SHOWS NO SIGN OF A COLLAPSE Mra. Mary Witmer Is a Woman of Iron Nerve. A1SENIC IN HER SISTER'S BODY. Despite tbt Terrible Charges Against Her, She Retains Her Stoicism jnd Maintains Her Canaoaart Tho Attempts to Get Her to CosvM Herself of Any of the Murder Charted Afalnst Her Prove Futile. Dayton, O. (Special). Mr. Mary Belle Witwer, the alleged murderer of 14 persons, retains a stoicism which amazes the authorities and quite discon certs her attorney. She has maintained her composure from the beginning. Only once has she given way to tears, and that was when visited by her stepson, whose father, Frank D. Witwer, her fit'tli and last husband, is said to have died from poison which she administered. Young Witwer offered to bring the prisoner any delicacies she might wish, and reminded her that she had always been a kind mother to him. Aside from this the woman has kept tip an indifferent attitude under all cir cumstances. Police interviews have fail ed to make the slightest impression up :i her, and she has daily reiterated h.r statements with reference to crimes at tributed to her and reasserted her inno cence. Several attempts to entrap the prisoner have failed, and it is apparent that she will make a good defense. Evidence against Mrs. Witwer is pure ly circumstantial. She is directly charg ed with the murder of her sister, Mrs. Anna C. Pugh, a professional nurse, who lived with Mrs. Witwer in this city. Mrs. Witwer lost four husbands, and all died rather suddenly and under peculiar circumstances. In the wholesale charges informally made by the authorities she has been accused of causing the death of all, in addition to those of several children, making a total of 14 deaths. There is no expectation that more than one crime can be fastened upon the woman, if, indeed, the authorities will succeed in that. She is an adept in hold ing her own in trying situations. When arraigned on the charge of administer ing arsenic to her sister she merely shook her head when the word "murder" was pronounced, and at the conclusion of the reading of the affidavit by the prosecutor, she arose, and, in a "Havering voice, replied distinctly, "1 ain not guilty." FREDERICK ft BENEDICT KILLED. Meets Death by Overturning of an Automobile While Descendln . a Hill. West Point. N. Y. (Special). An ac cident occurred near here which result ed in the almost instant death of Fred erick H. Benedict, son of E. C. Bene dict, and perhaps the fatal injuring of Granville Kane, guest of Mr. Benedict. Mr. Benedict and his friend, Mr. Kane, wkh a chaffeur, started from Tuxedo in an automobile for West Point to attend the football game. A thunderstorm came up and the fall of rain made the roadway slippery. In descending a hill the chaffeur lost control and ran into a breakwater with sufficient violence to upset the machine. Mr. Kane was thrown under the machine, which weighed 400 pounds. The entire auto- I mobile then toppled over him. Mr. Benedict was crushed beneath the weight. Ta'itn for Robbers sad Shot. Roanoke, Va. (Special). Two Evans ille (Tenn.) officers mistook Harry McCarroll and William Drumm for sate blowers, wanted at Howell, Tenn., and hot them near the latter place. The men were beating their way on a freight train, and, fearing arrest, got down and started to run away, when the officers fired on them, killing McCarroll and seriously wounding Drumm. Lover's Double Crime. Cleveland, Ohio (Special). Margaret DeHolland, 21 years old, was shot and almost instantly killed at her boarding house by Verne Rogers, 35 years old. After firing three shots at the young woman Rogers turned the weapon upon fiimself and sent a bullet into his head. He will probably die. It is said that Miss DeHolland, who was very pretty, had refused to marry Rogers, and this, it is supposed, led to the tragedy. Fatally Stabbed at Bristol. Bristol, Tenn. (Special). Nathaniel Tate, a farmer, was fatally stabbed by his nephew, John Tate, near Kingsport. The elder Tate had accused the young man and a man named Smith Hall of stealing. Words followed, and it is stated that as Nathaniel Tate turned the young man stabbed him with a dirk. He lived but a short time. Both John Tate and Smith Hall have escaped, and a posse is organizing to pursue. Mrs. M:Klnlcy "Doing Nicely." Canton, O. ( Special )i Surgeon Gen eral Sternberg, of Washington, left to night for Columbus, where he goes on business. He was a guest at the McKin ley home to-day. It is given out that he stopped here merely as an old friend of the McKinlcys to make a social call on Mrs. McKinley. She is said to be doing nicely." There was no change in her condition that called for the pro fessional attendance of Surgeon General Sternberg. Wreck on Iron Mountain. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). The worst wreck on the Iron Mountain for many years occurred near De Soto, Mo., be tween a northbound passenger train and a southbound fast freight train, in which one person, a tramp, was kiiled and another tramp with him badly in jured. Engineer J. F.gan was badly in jured and several passengers and train men were badly bruised and injured. Submarine Boat Launched Elizabeth'.vrt (Special). The subma rine boat Shark was successfully launched here. The boat is one of the fleet of submarine warships that is be ing built by the Holland Torpedo Boat Company. Miss Wainwright, daughter of Commander Wainwright, U. S. N., christened the new vessel. The Shark is 6.1 feet 4 inches long and has a dis- Idacement of 120 tons. She has.gaso ine and electrical engines for propelling power. She will be equipped with white-head torpedoes, which will be fired from the bow. Burglars' Murderous Work. Mendotn, 111. (Special). Burglars raided this city, entering several houses and securing valuable plunder. Several citizens had a fight with the burglars, and in the melee Special Policeman J. H. Farrow was shot and instantly killed, and Charles Kchm. another citizen, was severely injured. The burglars c.caped. Three tf a Family Buracd to Death. Ashburn. Ga. (Special). By the over turning of a lamp the residence of Julius Hatcher, ten miles west of this place, took tire and burned, and two sons and A daughter perished. SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Dome ic Fires have been lighted in nearly all factories of the American Window Glass Company. George W. Farnsworth dropped dead while at work on the railroad near Piedmont, W. Va. Rear Admiral Francis M. Buncc. re tired, died of cancer at Hartford, Conn, aged 65 years. The monster steamer Siberia, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, was successfully launched by the Newport News Shipbuilding Company in the presence of 20.000 people. George Armitage, the missing mes senger of the Bank of New Amsterdam, surrendered to the New York police and made a confession, implicating four per sons. A $10,000,000 deal between the Flat Top Land Association and the Poca hontas Company, both of West Virginia, is said to be about to be consummated. Ambassador Choate, former Vice Frcsidont Morton and Gen. Francis V. Greene arrived in New York from Southampton on the Philadelphia. It is recognized in Washington that some aggressive action is necessary in the Philippine war because of recent outbreaks. The marine guard which was station ed at the Butfalo Exposition will be transferred to the Charleston Exposi tion. Mayor Van Wyck, 0f New York, dis missed charges filed against Police Chief Devcry by the Merchants' Association. The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway Company was incorporated in Bur! .ton, Iowa, with a capital stock of $ioo,cuc.noo. This is supposed to be the first tangible move in the Hill-Morgan deal. The board of governors of the Na tional Bureau of Identification, in ses sion in Washington, adopted a recom mendation to be urged on Congress for legislation for the suppression of anar chy. At the closing session of the Ameri can Bankers' Association Convention at Milwaukee. Wis.. Mr. P. C. Kauffman. oi Tacoma. Wash., made a plea for the establishment of an intcrnation bank. President Roosevelt is reported to be much interested in the Panama canal project, and will do all within his power to secure a satisfactory treaty with Eng land. In tile will of President Snow, presi dent of the Mormon Church. Salt Lake City, are named, 2 wives, 12 sons, 13 daughters and 3 grandchildren. A New York bank messenger is miss ing with $50,000. Evidence points to the belief that he has been dealt with foully. A number of Maine capitalists are said to be interes-ted in a movement to unite nearly all the sulphite mills in the United States and Canada. Charles Tague, of near New Lexing ton, Ohio, was bound and tortured by robbers, who thus forced him to give up the keys to his store. Secretary Long will order a court martial to try Colonel Meade on the charge of intoxication while on duty. Mr. Fred Leser, Jr., formerly of Phil adelphia, has been appointed postmaster at Mayagdez, Porto Rico. The steelworkcrs will reorganize by including within their organization mill workers of all classes. Plans have been completed by the Department of Agriculture for the an nual distribution of seeds. Frank R. Mower, of Ohio, has been appointed consul at Ghent. Belgium. The Reciprocity Convention will meet in Washington November 19. Foreign. Judge O'Connor Morris, at the open ing of the Roscommon sessions at Dub lin, said he had received documents pur porting to emanate from the Uni.ed Irish League, marked with a coffin and containing threats against King Ed ward. Two French detectives have started for Bulgaria to search for Miss Stone, the American missionary held by bri gands for ransom. They say they are in possession of likely clues. The gun sights and other fittings of the British cruiser Magnificent have been thrown into the sea by the crew in order to bring about a righting of their wrongs. A Berlin anarchist has been sentenc ed to four moiuhs' imprisonment for publication of an article approving the assassination of President McKinley. The three-masted schooner Joseph Ann, which sailed from Newfoundland for Fecamp, France, is missing, with a crew of 30 men. A man protesting that he is an Ameri can citizen has been convicted at Lub lin, Russian Poland, for having a false passport. Earl Russell, who in July last was sentenced to three months' imprison ment for bigamy, has been released. In a brisk fight, at Twenty-four Streams Captain Bcllcw and four other British were killed by the Boers. It is stated that the Italian Govern ment will expel Don Carlos, the Span ish pretender, irom Venice. The quarantine at Naples has been abolished. The city is free from plague. The German cruiser Balke has been ordered to Cemral American waters. Salvatore Quintavalli, the anarchist who accompanied Bresci, the assassin r.f King Humbert, from the United States to Itaiy, Has been committed to prison on the charge of being an ac complice of Bresci. Count Goluc'nmvski, imperial minis ter of foreign 3 flairs. i;i blamed for the failure oi the Chamber of Deputies at Vienna to refer to the death of Presi dent McKinley upon reassembling. 