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w mm 1iw?Ie11to? The Two Men Agree to Bury the Hatchet After a Conference. M_L INTERESTS IN ONE COMPANY. h? l/MvrmiltH Will lie Discontinued?Car. nrgle SJeel Company, Lake TraimporiMtion tinKH, Coal Field and Coke In* ' ?... ?ii /, 1.1 1 Via Tnlll. linnirir* nrw ;tn voinumou?? . pauy lla* ? Capital of #200,000,000. Fittsbcrg, Penn. (Sjtocial).?Under an agreement just signed the contest between Andrew Carnegie and H. C. Frick has been elosed, the lawsuits are ordered stopped *nd nn amicable arrangement has beeD made between the two great steel and Iron manufacturers by which not only are the warring elements set at rest, but a great *teel and Iron corporation has been formed tbat Till be fur reaching In its influence and bnve a capital of over $200,030,003. All ibe coke manufacturing interests owned by Mr. Frick and others allied with the Carnegie interests will be included in the now company, whose operations will be among the most extensive in the world. The result has been reached as the outcome of a conference between 5Ir. Frick's representatives and Mr. Carnegie, which eontlnued for two days and which finally culminated in the signing of an agreement, both for tl?ems6lve9 and their friends and those nlliei in business with them. The agreement covers uot only all the points at issue between the two leaders, but also tbe taking Into tiio combination of all tho s~,. iHim- wnrn indl aiiiou companies iu <> virtually interested. Th? conference between tbe great manufacturers took place at the Hotel Erighton, Atlantic City. All the points at issue were discussed with frankness on each side. Mr. Carnegie was able to convince representatives of bis former partner tbat tbere were the most cogent reasons why they should work together in harmony. There were present at the meeting Henry Phipps, Francis T. F. Lovejoy, Lawrence C. Phipps, Andrew Carnegie, "Charles M. Schwab, Audrew M. Moreland, James GayThomas Morrison and Daniel M. Clem on. When at last die agreement was reached it was formally drawn up and signed by all persons present, uot ouly for themselves, but also for all the stockholders in the concerns that they represented. TUere were two maiu paints in the agreement: First?Tbat all old differences should be settled and nil litigation be stopped at once. 8econd?Tbat ttiose present, acting not only lor the Arms which were in litigation bat al?o for all tbeir individual holdings ?b outside companies, agreed that all these allied companies, of whatever kind and natore, should be combined in one common concern and put under the management of one Immense corporation, with a capital of **00,000,000. How far reaebiug these agreements are o shown by the fact that they cover not only the Carnegie Steel Company, with its $50,000,000 of paid in capital, but also the coal mines, tho fleet of boats on tbe great .lakes,-the iron mines, the railroads, the transportation lines, the immense coal fields and the coke interests, and, in addition tn munv other interests in sub Idiary companies which have tlioir existence iD aud draw their support from these primary ones. Mr. Carnegie, it is said, met the men bo have been opposing him in a most friendly spirit; all differences between them were settled, and the utmost cordiality now exists between the hitherto sturdy opponents. NEW GOVERNOR FO.T GUAM. Ueatenant-Comuiauder Scliroeder Appointed to Succeed Captain Lenrjr. x Washington, D. C. (Special).?Lieuten at-Commander Seatou Schroeder, at pres at Secretary of the Naval Inspection Board, has been selected to succeed Captain Leary as Naval Governor of the Island >1 Guam. CAPTAIN LEAST. *fi iv??rnnr of Guam whnhM bean relieved at his own request.) Commander Sobroeder expects to sail on Hie 8olace from San Frapclsco for Guam :be middle of May, and Will relieve Gaptain Leary before July next. It Is said at the Navy Department that Captain Leary is coming home at his own reqdeat,. SAVANNAH WELCOMES -DEWEY. of 50,000 PeriQon Greets Him? FrHentuil With a Silver Viw. Savannah, Gu. (Special),?Fifty thousand parsons ou tlie streets hero gave Admiral, Seorge Dewey an enthusiastic welcome. Jbe Admiral had recovered from his indisposition sufficiently to take part in the ailitary parade and review,, and, as he rodt through the streets with Mrs. Dewey'tot bis aide, ringing cheers rent the air, and wav- i tnf i-ninr? made tha scene one Ions to be 1 remembered. Tbe climax of the occasion occurred at ibe banquet at tbo Be SotO Hotel ia the weDing, where tbo Admiral was presented wKh a beautiful silver vase on behalf of the sitjr of Savannah by F. 0. Dabignon. The nae is engraved, and s-tand8 nearly tbref test high on a marble base. Gold Strike in Colorado. aien have started from Leadvllle, Col., ' *'* 9j the dozen for the scene of a reported ?*g dUcovery of gold ore in Two-Bit Gulch, jnst cost of the Hayden ranch. Certificates of high assays made by Eugaue Stevens were shown by prospectors, whe same up from the guioh with specimens . which they declared were obtained from v f vsir vein. Europe's Coat Famine. | The European coal famine is becoming ' ore intense, according to reports to th? Stat*. Department at Washington from ir? Consuls aii oVec the continent. x i Maine Tee Cttltinc Ended. Th? reecnt rainstorm put on end to lct : saUlDg operations in Maine. Oa the 1 Kenaebeo there are about 575,000 ton9 oi , sow ice, and 350,000 tons of old ice. Ou j the Peuobicot there are about 6^000 tont r>t new ice, aad about 113,000 to$s of old ice. The Kennebec orop is about teventysi to per cent. of the capacity of the feouses on that river, aad that of the Penobscc Vbout two-thirds of the capacity. ** Twenty-four Drowned in the Danube. Twenty-four peasants were drowned by lb? capsizing of a boat in which they wer? rroseinR the Danube River from XhIcw %x, Pays. Hungary, during a gale. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED ' Wnfthlneton Item*. The Navy Department has finally ac; iepted the thirty-knot torpedo boat T. A. M. Craven, built at Bath, Mo. Representative Hawley, of Texas, introduced a joint resolution providing for the transmission through the mails free of 3harge of reading matter destined for soldiers in the Philippines, Cuba, Torto Rico, Guam and Hawaii. Difficulty in protecting American missionaries in the interior of China has been ! met bv this Government. The United States | gunboat Wheeling has gone toTaku. I The Topeka is to be added to the list of training vessels. She will be overhauled and fitted out for the purpose at the Boston Navy Yard at au estimated cost of $25,000. Nicaragua's mlulster declares that his Government will oppose any amendment of the Hay-Pauucefote canal treaty. Persia will soon send us a Minister, after leaving the post vacant for ten years. Allen F. Gill, a mechanical engineer, tes1 tided at the Couer d'Alene investigation, that the Federal troops madeunwarrantet' arrests In the Idaho troubles. Our Adopted Idnnrta. Secretary of War Root has authorize^ Governor-General Davis to give employ* ment ou public works to surplus labor in Porto Rico. Governor-General Wood, of Cuba, has Issued an order providing for the establishment of an insular treasury, possessing powers similar to those of National banks in this country. Captain Leary, Governor of Guam, has issued a proclamation abolishing slavery on the island. ^ ? -? i.fr* nor. UeiJ^Tal UU3 Uiia ynou nukuuuucu ?v Kv. i mlt Filipinos to enlist as members of the j reglineutal bands in the Philippines. I It is stated that when the Americans went to Cuba there were from 100,000 to 150,000 orphan children on the island. Satisfactory progress is being made in the construction of the steel pier and buildings for the coaling station in Pago Pugo harbor, Samoa. Secretary of War Root, in an interview at Havana, said that lie was satisfied that the Cubans would be capable of self-government. He added that the United States ^ would keep fnith with tbem. Senor Floras,, who was Secretary of War in Aguinaldo's so-called Cabinet, has earrendered to General MacArthur. II Aguinaldo's infaut son, who was captured in November and taken to Manila, and whd had been suffering from smaltpox, is dead. \ Domeitio. Henry Taylor, whq had been under treatment by a faith-cure doctor, was found lying dead in his home at E&vaDa*,Ill. A paper was found pinned on hts breast on which was written, "This man is not dead, but in a trance." B. W. Borden, of Homer, Texas, n weilknown lnwyer, shot and killed R.B. Seroggitis, h merchant of Homer. Borden went to Luflin and surrendered. Charles Ec'aoles, of New York City, who was convicted of assault and sentenced to five years' imprisonment in'Georgla, paid $1000 fine, his sentence having been commuted. Justice Fursman, ofihe Supreme uourt in New York City, deolded that the "Sapho" cft9e should be removed to the Court of General Sessions for trial by jury. It ts proposed to include* three mote of the Civil War battlefields in the National Military Park system. Tbe case of James J. Wilson, Jr., seven years old, against tbe Citizens' Electric IIluminating Company in Brooklyn, was settled by the payment of $7000 to the plaintiff. The boy had bis right band disabled by taking hold of a live etoctrlo wire. Seven young men have been arrested on a charge of placing dynamite to blow up St. Paul's Methoaift Church at Cedar Kaplds, Iowa. v.1 Maryland clergymen ask support for a bill that raises the marriageable uge of womon from sixteen to eighteen, and requires both parties, instead of one as now, to swear to the questions asked. Frauk DInsmore, who has beeo' on tria at Lexington, Neb., charged with murdering his wire pnd Fred Lane,,his friend, was found guilty and sentenced to4eath. The removal of a tumor froxn tbe brain of Mrs. F. O. Parker, of Chicago, has restored her sight, after seven years of total blindness. * . ,r -J ? KAmia JXLI1UU 3., IJltJ 11IU3L uutnu uuikuiK uyuu ia the world, died at Shultsliurst, tUe breeJlug farm HQd country residence of John 11. Shults, a New York man of wealth, | af Port Chester, N. Y. The City Council of Jackson, Miss., has I adopted an ordinance for compulsory vacj cinutiou and has appoint ed every physlI clan la town to vaccinate at ten cents a head. A fire destroyed live of the chief buildings In the business part of Hopklnton, Mass., and caused a loss estimated at between $75,000 and $100,000. A tank of molten glass In tho Woodbury G1us3 Works, at Woodbury, N. J., burst, and the blowers and other employes were compelled to flee for their lives. The molten glass flooded the room. Representative Wllllvn A. Calderhead, of Maryvllle, was renominated by ncclamationbythe Republican Convention of the Fifth District of Kuusas. The vlolnlty of Jaokson, Miss., was surprised by the heaviest snowstorm of the season. It snowed all day, but melted as it leu. snow was never neara 01 mere m | the middle of March. The Southern Kansas Methodist Conference expelled Rev. 8. D. Osborne, pastor of the First Methodist Churoh at Pearyville, Kan., for practicing faith healing. Four men held as alleged accessories to the., assassination of Goebel have beeo \aken to Frankfort from Louisville, Ky. , Foreign. Don Carlos, the Spanish pretender, has a ppearad in court at Lucca, Italy, and renounced hts Spanish citizenship. Ho declared that he was an Australian