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Ml?TO SIGN Unable to Agree to the Russian De mand For Manchuria. CANNOT FAVOR ANY ONE POWER The Formal Notification Say# That, OhIiir to the Attitude of the Powers, China is Not Able to Sign the Manchurlau Convention?Court Said to Despair of a Peaceful Settlement. Pokin, China.?The Chinese Government hns formally notified Russia that China, owing to the attitude of the Powers, is not able to sign the Manchuria convention. '"It Is China's desire." says the formal notification, "to keep on friendly terms with all nations. At present she is going through a period which is the most perilous in the empire's ia noooeoapp thnt fihp U1MU1 , (iuu II JO UVWWVUt^ should have the friendship of all. "However much she might be willing to grant any special privilege to one Power, when others object it is impossible that, for the sake of making one nation friendly, she should alienate the sympathies of all others." Li-IIung-Chang says this letter settles the matter definitely. Prince Ching asserts that every Chinaman except Li-IIung-Chang was against signing the convention. .Japan's Warlike Attitude. London.?"The Japanese press/ continues bellicose," sa.vs the Yokohama correspondent of the Daily MaiL "Count Okuma. formerly Premier anc now leader of the Opposition, declares in an incisive article that Japan j must assert herself or the work of j thirty years will be lost." Korea." he j says, "is not a Russian chattel, and j Russia's action is a direct challenge to Japan." Rumor of Impending War. Canton, China.?It is reported here ; that the Viceroy has received a tele- | gram from the court to the effect j that a peaceable sentiment of affairs is impossible. The .Viceroy, is de- I scribed as much disturbed by this -communication. I * COUNCILMEN ARE COERCED. Inrtlsmant Citizens Prevent the Granting oJ Unpopular Street Railway Franchise*. Kansas City. Kan.?At a meeting of the City Council some measures granting valuable franchises to the Metropolitan Street Railway Com-* pauy were up for consideration. The balconies were crowded with citizens who oppose the measure, and when the Franchise Committee report- ' od favorably upon the bills, the crowd surged to the floor of the chamber, ! and only the more conservative ele- ' ment saved the Councilmen from vio- 1 lence. Ropes were in evidence, and serious trouble was imminent for a time. j Action on the measure was deferred until the next meetiug of the Council, but before adjournment the protest- _ ing citizens compelled each Councilman to stand on a table and swear that he would vote against the grant- 1 ing of the franchises, and the Mayor was forced to swear that he would j veto the measure if passed. DRANK SHARK'S BLOOD TO LIVE. | Shipwrecked Men Picked Up After Many Day* of Suffering. Cape Town, South Africa.?The Nor- j wegian bark Andromeda has landed i at this port part of the crew of the j French bark Psyche. The men were J picked up in mid-ocean after having undergone terrible sufferings. The Psyche, which was bound from Caleta Buena for the English Channel, j was wrecked on January 30. The cap- j tain and thirteen men entered a large | boat and the mate and five men a . email one. The next day a sail was sighted, and the mate's boat attempted to intercept It, but never returned. Several other ships were sighted, but the shipwrecked men were unable to attract their attention. Rough weather increased their sufferings. When the small supply of food was exhausted a shark was caught and the men drank its blood. The cook died insane and a sailor also succumbed. CHICAGO CORN KING SQUEEZED. George H. Phillips, Attacked by the lieari, Puti Up $800,000 in Mai-Kin*. Chicago.?George H. Phillips, leader of an army of farmers and country investors In the Dull campaign in corn, oats and wheat, was attacked by the united bear forces of the Board of Trade, led by half a dozen great speculative generals, and given such ' a fight as brokers will speak about for years to come. He saw three cents clipped off the price of wheat, two cents off corn and more than a cent off oats. He put up $200,000 in margins, in addition to $000,000 he had put up within three days. He sacrificed all his wheat holdings in order to make himself stronger in corn and oats. At the end of the day ho was as confident as ever that he would win in tae end. Now he predicts sixty cent corn by the end of the month, instead of fifty cent corn, which he had talked be fore. Increaned Revenue In United Kingdom. The revenue returns for the United Kingdom for the year ending March 31 total $700,003,120, an increase over those of the preceding year of $31.300,170. Steel Export* Immense. Exports of iron and steel manufactures from the United States continue to increase. An analysis of the figures shows that the total for the eight months ending with February. 