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AWFUL WORK
Two Hundred Lives Are
Lost in the
Storm.
DEVASTATION AT PONCE
Town and Port Wrecked and
Flooded Communication. with
the Interior Cut Off Storm Lasted
from 8 A. M. Until 3 P. M. Tues
day Islnnd of Montserrat Devas
tatedAlmost One Hundred Per
sons Killed There Hurricane
Heading for American Coast.
Ponce. Aug. 10. Tho hurricane which
has been raging In the West Indies for
several days struck this place at S
o'clock Tuesday morning and lasted
until 3 p. in. the same nay. The rivers
overflowed. Hooding the town. It Is
estimated that 200 persons were drown
ed. The town and port are total
wrecks. It Is believed the damage done
will amount to over $500,000.
No news has been received from the
Interior since the storm broke.
St. Thomas, D. W. I.. Aug. 10. The
'slnnd of Montserrat (British West In
.tesl was devasted by the hurricane
Monday. All the churches, estntes and
lllages were destroyed and almost one '
hundred persons were killed. In ad
dition many were Injured and rendered
homeless and terrible distress exists
among the sufferers.
Kingston. Jamaica, Aug. 10. Turk's
Island reports that the hurricane pass
ed from this Island during the night,
after doing trilling damage. The cen
ter of the disturbance Is apparently
progressing northwest, toward the
American coast.
Paris. Aug. 10. Advices from La
Pnlnto a Pit re Island of Guadeloupe,
say the cyclone did enormous damage
In the Interior of that Islnnd, a number
of coffee and cocoa estates being d"
vastated. Le Mourie. a suburb, was
half destroyed. There were a number
of fatalities.
San Juan advices say the cyclone
i a used great destruction In Porto Itlco,
und thence to Capo Ilaytlen and the
cistern end of Cuba.
Story from Gen. Davis.
The secretarv of war today received
tin following report from Gen. Davis,
co mandlng In Porto Ulco, on the hur
ri( ,ne of last Tuesday:
San Juan, Porto Illco, Aug. 9.
1 tinleanu of ixtrenie violence passed
ov.r Porto Itlco yesterday. The piiucl
I'll military lots at Sail Juan, one tempo
r.ii'N company barrack wholly destroyed.
Fume (iiiarterninstor property damaged.
Nk personal injuries yet reported, lint all
wires are down. No Injury to shipping
h.re save two (.mall local schooners sunk,
'wo sailors diowned. San Juan lights
! mporarily disabled. Cable reports from
I'niice say all shipping is ashore. Custom
hi.nse sheds badly damaged and goods
Morcd therein. .Messengers from two In
terior posts tell of barracks iiiuoofed nnl
personal and puhllo propel ty dnmagid.
The loss by the Inhabitants Is very great,
iird extreme suffering must result. The
List hurricane sevi re as tills was In 1 STt.
when owing t.i loss of houses fruit and
t revisions there was famine. I would
publish notice In the t'nlted Slates to the
ef''oct that contributions of food, clothing
nnd money for the destitute would be
1'icived with the greatest gratitude and
v 111 be applied to the destitute. Have ap
piloted a board to supervise distribution,
Tliero are many thousands of families
who nre entirely homeless, nnd very great
distress must follow.
Davis, Commanding.
At Martinique.
Fort De France, Island of Martini-
lie, Vug. 10. The authorities of the
island of Guadeloupe are still without
lews from the Interior, owing to the
Interruption of telegraphic communi
cation as a result of the recent hurrl
ct.no. P.ut otlu r advices which have
reached La Polnte A Pltre say the cof
fee and cocoa crops have been nearly
totally destroyed. At La Polnte A
Pltre seven persons were Injured and
nt Motile the damage done was consid-
rablu nnd several persons were killed
nnd wounded At Petit Canal nnd
l'nit Louise live persons were killed
i ml a number were Injured. The vll-Ir-SiCH
ot Grlppen and Lnmenttn have
b' en entirely destroyed and the light
houses nt Mnnroux and Foslllore have
been overturned The town of St.
l.oul De Marie Galante has Miffered
considerably. News which has reach
ed the Associated Press correspondent
li'in Irom the British Antilles says the
buirtcane passed over Porto Plata and
nppenrs to have ravaged the north
ot the Dominican republic All com
munication between Porto Plata and
the Interior, not Including San Dom
ingo. Is Interrupted nnd It Is Impossi
ble to obtan n correct account of the
damage done, although it is thought to
bo Important. The railroad from Por
to Plata to San Domingo Is no longer
working.
Eventually tho hurilcnne swept over
Capo Hnytlon with le-s violence nnd
therefore, with correspondingly less
damage.
hantlngo De Chill, Aug. 10. via Gal
veston. Tremendous storms prevail
throughout the country.
Destruction of St. Croix.