subject. The report on the financial condition of India showod that more than $15,000,000 would be needed to cope with the conditions caused by famine. Winston Churchill disputes the assertion that the relief of Ladysmith was due to Lord Roborts's operations and warmly defends the Natal army. ^ The Bauk of England Is to be practically rebuilt. A "Jaok-Mie-Rlpper" is doing fiendish nmrL- nnnr Fr.irikfort-on-the-JIalo. Ger many. Activity in Russian naval circles in the Korean straits gives rise to fears of an early outbreak of war In the East. General Sir William Locbart, Commander-in-Chief of the British army in Inl dia, is dead at the age of fifty-nine. The visit of the Argentine warship Pre9idente Sarmiento to Spanish ports is giving rise to enthusiastic demonstrations of welcome, the Spanish Government being anxious to tighten the ties of friendship with Spanish South America. The revolution of Colombia' continues, and it is reported that there Is need of protection for British subjects. Sir Frederick Carriugton'a mission is announced in London to be to stop with his command of 5000 of the Rhodesian field force any nttempt of the Boers to trek | north across the Limpopo River. The Grand Caual, part of the valley ot Mexico drainage system, was inaugurated with much ceremony by President Diaz and his Cabinet. Tiift shamrock was displayed and St. Patrick's Day celebrated with great enthusiasm throughout England. The Drcyfussards vigorously oppose the proposed Government measure granting amnesty. Brazil has closed all her ports to vessels from Buenos Ayres through fear of the bubonic plague, a" case of which was discovered at Rio Janeiro. A revolution has brokon out in Entre Rios, Argentina. The insurgents have occupied three of the principal towns of the province. Riots at peace meetings were condoned by Mr. Balfour in the British House of Commons, who said the responsibility rested on the peace advocates. His remarks were severely criticised. to' i ti-jiZi 1 i ' I jFIUPIlSlGMlC j nsursentsArs Reorganizing and Ban| dils Are Committing: Atrocities, , MANILA CENTRE OF TROUBLE. ! I j icnernl Otis Considers That City Kenpon- | jihle For Prolontrlnc the RevolU-Na. | tive Leaders Conspire Under Authorl. j ties' Noses. (*nd Some or Them Ari Arrested?ltcbele Secure Afore Arms, Manila (By Cable).?General Otis contiders Manila the most troublesome centre .o-day. The Insurant Junta here, In conjunction with that In Hong Kong, Is growing active. The military authorities have joon forced to put a stop to Mablnl'a ntercourse with the public. The local ind foreign press considers his recent ut? ;erances calculated to Incite the Filipinos to continued revolt. Flores, who has Just arrived here, says ae cotnes trusting to American leniency md that he would not have dared to come :o Manila if Spain were yet In control. Jfe cherishes the hopes and aspirations which actuated him when in the Held and desires to watch Congressional action upon-the question of the Philippines. The insurgents, he says, do not expect to annrmlcti fha imnplcuna hilt nrfl maintain. ing a resistance with the Idea of forolng Congress to accord to them the best possible terms. Representative insurgent lead" ors from different parts of Luzon have recently been In conference in Manila.'Soma have been placed 'under arrest, but the others thus far have not been Interfered with. " , It Is asserted upon good authority that three load9 of arms and ammunition have recently been landed on the east coast of Luzon. Captain Taylor, of the "Thirty-' ninth Regiment, recently captured twelve new Muusers near Culatnba. Reports are current here of aotlve rebel reorganization In the province of Morong, where tho insurgent leaders nre said to be assisted by prominent Spanish residents. Inhabitants of this province who are now in Manila ha'vfebeen advised not to return to their homes, but to remain under the protection of the Americans. It is also reported that the rebels nre re-Drganlzlng In the province of Zambales under Mascardo. Brigands arc committing atrocities in the province of Nueva Eoija, whare they have murdered twenty nutlyeB and Chinamen. Eight other murders hate been committed near Tarlac. The Nueva Ecija Insurgents nre heavily taxing local traders and farmers, with the Yesult thai: business Is paralyzed and then in & cflneral scaroitv of food. The funds for maintaining this guerill* warfare rire oolleoted from the various towns of the Islands, whether occupied by the Americans or not, even including Manila. In rtie province of Albay the lnsurgent3 have' ceased harassing the Araurloand, owlnp, it is reported, to A lack of ainmaui* tlon, but they continue ravaging the countryside, burning and looting. The natives ure tiring if this sort of thing and threaten to turn ugalnst the marauders. Already the townspeople of Legaspl, Albay and Oonzol are slowly returning to their homes. Mujor Allen, of the Forty-lhlrd regiment, has benn appointed Military Governor of tne Island of Snmar, where Lukban, the former lender of the rebels in that looul* ty, is still in the mountains. Travel between the towns garrisoned by the Americans is becoming more dangerjus. All wagon trains must be escorted by oeavy guards in order to Insure their safety. Two ambushes were narrowly iverted recently; small traveling parties ire attacked, and slugle travelers frequently disappear or are found dead. Spuniards and Filipinos who are converiant with the Taj;alo?' character unite io issertlng that Aguinnldo's capture would terminate,the revolution. Three months aave passed since he was actively pursued. | An expedition to garrison the ports ol tfortheru Mindanao bos just salloa, accompanied by the gunboats Manila and Yorktown. The expedition took tho Fortieth fToluuteer regiment from the Camariaes. WOULD AWEND CONSTITUTION. Representative Kay Proposes to Give Congress Power Over Monopolies. 