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INDIANAPOLIS JOFBNAL WEEKLY ESTABLISHED 1 VOT T V C 1 fli" DAILY ESTABLISHED J Vlj- i V. 1UU, INDIANAPOLIS, .MONDAY MORNING, APRIL 16, 1900. T)T)Trr q ni?VTC ( AT railway newp KTANW. OS ilvlOrj O VÜii LO. (TRAINS AND SUNDATS, i CENTS. BLOW AT BOERS GENERAL nRADANT REPORTED TO HAVE HIT THE LXCMY IIAUD. He Is .Said to Ilnrr Defcnted the lie. lestr of Wepener, Capturing Gnni and Prisoners. RUMOR NOT YET CONFIRMED REGARDED IX LONDON AS A "PREMA TÜRE" STATE3IENT. Brabant Left Allnal North Saturday, and It Was Expected He Would Make It Hot for the Uocn. BEITISH HOBE CONFIDENT DISPATCHES FROM nLOEMFONTEIN GROWING OPTIMISTIC. Another Wnrnlna from Winston Churchill Losses Last Friday Basutos Under Arms. LONDON, April 16. The Cape Town correspondent of the Daiij Telegraph, telegraphing Sunday, says: "An unconfirmed report is in circulation here that General Brabant has inflicted a crushing defeat upon the Boers at Wepener, capturing guns and taking pris oners. PRODAIILY PREMATURE. Drabant Has Hardly Had Time to Reach the Hoer Position. LONDON. April 18. 4:55 a. m.-Tho War Office had nothing to communicate to the public yesterday. It may be taken for granted that the rumor of General Bra bant's victory at Wepener is premature. With the remainder of his force he left Allwal North on Saturday for Rouxville, and there has scarcely been time for an engagement. A dispatch from Reddersburg. dated yes- iterday, said: "Colonel Dalgety wired yes- terday: 'All well. Enemy apparently slackening attack.' General Chermside's division Is cncampcy.Eeyentefcn.. miles-cast of the railway. Boers are supposed to be In the vicinity, but an attack by them is Improbable.' The Bloemfontein correspondent of the Times, telegraphing Sunday, says: "It Is reported that reinforcements for the Boers, with sixty wagons, have arrived at Dewets dorp en route for Wepener. This should precipitate an action. The statement that President Kruger has been south seems to confirm the reports that the Boers are get ting disheartened. This continued exertion of his personal influence appears now to have become a necessity." AH the Bloemfontein dispatches this morning bieathe a confident tone. There seems to be a heavy demand on the rail way, for so large an army leaves the popu lace bare of everything save the absolute necessities of life. The fact that the censors allowed Win ston Churchill's dispatch on the subject of remounts to pass speaks volumes for tho condition of that question and con cerning the prospect of any immediate ad vance towards Pretoria. The utmost Lord Roberts will bo able to do for some time to come will be in the direction of clearing the Boers from the southern part of the Free State. The dispatches announce the approach of winter. The first pinch of frost has been felt at Bloemfontein, where considerable rain has fallen. It is said that President Kruger has vis ited the camp at Kroonstad as well as at BrandforL LOSSES AT WEPENER. Eighteen British Killed and 132 Wounded In Last Friday's Fighting. ALI WAL NORTH. April II. It Is of- flcally reported that the British losses at Wepener in Friday's fighting were eigh teen men killed and 132 wounded. Colonel Grenfell wires that the casualties include Quartermaster Williams, Lieutenant Hal- ford and Lieutenant Duncan and fifteen men wounded. Sir Godfrey Langden, resident commis sioner at Maseru, telegraphs that no shell ing has been heard from the direction of Wepener to-day. A regiment of British infantry and a battery of artillery arrived on Friday. General Brabant's headquarters and all the mounted troops have gone to Roux ville. The Northern Post asserts that the Rouxville district furnished 1,000 recruits to the Boer force as a result of the in vasion law week. Five hundred Boers un der Commandant Swanepoel. forced the Royal Irish Rifles to evacuate Rouxville. The former landrost. who had been acting for the British, offered to go to the front to prove himself a true Free Stater, and almost to a man the Free Staters, who had taken the oath rejoined the Boers. Nearly every one produced a Mauser. Looting, however, was repressed. It is reported that there arc seven thou sand Boers at Wepner. Fourteen British sympathizers have been Imprisoned. The Boers admit having shot Mr. Guiney, the hotel keeper, for taking forage to the British. A paymaster with JC1.4D0 was captured. ON THE BASUTOLAND II OR DER. Three Thousand Armed Natives Ready to Repel n Iloer Invasion. MASERU. Basutoland. April ll.