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FOUGHT FOE FIVE Ml
Heroic Defense of an American Garrison
Attacked bv Filipinos.
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TEN OUT OF THIRTY SURVIVED.
tfe*ie<?ed in a Church on Hie Inland of
Sauiar?Killed Over T??o Hundred or
Enemy ? Refused to Surrender ? llescue
Effected by au Officer and Kight
Men?Filipino* Becoming Aggressive.
Manila (By Cable).?The American garrison
of Catubig, Island of Samar, consisting
of thirty men belonging to the Fortythird
Regiment, has been attacked by
rebels. Twenty of the Americans were
killed. The remainder were rescued.
The Americans were quartered In the
Catubig Church, which the enemy, numbering
several hundred men, surrounded
and attacked fiercely. Th9 Americans
fought sleeplessly for two days and then
,fjfCOSTA
PROPOSED ROUTE OF 1
the rebel9 managed to ignite the roof of
the church and it burned away and finally
fell on those inside the edifiqp. The walls
remained intact, however, and were used
as a shelter by the besieged Americans for
throe days longer, the enemy attacking
the building on nil sides at once.
The Americans continued firing from the
windows and doors of the church and did
great execution among the Filipinos. It is
estimated that more than two hundred of
the latter were killed. Many dead bodies
were removed from the scene of the fighting.
After five days' resistance by the Americans
a lleutenunt and elzht men arrived
from luoan and engaged the besiegers,
who thoreupon retired.
The fortunate arrival of the reinforce
menis prevented the annihilation of the
American force In the church, which had
declined repeatedly to surrender when ordered
to do so by the Filipinos.
* The ten survivors were without food,
had little ummunitlon and were physically
exhausted when relieved.
The fight has encourngod the Filipinos,
who are acting in an aggressive manner
and threatening that section of the coast,
particularly the town of Catarma, whence
the garrison will probably be withdrawn to
Iaoan.
AGUINALDO REPORTED DEAD.
The Belief Is Growing That the Igorottlt
Killed Hlra.
Manila (By Cable).?The belief la growing
that Aguinaldo was killed by thelgorottls.
There Is no proof that he has been
alive since Major Peyton C. Marsh, of the
TMrtv.fhinl llnvlmnnt. abundoued the
chnBe after the Filipino leader In the Benguet
Mountains, and an insurgent officer
who recentlysurrendered to General Young
snys that the Insurgeut General Tlnlo holds
this belief.
Major March's information was that
there were only half a dozen soldiers with
Agulnaldo when he Hod beyond tne Bontoc
wilderness, whore the savages are hostile
to all strangers. F.-lands of Aguinaldo's
wlfo assert that s!ie has heard nothing
v <rom him since they parted. She Is nearly
prostrated with worry.
BUFFALO STRIKE SETTLEDDlQorencp*
Itetwccn Hie Now York Central
anil Kmployen A(l|natei).
Buffalo, X. Y. (Special).?An amicable
adjustment of existing differences between
the members of the Car Repairers' Association
employes of the New York Centra1
and Superintendent Waltt, of the motive
puwer uu}Hiibiiiuijk, nuu loj/iwaouwu ?uw
company, was concluded after a conference
Ins'ttug several hours.
The Oentral made unexpected concessions
to the men, granting their wage soole
except for these amendments: Carpenters,
twenty^one cents an hour, or one cent an
hour less than the demand; m&ohlntst9,
twenty-two cents an hour, or one cent less
than the demand; Inspectors, 662.50 a
month, or ?2.50 less than the demand.
This means u considerable Increase In the
wages of all the original strikers.
The strikers voted to accept the terms
made by Superintendent Waitt, but decided
not to return to work until tbe same
BohoduleIs adopted by the other roads.
The new schedule will Increase the payroll
<n th9 one Central shop here 800,000 a year.
For Five Hollauri Boat*.
The United States Senate Committee on
Naval Affairs dcolded to recommend the
amondmeut of tbo Naval Appropriation
bill so a* to authorize the puroha8e of five
submarine torpedo boats of the Holland
type.
Camphor Goon Up; Supply Short.
Owing to the recent assumption of the
control of the camphor trade o! the Island
of Formosa by the Japaneso Government
and that Government's action In fixing a
new Hale rate, the price of camphor has
risen.
If nil mill Italn Damage Ten Crops.
Itoports received at Calcutta from the tea
dlstrlots In India show the prospects are
generally unfavorable. Hall and rain
storms have done much damage to the
jrops. ,
Scheme to Fool Americana.
The old .-.chome of fooling Americans by
leading them to believe they are heirs to
Eugllsh Chancery estates Is again In opera:lon.
Four Killed nt a Crossing.
A wagon containing live persons wns
itruclc by an oxpr'oss train at Orangeville,
ust outside of Baltimore, Md., with the
result that fouT were killed and one badly
njured. Tffo party In the wagon consisted
of A.Iftx Slaysman, bis three children
ind Hew^L. Kline. Kline and the three
3hlliU??6 were killed. The party was reL,
frnrv, n flcMnr* trtn
Rear-Admiral Watson Homeward Bound.
The flagship Baltimore, with Admiral
Wntsor. aboard, homeward bound, suileij
from Yokohama for Kobe, Japan.
Chance of Venae in Kentucky.
Judge Cautrill, at Frankfort, Ky., overruled
a motion for ball in the cases of
Henry E. Yontsey, Caleb Powers, Harlan
Wiiittaker, "Tallow Dick" Comb and John
Davis, under arrest on charge of complicity
iu the murder of William Goebel, and
granted the change of venue to fisorgetown,
Scott County, where the cases will
be tried by a jury of Scott County citieens.
Captain Chadwliftk Reprimanded.
