Fort Mill times. (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, June 11, 1902, Image 1
FORT MILT TIMES.
VOL. XIV' FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, J ON E J1.1902. no. 12.
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cot STRIKE PROSPECTS
Mitchell States a Settlement is As
Far Off as Ever.
EFFORTS TO PREVENT VIOLENCE
Coul nnd Iron Police Oult?ftfcu AVII1 Not
ft I an IIip I'umpp? lHmtMrona Kcmilt* to
the Working*?Few Outbreaks Are Kxlifclpd
to Occur? President Roim?Tflt
Will Not Intervene In the Strike.
Wilkesbarre, Pa.?President Mitchell,
of tlie United Mine Workers, lias made
an important statement whicli negatives
all the peace minors that have
been dying around the country for the
lust few days. lie said:
"The prospects of a settlement of the
strike are not near. I must confess
that, so far as-I know, all negotiations
looking to peace are off, and 1 have no
knowledge of any further steps by the
National Civic Federation or any one
else."'
Every effort litis been made by Sheriff
Jacobs, President Mitchell and the operators
to prevent further violence. The
Sheriff called on Mr. Mitchell and
asked him to order the strikers to remain
away from the collieries, prevent
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abstaiu'from any kiml of demonstration.
Mr. Mitchell assured him that
this should be done, and the operators,
whom he also saw. said they would do
what they could to prevent their special
officers from causing any trouble.
As a consequence it is expected that
fe\y. if any, outbreaks will occur.
The coal guards at the Stanton colliery
have deserted the colliery in a
body and came into the pay otiicc, es- i
cortvd by miners, who had agreed to I
give tbelli safe conduct. They were I
paid, and then departed. The colliery |
is now without guards. 'The guards at j
the Maxwell colliery of the Lehigh and j
Wilkesbarre Coal Company have been |
removed, the bosses refusing to work
if the guards were retained. The mines
which have been deserted were slowly
tilling with water, and probably will be
much damaged.
The Itev. ,1. .1. Cumin, of the Holy
Saviour Church, litis Issued n long
open letter to the strikers calling upon
them to be peaceable.
The large number of non-union men
and the several hundred newly landed
Sla\ s, I'oles and l.ithunians who have
been rushed into the 1 iazclton region,
have caused much speculation as to
the operators' intent. Some light was
thrown on the matter when a reliable
authority stated that the intention of
some of the large individual operators
in S'a.ti region is to give the tirst blow
toward breaking the strike by trying
to mine coal with imported labor. They
believe that thev will li? nia..
tho mm-union workers ami gel out
coal.
President Will Not Interfere.
Washington, 1>. After a conference
with the members of his Cabinet
President ltoosevelt has decided that
there is no legal ground for interference
by hint i:i the settlement of tho
dispute between the coal operators
ami striking miners. The resolutions i
of the New York Hoard of Trade and
Transportation requesting the Presilleni
to appoint a commissioner to Visit
the anthracite regions and investigate
the situation were discussed at great
lengilt, but as the law of l.s'.t'J, which
conferred authority upon the President"
hi appoint such an oliieer hits been repealed,
the President has no desire to
assume the reV|'.m?io;liiy which the
New Vork I'.ear i . .Trade suggested.
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Moll C'oul Willi-c.s <;o Out.
ll'klmrn, W. Ya. West Virginia's
ui a: -oal strik. i- now mi i" ?n? win*
Top. lHkhorn. Tug Stiver and Dlugtfss
Holds. Ten thousand miners, all nu-jinhers
of ihe 1'nind Mine Workers of
Alio ilea. ha*"e 1 ft llie mines and dorian
<1 their intention to remain out until
lite operators make litem the eu(niTsssons
demanded at tlte Huntington
ini". ting a few weeks ago.
WAR ON SALE OF BIRD PLUMAGE.
Ainlulioii Soiirtjr Threaten* to l'roaecute
Milliner* lt> Chicago. .
