CRUSHED UNDER I 111 H THREE KILLED. Ciling Fallion m Andioneo it Cincinnati Play-Honie. While the "Danger of Great City" nan being performed nt Robinson' Theater at Cincinnati. Friday nlKht, thevcetltng dropped. Three people were killed and quite a number seriously In jured. A little before 8:50 a woman In the audlenre ays she heard a creeping tmlse which continued for live minute before the catastrophe. A little later the plastering began to shower down In Bieat chunk. There was a rush from the gallery, which wa not very well tilled. The balcony was oon emptied. The crowding- of these to the doors ob structed the passage of people from the parquette, which accounts In a meas ure for the number of casnnltle. Sud denly and with a great crash the great central truss of the celling. 80 feet long and 30 feet wide, cntne plunging down. The end of It struck on the two gallery wings, doubling it up in the center, and sending it down in the parquet with a great acatterment of Joists and timber. Titers was a rush of patrol wagons and of firemen to (tie seen. The police petrol wagons carried the Injured to tho Cincinnati hospital. The list at the hospital showed three dead, live dang erously If nut fatally wounded, and 26 more or less seriously Injured. In addi tion to these n large number, probably 25 or 30, were so slightly Injured as to be able to walk home. The dead are: An unknown man. Miss Lucy Cohen, Miss George Kieeman, Dangerously Injured: Mr. (loldman, Mrs. Studdcr, Mary Studdcr, Mary Hnas. an unknown man. Mrs. Alfred White, one of the Injured died Sunday. Two other of the In jured are In a critical condition. The accident has affected the attendance nt other theater. 150 DROWNED. Terrible Scenes Witnessed by Surviving Fasiengeri of a Wrecked Steamer. The gunboat Maria Christina, which left Havana Sunday for the acene of tho wreck of the coasting steamer Tri ton, bound from Havana to Hahal Fon da, Plnnr del Rio, which sank Satur day morning between Domica and Mn vlel, has returned, having on board nineteen and the tugboat twenty-three of the member of the lost ship' com pany, of whom thirteen are civilian and Boldler. The whereabout of the other of the company are unknown. The Triton struck the rock during a heavy rainstorm. Her cargo shifted and fifteen minutes later she sank In I'.'O fathom of water. A scene of ter rible confusion and panic ensued a soon as the pnssengers realized the meaning of the crash. In a wild strug gle they rushed for the hoat. Tho first boat that was lowered capsized im mediately and all of Its occupant were drowned In the whirling water. The next was struck by an enormous wave, and turned over, drowning twenty, but the frail craft righted again and eight who had been thrown out regained it. Those who were rescued tell heart rending stories of the scene during the terrible quarter of an hour before the Triton sank. An army captain, his w ife and daughter went dow n, together, locked In a last embrace. A mother with twin fifteen months old drifted helplessly away on the crest of a great wave. All the other ladles and chil dren were drowned. Just aa the Tri ton wa sinking Capt. Richards, her commander, committed Bulcide by shooting himself with hi revolver. It I Impossible to give the exact number of those who were lost, but It Ih esti mated that there were no fewer than ICO. No passenger list ha been found. TBA0I0 EHDIHO. Quests at a Wedding Drowned While Return tap Home. The nuptial of John O'Neill, of Fallsburg, and Ml Rose Lynch, of Mountatndale, N. Y which wers solemnized Tuesdny night at the bride' home, had a tragic ending. Mr. Archibald D. O'Neill and her daughter, Clara, lost their live In the Nevereink river. A company com prising Wm. F. O'Neill, of the law firm 'of Reynand Harris & O'Neill, of New York City, and daughter. Kdna. and Archibald D. O'Neill, a hotel keep er, ot Fallsburg, wife and daughter, Clara, were on their return from the festivities and were attempting to make the crossing at Dennlatnn ford, on the Neversink river, when the harness gave way and the horse took fright. The wagon was over turned and the occupant were thrown into the swift current. Lawyer O'Neill saved himself and hi daugh ter. Mrs. O'Neill and daughter were caught in the current and swept away. Mr. O'Neill saved himself by catching one of the horses by the tall and was dragged to the opposite shore. The bodies have not been recovered. PREDICTS Dim WAR. Moore's Almanae Contains. Dirt Calamities for 1S9S. Advance sheets have been Issued of i Zadklela, "Old Moore's," and other prophetic almanacs that for aver a cen tury have yearly professed to forecast the most Important events to happen in the world during the ensuing 12 months. Many of these forecasts, which are claimed to be based on as trological signs, have been realised, and it Is a noticeable fact that last year "Old Moore's" forecasted to the very month the terrible Are