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THE CUMBERLAND STRIKE.
Probable Effects of the Suspension
OF the Mines.

CUMBERLAND. Nd. April l2.-The min
ers Of Georges Creek will lose on an av-
erage about 5000 day in wages at the
present rate OF ~ cents ton as long as
the strike lasts The average daily ton
mage last year was "A Oe0 tons. 1t is said
that should the strike exhaust Itself
and not a few people think IL will-the
operators viii embrace the opportunity
10 reduce the forces in some Of the mines.
which, { is claimed, have been overcrOwd-
ed.
On the miners side. however, the ul-
innate success is anticipated. and q
course. II they win the reduction Of the
forces would be improbable. Conservative
people think the most serious loss viii re-
suit TO the miners, as IL will promote the
introduction OF machines. which the op-
orators are said to contemplate. Sd, b
a move would largely lessen the number
OF local mine workers.
The suspensions Of men by the consoli-
datiou Coal Company is said TO be respon-
sible for the thorough un.ouizing Of he
district The union. previous 10 the sus-
pensions, was numerically weak in COM
parisoG With the total force of the region.
but since then men have been joining by
the hundreds.
The operators say they have never OBJ
jeCted 10 comforting with their oWl men.
but they viii not consider outsiders who
come irs~ the region and make trouble.
Some or Jhe present agitators are from the
central Pennsylvania region, where the
men will keep Oh working. despite the
strike here. The central Pennsylvania
people receive 60 cents a ton.
4 gentleman from Lonseouing stated
that Under the present rate the Mary and
miners were making big money, aEd re
knew OF a father and son who toget her
| were aEeraRing 5000 q month
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supposed the taking Of Bioemfontein was
the beginning OF a swift march to Pre-
toria. The latest from the headquarters
Of Roberts shows that. despite the ac-
tivity Of detached bodies OF Beers oper-
ating east. southeast and south Of Bloem-
fontein. work on the main licences OF the
burghers goes on with undated vigor.
Their main position. the dispatches
say. is in the hills between Winburg and
Kroonstad and extends for sixty miles.
while b. coo Beers with ninety guns are
concentrated there. Every Eopie in this
district is fortified and the whole line has
been made impregnable, according to Boer
accounts.
Winburg Is fifty miles northeast OF
Bloemfontein and it is supposed that Gen
eral Roberts is getting ready TO move on
these fortified kopjes as soon as his pre-
parations are complete. Then a slaughter
will be expected 1t is doubtful if this
movement can begin for week or more.
New and warmer clothing for the Bri Isl
Army is being received and distribu,e !
among the men. No movement can se
made till this reeIothing of the army =
completed. The supply of cavalry hor,es,
too, must be replenished and This s a
slow process. General Roberts. it is said.
does not feel that he yet has enough mtn
to risk an advance and more troops ma
being hurried to him.
A brigade has been withdrawn rom La
dysmith and under command Of General
Hunter will so 70 Durham and be sent 10
Roberts by ship and rail. The Dublin Fu-
siliers and Connaught Rangers have al
ready embarked az Durham. The wafer
works near Korn Spruit are reported m
tact and that few Beers are about thea
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LONDON. April 12.-Heavy cannOnading
was renewed at Wepener on Wednesday.
The garrison is using the Jammersburg
Drift mill for a hospital. The Beers re-
spected the Red Cross flag and did not fire
in that direction.
A despatch dated at Pretoria April 10,
via Lourenco Marques April IL, a N.
says:
"A despatch from Kroonstad. dated April
10. states that SmithheId has been reOccu-
pied by the Free Staters and that the Brit
ish troops are retreating in the direction
OF Aliwal North.
General De Wet has surrounded mOth-
er British division in the vicinity Of We
pener. There was heavy fighting yester-
day Monday. An excellent result is ex-
pected hourly.
Despatch riders from the Boer head
laager at Glencoe. Natal. bring news that
at daybreak today Gen. Louis Botha made
a dashing attack on the English camps at
Elandslaagte. Heavy cannon and rife fire
was heard for several hours. The result is
not yet known.
Confirmation Of the reported killing Of
Gen. De Villebois- MareuiI, while scouting
between BoshOf and Kimberley, has been
received here. The news has created pro-
found sorrow. II it is possible to do so,
the remains will be brought here to receive
national honors
"a rumor is current in Pretoria that
Colonel Baden-Powen is either dying or
dead OF fever at Mafeking."
\ despatch from Ladysmith. dated TO-
day. says: There is no further fighting
at Elandslaagte. The Beers are reported
TO bc pressing south. by way Of Help
makaar."
According to dispatches from Natal the
Beers again attacked the British positions
a. ElandsIaagte yesterday and got within
touch Of the outyosys. Rifle fire resulted
and then there was an artillery duel OF
two hours. after which the Beers with
drew. II is difficult to understand the
object Of the Beers attack. but it was
probably reconnaissance with a view O.,
the possibility Of cutting of the British
from Ladysmith
Dispatches from the front indicate that
5000 Beers are facing Lord Roberts and
are waiting for him TO make an aggres
sive move or leave an opening for an a.
tack. The activity Of the Transyaa
troops is astounding Enslishmen. who had
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MONEY LEFT TO COOPER UNION.
John HaIstead Bequeaths His For
tune 10 the Institntion.

