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THE PRESIDENT AT FORT SUITER Many Warships Sante tad Sooth Carollaians Shoot. A NOTABLE SCENE IN THE HARBOR. Tb* PmMcil Lands at Saaltr and Caaptlmcats the Artilktyaca tar TWIr Sktllal Manlpatatibaa at the 12.Itch DUapararlot On as—A Banquet la Manor at the PrttldenL • Charleston, S. C.. (Special).—Prest<knt Roosevelt entered Charleston by y of the harbor, first Hopping at Fort iter and inspecting that historic spot.

boomed a salute, the crowds of people on the steamboats and the wharves cheered, and the reception-was as enthusiastic as the patriotic South Carolinians could directly to the naval station, where they were joined in a few moments by members of the reception committee and invited guests from the city. A guard of , 30 militiamen was stationed about the approaches to the train, and stood at present amts as the President landed. At the nanal station 50 men of the militia were posted, maintaining picket lines about the reservation, and none was allowed within the lines except such as had

Doatstlc.

Major Waller, in his trial by courtmartial at Manila, rebutted the evidence of General Smith declaring that the General instructed hinuAo kill and bum and “to make Samar a howling wilderness.” It is thought probable that the new Virginia Constitution will not be submitted to the people, bdt will be proclaimed by the convention under the authority vested in it. John McKee, probably the wealthiest colored man in the ebunt/y, died in Philadelphia at the age of 80 years. His fortune was estimated at $1.500.00a The Eleventh United States Infantry has returned from Porto Rico, after service of four years on the island. Adjutant-General Jasper N. Reese, a veteran of the Civil War, died at Spring-

field. 111.

Van Stavera was hanged at Camden, N. J., for killing his wife November 39,

I9 TTie

choler >84 ca

General Smith, iean forces in

cord ^ s^fiaT

Manila to date

140 deaths,

commanding the

in testifying

gave the and that

fhrsident and V

shown about the station ^

icted to the pier, where the revenue

idurted to the pier, wl ter Algonquin was i

and then v

ened with

sarm and release irged with serious

offenses.

Albert T. Patrick* convicted in New York of the murder of William M. Rice.

by Reorder

he murder of W meed to death,

iff. The date oT exec or Monday. May 5. Ernest R. Dickson, outh. of Chicago, was

"large of working a confi

hicago diamond mcrchar

19-year-old .ted on the

Z*grZSzg& ai "L!”* P. ,5ed *"? the j f Ck ' i Norfolk. Va.. was s< aded while a salute of 21 , of obuining c i olhin

Army

ies were parai . _ guns was fired. In the slrca ter* Forward and Hamilton

her down toward th

ier Cincinnati and the training

hips Topeka and Lancaster. The weath-1 not L.ri.p/'s Srt r - a*.

youth, of Chicago, was arrest charge of working a confidcnci Chicago diamond merchants.

Henry V. Lucas, once the owner of $2,000,000, was discharged in bankruptcy in Chicago. He is working for a living. James Whitfield, president of the Western Baseball League, committed sui-

cide at his home, fti Kansas City.

o:_ tj_; udents were fined . .

iroperty in the town, liceman McNemie, of sent to jail on charges ithing by false pretenses, colored, was arrested

ter* Forward and Hamilton were lying. I N ^^ t 1 ^^; > C vf > e tn W *e*SSp?

and further down toward the city were causing the death of his uncle, the cruiser Cincinnati and the training; Qf n . Fitrhui ~

th of h h Lee a

FRENCH WARSHIP PROTECTS PANAMA Prevents Attempted Bombardment of the City by Ininrttnls. PROMPT ACTION BY FRENCHMAN. Tb* Cruiser PhUadelpbU Marls* More* Southward tbe Way Seemed Clear fbr lb* Rebel*. But They Failed to Rrckoo With th* Formldiblc Frtacb Cralstr Prelel—

All Now QuUt.

San Francisco, Cal., (Special), city of Panama was saved from

bardment on the night of March >4 by the French cruiser Protet. News to this effect was brought to port by the British steamer Colombia, Captain Heath, which

just arrived. 0 Flushed with their victory over the

I).—The

jtaro and other governmem on the morning of January 20 insurgent steamer Padilla and t'

essels t. the small

irgent steamer

consorts had been preparing to bomban and take Panama from the government forces. This was known to the com-

mander at Panama.

