THE GREAT STEEL STRIKE NOW ON. The Pol'ce Authorities Preparlnj for Trouble in Pittsburg. THE TRUST WOULDN'T ARBITRATE. Tfct American Tlnplate Company Announce! Hut CcrUid Plaatt ol the Company Crippled by the Strike Would Be Removed to Mooessea-Speculation at to Mow Far the Federation Will Help. Pittsburg, Ta. (Special). The great nteel strike is on. The order to strike was generally obeyed wherever the workers were organized and enrolled in the lodges of the Amalgamated Asso ciation. The policy of the American Federa tion of Labor has not yet been fully disclosed and thai fact contributes an other element of uncertainty to the sit uation. The action of the executive board of the Mineworkers at Indian apolis, in resolving to support the strike, cheered the Amalgamated men nd they are corfident that the Federa tion will aid then to the fullest extent. The closing hours of labor and the opening hours of the strike lacked spectacular action. This city, which is the strike centre, was calm and undis turbed. There was no excitement or violence and the pulse of the commun ity was normal. The police officials issued an order auspending for the time being the va cation system. They do not anticipate trouble, but want to have every man here and ready for duty in case it should come. They say that President Shaffer has counseled peaceful methods and that they hope the strikers and their sympathizers will heed his advice. The strikers held a series of demonstrations- in the outlying towns, and President Shaffer spoke a final word of encouragement to his industrial troops. Great throngs of workers turned out to greet and cheer the leader and ex change pledges to maintain the contest upon which they have entered. BOERS CAPTURED BLOCKHOUSE. British Driven Off After a Flght-A Planned Attack on Cape Town. London (By Cable). A dispatch from Lord Kitchener, dated from Pre toria, says: "A blockhouse near Brandfort, Or ange River Colony, was rushed and captured by the Boers after severe fighting on the night of August 7. "Elliott has captured 70 prisoners and large quantities of stock and wagons, which he is sending in. No details hae been received." Wail dispatches from Lord Kitchen er, issued in a parliamentary paper, say his constant endeavor has been to im prove the fortifications along the lines of communication, thus releasing men from active service. The garrison oflf the railways have mostly been with drawn. A spirited narrative of the ejectment of General de Wet from Cape Colony concludes with the statement that the raiders undoubtedly received a number of recruits from the colonial Dutch, nn ample supply of food and timely infor mation. Lord Kitchener received certain in formation that De Wet intended to a tack Cape Town while General Botha, as soon as he heard that the concentra tion in Cape Colony was effected, was to enter Natal with 5000 picked hors men and make for Durban. BUSINESS DONE WITH THE CUBANS. Reports of Receipt! From the Various Custom houses In the Island. Washington (Special). The division of insular affairs of the War Department has prepared a statement of receipts from all sources at the several custom houses. In the Island of Cuba for the six months ended June 30, 1001, as com pared with the same period of iHc) and 1900. The statement shows that the total receipts from customs sources during the six months ended June 30, igoi, were $ 7,947,05 : for the six months ended une 30, 1809, $6,916,801, and for the six months ended June 30, 1000, $8,oox,52J. The collections at the port of Havana cover the greater portion of the receipts and for the period named were in loot. $5,601.(01; in 1900, $6.1.25.444. Cienfuc f?os comes next with $685,248, followed by Santiago with $55o,28), for the six months ending June 30, 1001. For the other years the amounts are somewhat smaller at both these ports. Killed His Wife and Himself. Scranton, Pa. (Special). Edwin Davis, a young carpenter, shot his wife and himself after a succession of quar rels. They had a quarrel a week ago, and he left her, taking his residence w ith his father. Sunday evening he went to his former home, and retiring to a room on the second lloor, sent his little daugh ter to his w ife with the request she bring him a glass of water. She" left her sister and went upstairs with the water. She was gone less than a moment when her sister heard four shots. When the neigh lors went upstair they found the wife dead on the floor and three bullet holes in her head, while the husband was lying across the bed with a bullet hole in his forehead and a revolver in his grasp. Gold Found In Georgia. Atlanta. Ga. (Special). Samples of ore and gold, accompanied by regularly attested affidavits, have been received in At'anta showing a remarkably rich strike of gold in Wilkes county, near Washing ton, Ga. The affidavits show that out of .J407 pounds of ore 17X5 pennyweights of gold was taken by amalgamation. State Crologi.st Veates will make an official report on the mine in a few days. Carnegie May Be Lord Rector. London (Be Cable). The Exchange Telegraph Company announces that Andrew Carnegie has been invited to become lord rector of Aberdeen Univer sity, in succession to Lord Strathcoma anrl Mount Koyal. t Manufacturer Drops Dead. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special). Pat rick Walsh, a prominent manufacturer in the South, senior member of the firm of Walsh & Widener, dropped dead at his home here from apoplexy. ' Evaas "RcprebeasiMf," Too? Washington (Special). Ex-Senator William K. Chandler has succeeded in having a reprimand administered to Rear Admiral Robley D. Evans' for having criticised in his "Log of a Sail or" an official action of Chandler when the latter was Secretary of the Navy. Through Acting Secretary W. E. Ilarkett the reprimand was made and Admiral Evans has replied, but with 110 intimation of whar course he may contemplate pursuing to establish, as he claims, his right to comment and criticise the conduct of any former ueau 01 me ivavy urpartnient. t SIMMA&Y OF THE NEWS. Domestic The executive board of the United Mineworkers. in session in Indianapo lis, adopted a resolution recognizing the steel strike and pledging support to the Amalgamated Association. Mrs. Charles Gallagher, of New York, w as frightened by a high win I on the York river, and became para lyzed and died. Josiah Johnson Hawes, of Boston, said to he the1 oldest photographer in the w rid. died 111 New Hampshire, aged 04 years. I'eter Short, of Sussex county, 1) was seriously scalded while threshing wheat near Laurel, Del. It is believed in Philadelphia that fatal defects have been found in the "Kipper" bill for that city. James II. Jones, of Caroline county, Ya., was dangerously stabbed by Camp bell Madison. Mrs. Harriet Vinson, mother of Colonel Capron. died in Clarke county, Ya.. aged 84 years. Miss Eflie Richey, aged 30 years, a bookkeeper, killed herself at Fort Wayne. I ml. Frank Howell tried to kill his parents near Linden. X. J. General Rums Xeely died at Bolivar. Tenn., aged 03 years. Andrew Hamilton was drowned at Grand View. Ya. The steamer Norfolk, in the Roads, was burned to the water's edge, involv ing a loss of $50,000. She was the handsomest steamer used as a transfer boat between Sewells l'oint and Old Point Comfort. A report received at Washington from Admiral Kempff tells of the bit ing off of a leg of a quartermaster of the Annapolis by a shark while bath ing at lloib. In New York John Seager has sued C. C. Worthington, a millionaire pump manufacturer, ior $100,000 lor alleged alienation of the affections of his wife. The bituminous coal combine has bought a controlling interest in the business of the Northwest by securing two important mines in Minnesota. Maximilian Monasse, nephew of a former wealthy banker of Berlin, com mitted suicide in Philadelphia because he had been disinherited. The United States Steel Corporation secured control of the Shelby Tube Works, a corporation having 15 mills in different parts of the country. The Xational Dental Association, in session at Milwaukee, determined to wage war againsf the so-called "bogus diploma mills." Two followers of Dowie were pelted with decayed eggs in Chicago. Ex-Governor Newell, of New Jersey, is dead, aged 84 years. Attorneys for Ellis Glenn, who re cently achieved notoriety in her sensa tional trial, in which attorneys and wit nesses battled for weeks to establish her identity and to prove her sex filed their declaration in the United States Court at Parkersbtirg. W. Va.. in a $50,000 damage suit against Wm. Rich ardson. The petition alleges that the plaintiff was kidnapped in Illinois and illegally and against her will brought to West Virginia. . The storm and flood situation in Vir ginia is relieved and indications are that danger and damage are past. Evidences of the downpour arc plentitf'. but the water has all passed away. The wind has changed and normal conditions arc expected to continue. Lieutenant Commander James C. Cresap, U. S. N., of the inspection board at the Norfolk Navy Yard, died at the naval hospital at Norfolk. The San Francisco police are ascer taining the movements oi a paroled convict, believing that he was concerned in the great gold bar robbery. The marble statue of Charles Broad way Rotiss, the New York merchant, was unveiled in Winchester, Va. Non-union 'longshoremen were at tacked and stoned on going to work at Ogdensburg, N. Y. Foreign. Lord Kitchener reported the capture by the Boers of a blockhouse near i Urandtort, on the Orange river. Mail I dispatches from Lord Kitchener give I details of a plan that had been arranged ; for an attack on Cape Town by General j de W et, while Botha was to make for 1 Durban. j There was a great unionist celebratio.i I at Blehcim, a luncheon being given by j the Duke and Duchess of Marlborough to 7000 persons. Speeches were made by Mr. Balfour and Mr. Chamberlain. United States Consul General Gudg er has notified the Chinese on the isth mus that they arc entitled to the protec tion of the United States. Field Marshal von Waldersee was met at the railroad station in Hamburg by Emperor William, who greeted him most affectionately. Several Catholic missionaries have been murdered on the. Island of Quel part, off the Korean coast. Count Yon Waldersee had a demon strative reception at Hamburg, where he was welcomed by General von Wit tich, representing the Emperor, who bestowed upon him the Order of Merit. Santos-Dumont made another at tempt to circle Eiffel Tower, but a sud den gust of wind brought disaster to his balloon, which collapsed, and the aeronaut narrowly escaped death. The government lias decided to limit the number of Jewish students in the Russian universities. At Moscow they are entirely prohibited. The White Star liner