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SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.
1 Jacob Neale, who shot and killed two
men near Hughes Creek, surrendered
'to the authorities of Charleston, W.
iVa., and was released on bail.
Seven thousand dollars, supposed to
jhave been stolen from the First Na
tional Bank of Mineral Point, Wis., was
jfound under the sidewalk.
Ed. Payne, colored, who criminally
assaulted Miss Duncan, near Dublin,
iVa., was arrested and taken to Wythe
ville for safe keeping.
It is reported in New York that Mr.
Havemeyer would retire from the presi
dency of the American Sugar Refining
Company.
The transport McPherson, which was
wrecked off the coast of Cuba, has been
floated, and is now at Matanzas.
The National Tube Company advanc
ed the wages of all workers at the
Youngstown plant cents a day.
Senator McLaurin, in a letter to the
Governor of South Carolina, consents
to withdraw his resignation.
Mrs. Robert Corse was shot and fa
tally wounded at Bay Shore, L. 1., by
her jealous husband.
Dr. J. J. Eisberg, a physician of Slat
ington, Pa., who loved another man’s
wife, committed suicide.
A shirt and collar trust is reported to
have been originated in Troy, with a
capital of $20,000,000.
Rev. Charles I. Stengle was indicted
in Norfolk, Va., on the charge of em
bezzlement.
The Confederate Soldiers’ Home was
opened at Atlanta, Ga., and 20 veterans
admitted.
Judge Hunt, secretary of Porto Rico,
arrived in New York from San Juan.
John D. Rockefeller has arranged for
the endowment of the Rockefeller In
stitute of Medical Research, and has
placed $200,000 at the immediate dis
posal of the board of directors, of which
Dr. William H. Welch, of the Johns
Hopkins University, is president.
An ignorant Italian disclosed the fact
to the authorities at Ellis Island that
bogus naturalization certificates and
passports are sold in Italy to persons
emigrating to the United States.
Miguel Gener, the Nationalist candi
date, was elected mayor of Havana,
Cuba, by a large plurality, and the
Nationalists also elected 18 memners
of the Municipal Council.
Isidor Roth was arrested in St Jo
seph, Mich., on the charge of abducting
Rosie Giest, the 16-year-old daughter
of A. J. Giest, a New York millionaire.
John M. Neill, an ex-officer of the
Regular Army,' was arrested at San
Francisco on a charge of forging
vouchers in the army three years ago.
At the New York School for trained
Nurses an oath was administered to
the graduates binding them to obey
the physicians under whom they nurse.
Edward Peeling, a candidate for the
nomination for sheriff in York county,
Pa., won in the Democratic primaries
in York city.
Fire caused a loss of $50,000 at the
shops of the Chicago, St. Paul, Min
neapolis and Omaha Railroad, at Hud
son, Wis.
Samuel Meaueh was found dead in
New York, having killed himself eight
days before his body was found in his
store.
Shilley Stokes, colored, was arrested
in Elkins on the charge of killing Rob
ert Tunie in a row over,'a crap fjame.
kev T M P Otf.s a llendines oreach-
Rev. J. M. P. Otts, a ueadmg. preach
er and writer of the Sojuthern
tcrian Church,
jg.ga.ji.gMfaWjWolMagjWW!
Is®
WWiithcr of Miss Jessie Walk
-4 m he was calling.
elections in Havana
claim the election of
i - flHKlate for mavor and the ma
' Council- ’The Nationalists
won also in (other places.
, Foreign.
Jn replyinfg t° Lojd Hamilton 5 jece^
American locomotives, says "the Bur
mahrailroad officials seem resplved to
screen the Americans at all cost.
Abram Malan, son-m-iaw o the late
Condo,“ c ""“
“i„IS !'m|, ol Into ; I
* Qt Petersburg and at once d g
£ •nqXy into Russian industrial and ;
CO Cthe CI Fre C nc n h Chamber of Deputies <
, a deputy attorney said the “American .
peril” of business competition was ad ,
of Spain,
elected to Parliament, propose to agi-
Si„ the Spanish Parliament the con
dition of the Philippines.
