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V1*"**- * V - * V. . ^ - ; ;p \.* . iGOraiOR DF POHTO RICO President McKinley Appoints Charles H. Allen to That Post. NOMINATION SENT TO SENATE. The Inauguration of CItiI Government in Porto Rico to Be .Harked With Iinpretsive Ceremonies ? Elaborate Preparations For Escorting; Mr. Allen to the IslancWNew Governor's PlansWashisoton, D. C. (Special).?Tha nom. {nation of Cbarles H. Allen, jf Massachusetts, to be Governor of Porto ltico, was 8ent to the Senate by the Presidont. The President and Secretary Long have determined that the Inauguration of the civil government In Porto Rico shall be marked with as much pomp as is befitting an event of that magnitude. Therefore, the United States will see to t that there Is at San Juan on the occasion of the Inauguration- of the first American Governor a dignified and impressive oeremony that will fix the ev9nt in the minds of the people. Mr. Allen will be accompanied by Mrs. Allen and their daughter. The trip will be made on the United States ship Dolphin. It is Governor Alien's Intention to make this a flying visit. He will set up the ner civil government, and inside of thre' weeks will return to the United States t< arrange his private affairs. * The Dolphin will enter San Juan harbo * Y\ ' CHARLES H. ALLEN". (Civil Governor of Porto Rico.) sscorted by the entire North Atlantic squadron under command of Roar-Admiral Farquhar. The squadron i3 now at Bermuda and will time its movements so as to arrive off the North Coast of Porto Rico about the time the Dolphin in sighted. Governor Alien will be inaugurated at San Juan on May 1, and General Davis, the Military Governor, will turn out all of the United States troops under his command In honor of the occasion. The ships of the squadron nill fire salutes, which will be answered by the shore batteries. There will be some speeches and at nieht the fleet will use their electric lights and there will be general illuminations. KILLED FOUR MSN IN A BRAWL An Italian Cut* Itictit and Left and Leave* a Quartette of Dead Victim*. Johnstown, Penn. (Special).?An Italian, a new arrival in the town of Wlndber.n coalmining center,scven'mlies from Johnstown, killed four men in a drunken brawl at that place. The row started, it Is 9ald, over a * gamo of cards. The Italian Immediately drew a stllletto. He cut his flrst man in the abdomen, disemboweling him. Then he swung his stllletto In every direction. He was bent on escape, and when he had out his way through the crowd he had loft four victims, all of whom were dead. The Ylctims wore John Halberson, on whom the flrst assault was made; August Gro? beck, a German; Edward McCauley and Samuel suives, Dotu Americans, no one seems to know his name. AN ARBOR DAY PROCLAMATION. Governor Koooevelt Urges the Importance of Preservation of Treea. Albany, N. Y. (Special). ? Governor Boosevelt has issued the following proclamation: "The 4th of May next will be Arbor Day, established by statute. The sohool children of this State have planted more than 200,000 trees In the ten yeara in which Arbor Day has been recognized. "Few similar efforts in recent years have been more thoroughly commendable tfcat the effort to get our people practically -to showthelr appreciation of the beauty and usefulness of trees. "In most of the districts of the 8tate no tree ought ever to be cut down, unless two are planted in its place. The custom of tree planting should be favored In every way." FILIPINOS TWICE BEATEN. t. uiiurfVDii AiOHe iuo Men in une ?.o^ftg;e* mint and Ninety-seven In Another. Majula (By Cuble).?General Young reports that 300 insurgent riflemen and bolomen attacked the American garrison at Batoo, Province of North Ilocos, but were repulsed, losing 106. The Americans had no casualties. Captain Dodd, with a squadron of the Third Cavalry, recently surrounded a village in Benguet Province, and surprised 200 insurgents, living in barracks, apparently a recruiting centre for the province. The enemy lost fifty-three men killed. Our troops also captured forty-four men and burned the village. One American was wounded. LONG WOULD ACCEPT NOMINATION. . V.TjS Secretary of Navy a Possible Candidate For Vice-President. