THE NtWS. The Executive committee of tho National Republican League will meet ln Wushlugtim Deoemlier 11 to tlx Upon the time ami pluce for the convention of 1900. Twenty-live hundred Chicago members of ton Knight nml Ladles of Honor have sc. cedert frointluit organization because of dis satisfaction with the management. In a fight between Captain Elbrlrige Bol ersou and Captain l)ll Pulley on b lioKt ut Belfast, Me., both want ovurbourd, nuil Ilol crmin wns drowned. It Is reported thnt If the vote of Louisville Is thrown out Governor Bradley, of Kon tucky, will refuse to recognize due be I as Ills successor. A Oi'rmnn grain iltaU-r him bought sovernl hundred thousand dollars' worm of South western wheat for shipment to I'.urnpc. Chicago engineers nre designing tlin 8, 00,000 onrthquuke-proof steel palace for the Crowu Prince of npan, Dwlght L. Moody, the evangelist, arrived lit bin home In Massachusetts, and bis cou dltlou bait liuprovud. The Household Economic Assoolutlon was established lu Now York, to furnish eer ' vents by the hour. Eugene Debs predict thata general union of railway employes will bu effected sooner or Inter. The newly rnmo!led Christian Church Was dedicated at r rcdorleksliurg, Va. Eve yn Adams, an unsuccessful writer, dtud lu New York from starvation. An effort will be mudo to hove Moore, charged with embezzling from a bank at Boston. Bud now In huutlugo, Chili, t-xtra-r itod. The President has decided to tnulte no recommendations to Congress about tho franchises In Cuba. Hear Admiral Schley wan Riven a dinner ty the Clover Club, in Philadelphia, prior to Iiis departure lis commander of the South Atlantic, squadron. Among other guests weru Cnptalu Clark, formerly of the battle ship Oregon, and General Fiizhugh Leo. The pilot of the ferryboat Chicago, which collided with the steamer City of Augusta at hew York on IMobcr 31, bus had bis license suspended for six months. The steamer Concstogu sank at her pier at Chicago, after a race for life. She bad a bole punched into her bow a mile aud a halt out in the lake. The Pennsylvania councils of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, who were suspended by the national council for re bellion, have obtained a bearing. The Koss House, at Bldgeway, Pa., was burned, the Are being caused by the explo sion of natural gas. Congressman Evnn E. Settle, of tho Sev enth Kentucky district, died suddenly of benrt disease. The Virginia Court of Appeals has decided that tbo land-grabbera' act Is constitutional. The Secretary of the Treasury has nn ' oounced that ho will buy 25,000.000 of the United (States llve-per-cent. bonds of 1904 and four-per-oent. bonds of 1807 at any sub treasury. Charles It. and Albert 0. McLaiu were arrested In Chicago on the charge of fraud ulent use of the mails In running a bucket shop. They nre reported to have made over 6500,000 lu two years. In the case of the assignment . of the riankluglou Bunk, lu Milwaukee, the court ordereu the scttleineut of debts aggregating t990,4s3 for ill.HHi. A wreck on the Norfolk and Western Iliill road occurred at Blverton. Va., by which two hranenien uud uu unknown negro wero killed. Professor Worcester made a strong argu ment In Chicago lu defense of the adminis tration's polit y In tbo Philippines. The crew of the Gloucester fishing schooner Ethel D. Jacobs, wrecked off the Irish coast, were brought to Boston. Judge Reagan and John J. Ilylund dls cuBsed the subject of railroad regulation be fore the Industrial Commission. Police of other cities are anxious to secure the New York swindlers who ure charged with extensive operations. The Supreme Court of Tennessee decided tbat the autl-cigarette law passed by the legislature was valid. Admiral Schley, who la about to assume command of the South Atlnutiu ttiuudron, called at the Navy Department, and bad a long conference with Acting Secretary Allou concerning the character of the service ou Which be Is about to embark. Four meu were arrested in Now York and cue I 'i Pittsburg, whom the New York police say have been implicated in a number of Swindling schemes upon banks, hotels and trust oompuulos iu different parts of the country. The broom manufacturers mot lu Chicago to take steps for protecting themselves ugalnst the Increased price for broom corn. The result will be uu udvuucu lu the prices of brooms. President Cossatt, the bonrd of directors aud the department beads of the Pennsyl vania Railroad inspected teiminul facilities at Norfolk. They a 1 1 1 go to North Carolina. Bu-luin-s men of Newport News, Va.. uro making an effort to secure from Congress nu appropriation to dredge the chuunel over Newport News middle ground bar. James Monroe; charged with swindling and bigamy, was arrested lu Chicago and turned over to the Rochester police. Twenty-six women claim to have married him. Frank Thompson, city undertaker of Memphis, Tcnn., was arrested in St. Louis for trafficking Inhuman bodies for medical colleg-s. Ho confessed. Oeneral Edward H. Hyde, of Bath. Me., died suddenly of npepiexy ut the Hotel Cbamberlln, Old Point. Two Hungarians, while engaged In a (1st fight ou the Heading ltnilroad trucks, near fSbnnioklu, Pu., weru ruu down aud killed by tt train. ltev. De Witt L. Telton, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, of Bloomlngton, III., resigned to cuter the Protestant Episcopal ministry. Officers of the Merchants ami Miners' Transportation Company made an Inspec tion of the terminals ut Newport News, Va. Deputy Coroner Samuel P. Halter, of Phil adelphia, gave' bail to answer a charge of fraud during the recent election. Two people were killed In Kansas City, Mo., by ptomaines lu uiiuce-meul pies. George Oaks, who murdered Ambrose Caraway, near Bakersvllle, N. C, surren dered himself to secure half the rewurd Offered. Two men were