Action of TJitlandera
May Precipitate a
Conflict in the Transvaal ,
DETERMINED TO HOLD A MEETING
Outdoor Gatherings Prohibited and a
Clash with Authorities May Result
No Proposal for mediation An Out
look of uii Ujly Character.
LONDON , June 12. It Is not im
probable that the crisis in the Trans
vaal will be hastened today by some
untoward Incident at Johannesburg. J.
J3. Robinson , the South African mil
lionaire and mine owner , received a
telegram today from his agent at Jo-
mannesburg saying the situation there
is most serious. The agent added that
a mass meeting of Utlanders will be
held today in order to confirm and
support the proposals of the British
high commissioner , Sir Alfred Milner.
As open-air meetings are not improb
able , if the necessary permission is not
obtained , that the police will endeavor
to stop the meeting.
The concensus of opinion among
prominent Utlanders and South African
'capitalists in London is that the Brit
ish government is in a tight fix , that
it cannot retreat from its position and
that if President Kruger does not recede -
; cede war is inevitable.
Regarding the suggestion that the
United States be asked to mediate be
tween the Transvaal and Great Britain ,
Joseph H. Choate , the United States
ambassador , says : "While every good
American would welcome the possibil
ity of helping a solution of the present
situation , we havT not been approached
in the matter , and I personally know
nothing of this proposed mediation by
America. "
An official of the foreign office in
conversation with a representative of
the Associated Press said : "We have
not approached America , nor has
America approached us in this matter ,
and it is very unlikely that America
will be asked to do anything of the
kind , much as we value the good feel
ing existing between the two coun
tries. "
A detachment of 200 royal engineers
sailed today for South Africa from
Southampton.
f PRETORIA , Transvaal Republic ,
J&f June 12. After deliberation in secret
? " all the morning the Volksraad yester
day afternoon approved President Kru-
ger's franchise proposals and instruct
ed the government to draw them up in
the form of a law , which will be sub-
t
m mltted to the Volksraad.
* The Volksraad yesterday also passed
a resolution of regret that the British
high commissioner had not accepted
President Kruger's proposals , which
the Volksraad "considers reasonable in
* he highest degree. "
CLOSE Of WOODMEN SESSION.
Salaries of Head Camp Officials Kalsed
Resolutions Passed In Closing Hours.
KANSAS CITY , June 12. With the
final ad3ournment this morning of the
eleventh biennial head camp of the
Modern Woodmen of America closed
the most important and most success
ful gathering of the order since its in
ception. Several thousand delegates
and friends had left for their homes
yesterday and only a comparatively
few remained today.
Among the last acts of the conven
tion was the advancing of salaries , as
follows : Head consul , $5,000 ; head
clerk , $4,500 ; head banker , $3,600 ;
board of directors , $15 per day ; board
of auditors , $12 per day ; law commit
tee , $12 per day.
A law was made giving the board of
directors authority to collect from
members in any state a special assess
ment eqaul to any tax upon the order's
business levied by an insurance com
missioner.
Resolutions endorsing the trades day
in June as Memorial day , a committee
to prepare uniform drill manual , fav
oring union labor , placing memorial
window to dead soldier Woodmen in
head building and making C. C. Hasler
poet leureate , were adopted.
The head consul and executive board
will prepare a new emblem for the or
der and a uniform , both of which will
be official , but not obligatory on the
camps.
On the question of suicide and its
effect on the death claims the board
was given authority to use its discre
tion.
Hold Xehraska Boys' Mall.
SAN FRANCISCO , Cal. , June 12.
Thomas J. Ford , local superintendent
of the United States mall , has receiv
ed telegraphic instructions from
Washington to hold at tbe San Fran
cisco postoffice all mall for members
of the First California and the First
Nebraska regiments and to send to
Portland , Ore. , all mail for the Oregon
regiment. The inference is that these
regiments will land in America before
any mail could reach them In Manila.
It is probable that the homeward-
bound transports will not stop at Hon
olulu.
Seeks Liberty.
NEW YORK , June 12. George Gor
don Battle of counsel for Roland B.
