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Still He Persists in Ignoring
the Orders of His
Doctors.
TALK OF A CONCLAVE
Doubtful Whether His Holiness
Will Be Able to Hold the
Next COnsistOry.
Special Dispatch to The Call

LONDON, March 24--Ac-
cording to the Rome correspon-
dent of the Chronicle DR.. Lap
poni, the Pope's physician, has
been i'll for two days. He is suf-
fering from an attack OF bron-
chitis and will not resume his at
tendance upon the Pope until he
has fully recovered.
The correspondent further
states that the Pope ignores his
doctors prescriptions and follows
his usual occupations, though he
is so feeble that it is doubtful il
he wilt be able to hold the next
Consistory. The question OF a
Conclave is the subject OF much
secret negotiation.
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o,MELvENEY's CAREER.
Well Known in Los Angeles, Where
He Has Prominent Relatives.

LOS ANGELES. March %.-E H.
O'Melveney, who has good connections
in Los Angeles, and who disappeared from
this city under peculiar circumstances
early last July, is reported as being pur-
sued by a posse OF Deputy Sheriffs in
washington on a charge of assault with
intent to commit murder. o Melveney
went TO Loonis soon after his departure
from Los Angeles and assumed the name
of E. H Melrose He also received mail
under his true name. O'Melveney is a
son of the late Judge O'Melveney, who
was one of the most respected citizens of
this city, and a brother of Henry W.
O'Melveney, the well-known attorney of
the firm of Graves, O'Melveney & Shank
land.
disappearance was considered wealthy
and was a stockholder and president Of
the California Truck Company. After
his departure his stock in the concern
was taken up by members of the COM
pany. O'Alelveney lived on Melrose street,
this city, and it is supposed he took his
assumed name from that fact The an
nouncement of the trouble in which he is
entangIed is the first intimation his former
business associates have had of his
whereabouts since he left Los Angeles.
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A WAR OF RACES
RACES IN ARKANSAS

river several negroes have beenlynched.
This morning Benjamin Jones was
found dead on Hurricane Bend, and
from New Boston it is learned that Joe
King and Moses Jones were found
hanging to trees at Horseshoe Curve
to-day Another Jones is missing. In
the gang that was plotting for race
war were twenty-three negroes, and 1t
is likely that the entire number have
been strung up in the thickets- The
negroes are fleeing from the district
To-day three wagons full arrived at
Texarkana. having crossed Red River
at Index at midnight last night. They
were greatly frightened. The citizens
of Little River County have suffered
much recently from lawlessness. Some
months ago the two races clashed at
AIlene at a sawmill and small riot
followed. From all accounts it seems
that with Duckett seven Of the ring
leaders have been killed.
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Russian Peasants in the
Volga Provinces Dying
by Thousands.
HELP IS NEEDED NOW
Red Cross Society Has Exhausted
It's Funds and Can Do Moth
ing More.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

ST. PETERSBURG, March 29.-The
newspapers of the city publish pitt
able accounts Of the condition of the
so-calIed famine districts of Russia.
especially Samara, in the eastern part
of European Russia. The efforts OF the
Red Cross Society have STAYED of the
horrors of actual starvation. but the
society's funds are almost exhausted.
and the dire distress, compelling the
consumption of all kinds of garbage,
has produced an epidemic of terrible
mortality with typhus, scurvy and
other pestilential diseases.
The peasants are compelled to sell
everything and are living in cold, damp
and filthy cabins. Weakened by hun
ger. they fall ready victims to typhds
and acute scurvy. Unless the Govern
ment gives prompt aid the Volga pro-
vinces appear doomed to a repetition of
the horrors of 1891 and 1892.
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GENERAL OTIS Is
BEGINNING TO MOVE

