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9MgHB|HBwK t the Session EagRM|^HHflare and Missouri. FACTION B0L1 HMHHRHfit Vcurs Anions: the Kopnbllcaii HHISfl^SR^^PlloveT, Del.?The Artdlcks Men C H|mm^V turo the Regular Organization? noarl Xlcpubllcan Factions Straffclc Control?The SIcKinley Men Win. Bovxn, Del., May 13.?Tho Delaware jpablican State Convention, held hero yos HV dey was marked by turmoil and confusi The bitter enmity betwoen tho Higglns ! Addlcks factloD9 was displayed from j jmamont the convention opened until -Hlggins men. realizing tne oneci 01 ine plication oI the unit rale, bolted and ho! eonvention of thoir own. I Dr. Caleb R. Liyton was cho3en Ch ?aD, and Dr. Georso W. Marshall, an wicks leader, moved tbat the Chairman joint a Credentials Committee. The Hiffg Taction opposed the motion, but it was flni EX-8ENAT0B A.NTHOXY HIOOlKd. ,{Leader of the bolting Republicans Delaware.) I ???_ The Hlggins men tried filibustering every motion until they were compelled jfive up. One of the boldest moves they mn 'was the Introduction of a resolution by Was iogton Hastings Indorsing McKlntey. t/ In the midst of the excitement Dr. Mi at all moved that the convention take a i eess, and the Addlcks delegates cheer vociferously as they carried th? motion. When the convention reassembled the coi nittees were announced, and an extensi f time for conference was asked. The Hi sins faction objected to the delay, and breezy wrangle followed. When the excitement was at Its height IBsgias delegate nsked for three cheers 1 McEInley, which were given wltb a grc Inrrah. Seizing the opportunity, Mr. Bac moved for the indorsement of McKinle Tho roll was called and the motion was <3 Jfeated. Mr. Hastings tried again to secti the adoption of Ms resolution, but failed. ' Majority and minority reports were mai ly the Committee on Resolutions, the mine )ty platform Indorsing the Ohio candidal The majority report was agreed to* The Committee on Credentials reported lavor of Addioks delegates from the oontes jBd wards, and the Higgins men prompt ktolted the convention. The Addioks faotion named J. Edward A dicks, Daniel F. 8tewart, J. Frame Allee,. B. Conner, Dr. C. R. Layton and Dr. Hira Burton as delegates to the National Co ention. Tho Hlgglns delegate.? met In the hall the House of Repr2sentatives,jndorsed M KinJey and named Actuony uiggws. joi 1 C. Pilling, Hiram Reedy, George 8. Hall, < P. Swain and Paris Carlisle as delegates t '6t. Louis. MISSOURI FOR M'KINLEY. The Re^abllcan State Convention Also D Glared for Sound Money. i Et. Joseph. Mo., May 13.?The Repub cans of Missouri in State Convention yeste day declared for "sound money," protectto Kd reciprocity, and elected delegates to ? iuia pledged to vote for William McKlnli lot the Presidential nomination. The r suit was a victory for the Chauncey I. Fill faction of the party. Fllley was electi Chairman of the State Committee and del gate to the National Convention at St. LotiJ , Extreme turbulence characterized tl opening of the convention. For an hour ( more a riot was imminent. At 10 o'clock a. m. no less than 2000 me In fmnf nt ClrAWfnrd Theatr -whore the convention had been oalled meet. They clamored boisterously for a mission, but theJr appeals were not heede During the crush in front of the theati when the opening hour arrived, men wei knocked down, and the police were forced! handle obstreperous individuals In a fore Tble manner. There was a riotous wrangle about admi slontloket9at tho start. John L. Blttlnge representing R. C. Kerens, got possession tho keys to the Opera House and undertos to limit tho number of tickets given to tl State Committee for distribution. The 8e geant-at-Arms was a Filley man, howeve and in the end his friends got In and hi tilings their own way. An assault was made by the anti-Filleyft' on the back door, but they were repulsed 1 the guard, who used a scantling. Finally a compromise was effected, and half-past twelve o'clock Chairman Filley 1< the State Committee through the front doo -v~ The mob that choked up the street cheorf liked madmen when they saw his hat. More than a hundred fights occurred the crowd outside the building. Some them partook of the nature of small slzi riots. The committee wrangles continued un' nearly eleven o'clock at night, when mnjo ity and minority reports were presented i the Credential Committee. After a loi light the majority report was adopted ai the 108 Filley delegates from St. Louis we seated. Contests from Clay and Pike Cou ties were also settled in Filley's favor. The platform favors reciprocity and pi tection and demands sound money. T delegates are instructed for McKlnley f President. No other Presidential candids was mentioned. Wild applause greeted Xinley's name. Fierce Forest Fires. ^ , Forest fires laid miles of land in Souths New Joraey in as*hos, destroyed trees, hou; and farm buildings and did hundreds thousands of dollars' damage. A Police Captain ConfMiea. Former Police Captain Carpenter, of t New York City Police force, pleaded gull in the Criminal Branch of the Suprei Court of the charge of bribery made again him nnd Justice Keogh sentenoed him three months in the city prison and to pay fine of $15' 0. Buried Alive in Beans. E. A. BrowD, n commission merchant Geseseo, N. Y., was at work in his wa house w :en 800 bushels of beans oame do^ on him from the floor above. His body w not found until noxt morning. Itudyaril K'pllag Wins His Case. Budyard Kipling, the author, was succe Jnl at Brattleboro, Yt., in the prosecution his brother-in-law, B9atty Bnlestier, for i g&ult. Balestier was placed under $? bonds, $400 to keep the peace and $400 Insure his appearance at the County Cou *rTi? (HaHncviinhnri author. however, c | . ^ nounced, to the dismay of the orowd Green Mountain folk who assembled at t .trial, that he had fully made up his mind Jeave the country. "I'm dead sick of t] , -whole business, was his lament. ; All Sweden Celebrated ! All Sweden celobrated tho four hundred ' nnivataary o( the birth of Qustams Van ^ illa* o 18 wtdaa. r THE NEWS EPITOMIZED llU Waahlneton Ittmi. The Fresident sent to the Senate the non fr.afion of Join C. Tarsuey, of Missouri, 1 _ v bo Associate Justice of the Supreme Coui ? of the Territory of Oklahoma. Mr. Tarsne