Mollneux , charged with the death of
Mrs. Adams , appeared before Justice
Glldersleeve in supreme court cham
bers today and obtained writs of pro
hibition , habeas corpus and certlorarl
in the case , citing Justice Jerome of
the court of special sessions and Dis
trict Attorney Gardner to appear be
fore Justice Glldersleeve at 10:30
o'clock Monday morning to show cause
why Roland B. Molineux is detained
"
in "prison. The writ of prohibition
sets forth that inasmuch as the grand
jury could not review the case with
out an order of the court of general
sessions , an inferior magistrate is
-without jurisdiction. The writ of hab
eas corpus orders Warden Hagen to
produce Molineux In court Monday
and the -writ of certiorari reviews the
proceedings "before Magistrate Jerome.
WASHINGTON , June 12 A cable
gram has been received at the navy
department today from Captain Bar
ker the naral officer in command at
Manila , announcing the suddendeath _
of Captain Henry Nichols
GERMANS OBJECT TO SECRECY.
Misleading Reports .Sent Out Regarding
1'eaco Conference ,
THE HAGUE , June 12. The chief
delegates to the peace conference met
today to discuss German complaints
against the secrecy imposed upon the
delegates and the consequent of mis
leading reports published and It Is un
derstood that Count Munster , head of
the German delegation , was instructed
to propose that the protocols for the
plenary sittings of the committees be
published Immediately after they are
urawn up.
American delegates tell the repre
sentative here of the Associated Press
that they are still confident of the
adoption of some of their chief pro
jects for arbitration , but the prelimi
nary discussion yesterday indicates
the impossibility of maintaining them
all. For Instance , it is impossible to
carry the proposals that the judges of
the arbitration tribunal be elected by
the highest court of justice of each
country , as some of the European
countries do not possess a judicial or
ganization permitting such procedure.
It is expected that the likeliest out
come will be that each country will be
free to choose the manner of nominat
ing its own judges.
The Americans propose to Insist
upon a permanent tribunal. If this
is impossible they hope to obtain at
any rate the institution of a perma
nent commission. They will also in
sist on other points.
.1. . .
MEN WE HAVE LOST.
Report of Casualties for March iintl Dur-
Jn the. iViir.
WASHINGTON , June 12. Among
the reports submitted by General Otis
concerning the operations of the army
in Manila , one is from Colonel Henry
L.ppincott , chief surgeon of the army ,
for the month of March. Colonel Lip-
pimiott says :
The long list of engagements be
tween our troops and the Filipinos con
tinuing through the month resulted in
the following casualties to our com
mand :
Killed , officers , 6 ; enlisted men , 717
Died from wounds , officers , 2 ; en
listed men , 14.
Wounded , officers , 18 ; enlisted men ,
Total casualties for the month , 59G.
Total casualties since outbreak , 1.029.
Our force has been much overworked ,
bbut nevertheless has met with every
emergency. Major Crosby has put up
excellent tent wards , and the purveyor ,
Major Corblscer , has furnished abund
ant supplies of all kinds at short no
tice. Considering the work done anc
disadvantages we labor under , being so
far from our base , I can safely say
that the success in meeting all require
ments thus far has been marvelous.
The Filipino wounded will receive
the same kind of attention they have
in the past , no efforts being spared to
make them comfortable and give them
every chance for recovery.
Number of Filipinos admitted to hos
pital during the month. So ; number
died , S ; number transferred , 22 ; re
maining in hospital under treatment ,
70S.
Statue of an ex-President.
NEW YORK , June 12. Not long
after ex-President Chester A. Arthur
died a fund was started among his
friends to erect a statue to his mem
ory. So little noise was made over
the work that it sank out of sight
of the general public and many per
sons will be surprised to hear that the
statue will be unveiled in Madison
square next Tuesday afternoon.
When the subscriptions had reached
$25,000 the committee deemed the sum
sufficient and gave the order for a
bronze statue to George E. Bissell , the
sculptor. The statue represents Gen
eral Arthur seated , with his eye glass
es in one hand and a book in the
other. He appears as though just
about to rise from the chair , which
*
is afac simile of one he used when in
the White House. The statue will
stand at the northeast corner of Mad
ison square , opposite the Old Union
League club building , now the Man
hattan club's home , with which Gener
al Arthur was closely identified.
