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HO KINGSHIP FOB SAMOA' fhe Commissioners Reconrmend That the Monarchy Be Abolished. ABDICATION OF MAUETOA TANU. the Decision of Chief Justice Chamber* Upheld hy the Commissioners?Consul* Form a Provisional Government ?A Legislative Council and a Native House of Representatives. Am, Samoan Islands, via Auckland, New Zealand (By Cable).?Mataafa has surrenlered 1850 rifles and the loyalists have frlren ap 2000. Hereafter a heavy penalty vill be enforced upon natives found Tith rifles in their possession. Mataafa promises to turn in more weapons. The natives have returned to their homes, (folietoa Tanu was recognized as King by (he Commissioners of the three powers, and ihe decision of Chief Justice Chambers in CHIEF JUSTICE CHAMBERS, OF SAMOA. [His decision regarding the Kingship has baen upheld by the Commission.) Ae matter of the Kingship was proclaimed ralid and blading. MaiietoaTanuthenablioated in favor of the Commissioners, who appointed a provisional Government, conlisting of the Consul* of the three powers, jmpowering a majority to act in all case* Irbere unanimity is not required by tbe Berlin treaty. Chief Justice Chambers continues to told office, and tbe various municipal ofJclals are confirmed. Dr. Wllbelm Solf Sas been authorized to act as President of the Municipality of Apia. The commisMonors have requested Chief Justice ChamWn to remain. Their report recommends the abolition of the Kingship and the Presidency of Apia and the appointment af a Governor, with a legislative council jonsistlng of three nominees of the interested powers, assisted by a native House. Uri'der this scheme the Governor would km a veto over general and municipal laws; the nominees would be the departmental heads; consular, diplomatic and indicial functions would be abolished; revanne would be roised by an increase of jntles and a diminution of the poll tax; the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court voald be increased; the municipality, under a Mayor and Council, would be extend d, and the Postofflce would be under the general Government. admiral. kautz from samoa. Arrives at Snn Francisco TV Hit the Bodies of the Officers Killed' In Ambush. 8an Fbancisco (Special).?The United States cruiser Philadelphia arrived here from Apia, via Honolulu. Tho homeward voyage was not a f.ist ono for the reason that the Philadelphia's bottom isyery ffeul from loner service. On board the cruiser HEAR-ADMIRAL KAUTZ. (Ho has returned from SHmoa and says that he did only his duty there.) are tbe bodies or .Lieutenant Lansaaie ana Ensign Monaghan, who lost their lives la tbe fight between the Mataafans and tbe combined forces of the Americas And British seamen. Admiral Kauts is in command of tbe erniser, and be reiterates that he has done bis duty in tbe matter cf Samoau troubles, abd ho believes be has beec subjected to much unjust criticism in certain quarters. BATTLE AT MINING CAMP. Imported Ncgroei Shot From Ambush Preiainablv by Striker*. Evansville, Ind. (Special).?The local alners* strike assumed a serious aspect a few days ago. Operators of the Sannyside mine had imported thirty negro miners from Kentucky, and wore delivering at tbe mine at 1.30 a. m., when unknown parties concealed in tbe busbe3 near the mines openeu lire ou iu? ubkcucs. 11 was voty dark, and u stampede followed. Sotne of the non-union men responded with revolvers and many shots were flred. Six men were badly wounded. James Moore, a stockholder in the mine, was sbot in the back and fatally injured. Henry Smith and John Phillips, both colored, > were probably fatally wounded. EdGelger, w a merchant; Churles Smith, colored, and John Norsweather, colored, were each badly wounied. Grant of Arizona Land Reversed. The United States Court or Private Land /flairas, at Santa Fe, N. M., was informed that the United State9 Supreme Court had reversed the decision of the Couit confirming the Algodones grant in Arizona. The grant comprises a large urea In Pina County, Arizona, and was claimed by the Algodoues Land Company. Standard Oil to Leave Ohio. The Standard Oil Company, with headquarters at Cleveland, is preparing to get out of Ohio. Its headquarters will remove to New York and its Otiio charter will b? -l" Newsy Gleuninj*. Tho cily treasury of Greater New York last year paid more than $3,200,000 to private charities. A contract for iron water pipe3 for Odessa, Russia, has been awarded to au American Arm. The Supreme Court of Illinois at SpringHeld has decided that the law allowing t certain students to be admitted to the bar after two years of study is unconstitutional. Continued droughts in New South Wales in recent years have reduced the number of sheep in that colony by 20,000,000 by astoa! loss and as many more by arresting tb?normal incroase. .. ... . /\ / ci ' '< ' ' ' ' ' SHERIFF ROUGHLY USED. Tar and Feathers For an Unpopular New Hampshire Man. He Got Authority to Act at Sheriff, Ar? reated HU Foe and Then Fell Into a Trap. Hanover, N. H. (Special).?The town o! Haverhill, N. H., has established a precedent in the proverbially peaceful Granite State. Citizens opposed to the service oi an officer of the iaw tarred and feathered and exiled him. 8uch was the unpleasant experience of Frank latter, of Haverhil1, who has taken to the adjoining State of Vermont to And peace and rest. Yatter first came to Haverhill five months ago and opened a blacksmith shop. His neighbors iound him none too pleasant a man to get along with, and certain insults which he is alleged to have offered to a woman in Haverhill only served to make matters wor=e. His strained relations with his fellow townsmen finally came to a head a few days ago, when he became engaged in a hot quarrel with Nat Clark, a citizen of Haverhill, who was intoxicated at the time. The next day Yatter repaired to the neighboring county seat of Woodsvlile, and made application to the Selectmen for appointment as Sheriff of his town. His application granted, he immediately began to exercise his new powers by arresting Clark and bringing him Defore Judge Westgate, of tbe Haverhill Police Court, on the charge of drunkenness. Clark pleaded guilty and settled bis fine. But there the matter did not end. Just two days had passed when Yatter was summoned by one of bis fellow townsmen to quell un alleged drunken disturbance in a district known as North Haverhill. Arriving at the quarter, whither be was directed, he was decoyed into a basement, seized on by a dozen men and covered with tar and feathers. Yatter was rescued later by friends. 