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Referring to the use of his name in connection with the Vice-Presidency, Secretary Long is understood to have informed a number of bis friends that if the nomination were tendered him he would accept it? He is said to have told them that the honor was of such n character that no man CUU1U WC1I roius? IU 4V, auu OA* pressed his hi^h appreciation o( the comEllment implied la the manner In which Is name has already been brought forward In that conuection. Saw Children Barn to Death. Primus, Lawrence and William Williams, colored, aped respectively Ave and two years and six months, at Savannah, Ga., were burned alive in plain view of more than 100 persons, who were powerless to rescue them. Ttie mother of the children left them alone while she went to make a lall. Monarchist Conspiracy In Brazil. The Brazilian Government at last admitted that conspiracy against it existed and that monarchists farnish money to enlist the armed forces. Prominent People. Russell A. Alger, former Secretary of War, declares be will spend the remainder of bis life in Detroit. Lord Itosebory Is t* be the hero of a romantic novel written by a rising young Jewish novelist of London. Senator Depew has purchased a lot Id Washington and It is expected that he will build a permanent reside^ there. General ,Lord Roberts li a clever chess player, but dislikes all card games. Chess may be called>his favorite recreation. Former Secretary of State Olaey is to make a tour of the Orient, and will stop over and study the situation la the Philip* .pines THE NEWS EPITOMIZED Washington Items. Mr. Allen's Domination as Governor of Porto Kico was couflrmod by the Seuate. In tho Senate Mr. Hoar delivered an address agaiust the retention of the Philippines. The House and Senr.te conferrees agreed ou the Hawaiian Government bill in form substantially as passed by the House. The Seuate passed a bill granting to soldiers of the Mexican War ia certain fitana a nnrtqinn of S12 a month. The project for a Pan-American Con| gress in Mexico was successfully launched at a meeting of diplomats from South and Central American countries. The Secretary of War has Informed Congress that the War Department will need $115,100 more for armament for fortifications. Two gunboats and two unprotected cruisers will be placed out of commission by the Navy Department in order to provide officers for the newly built ships. The training ship Dixie has beer ordered to continue her cruise through the Mediterranean Sea and the Suez Canal to Manila. La grippe is prevalent in Washington. Many deaths from the disease have been reported. Our Adopted Islanrli. ' Brigadier-General Schwau sailed from Manila for the United States to recuperate his health. Inhabitants of the Hawaiian Islands have bought in the United States $50,000 worth of automobiles. The census shows Cuba to have a population of 1,600,000. General Montenegro, one of the Filipinos' best fighters, has surrendered to Colonel Smith in the mountains near Camallog, Pangasinan province. Teachers are greatly needed in the public schools of the Island of Guam. * The area of the island of Guam is estimated at 150 square miles, about half of It susceptible of cultivation. Only about one per cent, is now under cultivation. The customs receipts of Manila show an increase tor 1899 of $1,000,000 over the year preceding. > There were oa April 1 last 63,585 American officers and men in the Philippines. The only industry of cotuequenqe in the Island of Guam is the production and exportation of copra from the coooanut. There Is little money and wages are very low. There are about 110,000 people In Hawaii The majority of these are AsiatlM.-! -The Japanese number about 24,000; the Chinese 21,0Q0. , -V, .r . Captain Tilley reported that the harbor at Pago Pago Is much superior to that at AplU, OUIUUtt. Ia making the order for consolidation of the provluces of Havana and Plnar del Rio, Cuba, under General Lee and the relief of General Ludlow at Havana, the Secretary of War -pays a warm tribute to General Ludlow's udmlnUtratlon. Domestic. j ^Senator Chilton, of Texas, withdrew 03 t? | candidate to succeed himself in the United i States Senate, leaving a clear field to J Representative Bailey. | Martin Lynch, a clever thief, escaped | from tlie jail at New Haven, Conn., bysawi ing the bars of his cell and substituting brcom handles stained with lic.orice. Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give $3,GOO,000 to the Carnegie Library and | Iustitute of Pittsburg, Penn., which, it Is I expected, will be made'the largest strucI ture of its kind In the world. ? Julius Cull, jealous of his wife, went to a brook, near bis bouse at Marietta, Ohio, and ia six luches of water burled Ills face. He remained aad was suffocated. America's foreign trade for 1899 as shown by the report of the New fork Chamber of I Commerce showed an excess of exports over Imports of $465,800,256. While ploughing la a field on his farDL, near Lafayette, Ky., Thomas Johnso^' { loughed up an old stone pltoher containup $3700 In gold, mostly, old English sovereigns. Former President Charles H. Cole, o^the Globe National Bank, pleaded guilty1 to the charge of embezzling the bank's binds at Boston, Slaaa. The Naval Academyrofodets, who hrito been quarantined at Annapolis, Md., foe five weeks on account of measles, obtained their liberty. ( Miss