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M F I i l4 VI Bfl Jl IRS General Dewcts Forces Aug mented by the Colonists KITOHENER AT THE FEONT Xlrltltli to Lend 11 U Iorces Against Boer InvailorsUattle In Progress Naur D Anr llrltidi Occupy UrllnUmu Without Opposition London Doc 28 The position of Capo Colony Is hanging in tue balance According to the Morning Posts Capo Town correspondent everything de fends Up6n the quantity of ntuimi nltlou In possession of the disloyal Dutch residents 100 or whom have Joined the Boers In the Phlllptown district nlone Energetic measures have been tukeu to stum the Invasion but there In unquestionably danger that parties of Boors will get through Into parts of the Colony nud gradually nilse the whole Cape In rebellion Re inforcements cun arrive none too soon Most of the dispatches from Cape Town describe the raiders as doing lit tle barm and as being rapidly en closed liy Lord Kitcheners command Lord Kitchener Is In the heart of tho disaffected districts He has the ad vantage of blng personally ac quainted with local conditions Last March he supervised the suppression of the rising which occurred then He Is bringing down thousands of troops from the north The Standards Cape Town corre pondent says the loyalists demand that martial law shall be proclaimed throughout Cape Colony but adds such a step is now Impossible owing to the Inck of sufllclent troops to en force It The correspondent of tho Dally Mail at Cape Town says The pro Boer press Is singularly quiet They have been made uransy by the promptness and thoroughness of the military ac tion but reports from various parts of the western provinces foreshadow perilous possibilities A responsible colonist who recently made a tour of the colony declares that 90 per cent of the Dutch are simply waiting for the appearance of a resourceful lender to rebel Civil railway tralllc has been sus pended largely in all parts of the col ony and the movements of both the Boers and the British are almost un known In Cape Town It appears that one Boer column at tacked Steynsburg but was replused and fled entrenching itself in tho mountains Another commando cap tured a party of police at Venterstadt Fighting is going on near De Ait Particulars are unobtainable Two hundred Boers have left Brltstown after commandeering all supplies available Loudon Dec 20 Lord Kitchener elographing to the war office under date of Nuauwpoort Dec 24 reports Thornycrofts mounted infantry have occupied Britatown without oppo sition Tho Boeg retired to the north In the direction of Prieska They will be followed up Key West Talks With Havana Key West Fla Dec 26 Au inter esting experiment has Just been made here In the presence of several prominent persons the officers of u well known telephone company con nected the wires here nnd at Havana with the gulf cable between the two cities For a few minutes a roaring noise prevented any communication but finally this subsided and the offi cials heard from Havana distinctly the words I cannot understand you clearly transmitted Havana how ever failed to clearly understand The experiment was regarded as highly successful Many Desire leiice Manila Dec 20 Advices from the Islund of Leyte show that while the cast coast is quiet the west coast Is in a stiite of turmoil Lieutenant French and three mou of the Forty fourth volunteers were wounded near Ilon gas An address from the new federal party has been published stating that the number of Filipinos who really desire peace Is growing dally and that the object of the party is to unite ull Filipinos who really desire to work for peace Many Shipping- Disaster Port Townsend Wash Dec 26 Bach tugboat arriving from Cape Flat tery brings fresh news of marine dis asters along the coast and when full returns are In the damage by the re cent succession of gales will be the largest in the history of shlpplug along the Pacific coast The German hip Carl wheat laden was towed to Port Angeles today by the tug Boyden In a waterlogged condition Bones of Father Marquette Milwaukee Dec 20 Surprise was occasioned In this city by the report ef the discovery of the bones of Father Marquette near Frunkfort Mich It has been generally supposed for the past 20 years that the remains of Father Marquette are In possession of Marquette college this city Death or Illshnp Hale Springfield Ills Dec 20 Word was received here by Bishop George F Seymour that Rev Reuben Hule bishop coadjutor of the Springfield dio cese Episcopal church dletl yester day of valvular disease of the heart Kan Claire lludly Scorched St Joseph Mich Dec 20 A disas trous fire ln Eiiu Claire IB miles from tliis city yesterday resulted In reduc ing half the business section to ashes Total loss 50000 partly lu ured TRAGEDY AT A WAKE Sti lrbMi father