MANILA, March pa general en-
gagement with the rebel forces may be
expected at any moment In fact l
am led to the conclusion that tO-mor-
row will show most important develop
ments. On every hand are evidences
of busy preparation to strike final
and crushing blow The arrival of the
reinforcements on the transports Grant
and Sherman. with the Sheridan due
in few days, has given new spirit to
the American forces.
There are reports that the rebel cause
is gaining adherents In the northern
end of the island. The general feeling
among natives here in Manila, how
ever, so far as it is given outward ex-
preston, is of submission to the stu
alton.
The Oregon regiment, the Twenty
second Infantry and the troops Of Gen
eraI Wheatons brigade have been con-
centrating all morning at Caloocan in
the rear of General II. G. Otis front.
Army tugs now command Malabon and
preparations are making for a decisive
battle. but no movement looking toward
an advance has yet been begun. There
is every Indication that Otis has de-
cided to crush the insurgents forces
and end the insurrection. The Seven
teenth Infantry disembarked to-day
and was at once moved into position.
Last night Private John Muir and
Sergeant Cohen of the Kansas Volun-
teers were killed in a skirmish.
Prisoners who have been brought in
within the last twenty-four hours say
that the rebels have the last ditch
feeling. and will make the most decis-
i've stand they have yet taken.
The second line of defense occupied
by the rebel forces is between San Ma
teo and Mannaliches. There are rows
of trenches one after another, and the
advance of our troops can only be step
by step, with resistance to be expected
at every trench. But there is no lack
of spirit and fighting desire among the
American soldiers. Their courage is
simply immense. The volunteers, es-
pecially, are eager to fight.
The weather now is most favorable
and there are only S75 men reported in
the hospitals The troops under Cen
eral Macarthur, holding the strong line
to the north, are provided with shelter
to keep off the sun, and as they have no
marching to do and are not exposed,
they are generally very healthy.
General Lloyd Wheaton has been put
ting the men under him through some
lively campaigning since he landed, but
they are now resting and recuperating
and are in fair condition.
General Otis expressed himself to-
day as satisfied with the situation so
far as the Visaya Islands are con-
cerned.
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

varying in number from twenty-five to
fifty. are securing the country for them
Wherever one is found he is quickly
strung up, his body perforated with
leaden missiles to make sure of their
work, and the mob hastens on in quest
Of it's next victim. Some of them
were found near Richmond, and the
work of dispatChing the first two or
three was an easy matter.
But the news soon spread among the
negroes, who, instead of making the re-
sistance and offering the battle that
they had threatened became panic
stricken and began getting out of the
community as quickly as possible. Two
whose names were on the list of con-
spirators got a good start Of the men
who We're detailed to look after them
and succeeded in reaching the Texas
State line before being captured. How
ever. they did not escape. They We're
Overtaken out of breath and exhausted,
but were swung up without ceremony.
The trouble arose over the killing Of
James Stockton by Duckett. Just prior
TO the lynching of Duckett the negroes
had planned the inauguration of race
war. Duckett was the leader, and at
out and the citizens became greatly en-
ragged.
Another negro, named Joe King, re-
marked that Stockton should have been
murdered sooner. He was taken to the
woods and whipped, as was also John
Johnson. Other negroes made threats,
but nothing occurred until yesterday,
when the dead body Of Goodwin was
found hanging TO tree just across Red
River from the Stockton farm in Bowie
County, Texas. He formerly worked
for Stockton and was chased across
Mud Greek. The place where the trou-
BILE occurred is several miles from any
town of communication and it is diff
cult to obtain details, as the people are
very reluctant about giving out the
news A Justice of the Peace went to
where Goodwin was hanged.
Advices from New Boston, Tex, to-
night are to the effect that across the
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Caceres Threatens to Attempt
the Overthrow of the
Government.
HE STARTS FOR LIMA
It Is Not Believed He Will Meet
With Success in the
Effort.
Special Dispatch to The Call

LIMA. Peru. March PA dispatch
from Antofagasta, Chile, says that
General Caceres, former President of
Peru, who recently arrived at africa,
where he threatened to attempt to
overthrow the Peruvian Government at
the first opportunity, left Antofagasta
to-day by a steamer bound north. He
would have no chance of success. in
the event of an endeavor to make
trouble for the Government.
Revolutionary movements are re-
ported in the provinces of Colquechaca
and Cochabama, Bolivia. 1t is also
announced that General Pando will
soon attack the Unionists.
Guillermo Porras, brother of the Min
lister for Foreign Affairs, was killed
yesterday evening in a duel with an
Ecuadorean in Campo Plata. The
tragedy has caused a deep sensation.
as the motive for the encounter was
frivolous. The seconds have been ar
rested. The deceased leaves a widow
and four children.
President Pierola was installed with
great pomp to-day by the military and
naval board, in accordance with the
law lately passed by Congress.
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YOUNGER BROTHERS
MAY BE PAROLED
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
--l-s.-.- AFuL % 100

