SI! MASKED IEN ROB EXPRESS TRAIN.

They Bax Three Tboosud Dollars

Three

in Arkansas.

ESCAPE IN THE DENSE CANEBRAKE T»o Sates on a Train oo the Ckcciaw. OkUbool Quit Railroad Rifled of Their Coaleats-Tbe Colored Porter asd the Express Mease ajcr Badly Bcatea hy the Roh-tcr»--Tbe Passenxers Wert Not Dlstarbed. Little Rock. Ark. (Special).T-OVcr 1 'f n Se .Lf* Syooo was secured in a hold-o^ of the . j,

SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

Doaestlc.

A representative of the Atner: Missionary Association made an investigation which developed that the death | rate among the negroes In the South is | greater than among the whites. -j The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania sustained the constitutionality of Governor Stone's vfto. .which cut o!t 5t.ooo.«o from the public school appro-

priation.

kes. Mr. Durden and Rev. Dr. Webster had a narrow escape from drowning while driving in a ford across Back

Creek from Winchester. Va.

Fairfax College.' Winchester, offered vc scholarships lor young ladies with-

e boundaries of Winchester Pres-

h

FIGHT FOR LIFE ON A TRANSPORT. Two Hundred People Killed or Drowned

in Wreck.

MANY PILGRIMS LEAP OVERBOARD.

Turkish Soldiers nod Saliara Rtht Each Other Like Savaget lor Posaeasloc the Boats After the Wreck of the Trait-port-three Hundred Piljrtns on Board

Booed for Mecca.

ISSiSMIm;

.............. .... Constantinople (By Cable).—The larest reports show that nearly too men I 1 lastings-on-tTie-Hudson. nMr 'embo. the first news if :nu & Co., booksellers, and telegraphed from Jiddih.

ssengers were not molested. ! , ltr3 . /-—

expo r the

. .. but

The passengers Six masked i

... | y a judgmentrstwrumg »u «nc narrative of a sur- £££ i s,£ th a pis- , _ ear j n s. alr p r i*on. ! *e**ion of the few boats belonging to

Six masked which-leh Mei

vzd&snJi !r'/-L'S!

3r:,n £?■ • x&zstti vz'jivsj:. fisss “asi

mile west of* Iron Mountain crossing ; him 1 froin'the^strahls onUii'p^ysiad^n- j In the mad panic*after the ship struck had been reached Messenger Meadcr durance and patience to which he war. j many hurled themselves into the water

started to pass from the first car to the : Rl: bi ecle( i on previous trips. an( l were drowned,

second, where the express safes were, j Cornelius Van Ness, the Newburg ; At the expiration of 48 hours from the As he opened the door he was con- | (jf. y.) millionaire, and his young wife : time the transport went ashore beats fronted by four men. in whose hands > ig ree d to give to his nieces $.t75.ooo. from the coast rescued many of the pil-

were two revolvers and two shotguns. 1 an( j withdrew their suit, which had grims and soldiers.

One of the gang grappled with Meader |j c( j U!> |,is estate. 1

S*... .iS* | .*«• mmM * lu *° aa

slow up and soon came to a full stop. r0 ad accident. Christian Scientists hav- ' Holds His WU* aaJ Fires Fo«r Ballets late

Then shooting began. The two men ] m g been called in to attend him instead ! H tr Rods

who had boarded the rear of the second ( of surgeons.

car captured Sidney Drew, the train | John Henry Vaden was arrested in* Jackson. Mich. (Special).—David H. porter, and made him uncouple the ] Christianburg. Va.. on the charge of Creech, a capiulist. aged 70 years, and cars. Under orders from two of the , poisoning his wife. The doctors arc not 1 for 50 years a resident of this city, shot men. who had mounted the cab. Engi- j jure whether she was dead or alive ; his wife on the street, firing four bullets neer Johnson pulled the baggage and ' when buried. into her Jiead, neck and mouth while he express cars about half a mile away \ Dr. S. O. Burdatts extracted two held her fast with his left arm about the

