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Unlverifity ncvrs Letter, r EBALB PLATTSMOUTH, NEB.. JUNE 5, 1900. VOL. IX, NO. 5.1. THE NEWS, Eatablshed Nov.5, . consolidated Jan. 1. lsi5. Til K H KKA Ll, Established April 10. 1.HC4. f ,-UD3U,IU,"'ou ' WEE! 'V BYNDM HIS TO WAIT Atraicl to Let His Appointment tio to a Vote of the Senate. ULAYTOB-BULWUR TEEATYEOBS UP Morgan IroMe! to Abrogate It by ItCKolution KPHSunii lie CJivc CH?ur tl'Alene Keiort Washington, June 5. The senate was in executive session for three Lours yesterday, dividing its time be twwn an extradition treaty which has ix'tu negotiated re-eutly with the re public of Switzerland and the nomina tion of Hon. W. 1. ISynum to be gen eral appraiser of merchandise at New York. The treaty was ratified without division after-Some slight verbal amendments. When the treaty was dis(osed of the I'.yuuni nomination was taken up and its consideration, pressed by senators who opiosed con firmation on fh.? tin-wry that If a. vote could Ix- secured confirmation would be defeated. Fair banks, as P.yuum's friend and chief supiMMter, opimsed consideration, and failing in his purpose moved to recom mit the nomination to the committee on finance. This motion was lost by a ote of Jl' to 3 4. Fairbanks then took the tloor and spoke for the remaining two hours of the exH-utive session. Abrogation of a Trenty l'ropuil. Morgan yesterday favorably re ported the resolution for the abroga tion of the Ciaytou-Hulwer treaty, one of the most important matters that has come before this congress. lie olso defended the projiosed action in au extended report which says: "If the Claytou-Bulwer treaty stands in the way of the purioses of our gov ernment It must give way to the para mount law if the house bill is enacted into a statute of the United States." He admits, however, that it Is a ques tion whether it is an obstruction. The effect of the Hay-Pauucefote negotia tion is discussed in detail, and the con clusion is drawn that "as to all that relates to the canal, the Hay-Paunce-fote treaty, if It is ratiiied terminates and abrogates the Claytou-Bulwer treaty." Should Abrogate If John Cnlt Insist. In conclusion the report says "if the Claytou-Bulwer treaty is iu force and If Great Britain so insists, it is the clear duty of congress to declare that It h abrogated. If this reso lution Is rejected and the Ilay-Paunce-fote treaty Is uot ratitied, we will be left to the alternative we should now ao-ept of declaring that the Claytou Bulwer treaty cauuot stand as a per petual barrier, if such is the pleasure of Great Britain, against the right of the United States to construct and own a ship canal in connection with Costa Itica and Nicaragua to connect the waters of the Atlautic and Pacific oceans. Says the House Dill Should Pass. "The passage of the house bill now la nding should be the first step In this Indispensable movement: and the sen ate should not iermit the conclusion It may reach on the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, which is a minor consideration. olstruot the will of the majority of this lody In its action on the house bill." RKI'OUT ON Til K (OI EK D ALKXK Minority Give Its Views of the Ac tion of Oeneral Merriam. Washington, June 5. The minority report on the Couer d'Alene investiga tion was given out yesterday by Lentz of Ohio ami Hay of Virginia, who drafted it. The minority declares that there was absolutely no rioting in Shoshone county, Idaho, after April 20, iSifj after the mills were dyna mited; that when the United States troops arrived upon the scene quiet had ben restored, and no resistance was being made to the state author ities, who were arresting as rapidly as possible those who were suspected of being implicated in the crime of April 2, IKK). It is maintained by the minority that the troops sent to Idaho by the president of the United States, con tinued to le under the control of the president, and that the military com mander in command could only use the troops in aid of the civil authorities of the state to preserve peace and order and prevent resistance being made by lawless persons to the process of the courts and the proper civil au thorities of the state. The president of the United States has kept and is still keeping soldiers In that commun ity, aun by so doing is upholding a tyrannical course of conduct pursued by the governor of Idaho. The report then points to pretty much every important act of the troops in the matter as flagrant troops in the mater as a flagrant Instance of abuse of power and vio- Ished from the evidence adduced be fore the committee that General Mer riam was wholly mistaken as to his flowers and duties; that his eouduct has resulted in the gravest injuries to the liberty of the citizens and the rights of inividuals." "It was the duty of General Mer riam aud of the president