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HEIR WANTED FOR
SERVIAN THRONE
Queen Drajja Attempts to
Fool Her “Old Han.”
WOULD CLAIM SISTER’S CHILD
Sensational Reports From Bel
grade Indicate Trouble In Pup
pet Ruler’s Household.
A London special says: A remark
able state of affairs in the Servian
royal family was revealed by official
telegrams from Belgrade Friday. The
Vienna newspapers In February an
nounced the accouchement of Queen
Drags, who was married August 6,
1900. ..Is was shown to bo untrue.
Recently the same papers reported
she was about to be confined. As tho
czar was one of the attesting wit
nesses of the marriage, he sent a spe
cial Russian envoy to Investigate the
strange rumors. The envoy summoned
a trio of Russian and French special
ists, who declared the queen was not
enclente, and an official notification to
this efTect was sent to the diplo
matic corps.
4 The diagnosis of the doctors, how
ever, does not seem to have satisfied
tho royal family, and two specialists
have been summoned from Vienna and
Bucharest to report on the case.
Beautiful Cradle Sent.
Costly gifts hav.e been pouring Into
Belgrade from the people of Servia In
anticipation of tne expected event.
The city of Nlsch presented the royal
couple with a beautiful cradle.
The scandal becomes still more in
explicable. According to the Vienna
correspondent of The Dally Telegraph,
the doctors attending Queen Draga
have issued a bulletin declaring that
the “case is peculiar and It is not Im
possible that the queen Is in a delicate
condition.”
The Vienna papers Friday night re
ported that Queen Drags was seriously
ill, with several physicians In consul
tation, and that the case would re
quire protracted treatment.
From Servia comes all kinds of ru
mors. According to one story a revo
lution Is imminent, and Russian
agents are inciting the population
against the obronovios dynasty.
According to another report, King
Alexander is said to ue furiously an
gry, and If he Is able to prove that
the queen, instead of being, as Is al
leged, a victim to hysteria, has inten
tionally deceived him, he will divorce
and banish her from the country and
posibly will himself abdicate.
Foisted Sister's Child.
The greatest indignation has been
aroused in Belgrade hy a report that
Queen Draga failed in a deliberate at
tempt to foist upon the king the child
of her Bister as her own.
The following explanation of the sit
uation In the Servian royal fumily may
be regarded as authentic:
The physicians have presented a
written statement according to which
there is no immediate prospect of
Queen Draga’s accouchement. She is
certainly not in an advanced delicate
condition, such as would have been
the case had the opinion given last
September by Dr. Caulet, the French
physician, been correct. The physi
cians proceed to explain that Dr. Cau
let may have been correct, but that
natural progress may have been sub
sequently Interrupted. In conclusion
they say that the queen’s present con
dition is In no way disquieting either
with regard to her health or physical
constitution, and that consequently
there is no reason why she should not
eventually oecome a mother.
A Vienna dispatch says: The semi
official Fremdenblatt, in an inspired
article, attributes to disappointment
the so-called "fausse grossesse,” and
declares there is no ground for cred
iting the rumors accusing Queen Dra
ga of willful deception.
Death Claims Hon. Edwin Uhl.
Hon. Edwin F. Uhl, former assistant
secretary of state and ambassador to
Germany under the Cleveland admin
istration. died at his home in Grand
Rapids, Mich., Friday afternoon.
PHILLIPS A VERITABLE CZAR.
Corn King Bids Cereal Up to Sixty
Cents Per llu*hel.
George -H. PhiUlps, of Chicago, who
has the supply of corn deliverable on
contracts this month cornered, bid the
price up to 60 cents from the opening
Wednesday, which was at 54 cents.
This is the highest price since May 31.
1892, when the Coster-Martin deal
reached its climax and corn sold at
91- The total amount bought by Phil
lips during the forenoon did not run
over 120,000 bushels, which was sold,
mostly in small, lots by people who
claimed to have the corn to deliver.
Robbers Wreck Sate.
At noon Wednesday two unknown
men entered the post office at Law
horn. Ia., blew open the safe and rob
bed it of $150 and some valuable pa
pers. They made good their escape.
Mistrial In Warren Case.
At Columbia, S. C., Wednesday a
mistrial was ordered in the case
against Bartow Warren for express
robbery. The jury stood ten to two
for acquittal.
