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K/ } ' x ' y, TROUBLE IN NICABAGDA." Persecutions of American Citizens by the Government Must Stop. , FORCE TO BE USED, IF NEEDED. State Department Holds That merchant* Are ltlffht In Refusing to Pay Duties ' Twice?Nicaragua Must Do Juntlce to ' American Citizen* or She Will Be 1 Mad* To?Cruiier Detroit There. I Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The State I Department holds that American citizens < in Nicaragua are justified In refusing to pay j again customs dues to General Torres, the , Nicaraguan commander at Blueflelds, on i goods on which they have already paid ' iuty to General Reyes whon he was the ( representative of the de facto government, i The attitude of General Torres In demand- I ing that they pay again to the Zelaya Gov- ! 4rnment customs aues paia once iu iuu iu | General Reyes la held by the State Department to represent not the attitude of an j Individual, but of the Government. Therefore, it is not within the range of ] diplomacy for the United States to demand the removal of General Torres, for | that would not abate the obnoxious tax demands or remove the cause of the threatened clash. The demands of Torres are inspirited by official orders of the Government of Nicaragua. Having affirmed the correctness of the position maintained by American citizens at Blueflelds, and, shown that the Government of Nicaragua is officially involved, f <the State Department is prepared to aus- J tain its citizens, even if the result means j war with Nicaragua. The statement that Minister Merry and j Captain Dayton have ample discretion to use force if necessary in protecting; American interests was made by high depart- ' fhla Tr?oa ^All nlitfl ! ' mtJUlUl UUIUUI1LI, uui >uu nun W.p... -with the general order tnat until drastic . measures shall become necessary the matter will be left to the State Departments o? f the respective Governments to settle. The outcome depends entirely upon the " American merchants, who are threatened j with imprisonment and confiscation of their j goods unloss they pay the double duty de- I manded by Nicaragua. If they refuse to pay, all the force of the American Govern- { ment will be exerted to protect them, to prevent the seizure of their property and their imprisonment byNiearaguan officials. Additional ships will be sent unless the ; atmosphere clears. The Administration has [ reason to believe that there will be trouble ( In both Nicaragua and Honduras unless . these little Governments are given a coa- J vinclng instance of the fact that the United 1 8tates will not tolerate violations of the c rights of Its citizens. BLOW TO LEAD TRUST. J Court Declares It Cannot Collect For - - - . | t Goods Sold la Missouri. | St. Louis, Mo. (Special).?Judges of the Court of Appeal have unanimously decided that Trusts, even if operating as corporations duly chartered, cannot collect for goods sold within the borders of the State, i The Missouri Anti-Trust law, passed in 1891, Is sustained as an opinion by Judge Henry Bond. The case in point was that of the National Lead Company, knciwn as the Lead Trust, against the S. E. Grote Paint Company, of this city, for 41800 for goods furnished the company by the corporation. The company refused to pay on the ground that the lead company was a Trust, and, therefore, illegal under the Missouri law. In the St. Louts County Court the lead company won and Grote appealed. Judge Bond held that the corporationwas professedly organized to acquire the assets* of Its predecessor, the National r J I AAmKlnntlnn o ^ luCilU IIU31, till uuiumui bviuviuuuvy, Iiuu It therefore had every facility possessed by the Trust for controlling the entire business of the country In the commodities In which it dealt. Therefore, the corporation was equally amendable with the Trust to the provisions of the Anti-Trust law. The debt is declared to be non-collectlble. This decision means that any Missouri mwohant who buys from a Trust?and there are hundreds of them operating here ?need not pay for his goods unless he wants to. MURDERED A MILLIONAIRE. Slaver Prepared HU Kea?on? For the Crime Before He Shot Hi* Enemy. New Yobk Cm (Special).?James Neale Plumb, formerly a well-known man about iown, shot and killed Alexander Masterton, a retired banker of Bronxvi!le, at the Burjngton apartment house, In Thirtieth street. Plumb, who is flfty-flve year3 old, went to meet Masterton, who Is seventytwo years of age, with the deliberate Intention of killing him. He took with him a small handbag containing several rolls of typewritten documents in which he told why he was going to kill Masterton. All of I these papers were turned over to the po- ' lice, who made the contents public. 1 Briefly, Plumb accuses the dead man of separmxnp uim irgui u 10 cuuuiru, iuuuc log one daughter to sue bim (or an accounting of her mother's estate and an- 1 other to sue for his removal as hor guardian, and of conspiring Iu other ways to ruin him. Plumb had regarded Mr. Masterton as his enemy for thirty-flve years. a OUR PARIS EXPOSITION SITE. Commissioner Peck Take* Possession and Italses the Stars and Stripes. Pahi3 (By Cable).?Mr. Ferdinand W Yeck, United States Commissioner-General to the Paris Exposition, took formal possession a few days ago of the American site in the exposition grounds, wbichis close to the Invalide3 bridge. M. Picard, the French Commissioner-General of the exposition, formally made over the site. Commissioner Peck was accompanied by his associate Commissioner, Professor Woodward. A staff ol French , and American architects examined the plans, after which the minutes were read and the transfer was completed. The site is an excellent one. and extends 25x25 , metres. British Commissioner Bpearman was present at the transfer. ( Four American Hags are flying from the ] comers o! the American site, which is ( flanked by the Turkish and Austrian sites. } 3Iataaf<t Accepts an Armistice. ! Mataafa, the Samoan rebel chieftain, ha3 ( -accepted an armistice. The Germans, how- i > ever, declined to sign the proclamation. ! Tonne Americans as Ball Fighters. The young Americans in the city of Durango, Mexico, have announced that they will gtvo a bull flght on the great i holiday of Mexico, with Americans as tho I cuadrillas. This has excited earnest pro- i tests from the missionary clergy there, who i regret that their fellow country men should, not content with attending bull fights, now begin to flght bulls themselves. Manila Internal Uevenue Receipts. j The total internal revenue receipts at ( Manila reported to the Treasury Department. Washington, from August 14, 1S9S, to February 23, ISO.'), were $172,779. i Newsy (Jlettninjjs. Attempts are baing made in Cuba to ob ?