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v f - I ? . I FORT MILL TIMES. VOL. XI. FORT MILL, S. C., WEDNESDAY, .JANUARY (4.1!HKt. NO. 4:!. gem mm oui Dr. Vou Hoiieban to Retire io Pri\ale Life. HE DID MOT PLEASE THE KAISER II i% I ot>? I rnvc o( Alxrliri* Due to Hi* t ailtti* lo Conciliate Public Peel 1113 in 1 . -...1 f.rn ?? 1.1- ? ICoimevHt as Arliilrator of llir Vci-f. . ni laii I>i i 111r ? II i* .Siitcnnoi . UefMll. < : U.V. ? Not \Y i? IlMJl 11(11 Hi! ill*' 1 statement it is not !>? !i?'> *??! licit 1 ?r. vt.a llollebop will rot urn to \\ ;o.ii l|^io!l except ,o take lotivt' WilOll ho N formally recalled. Among tho nil'. -Til rt'itsons for his ri*iir?*iiit*tit fin- l'i?- v.i roieilia,' ? public fee!In:: i:t Jin* I'niloil Si:H"s: his inability In procure l'resiilciM Itnosevelt as .11biira. ir of ;',n? Yeuey.uehtn dispute: his nil- :.? "ii .i.nlgctm lit i*i tin* ranneefnte ' pi t\ ; lii.s incurring I'tinee Henry's lis1'' a Mire (luring the hitter's visit to the t'niloil States, ami. parity, h.v his bur- .ueratio Ireatmeitt of .luitrualists. 1. e tie} hehl that he cnsuiiiitteil any it. / ' -Vt:. ?~y ^ AHiusunon vox hoi.i.Enntf. <li'!ir.i ( oitov, but an mi.ifrngatimi of failures to pieaso undermined imperial ? oiitiiioiK-c in liini. it was ;ti tirst saiii that lie li:i<i not boon retired hut hi nreordaiioe with Itis own request ami because of an attack of irllunnzn, a furlough hail boon granted him which wouhl last several inoiit hs. The past at Washington is regarded as mo iinpoi-i nt for a Charge d" Affaires. anil therefore Ita 1*011 von Sternberg. the Consul at Calcutta, has boon appointed to an temporarily. Ilo will iniuiiuaily .olain liis post at Cnioutta. as i>.. von uoiiciicn will still, in a sense, retain His place as Ambassador at Washington. Karon von Sternberg luts liven chosen 1 >;ir:ioe.inrly because of his a: itnaininine with the I'lliicd States. tie i< n<?\\ in Berlin, hut will start for Wash ingien in a few days. It will lie decided 'nter whether 1 ?r. \ oil iloilehen will return to Washington or not. fAtn no FAr.t'.w i:i.i. visits. A on I!?>h<,liet) I.fft YVimtiliictun Without Cstlins on tli?? I'roSUent. Washington. I?. t". The State Depar, ment lias lieen informed that l?arot> Speck von Sternberg is to mine to Washington as a Minister on a special mission. Ambassador von Iloilehen. wiio lias been granted a sick leave, is no! expected to return to Washington from tter.many. !!. left the city without saying fare we'd to the President or in Secretary liny. hut it is understood l?y i?oth the nliii'iiiIs (lint tlif Ambassador is an extremely sick man ami his condition is accepted as sufiicietit excuse for any oini-'-ioii of form in liis departure. lie is eligible to retirement accordlilt; to the rules of lite tiermau dip'o111:1tie service, ami in view of ills conlimn-d ill-health it is scarcely expected lie will iv able to assume active duties in site diplomatic Held a.uain. in view of tile retirements of Hon* von iiollelien a complete change in the personnel of the Herman Rtnbassy here is expected soon after lit" appearance of Haroti Sternberg. C1VES SI.000,003 FOR HOSPITAL. Ilesivj !*l?i|?|>i? to Kmlntv Institution J-"o? ? n.foimpllvc* in Aflvnncrd StHRr. Philadelphia, Pa. As a result of his m\csti^at ions llllo lilt* met hod Of the .rem meat and prevention ???' tuberculosis as carried out. by Dr. Lawrence F. Fli'-k. at his sanitarium in Whitehaven, Fa.. Ilonry I'tiipiw. the multi-millionaire formerly director of the 1'nited Slat* s Steel Corporation, has informed Dr. Flick of his intention to huild. eijuip and endow a imspital in this city for the isolation and treatment of coin-umpiivca in an advanced stnste of the disease, it is estimated that Mr. l'hipps's 'iift to humanity will entail an < xpendlture >' more tlarii Sl.OOO.tMMi si 11 of v.