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A REMINISCENCE. The snn hotly blazed on the long, dusty street Thftt leads to the hurrying mart; And the wearisome spell of the languorous heat Seemed to penetrate e'en to the heart. And yet like a memory, distant and dim, There cume through the foliage dense A perfume?It banished the frowning so erlm? Of lilacs from over the fence. The wayrarer paused, and there came to h la m i n il The old-fnshloned place of his birth; Illumed by a face that was gentle and kind, The gentlest and kindest on earth; The big, rambling garden, the nools whero a boy Dreamed on'of a future Immense; Where the sunbeams would linger in laziest joy, And the lilacs hung over the fence. Again to the journey. Again to the strife, And yet, mid the toil of the day, A faint, subtle odor, with memories rife, Full oft through the air seemed to stray.' The smile had a meaning which no one could learn, That lightened his features 90 tense. As the perfume in fancy would sweetly return Of lilacs from over the fence. ?Washington Star. 00000000000000000000000000 1 THE CHANGED SHOES. I OOOOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JTISCOUNT PET\ M ersfield was re'M markable for three - *1?ir??a hio infanaa Pbashfulness, his ini decision of character and his abnormally small hands and feet. On the latter he particularly prided himself. HtT was the most eligible of baohelors. Equally, of course, he was being everlastingly stalked by husbandhungry mammas and daughters. But they could make nothing of him. Their most sirenio efforts simply frightened him. But exemption was impossible. He was young, single, a viscount. He hal ?25,000 a year. One autumn, three or four yearb ago, Lord Petersfield went down into Sussex to stay with his friends the Wentwarps, at Wentwarp Hall, a very fine old country seat. For one thing, they understood his character and did not worry him with excessive hospitality. And then, for another, the daughters of the house, Mabel and Maud?very pretty Jgirls, too, by the way?did not run after him or make eyes at him. They were simply friendly and cordial with him. Now Viscount Petersfield had contracted a deplorable habit of easing his pinched toes by kicking off his pumps during the progress of dinner ana only resuming them just before he had to jump up in deference to the rising of the ladies. He was rather sorry when he saw Lady Wentwarp preparing to make the signal, and he had to feel for his vacant pumps. He found them and got them on in time?phew! Certainly they were abominably tight! They seemed to throw him forward on his toes in a way to which he was Dot accustomed. Only at the last fair diner swept past him, on her way oat, did lie realize that his toes were being tortured in a pair of ladies' shoes. They were high heeled, of black satin, with large rosettes and silver buckles. He had no difficulty in recognizing them. They were Mabel Wentwarp's. Then he saw how it was. An unintentional exchange. The young lady must \iavo kicked off her shoes also, and meaning to resume them, had unknowingly resumed his instead. He decided that his best course was to slip away on some pretext or other while the gentlemen were still smokind "iheir cigars, then to hurry upstairs to his beiroom and exchange the satins for a second pair of pumps, which he had fortunately brought with him. Having decided on this line of aotion, he murmured?with a very red face?a few excuses and apologies to his host, and then performed a skillful and speedy exit with so muoh rapidity as to make it impossible for the black satins to be seen. Now, a3 he passed with rapid and nervous stealth along the corridor which led to his room, he happened to notice that one of the- bedroom doors on the way stood open. He recognized whose room it was. It was Mabel Wentwarp's. In an instant he u ~ j j i.u A.V ~ imu jjuppeu meui buivlj uioiuw tuo door of her room and was proceeding with a lighter heart toward his own apartment at the end of the passage. On reaching his own room he tamed up the gas and was about to hunt out his second pair of pumps from a cupboard when his eyes fell upon his best pair?the pair which Mabel Wentwarp had appropriated? standing in a conspicuous position by liis dressing table. He saw how it was. Mies Mabel, having discovered her mistake, had had the promptness and delicacy to replace thern thus in his room. It was certainly most tactful and considerate of her. When they joined the ladies Lord Peterfield still, however, felt