BURIED ALIVE Trainmen Lose Their Near Lynchburg, Va. TRAIN WAS TRAPPED BY EARTH. Four Lives Narrow Escape of a Passenger Train From Being Buried Under an Avalanche of Earth i Near Lynchburg — Four or Five Were] Killed, and It Is Thought That Others May | Be Buried Under the Debris. | Lynchburg, Va. ger train on the Railroad (Special) A passen and Ohio | Che Sap ake about five struck a landslide and it 1s probaole miles west of this city, that the death list may The loss of three lives, bu official railroad ors of the wreck ten persons were hurie mous landslide, whil obtained by telephe 1 the disaster w ably 25 persons The accid west of 5 miles west of Lyn a westbound passe two hours late. 1s between a hi; and the latter for many year CURRAN. At 11 been a into the city, Chesapeake and way to the compa Forge, for treatmen lowing story: “At about 8 o'clock the train ran into the slide, derailing the engine. ( tor Whittaker called on the passengers to help him move the two coaches back from the engine so that the latter might be free to attempt to get back on track. The passenger coach was then pushed back about 6o feet, and- while all hands were engaged in pushing back the baggage car a tremend earth came from the b ehe engine and cary gineer, n the passengers.” When asi he said he The r: gineer Fi train, whi gage car mg so the engin edge of the Whittake to into was my Reu id ali igher than it o'cloc man claiming to have on the walked stating that he Ohio passeny ran onduc the shide of ver firem Ke SUICIDE USED PISTOL AND AX A Wealthy Bachelor Determined to Ead His Life. a pool shot, ax, with throat also cu cut on the | house an McAlpine, home, near county. “Mr o'clock in th not return, about si in the located was consc to kill botch «¢ want it cause pes the act truth w to commit dicted to i tress in South withdrew her told p to die, b aid. § Ji no GIANT OF THE NAVY. Big Battieship Missouri Lauached Into Her Own Element. Newport News, Va. (Special) 15,000 enthusiastic spectators battleship Missouri successfully launched About the here. In the crowd were many distinguished persons, inciuding Mrs. Theodore Roose velt and her party, who witnessed the launching from the deck of the dispatch boat Dolphin. Secretary Long, Secre- tary Hitchcock, Rear-Admirals Bowles, O'Neill and Melville, Capt. S. C. Lemly, | Governor Tyler, Senators, Congressmen, Army and Navy officers of rank and prominence, and scores of widely known business men, including the heads of great ship-building and other industrial plants. The vessel was the heaviest that ever went down the ways at this yard. This great hulk moved slowly into the water, the trip down the ways occupying about | one minute. It was an imposing spcta- cle, the extreme slowness of the trip | making the sight all the more impressive. Steel Plant for Tennessee. Elizabethton, Tenn. (Special )—Chas. | P. Tonoray and George E. Boren have | returned from New York, where they | closed negotiations with the Electric | Furnace Company for the erection of an | electric steel plant at Elizabethton. It is | claimed that by this method steel ingots | can be produced directly from iron ore in 30 minutes, An 8000 horse-power electric plant will be commenced as soon | as the site can be decided upon on the Watanga river, near Elizabethton, and | this wh supply the power for the plant. Train Wrecked in Fog Nashua, N. H. (Special. )—A dense | fog and a misplaced switch in the north | yard of the Boston and Maine Railroad | in this city caused the wrecking of the “Cannon Ball Express” bound from Montreal for Boston Two men were killed instantly and about half a dozen persons ‘were injured. Several of the ssengers of the “Cannon Ball” were uised, but in no case was it necessary to send any of them to a hospital. The wreckage caught fire, but the blaze was extinguished without further damage. SUMM/RY OF THE LATEST Domestic Prof. W. O. Atwater, in a paper read before the State Science Teachers’ As- sociation, said that temperance educa- tion, as conducted in the public schools, was based on a scientifically wrong principle. The fog and a caused a collision NEWS. switch express misplaced between an near Nashua, N. H., in which two men were killed and a number injured Austin B. Fletcher sued Wellington Burt, president of the Ann Arbor for $5,000000 damages for R. H. R. kerage firm, was Neb, on the charge gambling devices, Mitchell, colored, 4 arrested Omaha, of mn Peter ing Mrs. Lucinda sehr ood lvnehe a a wounded Untario ran Scranton, curve at Every car Cars contract 1} iavana, Antor concerns course ommerciai controve States eT i M many and the U Senator Depew ar were married at the Notre Dame, and the ceremony was re- peated an hour later at the American Episcopal Church at Nice W. W. Peet, treasurer of Missionary Society in Constantinople, accompanied by the dragoman of the American Lega tion. is on his way to meet the brigands who hold Miss Stone captive. France has notified the May Palmer Catholic Church of Venezuelan leader of the new revolution, who had leased the property. General Marin, the Colombian revolu- tionary leadér, attacked Honda, on the Magdalena river, with a