killed by the wrecking of a double-headed freight train at McKees Jtorlis, Pennsylvania. Orlu Springer was killed and William Busby wounded lu a fight on the hitter's lurm, near Kokomo, I ml. Miss Llllle Iteed, living near Spring Bun, Tu., was so badly burned tliut her Ufa is de spuircd of. The oeked-out piano and organ workers lu Chicago propose to start a co-operative piano factory. John Armstrong was killed lu St. Louis, Mo., and the police arrested Mrs. Hose Louvler, bis cook. Warwick J. Price, a superintendent of lbs Mutual Life Insurance Company, In York s'"rt 4'iii A. Meade wero arnted on ' the charge of lutwui revenue stamps. ' A grain elevator ot Shenuudouh Junction, filled with wheat aud corn, was burned to the ground. Loss covered by Insurance. Senator Mason, of Illinois, as a Senate committee, beard statements lu New York ou the adulteration of beer aud broad. Lleutonunt Commander Beurs received order to report to Admiral Bcbley ou the cruiser Chlcugo. SHELLED TRAIN. UOr.KM DERAIL ONE OF TIIK 1'IOIIT. 1NO lit AM (.'A". 13 GZM. JOUBERT DEAD? Report of the Fntnl Wounding of the Noted llin ;;licr- News Is Not Confirmed '-Generally Credited In, London, M It tins Rem lien ivnl From Many Pwliite 1 all ol the FtMlleer. r.stcourt, Nntal, (Bv Cabin.) An armornd train having on board B half company of the Durban Volunteers and a half company of the Dublin rnsllecrs steamed to Chievoley enrly Thursday morning. On lis return It wns shelled by the artillery of the Boers placed In four positions. Two trucks in front of tho engine left tho rails, toppling over. While the trnlu was thus helpli ss the Durbnns and Duhlltm fncpd the Boers lu skirmishing order, and the Boers poured shot and shrli into I he crippled train. The derailed wagons were with grent diffi culty removed mid tho Hue was cleared, When the engine and tender steamed back. During this juncture Lieut. Winston Chun-hill, of tho Fourth Hussars, and son of Lord Randolph Churchill, displayed much courage, ns did also tho driver and fireman. It Is feared tho Duhllns and Durbnus fared badly. A Bed Cross party has gono out, Seven of the Durbana have Just come In, making a:) missing. Ouly 15 of tho Dublin have returned. Tho naval seven-pounder, which wss in front of tho truck, hnd fired three shots when In was shattered by the Boer artillery. The armored engine has many bullet marks, and Its dome-cover is smashed, as, also, Is its nutomatic exhaust pipe aud 25-ton jack-screw. Tho lender is also pitted with bullet murks. It Is rumored that Lieutenant Churchill Is a prisoner. 1'ouglit on Foot. Durbnu, Natal, (By Cable.) -The Nale.l Advertiser has a dl.sputeb from Eslcourt, which says: "When part of the armored train was over turned by the Boers, tearing up the rails, the British alighted and exchanged volleys with the Boers. Tho englno driver, when the rails wero replaced, seeing the position wns hope less, steamed back to Estcourt with a few of tho Dubllns and 15 of tho Durbaus, Includ ing Captain Wylle, who was wounded, on the tender. The fato of tho remainder of tho Durbnns and Dublins and Lieutenant Churchill Is tinkuowu." The Natal M-roury, describing the engage ment, says: "The enemy apparently opened fire with a Maxim nnd two nine-pounders, getting tho range accurately. The fire was so severe that telegraph wires and poles were destroyed. Their guns were posted on a kopje covered with brushwood, and their shnrpshonlcrs were hidden Lehlnd loulders. The Dubllns and volunteers, lighting nu un equal battle, thrice drovo the enemy back; but the fierceness of tho rifle and big gnn fire was too much for the bravo little party, whl 'h wus weakened nt tho outset by the overturning of the trucks, hurting several. IS JOI IJKKT DEAD? Reports of tbo Killing of the lloer Genoral Are Not Confirmed London, (By Cable.') Tlio most startling news from the seat of vur Is the report of tho death of Gen. Piet Jouhort, the Com-mnmlnr-ln-Chief or the Boer forces. Though the report comes from many dlfleront quar ters, it obviously lacks confirmation. At tho same time, many people believe the report to be well-founded, as the General's death Is f aid to have occurred November fi, when the Boer riflemen were understood to be within 1,600 yards of Lndysinlth. As severe fighting between tho British nnd the Boers the same day has been reported, It Is credited lu some quarters as quite possi ble that General Jouhort, nlways noted for his personal courage and coolnei-s, mny have dangerously exposed himself In a per sonal r-icounaissanoo of tho British position. M'HLEY ISANOVIiTIil). ficn. Ieo Also n Guest of Fliilndclphht Clover Club. Philadelphia, Pa., (Special.) Itear-Ad-mlral Schley was given a dinner by the Clo ver Club, prior to his departure as comman der of the South Atlantic squadron for South African waters. Among other guests wero Captain Clark, formerly of the battleship Oregon, who was with Schley in the great naval battle off Santiago, and Geu. Fitzuugh Lee, who Is now on a visit to this city. For the first time a woman appeared ut a Clover Club dinner. Mine. Emma Nevada, the distin guished operatic singer, was introduced to the diners and shook bauds with tho guest of honor. She favored the club by singing '"America," in which she was Joined by the eutire assemblage, Admiral Schley leading. CON G It ESS .HAN 8ICTTLK DEAD. lie Defeated W. C. I. ltreekhuidgc for Congress lu lHlltl. Frankfort, Ky., (Special.) Congressman Evan E. Settle, Democrat, representiug the Seventh Kentucky district, died suddenly at Oweuton of hear disease. Congressman Settle was a prominent law yer of Owenton, Ky. He was born at Frank fort, Ky., In 1H41, aud was a graduate of tho Louisville High School. Ho was admitted to the bar lu 1H70, aud has since practiced law at Owenton. Mr. Settle was county at torney of Owen