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FO VOL. X. SAILORS TURN CANNIBALS Two of Twelve Shipwrecked Survive by Eating Others. RESCUED BY FRIENDLY MALAYS Drifted oil n It aft Fo. Twunty-llre Ituyt tntl Suffered Terribly ? Two of tin Crow of tho Wrecked Soru Scotlan Dark Anjol* Kcarh SlntMporr mid Tell the Ghastly Story. TjOIkIou. Tlio Singapore correspondent of the Dally 'Mall wires a ghastly storj* of cannibalism. The eorrespond *nt says It was brought to Singapore by two survivors of the Nova Sootian bark Angola. which left Oavitc. r. I.. on October 17. The vessel was wrecked on a reel' on October 23, as lins already been reported. The Story Is that seventeen of the crew built two rafts, one of which, carrying live persons, disappeared ihe first night. The other carrying twelve persons, including Captain Crocker, drifted for twenty live days. The men were without food or water and their agony was terrible. They ate seaweed and chewed their boots. On October 23 two of tliem went mad and plunged into the sen. The next day a Frenchman killed the mate with an axe and drank his blood. He tried to nllt tho liriilnv liui his comrades throw the corpse overboard to prevent It. On October 117 the Frenchman Irioil to kill the captain with the axe, but another tnnn wrested the weapon front him and killed him. When night fell the others ate part of the Krenhntan's body. On October 28 Oaptain <'rocker died and his body was oaten. The canuihallsm was repeated until the two men who toll the story, .loliannsen. a Swede, and Martleornu. a Spaniard, were the only survivors. Finally the raft drifted ashore on Soul)! Island. The natives there wore friendly and put the two men on board a junk bound for Singapore. MOB LYNCHED WHITE MAN. ttrnk* Into J*tl In an Arknnsan Town an<) IfanceU a Muritrrer. Oaceola. Ark.?May Ileum, a white man about twetny-slx years old. was taken from the county jail by a masked mob and hanged to the limb of a tree just In the rear of the jail. Hearn was In jail for killing Clyde King at Taixora, Ark. King was from Union City. Tcnn.. and was visiting his brothers, who live at Luxorn. tie there became acquainted with Hearn and a friendship sprang up between them. On Sunday night they visited a resort In I.uxora and while there Hearn sat down to the piano and began pounding the kevs With n hnnvv povnlv.w i falling to stop after several request*. King remonstrated in a friendly way. tolling him that he would ruin the in strumont. Upon IJiis llor.rn turned ami with an oath ..rod his revolver at King, the bullet piercing tlio heart. THE TEXAS OIL BOOM. Cfrri'lary of Ktatr'a Ofllrp Klooilril With Coiojiany Chnrtprn. Austin, Texas.?The fact that all of the four wells drilled in the Beaumont oil fields have struck oil, their output being estimated at over 200,000 barrels daily, lias caused every man in Texas with money to invest to become oil erny.y. The Secretary of Slate's office here Is being flooded with company charters. The State's revenue for filing fees of oil companychnrters have averaged over $1000 a day for several day* past. Oil Strlkf In tVyoininc. Cheyenne, Wyo. -Croat excitement prevails throughout Southern Wyoming as the result of lie discovery of the highest grade of illuminating oil at Pioneer IIollow, near Kvnnstoti, by the I nlon Pacific Itntlroad. Thousand? of ceres have been filed upon. VILLACE DESTROYED BY FIRE. Twenty right Ilou?e? Horned :tnil Muny Mmlr H omrIfiK; Lotx, Lisbon Falls, Mc.?A fire which Started iu the Everett block here reunited in the destruction of twenty* eight buildings in the business part of the town, nud it is believed the loss will approximate $2.">0,<XM). Every business house except two was destroyed, and many residences, leaving scores of people homeless. But that the two unburned stores were provision stores, the Inhabitants would have suffered great want. I It is considered fortunate that nolives ' were lost, as the fire occurred at night, and when the flames were first seen they had passed the point where the little hand tub, the only bit of lire apparatus in the town, could be used effectively. Aid wus scut from Lew* 1st on and Bath. The Merrimac lllnwn Up. The collier Mcrrlmac, which was