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ESTIIATES FOE THE iff
Secretary Lone Wan's $98,910,984
For the Next Fiscal Yeare
THREE NEW BATTLESHIP PLANS
The Secretary Also Favors the Construction
of Two Armored Cruisers and
Several Gunboats ? $20,000,000 For
Yards and Naval Stations?Total of Estimates
to Be Submitted to Congress.
Washington, D. C.?The naval estimates
for the fiscal year ending June
30. 1903. have been made public. They
are larger by about $21,000,000 than
the appropriation for the current year.
Secretary Long said in speaking of his
plans for naval extension, that he
would propose an Increase over last
year of one battleship, making the ex
tension plan provide for three battleships
and two armored cruisers. The
awhorization given last year was for
two battleships and two cruisers. Mr.
Long believes that Congress, in calling
upon him for his views about the new
ships, did not limit him to the submission
of but one plan for each type ,
of vessel. He wiil therefore present a
number of p!aus, varying in their arrangement
of turrets and batteries.
He will also recommend the construction
of a number of small gunboats.
The estimates for 11)03 amount to
$98,910,984.03. while the appropriations
for 1902 amounted to ?77.924.535.00.
The largest single increase is
In the estimate for public works in the
Bureau of Yards and Docks. Last
year. ?0,775,010 was appropriated for
this purpose. The new estimate is for
820.U3S.375. The new items amount to
?16.038,375.
Last year ?3.000.000 was appropriated
for the Naval Academy. This
year only ?1.500,000 is asked for. For
the nav of the navv. the increase is
$1,297,913 over last year. For public
works in the Bureau of Ordnance.
$318,100 was appropriated last year,
and $1,437,300 is now asked for. The
' appropriation for the Naval Militia is
the same as last year, $00,000.
One item is for $200,000 for a plant
for housing and storing torpedo vessels,
to cost $550,000 when completed.
Two million dollars is wanted for the
purchase of land. The total amount
estimated for the New York yard is
$3,473,000, as against an appropriation
this year of $1,109,000. It is tho largest
amount estimated for any yard.
Portsmouth comes nest with $1,947,
j.
The Bureau of Construction and Repair
asks for $9,923,S24.25. This year
it got $7,300,824.25. Included in this
is an estimate of $50,000 for improving
the construction plant at New
.York. This is just double what was
appropriated for the same purpose this
year. The bureau also wants to put |
in a new steel derrick barge at the j
"Voxir Yrtr-lr rnr/f tn r>nst SSrvlVW Thp 1
Marine Corps wants $3500 appropriated
for electric light at New York.
The placing of some of our new possessions
under naval control has resulted
in the inclusion among the estimates
of a number of items which
read strangely in a naval estimate. For
example, the Bureau of Yards and
Docks includes in its estimate the
jpay of two school teachers to be appointed
at Tutuila, Samoa. They are
to get $000 each. For the Island of
Guam the bureau wants one school
teacher and adds in paraentheses,
"American." This teacher is to get
S150U a year. Repairs to the school
will cost $300. Other items in the
bureau's estimate for Guam are one
Deputy Collector of Customs and
crew, at $1200, and one Judge of the
Court of First Instance, at $2000. A
telephone system is to be put in at
Tutuila, to cost $2000. The Bureau of
Yards and Docks wants $5900 for a
schoolhouse", books, furniture, and other
equipment.
At Cavite $12,CC0 is wanted for a
fire-protection system, and $300,000 for
a refrigerating plant. The estimates
for the new naval station at Olongapo,
Philippine Islands, amount to $1,443.000.
A naval hosDital at Canacan.
Philippine Islands, is wanted by the
Bnreau of Medicine and Surgery. The
cosr is to be $50,000.
TYPHOON IN LUZON.
Town of Baler Wiped Out?Twenty Dead
in Manila Bay?Great Damage Done.
Manila.?The worst typhoon in ten
years has raged for several days. Its
centre has been about sixty miles
from Manila. Eight miles of railroad
have been destroyed and half of
north and central Luzon has been submerged.
A majority of the telegraph lines
have ben damaged, and Government
and other vessels have suffered.
Twenty persons have been killed in
Manila Bay.