'iWASHiNOTOK, D. C. (Special).?neprosen:ative Ray, of New York, Chairman of the House Committee on Judiciary, has introduced a resolution proposing to submit to gMwMtw tho Legislatures 61 the several Statei nn amendment to /jfiMfc tlic Constitutional the United States iibnll havo powei , 'W' press monopolies C0NQBES9MAH BAT. |in?J cOClbillUtiOUS, to oreate and dissolve corporations and dispose of their property, to make all laws accessary for the execution of the f oregolnfl powers. 8uch powers may be oxerclsed by the several 8tates la any manner not la conflict with the laws of the Uulted States." MINERS' SCALE SETTLED. Arbitration Successfully Resorted to by Pennsylvania Operator* and Diccers. Altoona, Ponn. (Special).?For the first sime lu the-coal mlaing history of Central Pennsylvania a working scale has bean satisfactorily established by an arbitration ooard oomposed- of miners and operators. This result was'accomplished after flv<? lays of meetings aad oonfereuces. The scale governing prices and conditions from April 1,1900, to March 31, 1901, is as follows: Sixty cents per gross ton, or 53>? cents per net ton; -, machine mining, 33 5-6 jents per gross ton, or thirty cents per net ton; machine cutting and soifeplng, twenty percent, increase; drivers rtoelvlug leas than $2 a day to>be advanced to $2.25; drivers receiving $2 or more a day to be advanced twenty per oent. All other laborMs to be advanced twenty per cent.; dea<? work prices unchanged. Itlnrto Insane by a Railroad Wreck. John White, the Big Four brakeman who was rescued barely alive in tho wreck of the Wabash River bridge three weeks ago, was adjudged insane at Terre Haute, [nd. Since the accident lie has beenftudei the delusion that he Is lu prison alia that i nesro Is trying to kill him. ^ Lions Tear Girl to Pieces. Two lions belonging to a traveling mrfn agerie playing ac Aargau, capital 01 me canton of Aargau, Switzerland, fell upon" the fourteen-year-old daughter of the f :>wnor, while she was rehearsing her part iu their cage, and tore her to plece9. Maine Heroes' Monument Unveiled. The unveiling of the monument dedicated by citizens ol Key West, Flu., to the heroes of the battleship Maine, who died in Ilavaua, February 15, 1898, aud were Durled at Key \Ve3t, took place a few daya aso. Over 10,000 persons viewed the-pro session, which assembled at the naval sta:ion aud proceeded to the cemetery. After tho unveiling ceremonies hundreds ol aMinnl nhilrlrnn rrtvnroH tlm rvpnvAQ with I wreaths uud flowers. Dictatorship in Costa Idea. President Igleslas, ot Costa Rica, has suspended the Constitution and declared himself Dictator. i , :\ .L, \ i V .-V. ,> . u .. . * CUPID'S CURIOUS CAPERS Sailor, Victim of Shipwreck, Finds | His Lost Love After Many Years* Two Romantic Jilopeinonfii Which End j Happily, and One Separation Which Cause* Bitter Team. New Yop.k CiTf (Spocinl).?Oae of tliose romances usuallly confined to novels cul minated when George A. Grambo, Ciller Quartermaster o( the Brooklyn Navy Yard, married Mrs. Nannie Krtise, widow of a wealthy glass manufacturer, of Brooklyn. For seventeen years the bride had mourned the death, us she thought, of her youthful admirer, and all that time Grambo had beeu searching for his sweetheart. Grambo, who 13 thirty-nine years old, and j his bride, who is thirty-four, were born in 1 Hamburg, Germany. She was;then Miss i Nannie Hasseibrink. T&ey had 'planned to ! be married when he returned from a cruise in Chinese waters. The next news that the girl had of her fiance was the account of the wreck o{ his ship. He was one of those who had been reported lost. It was a long time, though, before he was - able, to send word to his family of his safety. Miss Hasseibrink In the course of tin!?* tailed to this country to make her home with a brother, John, who lives in Brooklyn. Grambo finally enlisted in the United States Navy. His .first detail was to the Treason, and he was serving, on that shfp when it was 'wrecked br the tidal wave daring 1888, in the harbor of Apia, Samoa. Durlag the Spanish War.he served on bcferd the battleship Indiana. Becaotly Grambo was sent to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. In talking with, a friend one any tue name 01 urase was mentioned, as wall as that ol Hasselbrlnk. Gram bo began a search, and soon the former awoethearts met. From that time.onGramDo pressed his old salt, aad the marriage was 'he result. father caught elopers. Shey Ha& Been Married and Were For* given After Another Ceremony. Bhidoetok, N. J. (Bpeclal V?Behind the plain announcement of the marriage of Miss Parthenia Sheldon, aged twenty, to Jerome P.'Leeds, son of B. B. Leeds, a ; wealthy resident of this city, Is a romance. When the Sheldon-family moved here from Marion, Intl., several months ago the two beoame fast friends, but when the attachment ripened into love troubles began. Jesse Sheldon, the girl's father, forbade, young Leeds the bouse, and Mr. Leeds, who had pther plans for bis son's future, frowned on his . suit. . Then the young /aodple left the town suddenly. Mr. Sheldon started in seareti. of his daughter. jFor three weeks he seoroltod Philadelphia, aud was beginningup In despair Whan he suddenly confronted the runaway At a nearby cafe a dinner for three. was ordered. "You'll forftlTfc' iu; won't you, forgiven. Mr. Sheldon 'commanded that the marriage knot He tied again, "to make it sore," he said: Then all outtae home. Jerome's fath9r fell a victlm.to the pleading pathos of Partbenla's manner and forgave his son entirely. ATTENDED WEDDING, NOT FUNERAL Story of Grandmother's Death a Ruae to Arrange an Elopement. Danbuby, Conn. (SpeclAl).?While his friends lu Waterbury believed that he was weeping beside the body of a beloved grandmother. Joseph Willi elm was leading Miss Cussle Fanton, a pretty young typewriter in the office of a Danbury Insurance firm, to the altar In the Jobn Street Methodist Episcopal Church, In New York City. They had been keeping company for nearly two years, but tbere were difflcultlesin the way of tlielr marriage. 