I

SIUKE'UP

IN THE ARMY Secretary Root After Officers Accased •f Crerlty to Filialaoi. MANY MAY BE COURT-MARTIALED. Rr«sU*it RoottveK Desires t* Kaow. la tha Fallot tad Mast Clrcaastsatisl Masaer, All tkc Facts. NoUlsj Bcis| CaaceakS. sad Na Maa Bciaf far Aajr Rcasaa

Favored or SoJeMed.

Washington. D. C, tSpecial).—As a r result of the consideration by the Cabinet of the charges of erne! treatment of - Filipinos by United States soldiers. Secretary Root has made public the following correspondence: * "War Department, “My Dear Senator: I beg to ac- • knowledge the receipt of your copy of late of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, taken • before your committee. 1 enclose a copy of a dispatch which has been sent to

JKSri

tier.5 have been given to the Judgc-Ad-:-General of the Army to take • steps in accordance with the dis-

proper steps

•The

War Department will be glad to the earliest practicable inform-

ation of any further evidence which may be elicited bv the committee, tend- £ s.srrs?5 , o?uJiis °s^ for any violation of the laws of war or of the regulations and orders govern-

spectfullv.

•ELIHU ROOT.

‘■Secretary of War. Orders to Gee. Chalfee. "War Department. Washington. . "A/emorondum for tbr .Idjulanl-Gm-erat: Cable to Genera! Chaffee as follows : On February- 19. a letter was sent you, inclosing, for investigation, copy of charges made by C

Tayabas province, eral allegation'

which contained gen-

allegations of cruelties practiced by - troops on natives and generally of an insolent and brutal attitude of the army

toward natives.

“On April 2 a cable dispatch irging action with all spec

you urging action with a , ent with thorough and si

sent speed consistarching investi-

“On March 4 a cable disj you directing disciplinary meast . produce obedience to the President * ctions, subordinating *“ civil government in

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

Dsatstlc.

The Supreme Court of Porto Rio has reversed the decisicn of the lowe court and acquitted Santiago Iglesias, president of the Federation of Workmen. who was sentenced to imprisonment on the charge of conspiring tc raise the price of IsVir in Porto Rico. Rev. Dr. Samuel M. Scoville died at Philadelphia. He was a son-in-Uw of Henry Ward Beecher. Harry Venum and George Barcus, of Tiltonville, O., were drowned in the

Ohio river. __

Rev. Samuel Knef, a Methodist minister. killed himself at I-acona, la. Four people were killed in New York

by inhaling illuminating gas.

Dr. Meacham. assistant health com-

missioner. died at Manila.

Admiral KcmpEf's wife died at Oak-

land. Cal.

Governor Dockery, of Missouri, has sent to Senator Cockrell, in Washington, the result of an investigation made as to the nature of a British cattle camp at

Lathrop.

Philip Haus. a 15-year-old pupil at the Manual Training High School in Louisville. was arrested on the charge of making counterfeit nickels. At Stillwell. I. T.. in the Cherokee Nation, a man named Dudley killed one daughter, mortally wounded two others and wounded his wife.

Bv the wiP in Chicago, to John Ale the^ Zionists.

mie! Berklite, aged 72 years, was

I his wife.

II of Frederick Sutton, filed

n estate cf $50,000 is left mder Dowie, the head of lerRlite, aged 72 years,

married in Waynesboro, Pa., to

Rachel Rock, aged 62.

Mrs. Alda Collins, wife of Elmer P. Collins, of Portville. near Laurel. Del.,

md by her husband will

ut fi

1 lad

iroat cut from ear to ear. John Wesley Elkins, who. wl

of 14. was sentenced to the Sta

for illegally killing his father and step-

mother. is to be released.

News was received in New Orleans of the seirure of an American steam launch bv Colombian insurgents at Bocas del Some firebug created a reign of terror in South Chicago, starting a number of

fires during Friday night

Green’s Mounuin House, on Loudoun eights, near Harpers Ferry. W. Va.,

as burned.

Charles Rymer stated that William Jones, now under arrest on suspicion

hash

aw under arrest on suspi

having murdered George M. Heywood in Detroit, had threatened to kill Heywood. The Philadelphia and Reading's steamer Williamsport was struck by a railroad barge on Pollack Rip Shoal. Mais^ and

sunk. 1 he crew was saved.