Mlna Beadle, a school teacher at Tyror, Ind., oommltted suicide by pouring keroseue oil over her head and clothing aud then setting fire to herself. ' Samuel Chamtn, a builder of Chelsea, \Taaa hoo follo.1 with IfnhlllHaa nt *90 nQ? mostly secured. His assets amount to *5800. Senator Morgan swept Alabama In the Senatorial primaries, and his re-election to another term In the Senate now la assured. Over 30,000 Finns, mostly Lutherans, who are dissatisfied with the Russian Government, are expeoted In the United States within the next three months. They will settle on a large traot of land In Central Wisconsin. Typhoid Is epidemic at Cape Nome, Alaska. There have been 300 cases and thirty deaths. At Currituck Life Saving Station, Ya., an unusually heavy bolt of lightning struck the public school building and instantly killed Thomas O'Neill, one of the pupils. Over three Inches of snow fell in Chicago j. UO snow tan was seaorm iuiuukuuui mo Mississippi Valley aad the lake region. The engagement of Miss Alta Rockefeller, youngest daughter of John D. Rockefeller, to E. Parmalee Prentice, of Chicago, was announced. The Anglo-American Rat Id Vehicle Company, capital $75,000,000, divided into 750,U00 shares of $100 eaob, was incorporated it Dover, Del. An experiment in altrufrm backed by capital to thn amount of $350,600 Is to be made in Now Jersey. Mrs. Henrietta McKay Arms, a Southern woman who for years was the companion of Harriet Boecher Stowe, died near Hartford, Conn. The Cape Cod Canal bill was killed in the I Massachusetts Senate by a vote of 15 to H, with five pairs. Two brothers, Harvey and John Jackson, were convicted of burning a girl to death and given life imprisonment at Chesterfiold, S. C. Foreign* A French fishing boat and twenty-four persons on board were lost off Crookhaven, Ireland. The bubonic plague has broken out In Persia, near the Turkish frontier; many deaths are reported. The Ameer of Afghanistan has written a lettei* complaining of British lnaotlon re! 0nrrllnn> Rnwifln A?i?rtlASiOIl. The rebels in Colombia have been defeated in two battles, aud the Department of Magdalena is reported pacified. The British War Office made public the report of General Roberts on the Spioa Kop disaster, in which he severely censures General Buller, General Warren and others. The new French llrst-class cruiser Cbai teau Renault in .her speed trial made I twenty-five knots an hour. General Cronje aud bis wife and three members of the staff of the former Boer commandant were landed at St. Helena. I General Sir George White, defender of i Ladysmith, reached England and met with an enthusiastic public welcome at Southampton. The British Governor of the British West African Gold Coast reports that the Ashanti rebellion will probably soon be over, Turkey has twice promised and failed to pay $90,000 for American missionary property destroyed during the Armenian massacres in 1803. General Carrington sailed from Cape Town for Beirs, Portugue3se East Africa, It Ls supposed that he is to command the British division that will go to Rhodesia. Numerous earthquake shocks, affecting all the territory in Bohemia between the rivers Elbe and Eger, have wreoked thirty villages, but the Inhabitants had warning and escaped. The Queen Regent of Spain has signed a decree convoking the projected Hlspau9< American Cooeress tor November next. a t ' i . THE SOUTHAFRICAW WAB Lord Roberts Severely Censures His Generals For Their Blundering. FOREIGN RECRUITS FOR BOERS. I Jeneral Roberta's Crlticia n of the Spion Kop Engagement?Much Sickness in the British Camps?Ureat Britain's Sending of Frisoners to St. Helena Arouse* tue JBoert?aa iDi?TT?nuuo. London (By Cable).?The Official Gazette contains General Sutler's dl9patehes describing the events of January 17 and January 18. General Warren's report on the battle of Splon Kop and General Roberta's comments thereon. General Bobarts severely criticises General Warren, Major Thorneycroft and General Buller. His concluding words are: "Whatever faults General Warren may nave committed the failure mu9t be ascribed to the disinclination of the officer In supreme command to assort his authority and see that what he thought best was done, and also to the unwarrantable and needless assumption of responsibility by a subordinate officer." , The last words refer to Major Thorneycroft'9 order for the withdrawal of the British from Splon Kop. General Roberts adds: "The attempt to relieve Ladysmith dejcribed in these dispatohes was well devised. I agree with General Buller in thinking it ought to have suoceeded. The failure was due in some measure to the difficulties of the ground, the commanding positions the enemy held, and probably also to errors of judgment and want of administrative capacity on?the part of Genaral Warren." General Bailer says ho thinks Major Fhorneycroft exercised wise discretion, GENERAL LC (New commander-in-chief of the Transvaal ' warfare In the Orange Free 8late which m**- ~ . I since the preparations for the second day 3 defence had not been organized during the day or commenoed at nightfall. The papers commented earnestly upon Lord Roberts's censure*of Generals Boiler and Warren. They asked if more errors firijtnot likely to ocour, together with frultNh.waste of life, in the event that men vjA have. beeirTOdlared incompetent by tiu^r superior oontinue to command 40,000 tropps. It is now generally accepted that ih$ GovernmeniShaif'fi purpose in the publication of Lord Boberts's dispatch. 