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The lnlIIXSBR VOL. VII. IIILLHBOliO, OUKGON. THUE8DAT, AL'KIL 19, 19X. NO. 5. 5 1 f EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TKUMK TICKS KKOM T1IK WlU-ltS lutereellug Collevllon of Items Fraert Ik Ton lleuil.pueree Proeente-t l n Condeu.ed Ports. Tim 1'iiris exposition was formally Opened, Filipinos are in active near Manila. (Inn tn II was Itilliul and a KiV fatal ly injured It it Uwi.umt Urn which oe currod In Brooklyn. During a II m lit a coal mill" near 1'i ttnllU I u. Fa., cum IIIUII pcrt.hlld Mini tWO IlllltTII 111 till) lit e.CBIH'll, During the aiegu nl l.iiilyninltli, Gen ithI White's total losses (nun nil t'ntimm were Kill officer Had 3, Iflll men. British people lii-lt mi cliiuik'i In llm Briny service, lining to the uiiatla (in lory conduct uf the campaign again! tll BlM'M. Three nu ll urn uil to have luniiil gold In iuuru (uruiutliiii within two Militia ul Juplln, Mu., which nmnya I0 to ftil a toll. A Chinaman, pmaessliig ilo.uiiicnts twaring llm ni-ii I of the limit ul Peking, identifying Mm an cuiia-mr, was airti.t pel at Wu Chang, Tho University ul Edinburgh, Scut luiiil, conferred tln degree) of LL I), (ill Joneph II. Chontn, I'tllted Halo am latssadur to Great llrllaln. At New York, 5,0ti() clgaruiRkiirs, emploved by tlx of tlx largeet llnua lo tlmt rlty, have taien locked nut. No reason la given lor tliu action. liiilua Wright, millionaire mid treasurer (il llm linn o( Morgan & WrlKht, bicycle tiro manufacturers, wnt fatally allot ljr a wuumti ill Chicago. Tlia cruisers Ieimit ntiil Maiblehuad ami gunWta Bennington am! ('uncord have I "'I'll ordered nut of cointiilloii, owing to tin) link ul a aullW'irut number ul olhcer. Tho Chinese government liaa seut 7,000 troopt to Hhau Ting to suppress tliu "Boxers." However, it is nolorl out that thn inajurlty ol Ilia troop art tiinmUir ul thti aniii society, Tim tranairt I.ake F.rie, with op warda ol fiOO Transvaal prisoners, In cluding French, Gcnpau aud Husaiau iuwiiilar Ul thn foreign IkIu. captured t Itimhul, an 1 1 I'd (miii Cape Town (or 8t. Helena,. The trial ol Purlco I'lpln, who r cmilly 1ml a iiiihII uprising ngalimt th inivnniniuiit ul tank) I him l nun, hut eudwl with the convicliou u( t'io pris oner, who waa sentenced to 20 yean' Imprl wHiinciit mid to pay a llut ol f 30,- 000 111 gold. The total British losses In the lUier war aro uow 23,000. A Toxin town In the flooded district wt destroyed liy tnrimdo. Kiahiiriuan tnallnit the Culunilila rlvnr noHr Aaturin louud but (uw t'lil- uiHika. The I'unrto Klciin hill, m mnnilvd by tlm axiiiito, paaaml tho houae by vote of 103 to 1M. Adinlriil Dnwiiy dmiUt the ttory ol bla wltlulritwiil na cuiuliiluto (urpriml (lmitlul nomination. II. C. l'rli'k will dlapoan of all hit hohllnut, aomcthliiK like f 10,000,000, ' In the Carni'isli! t'oiiipiiny. Au iiilruiitinnl iittviit lUiinoiiatintlon will wkiii tiikii puli'a nt Tuku Cin, tlw ul( of i'e Chi Li, China. DurhiK a fight with rlotoui lnlioreri i:i New York, one IUUhu ttriker Wat killed anil aeveml wouudml. At the UiMirnia I'lipiillat convention, Hnimtor Marion IUitlur, of North Cum' liim, whi ilunouuced hh the "chief ol all ttnitom." (imirxu W. Hull, an Arlaona million' aim, whk arrnated In New York ou a clmrnu of perjury in a ilivoruo aim ugiiiuat bin wife, Coiiipotont aulhoritiei eatlnmte that the WHatii of homm monthly by the llritiah foroua in Month Afrlra, mutt be vuloulutod at not lutt thnu 6,000. H. C. Herein, nu atmiynr lu the Uui ted HtutiiH mint at Hun Kruuoloo, ha been arreated for kUmiIIiik sinall ainiiuiitw of gold daily for inontlm piiMt, CapitiillHtN of lWrlln, throuKh a Chi' oiuio llrm, have made au offur to pur iihiiae the l'urria whuol. The wheel, whloh wuIkIin 2,'JOO tons, will be nliip pud to lUirlin. lu Bun 1'iHiieUco, 500 ponmlt ol pliiK'Out tobacco have been tulxod in variout looul atoms by internal lovnuua HuontH, liHoauao the packages were iu Hiifllulently stamped. llurulars in ChloaKO atole diamonds, , jewelry and silverware valued at 140, 000 from the home of Orrln V. Potter, the multi-millionaire and nx-prunt dent of the Illinois Btwol Company, The period of time allowed Spanish realdouta in the Philippines to elect whether they shall remain Hpaninh sub joala or adopt the natlouiillty of the tei ritory in which they reside hat expired Former Secretary of the Interior Iloke