Indianapolis Journal, Volume 51, Number 74, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 March 1901 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, FRIDAY, MARCH 15, 1901.

ask for explanations of M. Do Itodays and bagged us to accompany hi in in order to ferve as witnesses In case of r.eed. We therefore went to M. ! Ko.lays's resilience this mornirip. which is on the tilth floor of the house, whore wc presented our tards. M. De Hoiays Immediately received Vs. lie had on a gray dressing robe. After a-polite exchange of salutations the Con tit De Castellme said: 'Voa published against rr.e this morning an abomi.'.able paragraph. I have come to ask fin expla nations. M. Do llodays replied: "Do you mean an irttcle?" "I interposed, saying: 'Have you not read your paper?" Ycs,' said M. Do P.odays, 'but I do not understand.' Doni then exclaimed Impatiently: 'Will iron retraft? Yes cr ro.' 'M. De Itodays b;an: 'I cannot "Ponl. with'iut allowing him to conclude, raid: 'Can you ay formally that it is rmt I you intend-d t r f-r to? II. ply quickly that it i:". not 1; sp'a: quickly or ' "At the sam' rm:n nt Por.l approached fim and boxed his ear.- several tirr M. )e Itodnys recoiled and lion! struck him Rpaln. We then ir.urven d and rtod in front of 11. De Itodays. Then aft-r polite sniutations the whole party withdrew, M. J)e Itodays. who was much agitated, accompanying us to the door."

"WILL FIfillT TO-l)AY. 31. Drronlede und M. JInffet to Meet In .Svrf txerlnnd Thi MornliiK. LAUSANNE, Switzerland, March 11.MM. Paul Deruu!eb Mnrcel Ilabert and Galli arrived here to-day. The police arc shauowing them closely to prevent the Such M. PufTet Is also here. M. Deroulede. referring to the activity of the police, I.- quoted as saying that if he and M. Duflct cannot elude ihera there is nothing to do but to go eist where. The magistrate h;is Intimated to the t-eo-onds of MM. Deroulede and Puffet that the duel must not take place in the Canton of liaud. PAUIS. March 13. A dispatch to Le Journal from Laussane. after announcing the prrlval of M. iJuITets seconds there, siys they hae had a final interview with the lcc.nJs of M. Deroulede. and that the duel will take pl.ice at dawn to-day (Friday.; Ell ROUTE WEST. (CONCLUDED FKOM FIRST PAGE.) Melius N. Ulis to draft resolutions relative to the death of the ex-President. Loss to Tin: ;iiad aiuiy. Co hi m r i; Irr Rceiu'n Ixprennlou on tlie Death of ficnernl llnrriiton. Facial to th Indianai)!! Journal. SPKNCKK. Ind.. March II. David K. Peem, commander of the Grand Army of the Republic. Department of , Indiana, toth'5' gave expression to the following on the death of Ex-Preddent Penjamin Harrison: "The deatii of General Harrison comes with peculiar force to the old soldiers. It is a fresh remlndfr that nearly all the renowned chieftains of the civil war have 1 assed away. While he did not achieve that distinction as a commander which many of the great generals acquired, his military record reflects great honor upon him ana credit upon the State of his adoption. 1-Ikc Grant and Logan and GarliePi and U'ost of the dlstingushe d leaders ot our armies he emphasized als patriotism and tervlce as a soldier by becoming a member of the Grand Army of the Republic. His ze il and devotion to the L'i ion during and since the war. his splendid care r as lawyer, orator, statesman and President mad him the mst distinguished Member of our patriotic orJr. Every old soldier, -n spirit. If not in person, will lay a Ilower and a Hag t.pon his grave." I'nlnn City Memorial Meeting;. Pjeelai to the Indianapolis Journal. UNION CITY. Ind., March 11. at a meeting of the residents of this city to-night, presided over by the mayor, speeches were n ade by leading citizens and much sorrow expressed at the dejth of General Harri-f-on. A committee was directed to transmit to the family a telegram of condolence. Arrangements were made for a memorial Fcrvice. to be held af'tne Opera Houe on tne evening of Sunday, the 17th. at which time addresses will be made by the miaI.'ters of the various churches. A feeling of deep sorrow pervades the whole community, anil the death of General Harrison Is regarded as a great loss to the Nation oral State. IIFr:ilFTTFIl IX GFHMAXVFore lern Office Official on the Death of the Ex-President. PER LIN, March H. The death of Gen. Benjamin Harrison Is generally commented on this evening by tho German press, with the exception of the semi-official organs, but a high official of the Foreign Office said to-day to a reporter of the Associated Press: "General Harrison was highly esteemed here, and nis death Is keenly regretted. The estimation in which he was held as an able American statesman Emperor William voiced on the general's visit in 1S99, when the Emperor paid him special tonors." Tho uninspired papers, however, differ widely in their comments. The Lokal Anzeiger says: "With this statesman one of the most emphatic Republicans has departed. He was a declared champion of tho Monroe doctrine, with a pan-American tendency, and