SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

.mcrican Bank in 1 »K. were arrested on — deposits after the

IANY FILIPINOS ARE 6IVIN6 UP FI6BT.

Alejaniodro, Tf«lo ud Two More

A(ninaldos ^ ield. | charges of receiving

7 bank had (ailed.

COMPLETE COLLAPSE OF KBELUON a man. false!}' representing himself as United States Deputy Marshal C. W. Caaflmatioo o( the Report of the Sorret- Hooten. was arrested near Bayard. W. ter of Ocacral AWJ.. Uro, Who Was ^-J or M£urin * mon 'J r on P ,e * Looked Upoa as the Possible Successor Dr . Albert T. Weston, coroner's of Axaiaaldo-tle Preached Ike Doctriae o! physician in New York, is dangerously Holt War. dl from blood poisoning, resulting

* - while he was perfor-'

Frank Oleson. cashier, and J. S. itangroom. bookkeeper, of the defunct icandinavtan-Amcrican Bank in New

iVhatcom, barges of

Manila (By Cablel.-^The report that General ’ lejandnno has surrendered is confirmed. He was looked upon as the

ire com-

to Captain of South llo-

successor oi Aguinaldo. General Tinio. with his mand. has surrendered Krug, at Sinait, Province <

^fealdomero Acuinaldo and Pfdt° Aguinaldo. relatives, of Gen. Emilio Aguinaldo. have also* yielded. Fifteen Filipino officers have surrendered to Colonel Baldwin, of the Fourth Infant-

ry. at Cavite Viejo.

Padre Aglipay. the excommunicathd Filipino priest^ who preached the doctrine of holy war against the United

States, has submitted.

Capt. John B. McDonald, with at men of the Third Cavalry, recentlv attacked 60 Filipino riflemen and 40 bolomen in the mountains of Abra Province.. The natives were defeated. Captain '-McDonald was wounded in the lungs and a' private waV killed. Aguinaldo was subpoenaed as a witness for the defense in a murder case pending in Taytay, Province of Morung, but later it was decided that he was not available as a witness. The murder it alleged to have been .'committed by members of the Mando Du-

cat Society.

Washington (Special).—General MacArthur. in a cablegram, confirms the surrender of Tinio and Aglipay, and

adds:

"Col. Ciprano Callao and Col. Gregorio Katibac. Mahers’ best o&cers, surrendered to Col. Jacob Kline at Lipa Apri^aH. with 23 officers. 106 men and "Juan and Bias Villaroor. leaders in Abra, surrendered at Bangued April 27; now engaged assembling scattered com~Thands and delivering arms." iLit said at the War Department by officers recently back from the Philippines that there now remains in ‘the field in Luzon onlv one* chief whom they are particul.-rly desirous of. catching—General Cailles. He is expected to fight to the death.

FIVE MEN KILLED OLTRIdHT. Seven Others Received lajaries and Another

Is Klssias.

South McAlester. I. T. (Special).— An explosion of gas occurred in the mine of the'McAlester Coal Company, at Alderson, by which five men lost their lives, seven were injured, and an-

from autoc

Half of- the 1500 girl strikers at the Sanquoit (N. J.) Silk Mills returned to work, the strike having been officially

declared off.

At a meeting of the Trigg Company stockholders in Richmond. Va.. the capital stock was increased by $1,000,-

icr S. Ran elected de

Virginia Constitutional Antonio Trollo. who

were elected delegates institutional Conyentii

of killing his^i

was sentenced to be el

R. McDowell McCown. who served as courier to Stonewall Jackson, died

at hjs home in Collicrstown. Va. Memphis. Tenn. (Special).—The Presi- \\ ilium A. Chaphne. postmaster at dential train passed through the heart Shepherdstown. W. Va.. thed of typhoid 0 f Dixie and at 430 o’clock in the after-

noon reached Memphis, on the banks of the Mississippi. This was the first resting place of the tour. After descending the mountains the train skimmed along through Northern Alabama and the valley of the Tenntssi rivet* and touched at Corinth, ^Misi

where General Grant worst! in' his campaign to cut the C<

in two.

