Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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lOElFOITEIN TAKES. Free State Officials Hand tliR City Keys to General Roberts, TROOPS GIVEN WARM WELCOME General Roberts llcffr* ti? Sleyit a* I'm ?? Fro* " i-ttir? jl ikniuciv State OoverniDPnt Itus Ce:i?eil to Exisl ?Tlin lioer Army 11a* Withdrawn tc the North?The Surrender oJ the City. London (By Cubic).?General Roberta entered Bloemfontein on Tuesday, and tin British flag was run up over the Presidency of the Orauge Free State. He announced that the Orange Free State Government has .leased to exist. Th^ Mayor and other ofll rials met Gonerul Roberts outside tLie towo and presented to him the keys of the public offices. The inhabitants gave the British troops a cordial welcome. The following is the text of .Lord Roberts's dispatch to the War Office announc lug the occupation: , ' Bi.oemfonti:i.v, Orauge Free State.?Bj the help of God and by the bravery of bet Majesty's soldiers the troops under my command have taken possession of Bloetufonteln. The Eritlsh flag now flies ovet the Presidency, evacuated Inst evening by Mr. Steyn, late.President of the Orauge Free state. Mr. Fruzer, member of the late Executive Government; ti:? Mayor, the Secretary to the late Government, the LauJrost, and other officials raec me two miles from the town and presented me with the keys of the public of flees. "The enemy hiivo withdrawn rrota cue neighborhood, and all seems quiet. Th? Inhabitants of Bloemfontein gave the troops a cordial welcorao." A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from Bloemfontein, dated Tuesday evening says: "Bloemfontein surrendered at 10 o'cloct to-day. It wa3 occupied at noon. Presl dent Steyn, with a majority of the lighting burghers, has fled northward. "General French was within five mlle3 of the place at 5 o'clook Monday afternoon. Hesent a summons into the town, threatening to bombard unless it surrendered by 4 a. m. Tuesday. A white flag was hoisted Tuosday moruing, and a deputation of the Town Council, with Mayor Kellner, came out to meet Lord Iloberts at Spitz Kop, fl vt miles south of the town, making a formal surrender of the place. "Lord Roberts made a state ontry at noon. He received a tremendous ovation. After visiting the public buildings, he wonl to :lio official residence of the President, followed by a chueriug crowd, who waved tho British flag and sang the British national anthem. They were In a condition of frenzied excitement. "On Monday afternoon, previous to thf surrender, there had been a little sniping and shelling, but the enemy tlion retired. "Lord Roberts has bis headquarters at the President's bouse, and there are many of the British wounded in the buildiug. The railway is not injured." , A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Bloemfontein,. dated Tuesday evening, at 7 o'clock, says: ' We surprised and outflanked the enemy with irresistible force overnight. Guueral French held the railway north ana south of Bloemfontein, while Lord Roberts dispatched a prisoner on parole, threatening to bombard unless the city surrendered. The townsmen became alarmed. President Stoyn and the chief inembersbf the Executive Council fled and proclaimed Kroonstndt to be the capital. 'Steyn 3ed to NVinburg. At tho last only 3000 fighting men remained, and in the morning m:;nv, finding thems-elvos so weakened, broke their guns. Others fled. The remnant still shelled General French .at dawn, but the opposition soon collapsed. "Eight locomotives and much rolling stock wero captured. The Boer organization Is collapsing, and the breach between the Free Staters and Transvaalera is widening. "Major-General Prettyman has been appointed Military Governor of Bloemfontein. Lord Roberts uud his staff have rid ueti uiruu^ti iuf; n/wu uuu wuou w?v*j ?? cheered. The British nation:il anthem is enthusiastically eutnj by the population, tho shot*.- :tr<! jjlinlly opening, and then' is "eueral rejoicing." HER01ME TO CO TO PARIS. Girl Who Wears Lesion of Honor Illbbori TVill Kc;?ieseiit Indiana. Butleu, Ind. (Special).?Indiana will 'jo represented at the Paris Exposition by Miss Jennie Creek, of Mllgrove. She is only a simple American girl, barely eighteen years of age, but is entitled to wear the famous ribbon of tho French Legion of Honor. It was awarded to Jennie Creek nearly seven years ago, when she was eleven years of age, to commemorate a deed of exceptional bravery and remarkable presence of miuti. On the afternoon of September 10, 1898. the World's Fair special left Chicago and wasspt?eding along tho Pan Handle Iload within a few miles of Milgrove when Miss Creek discovered the long wooden bridge partially consumed by Are. Btio flew toward the coming train, tearlug oil her red uudersklrt as she rau and frantically waving it at tho enginer, lie came to a stop within a few feet of the burning bridge, and made Illllt? O UilT-liU uun UL LU'J UC1 \JL .be world. French peopio who were on the trnin carried the 9tory to tlieir native land, and later the decoration was conferred on the Rlrl. She will probably be the youngest jcuest of honor entertained by tbe Paris Exposition. Delawuro Farmer* Unite. About five hundred farmers of Kent County, Del., mot at Dover and formed an Dr^anization known a9 the Farmers' Produce Association of Delaware. A. N. Brown, secretary of the Delaware State Fair Association, was elected president, ?n,i F.. C. Packard, a Dractlcal farmer, ol Dover, secretary. Tho organization was effected for the purpose of securing more remunerative prices for farm products. Tlie ilrst act of the association was to set a stated price for tomatoes, agreeing not to raise or sell tomatoes for a less sum than *7 i ton. Pefler'ii .Son Kill* Himself. T. Sherman PeiTer, son of W. A. Peffer former United States Senator from Kansas, was found dead tu a rooming house inKnn as City. Mo. Ou the bureau was found a box that had contained morphine and a jote reading: "Father?I don't like to do what I am doing, Out I'm tired." He