[roro the balance .of the train to a point j teeth from the jaw of Charles Morris, in ' waist.

in the midst of a dense canebrai*'some | Wheeling, while the latter was bypno- | Mrs. Creech was 40 years oFage and miles from any habitation. tired, without his knowledge. 1 was married to Creecn 12 years ago. When the engine stopped George It is feared that the secret of canning , Previously she had been his house-

Ward. a boy who had been riding on crabmeat died with James McMcnamin. 1 keeper.

the blind baggage car. sprang off and of Hampton. Va.. who died at the Johns Three years ago Mrs. Creech be$an started into"the woods. A shot from Hopkins Hospital. _ divorce proceedings, and after several

one of the robbers br° a 8ht him back ti

the train.

•'Open

~i!’ r sh<

you!' to t

obeyt __ __ contents of tF C T. Meat

local safe or we will i d the leader of the gang — v The messenger

^ J ose "A nt on fo* M o nan ga s. secretary ^of i futikatt^rtoXe wkli her r husband

s.:.- — I ,h e Supreme Court affii ' ' " *****

was recalled to prevent his marrying ! the Supreme Court affirmed the divorce.

. ^ — .. . _ „ a Brooklyin girl. and the shooting was the result.

the messenger. The messenger The grand jury at Buena Vista. Va.. J Mr. Creech wa

yed. abd one of the men placed the has found several indidti tents of the local safe in a sack. persons accused of makii

local

, the express mescager. Jeaten. said: .

“1 was made to open the local safe ing alone near Orrsto* with my keys. I was then ordered into found dead in his hous

the car ahead and heard them blow 1

der. t lly be;

luena Vista. Va.. irtments against making moonshine

ic resul: sted. at

persons whiskey.

John Leckrone. a re ing alone near Orri found dead in his h

the car ahead astd heard them blow open broken.

the kafe. They beat me with their pistols George F. Stoner was killed in Philajust for meanness, for 1 did all they told dclph-.a. and his daughter of 19 is held, me to do without protest. They had the pending an investigation.

farmer, liv- j ".ft-.S'

r. Creech was arrested, and a second loaded revolver was found on his person. He said he intended to kill

himself.

A PHYSICIAN’S BIO B1LL. Me an* H the L'titrsuee of -a Mas Who Mas Yielded to Force-.

excited but the one who seemed to lo f?‘ receipts of the government je the leader." . Longshoremen s Unions Nos. . Sidney Drew, the porter, whose home 't*. of Newport News Va.. rei is in Memphis, was shot in the thigh and ! not,ce . . ,hat . ,h « ,r *‘ r,ke had

°wn | i

1904100 professional ser-

Senasor 'Ma-

fhose home ^98. of Newport News.^ Va.^. received I gee. _ Dr. Browning \vas in attendance

luarters. ^ JEALOUSY LEADS TO DUEL nonal Convention.

iidney Drew, the porter, whose home 01 -"«cwpori t n Memphis, was shot in the thigh and ! notice that their st v Vlic. He refused to uncouple the : Uoned by headquar in when,first commanded to <io so, j . Capt. R._ S. Park j »_«-i e ~ 1 _. ti- : Ltarav. Va- to reon

from Dr. Walter delphia. for $191

vices during the illness of Senator gee. Dr. Browning was in attend on Senator Magee for at months preis to his death, and accompanied him cvcral places for the recovery of his

the largest of its kind ever charged in

. . Pennsylvania or the United States, and Four graduates of Union Seminary ! j, a , produced widespread comment in were denied admission to the ministry j professional circles. The bill is upderbecause their views were held to be un- *tood to be itemired, covers at months*

Street Car Cod duct ors Eajate la a Skootlai

Affray-OM Woondetf.