The fresh green Southland, with its fruits in full blossom and its infinite variety of wild flowers in the fields and fores!, was a great chance from the backward spring which the party bad left behind at Washington. The heat was rather oppressive, out the weather jvas not so warm as-the President’s welcome. The beany greetings 1 ed to the President along the roi

lo, who was* convicted 'ecthean. Maria Cirolla,

: electrocuted.

pneumonii .

Mr. Edward Cudahy, of Omaha, received a letter purporting to come from the persons who kidnapped his son. Edward. December last, and received a ransom of $25.om ill gold, offering to return $21.000-©flbc-ransom if the reward for their arrest shall be withdrawn and the search was abandoned. Mr.

Cudahy declined the offer.

French Vice Consul

The French V rian consular

by the French Consul.

_The crew of the schooner Emma C Knowles, found abandoned off Bamegat. were landed safely in New York. Charles M. Baker, of Chicago, has been appointed assistant superintendent of the Postal Telegraph Company. Cotfht Colociceni arrived in New York. He brings the red hat to Car-

dinal-Maninelli.

August M. Alveranga. Brazilian con-

sul^ in Philadelphia, is dead. Ternhardt and M^_ Coqnelin

on_ Saturday, c French Cons

anged b brol

an Ausd for a

Sara Bernhardt and M. Coqt sailed from New York for Europe. Oil has been discovered in Wyominj ' ‘ ' ‘ of the Sup

edcrick Allien, whose wile

to Fre cured

holding worthies

rick Allien, whot divorce in Dakota,

that the Dakota dii

ing. :me

ife had sethe judge ivorce was

■ lives, seven v

other is reported r

red at about 6

an o<

o’clock a. m. About <125 men were at j .work in the mine at the time. It is not r definitely known how the gas ignited, bat it is probable that some of the men fired a shot that the shot firers had not fired. The shot firers enter the mine in the evening after the miners leave and fire all the shots or blasts that the — 1 red. Sometimes shots * ' >t fir-

ihaliy re the is ■ is It is

■ard killc

The dead are

in these c.

shots againi

sc cases the men afterwan

themselves, although

_ it the rules, of the min

. thought that this was done by some of

'■ ’ killed or

this was d

the men who were aftc injured by the explosir-

oll asphyxiated.

Marc dashers la Tex

Tex.

eaumont. lex. (Special)..—Two more oil gushers were brought in here. The first is on what is known as the Gladys City property, owned by the J. Jii. Guffey Company. . It is close to the other gushers. The other well is owned by the Texas and Colorado Illuminating Company. It is^of importance

be it widens the oil circle, t from the original Lucas

ying furthest

Rri (Totlews Explotioa.

Ashtabula.\fhio (Special).—Robbers blew open the safe in the store of Rich-

blew open ards 4 h

also an adjoining business house, thr fosses aggregating $ao,ooo What the robbers secured is not yet known. ' ^ NlkiOtlk Plot Berlin (By Cable).—The Lokal -Anzeiger prints a dispatch from Breslau, which says: "A widespread Nihilist plot has been discovered in Russian Poland. Six hundred arrests were made, of which number aoo were transported by special flain to the Warsaw citadeL The towns of /Sosnovice. Sielcc and Dombrowa have been occupied by paaiea' of ^ ’ 0 ence was was rerealfd.'

e been occupied by two com>f Cossacks. Secret corrcsponds discovered by which the plot

Amtterdam. N. Y-r (Special).—John McDermott was shot and killed at a

a this city by Albert

weddin

the '1 •he 1

om. Yettner o!

t presence of McDermott

companions at the wedding ai them out. As they did not go quickly enough to suit him. Vettner shot.'McDermott with a revolver. The dead man wwi 23 years of age. Veither i

custody.

: Vettner.

ted to 1 three irde'ed

office Inspector Keyes the department the arrest of j

*■ ! ~r. ehai

(Special)—Posti has reported to

>f Archibald irgcd with

. Tenn.

Free a Star

robbing the mails at Newport.

