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THE MOANING OREGOKIAV, SATCKDAY. JUSE J,
1901.
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BMTLE IN TRANSVAAL
SXGAGEMEXT BETWEEN FORCES
OP DIXON AISD DELAREY.
!Tke British Casoaltles Were 174, and
the Boers Left 35JDcad on,
. -L - tIxe Field.
LONDON. May31. ;The War Office to
day gave out the following dispatch from
Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, May 30:
"General pixons force at VJadfontein
was attacked jesterday hy Delarej's
forces and there was severe fighting. The
enemy was eventually driven off with
heavy loss, leaving 35 dead. I regret that
our casualties alo were severe. The
killed and jvounded numbered 174. Four
officers were killed."
On the anniversary of Lord Roberts'
entry Into Johannesburg the country has
been startled by the" news of desperate
fighting and heavy British Josses within
40 miles of the gbld-reef cltj. The battle
at "Vladfonteln, en the Purban-Johannes-hurg
Railroad,. is .the jnost serious en
gagement since General Clement's reverse
at Nagallesburg. It shows GeneralDela
rey is In no way daunted by the capture
of U of his guns by "General Bahlngton six
weeks ago. The garrison of Vladfontejn
was apparentlj largely composed of jeo
manry. That their assailants came to
close quarters and suffered heavy loss is
shown by the number of dead left on the
"Seld. " .
Rhodes Favors Chinese LaTbor,
BULUWAl'O, Mataheland, May 3L Ce
cil Rhodes, In a speech before the Cham
ber of Mines here, on the difficulty of ob
taining laborers, advocated the adoption
of legislation controlling the importation
and deportation of Chinamen He further
announced that new contracts had been
made for the construction of 160 miles of
new railroad tb the WaukJe coal fields.
Boer Prisoners for Bnrbadoes.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, May 3L A report
from Barbadoes says- the Imperial Gov
ernment Is arranging to send a draft ot
Boer -prisoners there. -
WHERE MERIT SUCCEEDS.
"Why American- .Locomotive Are.
Useil on Indian Railroads.
LONDON, May 31-Lofd George Hamil
ton, the Indian Secretary, who was not
present in the House Of Commons -May 25,
Whrf Slf Alfred Tiftkmab CQohservativ e)
attacked American-Twill locomotives and
bridges, has replied in A letter to Sir
Alfred Hickman. In part it Is as fol
lows: "No practical engineer who has visited
American xiorksnops and Inspected their
methods of production and manufacture
would for a moment indorse jour assump
tions. Their, competition. Is dangerous be
cause they are yearly Improving their
products, both In quality and price. It
always has been the practice, .of the board
of management Qf the Indian railroads to
give preference In all their contracts to
BrIMsh manufacturers, and that policy
was so closely followed that up. to the
great recent engineering strike no order
for a railway locomotive was ever given
outside of Great Britain.. Since then, ow
ing to the British workshops being blocked
with work , certain of the Indian, railroad
boards found it necessary, as locomo
tives could not be obtained here, to place
a. few limited orders in America. -I am
ready to give all the available reports
concerning working, consumption .of fuel
and load-drawing power of these locomo
tives. The earlier reports were unfavor
able, but when their working' was welt
understood and alterations were-made fo'
suit,, the loeal -fuel, -a- marked Improve-"
ment was noticed, .so. much "o -that one
company wishes to obtain more engines of
similar construction. That American loco
motives obtained -a footing Jn India was
due- to the strike I have- relqrred to.
But lfj as I hope, British locomotives are
In the future to regain their place, in that
vast system of rallwajs, British engineers
must profit by the hints and suggestions
these reports convey."
Lord George Hamilton also says that
if Me seems to combat Sir Alfred Wck
man's contention it is not because he
does not heartily appreciate his object.
They both wish to assist in maintaining
the supremacy of British engineers and
workshops against foreign contractors.
"You seem to think," he continued,
"that orders have only gone abroad be
cause those who gave them did not un
derstand their business. I wish it were
so. The competition we have to face is
founded on something much more for
midable and more substantial. Chemical
research, the consolidation of capital,
thorough technical education and Improved
industiial organization, have made in re
cent j ears a greater advance In America
than here. It Is with the- product of
these combinations and not the assumed
stupidity of the Indian officials that the
British engineer has to fear.
Most of the morning papers comment
' upon Xofd George Hamilton's important
letter.
"It is a satisfactory defense of the In
dian Government.' says the Times", "but
unpleasant reading for all 'concerned In
the maintenance of British Industrial su
premacy. Probably the American firms
who accepted the Atbara and Gokllek
conti'hctiP"wee as fulr as their British
competWo?s?ri8Ut they would not admjt
the fact or suffer it to enter into their
calculations," "
The article arrives at the- conclusion
that strikes and the "paralyzing hand of
the- trades union leaders" are largely re
sponsible for the defects which Lord
Hamilton describes.
