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t - HATURE OF SCHLEV'S PLEJ The President Asked to Sustain Admiral Dewey's Findings. , THE QUESTION OF COMMAND 1 . , Rear-Admiral Schley Requested President Roosevelt to Review the Findings o) the Court of Inquiry, Basing His Appeal on the Opinion of Admiral Dewe] ?Arguments In Support of Contentloni Washington, D. C.?The appeal made by Rear-Admiral Schley from the findings of the court of inquiry has been made public. The Admiral states three general grounds upon which he petitions the President to reverse the action of the Navy Department 1. The court erred in ignoring the question of command on July 3 and of credit for the victory-or ine oatue of Santiago. 2. The court erred by failing to report on the efficiency and adequacy of the blockade of Santiago by the La Flying Squadron. 3. The findings of the majority, in variance witfc. the opinion of the presiding officer of the court, are not justified by the facts adduced. It is declared that the record of the .court shows that Schley did actually exercise the command, and the point is made that if he did so in the absence of any right, under naval regulations his conduct would have been "grossly Insubordinate and highly censurable, and should have been so held by the court." It is recited that Sampson signalled to "disregard motions Commander-inQhlef" when he started eastward that morning, thereby conferring command upon Schley. Counsel also cite Seere . tary Long's statement to the Senate that when the Spanish ships emerged Sampson was proceeding towards Sihnnev rnifW orders from the denart ment to confer with Sliafter, and it Is held that these orders detached him temporarily from his command, so that Schley was actually in command at the battle. Further argument made Is that Cook and Clark, the two ship captains present at the surrender of the Colon, recognized * Schley's seniority, and also that Sampson's order of battle failed entirely as soon as the Spanish squadron succeeded in passing the westernmost extremity of the American vessels. Counsel deal with the pasage from Clenfuegos to Santiago, and again object to the majority conclusion that Schley should have proceeded with all despatch, and have disposed his vessels with a view of intercepting the enemy. Counsel submit that the Admiral's eqpadron was a unit; that he had no power to atomize it; and that in view of the prevailing ignorance of the enemy's location it would have been the ;v acme of military folly to have dlsinte grated his squadron. _ * ? DRYDEN ELECTED SENATOR. ~ Sew Jenar Lerlilaturc Formally Ballo.. For General Sewell's Successor. Trenton, N. J.?The Senate and Assembly met in joint session and elected John F. Dryden, of Newark, to fill i, 7 m JOBS r. DBTDEN. (The new Senator from New Jersey.) the unexpired term of the late General SewelL Mr. Dryden entertained the two bodies at luncheon after the adjournment. tfv ANARCHIST ENDS HIS LIFE. fohr Taught Hla Children to Anathema* tlzo the Dead Prealdent. Paterson, N. J.?Hugo Mohr, the anarchist, who was sent to jail for cruelty to his family, committed suicide be cause ne iearea a seeona anesi. nu was released from jail on giving bail for $300, and he went to his home to get square with his wife for putting him in jail. Mohr learned that the police had been called and lie went into one of the rooms and put his mouth over a gas jet. When the police arrived they l'ound Mohr lying on the floor dead. Mohr had not worked for a year. He took the money that his wife and oldest daughter earned and bought anarchist literature with It. He praised Czolgosz and denounced McKinley, and made his children repeat after hlm. an anathema against the dead President. President Shy of Pardons. President Roosevelt has thus fat made a record for denying appeals for executive clemency. He denied nine of ten cases presented to him. President McKinley accepted the recommendations of the Department of Justice, but Koosevelt does not In every case. Carneirle's 310,000,000 Gift. . The trustees of the Carnegie Institution held a meeting in Washington, at which Mr. Carnegie presented the deed of gift of $10,000,000, and officers were elected. S#wiy Ulennings In China the year begins in Febuuary. Since last September the savings deposits of Michigan have increased $1,476,000. ! / The People's Party in Idaho has / voted not to disband in favor of the Democrats. Workmen have unearthed $3400 in $20 gold pieces in a coal shed at Jeffersonville, Ind. Pittsburg is now building much ofj ,the machinery which is to electrify London tram lines. || MARINES'AWFUL PLIGHT I Amerioans Deserted by Filipino Guards Eat Raw Dog Flesh. UIiiIdk Members of Ill-Fated Part) Found Delirious in the Jangle, Two of Them Barking Like D?