-Sir God- frey Langten. British resident commis sioner, returned here yesterday (Friday) from the scene of operations nenr Weo- encr. He and the paramount chief have stationed Z.OJ) armed natives to resist ros- tible Boer encroachments. The orders of the resident coaimlsioner are that the Busutos re not to be allowed to cross the Free State frontier on any pretence what ever. Two natives who crossed ana looted an abandoned Doer farm, are now In custody. Colonel Dalgety's position Is strong and well chosen, but he is completely sur rounded. The Boers have their backs against Basutoland, and If they stay much longer they will be hemmed in. The Brit ish operation? are Keenly watched from the neighboring heights. Shelling and sniping have been going on steadily during the last six days. Colonel Dalgety's guns are admirably served and there is no waste of ammuni tion. The Boers when they see the electric flash of the cordite, bolt into their holes or behind walls. So near are the Boers and the Basuto guards that they converse. The ambulances are close to the border. but the killed and wounded arc not re moved until nightfall, in order to conceal the number of casualties. The Boers are fatigued and their horses arc tired and footsore. The Boers attacked fiercely the British northern position on April 9, but they were baten back at daybreak. . Nothing is known here of the casualties on either side. NO PLACE FOR VISITORS. Sir Alfred Milner Protests Against Women Flocklnj? to South Africa. LONDON, April 13. Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state for the colonies, has re ceived the following dispatch from Sir Alfred Milner, British high commissioner in South Africa: ' "The number of vis itors to South Africa Is constantly in creasing and Includes many, especially ladies, who seem to have no particular call or duty of business. I am sure this would not be the case if it were realized at home that visitors, who in ordinary times would be most welcome, may under exist ing conditions become a serious source of inconvenience, Interfering with the work of the military and civil officers and put ting a strain on our limited means of ac commodation, which are urgently required for those who have duties to perform here or who are invalided from the front. A considerable increase in the expense of living at all times very high Is caused by this excessive influx of visitors and this is a hardship to persons of tho latter class." After saying that there is no place less suitable for recreation than South Africa at present, Sir Alfred Milner concludes as follows: "Lord Roberts, to whom I have submitted this message, authorizes mo to add that he fully concurs In the views expressed." . RODERTS TO KRUGER. His Lordship's Protest Against Ill- Treatment of Prisoners. BLOEMFONTEIN, April H.-Lord Rob erts, in his telegram of protest to Presi dent Kruger regarding the treatment to which the colonial officers and troops who are now prisoners at Pretoria have been subjected, complains that the Boers have treated them as if criminals confined in Jail. lie points out that there are ninety cases of enteric fever and dysentery in the prisoners camp at Water -aal; -that the Transvaal government failed to sup ply, on demand of the doctor, tho neces sary medicines and medical comforts; that the prisoners were forced to bivouac in the open veldt; that the sick were placed in an open shed, with an iron roof and that it was only when the new doctor threatened to resign that medicines and mattresses were supplied. He invites President Kruger to remedy this state of things and contrasts it with the treatment the British give to Boer prisoners, sick and wounded, who, as Lord Roberts says, "receive the same treatment as our own soldiers." Four farmers who had taken the oath to abstain from further co-operation with the Queen's enemies were found signaling to the Boers at Karee Siding and havo been brought here. AN EXPENSIVE BUSINESS. Winston Chnrchlll Thinks More Men and Horses Will Re Needed. LONDON, April 16. Winston Churchill telegraphs to the Morning Post from Bloemfontein, under Saturday's date, re iterating his opinion that the war is bound to prove an extremely expensive business. He says: "Two hundred and fifty thou sand men will be needed before the end Is attained. The question of remounts will continue one of vital importance. Great numbers are now arriving but, owing to the fact that they have to be put to work before time is given them to recover from tho effects of the voyage, their con ditlon is low and the death rate among them high. Thousands, therefore, will be wanted In addition to those now here and on the way and great resting depots miist be formed together with an ample staff to nurse and exercise them. If that is done then about four or five months hence. you will be able to give your cavalry a new lease of life and strength." KRUGER AT RRANDFORT. Trnnsvnnler Muy Leave the Free Staters to Their Own Resources. LONDON, April IS. Tho Bloemfontein correspondent of the Dally News, tele graphirg Saturday says: "President Kruger attended a conference of the Boer commandants at Brandfort on Thursday. It is believed a decision was reached to withdraw the Transvaal forces to the north of Vet river, preparatory to a gen eral retirement across tho Vaal river, if hard pressed, leaving the Free Staters to their own resources." CO I,. SCHIEL UNDER GUARD. Tried to Escape from the Transport In St. Helena Hnrbor. ST. HELENA. April lS.