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miOFFOBTOn President McKinley Appoints Charles H. Allen to That Post. NOMINATION SENT TO SENATE. ? i 9hm luifvnUM of Civil OsnniMMl | la Part* Rico to Bo Mark?d With XapNNln Caraiaoalca ? Kl<b?rat? j Fnp?ntl?u For iMortiag Mr. AUra to tk? IiUad-Xtw Govaraor't PlaaaWaaaixoTos, D. 0. (8pecial).?The nota. taatlon of Cbarlea H. Allen, jf Massachusetts, to be Governor of Porto Hlco, was gsat to the Seaate bj (be Preeldent. The Presldeat and Secretary Long have determined that tbe Inauguration of the civil government in Porto Rico aha 11 be marked with aa much pomp as la befitting an event of that magnitude. Therefore, tbe United 8tatea will see to ' t that there la at 8an Jaan on the occasion of tbe Inauguration of tbe first Amerlqpn Governor a d Unified and Impressive ceremony that will fix the evsut in the minds of tbe people. Mr. Allan will be accompanied by Mn. Allen aad their daughter. Tbe trip will be made oa the Ualted State* ship Dolphin. It Is Governor Alien's Intention to make this a flying visit. He will aet up tbe neer stvll government, aad laalde of thre> weeks will return to the United States tt arrange his private affair*. Tbe Dolphin will enter San Juan harbo ! ; cia1lb8 mm a1xh. (01 rtl Governor of Porto Bleo.) woortsd by the entire North Atlaatto (fudtoi under command of Ba?r-Admlr?l htnktf. Tbe squadron to now at B?r ada aad vlU tlmo Ita moT?m?att so as to intra off the North Coast of Porto ftleo boat tho tlmo tho Dolphin la sighted. Oomtor Alloa will ho Inaugurated at tan Jaaa oa May 1. aad Oooeral Davis, tho Military Oovernor, will torn oai all of the United States troops aader his com aad la hoaor of the occasion. tha iMm af th< tnnulroo mill 9m aa? lata*, which will be anawered by tbe abore batteries. Tbore will be iom? tpoeobes aad at alxbt tbe fleet will nee their eleotrlo llfbta aad tbere will be general Ulnmlaa* ttoaa. ' KILLED FOUR MEW IN A BRAWL Am IttUaa Cata Kljbt aad Left and lama a QurtMto ?f Dad Tietlma. Joanrowx, Pane. (Special).?Aa Italian, a aew arrival w tbetowa of Wladbor.'k coal* ceater.Mvenmllee from Johnitown, billed foar mea la a draaken brawl at tbat place. Tbe row atarted, it la said, over came of card*. Tbe Itallaa immediately drew a itllletto. Be cat bis lint bub la tbe abdomea, ditembowellag blm. Tbea beiwisf bis atUletto la every direction. Ha was beat oa eacape, and when be bad eat bis way tbroaxb tbe crowd be bad left foar vtstlau, all of wboa were dead. Tbe vtotlaaa were Joba Halberaoe, oa wboa tbe flnt aaaault was made; August Qrobaok, a Oermaa; Edward McOaaley aad flaaod Sblvac, botb American*. No one ?na to kaow bla came. AN ARBOR PAY PROCLAMATION. e( FmirtaUoa of Tiaea. Aiuxt, N. T. (Special). ? Governor Booeevett baa laaaed tbe folio wing proclamation: "Tbe 4th of May next will be mm naw aa?aKllahad Ihv afarnfa TKa Mhool children of this Stats bare planted on than 100,009 trace In the tao years 1a whleh Alter Day baa bean recognised. "Pair atmllar efforts In reoent rears have been mote thoroughly commendable that the effort to get oar people practically to ahoy their appreciation of the beeaty and "In moat of the districts of the State no tree ought ever to be oat dowa, unless two are planted In Its place. The custom of tree planting should be favor*4 la every FILIPINOS TWICE BEATEN. . laesuMti Late IN Im On Kagege wt Md Klady-HTM h Aattktr. Maaxut (By Cable).?General Ton eg reports that S00 Insurgent riflemen and bolo es attaoked the American garrison at Betoe, Province of North llooos. bat were repalead, losing 100. The Americans had no caeaalltles. Captain Dodd, with a sqoadron of the Third Cavalry, recently surrounded a village in Beaguet Province, and surprised ON Insurgents, living in barracks, apparently a recruiting centre for the province. The enemy lost fifty-three men killed. Our troope also captured forty-four men and karud (ha tllluM On* A ?u wounded. LONG WOULD ACCEPT NOMINATION. MNtujr ? Xtty ? fMtlklt Cudldat* Twr Tln-PrwldML funnnoii, D. C. (Special).?Referring Co the ?ie of bis same in connection with the Yiee-PreslJeacy, Secretary Look U undecstood to have informed a number of his friends that If the nomination were tea* teed him he woold accept It. He la Mid to have told them that the fcoaor was of such a character that aomaa j eonid well refaM to aocept It, and ez* | pes?sil his high appreciation of the compliment Implied in the manner In which alt same has already been brought forward la that connection. aw Cklldrta Bin to Death. Prlmns, Lawrence and William Williams, eotored, aged respectively five and two jean nad six months, at Savaaaah, Oa., were burned allTe la plain riew of more than 100 persons, who were powerless to rescue th?m. Tbe mother ot the obiidren left them iilone while she went to make a tall. Meaarcblst Conspiracy la Brastl. Tk? Kndli&n Anr?rnm*nt tt last a.l. mltted that conspiracy against It existed ! and that monarchists furnish money to en* i Ust tha armed forces. fraalMat P*opta. Bnasell A. Alger, former Secretary of War, declares he will spend the remainder I his life In Detroit. Lord Bosebery 1st* be the hero of a romantic novel written