was tnown to be despondent. Finland No Lon^r s Grand Dochy. The Cologne* Gazette, of Berlin, Ger nrtn nnoa thnf- fha haa ?hnl isbed the rule which provided that District Governor:) of Finland should take a special jath upou entering the Russian State aer"Ice. Mlnlater Killed by a Train. Tbe Rev. F. H. Auderson, 8tate Evan cellst for Virginia of the Church of thf Disciples, wak knocked from a trestle on :he Norfolk,and Western Railroad by ;i train near Chilhowle, Va., and instant!? killed. Boer-British War Notes. It is stated offlclally that only three off! cers on tbe active list of tbe Prussian armj asked for leave of absence to go to Pre torla. Five thousand Germnns and 500 Irish men attended a pro-Boor mass-meaning in Chicago, nearly 53000 being raised fafr th? Boers. The Malikdln tribe of Afridl3 offered thf services of 2000 picked warriors to light foi the Empire in South Africa, but the Gov erumont declined. Gretna Mennonites, strong Beer sympa thizers, made an attempt to burn th? Queen's efilgy in Winnipeg, Manitoba, bu were prevented bv the threats of Engliih is en. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Waiihlncton Item*. Ia tli? Senate Mr. Alien (Neb.) and Mr Butler (N. C.) announced their belief ia the free aud unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to !. It is explained that thi* Government ia j tendering its Rood ofllces to terminate the ? war in South Africa merely transmitted a request for peace terms from the Boors tc Great Britain. The House seated B A. Wise (Rep.) in place of W. A. Young (Dem.) as Repre' sentative frcai the Second Virginia Disj trlct. Thn TVnr r>ana- r-.pnf' .aftnowledtjed that f | General Joseph Wheeler litis tendered hii 1 ! resignation as an officer of the Volunteei i j army. j I In :i suit to recover 3127,000 taxe3 paid! : the Governmeut during the war with Spain, the Sugar Trust soeks to tost the constitutionality of the war tax law. It is said that the passago of the Meat Inspection bill by the German Reichstag may lead to a trade war between the United States and Germany. The Diplomatic and Consular Appropria tlon bill was passed in the Senate, an ameudment offered bvSIr. Hoar, proposing to pension former Queen Llliuokalaui f>f lawail being defeated. Our Adopted Iclnnrta. I I The camp at Cayay, Porto Rico, selected 03 the statiou of the Porto Rlcan battalion now in progress of organization, has been designated "Camp Henry." A special Court designated a3 a Board has been appointed by General Otis to formulate a comDrehensive system of civil - ' - - 1 government tor me jrmujuuuo x-nauu^. Smallpox Is common among th9 natives in the Philippines. Japanese merchants and those dealing in Japanese good3 in Honolulu, Hawaii, have protested against the action of the Board of Health la prohibiting the importation of certain Japanese foodstuffs. The total customs receipts in Cuba for January were $1,511,094. Wreckers recovered the safe of the Spani ish destroyer Furor, near Santiago do Cuba, but it was seized by American officers, U3lng an army tug. Sluce the occupation of Porto I'.tco by the United States, 254 Spanish aud 443 American vessels entered the ports. { Doirinattc. ! Announcement is made of the engage* I meat of MI39 Mabel aiciuniey, niece ot ut President, to Hermanus Baer, a medicai student. They will be married early nett autumn, probably at the White House In Washington. Western twine manufacturers are protesting against competition in their business from the Kansas State Penitentiary, where a factory has been started. The Philadelphia Grand Jury has decided that "Sapho" is siot an immoral ot obscene book. Steamship bookings for Europe are no* growing tremendously in volume. It is estimated that between April 1 and August 1 70,000 first cabin passengers will leave the port of New York.' Four times the doctors weighed the new baby of Mrs. Patrick Lavery,,of Bridgeport, Conn., and each soale gave the same result?twonty-four and oae*halt pounds, i It is a boy. The town of Concord, Mass., has voted to apppropriate 82500 for the celebration ou the 19th of April next of ttie 125th anniversary of the Concord fight. Inhalation of illuminating :ga3 killed | William L. Cochrane, tweaty-four years ! old, ia New York City. He was a soa of j former Judge Coctiraae, of the VIrgtala Supreme Court. Tbe grip bus assumed epidemic proportioas ia Bostoa. It has beea eighteen 1 years since the disease has beea so goaoral j ia tho city. I Tlie Attorney-Geaeral of Nebraska has ! sued the various railroads of the State for I $2,000,000 penalties for violations of the I Maximum Rate law. David W. Reeves, tho well-known band! master, died at Providence, R. I., from ! paralysis after a short illness. He was ! 9fty-two years old. ! JUajor Jumes Barroll Washington, a j former Confederate soldier, died ia PittsI burg, Penn., aged sixty-one. His great< grandfather was John Augustine Washlng| ton, brother of George Washington. Ellen Duff, a mendicant, when searched at tin* City Lodging-House In New York , City was found to have $11,000 deposited ia baaks. N. L. Blichael, Vice-President of tbe American Baalr at Lima, Ohio, that was mysterioasly robbed of $18,000 more thaa | a year ago, was arrested charged with the i robbery. Michael braads hli arrest as i blackmail. The Republican Congressional Conveni tion of tho Sixth District of Indiana rej nominated Representative James E. Wati son bv acclamation.' The spring tide of immigration is now at i its height. During the past week ending more than ten thousand immigrants landed at the Barge Office'in New York City. Labor troubles culminated In a riot at Thirty-sixth and Wallace streets, Chicago. William Schindler was shot in the breast by Joseph Watts. He will die. Six other* 'rere Injured. Foreign. China has sentenced a monopoly promoter to imprisonment for life. Mr. Bond, leader of the Opposition in the Newloundlund Legislature, has oonsentec to lake office. *,?ahonH and anmft RrtK isb sympathizers with the uoers were mobbed while dining in u restaurant at I