ASSASSINATION AT ST. PETERSBURG Russian Minister of Ibe Interior Shot and Killed by a Student. MURDERER IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED Ttx Mau DM Nat Resist Arresl-B« SaM His Name Was Balsakaastt. That He Was Stadeat at Kictt, Where He Had Beet Seateaccd la CMopalaory Military Service tor PartklpatSei la Ibe Riota af IWL

St. Petersburg, (By Cable)

minister of the interior, M. Sipiaguinc,

was shot and fatally wounded 1 o'clock P. M.. He died in an hour. M. Sipiaguine was on his way to at-

tend a meeting of the committee ol

just

ministers. He had just entered the of-

aesassin, who had driven ujf in a ci riagr. approached and handed him a folded paper, saying he had been charged to deliver it by the Grand Duke

Sergius.

The minister stretched out his hand to take the document, when the assassin fired five shots at him. Three of the bullets struck M. Sipiaguine and one wounded his servant. The assassin did not resist arrest. He said his name was Balsahanstt; that he was a student at Kieff. where he had been sentenced to compulsory military service for participating in the riots of 1901. He said he had subsequently been pardoned, but that he had not been reinstated at the university, and that he. -therefore, revenged himself upon M. Sipiaguine. A previous attempt was made to shoot him on the Nevsky nrosnect about a vrar aim *

must act throng)

He added:

"The very exalted individual office, so •Lcalled, of the commanding general of the " army must disappear. There is no r for it in this government, no matter

occupies it.”

Referring to the German system. GenSchofield said: "We would hav.

dispatch volt of 1

aged 8.: year*.'bo

ms. died at Martinsburg

W. Gree

MASSACRE BY CONGO CANNIBALS. They Matter a French Maaager sat Kill

the Employes.

Paris (By Cable).—The Minister of the Colonies M. Decrais, has received a itch confirming the report of a re>f natives i: - the Sangha district ol the French Congo. A body of natives at.tacked the French company’s factory on the River Sangha. murdered the manager and also burned and pillaged another factory. The local militia defeated the rebels. Reinforcements of .Senegalese :roops were dispatched to the scene of

:he trouble.

* J: — advices received by the

atives employed at the

also massacred, and

PS-

trouble.

lit Prof. Joseph Miller con- I According

nett and gave the dwrifs of thTcri^.”’ I {Smdli’fattory were also rAas'sa ■. John Fmnean. aged 8t yqars. and John 1 goods valued at 150.000 francs

I Major Jol

a to await investigation into duct, in accordance with instr

follow by'mail.

“On March 24 instructions ed you corftaining statemi against these officers and 1

Smith ;

■Desires GnKty I

“The President d fullest and most c

all the facts,

and no man being for any r< r shielded. For the very

nated by a student to him in the disguisi The assassin was ar

MOST MUST SERVE TERM.

Tit Saprtae Court of New York Has Affirmed

(he Ceovlctlea.

New York (Special).—The appellate

artinsburg. I This report states that

ireen, formerly gen- ! cannibals, marched later on to 1 : Georgia Railroad. I other factories, and it is feared that

j persons have been killed.

Littleton W. T. Waller, of the j

larine Corps, on trial by court-martial. ; . went on the stand and justified his hav-

s-were mail'' inK ,hf ,reacI ierous natives shot with-j

it of charges j ,rSal - quoting precedents, d Gen. Jacob H. Foroiga.

the investigation -r. „ . , - . larch 4. I he Russian government has issued lalthrl regulations for the fleet of ships which,

. , I under a subsidy, is to establish and main-

it desires to know in the uin a regular service between Russia

— ..—t circumstantial manner an d the Far East.

farts nothing being concealed, I M. Sipiaguine. Russian minister of the

nan being for any reason favored : interior, was assassinated by or shielded. For the very reason that w ho gained — the President intends to lack up the of an_aid-d(

army in the heartiest fashion in evdry rested.

■ , an , d Icriiimatc method of doing A conference was held in Paris of the ~* ‘ y frork. he also intends to see that the Young -Turks who want the Sultan de- ■ " L ~ J J_ ‘ ■ posed and the enforcement of reforms by

■k (Special).—The

division/of the Supreme Coup the conviction of John Mp«t on a charge of printing in his newspaper, the Frcheit. an improper article, entitled "Murder

vs. Murder."