'I he French Miners' Federation is not ratisfied with the reply of Premier Wal-dcck-Kousseau regarding the govern ment's intentions. The London police are taking precau tions to prevent a mob from lynching the Jaclcscns, cm trial on charges of im morality. financial. The steamer St. Paul has arrived at Seattle from Nome with $1,500,000 gold. The New York sub-treasury has trans ferred for the banks $275,000 to New Orleans. It is reported that Atchison will show over $1,000,000 increase in September gross earnings. The New York subtreasury statement shows that the banks have lost $1,447, 000 during the last week. The Pullman Company is expected to show $17,000,000 gross earnings for the year, It is said that J. J. Hill will probably soon become a director of the National Bank of Commerce, and also make his home in New York. It is stated that a conclusive agree ment has been reached between the largest security-owning interests in Northern Pacific. The Great Northern has commenced the erection of four grain elevator in Washington State with an aggregate ca pacity of 600,000 bushels. Brooklyn Rapid Transit has applied to the New York Stock Exchange to have $45,000,000 stock regularly listed. The stock heretofore has been traded in the unlisted department. . LOVERS MEETj AWFUL DEATH Mr. Newcomer and Miss llgenfritz Killed by a Train. NEARLY EVERY BONE BROKEN. Cocplc Had Visited Dres maker Who Was Said to Pe Making Miss llgenfritz I Wedding Clothes The Bodies Were Frightfully Mangbd and Nearly Every Bone Was Broken by the Terrible Impact. Glen Rock, Pa. (Special). Harvey Newcomer and Barbara llgenfritz. lov ers, who lived near Centreville. which is about two miles from Glen Rock, were walking along the north-bound track of the Northern Central railway between this place anil Sykcsland when they were instantly killed. They heard a passenger tram ap proaching and stepped on the south bound track to get out of its way. As they stepped to the other track a fast freight train from Baltimore, which they had not heard, struck and killed both. The accident occurred about 8.30 p. m. Mr. Newcomer was thrown to one side and fell down the bank. Miss llgenfritz was hit more squarely by the locomotive and was thrown as high as the headlight. She also fell down the bank, where both bodies were found later. The bodies, particularly that of Mr. Newcomer, were frightfully mangled and it appears that nearly every bone was broken by the terrific impact. They were put in charge of undertaker. The couple were returning from a visit to Miss Ilgenfritz's dressmaker, who, it is stated, was making her wedding clothes. Mr. Newcomer was about 30 years old and Miss llgenfritz about 28. Judge Fuller Dead. Raleigh, N. C. (Special). Judge Thomas C. Fuller, aged 70, a native of North Carolina, and associate justice of the United States Court of Private Land Claims, to which he was appointed by President Harrison in 1890. died here. He was a member of the Confederate Congress, and was elected to the United States House of Representatives immedi ately after the Civil War, but was not seated. He was taken sick over a year ago, when returning from a sitting of the court at Santa Fe. NINTH INFANTRY SUFFERS AGAIN. Bolomen Attack Company on Samar Island Ten Men Killed and Six Wounded. Manila (By Cable). Four hundred bolomen attacked a detachment of 46 men of the Ninth Infantry at Banga jon, on the Candara river, Island of Samar, killing to and wounding 6. The remainder of the company arrived on the scene in time to prevent further slaughter and routed the enemy,. killing neariy 100 of them. It is believed the enemy only retired for reinforcements. As soon as the news was received at Catbalogan two gunboats were dispatch ed, General Smith going in person to the scene. Washington (Special). The follow ing brief cablegram from General Chaf fee, reporting the fight of the Ninth In fantry in Samar, was received at the War Department: Corbin, Adjutant General, Washington: Forty-six men. Company E, Ninth Regiment, L'nited States Infantry under First Lieut. Geo. W. Wallace, in field, lower Candara, Samar, were attacked by 400 bolomen Oct. 16. Our loss 10 kill ed, 6 wounded; names not received; 81 of the enemy left dead on the field. En emy beaten off. (Signed) CHAFFEE. The War Department officials were somewhat dismayed at the report of the FIVE DEAD IN Laborers Caught by a Cave Tons of Rock New York (Special). Five men were killed and two injured when a great mass of rock fell from the side and roof of