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FERRYBOATS
IN COLLISION
Sldetvheel Northfleld In the Service
o? the Stated Island Gompanu
Rammed bu MoiigIi Chunk.
PASSENGERS IN WATER
The Northfleld Sinks Near tho Span
ish Line Pier in tho North River.
Over a Hundred Passengers Are
Hescuod by Tugs and Other Boats
Nearby Difference of Opinion as
to the Loss of Life Captains of the
Ferryboats Blame Each Other.
fly KiduMce Who fiom The As-uclalcd l'rs,
Xiv - oris, Juno i Tin? wondon
sidotvheol ferryboat Xorlhllcld, which
Imp been In tho service of llic Stolen
Isl'ind Ferry company for the past
thirty-eight yours, wns tninnied tonight
by t lie stool hulled propeller Munch
Chunk, used us u ferryboat by ibe
Continl liullinad of New Jersey. The
collision itociiru-il J ii t off the Sin ten
li-lniul ferry 1 !. id the foot of Whlte
1 1 til street. and lit less tlmn ten tnin
ntcs afterwards the Northfleld. which
was crowded with passengers, sank at
the miter end nf the Spiinisli line pier
In the Kant river. The Mauoh Chunk,
which was b.nlly damaged, landed the
two dozen passengers who were aboard
i f hi r. Over a hundred of the passen
gers or the sunken Norlhlleld wore
diugged out of the water by people
along Miorc and the crews of the fleet
of river tugs which pioniptly rospond
id to the ferryboat's call for help. A
f' w of the Nnrlhllcld's passengers
nolo hurt in the accident, and the
tic llco say that some lives wore lost,
c'apt.i.n Daniel tiully of the tugboat
Mtiti.al. who saw the ferryboats crash
together, says that mioh after tho col-ll.-lon
between Iweuty-tivc and thirty
of the passengers leaped Into the water
and thai ninny of those perished. Cup
lain fJnllv also declares that he is uro
iivei a hundred nf the .YorthfieldV pas
sr icjers were drowned. The captains
of other tugboats who were early on
he scene, however, aip inclined to
think that the disaster was not so seri
ous as regards to loss of life. Thus Car
no dead bodl"s have boon roeoveiod.
The Work of Rescue.
The reason for such a difference of
opinion as to the extent of the disaster
is that th" wildest excitement prevailed
on the Xorthlleld. The tun- Mutual
sinod In all about seventy-five per
sons 1 1 mil the Xorthlleld, and Ihe tugs
1 nity and Arrow saved between them
ISO person'!. Two policemen of the old
slip station claim to have rescued
i, early thhty people between them. .s
f-oon as the crowd which had followed
ihe sinking fenyboai along llic river
Vrcnt were able to render anv aid they
winked villi a will, and in many In
Mhiicos moi. sprung into the water' to
mi vo life. The groiilist service was
lc mitred by the tugboats, which. aM
smiii as it wjis possible, circled, around
the Xorthfiel I and made a bridge- to
the Spanish lino pier, and men and
women cl.unhored over Ihe tuns to the
shoio.
While the Xortlilleld was well sup
plied with life preservers, which were
Mowed in out of the way place-, not
more Hun two dozen of the eiiilnn
M red passenger wore able In sol the
l i belts on. This slate of nffahs wns
because the life preservers were not
handily obtainable, and the wildest
snt of a panic followed when the luiu
dieds of passenger realised theii dan
ger Tld" was only a few minutes be-foii-
the Xorthlleld nnl; to the bottom
of Die tlver, and then all who had not
Jumped to the lugs found themselves
In the water.
The svlft-riinnliu: Hood tide anil the
iiiiesiion of which bom had tight of
way was the cause of the disaster.
i '.i (t ii ill brilinin .lohnson was in
i'1'iiiae of the Xorthlleld. and I'aplii'n
S C. rirllUli was in coniniiilid of the
M.iueli chunk. Hindi lays the blame
fir the collision on the other.
explain Abraham .loliusnn. of the
Xorthlleld, was arret-led about mid
night on a charge of erlnilnal nogll
;i tuo. lie is lu-ld without ball, and
will be arraigned tomorrow.
Captain lirlllln, of the Maucli Chunk,
vent to bis home in Jersey city not
Ions: after the accident occurred.
tifllcluW of the Jersey Central rail
road gave assurances tint Captuln
!i lllln would make Ills appearance in
police court to answer to a technical
i largo of manslaughter.
The only person i"inrted missing up
to midnight was ilonrgo II. Coppers.
.1 nltor of ilie criminal courts build
ins. FRIEOY GRIFFIN HANGED.
Pays the Penalty for Wantom Kill
ing' of Conductor Latimer.
Hi rciu-,H Win1 (mni 'lln' snei.iti Pies.
Urunswlck, tin.. ,lune 14 -Frlooy
Grlttln. a negro, was hanged hero to
day lor the murder In October hist of
It. Marion l.atlmer. a passenger con
ductor on the SoiiUmm railroad. On
the night tho murder occurred, l.ntl
nor was Informed, while bis train was
i tinning between two stations lu tbl.t
pari of the state, that tonio one was
standing on 'he front stops nf the bap
pa sr car.