|i, Manila.?It Is now learned that the ten men. who became separated from Captain David D. Porter's command of marines that went on an expedition into the interior of Samar three week? ago got into such desperate straits thai they were compelled to kill dogs and eat their flesh raw. The first reports were that they had suffered hardships but General Chaffee, who has just returned here from a tour, says that theii% sufferings were greater than mere hardships. There were at the start thirty-sis marines in the party. They took with them rations for only five days. Two weeks later Captain Porter and twenty-six of his men reached the coast ol the Island of Samar. They wer-e greatly exhausted, and said they had lost ten men somehow, and that they were probably dead. Captain Porter and his men were under the guidance of some natives, and when there was no longer any food the natives declared that they could not distinguish the edible roots in which the forests abound. The marines did not believe them, but were unable to force them to find the roots with which to sustain life. It was J while the little party was starving and was hunting about for some sort of food that the ten men became separrated. The others were so weakened that they could not make a search for the wanderers. The natives had deserted them. When Captain Porter and three of his men staggered into the camp on the coast they were delirious, and it was with difficulty that the whereabouts of their companions was learned. They were soon discovered and taken into camp, and Williams, of the First Infantry, headed a relief expedition for the ten lost men. The relief force faced a torrential rain storm that flooded the rivers and seriously hampered progress. After a hard march the rescue commonrl unnii thf> lost ones. All of the ten were delirious and would have ! very soon perished. Two of them ( were discovered in the branches of , trees, barking like dogs. They were 1 , taken to headquarters, where some of them are so ill that they will probably not recover. At a time when they were overcome 1 with hunger, there were two dogs fol- ! lowing them. These were killed, and as there was no manner of building a fire, the flesh of the animals was devoured raw. General Chaffee says he found mat- . ters apparently satisfactory in all parts of the archipelago except on the Island , of Samar, where the continuous rains of the past two months had retarded ' the campaign against the elusive en- ' ?my. ! NINTH CABINET OFFICE. < jenate Votes For a Department of Com- ( merce and Labor. ' Washington, D. C.?Senator Nelson'e bill creating a Department of Commerce, which has passed the Senate, was amended in various particulars. Probably the most important of these amendments was the one changing the title to read, "The Department of Commerce and Labor." It provides for a Secretary, who is to be a member of the Cabinet, an Assistant Secretary, ] and also the other officials and clerks I necessary. The proposed department I is especially charged with the col* 1 lection and distribution of statistical information and with the development I and fostering of foreign and domestic i commerce. I In the department there is to be a I new Bureau of Manufactures, and ,? many bureaus now included In other j departments are transferred to this i new department, including the Life- j Saving Service, the Lighthouse Ser- I vice, the Marine Hospital Service, the Steamboat Inspection Service and the Bureaus of Navigation, of Shipping i nnd of Immigration, as well as the con- i trol of the fisheries and Chinese exclu- j 3ion questions, all now within the juris- i UlL'HUU ui Lut; ncanuij i/c^amiitui, the Fish Commission and the Census i Bureau. i The department also is given jurisdiction over the Consular Service so far as it pertains to commerce. ONCE LIVED WITH CANNIBALS. , Dantli of a Maine Phyjiclan Who Dwelt Two Years With Savages. Auburn, Me.?Dr. Charles F. Swett, who died here at the age of sixty-four, lived two years among the cannibals j of the Marquesas. While on a voyage 1 in the Pacific lie was taken sick and as it was thought he was going to die, he was put ashore. He recovered and became a favorite of the chief of the cannibals. Dr. Swett was happy on the island and probably never would have left had he not been kidnaped. A ship put iu there one day to trade with the natives. Dr. Swett went on board to do the bartering. The captain of the ship was short of hands, and forcibly detained Dr. Swett. The natives started in pursuit in canoes, fiud as the wind was light, for a time it looked as though the captain was destined to pay dearly for his treachery, but the wind came up and the ship slid away to safety. Now Gold Diggings In Klondike. Gold diggings panning $25 to $30 & day per man are reported in Alaska from Mush Creek to Porcupine. Bear-Admiral Kimberly Dead. Rear-Admiral Lewis A. Kimberly, U. S. N., retired, died at West Newton, Mass. Admiral Kimberly was selected for service on the Schley Court of Inquiry, but was compelled to decline on account of ill health. McKtnloy Day Observed. The birthday of President McKinley was observed in many places. Judge Day delivering an address in Chicago, W. D. Foulke