W.cInu.^Kan 1 TsperiMJ^t m said 1

the cases in lh'\ county against Mi Carrie Nation for (he alleged dcstrii lion of saloon property will he dropps

She was permuted to leave jail here on her own recognizance’ to attend the funeral of her brother, after haring spent a week in jafl with there other women mailing trial which was to havecome u» next wfek. Now it is generally haSeyed the case, wsfl he dropped A special dnnatch so the New York fcm sas. that Mrs Nation has gone in-

1 hot

At the Wynne Coke Works, near Uniontown. Pa., eight colored roen'-and two colored women brutally assaulted Hiram McMiller. white, and his wife. Henry Freeman was arrested in Safina. Kan., on suspicion of having murdered Frederick Kinney, of Salina, Kan., who disappeared in August The Philadelphia delegation in the Legislature adopted a resolutioa.favoring the removal of the State Capital ' Harrisburg to Philidclpt'

TflE 60VEINIENT IS NOWON WHEELS. Crowds <W President McKinley It

CAPTURES THE SOUTHERN HEART. PretUeal’t Trail Passes Thronth Nsrtbtrs Alabama, the Valley of tbc Tciecasee Dews la tbc Mississippi st Memphis-Thr First CaWact Mcciisz oa Wheels HeU la the OSservatioa Car.

The Presidents’ trip will extend

through 25 States.

It will pass over 10.500 jnilet of rail-

road tracks.

It will take 48 days.

It will be shared by 80 persons, 40 of

whom are servants.

The other 40 include the Cabinet officials. their families and other guests. Six reporters, four photographer

telegraphers and three

two telegraphers and tl phers arc taken along. Eight finely furnished

the special train.

Of these the most magnifit ‘Olympia, in which the Presid

stenogra-

cars make up

is the

idem rides.'

, ^_c of Dixie.

federate-veterans at all the stopping places were among the * President’s most enthusiastic auditors, and that he was impressed with their tributes of love and esteem was evident from the brief speeches he made at Huntsville.

Decatur. Tuscumbia and Corinth.

During the morning, at the regular hour for the Cabinet to assemble, the President-summoned his advisers into the observation car. and there, behind closed doors, the first Cabinet meeting on wheels was hrid. No important advices had been received from Washington that required action, but the foreign dispatches in the papers were talked over and some of the details, as yet un-

determined. were discussed. SHOT HER BROTHER BY MISTAKE

The Yeast Womas Had' Broo{bt a Oea to

sugar investigation c

partment of Agriculture, is mgton and 'has Submitted his

j, e Secretary Wilson.

0 f He says this year shows a very ai *—- 1 id the institution of

factories, and Ohio, Indiana. New York, Colorado. Utah. South and North Dakota and Illinois will also install new factories, making thirteen throughout the United States now in contemplation. A conservative estimate, he says, is that there will be forty-two beet sugar factories* in operation throughout the United States by the end of next Autumn. Everything indicates that the industry is thoroughly established

throughout the country.

FIVE PERSONS BURNED TO DEATH. Babe Bara Dariag the Fin Ptrtahes with

from Harrisburg to PhiUdclphta. Jo.-eph E. Widencr. son of the ! dclphia traction magnate, wasjatallv irp jered by the overturning of a coach oh which he and otheKwcMthy young men

were riding.

The sealing schooner Enterprise arrived at Victoria. B. C. with the flag st half-mast, two cl her hunters having been drowned, while a third died on the

voyage.

Foreita. hammer of the gun to fall, discharging

The coroam'‘s.jury in London render-1 it and sending a load of buckshot into

:rdict of accidental death in the j her brother's heart. 0 " C "’ ^ ^ BOERS STILL ACTIVE

Birmingham. Ala. (Special).—Richard Jacks, a well-known young man of

Brazil. Ala., was accidentally shot instantly killed by his sister while w»s coeVjng a gun in the act of tecting him from an astqplt.

While Jacks and his sister were at home several young men called at the place and became‘unruly. Jacks ordered them to leave, which inccnsed-jhe

young men and hot words followed,

young woman went into the house ...» returned^ *0 the from porch with 'the

l-cgan abusing

ed a verdict of accidental death in the j case of Billy Smith, the American pugilist, who died from the effects of a bio*'

—reived in thrf prize ring.

— : ng_ the fighting between the Ger-

mans and the Chinese in the mountain passes the Chinese rolled huge buldcrs down the mountain siffos against the

advancing Germans.

Emperor Francis Joseph gave a farewell audience to Addison C. Harris, the retiring United States Minister, and received his successor, Robert S. McCor-

mick.