8martlnsr under the rough treatment he had undergone, Yatter immediately started proceedings against seven of bis assailants for $10,000 damages, and three of them. Newell C. Wright, Fred Hall and Lawrenc# Joudro, were arrested. Although public opinion Is against the men responsible for the violence, at the same time part of it has diverted against Yatter. His authority as Sheriff was proten invalid on the ground that it waf obtained from an incomplete Board of Se< lectmen.,and wns taken away. However life in Haverhill became so warm for bier that he has crossed the line into Vermont HORROR OF THE KLONDIKE. Three Eastern Men Were Driven to Cannl ballsin by Starvation. Circle uity, AiasKa (.via Ban rrancisco. Special).?A story of possible cannibalism and death on the Yukon trail has just reached here. Three men who left Dah' River for Jimtown were not heard of again and they were supposed to have been lost Nothing was heard of them here till tbc steamer Rideout brought a terrible tale of suffering and horror. The men were Michael Daly, Victoi Edalr. and M. Provost. They w-re from Providence, R. I.; Woonsocket, R. I., and Brockton, Mass., respectively. Their bodies were discovered seventeen miles from the mouth of Old Man's Creek, tbey in all probability having lost rtie trail and become bewildered. Tbey left Dahl Rivet with only three weeks' food, wh.'ch was amply sufficient for the 150 milos to Jimtown, but they were soon reduced to starvation. Daly's partially eaten body was found on the stove In the tent just as it wa<< left when death overtook the others. Some scraps of moose hide and moccasin, of which they were endeavoring to make a stew, were also found. Daly's body was identified by means of the clothes. The other two men were found dead five mile? asvay from the tent. The fact tbat tne tent flaps were shut down would seem tc preclude tue possibility of Daly's body Having Deeu eacea oy aaimuu. iuc uiu? men were doubtless driven to the awful extremity of cannibalism by hunger. Four hundred dollars were found on the bodies. THE CONSISTORY AT ROME. Cardinals and Blahopa Who Were Created by the Pope. Rome (By Cable).?The Pope, at the Consistory held a few days ago, created eleven Cardinals and a number of Bishops. The Bishops included Mgr. Black, of Porto Rico, and Mgr. Barnnba Aguilar, of Santiago de Cuba. The Pope, who was in good health, delivered an address dealing with the union of churches. The Cardinals created are Mgr. Jose Francica-Nava dl Bontife, Papal Nuncio at Madrid; the Archbishop of Goerltz, AustriaHungary; the Archbishop of Toulouse, France; the Latin Patriarch of Constantlnoble; the Latin Patriarch of Antioch; the Arohblshop of Ferrara; the Archbishop of Regglo; Mgr. Clasc.i, Secretary of the Propaganda; Mjjr. Trombetta, Secretary of the Congregation ^Bisnops ana jeriurs;; iugr. Llenaveras, and.the Archbishop of Turin. The Pope created two Cardinal* In petto, 1. e.t secretly, who.se names will be published hereafter. CANNOT ENTER THE NAVALACADEMY Bagley, Btisbee and Grldley, Designated by the President, Fall to Pasa. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? Three young men who were designated by President McKlnley to take the entrance examination for the Naval Academy on account of the services of near relatives In the United States Navy have failed to pass. They are Bagley, of North Carolina, a brother of Ensign Worth Bagley, who was killed at Cardenas in the war with Spain; Busbee, of the District of Columbia, a grandson of Rear-Admiral Worden, who commanded the Monitor in her fight with the Merrimac, and Grldley, of Pennsylvania, a son of Captain Gridley, who commanded the flagship Olympia in the battle of Manila Bay ahd died in Japan on his way back to the United States. These three young men all failed in mental examination. Dawson Fire Loai Half a Million. The first reports of the loss in the big Are at Dawson, Klondike, were greatly exaggerated. The exact loss ls now figured at $576,000. An enterprising Dawson mao secured the rUht from the Government tc pan out the ruins 'or gold dust. He i; making a small fortune, and has hired several men to help him. The Are gave Dawson an extraor-llnary building boom. Sawmll'.s are working night and day, but cannot begin to flit the orders. Prep trillions For War. The Cape Colony Government ha3 forwarded a buttery of heavy guns to Kimberly for the defence of the diamond fields. There Is grent activity Jn the Cape imperial command, and munitions of war are being sent north in large quantities. General Grant Kracliea Manila. The transport Sherman, naving on board General Fred D. Grant, General Bates, a large number of other officers and 1300 enlisted men, has arrived at Manila. Shoreports all well on board. The voyage of the Sherman was uneventful. Anglo-Saxon Monument In Samoa. The officers of the American and British warships, who have been fraternizing during the reCent trouble in Samoa, have decided to erect a joint monument to the memory of the English-speaking slain in the various engagements. It is intended to erect a granite monument, with the names of the Americans engraved on one