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McHenry Plaindealer. F. K. QRANQER, Publisher. McHENRY, ' - ILLINOIS. • WEEK'S NEWS EECOED JrK.,,. , U:- m - I fp .• ,< m:. $£• *he Covington, Ky., postofflpe waa rob- "%ea of stamps and money 'reported to •mount to $20,000. The work was evi­ dently done by uien who ha«5 secreted = themselves in the stamp department. I>. W. Van Horn, well known in the Southwest as a Government trader at Forts Elliott and Sill, while trying to Imsrd a train at Caldwell, Ivan., had both legs-cut off close to his body. The injury was fatal. News from Bolivia is that President Afonzo's forces have' again been defeated by those under Gen. Pnndo. Panic reigns in the department of Oruro and the prov­ ince of Cochamba has risen and joined in the revolution. Judge Hammond, in Cleveland, Ohio, decided the celebrated lake front case in the United States Circuit Court by in­ structing the ju*yto,lHrt'tirn a verdict in f^yor of tovxake Shore, Pennsylvania Uid Big Four railroads. At Montaville, a suburb of Portland, Ore., Mrs. Laura Browning, aged 30, bk^w out hoyTb'rhins after taking a dose of laudanum arid forcing her three children, aged 10, 7 and 2, to drink the drug. The' two older children will probably recover. It is said t)Uat poverty, drove the mother insane. . The dead bodies of Mrs. John Gilbert and her four children were1 found in their home in Clay,County, Kansas, by a neigh­ bor. The boy Was 0 years old and the three girls 3, 5 and 7 respectively. The family had not been seen for two days. The door was found,locked and the hus­ band missing. , Trainmen arriving at Chattanooga on the through passenger from Atlanta re­ port having found three large sticks of dynamite on the rear sleeper while pass­ ing Kenesaw, Ga. Recently several men were arrested below Kenesaw for car breaking, and it is supposed they placed the dynamite on the train to blow it up. , William Goings, an Indian sentenced to death at South McAlester, I. T., for mur­ der, was not shot according to the sen­ tence of the Indian court. The habeas corpus writ issued by Judge Clayton of the United States Court was served on the Indian sheriff just in time to save Goings' life. Goings will probably be re­ funded back to the Indian court for a new trial. Daring the month of February there were coined at the United States mint in Philadelphia 500.100 double eagles. The •Over coined consisted of 76.000 dollars and 112.000 |ialf-dollars. There were 446,000 5-cent pieces and 1.157,000 pen­ nies coined. The total number of pieces coined was 2,291,190, and their total value $10,1(50,670. The Mobile and Ohio train bearing home the Second battalion of the Second Mis- aoori volunteers from Albany, Ga., where they had been mustered out of the service, was wrecked two miles south of Tupelo, ltisa. Four cars in which the soldiers were seated jumped the track and were hurled down a 20-foot embankment. Six­ teen soldiers were injured. It is almost adraculous that no one was killed. After a church entertainment the other sight at Endieott, Neb., Burt Grandy and Clyde Cole waited at the door to beg the privilege of escorting pretty Gertie EGckey home. Both spoke at once, but the girl accepted Cole. Grandy was per­ sistent and begged that he be permitted to accompany them. His offer was rejected. The couple walked home and at the gate touod Grandy. The disappointed lover demanded that the girl say whom she lov­ ed best of the two. The girl declared her love for Cole. Instantly Grandy drew a •erolver and fired at Cole, killing him. Miss Hickey then denounced Grandy, who fled to the woods. Grandy's body was found in a pasture six miles from En­ dicott. A bullet hole in his skull and a revolver lying by his side told the story of suicide. Miners who have arrived on the steamer Tees from the north say the Canadian sMcials on the Dalton trail have seen fit ts change the boundary line to suit them­ selves. They have advanced a considera­ ble distance into American territory, and, according to the story, have planted the British flag within seven utiles of Haines Mission, the entrepot for the Porcupine district. The point to which the Cana­ dians have advanced will throw a big area of the recently discovered mines of the Porcupine district into British terri­ tory if the new boundary is allowed to stand. News is also brought by the Tees that a number of miners were frozen to death on the Atlan trail during a recent terrible cold snap. The mercury fell to SB below and eight unfortunates are said to have succumbed to the cold. Their names could not be learned. Several oth- were badly frozen. NEWS NUGGETS. : 4, •tore «f 'Seaae, Mills A Co., In the Wind­ sor Hotel Block, Hoi yob e, Mass., totally destroyed the hotel and burned out sev­ eral big stores. The loss may reach $500,000. The fifty-three Spanish miners who ar­ rived at New York on the Umbria, des­ tined for the West, have been ordered de­ ported. It is asserted that they came un­ der contract to work for a wealthy Span­ iard at Boise City. Because two tending boys cheered for President Hayes of the Glass Blowers' Union at Bridgeton, N. J., the Cumber­ land glass works are closed and 1,000 men and boys are idle. The two boys were discharged for cheering and a strike followed. John Krebs of St. Clair, Pa., employed at Silver Creek colliery, was very seri­ ously injured by the premature discharge of a dynamite blast. Two of his fingers were blown off, both eyes put out and he austained^frightful contuSioftS*>nbout the face and body. The Jackson & Wooden Manufacturing Company of Berwick, Pa., has been pur­ chased by the Federal Steel Company for $1,300,000. The Jackson & Wooden Com­ pany is the largest steel-car manufactur­ ing plant east of Pittsburg, and is Said to be the only one owned by the trust cast of the Ohio river. WESTERN. Joseph A. Peck ham has been nominated llr Governor by Rhode Inland Prohibi­ tionists. Samuel Mclntyre, known as "the her­ mit," died at Stony Brook, N. J., aged 102 years. Bev. Joseph M. Taylor, president of Tassar College, has declined the presi­ dency of Brown University. Prof. Wasserman, one of Prof. Koch's ablest pupils, is believed to have discov­ ered a serum for the cure ol' pneumonia. The United States customs receipts for February were $16,921,000, the largest received by the treasury since 1893. In February of that year they reached $16.