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I DEATH OF CECIL MOB!'
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The Famous South African Millionaire
Expires in Cape Town.
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BROODING OVER BOER WAR FATAL
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lk*uta|ilN BvtldarM Did Not Un to j
ImHii HI* Drtta of South Africm. I 5
All Mtteh-Story of HI* CumwHIi J *
Put te the Jmmmmm K*I4. Wfclek t;
Bmtht ob tk* Pwmt War. i d
' Cape Town. Sooth Africa. ? Cecil ^
John Rhodes died at his home here. f
'At nooo his physicians announced that ^
lie had had a food sleep in the morn- Q
lag and that his condition was on changed.
He slept again during the t<
afternoon, bnt his breathing became *
more difficult and bla trenrtb jllmiii- '
tshed perceptibly until oe passea ???/ X]
at 5.57 p. m. a
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Cecil Rhodes. the fourth son of the
Ber. J. W. Rhodes. Vicar of Bishop J
Stanford, Herefordshire, was born on
July & 1K& la 1870 he went on a long e
aea voyage for the benefit of his health, *
at the end of which he joined his "
brother Herbert, who was a cotton ?
planter in Natal. When his brother v
grew tired of cotton raising and started g
for the diamond mines near Colesburg 8
Kopje, Cecil Rhodes followed him.
" ?OTNUtHlDI*. I tl
I. 7oang man prwimcu v ?^w?m
ij In the diamond fields and soon began 11
to show the bent which was to be char- v
acterlstlc of his life?the dream of ex- r
tending the British Empire in South e
'Africa and founding a British colony P
Which should lnclpde all the land sooth "
of the Zambesi. Cecil Rhodes never ?
,wished wealth for the material comfort
which It might bring him; he desired 81
It merely as a meana to an end. ai
"There's no use having big ideas." be ?
aid, "unless you have the money to *
carry them out" Once he drew bis n
hand over a map of the scattered ?
States of South Africa, on which the ^
British colonies were colored red.
Rhodes once said: "That is my dream d
?that all red." n
The first great step toward his final c
goal waa the amalgamation of the dla- ?
mnnd mines of Klmberley. He worked
for thirteen year* at the project and ?
in 1888 the consolidation under the
feame of the De Been Consolidated a
? Mines was effected. The supply of
v - ftlsmonda was henceforth regulated In
j*. accordance with the demand, and the
rices kept up where the company r
|l ' {, Wlahedthem.
Rhodes was elected a member of the
Cape House of Assembly for the dis- ni
fcrict of Berkley West near Klmberly. It
He made hi* first speech In the Assem- &
My on April 19.. 1881, only three ai
months after the defeat of the British si
by the Boers at Majuba HilL In 1880 ai
fold was discovered in the Transvaal, tl
unntrrat to Rhodes bl
that neither the Government at home fi
nor that at Cape Town appreciated the ol
danger of the absorption of a vastly
valuable region by the Boer Republic. C
he with the help of the Rothschilds qi
hnd other capitalists, formed the Brit- w
lab South Africa Company. IMs com* aj
pony. known popularly aa the "Char- al
lured Company.** bad enormous pow- tl
era. which comprised the right to col* a<
onise the vast land to the north of tbe
Limpopo River, not even stopping at ei
the Zambesi This tract was then under B
the rale of Lobengula. the king of the la
powerful and warlike Matabele tribe, tc
Rhodes persuaded Lobengula to place le
his coun&y under Great Britain. granting
valuable mining privileges to tbe
Chartered Company. When tbe great
Ink of the Boers toward Matabele be- B
an Rhodes threw all the nolice of tbe
PI Chartered Company into the drifts of
the Limpopo River, and the advance
of the burghers was chocked. In 1890 p
Mr. Rhodes was chosen Premier of ^
the colony. He was thos Prime Mln- *
fcter of an Important portion of the jZ
ferltlsh Empire at the age of thirty- *
seven. At this time he undertook the u
formation of a Cabinet. In which both *
hues Should be represented, and it "
?ems certain that be thought that a
confederation of the South African ei
States might be peacefully brought "
about *
The Jameson raid, that futile foray hl
Into the Transvaal, which was Intended 11
to rally all the Outlanders into revolt
?od which General Cronje and his "
borgbera turned into an ignominious
defeat and the capture of all who were
not MO, Is the blot on Rhod??'x
career. Although be was not lmmedi- 0
ately responsible for the "raid." yet he
planned the movement which brought
It about, helped smuggle arms iuto Jo- a
ha one* berg and made the police of the E
Chartered Company ready to join the $
movement After the ignominious do- tl
(feat of Jameson, Rhodes resigned as n
Premier and as Director of the South e
Africa Company, and the committee
of the House of Commons which sen- g
tenced Dr. Jameson to prison censured 0
severely Rhodes's conduct in the whole c
matter. t
Hfiooes returnee 10 ih>uio africa <o
1807. ud In 189S was elected again tl
to the Assembly. and again as a Dl- r
rector of the Chartered Company. 8
Sine* that time he has devoted himself t
to the Interests of the Chartered Company.
his greatest project being tue
scheme of the Cape Town to Cairo
railway.
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Uk* Skips to Cmrrj On. I
X nomber o* shijto hare been with ^
drawn from the grain trade on the ,
Great Lakes, having been leased for ?
ore transportation for the season. The
.event marked the success of the United *
Steel Corporation In Its long battle with *
ship owners. '
Xl|H Lyackad ta North Carotin*.
