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Evening star., 1901-03-26
Citizens Of Somerset, Ohio, Have
Pitched Battle in Night.
ROBBERS BLEW OPEN SAFE
Made Their Escape With $4,000
Of Banks Money.
BLOODHOUNDS IN PURSUIT

SOMERSET, Perry County, Ohio, March
26.-Seven bandits partially wrecked the
state bank of Somerset early today, by
exploding a heavy charge Of nitro-glyce-
rine in the vault doors: secured 5000; ap-
propriated two livery rigs, held a posse of
citizens at bay and escaped in the face
of heavy fire. Bonds and securities to
the amount of $4,000 and 5000 In gold
coin were overlooked by the bandits The
bank was fully insured, and its business
will not be interrupted.
heavy explosion in the bank building
shortly before 2 am. aroused citizens Hv-
ing in the vicinity of the Bank of Somerset.
John Hayes. whose home is directly oppo-
site the bank building, raised a window
and quietly observed four men stationed
In front of the bank. He saw that the
whole front Of the two-story brick building
in which the institution was located, had
been shattered, and believing he could
frighten away the men, who, 1t was evil
dent, were much alarmed by the strength
of the explosion. hastily donned his clothes
and sailed forth.
Challenged by the Bandits.
When he reached the sidewalk he was
| challenged. Four rifles were pointed at
his head He remounted the stairs and
secured arms. Meanwhile many other per-
streets of the village. VIM. Lovett opened
fire the bandits with a rifle but his
aim was not of the best and his shots
only served to draw the fire Of the robbers
The shooting soon became general as cti-
zens crept toward the bank from all dt-
rections, and the robbers evidently began
to think of escape.
At a signal from the four on guard
three others emerged from the debris Of
the bank bearing several sacks into which
they had hurriedly placed their loot The
robbers were under good discipline, and
their leader gave his orders like military
leader: IAN ready, forward march,"
Single file they marched under the shad-
oWs of the trees which lined the sidewalks
turned corner, climbed into two car
rlages ana drove In northerly direction.
Found the Abandoned Carriages.
Citizens took up the chase and at am
found the carriages. deserted along the
roadside. The sheriff of Perry county had
been notified by telephone, and arrived at
daylight with a pack of bloodhounds which
will be used in the chase. The robbers were
successfully traced around town by the
hounds. 1t was found they had broken
open a blacksmith shop to secure tools. and
then had taken the carriages In which thew
escaped from livery stable near the bank
SO successful were the hounds in their work
that 1t is hoped the entire gang will be
bagged. w
President Samuel Ream of the Somerset
Bank said this morning that his institution
VIII Ilot suHer In the least except for the
inconvenience caused by the wrecking of
the vault and the blowing out of the front
portion of the building The loss ia fulIv
covered, he said. by burglar insurance. The
oulk OF the banks funds, he said, are on
ueposlt IN other cities; otherwise the rob-
bers might have been richly rewarded for
their daring deed.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
PAN-ENPOSITION STAMPS.
They VIII Re Placed on Sale Through
out the Country May L.


The pan-American series of postage
stamps which are being printed will be
ready for distribution among the post of
fees throughout the country April 90 and
they will be placed on sale May 1. Re-
quests for information concerning this
series are reaching the stamp division of
the Post Office Department and some requi-
sitiOns have been placed by postmasters.
The stamps are OF uniform dimensions
orc by LOG of an inch, the lower side be-
ing horizontal. The borders take the colors
OF the regular series on the same denomi-
nations at this date. The words Com
memorative series, 1901" and United
States of America" next below appear
above the vignette: the legend in a line
next below the central opening with the
denomination in line at the bottom, ap-
pears in the same order on all stamps of
the series. All the lettering is in white
Roman capitals. The numerals are all
white-faced Arabic in the Roman type ex-
eept the 1o-ceDt, which is the block-letter
type OF ngure condensed to secure space
for the two figures. The borders are well
separated from the central pictures and
the words OF denomination at the bottom
are preceded on the same line by the word
Postage All the central Illustrations are
from photographs as the objects represent
ed appear today, and are to be printed in
back.
The 1-cent stamp is designated by a side-
wheel lake steamer with one funnel On
the 2-cent stamp are a train of four cars
and four parallel railway tracks. An auto
mobile OF the closed-coach order, with two
men on the box. and part Of the United
states capitol are seen on the 4-cent
stamp. The largest single-span steel brtd ge
In the world bearing two trolley cars with
a view of Niagara Falls beyond is depfcted
on the scent stamp. The great ship canal
locks at Sault Ste. Marie Mich, are shown
on the Scent stamp. On the 1O-cent stamp
Is an American Line steamship with two
smokestacks and masts
Evening star., 1901-03-26
HAS NOT RESIGNED.
No Occasion for n Change In the
Spanish Legation Here.