-< ? '? ... fl?? TM-avntllnf* svatem of unu rciui &u in v i'-~ * -----0 marriages. Italy has decided not to purchase more warships until the consideration of the naval estimates. Large and valuable copper ledges have been discovered near Mount Ranier, in Washington State. Special courses of lectures on railroading as a science will be delivered in Berlin and Breslau, Germany, during the summer. STA woman in Greensboro, N. C., has won a suit against a water company because there was no water in the stand-pipe when her home took fire, thus rendering the flremen'DOwerless. COURTS HELP STRIKERS, fj Arkansas Judges FxeStl-ain the Rail roads From Importing- Miners. ^ Governor Jones Tnke* Action Which May Result in a Clash VTltU Federal Authority, f A G Little Rock, Ark. (Special).?Govemot lones keeps in close communication with ProaecutlDR Attorney Johnson, of Fort ? ? 4-Ka oifnotlAn In 11i a nnol m I naa jf Western Arkansas, and the entire power I jf the State will be Invoked by the Governor if necessary to enforce the injunction issued by Circuit Judge Rowe, restraining :he railroads from bringing into tills State sen intended to take the pluce of the " ocked-out coal minors. The Governor has jc nstructed the Sebastian County author- q ties to spare no efforts In enforcing Judge Rowe's injunctiou. ,r The Governor has teen informed of sus- w peoted movements to send armed men lnt? :he mining districts to take the strikers' . olaces, and he hus given instructions ti Sheriff Harrell, of Sebastian, to meet all luch persons at the State lino and promptly ti ilace them under arrest. He tells Sheriff C( Harrell to summon every able-bodiod man in Sebastian County, if necessary, to en- J* force the order of Judge Rowe. Governor u Tones says It the situation warrants it he * will go to the scene in person and direct * the carrying out of tho court's order, which, he believes, is the only way by which riot and bloodshed can be avoided. 61 The Governor's present advices are that P :lie situation is well in band, but that the Ci luthorities are keeping a sharp iookout in >rder to checkmate any movement to de- j 'eat Judge Rowe's order. As yet there has ^ jeen no direct conflict between the Federal 1 md State authorities, though there ap- n tears to be a full supply of Deputy United p States Marshals on hand ready to carry out J* he orders of Federal Judge Rogers, which 11 ire In conflict with the injunction granted p >y Judge Rowe, of the State court. Governor Jones's plan is to arrest not ?' >nly those who come into the State in vio- " atlon of Judge Rowe's order, but also those ? ivho furnish arms to the invading men. ? fhe Governor told one of the largest mine 1 jperators that ho, too, would be arrested f he attempted to defy the authority of the 11 State by bringing into the State men to ake the places of the miners. MPORTANT INSURANCE DECISION, d (eir York Judges Hold That Surplus ^ Fund* IJelong to tb? Insured. t| " fC* i_l\ T.. ,1 j tl IN EW X ORK UITT lopeuiaij.?iiuu|(c nuuuvard, in the Appellate Division of the Su? )reme Court in the Second Department, p las handed down a decision in favor of 2mil GreefT, who brought suit acralnst the ? 2quitat)le Life Assurance Society. This V lecisiOD, if it stands, will result la almost ~ t revolution in the conduct of life Insur- e: ince business in tbis State. It is not the *! inanimous opinion of the court, for Justice *' Goodrich filed a dissenting opinion. The decision raaiutains that the holder of a in endowment policy must receive his pro ^ rata share of Hit tbe net earnings of the A ;ompany in which he is insured; that the c' lirectors cannot, at will, hoard large sur-.ixoua ?ithnnoh tlinv mftv set uslde a I 03 Droper part of the profits for the protection n )f policy holders. The surplus profits must 0 )e paid over to the policy holders. ? Greefftook out a policy in the Equitable Company in 1892. The policy was what is J3, inown as an endowment policy, to mature " n fifteen years. It matured in May, 1307. jtreeff's policy wa* for $20,000. When it 1 )ecame due in 1307 the company paid the c ace of the policy, together with iS032 a? j* jreeff's share or the surplus 11 Greeff demanded $7037.33 additional, n vhich lie holds is due him under the prorisions of his contract that he should ?! participate in the net surplus of the com;any. He says that the amounts of the mrplus announced by the company from .832 to 1806 inclusive showed a net surplus >f *i43,277,179, of wliicli his share should ~ iave been 47037.33 more than he roceived, ' >r $11,019.33 in all. He was awarded the ull amount demanded. fl The company has 40,000 policy holders, ind if Greeff's judgment is sustained, all of & he other policy holders may demand theli n ihure of the company's surplus t) an t( imount in proportion to their policies and d he premiums they hare paid. fl p OLLOWED HIS FRIEND IN SUICIDE. r< Hate* Heard That Darty Had Killed Him* j] elf and Did I.lkewiae. 0 Ebie, Penn. (Special).?Edmund Harty ^ ind Norman Bates, friends and fellow offict <j nen at the Latce Shore and Michigan South* p irn offices, are dead as the result of shoot ng with suicidal inteat. Harty had been ufferlng from stomach troubles for some t ime. After eating hi9 dinuer a few days . igo he had an attack of pain. Seizing his >aby boys he caressed them and then rush- tj ng to the basement shot himself to death. iVhen the news reached his friend Bates he latter expressed great sympathy fot P. he suicide. He himself had recently reurned from an insano asylum, and in dls- sussing Marty's death with his mother ex>re3sed the wish that he was with bis rlend. A few moments later he went to lis room and killed himself. 