THE MORNING OEEGONIAN, SATURDAY, APRIL 26, 1902.
MOROS COME TO TERMS
CE1A.SE RESISTANCE ON THE SHOW
OF AMERICAN FORCE.
Court-Martial of General Smith Be-
giiiH Waller and Day Admitted
The Cholera Record.
WASHINGTON, April 25. Adjutant
General Corbin today made public the
following extract from a cablegram just
received from General Chaffee respecting
the situation In Mindanao, dated Manila,
April 24:
"Before Baldwin could be communi
cated with he had taken the fort at Pualo
after slight resistance. No casualties.
Very soon after the neighboring town of
Ganasi opened its doors, hoisted white
flags and delivered the red flag. Dato
Lampo and others -with a strong follow
ing asked permission to call and make
peace. Dato AmanI Pack, of Gana, who
sent threatening messages in reply to my
letter. Is one of those who have submit
ted. The camp is two miles from Gana,
whose Sultan has asked Baldwin to come
there. Have directed him not to move.
He is 10 miles from Dato. ,
"It is my purpose to have an interview
with General Davit. Will go on the Han
cock, which leaves here today for Mala
bang with a battalion of the Tenth In
fantry. It is our purpose to show a con
siderable force of troops to the lake
Moros, converse with Datos, then retire
the troops by different trails to Malabang
and Parang; thereafter to send expe
ditions occasionally to the lake.
"We supposed Gana was 35 miles from
Malabang. It Is actually a short 21
miles No fighting necessary to over
came the opposition to advance to pres
ent location of troops; 775 men with Bald
win, two troops cavalry, dismounted, 12
miles in the rear. Every effort will be
made to prevent a general war. -Davis
says the situation at this time Is very
favorable." f
COURT-MARTPAL OF GEX. SMITH.
Testimony of First Witnesses De-f
veloped Nothing; New.
MANILA, April 25. The trial by court
martial of General Jacob H. Smith on
the charge of conduct prejudicial to good
order and discipline began today. Gen
eral L.loyd Wheaton presided.
Colonel Charles A. Woodruff, counsel for
the defense, said he desired to simplify
the proceedings. He was willing to ad
mit that General Smith gave instructions
to Major Waller to kill and burn and make
Samar a howling wilderness; that he
wanted everybody killed capable of bear
ing arms, and that he did specify all over
10 years of age, as the Samar boys of
that age are equally as dangerous as their
ciders.
Captain David Porter, Marine Corps,
and Lieutenant John H. A. Day, Marine
Corps, were the only witnesses exam
ined. Their testimony developed nothing
new. Major Littleton W. T. Waller. Ma
rine Corps, will be the only other witness
for the prosecution. He was unable to be
present today on account of sickness, but
it is expected will be in attendance to
morrow. The defense will call several officers of
the Ninth Infantry.
Waller and Day Acquitted.
Major Waller and Lieutenant Day, of
the Marine Corps, who were tried by
court-martial here on the charge of exe
cuting natives of the Island of Samar
without trial, have been acquitted.
Attorney-General Lout His Temper.
At the trial today of the editor of Free
dom, who is charged with sedition in pub
lishing an article from an American
periodical, to which the editor of Freedom
agreed and added remarks of his own,
censuring the United States Commission
ers' rule, Attorney-General L. R. Wllfley
created a sensation and astounded the
Judge, lawyers and spectators. He lost his
temper with Judge Odlin, and said:
"The civil government wants to know
where It stands under the law passed. It
wants to know whether it will be en
forced, or whether such unwarranted
statements will be allowed. The court
knows the wishes of the Government,
and it is to be presumed that it knows its
own rules."
Judge Odlin replied:
"The court will determine the case ac
cording to law. The court wants you to
understand that it believes individuals
hive rights as well as governments."
The defense had asked for a delay of a
week, owing to counsel having been dis
qualified on account of not passing the
Filipino standard of law. The hearing in
the demurrers in the case was postponed
until May 3.
Philippine Cholera Record.
MANILA. April 25. The cholera record
up to date is as follows: Manila, 505
cases and 39S deaths; in the provinces, 1317
cases and 5)07 deaths.
The Board of Health is finding cases of
natives trjing to bury the dead at night,
in order to prevent the detention of the
lling.
VETERANS ADJOURN. ,
A "Lovins Farcivell" to Commander-'in-Chief
Gordon.