9eayy rains ^bave impeded tno movements of the Brftisji columns. Large jui&tltiea of Stores have been moved QQthward from Blpemfontein, which is a reversal tot the course of freight for the last six waeks. These shipments were ma<\e necessary by the operatibns in the southeast of the Free State. There are over 2000 sick in the field hospitals, most of the cases being of dysentery and enteric feYer. According' to Boer reports there is a steady flow of foreign volunteers to the Transvaal. Hitherto these adventurers have been attached to the various commandoes. Now, it is said, they are to be formed into a special legion, with Continental officers; ana there is a rumor that the command will be given to a uiscinguisnea rrencu soldier, lately retired, who is now in the Transvaal, or is nearlng the end of the journey thither. MEWS FROM THE BOER CAPITAL. Offer of the Transvaal to Loan Portugal Five Blilllont'Was Declined. Pbetobia, via Lorenzo Marques (By Oable).?As soon as the Berne award In the Delagoa Bay Railroad arbitration was published, the Transvaal Oovernment offered to lend Portugal the amount she was coudemned to pay (95,000,000), which, however, was courteously declined, the statement being made that the money was already provided. The Oovernment is receiving many memorials from burghers on the subject of sending the Boer prisoners to St. Helena, and will formally protest to Great Britain oa the subject LAST DITCH FOR BOERS. Swaziland Said to Be Chosen For Rdtroat , if Pretoria Falls. Lohdon (By Cable).?Mr. Prevost-Battersby wires to the Morning Post from Bloemfonteln: "Observation might profitably be kept jn me luioiiuuua 01 lUO ouora tas(Jov;iiu(j Swaziland. The alternative plan of opera:ions following on defeat at Pretoria inslndes the employment of Swaziland for the retirement of half of the Boer forces, while the other half falls back to Zoutpansberg. , "Boer emissaries are already in that aountry endeavoring to purchase secret information concerning the caverns In the graystone country, which are known only to the natives, with the object of accumulating provisions and ammunition." No Chance For Intervention. Vienna, Austria (By Cable).?Deputy Pessler forwarded to Count Goluchowski, the Privy Councillor, the resolution adopted by the meeting at Ltnz in favor of intervention by the Powets between Groat Britlan and the South African republics. In reply Count Goluchowski said that in view of Great Britain's attitude he saw no chance for intervention. China Will Protect Christians. The Chinese Government has Issued an ordor for the protection of native Christians. i ' \V, , Snapshots the Boer War. Lord Strathcona and Mount Rqyal's continent of -Canadians arrived at Cape Town. Lord Roberts has appoint## the Duke of Marlborough to be assistant military secretary at headquarters. The British War Office hasNjalled out the reserve companies of several infantry battalions, which will be sent to South Africa forthwith. The Boer Government has prohibited commandeered soldiers from sending substitutes except irtth tho consent of the authorities. - Boers have <5*piured Prank Smith, a well-known mine owsetr wbU?-driving from Barkly West to the Frenoh-Szalth diamond mlnp, r r i NEWS FBOI THE CAPITOL ' ! President Nominates a New Assistant Secretary of the Navy. GENERALS TO BE REWARDED. Frank W. Hackett Appointed to Sncceea Charles H. Allen In the Navy Departmeut?Spanish minister Satisfied With Chicago's Apology?Promotion | For Generals Lee, Wheeler and Wilson "i I -'Washington, D. C. (8peclftD.?The va anoy in the office of AssUtant Secretary of , the Navy caused by the appointment of Charles H. Ailed as Civil Governor of Porto Bico was filled when the President sent to the Senate the nomination of Frank W. Hackett, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H., and for twenty-flve years a resident of this city. Mr. Haokett is an intimate friend of Secretary Long of many years' standing, and his appointment is mainly due to tbelr close friendship and the Secretary's knowledge of his suitability for th6 office. It Is understood ihat the President deferred entirely to the wishes of Secretary Long in this matter. Dir. Hackett has accepted the appointment with the understanding that his term will expire on March 4,1901. He has declared that be could not afford to give any more time to public business, as he bus considerable private work to look after, whloh would have to be sacrificed by a longer 'continuance, in the Government service. THE DUKE D'AKCOS INCIDENT. No Instruction# to Minister Storer to Express B?