was born in Michigan llfty-one years age Ho is an ex-Congressman from Kansas Cit; Ho was unseated in t^e present Congress. The Comptroller of the Currency receive [ q notice of the failure of the First Natioui ' Bank of El Reno, Oklahoma. The bank lu a capital of $50,000, with liabilities about tt same. A test or armor under severe conauioi Jap- made at the Indian Head Proving Ground n?s- near Washington, resulted successfully fc the manufacturers, the Bethlehem Ste< i for Company, of Bethlehem, Penn, The plal tested represented 600 tons of armor Intend ed for the Russian Government. Ro- President Parker, of tho First Nation? Bank of Cripple Creek, Col., arrived f L *" Washington with the charred remnants c oa $17,000 In United States currenoy^ burned 1 ind the recent Are. Treasurer Morgan has s? tho his experts to work with strong glasses, an hopes to be able to decipher some of th n money so that it may be redeemed. aP* An unspoken speech by General Wheeloi da of Alabama, was ordered by the House to b expuneed from tho Record. ajr. In the Senate, tho controversy betwee: San Pedro and Santa Monica, Cal., for th Aa* establishment of a deep-sea harbor was ende ap by the adoption of a compromise. jins Senators discussed tho proposal to apprc illy priate 43,000,000 for improving the harbor a Santa Monica, Cal. ? Mavroyeni Bey, the Turkish Minister a Washlnrton. has been recalled. All the income tax returns made to th United States Treasury have been destroyer by a committee ol clerks appointed for tha purpose. The President has approved the act di recting the Secretary of the Navy to furnisl four pieces of condemned cannon to the vil lage of New Rochelle, N. Y. Irvin Ford, a colored man,.confessed tha he murdered the girl Elsie Kreglo in th< suburbs of Washington. Domeitlc. BECOBD OF THE LEiOtJE CL0B9. Per Po Club*. Woo. Lost, ct.i ctuh*. Won. r^nst. ct I Phlladel..l4 7 .C67 Cincinnatil2 9 .57: I Pittsburg.12 7 .632;8rooklyn.l0 11 .471 I Baltimore 13 8 .619, Wshlng'nlO 11 .471 Boston....13 8 .619 New York.7 13 ,35i Chicago..13 9 .591 St. Louis..7 15 .811 Ulevelandjll 8 .579Louisvllle..3 19 -13t The town of Cottage Grove, Henry County Tenn-, was almost completely destroyed bj In a fire. Mrs. Margaret Snyder, an old woman, wa' killed and Miss Myrtle Sllverthom wa on fatally hurt by being struck by a train a to Footville, Wis. A tremendous bailstorn ide prevailed when the accident happened an< >h- the train could not bo seen. Mrs. Saran Scofleld, wife of a hotel-keepe: H"* A r\r\ If moo frtlinH HdoH in CL hrrtftk TlftA' Moshoiu Parkway, New York, with a wounc 0a on her forehead. United State3 Minister to Turkey Terrell " who has been visiting his family at Austin Texas, was called to Washington by a tele "T gram from President Cleveland. Mr. Terrel refuses to explain the cause of the summons but it is understood that he will be sent t< >q? Turkey immediately. !at The Rhode Island House oT Represents tlves passed a bill requiring all railroad anc y. 3teamooat companies to transport bicycle; Is. as baggage. Hitherto charges here for carryre Ing wheels have been very high. At Lexington, Ky., Miss Masie Todd was 30 killed by an electric street car while riding >r- her bicyole. purcnased a week ago with the e. savings from her pin money. She was twentj year3 old, the youngest daughter of Dr. in Lvman Beech Todd, and a cousin to Roben it- Todd Lincoln, son of President Lincoln, 'y - At! Dudley, Mass., Nora Perry, the . authoress and poetess. died a few days age after a brief Illness. Nora Perry was born ii ^ Webster, Mass. Miss Frankie Brewer, daughter of Associate Justice Brewer of the United 8tatos Supreme 0{ Court, died at San Antonio, Texas, of con c_ sumption. tn Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein, 0. daughter of Queen Victoria, was, at her owe to request, appointed a patroness of the Ne\i York School of Applied Design for Women, The case of Mrs. Alice Fleming, charged with the murder of her mother, Mrs. Evelyn Bliss, was begun in General Sessions, New York City. Kenry C. Banner, the editor of Puck, died II W?Ha? V T U* uuui vuuoum^uvu Uk nunwjj V !f- The Connecticut Society of the Sons of the n> American Revolution met in Hartford. Forest fires raged in Atlantic and Cape J May Counties, New Jersey. Hundreds oi head of live stock were killed. William McKay, a religious maniac, deq. lusted his clothes with kerosene and burned [fl< himself to death in his room in Red Hook l0' lane, Brooklyn. Annie Thorin, a Swiss ser)r vant, committed suicide in like manner. Alderman Frederick Kruse, John Arno. n Peter Kautenberger, Henry Wittee ana e, Howard Heitter were probably fatally into iured at Freeport, 111., by the collapsing of o d- building. The men were at work on the d. third floor of the flve-story structure when re It fell in, burying them beneath the ruins in re the basement. James E. Bennett, schoolmaster of Sound f- Beach, Conn., attacked by an armed highwayman, saved his life by "scorching" on s- his bicycle, Rudyard Kipling, the author, had hi: 9* hrother-in-law, Beatty S. Bale3tier, arrested ;K tor threatening to assault him in Brattle10 boro, Vt. jr The street railway striken and laboi l(j anions of Milwaukee, Wis., about 70CK strong, paraded the streets of the city Sunj3 day. The men w?re orderly and no disturb? ftnoA occurred. No street cars were run all Jy clay: at Ellen Murphy, sixty-eight years old, -was 3d killed in a drunken row in Durham, Conn, ,r. tt was suspected that her son Clarence is the id murJerer. Three men wero killed and another was in wounded in a fight over a woman in Calhoui of County, Florida. Chief William Shaw, ol the New York Citj Fire Department, died from the injuries he received at a fire. In a special charge to the Grand Jury al Camden, N. J., Judge Garrison plainly intijJj mated that indictments should be found r0 igainst former City Treasurer Michelon and n. several former Comptrollers. The city's treasury is said to be practically empty. 