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POLITICAL (MENTIONS." ? mi | Presidential Delegates Uhosen Dy Various State Assemblages. THE FINANCIAL PLANKS ADOPTED A Hot Contest in the Illinois Republican State Convention Between the Cullom ?nd SIcKinley Forces?Vennsylvanla Democrats Declare for Ex-Governor Pattisou?Mlchican Democrats Meet. Ailentown, Penn., April 30.?The adoption of the unit rule, as unequivocal declaration for sound money and a tariff for revenue only, and the formal launching of the Presidential boom of ex-Governor Robert E. Pattil?on, were the chief features of tho Democratic Convention held here yesterday. There :was a unanimous sentiment in favor of Mr. TsttisoD's Presidential candidacy, and the indorsement of him, as contained in the ( platform, is worded in strong language. AJthough there was opposition to the unit to'?, it did not affect the ex-Governor, and . ^Tff! BOBEBT E. PATTIiiOJJ. 1 (Endorsed for the Presidential Nomination 1 by the Pennsylvania Democrats.) with the unit rule in force tlie sixty-four del- 1 gates from Pennsylvania to the National 1 Convention will support him throughout. John M. BradeD, of Washiacton, and B. C. Potts, of Delaware, were nc minated by acclamation for Congres3men-at-large. The j lectors-at-large are WilliFm H. Singerly, Philadelphia; George W. Guthrie, Allegheny; James Denton Hancock, Ten- 1 ango; Alexander H. Coffroth, Somer oL The following were nomin- 1 ted by acclamation as delegates t-large: WilliHm F. Harrity, Philadelphia; ] Bobert E. Wright, Lehigh; J. Henry Cochran, Lycoming; Charlc3 A. Fagan, Allegheny; , Dr. John Todd, Montgomery; Benjamin F. Meyers, Dauphin; JohnS. Rilling, Erie; John T. Lenahan, Luzerne. * Illinois Republicans Meet." c BpBixonxLD, 111., April 30.?Chairman Jamioson of the State Central Committee, ailed the Illinois Republican State Convention to order at 12 o'clock. It was the c largest orowa ever asseinuieu ui u oimc uuu- .Tendon ia the history of Illinois. After being lntroducod as the Temoorary Chairman, Alderman M. B. Madden, of Chicago, addressed the delegates. After the announcement of committees, James B. Mann made a motion to adjourn for dinner until 2 o'clock. There was no objection and the convention adjourned. When the delegates reassembled John B. Tanner was nominated for Governor and W. M. Northoott for Lieutenant-Governor. The convention was one continual struggle between McKinley and Cullom men. ENATOR SHELBY M. CCLLOSL Tho McKinley supporter? were badly worsted In the committee which selected daiegates-at-large, their ticket having only six out of twenty-two votes. The delegates-at-large. as agreed on, are ex-Governor Fifer, David T. Littler and Xdltors Patterson and Nixon. Swift's defeat is accepted was an indication that there is little McKinley strength in Chicago. The platform declares for the proteotion of Amerioan industries and other timehonored principles of the party. There is also a Guian plunk, declaring for the liberty of that island. After an arraignment of the Dernooratio party, it continues: "Reso'.red, That we, the Republicans of Illinois, are unyielding and emphatto in our demands for honest money. We are op posed, as we ever nave been, to any ana every soheme that will $ivo to this country a currency in any way depreciated or debased or in any respect inferior to the money of the most advanced and intelligent Nations of the earth. We favor the use of silver as currency, but to the extent only and under such restrictions that parity with gold can be maintained." The Action or the State Democratic Convention in Michigan. Dbtboit, Mich.. April 3").?The Michigan State Democratic Convention yesterday, after a itoriny flght, endorsed the Administration and financial policy of Grover Cleveland, choso four gold standard delegates-atinrge and sent a delegation of twcnty-rour distrlot delegates to the Chicago Convention, of whom thirteen are counted gold mono-metallists and eleven bimetalllsts. The Administra-ion forces were led bvElliott G. Stevenson, the law partner of Don M. Dickinson, while their opponents were generalled by Thomas E. Barkworth, candidate for Congress in the Second District two years ago. There was an exulting fight over the delegar es-at-large, the Administration sound money faction wincing by a substantial majority. Those named were Elliott Stevenson, of Detroit; Thomas A. E. Weadock. Bay City; Robert R. Blacker, Manistee, and Pete;* White, Marquette. Georgia's Republican Convention. Atlanta. Ga.. Anril 30.?The Republican 1 State Convention t?? ug.-ninate four delegates- 1 ar-lanje to S'.Louis was called to order at the Capitol shortly after 11 a. m. by Chairman Buck. Ther-' \vu^ a Ian;-- attendance. ; ColoneJ a. E. Buck. sea ler of ;be McKinley < lories, wa-? elected Temrorary Chairman, i an t a Duramen: organization was .soon eifeeted oy electing Cotomd Buck as Per- , manent Chairman. H. L. Johnson, an anti- ( McKinley man. wasuauied us one of the four , delegates-ut-large, the other three beini; McKinley men. as fot?o*.v.~: A. E. Back, J. U. Dnvereaux and H. A. R'icker. all but Colonel Back being colored. After the regular convention bad adjourned, the Wright faction ?ayo 1 buhind and selected Buck, Johnson, J. L. Hetheriugton and K. K. Wrixut us their delegates, and adopted resolutions strongly adorning McKinley. Nebrus:<A Sounil-.Horiey Democrats. Lincoln, Neb., April ?0.?Nebraska Democrats of the soun.:-mon.