rather nervous in case any of the fair guests might have shared Miss Mabel's discovery about the exchange of shoes. uut ue was soon set tree irom ansie^ on this point by Miss Wentwarp herself, who, taking the opportunity to approach him as he stood for a moment alone, murmured, with a blushing, downcast look: "I found out our little mistake. Lord Peter3field, and I at once restored your property to your room. Sh! No cue knows anything about it. Ah!" (turning her eyes down upon his varnished toes) "I see that you have already reclaimed your own." At that moment Julia Slanderson swooped down upon her prey, and to his great annoyance foroibly annexed him for the rest of the evening. Next morning after breakfast the unfortunate Viscount noticed that this persistent young lady was ntill hovering on the pounce. He evaded her at the expense of some skill and slipped eff into the dampest and most secluded portion of the garden to enjoy his cigar alone. Mabel Wentwarp startled him by suddenly appearing at his side. Her Oaoe was white and distressful. Her eye3, he noticed, were bright with r ushed tears. "Oh, Lord Petersfield," she exclaimed, "forgive my intrusion, but I saw you come out, and I have followed you, because I?I have something I?I?must tell you." "I?I?trust there is nothing the matter," remarked his lordship, looking embarrassed and conscious of a vague sense of alarm. "I?I?cannot deceivo you. A great deal is the matter. And?it has all arisen out of our?our?foolish mistake last night. I?I?have just had a dr-dreadful interview with? that?that?odious Lady Slanderson!" "The de?oh, I beg your pardon. Bat?but?do you mean to say that she discovered ou?our?mistake?" "She?she?thinks that she has found out some?so mething dr-dreadful about us." And poor Mabel, unable to restrain her feeling any longer, began to sob. "Oh, dear! Pr-pray don't distress yourself, Miss Wentwarp." ,"Oh, Lord Petersfield, I?don't know how I shall tell yoff the?the shameful things Lady Slanderson said to me. But?but?in justice to you, as well as to myself, I must. It?it seems that she was upstairs last night at?at a most unfortunate moment, and that?that?she saw me sl-slip out of your room?without my shoes on!" "Good heavens!" gasped his lordship in a tone of evident dismay. "What a " "And also," Mabel went on hur riedly as if anxious to finish her painful disclosure, "she waited up there, spying in the dark, and saw you slip out of my room without your shoes on!" v "But, surely," began ijora retersfield. "I?I?told her the truth," interpoaed the girl. "I explained everything. She?she?scoffed at my version. She said she -would?would publish the scandal to the four winde of heaven. Oh, Lord Petersfield, what is to be done?" "But, surely," stammered Lord Petersfield, who was naturally in s great state of mind, "people will acaccept our version rather than that of this vile scandal-monger!" "Alas," sobbed Mabel, "I wish I thought so. You see, Lord Petersfield, I cannot help recognizing the very unfortunate state of appoarances. She will say that if?if?we had?any ?anything to conceal we should, of course, be ready with an explanation, and tnat even at tnac oar explanation is lame and improbable. Besides, she will enlarge and exaggerate and ?and tell?falsehoods, nntil?oh, I had rather have died than have had this happen!" The visconnt was-silent for a minute. A sadden idea, born of the circumstances, had flashed across his mind. He had never thought of Mabel in this light before. He would not have done so now unless the situation had forced it on him, but as he looked at'her pretty, woeful face he realized that it was not such an unwelcome light in which to think of her aftei all. "My?my?dear Miss Mabel, I?I ?might, for all that Lady Slanderson knowa to the contrary, have?have? acquired the right to?to?take your ?your slippurft to your room." ' "I?1?what do you mean, Lord Petersfleld?" "Why," replied his lordship, Diusuing and stammering, "if f were?were ?engaged to be married to you. Miss Mabel, it -w-would make a?a? differenoe--wouldn't it?" "Oh, no, Lord Peterafield! Not that, not .that," she cried, starting away. "Couldn't you s-stand me at?at? any price, then?" gasped the viscount painfully mortified. "Oh, yesl.. It?it was not that. I should?I mean I could not let you sacrifice yotttaelf to?to?save my reputation." "It wouldn't be much of a sacrifice," said his lordship. "Do you know, I am rather glad now that this ?this?unfortunate situation has opened mjf. eyes? It?it?shows me