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VOL. II. MAT A lONfi OCEAN RACE Bctei Yachts Make Start Fran ?aody Hook. THE Y ARE TO SAIL 3,119 MILES. . Tke Ftaisa at tbc Lizard Light la Esgttah Cbaoael-German Emperor Qives Cap? Tb? Vestcis Are of AH Sizes From Fall-Rig gfd Skip. The Valhalla, Down to the Little Schoeoer, Flear De Lys. New York, (Special).?With the in? centive of a valuable cup and three other prizes offered by the German Emperor, n large sailing yachts of various rigs ai*d i ng three na? tions assembled in the inner harbor here fully prepared for the race acro>> the North Altantic. Eight of the con? testants are vi . nc<l ii> this coun? try, two are from Kngland, vhilc Ger many has one la pu M utajtil While a number of t!ie yachts have had a deep-sea ixpcricncc. there ate several of the fleet which have had little sailing, except in the comparatively placid watcr> al_>ng the American coast. The event is therefore looked upon in the yachting world as une o? the most important in many years, in that it will test the stability and rig of the presen! type of pleasure craft, as well as the seamanship of the modern yachtsmen. \ representative of Emperor William, assisted fay I committee of American yachtsmen, will start the fleet at 2.15 o'clock P. M., at Sandy Hook light? ship, 10 miles outride of this harbor. The finish will be at the Lizard, on the English coast, more than 3.000 mile? away, when a German war vessel will note the winner. Of the 11 yachts entered for the event one is a full-rigged ship, another is 1 bark, a third is a topsail schooner, tWC are three-masted schooners, five are two masted schooners and one is a yawl. Of the two-masted schooners several arc equipped with a yard in the fore? mast in ordet that they may be able like their square-rigged competitor's, t. take advantage of following winds. The finish will he across an imaginan line due south of the Lizard lightship The committee under whose directiot the race will be started will be com posed of Commander H. II. Hoste* United Slates Navy; Commander II. ("> rlebbinghaus, I. G. N'.; uliver E. Crom 'well, Newbury D. Lawtou. H. de H Parsons and Edward H. Wales, a broth er-in-law of former Secretary of \\';?: Eiihtl Root, all of the New York Vach Club. The committee which Will act ? . judges at the finish will he the Earl O Lonsdale, Sir Edward Birkbeck am Captain Coerper, I. G. N. The committee at the finish will havi its tug off the Lizard lightship on Ma] 28. There will be four prizes. The SO called Emperor's cup will go to tlK winner, ami the Emperor has provide? three other prizes for the second, thin and fourth boats, Every effort will b made by the skipper of each yacht i< break the record, which now stand at 13 ?lays 20 hours and $6 minute? from Sandy Took to the Needles, whicl is held by the Endymion. DIG 50O9 TORNADO CAVES. Oklahoma Residente Will Also Post Ston Seotrles. Lawton, Okla., (Special).?As a resal of the tornado at Snyder, Okla., in habitants of the "new country" in Okla honia arc digging 5000 tornado cellar' City officers and town boards are urgirj the construction of such caves, and som towns have passed ordinances requirin the digging of caves. At Hinton, Okla the following official public notice ha been published: "On...night s when clouds look at a da?gcrotis. ;i sentry will be station? in 'the bell tower, provided with B rt peating shotgun. If there is apparer danger, le will ring the bell and fn a numlicr of shots in quick successioi Also any person who sees a storm con ing when the sentry is not stationed wi be cxpccicd to fire a gun." Eight Years For Backer. Cleveland, (Special).?L. P. Oblige ex-pre.sident of the closed Woosfe (Ohio) National Hank, pleaded gttill before Judge Taylor, in the L'nitt States District Court, to a count in or of the indictments charging him wil having issued a ?haft when there wci no funds in the bank to meet it. Judf Taylor sentenced Obliger to eight year imprisonment in Jhe Ohio Pe.nteiuir,i Peril la Fanlly Watches. Corry, Pa., (Special).?Two freigl trains on the Chautauqua Division < the Pennsylvania Railroad collJBcd hea? on near Hldetown, and En^neer Wi Iiam Sittig, of Oil City, ."id Firemr . George Wet ten, Oil City, were kiUe The collision was due to a difference 1 three minutes in the watches of* (] two engineers. * Mooameat ta Fj/speakt; Reed. Portland, Me., ?pedal).?There is popular tnoveni' ' ?s city towai securing fn?dy for the erection of statue to the ^nemory of Hon. Thorn; B. Reed. T^iis has received an impel! of late by The subscript ion of $5,000 I a New Y oik friends, Augustus G. Pain ? ?