Bnilth hat told his Atlanta, Ga., Journal to a lioHton syuUlcate, Germany and Russia are snlil to have reached au atireement aa to railway oouoesslonH, practically dlvldiug Asia Minor between them. Cyril Arthur Teamou, principal owner, manager and editor of 1'earson'a maifazlno and many other journals! luteudi shortly to lauuuh a Loudon daily newspaper modeled on American liueg. LATER NEWS. Ilrlrkmakert uf Cook county, 111.. ire ready to walk out. The prormtdluKaof the naval ttratntfy board will be aocret. The Ohio antt-bh-ycla law wat do- olarvd uui'UUatltutloual. )iiiiorrat, I'opullatt ami Hilver He- publtcaua have fused lu Nehraaka. Fire lu a txiieinriit houae at Newcas tle, I'a., cuunod the duath of lour pur- Nina. Itupulilicau party Inadera have agreed upon plaukt. r.xpauaiou will tm the key in itc. Charles II. Allen, of Mussachusrtts, wat lioiiiliinted (or uovurunr of l'uiirto Hico by the prualdeiit. I ji rue ibid mills In the vicinity of Chlcaiiu and Juliet have closed down uu account ul laUir troubles. In a speevh un the Philippine ques tion, Heiiator llnar said that the war to ilnte had cost 0,00(1 Uvea. The hlabirlral church uf Notre Dame a Vurtua, on the outaklrU uf Paris, waa piHsfe-wl, theu burned by vandals. Coiiiinoiluru Cowlu, U H. N., baa lied for the Philippines ou the steamer Ikulc, to take cliaiK" of the ma. blue shops at the Cavite navy yard. General Munteueijro, one uf the Kill- illlna' tawt Huhtera, has surrendered to 'ulouel Kmlth lu the mountains near 'amallU, iu tho provluce uf Piiiitfuil- uau. l'y the clonliij; of nine additional lliar (actiiries In New York city, the miinlier of strik'iiitf and locked out rluaniiiikem has lneu increased to 5,000. Twelve liundred Tanaloa attacked Case's battalion headquarters at Cara van, island of Mindanao, but were re pulsvd with a Ions of 60 killed and 30 wounded. American had live casual ties. hixtwn inonih have elapsod since the sultan of Turkey pnunisod to pay full, 000 indemnity (or tho destruction uf American tuiattioiiary property dur ing the riots of Ihu.'i. The usual sharp hint Is necessary. The secretHiy of war hat ordered an lnveati-iitiou of the case uf Major Knight, I'nlted State riiKinrer, tliarced with iutcrlerlnir with rather Tierney, ol the Homan Catholic church, lu the porformauce of bis duties. The Western hemlock it to be the subject uf a Bimetal invontlKstion this summer by tho division ol (ores try, and a party of eirts will spend several months In the I'uKet sound reg lou mak tiiK olixerviitiona aud meanureiiiuiits of that species uf hemlock. Cuiiiires will adjourn In June. Tho milk trust of Chicago i broken. War taxes will not be reduced at this anssinn of congress. Great Jiiltalu will lory a tax on mines to pay tho expenses ul the war. A burtilar eutored a saloon iu Che- halls, Wash., aud took (300 iu silver. Four men were killed aud several in jured in a drunken riot ol coal miners uear Johnstown, Pa. Heavy rain auj snow ttonut In the vicinity uf Denver are causing much delay to railroad tratllo. John llauuigau, aged 63, on of Ihe boat-knowu horse trainers in the conn try, died at Mildale, Ky. Two Mexican outlaws Held up a gambling house iu Johnson, Arlaona, aud killed a promineat mining maa. Kev. William J. Kutledge, of Jack sonvillc, 111., prominent Methodist mlnlNter aud originator of the U. A. H., la dead, aced HQ. The legislature of Trinidad baa re iected the offer of Canada for reoipro cat trade and adopted tho convention with tho United States. Fnnrleeu thousand people hava en tinged passage from Pacillc coast portt to Cape Nome, Alaska, on the first Meet uf atoamora, which taila about May 1. Two hundred or 300 families bought 1,200 acret of land uear F.ugene, Or,, with the Intention of dividiug it up into 40-acre tracts aud working on the colonization plau. llurglars at Toronto, Out., dug through the uiue-lnc.li brick wall ol the vault of St. Simon's church with crowbars and picks aud stole f 1,175, the Master olTeilug. . Couditious iu famlue-strlckeu India are deplorable. Sixty millions of peo ple are suffering aud 30,000,000 are in dire distress, and only 5,000,000 are revolving government aid. In New York, Julius Koster, a brick layer, who had inherited $300,000 (mm his brother's estate in Germany, was found dead, swinging from a rope in an empty water tank on the roof of his bouse, He had been Ul, aud the sudden uhiinge from poverty