Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, April 20, 1901, Page 2

| 1 —— ———+} The Herald--Review. By EB. ©, KILEY, GRAND I OA, PIDs, - ML The twenty Mexican banks reported in the government reports show a com- bined capital of $70,000,000. The tonnage of the mercantile navy of Great Britain is almost equal to the tonnage of the combined mercantile navies of all the six other largest pow- ers. It is quite likely that the most in- teresting political contest in the com- ing November will be that over the mayoralty of New York. The city has a population of half a million more than that of the thirteen colonies which fought for independence in 1776; and the character of its government is a matter of concern to all Ameri- cans, Bulldogs and terriers have doubled in price since the Madison Square show ended. Like any other society fad the fashion in dogs varies, and as society has decreed this year that bull pups and terriers are in style, therefore those breeds are the only ones to be considered by any member of the 400 or those who would like to be. The brilliant young novelists, with their astounding records of 100,000 or 250,000 copies sold, need not be too confident that they have outstripped their elders even commercially. That stanch old favorite, “East Lynne,” has just passed the 500,000 mark for copy- right sales, not to speak of pirated edi- tions, and no fewer than four stage versions are extant and popular. There is a hint to Carrie Nation and her followers in the action of the W. C. T. U. women of Fulton, Mich. Charles Sherman established a_ pool room there and the temperance people purchased his outfit, he signing .a con- tract not to go into the same busines there. Everything in the place was destroyed and it has been given out that if another “joint” is started in Fulton it will be smashed and not pur- chased. The defeat of a bill appropriating $50,000,000, by a single senator, exer- cising his right of unlimited debate, was a striking incident of the closing hours of the session of congress. It is not even without a certain amusing aspect. He will be a wise statesman who can find a way to establish a mean between the system which permits, to one member, such power of obstruction, and the unlimited power of a majority to prohibit all debate under the opera- tion of the ‘previous question.” Several weeks ago an abscess devel- oped in the stomach of William Thorpe, a resident of Quantico, Md. The growth so weakened him that physicians feared to use the knife and the patient was slowly dying. A few days ago he saw a Philadelphia paper in which there was a certain cartoon making fun of Senator Quay of Penn- sylvania. Thorpe laughed and imme- diately a stream of blood gushed from his mouth. The doctor happened to call just then, and after examining Thorpe declared that the abscess had broken and that the patient would now get well. All of which goes to show what Philadelphia cartoons are good for. A paragraph in an American pape the other day estimated the number of British troops in South Africa at 290,- 000. A London newspaper just at hand furnishes material to correct these fig- ures, for, making a careful summary of all avzilable forces, it finds that, with the re-enforcements sent ovt a month ago and the new Australian contingent, the total British armed strength in South Africa is 400,000. The forces under Generals De Wet and Botha being estimated at from 2,000 tu 4,000 men, it appears that the British are able to surround each fighting burgher with from 100 to 200 men, a disparity of strength probably without precedent in the history of warfare. The end of the war continues to be in sight—in London. Hay lozenges are the popular confec- tionery among army horses in the Philippines and South Africa. The food, or rather the form of it, is a Yankee invention called into existence by the circumstances of war in a coun- try lacking good roads. Hay put up in the ordinary bale cannot be trans- ported on horseback because of its weight and bulk. It is therefore com- pressed by powerful machinery into diameter and two inches thick. The disks are packed in rolls like the lozenges the train-boys sell, and hung »in slings from the horse’s back, one on each side. A single lozenge, when broken up and opened out, makes a meal for a horse or mule, and will cure him of that hungry feeling as quickly as a mangerful of fresh hay. The compactness of the new bale also means a great saving in freight. Dr. Jarre of Paris has announced his discovery of a remedy for the foot and mouth disease to the Academie de Medicine. It consists of a 33 per cent solution of chemically pure chromic acid applied as a caustic. The cure fyapid and there is no inflammation. The city of St. Petersburg has as- sumed contro] of three of the street car lines within its limits, and will soon take porsession of the remaining lines. When ali the roads are secured the city will establish an electrical system of transit. Che News \.