of the United states to inquire Into the causes and reasons for the detention of so many American citizens (miners Leld for implication in the Warduer outrage v The pleu that Gen eral Merriam was acting at the re quest of the governor of Idaho and his state representative, Bartlett Sinclair, is not good. Neither the governor nor Sinclair had the right to violate the law. And General Merriam knew it. or should have known it." Then the governor is condemened for not calling the legislature. Belolt, Wis., June 2. While visit ing her sister, who Is employed in the family of W. II. Grinnell, Miss Mary llaug, of Stewart. Wis., fell dead in the house yesterday. Addition to Carroll College. Waukesha. Wis., June 2. Yesterday Governor S-ofield laid the corner stone of Voorhees Hall, an addition to Car rol college, with the ceremonies usual to such an occasion. t Ridpath Is Holding His Own. New York. June 2. Last nlsht it was said at the Presbyterian hospital that John Olark Kidpath was holding Ms own and was iu no eitreme dauger Of dying. MONTUGU WHITE AT CHICAGO. Believes South African War Xot Near IU End Vet. Chicago, Jane 5. Montugu White, who was the Transvaal consul general In London prior to the war. is at the Auditorium Annex, lie is here in con- U 4k MOXTAGU WniTE. nection with the approaching visit of the Boer envoys. White is still firm In his belief that the war is far from ended, and still believes that the Trans vaal and Orange Free State will retain their independence. The independence, he says, will be preserved by the Eng lish people. CONTRADICTORY REPORTS. Nothing That Is Authoritative Has Come from Pretoria. London, June 5. Of Official intel ligence regarding what is transpiring outside Pretoria there is little or noth ing today. Lord Roberts is silent. Nevertheless, by piecing together items from various correespondents, it would seem that Lord Roberts' imme diate army is all employed north of Johannesburg, except one brigade, which is at Johannesburg, and that six columns are converging on lre toria. An undated news agency mes sage from Pretoria, via Lourenzo Mar ques. June 4. says: "Pretoria is now invested by the British, No resistance will be offered. The city will 1k sur rendered by the burgomaster as soon as a formal demand is made." This messacre purports to come in cipher. President Krager commands the telegraph eastward from Pretoria and telegraphic news from Pretoria, to Lourenzo Marques has ceased, but the messengers of newspaper correspon dents continue to pass to and from the railway. The latest to arrive at Lou renzo Marques bring events at the Iloer capital down to a late hour Fri day night. At that time, according to these sources of information, the mili tary leaders had quite recovered from the panic and had determined to de fend the town. SIXTEEN GOOD "BOXERS." Chinese Government Doing All It Can to Encourage Atrocities. London, June 5. According to a special dispatch frS-m Shanghai, the Co?acks who were L'sfatehel" to the rescue of the Belgians and wHo killed, sixteen "Boxers" in the rescue, were only permitted to go after a stormy interview between the eBlglan minis ter. Baron do Vinek de Deux Orp, and the members of the tsun-li-yamen. The dispatch says also: "Over forty miles of bridges and stations on the Lu Ilan railwa"y hare, boon destroyed, and it will trite nrotftas to repair the damage. The German anct Austrian legation guards have arrived at Pekin. It is asserted that the grrernment Is delaying the transition' of telegrams in order to conceal the rfiovenrPntS of the "Boxers." Apparently the Chinese officials will do nothing to prevent massacres or outrages unless the pow ers take vigorous concerted action." Bear Chews Ills Hand OfT. Cumberland. Wis., June 5. A large black bear caught John Olson, a farm er living nine miles north of here, by the hand and chewed that member completely off, swallowing the hand. Olson's brother shot the bear and saved his brother's life. The injured man is reported in a critical condition. lie liad Stolen $7 7,000 F.lmira. X. Y.. June 5. The expert accountants who have been at work on the books of Former City Chamberlain Frank E. Bundy, now serving a term in Auburn prison for grand larceny, announce that Eun fly's shortage In the city accounts is a little more than $77. 