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THE McHENRY PLAINDEALER T I CHOICE IfcHlBNRY PLAINDEALER (XX MeBsasir, m. . ' F?i [JBR Eumtpmc BPEVTTIE/ Henry Greenebaum, Judge Stein *nd Adolf Kraua of Chicago, Samuel Alschuler of Illinois and representa­ tives of mt^i other states are attend- In* the anneal convention of the sev­ enth district, Independent Order B'nai Brlth, which opened at Des Moines. /Henry Tatnall, as receiver of the As­ phalt Company of America, entered salt at Philadelphia against George W. EHklM, son of the late William L. KIkins, to recover $1,276,864, alleged to have been irregularly retained by Mr. Elkins in organizing the company. The United States Realty and Im­ provement Company, capital $30,000,- C00, has been incorporated at Tren­ ton, N. J., to do a general construc­ tion business. Incorporators, J. E. Freeman, B. Nonem, J. A Tallman and J M. Stoodard of New York, and Charles Betts of Morristown, N. J. Leopold Schepp of New York, head of the cocoanut manufacturing firm of L. Schepp & Co., called at the state department at Washington to urge that the government of Panama be required to assume a claim of $200,000 they hold e gainst Colombia for detain­ ing ships until tiieir cargoes of cocoa- nuts were spoileu. The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies has voted to hold the next annual meeting at Chicago. The association indorsed the backers of the new National Underwriters' as­ sociation. Captain John F. Hanscom, senior of­ ficer of the construction corps of the navy, has been retired with the rank of rear admiral. Mr. Russell, the United States charge at Panama, who has been ap­ pointed minister to Colombia, has cabled the state department that he will leave Panama June 1 for the United States on a vacation. Rev. Robert Strang, D. D.. rector of St. Paul's parish, Richmond, Va., has been elected coadjutor to Rt. Rev. A. A. Watson. D. D., bishop of the east Carolina district of the Protestant Episcopal church Rev. F. A. Johnson of Chicago has been invited to fill the chair of the­ ology in the seminary department of Augustana at Rock Island. Gov. Bailey of Kansas says that William Allen White misunderstood him over the telephone, and declares that White will not be appointed state accountant. The National Piano Manufacturers' Association, in session at Atlantic City, N. J., elected George P. Bent of Chicago president and William Bauer of Chicago secretary. A double drowning occurred in Big Yellow creek at Hammondsville, O. The dead are Annie Piatt, aged 14 years, and Sadie Hardie, aged 12 years. The first Panama Canal working party has sailed from New York under Bngineer A. B. Nichols. The com- •aiaaion is flooded with applications for positions on the isthmus. Tike State department is considering tte pressing of claims against the Mexican government by the Bonsack Company of Virginia for $7,000,000 for alleged infringement of cigarette pat- ants. Painters and decorators of Boston, to Ike number of 1,600, decided after a lengthy conference to go on strike. The men had demanded an increase in wages of 20 cents a day, which was re­ fused. Joseph Brush, a farm hand, was mysteriously shot and killed at Cedar Rapids, la, and his body was found in a park. T. L. Miller, a traveling man, has been arrested. Fireman George Martin of Pottsville •ad George Beard of Reading, Pa., died from the effects of the explosion of a water bar in a Reading railway en­ gine. The accident occurred two milee below Potts town and the awful rnah of steam blew the fire door open. The flames not only enveloped Mar­ tin and Beard, but leaping over the tender, burst into the front of the eembination coach, causing a panic *mang the passengers. OMef Wilkie of the secret service reports the arrest at Seattle, Wash., «f S. BL Stevens, alias Tuttle; W. S. €h*ee and Alfred Larsen, and the seix- ^ ure of $20,000 worth of smuggled crude opium. The smugglers are said to have used two skeleton pianos in winch to ship the opium from Vic- SELECT PUCES OF RESIDENCE Committee Report on Location of Bishops Is Adopted by Methodists. EIGHT EDITORS ARE RETAINED Only Two Positions