county and a member of the Kentucky Legislature. He was elected to Congress iu lHittl, defeating W. C. P. Breck inridge, the Fusion candidate of Ilepubll cuus and Gold Democrats. FALL OF AN AKKOLITF. It Partially Wrecks a House aud Causes a I'anto. Crescent. III., (Special.) By the falling of an aerolite, seven miles south of Crescent City, the resldonoe of John Meyers was partly wrecked and the neighborhood was panic-stricken. The meteor came from a point In the sky a little east of south, aud struck the north end of the house, touring away a part of the upper story. The aero lite buried itself in the ground about three foet from the foundutlou of the house. Commercial Treaty with France. Paris, (By Cable,) The Customs Commit tee of the Chamber of Deputies met aud re solved to invite the Minister of Commoroe to present to tho Chamber ut the earliest possi ble moment tho terms of the commercial treaty between France aud the United States, the terms of whMh ure ouly ,vowu through .their publication abroad. Furtluiuake Cuuses a I'aiilo. Veroua, Italy. (By Cable.) There was a fhort but very sharp earthquake, here. It threw tho iuhubituuu of the towu luto a punlc. A Trtirker's Kulelile. Norfolk, Va., (Hpooial.)-H. W. WiUlams, a prominent trucker of Norfolk county, uommlttued suicide by banging himself. He 'leaiyes a widow and seven children. Ill liealjh Is supposed to have unbalanced his inliel. A Norfolk Hoy Killed. Norfolk, V., (Speolsl.)-Clurence L. Snyder, a youth t,f this city, was shot and Instantly killed wfcjlo bunting lu company with another boy, j,0ut 10 miles from the city. Magistrate Fmmlng. on whose farm the tragedy occurred auj two otljer pers0M wuro arrested, HArfU AT WUKK. Mr. IfcmlcrKoit Arianalng the Com mitters of the Next House. Washington, (Special.) Speaker-elect Henderson is busy with bis committees. There nre to be few Important changes, but there are enough good vacancies on all tho big committees to caiiso members of thonext House to (lock to Mr. Henderson's rooms ull day. Mr. Hepburn, of Iowa, has announced that ho will take up tho task of reforming the present method by which theS(eaker lias sole power to appoint the committees. Ho prefers the Semite system, by which a com mittee of ouch party selects tho committee appointments ot Its own party. Mr. Hop buru Is doui tless quite right In his conten tion that the right to appoint tho. committees makes the Speaker too powerful, tiut It Is hardly likely that his reform will be adopted this year. Eventually, it Is bound to come. At present tho Speaker can absolutely kill a member politically by a fatal committee usslgnnient. In the Fifty-first House a mem ber from Indlnifu of the linmo of Chendle Irritated Speaker ltced by opposing the elec tion of the caucus nominee for chaplain of the House. Mr. Iteed appointed Cbeadlo tho last man on the Committee ou Bnvolutlonnry War Claims the only committee assignment he received. The House burst Into a roar ol laughter when tbo appointment wss read, and Mr. Chcadlo, In a lit of passion, sprauii to his feet aud resigned from the committee. Mr. Beed gravely accepted the resignation but never gave Chcadle another place, so that Mr. Chcadlo was the only man In Con gress who served on no committee. Mr Beed never saw him when ho rose to make n motion. The result was that Chcadle was overwhelmingly defeated for rnnomiuallou nnd when Inst hoard of had become n Pop. ullst-Democrat In the cnmpulgu of '00. Mr. Beed hnd killed him politically. On tho other baud, some men rise superloi to their committee assignment. In tho Forty sixth Congress, Speaker Randall undertook to punish Mr. Springer, of Illinois, with whom ho bad a dlltlcitlty, and, though the Illinois man wns serving bis third term, be appointed him on the Committee on Expen ditures In tho Department of Justice n purely nominal committee. Instead of per mitting himself to be buried, Mr. Sprlngei nmnzod the world one day by unearthing n gigantic system of frauds which tho Vailed States marshals had been perpetrating for years lu their accounts of fees received. A great Investigation followed, which was the sensation of that Congress. Mr. Springer hud carefully prepared himself, and, as the result of his testimony, hundreds of sultf wero entered against marshals to restore fees Illegally retained. The case lltially went up to tho Supreme Court of tho United States, nnd Congress, to reward Mr. Spring er, appointed him a special representative ol the government to plead its cause in the Su preme Court, and voted him $10,01)0 a year for legal services, so long ns tho caso was pending. Mr. Springer won tho suit and a national reputation, aud has since become one of the foremost statesmen in his party. KTFKL FA LACK. AVIII be tlio Home of the Crown Frinco of Iumiii In Tokio. Chicago, (Special.) Chicago engineers are designing tho earthquake-proof steel palace for the Crown Prince of Japan, which li to mark the advent of American steel construction In the Mlkndo's laud, and the imperial government lias approprlati diS.OI'O 0110 for its erection. Foundations are being laid with a view to rearing the framework iu February. Around the skeleton of beams and bars will be built a house of granite anil murblo expected to eclipse lu beauty of de sign anything tho Orleut has ever kuown. The palace will adjoin tho royal home of Hi" Mikado In Tokio, and It will spread to ex treme dimensions of 27i by 4 (I feet, rising to a height of sixty feet. Tho architectural plans partake of the French renaissance. Dr. T. Kiityhama, chief architect ot tho Imperial household department of Japan, who camo to America to let contracts for tho new pnlnce. has commissioned E. G. aud It. M. Shunkluud, of Chicago, who de signed the construction of tho Manufactures Building nt the World's Fair, to prepare framework