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OBUSHTO SEE THE CASKET j
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fmmense Throng at the Funeral or
Eccentric Mrs. Hiller,
THE OCCASION MADE A HOLIDAY.
fortlin; and Curious Mob at the House.
Cliurch and Cemetery at Wilmington,
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j*l 11 !*??.? .10 V 01UU1U?IIM _
> Those in Attendance?Floral Pieces
Picked to Kits?.Liingliter at tlie Grave.
Boston (Special).?The burial of Frances
tL'ller, the "Lady of tho Caskets," at WI1afngton,
had nono of the solemnity or a
funeral about it. Oa the contrary, it was
in many respects like a country circusTen
tnousand people throngod the village,
irampled over tho lawns, pushed Into the
house, plucked the flowers, laughed and
ometimes even jeered at the evidenoes of
death.
From 3 o'clock in the afternoon, when
^ the "lying in state" betjan, until 9 o'clook
t night, not less than four thousand curlon?
folk passed by the casket and commented
ou the magnificent white satin
gown, with its many yards of lace, in which
Its occupnut was laid out. The flowers in
her hair, the jewelry upon her Angers, the
gorgeous casket itself, all were subjects of
talk as though they had been parts of a
bride's dross at a wedding.
The only solemn thing about the ceremony
was the service at St. Thomas's Catholic
Churoh. From this the curious were
nnH T.ithers Mahoney and Ryan
performed their offices with proper spirit.
It was 10 o'clock a. m. before the huge
catafalque hove in sight along the Woburn
road.leading to the house. So high was
the sombre thing that the trees along the
roadside has covered It with leaves and
blossoms aud dust, so that the cleaning
away of these was the first duty. While it
was being backed up to the piazza amateur
photographers, who had before pointed
their cameras into the dead woman's face,
aimed thoir instruments at the spectacle
and the multitude which swarmed about
like flies. v
It was considerably after 10 o'clock whea
tbecasket,weighing700 pounds,was hauled
to the window, the door not being wide
onough, and rolled to the roof of the catafalque.
The wide-mouthed throug watched
the husband and other relatives and appointed
persons All nine hacks, and then
followed them to the cemetery.
The top of tho tomb had been shovelled
awav, leaving in sight the wonderful marble
and metal sarcophagus In which Dr.
HiJlor was laid twelve years ago. Fool?
iflhly curious old ladles jammed themselves
into the uutraDce to the tomb and
were trodden upon. Near the cemetery
some enterprising small boys had established
a lemonade stand and did a big
business.
Tfae Hlller mausoleum is directly at ;the
left of tho main entrance to the cemetery,
and the mound was covered with people
massed so closely together that approach
was only possible by the aid of the police.
The outer casket, intended for Mrs. Hlller,
bad been drawn out upon the grass, and in
spite of all tne police could do the rello
banter had got in his deally work on the
earved cherubs and other figures.
The ceremony consisted of prayer and
the sprinkling of holy water, brought in a
silver bowl. The lunor casket was then
placed in the outor and the lid adjusted.
Bv the aid of rollers, tbe casket was then
dragged up the mound to the tomb and
placed beside that ot Dr. Hitler, the canopy
pot in place and the brass legs wrapped in
e)oth and laid upon the caslcets. The floral
pieces were placod upon the monad and the
police spent the day lu guarding them froip
the vandals.
UNRULY MEN ON THE TEXAS.
Klslit Sentenced From Six to Eighteen
Months' Imprisonment.
Washington, D. C. (8peclal).?Judge Ad?
vocate General Lemly has received the records
of the court-martial which tried eleven
of the sailors of the Texas on charges et j
"striking a person lu the nary" and
"conduot to the prejudice of good ordei
and discipline." James Faney, coxswain;
John Romayne, ordinary seaman, and
William McCullougli, apprentice, were acquitted,
and F. L. Mclntyre and Charles
P. Burke, landsmen; Michael Byrnes and
Josoph G. Murphy, apprentices; Homer E.
KHurld an<l Alfred Seimefer, seamen, and
Thomas Crouin and Willfam H. O'Neill,
coal passers, wore couvicted. Those convicted
were sentenced to Imprisonment for
terms ranging from six to eighteen months,
and will be confined in the naval prison at
Boston.
Secretary Long and Judge AdvocateGeneral
Lemly join in the statement that
there was nothing approaching mutiny
aboard the Texas. The affair grew out of
tbe effort of tho master-at-arms to arrest a
drunken sailor at urassey uay, uermuaa, |
several weeks ago. The men convicted
endeavored to free the prisoner from the
master-at-arms and a marine sergeant,
and in the souffle the former was cut about
the head.
TWENTY.TWO KILLED IN A MINE
tamp Cannes an Explosion at Cumnock,
N. C.?Twelve of the Men Were Nocoes.
Raleioh, N. C. (8pecial).?Cumnock,
thirty miles from here, was the scene of an
explosion in the coal mines. Twenty-two
men, ten of whom are white and. twelve
negroes, lost tneir lives. The explosion is
supposed to have been caused by a lamp.
The accident was iu what is known as the
aast headtacr. Between forty and fifty men
were in the mine at the time. F;*e were
brought out alive from the wast heading,
while none of the men in the other parts of
tke mine was injured.
The names of the whites killed nre J oho
Connelly, mine superintendent; Joe Glass,
William Tysson, James McCarthy, John
Hankey, Westly Clegg, John Wlllett, John
Gattewood, Robert Gattewood.
Within an hour after the explosion the
work of rescue began, and by night all the
bodies except one had been brought to the
top. John Connelly, the mine superintendent,
came hero about three years ago
from Pittsburg, Penn. This is the second
explosion this mine has had within four
years, the former one having occurred on
December 23, 1395, when sixty-three men
lost their lives.