Chicago.?Having aeeoinplislted nothing
by moral suasion, tlte Illinois Audubon
Society has begun aggressive
art ion to stop lite stile of birds and
bird plumage in Chicago for millinery
purposes.
Notices citing the law and threatening
prosecution were sent to every milliner
and dealer in millinery goods in
Chicago. Tlte action was taken afteh
conference with State and Federal
Officials and directors of kindred societies
all over the 1'nited States. Tito
law forbids tlte killim? <>r eit.o.in.r
other tliiui xutne birds. Kn.ulish sparn>\vs.
crows, blackbirds and chicken*
haw k?
BRITISH LOST 97.472 SOLDIERS.
Tnlsl deduction of Army in South Africa
l>y All Caiine*.
I.ondon. The War Otliec lias issued
a siaU'iuciit showing that from the
Iu'l;inning of the Boer war to May 30
last tlie total reiltletion of the ltritlsh
forces in South Africa was {>7.-177.
This includes killed, wounded, prisoners,
deaths from disease, and tnen
Invalided home. Of these many have
recovered and rejoined their regiments,
leaving 2N.131 dead or permanently incapacitated.
The total number of troops killed In
action, or who died of wounds, is 7702,
while the total number ?f deaths from
disease is 13.2.70. , '
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REACHED PELEE'S CRATER
Professor Hoilprin Looked Down Into
the Vast Chasm.
Ho Fonnd a Cinder Cono In the Centre of
the rit?ShoKcr? of Mud Fell Upon
Him?Ills ObHervntioiiM.
Fort do France, Island of Martinique.?Professor
Angelo Ileilprin, with
three guides, lias ascended to the top
of the crater on the summit of Mont
Pelee. lie went to the plantation
Vive, which is near the crater, in company
with Ferdinand Clcre "and Mr.
Held, landed proprietors of Martinique.
The expedition left Fort de France
on Thursday at noon. Friday was
spent in studying the newly formed
craters on the north flank cf the mountain.
Saturday morning Professor
Hellprin determined to attempt the
ascent to the top of the crater, and
with this purpose in view he set out
at 5 o'clock. The volcano was very
active, hut amid a thousand dangers
Professor Hellprin reached the summit
and looked down into the huge crater.
Here he spent some thae in taking
careful observations.
He saw a huge cinder cone in the
centre of tlie crater. The opening of
the crater itself is a vast crevice 500
fCet long and 150 feet wide. While
Professor Hellprin was on the summit
of the volcano several explosions of
11'uin stmi cjuuer-iaucu vapor toou
place, ami again ami again his lit'.'
was iu danger. Ashes fell about him i
it. such quantities at times as to com- j
pletcly obscure his vision. One par- |
tieularly violent explosion of mud eoveretl
Professor lleilprin from head to
foot with the hideous viscid and semisolid
flatter thrown out.
Professor lleilprin still persisted iu
his study and observations, however,
and twice more he was showered with |
mud. He learned, as had been sus- |
peeted, that there were three separate
vents through which steam issued. \
Professor lleilprin made the impor- j
ant discovery that the crater at the |
head of the River Fallaise has synchronous
eruptions with the crater at I
the summit of the volcano, and that it '
ejects precisely 'the same matter at J
such times. The Hirer Fallaise crater
and the crater at the summit showed
during Professor lleilprln's visit a new
phenomenon. Mud was thrown up in
high columns. Heretofore the mud
has bubbled or boiled out and flowed
downward in huge streams. In the
course of one eruption of the Itiver
Fallaise crater an cuormous mass of
Intensely hot mud was ejected. This
flow reached the rum distillery on the
Vive plantation and extinguished all
the tires there. This torrent of mud
may Invade the entire plantation, and
as Vive is the centre of one of the richest
districts of the island, it is feared
the damage there may be great.
