A WAVE OF DEATH. Swept Over a Party of Pros pectors in Texas. KILLED THIRTEEN MEN. Were Caught by a Flood that Rushed Down a Ravine. A HUGE WALL OF WATER. It Swept Down u Watercourse t!ial Elatl Keen Itrled 1 |> lor 15 tlonttm— Only Six llodles of lite Victim* Have Been liecoverered. The Alaminto empties into the IJio (Irande river not far from where the fatality occurred, and it is more than probable that the other seven 'bodies liave been swept into that stream. MISS ELI.EN M. STONE. Held for ransom by brigands In liulgaria. Miss Stone has been "3 years in Turkey ard Bulgaria as a representative of the American board of foreign missions. Her home is at Chelsea, Mass., where her mother lives. 1« Ilel.i for a lilt; KaiiNom. Constantinople. Sept. 2S. —TJoy Has kell, a missionary at Samakov. Ilul garia, has received a letter from Miss Helen 11. Stone, the American mis sionary who was carried off by brig ands, September 5. It does not re veal the whereabouts of Miss Stone, but savs she is in good health and litis been well treated by the brigands. In consequence of the vigorous pursuit of Turkish troops, she had been sub jected to privations. The brigands demand a ransom of 25,000 Turkish pounds. The opinion is expressed in Constantinople that Hnlgarian- Mace donian committees were concerned in her abduction. A Vi'irelcm Telegraph)' 's>*t. Queen-town, Sept. 28. The Cunard line steamer Lueania, from New York for Liverpool, arrived here Friday and reports having communicated for •two lions with the steamer Cam pania, of the same line, in mid-ocean by means of wireless telegraphy. The shortest distance in which communi cation was effected was !!:« miles and the longest «>."» miles. Many messages were exchanged. tleiMlaiKl lo be lilVCHtitfated, Washington, Sept. 2S.- —Senators Hawiey, Cockrell and Harris, mem bers of the senate committee on mili tary affairs, held a conference Friday to discuss, details of the investigation of charges against Lieut. Col. Ilei stand in connection with an alleged Manilla hemp combination. It was decided to proceed with the investiga tion next Monday. Itoosevcll lo do IVeMt. Washington, Sept. :U . President. Eoosevelt probably will make an ex tended visit to the Pacific coast next year. It is proposed that the presi dent. shall visit Washington and Ore gon, going thence to California and returning through the southern states. The president has never vis ited the Pacific slope, It. IS. Armour IMe*. Kansas City, Sept. 28.- Kirk land I!. Armour, the packer, died at his resi dence here last evening. Mr. Armour •has for years been a breeder of 'blooded Ilercfords and on his farm near Kansas City had some of the finest stock in the I'nited States. Sultiii'ii llcultli !» Herlin, Sept. 28. —The health <>f Ab dul Hamid, sultan of Turkey, is said to be failing. The Herman e-nbassy in Constantinople receives daily re ports as to his condition from it* agents stationed caar the Yildiz K> •osk. AN OIL TANK EXPLOSION. Six Men Killed and Several Injured ul Netvarjt, IV. J. New York, Sept. 2?.—Six in en and possibly seven were killed and seven injured' by the explosion on 'I hursday of an oil tank of the Essex and Hud son (las Co. at Newark, N. J. J lie known dead are: Lawrence Kirch, 35 years old, em ployed in the works. William Meyer, 40 years of age. Otto Newman, 27 years, foreman at the works. Alfred Snyder, 22 years old, resided in Jersey City. Nicholas .Miller, 4."> years old. I'nidentifted man. Many witnesses say there is a body in the liver, as they saw it hurled high ii> the air and thrown in that direction. The tank wiiieh exploded was one of a number of immense steel reser voirs which was undergoing its peri odical cleaning, it having been emp tied of its oil in the morning. The tank was 20 feet deep and Kirch and Meyer entered through the manhole fir.-.t without taking the precaution of having ropes tied about them. They we *e ihi media te! v overcome l>y the fumes. Foreman Newman saw this and started down after them shout ing a warning to the other workmen in the yard. tHe, too, collapsed in the tank. Nicholas Miller, a grocer nearby, had once been foreman of the works, lie was in the yards and at once as sumed charge of the rescue. Sum moning others the men began with chisels to cut a large ring in the tank. It is supposed one of the chisels in striking the steel caused the emission of a spark, for instantly there was an explosion like that oi cannon and then a sheet of flame. Ten men wcri' mi top of the tank u1 the tin!'". 1 hey were swept away in all directions. Miller. Snyder, the unidentified man and one supposed to lie in the river seem to have borne the brunt of the terrific shock. I he three lirst mentioned were not badly mangled, but not a bone in their frames was left unbroken, this fact being- due to their being blown many feet in the air and the force with which 1 hey struck the ground. The tank was rent in twain and after all was over the bodies of flic three men in it were taken out. WiTH MUCH SECRE Y. B'lic Itcmnin* of Abraham Mnooln aro .Tlovcd ton Now it«»tin the matter of dealing with the exclusion of an archists. Resolutions were adopted expressing sympathy for M r s. MeKin ley. commending President lloosevelt and assuring him of the hearty sup port of the republican party, and de nouncing anarchy as deserving of capital punishment. A t'ouncleiiio Contribution. Washington, Sept. 27. Secretary Gage yesterday received in an en velope postmarked New York, $0,150 in bills of denominations ranging from SSO to SSOO. This large sum of money was accompanied by t'lie fol lowing statement: "After much thought I have been convinced that duties were not fully paid, difference ] estimated at about 2 per cent. The I wish now is to rectify what was done ! some years ago and amount is sent I which it is fel; must be paid to the treasury to discharge tnose duties and do right." Mo name wan signed. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1901. M'KINLEY'SESTATE Its Value Ts Saiil to be About §225,000. HIS WILL IS PUBLISHED. It Gives Ali of llis Property to His Wife. SISTER GETS AN ANNUITY. Tbe Will lllrcetN that ut tlie Death of .tlrn. .tlcKlnley the Property Sliuli toe ■equally Divided Between the TMlt* tor'* llrother unil Sinter*. Canton. ()., Sept. 2S. —Secretary Cor telyou came here Friday to assist .Mrs. .NlcKinley in disposing of mat ters connected with the late presi dent's estate. After meeting Mrs. McKinley, the question of filing the will was taken up. The trying task of reading it to her was undertaken by the secretary. Mrs. McKinley made a heroic effort to bear up and succeeded in (loins' so, oJthough the ordeal was ditlicuit for her. All le gal formalities necessary for her to subscribe to were disposed of. In the afternoon Judge Day and Secre tary ('ortelyou went to the office of the probate judge and offered the will of President McKinley for pro bate. They carried with them the following: "I, Ida S. McKinley, widow of Wil liam McKinley, deceased, hereby de cline the administration of his estate and recommend the appointment of William I!. Day and (icorg li. Corfel you as administrators with the will annexed." This recommendation bears the date of September 27. 1901. Following is the text of President .Me Kin ley's will: "Kxeeiithe Mansion. Washington. "1 publish the following as my lat- I>SI will and testament, hereby revok ing ail former wills. "To my beloved wife, Ida S. McKin ley, I bequeath all of my real estate, wherever situated, and the iucou of my personal property of which I may be possessed at death, during her natural life. 1 make the following charge upon all of my property, both real and personal. To pay my moth er during life SI,OOO a year and at her death said sum to be paid to my sis ter, llelen McKinley. If the income from property be insufficient to keep my wife in great comfort and pay the annuity above provided, then I direct that such of my property be sold so as to make a sum adequate for both purposes. Whatever property re mains at the death of my wife, I give to my brothers ami sisters, share and Share alike. My chief concern is That my wife from my estate shall have all she requires for her comfort and pleasure, and that my mother shall be provided with whatever money she requires to make her old age comfortable and happy. "Witness my hand and se»al, this 22ml day of October, IS!)7, to my last will and testament, made at the city of Washington, District of Colum bia. WILLIAM M'KINLKY." "The following will was witnessed by us this 22nd day of October, ls'.>7, at the request of the testator and his name .signed hereto in our presence and our signatures hereto in his pres ence. "C. I?. CORTKLYOr. "CIIAItL'ES LOKFFLER." It is given out on authority that the MeKinley estaite will total $225,- 000 to $2')0,000, incltidinglifeinsurance of $67,000. Aside from this insurance the estate consists of real estate here and contiguous 'to Canton, and of de posits in Washington banks. Mon day morning has been fixed by the probate court for « hearing prior to probating the will. Then it is ex pected Secretary Cortelyou anil Judge Day will lie finally appointed admin istrators of the estate, with will an nexed. and will give bonds. Secretary Cortelyou made the necessary affidavit as to the genuine ness of the signature of 'the president and of his own. Mr. LoefTier will reach here to-day and make ailidavit, as to his signature and to having seen the president attach his name to the document. The. will is in lie late president's own handwriting and is on executive mansion letter paper. Outlaws' Trial lln:iuii. Pilt'eviile, Ky., Sept. 2S.—The Kn klnx gang of outlaws which were captured a few da,.:- ago and brought to this place, arc now on trial for a number of crimes, such as murder, highway robbery and attempting to wreck trains. The trial of tins gang was transferred here front Whites burg, on application of counsel for the defendants. This measure was taken owing to the intense feeling toward the outlaws. There are 13 in the gang to be tried. A IH'fttructlve Spark. Plymouth, Mass., Sept. 2S. —A spark from a locomotive on the New York; New Haven & Hartford railroad started a fire on the property of the Plymouth Cordage Co. at North Plym outh yesterday which c'aused a loss of SIOO,OOO. Most of the loss was on 4,000 bales of hemp. (>a»i'lp« l'iul«* Our Soldiers. , London, Sept. 28. —Gen. Gasclee, who was command*%• of the liritisli forces in China, was