V A* > > FC VOL. X. W?????^? ??? LAST WORDS TO CUBANS The Delegates Have a Pecis've Talk With President McKinley. TRADE RELATIONS DISCUSSED Hi r Cnlinn Complftc Th*lr T.alinrii?Tli^.r Mailt- it FIiikI I'lca For lterl|iroclt.v - Tito I'rrolilent l'roini <p* to Appoint a. Coimtilxvlon an Soon ?? the Government In OrcanUetl. Washmgto: P. C.?The Culian deleRation completed its labors in Washington on Saturday. In tin* morning the delegates mot Seevetary Itoot, irlio escorted .horn to the White House, where they bad a final and decisive talk with President McKinley. Then they paid a visit of courtesy to all the officials whom they have met. and Dually they started for New York City, homeward bound. The proceedings at the Willie House were interesting and important. Scnor Capote acted as spokesman for the delegation. He thanked the President for the mnuy courtesies shown them, which they accepted as expressions of good will to the Cuban people. He invited the President to visit Cuba, to see for himself the conditions in tipIsland. and learn from contact with the inhabitants of the love and affection whl h the Cubans have for the United States, and their appreciation of what has been done for them by this Coverunieut in their struggle for freedom. Senor Capote asked the President to do something for the Cubans upon an economic line, especially in the matter of reciprocal trade relations. lie sahl that it was especially desirable to have something of mis kind done before the next crop was harvested, in order that tile t unnns might realize the advantages to tliem of closer political ami economic relations with the Uuited Slates. In reply tlio President said it was Impossible to settle the economic questions until the political questions were disposed of. lie told the delegates to first form their Government, and then they would he in a position to enter Into negotiations with the United States as to trade relations. Senor Capote responded that son.-?tliing ought to he done while the Cuban Government was forming. He thought that, while the United States was exercising control, there might tie arrangements perfected similar to those under < ntcniplntion by the Secretary of War in ISPS, when the Government first passed under control of the United States, lie told the President that the Cuban ltrpeMIc did not wisli to he horn in poverty ajul rags, and if it couid not he wealthy, ii would at least prefer to have sonieihiiig with which to support itself, and to have i(s people in prosperous conditions, or with prospi rous conditions before tlieni. The President again reverted 1o the fact that under the present conditions, as the Secretary of War had advised tlieni, lie did not see how it was possible to settle any economic questions before the Cuban Government was formed. He would appoint Commissioners Immediately a'ler a (lovernuient was organized to negotiate with slmiliar Commissioners from the Cuban Government for reciprocal trade relations, and he believed that the United States would he ready to deal in a manner which would he beneficial to both countries. lie thanked the delegation for the Invitation to visit ttic Island, and told tlieni to assure the Cuban people of Ills friendly interest In tlieni am. Ilia desire to sec tlieni contented and prosperous. rspnor capote in tor said to a reporter: "We have concluded our business bore. Wo have had two interviews with tho President and fo\ r with tin? Secretary of War, during wliicli all matters that we came iiere to discuss have bad the fullest and most minute consideration. We came to consider the relations In ween C uhn and the United States and these, both political and economical, have had the most careful attention. We