FOUND IN A CURIOSITY SHOP.
Purchase for a Trifle of Works of
Old Masters. '
NEW YORK, May 31. According to the
Tribune's London correspondent three
pictures lncrusted with -grime were re
cently purchased In a curiosity shop by
a thrifty husband and' wife in" Cheshire,
England, for 15 snijlings. Each of 'these,
when partially cleaned for their modest
dwelling, proved to pe by a noted painter.
Experts were consulted, nd one of the
pictures' was. found to be the wrk- of an
earlyJItallan master J another wes a Corot
and a third was a pointing hy,-an early
English, master. Encouraged by the
knowledge that "what they 'had bought
Xora few .shnimgs; was worth lW. the
couple returned' td the obscure, curiosity
shop and bought for 5 .a canvas black
ened with ag, whlph "Was Jn ns.e as a fire
s.Cfceh. This .picture, when .cleaned, dis
closed the name "pel Pompa"3.m one
corner, and hag been Identified as a rare
work of an Italian painter. The Cheshire
couple are now asking 2o,000 for their
treasure, fcx which they gave a single
5 note.
The Post is calling Upon British steel
manufacturers to brtos their machinery
up tor date, in accordancer with -the advice
given -them by William 3arrett at the re
cent meeting of the iron and steel Insti
tute, admits that nearly all branches of
applied science In England are from five
to ten years behind Germany and the
United States, and that It 1st merely pos
session of time-honored business connec
tions and her freedom from the fan-reaching
system of veiled monopolies which eoi
able Great Britain Xo hold her own for
the Ume being in the staple .industries
of modern civilization.
The military fournamont Just opened
ty Lofd Roberts before an immense as
semblage had special imperial features.
Detachments from all the forces repre
sented at the Inauguration of the Aus
tralian commonwealth are massed with
contingents of colonial cavalry. Infantry
and artillery. An Indian frontier village-lb-
the scene nf stirring maneuvers with
a final charge of horse artillery across
a pontoon bridge and -a vigorous onslaught
of the rebels. It is a brilliant show, with
12-pounder guns drawn by bluejackets,
cavalry waltzing and dancing quadrilles
and the best military bands massed.
British papers which usually support
the government cohtlnue to grumble, be
cause the British public are being kept
in ignorance of the real facts of the war
in South Africa. The Boers appear to
be making steady progress la the eouth.
In Cape Colony, near Colesberg. they are
reported to have captured 500 horses.
The Rev. James Chapman, president of
Wesleyan Training College, one of the
most cultured men In the ranks of the
Wesleyan ministry, has accepted an in
vitation of the theological faculty of Van.
derbllt University, to deliver a. series of
lectures in , connection . with the Cole lec
tureship in, the Spring of next year.
CARNEGIE MUNIFICENCE.
Modification of HjuTpiaas Still Under
Discussion.
LONDON, June 1. Modifications of Mr.
Carnegie's educational proposal for Scot
land are, according to the Dally Chron
icle, still under discussion at the Scot
tish universities.
-"Mr. Carnegie has practically placed
vhlmself in the hands of Lord Balfour of
Burleigh, and the amended scheme," says
the Chronicle, "does credit to every one
concerned. The new trust will be of a
depository character and will extend to
all high-grade schools and educational In
stitutes. Only poor students will be ex
pected to apply for grants, and the latter
will have eleemosynary character and a
substantial balance will be left for the
better equipped of universities, the exten
sion of college buildings and the like."
EDINBURGH, May 31. Sir Henry
Campbell-Bannerman, speaking In Edin
burgh today on the general subject of
education, said:
"Mr. Carnegie's splendid munificence
will open the path to the highest learn
ing for every boy and girl. His noble
scheme is in entire harmony with the
genius of the Scottish people. To Interest
the whole community in education and
not alone superior persons, is the true
way of saving the empire. The stupid
hard-and-fast lines between primary and
secondary -education should be removed'
' Forty Russian Strikers Killed.
LONDON. May 31 According to a dis
patch received from St. Petersburg today
it appears that the conflict at Alexan
drovsky. In the vicinity of St.,Patersburg,
between the strikers at the Obuchoff Iron
Works and the authorities, May 20, when
a number of rioters attacked the police,
had much more serious respite than was
admitted In the police report of the af
fair issued May2L It was then Bald that
after 12 of the police had "been Injured
they were reinforced -by soldiers, who fired
three volleys, killing two men and wound
ing seven. The relatives of the strikers
declare that 4(h of the men were killed and
that 150 were wounded A reliable witness
savs he saw four van loads of wounded
persons qovered with blood, and another
of the spectators declares ,he saw two
tug loads of wounded taken to the hos.
pltab.