Oceanic, dur ing a ff g. ran into and sank the steam er Kinkora in the Irish Channel. Sev en persons were drowned. The funeral services over the body of the late Dowager Empress of Ger many at Friedrichshof were simple but impressive. General Vyrim. commanding the French force's, left Tientsin, a British guard of honor attending him to the station. f iaanciaL The Southern Railway Company has declared the regular semi-annual divi dend of a per cent, on the preferred slrck. The L'nited States Shipbuilding Com pany, the new shipbuilding trust, it is said, is ready to he launched with $05, ojo.ooo capital, all subscribed. The Pittsburg Wire & Steel Company, recently incorporated with a capital of $.2,000,000, will establish its plant in Louisville for the production of open hearth products. The grots sales of the National Bis cuit Company in July are said to have been fully 20 per cent, larger than those of the same month last year. The government weekly cotton re port says: "There has been an improve ment during the week over the greater part f the cotton belt." Stockholders of the Bangor & Aroo stook Railroad Company have voted to isoue $20,000,000 4 per cent 50-year mortgage bonds to be applied as follows! Taking up and retiring outstanding bonds and preferred stock, $12,500,000; for improvements upon existing prop erty, fj.ooo.ooo, and the balance for ex tension of the system. TRIED TO BLOW IP . A JRITISH SHIP. Atfempl Made te Wreck (he Mule Transport Mechanician. NONE OF . f HE CREW INJURED. While the Crew Were Asleep aa Explosion Occurred, Due to an Afent Operating From the Outtlde-Plntes Started and Water Lei Into the Ship-No Explosives 0.1 Board. New Orleans, La. (Special). What is regarded as an attempt of a Boer sympathizer to blow up a British trans port occurred shortly after midnight, when there was a terrific explosion at the stock landing where the Harrison steamer Mechanician is moored. The Mechanician is to carry mules to South Africa. The explosion shook houses, rattled dishes and awakened people for some distance around. Most of the crew of the ship were asleep, but the explosion brought them quickly from their berths to the deck. An examina tion showed a large dent in the star board side of the ship. Two plates at the water's edge had been sprung and considerable water was let into the ship. Pumps were immediately put to wor, and when daylight came it was found the vessel was in no danger of sin'.Jtng, and that the damage done was nc: sci ons. The crew of the vessel denied that there was any explosives on board, ai d there seems little doubt, according 'o the statements of those who examined the ship, that the explosion was from the outside and that some sort of bomb or torpedo had been used. Alfred Leblanc, general agent of the Harrison Line, visited hc Mechani cian and a report of the dain.igc r.vic was submitted to him. He sai l tinee large plates on the starboard idol the boat had been stove in Mi l 16 rwels had been broken off or knocked orii pletely from their places. As tilt ship was making considerable water it was decided to shift the ballast so as to lilt the damaged section out of the water. It is thought the damage can l.c repair ed here. Agent Leblanc said the Me chanician will be loaded with a carpo of mules and get away for ,3o Lit ii Airica as soon as possible. A British officer, who was on tfic ship said the explosion was terrific, and that a column of water went high up in the air and came down on deck. Many of the muleteers, who have from time to time left the city on the British transports, have returned with complaints of ill treatment, and a num ber of suits are now pending against British ships in the Federal courts. TEN HURT IN RAILROAD WRECK. Colllsloo Between Two Sections ol Excursion Train to Atlantic City. Pittsburg. Pa. (Special). Two sec tions of an Atlantic City excursion train collided near Confluence, Pai, on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, 84 miles east of Pittsburg. Ten people were seriously injured, and a number of others slightly hurt. The trains left here shortly after 8 o'clock. At Confluence the first sec tion was stopped, and the second sec tion, rounding the curve, going at the rate of 35 miles, crashed into it. The engine oi the second section and three cars were wrecked and traffic was de layed several hours. A Farmer Badly Injured. Charleston. W. Va. (Special). Rob ert Cart and Van Givens, prominent farmers of Jarretts, this county, disa greed as to whose place a threshing ma chine should visit first. A fight ensued and Givens' skull was crushed by 11 stone in the hands of Cart, while the hitter's son also struck Givens with a stone and broke his jawbone. The doc tors say Givens cannot live. Both the Carts are under arrest. Boy Suffering From Antbrai. Oneida, N. Y. (Special). Everett, the ycung son of Herbert Yager, of Higginsville. is dangerously ill with an thrax and his recovery is not expected. The case is attracting the attention of physicians in Central New York, as per sons are rarely attacked with this dis ease. Anthrax is now prevalent among live stock in this vicintiy and many cat tle have died. Herbert Oladstooe to Wed. London (By Cable). The approach ing marriage of Herbert Gladstone, son of the late William E. Gladstone, to a daughter of Sir Richard Horner Paget is announced. "JACK" WINTERS TELLS ALL AND GIVES UP GOLDEN BOOTY. San Francisco (Special). "Jack" Winters, who was arrested as a suspect in connection with the Selby Smelting Works robbery, has confessed and o far $141,000 worth of bullion has been recovered from the bay, where he had sunk it. For three days the detc:;i.'i:s have tried all sorts of persuasion 'o make Winters confess, but apparently w-ithort effect. Finally Winters a'?d to sl:e Superintendent Ropp. of the Selby Works, w ho, he said, w as the 011U ii if 11 J he had. Ropp told Winters that they had i strong rase against him an. I tint he would be sent to prison for thin years. He said : "You will be an old man when you get out and it will do you no (;ood to hide the gold." Winters finally told Ropp that he had tuken the gold and would take In n to the spot where it was hidden. . 