J THE NEWS. The engineer, conductor and the entire rew of the Phlllipsburg local tralu In the wreck on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wentorn Railroad have been suspended. Of the lx persons killed In the railroad Wreck on tho Lackawanna, ot Patorson, N. J., four were members of the family of Alex ander Craig, of Hcranton, la. Three men were Injured by tho premature discharge of a nun while a governor's salute was being fired at tho unveiling of a Span ish gun at I'lttsburg, Pa. Henry Klinder and his son Frederick were 1eld for court nt Napoleon. O., on the chnrgo of murdering the former's second wlto llvo years ago. Exercises were resumed at Virginia Mili tary Institute, which had been closed on ac count of tho typhoid fever epidemic. William Thomas, a desperate character of Phoebus, Va.. was shot by rollcomau Mastln while resisting arrest. Arnold Tucbsobmldt, of the Vnltcd States internal rovenuo ofllco In bt. Louis, was nr rcntcd for embez.lctncnt. William Doekhnm, a boy of twelve years, Was arrested in Duffleld, W. Va.. on the charge of burn burning. Lawrence Doyle was arrested In New York, on the charge of stubbing bis son during u fumlly fight. The most valuable plates in the Llppln cotta' vaults escaped damago from the big Philadelphia Ore. The house of George St nubs, In Harpers Ferry, V. Va., was burned and his wife cre mated. Lightship No. 50 went ashore just Inside McKeu.lo s Head, Oregon. Frederick O. lleach and Mrs. Ourlcy Hnve moyer, widow of the eldest son of the late Theodore Havemeyor, were married at Oraco Church, New York. William K. Vaudcrbllt waa best man. Bankers and business men at Richmond, Ta,, are making a move to test the constitu tionality of the act of Congress taxing the Issues ot state bank notes. The New York Times announces that the Pennsylvania ltailroad Company has secured possession of the Baltimore and Ohio Hail Toad. David D. Badeau was arrested in Now York on the charge of buying and selling washed Internal revenue stamps. Hon. William L. Wilson's health is falling, and be has been ordered to go to Southern Arizona. A big Iron plant will be erected near Mc Xeosport, Fa., by Carnegie, Morgan and others. The University of Pennsylvania received a gift ot (250,030 for a physical laboratory. Calvin de Wolf, a Western abolitionist' died at Chicago, aged eighty-four. Bev. 11. It. Howell, a noted Welsh minis ter, died at Columbus, jO. General Leonard Wood arrived at !ew "York from Bantlugo. Hubert C. Taylor was appointed receiver by the Bupreme Court for the Franklin Syn dicate In New York. The assignee appointed toy Miller before bo skipped demanded the funds found on the premises, but the police refused to turn them over. The police found no trace of Miller. John C. Agnew, who ran a slmilur syndicate In Brooklyn, was arrested. A movement has been started to get South ern representatives In Congress to work for the passage of a bill refunding (11,000,000 to Southern people from whom cotton was reized by the United States troops during the Civil War. Bert Repine, of Nnsb Vfuu won the forty-elght-hoiir bicycle racsat Kansas City, making a new record. Distance covered HG1X miles. Montyaloo A. Cole, convicted of man laughter in Wilmington, Del., was sentenced to live years' imprisonment and to pay a line f600. John C. Lnmmerts, ex-county treasurer, was sentenced In Lockport, N. Y., to seven yours in Auburn prison for grund larceny. Dewey uocepted the Invitation of the peo ple of Chicago to bo their guest on the anni versary of the battle at Manila Ray. Dr. H. P. Murray, a well-known physician of Now f ort News, Vu.jdied there, from con sumption. The headquarters of tho Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen was established in Cleve land, O.. 'Captain Charles II. Davis, of the Dixie, entered suit for prize money. Charles Coghlan, the well-known nctor, died at Galveston, Texas. George It. Golsolmuu, Ike cattlo dealer, (lied In Hanover, Fa. Louis August, the Fort Monroe artillery man, denied any knowledge ot what ho did At the time he Is accused of having killed Annie Benedict. Ho admitted that blood stained clothing found in his box ut the fort was his. Ellery P. Ingham. ex-United States dis trict attorney, and bin law partner nud for mer assistant, Harvey K. Newitt, were son tuuoed in Philadelphia to imprisonment for two years and six months. The new battleship Kentucky in her offi cial speed trial off the Massachusetts coast, made u record ot over 16 knots an hour against tide, wind and heavy head sea for lialf tho oourse. Sergeant Bill Anthony, tho marine who announced tho sinking of tho Muiue, com mitted suicide in Now York. William Hunimell, accused of tho murder of his wife and children, wus arrested near Wl liamsport, Pa. John Tates, a waiter, wm fatally stabbed with an umbrulla iu a Chicago restaurant. ' Jihn G. Skolton, founder of the Richmond Mka Works, died In Richmond. Va. Ed Lucky nnd Tom Mitchell were executed in Darlington, S. C, for rape. llev. Edwin A. Kohell resigned as secretary of the Kpwortu Leuguc. ' Tho elty ot Tucson, Ariz., accepted Car negie's offer of a library. Tbe Antl-Tmst League was Incorporated iu Albany, N. V. The General Assembly, KulghU of Labor adopted resolutions condemning combina tions and trusts, and characterizing presi dent McKinley as the "bitter enemy of lu Uir." William Hay, son of Congressman Hay, was held up, ussaultud and robbed near Staunton, Va. Miss Mary Campbell Qulnii. daughter ot James Cecil Qulnu, nnd Lloyd Lowndes, Jr., sou of Governor Lowndes, of Maryland, were married in tho First Presbyturluu Church ut Chlllioothe, O. Thomas GlfTe, a pension attorney of Chat tanooga, Tenn., who was disbarred