0 The Appellate Court decided that Mrs, he Fleming, accused in New York City of the Or murder of her mother, was entitled to re> ito ceive i85,000 of her father's estate. [o- Recorder GofT, of New York City, was re versed for the fifth time by the Appellate Di vision of the Supreme Court annulling t judgment in an excise case. irn A young and beautiful woman, who reg' istered as "Mrs Everett, Boston," shot and killed her3elf in the Colonnade Hotel, New 01 York City, under mysterious circumstances, J. Watson Hildreth, one of the Rome (N Y.) boy train wreckers, was convicted o: murder in the second degree and sentenced Ijq to prison for life. His companions. Theo [t dore Hib'ard ancl Herbert Plato, pleaded y guilty, and were sent to prison for forty year; ne each. fit t Herbert S. Crowell, twenty-one years old , _ son of George E. Crowell, of Brattleboro. Yt., shot himself through the heart in Moun Hermon, lie. Crowell entered the room o Wincheli, a fellow student, who acted a; starter of athletic contests, and asked to tai 0[ the pistol used for that purpose. After th< pistol was given to him he asked the calibre f?* Hnd, being told that it was .32, he took : vn cartiidge from his pocket, put it in the pis as tol, place J the weapon to his" breast and fired The jurv in the Hildreth case brought in ( verdict at Rome. N. Y., of murder in the sec ond degree. Hildreth is seventeen year; 53- i old. He and three other boy3 oh Novembei 0f 19 last wrecked a fast mail train ou the Ceniq. tral Railroad. 100 to Foralem 2Vot?a. rt* Earthquakes and hurricanes continue t in" do great rtarpage and cause the loss of man; live* iu the mountain provinces of Ecuador t0 : General P. J. Joubert, Commander-in-Chie ^ of the Transvaal forces and a member of tb , Executive C'ounoil, has been elected Tice President of the Transvaal Republic. A. despatch from Berlin. Germany, say Itjj that forty persons were arrested for lea majesty during Emperor William's visit t< Frankfort. * HEW JEESEY ff ODD AFffil 1- " 'rt Flaming Forests Surround and Threa' >T en a Powder Mill. 72 CRANBERRY BOGS DESTROYEC 13 ie j3 Fires Rage Close to Many Tons of Pot o ?r..< ?.v..injlTOi...EmuloTe9 Fon/?l * Them Brarely for a Day and a Nljfl q Fine Woodland Burned Over? I" j Hundred Thousand Dollars' Damage. Dover, N. J.> May 14.?The employes at officers of the American Forcite Powdi a Company's mill at Landing, nine miles fro it here, are resting after a two days' flght wil ^ a forest Are, which they foared might po sibly reach the mill. The company's plai ?t includes over sixty small wooden building: e About five tons of powder are stored in tw magazines. ^ Woods surround the hamlet on all side (j Forest fires were raging in many parts < New Jersey, and the powder company's me * discovered a blaze not much more than ,t mile away. The Superintendent at one gathered all the available men and boys i f the neighborhood, to the number of abot 100, and went out with them io fight th flames. ? They worked with axes, shovels and broom 'J all night and part of the next day. The * thought that they had succeeded in beatini out the flames, but the fire sprang up agaii - during the afternoon. All bands went t h work again and had an anxious night, as a - one time the Are had reached within a quar ter of a mile of the powder works. t, Ground in the neighborhood of the works 3 was cleared and cautiously burned over ~ All the buildings were kept sprinkled witl water, of which an abundant supply is ob talnea from Lake Hoptacong. Women ant ohildren were hurried away over the bridg IU smcuy. r The men had pretty well succeeded in : beating out the flames when morning broke, i and by 9 o'clock all possible danger wai averted. The wind haa shifted, too, so tha ?' If any smouldering Are should break oui J again it would blow away from the powdei j! works. Atlantic Cm, N. J., May 14.?The fores I fires have burned over a large portion of th f lower part of Atlantic County. The weathe has done much toward causing the flames t< 91 spread, as the trees are thbroughly dried b; b the sun and burn quickly and fiercely. Th t farmers and their help are sti 11 fighting the fin 1 and many of them have not had much sleej i since the flames broke out nearly a week ago The flames burned fleroely in the vicinity 0 r Ponoma, along the line of the Camden ant f Atlantic Railroad. It is estimated that tei I miles of land has been burned over. Ii Pleasant Mills the flres also raged fiercely If rain does not come the farmers fear tha ' the flames will spread toward thickly set 4-y^A J iV_i I I *11 - .1 ncu piawua tuiu iiuu ueuvy iuasea win room 1 from the burning of buildings and othc ? property. > Cape Mat, N. T., Mfcy 14.?The iorest fire: } In Cape May County have destroyed man; cranberry bogs and ruined them. The Are: in Isolated parts of the county are still ablaze I and it is estimated that the loss in this count' j will foot up to a hundred thousand dollars All New Jersey is drought stricken am forest fires are sweeping unchecked in man; , sections oi the State. Around Lake Hopat , song lie extensive chestnut woods, in whicl J there is a heavy undergrowth, both fine fue f for the flames." c SPAIN ADMITS HER ERROR. > A New Trial to Be Granted to th? Com > pptltor's Men. 1 The flndlnzs of the Spanish court martla j before which were tried'the Ave men wh< i wore captured on the filibustering Americai jchooner Competitor have just been pub lished in Havana for the first time. As al ready cabled, all of the accused men wer< i convicted and sentenced to death. It ha: ' been ordered that proceedings be Instltutec for the confiscation of the Competitor. A dispatch from Madrid says that Spall and the United States have arrived at ai amicable understanding regarding the met captured on thu Competitor. The prison 1 ers will be tried again, this time by a civi court, under tne previsions of tne existing tfeaties between the two countries. 1 The steamer Triton, from Babia Honda which has arrived at Havana, brougut tw< prisoners who aro alleged to have been "i board the filibustering schooner Competitor but managed to reach the shore when thi schooner was attacked by the gunboat Mesa lj gora. The prisoners were captured during i ) fight with a party of guerrillas. One of then Is said to ,be an American and the other i Frenchman. They have been sent to th< Cabanas Fortress. The American is n{ime< William Leavitt and the Frenchman Charle Barnet. Florentino Herrera. convicted of the crim J ot rebellion, hasjast been shot at Matanzas i HONORS TO HANCOCK'S MEMORY. Equestrian Statue of the Hero of Gettys bare Unveiled In Washington. 