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ROOSEVELT INELIGIBLE. fcuch itf the Claim 31 ado hy Ciov. Illack'H Friendi—"Teddy*®" Supporter# are Not Alarmed. Albany, X. Y., Sept. 24.—The sup porters of Gov. Black have exposed their hands, which have been responsi ble for their great confidence in their ability to defeat Roosevelt for the gubernatorial nomination, and which makes the nomination of Roosevelt an impossibility. Roosevelt, they say. is "ineligible" to run as a candidate for governor in this state at this lime. When Roosevelt was sworn in as as sistant secretary of the navy he swore to his residence as Washington, D. C. The federal constitution, however, ■provides that persons holding office in the federal government retain their residence in the state from which they are appointed, but when Roosevelt re signed from the navy department he retired to private life. I hereafter he enlisted in the army, and in accepting his commission again swore to his residence as Washington. New York, Sept. 24. - Chairman O'Dell, of the republican state com mittee, was interviewed at the Fifth Avenue hotel in reference to Roose velt's alleged ineligibility for the office of governor. "We know all about the affidavits sitrned by Mr. Roosevelt." said Mr. O'Dell, "and we are not in the least worried. The best lawyers and the best judges in the city have had the subject under consideration and they are unanimously of the opinion that there is nothing in these documents which will prevent the nomination and election of Theodore Roosevelt." A Keniatlonal Story. San Francisco, Sept. 24. —The Post publishes a sensational story to the effect that Germany is planning to send numerous trading vessels to the Philippine islands and will arm 150,- 000 Filipinos, besides furnishing Krupp guns and artillery for field use. The islanders, the Post alleges, will be thoroughly drilled by (ierman officers and by February Aguinaldo wi 11 be prepared to make an onslaught on the American forces According to the Post, German agents have made a report to their government that it will be impossible for the United States to land more than 50,000 men in the Philippines before Aguinaldo is ready to make his coup. Sarcent R»-elfCted. Toronto, Out., Sept. 24. F. P. Sar gent was yesterday re-elected grand master of the Brotherhood of Loco motive Firemen, by acclamation. E. V. Debs has come and gone, but he did not capture any office in the gift of the order. It is asserted that what Debs wanted was his old position of secretary-treasurer and editor of the Firemen's Magazine. The firemen will hold aloof from the trouble threatened on all roads entering Pitts burg. There is no possibility of the headquarters of the brotherhood be ing removed from Peoria, 111. No More llrliiy Can l>e Tolerated. Washington, Sept. 24.—A vpry pre emptory mesage of instruction has been sent to the Cuban military com mission and by them made the basis of a note to the Spanish commission ers. The authorities here will not make public the terms of the note, but its general tenor is that the Cnited States will not be satisfied with any further delay in the evacuation of Cuba. Three Minorx Killed. Xanticoke, Pa.. Sept. 24. — By a rush of coal in No. 1 shaft Friday three men were entombed and probably in stantly killed. They were George H. Morgan, aged 34 years; John Shan non, aged 32. and John A. Jones, aged 28. Two other miners narrowly es caped with their lives. Their Voyage Almont KII<IO<I. Queenstown, Sept. 24. The steamer Campania, from Xew York, with tht United States peace commissioners on board, arrived here on Friday, after an uneventful voyfge, with ull well on board. REVIEW OFTRADEj European Monoy Markets Re spond to Our Control. BIG BOOM IN THE WEST. Wonderful Activity at the Chief Centers of Trade. LARGEST TRADE ON RECORD. Iron and Steel IStisinefts Kxpand* with a Rapidity that KxceciU Ail Expectation!