speaking at Canton, Ohio, and Governor Nash paying n tribute at Coiuuibus, Ohio. Lenity For Lieutenant Brown. President Roosevelt has decided to commute the sentence of dismissal l'rom the army iu the case of Lieutenant J. Prestou Brown, who is now under arrest, having been tried in the Philippines on a charge of shooting a Filipino. Lieutenant Brown will be reduced in his standing ou the list ot lieutenants. Business Failures For a Week. Business failures during the previous week, according to K. G. Dun & Co., numbered 301 in the United States and twenty-eight in Canada. v V'-T wv.. ~ 'i UMITE SPREADS MM Explosion in a New York Tunnel Causes Heavy Damage. SIX KILLED; OVER 100 INJURED A. Lighted Candle Sets Fire to a Shant> Where a Quantity of Dynamite Rested ?Two Hotels Rained, a Hospital Wrecked and Residences Damaged? Property Loss Estimated at SI,000,000. New York City. ? Dynamite cartridges in a frail slianty on a platform over the west shaft of Section 4 of the subway tunnel in Park avenue, just south of Forty-first street, exploded through a fire which started among paper In the shanty just after noon on Monday with fatal, maiming and injuring results and wide destruction of property. Six persons were killed by t>he disaster and more than 125 were Injured, few, however, of them having more serious hurts than cuts inflicted by glass or wreckage. The list of the dead is as follows: Cyrus Adams, cigar man, at the Mur ray Hill,- fciotei; James uarr, a -waiter employed at the Murray Hill Hotel; Lawrence Hine, twenty years old, of Ansonia, Conn.; J. Roderick Robertson, of Nelson, British Columbia, a guest at the Murray Hill Hotel; John H. Thompson, assistant engineer, and Thomas Tubbs, master mechanic. Moses Epps, one of those injured seriously and who is a prisoner in the Flower Hospital, made a statement which fixes tho cause of the accident and places the responsibility for the presence In the shanty of more dynamite than the law permits more or less directly on the contractor for the work in Section 4, Major Ira A. Shaler, who was arrested shortly after the accident. Epps stated that while the law permitted only sixty-two pounds of dynamite to be kept at one time in the shanty there were in it when he discovered that paper on the floor was on Grc 585 pounds of the explosive. The explosion practically wrecked the Murray Hill Hotel, killing a guest and two employes, ruined the facades of the Manhattan Eye and Ear Hospital and the Grand Union Hotel, and seriously damaged the Forty-second street front of the Grand Central Station. Minor damage was done for blocks around, chiefly in the item of broken glass and plastering, and the effects of the explosion were experienced in this way over a large area in the neighborhood. The total of property loss is about $1,000,000. The damage to subway property was comparatively slight, and may be repaired within a week. The explosion was spoken of by all who heard It and who saw its immediate results as the most violent in a* rtnlea fnf?no on/1 irrlflocnroflH V/JL UV/IOt, 1V1CV UUU destruction that has occurred In the United States from any cause. Several had experiences in disasters of a similar nature and with fearful accidents from gas, high explosives and gunpowder. One said that in many respects it resembled the explosions due to gas mixed in explosive proportions "with air in mains in tho Tottenham Court Road, London, in July, 18S0. Another said that the only parallel to it in point'of force exhibited and fatalities find damage was the explosion on the 3teamship Mcsel at Bremerhaven in December, 1875. This came of criminal design, and the explosion was detonated by clockwork devised by one Thomas, who committed suicide. District Attorney Jerome was prompt In beginning an investigation of the disaster. The investigation will be thorough, and one of its results is likely to be the discovery that high explosives have for a long time been stored along the subway where rock-blasting jpcratious are conducted without regard to legal limitations as to quantity. There was a clash of the authorities whose duty it is to investigate the responsibility for the disaster. Coroner Coldenkranz, on hearing of the explosion, empanelled a special jury to decide what should be done with the three men who first were placed under arrest. District Attorney Jerome, after leaving the scene of the accident, Insisted that the Coroner was proceeding illegally. As a result of the dispute there was a personal encounter between the District Attorney and a Coroner's clerk. Of the five persons who were placed under arrest two are held as important witnesses. The others ere Ira A. Shaler, who has the contract for that section of the subway; his foreman and his assistant foreman. Pending the result of t!ie inquest they were held by the Coroner, cach in $10,000 bail. BURIED TREASURE FOUND. Clilneso Officials Discover -Vast Sum Id Palaco at Pekin. Pekin, China.?Chinese officials have found treasure to the