PISTON ROD BROKE. Stove a Hole in the Bottom of a Steamboat. AND THE VESSEL SANK. Steamer State of Michigan Goes Down in Lake Michigan. THE CIIEW REACHED SHORE An Attempt was .llade by iffen on a Tug to Tow the ItUubled float Into fort, but the Torrent 4 ante Too Cast aud the Steamer Sank. Muskegon, Mich., Oct. 19.—The Barry line steamer. State of Michi gan. sank at l! o'clock Friday morning about four miles northwest of White bake harbor. The crew all reached tin- s'hore safely. The boat is now lying in fill feet of water in the beaten path of cast coast steamers. The crew escaped in boats with the assist ance of the White Lake live saving crew. The Michigan left this port at 8:: so o'clock Thursday night, bound for Manistee, to ply in the salt trade be tween that port and Chicago. When off White Lake the piston rod of fhe engine broke and. according to the story of the captain, stove a hole through the bottom of the boat, through which the water poured with such force and quantity that the en gine hands were driven out of the room. The alarm was quickly spread and men were sent ashore for assistance. The accident occurred at 11 o'clock. The life saving crew and a tug went to the steamer's as sistance and an attempt was made to tow the rapidly filling boat into port, 'but the water came in so fast that before the boat had been towed a mile, she was abandoned to her fate and soon went down. The State of Michigan had been in service on the great lakes since 1872, having been built, that year at Mani towoc, and ran as the first Goodrich line steamer between Chicago and Muskegon. She outlived the gale in which the Alpena met her fate. Later she was owned by Steve Drummond, of Detroit, and ran between Detroit and Cleveland. She later passed into the hands of the People's Steamship Co., which operated her on Lake Hu ron. - ( apt. Miles Marry purchased her for SIO,OOO two years ago. She was valued at SIIO,OOO and was in sured for $20,000. Capt. Harry said last night hi- would not attempt to raise her, as she is too far out and will be demolished by the heavy seas of this season of the year. PLOT TO KILL WOMEN. A Lurid and Sensational Story Cornea from Detroit. Detroit, Mich., Oct. 10.—The Free Tress says: "A surprising story was told in Detroit yesterday by a promi nent young society woman of Petos key, Mich., who is visiting friends ihere, who does not wish to be quot ed. She says that since the condem nation of Czotgosz, the wives of three of the most prominent citizens of that place have received anonymous let ters. threatening them with assassin ation. The letters state that the re cipient is one of 100 women through out the United States selected to be killed in retaliation for the execution •of the assassin of President McKinley. "Mrs. H. O. Rose, one of the women who has been threatened, is the wife of one of the wealthiest real estate men of that part of Michigan; a sec ond is the wife of Attorney Wachtell and the third is the wife of Judge Newberry. "The matter has been putin the hands of the sheriff and is causing a great deal of excitement." Treasure lioat Slnlt*. Willemstadt, Island of Curacoa. Oct. I!).—A fishing schooner which arrived "here Friday from Aruba island, north west of Curacoa, brings the storv that the Arends, a Venezuelan schooner bound from La (Juayra for Maraeai bo, carrying a sum of money from the government destined to pay the troops on the frontier—the amount being variously istimated at from $25,000 to sloo,ooo—encountered heavy weather last Sunday night off Aruba island and foundered in deep water, the entire sum being lost. The crew reached the island in a boat. For i'"rec Hides. Philadelphia, Oct. 19.—An associa tion to be known as "The Free Hide League of the United States," em bracing the shoe, harness and leather interests of the country, was organ ized here Friday. The officers elect ed compose the executive committee of the league and to this body was re ferred the question of whether the •organization shall direct its efforts to have the hide industry clause in the Dingley tariff law repealed by the next congress or to seek to gain its object by means of reciprocity. Atsrced as to Afghanistan. St. Petersburg, Oct. 10.