The town of Baler ha;; been demol*
Isbed.
Student Without Money Kills Himself.
David Arnott, of Woodford County.
Ky., a member of the senior class at
the State College, at Lexington, shot
himself in the head with a revolver.
Lack of money with which to complete
his course is assigned as the
cause.
Prison For Former Army Captain.
John M. Neall, formerly a Captain
In the United States Army, recently
convicted of forgery, at San Francisco,
Cal., was sentenced to serve
two years at ben Quentin at hard labor.
Klonrtlko mining Swindles.
Consul AlcCook, of Dawson, writing
to Oe State Department, at Washington,
warns against investing in certaiu
Klondike mining companies floated
in the United States. He says:
"These companies issue prospectuses
giving as reference, without authority,
prominent Government officials and
others in Dawson. The statements
made are in most instances flagrantly
false, and some companies have been
known to actually pay unearned dividends
in order to sell their stock."
Commissions For Naval Gunners.
The Navy Department, at Washington,
has received the papers in the
cases of Naval Gunners Francis Martin
and Henry B. Soule, who have
passed guod examinations and have
been recommended for appointment as
orncers ui tue line. >vxien iue; letcuc
their commissions lliey will be tlie
first enlisted men to obtain such advancement.
No Abatement In Industrial Activity.
Industrial activity shows no abatement,
and the distribution of merchandise
of all kinds is very large.
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MUSOLINO IS CAPTURED '
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ftalian Brigand Accused of Having i
Committed Twenty-five Murders !
Tbc Government Had Offered Bin Ke- |
wards Fur Ilis Arrest ? Taken
After a Desperate Strujxle.
Koine. Italy.?The notorious b'igand,
Musollno, lias been captured after a
flcrce resistance at Urbino. lie had
long terrorized Calabria, and is credited
with having committed twenty-five
murders.
Owing to the sympathy manifested
toward him by the peasantry Musolino
had always escaped capture, despite
the immense reward ihe Government
offered for his arrest.
Giuseppe Musolino. who styles himself
a "gentleman brigand." has been
a fugitive from justice for two years.
He claims to be the victim of a judicial
conspiracy.
In October. 1898. Musolino. who is a
man of good family and education,
met Vincenzo Zoccoli, one of his politi
cal opponents. A quarrel arose and
Zoccoli stabbed Musolino ever forty
times in the hands and arms. Musolino
>va.s lying dangerously ill from his
wounds when Zoceoli was shot from
ambush. Musolino was accused of the
crime, and dragged from his bed to
prison. The presiding Justice was a
notorious protector of the opposing
faction, and Musolino was convicted
and sentenced to twenty-two years at
hard labor.
Musolino managed to escape before
long, and has since been remorselessly
enforcing the threats to kill those responsible
for his conviction made at
the time lie was sentenced. Ilis sole
motive for leading the bloodthirsty
life which has made him famous
seems to have been vengeance. He is
said to have killed twelve out of the
fifteen men who appeared on the stand
against him.
SCHOOLS OF THE COUNTRY*
More Than 17,000,030 I'uplls Enrolled In
All Institutions.
Washington, D. C.?About twentyone
per cent, of the total population
of the United States attend public
schools, and two per cent, of the rest
attend private schools, according to
the annual report of the Commissioner
of Education.
The grand total in all schools, elementary,
secondary, and higher, public
and private, for the year ended
July 1, l'JUO, was 17,020,710 pupils, an
increase of 282,348 over the previous
year. Of this number the enrollment
in public institutions supported by
general and local taxes was 15,443,402.
Special institutions, such as evening
schools. Indian schools, schools con
nected with asylums, reform sciioois,
and other institutions more or less
educational in their character, Increase
the total number by half a million
pupils.
The statistics, as interpreted by the
Commissioner, show a uniform consensus
of public opinion throughout
the Nation in favor of providing secondary
education at public cost. Public
high schools have increased from
2526 in 1SU0 to G005 in 1900.
MYSTERY IN M'KINLEY'S DEATH.
Doctors Now Declare the Exact Came
Will Never Be Known.