interviewed Friday regarding the international tro«ps in China. He said the Amer icans were especially well equipped with hospitals and commissarat and spared no expense in making their •troops comfortable. Ife added: "We always got on splendidly with our American comrades. It, is most im portant that we should keep in with these fine soldiers. Both the officers and men seemed to me to be full of soldierly spirit and capable of great things." MUCH-COVETED POSITIONS. There In Aliviiy* a Hig ltu»ti to Se cure Place* n» Croupier* ut Monte Curio. The otlier flay the Casino at Monte .'""arlo found itself in need of ten new croupiers. Six of the vacancies were caused by dismissals —some for fraud, others for excessive frivolity in con nection with tlie fair sex. For the ten vacancies no fewer than 1,500 persons applied. Of these 2-8 were selected for examination, 102 of whom failed to satisfy the doctors. The remaining 126 were tlieij put to an examination as regards education, chiefly arithmetical. Of the ten ulti mately successful five were CorJsicans, the rest French and of other na tionalities. The successful applicants will at tend "school" for six months before they will be allowed to work a' the public tables—a "professor" teaching REV. DR. NEWELL DWIGHT HILLIS. y , ' The west has given several eminent pulpit orators tn the east, but none has exer cl--. il such a strong Influence upon the conservative religious mlr.d of Atlantic coast Christians as Dr. Hlllis. This eminent divine preached for a number of years at Kv.inston. 111., and later on occupied the Central church pulpit at Chicago, It ft vacant by the death of I'rof. U id Sw: Ili- eloquence attracted the attention of church men in all parts of the country, and i rcei i»■. >i many Ilattering otters to leave Chi cago, but not until a call came to him from Beecher's old Brooklyn church did he make a change. 'the whole art and mystery of Group ing. While at school they receive 150 francs per month, which is in creased to "00 francs on promotion to the tables. After that the annual increases are considerable, to say nothing of various additional advan tages, such as free medical, attend ance and respectable pensions. A croupier, in fact, not only starts very well, but with a capital vista of pro motion and prosperity, says the Paris Messenger. Many of the most prosperous tradesmen and business people at Monte Carlo are, or have been, croupiers—starting in business with the savings from their salaries. Lord Salisbury's agent at Reaulieu, for in stance. is an inspector at the Casino, and one of the ablest and most courteous business men on the whole Riviera. I.ontlon'M Ini»|iie Slot Muehine*. Slot machines providing meals have been introduced in London. There- SWORDFISH ON THE RAMPAGE. • ... JrM , 1' ~»)»;..v. i - California flfhermen tell many strange stories of the strength displayed by the swordflsh, and point to a recent experience of the ship Fortune as corroborative evidence. An enraged swordtish struck this vessel, sending his weapon through the copper sheathing, an inch board under the sheathing, a three-inch blank of hard wood, the solid white timber oak, 12 inches thick, then through another two and a half inch hard oak ceiling, then entering the head of an oil cask, retaining its position so that not a drop of the greasy liquid escaped. The truth of this strange event Is positively established. freshments are arranged on a long buffet behind a glass screen. On put ting four pennies one after another into the slot the screen rises and a tray holding a teapot, milk jug, sugar bowl and cup and saucer conies within reach. The teapot contains tea leaves and hot water eun be drawn from a public tank. Two pennies produce a roll with butter, or sandwiches, or bath buns, and other slots yield tem perance drinks and confectionery. Origin of (lie Term, Jovial once meant the type of char acter supposed to belong to all per sons who were born when the planet Jupiter, or Jove, was in the ascend ant. They were supposed to possess more of the cheerful elements of character than others and hence to partake of the benign qualities at tributed to the father of the gods. AUTOS AND HONEYMOONS. French I'cople Are Now <'oiiMiilcring •Motor Kiiulpincnt for Weil ilitiii Journey*. Sleeping cars on railways have been brought to a great pitch of perfec tion, and it now appears that inventors are turning their attention to auto mobiles, which are to be so adapted that they may be used by night as well as day. The idea is that by ,i little arrangement oft he framing and mech anism unit a snug little bedroom may be made of an automobile, and there are those who think that the new form will be much in demand, especially for folk who like .novel honeymoons, says the Paris Messen ger. One would have thought that the rattle and the throb and the smell which one tolerates by day would be gladly dispensed with by night, but men with the motor mania say: "No. We are only at the beginning yet. We are going to sleep in tliern, eat in them, ! drink in them —in fact, practically live in them." As a multum in parvo of living things, Xoah's ark will be outdis tanced by these enthusiasts of the modern means of locomotion. The turn of