He opened the door and called to th
man to i-onio Insido. Tho nesro stepped
to the door of tho our and shot the
conductor, killing hint Instantly,
Burial of Prof. James.
Ily l'.xi.liitv Wire (rom Tlif Awux'latcl I'irsi.
l.fwUburi:, I'a., .Juiic H. Tlic hwly o( the late
Viottiuit Cliirlcs !?iiloii JoiniJi, I'll. D., prod-wir
v( iiuthcniiilct i lliicknfll niibfrolly liom 1MI
to IS7T, w biomslit here fioui rj'aju, Mont,,
lit tuirial. 'Ili funeral crUocs were lieM this
lliiiuvm in llic I'list l.iitt.l cliiinh. Ad'lirfkf
.y CiitliWi.t John II. llJirii, o( lluckocll iini.
lif.ity; I'iofcur William C, Martin, c( the
nnivrrntty. i.l the Hcv. J. T. Judd, t'jstor ol
tit ilJV'.Ut (.Lurclu
MAYOR ASHBRIDGE
IS INTERVIEWED
Claims tho Wanamaker Letter In
cident Was Grossly Exajrureated.
Ily llxrliube Wire from Tho Aiwlatnl l'rf
I'hllHilclphln. .Mine II. A Htatoinent
Was mndo to-dny by Mayor AshbrldRi!
In ri'Kald to the slRltlnK by him last
nlRht ot the fourteen rapid transit bills
passed by councils Wednesday. The
mayor sold:
"As soon as tho ordinances bail buen
approved by the departments of public,
safety and public works they were re
turned to iiip. I rompnred them word
rui' word nnd sinned tin- Inst bill at
10:0.T p. in.
"IteRiirilliiR the alleRcd Incident
which took place at the now mint
building, the fnets have been grossly
distorted, As I was sittliiR on tin.'
sliiRo a younK man rushed up to mo,
after olhowliiR his way through the
ciowd, and handed me a letter. I did
not know what It was as It was banded
to tno upside down, and called to
him: 'Who are you'.' 'What Is this.'
The youriR man, who may have been
Mr. Wanamaker's secretary, walked
away rapidly. Without looking at the
letter I throw It after him. It struck
him on the hack and fell at his feet.
Kiir a moment. I thought It might have
been another letter from Johnson.
When a eportcr picked It up and of
fered it to me 1 told him I did not
know what it wns and If thorn were
any bonds In it for him to keep them.
I frequently receive letters on such oc
casions, but lutvo no time to read
them. This was another instance and
there is no more to say about It."
GRIND OP THE
CHARTER MILL
Franchises Secured by the Bitumin
ous Street Railway Company.
Pittsburg: Applicants Refused.
By Inclusive Wire hem The Ave.i l.itrrl Pros'.
Horrlsburi;, June It. The nitumln
ous Street f'ailway company of Clear
lield. capita lined at Jlsn.OHO. was char
tered by the state department today to
build thirty miles of track to connect
Clcarlleld with On Hois. Falls Crept:
and other thickly populated districts
In Clearlield county. President. Geo.
A, l.ukehart. Du Hols: directors, W.
A. KiiR-lenmn. J. B. Hess, J. A. Vas
blnder, Du Hois; John M. Urcy, Clear
lield: J. I.. l.aiiRham. Indiana, and
John P. Warner, Philadelphia. Those
persons are also interested in the Old
Town Street Hallway company or Cur
wensvllle, which was chartered to
build a lino seven miles long- with $tL',
000 capital.
Charters wore also granted to the
Mellon syndicate of PitlshurR, of which
Win. J. Berryman Is president for the
following companies: Shady Avenue
and Homestead Stieet railway, capital
SIS, ODD: Swlssvale and McClurn Street
railway, capital SIS.OOO: TJg-onier and
chestnut Hrldq-e Street railway, capital
$70,001); First avenue and Ferry Street
railway, capital. $6,000; Ouquesne and
Oak Street railway, capital JJl.OOO.
"W. C. Karnsworth. of Harrisbut-R, se
cured a charter for the liberty Street
and Brownsville Street railway, cap
ital $0,000, to operate In Pittsburg.
Charters were today refused the fol
lowiiiK Pittsburg companies because
they intend to build their proposed line
on the Grant and Boecbwood boule
vard: Seventh Avoniio Street Hallway,
capital JiM.OOO; Beecliwood Avenue
Street railway, capital $21,000.
The charters were applied for by
"W. C. l'irnworth, of HarrlsburK.
WATERWORKS SCANDAL;
Five Indictments Are Returned by
Detroit Grand Jury.
Ill CM'In-iw Wire liom The AHi.itdl Pir
Hotrolt, Mich., June 11, A special to
Hi" News from Grand Uaplds, Mich,,
says.
"Five Indictments were returned to
iht, by the grand Jury, which has been
Investigating an nlloged water works
scandal. The mimes of the' Indicted
men are: Thomas McGarry, Silicon V.
MacLeod, l,anl 1. Gnlshury, Gerrlt
Alhers and Henry A. Taylor, or New
York. "The icsiilt was no surprise to those
who hud kept track of tho Investiga
tion, hut It was expected there would
be a do.eti true hills returned, among
llieiu a number of aldermen.
