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m: mm IN A GALE * if The City of Monticello Founders in the Bay of Fundy. W? OYER THIRTY LIVES ARE LOST Only Four of Those Aboard Saved?Seven . " 'Get Avray in a Small Boat, But Three of Them Are Drowned In the SurfSteamer oh Her Way From St. John to Yarmouth?Wrecked on a Iteef. Halifax, X. S. (Special).?The worst marine disaster in the long list of 4 steamers wrecked among the rocks j and shoals at the entrance to the Ray of Fundy occurred when the steamer City of Monticello, owned by the Yar[ mouth Steamship Company, whose I boats ply between Halifax and St. ? - it. Da? I John, im. n., ana larmouui aim jduoton. was lost in the breakers anil her crew of thirty and three passengers perished. The steamer was overwhelmed by the mountainous seas only four miles from her destination. A heavy pale was ragfhgat the time, and there was a tremendous sea. The City of Monticello left St. John at eleven o'clock a. m. A fierce southeast gale was blowing, but the steamer pushed on in its path. Tl^e gale became a hurricane and a terrible sea beat upon the rocky Yarmouth coast. Captain T. M. Harding was in command of the City of Monticello. Before he was. aware of it his steamship was on a reef and the terrible breakers off Chegoggiu Point were raging around the craft and sweeping over her decks. Two boats were lowered as quickly as possible. Captain A. Norman Smith, of the steamer Pharsalia, had boarded the City of Monticello at St John. Three ^rromen on board?Elsie McDonald, colored, of Yarmouth; Kate Smith, stewardess, and another ?were put in the first boat, .and with them wei Captain Smith, Second Of- I fleer Nehmiah Murphy, Third Officer I -T T.M : Anrt^fAmYiflo. I james vj, JT luuiuiiug qju v^uuiicimaster Wilson Coo,k. The small boat, with Captain. Smith and six others, was driven by, the hurricane over the mountainous waves and dashed upon the beach. Elsie 31cDonald, one of the other women, and / Murphy were seized by the undertow ' and carried back to sea. A returning wave hurled Murphy against the rocky, beach with such violence that he was Instantly killed. Kate Smith, Captain Smith, Wilson Cook and James Flen^f ming were saved with trifling injuries. The other boat that put ofi^ frofti the; City of Monticello was not seen again I by any of those saved, and there is' not the slightest doubt that she was lost. No one knows who got into her from the steamer. , > ? , Among the passengers were Captain Smith, who was coming to Halifax to join his ship; A. S. Eldridge, a merchant of Yarmouth, wife, and two children; Miss Elsie Macdonald. of'Yarmouth; J. C. Fripp, of Woodstock, N. B.; O. W. Coleman, of New Glasgow, S., and John Richmond, married, of 'f, Sussex, N. B. The three latter were commercial travellers. Captain Smith. *M> TTildHflfro Afise Mnrrinnnld were saved. The list of lost includes many wellknown local navigators. Captain i {Thomas Harding, the master of the,' Monticello,' who is among the lost, t leaves a wife and one daughter, at present residing in Yarmouth. The first officer of tlie Monticello, who acted as pilot, was Captain Harvey Newall, a native of Newellton, Cape Sable Island, Shelburne,. He leaves a family. Second Officer Murphy leaves a :wife in Yarmouth. Steward Hopkins belonged in Harrington Passage, and ? is survived by a widow and several children! ' The purser, B. T. Hilton, was a native of Yarmouth and unmarried. Chief Engineer Grelg was a native of Scotland and resided in Yarmouth. ( Practically all of the deck hands and ithe remainder of the crew belonged along the shore, between Yarmouth and Lockport, and many of them leave wives and children. The stealer City of Monticello was bought by the Yarmouth Steamship Company a few years ago for $30,000. for their line on the south shore of jNova Scotia, and was insured for $25,000. She was a side-wlieeler, and before going on her present route was engaged in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and later in the Bay of Fundy route between Digby and St. John. , SIX LOST IN VINEYARD SOUND. Schooner Wrecked and Only Fonr on Board Survive. ' Boston (Special).? Th"? thrc ^-masted schooner Myra G. Weaver wa? wrecked in Vineyard Sound and six livese lost. The names of those who ^perished are: Miss Ella De Boe, aged fifteen, of Mobile; M'ss Mary Emerson, aged twenty-thvee, of Mobile; John Hejman, of Aland, Finlaud; Charles Magnussen, of Bergen, Norway; William Petersen, steward, married, of New Orleans; R. S. Vannaman, captain, aged thirty-five, of Philadelphia. 