plans. Still another Chicago engineer, Charles M. Wilkes, was called upon to map out nn elaborate heating and ventilating plant. Iu addition to these, American bralus will also contribute au ico manufacturing aud electric light system. Steel construction, with its rigid elasticity, Is expected to revolutionize tho building in dustry In the Mikado's land, where earth quakes have on several occasions played havoc with strui-turessopposedlysolld. The new palace will rest on four hundred deeply, anchored steel columns, Imbededin concrete piers, and the constructing engineers sny the magnificent pile will resist all shocks. Part of the palace will be devoted to govern ment offices. Tho steel will bo supplied by tlio Curne-jio Company, of Filial urg. ti )t Al)l; IMFUOVEMKNTS. Tlio II. & O. Will Have All the Heavy Work Completed by Spring. Tho work of cutting down the grades on the Chicago division of the Baltimore uud Ohio Railroad will be begun at once, and most of the heavy work will have been com pleted by spring. The general plan of Bal timore and Ohio grade Improvomeuts con template un lfl-foot maxlum grade from Chicago to Baltimore, except over the moun tains where helping engines have to bo used. The Chicago division wor' includes re ductions bttween TIIIlu, O., and Attica, where a 28 foot grade will be reduced to Is foet. About 850,0.10 cubic yards will be ex cavated. Loss A Co., of Chicago, have the contract. At Teegarden, Iud., there are 175,000 cubio yards to tie removed to reduce the grade from 2S to 16 feet, Loss & Co. also having this contract. Between Garrett aud Ripley, Ind., there will lie a relocation of the line for seven miles, reducing a iiU-fooi grade to 111 feot, both east and west bound. These reductions will cost about (300,000, but will ullow au Increase of nearly 30 per aeut. in, train loading when they ure com pleted. Ilrutal Wlilteeap In Ohio. Bollofontulue, Ohio, (Special.) There was n sequel to the West Liberty whltoouppiug. wheu a mob from that place tore down tlio livery barn of Edward Jackson, nnd turned tlio horses loose. Jackson was ouo ot tho trio, consisting of two colored men and a white woman-Jacksou's duughter-ln-luw, who were taken from the jail at West Liberty early Saturday morning by a mob, and tarred and feathered, and ruu out of towu. The trio came to this city, where Noll' Jack son, who was severely beaten, Is iu it critical condition, the result of Internal Injuries. Jacksou is nearly bllud from vitriol thrown lu bis eyes. FATAL FIGHT ON A ItO.tT. Iu the Kti-ngirln Two Captains Go Over board and One Is Drowned. Belfast, Me., (Special.) As the result of a fight on bonrd a llshltig smack lu the harbor, ('apt. Elbrldge Ilolorson, ot Belfast, Is deud by drowning, and Cupt. Dell Dulley, owuer of the smack, lu suffering from wounds nnd exposure. Captuiu I)alley,'wbo gave him self up to the police, says that Bolorsou c true' aboard bis. boat drunk, nnd made n vicious attack upon him. In the struggle which followed both mini were preclpltuted into the water. Dulley succeeded lu break ing Uulerson's bold upon him aud reaching his boat aguiu, although nearly exhausted. CRUISER WRECKED. THE CIIAItLESTON STIUKES A REEF OFF THE COAST OF LUZON. ALL ON BOARD ARE SAVED. She Is a Largo Vessel and Was the First One Sent to Admiral Dewey's Relief A Tier the llattln of Manila Catastrophe Occurred on Tuesday, November the Seventh Ship nnd Ollleers. Manila, (By Cablc.)-The United States cruiser Charleston, which had been pa trolling the northern coast of Luzon, was wrecked on a roef off the northwest coast on Tuesday, November 7. All ou board were saved. Assignment of the Charleston. Washington, (Spoolal.) Tho Charleston has been In Asiatic waters more than a year. She was ono of tho first vossels to be sent to Manila after tho destruction of tlio Spanish lleet by Admiral Dewey, tho Navy Depart ment utilizing her for the purpose of send ing ammunition and other supplies for the Asiatic Station. Just previous to her assignment to that duty she hud undergone an overhauling nt the Maro Isluud Navy Yard, Ban Francisco, and, therefore, was in prime condition for now duties. The Charleston Is one of tho vessels of more recent construction, and belongs to that class which Is commonly referred to as the "new Navy." She has a full complemout of olllcers and crew. The nuval register Is sued at the beginning ol the present year gives as her communder Cupt. William II. Whiting and her licutenaut-eommander Qottfrled Blockinger. Assistant Secretary Allen Is acting Fecre tury during the absence of Secretary Long, It was stated at his hotel that uo messages had boon received by him during tho night. Captain and Crew. Washington, (special.) The following are tho officers of the Charleston ns given In tho Navy Department's list of July 8, IBM: dipt. George W. l'lgman, commanding. Liuut.-Com. John A. Norrls. I. lent. -Com. Thomas B. Howard. Lieut.-Com. llliain N. Little. Lieut. William Bruunersreuthcr. Lieut. Louis S. Van Duzen. Lieutenants, junior grade, Lay. II. Evor hart, Dewltt Blomer and Waldo Evans. Ensigns, Ivun C. Wetteagol, Albert W. Marshall and James B. Henry, Jr. Naval Cadets Edward T. Cousteln, Charles II. Fisher, Charles E. Moran, James S. Matthews, Frank O. Branch nnd Charles B. Hutcbj mrgeon Charles Thlbbelt, Assistant Surgeon Edward V. Armstrong, Passed Assistant Paymaster Zoba W. Reynolds, Cap tain of Murines Melvillo J. Shaw, Boatswain Domlnlck Glynn, Gunner Joseph R. Ward Hnd Acting Carpenter John II. Gill. The Lost Warship. The Charleston wus a protected cruiser, authorizod In 1-85 and built by the Union Iron Works, at San Franclsoo, from pious bought from the famous Armstrong Works, but much changed in actual use. The keel was laid Janusry 20, 18S7, luunched July 10, 1H.1H, and llrst placed in commission Decem ber 20, RIHil. Her dimensions were: Length, 812 feet; breadth, 411 feot; d ruu ght, over 18 teet; displacement, 3,700 tous. The Charles ton was driven by twin-screw, horizontal, being tho last ot this type built, the vertical engine having entirely replaced It. She hud compound engines ot 8,C"U Indicated horse power and a speed of 18.2 knots (20.115 miles) an hour. Shu was armed with twoeigh!