FULTON SHAKEN BY EXPLOSION Several Men Injured on tbc New Sobmarine Boat. THE CRAFT NOT BADLY DAMAGED. Tkt Eiplosion Canted by an Accawalation •I Oat Generated by the Storatt Bat-tery-Antoni the Injured It Lieutenant Arthur MacArtbur. Son ot Brlfadler Oenera) MrcArlhur. Lewes. Del.. (Special).—An explosion ..of considerable severity, which injured half a dozen persons, occurred on the anbmarine boat Fulton as she was running into the harbor of the Delaware Breakwater. The boat was bound from ■ Brooklyn to Norfolk, and was partly submerged when the accident occurred. All the ini tired were sent to the United States Marine Hospital, and after their wounds were dressed they were dis-

charged.

The explosion was caused by an accumulation of gas which had been generated by the storage battery. Although the explosion was a violent one. the vessel was only slightly injured. She will be towed to the Holland Company's station at New Suffolk f :

as the weather rooder several days to put tl viceable condition.

~ i account of the rough weather at

.as decided by the commander on to pvt into the Delaware . and it was while the boat, r under water, was rounding the stone breakwater that the exploccurred. Nine men were in the ynd three men on deck at the

time.

Considerable bravery was shown by Engineer Saunders. After the explosion the engines continued to work. Saunders rapped his head and face in a wet tpwel

It wil

aattery i

On a<

sea it i f the Ft Ireakwat.

partly ur

great sto sion o—

hold ;

SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.

Domestic.

A woman who gives her name as Mrs. Mary Robbins is detained in Chicago on supposition that she is the wife of Leutgert, the sausagemaker. The woman was supposed to have been murdered,

lenics the alleged identity.

rniral Crowninshicld. on the llliwill sail from the Brooklyn Navy

was supposed to have been She denies the alleged identit Admiral Crowninshicld. 01

nois. will sail from the Brooklyn Yard to attend the coronation of Edward VII. He will be in com

of the European Squailt

An explosion

and went below and stopped them. a trial ocean t The Fulton left Sandy Hook at 8:30 | Washington, an Mondav morning. Shortly afterward j under water alt

_ y after submerged and made fifteen miles | water, going at the rate of five j 1

in hour off Long Brttnch- S'

came to the surface and made six mi in hour during the trip until the accidi

it the Breakwater.

1 explosion occurred on tbc submarine boat Fulton at Delaware Breakwater while en route to Norfolk, Va. Several persons were injured, but none se-

riously.

The sura of $75,000 was divided among the employes of .the Metropolitan National Bank of Chicago, which has been merged with the Eirst National. As the result of an assault by negro highwaymen J. H. Flaherty, of Norfolk. Va.. may lose his life oi his minRP Albert Smith, a negro, was hanged in Philadelphia for the murder of his wife. William P. Waite, the negro who made a confession to Pinkerton detectives that he murdered Mrs. Collins at her home, near Portsvillc, Del., now de-

nies that he killed the

the detectives '‘forced ...... The detectives say they are confident

they can prove his guilt-

A magnificent silver service was presented to ,Admiral Schley in Memphis,

where he is the guest of the city.

The Metropolitan National Bank of Chicago, which will be merged with the First National of that city, has distributed $75,000 amone its employes, the

gifts ranging from $50 to $15,000.

Witnesses testified in the court-martial trial of Brigadier-General Jacob H. Smith, in Manila, that the natives of Samar were unusually treacherous and

that boys fought in the ranks.

James Hockenberry was arrested on the charge of being one of the four masked men who terrorized and robbed the Misses Hench in Liberty Valley.

Pennsylvania.

The submarine boat Fulton started .on

trip from New York to

NAVAL OFFICERS SEAT TO PRISON American Seamen Who Were Arrested for Resisting Police of Venice.

MAY BE TRIED BY COURT-MARTUL. CapL Robert F. Wjone, Comraiodlor the Marine Guard of the Cruiser; so Assistant SnrgoD and Ucatenaat Doddridge and a Marine Will Spend Several Maalba It an Italian Prison for Tbelr Conduct.

imanding _ 1; Robert

surgeon of the S. Doddridge, o! trine named Wil-

Venice. Italy, (By Cable).—All the members of the crew of the U. S cruiser Chicago arrested for disorderly conduct here have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from

three to four months each. • Capt. Robert F. Wynne, 1

the marine guard of the Chicago. ... E. Ledbetter, asistant surgeon of

Chicago; Lieut. John S.

the Chicago, and a marir. ...

