MURDER RUNS 1!LOT Chinese ara Getting a Share of the Horrors of War. Band* of Native Soldier* Loot the Village*, W?ille and Crent-li Troop* Kill Women and Children and Com mit Other Atroclllea. Taku, via Shanghai, Sept. ?.—The "Chinese in the l'ei Ho valley are [lay ing dearly for the folly oi their gov ernment. I'he retribution they are suffering exceeds the ordinary pen alties of war. Along the river and the roads traveled by the foreign troops between Tien Is in and Pekin an orgie of looting and destruction continues, with much listless slaugh ter of unoffending inhabitants. Robbery, ravishing and murder are so common that every responsible person one meets contributes ttories from personal observation. Tim walled city of Tung Chow was the ■only town in the pathway of the in ternational forces whose people re mained and attempted to continue business. During this oecupition the Japanese patrolled the place, pro tected the people and prevented loot ing bevond the amount inevitable with an army. den. Chaffee station ed a guard around the temple. When the armies advanced, how ever, the guards were removed. \ correspondent wiring from Pekin found Tuns ( how stripped like a cornfield after a plague of grasshop pers. F.very portable of the smallest value had been taken —goods from shops clothing, food and furniture. The Russians are the thief actor:-* in this style of eonouest, but the French are remarkably conspicuous, considering their small numbers. From the beginning the conduct, of the Russians has been a blot on the campaign. When entering 1 Pekin cor respondents saw Cossacks smnsa down Chinese women with the bulls of their guns and pound their heads until they were dead. The Cossacks would pick up children barely old enough to walk, hold them by the ankles and bear out their brains on the pavement. Russian officers look ed on without protest. London, Sept. s.—The empress dowager's anti-foreign frenzy in June, according to a dispatch from Shanghai, was due to the presenta tion to her by Prince Tuan of an ul timatum, which is now known to have been forged, in which the pow ers demanded her abdication in favor of Kmperor Kwang Su. the removal of the seat of government from Pe kin. the placing of Chinese finances under Furopeau control and other (sweeping concessions. Six months' rations for the British force, says the Tien Tsin correspond ent of the Standard, are being for warded to Pekin. The proceedings of the Russians in and around Pekin are watched with some anxiety. The sit uation threatens to develop many complications. It is said that the Russians intend to take Shan-Ilai- Kwan. They have assumed complete possession of the lliii-Ku arsenal at Tien Tsin and allow admission to none but Russians. The arsenal still contains thousands of pounds' worth of guns am. ammunition. Shanghai. Sept. 5.—-Li Hung Chang, Yung I.ii. Hsu Tung and Prince thing, whom an imperial edict has appoint ed peace commissioners, constitute, a radically anti-foreign com mission, Hsu Tung (guardian of the heir ap parent) is especially obnoxious. Three of the commissioners are Ma nchus. Washington, Sept. 7.—The latest expression as to the attitude of the powers on the evacuation of Pekin comes from the I'nited States am bassador at Paris, Gen. Porter, who has advised the authorities here that the attitude of the French govern ment is favorable to llie position taken by Russia. Almost simulta neously with this dispatch from ton. Porter came one from the American •harge d'affaires at Uerlin. giving the attitude of Germany on Russia s pro posal. This states that Germany, while anxious to avoid any friction between the power#, regards the con ditions at Pekin such as to require 1 he continued presence or' German forces there. These two important eommuniciv tions bring the Chinese negotiation to a very advanced .-.lage, though they are not yet concluded, as all I he answers are not yet in. The Gentian and French answers, however, clearly indicate the alignment of ihe powrs. It is generally accepted that tier ninny's attitude in favor of remaining at Pekin will be concurred in by It aly and Austria, «s these two coun tries act with Germany on political questions of a general nature. More over. definite word has been received here which clearly foreshadows Aus tria's position in favor of reniniuiiig at Pekin. As to the purposes of Great Britain, there is nil absolute lack of official information, though little doubt is entertained that since Germany has taken the initiative, Great Britain will follow suit in favor of remaining at Pekin. The position of Japan likewise is lacking in definiteness, although it is believed that if other nations remain at Pekin they will deem ii expedient to remain there also. It would seem from this that France is the only government to give concurrence to the Russian proposition, although tie 1 nited States lias f^spressed a pur pose- of following Russia's course, Steaiii»lil|> Wrecked. Santiago de * üba, Sept. 4.