3MH INI6BTS IN Blfi PARADE Mites •( WsvIb* Plumes la Ike Streets

ot Louisville, ky. ,

CROWDS CHEER FOR ADMIRAL SCHLEY to b EsHmIH T*si m,mt PtrssBsWU-

■nscd the PsreSe oi Ksi*fcl»-TV March Slart»4 at A. M. ss4 Wes HslshH at LJI P. K. After Core rial » DisUsce el Poor MUes—An Impoiiar Sfectacif. Louisville, Ky. (Special)^A parade

of .to, 000 plutned Knight*, niarciung to the music o! three score brass bands.

music oi three score brass bands, ked the tormal opening of the m!>-ninth Triennial Conclave of the

nd En<

day night.

TTirough the intervent of a little girl, upon wh

a negro attempted an assault at Smith. Ark., a mob was thwarted

threats to lynth the prise

President Ric'

Minewor per cent, sas will |

Va

the fi masti Sept<

nplar here.

icampment of the

... . lock the yfreet-jjars were Mopped and ordinary vehicles were ordered off the streets reserved for the

parade.

'he parade sfar.cd at Seventh’- and in streets aqd moved through the principal down-town streets.to Central where it disbanded. The official tyfwewing stand was at Third and Hill street? Every inch of space along the hqe of jnveh * a5 ,aktn up by inler ' clc^mile afTer mile jd tossing plumes

A deischntt.JlT'oTlTiountcd police led the march, Grand Marshal J. H. Leathers and his aides fojlowing immediately behind. Then came the Grand Com-

A dHach tf\e march, ers and his

behind. Then came niandery oi Kentucky, acting as a special escort to.the officers ^f the Grand Encampment, who rode :

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

A passengei Railway ran : Tom Danville,

:r tr

into

train on'the Southern

washout to miles

. number of but none seriously. The was!

ek which

inn a number ot peoasly. The washout

'«ek which had ivjr rain Mon-

ntion of the father ihom it Is charged s assault at Fort

in its

lichardspn, of the L T nited

Mineworkers. predicts that at least go

of the 4000 coal miners jin Kan-

tember I4 to a

dmiral Schley was electet tional vice commander at the 1 veterans who served in the P<

cam^ai^i'

elected first na-

union of to Rican

The Secretary of War made allotment of $1,000.coo to th£ militia of th^ several A Pennsylvania inventor claims to have discovered a method of tclegraph-

ingby earth current*!

The Hend'ickj Monument in IndjanapoliT vR? st/iicR by a bolt of lightning. The toThedo-boit destroyer Bainbridge

was'launched in Philadelphia.

Gen. Robert Williams died at a hotel r.^ P^nSe^ at the age of 75 Daniel Francis Foley, a painter, killed himself in Fainnount Park, Philadcl-

pL. *««! "'7.

Women suffragisli will hold a $onventioh in Buffalo curing early Septem-

be I> ■_ ’’iT ,

lupin, one of the first setnoke, Vv died in that city.

PRESIDENT SHAFFER INDORSES TERIS. la Now Willing to Accept Morgan's

Offer ot July 27.

THE l»LAN NOT YET SUBMITTED. The Strikers Will Accept the Offer That the Tinplate Mills Rcmmc Under tka Scale Sltued far the Year Beglsalaf Jaly I— Atao Ask Thai the Steel Corporatteu Dectar* Its Attitude Toward Orgaalstd Ubor. Pittsburg (Spedal).—It is learned here that President Shaffer has sent out letters <0 all members of the Amalgamated Association's executive committee inciting their approval of the see plan agreed upon last Saturday representatives of the National Civic deration and the Amalgamated Association headqugrters officials. The

plan proposed

Ftrst P'f *« V01 July 27, made kj Messrs Morgan be a&eptcd. ^ that the tinplate mills rest

scale signed for the year b#fP nnin J July 1; that the Steel Hoop Company Sign lor all mills signed lor last year, and that the Sheet Steel Company sign for all mills signed for last year except

er's, Lindsay fit McCutchcon'i Dark mill in P^tjburu. leavit

of the upion open.

B. J

tiers of R<

Encampment, who r°<3c in carriages.

FounH ind fc~d.lt

wav broke down while the parade was , a , AtUnt i c q 1} . i 5 Head Nine hours

but no one was injured. bcfort ^ di / d J, e ,»> de(i his fiancee, the conclusion <J the parade offi- Miss s.Tn, ol Philadelphia, cers ol the Grand Encurtipment and j aC ob Wildr.er, living at 1

rtie

ing recog-

nition of ttie upion open.