blown up and Runk in tlio liarhor of Santiago, Cuba, by Lieutenant Hobson while Admiral Cavern's fleet was Inside in 189S, was successfully destroyed by a tou of dyuisinite. Hitherto It has been extremely dangerous for vessels to attempt the narrow entrance to the harbor, but now that this wreck has been destroyed It is perfectly safe. Many Arrest* For Treason. The Cape Towp correspondent of the Ixuidon Daily Express, reports wholesale arrests for treason In Craaf Keinet nud Aberdeen, South Africa. RT THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASniMfiTOX ITEMS, Ceneral MneArthur cables that r,.R) per cent. of bis men are sick?In all 3730. President McKInley signed the new oonimlsslons of ftonerals Punstou, Whenton and Smith. The United States will not take part In garrisoning the Pekln-Taku line, and prefers dismantling to razing the Chinese forts. fteoretary Cage bought $2,000,000 four per cent. bonds In (ho market, to the surprise of Wall street. Shocked by reports of extensive frauds in the Commissary Department In the Philippines, War Department officials have ordered a full investigation. Government officers are trying in vain to gel an ofTer for the transport Terry, which cost $150,000, besides $25,000 for refitting. Secretary Cage reduced his estimate of the surplus on .Tunc 50 from $N0,000.000 to $(?0.000,(?)0. President MeKlnh y nnpotnted delegates to tl:e Pan-American Congress ami members of the St. Douis World's Fair Commission. Three million acres of public land In the Kiowa Indian Reservation ninv he opened to settlers under a Government lottery plan. at it \i?oi?Tt:t> isi.%ni?s. The Philippines Commission fortiutfated a new scheme for municipal and provincial government for the archipelago. The relations between the House and Senate of the Hawaiian legislature are much strained owing to quarrels over rights and courtesies. Mayor Pedro Crinan, of Santiago, Cuba, was exonerated from i he charges preferred against him and reinstated. Since Aguinnldo's surrender many rlties have been surrendered by Insurgents. The son of former Congressman Crowley was arrested In San Juan. Porto Rico, in connection with alleged lio--'t ol f I'm.-i .11 i i <i inn. Coventor Allen appointed sixty-eight Pol I Judges and established n new co?lc for the District Courts of l'orto Itieo. im.WKwric. The NVvv York Legislature tlually passed the hill amending the charter ?f New York City. Commander Houetto, of the French practice ship Dugeray Trouin, was formally welcomed to Haltlmore, Mil., by the Mayor of that city. Ceneral Ceorge C. ("Tigo") Anderson, the famous Confederate brigadier, died at Anniston, Ala. A bullet in the bead killed Mrs. Conrge Heneger, of Memphis, Tenn . the luisband being arrested, suspected of murder. Kentucky ordered an armed quarantine against Tennessee on account of small-pox. Colorado's Legislature expired by limitation. Former Stab* Senator Alonzo White man. of Deluth. Minn., who passed a ; worthless idieek, was ronvieted of era ml larceny at New York City. Many arrests were made and prisoners held for trial in New York City for violating 1I10 law against expeetorati Inpr in public conveyances. Holla Wells. Cold Democrat, was eiencu h onu s ratr Mayor of St. Louis, Mo., by from 8000 to 10,000 plul rnlity. Mrs. T.nwton, at Louisville. Ivy., has received n letter from Major John I. Rallnnce. at Yigan, South Ilicos, P. I., saying the name of the Plaza of Vlgan has been changed to "General Law ton Square." Hear Admiral A. .T. Read took comniand of the Portsmouth (N. II.) Navy Yard, vioo Roar Admiral Rnrtlett J. Cromwell, who is to take command of the Paeitlo squadron. Municipal elections were held throughout Arkansas, and In nearly every Instance where party lines were drawn the Democratic nominees were elected. The Pulled States Naval Academy's fencing team defeated the team of French midshipmen in Annapolis, Md. tine razor served to kill Christian Lelx and Jacob Month, at Muyvllle. Mich . Month In ing the murderer and suicide. Joseph A. Colin, a New York postnflice clerk, concerned in stealing M!?,1)00 in registered mall, got four years in Ring Sing. The Grand Jury handed up five Indictments as tlie* result of the demolition