Bring Forth Con­ tests, Revs. A. J. Nast and Frederick Munz Being Successful--Infidelity Sole Ground for Divorce. ence. The question as to what shall constitute tin recognized grounds for divorce was the • cause of a spirited contest in tho committee. After hours of discussion the committee voted to make infidelity the sole reooyateed reason for separation. BIG RAILROAD STRIKE STARTS IN THE EAST Employers and Workmen Fall Agree and Fight to a Finish la the Promise. to Los Angeles, Cal., dispatch: • eon- test of cities took up much of the time of the Methodist general confer­ ence. The selection of places of resi­ dence for the sixteen bishops, not In­ cluding missionary bishops, was brought up and for three hours dele­ gates from various parts of the coun­ try contended for the privilege of hav­ ing one of the general superintendents assigned to them. Delegates from the southwest tried to get the conference to substitute Fort Worth, Tex., for Philadelphia on the list as reported. They asserted that the bishop in New York could look after Philadelphia. The Phila- delphians pleaded that their city was a stronghold of Methodism and that not to give them an active bishop would be a hardship. They tried to get Forth Worth selected in place of Buenos Ayres. Committee is Sustained. Dr. Buckley came out winner. He defended his committee's selections, and his explanations brought about the adoption of the entire list as re­ ported. The committee on .episcopacy then retired vo hold a session over what bishop should be assigned to each city. The probable arrangement New York dispatch: After vain ef­ forts to understand each other, both the employers and workingmen in- volved in the strike on the New York, New Haven & Hartford railroad threw down their gauntlets, declaring the war between them will be a fight to a finish. "When it became known that every union freight handler on the railroads and on the land and water lines be­ tween here and Boston had been called out and that nearly 1,000 fire­ men and oilers had left their places around New York, it was agreed on all sides that the most costly strike this city has seen for many years is under way. The New Haven railroad officials, while insisting they would win by en­ gaging as many nonunion substitutes as they wanted, admitted the trouble already had cost^them thousands of dollars. Owing to the firemen's strike npt a car of freight was moved by the water route from Jersey City to Mott Haven. It is; estimated that about 4,000 cars, mahy of them containing perishable freight, are stalled on the Pennsylvania railroad's lines either in the Jersey City yards or along the line to Philadelphia. THREE WIDOWS SEEK WEALTH Russian Force Reported Defeated Near' Fengwang­ cheng--Tokio Dispatches Say Japanese Have Taken Kinchou. London, May 17.--A disastrous de­ feat for the Russian army near Feng­ wangcheng, and the capture of Kin­ chou by the Japs, are the features of the dlip»tob* from the seat of war thtr mofnlng. Official reports of both events are lacking. Yhe Shangkhalkwan correspondent of tho Daily Chronicle sends a report received from Newchwang that on May 28 thinking that the Japanese had retired from Fengwangcheng, 16,- 000 Russians from Haicheng and Llao- yang marched towards Fengwang­ cheng. They were surprised by 80*- 000 Japanese in the Tatung pass. The lent placing and handling of their ar­ tillery since they commenced attack­ ing the heights south of the town in the direction of Port Arthur. "The final attack on Kinchou began at dawn on Wednesday. The Japa­ nese opened their attack with a dem­ onstration against the enemy's prin­ cipal force at Nankwanlin, in the nar­ rowest point of the isthmus, which they bomb&rded with no loss to them­ selves. They commenced their front­ al attack at Kinchou to-day, and oc­ cupied the walled city by npon. The Russians retreated to the heights , to the south, and the Japanese continu* The opinion of the beet authorltiee is that if the Japanese rushed Kin Chow by a frontal attack unsupported, by heavy guns, which it is not be­ lieved they possess, the capture of the place must have been effected at a! tremendous loss to the attackers. Alexieff Claims Japanese Torpedo Boats Were Sunk. St. Petersburg, May 27.