30,000,000 la Salt. New York (Special). The Southern Salt Company, with a cauital of $200,000, has been incorporated in Trenton. The incorporators are Cecil D. Giles, George S. Holmes and Oscar L. Gusclman. This is a step towards the formation of the International Salt Company, which will soon be incorporated with a capital of $.(0,000,000. It will include the Salt Un ion of England, the Spanish-American Salt Company and the salt industries in Russia and other parts of the world. . Chinese Tariff a Problem. Washington (Special). It is under stood at the State Department that the delay in signing the protocol at Pekin is probably due to the difficulty of ad justing the tariff on an ad valorem in stead of a specific basis,' and also in ar ranging the details for the co-operations of the military branch in the restrictions on the importations of firearms. The United States Government has received representations, made by Pacific Coast commercial organizations, that the pro poned 5 per cent, duty on a gold basis will work serious hardship on American trade in flour to the Orient. COLOMBIANS' NEW INVASION. Large Force ol Men Lands In Panama Near Colon-Commanded by Minister of War. Willemstad, Island of Curacoa (By Cable). The Venezuelan Goyernnient announces that a new Colombian inva sion occurred near Colon. The invading force is commanded by the Colombian minister of war. Washington (Special). The State Department has received a mail com munication from Consul General Gudgcr, at Panama, dated July 17, stat ing an expedition in aid of the revo lutionists had landed near the port of Mutis, He said reports are various as to the number and equipment of the persons so landed, but it is conjectured that the number is rather small. Per sons in official position at Panama, who seem to be best advised, regard this ex pedition as a forerunner of others to be sent out, as well as a method of causing a more general uprising among the liberals along the isthmus. The consul general docs not know whether affairs on the isthmus will become seri ous, but is of opinion that if there should be armed forces present, as there were a year ago, personal and property rights would he 111 danger. Washington (Special). The situa tion in Colombia and Venezuela con tinues to occupy much of the attention of officials here, and, while it was not felt that affairs had reached a serious aspect, yet it was appreciated that both the official and unofficial advices indi cated a condition of affairs, which might mean war between Colombia and Ven ezuela complicated by revolutionary outBreaks in both countries. STEAMER SUNK BY THE OCEANIC White Star Liner and an Irish Coasting Vessel Come Together. Queenstown (By Cable). The White Star Line steamer Oceanic. Captain Cameron, which sailed from Liverpool Thursday for New Y'ork via Queens town, arrived here and reported having been in collision in the Irish Channel with the steamer Kinkora, of Water ford. Ireland. The Kinkora sank. Seven persons were drowned. The damage sustained by the Oceanic will not prevent her proceeding on her journey. The collision occurred in a fog. The bow of the Oceanic was dam aged. The Kinkora was a coasting vessel trading between Watcrford and Limerick. She had a crew of 14 men. The Oceanic brought the seven surviv ors to this port. Later details of the collision were obtained, and it was learned that the only damage sustained by the Oceanic consisted in a few dents to her port plates. TEMPERANCE CONFERENCE DEMANDS. Resolutions Alopted by National Gathering at Buffalo, N. Y. Buffalo, N. Y'. (Special). The na tional temperance conference, which has been in session here, adjourned Tuesday. Twelve national organizations and seven teen religious denominations from sev enteen States and Territories were rep resented. Resolutions were adopted calling for the prohibition of the sale of intoxicat ing liquors within and in the vicinity of all State and national military reserva tions and national and State soldiers' homes; in favor of harmonious legisla tion between the State. and national gov ernments in all matters relating to the liquor traffic and demanding the discon tinuance of the sale of internal revenue tax receipts in prohibitory territory. SIQNOR CRISPI DEAD. Italy's "Grand Old Man" Passes Away at Naples. Naples (By Cable). Ex-Premier Francesco Crispi died here at 7.45 o'clock Sunday evening from fever. He was surrounded by the members of his fam ily and several intimate friends. His wife and daughter did not leave the bedside for 50 hours, and their friends were compelled to use loving violence