The article was published about the time of the assassination of President McKinley. Most was sentenced to a year's imprisonment. Regarding Most's contention that the Constitution gave him the right to publish the article, the

Court says:

“TTie Constitutioif J ‘ ~-

against our men. nothing ca will be held to justify, the u or inhuman conduct of any ki pan of the American Army.

KDIed by (be Royal Blue.

Philadelphia. (Special).—Ralph D. 1 mandant B Clark. Joseph White and William Bea-I which the Boer

| Roes permit is libert

: has been appoint- I the extent that such

ed commissioner general of the French ; terfere with or deprii

section at the St. Louis Exposition. ! right."

A matinee performance at the Opera — Comique, Pans, in aid of the McKinley Killed Her Sou White M

Memorial Fund, was a success. f Lord Kitchener repons Colonel Col-'

itions ~

liberty does n ■ others of an

irander's operations against Comndant Beyer's laager, at Pyel Kop, ir William Bea-j» nich the^Boer '

1 (negro) were run down ntly killed by a Royal Bh ya the Philadelphia and Reading

loss amount!

General Ian Hamilto

s in Western Thansvaal.

Boers, Commandant Pc

the

Kop, in

ited to 106 Ion's opera-

longed to a fori Minting the fetx They stepped out

Clark and White be-

been declared is the min>1 of the manufacturing

the igi-

Spreto^nd"/c^New York.^Be^ j

hit by the saipe train. 1

Etom Killed m Warship. Queenstown. (By Cable;

jes H<

able).. . Boui

-. -it Jam

KTNMant, Miller and nine bluejackets were ^ 2 «t»l*ntly killed by the bursting of a 12-

inch gun on board the British first<las* le-ship Mars during target practice

Beechhavi were injt

breach of the

Imperial the reb-

e gun

twice missed fire,

two men who . were scattered to pieces

board.

much dat

•ning and by the water. A thousand of the Chii

troops have deserted and joined

els in Southern China. ,

German public opinion is divided u

the question of the acceptance o'

Cecil Rhodes scholarship. A porti luring target practice j ‘he press and many people hold tl

iven. In addition, ' *

ij tired by the e:

lughkcepsic, N. Y. (Special)—The coroner-of the city was called to investi-

if Mr

gate the deaths ol

er and her formation

went to her son Albert s room and emptied a five-chamber revolver into his body. She then sat down on a bed m an adjoining room and -Wit’ * notber revol

Irs. A. Edward Towion. According to in_by the coroner, Mrs.

To Eafoixe Coerctoa.

Cable).—A dispatch to Gazette from Dublin-says

that ten battalions of English and Scotch militia are to be embodied and sent to

n (By < Mall Ga

•e x to be

_ . and many people hold tl ition. several ! ceptance of the scholarship* to be r xplosion. The I ly impossible for any German, ut after it had j The British steamer Kinsfot bodies of the 1 passengers on board

ac- »P°" d ral- ^ err i-

1 Castle, stranded

.e bodies of thel with 3S0 passengers on board,

who were sighting the gun off BftghiMone. Isle of Wight, at night. —« .— an) j Mown over- *. nd ,hc *hip lies m a danger!—

FeH Dew* Elevator Shalt

Bristol. Tenn.. (Special).—Arthur Glenn, of the firm of Glenn Bros, jewelers. this city, met with an accident Which will probably cause his death. He approached the elevator without a lif^-

to rise to the upper floor.

keep they

Strikes continue to spread in Belgit The soldiers and police are able to k down the disturbances so long as

' res remain loyal.

brigands who bad fortified themselves in a tower in Monastir. Macedonia. were shot to death by Turkish

intending to rise to the upper floor. The The Duchess of Sutherland has made elevator was up. and he stepped into the, a vigorous plea in behalf of what she shaft, plunging headlong into the cellar, j terms "manliness" in-girls and women, iS.feet below. He was found bleeding ! Natives in the French

■ IS J

afid senseless.

, with repeated hemorrhages from ears, mouth and nose. He is 24 j , old. and was recently married. ■

Natives

I dered the

the postmaster-general, threatened sign from the cabinet unless active measures were taken to circumvent the

United Irish League.