* Shot as Tralo Sped By. ^^-jjUajai^burg. Pn., (Special).?Charl Mnuit, a railway postal clerk runnit ??Mtff^ J- an(1 N?v.* York, w; aaflLBUaWiaaal HEWS IN SHORT ORDEP. tic Latest Happenings Coadcased far Rapid Reatfiat;. Daaicsttc: A tory from Pittsburg says Joseph Ramsay, Jr., retiring president of the Waba.h. tad his friends control great coal fields in Weal Virginia supponed to belong to George J. Gould, that the} control the Littl? Kanawha Syndicate, and that connection with the West Vir? ginia Centra' and the Western Mary? land Railroads may be made with a new line. Gen. Thomas J. Churchill, a former riK>r of Arkansas and commander ol the Arkansas Division United Con? federate Veterans, died in Little Rock Samuel Hunt, president of the De? troit Southern Railroad and one of the trust? Cincinnati Southern Rail? road, died at his home in Cincinnati. In an address before the Evangelical Alliance in Boston Lieutenant Governor Gould said the South was gaining in industries at the expense of the North. Ivor Davidson, who became prominent as i circus giant yean ago, lus height being 7 feet ? inches, died at his home in Roacoe, Wis. George 11. Wood, on trial in Somer ville, N. J., f r the murder of George Williams, i- said to have a dual person? ality. Dr. L. O. Dawson startled the South? ern Baptist Convention in his report on work among the negroes l>y declaring that it was no affair of the convention to solve the so-called negro problem. Judge Peter V. Voorhecs, lay judge of the Court of Errors and Appeals, in Camden, N. J., announced that he had sent his resignation to Governor Stoke-. The transport Warren sailed from San Francisco for Manila with a big cargo of supplies for the government sta? tions in the Philippines and at Guam. Five of the unidentified victims of the railroad wreck at Harn-eng, l'a. were hurcd in a lot selected by the railroad company officials. Two fast freights on the Chautauqua Division of the Pennsylvania Rialroad collided head on. Two trainmen were killed and several injured. The report of the General Sabbath Sclio.?1 Hoard was submitted to the Uni? ted Brethren Conference, in session in Topeka, Kan. Miss Edith I. Gibney secured in Pitts burg a verdict for $13,025 in her breach of promise suit against Klaus J. Steiner. President 1^. D. Underwood, of the Erie Railroad Company, denied that that company was paying rebates. Northern Texas has again been Hood? ed by a heavy rainstorm and telegraph wires are nearly all uselc Abe Weinberg, aged ?2 years, was stabbed to death by John Baly in a lodging-house in Philadelphia. A. Brightman shot and killed Mrs. Charles 11. Gurney in Los Angele*, Cal., and then committed suicide. All of the negro? s and men imported by the Employers' Association to take the places of the s.rikers in Chicago arc being vaccinated, by the Chicago Board of Health Department. Twenty inspec? tors are working among the strike-break? ers. There are at present 100 smallpox patients in the Isolation Hospital. Papers have been served on James W. Alexander, president of the Equita? ble Life Assurance Society, in the suit jf James H. Hyde to have him removed as trustee of the Hyde stock. Herbert V. Croker, a son of Richard Croker, of New York city, was found dead in a car on the southbound At Ichison, Topeka and Santa Ke Railroad when it reached Newton, Kan. Several persons were injured and two cars demolished in a collision between a locomotive and a passenger train on the Chicago and Northwestern in Chi? cago. The felt hat factory of Jonas & Naum berg, 516 to ?22 Wist Thirty-fifth stieet. New York was damaged $100,000 by tire. Two hundred men and women escaped. Five nun have been killed and two injured in an explosion in a mine belong? ing to the Htinze pro?