to riches a dec led his mind. In New York, a school of voice cul ture was beguu on a portuutious scale at Carnegie Hull, under the direction of Giaciinio Minkowsky, called the Metropolitan School of Voice and Sing ui;r Kdouiird do liee.ke and Mine. Nordicu will give scholarships to the best giftel pupils under Minowsky, Maurice Gran and Audrew A, MoCor ii itck aro lending their iiilluence. Min kowsky Ih a composer of uote. Mrs. James O. lllalue Is collecting her husband's loiters for publication iu a biography. Worklngmou In California are be coming alarmed at the steadily in creasing number of Japanese iimiii gviiuts. Tho Pennsylvania supreme oourt has held that n company incorporated in another stale mid not registered in Pennsylvania cannot recover in an action at law. GATES THROWN OPEN Formal Dedication of France' Great Exposition. THE SHOW 18 FAR FItOM HEADY Barhs of PrMldunt I.oub.l and Mis- UUr MIII. rami - C'uinpUtn.a mud Kstaal at Auiarlcau Etblblla. Taria April 17. The exposition ol 1U0O ia (eii, but it will be at least a month before anything but buildings it to be seen. The day's ceremonies were s peculiar mixture of sumptuous splen dor lo the Salle des Fetes, aud wide spread confusion elsewhere. Nothing could have exceeded the picturesque stage setting In the beautiful building lu which the ceremonies were held, the gorgeous uniforms of the diplomats and soldiers, the splendid orchestra aud chorus and the magnificent effect pro duced by the grand staircase, up which President Luubet proceeded to view the exKsition, lined with some 200 picked men of the Republican guard, with jackboots, white breeches, gleaming cuirasses and borne-hair plumes stream lug (mm shining helmets. At the top of this stairway was a room, the in terior of which could be seen from the Salle des Fetes, and this was hung with priceless gobelins from the Louvre. Into this splendid apartment President Loubet enU-ied and walked down the avenue to hit Isiat. This part of the day's arrangement was perfect, but the rest was chaos. The weather today was luckily all that could l desired. Fourteen thous and guests hud Ix-cn invited to the function, and they had, because of the fine weaher, only the dust to endure. Had thn day been wet, the unrolled paths ol the exmition grounds would hava been turned into a mass of mud. The afternoon was a holiday In Paris by general consent, and a host of country people crowded into the city to swell the multitudes, who from an early horn serged in the direction of the exposition aud took up positions along the route of the presidential procession and at the approaches to the grounds. The immeuxe number of guests prac tically swept the central streets clean of cabs, of which an unbroken stream, several deep, drifted slowly toward the gaU-s between noon aud 2:30 P. M. Drifto-d is the correct expression (or the rate ol progress, because the tralllo ar rangements were so inadequate that hundreds of vehicles did not reach the exposition at all, and the occupant were either left stranded en route or were obliged to abandon their carriages and proceed on foot. This was tho ex pedient ordinarily adopted, even by several members of the diplomatio corps and two gorgeously attired offi cials ol the Chinese embassy, after hastily walking several blocks, arrived In tho Salle des Petes just in time to hear the cheering at the conclusion ol the ceremony. TROOPS CALLED OUT. To Suppress Italian Hlrlk.rs at Crotoa Lanilliif. Croton Landing, N. Y April 17. While everything is quiet and peaceful lu the uoighlHirhood ol the Cornell dam tonight, nearly 300 armed deputies are Hoarding the works, aud each one of them is guessing as to what tomorrow may bring forth. The striking Italian laborer, whose homes are iu the vicin ity of the works, are behaving them selves excellently. Hut underneath their assumed quiet there ia stubborn resolve not to go back to work nor let any outsiders take their places until the contractors agree to pay the in crease of wages demanded. Streuons efforts are being made by Italian Con sul ltrauchi to bring about a settlement of the difficulty. The strikers are very determined iu their demauds, and swear that il outside labor is brought here they will tight tooth aud nail to prevent It. Angelo Hotella, who is the recog nized leader of the strikers, said today: "This is a fight to a finish. We earn more money than