THREE ACCIDENTS, | TWELVE DEATHS. Girders Fall On Eridge Workmen With- out Warning. STRANGE FREQUENCY OF FIGURE 4 Four Boys Drown in the Surf at Long Branch Four Miners Instantly Killed in lilinois by the Breaking of a Cable Sup: porting the Cage—In the South Carolina Accident Four Persons Hurt, An acc South Columbia, S. C. (Special) the new bridge which the ern Railway is constructing across the river caused the four men. One other was fatally and two more seriously injured. The accident occurred at 830 a. m. and was caused by the falling of two steel girders about seven feet long. weighing 14 tons each The girders hoisted midway of the river he bridge The ra nig! prob ably had caused the ropes holding tl in place to slip. The crash came » out the slightest w : 75 people on the br workmen. Three of the men bridge and kille KNOCK t 1 ent at {Congaree death of two wer about Ive rains of the Were Four Boys Drowned at Loag Branch. New York (Special). —Foar hoys | tween the ages of 10 and drowned at Long boys were on a from the shore, and w sea by the waves. Not long after young Bouse, ashore and sho jons had b reached a some distance T : Beach. and Ne FIRE IS THE PENALTY. Tennessee Negro Burmed at the Stake for His Crime. Winche laughe( said: “Tell to meet me make that to meet no more.” “Why did was asked “1 just done ing else He was taken from to a tree witl rated At and enveloped in ed about the ile was extinct to do LAWSON TO BUILD A VENICE Ownaer of the Independence Buying Islands on the Maine Coast Boston (Special). —Th i son is going to build a miniat on the Maine ¢ ha and paid for two islands oi and has an of which he will 3 are proved to his 10 The islands are situated Haut Bay, about fifteen mile One of them forty acres. They are and many of them bridges. They heavy growth of oast He sat: wzinland covered with and fir balsam arte au Tat 0 pu Bad Wreck on Scaboard Air Line. The Flor limited train ne A 11 1€ totally Columbia, S. C. (Special) ida and Metropolitan the Seaboard Air Li wrecked at 10.25 o'clock P miles south of Cheraw, S. C sandbank washout The killed wounded: Fireman Rosemond, cru to death: Engineer Muse, shoulders and leg injured; Tom Cleary, another engineer, injured in knees and postal clerk, name unknown, slightly bruised. The passengers escaped with 2 severe shaking up. Neither of conductors was hurt. The engine and four front cars left the track and were urned completely over of Was M , due to a seven legs; the An Engine Wrecks a Factory, Janesville, Wis. (Special).—~A North- western locomotive and box car plung- | ed through the Janesville canning fac- tory plant. The buiiding was of brick, just finished at a cost of $150,000. It is | row in ruins. The engine struck the big water tank, which fell lengthwise of | the building and crushed it. Thirty million tin cans were smashed and all | the costly special machinery and en- | ines and boilers were crushed. The oss will reach over $100,000, The plant was just finished. No one was injured. Suicide of a Postmaster. Washington (Special).—~The Postof- fice Department was notified by In- spector Vickery, at Cincinnati, of the suicide of Postmaster Wm. Price, of | Baltimore, Ohio. He had been found | short in his money order accounts. Six Thousand Birds Drowned. Carbondale, Ill. (Special) —~A storm approaching a cloudburst struck this city, doing much damage. In this city tully 6000 birds were drowned by the rain, In the Illinois Central Railroad Park over 1500 dead birds were found. Domestic. Willis {;en Robert t I$ Ht Si and at Vigo, $ lightning and one eral injured he German : for Stettin, crew were drowned The King of Denm Cabinet have decided to se West Indian Islands King Edward used a somber-l automobile im his outings around burg. Prof i Edward Suess, the noted politi- relations, warns trusts, and the central Europe of the urges a move- European American ment of African troubles. col, and the Emperor, it appears, with- holds permission to sign. Finacial The Colorado Fuel & Iron Company directors have declared a quarterly divi- dend of 134 per cent. on the common stock. It is reported that a New York Bank- ing house has completed arrangements to float $8,000,000 of Russian Govern. ment bonds in Europe. In order to finance its purchase of the Ohio River, Cleveland, Loraine & Wheel- ing, Pittsburg & Western and smaller roperties, it is said