-y sohoDl held their State Convention yesterday to elect four delegates-at-large to the Chicago Convention. There was a full representation of delegates. Euclid Martin, Chairman of the State Central Committee, called the delegates to order. He announced the selection by the committee of W. D. McHush,-of Omaha, as Temporary Chairmnn. and MoHugh made an address, emphasizing the declaration that this was the only genuine Democratic Convention. aDd that held last week was simply an off-shoot of the Populist party. The following deleuates-at-large were selected by acclamation: Tobias Caster, TXT Jk T)..?.An Amnhn. P n v/i U1UUUIU; IT . ft. X rtAlUli, viuaua, X/. vii Ryan, Grand Island; Dan W. Cook, Beatrice. A strong sound-money declaration was adopted. Vermont for McKinley. Montpelier, Vt., April 30.?Tho McKinleyites controlled the State Republican Convention here yesterday. Resolutions declaring McKinley the first choice of the convention were adopted by acclamation. Having accomplished all they desired, the McKinley men consented to a motion tabling the resolutions. W. A. Lord, of Montpelier, presided over the convention. A motion to lay the McKinley resolution on the table was then passed. Senator Proctor. Dr. Henry D. Hilton, of Brattle'ooro. Riohara C. Smith, of St. Albans, and C. A. Prouty, of Newport, were chosen delesates-at-large. The enthusiasm was all McKinley's way. The Reed men attempted to have the convention look with favor toward the man from Maine, but it was plainly evident that the biggest majority of the delegates were for McKinley. A sound money plank waa adoDted. Mississippi Democrats Sleet. Jacksox, Miss., April 30.?The Democratic State Convention was the most harmonious ;ver witnessed In the city. Ex-Representa:ive Muldew, of Oktibbeha County, wa3 ananimouEly eleoted Chairman. He is the President of the National Bank of Starkvllle, )ut a strong advocate of free ooinasre of stiver. The resolutions prepared by Senatorilect Money favor the free and unlimited soinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 ;o 1, and instruct the delegates to the Nolonal Democratic Convention to vote for no nan for President or Vice-President who is lot in favor of those principles. A resolu:ion instructing the delegates to Chicago to present and urge E. C. Walthall for second place on the Presidential ticket was adopted. Fusion in Alabama. Montgomery. Ala., April 30.?The Repubicans in Alabama have taken advantage of :he Populist State Convention to get together, rhe two wings of the party had each held separate conventions. The anti-McKlnley iving adopted a resolution favoring fusion ^ith the Populists provided two Republicans 39 placed on the State ticket. The Populists igreed to the terms, The McKinley Conven:ion accepted the proposition and deternined to support the Populist nominees, Thn Vntlnnul Game. The averags weight of the Baltimore team s 179 pounds. The Baltimores have a wonder in Pond, he young pitcher. Latham has been laid off by St. Louis for ndifferent playing. Burkett, of Cleveland, bid fair to lead the League's batters again. Pitcher Meekin was once a catcher for Mains, now of the Bostons. Catcher Grim. <31 the Brooklyns, seems to lave lost his throwing arm. McCarthy has proved himself a most valuible man for the Brooklyns. Look out for the Philadelphias when yon ire picking a pennant winner. With Rusie out of the game. Breitenstein, >f St. Louis, is the greatest pitcher of them ill. The majority of native Eastern players vere "sandlots" catchers at the age of seveneen. The New York team's bad start means lothing. There is plenty of time to strength:n weak points. New York has four ex-pitchors on the line, namely: Gleason, Stafford, Tiernan ind Van Haltren. Decker Is playing first base for Chicago initead of Anson. The latter is directing the :eam from the bench. Collins, of Boston, Is one of the most grace!ul and effective third basemen In the profession?a reminder of Denny at his best. Pfeffer will not be released by the New forkers, as reported. He want9 a chance :o get into form, and it will be given to him. The crop of March wonders is fast passing >ut of sight. This thing of finding compe:ent new players for the League is discouraging. The present is Clarke's ninth year in the i>ox. and the New York pltcner says he feels 13 if he were good for as many more years in ;he same place. Chicago has secured another And. This rime it is Left Fielder Flynn, who has taken EVilriot's place. He is a heavy batter and a sensational flelder. Washington's new man, Rogers, has played professional ball longer than any player of iis age in the major League. At the age of ;wenty-flve he can look back on eight years )f professionalism on the diamond. The New Yorkere are still crying for Rusie :o come on and help them win the pennant. Susie's case will not be settled by the League's Board of Directors until next fall, 10 that Amos, if he waits until that time, will lose a whole season's salary. Pitoher Cuppy, of Cleveland, is at his slow vork again, and the Cincinnati "fans" tried ill sorts of tactics to urge him on. Counting rat the numbers as he stood in the box was ried, and at one time the orowd counted up o twenty before the ball left the pitcher s land. Manager Freeman, by the way, is most smphatto in his denials that the club has any ntention of trying to trade Rusie. In referinco to the matter he said: *'It may as well >e understood now that Rusie will not be rnded or sold to any club." Rusie weighs >65 pounds. The New York pitching situation soems to )e improving. Bowen has the earmarks ot >eing all right; Meekin gives evidence of ounding to, and Clarke is in fine shape. Che club expects to get another good jltcher or two Bhortly. When the team gets :o putting up the fielding and batting it is sapable of it should be able to get out of its JL COCiik 1UI. Proinineut People. The Prince of Wales is said to have lost nuch of his interest in horse racing. It is said that ".Mark Twain" regards his 'Joan of Arc" as his masterpiece. President Eraser, of the Transvaal, is vorking off his superfluous fat by riding a )icycle. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Ambassador at Washington, is an accomplished nubician. Paderewskl. the pianist, has offered a arize of 810,000 to encourage musical composition in America. The Kins of Greece and his three sons actid as palibearere at the funeral of the nurse Hfho had reared all the royal boys. The Duke of Cumberland was born without a nose, and the one that more or less idorns his face was built up tiy surgery. Lord Rutherford Clark, a Scotch judge, is i i nimble old gentleman of seventy wbo has ;wice won the first prize for golf at Cannes. Senator Wolcott, of Colorado, is ambidexIrous. He can shave with a razor in each hand and write with two pens at the same :ime. Conan Doyle, the novelist, scorns the typewriter and makes all his copy with pen ind ink. Hi? average day's work is 1590 words. Johann Janko, the best Known o; tne uunerar'an caricaturists, has just died at the ase [>f sixty-three. His drawings rumber more than 80,000. It is said that a iarge number of the aristocratic society people of Berlin refuse to associate with the Kaiser on account of his rudo :in l arbitrary manner?. James Rich Steers, tho designer of tho famous yacht America, and of many other fast vessels, diea in New York a few days since at the age of eighty-eight. Justin McCarthy has received upward of ?75,000 from the sale of his "History of Our Own Times,and has 3pent most of it iu advancing the cause of Ireland. Henry C. Frick. manager of the Carnegie Steel Company, is about to erect a hospital for children at Pittsburg, Ponn., at a ooat of $500,000. It will be under the care ol the Esiscooal Church. THE PENALTY COMMUTED " 1 Boer Court Sentenced Four of the Johannesburg Reformers to Death. ONE THE AMERICAN, HAMMOND. They Pleaded Guilty of High Treason--Vcrdict Rendered at a Slttlne of the Coart In Pretoria, Transvaal?Death Penalty Commuted?The New* at Washington?