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v . DEMAND OF AGoST . I j Insists Diplomatically That We Say ? - . t n 111 !' Whether it is reace or war, a t FILIPINOS' WARLIKE ATTITUDE. ? 0 A* the Common Enemy Has Been Driven J i " From the Islands, Aguinalilo's llepre- 1 V tentative Asks If Onr Ariny and Navy 'I Are Being Reinforced For the Purpose ?f XTobliio' War on the Fllinlnos. J ~ . - . u f Washington, D. C. (Special).? Senor 1 Lopez, secretary to Agoncillo, the Wash- * Ington representative of Agulnaldo, called at the State Department Tuesday after- j noon and lodged with the chief clerk a communication from Agoncillo, which, ac- a cording to the common expectation, t marked the critical stage in the Philippine J question. < In his communication Agoncillo calls attention to the fact that on January 11 he a addressed a letter to the Secretary of State o npon the question of recognition, forward- * lag with it a memorandum demonstrating , that according to all American precedents, i cue rnmppine A?puuuu n*& ouimvu recognition. ? He now desires to call attention to cer- ' tain conditions which. In his opinion, re- a quire Immediate alleviation. There are, he tl Bays, at the present time 20,000 American e troops at Manila controlling a population $ of about 300,000. A number of war vessels are stationed in the harbor, and many jz other American men-of-war and transports G are to be found within the archipelago, al- p though the actual possession of the Amerl- n can troops extends over not more than 143 square miles out of move than 200,000. u "Despite the enormous forces now In this r extremely circumscribed area," he contin- 0 ues, "we are Informed through the publlo ^ prints that other vessels of war have been a ordered from distant parts of the globe to tI reinforce those now among the islands in question, while a few days ago a transport Balled from New York carrying about 2000 soldiers, and having Manila as its destination, and, rb we are further inforned, <1 regiments of troops are under orders to I proceed by way of San Francisco to the a Philippines. The public prints inform us also that an attack is contemplated upon & the Philippine Islands; the islands to be ^ ; taken in detail?the smaller ones first, the q * larger ones blockaded so that they may not assist those first attacked." 7 He says that it is naturally the impres- ^ . alon of his Government and people that u these warlike preparations indicate exist- ^ ing or Immediate military operarations in the Orient, and that they readily conceive . that it must be contemplated tb_. sl a | ore to be leveled at the existing Govern- j j ment of the Philippines. F He points out that the Philippines are in a state of order possessing a Government , satisfactory to tbeir inhabitants, and With- ? out an enemy within thoir borders offering 1 any resistance to its operations, and are at peace with all the world, and says that, P notwithstanding the difficulty he labors t under In not having been formally received, 7 be considers It his imperative duty to call ? ' the attention of the Secretary to the dis- * turblng conditions he enumerates, to the tl end that he may receive such assurances as *111 satlsf v his Government that It Is not ci the intention of America to make war upon w the new republic, which will explain to It the reason why large armies and navies w should be dispatched to the Philippine Islands, and which will relieve his country* tj men of the fear that now possesses them jr that their liberties are In danger at the _ hands of the Republlo whose name they J have always believed was associated with freedom ard to which they first came for recognition. ? The Government will not take any offl- ? clcl notice of the communication. j1 b FILIPINO ARMY, 30,000 STRONG. v .. 0 Every Available Male Being; Recruited and All United on Independence. e: Manila, Philippine Islands (By Cable).? s< Beports from the interior indicate that Cl a<>n!nai/i/\'a io T^Aw eenerallv AfJUIUdlUV o aubuuti%J MVI* 0 recognized. Every available male Is being ni recruited, and arms depots have been es- b tablisbed at San Fernandino, Union, Trini- ji dad, and otber large towns. The 8ur- fj rounding country is being levied on for T supplies, and the Filipino troops are living fi on the fat of the land, while the native t< villagers ?re compelled to subsist on rice. There is some friction between the Filipino <* civil and military authorities, but they are p ? united on the question of independence. ? .It is estimated that there are fully 30,000 Filipinos under arms, and it is said that ^ there are nearly fifty Maxim guns at Mulolos, some of them having been recently acquired. The Filipino military authorities are con- " vlnced, they say, that the Americans will A be unable to work effectively outside of Manila in the eveut of hostilities, hence w they feel confidence in the future. f< h JOHN KEAN FOR SENATOR. , . c Be is Elected to Succeed James Smith. H of New Jersey; 0 Tb*xton, N. J. (Special).?John Eean, of I] Elizabeth,was elected United States Senator on Tuesday to succeed James Smith, ol H Newark. In the Senate lie received tne j, fourteen Republican votes to six for Smitb. ^ In tbe House Mr. Kean received the thirty- f, seven Republican votes and Smith twenty- a three. ti Clark Re-elected in Wyoming. C.ietennk, Wyo. (Special).?The Legisl&ture on Tuesday voted for United States 1. 