Jim Boston, who poisoned the farailj
of Dr. D. T. Taylor at Washington. X
C? was taken from jail at WUUamstoo
and lynched near the place where the j
crime was committed. Great crowds J
of people were present at the lynching J
**- 1 1 >Va noma of the Capitol. '
Andrea Dias y Palro, of Cuba, and 1
j Catherine McConcbie, from Canada,
were married on the outside of tbr
lantern at the dome of tbe Capitol. In
Washington. Justice of the I'eatt 1
Bnndj performed tbe ceremony.
! ? Btvolt Agalut Faal|atioa.
Governor Cummin* lias ber?n n.-fctvl
to send troops to tbe Tama Indian rea j
Qrration to compel tbe Sac and Fos |
Indians to submit to fumigation anc <
fther regulations of tbe Iowa Board |
f Health. The Indians have locked |
their blankets, tepees and otber ef
' feet* in a building, wblcb they care
folly guard.
I
I^ultk lafir crop 1 mrj suui, (
8patn will not hare more than half ?
crop of cane sugar this year. The auial
crop is attributed to the unusual frosit
of December and January. I
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MINERS READY TO GO OUTj
inthraoite Workers Adopt a Provisional
Strike Declaration.
taal Appul to thi Civic F?d?ntJo?.
ir No i?tti?arat Bosnia, 144(000
Digger* Will Quit Work.
Hhimnkta, Pa.?Tbe United State?
line Worker?' G>nrentloa adopted a
isolation declaring for a strike, to
ake effect on a date to be fixed by tbe
* * ' * 41 * ? ?1 - MArllloH A I
ia trier executive
nal effort at reconciliation with tbe j
perators through tbe medium of tbe j
rational Civic Federation proves una- I
ailing. Tbe resolution was unanlv
ualy adopted. |
Should a strike occur as & result of |
>day's declaration, over 144,000 mine |
rorkers would be rendered idle. Of i
his number nearly 120,000 are on the |
lembership roll of tbe union, tbe dules
of tbe remainder being of a chnrcter
which renders tbem ineligible to
lembership.
The convention of Districts Nos. 1,
and 0. United Mine Workers of Amer
?a. which district* comprise iue curt
anthracite field, made a provision1
strike declaration, leaving the date
> be decided by the executive boards
f the three districts. This was prac[cally
the last official act of the dele*
ates. and the convention adjourned
ine die.
The adoption of the resolution conlining
the ultimatum of the mine
rorkers was followed by a scene of
rild enthusiasm, and the opera bouse
&ng with the acclamations of the delcrates.
who. with lusty cheers, ap
roved the work of the special resoluon
committee and expressed their
>nfldence In President Mitchell.
The convention from the first session
tiowed a disposition to insist on an
djustment of the mine workers'
rlevances. bat the delegates wero
illlng to relinquish the question of
>cognltlon providing other more lmDrtant
concessions were granted,
his fact Is evidenced In the reoluon
adopted, which states as the chief
emands a shorter work day. a miniturn
day wage scale, a uniform in*
rease In wages, and the weighing of
?al wherever practicable.
Commenting on the action of the
Hflfr/tholl fin Iff *
JUVCUIIUU i itniuvut Wi?vuv??
"I am free to confess a strike is in"
ilnent"
BOER-BRITISH ARMISTICE.
h* Lowloa DsUr CtaronlcU teji Om
Has Hmi Armnstrd.
London.?The Daily Chronicle says
a armistice has been arranged pendip
the duration of Acting President
chalk-Burger's mission to Mr. Steyn
od General De Wet and that offen*
ve operations against De Wet,Delarey
ad Botha will be suspended, these
iree generals having agreed honoraly
to observe the armistice and to reain
from operations until the return
' the envoys to the Boer lines.
It Is believed, continues the Daily
hronlcle, that the envoys, after aela
la ting Commandant General Botha
1th the result of their mission, will
gain confer with General Kitchener.
though no second conference with
te British Commauder-ln-Chief has
rtually been arranged.
It is reported that General Kltchier,
in his interview with Mr. Schalkurgor.
agreed to withdraw the banhment
proclamation issued last Sep*
mber if De Wet and the other Boer
aders surrender.
MAINE OUTLAW SHOT.' __
Bad Palled Gan on Out* VTmrdmm,
Who Fired First.
Waterville, Me.?A telegram was revived
from Northeast Carry, to the
omml8sioners of Game and Inland
isherles, announcing that Warden
[enry O. Templeton had shot Peter
ountain. who pulled a gun and made
a attempt to shoot the officer, who
as attempting to arrest Fountain
?r violation of game laws.
Fountain was a noted outlaw. Sevral
times be fired at the wardens
ithln a year. For ten years the
ardens have tried to arrest him, but
p persistently avoided tbem by goig
across tbe line Into Canada.
The Commissioners uphold tbe aeon
of tbe warden.
SENT TO JAIL INDEFINITELY.
mnmltttd For Contempt of Conrt In lb?
Matter of 914,000.
Louisville. Ky.?W. T. Nugent was
Dmmltted to jail indefinitely by Judge
ivane nn nivnnnt nf hla fn llnrp tn nnv
14,000 to the creditors of his father,
tie late F. B. Nugent, a dry goods
lerchant of this city, who failed sevral
years ago.