The cruiser Philadelphia having oved southward, the way seemed dew

fbr'

will let. Word w on the Protet

the rebels, but they failed to reckon wiih the formidable French cruiser Pro-

tet. Word

sent to the comroodort that the insurgent steamet two smaller vessels, con-

templated the bombardment of the city and he promptly warned the rebel commodore'that if such an attempt was made the Protet would sink the Padilla, and

ither insi

all ot fount

urgent vessels that

lilla.^ and

dotid in tlTt sky and a gentle b f ccz e I C Jdm r B^Soitt.'"^ Richmond, Va.. Mew from rhe ocean, with just a brae- I drank , w j ncg i au { u i c f carbolic add

" * * * id died from tbe effects.

" r '— : — of Major General Wm.

rre buried in Arlington

as t^f Topeka j ^The"

1 1 Police Department

r determined the o

from the ocean, with just s

in|t touch in it. not chill enough to require overcoats. Passing into the bay.

and I

Rope Industry ii Dinfer.

London. (By Cable).—The

•s will

officials of the Atlant

dice Departments have not yet ex- ! actly determined the origin of the great j fire. They are of the opinion that it

,rted in the

c City

Foreign Office protesting agair tion of Congress in abolishin

ihortly testing

English j started in tlie

submit to the 1 but whether

; gasoline stove or ar 1 range is not definit

that

of the opinion that it ir of the Tarlton Hotel,

plosir- ~ e -

from the explosion of

overheated kitdu There is a’*"

" rires

tax on hemp -shipped to other countries. .1,, c,.. “ r win. This discrimination, the English rope- and say ;.f?? U,ls , 0 " th « n an e * ,r * I NortSrn 5W,n

cost of 30 shillings (about $7. leaving them on a “most uneqi aa competitors with the Unit* The ropemakers slate that “1

can action const!)

trade."

j Northern Securities Company,

;>) a ton,

. il footing

United Sutes.”

e that “the Araeri-

ititutes a grave menace to

Held a Pistol to Her Head.

Carlisle, Pa. (Spedal).—At an early hour in the mbming Miss Kate Swartz, who conducts a small store in Worms-

leysburg. this county, awoke and a masked man in her bedi

ad a

William T. Stead makes public correspondence between Cecil Rhodes and himself, in which the empire builder favored the organiarion of a secret —~

of the wealthy tnen on the

1 fount

- _ placed a pistol to her head and ordered ' tier to keep quiet? while an accomplice I robbed the store below. For an hour lie remained, and after his departure it

of the wealthy Yncn c

Jesuit Order for. as he termed it, motion of the peace and welfai world and the establishment of a ican-British federation with

Notwithstanding this warning, in tbe darkness of March 14. the Padilla and her consorts quietly steamed up and headed for Panama with the decks cleared for action. The Protet’s searchlight suddenly flashed up. and. on seeing the Frenchman's guns ready to be fired, the insurgent vessels turned and disappeared. BLIND MEN FORM A COMBINE They Employ Attorneys to Secure SIM Each

From tb* Stole.

Toledo. Ohio, (Special).—A unique combination has been formed by the indigent blind men of this city, numbering persons. Their object is to obtain

needy blind man is

Legislature, from

i toners. Attorneys

have been employed by the combination to lay the matter before the Citjr Council. and if necessary, take it into the courts. The $100 has never been paid, and the individual efforts of the blind men have proved ineffectual, hence the

pooling of their interest*.

Under the art the trustees of every township are required to certify to the County Cqmmisisoners the number of blind men in the township in need of assistance. The Commisioners are then required to nwke a levy to meet the obli-

gations.

«S per

$100, which every t entitled to by act of I the County Commisiso have been employed by

A Career of l-ps aid Davis.

Knoxville, Tenn. (Special.)—C E. Coxe, formerly of St. Louis and Springfield. Mo., committed suicide in a hotel

* of P thei here - Hc ,nrned on ,he B* s and then n Amer- I cut his throat. Coxe was a promoter absolute 1 z ' nc properties. While living ' '*

' 1 ago he became

lat result

jgimasoc

ter of

: in Virinvolvcd

| awakened by the noise.

•*= i ss ‘^rs's ! penitentiary. After serving four years ’ 3 arried a ward

millionaire of

were woum

Th* Ayreeaeat Sliced.

Pekin (By Cable).—The Manchurian ; increase in the price of meat r

from the United States.

