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JUMPED FROM BROOKLYN BRIDGE
Young ARTISTS Successful Leap-Taken
from the Water Uninjured.


New York, May 2S-Howard Kretz, a
young man about twenty-five years of
age, who says he is an art student of
the Academy of Design in this city,
made startling and successful jump
| from the Brooklyn bridge just before
dusk this evening and came out of the
water uninjured. Just before o'clock
Kretz boarded a trolley bound for
Brooklyn 1t was an open one and Of
fered all the advantages which he was
looking for. When the trolley car
reached point about one hundred
yards from the first arch near the high
est point of the span, I<retz leaped from
it and like a flash, vaulted over the
high railing. He took no time to steady
himself for perpendicular drop and
swung some distance out from the
structure before he assumed an upright
position. The passengers jumped from
the car and peered through the railing,
while hundreds of persons on the prom
enade tried to get glimpse of the fig
ure. Kretz's body flashed through the
air almost in a perpendicular streak.
He struck the water feet first, cleaving
II like an arrow. lie disappeared lOf
some seconds and then shot up into
view again, only to disappear for the
second time The water had hardly
closed over him when he reappeared and
Immediately struck out strongly for the
New York shore.
One of the deck hands on the freight
steamer Vulcan of the Norwalk line,
which was coming down the East river
at the time, saw Kretz flash through
the air and disappear in the water. The
deck hand gave the alarm and the Vul-
can was headed for the young man,
who was by this time swimming. A
line was thrown to Kretz and he was
hauled aboard the freighter, which i'm
mediately put in for her dock in the
East river on the New York side. When
taken on the Vulcan Kretz placed his
hands on his abdomen as if in pain, but
when the boat reached her dock Kretz
sprang from the boat on to the wharf.
He was at once taken into custody and
hurried to the Hudson street hospital.
Not the slightest injury was found on
his person, but hewas suffering from
the shock. He was detained on the
charge of attempting suicide. Kretz is
about FIVE feet eight inches tail and
weighs about 140 pounds. He lives in
this city. He said that he had been
reading a book on theosophy and that
he wanted to demonstrate that man,
by exercising his will power, could do
anything he wished without injury to
himself
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| OHIO REPUBLIC1N CONVENTION.
| Unusual In tercst Due TO Indirect Effect
on Mckinley Next Year.


Cincinnati, O., May 2S.-The usual in
| terest in the republican state conven-
tion at Columbus this week is due tc
it's indirect effect on President McKin-
ley next year as well as to its direct
effects on state factions and conteading
candidates this year. In the earlier
skirmishing there was talk of the pos
sibilty of a state administration that
would use its power to secure an anti
Mckinley delegation from Ohio to the
republican national convention next
year. Since all but four of the eighty
eight counties have selected delegates
it is found that about the only thing
the delegates are unanimous upon is
the Endorsement of the national admin
istration. All the candidates for other
places on the state ticket as well as
those for governor had strong resolu-
tions adopted in their counties for their
delegates to indorse the national ad-
ministration. Even the Kurtz- Bush
nell McKisson element announce that
they are not against Mckinley, but
that they are against Hanna and any
candidate favored byf Hanna.
1t is still claimed bysome that the re-
suit of the convention this week may
determine what kind of a Mckinley
delegation will be cent from Ohio to the
republican national sconvention next
year. IT. is eoneeaeu that much de-
pends upon the committee on credentials
next Thursday so far as both this year
and next year are concerned Cuya-
hoga county, the home of Senator Han
ma, has fifty-eight delegates, and leads
the list Of contests with three different
delegations Hamilton county, the
home Of Senator Foraker, has the larg-
est delegation, S6 votes, and 1t also has
a dissenting delegation, as well as the
one headed by George b. Cox. While a
big mass convention will be held here
tomorrow night to protest against the
manner In which the Cox delegation
was selected and to select eighty-six
contestants, yet no members of the
county committee will participate in it.
and it is thought that the Hamilton
county contest as well as some others,
will be disposed of on prima face evil
denee of irregularlty. Such will not be
the case with the contestants from
Adams Allen, Cuyahoga, Highland and
Preble counties, involving almost one
hundred votes out of a total of S13, and
possibly a balance of power. Some
counties selected their delegates by
mass conventions, others by delegate
conventions, others by primaries, others
by the committee, others by sub-com-
mittee of the county committee and the
complications that will confront the
convention may lead to the adoption of
some uniform system for the selection
of delegates from the state convention.
The call of the state convention this
year was on a "home rule" plank. Ieav-
ing the method entirely with the coun-
ty committees.
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GENERAL vAN KEUREN's ORDERS.
Flag to be Displayed on Mem orial Day
at State ArmOries.

