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SCRANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1897.
TWO CENTS
SAGASTA IS
SUMMONED
The Liberal Leader Is
Asked by the Queen to
Form a Cabinet.
WORK TO BE UNDERTAKEN
The New Minister Will Have
No Sinecure.
Ho Will Undertake; the Tnk--Woyler
Is Milking Grout l'.II'orts to Remain
in Culm, Hut He Will Certainly Ho
Hcciillctl--Ailnilrnl llcrmrjo 11ns
Accepted tlio Ministry of .Marine.
Madrid, Oct. 3. Senor Sagasta, lead
er of tlio liberals was received yes
terday by the Queen Regent, who re
quested him to form a Cabinet to re
place that of General Azcarraga, which
resigned on Wednesday last. Senor
Sagasta consented to undertake the
task.
It Is understood that Admiral licr
mejo has accepted tho position of
Minister of .Marine.
It Is certain that Captain-General
"Weyler has nut resigned, lie is mak
ing great efforts to remain. In Cuba,
but Senor Sagasta will undoubtedly re
call him.
Tho ministerial changes will not nf
l'ect the instructions which United
States Minister Woodford originally
received from President McKlnley.
Both General Woodford and Senor
Sagasta tlio premier, maintain abso
lute reserve on the question of Ameri
can relations to Spain.
leading Liberals, however, declare
that Spain can never ofllcially ncccpt
American i cdlntlnn In Cuba affairs.
Senor Sagasta had a conference with
the queen regent today, and it Is ex
pected that the new Liberal cabinet
will be completed tomorrow. Gener
al Correa has accepted the portfolio
of Minister of war.
Washington, Oct. I!. So far as could
bo learned, no Spanish news was re
ceived by the state department today.
Assistant Secretary Day said that ho
had heard nothing from Minister
AVo. ,fford, and Secretary Sherman
said that he "had no Information to
give out." The members of tho Spanish
legation remaining in town refused to
be seen.
MRS. NEENER'S ESCAPE.
Woman Mho fl'ih Pronounced Dead
Was Found to Uc in n Trnncc.
Ithac. N. Y.. Oct. 3.-F. H. .Veencr. of
Ithaca, was called to Rochester on Wed
nesday by a dispatch announcing the
death of his mother. A letter received
hero yesterday from Mr. Keener says
that he found Ills mother still alive, but
In a trance. She was so III on Tuesday
night that the attending physical! re
mained at her side until almost morning,
when he pronounced life extinct. An un
dertaker was sent for, and preparation!)
for tho funeral were begun, but while Mrs.
Neencr was being; laid out her miwles
wer observed to twitch, showing that
she was still alive.
Tho family physician wa again sum
moned, and with two other doctors ex
amined tho supposed corpse and found
that the heart still bent. The physicians
said they could not extend any hope that
Mrs. Neener would recover, but thy
thought her life might bo prolonged n
few days. She is about no years old and
has been for some time subject to an or
ganic heart dllllculty.
CROWDS AT GETTYSBURG.
Thousands of Visitors Throng the
liiiltleiirld.
Gettysburg, Ph., Oct. :!. Tho crowd Jn
town and on the battlelleld today ex
ceeded anytllng of the kind this season,
numbering fully eight thousand, i'hlln-
deiphla led In the number of people, al
though Heading, Ilarrisburg and AHoona
I wero well represented. The throngs of
vlsltors crowded the trolley cars, and
'every hack In and around the town was
pressed Into service, while thousands of
visitors walked to tho more prominent
points on tho field.
The center of attraction seemed to be
"high water mark," where tho majority
of tho visitors heard Captain Long's de
scription of tho three days' battle. Tho
trains were all on schedule time and tho
weather during the afternoon was clear
and pleasant, affording the visitors all tho
pleasuro they could ask. Everything
passed off pleasantly and nothing of an
accidental character occurred.
WILL WATCH" THE ECLIPSE.
Two Kxpeditlons Leave This Month
for I lid id .
Oakland, Ca., Oct. 3. Two expeditions
will le-ivo this state this month for India
to wltnesa tho total eclipse of the sun.
Professor Charles Uurckhalter, astron
omer at tlio Cr.aboy observatory, will go
with, a eomnleto outfit and Professor w.
W. Campbell, of Lick observatory, will
represent me state institution.
tune rierson expedition from the Chaboy
uiDi-rvuiuiy win leave wclODCr li). W. W.
Ltmpbell, of tho Lick observatory, will
inn uui, n aim u is not probablo that
o two expeditions will meet in tim
llent.
Howard Offered for Robbers.
luthrie, Okla., Oct, 3.-Tho Chicago,
Ik Island and Pacific Railroad company
uitcivu n icnuiu oi iwu eacti for tho
ro or tno nvo men who held up and
I Its passenger train at Chlcknun.
n Friday. A score of deputy marsh
1th bloodhounds are scouring tho
y lor ino Jennings gang of outlawu,
Is responsible for tho robbery, it u
tit the gang has doubled back and
riJo a santa x-e passenger train at
point In tho strip country. Al Jen
loader of tho gang, was arone tlmo
liey of Canadian county.
fighting nt Camillas.