-!nch guns, one forward and the other aft, and six six-Inch breocb-loitdlng rifles in broad side; secondary battery, two oue-pouudor rapid-lire guns, six machine guns and one Held gun. Shu had a protective deck three Inches ou slopes and two Inches thick on But. The complement of the Charleston was 20 officers and 288 men. Her service wus entirely on the Pacific Coast until she wus ordered to Manila. LIKE AN EARTHQUAKE. Tcrrlllo Explosion of Nltro-Glycerlne Magudne In Ohio. Tiffin, O., (Special.) A magazine used by the Brudfurd nltro-glycerlue factory to store the explosive, located two and a-hulf miles east of Glbsonburg, exploded. The shock was heard at towns withlu a radius of forty miles, and the tffoct of the explosion lu tho Immediate neighborhood was terrific Tho magazine is located In the woods a quarter ot a mile from any dwelling, and this uloue prevented terrible loss of llfo. Benjamin Curd, driver of a stock wngon, hnd brought a load of 720 quarters of nitro glycerins from the factory at Brndford, aud was unloading it when the explosion took place. Just how it happened will uover bo learned. Card and the two liorsos driven by him received tho full effect of the explosion. He wus blown to atoms, ouly a few shreds of his body being fouud, aud piuces of horse llcsh wore burled several miles. It is sup posed thnt Card had a companion, but this Is not positively known. The exploslou made a bolo soven feet deep In the solid rock, and trees In the vicin ity were torn to splinters. People within a mile of the p ace were knocked flat, pic tures wero torn from the walls, dishes thrown out oi cupboards, windows shutter ed uud bouses moved from their foundation. All the windows In Glbsonburg wero broken. There were about 1,600 quarters of glycerine on the wagon, aud la the magazine. Curd lived In Bradford, O., and left family. DEATH STOl'I'ED THE FIGHT. Two Men, Wrangling on a Itallroud Track, Struck by a Train. Shamokln, Pa., (Special.) While John Yuusk and Conrad Wiusko, young unmarried Hungarians, wero engaged iu a list light on the Philadelphia and Beading Builroud truck near Enterprise an express train ran them down aud Instantly killed them both. The men had been to a Hungarian christen ing at Enterprise, uud, becoming Involved la a quarrel, they walked down the railroad to tight It out. The trainmen wore abso lutely blameless, the fighting men not hav ing been seen by the engiueor In time to stop the train. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. General Paredcs, the Venezuelan revolu tionist, surrendered to General Castro aftor a terrlilo battle at Porto Cubollo, in which 650 people wore killed and wounded. The American and other warships In the harbor assisted the attacking foroe by bombarding the town, but the range was too great and the Bring was Ineffective. An agreement, subject to the approval of the United States, has been reached between loreat Britain and Germany relative to the possession ot certain Islands In the Bamoan Wrouo. Violent soenes characterized tne sitting of the French Senate a' high court lu the conspiracy eases. Alfred Harmesworth, editor and proprio tor of the London Dally Mall, bos iked HI Thomas Llptou to give him an opportunlt to challenge next summer for the America Cup. At Berlin the Colonial Council appro tod of the Sauioan agreement. The newspapers in London also express satisfaction. The recent storm and the ruins tbat have followed have oaused much suffering in tho Inland of Jamaica. The trial ot Deroulede and fourteen others was begun by the French Senate at Paris. ROUT OF THE REBELS. Americans nnd Filipinos Ilnve a Hot Ilattle Hail Roads Prevent Mmieitvre. Manlln, (By Cable.) The Thirty-third In fantry, In one of tho sharpest engagements of tho war, with an equal force of Filipinos, five mllos from San Fabian, lost oue officer nnd six men killed and oue officer and 12 men wounded. Nows of the fight has just been received here. The Americans captured 2!) Filipinos nnd 100 rifles. They found 81 Filipino dead In the trenches and rice fields. It Is probable many more Filipinos wore killed or wounded. Oeneral Wheaton was Informed that the natives were gathering at San Jacinto lor the purpose of preventing the Americans from controlling tho road from Dagupan north, by which Agulualdo's escort might retreat. The. Thirty-third Infantry, Colonel Howe commanding, and a detachment of the Thirteenth with a Ontllng guu, were sent to disperse tjiem. Tho troops encountered what Is said to bo tho worst rond fouud in Luzon. There wns a succession of creeks, whose bridges tho Americans hnd to stop and repair, nnd miry ditches. At somo places men and horses struggled waist deep In quagmires. The Filipinos opened the fight two miles from San Jacinto, while tho leading Ameri can battalion was passing a clump of houses In the midst of a cocounut grove knee deep In mud. The native sharpshooters, bidden In trees, houses nnd a small treneh across tho road bold their fire until the Americans wore close to them. When theybogun firing other Filipinos opened lire from thickets, right aud left, further nwuy. Tho sharpshooters picked off the officers first. Five of the Americans who fell wore shoulder straps or chevrons. But the Thirty third nover wavered. Its crack marksmen knocked the Filipinos from the trees llko squirrels, and the Amerienns rushed the trench, leaving four dead natives there. Tho regiment