VOL. 11.
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§ TWO GENTLEMEN 1
I HAWAII. §
By SEWARD W. HOPKINS. 2
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ICrilnkf. by Com Bwiu 1 ! (soj '
. CHAPTER IX.
' * ooxtdtusd.
Hadl wUW, I could htn l«aari
t aliform, and became ta officer, but
with peaco at hiii I did not care fa*
empty military honor. Moreover, ]
wanted all my time to be free, that
I might be untrammeled in my a~>w
Beamingly hopeless investigation into
the mysteries of my beentifal sister's
disappearance. It was understood,
hofinr, that if at any time asy ser
vices were needed, or the army was t«
be increased, a commission should lit
uiw.
I took rery little interest in any
thing save the on 9 great object of my
existence—to And my sister Winnie,
let mingling daily, as I did, with met
whose minds werefnll of the revolu
tion, I con Id not be blind to the needs
of the honr. When Gordon's dntiee
took Lim away from Honolulu I ac
companied him, if I waa not working
up a cine that might lead to the dis
covery of Winnie.
At the town of Qilo, on the island
of Hawaii, Gordon had a fortress
built which oommanded the situation
to the harbor—the only good one at
that island. And at Lahaina, a «m«ii
settlement on the island of Maui, an
other fortress was bailt. There
seemed to me no need for thla, bat
Gordon pointed ont the excellence of
the place aa a stragetio point in caac
of invasion. \ _
Hilo was not far from the great vol
cano of Manna Loa, and it seemed
probable that if the old mountain kept
on Vb .nitiug lava many ycara longer as
fleroelyaa it had in times past, the
town wo aid be destroyed. Ae it was
located in a beautiful spot, particular
ly healthful, it waa deemed a foolish
carelessness to allow the destruction,
If it could be avoided. Gordon made
• note of hia observations, and pro
rsd, when wa returned to Honolulu,
suggest to the government that
something be done to protect the town
from the molten SOT, if it ever reached
that far.
We also visited the island of Molo
lta, and weut to the !eper colony.
The horrors of this disease had
never before been known to me. I
know it was terrible. I knew that
words oould hardly express its terrors.
But when I saw it in all its putrefying,
death-dealing reality, I ah'uddercd
%.d turned sick. \
•' The poor cTeatnrea who were far on |
their torturing road to death looked at
Us piteously. A wail, a prajer, a plea
for some kiad of help seemed to be in
•very glance and every gesture. Yet
there waa no help to give. AH they
oould do was to wait there, growing
mora hideous in their infirmity, day
by day, until daalh came to release
them from their awful sufferings.
' I thonght of Doctor Watren and his
noble efforts in behalf of these poor
aconrsed wrotcbea. But in vain would
he work while ha lived. There wai
no help, no cure. Tet Warren hoped
and worked aid prayed. This was
ths ourae and, now that the rule of
evil was over, the only blot on the
beauty of Hawaii.
• Gordon and I visite 1 Kauii, another
of the larger ialands, and instituted si
most careful search and inquiry among
the people. Now and then onr hopes
being aroused by what we wo ild think
was a elue, only to have them dashed
to pieces in the deepening darkness
of the myatery. Then we returned to
Honolulu. ,
All this, of oonrae, took aome time.
Things had gone welt in Oabu daring
our absence, and every iuduetry ol
the ialand aeemed developing and im
proving. From time to time friendly 1
messages had been received from the ,
United States, and the future scorned
secure and bright
Then the news came of a change ol
administration.
The Republicans, we kaew, had
been defeated in the election in Nov- 1
ember, and, of course, wa nnderstood |
that on March 4th the Democratic 1
President would be inaugurated. But |
we did not look upon this as inimical
to our interests. To as ia Honolulu, j
the word Amerioaa meant everything. ,
Party names meant nothing. A Re
publican was an American, so was a
Democrat. Therefore, the policy ol
America in Honolulu having been in
dorsed by one party of Americans at
borne would naturally find favor with
another party of the same sort.