1 (By Cable),

j convention was signed here. The ratifi- , cation will take place three months from

■

5 Thirty BaHtoxs Btrracd. ‘ Chicago (Special).—Thirty persons - were driven into the stredt by a fire which destroyed a block of frame build-"

Lord Kimberley, the British Liberal j cem to eader, died at London. He was bom inij JtntjT

New Wirt lean Company.

j New York (Special).—It was an- • nfunced here that a company, to be known as the Wireless Telegfaph Comj pany of America, was in process of for-

ing ; mation to take over the An ' ,ooo i of the original Mar—■ / ~-

! the purpose of the

American rights Company. It is

of the hackery of tfie con- _ nize under the laws of New

. • and it is proposed to place the

, capital at *6,iso,ooa E. H. Moeran, Mr. The Manchurian convention between | Marconi's attorney, said that the deal Russia and China was signed at Pekin, j w »‘ not actually dosed, but negotiations . A story is published in Berlin that, bad been going 6n for a long time, and John Wanamaker, upon meeting Emper- Jbere was no doubt the contracts would

or William in Norway, grasped the Em- be, signed shortly,

peror s hand and said: "I am glad to

meet such an enterprising young man; ,/Escape Frwa a Landslide. that i* jusMhe sort of thing we admire] Montreal' (Special).—A special from ' n evolutionists, commanded by Gen. ^ G " < ’ cvieve de Batilcan - 0"'- W- ~ captured was-a most peculiar landslide';

here. The farm of Joseph Baptiste St A maud was completely wiped out. and the entire aspect of the bank of the river A.-illiet, where the farm stood, has been changed. The farmhouse, bams and

umber wounded.

Enrico Malatesta, an Italian anarchist,

five months in prison

pplaud-

: scmbled. An attempt to press the gov-

... I eminent for'informatidh on the subject <B, Cabl.).—Tfce V.li I A,ri “

Of Adrianople. European Turkey, tele- j .A third attempt was made to I a band of Bulgarians, with ‘ nate General Trepoff, the prefect of poof provoking reuliation, re- h« qf Moscow, and there appears to be

«**!**.that . the <*>jcct of provoking retaliation, __ ,**ntly killed and mutilated three MusMksan peasants and a boy near Kirk-Ki-tMach, a town 32 miles east-northeast of Adrianople. and then sought refuge in Bulgaria, hoping to be pursued and an-

d conspiracy against that offi-

• A former trooper of the BOshveldt Carbineers -says that the recently convicted Australian officers murdered from 30 to 40 Boers, including several chil It is now reported that the Right party in the upper house of the Danish Parliament is in favor of the cession of the Danish West Indies to the United

Sutes.

Representatives of a cultural, syndicate hamission to esublish sia and tb sail direct

The Tennessee Coal & Iron Company has declared the regular quarterly dinThe Rock Island's increase of 1*41,000 in gross earnings for the month of February it believed to be due entirely to mcrensod mileage. . and Chestnut * ley reds, .0

granaries were wav'demolished

the sittii

buned. and everything with the exception of

:ing room in the house, where the farmers wife and his six children were. The walls of this kept together, and ti*y were with much difficulty dug out,unin-

juied.

Waxes of 2.M* Met toertased. Pittsburg. (Special),—-The structural iron and bridge workers, of whonr there are 2,000 in the Pittsburg district, will be granted an increase in wages amounting to 25 per cent, and an eight-hour day after May 1. The derision is a result of the visit here of Joshua Hatfield, of New York, president of the American Bridge Co. at Pencoyd. and his conference with D. F. McIntyre, secretary of tbe International Association of Bridge and Structural Iron Workers. solved New York, Chicago and other large cities. }

LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Tobacco Industry (tolas la Growth.

The Census Office has issued a preliminary report regarding the manufacture of tobacco in the United Sutes, which shows the number of establishments to be 15,252, an increase of 31 per cent, over 1890; capital invested. $124,089,871, an increase of 29 per cent. ; average number of wage-earners, 142.277. the wages amounting to $49^52484. an increase of 12 per cent. Joul value of products, including custom work and repairing. $283,076,546. Miscellaneous expenses arc placed at $79,495,422. an

increase of 111 per cent- over 1890.

The number of establishments engird in the manufacture of cigars and

cifSrettes is 14439, « n increase of 3:

rpnl- over 1890; capital invested. . . I5S.5W: persons employed .in the work

mtbe^of

factui

>4439. an increase of 33 per

cent, over 1890; capital invested. $67.455.5C3: persons employed .in the w number 107.462, drawing wages amoi ing to $40,925,596, an increase of 12

' 19 per cent, in m

_ . ccllaneous expenses. $$!.- 430.70:; value of products, including i*t?m work and repairing. $160,223,152.