—The Brit ish and Russian governments have •come to a complete agreement re garding the Afghan situation. Jlust Leave Their Homes. Victoria, It. t\, Oct. 19. It is stated that the imperial government is about to mount guns in the forts at Signal (Hill, Esquiniault, which means that the little village at the naval station will have to be evacuated by civilians, as the concussion from the guns would make the town uninhabitable. The 'government appropriated the land some years ago and the residents have been expecting notice to quit. When equipped this will be the most formidable fort on the Pacific, being <•111 out of a solid mountain of granite, and the largest guiib will be mounted there. NEW YORK'S MAYORALTY FIGHT Taninianf't Candidate Talk* In Tain maujr Hall —nark Twain tiets lulo tile l onleiL York, Oct. 18,—The democratic m:i«s meeting at Tammany hall lust night brought tog-ether an immense number of people. They jammed themselves into the hall and packed Fourteenth street and adjacent tho roughfares until the 250 policemen detailed to the meeting had their hands full to prevent serious acci dents from the crush. The speech of Mr. Shepard, the can didate for mayor, was the first he had ever delivered in Tammany hall, lie said in opening: "It is well known to you, and it seems to be a chief part of the cap ital of my distinguished competitor, that I have from time to time, and more especially four years ago, been hostile to Tammany and criticized it without stint. lam not here to ex cuse or to recede from anything that I have said. If it were possible for me, as it is not, to make any such excuse I should lose the respect of the voters of Tammany, a genuine respect which will be of far more consequence to me and the success of my administration if 1 be chosen mayor, than any liking I may gain in this campaign. Whatever my politi cal fortunes may be this fall, you shall have no occasion to withdraw from mi* the confidence you have shown in my integrity and steadfast ness of purpose by reason of any abandonment—even the slightest—of the standard of public conduct and political behavior which i have set up in the past." 1 Saying he had been charged with making an implied promise, if elect ed, not to disintegrate Tammany, Mr. Shepard continued: "I know very well that, if elected, I shall have no power to disintegrate Tammany. And I know that if I were to have the power it would be gross treason to the cause of good j government that I should use it for so factional a purpose. I will not do it.' Samuel E. Clemens (Mark Twain) entered the local campaign last night by addressing an audience of invited guests at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel, he having lately joined a local anti- Tammany organization known as the "Order of Acorns." Mr. Clemens used for his speech an article written by himself which is to appear in the November issue of the North Amer ican Review, but. Col. Harvey, pub lisher of the Review, agreed that tlie article should first appear as an ad dress. The whole address was a compari son of Richard Crokcr to Warren Hastings, and the city of New York to India under Hastings' rule. He used the words spoken by Edmund J'lirke at the trial of Hastings, sub stituting Mr. Croker's name where that of Hastings occurred and New York City where India occurred. NOT A WHEEL MOVES. An Indiana Itallroad Is Tied I |> by Its Employes, Who Unlit to be l*ald Tlirlr Wajies. 'Muncie, Ind., Oct. 18. —The report that business had been resumed oil the Chicago Southeastern Midland railway, after being tied up by work men who refused to labor until given their back pay is untrue. General officers of the company in Muncie dis claim the story and the shops con taining most of the rolling stock in Muncie are dark. No trains have been moved for 16 days. The men had a proposition to take the road, move the 600 loaded cars and keep the whole amount of charges, but at a meeting here the proposition was refused by the men deciding to keep the road tied up tintil the pay car comes, which is now four weeks over due. There is a rumor that the C'raw fords, owners of the road, are now attempting to sell to the Vanderbilt system. The road runs from Muncie to Brazil, in the heart of the Indiana coal field territory, with the great factories of the gas belt on this end, and gas fast failing. HE PRESSED A BUTTON. A Noii-lnlon Lineman Secures Photo graphs ol'.len 11 ho Assaulted lllm. Chicago, Oct. 18.—Seven men at tacked F. E. Farnuin yesterday while ne was repairing a telephone wire. Farnuni claims he recognized them as striking linemen. Like other non union men he carried a camera for the purpose of taking snap shots of any one found injuring the telephone company's property. Farnum point-, ed the camera at his assailants and pressed the button. This further enraged the men and they rushed at Farnum, who drew his revolver and fired a shot over their heads. At this moment two patrol wagons loaded with officers reached the scene, a riot call having been turned in by some spectator, and four of the men were arrested. The linemen,numbering 250, went on strike a month ajyo, and as it has been difficult to identify strikers found tampering with the wires or charged wit'h violence, the telephone com pany equipped its non-union em ployes with cameras. Jenkins' Victory. Worcester, Mass., Oct. IS. —Thomas ' L. Jenkins, eateh-as-catch-can wrest ler, defeated Hjalmar Lundin last night in Ibis city. Jenkins won in two straight falls, the first one in 41 minutes and the second in 36% min utes. Killed Ills Brother. Standis.il, Mich., Oct. 18.