for al leged crookedness, Bued Commissioner of Pensions Evans for t'2&,O0O damages. The motion to throw out the vote of Louis ville lu the Kentucky Statu election has been referred by the JefTerBon couuty canvassers to the State election Loard. Bx-PotinHuter William If. Callahan was nrrcsUvl in Uaklleld, Pa , fur appropriating public money. Louis August, an artilleryman at Fort Monroe, Va., confessed that ho had mur dered and mutilated two women living iu Uie teiidurlolu district ot Phoebus, Vu, The women of South Carolina havo ten dered a gold medal to Lieutenant Victor Dlue fur his gallant services during the war. . The monuments and markers vreutod on tho buttlelllds ubout Chattanooga by the btute ot Illinois were dedicated. Joseph Richards, aged twenty-throe years, committed suicide In Macon, Ua., as the re sult of religious inaulu. A womau and her three children were mur dered In their home, near Montgomery, Fa. , Ground was broken at Chelsea, Atlantic City, tor a mammoth hotel to be built there. HENDERS0NJF0R SPEAKER. Nominated Without Opposition by the Kcpti lit Iran Cnueux. Washington, (Special.)-Tho caucus ol House Republicans met In the hall of the House of Representatives nnd nominated tho following officers of thnllonse, practic ally without opposition or friction: Spenker David II. Henderson, of Iowa. Clork Alexander McDowell, of Pennsyl vania. Sergeant-at-Arms Henry A. Cnsson, of Wisconsin. Doorkeeper W. J. Glenn, of New York. Postmaster-Joseph C. MeElroy, of Ohio. Chaplain Rev. Henry M. Coudcn, of Michigan. The Democratic minority caucus of tho Honso mot nt the Cnpltol before the Repub lican caucus assembled, nnd nominated the following: For Spenker James D. Richardson, of Tennessee. 1'or Clerk James Kerr, of Pennsylvania. For Sergeani-at-Arms- E. V. Brookshlre, of Indiana, For Doorkeeper Henry Moler.ot Illinois. For IVstmuster- George L. Browning, of Virginia. The Democratic caucus lasted nearly five hours, and six ballots were taken bcTore Mr. Richardson received tbo nomination for Speaker. Tho balloting was us follows: 1st. 'M. ,'ld. 4th. Oth Gth Richardson... 4.1 41 W 41 4'i HI DeArmand... ill 40 45 Ai 41 47 Bunkheud. . . . 1)4 2H ;i2 :il Sulzcr !ij 21 1ft 17 2 Kepreseututlvo-clect Roberts, ot Utah, at tended the Democratic caucus and voted ou tho first roll-call. No question of his right to participate was raised. Moitr. w.wtsiiii-H m:i:di:i. Secretary Long Itccoiiinieliil Additional Cruisers unit liiinliouts. Washington, (Special.) The annual re port of the Secretary or the Navy discusses among other subjects tho authorization of 1H new warships, tbe need of special legislation by Congress for armor of the best quality that can be obtained, nnd the proposition that the thanks of Congress be given to tho commnnder-lu-chlef of tho North Atlantic Squadron and to the officers and men under his command for the part they took in the nnval operations at Suutlngo. As to the In crease of tho navy, Seoretnry Long says: Tho number bt large, swift uud powerful armored cruisers of great coal endurunce iu our navy is lurgely dispioportlounto to tho rest of the naval establishment. Tho ex perience of the last year has also shown the neud of several smaller vessels usually classed as gunboats. It is, therefore, recom mended that Congress be requested to au thprize the construction of the following vessels. First. Three armored cruisers of about 13,000 tons trial displacement, of a maximum draft nt deep load not to exceed 'M feet, car rying tho heaviest armor and most powerful ordnance for vessels of their eluss, to be sheuthed uud coppered uud to huvo tho highest practicable speed uud great radius of action. . Second. Twelve gunboats of nbout !)00 tons trial displacement to be sheathed nnd coppered. Tblrd. As recommended a your ago, three protected cruisers of nbOut tf.OOO tons trial displacement, cur-yiog the most powerful ordnunce for vessels of their class, to bo silent Led and coppered and to have tbe high est practicable speed and grent radius of action. THOUSAND WOltDS A HIM'Ili. Successful Test of a New System of Itnpid Telegraphing. New York, (Special.) A successful test wus made of tho Polluk-Vlrug system of rapid uutomatio telegraphing between this city and Chicago. The despatches were sent from the World otllee, via Pittsburg and Fort Wayne, to the Tribune office in Chi cago. Joseph Virag, one of tho inventors, bundled the Now York key. Although tho wires were not iu perfect working order, he ninuuged to send messages ut the rate ol ubout one thousand words a minute. It took only two seconds to Bend the fol lowing: "Editorial Rooms, World, to Tribune, Chicago. Wo have fine weather iu New York. How is it iu Chicago? Wond." The messugo was repealed back on an or dinary Morse Instrument, with the reply: "Edltorlul Rooms, Tribune, Chicago, to World, New York It Is snowing in Chicago, but It Is pleasant Chicago snow. "TRIBUNE." L. O. McPhorson, representing the Guur dlan Trust Company, of Chicago, which Is promoting tho Invention In the United States, watched the test at this end. A sec ond long-dlstunce test will be made next week, when Anton Pollak arrives from thu West. NO SKCItET COMPACT. Semlofllc-lul Germun 1'aprr on Itelntlmis With Ili'ltuln. Berlin, (By Cable.) The Gorman press continues to discuss thu recent speech nt Leicester, England, of Joseph Chamberlain, British Secretary of Stute for the Colonies, urging an alliance of Britain, the United States and Germany. The comments, ou the whole, are not un favorable. The semiofficial Humburg Cor respondent, says: "Mr. Chamberlain used the word'ulllanoo' as the most apt word to portray the general good relationship between Germany and Great