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"Vol, Trl1' RAjLEIGH; , Cm .WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 1901 No. 130 rne;p Troops Removed to Safe Distance GERMAN TROOPS GO ON . - America!- Ideas of Indemnity Ridiculed Military Ex pense the Principal Item in the Claims Tekin. "April 2.'?, 3 a. m. Li Hung Chm- !:;" !.-MVfl word that the Chi-iie-o tv-? f'i)JT General Liu have fal- realr ret; i juu Shanshi province and point where they might with the German and annlP Hi "''V!'.t' A Rclzian 'a ho has arrived from Chen ting Fu lvpci-ts that the Chinese have irith'inMvii. hut he met the vierman troops 'ho 'Avre continuing their ad vance though they were scarcely beyond tie bouii'huy of Chi Li. province. The in habitants ? the Chinese villages have become very nnu-h frightened at the ad vance of the expedition and have fled in all directions. k It is understood here that the French eradiation of -China Avill soon -begin.' De finite nrransreinents for assuring, the safety of r re noli residents have not yet been completed. .' Jir. Kockhill. the special" American commissioner, following instructions re reived from Washington, has urged the foreign ministers to limit the indemnity t be (hniainleil from China to 40,000, (Ki. me of the ministers declare this amount is insufficient and ridiculous. Dr. Mntuni YnEohvartzenstein, the Ger man minister, thinks the amount requir ed will he over 10,000,Ova. . It is said that the American claims are reallv small as the missionaries from " that country have been largely indemni ty by local Chinese officials, and the . ether claims are few in number; The American claim . for military expenses onght to he small, as the" United States i? professedly keeping only a legation jraard which. will only require about a hundred men. No more will be wanted fortius purpose to stay here at the ex pense of the American government. The losses of the German. I rench and British missions have also been largely satisfied hy indemnities, .paid. by,,, local officials, so the military expenses remain as the chief item of the general, bill to be presented to China. Sir Ernest Sataw, toe Hrmsh minister, thinks the missions -should hear their own losses and .that missionaries presenting claims, ere in clined to he greedy. Many missionaries are perplexed at this' attitude -of the British minister and do not hrfe the cen tre it implies. They feel convinced that it wilt-he only justice for China to meet thei liases and that .Sir Ernest Sataw should m.t i-nore their claims. The British minister is more empbatie than Sir l:ohertr Hart, the Chinese Commis sioner of imperial' maritime customs, in the statement that in spite of last, year's erufdtfes they should rely on native pro tection, although the Chinese laws in re gard to the protection of foreigners have E"t as ret hoen changed. The expends of the British and Japa. "ese military expeditions will be com paratively small because the British troops are .,,',1 Indians and the Japanese Midlers receive very small wages. The cost of the French and merman "perhtions will necessarily be . higher. lnonsand e- the foreign troops now Here arc fully not necessary in the ad ministration of affairs, but their presence fts as a preventive of further upris ln?s. it is thought by some that the expanse of maintaining troops belongs lesitiinateilv to China unt.. the emperor iwumos tho reins of government anu re Mores order. THE WARTAFRICA Military Movements of the British and Boers Puna T . .. . - k offiPi r Apnl SZ (T30 P- m.): It In W, "'-v ,aounced that the Boers tills , d'V' 511(1 are sti11 Kning to the ""'; h-ast of IVlla. The burgtiers iW-i.,'iV',:il, aild Kenhardt districts, fcen ", v s? under Froneman, have qiiiml , r!ve of lte-and have re- th.. Bd:ts'i,'''8tK' W0rk on the part' of Un w''i!'":laa'os of Scheepers and Ma ew, i lil !V' d st to the districts be- ton.