JOHN BULL’S AP0L06Y A SJIpap ia the British Bine Book Canxd

Ibe Trouble.

TOE INCIDENT CONSIDERED CLOSED. Pr««lCT BiKmt Ansoaccd Tbit the Oltcoshr Lutntie Used B) .Hr. tU(|irtf. Ih: Fo bcr British K'slstcr, it Csrsco la Keltreact (• Secretsr) RasscD sal Minister Bowel Hid Slipped la by Mistake. London (By Cable).—Gibson Bowles. Conservative, drew attention in the House of Commons to the reflection of Mr. Haggard, the former British minister at Caracas, on Mr. Russell, the sec-

s Legal, the Ves

mernelan capital, in th<

mtly publ

asked Premier Balfour if His Majesty's government had been called upon to make amends to the government of ihc United States therefor. The Premier acknowledged that Secretary Hay had called the government's attention to the

passage referred to.

Mr. Balfour added: “Sir Michael Herbert has informed the Secretary of State that the passage escaped his attention. otherwise it would never have been published.. I need say no more than that an error of this kind, however regrettab'e. may occur in any department, especially when undergoing an exceptional

strain.'’

The “Blue Book referred to was published February 16. It contained in official letter from the former Britrih minister at Caracas, W. H. D. Haggard, to the foreign secretary. Lord Lansdowne, dated Trinidad. December 30. concerning the alleged illegal detention of the British schooner Harry Troop by the Venezuelan government in an unhealthy place from May to November, 1902. whereby the crew were decimated by dysentery- Mr. Haggard said in this let-

ter:

“I regret to say that it would appear that I placed too much faith in the complete accuracy of the statements of the secretarv of the United States Legation. W. W. km sell, as to the improvement in the condition of the Harry Troop, etc.. when he saw her. These statements may probably be accounted for by the facts, which appear undoubted, that Mr. Bowen

■ anxious, for reasons best limself. to represent the con-

iclan authorities in the

ipear

was most a. known to him

duct of the Venezuelan anthorities most favorable light possible, and he had inspired his subordinate in same direction. To put it briefly.

Russell did not dare to say a word outside the legation contrary to President

Castro's mode of proceeding."

Tnis matter, concerning the aspersions cast by Mr. Haggard, late British minister at Caracas, directly upon Mr. Russell and indirectly upon Minister Bowen, is declared here to be a dosed incident and th^e is not the slightest disposition to pursue the question fur-

ther.

TOE UTEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER.

While attempting to arrest Doc Smith, a negro, in Greenville. Miss.. Officer Blackwell was shot and insunt1- killed, and Deputy Matthew Curry perhaps fatally wonnded. Gen. William Thomas Clark, who was adjutant of chief of staff ol Grant's Army of the Tennessee, was knocked down by a cab in Chicago and severe-

ly injured.

Two railroad car floats collided on the North river. New York, owing' to the fog. Thomas S. Carlin, ol Brooklyn. was killed, and lour cars were

wrecked.

The National _ Packing Company, which has taken in a number of Chi-

cago concerns.

a number ol ( incorporated s

h The

stockholders voted to increase ipital of the Pennsylvania Rail-

$251700.000 to ice. of Atlanta, the chair in homiTheological Sem-

ompany from

000,00a

' - Rice.

Boi

Mr. Haggard has left Caracas for good and consequently cannot again come in contact with the officials of the American Legation, while his successor. Mr. Bax-Ironsides, the present minister, through a residence at Washington of several years, when Lord Pauncefoic was ambassador, became imbned with the American spirit to a degree that is expected to prevent fric-

LA S0UFR1ERE VIOLENT. Loud Roiriog and Flashes Accompany thread of Cloud of Smoke. Kingstown (By Cable).—The eruption of La Sonfriere continues. At

half-past 8 o'clock

abated and the spectacle was awe- -joined the foreign minister. Sand

' ' ag refuge at the United State

1. its violence

unabi

inspirit

The crater is belching forth dense black clouds which rise heavenwat accompanied by loud roaring flashes which rend the spreading pal! of smoke which now envelops the entire

island in darkness.