something I didn't realize before. I ?I?oh, Mabel, will you?" "He is a noble man, mamma,".'said the newly engaged girl to her mother a few hours later. "He?he?sayB he didn't realize that he loved me till this morning. And I did not realize that?that?I loved him. If I had, I would n-never have played that horrid practical joke'upon him about his? his pump9. Bat whtfn he?he? ep-spoke to me I knew in a moment that?that?I did love him. You will ?will?never tell him that I meant it originally for a stupid hoar, will you, mamma, dear?" "Don't be afraid of that,' M-\b. Your old mother will not give you away. It was a risky sort of joke, wasn't it, though it has had the happiest results, as it seems to have opened both your eyes?" General Grosvenor'? Disillusion. General Grosvenor was walking through the corridors of the Capitol at Washington recently, when a woman approached him. "I beg your pardon," said she, pleasantly enough, "but isn't this Congressman Grosvenor of Ohio?" "Yes, madam," was the reply. "I thought so," she continued. "You see, I recognized you from your pictures in the papers." Then she paused a moment, while General Grosvenor also waited. ' "General Grosvenor," said the woman, with a touch of timidity in lier voice, "couldn't yon give me a ticket of admission to the galleries?" Quite gallantly the Ohio Congressman procured a card, filled it oat and signed his name. The woman went on her way rejoicing. General Q$osvenor stood for a moment thoughtfully. "Well," he said, "that il4he first time I ever knew.I really looked as bad as m^-piotures."?New ".England Home Magazine. Iler ni&ftppolntment. It is the dead of night. That is not i another story; understand. With straining ears the woman listens. She hears her husband enter the house and walk swiftly through the parlor. , i "Ah, me!" she sighs. "He has knocked nothing over! The room is not yet artistically furnished!" She cries softly to herself awhile and then resolves upon the morrow to buy a few additional loads of bric-abrac and try anew.?Detroit Journal. ' PRETORIA IS OCCUPIED.' General Roberts Leads His Great Army Into the Boer Capital. LARGE BRITISH FORCE CAPTURED.' General Botha Abandoned the Defence oi rretorm Aicer s?T?nu ouurp jc.ii" * counters With the Overwhelming Invading Force?An Irish Battalion Cat Off by Boers In Orange River Colony. London (By Cable)?At the bead of O great army General Roberts entered the submissive capital of the South African Republic Tuesday afternoon, 236 days from the beginning of the war, and five weeks from the inception of the northward movement from Bloemfontein. A short engagement preceded the town's capitulation, the Boers opening fire with well concealed artillery and attempting to flank the British, the movement being frustrated by the work of General Hamilton's troops. The British loss was slight. The occupation of Pretoria was announced by General Roberts' in the following dispatch: "Pretoria.?We are now in possession of Pretoria. The official entry will be made Tuesday afternoon at two o'clock." Details of the negotiations for surrender were given in this later messaged ? _ / a ? r v f ^\<2a. ( vL I \ > V THE BiLA.D HOUSE, PRETOQIA. "Pretoria.?Just before dark Monday the enemy were beaten back from nearly all the positions they had been holding, and Ian Hamilton's mounted , Infantry followed them to within two thousand yards of Pretoria, through which they retreated hastily. "De Lisle then sent an officer with a flag of truce into the town, demanding its sur?ender In my name. Shortly before midnight I was awakened by two officials of the South African Republic, Sandbar, military secretary to uommanaant i>eaerai tsotna, anu a general officer of the Boer army, who brought me a letter from Botha, proposing an armistice for the purpose of settling the terms of surrender. "I replied that I would gladly meet the commandant general the next morning, but that I was not prepared to discusss any terms, as the surrender of the town.must be unconditional. I asked for a reply by daybreak, as I had ordered the troops to march on the town as soon as it was light. "In his reply. Botha told me that he had decided not to defend Pretoria, and that he trusted the women, children and property would be protected. At seven a. m. Tuesday, while on the march, I was met by three of the principal officials with a flag of truce, stating their wish to surrender the town. It was arranged that Pretoria should be taken possession of by Her Majesty's troops at two o'clock