CU The

factoring chewi

and snuff '

-k and repairing. $160,223,152. iber of establishments manu-

and smoki.

—jewing and smoking tobacco

, is suted to be 437. an Increase of 10 per cent.; caoiUl invested, $43,856.570. an increase of 42 per cent; average total 5l$ , (blshrdiu hrdlu tin nu nu nu number of wage-earners. 20.161. the total wages paid bring $7,109,821. an increase of 2 per cent.; value of products. 5103^73462. an increase of 58 per cent; miscellaneous expenses amounted to 547.533.705, an increase of 144 per cent.

Near tb* JI.OOO.COJ Mark.

The Department of Agriculture has issued a statement of the foreign trade of the United Sutes in agricultural

products.

It shows that during the fiscal year 1901 foreign countries purchased Amerifarm products to the value of $952.-

►enting the ‘ 1

000.000. repre»enting the largest agricultural exports in the country's history. Compared with the record for 1900, the

increase is over $100,000,000.

United States agricultural imports, on the other hand, disclose a considerable falling off when contrasted with the trade of the year preceding. These imported products were valued at $392,000,000. or $a!,ooo.ooo less than in 1900. The ex ' $560.

MANY FALL IN JOUTH AFRICA Britiaii Losses Amount fo 47 Killed and 210 Wounded. SHARP ATTACKS BY THE BOERS. Tb* Botrs Accor*Idx to Brttlsb Accotuts. Adult Tbit They Lest 117 Men Killed or Woaa4(4—Tb* Action Occurred at Doombait Fan*, a Few Milas Saatb of tbe Sc*ae of Oca. Dctorcy'a Defeat of Gaa. Methuen.

London,

can casualty

the losses susuii

Cable).—A South Afri-

(By Cable).y list, just issi

I, just issued, shows that tained by the Second Dra-

goon Guards in their sharp rear-guard action with the Boers near Boschman's Kop, in the Orange Sute, the evening of March 31, were severe. Twenty were

killed and 63 wounded.

The British losses in the engagement in the neighborhood of Harts River, in the southwestern extremity of the Transvril. March 31. were 27 killed and 147 wounded. The Boers, according to British icrounts.admit that they lost 137 n>en killed or wounded. The action occurred at Doombalt farm, a few miles south of the scene of General Dclarey's defeat of General Methuen. The Boers, who wero commanded by Generals Kemp and Potgieter, attacked with great determination, but the Canadian contingent, which was the last to arive in South Africa from Canada—two squadrons of Yeomanry. under Colonel Cookson and the artillery and mounted rifles under Colonel Keir—presented such a stout front that the burghers, British accounts say,

were finally forced to retreat

Tbe casualty list shows that the Sec-

ond Canadian Mounted Rifles had 9 killed and 44 wounded. The gallantry of the Canadian troops in this engagement

minted praise from the British

-- which were not to b 1900 the agricultural imports from Hawaii and Portp Rico were valued at about $24,000,000 and the agricultural expor to those islands at about $5,000,000.

To Harry tb* Powers Oat

It is learned that the Russian g

nent has 1

press, ihese comments are s_ ... view of a recently printed notification that the attention of Lord Roberts, the commandcr-in-chief, had been drawn to case* where colonials who had been awarded commissions were treated as inferiors by the regular officers and otherwise made to feel that they were only members of the mess by sufferance. Lord Roberts, it was semi-officially announced. was making an investigation and intended to inflict serious penalties on any British officers found guilty of

such conduct.

BANK ROBBERS MAKE HAUL

d that the Russian govemt asked the assent of the

tnent has not

United Sutes Government to the con- ( _ 0 “ ,r,cc ; vemion it has just concluded with China j Bank ** 1 regarding Manchuria. ! 516,000 in

But the United Sutes Government al- • ■cady has expressed its objections to rertain features of the original conven-

ion. and as these do r

Beatrice, Neb. (Special.)—The Sute

Neb.

original conven-

tion, and as these do not appear in the published outline of tbe treaty provisions, it can he stated that this Government would not interpose any objection

.i jfication of the existing docua if its assent were necessary, ovision pledging Russia to Niuchwang immediately the acuate Tientsin is regarded as ' e of t - - • - -

ment, even i

ment 1

to the lent, 1

The

evacuate,

powers ova out

the test piece of the agi calculated to hasten the |

withdrawal.

and as in their

Cabs's iatenul Revel

The Division of Insular Affairs

he War Department made

Ruskin. Neb., was robbed of cash at midnight. The robsupposed to be five in number,

entrance to the bank

opening

up a window

doore of

by pryin

' and then opening the front

sore of the building.