* 1? ii-l? will In4 paid out of his (ItVVl poi'koi, The money is immediately available, and Hr. I'M irk export* to start the hospital within the next two weeks in a temporary building to be rented in this city. t'tttmatnm rrp??niH to Chin*. All the foreign Ministers at I'ckin. except United State* Minister Conger, have signed a joint note informing the Chinese Government that a failure to fulfill its obligations to pay the war ind? tnnity on a gold basis, as provided for by the peace protocol, would entail grave consequence*. t REAR-ADMIRALS DISAGREE j K Liltle Unpleasantness Between Evans and Kennay. I'llcli I'rrfer* Clou gen Aqniiml tlic Oilier, Hut 1 in* Trouble Will lie Ailjuilcil Without a Court->Turt int. | Washington. 1 >. Tile Keeroini'y oi the N":jv\ has before hint for anion 1 ehnrties involving two Hear Admirals, which, however, will he adjusted. it is helieveil. without reference t?? a court-martial. The officers < owornod are Item*-Admiral itoblej !>. Kvaii". Conitnantler in-Chief o!" liie \<iati> sia- , thui. ami It cur* Admiral Albert S. K<?ii- . ney. I'a.vinastcr-iJeneral of the Navy. V <1 ??? i ? I 1.".-...... * - ' 1.1.1II.-- I Hi.. I II Mil- IIIUHUO II.. tilim; u^;iinsi Admiral Konnoy. wliu li.-is rotaliatoil with < flwir^iv .-iKsiinst Admiral Kvati.-. . Tho difficulty hotwooti thoso two hitrh ranking officers is the rosuK of an alleged misunderstanding of mi order > issued hy tin' Navy Department in re- 1 gard to changes in the equipment ami ?-lotlilnir of persons in tin- service. I "pan . tin* receipt of tlio on lor hv Antrim! l'.vatis ho niailo lornial requisition on * llio Nnvv Department for tlio necessary matorial to i>n! inio effect the changes > voijuiroil. The requisition was referred i to tlio itnro'iii ..." liiiiii.ll.... .....i i. . - - mill I ( mils, of winch Admiral Kenney is 1 the fiber. Admiral Kenimy returned t the communication to Admiral Kvnus. I with the statement thai such att immediate ami wholesale ehatrie in mil- l forms as that roniemplaled was contrary to the interns.s of the Coverttnu'ttl. and Admiral Kvaus was Informed that i ' his intention was api proved. the < avert.tr.etn wottld have j upon its hand- a I arse itmmiiil of old j i material which it was desirable to use | | before thi> new material was drawn I 1 upon. j Admiral K\:ins then wro.e to Sc.ro- ' I lary Moody. sr\in.tr ihat Admiral Ken- | | ney had not only excei ded his author- | | ity. Inn had heen disrespectful to a j brother olH.or 11charged also licit i i Admiral Kenney h:ul attacked the Secretary of I lie Navy h.v quest Mining the i wisdom of lh(> order issued 1 ?y I !*? I >c' pan men). j Admiral i'.vans's allegations were referred to the Korean of Navigation, J Which mndo an indorsc-incut favorable j to tho attitude of Paymaster-iIcnorul i Keuney. to whom tlie papers were sour ' for comment and explanation. Admiral Kenney replied by rhnrgiii? that the eomnnmicatioii from Admiral Kvatis eontained statements in violation of the naval regulations, in that tbev reflected upon the Paymaster-! Sonera I. He alleged also that Admiral Kvans j bad been guilty of misconduct in fail! in it to furnish the Paymaster-! lonoral i with a copy of the charges, a renuireniont which Admiral Kenney did not j overlook in his own accusations against Admiral Kvaus. by mailing a copy of t mem in that officer. duly certified and < i otherwise put into official form. > { There has lioon a voluminous eorros- t pondcncc. which Secretary Moody now has on his desk. It is said, however. < thai lie will ignore the charges and i couuier charges, and nie-ely tile ".hem in 'he I)enartnient records. Admiral 1 Kenney will reach the retiring a tie ihis : month. Inn on Secretary Moody's recommendation the President has doj eided to retain him on active duty until I tae expiration of the term of four i years, in which he was commissioned as I'aymaster-tJcncral in May. IMiP. j PRESIDENT CASTRO YIELDS. ; Venezuela Accepts il??