value of over 100.000,000 taels (about $70,000,000) In gold and silver, which was buried in the women's quarters of the palace before the court fied from Pekin. The court has granted 5,000,030 taels annually to j uau cjiii-ivai, viceroy ul Pc-Chi-Li, for tho maintenance of an army of 100,000 men In Tc-Clii-Li Province. Yuan Shi-Kai has been given practical control of tbo army and navy of China, and proposes engaging Japanese instructors for the army and British instructors for the navy. Spanish Gunboat Wrecked. The obsolete Spanish gunboat Condor has been towed into Vigo, Spain, In a damaged condition, due to the explosion of her boiler, which killed four men and injured nine others, including the commander. Lhe is practically a wrcck. Spurious Coin In Porto Itlco. The United States Marshal has seized near Ponce, Porto Rico, $3000 In counterfeit silver quarters, half dollars and dollars. Ramon Rentas and Moreno Oritz were arrested. Archduchess of Austria a Bride. Tim A rr>hflnr>lioco T?,l iwn lir>th STJind daughter of Emperor Francis Joseph, was married to Prince Otlio Von Windisch-Graetz, at Vienna, Austria, in the presence of Emperor Francis Joseph, Countess Lonyay (formerly the Crown Princess Stephanie), the bride's mother, and a number of princes and princesses belonging to the imperial family. A Boer General Captured. General Ben Viljoen, one of the principal Boer leaders still in the fleld, has been caDtured In Transvanl ' i nTirvmun hitv on&kinA1 OlAlilLlNU uiii ounnum St. Louis Grand Jury Finds $135,000 Deposited as Bribes. PROMINENT CITIZENS INDICTED The Money Placed In Safe Deposit Yanltt For Members of the Municipal Assembly to Secnre Franchises to a Stree1 Ballwa; ompanj-Dribcry Dlnclosed by a Wranjjlc?Mora Arrests Expected St. Louis, Mo.?Charles A. Kratz, . Emil Meisenberg and John K. Murrell, members of the Municipal Assembly, under the Ziegenhein administration, re-cro nrrostpd on bench warrants charging them with bribery. Indictments have been found against them, and will be returned with the final report of the Grand Jury. City Attorney Folk says that the arrests bring to light the biggest briber? plot ever uncovered in St. Louis. Perhaps a scone more .bench warrants will be issued for members of the lasl Municipal Assembly as the Grand Jury Investigation proceeds. It is alleged that Kratz, Meisenberg, and Murrell, with other members of the City Council and House of Delegates, entered into an agreement with the Suburban Street Railway Company to pass certain desired franchises for $135,000, which was placed in safe deposit vaults. Of thl3, it is said, $75,000 was placed in a vault of the Lincoln Trust Company, to be distributed among certain members of the House of Delegates if franchises were granted. There were two keys to the box, it is alleged, one held by Philip Stock, as agent for the Suburban Railway, and the other by John K. Murrell, of the House of Delegates. It is further alleged that $00,000 was deposited in a box at the Mississippi Valley Trust Company, to be divided among certain members of the City Council after tlje ordinances granting the Suburban Railway the desired right of way should have been passed. Circuit Attorney Folk and a committee of grand jurors visited the vaults of the Trust Company and found the money in the boxes, according to thr information filed with the Grand Ju1 The money was in crisp, now bills, titu in packages. After counting the money the committee returned to the Four Courts, and the indictments were found. At Circuit Attorney Folk's request Judge Wood issued an impounding order commanding the two trust companies to preserve the boxes and their contents undisturbed so that they may be held for evidence at the trials to be held in the Criminal Courts. The exposure, it is said, was the reetilf r.t o wrnnfrlo mpmtiprfl of the House of Delegates and the representatives of the Suburban company over the payment of the $75,000. It i:i said the members of the Municipal Assembly combine carried out their part of the contract to pass a certain bill for the Suburban Street Railway, .ind now the Suburban Railway, or, rather, its representative, refuses to open the bos and give them the money. The House combine even offered a compromise by which its nineteen members were to receive $2000 or $2500 apiecc instead of the entire $75,000. Charles Kratz is a candidate for Congress to succeed Representative Richard Bartlnldt. Meisenberg and Murrell are prominent business men and well to do. IRISHMEN WHO HAVE A KINC. The Inhabitants of Tory Island Threat* ened "With EJoctment. Belfast, Ireland.?According to the Irish News an effort will be made to clear Tory Island, off the northwest coast of Ireland, County of Donegal. Wholesale ejectment papers have been served upon the inhabitants of the island, who are chiefly fishermen and kelp gatherers and number about 300 paiiIo Thnw nlrtnf fHnln nn?n Irlnr* on/1 have not paid rent or taxes for many years pact. Tory Islr.cd is abor.t