- *6,000. Sig. Cordosa, a distinguished Italian Inventor, announces he has invented a screw propeller which will double the speed of ships at half the present coal ipfcnsamption. ; George Leoffert & Sons, lumber dealers •f Sharpsburg, Pa., have filed a petition I* bankruptcy. Liabilities $120,000, as- ipfets $6,000, principally open accounts. . The Pacific Mail steamship Starbuck, Captain Brugiere, foundered twelve milefs from Amapala, on the Island ot' Tigre, off the coast of Honduras. No lives are re- I^ported lost. • At a meeting of the carpenters' union pf Cleveland, Ohio, it was decided to de­ clare a strike to take effect April 1, unless Wages are increased 5 cents an hour on or before that date. It is stated that 2,000 ate in the .compact. On application of some of the stock­ holders of the Union Saving? and Trust Company a receiver was appointed for the F. Tuchfarber Company, manufacturers of glass and other signs at Cincinnati. .Liabilities $70,000, assets $175,000. At Guthrie, Ok., Erwin Covey and his wife quarreled over breakfast being late. Mrs. Covey struck him with a wrench and he fired both charges of a shotgun into her body, kiMing her instantly. He worked about the place until arrested. H. L. Wells, who claimed to be presi­ dent of the Mitchell (Neb.) Land and Cat­ tle Company, has pleaded guilty of at­ tempting to steal a train load of cattle valued at $15,000 from Francis & Row­ land of Newton, Ivan., and was sentenced to a year in the penitentiary. The people of St. Joseph, Mo., at a spe­ cial election approved the proposition to build a new waterworks system. The weather was far from favorable, but 8,127 votes out of a registration of 11,000 were cast in favor of the plan. The con­ tract was awarded, to the Seckner Con­ tracting Company of Chicago. In her home in Kansas City, Mo., Mrs. Clio Findlay blew out her brains with a revolver as she stood before a mirror. Her two sons, returning from school, were the first to discover the tragedy. Mrs. Find- lay was the wife of Alexander Findlay, a well-to-do real estate dealer, and was prominent in society. Ill iiealth led to the act. The trial of J. M. Wallace, alias Daniel Jones, on the charge of forgery, was be­ gun in the Criminal Court at Cleveland. Wallace was charged with swindling the Citizens' Savings and Loan Company out of $5,000 on a fraudulent mortgage. The trial was brought to an abrupt termina­ tion by Wallace pleading guilty to the charge. Edwin T. Earl, who is thoroughly fa­ miliar with the California fruit trade, says: "The yield of oranges in the suoth- ern part of the State this season is about 3,000,000 boxes. Of this number about four-fifths are being sent to Eastern cities. The financial returns to the orange grow­ ers of the crop will be between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000. William S. Foley, a 28-year-old farmer, was acquitted of the charge of having murdered his mother at their home near Liberty, Mo., in 1897. He is still under indictment, charged with killing his sister, but will probably never be tried on the charge. Foley's first trial resulted in a hung jury. On the second he was convict­ ed and sentenced to be hanged, but was granted a new trial. The Columbus, Hocking Valley and To­ ledo Railroad Company and the Hocking Coal and Railroad Company were sold at public auction in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus road was first offered for sale and brought $3,250,000. The Hocking Coal and Railroad Company was knocked down at $750,000. Both were then offer­ ed together and were sold for $4,000,000 to the reorganization committee. In the United States Supreme Cosrt an opinion has been handed down by Justice Peckham in the case of the State of Ohio vs. Gen. J. E. Thomas, Governor of the Soldiers' Home at Dayton. The case was a prosecution against Gen. Thomas under State laws for failing to post a placard in the eating room of the home stating that olemargarine is used there. The court held that the State law was unconstitutional in its application to the Soldiers' Home. , James M. White, the capitalist, is dead at Kenton, Ohio. Some time ago he built an immense mausoleum and fitted it up elegantly, and directed that his friends should come there and play cards and en­ joy themselves after his death, adding that he could not take a hand, but he would be with them anyway. Mr. White was a thirty-second degree Mason, having been a member of that order for fifty-two years. The members of that fraternity from all parts of the State attended his funeral. He leaves a large estate to two daughters. SOUTHERNT •ana, Cuba. For several years Mr. Thompson has been deputy postmaster at Indianapolis, and Is a trained postal offi­ cial. There are persistent rumors among the natives at Peshawur that the ameer of Afghanistan, Abdurrahman Khan, ia dead. „ Count Jean Bernard