St. Thomas, Aug. 10. As Niter nl
vices come In from the Island of Mont
trf.emtt It Is seen that tho (list reports
conveyed only a faint Idea of the nuf
ferlngs of the people and their deplor
able condition. The administration ap
peals for help. At La Polnte-u-Pltre,
island of Guadeloupe, Immense dam
age was wrought, anil according to a
report not yet confirmed, 102 persons
were killed,
In the Island of St. Croix, the larg
est of the Virgin Islands, the destruc
tion was appalling, It was chl?ily
wrought at tho west end, where tho
smaller houses art' a tangled mass ct
wreckage. Thirty persons, wero killed
nnd the inhabitants are In great dis
tress. Inhabitants Homeless.
Kingston, Jainalcn, Aug. 10. Hurricane-
bulletins report that the eastern
and northern districts of Dominica are
damaged, that Guadeloupe has suffered
slightly and that Montcserrat and An
tigua have suffered severely. Many of
the Inhabitants are homeless, cultiva
tion Is destroyed nnd the plantations
are wrecked.
The Virgin Islands, particularly Tor
tola and St. Croix, were the worst suf
ferers. They report many fatalities
and distress among tho survivors, lie
sides property losses. -
Reports Confirmed.
London, Auk. to. Tho governor of
the Leeward Islands, Sir Francis Flem
ing, confirming the dispatch from St.
Thomas, D. W. I., to the Associated
Press announcing the devastation by
the hurricane at tho Island of Mont
serrat, says seventy-four deaths are
nlready known. Ho adds that twenty
one persons were killed at the Island of
Nevis. The hurricane was not so se
ven; at Antigua. One death Is reported
there, but many persons have been ren
dered homeless. The other presidencies
of the leeward Islands have not re
ported the damage done.
YAQUIS DEFEATED.
Indians Retire from Encum Sup
posed to Be in Force Near Vicam.
Chicago. Aug. 10. A despatch to the
Tribune from the City of Mexico
says:
"The state troops have had another
encounter with the Yacpils near Med
nno, defeating them with a loss of
several killed. The state troops did
not lose a man, but Lieutenant Fran
cisco Cnlles died from sunstroke dur
ing the forced march made to over
take the Indians.
Further details have been received of
the attack on the sloops Alondra nnd
Dulsn, near Medano. when young Alt
rello Pnredes was killed. The Indians
captured the wife of the caotaln of
the Alondra nnd two boys and carried
them off. At their llrst camp they tied
up and Hogged the woman, trying to
get Information of the forces nt Me
dano, and then turned all three loose In
the brush. The woman says the insur
gents have Infantry and cavalry, but
she could not say what their number
wns.
Tho wound of General Torres, received
In the combat, is a slight one, and he
Is rapidly recovering. The death of
Juan Maldonado, orTetablute. has been
confirmed.
The Indians have retired from Ba
cum and are supposed to be In force
near Vlcam, where they nre shortly to
he attacked.
CUBANS OBSTRUCTIONISTS.
Havana Heraldo Says They Hinder
the Progress of the Country.
Havana. Aug. 10. The Heraldo
complains of the difficulties which It
alleges are put In the way, not only
of American doctors and lawyers, but
of Americans In every branch of busi
ness, saying that apparently there Is
an Intention to put obstacles In the
way of everything likely to do the
country good. In conclusion the Her
aldo adds:
"We cannot understand this feeling
of hostility against the citizens of a
nation desirous that Cuba take her
rightful . place In thu commercial
world."
The Dlarlo de la Marina favors a
boys' reformatory school for tho street
Arabs of Havana nnd for the education
of children of local criminals.
A new custom house Is to be built at
Clenfuegos.
YELLOW FEVER IN CUBA.
Capt. Nibbs of the Steamship Suth
erland Dying nt Santiago.
Philadelphia, Aug. 10. Private Infor
mation received here from Santiago de
Cuba, where the Earn Line steamship
Sutherland now lies quarantined with
yellow fever raging among Its crew,
confirms the report of the Illness of
Captain Percy Nibbs, her commander.
No hope whatever Is entertained for
his recovery. Captain Nibbs, who Is
but twenty-seven years old. upon the
completion of his present voyage, was
to have returned to his home In Ports
mouth. England, to be married.
The Sutherland, which Is one of the
chartered steamships of the Earn Line,
piles regularly between Philadelphia,
Baltimore and the West Indies.
Destruction of the Wheat Crop,
St. Paul. Minn., Aug. 10. A Knrgo, N.
D special to tho Pioneer Press says:
"Two million bushels of wheat are esti
mated to have been lost In today's hall
storm, which partially destroyed the crop
on nearly two hundred and llfty thousand
acres of land In the state. Tho total loss
will bo Jl.OOO.OM),"
Dewey Declines Dinner.
iS'ew York, Aug. 10. Admiral Dowey has
declined the Invitation to dinner cxtonded
to him by otllcers of the Union league
club of Rrookln. Admlrnl Dewey ex
cuses himself on the ground of poor
health, saying that ulthough he has Im
proved somewhat or late, his condition Is
not what It ought to be.