by a rising young Jewish novelist of London. Senator Depew has purchased a lot la Washington and It is expected that he will halld a permanent residenoe there. General Lord Roberts is a clever ehess player, bat dislikes all card games. Ghees may be called his favorite recreation. former Secretary of State Olaey Is to make a tow of. the Orient, and will stop oret^ued itudy the situation la the Philip ? THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Witklactaa Items. Mr. Allen's nomination as Governor of Porto Kico was confirmed by the Senate. In the Senate Mr. Hoar delivered aa address against the retention ot the Philip* pines. The House and Senr.te oonferrees agreed on the Hawaiian Oovernment bill In form substantially as passed by the House. Tbe Senate passed a bill granting to soldiers of the Mexican War In certain cases a pension of 912 a month. Tbe project for a Pan-American Congress in Mexico was successfully launched at a meeting of diplomats from South and Central American countries. Tbe Secretary of War has Informed Con* gress that the War Department will need $115,100 more tor armament for fortifications. Two gunboats and two unprotected < cruisers will be placed out ot commission i by the Navy Department in order to pro* vide officers for the newly built ships. The training ship Dixie has btfer. ordered 1 to eontloae her uralse through the Medl* 1 terranean Sea and the 8ues Canal to Manila. ( La grippe is prevalent In Washington. I Many deaths from the disease have been | reported. Oar Adopted Islands. 1 ' Brlgadler-Qeneral Schwau sailed from ' Manila for the United States to recuperate | his health. Inhabitants ot tbe Hawaiian Islands < have bought In the United States 150,000 < worth ot automobiles. ' The census shows Cuba to have a population ot 1,600,000. n?nml VAntumm one of the Flliolnos* i best fighter*, has surrendered to Colonel Smith In the mountains near Cameling, Pangaslnan province. Teachers are greatly needed in the pub* lie schools of the Island of Ouam. The area of the island of Ouam is estimated at 150 square miles, about half of it susceptible of cultivation. Only about one per eent. is now under cultivation. < j The customs receipts of Manila show an increase for 1899 of 01,000,000 over the year j preceding. There were oa April 1 last OS,585 American offloer* and men In the Philippines. The only Industry of cousequenoe la the bland of Guam is the produetioa and asportation of oopra from the coeoanut. There Is little money and wages are very low. There are about 110,000 people in Hawaii. The majority of these are Asiatics. The Japanese number about 24,000; the Chinese 31,000. Captala Tillsy reported that the harbor at Pago Pago is mueh superior to that at Apia, Samoa. Ia maktag the order for coasolldatioa of the province# of Havaaa and Plaar del Bio, Cabs, aader General Lee and the relief of General Ludlow at Havana, the St retary of War pays a warm tribute to Oeneral Ludlow's administration. Ihtmtttiis ^Senator Chilton, of Texas, withdrew as ? candidate to suoceed himself in the United States Senate, leaving a clear field to Representative Bailey. * - - 31 Arc ID LiVDGD, > SI(T?r (81*1, ?9u?|rau from the jail at New Haven, Conn., by saw* lag the bar* of his call and substituting broom bandies stained with licorice. Andrew Carnegie has agreed to give $3,600,000 to the Carnegie Library and Institute of Pittsburg, Peaa., wblcb, it la expected, will be Bade tbe largest stractate of its kind in tbe world. Julius Call. Jealous of bis wife, went to a brook near his boose at Marietta, Ohio, and la six inebes of water burled his face. He remained and was suffocated. America's forelga trade for 1899 as shown by tbe report of the New fork Chamber o( Commerce abowad an exoess of exports ( over imports of 1465,900,236. While ploughing in a field on his farm near Lafayette, Ky., Thomas Johnson . Iploughed up an old stone plteher contain* : ng *3700 in gold, mostly old English . sovereigns. Former President Charles H. Cole, of the | Globe National Bank, pleaded guilty to i tbe charge of embezzling tbe bank's funds ( at Boston, Mass. I Tbe Naval Academy cadets, who have ' been quarantined at Annapolis, Md., for I five weeks on acconnt of measles, obtained I their liberty. Hiss Minn Beadle, a school teacher at 1 Tyror, Ind., committed suicide bv pouring keroeene oil over her head andolothing 1 and then setting fire to herself. 8amuel Cbamtn, a builder of Chelsea, i Mass.. baa failed, with liabilities of *82,098, i mostly secured. His assets amount to i 5800. I Senator Morgan swept Alabama in the Senatorial primaries, and his re-election to another term in the Seaate now Is as- 1 sored. Over 80,000 Finns, mostly Lutherans, ' who are dissatisfied with the Bossian Gov- , eminent, arc expected In the United 8tates , within tbe next three mouths. They will , settle on a large tract of land In Central , Wisconsin. , Typhoid Is epidemic at Cape Nome, i Alaska. There have been 800 eases and ] thirty deaths. J At Gnrrltock Life Saving 8tat!on, Fa., an onosoally heavy bolt of lightning struck the public school building and Instantly killed Thomas O'Neill, one of the pupUs. 