At the time of tbe failure young Xuent
sold goods to tbe amount of $14,00
and failed to turn over tbe proeeds
to the creditors when ordered
o do so by Judge Evans. He was
ommitted for contempt of Court, but
be Federfcl Circuit Court of Appeals
eversed tbe decision. Tbe United
> la tea Supreme Court, however. ?usaiued
Judge Evans.
Bone whipped Mayor of Topoka.
mum tfiancne noise. a protegee 01
Irs. Nation, horse whipped Mayor
barker in bis office at Topeka. Kan.
ks Miss Boise was ejected from the
tBce she exclaimed: "Thank God. I've
tone It; I've horsewhipped you. and
tow I'm going to horsewhip the Governor!"
Before applying the whip she
iccused Mayor Parker of being reiponslble
for tbe open running of
'joints" in Topeka.
Old Philadelphia Mint 8*ld.
Assistant Secretary of the Treas?
iry Taylor has sold to Felix Ismau.
l real estate dealer in Philadelphia.
:be old Mint building and grounds
ocated there. The price was $2,W0.000,
part of the purchase inoucy
o be paid Immediately and the balince
within six months.
Lnth 400,000 to Htrrard.
George Smith, late of St. Louis, Mo.,
tvho inherited $500,000 from his foster
iarenta. leaves $450,000 to Harvard
Jollege.
Hanlcjr DeoUnes OIQe?.
Jovpb II. Mauley, at Augusta. Me.,
iias announced that for business and
(H-T.sonal reasons be has declined to oc
.vpi me uuice ui r irsi assoiaui i uoimaster-General,
tendered biui by Poet*
master-General Payne.
Vnt VlteiaU Mlatn Mar Strike.
Coal operators are not surprised at
the announcement of a probable strike
Df 35,000 men in West Virginia fields.
B?r* Killed by a Car*-ls.
The care-in of a sand bank at Baltimore,
M<L, killed Arthur Flnskej and
Bail Germont, eight-year-old boya,
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CUBANS 1H CONTROL mY 20
The Evacuation Order Made Public J
by Secretary Root
TRANSFER OF THE GOVERNMENT I
Haw Authority Required to Auaiae All
Treaty Obligation*?Detnlls of the Flaa
of Withdrawal?American Troop* to
Remain Until Cabana Can Organize
Mllltsrr Fore* of Their Own.
Washington. D. C.?Secretary Root
has made public an order to General ]
Wood, directing bltn to turn over the i
Government of Cuba to Its people on ]
May 20 next. The order requires the i
Cuban Government to assume all treaty I
[ obligations, and directs General Wood <
to continue an artillery torce of 800 I
men. to avoid leaving the island entire- I
ly defenseless, until the Cuban Gov- <
ernment shall have opportunity to or- I
ganize Its own force. General Wood I
also is directed to convene tbe Cuban I
Congress before May 20. and to con- <
suit with President-elect Palma and i
substitute such persons as be shall
j desire for those now holding official <
positions In Cuba. i
The order says: i
j "Upon the transfer of Government I
and control to tbe President and Con- |
gress so elected, you will advise them I
that such transfer is upon the express i
understanding and condition that the i
new Government does thereupon and |
by the acceptance thereof, pursuant to
the provisions of tbe appendix to the <
n * Km I
^uuHiuuuuu ui ^uuu, auujMni uj iui- i i
Constitutional Convention on the 12th
of Jane, 1001, assume and undertake
all and several the obligations assumed
by the United States vritb respect to
Cuba by the treaty between the United
States of America and her Majesty the
Queen Regent of Spaiu. signed at Paris
an the 10th day of Deceml?er. 1898."
After explaining the object In leav
log on the island a small artillery , I
force, the order says. relative to the i
convening of the Cuban Congress: j |
"You will convene the Congress elect- I
ed by the people of Cuba in joint ses- I
( ion at such reasonable time before the I
20th of May as shall be necessary I
therefor, for the purpose of performing
the duties of counting and rectify- 1
ing the electoral vote for President and
Vice-President, under the fifty-eighth
article of the Cuban Constitution. At
the same time you will publish and
certify to the people of Cuba the Instrument
adopted as the Constitution
of Cuba by the Constitutional Convention
on the 21st day of February. 1331,
together with the appendix added
thereto and forminir a nart thereof.
adopted by the Mid Convention on the
12tb d&y of Jane. 1001. It is the un- |
derstanding of the Government of the
United States that the Government of
the island will pass to the new President
and Congress of Cuba as a going
concern; all the laws promulgated by
the Government of occupation continuing
in force and effect, and all the
judicial and subordinate executive and
administrative offices continuing in the
lawful discharge of their present
functions until changed by the constitutional
officers of the new Govern
ment. At tbe same moment toe responsibility
of the United States for
tbe collection and expenditure of revenues
and for tbe proper performance
of duty by tbe officers and employes
of tbe Insular Government will end.
and tbe responsibility of tbe new
Government of Cuba therefor will commence."
Provision Is made for tbe transfer
of tbe cash and cash ltalances and
securities for deposits to t :e new Government.
All vouchers aud accounts
relating to the receipt and disbursement
of moneys will remain in control
of tbe United States Government,
but tbey will be made accessible to the
Cnban officials until such time as they
can be removed to this country without
detriment to Cuba.
