Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 22, Number 79, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 June 1901 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. ' •• ■ •"■-■■-== OEO. E. MARSHALL. Publisher. «=== 1 ' — -"' L '- RENSSELAER. - • INDIANA.

STRIKE OF GOLD ORE

DESERT LIZARD LEADS PROSPECTORS TO WEALTH. Uick Favor* Discouraged Men Who Were About to Give Up Search —Government Report of Good Crop Proa* pecta Pnts Life Into Trade. A great find Of gold has been made in the hills west of the old Vulture mine, not far from Phoenix, Ariz., by Daniel Johnson and William Edgerton, two New York prospectors. They have been prospecting for nearly a month, had found no trace of good ore and were about ready to give up in despair. One morning after breakfast they sat under a tree on the hillside and smoked in silence, neither caring to discuss their hard lnck. A long, swift lizard of the desert dropped from a limb and alighted on Johnson's back. He awoke from his reverie in time to see the swift lizard dart into a hole near by. "By Jove, that's a big fellow. I want him,” ejaculated Johnson, and with his pick he began to open the hole in the ground. After half a dozen blows Edgerton reached into the cavity and drew out a small piece of stone speckled with bits of gold. Another and a dozen larger pieces followed, some with small nuggets as large as pin heads and all of them full of the free gold in beads and wire. The young men aat down and wept for joy. They uncovered two feet of a vein. They sent 6ome of the rock to Phoenix and it assayed nearly $1,200 to the ton. They have refused $40,000 for their find.

MORE CONFIDENT BUSINESS TONE Trade la Invigorated by Government Prophecy of Large Crops. “Confirmation by the agricultural bureau of recent private estimates of the wheat qrop has given to business a tone of greater confidence. Retail operations both East and West are larger and distribution of merchandise by the whofe’aale trade is increasing in dry goods and boots and shoes. The labor situation is gradually mending with the appreciation of the fact that in some directions manufacturers would be glad of a temporary shut-down of works.” The foregoing is from the weekly trade review of R. G. Dun & Co. It continues: "Wheat declined to a more reasonable level with the withdrawal of speculative support. The government report of condition of June 1 was chiefly responsible. A crop this year equal to the greatest ever harvested was indicated by the official statement. Failures for the week numbered 179 in the" United States, against 162 last year, and 23 in Canada, against 21 last year.”

PROGRESS OF THE RACE. Standing: of Leae»e Clubs iu Contest for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: W. L. W. L. Pittsburg ...27 18 Cincinnati ...20 20 New Y0rk...21 10 Brooklyn ....20 23 St. L0ui5....24 20Boston 15 20 Philadelphia 22 20 Chicago 17 29 Standings in the American League are as follows: W. L. W. L. Chicago ....29 15 Baltimore ...17 19 Detroit .....25 19Philadelphia. 19 22 Washington. 19 lOCleveland ...15 25 Boston 21 17 Milwaukee ..15 27 Fmiles When Found Guilty. At Upper Sandusky, Ohio, Locke Foster was found guilty of the murder of William C. Johnson. He smiled when the verdict was announced. The case gained notoriety by reason of the presiding judge restraining newspapers from publishing the testimony. A now trial will be asked on the grounds that the defendant was denied a public trial. Ten Persons Hurt in Cyclone. A cyclone passed over the southeast corner of Beadle County. S. D., injuring ten persons and destroying much property. The McCormack farm house was demolished and Mr. McCormack and wife and three children were seriously injured. Dives Sixty-two Feet to Save Live«. "Jack” Smith, a former member of the Seventeenth United States infantry, leaped from a Big Four bridge at Columbus, Ohio, into the Scioto river, a distance of sixty-two feet, and rescued two men from drowning. Baldwin Vets Out for Pole. Evelyn Briggs Baldwin has started on his journey to the north pole. He sailed from New York on the Friederieh Der Grosse. At Perth Mr. Baldwin will go to Dundee, where the America, flagship of the expedition, awaits his arrival.