1 The bronze equestrian statue of Major , General Wiafleld Scott Hancock was un 1 veiled at the intersection of Pennsylvanli ' and Louisiana avenues with Seventh and ( streets, Washington. President Clevelant [ presided at the ceremony. ' The statue is the work of Henry J. Elll 1 cott, and represents Hancook as the sculpto: " saw him during the battle of Gettysburg 1 The bronze stands fourteen feet six inchei from the plinth to the crown of the hat, sur mounting an elaborate stone base nineteei feet high. The soldier's face wears an ex pression of calm determination and dignity The military parade from the White Hous< down Pennsylvania avenue was led by Ma jor-General Nelson A. Miles, commandin( the Army, aari marshalled by BrigadierGeneral John P.. Brooke, commanding the Department of the Dakotas. bottt of whon won their first stars leading brigades undei Hancock. Th? Bight Bev. Henry Y. SattPrloe, Bisho] of Washington, made the opening prayer and then President Cleveland paid a higl tribute to the distintjuishad soldier. Cadet Glynn B. Hancock, of the Militar Academy, a grandson of General Hancock unveiled the sfatue, and Major-General Johi ; M. Palmer, of Illinois, delivered an oration Postal Receipts Incr?a?lnjr. The gross receipts of the thirty larges i postofflces of the United States for thejmontl oi April, io'jo, as compared wiin io?o, won . $2,836,030, against 42,662,915 in 1895, a ne 1 Increase of 1173,115. New York heads th r list, with Chicago second. Philadelphii third, Boston foarth, and 3t Louis fifth. Whh Venezuela flatter Settled, I The British colony in Demerara are send lng a protest to the British Governmen ' against the delay in the settlement of th 1 boundary question with Venezuela, as loea interests are suffering. An early settiemen ie urged, without sacrifice of territoria . rights. t f Foreigners In Oar Navy. ' Responding to a resolution, the 8eoretar 5 of the Navy s6nt a letter to the United State , Senate stating that of the 9533 blue jacket i inth? navy, 4400 are foreign born, and tha ?'61 of the 2017 marines were also from out sice the United States. i ? The National Game. Lowe is hitting in the best form of any c i the Loston players. Breitenstein, of St. Louts, is still the kini i-vf 4-k.t CnnfVrM.m 4-r | ui iuc ouuiu|jaw I For playets to lo'/k after Kates and coun a tickets interferes with team work, y A short right field Id Washington is ealcu latod to give the local batsmen some advan I tace this season. q Reach says the *>est natural players coin . from the vacant lots and need no educatioi in tne minor leagued. 3 Brouthere, of Philadelphia, has evidentl; 3 a n w lease of life. He is batting and field ) Ing as well as wben he was the star of th Detroit "Big Four." [1 LAUNCH OF THE KAISER'S CUTTER The Emperor May Challenge With Meteo for the America's Cup. The new racing cutter Meteor, which th t" shipbuilding firm of D. & W, Hendersoi have constructed from the designs of G. L Watson for the German Emperor, wa launched from the Meadowsides yards, Glas gow, Scotland. Lord Lonsdale was presen ) at the launching as the representative of th Emperor. The spars of the new cutter wil be put on board and her rigging set up.whei she will be towed to Gourock. The Meteo p. will make her debut In the regatta of th< Royal Harwich Yacht Club, which will b " the first of the important yachting events o it the season. A In the construction of the Meteor Mr. Wat son has preserved the general features o the Valkyrie, though In several importan details he has taken a marked departur id from the lines of Lord Dunraven's boat. He Br chief measurements are: Length over all 128 feet; length on water line, 89 feet ' m inches; extreme beam, 25 feet; beam at th to load water line, 24 feet 7 inches; draught 3. uniform throughout. 16 feet 8 inches. He: t mainmast is just short of 100 feet long, o Oregon pine, and her topmast and gaff an 9. each about 50 feet in length. ro After the launching of the new yacht Lore Lonsdale, in an interview with a representa tive of the United Press, said that the Em peror might challenge for the America's Cu{ )l in the event of the Meteor proving to be t D faster boat than Valkyrie III. a e RUSSIAN SEIZURE AT CHIFU. n _________ g Land Appropriated That the Britlal Claim?Anxiety In England. a A despatch from Shanghai, China, savr ? that the Russians, through the medium ol Q American Agent Smith, have taken posseso sion of the disputed territory of Chifu, ovei * which the British maintain claims. The des> * patch says that six Russian warships and four United States war vessels are lying at 5 Chifu. The facts of the Chifu affair arotheso: The 1 Russian Steam Navigation Company secured : a tract of foreshore belonging to the English 1 firm of Forgusson at Chifu, ani proposed to 0 build a pier thereon. Other firms objected to the Russian company having possession 1 of tho property, whereupon the Russian Gov* ernment intervened and compelled tho Chinese authorities to accede to the full transfar of the property to the Russian company. The London Globe, in a special article on the subject, says that England is bound to regard the affair lis an unfriendly act, and that the result will be awaited with the greatest anxiety. A later despatch from Shanghai says that the land seized by the Russians at Chifu comprised part of the" British concession of that place. FIVE YEARS FOR HAMMOND. Reported That the American Will Spend That Time in Prison. A private telegram received in Berlin, Germany, says that the sentence of Colonel Francis Rhodes, brother of Cecil Rhodes, exPremier of tho Capo Colony; John Hays Hammond, the American mining engineer; Lionel Phillips and George Farrar, who were condemned to death by the Hiprh Court j at Pretoria, upon charges of treason,Jin being active members of the Johannesbuig Reform ' Union, which was held to have instigated Dr. Jameson's raid into the Transvaal, have j been commuted to imprisonment for a term - of five years. \ The sentences of other members of the Rej form Committee who were found guilty in j connection with the conspiracy and raid, and were condemned to imprisonment ana banishment, and to pay a fine of 810,000 each, have been reduced to one year's