Iion, Oct. 4. According to a dispatch
a Times1 from Buenos Ayres, tele
i from Brazil to that city report ev-
iays- sevcro ugnung at Cunudos
len tho government troops ami tho
Both slde lost heavily and the
kment troops failed to capture the
tola.
". PYIlPDIPNr.P HP AN APTIST.
Henry Snrnge Landor Is Tortured on
tho Stretching Log by Thibetans.
Bombay, Oct. 3. Henry Savago Landor,
n well known artist, traveler and writer,
nnd grandson of tho celebrated Walter
Savago Landor, has Just returned to In
dia after terrlblo experiences. He had un
dortaken an exploring tour In Thibet, but
ho was abandoned by all tho members of
his company except two coolies. Finally
the Thibetans urrested him by an act of
treachery, sentenced him to death, and,
torturing him with hot Irons, actually
carried him to tho execution ground.
At almost tho last moment the execution
was stopped by tlio grand llama, who
commuted tho sentence- to torture by tho
"stretching log," a species of rack: which
greatly Injured Mr. Landor's splno and
limbs. After being chained for eight
dayB he was released. Mr. Landor has no
fewer thnn twenty-two wounds as tho re
sult of his torture.
MAY SHELVE COL. STONE.
Humor That C. L. Mngec Proposed n
l'lnn with (uav.
Philadelphia, Oct. S. A Pittsburg dls
patch to the Press says: A story Is cur
rent hero tonight that C. L. Magee will
make Senator Quay an Indirect proposi
tion when ho rotrrns, to Join with him on
u ticket If Senatot Quay will shelve Col
onel W. A. Stone fcs candidate for gov
ernor. Srnator Mcgeo being willing to
accept Messrs. Wldcner, Connell, Rceder
or C. W. Stcnc.
Colonel W. A. Stono was seen tonight
and said ho would be a candidate It ho
only had two delegates, one to nomi
nate, another to second it. Ho also said
he would not bo a candidate for re-election
for congress.
MONTHLY WEATHER
CHART TO BE ISSUED
Sccrctnrv Wilson Uocidcs to Mnke
Use ot Some of the Crcnt Fund ot
Meteorological Information Con
tained in tho Uurcnu.
Washington, Oct. 3. It Is the policy ot
Secretary .lames Wilson to extend the op
erations of the department of agriculture
along all useful lines authorized by law.
Recently, after a consultation with tho
chief of the weather bureau, he decided
to make use ot some of the great fund of
meteorological information contained In
the weather bureau by having a monthly
marine meteorological chart Issued for
tho bcnollt of the mariners of tho great
lakes. Ho was of tho opinion that by a
study of tho records of past storms much
useful Information might bo collated and
published, showing a month In advanco
what mariners might reasonably expect.
The flist of this scries of monthly charts
was mailed from the central otllcc ot tho
weather bureau yesterday. It gives Infor
mation relative to tho present month of
October. It shows tho principal tracks
pursued by storms in crossing the lake
region. Tho track of greatest frequency
Is eastward across the center of Lake Su
perior. The storm track next In impor
tance Is a line drawn from Milwaukee
northeast to Alpena. The next In order
is a line drawn from tho southern point
of Lake Michigan northeast to Port Hu
ron; and the least fiequented Is repre
sented by a line drawn from Port Arthur
southeast to Pr.toi.ky, Mich. In other
words, if, during the coming month, a
mariner notices by tho dally reports a
storm center In tho region of any of theso
tracks, he can very accurately determine
what will be Its futtiro course and can
steer accordingly.
The chart shows the normal wind di
rection for the coming month at each cno
of the weather bureau stations, and about
the number of foggy days that may bo
expected on different portions of tho sev
eral lakes, as determined by the records
of the past twenty-seven days.
Tho text printed on tho back ot the
chart shows the location of all the danger
signals of tho weather bureau about 125
In number and much other Information
useful to vessel maters.
BASE BALL MAGNATE
SUES A RAILROAD 0.
A Cnso in Kquity Against n Cleveland
Corporation of Which M. A, Ilnnna
Is President.
Cleveland, O., Oct. 3. Frank Dellaas
Robinson, the tnse ball magnate, has be
gun suit In equity against tho Cleveland
City Railway company, M. A. Hanna,
president: J. B. Hanna, secretary, and
John J. Shlphcrd, one of the members of
tho board of directors, asking for relief
and the appointment of a referee to In
vestigate tho affairs of tho company as
well as an injunction to prevent the pay
ment of tho dividend declared at a recent
meeting.
In tho petition, Robinson charges that
after tho consolidation of tho Cleveland
City Cable company with the Woodland
Avenue and West Side company Into tho
Cleveland City lallway, the secretary and
treasurer of tho consolidated company
signed In blank certificates of stock that
was to be exchanged for the stock of tho
old companies. Theso certificates were
given to Shlphcrd, who was tho transfer
clerk. It is alleged that ot tho eight mill
ions of stock, one million dollars worth,
which wus to be held in tho treasury, to
be issued oii tho order of tho board of di
rectors, wr.a wrongfully Issued by Ship
herd, whllo cable stock was used as col
lateral security for loans at three banks,
which are mado party defendant in the
suit. President nnd Secretury Hanna are
accused of carelessness In permitting
Shlpherd to Issue tho stock.
