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w-_ A.-.
SAILORS AMBUSHED.
Lieutenant Gilmore and His
Men Captured by Filipinos.
TRYING TO RESCUE- SPAHIAHDS.
This Is the First Capture of Arne-r-
icuns—Anxiety Is Felt For Their
Safety—Money Sent to Rebels
Seized—General King Ill.
VWASHINGTON, April 19.—The fol-
lowing cable dispatch was received from
Admiral Dewey at the navy depart-
ment, dated Manila, April 18:
~1-“The Yorktown visited Baler, east
coast of Luzon, April 12, for the purpose.
'of rescuing and bringing away the
Spanish forces, consisting of 30 soldiers,
"three officers and two p1iests which
Were surrounded by 400 insurgents.
Some of the insurgents, armed with
Mauser rifles as * * * by natives.
Lieutenant Gilmore, VV hile making
‘ * * ambushed were fired upon and
captured. Fate unknown as insurgents
refused to cOmmunicate afte1 war d.
“The following are missing: The offi-
cer previously referred to, Chief Quar-
termaster W. Walton, Cockswain J.
Ellsworth, Gunner’s Mate R. J. My-
gard, Sailmaker’s Mate P. Vendgit, Sea-
men W. H: Rynders, O. W. Woodbury,
Apprentices D. F. Van Ville and A. Pe-
terson,01dinary Seamen S. Brisolose
and O. B. McDonald, Landsmen L. P.
Edwards, F. Anderson, J. Dillon and C.
A. Morrisey.”
The asterisks in the above dispatch
represent portions that could not be
made out by the cipher experts.
The capture of the Yorktown’s men
was discussed with much feeling in na-
val circles. The misfortune was felt
with added keenness as the navy has
prided itself thus far on immunity from
reverses. The admiral’s dispatch was
the first knowledge the department had
that the YorktOan had gone 011 this
special mission to reli the Spanish
garrison at Baler.‘ he capture
should have been while the
American forces wereflon a mission of
mercy towaid the Spaniards rather
than in the prosecution of a campaign
led to the belief that Spain would have
no further ground for questioning the
good faith with which the Americans
were seeking to relieve the condition of
the Spanish prisoners.
Although the dispatch gave no indi-
cation that Lieutenant Gilmore and his
men had lost their lives, yet great anx-
iety was aroused by the mystery sur-'
rounding their fate while in the hands
of an uncivilized enemy. This is the
first capture of any Americans, milita—
ry or naval, so that it is unknown how
the insurgents will treat our men. If
civilized methods were pu1sued, an ex-
change could be quickly effected, as
General Otis has a large number of Fil—
ipino prisoners, but the insu1 gents have
been averse thus far to exchanging
Spanish prisoners and this laises a
question as to what they will do with
the Yorktown’s men. The purpose of
officials here is to spare no effort to se—
cure the speedy release of our men.
Volunteers Pray For Discharge.
11ANILA, April 19.—P1‘0 ‘nent local
Filipinos are organizing with the object
of opening negotiations with the Amer-
icans for the termination of the war.
A petition has been prepared by Vol— ;
unteer American soldieis on the island .
of Luzon praying for their dischaige on ‘
the island and that they may receive
frat el pay the same as if they had 1 e—
tinned to their homes in the United
States afte1. being mustered out.
to form a national guard here. The pe-
tition contains 4,000 names.
The provost marshal has seized the
sum of $100,000 which was collected in
the south of the island of Luzon and
shipped to Aguinaldo’s agent, a Manila
business firm.
A Filipino recruiting office has been
raided in Manila, where a colonel and
two captains were captured.
Colonel Whally of the First VVash- 4
ington infantry will command Briga-
dier General King’s brigade during the
latter’s illness.
Some English Views.
LONDON, April 13. —The mm ning pa-
peis all comment Lpon the situation in
the Philippines to the general effect
that it is now impossible for the United
States to draw back and that the Amer-
icans must "tom time to time expect
such appar' mt reverses as Major Gen-
eral Lawtm ‘s “retirement from the San-
ta Cruz vl‘ Lrict. The Daily Mail, in an
editoria‘ entitled “Dare America. Re-
treat?" : Is, “We do not believe for an
instant ”.11at the wishful prophecies of
Fran" Germany and Italy will be veri-
fied :wn'l the United States retire van-
qui' 22‘ 'l and humiliated.”