ST. PAUL, MINI, March 23-The pros
poets Of the Younger boys being released
from State prison are much brighter to-
day. The bill which permits the parole
of life prisoners after twenty years i'm
prisonment. with uninterrupted good be-
havior, was yesterday defeated in the
Senate, but to-day Senator Wilson had
the bill reconsidered and after an amend
ment was adopted, requiring the approval
by the Board Of Pardons Of such paroles
by the Board of Prison Managers, the bill
was passed by vote of 48 to 5. The Board
of Pardons has heretofore strongly OPP
posed pardon for the Youngers, but their
friends hope for a more favorable dispo-
sition toward proposal TO parole the
prisoners.
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PREP AIRING
TO ADVANCE
ON NALOLOS
War Department Expects to
Hear Something Definite
From Otis.
NATIVES LACK GUNS
There Is No Positive knowledge Of
the Strength Of Aguinaldo's
Army.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel.
Washington. March %.
War Department officials are hourly
expecting advices from Manila that the
forces under General Otis have made
a quick advance upon the Filipino
hosts. They are reticent regarding the
recent instructions sent TO command
ers, but the feeling pervades the War
building that the decisive blow ought
TO be struck before the rainy season
advances, and before Aguinaldo gets a
chance to mass his troops.
Not much stock is taken here in the
reports that Aguinaldo intends max
ing a supreme effort 10 march in the
direction of Manila The officials have
an idea that he will not give battle.
but will from now on act on the de-
fensive. 1t would be better for him.
they say, to bushwhack and to have his
fighters remain in the swampy country
of the interior, where the roads are
such poor excuses that the American
troops cannot use them for the move
ment of heavy artillery. Army experts.
however. hope that the insurgents will
stand and fight, for they see therein
the speedy ending of the rebellion.
War Department officials do not at
tempt to explain why General Lawton
and his fresh troops are so long kept
out of action. They talk as If that
matter is left entirely to the discretion
of General Otis.
The strength of Aguinaldos army is
not known at the War Department. but
is estimated at between $4,000 and 80.
600 men Not all of these are equipped
with rifles, however and the effective
force will probably not number more
than Is. 1000 The fact that firearms are
rarely found on the battlefield aftsE-a
skirmish with the Filfpinos. and that
a strong reserve usually attends their
firing line, and never participates in the
fighting, is believed TO indicate there
are many more men than rifles in the
Filipino ranks.
While the department has not been
officially informed of the rearrange-
ment of the positions of General Otis
around Manila, it is believed that the
greatest force has been established
north of the city. while the men who
We're stationed at Laguna de Bal and
along the Pasig River have been or
dered to proceed to the north of the
island. in order to flank Aguinaldo's
army, should he suddenly advance on
Manila
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NEXARKANA. Ark, March %
A race war Is on in Little River
County, and during the past
fOY-+I--ai cyb+ bOr,rc q ,,urobar Of

TEXARKANA. Ark, March %
A race war Is on in Little River
County, and during the past
L forty-eight hours a number of
negroes have met their death at
the hands of an infuriated white popu-
lation. Seven are known to have been
lynched, shot TO death or slain in some
manner, and the work is not yet done.
The bodies of the victims of the nOb's
vengeance are hanging to the limbs Of
trees in various parts of the country
strung up wherever they were taken.
while that of another who was shot to
death while trying to escape was
thrown into a creek and left there. The
country is in a state of most intense
excitement. White men are collecting
in mobs heavily armed and deter
mined; negroes are fleeing for their
lives and the community is in an up
roar. The exact number of negroes who
have been summariIy dealt with or
those who may yet fall into the hands
OF the mob before order IS restored may
never be known. Seven bodies have
been found and other victims are be
ing hunted and Will meet the same fate
when run to earth. The known dead
TO date are: General Duckett. Edward
Goodwin. Adam King. Joseph Jones.
Benjamin Jones, Moses Jones and an
unknown man.
Joe King and Joseph Johnson were
also taken in hand by mobs and whip
ped. They We're afterward turned
loose and have disappeared.
Little River County is in the eX-
treme southwest corner Of the State,
bordered on the west by the Indian Ter
ritCry and on the south by Texas. The
negro population is large and has for
long time proved very troublesome TO
the whites. Frequent murders have
occurred. and thefts and fights have be-
come common affairs. One or TWO ne
groes have previously been severely
dealt with when the people found it
necessary to take the law into their
own hands. but II was not until Tues
day that the trouble took on very
serious aspect. 1t then developed that
carefully laid plans had been made by
q number of negroes TO precipitate
race war, and that many white men
had been marked for victims. 1t is
learned that twenty-three negroes were
implicated in this plot, and the whites
are now bent on melting out summary
punishment 10 the entire cOterie Of con-
spirators. Seven have been killed, and
the work of wiping out the entire list
continues without relaxation or deter
mfnation. All implicated in the plot are
known, and small parties of white men,
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QOn 6eUueIl.
PANAMA, March 29.-Advices from
the Herald's correspondent in Ecuador
say that country now enjoys compare
tive peace except in the far interior,
where fanatical influences are making
trouble.
Regarding the present wave of fanat-
icism in Ecuador, United States Min
ister A. ]. Sampson is enerGetically in
sisting on the protection of Protestant
missionaries by the Ecuadorean au-
thorities News has been received that
in the western section of the republic
missionaries are subjected to many
outrages by fanatics.
The American Minister laid the mat
ter before the Foreign Office at Quito,
stating that according to the latest re-
ports the American missionaries have
been threatened with general massacre.
The Archbishop has been enjoined by
the Minister of Public Worship to rep
rimand those who stirred the natives
+o acts of violence.
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On the Cards as the Candi-
date for the Vice
Presidency.
REED IS OUT OF IT
Speaker Prefers His Present Job
to Anything Short of the
White House.
Special Dispatch 10 The Call.
rs, Wellington Hotel,

