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the matter bef^^^^^^^H|^erious aspect. At horse back rode rapid^M^ tne uuaany home, and as he passed the front gate he threw a letter Into the yard. A servant took the letter Into the house, where It was read. It was In substance: "Mr. E. A. Cudahy?Your son is safe. We have him and will take good care of him, and will return him to you in i consideration of the payment of $25,I 000. We mean business. JACK." I The rest of the note the police refuse I *t present to disclose, as they say it ref totes to the place where the money Isv I to be left, and where the kidnappers are to leave the boy in case Mr. Cud u IAU 4-A.ma any compiles wuu iucu i?uio. servant who saw the man on horseback was able to give a good description of him, and this is the cine upon which the police are. working at present Hauiits of mysterious strangers and known outlaws are being vigorously earched or kept under surveillance. Three or :'our of these places were ransacked by the police during the day, but without result. Mr. Cudahy Is sparing no expense in the search. ^ In the day Mr. Cudahy sent tele7 grams to cities throughout the country J . I far and near, each of which gave a description of the boy. The young man is described as fifteen years old; weight, 1IJ0 pounds; height, five feel eight inches; complexion, light; nose, retrousse. He wore a gray suit of clothes and a black overcoat, with Klonl* r?al />nllor utava'T^ii^t Charles W. Martin, an insurance agent living near Mr. Cudahy's home, while passing alonp a block in the rear of the house Tuesday evening, saw n covered wagon standing in the shadow of a clump of trees. One man sat in the wagon and was talking to another man, who stood on the ground. When Mr. Martin was passing they dropped their voices to an inaudible pitch. He did not attach much Importance to it until he heard of the disappearance of young Cudahy. A companion ot young Cudahy aleo recollects seeing a vehicle standing for two or three nights near the Cudahy home. } TWO NECROES LYNCHED. r Killed a Boat Trader and Hi* FamilyConfessed the Crime. New Orleans, La. (Special).?Thomas Thompson,/who operated a tradiDg boat on the Mississippi, between Vicksburg and Natchez, selling mainly to the negroes, was murdered, with his wife and Infant child, at Arcadia Land In Issaquena County, Miss. H!s trading boat was burned and sunk, and the bodies thrown Into the river. Great excitement was created ?n Arkadelphla and the surrounding coun>' try by the news of the murder, and several posses were sent out. One of the posses identified the murderers as two negroes working .at a levee camy near Arcadia. One of them was wearing the clothing of the murdered man, while the other was In possession of his gun. They were promptly arrested, con fpssprl thpir irnilt nnil thorp snnn nf. terward lynched by the* men who captured them. CREAT BATTLE IN COLOMBIA. Lasted Two Days and Ended In a Derisive Victory T ->r the Government. * Washington, D. C. (Special).?A cable dispatch from Charge d'Affaires fteaupre, at Bogota has informed the Department of State that a great battle has been fought at Glrardot Point, Magdalena River, Colombia, which lasted two days and resulted in a decisive victory for the Government. It Is reported that 600 were killed and many hundreds wounded. Other victories by the Government forces of the utmost importance have been announced. Rice Cultivation In the South. Advices from New Orleans state that large purchases of land have been made in the South for growing rice, one party having purchased 15,000 acres. This, with a marked iucrease in various rice growing districts, It Is expected will show a material increase in the new crop of 1901 to 1902. May Close Scotch Steel Works. A movement is on foot to close the Scotch iron and steel works during January, owing to the scarcity of orders and the high price of coal. Sporting Brevities. The roads are good and level* In Kansas, and as a result every farmhouse has Its bicycle. By the decisive score of 23 to 0, Watertown won the northern New York football championship from Ogdens: burg. James J. Jeffries and Gus Ruhlia have signed articles for a fight at Cincinnati, Ohio, between