A "lack the Ripper.” who had assaulted and mutilated 18 women at Ludwigshafen, Baden, was caught by detectives attired as women. Harry Davenport, the comedian, and Phyllis Rankin, the actress, daugh’er of McKee Rankin, tried to. gc: married in London, but the registrar refused to tie the knot until he learned snore of the history of. the couple. Davenport's first wife secured a divorce only two weeks

ago.

The Ottoman .Jjberal Committee has appealed 10 the French League of the Rights of Man to aid in securing the release of the former Saltan. Mourad. 4*ho was deposed in 1876 on the ground

of mental incapacity.

Li yHung Chang has •

hited States CommUsil

Take 2S Prisoner* Whom They Disarm aod

Then Uberate.

London (By Cable).—Lord Kitchen, cr continue, the process of wcarinj down the Boers, who, however, tontinue very active. In the Kroonstad - district they recently derailed two trains and captured after a severe fight 25 men of the Prince of Wales Light Horse, whom, after stripping them of their horses and coutremcnts. they liberated. On the other hand. Colonel Plumer's force captured a small laager of 45 men. including the notorious Transvaal. State engineer, Munnick. who planped the destruction of the Johannesburg mines in the spring of last year, and his father, who was formerly landrost

at Boksburg.

lesed them after taking their horses a

accoutrements.

Waldersec r

United States Commissioner Rockhi on the -stand taken by the Americans i

the matter of indemnity.

Herr Mercke. a German millionaire, was murdered ahd his body eaten by cannibals on the Island of New Britain,

off_thc coast of Papua.. : Boers capured a;

them

trerae—

Field Marshall v that the mountain artillery attack) Chinese by thn Great Wall on April 23 and forced them to retire, with heavy losses, into Shansi. It is reported that Cardinal Rampolla has resigned the office of papal secretary of state and that Cardinal Ferrata will succeed him. Count Cornulier was aenuitted in Paris, where he was tried for killing his wife as she was fearing the house of M. Leroux. her lawyer. The International Art Exposition was opened in Venice. Germany claims that bet expenses, in China already exceed the amount of her indemnity claim—*4Ciero.nra>

Robert S. M

new American M gary. arrived M

- Mashed robber, secured 30000 franc.

rasa “s'sf’Sjgtsirisij

t of Illinois: the to Austria-Hnn

Hampton Visited by Fire.

Newport broke ont

Hami

, ! KM s -iampton Door and Sash Company and -jf,, | rompletely destroyed the entire plant eith a loss of $35^0. The flames

residence oj

age to the extent of $5000. The Hampton Academy, a private. school build-

—“"ht fire, but the timely arrival icbus and the Hampton Nor-

mal and Industrial Institute fire departments prevented the fhmes from work-

ftfrther destruction. The academy its content, was barely saved. An

adjoining smaller building was also de-

stroyed. Aati-Trast Lectne Mnvtmeat '~v/

Winston-Salem. N. C (Special).—It is learned that the meeting to organize the American Anti-Trust League will be held in one of the -large Western cities about May 15. The Southern Tobacco Journal, which is behind the movement for the people to take a

pledge not to buy goods manuf by a trust, announces that it it !— — z eminent mem

advising the editor

sympathy with promise their

that they are m hearty the action taken and

active support

) Albany. X. Y. (Special).—Governor The district, now ms ruber 37. ms * u! 34. »• under the ernuoa oi ikga

CALLAHAN. IS WOT OUH.TY. Jury's VerSlct a beuca w the PsopUaid

Omaha, Neb. (Special).lattmc a week James Calk clared not guilty of any <

. -After a trial Callahan was declared not guilty of any complicity in fhe knidnapping of Edward Cudahy, Jr. Two other counts still exist against Callrhan, and he was at once rearrested under these. There is doubt, however, whether the State sfill bring the cases

Shortly after p o’clock the iury signified to Judge Baker through a bailiff that it was ready to report. A small

ieys and interested perwhen the 12 men filed

audience

sons was sraiting

in.

The foreman annonced that the eer-

ct was not guilty.

The judge had evidently b ing another verdict and was

appointed.

"It is impossible ! stand." he said, "hi

gent men could have agrt a verdict after listening

The di* ’

nony.

chosen mor<

lecting his own representatives, community could not have made

unfortunate selection.