DALLAS, Tex.. April 25. When the last
session of the United Confederate
Veterans convention was dalled to order
today a resolution by Commander-in-Chief
John B. Gordon, a "loving farewell," was
adopted with cheers. General Gordon said
in response: "Comrades, I have been
touched many times, and every year this
old Confederate heart grows more tender
and loving as the end approaches. When
the end comes, I want your hands to bur?
me, and on my tomb I would have writ
ten: "Here lies a Confederate.' "
A -ote of thanks was written to Dal
las, to the State of Texas, and to the
ladies of Texas for their hospitality.
General Gordon embraced the op
portunity to make another plea for a
monument to Southern women. The con
vention then adjourned to the next meet
ing In New Orleans.
At the camp today a feast unique in
the history of reunions was prepared, six
buffalo having been slaughtered for a
barbecue.
DAUGHTERS OF REVOLUTION.
General Society Completes Election
of Officers and Adjonrns.
DENVER, Colou, April 25. The Gen
eral Society, Daughters of the Revolu
tion, adjourned sine die today after elect
ing the following members of the board
of management: Mrs. C. S. Thomas, of
Colorado; Mrs. Carrie Woodruff, of North
Carolina; Mrs. James A. Mount, of In
dianapolis; Mrs. Davis C. Carr, of New
York; Mrs. C. A. Place, of Minnesota;
Mrs. Francos E. Stanley, of Massachu
setts, and Mrs. W. S. Cogswell, of Long
Island.
A committee consisting of Mrs. N. S.
Kcay, of Pennsylvania, as chairman;
Mrs. Hill, of Maryland: Miss Voss, of
Indiana; Mrs. Caspar, of Colorado; Mrs.
Peath, of Massachusetts; Mrs. Ingraham,
of New York; Mrs. Terry, of Long Isl
and, and Mrs. T. K. Bruner, of North
Carolina, was appointed to confer with
Senators and Representatives in Congress
with "regard to a bill making the vicin
ity of Valley Forge Into a National park.
Nosrro Boy Hanged,
PLATTE CITY, Mo.. April 25. "Gen
eral" Armstrong (colored), aged IS, was
hanged here today. He was convicted
of criminally assaulting Iva Turner, the
daughter of a farmer, two years ago.
Montana Grand Army.
HELENA, Mont, April 25. A. N. Bull,
of Bozeman, was today elected depart
ment commander of the Grand Army of
the Republic for Montana. The 18th an
nual state encampment closed here today.
The next encampment will be held at
Anaconda. Mrs. Annie Brennaman, of
Bozeman, was elected department presi
dent of the Woman's Relief Corps.
.
FESSENDEN'S SYSTEM.
Satisfactory Experiments With Nevr
Government Telegraph.
NORFOLK, Va April 23. Tests of the
new Government system of wireless teleg
raphy were made today at Roanoke Island,
Pamlico Sound, before a number of naval
experts. The "tests were in charge of
Professor Reginald Feesenden, of Alle
gheny, Pa., who Is now attached to the
Weather Bureau service, and who is the
Inventor of that system. It is acknowl
edged that the feasibility and practica
bility of sending wireless telegraphic mes
sages at sea quickly and accurately by
the new system has been demonstrated
beyond doubt. The xperlments were con
ducted from Cape Hatteras to Roanoke
Island, a distance of 00 miles by an en-
tirely salt water route. It is stated that
General Greely's hasty departure to
Washington was for tho purpose of being
present when his associates- at Roanoke
Island will make an attempt to send a
wireless message to the bureau at Wash
ington, possibly tomorrow.
Proceeding Against Beef Trust.
SALT LAKE. April 25. Preliminary
steps in proceedings., which it is stated
may be Instituted .against the meat trust,
were taken by Attorney-Geperal" M. A.
Breeden today, by the latter requesting
of tho State Food" and Dairy Commis
sioner statistics In regard to the recent
advance In the prices of meats. Informa
tion as to whether or not meats on which
any preservatives have "been used havp
been or are being imported Into the state
was also requested. Should the informatiop
warrant,, it Is stated tha,t the "Atlomeyv
General will at once prdceed Tinder the
anti-trust and pure-food laws ofjthje state.
THE SICK ARCHBISHOP.
Attending Physicians Say Corrlgan's
Condition Is Encouraging.
NEW YORK, April 25. Archbishop Cor
rigan, who is seriously ill of pneumonia at
his residence in this city, according to the
last bulletin. Issued at 10:15 o'clock to
night, passed a satisfactory day, and, in
the opinion of the attending physicians,
his condition is encouraging. The arch
bishop is conscious, but is kept very quiet,
and two trained nurses are constantly
with him. The attending physicians are
Drs. Keys, Janeway and Delafield. They
do not expect the crisis will be reached
v tIvpa n elv 4ara
More than 300 telegrams of inquiry as to I
tho archbishop's condition were received J
at tne resiaence, ana -several, nunarea peo
ple left cards.
