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VOL. X.
PEACE IN SOUTH AMERICA
Nicaragua and Ecuador Give Notice
oi Friendly Feeling.
ASSURECOLOMBIAOF NEUTRALITY
AcconlliiK In Advlcns 1'ccpIvo<1 In Wnsliincton
the Ciinncpn ot' War llolwi't'ii
Colombia R.iil Venezuela An* Ucmnt"
?Colninhl'tn Itvvn'iitiiinlntii Arc *>rfratrd
by Government Forces.
Washington, D. C.?Official mail nd,vices
received at the Colombian Legatlon
here, tend to show, it is stated,
that the chances of a war between
Colombia and Venezuela grow more
distant every, day.
; 1 The mail contained information to
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the effect that hotlt the Nlcnrnguan
'and Ecuadorean Governmcnta have
given the Colombian Government the
fullest assurances that they will remaln
strictly neutral with regard to
the strained relations between Colombia
and Venezuela.
|r The ninll also brought the details of
the complete defeat of a hand 01* 2500
Cqlombinn revolutionists under General
Marin at 'the town of Annpoynm
by the Government forces. The in
surgeuts had previously occupied the
ktown of Girndot, on the Magdalena
River, which Is small, hut important
As being a railroad terminus.
t It Is stated that llUKXJ Colombian
troops nre guarding the border, in
command of General Gonzales Valencia,
who was formerly Minister of
iVVar in the Colombian Cabinet. j
warships roit Tut isthmus.
Colon, Colombia.?Isthmian affairs
continue quiet. The United States
guuboat Machias will go to llocas del
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AMAPALA, A COAST 1
Toro If favorable news for the Government
is not received from tliut
point
Washington, I>. O.-Tho Ranger
sailed from Aculcnpo for Panama to
watch over American interests there
during the revolution troubles.
Victoria, It. C.?His Majesty's ship
'Aniphion took aboard three scowloads
of ammunition. The Ampldon has
boon ordered to prepare to proceed
to Panama, and the torpedo boats
Virago and Sparrow liuwk are to go
With her.
KiUviulor devolution Imminent.
San Francisco, Cal.?The steamer
San Jose, from Central America, reports
that reports were current at
Acajutla that another revolution for
the purpose of overthrowing the Government
of Salvador was imminent,
though no outbreak had taken place.
SAVED BY VICTIM'S FATHER.
Advlm-d Muh Nut to l.yneli Nci;ro Who
Attempted to AMHUiiit II Im Child.
Fort Smith, Ark. Louis Smith, a
flfty-live-year-ohl negro, that a mob
Intended to take from the county jail,
was sat eti from lyuchitig by ttie ac
uon 01 tin* ranter ui a mile white
girl whom Smith is charged witli having
attempted to assault.
The mob forurcd ui the Court House
Just before midnight. ltefore a plan
had been agreed upon Watson, father
of the child, appeared. When called
upon to take the leadership he advised
the crowd to p? rinit the law to take
Its course. This unlooked-for action
on the part of the father caused the
tuob to disperse.
Four Miner* Fail to Death,
l?'our miners were Instantly killed
at a mine at Chenoa, til., l>y the snapping
of the cable supporting The cage.
The men fell JW7 feet.
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BOYS PLOTTED MURDER
Three Charity Lads Intcndod to Kill
a Farmer and His Wife.
Klnilncut WfttUonPtl One Yonnffftier. Who
Krvpntpil the lYmholtrsil Scheme to IIU
Ilrucfactor ami Proposed Victim.
Springfield, Mass.?From the hillsides
of CfltntiiiuKton. which furnished
the Inspiration for MilIIam Cullen
Bryant's "Thnnatopsls." comes n
tale of youthfnl deprnvlty unparalleled
in the auuals of Western Mns|
sachusetts.
A few weeks ago three State wards,
eight. ten and twelve years old, were
placed In the care of Walter Ford, n
wealthy Cummlngton farmer. In
I in ?i mom 11 i.i \;uaioiiKiry lor mi.'
] State to pay Sl.riO a week board for
[ each child, and the person with whom
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ITALi OF VENEZUELA.
' they are sent to board also Is entitled
to such work as be can pet out
of his charges. Ford declares that
lie treated ills boys well and that
apparently they were well satisfied
with their lot.
A few days ago the oldest of the
three boys was taken ill with the
eolie. Tin* hoy's sickness neeessltatOil
\f r Knr?1'o luiiiiff tin nort ot' 1 l?o
night. When Mr. Ford was nbout to
retire the boy said that he had a eoufession
to make. The other two boys
he said had plotted to murder Mr.