of the isolation hospital n^ Orange, N. J., by mob violence three weeks ago. The Women's University Club of New York refused to admit women physicians as members. Smallpox Is bothering the health an thoritles of St. Joseph, Mo. The skin of Farmer Frank Krippllnger. of ltlufftoii, Ind., is turning black. Discoveries of oil wells in Fountain Valley. Colorado, have temporarily overshadowed gold speculation und caused a rush to file claims. VOKKIfiX. Inccdiaries burned the palace of the r*APnf?nA? T.l . * ' < <><< ? "i iiHiiv, 1'Uu ii l uirss, III the Austrian Tyrol. One hundred and fifty-five municipal physicians at Leipsic, Germany, struck for hotter pay and more considerate treatment. A merchant of Liverpool, England, promised to pay a reward of $500 to the officer commanding the company which shall capture General l)e Wet. Five persons were killed by soldiers during political riots iu 1'ara, Hruzil. MIL] \)11T MILL, S. C., WEI A BIG BSISGB GOLLAFSBS Trolley Car Full of Passengers Falls Into a Canal at Syracuse, N. Y.~ NONE KILLED,BUT MANY INJURED Tito Cm- I'nllh Thirty Feet?Mnny Vcilrititan* nntl ? I.iunhrr Wagon Also <2o Down "With thr Wreck ? Water TI-?<I Itcon Drawn Off or 3fauy Would Ilaw I'erlslted?1 h<* Work of Itrnrue. Syraouse, N. Y.?"While n car of the Syracuse Itapid Transit Company was crossing the James Street Bridge over the Oswego Canal, in tlie heart of the city, the bridge suddenly gave way, dropping the ear and its sixty passengers to the canal bed. thirty foot helow. Several persons who wore crossing I ho bridge at the tlino went down | wttn tue oar, while a horse and loaded lumber wagon piled on top of the heap. No one was killed and about forty persons wore injured. The bridge was unusually large, being wide enough to accommodate two driveways, street ear tracks, two sidewalks and a towpntli. It was recently Inspooted by State ofHclals and declared safe, hut local authorities had for some time been fearful of an i accident. The structure was built in 1857. The car was outward bound to the fashionable suburb along East James street. Ii was crowded to the doors. The majority of the passengers were women and children. When in about the centre of the bridge the motorman felt the structure sag. and opened his lever wide in an effort to send his ear . across before the threatened collapse came. II? was too late, however, and with ! n crash the bridge fell. The car struck j the towpntli below and then slid into the until at the bottom of the canal I The water had fortunately been drawn I oir or at least half of those aboard 1 ! would have perished. As it was the j ear was smashed to splinters. I Shrieks and erlos came from the 1 wreckage, ami the people above could ! see bloodstained faces and bodies mixed together in a confused mass. The drop of Hilrty feet made it impossible to get at the injured people until ladders were brought, then the work of rescue was quick. A hurry call for hook and ladder trucks and ambulances brought scores of pieces of apparatus to the scene. The scenes as the work of rescue progressed were pi table, yet at limes almost comical. Women whose faces j were cut and smashed almost beyond ' recognition were crying and moaning j over the loss of flew TCaster hats, ril>| bons or bunches of roses and violets. Others who were not injured were more concerned over ruined dresses j titan the fate of ilieir companions, i 1 .ittle girls, badly out. were dragged from under the broken timbers by men who were so badly hurt they I could hardly speak or see. One hero I helped take two women to places of j safety before it was learned that he ' lad n broken arm and dislocated ankle. , in the middle of the canal bed, in ! mud up to its knees, stood the horse that had been attaehrd to lite lumber ! wagon. The wagon was a wreck and ; the driver badly hurt, but (lie horse j , was uninjured. j l?'or more I ban a year there have ! : been criticisms of the condition of the j ; bridge, many predictions being made j i?y the press that unless it was speedily j strengthened an accident would happen. The bridge was about eighty feet I feei long nml sixty foot wide. It was | broken sharp off at both embank I nu-nls. tli" entire struotuvo going