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01 PUT 111 CHINA. The Government to Participate in the Empire's Dismemberment. TO MAINTAIN TREATY RIGHTS. linerica From Now on to Be a Factor Id | China?Will Oppose Any Action of the Powers Which May Abrogate Oar Treaty Eights?The Policy Which Has j Been Formulated at Washington. Washington, D. C. (Special).?After years J 5f waiting the United States is to become a i faotor In the future of China. Henceforth It will take part In any movement looking to the dismemberment of the Chinese Empire, and undor certain conditions may demorvHi n r?f fha f r*rrl fnrv. u ? ? J For the ttcno it will do no more than J ivatoh developments and insist upon treaty rights wherever needed, but now that this Step has been taken it is expected to develop by successive stages until finally tl:? American eagle will stand with the Eoglish lion und the Russiun bear, demanding its full share of the fertile Empire almost ripe lor distribution among the powers of the I world. Oa authority it is positively asserted that tn? Unlteu States will protest vigorously against any scheme for partitioning China which does not distinctly guarantee treaty rights and commercial opportunities to her citizens. Concessions asked for or given are not to be objected to, except where there may be a possibility that possession of tho concession may bo followed by an attempt to exercise sovereignty over the territory covered by such concession. Any attempt of this sort is to be opposed by tho United States. It has informed, seml-ofttcially, the governments most Interested in the attempt to parcel out the great (Jhineso domain of the attitude It will assume,und from two of them, Great Britain und Russia, has received direct assurances that no ulterior move prompts the efTorts to secure concessions, . aud that tho interests of this country are to be protected in any event. But this assurance is not satisfactory. The State Department assumes the position that every movement in China is of interest to mis country, uuu ..or iuo um time it has taken an advanced and positive stand. Henceforth the nations now engaged in the endeavor to parcel out the Chinese Empire will have to do the work i with the understanding that this is to be the policy of the United States: 1. It will oppose any plan to wrest sovereignty from the reigning powers In China over any portion of the Empire un, l?ss tne interests of this country are fully protected. 2. The treaty rights we have with China are to be upheld, and as cession of sovereignty abrogates existing treaties with China, the only way Great Britain and Bussla could secure consent of th? United Stntes would be by promptly arranging new treaties guaranteeing the same rights it now has under Chinese rule. 3. The open door policy is to be insisted jpon as the only guarantee that the growtng commerce of this country will not be debarred from Us prospective greatest market in tho far East. errtouc hi -rue 1AICCT O I UnillO IIV MIL. II L J I J Destroy Considerable Property and Injure Many Persons In Ohio. Akron, Ohio (Special). ? A tornado truck this city ? few daya ago and did much damage. The storm struck the tents of Mann's circus and they collapsed upon the crowd. Policemen had hard work to prevent a panic, but the spectators i were Anally released without lojury. The shops of the Akron 8ewer Pipe Company also suffered heavily. A portion,more than 150 feet square, of the main building was blown down, and three men were i slightly injured. Other shops and buildings about the city were damaged moro or less, and many trees were destroyed. Carriages were overturned in the street, and awnings were torn away. Cixal Fulton, Ohio (Special).?In the storm which struck tbis place, tde wall of a schoolhouse was blown In anil nine pupll9 were iDjured,some of them seriously. Four scholars were buried beneath the debris of brick and wooden beam9. They were extricated by the teacher. Tolzdo, (Special).?One of the ^orst wind and rain storms in years was experienced in Toledo. Several small boats on the river were capsized. In the city a numb?r of plate glass fronts were blown in, and other darnuge to a conjiderable amount done. 8everal houses were unroofed at Tiffin, and at the France stone quarry a number of workmen were injured, Lewis Leslie being picked up by the wind and carried some distance. Eac Claiee, Wis. (Speciul).?In a severe storm tho house of Julius Bundt, at Augusta, was struck by lightning, and *3undt was killed. CUBAN POVERTY DECREASING. General Wood Itcporta Mach Improved Condition! at Manzanlllo. Bastiago de Ccba (By Cable).?Major' General Leonard Wood, Military Governor of;the Department of Santiago, has re turned from Manzanlllo, where he made , a personal inspection of the prevailing conditions. He says that he found nffairs progressing satisfactorily in all the i places he visited. The people are beginning to work on the sraail plantations | and poverty is rapidly decreasing. The ! country people say tliey have no fear of j brigands, and that the reports of lawless- j ness are mainly sent out by Cubans who j are antagonistic to the Americans, These : reports have little or no foundation. Gen- i aral Wood was received everywhere with demonstrations of appr9clatlou of the policy he has pursued regarding small municipalities. Severe Storm in Pennsylvania. A windstorm struck the country surrounding Altoona, Tenn., a few days ago, doing severe damage. The Altoona Silk Mill, the Itbines Woodworking Mill and three residences were damaged, entailing a loss of ?100,005. In Ilollidavsburg, the county seat, the Court House, Presbyterian i Church and a business block were partly destroyed. T le cities of Johnstown, Tyrone and Huntington also suffered heavy losses. / - t >? > 'I ~ A City Without Street Cars. Wichita, Kansas, is now without a street ear service. In accordance with a decision by Judge Dale declaring the street cars to be a public nuisance tne cars nave quu lunniug. The lease of the present company expired some time ago, but they continued to run the cars despite the city's protest. The Newfoundland Fisheries. Tbe people of Newfoundland are enthusiastic over the complete vindication given by the report of the Royal Commission to tLieir agitution for the removal of French flstiiug rights on the west coast. rromiusnt People. The Pope always takes his meals alone, according to timo-honored tradition. Rear-Admiral Schloy has been elected commander of the Loyal Legion in New York City. General Henry C. llerriam believes that .. ' ' ^ L ~ ?1" ?Amorlir f A?