—The German steamer St. George, from Philadelphia for St. Lucia end Dai quiri, ran ashore at Daiquiri yester day and now lies broadside on the rocks, a total wreck. The captain and crew got ashore in s.-.fety. Killed IIIm Father. C'edar Rapids, la., Sept. 4.—While assaulting his wife iu a quarrel yes terday \. Woods, a farmer, living near Martelle, was shot and instantly killed bv his ls-year-old son. The gun was exonerated by the coroner's jury. CAFFERY ANU HOWE. Prrnlilriillal Tlckrl dominated t.old Democrat!* \* bo o|ipo»e Hr)*u and K \ |>n iikloii. New York, Sept. 6. The nationn party—the official name of a new po litical organization—met in eoincu tion yesterday in Carnegie hall, this city, and nominated candidates foi president and vice president of the United States. A platform was adopt ed and a title and emblem chosen These are the candidates: For President—Donaldson Caff cry of Louisiana. For Vice President- \rchil>ald Mur ray Howe, of Cambridge, Mass. There were no other candidates fot the positions. The platform adoptee says: "We, citizens of the United States of America, assembled for the pur pose of defend in I' the wise and con servative principles which nnderly our government, thus declare out ttims and purposes. "We find our country threatened with alternative perils. On the one hand is a public opinion tnish d by organized forces of commercialism that have perverted a war intended by the people to be a war of human ity into a war of conquest. On the other hand is a public opinion sway ed by demagoguic appeals to faction al and class passions, the most fatal of diseases to a republic. We believe that either of these influneces if un checked would ultimately compass the downfall of our country, but we also believe that neither represents the sober conviction of our country men. "Convinced that the extension of the jurisdiction of the United States for the purpose ol holding foreign people as colonial dependencies is an innovation dangerous to our liberties and repugnant to the principles upon which our government is founded, we pledge our efforts through all consti tutional means: "First—To procure the renuncia tion of all imperial or colonial preten sions with regard to foreign coun tries claimed to have been acquired through or in consequence of the mil itary or naval operations of the last two years. "Second We further pledge our ef forts to secure a single >1 < 1 standard and a sound banking system. "Third—To secure a public service based on merit only . "Fourth To secure the abolition of all corrupting special privileges, whether under the guise of subsidies, bounties, undeserved pens'u ns or trust -breeding tariffs." The convention was called to order by Thomas M. Osborne, of Auburn, X. Y., who presided at the Indianap olis preliminary meeting a month ago. There was no roll call. All the delegates were volunteers who had replied by thei presence to the invi tation issued to all persons in sym pa thy with the objects of the part v. It was decided that the party be known as the national party and that its emblem be the statue of lib erty on the Capitol dome at Wash ington. A resolution was passed instructing the campaign committee when it shall be appointed to provide pasters for voters who wish to cross out any name on the democratic or republi can electoral ticket, the paster to have on it the name of some citizen known to stand for "peace, liberty and sound money." This is to be done in any state in which the com mittee finds such a movement is prac tical. LIVED IN A FOOL'S PARADISE. Foreigner* at IVkin IHiln't Su*pcrt Ilial Hanser'riircatem'd Tliem I mil ili<- Storm llrokr. P.oston, Sept. 6.—Rev. F. 12. Clark, president of the United Society of Christian l'ndeavor, has reached Bos ton after an eventful journey around the world. His purpose in making the journey was to attend national Christian Fndeavor conventions in Japan, China, France, Spain and Germany. which were all very suc cessful, and also the world's conven tion in London, which was attended by more than 5(1,000 people. I>r. Clark left North China only a week before the trouble broke out and barely escaped being shut up in Pekin with the other foreigners. lie declares that the foreigners wen living in utter oblivion of the coming disaster l --. 