;n» rui „„„ a. Langley, who were arrested on

uvt ,he ch »rge ° { disorderly conduct, were brought up at the'San Marco Police Court here. Captain Wynne waa .sentenced to four months and ten days imprisonment. The other prisoners were sentenced to three months' imprisons ment All the prisoners were sentenced

to pay costs and damages.

At their trial in the San Marco Police Court the prisoners admitted they were intoxicated when the disorders occurred and pleaded that they acted in self-defense when mobbed by the crowd The nublic prosecutor demanded a

iths’ imprisonment 1 Ledbetter and

six months' imprisonment

ind made a trip of to

along the Jersey coast.

_ Sensational circumstances surround

water.'going at the rate of five j the abduction of little ^ off Long Brsnch- She ' Cincinnati by her ;

lilts : aunts.

Ex-Councilman Charles Krats. of St. inted in that city for corrupt

was in-

jrgarct Taylor grandmother and

OEM CASTILLO DEAD.

Mroas Ttralnallon of a YcnezgcUa Gov-

Louis, wanted in that city for comij

ictice*. was arrested in Mexic

:ed Copper Company

corporated iir Trenton. N. J.. with a cap-

ital stock of $&

ices, was

The United

irporated in' ital stock of $80.< In a pistol duel burglars in Chica

tcnce Assisi

sen-

rven months’ imprisonment foi itant Surgeon Ledbetter and sens of six months' imprisonment foi

iers.

understood the prisoners will paj

trial and compensate

lined injuries

rrly cohduct. claim £160 ($800)

the others.

It is und .

the costs of the trial and coropeni the persons who sustained injuries *

result of their disord) of the injured persons

each.

Port of Spain. (By Cable).—Venezuelan government troops, numbering 2.200 men, under Gen. Ramon Castillo, attacked the revolutionists between San Antonio and Guantaguana, distant about thirty leagues from Cumana. and situated in a mountainous district, well known to the revolutionists. General

Castillo personally led the advance gov- I wa5 "' ,j erament guard, composed of veteran | Vj re j n i£

lion &nCT»l Ca.tillo wu woundrf. 1m- : hmtmld «„ St.

•nritUdy tht. dl tl, r-fmtlj g' ;

ally reaching San Antonio. The govern- j *

• ment officers tried to *'—

but their efforts were in.a complete retreat

FIVE KILLED IN POWDER MIUAR the Bodies Torn Into Bits Exceytiag Oai V-Bolldlnts Wrecked. Shenandoah. Pa., (Special).—By the explosion of the upper powder mill ol the Shenandoah Powder Co., at Krebs Station, about four miles from here, five employes were instantly killed and all the buildings of the plant were blown

to pieces. It will 1

Cl ‘ k * r> 01 U ’ i "” j wiB probably tbaVarl^pr^r^,^ j ^ tav, !*«, taken over by the United Cop-, j

ains were

— .rr be known what e explosion, as all the men em>out the magazine weMfWilled.

| of Wolf, whose r

w j, 0 : some distance from the so .. 0 id ; plosion terribly mangled.

e picked up e of tht ex-

s of General Escalante

The whereabouts who was.second in command of the government army, was unknown when this

dispatch was forwarded.

General.jCastillo died later from the wounds received in the engagement.

laveatioa to Pick-Cotta*.

Jackson, Mift., (Special).—The first regular contract ever made in the world to pick cotton by machinery was closed in Greensville a few days since, and the first experiment with the machine will be made on a plantation in Washington County ne£t fall. A Pittsburg man is the inventor of the device and.-for the past tea years he has been conducting experients in the vicinity of Greenville iw claims that the device has been

sSStbLi. K.

throughout the West did much

“l , ' n , The board.of church extension of the of the Venezuelan Mclhodia Episcopal Church South loan-

1 $25,000 to assist missions in Cuba.

Colonel Woodruff, counsel for Gen.