* —Americiu Plants Crowded witli Orders for Months Ahead. New York, Sept. 24. R. O. Dun fi Co.'s Weekly Review <»f Trade savs: Europe will have to consider possible American demands for money milch more anxiously in the future. Doubt less there has been for many years a feeling that the new continent could be put off with promises. But the control of this country over money markets in the old world is coming to be that of a master. Our banks lend over there heavily when it is the most convenient market for them, but they draw on Europe whenever they want money. Reports from different cities dis close a wonderful activity at the chief centers of western trade. To eastern dealers it. may be hard to realize that such extraordinary activity exists at the west, although their own trade is excellent. Even in eastern markets it is commonly said that no larger trade has ever been known, unless in 1892, but the western cities are running things much after their own taste this year, having greater advantages than ever before in heavy bank bal ances, and while the exchanges for the week fall below those of last year 3.5 per cent, they are 13.1 per cent larger than in the same week in 1892. The iron and steel trade expands with a rapidity which throws into the shade all expectations, with a steel famine in Germany and fireat Britain in the market for 10,000 tons of plates and American works are crowd ed fi»r months ahead. The textile industries are not shar ing the general improvement to a full extent, in part because the heavy de cline in cotton, with large stocks of goods accumulating, makes the mills disposed to wait for future develop ments and in part because the price of wool is higher than the mills are at present disposed to pay. Failures for the week liave been 173 in the I'nited States, against 200 last year, and 10 in Canada against 28 last y<*ar. Flood* In North Carolina. Charlotte. X. C„ Sept. 24.—Specials from points in western Xorth Caro lina tell of serious damage from a cloudburst. The Yadkin and Catawba rivers are booming. In Caldwell county the rainfall was six inches in 24 hours. The Carolina & Northwest ern railroad tracks are two feet under water in one place. The river bottom corn crops are ruined. The hay crop is also seriously damaged. Louis Moser was drowned in the Yadkin near Donnaha. At He*t in Hollyivood. Richmond, Va., Sept. 24.—Varina Jefferson Davis, "the daughter of the Confederacy," sleeps her lust sleep in the land she loved so well, ller re mains arrived here Friday and were met at the depot by l.ee camp. Con federate veterans, of which she was a member, and delegates from Pickett camp. The casket was placed in St. Paul's church a .id after the services the remains were buried in Hollywood cemetery. GAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 1898. AGAIN IT IS PINGREE. Republican State Convention at Detroit Renominate* the Famou* Heformer for Governor—A Kinging Indorsement of Mc- Klnley and Alger. Detroit, Mich.. Sept. 2:2. Gov. I'in gree was renominated by acclamation yesterday by the repn bl ieall state con vention. His reform ideas and efforts toward regulating alleged inequalities of taxation were heartily commended in the platform adopted, and many members of his party who have here tofore not hecn in accord with the governor joined in the cheering when lie appeared .->.•<! made a characteristic speech of acceptance. A contest between the so-called Sheldon and Stephenson sets of dele pates from Marquette county occupied the committee on credentials most of the afternoon. Meanwhile the con vention and crowd of spectators in the galleries listened to addresses by Webster Davis, assistant secretary of the interior; ex-Congressman O'Don nell (who was to have been l'ingree's opponent but had withdrawn), »nd others. It was late in the day before the credentials committee report*"! in favor of the Sheldon delegates. The report was adopted after a sharp fight. E. O. Grosvenor, state dairy and food commissioner, a I'ingree appointee, was made permanent chairman. I'in gree men largely outnumbered the others on the resolutions committee. When the resolutions were reported to the convention they were unani mously adopted without debate. On the war issue the resolutions say: "We indorse the present national ad ministration and express confidence in the honesty, integrity and patriot ism of President McKinlev. During the trying times that culminated in a war with Spain, lie displayed rare ability and discretion until the cessa tion of hostilities, which we hope will speedily result in permanent peace. "We indorse our honored secretary of war and commend his conscientious, patriotic and unselfish devotion to the honor of the nation and the welfare of the army. We denounce the unjust attacks made on him and offer him our undivided support and confidence. "We reaffirm the principles of the St. Louis platform, and pledge them onr support as a sure guarantee of national prosperity and honor. We stand upon the existing gold standard anil condemn the proposition to admit silver to free and unlimited coinage at the ratio of 10 to 1 by this country alone." The administration of Gov. Pingree is commended, especially his care and energy in equipping and caring for the interests of