>Ir. Hammond'a Career. Pretoria. South African RonnbHe. Anril SO.?Four of the leaders of the National Reform Committee who pleaded guilty of high treason, Including John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer, W8re condemned to death by the court, but their sentence was afterward commuted by President Kruger. Counsel for the defence real a statement to the court signed by Hammond, Phillips, Parrar and Colonel Rhodes, admitting that they had asked Dr. Jameson to go to Johannesburg, but deploring his mistake in entering the Transvaal and marching on Johannesburg when there was no urgent need for his presence. They maintained that their action thioughout was not hostile to the Government. In addition to the sentence of death passed upon the leaders of the Reform Committee sixty other members have been sentenced to two years' imprisonment, a fine of $10,000, and "three years' subsequent banishment. Among the other members of the Reform Committee who were sentenced are four Americans?Captain Mein, Chief Engineer of the Robinson Gold Mining Company: Victor B. Clement, Assistant Consulting Engineer of the Consolidated Gold Fields Mining Company; J. S. Curtis, a wealthy mining engineer, who Is well known in New York, and a Mr. Lawley. They were each sentenced to pay a flue of $i0,000, to undergo two veara* Imorisonment. and then to be banished from'the Transvaal for three years. England Asks Clemency. London, April 29.?In the House of Commons Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary for the Colonies, said: "I have received a private telegram of the accuracy of which I have no doubt, sayinc that flvoof the leaders of the so-called National Reform Committee at Johannesburg had been condemned to death. I thereupon cabled to Sir Hercules Robinson, at Cape Town, instructions to communicate th? following to President Xruffer: " 'The Government has just learned that the sentence of death has been imposed upon tho-chief leaders of the Reform Committee. The Government has no doubt that your Honor will commute the sentenoes. Indeed, the Government has assured Parliament that this Is your Honor's intention.' " Hammond's Case at Washington. Washington, April 29.?Congress will take no action in the case of John Hays Hammond, nor will the State Department. The reason for this is that the State Department and Sir Julian Paunceforte, the British Minister, have been officially notified that Hammond's sentence is to be commuted, and this was well understood before he pleaded guilty. The American, John Hayes Hammond, who has been condemned to death for his part in the Johannesburg rebellion, is a mining engineer by profession and an intimate Wend of Cecil Rhodes, the former Premier of Cape Colony, whose adviser he has boen in Transvaal affairs. Mi. Hammond is a native of California, and went to South Africa several years ago to enter the service of a mining company controlled by Mr. Rhodes. Mr. Hammond is said to be a man of great wealth, which he has acquired by his interests in the Transvaal gold mines. Mr. Hammond was a leadinc member of the Johannesburg Reform Union, which was declared to be responsible for the JamesoD raid. Three of the other prisoners who, together with Hammond, nave Deen sentoncea ro death are Colonel Francis W. Rhodes, brother of Cecil Rhodes; Lionel Phillips. President of the Johannesburg Chamber of Mines, and Peroy Farrar, proprietor of the South African Country Life. COLUMBIA'S RAM SUNK HER. The Stcamnhip Wjannke Goes Down Ofl Newport Newi, Va. The old Dominion steamer Wyanoke, Captain Jenny, bound from Richmond, Ya., foi New York, ran into the United States cruisei Columbia at about half-past two o'clock a. m. She was making for Newport News at the time. The cruiser was at anchor off NewportNews. The Wyanoke struck the prow of the Columbia and bad a hole cut in the forward part of her starboard side. She sank about a quarter of an hour afterward in sixty feet of water. All hen passengess and crew were saved, but all the baggage was lost, and probably the cargo also. Two firemen were badly scalded, but beyond this no injuries are reported. The Columbia was anchored very near the Dier. In the channel of the river opposite Newport News, and was not seen from the Wyanoke on account of the brilliancy of the electric lights on the pier. The Wyanoke left Richmond witheighteeD passengers and a small quantity of freight. The Wyanoke is an old side-wheel steamer, built at Wilmington in 1870. She is 238 feet long, 40 feet beam, 23.6 deep, and has a gross tonnage of 2068. She is rigged as a hermfr phrodite brig. ALABAMA STATE CONVENTIONS. Delegate* Elected to the St. Louis Republican Convention. Two State Conventions of the Republican party of Alabama were held at Montgomery. Una was JilCJiia?ey ana tile inner ami-iin;Kinley. Governor Oates sent a note to Chairman Slosely saying that because of the threatened trouble he must decline to permit the use oi the hall of the General Assembly for the convention. The MoKinley men met in a music hall. The anti-McKlnleyltes assembled in a cotton warehouse. Their speakers favored fusion with the Populists in the State elections, and after appointing anti-McKlnley delegates to the St. Louts Convention they a ljourned. The McKinley Convention chose D. D. Shelby, C. W. Buckley, John W. Jones (colored) unci John Pettiford (oolored) as delegates, and