in the Charity bazar, in Paris. "Old Moore" prophe sies for 1898 a terrible civil war In the United States, the death of the czar of Russia, and the successful kianaping of the young king of Spain. It Is also told that during or about the second week of November, 1898, communication will be established between this world and the planet Mar. A Long Baoe. The two American clipper ships, Ta cima, Capt. Geoffrey, and Indiana, Capt. Colley, sailed out of the Dela ware breakwater a few days ago on a 2,0C0-mile race. Both are from Phila delphia, the former bound for Taconia and Seattle, and the latter for San Francisco. Arthur Bewail, late can didate for vice-president, is sole own er of the Indiana, which has traded round Cap Horn for more than twenty-one years. It is calculated that she should reach San Francisco In 120 days. Between the masters of these ships there has been much discussion, as to their respective sailing quali ties, and each agreed to deposit a sum of money, to go to the winning ship, after time and distance allowances shall have been made to the one going to the more northern port. Demsndi on Spain. ' Instructions to Minister Woodford era being prepared at the state de partment for presentation to Spain of another demand for the claim of Sara-, tie! T. Tolon. The original demand ws presented by Mr. Taylor. He de i fij4 kjO.t.O. Spain replied that it - vuder no obi' ation to pay Tolon. i, w. " out r Seneca, lir i i. i. TERSELY TOLD TELSORAMfc Rdward Langtry, husband of the fa mous actress, died. last Saturday. Jama Stanton, an American, was: killed In an engagement near Guana Jay, Cuba. John Albert Edward William are tho name of the Duke of Marlborough's first born. The Jury In the Mr. Atkinson for gery case disagreed, at Olenvllle, W. Va., last Wednesday. The Drygood Record estimates the cotton crop of '97 at from 8,85.1,788 to 9,371,532 bales of 600 pounds each. Capt. N. N. Martin, a well-known resident of Allegheny, Pa., was In stantly killed by a trolley car last Wednesday. The first Hungarian church of Chi cago was destroyed by tire Saturday. Service were In progress and tho au dience escaped with dllllculty. A bicycle scorcher wa severely beat en by Indignant citizens at St. Louis the other day for runnlngover and ser iously Injuring an aged man. Antonio Loul nnd Charles Jnrlo, who clubbed their father to death at Vlne iand, N. J., Inst winter, have been or dered by the court to be sent to an In sane asylum. Douglas llnnlt. ft negro, was lynched nt a small settlement on Rayon Barnt aria, about 15 miles from New Orleans the other day. His offense was running the yellow fever quarantine gauntlet. Chnrle Rurgiss, who murdered Henry V. Whltlock of North Victory, N. Y August 6, 1M5, was sentenced to he electrocuted In Auburn prison dur ing the week commencing November 22. While Mrs. Doran was locked up In tail for disorderly conduct nt Pitts burg, her baby choked to dentil. She was immediately released when she magistrate heard of the sad news last Wednesday. Kastern capitalist have agreed to Invest $1,000,000 In ugar refinerle in Colorado, on condition that 100 fann ers will cultivate 1,000 acre of sugar beets to supply the material for the relinerie. At Milan. Tenn.. the home of Dot Price, a negro, was fired into last night by whltecaps. He returned the lire, killing William Blres and fatally wounding four others. He was shot through the arm. A tornado struck New Jersey lost Tueaday, traveling from the little vil lage of Far Hill, near Summit, to Eli zabeth. At Elizabeth it wrecked a building and killed a man who had sought shelter there. Two masked men the other night en tered the house of Adam Huffman, one of the largest landowners In Northern Indiana, near Kendallvllle, and choked him to death In an effort to make him tell where his money was hidden. Chief of detectlvesColleran ofChlcago and four of hi men have captured four of the most successful and daring burg' lnrs of the United States, and 125.000 worth of stolen property I In the hand of the police awaiting Identification. The cry of a 2-year-old baby awak ened It parent, Mr. and Mr. Klauber of New York, and enabled them to es cape from their burning residence. The building, it I thought, was set on fire by one of Mr. Klnuber's discharged em ployee. New York and Chicago capitalists have organized the Imperial Glucose and Sugar Refining company with a capital of $.1,000,000 to compete with the glucose trust. An Immense plant will be erected at South Chicago and will be ready - for operation within 10 months. The old Sherman house, at Chicago, which has stood since the , great Are of 1871, came near being destroyed by I'nmes the other morning. Fire was discovered In the basement, but before great damage wa done It wa ex tlngulshed. All the guests fled In their night clothes. Virginia will be a large beneficiary In the distribution of the vast estate of the late Lewi Ginter. Her