|retto Spain. Washington," Ih 0. (Special). ? The State Department declaimed any official t Cy, IUIS BOTHA.. forces who planned the successful guerillk prevented the advance of the British.) knowledge of the reported action Of Bellamy Storer in expressing the regret of the United States Government to the-Forelgn Office In Madrid over the sending of an in- ' x'ltatlon by Mayor Harrison to the Duke d'Arcos, the Spanish Minister in Washington, to attend the Dewey reception In Chicago. A published story that invitations to it tend the Dewey celebration were not sent I to any other mpmbars of the Diplomatic | Corps, thus indicating that an intentional i insult was offered to the Spanish represent tative, is untrue. The Duke a'Arcos knows that some, if not all, of his colleagues in Washington received invitations, and expresses himself as perfectly satisfied with the explanation of Mayor Harrison tffiit the invitation was sent by mistake and that no Insult was Intended. HONORS FOR THREE GENERALS. President Plans to Retire Wheeler, Lee and Wilson as Regulars. Washington, D. C.? (Special).?Representative Grosvenor of Ohio Introduced a bill authorizing the President to appoint three volunteer officers as brigadier-generals with a view, to their retirement. The bill is an Administration measure, having been presented by Mr. Grosvenor after conference with administration officials and at their request. It is designed to benefit General Joseph Wheeler, Geueral Fitzbugh Lee and Genoral James H. Wilson, all of them volunteer officers, who, by the terms of the bill, would get rank as Brigadier-Generals in the regular service and subsequently retired. MEDALS FOB NAVY MEN. Will Commemorate Naval Engagements In Spanish War. Washington, D. C. ("Special).?In the Senate Mr. Hale reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs a joint resolution 1 drawn originally by Mr. Mason (111.) authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to have struck bronze medals for distribution uinong certain officers and mon of the J North Atlantic Squadron, commemorating f naval engagements between the forces ol Spain and the United States in the battles off the West Indies and off the Cuban coast. Six Months' Grace For Spaniards. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Sen- , ate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed to a favorable report on the convention between the United States and Spain extending for six months the time In which Spanish residents of the Philippine Islands can elect whether they will remain citizens of Spain or become citizens of the Philippines. Agratnaldo Correspondence Sent to Senate. Washington, D. C. (8peclal).?ThePresi- ! rfnnt B?nt to the Senate several Important Filipino documents, Including a letter believed to be from AguluaTdo, urging the Spanish commander at Manila to join ! forces with him against the Americana, j WORLD-WIDE FARMERS' TRUST. j Proposed That It Sell No Wheat Under j 1 a Bushel. > Minneapolis, Minn.?(Special). "All the 1 farmers in the world In a sort of interna* ' tional trust to restrict the production oi ! wheat and to raise prices,says- the Jour- j nal, is the plan whloh jit Is hoped to carry into effect at the Intpiiiational Agricultural Conference, at ParlV'aly 9-16. It la proposed to dak the farmers of the 1 world to reduce tbelr output by twenty i ,'?Su_ -^f?- ?1 />jo fhan ft 1 a / par cent., tna not 10 ami w* looo IUOU If* H f bushel. 1 NANCY HANKS'S MEMORIAL Arrangement* to Preierve the, Grave ot Liucoln'a Mother. J Rockpobt, Ind. (Speoial).?Governor | James A. Mount and the Indlanapolii members ot the Nancy Hanks Memorial 1 Association met the Spencer County Commissioners and ttiti citizens of Rockport ^ and Linooln County and agreed upon the purchase of sixteen acres of original for ? > eat surrounding the grave of the mother of Abraham Linooln. ' < The county will purchase the land and the association will then ask the neat Leg- J < lslature to appropriate ft sufficient AdiAl f to park tbe gwoudf- - - j j fcat jA , j Jjf ro FORCE TURKEY TO PAY. Severance of Diplomatic Relations Possible Now. Che Saltan ArttniU Just Claim of tlie United Stale?, But l'ats OB the Payment Without Good Excuse. WAsnixoTox, D. C. (Special).?Tlio most serious international question that conrtnimmmanf tn tllfl In. LlUUkQ kUV Mvr Vliutuw?. ? Jemnity which Turkey