panel and the British on the other, surmounting the roll of the killed with the American and British flags entwined. Spain'* Concessions to Germany Approved. The Chamber of Deputies at Madrid has approved the bill ceding the Caroline Islands.the Ladrones and th? Pelew Islands to Garmanv. -w MRU1IH CABSTRHR Police Unable to Quell a Riot in Which Several Persons Are Injured. BUGLE CALLS STRIKERS TO ARMS, Qqgnlte Worker* of Massachusetts Win After a Long Strike?Grand J ury Finch True Bills Against the Idaho Laboi Rioters?To Test the Constitutionality of the Colorado Eight-Hoar Law. Cleveland, Ohio (Special).?When cars began running a few days ago over the lines opened by the street railway company since the strike began, the tracks In every direction were found piled high wltli obstacles of all kinds. These were removed with some difficulty, and cars were running in the forenoon on all the linrs but one without serious Interruption. A few stones were thrown at points on allthf lines, and on Perkins avenue two carswere stopped by a orowd, which was easily dispersed. On the south side, however, there was considerable rioting. At 11 o'clock twc oars at Clark and Jennings avenues found the switches broken. These were repaired In the midst of a howling mob, and tb? cars rushed on to Clark avenue and Tear etreet. As they arrived, a bugler gave warning and the crowds congregated in vast num bers. Four thousand people were soon 01 the scene. Wagons, tracks and other con veyances were purposely taken across th< tracks, and the blockade was complete. 1 The police then charged the mob. Tb< usual volleys of missiles were hurled, anc the windows of the cars shattered. As thi mob was beaten back at one point it ad vanced at another. Edward Miller wai 6truck over the head by an officer anc badly injured. Half a dozen others wer< also seriously injured, among them being Dr. George and Conrad Mclntlro. An unknown baby in Its carriage was hit by t stone. The police, fairly outmatched, gave up the battle and went back to town. THE GRANITE WORKERS WIN. Rockport Company Accedes to All De wands Made by the Striker*. Gloucester, Mass. (Special.)?The strik< at the Rockport Granite Company's quar ries at Rockport has ended in favor of th< strikers, and the men returned to worl under the conditions to obtain which the] truck fifteen weeks ago. The result was made known in a letter from the Boston counsel of the Rockpon Oranite Company, to Colonel William A Pew, Jr., counsel for the strikers, announc lng the fact that the company had accedec to every demand by the workmen. These Include a nine-hour day for five days In th< week with eight hours on Saturday, anc time and one-half to be paid for all over time. The company also agrees not t< discriminate against any man who tool part in the strike, and also states that i will endeavor to continue in the future a< much winter work as possible. The strike has been the hardest-fought battle between labor and capital that thii section has known. More than 2000 hand' have been affected, many of whom hav? left this district and obtained employment In quarries in other States. It is thought that owing to this exodus of experienced workers the company may be handicapped for some time in working its quarries tc their full, cnpaoity. THE IDAHO LABOR RIOTS. Grand Jury Find* True Bills Agaimt A1 Identified Participants. Wallace, Idaba (Special).?The Granc Jury has reported as follows: "in accordance with your charge we have carefully examined into all the cases growing out of the riots ol April 29 in Shoshone County, and after mature deliberation have found true bills against all the participant! who have been identified. A larze number of others who are identified a9 par ticipants, but whose true names are unknown to us, have been indicted undei fictitious names. We would recommend owing to the fact that large numbers oi parties indicted are not Jn custody, that after filing, theL- iudlctments be not pub lished unless so ordered by the court." Accompanying the report were about fifty indlotments, but many contained several names, so that the number indicted will remain unknown. COLORADO SMELTERS' STRIDE. Constitutionality of the Eight>Hour Lav to lie Determined by Test Case. Desveb, Col. (Special). ? Conference; have been held between the Citizens' Com mittee appointed by Governor Thomas anc Mayor Johnson, a committee of thi Smelter Men's Union and the managers o the smelters, and the conferences may re Bultin an early resumption of work at th< smelters, which haye been closed novi over a week. Steps to test the ight-hour law were taken. A foreman at the Grant smeltei was arrested on the charge of employing i man to work longer than ef ;ht hours, aoc a workman waa arrested for laborlnf lcDger than eight houra. Both admittec the facts alleged, but pleaded unconstitutionality of the law. Justico Mulllne, before whom they were arraigned, overruled the demurrer anc bound them over to the criminal court li 1200 bail, which they refused to give. IUONWORKERS' PAT RAISED. Wage* of 25,0Q0 Men Throughout tin Country Advanced. Pittsbubo (Special).?As a result of th? four days' conference between the representatives of the manufacturers and the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workerj, the wages of 25,000 iron and steel aheet workers throughout the country hav? been advanced for one year. In the main the workers get what they contended for, which is a virtual restoration of the wage3 of 1893. The advance tc rollers will be eleven per cent., to sboarmec about eleven per cent., and to day handi fifteen per cent. Lewistown, PenD. (Special).?An advance of fifteen per cent, for common labor am a second increase of ten percent, for thi roll train hands have been made by th< Logan Ircn and Steel Company at Burn ham, near here. The company Is now pay Ing 43.50 per ton for