1SJU1, is $0,o00,000 in excess of the unparalleled figure of last year. New York Trade With Italy. A contract lias been signed by the various shipping companies running between New York City and Italian ports for the regulation of emigration .traffic and rates. Fatal Riot in a Swiss Town. A terrible riot has occurred at Bienne, in the Valley of Chamounix, Switzerland, owing to the Municipal Council selling land on which the people had enjoyed grazing rights, The Inhabitants tried to set flre to the Town Hall, and a fierce conflict ensued between the rioters and the gendarmes. Ten persons were killed and fifteen injured. More French Submarine Boats. The French Minister of Marine, M. de Lanessan, has ordered the construction of twenty additional submarine boats. .. - ? - ? - - . fc, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. Secretary Gage bought $2,000,000 four per cent, bonds in the market, to the surprise of Wall street. Shocked by reports of extensive frauds in the Commissary Department in the Philippines, War Department officials have ordered a full investigation. Government officers are trying in vain to get an offer for the transport Terry, which cost $150,000, besides $25,000 for refitting. Secretary Gage reduced his estimate of the surplus on June 30 from $S0,000.000 to $00,000,000. President McKinley appointed delegates to the Pan-American Congress and members of the St. Louis World's Fair Commission. Three million acres of public land in the Kiowa Indian Reservation may be opened to settlers under a Government lottery plan. Republican National Headquarters at Washington wepe closed. fhlrfxr.fwA VAflrS Aid. ^liuiira ?uv/LUiu, ij v.. v ^ of the Patent Office, committed suicide by shooting himself in the head. Sickness had unbalanced his mind. The capture of Aguinaldo gave great satisfaction to Presidont McKinley and members of the Cabinet, who consider it the final blow to organized insurrection in the Philippines. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Since Agulnaldo's surrender many rifles have been surrendered by insurgents. The son of former Congressman Crowley was arrested In San Juan, Porto Rico, in connection with alleged postal frauds. Governor Allen appointed sixty-eight Police Judges and established a new code for the District Courts of Porto Rico. More emigrants sailed from Porto Rico for Hawaii, 400 for Cuba, and 2000 are under contract to go to Ecuador. Five members of the Mando-Ducat secret society in the Philippines were sentenced to death. DOMESTIC. Many arrests were made and prisoners held for trial in New York City for violating the law against expectorating in public conveyances. Rolla Wells, Gold Democrat, was elected World's Fair Mayor of St. Louis, Mo., by from 8000 to 10,000 plurality. Mrs. Lawton, at Louisville. Ivy., has received a letter from Major John G. Ballanc?, at Vigan, South Ilicos, P. I., saying the name of the Plaza of Vigan has been changed to "General Lawton Square." Rear-Admiral A. J. Read took command of the Portsmouth (N. H.) Navy Yard, vice Rear-Admiral Bartlett J. Cromwell, who is to take command of the Pacific squadron. Municipal elections were held throughout Arkansas, and in nearly every instance where party lines were drawn the Democratic nominees were elected. The United States Naval Academy's fencing team defeated the team of French midshipmen in Annapolis, Md. One razor served to kill Christian Leix and Jacob Mooth, at Mayville, Mich., Mooth being the murderer and suicide. Joseph A. Colin, a New York postoffice clerk, concerned in stealing $43,000 in registered mail, got four years in Sing Sing. The Grand Jury handed np five indictments as the result of the demolition of the isolation hospital at Orange, N. J., by mob violence three weeks ago. The Women's University Club of New York refused to admit women physicians as members. Smallpox is bothering the health authorities of St. Joseph, Mo. ?ne SKin 01 ruruier iinu& mii<plinger, of Bluffton, Ind., is turning black. Discoveries of oil wells in Fountain Valley. Colorado, have temporarily overshadowed gold speculation and caused a rush to file claims. Near Six Mile, W. Va., Charles Cors shot and killed a seven-year-old son of John Hogan because some one stoned his horse. The flow in the second gusher of the Beaumont (Texas) oil well is 20,000 barrels. Four men were arrested at Thornville. Ohio, suspected of burglarizing the Somerset Bank. A million-dollar mauseloum as an Abraham Lincoln memorial is projected for Springfield, 111. New trials were ordered In the cases of two of the men convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in connection with the Goebel murder in Kentucky. Corporal Harry K. Yeakley, Fortythird Battery of Coast Artillery, who had beeu a physician at Winchester, Va., committed suicide at New London, Conn., by drinking wood alcohol FOREIGN. Princo George of Greece, the High