the troops and their families. A state immigration bureau is urged to be established for the pur pose of promoting 1 development, of lin occupied lands. For lieutenant governor O. W. Roh ison, of Houghton, an ardent I'ingree state senator, was nominated after a close contest with Gerritt J. Dickman. ex-speaker of the house of representa tives. In his speech of acceptance Gov. I'ingree announced that he was "just the same old bald-headed I'ingree I was two years ago; the kind of re publican that believes in principle be fore party." The state ticket was completed by the following nominations: For sec retary of state, J. S. Stearns, of Lud ington; auditor general, Roscoe I). Dix. of Berrien Springs; attorney gen eral. Horace M. Oren, of Sault Ste. Marie; treasurer. George E. Steele, of St. Johns; commissioner of land office, W. A. French, of Presque Isle. CHEERED OUR SAILORS. Canadian* tiive a Koyal Welcome to the Marblehead** Men—-Dedication of the < ham plain Monument. Quebec, Sept. 22.—Yesterday the Canadian people paid a magnificent tribute to the memory of the French explorer Champlain, who 290 years ago founded the city of Quebec. In the presence of one of the greatest assem blages ever seen in the province of Quebec, and near the spot where the great explorer's body is supposed to have been buried, a grawd monument to his memory was unveiled. The en tire city took a holiday, business places were closed, daily papers suspended publication, and last night the old city gleamed with fantastic illuminations. The principal dignitaries of the Do minion were present. All of the speeches were made in French. To Americans the most interesting feature was the enthusiastic reception given to ('apt. Mel alia, of the cruiser Marblehead, and his marines and sail ors. Three Hritish men-of-war arrived several days ago, but the seamen did not «-et the spirited reception given the battered Marolehead and her sail ors fresh from the stormy scenes on the south coast of Cuba. It was a little after sunrise when the Marblehead steamed up the gver and when she came in sight the British warships made the old walls of the citadel above them tremble with the thunder of their welcome. The Marblehead an swered the salute with her R-inch guns. The moment the Marblehcad's guns spoke a tremendous cheer went up from the ramparts, where a great throng of people were looking down upon the warships in the river below. Then again when the marines marched tip through the streets and gate of the old city it was one continuous chorus of cheers for the men of the Marble head. At the unveiling ceremonies the Marblehead men were given the position of honor. A Slnrtllnir I)eatli-hed St- ra Denver, Col., Sept. 22. —Capt. C. A. Worden, Seventh infantry, died at Fort Logan yesterday. He was 51 years old. Capt. Worden was in the fighting around Santiago. On July 16 he was taken sick and was returned to Fort Logan on August 13. Worden, just before expiring, said: "While sick with fever at Tampa. I was left for ten days in an abandoned ware house without a mouthful to cat. My sole subsistence was cast-away lemon peels. I die of starvation." Worden made the above statement in the pres ence of his family and a notary public. DID NOT MINCE WORDS. Urn. tValto Tell* Oeneral Kuddliigton that the Itail Condition of a Camp IK Due to tlie Latter'* Neglect. Lexington, Ky., Sept. 22. —-A promi nent gentleman close to the national administration as web as to the offi cers here at Camp Hamilton, says: The tour of inspection of the southern camps by Secretary Alger. Quarter master (icn. Lnddington and Surgeon Gen. Sternberg will likely develop nu merous charges from regimental and general field officers against both the medical and the quartermaster's de partments and especially against some commissaries. The talking was begun here by Gen. Sanger against the med ical department and by lien. Waite against tin* quartermasters, and it is expected that officers at other points will aiil materially to this testimony before the tour of inspection is com pleted. Secretary Alger stated that all of this information and all other .evidence that he could secure would be presented to the investigating com mission at Washington. At the conference here of Secretary Alger with Gen. Breckinridge, the commander of Camp Hamilton, and other offieriTS, Gen. Sanger said while the division hospital may be a good thing, that as it was conducted it had been a disgrace to the service; that it had deprived the regiments of their surgeons and caused hardships on the sick who should have had better atten tion at the