For the Reduction of War Taxes.
The House of Representatives at WashJnston
adopted the resolution to allow
the ComruiUee on Ways and Means
to sit during the rocess of Congress for the
purpose of framing a blU for the reduction
of the war revenues.
Fortune in an Oyster Bed.
An oysteruria of Koyport, N. J., han
found a fortune of 513,000 in a bed of nat
nrai seea oysters in uuruaa Bay, near rue
East Poiut Buoy. Already nearly 30,000
bushels of oysters have been taken out
averaging fifty-live coats a bushel.
Plague Kill* White Man at Manila.
The first death of a white man from
bubonic plapu j at Manila occurred a few
days ago. The victim wa9 a Government
teamster. Seren natives have died since
the outbreak of Iho phigue at Quaipo
Market.
Prominent People.
The Khcdivo of Egypt hopes to visil
America next year.
Emperor William, of Germany, has promoted
hi:n3eif to be Field Marshal General.
Representative Small, of North Carolina,
is devoting himself to the study of fishes,
Tho University of Cambridge has conferred
the degree of LL.D. on King Oscai
of Sweden. '
Henry Clews is reported as saying that
he considers Mrs. Hetty Green as the equal
of Russell Sage in conducting a business
transaction.
"Torn" Watson, of Georgia, has annonnced
that he i3 out of politics for good.
It Is said that his law practice nets him
20,000 a vear. 4
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NEW DEMAND ON TURKEY
A Much Stronger Note Presented by
This Government.
The Administration Shows Its Deter.
minntion to Collect Indemnity Through
Insular Diplomatic Channels.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The latest
deaiftal oa the Porto is calculated to
dispel the iast lingering doubt of that sublime
body a3 to the inexorable determination
of tnis Government that the promised
indemnity of 3103,030 must be paid above
board through the recognized diplomatic
channels. Mr. Griscom had no discretion
to permit the Turkish officials to remain
any longer under the delusion that It was
merely the money we wantod aud that wo
3bould be willing to shut our eye3 while
the amount passed between a shipbuilder
and the missionary agency.
In the month that has passod since the
demand was urged the Turkish Government
has displayed considerable ingenuity
in Its efforts to extricate Itself from a
fossible rujrture witn the United States,
he engineer-in-chlof of the Ottoman navy
has arrived in this country to be on hand
in case It is found necessary to make
contracts for extensive repairs on Turkish
warships at the Cramp shipyard.
Charles H. Cramp has called on Secretary
Hay and present documentary proof of
Ahmed Pacha's ability and readiness to
pay $100,030 indemnity to the missionaries.
As understood here, the Turkish naval administration
wanted the Cramps to do a
round million dollars' worth of repairs on
a few old ironclads of the Bosporus fleet,
with a retiinlug fee ol ten per oent, to ap?
fha m (aul rm art as at the outset.
This Indirect assurance of Turkey's recognition
of the indebtedness and the requirement
of promptness in its settlement,
while gratifying in some degree to the
3tate Department, In view of its proof that
the Turks at last were aotually moving In
the matter, was not regarded as offering a
solution which a great nation could with
dignity and self-respect adopt. Mr. Grisoom
has therefore hastened to disabuse the
mind or the Porte, with the chances that
an ultimatum on the subject may yet be
avoided.
In the meantime it is hoped that the refusal
by the Government of Mr. Cramp's
good offices will not deter the Turkish
naval authorities from having their wardships
restored on this side of the Atlantic,
where it oan be done better and oheaper
than anywhere else In the world.
Note Preiented By Mr. Griscom.
Constantinople, Turkey (By Cable).?
The United States Legation having vainly
waited four weeks for a reply to the noto
of April 24 regarding the American Indemnity
claims, Lloyd C. Griscom, United
States Charge d'Affalres has handed to
Tewflk Pacha, Minister of Foreign Affairs,
a new note couched in more preoise terms
and insisting upon a prompt settlement.
The note produced a great Impression, as
the Porte thought the matter postponed, If
oKon^AnAfl
LYNCHINC AT PUEBLO, COL'
Mob Hangs s Negro Who Had Hilled
Two Young Ulrla.
Pueblo, Ool. (Speoial).?Five mlnutee
after Calvin Klmblern, the colored mur
derer, reached Pueblo from Denver, where
he was captured, his almost naked corpse
was being dragged through the streets by
as many men aa con Id lay hands on a rope
around hla neok, followed by a howling
mob of at leMt 3000 people. The six. offloers
In charge of tte prisoner made no attempt
to resist the mob.
As the train pulled into the Eighth Street
Station, Klmblern was pushed oat of tho
front end of the smoking oar and Into the
hands of the mob. A noose was cast around
bis neck. Many -hands at onoe seized it.
Eimblern made bnt slight resistance.
Heavy steel manacles boand bis wrists, nnd
he was helpless. He was dragged, fuce
downward, over the railroad tracks. The
nodse was tightened about his neok, and
he was undoubtedly dead before he was
hanged to a telegraph pole two blocks from
the station. Twloe the rope broke after
the body had been hauled up, but the third
attempt at hanging was successful.
Mayor We3t exhorted the mob, which
inoluded some women, to disperse, but
long after the hanging many In the crowd,
both boys and young men, danced about
the remains. It was finally taken to the
morgue.
On the journey from Denver Klmblern
was fully aware 01 tuo luut anui??
him here, but he retained his composure
and smoked or slept muoh of the time.
Kimblern assaulted and murdered two
young girls at the orphan asylum. He
also tried to kill his wife.
OARING WESTERN GIRL.