imprisonment. A Pair of Forgers Caught. j Two long sought for men belonging to a gang of forgers, check raisers and swindlers, who have conducted operations involv1 ing thousands of dollars, were ar rested in Newark, N. J., Pinker. ton detectives acting for the 3 American .Banners" Association, ana uapiam 3 L W. Lees, chief of detectives of San Franl cisco. Their names are Charles Becker and James Cregan, the principals in the swindx' ling on December 18, 1895, one of $22,000 of x the Nevada Bank, of San Francisco, Ca!? ! with a draft on the Bank of Woodland, Cal., . raised by Becker from $12 to $22,000. I ? Rtver and Harbor Bill Passed. , The River and Harbor bill wa3 passed in 5 the United States Senate, leaving only three 1 of the annual appropriation bills to be acted * on. These are the District o i Columbia bill, the Fortification bill, and the Deficiency bill. * The bill as it passed the House appropria; ted $10,594,718, and authorized contracts for ? thirty-two projects involving an aggregate * liability of $51,721,210. As it was reported , to the Senate the amount appropriated was J $12,014,550. That sum was increased by various provisions in tho Senato, including a the deep sea harbor in Southern California. i. / Killed His Brother. A very sad and fatal shooting 'occurred at Huron, Ind. Walter Pierce was married, and trnirinrl Vila nlrl !i*?or?iates not to currv out their plans for "belling" him and not to . ! come near the house woerc he and his brido were staying. Frank Pierce, his brother, led the party to the new home. Walter met the 3 noisy party with his gun and fired at onco 3 from the doorway. Frank dropped dead and j the others fled. Walter is prostrated with grie.'.' He did not know his brother was in the party until he picked up his dead body, c . The Official C;>tton Crop Report. g Tho cotton report to the Department ot l Agriculture for Hay relates to tlio progress * of planting and the proposed or contem j plated area. The proportion of the contem^1 plated area already planted on May 1 was "| 87.9 per cent., whicn approximates very >! closely the brea !tb usually planted at that ' date, which is estimated at 88.2 per cent. The returns of correspondent? in regard to 1 contemplated acroage inriicate a eonsiderar Me increase over the area planted last year. The average for the country Is 114.8. As a ? general th ng the plant is said to be in good ? condition, with favorable season, i , y mission St.itlnn Burned in China. ? An attach was ma le by native rioters up1 on the British Protestant Mission at KiangYin, China, which wai looted and burned by ,the mob. The missionaries succeeded ia ;mal:ing their escape. t h Peace Betwee i Argentina and Chile. 0 The signing of a protocol bat waen the Govg jerninents of Argentina and Cbile has ra1 move] .a threatening situation. It is bolicvcJ there is nr.v no cause for anxiety. Condition of Canadian Crops. . The Canadian Department of Agriculture t has issued a spring crop bulletin, which says e thut the general condition of the fall wheat i crop is poor, with a re;lueo-l acreage. Clover t reports are at present unfavorable. There 1 was considerable freezing out durincr the winter aud spring. The remarkable easiness of the growing season is alluded to, and fruit is said to promise well. ' Immigration From Italy El)l>9. 18 Italian Immigration is ebbing. Coramis| sioner Henner, of New York, says that the W(JQ?:s;ut: <iepuriiiuuu? m uuunsnnvu) iuiluigrants have hud a deterrent effect. I'romlncnt I'cojile. f Gladstone, it is said, amuses his leisure with wood curving. j James Whitcomb Riley has become a victim of the bicyclo habit. t John W. Mackay is about to return to gold mining as an investment. Charles A. Dana, of the New York Sun, is - a high authority on forestry. I Since ex-Snnator Butler has retired from a , Congress he has built up the most lucrative i | law practice in 8outh Carolina. | 8>Tne King of Greece is an excellent swimy mer, and has a Derfect passion for fishing. - | This year the Prince of Wales will have e been Grand Master of the English Free Masons for twonty-one year-i ; FILIBOSTEfiS SEMTENCI 0 a Five Men of the Competitor C( 3 demned to Death in Havana. ,? THE EXECUTIONS POSTPONE 1 r 3 Prisoners Captared on the Amerl< 9 Schooner Hastily Convicted by a Sp lsh Court Martial?Comal Gene Williams's Demands for a Civil Xr for Americans Ignored. ? Havasa, Cuba, Slay 12.?The five prison captured on the American schooner Cc 7 petitor have been sentenced to death. 1 3 prisoners were: Alfredo Laborde, born p New Orleans; Owen Milton, of Kansas; W t lam Klnlea, an Englishman, and El 5 Bedla and Teodoro Dela Maza, both Cuba ^ Captain Ruiz acted as President of \ - Court, which consisted of nine other ml lit - and naval officers. * The prisoners were given a mock tri They were not given a copy of the charj against them, nor w^re they allowed to e ploy counsel nor summons witnesses in th behalf. A Spanish naval officer was i pointed by the Court to "defend" them. i The accused men pleaded not guilty a witnesses admitted that whon the men w captured they were not armed and ofTei 5 no resistance. Nevertheless, the prosecut] ! officer demanded the conviction of i . prif oners and their condemnation to dea United States Consul General Willia filed a formal protest against the trial, bm was disregarded. 