1 >i Mr. Wilhelm came to this city a few days ago telling bis friends In Waterbury that he had received word of the death of his erandmotheu* la a neighboring town. Then tlie younx man appeared before Town Clerk Bulkloy, ia tbis city, and requested that official to fill oat u marriage license. But as neither of the young people was of age; the Town Clerk refused to grant the license. There was no time to be lost, as youug Wllhelm must be at his desk In Waterbury the following day, for his grandmother could not well have funeruls on two successive days. Thon It was that they weut to New York City and were married. Mrs. Fanton has forgiven her daughter. WENT WITH A HANDSOMER M*N. Substance of a Note Left by a Wife Who Deierted Her Family. Newbcro, N. Y. (Special).?Adrienae Terwilliger, wife of Charles Terwilllger, and Silas Wells are mlssiug. Mrs. Terwilllger left her husband and four young children and Wells a wife aud two children. Investigation shows that the two are probably now nearing the shores of the young woman's native country, Frauce. Soon after they had gone Mr. Terwillicrer found a note In the house signed by his wife, in which Hlie said she had decided to go away wnn wens, una umi cu^ukcu pao- i sage for two for France. Inquiries since | made in New York City substantiate Mrs. | Terwilllger's statoment. SECRECY TO KEEP A FORTUNE. Why a Naval Chaplain's Marrlace to a Widow Was Not Announced. San Francisco, Cal. (Special;.?A romance bus just come to ligbt in the life of tbe Rev. Joseph P. Mclntyre.who was chaplain on the battleship Oregon when the Spanish-American war began and who lost his position because he talked too mucb about bis superior officers. It has been learned that in Pasadona nearly three yeurs ago he married Mrs. Lucv Gordon, widow of an Arizona lawyer, j , Mrs. Goi don's unole in Australia had left ' bur a large fortune on condition that she 1 should not marry agalD, and to avoid losing this they kept the marriage secret. THE PLACUE IN SAN FRANCISCO. Three Chinamen H?ve Dlerl of It? No Alarm Felt in the City. ( Sin Francisco (Special).?Three China- | men have died In Chinatown of what the , Health Board experts say is babonlo ( plague and an order was Issued that no Chinese should bo permitted to leave the ?ity by boat or train. Dr. Bazet of the Health Board decl ares } that dead Chinamen showed numistaKable j signs or the plague aud Federal Healtti Of- , fleer Kinvoun, who examined, baoilli from i the dead, agrees with Or. Bazet. ,J>r. Kin- j youn reported the matter to Washington , und has received orders to use eftti? means of preventing the disease fraa^;?i?$Btidlug to other parts of the counQftyfS^ There Is lio alarm amontf'tnft white residents as there is little communication be- { fween Chinatown. ' ? ! A Good Promlae of Early Fruit. X^'w that spring has set in without any inttfeedent spell of intense cold In the j South Atlantic States, the prospect of a ( ?apply of early fruits and vegetables for < M..rr. Vnrir m.'irlrnt is better than usual. . WO Aiwn ? - - - and very much better than it was at till' j time liter year. ( Small n+m* Crop In Victoria* Tb^o^KwiJM^lsflcB of the wheat crop in Vfotorla,' Australia, sh^sr only 15,000,00f busbeto, instead of 21,000,000 bushels, which , waa'the eanetete before' the harvest. The J expottkarpltts will be 6,250,000 bushels, iu- < ?te^d of lijOOO.OOO; i ; Wo Customs Service at Nome City. The Treasury Department at Washington has refused to reconsider its decision not 1 to constitute Nome Glty, Alaska, a sub- 1 port of entry. A strong effort has been made by Canadian interests to secure a re- t consideration, so that British ships would \ be enabled to land merchandise at Nome City, instead of at St. Mlohael, the nearest < sub-port, which i.r t20 miles southeast from t the new gold fields. Under the present ( rules goods oun be landed at Nome City fyy ( American bottoms only. Coal Vm&Im OMm* *ooh Saterlag. { The coal famine oontlnuea Rnabated ( throughout German*.. > < ? - - . - A ' . fr iBOiniOISlPPMS San Jacinto Peak in California Tumbles Into a Sunken Valley. THE RESULT OF EARTHQUAKES. An Abyss StralIovrs ? Lofty Mountain-* Seismic Disturbances Observeil About Christinas Thought to Have Upenert a Subterranean Cavity ? The Tremors Still Occur?Tale Told by Foresters. San Jacinto, Cal. (Special).?A remark able natural phenomenon has followed the recent series of earthquakes that shook the southern end of California. One of the giant spurs of Sao Jacinto peak has moved Its millions of tons of earth and rook Into the valley beneath, and where the valley was Is now a yawning abyss. Seemingly (t has sunk hundreds of feet into a cavern, which undoubtedly underlies this peak, once foar thousand feet above the sea level. There are jagged peaks of sandstone where hills were torn a?uuder; there are standing precipices where mountains parted company. The peak was vuited on Christmas 'Day by Grant L. Taggart, forest supervisor, and Bouse, a forest ranger. Their horses were tied at an elevation of 4000 feet to a manzanita, tree, aad Rouse proceeded to blaze a trail to be utilillzed In cose of mountain flres. Theterriac seismic shook that leveled San Jacinto's brick buildings occurred al twenty-five minutes past four o'clock on Christmas morning. At ton o'clock the foresterssaw the peak trembling and vibrating constantly, with internal rumblings, but as earth tremors had beeu constantly ?