Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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V- . THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Waiihincton Items. Senator Depew introduced a bill prohibiting the false branding or labeling of any dairy or food products which become articles of foreign or interstate commerce. Tlie Postofflce lias debarred from the mails the Weltmer fatth-cure school at Nevada, Mo. Secretary Root made an argument fot Army reorganization before the House . Idban officials ffl Jiii | j Postmaster, Deputy Auditor and Two Clerks Arrested. ' I *-i ir?M nrnM OIPMC A PAMCrCCinM inuiviroum oiuiig n win lmivh j ' j fke Postmaster Says That Havana Office Funds Were Juggled to Carer a | Shortage of 8435 Which He Had j Used?Auditors Begin an Inveatlgatloo of the Cuban Postal Department. Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Warrants were issued for the arrest of E. P. Thompson, the Havana Postmaster; W. H. Reeves. Deputy Auditor of the island, and Edward Moya and Jorge Mascaro, Cuban clerks In tb? stamp department, and all wore lodged is the Vlvac, the Tombs of Havana. Thi? was done under the advice of the Postal j Inspector?. Before his arrest Postmaster Thompson 3onfe??ed tbe misappropriation of $435 and other irregularities. Thompson made a sworn statement to one of the Secret Service officers. He said that in April, 1899. v. fc? needed money for hie own use and toqk $435 from the money order acscant, depositing his receipt. When the next inspection of the Postal Department by special agents was made he, being unable to repay the money, oraerea Ihe clerk In charge of the money order receipts to withdraw his personal receipt and substitute t4?5 in cash which had been rereived that day aud which would not have lo be accounted for until the next day. The Inspection was safely passed when his personal receipt went back and the money woe out again. By this method he successfully eluded detection during several iaspections. > In April, through & failure to carry out ?hto plan, the discrepancy was discovered. It was reported to Director of Posts Rathbone that Thompson bad paid the $435, ?nd nothing further was done. Thompson does not say in bis statement where *e got the money to make the refund, but he does admit that just at this time he irew a note for $350, which Neely indorsed and the North American Trust Company discounted. It Is supposed that he used this money to make his shortage good. Thompson also confesses that he manipulated the stamp accounts. He admits having changed balances without the knowledge of Director Rathbone. flesaya this was irregular, but denies that there was anything dishonest in tbe motives guiding him. There is nothing to show that ho acted in collusion with Neely fn anything. Ho denies, in fact, any knowlsdcre of Neely's acts. The arrest of Mr. Thompson caused jcreat surprise in the city. It Is looked ?pon as the precursor of many other arrests. General Wood felt, as did the Postal Inspectors, that it would be better to hare the suspected persons arrested and to give them an opportunity to obtain ball than tc keep them Indollaitely under close supervision at a time when the detectives are badly needed for other work. Four postofflce auditors have arrived here from Washington and at once began u examination of the department's accounts. FATAL HOTEL FIRE IN CHICACO. Two Wouien Burned to Death aud Five' Persons Injured Severely. Chicago (Special).?Two women were tamed to death, five persons injured severely and many others are suffering /rotr injuries received in consequence of the destruction by Are of the Hotel Helene. The dead are: Charlotte Peterson, twenty-three years old, dining-room girl, found inhei room; Lena Pearson, twenty-three years Id, chambermaid, found In same room as Hiss Peterson. Among those injured severely are: W. F. Horn, thlrty-flve years Id; 8. G. M'Haddln, thirty years oldi E. S. Tarbox, thirty years old; Florenoe Florence, internally injured and skull fractured; Mrs. T. D. Allen, back broken and internally injured. It was shortly after 3 o'clock 1q the Biorning that flames were discovered oom\ Jog from the basement of the building by James McNeil, a porter, and within ten \ minutes the structure was ablaze in every ; ' part. The building was of brick, three . V. jrtrrffg- i&f'1*- contained thirty rooms ! andwast?PSnv destroyed, entailing a loss *t $43 000 few guests saved anything while V? proprietors of the stores ; la the first st<rt>*l03t everything. V In AraanwlAli. Prtnn ViTd.ouu rira ( ' Gbeenwich, Oonfi* (8p?ciol).?On? of the j asost disastrous flre5 ^hftt over visited this i Wage resulted la th^ totaI destruction oi j / lire business blocks\*nc'Ul^n8 the post/" office building, St, MaiV'3 Roman Oatholio I Church, a stable and\Sas house on the r estate of E. C. Benedict and damage to . other property. The to^a^ '0S3 00M*1 mated at $175",000, with insurance of less than half that amount. CHICAGO JTRUCK FA,rm|NC. A Levee Eleven Allies Long P? the 9Ia(* kegon to Be Devoted to Muskegon-, Mlob. (Speoiai;.?j f garden truck on a 10,000-acre fc? sent by shipload from Slaskc^^^^^H Chicago, is the plan proposed by O.Lange, of Chicago. The land isVH doroted to celery, cabbage, onions, let^HH jmdishes and other "garden ease." It^BI Xf 11 cl7 0f,nn T> I TTO- T.nllatr on.l 11 aa a 1 *?V iUU>JBV^VU * * Vi IMHWJ HUH A1 DO HiV^H| aha north bank of the river. A levee ele'^H miles long Is Co be built five feet high &aH twenty feet thick. With a lake rate oH seven cents a hundred and a night's salH from market, Mr. Lange and hisjassooiates* believe that they can easily compete with 1 tbe truck farmers of the Cbioago district. The cost of these improvements is estimated at $C0,000. Lieutenant Cramer Disgraced. Lieutenant Robert B. Cramer, of th? Thirty-fourth Voluuteer Infantry, has ! >een sentenced to dismissal from the army by court-martial at Manila. A Aible?ram from General Mac Arthur, received