pudallng, and $1.9( fnr hnaholIrtfT anrnn Irnn v* kujuvjiujj 0V4U|/ iivut Japan Return* China Her "Warships. Japan ha9 decided to return tc China al the warships captured during the late wai Killed by a Live Wire. Patrick Maboney, of Philadelphia, thirty eight year3 old, a lineman employed by th< Hartford Electric Light Company at Hart ford, Conn., was killed by coming In con tacc with a live wire while at work on i pole. He received the full current of 220 volts through his hands. Reduce* Number of Liquor Constables. Governor McSwesny, of South Carolina has Issued an order reducing the numbe of the liquor constabulary by one-half. Hi thinks the constables needless, aud sayi the reduction will give the public school 820,000 more a year. Cycling Note*. Fourteen States require railroads to carr; bloycles as baggage. Tlia.a n va f hfrfftrtn fTiAiiannd nwnflrflOfhl oyoles in Maine, and the number increase rapidly. There Is one cycle anions twenty-threi persons In Berlin, Germany. The exac figures are 60,000 cyclists among a popula tlon of 2,000,000. An alliance with the Intercollegiate B1 cyoie Association has been completed. Thl association includes every important col lege In the country. On on* of the most famous tracks in thi country, and with the largest prlzo-lls ever offered, tlie National champlonstUp wUl.be contested at Boston. In AuftUaU " - ' DARING MAIL ROBBERIES. I Two Wagon Drivers Arrested For Rt?a1incr in Chicago. I ? ?...Q O Check! as Hisli a? 820,000 and Mnch Other Property Stolen by the Thierea, One of Whom Confesses. i Ciiicaoo (Special).?What Is regarded by i Po9tofflce Inspector Jame3 Stuart A3 one i of the largest and boldest mall robberies r In the history of the Chicago Postofflce j was detected a few days ago, and the arrest of Walter Porter and John Newman drivers of mall wagons, followed. Porter ) made a full confession, Implicating New? man. A. large amount of letters, money orders and packages taken by the men was found 1 In their lodging-bouse. In the pile were i letters, money orders and checks directed . to all parts of the country and Europe. ( One check found In the pile was for $20,i)00, while another for a large amount was sent from Marcus Daly's bank at Anal sonda. > The robbers had been in the employ of the Chicago Postofflce since June 1, and ' ail the thefts were committed since that time while the prisoners were driving their wagons. i The mail was all taken from pouches > while being carried in the wagons and 1 from railroad stations, and it has been adI mitted that three sacks were taken in one i day. I The prisoners will not admit that they secured much of value from their aepreda, tlcns, but declare that they would bava been considerably richer had their scheme aot been discovered so soon. They were preparing to destroy the mail matter when arrested, and had hidden most of it away in sacks in the attic of the house in which they lived. "CARRIE JONES" IN PRISON. Kidnapper of Babj Clarke Begins to Serve Her Sentence of Imprisonment. New York City (Special).?Another chap ?? *.1 TV-1 I.UnonntnM AnaA cer ta tau l)*uy Vyiuilto ?iuun|jpiuu uuo 1 was closed when Bella Anderson, alias Carrie Jones, the nurse girl, was taken to Auburn Prison to serve out the four years Imprisonment imposed upoD her for complicity with George Beauregard Barrow in the stealing of Baby Clarke. bella anderson, alia8 cabbie jones. . (The nurse girl wbo stole Baby Marlon Clarke and who Is now in Auburn Prison.) I K she Is a good prisoner and obeys the i rules of the Auburn Pri3on, Bella Anderson ? will be released in three years. She is I allowed one yeur commutation for good I behavior. AUSTRALIAN FEDERATION. Saitalned by the Votera of New South Walea. t Sydney, N. S. W. (By Cable).?The refer endum on the Federation question has re. auitelin 11,045 votes in favor, as against 10,551 opposed in the city of Sydney. In tho puburbs the voting wn3 24,459 In favor and 25,048 opposed, and in the country JlstrUsts the returns, now practically complete, show 65,697 for Federation, as against 44,035 opposed. Bbisbane, Queensland (By Cable).?The Federal Enabling bill passed both houses ' of the Colonial Legislature, and the referendum is fixed for September 2. I ; Melbotxbne, Victoria (By Cable).?The j referendum on the Federation proposal . will be taken In Victoria toward the end of i My. i New* Cheered In the Common*. i Londox (By Cable).?The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Joseph Chamber> lain, in the House of Commons announced, t amid cheers, that New South Wales had t voted in favor of Federation by a large i majority. i Riots Spreading In Southern India. The riots in Southern India have spread > to Travancore, where the police have been I severely beaten and forced to retire. The ) rioters seized a number of guns and a quantity of ammunition, and are cutting off the ears of their opponents in order to obtain their earrings more expeditiously. About 450 houses have been burned at Sam' boovadagarai. Troops are now patrolling the disturbed district. i Havana'* Flrat Surplu?. i For the first time in the history of Cuba the Finance Department of Havana Prov' Ince, after meeting all expenses, has a surplus of $c84,966. Dnrlng the Spanish reI "imo thava ams nlwnvs a deficit in this d? ' partment. i , Serum Cure For Cancer. Drs. Requette and Lebro, of the Belgian s Medical Academy at Antwerp, have dlsI covered a serum for the cure of cancer. f Experiments made upon twenty horses i have proved conclusively the efficacy of * the treatment. * Delaware College Against Co-Education. The trustees of Delaware College, at Wilmington, Del., have voted against co1 education. There were eight affirmative ' and nine negative votes. Perez Das Marinas Taken. The troops commanded by General e Wheaton entered Peres da3 Marinas, Phil* Ipplne Islands, a few days ago without