"Black Death" Walks
on Five Coo?inen?s.
Plague Still Spreads-Thous?
ands of Cases Reported to
Matine Hospital
.Service.
Washington, April ll.-Thousands
of cases of bubonic plague io ali parts
of the world since Nor 1st last have
been reported to the marine hospital
service.! ^t Bio Janeiro from Feb 1
te 10 there ooourred five new cases
and three deaths At Hongkong,
Cbioa, S?. at! fatal, occurred dnriog
tba week ending Feb. 18 The plague
is steadily increasing in Cape Colony
according to reports received both io
London and Paris The official report
rom Cape Oolony for the week ending
March 2 shows 24 new cases, two
deaths and four suspects, for the fol
lowiog week -60 case-, 18 deaths and
ll suspecte Several Europeans have
been attacked and a number of natives
have beeo found dead from the disease
The rats are reported to be "trekking"
from Capetowo io great numbers and
at Simoostowo are reported tc be dying
from the plague. At Mauritius duriog
the two week? ending Maroh 8tb there
were io the island 18 oases of plague
and 23 deaths. On Maroh 14 two
fresh plague oases are reported to have
occurred to Perth, West Australia.
' The marine hospital service surgeon
in charge at-Loodon has reported that
tbe rumor of suspected plague at
Southampton? published in the Paris
papers, probably ia unfounded, but
extra precautions are being exercised
at that port in view of the large num?
ber of tro?pa returning from South
?frica. T??o plague at Karak uga.
Russia, is stated io the official repors
from Parts to be on tbe decrease, the j
same report saying that 13 deaths from ;
cholera oeoorred at Singapore, Strait
Settlements, duriog the last week of
January. ? <
A report published in a Berlin paper i
and forwarded here says the plague at
Cape Town is sow attacking the well >
to do people. The marine hospital
ser vice surgeon, Dr Green Albertrn,
bas just reported that in the Kirgisen
.reservation, JjEoranok, Russia, 13 per
*BOOS have isHeo victims to the plague
-and ia . the presidency of Bombay,
>Britieh East India, during the week
ending Feb 8:b there occurred! 1,770
plague cases. and 1,293 deaths, ab
increase of 515 oases and 314 deaths
over the previous week In Bombay
/ city that week, there were 1,056 cases 1
r * of tbe plague, ac increase of 309
and 1,359 deaths due to the plague
.Up to March 2 fifty plague cases bad
-ooourred in Cape Tow o of which 12
terminated fatally Io Argentina five
^plague patients were in the isolation
i-iospitai at San Nicholas os Feb 7 and
'"plague was suspected io the cities of
Belleville and Marios Juarez.
Official notice has been received that
tbe government of the Danish West
Indies had raised the quarantine
against Pori Said and Smyrna and
declared the port ot Brisbane, free
from plague
PLAGUE AND SMALLPOX.
P'-fcio, April ll -Robert McWade.
TJoi'ed S'ates coucut at Cactoo, Cbioa,
reports that .10,000 deaths from the
plague have occurred toere daring the
pa?: six weeks, and that there are 13
cases ot smallpox oo beard the United
States iKoottor Montetey. Only one
death has resulted on the Monterey,
aod the other cases ot smalipix are
progr-^iog favorably
Toe meetings of 'he foreign ministers
at Ptrkin have been po-fpooed at the
req-i-'-iC of M de Giers, on account of
the E -ster holidays
For Water, Lights and
Sewerage.
P*3ck Hill,April ll.-At ao adjourn?
ed weering of the citizens this after
noon. Mr Rordmao, an expert from
Raleigh, N U , made bis report in the
mather or tbe valuation of the Rook
Hi?? Wa'er, L gb: and Power Com
paoy. H is esna>ate of the waterworks
pUot was $37.000. Tbe valoatioo
made last y*?ar upon tbe electric iigbt
plant was ?17,000, making a total of
$55 000 for tbe plants aod iranohises
Af.er a hvely dtsco-sion, a motion was
carn* d fiat tbe C?ty Council should
ord*?r ao election, a* eariy as practica?
ble, to say w?eT&er an issue of bonds of
tbe amount of $95 000 should be made
for tbe uurpo-?e of buying these plants
and t rao oathes, and io addition, i:
neoe^ry, io put in a system of sewer?
age
- i mi? .?<?.
PHILIPPINE XE WS.