* Allien* Arlillrittion <'l>llll 11KMIM. I Caracas. Venezuela.?T'nitod Stales ! 1 Minister Hoivcii has recplved orders to ! ( leave Venezuela for Washinjrton.where | 1 he will present the Venezuelan case | ! In the Ilrilish-tlerinan Commission. An ' I American warship conveys Mr. P.owen > | from T,a Uunyrn. j ' I Alter two stormy meetings of the ? ! Cabinet. all the conditions set forth i 1 jilt the replies of tin- Powers to iVos t Idem Castro's last proposals 111 the * I matter of setllin^ the dispute throtnih I | nrbilration have been accepted by the j? ' Venezuelan tJoverninent. The (!ov- t ! eminent considers these eondltions io | lie unjust, but declares it is obliged to | 1 yield to force. The conditions of the Powers cover cnsli payments to lite allies and guarantees for the payment of the balance of their claims. It can be said on ?ood authority that the question of raising the existing blockade will not be coil- i sidered. L'MIT ON PRIVATE WEALTH. j i A lt.il Prohibit ll\c 1 I?ct??ntioii of Morr ] j Than SI0,000,000. Washington. 1?. <\?ltepresentative I Critiiili, ot* 1 has responded to i the allusions in Senator Hoar's trust ' speech to the "snowball" process of < rolling up wealth, and has introduced n bill to limit flic size of private for- i tunes in the United States. The liiuil fixed by the proposed law I Is S10.000,000. An excess of that sum ' is denounced in the bill as a public i nuisance and a menace to public and 1 private welfare. Mr. Crlffith would 'l have everything over the $1U.0<M?.(SM) I: limit escheat to the State, and go into i ' the public Treasury to reduce the bur- I dens of the taxpayer. The terms of j the measure apply also to inherit- : Miices. :lllll llo licit* tr llm t.ill ahmil.l I i become a law. would be permitted to "i inherit more than $10,000,000. < Miirdrrnr of Hoy* llitiieoil. ' Paul Womhvanl was hanged in the ! county .inil at Camden, N. J., for kill- 1 Jug \Y. Price Jennings, eleven yearns ' < old. and John Collin, thirteen years ' old. sons of two prominent citizens. on October 1. for the purpose of rob- 1 bint, them of some $1'J, a watch ami ' u rinr. 1 Vli'lTfhiV 'VV ht PRESIDENT'S TRUST POLICY1! The Attitude ot the Administration Officially Voiced. LEGISLATION IS RECOMMENDED i It I. I't'Cf"' That All OUrrliitinalnry I*rnet Aflprtlni: InlrrXntn Trade tie .11 :?<!? onTrnurt to llr Knjninrtl ami PititIntuit?Till* Formation of rt Trunt Commission Su::c?-?to?l?t?m< l:?l Stntrinriit. ; Washington. 1">. (\?Presidout lloosc- I i*flt lias made an official declaration j ts to what lie wishes in the way of 111 It trust legislation. The following abstrac t of Attorney riettoral Kr.ox's veeoniniendations regarding trusts and ooinhinntions.which ivere made public at some length, was riven out at the White llonse. It eprt scuts the general attitude of tin \diuinistration tin this subject, ami iVas authorized by the President. Ii j s a< follows: "Preliminary The people do not de are the business of the country to he ntcr't i? be-, .mi t"n regul-iiin necessary i* e<?ntt*ol otobiuaiioas ivhere they act improperl; ami to cor eci any tendency toward monopoly, in this country, where money is cheap j 111(! aminii;iii 1 Mild w illwn tin- reach of | corn Mini capable men, monopoly will j ?? impossible if competition is kept Too. "Small enterprises have certain mi! rant ages over large combinations. ami iv111 live run! thrive if assured of all >l?fn a in I fair tiohl. llebates an I <lis rimhutlury rates constitute one of the hicf restrictions on competition. Tin y mjnsily swell t'"? c;:r::insfs ri* favored roiu erns. ninl, supp ?t* ? a vasi vol nyio of capital slock which v? presents Kithititr hut unfair advantage over ivals. contribute largely to the up tuihliiu: of ntouopoly. "Individual iinlustrial experience, villi the certainly