share will be about $100,000 under the act passed by the general assembly last year. Im posing a tax of 6 per cent, on collateral inheritance, wnicn . in this case amounts to $2,000,000. Eugene Thomas and Elliott Proctor, colored and each 17 years old, were Instantly killed Tuesday evening on the Baltimore & Ohio railway bridge over Herring run, In the eastern suburbs of Baltimore. No one saw the accident, but it Is supposed that they were caught on the bridge by two passenger trains going In opposite direction. The Imparclal or Spain announces that It has good authority for saying that an aoswer has been drafted by the government to the note of United State Minister Woodford, declaring that Spain is unable to nx a date for the ending of the war in Cuba. The government expects a speedy ending of the war, which would have terminated sooner but for the help given the rebels by the united States. Cormus Chrlstus, 60 years old, and his nephew, Michael Chrlstus, 14 years old, occupying apartments In a Roosevelt street tenement house at New York, were awakened from a nap a few days ago to find the house on Are. In their fright they leaped through a window and down an air shaft, were they were found by firemen after the fire had been subdued. They were terribly burned and the old man died at a hispital soon afterward. The Chicago Times-Herald presents figures showing that the yield of gold in the United States and the Klondike region In '97 will be over $80,000,000, one. third of the world's production. The estimate gives Colorado $24,000,000; Ca lifornia, $20,000,000; the Black hills, $7. 8HO.O0O; Arizona $8,500,000; Idaho, $4, 000.000; Montana. $6,000,000; Oregon, $3, 000,000, and the Klondike. $8,000,000. All the parties of a four-cornered battle for the Greater New York mayor ality are trying to get comfort out ot the registration figures, indicating a to tal vote of 625,000. As a matter ot fact, where politicians tell their honest con viction, It is admitted that the figures are favorable to the supporters of Low, who proclaim their satisfaction loudly. There Is no doubt that the Independent vote is fully registered, as the total re gistration Is nearly up to that of the presidential election. Violent deaths overtook three child ren in Chicago and another was injur ed fatally. Louis Smith, 15 years old, was electrocuted 'while playing with an electric light. Effle M. Raymond, aged 9, was trampled to death by a runa way team. Dwlght Daniels. S years old, was burned fatally while playing with matches. Anna Grauebe, 17 years old, was mangled in a fly wheel In the Deertng harvester works and injured fatally. Religion! Regard for Cows Only. The Queen Regent of Spain received King Chulalongkorn I. of Slam the other day. The members ot His Majes ty's suite expressed a desire to witness a bull tight, but were informed that bull fighting had been excluded from the festivities in their honor in order to 'avoid wounding the King's religious susceptibilities. Thereupon King Chu lalongkorn said he would like to aee a bull fight, adding that bis relllglon for bade the killing of cows only, and or ders war Immediately given that a fnibt t arraoied. NEW irORMOSESn FRV,0U3 EDITOR. CHARLES A. DANA DEAD. Shrinking of ths Liver Proved Fatal to tho Oreat Journalist. Charles A. Dana, editor of the New York "Sun." died at hi home In Glen Cove, Iiong Inland, at 1.20 o'clock Sun day afternoon. Mr. Dana' death had been expected for several hours, and hi family phy sicians were at his bedside when the end came. His condition had been such for several months that the members of hi family had kent themselves In constant readiness to go to his bedside at any moment. On Saturday morning ne nan a relapse, ana it was apparent that recovery was Impossible. On Friday Mi. Dana wa able to take only the lightest nourishment, and thi condition continued. Paul Dana and hi sister, Mr. Draper, Mr. Under bill and Mrs. Brannn, were at hi home on Saturday ini'tnJtiB, pnd were warn ed to remain there. They were at the bedside w hen death cpme, The cause of Mr. Dunn' death was cirrhosis of the liver. On June 9 he was a.t his ofllce, apparently strong and lienltliy. The next tiny he was taken III, and he never afterward visited New York. : ; I , : It In spenklng of his religious belief Mr. Dana recently snld: "I wa brought up nCalvlnlst; then I became a Unitarian, then a Bwedenborglnn. Now I don't belong to any church. Many of my best friend are Catholics. I believe In the religion of humanity." Cluirlf Anderson Dana wns born nt Hinsdale, N. H., August 8. lf19. Two years later hi parent removed to Gaines, Orleans county, N. Y., where n the bank of the Erie Cannl and nf- rwtfrrt IP Buffalo i t.. h,. childhood of rwtflrt In Buffnlo and at Guildhall, Yt.i Hut f!l of this remarkable inn was spent. TCi BPi:;2 bjve been born with a voraclo'J3 Intellectual appetite, which developed at an early