PRESIDENT RUNLET FIRMLY SAYS N9. Chief ExtortIvt b Not a Ctodiate tor

Third Ter*.

STATEMENT FROM WHITE HOUSE Tbtrt Art Onrt Qmtttlamt, Be Sar*. Bcltr* itc AOsloblntlM tad the Coaotry. tod Their Jut Couldtrabot Skuld Not Be Prtjadlctd U Ibt PbWU MUd by Even the Supadoi ol tbt Tboo*bl ef a Third Term. Washington (Special).—President Me- , Kinley has announced that he will not accept th^ candidacy tor a third . ,e *P- !

SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.

The International Convention of the . M. C. A. was opened in Botton <s ith itereiting exercises. A protest siened by Bishop Mallalien and o'bers

was

ccption of the

accept th^ candidacy In making this anno; lieved he follor-- , “ : -

well as the

interesting exercises. A p by Bishop Mallalieii and made against the holding of in the Museum of Art oeci

nude statuary there.

Henry Schaub, a Newark. N. J.. barber. murdered his wife, sis six-weclu-old infant and then'em his own throat.

He will live.

The annual convention of the Southern Industrial Association is in session

in Philadelphia.

About XJ5 employees

T^ol Company, went on a strike.

The Mystic Shriners were i Kansu City. A parade

yees of the Amerlt an : Hyde Park Mers..

iturrutncd look place

ras" damaged at

- ...

advocacy of a third term for President ctiur t 0 f the charge of conspiracy to deMcKinley was made with the purpose ^ ( rau d invurance companies through * u - of testing public sentiment and that the d ea ,h 0 | Miss Marie Defenbach. itit ha#T>rovokcd has —bm " _ - - - ... - ...

_ . . death ol Miss Ml— — comment it hafprovoked his established I five hundred machinists and helpers the unpopularity of the sugges ton. who struck at the Depew shops of the Friends of the President insist Miow- | Kew York Central, returned to work in

inists and help

er. that he hever sanctioned-the idea, accordance with instructions. That Mr. Dcpew himself expects to ; Stewart Jcileff confessed that he rob- : a candidate is believed here. Hu ] bed the First National Bank of Mineral

'•■"tseif with the Ad- Point. Wis.. of •ocatc of its poli- which’ was reeovt « a 1 m-:.f o( p olic

"'p!

f Stiver SjT'.ooo. all of

ered except $5,000. Wilder and Def

be a candidate is believed he closely identifying himself with ministration as an advocate of cics might give him prominence as

candidate and in thi* a motive tor bring- j Sheriff , Branham were

ing himself into public notice in this I d rew Cox. whom they were — c L ^ . ... t , • way is suggested by some who criticise : arrc „. Cox was also killed. • i ,he shaf? bottom A fifth explosion ocirse. The new battleship Illinois arrived I curred in the afternoon at j o'clock, iident McKinleys announcement ; f rr>m Newport News at Boston, ready w ' hil * 'he officials were deliberating follows: . . . (for her trial trip along the New Eng- whether or not to make at

1 by Ar trying t

SIXTEEN DEAD AND SEVEN INJURED. Awfil Rtsxlf of the Expioabo' at the Plttahhrg Coal Co. Shaft BUT FEW OF BODIES RECOVERED. Naakcr al Exploded Octarrrt aadHb Feared There b Little Hope lor tbe Mlaere-WUlUa McCaae. Sapcrlatcodcat of tha District, b Aatot Those Eatoaibed-Those Rcacaed •bald Give No Cease lor the Explode*. Port Royal. Pa. (Special).—The muders of the V oughiogheny river

•rible scenes ever witnessed

in the Youghiogheny Valley

the doomed pit there a foremen and one district besides - road men. track machinists, a remarkabf disaster being thit two arc caught in tbe fatal I

After the first explosion Monday night there were two others in sucresiion, one «t to o'clock, which killed eight heroic rescuers, and another to minutes later. Tuesday mom inf a second rescuing party, headed by Mine Inspector Bennrd Callaghan, of tnc Ninth bituminous dis-

Uley. With •e three mine luperintendent,

1. track men and boss arkablc thing about the

well-known men

fire.