1 FIERCE FIGHT WITH BANDITS. p r'our Cuban Oatlaw* Killed While Seek- i ., inn. tn Their Chief. I rl Saxtiaqo de Cuba. (By Cable).?At May- ? irl, in this province, between Holguln and 0 iagua de Tanamo, an attempt was made o >y four outlaws to rescue the bandit chief r lliguel Gonzales and five other bandits in he custody of the rural guards. The sentinel who detected the attempt Ired, wounding oue of the outlaws. The guards rushed to the assistance of the senry and a sharp fight ensued, all the would)e rescuers being killed. Two of the guards vera wounded. The prisoners have since P jeen removed to Baracoa. d The efficient service of the gendarmerlt u s rapidly restoring serenity in this prov- k nco. fl ITALIAN MINISTRY RESICNS. o y Opposition to the Seizure of a Chinese jf. l'ort Leads to a Crisis. j: Rome (By Cable).?Immediately after the G 'll ' - ? ? 4 ' ~ /-? f Hann f [ua TfTOQ lit I ID Q Ql IUO VUUllKJCl 1/C|HUIW ??? ^ railed to order a few days ago Premici t, Pelioux announced the resignation of the g Cabinet. TLie members of the Extreme Loft ^ received the.announcement with yells. a The Premier, amid great uproar, ex- e plained that the Cabinet found itself un- ri aqual to the re3pousibity of withdrawing ? the Italian warships from China, hence the ^ resignation of the Ministry, which, he ? said, had been accepted by tiie King. Three Tennessee Killing*. An old grudge caused William Osborn, a Union County farmer, a few days ago. to assassinate Iteason Kitts and Arthur Kitts, n brothers. John Collins, a noted outlaw ol a Grainger County, Tenu.. was also shot tc h death by Oscar Gray, whom he had per- p secuted. d Tin Sultan to Pay Our Claims. t The Sultan has authorized Mr. Oicar S. Straus, the American Minister at Constantinople, Turkey, to telegraph to President McKinley Turkey's promise to pay the tl $100,000 claimed by Americans for the de> 5.' strucilon of property in 1833. e Two Killed In a Pulp 31111. Two meu were killed aud several other? injurod by an explosion at the Kennebec t Fibre Pulp Mill, at Benton Falls. Me., and a part of tbe mill was destroyed by an ex- v plosion of sulphuric acid rus in one of the a "cookers." Charles Skillins aud Edward t Trueworthy, who were near the machine, f were killed iustantly. n r A Shark Devour# a Bather. t The valet of the Earl of Strathmore and 1 Klnghorne, while bathing a few days age ^ at Bordighera, near Monte Carlo, was devoured by a shark. The tragedy occurred in the presence of a crowd of onlookers who were unable to rescue the vloJlm. 5 IK REFUSES A TRUCK nconditional Surrender the Only Terms For the Filipinos. ilLMORE AND HIS MEN ALIVE. resilient Schurman of the Philippine Commission Talks With the Envoys? Tliev Return With General Otls's Reply?Full Amnesty Promised if the Rebels Lay Down Their Anna. Manila (By Cable).?Durlug the first conirence of the Filipino emissaries with Mair-General Otis the Filipinos told General tls that they had been conquered, bat lid that they had no power to surrender Ithout the authority of the Filipino Con* ress. At the second ^conference, in which dmiral Dewey and Chairman gchurman of le American Philippines Commission parcipated, th? request of the Filipinos for a jssation of hostilities pending the conven?g of Congress was renewed. General tis said that he had no uuthorlty to grant n armistice on the basis suggested. The ilipino envoys returned through the lines fter taking luncheon with Mr. Schurman. General Otis, in his conference with the nvoys, promlsad amnesty to all offenders, rovlded that the Filipinos surrendered unonditionally. Colonel Arguelles, the ;nlor envoy, was a member of the Filipino ommisslon appointed to treat with the merlcans last January. He said he beeved that Lieutenant Gilmore and the ilsslng sailors of the Yorktown were now risoners in the bands of the Filipinos and rere being brought across the island from ie vicinity of Baler by their captors. Chairman Schurman. of the American I hlllppines Commission, in an interview aid that he had attended the conference etween the Americans and the Filipino nvoys, and at the reqnost of General Otis i ad given expression to the sentiments of I resident McKinley regarding the future overnment of the Philippine?. After iiis conference closed Colonel Arguelles squested a further conference with Mr. J churman alone. The request was granted nd the conference lasted two hours, rguellns began talking about indepenence and then about a suspension of hosilltles, but Mr. Schurman declined to dlsass these matters. Arguelles said he bought a suspension of hostilities pending tie convening of the Filipino Congress and lie discussion of the situation by that body rould satisfy the sentiment of the Fill* inos, giving peace with dignity. %r_ n.l tlx,* fha Inanr. illr. ouuuiuiuu ni|iiuiucu mui vuw tu....enta were merely fighting for a constltuon. They could, if their arms were laid owo, now help the American Commlssionra to frame a scheme of government foi scommendation to President McKinley, jus Influencing the determination of a iture government, und giving tbem more ignity than a suspension of hostilities -ould. Mr. Schurman was requested by rguelles to write to Aguina!do, but he delined te do so. Colonel Arguelles impressed Mr. Schur* inn as beiog sincere and honorable, but ot as being conversant with the secrets 9 fKo innurffflnl- rvrtl 111/? \ n n a A rcil f>ll tatements led Mr. Sctiuraaa to believe i&t the action of the Filipinos In sending im and his fellosv envoj' into the American nes was the beginning of the end. The possibilities of peace are gratifying j a great majority of the army. Manila ie heerful over the prospects of a return tc ormal life. The prisoners report that iere are 75,000 refugees north of San Ferando. This Is not Impossible, considerig the thickly populated region which the .mericans have cleared. It seems alsc tiat smallpox Is spreading among them. ORNADO PICKS UP PRAIRIE FIRE. arriert It Over Nebraska Farm?, Killing IVo Persont and Doing Great Damage. Colzbtdoe, Neb. (Special).?A prairie re, burning in the hay flats along the orthern tier of counties of Nebraska, tec liles from here, passed into the track of a )rnado a few days ago and was swept lagonally across this county for twentyve miles, destroying everything in lt9 atb. The property damage la known tc 5aoh into the thousands. The only lives reported lost are those ol [rs. Rolla Livingston and her five-year Id boy. The woman saw the Are coming ndrantoa pasture to release the stock, he boy followed her. Both were knocked own by the terrified anlmalj and the flr? assed over them. The body of the boy as almost oonsumed and Mrs. Livingston ved but a few hours. A number of herds of cattle were overmen and consumed, A large number of irmhouses were destroyed and the families scaped only by racing beyond