instructed them to vote for McKinley. The Populists also held a convention on the same day, They nominated Representative Goodwin for Governor, and divided the nominations for other State offices with thr anii-iloKinioy Republicans. Servant Girls on Strike. The servant girls of Superior, Wis., are on strike. They demand an increase in wages from ?10 or $12 a month to $15, regardless of their ability or the work they nave to do. The girls nave formed a union and in all coses where the demaud for increased wh^s has been refused the girls have quit work. The housewives who have refused ?? > - * - .1., vu iutckuu iu uc uuiuuuus iuw wiu^ -/wjcotted, auu cannot get girls for love or money. There are aoout 1000 members of the union, aud, as female labor Is sc.irce, they declare they will stand out until all receive the wages asked. Nine Fishermen Lost at Sea. The schooner Norman, Captain Gray, from Providence, R. L, which has arrived at Charleston, S. C., reports having picked up at sea, on April 18, seven men in a dory, belonging to the fishing schooner J. W. Campbell, oi Gloucester, Mass. The J. W. Campbell went down in a squall sixty miles southsouthwest of Montauk. The Campbell carried a crew of sixteen men, oi whom nine are reported lost. F.orida Town Nearly Destroyed. White Sprlng3, Fla., was nearly destroyed by fixe. More than half the town i3 in ishea. .. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED TVaihinarton Itema. The Marquette statue was accepted by the Senate. 8enator Teller, of Colorado, announced to the 8enate that he would not supportthe Republican candidate on a gold platform. Spanish authorities in Washington have discovered a Cuban plot to seize a port, blow up a warship and capture Spanish gold. Lieutenant-Colonel Ludlow attacked the plans of the Nicaragua Canal promoters and reflected upon the work of Engineer jjenocal. The General Pension bill was passed by the House, and debate on the Baukruptcy bill began. The President let the Agricultural bill become a law without his signature, presuma bly because it thwarted Secretary Morton s purpose to abolish the seed distribution system. A favorable report was made to the Senate I on Senator Squire's bill, appropriating $300,- ( 0C0 for an equestrian statue of General Grant t in Washington. t Secretary Hoke Smith has recommended , to the Attorney-General the dismissal of the suit against the Burlington and Missouri < River Railroad Company to recover about j 50.000 acres of land In Kansas and Nebraska, , erroneously patented to the road, upon which about 2000 homesteaders have settled. Senator Gorman took the lead In the ' Senate in an effort to out down the proposed t appropriations for the navy. 1 Secretary Carlisle decided to ask Congress 5 to amend the Chinese Exclusion bill, so as to exclude testimony of Chinamen. < The President has nominated Leo Berg- j holz, of New York, to be United States Con- : sul at Erzeroum, Armenia. Mr. Bergholz is ! ? resident of New Rochelie, N. Y. l Domeitlc. t EECOED or THE LEAGUE CLUBS. Per Per Clubs. Won. Lost, ct Club*. Won. ct 1 Pittsburg..7 2 .778 Brooklvn. .5 5 .5*0 Philadel ..7 3 .700 Chicago.. .5 5 .500 c Washing'n.6 4 .600 Baltimore..5 5 .500 1 Boston 6 4 .600 Cleveland..* 5 .444 i St. Louis..6 4 .600'New York.l 9 .100 Cincinnati.6 4 .600 Louisville..1 9 .100 Abram S. Cassedy, former Mayor of New-, burg, N. Y., shot himself to death while insane from financial losses and domestlo troubles. Mrs. Thomas Bailey and her fifteen-yearold daughter were killed in their house near Raleigh, N. C., by lightning. x rich vein of silver has been encountered by New York and Pennsylvania prospectors at South Canaan, Wayne Countv. Penn. At Milwaukee, Wis., a team hitched to a hack ran away, dashing west through a crowd of children, who were standing in front of the Parochial school. Twenty of the little ones were injured. John Manning, a mill hand living near Morehouse, Mo., awoke to find his home in flames. In the house with him were his wife and three children. Two of the little ones were roasted to death, one fatally burned, and their mother dangerously injured. Manning wa3 badly scorched. A mass meeting of citizens of New York and Brooklyn wa3 held in Cooper Union, New York City, to ask the Govornor to veto the Greater New York bill. ] The New York Court of Appeals granted a n^w trial to Vlncenzo Nino, convicted before Recorder Goff in New York City, of wife- j murder. , Howard Strassler, Frank McElroy andi i Cash Alexander, of Corrj , Ponn., went on a ] I fishine excursion in a small boat. In ati i tempting to change seats McElroy fell over- 1 board. The boat was up9et and McElroy* < and Strassler were drowned. 1 i Commander Booth-Tucker, of the 8alvaj < tion Army, was arrested In "Chinatown,'] New York City, while "slumming" in dis? guise with "Steve"Brodie, the bridge jumpen The cyclone in Clay County. Kansas, was ' far more disastrous tban at first supposed. ' It is now certain that eleven persons wera ! killed outright and more than twenty-flve J injured, many of them fatally. . ' The United States cruiser Newark arrived ( at Hampton Roads, Ya., aftor a four years' cruise. James J. Bush, Cashier of the broken Elmira (N. Y.) National Bank, was indicted ] after three attempts and placed under arrest The anniversary of General Grant's birth was observed in New York City and elsewhere in the East by commemorative din- i ners. A celebration in his honor was also < hold at Gaiena, 111. A cave-in occurred at the slate quarry oi John W. Jones, at Delta, Penn., in which . two workmen, Lew Evan and Hariy Jones, . were crushed almost beyond recognition. A boiler explosion occurred in a sawmill \ nt firwnfl Ohio. E_ T. Stoekwell. (Jharlea Nanes, George Fink and Charles Walcott ] were injured, the two former fatally. A por- ] tion of the boiler was blown forty rods. The t mill was wrecked. j Russell Sage and George Gould submitted ? to Mayor Strong propositions for important < extensions of the elevated railroad systom in < New York City. ( At Belmar, N. J., Stanley McDermott, 1 fourteen years old, was accidenta'ly shot and killed by Arthur Hagerman, thirteen years old. The Theosophica! Society of America 1 opened its convention at New York City, electing Ernest T. Hargrove President. Minnie