VIIJiMlll' asm TWO CENTS. SCR ANTON, PA., MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25, 1897. TWO CENTS r'Jl S 7 TWENTY-EIGHT PERSONS KILLED rerrible Wreck on the New York Central Railroad Near Garrisons. TRAIN IN THE RIVER Engine and Two Cars Submerged in Fifty Feet of Water. PASSENGERS ARE DROWNED Awful Struggle of Victims in the Coaches. The Knrlh Under Itnllrond Track High Water and a Hudson Itiver Is Loosened by !ivcs Vni at a Point Near (Jurrlson Station and the Luginc and Tun Cars Pliingo Into the Klier--Passengers in the Sleeping Coaches Kscnpc-OInii) of the Victims Hero Chinamen--Vc-routits of the reel. !ivcn hi Uvo W itnc&sus--Ais ol Heroism bv tho llcsciicrs. (luirlson. N V, Ott. 21. rrom the sleep that means lofrcshment and icst, to the eternal sleep that knows no uaklnfr, plunged in the twinkling of an ec this morning twenty-eight souls, men women and children Into the slim) bed of the Hudson liver, a tl.ilu laden with slumbering huinnnlt), plunged dingging through the vvnters the helpless passengeis. Theie was nothing to piesago the ter rible accident which so suddenly de prived these unfortunates of life. The New York Ontial left Buffalo last night and had pi ogi eased for neatly nine-tenths of the distance toward Us destination. The engineer and his tire man had Just noted the gray dawn breaking In the east and the light streak of red betokening the sun's ap pearance when the great engine plunged into the elenths of the rlei Neither engineer nor llteman will ever tell tho storv of that teulblo moment, for. with his hand upon the throttle, the engineer plunged with his engine to the liver bottom, and the 111 email, too, was at his post. Hehlnd them lame the express cai. the combination car and the sleopeis, and these piled on ton of the engine. It Is known that It was u tillle foggy and that the tiack was not visible. Wit If there was any bleak in the lines of steel it must have been a veiy recent happening, for only an hour befoie there had passed ovei it a heavy pas sengei ttaln, laden with human freight There Is no explanation icady. All Is conjectuie. The section of road was supposed to be the viiy best on the entlie division. There was a gieat heavy letalning wall all along the bank and while tho tide was high esteiday It was not unpre cedented. savhd by Tin: couplings. "What seems to have happened was that underneath the Hacks and the ties tho heavy wall had lotted away and when the great weight of the en gine stiuck the unsupported tracks it went clashing through the lest of tho wall and toppled over Into the river. Theie hnppened what on the railroad nt anv other time would have caused disaster, but now pioved a very bless ing As the train plunged over the embankment the coupling that hirid the last three of the six. sleepeis broke and they mliaculoubly lemained on tho broken track In that way some sixty lives weie saved. Of eye-witnesses there weie none except the crew of a tug boat passing with a tow They saw the train with its lights as it came Hashing about the cuives, mid th n saw- the gi eater pait of it go Into the river Some of the cms with clostd win dows floated, and the tug whistled for help cast off Its hawser and staited to the lestue A potter Jumped from one of the cars that lemained on th" tiatk and inn Into the ynid of Augustus fun's house, near which the accident oecuned. and stood streaming foi help and moaning "the tinln Is In the ilvei. all our passengeis aie drowned " In a few minutes ('air had dr ssed himself, and getting a boat low id with the porter to the scene As they turned a point In the bank they enme upon the uxpiess tar and the combina tion car floating about twenty fet fiom the shore, but sinking eveiy min ute One man was tulten from the top of the ror and effoits were made to rescue those Inside A few wei got ten out. the passengeis left upon the track making a human biidgo to the shoie to take the wounded in AN AWFUL STM'ficJLi: The day coach and smokei had gou down In the deeper watei and lescue was Impossible In the latter coath the conditions must have been hoirlble. The car turned tomplet-jy over and the passenger end of It was In the deep water, whllu the baggage end stood up ton aids the surfate. The men In tliat lower nd must have fought like fiends for a brief period, for the bodies when taken out were a mass of wounds. The closing scene of the first day of this tragedy Is drawn around a com mon car that stands near the scene of the accident vvheie neaily a score of liadly mutilated bodies, none of them yet claimed by friends, nrc lying In a long row, grew some evidences of a dis aster tho greatest that linn ever oc curred on this railroad, Tho wrecked tialn was known as the state express. It left Buffalo at 7 o'clock last night and was duo In New York at 7 o'clock this morning. The train was hauled by engine 672, and consisted of one express car, one composite baggage and smoking