Hartford May 2s.-Tn general orders
No. 12 Adjutant General Van Keuren
announces that on Memorial day, at all
the state armories and at the Soldiers
home at Noroton, the national flag will
be displayed at half-staff from sunrise
until midday, ana at noon the nag will
De hoisted to the top of the staff and
remain there until sunset. In the order
the adjutant general says: Each sue
ceeding year the advent of Memorial
day increases our appreciation of the
sacrifices made by those who fought
and died to save the Union from disrup-
ton, and the above addition to the reg
ular ceremonies of Decorate day not
only perpetuates the memory of the il
lustrious dead, but is fitting tribute to
the survivors"
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CUBAN ARMY ROLLS PADDED
MANY Era UDS DISCOTERED BY
COL. RANDALL, U. S. Il.
In One Battalion Those Of Thirty-four
Dead Men Appear for American Boun-
ty-Tbe Object, Apparently, fs 20 Dis
credit the Payment Proceedings.

Havana, May 2S.-There We're Ill ap-
plcants to-day for shares in the S3,-
900, 900 which the United States has Of.
fered as gratuity to the Cuban troops
Thirty were given SIS each. The Others
were not on the rolls, although they
had guns which they were ready to turn
in and certificates of service. The
United States military authoritieslcon-
slider that the roles are very unreliable
Indeed, the opinion is freely expressed
that large proportion Of the names
are fictitious and that the rolls omit
ly entitled to share in the gratuity.
The object of this, apparently, is to
discredit the entire proceedings and to
show the Cuban public that a large
number of the troops refused to take
American money. Lieutenant Colonel
George NJ Randall of the Eighth Unit
ed States infantry, the commissioner
experimenting the distribution here,
went carefully over the rolls Of one
battalion with its commandant. The
commandant pointed out thirty-four
names of men who are dead and names
of Others who had not been heard of
outside the rolls.
OF those raid to-day twenty-five turn.
ed in Mausers and Remingtons and
carbines. The other five showed re-
ceipts from the alcalde vouching for the
delivery Of their arms. The payment
will continue until noon tomorrow in
Havana City, but Colonel Randall be-
lieves it will be necessary to have ad-
ditional days after a while here and
extra payrolls for men who have un-
doubtedly seen service. He also be-
lieves that were the payment to be con-
tinued in Havana for the next three
days at least SO per cent. Of those enti-
tied to apply would do so. Most of
those who received shares to-day as
serted that they only heard by acci-
dent, that the distribution was now
actually taking place. Colonel Randall
will send to Senor Perfecto Lacoste,
the mayor, all the arms turned in to-
day. The first payment outside of Ha-
vana will be made on Tuesday at San
tiago de las Vegas, wither Colonel
Randall, the clerks and thirty soldiers
will go with the paymaster.
General Carpenter, military governor
of the department of Puerto Principe,
arrived to-day to attend the meeting Of
military governors summoned by Gov
ernor General Brooke for Thursday
next. He reports that affairs In that
province are in good condition, that
the people continue at work ana that
there is no trouble from brigandage.
The muster out of the volunteers there
leaves the Eighth United States caval-
ry,s numbering 800 men, and the Fiji
teenth United States infantry, number
ing 700, as the force of occupation.
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West Swanzey, N. H., May 2S.-One of
the largest fires in this town for many
years occurred this evening, the pail fac
tory of Russell & Whitcomb, the box
factory of A. H. d G. e. Whitcomb,
with a number of dry houses and a
number of sheds being destroyed. 1t is
believed that the loss will be over $780,
900. Assistance being requested from
Keene, a steamer responded and saved
a number of adjacent buildings. The
origin of the fire is unknown.
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Remains OfCol. StOttsen II burg,