Commissioner of the Powers, has dismissed the Foreign Minister, M. Veniselos. for having said Crete should be independent. A bad outlook for the steel trade is reported from Great Britain. The occupation of the towns of China by the white soldiers has caused an epidemic of suicide among Chinese women. The consular reports for the last three months, which are slowly coming in. seem to show a decrease of exports throughout Germany to the United States. Lord Kitchener has granted permission to three Rand mining companies to resume work with fifty stamps each. Li Hung Chang has left Pekin for China, giving the excuse that he is indisposed. A strong earthquake shock was felt at Constantinople, Turkey. The steamer Paris, of a coast line, foundered off Northumberland, drowning nine of the crew. It is believed in London that Mr. Balfour will shortly succeed Lord Salisbury as Prime Minister of Great Britain. Much misery is being caused at Marseilles, France, by the prolongation of the strike. The industrial losses have been enormous. The wife of Captain von Tungeln, an array officer, stationed at Lueneburg. Germany, while in a fit of melaucholy, killed her three little daughters and then poisoned herself. Mme. de Gallifet, wife of the former French Minister of War, died at Paris. Russian students sent "sentences of death" to the War and Interior Ministers at St. Petersburg. Three Bulgarian revolutionists were condemned to death at Salonica RIB WHIN IK NllflU v/iu A auui/u **. (regularities 'in the Commissary Department Unearthed. OFFICERS AND OTHERS ARRESTED Government Goods Found in the Possession of Persons Not Entitled tc Them?Army Officers, Civilian Clerks Prominent Contractor and Other Persons Involved?New Discoveries Dally, Manila.?Interest in the capture and fate of Agulnaldo is "well-nigh over shadowed by sensational develop ments, present and prospective, of frauds In the Commissary Department. How widely these extend has not yet been ascertained, but enougt Is already known to justify the beliei that they are far-reaching. Captain Frederick .T. Barrows, of the Thirtieth Volunteer Infantry, .Quartermaster of the Department of Southern JLiUZon, togeiuer witu soru wiuunosary Sergeants, several civilian clerks, a prominent Government contractor, the assistant manager of the Hotel Oriente, the proprietors of three of the largest bakeries in Manila, a number of storekeepers and other persons have been arrested. The investigation has scarcely begun, but thousands of sacks of flour, a quantity of bacon, and wagonloads of other goods, all bearing Government marks, have been found in the possession of unauthorized persons. It Is alleged that the contractor in question, who has been doing a business approximating $100,000 per month, has spent huge sums in entertaining officers. It Is asserted that large quantities of stores have been lost or stolen in transit, and also that there Is a shortage In the commissary depot. New scandals are developed daily. Illicit transactions have been traced back to June, 1900, and it is possible that there are others of earlier date. The exorbitant tariff on provisions makes the surreptitious sale of commissary supplies immensely profitable. It is understood that other United States officers may be arrested. Lieutenant Philip K. Sweet, of the Fortysixth Volunteer Infantry, is prosecuting the investigation, under the direction of Colonel Wilder, Chief of Police. PROMOTION FOR FUNSTOX. Appointed a Brigadier in the Kegalar Army-Wheaton Also Honored. Washington, D. C.?The following Important army appointments were announced at the White House: To be Major-General United States Army. Brigadier-General Lloyd Wheaton, vice Miles, promoted LieutenantGeneral. To be Brigadier-Generals in the United States Army, Brigadier-General Frederick Funston. United States Volunteers, vice Wheaton, promoted; Colonel Jacob H. Smith, Seventeenth United States Infantry, BrigadierGeneral Volunteers, vice Daggett, retired. / ' Acalnalclo Treated Like a Guest. Manila.?Aguinaldo continues to express himself as pleased with and impressed by the courteous treatment accorded him by General MacArthur. "I am a prisoner," said he, "but I am treated like a guest." FEU- OVER A PRECIPICE. tfother Meets a Shocking Death, While Daughter la Badly Injured. Poughkeepsie, N. Y.?A few days ago Mrs. Daniel Patterson, wife of a mechanic; her twelve-year-old daughter, and Nellie Chnse, aged fourteen years, all living In Cold Spring, went out for a walk. They stopped on Table Rock, half way up Breakneck Mountain, to watch the forest fires burning on Crow Nest Mountain across the river. Suddeuly the Patterson child slipped and fell over the cliff. The mother sprang forward to save the child, and also fefl over the rock, both screaming In turn as they fell. Nellie Chase became greatly excited as she saw her friends go over, and she, too, fell