Representative Cnmmings Very III.
BALTIMORE, April 25. It was learned
from a reliable source late tonight that
Congressman Amos J. Cummings, of New
York, is critically ill from pneumonia at
the Church Home, in this city. The au
thorities at the Home decline to give out
any particulars of his condition, but it Is
understood that his recovery is extremely
doubtful.
SAYS HE KEPT HER JEWELS
Mrs. Barrios' Charges Against United
States Minister Hnnter.
MOBILE, Ala., April 25. The widow of
Reyna Barrios, President of Guatemala,
who was assaeslnated February 8, 1898,
sought safety In the home of the Ameri
can Minister to Guatemala, W. Godfrey
Hunter, and moved all her furniture, dia
monds and jewelry thither for safekeep
ing. It appears from an affidavit, sworn
before Richard Weskatt, Vlce-Coneul-General
at London, that Hunter is charged
by Mrs. Barrios with Illegally retaining
her property under the plea of payment
of 13 weeks' board and lodging of Mrs.
Barrios and her attendants and services
rendered. Mrs. Barrios denies any obli
gation or contract for board and lodging
or services. She states that she gave to
Minister Hunter and his family valuable
pieces of diamond jewelry of a hundred
times the value of the board and lodg
ing at the legation of the United States.
Hnnter Denies It.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., April 25. Beyond
making a denial. Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter,
United States Minister to Guatemala, who
arrived in Louisville several days ago,
refuses to discuss Mrs. Barrios' charges.
TO SETTLE MINERS' DISPUTE
Civic Federation Committee Will
Take Up the Wage Question.
NEW YORK, April 25. Members of the
conciliation committee of the National
Civic Federation are all expected to at
tend the final conference with the repre
sentatives of the coal-carrying companies
and the United Mineworkers of America,
tomorrow at the headquarters .of the fed
eration in this city. The committee hopes
at this conference to bring about a set
tlement of the troubles in the anthracite
district
THE DEATH ROLL.
George Speyer.
FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, April
25. George Speyer, head- of the banking
firm of Lazard, Speyer" & Ellison, died
hero yesterday. , --.,
Mr. Speyer was also connected with
New York and London banking .houses.
The cause of his death was heart 'failure.
He was a great philanthropist and in 1901
gave 1,000,000 marks to the municipality of
Frankfort for the -pUrposei 6T" sclexljlflcl
icsearun. xie was a partner m meAw
York Arm of which James Speyer Is the
head.
James AtwcII.
PITTSBURG, April 25.-James Atwell,
president of the National Association of
Ex-Prisoners of War,, and well known In
Grand Army circles throughout tKe
country, died at his home In this city to
day. Mr. Atwell was stricken with apo
plexy at Atlantic City three days ago,
and never regained consciousness. He
was 64 years of age.
Thomas F. McCahe.
EL PASO, Tex., April 25. Thomas F.
McCabe, a tragedian formerly well known
on the stage, is dead at the age of 49,
from consumption. McCabe was an Elk
and a member of the Actors' Association
of New York City. He was at one time
associated with Joe Murphy and John
O'NcilL
David Hanchett.
NEW YORK, April 25. David Hanch
ett who was for more than 50 years on
the" stage, is dead in Brooklyn. He played
with Edwin Forrest, Charlotte Cushman
and many other well-known actors. For
several years ho taught acting In Colum
bus and Indianapolis.
A Knock-Out 'at Helena.
HELENA, Mont, April 25. At the Pal
ace Theater here tonight, "Red" Oglesby,
ex-heavy-weight champion of Mon
tana, defeated "Silent" Rowan, of Salt
Lake, Rowan being knocked out by a
stiff punch on the chin In the second
round.
Mother Gray's Sweet Powders
For Children. Mother Gray, a nurse in the
Children's Home In New York, treated children
successfully with a remedy called Mother
Gray's Sweet Powders for Children. They are
harmless as milk, pleasant and never fall. A
certain cure for feverishness. constipation,
headache, teething and stomach disorders and
remove worms. At all druggists. 5c. Sunni
FREE. Address, Allen S. Olmsted. Le Roy, N. X. J
IHER CONDITION SERIOUS!
