OVER FALLS
AND LIVES
Woman Rides Ovir Niagira Falls In a Bar
rell and Lives.
She Is a Teacher From Michigan , am
Has Only a Few Bruises
as a Result
Niagara Falls , , N. Y. ( Slpeclal. )
Mrs. Annie Edson Taylor , 50 years old ,
went over Niagara Falls on the Can
adian side and survived , a feat never
before accomplished , and , in fact , nevei
before attempted except in suicide. Slu
made the trip in a barrel. No onl >
did she survive , but she escaped with
out a broken bone , her only apparenl
injuries being a scalp wound one and
a half inches long , a slight concus
sion of the brain , some shock to her
nervous system and bruises about th j
body. She was conscious when taken
out of the barrel. The doctors in at-
ten6Vance upon her said that they
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thought she was somewhat hysterical ,
'but her condition is not at all serious
and that she probably will be out ol
bed In a few days.
Mrs. Taylor's trip covered a mile
ide through the Canadian rapids be-
ifore she reached the brink of the preci
pice. Her barrel , staunch as a barrel
could be made , was twirled and buf
feted through these delirious waters ,
but escaped serious contact with the
rocks. As it passed through the swift
er , smoother waters that rushed over
Into the abyss it rode in an almost
'perpendicular position with its upper
half out of the water.
As it passed over the brink it rode
at an angle of about 45 degrees on the
outer surface of the deluge and de
scended as gracefuly as a barrel can
descend to the white foaming waters
158 feet below. True to the woman's
calculations , the anvil fastened to the
bototm of the barrel kept it foot down
ward and so it landed ; had it turned
over and landed on its head , the wo
man's head must have been crushed in
and her neck broken.
The ride through the rapids occupied
eighteen minutes. It was 4:23 when
the barrel took its leap. It could not
be seen as it struck the water , be
cause of the spray , but "in less than
half a minute after it struck the water
it reappeared below. It was carried
swiftly down to the green water be
yond the scum , then half way to the
Maid of the Mist landing , where it was
caught in what is known as the Maid
\ of the Mist eddy and held there until
it floated so close to the shore that it
was reached by means of a pole and
hook and drawn up on the rocks , sev
enteen minutes after it shot the cat
aracts.
aracts.WILL
WILL NOT DO IT AGAIN.
Ten minutes later the woman was
lifted from the barrel and half an
hour later she lay on a cot at her
boarding house on the American side.
She thanked God that she was alive ;
thanked all who had helped her in any
way ; said that she would never do it
again , but that she was not sorry that
she had done it , "if it would help her
financially. " She said she had prayed
during the trip , except during a "few
moments" of unconsciousness just
after her descent.
The barrel in which Mrs.Taylor made
the journey is four and a half feet
high and about three feetin diameter.
A leather harness and inushions inside
protected her body. Air was obtained
through a rubber tube connected with
a small opening near the top of the
barrel.
Mrs. Taylor is a school teacher and
recently came here from Bay City ,
Mich.
ALL FOR MUSEUM NOTORIETY ,
Bay City , Mich. Mrs. Anna E. Tay
lor of this city , who went over Ni
agara Falls in a barrel , before leaving
here said she desired to attract the
attention of museum and theatrical
managers in order to secure money
to provide a home for herself. She
said she was the owner of a ranch in
Texas left by a relative which was
heavily mortgaged. She calimed she
iould receive advances of salary suffi
cient to meet the obligation.
WILL NOT FORM A STEEL TRUST ,
London. ( Special. ) On the authority
if the secretary of one of the largest
iteel companies in England a repre-
lentative of the press is able to state
that there will not be any steel trust
formed here. There may possibly be
lome combinations of the smaller con-
terns , but the steel trade of England-
Is practically in the hands of three
firms , and these concerns emphatically
Beny that they contemplate amalga-
( nation or absorption. It appears that
t firm of London brokers , associated
Kith oJhn R. Bartlett of New York ,
ipproached the leading houses here ,
but received an emphatic refusal to
agree to the propositions made.
-
The body of William E. aPrkhurst ,
tvho shot his wife at Flina , Mich. , was
found about three miles from town ,
tvhere he had blown out his brains.
ilrs. Parkhurst will recover.