the track of le storm. The path of the fire was nearly ne mile wide. The farmers managed tc ut out the flames along the bottoms aftei be tornado had passed over. The junction of the storm and the flro I* on9ldered the most extraordinary thing lat ever happened In this section. It assed through the wealthiest agricultural art of Nebraska. Fatal Sontb Dakota Prairie Fires. Mount Veusok, S. D. (Special).?Thii art of South Dakota was" covered with rairie flres. A family of four, living on lie Dodge Ranch, were frightfully burned, ne fatally. Many horses were burned on ae ranch. On an adjoining ranch the mna? 1 Kflrt hnoh /\P ohaun txtIiUa a. n. ther lost fifty head of cattle, 'filany other anclimen lost all their buildings. POWDER MILL BLOWS UP. ix Killed ia an Exploilon at Carney'* Point, N. J. Wilmington, Del. (Special).?Odo of the ress mills of the Dupont Smokeless Power Works at Carney's Point, N. J., blew p a few days ago and killed six men. Th< illed were Captain Sidney Stuart, fortyve years old, Government powder inpector; George Yearger, twenty-two years Id, Pean's Grove; Amos Morris, seventeen er.rs oia, ?'ennrs urove; mniain rreiui, iventy-elght years old, Penn's Grove; tarry Smith, flfty-two years old, Poun'? rrove. Hundreds of persons from Penn's Grove ntl vicinity rushed to the spot^and began j hunt for relatives and friends. On the round near where the mill had stood rere the bodies of Ycarger, Morris, Freint nd Smith. They were torn and blackned by the smoke, and could hardly bo Bcognized. Near them were Stuitrt and a lan named Prussell, who were still alive, loth men were injured about the head, 'bey wore taken to tbe Delaware Hospital, tuart and Russell died shortly after being dmitted. Lobbers Kill a Utah Police Captain. Two desperadoes wno held up several len near Brigham City, Utah, a few day? go wero brought to bay by a posse In the ills eight miles from Ogdea. A battle took lace, In which Oaptaln Brown of the Ogen police force and one of tbe robbers 'ure killed. The other robber was capured. Spain Iteceiven Poacc Ratifications. The Slarquis de Novallas, Secretary of lio Spanish Embassy at Paris, arrived at ladrld, Spain! a few days ago and delivred the peace treaty to the Premier, Senor 11 vela. Chose to Go to Prison. vyairer in.cuorn.io, age twenty-two, caoso brae years in,the penitentiary rather than public flogging a few days ago at Evansille, Ind. He was found guilty of stealing horse from his grandfather and selling it o a gypsy. The court gave the grandather the option of whipping the young nan in court or sending him to the State >ri3on. The grandfather elected to flog he grandson, but MoCorkle's mother and he prisoner both refused to consent to a ubllo whipping. Persia's Grant to Kussla. The Shah has granted to Russians a conessloa covering the whole of a province In forth era Persia. I 1 nnn niAfft in ifMIIA If LAdUrt muid iFN lUMnu. | Strikers Blow Up Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill at Wardner. [ Killed One of Their Picket* by Mistake? War Department Sencja Reeuliri to Iteatore Order. ? Wardner, Idaho (Specja]).?One thousand masted and armed strikers stole a 4 train at Burke, came here a few days ago, and shortly afterward exploded 600 pounds of dynamite in Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mill, totally destroying the mill and brlclc office baildiags adjoining. The strikers set Are to the wooden boarding house be. fore leaving for Burke on their train, three 1 hours after their arrival. ? During the excitement the main body of \ strikers tired on their own pickets, killing Jack Smith, one of the pickets. As they left here Jim Cheyenne, one of the non- < union men employed in a mill, was shot through the hips. He was carried away t by the strikers. J. J. Rogers, stenographer for the company, was shot through 1 the hip. c The stolon train arrived at 11.50 a. m., t and consisted of nine box cars and a passenger coach, all of which were crowded. The strikers brought with them six hun- ? dred pounds of dynamite. They sent a " squad in advance to see If the couat was 8 clear. One of the pickets fired a shot as a 1 signal that all was well. The main body, thinking themselves attacked by non- ' union men, poured a fusillade of < shots into tho underbrush on the < side hill where the pickets stood, 1 L-illlntr Smith. About 1000 shots wert f flred before the fatal error was dls- 3 covered. Smith's body wa9 carried to the mill. The mill was deserted. The management ordered employes not to risk their lives by efforts to save property. Heavy dynamite charges were placed among the mill machinery and under the office building. Fuses were lighted and the boardi: g house fired, after which the strikers, carrying their dead comrade, withdrew to th? side bills about half a mile away. At 2.26 the first explosion occurred. It was followed by five others. The mill and other structures were totally destroyed and are now but heaps of 1 ashes and plies of shattered machinery. At 2.50 the strikers boarded their train and started for home, tiring a fusillade as they embarked. Cheyenne was wounded during this firing. The strikers did not visit the mine. The 236 miners had been warned and took to the hills. The present strike in the Cour d'Alene mining district began about two weeks ago, nnd is directed principally against the Bunker Hill and Sullivan Mine, where nonunion men are employed. The demands of the miners for increased wages were met by the mine owners, but the miners demand that the union be reoognlzed and that non-union men be discharged. This ] the mine owners refused to do. The Bun- 1 tor mil and Sullivan. however, continued f to,' run wltli non-union men until they were ' driven oat. The Governor has asked President McKinley for 500 regulars, pointing out that nearly all the State militia volunteered for service in the Philippines. There are two companies of militia in the Cour d'Alenes, but most of th* men are among the strikers. The miners declare that they will blow up every mine and mill that, starts with nonunion men. Governor Steunenberg has received assurances from the War Department that he will have the support of the regular army in suppressing the trouble at Wardner. General Merrlam has been ordered to Wardner from Denver to assume charge of the militarv. The proprietors of the Bunker Hill mining property, which was destroyed, have wired the State Government saying they wish to rebuild and asking if they are to liave the protection of the authorities. They have been answered in the affirmative. YOUNG ORDERED TO MANILA. I, Major-General to Report to General Otla t For Duty In the Philippine!. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? An order was Issued by the War Department ^ directing General S. B. M. Young, U. S. V. j ?Colonel Third Cavalry?on completion 1 majoe-gen'bral 8. b. m. tod.vo. of bis present duties in connection witb the muster out of volunteer troops, to pro- 8 ceed to Manila and report to Major-General j Otis for assignment to duty with the troops < in the Philippines. EXCURSION TRAIN WRECKED. l Tiro Person* Killed in a Smash-Up Near Rochester. Kochesteb, N. Y. (Special).?A disastrous t railroad wreck occurred at 2.48 o'clock e Sunday afternoon on the Rochester and ? Lake Ontario Reilroad, better known as I the Bay Railroad, at Rosenbaur's Corners, ? about half a mile north of the city line J Two cars on an excursion train filled with ' passengers left the track while going * around the curve. Two persons are dead, ' and at least a dozen were seriously injured, while about fifty received more or less J sever* hurts. TIjo dead are: John nil- ' berg, twenty years old: unknown man, [ died after being removed from the wreck. J Charles Werner and Joseph Zimmer were ' fatally fnjured. 1 j John Hllberg was standing on the plat- c form betweeu the second und third cars " when the crash came. He was caught be- 1 tween the two car3 and crushed to death. The work of rescue was carried oil ener- J geticaliy, and us each sufferer was taken ' out he was sent to a hospital. 2 Illinois Hanker a Suicide. A. N. Miller, Vice-President and moneyed ( partner in the recently failed Cobden t Bank, committed suicide at Cobden, 111., by shooting himself in the head. Tne de- f ceased left his widow and six children $60,- i 000 of paid up insurance. f , Ezpreas Train Kills Thre?. Herman Kohler, ag;ed tweaty-two yen*.*, and Ills sister Jlollio, aged seven, were Instantly killed a fowdays aa;o at Lansdale, Penn., by bainj? run ovor by an express train, ami their brother liobert, aged five, died Iroai bis injuries a fosv hours later. Prominent People. Senator Hoar bas decided to prive up his I proposed trip to Europe and will spend the \ summer in literary work at his Worcester ] (Muss.) home. i sir Wilfrid Laurier. Premier of Canada, t has announced himself in favor of the im- < position of a 4500 poll tax on Chinese en- ? tering the country. Sir Walter Besant says no man has fewer amusements than he. He is too shortsighted for billiards, cricket or tennis, and ? has had to give up even whist. c 8lgnor Marconi, the distinguished elec- t triclan, whose experiments in wireless tele- * graphy have1 aro?9ed world-wide Interest, ^ will visit tho Ucited Stages. aext QctoJw. j \ t i . - -v.' / v -.yi.- - IfflfflD ROM THE MAILS1 ( fdward Atkinson's Anti-Expansion Pamphlets For Manila to Be Seized, lOMESTIC MAILS STILL OPEN. tkinso-.i's Writings Denouncing the War to Be Taken From the Mail at San FrancUco by Order of the Po?tmaater-General?Barred From Introduction in the Philippines. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Postnaster-General has directed the Postmaster it San Francisco to take out ot the mallg 'or Manila three pamphlets Issued by Edvard Atkinson, of Boston, vico-president >r the Antl-ImperiallstiJ League. This order does not apply to the circulaIon of the pamphlets by mall iu this counry, but bars their despatch from this lountry tc the Philippines, lc being stated >y the Department tbat promotion of dls* ontent and even mutiny among the solHers Is the design of these publications. Phe three pamphlets are specifically decrlbed, and in no circumstances are they 0 be forwarded by mall to the Philippines. The pamphlets have the following titles; 'Criminal Aggression by Whom?" "The 3ost of a National Crime," and "The Hell )f War aud Its Penalties." According to klr. Atkinson's own statement, as reported. 1 large number of the paaiphlets have been lent out. The matter was carefully considered bj HVnm InfAnmoHnn In fhft HHC. UO UUUIUUli X1U1U IUIVI lilllklVU ?u ??4W r?M lession o( the authorities It waa evideut , bat many of the communications which j lave been sent to the volunteers around ( Manila, and which have been interrupted j >y General Otis, were clearly of a character i o incite mutiny among the troops, and evi- , iently sent with tbat Intent. t In the future this matter will be consid- , sred in the light of the provisions of the ? aw. The manner of dealing with those publi- i iations has been placed in the hands of . Postmaster-General Smith, with instruclions to tnke immediate action. The Postnaster-General has issed an order forbidHng the passage of such literature through j be mails. Special attention will be given :o the literature which is delivered to the :roops in tLe Philippines in the future. Attorney-General Griggs in speaking ol j he matter said that Edward Atkinson, ol Boston, who is believed to hav6 been argely instrumental in the preparation 1 IDCL sending out 01 tuese ciruauirs, wus unquestionably guilty of assisting an insur action against the authority of the United States, and was subject to a term of lmjrisonment or a heavy fine, or both. The aw, which, it is said, has been violated is lection 5334 of the Revised Statutes which 3 as follows: "Every person who incites, sets on foot, isslsts or engages lu any rebellion or in* 'urrectloa against the authority of the Jnited jjtates, or the laws thereof, or gives dd or comfort thereto, shall be punished :iy Imprisonment not more than ten years, >r by a fine of not more than $10,000, or sy both of such punishments; and shall, noreover, be incapable of holding any >fflce under the United States." What action if any will be taken in the natter has not been determined, but it is laid that t he Government is disposed to regard the acts of Mr. Atkinson as those of a Derson without any proper conception of :he gravity of the offenses committed and :he Government may not at this time take iction against Mr. Atkinson and the assisttant. Members of the administration regard Mr. Atkinson's alleged action as seditious and disgraceful, and it is not improbable that, if repeated, prompt and ensrgecic action will be taken. Postmaster-General Smith says that II natters little how much of their literature