% ‘Washington. Attorney General Knox was formally presented to the United States supreme court. The ceremony was both brict and simple, consisting of little more than introduction, Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hob- son has been assigned to special duty in the bureau of construction and re- pair, navy department. He will as- sume his new duties next Tuesday. Information has been received by the state department in Washington that a gigantic linen trust has been formed in Europe, in which every large spinning concern on the continent is interested. The president has appointed Col. Wallace Randolph chief of the artillery corps, under the provisions of the arm, reorganization act. He was formerly colonel of the First artillery, and was stationed at Sullivan's Island, South Carolina. The Spanish claims commission, ap- pointed to carry into effect the stipula- tions of Article 7 of the treaty between the United States and Spain at the conclusion of the late war, met in Washington recently and adopted rules of procedure. Commander E. S. Prime has been as- signed to command the gunboat Pe- trel, to take the place of Lieut. Com. J. H. Roper, who lost his life while at- tempting to rescue some of the men of his ship who had been overcome by a fire in the sailroom of the vessel. The Mexican ambassador at Wash- ington has received from the secretary of state a draft for $2,000, paid out of humane consideration and without ref- erence to the question of liability, as full indemnity to the heirs of Florenti- no Suaste, a Mexican citizen, who was lynched in La Salle county, Texas, in 1895. Sins and Sinners. Twenty-nine Chinamen were arrested on the Canadian line north of Malone, N. Y., trying to make their way into the United States. Supt. E. F. Smith, of the Sandusky county (Ohio) infirmary, was stabbed by an epileptic patient named Winters, and will probably die. Linus Clawson, Jr., principal of the public schools of Lindewald, a suburb of Hamilton, Ohio, hanged himself to a rafter in the barn, The deed was caused by ill-health, Mrs. S. R. Lyons, wife of the presi- dent of the Monmouth (Ill.) college, committed suicide by hanging herself in the attic of her home. She had been an invalid for some time, but there was no suspicion of suicidal intent. Jesse Way, one of the most notorious counterfeiters in the country, died in the penitentiary at Columbus, Ohio, of old age. He was eighty-three years of age, and had served nearly half a cen- tury of his life behind prison bars. Rev. C. W. Pritchett, pastor of the Christian church at Van Alstyne, Tex., was found dead from a gunshot wound in the neck. He had been suffering from grip for two months, and is be- lieved tg have taken his own life. T. L. Arrington, a well known young man of Somerville, Ga., shot and killed Miss Mamie Cleghorn, a prominent young lady of that town, and then killed himself. Arrington had been en. gaged to the young lady, but, because of parental objections, the engagement had been broken. John H. Wilson who, as a boy of eighteen, held up a train in Arkansas with a glass pistol loaded with candy, has had his sentence of twenty-four years’ imprisonment commuted to ten years by President McKinley, so that he will be able to leave the Kings coun- ty (N. Y.) penitentiary, where he now is, Nov. 21, 1903. The body of Willie Grossman, a four- teen-year-old Chicago boy, was found by his mother hanging from a bed-post in his room. The Grossman parents were very poor, and despondency over this fact, which prevented him from pursuing his studies in painting and drawing, for which he had considerable natural ability, is supposed to have driven the boy to suicide. Casualty. The transport Rawlins, loaded with forage for United States cavalry horses im Cuba, was partially destroyed by fire at New York. The damage to the transport is estimated at $30,000, and to the cargo $80,000. At Henderson, Ky., fire destroyed the large factory of the Gallaher company, limited, two new residences and the grocery store of Charles Kriel, the loss aggregating $152,000, covered by insur- ance. The wholesale drug house of Gilpin, Langdon & Co., Baltimore, was