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THE NEWS EPlTOMIZED
was(linpton Items.

Tho briefs on both sides in the CLARK in
vestigation were submitted to tae senate
Committee.
The new Philippine Commission held its
lrst meeting in Washington.
The President decided the controversy
over possession OF the Tortusas in favor OF
The Navy.
Rear-Admiral Benjamin F. Day voiun-
tarily applied for retirement from the
active list OF the Navy, and his name was
placed on the retired list.
The official correspondence In regard tc
the "open door" in China, with copies o.
the replies made by the Powers to the invi'
tation OF the United States, was sent tc
Congress by Secretary Hay.
During the month OF April seventy-three
additional postoeaces will inaugurate the
system Of registering letters by carriers.
Opinion in official circles is that only by
strong naval demonstration In the Orient
,an the United States maintain the "open
door" In China.
Secretary Hay says he does not expec'
the American-Can adian Commission 20 re-
assemble soon.
Commander Edward TaussiG is to bt
sent to Manila in April to take commanc
Of the gunboat Yorktown, in place OF Com
mander Sperry.
The President has Issued exequaturs tc
iorty-four Consular officers representing
foreign Governments In the United States,
Porto Rico and the Philippines.
1t was shown In House debate that the
mails are carrying "Sapho" at one cent Q
pound, whereas Bibles pay eight cents.
Secretary Root announced that all appli.
cations for Cape Nome gold-dredging per
uits would be granted.
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BOERS ARE AGAIN ACTIVE
Free Staters Seize a Farm Between
Kimberley and Paardeberg'
GUARD ON DRAKENS8ERG RANGE,

At a Meeting OF the Afriksnder Bond
Resolution Was Passed Favoring Boer
Indepeudence-TheR Rainy Season Has
Begun in South Africa-ForWard
Movement OF General Roberta Delayed.
LONDON (By Cable).-A meeting OF the
Bond was held at Paarl and was attended
oy several members o: the Cape Assembly.
It passed resolutions regretting that the
Cape Government was not consulted be-
fore the war, and declaring that any SET
:lement which did not respect the inde-
pendence OF the republics would be detri-
mental to the highest interests OF sae
British Empire. Mr. Hargrove, the chief
speaker, prophesied another wa within
six years unless independence was granted
aud Assemblyman Marais characterized
the war as @ continuation OF the jameson
raid. -,
A dispatch to the Daily Chronicle from
Kimberley says: -
-Four hundred Free Staters have taken
possession OF the road between Kimberley
and Paardeberg. They have selzsd farm
near Pandamsfontein. where number ol
army horses had been sent to rast and
Craze. 1t is rumored that their object Is
to raid the railway by way OF Jacobsdal."
According to a dispatch from Maseru,
Basutoland, a small British force COM
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written, but that hs adid not think they
Wopid publish Il. " esn, -L.a

written, but that he ID lid not think they
would publIshit. aF
she said that early In the morning she
saw Shaw with paper and he read to hel
1.-the story and asked what she thought OF "
and she testified that she then appealed to
him for her sake IL not for his own that he
return to Camden and deny the statement
made. She said that Shaw admitted to her
th mt "every statement made was true.'
Charles A. D. Miller, who says he Is de-
tective, and who at the time the murders
occurred was saloonkeeper, also testified
that Shaw had confessed to him that lie
murdered the woman. He admitted that
Shaw owed him SS5, and that It was during
dispute over the nonpayment OF this sum
that he accused Shaw OF the crimes and
that the admission was made. He recited
to tn Court q circumstanttal conjecture
as to how Shaw committed tn crimes as
he had pictured 1t to Shaw.
"You killed your mother fir st" he testt-
fed he said, "thep you choke d your grand
mother in the entryway. s he staggered
through the door, crossed over to the bed,
clutched the footDoard and reeled over to
chair by the window In which she fell,
and died."
10 this accu sation witness said Shaw re-.
piled: "That Is true; who told you2".
A Camden policeman, James Hartman,
ibie to Shaw IN the business place OF Miller,
when the above accusation and'confesslon
were m made.
Shaw was called in rebuttal. He ad-
mitted being in Miller's pluce. When asked
II he had made the statement credited to
him he replied:
"Not to my knowledge"
This reply caused a stir In the courtroom,
for 1t was not fiat denial. Shaw then
denied In detail the tes timony given by
Miss Wood.
The testimony Of the four witnesses was
listened to with grent attention by the
crowd iu the courtroom. When the case
was closed former Judge Carrow, associ-
ated with the prosecutor, started to sum
up. BE scored Miss Wood in u bitter
manner, and declared that when Shaw
tired OF her she became emblt tered against
him and gave the testimony she did out OF
a spirit OF revenge.
While Judge Carrow was speaking the
Court took a recess, and just after Judge
Armstrong left the bench Miss Wood ran
up to former Judge Carrow and denounced
him, as being "no man" to speak OF her as
he had. Judge Carrow told her to go
away. She raised her hand and tried to
slap him In the face, but was prevented by
the other lawyers.
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CLAIM SHAW CONFESSED.
Testimony Adduced at the Trial Of
Reporters in Camden, N. j.
HE MADE AN EMPHATIC DENIAL.