Jacob H. Smith, in the opening of the latter’s trial by court-martial a Manila, said he would admit that General Smith instructed Major Waller to kill and bum and make Samar a howling wilderness. Major Waller and Lieutenant Day. who were tried on the charge of executing natives without trial, have

been acquitted. B

West Indies v thing to maki

States conditional

of the islands

a plebi

The

: first excccurred in icated to the

Ftet Implicated la OMbtl Martier.

Frankfort, Ky. (Special.)—The jury in the case of Berry Howard, on trial as the alleged principal in the Goebel assassination, brought in a verdict of npt guilty. The jury stood ten to two for acquittal on thi first 'ballot and was unanimous on ttfe second. Berry Howard is the second to be acquitted ifl the long list of those charged with complicity in the murder of William Goebel. Tbc other one acquitted was Capt. Garnett D. Ripley, of Henry county, who was tried last year. Those convicted and serving-life sentences are ex-Secretary of Sure Caleb Powers and Janies Howard, each tried twice, and Henry Yout- " sey, who accepted life sentence on his

cession tothc'United jf st eviction; that the inhabitants Morgan's Cestlj Bible.

declare in favor of h by | K „ Yort (Speeiai),_The antique

gold, the comers set with

New York

Bible bound in gol

msBmm

Pier-

stomif duty. The

I trie*

Fire Persons KUed. I com -Keokuk. la., (Special).—The Califor-

Atchison. Topeka I

^'ofchirw ret^nedVo ^^niroma | J" ^ ' f 'on's

Again i cost of the book at $25,000. Kan

ish fields in/Ger-

.rr! 1 »< i» u >- r—

killed and^ fenlTihree »jur?? The S* : iir , -^'SL c 2S"S2, sstfe gsfiS 1 'iToiSTSSe-.--1

Torro Destroyed by Fire.

Findlay, O., (Special).—Castar, ai

1 town of 5<

gent. The train was over an hour la and passed Wyaconda. thp last statii west, at the rate of 65 miles an hoi When the heavy train struck the cur

' at Cama the rails spread.

citrines of the companies as follows: Fifty million ' “ '

cent, bonds, thousand doll

Special).inhabitan

Mr- ; ~:t- vf -V' ---- 7c-— - - 1 north of here, was totally destroyed bUte B'nwNorth Carolina Chemical Com- j firej the or igi n of which cannot >Jeam ition Fany.. | cd owing to the fact that telephone am

■ Earl Spencer was selected as Liberal | telegraph wires are broken and all com leader in the British Houst of Lords to ! munication to the town. is shut off. / succeed the late Earl Kimberley. j high wind was blowing, which prcventei The uprisings in Russia arc becoming! any possible chance of saving the town In a fight between strikers j Aid was sent, frotn-surrounding towns Moscow it is reported that | hut to ito avail. The loss, which wil — j j The: «ceed $6aooa includes nine stores am

ossia i scores of dwellings.

Qiairman Ismay, of the White Star

lied reports that the White Star

to underwrite the International Steam-1 Chairms ship Company will receive in return se-! Line, denied reports rarities of the companies as follows: Line had '

lion dollars in new five per Two million five hundred

ollars new preferred stock.

Twenty-five million dollars new common

stock. The syndicate will continue

t until Jam f dissolved

je op-

erative until Januar, 1904. unless previously dissolved by the managers.

tttelaC

(SjJec

, Washington, (fijJecial)/—The State Department has been informed by cable from Bogota that f-erce fighting is |

niles frot

. - - ar 1 >5dW> men

engaged. According to government

TaUl Revolrer D*eL

El Paso, Tex., (Special).—''Sheeney’ Harris was shot through the heart hen by Carencc Wolverton, a special police

can that

As a esc agre has issu

been sold and that the Araeri)ing Trust held any shares in

company.

,■ Anglo-Japan-

warships. Lord Cranbornc stated in Parliament that there had been no official complaint wabout Capt. Lewis Bayley. the naval attache of Great Britain at Washington, who was alleged to have committed irregularities in investigating Florida har-

bors.

Ambassador Horace Porter was ad-

r - vised of the personnel of the French army of (ten. Uribe Uribe, the mission that will, attend the dedication

itet. ha* been twice defeated and of ‘ " ' '

■ eeroloti k , „ is retreating. The government forces B rug ere, uunuiwuu continue to advance. army, srill bead it.