Stubbed by One of the Ainu iters WhuTliun AttnuipUSulolde Brltton S D Dec 21 A number of friends gathered at the house of John Pyplar near Veblen to sit up with the lemaliiH of one of his chil dren During the evening Pyplar was found lying between the house and tho barn with several gashes In his skull and with his throat and neck severe ly Injured He was pTSsgrt up for ileod Upon seeing his conation Mosea Ln FrombolN dlsupieured and a little later was discovered hanging fnnn the limb of a tree near the barn He was cut down before life was ex tinct Pyplar Is In n fair way to re cover La Fromols Is under arrest to await the result of the Injuries to Pyplar SHOOTS ALL IN SIGHT Drunken Imllnn itnn Amuck at Kuraula 1 T Killing Three Men anil Filially Wounding a Fourth Muskogee I T Dec 20 John Tiger a full blooded Indian farmer went to Enfaulu with his wife yesterday nnd while Intoxicated mut L Jl ltoper and threatened to kill him Roper Imme diately struck Tiger with a board no words passing them Tiger went to his buggy got a Winchester nnd cninc back to kill Uopcr but failed to find Boper on his return Eiirogcd ho pro ceeded to shoot everyone he saw shooting Jesse Beck through tho hips and killing him shooting mid killing Dave Porter a nephew of Chief Por ter and a mover named Johnson on his way to Missouri In a covered wagon with his family Bud Taylor aged IS a boy was shot through tho shoulder and Is not expected to live Tiger Immediately Jumped on a horso nnd tried to escape but wns pursued Tiger was chased three miles when ho Jumped ofT his horse got behind a tree and began shooting Deputy Mar shal Johnson who returned the tire struck Tiger In tho arm The mur derer surrendered and was brought to Eufaulu Tigers arm will have to bo amputated Great Indignation pre vails over the free sale of liquors nnd firearms J Smith who lives two miles south of Choeotnh became In volved in a quarrel with T Thompson over the shooting at Eufaula and be gan shooting Thompson being mor tally wounded CITED FOR CONTEMPT Circuit JmlK WIcHt Direct jorernnr Tin grim toAppcnr In Limiting Knturdny Lansing Mich Dec 20 Governor Plngree was served with an order is sued by Circuit Tudge Wlest direct ing him to appear in tills city Satur day and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt This Is the result of an attack made on the court by the governor on the 0th ot this month the interview appearing in the Detroit Tribune the following day The interview was called forth by the general ami tierce criticisms of tho pardon of the military ofllcinls and consisted of n tirade against the judiciary and particularly against Judge Wiest who Governor Plngree declared ought to be Impeached Wealthy MHanurlan Murdered St Joseph Mo Dec 20 Frank Richardson a wealthy business man of this city and Savannah Mo was murdered at his home In Savannah last night It was discovered that a stranger followed blm from town and shot him in the back of the head They had quarreled and Mrs Rich ardson heard the stranger say Well has it come to this She heard a pis tol shot and her husband entered the house and fell dead Christmas Herders In a Fight Dixon Mo Dec 20 A report from Crocker Pulaski county tells of a desperate street fight there between Christmas revelers A dance wns In progress and liquor was flowing free ly when a general row broke out and pistols knives and rocks were broughl in play During the melee two Carver brothers attacked Farmer Noakes with knives Nonkes received a dozen wounds nnd will probably die TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD A direct line of steamers between Portland Or nnd Manila will bo ln operation by Feb 20 The Fox pressed steel car works ono of the largest Industries ln Jollet was nearly destroyed by fire Monday Five thousand people were fed at the annual Christmas dinner for the poor given by the Salvation Army ln Kansas City Pueblo police have failed to unearth any clue to the whoreubouts of Muf gle Hoel the young woman who myr terlously disappeared from her uncles home near that city The Catholic clergy of South Dakota has taken steps to erect a monument to the late Rt Rev Francis Lawler who for 55 years was n priest and up to his death vicar general of South Dakota A riot was narrowly averted at Har pers theater Rock Island n member of the Flora Devoss company Jump ing from the stage und threatening to chastise young men who bad been Jeering the women players Frenzied by drink Jamas L Mc Donough a private soldier at Fort Washington attucked n sergeant and four privates at the post wno had -attempted to place him under arrest and stabbed three of the party with a bay onet I cm a Postmaster U Indicted Dubuque la Dec 2 1 Postmaster Gemwell of Harpers Kerry was held to the federal grand Jury Saturday charged with