bodies have been recovered. Bessemer. Pratt City. Ensle'y, North ■Birmingham and other suburban towns were visited by the storm, and in each of these places much destruction was wrought, but no loss of life is reported. Many houses were demolished at Pratt City, including a number of churches. At Powderly there was also much damage and destruction and at Cleveland Mre- George Hatt was struck by lightning and will pfobably die.

Railroad Trala Wrecked.

Columbus, Ga. (Special).—A riffxe train was blown off the Cen. al of Gcoi gia Railroad tracks one mile east e — v: — - — :, -rs from Cob—

[Groat

Vista, 37 milei zin consisted <

bag

1 hour when struck by the wind. The igine was lifjed from the track, the

‘obsmbus.

of an engine and

ider. baggage car, two coaches and freight cars, and was going 15 miles hour when struck by the wind. The

car. two

turned over, the baggage tches and three freight cars ■own on tl.eir sides. The rest of in, hoiveycr. remained on the

is killed.

track. Jso one was killed.

Advices from Cusscra. 30 miles south of the city, state that that place was vis-ited-by one of the heaviest wind and rain storms known in years. TheTrimitivc Baptist Church and several chimneys were blown down. Telegraph Operator W. M. English was knocked un-

conscious by lightning. Western Tow* Swept hjr Winds.

Detroit, Mich. (Special).—A special from Kalamazoo, Mich.*says that a tornado struck the town of Pavilion, a small village about. 35 miles southeast of Kalamazoo, which wrecked a number of houses, unrooted trees, tore down telegraph pole* and did much other damage. One woman who was ill ir one of f*-- *- *-' -* :

ported yured

Crawfordsville.

severe » • a torriai

trical disturbances, swept

Mountain and West Montgomery' ties at an early hour Monday morning. The loss amounts to thousands of dol-

trees and wind

windstorm, amounting almc ido and accompanied with disturbances, swept over

ain and West Montgc an early hour Mondi

•The loss amounts to thouu lars, bams, fences, trees pumps being blown down.

The Korea Lx Backed. .Newport News, V Pacific Mail liner I ressel ever bilil: for tl :hant marir* — Jie yard ol r tuilding Company here. A crowd of 30x00 people witnessed the launch. Miss Katherine Winthrop Tweed, daughter of the president of the Pacific Mail Company, christened the Korea. The Korea will cost when completed $2,000,000. She is nearly 600 feet long and her depth of hold is equal to the height of a four-story building. Her displacement is 18.600 tons and there is no vessel, in the American service that will compare with her.

ippers and dynamiters'' is the signature to a letter received by Joseph Schneider, of this city. The contents informed Mr. Schneider that unless he iced $300 at a certain spot in Cufn^arlc. one of his children would his house bio*

placed $300 berland Pari . be kidnapped or his house blown up by dynamite. No harm as yet has come to the Schneider home, although the demands were not complied with.

A Ctarcb Streck by Uittalni.

Andrew's Roman Cathi . was destroyed by fire, resulting from a stroke'of lightning. The loss is $50,000. with' only $30,000 insurance. The large pipe organ —^—" — * — —'

terly mint was -struck

y $30,000 insurance. The large tan. valued at $10,000, was utined. Thev spire of the church by lightning about 10.30 P. ics were not discovered until

forth M - but Hamcs _ The | 3.15 A. M.. when they cicy control of the firemen.

: beyond

.. scad have been left in their homes. The „. ciety has been able to publish tht Gos>el through 153 languages or dialect*.

Bsreci Herself to'Dealt

Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Special).—Miss

well-known young nmunity. committed iturated her clothing

t fire to it. S'

Dynamite at Berkeley Spriais. rkelcy Springs. W. Va. (Special).— fine medicinal springs. set,xyide a century ago for the hisc of the public by Lord Fairfax, was dynamited by unknown, persons early Sundaymorning. Tee controversy over the leasing of The springs to outsiders has lused ill-feeling, and the work of the

ro.T

Bums, a in this a suicide here. She ' and 1

a position as I cache and recently had n to end her. life.

ThtOM FaaUtxr Game.

Greensboro. N. C. (Special).—Three confidence men, Frank Thompson. D. Hawley, and Gomez Bono, the latter disguised as an Indian, were arrested here while attempting to work the gold brick scheme on ^ ' *

don. the j

the followed to a spot in the town, where Bono bad two

: scheme on Paul Garrett, of WeiGarrett notified jbe officer! of

1

SeUkrs Quarrel at Tie* Tsia. Xien Tsin (By Cable).—In an afl here two member* of the Welsh Fusi Regiment and a member of the Via 1 — contingent, who were — — 1 ———*• iayone.cu were tht princi

policemen, were sabred and In It is alleged that Germans 1 principal culprit*..

At 044* With Her Colored Editor.

LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Ufa Sovlox Medals Awsrdsd.