February 1 and 14. Extensive improvements will be made during the winter to the golf course at the Essex County Country Club, at Orange, N. J. _ , -\r. - I NING SHIP WRECf 1.00 German Cadets Droi 9 Off the Spanish Coast Kommander of the Warship 1 nil Life When He Saw That If All Was Lost. Blin (By Cable).?An official It from Malaga accounts foi vors out of the 450 persons I on board the German tral Ite Gnelsenau, which found fte entrance to the port of Mb |p she was taking refuge from pie storm prevailing at the t: [is rumored that the comma Ihe Gnefeenau committed sul p he saw all was lost. A nep be Imperial Chancellor. Count bw, named Berndt, was among fd, though he was injured in ie first engineer, the assistant >er, and a number of petty offl e drowned. II Is hoped that the guns, the ti chest, and perhaps part of the be salvaged. mperor William has received a i in of condolence fro.a the Spa: l?en Regent.* ladrid. S^V (By Cable).-: Iches from gBaga confirm the st Kit that thel Bral Commander tl p warned d^Kain Kretschmanr I Gnelsenaa^K the approact Irm, and ha^Bcommended that per the port,^H without avajj.'- ' the shock oHe rocks ls,0oed eye-wltne^^Bas terri.b^iany 'fS ^r?RS**/essers stern, ua within ten minutes. t Malaga, Spain, fBy Cable).?Of the 514 survivors of the Gneisehau, thirty ulne, who were injured, were transported to the local hospital; 125 shel:ered in the barracks, and 150 lodged in the Town Hall. The municipality provided food for all. ./The Loit Training: Vessel. The Gneisenau was built at Dantzic in 1879 and was an iron vessel sheathed with wood, with a displacement of 2856 toils. She was 242 feet nine inches in length and forty-five feet eleven Inches in the beam, having a mean draught of nineteen feet eight Inches and a coal capacity of 400 tons, ^ler speed was fourteen knots. Her armament consisted of fourteen 5.9 Krupp breech-loaaers, two three-quarter inch quick-firers, one boat or field gun and seven torpedo tubes. Her oomnlement was 461. and she was used for training boys. RESIGNS FROM THE ARMY. Dr. Anita V. McGee Retires From Kurnt Corps, of Which She Was the Head. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Dr. Anita Newoomb McGee, Acting Assistant Surgeon of the Army, has tendered her resignation, and Mrs. Dita H. Kin DB. ArflTA KIWCOMB M'OIZ. ney, head nurse of the United States Hospital at Fort Bayard, New Mexico, has been appointed to succeed her at the head of the Army Nurse Corps. Dr. McGee was the only woman serving as under a commission in the Army, and was entitled to wear the uniform of first lieutenant. She was appointed August 27, 1898. She selected and organized the nurses for the Army hospitals during the Spanish-American war and Inspected the nurses and hospital supplies at Fort Meyer, Fort Monroe and Montauk Point in 1898 and 1899. MAYOR OF ATLANTA ARRESTED. Charged With Intoxication?His Reslgna tlon Has Been Handed In. Atlanta, Ga. (Special).?Mayor James G. Woodward, of this city, has been arrested and was locked up in the police barracks on a charge of intoxica tlon. Some time ago, for the same cause, the City Council and Board of Alder men tiireatenea lmpeacumem prui:et;uings against Mr. Woodward, but upoD promises that he would abstain from further offenses of the kind, no action was taken. The Mayor tendered his resignation, and it was placed in the hands of Councilman Rawson, who holds it on condition that if the Mayor becomes Intoxicated it shall be tendered for acceptance. The resignation was submitted to the City Council. General Davis Leaves Porto Rico. The Military Department of Porte Rico ceased to exist with General Da vis's departure from San Juan on the transport Crook for Newport News Troops F an^ H of the Fifth Cavalry and 102 other passengers sailed on the Crook. Paris Exposition Loss Is 8400,000. The official report of the finances ol the Paris Exposition shows a loss ol 5400.000. The loss Is less than in any of the preceding expositions. Hawaii's First Delegate Sworn In. Robert W. Wilcox, Delegate from Hawaii, was sworn in in the House ol Representatives at Washington. At ter the oath had been administered many members congratulated Mr. Wil cox. father's Death Kills