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- RUSSIA BACKS DOWN
Czar Does Not losist Upon That
Maochorian Agreement
GOVERNMENT INFORMS POWERS
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Note Is In Line With Course Suggs
sted By the United States.
ilcKinley Is Gratified.
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A aispaicn received in uonuon Saturday
from St. Petersburg says it is
learned from a trustworthy source that
Bussia's diplomatic agents abroad
were instructed on April 3d to communicate
to the governments to which
they are accredited an identical note
in the same terms as that presented
by Count Cassini to Secretary Hay.
The text of the identical note, as it
appears from news which has come to
hand, is as follows:
"That, in the present circumstances,
as a special agreement in the Mauchuria
affair instead of being an open testimonial
of friendly sentiments on the
part of Russia toward China might
entail various difficulties for the neighboring
state. Russia does not in any
way insist upon the conclusion of any
such agreement and even abandons
all possibility of negotiations in this
government. Inasmuch as the imperial
government ever adheres faithfully
to its original and oft-repeated program
it will quietly await the further
course of events."
WASHINGTON IS GLAD.
A Washington special says: The determination
of the Russian government
not to press to a conclusion negotiations
begun some time ago with
the Chinese government in regard to
Manchuria, has naturally given great
satisfaction to the government of the
United States.
President McKinley is understood
' to recognize in this act of the czar
another proof of his sincere regard for
* ' the. harmony of the powers now engaged
in negotiations in China and
his determination to do nothing
to impede the speedy and satisfactory
conclusion of these negotiations.
In his view it is an act worthy
of thq enlightened sovereign who initiated
the conference of The Hague.
The government of the United States
is especially gratified by this termination
of the late complication, as it l^as
constantly been in harmony with that
of Russia in all the main points of our
policy in China.
It is the belief generally entertained
in government and diplomatic circles
in Washington that no motive can
be assigned for this resolution of the
czar, as it was clearly within the discretion
of Russia to pursue whatever
oourse that government thought best
for its interests, and it may be said
"" I. .arfoinfv tViaf ?r?fVilT?cr
WAVU OUOV/l UIU w* V?4U ?J wv?ji?u^
in the wsj of pressure or of combination^fcaa^been
put upon the Russian
government to induce this result It
is true the government of the United
States on the first of March made
known its views of the matter and
: communicated them with entire frankg.
ness to "all the powers interested,
has been made to Russia or to
China.
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BUSSIA S WOBD DOUBTED.
Russia's attitude toward Manchuria,
as outlined by The Official Messenger,
of St Petersburg, is interpreted almost
unanimously by the British press
as capable of being condensed into a
single sentence, "J'y suis; J'y reste'
(I am here,'I remain here), and there
is no disposition to believe the matter
- ; is thus ended.
The London Standard, which
throughout has takeu a moderate
stand, declares that if Bnssia goes
bacs on her promise now given as t*>
the integrity of China and proceeds
to assume in Manchuria the authority
denied her by formal stipulation, she
will have to confront not only the protest
but the armed might of the energetic
nation which, under the rule of
the mikado, is conscious of its strength
to aid the greatness of its destinies.
Japan, the paper adds, will have the
sympathy and support of nearly all
the powers interested in the far east.
Franchise Is Granted.
The Greenville, S. C., city council
has granted a franchise to the American
Telegraph and Telephone Company.
An office of the company will
be located in a few months and Greenville
will be connected by telephone
with Atlanta, Charlotte and nearly all
state capitals east of the Mississippi.
Big Deal For Timber Lands.
Capitalists of Philadelphia, Clearfield
and Williamsport, Pa., have closV
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ea aen;s ior uu,wu acres ui uiuuuiaiu
timber lauds situated in Blouut county,
Tenn., along the headwaters oj
Little river.
RUSSIA BLAMES POWERS.
Their Opposition Prevented China From
< Signing Mancliurian Convention.
A St. Petersburg special says: Rns
sia now blames the powers for China's
refusal to accept the conditions of the
evacuation of Manchuria, aud calmly
says she is in no hurry and can await
events. The unbiased opinion now is
that Russia occupies an impregnable
diplomatic position from which nobody
can dislodge her.
FURMAN LOSES CASE.
High Court Says He Should Show Title
From King of Spain.
In the United States supreme court
Monday an opinion wa3 handed down
in the case of the governor and the
officials of the state of Florida vs.
Charles W. Furman. The case involved
title to Anastasia island, in the
state of Florida, consisting of about
7,500 acres. The state claims it under
tie United States swamp land law,
while Furman based his claim upon
the alleged grant of the island by the
Spanish government to an ancestor.
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LOOKS BAD FOR PATRICK.
Testimony of Valet Jones Is Sufficiently
Corroborated to
Fasten Crime.
The New York Times says: Assistant
District Attorney James W. Osborne
is satisfied that Yalet Jones'
confession on the witness staDd that
he murdered the old millionaire, Kice,
under the direction of Albert T. Patrick
has already been sufficiently corroborated
by the five chief witnesses
Patrick could call in his own defense
to warraut Justice Jerome in holding
the accused man to await the action of
the grand jury.