Britain, but no secret compact exists." The Berlin Post says: "England and Ger many should uct frankly, like business men, Iu seeking to come to an uuderstanding with the United States and, If possible, .Into copartnership." Fatal Fall from a Ilrblga. Trenton, N. J., (Special.) Michael Ftalger, a prominent citizen, was killed by falling from the end of an open drawbridge to the ground below, a distance of thirty feet. Stalger was crossing tho bridge and was near tbe eud when It started to open. He turned to look back, lost bis balanoo and fell. Stuiger was tbe father-in-law of ex Assemblyman James W. Lannlng, who is now a member of tbe Democratic State Committee. lteeord Price on Reef. Denver, Col., (Special.) The reoord price ou range beet cattle for the present year and probably for the past fifteen years, was made Iu Denver, when a bunch of twelve Hereford stoers, born nnd raised In North Park, Col., was sold by Clay, Roblnsou- Co. to the Colorado Packing Company fjir 15.75 per hundred pounds. The steers averaged a weight ot 1,552 pouuds each, and brought the owners (HU.US each. They were bred from range cows nnd registered Hereford bulls and three and four years old. The steers were fattened oil the range, and have never eaten anything hut hay and gruss. Auotlior New Seruiu. Chicago, III.. (Special,) A new serum which, It is claimed, will show the proseuco of tuberculosis long before it woul.l be pos sible by the inler scope, the X-ray or other methods now In use, has been Invented by u Dr. A. It. Jenkins, of this city. He does not claim to have discovered a new cure, but that the use of the serum en nMes competent physicians to detect the presence ot the disease In its earliest stages and iu lime to effect a euro by good sanita tion and plen'y of outdoor exercise. It shows whether or not a ease la true con sumption, no matter how early or light the attack. WEATHER BUREAU WORK. Annual Id-port of Chief Willis ! Moon Kxteimlon of Hervlco to the M'est Indies Washington, (Special.) Tho nonunl re port of Professor Willis L. Moore, chief ol the United States Weather Bureau, deali largely with tho work of tho bureau lu an nouncing tho tempestuous weathor of the closing months of IH'.M, nnd In tho explora tion of the upper air by means of kites aud clouds observation". No destructive murine storm occurred without tho danger warnings of tho bureau (receding tho storm. l'robably tho most severe storm within the memory of the living swept along the Massa chusetts coast on November 20-27, 18!W, eu tnlllng n loss of nt least two hundred lives and many vessels. Hundreds of croft sought n safe anehorago ou the advices of the Weather Bureau. Ao important change lu thu forcast work of the bureau was the extension of the usual time limits of the night, forecast from thirty six to forty-eight hotir.4. The only hurricane in the West Indies during tho season ol 180S, followed closely the establishment ot stations in that region. Hurrlenno warn ings were cabled to weather bureau station In the Lesser Antilles on September 10 lu advance of the storm. At Barbadocs eighty three persons were killed, one hundred and fifty injured, nnd property of tho cstimnted valuo of (2,500.000 was destroyed. In tbe West Indies tho work of estnbllshlnga storm warning servico wns prosecuted under very great dilllcullles. The West Indian service was Instrumental in giving advance warnings of a hurricane that struck our South Atlantic const on Oc tober 2. The coining of this storm was suc cessfully announced, and sidling vessels vol tied at .10,0(IO were held In port until the danger hnd passed. Climate nnd crop services have been es tablished la both Cuba and Porto Rico, and the organization is far enough advanced ou both Islands to issue weekly nnd monthly bulletins giving the condition ot the crops ns affected by the weather. fill K AT FlItK LOSS. IHork in Philadelphia District Almost Wiped Out. Philadelphia, (Special.) Nearly two mil lion dollars' worth of property was destroyed by two fires In the heart of the business sec tion ot this city. The greater of the two fires started at 6.30 A. M. in the big department store of Part ridge A Richardson, nt the southeast corner of Eighth and Filbert streets, tho center ot the shopping district, nnd before the flames had been put under control they spread to adjoining property uud caused a loss of about 41,700,000. While this fire was In progress nnd spread ing every moment another llro broke out four blocks nwny, on the fourth floor of 4.1' Market street. The losses of the two fires are more than covered by insurance. The Eighth street lire wns difficult for the firemen to handle. Eighth alroet and Fil bert street ars narrow thoroughfares. It took four hours to cet tho flames under con trol. The fire started. .In tbe bosemont of Pnr trldgo 4 Richardson's store from nn electric siark, nnd soon tbe entire building was a mass of flames. The two stores to tho south of Partrldgo & Richardson's were soon do stroyed, und then the flames attacked the big I ulldlng of the J. B. Llppincott Publish ing Company, on Filbert street, east of the burning department store. Tho building was completely ruined. In this building, stored nway in vaults, is nearly a halt-million dollars' worth of manuscripts, plates, and other mnterlal for refereuco books, nnd it Is not yet known whether they were de stroyed. The second fire was discovered nt 7.30 o'clock lu the four-story building at 413 Mar ket street, occupied by several manufactur ers and wholesale dealers. Tho contents of the entire building wore destroyed, us were also those of the adjoining building, No. 417. The estimated loss Is (110,000. SIX Ull.I.l l) IN A