QUEEN WILHELMINA OF HOLLAND
DOES NOT IMPROVE.
Dispatches From the Royal Family
Differ From the Medical Bulletins
Other Foreign News.
AMSTERDAM, April 25. In official cir
cles no amelioration of Queen Wilhelml
na's condition is admitted, and her doc
tors admission that she is not sleeping
well is taken as a bad sign. It is al
leged that the dispatches from the royal
family concerning the Queen's condition
differ substantially from the medical bul
letins on the subject.
It is reported that the Queen is restive
under the liquid diet treatment, and has
insisted that her nurses give her solid
food. In this respect, however, her doc-
tors are Inexorable. The Queen mother
has jreat difficulty in pacifying the pa
tient. It is ascertained that the doctors
have advised the Queen mother, for the
sake of her own health, to relax her vigil
ance, and take a daily walk or drive.
These outings, therefore, are no indica
tion that Her Majesty is progressing fa
vorably. The morning' bulletin announced that
Queen WUhelmlna slept at Intervals dur
ing, the night The afternoon bulletin
was noncommittal. It merely said that
Her Majesty's condition called for no spe
cial remarks. -
FIFTY ARE INJURED.
Bad Accident on the Great Eastern
Railway, Ncnr London.
"LONDON, April 25. Fifty persons were
injured this morning In an accident on
the. Great Eastern Railway, near the
Hackney Downs station. As a train from
Walthamstown, called the three-penny
train., was crossing a bridge, an axle of
the car nearest the locomotive broke, and
the coach Jumped the rails, dashed into
the side of the bridge and lodged across
both tracks. The train was filled with
workmen on their way to work. Tho two
coaches following the stranded car
crashed into it, completing the wreck and
dealing awful havoc among the passen
gers caught therein. The s:cor.d car was
wrecked and a number of its Inmates
were badly hurt. The Injured were taken
to the Dalston Hospital.
IN SIGHT OF PEACE.
Rut England Continues to Send Oat
Men and Munitions of War.
LONDON. April 25. Speaking in Lon-
do"t0nit Mr. Brodrick, the Secretary
of War, said:
"We are perhaps in sight of peace, but
in the interval we are sending out men
and material to carry on the war for an
other year or two, if necessary, that being
the only spirit wherein the government
can interpret the will of the nation and
approach the arrangements for the con
clusion of peace."
Kruger Did Not Sny It.
AMSTERDAM, April 25. The report
published by a news agency in the United
States that Mr. Kruger had declared In
an interview in the Hendelsblatt that the
peace negotiations between the BrltisTi
and the Boers had been completely broken
off Is untrue. The Hendelsblatt has not
printed an interview with Mr. Kruger
on the subject.
Kruger's Visit to Ameriqa.
THE HAGUE, April 25. The Boer
agents In America are renewing their en
treaties that Mr. Kruger visit the United
States next June. He will probably com
ply with these requests, if sufficient pres
sure Is exercised, although he has often
expressed his dislike of this plan.
BOXER TACTICS.
Russian Workmen Turn Their Spite
Against "Foreign Devils."
ST. PETERSBURG, Thursday, April 24.
The Minister of the Interior. M. von
Plehwe, has gone south, in order to In
vestigate the disorders in Southern Russia.
Reliable information received here from
Moscow shows that tho labor movement
there has -assumed most dangerous forms.
There have been many factory fires in
Moscow and in the southern provinces,
supposedly of incendiary origin, and fac
tories have been placarded with Boxer
liko posters, calling on the workmen to
rise up against the "foreign devils," as
the foreign managers and foremen are
termed. These posters further declare
that "cod etel and hot lead are cheap."
The managers referred to have been sub
jected to various indignities on the part
of their own employes. The English
words, "foreign devils," are frequently
heard in the street
PRINCE HENRY'S SQUADRON.
Puts to Sea for a Training Cruise
of Five Weeks.
KIEL, Germany, April 25. Admiral
Prince Henry of Prussia put to sea this
morning- with the most powerful squadron
ever commanded by a German Admiral
for a training cruise of five weeks' dura
tion around the British Islands.
When the squadron had been gone from
here for two hours, the battle-ship Kaiser
Wilhelm der Gross's machinery became
deranged, causing some damage on board
the vessel. She returned to the Imperial
dock here for repairs.
SgyenTcolliers have been sent in ad
vance ofc the squadron to coal the Ger
man ships on the high seas off the north
of Scotland. ,An American Invention will
.be used' for this purpose. The German
squadron will touch at Galway, Bear Ha
ven and Kingstown in Ireland, and Port
land, In England.