Mr. Osborne contends that Short,
Meyers, Dr. Curry, Potts and Mrs.
Francis have already corroborated the
valet's story in such important details
.as will assure the court of Patrick's
connection with the crime.
TioPafrioV moda a stflfpiTMTlt
Saturday night concerning the case.
He had been asked to say something
concerning a story printed in a morning
paper to the effect that Valet Jones
had spent several hours, accompanied
by a policeman attached to the district
attorney's office, in touring the
Tenderloin district. According to this
story, hotels, concert halls and gardens
and theaters had been visited by
the prisoner and his attendant and
dozen of drinks taken. On this point
Lawyer Patrick said:
"I have known that this kind of
thing has been going on for several
weeks. I could rot have sworn that
such was the case, but I have heard
from various sources that Jones was
plentifully supplied with money, was
taking buggy rides and was otherwise
, treated with great kindness and consideration."
Patrick then went on to speak of
the Rice murder case. This is the
first time that he has made any statement
since his arrest. He said in
part:
"Jones never killed W.'H. Rice.
Had he done so he never would have
testified to it, especially as the district
attorney has promised him no immunity,
nor would his counsel, even
though provided by Captain Baker,
have permitted him to do so. His
confidence is due to the fact that "W.
H. Rice at the age of eighty-four died
of heart failure, as did his brother, F.
A. Rice, yesterday at the age of seven.ty,
and there will never be any proof
otherwise.
"The ouly crime of which Jones is
guilty is that of conspiring against the
1900 will and that of perjury in the
present proceedings. His fairy story
"is the result of a collaboration with
Captain James A. Baker, Jones' lawtpt
Mr "Rflt.t.lp trhn is hirpd bv Bflkpr:
Assistaat District Attorney Osborne
and Professor Witthaus, the professional
expert, whose report Osborne
for the last six months has been expecting
in a few days and who swore
that Rice died of mercurial poisoning,
if he did not die of something else.
"The object of Jones's story is to
have me held in prison pending the
will litigation. I have already been
in prison six months on the forgery
charge, without being indicted, and I
do not believe that there is any serious
intention to try me on a criminal
charge before a jury."
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CLAY DRAWS DEAD LIXE,
Old Man Sends Forth an Ultimatum or
Defiance to All Comers.
A special of Saturday from Lexington,
Ky., says: Behind his flagpole, to
one end of which he has tied a white
rag and to the other a red one, and
with his walking cane lying fifty feet
from his door to denote his "dead
line,"Gen. CassiusMarcellus Clay,who
is famous as a statesman, editor and
fighter, is pacing the carpeted floor of
Whitthill armed with bowie knives
and pistols, defying the world, which
he imagines is trying to take his life.
Only two persons saw him Saturday.
These were a negro, Zack White, and
his old body-guard, Jim' Bowling.
The negro was sent by Hon. Brutus J.
Clay, late commissioner to the Paris
exposition, to try and get the consent
of his father to hold an audience with
him and Bowling to bear a note from
a correspondent asking a statement
for the newspapers. To White, General
Clay eaid he was at war with the
world and would fight till death. To
the correspondent's messenger he said
he would not talk for publication at
this time, but would have a statement
to make later,
NICHOLAS "BULLET PROOF."
Report Current That Czar Has Dodged
Another Assassin's Ballet.
A special dispatch from "Vienna says
a report is published there that an
officer of the guards entered the czar's
study Wednesday and fired at him
with a revolver. His majesty was not
hit, the dispatch adds, and the officer
committed suicide.
The story is doubted, and is evidently
a resuscitation of the report
contained in a dispatch from Kieff,
April 1st, which said that an officer of
the czar's household had attempted to
assassinate his majesty by firing at
him, missed the czar and then shot
himself before he could be arrested.
BETRAYED FOR CIGARS.
Youg Floridian Secured Information as to
Againaldo's Hiding Place.
J. D. Taylor, a prominent citizen of
Lake City, Fla., has received a letter
from his son, Lieutenant James D.
Taylor, Jr., of the Twenty-fourth
United States infantry, which shows
that the young man, with kindness
and seven cigars, won over seven Filipinos
and secured the information
which enabled General Funston to
capture Aguinaldo.
BROKERS ARE MISSING.
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Alleged That They Held Secnritles Valued
at 850,OOO.
A. B. Moulder and George S. Cheesman,
brokers of Colorado Springs,
Col., disappeared two weeks ago and
warrants have been issued for their
arrest on charges of defalcation. The
firm, it is alleged, held stocks and securities
for various clients to the
amount of $50,COD. They did business
under the name of the Mouhler-Cheesman
Investment Company and was
supposed to be in good financial condition.
\ SOUTH CAROLINA \
-jf STATE NEWS ITEMS.
rsiCN>cN?rj(rsirsJCMr^
Convicted of reunion Frauds.