,?. , rAr.ri‘c r o7po?S ! i,. W
K'fn’d J"tocidcS to go into to
for help, which would not be retuseu.
General Kitchener also repoits the
capture of Jamestown Cape Colony, by
tho Boers after a hard fight.
th Nf„e hundred Boer prisoners will be
ta A with marines
XrS^auSS^-TlSd
‘ n During aP a aC quarrel between members
nf the Dublin Fusiliers at Shorneliffe
So men were seriously injured by bay.
° n U was "reported at Kingston, Ja„ that
the revolution in Santo Dommgo had
been completely crushed.
Financial.
T , talk of an increase in the
d iSe'n\ on Central Railroad of New
' Je T S he gow'production of Cripple Creek
fellMupng. May, owing to the Port
l3i? “m 3 that the Chicago and
an it°ifs°a7d U "he Southern'pacific will be
attached to the Gould system thus leav
ing tta Central Pacific as a permanent
part of the Union Pacific.
3 I
A MAN LEAPS OFF
BROOKLYN BRIDGE.
Had an American Flag in Each Hand
As He Jumped to Death.
WAS R. G. BIDWELL, OF WASHINGTON
Put on a Life-Preserver and Wrapped Himself
in Towels--Large Crowd Saw His Jump-His
Body was Recovered an Hour Later-Card
Found on His Body Says He was the Author
of the Reign of Mind.
New York (Special).—ln what is said
to have been an attempt to demonstrate
the superiority of mind over matter and
the lack of mundane limitations on "in
finite consciousness,” Robert Giffens
Bidwell, of Washington, D. C., leaped
from the centre span of the Brooklyn
bridge, waving an American flag in each
hand, and fell to his death.
Although diligent search was made
for the body as soon as the case was re
ported to the police, it was not found un
til an hour afterward, when it was seen
floating near a pier north of the bridge
and taken from the water.
An examination showed the careful
manner in which the young man, who
was 30 years old, had prepared for his
deed. The body, particularly the trunk,
was swathed in towels, packed with
paper, and a life-preserver was rolled
about the breast. These safeguards
against a possible error in his calcula
tions regarding his ability to make the
jump and live seem to do away with
the suggestion of suicide. He left no
word as to his intention at the hotel
where he wa? stopping or with friends,
of whom he had several in this city. The
following closing words of a card, which
he had in his pocket, are significant of
his expectations concerning the result of
his leap:
"Robert Giffens Bidwell, author of
‘Reign of Mind,’ 1425 East Adams
street, Jacksonville, Fla., also 1832 Ore
gon avenue, N W„ Washington, D. C.,
June 4. 1901. Veni, vidi, vici.”
Besides this inscription several letters
and a Jacksonville newspaper containing
his picture and a long flattering article
served positively to identify him. From
this paper, a copy of the Florida Times-
Union and Citizen, published in Jack
■ sonville, April 12 last, it was seen that
he had been lecturing in different parts
of the country, and had arranged a series
to occupy a week in Jacksonville. The
lectures, as announced, were on differ
ent themes, but through almost all of
them there ran the suggestion of theo
i ries of mind and matter.
TRUE SPIRIT OF RIVALRY.
English Press Comments Upon King Edward’s
Reception to the Americans.
London (By Cable). —The Daily Tele
: graph, in the course of an editorial up
- on King Edward’s reception of the vis
• iting delegation from the New York
Chamber of Commerce, says:
1 “It stamped the royal seal upon a na
: tional welcome. There could have been
> no more fortunate suggestion at the out
set of this remarkable visit, of the true
1 spirit in which American business rival
• ry is regarded in Grgat Britain.” 1
The paper advocates as one of
■ means of friendL_JSMofi
- means ot mcr^MHßtms
workmeff
' States an idle dream, so far
ag C attY * BritLli t participation is concern
ed.” _
White Caps Lash a Woman.
