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F , tab .l 9 he H , E I m RNING t-?rPated I*** i NUMBER 1 T.filfi. b J. H. ESTILL, President. ' WAR CHARITY FOR JAPANESE AMERICANS SUBSCRIBED COMMITTEES TO BE ORGANIZED IN VSITED STATES. p< . rrT Memorial Relief Fund the Nome of the Charlty-It I- De elsned to Aid Destitute Families „ f soldiers and Sailors— Expendi tures Are to Be Made Under the Anspletes of the Japanese Em peror—Good Feeling Prevails. EVENTS IN THE EAST. Constant skirmishing between Ping Yang and Wiju is reported, many Japanese being killed. Prize money amounting to $75,- 000 has been distributed in the Rus sian Vladivostok squadron for sink ing Japanese merchantmen. Japanese protest against the sink ing of an unprotected merchant steamer by the Russian fleet, de claring it an act of wantoiiness. Warships lined up and made the steamer a target for their guns. Tokio, March 31.—At a meeting of Americans and Japanese held in this city to-day in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of the Perry treaty between Japan and the United States, an American war charity, called the Perry Memorial Re lief Fund, was organized with much enthusiasm. The sum of $37,500 was subscribed at once, and it was decided to or ganize committees in all the larger cities of the United States. The fund will be turned over to a minister of the imperial household, and It will be disbursed under the direction of the Emperor of Japan, particularly for the purpose of aiding the destitute fam ilies of soldiers and sailors. Count Okuma, at one time Japanese premier, made the principal address at the commemoration exercises. He said that as the Japanese became more familiar with the people of the United States, they could not but admire them for their love of justice and humanity, which were such prominent national traits. Bishop McKim of the American Epis • copal mission suggested the organiza tion of the charity. He said the me morial to Perry would be graven not on a pillar of stone, but on the hearts of the two great peoples. Count Matsugata proposed cheers for the President of the United States and Mr. Griscom replied by calling for cheers for the Emperor of Japan. There were demonstrations of satis faction when the total of the subscrip tion was announced and the meeting was brought to a close with the sing ing of the national anthems of the United States and Japan. RUSSIAN SAILORS GET $75,000 PRIZE MONEY. St. Petersburg, March 31. —For sink ing Japanese merchantmen in Sungari straits at tne opening of the war $75,- 000 has been distributed in prize money to the crews of the four cruisers of the Vladivostok squadron. The Invalid Buss, the army, organ, concludes from Gen. Mishtchenko’s re ports that the Japanese are continuing their concentration and gradually ad vancing on their way to Wiju, their advance guard being at Ka-San, and their outposts ten miles further north. The paper declines to predict the fu ture phases of the Japanese advance upon the Valu. In connection with the activity of the Chinese along the Shan-Hai-Kwan Itailroad the Bourse Gazette warns the Powers of the unreliability of Chinese neutrality, and says it believes they are making a serious mistake, declar ing that the Celestials are going to as tonish the world when the world least expects it. HE GIVES ThFgLORY TO LIEUT. KRIHZKI. Sebastopol. March 31.—Respondlr. g to a dispatch from the commander of the Black Sea fleet, congratulating him on the repulse of the last attempt of the Japanese to block Port Arthur, ;, K< ! Adrniral Makaroff has telegraph ed that the chief credit for the achieve |ment is due to Lieut. Krinizki, who ‘ J"'™nded torpedo boat destroyer ” >ni. a man who knows his business. , irou kh his skill in discharging the torpedo, the missile struck the prow of he first ship, deflecting the vessel rrorn its course, and the other Japa nese steamers followed in its wake." CASUALTIES REPORTED IN CHONG-JU FIGHT. S(> oul, March 31.—The detailed re ports received here of the engagement ot March 28 between Russians and Japanese at Chung-Ju, Korea, say the of tC T two hourß - at the end oi uhich the Japanese forced the Rus sians to retire toward Wiju. Two Russian dead were left on the field ,u ther bodies were carried off "Ith the column. A Japanese lieuten ant named Kano and four privates "ere killed, while Capt. Kurokawa and eleven privates were Wounded. Must Keep Their Distance. Port Arthur, March 31.