-h i ' f ekr and Seobel are in cheee'X"11."1f;,Jo of Krit:-inger and Foll ow? nr.. ,auums tu attack .uara is the h:.V . united and returned in ZuiuWr ' ' "r their retreat in ' the fetter" J1 3":'ai''l of Commandant Kritz Ed ula-t he was at Venterstad Colon v v,akillf tmvrd Orange River iifr,;,;,; "u small-parties of Boers 'roll., ,!.. , ' "'u-.eutemad. They are twee, , r To establish connections nd Tl,, "n'-guers m the Smirberg d0(1 ''range liiver Colony comman- Mohen.!'' '",Vt v"11 "p a train 1 between ht T' ' . rorml r' last Thnrsdav t'-uc y -.m'1 the cattl(4 an(1 hnrned vs. lue engiue driver and sto ker behaved gallantly. Both were wound ed. The British had two other casual ties. ,. - N. ."'"'". , J '- , Ninety Boers x are reported : between AllemansDoort and Jamestown, annar- Grey. - - Gen. Christian De Wet. according to one' report, crossed -the line north of Wolvehoeck Thurstlay. ' Another report locates Jeheral De Wet 'at Senekal, Orange River Colony. ' ; , - Generally speaking, the Boers appear to be harassed by the constant move ments of the British column,' and from an English standpoint the situation may be considered satisfactory. It is' officially stated that' the number of Boer prisoners is now 17,823. . . - . ' Antonio Wants a Divorce '- London, April 23. Don Antonio De Bourbon has) . written to a friend here that he has secured the services of one of the most distinguished advocates in Madrid in order to secure a divorce from the Infanta Eulalie The. infanta and Don Antonio were married in 1886. The infanta visited the UnitedxStates during the 'World's Fair as the representative of the Queen Re gent of Spain. Last June it was stated thai the infanta and Don Antonio had been legally separated and that the de cree: had been signed before, the Spanish consul general .at PaTis.' ' WILMINGTON LOST AGAIN An Errorand a Three Basger Gave the Game Away Wilmington, X. C, April 23. Special. Richmond defeated Wilmington on the home grounds again today by a score of o to 3. -The game was close and ex citing. ""Wilmington had the game won, when, after two out in the eighth, War ren 'made an error on third which let in a run. , Then, with bases full. Softie drove into left -.field for three bags. For Wilmington Clayton got a.honieTun and a three-base hit. ; Kiehmond batted at opportune times, which won-the game for them. .Both pitchers did good work, with the odds in , favor? of Foreman. Score by innings: .,- ,r. Wilmington . . . ......01001000 13 Richmond . ......01000004 x 5 Batteries: -Foreman and Cranston; Bishop and Manners. " Summary. learned runs V umington 2, Richmond 2. Errors Wilmington 3, Richmond 3. Three-base hits Wilming ton Stafford, Crockett, Clayton ; Rich mond sSoffel. Home run Clayton, Bases on balls on: r oreman 4, ott Kisnop -4. Struck our--by Foreman Gby Bishop 5. Hit by pitched ball by ' Bishop " 1, by Foreman 1. Double play- Warren to Stafford to Cranston. Time , of game, one hour and thirty minutes. Umpire, Clark. "Attendance, (175. .' Where They PJay Today Portsniouth at Raleigh. .. Richmond -at Wilmington.- 1 . ; Newport News at Norfolk. Standing; of rinbi ' f Won. Lost. Pcf. 1,000 noo 429 429 429 28G Norfolk Richmond . 0 3 4 4 4 Raleigh - '". . . Wilmington m 3 3 Newport News ...... Portsmouth . . . . .... Boacen 3 Philadelphia 5 Philadelphia, April 23. Delehanty's three-base hit in the eichth innins and errors by DeMont won the game for the Phillies here today by the score of 3 to 5. The score: " R. II. E. Boston . . ...,020000010 3 10 x Philadelphia ....00010004 5 8 0 Batteries: Willis and Kittridge; Orth and Douglas. Umpire, Colgan. Plttabnrs 4 St. Loals 10 St. Louis, April 23? The Pirates low ered their flag to the Cardinals today, being defeated by : a score of 10 to 4. Young Harper made his debut in the league as a twirler, holding the visitors) down to seven nits. v aaaeu pitcned fer seven innings and was then dis placed by Cheseborough, but the game was hopelessly lost before he gave way. Three hits and three runs were secured off Chese borough. The score: - R. H. E. Pittsburg 0210010004 8 " St. Louis . ..'