General Wood is directed to make
known to President-elect Palmn the
contents of tbe order and ascertain <
wueiuer iu pruvjsiuus ua* aarpiauie i
to him. (
All of the troops now on the inland
except S00 men of the coast artillery I
are to be brought to the United States
as rapidly as transportation facilities 1
will permit, between now and May 20. |
The order al?o directs the discontlnu- i
ance of the entire military department I
of Cuba and places the territory to be <
temporarily retained by tbe United 1
States In tbe Department of tbe East. 1
commanded by Major-General Brooke.
General Wood and all the staff officers
on duty in Cuba are ordered to report i
to tbe Adjutant-General at Washing'
ton. i
Secretary Root has requested Secre- i
tary Hay to arrange for diplomatic
representation of the United States
in Cuba. Provision for consular service
will also be made.
Six Killed In a Ditch.
3y the caving in of an excavation at
the Toot of Lighthouse Hill, where the
Cleveland Gaslight and Coke Company
is erecting an immense gas retort.
at Cleveland. Ohio, six men were
killed. Half a dozen more men were
nhl<> to nvnld fh.> nvnlnnoho nf i>nrth
by warning cries of their fellow workmen
and escaped, though they were
pelted with flying lump* of dirt and
stone.
Opens Door to Military Denpotlitn. *
General M ilea's utterances on the
Root Army hill, as expurgated, have
been made public. General Mile* denounced
the bill a* opening the door
to a military despotism.
Snmu Killed br Pall on the Oregon.
A fatul accident occurred aboard the
battleship Oregon at Seattle. Wash.,
resulting in the death of a veteran seaman.
Prank Huntley. While engaged
in escorting two women visitors over
th?? historic ship nnd leading the way
aov-'u a narrow ladder, tiuntiey leil.
breaking his neck.
Colorado Mob Lmrhn Negro.
W. H. Wallace, a negro. HOipectpn
of criminal assault upon an aged woman.
w is hansel by n mob at La .lunt.*
Col., uud his body shot full of holes.
Hon** I'nuiti Mr. Rhra.
TI-.o House of Representatives, at
Washington. |?y a vote of 137 to 127.
unseated Mr. ItUea. of Kentucky, a
Democrat, and seated in his place J.
McKenzie Moss, who was formerly a
Democrat, but who. according to his
brief, is in accord with the Republican
party on the dominant issues.
Plan to fMttt* Anttrallan Strike*.
A compulsory industrial arbitration
'court has been established In New
South Wales. The membership in*
.eludes representatives of cmnloyera
and employes.
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HWl IS FPU GUILTY'
lury Declares He is the Murderer of
Millionaire Rice.
PRISONER UNMOVED BY VERDICT
Jury Out Loss Thu ThrM Hours and
Took Only Two Ballots?Patrick's Slater
Creates Hysterical 8een? la tha
Court-Room?Charge of tha Racordar
?Tha Convicted Man's Crtsne.
New York City.?Lawyer Albert T. |
Patrick, for tlic past nine weeks on
trial, charged with the murder of Millionaire
William Marsh Rice, on September
23. 1000, was found guilty by
the jury after less than three hours'
deliberation. Only two ballots were
taken. The first stood seren to five
(or conviction. On the second all
ivere agreed. When the verdict was
learned Mrs. Francis, the defendant's
landlady, fainted, and Miss Patrick,
bis sister, who has borne up bravely
,"'u? hmth?r'? trial. COllaDdCd
JUIIU^ UV.I . ? , _
completely and went Into hysterics.
Recorder Golfs charge to the jury
jccupied three hours. After complimenting
the Jurors upon their faithful
attention to the testimony during the
long trial, he charged them. that the
people's case rested on three proposl
lions, which, if proved to the Jury's
satisfaction beyond all reasonable
Jouht, they should return a verdict of
guilty; if uot, a verdict of acquittal.
These three propositions, the Recorder
continued, were, (1) that Jones on
September 23. 1900, placed a cbloro:orrncd
cone over the face of W. M.
Rice with intent to kill hiui; <2> that
Rice's death resulted from chloroform
poisoning, and no otb?r cause, uud (3)
hat Patrick instigated, aided, abetted or
procured the commission of the crime
Dy Jones. He declared that in consid?ring
the weight to be given Jones's
testimony, his bearing and manner on
the stand should be taken into consideration.
as well as bis interest, his opport
unity for knowledge, his motive.
His previous conflicting statements, his
Insistence that be was now telling the
truth, and his frankness in detailing
the part he took in the matter.
Continuing the court charged that if
Patrick and Jones were engaged in a
conspiracy to murder' Rice, Patrick
ivas equally guilty with Jones, and
that the testimony of the latter, though
i self-confessed murderer, was competent.
as one of the perils of committing
crime was the danger of betrayal
t>y an associate. The law, be said, required
the testimony of an accomplice
to bo corroborated, but the corroboration
need only tend to connect the defendant
with the crime, and must not
lecessarily of Itself be sufficient to
prove the defendant guilty. The Recorder
also charged thirty-three of the
forty-four requests of counsel for the
defense, and five supplementary requests.
Patrick beard the verdict which con
iemned him to the electric chair withjut
flinching. His lawyers seemed j
more affected, and were disappointed,
is they had cxpected a verdict of acquittal.
or at the most a disagreement
jf the Jury. Recorder Goff granted a
short postponement of sentence, and
Patrick's counsel declared * purpose
to appeal for a new trial.
