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THE MORNING OREGOXTAN. SATURDAY, MAT 19, 1900. PANAMA CANAL PLOT Senator Morgan Says a Gigan tic Conspiracy Exists. HE CALLS FOR AN INVESTIGATION XcCeraber's Speech for Expansion Continuation of the -PncaiMatic Tube Discussion. WASHINGTON, May IS. Soon after the" Senate convened today", Morgan (Dem. Ala.), pbairman of the commiaee on inter-oceanic canals, offered a resolution di recting the committeefco- make an inves tigation, sweeping in Its character, of the dealings of individuals or corporations with a view to monopolizing a snip canal at Panama or Jn Nicaragua, and ivhetner Ihe Individuals or corporations propose to obstruct the United Slates in the construc tion of an isthmian canal. Morgan ?.a.ed that the object of the Inquiry proposed lb to enable the. President of the United' States to check and destroy a conspiracy founded on fraud, corruption and arro gance, against the highest rlgh.s and privileges of the people and Government of the United States. Discussing the resolution, Morgan said the old Panama Canal Company was char tered under the laws of France. A syn dicate four years ago purchased the as sets of the old company and reorganized under the name of the new Panama Canal Company. This syndicate had of fered to permit the United States to share In its work so far as it was ab!e without violating Its concessions, which -svou.d have to be scrupulously observed. This proposition w&6 made, be said, when it was realized that the New Panama Canal Company was approaching "bankruptcy. It could not be considered by tne United States, he said, without involving the United States in serious trouble with France, as the 5000 or more French share holders of the old company would, also share In the new company, and the United States could not, anjhow, identify itself with a corporation organized, as had been suggested, under the laws of New Jersey or some other state. "The propos.tion," declared Morgan, "is so absurd that it would not receive a min ute's consideration were it not ihat it is ibelng pressed at every possible point, and at every possible moment of time." He invited attention to the charters of the canal companies organized in New Jersey, saying Congress should make a rigid examination of the subject and hrcak down and check the greatest and most comprehensive monopoly ever organ ized under the laws of New Jersey. Sen ator Morgan said be did not propose to de lay action upon the psnding Nicaragua Canal bill until this Investigation was concluded. The resolut.ou was referred. McCumber (Rep. N. D.) addressed the Senate on the Philippine question. He eald it was to our commercial, financial and naval interests to retain the Islands. Having incidentally remarked that he thought all the people of the Union were happy now to he under one flag and one Government. Tillman (Dcm. S. C.) Inter rupted McCumber and declared that not 10 per cent, he might say not 5 per cont, of the white people of the South were to "day glad that the Confederacy had been defeated, or what they fought for had 'been rejected. Butler (Pop. N. C.) Interrupted to say that he could not corroborate the state ment of Tillman. A minute later, when Caffery (Dem. La.) rose to make an inquiry. Wolcott (Rep. Colo.) asked h'.m if he shared In the opin ion that 95 per cent of the SoutheFn white people regretted now that the rebellion had failed, and that the Union remained undivided. "I do not," replied Cattery. Mason (Rep. 111.) then resumed his dis cussion of the committee amendment pro viding for the extension of the pneumat c tube service. He defended Mllholland against insinuations. Chandler (Rep. N. H.) declared this use ful invention should not be abandoned any more than we should abandon electr.c lights of telephones or automobiles. Chandler commented upon the extraordi nary delay of the postal committee, of which Wolcott is chairman, in not making a report, which delay, he said, permitted the railroads to increase their vast re ceipts for carrying the mails, and at the same time prevented an adequate under standing of the merits of the pneumatic tube service. He ballcved the railroads had much to do with the difficulties Con gress encountered in dealing with these Questions. Hale (Rep. Me.) protested against load ing flown the hill with "a mere fanciful scheme" which had been advanced he lore Congress with the most "brazen ef frontery." Carter (Rep. Mont.) said the difficulties of the chairman of the postofflce com mittee (Wolcott) with the members of the committee did not reflect creut upon that Senator. He had attacked private character 'with that Immunity