we are receiving, aud the contractor must pay us for our work. The state should protect us, and, instead ol sending deputies aud soldiers to help the bosses, they should compel them to treat us rightfully. II the bosses attempt to bring the other laborers here we shall prevent any work being done, and if the military comes to help them, then we will light th loldiers." Attempted Hunter and Bulclde. Carboudale, III., April 16. Gus Yonug, a prominent young man ol Murphysburo, shot aud wounded Mis Kate Van Clooster and then blew out bis brains in a temporary fit of jeal oust. Young was a real estate man and the lady was a member ol one ol' the best families of Southern Illinois. She will recover. Tornado's Work In Texas Town. Dallas, Tex., April 17. A special to the News from Hoyse, Tex., dated April 16, says: "A tornado struck this place at mid' night, and it is believed that several Uvea have been loBt. Eight houses were wrecked, aud at this hour th greatest exoitomout prevails. Plteher Purchased for ST SO. Kansas City April, 17. Manngei Manning, ol tne times, has closed a deal with Pittsburg for Pitcher Chun my Gray, formerly ol Buffalo, purchas ing hiiu for $750. Chile Importing Wheat. Santiago do Chile, via Galveston, Tex., April 17. In oonsequenoe of tin poor crops, wheat prioes are advancing, I and the situation will allow large im uortationt from California OAS MAIN EXPLODED. On Man Instantly Killed and Five Probably Fatally Injured. Loganxpurt, Ind., April IS. Too much pressure and a pievool defective gas pipe in the mains of the Chicago Pipe Line Company at a joint four miles southeast of here was the cause of a terrific explosion today, in which Michael Kllison, Jr., was instantly killed, and five other men received in juries from which It is doubtful il they will recover. Twelve men were in the trench repairing a leak in a 10-iucn inslu, from which the gat had been transferred to an eight-inch main near it. The men were around a "T" on the eight-inch main, and Kllison was stooping over it when the pipe explod ed. He wss found 150 feet away, his hones broken and having probably met instant death, George Morrison, in charge of the work, was sent sprawling un the ground 80 feet away, with gravel aud dirt blown into his skin, his body wrenched, sud his clothes torn and tat tered.' Will brings Inhaled gas and was taken home unconscious. Three lalmrcrs were knocked down and bruised in a (rightful manner. The rest ol the men escaped with slight in juries from flying dirt and rock. The T" weighs 1.000 pounds, aud it was carried a distance of (0 feet. The ex plosion tore the ground for a distance of 400 feet, ami was heard lor miles, besides the heavy jar. NATAL BOERS MOVING. Nntlre Kepnrt They Hate Left Bland's Laagte District. London, April 18. A Ladysmith Swclal. dated April 16, says that natives report that the Boers in Kland't Laagte have retired beyond Biggars berg. This Information tends to con firm the report that the Boers blew up three important colliers, near Weasel's Nek, completely destroying the same. A Cape Town dlspatcn says nearly 8,000 hoi sea have landed there since April 13, which indicates that every effort Is being made to remedy a great defect iu the British organization. The chief Boer delegate, I isher, ac- comiauied by Dr. Leyds, visited the president of the Dutch cabinet today at The Hague, but the doings of the dele gates create little speculation in Eng land. Frederick Yilliers, the veteran war correspondent, who arrived at South ampton today fiora the front, said be believed that the worst of the war is over, but that guerrilla warfare will coutinue fur some time. A bulletin issued at Pietoria, April 13, reports that the burghers captured 600 slaughtered oxen at VYepener, and that General Froneruan that day de feated the British, causing them to fly lu the direction of Wolverpurt, appar ently over the Orange river. Troops Are on Maud. Groton Landing, N. Y., April 18. The first bloodshed as the outcome of the strike at the Cornell dam waa the life blood of Sergeant Hubert Douglass, of the F.leveuth separate company, of Mount Vernon, who was shot dead by an uukuown assassin while he was re lieving guard at 8:50 o'clock last night. The wildest excitement prevailed troughout the camp as soon as the news of the assassination spread to the differ out tents, aud the soldiers are frantic over the crime. The