Scarborough, England. It was stated iu Paris that the French Government was willing to extend the time for the ratification of the commercial treaty with the United States if the latter requested it. A cable from Johannesburg reports that the condition of the German group of gold mines in the Transvaal is satisfactory, and 'that the other groups have suffered onlj Inconsiderably through the stoppage. Major Francis, of the army of the republic, has discovered and reported to the President of Brazil a conspiracy to restore the monarchy. Many officers of the army are Involved and will be arrested. In the Italian Chamber of Deputies the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Marquis Vlscontl-Venosta, Introduced a bill embodying tbe commercial agreement with the United States. i George Clark and Scotty McKay, two American locomotive engineers, accused 01 having caused a railway wreck, have been in prison at Orizaba, Mexico, (or ten months without trial and there is no early prospect of their cases being passed on bj the local court. :? The Reichstag, at Berlin, Germany, has passed the Coinage bill, which provides for the coinage of silver to the extent of fifteen marks per capita of the population. The debt of the Danish West Indies tj> Denmark aggregates *3,216,000, which Is quoted as a reasou why the islands ought not to be o Id to the United States. General Kitchener urrived at Victoria West, Cape Colonv, to or^anizs various j columns for the purpose of suppressing the 1 rebellion, Which is spreading in that district. J Tho Theatre Francais, the historic homo of the Comedie Francaise in Paris, was dc stroyM by lir-*. Many art treasures wero lost.'aud Mile. H-.'uriot, an actress, burned j to death. Fame.^ frosn surrounding factories are said to be causing a rapid crumbling cl Westminster Abbey, in Loudon. Nearly 4250,000 will be spent on the wedding of the l'rinco Imperial of Japar and numerous iong-term prisoners will bf pardoned. i Queen Natalie of Servia lias cancelled 1 her will drawn in favor of her 3on, Kin? Alexander, through disgust at Lis acquiescence In the virtual dictatorship of his unprincipled father. Miiuu, and has drawn a new one, leaving her millions to the pool (of Serviu and France. At Gnesen and in other towns in tho province of Posen the police have been making house-to-house searches to obtain incriminating evidenco iu connaoti.oa witi> the alleged Polish consoiracv. n i GOLD BILL IS PASSED Adopted by the House by a Vote o 166 to 120, * . ( STATEMENT OF SECRETARY GAGE. Vnlarl With I!|0 Kpinillli cans?Otherwise a Strict Parry Vote? I The Secretary of the Treasury Kxplaitif I tlie Changes Made by the Provision! I or the New Currency Bill. WAsniNflToy. D. C. (Special).?The las' legislative step in the enactment of tht financial bill was taken by the House o) Representatives when the conference report on the bill was adopted by a vote ol lf.6 yeas to 120 nays, present and not voting, 10. The Senato had already adopted the conference report, so it remained foi President McKlnley to affix bis signature to the measure to make it a law. Nine Democrats voted with the Repub* deans, namely: Clayton, Drlgg3, Fltzgerild, Underhlll, L<?vy, Scuddor?all of New ?ork; Denny, Maryland: McAleer, Pennsylvania, and Thayer, Massachusetts. In other respects the vote was on party lines. Secretary Gage made the folio wing statement in explanation of the provisions of the Financial bill: The bill transfers from the general fund of the Treasury's cash $150,000,000 la gold coin and bullion to redemption fund, thai gold to be used for the redemption o) United States notes and Treasury notes. That fund Is henceforth absolutely out ou! of and separated from the cash balance In the Treasury, and the available cash bal* ?ii"? will hnpflafter 9how a reduction ol 1150,000,000 from the figures that have heretofore prevailed. If redemptions go on so that the gold In this reserve fund Is reduced below $100, 000,000 and a Secretarv is unable to build it up to the $150,000,000 mark, he is Riven power to seil bonds, and it is made his duty to replenish the gold to the $150,000,000 mark by such means. "Thq 'endless chain' Js broken by a provision whloh prohibits the use of notes so redeemedto meet deficiencies in the current revenues. The act provides for the ultimate retirement of all the Treasury notes Issued la payment for silver bullion under'tbe Shermau Act. As fast as that bullionfts coined into silver dollars. Treasury notes are to be retired and replaced with an equal amount of silver certificates. "One clause of the bill which the public will greatly appreciate is the right that it gives to the Secretnry to coin any of the 1890 bullion into subsidiary silver colas up to a limit of $100,000,000. There has for years been a scarcity of subsidiary 3ilver during periods of active retail trade, but this provision will give the Treasury ample opportunity to supply alt the subsidiary silver that Is needed. "Another provision that the public will greatly appreciate Is the authority given to the Secretary torecoin worn ari'l-irnour rent subsidiary silver now in the Treasury or hereafter received. "A dlstrlot feature of the bill is In reference to refunding $839,000,000 bonds iuto new 2 per cent, bonds. These new 2 per cent, bonds will not be offered for 9ale but will only be issued in exchange for an equal amount, face value, of old bonds. "The holders of old bonds will receive a premium In cash to compensate them in a measure for the sacrlflce of interest which they make. That cash premium will be computed on a basl9 of the present worth of the old bonds at 2)i per cent, and will be on April 1, the date that the new 2 per cent.