Lightning Strikes Glassworks.
Philadelphia. Aug. 10. During n heavy
electrical storm lato tonight tho Hint
glass works of John Murray & Co., were
struck by lightning and destroyed. Tho
loss, Is estimated at $123,000.
Dewey Will Not Visit England.
London, Aug. 10. Admiral Dewey In re
sponse to an Inquiry made by the Daily
Mall sends tho following; "Regie cannot
visit England. Must nrrlvo New York Oc
tober I."
Judge Hilton 111.
Saratoga, N. Y Aug. 10. Ex.Judgo
Hilton, of New York, Is reported to bo In
a very critical condition at a late hour
tonight.
DEATH ROLL OF A DAY.
Paris, Aug. 10. Tho Persian minister of
foreign affairs, Mushlr Ed Dowleh, died
suddenly toduy whllo passing through
this city.
Rome, Aug. 10. Cardinal Isidore Verga,
bishop of Albcno, and great penitentiary.
U dead. Ho was born lu Italy In W2 and
waa treated a cardinal In 1UI.
THE TRANSVAAL
WAR CLOUDS
PREPARING TO RUSH TROOPS
TO SOUTH AFRICA.
Report That British Government Has
Given Orders for Transports to Be
Ready Horse Artillery to Be
Despatched Saturday Important
Dispatches Received After Par
liament Rose Yesterday.
London, Aug. 10. Tho editorials In
thu morning papers take a rather pes
simistic tone In dealing with the infer
ences to tho Transvaal In the queen's
speech and In that of Mr. Chamber
lain. Troops will bo dispatched on August
21 to replace those sent from Cape
Town to Natal.
It is said that, after parliament roBe,
most Important telegraphic dispatches
were received from Sir Alfred Mllner
at the colonial office.
The St. James' Gazette this afternoon
says the shipping companies under
charter to tho Ilrltlsh admiralty for
transport purposes have been notified
to hold their transports In reserve, for
the Immediate dispatch of troops.
The steamship Dttnera has been or
dered to be In readiness Saturday to
ship a detachmentof horse artillery to
South Africa.
Chicago, Aug. 10. A prominent finan
cier here, a man with extensive Eng
lish connections, believes that In view
of the persistent efforts of the Hank of
England to accumulate gold nnd the
drafting of troops to the Cape, war be
tween England nnd the Transvaal had
been for some time looked on as a fore
gone conclusion In the Inner official
circles In London and also in the most
Interested business circles.
MRS. PEROT REMANDED AGAIN.
Final Hearing in the Extradition
Proceedings Set for Tuesday.
London, Aug. lu. The case of Mrs.
William Y. Perot, of Baltimore, Md
chnrged with abducting her daughter
' Hacks, 'was again taken up nt How
street police court today. Itcfore the
eommencetnient of the proceedings, the
court was well filled with a fashion
ably dressed audience, including the
Misses niood. N. Blood, Solicitor Gen
eral Hichntds, W. II. Perot, sr Messrs.
Hodson and Sumner, of the T'nlted
States emb'issv, Detective Unult and
the lawyers Interested In the ease.
Mrs. Perot appeared at 11.40 a. m
holding Gladys by the hand. Counsel
for Mrs. Petot paid he had qnly re
ceived the extradition papers nti hour
before nnd had not had time to ex
amine them. He therefore asked for
n short adjournment.
Mr. Newton Crane, counsel for Mr.
W. II. Perot, Raid he did not object,
prov'ded It was understood that ther.t
vould be no further postponement.
That wns agreed to. Mrs. Perot was
then remanded until Tuesday. At the
conclusion of the hearing she was
served with a writ of habeas corpus
to produce Gladys, granted on the ap
plication of Wllllnm II. Perot, her
father-in-law, and returnable: In the
High court Satuidny.
AMERICAN COAL EXHIBIT.
Plans Under Discussion for Securing
Samples for Paris Exposition.
New York, Aug. 10. The plans al
ready under discussion for securing
an European market for American
coal, particularly anthracite will be
ulded by the action of Ferdinand W.
Peck, commissioner general of the Unit,
ed States exhibit at the Paris exposi
tion in 1900, who announced today th.it
he desired to make the American o;.l
exhibit one of the most Interesting
aed prominent at the exposition.
The coal exhibit will be prominent
In the United States department 'iml
''!l ho nrranged In handsome gl'iss
ejscs seven feet high and four fe-t in
length. Necessarily no large samples
ca'i be accommodated In such an c:-
Mbit and It Is preferable that n iv'.'i
cubes of about four pounds weight
should be sent. The pUe r here found
or mined, the thickness of the seam,
the analysis of the coal are par".cu
lars sought from exhibitors. Views
of collieries, works, shipping nrrangt -incuts,
steam colliers, barges, etc. wilt
n'so be shown. The anthracite co.il
operators association In Its letter for
August Issued In full today, depreciates
the fact that the commissioner ha not
teen lit to give enough space to m'.n-
cial exhibits, and suggests that unless
this can be done the exhibits will havi
little or no commercial value. 'J he
association will, therefore, make po
united effort to demonstrate the value
of American coal as It wviH have
done had sulllclent space luj'i glt'cii.