in the afternoon. "Mrs. Botha and Mrs. Kruger are both In Pretoria. Some few of the British prisoners have been taken one of the first things done by General Roberts after <.ue occupation of Pretoria was to direct General French to relieve the British prisoners confined at Waterval. . While the commander-in-chief of the greatest army Great Britain ever put in the field was fulfilling the promise he made to the Guards at Bloemfon.. tela to leacUthem into the capital of ' the Transvaal England was celebrat< tng the eyent with wild enthusiasm. . Throughout the length and breadth of the country the news spread like wild fire. Based on the recollection of recent European wars, while the occupation of the enemy's capital signified the end of hostilities, General Roberts's telegram was universally taken to mean the practical finish ot the war which has tried Great Britain's military forces as they were never tried before. i In sharp contrast to this great success General Roberts reports the capture near Lindley, of the entire Thirteenth battalion of yeomanry , numbering 400 or 500 men. A remarkable march by General Methuon'.s 1 men of forty-four miles in twenty-foui hours did not avail to save them. i Captalu Godfrey Killed by Flllptnoi. . I General Funston. with twenty-fiv? i ,men, engaged fifty of the insurgents twenty-five miles east of San Miguel de Mayumo, P. I. Captain George J Godfrey of the Twenty-second llegi ment and one private were killed. Th< Filipinos' loss is not reported. | For Geological Surveys In Alimkn. Congress has appropriated ?35.00( for geological surveys in Alaska tlii* year, and one of three parties has al ready sailed. . Boer-U?itisli War Notes. The total casualties at Mafekins were 803. The 0<fpe Colony People's Congrers , ! has adopted a protest against the an , | nexaiion of the two republics. j The Rritish Government has polite i ly thnnked and dismissed the commit , i tee of the Imperial Yeomanry. | President Kruger is reported collect . ! ing forces and provisions for a Ion? J j siege in the Leydenburg district. It is generally believed that Genera' I Kitchener will be made Military Gov J ernor of the two couquered Boer re ' nubile* i NEW YORK DEMOCRATS State Convention Instructs Dolegates to Kansas City For Bryan. Resolutions Pledge Support of Any Plat* form That May Be Adopted by the National Convention. New York City (Special).?The Democratic State Convention met at the Academy of Music here, and selected delegates to the National Convention at Kansas. City, elected Presidential electors and a new State Committee. The delegates-at-large chosen were David B. Hill, Edward Murphy, Jr., Richard Croker and Augustus Van Wvck. The delegates were instructed to vote as a unit for William Jennings Bryan at Kansas City. The Chicago platform was not indorsed, but the convention pledged the support of the party in New York for any platform adopted by the National Convention. The convention was called to order by Chairman Campbell, of the State, Committee, who presented the name of John T. Norton, of Rensselaer County, as temporary chairman. . After his speech the "roll was called und the usual committees were1 announced. Elliot Danforth was made permanent chairman, and at the conclusion of his address the report of the Committee on Resolutions . was heard. The resolutions reported t>y,; the committee were adopted unanimously. ' ' v / The platform adopted pledges the Democracy of this State not only for Bryan, but also to the national, plat form, yet to be adopted. The monetary plank In full is thib: "We favor both gold and silver as the standard money of the country, ths money of the Constitution and of our fathers, each to he maintained* at'^parit/ with the other in purchasing and In debt paying power?which, hto been the steadfast policy of the D^iraK ocratic party since the days of Jeffer/ son, who declared that 'The monerar? unit must stand on both metals.' We" pledge our best efforts to continue tlie wors 01 monetary leiorrn. The only reference to the Boer trtir is this: "We are opposed to any alliances, express or implied, with any foreign. Government, whereby the Influence of this country cannot at all times be freely exerted in behalf of the maintenance and extension of Republican Institutions, and in favor of any brave people struggling to be free from plutocratic or monarchical rule." The platform also declares for the election of United States Senators directly by the people, and contains also a long plank on trusts, concerning which this declaration is made: "The Democratic party pledges itself that if intrusted with power, in either tlife State or the Nation, it will devote its best energies to the relief of the neonle from these onnressive monono away, but the majority are still ht ? Waterval. Over a hundred of the onicers are in i'retoria. Tn'fe few I have seen-are looking well." Tim Wop HfRr'o hnrt Information that iies." FICHTINC BEGINS IN CHINA. Admiral Kernpff Lmul* More American Bluejackets at Taku. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The Secretary of the Navy has received the following cable dispatch from Admiral Kempff. commanding the United States ship Newark, lying at the Taku forts at the mouth of the Pei-ho River: "Engagement has commenceu. Have landeu force of lifty seamen morebattalion of marines. KEMPFF." At a Cabinet council it was decided to send American troops to China from the Philippines should circumstances make it necessary. American- missionaries at Pao-tingFu appealed to the United States Minister at Pekin for immediate aid, as the misson was being attacked and intense indignation was feic over delay in sending them reinforcements, caused by Chinese red tape. The Dowager Empress of China has ordered the Tsung-ii-Yamcn to resist all the world rather than suppress the Boxers. Russia has ordered 2000 Cossacks to Pekin from Port Arthur. STEEPLE JACK ROMAINE KILLED. Foil 250 Feet From the Methodist Church Steeple at Cold Spring. Cold Spring, N. Y. (Special).?Stephen W. Romaine. aged twenty-four, of Yonkers, who was known as Steeple Jack, was killed here by a fall from the Methodist Church steeple. He climbed the steeple, a distance of 250 feet from the sidewalk, by the lightning rod, and was in the act of grasping the ball that surmounts it when the rod gave away and he fell. He lived about two hours after his fall. Romaine had been hired to gild the ball on the steeple. Just thirty years flJJO tilC 1)3.11 was pillL'Uli ill ^usiuuu, and no work had been done on the steeple since. The steeple climber at that time met his death in the same manner as did Romaine. Gave Up Wealth For Love. William Rittenhouse, a laborer, was killed by falling from a car at Bowling Green, Ohio. It became kuowr that Rittenhouse owned a large estate in Baltimore. He had received a college education and enjoyed a life of luxury. An unhappy love affair caused him to exile himself from his'family and friends and live a3 a common laborer. Banker Sentenced For Forgery. Robert E. Spencer, junior member of R. D. & R. E. Spencer, bankers of Thompsonville, Coun., who failed a few mouths ago, pleaded guilty to 1'crgery in the Superior Court at Hartford, and wns sentenced to three yeaiu in State prison. Harvard Student Arrested. > TTnrv.orrl stu AUgUSlUS iJ. uiucj, dent, was arraigned in the Municipal Court at Boston charged with selling obscene photographs. It is alleged that Emery operated through the mails. About 200 photographs were found in his room, each valued by Emery at $2. The case was postponed for a week. Treaty With Switzerland Ratified. The Senate, at Washington, without division, ratified the extradition treaty recently negotiated with Switzerland. Loft 810,000 to Her Hones. By the will of Ella N. Amerman, widow of Representative Amerman, of Pennsylvania, filed at Worcester, Mass., $10,000 is provided for the care of two horses and a dog. The Rev. Joseph K. Dixon, of Boston, is the custodian of the fund. The animals are to be treated with the utmost consideration, especially the horses. Tarkiak Officials Are AJarmecJ. Officials at Constantinople, Turkey, are becoming anxlotiti as American cruisers approach, the demands from Washington having been left'unanswered. SHOT B t TfflS COM Sheriff of San Augustine and Two o1 His Relatives Killed. \ FEUD FRUITFUL OF MURDERS. iliootlng Resale of One Three Hontlii Aco, Which Coat Lite of George Wall; Then Sherllt? Hl? Brother Avenged Him?Hostile Faction Opened Fire si the Trial of the Brother?Troops SentDallas, Texas (Special).?Sheriff Noel Roberts, of San Augustine County, and ais two brothers, Felix O. and Sydney Roberts, were shot to death in the Court House at the old town of San Augustine, in southeastern Texas, by (members of the Brooks' and Borders' followings. Sydney and Felix Roberts were kilted instantly, and the Sheriff died at noon, two hours affler the shooting. /; This Is the third tragedy wifliin three months in an old feud thatfhas Involved directly or indirectly nearly every family of prominence im~ San Augustine County. Sheriff (George Wall was killed three months ago by Lycurgtw- Borders. Noel Roberts, a, relative bt the'slain Sheriff, w^ts elect? , ad to *ucceed him. .Ill feeling toward the Borders resulted. ' . Several daysi ..ago' Benjamin. . C. Brooks, ? relative of ,Lycurgtl? Borders, was. killed in a public resort by W?1I oI hmthur nt thA fllaln ?f U4I, ?