Rochester Ind. (Special).—'Unknown
1 KLomn™ praeni S the to.-
> F'Sf’and'held h wer a e and
r £d W with[n e thr d ee°dS Ve
n tmr husband i'S 20 years younger.
:d im Ha+al Riirned.
Virginia Hotel Burned. :
Richmond, Va. (Special).-The Fair- ;
. Hotel at Bristol, was burned.
The fire resulted from children play mg
in the attic. The hotel and furniture
tntallv destroyed, involving a loss
Sio=; 000 There were individual losses
aggregating several thousand dollars. All
of the occupants of the building escaped
The hotel, a comparatively new one, was
built on a high hill especially for sum
mer guests.
Three Killed In Freight Wreck.
Newark, N. Y. (Special).-A serious
freight wreck occurred on the West
Shof-e Railroad at Macedon. A light
murine with a crew from this village
crashed into an eastbound freight tram.
Two men were killed and two seriously
iniured The dead are: Eugene Welch,
Clyde, engineer, aged about 55 years,
j claries Wright, Newark, fireman,
years” An open switch caused
the accident. . _ -
TMOPS OF THREE NATIONS CLASH.
Tien-tsin (By Cable) -There has
been a serious affray between mterna-
Jonal troops. Some British fus,leers <
ho were acting as police here sought to
prevent French soldiers from house
breaking, when they were attacked with
Drea K The fusileers, m
bayonets and bricks, me
self-defense, fired in the air.
This brought a number of Germans to
the aid of the Frenchmen. They num-
James A. Herne Dead.
xt Yoi-k (Special). —James A.
New - known actor and play-
Herne, the we hme ; n this city of
wright died at 1 pneu monia, after
: acute bronctilitis ° Mr. Herne
- a n illness o-f eigbj while playing
, r-sfg’HaX“a flay of his own
I “SEtto. onto W* 0 J” It T. k d
to has bed an a days that he
e | been supposedfo Saturda y night
JleTaW Jor the worse,
j which resulted fatally.
WILL TURN PEKIN OVE'RTO CHINESE.
The Foreign Generals Will Make Transfer
During This Month.
Pekin (By Cable).—At a meeting of
the generals of the allied troops it was
decided to transfer the administration of
the city of Pekin to the Chinese officials
gradually during June.
Count von Waldersee, accompanied by
his staff, left Pekin Monday. Two spe
cial trains will run all the week, taking
troops to Taku. The Germans are re
moving an extraordinary quantity _ of
baggage, including Chinese carts, rick
shaws, tables and chairs.
The Baluchi regiment left amid im
pressive ceremonies of farewell. All the
other British troops, with their bands,
and every American officer in Pekin was
present, the Americans being particularly
anxious to show their appreciation of the
manner in which the British bade fare
well to the American troops.
London ((By Cable). —"I am inform
ed,” says the Hong Kong correspondent
of the times, wiring Saturday, "that the
French intend to annex Hai Nan in
July.”
MRS. M’KINLEY NO BETTER.
Her Condition More Alarming Than lor
Some Days Past.
Washington (Special). —Mrs. McKin
ley’s condition is regarded now as prob
ably more alarming than at. any time
since she returned to Washingon. While
the bulletins give no cause for appre
hending a decided turn for the worse
immediately, there are strong reasons
for believing she is in a which
if not materially improved soon will
leave scant hope for her recovery.
The attending physicians summoned to
their consulation Dr. William Osier, of
Johns Flopkins University, Baltimore, a
well-known expert in nervous trouble,
who was at the White House for a con
siderable time. Dr. Osier's diagnosis
confirmed that of the other physicians,
and it was concluded that Mrs. McKin
ley had gained little in the last few days.
