THE NEWS, The Central Brick Company of FltUbor. Ia bmo incorporated to rlitt-r tbe market arnlnsl tha Elkius-Wldeuer combination, tu All, uy couuty, I'u. Walk I expected toon to begin on thl ru-Ainerlru llallrrmd, fiinoInK from tbo City 01 Mexico tn points la Texas. The Goodrich Iron Mine, near Ishpemlng, Mich., bun been told to the Oliver Mining Com puny, which represent the mining ln tU ot the Curnsgla Company. Tbe uilue has been Idle lur 20 yenm. Tbe l'eurla (I.I.) Gluoos Work have floied iltivn, owing to a strike of tbe flr men, aud HOO meu are Idle. The strikers di Mended nn eight-hour dity and J2 pny. Unless oerlaiu grlevauce among the Na tional Tlnplnt Workers bu speedllv ad justed, there la a likuntiood that 25,100 mm Will go ou strike. Mia. Todd, the leper whom It n sought to tend to Hawaii, will remain In Sau Frim claco. Tuesouooner Two Forty waa run down and sunk lu Boston harbor by the steamer Ardandhu. Four live at least were Ins!. Five meu t serious y Injured and one woman totally shocked by an accident on n Brooklyn elevated ruilroiid. They were thrown from the structure to the pavement, "ftilguor Foils, tbo Wcl-.uowu basso, Is d-ad. V I5iienlve frauds. Involving the forcer y of Col. John Jacnh A-tot'a nntiit', have teen dlaoovend lu connection Willi bogus lottery ticket In the City ot Mexico. Cleome P.mel1, president of I lie Tlnpliite Worker Union, preseuied to the president ef the A111erl.au Tlnplale Company the con plaint ol lliti employment of non-union men. Ia the Norfolk County Court the Judge rut aside tho Verdict ot the J'liy II nil lug Bu Me 5oy, eolored, guilty ot tua murder of Mury Jonne. Private B-nne, of tbe Hoapltnl Corps, at fort Monroe, died from the effects of a blow truck by some uukuown footpad. Edwaid Flanagan, the murderer of three persona, made a desperate ntiempt toescnpe Iron the j ill In Lie Kulb county, Gu. Owner 11, Frederick Fttnstoit is reported to hare acoopied a brigadier' command, uud will return tu the Philippines. Jjbu Uisennld wnt couvloted In York, of einbcuilenient, aud sentenced to two year In tbe penitentiary. Fire aieu were Injured In an nrcldent on the Brooklyn E evaird, aud one woman dlrd from the shock. President. Mi K'nley and his party ri-ndi-d liome, having travoltd n distance of 5,0)9 mil a. . it.- Major General Guy V. Henry was assigned to the Department of the Missouri. A Mucin, Oi delegation luvlted Adalial Dowry 10 vie.t their auction, 1 " ' Henatnr Hoar was re-elected president; ol the Unitarian Council. TlieaiiLunl meeting of tbe stockholders of the Pullman Falaco Car Cniupnuy waa lield In Chicago, ltnlert T. Lincoln waa fleeted resident. The tolnl revenue of the oorn any for tbe year was (4 1,478, 929. The uiouunienl erected In Woodstock, Va., to tha Conn derate soldiers Lurlud there was nnvelli d, rjemitor Dunh-1 dellveriuir tbe oration. iJeiiHlor Prltchnrd, spenklnR In fitntef. 'l e, N. C, denounced the proposed consti tutional amendment to disfranchise the col red voter. William II. Curinnp, of Htewni tilown, Pa., was arreted on the elinrne of securing a marrliiU" IWi uuder fiilte pretviisee. Th oin. aK of Hollywood Cemetery, In li chmoi il, will erect a monumeut over tbo grave ot 1'ieelduut Tyler. Iwia M iody was convicted In Norfolk, Ta., of paslna worthless cbecka, and sent to tbe penitentiary. The balnes sessions of the Jubilee Ml -siooary Convention of tbe Cbrlttlan CburuU closed In Cincinnati. Henry O. Hilton besnn ft contest of his father' (Judx Hilton) will lu New York. Wm. H. Appleton, of the New York put llsliluil house, died at ltlverdule, N. Y. The Internal HeCenue liurumi bus dedded that rroelptx for ijiicbhco triiimfer must have a revenue stump nfllxed, us tbey are bill ot lading. Aa order I n been lfsii'd prolill ltlnu the collection ol politlcul luseaarueuts from peat roHHter. The Chinese MltiUter mmlo nn address be fore the Commercial Concrers, lu Philadel phia, lu which be favored unrestricted Chinese, Imuilttrntlun iuto the Philippine Iilands. He deprecated the Cbluesa exclu sion act. At the conference of nuti-nnnexntlntilat', la Chicago, a woman arose lu the audience and asked Iticin to remove the Hiik, so that they could 110 longer disKrnce il, Mr. XI. J. Uryau nddressod a crowd of 20, 000 persona at the race truck In LoulM lil . Headvocnted the election ol Ooubel, thu Uemocratlu candidate for governor. Dr. F. M. Morgan, of llerkley, under In dictment lor causliiu the death of it Norlo k woman and br child In Muy lnt-t, wus uc quitted H ere. N. T. I'liliiuin was shot and killed by 111 brother, A. J. IMtuiau, lu a hotel In Cburlet ton, . C. Three persons lost their lives by the falling of a burning building In Knlghtatown, Iud. Genera! John M. Bcbolb-ld wn olecti d corariiiider-ii-chlef of the I.oyiil Legion. Preeldeut Hndiey was loricnliy luiiugu. rated ne president of Yale. Iuternai revenue ooliecilora for September show an Increase of v2,h0'.l,5(JS ns couipun d with rorref polidlng inontu ol la-t year. Tbe completion of the inuilii tivendl In lb Alaskan boundary case baa been beguu by the Htate D 'par;monl. Several army promotions were announced ns tbe eonsequeiiee of tbe tutlrewent ot xlrlgadler (leu-ral Hhaller. The Executive Council of the American Federation of Labor considered questions of Interest, Tha oyster shuckrs of Norfolk are rapidly rolng out ou strike, some 00 now I elng Idle, In consequence ol the deulslou ol the packer not lu employ any union meu after next Monday. President McKlii'ey nnd party left Chl'niro Jor Kalamiix Miob,, and ihe East. Til y were aicord d hearty receptions lu several Illinois towus. Fire In a colliery near l'ottsv)lle was ex tinguished with dynamite, and twenty-twi imprison) d men thereby relen-ed. Joseph Wood, Ihe