Electrical discharges occurred at intervals during the night. wl.*le at daybreak the sunlight playing on the stupendous volcanic clouds produced exceedingly beautiful effects. 1 Relying upon the scientific opinion that Kingstown, although covered with heavy clouds which completely obscure the sun. is not in danger, the population shows no alarm. According to advices from Chateau Bdair dark sand is falling there, and Point-a-Pitre reports that strong detonations were heard there throughout the Might and morning.

Six Drowned In Flood.

Memphis, • Tenn. (Special).—J. R. Hood returned from the flooded district of Arkansas and reports that at Gavin, a station on the Frisco railroad, on Saturday a skiff containing four traveling salesmen and two negro oarsmen was swept under the track of the railroad in*a stiff current. Thi

. — ,_rrenL The boat was overturned and all six of the occupants were drowned. Mr. Hood does not know the names of the traveling men. but says they had employed the negroes to row item across the nibmerged territory to Mound City, Ark., where they intended to take a

steamboat for Memphis. Male AdaasM Rewarded.

Washington, D. C. (Special).—As

reward for his

in leavit

Alexander in an open boat during

heavy weather to secure succor for the crippled ship. First Officer Adamson the United States naval collier

praiseworthy services disabled naval collier

BUzzard la MicUgaa Detroit, Mich. (Special).—Special dispatches from Western Michigan report that one of the worst blizzards of tb| winter is raging in that section, with the temperature below freezing. Much fear is felt for small fruits and peaches. Damage has been done by the wind. The big store of H. L. Bird & Co., at the principal corner in Benton Harbor, is wrecked by the wind. There is a tremendous sea running on Lake Michigan and navigation is suspended

Ga., was elect letics in Prir

inary.

A number of tea importers met in New York and organized the National Tea Association of the United States. There was a panic in Pittsburg caused by a blaze in the building occupied by the McElwcen Furniture Company. Three men were killed and six seriously injured by a boiler explosion in

a sawmill at Wickliffe, Ky.

The daughter of the late James Jennings McComb, who married Artist Louis Herzog, and was. _ in consequence. cut off by his father’s will, has won her suit contesting the will and

is declared entitled to $4:000.000.

Judge Kirkpatrick made an order in Trenton. N. J.. allowing the receivers for the Pacific Packing and Navigation Company to issue certificates to the amount of $1,250,000 to continue the

business.

The Mississippi river is falling above Memphis and rising below that place. Flood warnings have been issued generally from Richmond to Atlanta on account of the heavy rains of the past Judg^ Landis, in Lancaster, Pa., filed a permanent injunction restraining the ironmoldcrs from interfering with the business or workmen of the Marietta

Casting Company.

George Nelk is on trial in Philadelphia for the murder of his mother and the attempted murder of his sister.

e —" the nt

[tstabular

^ . ______ o.hers. By his will Arioth Wentworth, the

bulk of his

STRIKE COMMISSION'S AWARDS Miners Get Nearly all They Asked For—Increase of Wages, in Most Cases, Ten Per Cent, and Shorter Day for Laborers—Sliding Scale of Pay—Practically a Profit-Sharing Device.

Washington, D. C. (Special).—The reort of the Anthracite Coal Strike Com-

investigate

ippointed by : the difterc

the President to cnccs between the

anthracite region, just made publi irinted pages, bearing date of

gned by the

seven members of the commission. Briefly stated, the report recommends: wages of miners at

ettpies 87 printed pages,

March 18, 190.5. and is signed

ten members of the iefly stated, the report r< t. Increase in wages of

verage of 10 per cent. . . 3. A sliding scale of wages and a mini-

mum wage rate.

3. That no person shall be discrimiated against in the matter of employitem by reason of membership or nonicmhership in any labor organization. 4. Decrease of time of workinji hours. 5. That the laws restricting child labor '* mines be more rigidly enforced. t the awards of the commission nain operative until March 31,'

niner F

'"atI shall t

1906.

Upon the gent manded by the mil ing to the report

meral propositions deniners the latter, accord-

to the report have won in the contioa for an increase in wages and

the employment of child laboi

"If

hot

employment of 1

am contention of the miners, that the United Mine Workers —1 — miration by the

tized as an organization by the

operators, is lost. The commission declines to make any recommendations of a

ific character at

attempted rourd

The town of Surigao, in the north-

ern part of Mindanao, was by ladrones. who killed Con

Went

Boston millionaire, left the bulk estate of $7,000,000 for the endo

of an industrial school.

