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SffiRBEMSBROTBEt Conscience Impels Her to Denounce in -j the biayer 01 ner oeiroineu. THE DRAMATIC IDENTIFICATION. 'The Crime Was Committed Twenty-eight Tears Ago?Murderer Write* to Hi* Slater For Forgiveness, But She In forms on Him?Brother of Victim Identifies Him in a Western Jail. Shawnee, Okla. (Special).?John TV. Gates, of Chicago, unhesitatingly ideatiflad Alexander Jester as the man who murdered his brother, Gilbert Gates, twenty-eight years ago. The identification took placo in the jail at Tecumseh under most dramatic circumstances. Under-Sheriff Ward had about fifteen prisoners sitting together In the corridor of the jail when the party entered. With scarcely a moment's hesitation, Mr. Gates, after a glance at the prisoners, fixed his eye on Jester, and, walking up to him, said: "Mr. Jester, do you not remember me?" The old mail starea a: mm iur u mvujoyi.. when he dropped his eye9 and replied in Tin almost inaudible tone: "No." "Do you not remember me transferrins you from the jail at Paris, Mo., to have the papers read to you for the murder of my , brother?" asked Mr. Gates. Jester made no response. His head bent further forward, his face began working convulsively, and then he broke down and began to weep. In a minute or two he brokenly replied he had forgotten. "Don't you think it is time," asked Mr, Gates, "for you to repent for the foul deed you committed when you took the life of i my brother, then cut a hole in the ice and shoved liis oody through it?" Jester seemed completely overcome, and, after a moment's silence, murmured in broken terms: "God forgive me! God forffltra rr? flt" In a few moments he recovered bis comSosure to some extent and begged Mr. at03 not to talk any more about bis brother's death. The identification of the murderer of his brother roi*uds out what John W. Gates has considered his life work. When they were young men in Warrensburg, Mo., and of little consequence in the world, the bond between them was very close. Charles Gilbert Gates was killed by Jester because of his attentions to the latter's sister. He was lured Into tbe country and shot. While Jester was being taken to the Mexico City jail to avoid lynching he -escaped. During all these years nothing has been heard from him. Meanwhile John W. Gates left Missouri and went to Chicago. He worked as a laborer and then started a small wire mill, mn/lo mnnnv ranidlv imd is nOW One Of the great millionaires of the United States. He never gaye up the search for the murderer ot his brother. He has spent thousands of dollars*trying to discover Jester's whereabouts. Jester's sister has been true to the memory of her murdered sweetheart. 8he still lives in Warrensburg, a white-balred old woman. Not long ago she received h letter from her brother saying that he had been converted and asking her forgiveness. He said he had lived under the name of W. H. Hills ever since the murder, and his home was in Tecumseh, Oklahoma. The sister Immediately notified the Tecumseh authorities that her brother was i in escaped murderer. They sent word to John w. Qates, In Chicago, and his lawyers telegraphed blm at the Oriental Hotel, Manhattan Beach. He Immediately left for Guthrie. Governor Barnes was notified of the identification of Jester and te honored the requisition for the return of Jester to Missouri for trial. Sheriff Nelson has taken bis prisoner to Missouri. Jester is very feeble and probably will not live to be tried. YALE CREETS NEW PRESIDENT. Professor Hartley Heartily Cheered by Over One Thousand Graduates. Ne\ Ha.ve>*, Conn. (Special).?Tho annual commencement at Yale University was celebrated with all the pomp and ceremony attached to the working of the great Institution of learning. The chief event of the day was the conferring of 615 degrees in the various departments. There were sixteen honorary degrees, among those receiving them being Attorney-General Grigg3, Charles 8. Minot, M. D., of Boston; Frantz von Rottenburg, of the University of Bonn, Germany; Rear-Admiral Francis M. Bunco, U. 8. N.; John R. Mott, of New York, and. Captain W. C. Wise, U. S. N. A remarkable gathering of Yale alumni was held at Alumni Hal! in the afternoon, immediately after the alumni dinner, which followed the exercises. President D wight presideu, and with him at the speakers' table were Presidentelect Hadley, and men who had received honorary degrees. The newly chosen president received many heartv congratu I. latlons and was entnusiasuunuy uueercu by the graduates, of whom fully 1200 crowded the hall. BOYS CRADUATED IN OVERALLS, "The School Board of Lyons, >'eh-> Then Keiigneil In a Body. Lyoss, Neb. (Special)?The School Board of this city has resigned In a body because the high school graduating class persisted in appearing on the stage on commencement nlsht garbed In overalIs. The st a dents claim to have suffered certain humiliation? ?t the hands of the board, and by way of retaliating adopted the word "Work" foi their class motto and determined to appear In laborers' garb to claim their dl plomas. _ The toarcl, learning ol the plan, endeavored to suppress It, and falling in that informed the class that the expenses of the opera house would not be met from the school fund. The graduates answered this move by charging an admittance fee, and the townspeople, entering into the spirit of the jest, crowaeatue iiouse to iue doors. The Board looked upon this result as aD Indorsement of the students' course, and resented it by abandoning the management of the city's educational affairs. To Enlist 10,000 Volunteers. At a conference at the White House, Washington, it was definitely decided tc Rive General Otis in the Philippines n fighting force of 40,000 men, and 10,000 volunteers will be raised at once. Kentucky Democratic Nominations. The Democratic State Convention, whlct was in session at Louisville, Ky., has ad journed after completlog the State