age. At the conclusion of the war Mr. Dana engaged In the editorial manage ment of the Chicago Republican, but after a year this enterprise collapsed. Then Mr. Dana came to- New York, and acquired, with his friends, the old "Sun" establishment, which had been owned for 30 years by the Beach fam ily. He took possession of the property at the beginning of 1868. From that time until his death Mr. Dana was the editor of the "Sun," in the full sense of the word. BANDITS FOILED. nun i aci Piiriiti 1 ' ! v (ssr m-. . . Panengers Bobbed of 8200 on a Southern Railroad. The attempt of four robber to hold up a train and secure the contents of a safe failed at Austin, Tex., last Tues day. When the train was halted, the messenger took In the situation, se cured the key to the safe, and escaped to the woods. The bandits, unable to open the strong box. then contented themselves with robbing the passeng ers. The hold-up occurred within twelve miles of the corporate limits of Austin, on the southbound Cannnnball train on the International & Great Northern rallrod, consisting of mall, baggage and express cars, and three coaches loaded with passengers. The conductor of the train, Tom Healy, was shot by the robbers while resist ing them, but fortunately not seriously wounded. One of the passengers had hie shirt collar carried away by a pistol ball that was aimed at his neck, and another received a bullet wound In the hand. When the train reached McNeil, a small station fourteen miles above the city, two men heavily armed, boarded the train and took up their stand on the rear platform. The men demanded that the conductor stop the train. He declined to do so, and began to run through the train, with two robbers In close pursuit. He had not gone half way the length of the first car when the foremost robber shot at him, bringing him to the floor with a pistol wound in his right arm. At this junc ture the other robber pulled the bell cord and the train waa brought to a standstill. Two other men, whose fac es were covered with mask, stepped out from the trees and began shooting Into the ears. Instantly all was con fusion. The robbers, leaving the two men to guard the train coaches, which wero packed with passengers, proceed ed to the express car and demanded that the baggageman open the express safe. Upon being assured that he could not do so, they turned their attention to the passengers. After securing about $200 . In this manner they un coupled the engine from the train and started off down tho track. The officers have been notified and have gone to the scene of action with bloodhounds to locate the robbers. RICH IT TOT, Tho Mother Lode of tho Xloadyko laid to Hive Boon Dlscovorsd. J. C. King, ot Portland, Ore., de clares his brother has discovered the long-looked for mother lode of the Klondike. He makes this statement: "My brother has been prospecting In the Stewart river country for two years. He has been looking almost solely for quartz. Last June he found the two ledges, and he haa found four claims there. The strike Is 60 miles up from the mouth of the Stewart in the Yukon, and Is about 14 miles from the river. "My brother shipped 400 pounds or specimens, and I took them to san Francisco. Specimens from one ledge showed $7.11 In gold and 247 ounces of silver to the ton, also 20 per cent lead and HV4per cent copper. The ore from the other ledge carried a heavier per cent of copper. It went 17 per cent copper and $153 gold." CAPITAL 0LEAHIH0S. Available cash balance, $211,389,044; gold reserve, $149,901,839. Tatya, Alaska, haa been made a fourth-class office, with Clara H. Richards postmistress. The president has appointed to be consul ot the United States Talbot J. Albert of Maryland, at Brunswick, Germany: William A. Prlckett, ot New Jersey, at Rhelms, France, Postal Inspector Stuart haa for sev eral days been vainly endeavoring to trace a package of $14,000 that went astray between Omaha and Denver. It waa sent by registered mall by a bank In Chicago to one in Denver, but all trace of It was lost at Omaha. The president has appointed Albert J. Albert, or Baltimore, consul at Brun swlck, Germany. Mr. Albert Is a mil lionaire capitalist and lawyer, and It la understood he has accepted the bd nointment because he wishes to have his children educated in Germany. The uresldent also appointed Rafael Madri gal, of Maryland, consul at Cartagena Colombia. After the adjournment ot the court Thursday at Washington the justices and tho officers of the court called In a body at Justice Field s house and took official leave of tho retiring Justice. Al though his resignation, made publlo Thursday, does not take effect until the 1st of December, It Is the understanding that no. win no resume, nis seat THE YELLOW SCOURGE. Citlsons Rebel Against the Stringent Laws of ths Board of Health. The official report of the board of health Is as follows for Sunday: Cases of yellow fever