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A 11 m I VI I ItataW WBBtlWI
THE
, of McKoosport,
pnrtlun of John
says she has
acquired wealth
An illustration or tne enormous
pronr or mo ice irust wu givcyi in a
Hrooklyn N. Y.) t-oiirt, when i wan
shown thai Ice bought at 60 tens a
(on had hern retailed at CO cents a hun
dredweight. Kxtrnordlnary precautions wore tak
en to guard the life of President Mi
Klnley nt the services at St. Matthew'
Catholic Church, Washington, for the
late King' Humbert of Italy.
Mrs. Wilkinson, of Dover, Del., whose
niiHlmiid eloped with her sister, ha in
her possession two love letter to her
husband which show her sister's In
fatuation for him.
Mr. SiiHan Austin
Pa., who Inherited a
McCaff cry's fortune,
,'ound that suddenly
.a many drawbacks.
Miss Packard's mother arrived hi At
r.nla and tried to persuade her dnugh
ler to-jclve up Dr. Wilkinson nnd re
nirii to Dover, Del., hut alio refused to
lo so.
Caleb Powers, who was eo'nVleted of
complicity In the murder of (ioebel,
las Issued u public statement In which
ae declares hlH Innocence.
Estimates for the Georgia cotton
rrop place the yield from 50.000 to
JOO.OOO bales shorter than It was last
ear.
Surveys for a new anchorage for the
Diamond Shoals lightship have been
!omploted. and the ship is being fitted
ut at Norfolk.
An Insane man, armed with a revol
ver, escaped from his keeper near
roiighkcopste, N. Y., and Is Htlll nt
urge.
The Comptroller of the Currency ap
pointed H. D. Garrett temporary re
ceiver of the Somerset National B.ank
ng Company, Somerset, Ky.
Receiver Daniel D. Wins, of the
31obe National Hank, has paid to the
Clearing Mouse Association of Huston
.he last of the $11,000,009 which that
'nstitutlon ndvaced to the bank eight
nonths ago.
Hoycotts In force against clothing
manufacturers n Rochester, N. Y.,
were- raised by the United Garment
Worker.
Charles F. rtugglos, of Chicago, for
merly of Manistee, began suit in the
I'nited States District Court to pro
cure a dissolution of partnership of
'.he liuiklcy & Douglas. Lumber Co.,
Jf Manistee,
Two thousand vestmakers are on
itrlke In Manhattan. Their demands
re for the payment of the same scale
if wages which was in force last year
tor n 10-hour day and for weekly pay
ment. A passenger (rain on the Perkloincn
tnllroad struck a team of horses and
wagon at Palm, Montgomery county,
Pa., and Instantly killed the three oc
mpnnts of the vehicle.
Poison In deadly quantities has been
'oiind In the stomach of Edward P.
Herrtck.
The third-rail system Is to be tried
in the Albany and Hudson road.
T.nke Shore train No. 3, westbound,
n wrecked at Hay IJrldge, near San-
iusky, Ohio, and seven persons were
injured.
Charles A. Towne, It is stated, will
ipen his campaign at Duluth within
to days and will - follow Governor
Roosevelt. ,
Two Italians, one of whom. It Is
aid, hart planned to attack President
McKlnley, are to be deported.
Forest fires prevail in the West and
SorthwcBt.
A deliberate attempt was made to
jurn and pillage Smithtleld, 111.
The remains of Collla P. Huntington
ere laid at rest In Wood In wn Cemo-a-ry.
New York.
The International Typographical
Union refused to permit the Stereotyp
es' Union to withdraw.
Application has been made to di
tolve the Distilleries Company of
merlca.
Asa Packer Wilbur, of San Francis
co, who claimed heirship to some of
:ho Asa Packer estate, died a pauper
it San Francisco.
Three persons were killed by an ex
iloslon of natural gas in a Chicago
iouse and three are reported missing.
Six hundred prospectors returned
'rom Cape Nome with stories of destl
.ution and illness there.
Two Kentucky train robbers were
tentenced one to four, the other to ten
fears' Imprisonment.
Public land In Northern New Mexico
was withdrawn from sale, in order to
iiive the cliff dwellings from destruc
tion. Chairman Hanna denied n report
that Ills health was bad and that he
Kould give up active campaign work.