* CllPll , martiai law is iuo uujj ? mining troubles as those at Wardner, Idaho. Medical Director Goorgo H. Cooke of the United States Navy, retired, is one of the two survivors of the party of Americans who accompanied General Grant on h!> trip up the Nile. Emperor William has issued an orde that official reports submitted to him shall hereafter be made in typewriting. Here .tofoce typewriting In such cases was a breach of etiquette. THE DEWEY HOME FUND. invitation to Send Contributions t*. the Committee in Washington. it ia Proposed to Preient Him WltU a nannonme liciinonce cut aio Dlsting-uialied Services. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The committee iu charge of the plans for raising a fund for Admiral Dewey has Issued this statement: "National Dewey Committee, ! "Washington, D. C. j The American people are anxious to dc honor to Admiral Dewey. Their zeal haj taken the form of Invitations to banquet? in many different cities, of celebrations, parades and displays. Obviously it will b imnns<sihlfl for him to attend all the ban quets, and it may be invidious to select one or a few for the honor of his presence. Th? coamon sense of our couutrymen does nol llnd suitable expression for its admiration and esteem for our great naval hero ir methods effervescent aud transient. "A grateful nation cannot do better than provide liberally for Admiral Dewey's comfort in a home tltred to his tastes, worthj in some mensure of bis services are indicative in a small degree of the gratitude which is not of a day, but of all time. A popular subscription will afford all the privilege to join in a testimonial in which patriotism will have a monument. "The career of Admiral Dewey is a pari of our national history, a glorious chaptei in the magnificent record of the recent wax with Spain. Not in our country alone, but in all the world, his name is emblazoned with those that shall not die. His services all know In part; the future .will add to appreciation of his greatness, to the solidity and brlllianoy of his fame. "On his return from the scene of his victories and his statesmanship the official duties of Admiral Dewey will be performed in Washington. He should have a borne there. The national capital cannot fail to have attractions for him in the present and the future. For a winter residence during his life he can hardly And a more desirable place. It is for a home for Admiral Dewey in Washington that, subscriptions are mviteu. "Suggestions to this general effect have Seen put forth In several quarters. Assur- 1 ances have been conveyed to the undersigned that the general enthusiasm caa be directed into a. single current through their agency as a national committee, i Each of us, busy with manifold occupations, accepts as a duty not to be set aside the task of organizing the popular munificence for this purpsse and of administering the patriotic trust for a Dewey Home Fund. "Subscriptions may be sent at once to the treasurer of thl9*fund at the Treasury Department, Washington, D. C. Temporrary receipts will be promptly returned, and us soon it can be prepared a duplicate of the same date and number, bearing a fine portrait of Admiral Dewey, will be forwarded to every subscriber. "Immediate response will enable the National Committee to convey to Admiral Dewey, as soon as he lands, practical evidence that the American people have provided for him a home at the nation's capital. "The committee invites the newspapers of the country and the Governors of al) States to co-operate in this movement. 'Thank A. Vandeblip, Chairman. "Charles IL Allex. "henbt c. c'obbix. "Pebby 8. Heath. "Ellis H. Robehts, Treasurer or the Fond." EX-PRESIDENT HARRISON SAILS. Before His Departure He Pays Dewey a Handsome Tribute. S New Yobk Citt (Special).?Among the passengers on the American liner St. Paul, which sailed for Southampton, was exPresident Harrison, who is to be the lega) representative of Venezuela at the meeting of the Boundary Commission in Paris iu June. Mr. Harrison was accompanjod by bis wife and baby. He expects the boundary dispute between England and Venezuela will be settled within^ the next few months. Speaking of the reception promised Admiral Dewey on his return, the ex-President among other things said: "The things cvhich Dewey has done and tbe things which he has left undono since that memorable May day have made him as great a diplomat as he is a fighter. He i3 the ;reat hero of the Spanish-American war, ind deserves ali the crahe whioh the peo ole of the American Nation can give him. 3e not only destroyed Spain's power, but ceDt would-be meddlers from making it a riangular flpht." FATAL TORNADO IN IOWA. Several Person* Killed and Much Dam ago Done. Manchesteb, Iowa (Special).?A disas:rous tornado swept over the vicinity ol Colesburg, Delaware County, tweaty milej northeast of this city, doing great damage. Three persons were killed and many others injured. The town is fifteen miles from o railroad and details are meagre, but the following are known to have been killed: George Lang, Jerome Jacobs and a child uamed Tapper. Mr. and Mis. Ridenous are seriously injured, and two Tapper children will die. The storm also did great damage in the vicinity of Littleport and along the Turkey River. The Kennedy schoolhouse and th? farmhouses of Messrs. Wllsey, Krirnple Shepherd, Cole and Page were destroyed. A tenant on the Cote place was killed. Walter Shepherd and child are amoni? the dead and others of the family were Injured DR. EDWARD E. HALE RESIGNS. Relinquished His Pastorate In Boston After Forty-Three Years' Service. IJBoston (Special).?The Rev. Dr. Edward Everett Hale has resigned his pastorate of the South Congregational Church after a service of forty-three year3. The resignation came 111 the form of