1 Over three inchea of snow fell In Chicago The snow fall was general throughout the Mississippi Falley and the lake region. I Tbe engagemeat of Miss Alta Rockefeller, I youngest daughter of John D. Rockefeller, I to E. Parmalee Prentice, of Chicago, was I announced. The Anglo-American Bat Id Fehlclo Com* 1 pany, capital 070,000,000, divided into 780,. ' 000 shares of 0100 eaoh, was incorporated 1 it Dover, Del. An experiment to altruism backed by capital to the amount of $350,600 Is to be made la Now Jersey. J Sirs. Henrietta McKay Arms, a Southern vomao who (or years was the companion of Harriot Beecher 8 to we, died near Hart* ford, Conn. ' The Cape Cod Caaal bill was killed In the Massachusetts Senate by a vote of 13 to 14, with Are pairs. I Two brothers, Harvey and John Jackson, I were convicted of horning a girl to death and given life imprlsoament at Chesterflold, 8. C. 1 Feieiaa. A French fishing boat end^twenty-four Knoos on Doara vin iok ou wwtunu, iland. Tbe bubonic plarae hu broken oat In Persia, near tbe Tarklab frontier; many deaths art reported. Tbe Amoer of Afghanistan bas written a letter complaining of British inaction retarding En?slan aggression. Tbe rebels in Colombia bare been defeated in two battles, and tbe Department of Magdalena is reported paolfled. Tli? British War Offlee made public tbe report of General Roberts on tbe 8plon Kop disaster. In wbleb be severely censures Oeneral Bulier, General Warren and others. The new French Urst-claes cruiser Chateau Renault in her speed trial made twenty-flTe knots an riour. n -i --.i hi. ~ir~ ?n,t thnui UOUCIHI ?u>? uio HMW members of the staff of the former Boer commandant were landed at St. Helena. General Sir Oeorge White, defender of Ladyftutth. reached England and met with an enthusiastic public welcome at Southampton. The Brltlah Qorernor of the British West African Oold Coast reports that the Ashantl rsbelllon will probably soon be orer. Turkey has twice promised and failed to pay $90,000 for Amerioan missionary prop?trmmlin muu. on/ U03IIV;VUUIUW5 ?MW ? ? cr?s la 1893. General Carrington sailed from Cape Town (or Belrs. Portuguesse East Africa, It Is supposed that he is to command the British division that will ro to Bhodeela. Numerous earthquake shocks, affecting all the territory in Bohemia between the river* Elbe and Eger, have wrecked thirty villages, bat the Inhabitants had warning and escaped. The Queen Begent of Spain has signed a decree convoking the projected Hlspaa^ Aaarieaa Connect for Hovaaber uiu ? THE SOOTHAFRICAN WAR Lord Roberts Severely Censures His Generals For Their Blundering. FOREIGN RECRUITS FOR BOERS. Jeaersl Robtrti'i CrlUcIa a of Iht Splon Kop Knuitmnnt-Ma^h SlcknoM In th? British Camp*?Ursat BrlUl?'? Sradlic or PrlioMn to St. H?liu Arouoa tbi Bo?r?-X* Intervention. Loxdox (By Cable).?The Official Gazette contains General Bailer's dispatches describing the events of January 17 and January 18. General Warren's report on che battle of 8pion Kop and Oenerid Bobirts's comments thereon. General Itobirts severely orttloUes OenerpI Warren, Major Thorneycroft and General Buller. Bis concluding words are: "Whatever tanlts General Warren may tave committed the faUure mast be Iicrium tu VUO UWIUWIIUMIVU VI ?HV VM.W. Id supreme command to assert his authorty and seo that what he thought best was lone, and also to the unwarrantable and teedlees assumption of responsibility by a wbordlnate officer." The last words refer to Major Tborneysroft's order for the withdrawal of the British from 8plon Kop. Oeneral Roberts kdds: "The attempt to relieve Ladysmlth deterlbed In these dlspatohes was well derlsed. I agree with Oeneral Boiler In :hlnklng it ought to have succeeded. The !allnre was <fa* In some measure to the Ufflcultiee of the ground, the commanding positions the enemy held, and probably al? 10 to errors of judgment and want of ad* nlnlstratlve capacity on the part of Oeuiral Warren." Oeneral Buller says he thinks Major rhorneyeroft exercised wise discretion, ' GENERAL L( [New commander-in-chief of the Transvaal warfare In the Orange Free State whicti itnee the preperetlon* for the second day'8 lsfence had not been organized during the lav or commenced at nigutraii. The papers commented earnestly upon 1.0rd Roberts'* censure o( Oenerals Buller md Warren. They asked If more errors ire not likely to oocur. together with fruitess waste of life. In the event that men rho have been declared Incompetent bv ;helr superior continue to command 40,000 Mops. It Is now generally accepted that he Government had a purpose In the pub* Joatlon of Lord Boberts's dispatch. Heavy rains have Impeded the movements of the British column*. Large inantities of stores have been moved louthward from Bloemfonteln, which Is a reversal of the course of freight for the ast six weeks. These shipment* were nade necessary by the operations In the southeast of the Free State. There are over 3000 slok In the field hospitals, most of the cases being of dysentery md enterlo fewr. According to Boer report* there I* a iteadv flow of foreign volunteers to the rraasvaal. Hitherto these adventurers have Men attached to the various commandoes. Vow, It Is said, they are to be formed Into l special legion, with Oontioental ofleers; ind there Is a rumor that the command rill be given to a distinguished French >oldler, lately retired, who Is now In the rransraal, or Is neartng the end of the ourney thither. RIWI FBOK TBI BOKB CAPITAL. 