WItKt'K. Trains Collide nt I'ntersoii, N. J. More Than '40 Injured. I'aterson, N. J., (Special.) The oastbouud Buffalo express on tho Delaware, Lacka wanna aud Western Rnllroad, whllo stand ing omsido tbe station at the Van Winkle street crossing, in this city, was run Into by a swiftly moving accommodation train, bound from PhillipHburg, N. J., to Jersey City. Six persons wero killed and 20 Injured, of whom some will probably die, whllo some of those not seriously injured were able to go to their destination. Tho two rear enrs of tbe express were broken to pieces, most of tbe passengers on them being either killed or injured. Tbe engine of the Phllllpsburg train was com pletely wrecked, tbe engineer and fireman escaping by Jumping. The express was 45 minutes late, nnd the accommodation was following closely. When Engineer Reunion saw the lights ahead the distance wus too short to avoid n collision. His engine was going at full speed. The en gine plunged luto the reur car of the ex press, a Pullman day coach, and plowed through the heavy timbers almost Its entire length. This car was lifted from the track and pushed to the next to the last car, also a Pullmnu, carrying off its end aud almost completely telescoping It. The engine of tbo PhllllpBburg train was torn to piuoes. Tbe wreckage caught lire, but tho flames were soon extinguished. EXPLOSION OF A CANNON. A Former Soldier Killed, a Ramrod llelng Driven Through His Uutly. nttsburg, Tn., (Special.) After serving in the Spanish war and handling an old gun hundreds of times during tbe past olght yoarB, Private James sturkey, ot Hampton Battery B, N. G. P., lost his Ufa through the premature discharge of a cannon ou Monu ment Hill, Allegheny, while firing a salute during tbe ceremonies Incident to the un veiling of the Spanish cannon presented to Allegheny. The other members of tbe firing squad detailed on this work were burned by powder and slightly injured. The ramrod used in filling the gun waa forced almost through Starkey'a chest, and he died fryin the effects of this wound. THE HACK TO MANILA. Cruiser New Orleans Has Caught Up with the llrooklyn, Washington, (Special.) The eruiser New Orleans bus arrived at Colombo, on ber way to Manila. This brings her up to the cruiser Brooklyn for tbo first time since their ooeao raco to the Philippines began. Tbe Brook lyn arrived ut Colombo, aud will coal proba bly in time to get ahead of the New Orleans, The latter has been gaining of late, however, and bos bettered her position by two days against tbe Brooklyn sluoe leaving Aden. At this rats tbe Indications are that tho New Orleans will bo the" first to arrive ut Manila. New Alabama Htucl Plant. Birmingham, Ala., (Special.) Tho first steel at the big Enulcy Steel Plant wus manu factured Wednesday, About forty tons ol the product was turned out, aud It Is pro posed to put the other nine furnaces in blast as rapidly as they oau bo made ready. The Ensley Steel Plant cost over 1.000,0u0, and s the property ot the Aluuuiua Steel und Shipbuilding Company. i House i.uruuil, ilti lut'inated. Harpers Ferry. W. Va., eeial.) The dwelilug-house of Georgo 8tubs, ot Piper town, caught fire und wu burned to tbe ground with Its oonleuli.f His wife, who was paralyzed ana uuuble to V('81I0 lost Uei A TERRIBLE V0YAUE. Soldiers Passed Ilnokets for Days to Save Transport Ship Itnlled lu si Typhoon. Monlla, (By Cnbl).) The transport Man nuense, with three companies of tho Thirty first Infantry, commanded by Col. James 8. Pettlt, on board, has nrrlved here, after a terrible trip. Llout.-Col. Webb Ilnyos, son of ex-Presldcut Hayes, was also on tho ship. Tho officers nud soldiers wero for 12 days balling with buckets and boxes. Tho steamer, they say, was unseaworthy, un dermanned and Bhort of provisions. Her engines broke down, nud sho rolled throo days lu a typhoon. When tho Mnnviuenso anchored In Mnnlln bay 83 days after her departure from San Francisco tlioro were several feet ot water in her hold. Four hundred grimy, greasy, hungry und exhausted soldiers nnd snllors bad been passing buckets of water since November 17 night nud day. First Assist ant Engineer Dtinlenvy was under nrrest, and, according to Colonel Hayes' official report, tho chief ungineer would also have been under nrre.'it If tlioro had been anyone to replace him. The Colonel's ifeport also states that the captain of tho vessel told him that the only thing which brought them through was tho fact that tho men wero greenhorns and fulled to realize t.jeir danger, while exper ienced seamen would have deserted the khlp and taken to the boats lu mhlocean. The Mnni'uenso Is n chartered ship flying tho British ling. Sho belongs to u llrru of which United States Senator Perkins, of San Francisco, Is alleged to bo a Junior member. Tbe officers also allege that the II rm bought her for (45,000. and that efforts were made to sell her to to the Government for a much higher llgurc. Sho start ;d from Sun Francisco accompanied by tho trans port Pekln, which carried tho remnlnder ot the Thirty-first Infantry. After starting It developed that sho was undermanned, and soldiers hnd to be detailed to act as firemen, coal-passers and widters. BeJore reaching Honolulu tho crew con cluded that the ship was not safe, and the majority agreed to desert. Though they were closely watched, many of thom suc ceeded in getting away, and tho Mnnnuense loft Honolulu with less thau half her crew. Tho enptalu of the transport told Colonel Hayes on November 17 thut tho vessel had sprung a leak, and an investigation resulted in finding several feet of water in her bold. The steam pumps were tried, but failed to work, aud there were no hand pumps ou bonrd. Forty-six