TWENTY-TWO DEAD.
TK.N Hllllt:, 1HH.VK lOI.UKKD Ml
1K1I1I1 OK DIMAN1 KR.
CAUSED BY FIRE-DAMP.
Kspluslun Orrnrrrit In Oumnorll Coal
Mlnrs In North Carnllna -Tli uprln
fnont Was Ainoni Thmci Wlm Lost
ThrlrMvr-s-All ttmlles. With Hw :.
rrptlon, Herovrrril.
ltalelgh, N. t, (Bpf-Hal). - Twenty-two
miners, ton while and twelve nngroem, lout
their liven In an explosion at Cumnook Coal
Mine, Chatham oounty, N. ('. The ex plo
sion Is mppoiied to have been caused by a
broken gunze In safnty lamp.
Fort or fifty men were la the mine at the
time.
The accident wan In what In known as the
Kant Heading. Five were brought out alive
from the Kant Uaadlng, whjle nono of the
men In the other parts of the mine was In
jured. Within an hour after the explosion the
Work of rescue began, and tiy daylight all
the bodied except one, that of Him Meintyre,
bad been brought to the top. All the bodies
Here horribly burned.
The scenes at the entrnnce to the mine,
where many of the widows and children of
the dead men were gathered, were heart
rending. The bodies of th victims of the
explosion were prepared for burial and the
funerals of several took place.
John Connolly, the mine superintendent,
came to this Htate about three years ago
from Pittsburg, Fa. He leaves a widow and
three children.
The mines are situated at Cumnock,
Chatham county, about six miles from Han
ford. The mine has been long used In a
dcvultory wny, but In 1H98 Bamuel A. Ilonzy,
of Philadelphia, organized a company and
put In modern machinery.
There are two shafts, one a small affair
for ventilation, and the other, the main
working shaft, is 8x12 feet, and is consider
ably more than 500 feet in depth.
In December, 1HU5, an explosion took
place at the same time, lu wbloh 43 lives
were lost. This explosion was canned by
fire damp, though many of thowe killed on
this occasion lost their lives from the result
ing explosion of almost 250 pounds of dyna
mite that was stored in the mines. Two
other explosions occurred here many years
years ago.
LACKED NERVE.
-A Planned Double Tragedy Half Com
pleted Knil of an Vnheppy Life.
Syracuse, N. Y., (Hpeoial.) Louise Foster
was murdered In the Collins Block by Ernst
Hecht. Hecbt flrBt ohloroformed her and
then attempted to take his own life. He
Confessed the crime, saying:
"She started It and I ended It. I saw her
die and then attempted to kill myself." i
Mrs. FoBter was found in her room by
sirs. Mary Wilbur, who lives in the block.
Hecht was sitting in a chair in the room.
Mrs. Wilbur saw that Mrs. Foster was dead.
A red rose lay upon ber throat.
Chloroform was the means used by Hecht
to kill Mrs. Foster.
The police found the following letter on
Hecht:
"My sweetheart This is my first and lost
love letter to you. When you arrive here I
will be ready for you. I will be all your
wn until you are ready to keep jour prom-,
SMS. Will ask but one thing of you: Dolt
well and quickly, and if there is a hereafter'
I will wilt for you. We will go hand In1
and to meet whatever the beyond holds
for as.
"My darling, yon thought me eruel, but
I was kind. If I had done as you wished,
It would have been so much harder to have
given it all up. I donot suffer. I have died
hundred deaths, but I am tired of the
struggle. Fate is stronger than I.
"Take me in your arms; bold me olose to
your warm, loving heart, until mine grows,
old. Let yonr love be the last thing tbut I
will realize In this world, so that I can take'
It with me Into the next. Your lips take my;
last breath only to give it back when we
, meet again, for meet we certulnly will, be
It In heaven or bell. I will go where you go. ,
"I will write no more now, as words are'
but empty sounds. Be brave, for I will.
Destroy this letter, for we must leave notb-i
big behind for the world to gloat over. My
darling, I kiss you."
Hecht said he committed the crime at 1
A. M., and the woman died at 1.33.
He then took a dose of the poison, became:
111 and lay down. He recovered shortly and
made up bis mind to blow bis brains out
with a revolver, but could not nerve himself1
to the deed.
Hecbt is a dyer and has been In the city
, only a few months. He is a rover and was
born In Austria. Mrs. Foster was the wife1
of Charles 11. Foster, who was sent to E1-,
antra reformatory In October for forging his,
wife's name and obtaining jewelry from the
Safe and Deposit Company.
Hecbt called upon Dr. A. J. Campbell,
with a fellow workman. The man accom
panying him said that Hecbt had been talk
ing of killing Mrs. Foster and himself, and
be wanted blm examined as to bis sanity.
Hecht complained of bad pulns in his bead
and the pbyslulan prescribed a nerve rem.
edy. The dootor said that Hecht appeared
to be Intelligent and sane.
A HUSH DOWN UKADE.
Frightful Accident to a Work-Train-3
Killed and Others Madly Hurt.
Akron, O., (Hpeulul). Three men were
killed and a number of others seriously In-
lured, as a result of an accident to a work-
train on the Akron and Cuyahoga Falls
tiapld Transit (electric) Suburban Line. J
The brakes on two cars loaded with gra
vel, and earrylng about a dozen workmen,'
became dlsabl d at the top of a steep grade.
The ears rushed down the incline at a terri
ble speed. Mine of the workmen jumped
from the ears as they sped along and were
seriously injured.
Three men stuck to the cars until they
Jumped the track at the bottom of the hill
and were killed in the wreck.
William of H Dead.
Berlin, (By t'abie.)I'rtnce William of
Hesse, uncle of (irand Duke Ernest Louis,
Is dead.
Many Lives Lost.