What was oor chagrin and fear when
we learned that President Cleveland ■!
bad declared against aa. . * 1
Captain Wiltse, of the Boston, died. '
' Commissioner Blount with letters of '
power from Cleveland and' Seoretasy
Gresham arrived en the Rush, apd '
Admiral 8k err it assumed eommapd of
thh American forces in Hawaiian i
, waters. M « J
■ » Hiuister Stevens was recalled and '
♦ensured by Cleveland's admintst*a4 J
tion for'"unwarrantable iu f J
**«'**»***• * Power aa the rojm
■mihiMnof the PaitedStatea" ~
j Commissioner Blount at oncama. .i
■umed a hostile attitude toward Date's
government, and began collecting evi- !
danoaia favor of the queen. Certain 1
toan, who had been powerful wader {
the ex-jjneen's rale, and who had
hoped h> gain by her aseendaney. '
poured, their poisoned words -intc j
Blount's ear until their opinions M
•umed,in the mind of the com mis- '
Ptoaer.tke dimarsioua of the will oi *
the majority flo b«tweao Bloant and J
*J| .UrUarc, Clmlw4 T* 1
■ : .•* w • . i
f
■ou runner mlsiea, aaa
•took went up.
Then BUuut went borne, Ministc
Willis and Admiral Irwia sa
snmed command of the Aaasrieai
forces. Disorder oame with them
I was kitting m the porch oae day
emoking and talking to Uncle Tom
having just returned from a fruitiest
march after a alight clew of Wianie'i
whereabouts, when Gordon deshec
up. Iweaving hia horse in the care et
aa attendant, he joined us.
"There's toe deuoe to payr'heaaid
"What's up now*" I asked.
"Why, Willis ia running things k
suit himself. Blount, it appears, ia
hia report, made Liliuokalani the em
bodiment of all the graces, who had
been ahamefully abused and put down
by a horde of riotous rattans who hud
no interest in order. Think of it!
When the Amerioaa League owns
aaore than three-fifths of the cultivat
ed land. I had a conference with
Dote to-day. He ia terribly worked
up. Blount came simply to collect
evidence to destroy Dole's government,
and yet he came ia a friendly guise."
"What has actually been donef 1
asked
"Willis aent a communication de
manding the reetoration of the queen.
He dsmands that the provisions
government step down ana out aac
Liliuokalani resume control. Mora
than that, he has had an interview
with the queen and offered to restart
her to the throne and to uae the Unitcf
States forces to do it"
"Incredible! Would they dare?"
"He says they will do it. Dole aril,
not submit He aaya he will fight
first. We have at least 3000 able
bodied men who will take up anna.
But I hope it will not come to that
But if it does, you will have a chance
So wear a uniform."
"I do not aspiro to military honors,
bat if it a tan da between Liliuokalani
>pium and misrule on one aide,
war on the other. lam infor war. It
»uld be n» worse if we were beaten.'
"So. Nothing oould be worse thai
to be under the queen, with her nes
constitution, or, rather, no oonstitu
tion.** \
"It does not seem possible," aaii
my uncle, "that the United Statei
Government could atoop to ao nndig
nified a position. If Willis's oropo
aition ia oarrled out, as Dole aad I
attempted to tell him yesterday, it
will mean death and to ua all. ]
! have said little to Tom about it Pool
fellow! He has enough on his mine
now. But the poaition ia very seri
als. The queen has declared that il
ahs regains her power she will csuse
the leaders of Liberals to be beheaded
snd confiscate their property. That,
of course, means Dole. Warren, Sal
don, Seacamp and myself, not to apeak
of the many others. And no doubt
Gordon would go first of all, on ao
count of his action when the
expected the army to stand by her."
Gordon patted hia sword.
"Some of the queen'a gang of ruffi
ans had better take care, or they will
go before I do."
"It remains to be seen," continued
my uncle, "whether Willis ia aimply
barking or if boll really going to bite.
He may be bluffing, to scare us. But we
•ball not be forced outof onr position.
Dole ia firm on that point So am I.
If.they crowd us to the wall we must
aght"
Cnote Tom set his teeth hard and
turned away. I aaked Gordon, aa I
asked him every tima I aaw him, if he
bad news of Winnie.
"No," he said, aadly, yet savagely,
"not a word. But it cannot go on
like this forever. Surely there ia newt
to be had, if we can only strike the
right trait Sharp, the lieutenant in
-barge at Maui, reporta that he thought
he had a clue, but it came to nothing.