Into j tbo canal. TO PROTECT SEA BIRDS. ' Action riikcn to Stop tlio Slnu^lilrr Along tlir 1 onlnlana Const. Now Orleans, I .a Professor fleorgo K. Beyer. or Ttilnno Pnlvorsii.v. speeinl inspector of the American Ornlth ologienl Union, returned from an exI tended trip siiong the tJulf coast, which j he visited for the purpose of finding ' the homes of the sea birds, their foodleg and brooding places, j lie obtained from the owners of all j the coast lands, from the La Fonrehe j to the Atehafalaya, the right to forbid the killing of sea birds 011 their prop; erty. deputies were sworn in for the purpose of arresting \iolators of the United States Bird law anywhere within three miles of the coast, while the trespass law of the State will deal with persons who go ashore to destroy the son birds. It is thought that those precautions will stop the slaughter of sea birds for millinery purposes that has gone on for the last ten years and has do stroyed several varieties of those birds. iMURDERER SURRENDERS HIMSELF n ihiraiix Fnnrrnl of Mntlifr nnd Brother, Hi* Victim*, While Hiding. Sunhury, Ponn. Remorseful, haggard ttnd worn, John (Jnllck. who murdered lils mother nnd brother in their home near Kline's drove. w:m placed in jail here, lie was found in the spring house on ihe (lullck farm, lie said he was tired nnd had route hark home to surrender himself Since the day of the crime he had roamed over the mountains (luring the day and at night went to nearby towns and begged for food from back doors. To Chief of Police Metier he said that lie witnessed the funeral of his victims from a nearby hill. The I.nrgeat Ve**el I.auncheil. The White Star Line steamer Celtic, the largest vessel in the world, was launched at Belfast, Ireland. L T] >NKS1>AY, Al'ltl 1.1 It. I TERRIBLE PLOT TO KILL Jones Murdered Millionaire Rice ai Patrick's Instigation. CONFESSION WITHOUT PARALLEL T!i?? S'.rBDK?*?l. Molt Awful Story llvrr Urn*". In r? ?\v York Court Tolit !>y t'liarli'P 1". Joiicp, Yitlt't ntul Mnrili-rrr f William Mursli ltlcp, tin- llrrmlt Millionaire?The Korjjery of tin* Will. Now York City.?Charles F. Jones, valet of the aged niilllonairo, IV. M. Itiee. whose mysterious death resulted in the arrest of Jones ami Albert T. Patrick, a lawyer, on the charge of munlcr, made public a second confession of his part in the eriine. lie gave it under oath in the course of the examination in Patrick** ease before Justice Jerome. It differed materially from his first "confession." which was also sworn. In the former he charged Patrick with the actual killing of Rice. In the latter lie accused himself of the netuul killing, hut charges Patriek with instigating the net. The valet makes the singular statement that Itiee did not know Patrick at all. and saw him only once, and that time by accident. The forgery of the old man's alleged will was also minutely detailed by the witness, who was allowed to tell his own story with hardly any interruption from counsel. The self-confessed murderer told the story of the plot from its Inception. Jones began with his first acquaintance with Patriek in October, 181Vk when he called at Mr. Rice's home in Madison avenue, but did not see him. 11c told of the growing friendship, and of the gradual approach to the discus sion of Rice's affairs, which resulted finally in propositions to ih'fraud. and Jones yielded. Then came the story of the transfers and conveyances of real and personal property to Patrick over the forged signature of Uice: the stealing of the blank cheeks from It lee's cheek book; their delivery tc Patriek and the forgery of ltice's signature to them in blank; the proposl uoii m put tin* old millionaire out of the way by continuous doses of mercury to weaken him; the rejection, tint wavering and the acceptance; the calling in of a physician at frequent intervals to provide for the issuance of a deatli certificate when the time cante, and the extreme eare with which thi? plan of slow poisoning was carried out. Then, as cnlruly as though unfolding the plot of a drama in which lie was interested only as an auditor, Jones led up to the day of the murder. He related how Patrick had furnished hint with mercury pills of different composition front those first administered; how the old millionaire defeated the purpose of the plotters by refusing to take them. Then. Jones said. Put rick began to display impatience. lie brought two ounces of oxalic acid to Jones, and Jones swears lie told him to dilute one ounce in twenty times its weight in water, and give the mixture to llice for the purpose of weakening his heart again. One dose was not ?