after Table Rock Is 200 feet above tidewater, and the side of tjie mountain under it is very steep. A man named McCarthy heard screams and ran up the hill. He found Nellie Chase in the branches of a large tree, where she had fallen. She was uninjured. The Patterson girl was found a few feet further down, with a broken arm and a cut and bruised body. Mrs. Patterson was found further down the mountain dead. She had fallen at least 100 feet, and was dashed to death on the rocky side of the hill. She was about forty-five years old. Her husband is employed in the Cornwall Foundry at Cold Spring. CAN RUN 125 MILES AN HOUR. Successful Experiments With Fast Eleo trie Trains In Germany. Washington, D. C.?Experiments with fast electric trains between Ber lin and Hamburg, Germany, have demonstrated that a speed of at least 125 miles an hour can be attained without difficulty. Consul-General Guenther, in Frankfort, in a report tc the State Department on this sub ject, says that the high rate of speed has placed surface crossings out of the question. The outcome of the experiments is to be a line of 156 miles in length, from a point adjoining the city of Berlin to a station just outside, oi Hamburg. Its estimated cost is $33000,000. Minister Loomln Ordered Home. The State Department has caller Minister Frank B. Loomis from Cara cas to Washington for purposes of con sultation. The issues between th( Government of the United States anc the Government of Venezuela have be come more acute lately, and the De partment desires to be able to acquain itself thoroughly with the situation ii , Venezuela through more direct meani than the scanty cable communication: that are being exchanged. Sporting Brevities. Candidates for the various collegi crews and teams are busy at outdoo practice. Captain N. G. Herreshoff, the dc signer of the Bristol cup defender, wii he satisfied If the boat is launched b; May 1. Under the Ohio game law any om selling quail or other birds out of sea son is liable to a fine of $25 for ever] bird sold. French rifle societies have decide* to decline the invitation of the Nation al Rifle Association to compete at Sei Girt N. J. ? - AGUINALDO TAKES OATH He Accepts the Terms ot the Am* nesty Proclamation. He Will Be Held For a Time ? Expected to Induce Remaining Insurgents I to Lay Down Arms. Washington, D. C.?The War Department received information from ? General MacArthur that Aguinaldo . had taken the oath of allegiance to the United States under the terms of . amnesty offered by General MacAr^ thur by direction of the President. The information was given out by Secretary Root iq the following dis" patch from General MacArthur: "Since arrival at Manila Aguinaldo has been at Malncanan, investigating , conditions in Archipelago. He has relied almost entirely upon the instruc| tive advice of Chief Justice Arellano. As a result to-day he subscribed and swore to the declaration on page 11 of , my annual report." The oath referred to is as follows: "I, , hereby renounce all allegiance to any and all so-called revo lutionary governments in the Philippine Islands and recognize and accept the supreme authority of the United States of America therein; I do solemnly swear that I will bear true faith and allegiance to that Government; that I will at all times conduct myself as a. faithful and law-abiding citizen of the said islands, and will not, either directly or indirectly, hold correspondence with or give intelligence to an enemy of the United States, nor will I abet, harbor or protect such enemy; that I impose upon myself these voluntary obligations without any mental reservations or purpose of evasion; so help me God." Only a part of. the dispatch from General MacArthur was given out. Tl?o rvart. nrithlinlil rolntoH tfi tllfl fll XU*- ^V.^wvv. ture disposition of Aguinaldo, and made suggestions as to what the late chief of the insurrection might accomplish. The announcement that Aguinaldo has sworn allegiance to the United States is exceedingly gratifying to the Presideut It encourages his expectation that the insurgent chieftain will go still further and issue an address or- proclamation advising his former companions in arms to accept the amnesty offered by General Mac Arthur in June, 1900. No official statement could be obtained as to what Anally would be done with the prisoner, but It was emphatically stated that he would be held for the present,- but would be granted all possible immunity consistent with existing conditions. General MacArtliur has hopes that a great deal may be accomplished through Aguinaldo. Those familiar with the situation venture the prediction that Aguinaldo will be more than Jealous in assisting General MacArthur and Commissioner Taft in the further establishment of peaceful conditions. It is argued that he will do this to obtain confidence of the American authorities, which may result