In Hawaii they are overhauling every I
town and village. If we could only
get some of these dod-rotted natives
to help ua we would learn soughing,
but they are with the queen, moetly,
and if they know anything. Keep their
months well shut"
It waa thaa always. I was growing
ill under the awful auapenae. Tet 1
could not give up hope.
CHAPTER X.
The direct result of the advent of
SVillis and ths -declaration of his pur
nofe.w»a the utter demoralisation of
those lawiesa elements thai had hare
tofora kept iu check by the nowm
of and a fear of pun
iahmefi.-' But how we were confront
ed by it atrange - and disturbing eon
ditson of affairs.
We, the Liberal a, holding the reins
of government, were at war, figure-'
trtmy, with the Royaliata on one hand,
nod the United Statea—the vary powsr
we depended upon to befriend us—on
fhe other. The Royalists, seeing their 1
advantage in ths preaeaoe of a friend-'
ly totem, became menacing and boldj
buildings were burned, fired by aaia
stefcnth at 'night, and plaoarda left pro- 1
claiming the aapremacy of royalty.
Whether these outragea were com- i
mitted by persons of good -*"Hisg I
ia the Royalist ranks, or by lawlces i
p sop Is glad to aaiae upon any pintail I
to gave free rein to their d\>redakwy I
proclivitiea, Ido not know. Art ft ia '
certain that under the impctoa given
to lawieaanaea by the atrange atitadr
aaeUbaed by the United Statce mini* (
Mr, Honolulu was kept ia a horribli
ooodttioa unraat. Wa of thaAmar
Ml kMVSIMt Me-
Trme fr Ourtelwm, Our Xmifkbor*, Onr Country and Our God.
'■ ■
WILLIAMSTON, N. FRIDAY, JUNE 14.1901.
aaent toegune ef the United Btatca~f
■btoe would opau on ua.
There was oae hitch.
fj> qHH' Lflfankalsul g^it^^d
|)l6 bMMBf FMMltod
am bar ttoeaae. Thia ahe refused to
stubbornly insisted that
Deb and all other members of the
■assrawmt should be behqmled.
.wßlae stood appalled before this
haeaaee, asad movail neither baokward
mat forward.
And ehaoa reigned.
A aoldiar waa struck down by a
ataua, thiwwu by en adherent of the
qaeaa. Gerdom eeou brought the
eahrit to lactic*. _ . .
The Uha ef American families
vera tarrnr ataiekeu aad remained
•eeludafl. aa they ware continually in
■ulted if they ventured out
The true condition of aflaira waa ao
iiat nitiliu the mtoda qf the Royaliata,
the* the am ignorant among them
thought they would bare the protec
tion ef the United Statea in any act
Mi sulail agaiaat the proviaional gor>
Oaptaia JoUe had uttered incendi
ary words and had been dlsmiaaed
from the aaiilua. He hung around
Honolulu for n few days and then dis
**Bomeperaon eet fire to the Nuuanu
flntel. end it waa burned to the
ground before the laggard fire depart
aaant got to work. I never eaw a
aaore exasperated man than Seaoamp.
I aaw Mm a day or two after the fire,
at fhe head of a lot of workmen, tear
ing away the charred ruine of his once
famous Inn.
"What are you up to?" I aaked.
"Going to rebuild the Nuuanu t"
"No, sir!" be el moat roared. "I
am not going to rebuild the Nuuanu.
Ike Naaanu ia gone forever. No
aaore ahall a hotel at aaine bear that
haathea num. Rat lam going to
build a hotel, aad lam going to call
ft The iaserteaa Tes, air. The
Americaa. Well ace how the blamed
ulggera like that Aad if they burn
it dowa, TO build another, Let the
eagle eereeml Beat the drums? Let
the eegie ecream? He ia mussled juat
now bat hell ecream again. Don't
you worry about that"
Beacaaap'a petrioUem was earn eat
and true, but eoanewhat inflammatory
in ita nature.
A few days after this I met Gordon
In town.
"I waa going to bunt you up," ha
aeid There waa a look of eagernaas
on hia free.
"Have you heard anything?" I
aaked, aaxmualy.