totally destroyed by fire. The roof of the ma- chinery establishment of Thomas Ba- shor & Co. was also burned and the contents of the latter badly damaged by water. Losses, $200,000. ci Foretgn. The bubonic plague has reappeared in Egypt, one case having occurred in Alexandria. On the occasion of Count von Wald- ersee’s birthday Emperor William sent him a fine clock, together with an ap- propriately-worded telegram. Emperor William, Empress Augusta Victoria and the imperial princes have lately indulged in equestrian exercise every afternoon in the Thigarten, Ber- lin, Military officials in Algiers are anx- fous over the absence of all news from Gen. Serviere, operating on the Moroc- can border, whose whereabouts is ut- terly unknown. The British government has refused to entertain the idea of raising the maritime duties beyond the present 5 per cent on the ground of probable interference to trade. The leading members of the Mace- donian committee at Sofia, Bulgaria, including M. Sarafoff, were arrested. The building in which the committee met has been sealed up. The census of the United Kingdom taken last Saturday night indicates the following results: The population of England, Ireland, Scotland ana Wales is more than 50,000,000, Yellow fever has made its appearance at Port Royal, the entrace to Kingston (Jamaica) harbor, The eighty-third birthday of King Christian was celebrated everywhere in Denmark.The king enjoys quite good health, and received the congratula- tions of officials, diplomate and other dignitaries. Count von Waldersee reports that after dispersing the robber bands to the northeast of Tien-tsin the troops engaged in that work have returned to their quarters. Twenty robbers were killed. The physicians employed by the san- itary authorities of Leipsic, who re- cently went on strike in a body for better condition of employment, have been supplanted by other physicians in need of employment, from Berlin and other cities. Peupte Talked About. William H. Krane denies that he is afflicted with cancer of the tongue. Emanuel Lasker, the chess player, will sail for the United States April 17. William Mooney, aged sixty, a well known lawyer and a former member of the Illinois legislature, died at Joliet of paresis. John M. B. Sill, minister resident and consul general for the United States to Korea from 1893 to 1897, died at De- troit, Mich. John Baker, brother of the famous trapper and companion of Kit Carson, is dead in Cheyenne, Wyo., of cancer of the stomach. Mr. Kruger has started for Hilver- sum, where he will stay for some time. The burgomaster of Utrecht and a big crowd bade him farewell at the rail- road station. Mrs. Clarisse J. Huyler, wife of John J. Huyler, and who succeeded Miss De Bar as Luther R. Marsh’s favorite me dium, is dead.at Middletown, N. Y. She was sixty-two years old. Judge John A. Warth, aged ninety years, died at Charleston, W. Va. He was a senator of Virginia in 1857 and 1858, and a member of the constitution- al convention of West Virginia in 1872. Augustus Byram, one of the pioneer mining operators of the Far West, is dead at his Michigan avenue home in Chicago. He was seventy-eight years of age, and had not been actively en- gaged in business for nearly thirty years. . Col. Robert Wallace is dead in Jersey City, after a prolonged illness. Col. Wallace was born in Easton, Pa., in 1821. He served as captain in the United States army in the Mexican war, and was made colonel of a West- ern regiment in the Union army in the civil war, : General. Colorado Springs, Denver and Pu- eblo will be joined by a trolley line to cost $2,500,000. i f In the opinion of a good many peo- ple a strike of engineers and firemen is imminent on the Central New Jersey system. Bishop Henry M. Turner of the Af- rican Methodist church advocates the banishment of negro criminals to Af- rica. The demand for tin and terne plates is unusually heavy, and next week will find every plant of the American Tin Plate company in full operation. Charles Dewitt, driver for a Kansas City laundry, called on the police and asked for aid in hunting up his parents. He thinks he is Charley Ross. A bill has been introduced in the Ha- waiian house for an income and land tax, and another bill to levy a tax of $1 per ton on all sugar produced on the island. Nothing is known in America of a report current in London of a move- ment looking to a consolidation of all the great packing interests in Chicago, Omaha and Kansas City. The journeyman painters ana decorat- ors compromised on their strike, and it is announced that all