1 The detail# , of the disaster were learned upon the arrival here of the steamer City of Macon. Captaiu Savage, which rescued the four survivors, . .while on the way here from New York ^ ^"Clty. Those saved -are the first mate, W John Kearney, of Calais. Me.; the second mate, Rasmas Olsen, and Seamen George Johnson and Axel Aggia. Plaguo Cost Glasgow 85,000,000. Dr. Colvin estimates that the bubonic plague has cost the city of Glas gow, Scotland, $5,00<.?,^)00. \ ' *? -? Monitor Arkansas Launched. j The United States monitor Arkansas, built by the Newport News Company at Newport News, Va., was released from .the, ways on which she !bad rested since the summer of 1809. The launch was witnessed by a crowd numbering probably 5000 spectators. The sponsor for the nCw warship was Miss Bobbie Newton Jones, of Little . Rock, daughter of Governor Dan W. Jones, of the State after which the vessel was named. Neway (lleamnen Th* population of Wyoming' as offi .cially announced by the Census Bureau is 03,531. John Redmond said that the American fund will build a Parnell monujment in London. ! The Diamond Match Company will move its general offices from Chicago to New York City. A plot to escape from the Cook County (111.) jail was discovered and a jail dpllvery frustrated. The population of Florida, as officially announced by the Census . . [Btfreao, is 528.542. ? THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. Secretary Long will recommend tc I Cdnjrress the establishment of a National Naval Reserve in place of tlif existing Naval Militia. : Secretary Lons returned to Washing j ton from his trip to Colorado. Information that the American ord | nance officers have the plans of th( j closely guarded French field gut I caused much excitement in Washing ton. The President returned to Washington, and was warmly greeted by a large crowd. He was kept busy receiving congratulations and callers. Negotiations for the sale of the Dani Ish West Indies to the United States , ! are to be resumed. I OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. | William Haywood, Collector of In| ternal Revenue for the Distric't of ' I Hawaii, has tendered his resignation < to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue. , | Major-General MacArthur has amended the curfew order in Manila j so that the residents of that city may remain on the streets until midnight. s John A. Russell, of Elgin, 111., has handed in his resignation as Attorney- 1 General of Porto Rico, on account of i personal business that demands his attention I The Credentials Committee of the J Cuban Constitutional Convention found evidence of great frauds in the elections of delegates. Surgeon-Major Reed and a board of experts will continue the investigation into the propagation of yellow fever i by mosquitoes, and an experimental station will be established outside of Havana. DOMESTIC. William D. Jelks was elected President of the Alabama Senate. The Governor- elect. William J. Sanford, is critically ill from an incupble malady. and Jelks will succeed in. the event of his death. Captain John D. Hart, of Cuban filibustering fame, died of apoplexy. Captain Hart had been in poor health lately, and made his home at Atlantic City. N. J. Chicago's rapid Improvement as a healthful city Since the drainage canal was opened is shown by the statement Just issued by the Health Department. William L. Strong & Co., the big dry goods house, In New York Ctyy, of which the late^former Mayor Strong was the head, has gone into the hands of a receiver. ' ( The wives and children of many af- I my officers stationed in Manila sa?ed: from New York City for the Far East on the transport Kiipatrick. They will make their homes the're. Robert Mulcahey, a retired corporal of the United .States Marine Corps, c(>rQmitted^pfc;idff In. New York City, i He close<^veryv crevice, la the room : and turned on the gas. , \ Gustave Erickson, a carpenter, Was I dragged from his bed and stabbed to ' death by an unknown assassin at Wor- ' cester, Mass. . 3 j Officers of the revenue cutter Richard Rush report that the Aleutian ' [island Indians are rapidly dying |off. j I Burglars blew open^Jes in the f)ost- | office and in Blacl^^ftCo.'s store at . Mathews, N. C., am^ook $100b in \ ^ash. \ / , 2 The fifteen vessels running toA!ape ] Nome have suspended their tripaentfl ; : next spring. Wk . j L? A monument to cofhmemo^^Ad- 1 rniral Dewey's victor'i be erectcd at San buildings J., ' were made homek^^^^^^^^^p . Complete retun^^^^^^^BTatlve districts in Penn^^^^^^^V that M. S. Quay will^^^^^^H to 'be , elected United ; The j chances only slign^^^^^Klm. The ] former Senator iss^^^^Hfement say- ] ing that he would^nE^Ked J&ftator ! on the lirst ballot. fl ' Gold bars wokh^^H^XX) consigned i to the Rational Ci^^Knk, New York, ; and whhdh were ^Htosed by Wail i street to f ave been^Boped from South 1 1 Africa, proved to bW.the mark of the 'United States Assa^^ffice. There was considlrable talk among the anti-Tammany forces of a plan to effect a powerful combination for the purpose of overthrowing Richard Croker's hold on the New York City government at the next election. Senator Piatt announced that he in- i tends to force the Constabulary bill j through the New York Legislature, ] taking the Greater New York police out of the hands of Tammany Hall. FOREIGN. A fierce gale swept the English 1 . Channel, causing