of securing employ nent of capital, may he trusted to otnpele efTrctiveiy with such scllish "omiilnations a< ate nit fortucil for 'VXMII n KUIMIIK , I'll! llll'K'IJ III trder to capitalize the country's prosterity for the h uelit of their promoters. The existence of most of these omtiioations has nor incronsotl the troiluctive capacity of the country: hey have merely acquirer I the ownership of pre existing industries. "Keeoimncmlat ions for immediate cghdalion That ail discriminatory iraetlces affecting interstate trade lie node offenses to he enjoined ami punshed. "Such legislation to he directed alike igainst tlioso who give and those who eeoive illegal advantages and to rover liseriminat ion in prices as against 'ompetitors in particular localities retorted to for the purpose of destroying ompetUion. "In order to reach producers guilty >f these offenses, who are as producers nerely beyond national control, a penilty should "he imposed upon the in erstate and foreign transportation of roods JirodllCed hv thrill. ailil Kederal ourts should ho given power to re?trnln such transportation at the tlov rninent's suit. "Such legislation is necessary lir attso the existing interstate com i licrcc law does not {live an efl'ecllve einedy in this class of cases against It her shipper or carrier. "The casus omissus in the intorstate , onnperce should now he supplied by uipostng a penalty upon carrier and ?eneticiary alike, and by giving to the ourts the right to restrain ail such in- j Tactions of the law. "Provision should also he made to J each corporations and combinations i vhich produce wholly within a State. | Hit whose products cuter interstate ! onuoerce. This provision should re- I ate. tirst. to concerns which fatten on ! ebatos: second to concerns ivlilcli I sell commodities below the jr?-nt*i*;t 1 irlce in particular lornlilies or in any >;Iicr way ill particular localities seek 0 destroy competition. "There should be a comprehensive thin to enable the tloverniiicnt to get it all the tacts hearing upon the or;auization and practices of concerns ngnged in interstate commerce, not ivith a view to hampering any legit lnale business or such concerns, but in tnler to be in position t > take action f necessary. "To this end a commission or a spc ial bureau in the proposed Depart uent of Commerce sliouid bo created, vliose duty it should lie to investipale he operations of concerns engaged in utorslnte or foreign coinmevee. and to j rather Information and data enabling | 1 to make recommendations for ntldi- i ioual legislation to report to the ITesi- i lent. "This would be a first step in securng proper publicity. This commission diould have authority to inquire into lie management of any concern doing in interstate business whenever it be onu s necessary or desirable; it should iiave tlse authority to call for reports ; from them, to compel testimony from ill witnesses and by the production of I)ook-\ papers, ei<'. "These recommendations arc based in mo centre i tnougut mat tne iirst it?p should ho taken by a law aimed at ivliat are certainly known to be unreasonable practices directly restrictive >f freedom of comruore, and by a law scouring some governmental supervision, as outlined above. A special act should bo passed at once to speed the final decision of cases pending or to he raised under the present anti-trust law, providing for the hearing of such oases by a full bench of Circuit Judges, IUd for a direct appeal from the Circuit Courts to the Supreme Court of the United States." st*n vroit iioai: on tki ?.is. Ill* Hi* spi'i'i'i in l%X I?l:inat toll of li;? Trio! Kill. Washington. IV In the Senate Senator 11 on r made hiv |iroinisi>i| ?peeoh in explanation of the elaborate frost hill which ho introduced. \1? though taking his 11ill as tie* t??xI of iiis remarks. 