New jobber Trast Plas. New York (Special).—James R Keene, having secured control of tht Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company is now making an effort to get control of the United States Rubber Company, it is said, with a view of ultimately forming a new Rubber Trust

J. SterUat Morten lit

Chicago (Special).—J. Sterling Morton, formerly Secretary of Agriculture

— »- —- is seriously ill at the residence of hit

. . . , - f »5 ,0 'T «*“« ‘hey , Mark Morton, in Lake Forest. Hit looted, and alto massacred a number of condition is due to a recent severe attack natives employed at another factory that c f -rip. but he is said,to-be in no iin-

they pillaged. mediate danger.

Decatur. Ala. (Special)—WYJ. p 0 n<, a prominent insurance man and ; a rela-

tive of President Polk, was found dead in the entrance of a tenement house. He • puny'a .

had evidently Jxen assassinated. The j

; skull was crushed on the right side, but! The a the scalp was tmbroken. The blow was;and No

iunt 5-

The\St. Louis Southwestern Company W ‘!!.'«“ t J fe5 ' 0 ? 3 ' 000 JP-yrar 4 per cent, gold bonds to finance new acquisitions. The Missouri Pacific Railrcwd Com iny s February net earning* decreased

«:?.* ..f the Chicago n will be held AS

Prisoner Shot by Jagg*.

scalp was unbroken. The blow was j and Northwestern delivered from behind witlva blunt cloth i June 5-

or leather covered instrument. Robbery , Governor Cummings, erf Iowa, has j

motive for^the murder. | signed the HulAard Railway Merger.bill, j

hi*. Wa ' 1 n ° Wn

-

Fallsburg. Ky. (SpcciaLJ-TGeo. Cook sey, just returned from the Philippines, arrested for disturbing the peace, killed Constable Ralph Marcul in court, and Jydge Ed Webb then shot Cooksey twice

but not mortally.

r Polk

t_person was -ntssing, except a few

mowdjo lave j authorizing railways organized i i !: • - ' , to absorb connecting lines ainwhere

I tlie United States.

Kragtr In Very Go* CosdHtou. Utrecht, Holland. (By Cable),-The u the

LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. WaaMAM DtocIpRBcThe prospect for some action

bill to create a

is iraprovii attack on than offset

measure b_ had greater experience

army officer.

Genera! Schofield's testimony has been the bill

reate a general staff for the army >ving in Congress. General Miles’ wt the bill "has been much more fset by the support given to the e by General Schofield, who ha* :ater experience than Miles as an

jfidd's tes

made public. He indorsed ing that be had long since conclusion that there is no

Constitution

that the

ition nukt ..

rrelary of

say1 the nder

imanders, the Con-

no room um

1 room r who

formation of a gigantic combination of all the cotton yarn mills of the South-

ern State*.

Investigation ha* been made by a committee of five, named at a recent meeting of the Southern yarn-sninners. which

™ £=.-.-5 SjxiS-.-JfirrtW

. years the same distingui general, other things being satisfactory, that would be very well: but what is the use of a great general as the nominal head of the army if the President will not even talk to him except to criticise him. or if the Secretary of War and he do not even see each other? What good New PtasUa Coamlttioatr. Mr. Eugene F. Ware, a western newspaper man. has been selected by President Roosevelt to succeed Col. Henry Clay Evans as Commissioner of Pen-

sions.

He is well known west of the Mississippi and particularly in Kansas. * Mr. ware has been a writer of newspaper uid magazine ankles for years and is a t>oet of considerable distinction. He ased-tbe pseudonym of "1 reranuill." The ippotntment was announced after a cera- ■ eren ce between the President and Sen

stor Burton, of Kansas. Mr. Ware's selection is understood to have been a personal one with the President, who ha* known him for —*

of Kansas. Mr. A mderstood to hav e with the Presii

*■ - n,

tlegati ex-R<

Mr. Ware is a member of the firm of Ware 4 Gleede, lawyers, of Topeka, and has been located in Topeka more than

iome years, and it

Kansas deli

. to the II

m Congress, which had indorsed

resentative Blue.

CcBtu at tbe Colton Crop.

The Census Office made public a preliminary report, by States and Territor.ies, on the cotton crop (growth of 1901), as returned to the office by the cotton ginners. The ginners retaw the crop of 1901 at 9,952.982 commercial bales, being 533.166 bales less than the crop as re-

turned by them for 1900.