Bobbers "Weary and On Foot ,
CHEYENNE , Wyo. , June 12. A
messenger reached Casper today from
the posse which is chasing the Union
Pacific dynamiters with.ithe the news
that two of the men had been seen
Thursday at the Bar C ranch , owned
by Robert Tisdale , seventy-five miles
north of Casper and about thirty miles
from the Hole-in-the-Wall. The
- - - fugi
tives were seen by Al Flopd , assistant
foreman for Tisdale , who recognized
George Curry and one of the Roberts
brothers. The men were on foot and
were jaded and apparently much worn
by their long struggle to evade capture.
The officers in pursuit are in the
same region with the fugitives and
their capture is reasonably certain.
Extreme care must be exercised , how
ever , in the hunt to avoid a repetition
of the ambush by which Sheriff Hazen
lost his life. The Union Pacific com
pany is sending out provisions , sup
plies and fresh horses to the posse so
that there will be no hindrance in con
tinuing the search for the outlaws.
Hopefnl for Bland.
ST. LOUIS , Mo. , June 12. A special
to the Republic from Lebanon , Mo. ,
says that Richard P. Bland is slightly
better this evening. During the day
he was able to take some nourishment.
He regained consciousness and talked
with those about him. While the at
tending physicians will not say wheth
er there is a chance for the patient's
recovery , the family and friends are
hopeful.
A dispatch from the Associated
Press correspondent at Lebanon says
that at 10 o'clock tonight Mr. Bland
was reported resting quietly , but whol
ly unconscious. The increased bright-
nes shown by him early in the day
and the seeming change for the better
in the condition of the patient has
been followed tonight by a more pro
nounced state of coma.
To > ame It Fort Kgbert.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , June 12. By
direction of the president two forts in
Aaska have been named In honor of
army officers. The one at the mouth
of the Tana river will be known as
Fort Gibbon.
Tour of the American Porcos Killed am
Thirty Wounded ,
COLORADOANS LEAD IN THE TIGHT
[ ! n. Fight Stripped to the IVal-jt and
Without Food Filipino I-oas Is Esti
mated to Ho Upward of Four Hundred
Troops Suffer from the Intense Heat.
MANILA , P. L , June 12. ( By Car
rier Pigeon from the Front. ) The
American troops entered Las Pinas at
6:15 : this morning , unopposed , but
found the town fully occupied.
It is reported that the insurgents
have left Paranaque also , which Law-
ton's troops are at his hour approach
ing.
ing.The
The army slept last night one mile
south of Las Pinas , enduring a steady
downpour of rain , without having any
shelter.
Among the occupants of Las Pinas
when the troops entered this morning
were scores of young Filipinos , all
profesedly friendly , but of the mili
tary age and having the appearance
of insurgents.
A native priest here said that the
insurgent force , under Noiel , 2,000
strong , left the place last night for
Bacor , retreating along the beach left
uncovered by the American line.
The insurgent loss is said to have
been small.
The march yesterday was a most
fearful experience on account of the
tremendous heat. The troops march
ed steadily from 5 in the morning un
til 12:30. : Then an hour' rest was tak
en and the march was unopposed un
til the Las Pinas river was reached
at 4 o'clock.
Troop I of the Fourth cavalry was
leading with Lawton's and Whea-
ton's staffs. Suddenly a hot fire was
directed by insurgents on the approaching
preaching Americans. The Colorado
regiment hurried up on the skirmish
line , Immediately engaging the enemy.
While this action was going on a
long skirmish line of the enemy ap
peared on the Americans' left flank
and began a heavy fire.
A battalion of the Ninth infantry ,
with two guns of the artillery , deploy
ed and advanced on the feinting en
emy , silencing them speedily. They
lost two men wounded in. the charge
through the long grass.
The foe withdrew to the lake , but
still remain in a position to harass
the Americans and pick up stragglers.
It is probable that this force , an
ticipating being surrounded by the
American forces , withdrew from the
trap and marched rapidly to the left
of the American advance.
The American losses in General
Wheaton's brigade during the day
were nineteen wounded. Nineteen in
surgent bodies were found , but it is
believed that the enemy's loss was
somewhat greater , as the field was not
thoroughly searched.
General Ovenshine's brigade lost
one man killed and five wounded.
Ovenshine met the Filipinos to the
right of Wheaton's brigade and later
followed Wheaton's brigade in its
march.
The navy co-operated by shelling
; he beach.