fey the War Department, says th? sentence took effect on April 30 General MacArthur does not say for wba Cramer was dismissed, but it is supposed that the sentence is the result of charge: forwarded to General Otis, which involved the lieutenant's methods of getting mone; previous to hid departure lor the Philip plOeS. More Murders bj Chinese Boxers. More "Boxer" outrages have occurret sixty miles north of Tien-Tsln, China where a number of native Christians have been massacred. Women Vote ?t Annapolis. For the first time In the history of Ana polis, Md., women were allowed to voti at the election held a tew days ago. Aboul twenty availed themselves of the privilege The election was to decide whether the cltj should Issue $120,000 of bonds. The propo aitlon was carried. Death Penalty in Massachusetts. By the narrow margin of two votes thk House decided against abolishing the doatl penalty in Massachusetts, the roll call re cording 86 against 8i in favor. When th< bill was considered in 1899 tlie vote was ' to 1 against it. Former Banker Goes to Jail. Intlio United States Court at Eostoi Charles H. Cole, former President of th< defunct Globe National Bank of Boston who recently pleaded guilty on severa counts of an indictment charging hln with misappropriating ftrads of the Inati tutioE. was sentenced to serve eight yea* in the Greenfield (Mass.) jail.*, Shad JSffJC* Sent to Ireland. The steamer Oceania, whjeh sailed froc Kew Tort: Clty ior Qued&town vWk day ago, carried as part of its oargo 700,00 abad^eggs from the Government fishery o> the Delaware River, which will be used t' stock the river Shannon la Ireland. Committee ou .unitary auairs. The Supreme Court decided the inheritance tax law constitutional, but held that it applied to the amount of the legacy and not of the estute as a whole. The Government will participate in the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, at St. Louis, In 1903. Secretary Root has sent to the Senate a report showing that 336 claims, aggregating $142,555, have been filed for private property taken and used during the war with Spain. The House Committee on Pensions favorably reported the Senate bill increasing from $30 to $50 a month the pension oi Harriet V. Gridley, of Erie, widow of Captain Charles V. Gridley. I The practice ships Newport and Chesapeake will leave Annapolis on June 11 witb crews of naval cadets and will cruise ofif the North Atlantic coast for two months. The sale of postage stamps for the fiscal year will reaoh $103,000,000, aealnst $96,000,000 last year, the largest on'record. American newspaper publishers appealed to Congress for relief from Increased cost of printing paper. ? - * * ** 1- - "**?111 4 tiff Tbo President approvoa senate urn mi, known as the Grand Army Pension bill. The House by a vote of 129 to 127 unseated Mr. Crawford, Democrat, Ninth North Carolina District, and seated Richmond Pearson, the Republican contestant. Our Adopted lalanda. Walter P. Bailey, of Peacham, Vt., who is wanted for forgeries amounting to between $3000 and $10,000, was arrested at Havana, Cuba. . The revised Cuban tariff, which goes into effect on June 15, was made public. Mayors of Cuban towns are accused of resorting to illegal practices in order to secure their re-election. Natives in Manila, it is believed, planned an uprising in the city, but lacked courage to carry it out. The complete customs returns for the port of Havana for April showr^celpts aggregating $900,357.41, an* increase of $40,782.46 over the same month last year. The insurgents have'suftered aheavy^loss at Tabako, near Legaspi, rroviaoe oi aihay, Lu^flji, P. I, Three Amerloans were wounded. < I>ome?tte. Joseph McGrath, three year? old, fell from a Third avenue elevated train to the street in Now York City and escaped practically unhurt. Admiral Dewey unveiled the monument to Admiral Farragut, near Knoxville, Tenn. The transport Thomas arrived at San Franclsoo after a run of twenty-nine days from Manila. Among the passengers was Brigadier-General Theodore Schwan.' The Democrats of Georgia, at their primaries, nominated Allan D. Candler for Governor and A. G. .Bacon for United States Senator. , Thomas McDermott. a painter from Pawtucket, K. I., reu rrom a:. rairicK-s Church steeple at Lowell, Mass., a distance ot 175 feet, and was Instantly killed. The sudden appearance of extreme heat In New York City resulted in the prostration of many persons. ' Jessie Sherwood, seventeen years old, of Waukegan, 111., Infatuated with a so Idler, donned a regular army uniform and attempted'to accompany her sweetheart to Cuba as a soldier. She was arrested. The Peruvian Government has ratified the resolutton of Congress, adopted on November 28 last, approving the extradition treaty with the United States. Along run of robberies oulmlnated in the murder of J. H. Patton, a young mine owner at Jopllu, Mo, ?or the past year men have been held up on the streets of Joplln by footpads and burglaries have been frequent. The Pennsylvania Railroad has arranged with New York banks to borrow $15,000,000 for a year or looser. Spinal meningitis caused by overexertion when riding a bicycle killed Charles Sissons, a boy of Franklin, N. H. The Governors of Missouri, Arkansas and Kansas extended au Invitation to the Boers to settle In these States if they decide to quit their native land. Mrs. Lena Anderson and her eight-yearold nleoe were burned to death at Omaha, Neb., as a result of using gasoline to start a Are. Secretary Boot has authorized the erection of the Fifth Army Corp* monument at Frederlcksbnrg, Va. Prlvato Franklin P. Pierce of Company C, Fifteenth Infantry, killed himself at Plattsburg, N. Y., by turning on the gas In a room in the cellar of the barracks. No cause for the suicide is given. The rise In the cost of building materials and in the wages of labor has led to the suspension of work on thirty Government buildings which are In various 8tagesy i5r erection in different part* of the printed States. f J. P. Morgan A Co., ta Newy^tfork City, announced that they jvere organizing the American Bridge Oompany-^with a capital $70,001,000, said to Incjmde ninety per ^ nt. of all the brldge^/ooncerns in the R^^tate conyemffon of the Prohibition DQj/jctfare nominated Blchard M. KHj^ko^'tiheswold, for Governor. The MBMBHTcondemns tho army canteen. ^^^^^Herer at Janeaa, Alaska, named SB^^Krert asked to be 'hanged withand his request was complied Foreign. ^^H^^Vsreat sums subscribed and expe^^^^^Hdla, tho famine still spreads. O^^^^^Bbe creation of the paper syndic?