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MINER 18 BELIEVED] /he Boers Raised thss Sieare and Re* i 3 i tired Northward. ( I ALSO EVACUATED DEWETSDORP ! I Hie Result of General Robert*'* Kxteimi?? J Operations?KOorts of General Frencl to Intercept the Retreating Boer Armi -Hafeklng it Hard Pressed and 01 Short Rations? News From Pretoria London* (By Cable).?General Roberts's extended movement for thft clearance o. his enstern flank has been directed froa Bloemfontein over a front seveDty mile.1 long, from Karee 8idlng to Wepener. Th principal changes effected were the relle of Wepener and the occupation of Dewet3 | dorp by General Chermside's division with out opposition. General French made t close approach to the Thaba Nchu road but was not in time to close it. The War Office has issued the following from Lord Roberts, dated Bloemfontein Wednesday: "The enemy retired from in front o: Wepener last night, and this raorninflr flee northeastward along the Ladybrand Road. "Tbeir number was between 4000 and 5000." ??? ~9 O/vUnol riolryAfv'a WAJ 1UU iOiiOl KJL CVIUUOa A/ u.0w. , accompanied by General Brabant. The Times lias the following from a ape eial correspondent, dated Mafeking, Basu toland: "I rode from Jammersburg here, skirting Wepener, and met General Brabant's advance cuard tour miles south of Wep ener. They report three successful flgtits: Saturday, Sunday and Tuesday, with twenty-two casualties. "The siege was raised and 5000 of the enemy retired along the Ladybrand Road within our sight aud unpursued. Colonel Dalgety's casualties were thirty-three killed and 132 wounded." Earlier in the day the War OfHce received the following dispatch from Lord Roberts: "Pole-Carew's division reached Roodekop yesterday evening without suffering auy casualties. Pole-Curew's advanoe was covered by cavalry and horse artillery, which drove back the enemy with heavy loss. Several of their dead were left on tho ground. "Tho mounted men halted for the night at Grootfontein and at 7.30 this morning were crossing the Modder River at Valsbank, in accordance with my instructions to French * - ?-* ?? ?!?"? Iilmaalf ncfrtHn thf IU OUUOUVU1 IV u?uiww.? enemy's lino of retreat. 'French's arrival near the Slodder evidently, however, alarmed the Boers, for they evacuated their strong position near Dewotsdorp during the night and It was occupied by Chermside's division at 8.30 this morning. "The mounted infantry under Ian Hamilton drove off the enemy from all thefcopjes in the neighborhood of the waterworks. There were no casualties on our side. The Highland Brigade marched twenty-four miles yesterday to the support of Hamilton and halted for the night at Klip Kraal, four miles short of Sauna's Post." In a dispatch to the War Office Lord Roborts reports the following casualties before the occupation of Dewetsdorp: Officers, killed, two; wouuded, three. Men, wounded, twenty-two. Further reports from distressed Mafeking declare that though there are water, food and ammunition enough there to last until the middle of May, they are only so od a restricted scale, the food not being more than enough to barely sustain lire. Two pints of soup and two quarts of oat bran are the daily- allowance, but if the siege lasts much longer it will be difficult to find more than one ration. A. census which has just been taken shows that the population numbers 7250. The districts around Johannesburg and Pretoria are being extensively intrenched. Begbie's foundry in Johannesburg is producing 700 shells weekly. Large quantities of silk have been commandeered in Johannesburg to make balloons. LABOR RIOT IN CHICAGO. One Man Killed and Sevan Hart in a& Attack. Chicago (Special).?Iu a labor riot at Racine and Wellington avenues one man was killed Instantly, another severely TrnvinrtAil jinrt ni* others cnistainnrl allchi injuries. Peter Miller, twenty-six years old, unmarried, wus shot through the head by H. C. Baster and killed Instantly. John McGulre was shot in the right arm and right cheek by Baster. Hl3 injuries were severe, but not mortal. The fatal shot was flred by Baster, who Is superintendent of the Baker-Vawter Printing Company's place, near where the trouble occurred. The bullets which struck McGuire were also flred by the su? perlntendent. The riot was the outcome of three months' trouble with striking laborers at the printing establishment. The Arm employs nothing but non-union labor, and three months ago several pressmen and feeders were discharged because they joined the union. Miller was never employed by the firm but be has been in sympathy wltli the discharged men and It Is asserted had been as) In oararal naaonlfa with tham / ilUJ'UWOk^U 4U UVVVJ&.U* U^JUUIUJ TT t*U kUVtM* JAPS COMING BY THE THOUSANO. Many Paupers autl Contract Laborer! Jumping the Canadian Border. Yivco0veu, B. C. (8peclal). ? United States Immigration Agent Healy, of British Columbia, says 5000 Japanese Immigrants have arrived lu British Columbia, 5000 are on the way and 25,000 more will probably take passage before the end of th? summer. Mr. Healy says the Cauadlan and United States Governments should take joint action at once, as the Japauese are evading the laws by walking over the 150 miles of unprotected border between Blaine and Seattle, paupers, contact laborers and all, and there is uo machinery to