given those speaking in public debate, and Instead of presenting facts had Indulged in ponderous declamation. Carter said that the exten sion of the tube service would to some extent add competition to the telegraph and express companies, and this, the Sen ator thought, might account for some of the opposition to the sys'em. Lodge (Rep. Mass.) said the system had operated to advantage in Boston, but he could not vote for this loosely-worded amendment providing an extension com mitting the Government to enormous ex pense. Hoar (Rep. Mans.) suggested a provis ion that any extension of the service be limited to $12,000 a mile. Wolcott said ho would not be diverted by the grossly unjust and unfounded remarks Of the Senator from Montana (Carter), nor of the charge of the Senator from New Hahmpshlre (Chandler) that the railroads were behind the opposition. The railroads had no more to do with It than ihey had in fixing the color of the stamps. Mason offered an amendment providing that In any extension of the service the-1 rental shall not exceed 10 per cent of the actual cost of construction and main tenance, plus the actual cost of opera tion. The matter went over without final action. The hill to enlarge the powers of the Department of Agriculture, prohibiting the transportation by Interstate commerce of game killed in violation of local law, was passed. The Senate, at 5:50 P. M., adjourned. TO MEET THE XEELY CASE. Bill Introduced In the Home by Con gressman Ray. WASHINGTON. May IS. In accordance with the request of Attorney-General Griggs, the Judiciary- committee of the House considered means to deal with the Neely case and like offenses arising in Cuba. The need of action was argued by the Attorney-General In a letter to Chair man Ray, of the committee. In which he $atd: "Recent offenses of a criminal nature committed bv an employe of the postal senice In Cuba, who has fled from Justice there and taken refuge in the United States, make it my duty to call your at tention to the fact that the application of the present extradition laws of the United States Is in a condition of doubt and uncertainty which makes It embarrassing to the Department of Justice to secure the prompt return of such offenders to the Jurisdiction in which they should be tried. It is obvious that the laws of the United States ought to provide a sure and speedy return Of fugitives from Jus tice who flee from Cuba and seek refuge In the United States. I have drafted ,an act which will make the course of proce dure In such matters sure and certain, and I respectfully ask that It be considered by your committee, and. If found expedient, that it be introduced and passed as speed ily as possible." The Attorney-General's bill, besides pro viding for extradition In the case of all felonies and other crimes, past and future, against the penal code or the laws In force on the Island of Cuba, contains a section relating to the extradition of fugitives be tween the states and territories and the islands in the possession of the United States under the treaty of Paris. 'The discussion before the committee took a wide range, covering the status of those officials who are performing civil functions while the Island is under mili tary control. Some of the members re garded this military authority as so com plete that It covered the cases of "Neely and others and would permit the mil itary branch to take Neely In this coun try and, return him to Cuba. The view was general that the situation In Cuba was most extraordinary and complicated os whllo Spain had relinquished sover eignty, the United States had not assumed sovereignty, and the United States had not organized a sovereign government. Chairman Ray laTd before the committee -a brief bill, having but one section, and providing, for the surrender of offending officials of, Cuba, when fleeing into tho United States. This and tht Attorney General's bill were considered at length. Representative BromwelL of Ohio, made an earnest speech in favor of Immediately reimbursing the Cuban postal fund by the amounts misappropriated. He said gcod faith required this to be done, and that tho Cubans must be made to understand that Cuba was being dealt with in tho strictest honesty. Bromwell believed such a course would speed the day of annexa tion, if such was to be the outcome, by giving the Cubans confidence in our fair dealings. Pending the Inquiry by the sub committee, no action was taken on the Bromwell resolution, 'and the subject will come up again next Tuesday. Chairman Ray, of the Judiciary commit tee, later perfected his bill and Introduced it in the House. It adds to section 52T0 of the statutes