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IN ALLECt ,D GOtiSPIRACY IN THE TRANSVAAL
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Eight Former Fitisli Officers Arrested and Imprisoned Under Charges
of the Most Serious Nature.
PLOT AIMS) TO CAUSE TROUBLE FOR PRESIDENT KRUGER
The Men Yere Arrested At Johannesburg and Thence Carried To
Pretoria—Affair Causes Excitement In London.
Advices from Pretoria, Transvaal
Republic, South Africa, state that the
arrest at Johannesburg early Tuesday
morning of alleged former British
officers on the charge of high treason
has caused intense excitement.
The prisoners were sent to Pretoria
by special train and after they had
been lodged in jail they were visited
by the British diplomatic agent there.
The arrests were effected by a de¬
tective who joined tho movement
which, it is asserted, was for the pur¬
pose of enrolling men in order to cause
an outbreak of rebellion.
The officers arrested, eight in num¬
ber, are Captain Patterson, formerly
of the Lancers, Colonel R. F. Nieli-
oils, Lieutenant E. Tremlott, C. A.
Ellis, lately a private detective at Jo-
liannesburg; Lieutenant John Alien,
formerly of the Horse Artillery; Quar-
termaster Mitchell, Former Sergernt
J. Fries and Former Sergeant R. P.
Hooper.
According . to advices . from
the charge against the prisoners is that
theYere taey weie really rea.ly enlaSit engaged m SS enlisting
men for the purpose of rebellion when
they were ready to give the signal.
It is said that the enlistment
included 2,000 men and that a number
of incriminating documents were found
at the time the arrests were made.
None of them have been in the em-
ploy of the British South Africa Char-
tered Company. It is said that the
commissioner of police, who had the
affair in hand, had been working on
th e case four months.
Mr. Beatty, the defective who
ed the arrests, received his instruc-
tions last week and secured the neees-
sary warrants Monday. The execu-
tive of the Transvaal held a secret ses-
sion Tuesday evening to consider the
arrests.
Further warrants, it is understood,
have been issued. It is asserted that
the officers already arrested were also
preparing to organize a corps in Natal,
the British colony, between the Or-
ange Free State and the Indian ocean,
TRUST METHODS EXPOSED.
Ohio’s Attorney General Explains
Their Inner Workings.
Attorney "was General Frank H. Monnett,
of Ohio, before the industrial
commission at Washington Tuesday »
a witness in the trust inyestigation.
His testimony related almost esclu-
sively 1 to j. the 1 Standard 1 t Oil /a-i trust,against i . • j
which • v 1 he i has , been proceeding m his •
official jyj • , capacity in . Onio. J, . 0
After detailing the particulars of the
suits against the Standard company,
brought on behalf of tho state of Ohio,
Mr. Monnet t sold that companies com-
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. x tne , trust , , distnoutea
prising r b were so
as to x control , , all ,, the ,, operations pei-
taining to the production, transporta-
,ion reiming and del.vety ot tire
produets ot th e oil wells .
HORSE WAS HORB FORTUNATE.
Whreisru Absence From Charleston
Parade Explained.
The alleged slighting Cha.Won of General
Joseph WbKler at .losing
the veuniou » explained by Co»».
Eobmsoa of the adjutant general.
stall as follows:
( i Genoral V, heeler m not in tb.
pararU becausethe negro boy *«
sent to carry h.s horse to him, th.ough
ried the horse to the eroLg number,
and remained there holding the horse
um.I the procession ivas over.
Watson Off For Manila.
Rear Admi’ al John C. Watson, who
will relieve Admiral Dewey of the
Asiatic station, sailed from Vallejo,
Cal., Tuesday for the Orient on the
City of Peking. He was accompanied
by his personal staff and a number of
mechanics from Mare Island navy
yard.
to assist the projected movement at
Johannesburg.
The British agent and charge d’af¬
faires, Mr. Conyngham Greene, had an
interview with ‘President Kruger and
expressed regret that .men who had
worn the queen’s uniform should be
concerned in such a movement. Pres¬
ident Kruger replied that he would
not believe the prisoners were British
officers until it had been proved, add-
ing that he hoped the affair would not
interfere with the proposed meeting
between himself and Sir Alfred Mil-
ner, governor of Cape Colony, and
British high commissioner for South
Africa.
Some Kxrltement In London.
A cable dispatch from London, says:
Joseph Chamberlain, secretary of state
for the colonies, who was interviewed
Tuesday evening, said he had heard
nothing officially regarding the arrests
in the Transvaal and did not think
that too serious significance ought to
be,attached to them.