Ford and his wife, after which they
purposed to ransack the house and
then destroy tho evidence of their
guilt by lire. Mr. Ford sit tirst regarded
the information as the wandering
of a disordered brain, but the
detail of the plan caused him to be
on his guard. The attempt would bo
made, Mr. Ford's informant said, that
very niglit, just on tho alroke of
twelve.
The ten-year-old boy was to stand
at Mr. Ford's head and the eightyear-old
boy by the head of Mrs.
TOWN OF NICARAGUA.
Ford. Roth would rarr.y axes and at
a slpn.il Mr. and Mrs. Ford were to
ho struck on the head three times.
About 11."0 Mr. Ford heard noises
in the chain her of the boys and soon
stealthy footsteps eould be distinguished
coming toward the bedroom
occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ford. Mr.
Ford feigned sleep, and as the boys
entered the room he sprang up and
quickly disarmed the larger one.
The boy of eight made a futile swing
at Mr. Ford with ids ax. but it struck
the tloor harmlessly. Mr. Ford locked
the boys in a room ami fliformed the
State agent to take them off his
hands.
The hoys were brought to this city
by State Agent Southmayd, who re
msea 10 ciiseiose tnoir names and
former homes. Mr. Southmayd intimates
that the hoys will lie turned
loose on some other unsuspecting
farmer as soon us one can he found.
Mr. Ford says lie is through board*
lug wards of the State.
INDIANS HAVE SMALLPOX.
A Violent Outhrenk Among the IVInnelingoen
In WlSconMln.
Black River Falls, Wis.?Axel Jacobsen,
of Wittenberg, Superintendent of
tin* Indian Schools, together with l>r.
Quigg, of Touiali, was in this city investigating
the smallpox which is
prevalent among the Winnebago Indians.
They found the situation
much more serious than they expected.
Within a distance of three miles
there are thirty cases.
More than lifty cases are reported
from the towns of liroekway and I.nuehester.
It is impossible to force the
Indians to observe quarantine regulations
with the force the town lias
at its command. The City of Sturgeon
Bay, with a population of 8300,
' has been exposed to smallpox, and
I un outbreak is expected there.
MIL
liT MILL, S. C., WE DM
Tsteawboat blown up
Boiler of the City of Trenton Explodes
in tho Delaware River.
SCORES ARE KILLED AND INJURED
Tlie DlFantrr Occnra Nenr riillndelphln?
The StrHmpr 11ml Slany 'Women and
Children Aboard?After the Kxplnalor
She la Reached til u Kwnmp and Thex
Tnkea Fire?Muny I.lvca Are Savwl.
Philadelphia, Penn. ? Through the
bursting of one of the boilers, the
steamboat City of Trenton, of the Wilmington
Steamboat Company, plying
between Philadelphia and Trenton,
was blown to pieces in the Delaware
Itiver. Four persons were killed instantly.
and at least eight were
drowned. Mighty persons more or less
seriously injured were taken from the
wreelc of the steamboat and hurried
to the hospital. Of this number several
were not expected 10 live. After
the explosion the boat caught tire and
ran aground. She is now a wrecked
and blackened hulk in the marshes of
Torresdale, sixteen miles above this
city.
There was a report in circulation
that the City of Trenton had been rae
Ing with another steamboat, the Twl- i
light, but this was denied.
The dead tire: .1. IV Chew, assist- [
rut engineer; Elizabeth <liven, of ;
Philadelphia; Arthur Lansing. mnMer.
of Trenton. N. James (VConiiell. I
fireman, of Wilmington, Del.; Matt
Ma Me. Grema.ii. of Philadelphia: August
Ma hie. deckhand, of Plliladel !
pliia: and live passengers, names nil- ;
known. The missing are: Mrs. John
Matthews, of Philadelphia; Matilda 1
Cross, of Philadelphia; and two ehii- i
Iron, who were seen to jump over-, j
hoard.
The City of Trenton makes daily j
trips between Philadelphia and Tren- j
ton. stopping at lhirlington. N. J.;
Bristol. Penn., and other points on
the way. She left the company's
wharf at 1.45 o'clock p. m. Iter passenger
list wis lighter than usual,
nnd she carried Tory little freight.
Captain W. A. Worrell was In charge
nnd the other officers were: Edward
Curry, pilot; .T. W. Vnnderveer, mate;
Edward Murpliy, chief engineer; J.