return to Cuba, mid will deliver io the Constitutional Convention all the information we have obtained. Information which is highly Important and interesting." General Wood had an hour's talk with the Prc.nuent before Ids departure. lie did not care to speak for publication or give his opinion of the result of the visit of the Cuban Commission. There is n general Impression among those who have been in close touch with the Cuban delegates Hint they will recommend the acceptance of the PIntt amendment by the Constitutional Convention when they return to Havana. Secretary I'oot lias made it plain to them that (lie amendment Is the United States policy. STUDENT K LL1D ON A STACI. I.muled Plato! tint Acriilrntnlly iti a I'lay ( Irrn nt iliirnaville. X. C. Burnsville, N. C.-W lillc playing tlip tragedy "i.ast Upon the World." in tllP flilKincr nv neo'^-" 1 ' ' 1 . ?iviii n ?j? nu: roan ley McCorniick lii;th School, a real tragedy whb enacted, when It N. McInturf, one of the students, was shot ' nnd killed hy Hit ecus llailey, another student, notti representing characters in the piny. When it became necessary for Knilcy In hi* role to defend hluiself with a revolver against n drawn knife in the hands of Mcluturf, he used by mistake n loaded pistol instead of the one with blanks, nnd in the presence of several hundred people Mcluturf was shot dend on the stage. The hoys were roommates and special friends. )RT F JURY ACQUITS CALLAHAN Says Ho Had No Part in the Kid- J rtaping- of Young- Cudaliy. Court Itrbiikm Ihr .Jary For It? Action? I Chief lloiioliur* S?j? Cimc ARiiinit Crowp In Weakened* Omnhn, Neb.?After considering over night the guilt or innoeeuee of James j Callahan, the Jury announced that lie j whs not guilty of complicity in the kidnaping of Kdwnrd Cudnby, Jr. The verdict was an evident surprise to the Court, and Judge linker expressed his disgust in emphatic terms. Callahan was arrested, on two other counts, which the State is not now prepared to say will lie made use of. as no new evidence is at hand, and the expense of going over the ground again is considerable. The Jury notilied Judge Baker at 9 o'clock a. m. that it had settled upon a verdict, and the news spread among attorneys and interested persons, so that an audience of tifty awaited tli * twelve men as they tiled into the courtroom. Call"* nn's face was n blank as ae w .ed the verdict unfolded ami read. A.* the words "Not guilty" were pronounced. however, Callahan half rose to ids feet, his lips parted in a smile, ?nd he turned tiis eyes gratcfu. .* toward the jury. Judge Baker studied the wording of I lie vedirt for several minutes In silence. as if lie doubted the evidence of his ears. Then, addressing the jury, he rebuked litem in must vigorous I terms. [ "If Callahan had made his own . choice of a Jury," the Court said, "he . COllId lint linvi* <.a...o...i .... .-V . V *\ \? I ?> I-I * r illt'U ' who would have scrvil hiiu more j faithfully. If the State for its part j had made the select son. 1 know of no ! men It could have named who could ' have been less careful of its interests, j The Jury Is discharged without the | compliments of the Court, and the 1 prisoner is likewise turned loose as to | i this trial. I presume to continue the | I criminal practices in which you have failed to check him. I do not know what motive actuated you iu reaehin,; this decision, but I hope none of you 1 will ever appear a sain iu this jury | box." The jury evidently was ill at ease (luring this arraignment, but did not make any response, and filed rapidly from the hex as soon as It was at liberty. In the hallway Callahan mumbled his thanks and shook the jurymen's hands. Chief of Police Dnnohue says he will