("-'1'1arlng America’s task to Eng-
19:1“:‘4 in Burma, The Daily Mail says:
"me: and doggedness will triumph
in the end. No true hearted American
{-51.1 raise his voice to recall the troops
«1.1 to refuse re-enforcements. That
11-;culd be cowardice, and continental na-
tions would never cease to sneer.”
The Standard, whose editorial is sym-
pathetic, rebukes those who would
make political capital out of General .
Lawton’s retirement after having bril-
liantly executed a strategic programme
and out of the mischance Admiral Dew—
ey records in an attempt to fulfill an ob-
ligation of humanity. It believes that
‘the volunteers themselves would re-
sent the suggestion that they are ex-
hausted by hardship or are prematurely
homesick. "
Strikers Resume Work.
BLACKSTONE, Mass, April 19.——The
strikers at the Saranac worsted mills at
Westford, including the dryhouse hands .
and spoolers, have returned to work.
The dryhouse hands were given an ad-
vance of 15 cents per day. and the spool— -
ers were raised from $4.50 per week to .
$5.25. The strike was on all last week,
and the mill shut down Thursday night.
Arctic Zone Postal Route.
WASHINGTON. April 19.—A postal .
route entirely north of the arctic cir- .
cle will be established in Alaska be-
tween Yukon, on the river of that name,
and Peavy,
miles. Four, round trips will be made
from Nov. 1, 1899, to May 1, 1900.
Otis Elevating Railway Sold.
C,ATSKILL N. Y., April 19. —The Otis
Elevating ra’iLwa‘y on the Catskill
mountains has been Sold in foreclosure
proceedings to a committee for the
bondholders. The price paid was $10, 000
In re— 1
turn for this concession they promise :
a distance of about 2502
W E E K LAY .-; N U “WALK-
,10 1110111 311101.
Joint Commission Given Full
l
THOSE BRIBERY CHARGES.
Attorney For Standard Oil Says Mon-
nett’s Statements Are False.
CLEVELAND, 0., Ap111 17.—Virgil P.
Kline, one of the counsel f01 the Stand-
ard Oil company, says concerning the
statements of Attorney Gene111 Mon-
nett filed with the supreme court Satur—
day.
“Mr. Monnett is simply tryi rig to kick
up a dust to cover his retreat. Four
weeks ago Mr. Elliott and I, in a letter
which was handed to the after: 133 g n-
eral, demanded that he give the name
of the man who he fiippantly had re-
peatedly said made him an offer of
$400, 000. After this lapse of time he
files a rambling statement of ancient
and exploded falsehoods, calling it an
information in contempt, and in which
he pretends that he requires some order
or process of the court to assist him in
complying with our request. This is
puerile. He does not need the aid of a
court to enable him to give the name of
his friend, and he knows pei fectly well
that the supreme court will not enter
upon a. Wild goose chase to gratify his
cheap and vulgar ambition for noto-
riety.
“In his statement filed Saturday he
does not say his friend offered him a
bribe, though he had distinctly charged
that heretofore. The fact is he knew
out that it was false, and he knew per-
fectly well, whoever his friend was and
whatever may have transpired between
them, that he was not being offered a
bribe and that his friend had no au—
thority to speak for the Standard Oil
company. Hon. Daniel J. Ryan has al—
ready denied the story so far as he was
concerned. Mr. Watson has done the
same over and over again, and this at-
tempt to resurrect old slanders in order
to bolster up new ones is a childish sub-
terfuge.”
LARGE EXPORT TRADE.
Statistics Show an Increase of More
Than $30,000,000.
.WASHINGTON, April 17.—The bu—
reau of statistics in an article furnished
manufactures in the fiscal year 1899 is
likely to show an increase of more than
$30,000,000 over that of last year and
that iron and steel alone will supply
more than one-half that increase. In
the eight months of the fiscal year for
figures are now available the exports of
iron and steel are nearly $16,000,000
greater than in the corresponding
months of the previous fiscal year,
showing a gain of 36 per cent over those
of last year and nearly 70 per cent over
those‘ of the preceding year.
In importations of iron and steel
last year, though not in so marked a
degree, the falling off in imports for
the eight months being 10 per cent,
while the corresponding period of last
year showed a reduction of 20 per cent.
CONDENSED DISPATCH ES.
Violent earthquakes have occurred in
Greece.