George P. McCIay, who was convicted
iu Charleston last Monday for
working general pension frauds and
who was sentenced to serve six years,
is considered one of the shrewdest
pension sharks that ever operated in
South Carolina. The pensiou bureau
gave out 121 different cases against
McCIay, and of this number fifty-four
have already been examined. Iu the
fifty four cases the government claim"
tiut fi-ir(rortr fuirl lipfinir wns slinwn in
vuuv W.pv.j CV1 J"',;
forty-three, ami some of the more important
charges have not yet been
reached. McCiay was tried in the
Uuited States circuit court on four indictments
consolida'e I into one, aud a
verdict of guilty was returned in each
of the foui.
The operations of the pension attorney
were not confined to Charleston
county, but he found an easy field iu
Beaufort and elsewhere.
While iu jail awaiting trial, McCiay
sent a letter addressed to President
WrKinley and cabinet, in which he
preferred charges against every federal
ollicvr in Charleston. The charges, of
oourse, were groundless.
It is believed by the government
that with the conviction of McCiay one
of the most dangerous pension sharks
has been removed from the active
held. His work extended over a
period of many years aud it has been
impossible thus far to estimate the
mount secured by him on pension
claims.
Itock Hill Anxious For Dispensary.
Up to this time Bock Ilill has had
no dispensary. The town has over
5,000 inhabitants and has the trade of
a rich back county. It is said the importations
of liquor from Charlotte
have aggregated at least $60,000 annually.
A stroDg move is now beiug
made to establish a dispensary in the
town, and a hard fight is on. Preachers
are openly fighting the move from
the pulpit. A strong sentiment favors
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its instead of a North Carolina town.
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A lieceiver Wanted.
Simon Rothschilds, holder of $50,000
worth of stock, has filed a plea in
the United States circuit court at Cincinnati
against the Memphis & Charlesion
Railway company and the Southern
railway, in which a receiver and
Accountant is asked. It is also asked
that the Southern Railroad company
be held to have no right or title in the
Memphis & Charleston Railroad company
aud be enjoined from any possession
under the sale in February,
189S. It is set forth that there was
an organization scheme by which the
issue of bonds was to be $5,000,000
instead of $6,500,000.
Government Exhibit For Charleston.
A Washington dispatch says: Direc
tor General Averil, of tho Charleston
exposition, accompanied by Senator
McLanrin, had half an hour interview
with the president Monday morning
on the proposition to have a government
exhibit displayed at the Charleston
exposition.
4'You may say to our friends iu
Charleston that we intend to have a
government exhibit at your exposi
tiou." This confident statement was
trade by General Averil before he left
the white house after his interview
with the president.
44It is impossible at this moment to
go into all the details which lead me
to express myself so emphatically on
the subject, because there are certain
matters open for further consideration
which a nnblic discussion at this time
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seven commissioners and two vice
presidents to have charge of the state
exhibit.
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Charleston Naval Station.
A Washington dispatch ,&ys: The
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might not benefit. The president ex
pressed himself deeply interested in
the success of the Charleston exposition
and expressed a willingness to
lend his assistance in having the government
properly represented there,
under certain conditions. Senator
.McLaurin having opened up the question
for us, and having interested the
president and members of the cabinet
iu the euteiprise, I am assured that
we will be able to comply with any
fair and reasonable conditions which
will enable us to secure the government
exhibit. I am not prepared at
this moment to discuss the subject of
further building? and other apartments
for the care and transportation of the
exhibits. There are details which are
yet to be considered.
"I expect to remain here two or three
days and with the assistance of Senator
McLaurin we will confer with the
various members of the cabinet interested
and endeavor to reach a conclusion
which will be acceptable to the
government, as well as the managers
of the Charleston expo-ition. It mny
be necessary for Senator McLaurin
aud myself to go to Buffalo to consult
the officials of the exposition there relative
to the transfer. This is about
all that caii properly be said on tue
situation at present, although I appreciate
the fact that our friends in
Charleston would only be too glad to
have a more detailed statement of just
what we have accomplished and what
is yet to be doae. Under the present
circumstances it would not be wise to
indulge in a premature publication of
our plans, but I am safe iu saying that
we will surely have a government exhibit
at the Charleston exposition."
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Illinois To Ap. r :priHl? 82.">,003 For InterstHtr
Exposition.
The house committee on appropriations
of the Illinois legislature repaired
a committee bill making an appropriation
of ?2,">,000 for au Illinois exhibit
at the South Carolina Interstate
and West Indies exposition to be held
at Charleston next winter.
The bill provides that of the amount
recommended $5,000 shall be used
for an agricultural exhibit, $2,000 for
a horticultuial exhibit, not to exceed
$5,000 for the expenses of the commissioners
and vice presideut, and $3,000
fn* KniMinor.o. The bill provides for
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navy department will appoint a boa~d
1 of officers to go to Charleston, S. C.,
i and devise a comprehensive plau for
1 establishing the new A^antic naval
station to be located there. Admiral
Eudicott, chief of the bureau of yards : j
and docks, has closed the arrangements
for the purchase of land, securing
the Lawton tract for $50,000, or
about $200 an acre. This with other
tracts will give 425 acres for the new i
station, besides 725 acres of marsh '
land in the vicinity. The deeds are
being drawD, and when they are passed
upon by tho law officers the board
of naval officers will be named to devise
plans. It is expected that work will
be actually under way on the new
buildings and other features of the new
station by next autumn.