BADGER ARRESTED.
Young Brooklynite Is Wanted for
Embezzlement.
Harrlsburg, Pa., Aug. 10. Local de
tectives arrested In this city today
Gardner It. Hndger, a young Rrooklyn
Ite. who is wanted In New York for the
ombozzzlement of $SI1.C9 from the Pan
ama Steamship company. Hndger had
evaded arrest for two months and had
enlisted In Company E, Twenty-eighth
Infantry, at Camp Meade.
Ho did not deny his guilt, saying that
a woman he mot on n Hudson river
boat was responsible for bis crime.
Negroes Strike for $1.50 a Day.
Wllkes-Rnrre, Aug. 10. - The sixty
negroes brought hero from Virginia to
work In city sewers caught tho strike
fover today and struck for JI.W a day.
They wero only promlned $1.15 a day when
they 'oft tho south.
One Minute nnd 14 Seconds Behind.
Vineyard Haven, Mass., Aug. 10. Col
umbia defeated Defender one minute, 14
seconds on the 37-milo run from Hron
ton's Reef Lightship to West Chop to.
day, In a lS-knot breezo with eased sheets.
Dewey at Naples.
Naples, Aug. 10. On hi urrivnl from
Sorrento Admiral Dowey will bo tho guest
of Albert Htoll.
CONDITION OF CROPS.
Monthly Report of tho Statistician of
Dopnrtment of Agriculture.
Washington, Aug. 10. The monthly
report of the Mntlstlclan of the depart
ment of agriculture shows tho follow
ing averages of condition on Aug. 1:
Corn, S9.9; spring wheat, S3.C; oats,
91.S: barley. 93.C; spring rye, 59.0;
buckwhent. 92.2; polutoes, 93.0; timo
thy hay, fcG.7. The average condition
of corn Improved 3.4 points during
July, and on Aug. 1 It was 2.9 points
higher than nt tho corresponding date
last year and 3.2 nbove the mean of tho
August averages for the Inst ten years.
The averages In the principal states are
as follows: Ohio, 90: Indiana, 94; Illi
nois, 91; Iowa, S2; Missouri, S3; Kan
sas, 100, and Nebraska, 99.
Tho average condition of spring
wheat declined S.l points during July
and on Aug. I It wns 12.9 points lower
than at the corresponding date last
year and 3 points below tho mean of
the August averages for the' last ten
years. The condition in the principal
states Is ns follows: Minnesota, 90:
Iowa, S9: Nebraska, CO: South Dako
ta, SI; North Dakota, SR: Washington,
8iV Oregon, 81.
The average condition of oats Im
proved 3.S points during July, and on
Aug. 1, It was C.G points higher than
nt the corresponding date last year
nnd S.3 points above tho mean of the
August average-' for the last ten years.
The averages In tho principal states
are as follows: New York. 90: Penn
sylvania. 9S: Ohio and Missouri. 93;
Michigan, 100; Indiana and Wiscon
sin, 90: Illinois. 102: Minnesota. 9.1;
Iowa, 94; Kansas, $1, nnd Nebraska,
92.
The average condition of tobacco has
declined 11 points In Kentucky, six In
Tennessee nnd Missouri, three In Vlr
glnln and Pennsylvania, two In Mas
sachusetts, one In Ohio and Wisconsin
and eight In Indiana. On the other
hand 31 has Improved r, points In
North Carolina nnd Maryland, itwo
points In New York nnd has about
held Its own In Connecticut.
DESTROYING VESSELS.
Admiral Watson Trying to Stop
Traffic Between Islnnds.
Washington. Aug 10. Mall reports
received at the navy department show
that Read Admiral Watson Is using
every means to break up the Insurgent
trallle between the islands of the Phil
ippines group.
Commander Sperrv of the Yorktown
n Hollo reported to Admiral Watson
eaily In June that In his opinion the
insurgents were throwing troops Into
Negroes and Leyte from Luzon und
the t-dnnd of Pnnil. Commander
Sperry sent the gunboat Samar, un
der command of. Ensign H. C. Me
I'nrland. to -break up that traffic. In
four days he destroyed thirteen
schooners along the const of Panny.
Kiich one of the vessels bad a full car
go. In each case the natives were set
ashore with their personal effects.
FEVER EPIDEMIC.
It Is Thought to Be Practically at an
an End.