>erty at Butte, Mont. . In a wreck on the Cotton Belt Rail way the train was dit.died and four pe: sons are reported killed. / Emerson E. Bennett, a well-kiKnw writer and composer, of Philadelphia dead. / ^ At the Convention of the Amcyi Stock-grower ?ation in l/> resolutions were adopted indors/ President's attitude toward fair/i rates. / Las Vegas, N. M., has been J< the location of a national / iriutn, $1.000,000 having been/d land, buildings and cash for/tl. At the Convention of /the N tionaI Boayd of Eire Underwr/ers President hburn referred to tlwe immense los; that had been sustained/luring the year Trueman Mason, ag/d 65, shot and mortally wounded DrVY. Davis in Wa pella, 111., and then Vnot himself in the head, death ensuing/almost instantly. Edward GnttSChaJflc was convicted in St! Paul, Minn., of the murder of Chris? tian H. Schindeideck? r and sentenced to be hanged. ^Toreitn. The executive council of the Inter? parliamentary/ Union for the Promotion of International arbitration met at Brus? sels. TvfeJvc. countries, including the United SiJt' s. were represented. It is reported that the French govern priTposes to .send a special envoy TV>.ii\ .vedding of the German Crown .Frederick William June 6. iperor \\ illiam, Chancellor von Burl'tw and Minister of War Einem met at Met/ and had a conference concerning the Vlefenscs ?ji the empire. ?The St. Petersburg .Bourse Gazette, commenting upon the appointment of baron R ?en as ambassador to' Wash? ington, tys Europe must now/ listen ip America on every important) inter? national question. V j It is declared in Berlin that In the it of a tariff war rate wiJh the United States it will not be Geranany's fault, as she stands ready to tAake a reciprocity treaty. "?naaaaM afaaa\ji^jPj;e"?_h naval training S MANY MOROS ABE1 Fierce Fighting on Island o! Philippines. THE AMERICAN'S SUFFER Sereu Soldiera Killed aad Slxteea S la the Sharp Straffte With the Filipino*- (lea. Leonard Wood la Peral Command of the Expedition The M? Led by Chief Pala. Minila (By Cable).?Fierce fightii has been going on lnc 'ast *wo weeks' on the Island of Jolo between the out? law Moro chief Pala, with Coo well armed followers, and troops under the personal command of Major General Leonard Wood. Pala's losses thus far are ,}oo killed, while those of General Wood are 7 killed and 19 wounded. Pala and his remaining followers, in accordance with Moro tradition, prefer death to capture. General Wood, with detachments from the Fourteenth Cavalry, the Seventeenth, the Twenty-second and the Twenty-third infantry and constabulary scouts, has driven Pala and his followers into a swamp, which has been surrounded. Pala was a noted slave trader and warrior when the Americans occupied the islands. Eater he escaped with his followers to the Island of Pula Sekar, near Borneo. One of Pala's leaders deserted and took refuge in the British settlement at Lahad. Pala, discovering his whereabouts, landed with a following; am' demanded of the British magistrate that he turn the deserted over to him. The demand was not complied with, and Pala or? dered a massacre. Twenty-five persona, including several Britons, were killed. Pala escaped to the Island of Tolo, and organized the present uprising. It is reported that the Borneo authori? ties requested General Wood to appre? hend Pala, dead or alive, and turn him over to them. / -:- ; PAUL JONES REMAINS. Squadron Under Admiral Sifsbec Will Conrey Them to United States. Washington, I). C. (Sp ;ialL?The announcement was made at the Navy Department that Rear Admiral Sigshee's squadron will be sent to France to bring back the remains of John Paid JcdM s. This squadron constats of the cruis? ers Brooklyn, Chattanooga. Tac na, and Galveston. All but the last named ves? sel are in Dominican water . hut will proceed shortly for New York to fit out for a trip across the Atlantic The Gahreston is being fitted out at the Nor? folk yard' It is estimated at the department that Admiral Sigsbcc will sail from New York 1>; tween the 5th and iofh of June. At the last Cabinet meeting Secre? tary Morton brought to the Cabinet's attention the subject of the disposition of the remains of John Paul Jones. The dent directed Secretary Morton to send a naval vessel to France to bring the remains sqf- the first admiral of the American navy to the United States. President veil approved the rec ommenda! Secretary Morton that the body il Jones be buried at Annapolis, Md. SECRETARY MORTON'S PLANS. He la Likely to Leave the Cabinet Before , ?be Fall. V hington, D. C (Special).?Sce? ne { the Navy Morton has admitted exacts to leave the Cabinet 1 the cold weather comes again. - ? . hack to his old place th< Atchison, Topeka and Santa : ?? kailoray, as the place he relinquished entering the Cabinet has not been lince he resigned. it js thought here that Mr. Morton, ; the ist of July, will find it con nient to retire, and some say he would go before thai time, except for the rea? son that the newly .appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Mr. Xewherry, who succeeds Mr. Darling, has not taken office yet, and it is desired that he be? come acquainted with the duties before the Secretary himself retires. Breeden, W. Vs., Fire-Swept. Huntington, W. Va. (Special).?Fire at Breeden, Mingo County, caused a loss of $25,000. Among the buildings burned were Robert Stafford's store and dwelling, (?. D. Marcum's dry goods store, L. F. Lindsay's residence, Perry's saloon, George Vinson'a saloon and res? taurant, and numerous smaller buildings., There was slight insurance. Capt. Hart Accused. San Francisco, Cal. (Special).?CapJ. Franklin W. Hart, of Washington, D. C, paymaster of the transport Lawton, has been arre ted here for drunkenness, ami will be court-martialed, Hart came down from Mare Island with orders for $10,000 on the navy paj office here It could not be learned what he had done with the $10,000 in orders. Vesuvius' Grand Display. Naples (By Cable).?The eruption of Mount Vesuvius is more active. There have been heavy explosions, and the quantity of lava emitted produces a mag nficcnt spectacle at night. Blf Gaa Tank Explodes. Philadelphia (Special). ? Twfc men were killed, one was fatally injured and ore others were more or lea?aseri burned by the collapse of a? im holdcr of the Point I$recze he United Gas I Mrs. Doddridge, the young man's mother, hearing the shot and perhaps witnessing the tragedy, ran screaming from the house. Robinson, hearing the cries, started through the house after her. As she was crossing the yard the' crazed man caught sigh: of her and fired, the bullet striking her in the back. She fell headlong upon her face in the yard W. II. Doddridge. arhu was in bed on the second floor when the commotion began, jumped or fell out of the window, breaking the bom- of his right hand and probably sustaining internal injuries, Robinson searched the house for more people When he came to the room just vacated by Doddridge he climbed upon the bed, and. placing his revolver to his temple, fired a bullet which tore off the top of his head. There is DO known reason for think? ing there had been ill feeling between Robinson and any of his victims. Col? lector Doddridge says he never even saw er heard of Robinson before. HAVOC BY A TORNADO. Whole Familles Perish In Tumbling Houses? 100 Dead. Guthrie, Okla. (Special).?Over ioo people killed and about 150 injured is the terrible record of the tornado that destroyed the village of Snyder and laid waste a large stretch of country. In several instances whole families perished in the ruins of their homes. The popula? tion of the village, which is situated in the lieart of the Kiones farming country, was about 1,000. Eighty-five bodies, have been recovered., a dozen persons are missing and given up for dead, and of the 41 seriously in? jured several are likely to die. At Olostec, Okla., it is reported that a number of lives were lost. Fire broke out fc'.lowing the storm and entirely consumed one business block. / partial list ot the property losses is as follows: Bank of Snyder; the Hilton Hotel; Fanners and Merchants' Bank; the two story stone building of Robert Pritchard; the Snyder Hotel> the Hall Street Fur? niture Company, stock and building; Tennyson & Hoffmastcr, dry goods; Mil? ler Brothers, dry goods; Snyder Hard? ware Company ; Stofer Hardware Com? pany; Joyce Grocery Company; Davidson Grocery Company, stock; Morris, gro? ceries ; Snyder Gin Company, and the Burnett Gin Company. Fifty freight cars standing in the yards were reduced to kindling wood, and the railroad tracks were torn up for blocks. Kvcry building left standing at Snyder was converted into either a hospital or morgue. UYE WASHINGTON AFFAIRS. The Supreme Court of the United States decided that where a wife had secured a divorce in one state it was not proper for a court of another state to disregard it and grant a decree to the husband. Lieut. Otto B. Grimm, stationed at Manila, has been found guilty of not accounting for $1.01 r, the property of the Philippine government, and sentenced to suspension from promotion for five years. The executive committee of the Isth? mian Canal Commission announced its purpose of going into the market- of the world for ships and material. attorney, Abra The ni'.