Allen, alias Campbell, a prisoner in i the Penitentiary in Waupun, Wis., for lar- ] ceny, has confessed that she murdered Montgomery Gibbs, in Buffalo. Sadie anc\ 1 Clarence Robinson were convicted of the 1 crime and are in Auburn Prison. ] Five men detected robbing the Mauch ^ Chunk (Penn.) Postofflce escaped on a passing train, but were headed off at White Haven by a posse, who shot two and chased ! one intothe river, while the others escaped. ' United States troops drove the Washing- ^ ton State militia from 8and Island, where they had been encamped, protecting the fish traps from the fishermen. Sand Island is a Government preserve, and tne occupation by the Washington militia was called to the at- , tention ot the Federal authorities. At Rochester, N. Y.. Edwin W. Home, a locksmith, went from his work, and, after eating a hearty meal, rode his bicycle for an hour on the avenue. He leturned home and entered the bathroom for a bath. His father 1 heard a heavy fall. Bursting onen the door, j Edwin was found dead. ( At Burlington, N. J., the shoe plant of t the William B. Bunting estate was destroyed i by Are, entailing a loss of $75,000; insurance, t SiO.OUO. The concern did a big business in i the manufacture of children's shoes and em- < ployed 150 persons. i | David H. Jerome, ex-Governor ofMichl- t j gan, died at Watkins Glen, N. Y. He had I been in ill health for a year and a halt A j widow and one son survived him. t Foreign Notei. | At Magpie, Canada, the houso of Jean 1 Louis Mercler was burned, and his wife, sod 1 and daughter perished in the flames. I M. Mellne, tho new Premier of France, compleied his Cabinet. Advices from the island of Crete say that the Cretan Reform Committees have re- 1 pulsed the Turkish troops at Sella, killing i twenty of them. t A duel with sabres took place at Budapest, [ Hungary, between Herr Pejervarv and Herr Korbuly, editor of the Nerazot. The latter was ' seriously wounded. s The trial of Dr. Jameson, tho Transvaal raider, anil his companions was continued in Bow Street Court. London, and the case adjourned until June 11. ( The British warship Hannibal. 15,048 tons. ( the heaviest tonnage afloat, was launched at t Pembroke. ii The new commercial treaty between Sweden and Japan has been ratiiled. The Philippine Islands aro developing a . disposition to shako oft' Spain's grip. 1 Chamberlain. Secretary for the Colonies, ^ said that the British Government had re- " luctantly decided to withdraw the invitation u to visit London extended to President Kru- n ger. !j Part of tho Italian garrison at Kassala, n Ahvsstnin o.nniolntlv with a detachment of ? th ' Italian forces from Mekran, made an at- j tack upon a force of 8000 dervishes, whom j. they defeated and pursued to Golsa. The Italians k.lled 500 of the dervishes and lost 100 of their own men. President Kruger of the Transvaal decided to not visit London for a conference ? , with Mr. Chamberlain. <J CHBMMHSTEESU1 Men, Arms and Ammunition {or the Insurgents, rHE POPE FOR MEDIATION, rhe Spaniards Claim the Victory In Two Sharp Skirmishes?A Larjje Supply of Munitions Safely lteach the Patriots In Plnar del Rio?Some Statistics That Tell the Situation. Havana, Cuba, April 28.?The uuoan symjathlzers Iq this city are secretly rejoicing >ver the receipt of trustworthy intelligence hat further aid for the insurgents has arrived. An expedition, with a large quantity >f arms and ammunition, has safely landed >n the coast of Pinar del Rio, and the sup)lies are now safe in the hands of the pariots. The expedition comprised a large lumber of men, all well armed and equipped or instant service. No details are given as o where the expedition wa3 from, but there s no doubt of its having safely evaded the Spanish warships and troops. Colonel Zubla reports that the troops unler his command met a band of rebels on the Jan Jose estate, near Camajuanl. A brisk ight followed, in which the rebels lost four tilled. The insurgents retreated, but were followed by the troops, who again attacked hem. The rebels made a stout resistance, )ut could not withstand the Are of the troops, md were compelled to retreat, leaving eleven lead on the field. The troops, according to he report, had only three wounded in 'both Ights, a statement which seems improbable. While Colonel Pinto's command was resonnoltrlng on the Conchita estate, near Slarlel, a rebel band under Perico Delgardo ivas encountered. The insurgents occupied itrong positions in the Rubi Sills, but the roops dislodged them and pursued them in:o tne mountains. The lo3S to tho insurants is said to have been heavy. They loft iwelve dead on the field, and two men, who were wounded, died later. The troops had seven wounded. Among the documents found on the body >f Jose Alfonso, the rebel leader who was tilled near Cardenas, was a circular orderng him to respect the property of Ameri:ans. Manuel Marrinez Valenzuela was shot in ;he Cabana fortress for rebellion and arson. The Insurgents have burned all the tobac:o plantations belonging to Pedro Murias, lear Dtmas, in the Pinar del Rio province, :o?ether with other property. Over 300 louses and 40,000 bales of tobacco, were deitroyed. The loss Is estimated at over $1.)00,000, that of Marias alone being $700,000. The misery resulting from the firing of the plantations is terrible. Three thousand persons are rendered homeless. They are beng protected by the Government and fed tvith military rations. CUBA AND THE POPE. Leo XIII. Desires Spain to Accept the Mediation of the United States. Loxdon, April 28.?The Chronicle pubIshes a despatch from Rome saying that Mgr. Dretoni, the Papal Nuncio at Madrid, has had numerous interviews with Mr. Hannls Taylor, the American Minister to Spain, relative io the instructions received by him from the Vatican to endeavor to have the mediation Df the United 8tates accepted by the Spanish Government to bring about the pacification jf Cuba. The Cabaci Bond Issue. Niw Yobs Citt, April 28.?B. J. Guorra, rreasurer of the Republic of Cuba, said that :he bids for the $2,000,000 of six per cent jonds offered by the republic aggregated iA AAA AAA a4 n n o?asa/?A /ia r\9 Ptf,vuu,uuw at cut atoiafjv v* ui^?