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NO FOREIGN ALLIANCE
President McKinley's Speech at Annual
Dinner of the Ohio Society.
h!S REMARKS ON IMPERIALISM.
President McKinley the Honored Gnest
of the Ohio Society?He Declares Thai
We Are Neither in Alliance Nor Antagonism
With Any Foreieu I'owerThe
Other Speakers.
New Yohk CiTv(Spoci.iI).?President McKinley,
wltli Mrs. McKinley, arrive! In this
city Saturday to attend the annual dinnet
ot the Ohio Society at the Waldorf-Astoria.
The distinguished guest, in a carefully prepared
speech, said that there would be no
imperialism, because the people were opposed
to it; reafflrmedhis adherence to the
gold standard, announced that there would
be no entangling alliance, and pronounced
in favor of following out the consequences
of the war with Spain.
Mr. M. J. Southard, president of the so
ciety, introduced President McKinley with
an appropriate speech. It was several
minutes before the applause subsided sufficiently
to ^Uow. the President to begin
his speech. When finally qii'Iet was resumed
President McKinley spoke, in part,
as follows:
"Mr. Toastmaster and Gentlemen?I appreciate
your welcome and thank you for
this renewed expression of your good will.
There Is a bond of close fellowship which
unites Ohio people. Whithersoever they
journey or wherever t'aey dwell, they cherish
the teuderest sentiment for their mother
State, and she in turn never fails of affanHnrnta
intArflut in her widely scattered
children.
. "We \rtll soon have legislative assurance
ot the continuance of the gold standard
with which we measure our exchanges,
and we have the open door in the far East
through which to market our products.
"We are neither in alliance nor antagonism
nor entanglement with any' foreign
Power, but on terms of amity and cordiality
with all.
"We buy from them all and sell to them
all; and our sales exceeded our purchnses
In the last two years by over one billion
dollars. Markets have been increased and
mortgages have been reduced. Interest has
fallen and wages have advanced. The public
debt is decreasing. Theoountry is well
to do. Its people for the most part are
happy and contented. They have good
times, and are on good terms with the nations
of the world.
"After thirty-three years of unbroken
peace came an unavoidable war. Happily,
the conclusion was quickly reached, without
a suspicion of unworthy motive or
practice or purpose on our part und with
fadeless honor to our arms. I oannot forget
the quick response of the people to the
oountry's need and the quarter of amillon
men who freely offered their lives to their
country's service. It was an impressive
spectacle of national strength. It demonstrated
*our mighty reserve power and
taught us that largo standing armies are
unnecessary wheu every citizen is a 'minute
man' ready to join the rank3 for national
defence.
"Out of these recent events have come
?0 the United States grave trials and re
jponslbilities. As it was the natiou's war,
jo are its results the nation's problems. Its
solution rests upon us all. It is too 9erious
to stifle. It is too earnest for repose. No
phrase or catchword cau conceal the
sacred obligation it involves. No use ot
spithets, no aspersion ot motive by those
who differ will contribute to that sober
udgment so essential to right conclusions.
"No political outcry can abrogate our
treaty of peace with Spain or absolve us
from its solemn engagements. It Is the
people's question and swill bo until its determination
is written out in their enlight
ened verdict.
"We must choose between manly doing
and base desertion. It will never be the
flatter. It must bo soberly settled in jus/
i tlca and good consclonce, and It will be.
Righteousness which exalteth a nation
must control in its solution.
"There can be no Imperialism. Thosei
who fear it are agairst it. Those who have!
faith in the Republic nro against it. Set,
that there is universal'abhorrence for if'
and unanimous opposition to it. Our only
difference is that those who do not agree
with us h*v<> no confidence in the virtue or
capacity or lilgU purpose or good faith ot
this free people as a civilizing agency,
while we believe that the century of free
government which tho American peonle
have enjoyed ha3 not rendered them ~ir?A<>r>iiitn
and faithless, but has fitted them
for the great taslc ot lifting up and assisting
to better condition and larger liberty
those distant people who have through the
Issue of battle become our wards.
"The liberators will never become the oppressors.
A self-governed people will
never permit despotism in any government
which they foster nud defend.
-,i/' "Gentlemen, we have the new care and
* cannot shift it. And, breaking up tbe
camp of ease and isolation, let us bravely
and hopefully and soberly continue tbe
march of faithful service and falter not
until the work is done.
I* "It la not possible that seventy-flve millions
of American freemen are uuable to
establish liberty and justice aud good government
in our new possessions. Tbe burden
is our opportunity. The opportunity
' Is greater than the burden. May God give
as strength to bear the one and wisdom so
toembraoethe other as to carry to our
distant acquisitions the guarantees of 'life,
liberty and the pursuit ot hupplness.'"
Governor Nash, of Ohio, followed the
President, and spoke on "The Governors
of Ohio." Speeohes were also made by
Lleuienant-Governsr Woodruff, former
Governor Caupbell of Ohio, and Governo:
Boosovelt.
President McKlnley and his party returned
to Washington after u pleasant
DUJJUav 111 iuo uiuuv^iu.
RUBBER PROSPECTORS KILLED.
Party of Kannani Massacred by Indians
In South America.
FoaT Scott, Kan. (Special). ? Frank
Greenfield, of Mapleton, Kan., who la3t fall
came home from South America and obtained
the co-operation of the Government
In a relief expedition to soarch for a party
of rubber prospectors that was sent from
Kansas City to the Interior of Brazil iu
February. 1893, has notified his parents,
from Cuguba, Brazil, in a letter just received,
that the entire party was massacred
by Siiuis Indians far up the Xinga River.
There were five or six men In the party,
It was in charge of M. E. Kirk, a civil engineer,
of Kansas City, and consisted of Alfred
Greenfield, ofllapleton, Kan.; two men
named Williamson and Birownly, of Ohio,
and one or two unkuown men. The Brazilian
Government assisted in the search.
Representative Epea Dead.
Representative Sydney Epes.of Virginia,
who was operated on for appendicitis, died
in Garfield Hospital at Washington. Mr.