Mr*. Kenue !y la Guilty. In Kansas City Mrs. Lulu Trince Kennedy was found guilty of murder in the ■econd degree by the jury trying her case. Her punishment was fixed at ten years In the penitentiary. Many Persons Crushed. Seventeen persons were injured, some of them seriously, by the sudden collapse of a grand stand on the grounds of the Chicago Normal School, Normal Park, Chicago. Plntt Not a Candidate. Senator T. CJ Platt of New York, broken by ill health and family bereavements, announces that under no conditions will he again be a candidate for the Senate. Cleveland Man Commit* Suicide. George Baird, local cashier for the New York Life Insurance Company, committed suicide by inhaling illuminating gas in his room in Cleveland. Officials of the insurance company say that so far mm now known Baird’s accounts are all right. Grand Jury Indict* Fl-e. Indictments have been returned against l4Uit Salsbury, city attorney of Grand Rapids, Mich., und four others accused of bribery in connection with the water works deal.

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

BLAME NEGROES FOR DEATHS. Three Soldiers Expire in Great Agony, as if Poisoned. Three soldiers at Fort Fremont, near Beaufort, Ga., met mysterious deaths in four days. First W. E. Wright died suddenly. He was the son of one of the wealthiest department store owners in Indiana. His term, of enlistment expired about a month ago and his commander tried to persuade bird to return home, but he insisted on re-enlisting. The second victim was Emmet Easterling, of South Carolina, who was a clerk at post headquarters. Both men had been drinking freely of the contraband liquor sold by the negroes near the post. Finally the third victim, a private, died, and it was rumored the deaths were the result of a conspiracy on the part of the negroes to avenge alleged indignities. All of the victims are said to have died in extreme agony. All the circumstances went to show that the men did not die of alcoholism, but had been poisoned. The greatest consternation prevails at the post and in Beaufort.

LOT SAVES A FORTUNE. Chicago Real Estate the Means of a Man's Salvation. A piece of Chicago realty which John A. McShane was on the point of losing through foreclosure has redeemed his broken fortunes and made him a millionaire. Mr. McShane, who was formerly United States Congressman from Nebraska, was. prior to the hard times, one of the wealthiest men in the State. He was overburdened with mortgages and taxes, however, and the Chicago land was the final remnant of his fortune. This he traded before the great oil boom in February for a lease near Beaumont, Texas, and has realized on it a little over $1,000,000. Mr. McShane moved from Omaha to Chicago several years ago, but Is now in the latter city. Mr. McShane was backed by Kountze Brothers of New York and Omaha. TRAIN ROBBERS ARE FOILED. Attempt to Blow Up Bridge in Wyoming a Failure. An attempt to blow up a bridge and wreck an express train on the Union Pacific six miles east of Green river, Wyoming, was frustrated by the accidental discovery of 800 pounds of dynamite hidden in a deep ravine. The explosive was removed to another place and officers set to watch. Two men mounted and heavily armed went to the spot where the dynamite was found. When they discovered that the powder had been moved they put spurs to their horses and fled to the mountains. TRAGEDY NEAR NEWPORT, OHIO. Robert Arey Kills James A. Hamilton and Himself. James A. Hamilton, separated from his wife and desiring to obtain proof against her in divorce proceedings, took a witness and watched her house one night, two miles north of Newport, Ohio. At 2 a. m. he saw Robert Arey appear at a rear door of the house. An encounted followed. Hamilton was shot and killed, and Arey then shot himself and died.

