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INDIANS SHELLED.
The British Mounted Police Preparing
to Attack Them.

DUCK LAKE On. w. To, May 80
The transport party which left for the
scene of the Indian trouble this morn
ing report that Captain Gagnon, with
field gun, arrived before dark last
night at the bluff where the Indians are
intrenched, and fired several shells into
the bluff. At dusk, when everything
had queted down Almighty Voice
yelled to the police that they We're do
ing well, but would have to do better.
The nine-Dounder in charge of AS
sistant Inspector McElroe was trained
on the bluff at 6 a. m., and got the
range at the second shot. A transport
is leaving with picks and shovels for
the purpose of throwing up earthworks
to enable the men to advance on the
bluff under cover, in case they are not
successful in driving the Indians out
with shells. The Indians are supposed
to have good underground protection.
There have been no further fatalities.
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In Conjunction With the Dauntless'
Land It.
How They Succeeded in Fooling the
Revenue Cutters and Landed the
Second Largest Cargo Yet Sent TO
Cuba-A Sailor Denies That the
Jones Was Fired Upon by Span
ish Cruiser, as Had Been Stated.

WILMINGTON On. c., May 3o--
The Messenger to-day prints a de-
tailed account of the loading OF the
tug Alexander Jones and her departure
with the schooner John D. Long on
a Cuban filibustering expedition. The
facts We're obtained from member OF
the crew of the Alexander Jones, Whlch
returned to port several days ago. his
story substantially is as follows:
''On Thursday night, May 18th, the
Jones took on a cargo OF rlnes, ma
chetes rapid-fire guns and ammunllloh
at the wharf of the Wilmington, New
berne and Norfolk Railroad, IN the
southern limits of the city. BEFORE
she had entirely finished her cargo q
rumor was started that officers were
approaching and that the revenue cut
ter Morrill, was getting up steam. lam
ing alarm at this, the Jones pulled out
and started down the river at 1o:io
D. m, and in a few hours crossed the
bar and anchored outside. The schooh-
er John d. Long had meanwhile been
loaded with coal and other material al
the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
wharf. and was shortly afterWard
towed out to sea by the tug jacob
Brandon, going past the revenue cutter
Colfax On the schooner were GeheidA
Nunez and another officer OF the Gu
ban army, Cuban pilot ana captain
John O'Brien of the fllbusterlng tug
Dauntless At the sea buoy they Went
on board the Jones, anchored near ny
and Captain O'Brien took charge OF the
expedition \ hawser was made last
from the Jones to the schooner, ana
early Friday morning the tug steamed
to the south with her tow. The JACOB
Brandon returned to Southport.
ION the way down the coast no port
was entered, but off Palm Beach, ON
the coast of Florida, sixty-two Cubans
were taken on board The Jones then
towed the schooner to Bahamas, and
in the vicinity anchored in the open
sea on Tuesday, May 18th. On Thurs
day morning, May Goth. the filibuster
Daunrless hove in sight, and cafne
alongside the Jones and the schooner.
She coaled from the schooner, took
cargo of arms from the Jones, and
with Captain O'Brien in command
headed for the Cuban Coast, about six
ty miles away. She left the Jones be-
tween s and 9 O'Clock Thursday night,
Matanzas, and after an absence Of
twenty-four hours returned TO the
Jones. took another cargo of war mate
rial and started for Cuba on Friday
night. On the last trip General Nunez
and the sixty-two Cubans left the Jones
and went on board the Dauntless and
accompanied Captain O'Brien.
When the Dauntless left with her
second cargo the Jones coaled from the
schooner, towed her off Cape Cana
varo. Florida. and turned her loose.
She sailed back and got into Southport
yesterday morning.
The cargo carried out of here was
valued at $4,000, and is said to have
been the second largest ever landed in
Cuba
The member of the crew above re
ferred TO says there is no truth in the
story that the Jones was chased and
fired on by the Spanish war vessel.
The Jones never saw the smoke Of such
a war vessel while on her trip.
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DECORATION DAY IN MEXICO.
GRAVES OF AMERICAN SOLDIERS
AND nEXICAN CADETS.
Minister Clayton Gives Expression to
His Opposition to Arbi-
tratiOn.