D. Chew, assistant engineer. and
i iiiyion ueynom, purser. .\nmit iwoivc
firemen and deckhands were aboard.
Nothing of inomont occurred until
'lie boat reached Torresdnle. At a
point opposite what Is known as the
Harrison Mansion, n spacious building
fronting the Delaware River, the
steam pipe connecting with the port
I toiler burst with a deafening report.
Before any of ihe passengers or employes
had an opportunity of seeking
safety another explosion occurred, and
'his time the port boiler was burst
to atoms. Scalding steam and water
poured into the cabin, and sections
of the woodwork of the boat were
torn away by the force of the blast.
Those of tile passengers who were
not seamed and scarred by the scalding
steam and boiling water were
struck by the flying portions of the
splintered enhin. Legs and arms were
broken, and faees and bodies scalded.
The screams of the injured eould be
heard 011 shore, anil the eries of those
who leaped and were blown into the
-iver were heartrending.
So great was the form of the explosion
that :! piano In the upper drawing
room of the hoat was hurled many
feet away from the hoat into the river.
This proved a fortunate circumstance
for many of the injured passengers.
Thrown into the water,
scalded and otherwise injured so that
they were rendered helpless, they
dung to the piano, which had fallen
into shallow water, until they were
rescued.
By this time the vessel had caught
fire, and those of the passengers who
were still aboard were compelled to
leap for their lives. Fortunately the
water was not more than four feet
deep, and many were able to wade
ashore. Some, however, who were too
seriously Injured to help themselves,
were rescued by members of the bont
clubs that line the river front at this
point. The cnptnln and crew of the
boat conducted themselves well, rendering
all the assistance possible to
the Injured. Captain Worrell was the
last man to leave the boat.
All of the seriously injured were
hastily conveyed to the hospital of
the House of Correction at llohnesburg,
about three miles below Torresdale.
As soon as possible word was,
sent to Philadelphia for the police
boats Samuel II. Ashbrldge and Edwin
S. Stuart, and the emergency
corps of doctors. The two police
boats rendered effective service in
caring for the Injured. The physicians
and surgeons assisted In relieving the
suffering.
The City of Trenton was a new
three-deckeil steam craft, with propeller
and triple expansion engines. She
was of 400 tons burden. 105 feet long
and thirty-two feet beam. She was
valued at J?40,000, and was fully Insured.
I. I). Korkofcllor. Jr.. t<i
United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch
and Mrs. Aldrleli. at Providence,
It. I., announced the tngngcinent of
their daughter Abby to John D. llocke*
fi ller. Jr.
Snow In Knelaiid.
Storms of wind and rain have swept I
over * treat Britain, injuring the crops.
The stormy weather was accompanied
by November temperatures. Snow
felJ ftt Birmingham.
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ES1)AY, SEPTEMHEE
MINOREVENTSOFTHEWEEK
WASHINGTON ITEMS.
Secretary of War Root distributed
$1,000,000 appropriated by Congress
for the militia of the several States
and Territories.
The Department of Justice advised
the Navy Department to refuse payment
of vouchers presented to cover
royalties on ariuor made uudor the
Harvey process.
The report of the Canal Commission
was said to bo delayed pending
an expected offer of the Panama
Canal at the commission's estimate
from he French company.
The Surgeon-General of the Armv
objected to the employment of corn
doctors, ns recommended by Inspector-Generul
llende.
Intcrnnl revenue receipts for July,
1001. wore $29,1140.SOil, a decrease of
$77,494 as compared with July, 1900.
The Navy Department announced
the final acceptance of the battleship
Alabama.
President MeKinley Issued a proclamation
inviting all the nations of
the world to take part in the lanilsiana
Purchase Exposition, to be held
at St. Bonis.
OPE \nOPTKl> tsiAxns.
Martin de Castro, a well known
Cuba newspaper man, was killed at
Mnnznnillo by a member of the Rural
< luard.
Thirty od<l members of the Honolulu
liar charge Pulled States Judge Humphreys.
of Hawaii, with holding his
otlice for political purposes.
The Havana authorities will prosecute
K. C. Westall for the loss of
$1000 of postotliee money. The thieves
are known to the police.
A report cat schools in the Philippines
was made public.
English stockholders of Cuban railroads
protested against a proposed re- j
vision of rates.
To guard against a possible uprising '
of tlio Malays, the 3000 soldiers in
Manila will be increased by six com- j
panics of infantry.