an advocate of the extremest protectionism." Nearly all the papers print long biographies. The Boersen Zeitung says: "General Harrison, personally, was scarcely popular. His exterior was unprepossessing, and he often showed rude behavior." On the announcement of General Harrison dath the Hags of the United States embassy and the l.nlted States consul general's office, as well as those of many members of the American colony in Berlin, were half-masted. WEATHER FORECAST. Clearing Throughout Indionn To-IJuy Fair on Sutnrday. WASHINGTON, March 14. Forecast for Friday and Saturday: Tor Ohio Snow on Friday, followed ty clearing, except along the lake. Saturday fair; fresh west to northwest winds. For Illinois Fair in western; clearing In eastern portion on Friday. Saturday fair; fresh west to north winds. For Indiana Clearing on Friday. Saturday fair; fresh west to north winds. Local Observation on Thursday. Par. Ther. H.H. Wind. Weather. lTe. 7 a. m.. .70 32 :r S'w t. I.t. sr.ow. O.oi 7p. m..25 31 M West. Cloudy. 0.01 Maximum temperature, minimum temperature. 31. Following Is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation March 14: Temp. Pre. Normal Co u.ll Mean 33 0.i5 leparture from normal 3 O.o' Departure since March 1 IS 0.,j." Departure since Jan. 1 DM 2.10 Plus. C. F. It. WAPPEN HANS. Local Forecast Official. YeterIn j " Temperatures. Stations. Atlanta. Ga MIn. Max. p. m.

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HALF A MILLION LOSS

MA J OK IOItTIOX OF Til 12 TOWX OI-" CLOVi:HIOItT, KY DL'HM'I). Over 1,MM People, Half the Population, Hömel- American Tobacco Company the Chief I.ocr. CLOVEP.POIIT, Ky March ll.-Fire. w.'iich broke out here at midnight, caused by the bursting of a natural-gas pipe, destroyed property worth a half million dollars. The greater part of the little town was wiped out. Over one thousand persons, about one-half the i opulatlon. are homeless and u; to the time a special relief train from Louisville reached here were in great distrcs?. The greatest loser is the American Tobacco Company, which lost two large stemmerles and one million pounds of tobacco. The American loss has not been estimated, but will be very heavy. Other large structures destroyed were Lu-t-Hle Memorial Methodist Church and the only two hotels in the town, the Ureckinrldge Inn and the Cloverport Hotel, The following business houses are in ruins and their losses are estimated to be: M. Human & Son, furniture, J2G,0"X; F. Frazee, $15,(.J; F. N. Depuy, JU.WJ; Seaton & Siplel, $20,0; Ilayncs v Co., Jlo.O-JU; Moreman & Owen, $:,ouo; Alex. Loyd's building, J,W0; Short & Haynes. druggists, $V0; C. &. L. LIppel, confectioners. Jl.UOu; W. 11. Uowner, two-story building, $2,0); the lireckinridge News, J15.0U0; Ureckinridge Dank, loss unknown; Fisher, druggist, $G,000. Other business houses destroyed and whose losses have not been estimated, were those of Miss Julia Miller, millinery; Mrs. Frank Frays, dry goods; 11. E. Wingert, merchant tailor; Johnson's boarding house; J. G. Iioyd, unoccupied; J. D. IJabbage, book store and printing office; lt. T. Newsome, physician; A. Ii. Fisher, drugs; James it. Skillman, law office; four meat stores, three barber shops, three blacksmith shops, Sanger's dry goods store. 11. tl. Dohler's shoe store and the postolllce. As soon as the management of the Louisville, Henderson fc St. Louis Railroad learned that hundreds of persons were homeless they ordered every available coach between Louisville and Henderson hurried to Cloverport, and in these the unfortunate will, for the time being, make their homes. The management also sent five thousand loaves of bread and other food, which came as a great blessing, since not a store was left in town where a mouthful of food could be bought. Adjutant General Murray telegraphed that live hundred tents had been dispatched from Frankfort and the authorities at Louisville wired that a train-load of relief, quickly gathered, would leave at noon. Help was asked from the tire departments of Louisville, Owensboro, Henderson and Evansville, and at 4:30 o'clock this morning an engine and company arrived, but it was of little use, as the names had been fanned by a high wind and had, by that time, done their worst. As iar as known no one was seriously injured. tlicr Fire. BIRMINGHAM. Ala., March 11. Fire at Eutaw to-day destroyed the planters' warehouse, together with l.Hoo bales of cotton and several cars of freight. The entire town narrowly escaped destruction. The loss is $luu,(XO, almost wholly covered by insurance. CHICAGO, March 11. The hardware specialty factory of the Chicago Spring Butt Company, No. 4'i5 Carroll avenue, burned to-night. Loss, $ny.m) DEED OF GEORGE WEAVER. Shot Sleeping Wife, AVlio IIa! n Habe in Anus, and Killed Himself. NEW PHILADELPHIA. O.. March 14. George "Weaver, of Canal Dover, O., out of employment, this morning shot his sleeping wife to death, then killed himself, leaving seven orphaned children. The babe was found by neighbors in its dead mother's arms covered with