ttvo miles and a half long. The inhabitants retain many primitive customs of tenure and social relationship. There is a strong mixture of Spanish blood still traceable in the remote parts of this corner of Ireland, due to descent from survivors of the crcws of vessels of the Spanish Armada -wrecked thereabouts in 15SS. The original Celtic tribal customs are also In force. RICH MAN'S MYSTERIOUS DEATH A. D. Cooper, of St. Louie, Found Dying In a Turkish Bat J. St. Louis, Mo.?A. Dean Cooper, Treasurer of the Graham Paper Company. died as tlie result of injuries sustained in a mysterious manner while in the Vista Turkish hath establishment. William A. Strother. the colored man in charge of tlio bathhouse, who tells conflicting stories about t;ie affair, is under arrest. Mr. Cooper's injury consisted of a frhctured skull. A sledge hammer, covered with blood, was found in the cellar. Doctors operated on the victim and removed pieces of bon- that were pressing on his brain, but the injured man died without regaining consciousness. Mr. Cooper was the owner of the bathhouse, but it was not managed In his name. He was interested in various lines cf business, and was counted as one of the wealthiest men in St Louis. Two Slaters Found Dead. Mary Dcherty and her sister Lizzi* are believed to have committed suicide by taking poison in their rooms in a tenement house at Boston, Mass. Tintwo women were in destitute circumstances. Armenians FJ/jht With Turks. Two armed Armenian bands haTe appeared at Saudjak, in the Mush district of Asiatic Turkey. In an encounter between the Armenians and a detachment of Turkish troops the lat 1 -i- 1.111.. A ter lost an oineer ana uvo mtu &mcu, I-nbor World. The retail clerks of Illinois have o\ ganized an union, and one of their first movements will be directed toward the closing of all stores at six p. m. The reports of the eight mine inspectors of the anthracite conl regions show that ouly about one-fifth cl the miners and laborers are Americanborn. A strike and boycott has been ordered on the Terre Haute Electric Company, at Terre Haute, Ind., because several firemen were discharged. * MINOR EVENTS OF TH E WEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. Brigadier-General Wheaton's reported criticism of Professor Schurman'j Boston speech caused a lively discussion of the -whole Philippine question in the Senate. Wilbur J.Carr was elected as Chief of the Consular Bureau of the State Department, succeeding Robert L Chilton, resigned. Lieutenant Hobson's plea for retirement was denied, the board deciding that his eyes were not permanently injured. James Alman, who is said to hare re fused an ofTer of $100,000 if he would poison Lincoln, died in Washington. The Secretary of the Navy accepted the torpedo boat Biddle, built by the Bath (Me.) Iron Works. Washington leaaers oeuevea a caaaj bill would be passed at this session. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. About forty small municipalities in various parts of Cuba island, which which -were not able to meet their ex penses, were abolished and put undei the jurisdiction of larger municipalities in their vicinity. The American Chamber of Coinmercf at Manila sent a petition to Congress asking permission to allow Chinese la borers to enter the Philippine Islands. The Philippine Commission appro priated $5000 for improving the harboi of Iloilo and $3000 to be expended or the Cagelyon River, in Northern Lu zon. Colonel Charles W. Miner, of the Sixth Infantry, reported that the con ditions on the Island of Negros wer< unsatisfactory, and that a force of ban dits, under the command of the fanati cal leader, Papa Isio, were terrorizing the people. ornMoIro mbg chflrcpfl tlV thl Cuban railroads was taken in hand bj General Wood by prohibiting the ex Istlng practice of charging more foi short than long hauls. Governor Taft, who has jugt re turned from the Philippines, said _th< islands are overtaxed. DOMESTIC. Captain George H. Wadlelgb, of th( receiving ship Wabash, in the Navj -<M-d at Charlestown, Mass., receivec iers to report to the League Islanc Navy Yard at Philadelphia as com mandant.? Henry James Derbyshire, an Eng llshman, who was the last survivor oi those who accompanied Captain Hal on his expedition to find the Nortl Pole, died at Huntington, W. Va., aget seventy. Two negroes were lynched in Wes Carroll Parish, La., for the murder o G. N. Grant, a police juror, from Floyd James W. Woodford, of Elmore Mich., was killed at a country danci 1? 