the men will re- turn to work. They demanded 35 cents an hour, but agreed to accept 82 1-2 cents. By the will of Mrs. Ella McPherson the greater part of the fortune ac- cumulated by the late Senator John R. McPherson, estimated at about $1,000,- 000, is eventually to go to Yale univer- sity. Firemen of the entire system of the Lake Shore railroad have been granted a material increase in wages and the action taken by the management has averted what threatened to cause seri- ous trouble, All the miners in the Springfield (Tl) subdistrict have resumed operations, with the exception of the North shaft, where the drivers refused to work be- cause they were not furnished cotton and oil free. Bishop Henry M. Turner, of the Af- rican Methodist church, who is con- ducting services among the negro churches at Macon, Ga., openly advo- cates the banishment of negro crim- inals to Africa. A syndicate. has been formed to con- trol the five leading wire grass compa- nies in the United States. The com- bined capital of the companies repre- sents $1.500.000. It will be known as the Mississippi Grass company. The torpedo boat Pérry, built by the Union Iron Works of San Francisco, failed to meet contract speed require- ments on her recent official trip, The vessel will probably be accepted, sub- ject to a slight deduction from the con- tract price. The failure of the torpedo boat de- stroyer Perry to attain the contract speed of twenty-nine knots an hour has led the Union Iron works to post- pone changes in the design of the four similalrl vessels now in the course of construction. : The United States court of claims has rendered a judgment in favor of Admiral Sampson for $3,330 as a bounty growing out of the engagements at e EEN Ee MOVE AGAINST BOERS BRITISH CONTEMPLATE OPERA- ‘TIONS ON A LARGE SCALE. Sweeping Movements Will Begin at Once-British Fovce in the Ficlt Now Numbers 250,000 Men—Report That Gen. French, With 500 Bri- ish Troops, Had Been Captured, Is Not Confirmed—Gen, Witchener Reports Recent Operations. London, April 17.—According to the Pretoria correspondent of the Daily Mail, important and sweeping move- ments are about to begin on a large scale, Practically all the 30,000 British reinforcements lately announced as en- route to South Africa have arrived. The arms now number 250,000 efficient men, including 60,000 mounted troops. ‘The supply of horses is adequate. It is expected that the Indian generals, Blood of the Chtrial expedition, and Elliott, who have lately arrived, will have important commands. It is said that a private telegram has been received here to the effect that Gen. French with 500 British troops has been captured by the Boers while his force was enveloped in a mist on the hills. No confirmation of the re- port can be obtained. The war office knows nothing about the rumored cap- ture of Gen. French and entirely dis- credits the report. -0- Cape Town, April 17.—It is officially stated that Scheepers’ commando, after making a demonstration near Aber- deen, was located northeast of Aber- | deen station. They were nearly sur- prised by the British, but thanks to a thick mist, they escaped with the loss of only a few rifles and saddles. The | general tactics of these commandoes are to break up into small parties and to avoid all risk of an engagement. Gen. Dewet was reported to be at Witkoppies on April 11. H's subse- quent movements are uncertain. Boers from the various commandos are reported to have been on leave un- til to-day, after which some important move is probable. 4 -0- London, April 17. — Under date of Pretoria, April 15, Gen. Kitchener re- ports to the war office as follows: “In Babington’s operations Col. Rawlinson’s column rushed Smut's | laager, northwest of Kicrksdorp at | daylight. Six Boers were killed, ten wounded and twenty-three taken pris- oners. A twelve-pounder, a pompom. two ammunition wagons, with ammu- | nition, and some horses and cattle were | captured. Our casualties were three wounded. Plumer captured Field Cor- net Briel, sixteen other prisoners, ten wagons, eighteen rifles and a few horses and cattle. Duiing Fletcher's operations in the Orange River colony seven Boers were killed end one sur- rendered. A considerab!2 amount of | stock was driven in.” TO OPEN UP CHUNA. Secretary Hay’s Scheme to Secure Trade. Washington, April 17.