Secretary Hanna says that Shlpherd
and Robinson were named In tho agree
ment of consolidation as trustees of the
cable company and that the stock, which
was to bo issued to tho cable stockholders
was given to him as such trustee; that
neither the president nor tho secretary of
the consolidated company had anything
to do with tho settlement with tho cablo
stockholders: that matter being left to
Shlpherd, who was the treasurer of the
cablo company at the timo of the con
solidation, and to Robinson, who was the
president of tho company.
"If there has been nny mix up In tho
affairs of tho company because of that
fact," said Mr. Hanna, "these two trus
tees are legally responsible for It."
Salvationists Arrested.
Trenton, N. J Oct. 3.-Captain Hurd
man and three lieutenants of tho Salva
tion Army were arrested tonight by the
pollco for disorderly conduct in singing
and playing musical Instruments In the
streets, They had been warned to desist,
but Ignored tho warning. They aro spend
ing tho night In cells at police head
quarters, where they are keeping up tho
singing.
"Robert Monroe" Identified.
New York, Oct. 3. Tho body of "Rob
ert Monroe," one of the two young men
found dead from gas asphyxiation In a
room at the Broadway Garden hotel horo,
was today Identified as hat of Ernest
Hayden, of Springfield, Mass, Ilia father
is said to be connected with the Spring
field 'Rifle company. Young Hayden was
etage struck und had recently taken les
sons in stage dancing
GENERAL TRACY
IS IN TO STAY
Republicans Give Up Hope ol a Union
Against Tammany.
THEY ARE INDIQNANT AT LOW
From Now On It Is to Ho a Itcd-IIot
Campaign for tlio Straight Republi
can Tlckct--OIiiclnl Announcement
by tho Grcntcr Now York Campaign
Committees-It's Trncy or George.
New York, Oct. 3. The Republican
warriors, from Senator Piatt down,
gave up all hope yesterdny of inducing
the Citizens' Union to adopt sound pa
triotic motives In tho greater munici
pal campaign. Since tho nomination
of General Trncy by the Republican
City convention on Tuesday night last,
eminent Republicans who are friendly
to both General Tracy and Seth Low
have endeavored to demonstrate to Mr.
Low that the course adopted by him
nnd his friends has been unwise In tho
extreme. Agreeably to the promise of
the Republicans, clinched by General
Trncy In his speech before the City
convention, every reasonable effort has
been made to induce Mr. Low to forego
his personal ambition and, with Gen
eral Tracy, to retire, so that a united
candidate of the forces of good govern
ment could be brought to the front.
Mr. Low und his friends have been Im
pervious to all argument.
It has como to the surface that Mr.
Low has steadily and painstakingly
cherished for a long time his ambition
to be a candidate for mnyor of greater
New York. It has furthermore come
out that Mr. Low and his friends never
Intended that ho should be a "unifying
force," except on the terms that the
Republicans should smash their organ
ization merely for tho pleasure of sup
porting Mr. Low. Tile whole Low
movement all along has been only an
effort to force tho Republican organ
ization into accepting him, with the
purpose that if It did not Mr. Low
would run anyhow and gratify his am
blttou, at no matter what cost.
The Republicans said yesterday that
while fully acquainted with these facts
they had believed it to be their duty
In the Interest of good government
to take every step toward harmony.
Their motto has been "everything for
conciliation." Hut tho Low tactics
within tho last few days have been to
misinterpret these overtures for har
mony, nnd to base on them reports
that General Tracy was to retire in
favoi of Mr. Low. The Republicans
have had enough of such tactics, and
yesterday they determined to put nn
end to them. General Tracy sounded
the tocsin yesterday when ho said:
"Under no circumstances will I
withdraw as a candidate for Mayor as
long as Seth Low remains In the field."
Senator Piatt said: "The stories o
General Tracy's retiring are on a line
with the tactics that have been pur
sued by these would-be reformers since
the beginning of the discussion In re
gard to the Mayorallty of Greater New
York tactics o" mcdaclty and false
hood. The stories to tho effect that
General Tracy will retire In favor of
Seth Low aro circulated by these peo
ple for the purpose of weakening Gen
eral Tracy before the people,
"General Tracy will not retire In
favor of Mr. Low. Ho Is going to re
main the candidate for Mayor of tho
Republican organization, a compact
and well-disciplined body of men, that
Is enthusiastically In favor of the
ticket placed In nomination this week
at Caroege Hall. If the conditions on
election day are the same as they nre
today I would stake everything I have
In tho world on General Tracy's suc
cess. President Qulgg, of the Greater
Municipal Campaign committee, called
together all the campaigners at Re
publican headquarters, 1 Madison
square, yesterday afternoon. Every
man on the committee was present.
Every man was Indignant at the tac
tics adopted by Mr. Low and his
friends In circulating tho reports that
General Tracy was to retire for Mr.
Low.