. .2 0 00 0 0 5 3 10 10 2 Batteries: Waddell and Zimmer; Har per and Schriver. Umpire, Dwy'er. , New York-Brooklyn, postponed. i Cincinnati-Chicago, postponed. Wasfaineton 9-Georzetown O Washington, April 23. In the second exhibition game between - the Senators and the Georgetown team the latter showed -a decided reversal of form, the laguers shutting them out in a very one-sided and uninteresting game, W ash ington scoring nine runs. - HEAVY BANKBLEARiGS Tuesday's Transactions Ex ceeded Former Records New York, April 23. Today's bank clearings established a new high record for the third successive Tuesday. The exchange of checks between New York oleai-ing house banks reached the aggre gate sum of $546,937,155, on which a settlemenf was " effected with balances of only $13,088,873. t ; , Vy-"?.T. Last Tuesday, April' 16,- the exchanges were $445.241, 229, nd on April 9 they were $437,852,980,xbofth of which sums established a record to those dates. The clearing house report,of Tuesday covers th hiisinpss of "5londay. and Monday's business covets Stock Exchange trans-J actions not oRly far; that day, but for tlW nrecedine Saturday. , ? ; - Yesterday's ecord-day on the -Stock Exchange v and. Saturday's business" or ; over one v million shares of stocks are j accountable ior uwhji. rauim - clearhigs. Cost Lots of Money New York, April 23: The sale ot a cs.Ar t."..1iuti' mMiinersnii) is auiim- ted to have been jmade at $tii00. . lbe highest authenticated price paid hitherto i8 01,000. , v. - . " -i 7 -J Ml v Train Held Up by Six IVJaskd and Armed Men EXPRESS SAFE ROBBED Messenger BeatW and Negro Porter ShotBloodhounds Put on . the Trail of the Bofd Bandits i -. Memphis, Tenn., April 23.-The fast express on thfe Choctaw, Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad was held up and robbed by masked bandits' just across the river in Arkansas last night, and in the batr tie that took place the express messen ger; and , the. porter "of the train were wounded. The robbers escaped with their booty. It is thought that about $3,000 -was taken, aHboitgh? it is claimed that the amount of booty was much larger than thrat sum. The Wells Fargo Express Company usually sends its larg est .shipments by this train. Six masked men boarded the train which left Mem phis at 1140 last .night) 'when it made the usual ''stop at Bridge Junction, Ar kansas, after .'crossing the Mississippi river bridge." When a point half a, mile west of Iron Mountain crossing had been reached, Messenger Meader started to pass from the first car to the second, where the ex press safes Were, as he had finished ar ranging the baggage". As he opened the door be was confronted, by. four men in whose, hands were two revolvers and two shot guns. One of the gang grappled with Meader and secured the pistol he carried in his belt around his waist. . About this time' the train -began to slow up and soon came to a full stop. Then shooting began. The two men who had boarded the "rear of the second car captured SidnavDrew, the train porter, and made, hini 'uncouple the cars. Under orders 'from two of the men. who had mounted the cab, Engineer Johnson pull ed the two tiaggage and" express cars about half & mile from the rest of the train to a poinf in the midst of a jrfense cane-brake and ten or fifteen' miles'.from any habitation. r """" When the' engine stonpeT, George Ward, a boy who had .been riding on the blind baggage car, sprang off and started into the woods. A shot from one of the robbers brought him back fo the train. "Open the local safe or" we will kill you," shouted the leader of the gang to the., messenger. The messenger obeyed, and one 'of the men placed the contents of -n"e local safe' in a sack. . . s . "Now you and the kid get Into the car ahead," was the next order. Meader. did" not : seem, to moye fa st enough to suit the bandit who had him in charge, who;f ell upon Meader with the butt of a revol ver, with which the express messenger was severely beaten over the head and back. The boy, frightened almost out of bis senses," cowered in a corner of the car and was not attacked. V Meanwhile four of the gari were at work on' the through safe in the .second car. About a pint of nitro glycerine was poured into the edges of the aoor. When everything was ready a fuse was light ed and all left the car. . A terrible 'explosion