ticket The full ticket is as follows: Governor, William Goebel, of Kentoc County; Lieutenant Governor, J. C. W. Beckham, of Nelson County; Secretary of State, Breck Hill, of Ciaj County; Attorney-General, Judge R. G Breckinridge, of Boyle County; Auditor Gus Coulter, of Graves County; Treasurer Judg?S. W. Haeger, of Boyd County; Com m'ssloner of Agriculture, I. B. Nail, ol Louisville; Commissioner of Public In struction, H. V. McChesney, of Llvlngstor County. The Labor World. The number of persons employed in Eoglish colleries Is over 335,000. The Ottawa (III.) City Council has adopt edthe printers'label on all its printing. The Dutch city of Amsterdam recently witnessed a procession of 18,000 diamond polishers. They met to agitate for ac eight-hour day. tka minflra .it Tron Mountain Dal., has been brought to a peaceful ter jainution, and apprehensions regarding trouble have been allayed. The granite cutters of Georgia have ;iven employers a three months' notice ol ?twenty per cent, increase In wages to be mked, making a uniform wa$e of $2.75 a lav allovar tha Siata. THE BOERS MUST SUBMIT. England Resolved Not to Tolerate Transvaal Abuses. Mr. Chamberlain's Significant Speech? The Barm Canned by the Boers to BrllUh Power in South Africa. Bimiinoham,England (By Cable).?Joseph Chamberlain, Secretary of 8tat? for the Colonies, addressing the Unionists of this tolty reviewed carefully the Transvaal question. In the course of his speech he said that, owing to the enormous military preparations of the Government of the South African Republic, Great Britain had been compelled to Increase the British garrison In Cape Colony and Natal, entailing an additional expenditure of $2,500,000 annually. "If the reforms which Lord BIpon pronged in 1194 had been accepted." said the Sllnister, "there would have been no raid and no crisis at tbe present. But the raid tied the bands of the Government and prevented the application of pressure." Mr. Chamberlain said that tbe Government had tried to establish friendly relations with President Kruger, but all their advances had been received with contompt. He then proceeded to eulogize Sir Alfred Mllner, Governor of Cape Colony and British High Commissioner for South Africa. Tbe Government accepted full responsibility for the actions of that official. As for the counter-proposals of Mr. Kruger they^dld not constitute even a fair instalment of reform. After denouncing In the strongest terms the attitude and actions of tbe Boers, Mr. Chamberlain, with great deliberation and emphasis, added: 'The Transvaal's enormous secret service fund has procured it friends and advocates in $very country. The way the British subject there is treated is not only a menace to them, but Interferes with our prestige among the natives, who now regard the Boers and not the British es the paramount Power. "Besides the breaches of the London Convention, the Transvaal is flagrantly violating the equality that convention "was intended to secure. Its misgovernment is a festering sore, poisoning the whole atmosphere of South Africa. The Dutch In Cape Colony and Natal would be in tbe happiest condition; but so long as the disease of hatred and suspicion prevails in the Trans vaal it i9 impossible to stop the contagioD. "Four times since Independence was granted we have been on the verge of war with the Transvaal. It is erroneous to say the British Government wants war, but it is equally erroneous to suy that the Government will draw back now that It has put its hand to the plow. "We hope the efforts that are now being made will lead to an amicable arrangement, for Great Britain only desires justlce, but there comes a time when patience can hardly be distinguished from weakness, and when moral pressure becomes a farce that cannot be continued without loss of aeir-respeot. I trust that time may never come in this instance, bat if it does Britons will insist upon finding the means to secure a result essential to the peace of 8outh Africa." The speech was warmly applauded. WOMAN KIDNAPPER SENTENCED. Ur*. Barrow is Glren Twelve Tear* and Ten Atonths' Imprisonment. New YonK City (Special).?Mrs. Addle Barrow, the last of the three kidnappers of :he Clarke baby left out of prison, was irraigned before Justice Werner a few lays ago and ple.ided guilty to_the charges jontalned In the indictment. rne msiricc attorney requested the court to Impose the fall penalty of the law. Justice Werner, In sentencing the wornin, said that her crime was one of the most leinous that could possibly come before the court. The woman, he continued, bad "Invaded the sanctity of the American home and spread distrust throughout the length and breadth of the land." Fathers and mothers demanded that an example be made of "the perpetrators of the outrage." The Justice thereupon sentenced the woman to the woman's State prison at Auburn, where Bella Anderson is now confined,* for twelve years and ten months. Mrs. Barrow was greatly affected throughjut the Justice's address, and stood as if Uunned for a moment after the sentence was pronounced. AN ANTI-TRUST CONFERENCE. 31 any uoyernon mil Aiienu uiis iw j>o Held iu Chicago. Chicago, 111. (Special).?Secretary Easiey, of the Civic Federation of Chi .