Xo Ground for'a Dael.
PARIS, May .31 The election of Ed-
mond Rofetand to the Academy yesterday
almost hrmiehtSTihmit IndlroMv t rtnr.t
hetween Mauricfc Bernhardt and Luclen
juunuem a weu-jenown iransian dramat
ic critic. M- Muhlfeld had an article in
the Gaulols opposing M Rostand, and
n the course of it he brought In the name
of Mme. Bernhardt In a way that her son
deemed offensive. H. Bernhardt sent bis
seconds to M. Muhlfeld, and there was a
meeting of the representatives of both
sides today. After 'consultation the sec
onds decided that M. Bernhardt's inter
Sretation of the allusion was not JustU
ed and there was no ground for a duel.
Si. Bernhardt informed a representative
of the Associated Press" todav thai: a duel
'would not be -fought.
Muiinr la Antvrerp.
''BRUSSELS, -Has 3L An extraordinary
scene occurred in Antwerp yesterday,
when mutinous civic guardsmen paraded
the streets singing the' "Marseillaise,"
while the nolice had to hi onHd. in tn
protect the officers from the revolting
troops, There has been friction for eome
time. While drilling yesterday a
guardsman in the ranks lighted
a pipe, and when reprimanded for
doing so insulted the officer, who
administered the reprimand. The
guardsman was arrested, whereupon his
comrades broke ranks. hnntrt nt thoir of
ficer and proceeded to demolish property
on the parade ground with the butt ends
of their rifles. Subsequently they paraded
the streets singing.
Only Target Practice.
BERLIN. May 31. With reference to the
report that the German Government con
templated the acquisition of a harbor or
coaling station in the Island of' Marga
rltat on the Venezuelan coast, United
States Ambassador White said to a rep
resentative of the Associated Press:
"This whole matter was satisfactorily
explained in both Washington and Berlin
to the American authorities Ave weeks
ago. All the German vessel did there was
to practice target shooting."
Tonight appeared another semi-official
denial In the Berliner Post that Germany
had any such object ip view.
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Sklbo Castle in Litigation.
LONDON, May 31. A dispatch from Ed
inburgh says action has been instituted
by Sir Charles Sutherland to set aside
the purchase of Sklbo castle by Andrew
Carnegie. The ground of the objection
has not jet developed. Sklbo castle was
taken over by Mr. Carnegie two years ago
and ne has resided there since then on the
occasion of each visit to this side of the
Atlantic. Later Mr. Carnegie telegraphed
to the Associated Press that he Is not
Interested in the Sutherland action, which
is against the former landowners and can
not affect the title.
Senator Wolcott in London.
NEW YORK, May 3L A dispatch to
the Tribune from London says:
Senator Wolcott is staying a few days
in. London before going to Paris. In
spite of the failure of his silver neeotla-
l tlons a few years ago, Mr. Wolcott Is on
excellent terms with Sir Michael Hicks
Beach and other eminent financiers with
whom he was then in consultation.
Popularity ot Shakespeare.
LONDON, May 31. Beerbohm Tree, in
a sneech at the close of his senenn ..
-Her Majesty's Theater tonight, and at
l-the fall of the curtain upon "Twelfth
'igm, najcuiea tne taiK about the de
generacy In public taste. He said:
"I have-actually been able, out of my
profits on Shakespeare, to pay my losses
on popular plays."
Spanish Officials Struck.
CORUNNA, Spain, May 31. Serious dis
turbances have occurred In Corunna. A
number of officials went on strike and be
came mutinous. The gendarmes were
called to disperse the rioters and one per
son vas killed and 10 wounded. Troops
are now patrolling the streets. A state
Of siege has been proclaimed.
Anarchists Arrested 1r Madrid.
MADRID, May El. As a result of the
advices from the Marseilles police, two
anarcWats have been arrested here, one
a Spaniard and the other an Italian. It
is rumored that they had plotted against
the Spanish Ministers. The Italian, who
confessed that he was an anarchist, said
he was going to America.
The King: Has Fewer Chaplains.
LONDON, June L The Dally Mall says
that King Edward has decided to reduce
his ecclesiastical establishment from 36
paid chaplains to 12.
Canal Bill Adopted.
"VIENNA, May 3L The Lower House of
the Relchsrath adopted the government's
canal hill late tonight
LOOMIS WILLNOTJQO BACK
THE ADMINISTRATION INTENDS TO
REBUkE VENEZUELA.