many wrecks, in- | eluding a steamer, and loss of life. President McKlnley sent a medal to the sailor Olsson, at Copenhagen, Denmark, who saved twenty members of an American crew. The collections in Russia for the j work of the Red Cross Society iu nhina amount to half a million rubles. | Before the Philosophical Institution in Edinburgh, Scotland, Ambassador Choato spoke on Abraham Lincoln. Private advices received in Berlin .nnounce that the Catholic German Missionary Bishop jammer was flrst horribly tortured and then burned alive in Tus-Tseng, China. The Rev. G. Campbell Morgan, of London, has been asked to become the successor of the late D. L. Moody. He will probably accept. The importation of American steel threatens to extinguish the local steel industry at Swansea, Wales. Count von Waldersee reported encounters between the allies and the Boxers, showing that military operations were still in progress about Pekin, China. lTnUoH States Ambassador to Franco, General Horace Porter, left Paris on a vacation. lie will be absent about seven^weeks. , Sweeping reforms in military train ins for the British army will go lute operation next yeur. vSalson. the anarchist, who attempted t to shoot the Shall of Persia in Paris ? was condemned to penal servitude foj life. Emperor Kwang Su 'declined to a<y cede to the demand for the punishment of the Chinese General Tung Fi Hsiang. The Government troops captured i band of fifty Cal-Ii6ts bear Villa Frin ca del Panades, Spain. They seileo a quantity of arms and ammunitiai. Among the Boers who were klllec in the recent fighting near BeUi.st . South Africa, were General Fonriefnc Commandant Prinsloo f I " I PABIS MM EMS" Show a Gieantic Success From the Point of View of Attendance. HAD OVER 50,000,000 VISITORS The Great Fair Closed In a Blare of Illumination ? Attendance Was Double That of the Exposition of 1889?Americans Returning. December 15 ? Removal of the Exhfblts. Paris (By Cable).?The great exposition of 1900 closed in a blaze of Illumination, the final evening being celebrated by a night fete. The booming of a cannon from the first story of the Eiffel Tower announced that the ?xposition hafl ceased to exist. Five tickets were charged for one admission to this last festival of the world's fair. The attendance, however, was small, visitors being kept away by i solid, drizzling rainfall. The closing was celebrated in the Chamber of Deputies by the unanimous adoption of a motion of M. Gerville-Reache, Republican, representing one of the divisions of the Island of Gugdaloupe, congratulating the organizers and collaborators on its success. Official statistics show that the exposition was a gigantic success from the point of view of attendance, which - ' ' ,.W ' . LrL PiCARD,. MJ r^\ [The Dlreotor-Generfil ol the Pnrls Exposition.) was double that of the exposition of L889, when 25,121,975 persons passed ' :he gates. When the gates of the exposition of 1900 closed this evening >ver 50,000,000 persons had passed trough. The record paying day this rear brought ..out more than 000,000 i'{olfAra no nnmn'flroH with n mnTimnm of 325,377' In' 1889. The work of'removing the exhibits began after midnight. No vestige will be left of the exposition, except the immense hothouses on the north bank of the Seine and the art palaces. The exposition authorities' contract for . the demolition of the American Pavilion provides for. its disappearance at an early period. Work will be begun almost immediately, and Commissioner-General Peck has arranged with the railroad company to provide Cor the rapid transportation to Havre of the national exhibits for shipping oh board the United States'iiuxlllary srul^er Prairie, which is? expected to arrive .there shftrtly. All the members of thSJJrilted States Commission are anxious to return bome. They are working hard and bope their labors will be terminated by December 15th, in order to enable them to spend Christmas in America. Mr. Peck is so confident of being able to do so tb&t he has engaged passages foj hlpself and family on the Amerifcan".:?line steamer St Louis, which sails December 15. ACCUSED OF INCENDIARISM. fc, .Society Man. of Newpoit, B. I., to Charged "With Arson. Newport, R. I. (Special).?Dennlstoni M. Bell, son of Dr. Christopher M. Bell, a prominent cottager, who owns a large estate in Bellevue avenue, was arraigned before Judge Baker, In the police court, charged wltn setting ffte to the bathing pavilion - at Bailey's. Beach on Sunday'night The prisoner pleaded not guilty, and, waived examination, and the case was set for trial for the January session of the Supreme Court. His bail was fixed at $5000, furnished by his father. It is understood that Bell confessed to both the Chief of Police and another police officer to having set fire to the Mahony stable, as well as to the pavilion at Bailey's Beach, but that he denied having any connection with the Eldridge cottage fire. Killed in a Hotei Fire. Fire destroyed the