the following: "Provided, that whenever any foreign country or territory or any part thereot Is under the control or temporary govern ment qf the United States, and tho United States, by act of Congress or through Its military power or otherwise, has estab lished or authorized Government control over the same. In whole or in part, any perron who commits an offense and flees to the United States shall be surrendered to the authorities of the United States and returned and ..surrendered to the authori ties in control of euch foreign country or territory for trial under the laws recog nized and in force In the place where such crime was committed." IX THE HOUSE. Dill Passed to Pay Confederate Sol dlcrH for Losses in Civil War. WASHINGTON, May IS. For the first time since the Rebellion, the House to day passed a measure to pay Confederate soldiers for losses growing out of the Civil War. It was a bill introduced by Cox (Dem. Tenn.) to pay the Confederate soldiers who surrendered at Appomattox for the loss of horses and other pergonal effects taken from them in violation of Lee's capitulation to Grant, by which the officers and men of Lee's army were al lowed to retain their baggage, side arms and horses. The bill originally carr.ed ?200,OOP, but the specific sum was stricken out and the appropriation was made in definite. The bill was passed out ot Its order as a special compliment to Cox, who, after 10 years of service in the House, Is to retire at the end of his pres ent term. Many other claim hills were passed. A bill to reimburse Colonel Charles B. Dougherty and other members of the Ninth Pennsylvania Regiment for ' bag gage destroyed at the opening of the1 Spanish War, was favorahly reported, but not reached when the House, at 5:25 P. M., adjourned. JAPANESE IMMIGRATION. Seven Thousand Came la the Last Ten Months. WASHINGTON, May IS. In response to the Senate resolution of the 16th, the Secretary of the Treasury today sent to the Senate a statement from the Com-mlssloner-Genecal of Immigration con cerning the Immigration to the United States of Japanese laborers. From, this statement it appears that 2230 of t,hese laborers arrived in 1S9S; S3S5 in 1SD9, and for the 10 months ending April 50,. 1900, 71SL These figures indicate only those who have come direct to the United States from "Japan, but do not embrace those reaching this country via Canada. How many there are coming In this way the department does not know, but the commissioner expresses the opinion that the number Is large. The opinion Is ex pressed that there will be large Increases the coming year. He also states that strict examination Is made to prevent the entrance of laborers under contract. BOERS ARE DISCOURAGED. Peace Party Being: Formed at Pre toria. LONDON, May IS. The latest news from South Africa and details of past opera tions tend to confirm the view that the end of the war Is within measurable dis tance. From Kroonstad comes a story at tributed to excellent authority to the ef fect that a peace party is being formed at Pretoria, while reports from Pretoria Itself Indicate discouragement at tho re cent reverses and the possibility of an early suing for peace. On the line of Lord Roberts advance the Boers have blown up a bridge over tho Rhenoster River, 37 miles north of Kroon stad. The following Is the text of Lord Rob erts dispatch to the War Office: "Kroonstad, May IS. Methuen entered Hoopstad yesterday unopposed. Generals Duprey and Daniels ana 40 men have sur rendered. Broadwood occupied Lindley yesterday after slight opposition. Only two of our men were wounded slightly. Steyn was not there, and his government officials had left last Sunday. Hutton'a Mounted Infantry yesterday surprised and captured, about 30 miles northwest of this place. Commandant Botha, Field Cornet Gassen, five Johannesburg policemen and 17 Boers. There were no casualties on our side. Buller Teports that several Natal farmers are handing In arms." A special dispatch from Lourenco Marques, dated yesterday, says: - "The last 500 refugees who arrived here agree in stating that Mafeking has been relieved. The end of the war Is antici pated by the Queen's birthday. May 24." The Taking: of Dannhnnser. DANNHAUSER, Thursday, May 17. General Buller entered Dannhauser at 10 o'clock this morning. The houses in the town were found to be not much damaged, owing to the sympathies of the Boer in habitants. A number of rebels were found at their homes and arrested. The railway is little damaged. The Boers north of Newcastle are fall ing: back. General Buller has received a message from the Queen congratulating him upon the taking- of Dundee, and expressing ap preciation of the work, of the troops, to which he has replied. Tho Boers left two doctors and an am bulance here. " Mexican Steel Plant. CITY OF MEXICO. May IS. A deal is pending for the transfer from the hands of local capitalists in Monterey of the steel plant there to the WeUman-Seaver Engineering Company, of Cleveland, O The authorized capital for the Monterey company is $10,000,000. 