Ai Southbridge, Mass.. Mrs. Louise Burke killed her four children with an ax and then committed suicide by cut-

ting her throat.

Sixteen hundred men employed in Chicago carriage and wagon factories have struck for a nine-hour day and

an increase :

As a result

and non-r-“

employed

by bcii

Twenty-five men and only quit Uf

>f a battle

ttle bcti

structural ironw a bridge in Cl« 1 were badly cut struck with brick)

k part 1

the arrival

union orkers

levcland

ring struck with bricks and clubs. Twenty-five men took part in the fight.

—t—i of the

Suit has been brought by the descendants of the original proprietors of Ellis Island, in New York Bay, who claim the island through royal grant given their ancestors. They aver that the island is part of New Jersey.

Ferelto.

The San Domingo Minister

has surrendered to the revolt

and another member of

of War lutionists,

cabinet has

„ Sanchez, in seeking refuge at the United States consulate. There has been severe fighting

at La Vega.

Serious charges have been brought against Major General Sir Hector MacDonald, commanding the British forces in Ceylon, and the governor of the island has lien authorized to convene a courtmartial to try him. An agreement has been signed by the Dominion government and the Allan Line of steamers for a subsidized fast service between Canada and Glasgow. In the riots at Port of Spain. Island of Trinidad, the government building was entirely destroyed, together with the

records.

Revolution has broken out in Nicaragua. President Zelaya says he has a sufficient force to crush it, but this is

doubted.

The German -financial budget .passed its third reading, and the Reichstag adjourned to April 25. The capital city of San Domingo, Island of San Domingo, is in the hands of the revolutionists. The foreign minister of the government has sought refuge in the Uniied States consulate. In the fighting many feere killed and

wounded.

General Matos, leader of the Ven:uelan revolutionists, in a dispatch to

specific character as to whether the labor organization shall be recognized. It treats of the subject in a general way. but refrains from recommending that the United Mine Workers' organization be recognized <?r not. Basis of tbe Award. A recapitulation of the awards of the commission is as follows: That an increase of 10 per cent, in wages be paid to all contract miners. Engineers employed in hoisting water shall have an increase of to per cent, on their earnings between November I, 1902. and April 1. 1903. Other engineers and pumpmen shall have an increase of JO per cent, on their earrings covering the

same period.

Firemen shall have an increat r cent, for the same peric ‘ lyes or company men othe ' whom special awards ar

. ve an increa period named.

Durir

a sc of

All e

- than those

e shall

made shall rnt. for the

for whom specti

have an increase of 10 per

‘named.

ing the life of the award the present methods of payment shall be adhered to. unless changed by mutual agreement. Any difficulty or disagreement arising out of the award which cannot be adjusted by the superintendents of the mines and the miners shall be referred for settlement to a permanent joint com-

irk shall take place of the differences.

the^wa corks -

iland of Trinidad,

». .. mob attempted to the government buildings. The : fired upon the rioters, killing

iding several of them.

his influence

Trouble over new waterworks Port of Spain, Island of Trinic caused rioting. A mob attt burn tbe government buildit

polic*

and

announced in the House of s that the formal agreement the British government and International Mercantile Marine would shortly be ready for

Cow betw

the

Company signature. M. Decl

ter. in a speech to the Senate, Senator Oemencea-'s efforts to securi the suppression of the French embassj to the Vatican were not warranted.

New York Central directors hsve declared the-regular quarterly dividend of l 1-4 per cent. J. P. Morgan and William Rockefeller attended the New Haven Railroad's labor conference. If Keene wins his fight against Harrircan in Southern Pacific it ipay indnee minority interests in other railroads to follow suit. . -> Rumor again names W. P. Snyder, of the Clairton Steel Company, as the future president of the United States S».i*l Corporation.

No suspension

pending the settlt , Whenever requested by a majority of tbe contract miners, check weighmen or check docking bosses, or both, shall be

employed.

Mine cars shall be distributed among the miners as uniformly and equitably as possible, and there shall be no concerted effort on the part of miners to limit the coal output. In all cases where the miners are paid by the car. the increase of wages is to be based upon the

cars in use.

Tbe Siidinj Scale.