New York City.?The physicians and
surgeons who attended President McKinley
in the closing days of his life
have presented to the State Medical
Society, here in semi-annual session, a
report covering the medical and surgical
history of the case. It was read
by Dr. Mann, who said that there wa3
absolutely no bacteriological infection.
Continuing he said:
"If you ask me what caused the
President's death I could not tell you.
I doubt if that will ever be discovered.
Amongst contributory causes, however,
were the President's age, his
lack of exercise and his naturally
weak heart, which made his pulse
high."
REFORMS IN AFGHANISTAN.
N>V7 Ameer Increases Fay of the Soldiers
and Will iteduce the Land Taxes.
London.?The Simla correspondent
of the Times says Ameer Habib Ullah
has increased the pay of the Afghan
soldiers and promises a reduction
of the taxes on land. lie is likely
to spring into immediate popularity.
The Afghans presumably hope that
Habib Ullah will depart from the fiscal
policy of his father and abolisn
the heavy imposts on trade and the
State monopolies. The removal of
the transit duties and the abolition
of the monopolies would cause an imrortnea
mviroi nf tmrlp between India
arid Afghanistan along the ancient
caravan route.
BANK ROB3ERS CAUGHT.
Citizens lteturn the Fire of Safe Blowers,
Wounding Three of Them.
Evansville, Ind.?A loud explosion
aroused the village of Howell, a few
miles from here, a few days ago. The
citizens discovered that four robbers
had blown open the bank safe and
were in the act of plundering it. Instantly
the bank was surrounded,
and the citizens opened fire, which
was returned by the robbers as they
Hod.
When the fusilade ended three robbers.
badly wounded, were stretched
out on the ground. The fourth had
escaped. Marshall Sumpter was shot
in the leg. The wounded robbers are j
-u- Ttinr rofiiqp to talk. !
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Bank Robbero Make a BIr Haul.
The vault of the Farc.ers' and Citzeus'
Bank iu Tiro, Ohio, was wrecked
by six rubbers, who procured the conients
and escaped. It is said the vault
contained $4U,000. The explosion
awoke the people of the town. All
who approached the bank were driven
away by the robbers, who were armed
with rides. They escaped.
Xav-ul Officer'* Wife a Suicide.
The wife of Lieutenant Parmeter, I).
S. N? committed suicide at Washingion
while temporarily insane.
Twenty-uine Hazors Suspended.
Twenty-nine students have been suspended
trorn the Missouri University
:it Columbia, Mo., lor hazing L. L.
Thompson. Tney clipped his hair in
the form of u horseshoe, marched him
about a mile into the country, removed
all his clothing and left him there af
1 'Pliov mnsr mnkp
lui a guuu
hiui written apologies before they will
be reinstated.
M;irtial Law in Spain.
Martial law has been proclaimed at
Seville, and disorders are reported
elsewhere in Soain.
IB TRIAL FOB MM
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Judges onne oourr 01 rtppeais unanimous
in Their Decision.
IMPROPER EVIDENCE ADMITTED
The Opinion Says Tliat All Testimony
Regarding Harriet Is Incompetent ?
Three Judges, However, Would Allow
Some of This Kvldence? Court Passes
on Question of Handwriting Exports.
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^.lUUliyt H* i.?nuiauu xj? iuvuucuA,
since February 16, 1900, under sentence
of death for che killing of Mrs.
Kate J. Adams, will have a new trial.
The Court of Appeals has handed
down a decision reversing the judgment
of the lower court. All the Justices
who heard the argument on appeal
agree on the finding, which is
based on the admission of evidence
regarding Henry C. Barnet, although
the Court is not a unit as to how
much of this evidence was incompetent.
The Court also refers to the rule regarding
the admission of expert testimony
on handwriting, and the prevailing
opinion holds that none of the
"Barnet" letters should have been
used. Justices Parker, Haight and
Gray are those who concur in the result,
but dissent as to some of the
points decided.
The prevailing opinion is written by
Justice Werner, of Rochester, his
principal ground for reversal being
that the lower court erred in admitting
evidence as to another alleged
crime, the death of Barnet, and thus
merged two issues. Justices Bartlett,
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prevailing opinion, and for the expunging
of the Barnet testimony
Justices Parker, Haight and Gray did
not believe that the Barnet evidence
should be kept entirely out of the
case. .