* bonds will bear, $105.6351 for the 3's, $111.6765 for the 4's, and $110.0751 for each $100 of the S'S. "This exchange will save the Government, after deducting the preininm paid, nearly $23,000,000, if all the holders of tlie did bonds exchange them for the new one3." RHODE ISLAND REPUBLICANS. State Ticket Headed by William Gregory of North Klugston. Pbovidence, It. I. (Special).?The Republican. State Convention, held in this city, was the largest political gathering of the Bort ever held in this State. In addition to the 350 delegates representing every city and.towu in Rhode Island, the galleries were crowded with spectators aud the plat form with prominent men of tlie party. The convention was called to order by General Hunter C. White, chalrmau ot the Ejtate Committee, who, for the committee, named Hon. George H. Utter, of Westerly, as Chairman. The following nominations were made by acclamation: For Governor?Hon. William Gregory, of North Kingston; Lieutenant-Governor?Charles Bean Kimball, ol Providence; Attorney-General?Wlllard B. Tanner, of Providence; Secretary of State ?Charjes P. Bennett, of Providence; Geueral Treasurer?Walter A. Read, of Gloucester. The following delegates-at-large to the National Republican Convention were elected: General Charles R. Brayton, of Providence; Prank F. Carpenter, of P rovldence; Lucius B. Darling, of Pawtacket, and Charles H. Child, of Providence. CONVICTS FICHT FOR FREEDOM. Two Fatal Battles In South CarolinaGuard and a Convict Killed. 8. C. ("Special). ? Convict.' working on a State (arm near Columbia and others on the Laurens County chain gang broke from their guards a few day? ago. In the first case Guard Harlln wa? disarmed, but the conviota could not work his rifle. Five attacked him with rakes. He drew his pistol, shot one dead, wounded a second and two surrendered. One escaped. The guard was badly injured. In Laurens Jack Coleman broke a guard's bend with a stone, killing him, seized his rifle and ran. He was pursued with dogs. On being taken a sharp fight ensued. John D. Mills, a deputy sheriff, was shot down. Coleman did not surrender until he had several bullets In his body. N tleat?n*Dt Weber Takes HI* Life. Mnjor-Gecerul Otis has reported to the War Department at Washington that Second Lieutenant Louis P. Weber, of the Forty-second volunteer infantry committed suicide In Manila while mentally deranged. To Be Pay Inspector of the Navy. President McKlnley bos Bent the following nomination to the Senate: Paymaster Joslah B. Stanton to be a Pay Inspector in the Naiy. Trout Fry Killed by Fire. The flsh hatchery ou the grouhds of the South Sld% Sportmen's Club at Oakdala, Jj. 1., WHU nuiucu t% iu?v \iuya xuu atr. was caused by workmen who were ueltlng asphalt. T}be Iosh in a serious one to the club owing to the destruction of 300,000 trout fry of this year's hatching. Girl Triplets Christened. The triplets, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Young, boru at Gloucester, Mass., several (lays ago, have boen formally christened. They wore numerl after President McKlnle.v's wife. Admiral Dewey'.' wife and 3Iis3 Helen Gould. Mobilization of French Atujjv The French autumn military manoeuvre* will be on the largest s:ala. Immedlajelj the Exhibition ends 200,000 soldiers \plll be massed iu the part9 of France nearSlt tc England. Arbitration Court at TUtfH?jjue. The Government has jflped a large building in tho PrinseuRoht at The Hague, Holland, for use*M a permanent bureau for tho International Court of Arbitration. Electric Omnibuses in Berlin. An electric omnibus line has torn in ujtmratei In B-jrlln. Germany. CARNEGIE MAKES DENIAL No Ground For Fricks Suit Agains! the Steel Company. Allocation* oT Fraud Declared Itanole*-*? Liow the PlaintiS Got SG.COO,OOO For SU10.000 Invested. PirrsBritr,, Penn. (Special). ? Andrew Carnegie and twenty-nine o? liis partner? in the Carnegie Steel Company (lied a joint answer to H. .C. Prick's bill in equity, by which Frick sues tor uwuion ue claims to be his interest, and for which Carnegie had offered 80,000,000. Instead of *250,000,000 or $500,000,000, which Frlck says Mr. Carnegie had claimed the business was worth, it is declared in the answer that thf> total asset# ot the association are only $75,610,101.06. Carnegie admits that he had put a high value on the property, but says is wa3 in jest at a lunoheon wit'u his partners. Frlck at one time held eleven per cent, of the stock, but it now appears that in a period of depression Mr. Carnegie, at his solicitation, took Ave per cent, of it off his hands. Interesting is the narrative set forth In I this reply of Frlck's .connection with the company. It declares that his interests "were acquired la the same manner as [ other young ^partnors." He was not required to pay for the same, provision being mudo as lu nil cases of newly admitted j members for payment out of the future profits. ' a Carnegie's reply goe3 on to explain that in February, 18D5, Frlck waa the owner | ot eleven per cent, of the capital, ' \ upon which he owed Andrew Carnegie $1,809,191.83, the balance ot the purchase price. He was not, however, under il8 agreement with Mr. Carnegie, personally liable, the Interest acquired being the only nnnrltv which Mr. Carnetfle held. A period of business depression followed, and Mr. Friok, according to the statement, vrent to Mr. Carnegie and expressed a desire to reduce his holdings In the association. He requested Mr. Carnegie to purchase at the book value five per cd'nt. of th} eleven per cent, held by hlrn. Mr. Carnegie agreed to relieve Mr. Frick of the oharge. Mr. Carnegie paid him, he says, the then oook value, which was greatly In excess of the price paid for it by Mr. prick. After ibis transfer Mr. Frick held only six per cent, of the whole, and the balance due on that from Mr. Frick for the purchase price was finally adjusted and paid to Carnegie. The payment consisted of $129,000 in bonds at theH. C. Frick Coke Company. v Carnegie avers that Frick has paid only 1300,000 for an interest worth $5,000,000. He accepted five per cent, of his holdings "at a timo when he was saacetl and feared < the stock would depreciate, bat now refuses to accept book valuations for the rest if M?atrw>L- " ftarnAfflArtlftlmi that lit) WaS always ready to buy. As to tb>e value of Prick's servlogs Carnegie declarsa that 8lncel895th|^|?tYe boon merely