9ffn of the Traniml to Loon Porta**! fin Mtlllou-Wu Declined. Parroau, via Lorenzo Marquee (By Sable).?As soon as the Beroe award In the Delagoa Bay Ball road arbitration was pubIshed, the Transvaal Oovernment offered :o lead Portugal tbe amount she was contemned to pay (45,000,000), whleb, how* irsr, was courteously declined, tbo stateneat being made that tbe money was ilready provided. The Oovernment Is receiving many nemorlals from burghers on the subject of loading the Boer prisoners to St. Helena, ind will formally protest to Oreat Britain on the subject. LAST DUTCH POB BOERS. Iwasllaad Sold to Bo Choaon For Itotroat If Pretoria Palls. Loxdos (By Cable).?Mr. Prevost-Battersby Wires to the Morning Post from Bloemfonteln: "Observation might profitably be kept 3n tbe Intentions of the Boers respecting Swaslland. The alternative plan of opera* :!ons following on defeat at Pretoria InslnriM tha amnlovmaitt of Swaziland for :he retirement of half of the Boer forces, while the other bell fells bank to Zoutpansberg. "Boer emissaries are already la that soaatnr endeavoring to parobase secret Inform at loa concerning the caverns la the graystone country, whieh are known only to the oattves, with the object of accumulating provlsioas and ammaaitloo." Jfo Chssc* For Intervention. Yiixju, Austria (By Cable).?Deputy Peasler forwarded to Cooat Golucbowskl, the Privy Councillor, tbe resolution adopted by tbe meettag at Llaz la favor of Interveatlon by tbe Powem between Great Brittan and tbe South African republics. Ia reply Count Golucbowssl said tbat la view of Great Britala's attitude he saw uo Cnance lor luisn ouiiuu. OblM Will Protect Christians. The Chinese Ooreroraent has Issued an order (or the protection of native Christians. Snapshot* of the Boar War. Lord Stratbeona and Monnt Royal's eontlnfient of Canadians arrived at Cape Town. Lord Roberts baa appointed the Duke of MWIDOrODftD lo N uiuiidi biiihkj wuretary at headquarter*. The British War Offloe has called oat the reserve compaales of several Infantry buttalioas. which will be seat to South Africa forthwith. . The Boer Qoverameat Das prohibited commandeered soldiers from seudloc substitutes except with tho consent of tbe authorities. Boers have captured Fraalt Smith, a well-known mine owaer, wbile driving from Barkly West to the Freach-Smith dia gad gift*. tt*V --*/ 1 KEVSNTl CUM.' 1 President Nominates a New Assistant Secretary of the Navy. n GENERALS TO BE REWARDED. ' Frank W. Hackctt Appointed to Saccoeo M Charles H. Alloa In tho Navy Do* ^ partmsnt?Spanish Minister Satisfied ^ With Chicago's Apology?Promotion ?Q For Oenermls Ut, ffhwlir nod Wilson m| WasaxsoTox, D. C. (8peclai).?The va- ,r ancy In the office of Assistant Secretary of f* the Nnvy caused by the appointment of Charles S. Allen as Civil Oovernor of Porto fl Blco was filled when the President sent to sli the 8enate the nomination of Frank W. ^ Hackett, formerly of Portsmouth, N. H., ? and (or twenty-flve years a resident of this w city. ;o Mr. Hackett l? an intimate friend of 8ec- 19 retary Long of many years' standing, and M his appointment is mainly due to their i< close friendship and the Secretary's knowl- u edge of bis suitability for tb6 office. It Is " understood tbat the President deferred en- ? tlreiy to tbe wishes of Secretary Long in this matter. Mr. Hackett bas accepted tbe appoint- 11 ment with tbe understanding tbat bis term *1 will expire on March 4, 1901. He bas de- a< dared tbat be could not afford to give any M more time to public business, as be has rfl considerable private work to look after, M which would have to be sacrificed by a 9t longer continuance in tbe Government 41 #erWce- 18 THE DUKE D'AKCOS INCIDENT. ?r t|( No Instructions to Minlstar Storor to Ex- (a pros* Regret to Spain. Tl Washisotox, D. C. (Special). ? The tt> State Department d'sclaimed any official di Pi ????? M 0 tt la )UIS BOTHA. [{ forces who planned the successful guerilla u l prevented the advance of the British.) t! knowledge of the reported action of Bel- j la my Storar In expressing the regret of the ,t United State* Government to the Foreign w OlBce In Madrid over the sending of an In- ' pj vltatloa by Slayor Harrison to the Dake j L d'Areos, the 8pnnU2i Minister In Washing* j 0| ton, to attend the Dewey reception In Chi- j Dl cago. A pabllshed story that Invitations to attend the Dewey celebration were not sent to any other members of the Diplomatic Corps, thus Indicating that an intentional insult was offered to the 8paoiab represen- Fl tatlve, Is untrue. The Dnke d'Areos knows that some, If not all, of his collengues In Washington received Invitations, and expresses himself as perfectly satisfied with lb the explanation of Mayor Harrison that the flj Invitation was sent by mistake and that no h insult was Intended. W HOMOS!