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(MM POSTAL F1ADDS. Arrest ot Charles F. W, Neely, Charged With Embezzlement. AN ALLEGEDSHORTAGt OF $75,000 Tlie Cabinet Decide* That This Countrj is Itenponslble For Any Deficit in the Cuban Postal Departmeiit?TliB Accnsed is to Go to Havana For TrialHe Sars the Charge Is a Mistake. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The case of Charles P. W. Neely. formerly treasurei ? of the Cuban Postoffice Department, arrested charged with defalcations amounting to $36,000, has been considered by the Cabinet. It seemed to be the opinion oi all the members present that as Neely was appointed by the United States and that In administering the affairs of the island this Government is acting, in a sense, as a trustee, it is therefore responsible for the shortage and can proceed against Neely's bondsmen for the amount Involved. It was practically settled, too, that Neely will be taken back to Havana for trial before rf civil tribunal. The Postoffice Department has a report from Agents Seybolt and Neal as to the amount of revenues in the possession of Neely on April 23. At that time, according to these reports, he apparently accounted for all sums due the Government, and it Is said by Postofllce officials that if Neel/embezzled postal funds he either juggled the figures and mnde false entries In his books or took the money immediately after the balance was struck. According to the figures at command here, however, there is an apparent discrepancy of $61,765 between the amount of postal money order funds, as given by Neely, and the amount duo the Postoffice Department. The report states that he had on April 23 $144,997, while the books of the Postoffice Department here indicate that he should have had 4206,672. nirnetor of Posts Rathbone on April 19 directed that a statement be prepared of tbe money order and postal accounts of the Bureau of Finanoe up to April 16. On April 23 he directed that a further examination be made and, as announced, the resulting report indicated that Neely's: accounts were correct and were so certified by the agents, who, in closing their statement, say: "The manner in which these accounts, stamps, supplies and funds are handled reflects credit upon the Chief of the Bureau of Finance, Charles F. W. Neely, and his assistants." Messages recel ved'by Postmaster-General Smith indicated that definite information whs still a long way off and that nothing specific would be known until the report of the agents from the Auditor's ofMce, who left the city a few days ago. These two men are subordinates to the Auditor for the PostofUce Department and are sent at the solicitation of the Postmaster-General. On their report the Department will base its first estimate of the defalcation, if any Is proven to exist. NEELY REACHES HOME. Says He Wants to Go to Havana to Faca the Charges Against Him. Muxcie, Iud. (Special).?Charles F. W. Neely, who was arrested and placed under a cash bond of 320,000 iu New Yorlc City to "await trial on charge of embezzling $36,000 of Cuban postal money which was intrusted to him as financial agent of that | aepanmenc, arrivou m mis, ma uuwo vnj, on Wednesday. Mr. Neely, in an interview with a news* paper correspondent, said: "I have not said much before now. The papers have said too much, but I will say to you foi fmbllcation that I am not worried in the east. I want to go back to Havana and face my accusers. I will say, as I have said before, that this charge is all a mistake. I don't care to discuss details for ttie reason that I am somewhat mystified myself as to what the charges relate exactly." _____ Shortage of 975,000 Admitted. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?The allege^ ppstal frauds have been the principal topic of conversation in this city for the past few days. The Department of Posts admits a shortage of 575,000. It is also believed Unit tliorw ?re 3411,000 worth of surcharge Stamps on account of the* issue of a new stamp which are not accounted for. Orders were given for their destruction, but it is not known whether these were destroyed or not. STATE CONVENTIONS MEET. Illinois Republican* Nominate a State Ticket ami Indorse McKlnley. Peobia, 111. (Speical).?The Republicans of this State ia convention here nominated :he following State ticicet: Governor, Judge Richard Vates; Lieutenant-Goveroor, W. A. Northoott; Secretary of 8tate, James A. Hose: State Treasurer, M. O. Williamson; State Auditor, James S. McCulloch; Attorney-General, H. J. Hamlin. The platform adopted by the convention reaffirms the national platform of 1898, Indorses the war policy of the Administration, congratulates the party and the people upon the enactment of a law fixing gold as the standard of the national currenoy and favors expansion. Legislation calculated to destroy unlawful combinations of capital Is urged. CONNECTICUT KJEPUBLICANS. Elect Delegate* to National Convention ?The Platform Adopted. Hartford, Conn. (Special).?The Republicans of tuts State in convention here chose four delegates to the National Convention and elected twonty-four members of the State Centrnl Committee. The committee re-elected 0. R. Fyler Chairman by 15 votes to 6 for Mr. Fessenden. The