Newport News. Va., Aug. 10. The
yellow fever epidemic is practically at
an end. The quarantine established by
this city against Hampton and vicinity
was raised tonight, following a confer
ence between the health boards of
Newport News, Richmond. Norfolk
and Hampton, with the state board of
health and represntatlves of the mar
Ine hospitnl service. The local quaran
tine against Norfolk remains In force
but will be raised Saturday evening.
The record of the scourge to this
dat- shows a total of 43 cases of which
11 resulted fatally. Twelve cases were
discharged as cured and 20 convales
cents remain In the hospital at the
soldiers' home.
FITZPATRICK DISCREDITED.
Denials from Sir Wilfrid Laurier
and the Chicago Committee.
Chicago, Aug. 10. In a personal let
ter to 11. II. Kohlsaat. of the Chicago
Times-Herald. Sir Wilfrid Laurier. the
Canadian premier, denies the truth of
n n Interview recently given out by F.
W. Fltzpatrlck, of the treasury depart
ment. Washington, In which Mr. Fltz
patrlck asserted that Premier Laurier
had stated to him he would not accept
nn Invitation to the Chicago August
festival believing the somewhat strain
ed relations between the two countries
might result In some unpleasant in
cident during his visit.
Members of the committee on Invi
tations deny that Fitzpatrlck Is In any
way connected with the festival.
Chinaman Enters the Army.
Santa Ana. Oil.. Aug.' 10. Jns. C. Craig
Tow, a native of California, born of
Chinese parents, has enlisted In tho ser
vice of tho United Stales lu the Philip
pines with the Tlilrty-llfth regiment.
United Staes volunteers. Tow hns lived
nil his llfo In California and was edu
cated In the public schools of tho state.
Before entering the service ho parted
witli his queue.
Steam Laundry Wrecked.
Harrlsburg. Aug. 10. The steam laun
dry building at Wlllianistown was com
pletely wrecked today by the explosion of
the boiler. V. P. Crumuey, tho foreman,
received Injuries which resulted fatally.
Miss Hayes, an employe, wns also In
jured. The adjoining buildings wero bad
ly damaged by the explosion.
Steamship Arrivals.
New York, Aug. 10 Arrived: Germanic,
Liverpool. Sailed: Augusto Victoria,
Hamburg via Cherbourg und Southamp
ton; Frlodrlch Der Grosse, Rremen via
Southampton. Cleared: Nomadic, Liver
pool. Queenstown Sailed: Majestic, New
York. Rotterdam Sailed: Amsterdam,
New York. SouthamptonArrived: New
Yorlt, New York.
Catholic Convention.
Chicago, Aug. 10. A toduy'H session of
tho twenty-ninth convention or the Cutlt.
ollc Total Abstlnenco Union of Ainerlcn
routluo business wns considered. Plillu
delphla was chosen as tho next place of
meeting.
Earthquake at Ajncclo.
AJacelo, Corsica, Aug. 10. An earth
quake shock wus felt, Inst night in the
neighborhood of Corte. A house wus
era deed and there was a scmbpanic In tho
vicinity.
DRAMATIC SCENE
IS ANTICIPATED
ANTI-DREYFUSITES EXPECT A
BOMBSHELL FROM MERCIER.
Friends of tho Prisoner Depend on
Counsel to Discredit His State
mentsDreyfus Visibly Affected
by tho Terrible Strain of the Trial.
Tho Proceedings of Yesterdny.
Ilenues, France," Aug. 10. The mem
bers of the Dreyfus conrt-mnrtlal to
day look the testimony of MM. Chn
moln nnd Raleolnguo. The examina
tion of the former lasted three hours
and M. Paleologue wns on the stand
from 9.30 a. m. to 11.43 a. ni when
thj court adjourned until tomorrow.
The examination of tho secret dossier
Is to be concluded at tho next session.
Colonel .louaust, president of the
conrt-mnrtlal. on leaving the court to
day, said n public session would be
held Saturday.
The police today adopted the same
methods of precaution as they did
yestetday, and there was only the
smallest gathering of spectators. Cap
tain Dreyfus was allowed to walk to
nnd from the Lycee without his usual
escort of four or six gendarmes. Only
u captain of gendarmes was with
him nnd that officer walked a few
steps behind the prisoner.
Mnltre Demange, the principal coun
sel ot Captain Dreyfus. In tin Interview
today with a representative of the As
sociated Press after today's session,
expressed himself ns very well content
ed with the way In which matters are
proceeding and Judging from his man
ner, one may s.iy that the defenders
of the accused have not yet met any
thlng very surprising or alarming In
the secret dossier.
Naturally, M. Demange declined to
give any particulars respecting the
contents of the dossier, but he declared
that be and his colleague, M. Laborl,
were satisfied of the conscientious de
sire of the members of the court to
thrash the whole matter out and to
have full light turned upon the accu
sations against their client.
This will take some time, nnd tho
end of the month w ill be reached be
fore the Judgment can be given. Menn
whlle. the strain Is telling on Dreyfus,
who Is showing physical distress.