-Colonel Schiel and two other Boer prisoners wero landed to-day and sent to tho citadel In conse quencc of an attempt to escape. It ap pears that Colonel Schiel bribed ja. boat man to take a letter to a Dutch cruiser, but the boatman, by mistake, took it to the British cruiser Nlobe. A large knife was found in possession of one of the three Colonel Schiel walked to the citadel, de clining a carriage that was placed at his uisposai. The Mnlne nt .Madeira. LONDON, April 15. The executive com mittee of the American women's hosplml ship fund has received a cablegram from Lady Randolph Churchill, announcing that the Maine arrived at Madeira this morning and win reacn Southampton on April 23 All on board are well. Dlnmoiul Mine (Inner Cnptured. WARRENTON, April 15. Frank Smith. a well-known mine owner, fell Into the bands of the Boers while drivlne from Darkly West toward the Frtnk Smith diamond mine. WAR ON CREE! DR. PARKIIIRST LEADING THE PRESBYTERIAN CRUSADERS. 111 Sermon Yeaterday Devoted to Con demning the "Wen (minuter Con fession of Fa Uli. DENOUNCED AS AN INCUBUS 'V - ; - . ' UNDER WHICH THE CHURCH IS TOT TERING AND DECLINING. He Would Send It to a Museum, for He Does Not Relieve It Can De Acceptably Amended. NEW SIMPLE CBEED NEEDED BRIEF STATEMENT IN PLAIN ANGLO- SAXON WOULD SUIT HIM. Alleged Incongruities of the Third Chapter of the Present Con fession Pointed Out. NEW YORK, April 15. Rev. Dr. Charles II. Tarkhurst, speaking in his pulpit in Madison-square Presbyterian Church, to day, made a vigorous assault on the West minster Confession of Faith. He said: "We ought to have a new confession of faith. It is surprising that the Presby terian Church is able to do as much, as it is doing with such an Incubus strapped upon us as we are tottering under in our present confession. In the first place, the thing needed is not a system of theology, for that is what our present confession is. but a simple, brief, Saxon statement of a half dozen or so of the vital ingredients of Jesus Christ's message to the world. I could get along with a confession of faith containing but tho little that Jesus said when He was trying to make a Christian of Nicodemus: " 'God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever be Heveth in Illm should not perish but have eternal life. "That gives to us the doctrine of God's unlimited love, human guilt, the divinity of Christ, salvation through Christ, faith In Christ, immortality; every word Saxon, three-quarters of the words monosyllables; profound enough for any elder; simple enough for any four-year-old. "At any rate, wo want a new creed. Amending this, one will not meet the ne cessities of the case. Better give It a digni fied place In the museum for what it .is. tha"H'Kack it to pieces and revamp It for what it is net. And then, onco more, If there were among us tho distinct feeling which the gospel so wonderfully guaran tees, that everything in all this great Christian matter pivots on the absolute and unconditioned love of God. we should be intolerant toward everything that states or even suggests a partial or an arbitrary love on God's part loving some because He chose to, and damning the rest in order to show what lie could do and how Just He was. "Now, that is our book, the Presbyterian Confession of Faith, in the third chapter. If we are thorough Presbyterians and be lieve what our doctrinal prospectus adver tises us as believing, we believe it prob able that some of tho children In your homes, little children, perhaps the babe of your bosom, is damned, already damned. damned before it was born, damned from everlasting to everlasting, and then you are Invited to come Into church and say, Our Father.' Why. any man who should become a father for the sake of Joy and 'glory he would use in burning and rack ing his own offspring, deliberately creating a child with a view to the agony into which he was going to torture, would be chased from the earth as a fiend and as an ebullition. It does not meet the case to say that it is only In 'the book, and that nobody preaches it. It is true that nobody preaches It, and equally true, I doubt not. that nobody believes it. Nevertheless it is printed on the flag beneath which the Presbyterian army is marching, and It hurts us as a denomination. Men are stay ing out because it is there, and men are going out because it is there." Shorter Creed Favored. CLEVELAND. O., April 15.-Rev. Dr. S. P. Sprecher and Rev. Taul F. Sulphen, the ministerial delegates from this city to the Presbyterian General Assembly, to-day de clared In favor of the adoption of a shorter creed, and both said they and the two lay delegates would vote for such change. Dr. Sprecher wants tho Westminster confes sion revised, also. DESERTS METHODISM. Rev. E. E. Staekpole Offers His Serv ices to Concrrcieatlonalists. AUGUSTA, Me., April 13.