ho anti-expansionists olrculate in this ountry, but that no more of It must go to_the volunteer troops at the front. Tiie order oi tne fos;omce Department . relative to the treatment of this literature ; s intended also to be a warning to the politicians and otbera who are endeavor- 1 Ing to defeat the alms of the Government by seeking to influence the troops. It is Qot known whether any steps are contemplated against individuals or not. That 1 rests with the Attorney-General. But it ia not considered probable that any oriminal proceedings will be entered upon except Id sase of another attempt by tnese persons ' to circulate their literature among the 1 troops. , THE SITUATION IN SAMOA. Rebels Control the Food 8apply and Are 1 Threatening Apia. ^ Wellixotok, N. Z. (By Cable).?Advices ] 'rom Samoa Indicate that the instructions ' eoelved from the Powers to cease hostililes make the situation in the islands verj ] leilous. The rebels hold the mnln food lupplies, and are again in force near Apia. ] Germans and rebels are jubilant and claim ; i victory over the British and American ] rorces. a. correspondent says ium umcss :he rebels are made to submit the dlfflcul- ] lea will remain unsolved. The white peo- j lie Id the outskirts of the city are at the i nercy of the rebels. < The American Vlce-Consnl's store at Falfa was looted, while a German store adolnlng It was untouched. British and kmerican residents strongly condemn the iction of the Powers In ordering a cessation >f hostilities. There wa9 a rnmor when the steamer tailed that thirteen boats fllled with armed < rebels were approaching from the East. ] Che town appeared to be safe. FUNSTON A BRIGADIER-GENERAL. ' riie Kansas Volunteer Promoted For Brav- ' ery and Skill at Calumplt. Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?On the i ecommendation of General Otis and Gen- I iral MacArthur, President McKinley has ( ippointed Colonol Funstcn of the Twentieth j ?ansas Volunteers to be a Brlgadler-Geniral of Volunteers. This reward was given | o Colonel Funston for his bravery and skill ( n leading his men across the Rio Grande de 'anyjanga and storming the defences of J he Filipinos near Calumplt. In his telegram to the War Department ecommeuding tbe promotion. " General Dtls said: "MacArtbur strongly recoranends Colonel Fun9ton's appointment Jrlgadler-General for signal skill and gal- ] antry crossing Rio Grande River, and j aost gallant service since commencement \ >t war. I urj?e appointment. Fqnston , ible us lender of men and has earned j ecognltlon." j The appointment continues General \ i'unston in the service with Ills new rank i or six mouths under the Army Reorganl- , at'on act. j Marlon, Ohio, In Financial Straits. Marion, Ohio, is in financial strults and annot pay Its bills. A special election foi be issue of bonds is necessary before the 1 lebts can be paid. The CdudoII has re- 1 used to allow u claim ordlnunce, which < ncludes the salary of policemen. The poor 1 lnanciering dates bank many years. 1 1 Senator Kyle's ItcMi|;nution. 1 Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, has ten- ' terod his resignation as unairman 01 m? j industrial Commission. The action was aken on account of the Sonacor's ill-bealtb. ie will continue, however, to serve us u j netnber of the Commission. ' Dreyfus Debate Postponed. The reassembling o? the Chamber of )eputles a. Parts, Franco, a few days ago, ] vas not marked by any unusual incident, 'remier Depuy moved that debate on all j uterpellatlons relating to the Dreyfus case >e postponed until aftor tho decision of the ] 3ourt of Cassation. Tho motion wa3 , idopted. Virginia MUltia Disbanded. Tlio flnvernor of Vircrinin. has disbanded ' ill tha State militia except the artillery, j >oe company of infantry and one of cavalry, he balance being unable to pas? inspec- i ion. All officers' commissions were re- ( oked. General orders for reorganization r vill follow. - ST. REGIS INDIANS REBEL )ne Killed and Three Wounded by DnllAA !%, LUG UUIUIIUUU 1 UilUD. V fl r rrouble Arose Over the Arrest of tlie ' Ringleaders la the Recent Attack n Government Officers. [ I' a Cornwall, Ont. (Special).?The Indian o ilectlon trouble on St. Regis Reservation 0 ias assumed serious proportions. It was fl it first thought the matter would pass off ? juietly, but Monday morning one Indian 8 ??? HUnrt thrnn Anrtnnalv tronnded. nnd ? Four chiefs were taken to Huntingdon Dounty Jail on the tug Beaver In charge of ^ tlx Dominion policemen. The deud chief 1 !s Jake Ice, who a few years ago was tried f [or the attempted murder of his wife. The j: mounded are Jake Sunday and two others. 1 On March 27 Dominion Policeman e Chamberlain and Inspector Hogan went Co St. Regis to see that the election of the jhiefs was carried out as required by the [ndian act. On their arrival they were t met by several hundred Amerloan and e Canadian Indians. The officers were g knocked down and badly treated. Their t revolvers were taken away and they were Irlven from tho reservation. They re- , :urned to Ottawa and reported the affair to i [nspector Sherwood. The matter was dropped for the time be- . ng,,but Monday morning six Dominion po- 1 lice went to the Indian village to effect the arrest of those who were the ringleaders of J the riot. They soon had eight of the ring- j leaders prisoners In Indian Agent Long's 1 sffice. The news of the arrests spread and * rlslons of the warpath came back to the ' full-blooded members of the tribe. They 1 held a pow-wow and decided to release their fellow tribesmen from the officers. Upon their attempting this the officers jpened Are, aud five shots are said to have jeen fired. When the smoke cleared up hreo red men were wonnded and one Jake [ce, a notoriously bad charaoter, who had )een mixed up in several scrape}, was lead, a ball having pierced his heart. The ed men were driven off and four of their ilsiefs were taken in the tug Beaver In :harge of the police to Huntingdon. It is generally felt here that the trouble s not at an end, and that further bloodshed vlll follow. THE COUNTRY HONORS DEWEY. freildent Send* the Nation's Conjcratulctioni to tho Hero at Manila. Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?"Dewey Day" was appropriately observed in tb9 favy Department by an order heretofore inprecedented. Authority was granted to Admiral Dewey o make such chances in the nersonnel of :he Asiatic fleet as he deems proper, advla- i ng tUfi Navy Department subsequently for :be purpose of record. This is a departure ] 'rom custom and shows the confidence j fvhicli is placed In Dewey by those la au- ] thorlty in Washington. i The first anniversary of Dewey's victory i jver the Spanish fleet In Manila Day was ( ipproprlately celebrated;all over the coun- try. In every city flags were flung to tha | breeze, and meettnps and banquets were j iield in honor of Admiral Dowey. In many or the schools special exercises were held , In honor of the day. Iu fact, Dewey's Day assumed the uspeot of a Fourth of j July celebration. President McKlnley pent the thanks of ' the nation to Dewey. His message of conejratulatlon is as follows: Mav 1. 1S39. 1 Dewey, Manila: ( On the anniversary of yonr great victory the people of the United States unite in an ( sxpregsion of affection and gratitude to ! yourself and the brave officers and men of pour fleet, whose brilliant achievements ! nuifced aa epoch in history and which will live in the aonajs of the world's hcrolc ' ieeds. William McKinlet. Annlrnriaiy Observed at Manila. Manila (By Cable).?The anniversary of j :he battle o( Manila Bay, was observed by Che United States fleet, the usudl drills being omitted. Admiral Dewey had many 1 visitors, and the American and British merchantmen dressed ship. i MILLIONS PAID TO SPAIN. svvrvuir/ n?T nr?ii?u?*|Kv? smv Philippine Indemnity. Washisotok, D. C. (Special).?Assistant 3ecretary of the Treasury Vanderllp on Monday banded to Secretary Hay the drafts for $20,000,000, to be turned over to the Spanish Government, through Ambassador Oambon, according to the terms of the Peace Treaty. 1 The State Department at once sent word to the French Ambassador that the war* ! rants were In baud and would be delivered to him at any time. Secretary Hay rteelved the Ambassador In the Diplomatic room, where the transfer took place with I little formality. The Ambassador handed Seoretary Hiy a i formal receipt, which had been already prepared. The original receipt was dellvered by Secretary Hay to Frank A. Brannagan, the disputing officer of the ( Department of State, to be filed away, ifter receiving the warrants, M. Cambon i folded the four papers and put them In his i :ard case. POSTMEN SUE FOR $2,000,000. Illegt That the Government Did Not Pay Full Wagei to Substitute*. Chicaoo (Special).?Four thousand letter i sorrlers, all over the country, have filed a petition in the Court of Claims to recover 12,000,000 from the Government for work , lone as substitutes. Four hundred carriers in Chicago are In- i rolved in tbe case. o. tf. Jtioiaen, or ine law firm of Moran, Kraus <k Mayer, who have charge of the case for the carriers, says tbe substitutes hare had to undergo jrent hardships. , "Postmasters," he say3, "have hired these men and paid them, when delivering i tor regulars, twonty-four ccnts an hour, where the rate paid the steady men was , thirty-four cents an hour. Some of tbe substitutes who worked at the Chicago L'ostoffice worked there for one, two and , three years, averaging? as their salary from $15 to $20 per month." The Winter Wheat Outlook. Continued improvement is genorally re- ( ported In the condition of wlntor wheat. : Much of tbe crop, however, has been win- j ter killed, especially in Southern Iowa and 1 aver the northern portions of Missouri, [llinois, Indiana aud Northwestern Ohio, bxcept in Southern California and In th? upper San Joaquin valloy the outlook for < wheat in the Pacific coast States continues , promising, an improved condition belcg , reported from Washington. i Woman Lotea Power of Speech. ' Mrs. Mary Marsh, wife of Horace Marsm < i builder in Elizabeth, X. J., is suffering 1 !roin an affliction that puzzles her physi- j Mans, sue was suddenly attacicea iasc uc:ober with a sharp pale in the side of her lead. Several days later she lost the power of speech. Sho oan eat well, sleeps iweli, and is apparently in good health, but :annot talk. Her mind is not affected. England Will Not Dock Rhoadea' Scheme. The British Government has declined to juaranteo Cecil Rhoades in the construo* :ion of the Capo-to-Cairo Railroad. The Labor World. The Kansas City labor temple fund has aearly ?3000 pledged so far. The plasterers of Toledo have demanded ! ind secured the eigbt-nour aay at 33. j Genoral Henry is employing 500D men la Porto Rico la the work of making new roads or Improving old ones for the sake of helping some of the suffering people. At a meeting of the sugar planters ia [bervllle Parish, La., It has been decided :o reduce the wages of laborers on plantailoua this coming season flftean per cent. Three thousand carpenters are on strike n London to enforce a demand for an inurease of one cent an hour la their wages, rhe present rate Ls ulneteea HgkMt OYATPftld. - ===== .THE NEWS EPITOMIZED; . WublBCtoB Itami. I A warrant was drawn for tl91,372 In] ivor of the Governor of New York for ex-| 6D963 Incurred and paid by the State in: iisinc- volunteers for the war with 8paln. he warrant was sent to Governor Booseelt at Albany. President McKlnley boa approved J arceU post convention between the tatted States and Venezuela, which bad J3t been signed by the Postmaster-General nd Minister Andrade. it is to take effect n July 1, after ratification bytheVeneztelan Congress. Bear Admiral Howell has been relieved s senior member of the Naval Betirlng (oard. He will be succeeded by Admiral Icbley, heretofore a member of the Naval1 Examining Board. Major Francis S. Dodge. Paymaster, has; een ordered to proceed from New York toi lavana with the necessury funds for the! layment of the troops In the Division of, ., 'nhn Thu OnmmnnillTin A?H?ril rtf thft )epartmoirt oinhe East wllllurnisli a suifc-j ; .bio escort for the funds. 1 . 