-ago, mder whose direction a conference will be held In Chicago from September 13 to 16, to consider trust9 and combinations rand legislation for their control, has rocelved hundreds of letters from , prominent men, accepting invitations to be present. A.mong those who have signllled their intention of attending the conference in person or who will be represented, are the Governors of Michigan, New York,Kansas, Texas, Indiana, Nor h Dakota, Colorado, Illinois, Mississippi, Tennessee, Nebraska, South Dakota; John B. Clark, of Columbia University; J. B. Jenks, of Cornell University: P. E. Dowe, President of the Commercial Travelers' National League; Francis B. Thurber, President of the National Exporters' Association; Max Adler, Presldeut of the Board af Trade of New Havon, Conn.; members of the Interstate Commerce and Industrial commissions, and the Attorneys-General of several 8tates. THE SHAMROCK LAUNCHED. ! Big Crowd* Cheer Her as She Glides Into the Thames. London (By Cable).?Sir Thomas Llpton's America's Cup challenger Shamrock was successfully launched in the presence or au Immense crowd, Including many distinguished persons. She coilldcd with a barge on reaching midstream from the slips, and for the time there was great alarm, but it was soon ascertained that 6he had received very little, if any, injury. Lady Russell christened the yacht with the customary bottle of champagne, saying: "I christen you Shamrock. God bless you! Good luck to you! May you bring back the cup!" Three cheers were then given, and, on a signal from Lady Russell, the boat and the cradle glided into the water. Sir Thomas Llpton, who was in high spirits, was seen after the launch. Ho said: "We have engaged to win buck the America's Cup. We have fairly extended ourselves, and If we are beaten, all I can say Is, honor to the yacht which Is better than the Shamrock." Five Glrla Drown In a Texas Creek. Mm. T. J. Llovd. Hvlncr seven miles northwest of Lampasas, Texas, with hei five daughters and a visitor, Miss Chllders, went in bathing in a creek. The youngest three girls went beyond their depth, when their eldest sister and Miss Childers went to their rescue, and all Ave were drowned. Mrs. Lloyd saved her other daughcer only by heroic efforts. England'! Acting Consul In Samoa. Major Nalr, Judge of the New Zealand Land Court, has been designated as acting British Consul in Samoa. Germany Will Nol Agree. The First Committee of the Peace Conference in Besslon at the Hague, Holland has examined the Russian proposals relating to military effectives and budgets. Colonel Gross von Schwarzhof, of the German delegation, declared that Germany could not enier inio any engagement not to Increase her naval and military elective. Killed by a Train In Virginia. James H. Nelson, weighmaster and torekeeper for the W. It. Trigg Shipbuilding Company at Richmond, Va., was run over and killed by a train a few days ago. Mr. Nelson went to Blcbawu} (rax Connecticut. ? COLOMBIA IS A W01EB.I" Beats the Defender Easily in a Fit- J teen-Minute Brush. i THE RACE A CONCLUSIVE ONE. ; t l! The Condition! on Both the Yacht* Were I ' 0 Similar?The New Cap Defender is Be- ? I tweenTen and Fifteen Seconds Qnicket in Stays Than the Defender?Mr ^ Iielln Delighted With the Colombia. ( H Bristol, R. I. (8peclal).?Ttie new cup g defender Columbia la, as It was expected t she would be, a wonder. She had her first ? builder's trial in Narragansett Bay a few days ago, which included a brief but excit- ^ ing brush with the old Defender, and which t proved beyond the shadow of a doubt that !j the Columbl^is far and away an improve- t ment on the former champion. In fact, * some expert observers asserted that t she can better the Defender by fifteen minutes in a thirty-mile run. If she can do ? anywhere near that no one need worry T about the safety of the cup. Mr. Iselin was more than pleased with the yacht's performance, and made no attempt to conceal his satisfaction. Both yachts sailed under the same conditions, carrying an equal number of sails. t The Columbia left Bristol shortly after 9 a o'clock In a southwest breeze, which blew t about eight or nine miies an hour. The t run to Newport was interesting from tne first, and, barring a slight accident to the headstays, the trial was a most successful ' one, and in the highest degree satisfactory ? to every one interested. The most instruc- k tive part of the rqn was a brush between " the Columbia and the Defender in the lowet bay in plain sight of Newport, in which the 0 Columbia gavn decisive proof that she was the faster boat of the two, and afforded an c excellent opportunity to the spectators to o form ideas as to the safety of the America's o Cup in 1899. 1 The brush between the two boats wa3 a : brief one, lasting scarcely fifteen minutes, s Throwing down the gauntlet after a brief sail with the Columbia to windward, the latter's wheel was "put up," and with boom a to port she ran to leeward until 9he placed p her bowsprit about twenty yards to wind- & ward of Defender's quarter. She hauled ft close to the wind, and the race began. The v yachts sailed on, straining everything be- j low and aloft, and like a race horse the t Columbia drew ahead and away from the Defender. Both yachts were close to Fort h Dumplings, and there wa9 not much rooir t in which to manoeuvre to advantage. Aftei the race the Columbia's helm was hove up ^ I ---? - J -1-~ ' t?uu sua passeu auivss iua i/oi<iuuvt own on her way to tier anchorage. Even In the breeze of scarcely three j. knots Mr. Herreshoff was able to throw the ? Columbia around on an average of 35 see- Jonds, and later when Captain Barr took ?' the wheel, he tacked In 30, 25, 22, and ever e in 20 seconds, showing the new boat to b< j> between ten and fifteen seconds quicker In j3 stays than the Defender. I After the trial there was not a question but what the Columbia is the fastest sin ( gle sticker afloat, and the manner In c which she defeated the '95 champion re* s .minded one very much of the way tht \ Defender beat the Vigilant three yearf c ago. .i 8 WOOD REFUSES A $30,000 SALARY s t Santiago'* Governor Says Money is Not the Only Thins; in This World. I Washington, D. C. (Special).?Genera; \ Leonard W. Wood, Military Governor o; c Santiago province, who was here for a fen days attending to some business connected 1 with his denartment, was offered the presi- 1 dency of a Washington street car company at a salary said to be $39,000 a year. H< ' declined the offer. His present salary if ? 45500. 