"Hat definite. I recsived word
from a scout, just a few minutes ago,
that a bead of nativee were enoamped
at the extreme and of the valley, and
ware performing aome of their
old-tiaM deviltries—idola, sacrifices
and all that There is going to be a
great daaee to-night, and a sacrifice
offered to the 'goddess Pele, or soma
other heathen deity, to obtain help in
restoring the qaeea. We will take a
file at soldiera aad witness that affair,
and ass who is to be sacrificed. Tha
daughter of a Portugueee aadlor ia mim
ing, and a French girl who waa a ser
vant iu ia the family of }fr. Seldon.
The faaatica must have one of these
gr Winnie. Whoever it ia, wo will
With about twenty eoldiera we
started off up the Nuuanu Valley. We
hneve|pd as rapidly as our horses oould
carry ua. The eoldiera ware mounted
on horaea from a livery a table, the
popular idea among thoee who aaw na
start off batog that we were a aoout
ing pertv looking for hidden enemies.
At theend, or rather the beginning
of the Nuuaaa Valley, it opena ont
into a wide plain bordered by foreets.
It waa ssooalight when we reached the
place. Not a living thing, human or
boast could ha seen.
"We will leave our horses here in
charge of four aaen. and go through
the wooda to Lake Mali wai," aaid Gor
don.
Csutioualy we made our way through
the treea. We wanted to eurpriae the
C they urn," whispered a sol
dier, poiatiag to aa opening iu the
thick growth of bushee and treea
around aa. Through it we could aee
a camp, oa tha border of the lake.
Stealthily wa took our poeitiona to
We looked upon a atrange, faaofnat
ing, horrible ecene.
A graup of nativee, probably two
hundred ia all, ant or aquatted upon
their haaacbee, ia a large aemicircle,
in tha* canter of which burned a fire.
On either aide of the fire waa ahideous
idol er heathen god. Theee goda,
while etill holdiag a myaterions power.,
in the minds of tha older nativea, had
jf lata beau aeldom eces. There may
have been, p?rhape,fifty or a hundred
)f them in Honolula, but they ware
aloaely gaarded by their possessors.
Theee horrible extravagauaas in wood
and lava-stone were supposed to be
Under the unuaual excitement that
tod existed eo long in Hawaii, all the
aid aapsrstilions were revived, aad
the natives descended to their former
Wei of idolaters sad atone-worship
srs.
_ "Keep quiet," eaid Gordon to the
soldiers. "Let us watch them."
There were man, women and n few
jhildxwn. But little clothing wae worn,
ffco feaaticiam aader which they were
workiag had discarded clotheo.
The entire crowd were putting their
•odieethrough vurions methodical
tortaona,all in nnieon, aad they chanted
h weird, aolamn dirge that had not I.
boom heard to .Oahu foe many years
before.
(To be continued.) •
London has a apealal aociety for tha
mppesmluu of advurtiaiag in publie
pinnae whsrt it disfigures aeeaexy.
JUBILEE CONVENTION
V.I.C L PnpkltM All Parts
•rtkeWwtd.
KLKATIS POUKINC INTO BOSTON.
EIMM* TA *** J " W "
Bort°tt. Special.—Streaming Into
Boston from nearly every quarter of
the glob* cm* Men tee fc» the Soml-
Ceateonlal and International Jubilee
Convention of the Young Men'. Chris
tian Association of North America.
Practically every civilised country m
tha world will be represented, when
the convention U railed to order in the
exhibition hall of the Mechanics"
Building and It la coafldeotly *xpertel
that there will be nearly i.900 dele
gate* from the different aasuclations In
attendance during the day* the con
vention la In a**slon. Thoae who re Ach
ed here scarcely pauaed to shake th«
dust of travel from their clothe*. be
fore appearing at the headquarters,
where a large force of officials wa*
ready to assign suitable boarding pla
ce# and attend to the needs of the vis
itor*.
Not a delegate left the building with
out a thorough Inspection of the jubilee
exhibit In one of the large halls of Me
chanics' Building, till* consists of
photographs of V. M. C. A. camps, ath
letic teams, gymnasiums and diagrams
of work done In Bible study, s nt by
associations In all aections of the coun
try. Award* of merit, consisting of
blue ribbon* and r*l ribbons for a st
and seclnd prises, bad been distributed
among the different cissies of exhibits.