a letter addressed to the Standing Committee and proprietors of the church. Dr. Hale said in the letter that te had begun to realize that the churcli needed a man who could serve as minister as well as preaclier. The letter contains many expressions of love for the people among whom Dr. Hale has worked for so many years. Dr. Hale has for many years occupied one of the foremost places in the Unitarian denomination in the whole country, no! only U9 a preacher, but al9o as a writer. To Aid Caban Children. Ad organization has been formed in New York City to collect fnnds throughout the country in aid ot Cuban children, of whicb there are 8aid to be 50,000 nearly naked, half-starved, and for the most part without homes. General Francis V. Greene was chosen Chairman. Liberty Bell to Stay Home. The request of the Commissioners of th? French Exposition to be held in Paris next >*enr to procure the famous Liberty Bell, now in the State House, in Philadelphia tias been refused by Mayor Ashbridge. The Mayor gays the risk is too great. Iteiluction of Poatal Rates. The Postmaster-General at Washington has issued an order permitting commercial papers and samples of" merchandise to be sent in the mails between Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippine Islands aud the United States at universal postal union rates, i .This reduces the postage on commercial papers from the domestic letter rates to one coat per ounce, with a minimum I'harge of five cents, and on merchandise samples from the one-cent an ounce rate l.o one cent for two ounces, with a miaiIjium charge of two :ents. Once ? Millionaire, Now l'enniles*. Henry Prubasco, aged eighty, of Cincinnati, Ohio, who gave away almos: a million dollars, is Donnllesa.. FILIPINO CAPITAL TAKEN I Lawton's Advance Guard, Under Sum" mers, Captures San Isidro. FLEEING INSURGENTS PURSUED. Rebels Loae Many Men?Major Kobbe'i Force Sent to Join General Lairton? | Many Natives Returning to Towdi Within the American Lines?Cultivation oT Rice Field* Hemmed. Manila (By Cable).--General Lawton's advance guard, under Colonel Summers, of the Oregon troops, has taken San Isldro, the insurgent capital. Colonel Summers's command, consisting of the Twenty-second Infantry on the left, the Minnesota regiment in the centre and the Oregon and North Dakota regiments on the right, preceded by scouts and accompanied by Scott's battery, advanced from Baluarte a: daylight. The troopt first encountered the enamy two miles from San Isidro, the rebels retiring wher the artillery opened fire. Just outside thi town a rebel force, estimated to nmmbei two thousand men, was intrenched. Ii made a slight resistance, but evacuated its position when the American troops turned its right flank. The enemy's loss was fifteen men killed and twenty wounded. The United State: troops also captured three prisoners ant ?... .in.. Amarlpnn side oni muujr uuoa, vu mv> , soldier of the Oregon regiment and one ol the Minnesota regiment were slightlj wounded. After capturing the town Colonel Sum mers's troops continued their udvance pursuing the retreating rebels for several miles. The expedition under Major Kobbe, o the Third Regiment, consisting of th? Seventeenth Infantry, a battalion of th< Ninth and one battery of the First Ar tlllery, left Calumplt at daybreak j marching up the Rio Grande to jolt General Lawton's division at Arayat. I flotilla of cascoes loaded with supplies also proceeded up the river. Both force.1 were convoyed by ihe "tlnclad" Armj gunboats, under Captain Grant. Although the rebels still threaten Sai Fernando In considerable force, large numbers of natives, a majority of thorn belnj ^ families with their household goods, an returning dally to the towns inside the American lines, at Apalft especially. Many of the richer Filipinos are coming to Manila, and laborers are resuming worli In ?ha rln? flnlriq Thw latter show thai] respect for American sovereignty by removing tbelr bats to tbe passing trains. Owing to the bail condition of the roads, the work of repairing the railroad Is being actively pushed. All tbe broken bridge; have been trestled, and only a few excava tlons remain to be filled up. Trains wil: will be running through to San Fernandc in a few days. The only natives there are some Filipinos from Macabebe, who are trading with our soldiers. The army gunboat Naplndan has returnee] herefrom the lake,having been disabled by a cannon ?hot from tbo rebels near 8anta Crua. Her rudder-post waj broken. Aguinaldo's ex-secretary, Eacamlllo.who who was arrested here on February 23, io now employed as official Interpreter by th/ authorities. MARCHAND REACHES JIBOUTIL He Arrives at tlie End of His Long: Journey Across Africa. JmooTis, East Ccast of Africa (By Cable) ?Major Marchand, the French explorer, who has just crossed Africa from tbe At' lantic Coast, has arrived hero. The In wr>m|r|; MAJ0B J. B. M ADCHAN'D. eif?nia of Commander of the Legion ol Honor was handeil to him on board the French aecond-clnas cruiser D'Assas, without any ceremony worth noting. ?? ? NECRO MURDERER AT BAY. He Kill* One Policeman and Woandi Another In Maryland. Washixoton, D. C. (Special).?Humphrey Taylor, a negro suspected of the Rosen* stein mnrder at Slldell, M1., shot and killed Police SJrffennt Fritz Passauj wounded Policeman Gjw, and kept a posse of half a dozen officers at bay from the left of a house nearly two hours. Dozens o, shots were exchanged between the otHcers aud the fugitive, who only surrendered when preparations were made to burn the house. When questioned by the police in regard to the Rosensteln murder the prisoner be came much confused in Ms replies, anu told half u dozen different stories. He said that a man named Brown had committed the murder, and that he waited on the outside and kept watch, receiving $60 from Brown. On searching the house the police found $192 and a gold watch and chain whore be had secreted them. He had a diamond ring and a small sum of money on his person. His conflicting stories as to his movements and where he obtained the money led the police to believe he is the man the Maryland authorities are looking for. It is probable, however, that he will bs detained