!t°Ict MrrondJcto^ 1 ^ - -ears of ae Ne f fetia ‘ ion * ar ' in progress for a I ho' came to Norfolk jei^eral monfhs and ^ w^Uc"ure°rs‘o^mlning^ma-

go from. Rochester. N. wrote a c i,inery.

ago from. Rochester, letter to H. G. Parki

rr. another eon-1

ductor. 25 years old. accusing him of in- ; Umacy with his wife, and giving him 24 hours in which to leave town. The two met at the car barns and Phelps shot five times at Parker, missing him every time. Parker fired three time ~ *>-

built

th i"T:

l'. 5. Yeaanan. a disbnrsing clerk in Treasury Department, died suddenly

. hotel in York. Pa.

. . summer s t

. Atlantic City and another $12,000 for acj companyhtg the deceased to Hot Springs,

Two

New Y<

Bedly Hart at c Brooklyo Fire. fork (SpeciaT).—A fire on W

in the Williamsburg

— it’s Hospital dangerous condition. Parker s dered and was admitted to bail.

leged. • Empe

ilfo R I. had

, who. i sutized t Siang. r s said t<

kiU* the

Proaiaeat Peinsybaoiaa Dead. General Tung Fu Siang. recently rePittsburg. Pa. (Special).—Col. Chiil ' ported in rebellion, is said to have had W. Hazzard. editor and proprietor „f an interview not lone ago wi* the Emthe Monongahela Republican and one P"” Dowager, in which he assured htr of the mosrpforainent citizens of West- ?< h' s loyalty, and the Empress promern Pennsylvania, died of paralysis at his 1}ed 10 de ' 1,c * P Un ‘ or hl * protection, home in Monongahela. Pa. Col. Hazzard 1 A reported temporary estrangement was a past supreme .chancellor of the: between the Duke and Duchess of Royal Arcanum, past \>mmander of the 1 Marlborough appears to have been Grand Army of the Republic, a member smoothed over by W. K. Vanderbilt, of the Loyal Legion, a Knight Templar ; the wife's father, in Paris, and the Duke and a thirty-second degree Mason.* The and Duchess have returned together to

deceased was 6a years of age. ; London.

The National Society of Fine Arts. ~ “ v ' t Salon.” was opened in Paris, t remarkable picture exhibited

1, entitled “Jesus Tied

Schwab la Role of PMlaattropIsL

t in spending a part of his large come, presumably following in the lo steps of his preceptor, Andrew Car gie. Mr. Sdiw-*- •— *— 1

S. C.' (Special).—Good For thia reason the being made in the construe- known as the Natural

Major Browning was killed and sev-

. , eral of the Indian Imperial Service itor, Andrew Carne- ; trQOps WO unded in a figlB with Chinese .... _ has just -authorized ,-B oxcrt an) j robbers near Fu Nlng.

muTS?.!.* ^' 1^<1 Kich.ntr report, th.: .ior. Geveramral O.fklal Exoires. ernment has decided to borrow from n _v„ r „, p C Vrtile Fr * ncc 54X30.000 yen for the purpose of

Denser, Col (Special).—E. S. Nettle- ; con! , lruct j n g a railroad.

to i f ° r ,wo fT* co “ ncct, ' d Minister Wu lias submitted to his with the Department o! Agriculture m gor , rnmem , memorial embracing a Washington as an expert on matters I cral lo faring China up to pertaining to irrigation. 1* dead afthc 2 ale *

Homeopathic Hospital in this city of j T h e Bulgarian pope, Parthenius. was .'S®'- ,0 ^ a " e " ... „ heart failure. Ht w*s 69 years of age. murdered April 2, supposedly by mem- The architect of the Exposition is Mr. About a week ago m La Jnnto, Col.. fae rg 0 ( t hc Macedonian Committee. ' Bradford L. Gilbert, of New York city. Mr. Ncttleton over-exerted himself in Native* in New Guinea murdered two! The Exposition grounds are beiuttfnHr runnmg for a tram, and upon his arrival missionaries. adapted to the purpose for which they here was taken to the hospial. where. -i-j, c CU p challenger SJiamrock II. was Will be used and are situated On the east k* remained until his death. ^ launched with interesting ceremonies at | bank of the Ashley river, about one and Ladles to tiMiu Bats is watch. Dumbarton. Sir Thomas Lipton and all | one-half miles Jrom the burinei

Reading. Pa. (Special).—The Rev.