op* position, except upon the part of small * bodies of rebels, who inflicted no losses c upon the Americans. The town is an unimportant place surrounded by swamps. Two Killed by Lightning. ' MaryLuka was instantly killed by light' niug which struck her home at Audenried, 3 Penn., in a severe storm. In course of n 3 storm lluhtning struck the house of Johr 5 G. Gaugliun, utCentralia, Penn., and killed his nine-year-old daughter 3Iary. ^ 81,000,000 in Public Bequests. The will of R. C. Billings, late of Boston, I has boen (lied for probate. By its bequests more than $1,000,000 goes to public institutions. The principal bequests are to 3 Rirvard University, the Jlusuom of Fine i Arts and the Institute of Technology, S100, 000 each, with 550,000 udditionai to the lasl named to establish a fund to assist students who do not use liquor or tobacco. To Establish a Board of Admirals. Secretary Long at Washington has de 3 cided to establish a Board of Admirals not f oonnected with bureaus, which will have oharge of nil matters relating to naval construction. _? BOLD ffOK OF BOBBERS. A Ho!d-Up by Ten Masked Men in a Philadelphia Car Barn. EMPLOYES BOUND AND GAGGED. The Robber* Tear Open a Trolley Company's Safe With Nltro-Glycerlne and Crowbars and Secare Two Days' Receipts, Auioanting to 94000?Telephone Wires, Leadlne to the Office, Were Cat. Philadelphia (Special).?The boldest and most desperate robbery ever perpetrated in Philadelphia was committed a '"*** 'ts ann Tim mhhflrv was nianned iO?T UUj J j t with the strategy of a military genius and executed with the dash and daring of a band of Western outlaws. A gang of masked robbers, probably ten In number, raided the receiving office of theFairmount Park Transportation Company, at Belmont, in Fairmonnt Park, and after holding up the receiver and five other employes of the railway, blew open the safe, securing over $4!<00, the company's receipts for two days. Frank Levan, reoelver; Frank Watson and Henry B. Whitehouse, conductors; James Cavanaugh, fireman of the power honse; Philip Eaves, electrician, and William Cadmus, laborer, were bound band and foot with wire. In addition to the men who actually committed the robbery, others operated far away from the scene by destroying telegraph and telephone wires connecting with the trolley company's main office. Sitting in his office, Night Engineer Levan had just finished counting the day's receipts, and had put them in the safe. They aggregated $3300, which, with $1100 deposited by the day receiver, made $4400. Suddenly he was startled by the command: "Hands upl" A cig, broad-shouldered fellow, attired in gray, confronted him. The visitor had a handkerchief over the upper part of bis face, and there were holes in it for the eyes. A revolver was grasped in the right hand. "Get up," said tbe man in gray. "We're going to rob tbe safe." A eeccnd burglar, equipped like the first, with n revolver and having his face concealed with a handkerchief, entered the room and seized Levan by the arm and, at the pistol's muzzle, marched him Into the conductors' room on the other side of the partition. Meanwhile Conductor Watson had been awakened from a doze in the adjoining room with the command: "Sit with your face to the wall, or I'll blow your head , ofT." Watson swung around and replied: "Get out of here! What d'ye mean?" Then he saw he was staring into the barrel of a revolver. There was a man with a drawn pistol at each of the two doors and another man stood at the window. One masked robber seized him by the leg. and another by the shoulder. They turned his face to the wall and using twisted plcturi hanging wire, tied his hands behind hi; back and fastened his ankles as well. A minute later Receiver Levan wa? brought In by his captor and was similarly tied. Whitehouse, Cadmus and Eaves were in the oilhouse, which adjoins the conductors' room. They were eating supper when three of the thieves came upon them and forced them to go into the conductors' room, where they, too, were seated on the bench and neatly trussed up with picture wire. While the men were being tied a bell rang. It was the private 'phone with the power house that tne robbers had over* looked. The engineer was ringlDg to learn why the power had not been turned off. A moment later there was a "snip, snis," and the telephone wires had been cut. Engineer Bergen, over In the power house, wondering why he could get no answer, told his llremun, James Kavanaugh, to go to the car barn and learn the trouble. Kavanaugh no sooner reached the entrance to the barn than he encountered a masked robber and revolver. He was taken into the conductors' room and trussed up like the rest. Tim rvrlannora nrnpA llnftd ttlonff a bflnch and gagged. Then the robbers, leaving two on guard, went for the safe. They first chiseled off the handle on the safe door. Then they drilled a hole through the door and put In a small quantity of nltro-glycerine. The explosion was not powerful enuugh to break the lock or weaken the door. Although the burglars had their own tools, they came to the conclusion that the work was too heavy to accomplish with them, and they went to the Darn machine shop. There they took the car tools and a six-foot crowbar. Thus equipped they renewed their struggle with the sale and at last wrenched open the door. Distributing the money bags among them, they then left. Before going, however, one of the robbers put some silver, aggregating $16, la the pockets of the prisoners, telling them to have a drink on the gang in the morning. After the robbers disappeared, the bound and gagged men made desperate efforts to free themselves. After an hour's hard work Eaves, the electrician, got bis hands free and took the bandages off of the others. He hastened then to the Belmont .pumping station and notified the police. The car bam of the trolley company, in which