* MkV.MV* ? Sheriff. Young Wall surrendered to; Sheriff Roberts. Lycrtrgua Borders went from San Augustine to Beau moat and rallied a party of friends of , Benjamin Brooks, and returned to San Augustine with the avowed Intention of avenging the killing of Brooks. When Sheriff Bobertd and Ms two ^brothers appeared in tlje Court House j -tb protect Eugene Wall, who' was to appear for preliminary-trial for the silling of Brooks, the jterty from Beaumont, under Lycurgus Borders, opened . fire. News was hurried to Nacogdoches* thirty miles away, and communication ftad with Governor Sayers, at Austin., He ordered a militia company at fcogdoches to hurry to San Augustine.'" ;|IhE ROCHAMBEAU STATUE* Unveiled At Vendome in ttiyWBp, or Many Auieilcintifl n Vendome, France (By''C?J^?^KS statue erected by subscrlptpflPumn in France and in the hnnor of General Rochambeau' (the, ~ " ' .Utlgf V1 French officer, born here, who, in 1780, was sent with 6,000: men to the United States to take part in the Rev-"" olutionary War), was unveiled here with great ceremony. The city was richly decorated and the houses were festooned with French and American;, flags. ffijfi The unveiling exercises consisted of a speech donating the statue ,to tbe% city, another by the Mayor of;'yendome, and of speeches by General Porter dnd the Prefect of Ldir-et-' Cher, the department in which Vendome is situated. At the conclusion of the ceremony those who participated in it visited the tomb of Rocliambeau. The statue is the work of Hamar, a Venetian sculptqr. Many Americans attended the ceremony. RAILROAD WRECKS IN OHIO. Five Peraon* Killed Near Hamilton and Three Near Fremont. Hamilton, Ohio (Special).?The engine of a fast freight on the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Indianapolis Railroad jumped the track west of this city. Eleven cars loaded with stock were wrecked. Timothy ' Mahoney, David Starkey and Ambrose Smith, trainmen, and two unknown boys whc were stealing a ride were killed. Fremont, Ohio (Special).?Spreading rails caused the wreck of an eastbouml freight at Erlin. Enoch Bowser. fireman, and John Purtell, head brakeman, both of Lima, were killed Instantly. A boy who was beating his way was crushed beneath the wreck. The damage will reach $50,000. FELL ACROSS A BUZZ SAW. A Workman In a Sawmill Cat In Two a< the Waiet and Hla Arm Cat Oil. Bolivar. N. Y. (Speclal).-Phllip Evingham, forty years of age, employed in the steam sawmill of M. E. Horner, two miles south of Belmont, stubbed his toe and fell across a buzz saw making 1400 revolutions a minute. As he fell he threw up his arm. The arm was cut off and the saw passed through his body at the waist, a thiu strip of tissue holding the dismembered parts together. None of the mill hands saw the accident. They were outside the mul when he fell. No outcry was heard. The body lay on the running saw for live minutes and was hacked horribly before the accident was discovered. Naval War College Open. The Naval War College at Newport, t> r trna fnrmnllv onpned for the summer course of instruction by Frank W. Hackett, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. ..The exercises were attended by aeatiy.all of the officers at the naval fUm^l^llose of the war vessels - at 'Netfrjj^ and from Fort Adams, and those of the class, beside? many civilians. V Boon Tr?k;t6<'<^mi South Atrici Dr. Reltz, th<& Transvaal -State Sec retary, says that England. re quire a permanent garrison of 50.00C soldiers in the TranfVaalf He be lieges many Boers will trek^o Germar South Africa. Large Sliut-Down In iStMl. The Iiiuois Steel Company mills at South Chicago were closed down, with * ? ' -* ^ - vt-Ji tne exception pt .nif umni iuiuin.u Between G>000-land"; 7,000 men were thrown out of employment. The Political Campaign* The Populists have opened their Western headquarters at Lincoln, Neb. Maine Prohibitionists have nomin ated Grant Rogers, of Richmond, foi Governor. Tennessee Democrats have renomin ated Governor' Benton McMUlin anil Indorsed Bryan. W. S. Taylor, recent claimant for the Governorship of Kentucky, has an nounced that he will make the race v again