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GREAT RAILROAD DEAL. i * */ ? a , i n a . i # New YorK central secures control 0' the Boston and Albany. W. K. VANDERBILT'S QUIET WORK A Die Step Forward In the Project of the New York Central Management to Acquire an Ocean to Ocean System?Lease Is For 099 Years?A Guaranteee of Eight Per Cent, to the Stockholders. New 1'oEKCiTr (Special).?The New York Central Railroad has obtained control and practical ownership of the Boston & Albany ystem, and the direction of its new possessions under the Centrai's management will begin at once. The deal is entirely the work of William K. Vanderbilt, who, for months before he went to Europe, was quietly pushing the scheme, and even during his absence was fcept Informed of every move. WILLIAM K. VAXDERBILT. ' I (He ha9 quietly engineered one of the great- | est railroad deals of the times.) The story was told officially a3 follows: J "At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the New York Central and Hudson River Bailroad Company the lease of the Boston | and Albany Railroad Company to the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company for a period of 999 years was unanimously passed, and President Calla- | way has been notified that similar action I has been take:: by ihe Boston and Albany Railroad." The statement was issued after the Central directors had been in session In the board room In the Grand Central Station. There were present: W. K. Va nderbilt, J. Plerpont Morgan, Frederick Vanderbilt, E V. \V. Rosslter, C. C. Clark and H. G. Hayden. The only opposition to the scheme came entirely froai some of -the 5508 stockhold ers of the Boston & Albany road wno oe- | lleved that the earnings of th e road for the j last twenty-five years en titled tbem to be guaranteed, at least, a te n per cent, yearlj dividend on the $25,0 CO,000 capitalization In case the deal should go through. The proposition of the Central's directors to guarantee the payment of an eight per cent, dividend for 999 years was finally accepted, and the lease was drawn anil [>assed as correct by the lawyers represent* ng the different interests before it was Anally submitted to the directors ot both roads. Reports were read at tho meeting from a committee which had inspocted the rolling stock and examined the financial condition ot the Boston k Albany road, and they were highly satisfactory. The actual transfer by leaso to the New York Central on the part of the Boston & Albany turns over tho main line of the road from Boston to Albany and all branch lines, the whole comprising 333 miles of track. Other contemplated deals w^re spoken of in Wali street, In which the Vanderbllts Intend to extend their grip on the railroad system of the country. The roads which, It is said, they are seeking to control are the Boston & Maine. Baltimore & Ohio, Fltchburg, Delaware & Hudson and Northwest-Union Pacific. It is expeeted that it will not be long before the announcement will be made that the Vanderbllt system extends from ocean to ocean. A WHOLESALE GROCERS' COMBINE. Leading Dealers In Iowa Unite to Control the Badness of the Slate. Des Hoineo. Ia. (Special).?Representatives of about a dozen of the leading wholesale grocery houses of Iowa met here a few days ago and started the formation of a gigantic combine. The chief aim of the combination, which will begin by buying California canned goods, salmon, cereals, syrups and a few otherstaples in commou, Is to keep Iowa trade for Iowa jobber?. The plan Is to organize a corporation with sufficient capital to transact an enormous merchandise brokerage business, with headquarters in New York or Chicago. Colonel Letts will be the head of the concern. President Letts stated that the result o( organization would be to reduce prices to the consumer and keep hundreds of thousands of dollars in Iowa every year that would otherwise go to other States. Minnesota Urocers comitine. Chicaoo (Special).?A combination similar to that recently organized by Iown jobbers has been formed by some of the prominent wholesale grocers In Minnesota for tne purpose of buying goods in iari;o quantities and lhu9 placing themselves in a better position to compete with Chicago firms. PREACHER DIES IN THE PULPIT. Tragic Sceno at the African Methodist Episcopal Conference In Atlantic City. Atlantic Citt, N. J. (Special).-The uncertainty of life wub demonstrated to n large congregation of members of St James's African Methodist Episcopal Church, when the Rev, Joseph S. Thompson, of Macedonia Church, Camden, wustricken in the presence of the audlenct and the assomblod clergymen of the Camden District of the New Jersey African Methodist Episcopal Conference. Mr. Thompson, who was a man of about sjxty-flve years, had been suffering from heart trouble for some time, and heart disease was pronounced the cause of his sudden death. DREYFUS AT RENNES. Landed From tlie Sfax at Qalberon, oa tlie Breton Coast. Besses, Franco (By Cable).?Captain Dreyfus has arrived here. Ho was lauded from the Sfax at Quiberon and Immediately took a special train for Rennes. It Is said that the Government had advices from the Azores, when tho Sfax passed Fayai, tbat tho health of Dreyfus was precarious. This Is held in some quarters to explain the anxiety to prevent the public seeing him, Prominent People. President McKinley's hour for rising is 8.30, and invariably he is up at that time. Richard Thompson, ex-secretury or rao Navy, and the oldest living ex-Cabinet officer, is iu