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"BATTLE WITH REBELS.
Large Party1 Dispersed by Chinese
Imperial Troops.
HONG KONG. April 25. Advices re
ceived here today from Wu Chou, under
date of April 23, 'announce that a bloody
battle was then proceeding between a
force-o'f Imperial troops, on their way to
Nan King and a large party of rebels.
Tho Imperial army attacked the rebels
encamped In the Wu Chang hills, brought
up two Maxims and two 12-pounders, and
finally scattered the rebels and captured
their leader. Hung Yung Seng, who was
wounded. Subsequently the rebels cap
tured two villages and established their
headquarters there.
Election of Bercsford.
LONDON, April 25. Rear-Admiral Lord
Charjes Beresford, Conservative, has been
elected without opposition to the seat In
the House of Commons representing
Woolwich, made vacant by the retire
ment of Colonel Edwin Hughes, Conser
vative. Great interest was taken in Great Brit
ain in the candidacy of Lord Beresford
for Woolwich, in consequence of his re
cent severe comments on the condition of
the British Navy, and the efforts of cer
tain members of Parliament to induce the
Admiralty to discipline him in the way
General Buller was disciplined for hia
utterances regarding the British Army.
Experiments Bankrupt Zeppelin.
BERLIN. April 25. Count Zeppelin, the
aeronaut, has been ruined financially by
his experiments with airships. He is un
able to obtain any further support In
Germany for his projects, and he is break
ing up the old framework of his airship,
from which he has sold five tons of alum
inum. Italian Debate on the Strike.
ROME, April 25. A debate on the policy
of the government In the recent strike
movement and the summoning by the gov
ernment or railroad employes to the col- j
ors, has been going on In the Senate for
two days. Today It gave rile to a num
ber of lively episodes in which the spec
tators In the galleries took part by Join
ing in the demonstrations of approval and
disapproval. Finally, by a secret ballot
the vote censuring the government's pol
icy was rejected by S3 to 76. The debate
was an outgrowth of several interpella
tions by members of the opposition.
Marriage Postponed.
VIENNA, April 28. The Neue Frele
Press and the Neue Welner Tageblatt an
nounce that the marriage at Prague, Bo
hemia, of Countess Henrietta Chotek.
sister-in-law of the heir presumptive, and
Prince Stanislaus Radziwlll, was post
poned on account of the illness of the
bride, and that all other reports of this
occurrence are incorrect
Failure of an Old Swiss Bank.
LONDON, April 26. The Geneva corre
spondent of the Dally Mall says a sensa
tion has been caused there by the failure
of one of the oldest banks In the country,
the Baslcr Credit Gassellschaft. M. Grob
and M. Hoeflinder, respectively the man
ager and the. cashier of Jhe bank, have
been arrested. It is reported, that 1.600,
000 of the bank's funds have been lost by
wild speculation at Paris, and that thou
sands have been ruined.
Scottish Coal Combine.
EDINBURGH. April 25. The Evening
News, of this city, says negotiations, in
which J. Pierpont Morgan Is interested,
are on foot to combine the Scbttlsh coal
companies, with a capital of ?,000,OCO
($15,000,000).
LONDON, April 26. A denial comesfrom
Edinburgh this morning that J. Pierpont
Morgan has anything to do with the re
ported combination of the Scottish coal
companies.
Martinis of Qncensherry a Bankrupt.
LONDON, April 25. The examination In
bankruptcy of the Marquis of Queens
berry, which was, concluded today, showed
that he ran through personal property to
the value of 266.000 and the Glenstart
estate of 500 acres. When he succeeded to
the Marquisate in 1900, he had anticipated
his interest in the estate to the extent of
106,235. The Marquis lost between 60,--000
and 100,000 In speculation on the stock
exchange.
Sitle of a. Famous Rug.
NEW YORK. April 25. A rug 203 years
old and known as Empress Eugenie's
"prayer rug" has been purchased In this
city for $5000 for F. N. Finney, of Mil
waukee. The rug Is of Persian manu
facture, six by four feet, and has a pre
cept from the Koran woven In its breadth.
It was sold to its former owner in Paris
three years ago at an auction of the Em
press' belongings.
Russian Minister of Education.
ST. PETERSBURG, April 25. M. Senger,
Assistant Minister of Education, has been
gazetted acting Minister" of Education,
succeeding General Van Novskl.
(General Van Novskl was appointed Min
ister of Education after the murder of M.