Spain _has appointed Duke d’Arcos
minister to America.
Daniel Lane, a .prominent ship owner
of Belfast, Me., died, aged 87.
Eli Thayer, originator of the Kansas
crusade, died in Worcester, Mass.
Marble equal to that of Carrara has
been found in German South Africa.
Four thousand candidates are con—
testing for 400 places in the Spanish
, cortes.
‘ The Arkansas legislature has passed
a bill for a new state capitol to cost
$1,000,000.
The Illinois senate has apppointed a
committee to investigate the municipal
affairs of Chicago.
Mrs. Margaret Kelley has bequeathed
$2,000, 000 to St. Patrick’s cathedial in
New York city for a chapel.
German Naval Movements.
BERLIN, April 17.—The protected
when he originally put the statement-
the press states that‘the exportation of , binding until the three governments ap-
. ,3 g
Authority to Settle.
UNANIMITY OF ACTION REQUIRED.
Now Complete and
to Cover All the
the Island—Ger-
‘many Will Do Her Part.
WASHINGTON, April 19.—The in-
structions to the commissioners have
been completed. They are alike in all
essential respects. They were summed
up by one of the high commissioners
substantially as follows:
The commission is given complete au—
thority to carry on a provisional gov-
ernment for Samoa. In doing this the
instructions carefully prescribe the
preservation of order and the security
of life and property as a first requisite.
It is provided that the duties of all offl-
clals heretofore exercising authority in
Samoa, either under the treaty of Ber-
lin or in the service of either of the gov-
ernments, shall be suspended in order
that the high commissiongshall have
complete authority over the affairs of
the island.
The commission is required tomake
report upon a variety of things, includ-
ing the recent collisions and the causes
leading up to them and as to the ad-
ministration of the islands, the rights
of the several claimants to the king-
ship and as to what changes are de-
sirable in the methods provided in the
treaty of Berlin.
The instructions call for unanimity in
all action by the commission. The ac-
tion taken by the commission when
unanimous is to be conclusive, without
referendum, except when it suspends a
provision of the treaty of Berlin. In
that case also a provision of the treaty
may be suspended by unanimous agree-
ment of the members, but the suspen-
sion is ad referendum and is not finally
The Instructions
Broad Enough
Difficulties In
prove or disapprove it.
The instructions are broad enough -to
include the recent troubles, the bom—
bardment, fighting, arrest of a German
1 citizen etc., so that these acute phases,
which the treasury bureau of statistics .
as Well as the general government of
Samoa, will be adjusted without fur—
ther conflict between the three govern-
ments.
In connection with the statement
1 made in the British house of commons
Monday that there was sworn evidence
that a. German had incited the natives
A to ambush the Anglo-American party,
there is a reduction as compared with -
cruiser Cormoran, according to reliable .
information, is just now the only Ger-
man vessel on her way to strengthen
‘. lands.
at Matupi, New Britain, off the coast of
Kaiser Wilhelm’s Land, the German
protectorate in southeast Papua, from
which point she may be ordered to Apia
speedily if the situation should demand.
i Both the Cormoran and the Moewe are
much smaller and of less fighting power
. than the protected cruiser Hertha,
' which 15 now on the way to Asian wa-
f ters, where, on her arrival, the total
German squadron will have a displace-
ment of 40,000 tons and an equipment of
3,400 men.
Flag For President McKinley.
NEW YORK, April 17.—The British
steamer Indrani, Captain Trotter, which
arrived yesterday from Japan and
China ports, brought a small parcel
said to contain a very beautiful silk
combination United States and British
‘flag of large proportions to be presented
to President McKinley. The parcel was
forwarded by United States Consul
iJohnson, at Amoy. The flag was de-
signed by the Merchants’ association at
Amoy and is of pure silk, the American
, and British colors being artistically ar-
ranged. Accompanying the parcel is a
letter addressed to Mr. Porter, Presi-
dent McKinley’s secretary.
Noted Newspaper Mun Dead.
NEW YORK, April 17. ——Ezra Willis
Osborne, one ‘of' the best known news-
paper men ln the country, died yestei-
A day at the Hotel'Majestic, after a brief
3 illness from pneumonia. Mr. Osborne
“has for 15 year’s identified with newspa-
per enterpriSes. He became assistant
business manager of the St. Louis Post-
Dispatch ln the fall of 1897 and later be-
came assistant business manager of the
New York World, the place hold at the
* time‘ of his death.