Chicago, HI,, (Special.) A special from
Victoria, U C. says:
The steamer Klnshlu, which left Yoko
hama May 7, brings the latost advlues of a
catastrophe on the Chinese coast lu which
110 lives were lost. A Chinese steamer was
wrecked, the disaster being due to the over
crowding of the vessel.
Consuls Confirmed.
Washington, (Hpeclal.) Coulirmatlons by
the 8 nate:
To be consuls T. Haynes, of Houth Caro
lina, at Bouun, France) E. E. Builey, of Illi
nois, at Ensenada, Mexico.
Followed friend's Kxainple.
Jleadlng, Fa., (Special.) Ernest A. lloli
ren, aged 35 years, a native of Hanover,
Germany, committed suicide by taking poi
son. He was found In the City Park in a
dying condition and expired before roach
lug a hospital. Befarea was a friend of
Theodore Kolb, German musician and
computer, who also committed suicide a
week ago by taking poison.
Ha Drank Wood Alcohol.
Wheeling, W. Va., (Bpeoial.)-Blshi
Cliurob, a farmer, who lived two miles from
Peanaboro, ltltehio oounty, died from the
fleets of drinking wood alcohol.
NEELY IN JAIL.
Itesrrenfr.1 on a Civil Warrant. iMiieil hy
I'nele Nam -To llrrmrr a
Httlanc Due. '
New Vrtrk. (Special.)- Charles F. W. Neely,
formnr ohlif llnnnc Inl agent of the poMofflce
department nt Havana, Cuba, wax rearrested
by a I'nlted Mates marshal. The arrest was
made on h warrant Issued by United Htstes
Circuit Judge lcombo, Id a civil suit against
Ne ly, by tbo United Htates. Ho Is charged
with the wrongful conversion of 1",300.M.
His ball was fixed at M),0n0. The arrest
was made on Information furnlshod by
(lenrge H. Burton, hnd the order of arrest
was endorsed by Edward K. Jones, special
attorney general, and KreuVri-k I. Hinlth.
The prisoner was tnken to the United
Htates marshals ollloe. and later was ar
raigned before Judge Laoombe. Counsel for
the prisoner made application for a reduc
tion of the ball, but it was denied. Neely
was then taken to the Ludlow Htreot Jail.
Attached to the order is the affidavit of In
spector Burton, who states that on April 24.
VMO, he was ordered by Mnjor General Wood
to examine accounts and vouchers in the
Department of Posts In Cuba. He examined
the accounts, and found Irregularities that
made it necessary for him to visit Neely's
office. He saw a Mr. Iteynolds In Neely's
office, and this man, he asserts, held frequent
whispered talks with his superior. After
Nely learned his accounts were to be ex
amined be left Havana on the stenmxhlp
Mexico.
Mr. Burton further alleges that he learned
from E. (i. Jtatlibone, director of posls in
Cuba, that Neely had gono to the Waldorf
Astoria, in New York. A cable dispatch was
sent to Keely to return, but he paid no at
tention to It.
Continuing, Colonol Burton snys: "The
duties of tho chlof of the Bureau of Finances,
Charles F. Neely, were to collect all the rev
enues derived from the postal department of
the Island of Cuba, Including the sole of
stamped paper, box rents and the fees from
the postal money-order buslnoss, and to de
posit the same to the oredlt of the director
of posts with the treasurer of the Island of
Cuba, In Huvnno. In order to ascertain the
umount of said revenues I demanded the
cash book, ledger and the entire records of
office from January 1 to April 30. Mr. Won,
in the presence of the director of posts,
bnnded me a book which he stated was Mr.
Neely's ledger, and also stated that tho ledger
was all the record that Neely bad left per
taining to postal earnings, which statement
Mr. llathbone corroborated. The ledger con
tnlueil a statement of the receipts for stamp
ed paper, box rents and some receipts from
the fees of the money-order business from
January 1, l'JOO, to April 30, liHTO, with the
exception of the receipts of the Havana
poetofllce from March 15, 1900, to April 33,
1900. of which there was no record. I asked
Bich If be bad in the office any postal earn
ings not yet deposited, and he answered In
the negative, but Mated that he had receipts
of May 1 and 2, 1900, that be had collected
45,000 since Neely's departure, which money
be produced. Blch also stated that all the
moneys received by Neely had been deposit
ed with the treasurer of the Island of Cuba
before April SO."
Mr. Burton then goes into details, and
shows that the difference between Neely's
receipts and deposits was tl5,30J.2C.
NOTE TO PORTE.
Orisrom Again Probes Sick Man vf the
East Not an I'ltlinatum.
Constantinople, (By Cable.) The United
States Legation having vainly waited four
weeks for a reply to the note of April 21, re
garding the American indemnity claims,
Mr. Lloyd C. Oriscom. United States Charge
d' Affaires, banded to Tewflk Pasha, Minister
of Foreign Affairs, a new note, couched In
more precise terms and insisting upon a
prompt settlement.
The note produced a great Impression, as
the Forte thought the matter postponed, if
not abandoned. It Is believed that the Uni
ted States will not wait so long this trine for
an answer, American Indulgence thus far
not having made a satisfactory Impression
upon the I'orte.
Not Denied la Washington.
Washlngtoh, (Special.) Beyond the stat
ment that the department is still earnestly
prosecuting the indemnity claims agutnst
the Turkish government the officials of the
State Department decline to Indicate the
character of the lost Instructions sent to
Charge Oriscom in relation to these claims.
It is certainly not an ultimatum, but it Is
believed to be as strong in Its representa
tions as a dlplomatle note could be made
without actually becoming an ultimatum.
It is probable that before taking this step
the President might call upon Congress, the
war-making power, for an Indication of its
wish In the matter, so as to ensure full sup
port in the execution of any policy which be
uiny fuel called upon to adopt.
