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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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NEWS FBOI THE CAPITOL
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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
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BIG STORM IN THE SOUTH' '4
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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.
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.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
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