point where the sergeant fell is known as Post 10, which was in charge of Corporal Mc Dowel!. It is situated on top of the hill, near Little ltalv, where armed strikeis were seen drilling or marching about early this morning, brandishing rifles aud shotguns. The spot is high over the huge pile of masonry, aud from it one can command a view of the country on each side up and down the Croton valley. Negro Shot Into a Crowd. Indianapolis, Ind., April 17. A colored man riding a bicycle shot into a crowd of DO boys in West)lndiauapolis this afternoon, woundiug Clarence Vort in the hip and George Golder in the thigh. Both are seriously wounded. As the colored man was passing the crowd they began to chaff him and he fired. He then rode away, pursued by an infuriated mob of 100 people, who threw bricks, stones and clubs at him, but failod to overtake him. Cries of "lynch him" were henrd on all sides The man is said to have had another difficulty iu the same vicinity about mouth ago, and at that time threatened to shoot. The police failed to locate the negro. French Chureh Burned. Paris, April 18. The historic church of Notre Dame dos Vortus, in the out skirts of Paris, was entered Sunday evening or Monday morning by van dais, who, after pillaging it, set It on fire. Several firemen were badly in jured by burning brands. The interior of the church waa fouud in a Btate of great disorder, and the communion veB' sels are believed to have been stolen, unless they are buried iu the debris One of the huge bells fell into the sacristy and three others through a roo into the organ. Three men were seen leaving the church just after the Hie was discovered. Kansas City Carpenters' Strike. Kansas City, April 18. Slightly over 400 union carpenters went on strike today for an increase ol wages to 87 H cents an hour. The contract' ors offered 35 oeuts, but it was rejected by the men. Chattanooga, Tenn., April 18. A through freight train on the Southern lailway struck a mule and was wrecked while running at full speed near lluntsville, Ala., while going down a steep embankment. The freight can crowded upon the over' turned engine and suffocated and crushed to death in the cab both Engl ueer Percy Armstrong and Fireman Os borne, who had stuck to their posts Five ol the train crew were seriously Injured. IGIITINC IN LUZON nsurgents Attacked Garrison at Batoo, North Ilocos. KKPl'LSKD, LOSING 106 MEN Captain I)dd's Cavalry Fore Sur round. d a Village, Capturing Many Prisoners-Report of a Cold Find. Manila, April 18. General Young reports that 300 insargent riflemen and bolomen attacked the American garri son at Batoo, province of North 1 locos. yesterday, but were repulsed, losing 106 rueu. The Americans bad no casualties. Captain Dodd, with a squadron of the Third cavalry, recently surrounded a village in Union province, and sur prise.! 2oo insurgents living in bar racks, it apparently being the recruit ing center for the province. The enemy lost 53 men killed. Our troops also captured 44 men and burned the village. One American wat wounded. Gold In Lnion. San Francisco, April 18. The trans port Tartar, which arrived Saturday afternoon from Manila, was released from quarantine today. The Tartar brought advices from the Philippines up to March 6. One of the reports from Manila is that Vt illlara Odun, who is spoken of as a miner of large experience, baa rctorne-l trora a pros pecting trip on the distant coast ol Yigan. He showed rich specimens ol gold, and declared that he had located a ledge of quartz as rich as anything in Colorado or California. He is organiz ing a company of ex-soldiers, and will go into the mountain districts ol Yigau to secure claims. In an interview in the Manila F'reeiiom, Odun says: "Never More did 1 see such indica tions of mineral wealth. I have trav eled from the Klondike to South Africa, aud 1 am convinced that there is not a much richer mineral country in the world than the Island of Luzon." STEEL PLANTS SHUT DOWN. Labor Troublra In Building Trades Ulveu as Ihe Reason. Chicago, April 18. Labor troubles in the building trades are stated by President John . Lambert, ol the American Steel & Wire Company, as reasons for orders issued today for the closing down of all the plants of the conoi ru in the vicinity of Chicago and those of Joliet, 111., excepting the Kockdale mill aud the extensive plant at Anderson, Ind. Twelve plants