The 1900 crop, expressed in 500-pound bales, was 10,123.027. or 363.121 less than the number of commercial hales, the gross average bale weight being 483

pounds.

The office has not completed the compilation of the number of pounds and the

computation of f"

for the cn pounds, the

of 1 goo, the _ of 500 pounds standard.

1901 crop is 9^14.581

Land Ceded by Virfiara.

crop bales

A BIG COHON MILL COMBINE Consol idatloa of Sooth cm Factories Is

Proposed.

THE CAPITAL MAY BE $60,000,060. Committee Fsvsrs the Acceptaacc •! a Pro-

posal Had* by F. L liaderwood ol N*w York. Who Agree* to Issot * Total ol (60,IN,090 Capital Uad«r a Comp corporatcd Under tbe Lav* ol New JtiseyAtlanta. Ga, (Special).—The Consti-

tution says that plans are on foot for the formation of a gigantic combination of

yarn mills of tbe

posal made by F. L. Underwood Nassau -treet. New York, who agrees to issue a total of $60,000,000 capital under a company incorporated under the laws of New Jersey. Mr. Underwood's posal was submitted to the Soul yam-spinners at a meeting held in C lotte, N. C. on April 8 last. It was agreed by Mr. Underwood

s for tl

i agreed by Mi

pay to all the yarn mill

•operty a price to be agreed upon immittee to be selected by tbe mill

er*. It i* stipulated in his letter tha such price shall not be in excess of 221 per cent of the fair cash cost of replac mg the property, payment to be made ii

one-half preferred and one-half

preferred and one-half com mo*

stock.

New York, (Special).—F. L. Underwoo<L when seen, said that the announcement of the formation of a combinatior of Southern cotton mills was premature There is to be a meeting next week ir the South, in what city Mr. Underwooc declined to state, at which the whole plar is to be discussed, and if an agreement can be reached a company v-ill be or ganized. "The cotton growers have beet dissatisfied with their condition for se-v eral years." said Mr. Underwood, "and the past year hat been the hardest of all They have made no money, and in ordet to protect their interests and better theit conditions they asked me to prepare a plan for them. I did this, and it is tc be submitted at the meeting next week.' TO GIVE A SUICIDE PARTY, ftortb Carailaa Faratr's laviutioa to HI* Last Day Feast Charlotte, N. C. (Special).—Alan Cogsdell an old and well-to-do farmer in Colfax township, near Rutherfordton, N. C, has made preparations for

on he

_ le preparation

one of the most remarkable suicii

Those who know

will Keep his word.

Cogsdell is said to have sent out n ly printed invitations to a number of

KrTSS-Si feSSSSS i'.£™c5SF~ t-si-wsrs.-sss

. serve. Promptly at 12 o'clock.

, —will give his guests an

opportunity of seeii

at it o’clm ,

Cogsdell says, he will give his guests —,2 —ring him take his o

contemplates com-

£15 “ ,h ' «!»*< 1 “'

eluded.

Sedlttoa Case at Maalla.

Manila (By Cable).—A number business men at a meeting

sr .* -•»«

determine the constitutionality of retrocession of that portion of the orig-

inal D : —

:eded t ’•j£

ihould be'paiifVitgina^in *lieu~of 'the I dom. the local - paper, the editor of which revenues of that State now received for j is charged with sedition, but the editor :he support of the State Government . objected, saying he would prove every from the city and county of Alexandria. | sutement made. The merchants hope ’ ; the case will not be tried, as they believe Salzer Bill lor Labor Dcpartacal the matter may have a bad effect on Representative Sulzer. of New York,; Philippine legislation. introdneed a bill for the creation of a Hop. ol Peace l.crcriorSSTSt £ » ^ ‘Wii I IB, CiWr) —Thr provements in the social, political and i ment of the presence at Pretoria of the ‘ L **•- — 1 ^ - »--• Sti * * ’ •

lit conditions of the wealthipro-1 Orange 1 ducing laborers of the United States as ers and

.shall tend to secure to them their natural rights to the opportunity to labor.

•tion of statistics covering all phases ol tbe labor situation and a roonthlv publication of statistics of the unemployed.

Ttkri Up Wewca's Cause.

The Civil Service Commi :ome out as a champion for

of women to employment.