The nature of her malady renders her
powers of recuperation less each day,
and it has been feared that unless the
i physicians can master the trouble she
; may not have strength to again rally.
There is unquestionably the deepest
1 concern in Cabinet circles, and the quiet
and lack of business being transacted at
the White House may be accepted as
sure indications of the concern of the
1 President, who is almost constantly at
' the bedside of his wife.
COTTON CROP WILL BE LARGE,
2,111,000 More Acres Planted in the South
Than in 1900.
Washington (Special).—The statisti
cian of the Department of Agriculture
’ estimates the total area planted in cot
ton at 27,532,000 acres, an increase of
2.111,000 acres, or 8.3 pef cent, over
the acreage planted last year, and of
2,498,000 acres, or 10 per cent., over the
acreage actually picked.
The increase in States where the area
planted and that picked last yeay were
practically the same is 10 per ciMit jh
1 North Carolina, Florida and ArkjWs;
9 per cent, in Georgia and LoiaHrna;
1 7 per cent, in South Carolina; Jd\p er
cent, in Tennessee; 25 per
JAua; 20JUdQMSiadMDMHjyHlnSk
jISCTIn Alabaffithe
ing crop is oi.s> as t he dor-
P/Txceptfomthe lowest June comb-
I tion in 20 years. r, , , follows:
UssSEtfiteg
FIFTEENFISHERMEN drowned.
o c.nk Of! Charleston and Nc
: Three Boats Sank un
- Trace Found of Boats or Men.
Charleston, S. C. '‘bier
fishermen are EIt PP° E blew us
iis,ucw.*y-- it which Diew Ui-’ *
drowned m a : Q r fishing boats -
while the mosquito -
Wa ” a Thefe e were eight boats fishing at 1
es. . There “ p s+ orm scattered them to ’
the time. The st °” n “ s a ave thr ee were
the four winds, m ; ss ing boats were
accounted for. T1 M Boy an d
* e p W e J The* were fifteen men on
the Knite. when the sujiposed
the three boats, w the revenue cut
disaster was port and skirted
ter Forward ““, to the lig htship. but
for 3° miles a repo rt that not a
aTouit ri to
; “Si hop. Jor !>■ >|'Sof .he fito
i men was aban tke bad news. It
. got into P® rt , : „ t he day that the
' was thought J g Q f s h e lter,
• boatS , ha A,e of the government ves
(. but the fadur ot g whereabouts
■ sel to find the'crow’d of watchers at the
a srrtoSV. 77
bered together 200 men. Five fusileers
fired again, killing a Frenchman and
wounding three others.
In subsequent fighting four fusileers,
five Germans and one Japanese were
wounded. The arrival of a German offi
cer and a strong guard ended the fray.
The fusileers claim that they were jus
tified in their actions as the French sol
diers were looting.
Two Dead ia Spanish Riots.
Madrid (By Cable)—The Spanish i
government, it is asserted, has dismiss
ed the prefect of Cofunna, where serious
riots occurred last Friday, and the tor
pedo-boat destroyer Audaz has arrived
there with marines to maintain Order.
Two of the persons injured in colli
sions with the gendarmes have since
• succumbed. The two anarchists, a
i Spaniard and an Italian arrested here 1
. the result of advices from the Mar
t seilles police that they had projects,
against the Spanish have
been liberated.
THREE KILLED AND
SIXTEEN INJURED.
Switch Engine Crashes Into Passenger
Train in Georgia.
CARS WERE NEARLY DEMOLISHED.
Soon After the Wreck, G. B. Dunton, An Em
ploye of the Southern Railway, Was Arrested,
Charged With Disorderly Conduct-- This
Charge Was Made Only that Dunton Might
Be Held Pending an Investigation.
i Atlanta, Ga. (Special).—A switch en
gine in the yards of the Southern rail
way, near the city limits, dashed into a
passenger train as it was passing, killing
three passengers and injuring 16, three
of them, it is feared, fatally.