* FOR THRIVE GENERALS. Q ^resldaat PIhi to r*Ur? WbNlir. Lh C ud Wiltos m K*col?ra. Wajhisotox, D. C.? (Special).?Bepre- Jn MoUtiT? Qrosvenor of Ohio introduced a 4 bill authorizing the President to appoint ^ three volunteer officers as brigadier-gen* erals with a view to their retirement. The Mil U au Administration measure, baring ? been presented by Mr. Qrosvenor after .1 conference with admlnlatratlon officials w and at their request. w It Is designed to beneSt Qeneral Joseph p Wheeler, Oeneral Fltzbagh Lee and General Jamas H. WlUon, all of them volunteer officers, who, by the terms of the bill, tj. would get rank as Brigadler-Qenerals In the regular service and subsequently re- >. tired. " I MEDALS rOK XAVV MCX. ^ Will Com ui a mo rat N?r*l Ea(ifim?ntl st la Spanish War. Wasiixotox, D. C. (Special).?In the Senate Mr. Hal* reported from the Committee on Naval Affairs a joint resolution * drawn originally by Mr. Mason (III.) authorizing the Secretary of the Nary to have struck bronze medals (or distribution among certain officers and men of the lo North Atlantic Hquadron, commemorating tl naval engagements between the forces ol ?, Spain and the United States In the battle off the Weet Indies and off the Cuban coast. " Via Months' Grace for Spaniards. Washixqtox, D. C. (Special).?The 8enate Committee on Foreign Relations agreed to a favorable report on the convention v between the United States and Spain ex- . tending for six months the time In which , Hpanlsh residents of the Philippine Islands can elect whether they will remain citizens . of Spain or become citizens of the Philip- _ pines. Aaralaaldo Corraspoadeac* Seat to Saaate. Washixotox, 0. C. (8peclal).?The Prealdent sent to the Senate several Important Filipino documents, including a letter do- . Ileved to be from Aguinaldo, urging the ? Spanish commander at llanlla to join . ' forces with hi in against the Americans. WORLD-WIDE FARMERS' TRUST. r, Proposed That St Sell No Wheat Ua?ler 1 a Bushel. j Mixro&pous, Minn.?(Special). "All the n< farmers In the world In a sort of interna* *>l tlonal trust to restrict the production ol p' wheat and to raise prices," says the Jour- la nal, Is the plan which It Is hoped to carry into effect at the International Agricultural Conference, at Paris, July 9-l*?. It Is proposed to ask the farmers of the D world to reduce their output by twenty |u j>er cent., and not to sell for less than f I a s< bushel. b< NANCY HANKS'S MEMORIAL. Arranretnents to Preserve the Grave ot Lincoln's Mother. ? I Roc* pout, Ind. (8peclal).?Oorernor jc James A. Mount and the Indlanapollf mamhflr* ot tho Nancy Hanks Memorial t? Association mat the 8pencer County Com* missionary and th-j citizens of Rockport ^ and Lincoln County and agreed upon the purchase of sixt?en acres of original for- ni est surrounding tba grave of the mother of Abraham Lincoln. C The county will purchase the land and the association will then ask the next Leg- . lslature to appropriate a sufficient MWMl . to park tba grooadr- ? g 0 FORCE TURKEY TO PAY. Severanoe of Diplomatic Rotations Possible Now. le Saltan Ad to IU Ja?t Claim of the . United States, But Pat* OQ the Pejmist Without Good Kuhm. WA*nixoTojr, D. C. (Special).?The most rlous international question that con- | onts the Qovernment relates to ttie in* imnltjr which Turkey was asked to pay r outrages committed against American lastonarles a.id colleges la Armenia serai yean ago. The negotiations have now acbod a point where the Oovernment is under consideration the adop>n of one of several radical courvea. le Qovernment has been Inclined to go swly In determining what shall be done, it the attitude of Turkey Is such that patnoe has ceased to be a virtue. Nearly ory honorable diplomatic resource to 1ng Turkey to a sense of her obligations the United States has been tried without tccess. What action the Government now will ke to enforce the Sultan'a promise Is not iflnltely known, but as the situation is it mnv resnlt In Secretary Har lading to the Turkish Minister la Washgton bis passport. The question involved between the two mntrle* is no longer one resting upon sputed points of International law, bat >on the Saltan's broken faith. This is )t his only broken promise, be bavin? id that be would give bis permit for tbo construction of the American college id schsol buildings, yet up to the prosit the official permit, upon one excuse id another, has been withheld. When Or. Angell resinned as Minister in 99 the relations between the two countes were critical by reason of the inacOn of the Turkish Government and Its resal to entertain the Indemnity claims, lie Turkish Government, shortly before le departure of Dr. Angell, sent a reply inylng all liability' for the buildings and roperty destroyed. A similar reply was nt to the Ambassadors of England, France id Italy, bavlug like claims. Later, when the subject was pressed, the iltnn. on December 19, 1893, finally romlsed to pay the claims. The claims ere examined with great caro and irutlny, bated upon tue principle or insmalty for the actual valuo of the prop ty destroyed. The 8ultaa also said at le same time that he had given perm Ison for the reconstruction of the destroyed illdlnga. The situation