The fact that this last note to Mr. Grlscom
was cabled the very day that Ahmed Pasha
landed in New York, reputedly clothed with
some mission in connection with these mis
sionary claims, has given rise to a belief here
that the United States government will not
give its sanction to any such compromise of
the claims as bos been suggested.
Hanged for Killing His Sweetheart.
Alleutown, Pa., (Special.) Frank J.
Kruuse was hanged In the county Jail for the
murder of his sweetheart, Maggie Guth, at
Cedarvllle, on March 3, 1H'J, on which ooeo-
ion be also fatally wounded Owen Kern.
Krauso was hostler In a hotel kept by Kern,
and the girl was employed us a servuut.
A Krakeman Killed.
Hanover, Ta., (Hpeoial.) John F. Dezen
Derg, a Western Maryland Builroad brake-
man, met death in a peculiar accident at
Spring (trove, near here. Two oars in charge
of the unfortunate man were run on aswltch
aver the coul chutes at the paper mills. So
great was their momeutum that they tore
away the buffers at the end of the trestle
tearing Into the walls of the mill tind coup
plctely wrecklug the trestle.
Mules fur Fuuth Africa.
New Orleons, (Special.) The steamer
Mounrch sailed for Cupe Town, Africa, with
1,500 mules, and the fteumer ('urinthla
cleured for the same port witn 1.1 XJ mules.
nil the animals Ueiug oousigneu to iirlllxn
army officials.
Ann Turn OfT.
llambleton, W. Vs., (Special). Thomas
Williams, aed to years, employed by Otter
Creek Lumber Company, while taking bU
ooat off to go to work, bad bis right nrm
caught in the live rollers, and It whs torn off
just lieluw the elbow. I'hyslelau urnpu
tuted the arm above the elbow.
Drug Htora Wrecked
Chicago, (Special.) A terrific explosion
at 4 P. M. wrecked the third and fourth
floors of the Halo ft Semplll drug store in
the heart of the business district here aud
seriously Injured three moo.
Judas Advocate to I'urlo It lun.
ilhnnv K V Hneclnl.') It Is understood
... .., -
here on excellent authority that President
McKlnley has offered to Charles T. Suxton,
formerly lieutenant governor of the state
mid nt nreuelit hliliH of the Court Of CUilllM.
the position of Judge advocate of the Island
of Porto Itlco. lie will probably accept
The Cuban Flag at I'arla.
Washington, (Special.) President McKln
ley bos received the following cablegram,
dated Manzaulllo, Cuba:
"The City Couusll applauds the noble
course taken by yoss government In bolst-
Ing the Cuban flag at Pari
r--
IttlgnedJ
CxsranBS."
THE NEWS.
Chicago police state that one of two men
arrested in l.eipslc, Germany, charged with
stealing gems valued at 1 5,0(0, Is Charles
Woodward, with many aliases, known as
the "diamond swallower," who, In his no
torious career, has stolen bnlf a million dol
lars' worth of diamonds.
It was reported that the Kentucky Demo
crats had planned to kidnnp In Indiana and
take to Kentucky a witness very Important
In the (loebel assassination case.
Three bank burglars dynamited the South
Berwick (Me.) National Bank, but were
frightened off by a whistle blown by a
woman to attract the police.
Ilev. C. W. McCully, acting pastor of St.
Paul's Episcopal ( hurch, In Holyoke, Mas".,
was dismissed after having confessed In-
lulglug in dissipations.
James 1'ltzlinrrls aud Joseph Mullett, the
Irish Invlnctblo who arrived In New York
after being released from an Irish prison,
Were ordered to be deported.
The Now York City Chapter of the Daugh
ters of the devolution decorated the graves
of the Revolutionary soldiers lying In Trin
ity Graveyard.
Elaborate arrangements have been made
In Louisville for the annual reunion of the
United Confederate Veterans.
The Trobnte Court In Milwaukee dissolv
ed an Injunction Issued to prevent Mrs. Mina
oisen from marrying.
Eddie Teabnut died in Prldgeport, Conn.,
from tho effects of n Mow received in the
prlze-rlog.
Mr. Arthur lieban, a brother of Miss Ada
Rohan, died In Brooklyn.
Ernest Hecht admitted. In Syracuse, N. i.,
that he chloroformed Sirs. Lonlso Foster
with her consent and was to commit suicide
but his nerve failed him.
Mrs. Henrietta Tucker, wife of ex-Con
gressman Harry St. George Tucker, died at
Lexington, Va., after being operated on for
appendicitis.
The Ingrain Carpet Loom Fixers and
Weavera' Union decided not to Insist upon
their recently-made demand In Philadelphia
for an Increase.
Slgnor Gluseppl del Tucnte, the widely
known baritone,-died suddenly at his home
in Philadelphia. Death was due to apop
lexy. Walter Lovett, a mulatto of eighteen, was
arrested at Chambersburg on the charge of
committing a number of burglaries.
Three men were killed and others Injured
In an accident to a work train in Akron, O.
A Are of Incendiary origin destroyed 13
buildings in York.
The labor unions of St. Louis are showing
their sympathy for the' striking street-oar
men by contributing to their support and
fining members for riding on the cars.
A movement was recommended in the
Southern General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church to raise a twentieth-century
fund of 9)1,000,000 for tbo endowment of
educational Institutions.
President Frick, of tbe Norfolk and Wes
tern, countermanded an order for five hun
dred new cars, on account of the high prices
demanded for materials .
Bobbers dynamited the Peninsular Bank
at Williamsburg, Va., and got away with
about 45,000 in cosh and seourltlos and
other valuables.
Three Japanese children were taken into
custody by the Gerry Society In New York
on suspicion that they had been kidnapped.
