BUN DOWN BY TUG. Naptha Launch with Pleasure Party Is Sunk. Seven You UK I'eople Drowned, Only Four ■telus Kescued"AceldeUt Occurred at Toledo, <>.-- Party Were Sunday* mliool Scholars. Toledo, May B.—Seven young peo ple, members of a Sunday school class of the First Baptist church, were drowned in the Maumee river just below the city last night at 10 o'clock as the result of the naphtha launch Frolic, on which they were j taking a pleasure ride, being run | down by the tug Arthur Woods, of I the (ireat Lakes Towing Co.'s fleet. ! The dead are: Irwin Swayne. Bes sie Leesee, Edna Lowe, aged 111; Wil liam Fanner, aged lit; Bess Kyserum, Eulalie Uickard, aged 17, and (.irace j ttlaspin. The launch is owned by Joseph F. | Hepburn, of this city, who invited | It young people to take an evening j ride with him. They started out on a trip to Lake Erie early in the even- ; ing, and were returning .when the ac- j cident happened. 'Mi - . Hepburn, Miss Clara Marks, ! lArthur Marks, and Miss (Irace Lowe ar* the only survivors. Mr. Hepburn states that he saw the lights of the approaching tug. and thinking that it was bound j straight down the river, turned to J the east. When nearly abreast of i the launch, the tug suddenly turned \ to the east in order to make tlw dock at Ironville, and before the launch could get out of the way it j was struck by the tug and turned j over and suiilt, about 100 feet from the dock. Mr. Hepburn caught hold of the j side vf the tug and the Lowe girl grasped his leg and both were pulled j on the tug. The Marks girl was j picked up from a cushion on which she floated. Arthur Marks was fortu- \ nate enough to grab a piece of wreck- 112 age and was picked up by those on ; the tug. The other seven members . of the party were drowned and the j river is now being dragged for their bodies, but they will probably not oe recovered before daylight. The tug brought the rescued to this ' city. .Mr. Hepburn was not able to I give the names of the drowned and their companions who were saved I were not able to talk before being j taken home. Capt. \1 Fitts was in charge of the | tug and says that the launch showed j no lights and that he was not aware - of its presence until the tug struck ; her. CENSUS FIGURES. i'licy Slum a I.arzn Increase In Ilic Shipbuilding Industry. Washington. May B.—The census bureau yesterday issued a report on i shipbuilding and repairing in 1900. I It shows a capital of $77,362,701, in- ; vested in the 1,116 establishments re- , porting for the industry. This amount does not include the capital stock of any of the corporations. . The value of the products is re- . turned at $74,578,158, involving an out- j lay of $2,008,537 for salaries of ofii- ■ cials, clerks, etc.; $24,539,16S for wages; $3.685.601 for miscellaneous expenses, including rent, taxes, etc., and $33,486,772 for materials used, ' mill supplies, freight and fuel. The report says: in 1000 the ton nage under American registry was only 826,604, showing a loss of 461,- 631 tons since isoo, a shrinkage dou ble the total new registered tonnage built in the United States during the decade. The number of shipbuilding establishments, from 1850 to 1900, in creased 17 per cent., while the capi tal invested increased 1.310 per cent. The average capital invested in the eight navy yards in this country is $0.7-">,004. At all the shipbuilding establishments n the country, from 1890 to 1900. the average capital in vested per establishment increased 129 per cent., tne average wage earn ers 55 per cent., an#! the average pro duct per establishment increased 58 per cent. Studrnts Kuriied to Death. Richmond. Ya.. May S. Two lives were lost in a fire which destroyed Bruns university school, near Char lottesville, Ya., early Wednesday The dead are: J. C'. Knox, of Rich mond, Ya.; Agnew McNcal. of Albe marle, Ya., both students. Their charred bodies were found in their rooms. The origin of the fire is un known, but it is supposed to have been incendiary or the result of light ning striking the building. Some of the students escaped by jumping from the winodws, and one of the teachers, Mr. Sheffey, was painfully injured in escaping the same way. Two Killed and Seven Injured. Topeka, Kan., May 8. —During the heavy fog yesterday morning an east bound extra freight train on the Union Pacific ran into the regular east-bound freight train at a cross ing in North Topeka, causing a bad wreck, and killing two men and injur ing seven others. The regular train had stopped at the crossing, as usual. Just as it was starting up the ex tra, coming at the rate of 40 miles an hour, struck the caboose, splitting it completely in two. All the injured were stockmen. Schley Regrets Sampson** Heath. Washington, May B.