buckets were found, others wero improvised, nnd the. soldiers not employed in working tho ship were orgnnlzed Into llvo shifts. Stripped uud forming lines, they be gan balling, the officers working with tho men, passing tho buckets, which wero sent up to the deck by a wlndlnss. Tbe longest time a shift could stand was two hours nnd often the period was not longer thnu half an hour. The bailing con tinued until the ship anchored here. The same dny tho leak was discovered tho machinery collapsed. Tho electric lighting plant and evaporating, distilling und re frigerating apparatuB failed to work. Thero were no lamps, nnd the few candles found wero exhausted after a few duys. Tho typhoon lasted three days, and In tho midst of It the engines stopped. The officers then held; a couucll and found thnt thero were 420 persons on bonrd, with lifeboat ac commodations for only 213. Colonel Pettlt ordered the Mmnueuse to proceed to Guam und await relief, but the captain of the Mauuuouse demurred, tho officers sny, becauso tbe Government was renting the ship for (500 a day. Tho engines wore ropnirod, but through out the remainder of tho voyage tltey failed frequently. Tho ship would roll for u few hours whllo tho engines wero being repaired agaiu. Then she would proceed again for a few hours. Tho meat and vegetables rotted because of the failure of tho refrigerators, and wore thrown overboard. After tbe storm tho water supplied to the ship ut Honolulu had to bo used for tho boilers, und there was little or none for drinking. It Is snid thut during the bust week of the voyage tho men lived almost entirely on whisky, beer aud hardtack. Tho officers nnd soldiers wero utterly ex hausted when they reuohed Manila. It is said by tho olnoors that tbe behavior of the troops was beyond praise. For days the men worked In the dark, Buffocatlug hold, with water sometimes up to their shoulders aud planks washing about iu a manner dan gerous to life and limb. The ofllcors took tho lead In balling and encouraged the men. Tho regiment will procoed to Zumboangu on tbo Pekln to garrison several potts on tho Island of Mindanao. Tho hospital Bhlp Missouri hag .arrived here. Ilryau to Spend Winter In Texas. Austin, Texas, (Spociul.) W. J. Bryan and wife arrived here to spend the winter lu this city. They uro the guests of ex-Gov-ornor Hogg temporarily, but will shortly rout a private residence for the winter. Mr. Bryau stated thut ho hud coma to Texas to spend tho winter, to rest up und prepare for the campaign of 1000, which he expected would be a very hard one, nnd thut he would only make a few speeches lu Texas during his stay. Ituhouie Plague Case at Cadis. Wushlngton, (Special.) The Marina Hos pital Bureau was Informed by Its surgeon at Cadiz that a suspected case of butonio plague Is in the hospital there. Iu a report to the Surgeon-General ot the Marine Hospital SorNlce, Surgeon Huvelburg, at Rio Junelro, states that the bubonic plagi.e probably watt introduced into Santos by rats ou the ship Rei de Portugal, which Bailed from Oporto, Portugal, where the plague was then prevailing. The Fustnur Treatment Failed. Westchester, Fa., (Special.) After suffer ing awful agony for two days, Joseph Qibbs, aged thirty-two years, of Wlllowdalo, near here, died lu the Chester Couuty Home for Hydrophobia Patients. His wife Is a filleted with the same disease at her home. Glbbs and bis wife were bitten by a rabid dog ubout two mouths ago. Ho was sent to New York, where he received the Pasteur treatment. A cure was supposed to have been effected, but on Sunday an attuck de veloped, resulting iu his death. Nerlotis Accident to a Hrakeiiiiin. Danville, Va., (Special.) C, B. Overuero, a Southeru Railway braknmsn, fell from tbe top of a rapidly moving freight car on the outskirts ot the city, and was seriously, If not fatally, Injured, He was found lying near tha traok in au unconscious condition and removed to the Home for the Hick In this city, where he lies iu a very critical con dition. Fire In a Church. Elklm, W. Va., (Speolul.)-A fire which was gaining much headway wus discovered just lu time by the sexton of thu Duvls Memorial Church, lu tlds towu, to prevent the destruction ot the building. A lturher Attempts Suicide, Roanoke, Va., (Spoclal.)-Wlll Crelghton, barber at the Ponce de Leon Hotel, attempt ed to cut his tlirout with a razor. He wag prevented from accomplishing his purpose of gulcldu by bis small brother summoning help, but not until after a severe wound had beeu Inflicted. Crolghton'g brother at tempted to kill himself some time ago. Tbe Kentucky Democratic state campaign committee concedes that Taylor, Republican candidate tor governor, bus a mujorlty ou thu face of tho returns, but hope to elect Goebul by throwing out the vote of Louis-' vllle. OUR NEW POSSESSIONS. , A despatch from Otis declares thnt tho In flv.rgnnt government Is now a fiction, some of tho members of the Cabinet being In tho hunds of tho Americans, whilo others are fugitives. Tbo troops are now only banditti. President Bnnlistn, of the Filipino Con gress, hns renounced to General MncArthur all further connection with tho insurrection, and say thn Filipino Congress and Cabinet nro scnttored, never to reassemble. General Hughes raptured tho Insurgent capital on the Island of Hollo and drove the Insurgent back Into the mountains. Thn War Department was advised that General Wood hnd started frem Santiago In reply to a summons to Washington. C iplaln Lnntze, commanding nt Cavlln, reported thnt thn Cruiser Charleston had disappeared from sight. The War Department asked for twelve more V, M. C. A. nrmy secretaries, to be sent to Manila Tho Inst council of war of Agnlnnldo