President Quigg and his associate
campaigners drew up a document
which will set at rest during the cam
paign the reports of Mr. Low and his
friends that General Tracy Is to re
tire for Mr. Low. The following Is the
document, and It was adopted unani
mously and with a rising vote:
Recognizing that tlio first obligation of
every friend of good government In tho
greater city of New York Is to tho causo
of united action against Tammany Hall
at the coming election, tho Republican
party has spared no endeavor to bring
Into harmonious relations all elements In
tho community which might be united in
tho interest of a successful campaign
and a sound nnd patriotic government.
That these efforts have failed Is duo
solely to tho position of the Citizens'
union, which has persistently refused and
stlil refuses to consider any other than
the candidacy for Mayor of ono certain
Individual, whoso candidacy has been
proved In tho preliminary canvass not
to bo a unifying force among tho friends
of good government, whoso nomination
by tho Republican party has been ren
dered Impossible by the acts of himself
und his associates, and whoso personal
nttltudo to tho question of his own candi
dacy is a chief source of discord and
disunion. Tho Republican city commit
tee has therefore
Resolved, That the candidates nominat
ed by tlio Republican city convention:
For Mayor Benjamin F. Tracy.
For Comptroller Ashbel P. Fitch,
For President of tho Council R, Ross
Appleton, will remain In tho field until
tho polls close on tho night of election
day, and any elector who upon any
ground Is opposed to the restoration of
Tammany Hall and Hryanlsm Is urged
to give his prompt and active support to
theso, the only antl-Tummany candidates
who can bo elected.
Cntiso of ticorgo I'yuo's Death.
Ilarrisburg, Oct. 3. A post-mortem ex
amlnatlon of the body of George R, Pyne,
lato chief page of the houso of represen
tatives, wa3 made today by four city phy
slclanc, It disclosed that deuth was duo
to a blow on the head inflicted by the
burglars who assaulted and robbed Mr.
Pyne recently In an Atlantic city hotel.
Tho dead man's friends will endeavor to
apprehend his assailants and punish them,
Torn Johnson in tho Field.
New York, Oct. 3, Former Congress
man Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, lias
come to this city to work for Henry
George. Mr. Jchnson has won fame by
his hustling campaigns In Ohio.
THE FLAGG SUICIDE.
Statement ot the W ifo Suggests n Case
of Actito Manln.
iNew York, Oct .3 Sirs. Eleanor Flagg,
tho wlfo of Dr. Robert N. Flagg, the
Yonkers physician who killed himself on
Friday, tho morning after his marriage,
by jumping fiom a second-story window
at tho Murray HIM hotel, had recovered
sufficiently yesterday to mako a state
ment. Mrs, Flagg says that when tho
and her husband went to their rooms af
ter breakfast she noticed his condition of
nervous excitement and sent a message
to Dr. Trotter, of Yonkers, to como to
New York at once. Then she persuaded
Dr. Flagg to llo down on tho sofa to rest.
They chatted pleasantly of their plans,
Intending to do some shopping and then
take an afternoon train to cither the Del
aware Water Gap or tho Adirondacks,
where their honeymoon was to have been
spent. Tho doctor diverted his wife' at
tention for n moment, and while her back
was turned he rushed to the window and
jumped out.
Mrs. Flagg, who was formerly Miss
Eleanor Hurner, Is still at the home of Dr.
William Tod Hclmuth, Jr., 4G3 Lexington
avenue. Dr. Flagg's body was taken to
Yonkers yesterday.
YELLOW FEVER'S APPROACH.
A Dcnth from the Discnso Is Reported
.Near Philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Oct. 3. Tho Maritime ex
change reports that tho chief engineer of
the steamer John Wilson, which arrived
at Delaware Hreakwater today, died on
Friday "probably of yellow fever;" that
he will be buried at Lewes, Del., and tho
ship proceed to Reedy Island, The only
Information obtainable Is that the steamer
is Norwegian, under Captain Olsen; that
she sailed from Bocas del Toro, Costa,
Rica, for Mobile, where sho arrived Sept.
11 and cleared agBiti for the former port.
Her movements since tlun have not been
ascertained.
At Reedy Island, Del., Is located tho
government quarantine station. It 's
about forty miles below this city.
GENERAL NEAL DOW
PASSES AWAY
Tho i'nmous Father of Prohibition
Dies at tho Ago of 117 Ycnrs--Ills
Remarkable Career.
Portland, Me., Oct. 3. General Ncal
Dow, the father of tho Maino prohibitory
law and leader of the Temperance Reform
party, died at his homo horo nt 3 3) o'clock
yesterday afternoon. Tho cause of his
death was old age.
General .Ncal Dow had icen before tho
publo as a temperance reformer for moro
than fifty years. Ho was tho author cf
the Problblton law in the stato of Maine.
General Dow was born in Portland. In
that state, on .March 20, 1S0I. He cele
brated hl ninety-third birthday in a
houso in that elty across the street from
tho houso In which he was born. General
Dow's biographers say that tho original
reason for his war on tho liquor trafllc was
wholly an accident. When he was a small
boy tliey say he encountered a drunken
man who stumbled against him In tho
street, knocked him down nnd then fell
on him and held him there for several
minutes. When ho got away ho sworo
eternal enmity to the liquor business.