Third. That the Steel Corporation formally declares its attitude toward organized labor, this declaration to take such form at aril have a reassuring iffffl upon ‘.he men in the mills. President Sha®tr assented ^ these ittiohs and is nojy aWhitmg the;

ie Grand En« .

comtnanderies listened to an address otwelcome by former Congressman W. C. P. Breckinridge on behalf of the people of Kentucky. Following a brief response by Grand Master Lkjyd. the Grand Enjatnpniem met formally in

Ab< Then Made

secret session.

SULTAN ASKsTdELAV. Series oTAHeruate Pr®-

1 to France.

Constantinople -(By Cable).—The following is stated here to have been the position of affairs imediately preceding the departure of the French Ambassador, M.

Con st an s:

' The Turkish Government was showing'a disposition to regard the French demands as settled by the irade relating to the quays company and the Albanian land seicures. The French Embassy, in order to prevent a misunderstanding, wrote to Tewfik Pasha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, that France, in addition, expected the settlement of t)vo other claims included in the demands made At

11: unless t stans wouIl

Turkish Ami

Iding. asked

made alternative propositions so unacccptabl ~

reply to them.

the European market, the National Plate Glass Jobbers’ Association has made a cut of 25 per cent on glazing quality

Finn, alias “Diamond D d in Philadelphia on ibbing Abe Bropby, a joi

itive propositions which were ible that M. Constant did not

m.

POSTAL FUNDS STOLEN. Havana Official Reports Loss ol KMC by

Rabbery la a Cab.

Havana (Special).—E. C. WestaU. chief of the money order bureau of the Havana postoffice, left the 'office as nsual Monday with the surplus remittance pay into the treasury. The amount was

He took an omnibus and, accord- - , .

‘ c packet States. He says the South Afnc .t by his lem is difficult and complicated,

: newspaper until he, mobility of the Boers, whom the

ached the point where he wished to alight and. when about, to leave the omni bus. he found that the packet was mist ing. Two b<lys who were in the omnibu at the time say-they saw a mulatto throw

to a negro in'the

ing to his statement, placed the f ntaining the money, on the scat b

side.

Mr.

U. The

courts for dc-

jacob Wildr.er, living at New Lisbon. Wis.. has acknowledged tfiat he was with John Brown's raiding party at Harper's Ferry in 1859. He is believed to be the only survivor of the party. Francis Schlatter, the “dicine healer." is irrested In New York for dronkness and OUTirderly conduct and was M to flic workhouse for three months. -S&. C. Merriwether. a baggagemaster on^the Georgia Southern and Florida Rai'.Fbad, shot and killed William Free-

man, a colored porter on the train.

At Minneapolis.-United States District Attorney Evijns propped dead at

his home from heart disFift.

Kathryn Cameron, of Camden. N. J.. was burned to death, her clothing hav-

ing caught fire from a cigar.

At Cleveland the coroner's Jury' held the city of Cleveland, the subcontractors and the chief engineet' responsible for the disaster at the crib to days ago, in which

a dozen lives were lost.

A baby waif was found by a newsboy in a swamp near Perth Amboy, N. J-. nearly tortured to death by mosquitoes. The infant's face was terribly disfigured

' r the bites of the ' Col. and Mrs. C

and Chari been a rest using the it purpose

>wing

C Post, alias Helen •to France, would WjHiams. and Charles-F. Burgman. men

receive his passports. The Porte, instead^ til scientists, have been a rested in Ffon of yielding, asked for 24 hours delay ancf da. charged with using the mails toi

• ' r - ositkms which were fraudulent purposes. * - - - to the cqnscttlea condition ot

tonal

Dick,' n th» ockey.

cut of 25 p, «-'

charge of robbii of Washington.

Consul General Stone, who has resign ed. is in London on his way to the Uni tec States. He says the South African prob- ' ' ” r '- —-* ,: -ited, " J **“

1 th< t d il

United _n proband the

lility of the Boers, whom the English columns arc unable to pursue individually. render operations most difficult. France has presented a series of 1

de-

^ _ For compensation for injuries sustained by the missionaries and for the punishment of 50 persons guilty of taking part in the

Qqdpaen riots.