Manila, April 10-Lieut Mapes rf
the Twenty tbird infantry has captured
?40.000 of insurgent funds aod has
tak ^o prisoner three effisers belonging
to Geo Caille*? staff near Manila
Uoder the old regulation oockpits
will be reestablished io Manila, the
privilege of conducting them being
ranted to the widow of Capt Lara, who
commanded the Dative police of tbe
city Formerly the municipal revenue
der ved fron cockfighting amounted to
$60.000 apetsfiv
It is stated that before Aguinaldo is
liberated he will bf? required to obtain
the surrender of .Gao Tinto, tbe insur?
gent leader.
TRAINING STATION
FOR TBE ?. S. NAVY.
Port Royal Loses Dry Dock
But Gains Important Prize.
Washington, April ll -Admiral
Crowninshield, who has just returned
from an inspection of southern ports
with a view to the establishment of a
naval training station, bas recom
mended to the secretary of the navy
that the naval station at Port Royal,
8. C , be utilized for this purpose.
The secretary heartily opproves of
the recommendation and informed
Congressman Elliott today that the
buildings at Port Royal would be
used and improved for the accommo
dation of from 500 to 1,000 boys,
chiefly from the sooth. The station,
he told Mr Elliott, would be made a
most important one Toe machinery
now at Port Royal dry dock will be
transferred to Charleston in accord?
ance with the recent act of congress
removing the dock station, and new
buildings will be erected near
Charleston for its reception, it being
impossible to remove those at Pori;
Royal
AN ENGLISH FORTUNE.
Wife of the Governor Said to
be One of the Heirs.
A letter bas been received in this
city maying that Mrs McSweeney. wife
of the governor of South Carolina, is
among the heirs entitled to a fortune of
one hundred and forty nine millions of
dollar? in England This fortune is to
go to the heirB of Gov Moare of colo?
nial times, 1700 to 1720, aod Mra
MoSwseoey and several others io this
State are descendants of that offioial,
and the family tree bas been very weii
preserved What steps will be taken
by the heirs io this State after confer?
ence with ono another remains to be
aeeo -The State, April 10.
THE DRY GOODS TRUST.
Making Beginning With $20,
000,000 Capital.
New York, April 9.-Official notice
of the rumored combination of depart
meat stores was given today by J
Pierpont Morgan & Co, who solicit
subscription8 to the stock of the Aseo
estated Merchants Company. The com?
pany is capitalized at $20,000,000 and
proposes to acquire dry goods busi?
nesses or interests io this and other
cities The prospectus states that a
onebaif interest has been secured in
both the H. B Claflin Company and
the Adams Dry Good? Company and
that the James . MoCreery & Co's
Tw9nty-Third Street store bas been
bought outright.
CUBAN G 'NSTITUTIONL
CONTENTION.
"Negro Blood" Opposed to
American Rule.
Habana, April 10 -r-The Coban
constitutional convention at today's
session took no action regarding tbe
proposal to appoint a commission to go
to Washington in reference to thc
future relations between Cuba and tbc
United States The whole time was
takeo up by Senor Juan Gualberto
Gom<z and Gen Sanguily, who made
loog and impassioned speeches, the
former against the Platt amendment
and the latter in its favor.
Senor GOOKS said io ?ub9faooe that
'.he black blood io his veins made bim
opposed to the Americans, intimating
?bat their treatment of bis race stamped
them as unfriendly to the negro
'.I would rather be under the sov
ereigoty of Spain." he exolaimed, than
under t?at of the United States The
Platt amendment eodacgers the inde
pendeoce of Cuba. It means the pre
dominance of American iofluenoe I
wouid die of grief or leave the country
shruid it be accepted."
He admitted that be was not particu?
larly opposed to pending a commission
to Washington, but be s?id be be;ieved
the PUtt amendment should be rejected
first
Gen Sanguily made a s?roog appeal
to ?ho uelegares to accept the amend
meut H1; c!t?d the reasons he had
already givn in a public letter in favor
of such a course and emphasized the
fact that the amendment in no way
endangered the independence of Cuba,
but realiy provided guarantees that it
would bc mainlined.
WHO GOT THIS GOLD ?
Cherbourg, France, April 9--On
the arrival here today of the North
German Lloyd steamer Kaiger Wii
helm der Grosse, Capt Eoglehard, Now
York April 2, it was announced that
tbree gold bar3, worth 4,000 pounds
each, had been stolen during the voy?
age.
All the baggage landed here was
examined with the utmost care by| the
custom officers and detectives but the
gold was not discovered. One hundred
and fifty passengers laoded for Paris,
and several detectives traveled in the
speoial train with them.
PHILIPPINE NEWS.