the rapid transit tunnel, in course of construction on Broadway about the line of One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street, in this city. The section of the tunnel where the cave-in occurred is 105 feet below the surface. A shaft leads to the tunnel, and from the shaft headings extend north and south, each being about 700 feet long. The accident occurred in the south heading of the tunnel, about 640 feet from the shaft. A ang of 20 rock drillers was working in the extreme south end of the head ing and about 50 ieet from the end a gang made up of 20 shovelers and a foreman was removing the debris pro- GENERAL DEWET REPORTED DEAD. Conflicting Stories as to Death of Boer Commander DeVilliers Says He Is Alive. Durban, Natal (By Cable). General De Wet's recent inactivity has produced the impression among military men that he is either dead or incapacitated through illness or wounds. According to a let ter from Pretoria a prominent Boer re cently wrote to a friend there relating the terrible hardships suffered by the Boers in the field, especially from a lack of surgeons. "De Wet, for example," wrote this Boer, "suffered the most terrible agony BIG HOTEL One of the Leading Houses to the Flames Houston, Tex. (Special). At 2.30 o'clock in the morning fire broke out in the rear portion of the Hutchins House, one of the leading hotels in Houston. The flames spread rapidly to all parts of the upper stories of the building, which is a four-story structure covering more DEATH FOLLOWS EXPLOSION. Two Houses Wrecked and One Man Killed at Reading Illuminating Gas the Cause. Reading, Pa. (Special). One person was killed and one fatally injured by the explosion of illuminating gas in a dwelling house in the eastern end of this city. Rudolph E. Hipp was killed and Mrs. Florence Hipp, his wife, had an arm broken, both limbs crusted, face badly burned and injured internal. She EXOOV. PILLSBURY DEAD. Succumbs to Brlght's Disease After a Brief Illness Numerous Benefactions. Minneapolis (Special). John S. Pills bury, former Governor of Minnesota, and one of the State's foremost citizens, died here of Bright' s disease. His ill ness was very brief owing to his ad vanced age. He was over 73. He was a member of the fanio.ts family of flotjr millers, and left a large fortune. He served three terms as Governor, from 1876 to 1882. Among his numer ous benefactions was his gift to the Uni versity of Wisconsin of its $150,000 sci ence hall. He had long been a member of the board of regents, having been named a life member. He also present ed to his native town of Sutton, N. H., a town hall in memory of his parents. The ex-Governor had been a resident of Minneapolis since 1854. FLAMES WIPE OUT CITY. Sydney, Canada, Swept by s Fierce Confla grationRain Checks the Fire. Halifax. N. S. (Special). The pros perous and thriving town of Sydney was almost swept out of existence by a fierce conflagration which started about 2 o'clock. The flames, which were fan ned by a 45-mile gale, swept through the principal business portions of the town, causing ruin and devastation. F'our blocks of the finest business build ings are in ashes. The only thing that saved file city from total destruction was a heavy rainstorm, which set in af ter dark, and as the wind decreased in fury, the firemen and hundreds of min ers succeeded in getting the fire under control. Over 60 buildings are in ashes and many more are badly scorched. House Burned While Woman Died. New York (Special). The wife of Henry Crawford died at her home on the West Side of Jersey City Heights from pneumonia. Just as she expired it was discovered that the house was on fire. In a room adjoining that in which Mrs. Crawford died her son Henry lay sick with pneumonia. While a member of the familv hastened to send in an alarm, Mr. Crawford and relatives who were present carried the body of the dead woman from the burning building, while others wrapped the sick son in blankets and removed him to the house of a neighbor. The firemen extinguish qd the flames before much damage had been done. new setback on the Island of Samar. The Ninth Infantry, which suffered there, was the same organization that engaged in the latest fight at Bangajon. An inspection of the disposition made of the troops on the Island of Samar shows that before the Balangiga fight there were no less than 38 separate posts. These were so disposed that supplies could be conveyed to the troops by water. General Hughes has left Sa mar and gone to the island of Cebu to recuperate, which accounts for the as sumption of the command on Samar by General Smith. General Hughes was worn out and suffered from the effects of a severe fall received while chasing insurrectos in the mountains of Samar. As of interest in connection with the report from Samar, Adjutant General Corbin made public a report by General Hughes to General Chaffee, dated Aug. 20, on the situation in that island. Gen eral Hughes says: "The progress in Samar is satisfac tory in some ways and not in others. The subduing of the fighting propensi ties of the war faction is reduced almost to a iullity. The growth of our strength in the estimation of the people is also quite satisfactory. A TUNNEL - in in New York Subway Fell on Them. duced by the blasting. Without warning the mass of rock, 63 feet long 11 feet wide and 10 feet high and weighing about 150 tons, fell with a tremendous crash directly where the shovelers were at work, almost closing the tunnel and creating a panic among the 200 or 300 men at work in other sec tions. Great clouds of dust filled the whole excavation. The frightened men, most of them Italians, in great excite ment and finding themselves cut off, as they thought, made wild efforts to es cape, their cries adding to the confu sion. In a. short time, however, all made their way to the street and the work of rescuing the shovelers was commenced. Owen Bly, the section boss, who was in charge of that portion of the tunnel, was placed under arrest. before he died. He was wounded in the shoulder by a splinter from a shell and the wound gangrened, owing to its being dressed with dirty rags." Five Boers captured at different places recently said De Wet was dead, but each gave a different version of his death. Against these reports is the Statement of Piet De Villiers, the field cornet, recent ly taken prisoner in the northeastern part of the Orange River Colony, who said that on the morning of his capture he took breakfast with General De Wet. BURNED. In Houston, Texas, a Prey Loss $250,000. than half a block. The guests, of whom the hotel was full, were aroused by the night office force, and most of then es caped. In fact, only one fatality is so far known to have resulted from the fire. This was a man believed to be a guest of the hotel will probably die. George F. Hipp was cut and bruised about the legs and body. The house was so full of gas that the family did not occupy it. When they returned in the morning Hipp lighted a match near the cellar window and the explosion followed. The house was com pletely wrecked. M. SANTOS DliMONT WINS THE PRIZE Committee Says That Vt Exceeded the Time Lim!t. M. DEUTSCH ADMITS THAT HE WON IT The Claim Made That He Had Covered the Distance In a Half Hour, Accord ing to the Terms of the Race Against Time, and That Time Had Been Lost In Descending. Paris (By Cable). M. Santos-Dtt-mont, the aeronaut, sailed around the t'iffcl Tower. in his balloon and return ed to the Aero Club witYn twenty-nine minutes, having, to all appearances, complied with all the conditions impos ed by M. Dcutsch for the winning of the award of iopooo francs for the in vention of a dirigible airship. M. Deutsch says that fJai'tns-Dumont virtually won the prize, tut the Aero Club says he has not because he failed to land inside 30 minutes. M. Dumont icfused to concur in the decision of the club. The committee dec'.arcs that San-tos-Dumont took 30 minutes 40 4-7 sec onds to make the trip. M. Deutsch offered a consolation prize of 25.1x10 francs, but Santos would not accept this. The inventor will now take his balloon to ihe Riviera. Santos-Dumont started for the first time at 2.29, but on leaving the park his guide rope caught in a tree and he was obliged to descend. He started again at 2.42 p. m., rose 250 yards and then pointed for the Eiffel Tower, the bal loon going in a straight line! It was seen through field glasses to arrive at the tower and round it. The time up to the point, with the wind in the balloon's favor, was 8 min utes and 45 seconds. It returned against the wind and made slower headway, but still kept in the true direction for St. Cloud, which it reached in the total time of 20 minutes 15 seconds. But instead of descending immediately Santos-Dumont made a broad sweep over the Aero Club grounds, with the result that another minute and 25 seconds were consumed before the workmen seized the guide rope. Thus, technically, Santos-Dumont exceeded the time limit by 40 seconds. The enormous crowd which had gath ered inside and outside the grounds gave the aeronaut a tremendous ova tion. PAT CROWE TOURS THE WORLD. Detectives Could Not F nd Him His Brother Speaks for Him. Omaha, Neb. (Special). John J. Crowe announces that his brother, Pat Crowe, will not surrender until he shall be convinced that his bond will be plac ed at $500. "If such a pledge is made, he may be in Omaha within a week," declares the brother. "Pat has been all over the world," said John, "and while the Omaha police were looking for him I saw him in Omaha." "Pat has been in Council Bluffs with in the three months, and he has been in Omaha, also. Since then he has been in Canada, but he did not like it there, and he is now within easy reach of Omaha." Crowe admitted that he was in com munication with Pat, and stated that his brother was fully advised as to ev erything that was going on in Omaha. McKinley Memorial Arch. Washington ( Special ) . Commission er MacFarland, president of the McKin ley National Memorial Arch Association, received a letter from Chief Justice Mel ville W. Fuller saying : "I accept with pleasure the honor of election as a vice president of the William McKinley Na tional Memorial Arch Association." Walter S. Logan, of New York, president-general of the Sons of the Ameri can Revolution, writes relative to his appointment as vice-president: 'T accept the appointment and shall be very glad to do anything I can