The anti-lniperiallsts at Indianapolis
lormally declared for Ilryan.
Miss Emma Graves, a school teacher
rf Wilmington, Del., and her niece,
Lizzie urnves, aged eight years, were
Jrowned at Riverside Park, New Cas
:le, Del. The child fell from the pier
nto (he Delaware liver. Miss Graves
plunged overboard to save her, and
uoth sank.
Governor Beckham, of Kentucky,
Sas ordered the General Assembly to
meet in extra session to consider the
joebcl election law.
Frank A. Stauber, a well-known So
cialist of Chicago, has disappeared.
Hi debts are estimated at $150,000.
Wilkinson, who eloped from Dover
Del., with Mis Packard, has been
traced to Charlotte, N. C
A design for a monument over the
Krave of President Lincoln's mother
ia been accepted.
The first warship from Greece to
;ross the Atlantic Is expected shortly
in this side.
A large creamery at Mechanlcsburg
as burned. Loss, $8000; no insurance
At Charlcstown, W. Va., Jubal
Young shot Mrs. Susan Morrison in
the shoulder.
Mrs. Cromer Hints was burned to
leath In a charcoal pit m ar Richmond,
Pa.
Wm. H. Wagner's large barn at Mar
burg, South Pennsylvania, was burned.
Several people were Injured In
runaway accidents at Hanover, Pa.
A hotel will bo erected at Round
Top, Gettysburg battlefield.
The Convention of the International
Typographical Union opened In Mil
waukee. Woodstock, Va., wa visited by a de-
ttructlve fire. The Kplscopal church, j
Geary Hotel and the limner block
ere destroyed.
R. H. Ferrell, who killed Express
Messenger Lane, was committed to
lall at Marysvllle, Ohio. When he aud
hJs Hweetheart met both were pros
trated. Frank Atkinson, aged 24, n goldier
In the war with Spain, committed sui
cide at Philadelphia.
Mabel Hontou, the actress, ! Insane,
and will be sent to the asylum on
Ward's Island, New York.
The liakota elevator lu Buffalo was
liuined, Less. $300 000,
THE EX-SENATOIl PARSES AVI A? AT
EAST I. A ft VEOAa., N. M.
SUFFERING A LONG TIME.
Ilia Wife ami other Meintiem of Eamlly
Wrra With Him- It Wn the Intention
to Mot II tin to AtrhlRoii, Kmi., Moon
m fo.nl Me, ,i,t the. Eml 4 aina Oulker
Thnn Wm Expected.
Las Vega. N. M. (Special). Former
United States Senator John .1. Ingalls
died nt East Las Vega Thursday
morning. He was surrounded by his
family.
Senator Ingalls' Illness dated from
March, 183!), when, nt Washington, his
throat began troubling him. He worked
steadily, writing political articles for
newspaper throughout the country,
He was treated by several specialists,
but received no relief, nnd on their ad
vice returned with his family to Atchi
son. At home he grew no better. Ten
month ago ho sought another change
in' climate, traveling through New
Mexico and Arizona. He was still aide
to wrlto occasionally for the newspa
pers. From time to time report of the
Senator's serious illness were circu
lated, but were Invariably denied by
the Senator, who did not consider his
case hopeless by any means, nnd only
two mouths ago he planned to return
to Atchison. After a consultation of
physicians he decided, however, to re
main In New Mexico. Mrs. Ingalls
went Immediately to Las Vegas.
.John James Ingalls was born In Mid
dletowu, Mas3 December 29, 183.1. He
attended Williams College nnd gradu
aled from there in 1855. The degree
of LL.D. was conferred on him by his
college In 1881. After graduating from
college he studied law and was ad
mitted to the bar In 1857. A year later
he removed to Atchison, Kan. In 1859
he was a member of the Wyandotte
Convention and in 1801 he was sent to
the State Senate. In 18ii2 he ran for
the office of Lieutenant-Governor, but
was defeated. Eleven year later he
was elected Republican United States
Senator from Kansas. He represented
the State In the Senate from 1873 to
1891. From 1887 to 1891 he was presi
dent protempore of that body. In 1891
he left the Senate and since then has
been a lecturer and Journalist.