Drnmntic Scene Anticipated.
Saturday's public session wilt be a
veritable field dav. probably the most
Important and exciting day of the
whole trial, us General Mercler und M.
Cnslmlr iPerler have been cited to give
their testimony then.
A dramatic, eent'ls atrticlpnted by
the antl-Dreyfusltes who rely upon
General Mercler to throw a bombshell
and confound the accused once for all.
His words, "I have complete proofs of
the guilt of Dreyfus." nre remembered,
nnd both sides are waiting1 for him to
prove his statement.
The Dreyfusltes believe that his tes
timony will be torn to pieces by JIM.
traitor! and Demange. and that he will
leave the court utterly discredited.
Captain Dreyfus will have the right
to question hltn, and It Is expected that
the latter's cross-examination of Mer
cler will prove the climax of the whole
proceedings.
Former President Caslmlr Perler will
follow, if possible; but it is doubtful
whether his examination will be con
cluded during the day.
WHEEL EVENTS AT MONTREAL.
They Are Witnessed by a Crowd of
Five Thousand.
Montreal, Aug. 10. A crowd of r.,000
saw the second dny's racing of the
world's cycle meet.
There were two world's champion
ships on the card, the mile professional
and the 100 kilometer race (62 miles, at.-!
ft-et), amateur.
Major Taylor won the mile profes
sional with Tom Rutler second and Nat
Rutler third. Time, 3.0:!.
John A. Nelson, of Chicago, won the
100 kilometer race, beating Goodson, the
Australian, by nenrly four miles nnd
Riddle, of Winnipeg, the only other
finisher, by seven miles. Two others
started, but dropped out early. Nelson
covered the distance In two hours, four
minutes nnd 13-15 seconds. He wns
paced by u steam motor, a triplet und
n tandem.
Moran. of Chelsea. Mass.. won the
two mile amateur. Cnldow. of Glas
gow, Scotland, second. Time, 4.32.
Tho two-mile tandem pursuit nice,
professional, was easy for the Itutlers.
with Colgan. of Trenton, nnd Church,
of Philadelphia, second. Time. 9.59 4-.r.
In the one mllo race won by .Major
Taylor, the pace was slow, the men
munouverlng for place. They did not
begin riding until three cmarters was
passed. Taylor then quickly drew
away from the others.
RACES AT M'KEE'S ROCKS.
Favorites Are Thrown Down for the
Third Time.
Pittsburg. Aug. 1C'. Fnvorltcw wero
for the third time thrown down nt
the McKees Rocks meeting today. A
good crowd attended und a fair .time
wns made. Results:
2.21 class, pacing, $100 Seven heats
were required to sottlo the race. Mari
gold enptured first money by winning
tho fifth, sixth nnd seventh heats.
Rent time. 2.2414. Ressle Hall took
second nnd third heats and second
money In 2.2U. Elderwood tok first
and fourth h.its In 2.21U.
Free for all pace, purse $,'00. Won
by Flue Powers by taking the first,
fourth and fifth bents Rest time,
2.12y(. Little Frank took second money
nnd Oddity third. Arlington, tho fa
vorite took the second and third heats
in 2.11, but was illstnnced In the fourth
heat.
Cleveland Boycott.
Cleveland, Aug. 10. The street car
strikers und their t-ympathlers proposo
to boycott every man who attended the
biiHlnesH men's meeting hold nt the
chamber of commerce yesterday for tho
purpobo of adopting meat-ores to stump
out the boyiott. Petitions have been
drawn up and will at nnco be ell ciliated,
It Is stilted, with a view of putting the
plan Into prompt operation.
THU NEWS THIS M0KNINU
Weather Indications Toliyi
SHOWERS ANO THUNPER STORMS.
1 General General Otis Captures Impor
tant Insurgent Letters.
Two Hundred Lives Lost In tho Hurri
cane nt Ponce.
War Clouds of the Transvaal.
Progress of tho Dreyfus Trial.
2 General Plttston News Budget,
llaso Ilnll Results.
Financial and Commercial.
3 Local Meeting of Hoth Uranche3 of
Councils.
Doings ot a Day In the Courts.
4 Editorial.
News nnd Comment.
5 Local Fire Department Legislation,
Eleventh Regiment Disbanded; Thir
teenth Created.
Much Damngo by Yesterday's Storm.
C Local-West Scrnnton and Suburban.
7 News Round About Scrnnton.
8 Live Industrial News.
CRUELTY AT SCHOOL.
Miss Frances Day nnd Mrs. Miller
Make Affidavits Charging Mrs.
Eyler with Crime.
Trenton, N. J.. Aug. 10. Miss Frances
Duy and Mrs. Miller, who were former
ly employed nt the Girls' Industrial
school, came to Trenton today and
made nflldnvits charging Mrs. Eyler
with cruelty In connection with the
punishment of girls. These nre the lirvt
sworn statements In connection with
the Investigation, us none of the wit
nesses who appeared before the gover
nor were put under oath. The docu
ments will be presented to the gover
nor by Lawyer Hnckes.