The Court gave out a condensed
statement of the reasons for granting
the new trial. They say:
"Every member of the Court of Appeals
agrees for the reversal of the
Judgment of conviction of Molineux
on the ground that the trial court
erred in receiving In evidence the
declarations of Barnet made to Drs.
Phillips and Douglass, that he had
received Kutnow powders through
the mail.
"All agree that since the amendment
of Section 2 of Chapter 36 of
the laws of 1SS0 by Chapter 555 of
the laws of 188S, genuine writings
may be received in evidence as standards
of comparison with a disputed
writing, although such writing may
not be the issue on trial, but simply
a fact relevant and material to that
Issue. That the genuineness of such
writings must be established to the
satisfaction of the Court by commonlaw
evidence, and when that is done
handwriting experts may compare
the disputed writings with the genuine
writings and give their opinion
thereon, but they cannot select and
establish the standards of comparison,
and then compare them with the disputed
writings.
"All writings proved to the satisfaction
of the Court by a preponderance
of evidence in civil cases, and beyond
a reasonable doubt In criminal cases,
(1) by witnesses who saw the paper
written or to whom it had been acknowledged,
(2) by witnesses familiar
with the handwriting of the person
charged to be the writer and who are
able to testify from their familiarity
to a belief respecting its genuineness.
(3) where the writing is shown to
have been recognized and acquiesced
In by the person supposed to have
written It, or adopted and acted upon
by him in his business transactions
or other concerns, may, under the
statute, be compared with the disputed
writing by witnesses. But the
Court should refuse to receive in evidence
solely for the purpose of com
parison any -writing otherwise prejudicial
to a defendant.
"Th? only subject about which the
members of the Court differ in their
opinions, relates to the testimony introduced
tending to show that Mollneux
caused the death of Barnet by
the same method as that used in taking
the life of Mrs. Adams. Four of
the members of the Court, O'Brien,
Bartlett, Vann and Werner, agree that
the evidence should not have been received.
The other three JusticesParker,
Gray and Haight?hold that
that evidence is admlssable, in that
the evidence in the Barnet case pointing
toward Molineux, tends to Identify
him as the person who killed Mrs.
Adams while attempting to take the
life of Cornish by means of that rare
poison known as cyanide of mercury,
the Chief Judge and Judge Gray writing
rvrvlnlnna tr? that effect."
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Lieutenant William* Slain.
Second Lieutenant Jame3 C. Williams,
of the Twelfth Infantry, fell
off a train In Tarlac, P. I., and was
killed. Lieutenant Williams was n
son of General Robert Williams, formerly
Adjutant-General of the Army,
who died a few weeks ago. Young
Williams enlisted in the Army as a
private in the Thirty-fourth Infantry,
und was promoted rapidly to a second
lieutenancy for efficient services in
the Philippines.
Mistaken For a Deer and Killed.
William Bowley, of Skowhegan,
aged nineteen years, was accidentally
shot and killed by Edwin L.
Vail, of Houlton, at West Hastings
Brook, Mek Bowley was mistaken
for a deer.
fterman Kidnaped by Bulgarian Brigands
Herr Rosen thai, the representative
of a German firm, has been kidnaped
by Bulgarian brigands at Silistrla.
Tire Roumanian boverumtu L UUO OViil
a protest to Sofia and the Bulgarian
Government has ordered troops to
pursue the brigands.
CabHn General Elections.
The date for the general elections in
Cuba has been set for December 21.
The Electoral College to choose a
President and Senators will meet on
February 24, 1902.
Thistles Fed- to Cattle.
Owing to the scarcity of hay in
YVbsteru Kansas farmers are feeding
Russian thistles to their stock. It
has been discovered that Russian thistles
make good food for cattle, and
cattlemen have gathered them the
* ? 1 thorn for
same as nay auu ?iat&cU ?
winter feeding.
To Keep Troops in Philippines.
It has been determined at the War
Department, at Washington, to send
troops to the Philippines to take the
place of those vrbose term of enlist*
i ment expiree.
LEOPOLD PLANS A VISIT
fhe King of Belgium is Coming to
ihe United States.
