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BIO lia; FIRM FAILS. 1-onl, CI wen A Co., One cif the Lai-grot Iloune in Uiicauo, Korcecl to Wall. I.nni. ()tttn A: Co. of ChicHKo, one of th" oldi-! h liolcsiile ilru firms in thu West. U l .-nkriipt. Tlit? firm confi-Hsed Intnlveni-y in I In- ('nitcd Stutcs District ""trt. The lialiililii-H nre fixcl at $7i;2. TM and r lie motet nl $:S1."..r).;7. Tlie a--tH consist principally of $12.").00 worth of :ock in tin, itore nnd 51."i;.000 in outsnuidim- iicriiiinlB. .Judge Kolilsuitt appointed John .1. Williams receiver 111 bankruptcy, ii;;,) ,,,nd were liicd tit f ?AX),(K). Tlie h:i'Iii!ith of the firm, eacli holding a one-third intercut, lire Thomas and George S. Lord of KvniiHton and J.-imc-s It. Owen. The individual dclita f Thump Lord are placed at $37.5:i"), and asi-eis at 1 2 l.fX. Oorice I-ord Mys he owes $t;7.-.Ti) on hia own nccoir.it and ha bIh.hi $1'.'1.4S0 nsets. Mr. Owen mlieilulcti no individual lcMn, and claims exemption for hia only aatetH flOO north of wearing apparel, JjlI.'iO In ca?h and a S.'i.OOO life insurance policy. Among the laruext creditors of the part bernliip whose mimes are given in the schedules ar-; 'I'lie I!ankers' National Hunk, fur ?'.'(.(i'x); Harvey I'.. Uurd of Kvanatuii, f..r HiMH; V. T. Kiclmrdu & '.. for Jloj.r.oO; John I", llollinas iiead & Co. of New York, for $100,000; he Mercantile National Bank of New 1'nrk, for i",iKKJ. CAKl'K.NTKH DIES WEALTH T. Boston Artlnan, Working at Heoch lially, leaves $3,01)0,000. Patrick McAler. the famous million aire carpenter of I'oston, ts dead, aed HH yearn. He came from Kt. John, N. 1!., with $I,00U. am while working at tlie bench every day iimam-ed a fortune f $2,iJH).ts.K. He never finned n coil tract, although he handled jobs for huildinga counting up in the thousands. He always paid cash for everything, from a pound of nails to a business block worth fli.'io.ooo. Mon of his property was located in the heart of the city nnd Included some of the oldest and most valuable pieces of real estate In Boston. His son was not allowed to remain idle, but when old enough was put to work at tlie bench on f 15 a week. 8ETTLK STIf ATTON FIGHT. Fon of Millionaire Aurees to Take f ;i50,0OO in Cash. , County judge Orr of Colorado Springs, Colo., has agreed to approve compro mise that has been reached between the attorneys for I. Harry Strntton and those for the executors of his father's will. Young Stratton is to receive $XiO.00O in cash. This Includes his legacy of $50, 000. The money will be paid at once, and ali litigation over the estate of tlie late multimillionaire mine owner, Win field Scott Stratton, will cease. Mr. fritrattou bequeathed the bulk of his for tune, estimated at $15,000,000, fur the establishment of a home for the poor in Colorado Springs. HEFU8KD Ml lHCINKi 19 DEAD. Dropsy Patient Would Not Take Hos pital Treatment. "Refused to take medicine" is the en try in the records of the St. Louis city hospital opposite the name of Henry Lembcrgcr, 12 years old, who died from dropsy. The boy's mother is a teacher at a school conducted by Christian Sci entists. The lad entered the hospital March 27, but refused medicine. He fought the attendants when they tried to make him take medicine, and at times when he was able he tried to escape from the institution. Orilera Ca pture or Hnk Inir of Gunboat. Admiral Coghlaii has ordered the capture or sinking of the Tatuinbtila, formerly a tug, now a converted guuboat In the service of (he government of Kpanish Honduras, as the result of the forcible detention of the Norwegian teamer David, a merchantman In com mand of Captain Warnecke, which ar rived In New Orleans from Celba, Hon duras. Incendiaries at Montunmrrjr, Ind, The second attempt within a week to burn the town of Montgomery, Ind., was made early Monday. Just before day light five tires were started with oil oaked rags in as many buildings In the business section of the town. All the fires Were extinguished without heavy loss. The citizens have organized a vig ilance committee and declare they will lynch the incendiaries. Two