The Spanish steamer Amboto collided ‘ at night with the German steamer Lusitania not far from Havre. The Lusita-

-Thc Flor- I w* «nk andkfc

led train of drowned. >

.tally i President Loul

a packet to a negro in'the stl Westell is under a bond of $10,000. matter will be left to the coiir

/W Wreck oa Seaboard Air Uac. Columbia. S. C (Special).ida and Metropolitan limit!

the Seaboard Air Line was totally 1 , * »«<«*** i wrecked at 10.25 o'clock P. M. seven I that, thanks to the F miles southspf Cberaw. S. C. due to a 3n «- w “ r r' 11 ] 1 9 h,, « sandbank washout. Tlie killed, and . Tbe^Uinted, Insh

wounded: Fireman R'osemond. crushed to death; Engineer Muse, shoulders and leg injured; Tom Cleary, another engineer, injured in knees and legs; . ,

postal clerk, name unknown, slightly : Loyd Kit bruised. The passengers escaped with i attacked'.a

BOER LEADERS DEFIANT. . IX Wet, Steye aad Botke Sey Mra Will Flgbt Oa—British Uptertd.^ London (By Cable).—A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated at Pjttprte, W»: "Three officers and 65 men wn6 were sent north of Ladybrand, in the Orange River Colony, on the right of Elliot?* columns, were surrounded on unfavorable ground and captured by "a superior force August 22. One man was killed and four wounded. Tbe prisoners were released. ‘Am bolding an inquiry. “Have received a long letter from Steyn containing an argumentative statement of tbe Boer cause and saying he will continue to fight; also a short letter from De Wet to the same effect. Botha writes acknowledging the receipt of my proclamation, protesting against it and stating that the Boers intend to go or fighting. On tlie other hand, the surrenders lately have increased considerably. "Since August 19 52 Boevs have beer, killed, 139 have been made prisoners and 185 have surrendered, including Kruger, nephew of the ex-President. "The columns are meeting with no upeciable opposition in Cape Colony. The

r all milfs signed for

'Id Meadow and Saltsburg.

Second. That a provisional scale be arranged, but not signed, for Paint

ere, Lindsay & McCutchi

■ it”

ifttttt Witt! Horn he is

is driving north.”

THREE ACCIDENTS, TWELVE DEATHS. Olrdert F«n Oa Bridge Workmen With-

onf Warning. STRaNOE f Peer Bey* I

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,

Neck as of Cubic Amy.

Cuba has begun the organization ol

oa^Mrmy, the details of which have been rjgcjved at'thc War Department- The nucleus has alfeadv been organized and Comprises 150 Cunans. who are to be

Stationed at the Cabana Fortrc

FREQW OF FIGURE 4. Capt'D^E. Auhman! orihe'Artillery — ■ ■ ■. Corpt, ha«. been in charge ol the reDrewa In tke Serf at Leeg rruiting. discipline and training of the

MJacra teetaatly Killed i

a by tbe Breaking ef e Cable Sep-

«the

ting, docipht

men, who have now become capabl soldiers. The requirements lor the rc% "••its are the same as are applied to men.

cruits are the same as are applied to men j enlisted for the American army, except 1 that the period of service is for iwo

' j years instead of three, while the chest . “rs*- *• .cjss^j-tavs- : vrs 1 .: rr,

more seriously injured. The accident, thc rtlrs n guard and the legging, the

•note seriously injured. The accident, me runfl guar

if,”'.?

a ,l.tt to ,l,p. Tlie cra.h c,mc —ith- , .| ruc , r ^ in , h , ^, od , hc , oM| „

the leggings the by thc police of n soldiers will soldiers of the, rmy. and payrazt

75 pe< work:

| first step toward the formation of -a Cu-^

propositions and is now tfVhitmg tfie Hirfbwlst

Seattle, Wash. (Spedsl).—Charles W. Nordstrom was hanged here for the murder, November 27, 1891. of William Mason, alter a dispute over wages.

rept continually. It renost efforts of four men

official; in JJtw Yrok RrTTHE PENALLY.

Ttaaessee Negra Boroed at tbe Stake lor

His Criac.