was aalted to pay [or outrages committed against American missionaries a,id colleges in Armenia several.years ago. The negotiations have now reached a point where the Government has under consideration the adoption of one of several radical courses. The Government has been inclined to go slowly in determining what shall bo done, out the attitude of Turkey is suoh that pa:ienoe has ceased to be a virtue. Nearly svery honorable diplomatic resource to Uring Turkey to a sense of her obligations! :o the United States has been tried without ineeess. What action the Government now will take to enforce the Sultan's promise Is not Jeflnltely known, but as the Blttxatlon Is jrltioal, It may result in Secretary Hay lending to the Turkish Minister In Wash* Ington his passport. The question Involved between the two countries is no longer one' resting upon disputed points of International law,' out apon the Sultan's brsken falth.^Thls is not his only broken promise, he having' said that he would give his permit for the reconstruction of the American oollege' and school buildings, yet up to the present the official permit, upon one excuse and another, has been withheld. When Dr. Angell resigned as Minister la lOftQ fc U/n ?Aln*Ui,a Kafnrflnn t h A fn1C\ POT1 n - tries were critical by reason of the inaction of the Turkish Government and its refusal to entertain the Indemnity .claims. The Turkljh ?Goverument, shortly before the departwe of Dr. Angell, sent a reply denying all liability for the buildings and property destroyed. A similar reply was 3ent to tbe Ambassadors of England, France and Italy, having like claims. Later, when tbe subject wa3 pressed, the 3ultan. on December 18, 1893, finally promised to pay tbe claims. Tbe claims were examined witb great care and scrutiny, based upon the principle of indemnity for the actual value of the property destroyed. The Sultan also said at the same time that he had given permission for the reconstruction of the destroyed buddings. The situation is practically this: The State Department has succeeded in obtaining judgment by confession upon the claims, whioh confession was made by the Saltan himself, bat the execatlon remaius unsatisfied. Diplomacy ha3 exhausted it self. The breaking off of diplomatic relation? would have only a moral effect, as the commercial relations between Turkey and the United States are not very oxtensive. It i9 believed by officials that,.Turkey would be willing to come to termd if she realized that failure to do so would oause this Government to take sucltfc step'. The withdrawal of the American representative at Constantinople and the dismissal of the Turkish Minister here tgould be an announcement to the world that the Sultan was a dishonest creditor, who, after acknowledging his liability, declinod to pay his obligation. HISS SHATTT"CK RETUltNS. American Missionary Who Went Through the Armenian Maasacres Comes Home. Boston (Special).?Miss Corlnna Shattuck, who has been doing missionary work in Armenia almost continuously for twentythree years, thereby earning for herself the title of "Tho Heroine of the Armenian Massac res," arrived in Boston. Miss Sbattuck was sent to Turkey In 1873 by the American board. She remained there in various capacities. About live years ago she went,to Oorfa,whore she had started the school eight years before, and was there when the terrible massacres took place in the fall and winter of 1893. Sha was alone with the native helpers, a towei of strength to her terrified associates. pupils and neighbors, sheltering tlio refugees und helping the wounded. COEBEL PLOT INDICTMENTS. Five Hen Named as Principals and Thre# Named as Accessories to the Crime. Fbaxkfobt, Ky. (Special).?The Franklin County Grand Jury has returned the first indictments against those alleged tc have been in the alleged plot to murdei William Goebel. The Indictments show Jim and Berrj Howard, Youtsey, Harlan iWhlttaker, Combs, alias "Tallow Dick," indlcted.fot murder; Cbarles Flnlay, W. H. Cotton, Wharton Golden us accessories. . LBtbe indictment of being accessory trutMfifc* dieted, are named Groan Colden, Go^Hfe' W. S. Taylor and John Davis. . Golden is tbe chief witness for th^MB and Culton and Youtsey ?e both IttUr re3t and uro said to htfre made ? sions and it it* believed will b? mode State' nriftinaaoa Tnlnh Poweei_l* under arroat wltii Holland Whltattjlfc:-,while Jftte-. Powers, Flnloy, Berry ana JigL XowdUg have not been arrested^ HoiiM * :hem to be the rlRhtful pndmuftoffl la the contest over mlfl0t'j8|M?filee8. ,v Bench warrants were tvere sent to the countlefl'^^^H^MBjrer*; rhe Aflectoil Are* Nothing but the abao^BHEul pkblU Interest by the 8onth.J>fflBi|^6ypVfliTeytf :he terrible condltlq^^^^j^falMA^ln from a toar in the central and we?te*n.pwrt of India, dewrlba$ the situation t&tu- . ? -???j~ 1 ^^111ymftfP "for lJunutou?' u? -miiw) uu alngle stalk of corn or even irffeoobla was seen, not yet ji blade of green p^ffftjhr "There was no water, except larger rivers and streams. Tbe deepifi tanks and reserrolre, which never bad' been known to run dry, are now dry as a root "The whole country Is now one >?? ' bare, brown .