DRY IS CHARLESTON.
Dispensary Wrangle Stops Sale
of Beverages In the South
Carolina Hetropolis.
Orders from the state board of llq
nor control were received In Charles
ton, S. C., Friday night to have every
dispensary In Charleston county clos
ed until further notice. This step,
which grows out of the fight between
the state board and tho local board of
control, is due directly to the fact that
there is no law by which dispensaries
can be operated.
In order to make commissions for
dispensers legal they must have the
approval of the county board of com
missioners, and under a ruling of At
torney General Bellinger made Frl
day morning the organization of the
commissioners was illegal.
The law tvas muddled at the last
session of the legislature and Charles
ton’s delegation failed to note it. Ear
ly In the day quiet orders reached
Charleston of what action the state
board would take and tne dispensaries
did a land office business. All the blind
tigers have laid in a full supply and
the liquor famine will not follow.
The orders to close caused a tre
mendous sensation in Charleston and
more trouble is expected. Since May
1st the dispensaries have been operat
ing illegally and save for the fact that
the profits went to the state they were
in the same class with blind tigers.
The closing orders will affect the
beer dispensaries and a beer famine
Is probable. The only places where
beer can be bought will be at the ti
gers, and with the difficulty of having
this beverage brought into the city,
the tiger keepers are now speculat
ing on a raise of the price. It is un
derstood that a brigade of constables
will be sent to this city to check the
business of the tigers and warm times
will follow them.
3i its. deaid.
Wife of Secretary of Male Succumbs
to Illness In Washington.
Mrs. Lyman J. Gage, wife of the sec
retary of the treasury, died at her res
idence In Washington Friday night,
after nn illness of nine weeks’ dura
lion. For a time before her death
Mrs. Gage 'suffered considerable pain,
but she maintained her bright and
cheerful demeanor anil was conscious
to the last. Heart trouble, the result
of grtp complications, was the imme
diate cause of death.
Mrs. Gage was a native of Albany,
N. Y., and fifty-eight years of age. She
was married to Secretary Gage in Den
ver, Colo., in 1887. There were no
children from their union.
The remains will be interred in
Rose Hill cemetery, near Chicago.
During their residence in Washing
ton, Secretary and Mrs. Gage have ta
ken quite an active part in social life
at the capital. Mrs. Gage was a wo
man of charming personality, and with
her husband delighted in extending
the hospitality of their elegant home
on Massachusetts avenue. Mrs. Gage
was probably closer to Mrs. McKiuley
than any other of the ladies of the
cabinet.
The news of the death of Mrs. Gage
was received by the president’s official
family in San Francisco with expres
sions of regret. The dispatch, which
was transmitted to Secretary Cortel
you at the Scott residence, conveyed
the news to President McKinley. Ex
tra precautions were taken to keep
the news of Mrs. Gage’s death from
Mrs. McKinley.
PECULIAR CHINESE l’R VVER.
Celestials Tn San Francisco Synijia
tliize With Mrs. McKinley.
The Dally Chinese World, San Fran
cisco (printed in Chinese and Eng
lish), in its latest issue contains the
following:
"It is our custom that each house
holder erect within the living room of
his residence, however humble though
the home may be. a shrine before
which he may worship after his own
faith. And we request that this night
the elder of each and every Chinese
famlly pray fervently and tenderly to
the Creator to spare and restore to
health the wife of this great man; the
heart of his heart, for whom he has
shown a devotion which must excite
the admiration of every true-hearted
man, be he Christian or pagan. Wo
may differ materially in our religious
faiths, and because of thousands of
years of training it is sometimes diffi
cult for us to agree on certain ceremo
nial laws, still our love for those for
whom we have taken to our hearts is
identical and the same tender love for
wife and family is common to all man
kind. Our sympathy for the president
is as sincere and as intense as it could
be were it expressed by his own peo
ple.
STRIKERS QUICKLY PACIFIED.
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Pontoon Bridges Were Built amt
Cigarmakers Resume Work.
All striking cigarmakers in Tampa,
Pla., returned to their work Thursday
morning and a pontoon bridge was
thrown across the river and this
means afforded the people for getting
across, which was all they desired,
there being no further grievances and
their desires accomplished, the men
resumed work and all the factories
were soon running on time.
Manager Arrested For Embezzlement.