8enator to succeed Clarence D. Clark , Senator Clark was re-elected. Stewart Re-elected la Nevada. Q Cabson, Nev. (Special).?Senator William . M. Stewart was re-elected on Tuesday by the Legislature to the United States Senate 31 Ci Culberion elected in Texan. Austin,Texas (Special).?Ex-Governor C. a A. Culberson was elected on Tuesday bv s| acclamation as United States Senator, to succeed Roger Q. Mills. ^ Rebel Successes In China. fj The An Houl rebels, who, under the no- v torlous desperado Nul, reinforced by rebels r' M T> Us. I iroiii 111*5 tiu>m? 1/4 uu-.iou, mo . oity of Ku-Yung, China, on January 1, have captured it ana ordered the execu- u tlon of all the civil and military officials. t They have also captured another city aud 0 district in the same prefecture, tber?}bel t sympathizers having opened the Rates ot t the town. The rebels are beselging Chau- c C'hau, in the Province of Kwancr-Tung, and . Kan-Chau, in the Province of Kiang-Sl. n A Jealous Man'* Triple Crime. , George Ayres, a painter, forty-six years ii old, shot and killed hla wife, Mary E 1 Ayres, a few Dlghts ago, and shot John J. * Wilson, a young mechanic, who board?d ' with Mrs. Ayres, at Nicetown, a suburb of Philadelphia. Ayres had one more shot la lib revolver, and fired it into his head. He lived half an hour. Ayres and his wife had separated because of a quarrel about , Wilson. c The Newark For the Pacific Station. The cruiser Newark, which is at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, has been ordered to ' the Pacific Station. :. rromlnent People. i .Lord sail3Dury ueicsis nnitiuK. General Wheeler u.<yd the same spurs in the war with Spain that he used in the Civil War. : Count Tolstoi declares that he has to , thank his bicycle and his vegetarian diet for the robust health which he enjoys at the . age of seventy. J Tbe Military Order of the Foreign Wars J of the Unitod States will present to Ad- , SIral Dewey the gold Insignia of tho Order, which he is a member. . Senator Fairbanks, of Indiana, is said to , be one of the greatest readers in the Sen- f r ate. All new books, especially history and , fiction, are at once sarohued by him. . * *' . THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. WMlilnrton TU?m?. mt. - a# (i r? m o/thlnoa ur c a a nnfrtVfln 1 UW BS5UI lUHUH 1UOV.UIUVO ty the House Committee on the election of 'resident and Vice-President, and a favorble report was ordered on the bill amendag the statues so as to permit machine allots when the State law so authorized bem. Commander XL R. S. Mackenzie has been etached from the Mayflower, when out of ommlsslon, and ordered home on waiting rders. General Russell Hastings, formerly of >hio, but now living at Northampton, lass., has been chosen for appointment as Hrector of the Bureau of American RepubIcs, to succeed the late Joseph 8mith. The House Committee on Coincge, heights and Measures agreed to report a anklDg and currency bill, the chief eatures of which are an emphatic declaraion for the gold standard and a provision or the gradual retirement of greenbacks. President McKinley has approved the hnri?(?< nnd soaciflcattons In the case of Jrlgadfer-Gene'ral Charles P. Eagan. The House has concurred in the 8enate mendment to the bill creating an addllonal Judge for tho Sixth Circuit. The imendment added another Judge for the fifth Circuit, and the action of the House >a9ses the bill. Senator Piatt (Rep., Conn.) has been ppointed to fill tne vacancy on the Roard f the Regents of the Smithsonian Institufon made by the death of Senator Morrill, f Vermont. The House Committee on Postofflce and 'ost Roads not only restored the approprition for the pneumatic tube service which ras stricken from the PostofUco approprltion, but removed the restriction as to ho cities where the appropriation shall be xpnnded and increased the amount to 300,000. The House Committee on Commerce ave a bearing a few days ago to the rruce-Cnigln-Eyre syndicate, which prooses to build the Nicaragua Canal under new concession from that Goverment. The Committee on Naval Affairs passed pon the part of the Appropriation bill elatinsr to the purchase and manufacture r smokeless powder and struck out the rord "manufacture," bo that the entire mount, $1,000,000, wili be available for lie purchase of powder. Doineatic. C. F. Wolf, of Brooklyn, N. Y., Inhaled lluminating ras in a room at a hotel In 'hiladelphia, Penn., and was found dead few days ago. While coming up the channel at Mobile, .la., the fruit steamer Columbia collided rith and sank the schooner Olive. The Jolumbia struok the schooner amidhips and cut her in two. Captain Bill odd, his son Oliver and Moses Kaplan rere on the schooner. Kaplan, who was nable to swim, was drowned. Tho others ere saved. The steam ferryboat Oakland, plyinsr beiveen San Francisco and Oakland, collided ith the launch William D., near Great sland. The launch sank Immediately, tijjineer Waddles, of the William D., was rowned. F. D. Orr, a passenger, was :ruck by the Oakland and died of his iniries. Charles Ruebllngor, aged ten years, of hiladelphia, Penn., accidentally shot and Illed Edcar L. WhiDennv. aged fourteen ears. The former was shooting at a taret on a lot in the northern part of the city, nd fired just as Winpenny was crossing lie lot some distance in front. William Robinson, a watchman, was rushed to death a few days ago by a sldeaik freight elevator in^few York City. Grace Martin* daughter of Luke Martin, as burned to death at her home in Walngford. Conn. She was putting logs in le fireplace when a spark flew out, ignitig her clothing. She was twenty-one ears old. John Hughes, aged seventy years, formrly of Jersey City, committed