to further the objects of the association." Root's Health Restored, New York (Special). The private car of President Fowler, on the Onta-. rio and Western Railway, was sent northward to take Secretary .of War Root and party from Raquette Lake to Washington. Mr Root, it is expected, will reach Washington early this week. His health has been fully restored and he has greatly enjoyed the two weeks of complete rest in the Adirondacks. Fatal Blow After a Nap. Harrisburg, Pa. (Special). Irvin M. Bickle. an employee of the Pennsylvania Steel Works, laid down for a nap and told his fellow-workman, Kirk Parthc more, to awaken him at 4 o'clock. At that hour Parthemore shook him so hard that Bickle, it is alleged, hit him on the head with a heavy wrench and he will die. Bickle was arrested. ' To Regulate V vlsectlou. Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Sydney R. Tabor, of Lake Forest. III., was elected president of the American Humane As sociation, vice Francis H. Rowley, of Brookline. resigned. A committee was authorized to prepare a bill to be intro duced in Congress for the regulation oi the practice of scientific experimenta tion upon living beings. Bonk Officers Missing. Lowell, Mass. (Special). There is nothing new in the Merchants' Bank af fair, and Smith and Swift, the missing teller and bookkeeper, were not locat ed, at, least not to public knowledge. The bank authorities will have nothing more to say until the financial situation is definitely established. Accountants have been at work on the bank's books since Friday night, and President A. G. Pollard refused to make any statement. Counsel for the missing men likewise are reserved in their answers to queries. To Build a New Town. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). The Ever son Steel Corporation, chartered in West Virginia, with an auhorized capir tal of $3,000,000, promises the creation of a new town within a year about 16 miles below Wheeling on the. West Vir ginia side of the Ohio river. The com pany, which is as yet not fully organized, is being launched by Pittsburg, New York and Chicago capital. The steel plant to be erected is estimated to cost $545,000 for construction and will em ploy 2000 men. Sir Thomas Advocates Change. Chicago (Special). Sir Thomas Lip ton declared himself in favor of a change in the construction of challengers and defenders of the America's Cup, "The yachts should be something more than mere racing machines," said Sir Thomas. "The present yachts are not safe. Should the cup ever cross to the other side the challenger would have to be built accord ing to British ideas of stability," Fire at the Pan-American, Buffalo (Special).---Fire destroyed the New England Building at the Pan American Exposition. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Report on Arbitration. The Industrial Commission, which has just made public its report on labor disputes and arbitration, says in that document that local systems of collect ive bargaining nnd agreements between employees have been most highly de veloped in the building and other trades where both employers and employees are strongest organized. There is a growing movement in favor of collective bargaining, conciliation and arbitration as between organizations of employers and employees covering any industry throughout the country. A growing movement is noted toward establishing State and local machinery for arbitration in the bituminous coal industry. Systems of arbitration as to specific disputes have been established in a formal manner and on a national scale in the stove molding, the general foundry, the machinists (now not in ex istence) and the printing trades. The representatives of employers and working men who have testified before the commission almost uniformly have opposed compulsory arbitration. Sev eral State boards of arbitration also have expressed their opinion against com pulsory arbitration as a general princi ple, and one or two of the boards have specifically opposed it in any form. Civil Service Extension. President Roosevelt has already been making inquiries in various depart ments concerning the extension oi the civil service rules and regulations, and on the recommendation of the Postmaster-General it is understood that an order will be issued before long includ ing the rural free delivery branch of the ; Postoftice Department under the civil service regulations. This will apply to all of the employees in that branch of the service excepting the carriers. As these are scattered over the country they could not be included very well in the competitive examinations. I The civil service rules now as appli cable to the examinations for admission to the general free delivery service have been found on experience to arouse complaints from women applicants, and accordingly Postmaster General Smith scnt.a letter to the Civil Service Com mission suggesting that women appli cants be exempted from certain of the rules in regard to physical examina tions of applicants. At the office of the Civil Service Commission it is said that the letter from the Postmaster-General was expected and that action would be taken 011 it at once. Distrib lion of Seed. The Department of