good health and has just celebrated his ninetieth birthday at Terre Haute, Ind. Congressman Ke'.charn, of New York, has a strange hobby. He is an amateur lightnlBg calculator, and nothing so delights him as to ongage with his friends in a contest of that nature. In President-elect Hadley, Yale athletics will probably find a good friend, for he has always been devoted to suoh sports, and iu his younger days was the holder oi one or two very good running records. ( .6 ENLISTING VOLUNTEERS. Pen New Reg-iments of Infantry to Ba Raised Immediately. Recruiting Stations to Be Established AH Over the Country to Secure Men For Service in the riUltpiiinee. j Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The im mediate organization of ten volunteer inI fantry regiments, aggregating 14,000 of' fleers and men, for service In the Philippines was directed by the President a few days ago, and the formal orders establishing the new commands and regulating the recruiting were issued from AdjutantGeneral Corbin's office. Headquarters for the new regiments will be distributed In various parts of the country, with a view to give each section an opportunity for representation, and these headquarters will be maintained until General Otis needs reinforcements, the commands In the mean time beiag brought to a bich standard of efficiency through drill3, garrison duty, marches and target practice. The enlisted men will be recruited at the seventy Regular Army stations for the period ending Juno 30, 1902, "unless sooner discharged." BThe regimental officers will come for the mo3t part from commissioned officers of the Regular service who showed special aptness for cojnmand in the war with Spain, and in a few case3 from among recently discharged volunteer officers who distinguished themselves last summer. The selection of company officers will be practically limited to those who saw service in Cuba,Porto Rico or the Philippines,and they will be distributed among the States in proportion to the representation of such states in. congress. iue re^iujouis win im numbered from the Twenty-sixth United States Infantry Voiunteers to the Thirtyfifth inclusive, this device avoiding the I possibility of confusion with the regular Infantry, regiments, which are twenty-five in number. I The Twenty-sixth Regiment will be assembled as rapidly as recruited at Plattsburg Barracks, New York, under the command of Colonel Edmund Rice, now junior major in the Third Infantry and brevet lieutenant-colonel. Another of the ten regiments will be commanded by Captain Jame3 S. Pettit, First Infantry, who organized and commanded j the Fourth Immunes, which served at Santiago, and after garrisoning 3Ianzanilio was mustered out of the service at | Camp Meade in June. AMERICAN TEAM SAILS. | Tale and Harvard Men to Couipet* Against English University Athletes. New York City (Special).?Among the passengers who sailed on the American line steamship St. Louis for England were the Harvard-Yale athletes, who are to compete against the pick of the athletes from Oxford and Cambridge universities on July 22, at Queen's Ground, London. There was a large number of personal friends of the athletes present to see them off. The make-up of the Yale-Harvard team is as follows: One-hundred yard dash?F. A. Blount, Yale; C. Dupee, Yale; J. T. Roche, Harvard, and F. J. Quintan, Harvard. Quarter-mile rua?D. Boardman and T. R. Fisher, both of Yale. Half-mile run?T. E. Burke, Harvard, and J. P. Adams. Yale. Mile nin?C. B. Spitzer and P. Smith, both of Yale. Three-mile run?H. P. Clarke and H. W. Foote, Doth of Harvard, and C. K. Palmer, Yale. Broad jump?C. D. Daly and J. T. Harrington, both of Harvard. Weights?W. A. Boal and H. J. Brown, both of Harvard. High jump-A. N. Rice and C. 31. Rotch, both of Harvard. Hurdles?F. Z. Fox and J. W. Hallowell, of Harvard, and W. 31. Fincke, of Yale. BISHOP NEWMAN DEAD. The Pastor of President Grant Explrei From Pneumonia at Saratoga. Saiiatoga, N. Y. (Special).?Bishop John P. Newman, of the Methodist Episcopal Church, an intimate friend and for several years the pastor of the late President Grant, died here a few days ago. Bishop Newman had been In failing health for a year. The Immediate cause of death was mU? -AnflAUn. pUQUIUUUlil. AUO iJi3uup uotuiuo '.-yujuiwu; before bis death and recognized his wlf? eishop john" P. newman. who was prostrated at his beside. Mrs. ' U. S. Grant. Mrs. F. D. Grant and other* arrived at the scene a moment or so later. John P. Newman was born in New YorkCity on September 1. 1826. He was for several years pastor of the Metropolitan M. E Church, Washington, and chaplain of th? United States Senate^rom 1869 to 1874. H? was appointed Bishop at the General Con ference in 1888. IMMENSE COAL DEALS CLOSED. Many Acre* of Land and Millions Are Inrolved in the Transactions. Pittsbduo, Penn. (Special).?One of the largest coal deals ever mads along th? Monongahela River has been closed. Th< deal Involves about $1,200,000 cash and 10, 000 acres of coal, extending from RIce'e Landing to Big Whiteley Creek, Greene Countv. The purchasers are Fayette County capl talists, but it is said tbat an Eastern syndi J cate is behind the deal. The same persons bought a block of 4950 acres of coal on the Fayette side of the river for $400,000 ca9h and have just secured 2000 acres on th? 'ireene County side. Frost Dwni?s;eB Main* Crops. The low lands in the region surrounding Norway, Me., have been visited by a frosl and the tender crops suffered to a con9ld arable extent. The Drouth Broken lu New Mexico. The long ana disastrous drouth has beer effectually broken by good rains ovei nearly all sections of New Mexico. Witt few exceptions, however, the rainfall wa.