What disposition will be made of
Charles F. Jones, the former valet-secretary
of Millionaire Rice, who confess^
oq the stand that be placed a
chloroformed sponge in a cone over
liis sleeping employer's face, no one
connected with the District Attorney's
jffice would state. Jones Is not under
Indictment for murder, and so far as Is
known Is not under indictment for forgery
or conspiracy. He testified on tbu
witness stand that be exi>ected to receive
some immunity for his confession.
Pressed by Mr. Moore to say tbat
be had been promised absolute immunity
be denied that this was so.
The cost of the prosecution and conrictlon
of Patrick will amount up into
the thousands, the only estimate tbat
could be obtained from any one connected
with the District Attorney's
office being perhaps $50,000 or more.
Iu addition to the regular salaries of
the court officials, the witnesses' and
- * ..tit
jurors' rees, me eipeuses wm ut
large. Tbe medical experts are expected
to pat in bills for about $100
a day. Tbe handwriting experts ask ;
Tor $50 and $25 per day. and tbe numerous
paying tellers of banks will also
receive compensation for tbelr expert
testimony, wblle each witness brought
by tbe State from Texas will be an
added cost of several hundred dollars
a man. Tbe cost of the defense can
only be conjectured, but |100,000 Is
said to be a conservative estimate of
tbe total cost of tbe trial.
Albert T. Patrick was tried on the
charge of the murder of William M.
Rice, an old and eccentric millionaire,
on September 23, 1000. Tbe stake he
played for was $3,000,000. which had
been loft by a will drawn in ItiOC to
the Rice Institute in Houston. Texas.
The cards he used were a forged will,
forged assignments of property and
forged checks. His chief accomplice
was Charles F. Jones, the valet, who
tvus induced to kill Mr. Rice with
chloroform. The result is that Patriot
will meet death in the electric
chair, unless his lawyers cau get the
verdict set aside and their client set
free after n new trial.
Blew HluMlf Up With Dynamite.
Holding a stick of dynamite undei
his chin. John Lester, of Fort Scott.
Ivan., exploded it and killed hiuij>?lf
as he intended.
Xiw Rifle For British Troap*.
A new rifle will shortly be issued to
tbe British Army. It is called the
improved Knfleld. It ba:> a brooch
action similar to tbe Mauser rifle, and
a cartridge clip will lie used. The
barrel is Ave inches shorter than the
weapon at present in use.
Fonnd m Die Gold Nujrrt
fSrcat excitement bas been causoc
al I~iwton. Oula. Ter.. by the unearthiio;
l?v miners in the Wichita Mouut
I
:tiUS or <111 l'ISUl>'*iivi"|'l'uuu uu^n.
eighty-three per cent, pure sold.
Motbrr, Hibjr and It??cu?r DruwncU.
Mrs. I?Ja Isisun. tIk* wife uf a tailor,
jumped into the East River at New
York City, with her sevenweeks-old I
chilli 4*oldi<> iu her artux. The woinnu
and the child were dnnvued. and in
trying to save their lives Michael McCarthy.
a longshoreman. was druwued
with tlwm
Won't stand Meat to German r>
Chicago meal packer* have ariopteo
now tactic* in dealing with Germany
ax to the iniportatiou of Atucrlcuu
meats. They will ignore the German
market comnleteiv.
MINOR EVEHTSOFTHEffEEK
WARHIIf OTOJf ITKH8.
Line officers of the Nary want one
of their nnmber made Chief of the
Bureau of Yards and Docks, the office
now being held by a staff officer.
The House Committee on Public
Buildings purposed to cut the appropriation
for a New York postofflce to
12.000.000.
Governor-General Wood, of Cuba,
discussed Cuban questions with President
Roosevelt and Secretary Boot.
President Roosevelt nominated Nevada
N. Stranaban to be Collector of
Customs for the District of New York.
The House Committee on Naval Affairs
voted to take no action on the
numerous Schley bills and resolutions
pending befort it.
President Roosevelt offered the vacant
Civil Service Commissionersbip
to James R. Garfield, son of the late
President Garfield.
OUB ADOPTED I8LAICDS.
Attorney-General Knox decided that
the public lands of Porto Rico are tbe
property of the United States.
In Mindanao. P. I., seventeen signalmen
were attacked by Moros. who
killed one signalman and captnred
the transportation of the Americans.
Twenty-six cases of cholera and
twenty-one deaths were reported from
Manila. No white person had been
attacked.
Caban customs revenues for January
were $1,401,717. an Increase over tbe
same month of 1001 of $285,275.
Lieutenant William S. Sinclair, of
the Twenty-eighth Infantry, recently
tried at Manila by court-martial on tbe
charge or causing toe ut-atu 01 a soidler
prisoner by gassing him and pour*
lug water on bis bead, was acquitted.
Guevarra. successor to Lultban, in
command of tbe Samar <P. I.) insurgents.
agreed to surrender, with all
his men.
Porto Ricans gave $1497.40 to the
McKinley memorial fund.
Acting-Gorernor Wright, of the Philippines.
said there was no insurrection
In ninety-flve per cent, of the archipelago.
DOMESTIC.
The State of Washington will proceed
to prevent the merger of the
Northern Securities Company.
The North and South Methodist
Enisoonal churches may federate In
several branches of work.