nnd tho other retreating lenders of the Filipino has been held. Recognizing tho futility of further united resistance In the American forces, thev agree, that tha Filipino troops scatter and follow guerilla methods. The entlro province of Zamboanga. Island of Mindanao, (ins surrendered to Comman der Verv. of tho United States gunboat Cns tlne. Znmbnuntm Is tho principle city of tho Island of Mindanao, which In tho second largest Island of the Philippine. The Filipinos took tbe American prisoners from Victoria to Sal Carlos, and on the walls of the Victoria prison and the Snn Carlos Convent wero found tho nnmes of the Ameri cans. Tho oiTlcInls who welcomed the Americans at Malaslqul, Island of Dixon, wero mur dered on the streets by tbe Insurgents. According to n Spanish corporal, Aguln nldo, tho Filipino lender, passed through Dnyamban hatless. his clothing torn nnd spattered with mud. Ho stopped only long enough to changn horses, nnd then hurried away toward Mavnlaren. General Mnc Ar thur has returned to Tnrluo nnd taken up headquarters at Agulnnldo's former resi dence. A cablegram from the commander of tbe naval station nt Cavlto announced that tho cruiser Churlesl on was underwater from stern to smokes! nek. A severe engagement occurred north of Hollo. Four American wero killed nnd twenty-flvu wounded, lucludiug three ofll irers. Tho transport Ooorgn W. Elder arrived at Jan Frnnclsco from Manila, bringing the tody of Major Guy Howard. General Wood, military governor of tho province of Snntlngo do Cuba, has been or dered to Washington. A returned soldier said In Lynn, Mnf., that many dishonorably discharged Ameri can soldiers are serving as officers for tho Filipinos. Wreckers found a clu jt containing (10.000 in Spanish gold in the K.inkeu Spuulsh crui ser, the Almlrnnto Oquendo. Agulnnldo escaped tho pursuit of General Lawton and his forces. NO SA MOAN HITCH. New Irnft of a Treaty S ihmitted by Wash ington Govci anient. Washington. (Special.) The United States has declined to accept the agreement ns to the disposition of the Sumoun Islands reached by Great Britain und Germany. It was possibly the leaking out of some In formation to tills effect that gave rise to tho report circulated In European capitals re Jontly of tho development of a serious hitch lu tho negotiations. As a matter of fact, there Is no serious bitch, nnd the reasons which influenced the State Department hero lu rejecting the British-German arrangement when it was submitted for approval related eutlrelyto minor matters, and touched1 ruthor upou tho form thau the substance of tho ar rangement. Hiving rejected the tentative treaty sub mitted by the other two Powers, our Gov ernment has lu turn, nnd nt the Instance of the othor two parties, prepared and sub mitted a draft of a treaty which it Is hoped will be acceptable to all three Powers. This is now before the Foreign Offices at London and Berlin for consideration, aud It Is con fidently believed here that It will receive unanimous approval, not differing lu princi ple, as already stul-d, from tbo original project. 1HI NOT FI It 1-1 A SHOT. tiiNiii-gniitH Abandoned Mangalaren, Leav ing American Prisoners. Munllu, (By Cable.) Tbe Insurgents hnvo evacuated Mangaluren, province of Pan gasiuan, leaving seven American aud 01 Spanish prisoners, who escaped In the con fusion on tho 1'lllplno retreat. Tho Ameri cans nro: P. J. Green and Oeorgo Powers, of the battleship Oregon; Thomas Edwards und Charles Bird, ot the Sixteenth Infantry; Henry W. James, of the Twelfth Infantry; John Diamond, of the Signal Corps, and F, H. Huber, ot Lowe's scouts. They report that two Americans, who were unublo to escape, are with tbe Insurgents. They are David Scott, of the Twenty-fourth Infuntry, uud William Sherby, of tho Hos pital Corps. Four deserters are with the Filipinos Howard. Martin nnd Ford, of tho Callfornlaus, nnd Wutts, whoso former rogl mont Is unknown. Howard is the only one serving with the Insurgents. Ha U a cup. tain of artillery. ABOUT NOTED PEOPLE. Henry James, tho novelist, does most cf his writing nt night, Arthur Rousbey, whose death Is an nounced, was ono of the best-known and most successful exponents ot English opera. The Marquis of Townshend, who died re cently lu Paris, was the first philanthropist to take up tho question of sets for shop girls. The next portrait to bo huug iu the Treas ury Department will bo thnt of the present Secretary, Mr. Gugo. The portrait Is now being painted. Solou Borglum, a Parisian sculptor, has beeu In South Dakota for the last three months making models In clay of Indians for the Paris Exposition, Mrs. Edward M. Horrlck, of Oakland, ('als., recently gave an exhibition of paint ings, etchings and photographs ot the Ma donna, tor the benefit of the Fubiola Hospi tal. Washington society Is making much of the Duke Do Custnguctu, an attache of the Ka bul Embassy. Handsome, agreeable, rich in his own right, a duko and Just turned 21, be Is a general favorite. Captain Percy Scott, who designed the tinrriagos by which the nnval guns were taken to Ludysmith Just at the right moment, is described as a spei iulist lu gunnery, and a good all-round sportsman. The Rev. Dr. Samuel H. Virgin, for nearly JO years pastor of Pilgrim Congregational Church, Brooklyn, has resigned becuuse he thinks a younger man could subserve hotter the interests of the church. William M, Evarta lives In almost com plete seclusion ut bis home lu New York. Sir Redvers Bailor brought (25 worth of .lie lutost books Just before Blurting ftr South Africa. Theodore Crosby, of Canandnlguu, N. Y., 'las been a voter lor 70 yours, having boon boru 07 years ago. It is rumored lu Purls thnt Amelia