WASHINGTON , June 12. The war
department today received a report
from Major General Otis of the mili
tary movement yesterday to the south
of Manila for the purpose of clearing
out the rebels in that section. It shows
that the movement was a great suc
cess , and that the enemy's loss was
considerably greater than stated in the
press dispatches. General Otis , cable
gram is as follows :
MANILA , June 11. 1S99. The terri
fic heat yesterday did not permit the
troops to reach the positions at the
hours designated. This enabled a ma
jority of the insurgents to escape in
scattered organizations south and
westward , which they effected during
the evening and night. The movement
was a great success , however. The en
emy was disorganized and routed , suf
fering heavy loss. The troops are rest
ing today at Las Pinas and Paranaque.
The navy did excellent execution along
the shore of the bay , but many insur
gent detachments retired in that di
rection , protected by the presence of
women and children , whom they drove
a.ong with them. Our loss , four killed
and some thiry wounded. Report of
the casualties later. A conservative
estimate of the enemy's loss is about
400. OTIS.
Admiral Deivcy at Singapore.
SINGAPORE , June 12. ( New York
World Cablegram ) . Admiral Dewey
had cabled he would arrive this ( Mon
day ) morning , so Governor General
Mitchell and other British officials
and Consul Pratt arranged a recep
tion accordingly , but the admiral sur
prised the colony's Sunday siesta by
arriving at 3 p. m. yesterday.
Governor Mitchell at the time was
absent from the government house
and there was momentary consterna
tion there. His aide-de-camp and
captain of the port with Mr. Pratt
hurried to the pier. As the Olympia
had three or four days here , the ad
miral expressed a desire to remain
quietly on board the Olympia during
Sunday. This morning the admiral
came ashore and was escorted by a
company cf the King's Own on an
official visit to the government house ,
which visit the governor general will
return at 3 o'clock this afternoon. A
big crowd saw the admiral and
cheered him lustily , regarding it as
an Anglo-American celebration. The
Olympia had a fine voyage from Hong
Kong and the admiral is looking well.
McKInlcy Invited West.
WASHINGTON , June 12 The Chicago
cage committee that is to invite Pres
ident McKinley to visit the Illinois
city to attend the celebration of Chicago
cage day on October 9 arrived here
last nightIt will call on the presi
dent tomorrow at 10 o'clock and ex
tend him an invitation to be the guest
of the city on the day in question.
The members of the cabinet and su
preme court will also be asked to go.
GOOD KOPE TOR ARBITRATION.
JMIlchil Dciihil Olvcn to Story That Ger
many Will Withhold Approval.
THE HAGUE , Juije 12. An author
itative coitradiction is given to the
report that there Is grave danger oi
the arbitration scheme falling.
It is pointed out that , although Ger
many may hesitate to recognize the
principle , It has not yet raised any
actual objections during the discussion.
LONDON , June 12. The correspond
ent of the Times at The Hague says :
"There is no sufficient reason as far
as I can ascertain to anticipate the
failure of the arbitration scheme. Ger
many's objections may possibly have
been intimated to certain members of
the conference , but even in that case
it would be premature to take a pessi
mistic view. If difficulties have arisen
they may yet be smoothed over. Even
so formidable a power as Germany
may well pause before assuming the
terrible responsibility of bringing
about the failure of the conference. "
The coi respondent of the Daily News
at The ague says : I learn that Dr.
Zorn , the German delegate , spoke en
Friday against arbitration. When I
asked him for a copy of his speech I
got a point blank refusal , Dr. Zorn
saying :
"All I can tell you is that Friday's
sitting was extremely interesting and
that I presented Germany's objections
to the scheme for a permanent arbi
tration tribunal./
Notwithstanding this I am r ble to
send a full analysis of his speech. He
spoke slowly and with difficulty in
French. He asserted that he was in
structed to say that Germany could not
accept the principle of permanent arbi
tration embodied in Sir Julian Paunce-
fote's draft. It objected , firstly , on
principle , and , secondly , on grounds of
expediency.
He then proceeded to argue that it
was derogatory to a monarch's sov
ereignty and to a nation's indepen
dence. Arbitration agreed upon be
tween two nations for a narrowly de
fined object was one thing , and arbi
tration binding a nation for the un
knowable future was quite another. A
king , holding his title by divine right ,
could not think of divesting himself of
an essential part of his sovereignty ,
the right to shape the nation's course
at a critical time.