Epes was born in 1865, was a journalist by
profession and had served in the Firtyflfth
Congress until unseated by the Republicans
and ia the present Congress. Hf
was a Domoorat.
. vy i
8ufree?tloit, of Industrial Commission.
In its preliminary report to Congress the
Industrial Commission reoomtaended that
trusts bo required to make public full derails
of their business "necessary for.safe
and intelligent investment."
Utah Instructs For Bryan.
The Dpmocratlo State Convention o<
Utah, which met at Salt Lake City, elected
as delegates to the National Convention J
L. Rawlins, O. W. Thalcher, A. J. Weber.
A. H. Tarbet, R, C. Chambers and W. F.
Knot. Mrs. J. M. Cobn was selected as one
of tbe alternates. The delegates wereunan*
imonsly instructed to vote for William
Jennings Bryan for President.
Loubet Getn First Lafayette Dollar.
Robert J. Thompson, special Commis
sloncr on behalf of President McKlnlej
fas presented to President Loubet, ol
ranee, the first Lnfayetto dollar that was
struck from the mint
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.!
Wanlilncton Items.
Sen.iie Conmittee on Foreigu Relations
otod to former Queen Liliuokalanl
)f Hawaii ?20.000, with an annuity of $10.)00
hereafter.
' The term of Lord Pauncefoto, the British
! Vmbassalor, has been iadeflniteiy extendid.
Representative Levy introduced a re30utioii
requiring: Cuba to reimburse the
Cnit?d States.for expenses incurred on the
island's account.
The auxiliary cruisers Bad<?or and Resolute
Lmve been transferred from the Navy
to the War Department.
The appeal of Admiral Dewey and his
neu from the award of the Court of Claimn
the matter of the bounty due for the detraction
of the Spanish fleet at Manila has
:>een filed iu the United States Supreme
Court.
Steps have beeu taken by the War Department
for the return "to the United
of the entire Fifth Reeiment of cav
airy, now distributed at different posts in
Porto Rico.
Geueral Otis, Military General of the
Philippine Islauds, is expected to return to
the United States on leave of absence soon
after the arrival of the Philippine Commission.
General McArthur will assume
temporary command of the military forces
on the islands when Geueral Otis leaves.
The total receipts of the United States
for the mouth of February were $45,631,*
265, and the expenditures $37,738,472. leaving
a surplus for the mouth of 87,892,793.
Our Adopted IiIkiiiIii.
Lieutenant Koehier, of the Ninth Infan
try, was lured into au ambush and killed
by Filipinos near Tarlac.
General Maximo Gomez has written tc
the Havana newspapers to say that he cannot
accept any offer of monetary assist'
ance, especially at a time when, owiug tc
Cuba's misfortunes, her treasury is in the
hands of the foreigner.
The Philippine insurgents are planninp
guerilla warfare on a lurger scale as soon
as the rainy season sets in.
Brigadier-General Funston took 200 men
through the. mountains to Baler on thf
eastern coast without meeting an insur
sent.
The people of Porto Rico are showing
some signs of discouragement at the failure
of Congress to provide a government
for the island.
Governor-General Wood of Cuba says h?
has decided not to open any more school;
at present, as the 2300 schools already es
tablished practically meet all the require
meats.
General Ruls Rivera, Secretary of Agrl
culture, announces that the total encum
brances on Cuban real estate amount t?
$248,000,000.
Ten men of the Third Cavalry wero ambushed
by Filipinos near San Fernando de
la Union, and one American was killed.
Four troops of the Fifth United State;
Cavalry in Porto Rico are under orders tc
return to the United States. Native troop;
are being recruited to fill their plaoes.
It is estimated that there are 233.00C
beggars out of a population of 1,000,000
Porto Rico.
l>oine*tie.
A dnngerous new counterfeit bill, a com
binatiou of ond-dollar note and a ten-dol
lar note, has been discovered through tin
arrest of Douglas Force, a card writer It
Chicago.
A proclamation has been issued by Gov
ernor Stanley declaring a quarantine whict
I practically Aoludes the shipment of dairj
cnttle into Kansas. The quarantine is es
cablished in order to prevent the furthe
introduction of tuberculosis into Kansa:
herds.
, An appropriation of $40,000 ha* beei
voted Dy cue wissisyppi ijOKisimuto iu.
tlie establisment o( a textile school at th>
Agricultural aud Mechanical College.
The transport Warren arrived at Sai
Frtinciico, Cul., from Manila, after a voy
age of forty-one days, with General JosepI
Wheeler on boar.d.
The order for the shipment of guns ant
ammunition from the State armory a
Frankfort to London, Ky? by the Republi
can State authorities has been revoked.
A heavy storm prevailed in Minnesota
Michigan, Illinois aud Wisconsin. Snow
sleet aud raiu fell iu turn.
Burglars entered the office of the Hanc
Brewiug Company atPawtucket, R. I., anc
Mew open the safe with dynamite. Be
tween 83000 and $4000 is missing.
Miss Georsianaa Peck, of Minneapolis.
Hinu.. a ulrtoe of Senator Burrows's wife,
was killed in a bicycle collision at Detroit,
Mich.
As the result of a street duel at Linton
lud., Bryan Cullen was shot and killed anc
Allen Marshall and Desoto Ward wer<
wouuded.
William J. Garland. charg9d with thi
murder of his wife at Phoebus, Va., on Feb
'A nriia nonnlf-t-Ari nft?r /I (letOlltlOl
j of two weeks to jaU. His-wife was seventj
years old. He is forty-flve.
Edward Cavanaugh was arrested fn Nev
York City charged with stealing $600(
worth of jewelry. Dr. Ashton Buchaaai
* Tulbot is his accuser. ?
i Schaeffer, of the University of Peunsyl
vania, made a new amateur swimming record
for 200 yards at Boston, his time being
2:30 2-5; previous record, 2:37 2-5.
The North Atlantic squadron will Join li
celebrating the 125th anniversary of thi
battle of Bunker Hill, at Boston, June 7.