oldest locomotive en gineer in the Uulled Hlates, dli d at bis houiu In New Jersey, aged elglitv-nlne. At a coiiterenee ol autl-exi uusionUU lu Chicago, President MeKluley'a l'bliljiplua policy was harshly criticUed. Australia and lie resouroea occupied the attention ot tbe Commurulal Congress lu rhllsd'lphla. Uavid Z luler, one of the best-ktinwu cll sen ol York, Pa., died suddenly, aged venly-tn. Mra. M. H. Letcher, widow of Virginia1 war governor, Is dead, aged seveutj-aeveu years. Mis Julia Lea Mrllvalna and Murray Btewart were marrlej at V. rliiKton. I) I. The ailiosl meeting of tun Htreet 11 ill way Ae-oclatlon waa held In Chioagn, Mlsa Kalle H. Clause was drowned In I mill-pond near Wi.m iigtuii, N. ('. The new Hoard ol Trade rui.diug at liar rtrburr. Pa., was ded cated. Another autl-irust eouleiuuce will be held in Jenn -ry In Chicago. Hoi . W. J. liryan eontluued bis onnit alan ine tour 111 Kiutueky, Tom Myers, the uoi flilenee man and forg er, dlrd In tbe wood, near Waukegau, III., from txposur , and a as 1 urn d there by tbe three other prisoner who bad en taped from rlsna with blin. Ueuar T. Hues, ecud of shooting . 4Qeorge Vaugbaa lu Itlubuiot.d, V., was (1 Jrastd on bales coruus proceeding.. FLEETS "MOBILIZE. Significance of British nnd American Naval Plans. SAMOA MAY BE GUARDED Germane May He Under the Rnsplelon of Ilolh Conn tries, and (he Channel and Manila squadron Could Act In Concert Ureat tirltnln anil America Iteady for Any Kinergenry. Washington, (Special.) Tha dispatch of the lirltish Channel Hquadron to Gibraltar and the premnce In tbo Palllpplnea ot nn American fleet, wblch will bo the Inrgpst as semblage of United Mutes warships since Admiral Hampton's flact off Hnntliigo, are conneoted here aa Indicating a dotlgn ou tbe part of Orent Britain aud America to be ready for nuy exigency growlDg out ot the Transvaal or Samonn situation. The purpose of either Government Is not clearly defined, but it can be gathered from tbe attitude of the nations to each other that they would make common cause In case Ger many, taking advantage of England's trou ble with tbe Houth African Republic or America's need for her fleet In the Philip pines, should nttouipl to play a bigL-biiuded game in Ham on. There are Indications bore nlready that It is to tbe interest ot tbe Culled mutes to keep a watchful eyo on the movements of Germany with respect to the Kamoan Is lands. Euglnnd Is known to have bad prop osition made to her In Berlin wblob. are not ncceptnble, and It is within tho range of probabilities that Germany may attempt to enforce her demand'. In that event the United States could not be expected to desert Englund, nnd espe cially as Germany's Idea of a partition of tbe Islands is kuowu to be tba possession of the whole group. Tba offlclnls here will not comment on the situattou In uuy alarmist wny, but it rat be Mated that there Is nn official opinion, based on the movement of thu British Channel Squadron, that this movement by England Is the most efTiictlve to check any hostile movement ol Germany, and may be takeu n notice to her that ber game, whatever it Is, Is being watched. For publication, the officials In the Navy and tbe State Departments do not oxprers tbe belief that there Is Immediate dauger to come out of it. The State Department offl 1 lals content themselves Willi saying that tbe 1 artltlou of Samoa I not a new id". It Is denied emphatically by the Department, as piloted lu Germany, that the Uull. d States bas taken the Initiative. On the con trary, tbe American Ambassador In Berlin la expected to advise this Goveromunt ol Gsrmaoy' real Intentions at tbe earliest moment practicable. Tbe naval officials say tbat tba American fleet lu tho Philippines is In exoellent shape and In a position to safegnard American In terests wherever threatened. Rtnr-Admlral Ricbardson Clover, chief ol the bureau ot naval Intelligence, speaking diplomatically and guardedly, said: "Eng land's flest I ber great strength, and there Is no telling when she might need It to moet nn enemy other than In tbo Transvaal. If, for Initauce, Germany, or any other naval power, should become Involved In war with Euglaud by reason of complications In the Trnoavanl, or elsewhere, England would need ber fleet at borne." Bl'ltl-ltlKKD UY riLI FINOS. Tha Boatswain's Mate Ueptnred and Three Otliar Men tVuundsd. Washington, (Speolal.) Tbe Secretnry of the Navy has received the following cable gram Irom Admiral Wutson: "On October 16 tbe Insurgents surprised a boat's crow of four men from the gunboat Marlvsles, wbo, under a white flag, were luodlng tbunoi. -combatants from a captured prou at Slcogou Inland. William Juraschkn, boatswain's mate, Urst class, was captured. Au armed crew ot ten attempted a rescue, unsuccessfully. Sidney N. Hoar, landsman, was fntally wounded; Frederick Auderson, apprentice, first class, severely wounded lu the grolu; Nicholas I'arre, coxswain, wouud ed In tbo left leg, slight. The' Concord and Murlveies will punish tbe lusurguuta If pos eible." General Otis bas notified tbe War Depart ment of tne urrlral at Munlla of the trans ports Sherman and Elder. Tbe former cur ried tbe Thirtieth Volunteer and somer. -orults, nod tbo latter bud ou board l'J offi cer and 4bd enlisted men. There Were no uusua.tte on either ship. AGl'INALDO'S COMMISSION KItS. Will Not be Drone ht tn Manila, But Gen eral MscArlhur Will Keeelve Them. Manila, (Uy Cable.) It Is believed tbat the Filipino Commissioner', on whoa be half permission has been asked to visit Gen eral Oils to discuss peace terms aud other matters, If admitted to tbe American lines, will uot be brought to Manila, but It la ex pected tbat General MacArthur will be em powered to meet them. If he be authorized to receive them, be v. 1.1 do so In the atutu of Individual coming from Aguiualdo, but will decline to receive any ofll-lal communi cation from the so-oalled republic. The spectacle of tbo last F.llpluo officers who waited upon the American authorities here displaying uniforms about tbe city en couraged tha hostile element of the Inhab itants. The persistent attempt of tbe vari ous commissions previously sent to Manila to entrap tbe Amerlcaos Into some sort ol recognition ot tbe Filipino government have exhausted tbe patleuc of the autborltlus. Killed In a I'rls riant. Chicago, III., (Speclal.)