4 WIIA woo -iAnlnno ho uy A. D. JL/il Y iO, >VUV uuo jvimvuu MV cause he danced with his fiancee. Mrs. Harriet Collins Herron, wife o former United States District Attorne: John W. Herron, and mother-in-law o Governor Taft, died suddenly' at Cin clnnati, Ohio, from heart disease. Fire destroyed the Crane block li Montclair, N. J.f threatened the whol business section of the city and di< $100,000 damage. The Mississippi Legislature passe< an act authorizing the appropriatioi of $60,000 for a suitable display at th St. Louis Exposition. The Rev. J. P. Farrelly, of Nashville Tenn., secretary of the American Col lege in Rome, was^ appointed Priv; Chamberlain to the Pope. Specifications are ready for the va ried industries building of the Louis iana Purchase Exposition at St. Louis, Two men were killed and two hur by being run down at a grade crossln; in Hayton, Wis. A runaway boom of logs at Tacoma Wash., caused $25,000 damage to th water front. Mrs. Winnifred Carroll, the oldes woman in Montana, died at Helena Mont., aged 104. She was born in Ire land in 1797, and came to America i) 1811. The Sioux Indians at the Belkna] Agency, in Montana, were quieted. The bank at Hartford, Ky., wa robbed of about $3500 by four mei who escaped. A powder explosion at the King Mills Company, Kings Mills, Ohic killed four men and cleared awa; every vestige of the plant. Judge Noyes, of AiasKav wm noi n sent "jack to the district in which hi has officiated. Representative Brownlow, of th First Tennessee District, was renom inated for Congress. Alf Taylor, murderer of Deput; Sheriff James Lucas, was hanged a Friar's Point, Miss. It was aunoimced that the creed re visiou of rhe Presbyterian Church ha< completed its work and drafted an out line of a short declaration of belief. FOREIGN. Conservatives in Germany and th old aristocracy are beginning to lool coldly on Prince Henry's visit to Aiuer lea. Emperor William on the occasion o his birthday telegraphed to the Syndic of Rome presenting to the municipal ity a marble statue of Goethe aa i lasting pledge of the sincere and cor dial sympathy binding Germany am Italy. n 1 T.'itnlionnr n nthnrizPfl Gen UCUCiai Uiivuvuv.4 - eral Vilonel. a burgher, who surren dered, to raise an additional Boer corp of 1500 men. The Danish Government denied tha It had decided to take a plebiscite o the Danish West Indies after the rati flcation by the United States Scnat of the treaty providing for the sale o those islands to the United States. The anti-Ritualist. John Kensit created a scene of disorder at the con lirmation of the Right Rev. Charles A Gore, at Westminster, London, as th Bishop of Worcester. A petition will be sent to Presiden Roosevelt for permission to build i church on the United States Legatioi grouuds at Pekin, China. Lord Crauborne announced tha Great Britain would object to the oc cupation of a port on the Persian Gul by Russia or any otlier rower, am would maintain the status quo in Man cliuria. Th>; Concordia flour mill at Buda pest, Hungary, was gutted by fire. Th loss is estimated at $600,000. The French Minister to China re fused to present his credentials unti reparation for the murder of a pries was made. Mr. Balfour stated in the Britl^] House of Commons that no peace pre posals of any nature had been recelvei from the Boer leaders recently. / ) ) 1 l - OVERTURES TO END WAR " k " .'Holland Submits Peace Proposals on Behalf of the Boers. I ___ 0 British Government Is Bald to Regard the Delegates ai Without Power i to Negotiate Peace, i London.?Through an announcement 'in the House of Commons by A. J. i Balfour, the Government leader, It be! 'came known that the Government of Holland has offered in the most friend ly terms to help in bringing about ' 'peace in South Africa. In a communication to the British Government the , Dutch Government suggests that it might be permitted to act as a sort of diplomatic agent for the Boer delegates. But the Government expressly disowns any attempt at intervention, and does not mention any terms. It was learned that the British Gov[ ernment Infers that it would not have t been approached unless the Dutch au. thorities were convinced that the Boex aeiegates now in niurope were wmiug to accept the cardinal points of the British peace terms, so frequently an: nounced In Parliament. . " j Lord Lansdowne, the Foreign Secretary, replied In friendly terms to the Netherlands' proposal, bat he at once began inquiries in order to ascertain | the extent of the powers delegated ' to Mr. Kruger and the other Boer 1 representatives in Europe to act in behalf of the burghers in the field Great doubt is expressed In the Fors eign office here as to wheth >r any ne gotiations carried on by the Boer dele? gates through the Dutch Government ? or other channels will prove effectual, : The announcement by Mr. Balfour ; caused a sensation In the lobbies ot Parliament. Lord Rosebery generally la rroillfo/1 nrH-h Vinvine hrniicht ohnill i this movement on the part of the . Dutch Government. i The Petit Bleu of Brussels, the organ of the Krugerites, flatly denies thai the Boer delegates had charged anyj one to make peace proposals, and professed to be in entire ignorance of the Dutch communication. Those acquainted with Boer sentiments assert that Messrs. Fischer and S Wolmarans and Generals Schalkburget ! and Botha are willing to recognize i British annexation, while Mr. Krugei J and Dr. Leyds, General De Wet and Mr. Steyn still Insist upon