-Rev. E. E. Staekpole. of the Methodist Church, to-day preached his farewell sermon to the parish and the Methodist faith. He said, in part: "I hold myself to be in spirit with the founders of the Methodist Church. I think I interpret the Scriptures as Wesley would have done had he lived in this age. So that while I am a Wesleyan Methodist, I am not a modern Maine Methodist, according to the powers that be. I have preached in the Methodist Church here for twenty-two years, and was brought up in a Methodist family. I shall offer my services to. the Congregational Church, and if I can find a church that will bo blessed by my work. I shall accept a call. I have a conviction that I can be of more service in building up the kingdom of God by working in the Congre gational Church." GEN. GORDON AS AN EVANGELIST. He Successfully Urne Old Soldiers to Put on the Armor of Christ. HOUSTON, Tex., April 15.-Gen. John B. Gordon, commander-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, who Is on a lecture tour in Texas, attended the revival meet ing In Gatesville. conducted by Abe Mul- key, and at the conclusion of tho sermon the evangelist called on him for remarks. General Gordon responded from his place on the platform near the preacher in one of the most powerful exhortations. It is said, that has ever been heard In this State. Ills remarks were addressed princi pally to tho Confederate veterans present. In most eloquent terms he depicted their grand and glorious achievements as sol diers in the service of their country, mov ing his hearers to the highest pitch of patriotism, and then made an appeal to them to take up the armor of Christ. At the close of this appeal about forty Con federate veterans came forward. A touch ing scene followed. The old gray-haired veterans crowded about their ex-chieftain, one after another embracing him. -WOMEN SET AN EXAMPLE. Abstain from Easter Finery and Pay off the Church Debt. CLEVELAND. O., April 15. The women members of the East Madison-avenue Pres byterian Church set an example in self denial to-day. Sdme time since they en tered into an agreement to abstain from new Easter gowns and millinery and to devote the money which would have been used for that purpose to the raising of the church debt. They kept their promise, and to-day the amount of the debt, $1,600, was contributed at the Easter service. STEAL EASTER OFFEBINGS. Durslars Cut TlirouRh tho Vault of n Canadian Church. TORONTO, Ont., April 13. Burglars to night dug through the brick wall of the vault of St. Simon's Church vwlth crowbars and picks and stole $1,175, the Easter offer ing. The church Is situated on the brow of a ravine, and the cracksmen worked three hours unobserved. DEATH OF RUFUS WRIGHT MILLIONAIRE WHO WAS SHOT IN A SCUFFLE WITH A WOMAN. Died with Words of Exculpation on His Lip for Mrs. Lottridge The Letter's Statement. CHICAGO, April 13. Rufus Wright, the millionaire manufacturer of rubber tires, who was shot during a scuffle for the pos session of a revolver in the apartments of Mrs. Louisa Lottridge, at the Leland Hotel, died to-day from the effects of the wound. The body of the millionaire is now at the undertaker's rooms, where an in quest will be held to-morrow. It Is the opinion of the police that the coroner's investigation will mark the close of the sensational case. A statement of the de ceased to Chief of Detectives Colleran that the shooting was accidental will, it is thought, clear Mrs. Lottridge of all re sponsibility. Wright died with words of exculpation on his lips for the woman whose revolver was responsible for his death. He persisted in saying that the woman was not to blame for his condition and that he had the revolver in his hand when It was discharged. Mr.WrJ5htC son-in-law and partner. -Fred Morgan, was at his side at death. Mr. Morgan held that Ms father-in-law was on an errand to help a friend who had become entangled with the woman, when he received his death wound. Although he admits he can offer no evi dence, Chief of Detectives Colleran strong ly believes that the weapon was not in the hand of Wright when It was discharged. A careful examination of the position of the wound, he says, will show that it would be impossible for Wright to have held the weapon in his hand. Captain Colleran says also that Mrs. Lottridge said she could not remember whether the weap on was in her hand or in Wright's. He also cites the fact that Wright's beard Is not singed, as it would have been if a weapon had been discharged close to his head; his face is not marked with powder; in fact, Captain Colleran says there is nothing to show that ho held a revolver close to his face. Mrs. Lottridge, in a statement made at the police station, said: "I cannot remem