Professor lleilpriu arrived at the
edge of the Riuiunit crater :it 1.S0 and
remained tliero over two hours. When
ho returned to Vive he resembled a
statue of mud. The weight of ashes
and mud he carried on his person, the
horrible atmosphere lie had breathed,
and the fearful ditiieulties he encountered
reduced Professor Ilellprin
to a condition of extreme fatigue.
FIRE AT ROCKAWAY BEACH,
Four l.ivflA l.oMt itixl Two Hlork* Den'royi'd?f.ONM,
8i1 -i.t,<IOI>.
New York City. -Four lives were lost,
several people severely burned and
two blocks in the seaside district of
ltocka way Peach, in the heart of the
amusement centre of the roorr. have
boon destroyed by tire. That the whole
secti< n given up to hotels and amusement
places of various kinds for a long
distance south was not totally destroyed
was attributed to the fact that
tlcie was little wind, and to the work
of the volunteer tin men. assisted by
hundreds of residents of the village.
In the two bioeks destroyed were
several hotels and a number of large
dancing and dining halls, including the
Casino and the museum, two of the
largest structures at Kockaway Beach.
The tire was attended by several rescues
on the part of the "policemen and
firemen, and many other lives wensaved
by their efforts and judgment.
The property loss, estimated at S1
000, represents nearly the entire capital
of many of the proprietors, as the insurance
is less than one-third on all the
uutnnngs, which wore of wood.
The dead are: Max Hasten, thirtytwo
years old. of Roeknway; Mrs.
Thomas P. MeKrow. of Brooklyn;
Frederick J. MeKrow. five years old,
her son. and an unidentified body,
thought to he that of a woman.
CORRUPTION IN ST- LOUIS.
Warrant* For Former Mayor'* Son nn?l
For ? City l>r l?e:itr.
St. Louis, Mo.?A bench warrant was
issued against Fred \V. Ziegenhein. son
and private secretary of former Mayor
Ziegenhein. I'.rSl cry and extortion are
the charges. The (Irand Jury investigation
Into Lie conduct of Mayor Ziegenliein's
office is said to have disclosed
tliat file city did not receive its dues
from the granting of permits, and that
there was corruption in the remission
of linos and the pardoning of work
house prisonots. Voting Ziegenhoin is
said to have had a lixed scale of prices
which all desiring relief or permits
front the Mayor's office had to pay.
I A bench warrant was also issued for
j Cliarleg F. Kelly, member and former
j Speaker of the House of Delegates.
The warrant charges misconduct in
I office, in that he accepted printing contracts
from the city under the name of
j tlie Maher Printing Company. The
i charge agaiust Kelly was made originally
by Delegate Sweeney, in the heat
I cf debate, and *he fvaud Jury took up
the matter
j MEAT RIOTS IH CHICAGO
Police Attacked Mobs Repeatedly
and Used Their Revolvers.
SCORES OF PERSONS INJURED
The Wont TJay In the Strike of the ltcef
Packer*' Team (.tern? Crowd* Attacked '
tlm Itrlvrr* unci Orcci|mnts of Mrnt
"\Vi?k<>ii?? i'tlclicil llattlcrt In the Slrcrln
?One Strlko Settled.
Chicago.?Driven by men covered
with dust and blood, nutny of tlioni
barely able front exhaustion to hold
the reins in their hands, thirty-six
meat wagons entered th-> main gate
of the Union Stock Yards amid a shower
of stones, bricks, bottles and stic ks.
The wagons, guarded by five police
wv.gons, tilled with blue coats, and two
omnibuses, crowded to tlie fullest capacity
with policemen, were on the
return front a delivery of supplies
to downtown provision houses, after
one of the fiercest days in the strike
of the beef packers' teamsters. The
troops of tlie First Itegimeut, National
uuarii, were notified to be prepared
for a sudden call to serve.
More than a dozen battles were
fought during the day between the
rioters and the police, and the hospitals
were crowded with the injured.