The transport Thomas, with six j
hundred teachers on hoard, arrived
at Manila from Sau Francisco.
DOMESTIC.
Chicago's Board of Review raised
tin* assessment on ZIon Howie's property
from $15,000 to $500,000.
Edward Mortimer, a miner, sixtynine
3*enrs old, arrived in Dawson,
Alaska, with a story of his escape
from an lee plazed shaft where he
had been left to die.
Raymond Itoss, colored, was legally
hanged at Canton, Ga., for an assault
upon a white woman.
Tlptonville. Tonn., was almost destroyed
by fire. I
11. F. Jossey. United States Chinese ,
Insixytor, was accidentally killed at I
Tucson, Ariz., by the discharge of his
own gun. |
Former Postmaster John Andrews
was shot and killed nt Red Lodge, |
Mont., by John Routers, who mistook j
him for a bear.
Henry Stewart, a negro hackmnn of
Macon, Ga., was lynched for insulting
u white woman.
Two sailors of the fishing schooner
Niagara reached Gloucester, Mass.,
after being four days adrift in a small
dory.
The Chief of Phi ice at Lexington,
I\y., lost his Job by aiding revengeseeking
gamblers In breaking up faro
banks.
Mrs. Susan Field, widow of Stephen
,T. Field, Justice of the United States
Supreme Court, died at Oakland, Cal.
John -T. Gllllland, one of the most
prominent business men of Lincoln, j
N'cb.. was murdered by footpads.
Uy a decision in the Police Court
nt Dos Moines, Iowa, kissing and
bugging tuny bo indulged in In the
city parks.
In connection with the arrest of
Federal officials at Nogales, Ariz.,
charges of extensive bribery and
smuggling of Chinese were made.
Burglars dynamited the safe In the
postotlice at Petersburg, Tenu., and
got
The Iowa Democratic State Convention
nominated Thomas J. Phillips,
of Ottuinwn, for Governor, and adopted
a platform renttlrmlng the national
platform of the Kansas City National
Convention.
Matthew C. D. Iforden prevented a
reduction of wages and averted a
strike at Fall River. Mass., by bnyillir
tin Jill reirillnru !it tu'n ?...!#
COUtjj.
FOREIGN.
The body of the wife of Sir Areldbalil
Smith, Master of th?> ltolls, was
found in the ltlver Spey, England.
The German steamer Lnsitania was
sunk off the Cnsquet Hocks by tlit?
Spanish steamer Aniboto; four men
were drowned,
Excessive rains in parts of India and
drougths In otlior sections caused
damage to crops.
Joaquin Godoy, Chilian Minister to
Hrazil, died ai Hio Janeiro.
Eugenlo ?le Telxurn, Marquis de
Again Branca, was appointed the oflielal
represemative of the Brazilian
State of Mnranhao ut the I'nn-Auicrlcan
Exiiosition.
Edmund Beckett Falser, Conservative,
wns elected to succeed the Into
Hight Hon. William W. Heaeh. "Father
of the House of Commons."
Mutiny among the British troops in
South Africa was predicted in a private's
letter to a London paper.
Severe storms prevailed throughout
Southern France . tad Spain.
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L 4, 1901.
BOERS' LEADERS DEFIANT
President Kruper Denounces General
Kitchener's Latest Proclamation.
SAYS IT INTENSIFIES RESISTANCE
Cnimil-Rfnoinl Slnwc Sovn the Sontli
Afrlcjin I'roblom Undoubtedly I* I?lfflottlt
:ind Cnmpllrnlod ? Krii|;pr t'i?11?
llrltl*h I'rocliuimtHm "the Illnrhent
Crime Committed Agiitnot tTie Boith."
T-nnJou.?Tbo Daily Tt*l??Krai>h 1
llslics n loner Inlorvlow with Mr. Kmpe
r nt llllvorsum in ropartl to (lonoml
Kitchener's latest proclamation. The
correspond! tit says:
"Mr. Knisrr. who seemed greatly
Improved in health, spoke vohemently
and with intense feeling, rejecting
the idea that anything had been
changed except the attitude of the
Itrttish Government. lie insisted that
the taetles of the liners were still as
regular as at the beginning of the
war.
"lie declared that ever since the
rapture of Bloemfontcln the l'.rilish
had trampled upon the rode of interna
tionaI law. As for the provision
transports and rattle the British are
continually seizing. Mr. Kruger said
these were Intended not for the Uoer
coninuttidccn. which lived front hand
to mouth, hut for the women and children.