-Wllilam Wllke, aged ulnsteen, died one hour after receiving Plows ou tbe nope, Juw mid pit of tbe stom ach lu a prlxe (Uht with Charles Chellua, aged nineteen, lu the basement of tbe Wllke hi me. The bo)S belonged to auiatourcluhs, and fought for a tS purse. Cbellu was ar rested. TUB iJfcMKV IIIIHK BOUGHT. llnose Bsrnred for the Admiral In I)e al ruble Meet Ion of Ihe CIIT. Washington, (Speolal.) The Dewey house committee, which bas lu charge tbe pur-clia-e of a home lor the Admiral Irom the moneys receive! by popular mibscrlpllous, biive selected house No, 1717 Rhode I-land avenue, northwest, kuowu as the Filch house. Tbe bouse is cue door removed from the corner ot Connecticut avenue, tu what la regarded as the innst desirable seullou ol the city. It Is understood that the amount of tbe popular subscription was sufficient to rover tha coat of the In u-e, It furniture and ull Incidental expenditures. Killed br Hie ttobbera. Atnblsou, Kan., (Special.) Charle Kucbi 111 d several other meu were lu KuubV store, at Doiili'bun, when two robhers came lu and pointed revolvers at them. When one of 11 o robbers sturt 'd lor tbe money drawer, Kuubs nod John U. own, son of the poMma- I. r ol Doi Ipban, m.ida a movement to resist, Doth robbers tired. Urowu was killed and Kuck wound d in tbe arm. Kuebs and tha oilier occupants of tbe store lt.-d, and tbe Obbers looted Ihe money drawer aud lelt. New York's 40.1,000 Vetera. N-w York, (Special.; The registration In Greater New York I completed, Tba lotal registration Was 478.717. CARNAGE AMID BOERS. Fifteen Hundred Alleged to Have Slain Lured Over Mines. Been London, Eng., (By Cable.) Themostaen aallonnl report ol the war comes from tbe Dally News' correspondent, who state that when tbe Boers attacked Mafeklng they were decoyed over n chain of mines, which wern exploded, nnd 1,500 burghers killed. Thu report Is discredited. Vryburg la lu Ihe hands of the enemy, having surrendered ou IHundny. There was n paulo among ihe Inhabitants, who fled In nil directions. The English are very Indtg sant. Dispatches from innny point along the frontier confirm tho reports of severe fight ing at Besler's Station, near Ladysmlth. Some of the Brlllsh troops were In the sad dle three days. Iloers are boasting that they will be hold ing masked balls In British uniforms nt Cape Town nnd Durban before tbe end of Oetober. Basuto who rencliod Capo Town com plain of outrages upon native by tho Boers. These further Intlnmo them and the Zulus. President Kruger, lu nn accouut given to President Steyn (Orange Froe State) of the attack on an armored train, says Nesbiltaud bis seven men were not killed, although erlously wounded nnd takeu prisoners. South African reinforcements are tn bo landed at Port Elizabeth, Port Alfred and East London, Instead of Cape Town or Durban, and nro to advance through tho Free State to Pretoria. Thursday' session ot Parliament was a stormy one. Mr. Chamberlain attacked the Opposition, and was frequently Interrupted. Part of his remaik-i were withdrawn. John Morley closed the debate with a short speech defending Ihe minority. Tha Lord voted tbe address nnd adjourned. TO htllirilKKN LKAI. Confederate Monument Unveiled at Wood stock, Virginia. Woodstock, Va (Speolal.) The monu ment ereoted in MiS4itnulteo Cemetery to tbe memory ot the Confederate soldiers bur led In Woodstook, Vu., was unveiled there. At nn early hour the people from every section ol the county nnd many from othur counties gathered to witness tbe Impressive ceremony. Tbe procession formed at 10.80 A. M. and was composed ot tha Stonewall Brigade Baud; Mury Custis Leo Chapter, Cblldron of the Confederacy; Daughters of the Confederacy, ladles' memorial associa tions; orator, president of Shenandoah Cha -tar, U. D. C; Marshal J. II. Williams nnd Miss Addle Gale Mllcy, lu carriages; Sbeu- audoah Camp, visiting cumps, Confederate, veterans, Mount Calvary Baud, Sons ot Vet erans, Massanutter Academy, Woodstock Graded School, Cedar Creek Bund, oai- rlage and citizen ou horseback. Tbe exerolses nt tbe cemetery consisted til music. I y Culvary Band, hymn by choir, "Dixie" by Stonewall Brigade Band, unveil ing of monument by Miss Addie Gale Miley nnd muslo by Stonewall Brigade Baud. This waa followed by an eloquent uddres by Sen ator John W. Daniel. Tba monument I of Italian marble nnd bear Inscriptions to tho memory ot the ga -luut soldiers wbo now sleep around its base. MEDALS Foil UK II OK 8. How flnrfinan Itaamns 8. Hldgett Saved Ten Live. Washington, (Special.) The Secretary of tbe Treasury, acting upou the recommenda tion of a board of awurds, ba grauted med al to n number of persons who distinguished themselves in tha rescue of lives during n -cent great storms at sea. Tbe medals are granted under act of Congress of June 0, 1874, and are given to those who dlspluy heroism In tbe rescue of human beings. Only oue gold medal was awarded. Gold medal are given for "extreme aud heroic daring," nud Superintendent Kimball, of the Life-Having Service, soyj this case wa ono of tbe most herolo ever known In tbe history of life-saving. The medal Is now being