5crroHR or Sick Headache Cured Instantly with Wright's Paragon Headache and Neuralgia Cure. Druggists. HfcARINQ OF REPORTS PJREVCIPAIi JBOSIXESS BEFORE THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY. Administration Praised Cor Closing the American Building at the Paris Exposition on Sundays. ST. LOUIS, May IS. A very consider able part of today's session of the Pres byterian General Assembly was spent In considering the report of the special com mittee on Sabbath observance. During the discussion high praise was accorded to President McKinley and Secretary Hay for the Instructions sent to Commlssionei Peck, of the Paris exposition, and to Am bassador Porter at Paris, touching the closing of the United States pavilion and offices at the exposition on Sundays. Rev. Dickey, the new moderator, ap pointed James H. Converse, of Phila delphia, vice-moderator. He also an nounced the chairmen, of several com mittees. Report of Board- of "Education. The eighty-first annual report of tho board of education says: . "The year has been marked" by unusual interest In the cause of ministerial edu cation. Some speak of an oversupply of ministers, while some express the most serious anxiety and alarm over the fact that for several years there has been here and abroad a steady decline in the num ber of candidates. Some, again, are rais ing the question whether the present min istry Is equal to the emergencies which have arisen In the business, social and religious "world of our time. The Inter Presbyterian Conference on the subject o education- for the ministry, held In Rev. Dr. Roliert F. Sample, the Re tiring: Moderator. June, at Sewickley, Pa., and the appoint ment by the general assembly of 1699 of a special committee on the same subject, are among the tokens of thfs unusual in terest. While one cannot but bo Im pressed by the high standing of almost all members of the present ministerial force, occasional exceptions are to be found. No amount of care will prevent such exceptions altogether; but the church looks to Presbyterians, to the fac ulties of our colleges and seminaries, and to the Board of Education, as the parties on whom she must depend In her effort to reduce such exceptions to a minimum. The following- recommendations of the Se wickley conference are specially worth tho consideration of- Presbyterians: First Enlarge and strengthen the committee of education. Second Entrust to them the examination of candidates as to piety and motives for seeking the ministry. Third Hold special meetings for the examina tions of candidates for licensure and ordi nation. Fourth Combine written with oral examinations. Fifth Provide for an unusual sermon on ministerial education. Sixth Maintain correspondence with oth er presbyteries that a common standard may bo preserved. "Co-operation in the adoption of com mon measures for keeping up a high standard of piety and learning is of the first importance. It should be no easier for a candidate to be passed in his exam inations In one presbytery than In anoth er; and It ought never to be forgotten that an Imperfectly qualified man, thoughtlessly ordained for the exigencies of some particular field may. In a month or two, be asking a letter of dismission to another presbytery, which will be ex pected to accept him with all his disabil ities. "The calculation as to receipts and ex penditures was made last June, and formed the basis of appropriations for the year. It was assumed, as a matter of prudence, that the receipts from ordinary sources would not exceed those of the previous year, and that no large Individ ual contributions were to be expected. The contributions from the churches, Sabbath schools and societies proved to be about $2000 more than the year before. This sum, together with an Individual contribution of $5000. recently received, enabled the board to close its accounts with all obligations met and a balance of over $7000 In the treasury. This state of things gives rise to the hope that, with continued good receipts from the churches, there may be release in some measure from the painful restrictions which have hampered the work of the board for several years. The total re ceipts for the year were $77.77310." Treasurer's Report. "Receipts and expenditures of tho Board of 'Education of the Presbyterian church In the United States for the year ending April 16. 