^^^^B?w9paper publishers In German^^^^^^fereed to ereot a paper mil! thom^^nm The^^HHan vessel Johannes, Captain AnderJW^flW11 Tonsberg, Norway, foi Canada, has bepQ wrecked off the Island o( Oesel, in the Of her crew of twenty-nine only tw?^ve were saved. Greece has deflded t0 settle the controversy with Turkey by aQ appeal to outside Powers for arbltqa'l?n* The United S?fte3 Minister at seoui. Korea, ia trying tq obtain Rold mining concessions on behalf\0* an America^. The Nationalist? won a subatantlai victory la the muntclpiP1 olectiona at Paris. The plagao ca?es Port Said have numbered twenty in all,!0* which thirteen have been fatal. | VI'*' The automobiles tfhlch took part In the 1000-mile trial from London to Edlnbuigh and return arrived Id London. The tour was a great success. . The Japanese Govet^snt Is taking vigosous measures to rastrict emigration to America, which has recently been aasumlng alarming proportions. The importatiou ol cMtlo from tbe Argentine Republic has^eeo prohibited by the Chilean Government on account of the provalence of slckne^ among the herds tbere. \ The Peel antiqultipi. sold In London, brought about $317,(1'', two portraits by, Van Dyck of a Gene*'? Senator and his wife selling for ovor $^K),000. General Gatacro has iarrived In England from South Africa, hli coming being unn Man of anv kind. tuatavw wj u uv4UVUMk?M?? . Tlie lighthouso at Doifaffbadee, a town on til? Irl9h Channel, flear Belfast, ha.' been destroyed by lire. > ' The bubonic plague is generally showing a material decline throughout India. Lord Salisbury in a speech at the Prim rose League banquet in Lcfn<ion uttered i warning of the perils thut> tlireattm Eng laud, and made acrid remur'Ji3 about Irist Home Rule. 1 China's proposed recall ol\ Minister Wi Ting Fang from the United St^to3 is stoutly opposed by Viceroy Li Hun J Chang. Having refused to let his th^oea-}'6" old son take'a journey, Peter M)Pntyra wa; allot dftad Toronfn Ont. hv H1? N \ V t THE FALL OF IROOSSTAD British Troops Enter the Town Unopposed by the Bozrs. 'MANY FREE STATERS GO HOWL j General Roberts Reports the Occupation of Kroonstad?He Says Free Staters Accuse the Transranlers of Desertion After Making Use of Them?Boers Re tire Before Overwhelming; Forces. London (By Cable).?General Roberta entered Kroonstad, which was supposed to be the strongest position of the Boers In the Orange Free State, having 'consumed only eight days In the 120-mile march from Bloemfontein to tfrat place. With the oc? cupation of Kroonstad, one-half of the distance from Bloemfontein to Pretoria has been covered. Following Is General Roberts's dispatch announcing the occupation of the place: "Kboonstad.?I entered Kroonstad at 1.30 Saturday without opposition, when the Vnlon Jaok was hoisted amidst cheers from tMe few British residents. "President Steyn fled Friday evening, after vainly endeavoring to persuade the Burghers to continue opposing us. "The Transvaalers said they would no longer fight on Orange Free State soil, and made ofT for the Vaal River. "Free Staters accused the Transvaalers of having made use of them and then deserting. Many of the Free Staters have gone to their homes. "The procession entering the town was beaded by my bodyguard, all of wtiom were Colonials, and after my staff and foreign officers came the North Somerset Imperial Yeomanry, followed by Pole-Carew's dlvl-i slon, consisting or the guards and theEightteenth Brigade Naval?, the Eighty-third, Eight y-fourtli and Eighty-fifth Catteries, two five inch guns mannod by the Boyai Artillery Company and the Twelfth Engineers. The rest of the force enoamped around the "Before leaving Kroonstad President Steyn issued a procla" mation, making LIndgen. ohebmsidk ley the seat of Government of the Free State. "Generals Botha and De Wet accompanied the Transvaalers." The correspondent of the Dally Telegraph say?: "The Union Jaok was hoisted in the market place by Mrs. Loekhead, the American wife of a Scotchman. Most of the horses of the Boers are In a wretched condition, but President Kruger declares lie will continue the war." General Roberts, after a march which 19 regarded as worthy of being ranked with his famous march to Kandahar, bas thus covered another stage of his campaign, a stage whicb, although successful and with* out the mistakes and misfortunes that characterized the earlier stages, leaves the Boer forces quite intact, not having lo3t a gun and having lost very few men. Experience has taught the crities to be chary of accepting reports of Boer demoralization. The Times says: "Thesigas point to military breakdown on the part of the Boers, but, after experience of the past, weoannot accept the re?orts of demoralization without reserve, he game of war must be strictly played out to the end." The only point In the Free State where the Boers seem In any force except at General Roberts's front, is on the southeast, where Generals Rundle, Chermslde and Brabant are holding them in cheok west of Flcfesburg and Ladybrand and are gradually pushing them back, as well as effectually defeating all their efforts to Jsreak through and threaten General Roberts's communications. Pretoria advices via Lorenzo Marques state that the Boers' supply of smokeless powder Is exhausted and that all attempts to manufacture a fresh supply ba9 been unsuccessful. FIRE LEAVES MANY HOMELESS. Blaze Started by