made nud goes to Rasmus S. Mldgutt, surfmnu No. 1 ot tbe Gull Sboal Llft-Havlug Stutlon, ooast of North Carolina. The heroism was during tho great V. st Indian storm wblch swept up tbo coast ot this couutry ou August 17 aud 18, aud tbe occasion was tbe let cue of 10 Uvea from tbo wreck of tbe barkeutinu Prisullla. Superin tendent Kimball, a vuteruu ot tbe Ltft-Siiv-lug Service, says that tbe man hae uo pi ur for daring aud bravery. GKN r.ltAL WAllt'S HKFOltT. . Indians Still Sullen and Discontented In the Dekolaa. Washington, (Special.) Tbe annual re port of Brig. -Gen. Junius F. Wade, com manding the Department of Dakotu, win made public. General Wade says tbat of thu three posts nud one camp occupied, nil nre lu very fair condition, with the exception of Fort Moade, wblch Is uusaultary, aud bas reached a point where It Is a (Uesiiou of re construction or abandonment. General Wade refers briefly to tbo Indian troubles at Loeoh I, alio last September and October,. nud says that lu spite of the fact that the detachment engaged in this fight was made up of raw recruits, thty behaved wl.b commendable gallantry. He saya tbat the Indians are still sullen and discontented, but no active trouble Is apprehended. MUKDKKElt'S tVI8M GKATIFIKII. Allowed to Ilnng Half ait Hour, as He Did Mat Want to Couis Hack. Nrfwton, N. C, (Special.) Avery Kale, white, was banged here for the murder of George Travis, also white, neur Catawba, lust year. Kalu was discharged from Alley' distillery and Travis given the place. Kale wont home, got his shotgun and returned to tbe distillery, where ha shot Travis lu the head, while the latter waa nt work. Kale Immndlutoly left for Marlon, enlisted In Company A, thu Hornet's Neat Riflemen, o' Charlotte, uud was arrested soon after reaching camp at Jacksonville, brought back to Newton, tried and convicted, Land for Military turiusea. San I'rauolsoo, Cain., (Special.) United States Attorney Coombs has llli d a bill for the condemnation of a tract of laud west of Lake Merced and lacing the ocean, for the military purposes of the Uulted States. Suicidal Leap rrum a llrldge. Minneapolis, Minn., (Special.) W. D Mauro, who bad been drinking tor' so um days, leaped from oue of thu MIshIh-Ij pi river bridges and was drowned. Theplunuo was oue hundred tout Into boiling rupld-, which have not yet given up tha body. Mauro has a alstur in this city, Mrs, J. It, Cooke, and ululined to bo from Auburn, New York. Mollierand Children lliirned. Canton, Mies., (Special.) At St. Ann, twenty mllis east ot hero, Mrs. J. if. Gam brell nud four children lost their Uvea lu a lire that destroyed their rosidnuae, I'leu-iie at hatos. Washington, (Special.) Surgoon-Gnnernl Wynian received a cablegram from Inspector Woodbury, ot the Marine Hospital Service, dated at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, saying Hint plague bad made Its appearance at Santos, Brazil, He said that there bad been six case and two deaths, and that autopsies In tba fatal case oonflruied Ihe diagnosis. Uu also said tbat Isolation wa possible. Marietta Sail for Manila. Norfolk, V., (Special.) -The gunboat Marietta sailed liom Lambert' Point lor Manila. The first stop will I made at St. Miubaels, A ires, tbeue to Gibraltar, ru I Cuual and to tbv I'.lUtitilur. . TRAIN ROBBElJS' HAUL. Masked Men Succcd in Getting $25,000. NOT AR FROM CHICAGO. Bound and flagged an Operatoe anil Stuppsd tliaTraiiailontlnentnl Mall Rliot at the Engineer, Hen Away with the Bins 111. w Open the Ei press Car and D; nam I led tha Safe. Chicago, III., (Special.) Masked robber held up train No. 9 of tbe Northwestern Itnllroad shortly before midnight between Maple Turk aud DeKalb; shot at Dan White, englueer; ran nwny with the engine, nnd blew open ihe express car nud the safe. When the robber had rifled the car tbey disappeared.. Ills estimated tbat the rol bers secured 25,000 In cash alone. Train No. 0 form the part of the Trans continental Mall which was reoently estab lished botweeu Now York nnd San Francisco. The run is made Irom Chicago to Council Bluffs ou a schedule exceeding a mile n mluute. It has beeu the general custom to carry only two cars, one containing express matter and the other mall. The train left the Northwestern. Depot nt 10 o'olook with Dau White, a veteran em ploye of tho road, as engineer. No stops were scheduled before D. Kalb, at which place tbe train was due shortly before 11 o'clock. At Maple Park, CO miles from Chi cago, It was discovered that Tower W, at Elburu, was either out of older or was not giving the right signal. W hite closed the throttle quickly aud brought the train to a standstill. The train was midway between Elburn and Mnple Park. White bad hardly brought his engine to a standstill when two masked men Jumed ou the steps and pointed guns at him and the fireman. "Throw up your hands!" thy shouted. The railroad men did so. Two robbers detached the engine from the rest of the train, and White was told to take his engino two mile up tha track. There he attempted to make a fight aud recapture his engine. He struggled manfully, tut flnnlly one of the robbers shot nt Lui failed to hit biro. In tbe meantime four other men had at tacked the conductor and the brakemau. Numerous shots Were find to Intimidate them. The conductor was unable to make any resistance, aa he was told ha would be killed. Oue of tba brakemen mnnnirsd to escape In the darkness aud raced to Elburn, where be managed to seud the alarm to the tralu dispatchers in Chicago. The robbers, after overpowering tba con ductor, ordered tha express messenger, Frank Hobson, to admit them to tbe car. "You open up tbat enr," one of the rob ber shouted, "or we'll blow It up." Buck from the car came a about: "You