Three Men Killed in a Fight. Two men were killed and one mortally woundeded at Corbin, Ky., in a fight growing out of an attempt to arrest Andy Cox. Deputy Sheriff Branham demanded his surrender. Cox’s reply was a bullet, which instantly killed Branham, and Cox then turned and fired on Chief of Police Silas Wilder, who was advancing on him with a drawn pistol. Wilder was mortally wounded, but killed Cox by shooting him through the heart. Bnrned in an Alcohol Bath. Weir Allen, a 9-year-old deaf mute, was burned to death at the State institute for the deaf, dumb and blind, at Berkeley, Cal. The boy was being bathed in alcohol by George Hoffman, an attendant. Hoffman lighted a cigarette and threw the match in the alcohol, which immediately took fire. Tries Hard to Kill Wife. Adelarro Joyal, a Canadian Frenchman, -who recently commenced a divorce suit at St. Cloud, Minn., against his wife, nearly succeeded in an attempt to kill her, shooting her ten times. * However, the doctor says she may recover. Joyal is in jail. Jealousy was the cause of his crime. Oregon Home Ahead of Time. The battleship Oregon has arrived at San Francisco from the Orient. Preparations had been made to make the homecoming of the famous vessel memorable, but they were anticipated by the arrival of the vessel twenty-four hours earlier than was expected. Officers Kill an Outlaw. In a fight between officers and desperadoes at Metcalf, Ariz., Antonio Teareal, one of the outlaws, was killed and one of his companions pounded. Teareal and three others were wanted on several charges of roberry. Veteran Fire Chief Resigns. Fire Chief Swenie has resigned command of the Chicago fire department after fifty-one years of service. The step was taken on the advice of his physicians. ■ * Little Girl Burns to Death, The 6-year-old daughter of Frank Wakerman was burned to death in Anderson, Ind., and in trying to save the child the mother was so terribly burned that she will probably die. Fine nnd Imprisonment. Loveless, Weber and Kanter of Chicago have been found guilty of conspiracy and tampering with civil service and sentenced to the penitentiary and to pay a fine of SI,OOO each. Platt Amendment Is Accepted. The Cuban constitutional convention baa accepted the Platt amendment by a vote of 10 to 11. The resolution to accept was carried without discussion.

THE MARKETS

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.20; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $6.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,40 cto 41c; oats, No. 2,26 e to 27c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 49c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 10c; potatoes, 60c to 71c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $4.00 to $5.85; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 70c; com, No. 2 42c to 43c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to" 30c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $6.10; hogs. $3.00 to $0.05; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,67 cto 68c; corn, No. 2, 39c to 40c; oats, No. 2,27 cto 28e; rye, c No. 2,52 cto 53c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $6.05; sheep, $3.00 to $3.65; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; com, No. 2 mixed, 43c to 44c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. 2,58 cto 59c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.10; hog's, $3.00 to $5.80; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,71 cto <2c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c; rye, 55c to 56c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No„ 2,52 c to 53c; clover seed, prime, $6.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 3,40 cto 41c; oats. No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 1,51 c to 52c; barley, No. 2,55 cto 56c; pork, mess, $14.65. Buffalo— Cattle, choice shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.45; hogs, fair to prime, $3.00 to $6.20; sheep, fair to choice, $3.50 to $4.25; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.15. New York—Cattle, $3.75 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $6.35; sheep, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; com, No. 2, 46c to 47c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; butter, creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, western,' 14c to 15c. HEIRS WILL jj 1 VIDE MILLIONS. Gilman’s $5,000,000 Estate Already Apportioned in Connecticut. Frazier Gilman, half-brother of the late millionaire tea merchant of Bridgeport, George Francis Gilman, has reached New York from Georgia to confer with certain of the full-blood relatives with a view to settling the dissensions among the various members of the family. He said: “We have reached a virtual agreement, according to which the estate is to be divided equally among the full-blood and half-blood heirs. The Connecticut laws may administer the estate in one way, but the family will divide up the money in its own way after the laws get through. We don’t want to have any lawsuit in this matter. We find that the estate is worth about $5,000,000.”

WINS BRIDE LIKE LOCHINVAR. lowan Induces Girl to Elope Three Days Before Wedding. When Miss Irene Wood, a pretty school teacher of Leadville, Colo., sent out invitations to her wedding with Jesse Irons, a mine owner of Aspen, she sent one to ; her old fiance in lowa, C. A. Peterson, a farmer living near Mount Aetna. Instead of writing to congratulate her Peterson took the next train to Leadville, met Miss Wood, pressed his suit with such success that just bpfore Irons arrived in Leadville to wed his fiancee this young Loehinvar, who came out of the East, and Miss Wood were on their way to Denver, where they were married by Itev. M. A. Rader. Refuse to Take Oath of Office. By a vote of 50 to 37 the constitutional convention which assembled in Richmond, Va., declined to take the- oath of office which involves a pledge to support . the constitution of the United States. The reason given was that it might interfere with the avowed purpose of the convention, which is the disfranchisement of the negro.