prevent this wholesale boundary jumping. Seattle and I'ugot bound are being overrun with the Japs, who are glutting the labor market, and Mr. Hualy says that, owing to the flagrant infraction of immigration laws, friction is bound to arise between the Canadian and American Governments. Unknown Man's Awful Death. An unknown man committed suicide a, the H. C. Fricke Coko Company's works in ConnellsviHe, Penn., by diving head first into a coke-oven, iu full blast. He was incinerated in u minute. Three Children Die in Fire. Three children lost their lives in a Are it a New York Citv six-storv tenement. Tbe% were Hannah, Amelia and Joseph Lelbo witz, aged thirteen, eleven and live years respectively. Their father, Simon, tlielt sister Dora, three years old, and Mlchae Rauschbaum. sixty-eight years old, wer< I badly hurt. A New Navy For Spain. Senor Sllvela, President of the Counct ami Minister of Marine, at Madrid, Spain j has decided to ask the country to make i j great P.nauclal sacrifice with a view of oon utruoting a ew navy. Newsy (jleamni;?. Cabins report that English pastures are in poor condition. Plans are in progress for an exposition at Charleston, S. C. Lord Roberts has established a weekly half-holiday at Bloemfontela. I Benjamin Franklin, of White Cloud, Kan., 'has just been granted a pension. j Present prices on canned corned beef art (reported to be below the cost of packing, j I A shortage of coal 19 reported at Pitts jburg, Penn., due to strikes of coal miners I The number of Europeans in the Ger[man Cameroons has doubled in five years. I London is likely to lose Its Thames passenger steamer service, which has become [unprofitable. it. 1 'i 'r-^lriarv _ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, i I Wnahincton Item*. Representative Cooncy, of Missouri, in troiluced a joiut resolution to terminate the Claytou-linlwer Treaty. The negotiations witU Turkey for settleimaripun claims are said to b*? proceeding to the entire satisfaction of ] this Government. lona Islands, in the Hudson River, became the property of the Government, and will be used for a naval magazine. The plans for the three new battleships have been approved. They will be largest vessels In the Uultod States Navy, and will surpass anything of their size afloat. An appropriation of $150,000 will probably be made by Congress to buy 1800 acres of land about Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The cruiser Boston, one of the vessels of Admiral Dewoy'a victorious squadron, Is to be overhauled and repaired at a cost of f 175,000. Representative Klutz, of North Carolina, Introduced a bill repealing the bankruptcy law and repealing the war revenue stamp taxes. The Navy Department has secured a 5000ton steamer to carry food supplies collected by charitable organizations In New York City to the plague and famine sufferers In India. TbeSenate passed a bill to provide for the construction of a revenue cutter at Philadelphia at a cost of $50,000. QtntA an f- hflQ hflon ft ffl f?l JL UO UUllU x/upi*tviuvu? u?w vwV?. ally informed that the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica havo withdrawn their troops from the common boundary line and that tho expected hostilities have been avoided. Adelbert S. Hay, United Stntes Consul at Pretoria, has informed the State Department that members of the ambulance corps sent from Chicago by American sympathizers with the Boers have taken up arms against the British. Onr Adopted Iilnnri*. After a trial lasting three days before Judge Hull, of the Provost Court, at Manila, P. I., Louis Spilzel, owner of the steamer Abbey,was acquitted of the charge of smuggling jewelry into Manila. The United States transport MoPherson cnrrled to Porto Rico between 1400,000 to $500,01)0 in subsidiary cpln. This is the first instalment of the $2,000,000 voted l?y Congress for distribution among the inhabitants of the islands. There have beea thirteen deaths irom tne oubonle plague la Manila. The native market ia the centre of the city district has been quarantined and a guard of troops placed around it. An order establishing correctional courts la all the large cities of Cuba has been issued. President Dole, of Hawaii, has appointed a court of commissioners to take evidence of losses caused by the burning of Chinatown, In Honolulu, and to make awards and judgments of such losses. Arrangements have been completed tc retire the Porto Bican money ana repla<r ?t wttli American currency. HomMtie. The waresheds of Wtlson 'A McCulioch's fruit jar faotory at Falrmouut, Iad.4. were burned with a loss of $150,000. Three hundred carloads of finished fruit jars were consumed. ' / Southern Nebraska w.i9 in the path* of t destructive oyoloa^ and all the people in th? region were dhven into storm ce^'ar3i The City Connoil dt Topeka, Kan., passed an ordinance against the presentation of Immnpnl nlmfili at a "SaDho" company which threatens to visit Topeka. Under the direction of physicians, George Rltterband, in New York City, who lost his identity, is slowly-vrecovering the .use of nis memory. The railroads In the South whose traffic has been interrupted by floods ore preparing to resume business. Albert J. Deady and his wife, sixteen years old, of Dayton, Ohio, jumped from a bridge into 4he canal and were drowned, clasped iftseach other's arms. They left'a baby. George Alpln, of Huron, S. D., former State Senator and State Attorney, while in Chicago with his bride, created a sensation by suddenly beoomtng a raving-maniao and trying to kill her. He I? suffering from overwork. Edwin E. Southwlok, a oarrlagemaker aud wheelwright in Woonsooket, B. I., was shot bv an unknown man near his rest dence and bis assailant made good his escape. 