Bogliopoff, in 1901. The General resigned
the office April 23, owing, it is said, to op
position to his suggested educational re
forms in Russia.)
ISLANDERS FAVOR SALE.
Result of Unofllcinl Plebiscite in
Danish Went Indies.
ST. THOMAS, D. W. I., April 23. Press
comments on the action of the Danish
Landsthlng, in connection with the Dan
ish West Indies treaty, are. In sub
stance, that it circumscribes Justice too
much. The Inhabitants demand that the
question of the sale of the Islands be not
left for settlement to a few electors, hold
ing that every male native of full age is
entitled to vote.
The result of the limited unofficial ple
biscite of the Island of St Thomas is 'un
certain; but it is probably pro-sale,
though the voting was close. St Croix,
by a vast majority, is pro-sale.
BIG MINING SUIT.
Stratton Accnxei the Strong Com
pany of Extracting Gold Ore.
DENVER, Colo., April 25. Stratton's
Independence Mining Company, of Crip
ple Creek, today filed a suit in the Arapa
hoe County District Court against the
Strong Mining Company, charging the
latter company with extracting gold and
other valuable ores from the Maggie lode
mining claim, which adjoins the Strong
property, and asking damages to the
amount of $1,750,000. Stratton's Independ-r
ence Is owned principally In London. The
Strong .rr.ine was owned by Sam Strong,
who was killed by Grant Crumley a few
months ago.
BURNING FORESTS.
Fires in New Mexico Mountains.
LAS VEGAS, N. M., April 23. Forest
fires have been raging in the mountains
in Galllnas Canyon, above the Las Vegas
Hot Springs, for the past two days. The
smoke can now be seen very plainly from
this city. Great damage Is being done
and it is feared that houses of ranchers
In the canyon will be swept away by the
flames. Reports have also reached here
of fires in the Tecalote mining region
'around Mineral Hill, and a great stretch,
or country win De swept.
Pennsylvania Forest Fires.
OIL CITY, Pa., April "25. Forest fires
in this vicinity have entailed a loss of
530,000 upon Venango County oil produc
ers In the past 24 hours. Reports from
Forest County show that the fire is do
ing much damage in th& virgin forest
near Tlonesta.
Bank Wrecker Pardoned.
TRENTON, N. J., April 25. William N.
Boggs, who was sentenced to five years'
imprisonment for his connection with the
wrecking of the Dover, Del., National
Bank, of which he was cashier, was re
leased today, having been pardoned by
President Roosevelt Boggs had about an
other year to serve.
Health Officers in Conference.
INDIANAPOLIS, April 25. The health
officers of Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and
Illinois met in conference here today.
Smallpox was discussed from many stand
points. Resolutions condemning the San
Francisco and California health officers
for their action regarding the bubonic
plaguo were adopted.
No Injunction Against Miss Stone.
BOSTON, April 25. The petition of a
lecture bureau for an injunction to re
strain Miss Ellen M. Stone, the mission
ary, from lecturing under rival manage
ment, was deified by Judge Richardson
this afternoon. The hearing on the mer
its of the case lasted two days.
Nominations Confirmed.
WASHINGTON, April 25. Confirmations
by the Senate:
Alfred L. GottschaJk, of New York, Con
sul at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua.
Postmasters California, E. S. Newcomb,
Coronado; L. Webster, Ventura. Wash
ington, F. W. France, Buckley. Arizona,
A. L. Smith Prescott.
The increased use of telephones in Lon
don has greatly diminished the demand ror
hansoms. That is easily understood, for
business men, to whom time is precious,
no longer have to drive hurriedly to this
or that office.
Of the 38 Sultans who have ruled the
Ottoman Empire since the conquest of
Constantinople by the Turks, 34, have died
violent deaths. v
Spuing
The. woman who suffers in
fcnd the spring season especially trying. All the year round she endures backache,
headaohe, nervousness, female weakness and other ills, yet manages to keep up. But
spring with its languor is apt to add the last straw to the burden, and the general
physical debility added to the womanly weakness produces a break-down of the
health. Spring is a trying season to all weak women, and not seldom a fatal season
to those whose chronic ailments make them an easy prey to disease.
If womanly suffering were a necessity; if no healing were offered for diseases
which afflict tho majority of women the world over, such a fact would discredit all
the boasted medical advancement of the twentieth century. In spite of the fact
that a large number of weak and sick women accept their condition as being beyond
the reaoh of medicine; and although local physicians often pronounce womanly dis
eases incurable which will not yield to their own treatment, it is a positive truth that
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LITERARY HOAXERS.