proper time. Surgeon Gen. Sternberg in reply insisted that all requisitions had been honored in Washington and that any medical men failing to do their duty should be re ported. Gen. Waite told Secretary Alger that neglect of some quartermasters to fur nish supplies was criminal. While in Chickamauga he frequently made requisitions which were not honored. An imperative order had been sent to have all water boiled. He made a requisition upon Quartermaster Gen. Lee for water boilers. No attention was paid to his requisition and.after lie repeatedly urged Quartermaster Lee to send the boilers and telling him how the men were contracting typhoid fever, he was met with a reply which read: "The war department does not furnish boilers." (Jen. Waite then pur chased the boilers himself, but the seeds of typhoid had been sown and the daily report showed the list of deaths and of cases in the hospitals. Pointing to Quartermaster I.udding ton. Gen. Waite said: "These men can not say it was somebody else's fault. It was the fault of Quartermaster Lee and it was the fault of Quartermaster Luddington, who is standing right there." Luddington made no reply to Waite. Knoxville, Tenn., Sept. 22.—Secre- tary Alger, who inspected Camp Po land yesterday and reviewed the enlist ed men encamped there, made a speech to the commanding officers at Gen. McKee's headquarters during the morning in which he fixed the blame for the sickness in the different camps throughout the country on the com manding officers. Secretary Alger was given an enthusiastic reception by the citizens of Knoxville nnd by the com manding officers of the camp on his arrival. He went from the depot di rect to the camp and shortly after wards the secretary rode over the drill field and inspected the troops. He then reviewed the grand parade arranged in his honor and afterwards made a speech to the commanding offi cers. lie next visited the hospitals and regimental quarters and made a tho rough inspection of the camp and men. Gen Alger congratulated Gen McKce on the splendid condition of his camp and of the troops. He expressed satis faction with the location of the camp and the showing made by the men. A FEVER-LADEN SHIP. The Tran«port Seguranca Arrives at Moil tank with One Cane of Yellow Jack on Hoard* Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. 1., Sept. 22.—The transport Seguranca ar rived Wednesday from Cuba with one case of yellow fever aboard. The transport brought sick and convales cent soldiers from tlie hospitals at Siboney. Gen. Wheeler sent one of the camp surgeons to inspect the transport and to arrange for the re moval of the sick to the detention hospital, which will now have to be re-opened. The yellow fever patient on board the Seguranca is isolated, and will be kept on the vessel for the present. The Seguranca brought 40 men who were not able to care for themselves and 35 convalescents. The City of Mexico also arrived at the camp with troop M.of the Tenth regular cavalry, which was left be hind in Cuba to care for the belong ings of the regiment. There were 715 men in all, 18 of whom are sick. There were 496 patients in the hos pital yesterday and 350 of the men in the hospital are seriously ill. There were two deaths Wednesday. McKlnley Thank* Hough It id >T«. Washington. Sept. 22.—President McKinley yesterday received a dozen members of the Roosevelt Rough Rider regiment. A majority of the delegation are from New Mexico, nnd are enroute home. Each of the callers was presented to the president, who spoke with enthusiasm of the regi ment's work in the Santiago campaign, saying that he was pleased to have the opportunity to thank the regiment through the present delegation for the work it had done. < onvletH Mutiny* London, Sept. 22.—A dispatch from Paris says that a mutiny has taken place among the convicts at Cayenne, the capital of French Guiana. The mutineers overpowered and murdered their guards, then stormed the mili tary storehouse and seized the arms and ammunition there. They are be sieging the principal prison and it is feared they may succeed in freeing the 4,000 convicts confined 1n the build ing. Reinforcements have been tele graphed for to the island of Martin ique. but it is said they w ill not arrive in time to suppress the mutiny. A BLACK FRIDAY. Eight Miners are Killed at Brownsville, I'a. TWO GREAT EXPLOSIONS. Gas and Firedamp Let Go with the Usual Etfeet. SEVENTY MEN ENTOMBED. Sieariy All of tlie Men Who Escaped I»i<l So by Means of an Underground I'aftiage that Led to the Surface - A List of the Victims. Brownsville, Pa., Sept. 