Charles L. Davis, proprietor of the Alvii
Theatre at Pittsburg, Penn., died of pur
alysis, aged fifty-two. He leaves, qb far a
I isknowu, no relatives. Davis made a for
tune with the play of "Alvln Josiyn," ii
which he played the chief part.
i Lemuel S. Cook, President of the Coo'
Nail Company, was arrested in Boston oi
a warrant charging, lilm with the larcen;
of $5000, upon com plaint of Eben Perkins
of St. John, N. B. Mr. Cook says th
charges against him are entirely false.
Three prominent members of theChlcagi
Board of Trade were arrested charged
with complicity in the alleged McLttl'
Brothers' '-bucket shopping" fruuds.
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Foreign.
On nccount ot the discovery or severa
Nihilist plots Id Russia, great precaution;
i are being taken to gaard the Czar.
! The British House of Commons, In Com
mittae of toe Whole, adopted a resolutloi
to authorize a loan of $175,000,000. Th
vote stood 161 to 26.
The Japanese Navy will hold oxtenslv
manceuvers In the Straits ot Korea.
A case of bubonic plague has developei
on board a steamer at Cape Town, Sout!
Africa, from Rosario, Argentine Republic
The vessel has been quarantined.
The Prince and Princess of Wales opene<
the new tenement buildings at Cethns
Greeu, London, oostlng $1,650,000 an
accommodating 5380 people.
A formidable rebellion against the gov
ernment of the Empress Dowager has bee
organized in China. ,
Returns of the election in Chile indlcat
that a majority of the Senators and De
puties elected favor a gold standard.
The Newfoundland Conservative Minis
try of Sir James Winter has resigned. Mr
Bond, the leader of tbe Liberal opposition
was asked by Governor McCnllum to forn
a cabinet.
The Yaquis Intercepted the mail at Po
tam, Mexico, dispersed 300 soldiers am
hanged two of them to trees.
Colonel Parra, Miaister of Home Affairs
has left Lima, Peru, with live liuudred sol
dlers to subduo the revolt in the depart
meat of Amazonas.
j Sixty natives were killed and two thou
taud houses burned by a British punitiv
jxpedttion in Burmah.
The Prussian diet is again strugglin{
,vith what is familiarly known in thi
(Jnited States as the "department ston
problem."
France has been warned that Hollanc
will not recognize the Swiss award of t
section of Dutch Guiana to the forme'
^.country.
Germany announces that packages sen
by mairto the United States must go uu
sealed.
Dispatches received in Berlin from Kle
say that the German battleship Sachfen
j which stranded oft. Buelk, near the Kle
lighthouse during a fog. has been re
(floated.
BOER FORCIS SBTBEAT.
General French's Cavalry Turns the
Burghers' Left Flank.
DUTCH RISE IN CAPE COLONY.
General Roberts Win* a Victory by
Strategy?Drives the Boer* Out of
Well-Made Trenches at Osfouteln
With Little Loss?Rebellion or the
Dutch Spreads In Cape ColoDy.
London* (By Cable)?General Roberts'3
cavalry under General French have repeated
the tactics wtilch drove General
Crouje from Magersfontein, compelling
Commandants De Wet aud Delnrey
to withdraw the Boer army which had intrenched
itself opposite tne British at Osfontein.
The War Office has received the followng
dispatches from Lord Roberts:
" ''Poplar Grove, Wednesday.?We had a
very successful day and have completely
routed the enemy, who are in full retreat.
' The position which they occupied is extremely
strong and cunningly arranged
with a second line of intrenchments,which
V INSPECTION OF A
(Scene in a market place, such as Is a fr<
troops gathered for reinforcements
would have caused as heavy loss had a direct
attack been made.
"The turning movement was necessarily
wide, owing to the nature of the ground,
and the cavalry anl horse artillery horses
are much done up.
"The fighting was practically cou lined to
the cavalry division, which, as usual, did
exceedingly well, and General French reports
that the horse artillery batteries did
great execution among the enemy.
"Our casualties were about fifty. I regret
to say that Lieutenant Keswick was
killed and Lieutenant Batley was severely
wounded; both of the Twelfth Lancers.
Lieutenant De Cresplgny, of the Second
Life Guards, was severely wounded.
"Generals De Wet and Delurey commanded
the Boer forces."
Earlier In the day Lord Roberts sent the
following: ;
"Osfonteix.?Our operations to-day
nrnmlse to be a creat success. The enemy
ocouptcd a position tour miles north and
eleven miles south of the Modder River. I
placed General Colvllle's division on the
north bank and Generals Kelly-Kenny's
and Tueker's divisions, with cavalry, on
the south bank. The cavalry division succeeded
in turning the enemy's left?flank,
opeaing a road for the Sixth Division,
which is advancing without having been
obliged to Are <i shot up to the present
time. .
"The enemy are in full retreat toward
the north and east. They are belnR closely
followed by cavalry, horse artillery and
mounted infantry, while Tucker's Seventh
Division, Colvllle's Ninth Division and the
Guards Brigade, under Pole-Carew, are
making their way across the river at Poplar's
drift', where I propose to place my
headquarters this evening.
"Oar casualties will, I trust^ be few, as
the enemy were quite unprepared for bei^c
attacked by the flank aud having their
communications with Bloemfontein threatened."
The only detail that can be added to General
Roberts's luold account of the movement
is that the Boers abandoned one guti,
immense quantities of forage and a large
number of tents.
REVOLT IN WEST CAPE COLONY.
Colonial Dutch.Rebel in tlie Prieska and
Kenliardt Districts.
Carnarvon, Cape ColoDy (Ey Cable).?
The rebellion of the Colpnial Dutch is
anrAnriin<i> aonth from Grl6ualand West.
Many Dutch are reported to liuve joiued
the movement, including Piet Moolmun,
aa influential farmer. The Prleska and
Kenhardt borders are patrolled throughout
by Boers.
London (By Cable).?A dispatch to a
news agency from Cape Town snys that the
number of Colonial Dutch who have risen
in rebellion in the districts of Prleska and
Kenhardt is estimated at 3000. The districts
have been proclaimed Free State terrltory.