Back From Manila.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. —-The
United States transport SenatOr has ar-
rived from Manila. She brought only
gthrec returning soldiers, Lieutenant E.
{B .Finley, Fiist California; Lieutenant
F. A. McCall, First Idaho, and Quarter-
master's Clerk R. Sanford.
Representative Baird Worse.
‘WASHINGTON, April 17.—I'tepresent-
alive Baird of Louisiana, whose condi—
tion‘ improved slightly Saturday, grew
VVorse yesterday, and he is gradually
sinking.
Weather Probabilities.
' Fair; high, but diminishing, north-
1
westerly winds; warmer tomorrow; in-
creasing cloudiness;
the German force at Apia, Samoan is'-..
The gunboat Moewe has arrived f
it is stated in ofiicial German quarters
that if any German has been guilty of
such action the German government
will punish him. But the German for-
eign office, it is stated is not ready to
accept the charge that a German citi-
zen was guilty of thus inciting the na-
tives. It will learn the facts, and in the
meantime instructions have been issued
to the commander of the German war-
ship Falke to see that the accused is
held until the facts can be established.
Partition Will Be Accepted.
LONDON, April 19.——The Berlin corre-
spondent of The Standard says, “The
proposal to partition the Samoan is-
lands, said to have been revived in the
United States, will be accepted by Ger-
many only if no other solution is pos-
sible.”
Thislslnnd May Be Ours.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 19.———A letter
has been received from a resident,of the
island of Kusaie, or Strongs island, as
it is sometimes called, of the Caroline
group, telling of the reported desire of
Germany to buy the island for a coaling
station. The writer suggests that the
United States has some rights in the
matter through the early occupation of
the island by American missionaries.
who civilized the place, and also by the
act of Captain Crozier, an American.
who took formal possession of the place
in 1804. The island is surrounded by a
reef and has three deep water, land—
locked harbors.
Sine ‘Vave Telegraphy.
WASHINGTON, April 19.——Experi-
ments were conducted yesterday be-
tween the war department and Fort
Myer, Va., under the direction of Gen-
eral Greely, chief of the signal service,
in what is known as the sine wave sys-
tem of telegraphy. Under this system,
VV hich is conducted by means of under-
ground wires, Kipling ’s poem “The
White Man’s Burden” was transmitted
from the war department to Fort Myer
and back again, being constantly re-
peated for an hour. It was found that
in that time 120,000 words had been sent.
Chicago River on Fire.
CHICAGO. April 19.—T‘ho Chicago
river has been on fire. and for an hour
flames leaped 50 feet into the air from
the surface of the stream. The firemen
had to work hard to keep them from
spreading. The Kinzie street bridge was
in danger. The fire was caused by the
ignition of oil grease and gas that cover
the surface of the river or bubble up
from its foul bed: The damage to the
bridge, its approaches and the adjoin-
ing warehouses and docks was about
$6,000.
Carucgie’u Princely Gift.
PITTSBURG, April 19.——Andrew Cal‘-
negie has promiSed to give $1,750,000 to .
cover the cost of {he proposed addition '
to the art, science and library depart-
ments of the Carnegie library at the en-
trance to Schenley park. His offer of
this munificent sum was made public
yesterday afternoon at the regular an-
nual meeting of the board of trustees of
the Carnegie library held in the libra-
rian's office.
Smallpox 111' Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, April 19.——-Smallpox
has increased in this city to such an ex-
tent that the health department ofilcials
confess themselves unable to cope with
it under the present conditions.
city council to immediately place $15,-
000 at his disposal in addition to the
regular department funds.
Too Late For Ills Return.
BOSTON, April 19.—The Massachu-
setts legislature has assigned to the
general court the petition praying that
'the sentence of banishment from Mas-
sachusetts against Roger Williams be
revdked. Roger Williams was banisl1-'
ed from 'Massachus etts in 1635.
turning.
Three ;
of the public schools have been closed 1
and Health Ofiicei Leick has asked the1
The '
sentence shut him out from ever 110-:
A THE SAMOAN COMMISSION. ‘
American Member Arrives From Da-
kotn to Receive His Instructions.