Gifford House at Poplar Bluff, one of the oldest hostelries in Southeastern Missouri. The dead are Heck Clark, Doniphan, Mo., and Iiebecca Owens,, Shelby Dehart and Curley Berry, of Poplar feluff. The fatally injured are Etta Hargrove, -of Poplar Bluff, and Winslow Stowe, of Tennessee. There -were about forty-five guests in the building when the fire was discovered. Montana Posse Captures a Desperado. After a running fight, during which three deputy-sheriffs were wounded. Sheriff Kellogg and a posse captured a desperado who robbed and probably fatally shot Frank Beaver, near Logan. and then killed Sheriff Yo\mg, and wounded four deputies who attempted to arrest hrm at Springdale, Mont. None of the deputies wounded aro fatally hurt. Plague Rages in Mau:-ltln*. Bubonic plague is raging in Port Louis, Mauritius. Comrade of Mark Twain Dead. Captain George W. Jenks, aged sixty-eight, died at Indianapolis, Ind. Running in and out of St. Louis on some of the finest passenger steamboats, Captain Jenks became acquainted with Mark Twain when he was trying with poor success to become a steamboat pilot. Naval Estimates For Next Fiscal Year. The estimates of Secretary Long, ol the Navy Department, at Washington for the cost of. the navy during th -?- , * A REMARKABLE RESCUE Well-Digger, Buried Alive, Waf Saved After Thirty-eight Hours. ItescueM Had to Dig Another Well, and Kioiu That a Tunnel to the Imprisoned Man. i Sullivan, Ind. (Special).?An extraordinary incident has occurred on the farm of Charles Seliechter, in Gill Township, three miles south of New Lebanon. Thomas McPheeters, of ' Palestine, 111., was engaged in digging a well a few days ago, and when he reached a depth of thirty feet the sand and curbing above caved in suddenly, covering him above the shoulders, his head alone remaining! above the sand. The curbing completely filled the opening, forming a perfect arch above his head. McPheeters, although be was tightly wedged in by the sand and. entirely hidden from view, was able to talk to those who went to'his rescue, and he ~ fVam rrrho f AXMia hpSt tO uuYiaeu ??nu tjutm ?Tuu?yv..-do.' A large force of meil soon gathered, and they worked all the afternoon and until midnight in running a tunnel. . , Their efforts were apparently of no avail, as the earth caved In as fast as It could be displaced. Late at night the would-be rescuers were unable to determine If McPheeters were still alive, and at midnight, under the belief that he had been suffocated, they returned to their homes. Early In the morning it was discovered that McPheeters was still alive, and after much exertion a two-inch rubber hose was run down, through which he received soup and other nourishment. Forty men were then placed at work and. a large hole was dug alongside, after which a tunnel was run through, all of whibh was curbed as rapidly as completed. The-work continued' unremittingly, until 8 o'clock the following mprittng; when McPheeters was : rescued, -after thirty-eight hours' imprisonment. He received no injuries ?witlr . the exception of a bruised should^fe > THE ElMiWA/"FORGERY CASE. w,?? TjimiU TUMirta Her Confession and Then Batract* the Ketrictlon. Elmira, N.'Y. <<?fpeclai).?The case of Mayor Frank H, FlocJfl, who was arrested and released on ,$10,000 bail, changed Witli forgery by ..Catherine Loonie,.,a pretty ..young' -"jtroman, her-v self wider conviction,; for "the V same offense, took an odd- tu'fn Wednesday,; It was announced,.that 3?teB Loonie; ? in the County Jafl, had made'another affidavit. retracting1 the^criaalnal accusations she had made against Mayor Flood. This affidavit was given by the notary who acknowledged It, Her bert N. Babcook, to Joseph P. Enstace, attorney for the Mayor. Miss Loonie, when questioned con- ? cerning the matter said that Mr. Babcock came to her with the In-, formation that the Mayor , jvas prostrated, and would commit suicide unless she made the retraction, and to save his life, so she thought, she made the retraction. Mr. Babcock declares that she sent for him voluntarily and dictated to him the retraction. Later in the day Miss Loonie was visited by- J. John Hpspettr. attorney for* the prosecution, she having ex pressed a desire to make an affidavitretracting her retraction. She said she had made it because of the representations about the Mayor's prostrated condition.. Mr. Hassett says that he does not need the evidence of Miss Loonife In the case, as he has an abundance of other evidence. Mayor Flood, instead of being in a state of collapse, hae been about the streets visiting his patients apparently as unconcerned as he was before the arrest was made. ' NO CHANCE IN THE * CABINET. X \ ( rha President Asks the Secretaries to Serve Another Term. Washington, D. C. (Special).?President McKinley has announced clearly and forcefully to the member of his Cabinet his desire that they should all remain with him during the four years - ' - ? A J XT J a . OL ma COWIIlg duuiiuinuaiiuu. ilia . wishes were made known in an extended speech (at a Cabinet meeting In the White House. Responses were made by all of the members present, and while there were no definite pledges from any of them that they would accept the portfolios thus tendered, there was, on the other hand, no deflfaite declination. By the proceedings the members of the Cabinet are relieved of the customary obligation of tendering their resignations at the end of the term unless they have made an Irrevocable decision that it will be impossible for them to continue in office. RURAL FREE DELIVERY. Department to Ask For 82,500,000?817,140,000 For Regular Her rite. Washington, D. C.