Through the Secretary of State the Navy Department has received two lifesaving medals. With diplomat, awarded by the President of France to Coxswain Hugh Patrick Mullen and Seaman Paul Ausseresses, of the United State* battleship Kentucky, for their * ; — : “

rescuing fit “

on Noveml

le French sail-

five French seirr

_mber 11 last. The 1 were thrown into the water by capsizing of their boat and were dro ing when Mullen and Aus

sses

iped from the Kentucky and saved n. Under a recent decision of the

■ ~ - 1- _:n

jumi.

them. Under a re United Sutes Suj not be necessary Congress to the a

THE CLERK CONFESSES. A Clever Scheme of Rascality Tbit Failed at Kansas City. NAMED HIMSELF TO CARRY CASH. Alter Stesliai a Lot ol Rfai*. a Yoaoi Cfcrt la a Ksasxs City Jewelry Stare Seads Hi* Employer a Letter TbrtiUaiat to Kldasp the Utter's Sot Dales* He Sends SUM fa o Certain Place at MidalffeL

.p,™, a™ -m 1 nMsr,' ^-jiTf to get the content of r.ested here, charged with stealing $3100 icceptance of the med- | worth of diamond rings from his em-

ployer*. Edwards & Sloan, wholesale ; jeweler*. Later, when confronted with j the rings, which had been found hidden in the oasement of the firm's buildu r 1 Dearduff broke down and confei

an -a: f* SSSSZ1 SrSSJSf 52^ " ^

Attorney General William ~ ! - '

will represent the Govern! the commission in the soni ' , - : ras presented to it. The comi

jainat

Spaalsk War Ctaias.

Ex-Senator Chandler, president ol the j in the bssemem of the firm', building, Spamrti War Claims Commission, says j Dearduff broke down and confessed, that the first meeting of the commis- j Dearduff also confessed to having sent

if the

claims presented to it.

will only pass on claims against Spam made by United States citizens and incurred during the time Spain was carpr■ng on her war fn Cuba against the insurgents. Awards are only to be made

luce $1000. Dearduff said he planni the robbery by himself, and had taken no one into nis confidence. His idea was simply steal the tray of diamonds. He accomplished thi*. he said, during the afternoon of March tl, and hid the rings in the basement. It then occurred to him that he could not immediately

... . . ' lon ,- 21* '? j negotiate a sale of the diamonds, and dam * K " .* Ilow “V T 16 'he scheme to extort money from Mr. mg of the commission is to be final. Edwards was conceived. Following is

s ^ ^ i »“ ”•»

the commission. Senator Chandler said "Sir:—We arc th

sur|

for

before t no indii

. Awards are only to be n •ect damages which can be proved the dommitsion. There are to be

‘ ' The

t commission at he thougl

that relieved

her day.

the hour of

the co

its work. w be n we sec him. Show this to the

police or fail in any way to obey orders id your son Georg* will pay the ;

business, as yi

tht

if 12

1 meet ts at the cor'd and Magee alone. :nd him. for we know »•... . 1... •. ._

Mr. Grins' Reslioatlea.

u,r sssr trjs ■

rffe« March 31.

leave Washington on S. r . his home in New Jersey, where, hen after, he will reside. His igttnjjofl'i

to resume immediately the | his profession. It is stated .

thority that he will be associated as counsel with the firm of Dill, Bomeisler & Baldwin, of New York city. Mr. Griggs also has formed a partnership with Mr. Dill, of Jersey City, under the firm namp of Griggs & Dill, for

practice in New Jersey. Spala Paid lor the Isis ads

The ’Spanish Minister, Duke d’Arcos, received from Secretary Hay a treasury' wa.rant for $100,000. and the Unked Sutes received the final cession of "any and all islands of the Philippine Archipelago lying outside of the line described in article 3 of the treaty of peace between Spam and the United Sutes of December 19.' 1898." At the same time a protocol was signed by Mr. Hay and Dnke d’Arcos, exchanging ratifications of the treaty of cession. The specific purpose of the transaction is to add the islands of Zagayan-Sulu

... . -and Sibitu to the possessions of the

(Special).—A United States.

ting almost to;

Schley Hoot Faad.

B. J. C."

irded while

aste 1

iff to the plai Dearduff rep

ds had his son guarded while up a package ol waste paper, sent it by Dearduff to the place in-

ked in the '

It has been decided to purchase a residence for -Admiral Schley at QAeland Park in accordance with the admiral's wishes, he having previously declared against a handsome residence in the Capitol Gty. stating that he preferred a comfortable home in the quiet of the suburbs. The executive committee of the committee of one hundred of the Schley home fund suted that $3000 had been Guaranteed by the various Knights Tcmplzr lodges in the United Sutes. Miss Edna McClelland, of New York, has sent a statement to the committee that she had raised $3000 for the fund. The amount desired for the home for the admiral ist$io,ooo. Capful News fa OeaeraL Great Britain's reasons why that country declined to accept the Senate's amendments to the Hay-Panncefotc treaty, which were delivered to the Sute Department ort^March 11, were made

public.