Hbot by High war men. John Stephens was shot and fatally Injured and Ben l. Kdena was danger ously wounded during a battle with high waymen la the western limits of Hunt ington, W. Ya. Stephens bad bis skull fractured by blow. Kdena leaped into atrenm and escaped. i Killed by City Marshal. City Marshal 8. V. Howland of Gard ner, Kan., during fight lasting half an hour, shot and killed Hud Brigga In Uardner while Hriggs with two compan ion was trying to secure the release of Kitelle Hriggs, a brother, whom the offi cer had arrested for disorderly conduct. Three Are Horned to Death. Mrs. Yetta Brownsteln, 30 years old, and her two children, Cecilia and Yetta, were burned to death In their homo In Philadelphia. Two other members of the family art In a critical condition. Tin Irt waa caused by the overturning of an oil stove. Threatened with Fasnlne. Holland la threatened with famine be cause of the railroad atrlke. Food ship ments by land and water are practically topped, and aympathetlc walkout of bakers ordered, ftfclpownera hart de clared general lockout. J3)F THE as?! mobile accident on March 10. it m claim ed, wan defaulter to the extent of $150,000 or $1200,000. is aid to have swindled the p.-tates of friends in the Emit out of lame sums of money, lie carried over S'JOO.OOO life insurance, lu order, it is said, that after his death the estates mijjht be able to recoup the losses. AFTKH TIIK VILK MO: UU ITOKS. Officials Watch Incoming Vessels for Tracca of lieuc-Spr?ud inir l'e.its. The watchful government otlickils sta tioned at tlie several ports !ier. big ocean ships come in are not coiil'ming their attention, it appears, to the exclu sion of infirm, diseased, pauper, convict, anarchiatic and j-ellow-skimu'd aliens, but have for some time been watching the members of a fly-by-night class of immigrants until recently disregarded. These are the stegomyia fn?ciutn and a less important relative, the common cu lex. The invaders are perhaps liet'er known by their popular name, mnx,ui toes. Ever since last June observations have been made at the gulf quarantine station under the supervision of Passed Assistant Surgeon S. I!, (irubin, every vessel arriving from ports where the stegomyia, the yellow fever bearing mos quito, prevails, has been carefully exam ined to ascertain whether mo-quitocs are on bonrd and, if so, their variety, where and when they took passage and under what conditions. Tlie inspector is armed for this work with a cyanide killing bot tle and a sheet of questions for the cup tain to answer. gives $:i,oon,oor TO CHAKITY. Legislature ftnthes Throua-li Act to Make Woman's Will Valid. The unusual rpertaele of a State Leg iflature passing a bill under suspension of the rules in order to validate the will of a woman on her deathbed has been witnessed In Minnesota, although few legislators knew the nature of the work they wen- doing. The case was that of Mrs. A. 11. Wilder, mother of Mrs. A. V. Appleby, who died recently. The moth er was known to have drawn a will con taining charitable bequests of $:l,(H),ljlKJ, She was taken ill and knowing the na ture of her will prominent attorneys in duced the Legislature to rush through a bill reviving the law of "uses and trusts." as in old English law. The House passed the bill. The measure went to the Sen ate, which passed it under suspension of the rules, and Governor Van Sant im mediately affixed his signature and it became a law. Twelve hours later Mrs. Wilder died. HATCH KT MAY HE HISTORIC. Quaint Old Weapon Found in Celling; of Georsce Washington's Home. The House in Fredericksburg, Va., occupied by Mary Washington, mother of George Washington, during the Revo lution and his presidency is being con verted inta the Mary Washington Hos pital. In removing a ceiling a quaintly shaped hatchet was found of ancient type. George Washington was grown before his mother owned the house, how ever, and there seems little likelihood that this was the famous hatchet con nected with the no less famous cherry tree. "Thirteen Are Heported Killed. Meager information has been received regarding a