thou deployed under fire, with Major John A. Logan's battalion In tho center, Major Croulc's on tho right nnd Major Marsh's on the left. Tho skirmish line, which was a mlto long, Advanced rapidly, keeping up a constant fire. Mnjor Logau wns shot dead while lending his meu. The Filipinos mndo an unexpectedly good stand, many of thom remaining tinder cover until the Americans wero within 20 feot ol them. Major Marsh flanked a small trench full of natives, slaughtering nearly all of thom. Tho Gatliug killed live of the force holding a bridge nnd swept tho country be yond the towu, driving about 150 Filipinos Into the hills. Marsh's lattallon, entering tbo town first, cap'tired a big battle Hag, Which was flying over a convent. The natives are supposed to have re treated toward Dagupau. It was imposslbio to pursue them, as the American troops were exhausted and their supply of ammunition was low. The otftpott "u killed "ve Fili pinos during tho night. The body of th Filipino lieutenant-colonel commanding wa? found among the killed. The regiment returned to San Fablnn Sunday, It being impossible to get supplies over the roads. A proclamation of the Filipino Secretary of war was found in nil tho villages, giving glowing accounts of alleged Filipino victor ies, saying that 7,500 Americans had been killed and 15,0(10 wounded during the war. Colonel Wessels. of the Third Cnvalry. while near San Nicolas, captured a Filipino ox train loaded with records of Agulnaldo's War Dopartment and tho press and outilt of tho newspaper Independencla. Olllcers say It Is impossible for General Wheaton to nttompt a junction with General Youug on account of tho roads. Prisoners declare it is reported that Aguln aldo, with an urmy which tliey estimated at 2 1.Oi.O probably n grout exaggeration is retiring toward Dagupan, intending to h ave by railroad for tho northwest. Somo ol them say they believe the Filipino nrmy has passed tho lino Intended by Generals Whea ton and 1 oung to bo oovered on Agulnaldo's rear, and that ho passed Bun Fublun, going northwest, a fortnight ago. MRS. UEWKV GETS THE HOUHK. Gift of the People Will He Hers Soon an the Necessary I'll pel s are Signed. Washington, (Special.) Preliminary steps have been taken, it is said, to transfer to Mrs. Dewoy tho title to the Dowey home, 1747 Khode Lsluud avenue, which the Amer ican people presented to tho Admiral in recognition of his brilliant naval victory at Manila. The matter Is in the hands of the District Title Company, and tho papers, it is understood, have been drawn aud await the necessary signatures. Tho conveyance will be through a third party, presumably ouo of thu Admiral's sec rectarles. The matter was placed lu tho bauds of the title compuny some days ago, with a view to such conveyance, and It has been the understanding thut the transfer would be completed upon the return ot Ad miral aud .Mrs. Dewey. Unless present plans are changed, the deeds will be put on record shortly. TOIIACCO FACTORY IICRNEI). Destructive Fire In Dilnville-Miii-li To bacco Goes l'p in tho liumesj Danville, Va., (Special.) Fire destroyed four tobacco factories, several dwellings and a number of smaller houses, together with their contents. Tho buildings burned were E. O. Mosoley & Co.'s factory, a tour-story structure lllljd with leaf tobacco; a large three-story hogshead factory, owned and occupied by Keen Brothers; the four-story frame tobacco factory of Terry Orgaln, with small stock, the building belug owned by J. 1'. Burton, aud tlin vacant four-story brick factory building, owned by OjI. George O. Cabell. The loss will aggregate probably $00,000. Generul miles' llrlef Report. Washington, (Special.) The annual report ot Major General Nelson A. Miles, com manding tho army, was made public at thu War Department. It boars date of October 17, 1800, and Is extremely brief and formal In character. It announces the transmission to the Secretary of Wur of the reports of the department uud staff commanders, and makes a brief statement of tho strength and distribution of the army, including the muster out of tho volunteer regiments, most of the details ot which buve ulready been published lu the reports of the adjutant generul. FIELD OF LABOR. Vancouver has a labor temple. Indiana has a Belgian hare far.n. 'Frisco has a Japanese newspaper. Winnipeg bicycle workers organized. Sweden has forty co-operative societies. California bos a 1,000-aure lemon grove. Loudon servants average tl.88 a week. Iudiauapolls coremakers get (1.75 a day, Pennsylvania baa a S,532-feet-doep oil well. The Iron Molders' Union ot Great Britain has 280,000. Eight hours of plain printing In New York yields 8.50. The Initiation fee ot tho New York Drug Clerks' League Is now 5. 8t. Paul molders were conceded mini mum scale ot t2.50 a duy. Ail Illinois Knights of Pythias' printing must beur tbe union label. Boycott forced a Springfield (Mass.) theatre to employ unionists An luturnatlonul congress of clerks may be held at Paris next year. The railway orders will establish co-operative stores for their owu use. Tbe Jersey City Central Labor Union has abolished tbe oftloe ot president. LONG MAY RETIRE. Bis Reslgnntlon ns a Member of McKln ley's Cabinet Expected Within a Few Weeks. Washington, (Special.) There Is S ques tion in tho minds of members of the Cablnot whether Secretary Long will continue In office more than a few weeks. If ho does, retire, It will be entirely for poi-sonnl rea sons. There Is not the slightest official rea son why he should desire to give up his office. The Hecrotnry Is now on route to tho West with his daughter, whoso health is poor, for the purpose of trying the dry nlr as n cure for her pulmonary trouble. Mrs. Long's health, also, Is not good, and she has found the Washington ollinnte so trying thnt she has spent