The fiercest battle of the day took
place at Sixteenth street and Mich- i
igaii avenue. The rioters stood on the
viaduct and hurled stones at the meat
wagons passing underneath. The
throng was the most, formidable in
numbers and in daring of any of the
crowds that gathered during the day.
Before this mob could l>e dispersed tile
police were compelled to use their revolvers.
More than fifty shots were !
tired over the heads of the rioters, who
finally became frightened and scattered,
but not until many of the rioters
and policemen had suffered serious
injuries.
The police used their clubs with the
greatest vigor, ami scores of rioters
had to be seur to the hospitals. The
uunVber of Injured reached lott.
The progress of the cavalcade of
meat wagons through the streets was
alow, aud every, inch of ground was
j stubbornly contested. Cable trains
nloflg the route and trolleys were
| blocked. From the elevated structures
I and from windows along the streets
men and women hurled missiles. Him- I
; ilreds of poi sons suffered broken heads,
' but wore hurried away by their frleuds
before the police could assist them.
While the rioting was going 011 the '
I strike of the delivery wagon drivers
i was being settled. President Job. of
j the State Arbitration Hoard, got reprej
sentatives of the dry goods companies !
| and of the strikers together and they
; talked matters over. An agreement
was soon reached.
The demands of the men in regard
to wages were granted, and the stores
agreed not to diseriminutc against
union men, and to furnish uniform
coats and caps where required. The
agreement was the result of conccsI
sions on both sides. The men at once
: returned to work.
BEEF TRUST MEN ENJOINED.
Kweojdujj Order Issued by Justice Chester
at Albany.
Albany, X. V.?Attorney-tleneral l>avles
has obtained from Supreme Court
1 Justice Chester an injunction order tin- I
! tier the 1-exow-Douiielly Anti-Trust
law on the same lines as the Federal
injunction granted in Chicago, but
somewhat stronger, restraining Armour
A Co.. Swift & Co., Nelson .Morris A
Co.. Hammond & Co.. tin* Cudaliy
Packing Company and the Sell war/
sehiltl & Sulzberger I'cef Company
from maintaining in this State a coin- ,
bioation of prices for beef, and from
carrying out any agreements as to credits
or cartage and from maintaining
a blacklist of retail dealers. The order
also restrains these defendants from ,
entering into and maintaining any
S combination respecting the salaries or
wages of their employes.
Accompanying tlicsumraonsaml com- ,
plaint was an atlidavlt of 1). W. Meredith.
formerly a New York City tnana j
ger for Swift A Co. In obtaining the
'injunction Attorney-tleneral Davies
asked that it he'made permanent, and 1
Justice Chester directed that it "continue
until the other or further order |
ui me tuun.
NEW BRITISH AMBASSADOR.
Tlio lion. Michael Henry Herbert Appointed
to Washington.
London.?The Hon. Michael Ilcnry
Herbert, Secretary of the British Kmlins-y
at l'aris, lias been appointed Am
hassador of Ureat Britain to the I'uited
States, to succeed Lord I'auncefote.
Washington, I). ('.?Two important
changes in the diplomatic rcprcsciitu- i
tioti in Washington have been announced.
The Hon. Michael I!. Herbert
suce < ds Lord I'auncefote as Briti
ish Ambassador and Senor de Ojeda
I succeeds the Duke tie Arcos as Spanish
; Minister.
The change in the Spanish Legation
hero came as a surprise to till but intimate
friends of tlie Duke tie Arcos.
It is understood that the change is attributed
entirely to tlie retiring Minister's
desire to secure the best possi1
le treatment for his impaired vision,
which has caused him much and growing
coueern. Therefore he has secured
a transfer to the Spanish Legation at
Brussels. There he will be as near
us practicable to an eye specialist who
already has undertaken his treatment
at inconvenient intervals.