WASHINGTON, April 18. —Ex-Minis- ’
ter Tripp, the American member of the
Samoan commission, has arrived here
from his home in Yankton, S. D. He
will have a. conference with the presi-
dent and Secretary of State Hay today,
when his instructions will be given him.
The entire commission, Baron Stern-
burg, Mr. Eliot and Mr. Tripp, will be
entertained at luncheon by Secretary
Hay, When some preliminary discussion
over the negotiations may occur. Mr.
Tripp said that he would receive his in-
structions today and would leave direct
for San Francisco Wednesday morn-
ing. He had not been acquainted as yet
with the plans of the other commissid’n-
BPS. and the exact time of his departure
had not been fixed. He declined to talk
over the Samoan question and explain-
ed that even if he had any special
knowledge of the islands to which he
was going the diplomatic nature of his
mission precluded his going into any:
statement of his views. He said, how-
ever, that he apprehended no unneces-
sary delays in the negotiations and that
he believed an agreement on the ques—
tions at issue would be reached readily
at an early date.
With Mr. Tripp’s arrival here, all the
members of the commission are now in
town. Mr. Eliot, the British commis-
sioner, leaves for the east on a short
trip and will proceed thence to Chicago,
where he will join Baron Sternburg, the
German commissioner. The latter leaves
Wednesday afternoon, and it is quite;
probable that he and Mr. Tripp may ar-
range to travel together.
departure will permit the execution of
the plans for sailing from San Francis—
co on the Badger on the date fixed up-
on, the 25th.
THE SPANISH ELECTIONS.
only Partial, Returns Yet In—Minis-
ter d’Arcos’ Plans.
MADRID, April 18.—The Duke d’Ar-
cos, the new Spanish minister to Wash-
ington, said in an interview yesterday
that although he was not desirous of
the post he had accepted it through pa-
triotism and contemplated the re-es-
tablishment of the most cordial rela—
tions between Spain and the United
States. The time of his departure for
Washington, he said, was uncertain.
Judging from the returns thus far re-
ceived the government may be expected
to get 285 out of 410 seats.
and forty-three ministerialists have
been elected, including 180 Silvelists, 33
Polaviejists and 30 Pidalists. The op-
position returns include 86 Liberals, 30
Gamazists, 18 Tetuanists, 15 Republic-
ans, 5 Romerists and 4 Carlists. In
Madrid five Conservatives and three
Liberals have been elected. Senor Sa-
gasta has been returned by a small ma-
jority. ,
Trying the Case In the Newspapers.
COLUMBUS, 0., April 18.—Attorney
General Monnett has given out a reply
to the interview in Cleveland with Vir-
gil P. Kline regarding the information.
filed in the supreme court relative to
the alleged attempts at bribery by the
Standard Oil company. _Referring to
Mr. Kline, the attorney general says,
“He was here last week, as I under-
stand, ln Columbus and in a lengthy in-
terview with former Attorney General.
Watson was refused the proposition.
that General Watson should sign a de—
nial for publication; but, on the contra—
ry, was informed of the truth of the
charges.” Continuing, the attorney gen—
eral says: “It is only another means
this man Kline has adopted to try the
case in the newspapers. He knew when
he gave out this interview that Watson
had made this denial.”
Canned Beef; Nutritious.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—After de-
voting the forenoon yesterday to a
practical examination of the beef sup-
plied the army in cans the war court
of inquiry recalled Professor Atwaterl
at 2 o’clock, and he held the witness,
stand during the greater part of the
afternoon. He expressed the opinion
that pound for pound the canned roast
beef was of greater nutritive value than
fresh beef, but suggested that if unmlx- ‘
ed with vegetables it would not prove
so acceptable a ration. Colonel Weston ,
of the commissary department was also
recalled during the afternoon and ex-
amined with reference to the supplies
furnished to the troops in the field at
Santiago.
A Break In Quny’s Forces.
HARRISBURG, April 18.—~State Sen- .
ator Magee of Pittsburg. who has stead- .
fastly voted for Quay for United States
senator, announced last night that he
would not vote for the ex-senator again
and that other members from Allegha-
ny county had also cast their last vote
for Quay. He predicted Quay would
lose 20 supporters today and said the.
prospects are bright for the election of
a senator.
‘ Mrs.
CANTON,
in the trial
George‘s Defense.