1 " _ fc general leonard w. wood. ? (He has declined a salary of $30,000 a yeai to remain in the service of the United States Government.) When he was aslted whether he would ' accept the offer that had been made to hlir t he replied: r "1 will not leave the military service o the United States so long as my service! . are wanted, not for $30,000 a year or twlci J that amount. Money is not tno only thing : in this world." ' s f CONGRESSMAN TO THE RESCUE. I i Londenslager Help* to Pall TV eathei t Chief Moore Oat of the Surf. ] Cam Mat, N. J. (Special).?Willis L 1 Moore, Chief of the Weather Bureau othe Department of Agriculture, and Philander Johnson, of Washington, wer? rescued from drowning a few days ago bj i j Congressman Heary C. Loudenslager 4 Chairman of the Pension Committee, and W. H. Kirkpatrick, of Philadelphia. Thej , Kct beyond their depth while they were it j the surf. FRICTION OVER OUR FISHERMEN. ( ] | Protected by BrltltU Warnliips Againr < Imposition on the Treaty toax. i St. John's, N. F. (Special).?The friction ' between the Colonial Government and th? | British Commodore, on the one hand anc i the French naval officers on the other arise? over the action of the British war ' ships in protecting American Ashing vessels while securing herring for bait alonj the French treaty coast. Henry B. Plant Dead. After a brief illness Henry B. Plant president of the Southern Express Com pan? and head of the great Plant systen of railways and hotels aid steamship routes in Florida, and a mutl-millionalre died of heart failure in his home in New York City. Mr. Plant was boin nearlj eighty years ago in Branford. Conn. He leaves a widow and one soj, Morton F. Plant His fortune is estimated to be be tween twonty-flve ancl thirty mlllloas. Mr. riant's vast business interests will continue to be managed by tho corporation that bears his name. Cycling Note*. The Maryland Bicycle Club, of Baltimore, has decided to expend $50,000 on a new clubhouse and grounds. Nothing takes the life ani elasticity oat of a pneumatic tire so much as keeping it permanently in bright suallght. Milwaukee is to have u cycle parade in which only masked aud fancy costumed riders will be permitted to take part. A seventeen-year-old vegetarian cyclist has made 317 miles in a twenty-four hour road trial over hilly country unpaced. During the four fiscal years 1896, 1397, I 1RQB nnrl 1R9!) tho arnortatlons of Amerl can bicycles amount in round number* to i I $30,000,000, ... I" rHE NEWS EPITOMIZED. ( Waihlnrton Items. Sannr Onpsada. the Cuban asrentat Wa9b Qgton bus undertaken to obtain tbe re- . ease and transportation to Cuba of the I Cubans who are confined In tbe Spanish tenal settlements off Ceuta and Fernando *0. A reciprocity treating to the British olony of Bermuda has been agreed upon, , nd the Bermuda commission has started i or home with a draft of the treaty, which 3 to be submitted to the Bermuda Legislaure before being finally signed on behalf if the two Governments, by Commissioner c [asson and Mr. Tower, the British Charge. The announcement that Dr. Mumm von Ichttatzenstein i9 to temporarily replace )r. von Holleben as German Ambassador o the United States during the latter's .bsenco in Germany Is confirmed. Dr. von Ichwarzensteln Is well-known in Washing? ?L nsif oarrlflA A4 oo, wuertJ uo ua.i occu uvwitv uw?? ?? ?. ?, Secretary of Legation and as Charge d'Af- * airs for his government. P An order of the War Department of la9t t Lugust relating to the furloughs and p ransportatlon of sick and wounded solLiers to their homes has been revoked, "he order was Issued to meet exigencies In he transportation of volunteers who were without proper papers and detached from (j heir commands. Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn , nnounced that the total receipts from 1 ustoms in Porto Rico for the lust fourteen c reeks were f433,873. I 6 Dotneatic. C Ballington Booth, in an address at Lin- li oln, Neb., declared himself In favor of ex- a ianslon and the policy of the Government, f! Ie said the war with Spain was righteous z ,nd the people of the territory acquired by c he United States would in time appreciate t he change. n Benjamin Lang, eighty-four years old, ? he owner and occupunt of a house at No. 1 3 Waltham street, Boston, a few days ago ? illed his wife, Clara E. Lang, with an 13 xe. Lang was arrested. It is said that '' or a long time Mr. Lang had been jealous b f his wife. Eight miners have arrived at San Fran- t isco from Alaska with $250,000, the result . f two years' digging within twenty miles i i. r\9 tHom W TT Arm- I 1 XSifcWOlSU* VUV V/4 buwu?| ... trong, has a nugget worth 1360. "The p ountry is full of Idle men," said Arm- _ trong. "and everv steamer brings a lot t lore to swell the list." j Emma Englort whs burled a few days e go at Catasaqua, Penn., and her shroud p ras her wedding gown. In a few days c Iiss Englert was to have been married to p Ir. Hower. Four yeurs'ago Miss Englert e ras the sweethearc of a brother of Mr. <3 lower. A few days before the date set for a he wedding he died. & Mrs. Norval Douglass, of San Francisco, p ias received word that her son, Harry, and fl wentv-flve picked miners from California, u rho left June 2,1898, for Siberia, have per- li shed from privation and cold. a A north bound New London freight J rain on the New York, New Haven and ' [artford Railroad ran Into a work train at J )edham, Mass. Both trains were thrown , nto a ditch. R. P. S. Jones; of Boston, ? ngineer of the freight train, was killed, Jj ,nd his fireman, J. Augustus Hobart, was j! tadly scalded and received internal in- ' uries. P The Yale corporation at New Haven, p 3onn., has held Its first meeting since the {, ilection of Professor Arthur T. Hadley to 0 uaceed President D wight. The meeting [, vas marked by a surprise In the election ^ if Anson Phelps Stokes, a graduate of the .cademic department of Yale in 1896, to ^ ucceed Professor Franklin B. Dexter, re- ^ igned, as secretary of the Yale corpora- 1 g ion. v The Trustees of Amherst College, at * imherst. Mass., hove aouounced the elec- ? ion of Professor aeorge narris, 01 au- i lover Theological Seminary, as T ' .lent o if the college. o John R. O'Connor, a stenographs ho Ires in Chicago, says he has been notified E hat ne is one of four heirs to the estate eft by the Earl of Cochrane, near Dun- ? ermiine, Scotland, and valued at 66,25),00. Of the other heirs two live in Scot- c and and the fourth in Montana. It is said ? i title goes with the estate, but Mr. O'Con- ' lor does not want it. He ha3 started for 8 Jngland. 