Iloilo, Uland of Panay, April II -
Gen. iM8rt?D Delgado, the chief in
eurgent commander in the island of
Panay until hi? surrender in January,
has been appointed governor of the
province of Iloilo, created by the
United States Philippine commission
today Gen Delgado was recom
mended by Gen Hughes, his sub
ordinate officers and the natives, as
honest, capable and popular.
His salary will be $3,000 in gold,
the highest of all the provincial
governors Lieut Thompson, of i:he
Thirty eighth regiment, was appoint
ed treasurer. The other officials are
natives The province contains
nearly half the population of the
island of Panay, estimated at a mil?
lion persons
A feature of the session of the com?
mission was the opposition to the
land taxatioo provisions, but a fuller
explanation o? tbe American system i
sufficed
Aguinaldo's Successor Has Sur?
rendered.
Paris, April 12 -Agoncillo, the
agent of Aguinaldo in Paris, received
a cablegram this morning announcing
that the Filipino general Sandico has
been elected to succeed Aguinaldo
as commanding general of the Fi I ipi
no forces as well as director during
the contiauatiou of the insurrection.
Sandico belongs to a distinguished
family residing in Pandaka, near
Manila He is a man of energy and
is well educated, speaking several
European languages
As announced by the Associated
Press Monday, April 8, in a dispatch
from Manila, Gen Sandico surrender
ed to the American authorities at
Cabanatoan, in the province of New
Ecija, island of Luzon It was added
that Sandico bas a bad record and
may be tried
A Protest Filed.
Gov MoSweeney has received pa
pera in a novel case The people of
Saluda held a primary election to name
a dispenser The county board ignored
the primary nomioee and appointed a
man of their choice dispenser. The
people now ask the governor to with
hold bis signature from the commission.
This cannot be done, as the appointive
power rests with the county board,
which, when approved by the State
board, makes the signing of the com
mission a mere matter of form -The
State
The Wurtemberg Scandal.
Stuttgart, April ll -Baron Sobott
von Sohottecsteio, minister of war for
Wurtemberg, concerning whom reports
ot resignation under pressure and of
suioide pending disclosures were circu
lated last mooth, resigned his portfolio
today. For nine years the baron, wbo
is a general of infantry, was minister
of war for Wurtemberg List mooth
a woman was arrested in Stuttgart, at
I whose fasniooabie residence, ic was
j alleged, scandalous orgies bad ocourred.
Biroo von Sabottenstein was accused ot'
beiog one of the principal participants
and wa9 called upon to testify at the
preliminary hearing of the cbargrs
egaicst the accused woman. Shortly
afterward be was given leave of absence
by the king of Wurtemberg, ar.d there
was a report that be had committed
suioide From the outset bis dismissal
or bis resignation was expected as the
inevitable outcome cf the scandal.
New York, April 12-Wm C
Coffin of this city, who was a former
partner in the banking house of Coffin
& Stanton, which made a general
assignment in 1894. filed a petition in
bankruptcy in the United States district
court today. He schedules his iiabili
ties at ?4,150.907 and assets at ?25.
which is cash in ba?k. Tbe secured
claims amount to $2 786,172.
A few years ago the merchants of
Charleston took up with much concern
an investigation of the conditions which
made possible the tremendous mail
order business that flourished in that
city The investigation developed that
Cbarle^tonians were sending off thous?
ands of dollars for goods of identical
class and quality with those to be found
on sale io Charleston at less prices and
free of postage The local merchants'
association studied the matter, appoint?
ed committees and adopted resolutions
and got their complaints into the papers
at 'length The wherefore of the whole
thing cuotinued to be a mystery until
one day there appeared in the Charles?
ton Post a communication which, in
substance was as follows: "Northern
merchants have tbeso goods and let the
publio know of ?be fact by advertising
in the newspapers and magazines Char
leston mero'aants have the goods also and
leave it largely to tbo public to find out
about them as best they oan. Through
the advertisements the people learn
of the goods North; they do not learn
of tbe goods here except by accident "
The sense and logic of this solution of
the mystery was so convincing that the
merchant's ast?ociati.>n dropped the
subjeot at once, and sinoe that time the
mail order busme-s in Charleston bas
decreased only in proportion to the
extent that the iocal business men have
taken steps to let the publio know of
the things they have for sale.-York
ville Enquirer.
Claims Against China.