is praetieatly this: The Ate Department has succeeded in obtaing judgment by confession upon tfeo aims, whloh confession was made by the iltan himself, bat the execution remains isatlsfled. Diplomacy bos exhausted It If. The breaking off of dlplomatlo relation* onld have only a moral effect, as the comerclal relations between Turkey and the nlted States are not very extensive. It is illeved by officials that Turkey would be llling to come to terms If she realized that illuro to do so would cause this Qovernent to take such a step. The withdrawal ! the American representative at Constan* uoplo and the dismissal of the Turkish i.i.s.. mm Afin/Min/tamnnt | lUUlCt UOtO WUUIU 1ST* <tu HUuvuMvvmw*. i the world that the Hultan was a dlshon>t creditor, wbo, after acknowledging bit ability, declined to pay his obligation. KISS SHATTUCK RETURNS. mirinn Niulmir Who Went Through the Armtolu Mumcfm Cornea Home. Bosto* (Special).?Miss Corinna Shatick. who has been doing missionary work f i Armenia almost continuously for twenlytree years, thereby earning for herself the j tie of "Tho Heroine of the Armenian assa&res," arrived In Boston. Miss Sliattuck was sent to Turkey in 187? r the American boani. She remained tore in various capacities. About Ave <ars ago she went to Oorfa, where she bad arted the school eight years before, and as there when the terrible massacres took ace In the fall and winter of 1895. She as alone with the native helpers, n towei ! strength to her terrified associates, ipils and neighbors, sheltering the refutee and helping the wounded. COEBPL PLOT INDICTMENTS. It* Man Nuitd as Principals sad TtarM Ktmtd m Aceeaaoriea to tbe Crime. Pea.xifoet, Ky. (Special).?Tho Frank* i County Grand Jury baa returned tin rat Indictments against those alleged tc ire been in tbe alleged plot to mardei llllam Ooebel. Tbe indictments show Jim and Berrj oward, Yontaey, Harlan Wbittaker, omba, alias "Tallow Dick,*' Indicted (01 order; Cliarlee Flnley, W. H. Culton, 'barton Oolden as accessories. In tbf idlctment of being accessory bnt not in* Icted. are named Oreen Golden, Gorernot \ 8. Taylor and John Darts. Golden is tbe cblef witness for tbe 8tate id Gulton and Youtsey are both under aril* and are sntd to bare made confe* ons and It la believed will be made 8tate ftneaaea. Caleb Powers Is nnder arrest Mb Holland Wbitaker, while John overs, Flnley, Berry sod Jim Howard ?T6 not been arreated. Judge Cantrill baa decided In favor ot te minor Democratic officials, holding tern to be tbe rightful and legal officer* i the eonteat over minor State offices. Bench warrants were issued for person! idieted who have not surrendered and ere sent to tbe counties where they were ipposed to be. THE FAMINE IN INDIA. t?? Afl?ct*d Ares la Now One Vast Bare, Lonely Detert. Nothing but the absorption of all public iterest by tbe South African war prtventt le terrible conditions now prevailing !n kdia from creating a tremendous seasa on in Great Britain. At the present time no less than ten millin natives aro practically starving ami holly dependent on Government relief foi te means of sustaining life. Mr. Donald Sweaton, a member of the Iceregnl Counaii, tvho recently returned om a tonr In the contral and western part t India, describes tbe sitaatlon thus: "For bnndreds of miles on end not t ngle stalk of corn or even dry stubble as seen, not yet.a blade of green pasture "There was no water, except in tlit rger rivers and streams. The deepeel inks and reservoirs, which never had been Down to run dry, are now dry as a rock. "The wholi) countrv is now one vast ire, brown lonely desert, where In orInary seasons one :nny see busy tbrti*h< g floors studde 1 all over with heaps of rain." aor Italian* llaraed to Death In ? Fir* Four Italians were burned to death In : nement house Ore at VVimpum, Pi-lo be dead are Daniel Abbiatte and bin tbre* sphews, Pastella. Joseph and Ermau Ab atte. Tlio house w.is occupied by tw??n ' lire or thirty quarrymen and it is sup I ised the Ore stated by the explosion of a mp. Mlh of Kelallrr of liaoiir ?n.l Lincoln | Jadab Browu, u liuonl descendant o' auioi Boone, nn<l alio .1 rcUtivo of Abra urn Lincoln, dim! at the Hotel Terr.ic<?, In jranton, a^ei! olffhtv-two years He waDrn at Danville, Toon. Tbe National Gam*. Chicago is lucky to get Cunningham. Second baseman uonner.uas si^auu mu ocbester. Pittsburg baa "farmed" pitcher Wllheinr Syracuse. "CupM" Chilis will captain the Chicago (am this season. Buelnw. the.new catcher scoured by St ouls, is showing up well. Albany has signed a ileaf mute pitchei uned Taylor, or Shrev-sport, La. The noted ex>League pitcher, "Dad' lark, has caught on with Buffalo. Manager Ewlng, of tbe New York Club as become an advocate of banting. Sev ral yean ago he was bitUrly opposed t<, lis form of batting. * ' PADm President Loubet Before a Great Concourse Conducted the Ceremonies. TRIBUTES ARE PAID TO AMERICA. Tb* Optalnf Caranoonl** V?r? a Mil* tin of Rauiptuon* Splendor andWFlda prud Conraatou?Atn*rle* Lead* All Nation* But Prance In tbo Number of Exhibitor*?State of Careadlaee*. Pxtu (By Cable).?The Ixhlbltioa of 1 DOC la opened, but It will be At leut a month before anything except btilldlngi is to be teen. The day's csremonlea were a mixtare of anmptaous splendor in the Salle dH( T? Ail anil mI.Ia OAnfualAK a n ( ?