embezzling 1000 of money order THE NORFOLK NEWS FRIDAY DKCISMHEK 27 1900 in i ma Army of Chinese Reformers Caught In a Trap FIFTEEN HUNDRED KILLED Ton nuil Twenty sit Other ltifoini Lead ers Kxrvatrd Inred by Intel nor Cluing Clit Tung WIiukv Soldiers Sill rounded Tliini luught fin- Their Lite Vancouver B C Dec 20 News of n terrible mnssacie of tliu reform forces In China and thebeheadlng of 27 of Its leader was received here yes terday Iu a cablegram by W A Cum row secretary of thu Chinese Reform association In America The engage ment took place In the provlncu of Pechlll a populous section of the Yang Tup valley In central Chlnn It resulted In tho killing of lr00 men and the complete demoralization of the re form force The battle Into which the reformers were brought by treach ery occurred on Dec 18 and the work of the movement has as n conse quence beet dropped In nil that- part of the country The Chinese here are loud In their expressions of disap proval of the conduct of the campaign by their leaders It appears from the few details given In the cablegram re ceived yesterday that Tong the reform leader at the head of a badly armed force of 12000 paid n visit to Chung Chi Tung governor of the dis trict who though nn Imperial officer was believed to be In sympathy with the reform movement Tong was In vited to the governors palace and was with his 12000 men marched Into tho city They left all their arms outside the gules taking the precaution only to carry their loaded revolvers There were 5000 lniwrlul troops In the town but nothing was feared from them and a deluy of a day took plnco In or der that other reform leaders might be sent for nnd when the audience with tho governor was finally ar ranged there were 27 of the leading followers of Kang Yu Wei admitted Then a disagreement arose The gov ernor had the leaders seized and taken Into the court yard where they were beheaded and In the menntlme n strict order had been sent to the Im perial troop to descend upon a poorly nrmed rabble of the reformers The few well drilled soldiers took the country people completely by surprise but nevertheless the latter plucklly fought their way through and escaped They carried away their own wounded 1 but left lrOO dead on the Held and scattered in the streets of the city The cablegram says that the scene of the butchery was frightful lrlucc 1111111 Arrrntcd i London Dec 20 -The Shanghai cor respondent of the Standard telegraph ing Dec 24 says I The government lins arrested Prince Tuan and Prince Slum on the border of Shan Si province Yu Ylen lias been ordered to return to Shin Fu forthwith to be executed it Is sup posed It is inferred from these reports that the imperial authorities are pro paring to concede the demands of tho Joint note for the punishment of tho Instigators of the trouble in China Think China Will Accept London Dec 20 According to a news agency dispatch from Peking dated Dec 24 the foreign ministers there are unanimously of the opinion that China will accept the conditions Imposed by the Joint note of the pow ra within a month The note was started on its way to the dowager em press and the emperor Immediately after its presentation the dispatch Bays but wire communication is slow and It probably will not reach them until Dec 27 Preparing for Trouble London Dec 20 The Peking corre spondent of the Morning Post says It is reported that most of the Roman Catholic priests nnd converts In the northern provinces have selected con- venlent positions which they hnve trongly fortified nrmed and provision-id to enable them to attack either the Boxers or imperial troops The condition of the Protestant in less of tensive and they are not so well pro i tected Kills Doctor Who Saved nis Mfe Tonca City O T Dec 20 Dr T L Hawkins formerly of Knox Mo 1b dead at Ralston near here the re sult of Cowboy Hnram of Moodys ranch knocking blm down and danc ing on his stomach The doctor was over 60 yearn of age and recently I laved the life of Hamm over the set tlement for which services the fatal Dispute arose Uprising In Venezuela Curacoa Dec 2fl Celestlno Peraza formerly the ecretnrv trenerni nf Venezuela ha revolted against the Venezuelan government nenr Lozeina In the Gunrlco district A force of B500 Venezuelan troops under Gen eral Arlstldes Fnudeo has been sent against Peraza Drmc Fngrs famine Wrecks London Dec 20 Dense foes on the I toasts are greatly Interfering with navigation and Mveral wrecks hnve occurred The British steomer Brims wick grounded In the Bristol channel heeled over and sank Seven of her crew were drowned Would llc A turn I n Arretted Muscatine In Dee 22 J A Moore wns arrested yesterday by the sheriff of Rock Island county charged with attempting to murder his step father M J Shelley who was ambushed und hot at hit doorway