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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.
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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.
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\)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.
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>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.
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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
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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.
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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.