the receiver's officois looated,stands in n deep ravine leading from Belmont Mansion, a pleasure resort, to the Schuylkill River. The building is surrounded by heavy timber land, and its isolation rendered it perfectly adapted for the work of the robbers. T>_.? .. m?i. n n A la? Smlfh nhr roior l/uuuib auu < MV say they live la Newark, N. J., and Albert Leeds, of Philadelphia, were arrested in Fairmount Park on suspicion of being connected with tne robbery. They were sent to prison in default of bail. Brother of Burton Holtnet Drowned. Ira J. Holmes, a brother of Barton Holmes, the lecturer, wa3 drowned in Lake Michigan. Mr. Holmes was one of a purty on the yacht Neva, ownod by Georare C Lyton. He and David Conover, of Philadelphia, were in a rowboat that wa<? being towed by the yacht. The little craft was capsized and both were thrown into the lake. Conover swam until rescued. Holmes could not swim and sank before help could reach him. Lone Career of Fnneral Going Chocked. The police of Reading, Penn., have decided to stop the funeral going of Sophia Christian. For the past thirty years she has attended an average of nearly two funerals n day, and boasts of a total oi I 6000. She wili be detained at the County Home for the present. War Plan of the Boer*. The London St. Jame's Gazette publishes what it describes as exclusive Information concerning the plan of the Boer campaign drawn up by General Joubert und up proved by President Kruger. The plan includes the invasion of the Cape Colony by the Boers, the capture of Cape Town and Klmberley and the destruction of the De Beer diamond mines. King Leopold Itecelve* Mr. Townnend. Lawrence Townsend, the new United States Minister to Belgium, has been received at Brussels by King Leopold. The Labor World. Iron mining gives employment to more than 17,000 persons in England. The only powder mill In tho United States employing exclusively union labor Is at Birmingham, Ala. Stone masons and bricklayers are In great demand in the Southwest, especially In Texas and New Mexico. The two Kansas Cities now claim to have ninety-two labor organizations, with an aggregate membership of 50,000. In Finland women work as carpenters, bricklayers, paper-hangers and bakers. clan hnpA tha rlcrhf r?f QllfTPUffa. New York Typographical Union has raised its Secretary's weekly salary to $30 and Us walking delegate's to S25 oer week. PEACE COMES IN A FEUD. Lee-Taylors Meet art; Harlan Court House in Friendship. ^ UU'lyUUiUHlAULB AIIVIII iw VU1UQ llf i Terms and Forget the Put?The Manchester Kow Continue!. Middlesbobo, Ky. (.Special).?1The Harlan County feud, which has been a source of trouble to more than one Governor of Kentucky, and which has cost the lives of at least tlx men, has been settled, and without the aid of the State militia. For the first time In many years the citizens of that county are resting easy and without fearof being killed. A few days ago the Lee and Taylor factions of tho feud, which includes a large part of the population of county, marched to Harlan Court House and 6?rrendered their arms and agreed to return to their homes once more as peace iUl U11160US. This Is the logical result of the work of the law-abiding and respectable people of that section. A week before they organized at the county seat and marched io a body to the home9 of the leaders of the factions. Here they pleaded with both the Lees and Taylors to return to peaceful pursuits and to bury their differences with their dead. They were told what a reputation they were giving the county, and what the Inevitable result would be should the Gov'etnor be forced to send troops to queH the disturbances. After much persuasion both sides agreed to surrender their arms. When the factions met at Harlan Court House, the county seat, there were stirring scenes. Men who have been trylog to kill one another for years grasped hands. Tears of joy could be seen trickling down the faces of many of the rough mountaineers. London, Ky. (Special).?News of n light at Manchester anion* Sheriff Beverley P. White's deputy sheriffs has just reached this place. Prior to the convening of court at Manchester Sheriff White swore In twenty-five desperate mdn as deputy sheriffs, putting an official badge and two large pistols on each of them. After they had received their pay several of them met at the upper side of the town and flred off their pistols almost continually until a late hour. Bill Holland, the negro deputy, was so badly beaten during a fight in which several shots were flred that he had to be taken to his bed. The town is still In a state of Intense excitement and the Howards and Whites, 150 strong, keep the Bakers and their friends out of the place. Sheriff White has just returned to Manchester, and it Is reported that he has s*> cured a large amount of ammunition and a aumber of guns with which to equip more men in case Governor Bradley attempts to make out a oourt and send a Judxo to try him and others ou the charge of murdering Tom Baker. It develops that a brother of Judge Eversole married a sister of the wife of Jason Bowling, who is now in the feud, and this further complicates matters, allying the Judge with the Baker faction. His brother was Joe Eversole, the leader of a faction of the French-Eversole feud, and, as Sheriff White has for his bodyguard two of the French fighters, complications bringing In the old feud are espeoted. Judge Eversole has gone to Leslie County to hold court. DIRE FAMINE IN RUSSIA. Hanger and Labor Troubles May Precipitate lliota. Berlin (By Cable).?The 8t, Petersburg correspondent of the well-known KreuzZeltung claims an internal crisis is fast approaching in Russia. He says that the Russian labor troubles at Riga, the disturbances of the students, and the famine In various provinces are symptoms of the coming of greater trouble. London (By Cable).?The