CITY OF MEXICO, May 30.-Mexi-
can papers give full accounts of the
interesting Memorial Day ceremony on
the part of the American residents and
the local G.. A. r. Post, consisting of
the decoration Of the graves of SOL
diers of the war of 1917 at the Ameri-
can cemetery. and also decoration with
wreaths of the monument to the ca
diets who died at Chapultepec in resist
ing the American attack on that castle.
General Clayton, the American Min
lister, had previously sounded the Mex
ican Government. and found it had no
objection to this sympathetic act. There
is general approval of the courtesy and
the graceful action of Mexican army
officers who decorated the graves of
American soldiers. 1t was the first
reciprocal act of the kind. and has
served to make more cordial friendship
already existing between Americans
living here and the Mexican people.
General Clayton made a strong i'm
preston on his auditors by his ad-
dress. Regarding arbitration as a
mode of settling international disputes.
he said:
I'VE should not allow ourselves to
be lulled 10 sleep by dreams of arbitra-
tion as a panacea for all the troubles
between nations. | believe that all the
secondary questions of this character
should be so settled. but when ii comes
to national honor and preservation of
our territory and our liberties. l. for
one, am unwilling to place in the hands
of any one man the settlement of such
questions. l say any one man. because
it practically amounts to that, for an
equal number of arbitrators chosen by
each nation will naturally stand by
their own country, right or wrong.
which leaves the odd arbitrator sole
power TO cast the scale for this side or
that. 1t will doubtless be very pleas
ing for powerful nations of Europe
that are always armed to the teeth TO
have us disarmed to rely upon arbitra-
ton to settle the questions But his
tory has shown that the safest manner
for nations TO avoid war is to be pre-
pared for it,
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CREDIT MEN.
Elaborate Preparations Made to Re.
Ceive Them in Kansas City.

KANSAS CITY, May 30.-E1aborate
preparations have already been made
by the local business men for the re-
ception of the 400 or more delegates
expected to be present at the second
annual convention of the National AS
sociation of Credit Men, to be held
here June 9th, 10th and 11th. The fol-
lowing named have so far been as
signed places on the programme and
promised to attend: j. G.. Cannon, Vice
President of the Fourth National Bank
of New York, who will deliver an ad-
dress on individual conditions; John
Field, President of the Philadelphia
Association of Credit Men; Hon. j. l..
Torrey, who will speak on Bankruptcy
Legislation; Gilbert S. Mann of Port
land Or; V b. G.. McMechen of To-
ledo: Jacob Furth of st. Louis; O. L.
Reddin and r. j. Ferguson of New Or
leans, and G.. H. Hovey of Chicago.
An unusual interest in the convention
is being manifested by credit men ALL
over the United States.
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ANARCHIST PICNIC RAIDED.
1t Was Given to Celebrate the Release
of Bauer and Mold.

PITTSBURG, May 30-An anarchis-
tic picnic in a grove near Glenwood was
raided to-day by the police. and forty
seven men taken prisoners The charge
against the prisoners is disorderly con-
duct and breaking the city ordinance
which prohibits the sale of beer on a
picnic ground. 1t is claimed lotteries
were also in operation, and several ri
fies and a large amount of bullets were
captured which the men said We're
to be used in a shooting gallery which
had not been erected at the time of the
raid.
The picnic was being held in celebra-
ton of the release a few days ago of
Henry Bauer and Carl Mold from the
penitentiary, where they had served
four years for melting riot at Home
stead at the time of the big strike at
that place.
Bauer and Mold, who were among
those arrested, say the action of the
police is an outrage, and some one will
be made to suffer for it,
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The Burglars Representatives Ask
$4,000 For Them.
President Bird Says the Directors
Will Not Pay 1t, as the Govern
ment Issued Duplicates of the
Stolen Bonds to the Bank-Jimmy
Hope and John Hope Are the Only
Ones of the Burglars Now Alive
and Free.
and Free.