1 Mrs. Mary Kearny, widow of General i Stephen Watts Kearny, died at the age of ilghty-seven a few days ago at St. Loul9, j do. Mrs. Kearny's husband, General , ?enmy. took a leading part in the cam- . mign against Mexico with General Scott, j: Irs. Kearny was a resident of St. Louis for . nany years. The plans of Governor Pingree and his a L9sociates for municipal ownership and j >peratlon of Detroit street railways have ecolved a serious setback at the hands of t he Common Council of Detroit. The two f ending ordinances and other matter ap- c jertalnlng to the municipal ownership g cheme were laid on the table by unanl- i nous votes, and It Is problematical when t l ?411 Ka nrmlh nil hi {p I V dfi. t li use queauuua ?m ww ?j ? ? >ated. b The entire $50,000 9tock of ?Jie Municipal i 'awnshop, of Chicago ha9 been aub3crlbed. ? The stockholders will at once choose direc- ' ors, take out Incorporation papers, select uitable quarters for the pawnshop, and ittend to the preliminary arrangements. Jow that the money Is secured, there will ( >e little delay. Operations will be begun lometime in July. The Unlte-i States transport St. Paul <ailed from San Francisco for Alaska wjth ? art of the Seventh Infantry, who are de- f ailed for Rurrlson duty at Fort Egbert. The expedition is in oharge of Colonel Ray. e To save his brother from injury Thomas c Shethy, of Chicago, committed a homicide. 1 The tragedy occurred in front of Sheehy's lome. A peddler named Optner was pur- 8 luing Edward, a younger brother of J iiheeby, threatening to strike him with an ' rou rod. Thomas, who is twenty years of 1 jge, saw his brother's danger, and seizing i baseball bat with which he had been < siayinpr, ran at Optner and struck him on J :he head. He died four hours afterward ' < Foreign. Two Bavarian officers, Baron Bounet and Baron Godln. were killed while attempting to ascend the Ackerispitz, In the Tyrolese lips. The Japanese battle-hip Haisuse was mccessfully launched ut Newcastle, England. She is four hundred feet long and of fifteen thousand tons displacement. By mutual agreement the"Seawanhaka and the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Clubs have changed the dates of the races forthe Jeawanhaka Cup to be held at Montreal, Quebec, to Thursday, July 27, instead ol , Wednosday, July 26. ' 8ignor Merlghi, an Italian aeronaut, as- | cended a few days ago at Oratz, Styrla, t Austria, to a height of ten thousand feet, 1 when his balloon burst and fell. When ; about forty feet from the ground tinaeronaut leaped from the car, and was ^ picked up unconscious, with a broken leg t The Russian Minlstarof Marine. Vice Ad- < mirai Tyrtoff, at St. Petersburg, has assigned the sum of ?2,200,000 for dredging and the construction of two moles at Porl Arthur, China. TQ6 uauy XttttU UI U'JUUUU uuuiaiud ou Interview on Antarctic exploration with 1 Sir Clements Markham, President of the ' Royal Geographical Society, in the courst 1 of which he asserts that he has been tolc 1 that Dr. Nansen contemplates an expedt 1 tion to Antartic regions In 1902. The fee'.ins in Great Britain Is wide spread fthat war with the Transvaal ii inevitable. ? A new Chilean Cabinet has been installec ) with Senhor 8ilva Cruz as Premier, auc < Minister of the Interior. I The French fishing vessel youvelle Ecossi wns seized by British customs officials a Cape Broyle, N. F., for violation of flsherj laws. International compile'tions are ex* i pected. I It is officially explained in Berlin, Oer t many, that the German-American cabji j contract will go to an English flnn,.bScau9i 1 the Arm possesses the sole right of grant ( In? a concession for a cable to laad in thi 1 k UJ Deserters who have roachod tbo Brltlsl lines in the Soudan say that the Ehallfa li confined in a narrow valley by the taarallas a friendly body of tribesmen. The lattei i ilaim to liave killed Ave hundred of th? Khalifa's follower? during an orKftt?emont , It is not thought likoly that tje Tagalla." 1 will bo able to caoture the Khalifa. < [MOOTMiTMMli1 1 jeneral Otis, by Request, Reports at Length to the Government. IAINY SEASON WORKS INJUHY. >ur Troop* Hold the Country From Imai on the South to San Fernando on th? ? North?Alleged Insurgent Dispersion ? and Native Desire For Peace?The Sickness Among the Soldiers. WisnnfOTOK, D. C. (Special).?Genera itla, In reply to a cable from the War De artment asking (or information regarding tie situation and conditions in the Philip* lines, cabled a long reply as follows: "Manila. j Adjutant-General, Washington: "Rainy season. Little Inland campaignog possible in Luzon. We occupy large 1 iortlon Tagalog country, lines stretching c rom Imus south to San Fornando north, 8 learly sixty miles, and to eastward Into g jaguna province. Insurgent armies have j uffered great losses and are scattered; n mly large force held together about 4000, e a Tar lac province and northern Phampan- 0 iga. Their scattered forces in bands of t Ifty to five hundred in other portions Lu- f on; In Cavite and in Butangas provinces t ould assemble possibly two thousand, q hough demoralized from recent defeat; T aass of people terrorized by insurgent t oldiers, desire peace and American pro* ection; no longer flee on approach of a iur troops, unless forced by insurgents, e iut gladly welcome tbem; no recent "burn- n og of towns; population within our lines j ecomlng dense; taking up land cultiva- p Ion extensively; kept out Manila much 3 s possible, as