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Notice OF appointment of administrator s..
For all other advertising legal rates will be
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CALLED ON THE GOVERNOR.
Mysterious Woman Pleaded for a Par
don for the Riddles.

HARRISBURG, Jan. 3O.-A mysterious
woman recently called on Governor Stone
and pleaded with him to pardon the Biddle
brothers. The woman was about twenty
two years old. dressed in the height OF
fashion and made a special request OF the
Governor not to disclose her name. The
executive declined TO pardon the brothers.
but granted a respite that their case might
be heard by the Board or Pardons, on
Wednesday next, on an application for a
Communication of sentence to life imprison-
ment.
When the Governor learned that Il was
reported that Mrs. Soffel, wife OF the
prison warden. the woman who Wis
tied him. he gave out d statement denying
that his visitor was Mrs. Soffel. His state
ment follows: THE lady who called upon
me was not Mrs. Soffe and had no possible
connection with her. She Is a lady of re-
spectability OF Pittsburg, who came purely
out Of sympathy from reading the pro-
ceedings of the trial as many other sympa-
thetic people come. She can have posi-
bic connection with the escape OF the pris-
oners. She did not wish her name dis
closed. To give her name would expose
her and her family 10 an unpleasant and
unnecessary nOtoriety. Any Information
desired by the district attorney OF Pitts
burg will be given 10 him in confidence"
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Alderman Stubig Gratefully Tells
How the Wonderful Medicine
Cured Him of Bright's Disease.

IA Roscoe Boulevard. Chicago. Oct. 70,
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HARDSHIPS OF MARINES.
Rear Admiral ROdgers's Report on
the Samar March.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3O.-Secretary Long
to-day received the following cablegram
from Rear Admiral Rodgers at Cavite con-
corning the march of the marines across
Samar: "Details Of Walters expedition
across Samar not yet received. Much cred
connection with rescue of detachment IT
LOgnang. Marines in Samar will be re-
lieved in about ten days"
Second dispatch reads: Following
casualties in Captain Porter's command
while attempting to march from Lognang
to Rosey, Samar: Lieut.. A. S. Williams,
slightly wounded in chest and suffering
from weeping eczema; Corporal w. Stat
terry, Privates ]. McBay, E. Witzell, ]. W.
Hacker, w. d. Smith, r. Desmond, J.
Egan, T. J. Corey, condition serious from
weeping eczema; Privates p. ]. Connell,
T. San julie, ]. n. Foster T. ]. Bredtt. J.
Woods, F. F. Brown, T. Murray, NJ Bas-
sett, L. A Bailey and ]. Baronc, missing,
hope abandoned"
Lieut. William r. Shoemaker, who IS
commended in Admiral Rogers's first re-
port, commands the gunboat Arayat, and
has figured with distinction in number of
engagements in the islands. Weeping
eczema" mentioned in the second cable
gram, is a form OF that skin disease IN
which the encrusted cuticle breaks and
the sores run. Previous reports from
Admiral Rogers have shown that the ma
rines suffered great hardships from expo
sure in their march through the rough
country of the island
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Gen. Chaffee Thinks There VIII BE
No Trouble Anywhere Except
i'm Samar by Feb. Fl.
PRAISE FOR w. R. SHOEMAKER
ADMIRAL RODGERs'S REPORT on
THE MARCH OF MARINES.
Commander of n Gunboat Comment ed
for Rescuing Sunerers-Lisf
of Casualties.