blood. Killed Sweetheart and Self. NORWOOD, Mass., March 14. Ralph G. Dateman killed his sweetheart, Ella I'. White, at her home here, and then committed suicide by shooting. Bateman was twenty-two jears of age, and Miss Whit3 was twenty. Jealousy is given as the cause of the shooting, though young Bateman's family think his mind had become unsettled by a recent attack of the grip. TELEGRAPH MISCELLANY. John T. McCutcheon, the Chicago artist, who went to Ashevllle. N. C. ten days ago for his health, is improving. The will of former Secretary of State William Evarts was filed for probate at New York, yesterday. All of the estate is left to the family. A dispatch from the City of Mexico says: "Alarmist reports regarding the health of President Diaz and conspiracies in Mexico are absolutely baseless. These reports are believed to be fabricated by men who are hostile to the government and for stock speculation purposes. There is no political agitation here." The Impeachment trial of Chief Justice Furches ami Associate Douglas, of th North Carolina Supreme Court, began in the State Senate yesterday. The General Assembly will to-day tako a recess until April C, when it will convene in extra session to receive from the court of impeachment the result of the trial. A trolley car bound from Plainfield to Elizabeth, N. J., jumped the track near Westtield Wednesday night, while running at a high rate of speed. It turned completely over, rolled down an embankment and landed upside down. Six women and three men, passengers, were Injured, two of the women very seriously. Instead of dying from heart disease, as at tlrst supposed. W. C. Sawyer, of New York, who was found dead in bed at the Wellington Hotel. Chicago, Monday afternoon, is now believed to have committed suicide. Developments in the case and the circumstances surrounding the death indicate that Mr. Sawyer's mind was affected. Coroner's Physician O'Hamlon yesterday made a supplementary report to the district attorney's office on the cause of death of Herbert C. Wadman. on March 5 last at the Manhattan State Hospital. New ork. The report states that Wadman's death was not due to violence, but that he died from nephritis, induced by the excessive use of alcohol. Professor E. Finley Johnson, secretary of the law department of the University of Michigan, last night announced his intention of accepting the appointment to a supreme Judgeship in the Philippines, tendered him a few weeks ago by President McKinley, lie will formally resign his position at Ann Arbor to-day. Mrs. George F. Hall, the Chicago dressmaker who in September last, it is alleged, endeavored to bring J Mio worth of silks, laces and Parisian-made gowns into this country without paying the dutlts, was yesterday arraigned before United States Commissioner Shields, ut New York, on the charge of smuggling. Shs? waived examination ami gave ball in $1.50). At Fort Scott. Kan., supreme officers of the Order of Select. Friends, the fraternal Insurance society that has been declared Insolvent, place the liabilities at $lt.0"0, but many connected with the order assert tnat It has unpaid claims of Am. ana perhaps more. No charges of misappropriation lave been made. The loss w'll f-!l principally on the older policy holders. The ruling of the lower court that ;.-.e Christie-street Commission Company, of Kansas City, condu. ts a bucketsh ip. and as such is not entitled to the quote iion of th Ch.cago Board of Trad- is sustained by a decision han '.ed down by the Appellate Court, ti Chieig". The Kansas Cil.v concern, bv thi decision, is dei:ed an Injunction r" ,ralring The Boar J o. Trade iron; shvtting olf its market report. The thirteenth annual commencement and twenty-second anniversary of the Carlisle Indian Industrial School was held yest ril.iy. The graduating class numbered thlr-ty-nint the largest yet sent out. Orations were presented by Anna Goyetlna, Pueblo; George Ferris. Klamath; Ina Parnell, Nez Perces; Luzcnla Tlbetts, Chippewa, and Herman Nlles, Stockbridge. Eighteen tribes were represented in the graduating class. Judge Town?end, of the United States Court, Southern district of the Indian Territory, handed down a decision yeuexday

making perpetual the Injunction agair?t certain Incorporated towns in the territory restraining them from attempting to collect municipal taxes from railroads. Ju'ljo Townsend held there was no law to tax railroads in the Southern district, because. Congre.-? has provided no machinery to cany out a system of taxation there. The constitutionality of the 'ripper" bill which recently became a law In Pennsylvania, and which provides a new charter for second-class cities, came up for argument in tne Lickavanna courts yesterday on quo warranto proceedings instituted by former Senator McDonald, of Scranton. on his petition requiring James Moier to shew by what authority he exercises the office an 1 duties of recorder of Scranton, to which Governor Stone recently appointed Mm. Tho hearing occupied the entire day. UNITED MINE WORKERS.