Rives, low the Prlucess Troubetskoy, will settlo (here permanently and establish a Utorury lalon. MAY EXPEL MACRUM. President Kroner's Anger at American Consul -Will he Supported. Washington, (Special.) Consul Macrum must bo either expelled by the Boer Govern ment from the Transvaal or that Govern ment must nllow the Consul to discharge his duties as Indicated to him by the State De partment. This Government has decided to stand by Mr. Mncrnrn, against whose action In dis tributing money in nld of the British prison era President Krngnr has protosted. An other sum of money to bo used In tho Inter est of the British prisoners nt Pretoria was forwnrded to Mr. Mncrum. As Mr. Macrum will proceed to disburse this money as heretofore, It Is expected that President Kruger will raise- the issue, on which will depend whether Mr. Macrum be nllowed to perform his humanitarian work or bo expellod from the Dutch Republic. State Department official predict thnt President Kruger will yield. They contend thnt he will not permit himself to be the ob ject of International condemnation nud so lose whntever respect ho now enjoys iu cer tain European countries. The State Department holds that in tho enso of Mr. Macrum disbursing money to British prisoners, two things must be ns BUineil: First That nn agent of the Stnto Depart ment of tho United States will not use his place and power to unlawfully nld British prisoners to Cf-cnpn. Second Thnt tho law of nation is thnt the purpose of tho war Is the overthrow of the enemy's force, nnd that cruelty, ill treat ment or Indifference to prisoners Is not a part of civilized warfare. There Is ample precedent for a foreign consul taking euro of and ministering to the wants of prisoners. Tbe most recent examplo Is that of tho British Consul at Santiago during tho late war of tho United States with Spain, who undertook to look Into the case of Lieuten ant Hobson nnd tho other prisoners of the .Morrlmnc It wns reported that these pris oners wero placed in a position exposed tc tho flro of tho Amcricnn (loots, and were otherwise not treated as prisoners of war. The British Consul concluded It his duty, representing this .Government, to look Into the ease, and Spain, mindful ot the law ol nations, allowed the British Consul to com ninuicnto with tho prisoners and got assur ances thnt they would be treated as prison ors of wnr should be treated. The State Department 19 of the opinion that If Consul Macrum Is expelled because of the discharge of his duty ns representing British interests, nnd thoso of humanity, the Boer Government will put itself in a bad light nnd lose the natural sympathy the pco ploof this country have for tho Transvaal Republic. Town Sergeant lladlv Wounded. Warrenton. Va.. CSiiecinl.1 Town Rcr. geantSeiitou, of Middleburg. whilo trying 10 cuect tue urrest of Harrison Thompson at that plnee, was badly cut with n knife by Thompson, nnd U Is bellvod that bis wnnm'n will prove fatal. Thompson Is still at large, mil every euort Is belug made to apprehend him. Hun Over by a Train. Front Royal, Va., (Spnclal.)-Train No. 01, local freight, of tho Southern Railroad Company, soon after leaving Linden Station, seven miles from this place, rnn over Scott Kenney, of this county, cutting off one of nts legs, tho other ono being mangled, ne cessitating nmputatlou. Drs. Turner aud lloy performed the operation. Ho Is In a prucnrlous condition. Texas Going for Mnine's Dead. Norfolk, Vn., fSnoclal.) Tho hattlrshln Texas arrived here, nnd was ordered to coal immediately and proceed to Havana to t(l t o on the .Maine's dead, which will be brought to Hampton Roads and shinned bv rail to Washington for final interment at Arlington. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. A meeting of tho Nationalist members of Parliament was held lu Dublin, and a resolu tion adopted looking to the reunion of the Irish fnetious. The French Senate High Court began the hearing of witnesses in the conspiracy cases. The British ship Duntrnnn Is believed to have foundered. Some of the erew were 8 tved. General Kitchener reported that General Wlngate defeated tho dervishes at Abraadll. Thomas H. Iamny, the founder of tho White Stur Line, died in Liverpool. Y vetle Gullbert, the slngi r, is seriously 1 in Purls. Lord Salisbury is snflering from Inflneiiz' . Tho ColoL'ue Volks Zeltung calls upon Chancellor Hohenloho to keep his promise to abrogate before January 1 tho prohibition of political conlitlon, or he must retire. The British la the battle with tho Khalifa's forces near Gedld, Egypt, enptaiel 11.000 people. OsnuiuDlgna, the principal general of the Khalifa, Is still ut large. Wallace Ross, tho former well-known American oarsman, died iu London. M. Dolenssn, the French Minister of For eign Affairs, in a speech In the Chamber of Deputies, outlined tho government's policy concerning Chiua, lind In referring to tho Transvanl war said tho French government favored medlatiou and arbitration, but did not consider It opportune to take the Initia tive. There was sn outbreak In Samoa, which was quelled by British bluejackets. Tho Czar Is reported to have instructed the Mlulstnr of Justice to investigate ehnrgos against the Minister of Flunuce. Austria and Hungary hnvo reached a set tlement of their quota difficulties, Tho state banquet In Sr. George's Hall. Windsor, in honor of the German Empon r and Empress, was a magnificent uffalr. Tne massive royal gold plato used Is worth A'2, 000,000. Queen Victoria sat at tho hoad of the table, with Emporia William on her right. Mrs. Choate, wife of the Uuited Slates ambassador, was the only diplomat's wife present at the function. M. Guerln, during bis trial by the French