force of 1.200 The battle lasted 17 hours and the The civil ceremony of the marriage of Senator Depew and Miss May Palmer took place in the United States consulate at Nice. The bride being a Catholic, there will be two religious ceremonies The German Government will attach agricultural experts to the consulates in the United States, with a view to the tem of farming in Germany. : G. M. Wessels, Boer delegate, will ing a letter from Mr. Kruger to Presi dent Roosevelt. I nancial The New York Subtreasury state- ment shows banks have lost $1,281,000 The Southern Pacific Railroad's ere- been burned; loss $100,000. The Arlington Mills directors have declared a regular semi-annual divie dend of 3 per cent, payable January 1, 1002, Texas Central Company has declared semi-annual dividends of $2.50 on both common and preferred stocks, payable January 15. ALL VENEZUELA NOW IN REVOLT Also Threatens, Company Will Not Transport Troops. Willemstad Advices (By Cable). here from that the Castro is Curacoa, received Venezuela, revolution say against President daily. Nearly ground the 1 band of republic is in revolt, and country. Coro, in and Barquisimeto, on the ious CC verge ymplications in the interior of the 1 cut from Car between Germany here relia : sla become 3 ner NO COMMERCE IN SENTIMENT. The McKinley Association Warns “Monument” Schemes Against y Any enter CARNEGIE AND COLUMBIA Said to Contemplate Giving the Usiversily Over $1,000,008, and mainte UNE men he university ay Butler, the f would Pedra 2 Sent acting fead o Giumba, t confirm or deny the reports Girl Shot Her Father. Mass, (Special) ~—In de- wing her sister from an drunk-crazed Somerville, assault by father, Florence Dob- son, 22 years of age, shot her father and under arrest. The man has a but is now serious wound, it 15 thought he will James P. Dobson, the victim of the shooting, is said to have beer abusing his family at intervals during the whole day. At last he attacked his oldest daughter, when Florence procur- ed a revolver and shot him. recover Steeple. Climber’s Escape. Chicago (Special) John Kelly, work- ing on a church steeple 150 feet above cape from death here. the top of the steeple and fell 65 feet, hands were thrown against a small pro- Though almost unconscious, he clung to this hold for three minutes until fellow-workmen rescued him. He was lieved he will recover, Negro Lyached in North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C, for a special court at Northampton, N. C., to try Peter Mitchell, a negro, for assaulting Mrs. Lucinda Hill, a white woman, a telegram came Saying that citizens took Mitchell from jail at Jack. son and lynched him. Death of Rear Admiral Roe, Washington ( Special) ~Rear- Admiral Francis Asbury Roe, U. §. N., retired, died here. He was born in New York, and was placed on the retired list Octo ber 4, 188s, " NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. A——————— The Incident Is Closed. Gen. Nelson A. Miles has returned refused to say a word in regard to the reprimand administered to him last week by the President and Secretary was known before General Miles re- to let the matter pass without a reply or statement from him. He regards incident as closed and settled, and friends, who have a right to speak for not be the one to no disguising the relations hitherto There is fact that the cordial existing between the General and the Secretary of War are strained by the re cent episode, and it is likely that future the two officials will confined to formal communication: on official bus between be INCEs Wireless System for Navy. ie Navy Department has taken steps ard the ade on of wireless telegra f } SIgnaing oLDetween lengthening ind by the ¥ ards the instruments of the tems now being clude the Marconi systen I'he British Navy already has a num ber of its ships equipped with the wire- less system Decrease in Revenues. of show The 1 - iections col that the t« tal colle Lions for November, 1001, a decrease as nn 1000, of 22.16% 2, ue are given monthly statement the of internal revenue com- $12.080812 i £4.204.700 fermented liqu crease $474.308; ole lecrease $25.81 Special SeR 664 INCrease $1,588 768 faxes n de w {110 Carnegie has been considering 1 the gift he has a should present jonation whicl ure trouble 1s 3¢ Nn ad he gift 18 expected to take i shape, and if Mr. Carnegie makes offer so that the money 1s not ered in bonds, the Government d less will accept 1t Smith Is Asked to Wait, Mason, chairman of the Postoffices, upon Postmaster-General Smith and presented a request that no further ac tion be taken by the Postoffice Depart ment in the matter of dropping publica tions which are now classified as sec- ond-class mail publications pending the investigation proposed by Senator Ma- son's committee. : Ihe Senator stated that it is his in- tention to begin the investigation imme- Senator as Senate Committee on ed gress, partment’s plan of action ed with the Postmaster-General, War Veterans Exempted. The President, at the instance of the veteran association, has amended the free delivery service, 50 as to except pointment as carriers, Volume 1 of the Census. reau, announced the publication