IIcmoIu Noun Adopted by the Convention of Anthracite Digger. HAZLETON. Ta., March 14.-The United Mine Workers' convention was in executive session all morning considering the reports of the resolutions and legislative committees. Resolutions were adopted Instructing each local organization to appoint a committee of three to examine monthly from fifteen to twenty-live checks of contract miners to ascertain whether the men are receiving the ll per cent, increase, and petitioning Governor Stone and the pardoning board to authorize the release from jail of twelve strikers, who were convicted in the Schuylkill county court for rioting at Oneida last fall and sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from six to twelve years. A number of bills pending before the State Legislature which favor the miners were also approved. The convention asked for the withdrawal of he bill creating the bureau of mines, and the repeal of the law creating coal and iron police. CRIMES OF ALL DEGREES. Mrs. Richardson has been indicted by the grand jury of St. Joseph Mo., for the murder of her husband. Frank Richardson, the wealthy merchant, at Savannah, last Christmas eve. Gus Davis, a negro, was hanged at Belleville, Tex., yesterday for the murder of Herman Schluens, a white farmer, la-t Ikcember. The crime was a coldblooded cne and Davis narrowly escaped lynching at the time. Deputy United States Marshal Lovering has arrested, in Fillmore county, Minnesota, Emlle Sandlle, charged with counterfelting. A complete set of counterfeiters' paraphernalia is said to have been found in his possession. At Rolling Fork. Miss., last night H. E. Hill, a livery stable keeper, was shot and ktlXed by A. L. Denman, proprietor of the Delta House, and Denman was fatally wounded by Hill. A business dispute caused the shooting. The trial of the nln- men charged with the lynching of John Knox, a Canadian, for shooting and killing his stepson began at Scranton, Miss., yesterday. There was much talk of trouble from the friends of the accused, but everything was quiet and the proceedings regular. Tho man who. about two weeks ago, committed suicide in a Belfast (Ireland) hotel, ty shooting. lns been identified by a photograph and description furnished to Captair. Titus, of the New York detective bureau, l y the Belfast police, as Col. James Sheridan, of Bridgeport, Conn. Claude and Will Baker started to settle an old grudge against George and Will Wright at a church near Easton, Mo., yesterday. Pistols and missiles of all kinds were used. Claude Baker's skull was crushed and he died. All participants In the fight were injured. No arrests have been made. The attorneys of , James Callahan, of Omaha, charged with being one of the abductors of young Cudahy. yesterday tiled a motion for the continuance of hi3 trial, which was set for March 20. They urge as grounds for a continuance the necessity of the presence of Pat Crowe, as set forth In Callahan's affidavit. After five hours' deliberation the jury at Tiffin, O.. yesterday returned a verdict against Edward Trout of murder in the first degree, with recommendations for clemency. Trout shot Henry Koch at Green Springs Aug. 11, l&k). He claimed Koch was unduly intimate with his wife. Trout's defense was insanity. Benjamin F. Davis, who was arrested in New York a week ago on a charge of grand larceny, will be taken to Chicago to-day. The New York police say he is wanted In Chicago for the theft of $$,000 trom Hippclyte Didlshe'.m & Bro3., jewelers of that city, Davis having been their Chicago agent. He pleaded guilty. Jimmy Coogan. local light weight pugilist, was shot through the head and killed by Frank Salter, better known as "Plunk" Salter, in a Denver saloon. According to witnesses Coogan first shot at Salter, declaring the latter had slandered him. Salter Is under bond on charge of conspiring with J. E. Wanamaker to assassinate the latter's son-in-law, ex-Senator D. C. Webber. , Burglars broke into the Missouri Facific station at Sheldon, Mo., dynamited the safe end robbed It of considerable money. Several' mail sacks were cut open and letters broken and scattered over the floor, and a number of express packages were rifled. One contained a draft for several thousand dollars on the Farmers' Bank at Sheldon, but the draft was left behind. This was the fourth robbery of the depot in four j ears. Governor Sayres aid not send the expected message to the Texas Legislature yesterday touching on the burning of the negro Henderson at Corsicana owing to the fact that he is awaiting an official report from there. He will, it is said, urge prompt and vigorous prosecution of all members of the mob regardless of their standing in the community and will exert his effort to bring to Justice those implicated in the burning. The United States authorities and the authorities of Custer county, Montana, have arrested Robert Lee and another cowboy, .who are said to be Implicated in the thft of cattle valued at $)7.0") belonging to the Crow Indians. The leader and other members of the