< far from sufficient for the best improve ment of crops, especially so over the cen tral mesas, where the showers were light ' i-i? ../.i. u? , e? I i?n uui, generany spoasiuK, cuuu^u uu musu to make a decide 1 improvement in th? prospers of later crops. % Agricultural Outlook Favorable. In agricultural linos the outlook, 3ay.? Bradstreet's, though somewhat irregular la in the main favorable. Individualities. Senator Bate, of Tiinne?seo, in an interview at Fresno, Cal., ha3 declared against expansion. Emperor '.Villiam of Gormany ha3 conferred the rank of Count upon Minister ol Foreign Affairs von But low. General !.Iilcs Is of tho oniniontli.it the automobile will largely displace horses in j uruiy upuEUiiuiis tu uo iuiuiu. The Prluce of Wales walks regularly every (lay, and has become an advocate of golf, which obliges him to exerclso stll more. Geueral Irving Hale holds the record of the best average ever attained at Wost Point, and is one of the best marksmen In the armv. ? DREYFUS MEETS HIS WIFE i She Says He Has Aged Greatly, But His Health is Satisfactory. TOUCHING SCENE IN THE PRISON. Mine. Dreyfus I*sae* From the Cell In a State of Collapse?He Appear* to Have Lost the Free Use or LanRaaffe?Attributes His Condemnation to AntiJewish Feeling?His Composure. Rennes, France (By Cable).?Captain I Dreyfus was safely lodged in the Military Prison here and three hours later his deI voted wife wa9 admitted to his cell. Maie. Dreyfus was allowed to exceed her visit of I one hour by fifteen minutes, and although she is only authorized to see her husband three times a week, she was allowed the first day to visit him again in the afternoon. The Governor of the prison sent Mme* Dreyfus the news of the arrival of her husband, and she immediately went to the Governor and asked permission to see the prisoner. Leave being granted, the faithful wife entered the prison almost unobserved, and was conducted to cell No. 830, accompanied by JIuie. Havet. The meeting between the long-parted husband and wife can better be imagined than described. Naturally it was most touching. Roth Dreyfus and his wife were deeply affected. They remained long Ciaspeu iu eucu otuer s unus, iwurs uuu smiles Intermingling with tender endearments. Mme. Dreyfu9 issued from the prison in a state ot collapse. She found her husband much aged, with beard and hair whitened and body shrank and stooped. Sue said ImP i''! Hi' ni-Dxitv ncrvrrra ivn wrs vai xaiii i/ituii wu ui'fc' ?*? (Tha famous prisoner has left this terrible j solitary confinement he Is temporar Dreyfus Knew nothing of the ovents of the last two years. The weeping wife acknowledged the courtesy with which she had been treated. The gendarme who was ordered to be present at the Interview carried out instructions and kept at a discreet distance. Captain Dreyfus is weak, bent, and a prematurely blanched old man, who has lost the use of words, or at any rate, of sentences. Since four years he has not been allowed to speak to" any one and nls brain is in a measure paralyzed. It is thought that little by little, with enforced rest in prison and the visits, few though they are, which he will be allowed to receive, the exact meaning of words will come back to him. On the third visit to her husband Mme. Dreyfus found him much better. He received her with smiles Instead of tears. Overdoses of quinine while In Devil's Island left him with a serious indigestion. He expresses himself convinced that he will be acquitted. Captain Dreyfus Is credited, on good authority, wltn the following utterance: "My condemnation and sentence were the - ?? T ?-i. -.11 ^r.. eymooi 01 anii-uewisu uuiulu. mj juu#m were Involuntarily deceived. May my undeserved expiation put an end to ail racial or religious feuds in the army and in that France which I liavo passionately loved and served." Mme. Dreyfus has tbe uniform fher husband wore at the time of his public degradation, with the gold lace restored which was torn from the uniform. The prosecution has cited thirty-seven witnesses to appear in the Dreyfus courtmartial trial. CAPTAIN DREYFUS ON THE SFAX. Commander of the French Cruller Prai?ea HI* Self-Control. Paris (By Cable).?Captain Cofflnteres de Nordeck, commander of tiw French cruiser Sfax, which brought Captain Dreyfus to France, says tbat he was struck by the immense power of solf-control displayed by Dreyfus durlns tbe voyage. The prisoner's nttituded throughout was "one of Irony and disdain." Captain Dreyfus was ignorant of the fact tbat a new court-martial awaited blm and remained in ignorance during tbe first part Whan hm w;l? flnflll y in formed, not a muscle of his fuce moved. He merely said: "I baye no ill-will toward anybody. I shall be glad to re-enter the army, which I have never ceased to love." He did not allude to the subject again during the voyage. Most of the time he passed In reading. Fifteen Fcrimt Drowned in Wales. Fifteen persons were drowned a few days ago in a boating accident at Pwiihell, Carnarvonshire, Wales. Loving Cnp For SI. Cambon. President McKinley presented to the French Ambassador, M. Cambon, at Washington, a superb loving cup in recognition of the Ambassador's friendly services in the negotiations which restored peace between the United States and Spain. Spain'* Army Budget Decreased. The Minister of War, General