Whether that story Is true, Dow began
to light the business when he was a very
young man, and In his tlmo ho lectured all
over tho world on temperance, lie went
Into politics before ho was 21 years old.
Ho Joined the Whig party. He wns ono
of the original anti-slave men. Ho was
nearly 60 years old when the civil war be
gan. He mustered a regiment and went
to tho front. Ho served under General
Hutler. Ho led a gallant charge at Port
Hudson nnd was wounded so badly that
he had to bo carried from the field. Be
fore ho was well he was captured by tho
rebels and was confined a year In Llbby
prison.
Thirty years ago General Dow was
mayor of Portland, and ho won tho enmity
of the saloonkeepirs. They hired a slug
ger to thrash htm. Tho slugger was
thrashed. Then they conspired with somo
of tho minor city ofllcers to get him In
trouble, Theso officers purchased a quan
tity of liquor for tho city agency pro
vided for by the Maine law and then de
clared that it had been purchased by tho
mayor In violation of the law and that ho
Intended selling It. A mob was formed
to charge on tho city hall and seize tho
liquor. Tho mllltla was called out, nnd
ono of the mob was killed. General Dow
was accused of murder, but he was not
Indicted. He was tried by tho Malno Su
preme court, however, for having liquor
in his possession with Intent to sell. Tho
trial was fanjous. The general was de
fended by Serator William Pitt Fescen
den, and ho was acquitted. That ended
tho light of the saloon keepers.
The Malno prohibition law was the first
law of Its kind in the statutes ot any
state. General Dow's own s,tory of how It
camo about follows:
"It was a, good many years ago, nnd I
was sitting In this same house qulto late
one evening. In answering a knock at tho
door, I found a lady whom I knew very
well as tho wlfo of a government of
ficial in this city. Ho was a periodical
drunkard, and on this very night was
downtown on a spree. His wife wished
mo to get him homo quietly, becauso If
ho was drunk next day ho might lose his
position. I started out and found him In
the back room of one ot tho downtown sa
loons, I said to tho keeper In a quiet
way: 'I wish you would sell no moro
liquor to Mr. Blank.' 'Why, Mr. Dow!' ho
said, 'this is ir,y business; I must supply
my customers. 'That all may be," I re
plied, 'but here is this gentleman, with a
large family depending on him for sup
port. It ho goes to his office tomorrow,
drunk, he will lose his place. I wish you
wouldscllhlm no more.' He became some
what angry, and told mo that he, too, had
o, family to support and that he had a li
cense to sell liquor to whomever ho
Pleased. 'So you have a license, have
you? and you support your family by de
stroylng thr.t man's, We'll goo about tins.'
I went homo thoroughly determined to
dovoto my life to suppressing the liquor
trafllc in the best way possible. Tho Malno
law originated In that nun shop."
Tho general did devote all his tlmo after
this until lKil to tho work of getting a
law through tho Maine legislature. He
got one through In 1SIC, but It contained
no provision for Its own enforcement, and
It wns five years later when he succeeded
In getting an effective law passed.
General Dow lived with his son, Fred
erick, and his daughter, Cornelia, slneo
tho death of his wlfo some years ago.
Quiet in the Copper Country.
Seattle, Wash,, Oct. 3. Tho steamer
Wolcott arrived last night from Prlnco
William sound, Alaska, The Wolcott had
two passengers who report that every
thing was quiet on the Copper river.
Ex-United States Marshal Lewis Wil
liams, of Alaska, who was one ot tho
passengers, Btates that It Is utterly Im
possible for boats to ascend Copper riv
er owing to rapids and other obstruc
tions, .
.Miners Want un Advnnco.
Liege, Belgium, Oct. 3. Tho national
congress of miners, which has been In
session here, decided yesterday to mako a
demand for an advanco of 15 per cent. In
wages. If this demand Is not granted by
tho middle of November tho executive
committee will call a general strike.
YELLOW JACK ON
A FRUIT STEAMER
Tlic Jobn Wilson Arrives wltb Flag at
Half Mast.
DEATH OF THE CHIEF ENGINEER
The Stcnmcr Loaded with a Cargo ol
Ilananns Lo Mobile September
12--Thc Disease of Which the Kn
glnccr Died Wns Called Malaria.
Lewes, Del., Oct. 3. The Norwegian
fruit steamer John Wilson, ten days
from Bocas del Toro, Colombia, arrived
at Delewaro Rreakwater qunrantlne at
noon today, with her flag at half mast.
When tho quarantine physician
boarded her ho found the hotly of the
chief engineer, Charles Peterson, aged
37 years, of Bergen, Norway, who died
on the passage Friday last, of yellow
fever.
Tho Wilson' Is one of several fruit
steamers which aro shut out of our
southern ports on account of yellow
fever and are bringing their cargoes
ot fruit to Philadelphia nnd New York.
The Wilson left Mobile on September
12 for a cargo of bananas. On the
fifteenth the mate was taken sick and
was landed on the 23rd at Uocas del
Toro. Tho disease was there called
malaria, but there Is no doubt it was
yellow fever. On the voyage north
Peterson was taken sick on the 27th
and died October 1st.