MIbs Maryette Brittle was sent to tbe
grand jury in Blchmond, Va., for robbing
W. E. Tlnsley, of Petersburg.
narry Fix shot at a catamount at Nerlah
Church neighborhood, in Virginia, and seri
ously wounded Samuel Tylor.
Stephen Baptist was sentenced In Mecklen
burg county, Va., to be hanged for tbe mur
der of old l'oter Jones.
Four fishermen were drowned during the
gale that suddenly sprang up on tbe Oregon
coast .
Blsha Churob. a farmer of llltchle county,
W. Va.,dled from drinking wood alcohol.
D. B. Dyer, president of the Augusta (Gh. i
Iluilway and Electric Company, and E. C.
Jefferson, a conductor, were arrested for
violation of the Jim Crow law.
The Associated Press secured a charter In
New York, tbe recont decision of the Supreme
Court of Illinois making domicile lu that
State inconvenient.
Monsignor Sbarrettl petitioned against tbe
continuance of General Brooks' decree re
quiring a civil ceremony to make marriages
legal.
Twenty-two miners ten whites and twelve
negroes were killed by a mine explosion at
Cumnock, N. C .
The Methodist Episcopal General Confer
ence at Chicago voted to abolish the time
limit on pastorates.
Neely's shortage, according to an estimate
by the prosecuting uttorney, may be as much
as 1 100, 000.
The Wheeling and Bridge Terminal Ball-
road Company went to foreclosure sale, and
was bought by Kubn, I.oeb ft Co., of New
York, tor $1,515,000. It Is stated on reliable
authority that tbe purchase was in the in
terests of tbe Pennsylvania. '
Announcement has been made that tbe
Pennsylvania Railroad has secured control
of tbe Lehigh Valley Railroad by the pur
chase of Wl.OuO shares through outside par
ties. The price paid is given as (32.50 a
share.
A monument to Father Ryan, the poet of
the Confederacy, was unveiled nt Norfolk ss
part of the exercises of Confederate Mem
orial Day. The monument Is a rough gran
ite cross seven feet high.
The Norfolk-bound Old Point express ran
Into an open switch. Injuring tho train
crew. The passengers were badly shaken
up, but none were Injured.
Charles F. W. Neely was re-arrested in
New York on a warrant In a civil suit by tbe
United States, charged with wrongful con
version of $15,300.20.
The englneer-tn-ohlef of the Turkish Navy
Is expected at Newport News to look after
the construction of tbe cruisers for the Tur
klsh Navy.
Several large tobacco warehouses were
burned In Danville, Va. Nearly a million
pounds of choice leaf, valued at $115,000,
wore csnsumed.
Dr. J. W. Hamilton and D. II. Moore were
ulected bishops by the Methodist Episcopal
General Conference at Cbluugo,
A pinning mill owned and operated by
Mrs. 1 unnle ('lark was burned In Peters,
burg. Loss, $7,000. Insurance, 5,000.
Two Genesee street cars, loaded with pas
sougers, jumped tbe track in Buffulo. Twon
ly persons were Injured.
Mormon elders are doing missionary work
lu Winchester, with Utile result.
Two com panics of Philippine insurgents
have surrendered voluntarily.
Former Senator Hill, of Colorado, Is dead,
aged OH years.
The Senate psssed the PostofTlce Appro
priation bill and refused to pass the resolu
t on admitting tUe Boer peace euvoys to the
courtesies of tbe floor.
The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania d
cldiid that the bnuk paying a chuck with a
forged endorsement must stand tbe Iocs.
Four hundred and twenty-one linemen of
the Bell Telephone Company In Clevelaud
went on a strike.
The House psssed the Eight-hour bill and
thn bill prohibiting interstate trafllo iu
prison-made goods.
Fritz Meyer, who killed Policeman Smith
In New York, was electrocuted at Sing Sing.
Two men were lost from the liritl.u bark
Alert during a squall in Delaware Bay.
Senator Matthew Quay has announced
himself to be a caudldute for re-election.
Tbe bauklng-bouie of Nielsen ft Co., In
Fcntwater, Miob., suspended.
THE PASSION PLAY,
A VI'ON ' I, A Nil, A4 I'HUIST, 0 Ml
li; ll NF.KVUl'MMMe.
GRAND SCENIC EFFECTS.
The Now Impersonator does Through the
frucliutnii Seme With I'erfert Pelf
I'usspKHliin -.IiiIihiiii Zlvlnk. as iludns.
a drent Improvement Over His Prede
cessor in the Hole.
Oberammergan, (.By Cable.') Tho Initial
performance of tho Passion play, following
the grand rehearsal of Bundny, took place
Thursday. The attendance was enormous,
despite the fact that the day was cold, cloud j
and generally unfavorable. Tbe representa
tion as a whole, according to the opinion of
competent Judgos, surpasses that of IBM.
Herr Joseph Mayer, who recited the pro
logue, was, as on previous occasions, a ma
jestic figure.
Herr Anton Lang, as Christ, was excellent,
although nervous. His voice Is clear aud
his face seems to fit tbe character, although
not so refined as tbe face of Mayer, who was
so long the Christ of these representations.
Lang, however, showed improvement as the
performance progressed, his gestures being
particularly graceful. During the Bethany
scene a weird effect was produced by the
sun breaking suddonly from the clouds and
casting a brilliant beam on Christ's robe.
Frnulein Anna Flnnger, the Mary of the
representation, bus a fine, well-rounded face
aud Is a good actress, but she lacks tbe
pathos that Rosa Lang wss wont to display.
The player now taking the part of Judas,
Johnnn .wink, Is very fine -a vast Improve
ment upon his predecessor In tbe role. On
the other hand, Thomas ltendt. the Peter of
the cast, scarcely equals Holt's portrayal.