11 ?o Senator admitted 1 halt it was hnperfei t. heing tont;iti\o and experimental in rltnrneter. Mr. Hour pointed i tiro following evils of trusts: i M-m inci mil ni i ompei 11 ion. Tin* management of local iinln-tties by absentees in t!?< i 111? ! ?--1 of absentee capital. Fraudulent capitalization. Secrecy. Management for the priva;-* benefit of officials. Tiie power In cornjpt election-. ami in some cases to corrupt the eniirts. The absence of personal liattilily for contracts of wrong-doing The proposed lloar I * 11 provided in general for onlv such regulations of trusts by 1 he Fetleral fJovermneiil as were familiar in the legislation of ill well-ordered States. These regulation* were: Publicity i:i the conduct of ;hci" bit-'1'ower to sbm their business altogeiher if I hey violate the laws. Strict penalties 011 their officers for viol at ion of laws. l'ets utal liability for debts and wr nigs. GENERAL STAFF BILL PASSED. I!ou-o Voir* 'o I'ri-tlr rt Nt w C'orix in ! tltr Army. Wit^iilnuHi s 1?. <\ Tin* House hn? passed the lull for the creation of n ' iJonernl SIj;IV for the Armv by :i vote i of ir.:s to re. lly the tonus of the bill ' i: hCiOlllCS lllo llllt.V of I bo < b'liofill Stuff to prepare nlans for I !io tint jotitil ilo- i foiis,? and for the mobilization of tin* j army in tinto of war. to investigate ami report 011 all iiuestimis affeetin;; | tlii* rtlleieney of tlio service. ami to reii lii* pmfc.-siuiial aiil to tlio Secretary of War and to ^cnenil ollteers and oilier superior commanders. 'I'b,, bill also provides that I lie f'hief of Staff, under the direelion at" the | President. shall have supervision of ah troops of the line, ami of the Adjutant- 1 iiiMicrai's. Inspector t!on nil's. -Ti Advocate's. I Jiiarteruuistcr's. SuhsistMedical. and Ordnance ! *narinieuts, tit.' Corps of Knjriticers ami the Signal ?'orps. YOUNC HUNTER ACQUITTED. MlfllMrr** Son Who Killed nit American In <atiRteiniilM Horn Fiit. Now Orleans. T.a. A letter received here front \Y. tlodfrey 11out?r, son of tIn* fornmr Minister to tiuatcmnla ami Ilotttlnras. whose slinotiuc at (Juatentala City of William Kilznorald. an A morion n ami Chief of the Secret Service of (Guatemala. caused international coinplioations to arise, attmnuiees his trial ami nequilt.nl. Young llunter says thai it eotisniraey was laid against his life, in which several persons were involved. It was defeated l?.v his killing of l'it/.irerald. He makes ehar^'i s against I'nited States Consult ieneral .la tnes (J. MeNnlly. who. lie says, slntetl publicly that llunter should not leav?v (luateinnla alive, lie asserts that thirty six witnesses testified under oath to having heard Consul-fienernl M -Nally utttke the statement. CARNEGIE PRESENTS SI.5C0.0C0. I*liil:i<1el|>1iiii Oi'to It H??r Tlilrty I ihmilr* ?Sonic Opposition Kx|?<*ctc<l in Council*. Philadelphia, l'a. Andrew ('armpit' has offered ."?1 .."(Kl.iMMi to the fret* library of Philadelphia to establish thirty branch libra ties in this city. The conditions attached to the yift are that JC.tUMMl is to he expended for the ever- , lion of eaelt building, the sites to he provided by Philadelphia or by private , individuals. The brandies are to lie equipped by the eily and a provision of an annual appropriation of SCopo is to be math* by the municipality for the maintenance of each branch. A number of sites have already been offered. Councils, by an unwillingness to do its share, however, may block the scheme. The thirty libraries "would cost the ' city SlTiii.tHK) a year to maintain. AGED COUPLE TORTURED. !1 mUiamt N]ticty-flwn V?nr? Old ?ml \Vifo l.ijIJilMode to t Iv( I |? t'ouuollsville, I':i. -Seven masked nir>n broke Into tin* house of l.i vi Kieher and tortured hint and his wife to make them eonfess where ihoy kept their money. The Kieiiers live in an isolated spot on Laurel Mountain. Levi is nineiv live vents old and his wife is