Col., he ran Hams out of town, anc Harris, it is said, threatened to kill hin on sight. The csroner's jury acquittec

Wolverton.

Spotted Fever Fcoarge.

Missoula, Mont., (Special).—Tm

in the Bitter Rool

spotted fever scourge

Valley has broken out with greater violence than at any time known in tht history of the peculiar disease. Eighi persons have died of the malady wtthij:

1 a week and several

' ously ill.

I others art danger-

Chief Gaaarr Margaa (tew.

-Washington. D. C, (Special).—Gun-[

rgan has b«

ner Charles Morgan

Boers Still Ta&lag It Over. (.By Cable).—Cabling from

[ Articles of incorporation have

■SB ■ ‘ -O '; sSl 0- Friday, fcssionally and morally qualified for ’ 115^00.000. ^ , April 25, the correspondeat of the Daily promotion by a treond board of officers j Itis said that a bid considerably ' Telegraph says that General Delarey. .before whom he afftared at Newport ' above the present market price has been I with his staff, arrived at Klerksdorn and tnc report has been approved made‘for a cootroBing imerest in the ’ Transvaal. Specitl dispatches received Secretary Long. Morgan will be advanc j AmencM Cotton Chi ^Company. | her C from Pretoria show that General

cd to the rank of chief gunner. He was ! The Pressed Steel Car Company has rejectedJiy the first board on^the ground , declared the regular quarterly dividends

Morgrn

ment to by Admiral

the officer whose zdvioce-1 and 1 per cent, on it* opposed The preferred dividend is payable May

Delarey had been W* commando two days previously, that the other Boer leaders are still t

' with the'

ing about ccmsuhing with the burghers. Stats consul general at London, is 1

UVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Posl-Cbeck Curmcy Sckrnr. The committee of the government officials appointed by the Postmaster General and the Secretary of the Treasury to consider the subject of post-check currency, gave a hearing to the advocates of a hill to provide a system of postal currency recently introduced by Representative Gardiner, of Michigan, transmitting small sums through the Mr. C. W. Post, the originator of the plan, made a statement outlining it. and setting forth the needs of the business world for a more convenient method of ransmitting small tumd through the mails. He said that, in case of the adoption of the idea, all rights under the patents would be assigned to the government free of all cost. Representative (htrdiner advocated the favorable consideration of the measure and its provisions were further explained by Attorney D. E Fax, who drafted it. The bills provide that all $1, $2 and $5 bills, except national bank notes, shall have blank lines upon their faces to that they may be converted at once into a check payable to a earned payee, to be cashed at the postoffice named, and'for the issuance of similar bills of the denominations of 5, 10, 25 and 50 cents. A two-cent stamp is affixed and canceled on the dollar denominations, and a onecent stamp on the fractional bills as a fee to the government. Hllgiaes Watt Relict Tariff reductions Jot Philippines sugar is now sought by the inhabitants of the Island of Negros. Acting Secretary of War Sanger has transmitted to Congress a message which points out that unless relief be granted the people of Negros will be hopelessly ruined and starvation and ise will stalk among them. There > desire on the part of the Admintion to complicate the project for Cubah relief by urging immediate action in behalf of the Pihilippines. At the same rime, the message showed the prevalence of such great distress that he deemed it desirable to lay it before Congress. The message is from the President of the Assembly of Presidents of Negro*. Disease among men and beasts, torrential rains, scarcity of labor, expensive transportation, the low price of sugar and the high price of other articles of prime necessity, are a few of the causes advanced for a tariff reduction on Philippines sugar. The island desires that this reduction be at least 75 per centFood AdalttratiM. Mr^fECumbtr (N. D.). chairman of th*^<5mmittee on Manufactures, addressed the Senate on the bill “To prevent the adulteration, misbranding and imitations of f—*- ’ —-j:—

dil

J. STERLING MORTON CLAIMED BY DEATH Was the Secretary of AtricaHnrc Un-

der Cleveland.

EXPIRED AT THE HOME OF HIS SON. A Nebraska Newspaper Man Who Achieved Success la P*llilcs-For Many Years ao Editorial Writer on tba Chicago Times— The Founder ol Arbor Day—His Opposi-

tion Co Imperialism.