Secretary Rnssell Will Remain In
Charge of "the Leg-atloa So Re
ply to Castro's Attack.
WASHINGTON, May 3L-II is officially
admitted Jthat Minister Loorals will not
return to Venezuela. There are two rea
sons for this decision. In the first place,
Mr. Looaiis has Buffered In health at his
uncongenial post, and In the second place
the President is not disposed to expose
him again to the. merciless attacks he
has suffered In Venezuela as the result
of the execution of orders of the State
Department. Mr. Loomls, who Ts now in
Europe seeking to recuperate, will be
given another diplomatic position as soon
as a suitable place can be found. Mean
while,. Mr, .Russell will remajn In charge
jof the Unltedf States. Legation at Caracaa
for a period of time not yet determined
upon, but likely to be fixed by the atti
tude bf the Venezuelan Government. It
is, not the present intention of the Gov
ernment tp take official pptlce, of the
criticisms passed by Preslderit Castro
upon Minister Loomls, as contained in a
newspaper interview.
. FE R AX 'INVASION.
Nicaragua Preparing to Keep' Oat'
Colombians.
SAN FRANCISCO, May- 31. The steam
er City of Sydney, which Just ar
rived here from Pananip. and other Cen
tral American ports, brings, the following
budget of news;
Whep the City, of Sydney was at Corinto
the people were expecting an Invasion
from Colombia. The Government of Nic
aragua, In order to make sure that It
would not be caught napping, has sta
tioned 600 men at Corinto.
General Bruise, who fled from Nica
ragua some years ago, returned to his
home on one of the Central American
steamships last month. As soon as he set
foot oh Nicaragua soil he was arrested on
a criminal charge. He was In jail, with
prospects of. a speedy trial, when tlje
Sydney left.
President Zelaya, of Nicaragua, will
probably visit the Pan-American Expo
sition at Buffalo. He is to leave home
next month, and should reach San Fran
cisco about June 18,
The Pacific Mall Steamship Company's
coal jnrds, situated on Naosis Island, In
Panama Bay, recently suffered severely
from Are, which was said to be still
burning, hut under controli when the Syd-r
ney sailedi having then burned for 15
days. Hundreds of men were at work on
the huge plte of coal, said to amount to
7500 tons and valued at J75.000. The fire
resulted from spontaneous combustion,
San 'Salvador is to have a man-of-war.
The government has purchased from her
British owners the steamship Soy, and
will transfer her into a cruiser, renaming
her Salvador. The new warship is now
at Acajutla, and will feo Into commission
at once. She la 600 tons net burden, 200
feet long 24 feet beam and 13 feet deep.
Her speed is given as 5 knots,
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Earthquake in . Chile.
NEW YORK May 31.-A dispatch to the
Herald from Valparaiso, Chile, says:
President Errazurlx has shown some'
alight Improvement since Tuesday, but
his condition is very serious.
A violent earthquake was felt Tuesday
& the Province of Antofagasta, accom
panying an eruption of the volcano. n
flan 'Pedro landslides interrupted railroad
traffic, the reservoir, pipes were cut and
hute tumbled dowBi Several persona -were
lnjufed fc. , ... .,. ,
According 4p a,tttelegram from Antofa
gasta. two cities flf Chile were recently
brutally whipped. Jy Bolivian, officer'
and a coupje of soldiers. The Chilean'
Consul la,9ruo promptly entered an en
ergetic protest ,
Vice-President Zanarte -will open the
regular session of Congress on June L
The Government has granted an exe
quatur to Robert E. Mansfield, new
American Consul at Iqulquc.
La Union publishes an article praising
the impartial attitude of the United States
relative to the Pan-American Congress
in rejecting the machinations of enemies
of Chile, who want to drag the Tacna
Arica question into the debates of the
Congrere
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Mexican Congress Adjourns.
MEXICO CITY, May 31 Congress ad
journed today. It has made largo appro
priations for public works, including har
bor Improvements, eanals, new buildings
and for the embellishment ot this capital.
It has sanctioned great sanitary under
takings for the promoting of health in the
various parts of the country, and has
legislated to maintain the public credit.
The appropriations aTe largely taken from
the existing surplus of the federal gov
ernment, and taxes have not been in
creased. Congress will reassemble in Sep
tember. Discoveries of Argentine Scientist.
NEW YORK, May 31,-A dispatch to the
Herald from Buenos Ayres says senor
Ricaldonl, an engineer, has Just made
experiments with an improved system of
wireless telegraphy. The results of the
experiment were very satisfactory. He
will soon try a submarine boat of his
own4 Invention, which he believes la su
perior to any others.
Assassination of Explorers.