>ve to son came rather and lie. It was an hour or m when District Attorney Jer before Recorder Goff in Sped and announced that he des the discharge of the former without bail and on her own recog? anee. This announcement followci thrl trials for murder. The second afid thil of these trials?the latter conclude Vat few days ago?resulted in disagree-! the first in the discharge of the jury be? cause of the illness of a juror before the case had been concluded. Not the least interesting of the day' events and perhaps the great dramatic climax to the troubles of the former "Florodora" girl was the reunion in free? dom with her sister, Mrs. J. Morgan Smith, and her brother-in-law, J. Morgan Smith, both of whom were discharged by Justice Cowing, in the Court of I eral Sessions, after being held on ch of conspiracy in^onnection with the l'a". n case. District Attorney* ?lis decision to free Kal speech in the course o cd that during two o? t?7 giri all the evidence in the possession oj the District Attorney's office had I presented to the Court, and that in cases there had been a disagreement. He said he did not believe that at this time, "in this county, another trial would re? sult in anything else than a disagree? ment." lie concluded with the motion that Xan Patterson be discharged on her own recognizance. It was then that Miss Pat? ters on was sent for. and as a court of? ficer met her in her cell he said : "Come on, Xan. It is all right; you are going free." Recorder Goff, the venerable judge who has tried so many famous criminal cases, met the eyes of the girl as she walked slowly into the courtroom and took the same seat which she occupied during the trying days of her last trial. "Xan Patterson." he said slowly, 'the District Attorney has seen fit to recom? mend your discharge. I fiel bound to say I fully Coincide in the decision There is nothing I can say in this case that has not already been said ; but let me entreat you m your future lite to re? member the terrible ordeal thr< ugh which you have passed and to permit every ac? tion of your life to lie guided by that remembrance. Good by," and the Re? corder bowed his head as he uttered the final word and closed the case. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION KILLS SEVEN. Hot Caudle Grease Falling From Miner's Cap Supposed to Be Canse. Butte, Mont., (Special).?Bj th plosion of ioo pounds of dynamite on the 1.500-foot level of the Corra : one of the I leime properties, seven men were instantly killed ami one badly in? jured. . Wampra, who is a Philander, w^' in the magazine on the 1.500-foot level'get? ting a supply of powder for Hill and Gill, who were above working in a slope. T. A. Yarden, foreman of the mine, was at the magazine three minutes' before the disaster occurred. He saw Wampra get the powder lor himself and companions for the night. Wampra was tying up about 50 pounds. Warden left to over? see some work in another part of the mine. Three minutes after there was a terrific explosion. Varden. accompan? ied by other miners, rushed to the sta? tion. He found Wampra hail been hilied instantly. It is believed that the explosion was caused by hot candle grease falling from Wampra's cap on a powder cap. Gill, O'Brien, Hanky and Hoolihan were killed by the concussion caused by the explo? sion. They were at work 111 some slopes a long distance from the magazine, but the concussion was strong enough to mutilate several of the men badly and tear the clothe-, oft their bodies. Salve For a Wooaded Heart Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).?Miss Edith Isabella Cibney,-of "'Stf'IJ??is, Mo s, cured a verdict of -$13,925. iiv-a $5O.0OC damage suit for breach of promist against Klaus J. Steiner, the son of Gott? lieb A. Stiner, a wealthy iron manufac? turer of Allegheny. Immediately fol loajfaw the