—Admiral 'Schley yesterday made the following statement regarding the death of Admiral Sampson: "I very much re gret the reath of Admiral Sampson and I sympathize with his fam ily.. No one lias ever heard me titter one unkind word about liiin. On account of his death I have requested my friends in Balti more to postpone the delivery to me, which was intended to have taken place to-night, of the Cristobal Colon Service of silver, and they have &» eepted my request." THE TRUST'S METHODS. hL Louis ileal Dealers Testify n» to rrlcc» ami Kebates. Jefferson City, Mo., May 8. —The existence in St. Louis of uniform and fixed meat jiriees and the secret re bate in addition to the C. 0. D. list was shown by testimony taken at yesterday's session of the beef trust inquiry. Maurice Prendiville, a St. Louis dealer, was the lirst witness exam ined. Prendiville testified that Ar mour, Swift, Nelson Morris and Cuda hy had a fixed agreement regarding prices. "The packers buy cattle on successive days," said he, "so that each can buy at his own price. There is very little independent buying in the stock yards. The big packers keep others out by telling the cat tlemen that if they sell any cattle to the independent buyers, they must sell all to them. "The ordinary retail butches can not get high class beef. The best beef is sold to butchers at It cents on the carcasses." "Did you ever get a rebate?" was asked of Prendiville. "Four or five months ago I got re bates on pork from Nelson Morris. At one time tlie cooler managers told me that they had an agreement not to sell at less than $G per hundred. They would evade the agreement by selling some cents lower." "Is there an arbitrator ir, St. Louis?" asked Attorney General Crow. "The cooler managers meet every Wednesday .afternoon and form a C. 0. D. list, and on Saturday an other meeting is held. 1 do not know who fixes the prices for them, but they are fixed the last of each week for the week following. When a man does not sell his cattle in East St. Louis, and ships them elsewhere, the 1 packers send a dispatch ahead of ! him, instructing the buyers to offer only so much." William Tainme, of St. Louis, for merly city salesman for Swift, testi fied to a uniform price at which salesmen of all companies were in structed to sell. Attorney Ernst C. i Dodge has charge of the <). I), list, which is made up every week, the witness declared. Tainme said that the increased price of meat was out of proportion to the increase in the price of cattle, lie said 100 butchers in St. Louis had gone out of busi ness. At the afternoon session several of the witnesses told of the sale of condemned meats, some of which was made into sausage. T. '/. Wertz was the last witness, lie was formerly manager of a branch house at Topeka, Kan. He told of the existence rif a combine be tween the various packing com panies to fix the price of meats; and related the incident by which he lost his position, because he sold lard at half a cent less per pound than the combine price. A WONDERFUL GUN. A Norwegian's Invention Will Create u (>rral Kevolutlon In Warfare. Berlin. May B.—Prof. K. Birkeland, the Norwegian physicist, has been in Berlin recently for the purpose of determining the powers of his elec tro-magnetic cannon before a num ber of experts in electrical artillery. The results of the demonstration have been so convincing that a firm of artillery manufacturers has of fered to buy the invention for imme diate exploitation, provided Prof. Birkeland will increase the length of thi' piece used in the trials so that it will throw a projectile weighing two tons a distance of 12 miles. Theoretically, the device can throw a projectile weighing two tons a dis tance of 00 miles, or even further, by sufficiently prolonging the tube. The principle upon which the new gun acts has not been made public, but it is known that the projectile is ex pelled from, an ordinary cast iron tube thickly wrapped with copper wire. This tube can, of course, be made more cheaply than the cannon now in use. No explosive gases result from the discharge of the new gun. Prof. Tiirkelanfs invention has stirred up great interest among tech nical observers, some of whom are of the opinion that it signifies a greater revolution in fighting material than that brought about by the discovery of gunpowder. An Ofllecr Terribly Henten. Chicago, May B.