1,1 P. A. Cummey, an old Confederate sol- ] dler, of Macon, Oa.. who planned to Icill j Admiral Dewey, was sent to the State Insane Asylum. Nelson Smith and his granddaughter successfully defended themselves from a brutal attack by two burglars in Livingston, N. J. Two thousand Americans, according to Steyan KrstofT Vatralsky, at Kenosha, Wis., have embraced Mohammedanism since the Congress of Religions at the World's Fair led Turkish missionaries to undertake the task of seeking converts in the United States. The postofflce at Smyrna, Del., was robbed, the safe door being shattered by exnlnaivAq. TTftffHftr 9ftvs the loss i Is about $7C0 In stamps and money. The vrill of the late Phlletus 8awyer, formerly United States Senator, was filed at Oshkosh, Wis. The estate amounts to $3,000,000, and all t>f it, except' $10,000 to oh&rity, goes to near relatives. Henry Deinas, one of the brightest and shrewdest negro politicians in the South, died in his home in New Orleans, La. He has been a conspicuous figure in the polltics of Louisiana for the last thirty years. Chicago Is to havea municipal telephone system. Its immediate use is to be oonflued to the Police aud Fire Departments. The bronze statue group of Washington and Lafayette, presented to New York City by Charles Broadway Bouss, was unveiled with appropriate ceremonies. James 8. Tough, of Kansas City, went to Colorado Sprlugs, to seoure a train of Colorado's hardy mountain broncos for the British troops lu South Africa. The avee^ age price paid the agqnt is $75 at New Orleans. / Foreign. TUe LiisDon press connnuea 10 criticise the Government's action la permitting British troop9 to cross Portuguese territory. Several more meetings of the Afrikander Bond held In Cape Colony adopted resolutions in favor of holding an immediate congress of the Bona. It is probable the United States will be asked to arbitrate the differences betweea Chile and Per a. James Little, sixty years old, is In jail at Fredoricton, N. B., charged with murdering Edward Lawrence, Mrs. Lawrence and three ehlldreu. The British authorities have already listed 12,000 alleged rebels ia Cape Colony und Natal. The situation of the British in Coomassle, on the African Gold Coast, is said to he improved. Emperor Francis Joseph will ask Germany's assent to Austria's occupation of the Turkish dependency of Macedonia. An agreement has been concluded betweon the Russian and Korean Governments. Korea pledging herself not to alienate Kojie lsiana, at me moucu 01 aias- | atapho Harbor. An attempt was made to destroy Lock i No. 24 of the Weliand Caual at Thoroid, Oat. Three men Are under arrest aadheld | in the jail ia Niagara Falls, Oat. A new fort will be built on the Isle of ) Grain to strengthen the defences of the Thames at Medway, England. The British steamer Buno towed the British steamer Sir Garnet Wois-iley into Halifax, N. S., taking her 850 miles. "The rising in the Gold Coast Colony is growing more serious. The Governor has telegraphed that other tribes besides the Ashantis are in rebellion, and he a3ks for help. A German vessel with cases of bubonic plague on board arrived at Las l'aimas, Canary Islands. To French shareholders' inquiry as to the likelihood of Transvaal gold mines being destroyed Dr. Leyds has sent aa answer which seems to portend suoh a COUNA at- fh? lao* ar^am^w. # ?* r .'A '/jt j ONE VOTE BEATS QUA?. The Senate, 33 to 32, Denies Hi* Right to a Seat. A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION. The Appointment by the Governor of Pennsylvania Declared Invalid?Senator Vest Voted Wth the Opposition? Senate Decided Governor Cannot Appoint When Legislature Failed to Elect Washington, D. C. (Special).?Matthew Stanley Quay, appointed to be Senator of the United States from the State of Pennsylvania by Governor Stone, after the Legislature of the State had refused to elect a successor to Mr. Quay, was refused his seat in the Senate by a vote of S3 to 32 HATTHEW 8. QUAT. * Two votes Were taken, tho first on the motion of Mr. Ctandler to strike out tbe word "aot"Jn the original resolution providing that Mr. Qu&> was not entitled to a aest fax tbe Senate. This motion was defeated by a vote of 32 to 33. Then came tbe vote on the origlual resolution. Tbe detailed vote was as follows: Yeas?Allison, Baker, Garter, Ohaudler, Clark (Bep.,Wyo.) Cullom, Daniel, Davis, Deboe.Foraker, Frye, Hansbrougb, Jones CDem., Nev.) McComos, McLaurln, Mason, Morgan, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Piatt (Rep., New York), Scott, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner,_8tewart, Sullivan, Taliaferro, Warren, wotmore ana woicocc?az. Nays?Allen, Bacon, Bard, Bate, Berry, Bnrrow9, Butler, Clay, Cockrell, Culberson, Hale, Harris, Hawiey, Heitfeld, Jones (Dem., Ark.), Lludany, McBride, McOum-1ber, MoEnery, McMillan, Martin, Mooey, Piatt (Rep., Conn.) Proctor, Quarles, Ross, Simon, Teller, Tillman, Turley, Turner, Vest and