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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.
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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.
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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
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' 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
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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.
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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^
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Disaster at Magalies BrgBeing
the Worst of thecal
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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
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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.
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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.
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New President of Swltserland.
Ernest Bremmer, of Basle, has been
elected President of Switzerland for
1901 In succession to Walt her Hausec*
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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
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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.
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NOTED BANDiTA SUICIDE
, - C B. Barnes Cuts! His Throat in^ a
Swamp Near New Orleans.
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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.
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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
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' 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