A sliding scale of wages shall be adopt-

ed. as follows:

For each increase of 5 cents in the average price of white-ash coal of sizes above pea coal, sold at or near New York, between Perth Amboy and Edgewater, and reported to the Bureau of Anthracite Ccal Statistics, above $4.50 per ton free on board, the employes shall have an increase of 1 per cent in their compensation. which shall continue until a change in the at ' J *—* - 1

_: price of said coal works a

reduction or an increase in said additional compensation hereunder; but the rate of compensation shall in no case be less than that fixed in the award. That is. when the price of said coal reaches $4 55 pet ton the compensation will be increased t per cent, to contiune until the price falls below $4.55 per ton, when the 1 per cent, increase will cease, or until the price reaches $4.60 per ton. when an additional I per con. will be ad-

ded, and so on.

These average prices shall be computed monthly by an accountant or commissioner, named by one of the circuit judges of the Third judicial circuit of the United States, and paid by the coal operators, such compensation as the appointing judge may fix, which compensation shall be distributed among the operators in proportion to the tonnage of each mine.

As to tbe Union.

That no person shall be refused employment or in any way discriminated against on account of membership or non-membership in any labor organization, and that there shall be no discrimination against or interference with J

employe who is not a labor organization by r

1 that t

[gainst or interference wi

mber

of anv of such

ttons are contained tn the report: "The commission thinks that the practice of employing deputies, upon the request and at the expe ise of employers. instead of throwing the whole responsibility of preserving peace and protecting property upon the county and State officers, is one of doubtful wsdom. and perhaps tends to invite conflicts between such officers and idle men, rather than to Avert them. Peace and order should be maintained at any cost, and should be maintained by regularly appointed and responsible offi-

public, and reinforced as strongly may be necessary hy public authoritit rather than by guards hired by corporations or individuals. The fact that depur ! —' •

iuals. 11 inter

tRaged irotect;

preserving, peace and pt

erty.

Coal and Iroa Police. '

“The employment of whSTare known 1 'Coal and Iron policemen' by the >al-mining com;— : — —‘m- * ••»«■»«-

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS,

Ftbra try Breaks Record.

The February figures of the Bureau

' “c, show the

of any February in the

ury

of Statiatics just made

largt histc also

public, show the

exports of any February in the lory of United States commerce, and 3 that the exports lor the three >nths ended with Fcbrua-y were larger than those ol the corresponding pc

riod of any earlier year.

On the import side the figures show a continuation of the growth which has characterized the last two years, and the figures of the eight months ended with February suggest that the imports of the United States in the fiscal year 1903 may exceed $i.ooo,ooaroo while the export figures seem like!}

to exceed $1,400,000,000.

In February the exports amounted K $125,502,105. which is $12,000,000 in excess of any prec^htg February. ing the three months ended with F

ing the three months ended with Fcbru- j his wife »ry, J903. the total exports arc $401.5^. I Burdick

coal-mining companies, while a neces-. Urge figures, the Bureau of Statistic) sity as things are. miliutes against the bulletin says, are due in part to the fact very purpose for which they are em- ‘"at the new corn crop is rapidly '

ployed Although the testimony before mg the. markets of the the commission proved that, as a whole, the United States was a the Coal and Iron policemen were men slight contributions last of good character, there were a suffi- c ‘-'—

cient number of bad characters, taken from cities, to discredit the efforts of the whole body. The employment of this body of police is authorized by law, but they arc really the employes of the coal companies, and thus do not **•“ respect and

'riteir presence of the disturbai daring the Ut

is an irritant.’and many :es in the coal regions

strike f

ring the ^pte strike gret

rir presence. Should this matt remedied by legislation, so that

laws could be enforced

*1 by a re

slight conti exportation)

been ijfiooxoo ~ ir 1,000,000 '

ir. Cotti

year. Cotton export* al gain over those of last year,

g ^-'-ruary

iry c

>w a market the value o!

cotton exported in February. 1903. l>einf $37,423,317. against $24,768,762 in Fcbru

ary of last year.

Mosey Made Him Istaoc.

Capt. James Fitzgibbon, for man) years a trusted employe of the United

so that tne 1 States Treasup-, was brought to Wash

,nd peace pre- ington from North Adams, Mass., where irved by a regularly constituted con- | hc WJS apprehended after his recent e> abulary. appointed and paid by the , capc from s , Ebzabeth'* Asylum for th.

sj'vr.sr’isfe;! ast, M ™ —— would be avoided. ( — •— ' - •

, not a matter of it concerning which much i offered, is that of th(

accompanies strikes would be avoit

Employment of CUMreo.