the railways is even predicted by some people, and as for horses, well! the Society for Prevention of Cruelty is trembling, for their task is nearly done; there won't be any horses to practice the refinements of cruelty upon. FORM A HUMAN NET. That IN the W ay South Sea Islander* (■ o About ( ntcliinu Filth. The natives of Tutuila, one of the islands of Oceanica, have a peculiar method of catching fish. At a given signal all the inhabitants of the vil lage assemble on the seashore, to the number of about 200 persons, each one carrying a branch of the cocoa palm. With Ihese in their hands they plunge into the water and swim a certain dis tanee from the shore, when they turn, forming a compact semicircle, each one holding his palm perpendicular in the water, thus making a sort of seive. The leader of the part} - then gives a signal, and the fishers all approach the seashore, gradually in perfr y to llotli Sides. The vacancy in the Schley court of inquiry, caused by the retirement of Hear Admiral Howison, who was chal lenged for cause, has been filled by the detail of Rear Admiral FrancUl M. liamsay, retired. in the selection of Admiral Ramsay the department adhered to its orig inal purpose of securing an ofliccs who had not been actively identified with the Spanish war. Admiral Ram say retired four years ago last April, and has made his home in Washing ton. Admiral Ramsay, was the imme diate predecessor of Admiral Crown inshield as chief of the navigation bureau of the navy department, lie was born in the District of Columbia, but was appointed from Pennsylva nia to the naval academy as midship man October 5, 1850. When the civil war broke out he was a lieutenant on the sloop of war Saratoga in the Af rican squadron, but as soon as ho became lieutenant commander, in ISOi, lie was transferred to the Mis sissippi squadron, and in command of the ironclad Choctaw took part in nearly all of the naval engagements in the lower Mississippi and Yazoo rivers. With a battery of three heavy guns mounted on scows he par ticipated in the siege of Yicksburj* and later was placed in command of the third division of the Mississippi squadron, ilis record is full of en gagements with guerrillas and eon fed erate batteries, and of expeditions headed by him up the Red river, the Black river and elsewhere, in the Mississippi and gulf waters, lie was transferred to the North Atlantic squadron in 'O4 and 'OS, in command of the Unadilla, and was in the thick est of the fight at F'ort Fisher, Fort Anderson, the Cape Fear forts and finally at the capture of Richmond. Since the war his principal worlz has been as superintendent of tha REAR ADMIRAL RAMSAY. (Third Member of the Schley Naval Court of Inquiry.) naval academy, chief of the bureau of navigation, ordnance work at the navy yards, and various ship com rnands, including' the Boston, one of the first vessels of the new navy. In 1889 he became commodore, and in the same year was appointed to the navigation bureau as chief, a posi tion filled by him until the date of his retirement—April 5, 1597, with lti years and 9 months' sea service. Admiral Rainsay succeeded Admiral Sampson as superintendent of the naval academy, and he established so many important reforms in the insti tution that his administration is es pecially noteworthy in its history, liis term covered a period of five years and was marked by one of the few rebellions which have every hap pened at the naval academy among the cadet battalion. Admiral Ram say displayed great firmness and the culprits were made to suffer heavily. The revolt was remarkable because it involved the first or highest class, was regarded as a serious infraction of the naval laws, and rendered every cadet liable to dismissal, instead of losing their commissions, all the members of the class were impris oned on the station ship Santee, de prived of all privileges and other wise made to pay the penalty of fractiousness. The cadets insisted at the time, when questioned why they rebelled, that Admiral Ramsay had ordered all of their heads shorn in order to procure liaii' for the mor tar used in building a new residence for the superintendent. The real rea son was objection to some order of the superintendent. During Admiral Ramsay's adminis tration at Annapolis a congressional investigation was talked of, owing to reports that Cadet Strang had been killed by hazing and that his tor mentors had rolled him down hill in a barrel with spikes driven through the sides. Strang died from other causes, and it was clearly proved by investigation that he had never been hazed. In the early part of the 70's Ad miral Ramsay was naval attache at London. He afterward commanded the Trenton, then one of the finest eliips of the navy, which was later lost oil the shores of Samoa during the great hurricane of 1889. Admiral Ramsay was married 2(5 years ago to Miss MeMahon, a sister of Judge Martin MeMahon, of New York city, and has one son. Paymas ter M. Nr. Ramsay, in the navy. A well-preserved man of 06 years of age, with delicate, refined features, and clear gray eye::, and an erect bearing. Admiral Ramsay still bears the reputation which lie earned many years ago, of being one of the hand-- somest men of the navy. 3