Eva Wood, ELI shsw's Former Sweet
heart. Testified That He Confessed
Having Murdered His Mother and
Gran ntf,n othsr-A Detective and Pc
liceman Supported Her Story.
CAMDEN, N. J. (speciaD.-Sensational
testimony was adduced at the trial OF WILL
lam q. Hay and Howard K. Sloan, former
ly reporters for Philadelphia newspaper, ;:
on the charge OF consplring to injure the
reputation OF Eugene j. Darnell, OF this
city. The defendants caused to be pub
lIshed a confession alleged to have been
made to them By Ell Shaw, OF Camden, In
which he admitted killing his mother and
grandmother. Shaw had been tried twice
and acquitted OF the charge. The alleged
confession implicated Dafnell as an acces.
sory after the fact. He was arrested on a
warrant sworn to by Slcan, but proved an
alibi and was released. Shaw repudlated
the story and Darnell caused the arrest or
the reporters on the charge OF conspiracy.
Miss Eva Wood, the former Camden
schoolteacher to whom Shaw was engaged
to be married, and who was with him In
Philadelphia at the home Of friend on
the night that the story OF the confession
was printed, testified that he had admitted
to her on the morning the paper appeared
that he had told the reporters what was
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GENERAL JOUBERT DEAD.
lransyaal Commander-in-Chis Sue
cumbs to Disease at Pretoria.
He Organized tho Army OF tho South
African Republic and Inaicted
Many Defeats on tho British.

PRgroarA, Via Lorenzo Marques (By
Cable).-Pist Joubert, Vlce-President OF
the. Transvaal and Commaudant-G General
OF the Republics military forces, died at
the age Of sixty-eight years AID sixty
days. he succumbed to an attack OF acute
Inflammation OF the kidueys after short
illness
The whole country Is thrown into the
deepest gloom by his death. His loss Is be-
lieved to be irretrievable.
The body was taken to the walker
stroom district, where 1t was inferred In
the family cemetery on u farm he owned
there.
LONDON (By Cable).-In connection with
the announcement OF the death OF General
Joubert It is interesting to note that Sir
George White, the British General who
commandsd5ths garrison which defended
Ladysmith, in spsech at Cape Town de-
clared that Joubert was soldier and
gentleman, and brave and honorable op'
moment
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MRS. POTTER PALMER.

!She will look after the interests Of Ameri.
can women during the Paris Exposition.)
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Starved on q Lonely Island.

The sloop Dawn has returned to Santa
Barbara, CAL, from San Nicholas ISLAND
with story Of suffering and death from
starvation. The boat went over to bring
back three Cinnamon, who had been on
the island for six months gathering and
curing abaiones. Three months ago an
unknown sloop from San Pedro called ut
the island. In the absence OF the China
mel the visitors stole everything eatable
In the camp and put out to sea. One OF
the Chinese died about a month ago and
the other two, when the Dawn arrived,
were too weak to move.
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Foreign.