Wellington?33. After the vote was announced Mr. Chandler asked that the list be again read In order to have the vote verllled, and that very unusual course was taken. The vote was then taken on the original resolution declaring Mr. Quay not entitled to the seat, and the resolution was agreed to. Yeas, 8S; nays, 32, the same vote as the Qrgt, only reversed. Mr. Def ew, who was on the side of Mr. Quay, was paired with Mr. Hanna, of Ohio, Who was against him. The other New York . Senator, Mr. Piatt, voted on the Quay side. Tbe two Massachusetts Senators, Lodge and Honr, were paired on the Quay side against Mr. Thurston (Rop., Neb.) and Mr. Pettus (Dem., Ala.). And so the 8tate of Pennsylvania will have but one Senator, Mr. Penrose, until the Legislature shall have met and elected some one to fill tbe vacancy. Former Senator Qaay said that he was muoh disappointed at the vote of the Sen-N ate In his case. Senator Penrose said that* he was greatly disappointed by Senator Hanna's action and by tbe result la the 'Senatv-tat it was one of the fortunes of XMtr. T , i Seiuito^Vest/tbe intimate personal friend of might have made Qaay a Senator byfvoting for the resolution declaring him to be entitled to bis seat. He voted against It, and again, when tbe resolution was put declaring Quay "not" entitled to his seat, he voted no, and so contributed to make the majority of one by which Quay was rejected. The day in tbe Senate was devoted entirely to debate upon the Quay question, many of the greatest lawyers and orators in the body delivering speeches. As the day's session wore on and the hour for tbe final vote approached tne .'galleries gradually were filled until they were thronged with multitudes, while other multitudes Were unable to gain admission. It is the universal opinion of Senators on both sides of the chamber that Mr. Quay was at least a dozen votes stronger tbau any other mun would have been with the same case. Tbe Senate went on record against the rlgbt of a Governor to appoint a Senator after tbe Legislature had failed to do so in tbe case of Corbett, of Oregon. Tbe rejection of Mr. Quay's title makes It pra3lioally certain tbat tbetbree vacancies "Wino?frnm P?nnsvlvania. Dela ware nod Utah?will not be filled for some time to come, if, indeed, at all, during th* life of this Congress. THE SENATE'S PROGRAMME. The Field It Now Clear For Important Legislative Business. Wabhinqton, D. C. (Special).?The vote oa tUe resolution declaring M. S. Quay's credaptl&la Irregular and defective gives a clear 11 eld 'at last, for some of the legislative business whloh tho long and tedious consideration of the Quay case seriously delayed. The Spooner Philippine Government bill still holds thought of way on the Republican programme, although It has been displaced temporarily by the Alaska bill. Republican managers are now upprehenslve that unless a prolongation of the session is determined on it will be necessary to let the Ship Subsidy aud Nicaragua Calal bills go by the board. ^ \ Tlie Peach Crop Is Safe. I have just returned from a trip through Delaware and tbe peach-growing sections of Maryland," said a produce dealer of Washington, "ftpd never within my memory have I teen such unusually favorable prospects for *a tremendous yield of A.meriou'8 favorite fruit?the peach. Both old and young trees ore in a healthy state with buds and general appearace Indicating a bough-breaking yield." Captain Leon Says Boers Are Undaunted. Captain Leon, the agent of the Creusot gun works, who was wounded while lighting with the Boers, arrived at Marseilles, France. He reports that tho Boers are full of fight aud are sanguine of their ultimate success. Boston Policeman Dies Rich. Patrolman Isaiah S. Robinson, for twe^ ty-seveu years a member of the police force of Bott^, died of heart failure, aged imy-rour jfcatit. HftAs said to have left ar i estate woeth t90j)00^. a?m0. v Duff^,'6fB<^w|pJ|pra?fcing left-handed batting. - JWF I , Lacliancef H# ?fgned with Cleveland to i play flrst bas&.'."\ .<.? Chicago has released Pitcher Phyle to the Provtf ^ee Olub. i Brooklyn has sold Outfielder Brodle to the Chicago American League Olub. J Boston and Philadelphia are the only 1 teams that will notfifty Sunday ball. In Scott, Hairton ,*nd Oronln, the Gin- 1 ci tin at is hate thije^.-^ol, the largest men J college, is one of the mos^protoLlng student Ditchers tie has twar man ! E< .+. *>"Itrfc "iir'V . AWFUL FAMINE IN INDIA Worst Stories of the Terrible Nature of the Distress Confirmed. Mortality Among Cattle So Severe Tha. Human Beings Take the l'lace of Bullocks In the Field. Calcutta, India (By Cnble).?The lates' official reports from tho famine district) say that the misery existing there is inde scrlbable and unparalleled and that th< present relief la quite inadequate. The] add that the mortality among the cattle ti also so severe that the authorities are try lag to adapt farm implements so that human power can replace that of bullook3 Such a drastic measure ha3 never before been necessary even in the greatest scar city of animals. . One district^lost 1,000,000 cattle out ol 1,500,000 bead and almost numberless human beings were found dead from starvation. In addition, children were founc wandering in all directions, homeless naked and emaciated, and cases were reported of ohlldren being sold. The official reports fully confirm the worst stories ol the terrible nature of the distress. It Is also announced that the natives are developing ugly fe?llngs aud are attacking. Europeans. A great crowd murderously attacked a party of soldiers ut Shahpur, the military centre of the Northwest provinces. The soldiers were rescuod with difficulty add in an unconscious condition. Corn Far India's Stricken People. Nkwtoh, Kan.