very little time here sluce her hus band has been In office. In addition to these reasons Is the Secre tary's dislike for department work. He took the portfolio at tlio earnest solicitation of tho President, much against his inclination. Aftor accepting It ho talked seriously of re signing, but whon tho wnr came on his prido caused him to conllnuo at his post. Now that peace conditions hnvo practically been re stored ho is disposed to yield to bis Inclina tion. The Sohley-Snmpsou controversy hns, of course, contributed to his dlsllko for the posi tion, but it has In no sense boo a deterring factor. Tho President has Indorsed his posi tion in that matter at ail material points, although ho bus endeavored to keep theofli cers from airing their supposed grievances in the nowspupors. The Socretary is now assembling tho ma terial for his report, aud he is expected to return to complete thnt. It would be no surprlso, however, if he tendered his resigna tion as soon as he completes that. If he does, Asslstnnt Secretary Allen Is looked upon as the man who will 1111 tho vacancy. Mr. Allen has boon Acting .Secretary much of tho time this summer, und his course has been very satisfactory to the President. It Is also snld here that Senator Fryo will sit In Hobart's choir this winter. A IIISBANO'S REVENGE. A Kansas City Horse Trainer Kills Ills Wife anil Wounds Her Lover. Kansas City, Mo., (Special.) John Hay slip, a horso trainer, shot his wife through the heart and mortally wounded Charles Berry, an Ice wagon driver, and Maud Mit chell, nged twenty-nine years. The tragedy occurred at the Mitchell woman's house lu West Sixth street. Mrs. Haysllp hnd de serted her husband for Berry und Maud Mitchell had Influenced her to make the de cision. Arrested soon nft-r the commission of the crime, Mr. Haysllp admitted he had deliber ately planned the murder for rovengo. When told that his wife was dead, be said: "I am sorry for it, now." Haysllp burst into a room whoro tho trio wore, and Immediately began shooting. The first shot struck Mrs. Haysllp in tbe head, aud tlio second pierced her heart. She bogged for mercy, but Haysllp was heart less. When found by the polleo her head restod on the edge of the bed and she was in the attitude of prayor. The next two shots struck Berry in differ out parts of tho body, nnd he rnu from the room nnd into tho street, mortally wounded. The fifth bullet struck the Mitchell woman In the side, aud when the police arrived she was ou tho floor unconscious from tho loss of blood. At tho station Berry and Maud Mitchell talked incoherently as their wounds were dressed by tho polleo surgeon, who suld thnt neither would survive. Haysllp submitted to arrest qulutly, uud, when questioned later, confessed thut, lournlug enrly lu tho d ty that his wife was with Berry, he pur chased a revolver, planning to kill them both und the Mitchell woman. "My wife was eurliug her hair In front of a mirror when I went In," said ho. "I shot her flrbt, then turned the pistol on tlio others. "I am sorry uow that I did It." Mrs. Haysllp was thirty years old, and hud had two ohlldreu, both of whom are dead. She had left her husband two months ugo and llvod openly wish Berry. Government uud Mississippi Floods. Memphis, Tonn., (Sje Ul.) The conven tion of the Western Waterways Association adjourned slue die. In tho afternoon tho committee on resolutions made Its report. The report was adopted without a dissenting voice. The reso.utlous recommend, among other things, that tho United States assume exclusive control of "tho work now being prosecuted In conjunction with tho rlpurluu states und levee districts for tlio protection of the Lower Mississippi Valley from tho floods, which perpetually endanger and fre quently Inflict great disaster upon thut suc tion of the couutry." Explosion In a I'nwder Mill. Santa Cruz, Cula., (Special. ) Au oxploslon occurred iu the ginning house of the Cali fornia Powder Mill. Four cylinders, con taining sixteen thousand pounds of powder, exploded, A small amount was fuse powder! and tho romulnder blasting powder. The explosion wrecked the mill, blew down miles of fencing, destroyed the saltpetre ware house, and extinguished the electric lights in Suutu Cruz. Patrick- Hughes, night watch man, was killed. No euuse for the exjilcs.'ou cuu be ascertained. Another Now System of Tolegrnphy. Chicago. (Special.) Auton rollak and Joef Vlrag, Inventors of tho rapid-sending aud reoelvlng nutomatio dovlces, which promise a revolution In telegraphy, have arrived lu Chicago, from Budapest, Hun gary, to make demonstrations of their lu ventton. A Duel With Knives. West Plains, Mo., (Special.) At Pa'iors fleld, twenty-live miles south of this place, Luke Seels mortally wounded Postmaster W. M. Sharp in a duul with a knife. The men quarreled over Heel's alleged attention to thu postmaster's wife. Laudanum Instead of Cough Kyrup. Chicago, (Special.) Cornelius Corcoran gave his five children luiiduuum, mistaking it for oough syrup, and ull are dangei ously HI, OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. The expedition of General MacArthur lo Tarlao, the supposed stronghold of tho in surgent forces, has fulled to (lnd Aguluuldo aud his so-called government. Tho towu of Tarlao was found deserted. Fifty privates of Company K, Forty-second Volunteer Infantry, ut the Presidio, wero poisoned by ptomaines. Generul MacArthur has occupied Mabala oat. The Amoriauns suffered no loss. The civil governor and other officials of Negros sent a kind message to the President, Frederlok Grogory, lute of tbe Thirteenth Minuesota Regiment, says the Filipinos looted the churches In the Philippines. Major Hugh J. McOratu, oaptaln ot the Fourth Cavalry, died in Manila November 7. General Andrade, of Venezuela, Is lu Suu Juau, Porto Bloo. Oeneral