I'rauleln Bortha Wolff, ns Mary Magdalene,
Is striking In appearance, and made a pro
found Impression. Sebastian Lang, ns Cnl
aphns, realized thn ideal impersonation of
that relentless priest. Frauloln Mathilde
Rutz, the soprano, was greatly admired and
young Boold shows decided promise.
During the afternoon performance Herr
Anton Lang was repeatedly overcome by
nervousnoss, but be went through the cruci
fixion scone with perfect self-possession, and
the memorable seven words of the Saviour
could be distinctly heard by the vast con
course. During tbe taking down of the
Christ from the cross the sharp whistling of
a locomotive jarred unpleasantly upon the
ear. The scenic effects throughout were
beautiful.
(II AltCCH OF KXTItAVAGANCI-:.
American OlHelnN In Cuba Knter I'rulest
- t'njustly Criticised.
Havana, (Rpeclnl.) American officials
here feel that they have been unjustly treated
by certain newspapers In the United States,
which have published the sweeping state
ment that they all live extravagantly. Army
officers point out that it they have to live in
cities their expenses are much greater than
when at home. Moreover, very few care to
risk tbe health of their families by keeping
them In Cuba during the summer. Thus two
establishments are necessary. As their duty
compels them to remain Inatroplcsl climate,
they feel that the United States government,
like other governments under similar condi
tions, should pay additional stipends.
So far as tbe officers of high rank are con
cerned, it should he pointed out that General
Wood occupies only -a small portion of the
palace for residential purposes, tbe rest oi
the building being utilized not only for the
divisional offloes, but also for all tbe munici
pal offices. A nutnlier of employes have to
be kept at General Wood's expense cleaners
and helpers generally und he says that If
be did not have some private resources to
eke out bis pay and bis allowance it would
be next to impossible for him to live In the
palace at all.
Collector Bliss lives quietly in a single
room at the Hotel Telegrafo, going to and'
returning from his office in a hired vehicle
of the most ordinary description. Major
Ladd, chief quartermaster, lives at El Veda
do, In a bouse which he shares with three
other families. General Lee lives at head
quarters at Quemadus. where do all his stuff
officers, who are unmarried. General Wil
son, governor of Mautanzas-Santn Clara
lives In a bouso for which he pays a small
rental. Colonel Whltslde, at Santiago, lives
In a little wooden bungalow, formerly occu
pied by General Wood and leased from Mrs.
ltamsden, wife of the former British consul.
General Humphrey, Colonel Black, Major
Scott, Captain Pllcher and many other o di
cers live in buildings used by the govern
ment either as offices or police barracks.
General Wood, when asked what he thought
of such charges, replied that he considered
charges of extravagance ia departments, ex
cept the postal, unfounded, adding that he
believed no other department hud anything
to fear on that score aud that all could en
dure the closest Investigation possible.
IIIG BATTI.K ON KOI.D COAST.
Muuy
are Killed ull llotli
Kumassi,
hides at
Accrn, (By Cuble).- It is reported that
three Europeuu officers were killed and
Captain Apllu and 100 Huusers were wound
ed In a recent effort by the Lagos Ilausers
to break the investing lines of tribesmen at
Kumassl.
Tbe Ashantl Ur-s Is reported to have been
great, as the Mausers had three Maxims en
gaged, although themselves greatly out
numbered. Three hundred Asbantls are
said to have been killed In a previous action.
Tho rising Is still spreading.
WAITFD 71 VIC 4 UK TO W1D.
Ilrldr-to-lte HH, Groom HO, anil llrltlul
l'ai ly All Over liu Years.
Toledo, 0 (Special. ) August Croft, aHed
8(1 years, and Miss Kate Putnum, aged Mi,
were married at South Bloomfleld.
The wedding party was a large one, but
no one whose age wus less than CO years was
Invited.
At the age of 15 and 17 they were devoted
lovers, but they did not become formally en
gaged until January 8, 1900. Neither the
bride nor groom-to-be has ever murrled.
Sentenced to lie Hanged.
Wheeling, W. Vs.. (Specliil).-In the Cir
cuit Court. Judge Hughes sentenced John
Mooney and Frank Friday to bo hanged at
the State penitentiary, at Moundsvllle, on
July 13. Mooney and Friday, on March 1
lost, while attempting to rob the home ol
James Uervey, shot and killed blm. They
were convicted on circumstantial evidence.
Want an Explanation.
Pekln, (By Ca'de.) The dlplomntlo corps
has decided to ask the Tsung-LI-Yamen
(Chinese Foroign Office) to define explicitly
the measures which the irovernment Intends
to take In dealing with "Boxers."
Itevolver Duel lletween Tlrothers.
Huntington, W. Va., (Bpeolal.) Guy Har
ris and Meredith Holten, brother-lu-laws,
living on Wilsons Creek, Wayne county, have
been enemies for several months. They met
lu tbe public highway, and a fight ensued,
both using revolvers. Each Is dangerously
injured, Holten being shot in the bead, and
Harris In tbe book. The latter will proba
bly die.
Killed While Sawing Wood. '
Charlotte, N. C, (Hpeoial.) Brother An
drew, of St. Mary's College at Belmont, N.
C, was instantly killed while sawing wood
with a circular saw. Tbe saw burst aud al
most severed bis body.
KEYSTONE STATE.
t.ATr-vr m ws i;i kam l I bom VAlt:
OCS l-AHt
EVADED RAIDS 20 YEARS.
"Hill" I'rltte, Long Snuicht as an Aliened
Moonshiner. Is f inally Captured - Ac
cused of Murder In J8HO - Was Surprised
nt the Home or a Friend In the l ayette
ounly Monntalns Other Mews.