n Mondi

thirdjtmn' has* Seen made^'l "doub* jThe °Rcv. H. D.^von Brackhnircn. of J douds^oj^ d^ notice. But there arc now questions of j Boer women and children, at present All hqpe of 1

r not to make another attempt, if coal, slivers and timbers end

"Pieces of coal, sliver* and rlouds of dust were hurled v.. . n.i _ /

getting out fhe bodii

mine" was tnca ahandened. After a isultation it was decided to flood the

But there arc now questions of j Boer women and children at present

ministration and the country, and their : thr^ri'Ish'are'in'^horribi^condui'on' consultation it was decided to flood the just consideration should not be preju- Rose Brunding. of New York, claims mine, and the Yougiogheny river was ' ced in the publjd mind by even the : that she was enticed to a vacant sum- turned in. It will be eight weeks before spicion of the thought of a third term. | mer hotel at Jamaica. L. I., and ktpt j bodies can be recovered. — “herefore. of the reiteration' of | prisonf r there by a man. who compellea | The fans in both shafts, VT ~ • :

diced

irK”",!

fore^ of the reitei JH

— suggestion of it. I will say now.-1 j, f r to work for ,-- — — r once lor all. expressing a long-settled : Thejurents of Mabel Bun. tbe Smith ) before the flooding was ordered to clear conviction, that I n-_t only am not ' College girl who stole a lot of jewelry , the mine of -smoke, fire damp and after and will not be a cnijdidatc for a third | from her classmates, are trying to re- damp remaining Iran the explosions.

' oi | prisoner there by a ma... ...... „—, — . — ow, her to work for him. I north side of .the river, were tied ! The .parents of Mabel Burt, tbe Smith | before the flooding was ordered I

eing on started

not l>e ; it would

it if It We*c *ctiuc*cu lue. j iiicir o..

only ambition is to serve through Prof. Charles Saxton James died in my second term to the acceptance of ! Montana. He wal professot of mathe»y countrymen, whose generous con- | matics at Bucknell College from 1851 fidence I so deeply appreciate, and then. — —-* ’ :J — 11

n her classn

| cover the stolen gems, to

I their owners. Prof. Charli

d later president

term, but would no: accept a nomina-

tion" for it if it were tendered it

"My only ambition is to

j to the

fidence I so deeply appreciate, and then, to 1877, and lat with them, do my dutyNin the ranks of gahrla College, private citixenship.' Miss Nannie “WILLIAM MxKINLEY. | phia won^ thorn

3™ ^ dTring^ Voyage'

SIR WALTER BE SANT.'

trying ,0 ^ re " ! ' re j lla ! n,c R

I occurred between

Langhorn. of Philadel- [

phia. won j thousand-dbUar pool that ' had been made on the steadier Campa- ;

1 jhe Epsom

imission

plosions

_ c supposed to have

occurred between entries ao and as. 3,000

feet back from tbe abaft ROBERT BUCHANAN DEAD.

Was Well Kaewo as aa A at bar. Dramatist

Died at His Home ia Hampstead. After Skort

"The Philippine Conn ganixed a provincial

(By Cable).—Robert William _ , author, poet, dramatist and

publisher of his own writings, who has been ^critically fll^ since October 20 last.

jt.j ». *... »» 60 years_of

id Infai.try, as gover- wa ]i Staffordshire, on August 18. 1841.

the Twenty-second Infantry, as gover- wall, Staflordshire. on August 18. 1841. i no I- _ .• . , He was the oldest son of RobertBuehanL Rc '" Dr ’ 1 K delivered the .- n> Socialist, missionary and journalist baccalaureate sermon, begiroifig the He graduated at Glasgow University in been suffering j commencement exercises of Roanoke l86o Hf ri sited America in 188a light «e was i College, at Salem. Va On October 20. toco, be had a cereC. F.S.A.. | ^

- arrhage. ■»

ih, ! S M

lOaess, From laflaeara.