urge Mr. Cndnliy to at once withdraw the proffered reward of SoOOO for the apprehension of Pat Crowe. "Crowe might easily make an appearance ami claim the reward hint- | | self." said Chief Oonohue. "as the evl- | deuce against him is no more direct than that against Callahan. In my j eighteen years of experience with criminals 1 have never heard more absolutely convincing evidence than that presented against Callahan. There was not a single flaw in tli testimony, | ! and the evidence of guilt was overwhelming. j "From the information I hate so- j cured as to the sentiment of the jury. , I believe that its decision was based | largely on the theory that the victim of the affair was a wealthy man, and i as such Is able to suffer. Two of the j jurors. I am informed, expressed their | opinion that no kidnaping had c' curred. and they had taken their eatli ' as Jurors with this conviction in their minds. "The SfiO.OOO offered for the eon vie tion of the three men concerned In tlie crime, however, will stand." PLEAD FOR FORMER SULTAN. ' fuvk-i Auk AM In KlT.-ftin; lilt Kiilrmc !Frum h I.I vIiiGnvr, Paris. France. The French League of the Rights of Man has received ? loiter from the Ottoman Liberal Com ; inittce in Constantinople appealing to the league to take up the propaganda for the release of former Sultan Mourn d, tvho was deposed on August 151. ISTtl. on grounds of ill-health ami mental Incapacity. The committee proceeds, in par'., ns follows: "The deposed Sultan is undergoing a martyrdom in prison in Tehlragan more cruel than the sufferings of the victim of Devil's Island. lie was Imprisoned on the pretext of madness, lie has not seen a human face, except that of his .lailer, for twenty-five years, nor u letter, a newspaper or hook. Hp Is not allowed to leave his rooms, and thus is lntried iu a living gin ve." The committee urges that, if he is really deranged, lie should be treated scientifically. KAISER TO AVENGE SUBJECT. Srml. K<|ir(lilion to Native* Who Killed Wealthy Herman. Sydney. N. S. \v.?Horr Mercke. a Herman millionaire, who was cruising in ids yacht, and Herr Caro, his private secretary, recently were murdered by natives of the island of New ltrilaln. off the northeast const of Papain IIerr Cave's body was oaten. Berlin, fiermnny. J'mporor William has ord red Captain I'aesehew of the llci'man aecond-elass cruiser Hnnsn to roniinnnd a punitive expedition from China to avenge the murder of Hcrr Mereke. The I>l?a?trr at Grlrtlirim. An offlelnl return from (Jrleselm. near Frank tort, < Germany, shows thai seventeen persons are dead nud fort} injured as the result of the explosion and tire near there. MIL OUT MILL, S. C., WEI ELEPHANT KILLS TRAINER Holds tho Man With Fore Feet on a River's Bottom. Henry Ilufl'man, n Well-Known Anim.il Keeper, tlio Victim of " IJIj; Charley," ut l'eru. In,!. Peru. Intl.?II **~y Huffman, a wellknown animal trainer, with the Wr.let.,M?>o m.it .. fi/iHi.HJ.r Untl. 1,n..A being killed by It'g riiarloy, a monster elephant, while the animal wn.i bathing In the Mlsslssinewa Itlvrr. Rig Charley wound his trunk almut Keeper ITiifTman and hurled him far Into the stream. The man was unlnlured. and wlu n he returned he said: '"Why. Charley. I did not think that of you: arn't you ashamed of yourself." The next instant llutTman was grabbed by the big elephant and thrown to tln? hot torn of the river and held titer by the fore feet of the animal. Huffman w:.s drowned. Then, w'th a great roar, the o'ophant ran away. Several shownvm shot at libn. with no efTeet. lie brolte tiown fenees and roamed about In a big field, keeping everybody at a distanee. Annies loaded with strychnine were thrown near him. and lie eat or;. An hoor later he lay