—The procla mation of Lieut. Gen. Stoessel £>m. " mdlng here, declaring all the terri ''"y lying between and Including Port Anhur and Tslchou In a state of siege forbids all unauthorized persons to approach the fortifications and bat mnes, and announces that the sentries nave beep ordered to shoot any one "ho falls to obey the order. The po measures adopted at Port Arthur b.lrfd Ce, l* nt and pertect order *• tnaln- Jiateimal) JRofning STILL HARPING UPON THE VICKSBURG INCIDENT. St. Petersburg, March 31. —A corre spondent of the Russ, who has just re turned front Korea, writes that he knows from official sources that the commander of the Vicksburg did not join in the protest of the other com manders against the Japanese entering the port to engage the Variag and Ko rletz, and later, after the fight, when the Vicksburg sent a surgeon his serv ices were refused. The tone of the correspondent is very bitter. He adds that he saw the American denials of the incident when he arrived at Port Said, hut that they are not convincing. He continued, ‘‘l saw the report of one of the captains to his government, in which the action of the American captain was set forth clearly and categorically in its true colors.” Inofficial circles the action of some of the newspapers here in attempting to revive hostile feeling against the United States on account of the Vicks burg incident is sincerely deprecated. The Associated Press is authorized to announce that the government has nothing to criticise in the action of Commander Marshall. Moreover, it does not sympathize with the Novfle Vremya’s editorial of yesterday point ing to the United States as the real commercial and political foe of Great Britain and Russia. JAPANESE IRATE OVER SINKING OF STEAMER. Tokio. March 31.—The action of Russian waruuips in sinki,,g the Japa nese coasting steamer Hanyei Maru last Saturday is deeply resented by the Japanese. In official circles the attack upon and the sinking of this vessel near Tachin Island is pro nounced to be a clear violation of the neutrality of China, besides heing an act of wantonness against a defense less craft. The sinking of the Japa nese steamer Nakonamara by the Rus sian Vladivostok squadron near the Tsuguru straits is recalled. The Hanyei Maru was an old steamer of sixty-four tons, and had been char tered by some correspondents of a Japanese newspaper. After transfer ring ten Japanese and seven Chinese from the Hanyei Maru the fire of twelve vessels was directed upon the steamer and one of Russian torpedo boat destroyers sent several shells through her hull. PLENTY OF SUPPLIES FOR RUSSIAN TROOPS. St. Petersburg, March 31. —The chief of the commissariat department, Rost kovsky, says that not a pound of meat or bread is being sent to Manchuria, as the cattle arid grain available ther' are more than sufficient for the de mand. Enormous herds and stores of flour are being concentrated at Har bin. About 500.000 boxes of tinned meats will be kept at Irkutsk for the outgoing troops and railroad men. All the tinned meats are being put up St. Petersburg and at Riga ac cording to a German process, by which the contents can be served hot, with out the use of fire, the tin being placed in another filled with water and hav ing a false bottom containing a car bide mixture, which is forced into the water when it is desired to do so, and brings the contents of the inner can to a boiling point. JAPANESE CRUISER HAS LEFT SHANGHAI. Shanghai, March 31. —The Japanese cruiser Akitsushima left here at noon to-day, the dismantlement of the Rus sian gunboat Mandjur, which was in these waters when the war broke out, and which remained here, having been completed in accordance with the agreement arrived at on the subject with the local authorities. SAYS MANY JAPS ARE KILLED IN SKIRMISHES. London, April 1. —The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph at Seoul re ports that there is continuous skir mishing between Ping Yang and Wiju, and that many Japanese have been killed. The correspondent adds that a Ko- Continued on Eighth Page. ~ * -s'wL. ? t t y +.'S'?( M ! v®v iillfife*^Jso*■ jfflsßHo’ !: >\' .. .w .- / ..• ... • :.,. . V, r - v,.„v ', . COMBE*, THE FRENCH PREMIE H, WHOSE GOVERNMENT IS SI'P POSED TO HE WEAKENING. HV T WHICH WAS SUSTAINED BY A HANDSOME MAJORITY ON THE V OTE ON THE RIEL SUPPRESSING AU, FORMS OF TEACHING BY THE RELIGIOI'S ORDERS. BRITISH FIGHT WITH TIBETANS TIBETANS WERE REPULSED. DRIVEN HACK IIV YOUNGHUSBAND WITH HEAVY LOSS. British Captured the Tibetan Camp at Gnru—British Expedition Has Sutlercd Great Hardships on Ac count of the Extreme Cold I’re tailing in the Desolate . Country of Thibet—Tibetan Lender Ap peared With Quaint Retinue. Tuna, British India, March 31. News has been received here of se vere fighting, the Tibetans having at tacked the British mission under Col. Younghusband. There were two en gagements, and the Tibetans were re pulsed with heavy loss. The British captured the Tibetan camp at Guru. While the British advance had prac tically been unopposed, the expedition suffered great hardship from the in tense cold, and it was for some time foun ! Impossible to use the Maxim guns and rifles, owing to the congej - ing of the