The news caused considerable cx-
citement among the members of the
!""" turn was °* co, manifested “ mo f\ to credit the
rumors of a rebellious conspiracy.
All the morning papers devote their
principal editorials to the arrests in
the Transvaal, counseling a postpone-
meat of conclusions until the facts of
the case are ascertained and declining
to believe that English officers or sub¬
iects have been guilty of what the Stan-
terms “such treasonable folly.”
The advices reaching London from
Johannesburg are also probably cou¬
nected with a mysterious dispatch re-
ceived at Johannesburg from Pretoria
cn May 12th, last, saying a special
leryinen, train fully equipped with Boer artil-
guns and a searchlight ap-
paratus was being held in readiness at
the capital of the Transvaal. The
statement was then declared to be
without significance, but Tuesday’s
news throws a more serious light on
the movement and it is certain there
will be a groat sensation in London
when the news of the arrest becomes
generally known.
ALLEGED CRIMINAL CAPTURED.
Negro Supposed To Have Murdered
J- T. Davis Is Imprisoned.
^ di .p»tch from Atlanta states that
WlII Luces ike. negro wLo is hollered
D f "“O' ls "' bo "as assassinated m ' , . rd * ro f near of V‘ De-
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cat' 11 '. was Monday eight by
detectives, me negro 0 was first sent
to the station , house, , but , . short , ,
J in a
time . transferred , „ . to , the rn lower tor » safe ,
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I, 0 ®- 1 ” ,■,' ’' ( ct. t.y,
“’ ,s »yV ™W, , **» Omrsday af-
‘f Davis. “?»“ h He ‘ ™> says, 111 however, !U< -‘ that he f is '
not. , guilty ... of » the murder 1 and can
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^voi-nor _ , .
Candler had offered a re-
w „ ( , f 8:!00 for the prehension of
the BBldww or murderers.
BLOW' TO LOAN CONCERNS.
An Important Mississippi Supreme
Court Decision.
A ,"»? S r j 1 ' k
; down „ opin | on iu the
oou ,. t boit line that rel! o 0 nt.- a ct 3
of foreign ° building nn.l lorn, nssocia-
# d fi^d illg business in the state on
premium )„ is charged are
aud violnti0 u of the Mis-
mss.pp. state constlh. ■»",
I he decision is a hard bloa at the
>)#M b „J Beatl , $5,000,000 invested
in the state.
Fined For Imitating Lab?!.
At St. Louis, Tuesday, Samuel Es-
charged with . imitating . . label
linger, a
of the Centaur company, of New
York, was adjudged guilty and a une
of $250 imposed upon h*m in the court
of criminal correction.
GOMEZ’S ACTIONS
ANNOY BROOKE
Old Insurgent Leader Is Sullen
and Indifferent.
CHANGE COMES OVER HIM
Doesn’t Seem To Care Whether
Cubans Are Paid Or Not.
A special from Havana says: Gen¬
eral Gomez is acting queerly regard¬
ing the distribution of the $3,000,000
advanced by the United States gov¬
ernment for the payment of the Cuban
tloo P 9 > and the commissioners chosen
by him to assist in the distribution as
representatives of the Fourth, Fifth
and Sixth army corps either refuse to
act or fail to appear. As the arratige-
wants to pay the soldiers have been
pending for three and a half mouths,
further delay is especially annoying,
Generala Betaucourt and Nodarse
were appointed to act for tho Eighth
a rmy corps, but the latter declined to
serve, and Major General Wilson, mil¬
itary governor of the newly formed
Matanzas-Santa Clara department,
asked that Betancourt be excused on
the ground of his holding the post of
civil governor of Matanzas, suggesting
to Governor General Brooke that Geu-
eral Carlos Rojas bo selected. Tho
governor general thereupon wired
General Rojas at Cardenas, and the
latter accepted, arriving at Havana
Saturday.
genera! K ?i»» and “'.led the "pen the gov of
ernor in course a
pleasant interview promised to meet
the commissioners on Mojodav. Rojas
then called upon General Gomez, and
an hour later wrote a note to General
Chaffee, General Brooke’s chief of
rWlinin* bisection to ’ ’not * & crivi,, r nr
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rensmi 1 .Y for “
General . Francisco . Carrillo, n •„ one of .
the commissioners of of the ti.a Tciftu itth ain.y
corps, arrived directly Friday, but did
not visit the American headquarters.