Live Wire Kills a Woman. Miss Lucy Hanna, bookkeeper of the Marietta, Ohio, Daily Register, was killed by a shock from a live wire on an incandescent lamp. Heavy electrical storms put the transformer out of order. Miss Hanna stepped on an iron door sill with the heavily charged wire in her hand and was killed instantly. Kills His Mot her-lu-Law. - Crazed by love for his young wife, whom it is said he had driven from his home in Chicago, Robert Fulford, a prosperous Chicago contractor, killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. Jennie McCord, and then blew out his brains. The tragedy occurred on the McCord farm at Ilderton, near London. Ont. News of Suicid s Suppressed. An epiflemia of suicides, which has caused in the towns and county two dozen suicides or attempts in as many months, has led the Mayor and Board of Health of Emporia, Kan., to forbid the publication of details of the crimes in local papers. Brinies Suit for Alimony. Clara B. Newberry filed a suit in Sandusky, Ohio, against Spencer B. Newberry and others praying for alimony and an injunction. Mrs. Newberry is a daughter of Andrew D. White, United States ambassador to Germany and former president of Cornell. Wealthy Farmer Hangs Himself. H. M. Engle, a wealthy farmer living near Rochester, Minn., committed suicide by hanging himself in his barn while his family were away on a Sunday school picnic. ' Murder and 6uicide. Lewis Hartman, a New York commercial traveler, killed Rose Violetta, an actress, at the Great Northern Hotel, in Chicago, and committed suicide.

RICH MAN’S SON IS CAUGHT. M. C. Findlay, Jr., Captured After a Chase—Forgery 1b Charged. Melville Chester Findlay, Jr., son, of a wealthy Kansas City business man, is under arrest in Chicago charged with passing a forged draft on Capper & Capper. The clerk who accepted the worthless paper saw Findlay standing on the street in the evening and started after him crying “Stop, thief!” The chase was taken up by several policemen, followed by a crowd of men, and Findlay wa« finally cornered in a blind alley, where he surrendered. The prisoner has been in* similar trouble before. Dispatches from St. Paul say Findlay went by the name of Melville Chester, Jr., there and ljater sailed under the alias of Jordan J. Hill, claiming to be a relative of James J. Hill, president of the Great Northern Railroad. The young man will be held for several forgeries alleged to have been committed in Chicago within the last year. MISS E. M. FLAGLER MARRIED. Gainei Notoriety Six Years Ago by Killing a Colored Boy. Miss Elizabeth M. Flagler, daughter of the late Gctn. D. W. Flagler, was married in Washington to Dr. George W. McKeen Of Badeek, Cape Breton. Six years ago Miss Flagler was the.central figure in a peculiar murder trial, and being one of the belles of the capital, attracted much attention. She shot a colored boy who was stealing apples from her father's'~#rchard, and after a long hearing was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter, fined SSOO and held in custody in the court house for one hour. Miss Flagler retired from society after the trial, and was next heard from ministering to the poor of Canadian seaports. It was at one of these places she met Dr. McKeen.

