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REFUSE TO ARBITRATE.
Supposed Answer of Operators
to Anthracite Miners.

Scranton Pa, May 9-When the ex-
eeutive boards of the three anthracite
coal districts of the United Mine
Workers of America went into secret
session this morning the situation 50
far as could be learned had not changed
from yesterday, when President Nit
eheu wired to operators Offering to sub
NIT the disputed points to an impartial
arbitration board to be named by the
Industrial department of the civil fed
President Mitchell adhered to his de-
termination not to divulge the nature
OF the operators answers. He would not
even admit that he had received any,
but it was freely asserted, nevertheless,
that the operators had refused to arbi-
trate-
A union official stated today that
President Mitchell has exhausted every
means to secure an an1cable adjustment
of differences, but it does not necessari-
" follow that the executive boards Will
declare for a strike. It is known
that the members of the boards are dl-
vided on the question Today the repre-
sentatives from District No I, com
prising the Scranton and Wyoming
region, insist on the enforcement of the
Shamokin declaration, while the com
mitteemen from Districts No and 8,
comprising the lower anthracite region,
appear to favor some measure short OF
extreme action.
It is now a question of whose views
shall prevail when the test vote is call
ed for and both sides are very closely
matched in voting strength. Just when
this vote will be reached is uncertain
The boards are expected to issue a
detailed statement describing the steps
taken by the mine workers to secure
improved conditions and the repeated re-
f11sal of the operators to grant conces-
sions.
district No 9 leader said today:
'sThere is an honorable way out
without calling a strike" but he de-
c1fned to point out the road Of re-
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Are Laid to Rest at the Nations
Capital.
IN ALL DEPARTMENTS
The United States Government
is Represented.
Ceremonies Directed by Rear
Admiral Terry.

Washington, May 9.-With pomp and
circumstances exceeding that Of any ma
val funeral in this country in recent
years at least, the remains of the late
VIM. Thomas Sampson. rear admiral
in the United States navy and comman-
der-in-chief of the United States naval
forces on the North Atlantic station
during the war with Spain, We're today
laid to rest.
Every department of the national gov
ernment was represented-the executive
by the president and his cabinet and
many prominent officials of the civil ser
vice; the legislative BY senators and
representa- tives; the judiciary by the
United States supreme court and the
military and naval services by officers
of all ranks The diplomatic body, ac-
companied in many cases by their ladies
attended the church service.
The military and naval features Of the
ceremonies were brilliant and impress
sive. They We're conducted under the
direction of Rear Admiral Terry. COM
mandant of the Washington navy yard,
assisted by Lieutenant Henry George,
the adjutant general. The funeral es-
cOrt gathered early. 1t was composed
of the light battery Of United States
artillery, commanded by Capt. Foots
and drawn from Fort Myer, the naval
cadets from Annapolis, 247 strong.
a corps that never has paraded in Wash
l0RIDH before save on SGNEEal OCCdSlOll1
when president was to be inaugurated;
battalion of blue-jackets from the
North Atlantic squadron of which Ad-
miral Sampson formerly was COM
mander.
Rear Admiral Terry, commanding the
escort, with his staff, assembled at the
church at half past nine. The word
Of command was given and the cadets
swung into line and headed by the ma
val academy band, marched slowly from
the church to the residence of the dead
admiral on New Hampshire avenue,
about a half a mile away. There the
honorary pall-bearers were gathered.
headed by Admiral Dewey. The re-
mains, borne on the shoulders of eight
stalwart sailors from the United States
steamer Dolphin were placed in the
waiting hearse and escorted to the
church Here the battalion formed in
/ liae on the north and silently saluted
as the remains were carried into the
church and placed on the bier in the
/ chaneel.
As many people as the large edihce
possibly could seat were assembled in
/ the body of the church The first pew
| to the right of the central aisle was as
| signed to the president and his family
| and back of them sat the foreign ann
! bassadors. The United States cabinet
were in the rear of the ambassadors.
preceding in order the ministers from
! foreign countries. Then came repre-
| sentatives of societies. uniformed army
officers, people in high social station
ment bureaus and the navy yard.
To the left of the main aisle the first
pew was assigned to the mourners, the
members of the Sampson family and
their closest friends The supreme court
sat next and behind them the select
committees from the senate and house
/ of representatives and then many in
! dividual senators and representatives.
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WARE NAMED.
President Today Sends in Name
of Pension Commissioner
Formally Confirming the Selec-
tiOn Made Month Ago.
WARE IN WASHINGTON.
Left Topeka on Tuesday in Re-
spOnse to Request
To Be on Hand in Readiness to
Receive the Appointment.