Dr. Harcourt. of the People’s Methodist ; Prince Church. ha« issued orders ihat beginning Marshal next Sunday evening all ladies attending Count von

service in his church will be expected to

A .and'the 01

$124300. Felix Bai a window and fractured

O'Brien, a fireman, fell thi open hatchway and fractured These men, it is .thought,

cover.

of the budding. 1 lx jumped from his skulL John

through an -cd his .-kail, cannot re-

Frett lajared la thc Sooth. Atlanta. Ga. (Special).—A special dispatch from Gainesville, Ga.. to the Constitution says: “Fruit is believed to be injured in this section by tbe cold o( the past few days. Many 01 the pear, peach and plum trees have been partially stripped by the strong winds and the ground is covered with Buds and bio sDm*. Sot

ilos- . here Monday. The mountain tops north of Gainesville are white with snow—an unusual sight in ApriL"

BOER COMMANDO SURRENDERS. Bokharg’s Men Lay Dawa TMr Am* u

London (By Cable).—A Pretoria dispatch says the force under command of Commandant Bokburg, composed of 106 men. with wagons and rines, have surrendered at Mtddleburg, Transvaal

Colony.

Lord Kitchener, in a dispatch to the war offioC under date of Pretoria. April

21, says:

“Since my last report the 'British coL umns have captured 242 prisoners. 248 rifles, some ammunition, and wagons and carts. A few men have also sur-

rendeFed.”

Lord Kitchener has issued a proclamation to the effect that any resident in the martial-law districts of Cape Colony found in arms, inciting to fight., aiding the enemy or endangering by overt act jhe British forces will be tried

by court-n

vere pern 3 be snot.

iaU?es b

FAITH CUR!STS BARRED.

Institute of Christian Science."

feet of his decision being that Christ) Scientists cannot practice their treatment of diseases in the State of Georgia without having regularly graduated in medicine or passed an examination before the Medical Examining Board, the

same as other physician's.

Judge Lumpkin holds that, according to the decisioh of a case in the Supreme Court of Nebraika. Christian Science is the practice of medicine, and he further holds that the practice of medicine in irgia. according to the State law, it be accomplished by persons who regularly graduated from a medical

are regul

school.

JIANK OFFICIALS DIE TOO ETHER. Charles Brows tad E. L Cosby, of the First Nations! Beak of Vsacoortr. ■Vancouver, Wash. (Special).—Charles Brown and E. L. Canby. president and cashier, respectively, of the First National Bank of Vancouver, which was closed Saturday by the Comptroller of the Currency, committed suicide two miles from this city by shooting themselves with revolvers. Their bodies were found lyiriR together in a small clump of bushes. Both used the same weapon, and Canby evidently died first, as the revolver was found in Brown's hand. Each put the muzzle of the revolver in his mouth and blew the top o(

his head off.

FOUR PERISHED IN ! ^ " ATK * AL AFPU,S -

A HOTEL FIRE.!

[ official connection with the State Depart-

Tfariliioi ' “'"Lwhere he ha» been since the bcgirt-

* i nmg of McKinley's administration, engaged as special plenipotentiary to conduct the negotiations which resulted in ! the drafting of a number of reciprocity J treaties and arrangements under thc ! «"m* of the Dingle) Act. Although J thus severing his official connection j Mr. Kasson holds himself ready to r

ny of the Gnests Have

Escapes.

STDVE STARTED THE FIRE. !

The BaMlat Was af Wood, aad So Rapidly That the Inmates

Hastle to (tot Oat-In Less Thao so Hoar It ! smind'fo^nyihe'depl* mem for — " the special information of which he i*

A vi. l :i _ ,i._ 1

Was a Mass of Rnlat. sod Poor Were

Buried la tbe Debris.

the special information of which h

PO*»e»»e d . Meanwhile the bureau ~ | ‘be State Department which he organ-

_ , Mary's. W. Va. (Special).-Four ^h?gh!y°trained ex^m‘force maj^bJ lives were lost in a disaster here Mon- 0 f jen-jee a . f i lor[ notice w h rne ver the day. The Commercial Hotel, one of the Secretary of State decides to resume

largest tn the town, was burned to the reciprocity negotiations,

ground and in its ashes lay the bones • • 1

Thc fin

those on the secoi e awakened.