"Taylor's arrest was ordered In New
York by wire. The local men are now
In custody,"
CAILLES WILLING TO YIELD
Filipin General Ready to Begin
Surrender Today.
Ill i:iliioUi' 'Aire limn The Wmijled 1'ie-a.
Manila, June H. ('allies, the Insur
gent loader in l.aguna Province, has
become more bumble and now Indicates
Ills willingness to surrender a hun
dred guns to General Sumner tomor
row at Santa Cruz and to give up
tlio Imlanro In three days.
ENGLAND'S FIVE
LARGEST OITIES
fly I'.U'liulvr Wlie ircm The AfeneMtnl l'ie.
London, .liine II. -A piriiiiiiiur.i rrriits volume
jiiil troii'd uiw Ihe ,iiiil,itimi of the live Ulf
i ..I rilli u( llusliii'l, rulibiw ol London, ni
(dIIoh: .beiiool, IVSI.IM7' Mjih helir, .ll't.oii:'!
Ilipiiiivjluiii, fi2J,SJi I.eiiN, C!SWi; Slieltiehl,
.'IMI,;;!!. The Intil mnnlier "( nulis In Hiiglaiiil
ami Wall u L'i,7il,rJS: ul (rnulis, UI,Nl,:i7,
nidi senln? aliriml in the ariuj, navy and niei'.
cliaut iiLiriue Lein esctiided,
Mountain House Burned,
Ily F.u'liutre wlrc (rom The Aiveelated Prm.
N'ewlmrgh, X. Y. .bine tl.-The Mountain
llmiw, in Ihe iiiniiiilalni hark ni t'ornnall, was
ilesliii.iid I'.v llic tldi .ilieriioon. The LulldlnR
.H formeily a Id); ninmcr hold, hut vj nnoc
mpied, and wa IkIus: put in older for me ai a
fjiiliaiiuui (or renMimptivra, To such a u.e ihe
IKuplii nl Oornuall ohjeeied and hid ananced
to hold a m.iii nietlini; lonlglit to make a public
UOtl'it,
Modern Woodmen Meet
Ily F.xcliulre Wire (mm Th Anociated Prcn.
St. I'iiuI, June II. At today' kefelon ol Ihe
hlrmilal coiiicnllon o( Modern Woodmen of
America, Indlaiupoli w.u selected lor the con
tention of loot. An application (rom under
ground mliieri (or pirinUtion to join the order
wan refuted.
SESSION OF
THE HOUSE
Short Slttlnrj at Which a Larue
Number ot Appropriation Bills
Passed Second Reading.
RAPID TRANSIT BILLS
The Focht and Scott Supplemental
Bills Pass First Reading Numer
ous Appropriation Measures Re
ported from the Committeo Monu
ments for Pennsylvania Troops.
By Krclmlve Wire (rom The Avocinled Pros'.
Harrlsburg, .Tune 1-1. A short session
of the house was held today, at which
. Inrjo number of appropriation bills
passed llrst and second reading. Tho
Focht find Scott supplemental bills to
the rapid transit laws passed first
readluir.
A resolution was reported from the
rules committee and adopted, making
bills on second reading the order for
Monday night's session. Ciuler this
order these bills will be taken it) for
second reading.
The following bills wore reported
from the appropriation committee: Kt.
Joseph1 hospital. Hetulhifr, $10,000; St.
Joseph's hospital. Philadelphia. $10.
000: University of Pennsylvania. S2."i.
000: monument to Pennsylvania troops
In Battle of Shlloh. $i!,000: VllllaniF
port hospital, SHL'.OOO: Taylor hospital,
.fin.OOO; rtcudinff hospital. $10,000; lled-Ico-ChlrtirRlcal
hospital, Philadelphia,
$100,000: University of Pennsylvania
hospital. $5S,000: KeadlilR Homeopath
ic hospital, $14,000; Merchant hospital,
Wllkes-Uarre. Jl'.'.OOO: AVilkos-Hiure
hospital JL'5,000: Jewish hospital. Phil
adolphlu, $10,000: monument to One
Hundred and Ninth Pennsylvania regi
ment, at Chattanooga. National park,
$1,000.
Mr. Lack, of Chester. Introduced a
bill appropriating $."i.000 for the pur
chase of ground for the erection of a
monument to the memory of American
soldiers killed at Rrandywlnc battle.
The house adjourned until X o'clock
Monday evening.
OFFICERS SHOT BY
THE DESERTERS
Loss of the American Officers in tho
Fight at Lipa Has at Last
Been Explained.
Hy Knuhwiir Wire from The Woei.iled l'ic..
Manila, June 14. Colonel Poianns,
with live olllcers and forty-one titles,
lias surrendered at Llpa, Hiitangas
piovineo.
The recent battle with the Insurgents
at I.lpa. In which Lieutenant Springer
was killed nnd Captain Wilhelm and
Lieutenant Loo wore mortally wound
ed, Wiis begun by the Americans. Th"
disproportionate number of officers hit
is chargeable, U Is said, lo the fact
that there were several deserters from
the American army with the rebels,
Th Island of Painty is being ravaged
by rinderpest, and so great Is the
havoc caused by the disease that tho
natives are hauling carts to Hollo.