—A son, aged ]O, of Frank Allen, postmaster at Saganing, near here, pointed a re volver at his brother, aged s, Wednes day night and shot him through the heart, killing him instantly. The boys had been quarreling over a triv ial matter. Will Muy 10.000 .Utiles. Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 18.—The Hrit isih government will buy 10,000 mules, besides horses, in America this mouth. A purchase of 1,000 mules was made this week at the Kansas City market and at Lathrop, Mo, CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1901. SCHLEY HAS AN INNiNCJ. The (iorrrumrnC Heat* and the !>•■ Irn«e Bejflnt to 0(»r Tollmonfi Washington, Oct. 15. —In the Sehlej eourt yesterday Judge Advocate Lemly concluded the presentation of testimony for the government and tho first of Admiral Schley's witnesses was introduced. Capt. Cook, who commanded Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, during the Santiago cam paign, and who acted, though unof ficially, in the capacity of chief of staff for the commodore, was on the witness stand the greater part of the day. Ho was followed by Lieut. Com mander William F. Fullam, who was senior watch officer on the .New Or leans during- the Spanish war, and ex- Lieut. Joseph lieale, who as an office:- on the Harvard translated the cipher dispatches between Commodore Schley and the navy department car ried by that vessel. Among thesa dispatches was that sent by Schley on May 28, expressing regret at not be ing able to obey tlie orders of the de partment and explaining the reason why he could not do so. The first witness for Admiral Schley was the Cuban pilot, Edwardo Xunez, who told Schley on May 26, IS9S, that he diu not believe the Span- I ish fleet was in the harbor at Santi ago. ( Capt. Cook's testimony was a review of the entire campaign. He said that at first it had been believed by both Sampson and Schley that the Span ish fleet was in the harbor at Cienfue gos, and that no information to the contrary had been conveyed to Com modore Schley until the arrival of ( apt. McCalla on May 24; that it was Sch leys expectation to meet the Spaniards in tlie open sea, and his constant care was to have co:il enough for such emergency. He ex plained the Brooklyn loop in connec tion with a graphic account of the engagement of July 3. Asked for an opinion as to Admiral Schley's bear ing as a commanding officer, he said: "I always regarded him as an enthu siastically brave and patriotic otli cer." Washington, Oct. 10.—Only one new witness was heard in detail by the Schley court yesterday. This was Lieut. Commander Sears, who was Admiral Schley's flag lieutenant during the Spanish war. lie gave a detailed account of the Cuban cam paign, including the siege of Cienfue gos, the retrogade movement of the flying squadron in search of coal, the blockade of Santiago, the reconnois ance of the Santiago shore batteries and the bombardment of the Cristo bal Colon May 31, and the battle of Santiago July 3, when Cervera's fleet was destroyed. His testimony was very favorable to Schley. Washington, Oct. 17. —The officers of Admiral Schley's flagship, the Brooklyn, occupied the attention of the Schley court of inquiry yesterday. The proceedings began with the re call of Capt. Cook and Lieut. Com mander Sears, both of whom made additions to their former testimony, and they were followed by Command er Mason, who was the executive offi cer of the Brooklyn; Lieut. Edward McCauley, who was signal officer, and Lieut. Charles Webster, who had charge of the forward gun deck bat tery of the Brooklyn during the bat tle off Santiago. Capt. Cook's new testimony related to the uncoupling of the Brooklyn's engines and to the voyage of the flying squadron from Cienfuegos to Santiago, explaining the cause of the slow progress made l lliniu 4 hang In an Effort to Legalize the HI;; Land (irab. London, Oct,. 17.—-''The new Man churian convention, which has been the subject o/ negotiation between I'aul Lessar (liussian minister to China) and Li Hung ( hang, i* on the same lines as the convention which linssia withdrew April 5," says the l'ekin correspondent of the Times, "but it is more cleverly worded so as to save China's face. "In consequence of previous disclo sures a jealous secrecy has been ob served; but the important negotia tions by which Kussia seeks to legal ize her occupation of Manchuria have been entrusted to Li Hung Chang, who can be better trusted to serve Russian interests than any other Chi nese statesman. "Prince Ching is indignant because he has been kept in ignorance, and both the Yarig-tse viceroys have twice protested against the negotiations. The same powerful opposition that was employed before is again endeav oring to prevent, the signature of the convention; but Russia's promise to restore the railway from Shan-Hai- Kwan to Xieu-Chwang is a powerful lever in the hands of M. Lessar." Victoria, I!. C., Oct. 17.