“Th* tnrv it ^ wilt

n expectpenly dis-

e to underelve intelli- _ d upon such

r listening to the testiIcfendant could not havi wisely if he had been sc.

and the a more

trial. I presume, to continue the criminal practices in which you have failed to cneck him. ‘ I do not know what motive actuated you in reaching this decision, but I hope none of you will ever appear agasn in this jury box." The jury evidently was ill at ease during this arraignment, b-it did not make any response and filed rapidly from the box as soon as it was at liberty. Callahan’s attorneys were not present. and the defendant expressed a desire to thank the jurors in his own behalf. This the court refused to permit He said the jury did not deserve any thanks.

SUCCESS WITH BEET SUGAR

Thirteen New Factories Ceattaplatcd Throagh* out tbc Coaatry.

report active

Houston, Texas (Special).—In a fire which destroyed a livery stable and three residences here, five persons .were

burned to

lences here, five persons death—Joe Copping, a fit md three children. A nt_.

charge-of hav-

his wife , has been arrested on the ing started the fire to g

get revenge 00 his employer for having discharged him. In the ruins were found the bodies of the victims, among them being an infant which had been born to Mrs. Copping during the progress of the fire. The

: progress of the fire

>und with its mother.

Mrs. Jeff Hopper Jumped

boat were

ivery stable over which sevej

lived, and the building was'a mass

flames when,the firemen arrived.

A crippled widow—Mrs. Thompson— j jjjp b n ii < jj n g i an< j szy|i she

ping family run back into

*lway, and that

alive.

tffofu . ,

saw the Copping „ their rooms from the i the last seen of th

them

EXPRESS WRECKER Tie Flreinaa BaAly iojured mod the Eo-

giaeer Scalded.

irand Rapids, Mich. (Special).—The vcstibuled Chicago flyer, leaving Detroit at 1.to o'clock over the Pere Marquette Western Division, was ditched at Sun2 miles out by the rails apreadru- urnc Gossett,

ly, probT. scald-

serious ” " ” | * '‘

badly cut dow; Mi

Westei

field, 112 miles out by the rai

ing. The injured: .YY'illiam G Grand Rapids, fireman, internally, ably fatal: Hank Fuller, engineer. 1 ed. serious: J. G, Lemon. Sunfield, hand ' idly cut hy thrusting it through a.winow; Mrs. C./Percy and daughter,

Jrand Rapids, slightly. ‘

The train was going sortniles an hour, when suddenly the enginfjeareened and plunged into a bank, and the cars were

the .tracks, being torn'

Piaster Shut by a Ncgre.

Columbia. S. C. (Special).—Vernon YY’atson. 25 years old. a prosperous and

‘ inty and

popular planter of Anderson conn a member of an influential family, neating that Charlie Owens, a negro tenant, aged 18. had stolen a pig and was going to move off the place that night, went to Owens' house. The negro boy's mother Owens, standing

with a shot-

Owens house. The negr barred the way. while C behind her. fired at Wan gun. The entire load t<

r diRbpr > :r turned, ai

Fhe Mm BsrM Afire. Springfield. Mo. (Special).-Rosebad Mine, at Aurora, cared m and buried five meu at a depth of 110 feet. It may be a month before they can be reached. The victims are Gzgnt and William Sham^ Elmer Bigter^ol — ’ ’

Pittsburg (Special).—Fir* a: the mt of Carson and Seventeenth streets. * side, caused a property lots etii-

BIG STEA1SH1P LINES COMBINE. Morjaa Foma Due of (he World's Greatest Ocean Deals. HE IS AIDING THE STEEL TRUST. Margsi k Co. Boy tbt Leylaod Uac. Wb cb W« CsMslUatsS Wltb tbc AtUatk Tramspert Coapaay-A St»f la tbe Ceabialar of Traasatlaatk Sblpphi-Tbc UylaaS Fleet Ntnbers Abaci Sixty Skips.

UVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

Cebsat At* t>atislkd.