cyclone which passed a mile norUi of Hancevillc, Ala. I'crsous on the Louisville and Nashville accommo dation train fromI)ecatur, which pnsscd the. scene of the disaster, say that thir teen dead bodies are reported to have been found and that about twenty-five persons were Injured and many farm bouses destroyed. Elect iona in Ohio and Michigan. M. K. Ingalls was defeated for Mavor of Cincinnati by Julius Fleischmmin, Republican; Tom B. Johnson and Demo cratic city ticket was elected at Cleve land; Sam Jones, non partisan, and Re publican ticket, at Toledo; Michigan Republican State ticket waa elected by 35,000 plurality. Hll.lo Jtarred in California. Attorney General Webb of California has rendered an opinion declaring the use of the Bible in the public schools to be unconstitutional. Not only may teach ers not use the scriptures as a text book, but even reading from them, as is the custom frequently at the opening exer cises, is barred. Offers I'nat to HetTetflnKer. It transpires that ('resident Roosevelt in the course of his recent stay In Min neapolis offered the vacancy in the Civil Service Commission to W. W. Heffel finger, the famous Vale guard and now a leading citizen of Minneapolis. Mr. Heffeltinger baa not yet given hia an swer. Trln New Method o Pnlclde. Mrs. Mary I'hillips, 27 years old, at tempted suicide at St. Caul by swallow ing pennies. She took st least half n dozen of them, and, falling to end her lifo In this way, she drank carbolic add. She was hurried to Hie hospital nnd will recover. She is hopelessly Insane. HiRh Fine for ( ia-arettra. Governor I'cnuypaeker, of I'eiinsvl- vnnia, lias signed the net of the Legis lature prohibiting the sale of cigarettes or cigarette paper to any person under 21 years of age. The penalty for viola tion of tb act is a fine of from $100 to $.'KM). James II, Tillman Indicted, Th Tnd JurJ' 'returned a true bill against James II, Tillman, charging him with tba murder of N. U. Gonzales last January. In tba indictment also occ irs tlx chart of carrying coocaaM weapon. J'OISON KILLS DIKK'fi KIS. O. H. Guest, Said to Be Cbicaeo n and Helmed to Marlborough, Dead. tleorge II. Guest, a civil engineer, whose home is thought to be in Chicago, nnd who may be a relative of the Ouke of Marlborough, died at the Blossom House in Kansas t.'ity from the effects of morphine. Whether he took the dru with suicidal intent or by accident is a mystery. Guest arrived in Kansas City March III. From letters found in his possession it was learned that he was on his nay to Little Kock, Ark., where be was to work as a draughtsman for the Kock Island Railway. Why he stayed in Kansas City is a mystery. Several- newspaper clippings found in the man's poeketboolt indicate that he may have had titled relatives. Due clipping from a New York paper referred to the "Hon. Lionel Guest, ion of Lord Wil bourne and first cousin to tlie Duke of Marlborough," was was at the Wald irf Astoria Hotel. Another clipping refer red to "Lieut, (j. Guest of Londou,'' who had arrived in New York. JOHN ItHOWX'd COTTAGE BUKSEI). Old Home of Abolitionist at Tabor, In., Is Destroyed. The small cottage in which John Braown, the abolitionist, lived for sev eral years in tlie fiO's, and which was used as the headquarters of his under ground railroad for the helping of run away slaves, burned at Tabor, Iowa, la connection with his headquarters in Ta bor, Brown organized n military school in which his sympathizers were taught the manual of arms, the knowledge ta be used in an uprising which never oc curred. From this building Brown di recteu tils companions in running away slaves, who were taken through various resting places, traveling at night only, to the Canadian border and freedom. 