Boys Caates S125.000 Lota iu Camden, N. J. Camdex. N. J. (Special).?Fire which Broke out in the Farmers' Market House, at Fifth and Federal streets, destroyed tnal building, ten stores and about fifty dwolllng houses, causing a loss estimated at $125,000, and leaving homeless about 250 persons. These homeless people werel quartered In the armory building at the expense of the city. Boys, either accldentgjyj^/nr purposely, ?et lire to a^fgg^teof tarred lumber which hadj/been stored In the market house. Jfliey were playing there shortly before^Ij^ flre began. The flames spread mtuugu luo ^toaao-3uaft.au uiai^oi. hou^e ami communicated to a row of 9mall fcflfuses in the rear, at tbe same time eating 'ilieir way into Federal street and entering the old postofflce building adjoining, partly destroying It. The building had been abandoned by the Government only a few weeks ago. The chief of the Camden Fire Department early realized that the Are was beyond the control of His limited force, and the fire department of Philadelphia was called upon for assistance. Most of the sufferers were small property owners. Many of the occupants of the dwellings lost all their household effects. The losses are partly covered by insurance. SIBERIAN EXILE ABOLISHED. No More Kasslau Suspects to Be Sent There Without Judicial Inquiry. London (By Cable).?On the Initiative of the Czar, the Russian Council has unanimously passed the bill abolishing trans. port to Siberia and arbitrary exile without judioial inquiry. It absolutely abolished the transportation of cribninalEi in the mass ot cases, and* the construction of central prisons for their temporary reception will be hurried. What this means may be partly appreciated from a consideration of the fact that there are 300,000 exiles now in Siberia, half of them without having had a trial. Twothirds of these lead a nomadic life, preying on the country and suffering and inflicting violence and misery. The remainder have settled down to a struggle t o earn un honest livelihood. Hint of Russian Hostility. An Odessa paper saya Kussla would head the powers in "preventing violation of Turkish waters" by the United Stutes. Fighting on Leyte Island, Colonel Arthur Murray, ot the Fortythird Infantry, ha9 occupied Hllongos and Maasin, two large towns on the island of Leyte, P. I. Tbe insurgents offered considerable opposition, but were finally driven out with heavy loss. The Americans lost three wounded. Big Spurt In Kxport Trade. There is a tremendous spurt In tbo export trade again this spring, and the total volume lor the last nine months will pass the bHllbu>dollar mark. If the present rate is kept up the total (or the year* will exceed $1,800,000,000. Snapshots of the Boer War. A batch of Boer prisoners is expected at Colombo, Ceylon. Cecil Rhodes will join Sir Frederick Carrington'a force in Rhodesia. It announced that no more Boer prisoners will be sent to St. Helena. Qeneral Roberts now has a much larger mounted force than the entire Boer army. President K'ruger, in opening the session of the Volksrand, declared the two Republics were in a position to continue the war. Lord Roberts, in transmitting Qeneral French's report of his operations aronnd Colesburg, warmly praises the brilliant cayalry leader * ) ' ' : . / SEASON'S WORK IN A DAY. How Amish Farmers Helped One o) the Sect, Who is Sick. Sixty of Them Plowed the Lund and Planted the Seed For the Peter? helm Family. Reading, Penn. (Special).?The Peterjhelms own one of the flae farms la Lower I Berks County. About two months ago the head of the family was stricken with paralysis, and the attention which the Dther members of the family had to give to him prevented them giving any time to the cultivation of the farm this spring. Ihe Petershelms are'Amlsh people. The farmers in the neighborhood heard of the Petersheim troubles, and they determined to cultivate that farm in quick order. It is tin old-time custom among the Amlsh people to help one another as much as possible. Bo early In the morning, there was a striking parade down the Coaestoga Turnpike. The Amlsh farmers, with their two, three, and four horse teams loaded with farm implements, were going to thft .Tnhn Petersheim farm. Tbev had come from miles around, and they were determined to do tne season's farmwork Id a day. Thirteen plows were operated In one field. Maqy harrows were1, drawn across the flowed ground, and a large force of men who planted the seed followed. There were nineteen two and three-horse teams at work at onetime In a single field. By the evening the large farm was put in complete shape for producing this summer. Sixty men had been at work. All of them are more or less wealthy, and many jf them draw checks that the local banks would honor for thousands of dollars. The Amlsh people are a quaint religious seot who believe strictly in the Golden Rule. REPUBLICAN CONVENTIONS. A State Ticket and National Delegate*' Selected in Missouri. Kansas Citt, Mo. (Special).?The Republican State convention nominated the following State ticket by acclamation: Governor, Joseph Flory, St. Louis; Lieutenant* Governor, E. F. Allen, Kansas City; SeareOtoto V T. Pn.to.llaM anvlni* at J VI A_4? JJ. 4UIVU4UOJW, field; State Treasurer, W. F. Fleming, Webster Grove; Auditor, W. F. Bloebaum. 