SCHOONER LOf-Tf• MEN DROWNED. Surviving Women and Children Left on Cabot Island for Two Days. The schooner Czar, bound to Labrador with fishermen and their families, seventy persons altogether, was driven ashore on Cabot Island, on the north coast of Newfoundland, in a dense fog and gale. Four men wore drowned and six others were injured, but the women and children were all landed safely. The survivors were on the island two days without food or shelter. Then another vessel, passing toward Labrador, sighted their distress signals, rescued them, and landed them on the mainland, whence they will return home on board a mail steamer. The Czar became a total wreck and those on board of her lost all their belongings. Indians Are Not Hostile. Reports of troubles with the Indians near Fort Washakie, Wyo., are unfounded. Col. Jesse M. Lee, commandant at Fort Leavenworth, asserts that the Indians have made complaint that the agent has not given them sufficient seed grain to plant and thereby raise their crops, but this is found to be simply a complaint Train Wreckers Are Foiled. An attempt was made to wreck the Philadelphia express on the Pennsylvania Railroad near Christiana, Pa. The train was preceded a few minutes by a slow freight train, drawn by one of the heavy locomotives. This struck the obstruction and cleared the track without doing any serious damage. 1 ■ S Deed of Jealous Husband. Crazed by jealousy, Elijah Heathcote. a Des Moines, lowa, contractor, entered the apartments of his wife in the Darrow block shortly after midnight the other night and poured the contents of his revolver into her body. Four bullets took effect. The couple had quarreled frequently of late. Bullet in His Brain. Frederick G. Roelker, one of the bestknown members of the Cincinnati bar, was found in bis bedroom with a bullet in his brain. The first impression was that it was a case of suicide, but the family physician after an examination stated that the shooting was accidental. Corn Speculator Speaks. George H. Phillips, the Chicago corn operator, was given a banquet by National Grain Growers’ Association at Minneapolis. In a speech he advocated the establishment at Chicago of immense government granaries and a $50,000,000 farmers’ bank.-

Robbed on “L” Road Platform. After beating and robbing J. L. Travis on the platform of the Twenty-sixth street station of the Alley “L” road in Chicago, two colored highwaymen ran along the elevated structure to Twentysecond street and then disappeared. The robbers stole a gold watch and sl2. Trainmen In a Wreck. A head-end collision occurred on the Louisville and Nashville railroad two miles south of Colesburg. Ky., between a, freight engine and a south-bound passenger train. No passengers were hurt, but seven trainmen were injured, none seriously. Insurance Conspirator* Are Guilty. Unger and Brown were found guilty in insurance conspiracy case in Chicago, the jury being out but fifty-five minutes. Judge Tuley ordered the Indictment of Weckler, who conducted the Bpurious inquest on Marie Defenbach. Naval Commander Kidnaped. Commander B. F. Tilly of the United States navy was kidnaped in San Francisco by two thugs \yho gave him knockout drops and left him in an insensible condition the sea wall, where he was found. ■ Man Killed by a Street Car. Russell Bement, aged 26 years, was killed by a street car in Terre Hauta. He was the youngest son of George W. Bement, one of the leading business men in western Indiana.

ACCEPTED BY CUBA.

PLATT AMENDMENT ADDED TO ISLAND CONSTI+UfION, A ' V By a Vote of 16 to 11 the Constitutional Convention Decides in Favor of Adopting the Provisions of the ** ms , i Measure Entire. After a short session in Havana Wednesday, the Cuban constitutional convention voted that the Platt amendment, just as it Stands, be added to the constitution. The resolution had a preamble referring to the joint resolution of Congress, the treaty of Paris, and the Platt amendment. The vote was 16 to 13. The Radicals made no opposition. Many Spaniards, Cubans and Americans hoped that the amendment would be rejected, .and thus, perhaps, annexation would Anne about. It is stated that the Radicals were more relieved after the amendment had been accepted than were the Conservatives. According to the provisions of the Platt amendment Cuba concedes the following: Cuba will make no treaties with foreign powers without the consent of the United States. The United States may Intervene by arm or otherw-lse to preserve peace and to ensure the proper sanitation of the Island. The United State® will select such nakal stations In Cuba as It may dc6lre. The Isle of Pines will remain United States property. The letter of Secretary erf War Root is published. It points out that the formed resolution, with the explanations attached, so changed the provisions of the Platt amendment that it was not the same as that passed by Congress. It added that President McKinley could not withdraw the troops unless the Platt amendment was incorporated in the constitution. It further says that the President is not authorized to act until the government is established. When that is done it will be his duty to see whether the constitution contains the Platt amendment as part of itself. In case the convention did not change its former resolution then the President could not remove the troops, as the former resolution altered the Platt amendment. Some of the delegates argued that then, though the amendment-was not accepted, a government might be established.' The convention will now appoint a commission to draw up the electoral law. The news of the adoption of the Platt amendment by the Cuban constitutional convention was received with gratification in Washington. Now that the Cubans have demonstrated their good faith in the United States, it is expected that a fairly speedy evacuation of the island will follow, contingent only upon the establishment of a stable government in the island. One cabinet officer, speaking of the matter, expressed the opinion that if the other requirements are met the withdrawal of United States troops might be accomplished during ■ the summer, and that Cuban independence might be a reality by next autumn.