Washington, April 9 -The state
department has heard further from
Mr Rockhill, our special commission
er at Pekin, touching the effort
making there to reach an agreement
respecting the indemuity to be de
manded from the Chinese govern
trent Mr Rockbill's principal rffurt,
acting under direct instructions from
Secretay Hay, to induce the minis
ters of other powers to keep down
the total of their claims to the amount
which the financial experts, headed
by Sir Robert Hart, have decided to
be within the ability of China lo pay
The United States government bas
felt that on no account should the
to?.al indemnity claim exceed 40,000,
OOO poonda sterling, and bas stead
factly sought to make that figure the
outside limit of the claim For itself
the state department claims $25,000,
000 indemnity and bas supplied Mr
Rockhill with data for the presenta
tioo of an itemized account showing
the expenditures made by the gov
ercment of the Uunited States in the
transportation of our military contin
get in China, its maintenance lhere,
and the just claims of the missionaries
who were American citizents and
Buffered in property and person from
the Boxer outbreak
ID its anxiety to avoid oppressing
China and to secure a speedy settle
merit of the Chinese question, the
dnited States government stands
willing to make a heavy cut in its
slaira. provided tbe other nations
represented at Pekin will abate their
claims in proportion
Tbe administration is satisfied that
the great danger of the situation at
Pekin lies in delay Had the repre?
sentations of Mr Rockhill been heed
>d the officials are confident that the
formidable rebellion which bas now
broken out under the lead of Gen
Tung Fu Slang in Sben Si province
aever would have occurred It is
:he laope of the officials here that
TuDg Fa Slang's movements will
stimulate the lagging ministers at
Pekin to final action. If it does not,
f the court is obliged to flee from
3inan Fu, and the great Yang Tee j
viceroys are overslaughed by Gen g
Tung Fu Siang, as seems entirely
probable, then all China will be
)lunged into anarchy, io the estimate
>f the officials here.
STew Barratory Law in Texas. {
Austin, Texas, April 12.-The gov- f
sroor yesterday signed the barratory
)ill. This measures imposes a heavy
ioe aod imprisonment against lawyers ,
vho foment, snits against railroads aol j
>fber corporations, or who advance
noney to clients to secure snob cases
Rock Hill, April 12.-The voters of -
his ci'v do not propose to have more
iqaor sojd here than is done already, i
By a vote of three to one, with a ,
nargin of two, they expressed them- -
(elves ar the ballot box tndav. the
igures being ; For dispensary, 56 ; co
iispeosary, 170
New York, April 10 -It was an J
aounced today that the two stock ^
exchange members who sold their
3eats recently for $58,000 each, the
highest price ever paid for a seat,
are Edward Talcott and Louis V I
Bell Mr. Bell is retiring on the
twenty first anniversary of his en
trance to the exchange Both men '
have been among the most daring
room traders on the exchange floor.
Indianapolis, April 12 -Rsjab, the
B 2D jal tiger that fatally injured one of \
ihe keepers at the "Zoo" in this cry
several months ago, after a desperate '
light io the animals' cage, today attack?
ed Frank C Bostock, proprietor of he
"Zoo*' and dangerously injured him.
It is feared by the purgeons that
Bostock will lose his lett arm Hi* :
right leg and bi* face were badly lace- ,
rated.
Louisville, Ky, April 12 -Geo '
Thos H. Taylor, a veteran of the .
Mexican and Civil wars, died today 1
fr'om pneumonia, aged 75 During thf |
Mexioan war he was elevated for dis?
tinguished services through tbe various
grades from private to major aod io the ,
Confederate army from oaptaio tc
brigadier general.
Union, April 12 -News has jun
reaobed here of a horrible murder oom
milted at Wbitmire, 18 mile" sooth of
Uoioo Mr W S Lie is the victim,
[c appears that Mr Lee, a me'ohaot and
a oripple, sleeping io his store bouse,
was awakened some tim1 during last
night and admitted som^ parties sup
po&ed to be customers. Wheo be was
found today his head was beat ioto a
j?lly and he wa? in bi* night clothes
His store was robbeyd and a considerable
amount of money and three p:s'ols bad
bi?eo taken. There is ns clue at this
time as lo who were the perpetrators of
this crime.
Charlotte. N C . April 9.-A nol
pros with leave was today entered in
the United States district court at
Greensboro in all the cases brought
against Democratic registrars for
their alleged action in refusing to
register certaiu Republican voters
prier to the State election last
August Many leading citizens had
been indicted in these cases and the
dismissal of the cases is generally
commended The district attorney
scated in court that as a means to
peace arid harmony among ail citi?
zens he thought best to nol pros the
cases, reserving the right to try
them in future if deemed best Judge
Boyd agreed with him and tbe matter
is now regarded as settled.
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March 27-lm
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