3t. Charles; Attorney-General, Samuel O'Fallon, Oregon; Railway and Warehouse Commissioner, C. C. Crouse, Pierce Oity. D. M. Houser, D. P. Dyep-, Jamea L.Minis and C. G. Burton weree'.ecteddelegateaat-large to the National Convention at Philadelphia. The platform Indorses President McKInley'a administration, opposes trusts, favors gold and recommends the re-election of Kerens as National Committeeman. KANSAS REPUBLICAN TICKET. JonTentlon Hake* Nominations and Indories the Administration. Topeea, Kan. (Special).?The Republican State Convention nominated the following cickdt with'unexpected unanimity: Governor, Wi'Bi;'Stanley; Lieutenant-Governor, The delegat'es-at-large to the Philadelphia Convention are M. A. Lowe, W. 8. Metcalf, A. C. Dubois, B. H.Tracy, E. W. Wellington and Frank Martin. The resolutions unqualifiedly indorse the KTnMnnnl n r> A A A mlnlnf.nftnna inj Liauuuai uuu uhuiu auLuiuisbiavivu? uuu pledge the delegates to support McKlnley. Washburn For Vice-President. Minneapolis, Minn. (Special).?The Republican State Convention indorsed former denator W. D. Washburn as a Vice-President candidate. The following were unanimously chosen as delegates-at-large: Senators Davis and Nelson, Thomas Lowry, of Minneapolis, and Samuel Lord of Kasson. The resolutions adopted Indorse the McKlnley Administration, favor wi9e legislation to control the trusts and a Constitutional amendment giving Congress full ?owers over trusts. The election of United tates Senators by direct vote of the people Is favored also. North Dakota For McKinley. Faeoo, N. D. (Special).?The Republican State Convention elected the following delegates to tlje National Convention: Senators Hansbrough and McCumber, R. . N. Stephens, 8tephen Collins, H. Holmes/ and H. C. Plumley. The resolutions Indorse McKWi "av fnrnr Republican money ana tarl&^poiicies, oppose trusts, favor expanstofi and praise th? soldiers of the recent,^^ ^WnDt Indorse* McKlnley* CjJSfireNNK, Wyo. (Speolal).?The Republlr<ffnStat? Convention nominated Frank W. Mondell for Cougress. -The delegates-atiargeto Philadelphia elected were: Senator P. E. Wesson, Senator 0. D. Clark, Representative Frank W. Mondell, Governor Deforest Richards. Colonel Jay L. Torrey and George H. Goble. The resolutions adopted favor the retenMon'of the Philippines and indorse the administration of President McKlnley. The delegates to the National Convention are Instructed for McKlnley. California Republican Dalegates. Sacramento,'Cal. (Special).?The Repub (lean State Convention elected U. a. Grant, Jr., George Pardee, George A. Knight ana N. D. Rldeout delegates-at-large to the National Republican Convention. ATHLETICS FOR A MURDERER. <ovel Method to Prevent Collapse of a Prisoner Awaiting Execution. Williamspoht, Penn. (Special).?8herlff Miller has taken an unusua^course to prevent murderer William Hummel from oreaking down while awaiting execution. Hummel is to be banged on June 5. Some time ago his appetite left him and the jail physician had" doubts of his living until the day of execution. Sheriff Miller accordingly arranged a system of exercise for the prisoner. Dally he jumps over a broomstick three feet from the floor, and occasionally he turns forward and backward handsprings and walks on his hands from one end of the corridor to the other. HumtueFs appetite has returned under this treatment and he <3 in good spirits. Congress Will Adjourn June It. Congress will adjourn Monday, June 11 This decision was reached at a conferenct of leaders of the Republican party in the Senate and the House. For National Rifle Clnbs In .England. The British War Office ha* asked the National Rifle Association to draft a plan f 01 national rifle clubs, as advocated by Lord Salisbury in his recent Bpeech. "Policy King" Kill* Himself. Charles G. Soper, the "policy king" oNew England, committed suicide at Bos ton rather than face the exposure threatened in the investigation of the police. Soper was one of two men who handled all of the lottery tickets in New England. He left property valued at $100,000, the bulk being iu real estate. Died Aged 105 Tear*. Henry Huffaker, aged 105, died seat Knoxville, Tenn., leaving a wife aged nine ty-lhree. They were married seventy-one years ago, and lived all that time In the same house without a move. Statues For West Point. , Bronze life-size statues of Grant, Sherl dan and Sherman will be placed in Cullurr Memorial Hall, at West Point, N. Y., If th?" fund which the professors of the Military Academy are trying to raise reaches the proportions they expflct. President McKlnley heads t?e subscriptions with $500 The Kentucky Now In the >ATy. Another new powerful battleship added to the navy, when the K^QCky sister o( the Kearsargo, the only wtwhlpf in the world with, superimposed turrets was placed in commission at theshipyarc at Newport News, Va. Captain Colby W Chester Is her commander . JfC JP-. ARRIVAL CF BOER ENVOYS, j Enthusiastic Reception For thePeasa j Delegates at New York City. Would Like to Have the United States Arbitrate the Contentions Between England and tiie Transvaal. New Yobk City (Special).?Amid tremendous cheers the Holland-American liner Maasdam, bearing the Boer Peace Envoys to the United States, swung into ! her Hoboken 9lip after a voyage crt twelve | days from Rotterdam. A reception com mlttee numbering 200 met the vessel, and while flag3 waved, bands played and en;husiasts oheered the envoys, Messrs. Abraham Flacber, J. M. A. Wolmaraug and C. H. Wessells, were escorted to carriages and Drought over to this city. The envoys were eager to hear the latest Qews from the war. When told of the reverses to their arms and f the advances - made-by KL \ General ' Roberts they umu 1 merely shrugged their Xm <55* 1(9 shoulders. "8uoh news," ^ ta said Mr, Ftfcc&er, "does vftfi' 'yfl not disconcert us la the "We read these dlaf \ ^BBBpr,Patotl qs between the Hues; f \CS \ besides, what difference I wLVdoes one or a dozen reV verses mean to us?