car, one day coach and six sleepers. Pough keepsle was the lost stopping plnce of the train before the disaster, at 5.10 a. tn. At this time theie were on the smok er. In addition to the baggage man, Herman Acker, of I'ceksklll, who wn In his compaitment, eight Chinamen en route from the Canadian bolder to New Yoik, and u middle aged man, supposed to be Thomas Rellly, of 2S60 Wisconsin avenue, St. Louis. All of the.o excepting the baggage master, peilshed. The day coach contained IS or 20 passengers, many of whom wore women and children How many of thene escaped 1 not known, but at least twelve weie di owned or -led In this car. Behind the coach were the six sleepers the Glen Alphlne, with llfteen passengeis; the Heimes, vvmi twelve passengeis, the Nlobe, with eleven; the Diana, with about llfteen; Anita, nearlv full, and the Backet riv er, with no passengers The total cargo of human freight consisted of some thing over a bundled people. At rishklll the train lessened lis speed, us Is its custom, to mil fiom that point to Tat ry town at the rate of about t went -live miles an hour. Most of the passengers vveie asleep, those In the sleepers being In their berths, while the occupants of the coath and smoker were for the most part doubled up In their ats. Just how the train met Its awful fato will never be fully known, for the men who Hist felt the danger, llnglnter John Tovle and rireman John Tompkins tonight He dead In the'cab of their locomotive nt the bottom of th" Hudson liver Conductor I'.ulsh, who was In chaige of the train, and who was making up his icpoit In nno of the cais when the crash came, was lendeied unconscious by a blow on the head When he re cov ere d he w as three scats ahead of the one In which he had been sitting stathmunt op a passknguu. One of the occupants of the coach who escaped with his life, was Fiank P. Degan. a wood flnlaher, of New Yoik His left eve was cut by broken glass and his body was slightly bruised. Mr. Degan made this statement: With nn friend, W. II. G. Mejtrs, of Pasule, N J, who was killed in tho car from which I escaped, I had been to Poughkeepsle. Wo boarded the train nt that place and look a seat In the coaca. Thi ce other people got on at Pougnkeep sle One was a woman ami the two others were men silo of whom lookid like a rail road cimilo)e As near as I tan Judge, there wire eighteen people In the coach, most of them btlng women and children, nnl ncarlj all weie nlcop. Me)ers and 1 "at In the middle of the cat When th crash oamo the cai gave a Bleat luieh and rol'ed over on Its s(je The water rushed In and almost instantly tho llxht? went out. 1 kntvv we were In the river. The car seemed to plough through tho wa. ter for somo time after it wa sub merged The tar was titled otr on otic bide nnd I managed to reach the fan light 1 1 head ami cling to It until In lp came. I heard people hi the back part of tho car groaning as if they were pinned fast. It was so dark that 1 could see no one and I think the passengeis must hivo been drowned llko rats. After a while It setmed an age. I heard people on top of the car and an uxo crushed through tho loof. Tho noise of that axo in the plineiod timbers mado the sweetest sound I over heard, a hole was cut and I was pulled out through it. A man nnd a boy (father and son), weie also lescued in tho same way, but I know of no other occupants of the coach e'cajiing. The car at this tlmo was floating but fast filling with water nnd we were put ahoro In a row boat. I am suie that my filend, Mejers, was drowned AUGUSTUS KAH'S STORY. Augustus Kali. a. Geiman, living near the seen of the wieck, gives this de scription: It ai about live minutes betoie s, when I was awakened by some one In the nrd calMng foi help. Lookin? out of my window, I saw a sleeping cat coiUi who shouted "lor cJod f sake, mm, If jou own a boat come iiukklj. Our train Is In tho river and peo ple ale di owning " I dresstd m self and accompanied by the nortei got into m low boat and lowed uiuiinil the turve to wheio the train was in the ilvei When we i cached thoiuis. whkh weie submerged, ncarl) to theli loofb, the engine being entire!) out cf sij,ht. the clews of the tug boats wei makiiu eiforts to save tho pasengers. Tho first tuna I saw thein take out, 1 think war the ngent of the express ear. i'l.o ills' peitciH wo succeeded In lesculng were two Chinamen who wero sitting on the roof of the smoker. Ono had his firm broken. Wo put them ashore and then took till co moie persons oft tho top ot an othel cm. At the same time peopio In their undei clothes were being taken out of the sleeping cais by tho ciews ot tho suveral tugs. One man on shuio with an arm cut ulf was d)lng and we made his last monu-nts ns comfortable as possible. I want to sa) that the porteis, although frightened, showed great bravery and saved many lives. One of the ttalumeu who suivlved the disaster made It hla Hist duty to inn to the uenie&L