- ~ ?r?APnlni? M\a mfln Wrtffl nnf recurring muii.u,, alarmed. They left that particular spur after an hour's work. Ronso lives twty miles below the mountain, and althugh shocks were as freqhen^ as six each day, he did not remember any except one which occurred six days later at half-past one In the afternoon. At that time a great booming as of blast Ing came from tbe spur from above, and every dish in his house was shaken from the cupboard shelves. He Is of opinion tbat this was the day of the collapse, for clouds of dust could be seen issuing from tbe direction of the mountain. Tbe great Christmas earthquake must have caused the roof of the subterranean cavern to split, and the constantly recurring tremors caused the mountain peak to slip into the cavity. Mr. Rouse did not revisit the spur until a few days ago, and wheu be sought his manzanlta tree ? tbe head of tbe trail to tie his horse he found that the tree lay uprooted fifty feet Mow over the rldga of a wide crevasse, and the gently sloping mountainsides lay in a jumbled mass of roots, rocks an<frduep Assures. The tremors still occur weekly, DECIDES AGAINST A TRUST. Waters-Pierce Oil Company Loses in Federal Supreme Court. Washington, D. C. (8peclal).?The United States Supreme Court held that the decision of the Texas courts against the Waters-P^rce Oil Company, a branch ot the Standard Oil Trust, is a valid one, and j that company ho9 no right to do business in Texas, its State charter havlug been forfeited because of Its acts in restriction ot trade by compelling merchants to purchase from it "alone, by putting down the price to crush competition, then putting It up to a higher figure and by other uulawful acts. The Waters-Pierce Oll,Company is a Missouri concern, with headquarters in St. Louis, and us part of the Standard Oil combination controls the business in Texas, that State having been assigned to it as its exclusive territory. It got permission to do business in T?xas In 1889, and. resisted the effort to oust it through the lowor courts. Its points in law .was that the State of Texas allowing forfeiture of Its character was unconstitutional, that the Texas law discriminated by allowing labor to combine and tlint it could not restrict interstate commerce. All three objections were held invalid by ?? ? ? ? - / ??.,??. 1-1.a !<?e> 136 united suites OU|>lDIHO uuuu, iue |U)> one on tbe ground that the Texas decision did not rule against interstate commerce, but only against commerce in tbe State. The judgment of the Texas courts is therefore affirmed and tbe permits stand for- j felted. Judge Harlan dissented from tbe opinions; of the court. PORTO RICAN NEEDS URGED. [, A Ten Thousand Peraons Meet in S?a Jua and Cheer Por tlie United i gathering of 10,000 persons^^^^p^j^^Bg bled at tbe palace of the Qo fqta&i'j sral to submit a petition with. wtf^r*i3MKpES tbe needs of tbe island. The selected to present It \y;is received, mQhHh absence of Governq'r-Oeneral T>ayfia^BH wns indisposed, by Lleatenant-Qgraftif On behalf of Govqrnor-QenqgAiJBkvig, [ Lieutenant-Colonel HiUlwprTOj^^aktjjrft-! fusion amid "vivas" for-ta^^HBHORAte* iud the Goveraor-Genii^fflf STANDARD PILE'S B?t3IVIDENP, \monntn to S20,0OO.OOO,<jSKi?r)te?t JJver Paid by an Ainttrica&jforpprutloa. New York City (Spectq*)??Stockholders: : :eea paid the enormoflfjnimof I nud'e'by an Aaa0tl?^corpor?tiott''^^ a" ! hi ft In ofF cap It a I ^Judged ' .'act tbat the iargear qttnrterly wKMB 5 which tao United Qtetes Govenral^HHg K las to make on its debtis MiiWWB I ess than oae-third of the Btan'ardtfU'' s llsbursement. Detroit Sail* For Nicaragua* ' ; The Detroit has sailed from 'J 3reytown, Nicaragua, fo look ?rt?r Amefl^ V ian Interests their. & Rlcli Gold VelM.in I The Naeooohee fining and * ng Company. ^th he^qnarte? a?Mfi&Ua. )fflce In AtlantfcvOai, *nd a e^t?U?tft7n )f 45,000,900, hcM appllod far * chdrtajrfo'r; i \ gold mine ia,^hlte County. IV te>Wi?ed ', )j the owners that the richest veins of gpld )re east of thO&oeky .Mountains are locut-. 'j ?d on the orobertv. ./ - Dllplnoi Sentenced to Ueath. A military commission "at Bayambang,'. ?. I., sentenced two natives to be', hanged jn March 30. They were found guilty of . nurderlng their countrymen. . . CrcUnir Notes. . Eddie Bald proposes -to go down to LooIa- .1 Mile and settle right dowd'to hard wort or the coming season. The ooaster br?ke has proved a dinner, ind all up-to-date riders will have thelz t vheels equipped with It. The "trust," as the American Bicycle ' Company continues to be known, has exended its grip beyond the sea, where varies branoh stores In London and other big \ titles have been consolidated. The National Cycling Association is re- 1 rartod if having shown itself caoable of taaditagtfee twin# men, and now t^at the : laeitfoa is settled a revival is look*3 fci n tbls branch ot the oyclloc aport. 