-lonely desert, where fn Sr. dlnary 4<Maons one may see busy tbtAA* : anQor?:. studded all. over with bea'pjpijif roar Italian* Burn?<i to Death In a Flue Foti^ltallans were burned to death (n-8 tenement house, fire at Wampum, Pem The dead are Daniel Abblatte and his three nephews, Pastella, Joseph and Ermah-Abblatte. The bouse whs occupied by twea:y-flve or thirty quarrymen and it is supposed tbe fire stated by the explosion of a lamp. Death of Relative of Booue and Lincoln Judah Brown, a lineal descendant of Daniel Boone, and also a relative of Abranam Lincoln, d!o& at the Hotel Terrace, in 3oranton, aged eighty-two years. Hewa* torn at Danville, Penn. The National Game. Chicago Is lucky.to get Cunningham. Second baseman Bonner^has signed with io chest or. Pittsburg has "farmed" pitcher Wllhelzr :o Syracuse. "Cupid" OhHds will captain the Chlcagc :eam this season. Buelow, the new catcher seoured by St Louis, Is showing up well. Albany has signed a deaf mute pltchei lamed Taylor, of Shrev-sport, La. The noted ex-League pitcher, "Dad' Hark, has caught on with Buffalo. Manager Ewlng, of the New York Club KttMOOflie an advocate of bunting. Sov ml year* ago he was bitterly Opposed tr, All Ions of batting. ftBISEIHIBITHMOPEHED President Loubet Before a Great Con course Uonducted the Ceremonies. TRIBUTES ARE PAID TO AMERICA, The Opening Ceremonies Were a Mixture of Sumptuous Splendor andTVldespread Confusion**America Leads All Nations But France in the Nainber of Exhibitors?State of Unreadiness. Pabss (By Cable).?The Ixhlbltion of 190Cis opened, but It will be at least a month before anything except building* Is to be seen. The day's ceremonies were a mixture of sumptuous splendor lu the Salle de3 Fete? and wide spread confusion and unreadiness elsewhere. The weather was, luckily, all that could be dentred. Fourteen thousand guests had been Invited to the function, and they had, because of the f}ne weather, only the dust to endure. / The afternoon was a holiday In Parls*by general consent, and a host of coun|Ty.p$Pj>le crowded into the city to swell the^mtiltltudee who from an early hour tTtrdgedjln the direction of the Exhibition and took up positions along the route of th&iPresldential prooesslon and at the approach#* to the grounds. The ceremonial within the Salle dee Fete9 was simplicity-/ItaelL . The reception to PiiooManf T.nwhaf of ft* a ??A-J . mii *uw ouuauuo xasiou only a few aetohds, And on reaching the Presidential tribune, M. Ulllerand, the Minister,; of Commerce, Immediately dellvere,d ^(%addresj?i haadtng over the Exhib^tkjncjO/.the Chief of State, which was MilSn^Sg^^OTtton was especially fine, PregBHphbubet then replied, and the speaUaBMIrt of the function here ended. The speeta'eje that met President Lou^ a rah af ^ in^ 1 n n v a r flnto?r1 ^H1 ^ 'I orrtai^nd the party scattered tfoc.'y B.-A>cendor? shot bis ^'yUq0 th^alB^d killed her at DanviktW i. liiiit himself la the haonM.ying "Jealousy caused thfrSttme. SidneyB.powers, a veteran of thelCfvil War, shot ftniJtilled his divorced wife at Elgin, Ili.,and;then killed himself. Relative o( VmUhiIod Dies* Ebpnezer Burges Ball, the nearest surviving relative of-Oeoige Washington, died at his residence in Washington. He was eighty-four years of ago and unmarried. Mr.'Ball bore a striking resemblance to General Washington. Cycling Notes. Century riding promises to be more popular this year than in any previous season. Eric Hultberg, the amateur champion of Sweden for 1899, will rido In the aoiat<nir races of America this season. It is estimated that there are already two hundred concerns in this country equipped for tbo building of automobile?. The New Hampshire Division of the League of American Wheelmen has presented a sidepath law to the State Legislature. According to observation, there ia such i a thing as the bicycle face. It Is full of intall I anH iiltxrnra rllanl/ira a wi rlfln wn !r a i countenance. . r[i < ? 10 BIG STORM IN THE SOUTH' '4 ____ 1 VH Railway Tracks Washed Away, Crop* ;j Injured and Bridges Wrecked. Heavy Rainfall Cau?e4 the Breaking of \ Several Oain* and JIach Deitrnc* V tlon of Property Resulted, Mebidiax, Miss. (Special).?This entlrt section has suffered from the heaviest, most contlnaoasand most destructive rain storm that has ever visited It. From every direction comes reports of damage. The . Jj railroads entering Meridian all report wash-outs. The few trains that reached the city before the breaks occurred have been run with the utmost caution. The . 