signal tower to tel egiaph for help The place where the wieek occuired is rather Isolated. It is Just at thtt entrance to what is known as King's cut, three miles south of Garilsons, and five miles uoith of Peuksklll Two other express tialns were fol lowing close behind the Ill-fated statu express, and the engine of one of them was sent to Garrisons for General Manager J, M. Toucey, who lives there, while the other engine hurried to Pecksklll for medical aid, Mr. Toucey was the first official of the railroad at J the scene, reaching theie at 7.30. Tho engine which brought him thcio steamed to Cold Spring and returned with Doctors Winslow, Flllebrown and Murdock. In the mpnntlme Doctors Charles nnd Perley Mason, M. Tildcn, P. C. Snow den and K. D. Lynn had arrived, nnd nil the doctors were soon at work among the injured. noimon op thi: situation. Of the drnmatle horror of the sit uation In tho combination car when It left the track and struck the water, perhaps tho best account Is had fiom the story of Herman Acker, of Peeks kill, the baggage mnii and mall-sortci. Acker wn suffering badly from shock when seen, but tho scenes he graphic ally described, He said: John Shaw, ngent for the Westcott Im press coinpin). nnd ni)sclf were In the compartment when suddenly theie was a terrlblo bump and then a lush of water that forced us toward tho ceiling, 'lho car siomed to turn completely over and had filed with water to within about a foot of the top. When wo Btruck, the car whirled completely around, tho end with tho Chinese being under water, whllu our end was tilted up. We swam around an I got a ventilator open, and, noting the sit uation, got an axe from a tool box which whs afloat. Wo ciawled through the hole to the roof of the tar, and a row boat came out and took us ashore The first victim of the disaster found was lvlng on shore dying He was banly bruised about the head and bodv, nnd his right aim was cut oft near the shoulder, the bleeding stumn alone showing The member wa not found. The man wns placed on a tinln and taken to Pecksklll. but died on the way. The body was that of a middle-aged raw. 1'lvo men were lescucl from the top cf a lloating car a few mlnul-s after the acildent. The) weroputtn i train and taken to Peeksklll. about ten miles down the load They weie admitted to the Helping Hand hospital, where their wounds weie dies'-ed. Of the live, three weie Chinamen, nnd none weie fatally iujuied. LANGFOItD'S IIL'HOISM. W. S. Lnngforel, of Bavonne, N. J, was In one of tho last coaches which lemained on the track. He secured an axe, and, chopping out a panel of one of the partly submeigeel cars, he helped to rescue four people. A special engine hiought Division Superintendent McCoy anil Tiulnmas ters Wickes and Slack fiom Tarry town, and almost simultaneously a w locking tialn arrived from Peeksklll and another came fiom Poughkeepsle. The officials saw at once that the wiecklng cus would be of little avail In lalslng the cars -ora their positions In the river, where thev were almost completely submerged, so the Chap man Wrecking company, ot New Yoik, was notified to send a river derrick nnd floats to lalse the cars. The American Express company had a number of Its agents at the scene early In the day, but they were powei Iess to do an) thing, as no attempt was made to raise their car. It was said that this car contained thousands ot dollars' worth of valuables, but tl.e officials said that all would be recov ered, as the valuables were In a sta tionary safe attached to the car. The Chinese boarded the train at Malone, N. Y. There wete fourteen in the party, three of whom nie still miss ing. Prom the tlmo the bodies were taken from the Ill-fated cars thousands of moibldlv curious pel sons assembled about tho Improvlseil morgue. With two exceptions the eves of all the dead were tightly closed. At 9 p. m tho coioner gave orders for the re moval of the bodies to undei taking rooms nt Cold Springs, where they will be embalmed und held a day for Iden tification. LIST OP Tlin DEAD. Following Is the list of dead as far as ascertained up to midnight: THOMAS RUILLY St. Louis, i:. A GHUnN.of Chicago. W. II G MEYBKS, of Trcmont, X. Y. GPISnPPi: PADUANO, of New Yolix. W S BIX'KBH. Newark, N. I'.N'KNOW MAX. died while being res cued. A. G M'KAY, private secretary to Gen eral Superintendent Van Ktten, body supposed to bo In vweck. JOHN FOYLB, engineer, of East Albau) ; body not recovered JOHN a TOMPKINS. Ilieman. of East Albany, bod) not iccoveied TWO UNIDENTiriKD WOMEN AND EIGHT CHINAMEN. The total numbet of know n dead is 19; estimated numbei of deael Is 28 THE INJURED: CONDUCTOR E O I'AKlSil. of New York; knocked unconscious, sovirely braised. CHINAMAN, bad scalp woun 1 and body bruise-el. CHINAMAN, fate badly cut and leg sin a I tied. FRANK J DEGAN. New Yoik ell) ; body biuUed iuuI face cut. TOXG LEE, China nan, badly btulsed and suffering from shotk. HERMAN