Polavleja, after a prolonged conference with t!ae Premier, Senar Sllvela, at Madrid, Spain, consented to reduce the budget estimate of the strength of the active army from 107,000 to 30,000. Xewjjr Gleanings. Considerable progress has been made with the rebuilding of Khartoum. Iowa's Attorney-General advised the County Attorneys tu proceed against the trusts. The mint at Car9on City, Col., Is to be j closed, and a Government assay office will taice us ptace. for the first timo since 1970 the Vatican party has obtained a majority In Borne in the municipal elections. Indiana has a union of literary clubs, which has just held its tenth State convention in Terre Haute. Its membership consists largely of teachers in colioges, public schools and Sunday-schools. ilncatu im rcvAO ri r>ono L-? l_/-\ I II I 11 I I I Thousands of Miles of Farming- Land Under Water. Millions of Dollars In Property Destroyed Over Two Tltcmanri Wajou Iload Bridges Washed Away. Austin', Texas (Special).?Heavy rains have eaused great floods in central aud southern Texas. The floods have inflicted loss and damage aggregating hundreds of thousands of dollars to the agricultural Interests, as well as caused tlie loss of many lives. It is tlie most remarkable period of weather ever recorded in Texas. - * 4.. + lUOSOi Ul WiiLOl OJ IQUU9 ItUUl IU-5 t4UJ.hu. ceutral part of the State to the Gulf, a distance of 300 miles and mora, and witli an average width of about sevetity-flve miles. The suffering of the people In the inaccessible localities, who are completely cat off f om communication with the outside rorld, must bo severe. Every possible effort is being mad9 to rescue the unfortunate men, Avomen, and children thus situated. Railroad officials can do nothing to improve the situation. Many costly bridges have been swept away, among them being that of the Missouri. Kansas and Texas Road over Little Brazos River. All traffic ovar that division has beeu suspended. Freight and passenger business Is at a standstill, and In addition to the actual losses by washouts, the daily loss of earnings aggregates an enormous sum. Arrivals from Chapel Hill state that scores of houses have passed down the Brazos River, near there. The dead bodle3 of hundreds oi cattle, horses ami other livestock have also passed. Judging from the number of residences In the river there must hav? beeu much destruction of property at points above there. The earlier reports of heavy loss of life In Robertson County caused by a meeting \ jpr 5 nr?T nv t?fvtt.'S t*t.4\-t> irison forever, and a3 the result of his long, ily bereft of the free use of speech.) of the waters of rtbe Brazos and Little Bra-( zos Rivers have been confirmed. Tba information received here from Calvert, which is in the midst of the scene of destruction, is meagre, but is to the effect tbat over seventy people are missing. Somebodies have been recovered. Tbe floods of the two rivers came up so suddenly that the nezroes living between tbe water courses had no opportunity of escaping. They wero caught in a trap and drowued. It is estimated tbat over 2000 wagon road bridges have been washed away in the countries comprising the flooded district. The loss from this source alone is very heavy. In some counties as many as 200 bridges are gone. It Is roughly estimated that tbe floods have caused loss to crops and railroad property to the amount of $4,500,000, but when tbe waters subside it may be found that the loss will exceed tbe present estimate many hundred thousand of dollars. It is the first time in the history of Texas that all the railroads in the State have been practically tied up on account of floods. T.'iere are a few lines in tbe northern part of the State tbat are still uninterrupted, but on all the principal roads traffic is completely suspended. Many costly steel bridges, long stretches of trestle work, and scores of miles of track and roadbed are washed away. When tbe waters subside, it will take the roads several weeks to make tbe repairs. BUKNtLJ HUML3 Ut" MINtKi). Non-Union Segroen Tuun Revenge For an , Attack 011 Tliem. Cabbondale, 111. (Special).?Union Clty^ a small town bnilt and occupied by nniou miners near here, was burned after a battle between the uuion men and imported negro miners who were dred upon at Fredouia. Seeking revenge fjrthe killing of a woman and the woundiug of twenty men in their party, the negroes raided Union City at midnight. They opened Are on the homes of the union men. The latter promptly replied. The battle lasted until the union miners were driven from their homes and took refuge in a clump of timber close to the village. The non-union men at once applied the torch and the village wa3 destroyed. The negroes then advanced on the wpods, where the union miners were concealed, and until daylight a fusillade was kept up between the factions. No lives were lost in the enRagement. Reinforcements went to the aid of the union miners. I Maine Monument to Maine Victlma. A movement has just been started a* Portland, Me., for the erection of a monu' ment to the memory of the men who lost their lives on the battleship Maine. Summit Swept by Fire. A Are occurred at Summit, S. J., which resulted in the destruction ot $150,000 worth of property in the very heart of the towc. The structures destroyed include tbe Agate block, eight otbor buildings in Union avenue, a grain storage elevator anil a number of barns. As a result of the tiro forty-three families are homeless. Spaniard* Kill Councillors. At tbe opening of tbe Municipal Ccunci! at Badolona, Spain, a crowd assembled outside the building, tired on the Councillor?, killing three and wouuding nine of them. Tlie National Gau?e. Burkett still leads the St. Louis team in batting. Washington and Chicago are the two League teams without a left-handed pitcher. The release of Catcher Kittridge by the Louisville Ciub comes in the nature of a surprise. Kelly, of Hartford, now leads the Eastern League with the stick, having an average of .407. PUclier Maul, of the Brooklyn*, is at his horn* la Philadelphia trying to get into | condition. It is reported that he has agread not to draw salar/ until he is able I to earn It. ... ' FELL M A BALM' li/!f- r -J L.. U..