5 Confesses To Rescue Friend.
Springfield , 111. ( Special. ) A mod-
fcrn version of the story of Damon
ind Pythias was enacted in the Logan
Bounty circuit court at Lincoln , when
trank King appeared in court and ac
knowledged that he had stolen a horse ,
lor which crime his friend , Andrew
Darmody , has been sentenced to the
penitentiary. *
Judge Moffatt was greatly surprised
Ind consented to call a special session
| If the grand jury in November in order
' [ bat King might be indicted
HIGH TRIBUTE TO SGHLEYS CONDUCT
"Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) At.tht
session of the Schley court of Inquiry
today. Boatswain William Hall of th <
Brooklyn was the first witness to evok <
hearty applause , which the court'j
gavel could barely suppress. In blufi
fashion he related incidents off San
tiago during the blockade , and con
tinued :
"I was ordered on the. gallant fore
castle during the fight of July S. Tht
Iowa fired a signal , the men went tc
quarters , wand the Brooklyn went in
toward the entrance. I stood within
five feet of the commodore. . The Span
ish ships were all out and we were
going into their fire. I said to myself ;
'We are going into a pocket. ' Then
we went on our port helm. The Texas
was fully a third of a mile away.
There jtiever was any question of strik
ing her. We .had plenty of room to
turn.
He then described the death of Ellis.
"Schley asked , in a matter of fact
way , for the range. Ellis raised the
stadlmeter to his eye and thena shell
took his head off. He fell down dead.
Young McCauley said : 'Let's throw
the body overboard. ' Commodore
Schley came up and said : 'No ; _ he
died like a brave man and he is going
to be buried like one. '
"The Colon began firing her guns
and we could hear them go 'squee. '
Commodore Schley never ducked. He
was a calm , cool and collected as he
is now. He called to me and asked :
'Do the bullies below know that this
ship has gone ashore , or that ship
has gone ashore ? ' He seemed to
want the men below to know every
thing that was going on. "
Here the audience vigorously ap
plauded.
APPOINTED AS AGUINALDO'S SUCCESSOR ,
Manila. ( Special. ) Nothing has been
heard from the Island of Samar for
three days , owing to the typhoon hav
ing blown down the telegraph lines ,
excepting one cable message and mail
advices. Admiral Rodgers has receiv
ed a report by gunboat. He has noti
fied the troops at the ports to be on
their guard , owing to the massacre of
the company of the Ninth regiment at
Balangiga.
At Pambujan , island of Samar , all
of the buildings in the vicinity of the
barracks were immediately razed.
General Smith on his arrival at Cal-
bayoga , Samar , sent reinforcements to
Weyler. They found the garrison of
that place , numbering fifteen men , be
sieged by over 100 bolomen. The Unit
ed ! .States transport Sunnier leaves
here tonight with 350 men of the 12th
nfantry. The cruiser New York was
delayed by coaling and taking supplies
on board , but it left Manila last night
with 300 marines under Major Waller.
There are 2,600 trops on the island
of Samar. General Chaffee does not
anticipate any further disasters. He
considers that there is no cause for
alarm. The garrisons , he says , have
been increased and every precaution
has been taken to prevent another sur
prise like the one at Balangiga , which
was unfortunate for two reasons , the
oss of the men and the effect which it
vill have on other parts of the arch-
pelago. The general , however , believes
this will be only temporary. It is
known that agitators have been en
deavoring to inflame many communi-
ies by giving accounts of the occur
rence in Samar.
HANGING IS THE ONLY PENALY ,
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) The
ecords in twenty court-martial cases
vherein the charge was murder have
been received at the war department
or headquarters of the division of the
Philippines. In the majority of the
cases sentences of death by hanging
were imposed and approved. All of
them bore features of unusual barbar
ity and cruelty in some so marked as
to warrant special mention.