^ - n v :ents on the dollar. The bids came from all >ver the United States. VENEZUELAN NEGOTIATIONS. Dealing With the Qaettloa of Arbltratlen and the Tenesnela Dilate. Sir William Harcourt, in accordance with lotlce given by him, asked- In the House of Commons the British Government what, if iny, arrangements had been made to conslude by arbitration a settlement of the dlf'erences between the United States and Jreat Britain in regard to Venezuela. Mr. A. J. Balfour said that arrangements :o arbitrate in respect of the Venezuelan and )ther questions was a matter which both the British and the United States Governments lad in view. The latest communications on he subject which nad just been received 'rom the United States were now under conlideratlon, and dealt with both the general juestlon of arbitration and the Venezuela ilspute. To give further information con4U., ?A*A A a* ;oiuiug IUO uiauci, uo ^uunuucu, wvuAvt <*t :he present time be Inexpedient. FEIGENBAUM EXECUTED. Ulejred Confession That Ho Was the Whltechapol Fiend. Carl Ferdinand Felgenbaum was executed n the electric chair at Sing 81ng (N. Y.) Prison for the murder of Mrs. Johanna Hoffnan, the landlady of the house where he warded in Now York Cify in 1891. At 11.16 Felgenbaum walked into the death chamber. It his side was Warden Sage and two priests followed. Felgenbaum held a crucifix in his aand. He walked to the chair without assistance and sat down. The current was urned on at 11.17 o'olock, and flfty-nine seconds later it was announced that the man ivasdead. Fiegenbaum made a confession to his jounsel which leads to the belief that the nurder was Jack the Ripper, who killed and nutilatod twelve women in Whitecbapel, London, and others in various parts ol this lountry, The Work of Incendiaries. A dispatch from Cripple Creek, Col., says: Evidence has been secured which indicates hat the Are at Cripple Creek was the work )i an incendiary, ior tae purpose 01 uiukibk i raid on the First National Bank, which low appears to have had on deposit somehlng over ?100,000, on account of the near ipproach of pay day at the leading mines. Uhief Marshall revealed this fact as his easons for keeping a heavy armed guard in he town." Father and Son Kill Each Other. At Rosedale, Yo., Mr. Dutter an I his son juarrelled over a money transaction. The ather flred several shots at his son, one of vhich took effect in the son's breast. As he ell he shot his father through the heart, tilling him instantly. The son lived half an lour. He Killed Five Persons. Robert LaughliD, who is In jail at Maysrille, Ky., for the murder of his wife and liece, whom he assaulted, has confessed wo more murders. The idiot child whose lead body was found in the spring near his louse was Lausrhlln's first victim, and ienjarain McCrackln. his brother-in-law, the econd. He killed Ave persons in all. Ohio Legislature Adjourned. The seventy-second General Assembly of )hio adjourned sine die at noon at Columbus. Jovernor Bushnell visited each branch just lefore adjournment and delivered a short .ddress, John H. Hammond Pleads Guilty. John Hays HammouJ, the American minng engineer, and the other members of the ohann^burs Itoiorm Committee, who vroro irresred for complicity in tho Jameson raid igiiinst tho Boers pleaded guilty of treason ,t Pretoria, in tho Trausvau', while Snuer .nd Simpson pleaded ?ailty of lesa majeste. '. S. Curtis, an American engineer, who was ,!so amoDij the members of the committee rho were arrested, is the only one of tho de* undants who has not pleaded to tho charges, lo is at liberty ou bail. Diminutive Cyclone in Arkansas. A diminutive cyclone swept over a portion f Perry and Conway Counties. Arkansas. It lestroyed a large amount of property. GRANT STATUI UNVEILED. Fine Bronze Figure Formally Presented to the City of Brooklyn. The oquestrian statue of General Ulysses | S. Grant, the work of William Ordway 1 Partridge, was unveiled in front of the Union League Club house, In Bedford avenue and Dean street, Brooklyn. A hundred thousand people shouted themselves hoarse as young Ulysses a. Grant, a son of Colonel Frederick D. Grant, Police Commissioner of New York City, gave the ropes a tug and the great flasrs parted, showing the great monument in its entirety. At the same time | the faint booming of guns in the distance told the multitude that from ore end of the town to the other people were doinp honor to the memory of General Grant. The route of the parade bore a ap- | pearance with flags, streamers and bunting; The parade, whloh was reviewed by Govoonn* Wrt?4nn waa main tin nf fmir Hlvl gions, consisting of United States regulars, Infantry and batteries, olght companies oi marines and bluejackets, the Second Brlgade, National Guard, composed of the Forty-seventh , Twenty-third, Fourteenth and Thirteenth Rejdments, the Third Battery, and Troop 0, thirty-two Grand Army posts, boys from the Hebrew Orphan Asylum and pupils from public schools. The parade took all of an hour in passing, and was the best in quality, it was thought, Brooklyn had ever seen. Eaoh company was loudly oheered as it passed, and the fine marohing and neat saluting as the officers passed the Governor deserved all the praise it got The pedestal on wkich the stitne stands is a granite block sixteen feet high v and weighs 110 tons. Tbe statue is bronze and stands fifteen feet eight inches in height. The inscription on the side of the pedestal Is the simple word "Grant," while the front reads: "Presented to the city by the Union League Club of Brooklyn, April 27, 1896." QUEEN OF BATTLESHIPS. The Massachusetts Makes a Great Record of 16.15 Knotg. In her official trial trip the United States States battleship Massachusetts covered the airty-two knots of the official Government course in three hours and fifty minutes and twenty-three seconds, making the average speed 16.15 knots?a speed whioh places her In the very front of ship3 of her iclaes of all the navies of the world. The average speed of the Massachusetts was over a half knot greater than that of her sister ship, the Indiana, which made 15.61 knots ton ner official trial trip. The contract of thi Cramps with the Government called for a bonus of $25,000 for every quarter knot made by the ship above fifteen, and by her performance the battleship earned for her builders a premium of $ 100,000. Among tnose aboard the tugs were Acting Governor Wolcott, of Massachusetts, several members of his staff. and Henry W. Cramp, Treasurer of the Cramp Company. The course was from Cape Ann to Boon Island, off the Maine coast. The distance is thirtyone knot", and was marked off by sis c;:r buoys. At eaoh buoy was stationed a Gov. ernment vessel. The Massachusetts pro vod herself to be the fastest, as she has hitherto boen known to be the mo3t powerful, of alJ eraaored ships in the world. SWEPT BY A BIC WIND STORM. X'oail Oodles In the Path ot a Kansaa Tornado. A tornado sped through Clay County, Kansas, by which five people were killo'i three faially wounded and seventeen in" jured. Tho dead are: Frank Peterson, Mrs, Fr.