by the district authorities and tried for the murder of Sergeant Paasau. PMtinuter'i Accounts Short.! Charles A. Oorrell, Postmaster at Dunellea, N. J., was arraigned before United 8tates Commissioner Jones at Newark, charged by Postofflce Inspector Benjamin R. Troop with misappropriating $535, receipts of the office. Correll was admitted to bail In the Bam of $1000. American Ship Honor* Kins or Spain. In hono* of the birthday of the King of Spain the land batteries at Gibraltar and the American cable steamer Hooker flred salutes and tho vessel was dressed with bunting. The Hooker is on her way to Manila. Army Want* Only Good Recruits. An order ha3 been issued by tho War Department at Washington warniDg recruiting officers to be more careful in the selection of recruits for the army. It is stated that complaints of the inferior quality of recruits indicate a lack of caro on the part of some officers. Physical defects have been found which, in the judgment of the department, should havo been discovered when the meu were examined. Triplets Named For Naval Ileroes. Mrs. John O'Keefe who lives at Norfolk Va., has presented her husband with three sons. The proud father has named them Dewev Samnson and Schlav HOSTILITY TO AMERICANS.' "j Tonsulata at Manaos Stoned and Coat-of-Arms Torn Down. | Ho Apparent Season For the Action?TU? Wilmington's Visit?Her Voyage to Iqnitos, Pern. Manaos, Upper Amazon, Brazil (By Cable).?The United State3 Consulate here ' aaa been stoned by a mob and the consular ;oat of arms torn down and destroyedThe office of the Amazon Steamship Company, an English concern, was also attacked. Fortunately the Consul and the English agent were both absent at the time, ind thus escaped bodily injury at the lands of the rioters. In March last the United States gunboat ( ?Vllmington was sent by the United States Government to Brazil on a mission to cultivate lrlendiy political nud commercial re- J latiocs, to ascend the Amazon as far as she i moulded and to explore the region above | Uanaos. It was understood the United States Government had mdde all necessary arrangements with the Brazilian Government In order that the commanding officer of the Wilmington might carry out his orders. Official dinners and other entertainments were given in honor of the officers of the Wilmington and cordial speeches of friendship were made upon these occasions. The captain und officers of the Wilmington did everything incumbent upon them In a sooial und official way to carry out their mission. The Americans heard of no other difficulty than that of procuring coal and pilots. Finally, procuring both, the Wilmington left for Iquitos, Peru. No excitement was noticed uutil a few days ufter the Wilmington had departed, when the mob formed, marched to the American Consulate and committed its outrnges. The people and officials of Iquitos were Immensely pleased and complimented by the visit of the American man-of-war. The officers were feted at official and private receptions. But Iquitos is in Peru and not Brazil. Manaos, with a population of 60,000 persons, is beautifully located on thn Rio Negro, ten miles above its junction witn tne Amazon. It tap? the richest rubber district In the world. Extensive and costly Improvements are being made to beautify the cfty, such as paving the streets, Installing large electric plants for the light and street railway systems., and the new water works, in all of which American engineering, capital and machinery are largely employed. COUNTERFEITING GANG INDICTED. Bills Found Against Ingham and Xewitt and Their Alleged Accomplice*. Philadelphia (Special).?The United States G/and Jury found true bills against all the men who were arrested In connec' tlon with the counterfeit silver certlfl" cates and the counterfeit revenue stamps. There are three indictments against Ellery P. Ingham, former United States District Attorney, and his assistant, Harvey K. Newitt. In the first bill Ingham and Newltt were charged with conspiracy with Jacobs and Kendig to commit an offence against the United States' Government, Five of the eight counts of this bill charge conspiracy to bribe an operative of the Secret Service; two, conspiracy to defraud the United States, and one, conspiracy to utter as true forged reveDue stamps. The second indictment charges aiding and abetting Jacobs and Kendig in counterfeiting, and the third charges bribery of William J. McManus, a Secret Service operative. James Burns was indicted for aiding and abetting-Ken? dig in forging revenue stamps. B. 8. Bredell and Arthur Taylor were indicted for engraving plates for the James Monroe head $100 note and for engraving the revenuestamps. Samuel B. Downey was indicted for accepting a bribe as a United States officer, and W. L. Kendig and W. H. Jacobs were indicted far making plutes find counterfeit notes and revenue stamps PLOT AGAINST THE BOERS. I Elslit Europeans Aries toil at Joliannei* bcrc For Hlgli Treason. Pbetohia, Transvaal Republic (By Cable). Thenames of the men arrested In Johannesburg, charged with high treason in enlisting men for the purpose of rebellion, are I officially given as Colonel Nicbols, Captain [ Patterson, Lieutenants Tremlett, Ellis and Allen, Quartermaster Mitchell and Sergeants Fries and Hooper. The arrests were made iu Johannesburg ptaiticallv simultaneously, and the prisoners were brought here on a special train before the Outlander residents were aware of wliat had happened. The Transvaal executive officers have held a secret session to consider the mattor. It is understood that they discussed the treatment to bo accorded the prisoners, who, if convicted of treason, nro liable to be punished with deatb. It has been ascertained that none of the prisoners is an 1 n.? T).l?