Cxpects to Got Suggestions of Skipping
Arrangements Beneficial to the
Ports of His Kingdom.
'Antwerp, Belgium. ? King Leopold
has decided to visit New York City.
He announced this decision at an interview
granted to the Burgomaster.
His Majesty expects among other
advantages to obtain in the United
States many suggestions regarding
the handling of shipping which will
prove beneficial to the ports of Belgium.
This Is not the first time that Leopold
II., King of the Belgians, has expressed
his intention or wish to visit
KIX3 LEOPOLD OF BELGIUM.
(Ho has decided to make a visit to the
United States.)
the United States. There was talk of
his doing so three years ago, and in
I 1S99 it was given out at Brussels that
tlie monarch was going to take a
three-months' yachting cruise, during
which he would touch on this side of
the Atlantic.
Earlier in life King Leopold was
fond of mysterious disappearances,
and paid -frequent trips incognito to
neighboring capitals. He is now sixtyfive
years of age, but as his zest for
automobiling shows, full of activity,
and possessing a decided faculty for
combining business with pleasure.
The Congo Independent State, which
is bis creation, is likely, in spite of
early forebodings, to bring him in a
substantial reward for his prescience.
In his will he has bequeathed all his
sovereign rights in the State to BelI
glum, and not so long ago he made
over to the public all his real estate
in Belgium.
King Leopold is a busy speculator,
and Is said to be interested in several
American mining ventures, besides
his schemes for developing Ostend
and other European pleasure resorts.
At the opening of the Brussels ship
canal last year he looked forward to
! the establishment of a line of steamers
plying between Brussels as a seaport
and New York City, and he is
doubtless keenly alive to the advantages
of developing still further the
great resources of Antwerp and Its
trade with this port.
COSTLY FUNERAL FOR PUG DOC.
Hundreds ot Children See the Body LyIns:
in Pink Silk.
Trenton, N. J.?Faunie, a pug dog
owned by Mrs. C. E. Bosser, was
i buried under extraordinary circumi
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I BlliXLces, ujuurutru uy uuuuicus. xuc
i dog lay in. state all day in the front
I parlor. It required a large casket,
for it had grown broad and heavy be:
cause of fatty degeneration of the
heart.
The casket was lined with pink silk,
the artistic Idea of Mrs. Bosser, worked
out by an undertaker. Fannie was
carefully washed, so that her light
brown coat matched the casket lining.
A large bow of white silk was around
the dog's neck.
Several hundred school children
took leave of the dead pet and praised
its life-like appearance. There were
solemn tunes on the organ and the
children sang hymns. Some placed
carnations lu the casket before it
was closed and carried with much
solemnity to the rear yard, where It
was interred under a pear tree. A
stone will be placed to mark the spot
Mrs. Boser's eyes were inflamed with
long weeping for Fannie.
DAYTON WOMAN DENIES CHARCES
Pleads Not Guilty of Poisoning; Her Four
Husbands and Children.
Dayton, Ohio.?The formal charge of
murder la the first degree was preferred
against Mrs. Mary Belle Witwer,
suspected of having caused the
deaths of her four husbands and her
own children by poison.
Tho affidavit was sworn to by Chief
of Detectives Frank McBride, and is
based on the death of Mrs. Anna C.
Pugh, a sister of tho accused. It is
charged that death was due to the administration
of arsenic wilfully and
purposely by Mrs. Witwer.
Mrs. Witwer was arraigned in policc
court on the charge of murder. She
pleaded not guilty.
Typhoid Fever Prevalent.
The weekly bulletin of the City
Health Department of Chicago calls
attention to the unusual prevalence
of typhoid fever throughout the country,
and ventures the opinion that the
first year of the new century will be
known as a typhoid fevier year.
Treasury at Highest Mark.
Nearly $1,200,000,000 is the enoi^
mous sum of money which the United
States Treasury has now in its possession.
This is an aggregate of
wealth never before equaled In the
history of thte or any other country
Bank Robbers Get 811,000.
The Bank of Barysville, at Potomac,
111., was entered by robbers and
about $11,000 in currency taken. To
get Into the safe two charges of nitroglycerine
were used. The men escaped
on a hand-car.
President Castro Seek* Peace.