Spanish Legation Here.
The recent change in the Spanish cabi-
net will not bring about any change in the
representation Of Spain at Washington
There was no occasion on the change of
the Spanish ministry for the Spanish minis
ter here. Duke de ARGOS, to tender his
resignation, and there has been no ex-
change with the Madrid authorities Of any
kind on the subject. This statement Is
made on the authority of Senior Riano,
first secretary Of the Spanish legation, and
puts at rest reports Of a purely fanciful
character that Duke de ARGOS had ten
dered his resignation, and that the minis
ter OF foreign affairs Is now urging him to
remain. At one time there was a custom
by which foreign representatives rendered
their designations on a change of ministry
But this has become obsolete since the
diplomatic service has been placed on a
permanent basis. In the case of Duke do
ARGOS, he has been identified entirely with
the diplomatic branch of the government
and not with the political rising from the
lower ranks Of attache and secretary TO his
present rank of minister 1t is Only in
the case Of a few ambassadors Identified
with politics that designations follow q
cabinet change There is no reason TO an
prehend, therefore, that the Duke de Arcos,
service in Washington will be interrupt cd
but, on the contrary, there is every assur,
ance that the post Is agreeable to him and
that his government has no thought Of
parting with his services here.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
ON COUNTERFEITER TRAIL.
Persistent Work of the Secret
Service.

Service.
The recent appearance of new circular
warning the public against a counterfeit
So note does not mean that the counterfeit
is a new one. The secret service last fall
got upon the track of the gang of counter
feiters who made this note, and the "shoy-
ers" have been very cautious about putting
out their bogus paper. There is often a
gap of some length between the discovery
of a job and the appearance of the counter
feits in circulation, depending upon the de-
gree of caution exercised by the malefac-
tors.
1t is hard to say how much loss is spared
to the country through the operations of
the secret service. because there is no
means of knowing how much bad money
would become current If it were not headed
off very promptly. The records of an aver
age year, however. show that about S40O0O
in counterfeits were discovered. of which
$4,000, In round numbers. fell into the
hands of the government before being
passed upon any one. The remainder, $780,
900, represents the actual measure of sue
cess of the criminals. AS there weie 600
arrests the average counterfeiter took his
punishment for the trifiing satisfaction of
imposing $50 a year unlawfully upon his
unsuspicious neighbors-a rather low figure
for term in prison and lifelong adver-
tisement in the rogues' gallery. The uti-
mate loss, except in cases where the work.
manShip was so very poor that any tyrO
could detect the fraud. fell upon banks and
other business houses having relations with
the subtreasuries for counterfeits find
their way into customers deposits, where
their Identity is lost, and only at a sub
treasury are they discovered and thrown
out by the tellerS.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
WILL ADJOURN THURSDAY
Maryland Legislature Has Done the
Work Mapped Out.

Maryland Legislature Has Done the
Work Mapped Out.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS. Nd.
March 26-The general assembly today de-
cided to finally adjourn the special session
Thursday. March %, at noon The two
bills for which the session was convened
have been passed. The election bill. which
disfranchises large proportion of the COL
ored votes, has been signed by the gov
ernor and the census bill will be signed
today. The sewerage bill, which creates
a perpetual sewerage commission in Balti-
more city and provides for bond issue
of s12OOOOOO, passed the senate today, and
will pass the house before the final ad-
1ournment. The enactment of the sewer
age bill is the price paid by ex-senator
German to Mayor Hayes for aid which Sc
cured the passage Of the election BILL
Mr.. German has been here ever since
the opening of the session pushing his
measures through. The ex-senator has had
a hard time getting the sewerage bill
through, so that he could keep his word
to Mayor Hayes. A vigorous application
of the party whip has enabled Mr., Cor
man to get the bill through the senate.
and the same means will doubtless nush
1t through the house. Mr. German is de-
lighted at the work which has been done
and prophesies a long lease of power to
his party as a result Of the legislation ac-
complished.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
MANY REFLECTIONS.
Eight Cases Disposed of nv tho
Chilean Claims Commission