'He contended that General Kitchener's
proclamation itself reeogni/.ed
that the I'.oers had a regular administration
and an army. The proclamation
could have but otto effect to embitter
and intensify resistance.
"Having characterized the proclamation
as 'the blackest crime committed
against the liners.' Mr. Kruger
closed tlte Interview by solemnly
calling Heaven to witness that the
story of a Dutch conspiracy against
the British was 'an abominable lie.
the most mischievous and diabolical
lie ever coined since man first appeared
In the world."
"He said, however, that peace was
still possible on the basis ol* give and
take, ami that the Boers were ready
to make reasonable sacrifices and to
give satisfactory guarantees on the
basis of independence and free pardon
| to colonial Afrikanders."
James G. Stowe, the United States
Consul-Gcuernl in Cape Town, hns
arrived front South Africa. Mr.
Stowe said:
"I find myself marooned In London.
Apparently every berth 011 steamers
bound for America Is taken till the
eiul of September, nml I am anxious
to get borne, where I enn do away
with official enres and talk ns a private
citizen. You know more in Eondon
about the military conditions of
South Africa than It Is possible for
any one to know In Cape Town.
"The South African problem is undoubtedly
difficult ami complicated.
The topography of the country and
the mobility of the Hoers, whom the
Kngllsh columns are nimble to pursue
individually, make operations most
difficult. The British are feeding
many prisoners and are providing for
thousands of Boer families, all of
which is very nice on the part of
England. But in the meanwhile the
war drfl|gs on. There is a great future
for South Africa when peace Is
made. The surface mineral wealth
is scarcely scratched. Undoubtedly
England is prepared to solve the
problem of reunification; but when
that will occur certainly no person
at the Cape is able tc say."
IIOKUS DKKY GKNKltAI. IvITCIl l'NKIt
K Proclamation by I>?'litr??y Doi-lnros That
the Fight Will Uo tin.
London.?'Thn War Otllce has rereived
the following dispatch from
General Kltehener:
"Delarey has Issued n counter proclamation,
warning all Boers against
my latest proclamation and declaring
that they will continue the struggle."
In Brussels it is asserted that Gummandant
General itut lui has ordered
the liner commanders in future to retain
all captured British as hostages
in case General Kitchener carries oat
the threats of his latest proclamation.
IlrltlHli For cm Captured.
London.?A dispatch from Genera
Kitchener, dated at I'retorln, say;
"Three officers ami sixty-live met
who were sent north of Ladybrnnd
(Grange Hlver Golony) on the right
of Elliot's columns, were surrounded
on unfavorable ground and captured
by it superior force. One man was
killed and four were wounded. The
prisoners were releuscd. Am holding
an Inquiry."
MAN MAILED TO SAG HARBOR.
heir Arrival From Poland Taggrd to tUu
PoKtotllcii For Special l)?llv?rjr,
Sag liar her, N. Y.?Wlodeslaw
Douilcsutz, a l'ole, reached tliis place
tagged to the l'ostothce for special
.1.... 1 IlkfllloUtltM lo -
the old country, and cannot speak n
word o" llugiislj.
Manny liaocock, the letter carrier,
when lie learned ol' his unusual piece
ol' mail, was puzzled, lie did not
know how to deliver the "special,"
hut friends of the foreigner came to
the otllce and relieved the carrier of
his cha r^e.
dovei'iiniout lCucel|>t? t or I.and Hair*.
The Laud Olhce receipts from the
sale of lots in the new towns in Oklahoma
ha i e aggregated $0?>U,4i!7^
fcfil td ill
BCYS LOST IN THE SURF
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Four Little Follows Drowned Whil?
Bathing- at Long Branch, N. J.
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Otic oT n I'nrty of Five lleache* Shore ??
The ItPKi-h Cro*r?le<t Will* .,
Summer CSneat*.
T.nne: Pmnoh, N. J.?Four hops \ *or*
<lrownc<l In front of Crnnmer's hot oil.
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i nr.* tvi-rc ii.'iroiu ^ncnnnD, iweivfl
years old; T/onn fSnskill. eleven yenr
old: Raymond Rlakeslee, eleven years
ol?l. nnd Walter Rlakeslee, eight years
old. , X
Stanley Rouse, of Chelsea avenue,
pave the alarm. TTe emerged from the
water and said that Ids playmates had
.hist been drowned. This information
caused great excitement on the Itoaeh..