try to force It open and I'll shoot the first man who shows his bend." A volley of shots wus the reply, and after several bad whizzed past his head tha ex press messenger opened the door. Tbey put revolvers to Ills bead and compelled him to give up the; key to tbe local freight. They then blew open tbe door of the through safe with dynamite, tbe explosion wrecking tbe car. Tba robber then grabbed all the money aud express package tbey could find and fled. Although It is Impossible to give with ac curacy tbe amount, Il is estimated by the officers ot the American Express Company In Chicago tbat there waa (25,000 in cash In the safe. The amount of jewelry, Ac. Mr. Autlsdel, the general manuuer of tbe Amer ican Express Company, said he could not guess at. Tba news of tha hold-up was received In Chicago before Vi o'olock. Word was sent at once to the superintendent, and a special train was ordered made up. Messengers Were dlspatobed for Detective Hellly, chief ot tha special force of the Northwestern system. Wben the train dispatcher was notified he gave orders to freight train No. 118, bound East to slop at Geneva and returu at ouce to tbe scene ot tbe bold-up. The trainmen of No. 118 notlocd No. 9 standing on the trnck with a dulncbod en gine ns they went by, but bad thought uoth Ing of it. When the freight crew reached Tower W tbey found tha operator bound, gagged and tied to a chair. When released be gave the first real lulurmatlou to tbe officials. He said tbat nt 10.30 o'clock four men had coma Into tbe tower aud asked him the number of tbe next train going wust. Tbey wanted to know if It was uot No. !), but thu operator says he told them it was No. 119. Tbe robber then told the operator he was a fool; that tbey knew better. To show tho operator they had laid their plan thor oughly and knew what tbey were talking about tbey pointed, gun at bis head nud told blm if be made a move they would kill blm. They tied htm up with ropes, stuffed a towel into hi mouth, and told blm if ho wa a "good follow" be would escape with out being hurt. Tbey then set tbe slguuU Which caused No. 9 to slow up. FAliyUII Alt'd HIO FLEET. Largest Number nf Hatileslilps Ever Un der On American CsmiiisiiH. 1 Wasblugton, (Special.) Hear Admiral raiijunar, wuo uas ueen assigned to the commaulof tho North Atlantic Squadron will have under his orders the largest num ber of battleship ever assembled in one command under au officer of tbe Uulted State Navy. Tbe Admiral will not only have the New York, tbe Massachusetts, the Indlunu and the Texas, but tbe new ships the Keursarge, tbe Kentucky and the Alabama will ulao be come a, part of bis squadroD. When the re pairs to tbe Olympia have been completed It may also Join the fleet. Sawmill Iturned; Loss, lo,OOU. Bayard W. Va (Special.) The sawmill 0( Isaac McDaniels, nt Beeohwocd Station uenr Bayard, W. Va., on the West Virginia I Central llallroad, nut destroyed by tire, of supposeu inceuuiary origin. Loss, 10,000. I'KEACUEK bl.EW Ae.lAlLANT. Nonagenarian Clergyman In Tennessee Kills Opponent After a tfuarr?!. Kuoxvllle, Tonn., (Special,) IUv. H. C. Daugherty, aged 97 years, ami William lt ss, 74 years, met aud resumed uu old quarto! lu bentt Couuty. Falling to settle the matter with word. Boss made an attempt to strike Daugherty with a hammer. The lultor ran to a nearly bouse, secured a shotgun nud killed hi assailant. Both men were lending citizens, hnv'ng large families, Daugherly being one ol tho most forcible preacher in JJ isi Tennessee. Murdered Ilia llrntlier, Italelgb, N.C., (Special.) Lin wood Mlggs, colored, was placed In tbe penitentiary for twelve year for murdering hi brother In Gates County Jail. The brothers wer ar leued, charged with rubbing a house. They were In the same cell, and Llnwuod brained bis brother with a club because he said bu Intended to confess tba crime. Compulsory Vaccination In llrlstol. Bristol, Teun., (Speolal.) Acting upon the suggestion of Dr. Worteubaker, of the Marlue Hospital Service, vaccination ha been mad compulsory Bristol owing to the smallpox, which jias lecoma almost epidemic. DOWN TUB BOERS. I Maxim Gun Deadly Fir From an Armored Train. London, (By Cable.) There ha bean eon alderabla fighting tha last three day at Mat. king, Hpytfonteln and several other points, but the censorship permits only mea ger Information to come through tbe new channels. Several startling despatches were published here. One from Cape Town stated ,thnt three hundred Boers nod eighteen British bad been killed In a battle at Mafe klng. Communication was temporarily opened with Klmberlev. A despatch from that place stated tbat aa armored train, con taining British troops, came upon a foroe of Boers near H ytfonteln. A shnrp fight re sulted, in which five Boers were killed and aeven wounded. Tbe British, according to the censored despatch, attstalned no losses. A despatch from Cape Town gives tbe fol lowing version of the fight: "The armored train, with a detachment of the Lancashire, approached unmolested until within range, when the Boers opened lire. "Tbe Maxim we're' instantly sot to work, nnd did great execution among the burgh era. The latter also used artillery, but In effectively. The armored tralu returned to Klmberly unharmed. "Tbe crew of the armored train any tbe Boers fired thirteen shells, but their nlm wa wretched, and not a single shot struck tbe train, which then made bold to approach uearer and opened fire with the Maxims. "The burghers replied with heavy rifled, again shooting wildly. Ouly three or four bullets struck the train. "Subsequently tbe crew learned that five Boer aud two Boer horses Were killed, whlla severul Boer aud borer were wounded. Not a member of the British force was so