independence. Therefore, at present, it is con. sidered hopeless to arr've at any agreed t basis of negotiations. UNWILLING LABORERS. Unsatisfactory Experience With the Font , K leans in Hawaii. Honolulu, Hawaii.?The Porto Ricans Imported to Hawaii for labor on th? plantations have become a problem. Many of them were anaemic on arrival and unfit for labor. They wer? cared for by the plantation physicians and in the plantation hospitals till the} recovered health and strength, but thej proved themselves in many cases un willing laborers, and deserted the plantations for the towns. In the townt they picked up a precarious living, doing work as laborers or at odd jobs. Hundreds of them have come to Hon olulu, and are becoming a menace tc the community. Of late robberies anc hold-ups have Increased beyond anj previous experience of the town, and much of the crime Is credited to th? Porto Ricans. In many cases they ar? the guilty ones beyond any question, several having been caught red-handed, A large proportion of the prisoner* P who daily come before the police courts are I'orto Kicans, ana tne cnaritaoie citizens and the charitable organizations are burdened with the indigent ' and mendicant among them. t DEATH PENALTY ABOLISHED. 1 ?????? 9 Angela's New Criminal Code Makes Many Radical Chancres. " St. Petersburg, Russia.?The come mission which has been revising the Criminal Code during the last fifteen t years has made its report to the Couni cil of the Empire. The new code, ii !* adopted, will replace the Code of 1845, 3 and will naturally contain numerous vital changes. Owing to superior defip nition and classification of crimes, the new code will contain less than one9 third as many crimes as tbe old code, , which has 1711 paragraphs. Banishment by order of court is abolished altogether, various forms of imprisonment being substituted. The '' new code will abolish capital punish ^ ment altogether. The old code retained It for crimes against the Imperial fame lly, for treason and rebellion, and for e evasion of quarantine. Of course the new code will take e cognizance of newly defined crimes, - such as blackmail. It will not, make an ordinary strike a crime, but threat^ ens with higher penalties those cases t of rioting and injury to pi'operty or person which may be found to have ^ been occasioned by a strike. 3 TRAIN ROBBERS TAKE SAFES. Seven Men Clean Oat an Express Car on the Southern Railway. Charleston S. C.?Near Branchville, e sixty miles from Charleston, on the ; Southern Railway, seven robbers held . up the passenger train from Charleston and made a clean sweep of the express j car. About 100 shots were fired. The c express and mail cars were uncoupled and the engineer was forced to run a j mile toward the swamps where two iron safes were removed from the exj press car and loaded on a wagou which was in waiting. The passengers were not molested. Japanese Soldiers Killed by Cold. 9 More than 200 soldiers have been frozen to death in Northern Japan. | Malue's Oldest Man Dead. Nathaniel Robbins, believed to be the a oldest man In Maine, died at his home, j in Deer Isle, Me. If he had lived until March 13 next he would have been l()o years old. Until about a year ago, Mr. * Robbins retained the use of all his facr ulties. (? Earthquake Trophet Insane. Tx ? ?- V? ? I /?f tl\n I Ilieorge iiryer, ? ?? iucuilicu mv ^ cent earthquakes in Mexico ami the ^ shocks felt iu St. Louis, Mo., lias been a takeu to the St. Louis Insane Asylum. Dryer is a religious crauk. I Sanitary l'lans Approved. f The Tan-American conference ha* j approved the international sanitary measures. The Argentine delegate? re/ fused to favor the projects, owing to their objections to sanction the creation e of an international sanitary bureau with headquarters at Washington. " 1>nn!ah . kSCUaiC iiiia >1 4 The United States Senate has re* ceived the treaty with Denmark transh ferriug the West Indian possessions ol that country to the JJnited States. The i treaty specifies that the consideration to be paid by this country is $3,000,000. - .LC.'.:z.A THE COlTlin PROGRESS Marvellous Development of - Our Material Industries. ___ FACTS IN TREASURY MONOGRAPH Growth of Production, of Commerce and f Wealth la a Century?Large Increase of Money in Circulation, of Da* posits in Savings Banks and of ths STamber of Depositor*. Washington, D. C.?"The Progress of ' the United States In Its Material Industries" is the title of a monograph v issued by the Treasury Bureau of Statistics, -which contains a series of statements which show the rapid development during the last century of ? the important factors in the present i * j r**i ' _ prosperity 01 me country, mew tables show the development In products of the field, forest, mine and manufac- ' tory, the growth In our population, wealth-and commerce, the extension of railways, telegraphs and other methods of communication and transportation. Among the interesting facts presented by these tables are the growth of production, the