evenually iu personal recognition for his services. It is said that every inducement will be offered to the insurgents to come in and obtain the benefits of the amnesty which is to be extended until May 1. It guarantees to ail persons who have been in insurrection against the United States in either military or civil capacity complete immunity for the past and absolute liberty of action for the future. SEALED WIFE IN DUNGEON TO DIEUones Found Under Old Hong? Solve My?tcry of Murder of Seventy Years Aj;o. Poultney, Vt.?Workmen removing a cellar wall under a dilapidated building near Carver's Falls have unearthed evidence which seems to solve the mystery of a murder that occurred seventy years ago. The laborers were removing some heavy flat stones at the base of the wall, when the earth gave way and they fell into a pit about eight feet deep. The pit was found to be about seven feet square, with a solid stone wall twenty inches thick surrounding it. ' In the centre was set an iron post four feet high and attached to it w:is a heavy chain, three feet in length, with a heavy and old-fashioned pair ' of handcuffs attached. Near by was a " heap of human bones. [ It is supposed that these are the bones of the wife of Perry Borden, a French Canadian, who worked here 1 seventy years ago. Jtie grew jeaious ; of his wife. She disappeared in No; vember, 1S31. Borden said she had deserted him. He disappeared at tbt? end of a year. Torpedo Boat Trial a Failure. Captain Hemphill, of the Naval 1 Trial Board telegraphed the Navy . Department, at Washington, from Annapolis, Md., that the attempt to run the torpedo boat Thornton for two ! hours over her trial course was a faili ure. The cause was a slight accident - to her machinery. ^ Colombia Will Lease Territory to U*. j Colombuia agrees to give the Unl3 ted States a long lease of the territory 5 through which the Panama Canal would pass. Prominent People. b Senator W. P. Frye, of Maine, nas r gone to San Domingo in search of health. Attorney-General Griggs is a ches3 Anflint-lncf "Pai? Aiif.nf.Hnnr OYnrnlco 1 CUIUUOIUOI. X' Ul vrub v/*. WW4 y he takes to golf. J. Pierponc Morgan lias donated a i valuable collection of minerals to the - Museum of Natural History, at Nev r York City. It is recalled that this is the second 1 time that Mr. Cleveland has been the - only living tOTZ? President a{ tb<? X UuJted StRtos. i TBRBIBLE PlflT TO KILL. Jones Murdered Millionaire Rice at Patrick's Instigation, CONFESSION WITHOUT PARALLEL The Strangest, Mrgt Awfal Stwy Eiret Heard in a New York Court Told by Charles F. Jones, Valet and Murderex of William Marsh Rice, the Hermit Millionaire?The Forgery of the Will, New York City.?Charles F. Jones, valet of the aged millionaire, VY. M. Rico, whose mysterious death resulted in the arrest of .Tones and Albert T. Patrick, a lawyer, on the charge of murder, made public a second confession of his part in the crime. H? gave it under oath in the course of the examination in Patrick's case before Justice Jerome. It differed materially from his first "confession," which was also sworn. In the former he charged Patrick with the actual killing of Rice. In the latter he accused himself of the actual killing, but charges Patrick with instigating the act. The valet makes the singular statement that Rice did not know Patrick at all. and saw him only once, and that time by accident. The forgery of the old man's alleged will was also minutely detailed by the witness, who was allowed to tell his own story with hardly any interruption from counsel. The self-confessed murderer told the story of the plot from its inception. Jones began with his first acquaintance with Patrick in October, 1809, when he called at Mr. Rice's home in Madison avenue, but did not see him. He told of the growing friendship, and of the gradual approach to the discussion of Rice's affairs, which resulted finally in propositions to defraud, and Jones yielded. Then came the story of the transfers and conveyances of real and personal property to Patrick over the forged signature of Rice; the stealing of the blank checks from Rice's check book; their delivery to Patrick and the forgery of Rice's signature to them in blank; the proposition to put the old millionaire out of the way by continuous doses of mercury to weaken him; the rejection, the wavering and the acceptance; the calling in of a physician at frequent intervals to provide for the issuance of a death certificate when the time came, and the extreme care with which this plan of slow poisoning was carried out. Then, as calmly as though unfolding the plot of a drama in which ho was interested only as an auditor. Jones led up to the day of the murder. He related how Patrick had furnished nim with mercury pillr of different composition from those first administered; how the old millionaire defeated the purpose of the plotters by refusing