suicide at is home in FrankliD, Penn., by cutting Is throat with a razor. Hughes had been 1 with the grip the past two weeks, and ad shown signs of insanity. He is surived by one son and one daughter, both f Brooklyn. Z. 0. Simmons, of Kenosha, Wis., will rect a monument to the memory of the jldlers and sailors of the Civil War. The ost of the monument will be $10,000. Miss Fannie Condit, fifty-three years of ore, of East Orange, N. J., was killed in a Icycle accident a few days ago. She had is0 alighted from a car, and stepped in ont of a bicycle ridden _by John H. liomas, or Jiast urango. tier skuu was ractured, and she lived but throe hours af:r the accident. Thomas was arrested. The bank at Arthur, III., was robbed of 4000 a few nights ago. 8ix men overowered the night watchman, bound and, agged him, and tied him in a back room, he robbers blew open the safe with dynalite and secured the money. The Illinois Legislature has passed a >int resolution thanking Miss Helen ould for her untiring devotion to the merican soldiers in the war with Spain. Captain Charles E. Clark, formerly of the arsnip Oregon, at Ashevllle, N. C., relsed to be elected a member of the local umane society. Captain Glass, late commander of the harleston, who returned from Manila on lie steamer Rio de Janeiro, will take charge f the naval coaling station now being contracted on Goat Island, in San Francisco [arbor. Frank Mareno, twenty-four years old. of fewark.N. J.,wasshot and instantly killed y Nuncio Salvatore, his father-in-law. rank Mareno was insanely jealous, and eat bis child wife frequently and unmerciilly, though she gave him no cause for his ction. He was killed while savagely sticking his wife. Salvatore was arrested. In the Illinois House of Representatives few days ago Mr. Abbott offered a resoltion thanking Miss Helen Gould, of New ork, for her effort to ameliorate the conItion of the sick and wounded soldiers n rl n rr th? war with Sn?ln. Ii W&S dopted. Max Wolff, Pres'dent of the Palace Ribon Mannfactur'ng Company, was seriously hot by Morris C. Scindersteln, until reBntly foreman in bis mill, as be was leavlg bis office a few nights ago in South Alrntown, Peon. Seindersteln was arrested nd put under $5003 ball. Seindersteln Is Ixty-slx years old and Wolff forty. The converted yacht Eagle sailed from orfolk, Ya., a "few days ago. 8he will roceed to Cuban waters, where she will e employed upon coast and harbor surey duty. Tbo Eagle has been overhauled, afltted and painted white. County Judge Sklpton, of Fillmore louuty, 111., was fined $50 by the Legislature In the contempt proceedings Instituted y tliat body. The Legislature had ordered he Judge to forward the election returns f the Sixty-seventh Legislative District to .incoln for the Legislature to pass upon be case. This be refused to do, and was lted to appear and show caase why he hould not be fined for contempt. A ilnorlty report supported Judge Sklpton. Btnjamln I. Greenebaum, Secretary of Ilcbael Greenebaum 8onsCompany, bulldng contractors, filed a petition in volunary bankruptcy in the United States Dis not uourt, umcago, a iew uays ago, cheduling liabilities at $566,199, with nomlinl assets. Forelen. The ItuliaD cruisers Elba and Etna will oon go to China, but the rumor of the talian Government's Intention to seize a Chinese port is reported premature. The London Times, discussing: editorially ^nglo-Freneh relations, hints that France vtll beolTfced concessions in Madagascar is a set-off to the French shore rights in fewfoundland. The Court of Cassation, Paris, France, xamined Major Count Esterliazy a few lays ago, who entered the Falace of Jusice without belDg noticed. Bank notes to the value of $303,000 rayserlously disappeared a few days ago from i'arr'8 Bank, limited, in London. It is supposed that they liave been stolen. Some of the rudlaDS who maltreated Mr. jottfrled, an American citizen, and his amlly, liviug in Peru, have been captured, ind the Government has ordered the others pursued with energy. Emperor William received the Chinese Mateter, Lu-Hal-Houan, a few days ago, ivho presented his Majesty "with the injienla of the Double Dragon, conferred jpon the German Eaiper/.r by the Emoeror of China. " MICAMBOA CABAL BILL" Senate Passes the Measure by an Overwhelming Majority, THE WATERWAY TO BE NEUTRAL. ?? s The Provisions of the Government's Froposed Agreement With the Maritime Canal Company?Only Six Senators Voted Against the Bill?Cost of the Work Is Limited to 9115,000,000, Washington, D. C. (8peclal).?The Sen ate on Saturday passed the Nicaragua Canal bill. A number of amendments were made to the bill, and there were innumer able short speeches during the day. There was, however, no opposition to a vote when the time came and a roll call developed only six votes inoppositlon to final passage. The bill, as It passed, continues the name of the Maritime Canal Company. It provides for the issuance ot 1,000,000 shares of stock of 9100 each. The canal company Is required to call In all the stock issued except that held by the Nlcaraguan and Costa Blcan Governments. The company is nlso required to redeem and cancel all bonds and scrip heretofore Issued by the company and to satisfy all cash liabilities. To enable the company to comply with this requirement, Treasury warrants to the < amount of $5,000,000 are authorized, with ' h proviso to the effect that only so muoh of the amount shall be paid as shall be required to pay the usual cash value of the rights, privileges, franchises and property j at the