Rachberg-Rothen* lowen, the distinguished Austrian states­ man, formerly minister of foreign affairs, and the incumbent of other important administrative posts under Emperor Fcan- cis Joseph, died the other day in his nine­ ty-third year. Several daring robberies have been com mitted recently near San Luis, Cuba, and the other day another store was complete­ ly sacked by twelve armed Cubans. Many minor depredations are reported. Appar­ ently neither the Ninth immune regiment nor the gendarmes can afford the neces­ sary protection to property. Tiie offlctsrls of the German foreign of­ fice have notified the United States em­ bassy that the Government will hence­ forth admit American oranges, lemons and raisins without examination, and also that all American fresh and dried fruit will be allowed to pass in bond through Germany without being examined. The American residents in Chee Foo, China, have sent an appeal to the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce, re­ questing that a ship load of corn be sent for the relief of 2,000,000 Chinese in Shang Tung province. The unprecedent­ ed floods of the Yellow river have destroy­ ed crops, and the immense population along the great river is on the verge of starvation. According to Samoan advices in Sydney newspapers, an interview was had with Mataafa in his camp after the battle by a reporter, who learned that Mataafa was equally averse with Malietoa to seeing the islands under German control. Mataafa, in his attack on Malietoa's forces, was anxious not to hurt the bodies or Injure the feelings of any white persons. The interviewer adds that it appeared to him that Mataafa was being tirged on against his personal wishes to fight. Mataafa gathered all the dead bodies of his ene­ mies that he could find and cut off their heads as trophies of battle. These grew- some relics were exhibited to visitors to his camp. IN GENERAL. Two iceboats going at a high rat£ of speed came together on Hamilton bay, Ontario. William Holtham was killed and several others were severely injured. Two boys were killed, another mortally injured and several others more or less seriously injured by a terrific explosion in one of the mixing-rooms in a building of the Nordlinger-Charlton Fireworks Com­ pany in Graniteville, $. I. The sailors of the American ship Ers- kine M. Phelps, which arrived at San Francisco from Baltimore, have filed charges of inhuman conduct against Capt. Graham and the first and second officers. Bailey and Moye. The men tell a pitiful story of starvation and cruelty. Advices from Dawson say that men are dying of scurvy in the suburbs of that city. Recently John McPhail was found almost dead in a tent on Victoria Gulch. His food was gone and he was waiting for death, unable to do anything to help him­ self. His partner had been taking care of him, but was stricken with scurvy and hastened to Dawson for medical aid. Mr. Harcourt, treasurer of Ontario, says that the increased taxation rendered necessary to cover the loss of revenue caused by the anti-United States lumber regulations would be largely of a novel character for Canada. He proposes to tax on a mileage basis electric and steam railway lines, telephone and telegraph lines within that province and the gross income of banks, insurance, investment and loan companies and all other financial corporations. The battleship Oregon arrived at Hono­ lulu, twenty-three days from Callao. Ow­ ing to the long and severe service in which she has been engaged, the wear and tear on her engines and boilers necessi­ tated repairs, which took from ten days to two weeks to make. Capt. Barker did not think it prudent to take her into the harbor on account of the fact that she drew within two or three feet of as much water as there is depth to the harbor. In consequence she was anchored about a mile from shore. The Philadelphia ar­ rived six days later, eleven days from San Diego. Her bottom was very foul and her progress slow. Bradstreet's says;. "Iron and steel and cotton goods have shared in public inter­ est for a few days because of urgency in demand and consequent buoyancy in prices. In the former industry the strik­ ing feature has been the continued call for supplies alike of raw and of manufactured material, not only on domestic but even on foreign account, and it is as yet too early to ascertain the effect of the numer­ ous and heavy advances announced upon the export demand. In cotton goods, as in iron and steel and a number of other products, active export demand seems to have been at the bottom of the unques­ tionable improvement which has occurred in the last three months. The export trade in cotton goods is the largest ever known for the period since Jan. 1. Cereal products remain steady and but. little changed in price. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,844,- 359 bushels, against 2,454,771 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggre­ gate 2,871,057 bushels, against 1,560,845 bushels last week." EASTERN. • At Buffalo, N. Y., the Ellicott Square " * JSank has closed its doors. The bank had m capital of $300,000 and was organized In 1891. Roland B. Molineux has been arrested Ht New York, charged with sending the taoison to Harry B. Cornish which caused >^.Vi|he death of Mrs. Adams! t M a j . G e o r g e W . S a u e r , t o t a l l y b l i n d , wife and two daughters were carried down the fire escape from the fourth story •* ; mi the Klondike Hotel in New York, in a yire that broke out in the large clothing Texas is passing through an epidemic of meningitis. The death record in Fort Worth is thirty for the week. Reports from the country towns give a similar sit­ uation. Many schools have been closed on account of the ravages of this disease. The recent severe weather did great in­ jury to one of the most profitable indus­ tries in Kentucky. Reports show that millions of bees were killed and that honeymaking has practically been exter­ minated in the State for several ygirs at least. Senator Kimball has introduced a bill in the Arkansas Senate for the erection of a new State capitol building. The bill provides that the cost of the new state- house shall not exceed $1,000,000 and that State convicts may be employed in the performance of rough labor. •J. W. ingleby, an engineer on the Illi­ nois Central Railroad, shot and fatally wounded J. R. Hayes, proprietor of the Hayes House, Hodgensville, Ky., and se­ riously wounded Robert Creal, a drum­ mer, in a saloon, and without provocation. Ingleby was under the influence of liquqr. Two Chinamen were found dead at El Paso, Texas, in different parts of the city. Undoubtedly they died at the hands of a highbinder from San Francisco. Both were known to have been in perfect health the day before. No marks of vio­ lence were found on either of the bodies. President J. W. Springer of the Na­ tional Live Stock Association, after a per­ sonal investigation of the condition of cat tie in Texas, places the loss from the bliz­ zards at fO per cent. This is the most serious loss, he points out, since 1886, when over 90 per ceut of the range cattle perished. FOREIGN. THE MARKETS. REBELS TIfiEOFWAB. EIQ HT THOUS AN D FiLlPl NOS ARE WILLING TO QUIT. Kativs Depntatioa Visits AMricas Lines -- Even Agtiinaldo Engtt for Cessation of Hostilities -- Uncondi­ tional Surrender the Only Way Out. Two commissioners sent Maloloa some time ago by prominent natives at Manila, who attempted after the first out­ break to arrange a conference between Gen. Otis and Aguinaldo, returned under a flag of truce. They report that chiefs commanding 8,000 rebels are anxious to surrender. They also say that Aguinaldo is inclined to accept pacific overtures. Gen. Otis did not receive the commis­ sioners. He holds that it is not his duty to make pacific overtures, but to receive them. He will in no way recognize Agui­ naldo as the head of a lawful government, nor as a belligerent, nor as anything but a leader of armed rioters. When the for­ mer conference was held by Gen. Otis with the native leaders, the latter had nothing definite to propose. They wanted Gen. Otis to make proposals to Aguinaldo. Of course, Gen. Otis refused. He refused to receive the late- envoys for the same reason. The attempt to burn Manila and massacre its inhabitants has made the American commander less, inclined than ever to treat with Aguinaldo. The forces of the insurgents have been comparatively inactive for several days. The troops have become so used to this idle night firing of the rebels that they give it no attention. The rebel sharpshoot­ ers continue their efforts to annoy the American troops in the daytime. They are allowed to waste their ammunition with little attention, until they venture to appear in the open. Then a single volley or a shell generally suffices to drive them to cover. In Manila absolute quiet prevails. The order to clear the streets at 7 o'clock has had an excellent effect upon the natives, and is enforced rigidly. The streets are deserted after 7 o'clock by all save the patrols and European resi­ dents with passes on business. Tptal Casualties to Date. The American casualties to date, by reg­ iments, are as follows: Klled. First California 6 Washington regiment 14 Idaho regiment 6 Fourth Cavalry 0 Fourteenth Infantry 14 North Dakota 0 Wyoming regiment 1 Sixth Artillery.. 0 Third Artillery 0 Twentieth Kansas.. 6 First Montana 5 44 Tenth Pennsylvania 2 7 First Colorado S 7 First Nebraska 8 24 First South Dakota ft 9 Utah Artillery 3 6 Twenty-third Infantry 1 1 Thirteenth Minnesota 0 13 Second Oregon 1 1 Eighteenth Infantry 1 1 Medical department 1 1 Totals 83 • 347 The total losses of the American troops since the fires have been as follows: Gen. MacArthur's division, three killed and thirty-seven wounded; Gen. Anderson's brigade, one killed and seven wounded; provost guards, two killed and fifteen wounded. v Advices from the rebel lines say the most fantastic reports of the American losses during and since the fires are circu­ lated by the rebel leaders. The Filipinos are told that the Americans had 200 men killed and hundreds wounded during and since the fires. The foregoing official re­ turn shows that only six were killed and fifty-nine wounded. Advices from Iloilo say that all is quiet there. The natives who fled at the land­ ing of the Americans are returning to Iloilo^ and many of them are taking the oath'of allegiance. The Charleston and the Concord are patrolling the island in search of filibusters. Wounded. 28 59 29 2 85 1 2 2 85 KILLED WITH A HAMMER. Pretty Blind Chicago Girl is Mysteri­ ously Murdered. Cora S. Henderson, a blind housekeep­ er employed by Jean W. Holtslander, was found in the parlor of the Holtslander home in Chicago the other evening with her skull battered and crushed. Her body was cold and the indications were that life had been extinct for more than twelve hours. On a window sill in the room the police found a mechanic's hammer covered with blood stains. They are posi­ tive that this was the weapon used The police are convinced that Mrs. Hen­ derson was murdered, but they are utterly at loss for a motive outside of the theory that she was attacked by robbers. Mrs. Henderson was 33 years old and attrac­ tive, but was totally blind. Holtslander states that recently she informed him that within a month she intended becoming a bride, despite her affliction. THE BECKER MURDER. A new association, to be known as the Spanish-American War Veterans' Asso­ ciation, is about to be formed, and a call has been issued for a convention to be held in Washington Sept. 4, 5 and 6. Edward P. Thompson, of Indianapolis, has been selected as postmaster of Ha- Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4,00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.60 to $4.75; wheat, N$. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn. No. 2, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 55c to 57c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh, 24c to 26c; potatoes, choice, 45c to 55c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 white, 33c to 85c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.50 to $3.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 30c; rye. No. 2, 57c to 59c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; bogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. (2, 74c to. 76c; corn, No. 2 mix$d, 33c tp 35c; 9ats, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 30c; rye, No. X 62c to 64c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; rye, 61c to t53c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; rye. No. 2, 56c to 58c; clover seed, new, $3.80 to $3.85. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 3, 32c to 34c; oats ,No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; rye, No. 1, 57c to 58c; barlev, No. 2, 45c to 51c; pork, mess, $9.25 to $9.75. Buffalo--Cattle, good shipping steers, $3 .00 to $6.00; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4 .25; sheep, fair to choice weth­ ers, $3.50 to $4.75; Iambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $5.25. New York--Cattle, $3.25 to $6.00', hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 85c to 87c; corn, No. 2, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 37c to 88c; butter, creamery, °10c to 28c;' eggs, I Western, 33c to 35c."" Chicago Police Are Searching fewer* and Prairies. August A. Becker, the Chicago man held on suspicion of having murdered his wife, is facing two developments that weigh in the balance against him. One is the positive declaration that the hair found in the Becker barn was human hair, resembling that of Mrs. Becker, and that the blood found there was human blood. The other development comes in a sensa­ tional interview with Henry Sander, who says he knew Becker in Germany, fifteen years ago, and that a few days before Becker left for America the body of a wealthy stock dealer was found in a barn in the rear of Becker's house. The stock dealer had been murdered and evidently robbed. Police have been searching sew­ ers and prairies for the body of Mrs. Becker. SHELLED BY MONITOR LfcO STRtOKEN. fesauua Pontiff Puffers trom OoTSre Illness. Pope Leo XIII. was taken suddenly ill Tuesday morning and, despite denial*, his condition became so serious as to cause the gravest apprehension to his physi­ cians. While giving artdience to mem­ bers of the diplomatic corps his holiness was taken with a chill, which was the first symptom of his being seriously ill. He swooned, and it was a long time before he came to. The physicians said that his holiness was suffering from a severe fev­ erish cold. His temperature was 100.4 degrees, and he had pain in the chest of a rheumatic character. The habitual reti­ cence that is observed at the Vatican made it difficult to describe the POpe'B condition with complete accuracy. The knowledge that the illness of his holiness was severe caused a flutter among the exalted prelates. The holding of a ft V POPE I.KG X'UI GERMAN SHIP& WITHDRAW. Kaiser Pats an End to All Danger of a Clash. The German Government has set at rest effectually the rumors of a purpose on its part, directly or indirectly, to em­ barrass the United States in the Philip­ pine Islands, and has given a signal man­ ifestation of its desire to promote the most cordial relations between Germany and the United States by ordering the with­ drawal of all vessels of its navy from Philippine waters and placing the lives and property of its-subjects there under the protection of the United States Gov­ ernment. The action taken is regarded in Wash­ ington as a master stroke in diplomacy, by which will be removed all possibility of a clash between German and American in­ terests in and about Manila, and notice to all the world, and especially to any Americans who entertained any suspi­ cions of sinister designs by Germany, of the wish and purpose of the German em­ pire to cultivate the friendship of- the United States. By it Germany at once places the protection of all her large in­ terests in the islands almost completely it) American hands. Malabon Native Charch Destroyed by the Manadnock. The rebels at Malabon fired upon the cruiser Callao from the jungle Monday while AdmiraJ Dewey was visiting the Monadnock. ^hnpe shells were dropped by the monitor info the Malabon Church, demolishing Jh§ structure and killing number of rebels»who were inside. A factory at Malolos is reported to be running day and night to supply ammum? tion for the insurgents. The ignorance of the natives is shown Uy the fact that they have collected empty Springfield shells and are refilling them. Over two thousand of these cartridges have been discovered in houses in Pandacan by an officer of the Washington volunteers. NATIVES ARE IGNORANT. Population of the I'hilipptnes Placed at Only 4*000,000. Prof. Knupp, special commissioner