ACKER, of Peeksklll, bag gageman, brt.lfcd and head cut. -: SHAW, expicss agent, of New York; slight bruises. JOHN E RYAN, Jf rsey Clt) ; badly lacer ated arm and le.j CLARH5XOE MORGAX. ot Aurora, X. Y.; broken shoulder. W. S LANOrORD. Bayotuie. X. J.; lKHly biulsed. Chailes Buchanan, John Smith and John Flood we-ro taken to Flower heia pltal, New' York fit v. number of olheis were Injuied but up to a late hour tonight the list Is Incomplete. Among the aitlcles piescntcd to the coroners juiy was a letter found on the person ot the man suposed to be ThomnH Belllv, of St. Louis. It was addressed to that nume nnd was sign ed "your loving mother. Rachel Rell ly." It told tint Ellen, who Is sup posed te be tho writer's daughter, would sail fiom England, where the letter was wiitten, October 10, and urged ' Tom" to meet her In New York. It Is supposed that the man who looked to be 60 vears ot age, woe em fils way to meet tho women mentioned Jn the letter. RECOVERING THE BODIES. When tho derilck and hoisting en gine raised the combination car to such a position that the wlndowH were clear of the water, the body of a man came out of n window It was the flist life less form of any of the passengers to be rescued, Tho searchers were only nble to find eight Chinamen, nnd they were also tuurleil to the morgue car. They wcio laid In a row, numbered, nnd were ready for Identification. The dei rick next pulled the day coach to the shore, and tho searching parties were nble to reach It. Although It 1h known that there weie many more petsons In fib coach, but six bodies were itcovered. Two ot these were women. They were nil placed sldo by side. The last body was re covered nt C.I3. On the beitly of W. II. Myers, ot Trcmont, N. Y., sevcnty-llvo dollars in money wns found. In his vest pocket wns a handsome open-faced watch. Tho seaicher chanced to look nt it and found thnt the hands pointed to B 40. The watch stopped at the min ute of the accident Lord Percy Is .Sale. Toronto, Oct. 21 It was lepoitcd that Lotd Pciey Douglas, son of the Mnriitls of Queensburv, had been killed In lho wieck, but investigation proved that ho Is welt and sound In Now York city, THREE PERSONS ARE BURNED TO DEATH Seven Others Aro Injured in tho I'iro Thnt Destroyed Jlotcl llrooklvii nt Kcllctvlllc, Ncni Oil City. Oil City, Pa, Oct. 21 Three pcions weie buincd to death and seven nioro worn sevetely Injuied in n tiro tint de stro)cd tho Hotel lliookhn, at Kel.tt vllle, S mlle-s southeast of Oil City, this morning Tho building was a three-story one, roughly built of loublo bo.uds, ana burned llko Under. Thcio'weie 100 .per sons asleep In tho hotel, and lho lire, which originated on the second floor of tho building, shut off all u treat fiom looms on tho floors above. Six. men on tho secsjnd floor and live em tho thlid saved thimsches by Jumping from tho windows to the giound below, but nono of these escaped without sevcro burns or hurls Thoo kille-el arc Piofcssor Tuckei, aged'about fij, who tiaveled about the counliv giving stete optliini sketches and is supposed to havo tomn from Sewkkley, neat Pittsburg. An drew Salsglvcr, of Tlonesta, a mall ear lier, aged 21 jurs, and pirtlally jiira Ivzed. Miss Kate Miller, of Ki lletvllle, aged 11 ye-vrs Miss Emma Klser, a tent ti er In the Kelictvllle schools, was so bidly Injurevl about the lace and body and so severely lnjtucil bv Jumping "from tho second story of the hotel that she may die. What lotmined of the boJIes of Tucker and Salsglvcr worugitherod together nnd were not enough to fill an ordlmr) cigar ba Tho fire Is supposed to havo been causcel b) Pi ofevoor Tucker who knot kw ovei a lamp in his bed loom. He had the tooth nc ho and UFcd tho lamp for making hot applications THE YELLOW FEVER SITUATION VARIES Decrease in the Number of Deaths and New Cases Yestcrdnv--A Police Commissioner Among the Victims. New Orleans, Oct. 24 The usual varia tion was shown In the jellow fever situa tion today. Yesterday theie were torty- nlne cases and seven death At 7 o'clock this evening tho new cases had only reaehed twe-nt)-fout and the deaths were three i-ivo of the new cases were re ported In a bunch in Carrollton after dark. Tho deaths occurred during tho morning boforo 9 o'clock. The) wen. not of prom inent people. Among tho new cases Is that of Thamas R. Richardson, a me mber ot the board of police commissioners, who has fer somo tlmo been piomlnentl) itlentlllcd with tho cotton press business. Two cases have existed for some tlmo In tho houso of Commissioner Chapman A third com missioned, Peter Pe'scud, Is out of the city. That board was to meet next Wedncs lay to act on tho resignation ot Chief Gaston und elect his suiccssor, but It begins to look now ns If the boaid will not talco action on that evening. Another new cas of somo promlntiiet Is that ot Mis. A. R. Chapln, wife of Dr. Chapin. A colored dome-stlc In tho same bouse Is also In bed with tho