London (By Cable).—Sir Walter sant. the famous author, died at He

stead Monday. He had I with influenza for a fortni

3 s'iTwa!te?Besant. M.A.. F.S.A.. and ! President;of the' Unite man of letter*, was born at Portsmouth. ! Corporation, lias bought

at" Ki^CoU^^ond^i.'Md'cKri^i William Varner a ‘raveling sales- | ^Xifiong Mr. Buchanan's most wellCoUege. Cambridge. He married lb- "^anunexpectedly found *300« ,0 '"* f ; ! known poetic works were "Ul da^hter^of Eustace Foster-Barham of hiTuthe? ^ They had belonged Idyls a^LegencU^I, HteUdc, are "Studies in Early EUbor *te arrangements, hare been - ^ - -- Noflh -'

French HoetK/’ "All Sorts and Conds- . tioos of Blen." "The Revolt of Man." “Armorel of Lyonnesse." "The French Humorists.” "Kabelais." Live* of Co-

mber of nov; t* he collaboi

writing of t

. j Edward de. Chambord earldoi

ried a Methodist mi

Winchester

. . who died whilt lington. is said in Win1 be tbe heir to the De 1 — in France, who marlinister's daughter in

James Rice in

won an instant recognition.

^Sjr Waites’ Be taut was knighted

W*«M Saccced AtaiaaMa.

Washington (Special).—Emilio "Zur- Prince Volkonsky, .who lectured in bano. oi Tabayas province, has pro- ‘he United States several years ago on claimed himself successor of Aguinaldo Russian literature. has N been dismissed and "Governor of Tabayas and the from his position as infendant of the s’*-:':— : —" 0 f s Russian imperial theatres for fining a

Polish dancer.

United States Commissioner Rockhill has the translation of an edict showing that the library of the Forbidden

City. Pekin, was inti fire by order of the t st.ruction of the archil _

The Queen Regent of Spain, is opening the Parliament, stated that this

Philippines." according to a copy Manila paper just received at the War Department. Emilio is said to have Seen always a rather theatrical insurrectionist, and to have sworn to fight tbe Americans down to the last ' "

Tk. "-“r tells him he

IS

Ijolo. "that

r-f— * him

the office carries with it certain grai responsibilities which will sooner- c. later result inyheatt failure -and a sudden

Pl«w Has Beta ForacA.

talization probably’will be about *75.- : * nd h, » commando. 000.000. divided into common and pre- | A ” >r * , " w «»/* k.A

fwred stocl^ the^prq^ortion^ likely lo ,

»ne of th*

fitoerInver-

Coast "Napoleon Fallen, a Lyrical — "The Drama of Kings," "Balof Love. Life 'and Humor," and

City of Dreams.”

Maay Boers CaptareA London (By Cable'

dispatch

Boers kiltoL ^mprisohed or

T surrendered during last month totaled 264a From June 1 to June a

26 Boers were killed. 4 were wounded,’

409 were made prisoners and 33 surrendered. and fist rifles. 115.550 rounds of

The Transvaal Concessions British Commission recommends that the gov--nment refuse to recognize the dyna-

mic and other cSnccssit

. **4 ammunition. 120 wagons and 4000 horses

were captured.

dirt of Library to Uatmsity.

Morgantown, W. Va. (Special).—The

T ' Wfl >«y- formerly

United States Senator from West Virginia. who died recently, made a formal donation to fhe West Virginia Univerj sity of the private library of Mr. Willey. 1" V " , ‘ w ~ 1S000 volumes, ex-

it reports and man-

. valuable because of ampletcnes* respeaing the (orma-

tton and early history of the State of

, was intentionally set on sity of the private librai r of the court for the, de- The library contains 18 the archives. elusive of govornhienft n Regent of Spam, in open- uscripts. ^and it invalt

early hitlory

ginia.

Three Girls Drewatd.

ef erred and

ing of tl

one of'the methbef* said: “

be no rise in prices, but if anything a re-

out $75.- > * na m * c °mi

and pre- ; An American traveler who bad been

~tobed on a French railway, sabst;

recognized the three thieves.

robbed | qneatly 'and chi

Adrian. Mich. (Special).—A tornado •wept through Adrian while the inhabitants were‘still asleep. Thousands

alder.*ee arrived at German'cruiser and

In speaking of the combine : snd c h**«d them into' a river. Where all

1 — -• — w jij were drowned.

Count von Waldersee

Yokohama on a German

proceeded to Tokio.