down, and was In terrible agony. A ritle shot setlied him. Itlg Charley weighed over three tons, ami was valued nt SlO.OOft. and 1 Ills lifetime bad killed four men. Keener Huffman at different times was animal trainer in Kalrmovnt Park, T'liMad lnhla, and Cetdral I'ark. New York city, ills home was nt Columbus. Ohio. Itnlnli Kill" a IVinnlp Tleer. Tlndnlo. N. Y.?'Uii'nh. th? t!?ro~ which recently attacked nul almost kll'od its owner. Frank Itosfnpit, 1 lndlananolis. killed a female tlcor at tin* Kxno?itlon emends. ltoth titrors won* in tlio sittne eittrc. but were senorated by slrene wooden bars. TV* female trot too close to the liars ami Uajah caught ..rr by the throat. A MADMAN'S TEPR'BLE DEED. An InFitno Kli'ftrlrlin ^tinntn I'lvo Men i\t 1'orflnnd. Mr. Portland. Mo.- In a fi' of temporary [Insanity Ceoveo M. Ttrainerd. an oleetrlotan. shot to dratli 1. N. Fat*n..nm. olilof olootrlolan. and Karl" Ttnxton. an assistant: fainlly wounded J nines Wadswortb, of T.ewlslon, and Fbu u* T.ano. of Mechanics' Falls, and slbrh*Iv wounded Deputy Marshal Willnrd Frith. I'.rainrrd is nndor arrest. All the men oonoTiird were omnloyrd In inakhiy oxt-wsivo clien* es In tho now exchange of thr Now F.nirland Tolonhono ( onmanv. It w s about l.r.n o'oloolc when llrahmrd soddonlv drrw a revolver. wli*"li ii pointod at Fnrnnani. l?*ll!nt him in stantlv. Th**n h<* turned. and i" rnn'd suooosalon shot Wad*worfh. F.uxinn and I.nno. who woro in soonrato cor| nors of tho rootn. Tho alarm was | sounded. and t..o police wore on t! , soono within a few nrnntes. j As Deputy Marshal Fri'li rrachod [llio fop of thr flight of stairs lio > < joolvod a ballot in lit" ri-riit s!d'\ Tlio . npputv continued on downed tit" murderer lioforo '"o oonM shoot again and placed irons upon liim. PATRICK HELD ON TEN COUNTS. II* la Clmrj-cd Dlrfotljr With the Murder of William Mar*h Hire. Now York City.?Tho indictment sgalnst Albert T. Patrick for murder in tin* first degree contains ton counts. catneu i*? charged dirccily with the murder. Charles F. Jon s. tin* valet, bolus Ignored altogether. In separate counts Patrick is/ charged with kill lug William Marsh I'ice with chloroform. with mercury, and with an unknown poison; with chloroform and mercury together and with ch'orofortu ano an unknown poison together. ami again with all three of the articles. 3Ils.*ion^rlf* Killed Ity (Invert*. The Secretary of Stale, at Washington, has received a report prepared by the llev. J. V. Stevenson, of the Chinese Inland Mission, showing the number of pi rsons belonging to i'rutestant missionary families who were murdered in the ltoxer troubles. The total is loti, divided as follows: llritish. seventy adults and twen.> eight children; Swedish, tony adults ami sixteen children; American, twenty-four adults ami eight children. Ktoln u Sofo Containing S 10,000. Two men secured Jjiu.uoo in gold in the most audacious roubery ever known at Anaconda, Alon. During >ue tuny moruuig hours ttiey lorceu the main doors of the "Alaska" sa.oou, carried out the UOJ-pouud safe, putceu it iu au express wagon, and drove ouisidc the c?ty limits. After orenkiiig , open Wie and securing it* cuu.euia tuey escaped. CliU'itgu'e CIllcT of I'olli-e Knicni, Chick.' ui' I'olice J OS-Jill Kip.iy, of Chicago, hanucd lus lcsiguutioa i'u .Mayo/ ilaiiison. 'in j Mayor io.il tli I'nii'i' laai iio Had no in.em.on oi reappointing him, ami the resignation iuimcdiaiely loliowcd. 1'lenty of Money In Knniai, i>taU? Ua'ik Commissioner Albnugii. at lopiu: , Kan., says Un-rj never w.. -o uiucn money in iv:.n.-as as a. pre. out. 