-I i ?_ A J vvue, rorceu uy nusDana 10 Asceno Alone, is Nearly Killed. SHE WAS DRAGGED FOR A MILE. The Man Refilled to Ascend at the Last Moment?The Woman Could Not Detach the Paracliate?Crowds Saw Her Strangle and Heard Her Cries For Aid, Bat Coald Not Help Her. Trot, N. Y. (Speclal).?-DeUa Lockhart and husband, ProIe39or Lockhart, of New York City, were engaged to make two balloon ascensions at Albla Grove a few days ago. 'When the time came Lockhart was In no condition to make the ascent. A strong wind made the feat a most dangerous undertaking. A large crowd assembled to see the asoenslon and would not be satisfied unless some one went up. Mrs. Lockhart, who is not more than twenty-one years old, never had made an i ascension alone, but her husband Insisted 1 that she take the trip, and the result was disastrous. The brave little woman protested, but just before nightfall she took her scat and the balloon was cut loose. It was not properly inflated, neither were the ropes adjusted as they ought to have been. The hot air was not sufficient to carry the balloon above the tree tops, and the worn- i an was carried by the strong wind rapidly i through tree tops, which tore her clothing 1 and flesh. There was a wild shout from th? people as she went up, but when they saw her being dragged through the trees and heard her calls for help, a hush fell j over the crowd. She was quickly carried from the view of i those assembled 'In the grove. She was ' , taken out over the town of Brunswick, more than a mile from the point of starting, before the end came. The woman had made desperate eflfsrts to freq, the parachute, but the ropes were so arranged that she could not get them loose. j ! She managed to cut one rope, but her strength failed and she could not loosen the other. She clung to the ropes with all her strength as she was carried into the : country. At times the balloon would come |1 close to the ground, and then the wind 1 would take It up again. Many of the hor- 1 ror-strlcken persons in the crowd at the < park followed the woman to give aid. t The balloon camo in contact with some i telegraph wires when near the summer home of W. C. Geer In Brunswick. The t wires held tho balloon, but it swayed from t one side of the road to the other, dragging z the woman with it. All the time she called < plteously for help. < Soon the wind forced the ropes apart, $ ar.d down name the bravo little woman i*to i the middle of the road. Sh&.was picked j up, unconscious, and carried to a neighboring house. It was more than an hour before Drs. Wheeler and McCiiesney could restore her to consciousness. She complained of great pains in her back, feet and arms. Her injuries are not serious. While Mrs. Lockbart was making her perilous journey her husband remained at the grove. Word was sent to him that his j wife had been injured, and he was driven | to the scene. Her salutation was: "I hope you are satisfied now." ' I A FICHT WITH FILIPINOS. Rebel* Ad ranee Acatiitt American Troops at San Fernando. Manila (By Cable).?The rebel3 made a demonstration at 6an Fernando a few days > ago. They took advantage of the darknana nn>4 ?n In a rnnff a ? onllir a rr n { n f" f Kd UCJO nuu XUiU IU Uitiao u sunj a^umdk kuu : ? north line, seemingly for the purpose of e annoying the Americans, as they failed to I push their attack. The American loss was a private of the Seventeenth Regiment c killed and four men wounded. J The firing began at 10 o'clock, and the J rebels expended quantities of ammunition. 1 ,111 the troops hastened to the trenches in s I expectation of a general attack. The Sev- 1 enteenth Regiment, the Twelfth Regiment, and the Iowa Regiment participated in the t engagement, but did not advance beyond 3 outposts. After an hour the Filipinos fired 3 rockets, apparently as a signal to cease t firing, but there were scattering shots all night long, which kept the Americans un- f der arms. n The enemy's loss could not be ascer- [ talned, but was probably small. q I KebellOutbreak in ?xro?. 3 Manila (By Cable).?News has been re* 3 ceived here of an outbreak in the Island of f Negros Incident upon the departure of the California Regiment for home. Some j hostile natives, seeing a company of sol- [ diers at one of the small posts preparing to n depart, thought the Americans were evacu- i atinstha island, and a party of 250 rebels, ! t mostly bolomen, attacked toe troops ana j = killed one man and wounded another belonging to Company ?. The Filipinos were easily driven off. TO HAVE LIBERTY OF SPEECH. Professors of the University of Chicago Can Express Their Opinions. " Chicago, 111. (Special).?At a meeting of representative members of the Faculty, Board of Trustees, and alumni of the University of Chicago, a resolution was ( adopted declaring unequivocally against t any restriction on