much as touched." Delayed despatches from Pretoria, proba bly carried by courier to point wbere tbe censorship Is not so rigid, state tbat In a fight nt Mafeklng nine Brlllsh were wounded, n burgher killed nnd two wounded. A Brit ish train loaded with dynamite wa blown up by tbe Boer nine miles north of Mafeklng. PLOT TO MTJltDEK JIMINEZ. Some Arrest Made In San Domingo Suing the Heir of Geu. Usnrssul,, San Domingo, (By Cable.) The govern ment has Issued a decree declaring tbe late President, Oeneral Ueurnaux, responsible for tbe mismanagement of the publlo funds through mixing publlo with private affairs, uud iutroduclng unlawful currency, aud ha oidered the publlo attorney to proceed against bis heir and all whom It may con cern, commencing by attaching tbe estate. Tbo decree nnmes a commission of tbree leudlng lawyers, whom It empowers to co operate with ibo publlo attorney lu tbe In vestigation. . Great indignation Is expressed nt the dis covery of n rebellious plot, Involving an attempt tn assassinate General Jlrclnez and General Vasqueg, the provisional president. Many persons have been plnoed under ar rest, charged with complicity In tbe plot, nnd It Is expected tbat further arreBls will be made. Several measure nre being taken to In sure publlo order, and the oountry Is appar ently quiet. Business la slowly Improving. There was a publlo sale ot paper money at tbe ratio of eighteen to one. EXTINGUISHED WITH DYNAMITE. Twenty-iwn Man, Imprisoned In m Burn - lug Colliery, Kesoued from Death. Pottsvllle, Pa., (Special.) An explosion of gas occurred at the Shenandoah City Colliery, at Shenandoah, nnd Ore Imme diately broke out In the mine, hemming In twenty-two meu wbo were at work nt tbe time. Those attracted to the surface ot tbe mine by tbe explosion at once began vigor ous efforts to rescue tbe Imprisoned men, and in this they were successful, all the men being (liken out alive In comparatively short time. Three of the number, Adam Sobolln ski, William Skavluskl, nud Joseph Caspav nge, were seriously burned, uud their In juries may prove fatal. Several others sus tained severe Injuries. The Shenandoah Are department was un successful lu the efforts to subdue tbe fire with water, and the mine officials then de cided on a more berolo plan. Several pound of dynamite waa taken Into the gangway by men skilled in the use of the explosive. The dynamite was exploded in the mine, and tbe coucusslon extinguished the fire In stantly. The colliery was thus saved. OLDEST ENGINEER DEAD. Wns Fireman on the First Lneomntlva Operated In This Country. New York, (Speolal.) Joseph Wood, the oldest locomotive engineer in the United States, died nt bis bomu at Bed Bauk, N. J., aired elghty-ulne. Ha was fireman ou tbe "John Bull," tbe first locomotive ever oper ated In this couutry. Tbe engine was sent from England Id 1830, nnd given Its first trial near Budenlown, Mr, Wood's native town. Mr. Wood wa employed nan engi neer during the war, and was also engaged In the same capacity ou a number of rail roads In tills section. He was tbe Inventor of Woods' improved frog, a steam wblstla uud steam pipe nnd other railroad appli ances. FILIPINOS MEKT MOIIK LOSSES. Driven Out of l'orso-Das American Killed and One Wounded. Manila, (By Cable.) Bell' regiment, mov ing from a position northwest of Bncolor, drove the enemy out of Porac. One Amer ican was killed and one wounded. The Filipinos lost a number of killed and wouuded. Tbe Americans captured two bullock carts ot ammuultlon. The newspaper Patrla has boen suppress ed, nnd its editor, Senor Utor, a Spaniard, placed under arrest on a charge of printing and publisblug seditious documents. For some time tbe Patrla has boen hostile to tba Americans. Iteoeiitly pamphlets nttaaklng tbe Americans and the friendly Filipinos buve beeu circulated, and the police believe that Utor wrote aud printed them. KILLED HUSBAND'S SLAYEK. Itallau on Ills Deathbed, Told Wife Nam ot Man Who Slabbed Illui. Nlles, Ohio, (Special.) Frank Augusta was shot and killed In the Italian quarter by Mis. Tauro, who war arrested nnd lodgt d lu Jail at Warren. About four months ago Domlolck Tauro was filially stubbed lu a light, and on hia deathbed told his wife tbat Augusta bad stabbed him. The shooting of Augusta I the suquol. Mrs. Tauro lias a live-month-o il buby, wbteb she took to Jail with her. Chicago's Costly Fir. Chicago, III., (Special.) Fire wblch broke nut early In the six-atory structure 120 to I'M West Wushlngtou street cuused a loss of 103.0 0. Tbo tenants who austalnrd losses ari l Chicago Folding Box Company, 25,000; Imperial Electrio Plating Company, (lfi.lHiO; I. Pleser & Co., flour merchants, t20,u00; Waltur Ehrman A Co., manufactures of bj cvelo parts, 10,00. Loss to building, 130, 000. A Young Woman Drowned. Wllmlnglon, N. C, (Special.) Miss Katie S. Gause, daughter ol the late S, P, Gause, was drowued at Greenfield Mlllpond, one and a half all' from. tb cjty. iriTi mm Si The President to Begin Work on it at Once. POINTS TO BE COVERED. Philippines to Itetnaln In the Possession of this Government Tha President' Iteeommenrlatlon Will Anticipate the Fight or 1900 to a Great Extent About Six Week to Complete III Message. Washington, (Speclnl.)