Son. William B. Copplnger, studying t? be a priest, died at St. Louis, Mo., from shock sustained on learning suddenly of his father's death at Alton, 111. He was the son of General John W. Coppinger, of Illinois. i THE QUEST OF flf ^ned Many Arctic Fxpeditions Are 2nde?i Prepared For 1901. am rvritimn da rc DDni r?i* LADMiiiu nrt^L rnui * dis- * ' 314 ^-n American, a Kasslan, a Canadl who Italian, a Norwegian, and a C [Ding Will Vie With One Another to lered FIr?t to Plant HU Country' llaga Upon the Earth's Most Northern 1 the London (By Cable).?Evelyn B, ime. wjn 0f t}je united States Weath nder reaUt -^ho is preparing an exp< [ClQG ibew In search of the North Pole, h von rived here to consult with scli ; the and to Inspect ships. Mr. Baldw] tlie he had decided to adopt the Josef Land rou'ia, the Greenland en- t cers being well covered by Peary and drup, and that he hoped to get eas- next summer. hul1 The famous Russian ice crilshi tele- mack. which Is to attempt to rea aish North Pole In 1901, under the mand of Vice-Admiral Makaro the Imperial Russian Navy, Is fitted out at Newcastle for the e: Uls' tlon, and Captain Bernler, the ate" alan explorer, is busy in Londc m put the-Scott*C*^^ Iapj$^ before the Rr\vnl Goo pfcical Society and outline his plans Z>r. Fridtjof Hansen, the Norwegian explorer, and the Duke of Abruzzi. a nephew of the late Kin? of Italy, and a cousin of the present King, who re> cently returned from an Arctic expeW / VsJ "> \U "J> THE RACE OF NATIONS This is a map of the polar regions, tic Circle. The curved lines pointing expeditions that are getting ready to tlonal race Lieutenant Peary has a loi from the borders of the Arctic to the dition, have united to form a joint ex pedition north. The Russian expedition under Vice Admiral Mnkaroff, which is to go 01 board the Ice-breaking steamer Er 1- 1 A- u- mvw untuh., promises iu uk luicrcsuujj. sides of the Ermack are fifteen times as strong as those of the usual commercial steel ship, and she can rue astern as easily as she can go ahead, She has cut her way through solid let fourteen feet in thickness and througl heaped-up, or "hummocky" Ice ol more that twice that thickness. She i? 302 feet long, and has three propellers aft and one forward. The plans of Admiral Makaroff foi reaching the Pole are based upon his experience in navigating the Arctic re gions. He will enter the region of per petual ice a little to the eastward ol Franz Josef Land, and will avoid the Spitzbergen region. He hopes he maj be able to steam to the Pole. If not, she will get as near as possible, and then an expedition in dog sleds will push forward. With these expeditions and the Ger man expedition, the year 1001 prom ises to be eventful in the history ol searchers for the North Pole. f I The expedition to be commanded by Evelyn B. Baldwin is being fitted out under the auspices of William Ziegler, the Brooklyn millionaire, who is ambitious to have the American flag placed at the North Pole before anj other ensign gets there. This expedi uuu win use iwo ateuLueia uuu uai loons. WAR TAX BILL PASSED. Pension Bill Carrying ?145,145,230 Goes Through Without Debate. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The House passed the War Revenue Re duction bill, and sent It to the Senate without a single change in the schedules as reported by the Ways and Means Committee. The bill carried a reduction of $40,000,000. The amendment placed in the bill to tax express receipts was defeated on a yea-and-nay vote, 125 to 139. The Pension Appropriation bill, carrying $145,145,230, was passed in exactly thirteen minutes. Ruined by the Galveston Flood. The Order of Chosen Friends went into the hands of a receiver in Indianapolis, Ind.. on account of the death claims due to the Galveston flood and a $34,600 defalcation by the treasurer, William B. Wilson, of Newark, N. J., wno died October 31. Volunteers Don't Want to Ke-Fnllst. The War Department, at Washington, has found a general disinclination on the part of the volunteers in the Philippines to re-enlist. Newsy Gleanings The New South Wales Legislative Council passed the Old Age Pensions bill. mi j- x i ?