this fall on an antl-Goebel elec tion-law platform. " ' ' V TRAIN RQBBERS' FOILED. Engineer Ran Away With the Traill. After It Had Been- Held Up. Express Messenger Barricaded Himself and Hefused to Surrender, Although Fired tipon. Longview, Texas (Special).?Masked robbers stppped a train on tlie International '& Great Northern Railroad, | sixty miles from this city, and after taking Engineer Charles Rich and Fireman Love from the locomotive, made the latter break a hole in the door of the express car, which the ornve express messenger, George Rutherford, refused to open. ue nau put out cne lignts in tne ;ar and barricaded himself behind the | freight. Not wishing to take chances themselves, the bandits concluded to send Love through the bole, with instructions to unlock the door. The fireman, shouting to the messenger not to shoot climbed though the hole, being Impelled by the sight of four revolvers leveled at him. Inside, the car Love In the darkness crawled behind the barricade the express messenger had arranged, and was .furnished with a shotgun: The bandits had unwittingly reinforced the man 'who 'stood between them and their "booty. They concluded that the best thing to do was to scare Rutherford and the fireman*by shooting through the sides of the car. They ihot until the express car looked like the top of a pepper-box, but no word of surrender came from tha messenger m: his companion. > ^ While this ^was^ge^g on the bandit i n Ism IU LUC - ? GENERAL MAXIMO OOMEZ. stood up in his carriage and saluted | Governor-General Wood, who was on the balcony. General Gomez said he had kept his promise to return to Cuba, and that he had never intended to turn his back upon her people. Bird Protector* Win. At a meeting of the Audubon Society iu New York City it was announced that the Milliners' Protective association had offered to agree not to make use of the feathers of American birds, except those of game birds killed in season, after 1902, on condition that 110 attempt be made to prevent the use of imported feathers. Farmer Blown to Fieees. Steven St. Aubin, a fanner of St. George, 111., was iustantly killed by a dynamite explosion. He was about to blast boulders on his farm, when he . nf,,i?Muli ni-nv ft raiii-n.nl tip. -There was a stick of dynamite in bis pocket. He was blown to pieces. Boers Culture British Troopa. Four small bodies of British troops were captured by Boors in ths eastern part of the Orange Free State. ClmiiRe us to Keclstereu Letters. The Postmaster-General at Washington has amended the postal regula tions so as to permit tin? sender of .1 registered letter to recall it after it has been dispatched. Heretofore the rule has been that sueli a letter could not be recalled without the consent of the addressee. Xeely'A Extradition Warrant Signed. Governor Roosevelt has signed the warrant for the extradition of C. F W. Neely. who is accused of embez zliiur Dostal frauds in Havana. Cuba. 4 COMMISSION IN MAHILA. ] ludee Taft Talks of the Work of Establishing Civil Government. WE REMAIN IN THE ISLANDS. the-Work of the Commission?To Ortut J All Self-Government Consistent With Stability and Security ? Suggestion* - 'gj Invited From the Filipinos?No Interference With the Military Government Manila (By Cable).?The . United States transport Hancock, from San Francisco, arrived here with the members of the Philippine Commission. . Jaj The members of General MacArthnr's . 3M staff welcomed the Commissioners'on , .Jft bf6ard the Hancock. At the Palace the , 'JH Commissioners were welcomed in a ".|ft short and forceful address. Judge flP Taft, speaking regarding the powers ig and future work of the Commission, ? "We have full-Instructions and ex- jjfl tensive powers. The latter we shall a % not exercise until we. hare had ample v n time to acquire sufficient knowledge \ 'M of the situation to enable us to pro- aa ceed to enact legislative changes and reforms preliminary to the establish- djmMS ment of a stable civil govern pagpt. jmk "Until we assume authority 6mk| ? Mac Arthur will continue to wSlnrf ' \ the duties and exercise the powflMWapffSH merly performed and exerettwHH^ '^8 General Otia, nnd even after we taSo active and full part In thejwmjPp , 1 ment, General MneArthur \ tinue as the executive head untft^OTDn our recommendation to President Itc-JKinley, It shall seem to the President that the time has arrived for the ap- J polntment of a civil executive for mak- J ing the military forces merely auxlk iary In carrying on the civil government, to be available only in cases of .3 emergency for the suppression of law- , J less violence too formidable to be jk overcome by the regularly organized IaaqI nnllpo n , "We are aware that there are several -Tj Issues of deep interest to the Filipinos upon which it is our duty to take action. Some of these involve judicial a investigation and decisions upon legal rights. Others call for the careful ? exercise of political power in order 3 to secure equitable adjustments. Up- rfi on the latter class of issues we ran not now speak.' 