10very one knew that Iho Boxers were mustering, and iliougiit that the disturbances might mean the overthrow of the present dynas ty. P.ut no one in the legations or among the merchants or missionaries conceived that foreigner- would suf* fer severely, much less that the lega tions would be besieged. Dr. Claris spoke in the highest terms of Mai. Conger, the American minister, as :i man of great ability, courtesy and common sense. Olney Dt-clare* lor llrjan. New York, Sept. fi.—The Work! prints a letter from liiehard Olney, secretary of state during the Cleve land adiniiustratic."n, in which Mr. Olney declares his intention of sup porting Mr. Bryan for president. After saying that Mr. Bryan is hard ly the candidate he should choose if he had his way in the matter and that he dissents from parts of the Kansas City platform, he says:"For myself I find it tolerably clear that a citizen's duty in connection with the coming presidential election requires him to desire the success of the dem ocratic party." An Alley;,-)! Itohtier In Arrexted. Moncolovo, Mex., Sept, r>. A young American, who refuses to give his name or address, has been placed in jail, charged with robbing the Wells- Fa rgo Kxpress Co. of several pack ages of money, the amount aggregat ing $20,000. The money was in Uni ted States bank notes and was being shipped from Monterey to New York City. The robbery took place at Trcvino, at the junction of the Mexi can International and the Mnnterey <K- Mexican (iulf railroads. The sus pected man was raptured on the train near Monoclovo. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1900. THIRTEEN KILLED. A Frightful Disaster on the Read ing Railroad. A Train Heavily l.oaded with Kienr «lonl*t* < ra*hr* Into a tlllk Train ktundlni; at llatlield Station —Thirty Per»ou» Injured, -. Souie fatally. Philadelphia, Sept. 3. Thirteen persons killed and ::o others injured, is the appalling record of a rear end collision between an excursion train and a milk train on the Bethlehem branch of the Philadelphia Read ing railway Sunday morning at Hat field, Pa.. 27 miles north of this city. The killed are: Miss Annie Sherry, aged 21 years, South Bethlehem. Robert Miller, 21, South Bethle hem. Richard Bachman, 40, South Beth lehem. Ira Fhret. 20, Soi:tli Bethlehem. William Eliret, 22, brother of Ira, South Bethlehem. Joseph Mordaent, 22, South Beth lehem. Charles MeGonigle. Ailentown. Thomas Day, Ailentown. Miss Mamie Kaelin. 11, Telford. Godfrey Kaelin, father of Mamie. William Blackburn, Ambler. Harold Landis, Hatfield. Ackermann, Philadelphia. The wrecked train consisted of fen day coaches. and was the first section ef a large excursion made up of peo ple from Bethlehem, Ailentown and surrounding towns to Atlantic City. This section carried only those per sons who lived in Bethlehem and Ai lentown and left Bethlehem at 6:05 it. m., exactly 35 minutes behind the milk train. The milk train consisted of two milk cars and two passenger coaches and had stopped at every station on the road from Bethlehem en route to Philadelphia. At t'>:.">4 the milk train drew up at the milk platform at Hatfield, and in less than two minutes the special excursion train, running at the rate of 35 miles an hour, crashed into the rear of the milk train. The locomotive plowed through the two passenger coaches and crushed them as if they were egg shells. The milk ear immediately in front was also badly wrecked. Four persons Godfrey Kaelin, his daugh ter. Harold Landis and William Blackburn on the passenger car of the milk train —were almost instant ly killed. Fortunately there were very few passengers on this train. The excursion train was a picture of indescribable horror. The loco motive was a moss of bent and brok en iron and firmly held the bodies of its engineer and fireman beneath its great weight. Behind the engine, six of the ten cars were also a mass of wreckage. The first ear was broken in twain and the other five cars were completely demolished. Nine persons were killed in the first two cars and nae others in these coaches were badly maimed. As soon as the crash came a terrible cry rose from th'e smashed cars, and those who had not been injured quickly crawled or jumped from the cars and went to the assistance of the injured. Many were pinned down by wreck age and had to be freed by the lib eral use of axes. Willi three or four exceptions