eigktytive. The 111011 knocked th<> aged 111.in senseless wllli tin iron liar, hound his wife and held her feet over a hurnint; lamp. Mr. Kieher hecanie conscious and was bound, lie told Ids wife to tell where the money was. The thieves gat in gold, stole a horse and wagon from the barn and drove toward Ooiinellsville. The team was found in the morning 011 the road. RICH MAN WEDS SECRETARY. XV. II. Bradley, AVortli 840.000.000. Vnr. rlcs Wlill? Strlcktn Willi ratal lll'ie*-. Milwankce. Wis.?While sitting in a ' chair with what was believed to lie a fatal Illness, William If. liradley, the wealthiest man in Wisconsin, was married to his secretary. Miss Mary Man nemcyer. Tho former Mrs. Itradlcy died on November 13 last. Mr. llradley Is sold to be worth and Is associated with J. J. Hill in many Trillroafl deals in this part of the country. Judge Halsey went to Mr. T'.radloy's house and In the presence of a few relatives united the lumberman and his bride. His friends refused to discuss his Illness, but it was said he ooid 1 not recover. He Is sixty-six vears old MINOR EVENTSOFTHEWEEK' I WA?SVf INt;TON ITKMS, Tli?* President appointed Dr. David .T. Hill Minister to Switzerland. Francis IV l.ootnis Assistant Secretary of State and Charles I' ltryan Minister to I'of- 1 tURHl. f The new Naval program will ask for the eniistrnctioii of two battleships ami two armored cruisers. The T nited States Supreme Court decided the Uttssian stitrar bounty ease ' In favor of this < overnment. upholding the assessment of a countervailing j duty. Secretary Knot asked Congress to provide more land at West Point Mill- s tary Academy. 1 ltonr-Admiral linncy predicted that ' the next Avar of tlie I'nilod Statrs f would In* with a strong power. and ho * pointed out tile necessity of increasing ?' the Navy at once. s Sonor Azpirnz. Mexican Antbnssador 1 in Washington. continued reports that ' his country contemplates a change front a sllvor to a gold standard. The United Slatos t Jovernmont will j accept payment of the t'liinese indetu- ( nity on a silver basis. ' on: A IXU'TEIl I SI. AN OS. ' i lii" report of the Philippine Com in is- | l Piun and tlnit of Coventor Toft were | | made puhlie. Tlie Coventor look ;i | ? rather gloomy view of ilie present eon- , t dit ions in the islands. ; t Manuel Itir.i^o. editor of l.ihortas. .i I Manila, Wits settteneed to six j <1 mouths' imprisonment at hard labor I and to pay :t title of SJtHKt in gold for r libelling t.'eiteral Hell. 1 Lieutenant-Commander Menlz was ! held in SHHKl hail for tritil oil ;i charge 1 of smuggling articles into l'orto Uieo. Admiral Lvatts's tleot in tli<> I'ltiiip- | pines began Its tnaneuvres in Suhig (l Hay, Luzon. i f< liOMSISTIC. j jTopsy. an elephant which had killed I four men, was killed at Coney Island. New York City, by u shock of titHMi j tj volts of electricity, having previously | iiiiiMvi'ii -too grains ot cyanide of J 0 potassium. i v tJeorge I*. Sullivan, I lie plumber i a Mayor of 1 tcrliy, Conn., was inaugti- <t< rat (ml lie said Ik; had chosen the late h Colonel Waring as his model. r Anions Massachusetts Mayors who ' '' took ??!!!is Charles F. Coulter, So- ! " cialist. of Brockton. ; v For killing his w'fe in a tit of jeal- ! v ousy. .1. C. I.owe. a schoolteacher, was found guilty of second degree murder ' at Topeka, Kan. Thirteen children in and around Nor- n folk. Va., died and seven others were p injured by the premature explosion ol' < toy pistols. ,1 Iturglars secured about $.">00 from the i< postotlice at Itosllndale, Mass. The Army barracks at Sattlt Ste. I Marie. Mieli., were burned. j p l.cndiug retail butchers of New York I City admitted that nuiiiv in (!? ? in..?.i trade had been maintaining unreason- j. able prices for beef in the hope of off j-, setting the losses or reduced profits i j of last sutnnier. y Ibdntives of M^iss Chipp. a rich worn- d