G. B. Whitney, former manager in
Philadelphia for the Morris Beef Com
pany, of Chicago, has been arrested
charged with embezzlement.
I MILITARY RULE IS
DONE AWAY WITH
riartial Law Is No Longer
Needed In Jacksonville.
CITIZENS AGAIN TAKE CHARGE
While the Troops Are Relegated
flany of Them Will Bu Re
tained For Police Duties.
The ending of the martial law re
glme at Jacksonville, Fla., Thursday
was not accompanied by any disorder
ami the city remains quiet.
While the civil authorities have re
sumed their usual functions, troops
w m be kept in the city for the pres
ent to perform police duties and the
withdrawal, when it begins, will be
gradual.
The number of people being fed by
the commissary aggregate 3,294.
A ship building concern that was
burned, which employs 100 men, has
already resumed operations, its ma
chinery having been in part saved. An
iron works company employing thir
ty-five men has also resumed.
The site of the burned Commercial
bank building, at Laura and Bay
streets, seventy-five feet front on Bay,
together with a small lot with fifty
two feet front on Laura street, were
sold Thursday for $80,000, and It is
announced that a handsome building
probably with marble front, will be
erected immediately by the purchas
ers. Numbers of architects are on
hand, and many people are preparing
to rebuild.
A prominent insurance adjuster
states that the total insurance loss
will perhaps reach $6,000,000, one mil
lion more than the estimates which
have been heretofore published. Resi
dence losses and many mercantile
losses are being paid and the adjust
ments in nearly all cases are quick
and satisfactory.
Through the New York chamber of
commerce and Merchants’ Association
one car of water closets and fittings,
one car with wheelbarrows and thir
ty-seven dozen hose, one car of cots
anil mattresses and one car of miscel
laneous supplies were receivd Thurs
day. One car load of supplies were
also received from Chicago through
Hearst’s Chicago American.
The secretary of war has granted
permission to dump brick and mortar
debris into the St. Johns river for
bulkheauing purposes.
At the morning meeting of the re
lief association it was deemed neces
sary, owing to the conflicting reports
sent through the country by individ
uals, which tend to confuse the pub
lic mind, to create an authoritative
channel through which must be sent
ail information relating to the situa
tion. A press representative was ap
pointed in the person of Edwin G.
Weed, bishop of the diocese of Florida,
and the Associated Press was chosen
as the channel of transmission of ap
peals and statements of the needs of
the people. So the public is Informed
that all statements as to needs, all
requests and all proclamations, unless
signed by Bishop Weed or sent by his
direct authority, are not to be given
credence by the people and in no way
voice the organization that is charged
with the relief work of Jacksonville.
INJUNCTION AGAINST SEABOARD.
Carolina Judge Decides That South
bound Road Cannot Re Acquired.
At Chester, S. C., Thursday Judge
Gage issued an order restraining the
Seaboard Air Line from acquiring the
South Bound railroad, and ordering
the authorities of the latter road to
show cause why a receiver should not
be appointed,
The South Bound was built about
eight years ago between Columbia and
Jacksonville. It was immediately
leased by the Florida, Central and Pe
ninsular. Later the Seaboard acquired
the property by lease. The F., C. and
P. was never incorporated in the state,
nor has the Seabord Air Line a domes
tic charter. Consequently damage
suits must lie made out against the
South Bound,
SLAIN BY ROBBERS.
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Atlanta Man Done to Death By High,
waymeii In Pratt City, Ala.
Without a word of warning, after
having been robbed, G. A. Boylston, a
prominent citizen of Atlanta, was shot
and killed in Pratt City, Ala., by one
of four negro highway robbers. He
was with E. D. Evans, of Pratt City,
who was robbed while standing with
his hands in the air directly under the
glare of an electric light. W’hile Evans
was being robbed Boylston was shot
in the back. Three negroes, suspected
of the crime, have been placed under
arrest.
KENTUCKY OIL COMPANY.
Big Corporation Organized With a
$200,000 Capital Mock.
The Kentucky Union Oil Company
aas been organized with a capital stock
af $200,000 and has purchased 3,000
acres of oil lands at Suunybrook,
Wayne eounty, Ky. Capitalists of
New Britain, Conn., own the larger
P ar ^ *be stock. Machinery is be
ing shipped from Knoxville for the
company to begin operation at onae.