to take them. Then, Jones said, Patrick began to display impatience. Ke brought two ounces of oxalic acid to Jones, and Jones swears he told him to dilute one ounce in twenty times its weight in water, and give the mixture to Rice for the purpose of weakening his heart again. One dose was not effective. It was the cumulative effect that was depended upon to dispose of the aged millionaire. The oxalic acid was too slow for Patrick, according to the confession, and Jones was asked to get chloroform and laudanum. He sent to Texas for them. They came by express and were delivered to Jones, who turned them over to Patrick. This, the valet said, was followed by a meeting in the street with Patrick, who told him that the old man must be put out of the way at once; that Jones should do the work, aud that there would be no harm in it because Rice had threatened to poison his own wife years ago. Jones says he resisted thi3 command to commit murder for a time, but finally yielded. He described his return to Mr. Rice's apartments, and finding the old man sleeping peacefully in bed; he told of his stealthy search for a napkin, and the fashioning oMt into a cone shape, as directed ny raincK, aoa me pinning of a small sponge in the mouth of the cone. Then he told of saturating napkin and sponge with chloroform, and holding it over his own nostrils to test the effect. It was at this point that the crowd in the court room became still. Jones continued his story without a breakor a tremble in his tones. He described his approach to the bed with the saturated napkin in his hand, the placing of it over the old man's face, the holding of it in place for a moment, and then the flight from the room, and the wait of thirty minutes, in accordance with Patrick's instructions. At the expiration of that time he returned, he said, and found old man Rice dead. He threw open the windows, to free the room from the odor of chloroform, telephoned to Patrick that the deed was done, sent for a physician, and, - *' ! v,!? ?,.iIfnr his run uuer eAi'icsaiug mo guvi ployer's death,. wont to bed and fell Into a sound sloop. No words nor phrases in typo can convey the coolness and steadiness of the witness as he related these several circumstances, which ho swore with uplifted hand was the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth, nor is It possible to present a faithful word picture of the attitude of the man accused of plotting the crime. Patrick listened with attention, and occasionally made notes. His hand was as steady as a rock. His face was an immobile mask. He displayed neither anger, fear nor resentment in his eyes or In facial movement, and when .Tones reached the description of how the sleeping man was smothered, Fatrick stroked his beard The confession was the climax of a remarkable recital, in which was laid bare the details of a subtle conspiracy which had for its object the seizure of three million dollars in cash and negotiable securities and the conversion of three millions in realty to the uses of the chief couspirator. At the close of the hearing Assistant District-Attorney Osborne was asked when he got the second confession from Jones. Osborne said he ?* ^ oi>m^ iwo weeks after Jones ^Ul II ?4WW?.V made the attempt on his life in the Tombs. Fonnd SI?,OOO In Spanish Gold. A lot of Spanish gold, valued at $12,000, has been found in the wall of an old building at Damariscotta, Me. The house was sold recently and was being torn down. The gold was in an Iron pot which had been placed in a canvas-covered box. It is believed that the treosure had lieen hidden for more than 100 years. Harrison Re-Electeil Mayor of Chicago. Mayor Carter H. Harrison was reelected by the Democrats of Chicago, defeating Judge Hanecy, Republican, by about 30.0.A) Dlurailty. McKINLEY'S long tour His Trip Will Belt Almost the Entire United States. Chiof Object of the Journey !* to /Hend the Launching of the BattleRlilp Ohio on the Faciflc Coast. Washington, D. C.?Bccause one of the new battleships, to be called the Ohio, is being built in San Francisco, Cal., President McKinley Is going to take the longest journey ever made by a President of the United Slates. The trip will belt almost the entire United States and will involve at least 23,000 miles of travel. The President, on his special train, will leave Washington on Monday, April 29. He will probably return to Washington about June 10, after having been In at least thirty of the fortyfive States in the Union, and two. If not three, of the Territories. In every way the President will travel In a manner befitting the dig mty or ms otnce. in me six cars constituting the special train will be centred almost the entire Executive and Departmental Government of the United States, for the President is to be accompanied by his entire Cabinet with the exception of Mr. Gage, Secretary of the Treasury. President