"Buffalo" Jone?'? Daughter Capturei
Alive a Kocky Mountain Lamb.
Qiebondalk, Col. (Special).?MIs3 Olive
Jones has, by a daring exploit, captured
alive the first of the six Rooky Mountain
sheep to be sent to the Smithsonian Institute.
The animal is only a few weeks old
and was caught in the mountains near
Bedstone. The girl saw the mother hldt
the young one on a precipitous ledge.
"Buffalo" Jones tied a rope under his
daughter's armB, swung her. over the
brink of the cliff and lowered her to the
ledge below. Then with the lamb in her
Arms, the girl was pulled baok to the top.
Jones is working for the Government' and
has a special permit from the State o!
Colorado.
Shot Dead by Oar Strikers.
The sixteenth day of the street oar strike
at St. Louis, Mo., was marked by renewed
riotiDg, resulting in one death and several
mora oasualties. Duncan K. MaoRae, a
special policeman, was shot througb the
lungs, dying a tew minutes later while bein#
taicen to the dispensary in an ambnlanoe.
MacRae wa3 on the front platform
of the car to guard the raotorman when he
was shot. A few minutes later In another
riot, Edward Mantz, three years old, was
shot, the bullet lodging in his leg.
Rhode Islnud Judge Resigns.
Chief Justice Charles Matteson of the
Supreme Court of Rhode Island has resigned.
He has served the full term o!
twenty-five years and has long de3lred to
retire and go to Europe for his health.
Woman's Suffrage In London.
The House of Commons has passed the
bill which makes women eligible for elec?
tlon as Aldermen and Councillors in London.
The bill passed its seoond reading
by a vote of 248 to 129 amid loud cheers.
Egypt's Cotton Crop Saved.
* .ii-.. ?i,a Tnenn^nr-ftanaral of
AUUUlUlUil W bUU AU^f/V??wa ?
Irrigation, Egypt's cottoa crop will be
saved, the flood of the Nile having begun
to Increase and having already passod
Khartoum. The area in cotton is estimated
to be larger than ever before, the growth
is very good and irrigation is satisfactory.
Cultivators expect a large crop, despitethe
unusually low Nile.
N'eely Again Arrested.
Charles F. W. Neeiy, former Financial
Agout of Posts in Cuba, was again arrested
In New York City, In a civil suit brought
by the United States t<> recover $43,375.25.
Newsy Gleaning*.
Coal mine owners in England have Increased
the price of coal thirty per cent.
Tho Danish Government is willing to sell
the little island of St. John to the United
States.
A new Bible has been published In London
In wnlch the New Testament precedes
the Did.
A gold mine has been locatod on cno ol
the streets of Keswick, Shasta County, Cat.,
and there are indicatious of an oil vein iu
another.
Luzon is now overspread with a network
of telephone and telegraph lines. A million
words are dally transmitted In the
Philippine*.
SUEREBDER OF WllPliS
Two Comparves at Tariac Vo'imtarily
Lay Down Their Arms.
REGARDED AS VERY IMPORTANT.
First Voluntary Surrender of an Organlzed
Force ? Sight Officers and 1G2
Men Submit to Colonel Liscum, Willi
Gnni and Ammunition?Twenty-Foui
Insurgent* Killed In ? Fight In Luzon
Maviia (By Cablo).?Two companies ol
insurgents have surrendered to Colonel
E.norson H. Llscum at Tarlac. They in
eluded a Major, a Captain, six Lieutenants
163 men, and 163 good rifles and ammuni
tlon. The enemy Intimated their intentlor
to surrender by a letter sent to the PresI
dent ot Tarlac, wlio communicated It tc
Colonel Liscum.
Captain Tlnio, n nephew of Genera'
Tinio, and twenty-three other rebels wert
killed by scouts In an engagement neaj
Mallbioong, Province of Ilocos. There was
no loss among the Americans, who cap
tured twenty-three rifles, men, horses aac
saddles.
The rebel Colonel Alraeda, who was paroled
April 23, has arrived here and ua*
been making Incendiary speeches.
MACARTHU U SEEMS HOPEFUL.
Be Regards the Surrender as Slcniftcan
and Important.
Washington, I). C. (Special).?Blajor
General MacArtlmr cabled this despatch tc
the War Department:
"Wheaton reports two companies insur
gents, comprising the commandunte, one
captain, two first lieutennnts, four second
lieutenants. 1G3 men, with 163 guns in good
condition, small quantity ammu nitlon, sur
reauermi kl lanitii, x mo is uui. wimwi
In Island3 of surrender ot organizations
complete, and Is regarded ha significant
and important."
BOERS DECIDE TO FIGHT ON.
Transvaal Government Will Not Be Re
sponsible For Destruction of Property.
Londox (By Cable). ? TUo Transvaal j
Government has informed the correspond- I
euts in Pretoria that It has not considered
and does not Intend to consider uncondi
tional surrender, but will flght to a finish.
The foreign Consuls have been informed
that .Johannesburg will be defended, and
the Government announces that It will not I
hold itself responsible for Injury to person
or property resulting from the defensi
measures.
Pretoria dispatches affirm that President
Eruger, President Steyn and all the most
prominent leaders of both republics, after
a prolonged Interchange ot views, are determined
to continue the resistance, but
that a minority of the leaders advocate
surrender without terms.
Envoys See the President.
Washixotok, D. C. (Special).?President
McElniey told Messrs. Fischer, Weasels and
Wolmarans, the Boer Envoys, during ac
Interview at the White House that this
Government would preserve its position ol
strict neutrality as regards the South
African war. He reiterated the state ments
made in toe noce issued Dy secretary nay i
Naturally the Envoys are very much dis |
appointed at the result of tueir mission
here.