Preference now is generally gii men employes ia the Government

partroehts, and the commission, though powerless to compel appointing officers to choose women, hai through President Proctor, issued a strong circular letter to the heads of departments calling at-

tention to this unjust discrimination.

mission has w the rights

at to ; de-

Caba'a Army.

ral AVood has issued an _ Brigadier-General Ale-

jandro Rodriguez, chief of the Rural ’ ’ take command of

efCabi

emor-General ''Wood has issued a

directing F ’ " ~

rdTr ' ,jndro

Guard of Ha\-ar

the "Cnemn

,tO , _ tbe "Coerpo de Artilleria," in addition his present duties with the guard.

' transfi ' -

5" in addition to

the guard. On sfer of the present government. Rodriguez is directed to report

to the President of Cuba, "as commandant of the Cuban armed forces, for such orders and instructions as may be given

Fera New Execatlrt BiQdiai.

and Orounds, nas report! bill providing for-i building for the use of the Executive, the Depart mem of : and the Department of Justice, proposed building is to be erected north of the present State, War and Navy Building, and, with the site, is expected to cost $7,000,000. Hay Accept SMate AaKidaeat*. The House Committee on Agriculture 1 order to expedite tbe biff's passage deided to recommend the acceptance of be' Senate amendments to the olcomar-

Potial Receipts toertase.

e;

• ; it# v - . .. 1.

a Mt increase of 10 j« rtceipt* of the filly 1

Free

ers atkl gener:

Klerksdorp

itate and Transvaal lead- . rals. who have been at considering terms of peace, a decided increase in tbe

ling

, the public concerning the possibilities of peace. The eifpectations aroused by the coaference at Preeoria have been further heightened by the movements of Mr. Chamberlain, the colonial secretary, and other members of

the cabinet in London.

Cleveland, O, (Special).—Mrs. Martha J. Calhoun, aged 75 years, and her daughter. Mrs. Vaughn, aged 46 years, were shot a*d killed by, as yet. an unknown party two miles east of Mantua Sutton, a village 40 miles southeast of this city. Will Vaughn, a stepson of the younger woman, is locked up ih Ravenna jail, charged with the crimes because of circumsUnces which are alleged to incriminate him. Mrs. Vaughn was shot five times in the head, the sixth bullet of a revolver ending the life of her mother.

Albany, N. Y, (Special).—The Frank A. Munsfy Company, of New -York, was incorporated with a capital of $103x10.000 to carry on a publishing business. The directors are Frank A. Munsey. Richard H. Titherington. E. J. Ridgway. W. K. Dowe. Matthew White, Jr, Henry J. Fisher and W. T. Dewart, of New York

city.

TOak the Dllaob la Daager.

_ the magazines on —— nois is a source of danger to the vessel. It is understood, however, she will sail for the European station according; to the origma. program. Sea. Baptiste Ca'ptared ui Shot Port au Prince. Hayti, (By .Cable).—

led b>

Gen. Nicolas Baptiste, which capturec Jacmcl April 5, held tjut town for 24 hours and then retired to the hills, tak ing with them all the arms and ammunition available, ware pursued by the government troops commanded by the minister of war. General Guillaume, and were completely defeated at Fond* Melon, near Jacmcl. General Baptisi

captured «T '

END C0HE8 TO EVENTFUL LIFE. Rtr. Dr. Talaui* Passes Away Pe*ttlull> *1 His Heae la Wsihlaftoo. Washington, D. C, (Special).—Her. T. DeWitt Talmage, the noted Presbyterian divine, died Saturday night at his residence in this city. It bad been evident for some days that there was no hope of recovery, and the attending physician* so informed the familiy. The palient gradually grew weaker, until life passed awav so quietly that even the members of the family, all of whom were watching at the bedside, hardly knew that he had gone. The immediate cause of death was inflammation of the

brain.

Dr. Talmage was in poor health when he started away from Washington for Mcsiico for a vacation and rest sis weeks ago. He wa* then suffering from influenza and serious catarrhal conditions. Since hit return to Washington tome time ago he ha* been quite ill. Until Thursday, however, fears for his death were not entertained. The last rational words uttered by Dr. Talmai

the day preceding the

o7r n <

course, he had

_ been

The body was conveyed to Brooklyn, where interment was made in the family plot in Greenwood Cemetery.

Carter et Dr. Talaift.