to induce them to quit the cham ber. When all was over, the daugh ter. Princess Linguaglossa, fainted and had to be carried out by her husband. The news was f.legraphed to King Victor Emmanuel and Queen IL-b'na. It is rumored that Signor Cnspi's will authorizes a prominent Italian politician to examine his papers and publish his memoirs. Russians to Maneuver la Finland. Copenhagen (By Cable). The Rus sians are about to hold extensive maneu vers in Finland. Seven Danish vessels have started to transport troops and ma terial from Revel, a fortified town of Russia on the south side of the Gulf of Finland, to the scene of the military operations. Winters, in company with Sup;r'iiit'n dent Ropp and a force of detectives went to Crockett. There they waited all night for low tide. Winters pointed out the place at the end of the railroad wharf, behind the coal bunkers, at the head of the Vallejo Ferry slip. At that point at low tide the mud is about four feet deep, covered by a foot of water. Winters got into the mud and water up to his neck and in an hour and a half $1 10,000 worth had been recovered. This includes the four bars of fine gold. Winters had put some of the bars in bags. He said one of the bags had broken and some small bars had drop ped out. It is now only a question of cart.'ul search to find the rest of the $j8o,ooo. Winters says he did the job alone. He sa'ys he made fourteen trips from the vault to the wharf from which he drop ped the gold. Senator Tillman Sued for Slander. Columbia, S. C. (Special). A s.uit for $10,000 damages for slander has been begun against Senator Tillman in Edgefield by J. Young Jones. Tillman in a speech, it is alleged, -tuid Jojies was a crazy thing, just out of 'in asylum. Jones several years ago was in bad health. Killed by Falling From a Trestle. Clarksburg, W. Va. (Special). Chas. Newell, of Mannington, fell from a Bal timore and Ohio trestle last night and was found dead this morning. Mr. Nation Sues for Divorce. Medicine Lodge, Kansas (Special). David Nation, through his attorney, brought suit for a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Temperance cru sader. The petitioner, who is now visit ing in Iberia, Ohio, alleges that his wife held him up to public ridicule, neglected her family duties and abandoned his home. Incorporated al Dover. Dover. Del. (Special). The El Caps tan Mining Company of Marquette, Mich., was incorporated here with a cap ital of $16,000. BUCK DIAMOND ' EXPRESS IN WRECK. Observation and Parlor Cars Plunge Down an Embankment. NONE OF THE PASSENGERS KILLED. Some Received Bruises aod Cuts Abont the Head and Body-One Car Remained on the Track-Cause of the Accident a Mystery Tbe Train Was Running at Between 65 and 66 Miles an Hour. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). The two rear cars, a Pullman observation coach and a parlor car on the Lehigh Valley Railroad Company's "Black Diamond Express," which left this city at noon for New York and Philadelphia, jump ed the track and broke loose from the remainder of the train at North Leroy, 10 miles east of Batavia, shortly after noon. The train was running over 50 miles an hour at the time. The parlor car remained on the ties, and no person in it was injured, hut the observation car plunged down the em bankment and dropped over on its side in the ditch. It was badly demolished, but only a few of its occupants, includ ing Pullman conductor and porter, were injured, and they not seriously. Tbe cause of the accident is a mys tery. Where the observation car went down the embankment the rails seem ed to have spread toward the edge. At the office of the Lehigh Valley Rail road Company in this city it was stated that the train was on time, but was running at the rate of between 55 and 60 miles an hour. The accident oc curred at precisely 12.40 o'clock, and two hours later the passengers, includ ing the injured, continued on their way. . LI B RA R Y FOR ToRTtTklCO. Andrew Carnegie Expected to Make a Gift to That Island. San Juan. Porto Rico (Special). Ne gotiations are under way between An drew Carnegie and Education Commis sioner Martin G. Brumbaugh, represent ing the people of Porto Rico, which will give San Juan one of the famous Carne gie libraries. The San Juan Council decided to appropriate Ifiooo yearly as a maintenante fund. Mr. Carnegie's private secrmry, Jas. Bertram, wrote that it was the million aire's custom to give ten times the amount of the maintenance fund. How ever. Mr. Brumbaugh hopes Mr. Car negie may be induced to give $150,000. The idea is to combine with public library at San Juan a distributing library for other portions of the island. BALLOON TEST A FAILURE. Accident Mars Brazilian Aeronaut's Effort to Capture French Prize. Paris (By Cable). M. Santos-Du-mont, the Brazilian aeronaut, made an other unsuccessful attempt to win the priee, 100,000 francs, offered by M. Deutsch, of the Aero Club, for a dirigi ble balloon. He 'started from the grounds of the Aero Club, the Pare d'Aerostation, at Saint Cloud, and headed for the Eiffel Tower. When over Longchamp the guide rope caught in a tree. M. Santos-Dumont got clear, but, finding he could not cover the course within the time limit, he returned to Saint Cloud, eight and one-half minutes after the start, having covered about one-half the distance to the Eiffel Tower. Does tbe Work of Nine Bank Clerks. Chicago (Special). A