of the Department of Agriculture to the Philippines, has returned with a poor opin ion u( the Filipinos. He says Aguinaldo is a much overestimated leader, and would sell out his cause for a satisfac­ tory price. The natives, he says, are ig­ norant, but are adepts in treachery and deception. Prof. Ivnapp contradicts the estimate of 10,000,000 population in the islands, basing his opinion on statements of the dominicaa fathers, who place tfcs population at 4,000,000. possible conclave was discussed, and the names of prominent candidates for the headship of the holy see were canvassed. Gioachimo Vincent Raphael Aloysius Pecci, Pope Leo XIII., is 89 years old. He w:as born in Carpineto, diocese of Anagni, Italy. The Pecci family has been remarkable for the longevity of its num­ bers. One of the Pope's brothers lived to be 91 and another to be 84. At the age of 8 the present Pope was sent with his eldest brother Joseph to the Jesuit college at Viterbo. In 1824 he en­ tered the schools of the Roman college. He began his studies in theology in 1828 and was ordained priest In' December, 1837. After distinguishing himself in various posts he was made a cardinal and at the time of Pius IX.'s death was ca- merlingo, having the management of the temporalities of the holy see. Pope Pius died Feb. 7, 1878, and Feb. 18 Cardinal Pecci was chosen, his suc­ cessor. He took the name pf Leo XIII. out of respect to the memory of Leo XII., for whom he had a particular veneration. GETS ISLANDS BY TWO VOTES. Close Contest in Spanish Senate on Cediug^the Philippines. The Spanish Government had a narrow escape from defeat in the Senate on the bill authorizing the cession of Philippines to the United States. The bill only squeezed through by a majority of two. Some of the members, including Gen. Weyler, abstained from voting. Sagasta, after the vote in the Senate, offered his resignation of the premiership to the Queen Regent, and handed in at the same time the resignation of his min­ istry. The resignation of the cabinet is due to the Senate voting to reject the amendments to the bill ceding the Phil­ ippine Islands to the United States, as set forth in the measure prepared by the Gov­ ernment. Gen. Gomez has cQnsented to be mark­ ed down 90 pet cent for cash. The big prize fighters are still i» the conversational stage of the game. Gen. Eagan's term of suspense has end­ ed and his term of suspension begun. The American troops took Caloocan with ease. How they pronounce it is an­ other matter. Agoncillo stole from Washington, but up to date it's not known he took any­ thing but his departure. The New York authorities have at last established the fact that Mrs. Adams was poisoned. She is also dead. Considerable progress is reported in the FitEsimmons-Sharkey imbroglio. Fits has engaged another typewriter. After reading his latest proclamation one is forced to admit that Mr. Aguinaldo doesn't fight as well as he proclaims. There is a decided impression to the effect that young Mr. Aguinaldo will soon retire from the George Washington role. If some of the Filipinos really fought with bows and arrows, many of the boys in bine doubtless had arrow escape. Now New York has been asked to legal­ ize the sale of horse meat for food. And thus the automobile movement goes on. That regiment which is ou its way from Fort Sterling to Manila will travel pretty nearly the whole length of the thermome­ ter. There is a great future for Col. Victor D. Duboce, the hero of the land battle of Manila, if he can escape being Hobson- ized. At last reports every building in Chi­ cago had been robbed except police head­ quarters, and the people had net given up' hope of that. A Maine man claims he can make paper out of the water of the Androscoggin river. If he can do that he can assuredly make saving stones out of Chicago rives |wat«ir The House spent most of the day Fri­ day in general debate upon the army ap­ propriation bill, finally closing that order of business. After a session of nearly eight'hours the Senate passed the river and harbor bill by the decisive vote of 50 to 3. The measure was under considera­ tion throughout the day, and on several of the committee amendments a detenmined fight was made, but in every'instance the opposition availed nothing. During the afternoon Mr. Sewell (N. J.) delivered a speech in support of the Hull-Hawley army.reorganization bill. n After a long contest In the Senate on Monday the compromise army bill was passed in ^he evening by a vote of 55 to 13. Afterward the Senate took up the sundry civil bill and completed its read­ ing, all the committee amendments being agreed to except those relating to the District of Columbia. The House was In session seven hours and sent to the Sendte'two more approbation.bills--the firmy, which has been under consideration for several days, and the fortifications. The former carried about $79,000,000 and the latter approximated $4,700,000. The final conference report upon the In- dian„ appropriation bill was also adopted. Mr. Hager (rep., Iowa) asked unanimous tonseiit for the consideration of the Sen­ ate joint resolution authorizing the Presi- dent to appoint Oscar Deignan, one of the heroes of the Merrimac, a naval cadet at Annapolis. The resolution was adopted. A bill was passed appropriating $5,000 for the investigation of leprosy in this country under a board to be selected by the surgeon general. Mr. Corliss (rep., Mich.) stated that there were about 300 cases in the United States. 