Just beyond the Southern shops are
: the coal chutes and all about these are
i sidetracks. On one of these sidetracks
and only a few feet from the main
track an engine was standing that had
only a short time before been abandon
ed by its engineer and fireman. As
the train was passing the junction of
this sidetrack the switch engine rapidly
dashed backward into the moving train.
The first-class day coach was thrown
over on its side and partly demolished,
j the Pullman car Aroturus was thrown
' from the track and one end smashed
into kindling wood, while the tracks
: were knocked from under the combina
’ tion smoker and passenger coach.
( Those killed were in the day coach.
1 Soon after the wreck G. B. Dunton,
an employe of the Southern Railway,
’ was arrested charged with disorderly
I conduct. This charge was made only
t that Dunton might be held. He was
, really arrested on suspicion of having
- run the wild engine to the swiftly mov
; ing passenger train. Dunton denied
, that he had anything to do with the
- wreck, and says he was not on the
. engine. The Southern officials claim
r that he was seen to get on the engine,
and they say further that he had no
> business there as he is a yard conduc
, tor. Dunton has several gashes in his
head, which he admits receiving in the
j wreck, but he maintains that he was not
t on the engine.
s ROUSE WRECKED AND FOUR PEOPLE HURT
t Heavy Storm Passes Over Pittsburg-Wreck
Damage Caused by Hail and Wind.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).—One of
the heaviest spring storms known to the
Government Weather Bureau here pass
h ed over this section. Much damage was
done, and four people were badly hurt
during the storm. The storm lasted only
■ 15 minutes, but in that time .30 of an
: inch of rain fell, heavy hail ruined many
■ trees and the wind blew down several
‘ houses.
£ At Whittaker, near Homestead, a part
‘ ly finished store and dwelling was
5 wrecked, burying in the ruins three boys
and a man. all of whom were badly hurt.
1 The man (Daniel Martin) may die from
5 the effects of injuries to his head and
1 spine. The boys—George Marley. aged
1 15 years; Frank Sturgiss, 13, and Daniel
> Ashton, 16—when dug out of the ruins
r were in bad shape, Marley remaining un
" conscious for sornte time afterward; but
SKSSSS
small houses.
Hurt by Exploding Trunk. .
Atlantic Highlands, N. J. (Special).—
Andrew Keavey, a baggage master, an ;
I John Allstruc, his assistant, were bad y
soTadV inured drat he
ivea\ v\a Lone; Branch
• Ttospitah 0 The trunk was almost com
; pletely demolished. _
Mob Tries to Lynch a Man.
Pittsburg (Special).— Benjamin Setty,
ahas Watfon, aged 28 years, narrowly
, escaped lynching at the hands of an 1-
!o furiated mob of 500 citizens of M*
Pi Settv is alleged to hax eas
- Ja 4-year-old daughter of Thomas
n Sullivan The police were forced to use
their maces to keep back the crowd while
IP Uieir nnl re station.
Setty was escorted to the police station-
child is in an unconscious condi
lion and fears are entertained that she
will not recover.
Shot in His Fiancee’s Home.
Parkersburg, W. Va. (Special). i j
| Daniel Spencer, 26 years old - was shot f
I 1 1 with his own revolver by l
Della Archer, the sister of his fiancee. c
Spencer was’talking with the Archer ,
Miss Archer pulled the trigger Spender
was shot through the body.
; Agreed to Bury Babies Cheap. !
: Birmingham. England (By Cable).— ,
_ ‘ Knowles the woman undertak
tUl hi the cellar of whose house the
bodies of 31 infants were found, is held j
the rate of 62 cents each, which did not
warrant the expense of burying them
except in soap boxes m the cellar.
Bank in Singapore Robbed.
T ondon (By Cable).—A dispatch to
the Daily Mail from Singapore says
t o the value of $273,355 have
that notes to uk strong ro om of
Jb branch of the Wgkong
th H S Shanghai Bank. Measures have
Wn taken by the bank which will
make a largejart of the notes useless.