^ (Special). ? The appropriation for rural free delivery service which the Poutmaster-General will ask from Congress for the next fiscal year, "probably will be upward of $2,500,000, as it is proposed to ex tend the service to an parts or tne country. The estimates which .will be submitted to Congress for the regular free (Service, it Is understood, will be $17,140,000, an Increase of 8;8 per cent, over the appropriation for last year. Bailer Arrives in London. General Sir Redvers Buller arrived in London. The General was enthusiastically acclaimed. Scandal In the Greek Nstj. A great scandal has been caused in the Greek Navy by the detection of the officers of a warship from Crete in the act of landing smuggled goods in a deserted part of Piraeus, the port of Athens. . Voted Against Revision. x>rwJcM/-*n tho nf was voted down in the New York Presbytery, In session in New York City, but only by the easting vote of the moderator when a tie had been announced. Young IIurrlnon ILeaves the Army. Lieutenant-Colonel Russell B. Harrison, Inspector-General United States Volunteers, has been honorably discharged from the service of the' United States, to take effect December 1 next, his services being no longer required. Lieutenant-Colonel Harrison is a son of former President Harrison, and has served in the volunteer establishment since the outbreak of the Spanish war. Bnsglans Defeat the Cttneae. The Russians have captured an arsenal northeast of Yam^feun, China. \ \ Itm OP MARCOS BALY The Montana Millionaire's Long Illness Ended in New York City. HIS RISE TO WEALTH AND POWER i While He Lny Dying He Wlilopered: "A Little Longer; That Is All"?Career of the Self-fflade Copper King Who Win Only an Irish Immigrant Lad ? HU Fortune Estimated at 820,000,000. New York City (Special).?Marcus Daly, an immigrant boy fifty years ago, died in tbe Hotel Netherland Va this city. He left behind him a widow, a son, three daughters, a host of friends and a fortune of $20,000,000. From a lad to whom shoes were a luxury he had risen in the country of his adoption to a man of affairs, of politics, to whom wealth was no dream and power no stranger. For more than two weeks Mr. Daly was on the verge of death, only heroic treatment by his physicians prolonging his life. Soon after eight o'clock Monday morning the end came. There were present Mrs. Daly and their four children, Harriet, Mary, Margaret and Marcus, Jr.; the physicians, Dr, W. H. Thompson and Dr. Dillon Brown; a brother, Patrick Daly, and the Rev. Father LavPlle. Mr. Daly was coh>, scious, but 170 hours previously, when v suffering gnatly, eald: "Jest a little longer; that is all; a little longer." The end was so quiet that none but the physicians and the clergyman whe knelt at his side knew that it had come. He was born in County Cavan, Ireland, in 18i2. He came to this country when a boy, and after a precarious living in the East ha^yvent. West. As a prospector he' plckecrup a knowledge of ore. He tramped over the mountains of TJ6ah-witk hnnger for a companion and the skies for a cover. From( laborer he rose at last to mine and then, in 1880, at last came before the eyes of men. Twenty years ago his ability In handling men took him to Montana to exploit , the property of George Hearst, Lloyd Terls and J. B. "Haggin. They ^had mines near Butte which needed 'developing. Daly had a. alight interest in the property, but lit was sufficient to bring him the managing ownepship, fortune and fame. It was. Daly, \who suggested the purchase of 'Jhe Anaconda .Mine, near,v Butte CiV* believing that it promised well in gold and silver. The mine was bon irht for 225.00ft: 'Before Ions' ron per - veins Were stjrnck. To-day the Anaconda-produces one-quarter of all the coppet mined In the world. It employs ,10,0^0 men and reduces 4000 tons of. tee "every day. Of his ' long pplljtical battle with Senator William A. Clark,, his onetime friend, It is not necessary to speak at length. Daly admitted thajt he had reasons for personal enmity, but always contended that he fought for the good of Montana. Daly look up racing as a pastix<v Beside breeding stock on an enormous scale at the Fi^r Root Stud Farm in MotitanBjftie horses in tanining. both jyid in California. ^During 'li^BPTCareer he. won most of the fsfmoxf races in th^country. . It \fas