"Bill" Prltts. nged C3 years, who has
evaded the raids of revenuo officers during
the pnst twenty years, and against whom are
pending charges of murder and moonshln
Ing. wns captured by two Government offi
cers nt Connellsvilln, who, single-handed,
made a swift descent upon tbelrmanand
carried him off to prison out of a region
filled with bis sympathizers. Prltts was
lodged in the borough prison. He is wanted
for the shooting of "Yoney" Hoslettior,
whom he Is accused of having killed because
Hostettler divulged the secrets of the illegal
distillers. Prltts' two sons are also in tho
tolls of the law, having been tried at Pitts
burg recently on the charge of moonbhlnlng.
Tho jury disagreed, and the boys will be
tried agnln In October. Prltts was captured
in the wilds of the Chestnut Ridge. Tho
capture was made by County Detective Alex
ander McBeth and Revenue Officer Dickson,
of Pittsburg. The officers learned that
Prltts had gone from his borne to that of
John Trinkey, four miles across the moun
tains. Thither the officers went. Wnen near
the house they suddenly came across Prltts,
sitting on the edge of a field. He ran about
half a mile before tho officers caught up to
blm. The oOlcers threw him down and by
main strength put handcuff on him. PrlttB'
still was found one mile from bis bouse when
bis sous were arrested some months ago.
Snake In the lted.
About 10 o'clock, when Mr. and Mrs. John
E. Kllroy, of Lambertvllle, were about to re
tire, they were horrified upon turning down
the covers to find colled up In the center of
the bed a two-foot pilot snoke. Mrs. Kllroy's
screams aroused the neighbors, many of
Whom entered the house. The snake was
pulled from the bed with a garden rake and
killed by a few well-directed blows. Mrs.
Kllroy bos been prostruted by tbe shock.
Died at Prayer MeetliiR.
Mrs. Louise Schuyler, widow ol Dr. Jacob
Schuyler, died suddenly while attending a
proyer meeting nt the Market Street Presby
terian Church, Bloomsburg. Mrs. Schuyler
bad been In apparently good health and was
thought at first to have fainted. A physician
was hastily summoned, who found ber dead
upon his arrival.
Killed by Illow or Jack Handle
Vincent Topper, of Hanover, a section
hand on the Pennsylvania Railroad, endeav
ored to lift the track with a Juck, when a cog
slipped, causing the handle of the jack to
strike him on the side of tbe head with
terrific force, knocking htm senseless. Me
died before he could receive medical atten
tion. Naked Lamps Caused Explosion.
By an explosion of gas in the Cayunga
mine of the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Western Company, three men were so badly
injured that they will probably die. The in
jured men are Benjamin Amos, Adam Miller
and Rotas Poncaw, all of them married. The
men encountered a body of gas which was
Ignited by their naked lamps.
Monument to Grldley.
A committee of citizens is engaged in rais
ing a fund for the erection of a monument In
Lake Side Cemetery, Erie, in honor of Cap
tain Charles V. Grldley, commander of the
flagship Olympia, In the battle of Manila
Bay. J. F. Lownlng Ischulrman of tbe com
mittee, and will duly acknowledge the re
ceipt of contributions.
Tot Rolled Down Precipice.
Foster, the 2-year-old son of Michael Rowe,
at the Cornwall ore banks, strayed from
home alone and rolled down the almost per
pendicular side of tho "Johnson cut,", in the
middle bill, a distance of fully 125 feet. The
boy escaped Injury, except slight wounds on
tbe head and buck. There the child lay all
night, but be was bright and laughing when
the father discovered him behind a big rock.
In Uriel.
Sparks from a mill at Rnnkln set fire to s
car in a passing freight train on the Balti
more and Ohio Railroad. The car was burned
and nineteen heud of cattle which it con
tained perlshod.
County Treasuree T. S. Nevin, of Chain
bersburg, received $22,50 conscience money
sent to blm by a person who said it was
county tax due on an estate which hud never
been properly returned for taxation.
The York County Pomona Grange, Patrons
of Husbandry, nt Grangeville, Instructed
Senator Haines to request President McKln
ley to retain United States District Attorney
Beck in ofllce.
The commencement exercises of the Mil
ford High School were held. The graduat
ing class was composed of Jennie Struthurs,
valedictorian; Harriet Morton, sulutatortau;
Dora Rouhotte, historian; Meda Boyd, poet
ess. W. F. Herring, a lumber denier and con
tractor at Tyrouvllle, was arrested on a
charge of forgery preferred by F. De Hyde,
of the Socond National Bank, Herrlug wus
placed under $1000 ball.
CYCLING NOTES.
Tliere are no violent Innovations !n Hie
models for wheels this your.
Several of tbe railroads have Introduced
Idcycle curs, aud according to the railroad
men they are giving exuolleut satisfac
tion. I Edounrd Tnyloro, tho French champion.
1 . I. ...... ,...1 I!.,..., I?ll .... .Li
iihi. uui diiioi, ..i.i y Liunn, mu AUieriUHU
rider. In a fifty-mile bicycle match at Ant
werp, Belgium.
It seems us though the "broken glass"
nuisance has ngaiu become epidemic- In
Now York City, and a number of com
plaints have been made recently because
of this.
The Canadian Wheelmen's Association
has come to the conclusion that it does not
desire to contest with the new Canadian
Cyclists' Association for the control of
cycle sport iu Canada.
A new wheel is being Introduced with a
(russ or double fork. It i a deoided nor
dlty lu the line of bicycle construction. It
Is clulmed by the Inventor that the new de
vice, by reducing friction, gives increased
speed.
The membership of the League of Ameri
can wheelmen, from latost official reports,
wus 31,Gt!7. Four years ago, wheu the con
troversy began iu the organization over
the control of racing, there wus a member,
ship of more than 100,000.