Lincoln, Neb., May 2S.--The remains
of Colonel J. H. Stottsenburg of the
First Nebraska, killed in action before
Manila, arrived from San Francisco last
night, and were laid in state in the sem
ate chamber of the capitol. Funeral
services were held this morning in Holy
Trinity Episcopal church. The body.
accompanied by Mrs. Stottsenburg and
a military escort of the Nebraska Ma
;tional guard members started this even.
ing for New Albany. Ind
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ANOTHER WR Eek.
Chicago Great Western Passenger Train
Derafled- One Man Killed.

OhC lAuM hIiICus
Oelwein, Iowa, May 2S.-The Chicago
Great Western passenger train that left
st. Paul Saturday night at $40 o'clock
was wrecked two miles north of here
this morning. One person, the colored
porter, Richard Manning Of Minneapo-
lis, was killed Several men and wo-
men on the train were more or less in
jured. The train was running over low
lands, when the track began to settle
and the train was derailed. Nearly all
of the passengers in the sleepers were
undressed in the berths when the wreck
occurred. The rain was coming down
furiously, lightning was flashing and
thunder was pealing. The passengers
were brought to Oelwein. The damage
to the railroad company will be heavy,
as the train was an elegant one and
the coaches and locomotive were almost
a total loss.
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GERS. The cable operations referred to
are not those of the signal corps but Of
the Eastern Extension Gable company
that has been permitted to repair and
replace certain cables In the Visayan
Islands. Tiley doubtless accompanied
the expedition as the representative of
the United States, the supervision of
all telegraph lines and cables being
part of his duties. No other casualties
in the signal corps have been as yet re-
ported in this expedition. Tiley was
appointed from California.
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Britain and the Transvaal.

Pretoria, May 2S.-The Volksraad, in
secret session yesterday, discussed the
Forthcoming conference at Bloemfonten,
capital of the Orange Free State, be-
tween the British high commissioner for
South Africa and governor of Cape Col
ony, Sir Alfred Miner, and President
Kruger, and authorized the president to
cross the frontier for this purpose.
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" CASE OF CAPTAIN DREYFUS.
Statement That on Re-trinl His Ac-
qutttnI IL Certain.

London, May pm. DeBlowitz, the
Paris correspondent of the Times COM
menting on the steps about to be taken
by the court of cessation in the case
of Dreyfus, says: THE report of M.
Ballot de Beaupre ends by saying: If
the court adopts the conclusion of it's
reporter, it will order revision of the
case and will send Dreyfus before a
fresh courtmartial to be judged ac-
cording to law In that case acquittal
Is certain. ! doubt whether there will
even be partial secrecy in the new trial,
as everything has already been revealed
and no danger has arisen either at hons
or abroad"
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Delivers Three Speeches at Fort Wayn,
lmd.-DenOUnces Trusts.

Fort Wayne, Ind, May 2S.-W. j..
Bryan delivered three speeches here
yesterday. His first audience consisted
of organized Allen county democrats.
In the afternoon he spoke to farmers,
confining his remarks to the money
question At Princess Rink in the
evening he spoke at length in denuncla-
ton of trusts.
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BEER At WHEELMEN'S REST.
lO2 Bottles Seized Nenr Plainville-Se.
lectmnn Alleged to he Proprietor.

New Britain, May 2S.-Deputy Sherffs
Cowles and Rawlings of this city and
Constable James Clarke of Plainville
visited a "Wheelmen's rest" on the Far
mington road, near Plainville, this af-
ternoon and seized 1902 bottles of beer.
The place had a reputation of liquor
selling. Selectman Leonard H. Lincoln
of Plainville is alleged to be the pro-
prietor and he will be prosecuted for
selling without license.
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4MB USHED IN PHILIPPINES.
CAPTAIN Tiley and Landing Party
Treacherously Attacked.