were ordered closed. Thousands of skilled workmen were temporarily suspended by the action of the wire magnates. President Lambert said: Labor trou bles are at the bottom of it. Our market has been destroyed by the stop ping of buidling labor, and we ha e had to shut down until the accumulated stock is soid." New York, April 18. John W Gates, president of the American Steel & Wire Company, was seen today in reference to a dispatch from the West which stated that a number of con stituents concerned in the mam com pany had suspended operations. He confirmed the statement, and said that 12 of the mills have been shut. down. Thev are located at Pittsburg, Cleve land, Joliet, Waukegan, 111.; De Kalb, 111.; Newcastle, Ind., and Anderson, Ind. Mr. Gates said the cause of the closing dowu of the mills was over production. He said he was unable to state when the nulls would resume operations. When asked for his view as to the trade situation and outlook air. uates sraieo wiav vue iiuv-nuu ui -i J a1 J. il.. 1 a. the mills was the best evidence of the current situation. Mr. Gates made another statement later, in which he said the 13 mills which had been closed had a daily capacity of from 8,000 to 4,000 tons. It is said as many as 4,000 men, boys and girls will be affected by the shut-down. Pittsburg, April 18. The American Steel & Wire Company's mills closed iu this district include those at New castle, Bruddock, and the Oliver mill, on the South Side, Pittsburg. It is estimated that about 2,000 men are affected iu this section. Rain In Mississippi. Meridian, Miss., April 18 Seven inches of rain has fallen iu this city aud vicinity since yesterday. The damage by high water will reach up wards of 1200,000, and two fatalities have been reported. This city is sur rounded on three sides by a vast ex pause of water, and all trains are in definitely delayed by disastrous wash outs. Recently planted crops in the lowlands in a radius of 10 miles are uuder water, and citizens in flooded distriots have fled to the highlands for safety. The dam of the Meridian Waterworks Company reservoir gave way this afternoon, and the damage will reach $10,000. Two negro boys who attempted to cross; Sowashie creek, east of the city, this afternoon, were drowned. The ruin is still falling in torrentB. The storm is general throughout the state, and railway traf fic is generally suspended, owing to washouts in all directions. Antt-Lynchlng Law Invalid. Columbus, O., April 18. The su preme court today declared that the j anti-lynching law is unconstitutional. The law provides that the heirs of any. person who is lynched may collect $5, 000 from the commissioner in the county in which the affair occurs. The decision was rendered in the cases of Click Mitchell, hanged by a mob at Urbana, and J VV. Caldwell, who waa shot and beaten by strikers at Cleve , laud. 1 CENSURED BY "ECUS." Leadership of Roller and Vf arrea Con demned. London, April 19. The government has chosen this as the moment to pub lish a dispstcb from Lord Roberts pro nouncing censure upon Sir Ked vers Buller and Sir Charles Warren, two of bis most important subordinate com manders. This dispatch, written Feb ruary 13, has been in the hands ol the war office for five weeks. Just why it is published now, in the middle of the ampaign, is not understood, unless it Is expected that General Buller and General Warren will ask to be relieved sf their commands. The revelation of their incapacity must tend to under mine the confidence of the troops in their leadership. Lord BobCTts' dispatch, with the en closures, is the great feature of the London press this morning. In a long editorial tbe Daily News speaks of the "somewhat appalling language" of tbe dispatch, and goes on to say: "Lpon the whole, these dispatches ire disquieting and disheartening in no ordinary dejrree. F'ollowing immedi ately upon the recall of General Gat sere, they indicate a widespread feel ing of uneasiness and anxiety." The Standard which is supposed to be in tbe confidence of the government lays: "It is scarcely likely that the publi cation of Lord KoWrts' dispatch is without a purpose. It irresistibly sug gests whether it is not to be followed by further impoitant changes in the outh African commands. Painful as such measures may lie, there must be oo hesitation in carrying them out if they are required in the public in terest." CONDITIONS