of Part t of the report on po lation, to be known as Volume 1 of the Census Re- porte, It contains 1,220 pages, and embraces statistics on population of thé States and Territories by minor civil divisions, the center of population and its median point; population of incorporated places, urhan and rural populations; the popu- lation by sex, general nativity, fore citizens and years in nited States, MISS CROPSEY’S BODY FOUND The Coroner's Jury Declares She Was Murdered. | CONDITION OF GIRL'S REMAINS. The Autopsy Discloses a Mark on the Temple Which the Coroner's Jury Says Was Caused by a Blow The Jury Recommends That James Wilcox, the Girl's Lover, Be Held for Further luves:igation Elizabeth City, N. C.. (Special) ~ ly of Miss Eila Maud Cropsey, the home of her at midnight, in the Pasquo the Cropsey of promi 4 rendered by g township to await KILLED ON WRECKING TRAIN Occurred on the Way to An- other Accident Fatal Accident KILLED BY CRANE BREAKING Workoicn Theres Chicago Dead and Three Seriously Injures. rking in the vi- ie time of the ac- s¢ had narrow es- and Rock were re mass of steel, crushed so badly as zable. The crane {i 30 tons, but was st the time of its The cau of the accident may have been a 1 one of the chains supporting the crane. ident and man; capes. Swan. { caught beneath man nd each carrymg only 20 collapse. Tl No sar HAW Held Up On the Street W. Va Ring was held up on Park avenue shortly before 10 o'clock and robbed of $475. He had intended to leave for New York city and had just purchased a ticket for | that place. While he was returning to his home he was assaulted by two men, who choked him until he was insensible and robbed hin Fairmont, { Special.) —Louis Blown Up by Natural Gas. Muncie, Ind. (Special. )~Two proba- bly fatal natural gas explosions occurred | in this city within an hour. . The first | at the Dickey spool factory, terribly in- | jured Lewis Staggs. aged 31 years. He was hurled some distance by the force of the explosion. Almost at the same tithe a stove burning natural gas in the | grocery of W. E. White, in the westery part of the city, exploded. White and 2 clerk, Claude Donn, aged 21 years, were caught, and both were horribly burnec avout their face, arms and necks, Bankrupicy Law Reforms. Chattanooga, Tenn. (Special. )~=The executive committee of the National As sociation of Bankruptcy Trustees has re ported on its investigation made to secure the sentiment of all sections of the country on the national bankruptcy law The committee sent out 13.008 inquiries It summarizes the responses in a state ment that the leading commercial inter ests almost unanimously favor a uni form and national bankruptcy law, but that there is a general opinion that sev A SA os a THREE MEN KILLED BY EXPLOSION. AcciGent at Old Furnace la the Town of Sharpsville, Pa psvilie, Pa. (Special )—An explo- at the old Sharpsville furnace wrecked the furnace plant and killed three men, sie Another workman was prob- ably fatally injured. The men were working at the top of the furnace when the explosion occurred, and Clay, burned to heir recovered at lock mjured by jumpi The cau { . known. No estimate has been made yet Dickson and Bartlett death 1 were bodies were Donnelly was ’'e explosion is not DE WET TAKES A BRITISH CAMP. Night Attack in Eastern Part River Colony. {By Cable of Orange London, De Wet has taken revenge recent SUCCESS laagers dritish c; ange Hail Insurers Fail af vi [OT anda wi Mrs. G. M. Tims, ing. Ark. Their char been recovered from nths-old child Farmer Shot to Death. N. Y. (Special. )—Peter A. eribeck, a well-known farmer in Columbia county, while alone his horse was shot to death by three men. The men were afterward seen driving toward Catskill Station. Eleven shots were fired into Hallenbeck's body. The farmers have lately been annoyed by poultry thieves, and it is thought the murder was done by some of them. Three men were seen later driving to- ward Catskill Station, and it was sup- posed Hallenbeck had been shot by rob- bers. mn Stamped to Death by His Horse Kittery, Maine (Special) —Police Judge Samuel B. Neal was stamped to death by his horse, which he was feed- ing. Judge Neal's sister is the wife of Judge J. E. Locke, of the United States District Court of Florida. ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS a Frances Rose, who is supposed to have escaped from a Portland (Ore) convent was decided in Chicago to be suffering from religious melancholia Emperor Srancit Tovah expelled from Austria the printipals in the Vienna bac- carat scanda In defending her sister Floronce Dobe son, of Somerville, Mass, shot and ser- iously wounded her drink-crazed father. In a fight between whiics aid negroes at Childersburg, Ala. a white man and his son were killed and a white boy and a Regro wounded. Failure to obey orders caused a collie. ion between a freight engine and a pas. senger train on the Canadian Pacific near Saulte Ste Marie. Three men wete killed and jously injured by the breaking of a Srane at the American Bridge Compa- ny's works, Odus Reeder, second lieutenant Phil- committed suicide by the trans +
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