>, iue juieruai reveuue couecuuus tor Cuba during: the month of August last were $59,569. Johannesburg has been fenced round with barbed wire to prevent the inhabitants from sending food to the Boers. . The sum of 150,000 marks, heretofore annually voted In Germany for the support of German schools abroad, has been double^ i v 1 f f 1 __ 'OLEBRITISH L0ST HU _? *' Disaster at Magalies BrgBeing the Worst of thecal ? ? t ' i Four Companies of Fanllfa *""?d After Ammunition Gave^tt V1ISED bert's Son Among Ro<Et?? London (By Cable).?TB tan, an report' from General K-'hei^?? ttrman Bo tuo received at the War Offl? a fu* "Pretoria.?Clements bugh^?? i Point ^orce to Commando Ne-uncBfc The casualties were, I gret^M , Bald- heavy; killed, five offlcerand er Bu- other ranks; missing, eljteen ers edition an(j 555 0j 0ther ranks. Thea tev lfls ar' were four companies ofche Uf"Eentists berland Fusiliers, who *ere &n(-'d in said on the hill, and some !eom?and Frnnz ?*ker details sent up tosuppuett'' Th6 Boers sufTered sevirely.' route Later General Kitchener set fol* Sver- lowing: away "Clements says the four ?n5oa of the Northumberland^ he* on the hill as long as thsif- ai'tlon ?r t>r- iag^(i> Tjje goer force Alt? the ch the hill was 2000 strong. ^fhPther com- force of 1000 attacked! nts's ff, of camp. By G.20 a. m. the! hi carbeing ried. Reinforcements oif^*any xpedi- .of the Yorkshires freach*' Cana- the top. ciements'fetirement in fltr was carded .outljfegularlty. s'ier?! ttiV ~ ammunition *not taken away was destroyed. He reports that . all behaved very well. i "A flag of truce which has come Into l Commando Nek from the Boers says 1 Joubert's son was killed, and further reports their losses very heavy." The Boers later released five officers ^ ' \? ?w I FOR THE NORTH POLE, the circumscribed line being the Arc; to the pole represent the routes of the i start in 1901. In the great internals loari holncr nnw mnva thnn hull* xcnir goal. and 316 men, who were captured In their assault upon General Clements'a camp. This reverse in the Magalles Berg rangfe west of Pretoria came as a shock to those optimists who have believed that the war was over and that the recent minor reverses we,re merely small pieces of Ill-luck unavoidable in guerilla warfare. k party of Brabant's Horse, consisting mainly of raw recruits, engaged a superior'force of Boers, near Zastron, Orange River Colony, losing four killed, sixteen wounded, and 120 taken prisoners. General Kitchener is reported to have sent a fresh and urgent request to the Government to send out every available mounted man. uispuicnes xroiu uurenzo .uanjuca ( assert that all the Boer forces are ' plentifully supplied with ammunition , but terribly in want of food and [ clothing. I AFRAID OF THE BELCIAN HARE. Fruit Interents of Western States Taking , Restrictive Measures. Washington, D. C. (Special). ? The Department of Agriculture has heard . from California and other Western 1 States that the Belgian hare has be* 1 come not only a nuisance, but a se1 rious menace to the fruit and othei | growing industries. The "fad" demand for it has ceased, and fanciers who cannot give away their animals " are turning them loose to multiply at ' large. The County Commissioners In San Diego, Cal., have taken action toward prohibiting the importation of hares, , and restricting the terms under which they may be kept. The State of Washington is contemplating similar legislative action. The people of California arc seriously alarmed lest tne Belgian hare become as much of a pest as the little brown rabbit in Australia. Fear of Hydrophobia Caused Death. William H. Palmer, aged seventeen, died at the Homeopathic Hospital in Rochester, N. Y., from fear. Some time ago he received a harmless bite from a dog, over which he brooded until he died. Severe British Reverse. General Kitchener reports that after severe fighting with Commandant Delarey at Nooltgedacht, Transvaal, General Clements's force a. compelled to retire. Delarey had a force of 2500 men., Four British officers were killed. Typhoid Fever Among British Troops. There have been 15,625 cases of typhoid fever among the British troops in South Africa, and of this number 3642 proved fatal., "Little Bat," a Famous Scout, Killed. Baptiste Garnier, formerly