\nk Peterson and child, Mrs. 01 e Naverson. grandchild of Peter Anderson. Ever'member of the families of John Morris, P Welkin,-Peter Anderson and Henry Ganln.T was hurt, and three of them have wound' said to be fatal. A large number of horses and cattle we/ Ulled and damage to farm property is IX, mense. The tornado started about six mil\ south of Clifton and went in a northeasterly direction for twelve or fifteen miles an t I then lost its force by spreading. Ifs track varied from 150 yards to a quarter of a mile In width. It tore through a farming com-) pinnity and nothing is left standing. Houses and barns were wrecked, trees j torn up or broken, fences levelled and hay stacks blown over In every direction. The tornado was followed by a terrific rain I storm, which lasted several hours, flooding the devastated district. Lynched Two White Men. Two white men, William and Victor Hillla, ware lynched near McMinnvllIe, Tenn., by fifteen mounted masked men, who had come from the adjoining county ot Van Buren, rode to the McMinnville jail and, and overpowering the jailer, secured the men. At Oaylight their bodies were round suspended from limbs that overhang the public road. The men had been convicted at the September term of the Circuit Court of the murder of Carroll Martin, a Van Buren County farmer. The evidence was circumstantial, and the ^ase was reversed and remanded by the Supreme Court. Killed Five Person*. At Rockville, Ind., Albert, commonly known as "Pete" Egbert, killed Mrs. Herman Haschke, her daughter Agne3, ten years old: her son Herman, eight years old; Sheriff Mull, Constable Sween, who were attempting to arrest him and then blew out his own brains. Within an hour afterward his sister died. Egbert had once been an inmate of an Insane asylum and the only explanation of his murderous outbreak is that he had again become suddenly insane. FIro at Cripple Creek. A disastrous Are vi3ited Cripple Creek, Col. The fire originated in Central Oanoe Hall on Meyers avenue and did damage to the amount of $2,000,000. The territory burned was the business center, and included the First National and Bimetallic Banks, Postofflce, the J. H. Wolf Company. Hortland and Atma hotels, 8took Exchange, Palaoe Drug Store, Holland and Topio theatres, Opera Houso Cripple Creek Gold Mining Exchange ana Congregational and First M. E. churches. Four people perished in the fire and three are missing. Two Women Murdered. Two women were killed while sleeping at Cookings, noar Hill Top. Charles County, Md. The victims were lire. Cocking, the wife of Joseph Cocking, who keeps a general store on the road between La Platte and Port Tobacco, and her sister, Miss Daisy Miller. Cocking was found in the cellar of his place with a wound on his forehead. Mrs. Cooklog had evidently struggled, for apll'ow had been used to stifle her cries. With a hatchet she had been struck over her right ear, the hatchet penetrating her brain. Her skull was also crushed. Miss Miller had boen instantly killed with a blow over her right eye. Man and YFIfe Perlah. Bernard Cullen and his wife wore bcth burned to death in a Are which destroyed their home near Chester, Orange County, n.y. Minor Mention. Ab iildin? was sst on tiro in Now York City by matches that were ignited by a mouse. It is estimated that 250,000,000 poker chips are manufactured annually in the United States. Ex-Governer George \Y. Peck, of Wiscoosin, will appear on the rostrum next sea$o? as a professional lecturer. T.. TrA'istir^r \i?haker th:it by a cor.tlaous c.-mut of aa ?::port it wi'l require twenty hours to h:sadle 100,000 standard silver dollars. A shower of mud is reported from Wyoming Louisville. Ky.,has ta'iea 3rst placo in tho production of plus tobacco. St. Louis iormerly held the record. Somo Pennsylvania capitalists have mado a great success ot shipping cottl to Germany, and are preparing to eulurge their business. The St Louis directory for 1806, just Issue 1 indicates that the population of the city is now 611,233, an increase of 145,059 since 1890. Mme. Duret Berthel, a well-known singer ot Louisville, Ky., went to b?d the other ;ht and wok. Up blind la the morning, , : ' ' '< V,^ MANY MATABELES- KfLLED. Hard Fighting With the Britlah Wea* Bnluwayo. A despatch from Bnluwayo, South Africa, says that Commander Duncan, with 100 whites and 200 natives, with Maxim and Hotohklss guns, met the Matabeles three miles from Buluwayo. The Matabeles flred a heavy volley Into the British party. One of the whites of the British party was killed, three of the offloere were wounded, and several of the natives were killed. The Matabeles lost 150 killed and many mora wounded. The details of the fighting show that the British party met with no resistance until they reached the Umguza River, where they came upon the enemy. The British force crossed the river and rushed upon the Matabeles, who were outflanked and driven Into the water. The enemy swarmed up, however, and attempted to get in the rear of the British, obliging the Afrikanders to gallop baok to Intercept them. Guy's scouts fell into an ambubh and had to make a rush to extricate themselves from the Matabeles, who were pouring a hot Are Into them. There were manv Instances of personal heroism. Trooper Baxter, seeing Corporal Wise severely wounded and his horse snot under him, jumped from his own horse and helped Wise to mount, thus enabling the Corporal to escape. Baxter gave his life tcr his friend, for soon after Wise's escape he was killed by a stroke from an assegai nurled by one of the ambushed foes. Lieutenant Hood was hurt severely