IN INDIA. Awful Famine Affecting Millions of People. Boston, April 18. Rev. Rockwell Clancy, a missionary at Allahabad, who is visiting his brother in Med ford, jaia last night: "The condition of famine stricken India today is something perfectly aw ful to contemplate. I cannot tell any thing about the number dying, but when 1 left Bombay last February there were some 60,000,000 people suffering and over 80,000,000 were in dire distress, and of these but 5,000, 000 were receiving government aid. "It is not the cities, but the country places, which are etiicken, and when you know that it is mostly among the agricultural classes, aud that 80 per cent of the population of India is made up of the tillers of the soil, you may be able to grasp in some slight manner the extent of the suffering at the pres ent time. "When the famine set in. the people began to sell everything they had, in order to get a little more grain food. They took the doors from their houses and sold them; sold their furniture and farming utensils, aud theu, when they no longer had anything to sell, they sold their children. The boys don't sell well, aud the tramc is largely in girls. "I saw girls in one town just before I came awav being sold for 30 cents spiece. They were bought up by Mo bamniedians. But they won't buy the boys, so when the parents can no longer support their children they abandon them, and henceforth they must get on as best they can. These cast-offs con' gregate about the doors of tne grain merchant shops, and the only way the proprietor can get rid of them is to throw out handfuls of grain, scattering it wide. The children pick and pick all day, and at night they are reward ed by having collected a single handful." Officer Murdered. Vancuover, B. C, April 19. The mangled and mutilated remains of Alexander Main, chief of police of Kfll .aro ,nj -ui. mnr;a i . . m- i.. i a hastily made grave near a cluster of Chinese shacks, two miles from Steves- ton. Main had been missing since Sat' urday, wheu he went to one of the Chi' nese cabins to search for some missing tools believed to have been stolen. He was accompanied by his dog, and neither man nor dog was seen from Saturday until this afternoon, when a rancher named T. Trites, a member of one of many searching parties, noticed some fresh turned earth. Pokiug with his stick he felt some resistance, aud, hastily removing the earth, a most gruesome spectacle was revealed. Main's head been Bevered from the body, his arms and legs broken and hacked into small bits. In the grave with his master was the body of the little dog, killed so that he would not carry news of tho crime. Mutiny on the Tartar. San Francisco, April 19. ThetranS' port Tartar, which has been released from quarantine, is to be turned over to her owners by the government. When the Tartar was a few days out from Manila the 47 discharged soldiers who were being brought home, were given various tasks to do by Quatrer-master-Captain Davis, but the soldiers rebelled, and claimed that, having beeu discharged, they were traveling as ordinary citizeus. On tbe vessel's arrival here the matter was submitted to General Shatter, who has decided that the men were in nu way amenable to the army regulations, and should be released when the vessel left quaran tine. Xiubeisler Pleaded Guilty. Chicago, April 19. A special tq the Chronicle from Waterloo, la., says: A. I. Breckinridge, who is under in dictment for embezzling $19,000 from the Perpetual Building & Loan Associa tion, of which he was secretary, today pleaded guilty to the charge. Kx-Kallroad President Dead. Philadelphia, April 17. Charles E. Smith, ex-president of the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Company, died here today of paralysis, aged 79 years. PEAISE FOR TAGALS 6enator Hoar Eulogized the Philippine Rebels. ROLL CALL OF DEAD STATESXKJ Houae Debated the Qaeatlons f aaor-Plnte and Oovernment Build leg of Warships Washington. April 19. For more than three hours today. Hoar, the senior senatoi from Massachusetts, occupied the atention of the senate with a speech in opposition to the policy ol "imper ialism" upon which be maintained this government had embarked. At pre pared, the address waa 60,000 words in length, but Hoar omitted much of it, owing to an incipient attack of la srrippe, from which he was suffering. He spoke for three hours, and, while it was a