In one of the latter , five natives-
members of an armed band of out
laws , entered the home of a native
named Ragudo , seized and bound his
son , hanged him with a rope and tied
his father and mother by their elbows
to a rafter. Then they demanded
money of the captives , and the forth
coming amount not being deemed suffi
cient they wrapped rags saturated with
oil about his feet and legs and set his
clothing on fire. For two hours the
torture was continued , blows from the
buts of rifles , flats of bolos and fists
being rained on the helpless captive ,
while , to add to his suffering , his
young daughter was struck down by
a blow from a bolo on her head.
"It is difficult to believe , " says Gen
eral Chaffee in his review of this case ,
"that human depravity and degener
acy can sink to such depths as shown
in this fiendish deed. "
Ragudo lingered in agony from the
effects of his torture for five days and
then died. All five of the natives were
sentenced to death.
Two American soldiers , Privates
Charles R. White and Thomas H. Ma-
thias , both of company H , Fourth in
fantry , had been captured by the in
surgents. They finally passed under
the charge of Esteban San Juan , a
colonel of insurgents an'd the ranking
officer In the vicinity of Cavite. He
had them bound to trees and strangled
to de'ath Tvith cords.
Powers Has a Fiiend on the Jury.
Georgetown , Ky. ( Special. ) The tri-
a lof Caleb Powers was resumed on
time. _ It has been discovered by coun
sel for the commonwealth that one of
the jurors was a schoolmate of the
defendant and was in the same class
with him for three years at the JCen-
tucky university. George L. Danfortk
of Louisville was the first witness oa
the stand today. He was in the sen
ate chamber when Goebel was shot ,
but was unable to tell whence
"
bullets came. tf
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BULLER PAYS
THE PENALTY ,
General Is Relieved of Conani 01 Ac
count of i Speech.
Sir Redvers Goes on Half Pay and
Gives Up His Position as Re-
Reward by the English
London. ( Special. ) Sir Redvers Bul
ler has been relieved of the command ]
of the First army corps , in conse-j
quence of the speech he made October
10 , after the luncheon given in his
honor by the King's Royal rifles , deal
ing with his famous dispatch to Gen-
eral White at Ladysmith.
He has been placed on half pay and
General French has been appointed to
succeed him. In the official announce
ment the war office says that the com- '
mander In chief "after full considera- }
tion of all the circumstances and exj
planations , recommends that General
Buller be relieved , which has been' '
done. "
The appointment of General French
is to take effect "when his services are
no longer required in South Africa. "
Pending General French's return ,
General Hillyard will command at Al-
dershot.
The Times , confirming the report
that General Buller preferred dismis
sal to resignation , expresses astonish
ment at his "amazing defects of judg
ment and sense of military discipline' "
and says it hopes the change is the
beginning of an era of real army re
form.
General Buller's supersession was not
unexpected , but the manner of it has'
caused a sensation. It is understood
that the government endeavored to
break the fall by giving an opportunity
to resign.
The morning papers all express sym
pathy for the unfortunate ending of a
brilliant career , but they are unanim
ous that no other course was open
after his indiscreet speech and they
express the greatest approval of the'
selection of General French to succeed
him.
him.The
The Dally Chronicle and Daily News
attack the government for weakness
and lack of courage in ever appoint
ing Feneral Buller to the command
of an army corps.
ENCOURAGES THE BOERS.
London. ( Special. ) The degradation
(
inflicted on General Buller in remov- .
ng him from the command of thej
First army corps for the recent con-j
iroversial speech created an extraor
dinary sensation here. Surprise and
regret are universally expressed. He
was allowed to retire , but , according
to Information obtained in military
clubs , it appears he refused to avail
himself of the offer made to him to
that effect.
Despite his reverse on the Tugela
there was a great body of feeling in'
sympathy with Buller in the ranks of
the army , while throughout the west
ern counties the devotion to him and
the belief in him were unconquerable.
The ministers are severely criticised
for having In the first place given him
command of the army corps , his un-
fltness being then quite as apparent as
now. The whole episode is indicative
of the disorganization and va'cilliation
which paralyze the headquarters of the
British army , reacting upon the forces
in the field. French's appointment is
approved as the only general who had
not met any conspicuous disaster and
had been previously overlooked be
cause he had no pull In the war office.
The comment is inevitable that if
anything is calculated to encourage
and enhearten the Boers it is these
evidences of dissension and demoraliz- )
ation in the highest ranks of the Brit-i
ish army.