plan for re cording checks wth a photographic ap paratus controlled by electricity has been successfully put into operation here 111 the National Bank of the Republic. The machine will take pictures of 10.000 clucks in an hour. The pictures can be j rolled on reels and stored. It is claimed for the instrument that it will perform what it would take nine clerks to do. and that there is no opportunity for mistake. Fire in Illinois Town. Champaign, 111. (Special). The busi ness portion of Rantoul, a town of .1,000 people, was destroyed by fire. Telegraph coinniuniiation was cut off almost at the beginning of the fire, and details are lacking. The fire started in a grain ele vator. The Illinois Central depot burn ed next, and the flames spread to the business section. A Postoffice Clerk Pardoned. ' Columbus, O. (Special). President McKinley has granted a pardon to ohn B. Bulley. serving a three years' sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary. Bulley was a clerk in the Toledo Postoffice and was convicted of stealing, opening and de stroying a U rge number of letters. He is restored to citizenship. His term would have expired in September Bomb Exploded In a Church. Paris (By Cable). A bomb was ex ploded near the altar of the Church of St. Nizier, ul Troyes, doing considerable domage to the thirteenth century win dows, hut not injuring any of the hun dreds of children who, together with a priest, were in the sacred edifice at the time. A Spaniard has been arrested on suspicion of being the author of the out rage. Death of Tilly Haynes. Boston (Special). Tilly Haines, one of the best-known hotel proprietors in the East, died here, aged 73 years. He was the proprietor of the United States Hotel here, and of the Broadway Cen tral Hotel, New York city, Death was due to a general breaking up of the system from advanced age. Railroad and Eipress Safes Dynamited. Memphis, Tenn, (Special). The safes of the Illinois Central Railroad and American Express Company in the de pot at Bolivar. Tenn., were blown open and robbed by two masked men, after the robbers had forced the night tele graph operator into a box car and locked him in. Ouly a small booty was secured. States' Boundary Flicd. Washington (Special). Governors Benton McMillin, of Tennessee, and Tyler, of Virginia, at a conference here determined that each State sln'l bear half the expense of the delimitation of the boundary line between Ten.iessee and Virginia, now being made by a commission appointed for that purpose, A peculiar feature of the case is I. is: at Bristol the State line passes thro'igh the city, but both States by legislation bue agreed upon the middle of M ini .tret, as the dividing line between the two Commonwealths. ' Murdered by His Mother. Rome, N. Y. (Special). While lying in bed suffering from injuries received by falling from a horse, Alvin Seaton, aged 10 years, of Glenmpre, was mur dered by his mother, who cut his throat from ear to ear with a razor. The wo man was temporarily insane and alone in the house with her son. France Deal Flimly With Turkey. Paris (By Cable). The Franco-Turk ith dispute growing out of the claims of the Quay Company and other French claims at Constantinople is likely to be uromotlv solved. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. Neely May Be Acquitted. Considerable apprehension .1. ems to be felt at the Department of Justice over the Neely case in view of the refusal of the most important Government wit nesses to attend the trial and present testimony upon which it was believed the alleged Cuban frauds would lead 10 the prompt conviction of Neely and h'S sentence to a long term of imprisonment. Without these witnesses the Govern-t-.nnt's case is weakened to an extent which may result in the prosecution be in;i so light as to render a verdict of g:iilty doubtful. War Department offi 'nls are said to be alarmed over the situation, and while Neely is in no sense a prisoner of the army the fact that the alleged frauds were committed while the island was under military control gives to the offense a peculiar military impor tance. Neither the War Department nor the Department of Justice has any special authority now over the case, for with the surrender of Neely to the Cuban judicial authorities and his extradition, under a special act of Congress he passed to the Crhan judiciary' for a trial by a court, of which the judges, as well as the prose cuting attorney, are Cubans. Hawaiian! Ask Protection. The Interior Department has received a resolution passed by the Hawaiian Leg islature praying that Congress impose a duty on all coffee imported from other countries "and in this way protect that industry in Hawaii and other parts of tbe United States." The resolution will he forwarded to Congress at the opening of next session. It says that the coffee industry in Hawaii is now' in a depressed condition and is tl.reatcned to be abandoned on account of low prices and removal of protective duty on all coffee imported into the re public of Hawaii lieforc the annexation ami the large amounts imported intt the United States from Brazil. Mexico. Cen Irnl America and other countries free of duly. The resolution ref.vs to the large coffee area, the amount ot Ameri can capital invested there and inability to compete with the low prices where cheap labor is employed, as in the coun tries mentioned. Sampson