hopes that the dire famine prevailing in seven or eight provinces of Russia, with a population of more than 11,000,000, would be ameliorated by the new crops within acoupleof months are now dashea to the ground, aj It is officially admitted the harvest Is practically a failure. To add to the misery ol the situation, there is a dearth of hay and vegetables, and the beet root, the principal crop in the Province of Kieff, has been practically ruined. The whole situation promises to end In appalling disaster. SMOKELESS POWDER WORKS CO UP. Four Men Killed at the United States Mills in Marin County, Cal. 8an Rafael, Cat (Speoial).?The United States Smokeles3 Powder Company's factory, situated on Point San Pedro, In Marin County, was the scene of a disastrous explosion. As a result four employes were killed and three seriously Injured, while six buildings were demolished by the shock and the resultant flames. The killed are Edward Secumbe, John Secumbe, James Mcrrissey and 51. Hollenbeck.' The explosion was due to the sudden ignition of the power oontained in the graining room. ANACONDA COPPER MINES SOLD. Daly and Associates Sell to a Rockefeller Syndicate For 933,000,000. Salt Lake, Utah (Special).?Marcus Daly and bis associates have sold out their interests in the Anaconda coDoer mines in Montana to a syndicate headed by John D. Rockefeller for a consideration of $23,000,000. Of this amount Mr. Daly receives $6,000,000; J. B. Haggin $9,000,000 and' Lloyd Tevis, of San Francisco, $a,000,000. In the transfer is Included practically the entire town of Anaconda, with its mines and smelters, coal and ttmber lands. Mr. Daly has agreod to remain as manager of the property for a year at a salary of $25,000, while Haggin and Teris sever their connection with the property entirely, leaving the Rockefellers in control. YELLOW FEVER IN MEXICO. Fear T^hat the Dlieane Has Reached (he Americans on Teliuantepec Isthmus. Oaxaca, Mexico (Special).?Official advices have been received here of the appearance of yellow fever in Its most virulent form In the city of Tehuantepec and other places on the Iithmus of Tehuantepec. There is a large American colony of coffee planters In that section, and fears are entertained that the disease lias appeared among them. The epidemic now extends along the ooast from Vera Cruz to the Guatemalan border, and hundreds of deaths have already occurred. In the city or Vera Cruz there are over 500 cases, and the epidemic is spreading there rapidly. 1'lirae Qlrli Drowned at Galveaton. While a party of thirteen young persons was in bathing a few days ago at Qalvoston, Texas, the undercurrent swept them out into deep water. Etta Thorn, fourteen years old; Marian' Howard, eighteen, and Irene Lauderdale, sixteen, wore drowned, but the others were saved. Spain'* Parchanrs of American Wheat. Spain bought 7000 tons of wheat from the United States last March, being more than from any other country, according to the repott which has just been received by the State Department at Washington from Consular Agent Hertens, at Vulencia. Iloilo Shaken by KurthquAke. The severest earthquake ever known in Iloilo, Philippine Islands, has occurred there. Its direction was from oast to west, - J J..-A Unn 1% I v f T? en/tAnHa A !/M?<4 UUU Al? UUtUUVU kUUkj jwvuuuo, iwuu explosion preceded the shock, which was apparently In tbo nature of (in upheaval directly under the city. The volcano of Canlaon, on the Island of Negros, Is In a state or eruption. Ten Men Lost at Sea. In a collision off Frledrlohshaven, Germany, between the German steamer Artushof and the Britlsa steamer Mauritius the Artushof was suak, tea of fcer I lug drowned, ... .... ? . ^ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED,' nuiuuKiuii JMJUIP* Advices Lave beea received by the Duke of Arcros that Senor Luis Marinas has been appointed Consul-General of Spain at Manila. Spanish conular officers have al? ready been designated for Havana, San Juan and Porto Rico and minor places 14 Cuba. . Charles Lemas. one of the best known colored men in Washington, who boasted that he had shaved Andrew Johnson and 9very President since that did not wear a beard, died at his home a few days asjo. He ' :ame to Washington with President John* 5on. Lemas made a point of securing permission to shave every President at least once. Johnson appointed him to an omco under the Government and be remained la ' the service until his death. Commissioner of Indian Affair Jones has reported to Secretary Hitchcock that the small-pox epidemic which recently raged among the Moqui Indians Id Arizona has been stamped out. He says the Indians qulokly aoqulesced in the quarantining work after the soldiers were sent there. Rear-Admirni Pierce Crosby, retired, one of the last of Farragut's active officers in the stirring sea fights of the Civil War,died here from diabetes, ng?d seventy-six. Admiral Crosby was retired in 1883-, having seen forty-eight years of active service.' Since bis retirement be had-lived In Washington. The Ordnance Department of the army will send to General Otis 6000 rounds of ammunition for Fix-pounder rapid-fire guns, several of which are now In use in the Philippines. Tbls ammunition is all of the smokeless powder kind. In addition to the artillery anmunltlon several thousand rounds of small-arm ammunition have already been sent from San Francisco to Manila. The cruiser Detroit has been ordered to the Brooklyn Navy Yard for repairs. j The army and navy medical authorities : are gratified at the sanitary work which is ' , being accomplished In Havana Harbor, as it is said this promises to rid the locality o one of the chief causes of contagious fevers. Henry C. Payne, Republican National Committeeman from Wisconsin, says that the Senate Finance Committee will agree on a plan for revision that will be formulated Into a bill for the