DEMAND OF THE MEN IS REJECTED ,
Fall River , Mass. ( Special. ) The
Manufacturers' Association has replied
to the demand of the textile council
for a 10 per cent increase in wages ;
refusing the demand , and a strike will
probably follow. The manufacturers'
state that the condition of the print ;
cloth trade does not warrant an ad
vance and there is no assurance tha
trade will improve.
The next step in the matter will be
a meeting of the textile council , which ;
will recommend that the five unions ofl
operatives composing the textile coun
cil vote separately on the proposition
to strike for the advance. The strike ]
to be ordered must be approved by
each of the unions and will then ba
conducted by the textile council. That
the strike will be ordered there is al
most no doubt.
The operatives believe Borden ad
vanced wages in his mills because he
could honestly afford to and that tha
other manufacturers can do the same.
The spinners , who refused to approve
of a strike early in the month for a 5
per cent advance , and so prevented
one , are now united in their demand
for 10 per cent. The other unions are
unanimous for the advance. The tex
tile council will meet Friday night.
Flanders Lives , Woman Dies.
Denver. ( Fpecial. ) Mrs. Nellie Har-
difer , T\ife of Philip C. Hardffer , a
contractor of this city , Is dead from
morphine poisuiiing , and William P :
Flanders , a Lyons ( Colo. ) hotel man ,
Is in a hospital and may die from the
sarno cause.
"We fixed it up to die together , for
we loved each other and could not
live apart , " said Flanders , who Is a
married man , after ; the woman died
today in his room In the Midland hotel.
,60LD , STRIKE GROWIft'6 IN RICHNESS
, Colorado Springs , Colo. ( Speclal.-
Today's developments in the Elktoi
gold mine at Cripple Creek conflrn
the story of great riches uncovered Ii
the 700-foot level. The strike is th <
richest yet made in this wonderfu
mine , and one of the richest in Colo
rado mining history. Assays across
the vein , which is from five to twenty-
five feet wide , show values from $1,00 (
to $2,000 a ton. Select samples carrj
one-fourth to one-third solid gold. Tlu
ore is manganese quartz and fiourim
talc , liberally streaked with sylvanlte ,
The miners were driven from this
, level In January by water Just after
reaching it. The ore has decomposed
in the water , thus liberating the gold ,
which is in grains and layers of syl-
vanite. On being brought to the sur
face the ore , which was burnt all the
way from yellow to black , turns to
blue. Much of it is soft , and yields
readily to pressure of the hands. An
investigation shows that probably 500
tons of this rich ore are | n sight on
this level.
The extent of the deposit cannot be
determined. As soon as the water will
permit the egihth level win be opened
to tap the big crater at 100 feet ad
ditional depth. If the ore body ex
tends that far down an immense profit
awaits the stockholders.
Elkton stock has advanced material
ly owing to the strike. The mine has
been a big shipper of ore surprisingly
rich in spots , but of good average. It
has already made millionaires of its
principal owners.
A UNION OF DECEMBER AND MAY ,
Kokomo , Ind. ( Special. ) December
and May were wedded today in the
persons of Milton Garrigue , comman
der of the Indiana G. A. R.'aged 70
years , and Miss Marie Thomas , who
has seen but 17 summers. "By this al
liance the child-bride becomes a great
grandmother.
The ceremony was performed at
Newcastle by Rev. Mr. Ewlng , pastor
of the Christian church of that place.
It is the culmination of a clandestine
courtship of six months and marks
the victory of the lovers over bitter
opposition of relatives , which at one
time assumed a violent form.
Miss Thomas lived with Mr. Edward ,
an uncle , who had raised her from in
fancy , on a farm near this city , ad-
Joining which Is the home of Mr. Gar
rigue. When Mr. Edwards learned of
jthe relations of the couple he became
.very argry , and a personal encounter
between him and Mr. Garrigue was
narrowly averted. After the quarrel
Miss Thomas went to the home of her
'guardian , where the marriage took
place. Peace among the relatives was
restored and Allen Garrigue , a son of
jthe groom , was best man. -
STARTS A FIRE TO SEE THE ENGINES ,
Madison , Wis. ( Special. ) Andrew
Schubert , a lad of 12 years , confessed
to the police this afternoon that he is
an incendiary. He admitted having
! flred three barns in this city within
[ the last three weeks , and gave as his
only reason for the acts that he wanted
to see the fire department run. In
two cases he turned In the alarm him
self. At the first fire he started , Sep
tember 19 , two horses in the barn of
Henry Bischof were burned so badly
that they had to be shot. Young Schu
bert will probably be sent to the re
form school. His father is a saloon
keeper.