MANILA. Jan. SO.-The general outlook
for pacification in the archipelago every
where, outside the Island of Samar, has
never been so favorable since the original
outbreak of the Filpinos' insurrection as
at the present time The insurgents have
been broken up into small bands, and are
everywhere fleeing for shelter. They sur
render daily, are captured or are killed.
The policy Of RECOMMENDATION and the stern
measure Of closing the ports TO commerce
have accomplished everything expected of
them. General Chaffee still hopes that by
the end Of February the Island OF Samar
alone will remain not pacihed
Those provinces bordering on the prov
inces of Batangas and Laguna, in southern
Luzon, have been patrolled by the native
constabulary, who have done excellent
work, and who have received the COM
mendation of General j. Franklin Bell,
commanding in those provinces. The men,
bers Of the United States Philippine Com
mission are proud of this constabulary.
which was organized following their sug-
geStion, and the greatest care is eXer-
ciSed in the selection of officers for this
force. During the past month eighty-two
military posts have been handed over TO the
native constabulary.
General Chaffee has taken effective steps
to make sure that there Will be no fric-
ton between the military and civil author
tiles. The most positive orders have been
issued to all military commanders TO CO.
operate in every way with the civil au-
thorities, without relaxing in severity when
they have occasion to deal with active
insurgents.
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PROPOSED EXPLORATIONS.
Pan-Americnn Conference Adopts an
Important Resolution.

MEXICO CITY, Jan. 30-The Pan-Ameri-
can conference at it's session this afternoon
approved an important resolution looking
10 the improvement of fiuvial communica-
tions in South America. 1t is in part as
follows
Whereas, In accordance with the Expose
Demontif and the Memoir presented TO the
International American conference by Gen
eral Rafael Reyes descriptive of his ex-
great photographic bases of South America
is shown to be practicable, thus affording
a navigable route from the Orinoco to the
Plata through the heart OF the continent
the signatory nations have agreed on the
following:
''First-The holding of geographical
fluvial conference in which the European
nations will be represented and which will
meet at City of Rio Janero within a year
Second-To organize geographical eX-
ploratlOn commissions.
'Third-To organize an international
bureau whose mission will be TO compile
the data obtained a result OF the ex-
ploratiOns and to submit to the interested
governments a general project for estab-
fishing communication by the hydrographi-
cal bases in question.
'-Fourth-To study all matters that are
connected with the foregoing project that
may tend to a more rapid execution of the
be taken by the interested governments.
either individually or collectively, TO pro-
mote the welfare of those regions
The above convention is signed by Fer
nando T. Gauchalla, for Bolivia; Lorenzo
Anadon, for. Argentine; Manuel Alvarez
Calderon, for Peru; Cecilio Baaez, for
Paraguay: General Rafael Reyes. for Co
lombis and by Juan Cuestas, for Ecuador.
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CERTIFICATES OF ORIGIN
TO BE REQUIRED ON CERTAIN
GOODS If THE BILL BE PASSED.
Count Won POsadovsky-Wehne
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS by Anti
American Members.