‘'f'V ,h ' r*?

h,d . I., ,„5 rtoulto dMoerf ,n » '“'E , ° .lit

had a leg

fall to the pavement.

Owing to the fact that thc two mair entrances were cut off by thc flames tht frenzy of the penned-up people was in-

isined.

crops,

the report:

and rye.

The four whose lives tyere lost slept Cabi

of tbe hotel^ far from a Joani

I recogniti r the flami

For Charicstoo's Fair.

By request of Senator McLairrin the abinet discussed the _question of

corner of the hotel far from a : loaning to the Charieston Exposit ...» means of egress. Their bodies were ' exhibits to be made by the Government beyond recojpmion. _ , at Buffalo. All the Cabinet officers de-

! sire to permit this loan, and it was

After the Barnes grew in intensity sev- sire to permit this loan, and it was eral barrels of whisky in the bar room agreed that the loan should be made if beneath the hotel exploded and awak- there is no provision of law against it. ened the guests, else many more might j Thc Charleston Exposition will pay the have perished. The burning alcohol. . expenses of the eachibit and the Cover

though, made the work of rescue more difficult. The • hotel was totally destroyed. None of the guests succeeded

in saving their clothing-

UNITED STATES NOW PROSPEROUS.

Exports Reach a Total Uabeard la Natloa's

History.

epenses of the ejchibi: and tlie

lent w3i do nothing but make

t - c —'-*-1 and Cabme

do thi: ed of

President tis much f

1 for Charleston, w

ed of any provision for its expr>Mtion during thc dosing hours of Congress.

Department of Justice BeHCia;. The Cabinet has decided r r the commencement <

not to delay longer the commencement of thc con-

. struction of the new Department of Jus-

(Special).—The fiscal: tice building, for which Congress ap1 likely to exceed any propriated $1.0004100. Former Attorneyrecord of export* General Griggs was opposed to p

Was&ingto: year 1901 set

preceding year in its record of export* General Griggs was opposed to proaretfIrotn the United States. ing with the construction on account cf The March import and export fig- the limited appropriation and repeated ores, just completed by the Treasury' attempts were made to secure an addiBureau of Statistics, show a total ex- tkwal appropriation. These failed and as

The fact that Brown's Ucyd? and au Bureau of Statistics, show a total ex- tiena! appropriation T umbrella of Canby were found a short portation from this country in the nine ,hc presem quarters ; distance out of town led to the belief months ended March. 1901. of $1,140.- Attorney General Kx that they had taken their fives. A t70-7*..or $a6.54Q.py in excess of last; th at ,hc work begin 1

searching party started oot and after " — - - - •

several found.

ling party started out an J hours' search the bodit

MANY FILIPINOS BURIED AUVE. Priest Proalacm la Society That tooatarated

Rciga of Terror.

Manila (By Cable).—Tbe trial of the

of thc Maod ~

'ilipinos who were^pposed to tlie insurrection, and thc trial of insurgent

elicited the fact that in

dety. who are charged with

surre

agents has elicited the fict that in one locality all the local officers, the parish priest and the president were the chief

offenders.

A reign of terror was secretly inaugurated. and persons refusing to contribute to thc insurgent cause were buried alive by thc direction of the president. All thc details of the conspiracy have been unharthed, many arrests have been made, there is abundant evidence and it is probable that alf the ring-leaders will be hanged.

Elizabeth, N. J. (Special.)—By a collision between a workman’s train 00 thc Long Branch division of the Central Railway of New Jersey and a commuter’s train a store ol persons were more __ t— * •— — fatally

John Linter, a I

Oil works, and Win. Rati, an apprentice in the Wheeler Car works. Both of these men were badly cut and bruised

about the head and body.