(Speclal).?Over 5000 bushels of corn are being shipped from this section to the famine sufferers of India. Within ten days four cars will be loaded at Halstead, this county; one from Llthigh, Marion County, and two from this city. All this has been contributed by the Menuonites. Over Five Million* Starving. London (By CaWe).?The Viceroy of Inilia, Lord Curaon, wires that tlie recenl rainstorms have not improved the situa-. tlon, that the demands for relief are increasing, now reaching 5,319,000 persona but that the arrangements for relief arc equal to the Increasing 3train. 8100,000 For Famine Suflerera. Beblix (By Cable).?At a meeting ol leading financiers and manufacturers, under the Presidency of Dr. Koch, Presldenl of the Imperial Bank, it was decided tc raise a fund for the relief of the famine sufferers in India, and those present subscribed $100,009 on the spot. MEXICAN TOWN DESTROYED. Fir? Wipes Oat Pauaca, Leaving 3000 Honaeleci People. 8is Antonio, Texas (Special).?Advices received here stato that -Panuca, Mexico, sne of the most important trading towns in the east coast country of the Republic of Mexico, sixty mues rrona toe seaport 01 Tamplco has been entirely destroyed by Qre. Pauuca was built, od the Panuca River, of thatohed-rool abode houses aud modern frame business blocks, surrounded by brush huts. Everything weut down before :he flames, as there were no llre-flghtlng ippllauo9s in the olty. It Is estimated :hat more than 2000 people are homeless. The Government has taken steps for the ' relief of the people, many of whom have oeen taken to ^amplco for proteotlon. The Are was carried in every direction by ) forty-mlle-an-hour wind. A heavy rainfall followed, but not until the town wus (n-embers. The loss will aggregate $2,225,000. TURKEY MAKES A_CONCESSION. Authorlies the Rebntlrtlnff of the Property of American Missionaries. Constantinople, Turkey (By Cable).?An imperial trade has been promulgated authorizing the rebuilding of the property of tae juciiiniey AqmiDi3tranoa^,ifrtffBra~: DEFEAT FOR INSUR^T^ i| General Bell's Troops Fn ' arrived hero from Noeva Caa^^ PrbTtoofc' ; of South Cdmarines, bring details of* fifrSt The Amoilcaft outp03 aad General Bell pw the sultaw of turkey. the American missionaries at Kbarput und the construction of an annex to the Robert College at Constantinople. Tarklah Warship Blown tT|?. Constantinople, Turkey! (By Cable).? News tias just been received from Beyroot, Syria, to the effect that the Turkish torpedo boat Schamyl blew up in that harbor resulting in the loss of twenty-three lives 8llver For Battleship New Jersey. The movement inaugurated some time ago In Camden for the school children of New Jersey to raise funds to ptarohase a silver service, to be presented to the battleship named after the State, is being taken up by all the leading cities. So far the Governor and the Mayor in every large city in the State have consented to act on \ epmmlttee to supervise the project. Plenty of Shad and Big Ones. J VaAn tmnnlnn hit fha tilrtll_ OUUU LIU V O UUDU luuuiu^ yj kuvi?9Bnds, and fishermen have nctually been catching more thau t&ey wanted. Ia some instances nets have been torn by tbe big catchers. The prices ranged from 818 to $5 per hundred. Delaware River and Bay shad were never finer than this year, nor were they ever larger. A nlne-poundo^;!* a frequent catch. Chinese Catholics Masssered. The Boxers have massacrefoffijjjjrOfrfaett Roman Catholics near Fao-XyHjSni^jf^hty miles from Pekin. These Officers Needed wpr On account of the great cers for the warships now QGimnlssion, ouumury ui uiwivitj . to recall nearly all officers now on Inspection service at ordnanceLfac&ries and | other places and assign sftem to vesselsCivilians will be appointed In-fcttelr placep A Victim of an Amer^fitV Duel. Henri Hoer, a youDg Swiss civil englneei from Olarus, committed suicide In Berlin, Germany. The police report describe; him us a "victim of a so-called American duel." j " The tabor World. Mino?(ira Countv (N. Y.) farm hands are credited with having desires to organize a union. There has been an almost unprecedented number of strikes throughout the country 30 far tills year. About a million laborers in Germany have suffered in their inoome from thf scarcity of coal due to strikes. British Columbia has deolded to amend the coal miner's act/ so as to prohibit the ampioyment of anyoneunder ground who sanj^read and write Sngllsh. jJHteioklayers of Montalalr, N. J., hjw Wgpi^jjl^demand tor an e^ght-honr X ..j* , .'jt THE STATE C0HTEHTIOBS Republicans Meet in Ohio, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire, THE ADMINISTRATION INDORSED. The Conventions Sntected Delegate* to the National Convention at Philadelphia?The Platform* Reaffirmed the St. Louts Platform, and Declared For Expansion?Opposition to Trusts. Columbus, Ohio (8pecial).?The Republican State Convention held here named