The National Liberal Association OF Great
Britain at its annual meeting protested
against destroying two free and indepen.
lent nations, the Orange Free State and
he South African Republic.
Colonel Baden-Powell has armed the ma
ives at Mafeking and sent them against
ne Boer positions.
The affairs Of Chief Clarence, OF the Mos
1uito Territory, the pensioner OF the Brit
sh Government, who Is being sued Tor
iebt, have assumed such an acute stage
that he has appealed to the Government Tor
assistance.
Mrs. Steyn, the wife OF the President OF
:he Orange Free State, has been In Scot
land since last summer.
The German Reichstag has asked the
Bundesrath to amend the constitution so
as to permit members to receive salary.
Nicaragua Is preparing for war with
Costa Rica. Salvador will side with Costa
Rica in the event OF hostilities.
The Jamaican Legislative Council an.
proprialed 50, ,5D0, 900 to cover Government
expenses during the current year. Tae
people are greatly dissatisfied.
Serious disturbances are reported from
the northern part Of China; a Russian fleet
has arrived at Uhemulpo, and the English
cruiser Terrible has left Du-ban for Cht'
nese waters.
A British punitive expedition against
"head hunters" In the Pacific resulted II
the capture OF a number OF cannibals.
1t is reported from Lorenzo Marques
that Pretoria is prepared to stand steSe
OF two years.
The Norwegian three-masted schooner
Triton has been wrecked In Dunktrk
France, and ten O. her crew drowned.
The Transvaal Government has annullec
tho Belgian Railway concessions In South
Africa. Grave complications are probable
The Mexican Government has abolished
the practice OF allowing a portion OK tns
fines collected In custom houses to go &c
the employees.
The Danish Cabinet intimated to tne
King its desire to resign because OF tho III
titude OF the Folkethlng toward tho Gov
ernment's Taxation proposals.
War between Great Britain and Francs
NAV be very remote, but there Is good rea
son to believe that the British cablne'
thinks 1t enough OF possibility to give
considerable thought to the subject.
The London Times correspondent a
Bloemfontein cables: "Mr. Kruger has is
sued a proclamation annexlng the Free
state to the Transvaal. Mr.. Steyn I'M
mediately issued q counter proclamation
declaring the Free State intact ~
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THE TRADE CHECK EVIL
Suffering Workmen Appeal to WASH
ington Authorities For Relief.
IT lSSPREADING EAST AND WEST

Lumber camps b No" DoihE T>oof'~N
nv Business Men In All Parts OF th'
country-How Laboring People Ar
amec,ed by It-Bills In Congress.
WASHINGTON, D. c. (SpeciaD.-The secre
seryice Bureau Is being bombarded daily
With an ever-increasing fire Of letters beg
ring Tor official action to abate the trade
eheck evil, which is growing rapidly. Th'
hnreau Is alarmed at the state Of things re-
yealed by these letters, but is powerless to
remedy it.
The trade check system, which origin
ated in the lumber and mining camps o
the Northwest, is spreading southwark ana
eastward, and has.now got as far as In
diana, which is becoming honeycombef
with trade.check communities. Tue VIC.
Tins OF 1t are unable to find any way ou'
except to appeal to the Treasury Depart
ment, and the morning mail Is full OF such
appeals every day.
One case which Is fair sample OF theE
all was revealed IA letter received by the
Secret Service Bureau q few days ago.
The writer was q woman. Her huspano
vas sick, and she had no provisions In the
house. For some reason she could not gel
them at the company's stores, ana sne
could not buy trade checks whieh are
not redeemable IN money, and Wnlc1
The company stores. He had all his saw
Ings, enough to support them In comfort,
In trade checks, and she could not BUY
pound OF -four.
These corporations issue trade checks tc
their EMPLOYEES instead OF money. The
trade checks are redeemable, not In money,
but in goods, at the oface OF the company:
The result OF the system Is that at the END
OF q mans employ .nent be has no savings:
nothing to show tor his work but traoe
.hecks. and is penniless. II he refuses &c
take them and demands money he Is dis.
CHARGED, He can sue, OF course, but It Is
needless to say that that remedy Is mol
often invoked.
The Secret Service people say that the
trade check system, originally confined 70
lumber and mining camps, Is spreading 70
all sorts OF industries. In agricultural re-
rions in the Northwest the country STORES
have adopted trado checks in dealing wiz -
the farmers Of the surrounding country. II
works well enough while the farmers con-
nne themselves to exchanging cheeks for
goods at the stores, but the CHECKS look
fke money, and it is impossible to make
she more ignorant farmers understand that
they are not money. The result is that
trade checks are exchanged with other
money, and pass from hand to hand, ano
poor and ignorant people are continually
hnding themselves heavy losers,
Business men are also complaining to the
Secret Service Bureau, declaring. that In
regions where the trade check has come
into vogue it is impossible for any man tc
continue doing business in competition
With the company stores.
Since the opening OF Congress the West
srn delegatl ons have been flooded with
petitions for relief from this system. Mlnn'
osota Is hotbed OF 1t, and Senator nelson
Of tbat state, has introduced bill making
# criminal to issue such checks. A similar
bill has been introduced in the House.
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RAesI !. Mssa EisE DEAD J
He Wa. the Pr I Sssorpsss Jsdais, ID
Hero aud 1dSd 5 College,