000. Ttritish Ship Looted by Pirate. Shanghai, .Tune 5. A number of desperadoes disguised as passengers have pirated the British Yang-Tse steamer Kutwo. They committed wholesale robberies, terrorizing the passengers, who were quite unable to offer resistance. The thieves escaped with their booty. Republican Success Indicated. Portland, Ore., June 5.Mengre re turns from the interior and the few votes counted in this city indicate the election of Wolverton (Kep.) for su preme judge, and Moody (Rep.) for congressman in the Second district. General Otis Out of Quarantine. San Francisco. June 5. Major Gen eral E. S. OfTs came out of quarantine at Angel Island yesterday and was escorted to the Occidental hotel. Gen eral Shafter and his stall met General Otis, and he was acord full military honors. Severely Hurt by a Hen. Lebanon,. I nd., June 2. .1. M. Knox, treasurer of the Indiana Jersey Cat tle club, is suffering from wounds in flicted by a setting hen. She pecked him in the eyes, dangerously iujuring his sight. Free Methodist Camp's Meeting. Elba, Midi., June 2. The Free Meth odist camp meeting will be held at Wagner's grove, four miles south of this village. June 13 to 20. I f ireman Kilted by an Ki plosion. Rochester, N Y., June 2. A heavy explosion of chemicals at the Eastman , Kodak works, just outside the city line, wrecked a portion of that build ing. Fireman Tracey was instantly killed and several were Injured. NEELY HAD A SYSTEM Divided Receipts Between Him self ami the Government. NETS HIM ABOUT $17,000 A MONTH llow He Disposed of a Scheme That Would Have ISeeu in His Way " , Press Comments. Havana, June o. Acting Director of Fosts Bristow yesterday inquired as to the amount of postal funds taken by C. F. W. Keely In May, 1801). and ascertained that it was $31,312.95. Neely's monthly average was about $17,000. His system of Bookkeeping was simplicity itself. Apparently he merely divided the amounts received, taking one half tor himself and ac counting for the other. Yesterday morning the examination of Estes G. Rathbone, former director of poses, was continued. It lasted more than four hours. The most startling fact developed was that on May 20 Of last year Kathbone ordered Special Agents Leatherer and Sullivan to examine the acounts. They found a shrotage, but it was not thought that anything had gone wrong. They reported, how ever, that there was no check uion the bureau of finance, and the recom mended that certain blank forms be made which would auswer the pur pose, such as all postmasters use when making their reports to the depart ment monthly. Scheme That Xeely PIeon-Holed. Maynard, then chief agent, indorsed the recommendation aud forwarded it to Kathbone. The latter apporved it and sent it to Auditor Reeves, who in itialed and forwardetl it to Xeely. Atf er he had initialed it. instead of put ting the scheme into operation, he hequieily pigeon-holed it, and it did not set- the light until May l." of this year, when the plan was put into effect. Eristow says he is almost sure that the extent of thesteal will amount to something between $.xo.OM) and $ 100, 0M). but that this will not touch the item of surchage statements, which is $411,000. As to how many of these were burned and how many sold it is impo&ssible to obtain definite in formation. ays the Syxtom Was Very Itotten. As many have been traced it is known positively that all were not de stroyed, but if Xeely sold $."o.(H0 or a $100,000 worth it would not be sur prising. F.ristow thinks, to find them scattered all over the world. The postal inspectors say it is astonishing that a svstem so rotten could have been concealed beyond the first month. Every day only adds to the surprises. I Lieutenant Colonel I '.niton Jones tthe ! special prosecutor) and Stevens left last night for the United States. Not as 31al as the Spanish System. Hopes are expressed by some of the local papers that as Coventor Roose velt has signed the extiaditioii order no further time wil 1 be wasted in bringing Xeely to trial. These journals point out th.it "Xeely's 'conduct has disgraced the Americans in the eyes of Cubans." and they declare that "the best way for the Americans to redeem themselves is to bring him to a prompt trial." The Cuba no says: "Cuba is not primarily interested, but she looks to see what the doted States will do. Fraud is not the monopoly of any na tion: and there is a great difference j between the frauds of the postofnee . and those committed under the Span-i ish regime. Now thorough in vet iga-, tion is tM-nig made with a view or punishing the criminals. In former days the criminals went scott-free." RATS NEST IN GREENBACKS. NoiuJibor of a Lot's K.ccpnfric Man Getting Itirli on II ir l iioN. Poi-t Huron. Mich.. June .". Anoth er interesting chapter is added to the variegaied history of the late Ir. Pe ter W. Kecd. whose estate is in litiga tion. The story now going the rounds is that somewhere on the premises of tlie late eccentric and erratic doc tor is buri"d a large sum of money iu gold and greenbacks. Rats and mice have been carrying a great deal of paper money to the old barn on the SaniHtru property, which tidjoius the Kecd propei ty. The Sanborn barn is leased by Frank IU-etoii. The lirst money he found in the barn was a lo bill, which was only slightly torn. A few days later a big rat sknrried across the floor with, some thing iu its mouth. He shied a cob at