fever. Major Hamilton, a vwll known Insurance man, who had bten nominated by Ma) or Flower to be chief of police, was reported fids evening to Do In a critical condition, but 1 iter had im proved somewhat. Major Hamilton is a, well known man In New Orleans, He Is about K jcars of age Up to this even ing tho boaid of health had not lecelvcd Information that the steamer bringing a irgo number of Sicilian Immlgiants had ni rived In ifhe river. The ship will be de. talncel at quit. inline, and utter hi r rtlevso the immlgiants will be landed on tho coast. iMURDERERLOCATED. Prosecuting Attorney Claims to Ilnvo the Avisin ol Ltifnvcttc I. add. Adrliu, Mich, Oit 21 Prosecuting At torney Bird and She Iff Ferguson sa) they aie certain that the) havo lorateil tho man who biutally murduod Lafa)etlo l.aid early otj tho morning of April 17. It Is said to bo John Hlgglns, alias William, Woodfonl, now solving out a sentence of ono year In the penltei tlaiy ut Columb is, O , for buiglary Ladd awoke to llud n burglai In his loom. Ho imrlly iom when the assaesln fired. Ho died stvcial hours .ttterwaids. Tho piusesutlng attorney sa)s that as soon as Hlgglns' teim eplies steps will 1e taken to huve him tumid ovei to tho Lenawie county f uthoiltles on the charge of mill dei DRUQqFd AND ROBBED. A (iormaii llho Acted Like n Maniac, Probabl) tho Victim of TIiIovpn. Middletowp. IN Y. Oct. 24 -Jorob I'fum, (lernian, agt-d 43, was taken fremi an Ontario and Western train hero last night because ho ucted like u. maniac, ln vestlgotiim shows that the man is on his way from Ubuimick, N D, to Odessa. Tho police believe that ho had been diiiKsed and robbed. Papeis on the man show that he hod mado aiiangeiiitiits tor Falling, but there was neither money nor ticket on his person. Ho had a Vetein I'nlon receipt foi t&O. Word war sent to the New York agents of the stcamei mentioned In the pupeis asking for further infoimatlon. Corbi'tl Curried tho Honors. Kansas Cit), Mo, Oct. 21 Seven thou sand peopio witnessed a most eiritlng and closely contested baso ball gamo be tween tho Oilolos and AU-Amerlcaus to da) Uoth pitchers were ver) effective, but Corbett, for Baltimore, cairled off tho honors. Bcorir It.H D. All-Amoricuns . . 0001010 2 0-4 7 6 Ilaltimoio 10 12000 11-6 10 4 llatterles Nichols and Donahue; Coi bott and Clarke. Killed by a lilnst. Wllkcs-Parre, Oct. 51. John Taylor, elite! of pollco of lho town of Parsons, and employevi as a miner in tho Algonquin mine, wa InMuntly killed last night by a iremuturo bUist, THE INDUSTRIES OF PENNSYLVANIA Advance Sheets from Report of Captain Clark. EARNINGS OP WORKING PEOPLE Mnnncr in Which Actual Wcro Obtnlned--Glnnco I'lgurcs nt the Totnl Products in Iron Industry. An Interesting I'cnturo of tho He port Prepared by .11. M. Gnrlnnd. Hnrilsburg, Oct. 24 The advance sheets of the annual teport ot Cnptaln James M. Clark, chief of the bureau of Industrial statistics, have Just been Issued. The icport wns pi opined under the direction of Captain Clark and Sec rctaiy ot Internal Affalis Lattd nnd It Is the most complete anel comprehen sive ever issued by the department. In obtaining the actual earnings of work ing people, repiesentntlves of tho but cnu followed the Individual vvage eiuners through the time-books and pny-iolls, giving him credit for all of his earnings, whatever they may bo eir In whatever ho may woik. Names weio taken as they appeared upon the time-books nnd pay-rolls without io gaid to high or low earnings or legu larlty of employment In 180G there were employed In Ml establishments considered in the io-' port 110,070 peisons, with nn aveiagc number of da)s employed 27G Tho average wage ot each person was Jl.tiO and the value of tho pioduct $21.1,517, HM The total production of pig Iron for the )car was I OJC.X'O tons.the vnluo of which was $1.',172,0.19 There were oinplo)ed In the production of this pig lion 11,484 poisons, exclusive of oflico help nnd management, with an nveragu dally wage of $137 The total classl flcel pioduetlon eif Iron and steel lolled Into finlsheel foi in during the year is shown to have been: Bnis, skelps, shapes, hoops, etc, 2,2.10,203 tons; plates and shells, 723,9V tons; cut nails. 