MURDERERS GARROTTED
Four Porto Ricans Put to Death Alter
Long- Legal Fight.
i'uhllc Sentiment Stroncly AKniiiKl the l'xecut
Ion*?Sold lorn I.tiilt the 1'lntform
on Which the Men Died.
San Juan. Porto Rico.?The four murderers.
Rernalie Aeevetlo. .lose Torres,
Ramon Cadeno and Juan Torres, vlio
were convicted of murder, robbery and
outrage committed four years ago in ,t
suburb of Adjuntas. have been gar- j
roted in the Ponce jail. Only about
thirty official witnesses were present.
A convict murderer acted as executioner.
as no other person could lie obtained
to perform the duty. At the jrnrrotinji
of murderers last year this same convict
acted as executioner, for which
service ids term of imprisonment was
commuted. lie will now lie set at liberty.
and will receive $1(Mi for ids work.
The KarrotliiK of these murderers had
been set for May 31. and. was to have
boon carried out secretly. It had to lie
postponed on account of the tremendous
sentiment nuainst capital punishment.
No workman could be found
who would build the platform, and no
one would sell nails or timber to be
used in its construction, it was finally
constructed by soldiers.
The four condemned met* occupied
the corners of the rude platform. They
were brought out separately anil
screens were arranged so that none of
the murderers saw the garroting of
the others. In each case death was
practically Instantaneous. The men
were pronounced dead as soon as the (
doctors examined them.
Notwithstanding the fact that all the
men admitted their guilt of a terrible
bandit murder and assault on women,
in the last moments prominent ehizens
appealed to the tInventor ami Supreme
Court to suspend sentence. Front 8 ,
o'clock until 11 the court listened to arguments
as to the unconstitutionality
of punishing criminals without indictment
by the <irand Jury. The point
was finally overruled.
Originally live men were convicted of |
these crimes. The Coventor, however. (
commuted the sentence of otic to itn- (
prisonmcnt for life.
The men were lirst convicted in .Tune.
ISM lb. and the ease was fought through
all the courts. Then the press of l'orto
Itico started a campaign to have the
Coventor pardon the men. lie referred
the eases to the Attorney-General.
who affirmed the convictions.
SICO.OCO FLOOD AT JCLIET.
ritr?>r> I.tvftn I.ont unit too Fnmllton Destitute?
Cloudburst ('Himril It.
Joliet, 111. One hundred families destitute,
three lives lost, property damaged
aggregating close to
and almost complete suspension of
business are the more important results
of the llood which swept over
Joliet, washing out miles of railroad
track, inundating the principal streets
of the city, and wrecking the homes
of scores of miUinen who resided in
i.iniis 111 lll(? SOUTH 1*11 Cl Ol Hi!'
town.
Tlio flood was caused by a cloudburst
which precipitated over four inches
ol" rainfall within two hours, cans- ;
lug Hickory ('reck and Spring Creek 1
to overflow their hanks. A vast torrent
of water swept down through
the chief streets front the east. The
drainage channel did not contribute
to the flood water. 1
Those who lost their lives in the
flood were: Mattel Kennedy, sixteen
years old. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. <
.fames Kennedy; Kdward Mc(Jov? ru. |
eleven years old. son of Mr. and Mrs.
Felix Mcdovorn. and Lizzie McCrttth,
twenty-two years old.
Two Rivers. Wis. The entire northern
part of Manitowoc County was nailer
water, caused by a heavy rainstorm
lasting twenty-four hours. The
storm was undoubtedly the worst that :
has visited the eastern part of Wisconsin
in several years. At Mishieott, i
seven miles north of here, the entire
village was under water, which cov- j ,
ered the principal streets to the depth
of two or three feet. The mill dam ! |
ll ii .1 ?r.v??.. ...i* 1 * i .....
""i. *\i i im'ii .Miiis tnree
bridges were carried away.
FARMER NAILED TO A TREE.