NEWS FROM OUR COLONIES.

“It is no wonder our soldiers in the Philippines think an American apple food for the gods when you look at the thing those Filipinos call an apple,” said one of the chiefs of the Department of Agriculture as he held up for inspection an article that looked for all the world like a lemon that had been left on a pic-' nic ground. It was as fine a specimen when put on one of the government transports for shipment to the United States as could be found in a Philippine orchard, but it was of a decidedly perishable nature, and even had it been judiciously packed could not have stpod the long voyage without serious damage. When it arrived a few worm holes and a small core attached to a bit of skin were all that remained to tell the story. Our soldiers beg for apples, real American apples, as a hungry man would for bread, while the most luscious tropical fruits hang all about them.

The repulsive bat they have in the Philippines grows to the size of the American chicken hawk. They are eaten by the natives, -though not by those of the better class. The cities, towns and barrios are overrun with the creatures, which are very stupid and easily killed with a pole. Only a small part of the carcass is eaten, all but a portion of each side being thrown away. Of the 953,243 population of Porto Rico only 75,000 live in cities. On the island but 100 miles long and 36 wide are 40.000 district farni6 and one-fifth of the island under cultivation. The average size of a farm in Porto Rjco is forty-five acres, of which twelve are cultivated. Seventy-) one per cent of these Porto Rican farms are owned by whites. Ninety-three per cent of all the farms are cultivated by their owuerrf, a higher rate of owner-cul-tivation than the United States can show, where the proportion is but 72 per cent. Thirty-eight per cent of the Porto Ricans are colored. In Porto Rico 83 per cent of the colored people are of mixed blood. The percentage of illiteracy in Porto Rico is very high—about 84.

Gov. Allen of Porto Rico speaks plainly in presenting the reason why this island has been at a practical standstill for nearly four centuries, nnd says that In a climate where a man can lie in a hnmniock, pick a banana with one hand and dig a sweet potnto with one foot, the incentive to idleness is easy to yield to and* brings its inevitable consequences. He urges the introduction of fresh blood end Anglo-Saxon push and energy as a means of dispelling the lethargy and developing the riches 6f the country’ to their fullest measure.

Y. M. C. A. MEET CLOSES.

Qreftteit Gathering in History of Or* gani station Comes to an Bnd. The greatest convention in the history of the Y. M. C. A. Hosed in Boston Sunday night, .Just before the convention adjourned each of the fifteen foreign delegates spoke to the convention in their native tongue on the text which in English means “One Is Our Master, Even Christ, and We Are Brethren.” It was a dramatic dose to what will long be known as a memorable convention. John R. Mott of New York, international secretary of college work, made an eloquent plea for funds. “There are 200 cities in the world,” said he, “with a population of 100,000 or over without a y. M. C. A., and we should send out not less than 100 secretaries to this field. We should send men to Mexico, the Philippines, to a new regenerated China, to Japan, to India, and to the Levant. It is our aim to raise up in these countries native teachers and leaders who will then convert their own people. Our great needs are money and men.” Papers for pledges to raise $25,000 to send out additional secretaries across the seas were then passed to the emonvention, and in seven minutes $12,700 was secured in pledges. This was raised to more than $15,000 before the meeting closed, and it is understood that more money • will be forthcoming. Several gifts were for sl,000 and many for SIOO. In the afternoon one of the largest mass meetings for men ever helfl in Boston was conducted in Mechanics' building. There were at least 5.000 men in attendance. The exercises were in the hands of Fred B. Smith of Chicago, who made an earnest appeal for those in the audience who were not Christians to lead an upright life. As a result of his exhortation about fifty men came forward and signified their desire to lead a better life.