LIMA, Peru, May 31. A telegram from
Curazo. received here, announces that
the French explorers, MM. Reveaux and
Lemonier. have been assassinated by ah
Italian named Glanone, In the Valley of
Convenclon. Glanone was afterward
killed by savage Indians. No particu
lars of the tragedy have been received.
GEN. THOMAS WILSON DEAD
His Record Daring; the Civil War
aad in the Indian Troubles.
NEW YORK, May 31.-Brigadler-Gen-eral
Thomas Wilson, U. S. A., (retired), is
dead.. The funeral will be held at the
Madison-Avenue .Reformed Church to
night His compatriots in the Empire
State Society of the Sons of the .American
Revolution have been invited to attend the
services.
General Wilson was in his toth year. He
was born in the District of Columbia qn
June 10. 1SS2. He was appointed to the
Military Academy and was graduated in
1S53. He became a- first lieutenant April
1. 1857 and a Captain October 23. 1861. He
was promoted to the rank of Major De
cember 26, 1S63, and subsequently to a
Lieutenant-Colonelcy and Colonelcy.
March 31, 18C5, he was promoted to the
rank of Brjgadlef-General for "faithful
and meritorious service during the war."
He held staff positions in the defenses
ot Washington, was Commissary of Sub
sistence at Annapolis and tfas Chief -of
Commissary, Army of the Potomac In the
Kichmond campaign, ending with the ca
pitulation of Appomattox. He served op
the frontier and In the war against the
Seminoles, and at various stations after
foe Civil War hntij 1890, when ho waa
sent tp Chicago. He waa retired in 1S9S.
Besides belng.a member of the Sons of
the American Revolution, he belonged to
the Loyal Legion and to the Army and
Navy Club.
D. B. Reblasen.
CHICAGO. May 3L D. B. Robinson,
ex-vice-president of the Atchison, To
peka & Santa Fe Railroad' 'Company,
died at his home here this afternoon after
a protracted Illness.
He was elected In 1896 to the presidency
of the St. Louis & San Francisco road.
He had previously served & president
of the San Antcnlo & Aransas Pa&s road
and was vice president of the Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe. He retired from the
presidency of the St. Louis & San Fran
cisco in May,l$00, on account of falling-
health.
& TRIPLE TRAGEDY.
Covington Woman Killed Her Hus
band, Her Daughter and Herself.
CINCINNATI, O.. May 31. In Coving
ton, Ky., tonight, Mrs. Kate Hester, aged
32, after a quarrel with her husband at
the supper table, shot and killed him. as
well as their t3-y6ar-oId daughter, after
which she put the revolver to her own
head and blew out her brains. It fs not
known what was the cause 'of the quar
rel. A heated argument was heard In
the dining-room and a few minutes later
several shots wiere heard. After shooting
both her husband and 'daughter, Mrs.
Hester locked the door and shot herself,
her lifeless body being found beside that
of her daughter. " It has been learned
from neighbors that Mrs, HeBter was very
jealous of her husband, and repeatedly
threatened to kill him. Hester left home
early this morning, and did not return
matn evening. Hester was a saloon-keeper
and -quite prominent araorfc "the fraternity
in Covington. n
No Indfctmeai of Dovrle,
CHICAGO, May 31. The grand Jury to
day concluded .Its work on the various
charges brpughti against John Alexander
Dowie and others who afe accused .of
neglect which reulted in the death of
Mrs. H. W. Judd. wife of one of DOwie's
followers. The jury, it Is said, -will re-J
juse 10 vote indictment. ,
Dowfe's Zion Bank Is .without a clear
lng-house channel. The bank which fon.
merly cleared for the Zion institution re-fused
to continue'- the agreement, and no
other bank has been found to clear for it.
floyr De'tTTcn Jockeys."
DENVER, May 31. James Dunn, a
Jocky at the Overland Park stables, was
shot twice by ylptor Collins, another
Jockey at the park today, in a quarrel
that started in good-natured "gumg."
One bullet lodged In Dunn's skulL behind
the ear and the other entered his jaw,
He was able to walk a mile to a doctor
and was taken afterwards to the qounty
hospital. Collins escaped.
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BRAKES WOULD NOT HOLD. '
Heavily Loaded. Trolley Cars Ran
Away en a Steep Grade.
WILMINGTON, Dei., May 31. Three
heavily loaded trolley cars of the now
People's Street Railway ran away while
going down a steep hill in this city to
day, killing one man, fatally Injuring an
other and hurting 23 others more or leaa
seriously.