Senate, Bitting lis high court for trlul of the conspiracy oasee, said that tho anti-Semitic League hud not meddled with politics. The Prlucess Marie Atuello of Lelningen died ut Carlsruhe. To Clean Diamonds. Just at this season, when the world Is full of brides, and sunburats and stars and other dazzling "gilts of the groom" seem ag common as plain gold wedding rings, a hint on how to clean diamonds artfully may not come amiss. The stones should first be washed in warm water and yellow soapsuds, with a small but not too hard brush. Rinse and dry them carefully with a soft cloth or silk handkerchief, and put them into a box containing boxwood dust. Move them about in this for some time until they seem perfectly dry, free them from the powder anil polish with tissue paner. Ha is Still bingia, "Why don't you drop that letter in a street box, instead o( carrying it to tbe postollioe yourself?') "I am afraid to trust a valuable letter to a street box." "What is valuable about tbe letter?" "It's a proppaal to Miss Duly era." Detroit Free Press. KEYSTONE" Zjrnlse I.ATK.ST NKWS f;i.rP1'""1 "l 8 1 iauntl -hard 1 ORPHANS' HOCg'tl ..take ( Clrls' Section or n,,'Thl School Destroyed b,let US Life Occurred -I ljB t Supper Time nml .wears W ithout Mislinp- otilB bra asks 1 nks t Flro broke out In th mo1 Chester Springs' Bol,pr ''"'J"1 nine miles north of VVm.n, hours later this largo I, mootl About lfiO girls were nnd when the alarm wt.k 0D ily made their cscupn (B,wa.J Tne flames wore first ili-,, room by two llttlo gi, no,i the supper table. Thn m we the explosion of n com coral the children Wero put ? "if cool-heu.lcd teachers n V ' ' ushered them quickly. . ' to a place of safuty. y , gathered at tho scene n kfr in preventing tho Iliunf-fSW! Hie main building, th , hospital and other lr-v grounds, some of whirl. I 1 of the girls' wing. 1IT-' covery of the lire 1111 n; might have resulted, (M, the children are all ipm. difficult to munago im,, cltemont. The loss Is hvm covered by Insurance. tbo wing were notilestp that they can bo utili k under the management M. Major, of Hurrislv Colonel Austin Curtlr.J some mouths ugo. y was saved from the Uui' rapidity with which tln" ' burned building was 11 and was used during Ui-fV? lutlon ns u hospital, f, xft century it was a suinm. dreds of people gather-1 account of the medl.-ai springs. In 1H6I) the stjWCll, ot the property and esta yest Orphans' School. The j tf ho the Farmers' A Meuhiuv cirls l'hoenlxvlllo, and is rcut afj art!" Weil siiooti-i vtn nt John Hawkins met a , dent body bciug blowu to ri gon, thawing hltro-glyeeriin,4 w0 to uso lu shooting a W(.'l;n(l fnrm Un TW...-1.1.. - B . - ... , ...,,, , j dead man could be foun: his tumuli r ',,-,..,....11., - vwiuviuiin, mi J L man, 45 years old, uud . chl.dren. Ho was In tl, m,I?f; GunbnKer, an oil well sL -crl'; quarters are at Corun.l".'a(: have been one of the 11 Simi the business. He hud I- erse a number of years. He.? a quantity of glycerine 1 1 is c son well. The glycerine mgU stnto for sufety aud It iorge well. It was a strange 1 f Mi spect thut no one was ii kins. Samuel Fergus .11, and Frank McCrackeu t neither was hurt. pe w Bt t eemi ong, r.,Bl.tFo..rlB. k David Hughes, a mcr1. was awakened by a loud: , . building. Dressing blmr1 w stairs to investigate, aiuU"' tho front door four m ' saulted him. Ho rosistw keep less to tho sidewalk witl 6 tin another torn from the f!0uT. face and body wero kid, I bruised. Before the gas; nnd era! policemen appeared raj;e five times by the fugitive sel mi 10 nit tun OIHCers fierce hand to hand flgln. nud locked thorn up. II to Ids home, where uV jsiftl wounds. The prisoner.' ' M nd Kurlow and Wullv nnd l'let i ly tl Died l roin Injury Su..1? Christopher W. Carms" Ula down by a train on the lii,or8 lug Railway, died at lb Hospital, Lebanon. Mr. som school teacher lu early III' " 1886 was postmaster ot Uct fo wldoly kuown as uu nc an and was aged (!5 years. Lett; es t Injured liy Itelaiiliili.kll I Frank Slebert was mr. i blast In n stone 'quarry I ' sat A blast had been prupsr'jon,' explode. An hour later pdfa boro out the charge nniig e curred. Selbert was str Un( which was iu-ll)0 holei.. Hartley wus also slightly : ai8 1 Pet ok r"":,""""tomi While attempting to ip hall, in Uaiileton, Officer:: y iu the hip. Frank Birdie, J6 w inn, was arrested and hei:61 court, charged with the ft 1" dltion of the officer Is vcr.fc da; feared blood poisoning vi w Dead llody Found on The badly mutilated boil; 0" to bo Joseph Luoto, of ht ms on tho Philadelphia A ll f?i tracks, near GUborton. Re havo beon run down 1; freight trains. 1 hu! prot Killed His in '(en 1 Vvlllinm Brady, aged lii'ed 1 ling a revolvor at Hone h to shot and Instantly killed h (1 th aged 14 years. Tho bullet y pju heart. gai 18 lloy Killed Willi'1 j. tt8; A party of four boy?, je j hunting on Thursday, t aged 14 years, w as shot In accidental discharge of 1 Tho boy diod from the wot- ," lore I aor I. ' lit News In rl' .dutglars broke iuio .to coueral store, at Pori CnrK considerable sum nf monj' quantity ot goods. Thol'j0'1' The annual roorgnnlzr.ti f "l Board took place at l;ny Krick succeeds George H' dout, and I. Heber Wltnwomt Is tho now seoretnry. ieiiH Llttlo F.va Miller wu tng while playing with lire at I t bt uoyclty. . J I The Fuel Pr"' J "I suppose you houf1, in tbo Klondike?" JL", "No," answered lbo ' been lying by the ho" t ' have anything bufceuui" . combustible gold. Vi-jf big price for a few bcu'?' lar bills. "WasbiDgtoir: W( . mmjt lie Deductive Hjfl "What were bis lat V "He didn't have auT f.-j "ao cis who was 'l nd?" Town Topics. ltt -.urn . 'infr(t
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