WcdueBduy night PRISON HOUSE FOUND llnro Where Yiiimg Cudahy Wan Held Located by the roller Omaha Dec 22 -Kit ward A Cod ahy Sr has not given up the chase alter the men who stole his sou and held him up for u ransom of 20000 In gold in the other hand Mr Cud ahy In connection with Chief hue bus gone systematically to work to bring to Justice the criminal Only one Important feature was developed yesterday During the afternoon the police and Mr Cudahy located and positively Identified tho house Iu which the boy was held during his captivity In connection with this thn police secured a very accurate description of two men who were doubtless connect ed with the affair Miss Munshuw daughter of tho mail who lives near est to the place which Is at HOOt Grover street on the outskirts of South Omaha gave an excellent de scription of two men who came to the place some days since seeking to rent It They were afterward seen thure On the night or the 18th Mr Muu sluiw saw two men assisting a third to alight at the houso lit thought the third was Intoxicated It was un doubtedly young Cudahy his apparent Intoxication being due to the fact that he was blindfolded mid his hands wore lied One of the men described by Miss Munshnw tallies with tho description given of the young man who used the telephone at fie livery stable to notify tho Cudahy family that there was a letter Iu the front yard on the morning of the intli One singular feature connected with the case Is the discovery that there Is no lnw on the statute books of Ne braska adequately dealing with hhcIi a case thai Is there Is no apparent pun ishment in store for the men If cap tured under the Nebraska law CONGRESS ADJOURNS llolli Holme Oiisc lnhors Until Inn 3 Dentil t Itimroftcutiitlvo WlHonnd Mis Wllllitui 1 Iryn Aiiuuuureil Washington Dec 22 No business was tiausneted by the somite ycsler j day The news of the death of Mrs William P Krye wife of the president pro teni of the senate was convoyed1 officially to tile body ami out of re spect to her memory Immediate nil j Journinent was taken until Jan 1001 Senator Fairbanks lnd called the body to order anil Rev Dr V II Mil burn pronounced a beautiful Invoca tion The house was In session otilv 2fi minutes yesterday when it adjourned out of respect to the memory of Rep- resentatlve Wise Va who died at ills home Iu Wlllinnmhiiry Va Friday The customary resolutions were adopt ed and a committee of 17 members was appointed to ultend the funeral Under the concurrent resolution adopt ed a few days ago the adjournment was until Jan JUDGE DEEMER DECLINES OUorcd Place of Chancellor of loua Unl vnrslty Lnw School Iowa City In Dec 22 Judge Hor ace 13 Dcemer of the Iowa supreme court was elected yesterday afternoon by tmr4ward of regents of the Univer sity of Iowa to succeed Emlln Mc Cluin ns chancellor of the college of law Iowa State university His sal ary was fixed at 4500 a year The board has received no Intimation yet that he will accept Judge McClaln was recotnly elected supreme Judge Judge Deemer Is now serving his sec ond term Des Moines Dec 22 Justice Deem er of the state supreme court who wns elected to the position of chancellor of the State university has wired his declination Hear ArlronaH Ileu for Statehood Washington Dec 22 The senate committee on territories yesterday heard arguments by Governor Murphy and Delegate Wilson of the territory of Arizona in support of the bill for the admission of that territory ns a state They dwelt especially upon the marked Increase In the population of the territory Must Use Kngllsh lAneuace Manila Dec 22 The Philippine commission has passed bills prescrib ing that English text shall be used In the construction of all laws enacted authorising the provost marshal to es tablish police and health regulations with limited punishment for their vio lation TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS Ex Congressman John II Brewer died at bis home In Trenton N J Friday Former Governor Roger Wolcott of Massachusetts died at his residence in Boston Frldny Representative Lacey of Iowa Fri day Introduced a bill providing for a Cliff Dwellers National park In New Mexico The comptroller of the currency Fri day appointed J Frank Aldrlch tem porary receiver of the American Na tional bunk of Baltimore John Morrison murdered a whole family In the Moosomy district In the Canadian Northwest and has been sen tenced to bo hanged Jan 27 It Is reported that tho management of the Burlington road has formulated a plan for tho refunding after Jnn 1 of all the bonded debt now drawing interest at 7 per cent per annum Oto Station Agent Killed Sioux City Dec 20- Guy C Moor of Oto Iu accidentally shot and In Mantly killed himself while out hunt ing yesterday He was assistant sta tion agent for the llltuolu Central