0., April 19.—The defense
of Mrs. George spent the
first half of the day in reading deposi-
tions regarding her trip to South Da-
kota to get a divorce from Sample
George, her life while there and the vis-
its Saxton paid to her. The remainder
of the day ,wasoccupied in examining
witnesses on matters connected directly
with the homicide and in' answer to the
testimony introduced on the part of the
state. The attorneys for the defense
now talkcf finishing their testimony
this. week, but say if they do so they
will not call all of the 100 or more wit—
nesses subpoenaed. '
Postmasters Appointed.
WASHINGTON, April 15-). —The fol-
lowing fourth class postmasteis have
been appointed: New York—Berlin, A.
E. Sands; Sharon Center, W'illiam L.
Hiller: Vestal Center, Augustus W.
Aldrich. Pennsylvania—Hague, C. A.
Hague.
Lake Champlain Clearing of Ice.
PLATTSBURG, N. Y., April lit—The
ice which has choked up Lake Cham-
plain fo1 some time past has begun to
mOVe out,a11.l 1..1e steamers plying be-
tween this port and Burlington, Vt"
will commence running on Saturday
next.
, Sailor Gets a Watch.
BOSTOR", April 18.—Thomas“ Mooney
an American sailor who risked his life
to rescue the crew from _the British
schooner Granville in 1895. received a
silver watch yesterday as a reward
from-the Canadian government. Since
the day of the rescue Mooney has trav-
eled around the world without 111101.. ing .
3 that any one had taken special recogni-
“011 of his braved.
This hurried :
Two hundred i
11" 1“ l1: 1
} QUAY FORCES WEAKEN.
'l
l _
Fourteen Voters Dropped His Name .
l at Harrisburg Yesterday.
HARRISBURG, April 19.—Fourteen
votes dropped away from Senator Quay
at yesterday's joint ballot for United
States senator. The anti-Quay Repub-
licans and the followers of Senator C. L.
Magee of Pittsburg combined and cast
their votes for B. F. Jones of Pittsburg.
The break was started by Senator
Crawford of Allegheny, who switched
from Quay to Jones and was followed
CORRUPTION CHARGED. ‘
Harrisburg Investigators Report 01-'
tors of Money For Vote- For Quay.
HARRISBURG, April 18.—Majority
'and minority reports were presented to
by Senators Magee of Alleghany, Losch .
of Schuylkill and Scott of Luzerne. The ‘
first break from the Quay ranksvin the 3
house was Mr. Clark of Washington,
whose colleague, McLaren, went with;
him.‘ Mr. Murdoch, the third member '
from Washington, remained loyal to
Colonel Quay. Others who changed from
Quay to Jones were Messrs. Hosack,
Klump, McFarlane, McWhinney, Nis-
bet, Robison, Shaw and Scodes of Alle-
, ghany.
3 After the announcement of the bal-
. lot Senator C. L. Magee, in speaking of
3 his action in breaking away from ex—
Senator Quay, said:
“I believe that the Republican party
is greater than any man in it. The Re-
publicans of Pennsylvania want a sen-
ator elected, and if one is not elected I
am satisfied it will mean an awful po-
litical battle this fall and possibly de-
feat. So long as there was an earnest
desire on the part of Quay to be elect-
ed and there was a. hope of it I re-
mained with him, but when his hench—
men started the cry of ‘Quay or no-
body!’ I thought it was time for mak-
ing an effort to elect some good Repub-
lican. Quay is an impossibility, and he
knows it just as every other citizen of
Pennsylvania oes.
CONDENSED DISPATCH ES.
A fire destroyed 150 houses at La
Pointe-a-Pitre, island of Guadaloupe.
Burning brush on Governors island,
Boston, endangered the powder maga-
zines.
The hat factory of James Marshall in
Fall River, Mass, was burned; loss,
$50,000. '
Four mills are closed in the Pawtuxet
(R. I.) valley, and 2,000 weavers are on
a strike.
The schooner Eliza was reported
wrecked on Rose and Crown shoal, off
Nantucket.
King Humbert and Queen Margherita
were met at Sassari, in Sardinia, by en-
thusiastic crowds.
John Minhan, 18 years old, was run
over by a freight engine at Susque-
hanna and died from injuries received.
A gift of $6,000 to Barnard college has
just been made by Emily H. Bourne for
the establishment of two scholarships
of $150 each.
Five thousand Indians, dissatisfied
with conditions existing in the reserva-
tions in the Indian Territory, have left
in a body for Mexico.