followed?. The door of the safe was 'blown off : and hurled through the side of the car, striking 'a, tree twenty yards away. Te robbers then re-entered the car and it was the work of a few moments 'to transfer the contents of the safe to the sack. Everything was taken. The rob bers then jumped off and. with a-few parting shots disappeared into the cane brake. .s , ' '""'., .; ; As soon as the masked men left the train the engineer and fireman backed the engine, tender and wrecked car to Bridge Junction where the passenger cars still were standing. A posse of pas sengers and trainmen started at once in pursuit of the robbers, while the police in this city -were telegraphed for aid. Bloodhounds from the convict camp at Hulbert, three miles from the scene of the robbery were secured -arid put on the trail of the robbers. ;, It is understood here that there were unusually heavy shipments of money on the run and that the. bandits had infor- hnation regarding the amount of possible booty, me robbery apparently was planned carefully, and. all details were carried but with clock-work precision. The passengers, many of whom were asleep, did not realize what was hap pening until the engine and express car had been carried away. Cv T. Mladerthe express messenger, who was badly beaten, said: . ' "I was' made to open the local safe with my keys. I was then ordered Into the car ahead and heard them blow open the safe. .They beat me with their pistols just for meanness, for I did all they told me to do without protest They hadUthe "drop and I did not care to get shot. I saw six of the men and all were "",0"-cu; -t-"r.' i'iearea to '- be young men. All were excited, but the one who seenaed to be the leader." " yi, tne negro porter, whose uuwe m .uempnis. was shot in the thigh and may die. He refused tom- i:iiujir me irain whfn first commanded to do so. and one of the robbers .fired at him. Fram Chicago to Liverpool Ottawa. Out., April 23. Ihe' govern ment has Wen notified that Chicago l -'erpool steamship service via the Ca-- ' J nadian , canals will be; inaugurated .'next month when two ' large gpaiu. carriers will. safT; from Chicago. The first will be fthe Northwestern,; May 24,to be follow-- ed the next -day -by the vilortham. The boats are owned toy the Northwestern Steamship Company of 3STev York. The departments of railways anjd canals and marine will afford these boats every fa cility for quick passage through the ca nals. - -.- , ' Seventeen Horses ijn a Race London, Aprifr 3. The j race for the great metropolitan, stakes o f 1,000 sover- igns, about two miles aiM a quarter, meeting ; to J. ' King's was run at Epcoin Spfin day' and was won by II Evasit. Lord Penrhyn's Kn g's Messen- gerWas second. - and S Evincent's ican jockey, Stoccodo . third." The Amer J. Reiffe, rode the winner, '. ' Seventeen horses ran. $ Gold for Eng and New York, April 23. The National City Bank will ship $1,000,000 in gold bars to England tomorrow if This is the first shipment which , can ijbe attributed to the new British .loan. iThe payment of the first settlement onj the loan to be mrfde this ' week will tbrobably not exceed $3,500,000. SKINNER INDICTED Further Developme its jn Re gard to the Scruggs Murder ;' ' J: ' ,g I .- Memphis, April 23. J. W. Skinner, the wealthy dairyman who vifks -arrested a few days ago, charged wjh the assassi nation of Dr. Hal Scruggs, who waJ5 shot in the back while returning from a professional call," was indicted by the grand Jury this afternoon. Skinner, who was out on -bail, awaitingfl tne ction or the jury, was re-arrestejl and jailed. Skinner still denies all kndwledsre of the crimed The latest developments strength en the -theory that the drime 'was , the result of a deep-la id plt following a political feud. Today he detectives learned that several attempts were made the day before; the crkne to l.ure the physician to Binghampton, just outside the town. . He answered ne call to the town, but failed to responld to a second. On the first trip he wa$ accompanied by a friend named Rawlins. It is now believed tnat nad fte Deenipione ne wouia have been assassinated on this trip. 