rail roud I Must Either Surrender or Prove His Innocence MORE OLEWS TO KIDNAPERS ttiiu nl tnclllti tiiuclloii Melding Pony Und In Oinitbn Job l Ulu FigureDa iniiniU rim TIiiiiuiiiiiI Didlmn lor the Animal Nuipett at Ml lno Omaha Dec 20 It Is said that Mr Cudahy has given Put Crowe until midnight of Tuesday to either prove that he had nothing to do with the Llduaplug or MiiiTciulcr and that Sieve kidnaping or surrender and Unit Stove Crowe his brother Is hole to deliver the message to him The police will not deny that such an ultimatum lmu beeti liwiicd but they lefuwu to give any detail If It Is true that hii edict of this kind has gone forth It snemu to Imply that the police do not know tliu ox act where abouts of Pal Crowe but tho Inference ulno Is that Iu their opinion Pat Crowe Is Iu hiding somewhere In Omaha or South Omaha anil hut he doesnt dure omergo for fear of being arrested It Is well known t lint there are cer tain houses iu South Omaha that are under constant police surveillance night and day but the police will not admit that Pat Crowe U wuspeetod to he in any of tliein New evidence Inipllcntlug Crowe In the kidnaping ease Iu said to hnve been developed A curious complication ha arisen at Pnollle Junction concerning tho proprietary rights In the mutter of the little bay pony which It 1 believed was used by the Omaha kidnapers Joseph Goodrich the Burlington en gineer who now has the animal re fuses to permit It to be brought to Omaha or to relinquish control of It unless he Is paid 5000 so Detective licit fold who was sent down there to bring It back was compelled to ic turn empty handed St Joseph Mo Dec 20 -At police headquarters here It was staled last night thai Pat Crowe whor e name has been mentioned In connection with the Cudahy kidnaping case was believed to be Iu St Joseph The police nio said to bo searching for Crowe FIRED ON FROM AMBUSH Four OlllcerN nud Thlity Mexican Soldier Killed by VliiilU El Paso Tex Dec 20 Mexican troops In Sonera Mexico were recent ly attacked by a band of Yuqul In dians and four olliceiH and nliuiit men wen killed outright ami Colonel Francisco Pclnado one of the leading olllcers of the army was shot through tho stomach and seriously wounded C V Light of Guiiymas who was there when the report was made to General Torres gave the news out here Ho says the soldiers wero cross Ing the country and were fired on from ambush near Lamlsa about 50 miles from General Torres headquarters The severe press censorship has kept the news from the public Colonel Pelmulo the wounded otllcer Is one of the most popular olllcers in the army Kvldeiiee AKalnat Youtsey Frankfort Ky Dec 20 One of the clerks In the state auditors of flee In searching the vault for old rec ords found a cartridge box containing eight metal patched smokeless powder cart Irigcs 18 55 corresponding exact ly to the bullet found In Uie lnicU berry tree and which was believed to have passed through Senators Goo bers body The significance of the discovery lies ln the fact that Hoary Youtsey convicted of participation In the Gocbel assassination In October was n clerk In the auditors olllce at the time of the assassination and hud access to the vnult where the car tridges were found and that George Bnrnes another clerk In the office testified that he saw Youtsey with a box of cartridges CoiihuI Khaw Commits Suicide Philadelphia Dec 20 W Irvine Shaw who hud been filling the posi tion of United States consul at Bar ranquilla Colombia and who wus re cently appointed consul general to Singapore committed kulclde lu a hotel here yesterday He opened n femoral artery nud slashed his throat and wrists with a knife Ill health Is supposed to have affected his mind Thomas Webb Jny of Indianapolis broke the worlds record Tuesday by bowling 209 out of a possible iUX per fect scores Fire Wednesday completely de stroyed the Young block at Houghton Mich lu which was located the West ern Express oftlce Several persons es caped aafely by rear windows Loss about 12000 As the result of a fire caused by the explosion of an air tight stove the Provldonce Methodist Episcopal church colored at St Joseph Mo was partially burned Wednesday morning and tho pastor Kuv J L Leonard wns fatally burned The most destructive lire In thn his tory of Calgary N W T raged Wednesday and wrought great dam age estimated at 100000 Several of the lluest business structures were do ctroyed among them being the Clar ence Kau Claire and new Normuu blocks Tho body of W II Blgelow a wealthy Vermont winter resident waa fouud lu tho bay at Tarpon Springs Fla Sunday where he had been drowned by tho capsizing of his sail boat Tho colored Bailor wai uUo drowned J RICH LAND OF SISSETONS rinc Nurlhivenleru ImcU IIUely Hoon to lln Opened In Holtlnrs Hloux City Dec 21 The action