SOUTH AMERICA | CAUSES ALARM. Relations Between Venezuela and Colom. bia Are of Serious Character. EXCITEMENT HIGH IN VENEZUELA, | Should the Sitzation Continue Critical, the | Gupboat Machias Will De Dispatched to Bocas de! Toro —The Insargeats, Who Occapy Provision Island, Are Commanded by a Nicaraguan. Washington (Special). —The latest de- | velopment in the Venczuelan-Colom- bian situation, viz., the withdrawal of the exequaturs of all the Colombian consuls mm Venezuela, has increased the feeling of officials here that the relation between the two countries are still of a very serious character. In diplomatic circles especially the condition existing between these two tepublics is viewed with alarm. though their representatives here are without any recent information that will throw light on the situation. The withdrawal of the exequaturs of consuls is a decided demonstration ot un friendliness the country they repre sent, and leaves them powerless to trans act any business. Such acompanies a declaration of state of hostilities, t stance it follows the { Irawal Colombian } Caracas to Bogota ture followed a ezuelan cabinet as of ; hic iis to 1" action usualy War o recent presen nunister, stormy President passports. leaving was felt that the countries ferable to Government through the mails The officials of countries in war may say that the opposed to any war troubles are due to individuals with personal ends in view The navy dep: of the sailing of the battleship Iowa Acaqulco, Mexico, for Panama, she has been dispatched to Aummerican interests tionary troubles on the Sit was avericd “ul peopic Ww 100K SHARP FIGHT IN THE PHILIPPINES Colonel Gracics, Two Officers and Fifty Rebels Killed in a Battle. Manila (By Cable).—Later of the rec engagement Province between Capt with a detachment of the fantry, with the ir zales, show that than it was first serters and reneg heard giving Colonel Gracia men were lasting thre Everything ture or surrend the insurgent lea occurs everythin the establishm It is in the thorities, as a first step toward the force, to make t i instead of four, whicl considerable of one department of the other increasing number o : captures in all the disaffected coma two kill é S&% 1 Gav nders Yia:ls } \ " 410110. SNQgWs an and GIstricis PLOW MANUFACTURERS WILLING. The £0,000000 Trust Will Reality. Soon Chicago manufacturers of were in session here 3 for a consolidation of all the ploy terests in the country. After the meet ing it was announced that the proposed consolidation is practically assured and that about $50,000,000 will be represent ced in the organization. The New York Guarantee and Trust Company has made a propositic plow manu facturers to engi deal. and a large majority of them, have signified a willingness the combine. Caria} Nanelv 2p { >pciial)~Neariy 30 United oy le No Onc Starving in Texas. Dallas Texas (Special). f- Advices to the New: show that the repe drought in Zapata county have much exaggerated, iris of been Representat ve Sea bury, who renrcsemts Zapata county in the Legislature. lias let.ers from friends in various parts of the county him that the reports to death are been no sutfering, for while not made sufficient crops for subsistence, the better classes are ing and able to sustain the less tunate. This is being done, rendering outside aid unnecessary, Representative Seabury says advising 1 ¢ sore HOPpeop unfounded Will i0r Accident After a Wreck. Phoenixville, Pa. (Special) bound passenger train on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad collided with = freight train at Spring City, near here. A num- ber of persons were slightly injured and several cars were wrecked, One of the freight cars was loaded with cans of ofl, which exploded, setting fire to the train The Spring City and Royersford fire departments extinguished the {flames While the wreckage was being removed from the track onc of the ears slipped from the derrici., killing George Gra- ham, of Spring City, and injuring three others. ~-A north Masked Robber on a Wheel Sydney, N. 5 W. (By Cable)--A masked cyclist held up the White Cliffs Hicania mai! coach, wounded 2 passen- ger, secured the mails and opals Valued at £1400 ($7000) and escaped A janes Suppression of a Play. Havana (Special) Civil Governor | Nunez has suppressed a French play, translated into Spanish, which had been | resented at the Pavret Theatre by a | nish company. The play is entitled “Pork Kings: or, Uncle Sam.” Nunez describes it as “an insult to American womanhood.” La Lucha, protesting against the production in the strongest terms, says: “This play con. sists of vile and useless malevolence, | which is heaped upon the entire Ameri- | can nation instead of a small grown.” | a —— Domestic. ident Roosevelt was at the Minnesota State Minneapolis. He made an address the fair and was banqueted at night. H. Burd Cossell was nominated an at- Fair mm at Vice-Pre: for vacancy caused by the death of the late George Carter was held for the grand jury Norfolk, Va., on the charge of criminal assault on Mrs, in Ella Jefiries Miss Louisette Taylor, a the Confederate General “Dick” Taylor, died at her home in Pass Christian, Miss. A passenger train collided with freight on the Schuylkill Valley Railroad, near Spring City, Phoenixville, Pa. General MacArthur, with his chiet ot staff, called adjutant-general in Wash s respects. I'l was murdered Ini Va, by daughter of on ION tO pay a colored gorl rep ried 10 npson Lake Sunapee as he 58 had been for the past six month A101 vitlton En rl wounded in a mingha Josephine had a prel * rai Tried 13€ “g and his left Switz- erland for Berlin, Emperor William decided waive the ceremony towing or prostrating themselves 1 imperial presence Dr. Krause, former governor of Jo hannesburg and a prominent official of the Transvaal government, has been ar- Lond on a charge of high won 1. ay to i 1 OG i ested 113 ASOn atives of Cor excursion EXEr( The French represent on an wuts ter ile antinopie ! i in the 15CS discharged jischarged industrial es- $1 10 «ue tration at kirk, will witness, will be on a grand scale, 30 warships taking part