Dr. Zorn concluded his speech amid
painful silence.
Sir Julian Pauncefote , replying , said
he thought the objections of the Ger
mans showed a view which many
might not consider altogether modern.
' 'As to the doubts expressed regard
ing the fitness of the judge I have no
doubt , " said Sir Julian , "that every
state would take pride in nominating
its best man. "
It is believed that Dr. Zorn's instruc
tions were sent under a misapprehen
sion , as some of his objections would
only apply to the older scheme super
seded by the British draft.
The correspondent of The Hague as
serts that at last Fridays meeting Dr.
Zorn opposed the arbitration scheme ,
but adds that negotiations are pro
ceeding between the Hague and Berlin.
WIND SWEEPS SALiX.
loiva Toivn Visited by Tornado and Three
Lives Are Lost.
SIOUX CITY , la- , June 12 A tor
nado struck one-half mile southeast
of the town of Salix , sixteen miles
from Sioux City , at 5:30 last evening ,
leaving death , suffering and destruc
tion in its path.
The dead are :
JOHN MALLOY , farmer.
KATE MALLOY , his wife.
HARRY MALLOY , lG-yearold son.
The injured are :
Miss Bessie Malloy , 19 years old ,
skull fractured ; will die.
Thomas Malloy , 18 years old , leg
mangled ; injured internally.
Fred Malloy , 26 years old , back in
jured seriously.
Pat Malloy , 14 years old , collar
bone broken , back wrenched ; will re
cover.
Jack Malloy , 24 years old , arm cut
and body bruised. His injuries are
considered slight.
All day it had been hot and the air
was stifling. Clouds came up from
the southwest and it was plain that
a storm was brewing. First came a
heavy rain , and this was followed by
a hailstorm. Within a radius of 300
feet are the homes of Philip Berger -
ger , Joseph Bernard , Patrick O'Neill ,
John Malloy and Mrs- Cora Hassell.
The Malloy family was just finish
ing supper when Dick , an elder son ,
looked out of the window and saw
the funnel shaped cloud approaching
from the southwest. He told the oth
ers to go to the cellar in haste , and
he ran to the home of Mrs. Hassell
to take care of the woman and her
seven children. He took them to the
cellar and the house was blown away
in an instant. He had to hold a little
boy by the legs as the suction of air
was drawing him up.
Xnnio Clerks.
WASHINGTON , D. C. , June 12 To
obtain the necessary number of clerks
for the census , Director Merriam has
adopted a plan of alloting a pro rata
number to each state , dividing this
number among members of each con
gressional delegation. The clerks will
be appointed from among candidates
so presented and endorsed by the con
gressman from their district , after
competent and practical examination.
The applicants who pass the examina ;
tions will be drawn on for appoint
ment from time to time. This policy
si being proceeded with snd its idea
explained in communications to the
various members of the congressional
delegations in response to their pre
sentation of names for the place.
Only 1 per cent of the population of
Indi ? know the alphabet.
Celebrate Schley Dny.
NEW YORK , June 12. The men at
tached to the armored cruiser Brook
lyn , now moored at the Brooklyn navy
yard , today decided to celebrate Jnly
3. the anniversary of the battle of San
tiago , when Cervera's fleet was de
stroyed. They propose to call it
"Schley day. " Special invitations will
be sent to Admiral and llrs. Schley ,
Captain Cook , who commanded the
Brooklyn during the battle of Santi
ago ; to Commodore Philip , command
ant of the navy yard , and Admiral 1
Sampson , as commander-in-chief of the .
North Atlantic squadron. .
Various Methods Tend to Drive Competi
tors Out of Business.
ilE ! SALES Of RIVALS WATCHED
Where They Do Not Seek for Too Much
Huslnv.is the IJIg Company Will Let
Tlicm Alone Favored by Railroads In
Furtherance of Their Schemes.
WASHINGTON , June 10. Ex-State
Senator Theodore F. Davis of Ohio was
the first witness before the Industrial
commission yesterday. He is both a
producer and a refiner of petroleum ,
located at Marietta , and his testimony
dealt with the operations of the Stand
ard Oil trust and the Argrand Oil com
pany. He complained of the discrim
inations of the railroad companies ,
saying that the managers of some of
the roads were interested in rival com
panies which were so favored that his
company had been compelled to sus
pend business. This discrimination
was also practiced by the pipe lines
against producers not in the combine.