President Castro has made a statement
of the attitude of Venezuela toward
Colombia1, declaring that he dc
sired and was seeking peace Between
the republics, but, in common with
Ecuador and Nicaragua, Venezuela
desired tlie downfall of the present
Conservative Government at Bogota.
Altoona Embezzler Sentenced.
.Tamps PI. McCullougb, former Tax
Collector of Altoona, Penn.. who embezzled
$30,000 of public ftmde, has
bt?en .sentenced to pay $3000 fine and
to ftU for one yedr,
A
-RESCUED FROI SHIPWRECK
Two Hundred Passengers Taken Froir
the Hating in Alaskan Waters.
$250,000 IN GOLD DUST SAVtL
111-I.uclc Pnrsnes tlie Ships of the Cantv
dlan Pacific Kallway?Engineer Brewei
Says That the Accident Conld No1
Have Been Avoided?Praise For thi
Captain and Crew?Passengers' Stories
Vancouver, B. C.?Two hundred passengers
and a quarter of a million
dollars' worth of gold dust, rescued
from the wrecked steamer Hating, arrived
in Vancouver by the steamei
Willipa. All the stories told by the
passengers vary slightly, but the raaiD
facts are the same.
W. M. Brewer, the well-known
American mining: engineer, said that
the accident could not have been
avoided; that the ill-luck following
[ the Canadian Pacific steamships had
overtaken the Hating, and that the
cleverest navigator in the world
could not have prevented the accident.
"I was in the bow of the boat," he
said, "when the vessel struck, and although
the shore was fifteen feet
away the fog was so dense I could
not see it. When the Hating rammed
her nose on the rock the women
screnmcd. One of them seized a lifepreserver,
while the Chinese cook
rushed from below with an ugly carving
knife in one hand and a life-preserver
in the other and shouted to the
passeneers. 'You so in boat, me go,
too.' His song died away by force.
The men passengers were as cool as
if they were on a Sunday-school picnic,
though with the long list of disasters
to Klondike steamers .In their
minds they expected the worst."
J. B. McGregor says: "I was in the
bow directly under the pilot house
when we struck. Captain Gosse, the
mate and a quartermaster were on
the bridge peering ahead. All afternoon
we were running into dense bil
lows of fog. Just ns we reached the
narrowest part of the channel we ran
Into a pocket. A hundred passengers
peered over the bow. One could not
see a foot ahead. Then the fop lifted,
and Captain Gosse was the first to see
rocks to the right, fifty feet ahead.
"He signaled to reverse the engines.
but it was too late. The steamer
with her own headway scraped
upon the rocks into a natural groove
between two jagged ridges thirty feet
either way. Had the engines not been
stopped when they were the steel ship
would have been split In two and
srone down in 130 fathoms with all on
board."
A dozen other passengers told similar
stories, and of how the Captain
assured them that the steamer was
wedged fast, and sent them ashore
down the side ladders with the precious
gold dust. While they were on
shore the wreck was examined. It
was found that the steamer's entire
forefoot was ripped off and a six-foot
hole stove in her plates, and that she
was leaking badly. If loft as she was
she would turn turtle with the rising
tide. She was then tied tight with
hawsers to trees on the isle where she
had run ashore and the passengers
returned to the ship.
The Hating cost the Canadian Pacific
Railroad $233,000 at the beginning
of the season, and she was to
have been taken off the run at ihe end
this trip.
TURKISH TROOPS WITHDRAW.
Kiss Stone TVonld He Killed if the military
Activity Was Continued.
Constantinople, Turkey.?It is now
learned, that the Turkish commandei
had completed arrangements to surround
Miss Ellen M. Stone's captors.
Spencer Eddy, Secretary of the United
States Legation, however, received
lliiUl lliUUUJU tuui a. unuwi Mw>f .v
would result in the death of Mlse
TYPES OF BULOABIAN BRIGAKDS.
Stone. He then proceeded to the residence
of the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Tewfik Pasha, and demanded
the immediate retirement of the Turkish
troops.
This was acceded to, and the Bulgagarian
forces followed suit. Mr. Eddy's
actlou has the unanimous approval
of the members of the Diplomatic
Corps, who are convinced that efforts
to liberate Miss Stone by force
will undoubtedly result In her murder'
An Anarchist Editor Sentenced.