to-day, 24; deaths, 6. Total cases to date, 828; deaths, 93; re covered, 409; under treatment, 326. Wednesday waa the 'record Btnasher In the number of death In a single day from yellow fever since the sick ness wa flrt reported In New Orleans. It Is difficult to find the cause, except In the fact that concealment, neglect and rebellion against the authority of the board of health have made It diffi cult for the physicians to give proper attention to cases. At T o'clock Wed nesday evening there had been nine fatalities reported during the 24 hours. Heretofore the greatest number of deaths In any one day ha been six. At the board of health there wa some discussion among the gathered physicians as to whether the disease had assumed suddenly a more virulent form or whether an aggregation of cir cumstances has scjit up the list of deaths. FoiTiThmit doctor any they Jo not believe the disease 111 become more malignant In type. Among the deaths reported, some are of the better class of people. Among the new case tho most prominent Is that of Hunter C. Leake, genernl agent of the Illinois Central rood. Mrs. Leake wa strick en two days ago, and her husband must have taken the disease from close attendance upon her. The board of health olllclally reports: Case of yel low fever Wednesday, 31: denth. 9; total cose of yellow fever to dnte, 681; total death from yellow fever to date, 77; total case absolutely recovered, 305; total case under treatment, 30.1. The most serious situation now con fronting the people of Texas la the al most complete blockading of travel owing to the yellow fever scare. Many trains on all the principal lines nave doned, and local lines have idr,T,M nthMni" i;;lireiv. Everv small towii SIBS Blalo W fa1T Idly organizing shot-gun quarantines, so trains cannot stop except at the big cities. The situation In the entire State I highly nanlckv. and the feeling la one of growing alarm and apprehen sion. By to-morrow night, unless the situation Is soon relieved, the central and southern portions of the State will he practically without any ratiroaa facilities, as all trains will be stopped. OKLAHOMA PROSPEROUS. Residents Hot Desirous of Stalehood Al though Entitled to it Governor C. M. Barnes, of Oklahoma territory. In his annual report to the secretary of the Interior, Juat submit ted, makes an interesting review of ex isting conditions In Oklahoma. He claims that In the seven years since its creation aa a territory It ha made greater progress than have most com monwealths In three times that period, and that Oklahoma farmers are pros perous and hopeful. He says the terri tory la a distinctively American com munity, whoae proportion or roreign- born citizen 1 smaller than In any state In the Union, and estimates the population as In excess of 300,000. He says that although clearly entitled to statehood, thoughtful citizen are not clamoring for Immediate statehood, as the best Interest of the whole peop le will be subserved by the union or Indian territory and Oklahoma Into one state and they are willing to wait on the negotiations of the government with the five civilized tribes. The formation of two separate states he adds, would be burdensome and annoy ing. The speedy opening to settlement of the Wichita and affiliated tribes' re servation and also that of the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes. Is advo cated. Figures are cited to show that there are many thousands of acres of unoccupied and fertile lands open to hoineaeekers, either wholly free or ot the government price of from $1 to $1.60 per acre. This year s wheat crop I estimated at 20.000.000 bushels, and all other crop are reported yielding finely. SICK, HOT DRUNK, Stnpid Histako of Ignorant Hew York Police men Kesnits in ueatn. The sto-y ot a man with his entire left Ride paralysed, his skull fractured sit ting in his cell In the Leonard street sta tion. New York, for 24 hours without medical attention, suffering awful pain, waa torn Saturday at police headquar ters. The police of the Leonard street station Insisted that the man was Into xicated, and when his sister and wife pleaded with them to send him to a hos pital or allow them to send their family physician, they would not listen. He was not sent to the hospital until It wa too late to save his life. He died In the Hudson street hospital. His name was George Merts, an Iceman. On Wednes day he was seen to fall from his seat to the ground. He tried to get up, but stag gered and fell again. His face was cov ered with blood, which flowed from sev eral wounds on his head and the left side of his face. Policeman Grace took him a prisoner to tho station. He was considered too drunk to be taken to court, so was left In his cell. Too late It was discovered that he was not drunk. WR0H0ED CHILD. . A Friend Indness a Daughter to Poison Her Mother Pale and emaciated Mrs. May J. Parnett led her 10-year-old daughter