Otis reported the complete suc cess of Who oil's expedition to tbe north, and the capture ot a considerable amount of tbe enemy's ordnance by Young and MacArthur. The landing of the American troops at an Fabian was a spectacular event, tbe nrmy and navy co-oporatlug well and rout ing the strongly Intrenched Filipinos. MURDERED A Mate of Ilmzlllmi llnrlt session of the Ship f - Man-of-Wnr A' C. Baltimore. fSnoclal .Vr.?' vi me uniisn steamer Tru,:. arrived here from H brings a storv of a trm. K"tly few days Leforo his orru.'i f land. VT. A Brazilian bark nwnf''' Schoorer had arrived from 1 1 uiu raiiroaa iron lor Ueno, i reached as far north n ,i i contrary winds nnd having'.! visions, sne put Into Suiitni ' lue neaitn nuitioritles ,, yt roaster why there were , on board When tbe iirll,.!... ns leaving Blo Janeiro. the others had died from y When tho vessol was n-i nntluoand nrovlslonedm,., to one of the customs irio.n cunrgo wns not tho inustHr i wns the mate, and that he f , reul master and his wifo on 5 Learning of this, the ami I4-' crews from a small Spnni-i tho harbor to bring tin- i ff" ashore. The mate, who Brt! suspected something niul If, 0 with a revel vor and rinded wli boats' crews of Spanish imjthl take him. The sailors, officers, fusilladed the mm' ry for five hours, during wlil,-i. , 800 shots had beeu llrori. B , The mate was fouud tin,:"1 , Ing been shot several tin firing the crew Jumped over0' 1 rescued by the warship's bo: "S cltement the Spnninrds set Dew but as soon as they found ;ls '. thoy extinguished the fire, nnl Before tho Trunkby D-rt -nrli bnrk was towed tin to . steamer and remained thcr innn-of-warsmen lu chnrg. held as a pirate, but under i yv-.. ..in i b w Mot! idr xtio'.jiiuu cousin, z Captain McCarthy Is sure!.'""' ths bark was Jullanna. Hhn tili hailed from Oporto, Portn.-J fVo been painted out. There is rlug Julia Schoorer iu tho vessel, jy, v ullty ns given In the British llyaii for 1809. There is a bnrk Juli.i tU nnd It Is probable the uitinW ov, tor and bis wife had changi-ih ., claimed Brazil as the vi'mw.i , matter had not been settled v" by sailed for Baltimore. 1 " dan: JAPAN HITTER Ai.?k0 588. The Little Nutlon Resent. ( I" neiit of the lreut F.mpln ier Victoria. B. C, (By C fcry' rumors of the strained r,.l st. i Ilussla and Japan are notex, h certain rrom news received Ufc,, The "North China Dally N.'Bg j greatly excited are the Chuw-ar by rumors of an impeudli..' ? Bussla nnd Japan that both Chinese and Japanese, $ , hiinlnuBa 1,, XT..n. L i, 1 lOl " iu own vjuwnu),', Il Chefoo have sent their famlli je 0 nnd elsewhere in the south fc "It is believed Jnnan r:t tn struggle, as she Is uow secmjtsj mm iu naval strengtn in tLH w for years, bus viewed tlin et. v Bussla with roscutmout andijrgfl London. CBv Cable.1 line!1? 1 been received bv the bull, Ier. t" 0 Jjwh battleship now In process ol Clyde Bunk to complete tho t llvna nnuulhla I'l... ....... ol.t. one of the lamest nil oat. in kids i Jununry 1, 1900. eay It fs believed that these k j gr the result of tho iucreasl n c t.: 1 ; h-. Japan and Bussia. Mai AN AUTOMOBILE la Dr. Catling, of Catling finel' Invented New MarlC Chlcntro. fSneclnl.t Dr. l:T! ling, who revolutionized m 'iou fare by inventing the rapl.l ou hears bis name, is engaged Ltb( tbe sword into the ulnaslum , Is in Chicago making arrange! uiuuuiuoiure oi an uutomoijij Invented. The aged Inventor sara lis v.i ii... i . , IS I i " "t iii wuraiug oui imp tor warfare, and he wants n for years, to give the world so " useful. He evnueta Mm iiiium DD.1 sedetha mold board plow if J I genernl uso, for tho preparuti , a cultivation. The machine uincr tho principle ot the nutomo k0 , piows so arrauged ustodot. th Implements uow In use. with.!.; 'i and rapidity, and nt a great' 5 proposes to build tbe niaonlif ' operated by ono man. It wli Lm of eight men nnd twelve hor-?1(' pulsion power will be -ltlier.f "! In addition to Its rtrlmarv ll-if l , ' tho machine can be used Indr i en or, shelling oorn or hauling pi til ABOUT NOTED PH mil i5e viiuinuv unntiu. v tiu - . of Venezuela, is but 36 years o , ' It Is now generally known f of the Navy Long is an advoct.8 J stlneuoe. K6 Ira D. Sankey hns become nnd Is to conduct a series p'i( different cities on his own ao tiid B-njnniln H. Lee, of Now I (ret has been appointed by the li 4o State a State CoinmUeloner tu.f , position. ,ioa It is suld In London tbut tn o the former Premier, bus bi-;UB hermit. He spends pructlcul ,.;. at one of bis country houses, . The Bev. Btopford Brook' (im raising funds for a lecture."'; literature at University Colin- .' he called "Stopford Brooke I - '1 J. Martin, the Amerlcau . conduct In Kngland has won V 1 miration ou all sides, ur,(ortiii)' to weigh in one race the oth'-fM, cur red a X10 penalty aud a cu ey The town of Ouehunga, N(uni ruled for a year by a womu stui Yates, the llrst of her sex'fw; distinction within the British L. The Adjutunt-Genern) of tb I p, York, Avery D. Andrews, euj j, tlon of being the llrst preslil ganlzntion of automoblllsts I Theodore Wores, the artist.' ! his latest ploture, "The Bp'rliJ , to the Bohemian Club of ba r which he was recently elecU " member. tM DhiiImI Nnpcpnaa nrnmlad V i e- of San Francisco, has been 4 i louger than anyone In Cullfor-p It Is reported from Wisco4o ernor Edward Scofleld will re I -,v .Upon the expiration of his t'lu little more than a year hence,!., tbe lumbar business. 1; t For the last IS years Prof. ot the Minnesota State Univf V, workinir to preserve the lore Minnesota. Commissioner William A. J1 ful study ot the subject, has M elusion that "a fulKblooded never lived." Senor Marlscal, Mexican V J elga Affairs, is a distingue uud has been culled the Mell t M- speaks English perfectly.
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