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Paris, France, was sentenced to one
year's imprisonment and to pay a tine
of $200 for an article he printed in
the Libertaire'at the time of the Czar's
visit. The article incited an attack
on the Czar and glorified the Anarchists.
Through Whirlpool Rapid* In a Boat.
Peter Nissea* of Chicago, has made
a successful trip through the whirlpool
rapids of the Niagara River in a
boat of his own design.
New Trial Granted to Miller.
The Appellate Dfri.sion of the Su
preme Court at Brooklyn, N. Y., liashanded
down an opinion g-'iting a
new trial to William F. MilL-r, manager
of the defunct Franklin Syndicate.
of Brooklyn, which induced people
to invest on promise of 520 per
cent, profit per annum. Miller was
convicted on April 30, 1900, and sen*
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tencea to ten years m. uuiu mum it>
Sing Sing.
a?|?enH Designs on AfghaaUtan.
Advices from St Petersburg show
ta&t- Russia is- anxious to gain control
o0 Aftrtomfsfefl.
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I GOVERNMENT'S CASE IN
| ihe Judge Advocate Concludes His
Evidence in the Schley Inquiry.
The Defense of the Rear-Admiral Begins?
Captain Cook Assumes Responsibility
For the Brooklyn's Loop.
Washington. D. C.?Judge Advocate
Lernly finished his presentation of
testimony in the Schley inquiry, and
Mr. Rayner put on the stand the first
witness for Rear-Admiral Schley.
This was Eduardo Nunez, the Cuban
pilot, who gave testimony to show
why Schley did not believe the Spaniards
were at Santiago. He said that
when he went on board the Brooklyn
he told Schley that the Spaniards
were probably not in the harbor, because
vessels of that size could not
get in. The water was not deep
enough and the channel was too narrow.
Nunez also testified that on July 1
Schley sent him to the Cuban camp
to find out whether any Spanish
ships but the Colon were there, aud
he got from the Cubans a list of the
vessels in the harbor. He reported
this to Schley, -who ordered him to
report it to Rear-Admiral Sampson,
who had arrived.
The last witness for the Government
was Albert Beall, who served
as a volunteer officer during the war
and was a lieutenant on the Harvard.
He testified to the dates on which
Captain Cotton received his dispatches
and cleared up the mystery
attending Schley's "disobedience of
orders" dispatch. In the Navy Department
publications this appears as
a defiant and almost insolent dispatch
from Schley.
When the case was opened Schley
put in evidence the dispatch lie really
wrote, which was of a pacific tenor,
and indicated that he and all his captains
had labored hard to obey the
orders, but had been prevented by
physicial conditions. Mr. Beall explained
this difference. He was the
officer who turned the dispatches into
cipher. In doing so ho did not always
use the exact language given him. but
sought to give the same result by
using equivalent phrases which were
easier to put into cipher. In this way
he unintentionally, and in perfect
good faith, gave the dispatch the defiant
twist for which Schley has
been criticized.
The most interesting witness of the
day was Captain Francis A. Cook,
who commanded the Brooklyn, and
who was called by the Judge Advocate.
He told the whole story of the
campaign in a simple, direct, sailorly
fashion, and the interest was intense.
Among the points brought out by Captain
Cook were these:
He was responsible for the Brook
lyn's loop, and had the ship well
around before the Commodore spoke
to him on the subject.
He always regarded Schley as "an
enthusiastically brave and patriotic
officer."
Schley and he were convinced that
Cienfuegos was the destination of
Cervera's fleet from all the information
given them from Key West, and
believed the Spanish ships were in
Cienfuegos until McCalla communicated
with the insurgents.
The Flying Squadron was on Its
way to Gonaives to coal when the
scouts were met southeast of Santiago,
and the retrograde movement toward
Key West began under the belief
that Cervera had left Santiago,
if he had ever been there, and was
probably at that time nearer Cienfuegos
or Havana.
Captain Cook also thought the
blockades at Cienfuegos and Santiago
were closer inshore than did most of
the young watch officers who have
testified. He never had any idea of
jeopardizing the Texas by the loop,
and was confident that there never
was any danger of collision.