oC the Indian nlTiilts committee or tho national house of representative In adopting u clause In the Indian appro priation bill providing fur the aband onment of HIsHctoii agency In thin state will wipe out one of tae best known ami mont famous of the Indian agencies of the northwest Them nr a total of 1882 Hlssetuii Indians Tho members or the tribe look their allot ments of Iniiil In severally In 18112 ami the surplus lauds originally embraced In their wetlge shapid reservation whoio southern extremity rested on Lake Knmpeska wcirt opened to whltn Holtlomont Tho land Is very desir able for agriculture and grazing ami It was speedily occupied by while net tleiM who made entry under the homo si end laws A majority or the Slsselon Indian plnnl only a small spot each Hum mer with corn and potatoes They are not stock raisers They rent their allotments to white farmers for a cnsli rental MARINE DISASTERS Heavy Diiiiuirc to Shipping on North 1- cllle onnt DurliiK Heeent Hlnriii Hevolul Vensuls Ashore Taconia Wash Dec 21 -Detail-arc coming In of shipping disasters on the north Pacific coast during recent storms The American bark Highland Light Captain MueCluro was wrecked three days ago on the shores of Bai cluyu sound Vancouver Island Heavy gales dismasted her tore away her bulwarks and carried away her life boats In Ibis condition she drifted ashore Her crew escaped Tho storm played hnvoo til Astoria where Mm French bark General Mlllenet wits h landed on a sandy shore Tliir wteanier Oswego was swamped id her moorings and lies In ten foul of water The bark Muskokn dragged anchor nnd struck the shore stern on Thn government lightship at MclCenin Head wiih driven high on the beucli The nleamcr Charles D Lane wiihi towed Into Paget sound last night after a terrible experience which threatened several times to send her In Hie IkiI tom When rescued her furnace Iron wero flooded her steering apparatus gone and she was Ij Ing helpless with in a nillo of tho rooks Just outside Capo Fin I lory The sens broke through the saloon and extinguished the lights Chief Ihigluocr Knox ami his mou worked 2 hours In water up to their waists to keep the pump working Tho I alio soul up tllslresi signals and was Dually rescued by tugs TO LAUNCH NEW LEAGUE IluHuball IluiiN Mopped Out by IluHldeufe linn loliufion Chicago Dec 2 1 The AmeWoiiri League No 2 the only tin nio which can lie given it until another Is offi cially adopted- will bo launched lu tills city next Thursday At n con ference last night between President Johnson of he American League At torney Navln of Detroit and G corgi W Buriiliiun It was decided to call ti mooting for that purpose The loagiia will be organized at first with flvu cltleH Detroit Toledo Minneapolis Kansas City and Louisville but will eventually bo made to Include eight cities Trin Is not duo to any lack of available territory but because the now league like tho American Is em barrassed by a surplus of good cities which desire franchises In the new Iwidy Incidentally it Is also due to tho fact that the American Leagues cir cuit Is not yet definitely settled and It Is not desired to complete the now circuit until It Is decided what cities will be abandoned by the American TELEGRAMS TERSELY TOLD St Paul Is experiencing the flrat blizzard of the present winter The population of Berlin including the suburbs is 2400070 as compared with 207M0 In 1805 Samuel W Murphy perhaps Mie wealUilest citizen of Tennessee died of heart failure ut Nashville Sunduy aged 7J Count Zeppelin the aeronaut will soon address the Gormun Colonial so ciety upon tho prospects of utilizing his airship Tho recently orgnnlzed outonomy pnrty wus launched Sunday at a meet ing attended by virtually nil tho loyuX Filipino leaders In Manila John T McCiiteheon the nrtlst and newspaper correspondent is critically 111 at his home In Chicago He rm stricken with pneumonia sovcral days ago The dlsnppenranoo of Lieutenant Colonel Count Snollsky military at tache of the Swedish and Norwegian legation In Berlin Is attributed to men tal derangement John A Kappleman a private watchman was found Sunday near his place of employment at Louisville Ky with his brains beaten out His pockets hnd been rifled The government of Chile which ro rently Invited tenders for 400 freight cars has accepted 300 from Docche Co and 100 from W R Grace Sc Co till of American manufacture Former Policeman Pntrlclc Furlong who Jast February killed Edward Teach n brother otllcer at Chicago nnd wns sentenced to the penitentiary for 14 years hns been pardoned by Governor Tanner The French senate adopted tlte amendment to the amuesty bill by t vote of 201 to il urter an exnortuuon by the prouder M WiUdeck ltousseuu to vote the measure and deliver tin country from the nightmare of the Dreyfus affair i