Winehesier, Tenn. (Special).—Henrv bles, a negro, was burned by a mob t feloniously assaulting and then

looting to death Mrs. Chas.

is. Williams, x who lives

lory,” he met his fate without p groan. He mounted the stump stolidly and laughed as he began his statement. He said: “Tell all mv sisters and brothers to meet me in glory. I am going to make that my home. Tell my mother i meet me where parting will be no '“Why did you kill Mrs. WUliims?'' was asked. “I just done that because I had nothing else to do.” He was taken from the stump, bound to a tree with chains and his body saturated with oil. P. M. * match was applied

-Sri,? i iL T pS£„ p K^;. is o. * fiti ,.

veraum on Lord Kitchener's latest pro- bridge and killed instant!.. .

proved in health, spoke vehemently an$ : ."'W Mme tjp from thc Congaree The SccrcUry of War made the aliotwith intense feeling, rejecting the idea * quarter of a mile away. men t of $1,000,000 to the mijitia of thc that anything had been changld except I .The bridge is being built by the Phoe- ' several States and Territories and the the attitude of the British Government. | n.'* Bridge Company, of Philadelphia, j District of Columbia. This was the He insisted that the tactics of the Boers . The structure was not materially dam- | amount appropriated and was distributed were still as regular as at the beginning a scd by the accident, though some of amofig thc States jn accordance with of the war. j *ne ir^jjwork was strained. , r ^ -. c" | ih e j r representation in Congrey. MURDERER TIED TO A BOARD ^ •' h®'' 1 Bf “ ch ' * and'dic’Shtrict’" {’Columbia' is placVd'lt

| New York (Special).—Fozr boys be- j lbc discretion oi ihc Secretary and the

a« el Ue HiBgiig of Charles tween the ages of to and 15 years were amo . Jtl( a i| ottct i j« baud upon the militia

drowned at Long Branch. N. J. The ^ organization cadj maintains. Thc Sec-

ison,

Nordstrom

quiyed the t . to keep him on his feet, "inally Sheriff Cudihee

, . , irdered that a board be brought. To this Nord- ( nter's strom was tied. It required six men to j »wept

hold him for the operation. Several wkich poured over them. The accident times Nordstrom seemed to speak, but unseen bv the hundreds of bathers his words were unintelligible, "nic six *.ho were disporting in the surf, and men who had held him raised Jiis body I jt was not until Bouse gave the alarm

on the board *qd with great effort sue- ! that it became known, cccdcd in getting him upon the scaffold. | »- 3t_ -T-l . ... .. 1 „ - . J .. n r I nt., . ..I. i 1 • Cn., . I Cam* M 1 k a m Villa,

organization cadj tfiaintains. j retary in his circular calls att<

ached

me dlt

in names, rente rails were | bi it the burning body and soon ! n ,

life was extinct.

GUNBOAT MACH IAS AT COLON. Will Quart Aaerfcae letcrests oa the Colon. Colombia (By Cable).—The United States gunboat Machias has arrived at Color, to guard American interests on the Isthmus. A German warship is expected soon

from Trinidad.

Washington (Special).—Mai! advices received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia by, thc Colombian Legation here, under date of July 12. state that Ecuador and Nicaragua have withdrawn ttiqir opposition to the Colombian goveramr-- — J * —

in getting him upon the scaffold.

There he was placed upright while four men stood on the four sides of the trap and held him. , _ ir x

'"bENMiSTwiLL SELL ISLANDS

Tbe GorerMcat, However, TWaki the Price

Rather Tee Soak.

Copenhagen (By Cable).—A promi- | nent politician, in the counsels of the ministry, says that the sale of the Danish West Indies, it was confidently expected, would be consummated before

the close of the present year.

The King and the ntw Cabinet have both - concluded that it is absolutely

* dll

g waves accident

Scc-

j the

sily of the different States making certificates of mi^jiia organizations before thc money will be available.

Receipts Shew a Decrease.

- Thc monthly statement of the collections ofrintcrnal revenue shows that for July, tgoi, the'total receipts were $29.343,890. a decrease, as compared with Jnly, 1900. of $77,494 The receipts from the several sources of revenue are given

as follows;

Spirits $10,234,432. increase $867,472; tobacco $3,475,673. decrease $1,689,623:

. .fermented liquors $9,970,418. increase

$1,368,196; oleomargarine $406,002, in-

_ . . _ crease $71,881; special'-taxes not eli Bloomington. III. (Special).—Four | where enumerated $3.38: : miners were instantly killed at a mine $414,977; miscellaneous !