Two Men Ilnh unit Multroat a Kexident
of Aluhiiniit.
Huntsville, Ala. ? Tom Ilarlcss, a
farmer living near Berkeley, was assaulted
and robbed by two men and
then nailed to a tree. He was resetted
alive, but ids hands were badly torn,
and lie will not be able to work for several
months.
llartess had been plowing and was
eating his dinner at a spring when he
was eon! rented by two strange metl
with pistols, who robbed him of ."?! and
then backed him against a tri - and
nailed him there. In t it is eondi ;J >n
tlie man remained until dark, when he
was rescued by a farm hand.
Drowned Trying to Siito a Chili..
Oliver M. Tishncr. of Princeton. I ml.,
was drowned at Long I'ond, a pleasure 1
resort, while trying to save a little
girl. The girl was iu a boat with Tishncr,
his six-year-old daughter and another
<Miild. She fell overboard and ,
Tisbner jumped Into the water after
her. Both were drowned.
Minority ltrport on Cumilft.
The minority members of tlie Committee
on Isthmian Canals of tlie I'ni- '
ted States Senate have prepared a re- {
port opposing the views of the majority
ami showing the impracticability
ol the Nicaragua route on account o:
volcanic disturbances. It favors the \
Panama route.
|PHILIPPINE BILL PASSED
The Measure Provides Form of Government
For the Islands.
,rHE FINAL VOTE IS 48 TO 30
MrLinrln'olSonlli <*nroIlni? Slde? Willi the
KofnlJ.llratia? If<ri?r. Mmini and Well
II ? uu* ?? in? file 1>P 111 0<* Tilt
Hfveti Weelm *rf l>*l>nte?lllll (lorn to
tl'.e House? I l?\I*rovi* Ion*.
Washington. D.-C-?The Senate. after
nearly seven weeks <it' debate, lias
passed the lull providing a temporary
form of civil government for tln? PliilIppinc
Islands. Tln? vote on Us pas
sage was 4S to 3d. which *r?s strictly
an party lines, except that Mr. Mel.au- t
rin. of South Carolina, voteil with tlie ,
Republicans in tlie ntUrmative, and '
Messrs. Iloar.of Massachusetts; Mason,
of Illinois, and Wellington, of Maryland.
with tlie Democrats in th?v u-gative.
Mr. Hale, of Maine, who support- i
yd some of tlie amendments proposed |
l?y the Democrats, was paired in favor t
at* tlie hill, and Mr. Morgan, of Ala- |
hania. who delivered a strong s|n?eeh
in support of tlie existing policy toward
tlie Philippines, was recorded agaisist
the measure on the final vote.
All tlie amendments proposed hy the I
IMdlippiue Committee were adopted |
without division, while the minority I
uncudments and substitute were re- |
jeeted l?y suhstantially party votes, exrep
t the amendment of Senator ljuay, I
r?f Pennsylvania, to make tlie rate of |
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llif .Manila mint shall he coined for tin* :
leiielit of tlm depositor, tin* mini charge j
being one eent for each dollar eoiiieU.
'i'l: dollar shall If legal tender in the ;
Philippines for public and private
ileitis, except where otherwise stipulated.
Silver certificates may lie is
sued for deposits of Filipino dollars in ,
sums of S2M or more. Other minor sub- !
sidiarv coins are provided for.
CHIME DEDICATED TO M'KINLEY.
Demi I'realilctit'a favorite Mjn.it* I'rotlueetl
by l to- lift Is.
Lincoln, Nel?.?A chime of ten bells ,
lias been dedicated to the memory of
William .MeKinley ill this city. They
arc placed in the spire of the largest
church in tile city, St. Paul's .Methodist.
They were dedicated with impressive
services. After a sacr al concert front
the hells MeKinley's favorite hymns,
"Lend, kindly Light," and 'Nearer, M>
Hod. to Thee," were played during the
evening.
To Fight tlin Ship Combine.