NEW YORK, May 30.-Nineteen
years ago the country was startled by
the report of the biggest bank burglary
known in the history of the world. 1t
occurred on Sunday. October -, 1873.
The Manhattan Savings Institution of
this city was robbed of securities esti-
mated at $2.T47, 200 and $11 900 in
cash.
With the exception of few of the
bonds offered for sale some time ago
none of the securities have been recov-
cred. It was believed that they had
been buried or destroyed
That the securities are still in exist
ence is known here, y short time ago
negotiations We're opened between men
said TO represent the burglars and
President Joseph Bird of the Manhat-
tan Savings Institution, for their re-
turn.
The burglars have made a demand
for $40, 600, and no questions To be
asked. with the understanding that the
securities are to be handed over in good
shape, and that Immediately upon their
delivery the money shall be paid in
cash. President Bird, who at the time
of the robbery was paying teller of the
Manhattan Savings Institution, said
to-day that $4,000 had been asked for
the return of the bonds. and although
the bank officials would like to get
them back. he declared they would not
pay the amount asked.
Continuing, Mr.. Bird said:
MANY of the securities are worth
less to-day. l should say since the
Government came to our assistance
some time ago by an Act of Congress
authorizing the Secretary of the Treas
ury TO reissue duplicates in place of
the stolen United States bonds.
There were number of other bonds
issued by cities and corporations. how
ever. Some of these are due soon,
and of course. we would like to have
the originals as it would make it
easier for US to collect the moneys in
volved.
Il refer particularly to the Yonkers
City per cent. coupon bonds. There
were S11S.000 Yonkers bonds stolen,
and out of that amount we have re-
ceived $4,000, which leaves 100000
due
Mr.. Bird stated that he believed the
offer to be made in good faith, and
the case has been placed in the hands
of the banks counsel. Those who par
ticipated in or We're connected with
the robbery We're Jimmy Hope, John
Hope, Patrick Shevlin, the Watchlnan
of the bank; William Kelly. Peter EN-
erson, alias Banjo Pete; John Nu-
get, a policeman; Eddie GOlding, alias
Eddie Goodie; John Tracey and Johnny
Dobbs
OF these Jimmy and John Hope are
living in this city. The others are
either all dead or in prison.
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A COOL OFFER.
Lieutenant Peary Will Take College
Students to Greenland.

NEW YORK. May 30.-A dispatch to
the World from Waterville, Me,
SAYS:
Lieutenant Peary has offered to take
from Colby University one professor
and five students with him on his pre-
liminary trip to Greenland. Should the
offer be accepted, the delegation would
consist of w. S. Bayley, professor of
geology and mineralogy, and five stu
dents selected by him.
The trip has been so arranged that
the party will have about two months
in Greenland, and return here in sea-
son to begin the college work in the
fall. Similar offers have been made to
Yale and Dartmouth, and both have
been accepted.
The offer to Colby will be considered
on Friday when Lieutenant Peary will
be here
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ENGLISH CROPS.
Values i'm the Wheat Market Down
and Barley Weak.

LONDON, May 30.-The weather dur
ing the past week was never fair and
some rain has fallen. The appearance
of the wheat is improving and the pros
poets are better. In the wheat market
values We're I'd down on the week, but
offers continue light The decline was
due TO the weather and to depressing
American advices. The French crop
news had little effect. California wheat.
September to November delivery, was
quoted at 30s Cd. Flour was Cd worse
and in poor demand. Mixed American
maize, June and July, lbs. Barley
weak; American spot lbs Cd. Oats We're
dull; American, June and July. lis Cd.
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ON THE DIAMOND.
Colts Beat the Champions and Reds
Beat the Senators.

CHICAGO, Nav 30-The Colts met
the Champions for the first time this
season to-day and defeated them easily
by punching their hits in the third and
eighth. Dahlen was badly spiked slid
ing to the plate in the third and will
be laid up for some time, the cut ne
cessitating several stitches. Kelly and
Jennings were ordered out of the game
for constant wrangling and kicking over
Hurst's decisions, Corbett and Pong
taking their places. The Australian ball
players were interested spectators. At
tendance 1880. Score--Chicago 9,
base hits II, errors 3; Baltimore 3, base
hits II, errors >. Batteries-Griffith
and Kttridge: Hoffer and Bowerman.
Umpire-Hurst.
CINCINNATI. May 30.-The Senators
made their first appearance here this
season and were defeated by the Reds
in a slow and uninteresting game. At
tendance 1000. Score-Cincinnati 5,
base hits 13, errors 5; Washington Z,
base hits Is, errors 3. Batteries-Brei-
tenstein. Rhines, Schriver; King, Ger
man and Mcclure.
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THE Ell PASO FLOOD.
River Falling All Along the Line as
High as Albuquerque.

Ell PASO (Texas), May 30.-There
are no new developments in the flood
situation to-day. The river is falling
at this point and all along the line as
high up as Albuquerque N. NJ, but the
people in the flooded district continue
to move out, and the eastern end of
San Antonio street, with it's handsome
brick residences, is deserted.
News reached the city this evening of
a heavy rise at Albuquerque, but that
rise cannot reach Ell Paso before to-
morrow night, when it will be too late
TO do damage. Houses in the flooded
district are still falling. The Board of
Health is coloniZing all the destitute
food sufferers at old Fort Bliss.
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CREVASSE NEAR BATON ROUGE
1t Resulted From Over-COnfidenCe i'm
the Levee'S Strength.