In Cbenoa, this county, by the snapping crease $1,4

1 of the •cable supporting the ‘

boys were on a"ra(t quite a disunee ■ bi hi* drcttUr caHs attention to th 'rom the shore, and were swept into thc . nccest j ly a f t h c different States makin sea by the waves. I ■

Not long after they entered the water Bouse, a companion, swam

louted that his compan-

drowned. The five had

t which was anchored

some distance out in front oi Crannter’s Beach, and while on it had been

by some bi|

the cable suppo n fell 247 feet.

nder date

r and Nici

thdrawn riiqir opposition to tl

mbian government and have give repeated assurances of good faith. -- Sebor Herman said that the withdrawal of Ecuador and Nicaragua from the alliance formed by Venezuela against Colombia was most significant

and that further trouble *1

pectcd. as Venezuela wc attack Colombia unaided-

e was not ex■ould not dare

abet is quoted as saying the Franco-Russian alli-

was averted.

League instructed John Redmond to go to the United States with Michael Davitt and place tbe po*iof the Irish Nationalists before their

*n friends.

Kitchener reports that the Boers

the passengers escaped 'with i attackrtka British convoy on the

shaking up. Neither of the j from. Kimbcriejv.and

conductors was hurt,

four from cars left the

turned completely

American friends.

Lord R attacked',!

er of the i I™" Kimberley, ,ana wc igine and ter the British had Lost

and were 1 and three wour '

nine -

J off’afn killed

Am Eey'.oe Wrecks a Factory-

Hgjsvilk, >if. (1 westeri) locomotive ed through the Jan

tory plant. The building -»» v> u> >vk. jurt finished it a cost of $150^00. It is cosdy special machinery and en-j e, “ na ' s and boilers *ere crushed. The I will reach over $100,000. The plant ; jtist^finished. No one was injured. ; decliU . eg Neck Brakes ky Uektata*. ; struggle. .

Texarkana. Aria ( Special).-Tcxar- ; £ l^beite wbb-attempted

tsul general

: situation in Chim xe the intematiort^

irec wounded. Byron Brenan,

, at Shanghai, has 1 reports that the : worse than befor

wife of Sir Archibald >f London, was found

in the River Spey.

Prince Chun, brother of the Emperor if China, who is on the way to Berlin

ifer of-Baron Basel, Swrtz-

tbe <

storm. Professor Gasick by lightning and kill:k being Vokcn. He was unbrelli with a compapion. who

tsadly shrieked. Two colored ■ere struck and badly damaged:

One residence was destroyed and others

..cu »..c Commander Delarey has issued a

jtss: sssrttSs:

is in,urea, j thlt {hcy continue thc

to swim the 1 after >eing

kana waTrisiteda most wvrre Enriish Channel coltepsed trical and rain storm. Professor Gas-: riie water 12 hours

s tele a Waakeart.

46^urihut

„ believed' ia London that (— Czar’s visit tb France means another Russian loan. - King Edward used a somber-looking 'automobile m his outings' around Horn-

here at t.^.l e. m.^for Richraond. ran | d

The.Colorado Fuel & Iron Company \ directors have declared a. quarterly divi-' .icr.rl i'i it. j,-- cent. or. thc common

into a wzshout at News Ferry. 9 miles j stock. ’ from this plrcr. Thc engipe and bag-1 - It is reported that a New York Bankgage car passed over the place safely.! ing house ha* completed arrangements but two coachei were turned over and i to float $8.oco.ooo of Russian Govern-

■aanknseuj 20 feet! ment bonds in Europe.

t> finance ill

LAWSON TO BUILD A VENICE, Owaer el tbe tedcperteace Bayleg IsUads

00 tbe Maine Coast

BostojT (Special).—Thomas W. Lawm u going to build a miniature Venice n the Maine coast. He has bought

on 1 and

coast. He has hot •o islands of Stonington twelve others.

be only dissatisfaction, the.corn it’s informant further said, arises in

connection with the price. $3,750,000, being considered too small. However, ‘ e final approval of the Rigsdag is b«-

:pected

SAFE-BLOWERS ROUSE A TOWN, Maay Citizen Stspoed U Atom. Bat tbe Robbers Escape Whb Header. Petersburg. Ind. (Special).—Six burglars broke into the Citizens’ Bank here and stole about $250. Two men discovered tbe burglars at work, and when they attempted to sound thc alarm they were confronted with loaded revolvers in the hands of two men who stood guard.