Agriculture has completed plans for the annual seel distribution throughout the country. Thirty-seven million packets of seed will be distributed, comprising both vegetables and flowers. A change has been made in the meth od of distributing cotton and forage crops, which now, instead of being sent broadcast, will be sent only to certain sections where they are adaptable and likely to bring about improved condi tions. Havana and Sumatra tobacco will be sent only to Florida and certain parts of New England, where their cul ture has proved successful and where muslin sheets spread over large tracts of0 tobacco area furnish the necessary tropical conditions. Other types of to bacco plants will be sent to other sec tions. The department will begin sending out the seeds about Dccenibrr I, and most of them will be furnished through Senators and Representatives. Mr. Hackett to Retire. Mr. Frank W. Hackett. assistant Sec retary of the Navy, will ask to be re lieved from that office shortly. He will resume his law practice in Washington. Mr. Hackett had intend ed to do so on Octobur 1, but remained at the request of Secretary Long, who. on account of the death of President McKinley and domestic afflictions, has been obliged to be away from the de partment. Judge Charles H. Darling, of Ben nington, Vt., will succeed Mr. Hackett. Last Day of Mousing. The official period of mourning or dered as a mark of respect to the mem ory of President McKinley has expired. The White House was opened, in a for mal way on Monday for visitors for the first time since the death of President McKinley. Visitors are not allowed in any portion of the house now except the East Room excepting on business. To Investigate Mushrooms. Dr. B. M. Duggar, the mushroom ex pert of the Department of Agriculture, will leave for Paris in a few days to in vestigate the French mushroom indus try, with a view to building the industry in this country. The investigation will include the methods of growing mush rooms in caves. Capital News In (iencr.il. The Secretary of the Treasury has re ceived from Danville, Va., a conscience contribution of $100. The Postoftice Department has de cided that additional inscriptions which the law authorizes to be placed on the wrapper, cover, tag or label accompany ing fourth-class mail matt.T may be placed likewise on the matter itself. Marquis I to, the Japanese statesman, arrived in Washington and was met at the depot by Minister Takahira and the entire legation staff. A comparative statement of the com merce of Cuba for the past ten months shows a decrease in the imports and an increase in the exports. The President has appointcd'Frank R. Mower, of Ohio, United States Con sul at Ghent, Belgium. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson told the members of the Cabinet that the green tea grown in South Carolina is as good as any grown in the world. There will be at least two ship suhpidy bills presented to Congress, as Mr. Minor, of Wisconsin, has one, in addi tion to that of Senator I'rye. The State Department has been ad vised that Phya Akharoj Oradhara, the Siamese Minister to the United States left Bangkok September '4 for the Unit ed States, and expects to reach New York in the early part of November. Maj. Arthur Murray, Artillery Corps, has been assigned as commandant of the United Stipes torpedo school at Fort Tottcn, New York, which hereafter will b operated as a separate institution. The Department of Agriculture has completed plans for the distribution throughout the county of 37,000,000 packets of seed, both vegetables and flowers. Admiral George Melville, of the Na vy, complains in his annual report that there is retrogression in the engineer ing department of the Navy. Our New Possessions. The seriousness of the labor problem in Hawaii was dwelt on by Territorial Secretary Henry E. Cooper in sn inter view with Secretary of Agriculture Wil son. The Duke of Norfolk will wed Lady Alize Fitz-William. Admiral Evans and the members oi the naval court which may try Captain 'lilley, governor of Tutuila, sailed for Pago Pago, 011 the Solace, LATEST HAPPENINGS ALL OVER THE STATE State Treasurer Aulhorlie the It sue 0! School Warrants for Over $9,000,000. SHILOH BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION. Many New Corporations Chartered Philadel phia Bridge Painter Meets Death Througi Fall of a Scaffold Whip Lash Destroyed His Eye Pensions Granted Pennsylvaniam Rural Free Delivery Letter Carriers. Pensions Granted Pennsylvanians: John Morgan, Canonsburg, $6; David Plowman, Duncansville, $6; Thomas Scott, Allegheny, $6; Wm. Bell, Sol dicrs' Hone, Erie, $12; Alfred Osborn, Osborn, $8; Jacob Zimmerman, Pitts burg, $8; George McDanicl, Everett, $17; Joseph Ragcr. Blairsville, $17; ohn S. Champion, Millstone, $8; Wm. I. York. Yottnsrsville. $10: John S. Campbell, Cheswick, $10; Ephraim S. Walker, Saltillo, $10; Benjamin Fnn1c lin, Bradford, $10; James W. Evcrhn-t, Allegheny, $12; Maria Honard. Erie, 12; Elizabeth Srough, Miles Grove, $8; ennie S. Richards, Monrocton, $12; Silas C. Johnson, Ruff Creek. $6; Wm. B. Dunham, Windham Center, $17; Reason Smurr, Connellsville, $10; Phil ip Mahla, Oakmont, $8; F.dward Shcl lersburgh. Girard, $12; Sidney