.
Boer* Wilt Fight to the Death.
,L0JiD0tf(Bj>C<rt>le).?A correspondent of
the'Dally News, who was captured by the
Boers, bnt who ia n6w at Stdrkstroom,
having wen released at Bloemfonteln by
hte captors, cables that white at the capital
of the Orange Free State he had an interview
with President Steyn, who said that
the Boers would fight to the last man. He
admitted the possibility of Pretoria capitulating,
bat said it would be preceded by
events that would astonish Eutope. He
added that the struggle in the Free State
would be child's Dlav compared with what
would follow In the Transvaal.
British on Transraal Soil.
London (By Cable).?JJajor yrendergust's
flying column, after operating In Zoluland,
crossed the border oh February 23 uud intrenched
at Catasa Hill, Tjhich is nine
miles within the Transwaal. /
Cronje to Go to St. Ilelena.
London (By Cable).?The military authorities
have decided that General Cronje
and the other Boer prisoners sball be sent
Immediately to the Island of St. Helena,
there to remain until the end of the war.
Qaeen to Visit Ireland.
1 Dublin (By Cable).?Earl Cadogan, Lord
Lieutenant of Irelaud, has notified the
press that it is the intention of the Queen
to visit Ireland at the end of March or the
beginning of April. The visit will have no
political significance. It will be undertaken
entirely ou her Majesty's own Initiative.
She Intends to reside for a fortnight
or longer In the Vlce-IiegaH lodge.
Buller Advances in Natal.
London (By Cable).?General Buller ha9
forwarded a force in the direction of Hur*
rlsmith, Orange Free State, using two locomotives
captured frdm the Boers.
Itoer-Brltinh War Notes.
An immense quantity of supplies of all
kinds has been sent to Ladysmitb.
Lord Roberts and General Kitchener visited
Kimberley a few days ago as guests of
Cecil Rhodes.
Ono nf PpaqM an f- TTrnrrar'a rffa ni^aAnii 4a
**VdlUUUl ikiUftV* QkltuuOUUO 19
among the killed in the stubborn flghtthat
occured in Natal.
Henri Roohetort has started, a fund in
Purls to present a sword ot honor to Gon?
era I Cronje for bis heroism at Koodoesraad.
To mobollze the entire ffjfoe of the Boer
Army when war was deolared took but
seventeen telegrams from General Jouber1
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WEDDING GIFTS GALORE
Philadelphia Politicians Lavish Presents
on the Mayor's Daughter.
Detail From 1'olice and Detective Depart
partiuentg Neceanary to Guard tile
Collection, Valued at 950,000.
Philadelphia (Special). ? Never w.a.
there such a wedding as that of Miss Kar
lene Theitsa Ashbridge, stepdaughter o
Mayor Samuel H. Ashbrldge, to ychuylei
Armstrong, one of the prominent young
undertakers in Philadelphia.
It was a purely political weddine. Tr
it was bidden every man in Philadelphia
who had, has or hopes to have political in
fluence, and an invitation was equivalent
to a present. There were $50,000 worth o
presents. No fewer than 5000 people at
tended the ceremony in Grace Temple.
The bride received enough presents to
enable her to set up half a dozen housekeeping
establishments, and the streets
about the house were blocked for hours
' ,lL ? ~ a sfollirat* fhA frlffq in
Willi WU((UU3 ll/iuh iv o
time for exhibition after the ceremony.
Presents began pouring in in floods upon
the residence of the Mayor early in the
day, and it was not possible to And room
for the gifts. Cases of jewelry, piano
boxes, boxes of silver plate, boxes containing
oil paintings that should showtc
the appreciative bride and her stepfather
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. BOER COMMANDO.
>quent occurreneVin the Various towns whet
i are reviewed by -heir commandant.)
^..:;v , t
I the taste and remembrance' of tbe giver?
I all were left on thepavement^'and a special
'detail orpolloemon and'detectives had to
be sent up to guard the traaftgi y MpafV
Here are some of the prlftsr Thir?#Su diamond
brooches, 123 oil paintings',' 4'grand
pianos, 3 upright pianos, 49 out glass Jrull
bowls, 68 pickle dishes,. '3 sets of partot
furnliure, id solid silver table services, 11
plate-glass mirrors, 458 pieces of silver,
102 salt and pepper boxes. 93 clocks, 17 pie
knives, 9 music boxes, 23 ohtna dinner sets,
16 china breakfast sets, 11 flsh sets, 326
articles of brlc-a-brac, 28 silver toilet sets
and 216 flower vases.
In honor of the occaslou the Mayor sent
cards to everybody he knew, aud the
Mayor's acquaintanceship covers ubout
everybody worth knowing in political life
in Philadelphia. It is said every man on
the city payroll received official information
of the event scheduled to take place
in tbe Ashbrldge homo.
As a result (there has been great, rivalry
in the selection of gifts for the daughter
of the city's head. Members of the City
Council, 180 in number, taxt>d themselves
$10 apiece; tbe police captalus subscribed
enough to purchase a $600 piano, abd ,?o oc
through the officialdom of Philadelphia
There was such a plethora of present
indeed,/that many were left in tbelr cases',
so th&t they could be the more readily sent
to the future home of the bride.
, The arrangements for the wedding were
on a scale be'.ttlng the occasion. The
ceremony wa3 performed in the church
most nearly approaching the National Convention
Hall in size, the Baptist Temple, as
the bride's own churcu was not large
enough, though its pastor, the Rev. Dr.
John R. Davies, lately of New York, performed
the ceremony, assisted by the Rev.
Dr. George A. Peltz, of the Temple.
Afterithe ceremony there was a reception
at the Hotel Stratford, which was attended
by nearly two thousaud guests. The bride
and bridegroom then started for Palm
Bwach.
1 SMALLPOX KILLS MANY. * (
One Handred Deaths In Six Weeks in s
Mliglsnlppi Coanty.