So far as known, the Chinese Government has not sisned the Manchurian agreement with Russia, although the time limit expired yesterday. The State Department sent a note-to the Chinese Minister warning the.Chinese Government against entering into any private tcrritonal or financial arrangements without the ftfll knowledge of all the

powers.

The President has appointed W. A. Rodenburg, of Illinois, a member of the Civil Service Commission, and Frederick I. Allen commissioner of patents. William Corcoran Eustis has been appointed third secreUry to the United Sutes Embassy at London. President McKinley has completed the St Louts Fair Commission. It will consist of ex-Senators Carter, Thurston, Lindsay *nd McBride, and cx-Cori-gressman Gb-nn and Messrs. Scott. Miller, Northrop and Betts. An army board, appointed on the request of Gen. Baldy Smith, decided that not he, but pen. Rosecrans, devised the plan for the relief of the Army of the Cumberland. Commander 5 M. Ackley has been or-slered-fti the command of the trainingship. Dixie, relieving Commander Bel-

knap.

Stephen Abell, the Maryland census enumerator, arrested foe palling re-

s. was released on bail. '

pearancc.

Congressman Mudd,

New York, where he — —_ —. Bermudas, criticised the system of .the

dicatcd in the letter. Dearduff reported that he was met by two men, who look the package from him. Later he reported finding the empty tray in the basement, and" * **— —

had subbed hit

; empty tray 1 ., —J'asserted that som

bed him.

A DARING ADVENTURE

Ticacral Faptoa Leads Expedition Into (be

Ulterior to Capture Axalaaldo.

Manila (By Cable).—General Funston is now engaged in a daring project which promises to be the greatest and most romantic achievement of bis eventful career. In January, from his hiding place in the province of Isabella. Aguinaldo wrote letters anathematizing the sub-chiefs who had taken the oath of allegiance to the United Sutes. Later, Aguinaldo ordered certain insurgent forces in Southern Luzon to join him at a rendezvous in Isabella province. The rebel officer entrusted with these orders

secretly negotiated with the Americans. On securing necessary information. General Funston planned Aguinaldo's capture, and with General MacArthur's authorization General Funston proceeded two weeks ago to make the I attempt. General Fnnston. with Surgeon Major ”—Newton, of the Thirty- „ . Lieutenant Admire, of Twenty-second Infantry; Lieutenant

fourth Infantry; Lieut the Twenty-second Infs Mitchell, of _

id Infantry; Li

1, «• me Fortieth Infantry; six veteran scouts, and a company of native

all picked men. embarked o

gunboat Vicksburg

a remote beach above Baler. *1 ranged that Aguinaldo's emissary,

the—' ' *'

on the landed on It was ar-

with

native scoots, should pass thcmselve off as insurgent troops, who, having captured General Funston and others, were taking them as prisoners to Aguinaldo. At the right time, when brought befoi Aguinaldo. General Funston was to git

ix days march into th intcmplated. Treachery

... Vizcaya and New Ecija, and the gunboats Vicksburg and Albany were to fi 1 Fnnston's force.

> operate with General

The Big Steel Deal.

Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).—The holders of the $160,000,000 bond issue of the *Carnegfe Company are now considering the exchange of them for bonds of similar amounts and terms of the United States Steel Consolidation. The matter has been brought to the attention of the stockholders by a circular signed by C M. Schwab, president; \V. W. Blackburn, secretary, and L. C. Phipps, treasurer. It was stated on good authority that Andrew Carnegie has agreed to an exchange of bonds it all of the others are retired at the same time as his own and

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new ones issued. Of the to drew Carnegie will receive $175,000x00, in addition to the payment of $25,000,000 in cash, for his total holdings of stock

and bonds.

Deputy aad a Moonshiner KDied. Augusta, Ga. (Special).—Deputy Marshal Alexander 5. Whitely was killed in attempting to arrest Lum Scott for illicit distilling in Lincoln county. Scott was also killed. The officer, with his posse, found the distillers in a barricaded house, and in attempting to make the._arrest* a fight ensued. The other members of thq Scott crowd were arrested.

Collector Dillon Actased.

El Paso. Tex. (Special).—CapL Mose

. Dillon, collector of customs at this port,

e leaving for W as arrested by the United States marsail for the jhaL on warrants charging him with " “* **" soliciting and receiving money from

Treasury’ Department employes for campaign purposes, and with having divulged to certain civil service applicants the ’questions and answers to be

used at an examination held here. Heavy Rrc Losses la Ntw Orleans. New Orleans (Special.)—A fire oc-

curred just before 6 .' dock in the evening in the store of B. Fcllman & Co.,

‘ie heart of the retail dry goods dis-

in the heart of the retail dry goods d trict. The employes had just left, the

top floor whew «hc flames

aod the fire gutted the c :ing a loss of $130, building. The carpet

pold Levy and the notion stoic of the Rosenberg Company, on either aide.

just le

ames burst ftJrth

: entire build