the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company will probably issue $25,000,000 new stock, ARE DEFIANT. Steyn and Botha Say Men Will Fight On, De Wet, SIXTY-EIGHT BRITISH CAPTURED. Botha Acknowledges the Receipt of Kitch ener's Proclamation and Protests Against It, Stating That the Boers Intend to Go On Fighting—The Surrcnders Lately Have Increased Considerably. y who wert and 6% 11 in the Orange Tiree « rth of 1: on the right of F unfavor superior led fheers 5.4 wdybrand, Hott 1 1OT1CH ug 2 LIne man as Ki ang SAFE-BLOWERS ROUSE A TOWN, Citizens Respond fo Alarm, But the Robbers Escape With Plunder. Many COUNTRY’S RAILWAY MILEAGE Interstate Commerce Commission (ives la- teresting Statistics Gambling House. Cripple Creek. Col. (Spec Milliongire Shot in . } Sam ial} Strong. the n GRaire mine owner forn the ¥ Was sho famous and proprietor ol and three piace, where tather-in<law altercation with and er propil Strong mine at V killed by Grant Cru: a gambling en John Ney . 5 became engaged in Crumley. Bel father-in-law’s fife was endangered, Strong drew a re volver. Crumley stepped back of the bar, grasped a shotgun and discharged it at Strong's head The nmullionaire fell dead and Crumley surrendered to the police. eving his A Battle in a Cell Greeneville, Tenn. (Special). James Ross and Walter Pierce, negroes, were | committed to the Greene county jail | on trivial offenses, being placed in the The jailer had scarcely left the cage when the men drew knives, which they had hidden about them, and Quickly as possible Ross was dragged from the atally stabbed Pierce, who sank back on his bunk dead. Ross was only slightly cut. Wai ean Wanted to Die Together. Denver, Col. (Special) —Beulah Lamb and Letla Law, of Canon City, yet in their teens, drank carbolic acid with sui- cidal intent owing to an infatuation for each other. Their cries after the poison took effect aroused passers-by help came. Miss Law will die, while the fate of the other is in doubt. Letters on the bureau told the story. Both girls had been reading novels of the sentimental order and had expressed the greatest ad- miration for each , often i that if they could n would pass into the MANILA GUARD 7G BE INCREASED. Force City Is Now Orderly. {By Cable) are now le and it has been decided to in s number by four companies of The official reason for the in that guard duty heavy pre force As a of ing that, al prospect Of the event i an iway Ma xs than 1000 efiective In the city of 100 et matter the wever, there is a feel 18 No apparent rtheless, in of uprising in such as the Malay it the future possible among would be better to have a sufficient body of troops ar available for such 1 emergency General Ch; he f Manila to be perfectly orderly, and he can see no an upris ing the peo ple He is satis fied wugh among a certain cl : ther itent ov ‘ ‘ iffee says considers he prospect { TEs 1 $8. #4 iY pea cane TENTS TORN BY HIGH WIND. New Towa in Oklakoma Swept a Storm Two Kilied. by MURDERER TIED TO A BOARD. Harrowing Scene at the Hanging of Charies Nordstrom DENMARK WILL SELL ISLANDS The Government, However, Thinks the Price Rather Too Small the correspond arises mn $1.730.,000, said 3 wo small. However, of the Rigsdag is be ired, and it 1s expected ratification will be given m in December Bryan Will Not Move. ' Wat fl, NED at W. J Chicago and make lared to be without foundation Bevan iz out of the city, but hs W. Bryan. said the report was him, and he was satisfied there y truth init. He said W. J. Bry continue live mm Lincoln and publich his paper there {Special}).—The rumor Bryan will soon move to hat city fs home 1s Mr 5 brother, Ged { aries news to Wis 1 wrould an to German Steamer Sinks, Se {By Cable). News been received here that the German steamer Liban, which left Merel, bound for this port, on the evening of August 21. sprang a leak during the night and sank. Sixteen of the crew put off i: small boats. One of these boats cap- sized and eight persons which it con- tained were drowned. The other ship- wrecked men reached Franz in safety Cuban Bandit Killed Havana (Special) —~Lino Lima, the notorious bandit, for whose capture, dead or alive, the military government offered a reward of $1000, has been killed at Macurijes (Corral Falso), in the province of Matanzas. Siettin just y nas bandits were captured at the same time. The body of Lima will be photographed for the purpose of identification. Gen. Stewart Breaks a Leg. Harrisburg, Pa. (Special). — Adjt.