- We 2*^ never propose to stop > \ fighting, until we hat< i. at. k. woLMi- gained what we are fight*, bans. lDg f0ri<rar independence.'1 The delegates were reticent concerning thfiir nlnna. "W? norm/if snv nvfhlnn which may hinder our cause. We should Ilka to have the Government arbitrate with England, and undoubtedly we shall go.tc Washington and try to have audleatiewlth/ President McKinley. If we oannot ] the Government to do what w<r like \ shall try to arouse the people so tb*?iho}^ will compel the Government to recogntee us in that way." - \ r The men who compose thft. Bo^r peabe' commission are all of about the middle age. J. M. A. Wolmurans Is & son-otone Of the representatives of the Transvaal State at the convention lu 1852, when England recognized the independence otthe republic. Mr. Wolmarans was a district com* mander of the Burgher force In 1881. He was a member of the Ezecntlve Council of the South African Republic until lie was appointed a peace envoy. Abraham Fischer was born in Cape Col* ony, educated in England and graduated there as barrlster-at-law. . Subsequently he took a full course In Dutch law f in Holland. He practised f JPRrI in Cape Colony and later "Kg? removed to Bloemfontelu, sffim where he gained the complete confidence of the uoers. lie represented Mrfitnw / > one of tbe election dig- JBt&mjf J trlcts and Anally became a mK^SP^-3 member of tbe Executive M Council of the Orange Free C. H. Wesselfl was born ' ' ~~$WAfc ; In tbe Orange Freo State^***4*'*?0???~ and educated at Gray College, Btoem-? r fonteln. For the last sixteen years he has represented one of the border election districts close to Elmberley., He served long as a member of the Executive Council until he was elected chairman ol the Orange Free State Votksraad. He is a director of the National Bank: of the Orange Free State, and haa served on every important commission lu the Republic. SENATOR CLARK RESIGNS. Bat Hli Appointment to the Vacancy in the Senate is Announced. Washington, D. C. (Special).?William A. Clark^ of Montana, claiming to be a member of the United States Senate until Tuesday afternoon, anticipated the taking nn rtf fha rnartlntlnn Hanlorlnff hfm nrtf1 la. .up \JK bUW iwgv/iuhiuu UVUiUklUg UllU UVb IW gaily elected and not entitled to his seat, and In a speech In which he tearfully reviewed the evidence upon which hewaa declared disqualified for signed, reading the leUfcglfW&slgnation sent by him nn le^Tn fhn Governor of Montana, Bv^y^tlon of 8enator Frye, the President pro tempore, the name of Mr. Olark j&fas thereupon struok from the roll of the 8enate and he became completely disconnected from the body. The closeness of Clark's connection In getting his lecter of resignation to Helena and receiving an appointment In four days is considered an extraordinary feat In swift politics. Clark Named to Succeed Hitnielf. Helena, Mod. * (Special).?LieutenantGovernor Sprlgga has announced that he had appointed William A. Clark, ot Butte to the vacancy caused by his reslgnatlot from the United States. Senate. Governoi oumu, wuo is 11 umcr \jiai* and who bad refused to appoint him in the event of hLs resignation, was in California, Lieutenant-Governor Sprlggs Is a warm supporter of Clark, and tills coup o( the Clark forces against the Daly element baa created a great sensation throughout the State. REMEDY FOR TRUST EVIL Committee Report* Conitltotional Amend me lit to tlie Hoaie. ;,-t-v, Washinotok, D. C. (Special).?The'taut questlou led to an animated discussion in the House Committee on Judiciary, a Constitutional amendment finally being adopted by a party vote giving Congress power to define, regulate, control, prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies, or combinations, whether in the fo rm of. a corporation or otherwise. The Constitutional amendment as reported to the House proposes the followlug as Article XVI. of th^iConstitutlon: SarHod 1. All nmvers 'conferred bv this article shall extend to the several States, the Territories, the District of Columbia, and all territory under the sovereignty and subject to the jurisdiction of the United 8tates. Section 2. Congress shall have power to define, regulate, control, prohibit, or dissolve trusts, monopolies, or combinations, whether existing in the form ol a corporation or otherwise. , The several States may continue to exercise such power in any manner not in conflict with the laws of tbe United States. Section3. Congress shall have power to enforce the provisions of this article bv appropriate legislation. Forty Italian* Drown?d. A collision occurred between two boats on Lake Vlco, Italy, as th$y wesfereturningfrom a religious fete loftd^^rlth passengers. About forty persons were drowned. Thirteen were resou^; Fonr Men Shot In St. Log^" Four men were shot during enjgj&ntars doe to the efforts of the transit'company to move Its cars In St. Louis, Mo. Two of the victims were wounded white ir mob was attackingoars mailed by police and the other two ft6r?$hot, it is charged, by members of the crew of the company's repair wagon. Oue ^uan was fatally hurt. ? . i Mother and Fonr Children Killed. ' ?' . Mrs. Thomas Mo3er and her four children wore foiind with'their throats cut in their home in Freemont. 111. Moser is. missing. ' ' ' Newsy Gleaainss. , Many of the exhibits at the Paris Exposition are not yet in place. A successful telephone Is in operation between Plti a^d Agana, Guam. It is reported that the German Government will establish lb embassy at the Vatican. y > ' A printers' exhibition is to be held at Gothenburg, Sweden, from July 15 to 8ep;tember 1. Tne Daughters of the Coafederacy of Alabama will bay the old Jefferson David home, at Montgomery g The dummy clock placed on Indepe^^l dence Hall in Philadelphia is to be moved. It was the subject of much adveflfl criticism, Hi M * ; v fry . ;.?r^ f: ' V.yV:?"lC'* TOWERMAN'S FATAL SLEEP Wrnnff ^irrnol rsv.carl F"rolrrl-? + TnllH O VUWkJWVA t to Collide in Philadelphia. Wreckage Caught Fire and Ensrlncer aud Fireman Were Killed?Totveruiau Oavu Hhuaelf Up. Philadelphia (Special). ? Through th? legligence of a towerman, who lay asleep it his post, a disastrous aud fatal freight :rain wreck occurred here in a tunnel of :he Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. An engineer and fireman were killed, and five inknown tramps were found dead in the arreck. The property loss Is estimated at 1185,000. The man who was responsible for the ac5ldent, Frank Lamtell, surrendered himaolf :o 0. 