1 be building was one of tlie show places of the town, although small and dilapi dated. M'SI'KMEI IIY RED CHOPS. Prominent Woshineton Members Are liiisted by Clarn Burton. Walter 1". Phillips, a member of Clara Barton's inner board of control of tin) Bed Cross Society, has bsucd an an nouncement that the executive commit tee of (lie society has suspended from membership what is known as the Wash ington "minority," or those members who have been trying to oust Miss Bar ton from tlie presidency. Among the Waahlngtonians suspended are Gen. John M. Wilson, W. K. Van Iteypen, surgeon general of the navy; John W. Poster, former Secretary of State; Harriet Blaine Beale, Anna Roosevelt Cowles, sister of President Roosevelt, and Hilary A. Herbert, former Secretary of th Navy. INDIANS FLEE TO THE HILLS. Government Will I'ave Tronble In Moving Them from Warner Hunch. The Wurner ranch Indians, near Saa Bernardino, Cnl., are fleeing to the hills to escape eviction. Albert Juan, an In dian interpreter, who has Just returned from the ranch, states that there U very little hope of the Indians submitting quietly to be carted off from Agua Call en te, and that they are now leaving the reservation and the commissioners v ill find no one to move when they arrive. Juan intimates that before the Indians leave they will demand the payment of J.10.000 for improvements made on the ranch. Drive Mob In the Street.. A body of police ofllcers marching In solid front from curb to curb drove 1,000 noisy Greek tuillworkers through tlie streets of Lowell, Mass., fur nearly a mile Tuesday night and prevented what might have developed into a riot growing out of the return to work of a number of ring fpiuners of the Lawrence Hosiery Company who left work lu sympathy with thi strike order of the Textile Council. Killed by a Falling Tree. One fatality and considerable loss of property resulted from a windstorm which visited the vicinity of Appletun, Wis. Percy M. Clark, civil engineer of the Chicago and Northwestern Rnilwiy, was struck by a falling tree anil killed, about thirty miles north of Appleloii. Property losses throughout the county will aggregate several thousand dollars. Waalilnston, Ind., Hotel Hums. The Walters Hotel at Washington, Ind., burned, the (ire being of incendiary origin. Twenty guests barely escaped with their lives. Harry Kramer, a rail road man, carried Mrs. John Harlan from the building after she bad been overcome by smoke. Mrs. Lncy Trainor Jumped from the second story window with her boy In her arms. May Need an Extra salon. The regular session of the Fourteenth Colorado General Assembly came to a close by constitutional limitation. The general appropriation bill was passed by Ihe Senate after the adjournment of the House. Some members claim that for this renson it la illegal and an extra ses sion will be necessary. Claim 1,000,000 on t'atent. An attachment amounting to $l,t00,- OOo has been served on the United Shoe Machinery Company In a suit Instituted by Harry K. Ciliey of Boston In the I'nited States IMstrict Court In Boston. Cllley claims damage for Infringement of patent. win of o. it. ".win. The will of Gustavirs II. Swift, of Chicago, filed for probate, disposes of $12,000,000 estate; 1250,000 la to he distributed by the widow to charitlei; the balance I left to bar and the chil drta altar apeclal beqoeata an paid. A GUEST OF LABOR UNIONS Werklafn ca of Butt:, Mont, wll EntcrUtl the Hrcii tnt Butte, Mont, Ap i!2 21. President Roosevelt will tie Hit; guest of Butte' labr r Unions tlurin a part of the time he expt cts to stay liere May 27. de'bas awepted tlie Invitation of the Silver How tiadei an3 labor as icmly. Jmii)e(ii;iti'!y upon tlie receipt of the invitation Private Secretary Lorb drove ten miles to where ihe (irnsldcnt was ana laid tlie matter be- lore him. When Malcura Gilis of tlie labor unions' committee, arrived In Cinnabar, Secretary Loeb bad re Inrned and informed the labor repre- leutatlvc that tlie president was pleased to accept the invitation. In HI preparations will be made to en tertain the'president at assembly gar len. Elder Vanderbilt to Wed New York, April 21 It is reported litre says the Paris torrespondent of The American, that William K. Van derbilt is to be married here quietly Hi Wednesday to a young American wid w, to whom he bad been recent ly payliif' at ten'.ion. The name of the bride to-be, who ii at present living in Paris, is kept eerei. Siie is reported to have vis d New York a year ago, where she Uas entertained by her sister, an un laarried woman win is in the secret If the apptoacbing marriage, to tlie exclusion of Mr. Vanderbilt's rela- i.. v...., v..