|0h 0??H, IMnon r.nm. umpiuye ui iui uiuuu UUUI.II ???. pony, of which Cecil Rhodes is the head, and front. WATSON OFF FOR MANILA. e Hai Sailed on the City of Fakln to Relieve Admiral Dewey. San Fb\ncisco (Special).?Rear-admiral J. C. Watson, who will succoed Admlra' Dewey in command of the Asiatic squadron, has sailed for Manila, via Hong Kong, on the City of Pekin. About an hour before the steamer sailed a small crowd assembled on the dock to bid the Rear-Admiral farewell. He ran down the gangplank as gayly ft3 a lieutenant of twentyfire. He shook'hands with several men, but on the cheeks of half a dozen pretty I girl9 be impressed kisses tnat wouia nave made Hobson tramble for bis laurels bad he been present. Admiral Wutson was accompanied by his staff and Ave mechanics from Mare Island bound for Manila. Great Storm Oil Honduras. The steamship Foxliall arrived at Now Orleans, a few days ago, and reported a great storm off tbo Honduras coast. The yaoht Mystic was wrecked with eigbt American passengers. Tbev reached shore, but were almost starved. One of them died afterward of starvation. Several other wrecks were reported with a serious loss of life among the natives. General Henry Arrive* Home. The United States transport McPherson arrived a few days ago at the Port of Now York fro.n Ponce, having on board General Guy V. Henry, former Military Governor of Porto Bioo. Earl of Strafiord Killed. The Earl o! 8trafford, who married Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate in. Grace Cnurch, New " - - moo fnatnntlv xor& oity, i/cuoiuuoi? ???w killed a few days ago at Potter's bar, England, by tbe Cambridge express. Lord Stratford bad loft London for bis country seat, Wrotbara Park, Baruet, Herta. He was la his sixty-eightli year. Famine In Tahiti. The brig Galilee, which has just arrived at San Francisco, brings word that ali supplies except tropical products are very short in Tahiti, and that the natives are in danger of starvation. A Captured Filipino Flag* The first genuine Filipino flag to be capturod during the present insurrection has just reached the Navy Department at Washington. The flag was captured at Iloilo by Lieutenant A. P. Niblaek. The flag is about twelve ieet long, and wa? originally a tri-color, rod, while and blue, being composed of a white triangle on tbe staff with the broad upper stripo of blue and lower or rea. it win uo sum iu auiiupolls. neavy Sentence For u Small Crime. Judge Burford, of tho United States Court, at Outhrio, Oklu., ba3 sentenced Charloa Base to the ponltontiary for flv? years for passing one counterfeit nlcliel. / finnmnunT ATUomnnDJi WMIUUOMIMIUUUM. Demands For Damages Will Be Pressed Against This Country. MILLIONS OF DOLLARS INVOLVED Resident* From EaglaDd, Franc* ar.* Ger* many Have Freaente.* Claim* Foi Large Amounts a* Indemnity For Their Property Destroyed In the Innur. rectlon?She Statin of the Dewanda. Washington, D.O. (Special).?The Stat# Department has been Informally advised that claims aggregating a considerable amount have been mado by British, French, and German residents in Cuba during the recent Insurrection, and that these ultl' mately will be pressed against the United States Government. The claims themselves have not yet been presented, but are being collected by the several Foreign Offices as the claimants send them In. In some cases schedules have been made and the aggregate stated to the authorities here. The Frenoh olaims aggregate between $2,000,000 and $3,000,000. The German claims are understood to be slightly under those of the French, while the British claims are said to be considerably more than either the Frenoh or German. These foreign claims are quite distinct from those of citizens of the United States, originally agalast Spain (or damages sustained in Cuba during the Insurrection. The peace treaty specifically provided fot these American claimants, releasing Spain and stating that the United States would make such settlement as was proper. Under this clause, claims aggregatI I It I n KrtTTrt Koan ft I U/4 lug BOVOtttl U1UUUU3 uaro uoou inuu. No provision, however, was made by the treaty for foreign claimants, and there appears to be much doubt as to who Is liable since the sovereignty over Cuba has passed out of the hands oi Spain, The United States having undertaken to look after the American claimants, the foreigners are desirous of being treated in the snme manner. It was stated at one of the foreign establishments that there was no disposition to push the claims unduly, but to bring them to the attention of the United States Government, in order that the question of liability might be determined and such relief granted as the merits of the oases warranted. i It is appreciated in these foreign quarters that payments will be largely a matter"of discretion with the United States, as the obligation to look after the American claimants was assumed voluntarily, and there Is no obligation, tither in the treaty or on general principleu of law, for assuming the claims growing out of Spain's inability to maintain order in Cuba during the period of Spanish rule. ; These foreign claims cover damages to plantations, personal property, etc., of. French, British and German residents of Cuba, and are not connected with the bonded debt of Cuba in foreign hands, which debt was assumed by Spain. ALLICATORS DEVOUR TWO TOTS. I'arents Foaelit Desperately to Save Their lJablei, Bat ia Tain. Sajt Aktojjio, Texas (Speolal).?Alligators u few days ago attacked Paul B. Nagele ana nis ramny, wqo were camping on the bank of a bayou or lagoon running out from the shore of Espontoa Lake, In Dimmftt County. ! The lake, although far inland, is literally alive with alligators. Nagele had been warned by a settler not to camp too near the lake, but he ignored the warning. During the night ne was aroused by the uneasiness of his horses. Oolng to them to ascertain the cause, be was attacked by an alligator. He beat it off with an axe. His wife cried for assistance, and when he reached her an alligator had their four-year-old girl in its jaws. While attemping to rescue the child the mother dropped an infant from her arms, which was seized by another alligator. The distressed parents were powerless to give aid to the little ones, RUSSIAN DEMANDS IN CHINA. .J-r" * * Empire Decline* to Yield to Certain Requc?t? For Railroad Franchlacf. Shanghai (By Cable).?The Tsung>ll-YameD, Chinese Foreign Office, ha3 replied to the Russian Minister at Pekio, M. de Giers, that '.the Government is unable to accede to the Russian demand (or a new railway concession connecting Pekln with