NEW ORLEANS, May 30.-A crew
asse resulting from over-confidence
and relaxation of vigilance occurred at
6 o'clock this morning in the levee at
Conrad's Point, four miles by rail be-
low Baton Rouge, on the east side Of
the Mississippi River. AT o'clock this
morning information was received at
Baton Rouge that the levee at Con-
RAIDS sugarhouse was leaking badly,
and that a crevasse was liable to oc-
cur a any moment.
There had been feeling of almost
perfect security throughout that sec
ton, and the thought of a crevasse
had not entered into the calculation Of
things liable to take place. There We're
no laborers within call, as they had
all been discharged and sent to their
homes The levee authorities at Baton
Rouge hastily gathered together a
force of men and placed them on barges
of material which happened to be an
chored along the front of the Burton
sawmill, and by 4 o'clock a tug was
towing the barges of men and material
to the scene of danger.
At o'clock, shortly before the barges
arrived at the plantation, the levee
burst with a loud report, and the water
in a stream forty feet wide and seven
feet deep began pouring through a
break and spreading rapidly over the
fertile lands in the vicinity. The off,
Gals of the Ponchartrain Levee Dis
trict and of the Illinois Central Rail-
road are on hand with large forces of
men and unlimited supplies of material,
and will no doubt succeed in closing the
break before any very serious damage
is done to the adjacent plantations.
The latest news received from the
crevasse tonight reports that it has
widened to $50 feet and that the wa
ter is going through about five feet
deep. Several plantations have al
ready been submerged, and the water
is spreading in every direction. Gov
ernor Foster has visited the break and
will have all State forces available i'm
mediately concentrated there. and
every effort will be made to close the
crevasse as soon as possible.
Mr. Herman of the Levee Board, who
accompanied Governor Foster to the
break, thinks it can be closed, as they
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A FARMER MURDERED.
Burglars Killed Him and rlaitreated
His Aged Mother.

WARREN (O.), May 30-Isaac ].
Hill, farmer, living at Pennington,
was murdered last night by burglars.
Hill lived with his aged mother. The
robbers broke into the house, and af-
ter binding and otherwise maltreating
the old woman they went upstairs
where Hill slept. They first dubbed
him on the head and then shot him.
There We're evidences in the house
this morning of a terrible struggle,
which goes to show that Hill made a
desperate resistance. So far as
known the robbers got nothing, as Mrs.
Hill says there was no money in the
house There is no clew 10 the muir
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Palmiste ii. Wins the French Derby.

PARIS, May 30.-The Prix Du Jockey
Club, or French Derby, second only to
the Grand Prix de Paris, in social and
racing interests was run to-day at
Chantilly, and won easily by Palmiste
H., Baron de Schikle's three-year-ol
trained by Webb. Twelve horses ran
and Palmiste went under the wire two
and a half lengths ahead of Doge and
Falcon running dead heat for sec
ond place Palmiste II. was sired by
LeSancy out of PerpleXite.
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4 DEEP CONSPIRACY.
Premier RaIIi and His Colleagues
Plotting Against King George.

LONDON, May 31.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the Daily Mall says:
From Russian source comes news of
a conspiracy against King George of
Greece far more deeply rooted than
was supposed There is indubitable
evidence that Premier Ralli and his
colleagues in the Cabinet are gravely
implicated in a plot to overthrow the
dynasty.
The "Kolnische Zeitung' saws that
Greece will be compelled to pay a large
indemnity, to reduce her army to 20,-
600 men and to give UP her fleet.
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WILL MAKE A SURVEY.
Englishmen Trying to Head Off the
Nicaragua Canal.

MANAGUA (Nicaragua), May 30
Charles Smith. the representative of
an English syndicate who has been
for some time endeavoring to secure
concessions for the construction of
freight railway line across Nicaragua.
terminating at the best harbor on each
ocean. in opposition to the American
Company's contract, left for London
yesterday.
Charles z. Nicholl, the British Con-
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PAINTED 1T RED.
John Harvard Statue Besmeared With
Paint.

CAMBRIDGE (Mass), May 3O-It
was discovered this morning that the
John Harvard statue, located in the
delta of Memorial Hall in the college
yard at Harvard University, had been
besmeared with red paint during the
night, probably by students in celebra-
ton of Harvard's victory over Prince
ton yesterday. The paint was daubed
in patches, chiefly on the base of the
granite foundation, and steps We're
promptly taken to remove it. This is
the second time within five years that
the statue has been similarly treated.
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Third Week of the Strike.