Call Headquarters, Wellington Hotel,
Washington, March %.
Politicians here regard the sugges-
ton Of the nomination of Speaker Reed
for Vice President or a ticket with
President Mckinley as even more alb
surd than the recent suggestion Of the
nomination of Governor Roosevelt. No
one who knows Mr.. Reed believes that
he would consider a proposition to take
second place on the ticket for a mo-
ment. His one political ambition is to
he elected President, and falling in that
he will rest content with the high rep
utation he has made for himself as
Speaker of the House. 1t is well
known that Mr.. Reed regards the Of
fee of Speaker as superior in itself TO
that of Vice President.
It is believed here that Vice Presi-
dent Hobart will probably be renomi-
mated for Vice President. Mr.. Hobart
has made more out of the office OF
Vice President than any man who has
filed il in recent years. He has pre-
sided over. the Senate with dignity and
ability, and has the respect and es-
TEEN Of every member of that body.
In addition to this he has done what
few Vice Presidents have done in re-
cont wears. in that he has worked in
the closest harmony with the Presl-
dent. He has been given the conIl-
deuce of Mr. Mckinley to as great a
degree as any member Of the Cabinet,
"a in return his advice has been on
,11nre than one occasion a distinct help
n the President. 1t is urged that II
+ba nomination of Hobart was wise IN
1905 If will be doubly so. in 1900.
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AMERICAS DEATH HARVEST
What 1t Cost in Human Lives for the
United States to Go to War
With Spain.

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Wildes succeeds sumner.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-orders were
issued to-day directing Captain Frank
Wildes. who was relieved from command
of the cruiser Boston in November, to re-
port for duty at the New York navy yard
as captain of that yard. He will relieve
Rear Admiral G. w. Sumner, who has
been placed on waiting orders. Captain
Wildes commanded the Boston during the
war.
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NEGROES BRUTALLY
SHOT TO DEATH

JACKSON, Miss, March 23.-Three
negroes were taken from an officer of
the law and lynched by an armed mob
near Silver City, in Yazoo County, last
Saturday evening. After being shot to
death the bodies of the victims were
weighted with bundles of cotton bale
ties and thrown into the YazOo River.
The negroes were:
MINOR WILSON.
c. c. REED.
WILLIS BOYD.
They were the ringleaders Of the
negroes in a race encounter on the Mid
night plantation early last week. They
were arrested and taken 10 Yazoo City
and held in jail The offense with which
they were charged having been COM
mitted in Sharkey County, the Sharkey
authorities were notified and last Fri
day evening Deputy Constable Sylves-
ter arrived and the prisoners were
turned over to him. The constable
boarded the steamer Rescue with the
negroes on Saturday morning and
reached Silver City with them. All
that is further known is that the
negroes fell into the hands of the mob
at this point, were shot to death and
thrown into the river as above stated
The feeling against these negroes has
been very bitter on account of the dis
turbance at the Midnight plantation
last week in which they, with two other
comrades, had fired upon two whites on
the public road. A horse belonging tC
one of the white men was wounded
but the men were not harmed
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Death of John Dillon