NEW YORK. April I2.-The viii OF John
HalsJead, a retired merchant who died last
May. makes Cooper Union the residuary
legatee OF his entire estate. which is ap-
praised az nearly $500, 600.
The bequest Was a surprise TO the trus-
tees Of Cooper Union. for none Of them had
ever known Hslstead personally and none
OF them knew that Halstead ever had even
visited the Union. Nevertheless it turns
out that the old genueman-he was more
than eighty years Old-was "a close student
Of the educational work Of the Union and
h. devoted years Of his life 10 observing
the good that il did Abram s Hewitt
Secretary Of Cooper Union. said OF dr.
Halstead's bequest.
His gift. I think. will prove one Of th,
largest ever made 10 Cooper Union The
value OF the estate today T.. between $2J0,-
coo and $500 600 but Cooper Union vii
not receive the bequest until the death Of
Mrs Wilbert. Mr. Halstead's sister. i
may then be Of even greater value
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DISTRICT WATER SUPPLY.
Report ON Its Condition During
tIIc Momth of March.


Colonel Miller, Of the Engineer Corps.
[. s A. who has supervision over he
Washington Aqueduct has submitted IC-
port on the condition OF the water supply
FOR the mouth Of March. This report cor
firms the experience OF the people o5 the
District and pronounces the water bad.
purirS tweuty-three days OF the month
the water was very turbid" and "TuvbjI
for six DAYS, being clear for Culy two
DAYS during the entire month. The report
does not assign causes for the cOnd ji0u
OF the water OF suggest any remedy .or
its bettegment.
The consumption OF water incluliaE
waste. was tested for twenty-four hours.
ending a a. m. March 2S. and was in Tire
aggregate 4T.0S5, 452 gallons.
The balance OF the report relates 10
detail work on the removal OF sand bars
and the progress Of repairing the tunnel
and the Howard University reservoir. Some
unexpected difficulties were met near sta
tiOu - a short distance west Of Howard
University and il became necessary 10 close
up the ends of the tunnel with masonry
walls and to pump cement into the sur
rounding earth which after HARDENING
! would enable the engineers to pIoc5e el
I with the work.
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HAMPERED BY THE STRIKES.
The Chicago PoIice Unable "a COP,
with Thieves