Outsiders were also unable to secure
fair rates from railroads , witness
averred , forcing the conclusion that
the railroad companies were conducted
for the success of the pipe lines.
Mr. Davis said that the Standard
company had been able to come into
the control cf most of the producing
area through co-operating companies.
He declared that as a refiner he had
purchased considerable oil from the
Standard company , and that it was the
custom of the Standard company to
charge up its losses of oil by fire , leak
age , etc. , in any given district to thf
purchasers in that district.
He also said that the Standard com
pany had such close relations with the
railroad companies and so completely
controlled the markets as to render
it almost impracticable for any refiner
to enter upon the manufacture of lub
ricants. He said that on one occasion
a clerk of his firm had been offered
money by the Standard company for
information as to the business of the
concern. This scheme the clerk refused
but the firm became satisfied that the
Standard company had information of
every barrel shipped by the house.
Every shipment was followed up and
the consignees approached with offers
of oil at lower rates. The competitor :
also resorted to duplicating his brands
and sending out under them inferior
articles of oil. The competition be
came so fierce that his house was com
pelled to quit business.
Mr. Phillips asked Mr. Davis if it
was not a fact that the profits of the
Standard company were greater on
each barrel cf oil sold than the cost
of the article , but the witness declined
to answer , pleadgning ignorance on the
point.
It was a fact , he said , that the
Standard Oil company had purchased
several refining plants and then dis
mantled them , but he was not prepared
to say that such refineries were well
enough located to render it profitable
to maintain them. Nor was he pre
pared to say that any oil company
was engaged in practices which any
other would not resort to to get bus
iness under the same circumstances.
Mr. Davis was followed by Mr. T. U.
Westgate , an oil refiner of Titusville.
Pa. Among other companies in which
lie is interested is the Pure Oil com
pany. He said that both in New York
and Philadelphia the Standard com
pany had reduced the price of oil im
mediately upon his company's entering
the field and that owing to this reduc
tion oils were being sold in both mar
kets at prices which render the busi
ness unprofitable.
Mr. Westgate gave some particulars
af his competition with the Standard
company , saying that the Standard
managers kept a strict account of all
the oil sent out by rivals. His com-
panv was in the habit of protecting
customers wnen necessary. His gen-
n-al policy was to try to get only a
small percentage of the business in
ach place and he had found that so
long as he pursued this plan prices
: ould be held up , but that if he en-
leavored to increase the quantity
irices were Immediately reduced with
the intention of driving him out of
; he field.
Mr. Westgate had no doubt that the
Standard company knew each morning
iust what his shipments had been the
lay before. He could not say that the
ailroads supplied the information , but
ie knew that it did not go from his
iwn office. He also told of instances
n which the Standard company had
nade efforts to entice his men from
lim and also cf threats in cases where
: he competition was sharper than th ?
Standard enjoyed.
Parse Strings Are Tlffhr.
WASHINGTON , June 10. The trou-
ale between Bishop Hurst , of the
VIethodist church , and his wife , which
las caused their separation , is said
: o be due to money matters. She is
r'ery rich , and until recently allowed
lim the full command of her resourc
es. His liberality toward the pro-
josed American university which he is
rying to establish in Washington and
lis devotion to its interests are said
: o have led to complaints on her part
md impaired relations about a year
igo , when Mrs. Hurst left suddenly
'or Europe.
At the request of her brother , Mr.
loot , of Buffalo , Bishop Hurst has
jonveyed to his wife all of the family
nvestments that stood in his name
md he has given her entire freedom of
ictlon without the intervention of di-
rorce courts.
Senator Hannag I'lnns.
CLEVELAND , O. , June 10. Senator
3anna leaves Cleveland for New York
it noon on Saturday. At the Waldorf
le will be joined by Mrs. Hanna , Miss
luth Hanna , Miss Lucia McCuruy , his
liece , and Miss Phelps. On Wednes-
lay the party will sail for France and
> roceed to Aix les Baines , the famous
vatering place , where Mr. Hanna will
mdergo treatment for rheumatism.
\.fter the lapse of about two months
le will return home by easy stages ,
.topping at two or three Spanish cit
es
UENKKAI. . NinYS XOTKS.