delegates were not instructed. rhe platform adopted Indorsed the NatFonal administration, praised the enactment of the gold standard law, believed it the sacred duty or the nation to secure ro the people of Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines the blessings of liberty, peace and happiness, urged the restriction ot unlawful combinations ot capital and favored the building up of the merchant marine. Maryland Kepnbllcani. Baltimore, Md. (Special).?The Republican State Convention held here elected United States Senator Louis E. MoComas, Congressman Sidney E. Mudd, William T., Malster of Baltimore, and Phillips Lee of Goldsborough delegates-at-iarge to the National Convention, instructing them to vote for the renominatlon of President McKlnley. Forest Fire* in Germany. A number of large forest flres, promoted by the dry heat, have destroyed property to the value of t250,000 near Aixla-Chapelle. Two battalions of troops were required to qnench a Are near Geestemunde, Germany. At Munster and at Oldenburg also there have been large flres. ? Damage to New York Fruit Crop. The fruit crop in Wayne County, N. Y., j has been damaged greatly by heavy frosts. The damage was greatest along Lake Ontario, in the apple belt. The frost wo* general and heavy. The Political Campaign. A Republican State ticket was named by tho Julian-Bingham wing of the Republl can party in Aiaonma. New Hampshire Democrats in State Convention Instructed for Bryan and Indorsed the Chicago platform. Representative George MoClellan, of New York City, has formally laanchedJUs Democratic Vice-Presidential boom. & ' I u m not a candidate'lor HP nomination lor Vl^fcySgldtN^J^ *ff not Republicans of the Third Congressional District of Maryland have renominated i by acclamation Representative Frank: C ' Wachter. [THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington itema. Tho Committee on Library of the Senate lias commissionod Frank Edwin Elwell, ot New York City, to make a bust of the late Vice-Prosldent Hobart for the Senate Chamber. A bill giving the widow of the late MajorGeueral Henry W. Lawtona pension of $50 per month was favorably reported to the Senate. A resolution calling on the Secretary of tho Treasury for information in regard to tho manufacture of oleomargarine wa3 adopted. Tarn tpflnties were slcrned at the State | Department, one extending the tlcfle for ratification of the Hay-Pauncefote Treaty, and' the other extending the time for delimitation of the Mexican boundary. The system of registering letters by mail carriers has been extended to 163 postofflces. Senor Eduardo Wilde, the newly appointed Argentine Minister, presented his credentials to the President at the White House. The usual felicitous speeches were exchanged. Secretary Gage favors the establishment of a national standard bureau forthe fixing of a standard for coinage, weights and measures. Pensions for Mrs. Henry, Mrs. Gridley, and General Longstreet were voted by the Senate. The Senate passed the Army Appropriation bill without division. The "Free Homes" bill, passed by the House will take millions out of the Treasury in repayment of money paid the Government for homestead lands. Our Adopted Island*. Four' hundred Filipinos attacked an American garrison of twenty at Baratac, Hollo Province, and killed four, suffering heavy losses themselves. The people of Manua, 8amoa, want to cede their island to the United State3 and they have tasked the Americans to hoist their flag there. Brigadier-General James M. Bell^ has been appointed Military uovernor ui suo provinces of Camarlnes, Albay and Sarsogon, Luzon, and of the Island of Oatandu* unes In the Philippines. Some sis hundred young officers have handed in their resignations in the Phil* Ippines. The flag of the United States was hoisted over Pago Pago Island, Samoa, with due ceremony. Seventy-three fourth-clafs postmasters have been appointed in Porto Rico. During Ave months ending November SO last Porto Rico'? exports were $1,980,301; her Imports, $4,221,851. The Hawaiian Government bill failed to provide for a Collector of Customs, and tills omission will be remedied. Governor Leary, of Guam, sent an acknowledgement to the American people ior their contributions of literature, etc., to 'lie soldiers and citizens of that island. Dnmeatte. Martin Arnow ana Ms wire, sonata, an | Aged couple of Brooklyn, after settling all their earthly affairs, sat facing each other and inhaled lllaminatlng gas until both were dead. Mayor James G. Woodward, of Atlanta, Ga., who was asked to resign by the City Council, has decided to hold on to his offlee. Dr. Edwin M. Heath, a noted veterinary surgeon of Connecticut, died of tuberculosis and distemper, diseases which he is thought to have contracted from animals he treated. George Wright was pat in jail at Chillioothe, Ohio, on the charge of having committed a triple murder at Provo City, Utah, four years ago. The victims were three children named Ellas. A dinner was given for Governor Brady, of Alaska, at the Waldorf-Astoria, in New York City, when a marble burst of William H. Seward was presented to the people of Alaska. ' 1 "Tallow Dick" Coombs, Henry Youtsey, John Davis, Caleb Powers and Harlan i ^Mn1{/iUw