ber what led up to the production of the revolver. I was talking to Mr. Wright, when he asked me to show him a revolver of which he had spoken previously. I re fused to do so, and we talked on other matters for a while. I remember that, final ly. I went to my valise and took out my weapon and when he saw It Mr. Wright begged me to throw it away. As I remem ber, he tried to take the weapon from my hand and we scuffled. I stood up and he was sitting on the couch. I had hold of the weapon, when, with a sudden effort, he tore the revolver from my grasp. He fell backward and I followed him. I managed to get hold of the butt of the weapon, he holding to the guard. As we struggled the weapon was discharged, and, bad as I felt from the liquor I had drunk, I could not help crying out In horror when I saw he was wounded. He fell back on the sofa and gasped he was all right. He then Insisted he had been wounded and begged me to call a doctor. I told him he was dreaming, and then set about caring for him. I took a handkerchief from his pocket and at tempted to stop the flow of blood from his neck where the ball had entered. I saw at a glance that the revolver had done deadly work, but I could not bring myself to tell any one of the occurrence. I waited on Mr. Wright for two hours, possibly, before I summoned a doctor. I was so overcome that I could not talk, and may have said things that I ought not to have said, but the pressure I was laboring under was the cause for my actions. The story that Mr. Wright came to my room in the interest of a friend is false. He camo to see me at my request. He had known me long enough to come at my least call. Ho was in good ppirits when he entered the room. We drank together and talked of matters which concerned ourselves. We had a pleasant conversation until the revolver was Intro duced by chance and the struggle which ended in his death." Mrs. Loltrldffe n. Canadian. BUFFALO, N. Y., April 15.-Mrs. Louisa Lottridge is well known in Buffalo and was born in Fort Erie, Ont., Just over the Niag ara river from this city. Her maiden name was Bachus. She spent her early life In this little Canadian village, and returns there every summer, and, it is said, takes great interest in the races. Sho married about twenty years ago, and for a time lived at Black Rock, an Industrial sub urb of Buffalo. Her husband was a rail road man, but little is remembered con cernlng him, and nothing is known of the divorce said to have been granted. Dur Ing the last Christmas holidays she was at Fort Erie to attend the funeral of her mother. Her sister, Mrs. William Dunn, resides at Fort Erie, and the family haa always borne an excellent, reputation. An other slater lives in Montreal, LONG WILLING NOT ACTIVELY SEEKING THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL N O M I N AT ION, Dut Will Accept the Honor If It Is Ten dered Ulm by the Republican National Convention. SLATE MAKERS ALL AT SEA CALCULATIONS UPSET DV THE SEC- R ETARV'S AN NO UN CEM E NT. Report That McKinley and Other Party Leaders Will Confer with Hanna nt Old Point Comfort. MARCUS AURELIUS HAS GRIP AND MAY NOT ATTEND THE OHIO CONVENTION NEXT WEEK. Tennessee Republicans Divided To- Morrow's Louisiana. Election Like ly to De Closer Than Usual. WASHINGTON. April 15.-Secretary Long's Implied willingness to accept the Republican nomination for the vice presi dency as Inferred from the statements made by him on that subject yesterday- was a matter of general comment in Washington to-day. It set the Republican slate makers to thinking and for the time being has seriously upset the calculations of those who believed that the honor would go to one of a half dozen others mentioned for the vice presidency. Secretary Long was called on by a number of persons dur ing the day and was importuned for an exact statement of his attitude on the question. He seemed disinclined to enter into any general discussion of the matter, however, preferring to let it rest with what he has already said on the subject, believ ing that the vice presidency is an honor of such a character that no man could well refuse to accept It. The secretary, however, Is not an avowed candidate seeking the place, but the belief Is general that if the nomination Is offered to him he will accept. Secretary Long was asked to-night for an expression of opinion regarding Ad miral Dewey's candidacy for the presi dency. In a good-natured way he evaded making a reply, but laughingly remarked that Dewey "was the honored man of our navy." i CLAIMS OF LOUISIANIANS. Cnflery Republican. Faction Thinks It Will Carry the State. NEW ORLEANS, April 13. The state campaign closed last night with rival mass meetings in this city. The Democrats had a rally at Elk place, presenting three dozen speakers from four platforms. The Caffery Republican wing held a meeting at the head of Canal street, styling It an indigna tion meeting