The Cuban delegation completed its labors in Washington Saturday. In the morning the delegate, met Secretary Root, who escorted them to the White Hjiusc, where they had a final and decisive talk with the President. Then they paid visit of courtesy to each of the official, whom they have met. and finally they started lor New York, homeward bound. The proceedings at the White House were intereiting and important. Senor Capote acted as

He

—lor - Capote

spokesman for the delegation thanked the President for the lurtesies shown them, which tin

:h they md will

a °I e Lc . 5 ^ nd L u' ° f ‘ 1Mm c r ; " *»• impossible to settle the economic^ A deposit on the purchase money hfs ; quMtionf untl , , hc qlleK i on , D€ S? 1 , , • , • • . wrre disposed of. He told the delegates The officul. Of ih, Ugud Lin*. In , h , n

: line, at Liverpool. It js tr;id ,

ons wi

trade rglatio

Ptatloai-Postau tiers.

statement will be issued from the head nc g C office of the line, at Liverpool. It is j lo t | understood that the shareholders will ,

receive £ 14 tos. for each £ 10 share. ! ___ ___

M. ? w-oV:in.,-A.M

-Is one of Great Britain’s greatest ship- Sumnut. $6. Renewal-J-ping institutions, far exceeding the Pe- ? ,cll| kin. Easton. $12. Renewal ninsular tnd Orienul Steam Navigation “‘“f- «°ffman. Balt.moei Company in tonnage and importance. T 1 c"5'" a •

It ts reported, in connection with tb purchasi

Pie

Baker

lames C.. J and re-

lore. $'

Law 1

on ocean freij

ttacle in the American export trade, he added.

”1 will not real satisfied until I have . done something to beat them down to a ' ^ jJ’picrpom Morgan, when he arrived ! K ^ d "I may see Carnegie. He and I have j

trials in common."

lal—John Home. E

Re'su

.. :ican

H^rN^onai^li:

. —me. Elizabeth City. $8.

West Virginia. — Original—John S Kcedy. Martinsburg. $6. Increase— John Holroyde. Barbour,villc, $8; Petei ^ reson. Laurel Iron Works. B: Perry Shafer. Aarons, $10; Alleq Shields.

arons, $10; Alleq Shiel

tils in common." Cghf

I ^"^'"Green^a, been, appou

The News, in commenting on Mor- I R 05;maf,c t « Georgel. Wise cou gan’s purchase, says: Va v; v,ce resigned. "It >s a pity, that thifline. which ex- “f" 17 -' 1 ? rr,t 1 ! 1 ‘ hfcn appointed ceeds in tonnage all but one English ! Ic! ‘ cr c*"ier at Rov line, should pass into hands which, I )“ le .- Baltimore county, vice u —

from their control of American rail-1 L ^ 1 * re51 Snvd. •rays, are in a position to outbid other | n A . P0 ^? f “ s bccn c British 'Atlantic lines. We have reason j P“ e '- Madison county, to understand that Mr. Morgan intends j Marion Rosser as postmasi

county, vice Henry has been established at

Va., with

Precideatial Appolotacats.

President has just made the fol-

representative of YlMT'~A»tOciaZ.‘d lowing appoinlments:

is learned that the purchase of the ! State—John W. Garrett. Pcnnsylvaland Line is tantamount to its con- | nia. secretary of legation at The

with the Atlantic Transport; Hague. Netherlands.

Treasury — Herman Ellcrn

1 lector of internal reven

| North and South Dakota: Alfred \V. j Brown, appraiser of merchandi,e. dif-

ind Charleston, Mass.

illerman. colie. District of

Presi

Ley land solidatio'

Line.

POWERS MAY AGREE ON S2M.MO.OW.

A Sautstioo That Chlaa Make a Settleocat !ri , ct 0 .' Boston and Charleston, Mas,.

Washington (Special).—The foreign I .Interior—Henry Meldrum. establishments here are receiving a °J Oregon; Harry number of important dispatches relat- : hvriam. Indian agent, Cr< ing to the question of indemnity and ! asrocy* South rv *''

how it shall be guaranteed—by a Chi-1

im. surveyor■y D. Qiaai-

Creck

in agent.

Dikota.

Tbc Dues Arc Retailst*ry.