gang have escaped, and are now being pursued by the officers. The "rustlers" had changed the brands on the cattle, and had expected to run them out of Montana and ship them to Chicago in small bunches. The post-mortem examination on the body of Herbert C. Wadham. who is alleged to have met his death by violence in the Manhattan State Hospital. New York, brought out facts which will cause the fullest investigation by the authorities. The coroner's physician found that the fifth, sixth and seventh ribs on the left side had been fractured. The left lung was injured, possibly by one of the broken ribs, and there were numerous discolorations on tne face and body. Governor Ayeock yesterday sent a special message to the North Carolina General Assembly, stating that a S1.000 deficit had been found in the accounts of the Stale Prison in the treasury department. T) State Treasurer Iacey. Maj. W. 11. Martin, a clerk In the office tor years until the lKh of March. 1'H'l, confessed that he took the missing money, which he says he gava to the church and in charity. He was arrested on a warrant charging embezzlement and went to jail in default of $l.im) bond. Major Martin is sixty years of age. The United States District Court grard jury yesterday considered the cases of Geo. M. Foster, formerly cashier of the South Danvers National Bank, of Pcabody, :nd John W. Dickinson, of Boston, a shareholder in the bank, charged with misappropriation of funds of the Institution, and to-daj returned a joint indictment in fifteen counts agrünst the men. The indictment places the total sum Involved at JW.tXVX The grand jury also returned a separate indictment against Foster in threo counts, two alleging false entries and one the willful misapplication of $1,X). Movement of Steamer. NEW YORK. March 11. Arrived: Kensington, from Ant we. p. Sailed: La Champagne, for Havre. LIVERPOOL. March 11 Arrived: Teutonic, from New York. Sailed: New England, for Boston. NAPLES. March 11. Arrived: Trave. from New York, via Gibraltar, for Naples, and proceeded. PORTLAND. Me.. March 14. Sailed: Numidian, for Liverpool; Belgian, for Antwerp. QUEENSTOWN. March 14. Sailed: Oceanic, from Liverpool, for New York. ROTTERDAM. March 14.-Sailed: Maasdam. for loulgne and New York. YOKOHAMA. March 13.-Sailed: Tacoma, from Hong-Kong, for Tacoma. BOSTON. March 14. Arrived: Pomeranian, from Glasgow. TO CHIC A COLH IN ONE DAY Take Laxative Brorao-Qulnlno Tablet. 2Zc.

RAIDED BY KRITZINGER

A MIAN Y DISTUICT OF CAl'i; COLONY OYEllUrX 11 Y THE BOERS. Horse to the Value of f."V,HM, for Which Britain 3!ut Pay, Taken by the Invnder. ADELAIDE, Cape Colony. March 13. Kritzinger's commando is working northward ar.d has eluded three British columns. It passed here on both sides of ihe town without attacking. Yesterday evening a Boer patrol captured four native scouts and shot three of them. Kritzlnger's men have carried ofi all the horses In the Albany district, for which, as they were registered, Great Britain will have to pay ChJ.wo. The raiders were civil to the inhabitants of the district, though they commandeered the horses and food. They did rot Indulge in the wanton destruction of property, and in many cases offered cash tor the food they obtained. The Plague Spreading. CAPE TOWN, March 14. Owing to the increasing gravity of the outbreak of bubonic plague in Cape Colony, the authorities here purpose confining the soldiers to camps and barracks. The number of European cases is increasing, four having been officially reported to-day. In addition to these there were eight colored cases reported. Thus far there have been thirtyseven deaths all told. Wholesale inoculation was LeKun In Capo Town to-day and 2,000 natives were treated. The plague has made its appearance at Malmesburg, Cape Colony. Heitel He Ja er Sentenced. PIETEKMARITZBURG, Natal, March 14. The trial of the most prominent rebel In this colony, a man named De Jager, has been concluded. He was sentenced to five years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of JCü.otH. De Jager was a Boer commandant. His defense was that a Transvaal burgher court had decided that, although he was rjot a naturalized burgher, he owed allegiance to Natal. GOLD UNDER THE SEA. Ilioh Ilnr Staked Under nerlnj? "Water Hard Trip from Nome. VICTORIA, B. C, March 14. News has reached here from Cape Nome that during December a rich bar was staked which is beneath Bering sea and parallels the coast for about Km) miles up from Snake river. Thoe who located the claims had to cut through livi feet of ice to reach the sand and gravel, which was very rich. In summer the claims will be totally submerged. J. Densmore has returned to Nome from Kuskokwim and reports that his party had a hard trip, having run short of provisions, anj had eaten three dogs, their moccasins and d-cr skins. They found no gold, although they prospected the country thoroughly. Stampedes have occurred from Nome to American creek in .'Toukrock and Norton sound, wher.i r'ch strik?s have teen made. GENERAL E0REIGN NEWS. It is rumored