The Navy Department at Washington
has publicly reprimanded Captain Chadwick
for his attack on Rear-Admiral
Schley, which is said to have beea an "in
THE CANAL BILL PASSED
The Vote in the House Was 225 Fo
to 35 Ag-ainst.
An Overwlielmlnc Majority Recorded Foi
the Meaaure After One of the Hottest
Fights Ever Known in Congresa.
Washington, D.C. (Special).?The H ou9.
at tlie conclusion of the mo3t stormy de
bate ot the present session of Congress
passed the Nlcaraguan Canal bill by th'
overwhelming vote of 225 to 35.
Much excitement reigned throughout th'
day, and several times bitter words wcr
used. The excitement reached a climn:
In a highly dramatic scene between Mr
Hepburn and Mr. Cannon, when the Iowai
denounced the Chairman of the Appropri
tions Committee for attempting to "dls
honor" him.
In Committee of the Whole no amend
ments were permitted except those pro
posed by the committee reporting the bill
although quite a number were proposed
The House adopted the one changing th<
word, "fortlllcations" to "provisions,"
a vote of 154 to 104. A motion to recom
CARAGUA *
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RICA T ' y\
?HE NI0AR1GUA CANAL.
mlt was lost, 52 to 171, and the bill then
passed.
Those wbo voted nay were Acbeson
/n *>??.?. \ k A n rtna /"Pan PfllMl ^ Hflf.
Jt OUU.;, auuuio v.. |
ton (Rep.fiOhlo), Cannoa (Rep., 111.1, Cap.
ron (Rep., R. I.), Clark (Dem., Mo.), Cooney
(Dem., Mo.), Cowherd fDem., Mo.),
Cox (Dem., Tenn.), Dalzell (Rep., Penn.),
De Armond (Dem., Mo.), Denny (Dem.,
Md.), Dougherty (Dem., Mo.), Fleming
(Dem., Ga.), Fletcher (Rep., Minn.), Gaston
(Dem., Penn.),'Glllett (Rep.; Mass.),
Graham (Rep., Penn.), Hltt (Rep., 111.),
King (Dem., Utah), Lawreuce '(Rep.,
Mass.), Lester (Dam., Ga.), Iievy (Dem.,
N. Y.), Llttuuer (Rep., N. Y.), Ltttlelleld
(Rep., Me.X MoCall (Rep., Mass.), Neville
(Pop., Neb.), Rhea (Dem., Ky.), Rucker
(Dem., Mo.), Shafroth (811., Col^), 8prague
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THE NICARAQOA CANAL.
(Atypical scene along the proposed route
of the fjreat waterway.)
(Rep., Mass.), Stewart (Rep., Wl3.), Talbert
(Dem., S. C.), Thayer (Dem., Mass.),
Yandlver (Dem., Mo.)?85.
The canal blir as passed Is divided into
four seotlons, the first of whloh approprl
UtWS SUCH SUI11 U? lUUj w uwwvflonij iw uuable
the President of the United 8tate3 to
ucqulre from Costa Bloa and Nicaragua
control of terrltory'now belonging to those
countries, on which to construct a canal ol
a depth and capacity sufficient for ships ol
the greatest tonnasre and draft now In use.
from a point near Grey town on the Caribbean
Sea. via Lake Nicaragua, to Brlto on
the Pacific. ' ,
Section 2 provides that when said terrltory
Is acquired, the President shall direct
the Secretary of War to contruct said
canal, with necessary harbors and terminals,
and to employ such civil engineers as
may be neoessary.
Other sections provide that In the construction
of the canal, the 8an Juitu River
and Lake Nicaragua shall be used ns far as
available; that the President shall guar- I
antee to Costa Rica and Nicaragua the use
I r\t fho /lonal on/1 harhnru tr\r thplr VAQQftlc i
and oltlzeas upon each terras as may be
agreed to; appropriates $10,000,000 to be?
gin the work, and authorizes the Secretary
of War to contract for materials and work
for the construction and protection of the
canal, the whole to be paid for from time
to time, not to exceed la the aggregate tb"
sum of $140,000,000.
SIX VILLAGES DESTROYED,
Terrible Iteaalts of Forest Fires in
Northern Michigan.
Mabijjette, Wis. (Special).?Six villages
la aorthera MIohlgaa, just across the State
line, have been wiped out by forest fires.
Those destroyed are: Ames, Nathan, Tabor,
Gardner, Swanzee and Arnold?all oa the
\\ri _?1_ Vl?l,ln,,n Pollmiid TI<o
it iBUUUSlU UUU JIli.Ji^uu muiuvmu. *mv
Inhabitants were nil saved, special trains
being run to their aid.
The Ores were reported to?be the fiercest
north of Fisher, Mich. Scores of lumber
camps have boen destroyed and the losses
to the lumber Industries will bo heavy. In
addition, thousands of acres of valuable
timber tracts have been lire-swept, entailing
great loss, ,
Nebraska Republicans Sleet.
The Republican Stute Convention of
Nebraska met at Lincoln and nominated a
State ticket headed by Charles H. Dletlrch,.
of Hastings, for Governor. The convention
chose as delegates-at-large to the National
Convention Edward Rosewater,
United States Senator John M. Thurston,
John H. McClay, and John A. Ehrhardt.
The platform adopted praised the enactment
of the gold standard, declared for
expansion and favored an Increase in the
navy.
Three Democratic State Conventions.
The Democratic State Convention of Now
Hampshire met at Concord and selectod
dolegates-at-large to the National Convention
at Kansas City. The delegates were
Instructed to vote lor w. j. uryan. xne
Democratic State Convention or Virginia
met at Norfolk and selected delegates to
the National Convention and the candlcacy
for Presidant of W. J. Bryan was indorsed.