In tho V? UKLttftkOr, auuuaou ui wuiupuvuj tu ?uv | murder of Goobel, were transferred from tbe Frauklln County Jail to Georgetown, Scott County, Ky. The entire village of Ellis Junction, Marinette County, Wis., has been purr ' ' chased by the Polska Industrial Colony, and a co-operative community will be established. The Governor of Utah appealed for aid lot the Schfleld Mine Sufferers, and $25,000 has been raised. Marshall Jones, colored, Implicated fn [ the murder of Allen Crosby, was lynched and riddled with bullets at Douglas, Ga. Porch climbers stole jewels w'orth $15,000 from the home of M. M. Mnnster, at Chicago. A regular traffic in Chinese immigrants is declared to exist in San Francisco, the market priced now being $28U0. Congressman Champ Clark was renominated (or Congress in tbe Eleventh Dls- ' trfot of Missouri. He is now serving his :hird term in Congress. A 1000-pound bale of burlap fell on Jacob Kerns and Henry Hill, in the hold of the I sieurawr muuawii, ui duuaiu, n. i., iktiuug them instantly. ' Admiral Dewey was greeted on his arrival in St. Louis, Mo., by an immense throng. 3reat enthusiasm was shown all along the route from Chicago. Under the auspices of the Illinois Medical Association, about 300 doctors and their .'amities from Illinois, Iowa and Missouri will visit the Paris Exposition in a body. Henry M. Flagler, a Standard Oil magaate in New York Olty, asked to be relieved of the care of the person and estate of his wife, who is insane. SherifT W. H. Hood was killed by lightning while riding through his cotton field uear the town of Chester, S. C. Fire swept the village of Grantsborg, 111. Every business house in the town was lestroyed except the postoQlce and one saloon. Two antique Chinese vase3, valued at 140,000, were seized at the Frenoh llhe pier in New York City for alleged evasion of the customs laws. ? Twenty-five thousand men employed by :he Standard Oil Company all over the country have had their wages raised ten per cent. This means an additional outlay "f $1,500,000 a year. Foreign. The proprietors ot a number of Canadian newspapers waited on the Government to ask that the duty on news paper be removed owing to the scarcity and Increased cost of it in Canada. Two expert American diamond thieves, named Morton and Harski, have been arrested at Llepslc, Germany. " . A storm has seriously damaged the United States section of the eleotrlcity e*?. Libit at the Paris Exposition. The bubonic plague has been declared to exist at Alexandria, Egypt; and It has also broken out in Hongkong, China. The Consul of Sweden and Norway at St. Johns, N. F., offers a reward to any and all persons who may find articles connected with the polar expedition of Herr AnHroo thrt unronaut. .. .. .1 The Foreign Ambassadors at Cqiy?an-' tlnople, Turkey, agreed to an lncreaae in customs duties with certain oondltloaji. France will supply her artillery andTnary with smoke-shells that will explod> so as to blind and befog the enemy. $ Cholera is adding to the horrors of t^e famine in India, where districts populated ' by 93,500,000 persons are affected., \J. If the fall Delagoa Bay award is, not forthcoming soon the British aaft Amejrican Ministers will present a Join* protest to the Swiss Government. A special Morocco mission \i: traveling through Germany, placing orders fo'r war materials. The early influx of American travelers in London has forced several leading hotels to turn away guests. syndicate has been k lorawto 91 plolt copper deposits in German Southwest Africa. Thirty-eight persons were injured in b railway accident between Sevres -ind Chaville, France. Advices from St. Kltts, B. W. I., said the island was in a terrible flnanoial condition * owing to the shortage of the sugar croo. j MUM THE FIELD! General Young's Plan to Crush the Rebellion in North Luzon. INSURGENTS ARE TWICE BEATEN. Filipino Leader U Gathering Forces la the Mountain*, Report* General Young? Attack* In Vlaayan* Repelled ?Ten American* Stand OS 800 Insnrgent*? One Company Defeat* 400. Manila (By Cable).?Telegrams received here from Oeneral Young report that Agulnaldo has rejoiced the rebel General Tlno In the north and that they have reassembled a considerable force in the mountains. General Young desires to strike them be. fore the rains and asks for reinforcements. Two rebel attacks on the American garrisons in the Ylsayan Islands recently have resulted In the killing of 280 of the enemy and the wounding of two Americans. At daybreak May 1 400 rebel?, 100 of / /* c. +"rv ??_. ^2: PHILIPPINE INSURGENTS FI( (With the approach of tho rainy season tt armed FlUpl thorn armed with rifles, attacked Catarman, )n Northern Saonar, in the vicinity of Catublg. Company F of the Forty-third Regiment was garrisoning the place. The enemy built trenches on the outskirts of the town during the night, and fired volleys persistently into iU until the Americans, charging the trenches, scattered tbe Filipinos and burled 155 of them. Two Americans were wounded. This attack was precipitated by the enemy's recent successful fight at Catubig. The garrison of Caturman has been removed to the seaport of LaguaD. A force of Filipinos estimated to number 200 men armed with rifles and 600 armed with bolos, and operating four muzzlel?"'l !