CHICAGO. April l2-The robbers ho
entered the resiaebec OF o. W. Potter. 100
Lake Shore Drive an Monday night. and
carried away diamon.s and other jewelry.
various'y valued zt s15.0Qt. have not set
been caught. The robbery was not re-
ported 20 the police until late at night
The plunder. which in value exceeds any
haul maGy by thieves in Chicago for sew
eral years. consists OF diamonds. rubies.
emerald. Opals SilyeTWare. and watches.
The ROBBERY is supposed TO have ,akeu
place 40 6 o'clock while the family were
at dinner. Il was a second story affair.
Chief Kipley. Of he Police Department.
charges that the labor troubles have made
such demands upon the department that
he cannot properly patrol the residence
district. Nevertheless he has issued an
order 20 patrolmen that is literally laden
with sar5asm. He calls attention 10 the
Potter robbery. auuding 10 il as the big
gest robbery OF the kind in the history OF
the city. and concludes by saying that a
police department comprised OF 400 detec-
tlyes and 2,JoO getrolmeu. should be ample
TO cope with the Esf dozen porch-climbers
known to be in the city.
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PERIsHED IN TIE FLAMES.
; Woman and Boy burned to Death
Near Pittsburg.


PARKERSBURG. ". Va. April 12.-The
residence of Pcyton II. Ruble. at Daisy
pcs,oflce. seven miles south Of here. was
destroyed by fire The RubIe residence
vas a two-sto-y frame building and was
occupied by Mr.. and Mrs. Ruhle, a little
boy named Davis and Mr. BubIe's mother
aged So years. About j. O'Clock the grand
mother woke uD and found her room al
most a mass Of flames She Immediately
called for help and her son soon appeared
and carried her To place OF safety.
lie then hurried back and made three
heroic attempts TO rescue his wife and
the Davis boy. who were sleeping on the
second floor. but the flames had made 100
much head' A. and IL WAS impossible 90
reach the head Of the stairway. He then
called 10 his wife from the outside 10
jump from the window. She came 20 tue
front window and broke the glass but
was eHvelopej in flames before she could
jump. and fell back. The dead are Mrs
Ruble. wife of Peyton Rubie, and Gordon
Davis. aged nine years, son Of Albert
Davis. OF this city. Mr.. Rublo was seri-
ousIy injured while trying to rescue his
wife and VIII probably die.
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AN UNABASHED BRIBER.
lie Sees Nothing Wrong in Offering
Money for an Appointments.

He Sees Nothing Wrong in Offering
Money for an appointment.
BOSTON. April I2.-G W. Ernst. Mayor
Harts private secretary, is authority for
the statement that the mayor received a
letter. a few days ago, from citizen. who
asked for appointment to an important Of
fee and offered, as a reward for the
mayors granting his request the sum OF
81 COO Mayor Hart replied to the letter
last Monday in a very brief manner and to
the point. In the fewest possible words
the mayor told the applicant that he had
made a grave mistake.
re called his attention TO the bribery
laws. the penalty thereof and. in order 10
save the oficeseek5r from disgrace and
punishment the mayor wrote that he
would hold the letter for two or three days
in order to allow the correspondent ample
time TO call IN person for the letter lest il
might be recorded against him iq criminal
annals.
The strangest part OF it is that the appli-
cant called promptly at the mayors Office
and expressed his provoked feeling that he
could rot have the appointment, and,
moreover that he had to withdraw his
bribery offer OF 3, OQQ.
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BARRED FROM CITY STREETS.
4 Railway Company shut Out by
Court From Wilmington

WILMINGTON. Del, April l2.-Chancel-
Ior Nicholson has granted preliminary
injunction restraining the Wilmington and
Brandywine Springs Railway Company
from laying its tracks on West Sixth
Street, thus preventing the road from en-
tering the city.
At the same time the chancellor decided
that the Wilmington City Company does
not have exclusive rights to the use Of all
the city streets, and that the legislature
al that time had 4 right to grant a com
pany the use Of my Of the streets. The
Wilmington City Company viii move 10
have the injunction made perpetual and
the Brandywine Springs Company viii ap-
peal the case to a higher court The chan
eellor decided that the Wilmington and
Brandywine Springs Company had not
built its road according to the conditions
OF its charter.
The Brandywine Springs Company may
apply for new charter under the corpo-
ration law.
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THE FIRST TRAIN TO ARRIVE.
BlOcmfOntein Permitted 10 Receive
Twenty Trucks of Merchandise