Rev. Thomas DeWitt Talmage was bom at Bourd Brook. N. J, January. 1832. and educated at the University of New York. As he determined to enter the ministry, he conmpleted a course at the New Brunswick Theological Seminap-. graduating in 1856. He was ordained pastor of the Reformed Dutch

day preceding the marriage

ronscious.

Church at Belleville, N. J, later went to

1862 to 1869 he

dained pastor of t Chur *

Syracuse, and from 1862 to 1869 ) preached in Philadelphia, during t) Civil War acting as chaplain of a Pennsylvania regiment. In 1869 he wa* made pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church in Brooklyn. The first tabernacle was built in 1870 and seated 3.400. It was enlarged the next year to seat 500 more, but was burned December 22. 1872. A new tabernacle, seating 5.000 persons, was dedicated February 22. 1874. the largest Protestant church then in America. This church was also burned and replaced by a third tabernacle, which » also destroyed by fire in 1894. There « an effort to again rebuild, but owing

the heavy debt incurred in

Dr^Ta

#21. j almaer preached in the New York Academy of Music. In 1895 Dr. Tal1 accented the call to the First Pres-

n Church of Washington as cowith Dr. Sunderland. Dr. Tal1 volumino —^— — *

SdfrL

pastor

mage was a voluminous writer on a great number of subject* and a favorite lecturer, the announcement of one of his

r lectures being sufficier

"A DESTROYER UF SOULS” So Bishop Potter Characterizes Modern lo-

distrial Progress.

New York (Special).—Bishop Henry ~ itter, at a meeting is: the interests ol the Working Girls’ Vacation Societ;

C. Potti

of the Working Girls’ Vacation Society, held at Sherry's, made a stirring appeal for rest and recreation for these workers. The Bishop said: "I have yet to hear anything more tragic than the story of 'he modern working girl in the modem great city. _ These girls come into the -‘ity by the thousands, only to disappear •gain after a moment, broken, decrepit, prematurely aged. This devouring marhincry takes the young life, uses it for a moment, and then dismisses it as nothing but a rag and a bone and a hank of "The religious newspapers have pointed sut that the working girl can now have :heapcr shoes than she used to have knd aiorc trinkets, but the fact is only just beginning to be rulized that modem iniustria! progress, about which Americans iwagger in a manner that is perfectly Ddious to me. is a destroyer of bodies tnd souls. The fact is at least being

< .tjj resu lt is a consideraof the condition of both in their factories

recognized, and the sle amelioration working person*

»nd homes."

SAVS HE FED GLASS TO HER. toreey Woman Accost* Her Hasband of Attempt lag Harder. Plainfield, N. J, (Special).—Charged by his,wife with having attempted to kill her by putting ground glass in her food. James H. Carson was arraigned here before Justice Smalley. His arrest caused a sensation in Plainfield. as he is a prominent member of the church. The motive for the alleged attempt on her life.. Mrs. Carson says, was her husband's infatuation with another woman. Her husband denies all the allegations. The Carsons have four children. Carson alleges that she first dis»vered ground glass in a cup of coffee. She said she at once suspected her husband and watched him closely. Later, she says, she found what si*: suspected was ground glass in her food and had the food analyzed. (4.006,000 Minim Deal Colorado Springs. (Special).—The largest consolidation ever put through in ■the Cripple Creek district was announced by the Woods Investment Company. The deal amounts to $4,000,000 and embraces *11 the properties of tht Consolidated Mines. New Zealand. Damon. Colum-bine-Victor. Battle Mounuin Consolidated. Columbine Gold. Bo »nd the United Companies.

Cara exit's Gift la Umlo* GMto|*. Schenecudy. N. Y, (Sp&ial).—President Raymond has announced that Andrew Carnegie had given $40,000 to Union College. The entire sum will be devoted to the completion of Nott Mcmo1 Hall. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS. Miss Ellen M. Stone, the missionary who was captured by brigands in Bulgaria and held for ransom, arrived in New York on the Deutschland. She looked pale and worn, and said the sea voyage had made her very ill The glasablowers employed by the o Moses Jonas Company, at Bridgeton, N. J, and the George Jonas Company,

Rev C. Columbus Bradford, of the ietbodist Episcopal Church at OkawHe, 111, was accused of heresy and removed from his pastorale