The large summer residence of Rob-
ert S. Bradley of Boston near Beverly,
‘ Mass, was destroyed by fire. The loss
is estimated at $20,000; fully covered
by insurance.
Cuban Reorganization.
WASHINGTON, April 18.—The secre-
tary of war yesterday issued orders for
the reorganization of the military de-
partments in Cuba in accordance with
the changed conditions resulting from
the demobilization of the volunteer
troops on that island. The number of
departments is reduced from seven to
five the two eliminated being the de-
partment of Pinar del Rio, commanded
by Brigadier General Hasbrouck, and
the depaitment of Matanzas, command-
ed by Brigadier General Bates. The de-
partment of Pinar del Rio is consolidat-
ed with the department of the province
of Havana, and Brigadier General Lee,
now commanding the latter depart.—
ment, is assigned to the command of
the two combined departments. The de-
partment of Matanzas is consolidated
with the depa1tment of Santa Cla1a,
and Brigadier General Wilson, now in
command of the last named depart-
ment, is assigned to the command of
the new department.
_ Russian Students In Trouble.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 18.+Anoth-
' er large batch of students belonging to
the Technological institute have been
expelled and conducted to the railroad
station in a body by a detachment of
police. They were followed by other
students, including many women, who
then engaged in an orderly demonstra-
tion on the Newsky-Prospekt but were
stopped by detachments of foot and
mounted police. The latter charged the
students, dispersed them and made sev-
eral arrests.
Going to Bluefields.
MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 18.:-
United States Minister William L Mer-
ry and the Nicaraguan minister of for-
eign relations, Senor Sanson, have
started for Bluefields. They will meet
a United States warship en route at
G1 eytown. The object of their journey
is to investigate complaints made by
United States citizens and ofl‘lCials.
{louse and Children Burned.
Vv’IL KESBARRE, Pa., ”April 18.—-
W hile she was paying a brief visit to a
neighbor Sunday night the house of
Mrs. Jacob Le soch, in Pittston town-
ship, was destroyed by fire, and her
three children—-Mary, aged 6; Katarina,
aged 4, and Apollo, aged 3—w ere burn-
ed to death. The charred bodies were
found under the ruins.
Another Kidna’plng Case.
CHIC AGO, April 18 —Another suppos-
ed kidnaping case which promises to
riVal the Gerald Lapiner abduction is
causing the police much concern. Ruth
and Hazel Stonehouse, aged 5 and 6 re-
since that time no trace of them has
been found.
. ‘CnsteInr Elected.
MADRID, April 19.—Tl1e latest re-
turns from Murcia, capital of the prov-
ince of that name, giving the complete
statesman, was not defeated, but was
elected by a substantial majority“
Alleged Burglar Claims in: Alibi. .
ST. ALBANS, Vt., April 19.-The de-
fense in the case of John" N. Powers,
charged with robbing the Richford Sav-
ings Bank and Trust company last fall,
has entered an alibi. Powers claims
that he was in New Hampshire at the
1 time of the robbery.
l
spectively, disappeared from their home ‘.
in Calumet avenue 3. week ago, and-
figures inthe parliamentary election in .
that district, show that Senor. Emilio,
Castelar, the distinguished Republican 1
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the house last evening from the com-
mittee which has for several weeks past
been investigating the charges of at-
tempted bribery in connection with the
balloting for United States senator and
the consideration in the house of the
McCarrell jury bill. The latter bill,
which was eventually defeated, was
said to have been introduced to aid-
Senator Quay in his then approaching
trial in the Philadelphia courts. .
The majority report recites at con-
siderable length the testimony taken by
the committee and says the evidence
disclosed clearly that undue means
were taken by many persons to cor-
ruptly solicit members of the house.
both for the purpose of influencing their
official action in reference to the Mo- _
Carrell jury bill and in reference to
their official action as to the election I
a United States senator. This corrupt
solicitation, the report says, consisted
of offers of money, position, advantage
and political preferment.
The report charges that in further-
ance of an unlawful conspiracy to car-
ry out the scheme rooms were main-
tained at the Lochiel hotel in Harris—
burg for the purpose of having mem-
bers of the house brought there that
they might be approached in referenée
to the subject matters referred to.
Those who maintained these rooms and
corruptedly approached certain mem-
bers, the report continues, were John
J. Coyle. Charles B. Spatz, Thomas B.
Moyles, Michael J. Costello and Martin
Lawler.