McKinley and his Cabinet Ministers will have with them their secretaries and stenographers. Secretary Hay will direct foreign affairs, leaving Dr. Hill, the Assfstant Secretary of State, to see the diplomatic representatives of the foreign Powers In person in Washington. Secretary of War Root leaving Colonel Sanger, his assistant, the nominal Acting Secretary of War, will be In touch with the War Department and our consular possessions by wire. Secretary Hitchcock will be able to turn the trip to much advantage in the way of inspecting the public domain, the forest preserves and national parks. Secretary Long will bo in constant communication with his bureau chiefs, and, of conrse, will bo master of ceremonjes at the launching of the Ohio. Mr. Knox, the new Attorney-General. Postmaster-General Smith and Secretary of Agriculture Wilson are arranging their affairs so they can be absent from their posts. Private Secretary Cortelyotr is now arranging the Itinerary. The first long stop the President will make will be in New Orleans. Thus the first stage of the President's journey will take him through the States of Virginia, orth Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi. Leaving New Orleans Mr. McKinley will pass over the Southern Pacific route through Texas. New Mexico. Arizona and California. 'He will make several stops in Texas. The President will probably spend a week in California. during which time he will "do" the State pretty thoroughly, visiting the Yosemite National Park and other points of interest. This will end the second stage of the trip. The third stage will take the President through the States of Oregon, Washington. Idaho, Montana, possibly Wyoming, Utah and Colorado. He will visit all of the principal cities in Oregon and Washington, and will probably make stops over night in Salt Lake, Utah, and Colorado Springs. Leaving Colorado he . will traverse the States of Kansas. Iowa and Illinois. He will possibly also visit a portion of Missouri. It had been the original design to have a lake trip beginning at Duluth and terminating at Buffalo. This idea has been abandoned, however, and If the President makes a voyage on the lakes it will be from Chicago, leaving Lake Superior out. It is not thought ne yvill go into Nebraska or South Dakota. but pressing invitations are coming from so many quarters that it is becoming a perplexing problem as to what State shall be excluded from the itinerary. Arrangements are being made for President McKinley to start the machinery of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo on May 1. Connection will be made between the Exposition and some telegraph office on the President's route. He will leaye his car, touch a telegraph key and the thing will be done. It is settled that President McKinley will practically end his tour, so far as speech-making and receptions are concerned, at the Pan-American Exposition, the first week in June. There he and his party will be entertained by the citizens of Buffalo, after which he will come to Washington for a short rest, preparatory to going into New England, where he will be late in .Tune and early in July. 'r"~ it. Innl-lnrr fnrwnrrl tn Jlia. J1U111U1CJ 10 luuaiuj^ t.vt ?v the trip with great pleasure. Although not of robust health the President's wife is a splendid traveler, and she will make the entire tour with thp President. THE CAUSE OF CANCER. Professor Gaylord, of New York Laboratory, Sayt) It is an Animal Parasite. Buffalo, N. 1'.?"Cancer is caused by an animal parasite which we have identified and locate# in the New York State Cancer Laboratory," said Professor H. It. Gaylord, of the University of Buffalo, who has charge of the laboratory. A peculiar feature about the parasite is the length of time required to develop a culture, and this, Professor Gaylord says, accounts for the failure I to fully identify it before. British Troops Sent to South Africa. Since February 7, 28.500 mounted men have been sent from England to reinforce General Kitchener in South Africa. President Rewards a Hero. President McKinley has appointed Calvin Pearl Titus a cadet to West Point as a reward for his heroic exploit in scaling the Chinese wall surrounding the foreign Legations at Pelcin during the relief expedition last August. Klght Thousand Die of Plague. Eight thousand people died of the plague the past week in Bengal alone, including Calcutta. India. Whole towns are being deserted. There is. however, no panic. Row Anions Settlers at Fort Euford. There is trouble among the settlers on Fort Buford Reservation, in South Dakota. The land is to be thrown i open for settlement in July, and settlers and squatters are already arrayed against each other. The homes of the latter liave been destroyed and their lives threatened. Texas Storm Does 8100,000 Damage. It is estimated that the storm which swept Northern Texas