1 / ; - - * I 4 SECRETARY ROOT ON CUBA Tha Island is Tranquil and Almost Everybody is Satisfied. The Native* Ave >'ot Impaliont, He Says About Taking the Ileins of Governuient in Their Own Hands. WashIsotos, D. C. (Special).?Secretary Root and his party returned to Washington, making the last stages o? their journey from Cuba by rail from Charleston, 8. C., where they landed. The Secretary ex .pressed himself much pleased with what he had seen and heard while in Cuba. The !island was tranquil, he said, and almost everybody appeared to be t sfled with the manner in which Cuban affairs were being conducted by the United States Gov ernment. "I think the Cubans are getting to understand that steady progress is being made toward the establishment ot theii [government. I do not think t hey wish the :presentconditionof affairs to continue, but 'they are not impatient about taking ovei !the government." i Secretary Boot made this statement aftei he had reported ?to the President and re 'turned to tbe War Department to catch up 'with the businitatof hu.branch of the gov lornment. I "The 8troDg?rt''men In Cuba," he con tinued, ''realise that the education of th inhabitants of thetlliand is /going on as '.rapidly as it can. Tbe Cubans are cnpabU of learning the art at getter run en t and are hrery anxious to leara.' <fl!bey have taken Very kindly to the boniafeaiVof education.' P.egardlug the capabUUIetrof the Cubans ' for exercising aelf-govtrameat, Mr. Boot 'said: '.-"Sfe ' - * A "I tbink the Cubans catflearn toorcraniza a good* simple, stable government, and that tUey are very anxious to learn, and are taking kindly to it. A stood many of the strongest, Chbana and of the rhaical Cubans?leadfng*eteran?i-proteatedto me against liavtng the Cubaos Judged by men who talked abdat toe (felted States, having seiflsh and bad intoBons toward the "The island is In a vmnatisfactory con* dltion, politically a,nd Wtorwise. Everything is q\tffct.aud seren?? I would like to <have our peOTlfjpfoto Gflba and look over the island. TneCitlea and^owns are cleanly ar t everything is in excellent condition. -The island is eoosequeuBW feMlthy. Very few of the troops art 'attBe lick list: "It is the purpoMjOWHE^epactment to .withdraw troops from'iroe to time, but as a result of my trip it fqftjpropofled to accelerate such wUhffltajWr It is lnftiaded to reduce the military.refee after a time. Nothing is to be doheiftir. I have taken 'no action respectrypsMfe, formation ot Cuban battalions; VTe'iare do authority at present to rako S'wtejfajUon. To do so mow would neces.^tati>BM(a discharge ot some of the volnateqrsjMOTfriee.'' "Wlien will t^manfolpal ereotlous occur?" the Secretary, was asked. , "Some time the latteijf^p^rt of May 01 June," he replied. "R to proposed to hold them as soon after May* Lflf the arrangements -can be perfected.jp ^ A3 iu qumiucauuua 01 voters, mey seem to be settling down to the threefold alternative qualification: Pint, all those have the right to vote who owtf property, a ven small cla?9; second, all who can read nod write, and third, all who have Been soldiers jn the Cuban army. ' "The annexation of the 'Island to the United States Is not a-present practical question. It is a mattefctihu will have to be postponed until thel^vople feel that tliey have learned the- leeson of self-gov.'ernment. There are sop* people on tlie [Island who talk about a^hexation, but this question is not cauityigSSf^aoncern. The .people are concerned Vjbk the question of learning to govern thamjliftste. and they are doing everything in tjAlrapwer to acquire the necessary education. HERMAN E. ffrUBENEC#; DEAD/ \ former Chairman ol thn People's Part? National Committee Explrflsln Seattle, Wash. (Speolal).?filfftian E. ITaubeneck, former Chairman of the National Co'mmitfl^g^thePeople'sJParty. idled suddenly ltt-igilrclty. He cad!*-here ;from the East two- months ?go in member aaJwicb, wee Con- ( w Tobln, J >en year* : lynioutb, , ?D?d for ! a aearchitely ex-" . / ObluMe Hostility to Forelcnera. I The Empress Dowager of China is sys- i ?SE5S2?**-am-WM "" i * * . Ftamlnent People. : Governor Stanley, of Kansos, Is an expert fjenmah, und does most of his own let tec irritiiig. ' President Diaz, of Mexico, has accepted the Invltniion t;o attend the coming Pan- J American Exposition in Buffalo. President Lotibet, of France, has bought , in automobile and takes a ride fn it every j lay, frequently operating it himself. I Senator Tillman made his reputation in [ the Senate as an extempore speaker, and " lie was considered to be one of the best in Congress. President McXioley's summer tonr this ^ear will begin in July or August, and will Inolude a trip to th^ launching of the battleshlo Ohio at San Pranci9c^ [ I * \ i BR riH M STUB j Nebraska Democrats and Populists S8 Name Him For Leader. 9 30TH ADOPT HIS PLATFORM. W "i - T? TI-1,1 in T.lnroln ' Instruct For Mr. liryan a* the Nominee For the Presidency?The Platform of the Democrats Declares Against Imperialism, Trust* and tiold. 4 4 Lincolx, Neb. (Special).?The Democrats ind Populists held their State Delegate Convention and the Silver Republicaus a mass convention here on the anniversary ^ Df Mr. Bryan's birthday. He practically 1 directed the convention and the platform I adopted by the Democratic Convention is sonsldered his. It reaffirms the Chicago j platform, declares for "16 to 1," opposes a large standing army, denounces the action of tbe Republican party on the Porto BIoo tariff bill, declares against trusts and "Imperialism," and favors the choice of United States Senators by popular vote. The platform adopted by the PopuHst Convention was substantially the same as tbat adopted by the Democrats. It differs somewhat in form, but conflicts in no essential point. $? Both conventions were enthusiastic for Mr. Bryan to the last degree, and every M 'mention of his name was greeted with HI cbeers of delight and approval. Instruc- 1 tions were given to both delegations to 1 stand for Mr. Bryan in the Kansas City and ' j Sioux Palls conventions. ' Mr. Bryan's speech before tbe Democratic 1 State Convention dealt almost entirely