time of the payment,.the valueto be ( determined by Commissioners to be ap- ( pointed by the President. r This being done, the Secretarv of the | Treasury is authorized to subscribe for < 925,000 shares of the company's stock for the Government of the United States. The , Board of Directors of the company is to j consist of eleven directors, of whom nine are to be appointed by the President of the \ United States, one by Nicaragua and one \ by Costa Rica. Directors appointed by ? the President are not to be interested in j any wuy in any contract connected with the construction or operation of the oanal. | The directors are eaoh to receive $5000 per ( year, except the President of the Board, t ? A- . flOAAA wno is 10 revvivo ?ouvu. The company, with the consent and ap- j proval of the President of the United States, ( is authorized to cofltract with responsible ] persons, citizens of the United States, for the construction, completion and equipment of the canal within a period of six years from the passage of the act. The ] work Is to be under the constant and lmmediate supervision of the engineer department of the United States army and 19 not to exceed in cost $115,000,000, which i amount Is appropriated out of the Treasury ( of the United States and made a permanent . appropriation. The neutrality of the canal is to be guar- ' anteed by the United States, and It is to 1 be used by all nations on equal terms as to c tolls. By an amendment adopted the Presl- ' dent is given the widest power?in the event ' , of the failure of the present canal project t ?to negotiate for the control of and for c the right to construct and perpetually con* 1 trol some other canal connecting the At- I lantlo and Pacific. The President is re- ? quested to negotiate {or the abrogatloa of * any treaty oBltgatlons that may In any way interfere with the ownership and perpetual 3 control of such canal. The six votes against the b'.ll were cast by Senators Bato (Dem., Tenn.), Caffery (Dem., La.), Cockorell (Dem., Mo.), Mantle (811., Mont.), Martin (Dem., Ya.), and Smith , (Dem., N. J.). PAYNE SUCCEEDS DINCLEY. He I? Appointed the Chairman of th? Ways and Means Committee. "Washington, D. C. (Special).?Speaker Reed has appointed Mr. Payne, of New York, to the Chairmanship of the Ways and < Means Committee, to succeed the late Mr. ? Dlngley. This carries with It the floor ? CONOBESSSUN SEBEKO X. PATirz. ' leadership of the majority. Mr. Payne Is not only the senior and ranking member of tbe committee, bat baa been one of Its most Industrious, able and useful members for nearly tea years. ARRIVAL OF RUSSIAN QUAKERS!" Two Thousand Settle la Canada to Enjoy the Blearing! of Freedom. Halifax, N. 8. (Special).?The steamship 1 Lake Huron, with 2000 of tho 5000 Russian Quakers who are emigrating to the Canadian Northwest, arrived here n few days ago. The steamer then proceeded to St. ' John, N. B., where the passengers landed 1 and went by rail to their future home. The 1 Lake Huron had a good passage. 1 The Doukhobors were greeted by a \ party of tholr representatives in America, | notably Russian Frlnoe Hlckoff. At the ] eight of the Prinoe the people on the i crowded decks coming to their new ( western home In search of the same j freedom that the Pilgrim Fathers ( . sought broke iDto a hymn. Ou the deck ] the Prince, among the multitude of old j men, young men, women and children, led iu tuauKsgiviDK 10 me Atmignty ior ine ] safe voyagp. There are many picturesque \ and interesting characters In the crowd. FATAL BORDER FAMILY FEUD. ] Battle Between Eddys, of Virginia, and j Ramueyg, of Tennessee. Nahbtille, Tenn. (Special).?A. few days ago, on the line between Lee County, Va., j and Hancock County, Tenn., a section remote from the telegraph, a battle occurred between twenty members of the Eddy family, of Virginia, and the Ramsey family, of Tennessee. < The bnttle lasted soveral hours, during which a number of men on both sides were killed and injured. A quarrel of long Stand- ( iDg resulted In the flglit. Fatal Railroad Collision in Texas. Tho westbound limited express of the Southern Pacific Railroad ran into an engine near Lacosta, twenty miles west of San Antonio, Texas, a few days ago. Alonzo Miller, flreman, of San Antonio, was killed, and Robert Nioholson, engineer, was fatally injured. The passengers sustained no serious injury. Extradition With Brazil. President McKlnley sent to the Senate, Washington, a few days ago a new extraHIHah fvnofi* KafmAan fliia nnn nn/1 UlblUU WACQtjr k/Vt IT VUH VU1.1 VVUUlljr UUU Brazil. The treaty is a formal document providing for the exchange of persons charged with offences on the usual lines. ;-.rvvCOLUMBUS'S BONES LANDED; A" Solemn Ceremony Attending Tholf Transfer to the Cathedral of Seville. Seville, Spain (By Gable).?The'Spanlah auxiliary cruiser uiraiaa arnvea nero Thursday morning with the reputed ashes of Columbus on board, which had been transferred from the cruiser Conde de Venadlto, on which they were brought from DUES 0? VEBAOUA. ^Descendant of Columbus who represented the King and Queen Regent of Spain in the re-Interment of the discoverer's bones at Seville.) * Javana. The muntoipal authorities toolc harge of the coffin on board. The Glralda lred a salute, to whioh the land batteries replied, and the prooession was then ormed and the coffin transferred to the jelebrated Cathedral of Seville. The route to the cathedral from the rharf was thronged, troops and sailors )elng drawn op on eaoh side of the way. The Chapter of the Cathedral received