--The fol­ lowing dispatch from Viceroy Alexieff, dated May 26, has been received by the emperor: "Reports from Rear Admirals Witt- soeft and* Grigorovitch state that the Convention Refuses to Instruct Its Delegates. Regarding Presidency. ADOPTS MODIFIED UNIT RULE State Will Cast its Forty-six Votes to the National Convention as a Major­ ity of Those Present Shaft Deci<fe on Candidate. Map Showing the Kwangtung Peninsula and the Location of Dalny and Port Arthur, With the Forte aft the Lat­ ter Place. \ Trio of Mourners Learn Dubois Was German General's Son. Des Moines, la., dispatch: It has been discovered that E. L. Dubois, The grewertm plant of Joseph Sca­ lesa, on the outskirts of Camden, N. J., was wrecked by an explosion. Si­ mon Tlervlncozri, Joseph Logrea and an unidentified man were killed, and Michael Scaloaa and Leonarda Pinto fatally injured. R. T. Weser of Phil­ adelphia and Joseph Scalona, presi­ dent aad vice president of the com­ pany. are held In f 1,500 bail to await the action of the coroner. A negro, name unknown, has been lynched at O'Neill, Miss., on the .c.harge of murdering Robert Logan, a sawmill man. Lecard Freres engaged $2,500,000 gold at the New York assay office for shipment to Paris, being practically all the gold bars obtainable. The corner Btone of the new arts building of the Ottawa university was laid by Monsignore Sbaretti, the rep­ resentative in Canada of the Pope. There were present among others Car­ dinal Gibbons, Lord M in ton and Sir Wilfrid Laurier. C The Bryn Mawr college entrance examinations will begin May 27 and end June 1, among the centers being Chicago, Indianapolis, Madison, Wis., and Detroit. The*commencement ex­ ercises will be held June 2, when Car­ roll D. Wright will deliver the ad­ dress. An official flag for the Lewis and Clark exposition at Portland has been Adopted. The design is in four colors --red, white, blue and yellow, symbol­ ical of England, France, Russia and Spain, which countries first explored ilha Northwest. "HUMPH! NOBODY SEEMS TO WANT n •"IBKVAJ HINOmOAY SOCIETY GVLF OF fit am/ JHtt* fu TAmmm VICTOtrtA OALHY WEST tNTWt awm Pim TVTAHC owrr POJtX ARTHUR jrtUfTs oe ptcmi YELLOW SEA nravtcc A comprehensive view of the Kwangtung peninsula, from Klnchow southeastward, is given in the map. In this region sfevere fighting may be expected, especially in the country about Port Arthur, and that region is enlarged to show the fortifications and the natural lines of defense. The Manchurian railway, descending to Dalny and Port Arthur, is indicated, as are the usual country roads. Should events < move as rapidly as In the Chlno-Japanese war, an attack on Port Arthur from the land side is appar­ ently not far distant. In the latter conflict the Japanese landed at Pitse- wo, October 24, 1894, and at Kinchow and Talienwan, November 6 and 7. Three weeks later, on November 21, Port Arthur was carried by storm aft­ er ten hours' fighting. The Port Ar­ thur defenses are, however, vastly stronger now than when the Chinese manned the guns, and a more pro­ tracted struggle may be expected. --Chicago Inter Ocean. is as follows: New York, Fowler; Boston, Gootlaell; Philadelphia, Fitz­ gerald; Washington, McCabe; Buffalo. Cranston; Cincinnati, Joyce; Chicago, Hamilton; Minneapolis, Moore; Des Moines, McDowell; St. Louis, Spell- meyer; Chattanooga, Wilson; San Francisco, Berry; Shanghai, Bush- ford; Zprich, Burt; Buenos Ay res (or Portland). Neely. Editors Are Named. Over the election of editors for the official Methodist papers the confer­ ence spent most of the forenoon. There were contests over only two of the ten editorships and eight of the old editors were re-elected. The edi­ tors for the next four years will be as follows: Methodist Review, New York, Rev. W. V. Kelley; Christian Advocate, New York. Rev. J. M. Buck­ ley; Western Christian Advocate, Cin­ cinnati, Rev. Levi Gilbert; Northwest­ ern Christian Advocate, D. Thompson,; Central Christian Advocate, Kansas City, Rev. C. B. 8pencer; Pittsburg Christian Advocate. Rev. C. W. Smith; Southwestern