an Indian scout, was shot and killed by James Hague Wood, manager of a saloon, at Crawford, Neb., In a dispute over a bar bill. Garnier, who was known in the West, and especially among army men, as "Little Bat," was a fearless scout. He rendered distinguished service In many Important campaigns against the Indians. -V? New President of Swltserland. Ernest Bremmer, of Basle, has been elected President of Switzerland for 1901 In succession to Walt her Hausec* I > I I I I t VAST STEEL MIL TBAflE Our Exports Durine: 1900 Averaged $1,000,000 a Month. "GROWTH OF METAL INDUSTRIES American Locomotives Used More Extensively In Enrope, Mexico and Sontb May Reach tlis 8200,000,000 Mark ? Extraordinary Showing: of Prosperity. Washington, D. C. (Special).?An illustration of the rapid growth of our manufacturing interests is found in the fact that the exportation of manufactures of metals during the year 1900 will reach $200,000,000. The figures of the Treasury Bureau of Statistics for the tea months ending November 1 show that more than $100,000,000 worth of iron and steel and more than $50,000,000 worth of copper bad been exported during the ten menths, and these figures, coupjied with those relating to the less important manufacturing metals and the articles manufactured from metals, but not Included finder thesp,general terms, will bring nflfVotaUior the year up to fully $2oo,owiobo. In steel rails the exports of the year will aggregate $12,000,000, or an average or $i,uuu,uw per monrn, wane It was not until 1897 that the figures for any entire year reached as much as $1,000,000. Nearly $1,000,000 worth of these exports of -teel rails in 1900 go to Europe; another nillion dollars' worth went to Mexico; nearly $2,000,000 to South America; $4,000,000 to British I^orth America, and $2,000,000 worth to Asia and Oceania. American locomotives al^o go along with the American steel rails, and the total for the year seems likely to reach about $5,000,000 in value. The American grails and locomotives are In turn accompanied by American cars, of which the exportation for steam railways will amount to $3,000,000 during the year, and for other railways more than a $1,000,000. Add to this a proper share of the $6,000,000 worth of electrical machinery and $6,000,000 wor Ui of telegraph, telephone and other eiVtrical instruments and scientific ,appa\Vtus exported, and it will be seen that for the construction and operation of railways outside of the United States the manufacturers of this country will supply during the year fully J25,000,00^ worth of material. Tho rtnlrt cnv?wth In the pxnortfltion O""" ? C ? of metals and those of which metals form a large proportion in value Is Illustrated by some figures regarding our export trade of the decade. Manufactures of brass, for Instance, of wnlch the exports In 1890 amounted to $467,313, were. In the fiscal year 1900 $1,800,727. Agricultural Implements, Including plows, cultivators, mowers, reapers and other machinery of this character, amounted in 1890 to $3,859,184 and in the fiscal year 1900 to I $10,094,886. ' The totpl iron and steel exports In 1890 amounted to $25,542,208, and in the fiscal year 1900 to $121,858,344, and Jn the calendar year 1900 will reach $140,000,000 in value. DIVIDEND PAYMENTS. January Disbursement* on Stocks and Bonds Estimated at 3130,000,000. New York City (Special).?While no accurate forecast of the aggregate amount which will be paid In dividends and interest on January Jst can be given, conservative estimates place the total from all classes of securities at from $120,000,000 to $130,000,000, an aggregate which surely reflects the healthy growth of the country and its ndustries. JOHN ADDtSON PORTER DEADPresident McKlnley's Former Secretary Passes Away at His Home. Pom fret, Conn. (Special).?John Addison Porter, former Secretary to President McKinley, died at his home here after a long illness. He was born In New Haven on April 17, 1856. I JOHN ADDISON POBTEB. | On several occasions he was a candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of the State, but he was, never chosen. In 1896.he was an enthusiastic advocate of McKlnley for ~ "?nomlnntlnn nnH WAS tut; ricsiucuuai uvu.m...? made