the dead were killed in stantly, the others dying on their way to the hospitals. All the injured were first taken to a shed at the Hatfield station, and the dead were removed to a barn. Messengers were sent to nearby vil lages for physicians, and a relief train was telegraphed for from Beth lehem. With doctors and a half dozen nurses a special train was sent from Bethlehem, but before it reach ed the scene of the wreck it was sig nalled to return to Bethlehem, as :» special carrying nearly all the in jured had started for the hospital at that place. On the run from Hat field to the hospital three of the Injured died. The special train arrived at Beth lehem at 11:30 and was met by fully 5,000 persons, all clamoring to get a bit of news of the wreck or trying to learn whether loved ones were among the victims. The news of the wreck had reached Bethlehem at S o'clock and spread like wildfire. Ail the police of the town were gathered at the station, and it was with great difficulty that the injured were re moved to the waiting ambulances and other vehicles which conveyed them to the hospitals. All during tlie day people from A'- lentown, Catasauqua and other places came pouring into Bethlehem and confusion reigned throughout the day. The second section of the excursion, made up of persons from towns other than Bethlehem and Ai lentown, left soon after the first, sec tion, but was flagged before it reach ed Hatfield. As it could not get through the blocked tracks it was returned to Bethlehem and there was great rejoicing at the narrow escape of its occupants from the catastro phe. A tun I* Fire-Swept. Victoria, B. C., Sept. 3. —The steam er Amur, from the north, brings a report of a disastrous fire which swept the town of Alt in on August 26, practically wiping it out of exist ence. Ten of the largest buildings in the town were destroyed, causing a kiss of $40,000. Kryaii'« Labor Oar Sentiment. Chicago, Sept. 3 —ln response to a request from the press for a senti ment on Labor day. Mr. I'ryan wrote the following: '"'The laborer in worthy of his hire.' On this day set apart for the consideration of the wage workers' interests, let each one inquire whether the man who toils enjoys a fare share of the proceeds of his labor and, if not, let him apply a remedy." Three Deaths from Heat. Chicago, Sept. 3.—Three deaths and one prostration occurred here Sua day as the result of the heat. ARE DYING BY HUNDREDS. Kturi Hilon and IMarani' Almost D»> lull- Aluxkun tillage*. Washington, Sept. <>.—( apt. Tiiltlo, in command of the revenue cutter Bear, reports to the treasury depart ment from Nome, August 0 on the operations of his vessel since July li. The report relates principally to the condition of the natives along the Alaskan coast and adjacent islands. At Sinrock the surgeon of the vessel, who was sent ashore, reported that measles was epidemic and that pneu monia was prevalent and fatal. At Teller station, where the gov erniiient has a reindeer station, much sickness and many deaths aiming the natives was reported. At Cape York the same fatal sickness was found among the natives. Going onto Cape Prince of Wales practically the same desperate condition was found to exist as at other places. From that point the Hear proceeded to East Cape village, Siberia, and thence to St. Lawrence bay and Port Clar cnee. Kverywhere the vessel touched officers were sent ashore to investi gate the conditions and reported that the natives never have been in worse condition. At Teller station affairs were des perate. Fully half of the natives around the station have died. In some eases whole families have dis appeared and in others the parents ha\e died, leaving 1 helpless children. The salmon are running, but there are not a sufficient number of well people left to catch them and thus provide food for the present and the coming winter. The ravages of the disease have been so threat that a panic has seized the natives and the dead are left unhuried in their homes. In their distress the natives in the vicinity of Teller are collecting there for food and medical attention. Rev. I'.revig, although not a physi cian, has set up a few tents and is running a temporary hospital, having 12 sick and 12 orphan children under his 'are. furnishing them with food as best he can. lie is said to be in great need of bread, flour and cloth ing for the natives in extreme dis tress. There is said to be no record during the last 50 years of the de gree of destitution tliat now prevails along the whole Bering sea coast. (apt. Tuttle concludes as follows: "At a conference with (iov. Brady, of Alaska: .1. F. Kvins, special agent, of the treasury, and Dr. Sheldon Jack son and myself, in reference to the deplorable condition of the natives north of I'nalaska, it was decided that relief must at once be afforded them or they would perish from cold and starvation during the coming winter. I offered to fill ihe Bear with whatever could be procured to distribute north of Cape I'rince of Wales. Special Agent Evans at once orde-ed a load, which was put on board." ARTHUR SEWALL DIES. 71 an \\ ho IViin KryiinS |{miiiiii!