3% House tspent practically the entire time of the seven-hour session on Tues­ day passing the public building bills fa­ vorably acted upon by the committee of the whole ten days before. Sixty-one bills in all were passed, carrying $9,352,000, $750,000 of which, however (the amount appropriated for the New York custom house), is to be repaid from the proceeds of the sale of the old building. A joint resolution was passed to authorize foreign governments desiring to make exhibits at the commercial exposition to be held at Philadelphia in 1899 to bring into this country foreign laborers under contract to prepare the exhibits. A frenzy of bill passing was on in the Senate. The bills passed were principally public building measures, and at times during the day and night the scenes in the Senate were remarkable. Bills carrying an aggregate of $8,000,000 or $10,000,000 were passed, and many more that had not been passed by both houses of Congress were placed as amendments on the sundry civil appro­ priation bill. Finally, at a late hour in the evening, an amendment to the sundry civil bill was adopted, appropriating near­ ly $4,000,000 for the preliminary work on the buildings which had been authorized. The last possibility of an extra session of Congress disappeared Wednesday when the House passed the Senate army reorganization bill. The bill passed 203 to 32. The decks were also cleared of many other important matters. The gen­ eral deficiency appropriation bill, carrying $21,089,000, was passed under suspension of the rules, without a word of criticism. The Senate amendments to the river and harbor bill were non-concurred in and it was sent to conference. The conference reports on the omnibus claims bill, the naval personnel and many other less im­ portant measures were agreed to. The Senate bill making Dewey a full admiral was passed. The naval appropriation bill, which ordinarily consumes the time of the Senate for several days, was passed by that body after less than five hours of debate. One of the first acts of the Sen­ ate when t£at body convened was the consideration of the bill carrying $20,000,- 000 with which to pay Spain for relin­ quishment of the Philippines in accord­ ance with the treaty of Paris. Mr. Alli­ son (Iowa) reported the measure from the Committee on Appropriations and asked for its immediate consideration. The bill was laid before the Seuate and in half a minute was passed without a word of de­ bate. The Senate concluded the day's session by pronouncing eulogies upon the late Representative Dingley. In the House on Thursday two public building bills attached by the Senate to bills for public buildings in other cities were agreed to, one apprppriating $250,- 000 for a building at Los Angeles, Cal., and the other $75,000 for a building at New Blrightori, Pa. A number of confer­ ence reports on minor .bills were adopted. Mr. Payne {Rep., N. Y.), the floor leader of the majority, moved the passage, under suspension of the rules, of the bill appro­ priating $500,000 for the Pan-American exposition to pe held at Buffalo, N. Y., in 1901. The \»ill was passed, 141 to 16. Mr. Southard followed this motion with a motion to suspend the rules and pass a bill to appropriate $500,000 for the Ohio centennial exposition to be held at Toledo. The bill w|ts passed, 120 to 19. Mr. Mer­ cer (Rep., Neb.) moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill appropriat­ ing $1,000,000 for a new building for the department of justice in Washington. At Mr. Cannon's request an amendment was adopted limiting the cost of the building to $1,000,000, and as amended the bill was passed. During almost the entire session the Senate was engaged in routine business. Three score or more of minor bills were passed, the calendar being cleared entirely of private pension bills and of measures correcting military and naval records. Two measures of national Importance were passed--the fortifications appropriation bill and the bill providing a code of criminal laws for the district of Alaska! Told in a Few Liqea. A monument to George Washington, to cost $25,000, is to be erected in Chicago. The former Spanish gunboat Baracoa, sunk in the Mayari river, Cuba, has been raised. Alfred Nading, a prominent farmer liv­ ing north of Richmond, Mo., was fouifd dead in his bed by his family. Gen. M. P. Miller, who commanded the United States forces at the capture of Iloilo recently, will be retired in a few days, having been forty-one years in ser- ViCe- 4 t Senator Mills of Texas, who will retire from the Senate on the 4th of March, 1« rapidly getting rich and will probably soon be a millionaire. During his whole career in Congress Mr. Mills has been poor, but a short time ago oil was discovered on his property in Corsicana and the wells are now producing great quantities of oil. A recent suit brought in Louisville to re­ cover a Kentucky coon dog occupied the attdiftiou for an entire day of a judge, six attorneys, the plaintiff and defendant, the jury (which included two Baptist ministers) and a room full of witnesses. During the hearing of the case the dog slept under a table In the custody of the sheriff. ARREST OF MOLINEUX. S Coroner's Jsry Thinks He Poison**! Mrs. Ka^te Adams. Roland Burnham Molineux, son of Gen. Leslie Molineux of Brooklyn, was arraprt^ «d in New York charged With murdering Mrs. Katherine J. Adams in that city on Dec. 28, 1898. He was locked up in the Tombs prison. The arrest followed the. verdict of the coroner's jury accusing him of the crime. While the inquest was into the death ot Mrs. Adams it also went into the circum­ stances of the death of Henry C. Barnet of the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, who was poisoned by a powder received through the mail, as was Mrs. Adama. The cases are closely connected. The newspapers from the beginning had stuck to Molineux as the person most to be sus­ pected, but the prosecuting officials ap­ parently never harbored such a thought. The evidence which the district attorney produced may be summarized thus: rtv 1. Nicholas A. Heckman positively iden» tified Molineux as the man who rented.o&S{ of his private letter boxes in the nairo of H. C. Barnet. . + 2. Miss Emma Miller, saleswoman, identified the .silver holder in which the poison that killed Mrs. Adams was sent to Harry Cornish, and stated that it waa sold to "a man" Dec. 21; the district at­ torney had previously proved that Moli- neux was in Newark Dec. 21. 