announced thatvall .of Mr. Daly's stock wilt be held In tru^t for his widow and children. \ 1 ' HENIiY VILLARD DpEAD. ' Famous Financier Passes f\war at His Country Home NearDabba Ferry. New York City (Special).?Henry Villard, railroad builds, financier and philanthropist, died qt his .country home, Thorwood, ne'ar DobbB, Ferry. The direct cause of'llr. Vlllard's death was apoplexy, according to a statement issued, by the family. Mr. Villard left a fortune of about $1,000,000. Mr. Villard .was sixty-five years old on April 11 last His father, Gustav Hilgard, was Judge of the Supreme Court ot Munich, but, without his consent, took the name of a French schoolmate, Henry Villard. . Mr. Vfllard received a good education In the Bavarian schools. When he came to America he studied law and later, becaioafc a newspaper reporter. He wap'^a %ar correspondent In the Civil Wat.1 and in the Austro-Prussian war. Inv.1871 he married the daughter of WUlIam Lloyd Garrison. Mr. Villartfp*A.career as a financier began in Germany In 1871. He returned to this country in 1873 ,and .organized the famous "blind pool" arid built the Northern Pacific Railroad. In the craah of 1884 he lost every cent and several years later he again made a purchase of the Northern Pacific. He lost his second fortune in the crash i of 1893, but quickly rehabilitated it. j He was one of the first to lend a helping hand to Edison. FINDS VAN WYCKNOT GUILTY. Mayor of New York Exonerated bj Ice Trust Scandal Examination. Albany, N. Y. (Special).?State Attorney-General John C. Davles has concluded his examination into $he Ice Trust charges made against Mayor Van Wyck, and has submitted a legal report of great length, in which he exonerates the Mayor. The Attorney-General accounts for the delay in rendering his opinion by stating that It was attributable to the nhoonflo r\f r?n #>j?mnflfcsn WOl'k and to the repeated and numerous ob- | stacles thrown in the way by lawyers. New Theory of Galve6ton*8 Ruin. 1^ is believed by the engineers who are repairing the Galveston-Me.vico cable, which was broken by the Galveston hurricane, that the storm wfts accompanied by a submarine eruption. The evidence of this eruption is found in the twisted condition of the cable. The sheathing is found to have been reversed, and the wires binding it to the core turned the wrong way. Brittiih to Test Submarine Boats. The British Admiralty has decided to make a test of a submarine boat. Lnbor World. A census of Minnesota industries shows that there are 233 employing *hild labor. The Calumet and Hecla mine, at Houghton, Mich., l as closed down several more shafts, throwing GoO men out of work. Journeymen plumbers at Pittsburg, Penn., who haa been on strike since October 1, have returned to work, both sides making concessions. The strike of the employes of the Canadian-American Street Railroad, at Kingston, Jamaica, Is serious. The service la almost at a standstill ^? GEN. MACARTrfUR'S VIEWS Hie Military-Governors Review of the Affairs in the Philippines. 'he Causes and Method# of the Tnstuf-' 1 rectlon?Success of the BebeI?V..-< ' Oierllla Warfare. . '.I Washington, D. C. (Special).?MajorGeneral Arthur MaeArthur, commanding the army in the Philippines and Military-Governor of the Islands since May.5, 1900, has submitted his report to the War Department. A large part of the report relates to events which took place previous to the date when he assumed command, and he publishes some of the correspondence and proclamations of the Filipinos obtained before that time. He refers to the pian of Aguinaldo in abandoning his army organization and starting a1guerilla warfare. The conditions of the country have afforded advantages for such a policy, he sayv, as they have enabled the insurgents to appeal and disappear at their convenience; '' At one time they are soldiers and immeuiately after are within the American lines in the attl tude of peaceful native'. A widely scattered formation of Filipino^ quickly followed the guerilla warfare, which led to a corresponding dissemination of American troops, there being fifty-three military stations in the archipelago on;* November 1, 1899, and 413 stations on September % 1900. A This resulted in a large^iumbcr of minor skirmishes, many of which did not assume the dignity of a regular cotoibat, though the casualties between the dates, mentioned were 2G8 Americans killed,' 750 wounded and 53 captared^ Jthe. Filipino losses during the skmel-ftme. being 3227 killed, C94 woun<jiBd,and 286? c$ptyred. General MacAjrthur days the extensive, distribution of troops has strained the soldiers of-the army to the full limit'of endurance. ; He speaks in the highest terms of this service rendered by the troops aiipld all labors and"hardships. ?.'