oil. The country is f t •• bleakest, witho- t a sign of ve?Hat and the expedition had to face piei ing winds and clouds of dust, while there was a heavy fall of snow last night. At 8 o’clock this morning a flying column started to reconnoiter the Tibe tan camp at Guru, whereupon a gen eral from Lhassa, with a quaint ret inue, came to interview Col. Young husband. The general asked the colonel to retire with his mission to Yatung for.the purpose of carrying on negoti ations, threatening an attaclj if the mission proceeded. Col. Younghusband replied that negotiations had been proceeding fruitlessly for fifteen years and that retirement was now impos sible. The Tibetan general withdrew, and Col. Younghusband ordered his troops to endeavor to disperse the Tibetans, blocking the road without firing upon them. Came to Close (tiinrtor*. For a time the tactics of the Brit ish were successful, but after a while the attitude of the Tibetan leaders convinced Col. MacDonald of the ne cessity of disarming them. The Tibe tans numbered about 1,500, and their resistance’of the effort to disarm them led to a smart engagement. The situation for a few moments was critical, Col. MacDonald and Col. Younghusband being only a few yards from the advancing Tibetans. Revol vers and bayonets were used, and then a rifle Are was resorted to, at which the Tibetans fled, but not before sev eral casualties resulted in the British ranks. The correspondent of the Daily Mail with the mission was severely wounded. The Tibetans lost heavily, owing to the inferiority of their weapons, which were matchlock rifles, but they dis played the greatest courage, many of them coming on after they had been seriously wounded. After the action there were heaps of dead and a long trail of dead and wounded extended to the rear. After a short halt the advance con tinued. Nearly the Tibetan camp at Guru, a second action took place, in which the artillery played the largest part. Finally the Tibetans retreated over the hills with the exception of about sixty, who obstinately held the vil lage. which was finally taken by a mounted bayonet charge. The Tibetan losses are believed to be over 400, while the British casual ties are about a dozen. , The British force returned to Tuna this evening and stated that rifles bearing the Russian imperial stamp and Russian ammunition were found on the wounded Tibetan officers. SAVANNAH. GA.. FRIDAY. APRIL 1. 1904. ■ r ■ ■ ■ - - ' ' f '■ .. ' ■ ;;,X ' A CLOSE VIEW OF THE SUNKEN RUSSIAN CRUISER VARIAG. A SIX-INCH GUN OF HER STARBOARD BATTERY POINTING SKYWARD. NOT TO GET PENSIONS IN CANTEEN CHECKS. Objection Made to a R'ttetlce That Obtains* in Some States. Washington, March 31.—Considera tion of the sundry civil appropriation bill was concluded in the House to day, and the bill was about to be pass ed, when Mr. Sulzer forced a roll call on a motion to recommit the bill with instructions to strike out the para graph appropriating $136,000 for rental of the New York Custom House. The vote showed a quorum was not pre sent, and so an adjournment was taken until to-morrow. The right of boards of directors of state homes for disabled volunteer sol diers to retain certain portions of pen sion money received by the inmates, was discussed at length. Mr. Bell of California assailed his own state for permitting a canteen to be established in the California State Home, and charged that the old soldiers were al lowed to draw their - pension money from the home in most instances only through canteen checks. After extend ed debate an amendment by Mr. Bell to correct the evils complained of was adopted. Mr. Sherley (Democrat) of Kentucky offered an amendment to Mr. Bell’s amendment,, striking out the anti-can teen feature. He emphatically de clared against that "species of pater nalism, which undertakes to legislate the morals of people.” He was, he said, opposed to any anti-canteen law. The Sherley amendment was voted down. A violent attack on the coast and geodetic survey was made by Mr. Robinson of Indiana, who charged that scandal attached to that office in con nection with allowances for commuta tion of subsistence. Mr. Hemenway, in charge of the bill, indignantly de nied the charges made. Mr. Robinson of Indiana declared that the allowance for commutation of subsistence to offi cers of this service had been abused simply as a means of increasing sala ries. He cited instances where some officers received $2 per day in commu tation of subsistence, whereas others in the same command received nothing. He also mentioned by name men on vacation who had drawn the allowance. He said that a system had grown up in this service which was vicious in principle and promotive of favoritism. The House adjourned until to-mor row. AGAIN TIIFV DENVER FAILS. Protected Cruiser Could Not Make the Required Time. Boston, March 31.