“Another subji submission, but c

testimony was offe

employment of children. Boys are employed in the breakers. The attention of the commission was called to the painful fact that in other industries hoys and girls arc employed and work long hours both day and night. While the law prescribes the ages at which boys may be employed in and around the mines and at which children may be employed in factories or mills, it appears from the evidence that the age is not placed sufficiently high. Infancyshould be protected against the physical and moral influences of such e'm-

there o iorcement

exist.

No Compn'sory Arbitration.

"There are some who have urged the commission to recommend the adoption of compulsory arbitration, so called, as the means of securing this desired result, but we cannot see our way to recommend any such drastic measure. We do not believe that in the United Slates such a system would

ith suc-

lack

ployment

more rigid

which now

nt, and there ought to be a igid enforcement of the laws

rd States such a syt with general approval Apart from the ap

oi constitutional power to enact laws providing for compulsory arbitration, our industries are too vast and too complicated for the. practical applica-

tion of such a system.”

MYSTERY OF BAR OF GOLD. An Io{ot Valued at SU.500 Has Disappeared

From L'niod Depot Office.

Detroit, Mich. (Special).—No arrests have been made as yet in connection with the mysterious disappearance from the Union Depot office of the Pacific and Dominion Express Corn-

transit from

ch is

pany of a bar of gold in Salt Lake City to the East, whid valued at $23,500 The whereabouts 01 the precious ingot is a mystery. The missing ingot was one of four weighing about 80 pounds each that were in transit from the West, presumably Salt Lake City. It is said that the Philadelphia Mint was the destin-

ation of the gold.

The four bars arrived from the West on Wabash train No. 4 at 8 o’clock, and were checked out by the messenger.in charge. They were receipted for by Foreman Miller, of the local depot office. All express matter for the East received on No. 4 is held in the depot for an eastbound Wabash train which leaves at 1050 o'clock. The four ingots were taken into the depot office and placed in the safe. Shortly before tne eastbound train was due to leave they were removed from the strong-box and loaded on a truck, to be wheeled out to the express car. The train was an hour and a half late, however, and h ; * — A —

on tbe ti

the level of the streei nell says that he has nine persons were in 1 ferent times while the

uui i»y

. which is on

_ Captain McDon-

found that

1 the

ferent times while the gold truck exposed to view and of them handled it and cot

at least

office at difild lay on the

eral

that several

commented on

in the

1 nothing to do

he disappearance of the gold. When the train was finally ready i

were only thre A frantir 1

its value. Two men who office were taken into custody, but proved to the satisfaction of the officers that they had nothing to do with

disappearan •*-

hen tbe tra

was found that ther ingots on the truck,

of the office

the fourth t_ was held for a time, but finally the 1 ingots were dispatched »n their way and Foreman Miller nfitified the police of their disappearance. It was at first thought that the bar might have been left by mistake in the express car of train No. 4, and the car was searched st Buffalo, but there was no gold

bar found.

See was made, but no tr; h bar was found. The

time, but "

train three

Packzre Fiaed tSM Each.

Jefferson City. Mo. (Special).—The Armour. Cudahy, Swift, Hammond and Schwartzschild & Sulzberger Packing Companies, the five defendants in the ouster proceedings brought by tbe Attorney General of Missouri against the alleged beef combine last summer, were fined $«ooo each in the Missouri Supreme Court and ordered to pay the costs of

the case which amounts to fcooo Un- ter to ,he chief of police of Tampa, Fla., j&srs.ir £53 jsra* cts fcisj’as

I death. „

SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

Five men of the crew of the tug Pilot were drowned in the Delaware near Philadelphia as the result of a collision with the steamship Winifred. Mrs. Albert A. Phares, of Jacksonville, N. J.. was held for the action of the grand jury on the charge of poi-

' " ~ husband.

oning her President

idem Gompers, of the American Federation of Labor, addressed ajet-

jo days, the defendants will be o «*- Slate, to the c<%rt order*

^ CapUii

money

resentatiae of th Companf there.

e Asylum.