Swedes Are Likely to Strike.
Stockholm. ( Special. ) At a meeting
of the Workingmen's association held
here a vote was taken by ballot to de
cide if certain trades should strike in
order to enforce the adoption of man
hood suffrage. The majority of those
present voted in favor of the strike
and deposited one day's wages per
member to form a strike fund. The
final decision will be taken when the
labor congress meets in January. It is
hoped tha tthe reform bill now in pre
paration by t-he government will meet
the ideas of that gathering.
Warned Not to Order Strike.
London. ( Special. ) It has transpir
ed , " says a special dispatch from
Paris , "that the French government
warned each member of the miners'
lommittee ( which adjourned yesterday
at St. Etienne without making public
the result of its deliberations ) that in
jrdering a strike under present condi
tions he would render himself liable
to a sentence for inciting civil war ,
ind that the government would prose
cute if necessary. This action , it is
aelieved , caused , the committee to tem
porize. "
Ollie Reno , aged 16 , shot herself at
Rockbridge , 111. , because she had quar
reled with her schoolmates and her
mother would not allow her tb go to
mother schol. She is expected to die.
Captain Henry Hawkins , aged 60 , a
prominent Mason of Cowan , Tenn. ,
shot himself through the head at his
lome.
Andrew Tapper has been convicted
) f the murder of Rosa Mixa at Car-
rer , Minn. , and sentenced to be hanged.
The municipal council of Berlin has
tdopted by a large majority a resolu-
Jon declining to hold a fresh election
) f the second burgomaster , Heir Kauf-
nann , because the chief president of
: he province of Brandenburg is legal-
y bound , to submit the re-election to
Smperor William. It was also decided
o send a remonstrance to the minister
> f the Interior.
Prince Eltel-Frederick of Germany
taa joined the First regiment of. tha
foot tifuards and Is doing jjtctiv *
rtet. - & : -
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STONE'S
SITUATION ,
Hlssiinaries Reopen CoiiuRication Will
Her Captors.
Consul Dickinson Describes the Sit
uation In Bulgaria Where Miss
Stone Is Held.
Sofia , Bulgaria , ( Special. ) Commun
ication with the brigands who kid
naped Miss Ellen M. Stone , the Amer
ican missionary , has been reopened
through the efforts of Revs. Thompson ,
Haskell and Baird , also American mis
sionaries.
These men have been working on
the Bulgarian side of the boundary to
reopen negotiations for ransom which
were abruptly broken off when the
abductors took alarm at an attempt
made by troops to surround them. It
has not been learned here whether the
negotiations have actually been re
sumed , but there is much encourage
ment in the circumstance that the
brigands have permitted communica
tion to be restored. That fact alone is
taken to mean that Miss Stone is alive
and safe from harm for the present
at least.
C. M. Dickinson , the diplomatic
agent or envoy of the United States
in Bulgaria , as wel las consul general
at Constantinople , has been indefa
tigable since his arrival here , October
5 , in striving to get Miss Stone free.
Mr. Dickinson said :
"I still think that the Bulgarian gov
ernment will bring pressure enough to
bear on the Macedonian committee ,
and through it on the brigands , to re
lease their captives. Some members of
a secret committee were arrested by
the Bulgarian government , but they
were released in a few days. If Prince
Ferdinand's ( Bulgarian ) government
relaxes its pressure on the committee ,
nothing will be left to do but to pay
the ransom in order to secure the
safety of Miss Stone and her com
panion , Mrs. K. S. Tsilka , and so
henceforth endanger the lives and
safety of Americans resident in this
countr yor traveling through it.