1 The Competitor sailed from Key West, F1 between 10 and 11 o'clock on the night April 20, and had on board twenty-five thirty Cubans. She was commanded by Ci tain Alfredo Laborde. a resident of Tam] but it was rumored that Captain Bus Wacca, who commanded the scnooner M tha. lately forfeited to the United States : violation of the Revenue laws, was hiding on one of the keys north of I West, waiting to take command of t Competitor and run her over to Cu! A few days after the schooner sailed fr< Eey West she was captured by thjB 8pan; gunboat Mesagera near Berraces. on 1 northern coast of the province of Plnar < Bio. She was loaded with arms and a munition. The schooner, Competitor Is a vessel of tons, 72 feet 4 Inches long. 20 feet wide a 4 feet In depth. She was built at Bellpo Long Island, In 1867. The American Becc gives the names of her captain and owi respectively as A. Albury and 8. Pindar, a her hailing port as Key West. OUR PROTEST HEEDED. The K1111dk of the Competitor's Cr WlH Be Postponed. Wabhisotox, May 12.?The State Depa ment gave out the following: nnfQ If rtQn ko O tlf v> Ixu IUO VUUJ.L/OHVVI VIOQV *?. vwu vv uuvu' , itatively statea that at the request of 1 United States, the Spanish Governme will postpone execution of the det sentence upon American citizens t til the views of the United Sta respecting the application to their noses the treaty of 1795 and the protocol of If can be presented and .considered," The sentences of the Competitor prison* were forwarded to Madrid, where tney w( met by Secretary Olney's firm remonstran against the precipitancy and apparent prej dice with which the extreme penalty was hastily imposed, and there the entire mat! Is now under consideration, our own auth< /ties being oonfldent that, upon calm refl< tion, either a revision of tne trial involvi proper reoresentation of the defence will forthcoming, or a commutation of senten will be granted. The report comes from Havana that Ca :ain General Weyler resigned becanse of t iction of the home Goverement in the ca of the Competitor filibusters. SPAIN'S ACTION. rhe Army and Navy Council Will Itevl the Court Martial's Doings. JIadbid, Spain. May 12-?It is understo ; that the Spanisn Cabinet ha9 decided j place the case of the men captured on t filibustering American schooner Competit before the Supreme Council of the army ai navy for a revision of the proceedings ot t court martial held in Havana. A depatch from Havana says that Capta General Weyler is angry because of the at tude of the United States, and that heV resign unless the sentences are execute The despatch adds that the conduct of t American Consul General is very irritati; to the loyal Spaniards. He shows hims I everywhere, and his talk is menacing. The anti-American feeling among t I Spaniards has been bitterly revived by t I action of the United States Government the case of these filibusters. The British Consul at Havana has cabl to Queen Regent Christina asking her pardon William Kildea, the Englishman w whs mate on the schooner Competitor. The best opinion coincides with the sta ment that the fate of the Americans cc jerned will be decided by the Spanish Ct inet at Madrid. Tne impression preva j that they will not be executed. OFF WITH ARMS FUK CU3A. The Laurada Takes Cannon, Rifles a 1,000,000 Cartridges. Tho American steamer Laurada, witl cargo of munitions of war as large as tl which sailed recently on the Bermuda, if i larger, got away from New York Harbor. ? will stop somewherealofigthe route toCu and pick up a large number of men. Only t commanders of the expedition and the ar an 1 ammunition were taken aboard at t Port of New York. The expedition will, il eald, bo piloted by Captain John O'Brii who is known as "Dynamite Johnny," a who has run a number of expeditions ir Cuban ports, notably the Bermuda's, desp the surveillance of the Spanish gum oats. The cargo 13 composed of 1,000,000 roue of ammunition, consisting mostly of Maucartridges, 2000 rifles, three cannon, one twelve-pounder, and a large quantity dynamite and medicines. The expediti was fitted out at a cost of $150,000 by t Junta in New York City. The cannon t Gardner guns and the rifles are Wincheste Colonel F. K. Rain Killed. Colonel Frank K. Hain, of New York Ci was run over and killed at Clifton Sprin, N. Y., by a freight train of the New Yc Central Railroad. Colonel Hain had be suffering for many months from nerve prostration, caused by overwork. Frank Klntzie Hain was Vice-President and gene: manager of the Manhattan ?,ievaieu amiw system. He was born in 1836. SlAtightered by the Natives. The steamer Monowal brings news of t Wholesale massacre ot traders iind missic aries by natives of the Islands of Manni Straits and the Solomons. Malaytl savaj butchered a whole boat's crew of men fr< the brig Rio Loge at Pubiana.wo Free and one American tra ier being slaughter Three Die by Fire. At Ashland, Wis., In a destructive II three persons perished, and the property 1< Is nearly SSCO.OOO. The dead are Peter E gedman. John Nodlander and Ole Olst Nearly 20,000,000 feet of lumber was burns Crime of a Jealous Lover. Joseph Graham, a carpenter, of Freelio *t t ?>Ka* ami Lr 11innifl Amlflrcnn a then killed himself. The scene of the dc ble tragedy was tbe residence of Charies Baumgartner, on West State street, u fai lonablo residence thoroughfare of Trentc N. J. Miss Anderson wi? employed a; domestic servant In the Eaumgartn*r ho'i: hold. Xevada Republicans for Silver. The Nevada Republican State Coaverti met in Virginia City. Delegates to rep: sent the 8tate at the National Convent! were choeen and resolutions adopted fav< Ing the free and unlimited coinage of sliv at 16 to 1. . " I '' ' ; jjj ' THE HALLS OF CONCRESS. The Senate accepted the Marauette statue? there was no opposition, and t*e matter la settled. )n- Ai>lll was Introduced 1* Congress appropriating 8300,000 for a monument to General Grant in Washington. The Senate Committee on Commerce directed Mr. Frye to make a favorable report n on his bill for the protection of the yacht "' owners and shipbuilders of the United States. The Ways and Means Committee ordered can a favorable report on the bill of Mr. Evans, an_ Kentucky, to allow the bottling of distilled spirits in bond under regulations of the ral Treasury Department. ial The House of Representatives passed the Pickler General Pension bill by a vote of 187 to 54; the Republicans and Populists ' voted in favor of the measure and the Democrats, with sir exceptions, against it. >m" The Aldriob, Republican, vh. Underwood, Th? TiAmnnrAt. fllflftHnn flnntesr frnm Vl?fV? in Alabama District was considered by House 1H? Elections Committee No. 1, and was practt, cally decided in favor of Underwood, the sitting member. ,ns* The River and Harbor bill, as reported to the the Senate, contained some changes from ary the measure as it passed the House. The most important was the reduction of the appropriation for the improvement of the Delia'? aware River from 5500,000 to $250,000. 