The Democrats of Michigan in State Convention
selected delegates to the National
Convention and instructed them to vote
for W. J. Bryan. These State Conventions
adopted resolutions reaffirming the Chicago
Platform of 1896, and deolariug
against imperialism.
The Political Campaign.
William Jennings Bryan spoke at Columbus,
Ohio.
Former Governor Stone, of Missouri, said
he regarded New York, Illinois, Ohio and
Indiana as debatable.
A movement has begun in Alabama tc
boom General Wheeler for the Democratic
Vice-Presidential nomination.
The Pedple's party of Illinois has adopted
resolutions indorsing Mr. Bryan and instructing
its delegates for him.
Mr. McKinley expects to spend the sum
cier in Canton, but does not intend to mak<
speeches or receive delegations.
' Lieutenant-Governor Woodruff, of New
York, has secured pledges from the Dia
trls>r nf f!nlijmhl?'a two dnlaarataa.
MAN7 DEAD IB UTAH MINE
Blasting: Powder Explodes, Causing
firaot I nee nf I ifo and PmnfiPfv,
V4I tU I LUOJ VI fc-nw - ? -p? -j .
SCORES OF BODIES RECOVERED.
The Disaster at Schofleld, Utah?Pathetic
Scenes at the Mouth of the
Mine as the Dead Were Taken Out?
Difficult Task of the Rescuers?The
Wounded Taken -to Salt Lake City.
Salt Lake City' Utah (Special).?A terrific
explosion occurred in the ^wintei
quarters of the Pleasant Valley Company's
coal mine at Schofleld, on the Ric
Grande W estern Railway, near Colton
Utah, by which over two hundred people
were killed and many injured. Scores ol
bodies have been taken from the debris
The explosion is attributed to the blowing
up of a number of kegs of blasting powder
The disaster appears to have been one o
those accidents that are occasional to the
most carefully regulated mines, and in
spite of the best endeavors of the mos)
competent superintendents. The State
Mine Inspector is without the data to
place the blame.
The scene before the mouths of the tun
nels is pitiful, as usual in mining dlsas
ters, the weeping women and ohildrec
waiting to see each man brought out of the
mine on a stretcher. A special train con
veyed the seriously wounded from Schofield
to Salt Lake City.
Workers on the outside at 10.15 o'clock
a. m. saw the entire top of the'mountalr
over the tunnel lifted and heard a loud report.
Great masses of stone and tallttaei
were hurled hundreds of feet in the air and
fell in every direction, some of them hal!
a mile from the mines. For many minutes
debris fell, and then came complete
stillness.
While It was known that an awful catastrophe
had oocurred, the soope of th? disaster
was not at first appreciated. All the
damage seemed to have been done in tunnel
No. 4, but a hasty investigation showed
that No. 1, which adjoins and connects witt
it, had also been destroyed.
Telegrams were sent in every direction
for help, and responses wore prompt.
Within an hour after the explosion a hundred
men were swarming into the wreckage,
and more followed. Their flght was
against terrific odds, for the blast had let
loose volumes of gas, which choked the
rescuers and frequently compelled them to
rlaalcif- thfilr flffnrts. Grftduallv. hOW
ever, the air cleared away and the task became
easier.
Most of the miners were Utah men with
families. One man named Filson and hi;
four sons were In the mine at the time of
the explosion. The three sons were killed
| outright and the father and other son fatally
injured.
Among the known dead are Roger Davis,
Jack Wilson, 8. T. Evans. Pete Crockett
John Anderson, James Wilson, Will Wilstead,
Andrew Haddow and son.
STRIKES IN BUILDING TRADES.
A General Movement Throughout lh<
Country For Less Hours.
New Yobx Citt (Special).?Nearly nineteen
thousand men went on strike in vari|
ous parts of the country. Most of the
strikers demanded an eight-hour day without
a decrease in pay- Some even demanded
the shorter day with Increased
pay. Others asked for more wages only,
i Th.e building trades were most affected.
Carpenters, plumbers, bricklayers and
woodworkers were demanding the short
work day with either the same or largei
payHowever,
railroad section men, trainmen,
finamifho 01 unltfl mitturs rind nolishers and
other trades joined the May day movej?ment.
.
In Philadelphia a concerted movement
was being made by all the building trades.
The carpenters throughout the country
' were demanding eight hours work and a
higher wage scale. In many Instances the
employers granted the demands.
The police of Cleveland, 0., ware called
upon to quejl a riot In the Big Four yards.
Twenty non-union iron-workers, repairing
a bridge, were attacked by sixty members
of the Structural Ironworkers' Union.
Oluba, stones and pieces of iron were used
by the combatants, and several of the participants
received bad cuts und bruises.
The police arrested the leaders.
COVERNOR ALLEN INAUGURATED.
First American Civil Governor of Porto
Itlco Takes the Oath of Office.
San* Jn?x. Porto Rico fBy Cable).?The
inauguration of Charles Herbert Allen,
former Assistant Secretary of the Navy, as
first American Civil Governor of Porto
Rico, was most Impressive and was attended
with many pleasing incidents. The enthusiasm
of the people was greater than
expected.
Governor Allen took the oath of oftce at
10.30 a. m., under a Hag canopy at the Executive
Mansion.
The speech of General Davis, the retiring
Governor-General, was full of feeling
and expressed only the best wishes for the
continued good conduct of the island.
Governor Allen's reply was equally felicitous,
although remarkably temperate. He
addressed the attending crowds as "Fellow
citizens of Porto Rico." This happy
introduction won instant approval.
At the conclusion of Governor Allen's
speech Fort San Cristobal thundered forth
a saluto of seventeen guns.
ECUMENICAL CONFERENCE ENDS.
Former President Harrison's Farewell
Address Advocated Christian Unity.