-?-? w?w ?uu WIUQ VVUIU9IVU ?U? unreadlnew elsewhere. Tbe weather wu, luckily, all that could b? daelred. Fourteen thousand guests bad been Incited to the (unction, and they bad, because of tbe One weather, only the dust Co endure. The afternoon was a holiday In Paris by general consent, and a host ol country people crowded Into tbe cttr to swell the multitudes who from an early hour trudged In tbe direction of tbe Szbl> bltlon and took up posltloos along tb? route ot the Presidential procession and at tbe approaches to the grounds. The ceremonial within theSalln des Fetes was simplicity Itself. Tbe reception tc President Lou bo t at the entrance lasted only a few seconds, and on reaching the Presidential tribune, M. Mlllerand, tb< Minister of Commerce, Immediately delivered bis address, banding over the ?* blbltlon to the Chief of State, wblcb wai couched in moat eloquent terms. M, Mlllerand's peroration was especially fine, and it brought forth a storm of plaudit*. President Lou bet then replied, and the speaking part ot tbe function here ended. Tho spectacle that met President Lou UNITED STATES 1 (TUU Is the centre of Attraction for Ai bet's eyes when, amid the resounding itralnj of the Marselllalio, be stepped t< the front of the Presidential dais on bis en try Into the SAtle dea Fetes, probably was never aeeu before within the walls of nnj building. Tbe vast cltcas was tilled witti a sea of human beings who overflowed the balconies jotting oat from the side]. The ((roup among the great assembly which was tbe most attractive was th< body of foreign representatives in plctur eeqae attire. In a maas together were tar baaed chief*; Arab shlelta la flowing robej and with facea muffled In linen clotba; Hungarian magnates In magnificent velvel dolmans trimmed with valuable furs, rltb screen breeches Aad top boots And woarlnj fur toques surmounted by waving Aigrettes unloose ami other oriental aaiDtuy oia 3lals la characteristic silk garments; tall Cossacks ia sumptuous cloaks with baodo Uers slung across ? heir chests from which emerged the polished brass cartridge cases and trailing hoary sabres. At tbe eod of President Loubet's speed! tbe procession formed, and amid tbe strain; of "La Xarcbe Herolque," by tbe Bepubll can Band proceeded across tbe Salle det Fetes between a hedge of guards with flxe?i bayonets to tbe grand staircase, which the party ascended, tbe Curasslers lining tbe steps, salntlng. On reaching the summit of the st air way Presldeat Lou tat entered tbe Salon of Honor, where the ceremony of presentation of commissioners of foirelgn nations was gone through. In this salon Is the American Electrical Exhibit, and here a body of flftj American guard* wero drawn ap. They saluted President Loubet and be acknowledged tbelr greeting, whileM. Belauinuy Belleville, Director Oeneral of tbe ex'iibl tiou, turned Co United States commissioner Peck and thanked tiim (or tue advanced condition of this exhibit. Tho Presidential party then descended into tbo ground*, emerging into tbe Champs do Mars at the Chateau 'Eau. After that tbo President with his party ea barked on a little steamer on tbe Seine an I proceeded up, passing In review the foreign national buildings, which are situated on tho river front. When passing the American building, the uniformed attendants ol tho latter were drs wn up in military ordei and satutod tbo President, who acknowledged tbe salute. The President ras greatly pleased al this little courtesy, and, tuning to Ambassador Porter, who was beside him on the boot, he remarked: "Tbe American always does right; this U a mngnlfleent building." The official party debarked at tbe new bridge, Alexander III., which tbe Presldon: Inaugurated. This endel the ceremonies of tbe day, and tho party scattered In carriage. Two Illinois Traced!**. Deputy SiiorilT J. u. urenaori suoi uu Tvi'o in tbe bend au I killed Ler at Danville, III. Then lie shot himself In tbbead, dying Instantly. Jeuiouay cau?>?>l t'.io crime. Sidney 8. P >wer.?, a veiorau ol the Civil War. shot an.I killed hi# divorce.] wife at Elgiu, 111., aud th?-n killed himself ItrlNtlv* o| W^ililogtan Dies. Ebenezcr liur;je.? Ball, the nearest sur vivinc relative of (ieorsje Washington, dteii at his residence in Wa^hiniiton. He was eighty-four venr< of hi;* aud unmarried. Mr. i!?ll bore a striking resemblance to General Washing tou. Crcllnz Nut**. Contury ridin? promises t?? be mor-? p">p ular tbu'yoar than in nuv previous seiDu. Eric Hultbirz, thi amateur champion ol 8T7aiV>o for 18W, Kill ride ia Clio auiateui races of America tbh season. It ia estimated that there are already two hundred concern* in tnls country quipped for the building of automobile*. The Sew H.impshire Division of the League of American Wheelmen has presented a sldepath law to the State Lejjlsla* ture. According to observation, there is such a thing as the bicycle face. It U full of Intailigenceand always JL'playj a wideawake countenance. , | BIG STORM IN THE SOUTHRailway Tracks Washed