Washington, May s.-The president
today sent to the senate the nomination
of Eugene F. Ware, of Topeka, Kas..
to be commissioner of pensions.
President Roosevelt, to the surprise
of the Kansas congressional delegation,
announced on April II. as printed in
detail in this paper, that he had select
ed Eugene F. Ware for the position of
commissioner of pensions. Mr.. Ware
left Topeka on Tuesday last in response
to a report from Washington asking
him to be on hand and in readiness to
receive the appointment, Henry Clay
Evans, the present commissioner, hav-
ing been named as consul to London,
one of the most lucrative posts under
the government
TO TAKE IMMEDIATE CHARGE.
Washington, May 9.-Eugene F.Ware.
who is to succeed H. Clay Evans as
commissioner of pensions, was at the
White House today and met the re-
firing commissioner in the president 5
ROOM The three had a conversati ton,
and it was announced that Mr.. Ware
would take charge of his office as soon
as he is confirmed. It also was an
nounced that Mr.. Evans will leave for
London in the near future.
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dad and St. Lucia is interrupted. Fears
are entertained for the safety Of the
cable repair steamer Grappler which
was at Martinique prior to the disaster.
CABLES ARE BROKEN.
London, May 9.-Governor Llewellyn.
of the Windward islands, telegrapheo
today from the island of St Lucia to
the colonial Office as follows:
mo news from the island of st. Vim
cent. From what I saw on the passage
to st. Lucia I fear the eruption of Sou
friere is very serious. The cables o
Granada and St Vincent are broken"
SHIP RAN AWAY.
London. May 9.-With the exception
of a dispatch repeating the news
brought to the island of St. Lucia yes
terday afternoon by the British steamer
ROddam, which announced the total de-
struction of the town of st. Pierre, ISL
and of Martinique, by a volcanic erup-
tfon, the English merchants and ship
pers here having trade relations with
Martinique have received no direct
news of the catastrophe. Eeyen the
owners of the Roddam. which was
forced to slip her anchors at St. Pierre
IN order 10 escape and which was bad
~ damaged. seventeen of her crew be q
ing killed, have not heard from the YES
sePs captain.
COAST COVERED WITH ASHES.
Paris May 9.-M. BouguenOt, a sugar
planter of the Island of Martinique re
celVed cable dispatch this morning
from Fort de France. sent by the mana
ger OF the EfanCa1S factory, announcing
that he had tried to reach St. Pierre
but found the coast covered with ashes
and the town envelOped in dust and
could not land"
PASSENGERS ON THE RORAIMA
New York, May 9.-There were three
passengers on the Quebec Steamship
company's steamship Roraima, which is
supposed to have been lost with all on
board in the harbor of St Pierre. These
passengers were: F. Ince, Mrs H J.
Ince, Mrs. Stokes.
All lived in the West Indies. At the
Quebec Steamship company's Offices
here no news had been received either.
from Capt Muggah, the commander of
the vessel or from any of the West In
dian agents of the line
At the offices of the Danish and
French consuls, nothing had been heard
directly Of the present conditions in the
destroyed district.
ALARM IN ST VINCENT.
London, May 9.-The colonial office
here has received a dispatch from Sir
Robert L1eWellyn, governor of the Wind
ward islands in the Caribbean sea. da-
ted from Kingston, St. Vincent, yester-
day, in which the governor says that
the SOufriere volcano in the north
western part of the Island of St Vim
/ cent, in activity. Earth shocks
! had required for a week past, but not
| actually in Kingston. On Wednesday q
/ big cloud of steam hung over the Sou
/ friere and the inhabitants who were
/ greatly alarmed, were focking to Cha
teau Belair There were already 300
! refugees there who were being fed by
/ the authorities.
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gaps wide as Erebus? What difference
does it make that Funston is ext1ngUish-
ed, so long as the senator from Kansas
is in constant eruption, breathing forth
fire and smoke and melting lava from
his agonized and tumultous bowels2
L think the bravest act any man
ever did, and I do not want to boast
of my own exploits, was to dare the ven
geance and wrath of the distinguished
senator from Kansas by expressing my
opinion of Funston AS the hangman'
assistant he is almost as much an OBJ
ject of dread and horror as the hang
man himself. There is a suggestion of
the sickening thud in the very tones
of his voice, and as he shook his griz-
zly forefnger in the air I could almost
see the grease of the gallOWS dripping
from the end thereof. But have no
desire to waste any words on Funston
Perhaps the course of silence which the
president has laid upon his re-
morseless relentless larynx is as
much punishment as he should
be called upon to endure, and
hope now that his attention has been
Withdrawn from the sound of his own
voice that he may have an opportunity
for the pious reflection that may tell him
that even heroes have no right to SIAN
der and defame public men for daring to
express their opinion upon public ques-
ton.
The senator from Kansas read at
length testimonials to F'unston's s charac-
ter and he also read from his Lotus
club speech, the speech that caused the
president to put the extfnguisher upon
Funston's lips, or rather upon MS
mouth, in which Funston charged that
every leader Of the FilipinOs was a muir
derer and an assassin and in which he
made the charge that Aguinaldo had
burned 300 people alive at one time IN
my opinion, when Funston made that
accusation he willfu1ly and deliberately
lied I do not belive that there is one
word of truth in it "
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LIVE IN THE FIELDS.
Guatemalans Are Afraid to Stay
in Their Houses.