the rodent and it disappeared. lec ton then searched for it and found a hole under the barn stairs. He tore off a lard and found a rat's nest lit erally made of bank bills, chewed up into pieces. Since then he has found torn bills that could be redeemed to the amount of $".", a total of $loo. and pieces of bank notes aggregating .".ooo which could be assembled. Elef trie Line to Haul Coal. Saginaw. Mich., June ." The Sag inaw Southern Electric railroad which is to bo built from Saginaw to St. Charles and IMirand will touc h about J a dozen coal mines now in operation with about as many more contemp lated, and it is the intention of the company to haul coal over the road. By this means it is said that the cost of hauling can 1 slightly reduced as against the present rates charged by the steam roads. The road will also 1m used in hauling sugar beets from the farms along the line tothe fac tories In Hay county. New ICural Mail I livery Route, Holly. Mich.. June .". Letters have been received here from Representa tive Smith announcing that he will recommend the -stabl'ishment of a ru ral delivery route and east of Holly, thirty miles long and accommodating more than ."oo families, other peti tions are in circulation for establish ing similar routes in other directions. Mnrlerel Man's Itody Found. Oklahoma City. O. T.. June 5. The body of William U. Davis, the young Independence, Mo., farmer who mys teriously disapepared from Eutber, O. T., in March last, was found by a searching party in a gulch near Luth er Sunday. The 6kull was crushed as if by some blunt weapon and there were a number of wounds on the body. v Adrian Is Growing Right I' p. Adrian, Mich., June 2. The total assessment of personal property In the city is $1,017,010. which is an Increase of $0O4,7S7 over IS'JU. TRAGEDY IS COURT ROOM. Thre Met Dead aa tha Result or an Old Faocl. Galveston, Tex., June 5. A special from Nacogdoches, Tex., says: There is great excitement here over a report received by telephone from San Augus tln of a triple tragedy which occurred In the vourt house there at 10 a.m. yesterday. Felix Roberts, correspon dent of the Galveston News; Sid Rob erts, and Sheriff Xoel Roberts, were killed. The tragedy Is a sequel to an old feud between the Wall and Rob erts' factions on one side and the Brooks' and Borders' faction on the other. A few weeks ago Sheriff George Wall was shot dead by Curd Border. Last Saturday Eugene Wall, son of the dead sheriff, shot and killed Ben Brooks. Yesterday at the court house the two factions met and a battle en sued, resulting In the killing of the men named. When Sheriff Wall was killed his nephew was appointed sher iff. More trouble Is feared. Armed men from here, partisans of both sides, have started for San August in. Tele grams have been sent Governor Say ers urging him to call out the militia. BELGIAN HARE FARM. Extraordinary Fecundity of the Animal Will Make Cheap Meat, Auburn, Ind.. June 5. The Belgian hare industry In this part of the Btate and southern Michigan is assuming an extent not dreamed of a few months ago. The animal Is remarkable for its The animal is ramarkable for its fecundity, the young attaining their growth rapidly, and for this reason have developed a commercial worth exceeing that of poultry. The Belgian hare Industry Is rapidly taking the place of the chicken fad in many places in the United States. Breeders pay fancy prices for the best blood, some of the bucks selling as high as $500. The rabbits breed every thirty days, and it has been estimated that one doe will prouce from 300 to 400 pounds of meat annually. The object of hare cultivation is to introduce the hare for food, and Its flesh Is said by epicures to be superior to that of chicken and beef. The common animal without pedigree sells from ". cents up. Casualties In the Philippines. Washington. June 5. Secretary Root has sent to the senate in re sponse to resolutions of inquiry a re port on the number of army casual ties in the Philippines. Root also gives the number of those who have gone insane and have committed sui cide since 1S1MJ, "Whereby it appears." he states, "that the number of Insane cases and the numtter of suicides have not been increased by service in the Philippines, but remain substantially the same nuiulter per thousand as in the period of eace prior to the war with Spain." The total casualties are put at 1,851 and 1,904 wounded. Fatal F.lsvator Accident. Chicago. June 5. John Keating. 