tbe remains, which will He in state until Inally placed In the vault. After another talute the funeral service was celebrated n the presence of an enormous crowd. The entire ceremony was mournful even )eyond what Is customary at public fune:als. Tbe people seemed to recognize that he Interment of the Spanish colonial em)ire was symbolized by the ceremony. The )uke of Veragua, who 1e a descendant of 3olumbus, represented the King and Queen ilegent. MRS. GEORGE INDICTED. Ber Former Counsel Telia of Her Threats Against George D. Saxton. Cantox, Ohio (Special).?The Grand rury has indicted Mrs* Annie ?. George or murder In the first degree for the klll? ng of George D. Saxton, brother of Mrs. IcKlnley, on the evening of October 7. fhe bill Is in four counts, each count iovering one of the four shots which ook effect in the body of Saxton. It is cnotvn that damaging testimony was given >y an attorney who appeared in several sases in which Mrs. George was interested. ["Illsiftttorney is W. 0. Werntz, who was the aw partner of James Sterling, one of the ittornejs engaged to defend Mrs. George it present. Mr. Wernfz appeared before the Grand lury and testified. It Is understood that le testified that Mrs. George had said to lim that she thought she would get two volvers, kill Saxton with one and throw he other at his feet, pleading self-defence. She also spoke of shooting Saxton and tbeh hrowlnj the revolver away so as to ap? jear unarmed if accused. TRIED SUICIDE TOGETHER. Cwo Slxteen-Year-Old Girls Take Morphine anil One of Tbem Dies. IadIjisville, Ky. (8pecial). ?Tammie Church and her cousin, Florence Johnson, ittempted suicide with morphine at Miss Johnson's home a few days ago. Each la iixtRnn rears old. Miss Church had failed :o receive a letter from a sweetheart and lad become despondent. She read of tho mlcide of a well-known man the previous lay, and this, it 19 thought, made her de:ermlned to die. Her cousin Is supposed :o have taken the drug out of sympathy with Miss Church. They bought ten cents' worth of morphine at a drug store. Early in the morning Mrs. Johnson ieard heavy breathing la the girl's room, ind going in fouud her daughter unconicious and Miss Church dead. Miss Johnion will recover. Miss Church lived in jallatln, Tenn. She was here ou a visit. GENERAL LAWTON OFF TO MANILA. American Troop* For the Philippines Golnc by Way of the Suez Canal. New Yobk Cut (Special).?The United States transport Grant, having on board General Lawton, who Is to command th? United States military foroes in the Philip* pines, the Fourth United States Infantry and a battalion of the Seventeenth United States Infantry, sailed for Manila Thursday morning. As the ship passed Governor's Island a Balute of thirteen guus, in honor of MajorGeneral Lawton, in charge of the expedition, was fired. As she passed through th? Narrow the Grant was saluted by Forts Hamilton and Wadsworth. All the way through the harbor the shipping tooted in honor of the departing troops, and when they reached Sandy Hook a rapid-fire bat* tery gave them their final send-off. The Grant is the first troopship to convey American soldiers by the Sues Canal to the Pacific Ocean. A CIRL AN INCENDIARY; Lizzie Taylor, Aged Fourteen, of Brlatol( Conn., Sent to an Asylum. BaisTOL.Conn. (8poclal).?-Lizzie Taylor, fourteen years old, the adopted daughter of W. 8. Taylor, of this piace, has been committed to the Connecticut Hospital for the Insane suffering from an aoute mania For incendiarism. The child has confessed to the setting of seven fires In Bristol during :he last eighteen months, or those tires two resulted In the total destruction of two 3ne barns owned by Mr. Taylor, and a :hird partially destroyed the Taylor iomestoad. Toe confession clears up the arigin of the very mysterious fires which iavo excited the residents of Bristol for tome time. The girl was detected a few days ago in the act of firing tho house again by gnltlng paper in the attic. 8300,000 For Rural Free Delivery. The Postofflce Appropriation bill, which has just been reported to the House of Representatives, Washington, by Chairman Loud, of the Committee on Po3tofflcqs and D~c4- D /*. n el a maL-ao nn onnrftnriflHnn fif L U.'k m/auj, uui?aw? ?" ? ?4300,000 for the continuance of the rural free delivery service during the nex: fiscal year. The Gordon Memorial Fund. At a meeting of the General Committee of the Gordon Memorial College held in London a few days ago It was announced that the subscriptions amounted'to $590,000. Cycling Notes. It Is said that bicycles are going out of favor In England, especially among society people. Japan, not to be behind other countries, uses bicycles In its postal and telegraph departments. During tho past five years ono accident Insurance company has made pavments for cycle accidents amounting to $65,000. It Is the general opinion among the blrtvoln tradA that durlnt? 180!) th? ftinorts of American wheels wilf be double ^that of 1898. An Essex (England) cyolist has patented the Idea of forming the spokes of gears or ohaln wheflla In the shape of the letters oomposing the name of th? makers. -v. -s / v.--. i 's.