A Kidnapping Case.
Toledo Ohio (Special) -Albert Kos
ioiea , alleged to have been kid
kanoed by 4 a strfnge man from his
napped oy years ago, was
at An Arbor, kich. The al
wed kidnaper, who gave the name o.
Joseph HamsJsmiderjirrest.
DeatboTcapt. Henry Howgate.
1 "“S’CnSrSSCSEe, l’"Z
HowgatC; * rmy died suddenly of
' hi. horn, in
[this city. He was h years old.
it
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS,
Pension Roil Grows.
More names will be added to the pen
sion roll the present fiscal year, which
ends June 30, than were added the last
year, when 45,344 new names were en
tered. For the first 11 months of the
present year the additions number 43,-
399. By the end of the month last
year’s figures will doubtless be passed.
There were 43,334 names dropped
from the roll by reason of deaths and
other causes last year, and the net in
crease was 2,010. This year's net in
crease will be about the same. Of the
names added this year 466 are on ac
count of service prior’to the Civil War,
35,308 are on account of the Civil War,
3,525 are on account of the Spanish-
American War, and the remainder, 4,-
100, are restorations. In addition to
this great army 619 pensions have been
granted involving the payment of $927.-
314.40, an average of $1,514.24 in each
case. These cases are known as ‘'old
minors,” and for the most part appear
on the roll for only one payment.
The total number of claims filed, thus
far on account of service in the war
with Spain is 43,874. Under the act of
March 3. 1901. providing for the repen
sioning of widows who remarried and
again became widows, 1,950 claims have
been filed. There are now about 150.000
pensioners who, tinder the act of 1890,
receive the maximum rate of sl2 a
month. In addition to 43-399 new pen
sions thus far granted 50,680 certificates
for increases, re-rating and accrued
pensions have been issued, making the
grand aggregate of certificates for all
classes written during the 11 months
94,079.
“Anything to Please” Moffo.
Inside information concerning the
action of the Cuban Convention on the
Platt amendment has just been received
in Washington.
When the Constitution came up for
discussion it was found that there were
a number of delegates whose votes could
only be obtained by the extended altera
tions, amendments and interpretations
which finally were adopted by the con
vention and rejeccd by Secretary Root.
It is stated officially that the people of
Cuba believed at first that the Platt
amendment had been adopted and that
. they were satisfied. Such was the be
lief of the people of the United States
. until the draft of the adopted amend
ment was received here. The belief is
expressed in official circles here that the
Cuban people as a whole are perfectly
satisfied with the Platt amendment and
. that it will finally be adopted.
A Minister From Siam.
The State Department has been in
; formed that Phaya Phetchada (pro
nounced Peea Pet-cha-dar) has been
appointed envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary of Siam to the
, United States, and- that the appoint
! ment to this post includes no other
country. Mr. Petchada is said to belong
| to, one of, the leading ’familiesof Siam,
the title Phya being one
I borne by one outside of thAf*HJl fam-
I iiies, Chow Phya being tmUSKmt. It
is understood that his jWJßHprobably
will be changed to PhyßHHjl'On Raja
Maitri before he leavJwßjWwLis post,
; which v.vii w . al
Increase of Shipbuilding.
The Bureau of Navigation reports
1024 steam and sail vessels, of 3a9 ; /9
gross tons, built in the United State
and officially registered during the
months preceding Jiine 1. .
Of these C4O were built along the At
lantic and Gulf, 135 °n the
Coast 03 on the Great Lakes and 15
on Western rivers. The nu ™ bcr °.
I wood vessels continues to be far g-eat
er than those of steel, although the t
tal includes 14 steel sailing vessels and
91 steel Reamers. The gross tonnage
is about 30 per cent, more than
the same period last year. Du g
month just closed 143 vessels, of 4 9M
tons, were built.
Philippine Revenues.