Two men were killed and elevea
were lnjared In a train wreck at
Covesvllle. Va.
Tbe temporary Injunction asked for
by tbe Interstate Commerce Commission
against six railroads entering
Chicago was granted by tbe Federal
Conrt.
While under tbe influence of liquor
Edward Farley set fire twice to tbe
Astor House, in New York City, and
confessed it
Russell S. Taft. Chief Judge of tbe
Supreme Court of Vermont, died in
St. Albans.
For selling "bop tea." Tbomas A.
Brady, a wealthy merchant of Jefferson
City, Mo., will be Imprisoned
thirty days.
Washington ana l-ee Diversity. u*
Lexington, Va., received a legacy or
$30,000 by tbe will of Mrs. Susan P.
Lee, of New York City.
Governor Dockery, of Missouri, appealed
for aid for farmers in Ozark
County, wbo lost all last year's crops.
Tbe estate of Collis P. Huntington,
which was estimated at $70,000,000.
is said to be worth only $30,000,000
now. There are $2,000,000 In worthless
notes. ;
George Gordon, colored, was banged
at Raymond. Miss., for the murder of
bis wife,
Henry Hitchcock, brother of Ethan
Allen Hitchcock, Secretary of tbe Interior,
and well known as a lawyer,
iled at bis noroc in S*. Louis. Mo.
On his way home from tbe Philippines,
where he served In the Fifth
Infantry, Henry C. Hale was killed at
Wlnfleld, Kan.
Three 81avisb worklngmen were
killed In the iron mills at Steubenville,
Ohio.
Police protection was asked by
George Van Sittart. British Consul at
New Orleans, la., ror rear 01 ooei
sympathizers.
A million postage stamps were disposed
of at one sale in the CbIc:igo
postofflce.
FOREIGN.
Owing to a disagreement between
vicar and vestry of the benefiting
body, the former announcement tuat
funds contributed in America for tho
repair of Peun Church. Buckinghamshire.
England, would be returned to
the donors.
The British House of Commons
adopted without discussion a motion
of Mr. Balfour to limit the expulsion
of John Dillon to a week.
The United States Embassy in London
will remain at its present quarters
In Victoria street.
Both the French chambers passed
an appropriation of $100,000 to defray
the expense of President Loubct's
visit to the Czar.
The Belgium House of Representatives
voted in favor of the bill for the
suppression of gambling houses
throughout Belgium.
Liberals and Socialists of Belgium
demonstrated !u favor of universal suffrage.
D. de Tlsza, former Premier of Hungary.
died, aged seventy-two years.
China will uppoint independent le
gations to Italy. Austria ami SpainGeneral
Hennequin. the Director of
the Military Cartographical Society,
committed suicide at Brussels. Belgium.
by shooting with a rifle.
Eleven men were drowned in a collision
between tisbboats at Nazareth.
Portugal.
Rio Jaueiro. Brazil, was declared free
of bubonic plague.
French Deputies voted nranwty to a
large class of minor offender*, but reconsidered
their vote, as ihe Uat was
becoming too large.
When a trip to America was suegested
to the (icrmau Emperor hi*
thiiughtfuily admitted that it would
take uo longer than his Juuruey to
Palestine.
The French Chamber of Deputies
voted for six instead of four-year leg'
islatlve terms.
The Venezuelan revolution beaded
by General Mates was spreading rapIdly,
aud the position of tlie Castrd
Government was critical.
It was reported that tlie entire force
under Marshal Su, 20.000 men, bad
deserted and gono over in a body to
the rebels of Southern China.
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HUGE PROFITS IN EGGS*
J
Thoir Value and That of Poultry
Given as $281,178,035.
Oa* of lb* Largest ladutrlw Coaatctci
With Agricalttu*? laws Lmds the
State* la Chicken*.
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Washington, D. C.?A census report
shows tbat of the 5,739.057 farms lo
tbe United States, 5,096,255 reported
poultry# The total number of fowls
tbree months old and over reported
wore ail follows: Chickens, Including
guinea fowls. 233,588,085; turkeys.
U.590.307; geese. 5,670,863; ducks.
4,807,358. The numbers of nearly all
these classes of poultry are smaller as
reported In 1000 than in 1890, owing
to the fact that in 1800 they reported
all fowls of whatever age. while in
1900 only those three months old sod
orer were reported.
The eggs produced in 1S99 were 1,293.819,180
dozens, against 819,722.910
dozens in 1889. An increase in the
number of esfgs produced, rather than
in increase in the number of different
kinds of fowls, marked the progress
or tnis orancu ot me luuusirj. iue
value of poultry on band June 1, 1900.
Tf3? $85,794,990; the value of poultry
raised in 1890 was $130.891377. and
the value of eggs produced in 1899
wait $144,280,158. The total income
derived by the farmers from their
poultry industry In 1899, representing
th<? total value of the eggs produced
as well as the poultry raised, was $81,178.035.
This total makes the poultry
industry one of the largest connected
with agriculture.