-,. Po'snn In Can of Peaches lies M lines Aptil 21 Asa result 01 I ptomaine poisoning, caused by eat l.iK fiom a can of peeaches.two rnem I ers of t he family of L. II. Evans a nt rl('ht attorney, residing at 317, Ivtst Twelfth street, aro dead and I've are ill. Kail aped live, died on Friday, and Kva, ayed four, passed away Monday titorniii";. An nquc-st was called and Ip rtion of the peaches submitted I ) State Chemist Marcey for an anal ysis. Tlie peaches were purchased f-r.m a neighboring grocery. The I 'tnaining members of the family will xrover. Sheepmen Ready for War. Cheyenne. Wyo., April 21 The I'leepnien of the Sweetwater country lave declared open war on the ca'te lien ani a dash is Imminent unless fops tiro at once taken to get the warring factionstogctber on apprsi tion of a satisfactory division of the ranges of that section. Information from Lander Is to Ihe Effect that the mulltli there may be tall'd out to prevent a general fight ind much bloodshed. Sheriff Charles Plough of Lander, tins gone to the rang-1 country land If he finds the tandi! iaon of affairs as alarming as reported he will Immediately make a formal request of Governor Richards (or at least one company of the state tillitia. Trolly Car Kan Away, Pittsburg, Pa. April 21 Because tti electric brake refused to work a frnvvded western avenue car of the l'ittshiirg Railway company ran away on Federal street, Allegheny, wreck Irg a carriage, broke through the safe tv gates of the Fort Wayne railroad, tJeralllnt a fast moving freight train nnd then went to pieces. Almost all Ihe forty-three passengers aboard the iar were hurt, th ugh only one fa mily. When the motorman tried to itiake tlie safety stop on the steep pade at Stockton avenue he found tlie power brake useless and the car beyond control. It had about 125 yards to go b fore reaching the gates j'f the railroad which were down to let a freight train pass. The bic car (aitind rntw'ritutn every second. Many Catlin was trying to get his carriage off the track but failed and (t was wrecked completly. The car jlashed through the safety gates, I truck an empty refrigerator car on (lie moving freight ttaln. turned it nei and derailed several other cars. !y this time tlie trolley was a wreck (self and Its passengers were strewn fn all directions, the wonder being hat there were not any fatal itbs. Death Claimed Them Both. New York, April 21 Frank J. Feeley and his wife quarreled on the street today and less than an b"nr litter both of their bodies were taken ant of the North river The ollce (lelieve that the woman committed, ttilcldo and that tlie husband was frowned In trying lo rescue her. The couple Had quarreled early In the day In their appartmenls and both left the house, the wife wilting a note threatening suicide. When Vcelcy returned he rend tlie note and ushed from the house, ovcrto' l lu wife with the result that the quarrel was renewed. A policeman Inlet feared and the wr rnan breaking awav from her husband, ran to the tivtr and Jumped In. Her husband dived after her. but both weie rnughl un r some barges and drowned, Fatal Tornado In Katinaa Topeka, Kas., April 21 Word bin Inst reached hero of a tornado at St 'ani, Neosho county, Saturday night which destroyed a great nmount of property and Injured flvo people, four I'f whom cannot recover Mrs. David Chambers and tline members nt a lierman family named Imgham will Iie, It Is thought. David Chambers as brul vs of a severe character while jevcral otber persons sustained miner (nlurlr. cHebraskd Notes The death of Chaplain Henry leruian of Farragut post G. A. Iv . Lincoln, will cause sorrow among hi D'd corarads all over Nebraska, for he tvas one of the most notable of all the veterans of the civil war in the 6'ate. '1 he stories that are told of Llm are legion. About twenty years ago Mr Maslertnan complained that be was greatly handicapped in the tamp iires by the fact that be