(iOI.II t'NDEIl lllCHMOND.
Quantified of Ore. Rearing Pand DUrov-
recl by Workmen.
Richmond, Va. (Special). Gold, pure
and unmistakable, in seeming good
quantity, has been discovered in one
of the ditches In the excavation now
being made at Fifteenth and Main
streets for the erection of the Seaboard
Air Line depot. Its presence was first
noted when about fourteen feet below
the surface pure, clear water, black
sand aud round gravel were found.
Thes- conditions .at once suggested
gold to G. A. Lyell, superintendent of
the work, who has spent several years
of his life among the gold mine of the
Pacific Coast. He made Investigation
and discovered that the sand was filled
with shining gold, and occasionally n
flake was found. Mr. Lyell does not
claim to lie an expert, but say he is
quite certain gold has been discovered.
Others who have visited the spot
and examined the sand are of the same
opinion. The sand will be analyzed,
but it Is not prwbable the presence of
the gold will interfere with the erec
tion of the depot.
rl r TEEN DltONNED NEAR HOME.
Heavy I offl of I.lfe unci Property Dur
ing Heeont Storm.
Seattle. Wash. (Special). The steam
ship Centennial has arrived from Nome
with advices of the wreck of the steam
ers Merwin, Resolute and Dollar on
the beach during the furious storms of
August 2 and 3. The Merwin is u to
tal loss. One boat containing five peo
ple wns overturned and all were
drowned. Fifteen peoplo were drown
ed In all.
General Randall has received In
structions to afford transportation to
over 5000 destitute and indigent lck
at Nome. Terrible sufferings are said
to be prevailing among them. A cha
otic state of turmoil nnd lawlessness
is expected before all are gotten out.
The Centennial brought, back COO dis
gusted passengers with hard-luck stories.
irU 42,000 After -II Youra.
Leavenworth, Kan. (Special). After
six trials in the United States Circuit
Court and a delay of 21 years and 4
months, the Mutual Life Insurance
Compnny of New York settled Us case
with Mrs. Sallie E. Hillmon-Smith, this
city, by paying her $22,000 In cash.
This amount, with interest, was decided
by a Jury to be due her on a policy
held by Hillmon when he disappeared
In 1879.
The Mutual Life of New York is the
second of the three original insurance
companies to settle. The Connecticut
Mutual Is still holding out, with a
Judgment of $11,054 against It.
Ehllo Will Iluy Cam Here.
Santiago de Chile (By Cable). The
Chilean Congress today voted $2,600,
000 Chilean currency for a cargo of
curs, the greater portion of which will
be purchased in the United States.
Tenders have been invited for build
ing the great iron bridge over the Riv
er Maipu.
The Millionaire Paita Away at Rac
quet! Lake, N. V.
Racquette Lake, N. Y. (Special).
Colli P. Huntington, president of the
Southern Pacific Railroad Company,
died shortly before midnight at. Pine
Knot Lodge, this luxurleus camp In the
Adirondack, near Racquette Lake.
He was In his 79th year. Death resulted
from heart disease.
Mr. Huntington, with Mr. Hunting
ton, went Into the wood last Thurs
day afternoon and wns In apparently
excellent health. On Friday and Sat
urday he was about his camp noting
the progress of the Improvements
which he had been carrying on this
year. On Sunday he remained at his
lodge quietly, receiving the call of
several friends from the neighboring
camps.
Apparently well on retiring, at 11
o'clock Monday night, he was taken
suddenly with a choking spell, which
wns quite common with him, and
which was not thought to be Berloiis.
but he became worse. As hooii as the
seriousness of the attack wns realized
a messenger wa dispatched to the
neighboring camp of Governor Louns
berry for a doctor. Mr. Huntington
died without regaining consciousness,
not more than ten minutes having
passed between the nttnek and his
death. Mrs. Huntington nnd Mr. Hunt
ington's secretary. G. E. Miles, were
nt his bedside at the time of his death,
which occurred at five minutes to 12
o'clock.
Early In the day Mr. Huntington ap
peared to be enjoying the best of
health, walking about his preserve and
taking a trip on his private steamer,
the Oneonta, and he remarked to
friends that he was feeling unusually
well.