Joshua GUlman, who Jumped from a
window of the car Jn which he was rid
ing, fell underneath the wheels, and his
body was cut in two. M. R. Jones, a
conductor, stuck to his post, and when
the rear car crashed, Into the one he was
in charge of hifl legs and one arm were
broken and Internal injuries were in
flicted. His death is momentarily ex
pected. Each car carried nearly 100 pass
engers returning from the city from
Brandywine Park. The line was opened
yesterday, and It is presumed the motox
men were not yet familiar with the heavy
grade.
Miners Killed by Explosion,
GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colo., May
An explosion occurred this morning at
the Coreyell mine at Newcastle, by
which two ipen'were Instantly killed and
eight others injured. The killed were Leo
and Frank Grant, bdth of whom were
sending at the mouth pf the mfnt Wil
liam Roeeril and .Tnhn Tlavfo wo v.rv
badly burned. nnifW Vfarrlrf William
Harris. Samuel navta. MipiTin rhnri..
MurdiricTt and a" miner naiaen "Brady J
rrcic iiuureu. xl is neueven inn Tn ox--
piosion was causeo; oy accumulated fcas. -
Collision In Chicago.
CHICAGO, May 31. In a rear-end col
lision today between two sections of a
Wabash freight train at Seventy-fifth
street and Western avenue, two men were
cerioualy Jiurt, four others narrowly es
caped by Jumping, one engine was ruined
and three freight care and a'caboqse de
molished. INDEPENDENT OF COMBINE.
New Copper Company Will Compete
"With the Amalgamated,
NEW YORK. May"31. The Journal of
Commerce says:
"At the office in this city of the
Montana Ore Purchasing Company
It Is . stated that dispatches from the
West announcing the Incorporation under
South Dakota laws of the United Copper
Company of Montana with 180.000.000 au
thorized capital were correct. The local
representatives were not, however, pre
pared to say what properties the new
concern would acquire. It was, however,
stated that the new company was entire
ly independent of the Amalgamated Cop
per Company, and that the Montana Ore
Purchasing Company would be Included.
The Montana Ore Purchasing Company,
which is the chief property of F, Augus
tus Heinze, has recently come Into de
cided prominence, and Is now said to be
producing copper at the rate of 40.000.000
pounds a year. This would compare with
aboht 70.000,000 for the Boston & Mon
tana, and about 110,000,00) pounds of the
Anaconda, the two principal mines of
the Amalgamated Copper Company. Last
year the company Is said to have pro
duced about 24,000,000 pounds from its own
mines and to have treated for other mines
about 10.000,000 pounds more, in addition
to certain amounts of gold and silver.
The cpmpany has an authorised capital ot
$2,500,000 in shares of $25 par value each.
Of this 80,000 shares have been issued.
There is alBO a bonded debt of $1,000,000,
The company hag thle year paid $6 per
share in dividends of J4SO.000."
Suicide ef Rev. Dr. Babcock. '
, NEW YORK, May 81.-Since the cable
'dispatches telling 6t the tragic death at
Naples, on May IS of the Rev. Dr. Maltbie
D. Babcock have been received In thfs
city, a number of Inquiries as to how a
man seriously 111 from fever as ho was,
could obtain the corrosive sublimate
which he swallowed, have been jnade.'
The Bev. Dr. Webster sent the following
reply In a cable message dated Naples,
May 20i
- "Dr. Babcock had a private room at the
hospital. The physicians and surgeons,
not suspecting any mental disturbance,
allowed his baggage, containing medicines
and surgical appliances, to remain in,
hia roomi After passing a comfortable
night, with a nparly normal temperature,,
he was seized with an acute attack of
mania. He locked his door and then used
his Own pbletm and knife. He tyas discov
ered soon after, but it was too late. His
death was quiet. His body is on the.
Trave, which sails at 5 o'clock on May
30."
Entry lata Cleveland.
CLEVELAND. May 3L A special rom
Pittsburg says: First Vice-President and
General Manager Jbseph RamBay, of the
Wabash System, announced yesterd&y
that his rood had completed a trackage
arrangement' into Cleveland with the Big
.Four line. It Is stated that the Wabash
interests already have a station and ter
minal in Cleveland, which mayow be
used. Trackage rights were secured for
a distance, of 31 miles, from Wejllpgton, O
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Greely Going: te Manila
SAN FRANCISCO. May 31. General A.
W. Greely, Chief Signal Officer --of the
Army, arrived here from "Washington to-
day, and will sail for Manila on the'Sher.
idan tomorrow. He is bound for the
islands on a tour of inspection.
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Accept no substitute.- . . -
, " I "regard Hood's Sarsaparilla as the best,
blood purifier I ever used. I was bothered
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arms and hands. Hood's Sarsaparilla being
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when i had taken jt the sores were all.
one.";-W. -E. Willis, Felton, Cal.