Russia's present system in Manchuria. Not since the taking of Poit Arthur by Russia have tbe Chinese been so agitated as over tbis demand. The concession asked tor would ruin tbe existing northern railways, In which British capital to the amount' <>f $10,000,COO is Invested; but there seems to be no alternative route without Interfering with the plans for railway extension which the Chinese themselves have in mind. SCHOONER AND CREW LOST. She Nelson Founder! In Lake Superior Off Grand Marals In a Henry Gale. Sault Ste. Mabie, Mloh. (8peclal).?The schooner Nelson, deeply laden with a cargo of coal, foundered in Lake Superior, off Grand Marals, and all hand3 went down I*"" Ttinna nn f ha ortli nnnfir flfinMstfid of the following: Captain Andrew Haghney, of Toledo; the Captain's wife and twoyear-old child, Frank Haas, sailor, residence unknown, and six sailors, names unknown. At the time of the disaster the wind was blowing a gale of fifty miles an hour and it was freezing bard. The sinking ship disappeared so suddenly that her crew had no tim e to even lower her yawl boat, which bung on the davits at the stern. REINA r/iERCEDES LEAVES SANTIAGO, Former Spanish Cruiser Sent to Newport News in Tow of Tugs. Saxtiaoo de Cc3a (By Cable).?The former Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes, which was sunk close to cue mouiu ui harbor and floated by the Merrltt-Chapman Wrecking Compfcny, left a Jew days ago in tow of the wrecking company's tucrs for Newport News, taking the Windward Pas-age. Captain Chittenden is in charge of the vessel and is accompanied by Captain Merritt. Every precautiop has boen tak6n against her lost., there being twelve pumping engines on board. The condition of the Reina Mercedes is good and she la perfectly seaworthy. A Sailor's Imposing: Funeral. The funeral of George B. Meek, tho flrst sailor killed in the war, was ueld in Clyde, Ohio, and was attended by 6000 persons Addresses were delivered by Senatot Foraker, Governor Bushnell, Lieutenant Governor Asa Jones and other prominent men. Meek served on the torpedo boat Winslow and was killed in the engagement off Cardonas on May 11. 1803. His last words were, "Tell thorn I died like a | man." When the Venezuelan Tribunal Will Moel Tbo Venezuelan Tribunal will meet it Parld, France, on Juuo 15, or thereaboats N?why Glsuninz*. British Columbia will pay one-ninth of the cost of the proposed Pacific cable. The Tonga Islands, threatened by Ger many, have virtually become a British dependency. The French Government ha* accepted the proposol to transfer the ashes of Balzic to the Pantheon. The Government deficit for the first ten I months of the llscal year, as shown by the April report, is 1103,000,000. t ? - ?- - ? a 9 t Vi fnmn r\ I Tlie ZOUCQ auniverMirj ui Marbiehead, Mass., was observod with appropriate ceremonies a few clays apo. In ordvr to reduce tiio destruction of flsb alonp tho California coast many seals from tlio San Francisco herd hare been Killed. *. v.f/; BOERS PREPARE FOR WAR. rortifying Strategio Points and n, Burghers Get Emergency Orders. ? Grievance* of the Oatlander# Responsible y ? -" ? cIn.rl Rfflaflnni ^ X? Or ill i) i roaouk With England. t( A London (By Cable).?The Transvaal ques- p Hon is reaching an accte stage, aad unless a President Kruger accedes to the demands F of the British Government to redress the ? frrlevances of the Oatlanders war will re- a suit. * tl Mr. Chamberlain, the British Colonial P Secretary, Is exerting every ouuu iu unu8 about a peaceful solution ot the trouble. 5 He will, however, insist that the Transvaal j Executive pledges himself to Initiate bona j flde reforms. Great Britain Intends to j maintain the London Convention of 1834, _ by the terms of which a British Suzerainty F was established over the Transvaal Republic. The Boers are preparing for war. In- J structlons have been issued to the Burgh- ' ers to prepare to take the field at a mo- 0 ment's notice from Pretoria. The work of 8 fortifying the redoubts and the hilltops of the Transvaal country at points of strate- r gic Importance is progressing rapidly, f Ammunition and arms have been imported t into the Republic, and the people are keyed ? to a high pitch as a result of these war- s like preparations. Meanwhile the British forces at convenient points at the Oape are f being steadily augmented, and the regi- j ments placed upon a war footing. ( The grievances of the Outlanders, or < residents of British or other nationality i living in the Transvaal, who are the cause , of the present friction between the English j and the Boers, are as follows: The Outlanders have no vote in the levying of taxes, thoy have no voice in the payment of officials, no control of the education of the country, and no power-in the municipal government of their town, Johannesburg; J they are not permitted to hold public meet- ' ings, while tueir children born in the Republic have been deprived of the birthright of citizenship. In addition to these , grievances the period when they can acquire the rights of cltlzenshin has been 1 extended from two to twelve years after they have taken the oath renouncing i British allegiance, the juries by whom I they ara tried are not their peers, but burghers, their political masters, and the ! Outlanders pay almost the entire taxation of the cocntry. The President of the Re- i publio may expel from the country any member of the community whom he may wish to get rid of, and this without a trial. It is hoped that the Transvaal Government will sei the necessity of acceding to the British demands. The reforms asked for are proper, and for the Government to grant them would be to end an oppressive state of affairs and accelerate the Industrial growth of the Republic. In case the I Government persists in its present course, the British, remembering their defeats at the hands of the Boer3, will not enter upon a military compaign unprepared for the exigencies of the warfare peculiar to the Transvaal, if hostilities should commence. CENERAL GOMEZ WITHDRAWS. 1 1 1 K Governor Brooke Will Forcibly Dliarm the Cuban Soldiers If Necessary. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?General Maximo Gomez informed Governor-General Brooke that he must Withdraw from the plan for distributing the $3,000,000 appropriated to the payment ofthe Cuban troops to the extent that he will not name other Commissioners to replace those originally 3 ' U ' ?' ?mm n Pry an A f A aafUi) D&D16Q Oy Q1Q1| WUW Uiiro iotuaou ?v >v. General Gomez added that be bad arrived at thta decision witb great reluctance and witb tbe most friendly feelings toward General Brooke personally and officially, bat he felt that a cabal, composed of innay of the subordinate comthanders, existed to oppose, and, if possible, defeat the plaas for apportioning the money. He explained that former members of the Cuban Military Assembly, led by Mayla Rodtlgjez, Manuel Sangully, Juan Ganiberto and other malcontents, bad, apparently, organfzed <t majority of the officers against him. General Brooke expressed sympathy with Gomez, and said he regretted the position he had taken, but, the American commander added, If the decision was uichangeable, So would proceed to deal with the question alone. General Brooke Is determined not to be trl9edi wtth. H^bag the rolls of the privates" a?a Uon^commissloned officers, who are willing to accept $75 each, and this amount will be offered on the conditions previously laid down. A forcible disarmament of tbe Cuban troops will be the ultimate procedure, provided the events of the next two or three weeks ehow that suob action is necessary. WARLIKE MOVES IN CHINA. British Force* Sent to Hold the Jfew Territory of Kott Loon. Hoso Kojfo, China (By Cable).?The native opposition to the occupation by British forces of the new territory Kow Loon, opposite Hong Kong, has suddenly been renewed. About 900 men of the Hong Kong Regiment, with machine guns, have left bore, while the voldnteers havo been warned to be in readiness for any emereency. The British second-class gunboat Swift, accompanied by three other gunboats, has proceeded to sea under sealed orders. These warships have 500 men on board. In all 1330 Infantry soldiers, 100 artillerymen, fifty engineers and 500 marines have gone to the Kow Loon hinterland. The war vessels engaged In the operations have been provisioned for eight days. Troops are patrolling the European quarter of Kow Loon. It is reported that Chinese rebels from Tang Kung Invaded British territory and that two armed gangs robbed the city of Kow Loon. Tho territory back of the hinterland Is also disturbed, aud Chinese troops have been sent there. Hong Koug Itself Is quiet Governor Forbid* Military Arrest*. Governor Smith, of Montana, has for. bidden arrests in Montana hy soldlert under General Merriam, who is holdlnp tho Coeur d'Alene district of Idaho undei .. > - mi? l? llnl? murtiai jaw. moiu 10 nBn,luvuu v, a clash, however, between Federal unJ State authorities. General Merriam has made all the arrests he deslses In the State and need not assert his authority further. Havana's Uselei* Fort*. Colonel Belde has been making an In spectlon of the forts around Havana,Cuba preparatory to a report to General Brooke. He said that onormou& sums were spent bv the Spaniards upon defenses that are non utterly worthless. Murder in a Church. News was received at Nashville, Tann. of tho killing of Benjamin Camming* bj Jamos Higgles in Cannon County. Hlg gins and Cummlngs were at church at Bock House when a flgut took place. Without warning Hlggins sprang upon Cum^ Mings and stabbed him with a knife. Cum mings died in a few hours. Gag? Estimates a Deficit. Secretary of the Treasury Gage in an in lervlew in Washington, estimates a dollcit for the current flacal year of moro than ?100,000,000, but sees no necessity for a bond issue. Chemical Work* Wrecked. An explosion occurred in Kurtz's large chemical works at St. Helen's, Lanca shire, England, a few days ago. The culo rate house caught fire and a few minutoi later exploded, causing the complete de struction of the building and everything within a rndius of a hundred yards. Th( ebock was so great that there is hardly i whole pane of glass left in the town. Pour persons were killed outright and manj others injured. The loss is $500,000. I i , - ... I President to Visit tho West. President McKinley Intends to visit th? West, in order that he may personallj greet and honor volunteers wh?Q thav r? turn from the PhlllDDines. . " un THE NEWS EPITOMIZED: Wm.?lilnrton I tain a. Before the Industrial Commission Attorey-General Monnett, of Ohio, detailed tb# tandard Oil Company's methods and deared that all trusts depended (or final icoess upon railroad discrimination. T.iantanant William M. Cro%e. insneetor t equipment for the battleships Kearsarge ad Kentucky at the shipyards at Newport ews, Ya., has been appointed Flag Secreiry to Admiral Watson, who Is to succeed dmlral Dewey. In the case of Rafael Ortiz, a native of orto Rico, who was found guilty of the lurderof Private John Burke, Company C, orty-seventh New York, at Caguas, Porto ico, on February 24, and whose sentence f death was communicated to imprison* lent for life, the President has directed bat he be confined in the Minnesota State rison at Stillwater. The Comptrojler of the Currency has de? i area.dividends iu mvw ui ku? ucunvis f insolvent national banks as follows: 'en per cent., the First National Bank of tbaca, Mich.; Ave percent., theConsoliated Nation Bank of San Diego, Cal.; five er cent., the Union National Bank oJ >enver, Col. " General Brooke, commanding at Havana, !uba, has informed the War Department liat First Lieutenant Harry Whitney, Sec>nd Infantry, died of typhoid at Clenfae;os. Warrants have been issued by the 8ecetary of the Treasury reimbursing several Itates for expenses incurred in raising roops for the 8panish war. The warrant; ire as follow?: Iowa, 491.4S3; New Hamp< hire, $28,358; Florida. $5538. The body of Colonel H. C. Egbert, wblct irrived here from Manila, was interred at Irlington Cemetery with full military hon>rs. All the available troops In the vicinity v >f Washington were ordered out by the l (Var Department, and many distinguished! ' irmy officers were in attendance upon thf .uneral exercises. Domestic. Governor 8tanley, of Kansas, has an. iminirnri fhftt li? wonlrt trv