>f. tVotive. It was the cumulative effect tiiat was depended upon to disp- so of the aged millionaire. The oxalic acid was too slow for Pat rick, according to the confession, s.nd Jones was aske I to get chloroform and i.iiiuiiuuui. in* scm i' rexns tor thorn. They eanie by express and were delivered to Jones. who turned them over to Patrick. This, the valet said, was followed h.v a l.niting ii* the street with Patrick, who told liiin that the old man must he put out oY the way at once: tlinl Jones should do thwork, and that there would he 110 harm in It because Kice had threetoned to poison 'tis own wife years aye. .Tones says he resisted this command to commit murder for a time, but finally yielded. lie described his return to Mr. Ttice'a apartments, and finding tiie oh*! man sleeping poncefiilly in bed: he told of his stealthy search for a napkin, and the fashioning of it into a cone shape, as directed by Patrick, and the pin ning of a small sponge in the moutlnof the cone. Then he told of saturating napkin and sponge with chloroform, and holding it over liir. own nostrils t? test the effect. It was at this point thar the crowd in the court room became still. Jones continued his story without a break or a tremble in his tones. He described his approach to the lied witli the saturated napkin in his hand, the placing of it over the old man's faee. the holding of It in place for a moment, and then the flight from the room, and the wait of thirty minutes, in accordance with Patrick's instructions. At tin expiration of that time ho returned, he saui. .and rounu oiu man nice (hail. If ? throw open the window?, to free the room front the odor of chloroform, telephoned to Patrick that the deed was done, sent for a physician, and. after expressing ids grief for ids em pi oyer's death, wont to bed and fell into a sound sleep. No words nor phrases in type can convey the coolness and steadiness o the witness as lie relate I these several eireumstaiiees, which lie swore with uplifted hand was the truth, the whole truth and nothing hut the truth, nor is it possible to present a faithful word picture of the attitude of the man accused of plotting the crime. Patrick listened with attention, and occasion ally made notes. His hand was as steady as a rock. IIis face was an hn mobile mask. He displayed neither anger, fear nor resentment in hi.s eyes or in facial movement, and when Jones reached the description of how the sleeping man was smothered, Patrick stroked his beard [MES 901. IHW Unable to Asjroe to the Russian Demand For Manchuria. CANNOT FAVOR ANY ONE POWER ?? Tlir Format No1lflc:itlon K?iv* Tluif, Ow- J IfiJC to tho Attitude of tlio Dowrm, i Cltlim !?* Not Al>!?? to Stc^n tin* M.m- I rlitirlatt roiivenMon-foiirt S-?td to He- | *p:llr of a l'eneoful Settli*tm?n*. IVkin. China The Chinese t'overa wont lias formally notifi d 1!u?sia that China, owing to the n.titude of the Powers, is not n'do to sign tlio Manchuria convention. '"It Is China's d? s>e." says the formal notification. "to km p on friend Iv tortus with nil tin'ions. At pros nt slip is going through a period which is tlio most poriloits In tho empire's history, and it is necessary that sho I should have tho frlondship of all "llowovor much sin* might ln? will ing to grant any special prlvilogo to | one Power, when others ohjoot it Is Imposslhlo that, for tho sako of inak ing one nation friondly. sho should allonato tho sympathies of all others." T.i-HungChang says this letter sot tlos tho mat tor definitely. Prince Citing asserts that every Chinaman except T.HTnng Chang was against signing tho convention. tVartllip ttlltnil)*. TiOttdnn. "The .Tapatioso jieoss con I tinnes hollicoso." says tho Yokohama I oorrospondont of the Pally Mail. ' "Count Okuina. fonnorly Premier and j now loader of the Opposition do j olaros in an incisive artlojo that .Tanan must assort herself or the work of [ thirty years will he lost. Korea." he | says, "is not n Russian chattel. and Russia's action is a ?1 i? ? < i ' hnllrttgc to Japan." Itittiior nf 1 in|?r?nlintr W?r. Canton, China, li i*? reported here that tho Viceroy has rceived a telegram from tho court to tho effect that a poaccalilo sentiment of affairs is impossible. The Viceroy is described as much disturbed by this communication. COUNCILMEN ARE COERCED. Intltcnnnt Oil I l'rrvent tlir fi r:?i> 11 or of t'n|K-.