*><* AannAfi offfl/itft/i TflPA rtn T.AVf A ' IV/llUiUg vauiiv/U) ub?ww?<'v? vh?v, v- ? j Island, which- place was garrisoned by twenty-flve men of Company B of the Forty.-<tbird Regiment, Lieutenant Estes commanding. Estes left fifteen men to protect the town, and with the remaining ten men he advanced on the enemy ia two squads, sheltered by the ridges south of the town,where ttiey stood off the Filipinos for throe hours. The twenty armed members^of the local police force sallied out to help Estes's Americans. The latter, with the police, charged the enemy, and together they dispersed the Filipinos and buried 125 of ,them. There were no American casualties. ' GENERAL OTIS LEAVES MANILA. Sails For the Dotted States on the Trana< , "port ileade. Manila (By Cable).?The transport Meade jailed for the United States with MajorGeneral El well S. Otis and his two aides 'MAJOS-OEKEBAI, ELWHLL 3. OTTB. (He is coming home after a two yeare' service as Military Governor-General of the Philippines.) ie-camp on board. The warsbip3 in port Bred a Major-General's salute as the steamer raised her anchor. W. C. ENDICOTT DEAD. Fnrmur Fccrctarr of War Succumbed to Pnouioouia in Boston. Boston (Special).?Willlnin C. Endlcott, Secretary of War In the first Cleveland Administration, died ot pneumonia at bis home'In this city after un Illness of three days/ Mr. Endlcott wns born in Salem, Brass., on November 19, 1826, and wns a direct descendant of Governor John Endlcott, of th* Massachusetts Bay Colony. In 1873 Governor Washburn appointed Mr. Endlcott Aasooliite Justice ot the Supreme Court of Massachusetts, which offioe he held until 18S2, when he tendered his reslgnntlofi. v Wten Cleveland was elected President of the' United States hfc tendered the War portfolio to Mr. Endlcott. At the conclusion of bis term ot office Mr. Endlcott went t<j Eorope and traveled for a year and upon his return resumed the practice of law ID BUSIOE. On December 13, 1859, uel married Ellon Peabody, daughter of George Penbodv of Salein, wtio survives him. A son, William 0. Eudlcott, Jr., and it daughtar, Mrs. Joseph Chamberlain, wife of Secretary of State for the Colodies Joseph Chamberlain of Great Britain, a|so survive him. Tooni Girl Confesses Arson. Susie A. Morris, fourteen years old, is auder arrest at Providence, R. I., charged with the crime of arson, for which the extreme penptty provided by law Is life imprisonment. She has confessed that she flvo times within twe?:iy-four hours set flrns with the iotentlon of destroying the tenement block in whloh she lived. The 4P.B7 May Be Reduced. FaaMjkiyjvtcome -to light which le&d to td^|^pPSiMjfcgton that the Regular mber of officers will The National Game. Bule has deoided not to rejoin the New Xprfcjl until his divorce case Is settled. i Tbtre are five ex-pitchers on the New York team?Gleason, Van Haltren, Mercer, HJokman and Foster. , . In three games the Phlladelpblas found th? New York pitchers for a total of fifty- , one ? In eaoh game. Heidriok if showing ap In flne form in oentrefleld forSu Louis, and Tebeau thinks , be has ihotherttqAleer to -reduce batting t averages,' JK . . . . ; - 1 There is talk among ttt? ball player^ of the National League of forming a proteo- i five union to be affiliated with the Anteri- , ean Federation of Labor. , ? ' iv BIG COUNTERFEIT PLOT A Remarkable Plan to Hoodwink Government Prosecutors Exposed, Plate* Engraved Were to Be Surrendered So A* to Obtain Light Seuteuces For Convicted Men. PnrLADELPHiJi (Special).?Another chapter Id the famous Lancaster counterfeiting conspiracy was made public by the arrest of Harry Taylor, charged with passing the counterfeit $20 notes found in circulation a few. days ago. Taylor was captured by Matthew S. Grlffln, of the Secret Service, and when confronted with the evidence of his guilt confessed his part in the consplracy. He f had a hearing before United States Commissioner Edmunds, and was committed, in default of $10,000 bail, for trial. Taylor admitted having passed all the spurious notes of the Manning head denomination, and bis confession brought out a remarkable attempt to hoodwink the Government. Harry Taylor Is a brother of Arthur Taylor, who i? now awaiting sentenee for having engraved the oigar revenue stamps, 3HTING IN THE TRENCHES. iere is renewed activity ou the part of the no forces.) and tbe counterfeit Monroe bead tlOO silver certificate which resulted in the urrest of Jacobs and Kendlg, the Lancaster cigar manufacturers, and Ellery P. Ingham and Harvey K. Newltt, formerly United States Distrlot Attorney and Assistant District Attorney here, respectively. ADOUC two weens upo ll' WUU uwuimcu that a counterfeit (i20 note was in circulation, and the Secret Service Department, began an investigation. As a result, Harry Taylor was arrested and confessed. Chief Wilkie and Operative Burns of the Secret Service, aocjompanled hy United States District Attorney Beck, then visited the county prison, and had an Interview with Arthur Taylor and Baldwin S. Bredeil, who assisted Taylor in engraving. These two admitted having engraved the Manning head $20 note, and said they' had Induced Harry Taylor to olrculate them. About 150 notes were