the President's secretary. He resigned the office last April owing to ill health. To Codify the Laws of Cuba. Governor-General Wood, of Cuba, has named a Supreme Judge, a Fiscal and Judge-Advocate Dudley a commission to codify the island decrees and incorporate them into a code of procedure. Lord Hopetonn Welcomed to Australia. A dispatch from Syndey says that Lord Hopetouu, the Governor of the new Australian Commonwealth, hns arrived there. He was .enthusiastically received. Minor Mention. The official vote of the State o! Washington shows a majority of 11', (317 for McKluley over Bryan. At the present time there are ten rail roads in Georgia now building lines, whose aggregate length will be over 190 miles. The gunboat Bancrort uas gone u i Almirante Bay, Colombia, to investi gate the availability ot Chiriqui as r coaling station. The increase In membership of tht New England Cremation Society dur ing the past year has been larger thai for several years. " . . V " " / ?, NOTED BANDiTA SUICIDE , - C B. Barnes Cuts! His Throat in^ a Swamp Near New Orleans. i Had El ailed Hit Partners Alter s Darlog Train Robbery, Bat Found He Could Jfot Escape. New Orleans, Lt. (Special).?Twice wounded and not able to escape, Cbanning B. Barnes, train robber, drew the edge of a hunting knife across his throat In a swamp near this city and ended his career. * Since the holdijp of the Chicago Limited Mail on jthe Illinois Central Railroad in the suburbs of this City recently, police had searched in vain for two men whtj had. escaped from them after a runhing fight near the scene of the holdup. It was known that one was bad|y wounded. He had been compelled to drop a United States mail bag in his fli jht. In a swamp nea by all traces of tho me? were lost. Notwithstanding, the police felt sure thje wounded man had not gone far, and a few days ago in the swamp his body was found. It bore two bullet Wounds, one in the back, the other in the wrist, beside^ the fatal wound inflicted with his own hunting knife. In the pockets were found the watcb of the conductor, of the mail train, many registered letters and a quantity of dynamite. The body was brought to Police Headquarters an<j identified as that of Channing B. Barnes, with many . aliases, who waf) wanted for participating in the daring holdup of an Illinois Central express train at Wickiiffe, Ky., last Jiffy. When attempt^ were made to arrest. him in St. Louty, soon after, he shot Chief Special Agent Murray, of the Illinois Central Railway, and escaped over the house tops, evading hundreds of pursuers. His brother and an accomplice were later captured and confessed. , I POSTMASTER; GIVES UP OFFICE. jrouble with Woman Secretary Causes New Orleans Man to Beslgn. New Orleans, La. (Special).?As the outcome of an expose of a sensational nature, J. R. G. Pitkin, Postmaster of New Orleans, has sent his {resignation to the Presidtjnt . No charged had been made against Pitkin in the courts here, but revelations in con-ection with the arrest of his privhte secretary, a woman, who was charged by him with stealing papers and documents brought to light certain letters, claimed by thy woman to have been written by Pitkin ^ and sent through the mails while he was Postmaster, the nature of which involved a viola* tion of the postal laws. FOR MINISTER TO TURKrv. J. G. A. Welshman Nominated ? Other Names Sent to the Senate. Washington, D. C. Special). ? The President nominttod John G. A. Irishman, of Pennsylvania, now Minister to Switzerland, to be United States Minister to Turkey, succeeding Oscar S. Straus, of New York. Arthur S. Hardy, of New Hampshire, now Minister to Greece, Roumrnia and Servia, was nominated to be Minister to Switzerland, and Charles S. Francis, of New York, ,to be Minister to Greece, Roumania and Servia. ' Clarence L. Thurston, of Nebraska, wnn nsmpd fnr So/>rotn w r?f tho Tjlfll. tlon at Bnenos Ayres. DOUBLE LYNCHING IN INDIANA. Two Negroes Put to Death by MoIj For Murder. Rockport, * Ind. (Special).?"Jim"' Henderson and "Bud" Rowland, negroes, were hanged In the jailyard by a mob of five hundred persons. Henderson and Rowland waylaid, murdered and then robbed H. S. Simons, a white barber. The men were sus-, pected