—Lieut. 11. E. 11. King, of the Twentieth infantry, sta tioned at Fort Sheridan, was badly beaten last night by uaknown men and sustained injuries which are likHj to cause his death. UN assail ants are supposed to be deserters from the fort, for whom the lieuten ant has been searching. His head was terribly beaten and his assail ants had evidently kicked him many times in the face, after he had be come unable to defend himself. He also has sustained internal injuries. Five Have Been Killed. Louisa, Ky., May B.—Five men have been killed in Floyd county by Constable Reedy and a posse, as the | result of the murder of Sol Osborne and Bud Little, tws weeks ago. James Tompkins and Walter Jones are said ' to have been two of the men killed, but the names of the other three are not known. According to reports, the men engaged in a desperate fight I with a posse and were shot to death I while resisting capture. Ilayi* Ik Sustained. ; Washington, May B.—Judge Brad ley, of the District supreme court, in a decision yesterday on the lonp pending Knights of Labor contro versy. upheld the official status of John W. Hayes, the general secretary and treasurer of the order of the Knights of Labor, and restrained John N. Parsons, Emery E. Hurley, James J. Donnelly, John A. Connor, A. J. O'Keefe and W. 15. Carr from in terfering with the order. These de , fendants are restrained from eircu | lating the official journal and using | the name or ritual of the order. CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, MAY 15. 1902. THE WATER CURE. Witnesses Examined in Regard to Its Application. (ilirn to One Native Without Appa rent <'au»«*--Noldlor» I ■■■(riii'K'd Not to .(IIIIHC FrlMonerai" Tlie Cure Un> Not tlie llulc. Washington, May 9. —Isadore JT. Dube, of W'atortown, Miifis. .formerly sergeant in Company A, Twenty-sixth volunteer infantry, testified before the Philippines committee yesterday. Sergeant Dube said that while do ing duty at Jaro, in the island of ran ay, he conveyed a native, appar ently of wealth and education, to the house of Lieut. Conger, where the lieutenant, Maj. Glenn anil three priv ates administered the water cure, ap parently without any cause, The witness described the burning of houses during a march across Panay and told of the act of their native guide in cutting off the head of a Filipino with a bolo, before the troops could get him to surrender. Sergeant (Manning placed the first occasion he had seen the water cure administered at Leon, island of Pa nay. He said some Filipinos were supposed to have knowledge of the murder of Private O'Hearn. and C'apt. •Gregg ordered witness und the men under him to apply the water cure to them. ( apt. Gregg instructed him to be careful not to "abuse" the prisoners. Answering Senator Dietrich, the witness said there was no doubt of the guilt of the parties, and when asked by Senator Culberson to ex plain why they were not tried, said that before they could be brought to trial they endeavored to escape, with the result that nine of them were killed, two escaped, and the others were released. He had not, he said, witnessed the water cure given to any but these. In the summer of 1900, he had, he said, witnessed the burning of several bar rieos by United States soldiers. The houses were supposed to be insur gent quarters. He also had seen in stances of burning on the part of the insurgents. lie was closely pressed by Senators Culberson and Rawlins for informa tion tending to show that it was the general understanding in the army that the water cure was to be ap plied wherever information was sought to be secured, but the witness declared that no such rule obtained in his company, MURDER AND SUICIDE. I'nul I\ 11 jg Jf 3 Ctan/Ud Siigar I MR JKBL Vr w ■ ■ s b flop Aperfecl Remedy forConslipa Iw tV UOU Hon, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea I 1 (LJr Worms .Convulsions .Feverish- V, i M' £*<*«# Hiiaw ness and LOSS OF SLEEP. IU I UV U S Fac Simile Signature of Thirty Years TMC CCNTAUN COMPANY. 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