struck off. and of this number Taylor bad passed in the neighborhood of forty-five. The remainder. he said, be had destroyed. Chief Wilkie, in speaking of the arrest, said: "This was a scheme on the part of Taylor ana Bredeil to bring the Government to terms, and was the result of the advioe of some disreputable lawyer. The idea was, alter the notes were circulated, to wait until near the time Tor sentencing Taylor and Bredell, and then for the latter to inform the Government that they could furnish It with plates of which the 8ecret Service knew notbing. Their object was to secure a lighter sentenoe." Chief Wllkie said the lawyer in question was probably guily of conspiracy to obstruct justice, bat would not state whether any other arrests woald follow. ATLANTA'S MAYOR SINS AGAIN# Aiknd to Resign Becaaie He Did Nut Keep Hli Promise to Lead a Better Life. Atlanta, Ga. (8peoial).?The City Coun3i 1 has adopted a resolution oailing on Mayor James G. Woodward to resign his office. The resolution was the culmination of a sermon by the Rev. L. G. Broughton in which the minister made a violent attack on the Mayor's personal habits. The resolution calls upon the Mayor to resign before the next meeting of the Council, two weeks from Monday. The leader of the opposition to Mr. Woodward says the Mayor is in honor bound to resign under the terms Of a statement he made last summer, when similar charges were made against him. In this statement the Mayor promised to give up his office if he uhmilil iu? fmind arniltv at anv time Of con duct unbecoming1 a city official. DAVID B. CULBERSON DEAD. Former Conffresiuian Kxplrea From th? Grip at Jefferaon, Textta. Jkffebsok, Tex. (Special).?Former Congressman David B. Culberson, father of United States Senator C. A. Culberson of Texas, died at bis homo here from the grip AVID B. CULBEBSOH. He served several tonus as a Democrat in the lower House and was at one time a prominent candidate,tor the Speakership. Cuban Editor Aiaaitflnatfld. Senor Albertl, editor of Don ciaxldades, was shot And Instantly killed by a.n an* known assassin at the theatre at Otbara, Province of Santiago, Oaba. Albert! was an active politician. Albertl bad received threaten lug letters, whlch. be ridiculed in his paper. . . . r. Japnnete Bnddhliti Are Alarmed. Profoundly stirred at the Inroads made by Christianity in Japan, leaders of the Buddhist faitn In that couucry have sent to America E. Ikeyama and Dr. J. Chlkadto nturiv the rellirlons anil riUUlIO) vr* * V*tW| y r, social lustltutloos of America, both Christian and Jewish. Prominent People. Former President Benjamin Harrison it 9ixty-Bix years old. The salary of Lord Curzon as Viceroy of \ India amounts to a quarter of a million dollars a year. Philip D. Armour, of Chicago, will practically retire from the management of hit j vast packing Interests. The Prlnoe of Wales admits that he if one of London's "slam landlord!," bat lays he oan't break his long-term leases oi ' tenements. i A recenit visitor to the home of General Caseins M. Clay, in Kentucky, says that the < aid man ie in this beet of hea'tu, *04 vpirit*. > 1 OJ r If O hla u ' t WONDERFDL M SHELL. No Armor in the World Able to Withstand It. WILL REVOLUTIONIZE WARSHIPS. Facia Concerning the Invention of an American Naval Officer Laid Before | the Senate in Secret Sesdon?Projectila Fired Through Fourteen Inchea of Harveylzed Plate?Secret Well Guarded Washington', D. C. (Special).?Some facts almost startling in their importance have been laid before the Senate in secret legislative session at the close of the regular open session. They related, it Is understood, to the Invention by 4 prominent officer of the United States Navy of a shel1 superior In every eseentlal quality to any now in use by this or any other Government. The quality of penetration possessed by the shell is said to be so great that no armor now manufactured in the United States or abroad has sufficient resistance to withstand it. With one of these shells, developed by the Naval Ordnance Bureau, a six-inch naval rifle plugged a clean hole through a plate of Harveylzed armor fourteen Inches thiok. This marvelous achievement was witnessed by Assistant Secretary Hackett, for whom the trial was made at Indian Head. The Run was charged with smokeless powder enough to give the shell a velocity of 2590 feet per seoond, or twentyfive per cent, above ordinary proof velocity. The facts, which were in possession of only a few Senators, were deemed so imig portant that the Senate decided to C0w? slder them In secret session. Mr. Tllloaiaft asked tor a secret session In order that he might explain to the Senate why he desired the armor plate matter to be discussed in secret. When the doors were closed, he explained that several days ago he had offered a resolution calling upon the Sectary,.,of the' Navy to send to the Senate for its information the details of tests, made by tne Department's officials, of armor plateat lndlan Head. No ac-swer to that Inquiry has been received, and In all human probabil uy none mn ue rouoivou. It seems that Mr. Tillman called at the Navy Department, and was Informed that It would be unwise at this time to make publio the details of the tests be bad asked .for, as