The Chilean claims commission promises
to break all records in the rejection of
claims. In all there were 1S claims pre-
sented. 16 by the United States and 2 by
Chile, aggregating something over S3,OOO.-
oOo. or these cases have now been de-
cided. and the total allowances are So 900
against Chile IN one case, and 50 600 against
the United States In another. One of the
chief cases against Chile involved upward
of S1,OOO,0OO and Its disallowance In toto
makes an important reduction in the aggre-
gate The allowance In favor Of the United
States was that for an American citizen ar
rested in Chile some fifty years ago. The
allowance In favor of Chile grew out of
complications In one Of the consular offices
The most important case is that of the
ship ltata, which during the Chilean trou-
oies some years ago left San Francisco. 1t
was alleged, with arms and contraba nd
goods on board. Chile has made a large
claim for this alleged breach Of neutrality
The case will be about the last one disposed
or 1t is expected that two months more
Will complete the work, and that the final
report and adjournment of the Commission
will take place about May 27.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
PLACED ONWAI-TlNG ORDERS
PROF. Drown DETACHED FROM
THE NAVAL OBSERVATORY.
Prof. Harshman His Success0r-Action
of Secretary Long ON the Charges
Filed by Capt. Davis.

Secretary Long has closed the contro-
versy between Superintendent Davis and
Astronomer Brown of the naval observa-
tory by relieving Prof Brown from further
duty at the observatory. and placing him
on waiting orders. This action is the re-
suit Of personal investigation by Secre-
tary Long of all the papers bearing on
the case. Captain Davis filed - formal
charges against Prof. Brown, alleging
among other things, that the latter had
neglected his duty and was Intriguing"
to secure legislation providing for the
transfer of the control Of the observatory
from line officers Of the navy to scientists
skilled in astronomy
Prof. Brown, in his letter to the Sec
retary of the Navy on the subject ac-
knowledged the authorship Of the letters
which formed the basis of Captain Davis
charges and, according to the Secretary,
absolutely correct The Secretary said
this morning that he had concluded moth
Ing could be gained by court-martial pro-
ceedtngs, and the incident had been closed
officer will be given other duty in course
OF time, but its character has not yet been
determined.
Prof. Browns Successor.
He will be succeeded as director of the
Nautical Almanac, which was one Of his
duties at the observatory, by Prof. Walter
Scott Harshman. the junior professor of
mathematics in the navy. Prof. Harshman
is native Of Ohio, and was appointed a
professor of mathematics August 25 1900
He has been connected with the naval OBJ
servatory ever since.
Captain Davis will remain in charge of
the observatory until the fall, when his
three years term of shore duty will ex-
pfre, and he will be given command of
vessel. He has already made application
for sea service, but at present there Is no
sea command available.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
ROUGH VOYAGE OF LA GASCOGNE.
French Liner Buffeted Three Days by
High Seas.

NEW YORK. March 26.-Battered by
fierce seas and tossed about by terrific
gales. the French line steamer La Gascogne
arrived today from Havre forty-eight hours
overdue. The liner left Havre on March
10, and until March 20 had very fine wealth.
er. On the morning of March 21 the wind
came UP from the northwest and the gales
lasted throughout the following three days,
and several times the steamer was obliged
to turn tail and run before the fury of the
blast. Great seas broke over the starboard
side with enormous force, the lifeboats on
the upper deck were wrenched from the
davfts and smashed. the davits being bent.
almost double. Two of the life RATS wero
lifted bodily from the upper deck and Drop
ped down upon the upper structure smash,
ing skylights and ventilators The rafts
were stove in many places and damaged
beyond repair. Fortunately none of the
passengers were hurt.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
BUREAUS TO BE FORMED.
New System in the Department of
Agriculture,


Agriculture.
Secretary Wilson has perfected arrange
ments so that the bureau system provided
for in the reorganization plan authorized
by the last Congress may be entered upon
by the Department of Agriculture July 1
without hitch or friction. The bureaus to
be created out of the various divisions and
sections of the department are the bureaus
Of plant industry, forestry, chemistry and
soils. The bureaus already established are
the weather bureau and the bureau of an
imal industry. The work of the bureau
Of plant industry includes vegetable path
illogical and physiological Investigations,
botanical Investigations and experiments,
pomologtcal and grass and forage plant
Investigations and the care and cultivation
of experimental gardens and grounds.
Secretary Wilson said today in the mat
ter of the bureau system: THE grouping
together of scientists in kindred lines of
work will enable us to bring to bear on
each subject considered and on each un-
dertaking before 1t is begun the expe-
rience of all the division chiefs interested,
avoiding duplication of work which quite
frequently occurs under our present divi-
sional system, and in that regard will en-
able US to economiZe."
Evening star., 1901-03-26
Transported by the HancocIr