A coflin was taken aboard the steam
er this afternoon and tho body placed
therein, together with a quantity of
Blacked lime. It was then placed In
nn outer box and brought ashore and
burled In the government burying
ground by the crew of the Wilson.
The steamer left for Reedy Island at
S o'clock tonight. She will bo
thoroughly fumigated there and the
crew placed In quarantine for some
time. The government quarantine
station Is located at Reedy Island,
which is about forty miles south of
Philadelphia. A spread of the plague
is not apprehended.
DEATHS IN NEW ORLEANS.
Progress Mado by Yellow Fever
Is
Itcportcd to Date.
New Orleans, Oct . 3. At 8 o'clock to
night there had been twenty-seven cases
reported and but two deaths. In the past
week tho foci of infection have not been
largely increased. Dr. Metz reports that
by Tuesday all tho houses In the St.
Claudo district, where tho Infection was
first Introduced, will be released from
quarantine. Tho fever was confined to
the single square In which It started. Tho
authorities have also been successtul in
wiping out tho foci ot infection of Hos
pital street and of the Homo for Home
less Men. An effort Is to be mado to de
lay tho time of sailing of about 800 im
migrants from Palermo who aro destined
for this city. Among tho cases reported
to tho board of health today aro three
from Algiers, opposlto Now Orleans.
Theso mako a total of flvo cases In Al
giers. The quantity of fresh water runrtlng
through tho streets of New Orleans dally
will bo augmented tomorrow by about
eight million gallons through tho use rf
tho mains and machinery of the old Aux
iliary Sanitary association.
Church servicer wero held today in
OclxR Springs for the first tlmo since tho
sickness there was declared to he yellow
fever. Thero were no cases under treat
ment today and tho people of Ocean
Springs now believe that ail further dan
ger has passed.
Edwards, Miss., Oct. 3. Tho doctors re
port fourteen new cases of yellow fever
today. Seven ot them are white persons.
Total deaths to date, 12. Total number
under treatment, 127; total number dis
charged and convalescent, ITS; number
seriously 111, 7.
Thero aro four cases of yellow fever at
Nltta Youma.
CABLE TRAIN HELD UP.
A Conductor Itobbed of Sninll Change
by Two 3Icn.
Kansas City, Oct. 3. Two men at the
points of revolvers, stopped a cable train
one mile south of the city, on the Summit
street line, on tho last run last night,
secured what small change tho conductor
had, and escaped,
Grlpman Israel did not stop quick
enough and one of tho men llred a shot
at him. No damage was done and tho
conductor submitted to his pockets being
searched. There wero no passengers on
tho car. The robbers wero young men.
DISASTROUS PRAIRIE FIRE.
Winnipeg, Man., Oct. 3. Tho pralrlo fire
which raged all over the country yester
day, being fanned nnd driven by a gale
of wind, died out during the night, and
this morning's sun dawned upon a terri
ble scene of death and devastation. Farm
houses, Implements, crop and live stock
wero everywhere consumed, and many
farmers lost their nil. A most lament
able story comes from Beausejour, forty
miles east of this city, whero two women
and five children named Moreskl were
burned to death. Flro camo upon their
house, which was In tho woods, from
two directions simultaneously and shut
off all means of escape. There were
many narrow escapes. Carcasses of hors
es, cattle and sheep are lying all over tho
district and a number of families of for
eigners are homeless and utterly desti
tute. Troops for Iiulinn Territory.
Guthrie, Okla., Oct 3. Two troops or
cavalry have been started for tho Darl
lugton agency, to keep order during tho
Choctaw election which begins tomor
row. The Indians aro already beyond con
trol and tho cavalry has been sent ly
order of tho var department In response
to an appeal from Major Woodson, the
government agent.
Schooner lilias Itoss Ashore.
Assateague, Va Oct. 3. The schooner
Ellas Ross, Captain Lewis, from Phlla
delphla to New London, went ashore on
the point of Capo Henlopen at 10 o'clock
lust night. The crew of five men was
safely landed In tho breeches buoy. The
vessel s now resting easily on the shoal,
but Is full ot water.
Seven Cars Demolished.
Cleveland, O., Oot, 3. In a freight col
lision on the Nickel Plate railroad at WU
loughby, O.. today. Engineer Charles
Brown, of Bellevue, was killed, and seven
cars loaded with grain and stock were
demolished.
New World's Record,
Oakland, Cnl., Oct. 3 Joe Wheeler
mado a now world's record for four year
old pacing geldings by pacing a mile In
2.07,3 over a truck that was two seconds
slow.
NEW GREEK CABINET.
Olliccrs Tnkc'llic Onth of Olllce He
foro King Gcorgc--M. Dclyunnis
Denounced.
Athens, Oct. 3. The new cabinet or
ganized by M. Kalmle has met with fu
vorablo reception from the press. The
Asty, the Akropolls, the Ephlmeris nnd
tho Scrip all denounce M. Delyannls,
The Scrip hopes that the "Greek Oliv
ier" will cease to disturb tho country
he ruined, nddlng that "his return to
power would be a national disgrace."