|>ulitr Strret Ituilvray 1'nim'liUri. Kansas City. Ken.?At a meeting of the City Council some measures granting valuable franchises to the Metropolitan Street Railway Cornpatty were up for consideration. The balconies were crowded with citizens who oppose the measure, and when tire Franchise Committee report ed favorably upon the bills, the crowd surged to tho fln< r ? f the chamber, and only the ;jp r. conservative element saved tho Councilman from violence. Uottes were in eihleiioe. and serious trouble was imminent for a time. Action on the measure was deferred until the next meeting of the Council, hnt before adjournment the protesting citizens compelled each Councilman to stand on a table and swear that be would vote against the granting of the franchises, and tlie Mayor was forced to swear that lie would veto the measure if passed. DRANK SHARK'S BLOOD TO LIVE. ??ii>nrnrnrn i*i?*n I'icKnl Up After Many I>u>? of Suffering. Cape Town. South Africa. The Nor weginn l>:?i-k Andromeda has landed nt this i?orl part of the crew of the French hark Psyche. The nn-n were picked up In mid ocean after having undergone terrible sufferings. The Psyche, which was hound from Caieta Hucnn for the ICuglish Channel, was wrecked on .Tanuary .'to. The captain and thirteen men entered a large boat and the male and live men a small one. The next day a sail was sighted, ami the mate's boat attempted to intercept it, but never returned. Se\cral other ships were sighted, hut the ship wrecked men were uuuhlc to attract their attention. Hough weather Increased their suf ferings. When the small supply of food was exhausted a shark was caught and the men drank its blood. The cook died Insane and a sailor also succumbed. CHICAGO CORN KING SQUEEZED. (Jrorgf II. I'hillipK, Attafkcil l?v tlir l>?r?, 1'uta U|>8KOO.OOO in illnriciiiH. Chicago, -ticorgc IT. Phillips, leader of an army of farmers and countrv In vestors in the mill campaign In ? <?r11. oats and wheat, war. attacked l>y the united hear forces of the Hoard of Trade, led hy half a dozen great speculative generals, ^nd given such a tight as brokers will sp ak ahoni for years to come. He saw three cents clipped off the pries of wheat, two cents off corn and more than a cent off cats, lie put up S2MO.OOO i:i margins, In addition to SiiUt.OjO ho had put up within three days. Tie saeriliced all his win at holdings in order to u ike hinis: If stronger in corn and oats. At the end of the day he was a ; eonliuont a. ever that he would win in t.ie end. Now he predicts sixty cent eom hy .lie end rf the month, instead >f tifty cent corn, which lie had talked before. fnrrratfil never tie tr Unitcil Kliigtloiv.. The revenue rotrrns for the 1'nitcd Kingdom for the year eliding March oi total $700.0o:t, 120. an increase over those of the preceding year of $!?!, 2</.t.470. . BBB 0 \ >. NO. 4. NtW Al ? UKNtf-UtNtKAL The President Appoints Philander C Knox to Succeed John W. Griggs. II in I o*n mUiloii W?? S1j?ne<t l?l; After- IT1? Atrepbuiro W<* Ananknrnt la lh? Cabinet. Wil'hInstDn. I>. f?.?President W*? Kinley annoiioivtl to hie Cabinet th? appointment of I*. C. Knox as AtvoeneyCon oral to snecccd John W, Criegs. immtdiittrly after the ar? uoumvmcnt Mr. Knox's commission was made cut. Philander C. Knox was born tr Itrownsville, iVna, on May C>. lSf^J His father was Havid K. Knox, hanker. lie attended Mount Uni-ofc College. Alliance, Ohio, graduatingtjs 1S7'J. Iu his college tlays he lucnr?% ue?|uainted with President MeKinI"Jv who at that time was prosecuting vt torney for Stark County. After completing his college eourse Mr. Knoji went to Pittsburg, and entered law olliee of It. It Swope, then- i n'* ted States District Attorney, eoutinta itiir ttis services with Mr. Swope's s-ir cesser. David I teed. Mr. Knox w admitted to the Allegheny County twain January. 