The London papers give prominence
io iiii- intention ol ilie Cunard Steani<liip
Company to initiate a British combination
wliieli may have lite approval
lit tin' (iovernmcnt. It is stated that
several members of the Cabinet are
Interested in the scheme and that the
project Is likely to he of a hold and
b'iyantic character.
Cutmn .Milliliter to the L'illicit Mute*.
Senor Qucsndtl has been continued
hy the Cuban S?'>atc us Miu:stev to the
United States.
MINOR EVENTSOFTHEWEEK
WAsnixmis ITKMA.
Admiral Dewey. Hoar - Admiral!*
Bowie* and Bradford and Captain
Slgshoe oppoifod tli" puroliaso of more
submarine boats lij the (.lovcruttent at
i the present tittio.
The House adopted a resolution of
thanks to Secretary Hay for hiv Mo*
Kinloy itfcmon'xl address, fort^-six
Democrats voting nc!Tf*.?t u
President Roosevelt accepted nn invitation
to open' the? international
games at C Wen go. \
Counsel for Green* and Gaynor notified
Attorney -General Kfi'ox that his
clients' were willing to refrrra to stand
trial, provided they were fried before
any otliwr judge than Emory Spoor.
Miss Alice Hay. daughter Of the Secretary
of State, was thrown from her
carriage in Washington and painfully
but not seriously iijured.
otm AunrTJti) isr.A"sn*,
The Philippines Commission passed
an act of tin* civil government by
which the adjoining provinces fit Lepanto
and liontoc were divided Into
t litre snl?-provinces. under one Governor
and two Lieutenant Governors.
A letter from General .1. F. 1V>1T. explaining
his poliey of concentration in
Hat a n gas Province. \va? m-ni.. .wi.it...
In Washington.
Lieutenant Itask. of the Marino
Corps. died on May 129, at ltaccor; I*.
I., of cholera. Lieutenant Olaf II.
Kask was a natlvo of Minnesota, from
which State ho was appointed to rlie
Marine Corps in I SOP. lie had been* ill
the I'hilippines since last January.
Because of the death in the Pliilippittes
from cholera of two- American
olllcers, United States authorities will
take preeautions to prevent importation
of the disease on transports.
The 1'nited States Commission has
made English the otlicial language of
the Courts, customs service and Court
of Appeals, in Manila, P.. L
DOM KSTIC.
Two < olered men fought a duel with
knives in the street at Chicago, Alexander
Shirley being killed by Charles
Thomas.
The battleship (iaulois sailed from
Host on for France, carrying home
members of tlie ltoehamlieau mission.
Burglars opened the Treasurer's safe
of llardiu County, Texas, took all the
county money and escaped.
A meteorite which fell near Xnrragunsett
I'ier. It. I., exploded violently
011 striking the water.
After killing her six year-old daughter
with gas Mrs. ltose Fieginow, of*
New York City, committed suicide.
The Craml Jury in New York City
dismissed the ease against seventeenyear-old
John Volpel, eliargcd with the
murder of ids mother.
Four js-rsons were drowned by the
capsizing of a rowlmnt on the Columbia
Itiver, near Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Solomon (Jra.vson. of Itellnmina.
Ala., shot and killed her brother-in-law,
Henry Orayson. The woman liad been
acting strangely for some time.
While intoxicated Kolicit Simpson,
of Louisville, Ky., killed his wife and
himself.
Nearly eighty per cent, of the engineers.
llr.unon and pittnpinen in tlie anthracite
region obeyed the order to
strike.
Louis Smith, who ran an establishment
for making bogus postal cards at:
Chicago. was sentenced to two years in
tlie penitentiary.
Kicked to death by horses lie had attacked
in a stock car 'lie body of a
royal I'., ngnl tiger was found when tlie
train reached Poughkeopsie. N. Y.