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Who Will Appoint?
The courts will be asked to decide
whether the state board of coutrol or
the couuly boards appoint the beer
dispensers. Under an act of the last
legislature the state board decided it
Lad that authority and privilege, while
the attorney general rules that the
county board has the right. The question
came up from Charleston, the
county board claiming the right under
the decision of tue attorney general,
itatber than have a fight over the matter,
the state board will wait for action
by the courts.
AVolf Frightens Negroes.
A strange animal, believed by some
white meu who saw and shot at it, to
be a wolf, has appeared in the vicinity
of Jouesville, Union county, causing
considerable excitement. A party of
whites and negroes recently weut to
hunt it, but were unsuccessful. It is
said to have eaten several sheep. The
negroes are very much frightened and
tell many wild stories.
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Negroes On Confederate Jtoll. (
A Columbia special says: Confeder- i
ate veterans are considerably exercised f
aver ine lacc mat mere are several negroes
on the pension rolls. These men
have been indorsed for pensions by
the couniy boards, and unless the
slate board is shown that they are not
entitled to pensions they cannot
be stricken off. Some camps have
passed resolutions of protest. In one
instance the colored pensioner was a
free negro; in another he was a
slave, but lost his leg in following his
master iu battle.
j CUBANS FAIL TO MEET.
Many Delegates to Convention Shy at
Plntt Amendment.
The Cuban constitutional convention
did not meet in Havana Monday
owing to the absence of Senor Capott,
the president. La Lncha, referring to
to the delay, says:
"The convention is unwilling to accept
or reject the Piatt amendment.
Three propositions on lines practically
the same as the amendment have been
rejected, but the convention refuses to
discuss the majority report of the committee
on relations, which is diametrically
opposed."
SQUABBLE OVER PRIZE MONET.
Claims Grow Out of Capture of Panama
During Spanish War.
In the United States supreme court
Monday motions were filed for leave
to take additional testimony in the
case involving the prize money due on
account of the capture of the Panama
during the Spanish war.
The district court for the southern
district of Florida decided that the entire
award in the case should go to the
officers and crew of the Mangrove.
The present proceeding is one in be- f
half of the officers and crews of the
New York. g
TO MAKE TE>T CASE. J
Government Claim* tho Right to Tax
South Carolina Dispensary. ^
The directors of the South Carolina
state dispensary have decided to test
the right of the United States government
to exact license or revenue of
the dispensary system. P. H. Crum,
the commissioner, was instructed to ^
pay the license under protest and to ^
bring action for the recovery of the -r
amount paid. Mr. Franklin H. Macky
of "Washington, D. C., will represent ^
the state in the case. The amount involved
is considerable. jj
AGGY BUYING JEWELS. n
Captive Filipino Leader to Be Shown
Great Consideration.
According to a Manila dispatch Gen- a
eral MacArthur says it is impossible
to make a statement concerning Aguinaldo
dow. 8
It is possible that Aguinaldo will j
soon be removed from the Malacanang r
palace to a large house, with pleasant t
grounds, No. 56 General Solano street, <]
a fashionable quarter of the city be- ^
side the Pasig river, which is being
renovated and prepared for occupancy, j
Aguinaldo is purchasing diamonds ^
and other jewelry. He continues to ti
receive certain visitors, but newspa- a
per correspondents are excluded. fc
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SPAIN IN TUBMOIL. c
Exciting Anti-Clerical Demonstrations
Still Occnr In Many Cities. ?
Large and excited anti-clerical meetings
at Ma'aga, Cornnna and elsewhere
in Spain have passed resolutions c
demauding that the government expel ^
the religious orders from the country.
At Cornnna the manifestationists pa- r
raded the streets shouting "Down ^
with the Jesuits!" and "Down with'**
the convents." They stoned the r'
Jesuits' college and the offices of the 0
clerical newspapers. E
DEALT TN GltEEX iiOODS.
Two Men and a Woman Under Arrest at ^
UufT.t lo Charged With Swindling.
Two men and a woman who are said
to have done such an exten sive business
iu green goods that their monthyl ex- P
penditure for postage stamps repre- P
seuted $500, were arrested at Buffalo, d
N. Y., Saturday evening. TlnyareW. c
A. Clark and his wife and brother, Lee P
L. Clark. t<
The inspectors say the gang ha3 been t?
operating in the vicinity for several 1
mouths, some of their victims coming s
all the vay from Texas. a
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WHAT WILL CZAR DO?
China Defiantly Refuses to Sign
That Agreement.
RUSSIANS FORMALLY NOTIFIED
Celestials Will Not Offend Other
Powers and Assumes Risk.
Japan Promises Aid?
A special of Wednesday from Pekin
says: The Chinese government has
ormally notified Russia that China,
)wing to the attitude of the powers, is
lot able to 6ign the Manchurian contention.