city population becoming 00 great to be cared for. Natives ot outbeast Luzon combining to drlvo out 3surgent3. "Only hope insurgent leadere is United itates aid. They proclaim near overthrow resent administration, to be followed by heir Independence and recognition by rnited States. This Is the influence which nables them hold out; much contention' irevaljs among them and no civil governsent remains; trade with ports, not in our lossesslon, former source insurgent revnue, now interdicted; not certain of wis 1 In fVinQA nnrfa 10III Ol IU13 punvjr, as ..v.. , re without supply of food and merchants uCferlng losses; meditate restoring trade rivlloges, although Insurgents reap benets. Courts here in successful operation ,nder direction of able Filipinos. Affairs a other islands comparatively quiet, waiting results In Luzon. All anxious for rade and repeated calls for American roops received. Am giving attention to olo Archipelago and Palawan Islands. "Our troops have worked to limit of entrance. Volunteer organizations have en called in; replaced by regulars, who iow occupy salient positions. Nebraska, 'ennsylvanla and Utah now taking transorts and 81x,t'h Infantry sent to Negros to elieve California. These troops in good f ihyslcal condition; sickness among troops t .as increased lately, due mostly to ardu- r usservlce and climatic influences. Noth- j Qg alarming. Of the twelve per oent. of ? be command reported sick, nearly six in t eqeral hospital, of whom three per cent. j lave typhoid and seventeen malarial fevers: | wenty-flve per cent, have Intestinal rouble, remaining flfty-flve per cent, have f arious ailments, fourteen of which due to ] round injuries. Many officers and men / rho served in Cuba break under recur- [ ence. Cuban fever, and regular regl- , aent* lately received are Inadequately [ fflcered. "Otis." t Tbe Inadequacy of the number of officers ? aentloned In the last part of General Otls's c ablegram has been remedied by the sail* , ng of the transports Zealandia ana uaenIan, carrying a number of officers for regiaents in the Philippines. Adjutant-Genirul Corbin nay*) that all officers belonging o regiments fn the Philippines who are not ibsent on account of a surgeon's certificate re under orders to join their regiments at ince. Forty-four officers have sailed on he recent transports going to Manila. General Otls's detailed report of the conlltions existing in the Philippines is conidered very satisfactory at the War Department. It is taken to mean tnat General Otis will not now prosecnte a campaign on account of the ralDy season, exept where the insurgents make it necesary to defend the territory now In'possesion of the United States. That portion of the dispatch telling of he belief among the Filipinos that the < resent policy of the United States will lot be upheld Is regarded a3 of great lgniflcance. It Is believed that #hen the Filipinos see there is no hope of their, ecognition by the United States they will [Ive up the fight. The absence of any uggestion as to more troops being needed s taken to mean that General Otis does 10C believe they could be used to adjutage at present. CLEVELANO STRIKE ENDED. Joth Sides Make Concessions, as Well as Claim the Victory. Cleveland, Ohio (Special).?After a big lght, lasting fifteen days, the street raiload strike was settled by the strikers' Exicutlve Committee and President Everett, >f the Big Consolidated, signing the agreement. j Both sides made concessions and both . tides claim the victory. The company igrees to take back eighty per oent. of . he 800 strikers at once, and the remainder . 13 soon as there are vacancies. The company agrees that it will not dis- ' iharge any man except for cause, Which , rill be furnished the man, and he will ; >e given a chance to disprove such : barges. ' The company also agrees to arbitrate all 1 juestlons, save schedules and wages, with , i committee named by the men. This is :aken as a practical recognition of th? i ( mion. The company reserves the ultimate i j right to hire and discharge its men. No 1 nan will be discharged because he is a j nember of the union. CADETSHIP5 AT WEST POINT. ? Colonel Mills Wants Congressmen tc Nominate Fifty Candidates. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Colone Hills. Superintendent of the United State! Military Acadomy, has recommended thai ( he existing cadet vacancies, about fifty < 'rom Congressional districts, be filled thi! < rear for the September oxamlnatioc. Members of Congress from the respectivt i vacant districts have been called upon bj < :he War Department to nomlnnte candl lates to report at West Point on August 23 Italian Spy Convicted at Nice. The Italian Oeneral Glletta dl San Glu jeppe, who was arrested at Nice, France on the charge of spying on the French military defonces, was convicted and sen :enced to five years' Imprisonment and t< pay a fine of $1000. The public generally tpproves of the punishment. The Klondike's Spring Output. Alaskan business bus opened up well, ant shipments to the Yukon region are ver* leavy, with estimates pointing to a spring Jutput by the Klondike of fully $20,01)0,001 n gold. 3300,000 Fire In Laurel, Drl. A fire started at Laurel, Del,, a fetv day: igo and befoj?6" 't stopped It destroyer ;hirty-sey(ju dw^lllnKS, forty-two stores ;hree tdteis and A bank. Not a business louse was left standing. Two or tliret mndred people at? homeless and are beiaj :are for by more f,ortunnte neighbors. Th< oss is estimated a{ 5300,000. Tlie town ha; i population of 24^0. A Soldier Drowned at San Juan. General Davis, at\San Juan, Porto Rico ias reported to thdl War Department, a iVasliington, that * Private George E HcDunnon, Compan^ E, Eleventh Infan tv tir?a accidentally d-rownei ft Mis ohwe, - s | \ I i ' <''' " "v' "" V'*T ROUGH RIDERS' REUNION. 