San Francisco. May additional
news of the recent earthquake in Guate-
nala has been brought here by the
steamer Newport which left San Jose
de Guatemala on April %. These ad-
vices show that while the first reports
CT the seismic disturbances were much
exaggerated, still there was a heavy loss
of life and property. At Quezaltenango
500 people We're reported to have been
killed or injured out of a population of
possibly 10000. OF this number there
was but one white person, Mrs. Clara
Kildare, the wife Of a photographer.
Death and damage to property is also
reported to have resulted in the cities
of San Marcus, San Pedro. San Juan
CuYotenangO These cities have from
1000 to 5000 inhabitants each Much
damage was done on the coffee planta-
tions and at the ports of Ocos and
Champerieo on the Pacific.
The Newport was at La Libertad
when the earthquake which wrecked
Quezaltenango occurred. Though the
ship was anchored in the harbor those
on board felt the shock The vessel was
shock occurred. A number of houses
We're thrown down and several persons
We're killed YaWning crevices made the
streets impassa able,a "a small stream which
en- ptied into the sea near OcOs disap-
peared and the iron railroad bridge
which spanned it was telescoped All
houses in Ocos are deserted and the in
habitants are living in the open fields
in tents.
Esalco, the burning mountain in Sal
vador, has been extinct for ten months
and during that time there have been
frequent earthquakes and tidal waves
along the coast.
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1000 PRIESTS.
Five ArchbishOps and Sixteen
Bishops Unite
In Masses For the Soul of Arch
bishop COrrigan.
THE FUNERAL SERMON
Was Delivered by Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia.
President Roosevelt Sends a
Floral Tribute.

New York. May 9.-A solemn requiem
mass for the repose of the soul of the
Most Rev. Michael Augustine Corrigan.
archbishop of New York. was said to-
day in St. Patrick's cathedral by Car
dinal Gibbons of Baltimore in the pres
enee of five arehbishops, sixteen bishops
and more than 1000 priests of the
church. The officiating elergymen were:
Celebrant, Cardinal Gibbons, of Balti-
more; assistant priest, the Rt Rev.
Jos. F. Mooney, vicar general; deacons
of honor, the Rt. Rev. John Edwards
of the Church of the Immaculate Con-
eeption and the Rev. Father Cotton of
st. Stephens; deacon to the mass, the
Rev. Father McGean of st. Peters; SUBJ
deacon, the Rev. Father Lavelle, pastor
of the cathedral; masters of ceremonies,
the Rev Father James Conelly of the
Snurch or Our Lady of Good Counsel
and the Rev. Father Thomas F. Myhan
OF St AIMS; preacher, Archbishop
Ryan of Philadelphia
Although the funeral service proper
was set for 1870 O'clock, the early
masses, at which prayers for the dead
We're said, were attended by large con-
gregatiOns. Before o'clock, the hour
of the first mass, there were 5000 per-
sons around the cathedral waiting for
the opening of the doors. Five masses
were said up to 8 o'clock and as one
congregation left the large building an
Ol14cI LOOK ltS pace. Al the end OF the
o'clock mass the doors We're closed so
that preparations might be made for
the final ceremonies. Father Lavelle,
rector of the cathedral, was celebrant OF
the o'clock mass; Bishop McQuaid, of
Rochester, senior bishop of the arch
diocese, officiated at $50: at Arch
b1shop Ryan conducted the service; at
7:30 Father Serranti said the mass, and
at 8 o'clock Bishop De Oca of San Juan
POtosi, Mexico was celebrant
A wreath of Easter lilies. white
roses and snowballs was received at the
cathedral this morning from President
Roosevelt Another wreath received
bore the name of John w Mackay
Rome, May9.-There was a memorial
service in honor Of the late Archbishop
Corrigan of New York this morning in
the chapel of the American college here.
Bishop Mcdonnell of Brooklyn N Y
celebrated a requiem mass and Cardinal
Satolh assisted.
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SAM RESIGNS.
President of Hayti Surrenders
His Office.