Jacksos, Miss. (Special).?An official re<
port made to the Hinds County Board oi
Supervisors reveals an appalling state oj
affairs in the Jonesville neighborhood it
the southern pnrt of the county.
The community is literallv honeycombed
with smallpox of the most virulent and
inutAsome form, and during the past sir
weeks nearly 100 deaths have occurred.
On some days the death rate has been so
large that It was impossible to secure coffins;
and rude caskets were made from rails.
Whole families have been wiped out of existence,
and of several large families only
one or two children are left.
The Board of Supervisors will make an
effort to check further spread, and carte
blanche was given to tbe physicians to
purchase supplies and medicines. A bill
for forty-three coffins used within the past
two weeks was allowed.
BROMO-SELTZER FOR MOLINEUX
A Bottle or the Drag: Sent to the Prison
For Hiua.
Siso Sixo, N. Y. (Special).?In the mai.1
that came to the State prison a few days
ago was abottleof bromo-seltzer addressed
to Roland B. Mollaeux, in care of Warden
Johnson. Besides tho address, the package
bore the sentecca: "Give'lt to Moli?
neux and tell him to brace up."
Th? hottle was an original package ol
bromo-seltzer, und bad apparently never
been opened. Warden Johnson turned it
over to Dr. Irvine, the prison physiclan;
who after a casual examination said that
he could not tell whether the package con*
tained anything of a poisonous or harmful
nature. Mollneux was not told of the receipt
of the package. . . . ./?
Destructive Flood* In Peru..
It is reliably reported that recent Inundations
In the Department of Mu^uogua
Pertj, have caused losses to property est!
mated at $1,500,000.
Bomb Throwing In Paris.
A bomb was tbrown ttirougn h winaow
of tha Paris residence or M. Alfred Plcard,
Commissioner-General of the Paris Exposition.
It did not erplode. A woman who
saw two men light the fuse, aud who gavt
the alarm, was attacked and severely
handled by them.
Spain May Sell an Island.
The Duke of Veraguu, who conveyed the
Oolden Fleece to the Crown Prince at Ber
lin, Germany, was also intrusted by Spain
with the task of negotlatlug as to the
future of-ceftain small islands In the Suiu
Archipelago.
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Prominent People.
?r. Couden, the blind chaplain of the
United States House of Representatives,
shaves himself.
Though bitter political opponents, John
Morley and Joseph Chamberlain are personally
bosom friends.
Brigadier-General Theodore 8chwan,who
is distinguishing himself In the Philippines,
Is a graduate of the ranks.
8eoretiry of the Navy Long Is known as
tbe green-bag member of the cabinet. This
comes from a habit acquired when a Mass-/ h.iaa^a
lawver. He always carried bis
i0eal papers to court ia * green Dagt&?
sbapeor a woman's shopping bag, with a
tuck-strlas in *be opening
OCCUPYING SOUTH LDM.!
Bates's Expedition Drives the Insur- |
gents to the Mountains.
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FILIPINOS WIDELY SCATTERED.
Tjientenant Oalleher Killed in a Fight at
Lihmauan-120 Filipinos Killed?Cap
ital oT Soath Cauinrines Province Oc- '
cupieil?Southern Ports Will Soon Be
Opened?Tvro Towns Occupied.
Manila. (By Cable).?News ha3 been rejeived
of the expedition commanded by
General Bate?, consisting of the Fortieth
md Forty-Qftb Volunteer Infantry and
lenley'a Battery, which sailed for the provnce
of South Carmines on February 15.
The expedition arrived in San-Miguel
Bay on February 19. Colonel Godwin,
with a battalion of the Forty-fifth Regisent,
disembarked, under the direction of
Commander Gheen, of the gunboat Marlstta.
on the southwest side of the bay and
iccppled the road to Nueva Caceres. He
narcnedto Llbmanan, northwest of Nueva
Daceres, and demanded the surrender of
:he town, which was refused. The Ameritans
then attacked the rebels, killing 129
it them. Thtf American loss was one offlier,
Lieutenant John B. Gnlleher,' killed,
tight men woanded. Two of the Americans
were woanded by bolomen.
A second column, consisting of two bat:alions
under Lieutenunt-Colotttl.Parker,
disembarked under the directldi Lleu:enant-Commander
Irwin on the southeast !
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side of the bay aaa occupies mo iu?m .
highway of Sodth Camarines, meeting with \
only slight opposition.
Meanwhile the vessel conveying Colonel :
Bell and three companies of the forty-fifth
Regiment grounded at the mouth of the
Blool Blver, on which Naeva Caceres 13 situated.
General Bates took three battalions to
attack Naeva Caceres. When he arrived
at the town be found the gunboat Paruxua,
Colonel Bell and a company of the FortyQffch
Regiment In possession of the place.
The enemy were fleeing to the mountains.
On February 24 Colonel Dorst, with six
companies of the Forty-flfth' Regiment,
started on areconnoitrins and foraging; expedition,
which will occupy an indefinite
^ time. The other columns will be occupied
i for some time iasopurliig the hills in search
I j.of the rebels. *
?. The expedition was delayed by the low
: :ides. NTbe vessels frequently ran aground
? ^6'a the mud. When the troops went ashore
r ?^hey were compelled to swim, it being Im|
possible for the vessels to And a place
(There the men could be landed dry shod.
The portsof South Camarines will soon
. je opened ?o coflAerce. It is impossible
'or the rebels tojBer auy organized oppo '
-jitlon to the^umRpans.
A>^UtlPPINt: BILL.
?enat? Meafiir* Providing For Control
After'tlifclusurrectlon Ends.
WASHiMoroqer', Dv C;gf8peolal).?The Senite
Commltteeron the'Phlllpplnes decided
:o report favorablv, the bill Introduced by
Senator Spooaer (B Jp., Wis.) for control of
the Philippines.
The bill provides that when all iasarreo:Ion
against the sovereignty and authority
>C the United Spates In the Philippine Islinds
shail have been suppressed, all miliary,
olvll and judicial powers necessary to i
govern the Islands sliall, until otherwise j
provided by Congress, be vested la suoh j
person and persons, and shall be exercised j
in such manner as the President ot the |
United States shall direct (or maintaining
ind protecting the inhabitants ot the isliads
in the free enjoyment of their liberty,
property and religion.