Mary before Capt. Wheeler at a Chica go police station a few days ago. There the child confessed that she had pois oned her mother a week before. After receiving the statement ot the child and that of her mother, a magistrate Issued a warrant tor the arrest ot Mrs. Mary Perkins. Mrs. Perkins Is alleged to have induced the little girl to administer the poison. Mrs. Bar nett Is separated from her husbahd. Four years ago she became jealous of Mrs. Perkins and left him. The little girl claims that Mrs. Perkins Induced her to put the poison in the glass of milk. "She told me that I could come to her home and live with my father and real mother," said Mary, She told me that I must first poison my mother, though, and said I would find mor phine In her trunk. I did just as she told me to do; that was all." Kissed tho Bride and was Shot Stefano Murillo attempted the other night to kiss the bride or his nephew, Joseuh Barnello. at Port Chester. N Y. He Is In the Port Chester hospital with a bullet in his left side. He can not live. The young man had long courted a pretty Italian gin, and on Sunday the wedding place. A little nartv waa held, and Murillo, who had been drinking, attempted to kiss the bride. She repulsed nun and, becom ing angry, he drew a stiletto. Bar nello came to the rescue and shot his uncle, fatally. Barnello is under ar rest. 1 Elevator Drops Sis Stories. While two men were at work on a Dassenaer elevator in New York, the cable parted and they were dropped to the basement, 70 feet below. They were Thomas Walklns and Peter Ot terburg, Otterburg s right leg waa broken. Walklns sustained Internal Injuria. WHOLE TOWN LKID L0.I BY FLR.Y.ES THOUSANDS HOMELESS. Tho Besntlfol Towa of Windsor Destroyed Entailing a Lois of $3,000,000. Fire robbed 3,500 people of their homes In Windsor, Nova Scotia last Sunday morning. Few building of the once beautiful town remain standing, and the loss I estimated at $3,000,000. The homeless have been provided for by the resident of neighboring town, and relief Is pouring In from all sides. For six hours the fire, fanned by a violent northwest gale, raged so fierce ly that the local tire department was absolutely helpless to cope with it, and within half an hour after Its discovery the mayor began to call tor outside as sistance. Long before noon the town had been eaten up almost completely, the area covered by the flames being nearly a mile square nnd of the four hundred or more building occupying the section, barely half a dozen scorch ed structures remain. Among the buildings that escaped are the Windsor cotton factory, Kings college, the An glican church, the Kdgehlll school for girl and the Dufferln hotel. The latter I the only hotel left stand ing. No Nova Scotia town has ever been visited by a conflagration of such dimensions. , Big Pirs in Hew York. A $.100,000 fire In the seven-story fnc tory building, at 279 and 281 Spring street, taxed the energle of the fire d- fnrtment of New York Sunday, and wenty engine and a large force of men were called out. The basement, first and second floor of the building were occupied by Fltzpatrlck & Co., manufacturers of mirrors, plate glass, stained glass, coach and carriage win dows and door. BnrneJ in Hotel ..i3'i"5.IiUL,IL mLl'lCS 130 situated In ITiYfiftmuSilTa o" T'iucrP county. Cal.. wns visited by a most damnglng fire early Sunday morning. The fire started In the Central hotel, and within a very few minutes the hotel was a mass of flames and the walls were falling In. Two of the lodger In the Central hotel William Golden and William Owens perslshed In the flames. IMPORTANT DECISION. Land to the Amount of S45.000.000 Affected bj ths Conrt's Opinion. The court of appeals at New York the other day, In the case of Henry W. Sage, against the mayor, handed down a decision that affects all the land around the Island of Manhattan which waa formerly on the tideway, and which is valued at over $45,000,000. The suit was brought by Mr. Sage, who was the owner of certain land on the Harlem river between Ninety- fourth and Ninety-fifth streets. The city In carrying out it plan of Im provement filled In a strip In front ot nir. sage s land in what is Known as tideway, that 1, the land lying be twee the high nnd low water mqrk. Mr. Sage claimed that the owner of land fronting on the river either own ed the lnnd In the tideway when It wa lined in by the city, or if they did not own It they were entitled to the right of access to the water on their own upland, If the upland should be held to extend only to the hlghwater mark. Kotn Judge Barrett, who tried tne case, and the appellate division, on an ppeal from Judge Barrett a decision. held that the city of New York had an absolute ownership of all the land be tween low and hign water marK, anu that the construction of an exterior street and bulkhead by the city gave no right of action for dnmages to an owner of upland who by this