0. O. Bent, a superintendent in the smploy of the Baltimore and Ohio, and is low under arrest. The knowD dead are G-eorge Laub, engln?er, and George Hlnohman, fireman, both ?f this city. Their bodies aud those of the :ramps were burled beneath the wrecked sars. About thirty firemen of the city fire lepartment were burned or overcome by immlilla rtr?hHnn? t" h a flaniaa Vnnc nf JUiUftO JJ U4IW UIJUHUQ auv UWUivg. *1VUV VI :bem, however, was seriously injured. The tunnel runs under Twenty-fifth itreet from Callowhill street to Fairmount Park, a distance of 2300 feet. It Is semicircular, and the tracks are up erade from :heCallowhlll street entrance. Every night ft'train known as the New York freight express leaves here for New York City. On tke night of the accident the train was made up In fwo sections, the first section containing forty-three cars. When It reached the tunnel the engine was unable to" ppli Jt up the grade and seventeen cars were detached and left standing about midway In the tunnel, while the others .were arawn through. It was the duty oi Towarman Lamtell to set a red signal on fee semlpaore at ttxe oauowniu street en- , Jtanee to the tunnel. Being asleep, as lie ?dmU8i he failed to do this, leaving the irljJte light In Tleir, . . ; At 11.30 o'clock the second section of the freight, .comprising 'thirty-eight oars, approached at-the rate of, thirty miles an lour; ^Engineer Laub, seeing the white signal, gave the,locomotive extra speed lu :rder to. carry the train op the grade. The rapidly moving train cplflded with the standing oars in* the tunnel with terrific !otce. , ; v ; lire Immediately broke out, and three )ll\ card&eiujh containing iOOO gallons of Ml/?expllw?a. Boon the wreckage was a nass of flames. Tile fixe department was sailed out. Owing to the heat and smoke i&d Koseooa air ,ln;.:the tunnel, the firemen jould entdr <iti*'-$nti&el pniy ^ .short distance wlthou^-betng overcome.. Hftles were lug In the gtt&tf.to make venfca and the roof ofth? tilSewaa blwted.-: dhortly collision I&mtell dlsapreared an<S8ti($d cot be foand until be jave hlmsiemH?^When questioned he said: "I .dfdIpjffnjf; the' Wj?lte signal ren\o(nailI^Rt4lfa?''f*ifA nrtf Irnnmr t>?it If nrua jiiiiuvu lUjyiAyif'A uv Atv|k ?u?vnf vut u wao -.hare, andthe train wentthrpugh as usual. ^I-Jru'ara&p oridoz I n g.M&wh y I cauwtsay, rttetot tWtfI lwt.. njysell overjraflffd; bufl am randy tostand the ceulu'rtjf and take what comes to me. I have ' ' ' w-~-? ?? 01#. PARIS PAVILION OPEN. , * k: > ? ~ Brflat Crowd Around th? Building: Dar' *** '' C?Mmoale?. . Plus (By Cable).^li?re.Tra8 a brilllanf gatherlngat the formal opening ol :he Amojrfoaa, pavilion oa the Exposition jrounds^tyeairly all , the leading. Amerl;ans now in Paris were present and took part& the 8X?rolse3. The building wa$ jayijrdecorated and the Stars and Stripes wer^rerymuch in erlcjence. j ^dttsa^s band playied a selection of American airs. Theu Mr. Ferdinand W. Peck, Commissloner-Genaial of the United States toth^yion'-preaented to 4L :he Exposition oommemoratlve token In the shape of a' gold key with a medal.pen- ' dant. Tije key symbolize* thefreedom of * th?Myittonand the Amarioin ErodittlooT ;!0nt^?6p?e. .Ij^r The saw the Inauguration of i numbar.o?, foreign payiiions, including :L<weo?^pa^'^^gta^, Sweden, Japan PecnlUr Onth^f Boy From a Prank Played o^fflBKjn Cranapg't Shipyard. PHiLADEiJfii^r<8peclal).?One of the most peculiar^#*.brutal homicide eases :oat ever cam$MMp.:the Coroner of this :ity 19 that of. jtj&K^&phW.' OHjtt&aRQD, a boy, who was fotlltf ^ttfwff^^tfroODd . Is Grain pa's shipyard |gfc?nse pal a He was taken tarjJgjSi B^B[osplt&K tLat some boys atjlp* out with, pal a at lot him lie upoa tlie ground aa<M|iia,-aw(iy. The boy died In excruciating-any. - The dpotors say that It is the flrstette ' .he kind they have had. Joseph Currier, sIxtMa.^J^CS old, wis committed to prison ctftttu^KsltarfmDe? ing partly responsible: wKSj^ Donnegap. Currier aaidfllyjvWat "awocely skyiarklng with Donneg&a, .end had no vicious Intent. V" "wB? ? / ' l<* Punlftlied For Utlng Hon* With Glanders Christian Eltert was convioted in the Court of Special Sessions la Netj lork City of having allowed a horse whloh he owned and which was suffering from the glanders to be In the streets. He waa sentenced to three months in the penitentiary. John Hist, the driver, was fined $50., The extreme penalty for this offence la one year in the penitentiary or a $840 fine, or both. Glanders has been quite prevalent among the horses of the city. It (B an Incurable lisease, and not only contagion, but infectious. 'ffiSrrr^ Boer Women O gilt. I A Boer woman has telegfa#to?d to President Erugor at Pretoria kfciilr^he was prepared to lead a body of -wdmen to defend the independence of the Republic If he thought the time for such action had arrived. Field Work Far Women. Gustavo Schwartz, a {abater,. who lives ten miles northwest of Bavenwood, III., has hired Mary PhennJif to, work on Ills farm. This Is the thit^f woman within a month who has accepted'wohk Ou farms in Illinois. Inquiry at theState Employment Agencies shows that there bavetoefrv man j applications from women ?I forefgiy blrt b who desire to take sorvlde- In the countrj districts as nssistauts oa farms, aot to dc housework, but to labdr la the aeids. Flffy Thousand Ashanteea Oppoae Britl?Ii The Ashantees, with fifty ttiousauJ warriors, are trying to throw off the Brit lsh'yoke. The Labor World. The granite polishers ia Barre, V:. ailUVJIV IKJl UU SlQllfuuufc Building operations in East St. Louis 111., are at a standstill and 1000 meu aro out Eleven hundred woodworkers In Minno apolls, Minn., struck for an increase In wages. Six hundred men employed in the zinc factory at La Salle, III., have struck foi an advance in wage?. The working population of New York City is estimated at about 1,700,030, in o total of 3,000,000 persons. fcTnlon graulte cutters In Cleveland, O. Hre grauted their demand for an eight Kir day aud twenty per cent, increasi ' may. lj ===== I CURIOUS FACTS. ' At the battle of Hastings (A. D. 10G6), the weapons being swords and battle 