held the position of chaplain, isome of the boys bad been telling rather able btories of their experiences and he buid that so long as he was chaplain lie couldn't keep within gun shot of them. "If I wasn't chaplain, " he taid in one meeting. "I could tell you some interesting stories, but on account i f my orlice it is necessary fur me to stick to tlie truth ." Then he told of his exciting experience when he had charge of a wagon load of loose powder wbicli lie was caititig across the zone of lire to one of the batter ies, lie was very much alraid that the powder would take lire, and in spite of all bis precautions a shell fell into thi! wagon box and exploded. 'That was about the liveliest time I tver had in my life," the veteran tliapiain declared, "for the plage Jy st. till' took lire and more'ii a bushel of il must have burned up before I could tamp it out." The two -year old daughter of Mr. mid Mrs. Jesse' Newton of Wymore was found dead in bed Monday morn ing. The child had suil'ered an at tacK of measles but was thought to i.i recovering. .Some time during Sunday night the baby was found to lie quite cold, and was taken in bed Willi her parents, where she was warmed. She then insisted that she should be allowed to return to her bed with her little brother until her parents consented. They took her to her bed and coveted her up warmly. In the morning when they weut to the bed they found she was a corpse. Iiotli the father and mother are near ly heartbroken. Tlie linemen of the Tcpeka Tele phone company who live in the vi cinity of lieatriee are still idle on account of the strike. An employe of tlie local exchange, named Lawson who is employd as collector and tele phone repairer was put to work this morning with one helper on line work but was speedily requested to desist by the union strikers, which he did. Tlie independent Telephone company which has secured a firm foothold in lieatriee is taking considerable in terest in the strike. Several outside ofllcials of that company were seen talking to the striking linemen but' what passed between t.beiu is a mat-! ter of question. Anyhow the line-' men do not seem to be uneasy about the results of the strike and it is a possibility that ihe Independent Tel ephone company may be directly in '.etested in it. Daniel M. Logan, who shot and killed Charles Cbrisenson at Hoi-! brook on Aoril 1 over an account of, HO bad his preliminary bearing in; county court here, lie was boundj o.cr to the district court, which' will convene June 1. Thtee eyewit nesses testified to the shooting ai d all agtced as to the details of the affair. Logan is an old man and is gteatly depressed over his trouble. Some apprehnsion has been entertain td far li is health and by advice of the county physician his jailer has given, liim daily exercise. This has been rjbjected to by the people of Holbrook, where feeling against him has been tery strong. Jess Calkins a bell boy at the Lin del hotel of Lincoln, was arrested Monday afternoon on complaint swoin out by Detective liently. Tlie youth Is charged with "swiping" ar ticles of small value. The governor yesterday appointed J. W. iStcinhart, of Nebraska City, a member of tlie board of trutoes of the Institute for tlie lilind at Ne braska City. This position was made vacant by the death of C. G. Ell wanggcr. A lighetd lamp settting In the draft near a broken window in tlio Commercial hotel, at Elk Creek, ex ploded Tuesday night. The oil took lire and In an instant tbo entire room was ablaze entailing a loss of H 1 50 to fiirlnture and $2,1 to tlie build ings before it could be extinguished. Mr nnd Mrs. It. K. Mentkln, re siding seven miles northeast, of Fre mont, ct lebrated their silver wedding anniversary Saturday by entertain ing two hundred of Jiclr relatives and friends at one of the biggest fnnctons ever given in their neigh borhood. Card playing and dancing furnished the pastime between tno four sumptuous feasts. Music was furnished by the Nickersoo military band. A SHOCKING DEATH Bnrad Herself to Death Wirt Keraseae-Haw Responsible For It i AsUand, Neb., April 22. Mrs .li G. Bentz, who succeeded in kllllraj herself Tu esday, will be buried tot morrow Jn the Ashland cemetery, Iler husband is a prosperous farmer! living near Memphis and there is 4 large family of grown up children. All the home life and family con neetions seem to be pleasant witk nothing to cause insanity. , Her death was a shocking one, Several months ago she bejfe.n tt show a tendency to take her IV, an after some earnest attempts sbe wa placed in the insane hospital at Lin coln. It is only a few weeks sine she was brought home and while ifc was hoped that she was cured, a very close watch was kept over her by tba family, but yesterday morning hei opportunity came. She slipped into the cob house where the kerosene can stood, pouted oil all over her clothes and over a quilt, which she wrapped around her and set them on fire. As the flames flar.'d up around her sho ran out screaming around the house. A son- in-law seized her and tore ofif the burning clothes. Medical aid was obtained and everything done to save her life but sbe died about 9 o'clock. After being taken into the) house sbe was vety anxious to Itavo the lire in the cob house extinguished in order not, to burn down the resi dence, and other buildings. During all the hours of her suffering sho never uttered a scream or a word, but bore it all without a rnuimur. Want Chinamen for flinea SanFrancisco Cal,. April 22. Ths feasibility of importing Chinese la borers to work in the gold mines o the transvaal Is a question which H.; Ross Kinner and II. II. Noyes, ati present in the city, are now on theif way to the orient to investigate. "Since tlie close of the Boer war' said, Mr. Noyes. "mining in South Africa has gone ahead with tremens dous strides, but the future developo ments cf the industry Is seriously hampered by the want of cheap labor.' There is not sufficient Kaffir labor to operate the mines, and the Chamber of Mines of South Africa, b9, ac cordingly undertaken tbe feasibility of importing Chinese labor. "The idea of employing white la bor is out of the question. Whlto men will not work alongside of Kaffirs We think, however, that under wis governmental regulations, we will bo. able to get sufficient Chinese labor to mee: the conditions. Mr. Skinner and myself are now on our way to the orient to report to the chamber of mines on the capabilities Of tbe Chinese worker. ' "At the present time I think 100,1 000 Chinese laborers could be proflta; bly employed in the South Africao mines. ;To overcome political ob jections, it is proposed that Chinese shall be indentured in China and taken to South Africa for a term of years and upon the expiration of their fixed term of service will be returned to their homes. Work on Alaska Cable JSan Francisco, April 22. .Tame Allen has returned from the riortb where be went to attend to matters, connected witli the laying of tbe new Alaskan cable. lie said today that) the first half of the cable, which it being made In New York, will arrive at Seattle August 1. The second halt will reach Its destination about Oc tober 1. Tho cable ship F.urnsldeJ which is now undergoing repairs ak Hong Kong, may not get here untlll early In July. 'She will go to Sitka making soundings south from there, and then will lay the first part of) the cable from Juonca, which will bar cut In and connected with the newt military post at .Haines Landing, sol that the new cable connecting Skaff way and Sitka will also bring Sttki) and Haines' Landing into couimunU cation. Colonel Allen says that the princi ple cause of delay is the non-arrival; of the cable, but "the work wIH bo completed late in the fall,. Soldiers Sentenced to Die Pretoria. April 22.-Flve prlraU, sol llers belonging to tbe 1cinstcr, regiment tiday weie sentenced to, death In the supreme court In con-, nectlon with a rl it which took placa at the barracks May 2H. When lb military police attempted to arrest a, number of drunken soldiers tbe lat- ter, reinforced by some of tbelr oosb-, radot, Arc on tbe police. One o4) the latter, a member of the Lelnttat regiment, waa killed aad glitm) Bo were Injured.