8es The Senate agreed to the House substitute m- for the Senate concurrent resolutions proeir viding for a joint committee of the two ap* Houses to sit during the recess of the Congress to inquire into the conditions of the ind new library, and to report at tne nest sesera sion; also to report a plan for the organizared tion. custody and management of the new Ing building. the Representative McCall, of Massachusetts, submitted a favorable report on a bill to aid dm and encourage the holding of the Tennessee 11* Centennial Exposition at Nasbvllle. Tenn., in 1897, and appropriating 5130,000 for Government exhibit. The report says that 01 tlie one-hundredth anniversary of the ador mission of Tennessee as a State into the *P- Union is an event entitled to proper celebraDfl. +fsm nnH cii/iVt oci frt rtAmmonH ttaalf +n a TV. ,se' prop'rlate recognition by Congress. Representative Woodman, of Illinois, ln> troduced a resolution providing that the -QV House of Representatives directly request the President to make immediate proslamab_ tion that a condition of war in Cuba is rec* ognized and that it is the purpose of this ,ah Governmentsto preserve a position of neu he trality, and that the United States will look j I with especial disfavor on the continuance of any methods of warfare not recognized in the rules of war as praoticed by tho leading Na47 tions of the civilized world. nd ircl QUEEN RECENT ON CUBA. ler ? nd 4he Heads Her Speech in Person to the Spanish Cortes. The Spanish Cortes reassembled in Madrid. Great interest was manifested In the speech ' ew from the throne opening tho session, which it was known would deal at length with the rt- situation in Cuba. The speech was read in person by the Queen Regent, representing or- the voutbful King. :he The speech from the throne announces < snt measure aiming to establish in the Antilles ith an administration of a purely local charao in- ter, giving the country control of its owe tea uuttnce, wane maintaining intact opams of sovereign rights. 377 The speech declares that 8paln's has fulfilled beyond measure the promises she taade srs to the Cubans after the first rebellion. The 3re relations with foreign Powers, the speech ice says, are excellent. The correct and friend|u? ly attitude of the (South and Central) Arnerso lean Republics in the presence of the Cuban :er rebellion, it says, serves to prove that each 3r- day develops still more the Interests jc- binding them to Spain. In the United ng States, despite the efforts of public opinion be in the contrary direction, the President and ,ce his Government have not separated themselves from the line of conduct and the ,p- loyal frendship which always have existed he between the two countries since the creaise don of the Republic. The Pope has given renewed sympathy to Spain. The speech praises the conduct of the army and navy during the struggle in Cuba. The Government is occupied with an increase of the defenses for the Peninsula and se for the colonies. The army soon will be provided with new pattern rifles and complete 0(j artillery equipment. Spain already has Into creased her navy by twenty-five gunboats b0 and other vessels. An extraordinary budget or will be presented to provide for the acquislQ(j tlon of new ships and for improving the be arsenal. in LOST IN A MISSISSIPPI WRECK. ^ Xlie Boilers of a Torrboat Bar it She kg Hears Vicksburs. QR The towboat Harry Brown, of Pittsburg, upward bound from New Orleans, burst her boilers at 11 o'clock p. m. about twenty-five he miles below Vicksburg, Sliss. The boat was iQ wrecked and it sank in five minutes. Eleven lives were reported lost, includlng.Pllot Nored man X. Dravo, G. W. Bardsley, steersman; *? William Dougherty, chief engineer; Annie "? Hess, chambermaid; Tom Judge and William Wilson, firemen. The bodies of First te" Mate William Fltzsimmons, that of the P" second mate, and those of George Keirn and Y?" William Kelly, lamp trimmers, were recov>113 eredbythe steamer Washington Honshell, which was In sight of the Brown at the time of the accident. Six members of the crew were injured. Captain Keirn, the master of the Brown, . was blown to thecabin roof by the explosion.' Captain Keirn states that it would be Impossible for any one to tell how many of the seven i a boilers exploded. It seemed to him that the vessel went down in less than a minute. ~ Captain Keirn attaches no blame to any one. lot He sayg tije cause of the explosion will never '?e be known, as the chief engineer, William ?a Dougherty, was lost. The boat carried a list :tie of forty-eight officers aad crew, all white. She had in tow sixty empty barge3 and two ;he fuel boats. : 13 The Brown was owned by the coal firm of 3n> Brown <k Co., of Pittsburg. The boat was in na perfect order and had just had her boilers j*? cleaned at New Orleans. ite l(^s China Pays Cp. jar a Consul Read, tho Chairman of the United of States Chengtu Commission, has succeeded ?n In securing payment in full of the Baptist :"e Missionary Union claims for property losses lre in the Sechuen riots. Thus all the American rs- claims have been settled in a friendly manner, China paying the whole amount demanded. , ' Killed In a Sham Battlo. c*s )r(? In a sham battle at Caracas, Venezuela, ien bullets were secretly used by both sides. As us i consequence, one man was killed and sevlin jral were wounded in the excitement of the ral fray. The Caracas press in commenting ay apon the afTair grimly observes: "We have oullets for Englishmen." Fire French Officer* Killed, he A train loaded with troops destined for >o- the island of Madagascar collided in Algeria, ng between Adelia and Yesoulbe-Iman, with an? tmiti officers were killed and 3ni three officers, thirty soldiers and several of ch the crew of the trala were injured. ?d. A Town Treasurer's Delicit. The selectmen of Dalton, N. H.. have Inre, stltuted suit against Bert L. Taylor, foi twenty years town Treasurer, to recovei 810,000. It Is reported that a shortage of S3000 has been discovered in a hasty examina"ion of Treasurer Taylor's books, cover:ci lng a few recent years. Wheat Consumption Per Capita. Id" After an elaborate investigation of the quantity of wheat consumed by this country "J* Bradstreet's finds that the annual consump,7 tion for each inhabitant is 5.587 bushels, instead of 4% bushel?, as (riven for magy ^ years by the Agricultural Department. Ueginnlnc and End of Centuries. The nineteenth century ends on December 31, 1900; the twentieth century begins on on January 1,1901. r<v The National twwurr'i Deficit. OQ 3r_ The Treasury deficit for the fiscal year endrer Ins Jane 30, 1896, will bo approximately $25,000,000. Governor Morton Signs the Consoli- "J dation Bill. , I WORLD'S SECOND METROPOLIS. 