with tbe three questions which he has been discussing In various parts of the countrymoney, trusts and imperialism. On the trust question he said: "The trust is so bad a thing that the President felt It necessary to denounce trusts in his message last December, but he did not i recommend a remedy. A Republican Congress proceeded to establish a papor money trust, which gives to the people a larger chance of injury and to the bank a larger opportunity ior prouc man any oiuer iruoi. ia exfafeQce." Of the Philippines Mr. Bryan said: "It 1b amazing that Republicans have contemplated the permanent acquisition of the Philippine Islands without stopping to consider the future status of tne Filipinos. Are the Filipinos to be ciHzeas? Axe thoy to expect to participate in onr elections? "Are the questions which concern our own people to be decided some day by the Senator! and Representatives in Congress / fronAthe Philippine Luanda?" Taking up the queutlon'of imperialism, he referred fiist to the Porto Rico bill and 3aid: H "The desire to Impose import duties on goods coming from Porto Rico compelled the Republican party to disclose its imperialistic tendencies. This bill has aroused a storm of protest from Republicans in public and private life; but jrhy should any Republican be surprised. Imperialism means that the people brought under the Sag are not to share in the guarantees ot the Coostitutlon. "And if the Filipinos are not going to b*< citizens, are we going to change our Constitution so as to hold them in a perpetual staia 01 yaaaniugn: u?'i we eipeui uuyihlng bat their hatred ao long aa we rule them through carpet-bag governors? "The Bepabllcans have studiously avoided a discussioa of the rhlllpplae question. They have opposed consideration of that question by tbe ory that nothIng could be done until tbe Insurrection was put down. The Porto Blco tariff bill, however, gives us some Idea of the treatment wbioh the Filipinos may expect, and Professor Bchurman, one of the President's Commissioners, says this bill will arouse -v suspicions la tbe mind of the Filipino as to bls.futnre condition. "Tbe only settlement of tbe Philippinequestion consistent with American inter- . B3t9 and American principles is the settlement proposed by the Democrats In tbe Senate before war broke out in the Philippine Islands, namely, a declaration of the nation's pirpose to give the Filipinos independence as soon us a stable government is established. When that declaration is made hostilities will cease, and It will be easy to establish stable government. "To independence should be added protection from outside interference; not a protectorate such as European countries exercise for the spoliation of the protected, but protection such ad this nation has exercised over the republics of Central and South America." Tbe meeting of the Populist Convention opened with a spirited contest for the position of temporary chairman, which Anally fell to W. H. Westover, of Chadron. The Committee on Credentials decided against the claims of the Middle-of-the- vf! Road Populists from Omaha to be classed 13 delegates and barred them from the ;onventlon. * After being denied admission as delegates to the Populist Convention, the Mlddle-of-the-Roaders held a small convention of their own and uppoluied a Nebraska delegation to attend their Populist Convention at Cincinnati. They also decided to hold a State Convention in Nebraska at some date after the Kansas City Conven:lon. ? ,:TWO KILLED BY A BULL iWBodlM of Stout and Hie Wife Found Oft Their Lonely Farm. Hazijeton, Penn.<Bpeol(il).?AlfredStout peityffaicopgofc Junction) and his wife 8aj>h were killed several days ago by a bull. i%atth6y were dead was discovered when a Tlcodchopper found their bodies some tinpe TNter the accident. The farm Is Id a soraewhVisolated spot. Arter the bodies were fou JWan investlnation was made and It was sw^. thnt th? (rail mast have attacked Stout juSv before sapper time and thatbls cries for h?|tajust have brought his wife to nIs side, a?Vje Sble was spread and food was on the stoV. I the stock on the farm was found ronraW log afcound the place and tbe horses in their stalls hadalmost perished. Kicked to'Death by a Kauaway Horse. Thomas Bowman, manager of the Burning Springs, 'waS found dead in Niagara PaUfe^ On? l|(a horse bad run away, throwing bim fr^m^ho cutter and kicked him to ? ; SappltM For iho Philippine Troop*. A requisition ot ^1^00,000 worth of supplies for the troops In the Philippines was received by the War Department at Washington. Grabbed 91000 and Got Away. Two nnmasked robbers entered the First [iallo9*tiPank at Seattle, Wash., and whl\e sae of them engaged tbe teller in conversion the other grabbed a package ot currency fcijppoeed to contain' f1000. Both I :hen raft oat through the front door. The i robbers escaped. J " Q Honay to Rebuild Theatre Francatte. The'Chamber of Deputies at Paris t Prance, adopted a oredlt of $590,000 for the reconstruction of the Threat Francaise, ecently destroyed by lire; and for the pro rlslon or a temporary home for the Cornidle Francafe?<at the Odeou. Hacae Caogmi Fruitless. la diflomatlo circles la Washington an unpleasant suggestion has been thrown >ut that The Hague Conference had resulted in complete failure aad that ivea the limited programme agreed ipon is never to be perfected. Not a sini jle one of the powers represented there ias ratified the three conventions pre>ared. At least uo such notice has reached his country. To I.ool? For ? Missing Island. The United States steafaship Iroquois 7lll make a search for tbe miss tag Morrill Island, while she is engaged la or a cable route Ik tbe Pactfla.