Kr-w York City fSceciall.?Just such n.
orowd as attended the opening exorcises
of the Ficumenciftl Conference came to take
port In the closing ceremonies. Former
President Benjamin Harrison presided over
the main meeting In Carnegie Hall and
.made a farewell address la which he
3troQglv advocated Christian unity.
' Conference figures and estimates by the
management show boards and societies
represented, 115; countries represented,
48; delegates, 1500; mleslouaries, COO; number
of meetings, 75; estimated attendance,
163,000; attendance at missionary exhibit,
50,000.
The conference cost $42,000, which covered
rent of ball, printing and hotel bills
of such delegates as were not privately
entertained. This money was obtained by
Individual donations, nearly all In small
sums.
Killed Girl lie Loved and Himself.
TTnHflrli111 fnfrnlltr almf \flea
Davis, the seventeen-year-old daughter of
D. M. Davis, at Watseka, 111., pointing his '
pistol through the kitchen window. Underbill
then killed himself. Ho worked on
the Davis farm, ana It Is thought he and
Miss Davis, to whom he was engaged, had
quarroled.
Fir? Sweep# Laurel Forge, Penn.
The little town of Laurel Forge, Cumberland'County,
Penn., wiis almost wiped oul
of exlstenoe^by Are. Fourteen dwellings,
two barns and two large icehouses were
destroyed. Forest flres 4n the' vicinity
caused the confiagratlon. The loss is estimated
at ?50,000,-partially insured.
Boer-BrltUh War Notes.
The Boers in Natal have already commenced
a guerilla warfate.
Boer women disguised as men have been
found among the prisoners captured by the
British.
A Portuguese transport, with 800 troops,
from Lisbon, has arrived at Lorenzo
Marques.
The Irish Brigade vr&\ paraded before
President Kruge^t Pretoria, and he made
a speech to the m$n.
Emperot.l^ltMi. of Germany, has a stat
officer to j^rtjhthe features& th^Bo^
An official of the British exoheauer t&jF
mates that the Boer war 19 costing Rng*'
land $760 a minute. night and do*.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Washington Items.
The President has issued a proclamation
extending for six month3 from April 11
the time allowed Spanish subjects iu the
Philippines to designate their ullegiance in
accordance with the Treaty of Paris.
The receipts of the Government for tbe
month oi apni were isso,ua?,ozu, uu w- .
crease of 83,427,739 over the same month
last year, customs showing an Increase of
$1,119,793 and internal revenue SI,393,192.
United States Treasurer Roberts mailed
37,722 check9 aggregating *2,126,915,representing
the interest due on May 1, 1900, on
registered bonds of the Ave, four and
three per cent, .loans.
The House Committee on Labor ba9 re- j
ported a favorable report oa the Gardner .
Eight Hour bill.
The Agricultural Appropriation bill, car- I
rylng with It a little over $3,000,000, was I
passed by the Senate.
The Senate has adopted the conference
report on the Hawallaa Government bill.
i Our Adopted IiIaih!:.
Major-General Otis, Governor-General of
the Philippines, has issued orders restricting
Chinese Immigration and making
changes in the Criminal Code.
Many English and Americans from the
8amoan Islands surrendered to the Germans
are flocking to the American Island
from Apia. They will soon build a thriving
town on Pago-Pago.
General Adna R. Chaffee has requested
to be relieved as ohlef of staff to GovernorGeneral
Wood of Cuba. v
The revenue gunboat Baraooa has captared
a British sloop off Batabano en
gaged ia the sponge fishery. Tbe vessel I
Is now In charge ot the customs authorities
at Havana.
General Lloyd Wheaton reports that
8enor Paterno, the former President of the
Filipino Cabinet, has been captured in tbe
mountains near Trinidad, province of
Bengaot.
P^rfecto Lacoste, Mayor of Hav ....
accepted the Secretaryship in Govern^..General
Wood's Cabinet, made vaoant by
the resignation of General Rivera.
Plague, consumption and smallpox are
reducing the population of Manila, RI.
Rebel hands In Luzon, P. I., hawbad
about 300 of their members killed in the
"ecent fighting in that island.
Doiiieatic. i
Paul Nulci, a laborer, was precipitated
With tous of masonry into a hidden shaft
in the wall of the Bryant Park reservoir,
New York City, now being demolished.
Mrs. Margaret Frost was taken to jail at
York, Neb., charged with complicity in the
poisoning ot her husband, Charles W. Frost.
She bas aeon nice years old.
Kiowa nnd Comanche Indians on xeservation
in Oklahoma are in dire need of
focd. They are appealing to tbe Eastern
States to Uelp them beiore an nines aie oi
starvation.
Samuel C. Seelay, who, while a trusted
emtfoye of the National Shoe and Leather
Bank In New York City, embezzled 8350,000,
and was sent to tbe Kings County Penitentiary
in 1895, to serve night years, was released,
having obtained the full commutation
forNgood behavior.
Major-General Brooke was ordered to assume
command of the Department of the
East, General Merrltt being relieved at
his own request.
William Moran, nineteen years 'old, of
Bloomfleld, N. J., was taken to tbe Mountainside
Hospital suffering from what is
termed "dry pleurlsj*," due to excessive
cigarette smoking.
Dr. 0. C. Todd, formerly of Kentucky, a
brother-in-law of President Abraham Lincoln,
died in Barnwell, S. C.
Desk Sergeant Timothy S. O'Connell of
tbe Woodlawn Police Station was shot and I
instantly kilted on the Eighteenth Street
Viaduct in Chicago. The shooting Is a
mystery.
Tbe State of Kansas will enter proceedings
In tbe United States Supreme Court
against the State ot Arkansas to prevent
the diversion ol the Arkansas River from
its naturul channel by irrigating companies.