3. Seven handwriting experts identi­ fied samples of Molineux's penmanship, given by him to the State's attorney, as identical with the writing on the package of poison sent to Cornish and in letters sent from private letter boxfes in the °' "H. C. Barnef'iand "H. Cor­ nish." These letters were to drug firma, ordering powder medicines. Each of the seven experts was positive that all the writing had been done by one man, and that that man could be no other than Roland B. Molineux. PASSES THE ARMY BILL. Senate Adopts the Gorman Amend' nent by a Unanimous Vote. The army reorganization bill was pass­ ed by the Senate by a vote of 55 to 13. Senator Hoar was the only Republican voting against the measure. The amend­ ment of Senator Gorman providing that all the .increases of officers and men au­ thorized by the bill shall terminate July I, 1901, was adopted by a vote of 68 to 0. This was to some extent a victory for th» opponents of the measure, and shows that Senator Hawley, who was in charge of the bill, found that he had to withdraw his determined objections to the Gorman amendment or imperil the passage of ths bill. Under the bill as originally drawn the standing army would be reduced! on and after July 1, 1901, to 38,400 men; Thia meant an increase of 11,400 in the mili­ tary establishment as it existed prior to the war with Spain. Senator Gorman waa against this permanent increase in the standing army and his amendment was offered with that view. The army bill adopted by the Senate in no wise resembles the bill which the Pres­ ident desired. According to the Senate bill in two years tbe regular army must drop back to 27,000 men. CUBANS PREACH REVOLT. ' • v Antagonism Against American Occu­ pancy is Growing. The result of Governor General Brooke's limitation of public works in Santiago province is shown in the gloom pervading business and Government cir­ cles. The Cubans throughout the prov­ ince are now more outspoken in their an­ tagonism to the Americans. It was re­ ported to Gen. Wood that a prominent Cuban official had said that if the Ameri­ cans do not turn over the Government by June the Cubans would declare war against them. Army men, while not apprehensive of immediate trouble, feel that the attitude of the people of the province has changed to covert revolt. The Cubans in the Guantanamo district are refusing to- work. Col. Ray, the commander in that district, reports that the Cuban troops are still keeping their cauips, and has been told by two commanders of impor­ tant garrisons in the province that the people are undoubtedly making secret preparations in the event of an insurrec tion seeming necessary to them. The Senate of Kansas passed a bill giv­ ing the right of eminent domain to irriga­ tion companies. A Missouri statesman has introduced in the Legislature a bill requiring saloon­ keepers to establish and maintain a home for inebriates. New York now has three resident mem­ bers in the United States Senate--Depew, Piatt and Clark of Montana. Senator Clark's palatial home in New York City is ready for occupancy. The estimated expenses of, the city of Philadelphia for the year 1899 are $31*- 400,000, the chief item of which is for education, the police expenses being $3,- 100,000 and the fire department $1,000*- 000. The youngest member of the next Con­ gress will be Martin H. Glynn, editor of the Albany Times-Union, who is 26 years old and sprung from the same soil iu the town of Kinderhook, N. Y.. which pro­ duced Martin Van Burei* and Samuel J. Tilden. The proposed amendments to the con­ stitution of North Carolina provide that all persons claiming the right to vote shall be able to read and write any part of the constitution in the English language. That disfranchises all illiterates. Then ft provides that all males who on Jan. 1, 18(57, were entitled to vote, and their de­ scendants, shall be exempt from the read­ ing and writing qualification. And that lets in all illiterate whites. Tom L. Johnson, the wealthy street car magnate of Cleveland, Ohio, aud New York, who helped to mapjk|:g,the campaign of Henry George for of New York, has declared in a public i-qpwch ihat he has withdrawn from all his, business enter­ prises, has disposed of every conflicting interest and of every duty that would in­ terfere with the devotion of his time, his entire energy, his fortune--in-fact, his life--to the advancentent of the single tax idea. The Alabama Legislature has provided for the submission ty the voters of that State of a proposition for the holding of a constitutional convention intended rad­ ically to alter the present system of vot­ ing by the establishment of an educational qualification such as now exists in South Carolina, Louisiana and Mississippi. The suffrage in Alabama is now practically free, one year's residence in the State, three months in the county and thirty days in the voting precinct being required aatly.