The only foreign troops in China not now undcrJijrderi to leave are the Jap-

anc*e. ^

A_duel‘ with swords between Max Regis, the anto'Scmit'e mayor of Algiers, and M. Laberdesquc. an Algerian journalist which was begun Friday nrar Paris and continued yesterday, resulted in the wounding of M. Regis. May Churchill, a concert hall performer. was arrested in Paris oy. the charge of being concerned in the robbery of the Fans office of the American Express Company. Mrs. Louis Botha, wife oi the Boer general, arrived in England, and will proceed 10 Holland and Belgium. She declines to '“ : —

of dollars' worth 'oE property was destroyed. No lives v»*Fe lost One — ;

res ts

worth 'Bf .pr No lives w«re

’ dence was wrecked, another was turned snpletely about, while half a dozen

my ■ outbuildings were

eo. 1 rces. telephone and telegraph poles, etc.,, were destroyed over • large are*. Tbe path of the storm was nearly three thousand feet wide, but fortunately it only tonched a few poftas.

New Capijal jar Ptaasylvsaia

Harrisburg. Pa. (Special).—The bill providing tor tbe erection of a new Slate Capitol building here passed in the House with few dissenting voices.

etion : the

state her

The German occupation brigade in

dissenting voices. Chin» will be composed of th = now goes to the Senate for c;n- meat* of infantry, with Major e in the House amendments Rohrscheidl in command.

important of the appr

building from $5,000,000 to

A Chinese imperial

that ©wing to the hot weathc turn of tbe court to Pekin ! postponed until September I.

Burglary.

Asheville. N. C TSpecial) -In the Superior Coan Rush Cate, and Frank , (SiliJS'cSZt.'ESSsI

these men entered the

•Ace at Ei . vilk. aaiJ

^Alexander, opewed a ’salt ««ia i. • . )

New Consolidated Toh

sold on the curb in New York at, 73English consols are very low. but-h 1 predicted that they wtU fall stHl ’vT t. Small, ol Marton. Ga, hat been

- , . lectcd a member oi Uw K«w York

Philadelphia (Special).-A party of

were thi

swamping of and the girls were dt

test* of the 1

IS

ry.'s™

guests of the Federal Boat Qub.

members of the club heard the

cries of the unfortunates and immediate-

ly set about rescuing them.

DOUBLE TRAGEDY IN CHICAGO. Hsrtwaa Ibpyrirt u YUkJ Actress tad Hlnstlf. Chicago (Special).—Side by side, each with a bullet wound in the temple, the dead bodies of-L/Hanman and his wife were found in their bed at the Great Northern Hotel. The room showed evidences of a struggle, both lifel forms were Composed] the covering of the bed well tucked about them, but tbe revolver clutched in the right hand of the man told the story of the double ifartman and his wife registered 1 the Hotel June 6. giving as their addrei New York. Both were stylishly dressed

. _l<mday eveni they were founiTdead in bed. The only information the hotel managers have concerning the couple was given by a woman who called at the hotel. She waL fashionably gowned and said that she was a friend qf the young man. She said th;t she had learned that the Hartmans had arrived in Chicago and she had made a tour of the hotels

to locate them.

She said that Han man was the sin of a wealthy New Yorker, and that he had formed an attachment that hid dis-

father. A clandestine mariwed by departure tor

riage was followed by departure for Chicago without knowledge of the parent. A reconciliation was being effected by friends, and she charged Manage Roth not to lend the man money, as In would be taken.care of financially by tin

elder Hartman.

On a card case belonging to the wo man were engraved the words "Ro» Yiolettc.’’ and from the discovery o an actress’ makeup in a trunk, it .is sup-posed-that the woman had been connected with the stage. - A card also indicated that she. had been a member of the "Duchess" company. MRS. M'KfNLEY'S HEART AFFECTED. Blood lalcctioB Resulted From Boat Felon -Physkiani' Statement.

tation, issued the following bulletin: "Mrs. McKinley's illness has been a blood infection, resulting from periostitis of the index finger (bone felon), which began in Los Angeles, and which was promptly ^treated by incision. The subsequent condition of exhaustion was due to tbe same blood infection associated with a severe diarrhoea. She improved. however, and was brought home m comfort and without loss oi strength. Trr principal cause o* anxiety in her case since her arrival in Washington has teen an acute endocarditis (inflammation of the lining membrane of the heart), involving the mitral valve, the result of tfte same Mood infection. • This

