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. in in no fe w Hi the pi M j. tie ■ ,t tj ., o: on p |, he a ,. , » J .. g I i I i , , . I i I j 1 | ■ J • | ! | ; t I ■ - s I j 1 li e y I II s r " ll 1 s u • - ■. . . e GENERAL NEWS NOTES OF THE DAY. The Mexican rouble has cost our war deparlmenl ,573,131 to dale. JJ Jacob Riis is sinking: hope for his recovery has ** gone, lie may linger for a month. The canal tolls exemption forces in the Senate ,|. da? privately admit their cause is losl. tl the Provisional President Huerta in he course of an 11 interview said: "The Mexican peace delegates nave » instructions to oiler lny resignation al the con- tt ferences at Niagara Falls." The United States has entered into an agreement D with Great Britain and the Netherlands to keep 1" Tampico oil tields open and to maintain the " property rights of foreigners there. The activity Of Mount Vesuvius increases daily • ," and is causing considerable anxiety among the . people. Dense clouds of smoke are emitted from crater. Stroniboli also is much more active " to than usual. ,. The unionists gained a seat in the house of com at ■ mons for Northeast Derby. The contest was three- . cornered, the result being as follows: Major Bow- ■ ilen, unionist. 6.400; Houghton, liberal. 0.155; Mar ii tin. laborite. 3,888. Stephen lownsei.,1. surgeon, and lecturer and t author, is dead in London. For some time he was a the stage under the name of "Will Dennis. o of playing leading robs iii several pieces. In 10W married Mrs. Francis Hodgson Burnett, novelist ■ and dramatist. Doniinie;iu revolutionists have looted an Amcri y can sugar plantation near Lanuua and other Amcri- | can sugar properties in that district are unprotected. . according to a report to the naw department from , Commander Blerer of the United States gunboat , Wheeling in Dominican waters. , Union lalior forces in Congress are claiming i victory for their amendment, specifically exempting I farmers and labor unions from prosecution under the Sherman antitrust law, when the Clayton anti monopoly bill is acted upon by the House. They 1 are doubtful, however, atiout the result in the l Senate. Charles W. Kvans. Jr., of Chicago, and Harold Weber of Toledo, the onto American survivors in [ the fourth round ef the British amateur golf Cham- . pionship, met defeat yesterday at the hands ol two Scotsmen. C. B. MaeKarlane and Cant. Cecil K. Hutchison. Harold II. Hilton, the holder of the title, shared their fate. : The London police broke up a large column of militant suffragette raiders who were marching on -Buckingham palace to hand a petition to King George. When tin- women reached the top of Con- . stitniioii hill, leading to the palace, the police dispersed them and arrested Mrs. Emmeline Pankhurst : and several other leaders. The announcement for counsel for the defense that Charles K. Becker would not take the stand in hi own behalf to deny the testimony of Jack Rase, Harry Vallon and Bridgie Webber thai he • ordered the killing of Herman Rosenthal, led to he . prediction that the trial would be concluded in short order and that a verdict in the case might be expected by tomorrow. Yesterdavs baseball results— National la-ague: Boston :;. "Chicago. 1: Pittsburgh, «. Philadelphia, 2: Cincinnati, 8, Brooklyn. 1. American League: Chicago, 5, Boston, 2: New York. 5, Cleveland. -; Detroit. 0. Philadelphia, 4: Washington, •" . St. Louis, 4. Federal League: Baltimore, 3, Chicago. 2; Kansas City. 8. Brooklyn, 2; Buffalo, tj, indianapo lis. .".: Pittsburgh, 10, St. Louis, 5. Devices to maintain the equilibrium of aeroplanes automatically were described by Orville Wright m an address at the Franklin institute in Philadelphia. He predicted that travel in the air would soon lie as safe as bv land and declared .10 per cent, of lie lives that were lost in aviation would have Ix-on saved if the aviators had been able to feel the angle at which their planes were traveling. Yesterdavs sitting id the house of commons was i suspended in the midst of the home rule debate. The persistent disorderllneaa of the opposition mem-, hers forced an adjournment, the motion for which i had iusl been defeated by a vote of 286 to 17«i. Immediately after the vote had been taken the unionists started the refrain "Adjourn! Adjourn:" The uproar was long and loud. Without making an attempt for a new trans-li Atlantic ship record the Valerland. which reached I New York yesterday on her maiden trip, has proved ! itself the fastest of the German liners. During . the last twenty-four hours run. she made 504 miles For four hours, with a development of 7.~.MK of r her .mi.ihhi horse power capacity, her speed ex- ceeded twenty four miles an hour, surpassing that t of the Imperator on Us best run. Martial law will Ik- replaced by civil adin.nis-e I rations throughout tin- territory controlled by the Mexican constitutionalists. No more jefes des las annas, who have had complete control of the ad ministration, will lie appointed. The jefes already in olliee gradually will is- replaced by civil officials j elected by the people. This will leave the Jefes de las annas authority only over the garrisons. This system will be placed in effect lirst in Chihuahua and Sonora. Here is the plan of the mediators for the pacili cation of Mexico, as submitted by them to the delegates representing the American government: ■ 1 Elimination of Huerta. Cnrranaa and Zapata 1 from the government of Mexico. 2. Creation ol 1 a provisional government of a commission char acter in which shall lie represented all the factions to tin present conflict, o. Agreement for a ceesa-K ii..ii of hostilities. I. An election to be called 1 mi,! beld under the auspices of the provisional gov erument, at which none of the leaders of the fac- i inns now contending shall be candidates. Tin American mediators did not accept or reject Hie mediators plan. They have no power to do so. • They merely received it. and after an explanation by the mediators and some discussion, transmitted 1 it to Washington.