"It is China's desire*" 6ays the fornal
notification, "to keep on friendly
erms with all nations. At present she
s going throngh a period which is the
nost perilous in the empire's history,*
ind it is necessary that she should
jave the friendship of all.
"however much she might be wiling
to grant any special privilege to
me power, when others object it is
mpossible that, for the sake of .makng
one nation friendly, she should
ilienate the sympathy of all others."
Li Hung Chang says this letter settles
the matter definitely and that
Russia was informally notified to the
>ame effect March 29th.
Prince Ching asserts that every
Uhinaman eicept Li Hung Chang was
igainst signing the convention.
INTEREST AT WASHINGTON.
Great interest was manifested in
>fficial and diplomatic circles Wedneslay
night over the Associated Press
eport from Pekin that the Chinese
inally had determined not to sign the
Manchurian agreement. No official
nformation had reached this govern
nent or the principal foreign embassies.
To the Russian ambassador, Count
Sassini, the news came as a great surprise,
as he had hoped for a successill
conclusion of the convention. Russia,
he said, had informed the Chinese
government that she did not mean to
:ake Manchuria, and that her desire
vas to make such arrangements as
rould avoid the repetition in the
ature of the boxer troubles of last sumner.
The ambassador declined, in the
ibsence of official advices, to indicate
vhat probably would be the future
course of his government.
Russia, in a measure, at least conrols
the situation in Manchuria, as
the has possession of the country and
he great mass of her soldiers now in
Uia are within that territory. China
laving refused the terms specified by
Russia, the Russians assert she may
ake her own good time and retire
rom the country whenever she is indined
to do so.
Sould Russia continue in Manchuria,
lowever, beyond a reasonable time,
here is no obligation upon any power
0 respect her title, and it may be
iredicted that this subject will lead to
1 controversy of the gravest character.
The United States was firm in its
>pinion that it was inexpedient for the
Chinese government to enter into a
reaty with any of the powers interestid
in the present status of the Chinese
lituation pending the general settlenent
of the matters at issue, and this
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>osiuon, Dacaea uy xne views 01 timer
governments, It is felt here, has been
in important factor with the imperial
;overnment in determining its attitude
ipon the Bnssian government.
JAPAN TO BACK CHINA?
A dispatch to The New York Herald
rom Pekin says:
"Japan has given China written asurances
that she will share the coneqnences
of China's refusal to sign
he Russain treaty if these consequents
include war. The peace negotiaions
are at a standstill."
INVITATION TO AGGY.
tumor Says President Has Asked Filipino
To Visit United States.
It was rumored in Manila Wedneslay
evening that President McKinley
18S invited Aguinaldo to visit the
Jnited States and that the former inurgent
leader may sail from Manila
ipril 15th. General MacArtbur, when
inestioned regarding the rumor, said
ie had absolutely nothing to commaicate.
SAILORS DIE ON EASTER MORN.
l Coal Laden Vessel Is Dashed to Pieces
Off M^ssachnsetts Bay.
Advices from Gloucester, Mass.,
tate that the storm just before the
faster dawn threw on the jagged
ocks of eastern point the old Calais
womasted schooner Hyena, coal lalen,
and within an hour the waves
ad torn her to pieces and swept off
er crew of four men. Two of them,
llmer and Bennett Stanley, managed
o reach shore, but her skipper, Capain
R. B. Dix. of West Tremont,Me.,
nd Steward Fuller, were probably
illed by being dashed on the rocks,
.'he two battered sailors reached
Gloucester Sunday morning.
STILL THEY COME.
facArthur Reports the Surrender of Two
Filipino Detachments,
The following cablegram was reeived
Wednesday from General Mac.rhur
at Manila:
' 'Brigadier General Robert P. Hughes
eports the surrender at Banga, northrestPanay,
March 31st, thirty officers,
85 men, 105 rifles. General Kobbe
eports twenty-one men and twentvne
guns surrendered March 31st,
lortliem Mindanao."
SCORPION GOES TO MEMPHIS.
Fill Represent Navy at Confederate Reunion
Instead of Bancroft.
An order issued from the navy deartment
Wednesday assigns the Scorion
instead of the Bancroft to the
uly of representing the navy at the
onfederate veterans' reunion at Mcmhis,
Tenn., May 26:h. The Bancroft is
3 go to Hampton Roads from Key West
3 be put out of commission about May
5th. She is too small for a training
hip and not large enough for a cruiser,
ud she will be held up indefinitely.
WOMEN AS DUELISTS
Mrs. Zeiglin Meets Mrs. Dangh*
son on "field of Honor."
REVOLVERS BROUGH INTO PLAY
Madame Zeiglin Got Worst of
Encounter?Husbands Are
r-? t. Ail
C?eeKing cacn uincr,
Mrs. Ella Zeiglin and Mrs. Daughsod,
living near Newkirk, Oklahoma,
fought a duel with revolvers at twenty
paces Thursday aud Mrs. Zeiglin is
now in a hospital dangerously, but not
necessarily fatally, wounded. Two of
her opponent's shots lodged in her
breast, but she is able to talk and is
anxious to recover that she may again
fight Mrs. Daughson.