four delegates-at-large to the Republican National Convention at Philadelphia, nominated a State ticker antf adopted a platform. The delegates-at-large chosen are Sena-, tor Joseph B. Foraker, Governor George E. Nash, and Congressmen Charles Dick and Charles H. Gro9venor. The following were named us alternates-at-large: Charles 8. Foster, Myron D. Norrls, W. C. Brown and George A. Myers. The convention made these nominations for State offices: Sedretary of State, Lewis C. Laylin; 8upreme Judge, John A. Shauck; Board of Public Works, Charles A. Goddard; State School Commissioner, L. D. Bonebrake; Italry and Food Commissioner, J. E. Blackburn. The platform reaffirms the declarations of the St. Louis platform of 1896 and indorses the "wise and patriotic administration of President McKioloy." The platform praises the adoption of the gold standard, and regarding expansion says^ "We Advocate lor tnem tree scnoois, iuu security for life, liberty and property, the most liberal incisures for the development of their agriculture and Industry and the largest degree of local self-rule for which they are fitted. We have faith in American patriotism, character and capaoity, and we know that American Governmeut will extend the Inestimable blessings of freedom, law and civilization to the peoples who are brought under our protection." The platform in conclusion insists that injurious combinations shall be forbidden, and so-called trusts shall be regulated from time to time, and be so restricted as to guarantee immunity from hurtful monopoly, and assure fair treatment and protection to all competing industries. PENNSYLVANIA .REPUBLICANS. Thev Indorse the President and Pledge ' Support to Qoay. Habbisbubo, Penn. (Speolal).?The Republican State Convention, which was held in this city, Indorsed the Administration of President VVllllam McKlniey.andlnatraoted the delegates to the National Convention at Philadelphia to support his Qandldacy for renomlnation. >' M* The conrentlon also declared In favor of > the election of United States Seuntors in j the sam'e"manner that State ofeoers are \ ? /-J -j ci * ? n-l -Ji iw. .j I oieciuu, muursou oounuur rouruw, vao ?uministration of Governor 8tone and other State officials, and pledged "its hearty and' cordial support of M.'S. Quay for re-electlon to the United States Senate." i The conveatloa nominated Senator E. B. Hardenbergb, of Wayne County, for Auditor-General, and Galusha A. Grow, of Susquehanna County, and Robert M. Foer* derer, of Philadelphia, for Congressmen at Large. The platform declares against all unlawful ana lllogal combinations of capital to the detriment of business ana'trade and against the best interests of tne laboring people. NEW HAMPSHIRE REPUBLICANS. Conventlou Natnea Delegates and Indoraea the President'# Administration. Concord, N. H. (Special).?The Republican State Convention held here elected as delegates-ar-large to the Republican National Convention United States Senator Jacob Galllnger, Frank Joues, William C. Clarke, and Thomas N. Hastings. There was considerable opposition to the election of Mr. Jones as a delegate, on the ground that he had not been previously identified with the Republican party. When the ballot was taken Mr. Jones re ceived 895 votes; the other delegates were elected by a vote of 470. Alternates were elected as follows: Charles W. Holtt, of Nashua; Alfred F. Howard, of Portsmouth; A. Crosby Kenett, of Conway, and P. A. Faulkner, of Keene. The platform adopted warmly praised President McKinley; indorsed him for renomiaatlon; approved the annexation of all our new possessions and said this Government could safely be left to Congress and the President. V;',, WISCONSIN HE PUBLICANS*,. Philadelphia Delegates Selected aad.' McKlnley'n Administration Indorsed.V' . Milwaukee, Wis. (Special).?The'BejJnbllcan State Convention chose the following delegates-at-large to the National Convention: Isaao Stephenson, Marinette; Joseph B. Treat, Monroe; James .H. Stout, of Menominee, and H. Augnst. -Luedtke, of Milwaukee. <1 /> Besolutlons weraadopted reaffirming tha, * St. Louis platform, indorsing the raaettt fe financial legislation by Congress,and Tig* F orously commending the whole :jd(ta|g???e none of the Americans wafi ^rounded. General'Ball's two reglmeafcrare hard ' worked to'Wearing the coantry. They, meet withtmany small sqaada of bolomen, Ud have Wiled a total or 125.'" j ^C?rt?r ib Serre Hla Sentence' ' Oberlln Garter^ lormerlj{v iiptala h. ihe United States Corps of Engineers,-:,w?3 teqjowMrom KJastle wtlllag^'^jfow.'iwk CUy and taken to fort Leavenwoixb, Kan., ] whewlra Will serve liis senMfoes. i No Ncw.Oum of PUsrae In Honolaja. 8urgeon-Qen?tal Wyinan, of the Marine Hospital Service at Washington, Jruceived a report from Sargekm-Oahnicliael at Honolula, Hawaii, that, jia -new cases. of-, bubonic plague bad beenrujorted there between March 31 and Apfft 17. Tlie prospects, he added, weite vattgood. Lincoln'* Birthday a National Holiday. A joint resolution Introduced by Senator Lodge in the United States Senate sets { apart February 1$ in each year as a na* , tionai holiday on whioh "lo celebrate the ? birth of Abraham LineolsBt ! - T.SP* Minor Mention. A Russian Chamber of Commerce has been instituted in Paris, The first beet sugar factory of Chile has \ been established at Santiago. From December 1 to April 1 there were 2400 cases of smallpox in Illinois. ^ Philadelphia now has an automobile j olub. Its membership limit is fifty. 