establishment oI a gold standard. Domestic. Bloodhounds failed to locate the mur-, \ $ ierer of John Bahaud, the wealthy recluse tvhose mutilated body was found in his; aome near Auburn, Neb. All bis treasure Is missing. It is believed the miser finallylid tell the thieve* where bis money was hidden to escape torture and tbat they >.v then killed blm. John T. Holmes, President of the State Bank at Burr Oak, Mich., and one of the wealthiest men in the county, made an unsuccessful attempt a few days ago to shoot ols wife. Holmes then went to the bank ind was noticed to be acting strangely. Be was questioned as to his taking poison, but denied it. He soon had convulsions,' ind died in a short time. The smaller magazine At Fort Pickens,' line miles from Pensacola, Fla., blew up a1 tew days ago, having caught fire from some, mknown cause, and was completely; wrecked. Private Wells of Battery H was tilled and four men were badly Injured,' : one having bis arm and leg broken. The ioss will reach $75,000. Considerable ea-' ' , jineer and ordnance property was destroyed. : a The jury in the case of Edward J. Stub olefleld, charged with the attempted rob-! j'-j aery of a Missouri Pacific express train near Sedalla, Mo., In November last, foundi ? dtubblefleld' guilty and fixed bis punish-! * ment at ten years' imprisonment in the State penitentiary. Stubblefield bad been; >n the employ of the Missouri Pacific as a U conductor. j Johnson's Island, Lake Erie, which was \ famous as a prison for Confederate solHere in the Civil War, has just been sold at iuctlon for $45,000. The island lies In San-, iusky Bay, a few miles from ths city of that name. , Miss Catherine Graham, of Evansviilev lnd? a niece of Governor Bradley, of Kentucky, obtained a judgment in the Superior Court at Evansville aeainst David Gil- ? :< hert, a merchant, for $5000. She sued for 125,000 for breach of promise. Fire in Allen's wholesale grocery at Omaha, Neb., a few days ago damaged stock to the extent of *109,000; Insurance Is $ 170,000. The building is damaged to the extent of $15,000; covered by insurance. A. magazine filled with powler which tbe firemen were moving to a place olt safety exploded, and eleven firemen, Including the chief, were Injured, two seriously. William A. Fischer, a builder and contractor, of New Orleans, La., shot hi* young wife and then killed himself with the same pistol. The wife will recover. Fischer had been married only seven! weeks. Baron and Barone?s de Barn, who were . convicted in Cblcugo ou a charge of using the mails In conducting a fraudulent bust-. ness, have been sentenced. Baron _dcBariv was given three years in the penitentiary, and his wife whs sentenced to one year in the penitentiary and one year in jail. . x - 'i Abont eighty foreign insurance compau* les recently Indicted and fined heavily in Franklin Circuit Court on the charge of! conspiring together to fix Insurance rates won, in the Court of Appeals at Frankfort/ Ky., a few days ngo, in r decision reversing, the judgment of the court below. The fines' assessed against tbe companies in Franklin County alone aggregated over $20,000, and, in addition to this, indictments were found against them in nearly half the counties in the State. Fred Scbatz was killed by his wife at Rocky Ridge, Ohio. The couple were mar rledtwo years ago, Due naa uveu apui ? since last December. Schatz went to call ft on his wife to effect a reconciliation. As he w entered the room where his wife was she struck him with n club, and be fell to the floor. He died in fifteen minutes. The woman was taken to the jail at Fort Clinton. Foreign. The Parliamentary Secretary of the Foreign Office, William St. Jolin'Brodrlck, replying to a question In the House of Commons, London, as to whether the British Samoan Commissioner had been instructed to vote for the candidate of Mataafa, said the Commissioner was not bound to any definite action, but was free to recommend what his investigation showed to be desirable. The bill providing for the prolongation of the commercial treaty with Eogland was passed by tho Reichstag at Berlin, Oormany. M. Lockroy, Minister of Marine, at Paris, Tronr>a hn<a TBtired Vice-Admiral de Caver ville, Chief of the Naval Staff, because of a letter written by him commenting upon the competition between the Ministries of Marine, Colonies and War, which he declares is injurious to the national defeose. The retired officer will be succeeded by Admiral Mallarme. Bellamy Storer, United States Minister at Madrid, Spain, a few days ago had an audience with the Queen Regent. He also had an Interview with Premier Silveia in regard to the Spanish prisoners in the Philippines and the employment of the funds consflcated by the Americans upon the occasion of the surrender of Manila. In taking over the Caroline and other islands recently purchased by her from Spain Germany will buy the few Spanish gunboats which are still at the island^. Major Marcband arrived a few days ago at Tboissey, France, his birthplace, and was received by the Mayor and enthusiastic crowds. His pass-ige from the railway station to the residence of his father was veritably a triumphal progress. The new Japanese torpedo-boat destroyer Akebono, asserted to be tho fastest ovar hunt wa? tested near London a few days ago by a three hours' run to The Nore and return. The new boat attained n speed of tbirty-one knots, which Is a knot ahead of the" fastest destroyer in the British Navy. A continuous series of earthquakes ex. tending from Colon through the Caribbeej to Curacoa and Maracaibo. in the West Indies, have been reported since the mid die of 5Iay. The most severe action was felt at Mo'ntserrat and Guadeloupe", causing much damage. Eleven workmen were burned to death it a lire that destroyed a dwelling house neat Rybinsk, in the Government of Y&rooiav European Russia. _ l - 1