'M UontMtie. During a game of basebnl! at Lownes-I ioro, Ala., Frank McCoy, one of the play-, irs, enraged at a decision of the umpire,I lamuel Powell, picked up a bat and crushed1 he latter's skull, killing him Instantly. j An Infuriated boar a few days ago bit George W. Snoke, a farmer residing sear! N'ew Cumberland, Peon., severing a main irtery and causing Mr. Snoke's death byi oss ot blood. i The "Southern Cross," home of General j Wade Hampton, at Columbia, S. C., was >urned a few days ago, the General esoap-; ng with the loss of parts of bis mustache, >yebrows and hair. The General's library; ind many valuable documents were lost ln| he flames. James L. Hanchet, who fled from West-i leld, Mass., under the fear that be was toj \ )e arrested for embezzling (7000 from the; Jtelmer & Moore Manufacturing Company,! ias returne 1 to the city aod offered to subnit to punishment. Bnsluess men of the slty had contributed 11000 to save him from prosecution before he went away, and it Is lot probable that he will be punished. ; The auxiliary cruiser Prairie sailed a feiri Jays ago from League Island Navy 5fard,j Philadelphia. She will spend five months; )r more in the training service, and will nave on board at various times naval! nllitia from all the States along the coast,! /*s:| from Louisville to Maine. Arthur Sbattuck, of Gardner, Mass., the ion of the Fire Department Chief of the :own, died at Boston from the effect ot jSj iiavlng an ulcerated tooth drawn. The: Dperation was performed over a week ago; , ind the physicians were unable to check :he flow of blood. The town of Checkly, Okla., conta ning; twelve hundred population, was literally: wiped out by flre a few days ago. Threo persons were burned to death. The loss amounts to about $300,000. A violent earthquake shock wai felt In Louisville, Ky., and Jeffersonville, Ind., & few days ago. The vibrations were from northeast to southwest and houses wer* swayed as tree limbs in a gale. Hnndsom* stained glass windows in several of the churches were smashed, and In many private residences china and glassware were broken. There was only one shock, and It lasted only ten seconds. The United States transport Sherman, with eighty passengers on board, including Brigadter-Guneral Harrison Grey Otis of the volunteers and three civilians, aons of Secretary ot State Hay, Senator Hale ot Maine, and Congressman Dalzell, of Pennsylvania, arrived at San Francisco, Cal., a few days ago, from Manila. The transport Grant also arrived at San Francisco having on board 198 sick and wounded. , > \ Klondike advices have been received at Seattle, Wash., stating that Deputy Collector ot Customs ADdraws, stationed at Skaguay, recently seized the British sloop Hia rtfirtur*rl fhnt If Iturl fjtllpfl to report at oustoms way 'points on the way from Skaguay. L. H. Pitkin, one of the best known business men of Cleveland, Ohio, was struck and instantly Killed by tlie west bound Lake Shore express train at Colte, a suburb, a days ago. Mr. Pitkin was seventy years 0' ?0. t/illlam Muhlenfels, from Sacramento, committed suicide at the Ruse House San Francisco, Cat., by putting a pistol bullet through his heart. He lore a letter giving the address of his parents in New York - .} City. He was about thlrtyfyears old. Fire whioh started in the Polish settlement of the northwest side of Chicago a few days ago destroyed eighteen tenement bouses. One hundred and ten families, numbering in all about one thousand perboqs, were made homeless. Testifying at the hearing of E. P. Ingram and H. K. Hewitt, of Philadelphia, accused of helping counterfeiters by bribing detectives, W. L. Eendig, one of the alleged conspirators. said be made many payments to lognam ior a go-ueiwecij. ? The Lake Tillage Savings Bank of Lakeport, N. H., has temporarily suspended payment. It Is understood that withdrawals have been steady while deposits were not sufficient to equalize the loss, thereby necessitating a suspension or paymont. The jury In the trial of Margaret Anderson, of Ansonia, Conn., charged with murdering her husband by poison, returned a verdict of manslaughter. The verdict was a compromise. Mrs. Anderson was sentenced by Judge Edner to ten years in the State prison at Wetbersfleld. Valentine De Graff, forty-seven years old,! a resident of Albany and Captain of the barge Jemima Leonard, belonglug to Warford & Robinson, which was lying at her dock in Jersey City, N. J., fell overboard and was drowned a few days ago. Frank V. Balling, who brought suit against W. C. Fuchs and Dr. Otto L. Schmidt, of Chicago, for the loss of a leg that was burned while Balling was under the light of the X-ray3 for treatment, was allowed $10,000 damages a few days ago by a jury in the Circuit Court. Ernest is. JUCJNair, receiving immr ui iuo Wilmington Saving Fund Society, at Wilmington, Del., has confessed to a shortage of $10,000 in bis accounts. Inasmuch as Mr. Nair confessed judgment in real eetate valued at $15,000 in favor of the society It was decided by the directors of the society uot to prosecute blm. McNalr i9 thirty-oa* years of age and of high standing in the city. A. J. Thurman, a negro detective, who has been hunting evidence against alleged members of a mob that lynched three aegroes in Lee County, Ga.. in February, eras shot dead in the country road near his tiome, nine miles below Leesburg, a few lays ago, by a mob of thirty or forty persons. The Coroner's jury decided that the negro died at the hands of parties unknown. ______ Foreign. The sugarcane fields on the estate of Constancla of Larronda, at Saguu, Cuba, tvere burned by bandits. The loss represents 200,000 bags of sugar. The Dominion budget has been introduced in the Parliament at Ottawa. Out. rhe Government takes the power to in:rease, reduce or repeal duties so as to ? meet tariffs of other countries. Finances are declared to be flourishing, and the surplus $4,000,000. The Australian colonies are preparing a system of tariffs which favor British im ports. Senor Domingo Mendez Capote, Secretary of Government in Governor-General Brooke's advisory cabinet, at Havana, Cuba, has notified tho provincial municipalities that they arc to have complete autonomy as far as elections are concerned, jxcept'in the choice of Mayors and their Assistants and civil Governors. The Cuban National party, merged into the Cuban National League, nowfcovers tho entire island. It proposes to unite the j spponents of annexation. E ieh village is to name delegates to ? convention with inductions how to vote, and to appoint local officials of the league. Manuel Iturbes has been appointedlby :he Mexican Government Minister to Spain ;n place of the late jRiva raiacios. senor [turbes is one of the richest men iu Mexico. A sensational sabre duel has just taken 1 place in t.'ie gymnasium of the Military School, in Potsdam, Germauy, between the Prince of Slam, who is at present receiving i military education in the German army, md a German officer. In tbe flfth engagement the Prince roceived a severe but not [atal wound la the head. _ .