Recommend Criminal Proceedings.
HARRISBURG, April 18.—The bribery
investigation committee last evening
recommended to the house that crimiL
nal proceedings be instituted in the
courts against nine persons for corrupt
solicitation 1n connection with the bal-
loting for United States senator and
the consideration of the McCarrell jury
bill.
LEAVING PORTO RICO.
General Henry Believes In Coloniz-
ing, Contrary to the Commission.
SAN JUAN, Porto Rico, April 18.—The
United States transport McPherson, for-
merly the steamer Obdam, left here last
evening, having on board a distinguish-
ed party, including Brigadier General
Fred D. Grant, who has been ordered
to the Philippines, and his staff; G n-
eral Robert P. Kennedy and Mr. He ry
G. Curtis of the insular commission
and a. large number of officials who are
to be mustered out of the government
service. General Grant and his wife
have been the recipient of many social
attentions during their stay on the is-
land, and they were given an affection-
ate farewell by the natives.
The insular commission visited Ma-
jor General Guy V. Henry, the govern—,
or general of Porto Rico, and asked him
what he had to say. His reply was as
follows:
“My plan is diametrically opposedto
yours. I believe in educating the peo-
ple generally, and I do not believe in
th1 usting Americans into all the offices.
I believe in colonizing. I have been
here nearly a year and the commission
only a few weeks.”
It is said the Porto Ricans oppose the
policy of the commission.
The State Rests Its Case.
CANTON, 0., April 18.—The state con-
cluded its direct testimony against Mrs.
George yesterday afternoon. There was
a strong intimation that the lines of
the defense will be temporary emotional
insanity. This came when._ the bench
announced that the testimony bearing
on the relations between the accused
and Saxton dating back as far as the
eighties would be admitted if insanity
is to be the defense. It was further
admissible, he said, on the grounds of
premeditation and also because the
state has shown some of these rela-
tions. This decision practically opens
the doors for all of what has heretofore
been regarded as doubtful testimony.
Windsor Dead Buried.
NEW YORK, April 18.—The remains
of the unidentified victims of the Wind-
sor hotel fire were interred yesterday
in Kensico cemetery, at"White Plains,
N. Y. Rev. D. Parker Morgan, D. D., of
the Church of the Heavenly Redeemer,
this city, conducted the services accord-
ing to Episcopalian Observances. There
were in all 16 complete bodies and the
bones of eight other bodies. The ceme-
tery' authorities recorded the burial as
the interment of 24 bodies, each being
placed in a separate grave.
Expedition to Study Sun’s Eclipse.
PRINCETON, N. J ., April 18.-Profes-
sor Young announces that an expedi-
tion will be sent from Princeton in 1900
to North Carolina to make observations
on the sun’s total eclipse. The phenom-
enon occurs on the morning of May 27,
1900. The shadow of the eclipse will
pass north from New Orleans to Nor-
folk, and the party will be stationed in
its path.
British Flag Over Tal-Po-Fu.
HONGKONG, April 18.—The British
flag has been raised at Tal-Po-Fu. The
natives of the Kowloon territory ex-
press regret at the recent disturbances.
there.
The Buffalo at S'ue'l. -
SUEZ. April 19.—The United, States
cruiser Buffalo, bearing a number of of-
ficers and men from Admiral Dewey’s
fleet whose time had expired, has ar- 1
rived here from Manila, en route 1‘01
New York.
Extra. Pay to All."
WASHINGTON. April 18. -The pay-
ment of the 20 per cent extra pay to the
American troops in the Philippines has
been extended to include all our soldiers
now in service and will continue until
hostilities in the Philippines cease. The
troops in the Philippines, both officers
and men, will be given the two months’
extra pay when mustered out.
A Missionary Dead.
NORTHAMPTON, Mass, April 18.—
The Rev. Thomas S. Bunnell is dead
after a. protracted illness. He was for
many years a missionary of the Ameri-
can board in India. He was born in
Chesterfiel'd, Mass, Feb. 3, 1823, '_
R'apid' Telegraphy.
LONDON, April 18. —He1~r Pollack‘!I the
well known engineer and electrician,
has discovered, says the Vienna corre- -
spondent of The Daily Chronicle, 8
means of telegraphing 60,000 words per
hour over a single wire
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