that a crisis is Imminent In the Portuguese Cabinet. Charles T. Yerkes Is in England looking after the construction of the Charing Cross &. Hempstead Railway. The Berlin Street-railway Company has adopted the American system of safety appliances to prevent running over pedestrians. The official laboratory at Hamburg has discovered that the sand which fell during the recent snowstorm in northwestern Germany came from the African Sahara. William J. Bryan, on his way home from New York, stopped off long enough in Chicago to pay his respects to J. G. Johnson, chairman of the Democratic national executive committee. The general of the Dominicans has convoked a general chapter to meet at Ghent June 25 for a discussion of the situation of the Dominicans in the Philippines, France and South America. The following Americans have been appointed chevaliers of the Legion of Honor in connection with the Paris exposition: Col. Charles Chaille Long, James Heering, Humphreys, the artist, and Mr. Pulg, an engineer. The London Times says it believes that In addition to the sugar tax and the reimposition of the registration duty of .a shilling on corn the British income tax will be Increased by twopence tax, or four pence on the pound. A French torpedo boat Tgrhich had been sent to meet an incoming transport, the Lerhln, sprang a leak at Brest yesterday and suddenly began to fill, sinking in a few minutes. The crew narrowly escaped in the boats. The annual report of the Hamburg-American Steamship Company, which has Just been published, shows net earnings for 1'jou of rj.vw,?-'! marks, or an increase of 6.011.85 marks upon the figures for lSl'D. The dividend declared Is lo per cent., as against 8 for the previous year. Answering a question in the British House of Commons yesterday Lord Cranborne, the under secretary for the Foreign Office, said no steps had been taken by his Majesty's government to revise the Hay-Pauncefote treaty, but the government would be ready to consider in a friendly way any proposals made toward that object by the United States. Counsel for Miss Portia Knight has written a letter to the London papers denying the statement, purporting to have been made by the Duke of Manchester, to the effect that he considered the action taken to be quite unjustified and that he believed it had been dropped. According to counsel the bteach of promise suit is proceeding and the courts will decide whether it is Justified or not. The invitation to participate in the shooting contests to be held at SeaRlrt under the auspices of the American National Rliie Association was brought to the attention of the Forelen Office at the proper time by the United States embassy at Berlin and by tho German ambassador in Washington. The matter has been referred to the proper channels and notice of the meeting has been made in the organs of the shooting societlt s. From a Berlin source usually reliable it is ascertained that tho negotiations between the Prussian Cabinet and the imperial secretaries of state regarding the advisability of adopting the maximal and minimal tariff system will require another fortnight for completion. Count Von Huelow Is understood not to have reached a decision on the subject. In the present negotiations Ministerial Director Wermuth. who was German commissioner at the Columbian Exposition In Chicago, is the main advocate of maximal and minimal tariffs a3 "the only available safeguards against the tariff chicanery of foreign countries." As a result of the Cabinet council. General Andre. French minister of war, will ask the senatorial conimlson on finances to adopt and submit to the Senate the clause in the budget, already voted by the Chamber of Deputies, which authorizes the minister of war to re-engage a certain number of privates at increased pay for renewable periods, from one to five years, and to release a number of soldiers who are the support of their families and who have served one or two years under the colors. The number of re-engagements depends upon the expense, which must not exceed the economies resulting from releases. If the experiment is satisfactory the two years' system will be definitely considered. Its Establishment would cost LUO-A0u0 francs a year. Now that the British government has admitted that it is building submarine boats, the Vlckers Company has given out their corrected dimensions and other particulars. Th-y will be sixty-three feet four inches long, have eleven feet nine inches beam and have a submerged displacement if 12) tons. The main engine1, of the gasoline type, will be of 1; horse' power. The boats will carry enough fu-1 to enable them to s-teain 4 knots. Tho maximum surface spied will be nine knots. The main motor will be e!ecrtic, glvin;; a submerged spi-ed of seven knots. Means will be provided for expelling torpedoes under a variety of conditions. The armament of these boats will consist of a 3lngle torpedo expulsion tube, located In the bow of the vessel. They will be able to carry five torpedoes, each eleven feet five inch..' long.