~ t two

»** «? *« no prospcct of an upm- | inf ye-r ln incrf . av . of ^ p,., Th « ”i*' •• ^® mlfs, , cmer '^ n * bt .f bl ri cs ? be 1 import: of these commodities from thc P |c . .**"3*fr peaceable. He is saus- United Sutes in lhe ycar I900 amoun:e d

this class is not likely to foment trouble. Many army officers express themselves

increase in the military

with the military

others were doing the work

bouse, bank, xking

d a large ibers es-

The burglars broke into a carhoose, ools. and broke into the bank.

’ for wrecking

secured tools,

Nitro-glycerine was used

the safe. The explosion attracted

crowd of citizens,

aped

COUNTRY’S RAILWAY MILEAGE Cemmercc Coowissloa Girts la-

and has an option on twelve others, which he will pay for .when the titles —

* r Th P e r *islMds are rituired'Tn Isle an j 19X3«. an'increaseofeos'i in thitwelve Hint Bay. about fifteen miles from the ! months immediately following Jnlr i, mainland. One ol them contain* over j >899 In 1890 the rotlway mileage of he — • 1 •— was 163,597. and the gain in the

ten years was. therefore. 29,748

tcord of mileage does

forty acres. They

and many of thym can be conni

bridges. They

heavy growth of spruce

balsam. 1 n® 1 include the

A Battle la a Celt

d of n

ailroads of , Alaska,

_ twenty-two miles in

length. These are thc figures of the In-

_2«enevillc. Tenn. (Special).—James Roes and Walter Pierce, negroes, were committed to. the Greene county jail on trivial offenses, being placed in the same cell. The jailer had scarcely left the cage when the men drew knives, which they had hidden about them, and engaged in a deadly fight. Quickly as possible Ross was dsagged from the cell, but not until he had fatally stabbed n: ;, who sank back on hi* 1

Two Killed by Oesfcer.

Beaumont. Texas (Special).—Two men are dead and an oil gusher \i going wild, defying the mechanical skill of man to stop K. Smith loet bis life trying to shut off the gusher and Me-

balsam. ! n ° l . , ln which are about

tgth. These are the figures 6 state Commerce Cpmmission. whoi nual report has just been completed.

Bryae WIH Net Move.

declared tri-be without foundation. Mr. Bryan is out of the city, but his brother,

but hi Charles W. Bryamsajd the report was news to him, andlFSwms satisfied there was no tpith in it. He said W 1 *»-•

an would continue to live ji and publish his paper ttfCTf.

SLS. 23. u^sSL The 1^

scene of the wild gusher is what is 3 i, sprang a leak during the nig . •.» -- — sank. Sixteen of the cres *

rolled down an embankment ; high Thc sleeper’ remained «

track. Ten

' ' ‘ ’ 10 thU nlace and' — A*— -• :- - —-e! •*— U- 1 '^

Wheel-

. 1 utue tKXOOOro new stock.

known as the Hogg-Sweyne syndicate tract. The well belongs to the Pales-tiite-Beaumont Oil Company. It was not expected to come in before to-mor-

row.

Sewysee May Have e Lawyer/ ,

Washington (Special).-AH. M- SmjKj ton, of the New York law firm of Stay-V ton & Campbell, is expected at the Navy Department. There i* a persistent rumor ' at the Department that Mr. Slayton has

s;

(By Cable).—Naws has just

been received here that thc German

Liban. which left Merel, bound

! August ight and

Sixteen of the crew put off in small boats. One of these boats capsized and eight persons which it contained were drowned. The other shipwrecked men reached Franz in safety

SalcMe el e Poslatesltr.

ington (Special).—The Postof partmem was notified by In Vickery, at Cincinnati, of the

suicide of Postmaster Wm. Price, ol „ v , Baltimore. Ohio. He had been found ^

short in hi* mom

MANILA GUARD TO BE INCREASED. Fear Ceayeilc* to Be A44rt to the Present Force—City Is Now Orderly. Manila (By Cable).—In the city oi Manila there are now less than 1000 effective soldiers, and it has been decided to increase this number by four companies of infantry. The official reason for the i - te is that guard duty is too '— ce. As a : is a feel in

•o heavy latter of

special tax

ed $3,381,598. increase

$2.055.77«. de-

Ft.43Q.399-

Postal Cart Bids Opened.

. .ce of t Postmaster-General,

bids were made.