Nitro-glycerine was used to blow the safe, and the explosion blew both doors off their hinges and made access to the money box easy. The robbers took all the currency and paper money in the

The noise of the explosion aroused the inhabiunt* in time to see three of the

robbers making ~ Bloodhounds wei

trail •

> the westward, ired by special

ice took 1

train from Beatrice

the trail of the three robbers to a spot at half a mile west of Ruskin. The

in

respectively, on passenger i.._ rates, which ridded from July 1 to December 31, 1899. $140,723.53- Except for this Ux there is a gradual increase in each period. Ratbcr Bad la Ttyabas? Secreury Root sent to the Senati Committee on the Philippines a copy 01 die report of the civil govftnment of Tayahas, which » said to have been the principal basis of Lieutenant-Gei

es ha d

severity.'’

NUes' statement i

tffairs in the

tccomj—

tmor

with "marked s said to contain s-

ipanied by a statement from _

. . Taft explaining why he had not felt at libertyfo tell the committee about the Tayahas report when he was testify-

Ntw Depart id cat BRl

after extended hearings on the . _ _ department of commerce and labor, began considering the measure in Executive session with’ a view to perfecting at reporting it. Tentative amendments we made, one including a bureau of in«u ■ance in the_ ne~ J —-* -

other omitting These changes

Boyne City, Mich., (Special).—The frame dwelling of Dr. Boyne, and occupied,by two families, was totally <festroyrtl and four persons were burned to death. Mr*. Littlefield and her two

the bureau of labor, c still open to reconsid-

ration, but the opinion and votes indiited that the changes would be made

rfore the bill is reported.

Tb* British Cato*.

Tbe time of the last Cabinet meeting was taken up almost entirely with a

communication which t*" n

received from Uie G

the President has Governor of Louisiana t the camp alleged

01 supplying mmes teams 1 The President has directed an ii gatioci into the farts and the law b

upon the question.

Representative SulUer introduced in! the House a resolution asking the Secretary of State to inform the House of the nature of the Governor'* report.

Marc Sever* o« AaarcbfcJt.

The House Committee on Judiciary decided to substitute the bill of Chairman jsgtRWs&crss U, *11 ncmtlr pUMl « u*.

*■•>* fedMbTflJm

Sooth Dakota's SaiL

Raleigh, N. G, (Special).—A quarter r a million of dollars is involved indirectly in the suit of the State of South Dakota against the Sute of North Caro- ' ' ' in ip the Supreme Court

lina, lately

of the United_ the defendant

J Sutes. The answer of Sute was filed in the Su-

preme voun in Washington. The gist of the answer is an averment that the bonds on which the suit is brought do not constitute a valid obligation for

Sute of North Carolii

lating to legal ' States of the Uni

Bible Key to niHost

Middletown, N. Y., (Special).—Unearthed among a lot of rubbish in the loft of an old barn in Huron county, Ohio, where it bad been hidden from

WILL AMERICA ANNEX BRITAIN? Andrew Cormxl* Prophesies Th*t Dor Cou-

try Will Tokt It All la.

New York, fSpecial).—Andrew Carnegie expressed his admiration of the will of Cecil Rhodes, but said 4he provisions did not surprise him greatly, as he was somewhat acquainted with the

ideas of Mr. Rhodes.

"The will of Cecil Rhodes is great," he said, "hut I am not altogether sur prised. You sec, Mr. Stead knew him

well, and 1 had heard thre

hing of the ideas of the n s I see. and as I published

trough him »c be man. He

roL,U?.”,,X to be pushed into

part of the

as I see, and as I pul that if the other branch speaking race was not tc

the eddy it must bcco.™ K _..

larger branch.

“Green, the historian, tells us that the future of our race is to be found not on the banks of the Thames or the Clyde, but on the Hudson, the Ohio and the Mississippi. Lord Rosebery has just suted. in his rectorial addr 1

students of Gla*

—, ... Idress to the students of Glasgow, that, for the sake of a united race, he would be willing that the capital be transferred to Washington. He is one of Cecil Rhodes' trus tees, very properly. He is also a trustee of the Carnegie fund, very properly, and I suspect he does not diner much from

the race imperialists.

“There is no other destiny possible for the United Kingdom. She must look across the Atlantic to the children of her own blood and finally enter the Union as six or eight Sutes—Scotland, Ireland and Wales, each one, and Eng land divided into two. perhaps three. "Of course, as I said in my article upon this subject twelve years ago. this is looking ahead. But it is a look ahead

that Cecil Rhodes had taken.