Chicago (Special)—J. Sterling Morton, former Secretary of Agriculture, died at Lake Forest, at the home of his Mark Morton- For several weeks

son, Mark Morton- For several weeks Mr. Morton had been gradually failing. He had suffered with a disease of the

bronchial arteries, whicl

eek ago by a

He was broueht f braska City, Neb,

I arteries, which was aggravated

a week ago by an attack of apoplexy. He was broueht from his home, at Ne-

... • v,iiy, iv co, to Lake I medical attendance. The chani

improvement, and L -

lil death came.

Lake Forejt : change brought failed gradually

Lineoln, N’eb. (Special.)—News of the death of linn. J. Sterling Morton, at Lake Forest, came as a shock to his friends in Lincoln. Since the death of his youngest son. Carl, a year ago last January. Mr. Mortem had been a changed man, and his intimate friends say the grief he then experienced indirectly hastened his breaking down. Mr. Morton had the greatest pride in his State, and particularly his home. Arbor Lodge- Since his retirement from President Cleveland's Cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture, Mr. Morton had lived ouietly at Nebraska G'ty. On his return from Washington he founded and edited the Conservative, a weekly publication. At the time of his death he was president of the historical society a*d a member of the Nebraska Board of Commissioners of the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Mr. Morton was the projector of many public enterprises at Nebraska City. He leaves a valuable estate. MILUONS FOR COTTON MEN.

$75,0M,0M laertase oe Crop Since Last

September.

New York (Special).—It is estimated that $75,000,000 has been added to the value of cotton grown in the United States since September last as a result of the steady advance in prices, coverii

steady

period of five months. The total

the crop this year is estimated at $405.000,000, on the basis of production of

(■ng » luc of

10,000.000 bales

By leaps and bounds the price of cotn has risen 2)4 cents a pound in the

last October,

He declared that the extent of the I were first put forth. Thii idulteration and misbranding of food j increase ot $10.25 a bale. The growers, products was appalling. The laws, he 1 of course, will not receive the full bene- " rrely punished the stamping of ! fit of this advance, but advices from the

said. lead

as money. That was counterfeit-! South indi<— .. and the man who should advocate ] closely held, and it is believed

ing, and the man

the-repeal of the law agait feiting'of money would be insane. Yet dust or mud

as flour and glu

.one «

regari

was

lucose as

wrong was no greater

imping of ! lunterfeit-1

advoc counti arded

stan

honev.

ter than

of. deleterious food products placed upon’the market each year, Mr. McCumber said, was valued at fully $1,170,000,000, while the total amount of adulterated food products each year was

nearly $4.ooo,<

To Cbaate laaafaratioa Dsy.

Representative De Armond, of Mis-

ouri, introduced a joint ng an amendment U making the term ol Vice-President begin

it resolution

icate that cotton has been Id. and it is believed that for sold the planters will receive

*■“ in excess of the _ _d last fall, or $75,-

the crop of 104100,000

bales than had been anticipated.

inter- j each bale

an average of $7.50 stamped prices which prevailed v. The 000.000 more for

Oom PaaJ May Visit Us.

The Hague, (By Cable).—The

published in Paris that President Stcyn, of the Orange Free State, is coming to Europe to consult with Mr. Cruger, is

entirely without foundation. On

e report t Steyr,

without foundation,

other 'hand, it is true that the

“ agonts in America are renewing their pro - j entreaties that Mr. Cruger visit the

posing an amendment to the Constitu- j United States next June. He will probtion making the term of the President j ably comply with these requests if rtif-

rgin op the first | ficient pressure is exercised, although

and fixing the second Thursday of Janu- ; dislike of the time for the assembling of

with the Sixtieth

Iter persor this plan.

Rita*red Riels at A’eicow.

'- on8rcss - j Vienna (By able).-A dispatch to More Oklahoma Laoda is Opea. the Allgemcme Zeitung from Si- PetersThe House Commute on Indian Af- ' bur* states that serious riots of strikers fairs reported a bill opening to settle- j have taken place at Moscow, and that ment 400,000 acres of the Kiowa. Co-! the military dispersed the riofers with tranche and Apache lands m Oklahoma. much bloodshed. One report says that The opening is to occur within three 50 persons were killed or wounded- Remonths after the law goes fnto effect. v0 ] ts 0 f peasantry in the provinces of and the lands are to be aken under the' Southern Russia, the dispatch adds, are general provision of the homestead causing a more critical situation, paniclaws. 1 oiarly at Kieff and Poltava, whet

troops were required to suppress tE

mtbreaks.

