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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
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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
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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.
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JBoer-Brltish War Not??.
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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.
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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
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;&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.
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.. 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 ^