One of the oddest uses to which blayales
have been put this year Is mounting a corps
of detectives upon them. A bodyguard of
six detoctives have been followiug the oar
riagu of Queen Victoria on bicycles to
guard ber against any posslblo attack.
One of the most nnnoylng things a rider
his to contend with is when a nut shakes
loose from a bolt for no conceivable reason.
Remove the nut aud bolt and thoroughly
olean them. A little powdered resin
sprinkled inside the nut and on tbe thread
or worm of the bolt, or where necessary, a
piece of thread bound around the worm
and the bolt will remedy tbe trouble.
A Western genius has devised a scheme
for Infallibly detecting the point of punc
ture In deflated automobile and bicycle
tires. Au ammoniaual solution is forced
through the valve, and a oheinlcally-pre.
pared white cloth is passed over tbe outer
surface of the tire. When tbe oloth passes
over the puncture tbe escaping ether ol
the ammonia causes tbe olotu to turn blue
at that polutaud there you are.
CURIOUS FACTS.
A tho battle of Hastings (A. I. lOfif,),
(he weapons being swords aud bnttle
axes, T00 foil fatally wounded ttt of
every 1000 oldicr.
Tbe difference between the tallest
and shortest races in the world is 1
foot 4 iuohes, and the average height
is 0 feet 6 inches.
On November H, 189!, Sydney, in
the colony of New South Walen, was
for a time overwhelmed with red dust,
and presently a light shower of red
rain fell. Of course the Government
astronomer was immediately inter
viewed for publication "In the early
days of Rome," he said, "this red rain
was regarded as a terrible thing. I
find that there, are only sixty-nins
cases of red rain recorded. The first
historic instance oconrred . fourteen
years after the foundation of Koiue,
in 738 13. C."
Theantopsy he'd by Coroner's Thy.
sician Morton on the body of James
II. Coleman in Philadelphia, revealed
a most peculiar anatomical construc
tion, so far as the internal orgnus are
concerned, for they are located on the
opposite side from where they are
situated in other human beings. Dr.
Morton said that it was a most re
markable, case. Coleman's heart is on
the right siilo, his liver is on the left,
his spleen is on the right, and that
part of his stomach that should be on
the left side is on the right. The
organs thus situated on tho reverse
side of where they should be were of
the normal size, the physician said, ex
cept that the liver was somewhat large.
He was thirty-six years old, of medium
height, married, and the father of a
family.
It may be diflicult ta believe iu the
existence of a lake of sulphuric acid,
but there is such a lake in the centre
of Sulphur Island, off New Zealand,
It is fifty acres in extont, about twelve
feet in depth and fifteen feet above
the level of the sea. The most re
markable characteristic of this lake,
however, is that the watur contains
vast quantities of hydrochloric and
sulphurio acids, hissing and bubbling
at a temperature of 110 degrees
Fahrenheit. The dark green oolored
water looks particularly uninviting.
Dense clouds of sulphurio fumes con
stantly roll off this boiling caldron,
and oare has to be exercised in ap
proaching this lake to avoid tho risk
of suffocation.
A rare nervous disease is being in
vestigated by the French Academy of
Medicine, to which the present case
has been reported by Dr. Marinesco,
of Bucharest. The patient, a youug
Roumanian, is given to what is known
among savants as "mirror-writing. '
That is, the letters which he naturally
forms with his pen are all written
backward, so that they appear in their
proper arrangement only when re
flected in a mirror. The hands of the
patient when unoccupied are affected
with a nervous trembling which gen
erally ceases when they are used to a
definite purpose. The writing is per
fectly aoourate, and it appears impos
sible for the sufferer to do any other
kind. Although cases of partial mirror-writing
have been observed be
fore, the present is said to be by far
the, most perfect.
The Origin of Confectionery.
The modern confeotionery business
is a very large one, aud it is of old
standing. If we wished to trace it to
its origin we might have to go back
not far short of five hundred years.
It is about five centuries since sugar
was first imported iuto this country,
and it is probably not much less than
that since "confections" began to be
oonoooted. They first appeared in a
medical form. Apothecaries, whose
potions wore at one time very gener
ally supposed to be efficacious just in
proportion as they were horribly nasty,
took to the newly imported sugar as a
means of mitigating the nauseousness
of their doses. They mixed their
drugs with it and coated thoir boluses.
That seems to have been tbe origin of
the syrups and medicated candies, the
cough drops and lozenges of one sort
and another that are now so largely
iu domand. They were originally
concocted by the doctors, and for
many long years all sorts of "lolli
pops" were medicinal only. Sugar
was too dear and .the generality of
people were too poor to permit of its
being eaten for itti own sake alone and
as a mere luxury.
Somewhere abont a couple of con
tnries ago, howevor, there began to
appear a new development of the
apothecary's art. "Confections" be
gau to bo made more or Icbs apart
rom any medicinal purpose, and
merely because people liked them.
The confectioner's business began to
evolve as an offshoot from tbe profes
sion of the apothecary, and eventually
became altogether a separate thing,
though the common origin of the two
is still indicated by the syrups and
pastilles and troches prescribed by
the doctors, and the "drops" and
lozenges and other things sold among
the sweet stuff of the confectioner,
Chambers's Journal.
The Best I'olltiy tut to the Test.
A certain womau, who is fond of
eeing her smart frocks described iu
the "society columns," advertised for
a servant tbe other day. Among the
applicants was a neat, prepossessing
young person, armed with references.
Among the former employers whose
names she gave wasMme. O'Fluherty,
the modiste, for whom she had worked
as "confidential maid." The womau
of many frocks sent a note to the great
gown builder, in which she said: "Is
Suzanne Binet, who says she has beeq
in your employ, honest?" Mtue.,
O'Flaherty's reply was brief and t
the point: "Suzaune was iu my em
ploy; as to her honesty I am not cer
tain. I have sent her to you with my
bill half a dozen times, but she has
never yet given me the money." New
York Commercial Advertiser. .