CICASIIEl) INTO HIE 'HI .
Eleven rnHn.-ntr.-rii Killed and an Many
More Injured.
Klatlngton. Pa. (Special). Eleven
persons were instantly killed and
eleven others, several of whom will
die, were seriously injured in a grade
crossing accident three miles east of
this city, by a passenger train on the
Lehigh and New England Railroad
crashing Into an omnibus containing
lwenty-flve persons. All the dead and
Injured were In the omnibus, and but
three escaped uninjured.
The accident occurred about 5 o'clock.
The omnibus, driven by a man named
Peters, wa returning to Slatlngton
from a funeral the occupants had
been attending at Cherrysvllle. The
coach belonged to Henry Bittner, of
Slatlngton, and the dead and Injured
were nearly all relatives of Sophia
Schoeffer, at whose obsequies they
had been present. The train was a
speclnl, and consisted of an engine and
one car.
At the point at which the collision
occurred there is a sharp curve in the
rond, and the omnibus came along nt a
good rate of speed, the occupant un
conscious of any Impending danger.
As the 'bus swung around the curve
the engine and car came in sight. It
was too late to stop either the omni
bus or the train, and as the driver of
Ihe former whipped up the four horses
to cms the track ahead of the train
the latter crashed Into It middle.
The occupants were thrown in all di
rections, bruised and bleeding. The
eleven dead were killed outright. Phy
sicians and a special train were sent
for and the Injured were taken to
South Bethlehem.
No watchman Is employed to warn
teams or pedestrians of any approach
ing train, and those living In the tl
cinity state that it is impossible to
hear an approaching train.
A peculiar feature of the accident
was that the horses drawing the 'bus
escaped unhurt.
lOXiltKSS WAS LAVISH.
Authorized the Kipenillture uf fcwlO
Iffll.HdU.HH. Washington (Special). The volume
of appropriations, new offices, etc., re
quired by law to be prepared and pub
lished at the end of each session of
Congress under the direction of the
committee on appropriations of the
Senate and house, has been completed
for the first session of the Fifty-sixth
Congress by Thomas P. Cleaves and
James C. Courts, chief clerks, respect
ively, of the committees. A summary
of the appropriation shows the grand
total of $710,150,862.88. The details by
bills are as follows:
Agricultural
Army
Diplomatic
District of Columbia..
Fortification
Indian
Legislative
Military Academy ....
Naval
Pension
Post office
Ulver and harbor
Sundry civil 05,319,915.45
Deficiency appropriations 15.088,330.61
Mlscell. appropriations.. 3,802,301.34
Permanent approp'ations 132,712,220.00
$4,023,500.00
114,220,095.55
1,771,108.76
7.577,369.31
7.383,628.00
8,197,989.24
24.175,052.53
674,306.67
65,140,916.67
145.245,230.00
113,658,238.75
660,000.00
Grand total
..$710,150,862.88
ON FIRE AT SEA.
TEMIUII1.E EXPERIENCE OP THE
CREW OF THE CTMRIC.
llig C.raln Elevator llurned.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). The Da
kota elevator was burned, entailing a
loss approximating $500,000. The fire
started in the machinery loft, and
within fifteen minutes the cupola was
a mass of flames, working lis way
downward through the machinery
room to the bins, in which were stored
600.000 bushels of grain. The elevator
was used by the Lehigh Valley Rail
road. blkty .ive Huved hy Heroes.
Dubois, Pa. (Special). The entire
works of the Berwlnd Colliery, above
ground, which belonged to the Ber-
wind-White Coal Mining Company,
were destroyed by fire.
Sixty men who were In-the mine at
the time were saved by the prompt
and heroic action of Fire Boss John
Harrison and a number of volunteers,
who entered the workings by the air
shaft at the risk of their live and
warned the miners of their danger.
The loss will approach $200,000. It
was at this mine five year ago thut 13
lost their lives by an explosion of gas.
Village Wiped Out by Eire.
Wllllumsport, Pa. (Special). The
village of Turbotvllle, in Northumber
land county, was almost wiped out of
existence by fire. The flames were
first discovered In a stable, and before
they had been gotten under control 16
dwellings, 18 barn, two stores and a
lumber yard were destroyed.