and Lieutenant Crewe waS slightly wounded. Crewe Insisted that Hood should take hlB horse, and Hood did so, and effected his escape. Crewe also got off without further Injury, but had great difficulty In escaping Baxter's fate. The horse that Selous was riding was killed In midstream, 'and the rider barely escaped with his lire. All the troops were cool and plucky. The exact number of the killed and wounded Hatabele3 is not known. SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENTS. Mrs. Dyer Now Aeeaud of Making Way With Over One Handred Children. Mrs. Annie Dyer and her son-in-law, Arthur E. Palmer, the baby farmers, who were arrested at Beading, England, on the charge of Infanticide, were again arraigned In the Bending Polioe Court and remanded pending ttte result ot me iunner searau ux the river for bodies which the police are now making. While the hearing was in progress an angry crowd gathered outside the coort and Indulged In menacing language toward the prisoners. Mrs. Dyer, who Is a middle-aged woman of stout build, rooked continually baokward and forward during the reoltal of the aocueatlons against her, appearing to suffer great mental agony. v The developments are horrifying the country. It has been proved that since Christmas twenty children were Intrusted to Mrs. Dyer's keeping, and that only four are living. The others have vanished. Prior to Christmass many other children who nad been placed in her charge disappeared. 'The woman has for a long time practiced a wholesale system of infant murder. She lived In Reading, where she had the reputation of piety. Above the door of her noma was a figure of Christ, beneath whloh was the inscription: "Suffer little children to come unto Me, and forbid them not, for ot such is the kingdom of heaven." Over one hundred missing infants are now connected with Mrs. Dyer. The police have consulted the. higher legal authorities regarding prominent persons who have been found to be involved by giving Mrs. Dyer charge of children. Sensational developments are probable when the case comes on for trial. ' PARDON FOR INSURGENTS. Captain-General Weyler Junes a Proclamation Offering Amnesty to Bebels. Captain-General Weyler, of Cuba, Issued o proclamation which he expects will result in many of the rebels laying down their arms. The proclamation says In substance that'the Insurgents In the provincejof Pinai del Bio nave been demoralized by the obstacles whloh prevent their passing the military line extending from Hariel to Majana and by their constant persecution by the troops. It being known that many of the Insurgents are desirous of surrendering,but fear to do so, believing that they will l>e shot, he therefore orders that all the rebel leaders and their followers who during the next twenty days shall present themselves, with their arms, to the military authorities, in that province will be pardoned. Pardon will also be extended to thoso rebels and rebel sympathizers who surrender without arms. The military authorities, the proclamation adds, reserve the right to decide where those who surrender shall reside. I : UPHELD THE RAINES LAW. Justices of the Kev York Appellate Division* AVerj Unanimous. The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court handed down a decision upholding the constitutionality of the Raines Liquor Tax law on every point The case before the court was the attempt of Fred G. Einsfeld, a liquor dealer, to make the Excise Board of New York City give him a license good for a year. The grounds of attack on the law were fhnt nq a fflT law. it is not uniform; that In ts unequal penal provisions it is unjust and oppressive; that it disposes of State moneys for local purposes, and was not passed by a two-thirds vote of the Legislature; that it attempts to make a classification of cities other than that provided in tha Constitution, and that, in its discriminating provisions, it is a special city law, and invalid without the approval of tha Mayors of cities. Justice Patterson wrote the opinion, and it was concurred in by the other four membeas of the court. . FOSTER WINS. Louisiana Republicans Assert That There Were 50,000 Fraudulent Votes. Full returns from the State election in Louisiana, with a few precincts estimated, show on the face of the returns 106,859 votes for Foster (Dem.) for Governor, and 83.161 for Pharr (Bep.) a majority for Foster of 28,695. The Republicans still declare that Pharr has been elected, and say that they have indisputable proof that 50,000 votes for Foster were stuffed in the ballot boxes in the "Black Belt." Colonel H. C. Harrison Parker. Chairman of the Democratic Campaign Committee, gave out the following statement: ''We estimate Foster's total majority In the State at 33,000. The Legislature is Democratic by a good majority out3ido the members from New Orleans, who were eleoted by the Citizens' Leasee A majority of these are Democrats and will go into the Democratio caucus." Ktllfli While Savins 3 Life. Charles Fisher, eighteen years old, of Frackville, Peau.. met a tragic death while saving a young woman from neeting the same fate. Fisher, in company with Miss Williams, of Gilberton, and two male companions. was walking on the Reading Kailroad. The party stepped from In front of an engine to the other track, and in front of another locomotive. Fisher's two male companions jumped safely a3lde. Miss Williams was only a lew feet from the engine when Fisher heroically and with superhuman effort pushed her safely oS the track, but lost his own life. He was ground to death under the wheels of the engine. Tl?e Venezuela Commission. TTircf- rnmnf-roller of the Treasury Robert B. Bowler has decided tint the Venezuela Boundary Commission has no power to use ? any portion of the $100,000 appropriated toy . Congress for its use in the payment <JFrent for the very elaborate offices? which it occupies in Washington. Because of this decision Senator Allison, Chairman of the Committee on Appropriations, has asked for further legislation to meet tho Comptroller's opposition. The Committee decided to send one or more persons to The Hague! to examine tho original Dutch manuscripts relating to Guiana. Congress to Adjourn. The Republican caucus fixed May 18 as | the date of adjournment ot Congress. "