'i lie ban.; van.is arc loaned iv.lii tbe proDis from it.vereiUiil .un..r.lc Coal I>l?rovery In Iceland. Great coal deposits liaie becu discovered near the Nowd i' jord, ou me east coast or Iceland. L T )NESDAY, MAY I, PJ01 KILLED IN AH EXPLOSION Tons of Smikless Powder BIov/ Up Near Frankfort, Germany. FIRE SWEPT NEAR3Y VILLAGES I'tie Dlnn.trr Cnuwrd l?y i* Sniiill I'lro Which Ii;nilril Several VcMrl* of I'icrlc Acid, I''\|>IihIIiii; F??rly Ton* of SmokelcNM I'onilvr ? l'icld Hospital* Krcctcd? M Hilary Sent to the Scene. Frankfort, t.ermany.- Oucof the most disastrous explosions on record ooourred at the Kleetto-Cheniieal Works, tu ~r Criesheiin, where smokele ? powt* is maiinfactured. Most of the hollers exploded. The noise was so great that it was heard at great distancer. including Frankfort and Mayence. Nearly 200 persons were killed an 1 injured. The factory Immediately became a mass of (lames, and a northeast wind carried the sparks to neighboring villages. where several houses were set on lire. Eighteen cylinders, each containing about one hundredweight of smokeless powder, were in the room where the explosion occurred. Troops were immediately ordered .o (Jrlosliciin to prevent the tire spreading to the large benzine reservoirs near by. Fire brigades from every place in the neighborhood linrried to the scene; but, owing to the dangerous nature of the ruins and the fear of a renewal of the explosions, tlit? greatest d illicit it y was experienced it stopping the thanes. Only after live hours of strenuous effort was the lire to some extent eon- , trolled and the danger passed, so as i make ii possible to begin the work f , extricating the bodies. Half a company of Infantry and i . scores of physicians were Smmri.inte- 1 ly hurried to the scene from Frank- 1 | fort, as was nearly the whole force of I . tire fighters of ibis eitv iiiwniinie 1 j woiv hastily .nprovised. The inhabitants of <?rieshcim wnv i ordered to leave their village and lied t<> this city. When it was ascertained | ( that no further danger was atiticii paled, tlie inhah'.tants were allowed to return to their homes. ! Four sheds for > "cssing the wounds j of the Injun d w >ro erected. The j catastrophe originated in a small lire. 1 which, ignite.1 several receptacles of picric add, ?mixing the llrst explosion. The houses adjoining the faeJ tory were partly demolished hy the i violence of th? explosion, j A number of children who were ! hurled hy the explosion into the Itiver ! Main, were drowned before resetters j could reach tliem. Several firemen arc among the victims. | D7. BAU7T3 H3R0I2 D IATH. f'rrUlirs AVIiilc (iolntr Hit* Aid oT n Sick .Minor .it Niim . Seattle. Wash. Partial continuation of the rumors of death in Alaska hy ' freezing has horn received. Th Nome , Cold Digger of .(anttary .'lit says; "i)r. l'ellon, one of the bos? known and most esh eined young pioneers of Alaska, was frozen on the trail on the i night of .lantiar.v 1 near Solomon. He ' : came from Oakland, Pal., and was j j ti.irty-thive years of age. 1 ?r. \V. F. | ! P.aum perished while carrying medical ! assistance to a sick miner. Dr. llaum i j left Nome en .Iune HI last, lie was a I j native of Mobile, Ala., and saw service j | in the Puban war. "A story war. told at the Chamber of , ! Commerce meeting of sixteen men and , 1 a woman huddled together in a maimed ! a:-:! mutilated condition from frostbite i in a cabin on Pilgrim Itiver, unable to lie down because of the crush and with ' starvation facing them. Oencrous injdi.iduals rtnl companies donated money and food. Within two hours an emergency supply of food was living over toe trail by moonlight, drawn by swift dogs. The next day a number of tlie victims arrived in town, and told thr>iv wtniT Sn- ... ?