to protest against election frauds which they fear will be committed. The campaign has been very bitter. The Caffery Republican faction, of which Sen ator Caffery's son is the candidate for Governor,- has severely arraigned Demo cratic election methods and attacked the one-man power which they say is exer cised by Governor Foster. The latter at one time threatened to call Senator Caffery, who has taken an active part In the Re publican campaign, to personal account. Despite the feeling aroused, however, the outlook is for a quiet election on Tues day. There are two Republican tickets, one representing 'the Wimberly faction and one the Caffery faction. The Democrats have one ticket in the field. The Caffery managers claim they will come to the city with 20,000 majority, which will not be wiped out in the city. The Democrats say the Caffery ticket will not get 20,000 votes in the State. The Wimberly faction claims It will poll a larger vote than Caffery, though it concedes Democratic success. The election on Tuesday will be for the entire state ticket and local tickets in all the parishes. The next Legislature will elect two United States senators. S. D. McEnery will succeed himself, while Gov ernor Murphy J. Foster is almost sure to succeed Senator Caffery. TENNESSEE FACTIONS. Two Sets of Delejraten 31ay De Sent to the Philadelphia Convention. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., April 13. Rep resentative W. P. Brownlow and Pension Commissioner II. Clay Evans were in Chattanooga to-day en route to Nashville, where the state Republican' convention meets on Thursday. The state committee will meet to-morrow to take up all con tests for seats in the convention. The de cision of the committee will be final. Mr. Brownlow and his friends control tho state committee, the former being Its head Commissioner Evans stated to-night that two sets of delegates would apply for ad mission to the state convention, and that In case the Brownlow committee refused to seat his delegates two conventions would be held and contesting delegations sent to Philadelphia. Mr. Brownlow maintains that nothing but fair treatment will be accorded the Evans faction of tho party and that all proceedings of the committee and convention will be regular. Fully one third of the total vote of the convention is contested, and upon thete contests the committee will have to pass. Two candi dates for Governor will also In all prob ability be put forward by the Republicans and a bitter fight ensue. CLARK WILL TRY AGAIN. If Ousted by the Senate He Will Ap peal to Montana Voters. NEW YORK. April 15. W. A Clark, of Montana and New York, and former Gov ernor Häuser, of Montana, held a confer ence here to-day relative to Mr. Clark's United States Senate aspirations. Mr. Clark referred all questioners to Mr. Hau ler, who. In turn, said that Mr. Clark "would fight to the last ditch" to retain his seat in the Senate. "If his seat is declared vacant finally," said Mr. Häuser. "Senator Clark will be come a candidate for re-election by the next State Legislature to be elected In November." Mr. Hauser intimated fur ther, as If with assurances from Montana, that Governor Smith would not call the present Legislature In extra session to vote for a senator, even If Mr. Clark's seat soon should be declared vacant In Washington. It is said that although the Senate com mittee on privileges and elections has agreed unanimously that Mr. Clark was not entitled to his seat, Mr. Clark will carry the contest Into the open Senate. HANNA HAS THE GRIP. He May Not Do Able to Attend the Ohio Republican Convention. CINCINNATI, O.. April 15.-Word has been received here that Senator M. A. Hanna is quie ill with the grip at Old Point Comfort and that he may not be able to atend the Ohio Republican State convention at Columbus next week. It is reported that President McKinley and other Republican leaders will be at Old Point Comfort this week for an Informal conference and recreation. Senator Morgan's Victory. BIRMINGHAM. Ala.. April 13.-Later re turns from the Democratic primaries held throughout Alabama yesterday confirm the leports already sent out of the overwhelm ing victory of Senator John T. Morgan over Governor Johnston for the United States t.enatorshlp. St. Clair, with one representative, which was the only county credited to Governor Johnston in last night's report, has fallen Into the Morgan column, leaving the Governor a gooscegg as the result of the elections held In fifty- four counties yesterday. Senator Morgan will have 116 of the 120 Democratic votes in the General Assembly. The returns in dicate that Sanford has carried the State for the gubernatorial nomination. W. J. Dryan In Texas. EL PASO, Tex.. April 15. W. J. Bryan reached here from Albuquerque, N. M., this morning, and remained until 8 o'clock to-night, when he left for Austin to Join his family. An informal