Confessed Terrible Murder. Christi, Texas (Special)

Ckliesc Eidaslaa Bill

The conferees on the Chinese Exclusion bill decided to report a disagreement to each house. The point of difference is the date as to when the law shall extend, the House contending for an indefinite period and the Senate being .

equally firm in insisting that the law I *ion of the grand jury’ has declared a shall, not last beyond the life of the j true bill, which will be followed by a treaty. : speedy trial. Mrs- Hatch was a young

married woman and was killed in -her

here. Her hear

trpus Christi, Texas (Special).—Andez Olivtres lias confessed that he murdered M™. J. Hatch, and the special ses-

West Polsfs CentcaalaL

West Point Military Academy will cel-

inial <

home, near here. Her head had been crushed in with the heavy end of a

, during comronc,- und Him -nlii in Iwiin. .nd hjrn*nt •«k in Jun«. ProidSn Rpoi-v.ll , thront dit. OU-nui u.d thri nil mrii und Gun. Horn, Forttr. Am- >■'> “ muuon to thu uomu. veterans of several wars will be present. , Detroit (Special).—The manufacturThe academy opened in March, 1802, er, ©f car and locomotive brake beam*

'.■s&uu'u’rr' i >■- -

. Berry Brother*, of Detroit, owners of Mr. McC*teas’ Race laqnlry. the Monarch Brake Beam Company. It Senator McComas, of Maryland, has > understood that the capital of the luced in the Senate a bill similar companv is to be $5,000,000, and that the

— - • trust will be incorporated under the

Jersey. The headquart ly will be in New York-

laws of Ni

of the company

introduced in the Senate a bill simila to the House measure .providing for th

creation of a freedman's inquiry commission to investigate the condition of

the colored population of the — and "promote harmony between

races. - - ■

For a HaU of Records.

The Senate passed a bill providing for the purchase of a site and the erection

thereon of a building in the citv of _—

Washington, to be used for a hall of GanU, aged 20. coma records, and indtcaiang an appropriation 1 of Annie Etter. aged 15. were brought of $1,000,000 for tbc purpose. into court here and sentenced to death.

Capital News la OestrtL

A delegation of Southern roanufactur-*--1ore a congressional

the proposed consti-

tut giving Congress power to fix uniform hours of labor. Pl^sident Harcmeyer and other Sugar . —i. 1.. — c .

protested tgtfore mittee against the

hearing on‘question i "‘SXi, HcKmlrr O

ml general at L

Reading. Pa. (Special.)—Mrs. Kate Edwards, aged 35 years, and Samuel Greason. aged 40. convicted of the murdef of The woman's husband. John Ed-

city of. wards, near Stouchsburg, and George

t'cctcd of the murder

Aatricaa Fndt Travelers.

Wilmington. N. C, (Special).—One hundred representative* of the leading wholesale produce commission" houses of the United States attended the fourth annual meeting of the American Fruit and Produce Travelers’ Association, which was called to order by President A. E. Maekly, of Baltimore. These ofsecretary and treasurer, J. R.