31,I2S tons; rails, 7C.',4I2 tons or a total of .!,7,r7,070 tons of 2,000 pounds of Iron and steel rolled Into finished forms with a conespondlng value of $119, 029,702. The cost of the Iron und steel out of which this product was pro ducted was $17.09 per net ton and the cost of labor, $5 9i5 per net ton. The capital invested was $120,020,912. AN INTERESTING FEATURE. An interesting feature of the report was prepared bv M. M. Garland, of Plttsbuig, president of the Amalga mated Assevclatlon of It on and Steel wot Iters. It Is a statement giving a comparison of the wage scale and sell ing rate ot iron at Pittsburg for 1857, when the first Iron was made there, up to the close of 1896. The total pio duetlon of black plate In Pennsylvania last year was 158,306,400 tons. Of this 97,814,702 pounds were tinned, or neatly double the quantity the previous year. The aveiage value of the entire pro duction in 1896 was $4,633,101. There were employed in these establishments 3,141 persons, whose average dally wage was $1.80. The black plate and dip ping works combined had a total pro duct of tin and temo plate of 139,588,703 pounds. The report shows that Penn sylvania is the largeht single plant producer of tin plate In the wot Id. Th strikes and lockouts In 1SDG num bered 68, exclusive of the general strike among house painters that included 200 shops. Twenty-four of these strikes were ordered by labor organizations. Twelve were successful, forty-five un successful and eleven partially so The totul number of da)s lost on account of the stilkes wns 32j,8."4 The total amount Invested In ma chinery in the several penal Institu tions for manufacturing purposes Is $93,030 17, The number of power ma chines Is Slfi, number of hand and foot machines, 681. Three-fouithfl of these power machines are In the Western pnltentlary The total number ot days of emplo)ment in manufacture Is shown by the leport to be 4S3.73S, value ot output, $617,060.52. Of this $524,271. 38 is reported as hav lug been sold on the market and the remnlnder con sumed In their own or kindred Insti tutions, or remaining on hand unsold. The cost of mateilal out of which tho production wns made is reported as $"93,194 33; amount of all other e- penses tonnected with manufacturing $7S,76S3S The penal Infltlttltlons en gaged In manufacturing embrace the Eastern and Western penitentiary, Pennsylvania Industilal Itefoimatoiy, Allegheny county workhouse. House of Correction, Schuylkill, Lehigh, Lan caster, Chester and Northampton coun ty pilsons A POLITICAL POINTER If )ou Indorse the free trade and free sllver Chicago platform as the Lacka wanna Democracy dots, "fully and without reserve," then work and vote for Sihadt, Horn, et. al. If oii be lieve in McKlnley, protection and pros perity, turn these agents of Jig an dow n. AN INLAND TUQ BOAT. A Wot liny City Craft to Shoot tlin Canadian I'lills. Ogdensbuig, N T.. Oct 21 Tho tugboat Itobtrt W. Wllmot, built ut West Hay City, .Mich., and now on her way to New Oi leans, has arrived heie and Is having pontoons place d under her to allow her to pass down tho Canadian csiuals to tho ocean Sho Is of slecl tluoughoilt. She has triple expansion engines of 2'JU hoiee power and is logaided as ono of the best tow boats over turned out on the lakes W. G. Wllmot. of Pittsburg, Pu., the owner. Is on board and places her value at 1W.0. She Is designed espeelilly for oi van towinj. DR. SWALLOWS CHALLENGE. Would Like to Discuss tho Iskiips of tlin Day Willi Kepublicnn Speakers. Huirlsbuig, Oct. 21 Tho following let ter has beon sent to each of the candi dates for Btato troasuieir, Hon, James S Ileacom and .Mr M K. Hiown: Hanlsburg, Pa., Oct 2J Hon. James S. Heueom anel Mr. M. V II row n. Gentlemen: I hnrewith extend to )ou a cordial invitation to Join mo in un oven lug's discussion of tho Issues of thl cam paign, ut such lime and place Pittsburg preferred as )0U may elect. Yours fro ternnlly, S. C. Swallow. STRENGTH OP THE NAVY. Discouraging Itoport oi Chief Coif structor Illchborn. Washington, Oct. 21 In his annual re port to the secretary of tho navy, Philip Illchborn, chief constructor of tho navy, says that Uio strength of the navy on Oct. 1 was 141 vessels, all toUl, Including tho shlis ot both old and new navies. It Is states! Uiat during tho last few months of the last fiscal jear a conslderablo amount ot woik upon ve-sels that had been authorized by congiess had to bo suspended owing to lack of funds. Tills caused n. heavy drain upon the new ap propriations at tho beglnnlg ot the pres cnt fiscal year nnd makes tho exhaustion of those appropriations before tho first of next July almost an assured fact. Chief Hlchboin, says this Is a discour aging state of affairs ns itho exhaustion ine-ans a wholesale reduction of the nivy )ard forces nntl tho discharge of com petent and trained men. He points to the advantago nnd economy of having at least one vessel building at each Itnpoitunt navy )ard Probably the most di'slrablo t)po of vessel for tho purpose Intended, particularly in view of the present stale of the armor question, would bo that of a shmthevl cruiser of comparatively light draft and great coil endurance with quar tets for flag otllcers. Attention Is called to tho urgent need ot Improving the navy yard plants In tho Interest of oconomlcal execution of work, and estimates aro submitted for each )ard. SEPLAH THREATENS SHERIFF MARTIN A litittimcr Striker Iutimntcs That Ho Will (Jot Even with tho Olliccr by tho Aid of Djnnniitc. Wllkes-Ranc, Oct 21 John Scplah, ono of the sillkers who was shot nnd wound id at I.attlmer by Sheriff Mai tin's poise. was anested at Plains Saturda) nlhht chiige-1 with