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BATTLESHIP OHIO
IS NOW AFLOAT
President Took Part In
Launching Exercises.
NAVAL PAGEANT WAS FEATURE
Mrs. McKinley’s Place on Pro
gram Was. Filled By Her
Neice, Miss. Barber.
A San Francisco special says:
fortunately Mrs. McKinley condition
Saturday permitted President McKin
ley to attend the launching of the bat
tleship Ohio from the yards of the
Union Iron Works. T.o witness the
launching of the ship named in honor
of his native state, was the real ob
ject of the president’s long trip across
the continent, and was the event
which has attracted to the Pacific
coast the governors of three states,
the Ohio congressional delegation, sev
eral United States senators and many
other notable and distinguished peo
pie. Dramatic and picturesque as
was the sight of 14,000 tons of steel
sliding into the full tide of San Fran
cisco bay, it was not so splendid and
magnificent as the great naval pa
geant which accompanied, nor as pro
foundly impressive as the greeting ex
tended to the president by the 4,000
employees of the ship yards.
When the president left the sick
room of his wife every arrangement
had been made to notify him on the
instant of any change for the worse
in her condition. The physician as
sured him that there was no indica
tion of a setback, but at his request
telegraphic communications were
made made at the wharf and at the
ship yard, and save from the time he
was on the water, he was not a min
ute away from direct communication
with the Scott residence. He was
driven to the wharf in a closed car
riage, escorted by a squad of mounted
police. The cabinet and other distin
guished guests were already aboard
the transport tug Slocum, which was
to convey the party to the Union Iron
Works, two miles up the bay, when he
arrived.
The president’s flag, an eagle and
shield on a blue field, was flying from
the main mast, and the union jack
was at the bow as he stepped smiling
upon the gangway to the accompani
ment of the cheers of the thousands
who blackened the neighboring pier
heads. Then began the sail over the
shining waters of the bay. It proved
to be a triumphal journey, the like of
which has not been witnessed in this
country since Admiral Dewey, upon
his return from the Philippines, sailed
up the Hudson on the Olympia.
Every craft in the harbor was deck
ed out in gayest attire, and the city in
the background was a perfect mound
of waving flags. Every wharf on the
sea swarmed with people. Up near
the ship yards the grim warships of
the Pacific squadron were swinging
at anchor with streams of signal flags
expending fore and aft of the peaks
from prow to taff-rail.
The president and his party moved
to a stand, where the representative
of the 4,5< 0 employees of the Union
Iron Work::, in a neat speech, in which
he asked a heartfelt blessing upon the
head of the president and expressed
tender sympathy for his suffering
wife, presented the president, as a to
ken of the esteem of the workmen,
with a gold plate, engraved with a
suitable inscription.
The president’s response aroused
much enthusiasm. He told his audi
ence of his friendship for tne working
men during his entire public career,
and touched the hearts of the surging
crowd before him as he spoke elo
quently of the patriotic response
which California had made during the
Spanish war.
The ceremonies were simple but
significant. There was the formal
exchange of acceptances on the part
of the government and then the tide
having reached its flood, the word was
given, and Miss Barber pressed the
button. Miss Deshler smashed a bot
tle of California champagne, and at
12:26 p. m. the big battleship took her
first dip into the sea.
Description of the Ohio.
The Ohio is a sister ship of the
Maine, now building at the works of
the William Cramp – Sons Ship and
Engine Building Company, and of the
Missouri, building at the yard of the
iNewport News Ship Building and Dry
Dock Company.
The hull, which is divided like those
of the most recent battleships, is built
of steel and is unsheathed. It is 3S9
feet long on the load water line, 7J
feet 2 1-2 inches extreme breadth, ami
at a mean draft of 23 feet 6 inches, dis
places 12,230 tons.
The main battery of the ship con
sists of four twelve-inch breech-load
ing rifles, placed in two balanced tur
rets, and sixteen five-inch rapid firing
guns.
Demands Granted In Denver.
The threatened strike of the manu
facturing machinists of Denver, Col
has been averted, the local member*
of the National Metal Trades’ Associa
tion having granted the nine hour day
and the scale of wages demanded.
Will Present Two Reports. of fi* e
The committee on relations will
Cuban constitutional convention
submit minority and majority report*
to the convention.