108 West Morgan street, was killed shortly after 7 o'clock in the morning by the fall of an elevator. He was taking two barrels of paint to the third floor of a building on the ele vator. Just as the floor was reached some mechanism about the machine broke and it went crashing down the shaft to the basement. Heating's neck was broken by the fall and his death was instantaneous. Poison In the Canned Peaches. Martinsville. Ind., June 5. Mrs. of City Councilman Charles O'Donnell were poisoned by eating peaches from a tin can. Mrs. O'Donnell, her daugh ter, and a son are in a serious condi tion, but will probably recover. Found Her Guilty or Manslaughter. Martinsville, Ind:., June 5. Mrs. Ida Fultz has been convicted of strangling her babe because Us crying annoyed her at night. The Jury was out but five minutes and brought In a verdict of manslaughter. NEWS FACTS IN OUTLINE. President McKinley has cabled con gratulations to Prince Albert of Bel gium on his engagement to the daugh ter of the Duke of Bavaria. Mr. Stevenson, of the English mis sion at Yem-Ching. Is said to have been murdered by "boxers." Robert A. Perkins, editor of the Rutland (Vt.) Herald, is dead in that city. Colombian insurgents are close to Panama and a decisive battle there Is imminent. Xearly two pounds of wood pulp was recently taken from the stomach of a Brooklyn boy, who bad an Inor dinate appetite for chewing toothpicks and matches. There are 25G railway stations with in a six-mile radius of St. Paul's cathedral Loudon. Black Hawk's granddaughter, Wee honka. 19 years old, Winnebago tribe, lias tJisapieared, and the Woodlawn (Chicago suburb) police think she has eloped. In Butte county, California, any one riding a wheel on a sidewalk and meeting a pedestrain must "dismount and remain at rest while such pedes train passes." Genuine maple-sugar makers are or ganizing exchanges for self-protection. James Doyle Interfered with John Johnson while the latter was quarrel ing with Mrs. Johnson at Chicago. Johnson shot Doyle aud himself, but not fatally. Work has been resumed on the Coli seum building at Chicago. Peter Frank. 10 years old, was fa tally shot In St. Louis by a bullet fired al strike sympathizers. Mrs. John Sherman, wife of ex-Sec-retary Sherman, has suffered another stroke of paralysis and Is expected to die. Rev. F. P. Cleveland, one of the oldest nieinlters of the Methodist min istry, died at his Rogers Park (Chi cago suburb) home, aged 83 years. Thoroa9 E. Mlaeo, theatrical man ager, is dead in New York aged 59. We Are Sending Glass Abroad Now. Pittsburg. June 5. During the past week the Xational Glass company sent ten car loads of glass tableware and lamps to Australia, which Is the first shipment of glass of American manu facture sent to a foreign country. Invitations for Mount and Harrison. Indianapolis, Ind., June 5. A com mittee of citizens ' from Atlanta, Ga., called on General Harrison and Gov ernor Mount last week and invited them to attend the reunion of the blue and gray at Atlanta, June 11 to 21. OLD GDARDJS INVITED Survivors of the First Convention to He at Philadelphia. NOT A SCORE OF THEM LIVING. Hotel Men at Kansas City Charged with Kxtortion Iirjan Frefera Boers to Republicans. Washington, June 4. A suggestion adopted by the committee In charge of the Republican national convention that the survivors of the first national gathering of Republi cans, heeld at Flttsburg on Feb. 22, ISoO, and later at the convention held in Philadelphia on June 18 of the same year, be specially honored with Invitations to this year's convention, came from William Paul Weyand, of Pittsburg. The Idea met the approval of Senator Hanna, who has sent a let ter to each of the surviving delegates, Inviting him to be present at Phila delphia this year and sending the com pliments and congratulations of the national Republican committee "to you as one of the few Republicans now living who participated in the Republican conventions of 1S-"J at Pittsburg and Philadelphia." Names of the Known Survivors. So far as known there are only fourteen surviving delegates. Their names are: John Howard Bryant, Princeton, Ills.; XV. Peun Clark, Washington; Sidney Kdgerton, Akron, O.; Allen A. Craig, Corry, Pa.: Chas. G. Davis, Plymouth, Ills.; S. P. Mc Calmont. Franklin, Pa.; George II. Frey. Springfield, O.: Rush R. Sloan. Sandusky, O.; Raeliff Briukerhoff, Mansfield, O.; Jacob Weyand, Beaver, Pa.; William A. Cook, Washington; William S. Lane, Philadelphia: Will iam II. I'pson. Akron, O.; R. M. IStimpson. Marietta, O." Reminl-enrea of the Convention. Twenty-seven states aud territories were represented at the mass meeting tion, and at the national convention June 18, IS."., held in Philadelphia. Old Lafayette hall in Pittsburg, where the mass convention was held. Is now demolished. Its site being occupied by theTradesmen's Xational bank. The convention was informal, the dele gates showing no credentials. Horace Greeley, editor of the Xew York Tri bune, made one of his famous speeches, urging moderation and that a convention In? held later to nominate candidates for president and vice pres ident. His advice was followed, and the first Republican convention met In Philadelphia on June 18. 