BERLIN, Jan. 3O.-The government was
defeated to-day in the tariff committee of
the Reichstag by fifteen votes to ten on
the amendment of Herr Camp (Conserva-
tive) requiring the production of certificates
of origin of all goods subject to duties diff
fering in amount according to the country
where they were manufactured. Failing
the production of certificates of origin the
duty shall be imposed except I'm cases
where no doubt exists that the goods were
made in a country entitled to lower rates,
ia which case certificates may be dispensed
with.
The committee voted on this amendment
Immediately after Count Won Posadowsky-
Wehner. the imperial secretary of state for
the interior. speaking for the government.
had said: THE federated governments can
not accept any provision making certih-
Gates of origin an ordinary requirement
1 regret that the committee is devoting
so much time to discussing amendments
that cannot become law"
The committee adopted the first section of
Paragraph s. which is as follows: "Dutiable
goods from any country treating German
ships and German goods less favorably
than it treats those OF other states may be
SNbJNNANNf bNsANNS viz ANehloA uNAl, 10
double rates or the full value of the goods
Goods not subject to duty can be taxed
half their value"
Count Won Schwerin-Loewitz (Conserva-
tiVe) offered an amendment empowering
the government 10 treat the goods i'm
ported from foreign countries with the
same duties and the same customs regu-
latiOns that such countries apply 10 Ger
man goods I'm far the treaties would
permit of such action.
Herr Beumer said that German duties
especially against the United States. were
too low.
Baron Heyl Zu Herrnsheim. Liberal.
complained OF the heavy trade balances
against Germany in the American trade.
lie said German exports TO the United
States had remained stationary since 1898.
try had increased from 402000000 10 1OO3-
100000 marks. He submitted comparative
tables OF the duties collected by Germany
and the United States purportng TO show
that American duties on twenty-five staple
lines ranged from II per cent on sole
leather 10 1000 per cent. on writing ma
chimes higher than the duties collected by
Germany. other examples cited by Baron
Hcyl Zu Herrnsheim were BICYCLES on
which he said the American duty was $50
per cent higher than that collected by
Germany; sewing machines, on which the
American duty was from 100 To $50 per cent
higher; furniture, $50 per cent. higher, and
tobacco leaf. l s32 per cent higher The
speaker protested that he did not desire a
tariff war.
But" said Herr Gothein. these amend
ments provoke tarin war. The increase
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WORK OF THE HOUSE.
Permanent Census bureau Measure
Amended and Passed.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 30-The House to-
day passed the bill for the creation of
permanent census bureau. The friends of
the civil-service law. who were opposed TO
making the employees of the bureau eligible
for transfer or retention. were overwheln-
ingly defeated BY the terms of the bill
the permanent organization will succeed
the present temporary organization July /.
1902. and all employees on the rolls upon the
date OF the passage of the act will become
eligible FOR transfer 10 other departments
or retention in the permanent organization.
The bill also provides for "A manufacturing
census in 1898 and for the collection of GER
tain special statistics annually.
Mr.. Moody, of Oregon. from the commit
tee on mining. presented a bill for the pro-
lection OF the lives of miners in the Terri
tories 1t provides that in every mine over
100 feet in depth mine owners be required to
provide $500 cubic feet of pure air for ev-
cry fifty miners.
Mr.. Lacey. OF Iowa. the author of the
bin. urged the importance Of proper venti-
latiOn OF coal mines. He offered an amend
ment providing that the managers of coal
mines should employ shot hrers to fire
shots therein. 1t was adopted and the bill
passed
While the bin was being discussed some
thing of stir vas caused by the appear
ance of officers and marines o. the German
cruiser Moltke. who marched into the pub
nc gallery IN UNIFORM ana accoutred with
their side arms. The confusion was so pro-
nounced that the speaker was obliged to
call the House TO order.
The House then went into committee of
the whole and entered upon the cOnsdera-
tion OF the bill for the creation of a per
manent census bureau. Mr. Hopkins
chairman OF the census committee. which
planned it's provisions. He said that the
committee, in the preparation Of the bill.
had endeavored TO meet the demands of the
House as evidenced when the bill was De-
fore the House ten days ago.
Mr. Gillett. OF Massachusetts. chairrna n
OF the ctvtl-service committee. opposed the
bill. which. he argued. would keep the
friends OF members OF Congress in office
and initiate against those who in good
faith had passed the civil-service eXamina-
ton. Mr. Gillett offered but the House
rejected an amendment to provide that all
new appointments In the census Office shall
be made In accordance with the require
ments or the ctvil-servfce act and author
izing the President, in his discretion, to
classify the employees In the census Office
An amendment was adopted providing
that all employees or the census bureau
should be citizens OF the United States.
Mr. Maddox. OF Georgia. demanded the
yeas and nays on the passage OF the bill,
but only eleven members seconded the de-
Inand and the bill was passed without divf-
sion Several hundred employees OF the
census bureau, who were in the gallery.
applauded the announcement that the bin
had passed. At sos p. m. the House ad-
Journed-
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Americans Want the Isle of Pines.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 9O.-AIr. T. J. Keen
an, of Pittsburg, as chairman of a meeting
of Americans and others held at the Isle
of Pines tomorrow will present to Presi-
dent Roosevelt the following resolutions,
urging that steps be taken under the treaty
of peace with Spain by which the Isle Of
Pines was ceded 10 the United States:
Resolved, That we, the undersigned
property owners and residents on the Isle
Of Pines. representing in our own persons,
or as authorized agents. the ownership OF
more than one-half of the area OF the Isle
of Pines, respectfully petition that the
formal acquisition of the island by the
United States be accomplished as speedily
possible; and we earnestly hope that
whatever change in government such ac-
QUESTION may involve may be a change in
form only. and that the flag of the United
States, which for more than three years
has foated above our island, may never
be hauled down
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AIDED BY A WOMAN.
CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE

CONCLUDED FROM FIRST PAGE)
tered the door of his wifes room he was
shot dead. The burglars then fed. A few
hours later Detective Patrick Fitzgerald
and two officers surprised the Biddle broth
ers at their home Fulton street. but
before they were captured Fitzgerald was
killed and Edward Biddle, who shot him.
was dangerously wounded. Walter Dorman,
sic BOdine and Jennie Seekers. were also
arrested. Dorman turned States evidence
and the two Biddles were convicted of Kah-
neys murder and sentenced TO be hanged,
John on the 18th Of this month and Edward
on the 18th. but three days before the date
set for Johns execution they We're respited
until Feb. p and q by Governor Stone. so
that their cases could go before the pardon
board at its coming meeting. Dorman lie
still in Jail awaiting sentence. The women
were released.
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MURDERED MANS WILLS
FURTHER TESTIMONY AGAINST
LAWYER ALBERT It. PATRICK.
Signatures to Papers Purported 10
Have Been Signed by Rice De-
cIared to BE Forgeries.

NEW YORK, Jan. 30.-When Recorder
Goff closed court for the day in the trial
of Albert T. Patrick for the murder Of
William Marsh Rice he had for the tenth
time ruled out the admission Of the Rice
will OF 1885, which the prosecution has
been trying to get into the record.
Following the evidence of Banker Nor
man S Medium, who was again on the
stand to-day, that the signature TO the
assignment Of Mr. Rice's estate to Patrick
was a forgery and that the signature to the
1896 will was genuine. came the testimony
of Joseph L. Blinn, of Springfield, Mass, a
nephew of the dead man. Mr.. Blinn told of
being summoned to New York by Patrick
and said the latter told him he (Blinn) was
to get 1900 of the estate under the 1900
or Patrick will Cross-eXamination of Mr.
Blinn by counsel for the defense brought
out that there was an arrangement by
which witness was 20 receive $4,000 from
the Rice estate If the 1896 will were pro-
bated. Under this 1896 will Mr.. Blinn's
share was s., 1000. Witness said that the
arrangement was in writing. 1t came from
Col. Joseph Rice civilian Marsh Rice's
nephew, and he (Blinn) had signed the
paper.
Two Texans teSuhed to-day. They were
Emanuel Raphael, secretary and manager
Of the Houston Clearing House. and also a
trustee of the Rice Institute, and Arthur
b. Cohn, clerk and agent Of w. NJ Rice at
Houston Mr. Raphael told of the plans
for the Rice Institute. He swore he was
familiar with Rice's signature, and that
the signatures the checks, the assign
ment of the Rice estate TO Patrick. and
the paper which revoked Captain Baker S
right to Rice's safety deposit box were
forgeries. Mr.. Conn swore the signatures
to the 1900 will, the checks ana the assign
ment were not genuine.
A large part of the afternoon was devoted
to the testimony OF the newspaper reporters
10 whom Patrick gave a statement Of the
case before his arrest. and further evidence
as TO the safety deposit box and. its con-
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Manufacturing Statistics.

WASHINGTON, Jan. SO.-The statistics
of the manufacturing industries for the
United States as shown by the official re-
turns of the twelfth census were announced
Census Bureau to-day. These figures do
not include establishments with a product
of less than $500. governmental establish
ments or penal, eleemOsynary, and educa-
tiOnal institutions. which were not reported
al the eleventh census. The summary as
compared with the figures for 1890. follows
Number of establishments 5l2,55. an in
crease of "A per cent. Capital s.. S53 sec. 7Sg
an increase of 81 per cent. Wage earners
average number, $50 59S, an increase of %
per cent: total wages. 81. 232. 407. 257. an in
crease of % per cent. Miscellaneous ex-
penses, Stops. 55O653. an increase Of 63 per
cent Cost of materials used 1893 9f6 c3O
an increase Of ~ per cent. Value of
products including custom work and re-
pairing. S13,0l9. %, ga, an increase of 80 per
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National Capital Notes.