reception was held, and at. 3 o'clock Mr. Bryan attended the services of the Knights Templars at the Episcopal Church. A strong delegation from Mexico was here to meet Colonel Bryan and assisted In his entertainment. Mr. Bryan denied that he Intended to make Texas his home, and declined to commit himself on the Balley-Chllton race. Alfter Sayn Dewey 3Iade a. Mistake. DETROIT, Mich., April 15. "I think Ad miral Dewey has made a grave mistake In announcing his candidacy for the presi dency," said ex-Secretary of War Alger, in tho course of an Interview to-night. "It looks as though the wealth of praise show ered on the admiral since his return from the East has turned his head. It is hajder to resist prosperity than adversity. I feel sorry for him.for his ambitions will certain ly be unfulfilled. His action is ill-advised, I predict for him in his presidential as pirations a melancholy disappointment." THINKS HE IS EMPEROR. Chinaman Who Claims to Hnve Escaped from the Palace at Peking:. VICTORIA, B. C, April 13. The steamer Rio Jun Maru arrived yesterday from the Orient, and brings a strange story of a Chinaman who was arrested at Wu-Chang. After lying in jail and being beaten he proclaimed himself to be the Emperor. He claimed he had escaped from the palace, where he had been implrsoned by the Em press dowager and has since been travel ing incognito. He ' possesses documents bearing the seal of the court of Peking identifying him as the Emperor. A party of British government surveyors engaged on the work of defining the Bur mese boundary had a collision with a large body of Chinese laborers, who some time ago waylaid and murdered Consul Lytton, Major Kyttle and Mr. Sutherland, of the former boundary survey party. This time the Chinese were completely routed, eighty being killed and many Injured. Official advices have been received at Peking of a severe engagement between the imperial Chinese troops and a large body of "Boxers," a secret society. The battle, which was indecisive, occurred at Yen-Chin, in Pe-Chill province. About four thousand men were engaged, the forces being equally divided. The casual ties were very heavy. AUTOCAR RACE ACCIDENT. Motor Tricycles Dash Into a Crowd of People and Injure Twenty. PARIS, April 15. The Parls-Roubalx autocar race yesterday morning led to a serious accident. Two competitors on mo tor tricycles collided and dashed at the speed of an express train Into a crowd of two thousand, who had assembled at a cross road in the forest of Saint Germain to witness their passing. Twenty persons were knocked down, some having bones broken and many others being bruised Mme. Charles Bos, wife of one of the depu ties for the Department of the Seine, suf fered a compound fracture. American Woman Injured. FAR IS, April 16, 4:25 a. m. An American lady was overturned by a cyclist yester da" noon at the corner of the Rue Pierre Charron and the Avenue D'Alma, and so badly shaken as only to be able to pro nounce her name, which she gave as Pierce, and to indicate her nationality. The lady, who is of middle age and was well dressed. lies insensible at the Beaujon Hospital. 5:30 a. m. The lady has now been identi fied. She resides at No. 29, Avenue De L'Opera. She has recovered sufficiently to be taken to her home. It seems that she had Just left the American church on the Avenue D'Alma when the accident oc curred. TO BUILD NEW TOWNS. Railways Preparlnrr to Develop Hith erto Neglected Portions of the West. CHICAGO, April 15. The Times-Herald to-morrow will say: "Rallrpads using Chi cago as their gateway have taken up in ternational improvement plans for the ter ritory between Chicago and the Rocky mountains, which involve the expenditure of millions of dollars and an addition to the. present population from Immigration alone of at least "JOO.OW new people within the next eighteen months. The number of new towns that will appear on the maps of the West within the next year or those to which from five hundred to six hundred new population is to be added already number 173. Before 1902 it Is believed this number will exceed 2tf). Areas neglected in the past, while trunk lines were build ing, arc receiving the closest attention from railroad land commissioners and traf fic managers." TO KEEP ORDER HVR HUNDRED NEW YOHK MILITIA MEN Oll DER ED TO CROTON DAM. Italian Laborers Determined Not to Return to Work Until Their De mands Are Compiled With. ALL SAID TO BE WELL ARMED AND IN NO 3IOOD TO PERMIT OTHERS TO TAKE THEIR PLACES. Three Hundred nnd Fifty of the Sol diers to be Cavalrymen, AVho Will Patrol the District. SOUTHERN RAILWAY STRIKE .STATEMENTS FROM OFFICIALS AND ' LEADER OF OPERATORS. Doth Sides Satisfied with the Situa tion President Powell's Boycott Other Labor News. CROTON LANDING, N. Y.. April 13. While everything is quiet and peaceful in the neighborhood of the Croton dam to night, nearly 300 arimd deputies are guard