Cronsley'H Superb Imitntlon of
Browne Steevens Impositions.
London Dally News.
Our attention has just been called to
one of the cleverest literary hoaxes on
record. It Is known only to very few
students, and we think our readers will
be glad to hear about It. A writer in a
provincial paper lately quoted Sir Thom
as Browne's "Fragments on Mummies,"
from Emerson's fine essay on "Poetry
and Imagination." It is such a perfect bit
of "stately, somber and gorgeous prose"
that the modern reader, who Is less fa
miliar with his Emerson than was usual
ly the case in the last generation, will
not be sorry to see It quoted. Browne
is supposed to be speaking of the ancient
Egyptians: -"
Of their living habitations they made little
account, conceiving of them but as hopltla.
or Inns, while they adorned the sepulchres of
the dead, and, planting thereon lasting bases,
defled the crumbling touches of time and tho
misty vaporousness of oblivion. Yet all wcro
but Babel vanities. Time sadly overcometh
nil things, and Is now dominant, and sltteth
upon n sphinx, and looketh unto Memphis,
and Thebes, while his sisters Oblivion re
cllneth semlsomnous on a pyramid, glorious
ly triumphing, making puzzles of Titanlan
erections, and turning old glories Into dreams.
History slnketh beneath her cloud. T he trav
eler as lie paceth through those deserts asketh
of her. "Who bullded them?" and she mum
bleth something, but what It is he heareth
not.
There Is likely to be no reader who will
not allow, with Emerson, that it is hard
to refuse the "claim of poetry" to this
splendid passage, which was first printed
In Simon Wilkin's edition of Browne's
works in 1S33, pronounced by Southey to
be "the best reprint in the English lan
guage." The passage In question, however, Is not
to be found In the cheaper edition of Wil
kin's Browne which was Included in Bonn's
Standard library- There is good reason, it
seems, for that omission, though It must
'have puzzled and annoyed many readers.
A correspondent of the paper in question,
Charles "W. Sutton, asserts with good war
rant that the passage In question Is not
Browne's at all, but merely a clever imi
tation of his style. He tells us that the
version of tho "Fragment on Mummies"
in Wilkin is given from a transcript in the
handwriting .of one James Crossley, of
Manchester. Crossley, who was well
known as a close student of Browne, and
who had taken the trouble to reprint
some of his scarce tracts along with the
"Urn Burial,'' supplied Wilkin with this
fragment. The editor added: "I have
given this fragment on the authority of
Mr. Crossley, of Manchester, but have
not been able to find the volume in the
British Museum which contained it; nor
could he Inform me, haying transcribed It
himself In the museum, l)ut omitted to note
the volume in which he met with it." Mr.
Sutton pbserves: "It is no wonder that it
could not be found, for Crossley was
hoaxing the learned editor of Sir Thomas
Browne, the fragment being a jeu d'esprlt
from our townsman's own pen." To hoax
an editor, as George Trevelyan observes,
"has time out of mind been tho special
ambition of undergraduate wit,' but it is
not often that the temptation persists Into
mature life.
The two English writers who stand at
the head of the class of literary hoaxers
we shall not attempt to say whether their
fame Is Worth having or not are probably
ereneral with rKspasPR inmmnn Vmr km-
mentonons meuicmes. nis pront is
George Steevens, otherwise known as "The
Asp," and Robert Surtees, of Mainsforth.
The recreations of Steevens were not cal
culated to endear him to his contempo-
raries, especially to such of them as edit-
ed Shakespeare or indulged in antiquarian
discussion. Steevens edition of Shakes-
peare one of the chief foundations of the i
famous "variorum edition" of 1821. which
still commands a high price at the book
sellers, and Is dear to the student under j
one of his most cruel jokes of the kind.
"With a malignity that was not without
humor," says Sidney Lee In the Dictionary
of National Biography, "he supplied many
obscene notes to coarse expressions in the
text, and he pretended that ho owed his
Indecencies to one or other of two highly
respectable clergymen, Richard Amner
and John Collins, whose surnames were in
each instance appended. He had known
and quarreled with both. Such proofs of
his confirmed perversity justified the title
which Gifford applied to him of 'the Puck
of commentators." " Much sympathy wan
felt for Amner and Collins, who were a
good deal annoyed by his jest. More akin !