,"Last Spring I bad a lot of sores on my
face. They looked very bad, and I began tak
ing Hood's Sarsaparilla, and before the first
bottle was half gone I began to improve. I
continued with the medicine until the sores
had left my face. I am now stronger and
healthier than ever before." John E. Moun
govan, Point Arena, Cal.
Hoodfs Sarsaparilla promises to cure and
GIVE THE PEOPLE A REST
RESlGNATlpNS OF TILLMAN AND
M'LAtfftlN NOT ACCEPTED.
Governor MiSvrceney Dock Not "Want
the State Subjected to the Tar
moll ef a Campaign,
COLUMBIA, S, C, May 31.-Qcvernor
McSweeney has rejected the resignations
of Senators Tillman and McLaurin to give
them time to consider their action. In
returning th'e resignations, Governor Mc
Sweeney in part writes:
"I respectfully return your resigna
tions that you may have time for serious
consideration of the effects upon the peo
plo of this tate of this action on your
part. The commission which you hold la
the lughe&t compliment and testimonial
which the people Of this atate can pay to
one of its citizens. It is possible that you
have taken, this step 'hastily in the heat
ot debate and without due reflection of
thV coneeijufcnco to tb. people who haye
aa signally .honored you. , ,-. "
l'l wai only last year that ojir people
bad the otcrtenient a-hA turmoil Incident to
,U saihp'aifh,- andlh aWother'ye'ar'vj' will
he In the Mflltt ift further political strife.
The "people -are enfltfed to" one year of
freedom from political battle and bitter
ness, The iridfcations axe that a cam
paign BUch afi would be precipitated by
vacancies in these two exalted positions
.WQUJd be a very acrimonious one and per
sonal rather than a discussion of issues,
and from such, a canvass our people
should be spared. In tact, it would be
a calamity to the state to be torn asun
der by a heated canvass in this 'oft yeur'
in politics. There can be no possible good
come pf It- The people of the state are
getting together and working for the ad
vancemeht and upbuilding of the material
prosperity of the comihonwealth. and I
should regret anything that would re
tard this prof reea.
'It is not my purpose in thus writing
to prevent the fullest and freest of dis
cussion Of ttH questions and education
along political lines. On the contrary, I
heartily favor It and believe that it can
heat be accomplished without the bitter
ness and personalities which would be
inseparable from a campaign during the
Coming summer. Under our party rules,'
a" campaign WU" be necessary within less
than a year and ample time can be had
for a iuU discussion of the issues now
before the people. Holding these views
and looking to the Interests of the peo
ple ot this state, their peace, prosperity
and happiness, I respectfully decline to
accept your resignations and beg to re
turn them herowith."
Alabfcrafc Constitutional Convention,
MONTGOMERY, Ala., May 31.-In the
constitutional convention today, Mr. San
ders, of Limestone, introduced a new
cjdheme o( Biiftrafie reform. It provides
for an educational qualification with the
Louisiana grandfather clause. It also
disqualifies atheists and confines ofllcc.
holding to the whites. The most djtllcult
ordinance yet Introduced was by General
Sanford, which authorizes the state to
construct works pf internal Improvement
for the transportation1 of passengers and
freight. It provides that only convicts
shall be employed in its construction.
The Ordinance, if adopted, would greatly
diminish railroad earnings in the state.
f ' LOOKOUT AT CHICAGO.
Two Thonsaad Mca Expected to Be
- ' Oat Today. .
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' CHICAGO. May '.31. Chicago's machin
ists' 'strike bfcgap. today, .more than 1000
men quitting work in various,, shops and
factories hecauee' the "employers refused
to sign tb$ agreement sent yesterday for
a lift per cent increase in wages, a nine
hour day, and extra pay for all time over
nine hours.
When the force of 2S0 machinists gath
ered at the works of Frazer & Chalmers
earjy this morning they were met by W.
J. Chalmers, who told them they might
as well go home if they expected him to
sign the agreement. The machinists ac
'coralngly dispersed. Similar scenes were
enacted in many other plants though a
few manufacturers 6lgned the agreement.,
The machinists' strike situation as.
sumea a graver aspect with the
threat of the allied trades to declare e.
sympathetic movement at ohce. With
the exception of six. shops, none" of those
to which the agreement was presented
has signed. It is expected that by to
morrow nearly 2000 men will be out. The
situation is called a strike, but in reality
la almost a lockout, since many shops
made no pretense of permitting the men
to go to work today. Early in the aft
ernoon the strikers were Joined by 150 ma.
chlnists who quit at the Melhle Printing
Press, Works and 100 who struck at the
Bibsoh Spring Company's plant.