Christian Advocate, New Orleans, Rev. R. E. Jones, elected on second ballot by 543 out of 653 votes; Pacific Christian Advocate, Portland, Rev. D. L. Rader, elect-ad by 642 out of 657 votes; Christliche Apologete, Chicago, Rev. A. J. Nast, re-elected, 6t>4 cut of 666 votes; Haus and Herd, Cincinnati, Rev. Frederick Munz. Divorce Question. Several matters of material impor­ tance have been passed by the stand­ ing committee on state of the church, and its recommendations on the sub­ ject will be reported to the confer- Kaiser Favors the Press. Berlin cable: The Kaiser has or­ dered that a luxurious steamer be as-, signed for the exclusive use of re­ porters during the Kiel regatta week. This is indicative of a change of His Majesty's attitude toward the press. whose three widows appeared at his grave Sunday, had for years mas­ queraded under an assumed name and was in reality the son of a German general. This gives new possibilities of a fortune and the three widows, who had almost reached an amicable settlement at a conference, have been thrown again into confusion. Dr. Charles Hoffman, the noted bacteriolo­ gist and chemist, who was asked to resign from Drake university because he refused to disclose his own iden­ tity and who has been said to be Prince Rudolph, attended Dubois dur­ ing his last illness. He says the con­ tractor imparted to him information to the effect that he was the son of a German general. Dubois' true name haa not been learned. GIVES GALENA GRANTS HOME May Renew Rebellion. Sofia cable: M. Boris Saraoff, the Macedonian leader, has crossed the frontier. It is believed that his de­ parture presages a renewal of the in­ surrectionary movement in Macedonia. DetroityPlumber Strike Ends. DetroiJfTMich., dispatch: The strike of local plumbers and steamfltters who haVe been out for a number of weeks hafc- been settled and] 400 men have resumed work. A two years' agreement was signed. Bank Closes Doors. Cape May, N. J., special: The first National Bank of Cape May has been closed by order of the Comptroller of Currency. The depositors will be paid in tall.„ Son of Former President Transfers House to Galena for a Memorial. Galena. 111., special: Gen. and Mrs. Fred D. Grant of Chicago were In Ga­ lena Tuesday, the guests of Mrs. B. F. Belt and their daughter, Miss Anna. Gen. Grant met the citizens' commit­ tee at Miss Belt's real estate office, where the transfer of the old Grant homefto the-city of Galena was made. The home will be fitted up by Gen. Fred D. Grant as nearly as possible as It was when his father lived ta it. Many relics and curiosities of the' de­ ceased general will be sent here from the son's home in Chicago. It is the purpose of Fred D. Grant and the cit­ izens of Galena to make the old home a memorial of the former statesman, president and warrior. Porto Rico Seeks Loan. San Juan, P. R., special: The in­ sular legislature adjourned, but im­ mediately reopened for the first day of the extraordinary session called for the purpose of negotiating a loan of $5,000,000 from the United States. Chinaman Takes Honors. Atlantic City, N. J., special: Wu Chao Chou, son of Wu Ting Fang, the former Chinese minister to the United States, is about to graduate with hon­ ors at the high school here. Jap Prisoner Commits Suicide. Liaoyang cable: A Japanese offi­ cer who was a prisoner here commit­ ted suicide according to the ancient Japanese custom, by disemboweling himself. He was the son of the com­ mander of an army corps. Badger Athlete Turns Professional. Milwaukee, Wis., dispatch: Howard Savage, the star football and baseball player of Wisconsin university, has turned professional and Bigned with Colorado Springs. Russian casualties were 4,000 and over a thousand Russians surrendered. The report does not state the Japrfnese losses. A dispatch to the Telegraph from Newchwang gives another version of what apparently is the same battle. It states that the Chinese report that Japanese scouts discovered the enemy to strength at Tatunling, thirty-five miles northwest of Fengwangcheng, on May 21. When their exact position was ascertained the Japanese sent a