DEATH IN ST. LOUIS STRIKE.
One Killed And Several Wonnded In as
Attack on Cara.
8t. Louis, Mo. (Special).?One boy waf
killed and three men and a girl wer?
wounded as a result of the strike. Martin
Zlka, who was killed, was eighteen years
of age. Two of the wounded are: Clarence
E. Mullen, u motorman, und Minnie Krueger(
a girl, eighteen years of age. Neithei
of these is seriously hurt. Two noter3,
seen to fall during a flght at Thirteenth
and Herbert streets, between a mob of 250
men and the police, were carried away by
friends, and it is.not known how badly
they fared.
Zlka was shot while standing in the
door of bis home, in Geyer avenue. A
mob of several hundred men bad surrounded
a car of the Tower Grove line
and were threatening the conductor and
motorman. A few atones had been thrown,
when a shot was fired from the car, tbe
bullet striking Zlka full in the breast. He
n Fam mlnnfao
UIOU wibuiu u ion uiiuutwi
Conductor Owen Farley and Motorman
Drake were arrested by the police, pending
an Investigation. Conductor Farley admitted
firing the shot which killed Zlka.
He fired, he said, at a man who was preparing
to throw a stone at hira.
The riot was lively while it lasted, fully
100 shots being fired, and, as the streets >
were crowded with people.it Is remarkable !
''hat the number of Injured was so small. |
TWO NEW METHODIST BISHOPS.
General Couferenoe Also Votes to Admit
Women Hereafter.
Chicioo (Special).?The Methodist General
Conference elected two new Bishopsmembers
of the Board of General Superintendents?after
a battle of bailot3 lasting
nearly a week, and also finally disposed ot
a question that for many years has been a
source of dispute iu Methodist conferences
?the admission of women to the General
Conference.) This was'settled In favor of
the women.
Dr. J. W. Hamilton, of the New England
fflKon/ia I .Qaprohn r*v nf f hfl
Board of Freedman's Aid uud Southern
Education Society, and Dr. David H.
Moore, of Cincinnati, editor of the Western
Christian Advocate, were elevated to
the Episoopacy or ,the seventeenth ballot,
both receiving many more than the necessary
two-thirds vote.
Besides the action of the Episoopacy and
the question of the admission of women to
the General Conferences, and, therefore,
necessarily to lay electoral conferences,
the General Conference adopted the constitution
as submitted by the special committee
on organic law.
Loaliian* Senators Elected.
Both Houses of the Louisiana Legislature
assembled a few days ago and elected
former Governor Murpby J. Foster to the
United States Senate aud re-elected United
States Senator Samuel Douglass SIcEuery.
Senator McEnery Is now serving a second
term in tbe Senate, and bis new term will
begin in 1903. Senator Foster's term begins
in 1901.
xwo LiT?a f or une.
As the result of a feud of several years
John aud Sam Oooper were stiot and killed
near Leedsvllle, S. C., by Paul Foster.
Some years ago a brother of Foster wa?
killed by John Cooper aud was never punished.
Paul swore that he would klllsotne
of that family. A fe.v days ago he succeeded
and fled.
No Cunit 1 Bill Tlits Sedition.
An effort was made In the Senate at
Washington by Mr. Morgan to displace the
Spooner Philippine bill with the Nicaragua
Canal bill as the unfinished business, but it
failed by a vote of 21 to 29.
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jl ue riauon&i uame.
Garvin, of-Chicago, la pitching In excel
lent form.
TboBrooklyn Club has secured the services
pf Tblr&'Baseman Lave Cross.
Sprhgfleld has signed the noted pitcher
Franlf Foreman, late ol Indianapolis.
Hamlltonfaad Colllas, of Boston, are dolug
some of their old-time stick work.
Garrlck appears to be tu? only pitcher
on the New York team who la in shape.
It is a common thing this year for every
man on a teaui to get at least one hit la a
Rame.
8udhoEf, of St. Louis, Is the lightest
pitcher in the League, ao far a* weight is
concerned.
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EDBONIt! PLAGilB IS HEBE
Health Authorities Find an Unmistakable
Case in San Francisco.
REGIMENT OFTROOPS REQUESTED
Federal Quarantine Officers Assume Entire
Control of the Situation, and tlie
Most Vigorous Measures Are Taken to
Prevent Any Farther Spread of the
Dreaded Scourge?Chinese Are Excited
, Sax Francisco, Cat. (Special).?The SaD
C ranciHOO uuuru ui uuauu nuupma n
olutlon declaring that tho bubonic plague
ezlst9 In this city and tonic measures (or a
prompt stamping out of the disease. Federal
quarantine officials have assumed
entire control of the situation.
Quarantine Officer Kenyon ha3 asked the
Government for a regiment of troops to assist
In maintaining the Chinatown quarantine.
The officer also asked for permission
to conduct a crematory. This was granted
at once and work on the structure begun
without an hour's delay. Smallpox is epidemic
in Chinatown.
Every store In Chinatown has been closed
and no Chinese are allowed to leave the
city. Transportation companies have
been requested torefu3e to sell railroad or
steamship tickets to Chinamen unless they
produce certi3oate3 showing that they
have been inoculated by the .Board of
Health in tho City Hall.
While a conference was betnir held at the
Chinese Consulate between officers of the
Six Companies and Health officers and Dr.
Klnyoung, the Federal quarantlme offloer,
Knn/li.o?4 nr/ilfofl PlilnaaA rrnfhrtrAri
and began throwing brlck3 at tlie Oonsulnte.