T .1- iU- In
iu?vii icuua iutr omico ui iuc uuuuiri
of chickeu*. Including guinea fowls,
having IS.907,073. Illinoin is second,
with 10,600,728. Texas l.nds In the
number of turkeys, with 428.(171; Missouri
la second, with 400,665. Kentucky
leads in the number of geese,
having 541,576. Missouri is second,
with 428,307. Iowa raises the largest
number of ducks, reporting $487,752;
Illinois Is second, with 382.857. Iowa
reports the largest value of poultry
on band June 1. 1000, $6,535,464. I 111*
nois is second, with $6,415,033. Illinois
reports the largest value of poultry
raised in 1809, $11,307,509; Iowa la second.
with 99.491,843. Illinois reports,
for export, eggs. 36.402,670 dozens.
ADULTERATED FOOD PRODUCTS.
4u>i aad JiIUn of Apple FmIIbci-WIm
of Coal Tar Dyo, Sugar aad Alcohol.
Washington. D. C.?Dr. H. W. Wiley,
Chief of the Bureau of Chemistry for
the Department of Agriculture, who
according to his own statements, has
been making investigations in food
products for more than ten years, appeared
before the House Committee on
Commerce in behalf of the Hepburn.
Pure Food bUL He exhibited a large
variety of canned goods, Jams, jellies,
wines and syrups, and explained to the
Committee the results of an analysis
of the products.
Dr. Wiley showed the Committee several
kinds of jellies made from the
peelings and cores of apples, chemically
colored, and flavored to represent different
fruit jellies. Dr. Wiley added
that the by-products of the apples from
wuicu me jeuii-s were uiauc tut;
shipped to Europe and used la the
malting of champagne. An "Ohio
wine." made from coal tar dye, sugar
and alcohol, and containing absolutely
none of the products of the vine. wan
next shown. Dr. Wiley gave Instances
where manufacturers were themselves
deceived by coal tar dyes, which were
represented as pure vegetable dyes.
BOER LEADERS SEEK TERMS.
Schalkbargar. Halts, Mayer Md Krof J
Confer WKh Kitchener.
Pretoria. South Africa.?Acting Pre*
ideut ScbalMirger, r. w. neuz. lorujur
Secretary of State to the Transvaal,
aud Commandants Lucas Meyer and
Krogli, with their secretaries and attendants.
arrived here oa a special train
from Balmoral, about fifty miles east
of here. They came Into Balmoral under
a flag of truce.
Upon arriving here Schnlkburger and
hi* party drove immediately to General
Kitchener's headquarters, where he
had an Interview with the British
General. The Boers afterward proceeded
to the railroad station and entrained
for Kroonstad, whence they
proceeded under a safe conduct
London.?The news that the wandering
Boer "Government" had entered
the British lines is regarded as having
but oue meaning, namely, that another
attempt Is being made to negotiate
peace. The fact that the censor passed
the news of this movement is accepted I
as confirmation of this opinion. ;
SWEETHEART'S HAIR FALSE.
Coart Uphold* ? rUocc'i Rlcbt to Brook
u Eops?meoi.
I)es Moines, Iowa.?Ia Emmetsburg.
William Strong made love to Jennie
Amxler. proposed and was accepted.
What attracted Strong most was the
young woman's hair, u beautiful nut
browu. Strong boasted of Jennie's
Ualr. A young woman who beard hiui
remarked: "Yes. Jennie has beautiful
6a ir. And why shouldn't she. considering
what she paid for it?"
Thereupon tue young man charged
Jenule with deceit, compelled her to
confess that th^ adored tresses were ,
not hers, and broke off the engagement.
Jennie promptly sued for breach of
promise and won. But the Supreme
Court reversed the Judgment, declaring
that, us she bad won his love because
iiar. hnir nnii her hair was false.
: therefore she had won bis love oa u
[ (also pretense.
Shot Her Brutal Hanbtnd Dtsd.
During a quarrel at ilie supper table
Liberty Kempf. a well-known business
man at Washington. Ind.. choked bin
wife. The won:un managed to get a j
revolver and tired live shots at ber j
husband. ?ine bullet penetrating the |
brain. ile died in a few moment*, j
The wife lold ber story to the police
and was not arrested.
I'rmlil?nt HaoWTell't Vttoes.
Pre. ;d.*nt Roosevelt has vetoed two
bills for the relief of soldiers who
si?rved in the Ctvll War.
Pruuilnant I'topSt.
I Sjr Richard Temple, the former Gov- J
j cru ?v of Bombay, is dead.
King Edward's projwsed visit to the j
j Riviera has been abandoned.
I Lonl I'auuivfote has returned to j
Washington, I>. C.. from the South, j
not at all improved in health.
It is said that President Roosevelt I
! contemplate* writing a history of Tex- i
as a* soon as he finds the time.
Lord Francis Hop* has turned over
all hi* property to an Insurance com- !
pany for & life Income of 910.000 ?.
j /ear.
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GUILTY OF CUBAN MS
Rathbone, Nyly and Reeves Get Ten
Years' Imprisonment Each.
HEAVY FINES IMPOSED ON ALL
TIm Coavlctad Ofldali KmbonUd th?
rudi of the Hirau Po?tofflo??Ksthk?m
Vu Dlrector-G?oeral, 5m1j Financial
ifTBt, Md Bmtn AadltMW
Tfittnoa? Piwrattd at tb? Trial.
Havana, Caba.?The trials before the
Andlonda Court of the coses arising
from the embexxlement of Cnban postal
funds have resulted In the follow*
log sentences:
C. P. W. Neelj, ton years' imprisonment
and to pay a tine of I56.70L
W. H. Beeves, ten years' imprison* \
ment and to pay a fine of $35,516.