The new ministers took tho oath ot
office before King George this morn
ing, Captain HarJI Klrlako having ac
cepted the portfolio of minister of ma
rine. A large crowd assembled In the
vicinity of the palace and gave them
a sympathetic greeting. The cheering
was especially enthusiastic for Generai
Smolenskl, minister of war. M. Kar
apanos, M. Ralll nnd tho trlcouplsts
have decided to support M, Zalmlo.
The new government has decided to
send Prince Mavrocordato, the former
Greek minister to Turkey, to Constan
tinople to negotinte the definite peace
treaty. The Boule will reassemble
next Tuesday.
AWFUL NIGHT ON A
WRECKED SCHOONER
Crow of the Henry Mny Cling to Spars
on a Capsized Vessel Through the
Hours of Darkness.
Atlantic City, N. J., Oct. 3. Tho crew of
tho schooner wrecked oft Longport last
night were rescued today and landed on
the beach nt Ocean City. The luckless
craft was tlio Henry May, Captain W. O.
Ferry, from Portland, Me., with a cargo
of railroad ties. For nearly twenty-four
hours tho captain and his live men faced
death. That' they did not meet it is llt
tlo less than a miracle. The story of
their dreadful experience was told by Cap
tain Perry after food and warmth had
restored him. The vessel ran Into tho
violent northeast gale which raged along
tho coast Friday night, when off Barne
gat. Sho was headed for Delaware
breakwater, but the storm grew in fury
and sho sprang a leak. Ali hands wero
called to the pumps, but they were feeble
against tho roaring waters. Head on, the
weakening ship drovo crazlly before tho
storm, when a crash sounded abovo the
screaming of wind and wave, and the
panting mariners knew that tho sail had
gone, A moment later tho ship whirled In
a tremendous sea and capsized. This was
oft Longport. Meanwhile she was sight
ed from shore, but the task ot rcscuo
then was hopeless. It was clear that no
boat could bravo tho sea for more than a
few minutes. Tho Ocean City life crew
determined to try, and Peck's Beach
crew turned In to help. The life boat
was launched and almost Immediately a
huge wavo broko over her and flung her
pngrlly back upon tho sands. Again and
again was tho attempt made only to bo
met with the same rebuff. Eventually
tho futility of the work was recognized
and the would-be rescuers wero despair,
lngly compelled to abandon It. Tho news
of tho wreck had spread and tho beach
was thronged with persons helplessly gaz
ing at tho tossing hull. Sho drifted
slowly down tho coast, her anchor chains
dragging and wave nfter wave breaking
over her. When sho capsized a thrill of
horror went over tho onlookers. A mo
ment later tho forms of the sailors wero
seen clinging to the plunging hull.
Captain Perry tried to give some notion
of what they felt as they watched tho
falling attempts at rescue. Death loomed
before them but they prayed that It might
bo balked. Night fell like a pall. With
tho cold benumbing their very faculties
and exhaustion creeping over them, they
clung to tho spars with tho desperate lovo
of life known only to those who havo
faced death. Thus tho nwful night pass
ed. With welcome sunlight came a lull in
tho storm nnd they knew their prayers
had been heard. At tho first streak of
light the weary watchers on shore put out
a boat, safely reached the wreck nnd
carried the weakened seamen back to
earth. There was a burst of joy that Is
akin to tears when tho gallant boat
crunched against the sands and the
storm bound sailors wero tenderly lifted
out. Women hugged the life savers, men
danced madly about, and a cheer went up
louder than the breaking waves. Then
all were fed and warmed.
Captain Perry says this Is his last sea
trip. He thinks tho hull of the schooner
Is worth saving. Sho was owned by tho
Berlin Mills company, ot Portland.
WHO IS MAY GLEAS0N ?
A Girl by That Nnnie Commits Sui
cide nt Poiighkccpsie.
Poughkeepsle, N. Y., Oct. 3. A young
woman known as May Gleason, 23 years
old, committed sulcldo In a disorderly
houso at Glenham, Dutchess county, last
night by swallowing carbolic ncld. The
girl, whoso right name and residence are
unknown, was very beautiful, having a
wealth of brown hair and a face that
denoted refinement nnd culture.
Sho had been an Inmate of the houso
for four weeks, but no ono knew whence
sho came. She often spoko of Philadel
phia and may have lived there. She wus
an accomplished pianist.
PEACE AT HAZLET0N.
Hazleton, Pa., Oct. 3. It is announced
tonight that tho battalion of troops still
stationed hero will be withdrawn tomor
row. All tho militia will then have left.
The miners aro nearly nil at work and
affairs havo again resumed their normal
condition.
Steamship Arrivals.
Havre, Oct. 3. Arrived: La Oascogne,
New York. Queenstown Sailed: Cam
pania, New York. Liverpool Arrived:
Umbrla, New York.
THIS NEWS THIS M0RNINU.
Weather Indications Today:
Fair; Rising Temperature.
1 General Serious Accident on tho Rio
Grande Railroad.
General Tracy Will Stay in the May
oralty Fight.
Senor Sagasta Spain's New Premier.
Yellow Fever on a. Steamer on the
Delaware.
2 Sport Bicycle Races, Foot Ball, Base
Ball.