the public ut- | 2 terHnces of the professors or other fi Individuals officially connected with the institution. At the same time, however, j the resolution makes it plain that the r university cannot be responsible for the a public expression of oplQlon by members t of its Faculty, and that such utterances 1 represent the sentiment of the Individual alone. This action was the result of a speech r delivered by one of the professors at an anti-expansion meetingsome days ago. . ? MORE MEMBERS IN THE RAAD. ] Transvaal House Adopts Partial Plan o* Reform. } Pbetobu, South African Ropublic (By 1 Cable).?The Volksraad, by 14 to 13 votes>. aas decided to give an additional member C for Pretoria and for each district having 1 only one member now. * At the opening of the Raad, President 3 Kruger, while urging members to stand . firm on the question of independence of the a South African Republic, submitted his t scheme of additional representation for r the gold fields. He suggested the appoint* ment of a commission bj the Raad to confer with the Executive on the question of 1 redistribution, but said it was useless to a think: about a general scheme, because the ? people were opposed to it. 11 Receiver For a Loan Anoclation. United States Circuit Judge Allen has appointed a receiver for the People's r Building and Loan Association of Bloomington, 111. The assets of the association aro $165,000 and the liabilities $213,000. Improperly secured loans caused the re- \ ceivership. 0 Camp Meade Leased Until Jane 31, 1900. rc Camp Meaio, near Harrisburg. Pean., Is 11 to be continued as a headquarters (or the troops to be 9ont to the Philippines. The m War Department has renewed a lease of ol 300 acres of the Young farms until March m 31, 1900. 9! " ai Cycling Notes. 21 Long distance riding seems to have become a fad. Every few days bring reports . of cyclists riding 200 miles or more in record time. a, A crooked saddle has a bad effect upon ?i tho steering, which is harmful. The saddle, therefore, should be inspected from time to time. The operation of adjusting the Rears of Ahe latest models of the chalnless requires , Jlttle, If any, more skill than the nice ad- ? justment of the chain. Middle-distance bicycle races promise to be more numerous this season than before, oe but, unlike previous years, these races are B n ofon r rliUrfl finH nof t hd MOIWCQU ?? ? ?- - - ? - JIJ professions. . 1 liJ % THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Wailiinarton Itema. Tlie coinage of the mints in the month of Tune w.is valued at $10,478,903, of which $8,159,630 was sold, $2,155,010 silver and $164,255 minor. Brlgadier'-General Harri9on Gray Otis .vent to the White House a few days ago ind remained with the President ? long time. B.v invitation he took luncheon svlth the President. Jndge Walter 8. Cox. Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, :aa tendered his resignation to the Presilent. Justice Cox has been on the bench lor more than twenty years, and his determination to resign was prompted by his ige, which exceeds seventy-two years. 3e presided at the trial of Guiteau, the issassin of President Garfield. The receipts of the United States Patent Dfflce for the last fiscal year were $1,209,354, which leaves a balance to the credit of ?ntanr f?mH /># <670 AHA rtrar Arnnn^l. :ures. The French Ambassador, M. Cambon, has returned from a trip to New England, and called at the State Department to express personally to Secretary Hay his gratitude for the beautiful loving cup which was presented to him as the gift of :he Nation. Mrs. Emma D. E. N. Southworth, authoress, died at her home a few days ago, after an Illness of several weeks. She had lived tor many years a retired life in a picturesque mansion of the old fashioned type, located on a hill in West Washington, overlooking the Potomac and the hills of Virginia. The dispatch boat Dolphin has left the Washington Navy Yard with Mr. Charles H. Allen, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, for a cruise along tbe North Atlantic Coast. She went out for the first time under her new skipper, Lieutenant-Commander W. H. H. Southerland, who commanded the gunboat Eagle in the war with Spain. Mr. Allen will make an inspection of tbe various navy yards and will be absent a month. The Government deficit for the- last Iscal year was 589,875,939. L>om?(tic. During fcn electric storm near Ulysses, Neb., Victor and Ira Dobson, John Amos, Jr., and two unknown men were struck by lightning and killed. The team they were driving was also killed. Willard Ellenburg, aged twenty-two pear-1, who performed important services n the war with Spain, died at his home in Philadelphia. He was with the parties rrho cut the cable At Cienfuegos and In juantanamo Bay. While he was on board :he Uarblehead he met with an accident, irhich resulted Anally in his death. Joseph Royka shot his wife and commlt;ed suicide at Marshalltown, Iowa. Royka ind his wife were married about two xionths ago, and he had always been jeal)us of her without cause. Royka before ihootlng himself drank strychnine. Five ihots took effect in the wife, three1 in the ireast. Peter Yawgar, sixty years old, of Hamlen, N. J., was found dead under a cherry :ree near bis home. Yawger started to sick the cherries and fell from the tree, Sustaining injuries which resulted in his leath. Two young merchants. J. 31. Rogers and Clinton" D. Wingflald, were murdered in heir place of buslnesi at Camp Yerde, Arizona. Two masked men entered the itore