Dr. Kinyoung became alarmed at
their menacing attitude and telephoned to
Police Headquarters. Twenty-five policemen
appeared in a patrol wagon and
jumped Into the crowd with their clubs.
Their was music in the air for a few minates,
but the crowd vanished with flying
pigtails into nelghborl ng alloys.'
Though the Board of Health has been engaged
for two weeks investigating suspicious
cases of Chinamen who were believed
to have been afflicted with the black plague,
no publicity wa3 glveu to Its work until a
Chinaman was found suffering from a
ease that bore unmistakable plague symptoms.
It was then deemed b93t to move openly
to stamp out the plague by the most rigid
measures that could be adopted. There
are no fears of a general epidemic even in
Chinatown, as the cilmate of San Francisco
Is such that the disease will not 9 pread.
XQ3 U0UICU Iiutnoruios uro uoiul; uiucu ujr
the Chinese Sir Companies, which ordered
tbnt all the Chinese In their employ be
Inoculated with aatl-plaguo serum.
Quarantine by Texa*.
AU3TIJT, Tex. (Special).?Absolute quarantine
has been declared against Sau
Franolsoo,j|nd inspeotors have been sta-.
tloned at ElPaso and Texarkana. No pas*
sengers at^KOOds of any kind will be admitted
Into tne State from San Francisco
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CORN KITCHEN IS OPENED.
attractive American FeAtare of Paris Fall
In Operation.
Pams (By Cable).?The United States Ambassador,
General Horace Porter, and the
(Jalted States Conyglssloner-Generul, Ferdinand
?. Peck, took part In the exercises
' Si
autulua.^ uua.1 ai fauls lsii'usu luji
of turning over the agricultural exhibit
known as the American Corn Kitchen, for
demonstrating the use of oorn as food and
tor the purpose of increasing exports. The
kitchen Is the work of Colonel Clark E.
Carr, of Illinois.
COLLEGE PROFESSOR MURDERED.
0. of P. Instructor Struck Down on the
AVay to His Train la Philadelphia.
Philadelphia. (Special).?Professor Boy
SVllson White, a brilliant young Instructor
!n the law department of tho University of
Ponusylvania.was struck down and brutally
murdered near Thirty-second street and
Powellton avenue. More than halt a dozen
irrests were made and three men, two of
ihem colored, are in custody on suspicion
it having committed the orlme.
Professor White left the university at
con o'clock for the Powelltou avenue station
of the Pennsylvania Ballroad to board
a frnln fnr ^orinunfnorn n anhnrh & hnrf
ly before eleven o'clock lie wag found in
an unfrequented part of Thirty-second
street. His skull had b/oen crushed, evliently
with an iron bar. He died at the
lospltal without regaining consciousness.
The only missing article was the Profeslor's
watch. A. small sum of money in one
?f the pockets was undisturbed.
Princeton Bojs Droirned.
While attempting to shoot a dam in Mill*
jtone Creek, about two miles from Princeton,
N. J., in a canoe, two Sophomores of
Princeton University were thrown Into the
water and drowned. They were Christopher
Colon Augur, of Evanston, III., twenty
years old, and Philip Klngsland Hay, of
Nutley, N. J., nineteen yeara old.
An Appeal For Mediation.
The Committee of the International
Peace Bureau, in sessloa at Berne, Switzerland,
has decided to address to the twency-flve
powers who are signatories of The
Hague Convention a last appeal for their
assistance to secure peaoe between Q-re at
Brltlan and the South African republics.
Michigan's "Greta* Careen."
County Clerk Needham announces are"
vlval In the marriage buaiaess at St'
Joseph, Mich., whloh Is known as Michigan's
Gretna Green/ ,
Crcllnc Notes.
The cushion frame is becoming quite
popular with the riders this season.
Eccentric ideas in wheeling almost disappeared
from the roads laat year, bul
:hey are coming back.
The cyole track at Asbury Park, N. J.,
will be controlled and run this year by the
Oreds Athletic Club, of Asbury Park.
If some riders used a little more judgment
in the care ot their tires there would
be less expense lor keeping them in repair.
While "won In a walk" serves to characterize
an easy victory on the horse track,
"won sitting up" Js the corresponding exftression
for the cyole track, ft new phrase
or a mocking triumph on the road evolved
from a comical competition Id Brooklyn.
i THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Wanlilnston Itemi.
The House passed the Senatf bill to r?
serve certain lands in Hawaii for cemetery
purposes.
St. Louis Exposition managers will asli
Congress for .55,000,000, givine: the Government
one-half the proceeds as reimbursement.
Fresh instructions were sent to the
American Charge d'AfTalres in Constantinople
to press the Sublime Porte to an immediate
answer to the demand for pay "
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LLLUUl UL lUO aiUCliV<au uiiaijiwumj v....? -.
The Senate accepted from the State ot
Missouri the statues of Benton and Blair,
located in Statuary Hall of the Capitol.
The President sent the following nomination
to the Senate: William H. Hunt, of
Montana, to be Secretary of Porto Blco.
The House passed a River and Harbor
bill appropriating $400,000 for Improvements.
Wharton Barker, the Mlddle-of-the-Road
Populist candidate for the Pfesldenoy,
called on President McElnley a: the White
House.
A i aval court of inquiry Is to investigate
the shooting of a Filipino by Captain Ma*
Gowan, of the Monadnock, and his allegcJ
failure to report the Incident.
Oar Adopted Ialnnda..
The Democratic Union at Havana has
issued a manifesto in which it attaoks and
abuses both the Cubans and Americans,
Its tone is entirely pessimistic.
General Smith, formerly Colonel of tlu
California Volunteers, is in Manila for 8
short visit. He reports conditions in the
island of Negros as satisfactory.