to Crossley's hoax was the production of j
c j' wiiivu iciw iiuiu v'l-'-'ifei; jtri:i:iiz in
scribing a convivial meeting at the Globe
in which Shakespeare and other drama
tists took part. This was copied from the
newspaper in which Steevens published
It into BIrkenhout's "Blographla Liter
aria," and still turns up here and there as
a genuine document of the period. Most
neonle have heard of the nraetlpal inko
Which Steevens played on Gough, the di-
rector of the Society of Antiquaries, who
had refused a bargain which Steevens of
fered him. Steevens proceeded to engrave
a marble fragment with some Anglo
Saxon letters which purported to state:
"Here Hardecanute drank a wine horn
dry, stared about him and died." This he
managed to pass on the credulous Gough
as the tombstone of the Danish King, and
a terrific controversy followed, in which
Steevens tried to impress on poor Gough
the "impossibility of wriggling off the
hook on which he is so archaeologlcally
suspended." Steei'ens' most successful
hoax was the description of the death
dealing upas tree of Java, which was a
sheer Invention of his own, and which not
only imposed on Erasmus Darwin, but
has passed Into a byword of our language.
Surtees of Mainsforth, though he never
hit on any invention quite so successful
as that of the upas tree, loft his mark on
our literature. It is, indeed, by no means
certain that we know the whole extent of
his pleasant fabrications. The prove
nance of old ballads is so doubtful and dif
ficult to trace, at the best, that a man
who condescends to pass off his own lyrics
as folk songs is very hard to detect; he
muddies the water at the fountain-head.
It is well known that Surtees wrote
"Barthram's Dirge" and "The Slaying of
Anthony Featherstonhaugh," which ho
passed off on Sir Walter Scott and foisted
Into the "Border Minstrelsy" as genuine
old ballads. It seems that Scott, to the
day of his death, never knew that Surtees
had deceived him. The received story is
that Surtees sent his fictitious ballads to
Scott, whom he did not then know, in
the hopo of making his acquaintance, in
tending to confess later on that they were
his own composition, but that Scott was
so thoroughly cnvlnced of his good faith
and so very likely to take such a joke
In bad part that Surtees never had the
courage to confess, though copies of the
rough drafts of both ballads which were
found among his papers' set the question
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does so to gain the little m
more
your loss.
beyond dispute. It Is true that we might
also assume that Surtees, while incapable
of forging these ballads, wished to be
thought their author, and deliberately left
the drafts behind him to produce that be
lief. Fortunately there is other corrob
orative evidence, but it is easy to see
what trouble a forger of ballads may bo
preparing for the future student. To this
day there ish grave doubt whether "Auld
Maltland" was not really the composition
of Surtees.
Snveil Ills Life by Repartee.
Detroit Journal.
A Pontine roofer saved his life recently
by his aptness at repartee. He was out
on the roof of the Insane asylum at
Pontiac. making some repairs, wltftin a
foot of the eaves. Suddenly the noiso
of his hammer was Interrupted by the
voice behind him, calmly saying:
"Well, come on! Let's jump down to
gether' The roofei turned and saw a maniac
standing behind him. The glitter in tho
madman's eye made the roofer look with
a feeling of dread at the ground below,
realizing that there was no escape.
The roofer concealed his fright a mom
ent. He even smiled contemptuously a3
he looked Into the maniac's face.
"Huh!" he remarked. "Any blamed
fool could jump down. But let's go down
and try to Jump up!"
"Say, that's an Idea!" exclaimed tho in
sane man. "Come on. Let's go down and
try it!" And he led the way to the
trap door In the roof.
The military authorities in Germany are be
coming seriously alarmed by the ever-increasing
difficulty of keeping the establishment of
the non-commissioned officers of the army up
to Its required numerical strength.
the chief adjunct
of beautv. ia now
placed within the
reach of ovcrvono
by means of Newbro's Herplcido, a j
new ccicatiflo discovery that effec-1
tuauy ac3troys inomicropcs respon
sible for all scam dificaC3.
It not onlr makes dandruff and fall-
Ins hair things of tho past, but invio?
oratC3 the-hair roots, causing a soft,
thick growth to supplant tho old
thin and brittlo one Hero is what
one happy woman says :
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My fcalr was coming out very npiaij-.md
in places Tr.-i3 enuray oiia i ana csjiuwt on
ocr pr.jsicin ne nirongiy rccommenaea
lierplcido to me, nna alter taroo or lour ap
plications ar hair Stopped falling, and is i
coxmnz in ftgaia quite uuct. I asoa to do
tronhled wilfi dandruff, of which t am enirrt.
so ynu soo 1 hare caoro to pra'iw Newbro's
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