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ARMY REFORM OPPOSED BRITISH GOVIIRXMKM'S PLAS CRITICISED IX THE COMMON'S. Lord Roberts Belittled by Sir Henry Cum pliell-Ilnimermnn Hemarks of Sir V. V. Hnrcourt. LONDON, March 14. In the House ot Commons to-day the leader of the opposition searchingly criticised the government's I reposals for the Increase and reform of the army. Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman taid: "The name and fame of Lord Roberts are a little too largely invoked In thl question. Lord Roberts has spent nearly tho whole of his military life in India, where he has had to deal with a finished article, but he has had no experience of the peculiar difficulties found in England of late in utilizing and furnishing raw material." He declared that no justification had been offered by the government for increasing the aggressive military power of Great Britain. Dwelling upon the difficulty of getting recruits, he asserted that the country would not stand conscription, and that the government was Introducing a military system and spirit which would fatally change the cnaracter of the nation ?.nd the empire. Str William Vernon Harcourt, who reviewed the rapid increase in the army estimates during recent years, said that nothing could be more hollow than the idea that great armaments were a security fcr peace, adding that it was an easy matter to make a war inevitable. He opposed the proposal to have 120.000 men ready to send abroad. "Other countries need greater armies," said Sir William, "because they have long and vulnerable frontiers. England's position it in the sea. and it is the lleet that must bo made sufficient at whatever cost." After midnight and during the debate on supply, a scene occurred. Lord Hugh Cecil called for a division, and Mr. Timothy Healy, rising with evident excitement, asked the speaker whether the noble lord, the premier's son, was entitled to interrupt. He addressed some remarks to Lord Hugh Cecil, which were drowned in an uproar of shouts and cries of "Send for the police." Tho speaker sternly called Mr. Healy to order, asking him to stop interrupting. Mr. Healy retorted: "I won't. You can do what you like, but keep the premier's son in order. You won't turn him out." Then turning to Lord Hugh Cecil Mr. Healy exclaimed: "We won't stand nonsense from you." All the timo the Nationalists were cheering, laughing and shouting "Turn him out!" "Fetch the police!" and the like. Eventually order was restored. Lord "Wolaeley's Charfren. LONDON, March 13. A parliamentary paper was issued, last evening, containing Lord Wolseley's memorandum to Lord Salisbury, dated Nov. 12, 1000, and the critical minutes on the same by Lord Lansdowne and Mr. Hrodrick. The memorandum, which was first referred to by Lord Lansdowne in the recent debate in the House of Lords, gives, in substance, the gist of Lord Wolseley's speech in the upper chamber. He elesignates the commander-in-chief as a "fifth wheel to the coach," declares that the existing system is unworkable and can be found in no other army in the world, and recommends cither that the army be again placed under a military commander or, if for some nonmilitary reasons, this is not practicable, then that the office of commander-in-chief, as now constituted, be abolished. It Is now merely a high-sounding title, with no real responsibility attached," says the memorandum, "and answers no useful military purpose." Lord Lansdowne, in a minute dated Nov. 17, declares that Lord Wolseley was mistaken in believing that he (Wolseley) was not responsible for the efficiency of the army and that he failed to realize the limitations imposed by the parliamentary system. He describes Lord Wolseley's first alternative as "reactionary and mischievous," and the second as "less dangerous, but inadvisable." Mr. Hrodrick says, in a minute, that Lord Wolseley failed to appreciate the extent of his powers and did not always act upon those he knew he possessed. He goes on to point out that Lord Wolseley omitted to mention mobilization and intelligence, for both of which he alone was responsible. The new system, in Mr. Iirodrick's opinion, has worked well, but Mr. Hrodrick, like Lord Roberts, desires to try it before pronouncing a final opinion. GENERAL SPORTING NEWS. De Oro won second prize In the championship pool tournament, at Boston, last night, by defeating Stofft, 150 to 70. Frank Donahue, one of the Philadelphia National League club's pitchers, has signed a contract with that club to play again. Outfielder Daniel Green, of the Chicago Natloal league ball club, has signed a contract to play with the same club this year. Outfielder Jones, of the Brooklyn National Lea ru- ball team, has signed to play with Comiskey s mte Stocwngs this s ason. Manager Selee, of the Boston National League team, has signed John Barry, outfielder, and George C. Brooks, of Baltimore, a pitcher. . The Muncie Polo team now has no chance of winning the Western championship In the contest with Richmond and Knclne. Wis., as It lost another game to Richmond at Richmond, last night, by the score of 3 to 1. Fred B. Greener has broken his own previous high records for boiu standing broad and hi:?h lump on skates nt the Ciern.or.t.(N. V.) rinks ice carnival, lowering the landing high Jump record by It; inches and clearing S feet 7 inches in the broad jump. Ed Scott, the pitcher, denies that he has signed with the Cincinnati team. Ban Johnson has had a conference with Scott, and It Is probable the hitter will be with one of the American League clubs this season. He says he has not yet signed a contract. 