Port Au Prince. Hayti. Thursday, May
Seen. Tiresis Simon Sam president of
the Haytian republic. has resigned his Of
fee
Tht Haytian congress viii assemble May
u to elect his successor.
The city of Port Au Prince is quiet.
The Haytian republic is also completely
calm.
Former President Jiminez of santo Do
msngo has embarked on board a French
steamer and is expected here.
Gen Deschamps, the former governor of
Puerto Plata, Santo Domingo. the last
place to surrender to the Dominican revo-
lutiOnists, who also embarked on a French
steamer. has sought refuge at Cape Hay
tian. Mayti
President Sam was elected April l. 1886.
for seven years by the two chambers of
the Haytian congress in joint session He
was 81 years of age when elected and be-
longs to a family distinguished in Haytian
revolutionary history. He was minister of
war under President Solomon took part in
the Hippolyte revolution, was made minis
ter of war and marine under President
Hippolyte and after the death of the lat
ter was elected president
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THREE new STARS
Omnibus Statehood Bill Passes
the House.
Delegate Smith, of Arizona, Be-
comes Violently Ill.

Washington, May 9.-The omnibus
statehood bill for the admission of Ari-
zona, New Mexico and Oklahoma passe1
the house without division.
DELEGATE SMITH STRICK Tx
Delegate Marcus A. Smith, of Arizona.
was taken i'll on the floor of the house
al the close of a brief but vehement
speech on the statehood bill in which
he was deeply interested. The three doe
tors in attendance are united in making
the following statement at 2 o'clock:
1T is impossible to determine now
how serious the attack is. There is d
tendency to apoplexy."
It was decided to remove Mr.. Smith to
his hotel and summon other physicians.
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WILL ORGANIZE AT ONCE
Shale Company With $4,000
Stock to Be Formed.

The syndicate of twenty-six Topeka
men who have been putting up money
for DIR. Ernst Fahrig's gold shale ex-
periments have accepted DR.. Fahrtg s
propositions, and viii as soon as possi-
bic organize company with $4,000 cap
ital and build a mill at Smoky Hill
with daily capacity Of 100 tons of shale-
AS compensation for the rights tohih pro-
cess, DR.. Fahrig viii receive block
of $1,000 paid up stock in the company.
The rest of the stock viii be taken by
the twenty members of the Syndi-
cate.
w. H Gushing, whom DIR. Fahrig Sc
iected as his local representative, made
his report to a meeting of the shale men
held last night at the Copeland hotel
parlors. The report was as follows:
Gentlemen:
DIR Fahrig authorizes me to submit
the following proposition to the sub
scribers:
If the subscribers will form a stock
company with $4,000 capital. erect a
hundred ton mill and give him $4,000
paid up stock in the company he will
give the said company the perpetual
right in said mill free of all royalty. He
further agrees to superintend the draw
ing of plans and specifcat tiOns for said
mill and to personally put the same in
operation without further compensation
other than actual expense. He also
agrees to teach a man how to operate
the mill. 1t is further suggested by DIR.
F'ahrig that if the company so desires
the present test mill be erected as an
adjunct to the commercial mill for the
purpose of testing such ores as the sub
scribers may wish to have treated. Such
privilege to be accorded each subscriber
to a quantity of not exceeding five tons
Such treatment to be made at actual
cost. Respectfully submitted
'sW. H CUSHING,
agent for DR.. E. Fahrig.''
It is believed that large number of
shale mills viii be built within short
T7of1 r~io
extracting gold.
The plans for the organization of the
first company We're left to committee
composed of w A. L. Thompson, B. M.
Davies Chas Lantry. Col. w. H. Ross
ingtOn and Chas Blood Smith. The
committee will make its report al a
meeting to be held at the Copeland
parlors Saturday night
The company hopes to be ready to
begin work on the construction Of the
mill within six weeks or two months
and before the end of the summer the
investors believe that the mill viii be
grinding out shale gold and silver.
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ENTER A STORM PERIOD.
@Cider" Smith Says That One Com
mences Tonight.