Away, Crop# Injured and Bridges Wrecked. Uemyy BalDfall C*dm<) the Brttklif ol Several Dki?l and Marh Deatrxo tlon of Property RNalUd. Minor**, Miss. (Special).?This entlra section hu suffered from tbe heaviest, moat continuous and moat il<*t rue11r? rainworm that has ever visited it From every direction come* reports of damage. The railroads entering Meridian all report wasb-outs. Tbe few trains tbat reached tbe city before tbe breaks occurred have been run with the utmost caution. The damage In tbe city has been great. The dam at tbe waterworks, tbat held the water of tbe first, or npper, reservoir, gave way under the heavy pressure, and a tretoendous volume of water poured Into tbe mala reservoir. The eastern and west* era ODIU VI (UO wri-uiu i damaged to suehao ezteataa to necessitate the stoppage of tb? cars. The dam at the lake at Arundel Springs, just south of the eltT gave way and the 1 water carried everything before it as it ! spread oat over the valley below. All the i lower portion of the railroad tracks wan under water, the Eagle Oil Mill being flooded to a depth of about four feet, i Reports from the country Indicate that : great damage has btwn wrought. Bridge# have been swept away, fences destroyed, i farms submerged, and freshly plowed i lands badly washed. 1 The Illinois Central tracks cannot be i used north and south of Jackson. Bunkie, i La., saffered heavily, principally from the wind. Several bulldtag* were wrecked, Including the hotel. Ruston, La., reports train service suspended both ways. From Loalatana and Mississippi points generally comes news of greatly swollen streams, wrecked bridges, damaged crops, aad washouts In roads and roadbeds. Lightning killed a man in Alabama whlla he was at the telephone. am * iATIONAX PAVILION/' nerlcan visitors st the Paris Ex position.) SEVEUE STORM IN THE WBSF. . Bnt; liovbll Itloeks Railway Trail I la Colorado. ' Divvza, Col. (Special).?A storm of rain 1 sod snow continued (or forty-eight boon 1 with great severity. It wu accompanied by a gale. Tbe precipitation (or tba month up to date, 5.11 Inches, breaks the April record toco the eatabllsbment of the Weather Bureau here la 1872. The storm covered the eastern parts of Colorado and Wyoming, the northern part of New Mexico, and part o( Kansas. The storm was not as severe In the mountains as It was Just east of them. In the Cripple Creek mining district it ha* snowed almost constantly for two weeks. Railroads are blocked, and mining operations seriously hampered. Hlmilar conditions prevail in the Ollpln and Clear Creek County mining districts. The saow is from two to six fen: deep on the eastern slope of the mountains. In Denver and on the plains the snow melted almost as fast as it fell. Owing to the soft roadbeds, railroad trains are rannlng cautiously. On the divide between Denver and Colorado Bprlojra and in some mountain canons, trains are stalled in heaps of snow which Is so heavy that snow plows buck It with little effect. MORE HOLLAND BOATS. Xifj Department Contracts to Pay UTS.* OOO la fitar*. WasixvoTox, D. C. (Special).?The Navy Department has signed a contract with the Holland 8ubmarln? Torpedo Boat Com* pany for more of the boats of the Holland ^he Government pays 1150.400 for the Holland and asr?M to dm #175.000 each i (or any boats of the type" It may purchase . hereafter. Tbe company agrees to Mil to . tbe Government any o( tbe patents used la I tbe construction of tbe boat aud to furnlsa , experts for a reasonable time to train a 1 naval crew In tbe management of tbe Hoi. land. Notwithstanding the element of danger, there is no lack of applicants for thi first . command of tbe Holland from junior naval offlcars. The disposition is to re; fraia from ordering any one to tbe post . and to give It to a volunteer. Woman sad Boy Horned to Death. Tbe residence of Peyton H. Ruble, seven r miles below Parkersburg. W. Va.t was destroyed by Are. Mrs. Ruble and nlne-year' old boy were burued to death and Peyton Ruble was seriously burnud. Fighting Around Manila. t The insurgents, supposedly Mascado's command, are ag.iln active about tbe Marivilos Mountains, across the bay from ' Manila. P. I. A force of 390 attacked the ' Bilanira. where tl:r.*? cotnpaule* of the [ Tbirty-soond Infantry am <tatione>l, but ' were enlly repulsed. Th?y also attacked C.ipUla Ooldman witli thirty men of the Thirty-second Heglment ne.tr Orion, killing two Americans. Oul>lm?u tlien retired. | Woman Kill* Hrr Allrgwl Utftmcr. ( At Alexander, Ark., Mr*. T. N. Holland shot an>l instantly killed William Cook, a i member of a prominent family. Mr*. HoU l.iui claims Cook defamed her character N?w?jr (llMnmti. An electric line Is heln>r built in Illinois [ to carry power forty miles and compet? with steam. A landscape by Corot brought #1700 at tl?e lijiilar-1 sale at tlw Hotel Drouot la Par s, France. T! e most powerful lightship in tbfl world will l>? built for Diamond Shoals, off Cape Hatteras. A w.v4 i>orn la tb? Central fare menagerie. Sew York City, tii? first bora there lu twelve y??rs. Irrigation work in Moxiao U creating A heavy dvnaad (or Iron pip*, drodgiog, as* , cavallag and pumping macbi|?rr. * -