*' ' .? " * .y / ;-j ' / . mgowtbesoian" An Agreement Between Great Britain and Egypt as to Control. GOVERNOR GENERAL REAL RULER. The British and Egyptian Flags Will Be Balled Together In all tbe Beconqnered Provinces?The Slave Trade Is Abso? lately Prohibited?Conditions Under Which Commerce Will be Carried On, Caibo, Egypt (By Cable).?The Offlola! Gazette has published a convention between Great Britain and Egypt relating to the future government of the reconquered Soudan provinces. After reciting that the provinces were reconquered by the joint military and financial efforts of the British and Khedlvial Governments, and setting forth the desire to give effect to the olaims that have acorued to Her Britannic Majesty's Government by right of conquest, the convention proceeds as follows: "It is hereby agreed and deolared between the undersigned, duly authorized, that the word Souaan in this agreement means all the territories south ;of the twenty-second parallel of latitude whioh have never been evaouated by the Egyptian troops since 1882, or which, having been admirlstered by the Khedive's Government prior to the late rebellion, were temporarily lost to Egypt and have been reconquered by the British and Egyptian Governments acting in concert, or which may hereafter be reconquered by th? two Governments acting in concert. "Xne iincisa ana ?gyp;iaa uaga suau us used together oa both land and water throughout the Soudan, except In Sualcim, where the Egyptian flag alone sjiall be used. "The supreme military.and civil command In the Soudan shall be vested in one officer, termed the Governor-General, appointed by Khedlvlal decree, with the consent of Great Britain, and to be removed only by Khedlvlal decree with the consent of Great Britain." The next olause gives the Governor* General absolute power to make, alter or abrogate by proclamation laws, orders or regulations for the good government of the Soudan, and for the regulation, holding and disposal of property of every kind situate In the Soudan. But all such proclamations must forthwith be notified to the Agent of Her Brltannio Majesty at Cairo and to the President of the Khedlvla.' Counell. Regarding the conditions under which Europeans shall be permitted to trade, reside or hold property in the Soudan, the convention says: "No special privileges shall be accorded the subjects of any one or more Powers. Import duties shall not be levied on goods from Egyptian territory, but they shall be leviable on goods from elsewhere. In the case of goods entering the Soudan at Suaklm, or any other Bed Sea port, the duties must not exceed the amount leviable upon foreign goods entering Egypt.* Duties may be levied upon goods leaving the Soudan, the rates to be prescribed by proclamation." No consular agents shall be aooredited to or allowed to reside In the Soudan without the previous consent of Great Britain. The Importation or exportation of slaves Is absolutely prohibited. The convention, whloh Is dated at Cairo. January 18,1899, is signed by the Khedlvlal Minister of Foreign Affairs, Boutros Pacha Ghali, and by Lord Cromer, British Agon? and Consul-General In Egypt. PHILADELPHIA ORDERED TO SAMOA The Administration Takes Stepi to Slain* tain IU Rights In the Ialand. Washihotox, D. C. (Special).?The situation in Samoa is considered so grave bj the Administration that the Navy Department has issued orders for the cruiser Philadelphia to proceed to Apia at once tc reoresent the United States Interests there. The Philadelphia, with Admiral Kautz oo I board, arrived on Thursday at San Diego, Cal. UNITED ST^TIS C3UISEB PHILADELPHIA. ' The commander of the.Phlladelphla will not In conformity with the instructions oi trie united states uuiidui au iar as iuwdiu' straotions are In line with the treaty ol Berlin, which the United States oontends roust be literally enforced until amended. It would talce the Philadelphia about sixteen days to make the run from San Diegc to Apia, touching at Honolulu for coal. Great Britain to Send Warships. WELLiyoTOH, New Zealand (By Cable),? Owing to the trouble at Samoa growing out of the election of a sncoessor to tlx late King Malietoa three British warship/ have been ordered to the island. AWAKENED BY TORTURE. AGlrt'a Neck and Sbouldtn Burned Wilt Heated Alamlnnin Point*. Montbzal, Quebec (8peclal).?Miss Eva P.och, the victim of the twenty-eight dayt of lethargic sleep following an attack ol hysterics, was awakened a few days ago by Drs. Rivet, Slmard and Lauzon, who applied actual cautery on theneok and along the spinal column down to the middle of the shoulders. At the first three or four burns applied the young woman revived and uttered a faint moan as If suffering from pain. The operation was continued until about fifty applications had been mado, but lightly. She was then perfectly conscious and seemed surprised at the sight of the doctors. "My God, my God," sue exoiaimoa in a wean, voice, wuai uus happened?" She reoognteed her parents. The dootors are satisfied that she was perfectly unconscious of all that took place daring her long sleep. The points U9ed in burning her were made of aluminum and heated In a joined benzine and alcohol flame. Maine.Legislature For Expansion. The chief feature of Thursday's session of the Maine Legislature at Augusta concerned the resolutions of Mr. Macomber, of Augusta, Indorsing the expansion policy of tbe Administration, and inviting President McKlnley to visit Augusta. The resolutions passed the House by an unanimous rising vote, amid much enthusiasm. The Senate Confirms Mr. Cboate. The United States Senate at Washington has confirmed the nomination of Joseph H. Chonte, of New York, to be Anbassador to Great Britain. General Merrltt to Try Eacan. The detail of the court-martial, which Is to try Commls9ary-General Charles P. Eagan on charges growing out ot his attack on General Miles before the War Investigating Commission was made public at the War