The commissioners did not make their
appearance and General Brooke sent
uTeZt aT nenZlsVerfTnkand 7
In the interview with the governor
nwB l’ a rcnroeonUHvo t.b « p.uban
commander appeared indifferent, and
seemed not to care whether tae com-
missioners came or not. He made no
suggestions.
As the Umted States authorities are
unab.e to begin the disbursement of
the money without the assistance of
the Cubans General Brooke » aston-
ished at the indifference shoi. n ny
Gonlez -
evening . papers assert , that ,, .
me
(romez is dissatisfied with the terms
of tho governor genoial s older .or
placed i„ the custody of the military
authont.es. Saturday evening Gen-
oral trooke sent Major Kennon, of his
staff, to see Gomez regarding the sit-
nation. Gomez declared that he was
unable to explain why the geuerais
would not serve, and expressed the
belief tiiat their action was due to the
influence of his enemies.
WHITSITT’S SUCCESSOR.
Dr. J. P. Greene Is President of Bap¬
tist Seminary.
The Southern Baptist convention ,. in .
Louisville unanimously ejected Dr. J.
P. Greene, president of V, liliam
Jewell college, of Missouri, to t he
presidency of the Southern Bt.pn.sc
seminary, of Louisville.
Dr. Greene s unanimous election ie _
duo in a great measure to the with-
drawal of Dr. F. H. Kerfoot, who, in
a letter to the board of trustees, re¬
quested that his name should not ap¬
pear os a candidate for the office.
This election is very clearly a suc¬
cess for the Whitsitt faction,Dr.Greene
having been a candidate friendly &
both sides in the controversy, but
supported especially by the Whitsitt-
ites* in their effort to defeat Dr. Ker¬
foot. Dr. Greene, Dr. Kerfoot and
Frofessor J. 14. Sampo were tne only
strong canuidates for tho place.
Dr. Kerfoot s letter was
with evident approval by the members
of the board, and his action in declin-
ing to permit his name to appear as a
candidate was highly commanded.
A DEATH-DEALING
RAILWAY SMASH-UP.
Disastrous Rear-End Collision of
Passenger Trains.
ON P. & E. ROAD.
tnoomplete List of Dead and In¬
jured a Lengthy One.
A special from Reading, Pa., states
that a collision of passenger trains oc¬
curred on the Philadelphia and Read¬
ing railroad at Exeter, about six miles
south of that city, Friday night, and
a great number of people were killed
and injured.
There is no telegraph office at, Exeter
and details, therefore, were difficult
to obtain. The number killed was
variously stated to be from twenty to
thirty. Fully fifty others were in¬
jured. Twelve of the killed were
identified.
The regular express train from
Pottsviile for Philadelphia connected
at the station in Reading with a train
from Harrisburg, which was crowded
with excursionists who had been to
the state capital to witness tho cere¬
monies attendant upon the unveiling
of the Hartvauft monument.
Many of tho Harrisburg passengers
at Reading went aboard the Philadel-
pliia express, but it being found that
all could not be accommodated, it was
decided to send an extra train to Pliil-
aiWpWa to rnn „ tbe socond action
the Wpfpr oxnress
...V,; At tho ' fortress Jt„ Htnrmml Lnl for
nnil 1 intoitwl.il.? , 1c tbc
train crashed moving 0 at
a great speed.
TUree of tbe rear 0ftr8 of t,he ex I )r0S3
were ^lescoped ami the firat ear of tho
extra tiain was also wrecked. The
P assen „ S cls in j n these tnese cars cars were were terribly terrioiy
man ini?, gi e d, many being killed outright,
w L others bad limbs nnd bodies
' ia Word* i
was at once sent to Reading
nu ,l a apeeial train, with physicians
s “" 1 «“ »“"» -
n’l-F ’ cou ^ possthly be pnt in
mp ,, .
necte( ] B tory of the wreck and the ex-
ac t number of dead and injured was
uot known to any of them.
His stated that the passengers on
the second train were mostly from
Xorristown, nnd that, severa! from that
borough were killed and many in-
jnred>
The second relief train left Exeter
at 2:50 o’clock a. m. Saturday. It
ried to Reading twenty additional
bodies. Most of tho seriously injured
were brought in on the first relief
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DEWBV STARTS AT ONCE.
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Admiral Will Be Home In Time to
C-'ebrate the Fourth.
“Send Olympia’s mail to B. F. Ste-
veils, No. 4 Trafalgar square, London,
England,” was the notice given out at
the navy department Friday. This is
the first formal indication that the
famous flagship is coming homo imme-
diale.