nn of Pittstiehl. Mass.. wore surprised ei to learn of her engagement to Allen j o II. Iiagg. her man of business. i d Professor John Haseom, of Williams 1 College, said the money of John I >. lto< kefeiler had sealed the lii>< of t'iii- 1 ago I'niversiiy teachers. ^ With all indications pointing to ^ poisoning. Mr. and Mrs. John P. John- j, son were found dead in their home, ai % Wilcox. Neb. Captain Ilohert Kerry, now in com- o inand of the Navy Yard at Norfolk, p Ya.. was ordered to command the bat- I: tleship Kentucky. f< Naval prisoners, enroute to Iloslon on n the Sound steamer Plymouth, started it a rio'.. in which numerous shots were ' tired, I tt passengers eseaped harm. St FOUKKiN. 1' The V.Mfi estimates for (Germany's v miliiary csinbtishiueiit call for Sldl,- " iiiHl unu S.iu nun noil i? <i... v - ? ....... .in 1111- .mi vj ; 11 sirj.ono.ooO for the Army. i' Thirle -ii Annrehisls, who won* holdfn^ :i eonforenee in a tavern :it Hits- ' sehlorf, tleriuany, were arrested 1?v tlie* j '. i?oi j;; Semite eleelions in Franee ami ilie | ! I'reneii < oionies resulied in inercusiui; i the ministerial majority in Hie tipper > lniuse: nuioii? those ro-eleeted were J rreiuier Combes ami Finam e .Minister r Itouvier. A lterlln newspaper eomplains tiial 4"tlistt linril realist, the Yankee, dors not s niipreeiate eonrlisies like 1'rinee I Henry's visit and the ;;ift of a statue > of 1'rederiek the Ureal." I' 1 S i.ennan maimes were landed at ' Porto Cm hello, Venezuela, or a sliort j time, to cover Ilie setirni-e i..^..a 1 th<? inner harbor by the blockading I ! ships. < ' Preparations were under v.-ay place Spain nil a gold basis a 11(1 to pro- j ( hihit 111?? free eoinnjre <if silver. 1 (1 In a drunken brawl of seven Italian t peddlers at Santiago, Cuba, two were 1! killed instantly, two died in the lios- j pirn 1 and two more will die. t A grand nssauU-nt-arms and artil- < lory mid cavalry displays were fen- f tares of the durbar festivities ai Peihi, f inula. The Id born 1 eandldnto. C. P. TInce. '' carried the Newmarket Ibstriet. wrest- (<r ing a seat in Parliament from the <?ov- , erninent. rj The vovtnvnlinn (/? ^ ' ???"- n eminent of the imperial palaces at Moukdcn, Manchuria, avmb being (. effected. j, Cnrlhnhii's last surviving and favor- li Jto child. Teresitn, wife of Ueneral ! c Caiwtio, died suddenly at Capreva, k Italy, aged sixty-one jears. b i r 'RESIDENT ON CARNEGIE toosevell Speaks at Dedication of Washington Public Library )otior Sny# lie ll.i- A;?*>iicntimt? For Ovn 800 Ubr.trlc*. MctFt ??r \V !iicli Will lie Grouted. Washington. 11. <\ "I 'iill ill tile U?rary tnnniilaeiuring business.** said Vndrow <'arnrgie ai llie drdieation of lie Washington I'ublio Library. Mr. Carnegie alter the dedieatinu aid tleu lie wa? sn well pleased with lie new library and llie use made of lis ^i't <?f SlttiUNHi and (lie provision Or the siipjuirt el the library that lie voiild donate another S.'fott.titxi for I be reel ion of leaiieti libraries on the aine eondltieii as the original gift, lanieiy. thai the oily provide the sites ml arrange for the support of ilie liiraries. Mr. t'ani"gie said thai lie had given, hietly within the lasi two years. TUd ibrnry buihlings. in the month of Inly last. J7f? applieatioiis were revived by liini from all parts of tile 'hrglisli-speaking world. When lie arived in New York lasi nionlh from Cnrope lie found awaiting him applii a ions for loti additional buildings. To lay he lias on hand new npplo aimis. making in all under eonsidcra ion now more than nimi * iln? oreoi in? orit.v of wliieh." In* said, "will no !<>111 if be gi\ en." Mr. Carnegie said tin sur?vss iu Iir?? ante without concern ration, and lie leaned to lie permitted to continue to oiiccntrutc his mind on the library usiness. lie said it was not a eliarit.v, e was merely helping people to help heinselves. lie paid a tribute t<? 