> "The Filipinos;? says General MacArthur, "are nor a warlike or ferocious people. Left to themselves, a lai-ge number of them would gladly accept American supremacy, which they are gradually coming to understand means individual liberty and'absolute security in their lives ariu property. As a substitute for. all'other considerations the people aeehi to^be actuated by the Idea that in all doubtful matters of politics or war men are never nearer right than when going with their own kith and kin, regardless of consennannoci 9V / This condition, he says, has raised difficulties, and obstruct ions to pacification. The effort to institute municipal government under American auspices carried the idea of exclusive fidelity tb the United States, but this met with difficulties where Filipinos were placed entirely in control, and secret municipal governments were organized fn various towns under insurgent auspices to proceed simultaneously with tie American government, and often through the name personnel. Presidentes and town officials acted openly In behalf of Americans and secretly In behalf of the insurgents, and, paradoxical as 'it may seem, with considerable apparent solicitude for the interests' of both. The report says the success of the guerilla system depends upon complete unity of action amoug the native population. Th^t there is such unity j is frankly acknowledged, but how it is brought' about General MaeArthur says he Is unable to ascertain. Intimidation accounts for the condition to some extent, but fear would not be successful as tbe only motive. He adds: "It is more probable that tlie adhesive principle comes from ethnological homogeneity, which induces men to respond for n time to the appeals of consanguineous leadership, even when such action Is opposed to their own interests and convictions of expediency." He says that this statement applies to the entire archipelago, excepting the portion of Mindanao occupied by Moros and the Jolo group. The Moros seem entirely satisfied with present conditions. General MacArthur quotes captured correspondence to show the efforts of the insurgent leaders to intimidate and control the people. He'declares that the guerilla bands couM not exist except for the support they receive from the towns. He says that the education of the Filip'nos wjll tend to secure their submission, but Indicates that this will take a great deal of time and patience and an adequate force. Accompanying General MacArthur's report are the reports of the various staff officers unde;* his command. Major-General Lloyd Wheaton reports upon the conditions of the Department of Northern Luzon, while .Major-General John C. Batf.s makes aifcfort regarding the Department ot'Southern L'izon. General Robert . P. Hughes rcporte as commander'.of the Department of the Vlsayas, and General William A. Kohbe reports on the operations in Mindanao.in,d Jolo. Ihese reports relate chiefly to the military operations in the departments. Warned to Wntch America. warning uermany i warcn America the Hanover Courier says it would be dangerous to allow, further growth of Pan-Americanism.'' Wyoming'^ Population, 92,531. The population of the State of Wyoming for 1900 was announced by the Census Office as 92,531 Street Duel, and One Man Killed. Richard Waggoner and Walker Hargrove fought a duel at Bowie. Texas. The men exchanged nine shots. Waggoner was killed. Hargrove is unhurt and in jaiL Population of Vermont. The Census Bureau announces the population of the State of Vermont as 343,641, against 332,422 in 1890, an increase during the decade of 11,219, or 3.3 per cent,<.' r. . 1. Cycling Notes. ' A six day Dicycie race wm ue neio In New York City this winter. The mud guard has not met with much popularity in this country. Denlers say that while the season has been profitable it has been the t worst iu many years. Ernest Watson Farley, ot Cleveland, I has heeai elected Captain of the Yale j bicycle team for next year. llicycle academies, which were a feature when eycllng was at the height , of Its popularity, bave almost dlsap-: peaicU I Elmira's Executive Accused of Forgery:>[ by a Youns Woman, "He is held in $10,000 bail KIm Loonle, Who Hm Been . -Convicted . . J, and Sentenced For Forgery, ? Said to Have Implicated Dr. Flood In Her Crime?Alderman McCann, the Mayor*# Political Enemy, Secnred the Warrant o Elmira, N. Y. (Special).-Dr. PrankH. Flood, Mayor of Elmira, a respect- 1 ed citizen, a husband and father of a -^3 family, was arrested on a warrant charging him with forgery. Mayors^.^J Flood's arrest Is the result of the sen-tence to Auburn Prison for four years onH nlna m nnllic r\P \Cica riflfllDriflfl Cal Loonle, a pretty and well-educated young Elmlra woman, v^pr&tan'da victed of offering for deeds to property to which *he had no f; ^ claim, knowing they were forgeries* y;-'J Miss Loonle L.s.s made a confession? ; ' Implicating Mayor Flood in h?r>ctimes v# and declaring she was largely under his Influence at the time they were ^JS committed. ' The warrant for Mayor Flood'a rest was issued by Recorder Michael Danaher upon a complaint swoi^n to ,-\jM by Alderman Fruncis McCann, of the' -V??