3 Local Rev. Dr. McLeod on Klondike
Craze.
Assailant ot Novack in Jail.
1 Editorial.
Comment of the Press.
C Aldermen, Justices nnd Constables
Organize for Protection,
Dr. Namar Will lie Asked to Refund
Alleged Loans,
(I Local West Side and Suburban.
7 Lackawanna County News,
8 Recollections of James U. Blalno.
Financial and Commercial, . q
CRASH ON THE
RIO GRANDE
Serious Accident Caused
by the Spreading
of Rails.
TWO PERSONS ARE KILLED
Several Others Are Seriously
Wounded.
One Conch, Three Sleepers and n
l'uy Car Leave the Track nt tho
find ol n Trcstle--Llst of the Dcnd
nnd Injurcd--i'nrrow Escape of
Many Passengers.
Cotnpaxl, Colo., Oct. 3. The first sec
tlon of the Denver and Rio Grando
narrow gauge train, No. 4, met witlr
nn accident Just west of here at B
o'clock this morning. The accident is
believed to have been caused by the
spreading of the rails. Two passen
gers were killed. The train was made
up of ono baggage car, three tourist
cars, one coach, throe sleepers and a
pay car. Ono coach, three sleepers and
the pav car left the track and rolled
over' on their sides. The wreck oc
curred at the end of a trestle, the last
car of the train having only passed
across tho bridge. Had tho accident
occurred while the train was crossing
tho trestle the loss of life would un
doubtedly have been very great. The
following Is a list of the dead and In
jured: DEAD.
MRS. M'INTYRE, of Sllvcrton. killed
outright,
FRED FEYLER, of Cincinnati, died on
tho train going to Fallda.
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
MRS. ROBINSON, o: Delta, head In
jured. MRS MARY JOHNSON, Tellurlde.rlght
shoulder Injured.
FRANK E. ADAMS, Tolluride, cut
about head.
MISS ADA COMPTON, Delta, slightly
Injured on head.
MRS. SAUNDERS, Sallda. cut on lip
and left shoulder.
SLIGHTLY INJURED.
MISS LAURA GATES, Denver, cut on
head.
MRS. JAMES KIRK, Montrose, slightly
bruised.
MRS. G. N. COMPTON, Denver, back
slightly injured.
J. II. SHAY, Tolluride, left leg and
right shoulder hurt.
LULU CHASE, Denver, bad cut over
right eye.
F. II. POSEY, care N. B. McCrnry,
Denver, right arm bruised.
JOHN MOLING, Tolluride, slightly
hurt.
C. IT. BERDESERFEH, Tellurlde, right
side facu scratched.
A number of the moro seriously In
jured were taken to Sallda, where they
are being cared for. Those who could,
continued on their Journey to Den
ver. The wrecked train was bringing
excursionists to Denver to attend the
carnival exercises.
SEQUEL OF THE MUDDLE.
Winton llorougli Sued by One of Its
Stroot Laborers.
Owing to the muddle up In Winton
borough and particularly the injunc
tion restraining Treasurer J. J. Law
ler from carrying out the duties of that
office, the borough orders are not re
deemable. Among the holders of these
orders are the street employes, and
having grown tired of waiting for their
money, they have engaged Attorney C.
P. O'Mnlley to collect It for them,
Saturday, one of their number, Ber
naid Giles, by wny of a test, brought
suit against the borough In Alderman
Howe's olllce and received Judgment
for the full amount of his claim, $6.'!.
Burgess McAndrew wns present a3
representative of the defendant munici
pality. Y0UNQ WATRES' NARROW ESCAPE.
Curried Two .Mllos on tho Ilnck ol n
Runaway Horse.
Reyburn, son of ex-Lieutenant Gov
ernor L. A. Watres, narrowly escaped
serious Injury and perhaps death while
riding a horse on Elmhurst boulevard
Friday. Father and son were together.
When well along the boulevard ami
near the top of the hill beyond Nay
Aug park, the son's horse beenme un
manageable and ran at a mnd pace for
two miles.
Mr. Watres gave chase and finally
overtook the lleelnsr runaway animal,
after It had halted from exhaustion.
Young Reyburn had clung to the
horse's neck and wus uninjured.
CORONER'S JURY TONIGHT.
Will Investigate tlio Death of the Five
.lien at Jcrniyn .Mine.
The coroner's Jury In the Jermyn, No.
1, mine disaster will meet nt G o'clock
this evening In Coroner S, P. Long
street's olllce to take testimony.
Mine Inspector Pretherych will be
present and will act In conjunction
with the coroner In tho Inquest. The
witnesses will include Mine Foreman
Johns, Flreboss Reese, Superintendent
Baker and others.
Tlio Herald's Weather Forecast.
New York, Oct. 3. The Herald's weath
er forecast: In the middle states and
New England, today, clear weather will
prevail with a slow rise of temperature
nnd fresh nnd brisk northeasterly and
southeasterly winds, possibly followed by
local rain In tho lake region. On Tues
day, In both of ttiese sections, fair and
warmer weather will prevail, with fresh
and brisk variable winds, and urecoded
i by local rain near tho lakes, --'-,