adrliory. On megie'a'defease declares as to Frlok t bat "the defendants do aot question his ability, and say they would be glad to have him continue the business of the association, had nbt he himself forced trouble and rendered such Impossible." Mr. Frlok, it is claimed, upheld and enforced the.'"Ironclad" at all times. During the years Mr. Frlclc was the active head of the association he acquired the Interests of all retiring partners under its provisions. As soon as the books are written up Mr. Prick will be furnished with n balance sheet and about $4,930,000 in cash and notes will be tendered him, being the remaining partners' estimate of the value of his interest \ uui the full amount due him. This valuation is upon the same basis as that upon which all other partners and estates of deceased partners have been settled. Frick's proposition to arbitrate the value of his interest is rejected. The defendants do not regard It as being made in good faith, but tor the purpose of obtaining a price to which he Is not entitled. The defendants ask that the bill be dismissed, wlth-costs placed upsn the plaintiff. DEAD MAN AT THE THROTTLE. Life Left the Engineer ? ?ie spaa to me l!ed*ide of Hi* Sick Child. CnicAao (Special).?Bumping and swaying over a puzzle of switches and sharp curves, the Freeport express train, on the Illinois Central Railroad, sped on toward the Hawthorne Station a fewdays'ago with the pulseless hand of Engineer Josepfr E. Hoffman, one of the veterans of tlie road, grasping the throttle. He sat bent over the throttle and the reversing lever, his eye3 closed and bis face drawn with the last pang of the pain that caused his death. "Why, Joe, what's up?" asked Fireman Henry Murphy. "Not sick, are you?" With a touch of his linnd Murphy found his companion on many a midnight run over the prairies of Illinois had breathed his last, a victim of heart disease. : At the same moment Murphy caught sight of the red danger signal not not 1000 yards away. He lifted Hoffman to one side and then stmt off steam. In a second tbe sand and the sudden jerk of tbe reversing lever was preventing the heavy coaches from being crkslied Into a long freight train curling out of a side track. When the Freeport express left the Illinois Central Station at 10.30 o'clock Engineer Hoffman turned to his flremnn and mild; "Keen the steam In the sesond eight- | les, Hauk; the little one is sick at home and I want to get In on time." TU030 were hl3 last words. Killed Bl? Sweotlieart and Ulmaeif. Miss Lole Pearl, twenty-two years old, was shot and killed by her lover, George French, a truckman, at Farmingham, N. H. French also killed himself. The Navy to tracllce Economy. Orders have been issued by the Navy Department at Washington to commandants or the various yards enjoining the strictest ?conomy in making repairs to war ships. Sixteen French Miners Killed. Sixteen miners have been killed by an explosion in a coal pit at Besseges, France. The galleries of the mine collapsed, burylug the bodies of the victim^. Bdf Killed by Falling Bough. While fathering wood Stanley, the fourteeh-yeat-old son of Thomas Wilson, of Bendertown, Penn., was struck on the head iw a fiililnc houffh. The iDjurles were fatal and lie lived but"a short time. Nail Scratch Canned Lockjaw. Joshua Rult, a prominent farmer of Luu caster, Penn., died of lockjaw, the result of tramping on a rusty nail. Boers U are Plenty of Food. The Frankfort Zeitung, of Berlin, Germany, prints a private letter from Heidelberg, in the Transvaal, the writer of whioh says that at the most only three-Ufths of the Boer forces are kept in the field, and that the others continually receive home leave. The writer declares also that there is an abunduuce of food in the two republics, aud that the blacks continue their rarm labors without disturbance. No More Philippine Enlistments. The War Department hns notified" the officers in charge of the recruiting station at Pittsburg, Penn., not to enlist any more idea lor service in the Philippine Islands, "* ' ?:"? Personal mention. Daring his speechmakinsj tours, in the last three years, William Jennings Bryan has traveled something more than 100,000 m/Hes. Lord Salisbury is a very stout man, weighing fully 250 pounds, but curiously enough, he was of slight physique in his youth. The faculty of Edinburgh University has decided to confer the degrees of LL.D. on Mr. Joseph Choate, the American Ambassador in Loudon. Wheneva/Jtfe'iator Tillman wishes to speak on ?? e'aojeot Sw always oaretally prepares Ills speech beforehand and commits It to memory. PEACE APPEAL REJECTED. Great Britain Will Not Assent to the Independence of the Boers. OUR GOOD OFFICES ARE DECLINED Ofler of the United State* Meet* With Courteous Refusal?It Wan Made at the Request of the Boers?British Got* eminent Will Settle the Terms of Peace to Their Own Satisfaction. London (By Cable).?In the House of Lords Tuesday, the premier, Lord Salisbury, read the British Government's reply to Presidents Kruger and Steyn. The concluding sentence Is as follows: "Her Majesty's Government can only answer your honors' telegram by saying that they nre not prepared to assent to the independence of either the South African Republic or the Orange Free State." The United States Government, at the request of President Kruger and President Steyn, offered to the British Government its services as mediator, with the view of bringing about peace in South Africa, but the offer was declined. No desire to interfere was shown in the representations made by the United States Government. The communications from Adalbert S. Hay, tbe United ?tate3 cousru at Pretoria, were transmitted and assurances were given that everything which the State Department at Washington could do in the Interests or peace would be undertaken gladly. The suggestion of mediation sprung from Pretoria, where Mr. Hay, with the other consuls, subsequent to the dispatch by Presidents Ki-uger and Stoyn of their peace cable to Lord Salisbury, were asked to endeavor to enlist the good