flying column from Siuyen, which made a strong demonstration on the enemy's front, and at daylight on May 22 engaged the Russians with artil­ lery from the south. Meanwhile the main force, accom­ panied by mountain guns, advanced westward on the Fengwangcheng road, turning the Russians' left flank and enfilading their trenches. Hie Russians retreated hastily to Tatunling-pass, losing more than 1,- 000 killed, wounded, and captured. The Japanese losses were slight. The division which outflanked the Russians were the troops which, ac­ cording to St. Petersburg reports, re­ tired from Fengwangcheng, the re­ tirement being a part of the Japanese tactics. The Japanese now occupy Tatunling pass. The Newchwang correspondent of the Daily Man in a dispatch dated May 23 says that coincident with the Jap­ anese advance in the direction of Liaoyang there haa beep a concentra­ tion of the available Russian troops between Liaoyang and Maotlen pass, and that the fortifications of Liaoyang are being feverishly hurried. The railway between Tatschltsia and Liaoyang is still intact, but every preparation has been made for its im­ mediate destruction In the event of the necessity for a retreat to Muk­ den. According to the Tokio correspon­ dent of the Daily Chronicle the Japa­ nese forces have been fighting around Kinchou for eight days, the Russians occupying all the commanding posi­ tions on the heights and resisting stubbornly. A dispatch from Shanghai gives the following meager details: "Kinchou was captured to-day (Thursday) by the Japanese. Their success is largely due to the excel- ARTIFICIAL SNAILS IN PARIS. ing their attack, carried the heights after a stubborn resistance. None of the dispatches contains any reference to the. number of casu­ alties, the only statement being that they were heavy. St. Petersburg Authorities Have Little Information. St. Petersburg, May 27.--The gener­ al staff is not in a position to confirm or deny the Tokio report that the Japanese have occupied Kin Chow. The latest official information regard­ ing fighting in that vicinity was con­ veyed in Lieut. Gen. Sakharoff's tele­ gram, which said that the Japanese had lost 700 on May 18. This agrees with information containfi4-» in dis­ patches of May 25. Gen. Sakharoff apparently accepting the report from tho same Chinese source. It would be a great surprise to the authorities here if the report of the capture of Kin Chow should prove to be true. The impression heretofore entertained is that Kin Chow would prove a hard nut for the Japanese to crack and that its reduction would need a siege train and call for careful approaches, which would occupy the enemy for a long time. enemy bombarded from In Gen Tsi bay (on the west coast of the Kwang Tung peninsula, about thirteen miles north of Port Arthur) with gunboats. (The viceroy's dispatch does not give the date of the bombardment.) "On the following night the Japa­ nese attempted \to block the roadstead of Port Arthur with mines, and from shore observations It is believed that some steam launches and two torpe­ do boats were sunk. "Between May 18 and May 21 the Russians cleared eleven of the en­ emy's mines from the roadstead." hundreds of Mines Strewn in Waters of Yellow Sea. London, May 24.--The newspapers give prominence to the strewing of mines in the Yellow sea by the Rus­ sians, on which attention has been concentrated by the attitude of the American government and by dis­ patches in yesterday's Times. There is general concurrence in the opinion expressed by Admiral Horsey of the British navy, who says the plac­ ing of these floating mines at sea is tantamount to wholesale murder. The correspondent of the Daily Ex­ press .at Weihaiwei sends additional particulars regarding these mines. He says the Russian mine ship Yenesel, before it was blown up laid 180 chain mines which have since drifted to sea; but since the Yenesel disaster the Rus­ sians at Port Arthur have unremit­ tingly sown chain mines, of which there now must be 400 floating at the mercy of th6 tide. Chinese sailors are so terrorized by these mines that many refuse to go to sea. Most of thoae who do go are