41 ".Representing the sovereignty /the United States in the Philippines^'. Wr \ which it is the purpose of our Govern- ^3 ment to maintain, we are here to dp; justice to the Filipinos and to secure . JH for them the best government in our . "-3 power and such a measure of popular j control as Is consistent with the stablllty and security of law, order and property. We are civil officers, men -.a cf peace. The field of our wont Is necessarily confiued to regions where '3 the armed enemy lias ceased his oper- \ ations. We cannot deal with armed -s| men. General Mac Arthur and the army will do that. k q "When those now in arms shall have 'iaid them down, relying as they certainjy can upon the justice, generosity and clemency of the United States, * 3 '-''it ?1 ? a.1*~oil o fnll hflirino we BIWI1 give IUCI11 ail U. I.U.. ?0 .. upon the policy to be pursued and the \ reforms to be Initiated. We purpose | to inaugurate as comprehensive a school system throughout the islands < J as circumstances will allow. I am surprised that Manila has not received news regarding the Spooner bill, a ' * measure calculated to help us greatly J in our wort here." . While in Hongkong the Commissioners questioned Armacho and members of the wealthy Cortez family regarding Filipino affairs not covered by the [ Filipino Junta there. | It should be understood that the foregoing declaration 01 Judge Taft is in no sense intended as a proclamation. CASUALTIES Hi TUG PHILIPPINES. Number of Officer* and .lien Killed and* Wounded Daring tlie War. ) Washington. D. C. (Special). ? Sec retary Root sent to tue senaie a report ou the number of soldiers who have been killed and have died of wounds in the Philippines. JA The deaths In the Philippines, from July 1, 1898, to May 24, 1900, were: Regulars, 30 officers and 920 men; volunteers, 41 officers and 834 men. The wounded were: Regulars, 37 officers and 721 men; volunteers, 1115 officers and men. The number of insane soldiers admitted to the hospital at Washington from the Philippines to Slay 24, 1900, is: Regulars, 47, and voluuteers, 15, of whom 19 have beeu discharged as recovered, and 41 still remain, one discharged unimproved and one ou a visit from hospital. CARLOAD OF MORMON CONVERTS. Twenty-one Tonne Women Go Wett to Be Married. Denver. Col. (Special).?A carload of girls converted to Mormonisin passeo , through Denver to join the Utah fol lowers of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young. They were in charge of a deacon and the deacon's wife. Some were eighteen and others were twentytwo years of age. but there was'none older than that. They came from x Missouri, Iowa. Illinois, and other valley States. All expect to marry rich Mormons. Miss Jennie Hodges, a Peoria woman, speaking for the other briues-elect, said: "If I find no one to suit me, I won't get married, loung men art becoming Mormons and going to Utab from our State all the time. The/-: are enough eligible men for all tut girls in the East." Captain Streeter Arrenteil, Captain George W. Streeter. of tin Sfr'Called "Territory of Lake Miebi -gan,"' was* arrested in Chicago on a , warrant charging him with conspiracy to commit murder. Streeter's "Mill tary Governor." William Xiles, auc * five followers who were arrested whili trying to hold a tract of land on th< lake trout claimed by Captain Street or, were bound over to the Grand Jurj on charges of assault with intent tc commit murder, conspiracy, and un lawful assembly. Klnctrlc Wire Kill* Two lion. Eldcn I'oss and Both man IT. Osman two employes of the Somerset and Kennebec l'ulp Company, at Fairfield, Me., wore killed by contact with a live electric wire on the premises of the plant, nnil William O'Brien was seriously injured. Canal Kill G.ien Over to December. In the Washington Senate at the request of Mr. Morgan (Dein., Ala.) Chairman of the Committee on Inter oceanic Canals, the Hepburn Nicaragua Canal bill was made a special order for Mopday, December 10. 1900. v