---According to advice* from Yokohama received here yesterday the autumn maneu vers of the Japanese army will take place on November 2!) and on the fol lowing day there will be a grand re view of I.VJM) troops before the em peror. The Japan Mail publishes a state ment to the effect that Russian offi cers have been urging Corea to for tify the coasts of the peninsula and offered to secure the money for the purchase of the material needed. The Tokio Asahi is authority for the statement that a pirate ship has left Formosa under command of Mr. Okammurn, a former chief of the Japanese army, and a crew of ten Japanese, including one former officer of the navy and ex-gendarmes and sub-officers of the navy. There are also some Chinese on the vessel which the Asahi says will be thrown over board as soon as the vessel gets to sea. WITHOUT A LAWSUIT. Content Over the Will of millionaire Hotfi-r» I» landed—Hl* .Tloney <>or* to an Art Wnneimi. New York, Oct. 17.—A1l litigation with regard to the will of Jacob S. Rogers has been settled. In com menting on this Robert De Forrest, counsel for the Metropolitan Museum of Art', said: "The effect of this settlement will be to put the museum within a short time in possessian of Mr. Rodgers' residuary estate, the value of which is upwards of $5,000,000, and to en able it to promptly carry out his be nevolent intentions, the execution of which might otherwise have been de layed for several years by protracted litigation. "The amount paid in settlement was $250,000, about 5 per cent, of the amount involved and not much more than a year's normal income on this amount of property. While further litigation over his will was quite pos sible, the chief subject of settlement was the claim made against his estate that by making the museum his resid uary legatee he had violated an agree ment alleged to have been made be tween himself and his deceased broth ers whose surviving children are his next of kin, whereby these brothers, in default of issue, were to make mu tual wills and were to leave their property to the others, or to their issue. There is some reason to be lieve that tin agreement of this char acter once existed, though it is cer tain that if it existed, Mr. l'ogers did not suppose it to be operative at the time he made his will in favor of the museum." THE NATION'S SCHOOLS. An OfHclal Deport show* an Enroll mcnt ol" 17,000,000 Pupila. Washington, Oct. 17. —About 21 per cent, of the total population of the United States attend public schools and 2 per cent, of the rest attend pri vate schools, according to the annual report of the commissioner of edu cation. The grand total in all schools, elementary, secondary and higher, public and private, for the year end ed July 1, l'JOl), was 17,020,710 pupils, an increase of 252,H4S over the previ ous year. Of this number the enroll ment in public institutions supported by general and local taxes was 13,- ■44:1,402. Counting in special institutions, such as evening schools, Indian schools, schools connected with a-sy lums, reform schools and other in stitutions more or less educational in their character, increases the total number by 300,000 pupils. The sta tistics, as interpreted by the commis sioner, show a uniform concensus of public opinion throughout the nation in favor of providing secondary edu cation at public cost. Public high schools have increased from 2,526 in 18D0 to 6,005 in 1900. A Very Fatal F.i|)lo«i«n. Bangor, Me., Oct. 17.—A terrific ex plosion, probably of gasoline, in the ■second floor kitchen of .Nathaniel Ladd's restaurant yesterday brought almost immediate death to Miss Handy, whose apartments adjoined, and Mrs. Mary F. Carrigan, the sec ond cook, and fatal burns to John Barry, a waiter. The explosion wrecked two floors and falling de bris caused minor injuries to a num ber of people. KI«ot Three Hank Burglar*. Evansville, Ind., Oct. 17. —A loud ex plosion aroused the village of Howell, a few miles from here, early Wed nesday and, turning out, the citizens discovered that four robbers had blown the bank safe and were in the act of plundering it. Instantly the bank was surrounded and the citizens opened fire, which was returned by the robbers as they fled. When the fusillade ended three robbers, badly wounded, were stretched out on the ground. The fourth had escaped. Marshal Suinpter was shot in the leg. The wounded robbers are in the hos pital. They refuse to talk. ITO NOW IN AMERICA. fornifr Premier of .Inpn.n. on Health Trip, Will Travel Through the I lilted Statea. Marquis Ito, former premier of Japan, is now in the United States. He is traveling for the benefit of his health, which had been failing for some months. He will travel through the country and will possibly visit London before his return, three or four months hence. It is now rather more than four years since the marquis passed through America en route to the jubilee celebration in London. In persoral