Fitzgibbon lost his rain of handling large st

the strain of handling large sums ol y ia the Treasury. He was the rep:sentatiae of the United States Expres* —* *’ —-* charged with

millions ol

MRS. BURDICK CONFESSES Admits al the Inquest that She Loved

Pennell.

PENNELL’S LOVE LETTERS IN COUR). Pile sot) Trembling, tbe Widow of the Mardtrcd Mss Is Forced b) tb: District Attorney to Tell tbe Sbimcfnl Story ol Her Degrsdt. lion-How Sbe Begged Her Hssbtad to Take

Her Back.

Buffalo. N. Y. (Special).—Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick told on the witnessttatid how Arthur R. Pennell had come

into her life and wrecked it.

She had known him, she testified, for about six years, having met hint and

at a card party whit Mr. also was present. The fam-

ilies became intimate, and about a >-ar later Mrs. Burdick accompanied Mrs. Pennell on a trip to New Haven to attend the Yale commencement exercises. It was on this trip that Mrs.

Burdick's imimacy with I

Pennell's love letters to Mrs. 1 dick, couched in passionate 1 dearing terms, were read to he district attorney. She identified s

them as in the handwriting of Pennell. She admitted receiving some of them; others she said she could not recall. She identified as in Pennell's handwriting a letter of November 19. 1900, extracts from which were recently published. in which Pennell wrote that he sometimes thought he must kill Mr.

brought out that Mrs. Bur-

these letters locked in a her house until New

. 1901, when her husband

the box away fro; lent struggle, in

began. *. Burnd enby the 1 all of

then isibili

The Compan; was known under the :

“Vn’dli™

nt him abroad when n was ' — -*

ut c

was necessary to place

strait

im abr

ras breaking dowr t on his return it

ice him under

A short time before Captain Fitzgibbor was compelled to leave his pofition j friend asked him if it was not an awfu 1 responsibility to be forever handling

and he replied; arth can evet goes through y on earth. ^ J

money,

it. It is simply a 1

on earth il he goes

- imply a purgatory' on

wish I was in some other business. Not for my life would I steal a penny, bui the temptation is often great. Fight “ as you may, the temptation to be di

honest will come to you."

ap-

lids.

To Be Cortctyou's Lieutenant. The President has decided to

point E. E. Clark, of Cedar Rapi Iowa, president of the order of Ri way Conductors and a member of the Coal Strike Commission, assistant secretary of the Department of Com-

merce and Labor.

Mr. Clark was suggested to the President by Judge Gray and Carroll D. Wright. Judge Gray, chairman of the Coal Strike Commission, gives Mr. Clark credit for unusual ability and energy in the Commission's work. Mr. Clark represented organized labor on

the Commission.

His appointment will be announced before the President starts on his West-

ern trip next week. lu (be Departments.

iltimore and Uhto Kail

. sny. charging discriminant

The report of Lieutenant General Miles on his observations in the Philippines and on his . trip around the world has been submitted to the Sec-

retary of War. ...... 1...... .* William M. Collier, of New York. McKnight injured. was appointed special assistant to the Attorney General as solicitor of the Asks for Ci

Department of C01 1 * *’—

Secre

It was 1

dick had kept thi

strong box in her house unt Year's Day. 1901, when her hnsbant look the box away from ^tcr after a violent struggle, in which he choked She testified that she was first ordered by Mr. Burdick to leave his house in May, 1901. She went to Atlantic City. Letters written by her at this time to Burdick pleading to be forgiven and taken back were introduced. Burdick insisted in his letters that Pennell must leave Buffalo before hc would take Mrs. Burdick back. Mr*. Burdick wrote that she could not get Pennell to consent. Finally, she wrote that hc had promised to leave without fixing ^any date. He had promised oncaroefore and broke bis word. Mrs. Burdick was permitted nevertheless, to return to her home, after an absence of three weeks, solemnly promising to be a good wile and mother to her husband and children. She testified that sha made this

promise in good faith.

Pennell soon began renewing his advances to Mrs. Burdjck secretly. She was powerless to resist him. She testified to a list of places where they District Attorney Coalsworth has a - servant employed by the

witness.

McNeills, who lived next door t<f

Burdick honse. who is prepared <u swear that, during the time covered in question, she one day saw Pennell sneak hurriedly out of the side door af Burdick's house and jump the fence. Burdick had come home unexpectedly and Pennell, in his anxiety *0 get away, almost jumped upon the

servant in scaling the •fence.