'SHOT BY ROBBERS Saloon Keeper Lee His Property witq Defended kin nis Lire Chocslgo, April 2. Mortally wounded, with a hole through th lungs and a bullet lodged near the jheart, William Lee lay on the nor of several hours early this bent his fast ebbing strength Jo the task of tapping on a Water pipe with a poker to. attract" the attention of a. friend sleeping in the rodm above. The signals awoke John Burke. Iee faint ed when he saw Bnrke. lit was an hour before he could teil how-lie had been assaulted and shot by tiro masked rob bers who entered the salon at 1 o'clock this momiug. A The vrobieis met with such vigorous resistance! from Lee "'that they shot him and then fled. , The police were notified and at datreak eight sus pects were locked up. pe was taken to a hospital in a dying Condition. T00 MUCH EXPLOSIVE bff by the Robbers Scared . Noise They Made ' Wisc"asset, Me.; April 23 Bank rob- bers made an attempt Ikj rob theFirst National Bank here ear) lv this morninsr. The robbers used such of some powerful exploi ilonr that the safe was la heavy, charge lve on tne sale wrecked and a n;n-t of the door was b wn through "an UUviuimq " - - f ; . of the building. In addition to this the ... i in o- hi-ir-f wan in o another part -'nrirve nr th( run in in IT were nroKen and the office generally damaged. When a party or citizens entered tne bank they found the place in a condi tion of great disorder. 8 A complete kit of burglau s tools scatiereu. aooux xne floor showed that the Jobbers had; lt in a hurry. " I . TKo onntante ? nf thp i afc were imme diately examined by tht officers of the bank and it was iouna tnaTT notnmg had been taken, the bflrglars evidently hnrin? hppn frisrhtened awav bv the havoc following the. explosion. PROMOTION MjADE EASY Benevolent ,Plan$ Which the Execute President Wi I ' Washington, April 23 It' was official ly stated at the War jDepartment this afterioon that the President will accept the resignation of Gen.pohn M. Wilson, chief of engineers oft$e army, to take effect April" 30, and ill then appoint Col. Henry M. Roberti of the engineer, corps, to be chief of engineers, with the rank: of a brigadier general. ' General Robert will then servis two days and retire 'on account of j?ge, and be fol lowed by either Colonel Barlow, Colonel Haines or Colonel Gillespie.. It was also stated that the President ' has decided to appoint Col. Thomas F. Barr to suc ceed Judge - Advocates (ieneral Lieber, who will retire May 2l and that Colonel Barr will then be retired and succeeded bv Col. John W. Clos, who will also retire immediately aitrf appointment. Army officers are particularly well" pleased with this action of the Presi dent, as it establishes a precedent as to t he retiremen t . of officers at the next highest grade, which they hope to have followedi.in. their own ases, and which makes promotion more ppid, , A Noble Bigamist Cannot Tell H the. Number . FAILED TO KEEP TAB One of His Spouses Estimates t ...... . Her Companions in Misery at Fifty or So Chicago Proud of Him , Chicago, April 23.-In the arrest of Count Leopold -DeMelville, otherwise, ftnown as Leo Fraqui, who is held by the' New York police on a charge of big amy, sworn to by a brother of one of his Chicago wives, there was brought to light in this city a romance which re Teals the pount as . the hero . of more than one hundred love affairs, v He is declared to -be the husband of an assortment of wives, whose number aj t . t - - recently" deserted wife in: Chicago esti mated last night at not .less than "fifty or so." . ' When placed under arrest In New York the count was" reported to" liaye told Detective Burke he had so many wives that he . had not been able to keep, track of even their names and could form no idea as to their, real number- .'