—The protected cruiser Denver was given a second government speed trial test over the Cape Ann course to-day and again failed to reach her contract require ments of 17 knots per hour, her aver age speed being 16.70 knots. Tidal correction may add slightly to the speed taken on the ship, and suffi ciently, the contractors, Neafle & Levy, claim to bring her speed up to the contract requirements. The weather and sea conditions were almost perfect, there being scarcely any wind and no roll. The Denver made 16.28 knots on her first trial trip. PARKER BUTTONS ARE WORN IN CONGRESS. Washington, March 31.—The Parker presidential boom is the first to be supported in Congress by a campaign button. Representative Fitzgerald of New York appeared in the House to day wearing In the lapel of his coat a handsome button on which was pho tographed the likeness of Judge Par ker, and a caption declaring his can didacy for the presidency. Mr. Fitzgerald was besieged by many of his Democratic colleagues for but tons, and supplied their wants to a limited number. CLEVELAND oThIS ILK WOULD MAKE HIM BOLT. Sioux Falls. S. D., March 31.—After announcing an intention to bolt the National Democratic Convention If Grover Cleveland or any Democrat like htm is nominated, former United States Senator R. F. Pettigrew was to-day elected chairman of the state delega tion from South Dakota. It was be fore the Democratic state convention had adjourned, and after Mr. Petti grew's selection as a delegate, that he declared explicitly an intention to t-oU under the conditions named. Mr, Pettigrew's election a chairman of the delegation followed to-day. COLOMBIA LOSES SUIT FOR CANAL FRENCH COURT DECIDES THAT TIIE COMPLAINT IS NOT UE- C El VAHI.E. Colombia Must Pay the Costs of the Suit It Instituted—Decision Is Lengthy, Reviewing the Cfreum stauees of the Coneessioas—Co lombia's Rights Disappeared When It Lost Its Ability' to Exer cise Sovereignty. Paris, March 31. —The first civil tribunal of the Seine to-day decided the case of the republic of Colombia against tne Panama Canal Company in favor of the defendants. The de cision holds the complaint of Colom bians not receivable and condemns the plaintiffs to pay the costs of the 'action. This decision has the effect of re moving the legal obstacles In the way of the transfer of the canal conces sion from the company to the United States. The decision is a lengthy document, fully reviewing all the early circum stances of the concession and setting forth the various acts of the Colom bian Congress, the treaties, etc., par ticularly Articles 20, 21 and 22 of th" treaty of March 20, 1878, whereby the company acquired Us rights. Has Lost Sovereignty. "These articles.” the decision says, "have the manifest purpose of assur ing the full exercise of sovereignty over the canal. It results from what is established before this tribunal'that Colombia is not in possession of the territory traversed by the canal. By coming before a French court in order to sustain Us rights over the canal Co lombia tacitly admits its inability to itself control the canal. It, therefore, follows naturally that it has lost sov ereignty over the territory traversed by the canal. fit also appears that this sovereignty is maintained by the new republic of Panama, which is in actual possession of the authority and power of adminis tration and of police. Under such cir cumstances it remains for the Panama Company to accept the actual sit uation of authority and the fact rela tive to the territory embraced by the concession. Therefore, the action com menced by Colombia, is not receiv able." Gave Satisfaction. The decision gave great satisfaction to the American officials and the Pan ama Canal Company. Ambassador Porter received early word of the de cision and expressed himself ns well satisfied with the outlook for an early winding up of the transfer. The Panama Canal Company promptly took steps to call a meeting of the stockholders for a final ratifi cation of the sale to the United States. The iaw requires twenty-five days’ no tice before a meeting, so the ratifica tion is expected April 25. The com pany has taken precautions to see that a majority is sure to ratify, and it al ready has far more than a majority of the stock pledged to ratification. The subsequent proceedings, therefore, are considered mere formalities. A SIMPLE MATTER OF TRANSFERRING TITLE. Washington, March 31.