growth of commerce, the growth of wealth, the growth of money in circulation, the growth of deposits in savings banks, and the increased number of depositors in savings and other banks, the decrease in interest on the public debt, and many other facts of this character. - j On the production side It may be said that the cotton produced has increased from 155,556 bales in 1800 to 9,436,416 bales In 1900; the wool production, from 35,802,114 pounds In 1840, to 302,502,328 pounds in 1901; wheat, from 151,999,906 bushels to 1866, to 522,229,505 bushels In 1900; corn, from 867,946,295 bushels in 1866, to 2,105,102,516 bushels In 1900; copper, from 650 tons In 1850, to 270,588 tons in 1900; pig iron, from 165,000 tons in 1830, to 15,800,000 tons in 1901; petroleum, from 21,000,000 gallons In I860,. to Z,ti6i,Z33,0U8 gauoas in ivw; coal, from 3,358,899 tons in I860; to 267,850,000 tons In 1901, and gold, from $50,000,000 in 1S50, to $79,171,000 In 1900. During the period under consideration exports of merchandise have grown from $70,971,780 in 1800 to $1,487,764,991 in 1901, the per capita in 1800 being $13.37 and In 1901 $1&81. The Imports of merchandise have grown from $&1,252,768 in 1800 to " $S23,172,165 in 1S01, -while the per capita imports have fallen from $17.19 in 1800 to $10.58 In 190L Burning to the figures which show the net results of these developments, those relating to -wealth, circulation, deposits, etc., the tables show that the wealth has increased from $7,135,780,000 in 1850 to an estimated $94,300,000,000 in 1900; the per capita wealth from $307.69 in 1850 to $1235.S6 in 1900. The public debt, less cash In the Treasury, was in 1865 $76.98 per capita, and in 1901 $13.44 per capita, while the inter- { est on the public debt, which in 1867 was $143,781,592, had fallen to $32,- ' 342,797 in 1901. The figures of money ; In /,li./in1ntlnn fihfiw In ISfirt ft totfll of .1 $435,407,252, and in 1901 $2,175,387,277. - , The circulation per capita In 1860 was.';' $13.85; in 1901 $28.02. The deposits in savings banks in 1830 were $6,973,304: in 1S83, 53 yean later, they were $1,024,856,787, and by 1901, a further period of only 18 years, had reached $2,597,094,580. Meantime the National banking system had come * ^ into operation, and in 1865 the deposits 1 in National banks were $500,910,873; in 1880, $1,006,452,833, and in 1901, $3,044,600,000. The number of depositors in savings banks grew from 38,085 '( in 1830 to 1,067,061 in 1S66 and 6,358,- . 723 in 1901. Railways grew from 9021 miles in 1850 to 199,378 in 1901, and freight carried one mile increased from . A 39,302,209,249 tons In 1SS2 to 141,162, 109,413 tons In 1900, freight rates fall- I ing meantime from 1.24 cents per ton 1 per mile to 75-100th of 1 cent per ton -{j p?r mile. . , SCORE OF MINERS PERISH. Disaster In an Iowa Colliery Can bed by (turning Powder Igniting " Dn?t." Oskaloosa, Iowa.?As a result of a mine disaster in Lost Creek twentyone miners were killed and eight were injured. The explosion occured at the noon hour and was what is known as a "dust" explosion. The miners had just fired their usual uoon shots, one of which proved to be a ljzzle. The burning powder ignited the gas and the explosion followed. Smoke and debris were blown out of the shaft 200 feet high. }' Wten the rescuers fought their way In a horrible sight greeted them. The \ dead and injured were terribly burned and mutilated, several of tbem almost beyond recognition. Fire, which at first was feared would prove destrue~-~*'V tive to the entire mine, started, and this added terror to the spectacle. At the time of the explosion more than 100 men were in the mine, but all except . J " on of onhT psraned with I lllUdC III iac cuai. w only slight injury. The total property damage will be about $10,000. Nearly all of the men were married and leave families in poor circumstances. The mine is owned by the Lost Creek Fuel Company, of Oskaloosa, and has been in operation about one year. The Plague in Fiji Island*. An epidemic of bubonic plague has broken out among the natives cf the Fiji grour. Sled Ajred 108 Years. Mrs. Ruth Carney, aged 108 years, is dead at the Union Home for Old Ladies in Philadelphia. She was reputed to be the oldest woman in Pennsylvania. Mrs. Carney was born in Wales, but passed the greater portion of her long life in this country. English Steel Makers Combine. Thirty steel manufacturers have or* sanized a combination, m r.ugiauu, iu oppose the threatened invasion by the I American Steel Trust. I Miuor Mention. Jj California is a large producer or 8 honey. I Cornell has defeated Harvard in I basketball by 34 to 26 in an exciting I game. fl Golfers generally favor the changes I iu the playing rules proposed by the I United States Golf Association. a Thomas A. Edison has taken out nearly S00 patents on his various in- B ventions. I Carbonic acid has been substituted I for ordinary street gas to kill outcast I animals painlessly at Paris. France., I .. . x