The live boys started from home for '
a bath dnrinp the morn I up. Harold
Sherman and I.i'on Cnsklll wore tlnlr
suits from home, placing their eonts
and hats In a secluded place for safety.
The two Rlakeslee boys hired
their suits from CranmeV. "where their
clothes were afterward found.
No time was lost in pettinp to work
to recover the bodies, nltliouph the
boys had been drowned a lonp time
before those on the beaeli knew the
facts. Captain Charles II. Van Dyke,
with a crowd, and with a seine tn his
boat, pulled out at once after he pot
the news. Hundreds of spectators
awaited the result of the drap. Tho
seine, howo' er. went wide of its mark,
and when pulled in contained nothing
but seaweeds.
More boats were launched and as
time passed the crowd increased In
size, the beach In front of the Cnlted
States Hotel being lined with people.
Then one of the bodies was recovered,
that of Harold Sherman, the son of IT.
R. Sherman, of the Citizens' Rank.
The father, who had been Informed of
mo ncemcnr, was nmnnR those who
had rushed to the beach. An hour
later an object was soon flouting
a-.out too fpct away toward the south.
Tt proved to bo the body of I.con Gaskill.
The boys were all well known. Harold
Sherman tintII a week ago was employed
as a itress feeder and messenger
boy for the Record. T.eon Gaskill
was the son of Alexander A. Gaskill.
and had many friends. Raymond ami
Walter Mlakeslee were the sons of
Professor ('. W. Rlakosloo. of the high'
school. i
The boys, who could swim a little,
succeeded In reaching a raft located In
front of Cranmer's place. They had
considerable fun for a while, but n?
huge breaker swept them off. and before
Stanley Rouse, who was the heat
swimmer of the party, could read*
shore to give the news, they had perished.
A woman, a hotel guest, says
she saw the boys go down, but nona
lir/iril nru* fr.n KA1?\ T> 1 *
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a hard struggle with the waves, and
on getting nshorn wna too exhausted
to talk for some minutes.
VEGETABLES IN WEST A LUXURY
Poor Must |i?k Huli.titiitr. for Potatoes.
CalihmrrM ami Itcn..
Chicago.?Ethel liert Stewart, Secretary
of the Eeonomleal Food Bureau,
who is gathering food statistics for
the fJovcrnincnt, Is reported as saying
In nn Interview that the poor are fneIup?
a crisis which may alter their
modr* of life and force them to ndopt
snbstitnes for potatoes and such vegetables
as cabbage and beans. He has
been making an Investigation of tho
conditions caused by the exceptional
rise In the prices of vegetables.
"Rice Is hound to become more and
more popular." he said, "for Its price
inn vnr.v mum nmi lis qualities
are about the same as those of potatoes.
Tilts stringeney Is causing tho
working classes to ont more soup nntl
stew tlian ever before; In fact, the uninitiated
would marvel nt the extent
these articles of diet have come into
use since the lirst of July, Parley and
rice, corn and hominy, are dally going
Into households that did not know
them.
"I have my report alone this line
nhout ready to send to Washington,
and while I cannot make It public, it
shows that this condition holds pood
throughout the West, not only of vegetables,
but also of fruit."
AMERICAN DESERTER'S CAPTURE.
Culprit Tukon From it Flllptjio Camp of
4SO Men l?y Nino Scouts.
Manila. ? Pitcher's lirst dispatch
from Mindoro tells how IJcutennnt ,
Hnzzard, of the Third Cavalry, com- I
manding a troop of Mncnhchc scouts, f
enpttired -he American deserter, Howard,
who, as a lender of tho Filipinos,
had been annoying the Americans for
ninny months.
Ferguson, one of Lieutenant Ilnzzard's
civilian scouts, disguised, as an
Insnrgcnt, with eight Macabebes, penetrated
into the camp of Colonel Aticnzn.
commanding 1Mb rltlemen uud 200
holoinen, at night. They found Howard,
bound and gagged him, and led
him away without disturbing tho
camp.
On# tVny to llounnvro rk.
Charles Eutln, aged seveuty-six
years, of Rochester, X. Y., committed
suicide l?eeuuse he found housework
unsuited to his tastes. A week ago
his wife fell down stairs and broke
iter leg, since which time Eutln had
been doing the household duties.
A 1'rince KUHmI in h l>uel.
A duel with pistols was fought at
St. Petersburg, Russia, between
Prince Alexander of Bayu-Wlttgensioiu
aud Prince Auutole Jiarlatlnski,
aide de tump to U'*.' former
being killed. - _'#w
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