Mildred Preston, an astrologist, has been
arrested on a oiiaree of fraudulently se
caring $800 from Miss Etliol Quimby, a
young society woman ot Grand Rapids.
Mich.
Willfam Bolyard, of New Upper Sandusky,
Ohio, whose wife had left him,
killed the woman and fatally shot himself.
Eastern Nebraska suffered from a severe
hall storm. Much damage was done
throughout Richardson County, where two
Inches of hail fell.
Governor D.H.Johnson was renominated
by the'Chlcashaw, Indian Convention
at Tishomingo, I. T.
Burglars cracked the Bank of Coultervllie,
III., owned by J. S. A. Nlsbett, and
stole $5000.
Ptomaine poisoning, caused from eating
canned meat, caused the death ot Frank
and Albert Vrok, small children, at Chicago,
111.
Prairie fires in Kittson County, Minn.,
destroyed between thirty and forty small
frame houses near Beatton. One man was
burned to death.
The Government englnoers have discontinued
work In Sabine Pas9, Texas. Thoy
say the Government appropriation Is exhausted.
Fire at Harrlsvllle, R. I., left fourteen
families homeless and burned in all fourteen
buildings. Tne loss is $25,000; insur
ance, $18,000.
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Foreign.
Sonor Dupuy dp Lome, former Spanish
Minister to the United States, has been ap
pointed AmDassaaor to ltaiy.
Forty members of the Mafla have been
arrested at Palmero, Sicily. A great sensation
has been caused in Sicily by the
arrests, and it is expected that others will
follow.
The Transvaal Government has, it is reported,
decided to expel all foreigners of
whatever nationality.
Six hundred Germans are about to leave
Bacs, Hungary, for Germany, aud a largo
German emigration is expected, on account
of race nostillty.
Six* hundred cattle and sheep, afflicted
with the foot-and-mouth disease, reached
Liverpool from South America.
The district of Hueloa, in southwestern
Bpaln, was swept by a tornado. Several
lives were' lost ant? much property de
siroyea, ..
A "Jack the RIpperV has slain and mutilated
two youug women in North Germany.
Germany has found last year the most
prosperous In her history, and her surplus
over the estimates will be about $15,000,000.
The Boer Peace C0mmisa(oner0 have
planned their visit to?<he United States so
that they will arrive lit PhUadeilpbli during
the Republican National Convention.
Munkacsy, the celebrated painter, died In
an Insane asylum at Bonn, Germany. He
was burled in Budapest, Hungary.
According to the most recent reports received
In Berlin from the Cnmeroona the
revolt In the Hinterland la almost.subdued.
Emperor William of Germany, King
Humbert of Italy and the Shah of Persia
wlll'irttness a great naval parade la the
Solenfla July.
There Is keen disappointment in London
over the meagre results of General
French's operations against the Boers In
thn Ornnco Free State. ' , .
The German, British, French, Austrian I
and Italian Embassies in Turkey have
asked their Governments for Instructions
regarding olalms against Turkey.
The flshermen of the west coast of Vancouver
Island are petitioning the Dominion'
Government again for the establishment
of a patrol to protect British Columbia
halibut banks from American poaching
schooners.
The Legislature of Trinidad has definitely
rejeoted the offer of free trade made by
Canada.
The cholera is raging fearfully at the
great oamp at Godra, India, where thousands
of famine-striofcen natives are re
oeivlng relief.
vlhe German Government bos forbidden
thaKprth German Lloyd Steamship Coed
patiytoland meat or farm produce at German,
Belgian, or Dutch ports.
. The utit-imtfrw&fg.emmatea ot the,
Boer forces-at"80.900. '
DDK AMONG HEATHEN.'
The Experiences of Missionaries Told
at the Ecumenical Conference.
IMPORTANCE OF YOUNG PEOPLE.
The Ecumenical Conference In New York
City an Unqualified Success?An Appeal
Importance In MUsion Work?The
Gotpel In Foreign Lands.
New Yobk Oitt (Special).?The sessions
of the Ecumenical Conference wete remarkably
successful from every point of
view. They were well attended, the speakers
were eloquent and full of their subject,
the audiences were sympathetic and demonstrative,
and every-meeting'glowed
with enthusiasm from beginning to end.
The flrst full week of business sessions
tf the Ecumenical Oonferenoo waa completed
Saturday, with publlo Interest still
nt such a pitch that Carnegie Hall was
crowded to the doors and the. Central
Presbyterian Church, less than a block
away, had only standing room left for the
people who came late.
The day was Young People'a Day, and
the work of young people and the possibilities
of evangelical work by them were
.discussed at meetings in the morning, afternoon
and evening, not only In Carnegie
Hall but in several churches a9 well. It was
nlan a Hot? nf annaal A nnoala fn vnnniv
Vk JWUU^ I
people and also to old to volunteer (or ser-1
PROMINENT DELEGATES AT THI
Rev. Charles Williams. Miss SHavaratl Slairh.
Mrs. 8. B. Capron.
lev. Jacob Chamberlain. Rev. Win. A<hmore. (
rloe In .the missionary field in order to ]
jrlng about the evangelizing o( the world 1
n the present generation, something that j
yas declared to be possible if people would e
rolunteer for service of that kind as they ?
volunteer for sorvlce in their country's t
iause In time of war.
Two mass meetings In connection with
.he Ecumenical Conference on Foreign j
lllssions were held at Carnegie Hall 8un- g
lay, one In the afternoon, the other in the c
jvenlng.