SURRENDERS IN PHILIPPINES. Issnrgrat Leaders and Tbelr Csamaads U Haads at Amerkaaa. Manila, (By able).—Gen. Frederick T*. Grant's exepdition in the gunboats Ba*eo and Florida, several steam launches and lighters, has ascended the Gandara river, in the Island of Samar, and has brought the Filipino General, Guevarra, and his entire command as prisoners down to the coastGuevarra's immediate command consist* of Rafael Sebastian, 39 other officers. 189 men and 161 rifles. Three hundred natives, with 131 rifle*, are expected daily to arrive at Calbalogan, Samar, to surrender. At Sulat, Samar. 3.000 bolomen. zfi of them armed with rifles, surrendered Guevarra succeeded General Lukban in command of the Filipino forces in Samar when the latter was captured last February. apt. 1_ W. V. Kcnnon. of the Sixth Infantry, reports from the Island of Negros the surrender of the native leader Rufo, with 158 officers and men of his command, together with 12 rifles, 140 bolos, 7 spears and a few pistols and daggers. This surrender means the opening of the whole southern coast of Negros. Next to Papa Isio. Rufo was the most •important native chief on the island. He promises to force Papa Isio to surrender. At a farewell banquet here to the officers of the Ninth Infantry, acting Civil Governor Luke E Wright paid a glowing tribute to the military forces. He said the army under circumstances of surprising difficulty had paved the way for the work of the civil authorities, and that ony a few cases of friction between the two branches of government had occurred. General Chaffee, whose opinion might at times have differed from those of the civil authorities, had been. Governor Wright said, a loyal supporter of civil rule. Head AlMd Tara Ofl Newark, N. J. (Special.)—Henry Schaub, who killed his wife. Mary, and Infant child on June it last, was hanged in the Essex aunty Jail here. The drop fell at to minutes after to o'clock, ind death is believed to have been instantaneous. anstable Beirne adjusted the loose. Just before Under Sheriff Ben:d‘ct pulled the lever Schaub said; "May God have mercy on me." As the lever was pulled the body shot through the trap. The force of the fall was so great that the head was almost jerked from the body and those standing near hin: inder the gallows were drenched with ♦lis blood. Dog's Skn'l oa a ttenaa Head. Saginaw. Mich. (Special.)—Physicians af the College Hospital have performed

ible op<

: perf

i remarkable operation—that of gr * piece of a dog's skull upon a human head. The patient is John Olberg. of Kenton. Houghton county._ He is now

. Houghton county. He royered from an old afflictioi

berg's skull was fractured four years igo. Over the hole, which was an inch end a half in diameter, there formed a foreign growth. This pressed on the

‘ ' is. When it

Olbprg the

a dog. removed a implanted it in the

_ _ pressed on t brain and caused convulsions. When

was decided to operate doctors chloroformed

.fits

Dlberg's head.

Mile Mortcrer Commits Soldi]c.

Cleveland. O.. (Special).—Martin Lynch, who was arrested a few days ago. charged with the murder of his wife at the home of the couple, 603 Tod

lome of the couple. 603 To

street, committed suicide in his cell a. the county jail by hanging himself from a doorknob. The knob was not more than three feet from the floor. Lynch

Sbe Let Cattle Lick Him.

English. Ind. (Special.)—Cruel and inhuman treatment will be the plea of Thomas Foley for a divorce. His wife admits that she tide his hands and feet while he was drunk, and applied salt to his hands, face and clothing in order liiat the cattle in the fields where he lay helpless might lick him to death, as a revenge for a beating she received from him during an alleged drunken orgy. Foley s slrin was raw in many places ahd his ^|othing was torn to shreds.

Giant Weds a Midget.

Flora, Ind.. (Special).—Only 17 years old. but 6 feet 7% inches in height. Har-

just married Miss Maude s old, who is only 4 feet .eight. The bridegroom

riieves he is the tallest boy in the United States for his age. The couple .presented an amusing spectacle as they' stood before a large number of their friends and relatives while the nuptial

knot was being tied. Wood Makes Statemeat.

Havana. Cuba, (Special).—Governor General Wood has issuei.a declaration to the effect that all statements, mch as those made a few days ago in Washington, that ex-Director of Posts Rathbonc had. not had a fair trial and that

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false in every particular, by w er they may have been made.

Dog Maggies Two dirts. Newport News, Va. (Special).—Flossie and Idessa Carter, two negro girls, aged it and 3 years, respectively, were literally chewed up at the home of their parents, in Hampton, bya-dog belonging to Robert Howard. The older has 11 ugly wounds and k the younger 6. The

attending physicians entertain little hope for their • recovery. A wster of these girls was burned to death several weeks

ODDS AND BIDS OP THE NEWS Stockholders of the United States Steel Corporation received a circular giving the scheme of the company to take up the ? per cent preferred stock, and issue instead 5 per cant, bonds. Gov. G B. Aycock. of North Carolina, made the feature address at the Southern Educational Conference in Athens, Ga. Robert C. Ogden was re-elected presidentTw© thousand structural ironworkers of the Pittsburg district will strike May ; unless their demand* for an advance, of 10 cents an hour are granted.