appearance lie has changed but little since then. Though THE MARQUIS ITO. (Japanese Statesman Who Is Now Visiting the United States.) ailing lie still possesses the alertness and spirit characteristic of his life. Accoinpanyinghimis a party of prom inent Japanese, including Hon. K. Tsazuki, advisory minister of tlie de part ment of education. When asked what lie thought of Russian aggression in the far east, the marquis stated that he did not consider any steps in the direction now being taken by the czar were hostile to Japan. His country was not opposed fo any of the present movements of Russia; in fact, lie stated that tlie relationship between the two countries was now of the friendliest nature. Just before leaving Japan the mar quis said in a speech: "The affairs of the far east have become subjects of the closest atten tion on the part of European and American powers during the last few years, and there are indications that the far east will be brought into closer touch with foreign countries in future. "For these reasons I deem it most necessary that Japanese should make exhaustive inquiries into the affairs of Europe and America by means of personal inspection. I hope that my trip abroad will help me in further ing the welfare of our country. Looking into the present state of Japan, political circles seem to be en joying temporary tranquillity, as there is no important political ques tion ahead requiring the immediate attention of the politicians. The pol icy of the government, it may be pre sumed, will not undergo any radical change to that pursued." MONUMENT TO ROBBER. HlKhnnrmnn Honored with a Mem orial In the I'nrlah Church of Avenlns, Kntslniid. The duchess of Beaufort performed the other day the chief part in open ing a bazar for the restoration fund of the parish church of Avening, Eng- 1 [ 'r*! ' i 1 I i' i 1 1/1 MONUMENT TO ROBBER. (Erected in an English Church to the Mem ory of Henry Brydges.) land. This church contains some fair ly well preserved specimens of early British architecture, but its chief claim to distinction lies in the fact that it is probably the only church where a highwayman has been hon ored with a mon u 1144- nt. Lord John Chandos gained his bar ony and the grant of Sudley castle by his strenuous support of Queen Mary's claims to the throne. After wards, when that ill-advised queen was hailing her subjects to jail and to death as heretics. Lord Chandos, though opposed to the executions* had to act as the queen's instrument. His son, Henry Brydges, connived at the escape of a family marked for punishment, and, being recognized, he and bis servants were forced to lead the life of outlaws. At his death his admirers put up the monument to him in Avening church. 111?* Shower of liiMoctn. In Szentes, Hungary, a black cloud suddenly obscured the sky, and a shower of greenish, opalescent in sects began to descend, covering the ground to the depth of a foot. OCR BOVS IN BLUE. Gen. Corbin Reviews the Con* dition of the Army. THE LOSSES FOR A YEAR From All Causes They Amount to 25,000 Men. THE TRANSPORT SERVICE. It In Costing Too IVliicli ."Money ami a fable Linv In liaclly Needed, UH til© Frlre lor .Yleamugea Irom M to Manila I* Per Word. Washington, Oct. 19.—The annual report of Maj. Gen. C'orbin, adjutant general >of the army, reviews tins work, condition anil needs of the mil itary establishment. (,!»24 officers and men in the former, and 8,191 in the latter. The casual ties to the troops in the Philippines since the date of the first arrival, June 30, 1898, to June 30 last, were 11.") officers and 3.37s men killed, and 182 officers and 2,040 men wounded, (len. C'orbin dwells at some length: on the subject of the volunteer army in the Philippines, 'and calls attention to the promptness with which these regiments were brought home and mustered out. tien. C'orbin invites special attention to the remarks of Col. Mills, superin tendent of the West Point military academy, upon the improved disci pline and generally excellent condi tion of the cadet corps. It is safe to predict, says Gen. Corbin, that hazing of a brutal nature is a thing: of the past at the academy. He devotes special attention to the question of the instruction of the army. He believes that the system of training for the officers should be g-in with elementary technical in struction at each post-anorte I. Xew York, o.'t. 10.—An order was received Friday from Secretary Gage, of the treasury department, direct ing the arrest and deportation of 13 Hessian waiters who are alleged u» have been brought here and put to work in the Plaza hotel in violation of the contract labor law. The men were found and taken to the prison at Ellis island, where they will re main until October 23, when they will be sent away on the steamship Lau rentian. It is said that an applica tion will be made in one of the fed eral courts for a writ of habeas cor pus for the men. 3