The exhibition contained material
for all kinds of departmmts and was
designed to graphically present the
history of the movement in the Ameri
can aasoclatlons for the past 50 yens.
Aside fiom this there wss material
■bowing the nature and extent of work
done In the most Important Bible
study and religious work activities, the
practical educations! work In Its nu
merous phases. of library, reading
rooms, literary societies, elucat'onal
clubs, lectures and valuable clan*
work; the important physical work
and all that stands for symmetrical
body building and clean sport; the so
cial work. employment bureau,
women's auxiliary; and the newly ap
preciated and vastly Important work
for boy*.
The Brst of the delegate* to arrive
were thoae from the most distant
clime, one party from Adelaide. Aus
tralia. and another from Japan getting
In early. TM firs; named fiarty, how
ever. Journeyed West, while the Jap
anese delegate* went Bast Jo the Y. M.
C. A. Mecca of IJOI. Another party
from Minneapolis also came early in
the day and were promptly and warm*
ly welcomed by the iocal committee.
Oiri Asssa'ted arid flurdered.
Atlanta, Special— Bessie Jackson,
the 11-yearold adopted daughter of R.
F. Flowers, a dairyman of Poplar
Springs., was fonnd murdered near her
home. She had been oturaged. hoiiod
and then stabbed to hasten the end,
the doctors say. Oathro English, a 13-
year-old negro youth, who worked
about the dairy and who was alono
with the child for two hours lin' Wed
nesday afternoon, the day of her dis
appearance, Is under arrest. NJ evi
dence Implicating him was lutrodu e!
at the coroner's investigation, but he
was brought to Atlanta for safo keep-
Ing.
Priest Shot In His Church.
Mexico City, Special. —A clcrh-tl
scnsatk>q ha * bw?B caused at San Cier"-
nlmo at the College of Otuihia. It is
alleged that a Spanish priest named
Msrinoa bas as a miatrnu a Sh-uora
Vllle Vlcenclo. Transferring his af
fectlons to another woman
If" is said, became madly Jealous aa.l
entering the church during tbe hour of
confession, shot the reverend gentle
man dead. This assassination withl.i
tbe precincts of tbe church is said to
be unparalleled In tbe blXory of mu:
ders in this country. ,
Machinists Strike Settled.
Norfolk, Va., Special.—The machin
ists' strike In Norfolk was settled
Monday, and the machine shop propri
etors signed an agreement granting a
nine-hour day with ten hours' pay. The
workmen made some conceal! inu on
other points In their demand*, hut Cio
result is * victory for the ma.'Ulnii^U
TELEGRAPHIC TERSITIES.
Tbe Administration will p;obsbly
decide the question of calling an extra
session of Congress by Friday.
Admiral Schley's recogt>rT;on for h's
services at Santiago will be a medal
bearing the bead of -Admiral Samp
ion. ■ — ,
The pension roll promises to break
the record made in the last 11 :csl year.
The precedent In authorizing Am
bassador Cboate«to Issue pa s or'* '.o
Filipino*, It Is anpouncsd, will be ad
hered to In the cue of Porto Ricans.
Heat la Rome forces the Pope to go
to Ills summer house at once.
Hgil storms have done great dam
age In many districts of Germany.
The Chinese Emperor will not make
a tour of the world, as at $ rat report
ed.
King Emmanuel of Italy reviewed
Ms troops Thursday, It bins » not on
•I fete day.
William St. John Brodrick, Secreta
ry of State for War, reaffirmed Is tae
House at Commons that the British ,
Government would not tue
question of Boer independence.
An embassy from U>* Sultan r.f Mo
rocco trrlvsd la London to conjmtu
toM Kilf WHW4 nl4 swwrton, I
WEEKLY CROP BULLETIN.
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Synopsis of Reports From All Parts
Of The State.
All reports Indicate that the post
week bas been very favorable both i-r
farm work and'for the growth Of crops.
The temperature averaged about noi ,
mal and the days wer* generally warn)
without extremes, but cool nlgh's pie
vailed towards the close of the we.:!;.