/does not appear to be progressive.' and

there has been ^h improvement in the diarrhoea and in hci» general condition. Mrs. McKinley's case at the present time presenu a more hopeful aspect.” The statement that Mrs. McKinley's

case at this time pre ful aspect is the best _ from the sick'room since

the distinguished patir-* ; -

The President feels

the arrival of

itient in Washington, considerably en-

A CABLE UU MILES LONG. British Pacific Uw to B* Greatest Yet

ishington (Special).—' s Consol at Victoria. B

.s to connect the Domini Canada with the Australian Confederation, Kelp_bay, near Banfield creek, seven mile*, from the entrance to Barclay sound, and something over 100 mile* from Victoria. The location is described as admirably adapted for the purpose—a good harbor and 12 fathoms of water.close' to the shore, so that vessels of 10.000 tons can find safe anchorage. The bar- : is landlocked and has a bottom of tc, which, it is said, will furnish good protection for tl)« wire. Work has already begun in England on tbe cable. It is to be 5S34.5 miles the longest yet constructed, and will be transported and laid in one ship, which is now being specially built for the purpose. Major RecfcrieOcr's Fate. ■Syracuse, N. Y: (Special).—A letter from Paul J. Spillane. of the Ninth Infantry, stationed'in the Philippines, and received by a friend in Watertown, states that while Spillane was/a priaoner of the Filipinos at Tariac he learned from .insurgent officers the fate olMajor Rockefeller, whose/mysterious disappearance early in the war ha* puzzled the American army. Major Rockefeller. according "to the Filipinos, was iken prisfiner and went mad whildvin iptivity. Shortly afterward he died.'

AMERICANS WERE CAUGHT IN A FHJPINO TRAP.

Manila (By Cable).—Later details of the engagement near Li pa. Province cf Br.tanzax, between troops under the command of Capt W. H. Wilhelm and the insurgents show that the L>eutcnaiK Lee who was fatally wounded was not Lieutenant Fitzhugh Lee. Jr., son of General Fitzhugh Let. but Lieutenant Lee o' Engineer Corps. Lieutenant Fiul

liam *I C W^eh^o?tbe < Tweatjr$iriMfifantry, with 50 men of that regiment, were met six miles southeast of Li pa. in Batanras Province, and coo sis ted of more than 300 of Malrar s followers, supposedly the command of Gonzales. Tbe insurgents were defeated but their losses have not been reported. Yates’

Majar V. H. Daly KBit N Pittsburg. Pa (Special).-Major \ '> was a deputy to the atsi

fSiSeHSi

troop .of the First Cavalry •* During the engagement Lieutenant Anton Springer, of the Twemy-fira Infantry, was shot in the head and killed. Lieutenant Lee. of tbe engineers, was shot in the head and bowels and soon died. —Ca^tyr Wilhelm was wounded in the Lieutenant Charles R. Ramsey, of the Twentjjfirst Infantry, was shot in the

and one private were wounded. The American officers were planning to attack a force of the insurgents which

was tbca fired on fi

sr and desperado, has Men capt. He is charged with the nmr- > worn i. Vtfgiaia. three reea Caraiau. mrfadtM “ - - re**}: ore « W,

TEN KILLED IN A B16 STORM.

Mack Daatge Canted by Wind and

Lightning la Oklahoma.

FARMHOUSES AND CROPS DESTROYED A Stretch el Creatry Tea MI'ea WMc and Thirty-Six Milts Leaf Devastated -An Estimated Lass ef Over SIMJM -Heavy Rains Precede aad Follow the

Windstorm.

UVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS.

America Refascs Joist Gas resist.