The United States Government will or
June 11 next take charge of the postal affairs
ot Hawaii, and two inspectors have
been sent there ti instruct postmasters a!
to the methods to be used.
The Marconi system of wireless telegraphy
will soon connect all the Islands
of the Hawaiian group with Honolulu.
1)nin?Hie.
Mrs. Josephine MoSLiane aud her litt^
son were suffocated wbile trying to escapi
from a burning house in New York City.
The body of F. W. Moyle, at one ttme i
wealthy California miner and member ol
the California Legislature, was found floating
in the North lUver off Jersey.Olty, N. J
The indications point to sulolde.
Cepheus Roberts, of Wlnsted, Conn., having
been cheated by the tenant of 'his
farm, advertised for a thief, convict preferred,
U> succeed him.
The entire business portion of Forrest
Miss., was destroyed by Are, entailing i
loss of $200,000. Seventeen buildings wer(,
burned, including the Postofflce.
A valuable deposit of copper ore has been
discovered in the vicinity of Van Buren.
Mo: The ore is said to^xist in immense
quantities
Four children of Thomas Brady were
burned to death In their home qfoc fffph-.
ville, Tenn., the honse having oaughfcflre
during the absence of their pardAti^tt
Because bis ^raadmothe^)#t?H%iMr;
mlt him to go out to piny DoqjHnQHBgy;
seven years old, In Chloasro gfcsne&- her
over a sofa and caused her
Federal sanitary inspectorj'.^lfere 'Stifo
tionod at Reno and Yuma, Arte, and at7
Ashland, Ore., to guard against spread of
the plague from San Francisco. ; , i
Fire in the Yale Observatory .at-Ne*
Haven, Conn., damaged the special instruments
which the Yale astronomers were to.
have taken South to view the total eclipse.
Building was also burned.
Albert Lancaster, formerly a street car
conductor at Cincinnati, Ohio, has been
awarded $1500 damages from Harry Hamburger,
who complained against him and
lost him his job.
James 0. Keough, former tax collector
of Hojyoke, Mass., charged with embez-'
zung sauu.uuu, was seuienoou to tea ytj&rir
impriflopmeat.
Frank Fossett, on trial for murder al
Fort Worth, Tox., walked 'unobserved out
of the Court House and escaped.
By a Federal injunction St. Louis (Mo.*
street car strikers were restrained from
Interfering with the operation of mall cars.
Governor Smith, of Montana, signed thf
commission of Martin Maginnls as United
States Senator.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts decides
that gifts to Harvard College to
found scholarships are valid, sustaining
fourteen scholarships. "
A. C. Bergura, a military prisoner at the
Presidio, San Francisco, was shot and Instantly
killed while trying to make his escape
with other prisoners.
A locomotive on an Illinois Central passenger
train blew up Inside the city limits
of Dubois, III., killing the engiueer, Thomas
Prlclcett, and Fireman John Wright, both
of Centralla.
A syndicate of Now York bankers headed
by tlie National City Bank has loaned $15,000,000
to the Bank of France.
Mrs. Phoebe A. Posson, sister of Congressman
Albert J. Hopkins, shot herself
at her home In Maple Park, 111. She
had been in 111 health for some time and oi
late bad been despondent.
The Rev. William A. Echols, of Middleport,
Ohio, Commissioner to the Presbyterian
General Assembly at St. Louis, Mo.,
from the Athens Presbytery of the Synod
of Ohio, died suddenly of heart disease at
one of the sessions.
Cruelty on the high seas brought a fine of
$1000 and two months' imprisonment for
John Hayes, mate of the ship St. James, at
New York City.
Miss Hannah Collins, of Jersey City, N.
J., secured a verdict of $42,500 against the
Central Railroad o( New Jersey for Injuries
that crippled lier for life.
Dr. Charles Woodward, Jr., of Mount
Holly, N. J., was charged by his fatbewlth
setting Ore to the family residence.
V<
Foreign.
In the French Chamber Premier Waldeck-Rousseau
declared that the Government
was opposed to reopening the Dreyfus
case. The Ministry was sustained by
the Chamber on a vote to accept the Government's
programme.
The Queen Regent of Spain has signed
the postal convention with the United
States.
There Is little doubt that a holy war has
been proclaimed in the extreme south ol
Algeria and Morocoo.
The Czar of Russia has ratified all the
articles agreed upon at Th6 Hague Peace
Conference.
The Chinese authorities have deoided tc
take vigorous measures to suppress the
"Boxers." : N"'jr"
Experimenting with a "long-life elixir,"
Dr. Rastlneuf, ol Paris, Franoe, killed both
his mother and himself.
Manufacturers in Druden, Germany,
have combined to buy American coal and j
be Independent of Bohemia. '
Ambassador White, at Berlin, iald to the |
Krlegerbuud delegates tnai me reianoas
between Germany and Amertaairsre nevei
better than now.
The rejoicing in Great Britain'over the
relief of Mafeklnc? developed into),xlots iu
several places. Iq Loudon' and Belfast th e
police charged mobs and the reserves were
called out. In Aberdeen the polled were
overpowered and the mHltary was oalled i
out. I
The Transvaal Government. announces
that Johannesburg will be defended. The
Consuls of th? neutral powers have been
advised to look after their citizens, a? the i |
Government will not hold Itself responsl- ,
ble for lujury to persons or damajje tr
property.
Thierry Delanoue's mansion, near the
Elysee, at Paris, France, was robbed of
$10,000 In plate aud-jewelry. The thieves
were caught. <
The "Boxers'* agitation in China is
growing more dangerous; German troops !
are protecting American missionaries at Shang-tung.