> Hate in *!M> Succumb* to u Stroke of Apo plexy. llath. Me.. Sept. (s.—Arthur Sewn ll, the democratic candidate for vice president in l s !>0, died Wednesday ai his summer home at Sewall Point, 10 miles from this place. Mr. Sew all w:is stricken with apoplexy on Sun lay last. Arthur Sewall was born at Bath, Me., .November 25, 1835. lie came from a family illustrious on both sides of the water. The Sewall firm of shipbuilders was established in ls-3 by William 1). Sewall. Airmen SKW \r.L. William I). Sewall was succeeded irj 1554 by his sous, under the firm name of E. A. Sewall. Later it became Arthur Sewall Co. (ien. Sewall was president of the Maine Central railroad from ISS-i to IS'i.'i, president of the Bath national bank and an officer in nearly every corporation in Bath. He became ac tive in polities iu ISSS. when he was elected democratic national commit teeman. Mr. Sewall leaves two sons. Harold M.and William Mr. Sewall's fortune was estimated at $3,000,000. "Morrow ItctcrNc* Thin^*. Taeoma, Wash.. Sept. 6. In five cases involving possession of tlift most valuable mining claims in Nome , Judge Morrow has reversed the re' cently appointed district judge, A. 11. Xoyest; has reversed the receive!, Alex McKenzie, the receiver appoint ed In Mr. Xoyes; has granted an ap peal from the order appointing the receiver and has directed that until the matters at issue are decided there shall be no interference on the part of the court in Alaska or its ap pointees. The attorneys represent ing the men who applied to Judge Morrow for these orders charge tliar a conspiracy had been formed to gain control of valuable mining prop erty. Another Frculdciilial Ticket. Springfield. ().. Sept. 6. — It. S. Thompson, of this cit.v, chairman of the national union reform party com mittee, has received word that lint official count of Ilie referendum vote was completed Monday night at Bal timore, resulting in the nomination of Hon. Setli Fllis, of Ohio, for presi dent and Samuel T. Nicholson, of Pennsylvania, for vice president. ICal*eil the I'rlce of I'ipe. Pittsburg Sept. 6.—The National Tube Co. has advanced prices on mer chant and wrought iron pipe 5 per cent., to take effect at once. FIGHT EVERY PAY. Island of Luzon Is Terrorized by Insurgents. Skirmlxhe* lletii crii A merlcan* and Filipino* are of fountain Occur rence ami Llle IN Not Sal* OiitMde of 'l'o\v llN that are l.arrltouctl. Manila, Sept. 3. —The Filipinos seem incapable of realizing the scope and purpose of the legislative func tions of the committee of peace. There is no possibility of separating the legislative from the executive branches of the government, and therefore the commission's an nouncement of its assumption of power here has met with childish comments at the hands of the Span iards and foreigners, who sneer at the new arrangement, as they arc apt to do at every benefibial inno vation on the part -of the United States authorities. The commission enters upon the governmental field under the following conditions: A ma jority of the islanders de sire peace and the resumption of business under the Americans, but they are so cowed by a long series of murderous atrocities and destruction of property by their armed country men that tliev dare not actively show their feelings, especially because- ex perience has taught them what such an expression of sentiment will bring upon them from revengeful rebels. A irenuine reign of terror is exer cised by insurgents and ladrones over peaceful country folk in order to collect the revenue and recruits their operations require; and swift vengeance is wreaked in the vicinity of garrisoned towns. For example, the insurgent general. Cailles. in the province of Laguna. put to death the president and officeholders of tl e town of Bay, on l aguna de Hay, of ficials who had been installed by the Americans, and gave orders that a similar fate should be meted out to other advocates of Ihe cause. He also ordered that all Filipino soldiers who