THREE DIE OF FIREDAMP.
Father and Son Perish In Trying to Re?cne
Another Son.
Connellsville, Penn.?John GiUeland,
a coal miner, and his two eons, aged
nine and eleven years, were suffocated
near Juniataville by firedamp in an
airehaft twenty feet deep. The shaft
ventilates the abandoned part of the
coal mine of the Juniata Coal Company,
and is surmounted by a curb
three feet high.
The youngest boy climbed upon the
curb and when a blast of deadly gas
struck him in the face he toppled over
and fell into the shaft. The father,
standing in the doorway of the house,
saw the boy fall and was horrified to
see the other boy climbing into the
shaft to descend after his brother on
the ladder. When Gilleland reached
the shaft neither boy was in sight.
The father then climbed down nimself.
Mrs. Gilleland gave the alarm to
the neighbors. A canvas was ringed
at the top of the shaft to deflect the
air from the mine fan into the hole,
and John Nicholson and John Brown,
mine foremen, descended. The father's
body was found half way down
and the bodies of the two boys were
found at the bottom locked in an embrace.
The bodies were hoisted un
with blocks and tackle.
Roosevelt to Ride and Drire.
President Roosevelt has purchased
three horses, a landau, a brougham
and a victoria. They were obtained
in New York City through the President's
brother-in-law, Douglas Robinson.
The President already has in
the White House stables a tine Kentucky
thoroughbred saddle horse, as
also is Mrs. Roosevelt's saddle mare
Yaganka. It is the intention of the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt to riile
occasionally together.
Escaped From a Transport.
Thomas Bronnan, a private soldier,
under sentence of life imprisonment
for killing a superior officer, escaped
from the transport Kilpatrick while
she was lving in the harbor of Polio,
P. I.
Blc Reservoir Bnrst.
A large reservoir, containing. 10,000,000
gallons of water, burst and caused
great damage at East Liverpool, Ohio,
No lives were lost, but a score of per
r ns had narrow escapes. The money
loss will reach $li>0,000.
News of the Tollers,
Australia has passed a law barriug
tl'.e eutry of anyone under contract tc
do manual labor.
Ou^ of 22.SS3 coal miners employed
in the district of Liege, Belgium, 13,004
are now idle.
The Journeymen Tailors' Union has
made a gain of nearly 4000 members I
in the last two years.
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Switchmen 011 ine L<aKe onuic ???..road
are talking strike unless tbey are
given an increase of wages.
Industrial activity has been resumed
in San Francisco, Cal., owing
to several striken being settled.
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Mascsrnt'i Lonsr Hair.
'A good story Is being told abonf. >
Mascagnl. It is well known that h?
has been offered and will probably a?nonf
nn 0nonr>Amrinf tn POndOCt 8. 8e
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ries of concerts In the United State?
next winter. Upon this Mascagnl, it
seems, has let his hair grow, he being
under the impression that the
Americans will not accept any but a)
long-haired musician. Somebody, at
any rate, has told him so, and instanced
the case of M. PaderewBkL?
London Truth.
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More than twenty dirigible balloont
are building in or near Paris.
Putxam Fadeless Dyes are fast to ran*
light, washing and nibbing, 8old by all druggists.
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The only people who keep diaries for
any length of time are the people who
keep them for sale.
Janan exported more than $1,000,00? .
worth of lacquer wares last year.
State of Ohio, City or Toledo, >
Lucas County. \
Fbawx J. Chenet makes oath that he if the
penior nartner of the finn of P. J. Cram A
Co., doing business inthe City ofToledo,County
and State aforesaid, and that said firm will par
the sum of one hundred dollars for each
and every case of cataeeh that cannot be
tured by the use of Halt.'s Catarrh Cube.
Frank J. Cram.
Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my
j ?>?, presence, this 6th day of December,
< seal f A. D., 1886. A. W. Gleasok.
(?v?' Notary PtibHo. + ]
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of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
P. J. Chevey & Co., Toledo, O.
8old by Druggists, 7oc.
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xj.au a xauiuy rms tiro mo urmv.
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Electrical apparatus used in mining b
estimated to be worth $100,000,000.
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