>* ?' * badly frostbitten, and had ciuiurt d severe hardship?." v/locat oil c3nc.rm3, .Vllllnui of Wat*rfil Stork Tloalccl l?y | wittily T?xit? Eiit?irj?rlm*t?. Austin, Texas.?A careful iuvcslljration into the tinanciiil condition and method of operation of a little number of the companies which have been formed under the laws of Texas to op crate in the lieaumout oil lichl shows that fully tifty per cent, of them are wildcat concerns, and that their only object is to dispose of their watered stock, often atiiotiiiiitr; to several hundred thousand djllars, to unsuspecting investors. It is predicted thai the collapse will soon conic, and tiiat the people of Texas of small i leans who have invested Jn these worthless stocks will be the principal sutferers. it is conservatively estimated that fully !> ?',00 t.oOO Oi oil s ock have been roltl by companies in Texas during tli past two moil.lis. adelbir r ha f ricuz Tim Pretoria Co.isntii'.ii|> Sluy lta I.eft Open Tor u 'i'iiar. Washington. If- C. ? Adelliert Hay, son ui the Secretary of State tui< pignctl his position as t.'iiitcil Slates i'onsuMiciieral at Pretoria. The* residua tiou takes eiLCCk Immediate!}*. lu view of the great expense of living at Pretoria, U Is possible that the ullice will lie left vacant until Congr* ss cuu have an oppoiiuuity to net up mi a recoiniueuriatiou from the bxecutito looking to an increase in the salary. IME! THE NEWS EPITOMIZED WASHINGTON ITEMS. Interna 1 revenue collections tlirourh- I out the eountry (luring March. 1001. footed un $2-l.tno.74."?. a decrease, as compared with March. 1000. of $'203,or?r?. ue Cuban Commissioners wore received bv I'res'dent MoKinloy. and a dinner In their honor was -riven at the White Ilomo in the evening. ..loyd Criscom. 1'nitod States Spect.ai-v of T.e-ratioii at Constantinople. decided to return at the expiration of bis lea ve. President MoKinley pardoned TT-'orv f?nodes. President, ami Wnller W. Cb-anlt. Ca?bler. sentenecd in 1S07 to cl-rlit years In the Ohio Penitentiary for ember/lint feeds of Hi- American National HatiH of New Orleans. Hieloientie disnlensure will b- s. own to Venezuela for President ?'"?tru's attitude toward Minister I.oomis. .lolin A. Kasson s-vered liis ollelal | connection with the State Department as Special l'eciproclty Commissioner. The War Department will not interfere with Sir William Van Home's prolect for a railroad In Culm. First Denutv of the PnPed States Treasury Maurice 1.. Mulileuiau resigned. to go into business. on: Aiiornai ist.aniis. ' ?tere arc 2.".0U0 lepers In tlio Philippines, and it is planned to isolate all on one island. Hiculenant William Patterson, of the Coast Artillery, is to lie tried by courtmartial. at Manila, for misappropriating funds. Major tloorgo. the Surgeon In -Chief. Fnvs that Havana. Cuba. is without a fa s?* of yellow fever. llv ait executive nn'rr establishing an insular naval force. Filipinos who i-nl'si in the service -vill receive onelialf tin* nay of other seamen of the same ftitiiigs. i i niiM isrir. Tin' Staff Hank Examiner of OSoor,';ia reports forty more hanks in the State than on September f? hist, a total of 177. I Short In his noeotmfs f?100rt. Assistant Postmaster P. II. Prexel. at Tarpoii Springs, Ela.. was arresb d. Arriving at Sail Franelsco.Pal., from j China. Minister E. 11. Conner said tlie j missionaries were not responsible for the reeeiit troubles. A run on the First National Hank, of | Moscow, Idaiio. was cheeked by a union of business men. Virgil P. MeMaster. of Nineveh. N. Y.. an exeeutor of the estate of Jane Push, cf Colesville, was arrested for inisnsiii|: $2d.0i>0 of the estate funds. , With the greatest crops In the history of flie Territory In readiness for harvesters. Arizona ranchers cannot lind < nou.;'li men to rlo the work. A hill was passed