1ST.;. This , year's Republican convention will be held in the same city. Just forty-four years later GKT RICH QCICK OPERATIONS. ! Hotel Chsrrni at Kansas City May Change the Convention City. Washington. June 4. As the time for theconvention draws near, Senator Jones, chairman of the Democratic national committee. Is receiving a number of vigorous complaints from Mie members of the national committee and other leading Democrats through- . Vi nnnntrv fivor th netlnn cif the hotel people In Kansas City In the i matter of rates. Many or tne com mitfoamon who write Chairman Jones on this subject are urgently requesting that a meeting or ine coiuinmee we called, with a view to reconsidering Its action in deciding to hold the conven tion in that city. A prominent member of the commit too ivritos ns follows: "I encased rooms for my delegation at the Coates House at . per tin v. witn a panor for headquarters at $."0 per day. The proprietor of this hotel now writes me that a 'contract for accommodation meansthe 4th. 5th. 0th and 7th of July, whether the convention lasts that long or not. Of course, if it lasts longer, the amount will be pro rata per day in creased, or if you take the accommoda tions on the 3rd it will be a five-day's contract instead of four-days' con treat.' "This is an outrage upon all pre tense at decency, and I will not close such a contract for my delegation." Chairman Jones says that other mem bers of the committee are writing him In the same line, and that certain members seeni very determined in their efforts to change the location of the convention from Kansas City to anno ntlior more desirable and attrac tive place. No action has yet been taken in the matter ny nan man Jones, though he has it under serious consideration. Bryan Would Welcome the Boers. New York. June 4. In answer to a World dispatch to William J. Bryan, at Lincoln. Xeb.. asking his views on the suggestion to invite the Boers to America, he replied: "The Boers are industrious and intelligent and have shown themselves lovers of liberty. It they lose their fight for independence I hope they will come to the United States. I wish they could come soon enough to help save this country from the imperialism that Is driving them from South Africa. I wish there were more of them in this country. They could well take the place of a good many Republicans who believe in the imperialistic policy of Great Britain." Shortage of a Village Clerk. Houghton. Mich., June 4. The al leged shortage of Joseph R. Murphy, the absconding clerk of the village of Laurim, is said to le alout .rf0. and IKsslbly may be larger. The village will sue the bondsmen, local men, who claim exemption from liability because the bond was not renewed at Murphy's re-elect lon a year ago. Delegates Instructed for Ferry. Detroit, June 4. The Wayne coun ty Republican convention elected ninety-six delegates to attend the state nominating convention to be held af Grand Rapids June '21. They were Instructed to vote for D. M. Ferry. This ends a bitter struggle for Wayne county's delegation between D. M. Ferry and Justus S. Stearns. Fell I'pon a Buz Saw. Marlon, Ind., June 4. Daniel Gib son while at work in his shop at Jones boro with a circular saw, slipped and fell on the fast revolving blade. His right forearm was almost severed from his body. Mrs. Gladstone : nscloue. London. June 4. It Is announced that Mrs. Gladstone is In a semi-conscious condition and that her strength Is declining steadily. MYfSTERY ABOUT MIACO 3 SEATH HU spbew Believe He Was Drugged and Robbed. Xew York. June 4. That Thomas E, Miaco. the well-known theatrical man, who died in a Xew York hospital, was drugged and robbed la the belief of his nephew, Clark BfTi. He made the statement to Coroner's Physician O'Hanlon that his uncle was never without f 10.000 or lU'.OOO In his pock ets. When Miaco was found he had $4H). Robert Fulton of Chicago said he saw Miaco in Chicago May 21 and at that time Miaco had $12,000 in a pocketbook. The authorities are making a rigid examination Into the case, but have learned nothing more so far. Coron er's Physician O'Hanlon held an au topsy on Miaeo's body at Merrltt's un dertaking establishment in the after noon on the strength of Miaeo's ante mortem statement that he remembered having a drink on Fourteenth street the night he is said to bare fallen down the stairway In the Morton House, from the effects of which he died. IS AGUINALDO DEAD? LATEST NEWS FROM If A J. MARCH Prominent Filipino Officer Klther Killed or Wounded Near VIgaa, Luxoo Island. Manila. June 4. Mjor March, with his detachment of the Thirty -third reg iment, overtook what is believed to have been Agulnaldo's party on May 19 at LaGat. about 100 miles north east of Vigan. The Americans kilted or wounded an officer supposed to be Aguinaldo, whose body was removed by bis followers. Aguinaldo bad 100 men, ajor March 12o. The