1900: "Receipts Balance, from previous year, $52; from churches. Sabbath schools and young people's societies, $14.15114; from Individuals, miscellaneous, $S372 19; special for debt. $5137 0; special from an Indi vidual, $1500 $15.9uQ 69; from -Interest from investments. $9440 29; from Interest from bank balance. $31S 72; from legacies ($2300 for permanent fund). $6526 03; from mon eys refunded, $1417 23: from Investments paid in. $15.37S 75. Total, $93,193 96. "Expenditures To candidates, $51,449 S2; share of deficiency hi Assembly Herald, $551 27; annuities (during lifetime of do nors). $470; share in publishing and mail ing joint annual report, $153 4S; expenses on Investments (taxes. Insurance, assess ments and legal). $976 75; confession of faith (copies for students). $3S SS; publish ing a summary of receipts in Assembly Herald $13 SI; expenses of administra tion. $S665 91; permanent fund account Investments, including the Banks schol arship, $23,457 50; debtor, to cash, balance, $7216 4L Total. $93,193 S6." Report of Board of Publication. "The Sabbath school and missionary de partment has prosecuted its work in 24 synods, in portions of 32 states and terri tories, in Cuba and within the bounds of 72 presbyteries. It has now in the field 0 missionaries. The whole number of schools organized by them was 636; reor ganized. 32911(5. The number of teach ers gathered Into these schools was 3S37; of scholars. C6.276 10,113. The missiona ries also performed efficient work as evan gelists In visiting families and holding re ligious services In spiritually destitute neighborhoods. An exceedingly Interest ing and Important work, commenced last year. Is In the Island of Cuba, which has been successfully prosecuted through out the year covered by this report. The department commenced the operations of the year with a balance In the missionary fund of $20,603 93. It received, during; the k -- " 38! year, from all sources (other than the contribution from the business, department received on the last day of the year), $103, 784 47, which, together with the balance mentioned above, made a total of $124, SSS 40. It paid out during the year $115. 031 34, leaving a balance of J9327 OS on the last day of the year. To this Is added, In the treasurer's report, the contribu tion of the business department, made on the same day, of $16,567 15, making a total balance of J25.SM 24. "The editorial department Issued during tho year 14 new publications, including the school hymnal, the last of the series of hymnals; and revised editions of 'What I Is Presbyterian Law? by the Rev. J. Aspinwall Hodge, D. D., and The Gov ernment, Discipline and Worship of the Presbyterian Church, U. S. A. Reprints of 101 former publications have also been , Issued. The number of periodicals pub , llshcd was 12 eight lesson helps and four Illustrated papers. The business depart ment closed the year with net profits amounting to $24.8:9 77, of which .two thirds, or $15,567 IS were passed over to the Sabbath school and missionary de partment in accordance with the ordet of the general assembly, and $S3 53 were added to capital, increasing it to $2i0, 20015." The Methodist Conference. CHICAGO, May 18. Dr. Spellmeyer was In the lead on the third ballot taken for bishop In the Methodist conference this morning, but was still S4 votes short of election. The name of Dr. Bowen the colored candidate for Episcopacy, was withdrawn. The committee's report pro viding for two additional missionary bish ops for Asia was adopted. The ninth ballot was ordered, but the result will not be known until tomorrow. SALISBURY'S SPEECH. Intended to Weaken the Position of the Irish Party. NEW YORK, May IS. A dispatch to the World from London says: Tho Irish Parliamentary party leaders, John Redmond and John Dillon, regard the recent anti-home rule speeches of Sal isbury, Balfour and Chamberlain as sim ply a political move to weaken, if possi ble, the position of the Irish party, which In the next Parliament will command a solid phalanx of from SO to 85 votes. That party will not be committed to either the Liberals or the Tories, but In tho natural course of events Its strength must mainly be thrown for the Liberals, and may be the deciding factor. There always Is some secret movement in Ire land, but certainly It Is not sufficiently alive at the present, time to give the least ground for alarm. Lord Salisbury and his colleagues were getting- anxious about the possible elec toral effect of the wavo of pro-Irish sen. tlment caused by the gallantry of the Irish