—President Roosevelt and Attorney General Knox had a conference to-day subsequent to the receipt from the Associated Press of the information that the govern ment of Colombia had lost its suit in the French courts. At the conclusion of the interview, Attorney General Knox announced that there now was no more reason for delay than might be occasioned by the transfer of a title to a twenty-fort lot in Washing ton. The Attorney General added that the action of the French court had dis posed of the last legal obstacle in the way of the transfer of the canal com pany’s property. The dissolution of the Panama Canal Company, so far as the transfer of the property to this country is concerned, probably will take place the latter part of April. The payment of the 140,000,- 000 to the company will be made about that time. It is not likely that the payment of the 110,000,000 to the Re public of Panama will be made prior to that to the canal company. It la the view of the President and the At torney General that the two payments should be practically, ooncurreut. ARMS FOR NICARAGUA I)o Not Mena That That Country Is Bent Upon War. New Orleans, March 31.—Referring to dispatches from Havana concerning the shipments of arms and ammuni tion on the Nicaraguan gunboat Ome tepe to be used by the Nicaraguan government, the acting consul of Ni caragua said to-day that the transac tion at Havana was absolutely with out significance. The Ometepe was recently bought by the Central American government, but being unable to ship a Spanish crew at New Orleans, went to Havana. Consul Echazarreta also went to the Cuban capital. While there the consul learned of a lot of arms and ammuni tion in bond which the Cuban govern ment had ordered that must either be sold or deposited in the government ar senal. The consul reported to his government and T. M. Solomon & Cos., financial agents here of Nicaragua, were authorized (o make the purchise. The arms and ammunition are to be used in strengthening the present Ni caraguan army. The purchase com prised 2,800 reformed Remington rifles, 200,000 rounds of ammunition and some powder. “Absolute peace prevails In Nicara gua," said Acting Consul Rose. “She has no intention of going to war. in my official capacity I will state that the relations are so friendly between the United States and Nicaragua that any suggestion of Nicaragua resisting the United States is ridiculous. There is no chance of trouble of any kind in my country. Our desire is to maintain peace, if necessary, to force it, and de vote ourselves to the development of our commercial and Industrial Inter ests. We are even now investing $500,000 in the building of a harbor at Corinto.” QUEER TURN GIVEN TO THE BOTKIN CASE. Triad lo Go oil Despite Slatrmrnta Itegnriling llriliery. San Francisco, March 31.—There was another surprise in the Botkin murder case to-day. Owing to the charges made yesterday of attempts to tam per with jurors on behalf of the de fendant, it was understood that the first proceeding to-day would be the discharge of the jury. This, however, did not occur and the trial proceeded us usual. Attorney Knight stated to the court that, contrary to the advice of her counsel, Mrs. Botkin insisted on the trial continuing, saying she was sat isfied the jury would render a just verdict. On being asked by the Judge if this was her decision, Mrs. Botkin said that *t was. Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Fer ral called Judge Cook's attention to the statement by the court yesterday that under the circumstances, should the defendant be found guilty, he would be compelled to grant anew trial. Mr. Ferral said he did not want this assertion considered binding. An order abrogating that portion of yes-, terday’s proceedings was made. The court then ordered that the Jury be admitted. The trial was resumed and the prosecution completed Its case. Judge Cook admonished the Jury, In forming them that until the end of the trial they must remain together In the care of the sheriff. THREE PERSONS WENT OVER SHOSHONE FALLS. Pltmaed 300 Feet in the Waters of the Snake River, Boise, Idaho, March 31.—Three per sons have plunged 230 feet to their death over the Shoshone Falls of the Snake r'ver. They were Miss Marie Willis. Samuel Graham and a man whose name is unknown. Miss Willis sometimes runs the fer ryboat at this point. Last Miss Willis took the boat across in response to a call. On the return she found the guide rope was not working properly and put back. Graham and the other man, seeing from the opposite side that there was trouble, took their skiffs and crossed to the ferryboat. They took Miss Willis off and started back to the south bank. As the boat neared the shore it filled and went down, all three being lost. No trace of the bodies has been t found. Rev. B. 11. Melton Declines. Richmond. Va.. March 31.—Rev. B. H. Melton, pastor of Marshall Street | Chrletlan Church, who was called to the presidency of Atlantic College, Wil son, N. C., to succeed Dr. J. C. Soog ! gins resigned, baa declined the offer. 