.,. .' .; - ' ' ' With fifty wives to his credit: the count could be - found to ha re thrown into the shade the records, of the two most celebrated U Chicago bigamists Bates and Farnsworth since Bates was able to muster only five at his trial; and Farnsworth about the same num ber, although Farnsworth tuld the police here that the number of his living wives was 42. ; : ": - -. ' - . Before the end of the week the count will be brought to Chicago to face his accusers, . Detective Walbaum of the State's attorney's office, having gone to New. York with copies of the indict ment and other documents Eecessary for the nobleman's extradition. . .. ; " New York, " April 25. When arraigned in court today on the charge of bigamy, Leo Fraquia, the alleged count, said that he was not and' had never claimed to be a count.' WAS NOT MENTIONED No Questions : Asked ' About What Loomis Said' 1 Washington, April - 23. Francis B. Loomis, United States Minister to Ven ezuela, about whose status there - has been so much talk lately, reached Wash ington last night from New 'York and called on , Secretary Hay at the . State Department this - morning. Mr.' Hay and Mr. Loomis had a conference which was " described by. Mr. Loomis as inter esting. During the interview the San Juan -interviews, in wtiieh Mr. Loomis was quoted as severely criticising Presi dent Castro of Venezuela, were not men tioned, Mr. Hay apparently being satis fied with an explanation .which he had received previously from a friend of the minister that the objectionable statement had never been made by him. . Mr. Loomis will remain here until the end of the week and will have interviews with the President -'and Secretary Hay, Jn which the attitude of this government towards'Venezuela will be defined. From Washington Mr. Loomis will go to Cin cinnati, where he -will remain until the middle of May He will then go to New York and sail for Europe to carry out the instructions of his physician to try the water at Carlsbad. . He wi If" be in Europe several months. -" m ;. . Q WOLFSON'S'PARDON The President Takes His War Record Into Consideration Washington, April 23.-The President t-rAv eitrntwl n rvirdon for -JoseDh -N. i 1 1 1 1 1 ,. n -- ' wvif.nn n'hnca cba hns fll-trflcteii con- , uti.-u", . - . siderable . 'attention. f Wolf son was a ? i-' 1 .,-.-,.. nn) n in i n irt fl 71 on - tial fame in New Orleans for. a nunj w nf vars brior to July 14, 1898, when he enlisted f in the army. lie settled in New Orleans in 1884, and, for twelve ..a Wac ' -lpnnsitor in the Union National Bank of 'that oty-until it failed, September ; 6, 1896. t The bank had capital and surplus of $640,000, whith entirely 1 vanished. Tiraa 'r-liatHrpH hpintr imnli- cated -with certain officials 'of the bank in a conspiracy to ueiraua tne aeposu- 1 l. olUirnil that Ko wfl lllnwod to overdraw his account to -the extent of $19,XK) knowing the bank's condition and its imminent xauure, ne was ir-u in conjunction with Flank -B. Leefe, i. rto -tha tipi-intr had lepn in niYrer- ress for twelve days,, made an alleged COlllC'' H UU LUl t-i.- o iutuv.1,. He admitted having juggled the books of the bank. - . ' The testimony, it is asserted, was un corroborated, b4tr notwithstanding a cases and Wolf son and Leefe were sett- tweed to eight ''years in the penitentiary.. 1 ij aypeai to- a ; uiguer . xnounai tne . TerdVt' was ;sustained -by a divided -bene a. 'A writ of certiorari was applied for to th United States Supreme (Court and denied. Pending a formal decision in the case, Wolftpn obtained permission to enlist In thr! Third Mississippi Regiment dur ing te Spanish-American war. Later he enlisted in the regular army and was ent to the Philippines with the consent . f ; tlte Secretary of-War and Attorney ' 'nral. He was' assigned to the Twelfth fati try and made an exceptional rec ord. ,He received the highest commen dation, of - his regimental, and company officers. He is now home on sick leave, but wijl return to his regiment at once, having nearly a year to serve. His family Js now in Switzerland.