REFUSE TO ARBITRATE.
Rochester Contractors Ask Protect
ion to Resume Work.
lie KxcliKiiP Wile liom The A-oei.ited Pie.-'
Hochoster, X. V., Juno 11. The con
tractors have finally and decisively re
fused to arbitrate the mutter lu dispute
between themselves and the striking
laborers. This was made known after
Ihe conference between the contractors
and Mayor Carauahaii,
The contractors declare that they are
In the right on every point and that,
therefore, they have nothing lo (arbi
trate. They also ask for protection
to resume the work on contracts on
public Improvements and the mayor
has assured tbein such protection,
WARM TIME IN THE
CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES
M. Drumont Attacks Govornornment
in Connection with Algiers.
Ily Cxrliislre Vn liom The Awiei.itod Prowl
Paris, June 14.--There wns nil excit
ing scene lu the chamber of deputies
today. M. Drtimnnt (anti-Semite), of.
Algiers, attacked the government In
connection with the administration of
Algeria. When u vote of censure nnd
exclusion front the chamber was pro
posed as a result of his remarks, M,
Drumont refused to leave until a tile of
soldiers entered tho house, when he re
tired, shouting "Vivo l'linnee" mid "a
has las Jttll's."
M. Drumont, during tho course of
his attack on various oirielaK called
tlio prefect of Algiers a wretch ami
declined the minister of Justice, M,
Monls, and thn minister of marine, M.
De Lnncssnn, were disreputable men.
Bijj Fire At Winchester.
By Km huh Wire Ironi The Asioil.iled IVs.
Wlnthoster, Teiin., .tune II. -Five today de.
ilrahoxril the entile eait side nl Ihe putilhi
Mpjie, exiepl three huildlni:. l.ixvi estimated at
sl'O.ixi: Insiiunee, tlie.imo. One perwui vu In
juieil. Callahan Held for Perjury,
11 Exclusive Wire (rom The Avoclatri) I'mh.
Omaha, Xfk, June II. Ijnies (allalun mi
today held for lil.'l in the di-ulii cunt on .1
iluiiie of perjury alleged In lave Leen loiniiillled
III one of the Cildlhy Mdujpplii carj. Il.iil
wai fixed at $1,500. '
Knights of the Mystic Chain,
Ilr Kxcluilie Wire (rom The Associated Pre!,.
llarriktiurir, June II. Tho Supreme castle of
the Amlent Order KnlghM of the M.itllc Chain
concluded their xeslou todj.c. The next eMtmi
lll ho held In Atlantic City In I'MI. A ioiikiI.
tulion (r all the oiRanltatloiid cvnuvuvd uith
the Mjitlc Uulu wjj adopted.
VERDICT AGAINST
THE LACKAWANNA
Justice Maddox Directs Payment of
$77,048 to John H. Paul.
Ily r.xi'liixlte Wire fintu The AmoiI.UiiI PirA'
New Vork, .Ituip H. Justice Maddux,
sitting In Miooklyn today, dlrectod that
tl verdict of $7".i!4S (Including Interest)
be entered for the plaintiff lu a suit
brought by John II. Paul ngalu.il the
iJclnware, Lackawanna anil Western
Italli'oad conipany to recover $70,"fi0,
claimed as commissions due under a.
contract. It Is claimed by the plain
tiff thai on July !', isso. the defendant
company enlered Into all agreement
with Hubert K. "U'ostcott for tho trans
portation of milk In cans over all their
lines to' Now York city, the railroad
company lo retain SO per njiit. freight
chin ges, while Weslcolt wns to receive
the other "0 per cent, for bis commis
sion. Kroin July. JS!0, to Febriiiuy,
1000, Wci'lioU said he was unable to
collect his commission, which bad
previously hr-ti reduced to H per cent.,
nnd that ili.t"li.v he suffered a loss of.
;o,7."'Ip. Th" claim was transferred by
Wes'tootl to Paul, who brought the ac
tion. The defence was thai M'estcott bad
violated his ngi cement by giving bis
milk-carrying trade lo the Now Yotk
Central and the West Shore railroads.
WH0LESALETRADE
IS INCREASING
Labor Situation Gradually Mend
ing and the Outlook la
Brighter.
Ily Inclusive Wire from The As.nei.-iled Pii.
New York, Juno 14. R. CI. Dun ,t
Co.'s Weekly Keview of Trade to-morrow
will say:
Kotail nperatloiis both east, and west
are larger and distribution of mer
chandise by the wholesale trade Is in
creasing in dry goods and boots and
shoes. The labor situation Is gradu
ally mending, with the appreciation of
Ihe fact that In some directions manu
facturers would be glad of a temporary
shut down of works.
Prices are easier, bossomcr pig show
ing a loss of about $0 a ton compared,
with the quotation In February last
year, when the production was near
present llgures. This absence of Infla
tion In prices Is t lie host symptom In
the market and precludes the possi
bility of a collapse like last year's, lu
finished product there Is great activity,
owing to the large amount of goods to
be delivered July I. There is noted es
pecial urgency for immediate shipment
by consumers of plates, bars and .struc
tural simper, tho 'activity in building
operations showing no dlnilnuitlon.