| Fourth Ward. The warrant charges ;?hI forgery in the first degree. Mayor >y|3 Flood was arraigned before Recorder'-^S Danaher and upon waiving eiamina- -?? tion, was held to await the action of the next Grand Jury. Bail was fixed at $10,000. Former Congressman T. 8. Flood, a cousin of the Mayor; Judson cjgj H. Clark and Fire Commissioner La ,'tkw France signed the bail bond. i The story of Catherine Loonle aoll her arrest and conviction is a singular one. The young woman is a lifekjOggV, ' j rpslilpnt- nf F'.lmirn ntid wn? Jt from Notre Dame Academy. The deeds she has been convicted of forgBjj^ftsI transferred real estate in this elty-1 owned by Miss Margaret G. Kennedy,'^^ of Binghamton, to Miss Loonle. they had been tiled Miss Loonle obtained a loan of $2.(J00 on the property. from the Elmira Savings Bank. The forgery was brought to lighl^^H when Miss Kennedy called at the offlceVrSH of a local insurance company to re-.^Sj| new policies on the buildings. Then,; ; she was told by the agent that she dla^jjSH njOt own the property, It having beeniiSjB transferred by her to Miss Loonle. iVss Kennedy at once instituted an'^ ItfsSBtJgation, which resulted in Misac^M Loonie's arrest She^flnally made a confession to DI^'hH trict Attorney Aid ridge, in which, was said, she implicated Mayor Flood Sp in the crime. When brought Into the.:sJSj County. Court she pleaded gtillty, andj^ffl was sentenced to four years and months in Auburn prison. She was to; % have been taken there Monday, J. J. Hasseu. an attorney, acting fir- . Alderman Francis McCann, of^ip:v. Fourth Ward, obtained from" Charles R. Prait, a writ of habeas enrnns fnr Mica T.nnnin Sho thaW'.Wftii''>vil taken before Recorder Danaher, anil was examined with regard to her fldavit and confession in the hands ot a the District Attorney. She reiterated ; this testimony, and signed each Flood is forty-nine years of age, a wife and two daughters, and is on&filsy of the most successful physicians the city. He was at the fast munitflp*#**p*H election, elected Mayor over formgfoyiM City Chamberlain F. E. Bundy, who* is now serving a sentence in prison.for embezzling about $80,000 ofy^JB the city's funds. jg BANK DEFALCATION DISCO VEREC^^B Member of Nashville Firm ConfMHI'^H Collusion With a Bookkeeper. Nashville, Tenn. (Special).?JWith the. , 5 assignment of Conner & Brady, welF1 5 known wholesale grocers, a defalca*..y "..-J tion, in which the First National BairtM^a of this city is affected, is brought The nmnnnf invnlvorl is SSftl't' "-^1 but the bank officials will lose nothing. (if Will Lee, the individual bookkeeper,* a man of forty, who bad lived a life In Nashvih? apparently of exemplarymi-i habits, left here last July. The baa^yjijB officials became aware of the pecaU^^jfl tlons, and, from what can be learn^oFj^B looked at once to Lee's bondsmen. He fl was never brought back, and the affair was hushed up. The investigations were quietly con-/ r ^ tlnued. Brady has confessed thai tte defunct firm's accounts furnished way by which the individual boafc-v\ V31 keeper defrauded the bnnk. The bank J thinks Brady was the only member 'oti\ J the firm criminally liable. ' ANNUAL TREASURY REPORT. ; A Sorplaa of 870,527,060 la the I*st J Flncul Year. I Washington, D. C. (Special).? The M annual report of the Treasurer or the United States, Ellis H. Roberts, on the ':sB operations and conditions of the Treaa- rjy ury, was submitted to Secretary Gagef^ .vaB TKa ?Af ftp/llnot?xr rnvoniina nf tha JLUC JUUV VI U4UU1 J tvi vuuvu V*. VMV Government for the fiscal year were . -JH $567,240,852, the latest in the history of the country, exceeding those of. vgRj 1866, the next highest, by $47,291,28$. lip The increase of $51,2S0,232 over tb6 preceding year was contributed from all the general sources, but chlefljr from customs and internal revenues. On the side of the expenditures th^ft-. was a net increase of $117,358,38S, lil ,'%3: comparison with 1890, so that the "JB ficiency of $S9,111,360 for that year ,. jH was converted into a surplus of $79,- !a| 527,0130 in 1900. . GERMANY'S OFFER 70 BOERS. : * Will Welcome Them In Colony In South* west Africa. * Berlin (By Cable).?The Government; , has officially notified the Colorflal . >?j Council that it will gladly grant permission to 15,000 Transvaal Beers tQ ? trek through the Kalasarl Desert to territory in German Southwest Africa., JB Arrangements, therefore, are now being made to welcome the vanquislieii m Boers as a new and valuable elemj&ht 9 for the colony. : Personal 3ttent?or?. Since tue assassmuuot. 01 xv my Humbert the rope Is said to have been very carefully guarded in the Vatican, at Rome. Major-General Henry C. Corbln, Adjutant-General of the Army, baa decided to make a month's trip to Europe. It will be bis first vacation Id three years. Rear-Admiral Sampson's health baa broken down, and it is understood thai he will be granted leave of absence <& until next February, when he reaches M the age Umit and goes on the retired - M listMm