tremendous strain upon him, the ore important passagea of the argu nent were delivered with force and vigor. Tbe speech was brilliantly written. was illuminated with splendid rhetori cal figures, and was rich with citations from history. One of the notable parts of the address was the eulogy ol Agui naldo. Hoar did not liken the insur gent leader to Washington, as has been done heretofore, but to Kossuth, Oom . Paul, Joubert and Nathan Hale. In statecraft, be likened Aguinaldo ami his associates in tbe leadership of the Filipinos to the best minds ever pro duced in the Asiatio race, a race which handed down to us "the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, the' poetry of David, the eloquen e of Isaiah, tbe wisdom of Solomon and the profound philosophy of Paul." One of tbe most effective parts of the speech was bis fancied roll-call of some of the distinguished statesmen of the United States on the question of the retention of the Philippines. He began with George Washington and loeed with William McKinley, each in a sentence giving a reason for his vote. Every vote was in the negative, except that of Aaron Burr, who voted Yes," and said: Yon are repeating my buccaneering expedition down tbe Mississippi. I am to be vindicated at last." When the name of William McKinley was called, he replied: "There has been a clond before my vision for a moment, but I see clearly now; I go back to what I said two years ago: 'Forcible annexation ia criminal aggression; governments de rive their just powers from the consent of the governed, not of some of them, but ol all of them.' I will stand with the fathers of the revolution. I will stand with tbe founders of the Republi can party." The effect was dramatic As Hoar pronounced his peroration, the stillness in the chamber was intense. Applause swept over the galleries, but it waa hushed quickly by tbe president pro tern, The second day's debate upon the naval appropriation bill in tbe house today was confined closely to the sub ject matter of the bill, and was, aa a rule, devoid of interesting features. Ihe questions of armor plate and the buiding of warships in government yards, as yesterday, attracted most at tention. The general debate waa closed today and tomorrow the bill will be read under the five-minute rule. A BATTLE AT CAGAYAN. Tagalt Attacked Case Troops In Mln- dnnao. Manila, April 19. Twelve hundred Tagals attacked Case's battalion, head quarters of the Fortieth regiment, at Cagayau, Island of Mindanao, April 7. The Americans had 15 casualties, while of the attacking force 50 were killed and 80 wounded or taken prisoners. The enemy, numbering 150 riflemen, the remaiude) being bolomen, archers and mounted spearmen, swooped dowu in a howling mass at daylight, surpris ing and killing three of the sentries. They swarmed through the streets in small parties, some bearing scaling ladders, by means of which they at tempted to enter the houses. The Americaus tumbled out of the barracks and formed in the plaza, and companies began sweeping the towu. The subse quent street fight lasted 30 minutes. Twelve of the wounded Americana are now on board the hospital ship Relief. The enemy withdrew to the mountains in great confusion. General Montenegro, oue ol tbe ' in surgents' best fighters, has surrendered to Colonel Smith in tbe mountiansnear Camliug, in the province of Tailao, where, with General Macabulos, he bad been trying to reorganize the Fili pino army. Colonel Smith, with five companies of the Seventeenth infantry, pearly surrounded the force of Moute negro, who. discouraged by the iui possibilty ol making his men stand against the Americans, surrendered. Macabulos escaped. The insurgents have attacked San Jose, in the province of Batangas, and Santa Cruz, on tbe lake, fruitlessly. The first American coal ever shipped to Japan has at arrived Nagasaki. The . jt earner Needless has reached that port with 6,000 tons from Virginia, Tailors' Dl.pute settled. Chicago, April 19. Tailors who were looked out February 1$ returned to work today, the contract between the Journeymen Tailora Union and the Tailors' and Drapers' Exchange having been drawn up fend signed by represen tatives of both bodies last night. The exchange wint every point in the con troversy. Back ahopa are refuted. The only point conceded by the boaaea was in regard to bushelmen. who are allowed to remain with the union,