Agalnaldo Correnpomlencs Sent to Senate.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The-President
in response to a resolution, sent to tho
* Senate the correspondence between our
military commanders in the Philippines und
Lguinaldo.
*<\RSHIPS TO CENTRAL AMERICA.
ThS Detroit and Alarbleliead Ordered
Vhere to Frotect American Interests.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The crais- j
?rs Detroit nod Marblehead have been or- j
lered to Central America to protect Amer- I
:can interests. In a statement on tin j
tubject, the Nnvy Department says that
:ho two vessels were ordered to Central I
, America "on account ot dispatches re ]
. jeived from our representative there wblob
' indicate some recurrence of the disturbed !
itnte ot affairs, and for the purpose of pro*
:ectlng American interests there."
The acute featuro of the present excitemeiu
in Central America Is the organiza
:(ott&f a revolutionary movement In Nicaragua
by Costa Rican refugees, who are
preparing to cross the frontier into their
bwnfountry. This movement to headed
oy Mora, the Costa Rlcau who was oonrlctefa
In New York City som$$WkH?;sj(0 of
lounAerfeltiug several .dollars
in CdSta Rlcun bonds and
recently released from prlap&jti&'weatio
Nicaragua, where, aooortlng to the i&j:
:ounte received here,he Immediately began <
plotting to overthrow the Government oC
, Costa Rica.
? >mi i inn cactfb !
O IA I I IIIIUUIVIl^ tonv I Mit ym -mt
Seventy-five Per Ctfft*Iaer?ti? In Stlti-'
-The "Filipino E^JC."
New Yobk Citt (Special).?Wholesalers
report that the trade la ooi^dy Easter e/fjgi
is booming a* It bas never boomed before,
and the dealers have not baon abfe^jj|jtell
"It is no exaggeration to sasr
9ale3 will be twice us great as ^bejr'were
last year," said one of the largest raanafacturers.
"We shall seil about'200,000boxes
of Easter eggs thle-season, and wa
supply somewhere neat* ft thlfd. ot those marketed.
TbAt would malce 600,000 boxes j
altogether. There are us unify a .hqnd red
eggs In a box, so you won't be: far wrong
in siiyiag that tbe children of.'thia qountrj
will buy olxty million Easte* egg* 10*1900."
A number of novelties are on tbe;market,
Chief among these is tbe ''Jillplgio ,eggv" 1
This is au ordinary red, yellow,,. Q^btuj
( spheroid of candyWith tteflgorbofa
Filipino on one side.-;' The head Is/printed
lu colors on a bit of piiperand pasted' on;
another triangle or white paper-forms the >
9lngle gurmeat wlilehoar new wardB'vare.
supposed to wear, anafh^?arms- ani'iegt
are streaks of chocolate" pat'bfrito skltfalfy
that they look sarpristugiy llke real Uttibs
Lord Piiuacefote Betires Jprll 1. .. .
The diplomrttlp career? of: Lord Padribe-;; I
fote of Prestoa,.the British Ambassador, >
to the Uatted States, will terminate on
April 1, whea he will be plaood on there-']'
"lred Hat. '
Cuban Election on Mmy 1. i.
Governor-General Wood, of Cabal
that as soon as the complete oebsu3c?tttgM;
are received the Recommendation oi-tM
Election Committee will be form^y ap*!
proved and published, thus enabling pre f
narations to be made;.forthwith through]
out the Island for elections of May lv "1,
"
Play Stopped in New fork City.
The polioe stopped the performance o
Olga Nethersole's "Sapho" at Wall&ok'f
Theatre in New York City after Magistral
Mott had held the actress,her manager an<
and leading man for trial on the charge o
indecency.
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Divorced From Senator Wolcott.
An absolute divorce was granted to Mrs
Frances M. Wolcott from United Statei
Senator E. 0. Wolcott In Judge Allen's
division of the District Court at Denvei
Col. The charge was desert ion. No testl
mony was introduced by the defense. Th
decree provided that Mi's. Wolcott sha.
receive $7500 a year alimony.
Predict* More Trouble in Samn i,
According to mall advices from Samoa
he Samoa Herald predicts grave compll
attonath connection with a serious natlv?
(disturbance la the Islanl of Savall oi
: February 3.
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3EATH ENDS LONG SLEEP.
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Remarkable Case ot Elida Wilbur,
of San Francisco. Cal.
S-Irl In a Trance For More Than
Two Years and Could Not be Restored
to Coneciouxness.
Sax Francisco, Cal. (Special). ? Hilda
Wilbur, a beautiful girl, wno had been la a
ranee for more than two years, died here
Cuesdaj morning. Her relatival had hoped
jecause of signs of returning consciousiess
that in a day or two she would je;over.
The case has been a mystery to the mod
cal profession, but it is believed the girl
luffered from n rare form of hysteria. She
irent to sleep ia February, 183i, and never
j?ally awakened. Her mother found her
lying on a lounge la her room with one
hand extended as if she bad just dropped
i novel which was lying on the floor. Tiie
yas was turned on, bet there was no
;hought that she had attempted to commit
>ulcide. It looked as If, overtired, she had
(alien asleep.
James Dunphy, a young m:m who had
jaid court to her, called up the Wilbur
aouse ou the telephone at seven o'clock
:hat morning, and Insisted that be must
ipeak with the girl. Mrs. Wilbur, annoyed
it so early a call, And at Dunphy's perslstjnce,
consented to go to her room p.od see
It she 'was awake, and found her iu ttrerance.
Her eves were open and staring.
Physicians were summoned, and from that
:lme on every possible effort was made to
t waken her. , - .V, "y.
Electricity and aft.means known to phyliolars
were tried without effect. Then
:hey tried hypnotism and'esteopathy, but
hese methods also failed. The young
voman lost flesh to some extent, but wa9
lot emaciated. No one could tell what the
natter was.