2 The prices of food supplies in the city of 2 Manila^ P. I., continue to be exorbitant. The Jessup expedition to explore Nort'i- a western Slhtfiina? sailed from San Frar a claco. * c A fiiuiiittl'THfffiln has been tanning the ^ hides of pftlrle dogs and selling them in [ the. East. ? - - J . I FILIPINOS LOSE 1000 MEN Result of One Week's Fighting* Disastrous to the Insurgents. Total Lom of th* Americans is Nlo Killed and Sixteen Wounded?The Knetuy Becomes Aggressive. Manila CBv Ciihl?V_tha i ncf I pas9ed was oue ot the bloodiest of the war since the first day's flg&Hng around Maullft. Authentic reports, mostly official, show a totalof three hundred and seventyeight Filipinos killed, twelve officers and two hundred and torty-four men captured and many more wounded. It Is hardly possible to ascertain the number wounded, but considering that the Filipinos entirely lack hospital facilities, a great majority of the wounded will die. Probably the week's work finished 1000 insurgents. The Americans' total loss was nice killed sixteen wounded. Two sergeants and one private were killed in ambuscades whili escorting provision trains. The lnsurgentrhave been aggressive in almost every province of Luzon. Genera! Pio del Pilar'a'band, numbering 300, whltfi was out ot sight for three months, tb? leader being reported killed, has raan. Pilar is snppose^jjj^^H^H^ooaujMQ^ gave at Ban meat is not InclndwfmdMKffiigolag total, * aa they removed^ towt: d^B^ad woundedi Joae. Tho Ltoat?jlBK^ fftva mea were fantry, was bafflf ,wa*M?| SFambtwh near Balluaoff. TMttWlifeBalo^. of till Thirty-seventh ^IsflSratry^ wtth seventy Twenty of the.lo?nfgfeat?;4 MgUUtrlct. uoiouei JLUIUUHe 1? ^ Muras an ?ccaag?^p&(tt!&tlh'Iact to ttie mur ' "Jr ' ' ' jfv ill monthsjadl^^Hajroer^L^ virgtnu - Ct^nHBpiprBlfletod. Francis T. Laaaifc^p^mocrat, was eloottd Co Coagce$j| f^m-;tiie Fourth Virginia District to ffll the"mtlaitjpLred term of Sidney P. Epes, deceased^ Cliastiied ? Teacher. Because, it is assarted, Professor Wade, i teacher in the La tool* (traded school at tfllldale, Ohio, chastlsS tie eon of Tiieolore WeLterstera, the Twter'entered the schoolroom and wlthourfaoy explanation Jsgan to beat the proresaqSf/. Wliea he had lone so to to his satisfaction lie proceeded ;o the police station and gfcve himself up. Turkey Make* Reply. The Porte has replied to the American lemands, statins that Turkey will compensate American missionaries under the iame conditions as inthecase of other lorsign subjects. Cycling Notes. Onn rtf Hi a af-rnnf?Aah jirfmmanF* ficain^t t woman rlillug on the front seat of a andem is that it Is the place of danger in sase of a mishap. Archie McEachem, the cycler, will make Philadelphia his headquarters this year. iIcEachern will challenge all of the fast non, including Eddie McDuffee and Jimmy klichael. Bicycle riders are not, as a class, supertltlous. The registration of the profesionals, however, shows that some of the irack riders have certain numbers under vhloh they have previously ridden wlnilng races, and invariably ask for them cn heir renewal each year. 1 . . , '*% 15 MISSION WM. President Welcomed the Delegates to the Ecumenical Conference. WIDE SCOPE OP GATHERING iub urroBievt vuuTuwauun 01 raifiiousriov the World H?? Krer Saen?Addresses by President McKliiley, Former President Hirrlioi anil Governor Roosevelt ?The Importance of the Conference. Net Yobs Citt (Speelal).?President McKlnley and Governor Roosevelt welcomed \ the delegates to the Ecumenical Confer- \ Mic? on Foreign Missions, at Carnegie Sail, and they received, in turn, a most sordlal greeting. The promised attendance Jfthesa two representatives of Nation and 3tate had drawn an audience thoroughly representative alike of the evangelical )hurches and of the mission sentiment ffhloh the conference typifies. One hundred and four Protestant missionary societies were represented at this :onference, and for that reason, if for no other, it was expected to surpass Its pre lecessors in ecumenical or world embracing results. These societies have sent out zouu delegates, ana uarnegie nan looked as If they were all there, and their, irlves with them. The dress of many peoples characterized. * (he audience, varied as it was, from the, tevere garb of the Enropeaa and American. Bmissarles of the Gospel to the ijrigbtJfe/ aued robes of converts who hare becomjif' preachers In the Orient. The Cauca*la*?< prevailed, but the Indian and Lldam . .'aces appeared with frequency sufficing to lenote how far-reaching has been the mlsilon awakening. President McEinlev was escorted within Carnegie Hall to ilnd the hall already packed with an eutbuslastio aawmbly. Morris K. Jesup, wbo was to pretftft, and ;he Rev. Dr. Arthur J. Brown, Ob airman ot the Hospitality Committee, aoted as bis . < escorts. The audience rose as be entered ?nd'tendered blm the Chatrtauqna salute. Morris E. Jesup, the Prtitldent of the (Yew York Chamber of commerce, presided over the meeting. After a short prayer :he address of welcome on behalf o! thr eountry was made by President McKlnley. Another weloome on oenaic ot tue tscat-j 9f New York (ell to the lot of Governor Boosevelt, and to this the response was oade by former President Harrison. This conference engaged the attention of 'the entire Christian world. Fully one-half irf the programme was devoted to the con^deration of purely educational and medl2*1 affairs, and the missionaries serving as adaptors and pbyslcans are steadily inareojjng, while the spirit ot .missions Is gradually outgrowing the purely theologl:al phase and Is assuming a distinctly humanitarian function as well. , i The reports, to which this Oonftrence listened of the results achieved bmhe one hundred and four societies reprea?ted re- , vealed In tfetall how difficulties as oversome, bow methods are adapted tcemerijencle?