con struction was cut off from the water. This decision has Just been affirmed. The supreme court at Columbus, o., decided that the negro party, not hav ing been through the last election. could not have a picture of Lincoln aa on emblem at the head or Us ticket. A Cowardly Hob. An unknown man, trying to make his way from MeMphls to Louisville, was put off the train at Mayfield, Ky the other day and was found lying near the cemetery unconscious. He was taken to the poor house and re vived, only to rave about yellow fever. A panic ensued, and he was at once removed to a rude stable. Soon a mob of armed men charged upon the stable with the intention of burning It and the sufferer to prevent the spread of supposed yellow fever. The owner of the stable, with leveled revolver, ward ed off the mob, and the sick man waa visited by physicians, who found he was undergoing chills and malarial fe ver. Five Hnudred Baioldes. The records of New York city and Brooklyn show that approximately 493 persons have committed suicide in the two cities since Junuary 1 last. Of these 328 have been men and 165 women. The coroner'a records are not absolutely complete as to the causes of suicide, but It appears that most or the women took their lives from disappointed affections and most of the men from failure In business, "mental disorder." Idleness or general despair. The average age of the women who have ended their lives in New York this year Is 31.6 years; the average age ot the men 42.3 years. Hones Bold for a Good Prioe. The four-day Bpeclal sale of saddle and harness horses at the National stock yard, East St. Louis, concluded last Saturday and realized $42,532, an average of $187 each. The highest price paid for a pair was $1,350; for a Blngle horse $900; seven pairs averaged $076 per pair; 21 palra averaged $.1S5 per pair; 44 single horses averaged $286 per head; 71 horses averaged $135 per head. It Is considered one of the most success ful sales ot record nnd showing great home and foreign demand for all meri torious animals. Carnegie's Enterprise. Andrew Carnegie has perfected the largest Iron producing combination in the world by securing the lease ot the Tllden mine. He will operate this big Droducer In connection with the Noma group of mines which he owns In the Mesaba range. The series of operati ons whereby the Carnegie interests have come Into control of the greatest group of Iron ore properties In America constitute the most important move ment that has taken place in the iron trade for years. FROM ACROSS THE SEA. At Ahus, province of Schonen, Swe den, thirty-eight Duildings were burn' ed and one person burned to death. It Is reported and generally believed that Fred Peters, premier of Prince Edward Island, Is about to resign. Lord Salisbury It Is said will soon re sign the premiership of England. Ill- health is given as the cause. Serious floods have occurred at Men tego Bay, a seaport town of Cornwall county, Jamaica, having about 600 in habitants. A number ot houses have been washed out to sea and several peopls are missing. BUSINESS ACTIVE. Ontpnl of Pig lrea Greater than it was Tsar ago. R. Q. Dun ft CO., of New fork report as follows for tha last week: Foreign trade In September, tho heavy Increase In Iron production and consumption and the largest payments through clearings ever known in Oc tober, are Indications which outweigh hesitation In some markets. The in crease In employment of labor has con tinued, with further accounts dally of work opening. Increasing force of hands or raising of wages, and at every point where actual production can be tested It appears greater than ever be fore. The output of pig Iron October 1 was 200,128 tons weekly, against 112,782 a year ago, the Increase since July 1 hav ing been 22 per cent. Unsold stocks have been reduced at the rate of 40,271 tons weekly In September, Indicating a con sumption exceeding 232.000 tons weekly, which Is about 20.000 greater than ever before, and 40 per cent greater than three month ago. Price of pig hold steady, though the production ha been further Increased since October 1, and prices of finished products gradually rise with especially heavy demand for plates, rods, bars, while another con tract has been tnken by the Illinois Stetl Company to deliver 30,000 tons of Meel rails for Japan and the Pennsyl vania Company has bought 35.000 tons. (jM'e shipment on the lake surpass all records, and the Rockefeller Conpany, hn contracted for another steamer, with two consorts, to carry 20,000 tons, tho largest ever built for the lake. Maker of black sheet have reduced the price for No. 28 to $2.1,0, and wire nails are 5 cents higher, the average of Iron and steel products rising 6 per cent for the week to the highest point sines April 8. Tin plates are cheaper at $3.10, with enormous production, and copper at llgi2 cents for lake, with lead at sf.tw, but tit Is Iplrly strong. . Sales pf wool for two weeks have been 24,331, cop pound, pt the three chief mar kels, or wiilch 15,397,890 weg dgmestio, and while quotations are maintained, large lots previously withdrawn by con signors are now offered. 