in the maneuvers. Ex trae nary precautions are being taken ra40raing to safety during which the Czar : . in the Czar's his & 85 gia The Sure France. Liberals in Colombia hold vari- ous towns and districts in Colombia. but avoid engaging the government While Colombia bas trcops on Venezuelan and Ecuadorean fron- the numbers reported are exag- gerated. I.a Savoie. a new ship of the Trans- atlantic Linc. started from Havre for New York, She will bring over a num- ber of French journalists, Lord Salisbury’s family are anxious sv him to retire from office, but the Initonists are opposed to the step. Andrew Carnegie has given £ 10.000 to build a town hall at Motherwell. Scot. land Foreign ministers in China negotiating peace relations with China are anxidus in fore ® the fiers, { Finantial ‘The First National Bank of Chicago has $74.000,000 deposits and the shares are 307 bid. The value of Mexican imports were $55,000,000, and the value of exports was $84,000,000, The gross tonnage of United States railways has increased 8o per cent. in the las: ten years, Exports of wheat since July * have been §7.286,000 bushels, as compared with 25888000 bushels in the same pe- rizd of last your The Parade Was loterspersed With Many Bands The Best of Feeling Prevalled and There Was No Disorder With the Dis: missa! of the Parade There Was a General Exodus to Ross Grove. Pittsburg (Special). — Pittsburg was given over Labor Day to the of toil, who paraded the streets 18,000 strong in celebration of Labor Day The interest, owing to the Amalga mated sti was never great here | as this year, and in the procession were | workmen from al every trade in | this great industrial centre. The parade | started about 11 o'clock and was in four The first was made | Amalgamated strikers, atier sons ike, as nos division with mand. It | 1s, and the 1S1asm oi the | « 1al { workings tay EDITOR TARRED AND FEATHERED. Disguised Men Handle Him Roughly Alleged Attacked. Minn { Speci KILLED BY MER ANGRY LOVER She Was Only Fifteen, and Refused to Marry Him Until a Few Years Older. hilndelnhia Becial) _ iiadelph Special). —Lu was shot a importunitics ew VvYears a revolver He sending then Turkey Would Arbitrate. Constantinople (By Cable). The Ot toman government is said mg Lerman : her to arbitrate to be sound iy w i inducing anco-Turk- rire hikely, how- accede to the s 14h CONIroversy 3 ever, that proposal Sse : xy arvitration Lerman or that France would accept Sultan Abdul Refelintes Cabl Matin + Sultan's h aliation againg! | is the thitcatios i! an ral | I 3 a LY S3vs frawing the and tax xemptions { religious Community The are Syria Jerusalem A Wilbur this Albany (Special) ~ Alexander, | large A raphtha launch exploded on the Hud- | at “The Abbey.” a mile hali below this city, killing Mrs. peiell the anny of oi city. contrac tractor a sOn river and a Alex- ander and her little daughter and burn- | ing Wilbur Alexander and his son, Wil- | bur Alexander, Jr., in a horrible man- ner. The accident was the termination of a day's outing on the river. Mr. Alex- ander took his wife and their son and daughter for a trip south from this city. On the journey home Mr. Alexander was taken ill. He ran the launch into la side cut near “The Abbey.” The launch was tied near the shore. The | son-12 years old—went to give some medicine to his father, who was lying in the stern of the launch. The boy car- LIFE-BOATS IN USE IN STREETS. Estimated Loss of $1,000,000 by a Cloudburst in Cleveland, Ohlo. Cleveland (Special). —With the break ing of dawn Sunday morning the resi affected, the great volume of water vent- ed its anger over miles of the eastern of damage approximating $1,000,000 From about s until 7 in the cipitation of 4.28 inches, all previous records, the nearest it rained 3.86 inches The overflow was caused by a ter. after 2 o'clock, turned into a cloudburst between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock nd then continued with great force until nearly 10 The storm, accord ing to the weather officials, was the heav that has Jleveland since the establishment of the Government burean City, OVEr 40 years ago is little short of thr 0'¢ ox k visite d ( ri a miracle, lives were lost ‘ ¢ tiie stories oO1 } . wi Capes "Om Ie water mm street waters End near! FREIGHT TRAIN SLAUGHTERS 36 Northern Railroad at Nyack, Moat, i to eMIDIOYES 10 Cmpmoy was caused by a freight train « Mountain freight 1 hed backw ra she i weky the re mn ard down th into the rear sich was laborers Car irom spread ' used by the destruc freight bie freight more Cars ments of valua More Big Gushers Texas al s x : the week Os€G ni or gest week During the were compieted { pipe line have been laid, a dozen large stor age tanks completed and several more begun. Not than 20 more big steel tanks, having a capacity of 38.500 gal ions to $0,000 gallons, have been con- tracted for, and several of them are now under course of construction. On whole, month i has witnessed a development in t field 3 15 Marveious ught in is de in the month Several jess i sed y ' ms the the just that Smoked a Pipe Over Powder. Altoona, Pa. (Special).—At Munson, a mining town north of this city, Eman wel Rinus, a German miner, was empty ing powder from one cask into another at his home, when a spark fell from his pipe the powder. The explosion which followed wrecked the house and hurled the Rinus family in all directions The mother and two children were terribly burned and mangled, int fi ¢ father, PLOSION. tank containing the naphtha an explo- occurred, scattering the blazing flus the launch. Mrs. Alexander and were completely covered with the blazing oil. The son jumped into the water when the explosion took place Mr. Alexander rushed to the assistance of his wife and daughter, but they were burned to death before his eyes, the river to save himsell. oi the wife and daughter were burned to a crisp, and the launch was entirely consumed. Mr. Alexander and his son were se- verely burned about the head and body. It ws believed Mr, Alexander will die. The boy, though badly burned will re- cover, | Danish Deal Reported Certaln. “ London (By Cable). ~