Department in Wishington. It comprises thirteen army officers, of whom Major-General Wesley Merritt is at the head, and a Judge Advocate, The courtmartial will convene In Wasnington in a tew days. Confidence In the Court of Cassation. The French Chamber of Deputies has voted confldenoe in the Court of Cassation, whloh Is considering the Dreyfus omc. SCHURMAN SAYS FAREWEHS^jj AddreiHi Cornell Students Before Lmt< iag For til* Philippine*. n\ Ithaca, N. T. (8p?oIal).?Cornell's PreslJ dent, Dr. J. G. Schurman, delivered hll farewell address to the students and thfl members of the Faculty of Cornell University Monday afternoon. He was Introduced t DB. J. O. 8CHT7MUX. (A member of the Philippine Commission.) by Professor Thomas F. Crane, now acting Prosident o( Cornell. Bishop Potter, of New York, was present. ? Resolutions were passed by the students congratulating President ucEInley and the Government on their wisdom In choos* lng for a position of such eminent trust "a mau so won jiuwu xcir it u> me energy ox bis action, the broadness of bis sympathy, and the clearness of bis vision." * FOUGHT IN A LOCOMOTIVE. An Engineer Overcomes an Insane Foreman and Averts a Collision. Louisville, Ey. (Special). ? Engineer Barney Eeegan, of the Illinois Central Ballway, had the most thrilling experience of his life a few nights ago, and only his dogged determination saved the life of Walter Cole, the fireman, and perhaps the lives of the passengers. For twenty miles,' as the engine was speeding along the tracks at the rate of thirty miles an hour,' Eeegan engaged in a life and death straggle wltb Cole, vrho had become violently Insane. Eeegan stopped his train, the fast mall, at Cecil, Ey., abont forty miles sooth of this city, to take water. He noticed that Cole was acting strangely, and asked him what was the matter. Cole did not reply, but began beating bis head violently. Eeegan had prevloaslv heard him complain of a headache. He started his train toward this city, and when he had gone about a mile he h?ard a piercing scream and saw Cole olloabing out of the cab window. The fireman would have made the leap in another instant, but Eeegan grappled with him ?ad palled him baolc into the cab. Then, after ti straggle, the fireman sprang on the engineer, and they were locked in n tigm emDrace. Keegan remembered that he hful orders to take the siding at West Point, twenty miles farther on, to allow the New Orleans limited from Louisville to pass. The struggle had lasted several minutes. Cole showed no signs of tiring and Keegan was ' beginning to grow weak. The train was then nearlng West Point. Just before he reaohed the stop Keegan made a big effort and threw. Cole away from him. He grabbed the throttle and shut off the steam and the engine came to ' a stop at the station. Cole had renewed the struggle, bat help came at once and the fireman was overpowered. v NEW COLONIAL COMMISSION. To Administer, Under the Secretary of War, Oar Island Governments. WASHijf0T03,D. C. (Speolal).?TheSecre? tary of War has completed the organization of a colonial commission to undertake the administration here In Washington of all matters of detail respecting the government of the territories acquired during the war, or occuplod by the United States forces. The personnel of the commission will bs General Bobert P. Kennedy, of Bellofonte,' Ohio; Colonel Curtis Guild, of Maacaoha* setts, now serving on the staff of General Fltzhugh Lee, and George W. Watklns, of Grand Rapids, Mich. ; Up to this point the Secretary and the Assistant'Socretary bare undertaken themselves to deal with the administration ot Insular aftalrs, but the questions involved have become so numerous and complicated that it-has bden found absolutely necessary, to call for assistance. This commission will deal with the bestowal of franchises and concessions; the distribution of moneys to be spent In publlo improvements, and all of the troublesome issues' that, have arisen, and are likely to arise In Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines. I The new commission is to act entirely within the powers conferred by the Secretary ot War, and his sanction will be necessary to give effect to any line of action proposed by the commission. j LOSS OF THE PAUL JONES. The Sliding Yacht Exploded and All on Board Lost. Mobile, Ala. (8pcclai).?It was learned here that the missing yacht Paul Jones exploded near Bird Island about two weeks' iiaro. All on board were killed. The Paul Jones bad the following pleasure-seekers on board: Joseph Brink* man, of Louisville; Miss Florence Taggart, . daughter of Mayor Tnggart, of Indianapolis; Miss Marjorie Woodland, daughter of George Woodland, Vioe-Presldent of the Prairie State Bank, Chicago; Colonel' Harry C. Yocum, of St. Louis, and Miss Florence Yocum, bis daughter. The crew consisted of three men, whose names are unknown. News confirming the I03S of the yacht was brought by oyster fishermen, who knew of it for more than a week. The launoh exploded, they say, on or about January 6, near Bird Island, and everything goes to show that nil on board were killed at once or drowned soon after. The men boarded the yacht and explored her cabin, breaking open the trunks and taking from them a lot of female apparel and keys and whatever other property they discovered on board. General Ludlow Favors Cuban Loan. General Ludlow, Governor of the city oj Havana, Cuba, favors a loan by the United non onn fop nubllo 0111103 IU auvaua vi 4. improvements. Killed Wife and Himself. Crazed, It la supposed, by