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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. .. ... .
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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.
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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
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DARING MAIL ROBBERIES.
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Two Wagon Drivers Arrested For
Rt?a1incr in Chicago.
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Check! as Hisli a? 820,000 and Mnch
Other Property Stolen by the Thierea,
One of Whom Confesses.
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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.
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; 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.
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Havana'* Flrat Surplu?.
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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.
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, 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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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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.
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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. _
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