The division of insular affairs of the
War Department gave out for pubhea
tion the following statement concern
ing the customs revenues m the Pnu
■ ippine Islands for the two months end
■ cd February 28, 1901, as compared witl
5 the same month of 1899 and 1900.
e Total revenues February 1901.
e 350- February. 1899. $563,956, Ft,>
l rua’ryf 1900, $724 024. The figures indi-
! lUdi v. 'yoo, v/ —t* , .Qnn n* t
cate an increase m 1901 °'.er 99 ,
$981,402, and over 1900 of $731,355,
more than 100 per cent. '
Reprimand for Captain Hancock.
The findings in the case of Capt. Wim
F. Hancock.-Sixth Artillery, ho was
recently tried bv court-martial at Man
[la on charges of “conduct to the pre£-
dice of good order and nubta-X d . scl
piine,” and failing to appear for _ duty
on two occasions, nave bee fi _
at the War Department The specin
cations alleged intoxicahon. Captain
Hancock was found guilty jn -t '
tenced to be reprimanded.
Capital News la General.
Secretary Hay has been conferring
with the ambassadors of the several Eu
ropean powers concerning the question
| of P how China shall pay the total indem
! nitv of $337> 000 ’ OCO, Ther< L ls a dlffe
1 ence of opinion’ as .to the Russian pro-
I nnsition of a bond issue. .
! The Secretary of War has instructed
! General Merriam to employ as many
! troops as necessary to maintain order
on the Kiowa Indian Reservation
i The State Department notified Am-
bassador Choate to issue the P s sport
to the two Filipinos who applied fo
hem as residents of the PhilOT*
Islands entitled to the protection of th
U lt te waf officially stated that the Unite
States will retain control of Cuba unt
the Platt amendment has been subjto
tiallv complied with. .
Tire State Department was
that Phva Phetchada had been
I mfnister to the United States fromfg
Our New Possessions.
The Luzon Commission has resum
I the organization of v|l govftnmcr
c in the provinces. .A bill has eeeu u
s I pared creating 14 judicial Circu.t . 1
1- salaries of the circuit Judges range n(
f Sr ;oo to $5-500 a year. Images Ba
5 and°Ladd will probably be assigned
the Circuits of Iloilo and Cebu, resp
Trias, in company with Sei
Lucban, brother of General Lucb
who is still operating,- in Samar,
gone to Samar Island and will try
induce Lucban to surrender.
EXTRA SESSION
NOT NECESSARY.
Congress Can Legislate on Philippine
Matters in Winter.
PRESIDENT HAS POWER TO ACT.
Attorney General Knox, in a Legal Opinion,
Hold that the President is Given Ample
Authority in the Spooner Amendment to Do
as He Thinks Best for the islands-Tariff Nov
in Force Will Be Continued.
Washington (Special).—lmmediately
after a cabinet session of two and a
quarter,hours Tuesday the following
announcement was made by direction of
the President and cabinet:
“The President has determined that
existing conditions do not require or
warrant calling Congress together dur
ing the present summer or making any
change in the policy hitherto pursued
and announced in regard to the Philip
pine Islands.”
The conclusion was unanimous, and
there was not even a difference of opin
ion in the most minor features.
Practically the same conclusion was
reached by the cabinet at the session
last Friday. As there was room for
fuller discussion and investigation,
however, the President then asked At
torney General Knox to give the sub
ject of the bearing of the Supreme
Court decision on the Philippines his
attention, with a view of presenting
his opinion. Mr. Knox told the cabinet
that he had never had any doubt that
the affairs of the Philippines could con
tinue to be conducted as at the present
time. He had examined the Spooner
and other amendments relating to the
Philippines and had carefully gone over
the Porto Rican decisions of the Su
preme Court. He felt that the Presi
dent had ample authority to continue in
force the tariff regulations that have
governed the importation and exporta
tion of goods from the islands:
The main point upon which the opin
ion was based is that the Philippines
are not on a civil basis and will not be
so long as they are subject to the con
trol and direction of the President of
the United States and the war depart
ment.