Mrs. Burdick admitted that at the limes she met Pennell she wore a ring ne had given her over her wedding

ring.

Four Women Ran Down.

Phillirsdale, R. I. (Special).—Three women were instantly killed and a fourth was probably fatally injured while walking from Pawtucket to this place on the tracks of the New York. New Haven and Hartford Railroad. The victims, in trying to avoid one train were ick by an engine on another track.

icttor

and

:ary Moody has selected Gu10 as the principal United States ation in the West Indies.

Admiral Dewey is to review and inspect the North Atlantic fleet off the

Virginia Capes.

Dr. Washington G. Tuck has been reappointed postmaster at Annapolis, The Secret Service received a new counterfeit $2 silver certificate. Secretary Root declared that no anstrer was required from General Wood to Estes Rathbone’s charges, as he knew everyone of them to be with-

out foundation

Mr. Bowen received a handsome sil- i ver loving cup as a testimonial fr< the people of Venezuela. In response to requests of the ernors of Arkansas and Tennessee, , rctary of War Root ordered that-tents | be immediately sent to the flooded dis-

tricts.

Marcus Braun, of New York, has been appointed immigration inspector, to go abroad and-investigate immigra-

tion conditions. .

An agreement has been reached bj the allies upon amendments to the pro" posed draft of The Hague protocol. Count and Countess de Castellan* called on President Roosevelt at thi

White House.

It was discovered that there were several conflicting and apparently im possible conditions in the Cuban Reciprocity Treaty as ameflded and adopted

by the Senate which may kill it.

Civil Service Commissioner Fottlkc strongly resented criticisms made u;

him by senators for writini

Asks for Extra Session.

Yvashington, D. C (Special),

tary of ida, the 1

Quei cable

, the Cuban Minister, decided :<

lie President Palma requiting 1: call the Cuban Congress into ext

Tuban Congress into e

ordinary session, as that body otherwise would not meet until Aoril 7, seven day* after the expiration of the legal time limit for the exchange of ratifications.

Cruiser Seal to HaylL

Washington, D. C (Special).—The Navy Department was advised by Acting Secretary of State Loomis that reports from the Dominican Rcpnbli and Hayti indicate that American intet csts there may be_in need of protei

“ irtment has

1 proccci

orccd

tpon

letter* to

con ‘

ing upon the action of the department The President appointed Dr. W. D. Crum collector of the port at Charleston, S. C, and W. M. Byrne United States district attorney for Delaware. A court-martial was ordered to try

George H, Edds, chiefs steward at Newport,

of s —

if commissary

... R- L. on the securing commissions on ctf provisions.

The United States Senate ratified the Reciprocity Treaty after the tents agreed to by tbe Foreign Committee had been adopted. The Seligmans. affiliated with the

“ red to assume the

charge ol

purchases The Un;

Cuban Reciprocity Treaty after the amendments agreed to by the Foreign Affairs Committee had been adopted. The Seligmans. aF”"

Speyers, have offeret

Venezuelan de'

Coo sol Reports a R.-biMox

Washington. D.C. (Special).—A cable .dispatch received at the State Department front United States Consul MeWade, at Canton, says: "Viceroy 1

dispatched troops to sup

—• rebellion a

of Kwsi

em r vine*

nsul Mi oy Tesc

ops to suppress an mcipit Kant Chow, in the Pro-

Kwcntmig."

Process Takes Poise*.

London (By Cable).—The corresitlcnt of The Daily Chronicle at learns on reliable authority that the former Crown Princess of Saxwho sojurtime ago eloped with a

French tutor, is ’ying seriously iiL L .i-uthcr's chateau, at Lindatt, on an s'and in Lake Constance, from the «-fVcts of an attempt to commit soicin: by

-long poison.

Castro'* Abdication.

, Willemstad. Curacao Jeneral Matos. tLe leadet

melon revolutionary movement,

: following cable]

> (By der of

Cable).— the Vene-

who it ram u

r ene-

tary movement, al allowing cablegrar

HnHLioa Ay*la. r»ce-pr«*»den _ _ Venezuela and president of Congress: 'General Castro has resigned the presidency. Considering that his being in

will accept his abdication I will pri lo use all my influence with the minders of the revolutionary army l put *n immediate end to the war.”