Will Modify the (Ioebel Law.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special). Governor
Beckham Issued a proclamation con
vening the General Assembly In extra
session. The only subject to be con
sidered I the modification or amend
ment of the Goebel elect'on law.
DEADLY CHLORINE GAS.
When Nineteen Hourfl nt From Qneenr
town Eire Wan Discovered In the For
ward Hold, W'hlrh IIukkI for Thirty.
Ix Hour Heat I'otired Out Erotn the
Hold.
New York (Special). The White
Star liner Cymric, which ha arrived
here, had a terrible experience while
crossing the Atlantic. At noon on
Sunday, August 5, when the big ves
sel was nineteen hour out from
Qiieenstown.flre was discovered among
the cargo in the forward hold, nnd It:
raged thirty-six hours, until midnight
on Monday, when It was reported to
be under control. Hold No. 1, where
the fire Is believed to have originated,
had been flooded for the purpose of
checking the flames. The water leaked
through Into other compartments aft,
causing damage to the general mer
chandise stored there. The boat, how
ever was not seriously Injured.
The loss on the enrgo wa so heavy
that Agent John Lee, of the White
Star Line, notified the consignees of
the cargo that they would be expected
to pay their pro rata share of the los.
Captain Lindsay, of the Cymric, told
the experience of the men on the ves
sel In fighting the fire. In addition to
the ordinary danger of such work, the
fire could not be located, and deadly
chlorine gas, which poured out of
the hatches, ninde it Impossible for
the men to remain long at work.
The officer of Ihe vessel headed the
men, nnd man after man wa lifted un
conscious from the hold time and time
again.
The captain was carried out four
times, and once It appeared as though
breathing had stopped.
In the hold were hogsheads if
bleaching powder and soda ash. The
heat and lire caused chlorine ga to
generate, and this poured out at a ter
rific rate. As soon as the hatch was
thrown off the upper deck on Sunday,
Captain Lindsay and some of the men
who were Investigating the source of
the fire were overcome and had to be
lifted to the upper deck. Dr. W. J.
Fleetwood, the ship's surgeon, wns
called on. nnd he was kept busy re
viving them. So many were overcome
that he was compelled to summon a
physician who was a passenger to his
assistance. The men as they were
brought out. of the hold were laid out
on deck, where restorative were ap
plied. Some were so far gone that ar
tificial respiration was resorted to.
During Sunday Chief Officer Joseph
Evans, First Officer Frank Howarth,
Second Officer Fletcher, Third Officer
Smith, Boatswain Robert Jones and
Lamp-trimmer Keating and several of
the crew were lifted unconscious to
the deck. At time some of the men
exposed themselves to great danger to
drag their comrades Into the fresh air.
The fire was not declared out until
Monday night, and after the men had
been at work a day and a half. It wa
not until the flames had been extin
guished that the exact location wa de
termined. Tin fire I supposed to have
been caused by the spontaneous com
bustion of some liny, In which a large
case of earthenware wa packed. This
case wa in the center of the hold,;
under the lower hatxh, and surround
ed on all sides by hoffsheads of bleuch
lng powder nnd soda ush.
t rued Them to Kill.
Paris (By Cable). The French For-,
elgn Office has received the following
dispatch from the French consul at
Che Foo. dated August 2:
"Tho Governor of Moukdcn, In a pro
clamation has urged tho people of
Manchuria to massacre Christians.
Nearly nil the missions have been de
stroyed. The missionaries have or
ganized for defense and are assisted
by other Christians."
Ex-CongrcHiiltinii Shoiik lend.
Washington (Special). Ex-Representative
George W. Shonk, of Wilkes
barre, Pa., died at tho St. James Hotel
here of heat prostration. He arrived
here Sunday and Immediately retired
to hi room, complaining of feeling
badly. Medical asststauee was sum
moned, but the former Congressman
never rallied.
AIIOIT NOTED I'KOI'l.h'.
Mrs. Samuel Swartwood, wife of a
railroad engineer living in Wllkes-
liaire. Ph., has just given birth to her
twenty-iittn uatiy, twenty or whom are
living.