Slpldlo, who Are 1 at the Prince of Wales I
at Brussels, Belgium, 1s charged, with J
three friends, in tho indictment with deliberate
conspiracy to kill tho Prlnoe.
The youngest son of the Duke of York j
was christened at Windsor Castle, Sag- t
land, the name beetowed on him beiug
Hetuy William Frederick Albert.
The dispute over territory In the Congo ,
Free State between Germany and Belgium (
\^ill probably b? aubqaittqd to arbitration.
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BMHMIfGOTEBM
The Supreme Court Refuses to Interfere
in Kentucky.
TAYLOR BOWS TO THE DECISION
Chief Justice Fnller Delivers the Opinion
?Federal Courts Have No Power to
llevlew the Action of State Courts Relating:
to the Constitution and Lawn ol
Those States?Throe Justices Dissent
Washisotok, D. C. (Special). ? Tlia
United States Supreme Court decided the
Kentucky Governorship case in favor oi
Governor Beckham, dismissing the writ
of error from the Kentucky Court of Appeals.
The opinion was handed down by Chlel
Justice Fuller and a vigorous dissenting
opinion was delivered by i'asslce Harlan
Justices Brewer and McKenna also dis
sented from portions of the opinion.
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arrivedInfire cli^ 48
Court wa? Tficelyad. Str. T^jlor toned an
; ordAMgQflaerblCpUler At mnkfort to dismiss
th?i jnllltla knd surrender hf? office to
hla 8ttj?B8?<>r, appointed by Governor Beckhanil.;
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: 0OER REQUEST REFUSED,;
3tat? Department Aauoasces that the
? 'AnV:.. '
unicea Btate* n'M* xioriBiwwr^. ;
Wasuin'otok, D. (k (8pptfil) .?The ,Bo?
envoys completed tthelr^^jpilOj^-'/t^ toe
United ^fgEjo.lar as thtfftofeeampnt U
coacflBwj|fo an boat's call on Secretary
Hay iWBfabite Department They asked
for tU^Qpi'eatlon otthe United Stat* to
end etie.?|^it#}tttb Africa, and'were
sDeortHy'<roa?iijMd that tbe United States,
for exoei!i^i|gjil|wi?r, wag debarred from
Secretary Hay^."-statement in reply tc
representations nuid^f^tlie rdetegattoA
showed gbat tbja Government baddemon-'
stratad .its friendliness to the Sotlth African
rep^ibilcv'Vy^tandlng alone in its efforts
to bribgabout peace some time ago,
and hid-afc tnat .time qjtttfusted its good
offlceS,iqwigb. always being In a position
of welcoming1 a ooneurrent request from
both eldM.tor its medHttfon:
The entbys dc nofr.permlt themselves to
be dlscolgjMtad byjWAmtary Hay's reply.
Tbey int?&to exbaaifeeyBrv resource before
glvlafcup. .Itia^'made no change,
they said, tn4M!f9w*ngements or In the
duration of tbeftttst'ay.
Senate ' KefaSed.
Washixgtoj, ^'7?fiaeolal).~The Sen
ate, by a vote of 35 utfltytabled the resolution
offered by Mr. ijjie* (Pop-, Neb.),
extending to the Boer>j$p|eRates the privileges
of the floor of CB^Pmtate. Tie debate
preoedlng this was Interesting
GRANT STAg^; UNVEILED,
Gift of the G. A. K, to tlio Nation For
mally Accepted.
WiSHiifOTOK, D. C. ''Special).?The statin
of General Grant, presented by the Gr&n4
Army of the Bepubllc to the nation, waf
unveiled in the rotunda of tjto oapltol, and
ceremonies were held in the Hall of Representatives
and the Senate Chamber In the
presence of a great concourse' of people
Including the widow, daughter And descendants
of General Graut, hundreds ol
his comrades In arms, the officers and
committee of the G. A. B. and many per
sons well known In military and civic clr
cles.
The unvolling took place In the presence
of Mrs. Grant, Mrs. Sartor!*, MissSartoris
the officers of the Q. A. R., ipeaker Henderson
and Senator Frye, presiding pre
tem. of the Senate. The fact of the ui*
veiling was kept secret, and only a few
outsiders witnessed it. There were nc
ceremonies. Miss Sartoris drew the lan
yard that uncovered the statue. Mrs.
Grant inspected it critically, a \d smiled
her approval.
A European Naval Station.
Seoretary Long has ordered the re-OS'
iablishment of the European atation. The
Albany will be the solitary ship to repre
sent the American squadron in Europe
Her commander is Captain Cruig, lat<
Hydrographer of the United States Navy
Mariler Con fanned by a Dying Uan.
The police of Wilkes-Barre, Penn., an
nouuee that a dying man has confessed
that lie was one of three jitan wbo raur x
dered Postmaster Michael'^Corcofao, ol
Duryea, on December 3,1898. .The crime
has been a mystery up to this time. Rob i
bery was the motive of the murder, but the ]
robbers got only ?oi. The man w&o made
Che confession is dead now.
Biuleu-Powell a M:<ji?r-General. 1
The Qneen has approved of the promo i
tion of Colonel 1J iden-Powell to bo t <
Mnjor-Geueral for bis brilliant defence o i
Mufeking. j
The Labor World.
Strikes have interfered with building, '
operations iu the Norfhwest. I
Iu 1898 1550 men and 15,100 women were
smployed by the tobacco producers of 1
France. :
Organized labor in Kansas City has desided
to boycott all who patronized the 1
itreet-car lines until after the strike was l
icttled. ,
A profit-sharing firm at Eransville, Ind., ?
recently distributed amongst its employes
i sum of money equal to sixty per cent of
:heir wages. J
The dispute In the potteries trade In f
England now involves 20,000 men, many of t
ivhom belong to no union and are therefore (
ieDOndeat uooa caaritv. .