INDUSTRIAL CITY FOR POOR.
Bal!ington Booth Said to Be Planing One
for Georgia.
Chicago (Special).—The Record-Her
ald says: "General Ballington Booth,
commander-in-chief of the Volunteers of
America, is planning the establishment
of a volunteer settlement in the south
ern part of Georgia which will be larger
than any similar settlement in the United
States., 9
"It will be known as the Volunteer
-City’ and will comprise a tract of land
covering some 15*000 or 20,000
The property is owned by a.
cagoan and lies directly
belt, and a cotton
principal the
is proposed to settlers. It
families in trfttsands of poor
cities and a* other crowded j
■ them with free trans- M
ffiffififflii-• .•, and lane!, give tli'.mJß
1 ,v, rt ,ipv nrwi start them ■
BWHshM a little money and start them ,
rto wonq The settler will then be given
an opportunity to earn a good living and
eventually to pay back the money ad
vanced him.” _____
A New Cabinet in Japan.
Yokohama (By Cable). - Viscount
Katsura has formed a new Cabinet as
f °AROSUKE, ex-Minister at Paris,
temporary Minister of Foreign Affairs.
KYONRO-ICEIGO, Minister of Jus
tice.
KIKUCHI, Minister of Education. _
HIRATA-TOSKE, Minister of Agri-
CU UTSUMI-TADA-KATSU, Minister
of Home Affairs.
YOSHI-KAWA, Minister of Com
: munications. .
GEN. KODAMA (reappointed), Min
ister of War.
ADMIRAL YAMAMOTO (reap
- pointed), Minister of Marine.
li
Mrs. Maybrick a Prisoner,
j’ London (By Cable).—lnquiry made
i- at the United States Embassy regarding
the statements published in the United
tne SldVUltniO puuueuvu ... ~ --
States t. the effect that Mrs. Florence
Maybri was released from prison on
May 2/and that she sailed the follow
ing for the United States, under an
assumi name, show that nothing has
been lard there of the release of Mrs.
MaybTck. Subsequent inquiries made
definidy established the fact that there
w as v truth in the report of Mrs. May
brick release.
Two Killed and Sixteen Injured.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special).—ln a
smh-up on the Powhatan Branch of
thfPennsylvania Lines, below Bellaire,
Ob, two Italians were killed and 16
otrs more or less injured. The acci
dt was caused by the rear end of a
sj train running into the work train.
1 Te accident was the fault of the en
jeer of the slag train, who had orders
irun into a siding. The property loss p
"heavy. There were 28 Italians on tbe ~"
, ht section of the work train when the
bond section crashed into it.
f _
Turned Guns on Comrades.
1- London (By Cable).—A military riot
-r- 1 C*l_ ~ CC A orit
ts icurred at Shorncliffe. A detachment
ar the Dublin Fusiliers, actuated by
nej me imaginary grievance, wrecked
he ie ; r barrack-rooin. The guard was
filled out to arrest the ringleaders, and
ed 10 ts were fired by the Fusiliers, who
■ti| le t the re-enforced guard with a volley
in-f ball cartridges and with bayonets.
Ittj'wo men of the guard were seriously
Hijured by bayonet thrusts. The riot
Misted for two hours.
* Eight Killed by Poisonous Fumes.
. Iron Mountain, Mich. (Special).—
IR jlight miners were killed in the seventh
"Jevel of the Ludington shaft, Chapin
■nine, by the poisonous fumes following
M n explosion of dynamite. Nearly 30
rU-hidren were rendered fatherless by the
1 Explosion. The men entered the level
? c and began preparations for the day’s
work by starting a powder-thawing ma
:r chine. "It is supposed they scattered
b through the workings nearby and forgot
1 to keep the machine supplied with pew
s’’ tier.
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