American commander reached Luboagan, where Aguinaldo had made his headquar ters since March b, on May 7. Agin aldo had fled seven hours before, leav ing all the beaten trails and traveling through the forest along the beds of streams. Toward evening of May 19 Major March struck Aginaldo's outpost about a mile outside of LaGat, killing four Filipinos and capturing two, From the latter be learned that Aginaldo had camped there for the night. Major March's men entered LalQat on the run. They saw the Insurgents scattering into the bushes or over the . plateau. A thousand yards beyond the town, on the mountain the"fijfures of twenty-five Filipinos dressed In white, with their leader on A gray horse, were silhouetted against the sunset. The Americans fired a volley and saw the officer drop from his horse. Ills followers fled carrytag the lody. The Americans on reaching- the spot caught the horse, which was richly saddled. Blood from a badly weiuided man was on the animal and am the ground. The saddle bags contaJaed Agulnaldo's dairy and some private papers. including procUuitttfoiM. Major March, believing that the Fili pinos had taken to a river vhlch Is a tributary to the Chlco. followed ft for two days, reaching Tlao. where he learned "that a party of FIHpmos had descended the river May 20. on a raft with the body of a dead or wounded man upon a littler, covered with palm leaves. Put Child In a Garbage Box. Chicago, June 4. William Scarr, thought to be dementea, threw his 2M-year-old daughter in a garbage box and then closed the lid and sat on It. A man. whose identity is unknown,' saw the act and called the police, who rescued the child and arrested Scarr. The family live at the Christian borne for workingmen, 416 West Harrison street, and Mrs. Scarr was away at work at the time. Democrats Assemble at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Ind., June -Democratic candidates for stfite 0fX9Ht and leading Democrats of Indiana axe as-1 sembling in this city foe the state con- 1 vention. which will open In Tomlin- J son hall Tilesday. It Is practically set tled that Samuel M. Ralston of Leb anon will be permanent chairman of the convention. John W. Kern of this ; city seems now to be in the lead for j the nomination or governor. He Lived In Mormon Style. Salt Sake. Utah, June 4. In the , case or John i;. uranam, cnargea witn unlawful cohabitation, the Jury Satur day rendered a verdict o fguilty, ac companying the same with a recom mendation for mercy. Graham was formerly postmaster at Provo, Utah, but was recently removed by the presi dent on account of polygamous charges against hitr i Tin 1'late Works to K ecu me. Joliet, Ills., June 2. Three hundred employes of the Great Western tin plate works here will resume work after two weeks' suspension, caused by a strike because one man was dis charged. The men have finally yielded. The plant will be In full operation uj Monday next. Tried to Kill HU Wife. Columbus, Wis., June 1. Thomas Goodwin, a Loss Lake saloonkeeper, had a hearing on the charge of at tempted wife murder, and was placed under $3,000 ball. The wife claims that he called her out to a well and in some way caused her to fall Into it. B:shop Thohurn In a Sanitarium. Cincinnati, June 2. Rev. XV. W. Thoburn. Methodist bishop, is a patient at Christ hospital here, where Mrs. Thoburn is also ill. Bishop Thoburn is afflicted with exhaustion of the brain, brought on by his' long work and strenuous labors in India, Two Prison srs Break Jail. Chippewa Falls., June 2. Frank Lyons and Albert Peck, two prisoners In the county jail, being held under bonds to the circuit court, broke Jail Thursday night by prying apart heavy Iron bars on the windows. Sheriff Lovell offers $-0 reward for their cap ture. SrSMteh. Followed by Lockjaw. Janes ville, June 2. Michael Mul quin died yesterday morning, the re sult of a scratch on his finger received ten days ago. which terminated In lock jaw. He leaves a wife and six chil dren. avaiisaa btfll Waata af ea. Topeka, Kans.. June 4. B. P. Scott, assistant state commissioner of labor, who has been out Inspecting the wheat fields of western Kansas, says that within two weeks, when the harvest Is well on. the farmers will be paying $3.50 a day for men In the fields. JOHANNESBURG IS QUIET About All the News Marshal Roberts Finds to Send. TELLS OF TEtl TOWN'S OCCUPATION And of a Fight the Imperial Yeomanry Had with the Boers, in Which There Were "Some Casual, tie" Says His Loi-dnhiy. London, June 4. Lord Lansdowne. secretary of state for war, has re ceived the following ft-oni lArd Rob erts, dated Orauge Grove. June 2: "Johannesburg is yuiet. The people are surrendering arms aud poules. Only three Boer guns were left lu the fort. The iueeulanders captured. May 3D, a Creusot, with eleven wag ons of stores and ammunition. Com mandant Botha, of