May Be Relieved. Application at an early date by Rcar Adiniral W. T. Sampson for retirement as commandant of the Boston Navy Yard is expected here, and it is said offi cially that the Navy Department offi cials have selected an officer for an as signment to that duty. Admiral Sampson has been in delicate health for some ,time and it would not surprise the officials here should he seek an early relief from duty. Thus far the Admiral has made no request for relief. It is regarded as practically settled that he will not be continued on active duty until the date of retirement under the age provision next February. Dispatches from Boston stated that Admiral Sampson would be relieved on September I by Rcar-Adtniral Johnson, but this could not be officially confirmed. Historians to Meet. The State Department has received a note from the secretary of the Italian Embassy, Mr. Carignani, in regard to the International Congress of Historical Scicdices to be held in Rome in the spring of 1902. The promoting committee asks that the Government of the United States send delegates to the congress and invites the participation of American scientists, art ists and men of letters. The congress will include all subjects of a historical character. The program of exercises has not yet been definitely decided. Suggestions for themes will be received until January, 1902. To Protect Passengers. Charles Page Bryan., United States Minister to Brazil, has transmitted to the Slate Department a translation of the regulations recently adopted in regard to the arrest of passengers leaving Bra zilian ports on outgoing foreign steam ers. The order provides that the Chief of Police shall notify in writing the consu lar agents of the country to which the steamer in question belongs, or in cases of urgency, the captain of the steamer, of his intention to detain one of its pas sengers. United States Acts. An order was issued by the Acting Secretary of the Navy for the gunboat Machias. now at the Boston Navy Yard, to proceed without delay to Hampton Roads, and there to prepare for depar ture to Colon, near the eastern terminus of the Panama railroad. At the Navy Department it is explain ed that this movement has been ordered with a ricw to having the iMachias take observations in the vicinity of the isth mus. In announcing the action of the Department it was officially stated that "it is deemed needful that a United States war vessel be in that vicinity at tlrs time." Capital News In General. The August report on crops from the Agricultural Department shows the fol lowing: Average condition of wheat, 80.3; corn, 54.0; oats, 73.6; barley, 86,g. Average condition corn declined 27. The report of the board of rurvev oil the cruiser Columbia, now- ut 'e Ycrk. is to the effect that she will not be in condition to receive men until thoroughly cleaned and fumigated. The Navy Depurtment has o-dered the battleship V. i.icon-oti, row at the Pugrt Sound Naval Station, to San Francisco, to be in readiness there to prqeeed to Panama in case the Slate Department asks for a war vessel on the Pacific side of the isthmus. Our New Possessions. The United States cruiser Brooklyn, flying the flag of Rear Admiral Remey, has urriveil at Manila from Atittrui;,, where the vessel took part in the cele- I brations attending the opening of the first Australian 1 arliament. Secretary Root's order cutting off the use of commissary supplies by civilian employees is causing consternation among the minor clerks, whoso expen ses are thus. doubled. - Unlets the 'Va ries of the junior employees are raised many resignations are likely to be ten dered. Courts-martial ' are to be held in Manila on Lieut. Preston Brown and Capt. Francis P. Freemont, Second Infantry. The lieutenant is accused ol killing a native who refused to recover the body of a soldier from the river. The charges against Captain Fremont are not known yet. The President has commuted to life imprisonment the sentence of death ? renounced by a court martial upon ames W. Allen, private, Company F, wenty-fcurth Infantry. Allen was con victed of Taoe at Humingan, Luzon. -Judge Halsey, in Wilk.esbarre, Pa., made final the preliminary injunction restraining the striking machinists from interfering with the non-unionists. The garrison at Kashminkar was sur prised by Mashuds, who killed seven men, wounded five others trr.d carried off all the rifles, ammunition and sup- PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. The Latest Happenings Cleaned From All Over the State. BIO FARM CROPS IN THE STATE. Tbe Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Fays That Every Product Is Bringing a Good Prce -Gored to Death by a Mad Bull-Blrdsbere Rooster Catches Mice-Woman Drinks Wash ing Fluid and Ink to End Her Life., : Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Mar tin is arranging lor farmers' institutes all over the State and for getting in crop reports. Mr. Martin has secured five crop reporters in each county and expects to have full and complete in formation in a few weeks. From what he has already gathered it can be said that the wheat flfop is better this year than last. Apples are not so good a crop, but the peacli crop is immense. The potato crop is light, but the prices are very good, so that the farmer is not complaining. - Neither is the hay crop as big as last year, but prices are higher. Uats are very