ssCider" Smith this morning issued
the following forecast: We enter d
storm period tonight 1t may not
amount to much until about the 18th
or the 18th, clearing up by the 18th
Cooler for a short time now Snow
storms are not unusual in Europe at
this season"
The government forecast sent out this
morning was Partly cloudy tonight
and Saturday" The wind this morning
was southwest. blowing eight miies an
hour. The minimum temperature this
morning was "a. The hourly tempera-
lures recorded by the government Lner-
,,,o~,,af,- ,,-ava follouyc-
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WILL GO TO LAWRENCE.
Topeka Negro Odd Fellows to Attend
Memorial Service s.

Three carloads of eoIored Odd Eel
lows from Topeka viii go to Lawrence
Sunday to attend the annual memorial
sermon and celebration which will oc-
cur at the African Methodist church at
that city. The Rev. r. Ransom of
Topeka viii preach the memorial ser
m on.
This annual sermon is for the colored
odd Fellows of the cities of Topeka
Lawrence, Kansas City, Mo. and Kan
sas City, Kan The excursion from To-
peka viii go over the Union Pacific,
ing
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naeree Given q Woman

Chicago, May 9.-For the first time
in the history of the Congregations
church. the degree of bachelor of dfvin-
ity has been conferred on a woman.
Miss Florence A F'ensham. of Constan-
tinople. Turkey, was hOnored with that
title at the annual convocation of the
Chicago Theological seminary in the
First Congregational church. The Rev
c. Campbell Morgan, of London. was
among those who made addresses DR..
J. H. George, president of the seminary,
conferred the degree.
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women &C. as seconda-

Chicago. May 9.-Antonio Michi has
been shot and killed in a pistol duel
with Joseph Deandre. The duel was
witnessed by the wives of both men.
Deandre received a bullet wound in the
left breast and it is said viii die. The
police have been unable to learn the
real cause of the murder, but the widow
claims that Deandre killed her husband
because he had refused to rent him a
room. Both are italians.
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BOMBARD NAN Ming FU.
Chinese Rebels Use Modern Guns
on the Town.

Hong Kong. May e.-Advices received
here from WI Chou say the rebels bonn
barded Nan Ming Flu for three hours
on April 27, using modern field guns
From 300 to 400 of the inha bitants were
killed. The rebels subsequently with
drew to the hills
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New York. May s-A chime of ten
bells, to be known as the Mckinley me
mortal chime, Will be shipped today to
Lincoln Neb., says a Troy, N z, dis
patch to the Times. It win be placed
in the tower of St Paul's Methodist
church. The largest bell bears the in
scription: Presented by the citizens Of
Lincoln and vicinity in memory of our
beloved president, William Mckinley,
March, 1902 The set cost $4,000, raised
by popular subscription.
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Temperatures of Large Cities.

Chicago. May 81 a. m. tempera-
lures: New York and Boston 81: Phil
adelphia and Washington, "a: Chicago
St Louis so
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Favorable Report of Fvana.

rnittee on commerce has decided unan-
imously to report the nomination Of H
Clay Evans to be consul general to
London with a favorable recommenda-
ton.
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.RealIvn Satisfactory.

The Hague. May 9-At Castle Loo
this morning the following bulletin was
posted: Queen Wilhelmina had a quiet
night with no rise in temperature. She
is taking sufficient nourishment and
her condition really is satisfactory"
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Saranae Lake, N Y, May "a heav.
temperature registering 80 degrees.
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Weather Indications.

Chicago, May 9.-Foreeast for Kanass.
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday;
southeast winds.
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Washington, May 9.-The president
today signed the oleOmargarine bill.