sold their rifles to the Ameri cans should be killed. Any change of policy involving the withdrawal of the United States troops without substituting for them an adequate defensive force, is cer tain to result in fearful retaliation at the expense of the friendlies. Tie* approaching return of the volunteers tends to influence the situation un fa vorably. In northern T.nzon the status quo is fairly well maintained and the peo ple in that quarter are quiet except iu the provinces of Xueva I'.eija and Bulacan, where there has been a re cent outburst of rebel activity. In southern Luzon conditions are far from satisfactory. Life there is not safe outside the garrisoned towns. Travelers are subject to ambush by guerillas. liarely does a day pass without an encounter between the United States troops and the insur gents, resulting in casualties. There are lS.iicu troops in that district, and in three regiments over a third of the men are sick. The activity of the enemy increased last month. There is evidence that the insurgents ha.c come into possession of new rifles and that they wish 4 o annihilate some small American garrison. Conditions in the Vissyans con tinue virtually unchanged. The lack of troops in Samar prevents aggres sion. Xegros, Bomblon. Masbate, Sibuynn, Tablas and Bohol are tran quil. all desiring civil government. Mindanao is also tranquil except in;.'' two districts, where occasional encounters with the Filipinos occur. The experience of northern Luzon shows that the American occupation, of any locality tends to its pacific t tion and well being. An unsettled American policy retards the invest ment of capital. Nevertheless the imports for the last quarter and a half were greater than during any equal period of the Spanish regime. The commission will first organize municipalities in the provinces, no tably in Pampanga province. Sub sequently it will turn its attention tc> the need of reform in civil and criminal codes.passing indue time to other features of its instructions, with the idea of establishing a cen tral civil government during the next Is months. Twelve Americans have been killed during the past two weeks. PRIZES AWARDED. Winner* in the Pythian Drill* tiet <a*h Iteward*. Detroit. Sept. 3.—The biennial en eampment of the Knights of Pythias ended Saturday after the presenta tion of cash prizes awarded winners in the drills. The awards were as follows: Class open to all com panies: possible percentage .sio. First prize, sl,soo—Terre Haute, Ind. Percentage .796.3. Second prize. SI,OO0 —Yellow Cross Company, Alliance, O. Percentage .782.::. Third prize, S7OO Vigo Company, Terre Haute, Ind. Percentage ,7so. Fourth prize, SSOO Kalamazoo, Mich. Percentage .705.3. Fifth prize, S3OO Jeffersonville, Ind. Percentage .752.3. ('apt. Duddleston, of the Terre Hnutes, received the medal for being highest in order of merit among the captains. Traffic Stopped for l'ive Minium, Kansas City. Sept. 4. From 11:1." to 11:20 Monday every locomotive, every piece of machinery and every employe on the- Memphis railway sys tem from Kansas City to Hirmilig ham, Ala., was idle. This action was taken as a mark of respect to the memory of the late president of the system. I*. S. Washburn, who died last Friday. For the five minutes specified every train, car unci locomo tive was held at a standstill, no niat ter where tliev happened to be. At the end of the five minutes traffic waf resumed. FOR THE EXPORT TRADE"- Mcel llakrra Order a Ilia Fleet to hot liuilt at Port* on (lie 4. real Lukm. l'it i sburg, Sept. 7. —The Commer cial tia/ette to-day savs: Pittsburjy ami associate interests have taken costly ami determined stops to insure, tile development of an export busi ness in iron ami steel. For them at hurried order has been plaeetl for the construction of a fleet of len great! freighters that will ply from Erie ports via the Welland canal and the (inlf of St. Lawrence, across the Atlantic The fleet will cost some thing like 500.000. Orders for this extensive water transportation equipment have been, divided nmon&r the Olobe, Clevelan.li and Detroit shipbuilding companies and the work of construction has lie gun at the yards of these companies! at Lorain, Cleveland and Detroit. Va rious interests have placed the or ders, but the notable purchasers are' the Carnegie and Rockefeller inter ests. For the canal boats the orders were placed within the past fort night and attending them orders of even greater magnitude have been placed with the same shipbuilding in terests for freighters to ply over the