Zoutpansberg, his field cornet and loo prisoners, were taken in the fighting around Johan nesburg, some belonging to the for eign contingent and the Irish brigade. The Thirteenth yeomanry were at tacked May 21) between Krooustad and Llndley. There were some casual ties. Telegraph Baa Been Interrupted. "Owing to the interruption of the telegraph lines I only today received a report from Colonel Sprlgg that hi battalionof imperial yeomanry wus a t tacked between Krooustad and Llnd ley. May 29. Casualties to follow. The shops lu Johannesburg are being opened, aud there sectns to ba a gen eral feeling of relief at the peaceful occupation of the town. Received a re port yesterday that four prisoners had escaped from Pretoria." Occupation of Johannesburg-. A cablegram from I.ord Roberts, dated Johannesburg, May 31, but which was not dispatched from there until 8:30 a, ni. of June 1, has been re ceived by the war office. It says: "The occupation of Johannesburg passed off quite satisfactorily, thanks to the excellent arrangements made by Dr. Kraus. the Transvaal com mandant here,- aud order prevailed throughout the town. Dr.- Kraus met me on my entrance to Johannesburg and rode by my side to the govern ment ofth-es, where he Introduced me to th heads of the several dpartments, all of whom acveded to my request that they would coutinue to carry on heir respective duties until they could be relieved of them. BLmtmtiag ot the t nioa Jack. "Johannesburg Is very empty, but a good crowd of people assembled In the main square by the time the Brit-. Ish flag was being hoisted. A royal saljfe was tired and three cheers for the Queen were given. At the end of the ceremonies the Seventh and Elv enth divisions marched past with the naval brigade, the heavy artillery, and two brlsrade divisions of the royal field artillery. General Ian Hamilton's column and the cavalry division and mounted Infantry were too far away to rake part In the ceremon. The troops looked very workman-like and evidently took keen interest In the proceedings." TWO BOLD HIGHWAYMEN. Didn't Know Soldiers Were Coming-, bat It Made no Difference to Them. Raymond. Cal., June 4. One of the boldest robberies ever committed in California occurred yesterday when three of the Yosemite Stage andturn pike company's stages, a private con veyance, and two soldiers were held up by two highwaymen who were not aware that Major Rucker and Captain E. E. Wilcox, in command of sixty seven men of troop F, Sixth cavalry, from the Presidio, were colse behind en route to the Vosemite National park. Sergeant Buchanan and another trooper bad gone ahead of the cavalry to make arrangements for selecting a camping place. The highwaymen suddenly appeared, masked, and get ting the drop on the troopers took away their guns and held the trooper till the stages arrived. The robbers took a hat belonging to T. H. Griffiths, of the Southern Pacific company, a passenger on the stage, and collected $ir0 from the passengers, after which they ordered the driver togon on. Each stage was successively held up, the robbers getting about $350. The mail and express matter were not molested. Proceedings la Congress. Washington, June 4. The senate Saturday passed the bill providing for the extradition of persons who have committed certain crimes in Cuba from the United States to the island. As amended the bill provides that the alleged criminal shall be punished un der the laws of Cuba as administered by Cuban courts, and It Is a retroac tive measure for the special benefit of Neely. The last of the appropriation bill the general deficiency was passed, as also was the emergency river and harbor bill. The session was concluded with eulogies on the late Representative Green, of Nebraska. Only one vote was cast in the house against the Littlefield anti-trust bill to amend the Sherman act of 1890 to make It more effective. The navy vote was that of Mann of Illinois. The la bor unions were excepted from its provisions, specifically by an amend ment against which there were but eight votes Aldrteh of Alabama, Al len and Littlefield of Maine. Bailey. Long and Calderhead of Kansas, and Cannon and Hitt of Illinois. Making a Marriage Record. Lincoln. Neb., June 4. W. N. Gorn was arrested here at the instigation of the authorities of Corning, la. where he Is wanted on the charge of bigamy. Horn Is a farm laborer, only 22 years of age, but he has three wlve living, all of whom he married within the last year, and from no one of whom he has been divorced. He admitted bis guilt and willingly re turned to Iowa with Sheriff W. XX. Morris, of Corning. Balaed a Flood for Four Hoars. Clear Lake. Ia.. June 4. A severe rain storm destroyed aH bridges on Willow creek in this vicinity. Consid erable live stock was killed by light ning. Rain fell in a steady sheet about four hours. Damage to crops is considerable. ,