WOODLAND, March 23.-John Dillon,
one of the oldest residents of the county
and at one time a prominent fruit grow
er. died at his home near this city last
night. He was a native of Ohio and II
wears of age. The funeral will be held
Saturday morning at IL o'clock
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SWEPT BY A CYCLONE.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, March 23.-The lit
tie town Of Liberty, in De Kalb County, is
almost wiped off the map. A furious cy-
clone swept over it last night. wrenching
trees from their roots and telling houses
in all directions. The Christian church
a handsome brick structure. was blown to
pieces in the outset and people were
panic-stricken. The damage to property
is enormous, but no fatalities are re-
ported.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24

WAShlNG1ON, MaTCn Zo.-AufulTdi
Sampson has received from the Presi-
dent the following reply to his letter
of March 9, 1899:
EXECUTIVE MANSION,
Washington, March 13, 1899.
My Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your
very considerate letter of the 9Th inst,
in which you express desire that, with
out regard to your own interests, the
other naval officers who rendered such
conspicuous services in the naval cam
paign in the West Indies may have the
advancement which you recommend for
them, and in which you ask nothing Tor
yourself. I highly commend this disin-
terested action on your part. Let me as
sure you that l have the highest appre-
citation of your services as commander
in-chief of the Atlantic naval forces dur
ing the Spanish war, in blockading Cuba,
cooperating with the army directing the
movements of the great number of YES
sells under your orders, and at last, after
the most effective preparations, consum-
mating with the gallant officers and men
under your command the destruction OF
the Spanish feet. It was in recognition
of your services and of your great skill
that 1 recommended you TO the Senate
for the advancement you had earned.
Very truly yours.
WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
Rear Admiral W. 7. Sampson, U. S. N,
Commander-in-chief United States
naval forces, North Atlantic fleet
United States flagship New York, Ha-
yana Cuba
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Moore Will Not Be Lynched.

HUTCHINSON. Kans., March 28-John
Moore. who murdered his children and
was taken TO Mcpherson to prevent M! ms
being lynched. was returned mere To-Day. 5
He waived preliminary hearing ana was
repanded TO jail TO await trial. Ihere
is no danger of a lynching.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Natives Murder an officer.

CALCUTTA, March PA dispatch
from Peshawur, capital of the Punjab di-
vision of that name on the A1ghan IRON
80 o1-s +ba+ two Pathans-or Afghans
have shot and killed Lieutenant Colonel
2 n lie Marchant of the Hampshire
Regiment The murderers nave peeh ar
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Death of Two Aged Women.

MILFORD CENTER, O., March 23-
Aunt Katy Snodgrass died to-day of the
grin aged 1O3 years. She was the Oldest
woman in the Woman's Relief Corps in
SARATOGA, n. Y, March 23.-Mrs
Anne Hayes Alexander died to-day at
West Charleton, aged 101 years.
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
Rio EapIe Ki11sd

VALLEJO, March 28.-James d. Whit
man killed an eagle on his ranch a few
miles from Vallejo recently which meas
ures seven feet from tip 70 tip The bird
had hung over Mr.. Whitman's lambs for
over a week
The San Francisco call., 1899-03-24
william Goes to Cowes.

LONDON, March 23.-The Berlin cor
respondent of the Daily Mail confirms the
report already cabled that Emperor VIII
liam will be at Cowes during regatta
week, arriving there July Is.
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! NEGROES LYNCHED

GENERAL DUCKETT.
EDWARD GOODWIN.
ADAM KING.
JOSEPH JONES.
BENJAMIN JONES.
MOSES JONES.
An unknown man.
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Reports of Trouble in the Far
Interior of the Re-
public.
APPEAL TO OFFICIALS
The Government at Quito Will See
to It That American Mission
aries Are Protected.

Special Gable to The Call and the New York
Herald. Copyrighted, 1888, by James Cor
don
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The President Says He De-
stroyed the Fleet of Ad-
miral Cervera.
PROMOTED FOR THAT
Reply to the Letter of the Admiral
Declining a Rise in
Rank.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

WASHINGTON, March 23.-Admiral
Sampson has received from the Presi-
dent the following reply to his letter
of March 9 1899.