Miss Day made a statement to re
porters In which she guve a summary
of her affidavit. She said tint Mrs.
Eyler had a practice of nagging the
girls, and as a result they were much
harder to manage than under Mrs. Mr
Fadden, the former principal. Miss
Day went Into details o'f the case ot
the punishment of Sadie Wiseman. She
said she was compelled to assist In
putting a straight jacket on th
gill. '
The latter screamed and threatened to
rejMirt the matter to the board of trus
tees. Mrs. Eyler struck the glil about
one hundred times with a strait ami
ordered one of the men to choke off her
talk. The girl was then put Into the
dungeon for six days, from w hleh place
she was taken to an Insane asylum.
-Miss Day stated further that at the
end of the first day the girl expressed
repentance, but Mrs. Eyler would not
consent to her release. Miss Day also
said she made four unsuccessful efforts
to have the girl released from the dun
egon. Mrs. Miller, In her affidavit, states
she was a 'witness to the thlturs testi
fied to by Miss Day and she corrobor
ates Miss Day's statement.
AFRAID OF HIS WIFE.
A Philadelphlan in New Brunswick,
N. J., Dare Not Come Home.
New Rrunsklck. N. J.. Aug. 10. De
claring that It Is worth his life to go to
his home In Philadelphia. Frederick
Crouser, a piano tuner, hns been In
this city several days.
Crouser says he had a quarrel with
his wife and dare not go back home.
As he wandered about, and refused to
make known his address, he was
locked up on Monday, but today City
Recorder Kuhn told him to leave the
city, and Crouser hits not been seen
since.
CONVENTION AT MONTROSE.
Susquehnnna County Republicans
Nominate Candidates.
Special to tho Scrnnton Tribune.
Montrose, Aug. 10. At the Republi
can convention today the follouii.g
were nominated:
Sheriff, W. J. Maxes, Forest city,
register and teenrder, S. S Wright, of
Montrose, for fifth term: treasurer,
Lennder Lou, of Auburn; commis
sioners, Hnriiiigton and Tlnglt) wore
ie-nonilnnted.
JUMPED AFIRE INTO A LAKE.
A Victim of a Gasoline Explosion
Fearfully Burned.
Asbury Park. N. J.. Aug. 10 How
ard Cross. IS years old, was lighting a
gasoline lamp last night, when theiu
was an explosion.
The burning liquid poured over his
clothes, nnd ho became a living to rch.
Cross wns near tho lake, into whnbe
waters he leaped. The tlnines were
extlnglshed nfiter ho had been fear
fully burned.
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The Case Against Reilly.
Lancaster, Pa., Aug. 10. Through Dis
trict Attorney llrown, of Lancaster conn
ty, complaint was entered here today be
fore Alderman Dcen against Prlvuto
James Reilly. from I'nmp Mende, who
quarrelled with Conductor J. M. Cllinen
sou on his train near liuuon place, this
count;,. last Friday ns the result of whliii
Cllmensou died of an apoplectic ntluck.
Ho Is charged with manslaughter and will
bo brought to prison here from Philadel
phia to await trial nt the September term
of court.
HEARD AT WASHINGTON.
Troop L of U10 Thlid cavalry has stnrtid
from Fort Sheridan for .Manila via Seat
tle. The Thirteenth Minnesota will sail from
Manila for homo lomonow on tho Shell
dun. Tho City of Sydney will at onco be
fitted up to take niailnes and recruits to
Manila.
Genernl llrooko roports that two civil.
Inns died of yellow fever at Santiago on
Monday last.
The next congress will bo asked to au
thorize the destruction of many tons of
useless postotllco records.
Tho war department probably will tako
from the navy the Wasp, to bo used In
the Cuban customs service.
An order has been Issued directing that
all civic transports shall coal at Na
gasaki, both going and coming, nnd thug
avoid the delays of coaling nt Manila.
A plan for tho registration of mall mat.
tor by letter curriers at tho door In, tho
residential sections of cities having tho
free delivery system, has been decided
upon.
FILIPINOS ARE
DISCOURAGED
Important Letters That
Are in the Hands of
General Otis.
THE LAST APPEAL MADE
Written hy a High Insurgent Au
thorityRebels Urged to Hold Out!
n Little Longer Assured of Euro
pean Recognition and the Fall of,
the McKinley Administration.
Washington, Aug. 10. The following
cable message has been received from
General Otis:
Manila, Aug. 10.
Adjutant General, Washington:
Captured letters, high Insurgent au
thority, exhorting Inhabitants to hold out
a little longer; that European recognition
will be granted by August 31, and that
the present t'nlted States iidiulnlstratluu
will be iiwrlliniwn. Otis.
Manila. Aug. 10.