1 A Memorandnm From the Governor Ex? I plaining the Beasonq, for Bl8 Action--*. H The Vetoes of Mayors Strong, 01 new York City, and Warster, of Brooklyn Disregarded. Albaxy, N. Y., May 12.?Governor Morton signed the Greater New York bill at 1 o'clock yesterday. The act consolidating New York, Brooklyn, Long Island City and theiz environs into one groat city on January 1, 1898. is now Chapter 498 of the Lawn oi 1896. The Governor signed the bill with a fountain pen. gold-mounted. The pen goee to the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital, to be sold for that institution's benefit ' The Greater New York district now haa 1100 churches, 90 postofflces, exclusive ol ' stamp stations, a debt of 8170,000.000. a taxable property of $2,583,304,329. 87.000 bustnoss houses, 130,000 dwellings, 6000 acrea ol parks, 900 miles of paved streets, 1100 miles of street and elevated railroad, 1100 hotels and 850 public schools. Tho population of Greater New York Is aboutS.000,000 persons, and the area is 300 square miles. By the 1st of February, 1897, the commission is to report the charter, and the coinmission goes out of existence March 1, 1897. Consolidation goes into effect on January 1,' 1898, and the first Mayor of Greater New Vnrlr will hfl nlmrtpd In th? fAll rtf 1897. H The Governor. In the message accompanying his approval of the Lexow bill, goes over the provisions of the measure, briefly reviews not only the vetoes of Mayors Strong and Wurster, but also the history of the agitation and legislation, Including the result at the polls in 1894, when the consolidation was carried In the proposed territory by an aggregate majority of 44,188. He states briefly the reasons for his own Judgment in favor of the Greater New York fclll, and says. In effect, that there Is no; doubt in his mind that the commission to be' appointed by him will be well able to draft a. good oharter In the time allowed. , PROVISIONS OF THE BILL' What the 9Iea?nre Means and the TerrfJ < tory Included. The bill provides that Kings County, Bloh-I mond County, Long Island City, Newtown,; .flushing and Jamaica, ana tnat part or ma town of Hempstead in the County of QueensJ which is westerly of a straight line drawn! from the southeasterly point of the town o? Flushing through the middle of the channel] bet weed Rockaway Boaoh and 8helter Island,, In Queens County, to the Atlantic Ooean, shall be consolidated with the city and county of New York. For all purposes the locali administration of the territories enumerated! shall be performed and exercised by the re-' 1 spective bodies, politio and corporate, to' which they are now intrusted until so far as hereafter changed by law. 1 The commission created to draw up a charter for the greater oity is to oonsist of the1. President of the old Greater New York Com-, mission, the Mayors of .New York, Brooklyn, and Long Island City, the State Engineer, and Surveyor, the Attorney-General and! nine other persons, residents of the enlarged territory, to be appointed bythe Governor. This commission must make a final| report to the Legislature on February lf; 1897, ana to sabmit therewith bills to provide for the government of the municipal; corpoiation created by the act; and among! other things for attaining an equal and unl-i form rate of taxation and of valuation for' taxation throughout the whole territory. The cities of New York and Brooklyn are, directed to raise such proportion of the sumj of $26,000 as is necessary for the uses of the commission in carrying out the provisions of j the act. Nothing in the act is to be con-; strued as attempting to affect in anv way the hnnnrinrina UftrArnmATlf rights. nOWflrS. ! duties, obligations, limitations, or <5isablU-; ties of any county or officer thereof, as fixed, by the constitution. Consolidation is to take effect on January! 1, 1898. The rest of the act takes efffict immediately. PERSIA'S NEW RULER. The Late Shah'a Successor Is Energetic,, 1 but Has Led a Life of Seclusion. The eldest son of the late Shah of Persia Is Zll Es Sultan, Governor of Jshahan, and / practical ruler of Southern Persia. He had, \ given some trouble and the Shah In 1890 srreatly reduced his power. The Shah named his second son, Muzaffir-ed-Din, as heir-elect to the throne. The new Shah was at Ta-. I IIUZAKFIE-ED-DIN, SHAH OF PERSIA. H breeze when bis father was assassinated. H Tabreeze is tbe most Important city in Per- H sla, up in the northwestern corner. The < new Shah was thw* enthroned, and he is H now on his way to Teheran by the great car- < avan route. Mr. Curzon, the English traveler, now in Parliament, says Muzaffir-ed- dfl Din is a man of intelligence and energy, but his life of seclusion has left him unfitted for providing Persia with a liberal, progressiva Hj government. Out of the Common Rao. fl Chicago Aldermen get 13 a day apiece. |H Moscow, Russia, has nearly five thousand WheelmeL. The total seal catch of Newfoundland seal- H ers will foot up 200,0C0 seals. f* A line of steamers has been organized in Canada, to ply between the Dominion and France. jflfl Pflnrtrfc nnma frrtrr, manv otfwHnna bop yards will not be cultivated this year FB ana many will be rooted out. Vfl A big rattlesnake At Greenwood Garden, Peak's Island. Me., has just completed an unbroken fast that lasted a year. An attempt was made to kill Rev. Mas Ruppuchter in St. Louis, Mo., by sending poisoned fruit to bis parish school. HH The village of Aumone, France, is said to be the healthiest place in Europe. It has but forty inhabitants, twenty-three of whom are over eighty years old and or? Is over 100. Quan Yick Nam. an Americanized Chinaman, of New York City, has applied to be appointed on the police force. It Is said that the HiKhbinders have & reward of $15,- Hjl 000 offered for his head. r|B George Halovrell, a wagon-maker, of St. jMK Paul, Minn., says that nothing will ever Indace him again to repair a hearse. Five times hearses have been sent to Jhlm to ^H| mind, ana after each U/ne one ot his family m I