—Secrctary Hay is paving the way for another decisive stroke of diplomacy in China which | will open the empire to the commerce | of the world and aid in sol iz the knotty subject of indemnity. The great impediment to trade with China is the “likin” tax, whieh is practically prohibitive and prevents fore! coms merce from making an interior markets of Chin: Hay has addressed communications to all foreign offices in which he asxs their co-operation in demanding the re- moval of the “likin” taxx and the sub- stitution of the custom duty at ports of entry as the sole tex on foreign im- ports. Inasmuch as all countrics endeavor- ing to increase trade with China are sufferers in common from the unjust “likin” tax, the move is, perhaps, th: most popular undertaken by the state department. Incidentally Secretary Hay will demand the opening of ail the principal ports to foreign commerce on | the same basis which now applies to | such treaty ports as Shanghai, Canton, Tien-tsin, Chefu and other ports of entry. The opening of the vast terri- tory along the Yangtse river and East river as well as up the coast above Canton will also be requested in lieu of indemnities. Secretary TO KILL THE KASSER. Mission of a, South American An- archist. Berlin, April 17.—The Montag Zei- tung says that the entire German po- lice force, especially at the seaports, are eagerly watching for the anarchist Romagnoli, who is said to be en route to Germany. It is reported that he is intrusted by the anarchist club of Buenos Ayres.with the commission, of a great crime in Germany, which is as- sumed to be an attempt on the life of Emperor William. GEN. M'CLURG DEAD. Chicago, April 17. — A private tele- gram announcer the death at St. Au- gustine, Fla., of Gen. A. C. McClurg, head of the publishing house of A. C. McClurg & Co. Gen. McClurg was widely known, both as a business man and as a factor in public affairs. He served through the Civil war from 1862, entering as a private and coming out as a colonel, with a brevet rank of brigadier general. He was born in Philadelphia and studied law under Chief Justice Lowrie of Pennsylvania. He came to Chicago in 1859. Gen. Mc- | valuations Clurg’s health began to fail a year ago, and during last winter he went to Palm Beach, Fla., later removing with his wife to St. Augustine, where his death occurred. MINISTRY OF THE LEFT. Parlinmentariasm Will Be Introduced Into Denmark. Copenhagen, April 17. — Despite the rumors of the resignation of the Ches- ted ministry after the signal defeat at the recent elections, there will be no change in the cabinet for at least six months, and possibly for a year, when elections for the landsthing will be held. The king requested the ministry Manzanilla and Nipa Bay, Cuba, dur-| 9 remain in office. When a change is ing the Spanish war. The court als0} made it is expected that a ministry of rendered a judgment in favor of Fleet Capt. Chadwick, who participated in those engagements. the left will be formed, introducing parliamentarism into Denmark. INVESTIGATION AT MANILA. Damagiug Evidence Found Against Commissary Attaches. Manila, April 17.—The case of Sergt. Meston in the commissary scandal in- vestigation has been closed. The de- fense offered was very. plausible. It was stated that the sergeant had erased certain entries in consolidating the accounts in order to expedite the work, and that this was the customary practice. Some of the witnesses gave damaging evidence against the accused persons, and it’ is evident that there have been many irregularities, Capt. Read of the commissary department has been placed under arrest by the military authorities. It is alleged that entries upon the book of Evans & Co., government con- tractors, indicate that the commissary officers received the following sums: Maj. George B. Davies, upward ot $1,000; Capt. James C. Read, formerly department commissary at Manila, $1,000; Capt. Frank H. Lawton, $750; B. L. Tremaine, Col. Woodruff’s clerk, $700. It also appears that the Evans company furnished the handsome resi- dence of Col. Woodruff. Harold M. Pitt, manager of Evans & Co., who is now under arrest, was notoriously lav- ish in entertaining commissary and other officers, while the depot commis- sary, a frequenter of the tenderloin dis- trict, occasionally spent days at Pitt’s house in questionable society. Pitt's house is a Bacchanalian rendezvous and prominent officers frequently vis- ited it, drinking champagne and play- ing poker. Women of doubtful reputa- tion have been known to be there. It is said Pitt had the inside track in se- curing government contracts. PORTO RICAN DISCONTENT. It Is Found Necessary to Increase Taxable Values. New York, April 17. — Henceslao Borda, Jr., and Vicente Balbas, Porto Rican commissioners, have received the following cablegram from