it would place in the hands, not only of the Senate, but of represenatlves of foreign Governments, information that properly belonged exclusively to the United States. A prominent official of the Navy Department said it is understood that the tests of all sorts of armor, including the Krupp armor, had been made, with a view of ascertaining tbelr effectiveness against a new shell that had been invented by an officer of the navy. No piece of armor submitted-' to tbe.test, it is understood, waa/abl?towitbstand the test. The shell, fired from blgb-power sruos, penetrated tb? armor almost as bullets ilred from a Erag-Jorgensen rifle would penetrate green wood, the dlfference.being that the armor plate|t#pllt from the point of impact. It is said this was true of the Krupp armor, as well as of the other armor tested. Fftniinir that more or leas of the matter concerning the tests recently made by the Government would be used in the debate upon the armor question, Mr. Tllman suggested that It would be desirable to consider the subject In secret. The Senate agreed with him, and the armor-plate matter was discussed behind closed doors. RIOTING IN- ST. LOUIS. Striking Street Car Men Use Clabi and Stones? Hany Arretta Made. ?t. Loins, Mo. (Special).?In accordance with the decision reached By the St. Louis Transit Company's employes a general strike was inaugurated on the entire system at daybreak Tuesday. From time to time during the afternoon and night attempt were made to operate the cars, but in nearly every case resulted In attacks on the crews Dy crowds along the streets, practically stopping traffic. A riot call was turned In during the day | from the corner of Broadway and Washington street, and a wugon load of police turned out to keep order, but their efforts were in vain. At this point a motorman was hit over the bead with a club, a piece of brickbat struck him In the mouth, lacer^ ating his lip, and his nose was mashed by a atone. The motorman left his car and ran ln*rj n. anlnnn for nrot?(?tlon. Finallv the motorman returned, and, amid a shower of stones and mud, succeeded la getting his car away from the crowd. In the afteruoon two cars were sent east from the Llndell Line sheds at Taylor and Finney avenues. When the oars reached Finney and Newstead avenues, a crowd of strikers gathered about them and made threatening demonstrations. The mounted police made a vigorous effort'.to drive the crowd away. In the attempt Sergeant Hickmun struck a man three times with bis sabre, painfully injuring him. Thacrowd broke all the windows in the oars and otherwise damaged them. . N&taerooa arrests were made. EDWARD CLlFFORq^.Hg^jml^ Superintendent AVatttoa'jiftjMHHpHHPVr Jersey City, N. J. (Special).?Edward Clifford, who, on March 5, 1890, shot and' killed William G. Wattson, Division Superintendent of the West Shore Ballroad, at Weehawken, was hanged in.the Hudson County Jul). ~ Clifford was sentenced.ojt September IS, 1896, te be bunged ou Febfaar/ 16, 1898. He was reprieved to Marw?lf, and jince tben his execution has been postponed four times by stays. Ou Monday night Chancellor Magfe re* fused to grant a writ o! error or to certify i the fact in writing, so that counsel was unable to take an appeal. Counsel then applied to Qovernor Voorhees for a reprieve, but he also refused to Interfere. Niw Ntme Fir i Territory. Congressman Moon/ of Tennessee, has | introduced V bill (^tiding a territorial, form or government for the Indian Terrltory, under the same of Jefferson Ter- t ritory. ' ' : - $ Forest Fires In Maryland. Many ttpusands of aore^ardtyt&Pamberland, Md., are swopt by fottst'^flres and 9500,000 wortn or timber destroyed, together with threeaoQoot-houaes and maajr barns. .'*f ' ' _ ' ' ].* Chinese Attack the Briildi, A large body of Chinese .attfoked the camp of. the Boundary Commuityn and wounded Major Penrose and foni^nfetberg of the Chinese regiment. The.Jatte^jWrioh was recruited-la the vtclnlty of;WeWlal?el and drilled by British officers-/ behaved very steadily. The attacjkera;wererepulsed with a loss of thirty-ktlled'. .-.The outbreak is attributed to Chinese' officials " ~ T^^.: A Mew Way to Bqlid a 3iavy. An Imperial irade just Issued, by the Sultan of Turkey orders^ cofctfaots to be signed with foreign shipbuilders' for renovating eight antiquated ironclads. - '+/$ j JBoer-Brltish War Not??. ? - -t t- '?U 71?? ? florae biukubss 13 j?io?aiouv m. uousm Bailer's camp at Ladysmltb. Large quantities of gunpowder are going to the Boers as sacks of meal. Some American scouts who were cap* tared by the Boers have been shot. The passes from Natal into the Free 3tate are said to be well-guarded by the Boers. The corporation of Scarborough, England, has decided to name a new thoroughfare "Ladysmlth avenue." LoW Roberts reports persistent Boer attacks 03 the British at Taba Nchu. The surghers made a daring bat futile ;o capture a British couvoy. REVOLT OF THE ASHANTIS- i Severe Fighting- Reported in the British Gold Coast Colony. Rebel Attack on the Kamaasl Fort Repulsed?Europeans Among the Besieged? Re-enforcements Sent. Loxdo* (By .Cable).?The Colonial Of. : Ilea I1113 issued a number of dispatohos re | selvodfrom Sir Frederic Hodgson, Governi or