The Government has formally eomntHnicated to the foreign powers the im- » possibility of joining in a joint guarantee for the payment of the Chinese in-

The difficulties in the way of arrangement are set forth in imunication. particularly those

Wichita, Kan. (Special.)—The disastrous storm that has ever <

Oklahoma prevailed in, Kav co tornado struck Billings. Eddy 1

kaws. and its influence covered a stretc of ^country to miles wide and 36 mill

long, destroying towns. ' crops. The financial It _

$100,000. At Eddy three p*rs*ns wi killed. It is reporjed that two perse e killed at Billings, but this cam

about 6.30 p. m.. which formed at a Wines will pa*s to civ.Lan autho-r point near the Kansas State line. 0 . { 'hc.srnior armv The little town of Eddy was struck. 1 ccr w,lf *‘' J1 hhat of Military G.

fSTn

the communication, particularly 1

relating to the constitutional restriction* on the President in making a jo id

'■ guarantee of this character

In view ol the determination of the United States not to lie a party to a Joint guaranty, there is anxiety. shown in diplomatic circles ay to the outcome I on the question of indemin.i * One S3 SreWUSSTa&'i

nt A I cxecn * c ‘his joint instrument an.] there'j “her carry on a concert of their own'

In ‘ ha ‘ even ‘- >* said, the United

. U S!at '‘ wou!d orange directly with Chiand 36 m:lc* na al to |hf Amtrican p;,™,,,, ,, lhe rmhousc* and indemnity. The representatives of mes: wd ! excecd i of the European powers believe that a

'sort to The Hague tribunal, as penned by the United State*, will not be

governments.

pored by the Unite acceptable to their ’iS"r.Sl ...

1 A..U^ lgh

little lOfrn —. ... , and of the twelve or fifteen buildings in ■ no I; the place all yrere leveled to the ground . except tlte-riilroad station and an ele- ," c 1

swvw sfss^JTtSs v^r.;UTs

—e laid waste.

tail end- of the torni

in his tc they beccr

t Blackwell, a few miles ikawa. F. H. Cranford, a .

working .on 1 lightning and

^'.‘.srs |

T Taft'* decision

instantly killed.

TERRIBLE FALL OF COMMANDER BULL Dashed From the Dome of the Gover*meal

BalMiai at the Expedition

Buffalo. N. Y. (Special).-^Lieutenant Commanded J. H. Bull, of the United

the Uni.

States Navy, in charge of the hydroraphic service at the Pan-American rounds, fell from the dome of

lent Buildin 1 —

rnt Building and was L He was unconscious ■ : reached him. and he

grou

Governi If injur assistan

taken at once to the Emergency pital. After a careful examination t surgeons reported that, while C01 mandcr Bull's injuries were serious, they did not think they would prove fatal. His right leg is broken below the knee, and his hip is fractured. It at first supposed that his skull had 1 fractured, but this was not the

United Suits Makes aa Appeal.

The United Stales Govcrr.mert has again appealed to the powers to submit the present issues at Pekin over the inhill, who has been watching for an op■portunity, cabled Secretary Hay for prrI mission to make a proposition, and the ous- Secretary cabled him authority to do so. vhen h ,* believed that the ministers at Pekin have become involved beyond extrication in the present issues, and this pro-

position may be the only way out RcprimZkd lor Capuia Hancock.

The findings in the case ol Capt Wm. . Hancock. Sixth Artillery, who was

i" ^ -curt-martial at Man-

rere. Lieutenant Conmnander Ball is Sj^iJ “Ip^'tov^

my. He served —j— Spanish-American War and

seqnently was detailed to service on

Petrel in Philippine'waters. Tha‘

his last naval in Buffalo with

sub1 the

pine waters. That was assignment. He lives his wife, and four chil-

S* Sbib CMa la Umkw San Francisco (Special).—Su Shih Chin, the Chinese reform leader, against whose landing Minuter Wu and Consul General Ho Yow had-filed a protest, on the,, ground that Su had obtained by fraud the passport upon- which he • allowed to land, has;been arrested an order from Washington and placed in detention at the mail dock. Cot Ho Yow said Su was landed as an accredited official of the Chinese Empire, 1 when. in fact, he was one of the leaders of th* revolutionary party which asserts that its purpose is to replace Emperor Kwang Su on the throne.