He Was the Pie efofnaeA = udaisls
Hero saa q s coiissss /,
orso1ssAf1. 0klo grsdlsI) !. Rabbi rsaas
Mayer VIE sSdsEd. = he hsd nearly
reached Ills ehty -arst birthday. and
preparations weIs being, made BY the stu.
dents of the,coiiess Sois which he was the
founder aud eesid 10 celebrate the
event on April =
brew Uplon College and from, this instltp'
tlons 9tnfSkers have been graduated who
can nov hA found in every part OF this
eountfY E1t riany years he was also at
heRa ffm, Street Temple.
H8 # Steingrub, western Bo.
heM1 nd came TO Amerlca In
sI6lSI Ft charge was at Albany, N. Y.
s1S$3} (6s the pioneer. of reformed Ju-
81 merjcas having started 1t in 1858.
sfor sixl on the Cincinnati
Board and was for a number oil
trust68 OF Warmers College, Cln.
He Was an Industrious writer on
and poiemi6affop and for a num-
5earss rsswas.gsiI& Known as lecturer
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Minor Mention.

The United States recruiting station at
Reading. Penn, has been closed >'..,,
Strikes have greatly delayed the com
pletion Of the Cars Trans-Siberlan Ball
way.
The Astoria (Oregon) City Council has
put a bounty on rats rs a preeaution againsf
the plague.
It Is probable that the Civil Service Law
will be extended to the dependencies OF the
United States. y .-
All zinc .olling mills In Germany have
combined to sell their product through q
oomnon agency.
Two Indians from the Gland OF Hia-
Nsthsn, have visited Longtellow's home In
cambridge. Mass.
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CAREER OF GENERAL yoUBERr.
His Military Genius Made Possible the
Boer Victories Over the British.

His Military Genius Made Possible the
Boer Victories Over the British.
Petrus Jacobus Joubert, better known as
General Plet Joubert, was born In Cape
Colony and was of Huguenot and Dutch
descent. When he was seven years old Ills
parents moved to the Orange Free state,
where he received his training as a hunter
and his experience In fighting the natives,
which fitted him for his work as comman-
der OF the Boer army. 1t is said that he
never saw newspaper until be was nine
teen years old, but he obtained few books
on history and languages, which he studied
diligently and to great advantage. He was
sometimes called "Sllm Piet," or ShreWd
Peter.
$ The crowning feat o; General Joubert's
career was Majuba Hill, which resulted IN
the practical Independence OF the Beers,
though the suzerainty Of Great Britain was
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Boer.Britisl, War Notes.

The rainy season has begun In Natal. :.
General Roberts promised his men to
lead them iuto Pref oria. 81.
Indias subscriptions to the war Sund
have reached the sum OF S250,000. No.
The Beers are building new court houses
In Pretoria, In spite OF the present war.
Seven hundred and fifty men tHfio were
besieged In Ladysmith are writing histories
Vt the siege. s
Millions OF tons OF maize ard cfover are
being sent to South Africa from the Argsn-
tine for the British cavalry.
' Rhodes says the Boer fofcs never ex:
ceeded $4,000, and was exaggerated 10 s.
plain the British reversoS,
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Tho Labor World,

S The SEQ employees OF the Warrenville, 8.
Ecs cotton mill are on strike for higher
wages.
I. The strike OF the coal miners In Bohemia
and Sllesia, Austria, has collapsed owing
10 the lack or funds.
Twenty-Five girls employed IN the Wyom-
Ing Valley Lace Mills, at whkesparre'
Penn, are on a strike.
The hardest-worked persons IN Bavaria
Ara the waiter-girls. They are pusy FOUR
stesn 10 sixteen hours q day, ana never get
! day Oh.
The organized hght-work coopers Of New
YORK City have made genera DEMAND tor
- rias -hour work day, to so tnta taGect
sci Nayf - 81 ~
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Autom oblle 1ead to the White Mountain.

Autom obile Koad to tho White Mountains
A project is on foot to construct an auto
mobile road from New York City to tn,
mountain region of New Ham pshire. Th.
highway would 90 from New York Cit!
through the northern part of Connection
into the Berkshire region In Massachusett!
aud pass from Vermont to New Hampshir,
ut Bennin gton. In New Hampshire II
would tou ch the lake region at Sunape,
and Winnipiseogee. go up the west side 0,
the mountains as far as Lancaster and thel
east down through Dlxvllle Moth to th'
seacoust.
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ITroons A,nuse Themselves.