and arrested, and by the aid of a bloodhound their guilt was established. Henderson was shot to death in his cell, and then hanged. Rowland confessed before he was strung up. The bodies were afterward riddled with bullets. Killed an Actress and Himself. Alfred Metzger, a stained glass manufacturer, of Newark, N. J., murdered an actress, Elsie DInsmore,1 known also as his wife, and killed himself in; Hopewell, Penn. His lawful wife lives in Newark, but he deserted her) and three children several I months aao. ' \ T Fickle (Love Drove Him to Army. Because/ his sweetheart jilted him Frederick Le Clair, a graduate of Victoria College, Montreal, and who was goon to haive been ordained as a Methodist minister, enlisted in the Regular Army at the recruiting office at Syracuse; N. x. The couple were to have been married on Christmas Day. Indian/* Bank Bobbed of #15,000. Kennedy's Bank, at Hope, Ind., was robbed by three men who destroyed the vault with a heavy charge of nitroglycerine, and secured, It is said, $15,000. No trace of the robbers has been found. i Man Cut in Two by a Train. Martin Dorsch, of Harrison, N. J., was struck by a train at the railroad crossing near there. He was cut in two. DorBch was fifty years old. Two Hundred Chinamen Drowned. By the capsizing of a boat at Canton 200 Chinamen were drowned. Minnesota Women Cocaine Fiends. . Many women of Minnesota have become cocaine fiends, according to the State Medical Association, and a commitee of that body is now framing an I act to be presented to the Legislature i placing more stringent regulations | upou ttye sale of the drug. J M^lne Wreck to Be Removed. 1 Captain of the Port Young, at frav-l ana, Cuba, has received five bids torn the removal of the wreck of the Unites States warship Maine. The removiil of the wreck is assured. . I Labor World. f a Beuiemeni 01 iae wooaworKeirs $trike in Chicago is said to be assurjed - In Toledo, Ohio, all of the city Jde-. partments are working under the eight hour rule. I | Minors at the Simpson coal milnes, at Lafayette, Col., have struck! for higher wages. I The'International Jewelry Woijker?' Union has organized a branch wlt*h 100 members at Philadelphia. I The Cigar Makers' Internaftional | Union now has a membership ok over I 34,00(1, and is growing rapidly, I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. /JL Senator William V. Sullivan, of MUm sisslppi, and* Mrs. Marie Atkinson, of' Washington, were marrieii at St ^9? phen's Church. The couple left 4ati6e? ^ diately for'the Senator*? hQiHe in MIS' / sisslppi. / Mrs, McKinley went to k theatre fpi 'J-f, the first time since her husband's Inauguration as President. ; One result of the recent celebration:; of the centennial anniversary of the founding of Washington Is the lnau- . guration of a movement to erect a Kg monument to former Governor Alexander R. Shepherd, to whose energy jjgg| the city owes largely its beauty. Mr. Shepherd is now in Mexico,'where be^/?'i? owns a silver mine. The Senate confirmed the nomjna- " ^ tlon of George V. L. Meyer, of Massa-. chusetts, to be Ambassador to Italy. . yly-' < OUK ADOPTKD ISLANDS. , J General Hughes reports that 21,000 1 persons In the Island of Panay, P. L, I have sworn allegiance to the United ' States. The budget of the municipality Havana, Cuba, amounts to $2,421,000. , yr The principal Items are: Police, $902^- ' X 000. and-safeties of city officials, $171,- " ^ 000. The volunteer regiments are to \re-; ' turn to the United States in the order 'r&fc in which they arrived In the Philip- vS?, pines. De Ford's new central sugar factory >. -vy: at Guayama, Porto Hico, was formally .$& opened hy Governor Allen. Many planters were present. The capacity1^ of the factory Is 12,000 tons for the '^ \ season. - ] Governor Wood inspected the troop*, n ' the fortifications and improvements on , the sea wall at Matanzas, Cuba. The first bill passed by the Porto Rlcan House of Delegates declared ? that membership in the House is Incompatible ^Ith the holding of othfer. public office. Predictions are freely made at Eto- . vana, especially among the Coriserya- > .' tlves, that the Cuban Constitutional Convention will break up in a 'wrangle. over the question of suffrage. DOMESTIC. j Miss Lydla W. Deccra, of Saddoa^ffi M field, N. J., Jumped from a ferryboat 9 Into, the Delaware and was drowned, \ 1 She had expressed fear that she wouldv|5: I become Insane from illness. : >JenK, ] Ingram ilall, to be devoted to scleH-> j? V ,tlflc study, the gift to Rlpon College ' " of O. H. Ingram, of Ean Claire, dedicated at Rlpon, Wis., with appro- ,.