The light ahowers which wire quite
general about the 6th of 7th V«N ve y
boned rial, softening the soli which had
begun to be hard to work. The
amount of sunshine was abundau*.
Farmers took advantage of thesa fa
vorable conditions to push work as
much as possible; many Held* havo
been cleaned of grass and are well cul
tivated, but the amount of work to be
done wu so great that grass has not
sll been subdued, and another week ot
fair weather Is required. Crop still
average from two to three weeks laie,
but have made considerable growth,
and show renewed vigor.
Chopping cotton progressed very
rapidly, but is not yet finished. Where
fields have been cleaned the crop Ihowa
good stand and better color, but large
areas are still very grassy, and so.no
fields have been abandoned or will be
plowed up for corn. Cotton seoais to
be almost the smallest for the Beason
on record. Corf Is doing fairly well
and has regained color where cultlvn
ted; grassy fields show little growth,
yellow color and very poor stand;.
Much corn was planted in low lands
throughout the State during this week.
The bulk of the tobacco crop has nov
been transplanted, and the crop is
starting off well with, good Hands.
Wheat and winter cats are ripening
rapidly; cutting has begun in the
south and the harvest will become gen
eral next week, averaging tea days
late. There»is much complaint of scab
and rust, but the damage Is no; wide
spread enough to materially lessen tli.i
favorable outlook for all the -erlai.i.
Spring oats are very fine. Gardens an 1
vegetables havo improved. Digging
Irish potatoes has commenced,and ship
ments are going forward from eastern
sections. Rice has a good stand and
looks well. While most fruits promUi
fair yields, it appoars that the applo
crop wllKbt£jtftirost a failure, c.n a -
count ot the fruit falHng from the
trees.
The Whest Crop.
Washington, I). C., Bpaclal.—Pre
liminary reports of the spring wheat
acreage indicate u reduction "of about
1,200,000 acres or 6.4 per cent. The av
erage condition of spring wheat onJuno
1 was 92.0 as compared with 87.3 at the
corresponding date last year. The av
erage condition of winter wheat de
clined during May 6.3 points the con
dition on June-1 being 87.8 as against
M.l* on May 1. Gn June 1. 19U0. the
condition was 82.7. The prtitf-lpal aver
erages by States are as follows: Mary
land. 100; Virginia, 98; California, 92;
Ohio and Indiana, 90; Tennessee, 88;
Kansas, 87; Missouri, Illinois and Ok
laboma, 8t; Michigan, 86 and Tex a
86. The low condition in Texas is due
to drought and the ravage of the wheat
plant louse.
Telegraphic Briefs.
A bed of genuine asphalt boa been
found In Texas.
Gyanideof potassium killed Dr. A. A.
llloch at Denver, Col., yesterday.
Secretary Gage purchased Saturday
$550,000 short term 4 and 5 p?r con.,
bonds.
Divers report that the steamer As
syrian, ashore off Cape Race, N. F., cau
be easily floated.
The thermometer at Dubuque, lowa,
dropped Sunday to 39, the lowest few,
01 years In June.
Vice-President Hoosovelt will go to
Colorado Springs, Col., In August-for
the quarto-centennial celebration.
An upset lighted lamp caused ihe
death of Koncsla Flßhor, 3 years old, at'
Rochester, N. V.
The Overland hi in I ted on the llnljn
Pacific was derailed near Hanna, Wyo.,
but no one was hurt.
Five thousand tons of rock fell frojn
a stone crusher on a el ft near Keys.}.
W. Va., causing a disturbance like an
eartquake.
Seven guests of the Golden Wa.-t
Hotel-, Chicago, 111., were hurt by..unit -
ing from the windows, thinking tli*
bouse was on Are. ,
An extra session of the Washington
legislature has been called to curre t
defective laws that would have rcleaa
ed many murderers now under doaiU
tentenco. * ■ ; . .
The late, Charleo H. Hoyt's estate
amounts to $132 106.
A wagon containing Edward Yor
key and h's 12-year-old dough or was
strvck by a train near Detroit, Mlcj ,
and both occupants killed.
The KaJ««r has presented to tbn
Heiligenrode, exclusively
occuptW by title spinsters, a rozicr.
expressing the hope that it shall "ev *r
be the pastoral staff of motherly love."