making tnrcats against ho llfo of Sheriff Martin Ho was taken be fore Justice of the Peace Connlff, w ho committed him to Jail foi a hearing. Tho man, who was somewhat under the Infill enee ot liaucr, denied tho enarges mado against him Tho principal wltnH against tho accused was William Martin, tho son of the sheriff. He swoio that ho heard Seplah make threats asnint his fathei's life The prosecution also claim that Seplah Is one of fifteen men who have entered Into a conspiracy to til'o Sheriff Martin's life When searched at tho Jail a penknifo and a raior vvero found on the prisoner. They were wrajiped In a circu lar printed In the Polish langingc The circular contained an account of the shooting at Littlmer nnd tho efforts be ing made to bring Sheriff Martin to Jus tice. Scplah Is about 40 years ot age. lie was shot In the leg and walks lame. Ho arrived In Plains Saturday morning. Plains Is the home of Sheriff Martin, iho liri'oncr was seen at tho county Jail this afternoon. Ho denied all knowledge of anv conspliacy to Injure the sheriff. Ho said he walked all the way from Hasl--ton to Plains to visit a friend. Martin Mullln and Albert Rar testified at tho hearing that they met Sop'.ca walk ing on the railroad track Saturday. Ho Inquired where Sheriff Martin llvd. Ho said Martin killed twenty of his coun trn:en and ho was going to get even by blow in s iilm up with dynamite. OPERA COMPANY STRANDED. .Miss D'Arvillo Has to Pawn n Dia mond Ilrooch to (Jet to New York. Troy, Oct. SI. Tho Camille D'Arville company, which Is said to bo backed by Sam Uorke, Nat and Teddy Pelper, went broko hero jestci-day. Tho company ap peared at Rand's opera house In "Peg WoMlngton," a new comic opra by Victor Herbert and Hairy H. Smith, and was enthusiastically received by a small bin fashionable -audience, Tho opera was beautifully staged, and was presented with much precision and spiilt. Next morning the singers were obliged to pawn various articles of Jewelry to get to New Yoik. Next Montlav tho company will begin a week's engagement in Washing ton unless disbanded before that tlmo To get out of Tro) Miss D'Arville hul to send for a. pawnbroker, who called nt her hotel and advanced $210 on a diamond brooch sild to be worth $2,.i0 At Scran ton last Wednesday Miss D'Arvillo had to pawn her brooch to reach the next stand, being unable to get a check for JJM) cashiHl. Church Dedicated. Gettysburg, Pa , Oct, 21 Tho new I'nit a Hrethien church, of this place, was dedltsUod today. Itov. Dr Kephart, of Annvllk", Pa., bishop of tho division of Penns)lvanla, presided, and was assntel by Presiding Dlilcr Anthony, of thi Ohiunbeisburg district Among tho cleigy piesent wore Ilev. A. N. Horn, pastor of thi chaige, Ttev. George M Glenn, ot the Muthodltt Dplscopal church, Gett)sb'iig; Itev J. It. Hutchinson, of York. Itev. JIojit, of Uolbng Spilngs: Kev. Clip plnger. of Harrlsbuiff, one! He v. A)er, of Shlpponsbur,?. lteturn of tho White 5Siuadrnii. New York. Oct 21 The white squadion, consisting of tho crulseib Now York and liiookljn, and battleships. Massachusetts, Texas and Ionn, arrived hero today finm un extended visit In we--tein waters, iiio New Yoik proceeded up tho bav to tho navy ) ui d, while the tluee big battleships and tho cruiser Ilioul.lju line hoted off TuniipklnsviUc, S. I. e'sscls Illovvn Ashore1. Philadelphia, Oct 21. The loral weather bureau nioits a severe storm centiul eaut of Norfolk, Va , and alon? tho Middle At lantic coast. Wind of hurricane violence Is piedlcted Tho sehoner 11. W. Laws anil an unknown vessel aro ashoie near Levves. Del, und other shipping is an ehoied within the haihor Labor .Meeting. lhuleton Pa, Ot 24 Uazlo hull was engaged today for holding a big lab ir meeting on Satuiday evening next. Pies ideut Gompcr, of lho Pedeiatlou ot La bot; P. J Moduli o and othe-r prominent labor leaders will deliver uddi esses. TIIK NEWS THIS MOKXIXU. cither Indications Tuda): Threatening Weather ami Kaln. 1 Geiieial Twcnt)-Dignt .'crIMi on tho Now ork Cenitiul. Spain's Iteply to Mlnlstei Woodford. Industilul .Statistics ot the Slate. 2 Pool Hull Games of a Da). Judge Aiohbald uua District Attorney Jones 3 Leioal Now Pastor at Trhllt) Lutheian Chinch. Died On an Ash Dump. 4 KJItoilal Comment of the Press. 5 Local Hurglars are Hrought Hack from Chicago. He publican Piospeots Assuring. (5 Local West Sldo anel Suburban. 