4 axes, 500 fell fatally woanded oat of every 1000 soldiers. The difference between the tallest and shortest races in the world is 1 foot 4? inches, and the average height is 5 feet 5i inches. On November 8, 1839, Sydney, in the colony of New South Waleit, was for a time overwhelmed with red dust, and presently a light shower of red rain fell. Of coarse the Government astronomer was immediately interviewed for Dublication. "In the early days of Rome," lie said, "this redraiD was regarded as a terrible thing. I find that there are only sixty-nine cases of red rain recorded. The first historio instance occurred fourteen years after the foundation of Rome, in 738 B. C." Vsi The autopsy held by Coroner's Physician Morton on the body of James H. Coleman in Philadelphia, revealed a most peculiar anatomical construo- M, tion, so far as the internal organs are concerned, for they are located on the opposite side from where they are situated in other human beings. Dr. Morton said that it was a most re- '.2 markable case. Coleman's heart is on the right side, his liver is on the left, > his spleen is on the right, and that j part of his stomach that should be on J the left side is on the right. The ,#g organs thus situated on the reverse vj?| a i /I ft /\f trrVi ft*?ft ^V? o^ftn M V\ a mA?A AI VnM B1UU Vl i,uuu,u uo "DAO w? the normal size, the physioian said, ex- vijffl oept thatthe liver was somewhat large. He was thirty-six years old, of medium ->$5 height, married, and the father of af family. / It may be difficult to believe in the v$ existence of a lake of sulphuric acid, bat there is snch a lake in the centre of Sulphur Island, off New Zealand, It is fifty acres in extont, about twelve feet in depth and fifteen foet above the level of the sea. The most remarkable characteristic of this lake, however, is that the water contains vast quantities ol hydrochlorio and w sulphuric acids, hissing and bubbling . pt a temperature of 110 degrees -/Jj Fahrenheit. The dark green colored water looks particularly uninviting. Deuse clouds of sulphuric fumes constantly roll off this boiling caldron. and care has to be exercised in approaching this lake to avoid the risk of suffocation. .. - , A rare nervous disease is being investigated by the French Academy of * . Medicine, to whioh the present oase has been reported by Dr. Marinesco, of Bucharest. The patient, a youug Roumanian, is given to what is known among saints as "mirror-writing." That is, the letters whioh he naturally forms with his pen are all written backward, eo that they appear in their ^ proper arrangement only when refleeted in a mirror. 'The hands of the , patient when unoccupied are affecte<^F, with a nervous trembling which eraiiy ceases wneu tney ar&**w?nto a definite 'purpose. typewriting is perfectly aocar^i^lSiicKt appears impoa- 4 Bible fMJl^aufferer to do any other kind^'Although cases of partial mirfo^writing have boen observed before, the present is said to be by far the most perfect. ? The Origin of Confectionery. I "' The modern confectionery bnsinesa is a very large one, and it is of old ? standing. If we wished to trace it to "j its origin we might have to go baote J not far short of five hundred years. : It is about five centuries since sugar was first imported into this country, and it is probably not much less than that since "confections" began to be "?; concocted. They first appeared in a -ft medical form. Apothecaries, whose $ potions were at one time very generally supposed to be efficacious just in proportion as they were horribly nasty, took to the newly imported sugar as a means of mitigating the nauseousness of their doses. They mixed their drugs with it and coated their boluses. That seems to have- been the origin of the flyrups and medicated candies, the cough drops and lozenges of one sort and another that are now so largely in demand. They were originally concocted by the. doctors, and for many long years all sorts of "lollipops" were medicinal only. Sugar irte too dear and the generality of _ i. _ _ A. m people were 100 poor ro permit 01 its being eaten for its own sake alone and & a-mere luxury. Somewhere about a couple of centuries ago, however, there began to appear a. new development* of the apothecary's art. "Confections" began to be made more or less apart from any medicinal purpose, and merely because peQple liked them. The confectioner's business began to evolve as an offshoot from the profession of the apothecary, nnd eventually became altogether a separate thing, thnriorh +.li? pnmmnn nritrin nf f.Vifl twn is still indicated by the syrups and pastilles and troches prescribed by the doctors, and the "drops" and lozenges and other things sold among the sweet stnff of the confectioner.? Chambers's Journal. The Best Policy Pat to the Test. A certain woman, who is fond ol seeing her smart frocks described in the.."iooiety columns," advertised for 1 a sferrAftt the other day. Among the applicants was a neat, prepossessing young person, armed with references. Among the former employers whose names she gave was Mmo. O'Flnherty, the modiste, for whom she had worked as "confidential maid." The woman of many frocks sent a note to the great gown builder, in which she said: "la Suzanne Binet, who says she hais been in your employ, honest?'^ Mme. O'Flaherty's reply was brief and tc the point: "Suzanne was in my em IJiujr; IU uer uuuefJij JL am nub uer* tain. I have sent her to you with my bill half a dozen times, but she has never yet given nie the money."?New York Commercial Advertiser. "^Presidents AVho Were Masons. Seven Presidents of the United , States were members of the Masonic j fraternity?Washington, Jackson, < Polk, Buchanan, Johnson, Garfield anil McKinley. Washington was Master of his lodge at Alexandria, Va., Jackson was at one time Grand Mas^ ter of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee, and Buchanan was Deputy Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania. f ill . .M