W. Fox, Smiths Mills, $12. The State Treasurer has notified the School Department to. issue warrante for over $900,000 to the school districts of the State. The cities that received money are: Pittsburg, $100,000; Alle gheny, $25,000; Reading, $25,000; Al toona, $29,550; Chester, $23,800; Scraw ton, $25,000; Lancaster, $28,000; New Castle, $19,600; Lebanon, $7800; Phila delphia, $100,000; Wilkes-Barre, $33,400; Shenandoah, $6800 ; York, $25,300. Thcje yet remains $1,400,000 to be paid, which will be dene in the next two weeks. The Shiloh Battlefield Commission, recently appointed by Governor Stone to erect a monument on the Shiloh bat tlefield commemorating the services f the Seventy-seventh Regiment, Pennsyl vania Volunteers, met at the Soldiers' Orphans' School at Scotland and effect ed the following organization: John Obrieter, Lancaster, chairman; Dr. S. P. Davis, Lancaster, secretary, and Capt. G. W. Skinner, Scotland, treas urer. Charters were issued by the. State De partment to the following corporations: Ruth Street Railway Company, Pitts burg, to build two miles of road; capital, fl2,ooo. Duquesne Heights Street Rail way Company, Pittsburg, to build three miles of road; capital, $18,000. George W. Wilson, of Pittsburg, is president of both companies. While painting a Wilmington and Northern Railroad bridge below Read ing the scaffold on which a number of men were standing fell sixty feet inso the river. Two of the men struck the stone pier. Thomas Hogan, of Phila delphia, was killed, and Paul Butler, el Atlanta, Ga., was fatally injured. Rural free delivery letter carriers hnte been appointed in Pennsylvania as fol lows: John T. Campbell, Hamlin station; Lee Hedges, Claysville; W. C. Servans, Hamburg; W. R. Malone, Belgar; Frank M. Moore, Fairfield; V. G. Wher ry, Sandy Hill. John Ayres, a farmer residing near Jersey Shore, while driving a team cracked his long lash whip so vigorous ly that several inches of it broke off, and, striking him in the right eye, de stroyed the sight. H. Edward Muchlholf, of Pottsvill. was appointed master carpenter aiwl structural engineer for the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company. He will have charge of more than forty collieries. s The Pennsylvania Society of the Co lonial Dames of America will commem orate the landing of William Penn in Chester on October 29, at a meeting in Library Hall, Chester. Howard Slawter, a fireman 011 a loco motive, who was found unconscious at Lamokin, received internal injuries. Slaw ter in amc manner fell from his engine. Burgess Luburg, of Hamburg, has signed the ordinance granting to the Consolidated Telephone Company the right to put up lines in the town. Twelve-year-old John Ambrose, of Chester, has been missing from home since Wednesday,' when he left for school. Pittsburg and Newcastle capitalists organized the Newcastle Forge and Bolt Co. and will erect a mill at New castle to cost $150,000, for the manufac ture of bolts, nuts and heavy forgings. About 700 men will be employed. The company is comprised of J. F. Moor head. Wm. II. Cox, A. B. Whildon, Frank Ryan and E. E. WhittaW. As a memorial to Mrs. Allen K. Faust, wife of Allen K. Faust, formetjy of Lancaster, who died at Sendai, Ja pan, the school teachers of Lancaster sent a bell for the Sendai Mission, anl word was received from Mr. Faust that the bell had arrived and would be dedi cated Sunday. The station of the Delaware, Lacka wanna and Western Railroad Company at Catawissa was burned entailing a loss of $5000. It is supposed that burg lars set fire to the building. George Steiger,, of Pine Hill, War wick Township, committed suicide by hanging himself in his stable. The farmers of Salem have lost a lot of stock in the last few days owing to mad dogs biting cattle and sheep which have had to be killed. Eleven mad dogs and several cows which had been bitten were killed on Friday and Saturday. John Pavolis, of Plymouth, the alleg ed burglar, who wa-s shot a week ago by Patrick Dean, will recover. He will probably be able to go to trial at the next term of court. The Harrisburg Ministerial Associa tion appointed a committee to request Mayor Fritchey to prevent newsboys from selling newspapers on the church steps on Sunday morning and disturb ing the church services. 1 Edmund Wright, president of the board of county commissioners, fell on the slippery pavement at Doylestown shortly after leaving the courthouse and broke "his right ankle. Thieves broke into the store of H. E. Mayberry and stole 1800 cigars and 16 pounds of tobacco, besides a quantity of miscellaneous articles. While shooting at a mark the pistol used by Frank Brobst, son of Jacob' Brobst, of Bloomsburg, exploded, seri-! ously Wounding him in the hand. ' " 1' Andrew Lace, of Sharon City, was killed by an Erie train at Greenville this morning. Cornelius Moyer has been appointed receiver of taxes for Schuylkill Haven, vice Luke Fisher, resigned. ' James Horrox, aged IS years, cfj Brandonville, was arrester1 . on tho charge of having fatally shot Edward Ball, aged 10, of the same place, while both were in the woods. Young Ball died in the Miners' 'Hospital.
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