Wheat declined to a more reasonable
level with withdrawal of speculative
support! A crop this year equal to the
greatest over harvested was indicated
by the olllclal crop reporf and there
was heavy soiling of options with a
lull below- So cents for cash wheat at
this city. Atlantic exports for the
week. Hour included, were 2,!l"6,S:i
bushels, against 4,.'.0,t'I the previous
week, and ::,0Sl.!i-'l the same week last
year. Corn also lost In x'aluo, although
crop news was not especially bright.
Atlantic exports are still unsatisfac
tory, amounting to -,IS7,.V.'." bushels,
against ,'l,'J0i;,rdi;t a year ago.
Failures for the wool; numbered 170
In the I'nitod States, against 1fi'J last
your, and :!.'! In Canada, against 21 last
year.
TOMPKINS WANTS
BIG COMMISSION
He Claims to Have Applied Christian
Science Successfully.
Hy i;.'oii-iio Wire fiom The Awi dated Pres.
Carnidon, N. J., June 14. Vice Chan
cellor ("irey to-dny made a final order
against Dr. George S, Tompkins, a
Christian Science advocate of this city.
In the suit instituted by Mrs. Kate
Mccullough for the recovery of over
$1,000, which she entrusted to Tomp
kins for Investment while she was en
deavoring to improve her health
through Tompkins' Christian science
manipulations.
Tompkins claimed that he was en
titled to a large commission for col
lected debts due Mis McCullnugh be
cause bo was able lo get the money,
although the parties wore several hun
dred miles distant, by sitting in bis
room and exerting thought Influence
upon them.
SOUTHERN SHOOTING AFFRAY.
One Man Killod nnd Another Ser
iously Wounded.
Ily Lxclilsbe Wire fioui 'Hie .nci.iled Pre-,
Sumter, S. C Juno 14. Frank Winn
was killed and Charles Smith wound
ed In a shooting affray bote tonight.
Winn had a lawsuit against IMdle Kd
wurds, which was toduy decided In
favor of Winn.
The two men met later and ifuar
relod, and both drew revolvers. PM
wnrds fired twle- killing Winn lu
slautl.v. Winn also fired twice, both of
ihe balls striking Smith, who bad en
deavored to eiarnto the men, Smith's
wounds are serious, Kdwiirds was un
hurt. Will Loan Liberty Bell.
Ily Ktilimiif Wile fiom 'I'lir Associated Pie.
Philadelphia, .bill" II. M.iinr Wihridae h.n
dinied the ordinance' appropiiatlnt,' i.,0oo for Ihe
puipo.e of ilffiaxhnr the expense of a Philadelphia,
exhibit at Ihe south I'Jtolina luleiaUtc ami West
Indian exposition, lo he held in Uuilotimu, .
'.. next xriuliT. The iiiiior also lnned Ihe
icsoliition of councils: that Ihe uh liherly hell
he cent to I'harlestuwn as put of Philadelphia's
display.
Injunction Against Machinists.
Ily Bii'luahr Wire (rout The Associated Prcsi.
Cleuland, June II. -The l.'leudaud Punih ami
shear loiupany today loiiiiuenied Injunction pio.
ncdliUi au-alllst Ihe slilkln- inichlulsls, a.Uini;
that the men l"i iC'lralned from ilrefliii; Ihe
woilca el the company. The lompany in lu poll
lion aveM that the union plckeU have leiiori.n
emploji-i ho wish to exork. The cake will he
hcaid Tucida).
m
Pensions Granted.
H'l nxdiiiliP Wins (rom Tho .Wioelatod Pie.vi.
Wah!ii!:lon. Juiw ll.llorolu Filt fwidoiv).
o( Will.cs llairc, has been fianlid a pciulon of 3
a mouth.
BIG TRANSPORT
TOPPLES OVER
The Inoalls Falls Over In a Dru
Dock at Erie Basin South
Brooklyn.
ONE W0RKINGMAN KILLED
Many ' Ar Sovoroly Wounded and
Crushed by Falling Timbers A
Number of Men Borne Sown Into
the Water and Jammed Beneath
the Wreckage A List of the Vic
tims Could Not Be Obtained Last
Evening.
Ily llxduslve Wire (roin The AiiooUted Pfe.
Now York. June 14. While the Unit
ed Stales transport Ingalls wns In the
balance dry dock at the Krle ba?ln,
South llroriklyn, this afternoon, where
she xvns about to undergo extensive
repairs, she .suddenly slipped from the
blocks and capsized. One man Is
known to have been killed, and many
Injured. There xvere about 1M0 car
penters, machinists anil other laborers
al work on the vessel nnd dock at the
time, ft Is supposed that the vessel
was thrown from an oven keel by bal
last Improperly placed, or by the shift
ing of the blocks on which she rested,
causing her to list to starboard, driv
ing ihe shoring beams through the
rotten walls nf the old floating dry
dock in which she was cradled. Re
aides the mechanics and other work
men who crowded the vessel and dock,
preparing her for a voyage to Manila,
there were supposed to have been
about thirty Italian laborers In the hold
of the ship, employed In shifting the
pig Iron ballast. While the workmen
xvere trying to escape, j the dock itself
overbalanced by the xvelghl of the ship,
turned on its side and sank In fifty
feet ot xvater. A number of the men
xvere borne down Into the xx'atsr and
jammed under and beneath the wreck
age which rose to the surface. ITow
many wore caught could not be learned
tonight.