offices of their respective Governments, apparently with the view of bringing outside iuiluence to bear on Lord Salisbury's reply to the Boer overtures. Tbe efforts of all the European Powers' representatives in the Transvaal capital appear to have been fruitiess, but the report of the United States consul was forwarded on Monday, from Washington to the United States embassy in London, with the proffer as before outlined. Mr. White, the ohurge d'affaires, presented them personally to Lord Salisbury, who received them cor dlttlly, but ilia not eommu aimsou to aujr definite expression of opinion. Later Mr. White waited on Lord Salisbury and received the formal reply declining tbe offer. As the Boer overtures had been answered to the affect that no propositions including the retention of the republics' independence ooald be considered, the {>resantation of<ht> American offer was too ate, but the Pr?mfer, apparently, deemed it a matter of sufficient importance to put himself on record with a formal answer. ENGLAND'S ABHV IN AFRICA. Its Strength Placed at 208,000 Men?Twenty Thousand Remounts Sent There. Loxdos (8y Cable).?Mr. George Wyndhara, Parliamentary Secretary of tbe War Office, announced in the House of Commons that when the Eighth Army Division arrived in South Africa there would be a total of 208,000 troops there. After this division arrived no more troops would be sent except to fill vacancies. Mr. Wyndham added that 12,000 remounts had been sent to the British forces and that 8000 more were now on the way to South Africa. General Roberts Is satisfied with the number of big guns he now has. Tronble in Ztilulaml. London (By Cable).?Trouble is expected between Chief Ogolequuna and Chief UnaVircraen In RrlHah Znlillnnd. The BoerS are anxious that the chiofs should quarrel, am] they are prepared to support the former, as is also the Swazi Queen. The Zulu Else. However, upholds Umbogase. Germany's Conditions. Beelin (By Cable).? It Is seml-offlcially announced that when the Orange free State and the Transvaal addressed to a number of the larger and smalbr States a request for friendly mediation the German Government replied that it would willingly participate provided the ossential condition of such mentation were present?namely, the certainty that both belligerents desired it. War Loan Subscribed Ten Timos. London (By Cable).?The Chancellor ol the Exchequer, Sir Michael Hicks-Beacb,, announced that the war loan had.-bees; over-subscribed ten times, thoapplUfltfian*, au inhering 18,000. , | General Jonbert at Pretoria. Lorexzo Marques (By Cable).?General loubert has arrived at Pretoria, South African Republic, to consult with the Govern raont. APPROPRIATION FOR MIL IT?J Tliirty-Six AflJ utnnt-Geiienlll lucreitse From 9400,000 to >2,000,000, Washington, D. C. (8peclal).^TJU>J?^ tant-Generals of thtrty-Blx Statefl|rara?uf rltories appeared before the HotiP$Q<>(0* mitten on Militia to urge a larger appropriation for the- militia.-. Lt&l&Sm there is a standing, annual approfnBnr of $400,000 for the j^Utla which U?y^wint Those who ap'oica before ttob^KtfmUtee were Adjutant-Generals BaimHpralfkai Lieutenant-Governor ; Whit era an, New MexiCHxyMHK^iilAlne; Florida, South CarolI^fcgJB^rapMi; Alabama; Dalton, Massai^^^^^HHSlAton, West Virginia; IioyitoiCTpl'^^OkroHna; Overmeyer, Colorado; Bfcyratjfw^A; Stewart, Pennsylvania; Sackaft.isWMO Island; Saunders, Maryland; Miller," North Dakota; Gore, Indiana; Case, Michigan, Gyer, Ohio; Gaxitanbeln, Oregon. As u result of the heartag Chairman Marsh introduced a bill io<;2m8!nff the annual appropriation to f2;000,000,000.. It will probably be suppotlod by-the committee unanimously. A Cable to A bill waa introdufcj||d in the United Sfr&tea Senate by Mr. Fostfti!* authorizing the con-' structlon by tbe Government of a <jabter from some point on thi coast of the Stut? of Washington to Cape Nome and othei? points in Alaska. New Danserou# S5 Counterfeit. Chief Wllke, of the Secret Service, ink! received a new counterfeit flve-doliac^Mfg ver certificate, series of 1896, aheokVM|3R B, plate number 30. The note is prbdjjMj irom pboto etched plate?on paper with and blue silk threads net ween. M*y Not Hoycoft the Chihef^, Judge Knowlos, of tbe Cnit^^mH Court, at feutte, Mont., has hande$.-a$yj 'ft decision mating permaneat the against labor goloas antf labq^Iw^esiHjgj for years hadjrosecuteri u boycott wgaWsl tLe Chinese and all omployers di the-.Chf* nese. It in -understood chat a claim foi damages will be presented tQ ihfe Feder*1 -Goverameat by tbe Cblneae Sinister. -jz-? Loat Her Speech Ttirodwlrltclit. Mtoa Susan McCaffrey, ?1- Danrille Penn., lost her speech and- cannot recognize anyone as a result ot seeing a child killed by a trolley car in Scjrantoa, Penn Woman Haters Form a Club.Twenty-five young men ot Delawar* County, Ind., have flled artloles of incor' ? T- 1.U,. poration lor a oacneiors' ciuu. m luolu the incorporators are solemnly pledged tc adjure the society of women?. and to couu tenance la no way any recognition of the sex. The purpose of the jpntque organization is to establish the lam that woman'; society la entirely unnecessary for man': happiness. Congressman Cromer Renominated. The Republican Convention for th? Eighth Congress District met at Muccle Ind.,and renominated Congressmau OeorgT W. Cromer bv acclamatln:? i J ' i STRIKERS' DIRE DISTRESS. Thousands Suffering' in Chicago and the End is Not in Sight. Uentu Lone Overdue, antl Many Families of the Fifty Thousand May Soon lie HomeleM. Chicago CSpecial).?One of the most sonspicuous results of the lon^-contlnued I I tle-ap ia the building industry of Chicago I and the consequent Idleness of 50,000 union j workmen is thnt thousands of strikers' I families are in actual want. Most of tbo men now oa strike did. not j want to be locked cut. They have been * H, ? n r\ A OUC 01 ernpiuyiuoui ivi <iluvuvuo, >>Uu praotically every one of the 50,000 has been without work for five weeks. In that time their little stock of provisions and money has diminished rapidly