24. —Seventy men were entombed yesterday in the 10 nip ire mine of Snowdeu, Gould & Co., one-fourth of a mile below town, as the result of an explosion of gas followed by another explosion of fire damp. Of the number entombed all escaped or were taken out by rescu ing parties except eight, who were killed outright, and three more or less hurt. The dead: John Flaiston, miner, aged 35, colored, wife and two children. Salem Haistou, miner, his brother, aged 25, single. Robert Davidson, miner, aged 45, white, no family. John Bennett, driver, aged 22, single. William Pritchard, miner, aged 50. wife and seven children. Henry Hager, driver, aged 17. John Cartwriglit. miner, aged 50, married but no children. James Hall, miner, aged 27, unmar ried. The explosion is said to have been caused by the loosening of a large block of coal which opened a pocket of gas. Immediately following the explosion of gas there teas a second explosion of firedamp. There were 70 men at work in the mine at the time of the disaster and at fif-st it seemed an impossibility for any of the 54 men in entries No. 0 and 10, where the ex plosion occurred, to escape. Four men, who were near the entrance, managed to crawl out, and the others, with the exception of those caught by falling coal, escaped by traversing a mile and a half of underground pas sages, coming out at the entrance near Lynn station. This point is four miles from tlie opening of the mine on the Monongaliela river. Shortly after the report was circu lated that an explosion had taken place at the mine and that many min ers were entombed. Water street, a narrow thoroughfare leading to it, was crowded with men. wdmen and children, all moving at a breakneck speed towards the mines. There were moans and sobs and a general feeling of painful apprehension. There were conjectures of whether husband, father, brother or sweetheart were victims. When the mine was reached willing hands at once went to work. Everybody seemed to want togo into the mine. It was by sheer force that those in charge at the entry kept the crowd out. Several hours later the tinkle of the electric bell in the engine house announced that a train of coal cars was coming. The scene of the dis aster is more than a mile from the entry. Three cars are taken in and out by means of a lieavv iron cable wrapped and unwrapped by two large spools. It took about ten minutes for the first load to reach the outside world. While the cable was winding there was a suspense that bordered on the awful. Xo one knew what was coming, but feared the worst. As one of the spools indicated that the load would soon arrive, the suspense was all the greater. "Here it comes" was an almost unanimous whisper. When the little train of cars emerged a shuder was visible in the crowd. First there came two cars loaded with coal. Then four cars, in each of which there were two bodies. At 9 o'clocK last night the last of the explorers of the mine came out and announced that there was noth ing—living or dead —left behind in tlie mine, leaving tin* list of fatalities as given above. IfaiulitH Hold Up a Train. Kansas City, Mo.. Sept, 24. —The Colorado & Coffeyville express train on the Missouri Pacific railroad, which left here at 0:15 last night, was held up by robbers near Leeds, a suburban station about six miles out. The loco motive and baggage car were detached from the t" ' . nnd taken down the track toward Dodson, after which the robbers shattered the Pacific Ex press Co.'s car with dynamite. It is not known what the robbers secured. Officials of the express company say the safe contained little treasure. Filipino** Three KeqnoHtM. Manila, Sept. 24.—The Filipino na tional assembly has decided to request the Americans to recognize the inde pendence of the islands; to establish a protectorate over their external af fairs and to induce the powers to rec ognize their independence; also to appoint a joint commission of Amer icans and Filipinos for the arrange ment of details to "reciprocate the Americans' services." Kan a TVft»etlnc "Sneak K««y." Camp Meade, Middletown, Pa., Sept. 24.—John Kennedy was arrested yes terday for running a "traveling speak easy" in the Second Tennessee regi ment. Kennedy carried about with him a tube from a concealed flask, with which the thirsty soldier con nected. Uncle Sam Won't Fay Their Fare. Washington, Sept. 24. An order has been issued by the war department to different commanding generals, stat ing that furloughed men are not en titled to transportation to their homes at government expense. 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