- He owes his pjyfdon to his war record in the Philippines. " ,- . -. '.' Railroad Taxes in Kentucky, rrankfort, Ky.,,April 23.The State board of valuation. and assessment to day fixed the franchise tax on the rail-, road property of the' State.', The assess ment is levied on eighty per cent of the capital stock of the companies, com puted on a basis of six per cent of net earnings of the roads. S- The assessment is made from the date of the new rail-; road - act in 1893 and 'amounts to hun-1 dreds of thousands of dollars. The board noiqs tnat in audition to a otate iran chise tax' the roads are also liable for .ftiiTitw . and Tnnnir.tr a 1 TBr ' Thfl hnartl ' is, composed of I SecretaVy o State Hill, Auditor Coulter and Treasurer Hager. Secretary Hill differed from the otner members of the board, holding tnat to ' ieVy the tax in this manner amounted to an income tax. 1 ;"' ' "- : : v GEORGIA -NEXT Gov. Candler on the Question of Negro Suffrage Savannah, April 23. Governor Allen-' D. Candler is here today on a visit. He will probably, in his ' message to th Stat Legislature " next October, recom mend the disfranchisement of the igno rant negroes. He gave out an inter view today intimating that he will take such action. - ' v . Goveraor Candler favors a change 'in the constitution . as soon as practicable. He thinks there should. be a convention" called to revamp the State Constitu- - tion and bring it mdre completely up to date. i-"'' 1 I think it would be well," he said, "for Georgia to follow, the example set by Alabama, Mississippi and North Car olin&i andvxevise the constitution. At present it hamperr enterprise and is gen erally not perfect. Some restriction of the ballot is necessary. The white pri mary wiUr-do: for a while, but a tem porary "expedient of that character will not serve for all time. We need some thing. that will meet the requirements for years. We should follow the exam ple of other Southern States." "What State do you think has most effectually met ;the question of fran- viuse . ue was usm-u. , "ilississippi has the best regulations. That was the first State to act, ahd it seems to have provided a franchise re quirement that has met the test of the courts, and I think it is a very good -one. It has served its purpose and has ' regulated the negrv vote." SUIT FOR PRIZE MONEY Hearing Begun in Case of Ad miral Dewey -and Others. Washington, April 23. Hearing in the suit of Admiral George Dewey on his own. tfccouit and, in behalf of the offi cers and men of the Tnited States naval forces of the Asiatic station who took part in the battle of Manila Bay May 1, 1898, "against the Spanish vessels Don Juan de Austria, Isla de Cuba, Isla de Luzon, Ley te, apndanao , and others, was begun today before Justice Bradley in Equity Court No. 2. The litigation was instituted by' 'Ad miral Dewey for prize money on ac count of the capture of the vessel named from the Spanish forces. Assistant "At torney General Binney appeared for the government and Benjamin Mieou and H. A. Herbert, former secretary of the navy, represented Admiral Dewey, and Charles and WUliam King represent Captains Coghlan..'Dyer, Lamberton, Walker and other officers', and enlisteC men. The hearing will continue during the remainder of the week. . r-s - Warm Welcome Waiting Washington, April 23. Plaffs for the rerention of the deleeates , from the Cuban Constitutional convention, : who nr exnecred to' arrive here' tomorrow. were talked over at the meeting of the cabinet this morning. The delegates wui fall on th President tomorrow, and on Thursday evening Mr. and r Mrs. Mc Kinley will give. a state dinner Jn honor' of the visitors, at which members' of the cabinet and other distinguished guests will be present. , -','' ' ' , s y Rivers Receding Pittsburg, April ; 23. Work if as -resumed -today at many 'mills along the " after an enforced shut down of three days. Within forty-eight hours all the plants will be again in operation. The rivers continue to re- cede here and at tne neaawaters. . jl 1030. o'clock the stage of water In the Monongahela river was seventeen feet two : inches. - . '- '. .- -" r 7 . Ran1 Close Together ClTMnthnm' X. Cl;'Anril 23. Snecial. The Democratic ward primaries tonight - ttrn-rpars trm. For mavnr f!. (I. -X"t.; ti f i-ortoiuwl fl't rntw. Jnhn- Ti. Tv.ins? . 91, W. H. Osborne 87, JW. Forbis 85. As no candidate , received a 'majorit.v, primaries will be beld -again Friday
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