light, the hot weather and warm showers causing a nist that has done considerable injury. Corn,, which was planted late, is going :o be a good crop, fully up to the aver ige. Cattle bring good prices at the farm, and the price of hogs has been' very good for the breeder. There is not a farm product, according to Mr. Martin's report, that is not bringing a good price, and there are no complaints (or the farmers, for, as a matter of fact, Mr. Martin says, "Pennsylvania has the best home market for her farm pro duct of any State in the Union." Andrew J. Beckett, aged C8 years, walked into a store at Uniontown, ask ed to see a revolver and had a cartridge put in it. He then placed the weapon to his head and blew his brains out. F'rang Bugdell, of Hazleton, was ar rested in Philadelphia by Detective De angclo, charged with attempting to kill Nellie Decrease, his affianced, ty sin ot ing her on July 4 after a quarrel. The girl kept the shooting secret, and it was only through a visit to her b-o;her that it became known. She refused at first to prosecuteugdell. After several desperate n'.'empts it suicide. -Mrs. Joseph Shvum', of Ger mania, is dead. Three moiulis ago Mrs Slocuni saw her brother. Herman Bratz, taken to the insane asylum at Warren and her mind began giving way. A few days ago she took a large number of matches, soaked the head--in vinegar until they had dissolved, and then drank the concoction. This failed to have the desired effect; then she drank a half pint of washing fluid and quickly thereafter swallowed the con tents of a bottle of ink. These liquids caused her death. Another man with jewelry found sewn on his breast has been found. He was Paul Shirvell, recently killed in the mines . at Wilkesbarre. The jewelry consisted of chains, lockets and little silver dumbbells. A few weeks ago ex actly similar decorations were found on the body of a man who committed sui cide at White Haven. It is said that both belonged to some famous society in Russia. Russians say they are a dangerous branch of the Nihilists. John McMackin, aged 47 years, a well-known farmer of Volant,- was killed by a vicious bull. He was cross ing a field when the animal ran him down. McMackin attempted jo climb a small tree, but the bull was too quick for him. It struck him in the abd.mien with i:s horns, and trampled him under its feet until unconscious. McMackiu't son came to his rescue and drove the bull away. McMackin lived only a short time. "At the meeting -of the Delaware County Medical Society at Chester a paper was read by Dr. McMasters, ol Ridley Park, on "Pure Dairy Pro ducts." He asserted that many chil dren take sick and e in infancy from milk which is either from unhealthy cows, impure milk or from the poiron dus methods used by some dairymen -o keep the millc. sweet .in hot weather. The Bradford County Tobacco Grow ers' Association has decided to pur chase a property and refit it for the first of the sorting "and packing ware houses, to be lecated and operated by the Towanda growers. It will be used in .storing the crop soon to be har vested. Henry Fauber. of Birdsboro, has a rooster which is becoming quite an ex pert at catching mice. The fowl is of the common variety and upon several occasions was seen with small mice in its bill. Mrs. Benjamin McCallicher saw the rooster catch a live mouse and hold it until it died. The Western Union Telegraph Com pany opened its new office at West Chrs-te- which practically gives the town two offices of that name. The old one i be ing continued by the heirs of U. H. Painter, but it will bring no riicxsiijis to town, all of its business being 10 points outside. Two locomotives and sev.ni ireicht cars were wrecked in a crash of trains at Monument, on the Pennsylvania Di vision of the New York Central Fail road. The recently incorporated !ioroui;!i of Chalfont, Bucks County, has a real ea tate valuation of $10x1,182, and property taxable for county purposes valued at $ioy.482. Thirty-seven laborers employed by Contractor . C. Farley on Fain lipid's new pipe line went on strike bec.iuse they were refused a wage of $1.50 a lay. Rev. Xi. A. M. Dycss has resignftl the pastorate of the F'allsingion Episcopal Church and will shortly oiit:T upon his new duties at Braddock. The Junior Order of United Amcrlnm Mechanics will present a handsome Hag to' the Chester school board for the school district. Thirteen men jumped from a hand cur nt Chester in time to save their lives. The car was smashed by a Baltimore & Ohio express train. While cutting wood Abiah Osbinrn. aged 83 years, dropped dead it the home of his son, .William Osbourti, in Thorn dale. Scarlet fever is spreading in Bird i boro, a half dozen new cases have been reported within several days. A number of deaths have occurred. John Ober. Sr., was appointed post master at Alberton. Found Hanging by Her Fnet Ithaca, N Y. (Special). Miss Allegra Eggleston Seelye was found dead in the edge of Fall Creek Gorge, and the the ory is that she was killed by lightning. Her body was hanging by her feet, which were entangled 111 a bunch of roots. Miss Seelye was the grand laughter of Edward S. Eggleston, his torian and novelist. She was graduat ed from Cornell in 1000 and was noted tor proficiency, in philosophical studies. She had been entertaining a house par ty here and afterward went for a walk.
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