Z Washington, May 2S.-General Gree
lev to-day received cablegram from
Major Thompson at Manila reporting
that a party landing for the repair of
the cable at Escalante, Island of Ne
gros. had been treacherously attacked
by natives, that Captain George HI.
Tiley, of the signal corps, is missing
and that the worst is feared. Tiley's
services in the Philippines have been
marked by such ability, courage and
zeal that his superiors placed him in
the foremost rank of subordinate Off
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Message to Pence Con ference

Worcester Mass, May 2S.-The con-
gregation' of Grace Methodist Episcopal
church this evening through Rev. James
Boyd Bracly, pastor, sent this telegram
to the peace conference at the Hague:
Congratulations. Hopes and prayers
for success"
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st. Mary's Dedicated In charIestovvn.

Boston, May 2S.-St. Mary's Catholic
church in Charlestown was dedicated
this morning with impressive ceremo-
MES The pontitical mass was celebrat-
ed by Archbishop Williams. Among
the clergymen who assisted was Rev.
John o. Chadwick, who was chaplain
on the United States battleship Maine
The sermon was delivered by Rev DR..
James Dougherty, D. D., New York.
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Alta OK ED BY Il YICIOUs HORSE.
Flndlny, o., Woman and Her Young
Daughter Fatally Injured.

Toledo, O., May 26.-Mrs. Edwin
Cooper and her two-year-old daughter
of Findlay, were yesterday fatally in
jured by a vicious horse. The horse
first attacked the child and had it under
its feet. In attempting to rescue the
child Mrs. Cooper was knocked down
and her head crushed and body badly
stamped upon. The animal was beaten
away with club.
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PARIS STILL ON THE ROCKS
NINTH ATTEMPT TO FLOAT HER IN
UTTER FAILURE.
Her Bow is Absolutely Impaled-Enorts
to Pull Her Off VIII be Discontinued
New Plan for Tightening Her-Perti-
nacity of Attempts to Tow tho Vessel
Surprises Experts.

Coverack. Cornwall, May 2s.-The
ninth attempt to float the American
line steamer Paris was made this even
and proved an utter failure. Her bow
is absolutely impaled by the rocks. Five
tugs were engaged in the endeavor to
float her, three others standing BY for
an emergency. Her boilers, excepting
those used for the pumps, were emptied
to Tighten the ship. The effect OF the
strain Of last weeks attempts is appar-
ent in the increase of water in the en-
gine room. Efforts to pull her off will
now be discontinued and it is proposed
to follow some new plan for tightening
the vessel. The pertinacty of the at
tempts to tow the liner has caused cons
siderable surprise among experts here,
owing to the implement Of the bow, Is
her removal by towing must mean, in
the opinion of experts. the tearing OF
of the bow
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DISPATCH FROM GENERAL OTIS.

Evacuation of ZnmbOanga-Ins
FaIsehoods Keep Up Excitement.
Washington, May 2S-The war de-
partment to-day made public the fol-
lowing dispatch from General Otis, COM
manding at Manila:
Manila, May 2S.
Two battalions Twenty third infantry
In quiet possession Jolo. Spanish troops
Withdrawn from Zamboanga after bat
tie with insurgents, with severe loss to
ty-seven wounded, among whom Com
mander Montero died from wounds,
buried here yesterday. Insurgents used
rifle, artillery and ammunition captured
from gunboats expending major part
of the ammunition. Conference follow
ed between General Rios, who went
from Manila to withdraw troops, and
insurgents Latter stated to him would
not oppose landing of Americans, but
would accept conditions in Luzon.
Spanish troops withdrawn now here, de-
part for Spain tomorrow. Feeble at
tack by insurgents on inhabitants south
east portion Negros necessitated send
ing battalion troops from Manila there.
Will soon restore order. Insurgent
falsehoods circulated in southern ISL
ands of overwhelming insurgent victo-
ries in Luzon keep up excitement in that
section among the more ignorant class
es, although intelligent people know
American arms have never met reverses
and they call for United States protec-
tion. Have turned over to navy for use
on coast southern islands number of
purchased Spanish gunboats from which
exce1lent results expected.
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WONDERFUL OIL WE'LL.
Struck Near Fullerton, Cal.-SpOutins
400 Barrels n Day.