great lakes in the ore and coal trade. In alt the contracts are for I!) ves sels nn.'l the lake freighters will be built to carry a tonnage of 7,000 or 8,000 tons. The lake carriers will cost an av erage of $500,000 and the combined orders will aggregate an expenditure of $*.000,000. Construction of the crafts is to be hurried to completion. The fleet of canal and ocean, freighters which will take on con signments of iron and steel for ex port at Cleveland and Conneaut will stand as a formidable factor in the freiirht situation in this district. One of the boats of this fleet will load a. tonnage which, while small compar ed to the capacities of the lake freighters, will take care of the ton nage of 60 of the heaviest freight cars in use on any railroad, and which loaded would make a train over a half mile in length. With the entire canal and ocean fleet loaded. 600 of the heaviest freight ears w'll be deprived of tonnage anil thes.» would form a string of trains nearly five miles long. Proof is furnished in the placing of the tremendous contract that the iron and steel interests of Pittsburg have not been simply agitating in the matter of the necessity of an export freight rate to enable them to enter foreign markets. It is one of the methods that this Interest has held in reserve to insure trade develoji ment while the railroad interests have shown a disposition to stand in the way by procrastinating in rela tion to lower iron and steel rates. A DASH TO THE NORTH POLE. Kxplorer Baldwin Will Try to Solve tlie Arctic tlyili ry in lilllt. New York. Sept. 7.—Evelyn 15. Bald win. who has participated in various Arctic expeditions of receint occur rence. in conversation yesterday with a representative of the press, com menting on the return from the Are tic regions of the Italian expedition, said: "The achievement of the young Duke of Abruzzi in exceeding Dr. Nansen's highest north is a matter of deep interest. It proves that a 'dash' to the pole is as feasible as an effort to reach it by the long contin ued 'drift plan,' or by the establish ment of relay stations, if well equip ped and properly conducted, as ap pears to have been the case with tin- Italian expedition. The young duke has, moreover, clearly demonstrated that it does not require 'a physical giant' to achieve success in the field of exploration."' t'pon being asked whether, in the event of the failure of the Peary and Sverdrnp expeditions to attain the pole, he would again undertake such a voyage, Mr. Baldwin replied: "Yes; in that event the year 1901 will again find me within the Arete; circle. My plans are being carefully matured and through the generosity of Americans whose names are well known in the financial world I shall be in a position to enter the race— with the pole merely as a goal. Sci ence and art are afcso to bear no small part in the effort. The expedition will be thoroughly equipped. A SCHEME TO SWINDLE. Policemen anil <'oii*table* Mere IU Victim* lo«" SH Apiece. San Francisco, Sept. 7.—A novel swindling scheme, evidently planned to embrace the continent, has just been brought to light. Recently the head office of Wells, Fargo tV Co.'s express in this city has received from its agents in the interior numerous letters and telegrams asking for in structions relative to the disposition of certain packages of "valuable cer tificates" expressed from CJreenvillo .function. Me., on each of which these was aC. O. D. charge of ss. In each place the chief of police or constable lias received a letter signed Douglass \V. llill. chief inspector of police, Hal ifax. X. S„ containing an order for the package and a statement that it had been sent to M. D. Byrnes, an absconder. For the capture of Byrnes, of whom a complete description was given, a reward of $250 was offered and for the recovery of the express, package an additional reward of S2OO would be paid. In several cases the police officer paid the $8 and secured the worthless package. Polar Kxpedition ltctiim». Cliristiania, Sept. 7.—A telegram from Tronisoe, Norway, in reporting the return of the Stella Polare with the Duke of Abruzzi's Arctic expedi tion on board, says the Stella Polare reach a point in latitude 50.1!.'! north, thus penetrating further north than Dr. Nans-en's record. The Stella Po lare remained fast in the ice for 11 months. The pressure stove in bet sides, making a hole 15 inches in breadth. The members of the expe dition suffer* 1 many hardships and were compelled to eat their sledge dogs. 3
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