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Saturday. The most important business to come before the meeting is the fixing of the circuit. Louisville is being given serious consideration as a possible participant in the Western League race, and it is probable that the end of the week will see the circuit completeel. Yesterday's race winners At New Orleans: Woodtricc, 2 to 1: Eitholln. 11 to 5; J. H. Sloan, '. to 10; Eleanor Howard. 3 to 1; Petit Maitre, & to 5; Miss Golightly, 4 to 1. At Tanforan: Tizona, S to 1; Sing, 7 to 1; Tuthlll. 7 to 5; Theory. 5 to 2; Immodeli, Z) to 1; Tom Sharkey, 2J to 1. At Oakland: Zirl, 8 to 3; Mike Strauss, 4 to 5; The Light, 1 to 2: Glendenning. 1 to 2; My Gypsey, 5 to 1: SU Wood, 8 to 5. Within a few days the property of the St. Louis Fair Association will pass Into the possession of a syndicate represented by C. A. Tilles. Sam W. Adler and Louis A. Cella, the leading owners of Delmar track. It Is said the purchase price will be $G0O,000. The Adler-Cella-Tilles combination owns the Little Rock (Ark.) race track and I, the chief financial promoter of the new Delmar race track in St. Louis. The threatened clash between the Highland Park Club, lessees of the Fort Krie race track, and the Buffalo Driving Club Pas been averted and the matter settled to the satisfaction of both. Grand Circuit races will be held Aug 5-i0. six rtahes. with a total of $iS.(XX) added money, close to-day. They Include the Electric City and PanAmerican, with $3.yro eacn. or 2:24 trotteis and pacers, respectively. An attractive collection of class races will be arranged. During the trap shooting .yesterday. In connection with the New York sportsmen's show, Fred Gilbert made a score of 100 kills out of a possible 100. Fox put a high score of 125 kills in the continuous match. The best scores In the contest follerw: Continuous match Fox, 125; Gilbert, ICS; Heikes, 107; Fanning, 102; Crosby, 9S. Association championshipGilbert. 100; Crosby. y; Banks. 19; Watson, 9S; Fanning, 9S; Griffith, 3S; Parmelee, S-S. The fourteen men left in the six days go-as-you-please match, at Philadelphia, are still wearily grinding out miles. Howarth, who was well up among the leaders, was compelled to withdraw from the race yesterday, on account of his weakened physical condition. The score at 11 o'clock last night was: Gllck, 247 miles; Hegelman, 345; Barnes, 341; Tracy, 337; Cavanaugh. 310; Dean, 2S9; Golden, 2S5; Hart, ; Clifford. 210;- Sheed. 2: Loslin, 1S5; Noremac, 177; McTague, 176; Wintasch, 12L President Ban Johnson, of the American Baseball League, yesterday gave out the official list of players signed for the Baltimore team. The line-up will be: Robinson rr.d Latimer, catchers; McGInnity, Howell. Ncps, Schmidt, Bresnehan, Teister and Yerkes, pitchers; Foutz. first base; Reitz, second; Heister, short; McGraw, mlrd; Sheokard, Brodie, Sncdgrass and Collins, outfielders; Rohe, subintlelder. "The otner teams are practically made up," said Mr. Johnson, "but I do not deem it expedient to give out the names until aftr conferring with the managers of the different team3." It is proposed to pit Cresceus, The Abbott, Charley Herr and Boralma against each other and settle the question of which is the fastest trotter in the world. A. J. Welch has offered to bring off the big sweepstakes race at Hartford, Conn., next summer. The conditions will be 51,250 a corner, with $20,000 added. The first races will bo on Labor day. with Cresceus against The Abbott, and Charley Herr against Boralma. George Ketcham. owner of Cresceus. said at Toledo, yesterday: "I will enter Cresceus In every class and stake to which he is eligible through the Grand Circuit this year." NAVY SUFFERED IN CHINA. More CnaunltloB There Than Durlng the Jipniilnli-Aiiierlcan AVur. WASHINGTON, March 11. Admiral Van Reypen, surgeon general of the navy, has prepared an interesting statement showing that there were more casualties in the United States navy during the recent trouble in China than there were during the entire Spanish-American war. As there is no exact time fixed for the opening of the hostilities in China June 13 is adopted. The period of trouble in China runs from June 13 to Oct. 13, the first regiment of United States marines departing from China on the latter date. Within that period there were 129 casualties from all causes, of which thirty resulted in death. The greatest number of casual; les came from gunshot wounds. June 2 there were thirtyfour casualties of this kind. The cases of heat stroke also ran hiqh, with two deaths, eleven serious cases short of tleath and many minor ones. The entire number of gunshot wounds was ninety-six. During the .Spanish-American war the gunshot wounds not only were fewer In number, but decioediy less fatal, the percentage of deaths being l!i In the SpanishAmerican war and Iii per cent. In the China. This was largely due to th - fact thnt the Spaniards used the small Mau;er projectiles, while the Chinese used lrge-bore guns. : hell and shrapnel. The marine guard in Peking suffered the worst loss, for out of fifty-six men eight were killed and nine wounded, making 5o per cent, of casualties. Growth of Appropriation. Baltimore Herald. The total appropriations made during the second session of the Fifty-sixth Congress is enormous. Bven without the river and harbor bill the aggrtgate amounts to OoO.OOO. In the course of the first session there was appropriated f71u.150.Si;:.'. so that the grand total reaches the stupendous figure of $1.4li.V.!w- When the Fifty-first Congress set the record at over $). m.ouu for the first two sessions It was denounced for reckless extravagance, and the Democrats used this cry with great success In the next national campaign. But no Congress since then has fallen below tho mark. On the contrary, all of them have exceeded

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