by Hie T.nner IToupe of the Illinois Legislature proItlhlt ing the sale. giving away or bring- ) ing into the Sia of cigarettes. Robbers who blew open the vault of the I'irst .National Hank .it Wiseasset, M".. secured nothing. The last sale of a new York {stock F> change seat made a record price - , ? in. Shirt waists were oflicially denied New York tireinen. P.y "tiiis" from .lames .T. Hill, former Senator Pet; igrew.of Soutli nakota, ( is said to have cleared ?2."0,000 on ' sto< ks. The schooner Samuel Rick or was | run down and sunk off Comtleld. C inn., j bv the hall River steamer Pilgrim, i Captain Allen, of the schooner, being drowned. The traffic season at Nome, Alaska, lias opened. A stucco trust is proposed In the West. Charles C. Stockley, ngrcd eighty two years, former Coventor of Delaware, I died at <irorttotown, Del. Tola I.re. a Chinese merchant, applied for police protection at New York City, snyinv: his i.?e was threatened by Highbinder?. Ohio. Indiana and Illinois, through their AMorn-ys-tletuval formed a friendly a'l ame to eradicate frutululent lasurar.e,. companies. I'.y means of a breeches lntoy the crew of the life saving station at ; chedwM;. X. J., resetted Cnp.uin Me- 1 Keller and Ids crew of seven nun j from the stranded schooner Molti. The transport Carmine arrived at San Franc.seo. Cab. from Manila, having mi hoard the Tweiiiy-slxlli iteahnent and the unusual number of In a jealous mice .John II. Corman. foreman of a cooper mine, shot ami killed ileorge Mi-L'nrtby, at Milton, Cal.. ami then Mew himself to pieees witli giaat lutvilrr. VOUKJCN*. I.omlon adviees have it that the Amcrieaii allotment of the new 15ri?ish war loan will be $lb.Ooo.tMJ. Sir Miehael Hicks Ifeaeli, Chancellor ol the Ihwneqiier, at l.omton, linol'iiud a deputation n. coal owners ami exporters Unit tiie export tax oil foal would not be dropped by the t.ovetulneiii. Sir Kills Aslnue.'id l'artlelt, M. I'., was lined in a I.omlon police ruuix tor an a.-.-aud upon a lawyer's clerk. A dispateu l'roiu Home says that 11 rc.se i, tue assassin 01 King liinnoe.i, is insane in consequence of tue in t .intent 01 his jailers. Peace is rapidly being restored in j Colombia. The Kg.'ptian budget shows a stir- I plus, estimated, ot ^.iko.uoo, lor lDOl. I The ltev. James Chauuers and the I Itev. Oliver Mount ins were uuuueted I by natives in .Sew Ouiueu. NO. T. YOUNG GIRL A BURGLAR Ratio AMen Confesses to Many Crimes in Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Who" Durovcreil Ari?U???t '-IrsnTO l'<uu?i Woulal PiTtrnil In Br ? ?Cmiclit by the l'ollrf. Poushkeopsie, N. Y. Residents to (1h< fashionable seetlon of this city liave boon eoinplaininsr for some week? of petty robberies and several servants liave been discharged on sns pteem. 1'uusiuil o(Torts have boon made to discover (lie thief and the to,'"story was otenred when Chief of Potloo MoTntio arrested twelve yenrold Katie Alton, who confessed to n series of burglaries and lliefta w'!:!?t! nstonMmd 1 bo police. KiOlc admitted that after sehnol It was tier onsloin to visit the hooves of the well to do as a beggar. \t tlte home of Mrs. 11. l'nytnond site was mot In the yard, and aocnsed of having taken some money from the hoove. "1 am only bogging." she said, "hut T hist piet n rough looking man gohig ont of tlio "itto. Ho must have stolon the nmnoy." Suspicion Wte aviefnit. Katie's ba?