Gen. Shafter, at San Francisco, has noti-
fed the War Department that the trans
port Hancock sailed yesterday for Manila
with Col Sanger and Lieut.. Col Maus, in
spectors general; Lieuts. Sheriff. and Lee
Engineer Corps; Major Potter, surgeon;
Capts. Littlefeld. Kenyon and Cox. assist
ant surgeons; I'd Squadron, 9Th Cav
airy, 327 enlisted men and following off,
GERS: Lieut.. Col. Rucker. Major West
Capts. Cheever and Cole, Lfeuts. Parker
Eltinge and Ryan; Companies C, d, h and
M, 7th Infantry, $50 enlisted men and fol-
lowing officers: Lieuts. Wallace, Otwell
kerst, Rosenbaum, Bent, Knox and Berry
Twelve hospital corps men,
Evening star., 1901-03-26
COMPANY HAS NOT SOLD OUT.

Mr.. Wallace Denies Rumor az to
American ShiDbuflding Co.
CLEVELAND, Ohio. March 28-Prom-
inent stockholders as well as the officials
Of the American Shipbuilding Company in
this city deny that the Morgan syndicate
Is endeavoring to secure control Of their
company. It is pointed out that Senator
Hanna, who is reported to be negotiating
the deal with ]. Pierpont Morgan. is a very
small stockholder in the American Ship
building Company. 1t is said that Mr..
Hanna controls less than per cent of the
stock OF the company.
James c. Wallace. a large shareholder and
also general manager Of the company, said
today: II am positive there is nothing In
the story"
Evening star., 1901-03-26
Postmaster Gordon Calls.

Charles U. Gordon. the retiring post
master at Chicago. called at the Post Of
flee Department yesterday with his sue
cessor. F. e. Coyne. They saw Mr.. Dawson.
private SECRETARY to the Postmaster General,
The formal transfer of the Chicago office
from Mr.. Gordon to MT. Coyne will be
made April l.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
MADAME SEMBRICH COLLAPSES
The Famous Singer Has Overtaxed
Her Throat.

SAN FRANCISCO, March 2e.-Mme. Sem
brich may never sing in public again. Her
physicians have advised the famous So
prano to cancel all engagements and retire
to her home in Dresden for rest. In COM
pliance with this advice Nine. Sembrich
will start east tomorrow. Manager Graft
has disbanded the company and the entire
organization will return to New York
Nine. Sembrich was attacked with severe
throat trouble in Salt Lake. and on her
arrival in this city there was no improve
ment. She insisted on appearing on the
opening night, however, and since that
time has been confined to her rooms and
has gradually grown worse. Her voice is
said to have been overtaXed
Evening star., 1901-03-26
MAY ACCEPT THE CHALLENGER
Oxford and Cambridge Nav Nee,
Yale and Harvard

Oxford and Cambridge May Meet
Yale and Harvard.
LONDON, March 26.-Indications point to
Oxford and Cambridge's acceptance of the
challenge by Yale and Harvard for a Sc
ries Of regular track games. The English
team in that case will consist Of the frsts
and seconds in the events to be decided
Friday at the tnteruniversity contest The
presidents and treasurers of the Oxford
and Cambridge Athletic Unions will confer
Saturday. and decide on the nature of the
answer to the challenge.
Cambridge men who were interviewed by
a representative of the Associated Press
this afternoon at their training quarters
all expressed themselves as keenly desirous
Of going to the United States, though they
were rather afraid Of the hot weather, and
would prefer to have their contest in Sep
tember instead Of July.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
DISTRESS ON NAvAssA ISLAND.
The MayfOwer Dispatched to Investi
gate and Give Relief.