The speech from the Spanish throne
while dealing with finances. d!d u;t
mention taxation of the exterior deb'..
The fifth,.international congre-s of
criminal anthropology will b? htld la
Amsterdam from September 9 tc 11.
Professor Willlard D. Flske has ar»
rived at Bariin and is Ike guoit of
United States Ambassador Andrew D.
White.
Americans Buy flexlcan Railway.
Mexico City, Bpeclal.—The Still well
group of American capitalists have
purchased the Pachuca, Zaculatlpan
L Tampleo Railroad from Richard
Honey Thrice. Tbe amount paid was
$1,000,000 gold and 35 per cent, ot the
. common rtock In a company td J)i or
ganised. The road wl|l be prolonged
froifl Sandoval, Its Junction with the
Vara Crui Railroad to Tamplco r mak
llWdi ltof to northern Qui/
v . ?sffWF - ; r
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A FEARFUL CYCLONE
Sweeps Oyer Oklahoma Territory D»
ia; Great Damage,
OF UNUSUAL EXrtNT AND FORCE.
ruay Villages snd Country Homes,
Swept Out of Existence—Growing
Crops Ruined. 1 .
Perry, O. T., Special.—The storm
which passed over eastern Oklahoma,
Saturday night, was one of tho moat
severe since the opening of the stiip.
The feature of the storm waa the ex
tent of the territory covered. Bweept ig
down from the Kansas State line and
covering about SO miles Id width, the
rain, wind and hail swept over the
country as far south aa old Oklahoma.
The rain fell In torrents from early ia
the morning until midnight The fury 1
of tho xtorni centered In a cyclone at
about 6:30 p m., which formed at a ,
point near the Kansas State line und ,
lust on the county lines of Grant, Kay
snd Oklahoma. The twister took a
southeasterly course and was most 1
disastrous In a square |q eastern Kay '
county. The little town of Bddy vas
struck and of the twelve or fourteen
buildings In the place, all were leveled
to tho ground, except the railroad sta
tion and elevator. The people of tha
town sought places of safety. One tin- I
known man was killed and aevoral :
persons were slightly Inured by Hying
debris.
The track of the cyclone between 1
this point and Tonkawa. a distance of
about eight miles, was laid wasifc.
Five farm houses with barns and out
buildings were blown away, but all
the occupants escaped without Injury.
Fine flelds of wheat In the midst of
harvest were laid waste: Tho tull
oud of the cyclone fell with terrible
force upon Tonkawa. Thirty dwell
liiks and business houses wore scat
tered like loose timber. Tho cltixcns
of the town had been watching tho ad
vance of tho storm and had soiiKht
shelter in cavos and collars. N» fatali
ties are reported at this potiti. and
only a few persons received acrttchea,
which Is almost miraculous, consider*
lng the devastation.
' 25 YEARS A PRISONER.
Horrible Tale of a French nother's
Cruelty.
Paris, By Cable.—The sensation of
tho week has been the arrest of Mad
am Monnler, a rich, miserly, land
owner of tho neighborhood of Poitiers,
and her son,»;a former prefoct of tho
Depart meat yi'.' nna and iWtfadiir of
I'oltler's society, on the charge of In
carcerating Mlle_ Blanche Monnior,
(laughter of Madame Monnler, for 26
years. In a room of Mamame Monnler s
house. The police who were atnnoy
moiixly notified of the woman'a deten
tion. entered tfye hoiise and found
Mile. Monnler shut up In a room, in i
darkness, lying on a mattress, ptark'
naked, and so emaciated that she ap- 1
peared to be a living skeleton. Tho 1
room was covered with filth, bones,
refuse food, worms, rats and all hinds
of vermin. The unfortunate woman,
who had partially lost her reason, was
taken to a hospital. It was thought
she would die, but she Is now Improv
ing. Twenty-flvo years ago she wag,
a beautiful brunette and fell In love
with a lawyer without means. 1 Hwr
mother disapproved of their love nnd
confined her In tho room which she
only recently left. Tho son, after
his arrest, pleaded that he acted as he 1
did on account of filial piety and that
the mother was The law
yer died in 1885. _____ •
New Pacific Cable.