-kot was fifed with gooil things and she was allowed to go. At tlio home of Mrs. Kltr.a T.erov Katie vocoived no answer at the kitchen dooe. nml climbed through a window. She tlu*n plundered (lie lower part of the house while the femilv were up stairs. In the home of Mrs. 1'rcdrrlek I.n ens Katie made her way to the uuper floor and stole a ohlhrs hank anil Its eonti nls. She was met by o servant as she was going ont tlie hack door, and. telling a tearful store of poverty, ohfnineil a basketfnt of food. In one Pislnnee. where she was lit torrented by a servant, she diverted sii?n!eion by promptly Impiiring for ii in irin \viim was NlUlWil Irt rro qi'pntlv \ Nil that liniMi. Wlim arrest oil she said :'t first t.at rIip li.nl latflv pom* to work In a far tory and li.nl earned I'm money. the RiMMiiltuK of which attracted attention. PHYSICIANS Bll L SI9V.0D. Or. W. C. I'.vownlnu'n Claim A?nlmt Ihn i;>tnto ?>r ( lirU i#. Mnjr", Pittsburg. IVnn.?Tin* estate of the (ate Stati* Senator Chris T?. Mnw has received a ) > 111 from !>r. Willi or <5. Browning. of Philadelphia. for r,rx).flOO for nmressionni s 'i \ .res during the la<| illness of Senator Muscp. Pr. Browning wni In attendance on Senator Matron for nventymil* niont-m previous to Ids ?! :*. Ii?. llo areoninanied film to several |I'ircs for tin* recovery r?? liis health. Tin* fop Is brl'evril to In* oiip of I)< * largest of its Uiinl over rlinaged in tin* Initial Slates. TI'.P tiitl OOVelS t\V >!ll\ "IIP lll'illths' treatmint. ami tin* ehnnres an* at tlir rati* of Ssi) imu* treatment lionr. One eliartre is SI7.0ft) for Ins) summer's treatment at Atlantic Oily, and nivilhpr SfJ.ni o for neeonipnaiving the deceased to Hot f rings, Ya. Tli?* executors of tin* .Magpp pstale rofnsi* to discuss l>r. B,-<?\\ ning's tiilL It is learneil from reliable rmtrppH. Imwi?ver, tliat t lit* bill will be contest* (d. REGULAR ARMY OF 7,.303. Prt**li1t*tif .mil Si?rr^tiirf Ko.it fiftiii rnl )lil< k'' ItcroiiiinfndHtNin. Washington. 1). ('.? It has lfcn determined to increase tin- regular army to approximate 7(5.000, ami to leave it nt that number unh? ( conditions In the I'hilippiii* g should make more troops necessary. The 1'residcnl ami (secretary lloot hate so do<*i?le<l. The fetalis will be worked out by the eeretary and (leneral Miles. The decision is practically in line with a ri oiiuiioml.il ion made by (!cneral Miles several mouths ago and ie* newcd by bim in a letter to the Secretary of War recently. In I.i letter (lencral Vile: r. eonimi n led that tlio army be limited to one udder to every HHHl of population, namely, 70,HUO men. The number of olTieers nppnin' ?d will be as originally derided. 'I'l.h artillery corps will be Increased U Its lull strength of IS.tKJt) men. BRITISH RECRUITS f ALL CFr. Ilir Tlinm Krroiaiinrml* I'nit (Sir Aniff* Uiiu .Sy#trui lid Adoptril. London. The annual lei'jru of re mining tut' iikhi shows a total tnlUtliivia ok PS.otil, against 4-,,{.10 in ibo'J. The recruiting tor the iuiaiitry is regarded as unsatisfactory. lit .spite of the impetus 01 tlit* war and to* iniuetion in tin* Mliiiidard of heigh:, tlto number of enlisted iiifuuirj iiit'M t.i lj?i? low that of 18'jv), tin* recruits generally liavkUg preieired toe snowier tiraucties of the service* 'J lit* J inies, in tlit* tours * of no editorial on tt-c lima volutin* recruit iug report, computes the lcnins here ivnu those ot the succt'ssiui AiueikCJii system. which it thinks thouid tie uni* Until in I lie l nited Kiu^uoiu. FA.IIiR lb AU-UjEJ. .11 urtlcr of III* livo Ctiltil>'<'.? Not ('jrnmitted b i llurglars. Paris, I uuec.?Tie. Vidowcr uniiicd ISrit-re, \vnose live t'Uihhvii were nniftlcrcu at t'tin it res, ii.ucouii'uu.til With tne eliuUn.li s bodies m t'ie prcscucu u magistrate, wuose qucs.ious the man ret used to uuntver. ito was therefore plated uuuer arrest. 'the Urst repot.* of the criuie utiribuietl the ku.uig of the eUildreU io oui'giur*. who. it was said, SkUoocd and mud geoued theui to siieute their cries of aiarui upou discovering that unuvee were iu tue house. _ ^