ing the works and each one of them is guessing as to what to-morrow may bring forth. The striking Italian laborers, whose homes are in the vicinity of the works, are behaving themselves excellently. But un derneath their assumed quiet there la stubborn resolve not to go back to work nor let any outsiders take their places un til the contractors agree to pay the in crease of wages demanded. Strenuous ef forts are being made by Italian Consul Branch! and State Arbitrator Delehanty to bring about a settlement of the difficulty. The strikers are very determined in their demands and swear that If outside labor is brought here they will right tooth and nail to prevent lt. Angelo Rotella, who Is the recognized leader of the strikers, said to-day: "This Is a fight to a finUh. We earn more money than we are receiving and the contractors must pay us for our work. The State should protect us and In stead of sending deputies and soldiers to help the bosses they should compel them to treat us rightfully. Ours Is a Just cause. We only ask for fair play. If tho bosses attempt to bring the other laborers hero we shall prevent any work being done, and If the military come to help them then we will fight the soldiers. The bosses will have to give us our rights and until they do not another stone ' will be put In Its place "on the big dam." Rotella spoko earnestly and his remarks were listened to by a crowd of his countrymen, who voiced the same sentiment in a manner which showed undoubted determination. STRIKERS ARMED. The strikers are all well armed with guns and pistols, and in this regard they have a decided advantage over tho sheriff deputies, who have only long night sticks and thirty-two caliber . revolvers. The deputies are in a valley, while the strikers command the adjoining hill. With the guns the Italians could riddle the sheriffs men, who in turn could not send a bullet from their revolvers half way up the hill In case a fight should take place. There were several additions to the ranks of the deputies to-day and there are now nearly 300 of them at the works. Most of thcra are being fed at a near-by boarding house. Many of them complained to-day of being Insufficiently supplied with food. In ad dition to this they claim they are made to work overtime and threats of a strike among them were rife to-day. The feature of the day was the mingling of the strikers and the deputies at the Easter service In the little Roman Catho lic chapel in tho valley which was built by the contractors. The majority of the con gregation is made up of the strikers and their families and it was feared that when they would come in contact with the min ions of the law them would be trouble. The very opposite occurred, as the men greeted each other amicably. Rev. I'ather J. J. Owens, the parish priest, celebrated the Easter Sunday mass, and in addition to the regular choir thrro was a mandolin and guitar quintet, the leader of which was the leader of the fctrlkers, Angelo Rotella. Father Owen counseled the strikers to obey the law and shun the saloons. General Roe announced to-night that he had received a formal written demand from Sheriff Malloy, of Westchester coun ty, this morning, to call out 500 troops to go Immediately to the scene of the Italian laborers strike at the Croton dam. He said Sheriff Malloy came down from West chester and gave him the demand in per son. General Roe has decided to order out early to-morrow morning the Fourth Sepa rate Company, of Yonkers; the Eleventh Separate Company, of Mount Vernon; Squadron A, of New York, and Troop C, of Brooklyn. General Roe gave as bU reason for ordering so many cavalry and fo few infantry that there are more than six miles of territory to cover, and that it is necessary to have troops which could move quickly and be scattered. He Kali also that the topography of the country l.i exceedingly hilly. Gtnrral Roe docs not expect to have to call out any New York Infantry. nd thinks that the f men will be sufficient to quell the strike. Tbe troops will number ICO infantry and 3.V) cavalry. Squadron A will furnlhh 20 men and Troop C will have 15". A report reached here at 10 o'clock to night that a conference held in New York to-day was a failure so far as bringing about the settlement of the strike, and that troops had been ordered to come here to-morrow. The news was quickly passed to the strikers, who hastily gathered on the Bowery to discuss the rituatlon. The strikers were much excited. Angelc Rotella. the leader, when informed of the fact that the troops had been ordered out was much perturbed and downcast, lis said: "Only some of our mn are armed, but they will all bo armed In the morning. We will resist every attempt by the con tractors to renew tho work to-morrow with stranice men. and we will fiht if necessary until the troops get here. They can keep the troops here for two months. I V... - - 1 , I. .