1S7.~?. Soon afterward to was appointed Assistant Knifed Stxitel* Attorney for iIn- Western District e"*" l'eiinsylv.iiiiii. lie resigned this o'T.-kj in 1X70 to resume private practice. to March, 1X77. lie formed a partnershtje U-itli I II I ...1.1.1 ' - ... .....i, ?> MU M l-.MMS HI 5 fW? ent. Mr. Knox lias been ronncrtHl with many well known suits. lie wn" President of tin* Pennsylvania Par As social ion in 181)7. and attracted all"*# tion l?y an address before that hotly otv corporation law. lie is a member of the l>iupicsnc Club. <?f Pittsburg, atrvf was its President three years. H? * also a member of the Americas Club, the Pittsburg <Jolf Club and the Pittjc burg Country Club. lie also belong* to the littlon League and the T-nwy?'t-y Club, of New York City. and the La wyers' Club, of Philadelphia. MRS. NATION TO RULE THIS TOWN N(?w of ('onrorif, Nr!?., to Acrrpt llrr Atlvlrr on All n# . Concord. Neb. ? For the ne\t yrxt this town will he conducted under tb* tlireet advi?*e of Mrs. Carrie Nation* This was the issue here, and the <'rirrV* Nation tieket received nearly a iinant molts vote. The temperance peopt* put in uomlnntiou for Mayor Judge R. C. Mlteheltree and a full Cite i\ . lv-?i tieket. They signed the following1 pledge before being nominated: "Wo pledge ourselves to use all hoc* orable means to seeure the services ef Mrs. Carrie Nation as our sole adviser in our official duties, if elected, and it adopt no ordinance or measure of in> port a nee relative to the town's govern* ntent without receiving Mrs. Nation'* approval.** The Mayor elect said he had written to Mrs. Nation telling her of the cot* of tin* people, and the readiness of tb^ new officials to accept her advice in art things municipal. An appropriation will he made to pay for her servievac. vi... 1.. ?..i....? - * ..... iv> mine in ( (incora scion as possible for n conference The greatest curiosity prevails as tt the result of the novel situation. Cow cord is a village of 1100. BOY MADE A FULL LIEUT _NANT\n i'uiioO promotion to the Army fttl Good Work. Washington. 11. C. An appointment nas been made in tlic volunteer arrry that is unusual. Second Lieutenant Rudolf K. Sinyser. of the Forty set entli Infantry, has been raised to a first lieutenant iu the same reghneu.% the commission to last during tin* lift of the volunteer army. Lieutenant Sinyser is from York. IVun., and is Mt yet ninetcs'11 years old. When the Spanish war CAine on tif was umler fifteen, and had to get tin consent of his parents to join a 1'enoi sylvanla regiment as a private, lit made such a good record and becanM so popular that he was a second lk-> - it'iitim wueii mat regiment m:is tuttlleml out at fin* close of tin* war His record In the* i'litiippims has been a good out*, anil Senator IV uro>i is trying to have hhu made ti lleutci* ant In the regular aruiy. tlXA.OOO Dlinrtuen ill MhiiIIh. Lieutenant Frederick Hoycr, of Thirty ninth Volunteer Infantry. Colsf Commissary for the Second Iiistrirt. of the Department of Houtliern Luxor. IV I., has been charged with misappo printing fifty casea of liacon and w<z? other irregularities. It Ih alleged lt.tr the shortage in the commissary dei<.<t in Manila aggregates flSo.OUd. Natnr for Cup lirfeniler. Constitution ia the name for ti? New York \ucht Club yacht that Liar* received otliciat sanction as the * rs^St' that. If proved worthy in the trust races, ia to defend the America's <*it| in the InternaLionai race next folk Awful Mortality In iCinmln. Famine and typhus are i agltg throughout the flovemiuentH of I\'.? son and ite-*arabia and iKirtion.H u the tiovernmeiits of Kieff mid T-J" ida in Itusxia. The >rtallly Is liiirij. per cent, of tlie entire lpululiou. The experience of the (lerroan t.raiy in China tends to prove that American and Australian horses unsatisfactory In that country. & *$ are of good blood and breed, hut sadly from the long ?ea voj'ftge the unaccustomed food, as. unfomrtr ately, only green forage is usual ? tainalile. Mongol ponies are pxo*v?^t the most useful.