4 The demand for spring good Is limit ed. But the prices of some qualities have advanced a shade further. There Is also some quiet contracting already for heavy weights. 3g! Wheat has been fairly steady, but moving rnore largely than last year from tb.e ftrmS and from the country. Western receipt VftFe 15.157054 Jjush es In two week of October! against 14,235,016 last year, and Atlantic export 6,463,401 bushels, flour Included, against 4,747,845 last year, while corn exports were 3,262,377, against 8,309.926 last year. September exports of wheat surpass all records, amounting to 25,868,888 bushels, against 17,646,815 last year, ow ing to high price, the value being over ino per cent larger for all breadstuff. The price of wheat has declined 8-4 of a cent, and corn 1 cent, with the govern ment report of a yield exceeding 1,800,- 000 bushels. 1 Failures for the week have been 223 in the United States, against 328 last year, and 86 In Canada, against 40 last year. MILLIONS IH O0LD. Representative of the Rcthohilds Speaks Con- oerning the Klondyxe. H. Bratnober, mining expert, who Is returning to London from Alaska, where he spent several months invest igating the gold fields for the Roth- chllds, left Denver the other night for New York. Mr. Bratnober, speaking of the prophecy that the Klondike will produce $50,000,000 within the next year. said: "The district probaDly produced $5,000,000 or $6,000,000 during the 12 months we are entering upon. Consid ering the age of the camp and the stu pendous difficulties to be overcome, $6, 000,000 will be highly creditable to the camp, and that means that the prophe sied $nO,ooo,oiio may materialize in tne course of a few years." Mr. Bradnober advises all persons going to Alaaka to go In the spring, and says prospectors must not expect too much, aa some claims are exceedingly good, and others even alongside of exceedingly valuable ground, are worthless. He says the claims already located can be worked out in live years. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Llppy have re turned to Youngstown, O., from the Klondike gold fields $65,000 richer In cash than when they went a year ago. and have a claim (500 feet long and as wide as the gulch) which Is roughly estimated to be worth a million dollars, to which they expect to return next March. , . Stnpid Students. Dekalb Wellman. aged 17, a new student In the preparatory school of Boulder, Cal., university, has been ser iously Injured by being tossed In a blanket by other students. Wellman struck on the back of hia head and shoulders with great force on the ground, paralysing the upper part of his body and causing a serious curva ture of the spine. Physicians have de manded that hazing at the university be summarily stopped. . Bryan's Oift to Education. W. J. Bryan has offered a large sum to Ewing college, Franklin county. III., to be known as the Mary Elizabeth Bryan prize fund. The Income Is to be used In cash prizes for the best essays on the science of government. Mr. Bryan's mother was a student at Ewing college. She was principal of the Young Lady college and resigned on account of ill heath. Mr. Bryan's sister was also a student there. Judge Silas Bryan was a strong supporter of the school. Blood Thirsty Shepherd. The police of the town of Belley, In the department of Aln, 44 miles east of Lyons, France, have arrested a shep herd, named Vacher, upon a charge of murder, and obtained from him a start ling confession. Vacher admits hav ing committed a number of murders of a character similar to thoae perpetrated by the mysterious "Jack the Ripper" In London, hia victims comprising three young shepherd boys, three young girls and two old women. Leprosy Conference. The international leprosy conference) closed Saturday at Berlin, with theso conclusions unanimously reached: Tha leprosy bacillus Is the true cause of Nut disease. Man Ib the only animal In which this bacillus exists. Leprosy la contagious, but not hereditary. Tha isolation of patients Is desirable and under circumstances such as exist in Norway should bo compulsory. Auassins Killod. A gang ot twenty-five Burmese, armed with knives, rushed through tha south gate of Mandalay the other night and made for the residence of Maj. Dobbie, but they were driven off by the British oc tilers and Sepoys on duty. Four of the Burmese were killed and four were wounded. Lieut. Harrington ot the British force and three Sepoys wero wounded. Railroad Aeross Mow Foondlsna, Tha railway across tho Island of New Foundland, 550 miles In length, has been completed and a trt-weekly service for malls and passengers with the American continent, waa begun
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