Martin Anderson, a painter, xvns
caught under the descending side ot
the ship nnd killod outright. Others
were dragged out of the water badly
Injured or half drowned, and hurried
to the hospitals. Added to the horrors
of the night xvas the uncertainty of
the fate of the men In the vessel's bold.
Some managed to get to tho dock and
leap Into the xvater as the vessel xvas
sinking, but II Is feared that the ma
jority wore less fortunate. The In
galls went into tho dry (look at ll.:0
this morning, and about JSO.000 xvas to
have boon expended on her tepalrs.
Tho lock in which she was placed xvas
a very old one. having born constructed
over fifty years ago. An effort was
made to close the gate at the time of
the accident, but xvas unsuccessful. No
cue could be found tonight xvho could
give any estimate of the amount of
damage the disaster had entailed.
NEW STEEL COMBINATION.
The Cleveland Leader Give an Esti,
mate of the Resources of Trust.
Ily Lxeliislve Wire from The Associated Pies"..
Cleveland, June 14. The Lender to
morrow will say:
The Cubed States Stool corporation
and Its allied Interests nre preparing
to control its four big competitors and
thereby lay the foundation for a mon
opoly of the steel Industries In the
I'nitod States. The Cambria Stool
company, the Pennsylvania Steel com
pany, the llothlehom Iron company
and Jones & l.augbllu will bo brought
under control before winter. The man
ner of obtaining control of these plants
will be by utilizing friendly financial
powers, hitch as Mr. Schwab, the Penn
sylvania railroad and other Interests
of like magnitude. The I'nltotl States
steel corporation in Itself finds that ihe
resources nf its projectors have been
about taken up In Hunting tho securi
ties of tbnt organization, henc to con
trol these plants, which mentis an out
lay of several hundred million dollars,
It Is necessary to interest outside capi
tal. This will be done by retaining as
aides such powers as have been sug
gested, which will establihh a com
munity of Interests among the finan
ciers now developing the steel Indus
try. Mr, Schwab has virtually obtained
control of the Bethlehem Steel coin
pany, which he will operate in close
harmony with the plains uf the Unlied
States Steel corporation,
Although the Cennsylvanla railroad
olflclals deny connection with the sale
of the Pennsylvania Steel company,
the denial Is Mild to he technical only
and the funds for controlling the Penn
sylvania Steel company, will, it Is
said, I'omii from sources pear to the.
Pennsylvania railroad,
Two other syndicate are said to Im
forming In purchnso control of the
Jones ,x I.aughlln company of Pitts
burg and the cambiiu Steel company,
and options have already boon ob
tained on these plants.
The purpose of the purchase. It Is
said, Is to control the Iron market
xvlien Ihe dull season arrives, and by
controlling the entire output of the
steel manufacturing plants posnlbly
ruinous competition will be avoided.
Suicide of an Insane Woman.
Hy KxcK'slie Wire f.nm 'Ihe Axuiilaled I'reu.
lamasler. June II. Pheini.i Woil.in.iii, an In
mate of I hi' louidy iu-ane a-iluui, lounii.iied
i,uii id" al noon today l. liauslus. she made a
iioo,o out ot' her apron and tied Hie oihri end
to a lull in Ihe wall. Mio v.n ;:.", lean of ani
on! had Iciii an inmate of the a.ilum Ju-l one
XX Ct k. .
Bill Disapproved.
3, Exclutbe Wire (rom The Amocialrd rcM.
lUrilaliuie, .lime II, lloxruior Sione lodiy dls.
nppiovcd a dUpplemcni to the aei o,' Miy il,
Jcs7, leljtho to Ihe iiuoipoialioii of thiol lias.,
title, proildlm; (or Ihe adu,inent of the In
ihiilcdncts of mill cittcj and hoiuii;;hi oi town
thlpa uunvicd thereto.
THti NEWS THIS N0RNINR
Weather IndlcatUnsTotWyt
SHOWERS.
1 Ceiieul- lluste in Kuiiiiatltig China Ex
plained. IViry lloalx In a Ci.nh.
Tranpnrl Installs Topple Oier - ,
Woik of the State l-cnlsUtom,
'2 rSenerat-CailioiuIale Depailiutnl.
3 Oeneral John K. nlchinondV lnlerrttliifr
Southern Letter,
Si entitle Salad.
4. Idliloilal.
Noli- and rolnmrnt,
5 Local Korninl Opening of the Thirteenth
Itiglnicnl Annul.
6 l.oi nl Mil. Ileulaiiii.i' Vate In .lurj'i
Hand.').
Xewi nf the Plre Depailinenl.
7 1oeal -Commencement, nl Ke.vtnne Academy.
Prmiltiis of the lldiieiillonal Contest.
8 Local Wcl Sir.uiton and SuhuiLin,
9 (Jencral-Xoilheiislein Peiilisylianht.