the exécu- tive committee of the Planters, Bank- ers and Merchants’ Association of Porto Rico: “Bill practically a failure. Business at a standstill. Excise taxes produce little. Hence valuations ordered in- creased. Emigration continues. Gen- eral discontent.” Commissioner Borda had this to say as to the cablegram: “This cablegram signifies that by reason of the imposition of the excise taxes under the Hollander revenue law the production of the island has so de- creased that the excise taxes do not produce the revenue which was expect- ed by Treasurer Hollander. The in- sular government has, therefore, or- dered the assessors to increase their of the real and personal property of Porto Rico.” SURPRISES WORLD OF FINANCE. A Pennsylvania Coal Branches Out. Altoona, Pa., April 17.—The Webster Coal and Coke company, hitherto con- sidered one of the small coal concerns of Central Pennsylvania, sprung a sur- prise on the financial world yesterday when the announcement was made that it had spent $4,000,000 to acquire the big independent collieries in the near- by field. The surprise of the large op- erators was increased to consternation when it was learned the Webster com- pany is now holding options on coal lands in ten counties worth $100,000,000. bster company is headed by J. H. Watkins, who is said to be in close touch with J. Pierpont Morgan and a representative.of the great steel trust. For a year the concern has been ope- rating quietly and on a small scate while its representatives were gobbling up everything in sight in the way of developed and undeveloped mineral lands. Concern CARRIE NATION FIRED OUT. Informed That Missouri Is Good Place for Her. Kansas City, April 17.—Mrs. Carrie Nation, arrested Sunday charged with obstructing the street, was arraigned before Police Judge McAuley yesterday morning, fined $500 and given until 6 o'clock last evening to leave the city. The judge warned Mrs. Nation that if she was found in the city after that hour she would be arrested and placed in jail. She agreed to leave town, and fificen minutes later boarded a street car for Kansas City, Kan. Mrs. Nation appeared in court early, accompanied by her brother and a woman friend. Judge McAuley then gave his decision and warned Mrs. Nation not to come to town again. . “Missouri atmosphere,” said he, “is not adapted for long-haired men, short-haired women and whistling girls.” The fine was suspended. Not a ROBBED INDISCRIMINATELY. Charge Against an Englishmen, Said to Be in New Vork., New York, April 17.—John Thompson Hill, J. P., has disappeared from Dar- lington, Eng., and he is believed to have taken refuge in this city, says the Herald. | He is accused of swindling orphans, widows, clergymen and busi- ness men. He was a regular account- ant of apparently unimpeachable char- acter. .He had been on the Darlington school board nearly thirty years, and was long a justice of the peace. Al- leged defalcations amounting to $250,- 000 have been found, and the investiga- tions are still proceeding. SISSETON AGENCY GOES. Interior Department Approves the Order for Its Discontinuance. ‘Washington, April 17.—An order has been approved at the interior depart- ment discontinuing the Sisseton, S. D., Indian agency, and placing its affairs in charge of a bonded superintendent. Earl T. McArthur, of the Osage school in Oklahoma, has been appointed super- intendent of schools at Sisseton. and he will hereafter have charge of the agency affairs. BE LOST HIS WEAD. Kim Plotted to Dixplace the Prince Imperial of Korea. , Tacoma, Wash., April 17.—A sensa- tional political crisis exists, in Seoul, the capital of Korea. The news is brought by the steamship Duke of Fife that the government has beheaded Kim Yang Chun for planning to make the son of the emperor's favorite mis- tress, Lady Om, heir to the throne, displacing the prince imperial, son of the murdered queen. : THE FRIAR QUESTION: SETTLED BY ARCH- {APPELLE. Is FINALLY BISHOP ©) Friars Will Not Be Permitted to Re~ turn to the Philippine Provinces —Brig. Funston Is Given Command of a District — An- Gen. nouncement Regarding the Dis- position of Aguinaldo Will Seon Be Being lavestigated, Made — Commissary Scandal Manila, April 17. — The troublesome friar question ‘has been settled by Mgr. Chappelle. Before his departure for Rome he informed Judge Taft, presi- dent of the Philippine commission, that the friars would not be permitted to return to the provinces and that only a sufficient number of them were now in Manila to act as instructors in the colleges. The first and second military