5 CENTS A COPY. DAIRY. $H A YEAR. WEEKLY 2-TIMBS-A-WEEK, $1 A YEAR GIRLS KILLED BY EXPLOSION SEVEN DEAD: FIVE INJURED. OVta GIRL FOOLISHLY' THREW A SQUID INTO A STOVE. That In Said to Have fanned the Explonian—Building Wan Wrecked mill Set on Fire—Two Small Child ren on tile Floor Above five Squib Factory Were Killed Bodies Were Burned So That Recognition Was Dillicuit. Scranton, Pa., March 31.—Seven per sons are known to have been killed and five fatally injured by an explosion in the factory of the Dickson Squib Com pany at Priceburg, near here, to-day. The dead are: Lizzie Bray, Priceburg. Lillian Mahan, Priceburg. Beokie Lewis, North Scranton. Lizzie Matthews, Olyphant. Lizzie Howry. George Callahan, Priceburg. Teresa Callahan, Priceburg. Those fatally injured are; Mamie Gillalon. Martha B. Haybrown. Cassie Folks. Meta Fulkerson. Oscar Ayser. Twenty girls were employed in ths factory. What caused the explosion is not known, but it is said that one of the girls threw a squib into a stove, and that the force of the explosion was so great that it wrecked the building and set it on fire. The squibs are used in coal mining. The Dickson Squib Company occu pied only the first floor of the build ing, the Callahan family having rooms on the second floor. It was here that the two Callahan children lost their lives. Thomas Callahan, the father, was at work, and Mrs. Callahan had just left the room when the explosion occurred. The children, aged 3 years and 6 months, respectively, were play ing on the floor. Both were instantly killed. The building caught fire, and the flames communicated to the two ad joining buildings, one occupied as a hotel and the other as a butcher shop. Both were destroyed. All of the bodies have been taken from the debris. The bodies of the, dead employes were so badly burne that it was with great difficulty th they could be recognized. WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT THESE THINGS? Williams Asks Department of Jnat- Ice for Information. Washington, March 31.—Representa tive Williams of Mississippi introduced two resolutions of inquiry addressed to the Department of Justice to-day. One requests information as to wheth er any criminal prosecutions have been instituted by the department against the Individuals or corporations who were adjudged recently by the Su preme Court of the United States In the Northern Securities case to be guilty of having violated the laws of the United States by entering into un lawful combinations In restraint of in terstate commerce, 'and to send to the House all papers and documents and other Information bearing upon the prosecutions inaugurated, or about to be inaugurated in that behalf.” The other resolution requested in formation as to whether any investi gation was ever had at the suggestion of the Attorney General, or by the De partment of Justice at the suggestion of any one else, "of the so-called an thracite coal trust," Consisting of the anthracite-carrying railroads doing an interstate business, whether any report was ever mado of such Investigation, and if so, to send to the House 4he re port and all papers and documents and information bearing upon the same. NOT ALL TO GET PAY. Volnnfeer Soldiers Who Are Eirtitled to Reeele It. . ■Washington, March 31.—Soldiers who served In the Spanish-Arnerican and Philippine wars have been misinformed as to their rights to the two months' extra pay under the recent decision of the .controller of the Treasury Depart me n't. It is not trite that each and every soldier who served in said wars is so entitled. The decision gives no addi tional rights to soldiers who enlisted in state organizations, that they did not already possess, nor to soldiers of the regular army, the latter not be ing entitled to the sulci' two months ex tra pay. unless they enlisted after April 21. 1898, and before Oct. 26, 1898, and who were discharged prior to Jan. 1, 1900. and whose service was “honest and faithful.” So that, as a matter of fact, those soldiers only who en listed in the United States volunteers, and served in the Philippine insurrec tion '‘honestly end faithfully," and were mustered out of the service with their organization, come within the purview of said decision. The organization embraced in the term “United States volunteers” are the Twenty-sixth to the Forty-ninth regiments, United States Volunteer, Infantry, and the Eleventh United States Volunteer, Cavalry, authorized by the act of Congress of March 2, 1899. TWO LIVES WERE LOST When R Steam Pipe Exploded oil the Sarah Lujine, Newbern, N. C., March 31.—A tele phone message received here says a steam pipe exploded on the steamer Sarah Louise. Capt. Mark Fulcher, near Pltchkettle. up the Neuse river, twenty-two miles from Newbern. One negro named Washington was scalded to death and another negro jumped overboard and was drowned. The steamer is able to travel under her own steam, and is now on her way to Newbern. She Is owned by Ellis Williams of Newbera, who is her engineer.