Financial and (.'uuiueiti.il,
10 Story "Itoiiunce of Ihe Char SpihiK,"
It laical Kellcloim News of the Week.
Sunday School Lesson fur Tiuunriow.
12 Local- Indii-trial and faihor.
GENERAL ORDERS TO
NATIONAL GUARD
The Third Brigade to Camp at Mt.
Gretna Instructions to Naval
Forces.
n.r Kreduniie Wire fiom The Avwhittd Pie..
llarrlsbitrg, June 14. Adjutant Gen
eral Stewart today Issued the following
general orders to the National Guard
of Pennsylvania:
The commanding officers of First and
Third brigades have designated loca
tions for brigade encampment In 1901
as follows:
First brigade at Perkasle, Mucks
county, July 20 to "J7. Third brigade
at Mount Gretna, Lebanon county.July
20 to 27. The selections made are here
by approved.
The location for brigade encamp
ment, Second brigade, will bo an
nounced In future orders.
The annual cruise of the naval force
of Pennsylvania will be made on the
United States ship Shearwater as fol
lows; Division A, two officers and
thirty men. June 22 to 29. Division B.
two officers and thirty men, July fi to
in. Two olllcers and remaining por
tions or Divisions A and U, July 20
to 27.
The commanding officer, baCallon
naval force of Pennsylvania, xvill des
ignate the olllcers of the battalion and
the officers of divisions to participate
Mn cruise on dates named.
The annual Inspection of Ihe naval
force will be made by Captain John S,
M tickle, xvho is authorized to designate
dates for such Inspection.
BL0NDIN MURDER
. INVESTIGATION
Thread of Evidence Seems to Have
Centered Upon a Mysterious
Trunk.
Ry Kx'clmlve Wir.' liom The Appelated Pri".,
Hoston. June 14. Tho belief that .Mrs.
Margaret Blondiu xvas murdered In her
room nt 430 Green street, on the even
ing of April 27. is gnining ground in
police circles In this city. Tho expres
miiii xvho took the Hloiidlu trunk away
fiom the boarding bouse on Green
street xvas William Dean. Dean re
membered the Incident, as II xvas rain
ing hard and as the man who engaged
him rode with him.
Dean says he saw a chock placed on
the trunk before he lett. Hloiidin had
a ticket for Montreal,
no woman at the station,
checker at the station
nionillu met
The baggage
corroborates
Dean's story.
Special Officer Chapman this after
noon also found the expressman xvho
called for HlonUln's trunk al the 'kil
ter's lodgings on Howard street last
Wednesday. He took It lo the South
I'nlon depol. The expressman told the
police officials thai he cheeked the
trunk to Spijugileld,
WRECK OF THE LIMITED.
An Eastbound Train on the Penn
sylvania Collides with Freight.
Il.i Lxeliisixe Wile (mill The Associated l'n-
Pitisburg, June 14, The Pennsylva
nia limited, east hound, was wrecked
just west of Uochester, Pa today, by
a rear-end colllsslou with n freight
train. Tim passenger worn consider
ably shaken up, but no one was In
jllied. except Mrs. Amos Milliliter, of
Dubuque, own, whose face was slight
ly cut and bruised by being thrown
against a mirror and has proceeded on
her way to Wilmerding. i'a.
The platform of the observation car
was broken ami one mall car damaged.
The wreck caused a delay of a half
hour.
Smith Throws Up the Sponge,
Hi l!xilusle Win from The Woclaled Pir.
Ilaltlmoie, dune II. lu Ihe kciond lound of
Ihe light heie loidnhi hilueen "M.uli'iii.ii.-- Ilill.i"
Muiili and "iDima; Peler .laiukon," Smith ic
icHiil ft Plow nhhh iIomiI one of his c.ics and
In- loll ihe I'ln.', hl neiomls lliomliu,- up the
spouse at 1 1 '- ind of ihe lu ind, It Js .1 flit
loimh-amlreudi i- hilii t I.ti
Mrs. McKinley's Improvement.
Ill tlxiliuitp Wile liom The xiJoWaled Piovj.
W.iisliiimioii, June II. fir. Hlxe.v, on leaving1
Ihe' While House al I0.MI l.iuL'lil, -ald thai
Mm. Milxinley was i!oiii- leiy well ami main,
luiiiitig In i iioiiujI Inipiuiimt-nl. Slr. MiKluley
rci lined on a lolliiur ihair in lei loom dining
i hi- ila.i.
Mr. Pingree Is 111.
II. I PncIusIio Wir Irom The AjMiilated Picrf.
London,' June II -llaneu s. Plnciee, lonner
Komi nor ( hcld:in. H lu ihU ill), oiufeilni;
from a had attack of dyn'nioi.' contracted while
lie uai tratclliitf on Ihe lontlmnt. Mr Pimirc'c
xiux hotter lo.iii, hut hit plcticlaii du not con.
tidcr him out of danger.
jSZt
THE POWERS
Reason for the Sudden Ha&te Made
In EvnGiiatlnQ Ghina Has Been
Explained.
CHINA TO PAY NO LONGER
Each Government Will Have to Pay
Coat of Maintaining Its Troops
There After July 1 if Indemnity
Settlement Has Been Effected by
That Date -Provision in the Agree
ment Handed to tho Chinese
Envoys.