"I have absolute proof of the com
plicity in the crime of some members
of the Macedonian committee. The
brigands who attacked Miss Stone's
party were disguised in Turkish fez
and cloaks. But two of them threw
"back their cloaks during the attack ,
thus .revealing ; the uniform of the
Macedonian committee. They were rec
ognized , too , as Bulgarians. Moreover ,
they spoke poor Turkish but good Bul
garian , and ate ham and bacon. "
Mr. Dickinson has not only been In
constant communication with the Bul
garian movement , but he knows all the
movements of the Turkish authorities.
He is uncertain as to Miss Stone's pres
ent whereabouts. She was with the
brigands at Jokorouda , near Gul Jepe ,
on the border between Turkey and
Bulgaria , on October 8 and 9. No
member of the Samakov mission went
In search of her and only two letters
have been received from her , the sub
stance of which has been published.
. "Rev. Mr. Thompson sent from Sa-
mokov letter to Miss Stone , " Mr.
Dickinson continued , "but he got no
answer.
YELLOW JOURNALS.
"Progress in the rescue is impossi
ble as long as certain journals in
America continue publishing sensa
tional stories about a stream of ran
som gold flowing from the United
States. Such tales reach the brigands
and give them the impression that the
longer they retain Miss Stone the
larger the ransom that will be paid.
"In all I do I act strictly under in
structions from the state department
"
at Washington. The leading members-
of the Bulgarian government agree , 1
believe , that the brigands are willing
to surrender to the Bulgarian troops
and that in this there would be no
danger to the captives , but if they
should be attacked by Turkish troops
the brigands would fight to the last
and then kill the captives. The state
department at Washington was com
municated with and thought It unwise
to risk a movement of . .he Bulgarian
troops , unless the Bulgarian govern
ment would guarantee Miss Stone's
safety. The Bulgarian t government
could not go to that extent. The Turk
ish trops are under orders not to at
tack the brigands , even if they are
Bred upon. The situation is compli
cated by the operations of the secret
Macedonian committee. "
Again At White Man's Table
New Haven , Conn. ( Special. ) Book
er T. Washington , who is attending'
the Yale bicentennial celebration , was
i guest of Morris C. Tyler , president
af the university , at a dinner at Mr.
Fyler's residence. Former Postmaster
jeneral Bissell also accepted an invi
tation to dine with Mr. Tyler tnat
evening and met Mr. Washington. Mr.
ryler said the invitations were sent
ind accepted ten days before Mr.
Washington dined with President
Roosevelt in Washington.
Jury Mulcts an Aged Wooer.
Charleston , 111. ( Special. ) Mrs. Em
ma .Roberts was given a verdict for
2,000 in the Coles county circuit court
is a balm for her wounded affections.
She is a widow of 50 , and by evidence
before tlie jury made it appear that
A.ndrt M Montz , a rich farmer , had
made Icve to her , and asked her to be
lis wlfJ and on her consenting had
isked for a sixty days' option. At the
nd of that time he begged to be re-
eased , a lid , she said , offered her $50.
gfce spurned and sued for $10,000.
RODGEnS SENDS AiP TO SAMAJL
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) Th *
aavy department has received the fc44
lowing cablegram from Rear Admiral
Rodgers : , [ "
"Active insurrection In Samar. Newj
York leaves today for Catbalogan with *
300 marines , to return to Basey and !
B..langlga to co-operate with army. |
Nearly all naval force killed on Saraa * -
patrol. Services Arethusa and Zaflfo , '
two colliers , needed and belnff-jitilized *
"RODGERS. "
Naval officials construe the dispatch
to mean that New York will go first
to Catbalogan and then to Basey and !
Balangiga , landing detachments of ma-j
rlnes at each point.
CHAFFEE FELT OPTIMISTIC.
Manila. ( Special. ) General Chaffeej
does not expect to hear , of any exten-j
sive engagement in the Island of Sa-j
mar. He believes the operations there *
will not result In an open fight. It !
is hard to find armed Filipinos , but'
every man without occupation will bej
compelled to go Into a town. It is re- |
ported that all the rifles captured b'y >
the Filipinos at Balangiga are now Im
the island of Leyte , where many bolo-i
men are known to have gone from
the island of Samar. In fact , Leyte la' '
as disturbed' as Samar.