or entirely disappeared, and now in many cases families are on the extreme verge of starvation. To the business agents, who are looked upon by union men as their leaders, working men have come with tears In tholr eyej to say that their families were starving and that they must work. At the Clvlo Federation Headquarters it was said that many requests for aid had come from families of workmen involved In the big building strike. Material men and eontractors who are personally acquainted with many of the workmen also say that manyappeals had come to them and in soores of cases the employers aided-.their former workmen, many of whom were out at the order of the union and not of tnelr own volition. About $500,000 has been paid out of the treasuries of the various onioas for "strike benefits," but this is to bo stopped, it is laid, as tho treasuries are low, and the money remaining is needed for the purpose of buying off non-union men whc want to ! hi: the places of the union strikers. Agents or the landlords hare servdd | thousands of the dreaded five-day notices on strikers to vaaite eneir awemngs or pay the root due, and, M the t?nants have no money, It means that they are to bo homeless In a short time. ttany of tho men have not paid their rent for two or three months. 7 \ In the dlstrlokuirhere the striking union men live evidgfiBM'. Of want ar? particularly apparent. ^3Phe small dealers In groceries, meats and-rather provisions along Milwaukee avenuo;!<Jfybourn avenue, Blu? Island avenue and Other neighborhoods say the conditions are the worst that have prevailed for yeard. , , Purchases have hMtrlfmlted to the bar* est necessities, anJfc&rdljr a cent Is spent I except 'for something to eat. The small | dealers have relt the conditions keenly, and I have been sufferers' to a great extent i through the strike. Those who afforded | many of the luxuries have been compelled I to ask their grocers for credit in order to | obtain the necessities for the table. In this way many who never requested credit before have been carried on thr books of the storekeepen(.notll It has be? ! cosne a burden almost tco heavy for their small capital to float. Even if conditions ohange soon it is said I K.if If mnir Un 1 mnnoalIvln fftp minv nf thfl I men, whose wages'at best are small, ever to catch up ou their indebtedness, aud. hc the small dealers aod prtpertyowners will lose much by the labor trouble*. No one can see the endjtooth sides being stubborn, and the fight Is stJQply to all appoarances a test of endunfghfc BOERS ARE FORCED 'MI^RETREAT. I An All-Day Fight Knda'.-W^rVictory Foi th? BrlMsh. London (By CableMSLord Boberts's | | troops again came iatjjfch with the Boers j on Saturday, and a?ritjEall-day fight the j burghers were routed! ^The fighting occurred at Drietonteln. '.foeBoer losses are reportod to have been tSwy.as the British The opposition at ]Dreifonteln wai somewhat unexpected, the iaea being chat. If there were Mweslstance, it-would be at Fotrusberg: JEMB&Hog by their experience, I the Boers wei^HHlred for sBritish flank< | iug movemeMflK, (a extending their postj tioa la order flffavoid being outflanked, j cney prooaoiy woaaoueu tuoir uomto, iuui i making it possible for the British infantry | to carrjf this wltkf a bayonet charge. The British reported casualties up to Saturday are as fol\ows: Killed, 2418; wounded, 3747; died o( disease, 1029; missing, 3483; total, 15,677. ' 7 jttaors Beqaesfed Foreign Intervention. Lohdoit (By Cable).?Presidents Krugei and Steyn seek peace on the basis of independence ol the republics and amnesty for rebel colonMfe. The foreign consuls at Pretoria ha^been asked to invite the la terveatlon ojjjgie Powers they represent. THOUSAMttg^F BIRDS FOR HATS. 9cor?t of Omrnre Gannon Shooting Engtar bonnet, a merciless | IS^ti^tBWLSand birds la the quota noedfecl py&ffl&y the demands of fashion, and iuiruvfj?/vr,uiuu uiu wj, www rk.8 ore (ha cocent saoci-' ce^t^o^6ipped?to ^ N?* he meshes of the night hun< aoh orchards now are allva x<^htr b? t><aM m B " Silt In Birb&dos. sugar estates havi res and feare an aty ot the city o! ;ara starving la Island, and th? Mpplnc. There Is not a single disengaged grain ship on tbe Pacific coast anywhere bet west Mexico and Alaska. Nitrate Is drawing more ships oat of the Pacific coast gralu trade than any other factor. A. seat la the Now York Stock Exchange j jow costs $40,000. During the recent blizzard thirty-elgUt babies perished in tbe streets of New York City. , The discovery of Russian and Polish Nihilist plots have led to ronewed police precautions In .St. Petersburg. Negotiations have been in progress with i a view to amalgamating a larjre number of hotels in the North ot Ireland. Tbo City Council of Atlanta, Ga., has repealed tbe law against pool selling, and horsemen will begin races soon. To prevent a repetition of the Johnstown (Penn.) flood, an attempt will be made to j reforest the Coijemaugh wa^r-shed. _ ? niMCEimiro Fourteen Italians Burned to Death a in a Newark Tenement. * I ARREST MADE ON,SUSPICION. 1 Loner in a Card Game Accufiel of Starting the Fire ? Men, Women and Children Hemmed In Without a Chance to Escape?Aroused From Hleop Onlr to Meot Death. Newark, N. J. (Special).?Fourteen persons perished Monday ia a Are whloh ourned a bier framed tenement house occupied by Italians. Vito Credanzo is under arrest, suspected of having maliciously started the blaae. Virglnlus de Prula and | CMuseppe Firlgnlo, who asserted they could prove that the Are was of incendiary origin, were detained by the police for the preliminary hearing. The house wa9 a two rod a half story frame structure, built In 1593 by the Rev. Felix Jlorelll, and was Known for some time as the Church of 8t. Kocco. It was .A not a prosperous congregation, and after a time FatherMorelll, who owns the propsarty, leased It to Joseph Jlaflla, who transformed it into a tenement houSe, with three stores on the Fourteenth avenue side. There were from twelve to fifteen families living in tho twenty rooms, In all about