BLOEMFONTEIN, April II "a 20 p. nj.
The Chambers Of Commerce o. CaIe
Town, Port Elizabeth. and B.ocmfoutsil
recently sent a joiut petition "a Sir Alfred
Miner, Governor Of Cape Colony and Brt-
ish High Commissioner, asking ham u Tg'u-
clude the districts Of the Oraase F.ac
State in the customs union rs rapidly rs
they are occupied by British troop when
the war broke out these districts wee. of
course. excluded from the union. Sir A.
fred agreed TO DO so.
Lord Roberts has issued an order. per-
mitting train Of twenty trucks Of mcr-
chandise to come into Bloemfonteiu This
will be the first train Of this kind that
has been allowed TO enter the town since
the occupation by the British Hitherto.
only pas senger trains. with the personal
belongings of the people on board. were
allowed 10 come in.
The Fourteenth Hussars have arrived
/ 10y road from Bethulie. 10 was reported
a few days ago that the Fourteenth Hus-
/ sars we're conveying remounts for Lord
/ Roberts Cavalry.
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THE POVERTY OF INDIA.
Former Secretary EOUe Writes a.
DcStItution and Death.


DcSfItuIfOm and Death.
HARRISBURG Pa, April 12--Forma
Secretary OF Agriculture Edge and Mrs.
Edge are on a tour around the world. They
left here last summer ana have been in
Hawaii. China, Manila. Japan, and IN Feb
ruary were i'm Bombay. India. Colonel
Edge writes that in the interior Of india
there has been no rain for three years and
that the country is a desert The people
are starving and much OF the live stock
has already perished. Nothing can be
grown except by irrigation and this only
by hauling water up from deep weels with
oxen.
Their months stay In India was full Of
interest. Al many stations they saw large
piles Of The bones OF animals that had
died for want Of food and water He says
they saU more real poverty i'm one day In
India han they would see in q year iu the
United States. In fact" he writes. "our
own people do not know what poyertv
and the wan, OF food means" In India
he says hundreds of people are dying daily
for The want OF food.
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To View the EcIinre.

NORFOLK, Va, April 12.-Lewis W
Ripley. representing the Hartford Scien-
tific Society, Of Hartford. Conn. which is
planning for an expedition TO the South
10 see the eclipse OF the sun next month,
has made arrangements with Observer
Gray to allow a party of students from
Yale, Brown and Harvard Universities TO
witness the eclipse from the roof Of the
Weather Bureau building in this city.
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DEATH OF LIEUTENANT SCOTT.
The Mistake OF British sentry
Proves Fatal.


VICTORIA. y. c., April 12.-The tragic
shooting Of Lieutenant Scott by Sentry
Gunner Higgins. ROYAL ARTILLERY, at Es-
QuimaIt Naval Yard. on Friday night last.
is again brought prominently into attention
by The death al the Naval Hospital Of that
unfortunate officer. His injuries from the
first had been regarded as most serious.
the bullet having penetrated his chest
passing through the upper part Of the
right lung ana dividing, left the bcuy
through two holes iH the back.
IL vas hoped that the Lieutenant might
survive and this hope gained strength when
IT. was noted aow brayely he ma n,ained
his strength during Saturday. Sunday. and
Monday On Tuesday morning he was uu-
conscious and. Tuesday evening. the eTd
was announced. The enquiry in the cir
cumstguCss Of the shooting was resumed
al the navy yard. II developed that ac-
cCrdiug 10 the deceased officers own state
ment he had lost ais way prio- 10 the
shooting ard vas, az the time be was
challenged by the sentry, climbing over
the r1ruugrrS
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70 BE SENT TO ST. HELENA
\ Decision at Cape Town in Regard
the BOer Prisoners.