The duel grew out of a long-standing
feud between the women, jealousy being
ihe original cause. Mrs. Daugh- ,
son lives on a farm just south of the
city and Mrs. Zeiglin has frequently
endeavored to arouse the temper of
her neighbor by various means, the
most effectual being the claim that she
(Mrs. Zeiglin) could take Mrs. Daughson's
husband away from her at any
time she wished. Mrs. Daughson
finally appealed to the courts and
I Wednesday forenoon Mrs. Zeiglin was
fined $300 for trespassing upon the
Daughson property and inciting
trouble.
As soon as she paid the fine Mrs.
Zeiglin drove to the Daughson home,
smarting over the loss of money and the
criticism of the trial judge. Riding up
to the door of the Daughsons, she invited
her rival to come out and fight a
UU?U.
Airs. Daughson promptly accepted
the challenge and came out armed
with a revolver. The women then
faced each other at fifty feet and began
shooting,the oignal being given by a
daughter of Mrs. Zeiglin, who had accompanied
her from town.
Each fired three shots without
effect. Then Mrs. Daughson got the
range and fired two shots in quick
succession, both striking Mrs. Zeiglin
in the breast. She fell and Mrs.
Daughson assisted in carrying her into
the house, where a physician dressed
her wounds, after which she was conveyed
to a hospital.
Now the husbands of the women are
seeking each other, vowing to kill on
sight. The partisans of each woman
are also burnishing up their weapons
and seeking an excuse to shoot somebody.
During the trial Thursday the
two women attempted several times to
fly at each other and fight it out and
then and there the belligerent spirit
permeated the entire courtroom.
Mrs, Zeiglin says her revolver refused
to work after the first three
shots and that she will make a better
record when next she faces Mrs.
Daughson. The latter has not yet
been arrested and grimly remarks that
she has taken the precaution to reload
her revolver and oil its joints and that
she can be found at home by any one
looking for an argument.
RURAL FREE DELIVERY.
The Postoffl ce Department Sends Ont
Circular of Instruction*.
Superintendent A. W. Machen, of
Hia troo dalirare hnrMll nf DOfit
VUG HOW Vtv* 4 I V* J MM* Voffice
department, has issued a circular
of instructions governing rural free
delivery throughout the country. It
direots that petitioners for such service
be heads of families, who shall
show the relative population along the
route, character of the roads, principal
vocations of the people and distances
each one now has to travel to
get mail. A map of the route proposed
is required. The petition must be
iudorsed by either a senator or representative
in congress. Each route
must be over twenty miles long, serving
at least a hundred families, and
those desiring the delivery hereafter
must be prepared to put up suitable
boxes.
Rural carriers may carry other business
other than United States mail.
Patrons are required to co-operate by
keeping the roads up to the standard
in all weather. The maximum pay for
carriers now is $500 per annum for a
full route of approximately twenty-five
miles.
ABDUL PROFESSES PIETY.
Earthquake Frighten* Ohl Turk Into
Humble Expression*.
The sultan of Turkey, replying to
Emperor William's telegram of congratulations
upon his recent escape
from harm dnriDg the receDt earthquake
in Constantinople, thanks the
kaiser for his cordial sentiments, and
adds:
"My attitude at the time of the
earthquake was the result of a feeling
of constant submission to the divine
will; and I thank the Almighty, who
is watching over my person and subjects
and who preserved them from
peril. I shall pray God ever to spare
humanity from such calamities."
PISCOYERY OF FLORIDA
And Landing of Fonce de Leon Celebrated
By Citizens of St. Angastlne.
At St. Augustine, Fla., Thursday
night several hundred citizens and
visitors celebrated in Fort Marion the
389th anniversary of the landing of
T.nncfl do T.onn and th? disooverv of
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Florida. A salute of seventeen gans
was fired in honor of Ponce de Leon,
after which speeches were made. The
celebration closed with a display of
fireworks.
TENKESSEXAXS BARRED OUT.
State of Kentuoky Decides to Quarantine
Against Her Neighbor.
A dispatch from Louisville says:
Kentucky is to quarantine against the
state of Tennessee for smallpox.
Thursday afternoon the executive committee
of the state board of health decided
to take the step.
This quarantine will be absolute, in
that no person will be allowed to cross
the Kentucky state line coming from
Tennessee who cannot show a certificate
of recent vaccination. 1
GEN. CLAY DEHtS UtfltEKJ).
Old flan Fires Upon Sheriff and
Deputies Who Were Trying
To Serve Legal Writ.
A special from Lexington, Ky., says:
With the cry, "The Vendetta!" on his
lips, General Cassias Marcellas Clay,
the famous abolitionist and dnelist
aud former United States minister to
Russia, Friday morning led his little
bodyguard to battle against a sheriff's
posse which had gone to Whitehall,
his palatial mansion in Madison county,
to serve papers upon the general in
a civil case instituted against him by his
daughter, Mary B. Clay. Many shots
were fired on each side and the posse
finally departed without accomplishing
the purpose of its visit. It is reported
thnt General Clay was wounded in the
affray.