At the first, a meeting for men, held un- i
ler the auspices of the Young Men's Christ- a
an Association, prominent leaders in for- t
jiKn lands told of "What Christ Is Doing e
;or the Nations." A picturesque note was fl
mparted to the proceedings by the pre3- j
snce of converts from India and the Far i
East In their native costumes, who adIressod
the great audience directly In c
English or through the medium of an in- n
:erprater. v c
The evening meeting was in the interest
jf famine sufferer." In India. It resulted la [
H.G67.71 being contributed to be used by
:he missionaries in emergency cases. I
Slorever, a local committee was appointed
;o solicit and receive subscriptions.
On Monday the relation of medical tJ
mission work, Christian literature, bos- t
pitals, and dispensaries, educational phli* c
inthropic work, literary work, mission .
.Iterature for borne ohurches, and the 1
liquor trade were the subjeota considered f
?t as many meetings. . c
At Carnegie Hail Saturday morning tbe t
Rev. Cburles Cuthbert Hall, president of
fork City, spoke on "How to fire tgftgCHK a
men of the future ministry withjbaSHttj;
jionary passion and make tbam^VRQinWt
missionary churches." He iatjKtbat tUfBy
problem of the divinity Bcbao^jw'hdlt.ttH
fcindlo the missionary p as s 1 OO^feyjfajMBBBi
:hnt passes through the
ioclured that tho study of misatfflfe wks T
rising to the rank of a theologljfl
? H. C. Duncan, chairman of J
Volunteer Missionary Union, dsgfiHffipm- 1
jelf largely to the history of tbKgfjgggpant 0
with which he is identified, ap4^*|H&that t
there was now 1720 studenttti?lBklMvWl< s
rr?n? in .
diueerou iui iuo ?via iu
The same subject was tie s
afternoon meeting, a. <at- f
ganizer of campaign WOTt^tfmong young
oersons, spoke on how tafaSfer, aail utilize
cbe missionary spirit among the young
oion and women. \ y.^ '.
The last speech of thaafternoon was by
John Willis finer, of^e^Young People's
Soolety for Ghrlstla&ikldeavor. He declared
that the llna^&gfreen t?e young
and the old iu.tho ohu'rtfh ?|rtio*Id be wiped
out and that th^jW Shoatp be oo-operaTlie
6T8nintf'?(Mtlng at Carnegie Hall
was also la cnargB ;<>f the young people.
In speaking of the responsibility of the
church, tjfie . fior.~I>r. '0r -F. Mel>owell, '
former GBEncelloc of the University of
Denver, said that "pterin soon. .Ifeylll nbt
be respectable for a strong chat'wjto support
only Its own minister. It niSlst also
support, as its regular duty,A minister to
Bome forelgn church."
John R. Mott, general Socrotary. of the 9
World's Student Christian J&aelr&tiou, o
spoke on the evangelization of jthe world \
Threo Bridge men Pall to Tlielr Death.
Tho fall of a hoisting engine; end crana
from an overhead brIdge wb>k.Jilo"rifaln i
street, at Richmond, Ye., respited; In' tlie 1
death cl three mon ahd.tbe Injury-61 thrte 1
other!?. The dead ?te Walter
PbiladelphlAi George B.j.Rower^.jd! vEfcaiI- t
fax, Pood., and Harry Sl'areolf.'oJ ;,fi/irrii- 1
burg, Penn. Of tbe Ihjurtfd .Arthni'.J*. t
Everett, of Richmond, may. .die,-v
'
President Return* to. Waahliijrton.
President and Mrs. McBkibl^y-arrived iu
Washington from 3au:on,'jfhere ttiey.hatf C
made a vlBlc to tholr bouiv. .t
?.. .
The Labor World.y-V.-.v; ;
Eight thousand miners bavd gone on
striko at Santa Paulina, ncar'Saatander, 0
Spain. '
Eluhty Russian and Gtt)lelam.:; laborers t
hnvo been expelled frotu Northern Schleswlg,
Prussia. n
The clgarmakors' striko In Montreal has
been declared off, a compromise having g
b*en reachod. a
A strike Involving 2000 Japanese labor
era is In progress ori tun noaeor piauia- a
tlon at La Haluii,^Hawaii. c
Tte miners at Bfacle. lad., have voted to J
Mcept tho operators: proposition wltu
seal-monthly payment o'T wages. A cou- ^
traot tor a year was signed. Over 3000 0
mlatrs have rcturued to ^ror?. _ n
' In
this generation, and strove to show that
this task is not impossible, in view ot what
the churches of Christendom have already
accomplished.
Th? mass meeting for men, held Sunday
afternoon in Carnegie Hall, was a great
and inspiring meeting. Women sang at It,
women were present, and women took ac- |
tive part in It. The subject assigned was
"What Christ Is Doing for the Nations." |
The music was readored by a chorus of 300
under the leadership of Tallle3en Morgan.
The Rev. Dr. John G. Paton, of the Now
Hebrides, the Qrst speaker, said that never i
since the beginning ot mission work had
the outlook been so promising as to-day.
"In the South Sea Islands." he said.
"everything Is la a state ot transition. We
now have in the Islands 18,000 converts,
3000 church members and 300 native teachers
and preachers. Help ns to send the
gospel to those who are still in darkness,
of whom there are more than 40,000."
An instance to whloh the speaker alluded
In order to dhow the reality of cannaballsm
was that of a friendly chief,who Lad intervened
in time to save the missionary from '
a fate that would have prevented hltn from I
distributing any more calico, "I'll defend |
the missionary with the last drop of my
blood," said the friendly chief to the others. |
"Come and kill' him if you darel" They
did not dare, and he was not killed.