Off M Ua Dariaj Vayagc. Gloucester, Mass. (Special).—In His 25-toot sloop, the Grcst Republic. Capt. Howard Blackburn, of this city-, started on his second trans-Atlsntic voyage, his present destination being Lisbon. Portugal, which he expects to reach in 45 day*. His previous voyage, in 1899. was to London, which trip took 61 days. The, start was-made amid the plaudits of over 1000 people.- Shortly after 2 o'clock the Great Republic, escorted by a large fleet of boats, set sail. She feecived a succession of salutes until she was nearly off Thatcher's Island, when the last of the escorts left her. Will Take Up Marty's Wart Liverpool (By Cable).—The White Star Line steamer Teutonic, which sailed froimhere for New York on June ta, look amonp her passengers Mr. and Mrs.jMorns K. Jessup, the Rev. G. Campbell Morgan and Mrs. Campbell Morgan and Charles Francis. United States Minister to Greece. The Res-. G. Campbell Morgan is a Congregationalist clergyman who will visit the United States to take up the work of the lata Dwight L. Moody.

✓

- North Vernon. Ind. (Special)—Ji Neely, a prosperous young farmer

rstep.becau m as Nearly ed on his afl

to marry hh

4. She declined, saying the w> should bt in the fall. He left the

nrned and shot himt

prosperons young fanner liv-

ing south of this place, shot htmsell on his sweetheart’s doorsteps because she refused to marry him as Nearly as he wished. He bad called on his affianced

' ktd f - - - -

shot, and

shot himself on

p. Min Brinton heard the vhen she found i: 4aa her she attempted to shoot ber-

OM M'rt la a Faclary. rkk, N. J. (Special)—A cident occurred in the iactory of Hemnann _ . which threw *00 girl*

lancock. Sixth

jlly tried by 0 ila on charges of ’ ■ dice of good ord«

rpartmen

—_»na alleged intoxication. Captain Hancock was found guilty, and vrulenced to be reprimanded.

Capital News la Oaaznl

The Navy Department ha* been inof the departure of Rear Ad-

miral Rodgers aboard the New York from Cavite to Olongapo. where the new naval >u>>on in the Philippines is _ J. Worth Carnahan, president of the United States Army and Navy Historical Association of Washington, has

tharged with conspiring

:ports of increase e period

an

idi-

been arrested, charged with conspi

in pension frauds.

The May bulletin of the domestic breadstuffs shows of 12 per cent, over the .<

last year.

The Weather Bureau has issued encouraging summary of crop cot tions throughout the country. Mrs. McKinley's condition continues

to improve and everything is now favor-

able for her recovery.

Lieutenant Colonel Rebcr was appointed military secretary to Gencrel Miles, to succeed' the late Colonel Michler, and Col. M. P. Mans was ap-

pointed aide de camp.

The government has formally communicated to tbe foreign powers the impossibilitr of joining in a joint guarantee for the payment of the Chinese

indemnity.

The President appointed officers tor the provisional Porto Rican regiment. Chief Moore, of the Weather Bureau, punctures the illusion that^iachaids can be protected from hailstorms by firing William Morey, Jr., and Mrs. Cara A. Kiedell. clerks in tbe War Department, disappeared at the same time. £ecret*re <!^ng has decided to have the battleship Oregon on the reverse of

lhe Santiago medal.

The Secretary of the Kwry approved The recommendation! of the bc/rd for the distribution of medals of hoqor and letters of commendation for gallantry

in the Chinese campaign.

Attorney General Knox bought the palatial home of Mrs. George W.

Childs, in the capital

The Itata claim for $220,000, with interest. was taken up by the Chilean

claim for $220,000,

was taken up by the

Claims Commission. Oar New Paasssslsu

In the trials of officers “of the Fortythird Regiment on charges of bribery and permitting trade with the closed ports in (he southern part - of Leyte Island, Surgeon Dudley Welch confessed and made damaging statements agaifist Capt. Michael J. Spellman and Lieut. Delbert R. Jonea. The transport Hancock ha* arrived.' * from Manila with 31 officers end 1042 enlisted men ol the Thirty-firU Volun1 slimd. has bctc arrested. being . implicated in tbe transactions. Agents of Manila firms also appear to have been connected with the acts on which the charges against the pruon-

to OcmtU

— ——ml . CaiBes. the insurgent leader in Lugana Srjs'uS.WJfcr

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