- Gen. Thomas J. Stewart, of the Penn. sylvania National Guard, met with a severe accident while driving with a party of friends on a country road near this city. The harness on one of the horses broke, and in attempting to jump from the carriage the Adjutant. General fell and broke his left leg below + The remainder of the party escaped injury. General Stewart has been spoken of asa probable candidate for Commander-in-Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic oe SETTLE STRIKE. Reperis of an Effort to End the Con. flict With the Trust. Conciliatory Committee to Present Certain Propositions of the Amalgamated Associ. ation fo the Steel Corporation The Pro- posals Said to Contain Concessions by the Strikers—Direct Negotiations, Pittsburg of Pa at : is ance tne i SULTAN GRANTS FRENCH DEMANDS. Imperial Irade Issued in Constantinople Con cedes Everything to France. “ THE CZAR AND THE BOERS Russias Report That Propose intervention Nicholas Is About io 3 ul Ts tf eilo tums $y : je] Be Indep tion with lan for act «Jjointist” Smashed by Law. { special George Kia- ti LEVere Juibyit y VOTY Fopeka, Kan oe “loimmtist.” recer lating of ¢ Pry law ever visited upon an most offender the 21 years since the 43 onal amendment was ad¢ Disney fined him $7,500, to 1.350 days in jail Sond Dona const: ju sentenced bh laced him un- Dis pred, and p der $10,000 trict { unts 8 EYEE LE apy : $34 1 OunGg ourt. | 187 Villages Buraed London { By Cable). "The total loss es from the recent forest which have partially destroyed several towns, are estimated at £10,000.000" despatch from St. Peters to the “Daily Mail.” “The fires have been mostly incendiary and are attributed to the Jews. It is estimated that 250.000 acres of forests have been destroyed and 187 villages completely or partially wiped out.” Killed by a Mosquito Germ. Havana (Special). ~The third death fires says a burg evening. The victim was Miss Clara Maas, of New Jersey. Of the six per- sonis bitten by mosquitoes recently in the course of the Yellow Fever Com- mission's experiments three have died. Doctors say the other three are sul. fering from light attacks of the disease. Miss Maas was a nurse at Las Animas, and wished to become immune, emplars ln 0 Wreck. Barnesville, Ohio (Special) ~A spe cial train on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad carrying Pennsylvania Knights ditched here. Engineer Milo Francis, of Zanesville, was killed, and Fireman Walter Boston, of Newark, was fatally injured. So far as known, the passen- gers escaped with slight bruises. The wreck was caused by the train striking a horse on Barnesville Hill, een: gine jum the track and the entire train follow NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS, Nucleus of Cubana Army, Receipts Show piving iron and Steel Trade With Wholesale Desertions From Navy l ad he Nas fe Capital News in General cu es A tee Wil g Set received the the letter rec departn samurai mother Chinaman, wih Ariz... have { being implicated in nto the United States Striking brickiayers at y WOTK been arre fe mand for union wages having been ranted Ihe battleship Alabama bas boea acs epted by the Navy Department. porn dispatche: bearing upa he Schley controversy are missing ros he Navy Department records. One a hie missing documents was important n that it proved dereliction on the pari i Admiral Sampson. Acting Secretary Hackett had a conference with Admiral schley's counsel. Owing to the extreme difficulties of communication and the diversified lan puages in use the Philippine Commis. ston found it impossible to unite the sivil governments of Isabela De Luzon with that of Nueva Viscaya. For this reason special legislation had to be adopted for the Province of Nueva Vig- cava. Pitcher's first dispatch irom Mindora tells how Licutenant Hazzard, of the Third Cavalry, commanding a troop of Macabebe scouts, captured the Ameri. can deserter Howard. who, as a leader of the Filipinos, had been anncying the Americans for many months. 3 Capt. Harold L. Jackson, of the First! Infantry, recently surprised General Lukban at Pambujas, in the mounta of the Island of Samar. Three of the General's guard were killed and Luk. ban was wounded, but escaped. His family was captured. A captain and age tila and
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