and ordered Rogers and Wingfleld to brow up their bands. They followed this yith a volley of shots killing both mer:hants. The shooting attracted neighbors, ind the robbers fled without getting at be safe, which contained a large sum of noney. Dr. Folsetter, 8tate Veterinarian, reurned to Dallas, Texas, from Orange and Jefferson Counties, where charbon is tpidemic among horses. Hundreds of aninals have died from the disease and hunIreds more are afflicted with it. The disease i3 spreading. William Kelley, thirty-sis year3 old. shot ind killed his wifo at Lowell, Mass. There rero several witnesses to the shooting, >ut no one made any attempt to arrest ieiley or to follow him. Kelley, it is said, fas angry because his wife would not live vith him. General H. G. Otl3, who recently reurned from service in the Philippines, aid inhn interview in Chicago that with 0,009 men the rebellion could be crushed lefore another rainy season. Dorothy Hoover, a daughter of John loover, a wealthy farmer, was found dead , few days ago in the parlor of the Hotel [ellerman, at Holidaysburg, Penn. The ;lrl was to have been married, but her over suddenly disappeared. When found he was attired In what was to have been tor wedding dress, and her betrothal ring rus on her linger. Eleven well-known citizens of Northvllle, Ilcb., were arrested charged with attemptng to lynch Thomas Evans, who was acused of improper conduct with his stephildren. After being actually hanged by ho ueck, Evans was cut down and Anally luded the would-be lynchers. Olive Ohl, the youth who caused the colision between a freight and passenger ruin on the Little Schuylkill branch of the leading Railway, which resulted in the oss of two lives, was sentenced at Pottsllle, Penn., to three years and three aonrhs' imprisonment and to pay a fine if $700. Foreign. In the House of Commons, London, the Jovernmeut announced that It proposed o pay the Royal Niger Company the sum if $4,325,000 for the revocation of its character and the surrender of all of its rights. In the House of Commons, London, Mr. rohn Dillon oDjected to the proposed expenditures on the fortifications of Halifax tud Bermuda, adding that be believed all he West Indian Islands would soon beong to the United States. The treaty confirming the agreement edlng the Caroline, Pelew and Marianne slands to Germany, and the declaration granting Germany the most favored treat ent from July 1, were signed at Madrid, Ipaia, by Premier Silvela and the German embassador, Count von Radowitz. German and American residents in the 'ransvaai have appealed to their consuls or marines to be in readiness to protect heir interests in case of hostilities. It was officially announced at Coburg rermany, that the Duke of Connaugbl ,nd his son, Prince Arthur, have renounced heir claims to the succession of the Dukeom of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha. The Duk? f Albany, now fifteen years old, son of th? ate Prince Leopold, is therefore the heir, ,nd will go at once to Germany to finish its education, preparatory tp entering tha lerman army. The jute spinning and weaving works at Iremen, Germany, were burned a few days go. Five large warehouses were detroyed. It is believed that the Are was of acendiary origin. 1 ADMIRAL KAUTZ'S PARENTS. hey Can.*) From Germany in 1849 and Settled in Baltimore. The correspondent of Die NorJcleutsche llgemeino Zeltuog, published at Berlin, rermany, writing from Pforztielm, says int be "bar learned tbat Admiral Kautz, bo acted recently witb sucb promptness i Samoa, comes from the Kautz family In le village of Ispringeu. The Admiral's father was a cabinet aker and bad a small shop in the centra [ the village. In 1840 tho Kautzs, father, other and the boys?August and Albert? nigrated to America and settled in Bnltiore. Later Mr. Kautz started a big rape farm, where ho planted tha first erman grape vines in Ohio. The two sons wore oducated in Germanmerican schools. Both reached succes31 careers. August became Colonel of an tillery regiment, while Albert was made t Admiral Chinese Papl^s Lead In Arithmetic. The public school examinations this year San Francisco, Cal., proved disastrous about one-half tho pupils. The quesDns wore much more dlffloult than usual id the markings were rigid. The greatest ircentage of failures occurred In arlthotio. It Is a curious fact that the Cbin^e hool leads In arithmetic. There is not a sale failure on the list. \ \ | ? mi in conn The International Council Held in London Was a Brilliant Success. SUSAN B, ANTHONY'S TRIUMPH. _______ The Council Represents at L?att 5,000,000 of the Fair Sex?Delegates From the United States?Member* lteari More Than 400 Paper*?International Arbitration One ot the Alms of the Council. Londok (By Cable).?The International Council of Women was a brilliant success. Its sessions were held In the Convocation Rail of the Church House. All the sessions were well attended and the greatest Interest was manifested in the proceed lugs. The Council was in session nine days. The Council was composed of delegates from all ov er the world, who stood for at '.east 5,000,000 of the gentler sex. At least 'wenty-six nations were represented, Including, Incredible as It may seem, China, Palestine and Persia. Among the de etjates from the United States were Mrs. Fannie Humphrey GafTney, M as Susan B. Anthony, the Rev. Anna Howard Shaw and Mrs. Felix Adler. Othor prominent delestates included the Countess of Aberdeen, . Baroness Alexandria Grlueuberg, of Finland; Mme. du