**nd bow progress Is woa for morillty ancFBtiinanity. ' ' ' BjLthto interchange of experience it was iiopeifio stimulate t ha interest of Christians All over the world. Mission work M uow eondncted on a larger settle than etdr before, but it was hope J that the Oogrerenee ' bamM m maaopoI arlrunaa In AVAf*tr ' Wymw lUdia o - ? v . iraneh of the work. ,rr - .The Protestant foreign mreWPBgry -alettes of the, world spend about tlS.OOO,1'- ? WO a year to advance their Work. That Ls Mcolasivtaf money expend,ed on missions ta England and' America, Every oent ot * ;hlsva?t snm Is used to convert non-Chrls4' Tiie"gmt.probLem Is how to get money how to get the greatest portion ; jtf toray dollar to the non-Christian whom % is deelred to convert. At present it was , 'litld ninety-two cents on the dollar actually reaches the heathen. It was hofted by Ftome that the eight cents, or cost of administration, may be much reduced by jomblnatlon. S? The delegates wanted it distinctly understood that this conference tos not iaI {ended to pass laws or take anf binding action whatsoever. One of the most noted delegates to the ionference was the Rev. Dr. Jaoob Chamierlaln, of India, the famous missionary 4 jnder the Reform fio.ird. E?. Chamberain was asked to tell the benefit from scumenlcal conferences. I "Primarily," he said, "the objoot is to >rlng about a systematic method of mis nonary woric in loreign countries, ana 10 ftimulatethe churches to greater effort in tiding the missionary cause. After the ttst conference held in London ten years ?go, there was a great revival of interest, md the contributions toward the cause Increased fifty per cent. We have the great5st hope of beneficent results from the present conference. "The conferences are made up of reprelentatlves from all Protestants chnrch<? of ;he world. There are about two hundred rissionary boards an d societies represented ii the present conference. "As to the mode of procedure In the conferences, it is usually a careful study of ill methods of foreigu mission work. Comparison leads to the indorsement of the best methods, and these indorsements go sefore the various missionary boards. "Reports will present to the conference the exact situation every where?in India, in China, In Japan and in Africa. In missionary work one of the chief essentials is aarmony ana uuuv 01 ncuuu. uumuuuuu ?f effort will briDK strength and the beat results will follow iu foreign fields. ji "Misalonary work in Africa will, no "aotibt, be one of the mo.st'importantjtopios 5f discussion, and its carerul oousttt&jon should lead to effective results." Mare* . ACQUITTAL FOR COLSOfS& Former Kentucky Concrea?niKT?^HHd Not Guilty of Murder. ^..PnuntroBT, Ky. (Special).?FoadjjfiwonSfrewman David O. Colsoo, whosBpceen 3n trial on a charge of murder Imto klll-ing'of Etbelbert Scott and Luth?i)einaree at the Ciipltol Hotel in a pistol duel on January 16 last was acquitted by the jury. Tbe yerdlot was received with enthusiastic ipplause. Colson received sbowers of coni?ratulations and the crowd shook him by :he hand. There were many strong men who wept. Scott received six wounds ia nis ooay m the pistol duel, wlille Colson received oue fa the arm early in the fight. Demuree. a bystander, was shot twice through the heart while being held by Scott ns a shield. Ihe prosecution sought to convict of manslaughter on the grouud that Colson had pursued Scott to the steps. The testimony tended to show that Scott began the battle and that Colson acted on the defensive. To Bar Out Coaaumptlre To.iohnrs. The Board of Education, of Alameda, Cal., has adopted a rulajftrbidding the employment as tfeacher^R the public schools of any person affltfSrwttli tuberculosis. This action Is la line with efforts being made elsewhere to pre ventthe spread at consumption. i|. Array Reservation Near Baltimore. Major-General Miles has announced that certain land, comprising about 118 acres, situated on North Pniut, near Baltimore, Md., recently purchased, has been set aside as a military reservation. Ckicazo Ambuluma M?ii Fi-jlit. According to a dispatch to th? Dally Mail, of London, from Lorenzc Marques, nearly half the raerabors of the Chicago Ambulauce Corps, when offered Mausers on their arrival at Pretoria, tor? off their Red Cross badges. Adelbert 8 Hay, United States Consul, notitled tin Transvaal Government that he must re port the circumstance to Washington. ScUnyler Fall* Fire Swept. Fire destroyed about half the balnea portion of the town of Schuyler Falls, N Y. Among the buildings burned were the Town Hall, two houses, a oheese faotory, * barrel head faetory, a storehouse aad drybouse, 'ibo loss waa about i 10.030. .M