poverty, James Mullen, a former brakeman on the Beading Ratlway, who was out of work and In poor health, cut his wife's throat with n razor and then his own a few days ago at their home In Philndelpliia. Mullen was thirty-one years old and Lis wile was twenty-eight. Governor of New South Wales. Earl Beauohamp has been appointed by the British Government Governor of Now South \Vale9 In succession to Vl/iount Hampden, Governor and Commander-inChief of the Colony since 1S95. Held For Her Husband's Murder. Azarlan Beckard, aged thirty-seven years, was murdered in bed a few days in the second story front room of his home in Baltimore, Md. His wife, Clemetlne Beckard, was arrested charged with the crime. The murder was done with a .83callbre revolver. The bullet whloh killed him entered the right temple and passed out at the top of the skull. He was also shot in the right jaw. The wouaa 13 supposed to have committed the deed as the result of violent jeulousy on her part. Ti?? Rnnntnr Froin North Dakota, Porter J. McCuinber, Republican, was elected United Stnte9 Jenator In the joint assembly a few days ago at Bismarck, N. D. I M irnrn nonitr^HSiBBI MM UuUM Sweden's Monarch R^HH^^^Hj of the Crown PriiH^^H^^H NEW RULER A MAN 0 nineaa Fokm Kin* the Cwm of Stato? Government Provlalonallj Character of the Crown Stockholm, Sweden (By Oscar, who bos reached his has provisionally placed the pH||^^H ernment In-the hands of hi* the Crown Prince Onstaf. ' While it is generally reported t^B^B^^Bj Abdication of the King, who feeble health for more than tvmHHB^^^ only temporary, those nearest are in a position to know the iH^H|B fairs, declare that he will tnrn to the throne. HBB^B r?w caowv pbxvcz orstaf or rtrrviv. fSH The step was taken by orders of court pbysloians, who claim that, tboagfc^BB some improvements have been manlfested^^H Blnoe the last serious Illness In December,? farther participation in public aflainr^^H would prove fatal. The re?ime of King Oscar has beealiB characterized by a spirit of peace anf^^O kindness. His, subjects love to refer to g him as one of nature's noblemen, a Swede to the core, intensely patriotic andjHH ambitious to ameliorate the condition oi SH the poorer classes within his domain. rti-nwii Ppinca finntsf uhn ha* ajuamedJ the government, Is In many respects thej^^H very antithesis' of bis Illustrious r lather, He Is a man with an iron will, anfl lt ls be>lieved that what, on 'aeeonnt of Innate goodness, Kin? Oscar could not accom-[^^l pllih', namely, the quelling of the seditfoo*^K spirit in Norway, Prince Oastal will ?a*i^H compllsh by force if necessary, j Grown Prince Qustaf was born In Jufc 1858. His wife is the Princess Victoria of Baden, a lady of remarkable lln?ralstic a*r,'^^| compllsbTients and a leader in all charlt^^^M able mo\ jments. , JHI Sing Oscar has already left 8tookholiy^H and will spend the balanoe of the wintac tp Saltoja, Baden. DR. HILLIS ACCEPTS THE CALL He Will 8uceeed the Ker. Lyman Abbot* flfl as Pastor or Plymouth Cbureh. New Yohk Citt (Special).?The BevJ Newell D wight Hillis, of Chicago, who WM MH called to the pulpit of Plymouth Churchij made vacant by the resignation of theBerJ. Lyman Abbott, tho successor of Henryj ward Beechar, has accepted and will BEV. VZWKLL DWIQJTT HHXT3. (New pastor of the famoas Plymouth .M Charoh, Brooklyn.) I gin-active work In the famous old 'Brooklyn* j. church early In March. Dr. Newell D wight Hillis Is not yet forty years of age. He was only thlrty-slz when he was called to the pulpit of tbe Central Church In Chi- cago, formerly oocupled by the Rev. Dr. David Swing. Dr. Hlllis's success in Chi- - cago has been remarkable. His churoh has been the most popular one in that olty since he took the pastorate, tbe crowds ait; the Sunday services being even greater than during the incumbenoy of Dr. Swing. _?_??_? ?/ Kept a ueatiiDea rromiie 10 mo. Robert M. Keller was married at Ma?< coutah, 111., a few days ago, to the widow of his brother, Henry, who died two years ago. On his deathbed Henry exacted a promise from Robert to take care'of his wife and business. Robert also promised to marry Henry's widow if his owo wife shonld die. Sho did die a few months ago and Robert was able to fulfill all the prom* ises nade to his dying brother Schooner and Eleven Men Loat. 1 he British sohooner Loader Is a total ]os i at Mosers River, on the Nova 8cotla Coast. Captain James Silver rind the crew of ten men have met deiitb. The Identity of the vessel was discovered by a piece of a sleeping berth cast up on the sbore whloh bore the .name of John Westbaver of T? ? ?.???. ** ? WuafhavAr amq nn th?? JJUUOUUC&K* lUi uwo?u?.v. w. Leader two years ago, and cut his name oa the board la front of the berth. The schooner left Newfoundland with a cargo of frozen herring. The Leader, whioh was of ninety-nine tons burden, was owned by i Captain 811ver and Luneuberg parties. The crew all belonged In Lunenberg. Tli* Labor World. Twonty-slx thousand men are employed at tho Krupp gunworks In Germany. San Francisco fCal.) labor unions are /. agitating the building of a labor temple. Colorado labor unions have elected twenty* two of their members to the State Legls< lature. Judge Wentworth, of Boston, has decided that % laboring man has a ilea i-.i. - mnnl/ilnnlll. A ftgUlUob A UiUUiVi^UiikJ Ivl ITV1& UVUO VU the streets. r. The remaining five per eont. of the oat la wages of the employes of the Louisville and' Nashville Railroad made In August, k 1893, has been restored. The other hall was m restored last July. "nJ JB