LONDON (By Cable).-A dispatch to the
Daily Null from Mafeking describes the
HUMOROUS side OF the siege. 1t appears
that the colonials set up bottles, inviting
the Beers to shoot at them, and then chaff
the enemy when the shots 90 wide. An
other trick OF the coloninls Is by persistent
concertina PLAYING to lure the Beers, ex-
cited by curiosity, to raise their heads from
the trenches, when they are promptly
sniped.
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Dr.Paui A. Stackpole. the Oldest medl-
cal practitioner In New Hampshire, was
found dead at Dover at the foot OF flight
OF stairs, down which he had fallen and
broken his neck. DR.. Stackpole occupied
an apartment alone. He was eighty-six
years OF age, and had been practlcing
medicine since 1S42
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SISsSSasEIper:t .Iahsars.

DR.. RlShatd g. Dewey rmerly head OF,
the KsrkS insane Asylum, - ;;insaneaadS
under rsstralnt In Chicago. BE originated
che cottage system, ;, under watch insane.
patients were divided Into different classes
After leaving KaDkakee, Dr.gDsWeyi estab
llshed private sanItarlum In Wisconstn. :
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DR.. HILLS ACCUSED OF HEREsY.

Pastor OF Plymouth Church Sends His
Resignation to the Chicago Presbytery.
nNEw YORK CrTY Especial. The Rev. Dr..
Newell Dwight Hills, Of the Plymouth
Church, Brooklyn, has sent his resignation
to the Chicago Presbytery.
This action was taken by him as a result
OF the charges OF that body that lie had
been guilty Of heresy and misreprssenta-
tion OF the creed.
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LIEUT.. GILMORE M WASHINGTON.
DO Calls on the Presidents and Tells the
Story OF His Capture and Escape.

wAsHISeros, D. G. CspeclaD. .-Lieuten-
ant Commander J. c. Gilmore, U. s. N.
whose captivity in the hands Of the Fill.
pinos made him an object of intense In
terest to The American people for eight
months last year, arrived in Washington
[r ON San Francisco.
a.. Z He was accompanied across the CONT.
he ut by Mrs. Gilmore, who went TO San
Francisco to meet him on his arrival there
On the transport Solace. Immediately
hYter reporting to the Bureau OF Navlga.
lion Gilmore paid his respects to Secre'
tary Long, who gave him warm greet
Ing. At tie Secretary's suggestion Mr..
Gil.more accompanied him to the White
House. Most OF the ten or afteen minutes
that Mr.. Gilmore spent In the President 8
ONCE was given up to recital OF the story
Of his capture and escape.
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Brave Sortte From Mafeking.

LONDON (By Cuble).-A dispatch from
Mafeking Gays: "All well. Our patrols are
active. We rushed ono Of the Boer In
trenchments and effectively fusllladed an.
other. We captured twsnty-six head Of
cattle and killed twelve Beers. Our loss
was two killed and three wounded"
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Famous Bank Thief Caught.

James Dunlap, locked up on suspicion o'
burglary In Chicago, went to that city soon
after his release from the penitensiary IN
Charleston, Mass, where he had been serv.
jno a term for Ills participation In the
Northampton Bank robbery, In which ne
and his confederates secured nearly ST.
,00, 900. When arrested Dunlap had with
aim S12S aud a satchel containing e sale
Blowing tools. He will be prosecuted foi
having burglars tools, Il no actual robbe-!
san be charged against him.
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In Honor of General Guy v. Henry.
An order has just been issued by the
War Department at Washington designat-
Ing the military post at Cayey, Porto Rico,
as Henry Barracks, In honor OF the late
Brigadier- G General Guy v. Henry, who was
military Governor Of Porto Rico from De-
,ember S, 1893. to May. 9; 1899, and who died
On October ., 1899. 91:S
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y:< Her Head Severed by Train.
Annie Toiande,a q beautiful Swiss girl en-
;ployed as governess, quarreled With her
sweetheart and placed her head on rail-.
.oad track near Paterson, N. j., calmly
waiting until she was dscap apitated.
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GUAM TO BE FORTIFIED
Island is Considered Not Less Stra.
egical Than Hawaii
Naval Base and \ CoalIng Station Planne'
at 4 Cost OF Several Millions For
Our Pacific Possession.

WAsaiSaToT, D. c. Especial, The nava
authorities have decided tha. Guam
stratesicaly Is OF scarcely less valIe thar
Hawaii, and hnve begun the preparation
Of plans to make it one OF the most i'm
portant naval bases on the Pacific. Tht
projected Improvements will involve an ex
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Colonies Against Boer Independence.
SYDNEY, Y. 8. W. (By Cable).-The Aus
tralian Premiers have Joined In cable
gram to Mr.. Chamberlain, declaring that 1t
is undesirable to conclude peace In South
Africa except on terms guaranteeing the
absolute supremacy OF British rule.