announcement of the verdict the defendant's attorneys moved for a new trial. / Carnegie $10,000,000 Fund. I Columbus, O. (Special).?Charles F. /Thp-ing, president of Western Reserve University, announced while here that fcthc board of control of the munificent ?ft of $10,000,000, to provide for super Imuated college professors, had been called to meet by Mr. Carnegie at his York office Novembt r 15. Mr. fie has invited l>r. Thwing to vacation* at Skibo Castle, Scot^ dent Thw.ng will prohjj sponsible the tremeit 000,000.000. The Design New Yorl of the McKinl sociat :i met the <!? .?aWfor by 11. Vau^j appointed const board six months af 'lit work shoul and a -nl>corhmittec w: will c\< reise tlu jcomm "a >[ m be' bro.1 lead and. leant, stl The d| ment \\ ? ? tin rigli mint, in ale f< fund. The m semble th< toml re will be ? ?| diameter and '> '< ture will i.f ktrannaV *. hed in white marble. The* entire cost will be in ?he neighborhood of $500,000. th e mu TO irsFORM THE FARMERS. Secretary Wilson on a Tour of Southwestern States. Memphis, Tenr... (Special).?Secretary ?f Agriculture IrVilson, accompanied by I J. M. Spilman and M. A. Ca ton, arrived h<^' from special c;ir ov<T*L a/ay tq tl where an inves conditions is to On its arrival 1 was attached mg officials < ; ind departed ter over t for Little R >ck, Ari.-^^he'first the itincn It is t' te Secretary ho farmers ,,1 Southwest the n Agricultui parttnent experinscn which they are intere The States to be visited are Arkansas, Texas, Kansas snVl'indian Territory and Oklahoma. a stl of age real Mi shori Rock Islam! W.. coniposeu mer conn iat eitv After Commission Meo. Chicago, (Special).?Twelve new wit s were subpoenaed to appear bet?re the Federal grand jury investigating the beef industru-s. All of the persona for whoa writs were issued are commission' firm employes at the stpekyards. It is, believed that an attempt "is to he made to learn the relations existing between commission men and packers. Rejected Suitor's Crime. Lincoln, Neb. (Special).?Because of unrequitted love. Peter K itheixer, a mill? wright, shot and instantly killed Miss Grace Townsley, a lient? nant in* the Vol? unteers of America, lie...then . kiljcd; himself. The trag urud *on- ?2* stairway lea.d}ng t ' . '. K"bt? Mr. William Owens, of Mo^ county, Maryland, has bought wilcr farm oi 250 acres, iu..i from W, L. Palmer. Ground was broken for the fJ of the new gas works hi Frcdej Councilman George 11. M 1 the first spadeful of dirt. Betty Washington l.c Daughters of the Ann Kcvoffjaj has requested the Mayor of Frederia burg to call a mass-meeting to urge tl the nm uns of John Paul Jones be tened there. James Coburn, 1 painter, al years old, of Winchester, attem commit suicide by drinking the con '< ?f.a, bottle containing a fluid used fof washing- metal. He was found in a [lying condition by the police and taken 0 headquarters, where his life \ jy heroic work. Having disregarded the warning of^ parents to be careful in handling te?e oil, Lennie Jones, u-} car-old ?f Junius Jones, sought to light with o] 1 .stove tire at his home, in Nansen apunt? The stove exploded and so bad ^y Lniured Lennie that he li\ ??vV^- ?^iflfi?y? aifjnute.s. British,????"" v i.^ 8^. t*> M--.-.' . .' ?^|'?*r.J)cmg ^umh r semence for Tokio- t l'.y i? ':'rjf?li steamer SoDT im N"iu chwang t 1 K >tT Port Arthur and sank Tu eight oi the p enget 1 ? 1 : pessel were from I Arthur save were oh board the - H.WNCUL s ud a; Steel "We .1 making : cial of the Susquehanua pany. ? W kbash e\|>< cts lo get 1 ? of freight :"i Steel >Uots in Alleghem County. J. Miller and J. G. MarshallAboth New York, v ? j Philadelphia $u Minority Lju^^pj-v & ^jLgUjtf? ^^ T1 >any ba? Baccept & _^Q;?r.; being under sentence for three mdh?s"Mrs. Salbe M. Hanna, who con? fessed that .she attempted to exterminate "he family of Hamilton Faulkner by , s in in January, was taken to the S Penitentiary to begin her five years' term The woman has Ik en d . by the prison authoritie the,rc was a case of smallpox in tlu in ?.February. A deal luis Ik < n bburg by which the Works, at Radioed, passes ingp ? ~r sioji of the Lynchburg F< pany. of which Henry li^ ?eut.- The Radio- 1VS mg operated by the Clan Company, in July, toot). Wane people will sion. Actual Iran? will take pi morg the ulaian