The Mayfower has gone to Navassa Is
land from Porto Rico to look into condl-
tions there, and afford such relief as may
be necessary to the few American work.
men on the island. Relatives of Mr.. Wood
ward and some Of the laborers have
written to the Navy Department that the
men are in great distress for lack of food,
and the MayfOwer is to supply the de-
ficiency. The island is being worked as a
guiana deposit by a Baltimore concern, and
this is not the first time that the United
States government has had to step In be-
cause of labor troubles.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
Fourth-ciass Postma.ter. Appointed

Fourth-ciass Postmasters Appointed.
j. c. Dumer was appointed postmaster
today at Fullerton. Baltimore county, Nd,
vice August Dumer, deceased.
w. l.. Powers was appointed postmaster
at Northwest, Norfolk county. Va, vice
A. ]. Fulford removed.
The number Of fourth-class ,postmasters
appointed today was forty-six. Forty of
these Vere to fill vacancies caused by
death and resignation. Five were removed
at the end Of four years service.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
REVOLT AT TURKISH RULE.
Shefkh Hamfd ed Din Raises H
Standard in Yemen

CONSTANTINOPLE, March 28.-The we'll
known Arab. Sheikh Hamid ed Din, has
again raised the standard of. revolt against
Turkish rule in Yemen, one Of the principal
divisions Of Arabia.
The village near Monastir which, 1t was
announced yesterday. had been burned is
named Kruprik. One hundred and seventy
houses in the place are reported to have
been destroyed by the marauders, and a
number of the inhabitants, who are made
up OF Mussulmans and Bulgarians, are said
to have been killed.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
The TOrDedO ROafs

Six torpedo boats-the Gushing, Ericsson,
Du Pont, Foote. Porter and Stockton-are,
lying in reserve at the Norfolk yard.
awaiting the spring maneuvers Of the tor,
pedo boat fotilla. The Winslow now re-
pairing at the Delaware Breakwater, and
the Rodgers, which is completing repairs
at the Brooklyn yard, will join them upon ,
the completion of the work.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
Cauaul H0Ilfa HerN.

Mr.. w. Stanley Hollis. the United States
consul at Lourence Marquez, has arrived
in Washington and is in frequent confer
ence with officials OF the State Depart
ment. 1t is stated that his presence here
at this time is not especially significant
and is in connection with his leave of alb
sence. Mr.. Hollis declines to discuss af.
fairs connected with the war in South
Evening star., 1901-03-26
DARING ATTEMPT TO KIDNAP BOY.
Little Fellow Managed to Escape
From His CaDtora.

Little Fellow Managed to Escape
From His Captors.
WILKESBARRE. Pa, March 26-A dar-
ing attempt was made to kidnap Edward
McAvoy. aged eleven years, Of this city
today. Two men picked him up in the
yard Of his fathers house. carried him to
a surrey, placed a handkerchief saturated
with chloroform ove- his nose: and drove
away.
The child became unconscious from the
drug, and when he revived he found him
self on the back seat Of the vehicle. which
was then 5arring over country road
Young McAvoy jumped from the carriage.
One of the men ran after him, but the
youngsters cries attracted the attention
OF the occupants OF another carriage which
was passing at the time, and the ktdnapers
becoming scared, whipped up their horses
and disappeared.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
WENT CRAZY ON TRAIN.
Fl. Boiler Destroyed and Threw AVA,
$2.SOO,

ATLANTA. Ga. March pa special to
the Constitution from Richmond, Va, says
H. Boiler, en- route from Louisiana to sail
for his old home in Germany, became crazy
on the train and tore up and threw away
$500, for which he had Just sold his farm
near Shreveport. He had to be put under
destraint and upon reaching Charlottesville
was placed in jail.
Evening star., 1901-03-26
Steel Rails Sold to Chile.

Consul Caples at Valparaiso, In a dis
patch to the State Department, reports as
an instance of the increasing trade in rail-
way material between the United States
and Chile that the Pittsburg branch of the
Carnegie Steel Company has recently sold
1900 tons of steel rails to that govern
ment
Evening star., 1901-03-26

Ashland, Va. Post ONCE Robbed.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
RICHMOND. Va, March 26--Tne post
office at Ashland. sixteen miles north Of
Richmond. was forced open by burglars
last night. the safe dynamited and 81. GOO
worth OF stamps stolen. An equal amount
IN the back portion of the safe was over
looked. There is no clue to the burglars
Evening star., 1901-03-26
BLIZZARD VISITS COLORADO.
Situation at Julesburg is the Worst
Since 1890.

JULES Col, March 26.-The blizzard
tnat has been raging at Julesburg and vi
cln1ty Is the worst storm known here since
leSo Many cattle have perished by drift
Ing with the storm. Others have been
smothered In snowdrifts in bitches and the
river. Huge drifts eight to- ten feet high
block all roads. No trains are coming In,
and thirteen passenger trains are blocked
here. In several instances residences are
completely surrounded by huge banks of
snow. :.