Presidents Who Were Masons.
Seven Presidents of the United
States were members of the Masonio
fraternity Washington, Jaokson,
Polk, Buchanan, Johnson, Garfield
and MoKinley. Washington was Mas
ter of his lodge at Alexandria, Va.,
Jaokson was at one time Grand Mas
ter of the Grand Lodge of Tennessee,
and Buohanan was Deputy Grand
Master of the Grand Lodge of .Pennsylvania.
HOUSEHOLD Myrr
To Clean so
The best way to clean 1 J
Ti ... from
with a little Dowrl...i
bicarbouato of sods miIej
A Waterproof Va,,,,.
A good waterproof varnUb"
umbrellas and stoi in.coat, i
two parts of tnrpentius
of linseed-oil, andoiiensrini"
litharge. Mix these iwf
gother thoroughly, aud i,0ll ; '
bath, that is, in a veawi
boiling water, tho Bnrue a u,
maker molts his glue, i,,'
nish is thoroughly boild
pnrt is dissolved remove it T
stove aud apply with a iJ
warm. It should bo paint
article to be varnished Wjtll .
care as if it was paint, ,(
brella, open it wido, nu.l J
varnisU smoothly. After it J
a eei-uuu i:oai luny be
needod. When the vwimbt,
ji wm uui iiesiiu auilcrackl.
show areas elnntiniiv t-i
cau be employed iu gtcn,
ways.
The lUnliiB.R,,,,,
Every dining-room sbonlJ
rug. The quality of this it"
however, vary with ibe
power of the individual, t
ought to be remembered, ;
must not be so thin tlit it
with every choir tbut ia ,lr.
it, nor so thick tliatim rt.;.
drawn at all. Tho luemaybj
n irnro iiuur, a carpet, a fill -
matting. Rugs madeof piece,'
peting with a border are t,.
ble in roally beautiful tlinjB;
and are only to be connifc
questions of ecouomj have to
It must not be uudoratooJht
these rugs are in bad taste, t
ply that they aro a conL
weakness, as it wero of the dJ
oi using somethinrj; wh rha
sometimes tells Jon, "thought:
is exactly as good as the other.
ot every mud are maunlie:;,
uay. The housekeeper hu
take the dimensions of her k.
what price she can afford tor
then chooso the host thai cot
in the range. Rugs ought a!
be lower in color kej that,
of the room, or they seem to,
at you, and make a most it;
effect. Harper's Bazar.
"Floral llower" llnlm
The flower room ban notb:
done apparently, for the ine-
the art decorators haa bet:
sorely to find some uoveltj
duoe into the bowery nookifc
they have created a demu!
tiatio papers and painted lc
When the flower-room acid
eame into being rosea, fo
and chrysanthemums were til
flowers. Then original mil-
favorite flowers and indulge
mas ordered their dresiiii
bureaus, etc., of white eoiii
birch or bird's-eye maple, It
orated with sprays of t
bunches of violets, duster
flowers, daisies, btitteroani.ri
delions, and one woman bid i
white wood painted with eti
orchids. Pond lilies made
another set of white heim-
ture, and scarlet poppies pn:'
a background of curl; bra
brilliant showing fur a toon:
woodwork and hangings were
soft green.
Wall paper, floor covering!,
hangings, chintz ami cretonit
niture coverings can all beofr
tho Bame colors aud designs i
artistic days. In any caao tbe
repeated in all the "lilting''
pretty room. Dimity am
white colored flowers are t.
for cottage windows, audoiit
skill with which they a:e n
ago to look quaiut without b
ish or too highly colored.
Itecipei.
Plain CakeCream tojeli
gg, two heaping tablespoo-
buttor and one and one-w
of sugar, then add one cnpW
water aud two teaspoonloli &
powder, sifted-in with thru
of flour.
Peanut Cake Delicto"
cakes mav be made by rotW".
rolling a cupful of peanuti
ing one cup of butter
cup of sugar, three cup'0"
throe neon that have been"
Mako this into small oakei ' 5
till thev take a light browns
Cabbage Salad-Cbop one
cabbage flue. Put it "
tmr 111 trio mih unit and Pi"'
nnn nnrr tlinrMiirlilv and dd 11
oe n -- - v
cup of boiling vinegar. -tablespoonfuls
of mustard"
i,-. - l.xu l.l n;lwrrir audi
boiling vinegar, together tw
piece of butter ana om -eaoh
of pepper and MS1''
over the cabbage while hot
Tjnn.n Hl.lVasl) n
head of: lettuce, crisp 4 J
Knn.T xf and kilt-
two bunohes of green onjoM
nn in.livi.lni! nlntflg bed 01
some cress, carefully '.nfj
til A nninim in vorf wll" 1
drop between the lettuce fJ
. .. . i- i.. mitt
a lew slices oi rauiou -
if likod. JuBt before
spoonful of rice salad drei"
center of each dish. J
pumpkin ruauiuij--"' j.
Kin until tenuer auu - (
it perfectly smooth. ,
a saltspoon of salt, !b,ef
butter, one pint of m'11 ,
yolks of two egg J '
spoonful of oinuatuou. - ,
ndd the stiffly beateu egg'
boat thoroughly. Turn t
ding dish aud bake w
with or without honey"""
viriiiitriAil a-irAfftTil-
T ... T.l! nil ,
well suffloiont hot, 're8U'!
tatocs, add one (or J ;
toaspoon of good butter,
eggs aud salt and pepP" ,
Bhapo them in a 'ht::
transfor to a buttered o
ft knife-blade easily
small depressions WJJ
tho sorosis of the P'J
the form to be
grate cheose over irk
ter from the top ana W
ovou delicate oolr
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