WiitfiiniUon, 1). C., - Bpoclnl.—The
State Pep'irtmcnl Is In receipt >f Inter,
rstlng Information concerning work on
the Erit!«h Pacific telegraph cable
which Ik to connoot Can:id» with the
AiiFtraljan confederation. The new ca
ble is to be 5,8:11 12 miles In length, •
the l->n£?it ever constructed, and will
l.e transp>rted and laid by otvs ship,
which Is now lining built f-ir that pur- (
pose. By the terms of the contrnct. tho 1
whole cable h to bo laid Mid in working
nrd.-r by January 1, 1903. It will cost
slo,foo,ofo. I
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NO. 38.
THROUGHOUT THE.COUNTRY !
The South.
A yellow pin® lumber combine capi
talized at >15,000,000 la contemplated.
United States Senator B. R. Tillman,
of South Carolina, haa declined to with
draw hla resignation.
The .trucking Industry of North Car
ollnaris assuming Immense propdr
tlons. The official figure* show that ,j
last year 66.495 packages of vegetable*.
4,544.060 pounds, 48 cars. 12,604 crates
of cantaloupes; 23 cart, 4.15S cratea of
dewberries; 66 cara. 22,840 crates of ,
beans, and 349,989 crates. 17,499.460
pounds of strawberries were shipped
from Wilmington section alone.
Tk« North. * |
Oil haa been found at Woleott, Wyo.
The battleship Illtnol? will havfe its
trial trip June 11.
Chicago 'Day at the Pan-American
Exposition at Buffalo. N. f, will b?
June 22.
Trolley employes at Dayton, 0..
struck to force recognition of their
union.
Building operations In Denver, Col.,
are suspended by the strike of 800 bod
carriers.
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Bight hundred Porto Rlcans left San
Francisco, Cal., Saturday, to work In
Hawaii.
General A. W. Greely. chief of th* * °
Signal Corps, has sailed for Manila
from Ban FYanclaco, Cal.
A monument will very soon be erect
ed over the grave of Nancy Hanks Lin
coln, at Lincoln City," Ind.
Eugene Tompkins retired Saturday
from the management of the Boston
(Mass.) "Hi eat re. after tw.-nty-fivo
years' service. '
The license of the Mutual Reserve
Fund Ufe Insurance Company of
York has been revoked In Wisconsin.'
All the public schools In New York
city will be presented by Frank Til
ford-with replicas of Houdon's bust of
Washington.
Albert B. Smith. official messenger
of the Brooklyn Navy Yard.was at New
York acquitted of opening the .na Is.
John W. Jr.. of PhiladeL
pftla. Is president of the Couventlon of
the Church of the New Jerusalem In
the United Stales, new in session at
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hoping to gain sympethy by a fako
suicide, Gilbert !?. Meiers, a noted forg
er at Jollet. 111., went too far and die I
In his cej^by^hanging.
Governor Gage, of California, has
offered a reward of 15.000 for the arrest
and conviction of the lynchers of llva
men at Lookout. Cal., on Friday last.
Republicans were generally success
ful In the municipal elections in Wil
mington, Del. * —— . '
Nine persons were Injured In a collis
ion between an eleetrle car and a rail
road train near McKeesport, Pa.
Efforts are being made to secure
the release of "Frenchy," the Alr ;rian
convicted of a charge of murderii g
"Old Shakespeare" in New York In
1891.
One of the heaviest spring storms
ever recorded by the Weather Bureau
visited Pittsburg and vicinity.
' Foreign.
Alarming riots occurred at Curunna,
Spain.
Cardinal Gibbons, who is in Romo.
has been Indisposed.
A daughter was born to Queen Hele
na and King Victor Kmm&nutA of Itaiy.
Emperor William will start on Mi
Norwegian trip June 28.
Czar Nicholas, In conversation w'tli
Frederick W. Ilolls. at Pet>rlioflf, ex
pressed doubt Its to Vlce-Presi delit
Rooscwelt being a pcaco advocate.
Correspondence from CStracaa, Vene.
zuela, shows that the asphalt contro
versy continues to rage there.
Irish troops at Phorneliffe, England,
mutinied and Bred on guards sont t.J
arrest them.
A rumor that the Baers have won a
victory near Pretoria causes anxiety
In England.