districts of Northern Luzon have been consoli- dated and placed under command of Brig. Gen. Funston. Similar action has been taken with regard to the Fourth and fifth districts of Southern Luzon, and Gen. Sumner has been placed im charge. Sisson’s band of outlaws made a night attack on WNorzagary, Bulacan province, and’ succeeded in burning part of the town. It is intimated that an official announcement regarding the disposition of Aguinaldo will soon be made. A court-martial has been convened and will meet to-day to try Lieut. Frederick Boyer, who is charged with the embezzlement of comm stores. Capt. Frederick J. Barrows of the Thirtieth volunteer infantry, who was arrested under similar charges, will be tried later. A civilian named Fletcher, accused of unlawful conver- sion of commissary stores, will bo tried’ by the provost court to-day of the commissary scandal nent army officer said that h every reason to believe that mi- had Col. pr Woodruff, head of the subsistance de- impli- partment at Manila, was not cated. He said that Col. Woodr one of the ablest men in the s and that his honesty was tioned. DOUBLE TRAGEDY. A Man Kills Nis Young Wife Then Slows Out His Own Brai El Paso, Tex., April 17.—At Juarez Monday night Andreas Garcia killea his young bride and then biew cut his. own brains. Jealousy was probably the cause. Garcia and Miss Anita Teresas were married in Chihuahua four months ago. Both belonged to the first families of Mexico and were popular leaders of Chihuahua society. He was manager of the Jockey club, the fashionable resort of Chihuahua, owned by his father, who is a wealthy property owner. The bride was a niece- of Gen. Teresas, the multi-milionaire and ex-governor of Chihuahua, and a cousin to Enrique Creel, one of the most prominent bankers in Mexico. Garcia was twenty-three years old and his bridé nineteen. The young couple came to Juarez to visit friends, and were being entertained by them at a and ball when the tragedy occurred. Both young people were educated in the United States, IT MUST BE PROBED. War Department Expects an Tnves- tigation of the Commissary air. Washington, April 17. — Secretary Root yesterday cabled Gen. MacArthur asking for additional information con- cerning the reports of frauds in Ma- nila. It is expected that a reply will be received to-day. While defir in- structions have not been given Gen. MacArthur heretofore to make a searching and complete investigation, it is understood that the requests for information were of a character to im- ly that the department expeeted such investigation should be made. Noth- g definite has been. received from Gen. MacArthur about the eged frauds, although reference has been made to the investigation in cable- : is received. New Bridge in Danger. Leavenworth, Kan., April 17.—A new bridge over the Big Stranger creek, ten miles west of here, is in danger of going out because of the rapid rise in that stream since Monday night, and the old dam at Millwood, near here, is in danger of breaking. A portion of the retaining wall of a large bridge over Three-Mile creek has given way, a great w of masonry and tons of dirt falling with a crash that was heard a mile distant. Rain is again falling. The Big Stranger was never known to be higher than at present. Coronation of King Edward. London, April 17.—The coronation ot King Edward will take place at the end of June, 1902. Westminster Abbey, according to Truth, will be entirely elcsed to the public for four months prior to the event, and all services will be suspended in order to prepare the interior for the ceremony. The details of the ceremonial will be settled next week by a committee of the privy council. Robbed in Broad Daylizht. Toledo, Ohio, April 17.—Robbers yes- terday burglarized Gaskell & Parker's drug store, located on a prominent residence street, in broad daylight, and while persons were passing the store. Two men entered the store and one of them pointed a revolver in Mr. Parker's face while the other one stole $60 in money and about $100 worth of perfumes and drugs. Mr. Parker was the only person in the store and was helpless. License to Drink. Little Rock. April 17.—By a vote of 32 to 7 the senate has passed a bill making it unlawful for any person to drink any intoxicating liquors.as a beverage unless he shall have first ob- tained a license as a dram drinker. The license is fixed at $5 per annum. Claims Self-Defense, _ Innisfail, Alberta, April 17.—Arthur Boilette, a Calgary & Edmonton section man, shot and killed his brother-in- law, Arthur Karr. Boliette says he as