Three Pcreoaa DtratS.

Seneca Fall*. N. Y. (Special).—An old house, the property of Cornelius $• Holland, supposed to be empty, was dis- le

covered in flames. The hi

covered in flames. The house was destroyed. In the ruins were found the charred bodies of Patrick Harmon, Alonzo Sander* and Charles Mink. The ruins are being searehed for other

bodies.

CHARLESTON EXPOSITION BUILDINGS GOING UP.

sections are and the Art

Chariest!

progress is being made in the construction of the handsome scries of buildings of thc South Carolina Interstate and West Indian Exposition, which will be held in Charleston from December 1.

1901, to June j.

usiness center

In thc latter will stand the great ( of Palaces, consisting ol Die «

comm

xprestmg confidence that the

■ould lift the America’s cup. Hohcnlohc say* that

Walderjec, -

Field than

iwn as thc

Park.

it Court cotton,

nmerce and agricultural palaces, connected by colonnades and partly surrounding the sunken garden, with its lake. Avenues of palmettoCs have already been planted in thi* park, and (he flo*-er beds fashioned. Pergolas with *- ■- i „u 4:.* '**

grounds. Here, too, will stand thc auditorium. capable of seating l^oo people. The Administration Building stands just at the dividing line oftfie two parks, and opposite will be the Mining and

divided into two main sections, o* - ind opposite will b< consisting of the old Washington ft- Forestry Building. rtyand the other of the ; In the Natural Pari

gins and .!( x-..r,gv

in hi

their hats befi

keep them

and benediction.

will be expected to | peror to fore the sermon be- jnde tow off unto after' the M Del

ister. -

: SSL’ETYfflASS. S^-i JSSs SSAM

take an uncompromising atti-| ed the general plan ol developing the 1 and with a natural lake, will stand the srd China. ! race course on purely constructive lines] Avenne of States and Cities, in which 1 and of preserving so far as possible the about twenty State* have already signi-

natural beauties of tbe \S agacr place. 1 fied their intention to U represented.

Philadelphia. ■ Pa. head-on collisiol month branch o

Reading Railroad at Tyred St Conshobockcn. John Fallon j

Etrices Railroad Wreck. I loascial. j

° n ? ?E CO pk d | aI'H' Thc Bt '* ;<,n Unk ‘tairmeet show* a! attorney. .25 year* old. killed his wife < of the fWSrlpfca and deer rase in the reserve ol »22JI4. and then ht

- T hta.ion. near There wa* a bid of S9500 for a tea! way at 177 * engineer on the Philadelpna Stock Exc* - ——

The w.orid's wheat axports h

.... v —— . _.«■—>*> — 1 — *■■ * —t-- 1 - -- -—

ipvuntly killed, and Idx I t Lisle. »— —

locotsorire* o

:cd m*a> id —. -

!’- rengeri v he* none wa

ul a westbound patsengtr train; wfaids,, ■~i iuta w cattbouad frright train, we ~9.Mi.2s9 buehcls. a* agaravt g.-

- a. k„ *.* !=s

170.728. or $86,540,052 in excess of last j that the work begin under thc present year which held thc highest record in plan-, which will be modified to conform th Th“fi 0ry ° ° Ur h XP ° rt ,rade ' h h 110 thc iizC 0< lhe a t , P r °l >riation ava'^We.

a decrease of $42,292,639 in the ir

ircd with those in the

sponding months of the preceding year. | apJ^^rmroTs? 1 ,USI maaC

months of last year and far beyond the Navy—C

ed'

npons ! corre- |

ic appropriation

Appointed by tbe President.

The President just

made the following

figures of any precedi

ling

SHORTAGE OF SSLMt

Washington (Special).—The doors of the First National Bank. Va Wash., were closed Saturday 1

romptrollc mcndatioi

'ancouve ised Saturday under in-

structions from thc comptroller of the currenmr upon recommendation of National Bank Examiner J. W. Maxwell

and a report from him that during the course of his examination of the bank he had discovered a shortage of

Examiner Maxwell has

Soi.ooo. Examiner Ma placed in charge as ten TTie following is a .1 condition of thc bank list sworn report to ol Ae currency, under < 5. 1901: Capital stock.

about

been

temporary receiver.