Upon inquiry it was ascertained that
Secretary Long Thursday evening
ca bled Admiral Dewey permission to
retnrn to the United States at once.
H e ] ia g been relieved of the obligation
of remaining at Minila until tbe Phibp-
pj ne commission completes its work,
j s 1J0 t even required to await the
cessation of hostilities, but may start
homeward ~ The"notice at once,
posted at the navy de-
pariment indicates that the Olympia
will not remain long enough to receive
the next mail. Mr Stevens referred
te is the navy department’s agent at
London to distribute the mail for
United States in European waters, so
lie will see to it that the Olympia re¬
ceives hers as soon as she passes the
Suez canal.
It is estimated at the navy depart-
that Dew ej will reach the United
States in time for a national demon-
Oration on tbe Fourth of July next,
qq )e Olympia will not come under full
B » earnj but nevertheless she should
u . a i ;e the run to New York in about
fiftv-five days from Manila.
GOMEZ WITHDRAWS
AS REPRESENTATIVE
Will Have Nothing More to Do
With Cuban Army.
HE NOTIFIES GEN. BROOKE.
Governor General Must Now At¬
tend to the Matter Alone.
A special from Havana says: Gen¬
eral Maximo Gomez informed Gov¬
ernor General Brooke Monday that, he
could no longer act as representative
of the Cuban army in the distribution
of tho $3,000,000 appropriated for the
payment of the Cuban troops.
General Gomez added that, lie had
arrived at this decision with great re-
luctance and with the most friendly
feelings toward General Brooke per¬
sonally and officially, but he felt he
could no longer represent the Cuban
army because a cabal composed of
many subordinate commanders ex¬
isted to oppose and, if possible, defeat
the plans for partitioning the money.
He explained that former members
of the Cuban military assembly, led
by Mayla Rodriguez, Manuel Sanguil-
ly, J*uau Gaulberto and other malcon¬
tents, had organized a majority of tho
officers against him apparently, and
though he (Gomez) might persist and
possibly carry the payment to a suc¬
cessful conclusion, he was disgusted
and wished to wash his hands of tho
whole business. Therefore ho thought
host to leave General Brooke free, as
the latter could act with equal effec¬
tiveness.
General Brooke expressed sympathy
with General Gomez and said he re*
gretted the position he had taken, It
wa8 then mutually agreed that General
rt ^ 0 01nc/ me/ will wm issue >8. n a a manifesto man , to the
Cuban army. Afterward General
Brooke may y make u declaration con-
cerning the manner in which ho will
Proceed. He is determined no o >e
prWateM4 nol-oommisaTone ^e^an" Ameers
to a-ept
this amount will be offered on the alter-
native of forcible disarmament.
# bont by the attitude^oTGome z!'stoola
liem|dn f irn i, with a rising tendency,
English syndicates are trying to buy
Jlt u t.U© railroads, and an offer of 10
per cent premium has been made for
the g a banilla, Cardenas and Jucaro
H but this was refused. The local
banks have received orders to buy all
stock offered.
Gomez ami the governor geueral
feel tbat the privates ought not to lose
their 8 b are in the American gratuity
me rely because the schemes of certain
"t r, Cub “" n "“ 7ta »
?i, Tlie belief
that tho com-
pony L r officers will assist in this work.
General f . Baooke’s Baooke s order ordei will be dis-
sominated through the newspapers,
placarded in the postofllce* and given
the widest circulation practicable.
Monday afternoon Gomez wrote a
history of his relation to the army pay-
ment question. It concludes the cor-
respondence that has passed between
himself and the governor general and
it is intended to make his position
to the public and to contrast
bis conduct favorably;with that of oth-
C r Cuban leaders.
PREACHERS DISSATISFIED
At flanner of “Hushing Up” Publish¬
ing House Matter.
The Methodist ministers of Atlanta,
Ga., at their weekly meeUng Mouday,
|° 0 ^ ”P the matter of tbe recent ac¬
tion of the bishops in regard to the
^mous publishing house complica¬
tions in regard to a certain sum ot
money owing to the Methodist church.
from the United States since the war.
A set of resolutions was adopted
which, after a preamble stating the
very great dissatisfaction of the
church with tbe way iu which this
matter had been disposed of, or
“hushed up,” as one of the ministers
present said, called for the appoint¬
ment of a committee to urge upon the
forthcoming annual conference the
movement for an extra general confer¬
ence which shall reconsider the whole
publishing house matter.