The object of the reinforcement oft
American trops now being pushed for-j
ward Is to increase all the garrisons !
to thirty-eight men. Some of them
*
have until recently numbered only
eight men. The reinforcements willf
also allow the detailing of a working }
force to operate in the field for hunt- '
ing Insurgents.
General Wheaton reports that a band-
of bolomen has entered Tarlac prov
ince , Island of Luzon , through Balan- ,
gan province , and that the men com- ;
prising it are distributing inflamma-j
tory bulletins , which are also posted
on the church doors , warning the peo- . "
pie to prepare to take the field in Jan- ,
uary. Some of the friendly natives-
'
were Informed by bolomen that vaii-
ous bands of armed natives would
shortly concentrate in. the vicinity o '
Resales.
A harmonious agreement has been
reached between Governor General'
Taft and General Chaffee regarding
habeas corpus proceeeding in the case
df military prisoners. The law has
been amended so as to cover such ,
cases.
COST OF THE IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY.
Des Moines , la. ( Special. ) Governor
Shaw has received the biennial report !
of the president and regents of the4
State University of Iowa and the sec
retary-treasurer and other officials of
that institution. The report shows that
the total "income of the university for
the two years was $602,137.04 , while
the disbursements were $611,242.01. The
college of Jiberal arts building is prac
tically completed , and it will be suffi
cient for general college purposes for
at leastfive years. The loss of the
medical building by fire is mentioned'
and the legislature is asked for an ,
appropriation of $200,000 for the recon
struction of this building. The ofli- !
cials also ask for $50,000 to be used in
the purchase of additional land for the
college campus to be used at the dis
cretion of the board of regents.
The increase in attendance during
the biennium has been 20 per cent. The
report of the president shows that for
the two years the increase in attend- ,
ince was 440 , out of a total number
af 2,122 students. The increase in the
: ollege of liberal arts was 30 per cent'
the college of law 17 per cent , in tha'
graduate college 17 % per cent , college
jf medicine 34 % per cent , college of
Homeopathy 17 1-3 per cent decrease ,
college of dentistry 4 per cent increase
ind college of pharmacy 35 % per cent.
The students come from thirty states
jf the union , from ten countries i in ,
3urope and one in Asia. The average
ige is 24 years. The accredited graded
schools of the state have sent to tha
iniversity 885 students.
GREECE MAY YET ANNEX CRETE.
"Vienna. ( Special. ) Advices from
Constantinople assert that Prince
5eorge of Greece , high commissioner
) f Crete , intends to summon the Cre-
: an assembly and proclaim the an-
lexation of Crete to Greece. The porte ,
say the advices , has intimated that
such action will be considered casus
jelli by Turkey. Turkish troops , it is
urther stated , are being concentrat-
; d at Blassona , on the Greek frontier ,
'n diplomatic circles , however , it is
lot believed that Prince George will
lersist in his determination to annex
.he island.
LARGE FORTUNE IN EQUIPMENTS.
Washington , D. C. ( Special. ) Tha
luartermaster's department has re-
: eived a large shipment of khaki cloth ,
vhlclr is proof against sun , washinjr
ind perspiration , as' regards color. Tha
otton khaki dyed cloth , recently test-
d , was not a success. A report just
ssued from the same department
ihows that during the last year $1-
75,729 was expended , for horses , mules
ind wagon.s and that of the number
iwned by the government 4,881 for cav-
ilry , 4,337 for mounted infantry , 252
or artillery , and 3,518 draft mules andt
65 pack mules were shipped to the/
'hillppines and China.
May Recall Wu. Ting Fang.
Pekiny. ( Special. ) There is
ppo5iticn among the conservative Chi-
iese officials to Wu Ting Fang , Chi-
lese minister at Washington , retaln-
nt ; a foreiyn mission. Those who take
his view consider that his popularity
.broad is a prcof that he is no sunT-
iently Icyal to the interests of China
t is probable that he will be recalled
.rtd given a josition on the new board
foreign afl'ans , where his linguistic
.nd legal rttainments may be utilized
inder the eye of the government *