An Important development In the situa
tion was a sympathetic strike "by the
metal workers. In' response to an order
by Business1 Agent Nowack, 150 metal
woTJtcrs quit ai ainerent snops to am tne
machinists in their fight. It is expected
that the sympathetic movement will
spread to other trades and large numbers
ot men in allied unions, who "work in
conjunction with the machinists, will be
forced into Idleness soon by lack of raa-
THOSE HUMOR
Make You Break
In the Spring of 1900 my mother fce
'Came poisoned: by poison oak. In the Fall '
a sore broke put on,pne bi her limbs, just
above the ankle, which became very pain-"
ful. It continued to spread "until it was as
large as the palm of. her hand. Her faca -Was
swollen, and looked puffed around her
eyes. She tried about , everything she heard
of to heal the sore, bu.t It continued to grow
worse. We finally concluded the trouble
was in her blood, and she got a bottle oC -'
Hqod's Sarsaparilla. She also used Hood's;
Medicated Soap for washing the sore. Theso
remedies helped her so much that before
she had finished the first bottle of Hood's
Sarsaparilla the swelling had left her face,
and the sore tm her limb began to heal.
She felt better in every way, and when she
bad taken two bottles she was entirely vell.
Hood's Sarsaparilla cleansed her system of
the poisoii, and caused the 'sore to-'heal.'
Miss Lily McKee, Mission, Wash.
terlal. It Is estimated that this will make
the number of idle men In the machine
shops in this city 10,000 within a week.
Metal-Workers' Wage Scale.
MILWAUKEE, May 31.-ConsIderatIon
of the finishing scale of the iron section
took up today's session of the convention
of the Amalgamated Association of Iron,
Steel and Tin-Workers. The sheet steel
and tin scales will be taken up after the
iron scale Is disposed of. A most Impor
tant matter to be ratified Is the recom
mendation of the wage committee for a
continuous scale. It Is expected that this
part of the report will be approved with
out opposition, as it Is known that the I
plan Is favored by the largest Iron and
steel concerns In the country.
President T. J. -Shaffer said -today that
the adances In the various scales of the
wage committee's report are so conser
vative that he expects that work in the
Iron and steel mills of the country will
not be Interrupted this year. He expects
an agreement wUl be reached between the
manufacturers and the scale committee
without delay. , .
The Southern RnlJivny Strike.
KNOXVIL.LE. Tenn, May:' "31. The
striking machinists of the Southern Bail-
way; hare held a meeting this meaning at 7
which special prayer was offered- for the"
omclals for the Southern rallvay,tnF,resl
dent B, F.. enry has received reports
from over the system, showing the total
number of strikers to be 627.
Strike at Newport Ncrrs.
NEWPORT NEWS, -Vs.,-May SI. One
thousand machinists employed by tha
Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock
Company decided tonight to strike Monday
morning, their demand for a nine-hour day
with 10 hours' pay having been refused.
Wabash Shopmen at Work.1
SPRINGFIELD, 111., May 31.-Striklng
machinists of the Wabash shops at
Springfield, 111., Moberlln, Mo , and Fort
Wayne, Ind., returned to work today, at
an advance of 2 cents jper hour In wages
and time and'a half for all overtime.
Jlefnaed Tarther Conference.
BOSTON, May 81. The manager of tho
Blake Pulp Works, In East Cambridge,
where 700 machinists are emplocd, gave
notice today that he would Confer no fur
ther with the strikers' committee.
Bricklayers Lost Their Strike.
I DENVER, May 31, The striking brick-
lasers of this city have voted to return
to work at the old scale of wages. Three
weeks ago they struck for an Increase in
wages.
Dismissed Cadets Find Job's.
NEW YORK. May 31. Cadets Mahaffey,
of Texas; Bowlby, of-Nebraska; Cleveland,
I of Alabama; Keller, of New York, and
Linton, of Michigan, recently .dismissed
from West Point as insubordinate, are to
go to Ecuador to serve as engineers In
the building of the railroad across the
Andes. They leave on the Cumbul, of the
W. R Grace line, Tuesday. They will be
In the employ of the Guayaquil & Quito
Railroad Company.
Dlseased Filipinos Rejected.
SAN FRANCISCO; May 31.-Nineteen of
the 78 Filipinos who arrived here yester
day, en route to- the Buffalo Exposition,
will not be permitted to land. The Physi
cians of the Marine Hospital and the Im
migration officials decided to send them
back to Manila for the reason that they
are afflicted with lo&thsome" and con
tagious diseases"
Decline In Snffar.
NEW YORK, May 31. Arbuckh? Bros,
today reduced the price on all grades of
refined sugars 15 points. The American
Sugar Refining Company made no changes.
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