7 Lackuwanna. County News g Neighboring County Happemlngtf. Pinancial and Commercial. AN ANSWER TO WOODFORD Spain's Energetic Reply to the Note Recently Presented. LOUD NOTE OF WARNING There Must He No Filibustering:. More Undo Sam Admonished to Keep Ills Kuhiccts from Interfering In tho Cuban Wnr--Spnin Thrcnten to .Search American HJiips Tho Cnuntlct Hurled nt Our 1'cot. New Yoik. Oct. 21. A special onble ginnv to the Sun fieim. Madrid saysi The note prepared by Senor Clullon, minister of foreign affnits, in reply tr the not lecently presented to the Duke of Tottinn, the' then foreign min ister, b) General Weoelford, the Amer ican minister, declares that Spain has done nil In her power to end the war in Cuba, proof of which Is given in th great sacrifices she has made, the number of tioops sent to the Island, anel now the granting of wide reforms, which are fully described. It eleclares that the government can not admit the itiOvi'iislon of any for eign nation to Interfere In Spanish af fairs, and complains of the number of filibustering expeditions to Cuba fiom tho I'nited States, which, it declares, are the chief cause of tho continuation ot the war. It then proceeds to ex press the hope that respect lor Intei iifttlonal rights In America will be bet ter enfotceel In the future. The note Is described or being pitld In tone but energetic. In fact, It shows the resolution of the new government to enforce respect 'or Spanlsn rights. Instructions have been sent to Senor De Lome, the Spanish minister at Washington, which include a w amine that Spain will U9 h r right to March American ships If more filibustering expeditions start for Cuba. AT A. CRITICAL STAGE. Ixmdon, Oct. 25. The Mndrld corre spondent of the Dally Mall says: Tho Spanish press unanimously sup poits the attitude of the government, which it calls eminently sober and dig nified; but the impression is that the controversy with the United States has reached a critical stage which may be the pi elude to a rupture I spoke with three members of the cabinet today (Sunday) who In almost Identical words contended that Spain has the right, after her tremendous sacrifices In Cuba, to demand the observance of inter national neutrality by other nations. Ono of them rddeel. "The gordlan knot Is the United States, without whoi-e help the rebellion would long ago have been suppiessed. We do not want war, but eveiy Kuropenn nation will ap-piove- our defence of our International lights,'" PLEA OF DIMETALLISTS. A llelntcd Iteply to the Protest of llritisli llusincss Men. London, Oct. 21 Tho Bimetallic leaguo lias tardily piesented to Sir Michael HIikB-Ucich, tho chancellor of tho ex chequer, a eletailed reply, signed "Alelen ham," to tho protest by the commercial interests against bimetallism. Tho leply says the league has often pointed iiH that the changes laklng place in tho Brit, ish standaid are uue to the action of for eign nations without the consent of tho Iiiitlfch government "Those who now come forward with a pr.i)or that the valuo of our Btandarl ma) bo maintained." e ontluues the replv, "have allowed tho action of foreign na tions and of India, by which tho value of our stundard h.-w lie en continually In eieased, to pass without piotest. and it would theiefoie, appeal that tho slg nitories to the memuilal do not object to anv increase in tne value, of our ttandevrd. "Wo are unable to mulei stand the state ment that 'thin countiy aiom of tho gre-it nations eiijojs u s)etcm absolutely flee fiom e-mbaitassiretit,' because many nations aie entliel) fno from eantar idxsnients caused by their ceiinage, and iilo (unle ss speaking of our country wo iguoro our cn'plic), beeause no power Is so Hub) flee, trom embarrassment on nc eemnt of Its stai I'ard, or lather Its stand ards, as is tho liiltlsh implie. "If ulteiatlons in tho value of our Htaudaids are undesirable, it would ap pear to be advlsal lo to auange wltb other nations that tin) shall not make con tinual eliatigis The rc;ily fuither a)S that the only m abluents of tho difficulties In India aro the adoption of a gold standard oi a re turn to tho free coinage of the uipeo Tho former for India would bo an unulixt political and soilal e-xpcilmemt, entailing link-finite d. preciation of tho silver bonis of the natives, and might lead to muvo Iinperlil danger. Moreover, It would In in.lni the elrtnand foi gold and euhan n Its value The I in. leased demand vvoult be Indefinite,' owing to tho habits of tho natives of India ut houtdlng the" pteclous nietuls Although a go'u standard would secure a )rar exchange betvveon India and Cng lang, It would still leave them as far aa ever fiom u par with the great silver standout poitlon of the woild, including parts of the Ilrltbh eir.plio The blinetalllM, levogntelng tho danger of sudden tangos In tho monetary sys tem ns a result ot Independent foreign notion, enguo that thote would best bn prevented by Kugland's participation In any Internationa: agiemeut wltb con tributions of sufficient imj-eirtanto that duo weight should attach to her recom lncndatloni, Thu Herald's Heather i'eirocnst. iNew York, Oct 25. In the mlddlo statrn today, cloudy and stormy wcvither will prevail in tho eastern dlstriot, with rain; flight temperature changes, and trch sand brisk oasteriy to northerly winds, attain ing a galo foivo off U cvuuttg as the At lantic cycloiia cnitr4 near tho Dalawara capcti moves nortlnv&nl.
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