Miss Wilbur spoke aboot six week9 ajro
is if in a dream, saying,. "Nobody loves
ne," and then .relapsed ioto silence a^aln.
For the last few days the gtrl has been
Jinking. Her oonstUutioa'had given way
inder the losg^^aln. , <
50,000 MEN'jp^E- IN C^CACQ.
Sulldlngr Ilrnw Close Thelt'
Plants oa^^cuntof Um Strike.
Chicaoo (Special). ?BaUding material
lrms whloh sufJpiytlie Chicago market
roted to olose theii plants iiatll conditions
n the building Industry ot the city a ball
iave ohangedfortfcje better.
The reason given for Ibis more was that
>eoause of tbe paralysis In building operaIons
bmoght on (jjy-laW trouble# they
iave been conducting their business at a
o?9 since lait October. - ,
By the closing 10,000 n\eo employed 1ft
he stone qdirrles, brickyards, and plants
rbere lime, cemept, rabbl^ stone, coping,
irusbed stone and othet aaterials aro
landled aro madeldl*. >
Added to tbe 30,000 Idls'ln the building
ndustry, tbe 70c0strllcing machinists, and
:he 3000 on strike in other Hoes, it . makes
:he total number ot**uneoployed in thp
*lty fully 50,000. . ^B^.vW N
CURRENCY BILL'yftfrejjfED;' '
Fh? Senate Adopts tlw^nfmnM Bepor,
By ? Vote oI 4j^to 88.
Washinotox, D. C. (Special).?The Senate
passed t'ue currenpjr and bond oonfer>nee
report by a vote of lit? 26. The vote
jn the passage of the Currency bill itself
:>n February 15 was 49; SO that tb'ta
trote shows an apparjfctBigela of one tor
:he advocates of the fldH-^&ndard.
Mr. Chandler was tfif&nly Republican to
oppose hi? party's eflfcrta to make good
3ue of the vital pledging its moat recent
N'ational platform. gjfcgars. Cftffay, of
Louisiana, iind LiaM|y, of Kentucky, the
;wo Gold Demooriqfv-Mt in the Senate,
70ted for tlie recMt,a? tbey did on 'February
15 for the bm iUelf. Jtr^Ky ia? of South
Dakota, now claself!w%?>va Bepublican,
vas again uba^tijraBmpqttf^.''.
CONCREi^M^^ARMER DEAD.
'Father of tbo Hori??" Expire* at Hi*
HowiMWMfpiMtbirn.
Philadelphia ?[8t>ecl|^. ? Congressman
\lfred 0. Hurmer,of tlie^pithPennsylvania
District, and the 'Pathef of the House/'
died at his home in Germancown, a suburb
ot this oity.
Hr. Harmed bad been ill since last November
when J&vWas stricken with asevure
attack of JtfdMPtrouble. He recovered
3ufflclentty-to'?ittend the opening of Congress
in December, but later was again
a An A/I frt hla- KA4 ?
JUUUUQU VV MAO vw ( .
A tew days niter 1 a relapse and
speedily failedymtil Monday eveulng, wUen
be died, surrovffiiffdby bis wife, t Urea sons
and two diuighte$^
Alfred C. Hotinet gra* bora I li'Germantown
oa Angust ^:lw, -He was elected to
Congress iq lOTVlfcpd re-elected to every
?a b*eqaen t 0 agrees. wi th the exception of
MRS. UWTQN.CEtS PEOPLE'S GIFT.
The Fond of S98,407.07 Transferred t?
th?t Widow of too Onml.
WiaknroTo^ D. C/(8peet*I).-An inter.
; eating soeue occurred at the Biggs National-Bank
a few days , ago, when the, fond
raised by the people'ta recognition of the
*rrtees of Chelate Major-General Lawton
.eras formally'transferred to his widow.
General Oorftln, as treasurer of the fond,
drew a check lor U) favor oi
Mary 0. Lawton, and saw that it wa.i
\1ranaferiedk to her credit; on tfo books of
the bank.1' General CorWn sald be did not
sare lor a receipt, but Mrs. Lnwton,inlisted
on giving him ,one$- r ;v' y
. In addition,fo the money the committee
ThLs completes the Commission, whose
personnel 19 as follows: Judge Tuft, ol
Ohio, President; Professor Deau C. Worcester,
of Michigan; General Lute ?. Wright,
ot Tenuessee; Henry C. Ide, of Vermont.
*nd Bernard Moses, of California.
College Professor a Suicide.
Francis L. Harvey, Professor of Natural
History at the University of Maine, committed
suicide at Orono, Me. Professor
Harvey has been breaking down for some
time on accouut of overwork. Professot
Harvey was born near Ithaca, N. Y., in
1830, and graduated from Iowa Agricultural
College in 1863. He went to the University
of Maiue in 1886. He leaves a wl/*
md live children.
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[Congressman Hitt Renominated.
R. R. Hltt was renominated for Oongresi
by acclamation at the Republican Congrea*
Convention at FreeDort. IlL
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flCTIS OF FIRE MP.
"errible Disaster in a Coa! Mine in
West Virginia.
I ?
CIRE FCLLOWED THE EXPLOSION
t
>rer One Hundred Miners Entombed by ^
an Explosion at the.Ked Asli Mine? (
Hard Work of Kssctte?Scores ol
Bodies Recovered?Governor Atkinson
Orders an Investigation.
Chablestok, W. Va. (Special). ? The _
greatest mlatng horror in the New Rivet
region occurred at Red Ash about elghl
j'clock Tuesday morning by an ezplosloo
li the drift mine of the Red Ash Coal Com- ^
?any. There were 125 men In the mine and
she explosion occurred near the entrance,
ffhloh was closed by falling slate. The ex|
plosion made only little noise, and the ac
iident was first discovered by a laoorer ai
the entrance.
The scene of tLe accident is three miles
ibove Thurmond, on the Chwapeake and
Dhlo road. The principal owner of the
nine is J. Fred Efflntjer, of Staunton, Va.