LONDON, April 11.-Despatches from
Cape Town state that the authorities have
decided to send all the Boer prisoners TO
ST. Helena.
In despatch 10 the War Office Lord
Roberts intimates that kilograms and
books, clothing and luXuries we're freely
transmitted to the Boer prisoners.
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CUBAN DepartmentS Merged,

A general order was isued at the War
Department today, abolishing the Depart
ment Of Havana and the Departments OF
the Province of Havana and Pinar del Rio
and merging them into one department TO
be known as the Department Of Havana
and Pinar del Rio. Brigadier General
Fitzhugh Lee has been appointed the COM
manding general Of the department.
The evening times., 1900-04-12

Senate bill $3.50 amending the act relat-
ing to the Reform School Of the District so
as 10 raise the age OF commitment from
sixteen TO seventeen years was passed to-
day. The bill also provides that the board
OF trustees may make rules and regulations
for their own government and that OF the
institution and for the release Of boys com
mitted 10 the school.
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A NEW FRlssBYTERIANIsM.
DIR. Hills Thinks the wNsminster
Greed should he Amended.


BOSTON. April .2.-DT. Newell Dwight
Hollis, pastor Of the Plymouth Church,
Brooklyn. adds his voice T. a cry for
new creed in Presbyterianisn. Rev. Or.
David Gregg started the CRY ana row
comes this confirmation. DR.. Newell
Dwight Hollis was seen last evening.
he was shown the report Of the action
Of the Utica Preshytery and DR.. Gregg
statement. He read therl both over care
fully and then said
Yes; I think that the Presbyterian
Church needs new creed. ! do not care
to comment especially on DR.. Gregg
statement, but I quite agree with him on
the whole. The Presbyterian Church is
badly in need of new creed. A great
movement, I think is now OF foot that
viii culminate in establishing the Church
on a new dOctrinal base. Such a thing
is perfectly natural and not in any way
throwing discredit upon the Church"
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DROWNED BELOW MATCHES.
Eight Sailors Caught in a Capsizcd
boat.

LONDON, April 12-The steam lifeboat
from the Padestow. Cornwall. station.
while attempting to assist a fishing smack.
which was in trouble, VAS overturned.
Eight OF he crew. including two cngi-
neers en; two fremen. were drowned. The
latter were in the engine ruom. and a. tie
matches were battened cown they could not
F=UuUa
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RUMoRS FROM DURHAM.
Di~crcdited Reports That the Mines
Are tn he Destroyed.

LONDON. April IA Durham despatch.
OF yesterdays date, reasserts that the Bo-
ors are preparing 10 destroy the johannes
burg mines with dynamite L also at
tributes 20 STATE Secretary Reitz a state
meut that within two weeks all the Brit
lsh and Americans and many Germans.
who are now IN the Trausyaal. will be sent
across the border These Durham rumors
are not worthy Of much credeuce.
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LEAPED FOR THEIR LIVES.
Inhabitants Of Tenement HOUSE
Caught by FInmes.

NEW CASTLE, Pa. April I2.-Elwood
big tenement house yesterday. The house
was occupied by three families and board
ers, in all thirty persons. All were sleep
ing in upstairs rooms and escape was cut
of by flames from below. Everyone had
10 jump and seven we're injured, two per-
haps fatally.
The others escaped With broken arms
and legs and bruises. EHw6od has no hre
department and the house was destroyed.
Loss, s., 900.
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Unprecedented Snowfall in Chicago.

CHICAGO, Apri' 12.-The snowfall yes
terday and last night broke all records in
Chicago for April Two inches fell in two
hours at one period Of the storm. The
storm continued until daylight this morn
ing. and fiurries of snow are falling today
Considerable damage has been done to tele-
phone and telegraph wires.
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ARRIVED AT BERMUDA
An American Fleet Drops Anchor "a
Hamilton.

HAMILTON. Bermuda, April 12.-An
American fleet arrived here this morning
Al on board are well. The ships anchored
of the British stockyard al O'Clock. Great
preparations are being made by the on
GERS OF the British feet al this station for
the entertainment Of the American Off
GERS. \ grand ball will be given in their
honor on April L.
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rhc Gorernment ReccInts.