C. F. Harford-Battersby, of the Soudan,
said: "When Stanley was In Afrloa, in 1875,
be wrote to England and begged that missionaries
be sent to Uganda. This was
Anally done; and though those who ac?
oepted Christianity at first were often
barned at the stake, they were so happy In
the love of God that they sang hymns of
praise as they died. Now they have built
a great temple for themselves and have
founded a mission church In a neighboring
state, and that charch also Is now begin*
nlng to send out missionaries to others."
diss Llllvatl Singh, a native ofLucknow.
was the next SDeaker. She "To t?n
In tea minutes what Gbrlst Is doing for India
would require the tongue of an augel.
We have in India 15,000,000 of low-oaste
people. It Is no i doubt very nice to be a
: Epiu^
Mrs. Alice Q. Galtetu B?r. HIchard Lovctt.
l ey. A. Sutherland.
Jtnnon W.J. HL-Ker. Wm. Rldler:
3rahmjn, but I bo rnetimar tw^ik that God
ias a tenderer love for the common people.
: can only aay that to know Hlns Is lifeiverlaatlng
and not to kggJlr Him Is death
'"IgEgjB beflO?aP'yoa to send tla
J1X> VI0tuuiu?b vuiXTLy yvaio
l?o tnwffn?#? a wpproblbUliig Christian-'
t v Iq /span, but now there are moretban
0,000 perragfa ojtyjhe.trae God In that
Panarama" Baf, 'ilajighter of Pundlta
lama Balr wp-lonwjfiheered when it was
innonDced that she'Wm spokeswoman for
he child widows of India. To bring the
ictuallty ot child wldowtj home to the
mdlence, Tabs* Bui, a child widow, was
introduced. d<4 not make a speech,
lowevur. ' -vViy tij&a&r..
Fang\E. Mung, or/Canton; Miss Norrie,
>f Burmab; Misslljmot'Bamabl, ot India,
md Mlis Tangiff.atoo made^ short ad>
)ISASTER AT PARIS EXPOSITION.
fine Per?on? Killed by ttievolapie of a
Tetrfflmur/ FootVirldgo.
Pibis (ByvTpable).? An accident, within
he expo9ltio||j|roand3 caused the death j
ii uiuo vvuio
ure vuo vicuiun iw. + m
>ody of a little was. found in the
A imnand hla wI&TnKS^HBteahder
he bridge with thefr o'hltlraMMfe tetter
lehrd the structore ora*) aM'3gfifc~fr6m
m-tar It. Tbelr parents.?! not biury and
vere "crushed to death nSder the" filling
nass-ofiroa aqd ooqftrelifc, Jhe children
itogd crying for theltJjjffijfotHUapoUoe? ;
min Jed them away.flB*^:*
Ficemen and solditfBnib^ialokly sumnoaed
and pro^dedfiHflgflfe -aiaong the
lUtia to recover dead,
TVelief For Canadian ?fre Victim*.
Money and .supplies tar- the 12,000 per*
ons. mada hotpeiess A*9 In Ottawa
indv^HuIL panada, wftiraffliiiir l|i;"frinn al'
>attj| of the D6mtuld&.^g?;J";
Gold D|||a)T?rlu fn Japan.
Tup discovery .of gold' ln Nokkaido, thr
lortbermost of the main' islands of Japan
8 more importance. The total
ength of the river beds containing gold
lagj&ls estimated at 3500 miles, and the
omE.prodifcUve area ut 1,760,000 acres
HMMta weighing over halt A pound have ;
>efflrfoun<lP
. , a
46C,8G9 RoyulinU Left in Cuba.
There ar<?i86 ,S89 Spanish residents ot j
'HbftwhoJiave preserved their alleglanc .
n rrflffn at JlnaiB.'
J# Jfrouafnent l'?apl?.
^Projkloa'r'UcKfoley Is fifty-seven yean I
It ffl 8ald that the Kal3er will pay a visit ! :
o Queen Victoria early In August.
Senator Cockrell has bought an auto? 1
loblle and la taking long daily rides in it.
General Maximo Gomez bas arrived at
anto Domingo from Cuba and was given i
brilliant official reception.
Senator Davis, of Minnesota, will b9 '
along tbe speakers at the sumi-centennlal <
ommencement at Oberlln College In
uno. i
The highest order of the Turkish Empire 1
las been conferred upon President Loubet,
f Franoe, as It was recently upon Ger* <
iany'8 Emperor. . <
T' ^
HAWAIIAN BEL Sill
Provides For a Complete Form of Gov;
ernment For the Islands.
REPRESENTATION IN CONGRESS.
The New Government Established When
the President Signed the Bill?It Consists
of a Governor, a Legislature and
Judiciary ? Hawaii Will Have Ono
Representative in Congress.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The new .
Government of the Hawaiian Islands was )
established at 12.40 o'clock Monday, when
the President signed the Hawaiian Government
bill.
The measure provides for a complete|
form of government for the islands, with
i Governor and other executive officers,
i Legislature of.two branches, and a judl3ial
branoh, consisting of a Supreme Court,
Circuit Courts, and inferior courts.
It also provides that Hawaii shall be
represented in Congress by a delegate,
ivho shall have a sent in the House of Representatives,
with a right to debate, bat
aot a vote. This delegate Is to be chosen - ? ;
?t an eleotion by the people. ' -M
It is provided that "the portion of the
public domain heretofore known a3 Crown
aud is hereby declared to have been, oa
lueast 12, 1893, aud prior thereto, the
property of tbe Hawaiian Government,and
:o be free and clear from any trust of or j
soncernlng thesamo, aud from all claim ot
iny nature whatsoever, upon the rent*,
Issues and profits thereof. It shall be safcK^
ect to alienation and other uses as mayfofc'
provided by law."