Che manager id Fenliuand 'Howell. *
The news.of the^tffwwter swept through
the town and within a few minutes nan- *
lredsof men, women and children, relalives
of the unfortunate miners, were upon
(he scene. As the conviction that th?
rescue of the entombed men altve was hopeless,
they became frantic in their endeavors
!o reach their dead and dying in the
wrecked shaft, and the work of attempted
rescue was organized with extreme difIculty.
The mine is on the mountain side above
jater, and the ooai is similar to that found
In the Pocahontas district. On this account
it is said here that the accident cannot
lave been caused by firedamp or by gas, t
| >ut from dust? as was the case in one of the
:ragedles some years ago in a Pocahontas
nine.
The diBtrieris a wild one on Rush Run,
irbioh Is a south branch of New River, hav'nif
itanj'outh at Thurmond. It la about
ilxty#Ve miles from this clcy.
The force of suoh an erplosttm caused an
immense falling of the slate and otbet
lebris, so that the entrance was filled op
tors great distance, aud tbe difficulties in
digging through it caused delay la the
fork of rescue.
As many men as eould work at one time
. rera digging away with all their might,
lad were relieved In short relays by other
nen,*o a? to expedite tbe work of rescuing
ismuoh as possible.
The first sacoessiul strike of the-rescuers
iras about tea o'clock in the morning, when
' lea bodies were recovered. Seven of them
?? nireadv dead, and the other three
irere dying. As the miners were located at
liferent plaoes In the drift, and the erplo'
lion canted the falling slate to- blookade
the looms In different parts of the mine,
:he work otxQQCue met with one great ob<ractloaT3tfanother.
Afterthe men got under headway- In the
irork of resoue they reached the flrst party
ai less thjui.an hour,'but they met greater
UfflcultlM after that time. It woe then
that telegrams were sent to Montgomery,
Dharleston and other places for physicians,
inrses and coffins.
Allwork was stopped In the surrounding
nines of the district, and the people wlth>
in a radius of many miles assembled on the
(rounds of the Bed Ash compuny..
' The population of the mining village U
Ire" hundred. All are miners, and th?
' alaoslty wlll reach almost every littl*
. touse in the mining town.
. The managers and bosses of all th?
mines In this district came to the scene ai
toon as possible and joined In the work ot
re? cue. It Is Impossible to describe th< '
: imonnt of work done by this concentrated
iroy of men, but they were greatly im*
' peded because of the extent of the enornone
blockade at the entrance to the drift.
The large heavy side tires of the entrance
were blown ont to some distance, togethei
with a lot of heatxl;trjinbera. Even mule*
.srere blown out somp instance. *
Chief Mlno Inspector J. W. Paul, Got- ,J
. truer Atkinson and,others left here Tires- M
Jay night for the scene of the disaster to J
make an Investigation. Mr. Paul stated
' that the mine had been In splendid con. |
flltlon, and It the explosion was caused bj 1
Ire dampj as reported, he was at a loss ta -^P
ICO on nt tor Its pmenoe.
The mlda was last Inspected on Octobet
14, lSQOrwben It was found to be perfeotly
lafe. The Bed Ash mine was operated by
:he Bed Ash Ooal Company, composed ot
J. Fred Efflnger, of Staunton, Ya., and
other Staunton parties. . /
REAR-ADMIRAL WATSON REJEVE&
9rder*d to Transfer HI* Flag to th?
. \r-v> "Baltimore and Proceed Home.
1 Washington, D. C. (Special).?On ao<
jount of the delicate condition of BearAdmiral
Watson's health he has been or<
iered to transfer his flag to the Baltimoreand
to proceed home by way of the Suo?
Canal and Mediterranean Sea, stopping at
luoh European ports ns he deems proper,
is Was done In the oase of Admiral Dewey.
[Bear-Admiral Remey 1ms beoa appointed
hla successor In oominaud of the Aslatlo
f Station.)'./
Ha will probably arrive Id European
ivaters some time durlaar the summer, and
may visit the Paris Exposition.
. Bear-Admiral Bemey, ut present la command'
of tlie Portsmouth (Nf. H.)' Navy
?ard, will be ordered to succeed Bear-Admiral
Watson In command of the Asiatic
Station.
PROFESSOR MOSES APPOINTED.
Fifth and Lait Member of the New
Philippine Commission.
Wasbixotok, D. C. (Special).?Profossoi
Bernard Moses, of the Uuiverilty of California,
had a conference with the President
t few days ago. Mr. MoKlnley tendered
the vacant plaoe on the uew Philippine
Dommkslon to Mm, and Professor Moses
icceDted it.
letters reofclvijd Iron CEbsorlbers to tile
V pXttfY LINES SENATE.
WI^Hir. |B*pabllc?na
B^^Jones and Stewart, ot
99n^B^^epldem[c of earache In New
2?orE City. The olinlcs In the ear wards ot
Sfhe hospitals and Infirmaries are kept busy,
ftnd the usual treatment does not seem'effective.
It is no inflammation ot a. coneshaped
boue behind the ear, and If It Is not
taraited promptly is apt to result In an ah>
mm .? >
Japan'* Crovrn Prlure Engaged.
Diplomatic circles In Berlin have received
Information that the Japanese Crown
Prlnoe, Yoshiliito Harunomiya, is engaged
:o Princess SaJa, ot the Japanese House o'
Kujo.
The Labor World.
The steel casting plant at Lima, Ohio,
which has been Idle tor a number ot years,
Is being repaired and equipped for early
resumption.
Because recognition of their union was
refused 600 machinists of the works of
" ?- " r,.l nt PrnaKi' O.n
rrUfcCl U' WUClltllOia ?uu ui Wiwau; u. ww., *.*
Chicago, 111., went ou strike.
The two hundred watch case engravers
who are ou strike against the Watch Case
Trust iu Sag Harbor aud Philadelphia are
leaving for other cities.
All the cabmen of Naples, Italy?numbering
not far from ten thousand?9truck in
an endeavor to prevent the introduction
of automobile cab3, as proposed by their
employers,
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