The receipts Of the Government today
reached the sum Of Sl.S7c.7S They are
made up OF customs, s45J.o05-29; internal
revenue SS7I. .5s4.24; miscellaneous. S44.-
1gO. so The expenditures amounted to ST.
6S5 COO
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Burned by Gasoline Explosion.

GREENSBURG, Pa. April 12.-Henry s.
Breitigam, late tax collector Of this town,
and his son, Harry H. Breitigam. were
burned by a gasoline explosion yesterday
evening. The son was fatally hurt and
the father seriously injured. The son con-
Quoted a merchant tailoring establish
ment. A spark from the stove fell into a
gasoline tank. The building was de-
strOyed
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NAN AND WIFE GO TO PRISON
A New Haven Couple Given Long
Sentences for Forgery.

Sentences for Forgery.
NEW HAVEN. Conn. April 12-Samuel
G. Parker and his pretty wife sat side by
side in the criminal part Of the superior
court today and listened 10 sentences that
sent the husband 20 State prison and the
wife 10 the New haven county Jail The
husband had pleaded guilty to five counts
Of forgery and the wife to the same. Par
ker was sentenced for ten years and his
wife for four years
Jacob B. Ullman. who appeared in behalf
OF Parker told Judge Wheeler that dab
bling in stocks was the cause Of Parker S
downfall. Parker formerly ran a bucket
shop in Derby and the money he lost on the
stock market he had gained by committing
the fOrgeries-
Parker was apparently not affected by
the sentence. The wife was calm and col
lected. Mrs. Parker is twenty-eight years
old
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To Advance General Corbin.

Mr.. Frye the Presiding officer Of
the Senate, today submitted to that e. "
an amendment intended to be proposed b.
him TO the Army Appropriation bill pro-
viding that the Adiutant General Of The
Army shall have the rank. pay, ard allow
ance OF a major general.
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Conference Report Agreed To.

In the Senate this morning the confer
ence repo.L on the Legislative. Executive.
and Judicial Appropriation bill Voc 1re-
sented and agreed 10.
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THE QUEENS THANKS.
She Expresses Feeling for the Merci-
full Protection of Her Son.

LONDON. April 12.-The Queen, through
the court circular, Acknowledges the re-
ceipt from all parts OF the woII3 congrat-
ulations from .sI..5s5 who share in Her
.uajesty's deepest thankfulness for che
mereiful protection granted her beloved
children, the Prince and Princess Of Wales,
from the great danger to which they were
recently exposed"
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elr. AlIen Reticent.

Assistant Secretary Allen declined this
morning to discuss his prospe tive reJi.e-
ment from the Navy Department and sp-
pointment as Civil Governor Of Porto RIO.
He referred all enquirilg persons to tae
President for information.
The evening times., 1900-04-12
Dawes Commission Leaves.

The Dawes Commission, acting on behalf
of the Five Civilized Tribes Of Indian
Territory. left this city last night for their
headquarters at Muscogee, Indian Terri
tory.
The evening times., 1900-04-12
ncnth From ApnnIc.r.

John J. Jackson, cOlored. employed as y
Iaborer in the City PastofIiee, was soizcJ
with a stroke Of apogleEy while az work
IN the mailing division about 500 0'-l0sS
this morning. He was removed 10 he
Emergency Hospital. where he died.
The evening times., 1900-04-12
THE PEACE PARTY ACTIVE.

Petitions for Cessation OF the WAR
Mt Cape Town.
CAFE TOWN, April 12.-u1:20l a. m, D
The Peace Party shows signs Of renewed
activity, and petitions asking that the war
be stopped are being extensively circulat-
ed. II is notable that no alternative to
annexation Of the two republics is sug-
gested.
The evening times., 1900-04-12
RUSSIA REVIEWS HER DEMAND.
The Privilege of Landing Troops nt
MHsHmpho Exactcd.

YOKOHAMA. April 12.-Advicet from
Seoul. Korea, are TO the effect tha; Rus
sia has renewed her demand for the priyi-
lege Of landing voops at Masampho