Miss May Thompson, a girl who was
to have been married next day. died
in Chicago while wearing a plaster
cast to improve her complexion.
I. Albert Knglehart. ti wealthy New
York lawyer, died from apoplexy
brought on by exercise in a game of
: iug-poug.
President Mitchell, of the Miners'
ITiion, said in Chicago that there were
no signs of a settlement of tlie anthracite
strike.
District Attorney Jerome in a speech
at Harvard berated Mayor Low, of
New York City.
Dr. Charles A. Pea body, superintendent
of tlie Worcester City Hospital
for twenty years, was sent to prison
for embezzling $'J000 of the hospital's
funds.
FORKION.
The Cnited States cruiser San Francisco
was said to have visited the West
Coast of Africa for the purpose of establishing
a coaling station in tlie republic
of Liberia.
Sixovn persons were killed and four
were wounded as a result of an explosion
ill an ozocerite mine in the 1'rov
luce ot Ca'acia, Austria.
Choii-Fu, Treasurer of the Province
of Chi-Li, China, was appointed Governor
of Shan-Tung Province, lie is
able and progressive aud has pro-foreign
views.
Governor-General Taft, of the Philippines.
had an interview with Cardinal
Kaiupolla, the Papal Secretary of State,
at lloine.
A circular was issued to the shareholders
of the Cunard Line aunotineiii*
th e opening of negotiations for tin;
irdnsfer of control of the line.
The British steamship Clan MacgrogOr
went ashore on the coust of Capo
Colony, and it t/an thought would
prove a wreck.
The Jesuit priests i.i Tlen-Tsin wero
authority for the statement that the
rebellion in the southern part of CblLi
Province was spreading.
miij in i iiicrcuniiuisc irotn the Philipl>in?'s
til'ty per cent. of the tariff from
nther countries, instead of seventy-live
per rout, as now in form. On this
mnendnirtit the alllnnntivc voto was 1
rast liy six Republicans ami thirteen
Democrats. Tin; liill now goes to tin; !
House.
Tlio Philippine Coverninent I><11. as
passed l?y the Senate, approves the aelion
of the President in creating the
Philippine Commission and the odices
id' Civil Coventor and Viee-Coveruor
at tin' islands, and authorizes the Coventor
and Viee-Covernor to exercise 1
Ii'.e powers of government as directed
hy executive order. Future appoint- I
inents of the Covernor or Viee-thivern- !
?r shall lie made l?y the President with
tile advice and consent of the Senate.
The "bill of rights" of the Pniled
Slates Constitution are applied to tie
Philippine Islands, with the exception
of tlie right to bear arms and the right
to a trial by jury. Aii the inhabitants
of the Philippine Islands are deemed
to be citizens of tile Philippine Islands,
and entitled to the protection of the
i nitcd States.
When the insurrection in the islands
shall have been subdued a careful census
of the islands shall lie taken, and
after such census the (Inventor of the
islands shall make a full report to the .
President, and make recommendation
as to future government.
.Meantime the Philippine Commission
is authorized to establish municipal and
provincial governments with popular I
representative government, so far and
as fast as the communities are en pa
bio and tit for the same, the Philippine
Commission being authorized to determine
tile itualiticat ions of the electors.
The President is authorized to regulate
the commercial intercourse with the |
Archipelago in the interest of the general
welfare.
The Philippine Commission is authorized
to acquire the friars' lands, and is
empowered to issue bonds to pay for
them. These lands, once acquired,
shall ho it part of the domain of the
Called Stales ami may be disposi d of
lis such.
A mint is to lie established in Manila.
and coins authorized may be
coined at the mint, the coinage laws of
the Pnit.il States being extended to the
islands. The Philippine tlovernmuit
is authorized to coin a silver dollar,
containing lib grains of standard silver.
to lie a coin of the Philippine Islands.
the denomination of tie- coin to
lie expressed in Knglish. Filipino and
Chinese characters. Sii\ r brought t i