WASHINGTON, Jan. Ex-Governor Taft
and Secretary Root took luncheon with the
President to-day.
The army board appointed to consider the
question of military posts and camps will
reconvene here tomorrow with a view of
finally considering the important questions
before it.
The Senate, in executive session, to-day
ratified the extradition treaties recently
negotiated with Denmark and Belgium and
the treaty affecting the descent OF property
between the United States and Guatemala.
Secretary Long has acted on the case of
Naval Cadet Walter +. Jacobs, a member
of the fourth class at the Naval Academy,
who was recently convicted by court-mar-
tial Of irregularity in his studies and sem
fenced to be dropped from the academy.
In view OF certain eXtenuaung circum-
stances, Secretary Long has recommended
that the sentence be cOmmuted to
provide that Cadet Jacobs be put back one
year at the Naval Academy. As the case
involves the question of dismissal the Pres
ident has yet TO act.
About twenty of the petty officers of the
German warship Moltke, now here. We're
among the spectators in the galleries at the
opening of the Senate to-day.
The Senate to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations: w S. Metcalf, pension
agent at Topeka, Kan; II. Skinner, United
States attorney for the Eastern district of
North Carolina.
The President has appointed the follow
ing board of visitors at the Naval Acad-
envy: William Butler Duncan, New York;
Francis Rawle, Philadelphia; James r.
May, Portsmouth, n. H.; l.. w. McGruder,
Vicksburg, Miss. Eugene l.. Zimmerman,
Cincinnati, o.; George II. Winston, Raleigh,
n. c.. Francis b. Gait, Tacoma, Wash.
The State Department has received a
cablegram from Consul General Bingham,
at Cape Town, South Africa, bearing date
of yesterday, stating that Congressman
Thompson's lost son had sailed from Cape
Town hOmeWard bound. 1t is believed the
young man is l.. L. Thompson, jr., a young
MissOurian. a constituent of Representa- tive
Cooney who. after first attempting to en-
list in the American army, shipped to
South Africa with a cargo of horses and
mules and had not been heard from for
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REAR ADMIRALs TO RETIRE.
Sampson and Cromwell to Quit Active
Service on Feb. 8.

WASHINGTON. Jan. 3O.-The Navy De-
partment to-day issued an order that Rear
Admirals William 7. Sampson and B. J.
Cromwell will be placed on the retired list
the 9th prox. on account of age. Adj
miral Sampson is now in this city on wait
ing orders. his health having compelled his
REIMBURSEMENT OF active duties several
months ago. Admiral Cromwell is in COM
mand of the European station.
These retrements will result in the pro-
motion of Captains Z. H. Cooper and
George II. Wadleigh to the grade OF rear
admiral. Rear Admiral John A. Howell
the ranking officer in that grade, who is
now serving as president of the Naval Re
firing Board. will retire March 16 and the
vacancy thus created in the list of rear
admirals will be filled by the promotion of
Capt A. S. Crowninshield, chief of the
Bureau of Navigation. As has been already
stated Admiral Crowninsheld, when pro-
NOTED, will succeed Admiral Cromwell in
command of the European station.
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Proposed New steamship Line.

CHICAGO, Jan. 30.-A steamsh hip line from
the great lakes 10 Quebec to connect there
with ocean steamers from Europe is as
sured for the coming season Negotiation
have just been closed for the construction
of a sufficient fleet To carry the traffic. The
American Shipbuilding Company will COM
plete the first of the steamers and have
il ready for service by midsummer. Pend
ing the building OF its own feet a suffi-
cient number Of steamers have been char
tered and will be placed In service on the
opening OF navigation in the spring
The new line will be operated by the St
Lawrence and Great Lakes Transportation
Company, Incorporated in West Virginia
of which A. b Wolvin. OF Duluth, IS presi-
dent It's capital stock Is $4,000.