9 damage In the city has been jrreat. L The dam at the waterworks, that held \ the water of the first, or upper, reservoir, y gave way under the heavy pressure, and a I tretoendous volume of water poured Into I the main reservoir. The eastern and west-" $ em ends of the electric street railway were \ damaged to such an extent as to necessitate the stoppage of the cars. The dam at the lake at Arundel Springs, just south of the city gave way and the j water carried everything before it as it \ spread out over the valley below. All the ' lower portion of the railroad tracks was under water, the Eagle Oil Mill being ; flooded to a depth of about four feet. j Reports from the country Indicate that great damage has been wrought. Bridges ? have been swept away, fences destroyed, | farms submerged, and freshly plowed lands badly washed. The Illinois Central tracks cannot be ^ used north and south of Jackson. Bunkie,' U* La., suffered heavily, principally from the,'. 59 wind. Several buildings were wrecked, including the hotel. Ruston, La., reports train service suspended both ways. From Louisiana and Mississippi pointi Jzm generally comes news of greatly swollen . SB streams, wrecnea Driages, aamsKoa eioya, aad washouts la roads aad roadbeds. ^.. Jj ^ Lightning killed a maa in Alabama while he yr&s at the telephone. k) ' ;M ..rW -i life .IIONAL PAVILION. 'M Itloan visitors at the Paris Exposition.) <? SEVERE STOHM IN THE 'WESI. ^ Heavy Soovrfall l$iock? Railway Trafflo 9 in Colorado. Denveb, Col. (Special).?A storm of rain find snow continued for forty-elsht hourg with jrreat severity. It was aocompanled by a, gale. The precipitation for the month J up to date, 5.11 laches, breaks the April record since the establishment of tha T*i<*nart in 1970 Tho UWIUUV^ wu4w?uuw4v ?UI<I. AUV PkW4U* covered the eastern parts of Colorado and Wyoming, tlie northern part of New Mex- ' tco, and part of Kansas. The storm was not as severe in the mountains as It was just east of them. Ia the Oripple Creek mining district it has snowed almost constantly for two weeks. Railroads are blocked, and mining operations seriously hampered. Similar conditions prevail in tbe Gilpin and Clear Creek County mining districts. The snow is from two to sis feet deep on the eastern slope of the mountains. In Denver and on the plains the snow melted almost as fast as it fell. Owing to theOoft roadbeds, railroad trains are run* ning cautiously. On tlie divide between Denver and Colorado Springs and in some mountain canons, trains are stalled in heaps of snow which is so heavy that snow plows buck it with little effect. , MORE HOLLAND BOATS. Navy Department Contract* to Pay SITS,000 In Future. , washwotox, u. u. (special}.?T&e Navy Department has signed a contract with the HoU-nd Submarine Torpedo Boat Oompa/ , for more of the boats of the Holland 4 he^Oovernment pays $150,400 for the Hotyand and agrees to pay $175,000 each for an*boats of the type it may purchase bereauiBr. The oompany agrees to sell to the^Ctovernment any of the patents used In the oonstructlon of the boat aud to furnish experts for n reasonable time to train a naval crew In the management of the Holla ad. Notwithstanding the element of danger, then Is no lack of applicants for the first command of the Holland from junior oaVjftl officers. The disposition is to refrain from ordering any one to the post and to give it to a volunteer. Woman enrJ Soy Burned to U?atb. tfhe residence of Peyton H. Ruble, seven miles below Parkers burg, W. Va., was destroyed bvflre. Mrs. Ruhirt and nine-vAar old boy wen burned 4o death and Peyton Ruble was seriously burned. FtghtUm Around Manila, The Insurgents, supposedly Mascado's command,, are again active about the Marlvaloa Mountains, across the bay from Manila, P. L A force of 300 attacked the Balanga, where three coj^autes of the Thirty-second Infantry are otationed, but were easily repulsed. They also attacked Captain Goldman with thirty men of the Thirty-second Beglment near Orion, killing J two Americans. Goldman then retired. Woman Kill* Her Alleged Detainer. J At Alexander, Ark., Mr?. T. N. Holland / shot and lnstantly'kllled William Cook, a / member of n prominent family. Mrs. HoU land claims Cook defamed her character Xewiy Gleaning*. An electric line Is being built In Illiaois to carry power forty miles and compete with 9team. A landscape by Corot brought $1700 at the Boulard sale at th? Hotel Drouot la Par.'s, France. Tie most powerful lightship in the world will be built for Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteraa. A camel was born In the Central Park menagerie, New York City, the first born there in twelve years. Irrigation work in Mexico la creating a heavy demand for iron pipe, dredging, ^ :avating and pumping puchijerr. J M A