D.r Exclulif Wlie from The A-snelafcd Pim.
Washington. Juno H.--Thp recent
large reduction of the foreign forces in
China Is accounted for by the terms of
the Indemnity agreement. When each
country put In the amount or Its claim
It Included iin estimate of the military
expenses running up to July I next.
That was with the idea thai arrange
ments for payment would have been
completed before July I. Knob gov
ernment, therefore, agreed to pay its
own expenses in China after July I.
The desire, therefore, to reduce the
cost of military expenses within tho
petlod covered by the indemnity Is
natural. That has led to the evacua
tion now going on.
In case the Indemnity remains un
settled on July 1 several of the gov
ernments will viilimlt additional
claims covering their monthly ex
penses after that time. Those amount
to $2.0ii0,000 a month, according to tho
estimate of one of the governments,
and in the aggregate they will reach
J 10,000,(100 for each month after July 1.
It Is expected that will have a strong
Influence on the Chinese In bringing
about a complete agreement before the
l( close of this month.
Tho recent exchanges between Hip
cabinets at Washington and other
capitals has not resulted In any agree
ment on the question of China's olTer,
and tho matter has been referred back
to the ministers at Pekin. Diplomatic,
officials who nre taking part In the ne
gotiations believe that July 1 marks
the outside of the period in which the
settlement will be effected. On that
account the departiinj from Washing
ton of some of the foreign representa
tives, which had been deferred on ac
count of the negotiations, has been
definitely fixed for the end of thl
month.
AN UNNATURAL
FRIENDSHIP ENDS
It Results in a Murderous Assault
and a Five-Year Sentence.
fly I'.xrliisive Wire from The Awmiated Press.
Huston, Juno 14. Mrs. Alice Hitch
lugs xvas to-day sentenced to serve flvi
years at hard labor and solitary con
finement In the eastern penitentiary
for a murderous assault upon Mrs.
Emily Keek at Siegfrieds. Both wo
men live at Allcntnwn. They had been
the closest of friends for years and
when .Mrs. Keck attempted to end the
unnatural friendship that existed be
tween th"iii Mrs. Hltehlngs determined
to kill her.
Mrs. Ditchings at llrst pleaded not.
guilty hut to-day changed her idea lo
iion-vult contendere. An effort xvaa
made in' show that she was a mono
maniac. Mrs. Keck Is a lormer great.
I'ocahanlns of the degree of Pocahon
tas of Pennsylvania.
PROTECTED BY ELECTRICITY.
Vigorous Method Taken to Guard
Non-Union Men at Boinice.
Il.i Kxiliisiie Wlii' tioin "I In- s.iu lated Pie--
Willlainspnrt. Juno 14. Notwith
standing the assurances of the Slato
I.lne and Sullivan Coal company Hint
I here would lie no mine evictions of
Illinois' families at lieiulce, Sullivan
county, two mine families wore forced
to move out of company hoiihes on
Wednesday.
The company has resorled to a vig
orous method to prevent the men from
ii lulling tlio pump station, wboie the
lo iwininn workmen are employed, A.'
i-evi-n-Mi'iind barb xvire fence has been
built iiboui the pump hoiisofnd dy
namo plant, and those whes are heav
ily cbarged wllh I'lectrlcll.v. hl lb"
lenie are placed "danger" signs, iioil
fying the public to keep away front
the fence. The fence is about SfliOlt
feel high III addition to Hie fonei,
M'voral deputy sheriffs are employed,
Sheriff Osier Hied to g'U deputies from
l.aporte, bin In this was unsuccessful,
lie obtained two al Sonestowu.
Steamship Arrivals.
lie Lx. hwne Wile liom Tne Xiolaled Pren.
New iiit, .lune II.- i lit rill Aus'lste Vie.
iiui.i. Il.iinhuu:. Southampton and thcihouo;;
M. Paul, SoulhaiiiplPii and I heihourir. (.lcaird:
TlJte. Nidc. and (iinoa; rampauula, Liteipool;
Maa-dom, Ifotioidani. tia luulagne; I'miie-li,
lilJiROH'. sailed: llutleiilam, llwllridani, INm
huilt -Aii'llid: I'm' llianiauU, Ne'e York. ti
Pl.tinoulh and I'liriliAiirj. Southampton Sailed!
Coliiuilill (liom ILiiiiIiiiiii), Sew Yolk, vl I'her.
Iioiibi', ble of Wluhl 'jsei: Anisteirljm, Rot
Icrdam lor ir'.t hik.
YESTERDAY'S WEATHER.
laual dai.i for June II, I'OI;
IIikoc.I leiiipeialiuv &i ilccreM
l.oue.st leiiiperaline ,,...., fit ilcijrici
IfelJtltv lluinldll:
S . in hi per ecu..
S p. m OT p" rem.
PiedpiUtiwi, -t hoius finical h p. lu., .0.1 Inch.
f WEATHER FORECAST.
4-
t Wiidiinston. Jiin II I'orooct forFviit. 4-
em Pemvyltaiiii. Suntcr- Saluuliy acul s-
4- Sunday; turlvhle wimij. 4.
OBJECT OF