'ha Famous Fighters Have a Gala rr* _ i t _ it *t m# lime at La veg*as, 11. ra. "hey Organize a Permanent Organization and Elect Colonel Booaevelt Honorary President For Life. ' La Vegas, N. M. (8pecial).?The plctursque body of men, who were known during he Spanish-American War as the "Rough tlders,"tiave had this place at their mercy _ for nearly a week. The /f&\ occasion was the first reunion of the famous regiment since Its mus~ TImm t0r out ?*tbe 9erv,ce ?' y tho TTnlfo/4 Qt.itoa n^rr ernment. Thousandaof I people from all parts of 'New Mexico and the ,i# neighboring Territories Mexican skcbuit and States attended the ennlon. The town was decorated for the vent. The Rough Riders gave their colonel, tovernor Roosevelt, a great reception, 'hey were all glad to see him and vied rlth each other In cheering him to the oho when he arrived here on the platform f the private car of Vice-President Moron, of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe tallroad. When he alighted from the raln^hesawln the ranks of the men,drawn ;p In the best of order, many old faces rho had followed him throagh the thick nd thin of the fighting in Cuba. The first day's programme consisted of i reception to the regiment at which Govrnor Otero, of New Mexico, and other irominent men of the Territory assisted, 'hen followed a visit to the camp of the tough Elders, which was situated In the entre of the town. A regimental meeting iC- \' } ^ /' -% rasheld in the Duncan Opera House, while lsewhere games wern indulge 1 in and any exciting contests took place. The lav closed with an exhibition of fireworks. Joionel Roosevelt in a speech at the Opera louse, paid an eloquent and earnest trlmte to the men who had fought with him a Cuba. On the second day of the reunion the tough Riders' memorial service was ;heid. ?he Colonel presided, and the Rev. Thomas i. Ozzell, of Denver, delivered the eulogy, n the afternoon the regimental review 703 held. Colonel Roosevelt, clad in his lough Rider uniform, took personal comaand. The column reached to the tournaneat grounds six blocks away from the amp where 10,000 people had assembled to - -? ? ? mi.- knuiA Tlinesa mo review. iuo uauio-Diiaiicu lag of the regiment was carried la the ront of the column, And eaoh company was lommanded by Its captain, If present. The ivolutiona were accomplished with miliary vim and precision. At the conclusion >f the review Colonel Roosevelt addressed lis men and promised to do his best to help taw Moxleo become a State whenever the Territory desired to don the cloak of Statelood. The last day was devoted mainly to perectlng the organization of the Bough Aiders' Association. Colonel Roosevelt ?as elected Honorary President for life. 3olonel Brodle, of Prescott, was elected President, and Lieutenant Dame, of Cerllos, Secretary tor the ensuing year; Cap;ain W. H. H. Llewellyn was made First Hce-President, and Lieutenant Goodrich Jecond Vice-President. The next annual SKIRMISH -X>8ILL?i x ~ a scoi/rreunion will be held in Oklahoma. The reunion finished with a reception and ball, attended by the' Rough Riders and citizens generally. During the reunion Colonel Roosevelt pas presented crith a handsome gold and ilamond medal by the citizens o! New Mexico. A magnificent sabre was also presented to Lieutenant-Colonol Brodie. The men thoroughly enjoyed tue event. The people were lavish in their hospitality and aid everything possible .to ?ake the stay of the Rough Riders a memorable period in their lives. PRESIDENT HOME ACAIN. Return of the Partr From Their Visit to Massachusetts. Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?The President and Mrs. McKlnley, with the other members of their party, have returned to Washington. Mrs. McKlnley, whose Illness ,x 1J ? 4I- kAama SUt Short tue rresiuem a niujr a> stood the journey well, and was slightly better when she arrived here. She took cold while In New England, and the change of the weather seemed to affect her, so It was deemed wise for her to return to the Wnite House. Her condition Is not considered either serious or alarming, and she is expected to recuperate rapidly. More Texa* Harder* Than Ever. There 1s an unprecedented epidemic oJ murders -and assassinations throughout Texas at present. These crimes have beer so common during the last few weeks that Governor Bayers has already exhausted tne legislative appropriation for reward? for the arrest of criminals for tbe present year. Earthquake* in Tuicany. Earthquakes were felt a few days ago lr Florence and other towns In Tuscany Italy. Parts of houses were overthrow! and some persons were hurt. Netr Geyser In Yellowstone Park. A young goyser came Into life a few days ago at the fountain basin In the Yellowstone Park, fifty miles south of Mam mouth Hot Springs, Wyo. The eruption which lasted over an hour, was from i hitherto quiet pool fifty feet north of tb< famous Fountain Geyser. THo newgeysei tore an opening in the basin about thirtj feet In diameter, and played continuously to a height of from 200 to 230 feet. Work of the Peace Congreig. The Peace Congress, which is in sessioi at The Hague, Holland, has taken up th; proposition to stop Increasing axajiw vx UAVlM, ? ill TO BE INCREASED. ' ? j J The Decision Reached by the Presi* J ?x J C AI 1 uem anu oeuewiy mgci. : '! TO ENLIST 35,000 VOLUNTEERS. ???? ';'VJ Enlistments Are to Be Continued at the Bernlar Army Recruiting Station*, an J the Men So Enllatod Will Be Credited to the Provisional Volunteer Army? General Oti? to Have ltelnforcemente. ' ^ Washikotox, D. C. (Special).?The army I -11 a a - - liiuauon, alter a coumreaco 01 uu uuut and a half a few days ago between the President and Secretary Alger, Is Itated authoritatively as follows: 1. The enlistment of men will be continued, notwithstanding that the so-called regular army of 65,000, plas 2200 of the hospital corps transferred to the line, has been recruited up to the limit. 