The regulation of the traffic In alcohotw
ilquors Is left to local option. The Chloggb
?n the Islands are given one year la vdgEh:o
obtain certificates of reglstratloo.^Pne
tmountof lands to be held by a ?otpora;lon
Is restricted to 1000 acres. Provision
Is also made, by which the laws of the
United States In relation to seamen are extended
to Hawaii. $
There is no tariff provision In the bill, \
is the tariff laws of the United States are
sxtended over the Islands, and the Territory
of Hawaii Is specifically made "a cus
:oms district of the United States," with ?
ports of entry at Honolulu, Hllo, Mahukoaa
and Kahului.
When Hawaii was annexed to this country,
it had a bonded debt of about $4,000,WO,
drawing a heavy rate of Interest. This
iebt still exists, but under the act signed
by the President, it is to be assumed by the
United States.
Seoretary Gage wilt soon send money
and Treasury agents to Hawaii to exshange
the Hawaiian for the American
jurrenoy. It is understood that there is
$1,000,000 In minor coins Id Hawaii, wbiqh
*111 hate to be excbauged for currency of
:bis country. -The gold coin of Hawaii is
practically all gold of this country, and
will not have to be exchanged.
SYNDICATE" MILLER'S SENTENCE.
ren Tear*' ;Imprlionuient For the 530 i
Per Gent. Mao.
New Yobk Crrr (Special).?William P.
Iffll .k. fkA
ouiuer, VfUU lauiuociuukliu ajumumc, iuo
greatest flaanolal swindle of modern times,
was arraigned la the County Court, Brooklyn,
before Judge Hard, wlio senteaced him
:o Slag Stag Prison tor cbn years. When
Miller was arraigned ills eonnsel, Frederick
B. Hoase, called attention to the fact that
iha case bad no parallel in criminal law
and requested clemency for him.
"It Is troe," said Jadge Hurd, "that
oovel qnestlons have been presented here,
ind I am of the opinion that tho only way men
of this"character can be reached Is by
Indictments for laroency. It is a grave ?
qaeetlon whether or not an enterprise like
the one this maa carried on ought to be
suppressed by the severest punishment
under the law. I am of the opinion that
,it Should. Miller, the sentence of this
Gonrt Is that you be confined lathe State
Prison at Slag Slug for a term of tea
^ears."
Miller was dumbfounded. When he had
recovered be said: "I never expected a j
sentence like that." He will have to serve 1
only six and a half years if his conduct be
good, as on a ten years' sentence three and
one half years are deducted.
GENERAL WILSON'S WIFE KILLED.
fatally Burned In Iler Carriage at Slatanza?,
Cuba.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Mrs. Wilson,
the wife of General J. H. Wilson, Military
Governor of Matanzas Province, was so
badly burned ut Matanzas, while driving
from her home to the General's office,
that she died a short time afterward. The
accident was caused by a match that was
lying on the bottom of the carriage. It la
supposed that Mrs. Wilson stepped on It,
whereupon her dress took Are.
Mrs. Wilson and her daughter left home
at 10 o'clock dressed in thin, light clothing,
suitable to the climate. When near
General Wilson's headquarters the match
was Ignited and within a few seconds Mrs.
Wilson was enveloped in flames. Before
any one could assist her she was dreadfully
burned abou* the face and body. She
was taken to her homo where, after suffering
intense agony, she died at 3 o'clock in <
the afternoon. Miss Wilson escaped without
injury.
L When the news of this event was received
in Havana there was general sor4JOW.
General Wilson is very popular with
wJteCubans and they were deeply errleved
ovA.bh affliction. Governor-General
Wood telegraphed his condolences at once. (
'PRO-BOER RESOLUTION SHELVED.
*?
Senate Decline* to Jfnke Up Pettifrew'a
Expression of Sympathy.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?In the
Senate Mr. Pettigrow moved to take up the
''^solution offered by him on February 5
last, expressing sympathy with tho South
African republics and "best hopes for the
full success of their determined contest
for liberty." Tho motion was defeated?
yeas, 20; nays, tj. rue voce was as iotlows:
?-Yeus?Allen, Bate, Berry, Chandler,Clay,
Hale, Harris, HeltfeM, Hoar, Jones (l)em.,
Ark.). Kenney, McCuiuber, MoEnery, Martin,
Mason, Pettigrew, Ross, Teller, Turner
and Vest?20. ,
;?Nays?Aldrlch, Allison, Bard, Carter,
jCfliirk (Rep., Wyo.), Davis, Fairbanks, Foster,
Frye, Galllnfrer, Gear, Huwley, Jones
(Dem., Nev.), K*an, Lodge, McCotnas,
Morgan, N?lson, Penrose, Perkins, Pettus,
Piatr (Rep., Cinn.),Plntt (Rep., New York),
Sewell, 8bonp. Stewart, Sullivan, Warren
and Wolcott?29.
j-Vffi&'A A ' /
KILLED NINETEEN AMERICANS.
Filipino* B?l?c?(l Small Force in Samai
Island?Relieved by Ui^Jor Gllmore.
Manila (By Cable).?Major Giiinore, ol
the Forty-third Volunteers, reports from
Calbayon, Samar, tbat a detachment ol
his battalion was Desiegoa oy insurgents
at Catublg for Ave dayo, losing nineteen
killed and two wounded. Word of the
position of the detachment Dually reached
Major Gllmore, who made a forced march,
relieved the besieged force and scatter^
the insurgents.
The National (Saine.
Fir3t Baseman Lepine, late of Pawtucket,
bas signed with New Haven.
Flaherty Is showlug the best form of all
the young Pittsburg twlrlers.
It has been a long time since the National
Baseball League entered upon such an
auspicious season.
It Is apparent that the magnates have
made a fatal mistake in abolishing the
double umpire system.
Manager Clark has definitely placed Elj
at Pittsburg's short field, relegating Leact
to the substitute list,
Yale has lost her best pitcher. C. P.
Cook Is baok in his studies and tha faculty
will not allow him to ola?.
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