troops and the success of the Queen's visit. So they wished to check the spread ot the Idea fostered by the Daily Mail and other Unionist papers that the golden moment had coroo at which some large concession could safely be made In re sponse to the Irish National demand. Their anti-Irish utterances are regarded by the Irish leaders as calculated to act as tonics on the Irl9h Nationalists, pre venting -them from expecting anything from the British Parliament except what can be extorted by the exigencies of the English parties. BLESSING IN DISGUISE. Spain Will Profit liy the Loss of Her Colonies. NEW YORK. May 18. A dispatch to the Herald from London says: General Stewart L. Woodford, formerly United States Minister at Madrid, speak ing tonight to a correspondent, painted a, glowing picture of the future of Spain. "The loss of her colonies," he said, 'means Spain's national rejuvenation. Re lief after years of ceaseless, strength-sapping anxieties Incident to the government of her scattered island possessions, leaves her statesmen free to work out the des tiny 'of their own country. The war with the United States was a blessing in dis guise. "I have.unbounded faith In the nation's future. A Spaniard- is essentially honor able. He wants to pay his debts. He is jealous of his country's name and cred it. The present agitation because of in creased taxes will subside as soon as King Alfonso's eubjepts realize that additional revenue Is necessary to maintain the na tional honor." Federation In Danger. VICTORIA, B. C. May IS. According to news received by the Aorangi, the great project of the federation of the Australian colonies, which has been so strongly cher ished by the Imperial Federationists of Australia, seems likely to be defeated as a result of refusal of the colonies to ac cept the proposed amendments of Hon. Joseph Chamberlain to the federation or "commonwealth bill." A conference ol the Australian Premiers was held at Mel bourne two days prior to the sailing of the steamer, and no unanimity of opinion could be arrived at. Two Premiers were for the acceptance of the amendments and three against. The Premiers of the federating colonies protest against any alteration to the bill and throw- all the responsibility of the threatened defeat of the project upon the Imperial auhoritles. Nordlnnd Confessed. STOCKHOLM, May IS. A dispatch re ceived today from Eskllstavana says that Philip Nordlund. who was arrested there, has now fully confessed that he deliberate ly planned the crime he committed on board the steamer Prlns Carl, on Wednes day night, when he murdered seven men and a woman. Ho says he deliberately planned the crimes, and bought revolvers with the express intention of robbing another steamer at Orebro, after killing those on board, but he changed his mind and hoarded the Prinz Carl. He also ex pressed regret at the'fact that he had not killed every one on the Prlnz Carl. SIEGE IS RAISED. (Continued from First Page.) high officials purpose leaving almost im mediately for Lydenburg. The British prisoners will be conveyed there and the . foreign Consuls at Pretoria are leaving I for Lydenburg. In Kroonstad It Is said ! that President Kruger will surrender when Lord Roberts crosses the Transvaal frontier. Lord Roberts Is accumulating immense quantities of supplies, and the prepara tions for another movement are well ad vanced. The next stop will be Johannes burg. Two thousand men are working on the railway deviation at "Valsch River. There are 12,000 Boers at Rhenoster Spruit. Reconnoitering parries are sight ed dally by the British patrols. Commandant Nel. with the Johannes burg "Zarps." Is actively commandeering 15 miles northwest of Kroonstad. Desper ate efforts are beinff made by the Trans vaalers to get every man on the fighting line. AH exemptions have been canceled, The civil administration is reduced to the lowest limits. The oBers have dynamited Lalngs tun nel, and the railway Is completely wrecked. The work of repairs will occu py many weeks. The Boers now hold the best positions for defending the pass. A special dispatch from Kroonstad, dated Thursday, May 17, says: "A clear case of abuse of the white flag has been proved against some Boer prisoners. They will be punished. Lord Roberts Intends making an example of them. A British patrol was fired "upon from a house frying the white flag near Kllpfonteln. Three were wounded and three were captured. The bouse has been j burned." B ram- This condition of lassitude is positive proof of poor or .impnre blood. You cannot tMnk, ; your nerves are unstruhgit. is hard work to walk or work, you have, no endurance, no staying . power simply "because your -blood does not furnish: the required vigor and vitality. The very first thing you should do is to take Hood's Sarsaparilla to drive away the bad in the blood; vigor and strength will follow, bringing color to the cheek and firm ness and elasticity to the step; the head will become clear,, the .brain active, the nerves steady and the muscles strong. Hood's Will make you SYMPATHETIC STRIKE Alili LABOR TTXIOJiS IS ST. LOUIS WILL SUPPORT THE CAKMEX, Rioting: Brolce Oat .Afresh in Vari ous Parts of. the City Labor Con ventions at Denver. ST. LOUIS, May 19. A meeting of the Central Trades and Labor Union execu- j tlve boards 'was held last night at Wal- halla Hall, for the purpose of considering a strike In support of the railway em ployes who are on strike against .the St, ' Louis Transit Company. Tho delegates Indorsed the strike ot the former employes of the St. Louis Transit Company, and re solved to recommend to all members of trades and labor organisations In St. Louis that they hold themselves In readi ness to suspend labor when called upon to do so by the executive committees of the Central Trades And Labor Council, Building Trades Council and Street Rail way Men's Union. I Rioting? Hemmed Te'sterday. ST. LOUIS, May IS. There was no con? ference today between representatives of the striking street-car employes and of the St. Louis Transit Company, although President ,Hawes, of the Board of Police Commissioners, tried to get them together In still another meeting. The Federal grand Jury was In session all day today. It had under consideration the hindrances and obstructions to the United States mail caused hy the present street-car strike. Rioting broke out afresh today in vari ous part? of the city, and several casual ties of a severe nature were reported. At noon a crowd -of 400 or more men, women and boys congregated along Laclede ave nue between Grand and Theresa avenues and stopped the cars as they approached hy means of obstructions piled on the tracks. Persons In the crowd commenced throwing rocks, and some shots were fired. One of the bullets struck J. R. Richard son, a conductor, In the head. He is probably fatally wounded. A special offi cer on one of the cars was dragged oft and badly beaten, and several other motormen and conductors were assaulted. While, the turmoil was at its height, a detail of police came dashing up and charged the crowd. Two Imported employes of the Transit Company were shot while In charge ot street-cars. In neither case is the assail ant known. Guy Flcks, of Decatur, 111., employed as a guard, was shot through the thigh at Twenty-first and Morgan streets at 1:30 this afternoon. John Kenna, a saloon-keeper in Gratolt street, was probably fatally -wounded, and Robert Nelson, colored, and Emergency Officer Jacob Holllngsworth wounded, tonight In a riot at the south end of. Fourteenth-Street bridge. Kenna had been drinking hard for several days, and tonight, as a car on the Chouteau-Avenue division of the Transit Company was rounding the curve at Fourteenth and Gratolt streets, he stepped up to It, and. drawing a revolver, attempted to shoot the motorman. The car was going too fast for him, and he missed his mark. He then began shooting at tho conductor and Special Officer Holllngswprth. who was standing on the rear platform. The officer Jumped from the car, and, walking toward the intoxicated saloon-keeper, "be gan shooting at him. Four of his bullets struck Kenna's body. Kenna continued to shoot at the officer, and ihe last shot he fired struck Holllngsworth in the left hand. One bullet, which went wide, passed through Nelson's ear. Kenna was taken to the hospital, where the physi cians offered no hope for his recovery. Patrolman Barton was shot and pain fully wounded on Jefferson avenue, near Geyer avenue. Barton was on a car of the Jefferson-Avenue lfne as a guard. As tho car passed Geyer avenue, a few stones were" thrown, and then several shots rang out. One bullet struck Barton In the head. A riot call was sent In, and a squad of police hurried to the scene. The crowd, which had gathered at the sound of the shots, was dispersed without trou ble. Barton was taken to a drug store, where an examination showed ihat the bullet had only made a scalp wound. A number of men in houses near whero the shooting occurred were arrested and sent to the Police Station, pending an investi gation. The House of Delegates, at Its meeting today, passed the Kelley ordinance annul ling the franchises of all the street rail ways In St. Louis unless they . run.. their cars in compliance with the terms of the city ordinances. THE DENVER CONVENTIONS. Doing: of the