smugglers carrying food stuffs to Port Arthur in junks. According to the St. Petersburg cor­ respondent of the Express Russia jus­ tifies her action on the plea that "all is fair in war," except what specifical­ ly is forbidden by the Geneva conven­ tion or international law. Mine lay­ ing is not Included in either. If a woman isn't misunderstood she is pretty miserable until she makes someone think she is. - f - rE,f_ - T • Edward H. Moore. »ai«n. _ STATE TICKET OUawaMCreUry Qt Stat*' A" P Runner,'1 Onchinatf1*™* «'»<•«'"* '• J Vo'2vB? W»l,' h®1"1 of Public wrwtcm. William H. Ferguson, Springfield Columbus, O., dispatch: The con­ servative element prevailed through­ out in the Democratic state convention here Wednesday. The platform is radical on state issues, but leaves all national questions to the St. I»uis convention. Regarding the candidate for the presidency, the convention in a measure, is one the fence, having the following declarations in its platform: "The Ohio delegation is directed to cast the entire forty-six votes in the national convention as the majority of those present and voting shall de­ cide, when such majority shall deter­ mine that course to be advisable." It is claimed by some that this is the unit rule in modified form and it is understood to be such by the influ­ ences in control here. Efforts to se­ cure positive instructions for either Parker or Hearst failed. The conven­ tion was an excited one at times, and during the fight over seating the 208 contested delegates former Congress­ man John J. Lentz found an oppor­ tunity to start a disturbance and took advantage of it. Convention Is Unruly. Lentz addressed the convention !d favor of substituting the minority re­ port for the majority report. Col. W. A. Taylor spoke for the majority re­ port, both making severe charges, while the galleries cheered. Several altercations occurred, but order was soon restored by the sergeant at arms. When Col. Taylor concluded there was a disturbance on the platform. Mr. Lentz took exceptions to what Col. Taylor had said and asked to see pa­ pers Col. Taylor held in his hand. Lentz took them. Taylor grabbed them back and a personal encounter in words followed until both men were put down. Lentz and Taylor both passed the "He" repeatedly. Chairman for Party Unity. Chairman R. L. Starr of the conven­ tion, In his opening address, made an appeal for party harmony, and let loose a torrent of abuse on the Re­ publicans and the present Republican administration. Among other things, Mr. Starr said: "Where is the Democrat whose cheek has not burned with an^er, or whose head has not hung in sh-.tne, as he reads, or listens to words of vitup­ erative vilification, libel and slander bandied between warring factions, whether they be of Hearst, Parker, Cleveland, Bryan, or otherwise. Is the mere preference of man a crime T Is it a greater crime for a Democrat to have a preference for Parker, fbr Hearst, for Cleveland, for Bryan, than it >s for United States senators to sell the Influence of their office fior gain? Or for the administration to suppress the investigation of postofflee scandals, lest it should injure, the party, or for the president of the United States to disrupt the republic of Colombia in the interest of the Panama canal grafters?" All of the conservative contesting delegations were seated, and the com­ mittees were in the hands of the same element, so that the Hearst peopke were not In a position to do much for their candidate. As it is they ctatan he has an even chance. MOTHER AND SON UNDER ARRCST J A P A N E S E WARSHIP HATSUSE. Recently destroyed by contact with mine. Some Epicures Even Prefer Them to the Genuine Article. Few people are aware that there are manufactories and markets for sham, or artificial, snails in Paris. All the escargots sold in the shops with oys­ ters, prawns and crayfish are not gen­ uine, and it is even said that some of them are made in Germany. In any case, the existence of a Paris sham snail factory has been brdught to light during the hearing of a case in which a workman sued his employer for compensation owing to injury re­ ceived. The matter