caused losses to merchants and general property In Dallas City and county alone of : $75,000 to $100,000. Na Uy.ea were! lost in the storm. - I r DIED A BID'S EEiTE Lieutenant-Commander Roper Suffocated on the Petrel. MANY OF THE CREW PROSTRATED A Tragedy In Cavite?Commander Ropet Lost Bis Life In an Effort to Bescns a Perishing Sailor in the Barnlng Ballroom of the Onnboat Petrel ? Navy Department's Tribute. Cavite, P. I.?Fire was discovered in the sailroom of the United States gunboat Petrel, Lieutenant-Commander Jesse Mims Roper commanding. The sailroom is a small compartment ad-' joining the magazine. The heat was I intense, the smoke suffocating and the flames difficult to extinguish. Lieutenant-Commander Roper was i tho first to descend into the hold, but I - ? * he was forced to return to the deck. Others then went down. Seaman Pat- " rick Toner was prostrated and about to perish, when Lieutenant-Commander Roper endeavored to rescue him and was suffocated in the attempt Lieutenant Josiah McKean and Cadet Lewis suffered severely in bringing the body of lieutenant-Commander Roper to the deck. Twenty-two of tlie crew were prostrated, Toner, Evans, Flaherty, Larsen, Kessler, Cahey, Burton* Smith, Sullivan and Forsboon seriously,, but all will recover. The contents of the sailroom were destroyed, but the damage to the gunboat was slight. The orlgia of the fire had not been ascertained; possibly It was a case of spontaneous com bustlon. Washington, D. C. ? The Navy Department received the following dispatch from Rear-Admiral Remey, commander-in-Chief of theAsIatle Station: "Fire discovered sailroom Petrel, seven this morning. Roper commanding. After going below once, went again against advice. Attempted to recover men below. He suffocated; died at 7.45. Twenty-two other officers and men entirely prostrated. All recovering. Fire out. Damage immaterial. Send Roper's remains- by Buffalo. " REMEY.'* The department at once sent a telegram to H. F. Fay, the broKier-ln-law of Lieutenant-Commander Roper, at Longwood, Mass., asking rhatr he Inform Mrs. Roper of the news. The fol- , lowing expression of sympathy and appreciation is also made. "With this sad news the department sends to Mrsv Roper deep sympathy in the great loss she has sustained and the highest appreciation of the gallaa- ' try and self-sacrifice with which Lieutenant-Commander Roper gave hia life for bis fellow-men. It was a hero's death." The deceased officer was born In Missouri, and entered the naval service June 25, 18tiS. He was commissioned to the rank held by him at the time of bis death on March 3, 189&, and ordered to command the Petrel November 15. 1890. The Petrel was one of the vessels onder Admiral Dewey at the battle of Manila Bay, when she was In charge of Lieutenant-Commander E. P. Wood. The latter officer came home shortly after, and Lieutenant-Commander Roper succeeded him. TTie Buffalo, on which the body will be sent home, is now used for the transportation of troops, and is about to return to the United States I way of the Mediterranean. DEATH OF THE REV. JOHN JASPER. rhe Ncrto Freacher Who Adrocated th? Theory That the "Snn Do More." Richmond, Va.?The Rev. John Jasper, the famous colored advocate of the "snn do move" theory, died at his THE BET. JOIIU JASPEB. home here aged eighty-nine. He had . for many years been pastor of the Sixth Mount Zion Church, and was held in high esteem by the people of his race. He once made a tour of the North, delivering his "sun do move" lecture or sermon. WOMAN STOPS A LYNCHING. Save* the Man Who Killed Her Hatband From the Fury of a Mob. Columbia, S. C. ? Mrs. Walter W. Abrams save Preston Gilliam from | being lynched for the murder of her young husband. Abrams reprimanded his farm hand for coming late to work ! and as he turned his back Gilliam crushed his skull with a rock. The murderer fled and was captured by neighbors of the planter, who were going to lynch him when Mrs. Abrams appeared and begged her husband's friends to let the law take Its course. Express Office Robbed of 84000. At Reform, Pickens County, Ala., the safe in the express office was blown open and $4000 in money se| cured. To Be Consul at Valparaiso. President McKinley has appointed j Robert Mansfield, of Indiana, to be United States Consul at Valparaiso, | Chile. To Reduce Army In Philippines. The army in the Philippines will be reduced to 50.000 by July 1 and soiu* garrisons abandoned. Labor World. A street railroad company in Ashland, Ky., refuses to employ unmar nea men. The Wisconsin law prohibiting discrimination against members of labor unions has been declared unconstitutional. The leading grocers of Camden, N. J., have inaugurated an early closing movement, with favorable prospects of success. A settlement has been reached with the 400 strikers at the ilacbeth Glass Works, at Marlon, lad,, and business bfta bnoB BMUttud