Estes O. Bath bone, ten years' imnrinnnmcct
and to Day a fine of $35,
324.
In 1899 E. J. Rathbone was Director*
General of Posts In Cuba, C. F. W.
Necly was Chief of the Financial Bureau,
and Dr. W. H. Beeves was Chief
of the Bureau of Postal Accounts, afterward
becoming Assistant Auditor of i
the island when his bureau was made
a division of the Auditor's department I
The first charges of embezzlement
were mad#'against Xeely while he was
on a visit to the United States. One of
the regular examinations of some books 1
In his department had shown dincrep
ancles, and before a full examination
was completed It became plain that
there was a large shortage. Charges
of criminal action were vigorously denied
by Neely and his friends, but
these denials fell to the ground when
Reeves confessed bis share In th? embezxlements,
turning State's evidence
and Implicating Ratbbone as well as
Neely. For a long time it was urged
and generally believed that Rathbone's
worst fault was incompetency, and that
he was the victim of Neely. Rathbooe,
who was in Havana, protested bis innocence
and be was neither removed
nor arrested. \
"ni?? T>svo+m osfni*. 1
J. IIL'U r UUl IU OQOUIUUIp & vgiumatM
General Bristuw was sent to Cobs to
make a thorough Investigation,, and
bis report wu submitted to Secretary
of War Root by Postmaster-General
Smith on July 25. 1900. While tbis
report did not directly connect Rathbone
with the embezzlement of Neely,
It did present circumstantial evidence
against him on that ground. It also
accused him of personally and unlawfully
converting to his own use money j
from the Cuban postal revenues, and
of gros? neglect of bis duties and recommended
his removal His removal
and arrest followed. By this time
Neely and Reeves were under arrest
as were E. P. Thompson, Postmaster
of Havana, who was sentenced some
time ago. and Maya and Moscoro,
subordinates. Neely bad resisted extradition.
but was beaten after an appeal
to the United States Supreme
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UUUIW
Mr. Bristow*s report fixed the minimum
of Neely's embezzlement at $131,713.89.
Of this. $101,113.10 was alleged
to have been secured through the II- ?
legal sale of surcharge J stamps, which
he had reported destroyed in accordance
with the orders of the Department.
During the trial, which has
resulted In the present conviction.
Beeves told of Neely's plot to make
money in this way. and charged Rathbone
with being In it. Hathbonc denied
all of Reeves' evidence.
Rathbone was accused of drawing $5
a day for expenses after his salary bad
been raised to $0300 a year on the t
understanding that no daily allowance
was to be made. The Postmaster-General
bad consented to provide a bouse
for Rathbone In Havana, bat be was
charged with using Cuban funds to
pay for all sorts of personal expenses.
Extravagance was alleged on all bis
official trips, one item of $29.80 a day
for personal holci expenses In New
York City being dt?<L
SHOT BROTHER FOURTEEN TIMES*
Albany Mu Twice Emptied HU lUrolm
Into HU Body.
Albany. N. Y.?John Dieterre. fortyAve
years old. a well known business
man. shot and instantly killed bis
brother. William. Tbe murder was the
result of a family feud, caused by tbelr
father learing tbe bulk of bis fortune
to the elder son and disinheriting the
remainder of tbe family.
John met bis brother In a local establishment,
and they quarreled immediately.
A few seconds later be
drew bis revolver and fired st<ven
infn hla brother'* body. He im
mediately reloaded bin pistol and after
scaring back tbe crowd that bad
gathered be fired seven more shots
into bis brother's prostrate form.
Policemen arrested the murderer
just in time to save him from injury
at tbe bands of bystanders. Doctors
who were called said that death was
instantaneous.
JmIoiu Aont KI1U Xtpbtw.
Mrs. Lilian Wilson shot and klltaf
bcr nephew, Stewart Hutchinson,
thirty years old. In their home at Newark.
N. J. Tbcn she committed suicide
by Kwallowing carbolic acid. Jealoufy
because the nepbew' was about to
marry a young woman whom Mrs.
Wilson disapproved Is supposed to be
tbe cause of tbe crime.
Cboitn In Aiwbla.
There have been 47!) deaths iron u
cholera at Mecca and Medina. Arabia. is
wit Lin ten days. jfl
IUtrlui Now In tb? Cur's Fleot. I
The big battleship Iletvlzan. Just
completed for the Uu*siati Govern- jg
iui'Dt in the Crumps' shipyard, at A
Philadelphia, has been added officially IS
to the Czar's navy, and the regular
routine of a man-of-war ban begun flg
on board. The battleship will sail for fl
Cronstadt in about three weeks. SB
Two X?n Bnrnnl In J*il. M
An insane man set tire to the parish ji
jail m ? ovmvjiuu. i?a.. auu i??> i?*
oner*, all who wen* iu the build'a
were burned to d^nth.
Cat* R?rcoar? To.or.o.ooo.
The estimate of the Fiuance Cora*
in it tee of the United States Senate,
j based ou rejKirts for the past year, la
that the abolishing of the war taxes
will reduce revenues by $70,<)00.U0U
: a year. The taxes come off on .July
1 next, except the tax ou tea. which
I* not. abolished uutil January L, H
1003. . .. jg
Arilincbt Kills 100 Parsons. R
An avalanche fell upon petroleum j*
I works beneath a high hill In Went SB
Japan, causing the death o( more than 6