-rAU Ihe Informa tion now obtainable Indicates that tbe next message of President McKlnley to Congress will be tbo most Important that any Execu tive baa written since the days of the Civil War. In statssmanahlp, politics nud flnnnce It will touch tbe countiy In II most vital places. Inasmuch aa the messago will ben loog aud Important one, the President will beglu work upon It Immediately. He will have about six weeks to complete this work, nud In the meantime be will have to deal with the routine matters which come up and with all other questions which may arise. He will not have any loo much time to get the document In shape for Congress. No doubt Is now left as to the President's Intention s to Ihe Philippines. His speeches In tbe West have clearly demon strated that he will recommend to Congress that the Islands bocome the property of the Uulted States for all limn lo come. He will not recommend how the Islands may be treated, as that question will be left to Con gress, but be will go so far as to ask Con gress to take some deflulte action ns early at possible 10 Indicate the inteutious of the United States. He will do this for one lm. I ortnnt reason tbat the Filipinos may know that there I ho longer hope for them to con tinue tbe Insurrection. The Tresldeut bas ascertained that the Filipinos nro dully growing more hopeful tbat tbo next ulectlon may bring about a change in thu policy ot tho United States. Tbey do not believe that Congres will take any notion at the coining sisslon, nnd think that the whole question of their future will be left until nfier lb national election of next year. The President see tbat If Congress should take prompt action oue source of Filipino Wipe would be eliminated. With that step taken, the Insurrection would weaken, ami if there should be discontent n year from now It would be suppressed by the return) of the Presidential election. The President will commit films. If to expauslou nud to tbe r-tentlon of the Philippines. Ho will advise Congress tbat the sooner tbe Filipinos ur made aware of the Inteutious of this country the quicker they will relinquish their belli gerent Ideas. FRENCH OUTLAWS SHOT. Fate of Captain Clianolna and Vnnlet, Who Mnssnrrrd tha Kh.bb Expedition. Tarls, (By Cable.) The Minister of the Colonies, M. Decrnls, has reoelved an offl clnl dispatch announcing that Captain Vou let aud Captain Chanolne, of the outlawed French expedition lu Ihe Soudan, whose member recently massacred most of the member of the expedition, under Lleuien-nut-Colonel Klobb, sent to urrest those offl cers on charges of cruelty and Insubordina tion, have been shot by tholr own meu. The Colonial Office has received the fol lowing dispatch from Lieutenant Palller, oue of the officer of tbe Voulet.Chauolii.i expedition, now In command of Voulet's men: "Captain Voulet alone, who with 103 Tirailleurs, on July 14 marched ngnlnst Lleutenunt-Colouel Klolib, was responsible lor the massacre. He told bis comrades on his returu what be bad done, nud declared that he Intended to revolt and to form au Independent State. "Ouly Cuptaln Chanolne decided to ac rompnuy him, with some nntives. Ou July lfl tbe Tirailleurs mutinied aud shot Cuptaln Ctianoine. Captain Voulet fled, but on July 17 tried to rejoin the expedltiou, but be was shot by a (entry. "The Tirailleur then rejoined the expedi tion In good order, and Ihe expedition, my self commanding, continued the mission and puulsbed tbe murderer of Captain Cast inejoux, whose body was recovered." JtECKIPT FOIt TltUNK TltANgFEIt. illustHnva s Itevenne stsisp Affixed Un der Classification aa a Hill of Lading. Washington, (Special.) The uttentlou of Ihe Internal Kevenue Bureau bavlug been called to the method adopted by transfer companies lu the various cities of giving at 11 residence or hotel a receipt for a trunk, which cull for the delivery of such trunk at some hotel or bouse In another city, it Is held that such receipts or bills of lading lira clearly liable to the stamp tax, under Sched ule A, of the act of June 13,1898. Internal revenue officers, therefore, are directed lo Investigate transfer companies lu their re specllve districts, with a view of determining whether ibey nre Issulug such receipts, and, It so, whether they are fully complying with thu law regarding the stamping of such receipts. OEMPEIIATE MOONtiHINEIt TAKEN. Gives Itevenue Officers Tough Tussle and la Himself Wounded. Norfolk, Vs., (Special.) A desperate bat tle betweeu revenue officers aud a noted moonshine desperado, W.lllam Horn ycuit, took plaoa near Htateevllle. Deputy Marshal Gruer shot aud mortally wounded thu lies perndo when be resisted arrest. The mar sbal himself received a painful wouud lu the thlgb. Special Duputy l'billi, who aenom paiiled Greer, ws made a prisoner by Ilun tycutt while spying upon the latter' cabin. Thomas lo Take Troops to Manila. Washington, (Special.) The transport Thomas will sail Irom Philadelphia for New York, to take on tho Foriy-aevouth Iteglmunt for Mnullii. Tbe Thomas will sail about Novuinber 1, and will carry 80 oflloers and l,0UO men, Including 00 hospital uoipiinuu, ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Census Director M err I am Is fond of fust horses, Mr. Chamberlain, British Colonial Secre tary, lu tbu 'OUa wus a buudny-school teacher lu Birxlughain, Thomas A. Edison will treat by bis new electrical process the ore from the O.liis gold mines of New Mexico, whtuh he ba Ju-t bought fur 3,00li,0 0. Four years ago Governor Morrill, of Kan sas1, found bluitelf getting too tat, nnd bu weiwi off a lot of flush by Hiking lung dully walks. The return of Prince Henry of Prua-ia Is now fixed for the bugluuiug of December Lord Currle, ot Grout Britain, Intend- to resign the E'ubnssy ut Homo lu Muy next, when be will retire from tbu diplomatic service. Senator Ilannn Is said to have paid for his suite of apartmeut at Clarldge'a Hotel, where ba slopped while in London, 175 guinea a week, Tbl I about 175. Former Uulted Slates Seuutor Pblletu Sawyer oslobruted bl 83d birtbduy at Osh kosu recently. King Otto of Bavaria has bean Insane since bl accession tu the throne, 10 year ago, and sometime bl mania is homicidal. He is a giant in strength aud sire, and bas