Friday's conflict was directly connected
with the domestic woes of General
Clay which have darkened the
closing years of his life.
The principals in the battle were
General Clay and two of bis bodyguard.
Bud Literell and Jim Bolin
on one side, and Sheriff Colyer, Deputy
Terrill and Frank Mason, of Madison
county, on the other.
The writ which the sheriff sought to
serve was one ordering the delivery of
some furniture belonging to the general's
daughter. The officers approached
the house from the north,
passing through the apple orchard.
The general's Russian bulldog set up
a barking and the officers stopped at
Ihe yard. The general's bodyguard
promptly came to the door and the
sheriff announced that he desired a
personal interview with the master of
Whitehall. General Clay in a few
moments came to the door, revolver in
hand.
"General Clay," said the sheriff
"we are here on a peaceful mission."
"You are on my property without
leave and I will shoot you," replied
the old man, who, almost blind, strained
his eyes as if trying to make out
the locatioh of an enemy.
"Don't shoot, general, we are
friends," shouted Sheriff Colyer.
"Spies!" he returned, and handing
his pistol to one of his men, he took
instead a repeating shptgun and cocked
it.
Sheriff Colyer sought shelter behind
a large oak tree near by and his deputies
also hid themselves. All pulled
their weapons.
"General Clay shrieked, "The Vendetta!
The Vendetta!" and began
firing in the direction from which he
heard the voices. .
The aheriff fired in return after the
crAnprftl had >imatied the weanon and
DW?w-? rv c ~
his deputies also fired, they say, not
at the old man, but hoping to scare
him into seeking shelter. Colyer^as
skootiDg wild also', not desiring to k0t'
the old man, who, although doing his
best to kill them, believed he was
firing upon an enemy.
After emptying the shotgun General
Clay tried his revolver, which would
not fire. He then took from the hands
of the other guard a rifle and and began
discharging it at the frightened
sheriff and deputies. Exhausting his
ammunition. General Clay sought retreat.
He went into the room and
putting up the iron bars, ordered his
men to adjust the pistols, three large
navy weapons, always kept lying on a
dresser. He armed himself with a large
bowie knife and butcher knife. Stationing
himself at the side of the door,
he awaited fnrthur attack.
After General Clay had retreated into
his den Sheriff Colyer and his men
left the yard. They found a negro
boy, and sent him to the house to try
to get General Clay to come out unarmed,
and meet them, but in this
they were not successful, and they
returned without serving the process.
Sheriff Colyer announced that he
would wait a day or two before trying
to serve the papers.
The trouble originated some months
ago when General Clay, who had been
left alone after his child-wife, Dora
Richardson, ran away and left him,
sent for Mary B. Clay, a daughter, to
come and live with him. For some
weeks they got along nicely and the
veteran appeared to be satisfied. Two
weeks ago he told his daughter to go
to his family and secure their consent
to release all claims on the property
which he occupies. He wanted to
give the property to Dora, the young
divorced wife, who is now the wife of
Riley Brock, and resides at Pinckard,
in Woodford county, on property given
her by the general.
The daughter went away according
to orders and, returning a day or so
later, was met at the door by the old
man. His eyes were fiery. In his
tremblinc hand he held a revolver
grasped tightly. He demanded to
know the result of the visit.
"It's all right," said the frightened
daughter.
"All right, is it?" retorted the infuriated
man. "You lie. I know you
are deceiving me." Leveling his revolver
at his daughter's head, he
added:
"Leave my house and never come
here again."
Miss Clay later on secured a writ of
delivery for her furniture and placed
the paper in the hands of Sheriff Colyer.
NOTED SEMINOLE DEAD.
Old John Jnmper, Chief Counsel of Florida
Indians, Is No More.
Old John Jumper is dead at his
camp on Snook creek, in Florida.
Jnmper "was one of Chief Jumper's
sods, who reigned during some of
Florida's darkest wars with his tribe.
All the white citizens knew him
well, as he has for a number of years
been chief counsel for the Seminole3
and was eighty-five years old.
GENERAL GOKDONM~COMPANY.
Bond* are Deposited la Georgia Treasury
By New Insurance Concern.
An Atlanta dispatch says: The
American Annuity and Mutual Life
Insurance company, of which Genera^
John B. Gordon is president, deposited
the required registered bonds with
State Treasurer Park Monday and will
at /jnce begin the operation of business
in Georgia and Alabama.
The amount of bonds deposited was
$5,000, but the sum will be enlarged
with the increase or cosiness transacted
by the company.
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KUAlft JUI1N |
A Gigantic Combine of Railways 'J
Said To Be Consummated.
ALL UNDER ONE flANAQEHOT ||
Amalgamation Alleged To Be the
Work of Magnate Morgan. f*
Community of Interest.
A Cincinnati special says: A gigantic"
amalgamation of fonr railroads, it fs-*j5j
said, has jnst been effected. '
roads sr? th? Sonthprn rsilwiv.
Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton, tba
Chicago, Indianapolis and Louisville ;
and the Cincinnati Southern.* J. Pier-;;
r jnt Morgan is reported to hare formed ^fa|
This consolidation has been
qnently agitated in connection with 2;^
the pending renewal of a lease of the
Cincinnati Southern to the Srotbah^i . ^
rail way, but the officials of the two lines,
deny that anything haa yet been dona
that will warrant the announcement s^
There was no information obtainabfr^^ <
at the Southern railway offieea pL&j j
Washington regarding the reported
amalgation of railroad interests, AHjj^H
of the officials possibly compatriots^ '
talk regarding the alleged deal aie^reg ; |
of the city. All of the roads men*,-;b
tioned'are on specially friendly rela*J^|B
The Cihcinnati Southern it stated-to:|^:S
be owned jointly by the Southern and- %
the Cincinnati, Hamilton and Dayton* . J:
The Monon road, otherwise the Chi-;;,
cago, Indianapolis and Cincinnati, ia /j. "bi
said to be closely identified with therejgjS
Morgan interests and thus have cloee^?
relations with the Southern. There: ?
is also a strong freight traffic relation
between the Sonthern and the Cinds-^f m
nati, Hamilton and DaTton.
Heports that huge railroad combin? r "
ations are in process of foraisffejra
were widely circniated in New XorifcV!
Detailed statements concerning the ; |S
plan already published looking "to the - ' i
combination of all the great railway j 1
systems of the United States undsr > ; ;
the control of one company were giv- %'p
cd, bnt as a general thing prominent b %
railroad officials and bankers declined^
to discuss the matter. ;
According to all accounts the eateiv ^i ^
prise involved the greatest oombina- ^ ;
tion of capital known in the history !
a T1 i 3 A*
n nance. u wm? iimn mn jm
,-werald be formed under the tare qf*j|
New Jersey for the purpose of oocr^^Bj
ducting a general freight and transportation
business throughout th#;f
United States; that the company woufcfc^s ^
hold a controlling interest in all of the 9
great railway systems and that the - *
management of the roads would be ; M
vested in the controlling company,
According to the proposition, each .% W
road wonld preserve its identify snti;^
corporate existence,but the newoompe- ;'S
ny would control the affairs of alL
this policy it was claimed large sums ' ||
of money conld be saved as a result ;
economies in management and the ? m
stopping of rate cutting. The
of men like J. P. Morgan, William K. . >* Jj
Yanderbilt, James J. Hill, Edward *Cs?
Harriman, George J. Gould, John D?;| |
Rockefeller, Jacob H. Schiff and JiSb^
Stillman were freely used. Ws
One report stated that the first stsp 'J
in the proposed plan would be the
securing of control of the stocks of tha^l* ^
Chicago, Burlington and Quinsy, thstf|
Erie, the Great Northern and Nor tilem
Pacific, and that provision would.^1
be made for the acquisition of other J
properties in the immediate future. |p
All that is aimed at, according to the
best authority obtainable, is a community
of interest. The close amal- *
gamation of a community of iniersst||
basis was first brought about through the
efforts of J. Pierpont Morgan, as ' 0
a result of this close union of interest
ruinous rate wars are already at en
end, not so many high-priced officials
are needed aa before, and one can bny ? <
a ticket on any trunk line in almosjk^S^
any one of the large offices in the cities.
However, that a single company'.
< M
will be formed under tne new
laws to take over all the railroads of
the country is not considered seriously
by well informed railway men.
GAGE TAXES 15 KOBE B09D&
Secretary Buys Another Batch of Short
Term Government Seearttiof.
Wednesday the secretary of the
treasury purchased in New York $872,- :
000 additional short term bonds at
substantially the same rate as paidior
the $2,000,000 bonds purchased Tuesday.
The secretary has rejected some
offers of bonds that were a trifle higher
than the figures named in the proposi- ,
Cromwell Goes to Beliere Schley. -0
Bear Admiral Bartlett J. Cromwell,
who goes to relieve Bear Admiral
Schley as commander of the South
Atlantic squadron, sailed from New ^
York Wednesday on the Si Louis.
GRIGGS LEA YES CABDTET.
Solid Silver Piteher Is Given tm tho SlMl "jigm
iny Officer By Associates.
Friday Attorney General Griggs < jfi
took leave of his associates in the cab
inet and in the department of jnstfoft'
and will leave at once for his home in
Peterson, N. J.
Solicitor General Richards, on behalf
of the officers and employee! of *r?|
the department, presented to the re- -.fj?
tiring attorney general a large, solid ^
silver pitcher.
CORNERED "GOOBER" BASKET. ' 4Hoboken,
N. J., Firm Buys Up All the J
Peanuts In Sight.
It was announced in New York ",M
Thursday that a firm in Hoboken, N. J.,
had cornered the peannt markeft^ jS
having purchased all the nnta in the 3/5
Chicago, Boston and New York^ ^
markets, as well as having secured 125
car load lot from Norfolk, Yn.-^ ;
There has been an advance in prioee
from 70 to 90 cents a bashel latelfywrr^
vnd a member of the firm says thifi^Haa:;, J|
>een dae to the corner and exbressea'-B
As opinion that it will go still higher.