Paderewskl snys he Is not married
and not "about to be married. "
Congressman John J. I.entz of Ohio
says he Is a candidate for the demo
cratic gubernatorial nomination.
A. V. Rice of Ohio has been appoint
ed a special agent of the census bu
reau to act as purchasing agent In
Washington.
Morgan Huntlngton , who died last
week at Del Norte , Colo. , was best
man at the wedding of President Mc-
Klnley , and his wife was one of the
bridesmaids.
Dr. S. Weir Mitchell of Philadelphia
has contributed to the records of med
ical science no less than 135 separate
papers and books. He also has found
time to write a number of novels.
Someone forged the name of Sena
tor Foraker , of Ohio , to an article on
expansion and tried to sell It to the
Boston Globe. Century Magazine and
North American Review.
The American Steel company of
Plttsburg , Pa. , has announced a gener
al advance in wages at all Its plants.
All skilled workmen will receive an
increase of 10 per cent.
According to government reports it
will not be so very long before the
United States is carrying coals to Newr
castle , the United States ranking second
end to the United Kingdom In coal
production.
Andrew Carnegies' gift of § 50.000 for
an engineering laboratory to Stevens
institute was the result ot"an interest
awakened in the place l j a life-long
friendship with the present president ,
Henry Morton.
The Wisconsin Unite ; ! States court
of appeals , holding court in Milwau
kee , handed down an important decis
ion affecting the alien labor law. The
decision interprets the law so as to
apply solely to common laborers , ex
empting clerks and all kinds of skilled
artisans.
Justice Beach In the New York su
preme court , appointed William .1. Ar-
kell as permanent receiver of the Ar-
kell Publishing company , on applica
tion of a majority of the directors for
voluntary dissolution of the corpora
tion. The assets are § 530,330 , and the
liabilities , $750.120.
San Francisco Is to have a ? 2.000.-
000 hotel , eleven stories in height , on
the site of the old Baldwin. Over ? ! . -
000,000 has already been subscribed ,
and including the purchase of the
land , the total amount to "be invested
will be about § 4,500,000. The names
of the capitalists interested are not
disclosed.
In response to a demand for more
time made by many public officers of
organizations invited to participate in
the conference on combinations and
trusts in Chicago , June 26-29 , the gen
eral committee having charge of the
arrangements has decided to change
the time of the meeting to September
13-16 , inclusive.
A special course in "commerce and
diplomacy" will be a feature of the
Lniversity ct Pennsylvania curricu
lum next year. It will be open to
iunioii : > ml sen'ors , and will deal wiih
questions that will confront the Amer-
Icr.n citizen in foreign lands , whether
he fills a diplomatic position or en-
giigos in commercial enterprise.- ? .
Rabbi Hirsch , who has decided to
remain in Chicago rather than accept
a New York pastorate at § 15,000 a
year , made his New York reputation
as recently as the 1897 , Lincoln birth
day dinner. He had to speak after
such men as Chauncey M. Depew and
Joseph Choate , but when he had con
cluded Mr. Depew and Mr. Choate
were cheering.
The Illiteracy of the new recruits
for the English army is comment-Mi
upon in the report just publisned in
London. Only forty-one in 1,000 are
well educated , and eighteen are utter
ly illiterate. Thirty-five per "ons of
the applicants are rejected for physical
disability , and this proportion is 3'jid
to show a slight improvement ovr-r
former reports.
William J. Wood , jr. , now in the
insane asylum in Kansas , has been de
clared the rightful owner of the fa
mous Emma gold mine : t Aspen , Col. ,
valued at § 2,000,000. His father dis
covered the mine and died soon after
and all the children but William sold
their life interests in the property to
the Aspen Mining and Smelting com
pany.
Representative G. H. White , of
N'orth Carolina , is perhaps the best
authority on the history of dueling in
America , of which he has made a close
study since the subject beeamo his I
fad many years ago. His house at
Farboro is filled with curious and val
uable relics of the days of the "code , "
jnd Mr. White himself , though merely
[ or sport , is an expert with a foil.
Wellington is doubtless the most
iamous English soldier , but Lord Rob-
arts has just written a preface for a
book on "Twelve British Soldiers , " In
which he assigns the highest pinnacle
af honor to Marlborough. "From a
moralist's point of view , " he observes ,
'Marlborough was not faultless , but
is a general he had few equals and
no superiors. "
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