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POPULAR SCIENCE.
The bubonic plague is primarily
due to a specific organism or microbi
of iufiuitesimal size?so small thai
probably 250,000,000 of them woulc
be required to cover a square inch o'
surface.
A brood of five wrestling sparrow*
hawks has furnished Dr. R. W. Shu
felat some curious results. The birds
were so graduated in size that it ap
peared that the female must have laio
the eggs at regular intervals, proba
bly three or four days apart, and thai
incubation commenced immediately
after the first egg was deposited.
Still more remarkable was me iaci
that the sexes alternated, the oldest
bird being a male, the next a female,
and so on.
A German physician has devised at
ingenious method of massaging the
smaller joints. He takes the patient's
hand and puts it in a deep glass twothirds
full of quicksilver. The mercury
exerts an equal pressure od
every portion of the fingers^jand the
pressure increases rapidly as the
lingers sink farther into it. The hand
is alternately plunged and raised
about twenty or thirty times at each
treatment, and after a second treatment
there is noticed marked diminution
of the swelling of the joints.
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The "Jigger Flea" is a South African
pest whose recent spread from the ' ,
vioinity of Delagoa Bay to points
further south has been brought to s
Government notice. It differs gre?^-> $
ly from the ordinary flea, lacks tte' 0
latter's agility and attacks only the1
soles of the feet, into which it bores
holes and lays eggs therein. The re- /
suits are liable to be very painful. ^
Sanitary precautions have been rea^^
ommended, and medical men
^ ? ti..
various DPTJUH'. <Jl lilt) uapc nu i c uucu
requested to give the little invade)
their attention.
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-Everybody who loves to watch the
heavenly bodies has frequently noticed,
when the crescent of the new moon .
appears in the west, the phenomenon
3a$ed "the old moon in the young
one's arms." Partly embraced by
Hie horns of the crescent is seen the
(whole round orb of the moon, glimmering
with a pale, ashy light. The j
aause of the appearance is that
earth light upon that part of tb???[i
moon not reached by the sunshine '.lajSW
sufficiently brilliant to render it^*jj|P
faintly visible to our eyes. Lately
successful attempts have been made*,
particularly in France, to photo- ^
^raph this phenomenon, and the
pictures thus^ produced are very interesting;
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Young long-leat pines, acooraing to
Mr. Pinohot, of the Department of
Agriculture,protect themselves against
forest fires in a most interesting Md
-remarkable manner. For four or nve
fears the stems of the infant trees attain
a height of oulj as many inches
ib6ve the soil. During this time
their bark is extraordinarily thick, and
!ihat alone gifes some protection. But
in addition, the long needles spring
ip above the stem, and then bend '
over on all sides "in a green cascade
which falls to the ground in a circle
about the seedling." This green barrier
can with difficulty be made to
bu?n, while the shade that it cast*
prevents inflammable grass from
jrotfing near the protected stem.
Pinchot thinks that it is owing to
fchis peculiar system of self protection
which the pine seedlings have dev#
oped that the growth of evergreen
aaks in Florida has been restricted in
. _i n 1 3 u :i - mm
regions wuere ares uave rageu wuu? ^
pure pine forests have taken their ' '
place.
In the Arin? of Morpheus.
He had worked late at a typesetting
machine and was tired from honest
toil. He waited for a "Limits" car,
told the oondaotor where to let him
>ff, a few blocks beyond the Boulevard,
and then settled in the corner
for a nap. His next flash of intelligence
came when he was being shaken
ind asked for a fare.
"Paid you once," he mattered,
shaking off the conductor's hand and
getting right back into the position of
repose.
4 "Here, now, no monkeying. That
was going out. We don't sell round
trips."
y This brought the passenger to his
feet, lie looted out ana found that no
was at Elizabeth street, going south.
"What in thunder does this mean? I
told you where to let me off. Hauled
me oat to the limits and baok, did
yon? Well, I won't settle. I'm not
out on an excursion and I'm not trying
to enrich this syndicate of yours."
"And this is no sleeping car. I let
you dream too long as it was. You'll
pay or get off."
"That's easy. Stop 'er. I'll take
the next one," and the two said things
to each other as far as they could
hear. He boarded another car twenty
1 iaondr^ f V? A aamn nrd or
LU 1UUUOO IUVW1 y lagUQU VUO HHhUV V& V*U4
without noticing that it was the same
conductor,doubled up in the same corner
andcnt loose with the same
snore. ^'..Tbis time he was shaken op
at Foray.', avenue on the return trip,
was,AO sleepy that he thought it was
Dis street, walked off and was so mad
that he tried to tear up the track.
T^iien he footed it home and went to
sleep on the front steps.?Detroit
Free Press.
A Caae of Petty Larceny.
There was au excited group of girls
aroutad the centre-table iu the boarding-house
hall. Little appreciative
squeaks were heard between the exjlamations
of delight which some few
irere able to express. It was all a
mystery to the little messenger boy
ivho stood by the door, not daring to
investigate ana unauie to penetrate
he phalanx of backs. Littleby little
:he group dispersed and the object of
:heir attention was revealed. The
joy stepped forward, hesitatingly, half
stealthily, and tbon quickly tore a
)lank page from his book and rolled
t into a cornucopia. Still there was
10 one about. Just two steps more,
tnd a little courage, aud he could
nake the little sick sister so happy,
should he do it?
When the maid returned with the
mswer for him he was standing immssively
as before at tyie door, but in
lis pocket nestled three of the tiny
rild flowers from the great bowlful on
he table.?Detroit Free Pres3.
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