the conditional pardon plan on the better grade of prisoners in the penitentiary. The condition tvill be that the person released shall not Irlnk, gamble or loaf. Mrs. Sarah Newberry, of Yankee Springe Township, Mich., seventy-five years old' ( as assaulted a few days ago and killed. Lucy Bullock, of Richmond, Va., is dead fit the reputed age of 111 years. She wat the mother of eight children, the oldest of (Thorn is now in her 6eventy-flfth year 3he could recall the excitement of the wai ot 1812, but had no personal recollections of Washington. J. C. Butler, living eighteen miles soutt of Bentonvllle, Ark., has been iodg'd ic jail at that place, charged with the murdei of his daughter, fifteen years old. Th< girl was butoheted horribly, her head being split open with an az and her throat out. E. F. Boger^, former postmaster ot Wllkesbarre, Penn., was arrested a few days ago, oharged with embezzling money belonging to the Government. William Macdoye, agod seventeen. wai :llled by lightning at Brooksvllie, Penn. le had sought shelter from the storm In i shed, ^lightning struck It a moment later. A fatal fight was fought at Hancock's dill, Ga., between John Letter on one side tnd James Morris and George MoLeoa on be other, apparently without provocation) liter the smoke had cleared away Latter ras found killed, McLeod mortally wound< id, and Tom Yowmans, a negro who had jeen standing la rango, dangerously arcunded In neck. An experiment is to be tried by the Board jf Education, of Westfleld, N. J..in the appointment of an auxiliary board of women :o assist in the conduct of the public jchools of the place. The following hare seen appointed to the committee: Mrs. 3oward MaoDougall, Mr.?. Paul' Phillip, Mrs. Salter Clark, Mrs. Alfred Rea and Mrs. Edgar B. Pearsall. Warren Brown, twenty-threr years old, of Waltham, Mass.. was thrown from his bicycle through his rear wheel being struck by an unknown rider. Hpsuffered concussion of the brain, and died two hours after being taken to his home, C. E. LIttleneldj of Rockland, 3Ie., was nominated by acclamation by the Republicans of the 8ecood Maine district as the candidate for Congress to suoceed the la'.e Nelson Dlngley, ' Mr. Littlefleld accepted In a speech eulogizing Mr. Dingley and approving the course of the national Administration. : Celeste McKonney, fifty-eight years of. age, the wife of Harrison C. MeKenney, a lawyer, committed sulcldo at her home in Providence, R. I. She got into a bathtub full of water, and while drowning shot herself behind the right ear. As a result of swollen streams In the mountain roads tlfty miles north of San Antonio, lexas, a stage coach containing Mrs. Emma Lawrence and live passengers was overturned. Mrs. Lawrence and two other passengers were drowned. The accident ooourred in a ravine eight miles from Comfort, Texas. -j Frank W. McCarthy, one of the mo9t prominent colored citizens in Southwest Oeorgla, died at his homo In Albany, Ga? a few days ago. His funeral was attended by an immense concourse of both whites and blacks. For the first limein the history of Albany, a town of 8000 Inhabitants,' every store and office was closed in honor - t 1 1?i or a negro, no uusme&s uriuK u<tiuw,igu while the funeral was in progress. Foreign. Maria Mershwlzka, a woman of noble birth, has been round guilty at St. Petersburg, Russia, of polsohlng her sweetheart and two women, owln* to jealousy; with kidnapping a child, and with forging documents and bills of exohange. She was sentenced to fifteen years' penal servijude * in Siberia, and to bo deprived of her title of nobility. Mr. Andrew ^arnegl* has gone from London to Sklbo Castle, bis country seat in Scotland, to avoid the army of persous who are importuning hin. for subscriptions to all sorts of objects. The Cuban army leaders have finally agreed to the surrender of arms us a preliminary to the distribution of'the t3,G00,000, and General 'Brooke, at Havana, has *?---?J Im r*-? a.4!afu navrrriAnf 1SSUBU WIUC15 l\Ji l Litrii r"J A general revolt baa broken out on the Ivory Coast of Africa. Tho rebels bought magazine rifles In Liberia and attacked the French troops twenty-five miles from Tabou. Serious fighting followed, the French losing three officers and forty Senegalese killed and wounded. Several hundred of tho rebels are roported to have been killed. Professor Schurman, President of the United States Philippine Commission, gave a farewell luncheon at Manila to Admiral Dewey, at which Professor Dean C. Worcester and Colonel Charles Donby, of tbe Commission, with^Oeneral MacArthur. Mrs. Lawton and others were present. The health of the Admiral wa^ drunk with the utmost cordiality. King Humbert of Italy has approved the selections for the reconstructed Cabldet made by General Pelloux.. The new llin? ?.it* Wa ?ma<4a "?> in ortrtAi'^anca trlfh IS try WUl k/n aiouu u iu ct\.vvkMUMVv the original nominations,except that Signar Fietro Carmine will take the portfolio of Finance, and Slgnor Salandra will take that of Agriculture, Industry and Commerce, instead of the Finance portfolio, for which he was named at ilrst. Tli? Br itlsli gunboat Buzzard bos sailed from Halifax, N. S., to join the sloop-ofwar Alert on the French treaty shore of Newfoundland. It is believed in Berlin, Germany, that P.ussia's latest claims in China will reopen the entire question of Bussiaa and British rights there. Tho Spanish Minister of Finance, Marquis Villa Verde, at Madrid, has issued a decree closing immediately the registers of foreign bondholders, in order to decide who is entitle! to gold payments on the external debt coupons under the recent law. This course is taken to stop the m 1. kn'ntlii/iti Snqnlnrrlj trnnsfflr thuip iniiiud uy ?T mv.u k'j;i*uiuiu i ~?... claims fa order to secure sold, to which foreigners oniy are entitled. The Queen Regent of Spain has conferred tho Grand Cross of Military Merit on the Austrian Minister of War. Edl*r von Kreighammer, and tbe Gorman Minister of the Navy, Vice-Admiral Tirpitz. It is generally, supposed that the decorations have been bestowed In recognition or tbe friendly attitude of Austria and Germany toward Spain during the recent war with the United States.