NEW YORK, May 30.-The big strike
Of garment makers entered upon its
third week to-day. About 1900 oper-
ators whose employers have signed the
new agreement have returned to work,
leaving about %, 400 still on strike in
this city and vicinity. Leader Meyer
Schoenfeld to-day said there were many
omens of success for the strike and eX-
pressed himself satisfied that the oper-
ators would not return to work under
the old conditions.
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TURNER'S FESTIVAL.
Over Six Thousand Joined i'm rlass
Exercises at St. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, May 30.-The combined
Turner's organizations in this city uni
ted at the fair grounds to-day in the
largest festival in the history of the
ST. Louis District. Fine weather
brought out an immense crowd, which
was enabled to view some of the post
poned events of the National Turnfest
held here during the early part of the
month.
On the last day of the festival rain
interfered with the programme, and
the mass exercises, which We're to
have been the finest ever seen had TO
be dispensed with.
To-day 5000 Turner's, comprising
men, women, boys and girls belonging
to the ST. Louis societies, joined in
mass exercises, with a very pleasing
effect
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Prince Luigi Has Started.

Amadeo of Savoy, Duke of AbbruZzi
and nephew of the King of Italy, and
who has come to America for the pur-
pose of ascending Mount st. Elias
Alaska left this morning on a special
train on the Pennsylvania Railroad Tor
Chicago. He was accompanied by his
aide-de-camp, Chevalier Umbelto
Cagne, Chevaliers VittoriO Sella and
Francisco Gonnella and DR.. Filippl. He
also takes with him five experienced
Anime Mountain guides
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And Receipt of Them From the Lon
don Office.
Picked Teams of the House Of Repre-
sentatives and the British House
of Commons Will Begin the Game
To-Day at , p. m.-Greater Prac-
tice Thought to Give the British
Contestants Somewhat the Ad-
vantage.
vantage.


time was spent to-day by Manager
Marean of the Western Union Tele-
graph Company in perfecting arrange
ments for transmission and receipt OF
messages to and from the London office
in connection with the international
chess game between the picked teams
of the House of Representatives and
the British House of Commons, which
will begin tomorrow at O'CLOCK
Washington time.
The telegraph instruments have been
put into the room occupied by the
House Committee on Commerce, when
is sufficiently commodious to comfort
ably accommodate the players, the tie
egraph officials and a few persons who
will be admitted The office was in di-
rect communication with Hearts Con-
tent, Newfoundland the American
terminus of the Atlantic cable, and the
messages exchanged to-day were hand
led with an expedition that gave assur-
ance of being able to transmit the an
nouncements of the moves at both ends
of the line with sufficient celebrity to
keep the game moving according to the
schedule time.
lated to securing a mutual understand
ing of the form in which announce
ments were to be made. 1t was agreed
that the five boards should be desiS-
mated by numbers. No. l, No. :, etc,
and that the moves should be specified
by the numerical designative adjectives
as first, second, etc.
Some of the members of the House
who will represent the American end
of the contest We're also at the Capitol,
keeping an eye on the telegraphic
preparations and experimenting briefly
on openings. While they are generally
hopeful of the outcome, they realize
that their British antagonists enjoy
some advantages over them from great
er practice, as well as on other ac-
cOIlntc
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Nine Persons Killed.

PISA. May 30.-The official report of
the disaster to the Cathedral yesterday.
upon the occasion of the unveiling of
an image of the Virgin. when a candle
fell. setting fire to the building and
causing panic, shows that nine per-
sons were killed and twentyone others
seriously injured. Most of the victims
are women and all of them residents of
piSa
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Decorated Lafayette's Tomb.

PARIS, May 30.-To-day ambassador
Porter, former Vice-President Steven
son, Senator Wolcott, General Paine,
retiring Consul General Morss, Henry
Vignaud and Theodore Stanton, Hon
orary Secretary of the American Uni
Dinner Club, with a number of
members of the club and Embassy and
Consulate officials, went to the tomb of
Lafayette and placed there a magnifi-
cent wreath and other floral decora-
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Roosevelt Not a Candidate,

DETROIT, May 30.-Secretary Dowl-
ing of the National League of Republi-
can Clubs has received briefletter from
Roosevelt declines to be a candidate for
President of the league in the election
in July, as his duties as Assistant Sec
retay of the Navy completely occupy
his attention. Mr. Roosevelt had been
regarded as one of the most prominent
candidates for the Presidency.