fifty persons. The lire spread rapidly and { the stronjr breeze fanned it. The wretched \ Inmates or the ramshackle building fled y hither and thither iu wild alarm and 1 one after another fell unconscious in tin 3 smoke. The majority of the victims were not burned to death, but smothered. Here is the list of the dead: Antonio Palmlsano and wife, Sebustinna, and daughters, Guiseppa and Muuziata; Gultana Palmlsano, wife of Fellpw Palmisano; Angela Oosllo, wife of Ugennio Oasilo, and An- i -i tonlo, Benulnlta, Francesco and Carmlaa Casilo, their children; Nunzlata Boldi, wife of Salvator Boldi, aud Teresa Boldl, bis daughter, and Angelo Rosso, who died In the City Hospital. There is also un Unidentified body of u tlve-year-old child. ' -Two men were hurt while escaping from the flames. Salvatore Boldl, whose wife and daughter perished, was burned about the hands, and Ugenulo Casilo, the only surviving member of his family, was \ braised in jumping from a window. While the firemen wore playing streams apon the smoldering ruins an Italian was overheard to aav to a friend that if there was anv monev in It he coald tell who was responsible for tbe Are. This was the first intimation that tbe flee may have been of Incendiary origin* Tbe two Italians were Virginias de Prula nad Joseph Firlgalo. The two men were talcon Into custody and as a result the %rrest was made later of VltOjCredanzo,'under suspicion of being V the incendiary. \ It appeared that there was a game of cards In one of the rooms of the house on Sunday night and It lasted until well into themorning. The players drank considerable wine and after midnight there was a quarrel, during which Oredanzo Is reSorted to have uttered a terrible threat, oon after the threat was made the card party broke up. It was said that just before the flr? was discovered Credanzo was I seen to leave the buildiug with his wlteand two children, all fully dressed. Tbtettaken in couuectlon with his threat at thd card game, led to the suspicion of incendiarism. His arrest caused a great deal of excitement. He was taken to the station in u patrol waijon and locked up. * ???? ?..? HFcnimiaH liAfnrn Justice UU Tf UO U4ll?l()i>vu [ Schalk and held (or examination. It convicted his penalty would be hanging, even If he had no !nteutlon to kill, no long an death resulted from the (Ire. , The body of Mrs. A.agela Cusllo was found with her two and a balf year old boy caught tightly to her breast. It was plain that she had fought hard to make her way out. The little fellow bad his face burled In bis \ mother's bosom. Underneuth her gown i was the baby Carmina. It was evident the mother had striven to save the Infant from the smoke. Those who escaped got out not a mo- A ment too soon. There was no time to W think of saving valuables or even cloth| Ing, and the street was filled with scantily ?w, clad men, women aud children. ^ Heartrending beyond description were the scenes in the street, where men, women and children whose relatives had disappeared rushed frnutica lly about, calling in agonized touej for their loved oaes. MINERS START FOR CAPE NOME. nineteen Expeditions Take 6300 From Uawjou-Tlio Klondike Outlook. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? Undei uulu Ul uawauu \?/ityr uauuatjr x*zf tiuo' Consul Morrison reports that nineteen expeditions have left Dawson for Cape Nom? since December 4 last, and as soon as tlit weather moderates many more will start, The population of Dawson is G030 less than last year. In Dawson the revenue from liquor per. mits for the year is placed at $100,000. Saloon .licenses are worth $2500 a year. Prices are still up. The profits on drugs are placed at $300 per cent.; groceries* '$100 per cent.; hardware, 400 pe$ cent; Owing to flooding of the iniuea the gold output may be kept down??lt to"estimated that between $25,000,000 and $80,000,004 w 111 oomprtoe tbe output' for tbe Dawsos district. Mississippi Legislature Adjourns. The Mississippi Legislature,', has ad* Joarned after a session of two and a hall months. All important business was oleared upt The appropriations made are the largest In the litotory-o^tfce State. Many Bridges Heine Constructed. Iron and steel noctures are being eon* strncted all over the couutry, and th? builders of.bridges report enough work on b.and to keep^thelr plants busy for som? time to oome. v Hollo Postofflce in Tenneaaee. A.a ordej rfeWbeen Isjueil by the Post. offlcerJP$partment at Washington establishJO)f aPOftofBcs in Montgomery County. Tenn.,. called Hollo. Tne postmaster Is John L. Green. - , ? 5 ; r Former Congressman Uarlt Blind. .Former Congressman John Darls, of th? Fifth Kansas District, has .become totally blind. He was one of the founders of tha Populist party, and served two terms In Congress. ' 9200)000 In Arms For Guatemala. The steamer Oterl sailed from New Or- " s leans, La., with ft cargo of flfty-five oases of Bemington rifles aud a largo number of Manser rifles and araiuunltlou. Tliese shipments mean the beginning of tho usual spring Central American revolutions. Tha arms and cartridge?,whlcli cost $200,000 In the New Orleans market, were forwarded it is understood, to the Guatemalan Gov OfUUIOUl* Onr Supervision of Canal Preferred. S?nor Zaldivar, Salvador's Envoy to the European Chancelleries,says United State? supervision of the Isthmian canal is preferred in South and Central America before that of any monarchy. The I.;i!wr World. The number of porsons employed in Eng lish colleries is over 335,000. Several hundred Donkhobors are em ployed in building a railroad in Manitoba, and are said to be good "navvies." The mineral production of British Columbia for 1899 suffered a loss ot $3,000,000 because of the miners' strike at Sloenn. There is a large influx ot skilled laboi from the North into the Birmingham (Ala.J district Every man is needed for new industries in that region. Thousands of laborers on th<3 plantations In Porto ltico are on the point of starvation. The planters have no money to pay mem aau uu muaov iq oiaac uew oroD3.