REPORT ON SAN FERNANDO.
Impottnnce ot the Victory Gained by
General MacArthur.
Washington. Aug. 10. General Otis
today sent by cable to the war de
partment the following report of yes
terday's engagement near San Fer
nando' Adjutant General. Washington:
MacArtliir's movenunt yesterday very
successful ; served to clear country real
und left and right of Insurgents; general
has advanced north to Calulet, six miles
I Irom San Fcrnundo, whence he Is recon-
' niiltcrltiir: bts rntimlttCM. flv kiltpd. twen.
tv-nlne wounded. Otllcers wounded: Mil.'
Jor Uraden, Captuln Abernnthy, Thirty
sixth volunteers, leg and arm. moderate;
Lieutenant Wltllnms, Flfty-llrst Iowa,
thigh, moderate. These troops operated
to left and rear toward Santarlta. Mac
Arthur's advance under Wheaton and l.ls.
cum consists of Ninth. Twelfth, Seven
teenth, part of Twenty-second regiment
and portion of Flftv-llrst Iowa. Move
ment very difficult on account of mud and
surface water. MacArthur reports In
surgent loss one hundred killed, soma
three hundred wounded; they wero rap.
idly driven northward, and last evening
apparently abandoned Porao line, whero
they blew up powder works. Otis.
Manila. Aug. 10. 5.4.1 p.' m. Official
roports here from the scene of the re
cent lighting with the Filipinos say tho
day was spent In recnnnnlsances, d tir
ing which the American troops found a
few of the enemy. Hut thero ws no
engagements of Importance. A battal
ion of the Seventeenth Infantry, under
.Major O'Brien, advanced very close to
Angeles. The major reports there nro
about 250 Insurgents there. A battal
ion of the Twelfth Infantry made a re
connulsance In the direction of Panic,
but the enemy there scattered. Tho
main body of the American army Is at
Calulum. The line has been Immater
ially changed since the advance was
stooopd yesterday, nnd now Includes
the town of Gungna and Santa Arlta.
Malor General Otis today Issued an
order dosing the ports In the hands of
the rebels to Inter-Island trallle.
Asulnaldii !siied a decree July 21,
dated from Tarlac. closing the Insur
gent ports to vessels Hying the Amerl-
j can Hag. and Inviting vessels under
iitlier Hags to visit them. Vessels under
forelirn Hags cannot traffic with thosa
ports without running the blockade.
Tho gunboats Coneord.Yotktown, Cal
lao nnd Pnmpanga bombarded San
Fernando Tuesday. The Filipinos re
piled with cannon and ni"skets for an
hour, and then tied to the hills, tho
gur 'hunts firing on them with their ma
chine guns until the rebels disappeared.
The bombardment was continued for
snie time, und many houses wero
riddled and destroyed, but the town
was set lire to. The gunboats did not
land men. The rebel losses are not
known.
GRAND CIRCUIT MEET.
The Queen nnd Surpol Fall by tha
Wayside.
Buffalo, Aug. 10. The grand circuit
meet of the Buffalo Driving club ended
todnv, but the races wero not finished
until nearly S o'clock. The Queen City
stake for 2.10 trotters, purse $2,000,
seemed nt the start like 11 hattlo be
tween Surpol nnd The Queen, but they
both fell by the wayside. Surpol took
the first heat in 2.12U: The Queen took
the next In 2.12. Then Precision took
n bent In 2.100. but Lord Vincent then
asserted himself nnd took the next
three heats In 2.11, 2.1211 nnd 2.13U.
Precision finished second In tho fourth
nnd fifth und Surpul second In the last
heat. Thousands were lost on Tho
Queen nnd Surpol.
In the 2.13 pace, purse $1,500. Theo
doro Shelton took tho llrst heat In
2.09i nnd Sphinx S. then cleaned up
the next three In 2.1014. 2.10-74 nnd
2.1054.
The 2.2.1 pace, frontier stakes, purso
$2,000, was three straight for Conty,
with second money to Annlo Thornton.
Time, 2.1314. "09?4 and 2.12'...
Pennsylvania Pensions.
Washington, Aug. 10. -Pensions: Addi
tional William Vumlerpnl. Towunda, J10
to $12. Increase Nlcliolas Peters, Car
bondale. $S to $10: John M. Jones, Lndds
liurg, Bradford, to $12. Reissue Mary
S. Noack, Marshall's Creek, Monroe, $12.
Tho Pope In Good Henlth.
Rome, Aug. 10.-Dr. Lapponl, tho popo's
physlciun, who icturneil from n holiday
August 1, declares the pontiff In good
health.
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WEATnER FORECAST.
Washington, Aug. 10. Forecast -f
fur Fiiduy: For eustern Pennsyi-
Minl.i. showers and thunder storms
Krldu ; fulr Saturday: continued
high tempernturca; fresh to brlek -f
southerly wlrds, -fc
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