Portugall, of Italv; Frau Marlenae Hainlsch. of Austria; Mile, da Caju, of Belgium; Frau Hlerta, of Sweden; Ilpjt.i MISS SrSAN B. ANTIIONT. Miss Mary Bohr, of India, and Dr. Cecilia Grlerson, of the Argentine Republic. ' Various women's organizations" were also represented. Including-, the International CJnion of Press Clubs. World's Woman's Christian Temperance Union, Union Internationale des Amis des Jeunes Filles, and the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The programme of the Council was divided into five sections under the following headings: Education, professions for ffomen, legislative and industrial questions, political worlc and social work. Each section held two sessions daily, and at these sessions one or more short papers were read. The discussion was opened in 38cn case by invited speakers, and the remainder of the time devoted to free discussion, in which all who are present may ioln. The languages used were French* German and English, nt the discretion of "he speaker. In all, about four hundred1 papers were read, embracing almost every subject relating to the welfare of women ind the race. The Countess of Aberdeen, President of| the Council, in her opening address, after jordlal words of welcome, sketched the iuties of the Council. She said interna-* tional arbitration should ever be placed forerost in its programme advocated the sstabllshment of an international bureau )f information regarding all that affects women. Lady Aberdeen deprecated thai 'idea usually formed about women's congresses. that they were bent upon devising plans whereby women might be emancipated from home duties, saying: "This iongress holds fast to the belief that worn-' m's first mission must be her home." Miss Anthony in a short address on the 3rst day referred to an evening years ago !n Liverpool, when she and Elizabeth Cady Stanton met to pass the first resolution in !avor of forming a National Women's Con erence. Although the idea rose in America, England took tiio lead in carrying it v nto execution, as the first President was Mrs. Henry Fawcett. Miss Anthony pro /uneu muyuior uy remurh.iiiK: x uavo lot yet given up my faith in men. I be'.ievo they also have a great future, as well as the women." On the second day an Immense meeting, attended by more than two thousand persons, was held in Queen's Hall, the Coun:ess of Aberdeen presiding, for the dlscus}lon of a resolution proposed by Baroness Ton Suttner, of Austria, calling upon the International Council of Womea to do all .n its power to advance the interests of in:ernational arbitration. Letters were read !rom Cardinal Gibbons, of the United 3tates; Cardinal Yaughan, of England, and Cardinal Logue, of Ireland, all of whom wrote strongly iu favor of the resolution. Archbishop Irelan l was oue )f the speakers and his addfess was rejeived with much enthusiasm. Two days later Queen's Hall was again jrowded by a public meeting'convened by the political section of the Council iu support of the political enfranchisement of women. The feature of the evening was a striking speech by Miss Susan B. Anthony. An interesting feature of the Council was the social entertainments. Stafford House was chosen for the official entertainment of the delegates because of its or oat- 'ilsfnrirt Infflrnif nnrl hv reiisnii of the sympathy of tbo Duko and Duchess of 3u:herland with tbo Council an i its objects. The bouse is truly palatini, with its beautiful ball and great double stairway. A.t the top of the first stalrLady Aberdeen, ( owned in black, received beside the beautiful Duchess o( Sutherland, radiant in white. Later on the famous Countess of Warwick helped to receive. Lord and Lady Battersea also entertained the delegates at Surrey House; the Bishop of London and Mrs. Crelgbton held a garden party at Fulham Palace, as well a*i Lady and Mrs. Leopold de Rothschild at Gunnersbury Park, near London. There were other entertainments held in honor cf the delegates, which were well attended. There was one event which cast a gloom, over the Council. Miss Ellon C. Johnson, Superintendent of the .Massachusetts Women'j Reformatory Prison, died suddenly from heart failure at tbe Loudon residence of tbe Bishop of Jlocbester, tho icignt uev. iia\rara stuart iatoor, v. u., where she was a guest. The deceased was \ttended by Mrs. Dr. Barrows, of Boston. Negroes Shot by Strikers. While the train on the Illinois CentraJ carrying a carload o? negroes Irom Pana to Brush's Mines, one mile nortu of Cartervllle, 111., stopped at tin Fredonia Mine, three miles northwest of Cartervilkg, u large number of striking union miners, opened fire on the negroe.*, killing a woman and wounding about twenty other persons. Before tbe bloody work could be carried further the train'imlled out. aud when it reached a point one mile north ot Brush's Mines the negroes were unloaded and marched across the couutry to their dea Hnation. A Bicyclist'* Extraordinary Ride. On a specially constructed track aad pacsd by a train on tho Long Islunl Rail road a few day? ago, Gtiarles 31. Murpay, of Brooklyn, went a tnilo on a bieycio in 57 4-5 seconds. Wnen ho Ilnished the race he was in a demented condition, and regained in that state for several minutes. Ottawa GoTernment Sustained. Tbe House of Commons at Ottawa. Ont. was divided on the question of mismanagement in the Yukon country. Th? Amendment of Sir Charles Hibbert Tuppec censuring the Government, however, was defeated by 32 for to 32 against, a majorict^^flH of 5U for th9 flovernmoat.