“As for the value of the scholarships and whether they , will be utilized, we must await further deuils. But the idea is in the right direction—a drawing of the English-speaking race together not only for its own good. but. as I believe,

for the good of the world." SACAT10N INDIANS STARVtNO.

Wbltt Raocbrrs Jald to Have Cot Off Their

Water Supply.

Plicrnix. Ariz., (Special).—Twenty thousand Indians on the Sacaton reservation are suffering from famine, which, if allowed to continue, is certain to result in fearful mortality among the Pima and Maricopa tribes. Ngent Hadley is here to secure ■ary relief for the Indians and tc

that petitions be sent to Congress asking the Washington authorities to provide means to avert the disaster which, he says, is sure to come unless the Indians

j - plies.

— je for many 'Onths. They are abandoning their inches and their cattle are dying by rores for lack of feed. Relief has been tnt from here and the desired petitions re going forward to Washington.

Heavy Sli

Prattville, Texas (Special.)—A destructive storm swept over this place,

Storai la Texas.

ectal.)-

• this plai

for 20 minutes there was a perfect flood of rain and hail. Along the path of the storm, which resembles a railroad track, not a leaf nor a particle of fruit is left. Hail two inched deep is still lying on the ground. The Methodist church was blown from iu foundation. A store was wrecked and the goods scattered for

To Raa Mlaes la Virytala.

Albany, N. Y. (Special.)—The Steel Ores Company of New York was incorporated here. Its capiul stock is $500,000, and it will do a general mining and steel manufacturing business, and conduct its operations principally in Augusta county, Virginia. The directors are Cornelius*P. KitchelL C. T. Plant. J. R. Brach. Graham_ Summer, W. E

Makepeace

Clark.

Three Baratd to Death. St. Louis, Mo.. (Special).—Mrs. Wtn.

and her baby

son. Miles, aged 5

years, were faulty burned by the explosion of a kerosene lamp, from which the mother was pouming oil into a heating stove at her home. Mr. Ward, who

Triple AHUac* Dtfeastra. Vienna (By Cable).—With a view of giving a frc*h proof of the pacific tendency of the triple alliance, the powers interested have decided, after the completion of the new treaty, to publish a pointing out the unchanged de-

..3* S

girl, Mabel, and a

Ohio, where it had been hidden from view for many years, an ancient Bible bids fair to esublish the claims of mans heirs to an esute of*millions. According to the sUtement of M. A ^ ' *

of this city, who ha* just retui a trip through the West and in an effort to locate the desc

Absalom Case, the large estate of th* late Leonard Case, of Cleveland. Ohio,

__ DunhsVn,

returned from

Northwest

lescendants of

esute

Oyster CoaMa* Propastl

Boston (Special).—A movement is or foot to form an oyster combine. A delegation of dealers from Norfolk, Va., has been in this city the past week to interest some Boston men who have houses in Norfolk in a combination in that city. One of the dealers haring a house in Norfolk said the proposed combine was rimiU, .0 t>>< N.l.oo.1 Fuji Conptnr. which was suited in this city a year 01 two ago. “The object of tbe new combi-

nation,” He said, “is to pn

prevent'Ortting” Her DifMtto* Earnest.

New Brunswick, N. J. (Special.)— Mis* Mary Martin, aged about 60 years, who live* in MrtoChen. suffers from satady that thejocal phnidara™

o protect prices a

Bodies Fefcad #a Sea Jean Hill Santiago. Cuba, (Special).—Workmen who were engaged on the park improvement of San Juan Hill excavated the bodies of three American soldiers 200 feet from a Spanish trench. They were evidently killed during the charge, and probablv belonged to the Ninth or Seventeenth Infantry. The bodies of 93 Spaniards have been’exhnmed'while re-

storing the trenches. Robbers Hold Up a Tula.

St. Joseph, Ma (Special)—Passenger train No. 13, on the Burlington road, which left St. Joseph for Dem-«j- at 11.40 o'clock P. M.. was held up three'miles north of the city limits by four masked men. Railroad authorities say the robbers did not get anything. Ten shots were fired at Conductor Cox and Brake-

Gotrt.*bnt 1 robbers opened the baggage finding nothing in.it they wa left and the train proceeded.

The

, but.

ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. Former premier of British Colombia declares that at a meeting of Clan-oa-Gaei in San Francisco a plot was hatched to Hew up the naval docks and fortress