and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast Colony.' These dispatches were sent from Kumassl from April 27 to May 3. They state that the situation has become worse. In an engagement on April 23 four mem< oers of the Gold Coast constabulary and n number of rebels were killed. On April 25 the Ashantls surrounded Kumassi in great force and made a determined attack on the fcrt. Tnere was a severe engagement which. lasted four hours. The besiegers were prevented from getting near the fort. The native* allies rendered great help to the British force. Twenty of them, and two Haussas were kllltdv Inspector Leggett was wounded. The occupants of the fort numbered 358, Inoladlng the Kings of Manpon, Jaubla .and Aguna, and eighteen Europeans, of whom six wore missionaries. On April 29 there was another serious attack,' bat the rebels ^drejrimted.wlth great Iom, Including their stomas, and several .guns. Two of the constabulary were killed and tea woaoded. . * A.contingent of tha Lagos constabulary &rrirei]Lia the evening after two days' severe fighting, la which they captured the towa of Asaga. losing one killed and twenty-fbxjee wbanded. The following day the v'VMHWtabttlary wer? attacked near Kuqwft'by 6000 rebels. The constabulary, ifteWMperate fighting, In which they lost . sifokttled and 183 wounded, rooted the On May 2 the British, with their native l&dUlKjrte* ?ndJ. two. guns, attacked the rewKjjtdctede at the Wesleyan Minion Bouse. The place was not oaptured, bat the rebels suffered severely froai the aril I lery* Foodsuppllea were needed on May 3, but it bad not become necessary to pdt-the force onshore rations. The OolonlaMMBbe appends a, note statins that reehforcements have been seat to Kumaaplfrom&erraXeoaeand Nigeria. THE POPULATION OF GUAM. Captain I^jf On the People and Finance* of the Island. W Araiso?^^^<S-r{8pflelal)Asalstant-Secreta^flHBb has received an interesting reporrftom cjaplalnLeary, Naval Governor of Gaam, giving details of the population and fln&ac&V condition of the turn rouwit mu iun www pojralS?j$l*.;868i, of which number 812J are matfpbl?r-*<5T?? yean or aae; 8680 are fomalM OT^WeQ yeara, and 1353 are cbiU Aooordtag to Governor Leary t&ere wu 2171 Id tfoxieatrfldia In the looal treasary on July^l, 1B99.^^ ^aj^^ip^from^tUat expflnditodgkja tlie same 'period were 16767, MpQnta the local 'treasury on January 1 Mua Mexican currency. The GoTeBBKHSgorta that a successful andottieri did alao^gK^ei Plaley la the presence of myself jHMlgb Powsrfl said: We'll go down anffaHpSteXetflslaturfl. and"Jf they don't do.WfSEaSjM. Will klli tbem.' Powers 9ai3rfBH BBfejghat w? Golden further saldtiM^^HgipvQWers which they took to thMg few day a before the kiUiUgraEBBKh said that Governor Tayior had tow-Win thatGoebel was to be killed, and farther said: "My God, It 19 an awful tola# to kill a -' man, but not worse than tUeerlmes which have been committed against us." Judge Gantrlll overruled the motion for ball asked by W. H. CaJt<Wj?vVj Par for a Flirhfcor^oif *76. The Senate At Wa4hingt$n has passed a bill to pay $2998 to Baobel Wilson, of Harrlson County, We4tT<U>fbrjthe services ol her father, Colonel BeniMttlfc'; Wilson, in the Revolutionary Wi3h? .-beneficiary of the hill Is one of tweatj-nlne chlldreu of Colonel Wilsea.. -- xv Foar-Haoded Texas tthootlojr. A. four-banded shootlngtffray took place ou the Noah Wii?#ttlejjtaBeh, fifteen ml let northwest of Qaaaah. TSixas, Two broth-" ers, Cage and Lake Be%eh, wereon oneside and William Colling .and hU son-in-law, Noah Wise, on*-the otfierVThe tronbte originated over a grass lease. The mon met on the public thoroughfare and opened up a^fnslllade witu Winchesters.; Deap?rat? FlglK In Van*y. An American reconnoitring party has boen ambushed In the island of Panay, P. I. Four of the Americans were killed In a uesperiue ORut ana Bixtqen, severely wounded, left oa the field. ' . L% 1 Cycling; Kmm. Everything points to a lively year for touring a-wheei. Motor tricycle racing promises to become popular In America this season. Nearly every division of theL. A. \V. is preparing for a mid-summer meet. The demand for tandem wneels thus far In 1900 is much In excess of that In 18D0. Detroit wheelmen want to build a sldepath to connect with the "trunk line" path between Chicago and New York City. There seems to be a falling oft in the use of cyclometers this year. Only a few years ago ninety-nine out of every 100 riders had oyclometers attached to their wheels ' " ;&BEiT MIIM DEAL ft The Pennsylvania Company Acquires the Lor.g Island Road. RIG IMPROVEMENTS TO BE MADE. t tnnaylvanl* .Railroad'* New Flni Outlined?Kecnry Connection* from Jersey City to Bajr KJrige and Tannel* to Follow, an Ofllcial3f?yi?No Thought of Ualng Montaok Folut for Ocean Liners. Philadelphia (Special).?An executive officer of the Pennsylvania Railroad, in ^ statlro- the purpose of that company in acqi :lng control of the Long Island Road, sale that the traffic of Brooklyn, with ita mote than 1,000,000 inhabitants, has been \ almost entirely confined to the East Rivet front. All of the rrelght brought by tha railways to that city as well as that taken f from there for distribution throughout th< country has been carried on floats or light; ers