, Inquiry into the protest of Sir Chrissays | topher Furness, head of the Furness that: line of steamers, that tonnage dues arc 1.000. I charged against British vessels entering

loan o

vidually. One of the dispat

through a European foreign office s that Sir Robert Hart has concluded tl

China can pay a total of $200.000.000.! charged against British vessels entering and the impression is conveyed that this 1 American ports, while Dutch and Danwill be the amount agreed upon, the ish vessels enter free, disclosed that such various claims being scaled down to this ; dues are imposed because the British limit. Another dispatch comes from a 1 levy a corresponding duty on American prominent Chinese official. He makes 1 shipping under the guise of lighthouse

a suggestion that w hen the amount of j duos.

well as to the powers, if the amount pay- A. E. Buck, of Georgia. American able to each power can be made by in- ! Minister to Japan, is seriously ill in this stalments, and not hy a gross payment ; city. He is completing a 60 days’ leave outright. In that Case China w-ould be and was to have sailed-for his post last

itiate a large lo*"- Wednesday. For some time he has

mpclled to negotiate a large loan. The view prevails among officials that rhile this proposition is fair, it is not iractica^ and'there is little idea that it

teraSbp

Other dispatches which have passed within the last few days revive the idea of having The Hague tribunal administer the indemnities after the total is once agreed upon. -y

ELEPHANT DROWNS TRAINER

HcM Hia Under tbe Water UatIHc W at Dead,

Tbea tbe Beast Raa Away.

Peru, lad. (Special).—Henry.Huffman. well-known animal trainer, with the Wallace show, met a horrible'death -here, being killed by "Big Charier," a monster elephant, while the animal was bathing in the Mississinowa river. "Big ~ ’ " ’his trunk about *'

7,

only

the

Charley" «

mnd and

The man was

trunk about Keephurled him far into the — uninjured, and

id: “Wy. Charof you: aren’t

you ashamed of yourself?" The next instant Huffman was grabbed by the big elephant and thrown to the Jaottom .of the river and held there hy the forefeet of the animal Then with a great roar the elephant ran- away. Several showmen shot at him with ho effect. He broke down fences and roamed about in a big field, keeping everybody distance. Apples loaded with

down fence

big field, ket, ante. Apples loaded

strychnine were thrown near him and he ate one. An hour later he lay down and was in terrible agony. A rifle shot

settled him.

Big Charley weighed over three tons, and was valued at $10,000, and in his lifetime had killed four men. Keeper Huffman at different times was animal — ■ in Fairmount Park. Philadelid Central Park. New York. His

ras at Cdlumbus. Ohio.

trainer phia. sz

home was

WB Make MdCMsyua LL. 0Boston (Special.)—At a meeting of tbe board of overseers of Harvard Universitr held here, the question of granting the degree of Doctor of Laws to President William McKinley was taken up informally, and the sentiment expressed was unanimously in favor of the step. The matter wifi come up for formal action at a meeting of the over-

Nar Maa BaiM ABva. Frederick. Md. (Special).-Michael

•part

Simpson's Claim for Prize Moaey.

Hearing was begun in the Court oi Admiralty in the suit instituted by RearAdmiral Sampson and others for pr-.zc money for vessels captured off Sauias** The arguments are along the same line as those in the Admiral Dewey pro-

ceedings.

War Taxes Net S289.53<,«£ Up to March 31, 1901. tbe war revenue Act of June 13, 1898. has produced $289,504,447. Th' 'largest source of

revenue was i‘ which netted

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which netted $101,503,175- Beer taxes produced the nett largest sum. $91,614.-

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Secretary Root has informed the Confederate Women of Virginia that in accordance with an Act ot Congress he had given orders for the remora! of' bodies of dead Confederates in the National Cemetery. The removal of the bodies to the several State rapitals of the South had been requeued. The accounts of the late William S. Yeatman disbursing clerk of the War Department, were found to balance to

the penny.

President McKinley wrote to Senator Daniel that he would have the Washington relics restored to the Lee family. The Blaine mansion, near Dupe Circle, was sold to Marguerite E. >

Westinghouse for $150000.

Vesting house for $150000

Rear Admiral Evans wired that the rial of the torpedo boat Bailey was suc-

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Adelbcrt Hay resigned his post as onsol-general a: Pretoria.

General Tinio. the Filipino leader; Baldomcro and Pedro Aguinaldo. relatives of General Aguinaldo. and othe* Filipino leaders have surrendered. General Alejandrino. who wa, looked upoa by tbe rebels as (he probable successor of Aguinaldo. surrendered unconditioaally at Ararat. No the Province of Pampanga. Island of Luz«n. The new pier, costing $150000. at San Juan. Porto Rico, and a large stock of sugar and nun were destroyed by