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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.
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* 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.
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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. .. - ? - ? - - .
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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.
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' 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
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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
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