between terminal points of the differ. . jj ent railways an>l the piers and freight yards along the East River. Not only, be said, are these facilities limited andorowded, but business and manufacturing Indus- V ' tries have necessarily been conQued to the very restricted district along the water. ' | On the other hand, the tracks of the Long Island Railroad form a belt line extending. around the outskirts of the built-up part oI Brooklyn from the Thirty-fourth 8treet Ferry to Bay RMge, with lines Into various centres of the city. These lines,' v ^ ? wanf An fA no.r n fha mOflnfl rtf Aft* j tabllshlng freight depots, yards for car* load deliveries, and coal and lumberyard* vj conveniently situated and of unlimited ca- '.,28 pacity. They also afford opportanltlM, which will no doubt be extensively availed ^.',25 of, for the erection ot manufactories of all ' 3u| kinds reauirjng direct rail connections. -39 When the new freight terminus of fb^ C.'"SI Pennsylvania Railroad at Greenville, asec-i* a tlon of Jersey Gity, opposite Bay Blase, is -Jjj completed, connection with the Long Isl- ; and system will be made at Bay Ridge by a .comparatively short oar float ferry.. Meanwhile the present transfer bargee at Jersey ;Glty will be used, but ultimately a tunnel from Staten Island to,Bav Ridge may be built. In that case traffic between tte Pennsylvania Railroad lines and New England would (ass through the tannel and over the Long Island tracks arid the proposed bridge at Ward's Island to a cocneo* tlon with the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. There has been no thonght of using Hontank Point, the official oonoluded, as a sailing port for steamers ot the American Line. As a matter ot fact, he said, th? Pennsylvania Railroad Company is not in* + ?? ? r%.m AfKarmlaA {p IVrBBlDU tut It BUUDUVIUU VI vtuvtnuv -the International Navigation Company, oc the' "American Line," as it is usually called. It is not believed that passengers would make the rail journey to Aiontauk Point to save two or three hours at the most'when they oan much more comfortably board the steamers at the piers in Ne? York City. BIG STORM IN TEXAS. Six CharchecBloirjt Down ud She Damage to Crops Is Great. ,, 8a* Ajttowio, Texas (Special).?^, de jtractive oyolone wreoked the 8an Aatonit Loan and Trust Company's live-story stee: building. The loss is about $70,000. The Wind's velocity was sixty miles an hour. The atorai extended over nearly the ,J\ whole of Texas, coming from.west to edst The rainwaa very heavy and the wind wat terrific, rising to sixty miles an hour at some places. The greatest damage has been to orops Cora, Wheat and oata were beaten down and frnlt^treea shaken and beat, losing 'Reports from a boom or more towns In tbla part of the State are to the effect that ; many buildings were injured by the wind ' No lesa-tfean elx churches have been blowc < -down, and the damage to residences an<i tarm houses is great. Death in Tornado. Eluswood, Kan. (Special).?Logan towft ship was struck by a tornado and Georgi i Helfricb and his wlte, who lived on a-farm j were instantly killed. Their homp wat 1 completely destroyed. Two others of theb household were badly hurt, sustaining broken bones. Hundreds of cattle and horses were killed. Flnt Governor of Hawaii. 8ASFOBD B. COLE. i.: President McKlnley has appointed him Governor of Hawaii under the law recently passed by Congress providing a terrltorla ; iortn of government for the Hawaiian Islands. Shdt Three Brothers. J. W. Miller shot and killed W. T. and L. 0. Lintcn outright and fatally wounded Edgar Linton at Bu ffalo. Texas. The three brothers went to the office where Miller (a employed, and began abusing him. Millet resented their language with the above fatal results. He refused to tell the cause ol the trouble. Four Filipino Town* Taken. Four towns on the island of Marinduque P. I., have been taken by two oompanles o'. the Twenty-ninth Infantry under Colonel Hardin. The few nrmed Insurgents took . ; t-n Hia mountains. One oomoanv was left to garrison the island and the other went " " to Masbete. . f .. Hmn Police to Be Overhauled. The police foroe of Havana,* Cuba, will soon have'an overhauling, particularly the secret service branch; which has done virtually nothing. Robberies take place nightly, but the thieves are not arrested; mnrders are committed, yet the murderers are at large. The ordinary police have shown striking incapacity and abuse of authority. General Wood has Issued tin i order forbidding the police to carry revolvers during the day. Sweden Preparing For Home Defence. Botn houses of the Swedish Parliament have voted a large sum for home defence Xewiv Uleaniuzi. A destructive disease is prevalent ia Nic? aragua's coffee plantatiou9. '/he German sugar syndicate is 3atd to have reached an agreement (or the next five years. Mail advices from China stated that the natives in the Interior were preparing for an uprising. Citizens of New Hampshire will present a bronze tablet to the battleship Kearsage. A Chicago jury has decided that a woman cannot be a vugraut because woman was not made to work. Great uneasiness and bitterness is felt among the Sioux Indians in North Dakota ?ver the policy of the Indian Bureau ^