came before the Com­ mercial Tribunal for preliminary hear­ ing with a view to effecting a com­ promise between plaintiff and defend­ ant if possible. This compromise was not arranged, and the case will be fought out. The workman claims compensation for a mutilated finger. He received the Injury while manipu­ lating one of his master's machines for the fabrication of sham snails. It was explained that the employer bought empty snailshells from the dustmen and rag-pickers. Having cleaned out the shells, the defendant and his people filled them with "mou," that is to say, lights, or cat's meat. This soft, spongy stuff, before being crammed into the shells, was cut into corkscrew shape by very improved machines. When the shell was filled some liquid fat or grease was poured Into it and the trick was done. The fabricated snails were sold usually at twenty centimes the dozen. Sometimes, when there Is a great run on snails, the manufacturers get a good deal of their "raw material" from Germany. It is affirmed that there are actually some epicures in Paris who prefer the sham snail to the genuine article, even when the latter has been among the vine leaves in Burgundy. The artificial escargot is said to have a special flavor, which is highly appreciated. English Parishes Without 8aloona. In Angelsey there are thirty-five parishes, containing nearly 7,000 in­ habitants--and In Carnarvonshire thirty-two parishes, with a population of 3,500--without a single saloon. Two Castles Under the Hammer. Two English castles are about to come under the hammer, each includ­ ed in the sale of extensive estates. Kingswear castle. South Devon, will be offered this month, with several properties in the neighborhood. It dates from the reign of King John. During the civil war it was strongly garrisoned by the king's men, but was successfully stormed by the army of Sir Thomas Fairfax, early in I he year lfi46. The garrison were taken prisoners. The Hanwell castle estate Is^to be offered next month. It is situated in Oxfordshire, and the sale will include the whole of the village of Hanwell and part of the yillage of Drayton, near Banbury. This was the seat of the Cope family, and James I was twice the guest of Sir Anthony Cope, the celebrated Puritan leader, who died In 1614. English Consumption of Cheese. Every person in England consumes, on an average, 12'4 pounds of cheese per annum, and more than^ half of it comes from abroad. Police 8eize Weman Who Says Her Father Was in Lincoln's Cabinet. New York dispatch: An elderljr woman who said she was Mrs. Anna D. Smith and that her father was post­ master general in President Lincoln's cabinet was arrested here charged with violating the hotel law. Later her son, 30 years of age, who gave his name as Dennlson Smith, was also ar­ rested on a similar charge. Mrs. Smith is said to be Anna Dennison Smith, daughter of Gov. William De»- nison of Ohio, who was postmaster general under President Lincoln and was continued in office by President Johnson. Both arrests were made cm complaint of Charles Dabb of the Ho­ tel Navarre, who alleges that $271 was owed him. Mrs. Smith declared that her arrest was an outrage and that she left the hotel becauae of a difference with Mr. Dabb. GA80LINE BLOWS UP SCHOONER Ship Is Burned to the Water's Edge at San Francisco. San Francisco, Cal., special: The schooner Fannie O'Dell, loaded with gasoline, blew up at the foot of Fif­ teenth street. The wreckage caught fire and burned to the water's edge. It is feared one, perhaps two, lives are lost. The high wind threatened to carry the flames to nearby vessels and wharves. For a time a great con­ flagration was feared, but a shift in the wind prevented it from spreading. Ministers to Visit the Pike. St. Louis, Mo., special: Desirous of seeing if there are any objectionable features a^ the world's fair, the min­ isters of .tfett Jlethodist Episcopal church, south, have appointed a com­ mittee to inspect the shows. Philippines Fear Plague. Manila cablegram: The report that the bubonic plague has gained such headway India. Chat it appears to be beyonfl control, is causing much appreheosien here.