:ement of i shown by

report to the comptrol

the currency, under date of Febra

*- nil. I ~

resources, $303,348.

Bank Official Accascd.

Pittsburg (Special}.—A. J. Schroth. a bookkeeper in Ac First National Bank of Birmingham, this city, has been arrested by United States Marshal Leonard charged with the embezzlement ol $35,000 of Ae bank's funds. He was released later on furnishing bail. in Ae sum of $10,00a The defalcation was discovered by National Bank Examiner Slack, who found a number of false entries in the books. Mr. Slack says Ae bank is in excellent condition and will

not be affected.

Wlrtlcsa Telegraph Cow paly.

Pierre, S. D. (Special).—Articles of incorporation have been filed lor the. Universal Wireless Telegraph Company"

ipital of $20,0004300. Thjeineor-

- iavy—Charles O’Neil, to be Chief of the Bureau of Ordnance, with the rank of rear admiral, and Lather S. Van Wedekind, to be a surgeon, with the

rank of lieutenant.

State—John Barrett, ol Oregon, to be a delegate on thc part oi the United States to the International Conference of American States, to be held at tbe

City of Mexico.

Maximal! Artillery Strength. Secretary Root is considering the immediate increase to its maximum strength of Ae field and coast artillery. Army men assume that Aguinaldo s proclamation will change the military situation in Ac Philippines to a great extent. Thev realize that the force under General MacArAur may eventually be reduced to 40.000 and there is a prospect that tbe recruits secured mainly I -r thc infantry will be sent to the artilljry, where the needs are quite as urgent as they were two years ago.

IM Ml-sloaaries killed.

Figures received at the State Department compiled by J. W. Stevenson, director of Ae Chinese Inland Mission, show; Aat the total number of foreign missionaries killed in China during the recent disturbances, including the children. was 186. Of these 26 adults and 8 children were Amercans.

Carlo* Minis-

Secxetary Hay has given Dr.

Martinez Silva, the Colombian ter. to understand that he cannot negotiate a treaty with him for thc acquisition by the United States of the Panama canal until _ Congress determines upon thc route. Not even a preliminary agreement. such as was signed with Nicara-

~ Rica, will be negotiated-

ute. h

such _ ■ .gua and Costa

negi

Nearly 1.000,SOS Pcasioaers.

ommissioner Evans ds authority for

-r _ . —- statement that there are more pen- . *> tt fy cr ! sionert on the roll to-day than er - ‘

„ v- , . . of President forc . They number 995.095. an

,h '>"

years has been a resident of New Yc*’ 8

Hus durii

«^o

, the * stone

Two Lepers at Large la Baltimore. Baltimore. Md.(Special.)—Two lepers are. at large in Baltimore City. Both are women, and their cases were just reported to tbe Health Commissioners. .As as the lepers learned that tbe health rrs were after them they sought other quarters and are how in hiding. Commissioner Bosley says that he expects to find them in a day or two.

London (By Cable}.—Lord Kitchener reports ajiritish disaster. In a dis-

patch from Pretoria he says: “I regret lo report that a party of thc Ninth Lancers were ambushed by Ae enemy, and Lieutenant McDonald 1

— and fi

bey number 995.095. an <

t 150001 ' highest number.

Yellow Jack at Port Royal

Consul Watts, at Kingston, Jam; raorts thc appearance of several c

of yellow fever ' *'

white troops staL

ordered to Ae hSh. Capitol News to General Tlie President appointed Thomas M. Anderson to be associate justice of the Supreme Coon of the District of Columbia, and Ashler M. Gould to be UnbedjStates attorney for the District Solicitor General Richard* filed in Ac United States Supreme Court a reply to the petition filed by Captain Carter's counsel, which asked that the Solicitor General's brief be struck from the files. CambpsJ has purchased a

arancc of several cases • at Port Royal. The itioned there have been