MRS. KENNEDY GUILTY.

Kansas Citv Woman Given Ten Years in Prison for Vnrder. Following the conviction at Kansas City of Mrs. Lulu Prince Kennedy of the murder of her husband, and the imposi-

MRS. LULU KENNEDY.

The jury took six ballots. The first stood ten to two for conviction. They stood that way until the last ballot, when all voted for conviction. Mrs. Kennedy remained perfectly culm while the sentence was read. She took her conviction with the stoicism which has been a feature of the-,trial. She was led back to her old cell without loss of time. Lulu Prince Kennedy had been Philip Kennedy’s wife for five weeks when she called him from his office on Jan. 10 and fired six shots at him with a revolver. Four bullets entered his body. He died on the spot. She was immediately ar-rested./--Her marriage with Kennedy had been forced on the man by her father and two brothers. It took place Dec. 4. Kennedy never lived with his wife, and a week before the shooting he filed suit to have the marriage annulled.

MURDERS BY FILIPINOS.

Shocking: Crimes Are Committed by Organized Panin. A Philippine mail brings to the War Department the records in eleven cases wherein Filipinos were tried by military commissions on charges including murder, kidnaping, assuult nnd battery, burglary and violation of the rules of war. especially notable case arose out of the operations of a famous oath-bound band of Filipinos called the society of the “Snndatahans.” The principal officers of this society, next to a triumvirate of chiefs, are a chief executioner and assistants, and a requisite number of grave diggers who participate in the selfappointed work of the band. The leaders select their victim, capture and carry him away in the night to a secret rendezvous on a sandy beach covered with very tall grass, where the diggers already have prepared a grave. Here, in the presence of the assembled band, helpless men and women from time to time have been stabbed to death nnd tossed into the graves. The members of the band thefi disperse, and trust to the rise nnd fall of the near-by waters to hide the evidence of their ghastly work. Ten members of the band, including two of the chiefs, were tried before a military commission, and eight of them were sentenced to be hanged.

BOERS GIVE HARD BLOWS

Victorian Rifles Surprised in Camp and Nearly Annihilated. Lord Kitchener has cabled from Pretoria as follows: "Near Welmansrust, twenty miles south of Middleburg, 250 Victorian mounted rifles from Gen. Beaston's column were surprised in camp at Steenkoolspruit by a superior force of Boers at 7:30 p. in., June 12. The enemy crept up to within short range and poured a deadly' fire into the camp, killing two officers and sixteen men, and wound* ing four officers nnd thirty-eight men, of whom twenty-eight were slightly wounded. Only two officers and fifty men escaped to Gen. Beaston's camp. The remainder were taken prisoners nnd released. Two pompoms were, captured by the enemy. Full detuils’have not yet been received." The serious reverse which Lord Kitchener reports is the first uccident of the kind that has happened to the Australian contingent, and it is supposed to be due to neglect qt proper picketing. Although it is offset by the defeat inflicted upon De Wet, the loss of the guns Is regarded as a serious matter which/ will encourage the Boers to continue the struggle.

Told in a Few Lines.

The volcano of Keloet, In Java, is again in eruption, and it is reported that many lives have Iteen lost. President Diaz of Mexico may be called upon to settle the discord among the Latin-American countries. The Servant Girls’ Union of St. Paul has fifty-three members, while its auxiliary in Minneapolis counts up 300. Gen. Weyler is planning three army corps for Spain “capable of repelling any invasion without extraordinary expenditures.”

tion in her case of a sentence of ten years in the penitentiary, the State’s Attorney announced that he would at once force her father and two brothers to trial on charge of complicity in the killing.