Miners' Federation and the Labor Union. DENVER. Col., May IS. At the morning session of the convention of the Western Federation of Miners, action was taken on several amendments o the constitution, two of which are quite important. In the future, the Federation will pay the ex penses of one delegate from each union to the annual conventions. The other amendment provides that a majority vote of the executive board be sufficient to r Tired otiy- wweary Sarsaparilla feel at peace, with all the world Try it sanction, strikes, Instead of a two-thirds vote. James R. Sovereign addressed the convention for an hour and a half. He spoke of the Coeur d'Alene strike and of the Investigation at Washington, where he was a witness before the Congressional committee. He declared it is his belief that the mine owners themselves were responsible for the blowing up of the mines and mills at Wardner. The Western Labor Union adopted a resolution Inviting ail union organizations to affiliate, and a resolution advocating the broadest possible liberality consistent with proper conduct In the recognition of union cards, and providing that all possible assistance shall be extended to holders of union cards. Union labels xjf the principal organizations were endorsed. Typographical Union Election. SYRACUSE, N. T., May 13. From re-, turns alraady received from numerous local unions, the Lynch campaign com mittee in this city claims the election of. James M. Lynch, of Syracuse, as Presi dent of the International Typographical Union by a plurality of about 2300. ST. LOUIS. MaylE-The result of the vote of the St. Louis branch, Typograph ical Union, for international pre.sident was: Lynch, 214; Donnelly, 203- A MEMPHIS TRAGEDY, Mysterious Killing: of a Man and Woman Prohably Marker. MEMPHIS, May 19. At an early hour- this morning the bodies of Henry Reich man, of Memphis, and Mrs. Lily Badakln, wife of" a newspaper man of Forest City, Ark., were found In the woman's apart ment "on Jefferson avenue. Relchman had been shot six times, while the woman's body received one bullet. The affair is shrouded- In mystery. No weapon was found about the premises, and it is be lieved to be a case of murder. HELD UP TWO STAGES. Bold Worlc of a Lone Highwayman in California. STOCKTON, Cal., May 18. Two Tose mlte Valley stages were held up last night at Big Oak Flat by a lone highwayman. One stage was going Into and the other was coming from, the park. The robber secured about 5300. The holds-ups occurred at a point In the road where stages to and from the Yosemite pass each other. There were five passengers in the first stage. When it reached the scene the bandit stepped from his place of con cealment, and, leveling his gun at the driver, commanded him to halt. He then ordered the passengers to get out and deposit their coin In a pile in the road way. This was done in a few minutes and without any mishap. The robber made no call fer the treasure box. As soon as the passengers- had made their contributions, the highwayman told the driver to continue. Before he got started the second stage. with four passengers, drove up, and the J T.I..1 3 .1 tU. n ..11 1 uigun i " uiuucu uua iu bluii, belt ing the driver of the first one to keep on. It required hut a tew. minutes more for the robber to secure the money of the I occupants of the second stage, two ot whom were women. The same method was employed by which the other stage passengers were relieved of their coin. From the first lot of passengers the 1 robber secured about $125. The most that any ono man contributed was $40. He had $150 with him, but did not part with it all. Some of tho passengers gave np all they had. From the second stage it is estimated that the highwayman ss cured between $110 and $120. Two men who are suspected of holding up the stages are under arrest at Oakdale. Mllitary Prisoner Shot. SAN FRANCISCO, May 13. A. C. Ber gum, a military prisoner at the Presidio, was shot and Instantly killed today while trying to make his escape with several other prisoners. The dead man was a private of the Twentieth United States Infantry, and was serving a three years sentence for sleeping at his post during service in Manila. The other prisoners were captured. Sale of the Ravralde Mine. SAN FRANCISCO. May IS. Negotia tions for the sale of the Rawhide mine, the once famous gold producer of Tuo lumne County, to an English syndicate have been practically completed, and the documents transferring the property are said to be in the hands of attorneys wait ing the settlement of a claim made by Wells, Fargo & Co. The price named Is $850,000. 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