2. The enlistments hereafter made will he for an army of 100,000 men, as provided by the Army Reorganization act. 8. The enlistments beyond the 63,000, plus the 2200 transferred to the line from the hospital corps, will bo continued indefinitely until the limit of the 35,O0i) socalled volunteers under the Army Reorganization act Is reached. 4. The enlistments will be made at the present recruiting stations with such additions as may be deemed necessary. % 5. The excess over 67,200 troops will be held In this country subject t3 the necessities In the Philippines. Under the foregoing arrangements two regiments of the 85,000 will be sent to the Philippines as soon as possible. General Otis has cabled the War Department that he had appointed officers for two volunteer regiments in Manila, but that he had no assurances that he could re-enlist men enough to form the regiments. The plan to raise the "volunteer army" as above outlined was formulated by the . President, who assumed these two propositions: That the Army Reorganization act gives him full authority to put In the field a ''provisional army" of 100,000 men until 1901, and That, In the provisional army of 100,000 the distinction of "regular" and "volunteer," both classes having the common purpose of service In the Philippines, may Da ignored. The troops in excess of the 57,200 will, however, be designated aa volunteers when formed into regiments for ' ' transportation to the Philippines. * Secretary Alger has received a dispatch from General Otis, In which the General jays expllclty that he must have more men It the close of the rainy season. RACE WAR IN ALABAMA. 4 Party or Armed Jfegroei Fired Upon From Ambash With Fatal Beaalta. Bibkisqham, Ala. (Special).?The race troubles whioh have been brewing around Blossburg and Brookslde resulted In a riot aear the former place a few days ago. Three negroes were killed and the fourth was fatally injured. Tbe dead are Ed. Ellis, James Dili and John Adams. Ever since the previous morning, when tear negroes were corralled by whites in a tunnel, one being suspected of being John Shepherd, the negro who assaulted Mrs. Monroe Jones near Corona, the negroes have been in a state of intense excitement, believing it was tbe purpose of the whites to lynch Shepherd if caught. In the afternoon a number of negroes held up a white man near the Blossburg coal tipple, and it is said tiried to take a gun from btm. This was the signal for action ind several shots were fired from the bushes near by. One bullet struck Ed. EU lis, leader of the negroes, killing ltlm initantly. The negroes) returned the Are, when another volley came from the busbes j.nd three more negroes fell, two of them, Tim Dill and John Adams, being killed. The negroes then fled. The shooting caused intense excitement, and a message was seat to Sheriff O'Brien, who summoned a large posse ana f ent to the scene on a special train. INTERCOLLEGIATE BOAT RACE. S0,000 People See Pennsylvania Win, With Wisconsin a Close Second. Pocghkeepsie, N. Y. (Special).?What was probably the most sensation al boat race wer seen In America was rowed oror the Hudson River four-mile course, while 30,. . )00 persons looked on In simple wonder* ment. Z Pennsylvania crowed the lino at the fin* fflh a winner,whileJWisconsin, after leading kll the way, even up to the last one Hundred yards, was beaten by the narrowest Of margins and wa9 an easy second. Corhell was third, lenetbs away, while Colum bla, toiling gamely, trailed "in fourth place. Never did any crew give the spectators ?uoh a surprise as did Wisconsin. Bated ks a rank outsider, they proved tbeir ability as oarsmen and their grit and etrength by making the pace and nearly winning the best race ever seen at Poughkeepsle. The race was rowed under perfect conditions. The water was as smooth as could , be desired, thero was no wind, and a good ebb tide helped when the start was made. ' There was a provoking delay before the hells were sent away, however, which paused no end of grumbling. The jockeying and scheming of the coaches for supposed advantages was the sole cause of the (rouble. PAWNEE BURNED AT SEA. Vhe Office and Crerr Kccaped In One of the Ship's Small Boat*. Wiljiijjotqn, N. C. (Special).?The Clyde Line freight steamship Pawnee, Captain A.. D. Ingram, which left Brunswick, Ga., 3n June 23, with a cargo of lumber and cotton lor flew lorn, was aesiroyea uy uro , when off Currituck, on the North Carolina coast. The Captain and crew were forced to abandon tke ship and take to one of the small boats. They were shortly after picked i up by the steamship George W. Clyde, Captain Robinson, of the Clyde Line, which , arrived at this port a few days ago. The Pawnee had a full cargo, principally lumber, of which there was between 500,000 and 600,000 feet. There was also a quantity of cotton. The Pawnee's crew consisted of twentyone men, with the following officers: Chief officer, B. MacBeth; Second Officer, Joseph Parker; Chief Engineer, Clayton Piatt; Assistant Engineer, John Ego. Will Not Be a Naval Cadet. Oscar W. Deignan, wheelman of the Merrlmac, who Is visiting Elkhorn, Wis., says be has given up tbe idea of becoming a naval cadet because he has no; the means to go through a preparatory course necessary to enable him to pass'the exomlnnHAn An Aaatralian Federation Bill. Mr. Chamberlain, Colonial Secretary, announced In the Hous^ of Commons, London, that the Government will Introduce an Australian Federation bill at the next session. Admiral Sampson Will Take a Kest. ,'Admiral lampson's request for a month's leave of absence has been granted by Secretary Long, and tbe Admiral will tak< leave and re3t. During his abscnce th? fleet will be under command of Captain H, C. Taylor, of the battleship Indiana, the senior Captain of the fleet, who wlil fly his senior officer penant from the Indiana. A VOillOH?II?ll JLF1CV III 41CW AAOTCU* Michael McNierny, of Orange, who, had he lived until November, would have been 105 year9 old, died at New Haven, Conn. X>eath resulted from a severe cold. He leaves a wife, who is elghty-aiA?j?44?8 tad BI&Q children, .. -J