Fullerton, Cal, May 2S.-A wonderful
oil well has been struck near here. The
well is now squirting 400 barrels of oil a
day with no signs of diminution of the
flow. This is the most promising well
yet found in this field
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johnson EleotedICap ain.

After the games in New York Sat-
urday the Yale track team met and
elected Bascom Johnson of Washington
the pole vaulter, captain of the team
for the ensuing year, --.--- 4-a>.
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M. de Beaupre's report favoring re-
vision was made to the president of the
court of cessation on Saturday.

London, May 29.-The correspondent
of the Daily Telegraph at Cayenne,
capital of the French Guiana telegraphs
the substance of an interview with NJ
L. Mouttet governor general of the col
ony as to the possibility of the re-
transportation of Dreyfus to France.
The governor general said: "The ques-
ton has been already thoroughly con-
sidered. 1 have received the minutest
instructions regarding his removal
from lies de Salut, which will be per-
sonally superintended by myself and M.
DenieI, governor of the lies re Salut.,'
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CZAR'S PEACE CONFERENCE
DELEGATES SPENT YESTERDAY IN
UNCEASING YORK.
tration VIII be Established Rapidly
Improying-The Difficult Points Now
to be Met-In Matter of NeutraIs
America Wins u Distinct Success.

The Hague, May 28-The newly ap-
pointed subcommittee of the arbitra-
tion committee of the peace conference
will meet tomorrow. 1t will be known
as the drafting committee, indicating
in it's name the scope of it's functions.
The delegates have worked unceasing-
ly to-day, although the formal labors
Of the conference were suspended. An
effort is being made, and with a cer-
tain degree of progress, to combine the
Russian and British proposals in such
way that the report of the drafting
committee may secure the support of
both parties in the plenary committee.
M. de Staal and Sir Julian Pauncefote.
chiefs of the Russian and British dele
gates respectively, and other delegates
had a long conference to-day with this
end in view and there is no doubt that
an agreement in principle will be reach
ed. The hope of the delegates that a
permanent arbitration board will be es-
tablished is rapidly improving. The
difficult points now relate to the COM
position of the tribunal, how the rep
resentation of the powers is to be ar
ranged and the limitations to be placed
upon the jurisdiction of the board.
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Newton, Ia, May 2S.--A tornado ia
reported as having passed through
Mingo, Ia, at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
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Montezuma, Ia, May 2S.--At 5:15 this.
evening tornado struck the farmhouse
of a man named Mccoy half mile
south of Keswick. The building was
demolished and five persons were In
jured, Mrs. Mccoy fatally Rain and
hail followed the whirlwind and much
damage to growing crops resulted.
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London Advices from The Hague.

London, May 29.-The correspondent
of the Morning Post at The Hague
says: 1.-THE discussion of the proposed
modification of the Geneva convention,
regarding the sick and wounded neu-
trails constitutes a distinct success for
the American delegates When it was
first broached the Russians declined to
take any part in the discussion on the
ground that the subject was not men
toned in the circular of Count Mura-
vieff. The Americans urged that the
Dutch invitation included all subjects
bearing on the circular, a view which
the conference upheld. AS yet the Rus
slams have not abandoned their position,
and they will make another effort to-
morrow to have the American propo-
sails rejected on technical grounds. IN
teresting developments are expected"
The Daily Chronicles correspondent
at The Hague says: 1.-THE British dele
gates have practically withdrawn their
opposition to the American demand for
neutral rights on the sea similar to
those already enforced onatfle land and
it is now believed that Germany will
also agree"
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Cedar Rapids, Ia, May 2S.-Terrife
storms swept over Iowa again this eve-
ming. At Tama there was almost ~
cloudburst and must damage was done.
Five persons were instantly killed by
small tornado which passed over KeB-
wick. The tracks Of the Chicago and
Northwestern railroad sustained much
damage between Watkins and Blairs-
town on account Of washious, and sew
eral trains are tied up in this city. It
is reported that Dows was destroyed bY
tornado this evening. II