'In odore Uoosevelt. who was present, nth as President and as an author. Mr. Uoosevelt thanked Mr. Carnegie or his gilt, lie said it was "equally nr from the two prime vices of our ivili/.ai ion hardness of heart and soft ess of head." Continuing. the l'resiont said: "Mr. Carn gie. neither you nor any tie else can make a man wise or eultitiled. All you can do is to give him i ha lice to add to his own wisdom or a Ids own cultivation. The only phi Iiiiiirupir Will i, lllilt counts ill t lip limy mi is iho work thai helps a titan to pip himself. The men who will subnit or ileiiiiiml to he en tried isn't roi l h anyl hinir." The library building is n beautiful rhite marble structure occupying the eutre of Mount Vernon square, in the cry heart of Washington. For iis onstrin-tlon Mr. Carnegie gave s:i."o. imi. and as an architectural ornament n the capital it is quite eqttat mi the iovernuteiii buildings. A throng of islinguished persons attended the ded aiioii erremonies. COACHMAN KILLS A BABY. mil mi its Suicide \ttei'\vnril In :i House tu Mount I rrniiD, X. V. Mount Vernon. X. V. Helen Marion 'inlay, a golden haired baby girl, the nocar-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs . M. Finlay. residents of the < 'orcoran I a nor section of this city, was liitireretl in the home of her parents by a riaelinian who had been in the employ f Mr. Kinlay. Albert King, the nmrerer. after lie had almost severed the hild's head, went into another room ml shot himself in lie- hen 1. The urderer and i:ie child were alive di n the neighbors and police entered to house, hut died soon nl'lerward. ,c. onliig to testimony at the Core >-i s iiumi'-m Tin* cm:.:iit had liecli < ry foml of t h" King had been forcing his attentions n I.ix/.ic llaiiiicii. who had been cmloved for several years hy Mrs. Finiv as a nurse for Marion, and. thercure. he was discharged about four ninths ago, Frederick Sutlierlnnd talk ig his iiiucn. King continued to visit lie nurse, and lliev had several ipiari'ls. Il< had proposed marriage to her * t'Ventl times, and site had positively ci used hint. h is helieveil that he ." lit lilt it the house to kill lln> girl, hut ot finding her look his revenge by illing the liahy. whom lie found asleep i a rnifhi. and then shot hiinself dead. Mr Finlav Is om. <o- ill,. iiiMi.o,.,... department store in \i w York City, in I lie 1 ( -'i veil I hero the news of the oath of liis daughter. hut the details rore not related to him until after lie ef timed here on the 11 o'clock train. SEVEN' KILLED IN COLLISION. might Train struck liy a t's?R*eiigcr Train Near l?i:<|lU'Siic. I*n. Pittsburg, Pa. As a result of a eolliion Iietween a passenger train ami a re!t.in train on the Moiiongnhola I'ivlion of the Pennsylvania Kail road at nehrane station, just above IHiijuesne, even men are dead, one is dying ami ve others are injured. The passenger train was Hie West '.ii/aheth aeeonunoiiatioii. whieh left Mtlshlllii lit It'Jll n in 11 " ? lid, according to the signals displayed, (1 a clear track. At tin* siding at mi liraiic it ran into the rear ear of an xtra freight train which had taken he switch, hut failed to clear the main inc. The nfltrinla of the railroad attribute he disaster to the failure of Patrick Juinn, the rear hrakeninn of the rclght train, to sec that his train hail ally cleared. (Juinti has disappeared. The caboose of the freight train over tipped the main track .sutticiently to atcli the tender of the passenger eninc. \vhl? h was forced hack upon the onihinatiou baggage and smoking car. 'lie thirteen passengers were jammed gainst the rear end of the ear. * Fire from the stove in the smoking at- communicated to the wreckage, ml tlie Imprisoned victims were badly mrned. James Stewart and four for- ' ? igners were the passengers who were Hied. The hnggagemaster and a rakeinnn also died.