killed tbree ot bl attendant In lit of rage. BOERS AT KIMBf Newcastle Occupied and fiai!i,v.Tt Seized. p. London, (By Cable. )-The j,, ' Cnp Town correspondent, mjs. et , "Klmberloy Is besieged, and ti mid massing In force. No details i obtainable. Jot "The Boers have cut tbe rslnn"t mont, hnve selr.rd tbe Spyfont.,Bt9 station, and constructed fori' works. There are strong defn nt Modder Bridge and the Ot V liM.. V i "Theoljectof these energy , I believed to be the capture of (..' Klmberley Is now Isolated, both , ' toleirrnnhlA nnmmiinlfl.linn. 1 I Tbe Dally Mall's Glencoe pondent says: "A force under CommaiH, from Bpltzkep, occupied Nam?, wn dsy afternoon, nnd, It is repot '' their flag over tbe Town Hull, jf, "Ills rumored that the Ibe.,m -i lured a pollen patrol of six men.f It' Drift, on the Buffalo Elver." fbroi 80 far as actual news Is cor. , little change In the situation . , tlced. The state of affairs at ). fl only be conjectured. The oc y Newcastle liv Ihs Unnn w. IS nuu cAecieti, ton pince uavidg uonea by the British. Tha li ported to be menacing Kimberl. M Very heavy rains and snows "'; which hamper tho Boer movHm.Fjj are finding that tbey began too 4Sfj, the Initial successes they count. evidently found tbe advance i,-1 mith difficult, either Irom ti j, wi west, a Oon. Sir Goorgo Htn; l,el reconnolnsanae seems to hutijjjj doter them for the present. . The peaks of tbo Drakensliet; , now-covered, and tbe storim 8ml occurred must have caused tb ' discomfort, which probably n nat I failure to attack Oeu. White, s gtr activity characterizes the opsri.'Sttre Iocs. yefti; ; Persistent rumors are In clrt id in the Sbreluer ministry to Caps araB been dismissed nnd tbat Mr. 1!,. B been asked to form 11 cl.mV rumor, howover, are without l ,.i. Sir Alfred Mlluer ha wired t berlaln the text of an Inflamnn: " ' which Field Cornet Vlljoen c 1 fro Johannesburg, with a view of I ttl'B Afrikanders on both aides of ltlver against England. jr etr Tbe government bus secured tsua Arnwa, which was to bave hei Avonmouth for Montreal with 1 gow Bers. Tbe Australian governtirjuij, cured the White Slur Line strips jjQ' now at Melbourne, to couvey tl. jnj contingent to Bomb Africa, j n LAItUK SCHOOL DKSIll Dens Fir Starts In Ihe Chapel Vesper Service. 'ers8 Chloago, (Speclul.) St. Man" School, at Fei Danville, bun f tl grouud. Tbe loss la ebtlmatejpuro Seven bulldlug wero destro y? f bishop's Feehut ' summer hin a only building at ved. Tbeilreci of i the chapel during vesper ai rvif con not discovered until it bad galt-ttnK able headway. Over four bu, were In tbe otinpel attending si 1 time, but all were gotten out In , ' Are apparatus nt baud was inac by the time engines arrived fron ,er,e, 1 two miles away, nearly every l'r ' destroyed. St. Mary's School sfes. Catholic Industrial Institution I inrrit founder was Archbishop Feelmt les'a Insurance amounted to f GO,O()0, jrjsid 1 the COST OF OCEAN MAIe j, Interesting Statement p,l"'Jg)je llureau of Navlgaltm Washington, (Speolal.) Tli1'"' Navigation ha prepared a stm m" tbe latest available foreign oflli D 7( steamship compaulus uud imfo'lin showlug an annual ex ondlturrgirl 588 by foreign nation ou Hi' toft s shipping. The statement Is 1 Jg i, but is nearly so. The Uulted qUj shown, paid to American vesi- gift mails 1,0,18.1 11 for the fls. a: jtll 1 June 30, 181)8. The ileitis ar , Great Britain, total, 's.7C2.!;;.y' total, H,804,C20j France, f7,!'av0 42,186,200; Ituaaln, tl,lCS,187i alT gry. 1, 724,249; Spain, 1.0'.'!l. 8 hi 903,800; Netherlands, IK'J,',' iDbur tl3U,U-lS; Sweden, M,844; D peril 450; Jupau, (3,492,107. e-UrJt 1. and O. KaniliiK'itaret Baltimore, Md., (Speolal.)- Wft present rata of Increase In the. . of the Baltimore and Ohio Hull: . , almost tbe entire interest cln 1 rentals for tbe llscal year end 1900, will have been earned by it 1899. Tbl wa foreshadowed hnr earning for September were fV a Tbe estimated gross receipts w-'wol! the largest for one month in uTJeaij the company, nud an Increase. over September, 1898. The n September, 1899, were nlso a rt j h being tl,C30,493. an inoreass. -P over September, 1898. Tbe net" . ' the first tbree tuoii'..n of this CI 7? July, August and BeptemliJ11"1 1 f 3,042,759, au Increns- of : -P-the uinu mouths lu 1898. anil v -'you FIELD Ot- LAUK prs M'UOtl! Glass Is made from slag. Hyl" Debs is to visit Australia. Finland bas woman sailors. ' ' There are 1,500,000 coal mln''mo' There are 08,010 unlou slioenw,,a Cblcogo has a mattress unioifVO ho Olalla, Wash., Is a co-operal f Mr Douver bas a liorseahoers' uniu c There are 8J.748 Brotberhoipt tbu Detroit landlords will keep Uu There are counterfeit uulou jp, Scotland bas a National I'fHyi Brooklyu hasn't an idle ui ftr(-L Tbe pulpit employt 800 Am-",! "c A Now York walklug duleu- n8l cyole. I Cleveland street railway stf I mi automobile. )su nt Detroit drug stores will pro!-' (togr Sunday. t mutt In llibbing, Minn., rallroa l(en 2,20 a day. j,jta There are three organlzatlui i6 Q new lors, Duudee, Scotland, railroad loatfc to aa; maud the eight-hour day. rhoi 01 Dundee plasterers' laborer! cents per hour. UOt HI New York Socialists bave j ' fear Denmark loeked-out uieu. bU loo At Milwaukee antbraclie vl I tou after OcloLor IS. Hi. ined 1 i'i hia Burglars Make a Upt he Ie Moines, (Speclal.)-As"ll, from ltlppey, lu., say bu urgliiif' -flot Commercial Bauk there, blew I u.U y with nitro-giyccrlne aud ol j The bauk cashier declared tl1'!! ljfit got fl,6W. No arrest bavo bufo ( not Dr iti wii'i the Lculsvllle, Ky., (Special.)' ner, a printer, wus shot and I" by his wlfu after a quarrel In mdn say Wagner attacked fot hi, lie 1,'be couple came here from Ci 4 (
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