10m. \ 30.000

tford

the lowest be-

Albert

contractor, W. Va. H<

Seven bids

ing that of the pr Daggett, of Piedi

to supply 3,ooo.oooxioo large si

at thc rate of 21 75-100 cents per 1000, the small size cards at 17 so-.too cents per 1000 and thc doable cards at 42 cents

per 100a

Many army officers ex; gratified at the increas

force. They think that, with thc

guard withdrawn from the prisof. another uprising there might result in the release of some t8oo prisoners. This possibility is regarded as a menace to the city by those who take that view of the ease, as they regard thc white guard as

insufficient.

Civil officials look upon this contingency as unlikely, inasmuch as the 600 white police could moboljze at the prison before any of the prisoners could escape and become dispel ‘ ‘ ~ -

ed district.

Tcstiaway la Neely Case.

tely. accused of postal frauds ir . turn over to Gen. Leonard Wood thc itimony of 24 witnesses if the Depart-

mt of Justice has no objr— : - c witnesses whose testin .1._. .1 :j_

whose testi

:en is that of the president the Seventh National

Jection. Among iniony has been .... and cashier Bank of New

Wholesale Desertions From Navy.

Mail advices r

187 Villages Berne*.

London ‘ By Cable).—"The total loss- 1

cs from tlie recent forest fires, which Perry o have partially destroyed several towns. ' ed and

' ited jit £10.000.000.'’ says a : tarily.

Mail advices received at the Navy De- , partment say that 46 sailors from the ! New York and thc New Orleans took - tz—t, leave during 41 — —* -v---

in Japan ports

leans t

; stay of these

lapan ports at the time of the

ceremonies. Twenty were arrest

miaindcr returned volun-

Capital News ia Gemerat mostty incendiary^and j^re atmbm^to | The Navy Department supplied counacres of forests have Mien destroyed \ *t 0/ irimeswi u?bc called before foe and 187 villages completely or partially , CO! ., rt by foe government. It is underwiped out. _ : stood that thc name of Rear Admiral

Tnanity

irtincrits ihd in tlie Dcpart-

Maa« n8 '

sons !

thc course — : ssion's e

were anounccd by lilt

- - - n Yliss Clara i jf Admiral Sampson takes foe sYand of New Jersey. Of the six per- ; ; n ,h e Schley case he will be asked to exbitten by mosquitoes_reocniljr in ! p] a j n many things not understood in conourse of the Y ellow rever Com- ; ncct ion with his conduct as ranking com-

" * have died - ! inander of the (Ice

explanation of .he interview with him bearing upon the approaching inquiry into Admiral Schley's tonduct in the

laas was a nurse at Lai and wished to become immur

Templars in a Wreck.

Barnesville. Ohio (Special).—A »pc-! J

rial 'train on the Baltimore and Ohio ^ wj-ffo re!« rente 1 Railroad catrymg Pennsylvania Knights 1 Srmpson contiotcrsy ll Templar en route to Lmuisville. was ( o{ , j nnior maa command ditched here. Engineer Milo Francis. reniorf wts r * tp onsible for thc whole

SarsSK'B K5,£”iJ'ssis; injured. So far as known, foe 1

gers < * —**■

[amts^lcQueen Forsyth. U. S. i in relcrcncc to the Schley-

• that thc placing iinmand above his;

a horse on Barm

gine jumped the track and the entire

train followed. \ ; Gee. Stewart Breaks a Leg.

Harrisburg. Pa. < (Special). — Adjt.6cn. Thomas J. Stewart, of the Pennsylvania National Guard, met with a — accident while driving with a

party of friends on-a country road^oear horse* 'broke, and in attempting to jump from the carriage thc Adi’-—•* ;„;nrv Ornri-al Slru.ir

of being intplicatcd

into the United Stales. Striking bricklayers at

Y’ard returned to

union-

Navy

nose and

1 at Clifton, d on the charge niggling Chinese ; Washington irk. their dc-

Thc battleship Alabama has been ac--

foer s first dispatch from Mir.dora how Lieutenant Hazzard. of the I Cavaliy. commanding a troop of

attempting to

thc Adjutant- ---

of the^rty ! Third Cavaliy, commanding a troop oi

escaped - injury, wnwrai Stewart has Macahrlc scouts, captured the AtncriR^n^ (^ n o^undrt*m , ^i r iri ,, ol lt jmMth» ,,n0r ‘ n, lh '