* < v priate ceremonies. Fire at iuik .roini, ?. v., the entire business portion of the to^n, '<& x involvlhg a loss estimated at $150,000. ^ The report of the New York Police - / Board for 1899 shows that 110,172 men' ..' Tg j i and 28,708 women were arrestej! dur- | ing the year. Leroy R. Piper, former cashier of^v?; . the First National Bank,^f St Mi?rjrl?: v , Ohio, who disappeared In Yellowstone Park, has been given op as dead. V i In broad daylight thieves robbed the M bank of Gold & Co., at Albee, S. D., of*. w $1600 while the cashier had gone across' J| the street, after locking the safe and :f bank doors. I ' At the convocation exercises of the & V University of Chicago President Har- fl per announced that John D. Rockefel- . j T| 1er had made another gift of ?1,500,000 I to the institution:J Becoming entangled In the reins, a . I boy named Hall ,'wr.s dragged a mll$' * J by a runaway hope at Mount Liberty, a Ind.', and kicked %o death. For a fancied grievance James H. Johnson, colored, shot and killed Florin Crew, near Hypttsville, Md., and tnen commitiea suiciue. Oswald Otten.dorfer, editor and pub- i Usher of the New Yorker Staats Zelt; 3 , a ung, died after an illness of manyi I years. I C. C. Black; has filed a petition in A bankruptcy, dt Goshen, Ind., with M $210,000 liabilities, and $220 assets. . > M Helen Kelljer, the deaf, blind and^;> heretofore dpmb student at Radcllffe K College, Mass., astonished her class-, mates by making an address of a few words. / ' '? V Detroit street railways were reor-, ganized as the Detroit United Railway Company, capitalized at $12,500,000. A movement is on foot for closing all the saloons in Kansas. f The transport Logan sailed from San > Francisco/ for Manila with SI,'300,0^0 ? in cash. J She carried ninety-nine recruits. I ? Cadets /at the University of Alabama' decided ro return to military duty af- 4 ter a strfike of several days. / ? ,v J. <H ' I FOREIGN. Pekiii advices say General Tung- J 4a ni?onf!/)o11tr HJnfn fAt? OTIfl I X' UU171UU5 ID |;iavnvttuj ui\,iuw*p ' ? practiaaily controls the movements of J China 're troops. Tbafaksglving over General Rob erts'sf return has been given up, British Government announcing that ;-. it wifll await the close of war opera-^ tions/ ' V TMe general view of the Hay-Paunce- j| fotef treaty taken by the London press c is tjpat Great Britain will insist upon a U full equivalent in Alaska or some otMer quarter for any concession she mafy make. v" ml. Manzoni, who introduced the resolution in the Swiss National Council./, demanding that Great Britain accept ^ arbitration with the Transvaal, announced that the Council declined to Jet thereon. - ^ f KaHtt rvf T orltr T\"othorino tiers, eldest daughter of the Duke' of B IRutland. was fouud in a fishpond in (the grounds of Bclvoir Castle. She /had committed suicide. ' The cadets on the Spanish training i ship Asturias mutinied, taking th^ part flH of one of their comrades who fiad bee>^ punished. Among the mutineers were the Duke of Montpensier and one'of. the sons of the Count of Caserta. 189 After a three days' battle the Co- ^^9 lombian revolutionists were forced to evacuate their stroughold, Tumaco, by HH the Government troops. The Chilean Government has invited HH tenders for 50,000 tons of coal for the j^BH railroads and 400 freight cars. -^^9 Private advices from Rome state that the Pope, at the beginning of the 'fl new century, will issue an. encyclical B on the su'oiect of Christian democracy.' dfl ~Yf Queen Victoria sent a message to the; H irregular troops, expressing her grate-; W ful appreciation of their signal serv-, H ices and sacrifices during the past year, ' V In South Africa. . Six hundred miles of grain and grass crops, with vast herds of cattle, were destroyed by a pampas fire.In the mablanca region of Argentine. J^KkH