The Rev. James M. Gray, the well
known Biblical Bchoar, has declined a
call to become permanently associated
with the Rev. R. A. Torrey In the work
of the Moody Bible Institute, Chicago.
Slum's Crown Prince, who Is study
ing at Oxford, Is bound to be an up1-to-dute
potentate like his father. Ho
recently developed appendicitis and en
joyed tho modern operation for that
misfortune.
President Eliot, of Harvard, ha de
clared himself in favor of the shirU
waist man as student. Several mem
bers ol' the faculty complained of the
fatigue costumes worn lo lectures by
students in June, but President Eliot
did not sympathize with the complain
ing faction.
Governor Roosevelt was taken hold
of by a golf enthusiast the other day,
and was much annoyed by the man's
long exposition of the virtues of Ihe
game. "There Is one good point about
it which you have forgotten lo men
tion," he said finally. "What's that?"
asked hi persecutor. "One doesn't
have to piny It If one doesn't want to,"
replied Ihe Governor.
Gcu. Nelson A. Miles' famous collec
tion of weapons ha beeu recently
augmented by Ihe gift from a South
American politician of a sword worn
In several campaigns by Simon Boli
var, "The Liberator."
Lieut. -Col. C. A. Coolidge, who has
been assigned to the command of the
Ninth United States Infantry, uow m
China, vice Colonel l.lscum, wno wa
killed In action at Tientsin, has been
an officer for 36 years In the Seventh
Infantry. He served In the Civil War
In various war with the Indians and
In the war with Spain.
Killed hy a Train.
Harrlsbiirg. Pa. (Special). Charles
Wierdlen. aged 18 years.whogo parent
live at 344 Fifteenth street, Newark,
N. J., fell under a freight train at
Bailey Station, on the Pennsylvania
I Railroad, and wus killed.
1 IEI.U OF I.AllOlt.
Superior ha 2000 unionists.
There are 798 specie of roses.
Hard coal sells for $9 a ton ut Platte
City, Mo.
City of Mexico cotton operators
struck for higher wages.
Dartmouth. England, givcB a pen
sion to aged workmen. I
New York electrical worker de
maud $1 for eight hours' work.
The London clgarinakers sent over
$243.50 to their New York brethren, i
Open-air truck meetings of the West
Side Early Closing Association are
held In New York.
The Miscellaneous Trades Section
has adopted a church Dimmer that of
taking up a collection at every meeting.
Utah has one of the finest mining ex
hibits in the Exposition, but she ought
to have more. Paris letter in Salt
Lake Tribune.
Tho Dock Builders' Protective Asso
ciation of Brooklyn secured for Its
member 37 1-2 cent an hour und u
work day of eight 1iouiti
St. Paul Hteain Fltteiu' linion do
nated $5 to the the St. Louis street
railway strikers, and also $5 to the
striking steam filters of Philadelphia.
The International Clgarinakers Union
and the local clgarmakers' unions are
reported to have contributed over
$170,000 to the New York strike.
A Boston cigarmakers' union is as
sessing Its members 50 cents a week
each for the benefit of the craftsmen
locked out aud on strike in New York
city. .
The success which has crowned the
efforts of the Now York pantsmakers
for the Increase of wages anil shorter
hours has tendered to arouse the coat
and cloak makers.. They number over
20,300.
Many Inducements have been mnde
to families to come nnd live In the
borough of Bronx, New York, in the
way of from one to three months' rent
free and uu occasional gift of a ton of
coal.
The pianomakers' organization Is
now recognized by all the large piano
manufacturing firm In Now York, and
the union's scale of wage is generally
paid.
I'ortahla Eontomvea.
8u: FranciBco (Special). H. W. Rob
inson, superintendent of the American
Postal Service, to be established in
China, who, with his assistant, G. M.
Hunt, sailed on the Warren, say tho
postoffice to be used for Ihe benefit
of the United State troops will be
portable. They can be put together
or taken apart as readily a camp lug
gage. At Military Station No. 1, to
be located at Taku, will be kept a rec
ord of the movement of the troops, so
that as good mall dispatch to and from
China may bo had as in any other part
of the world.
ARMISTICE I rROHAIIEE.
And Then Nefotlatlotm Hot ween lili.a
and the I'owern.
Washington (Special). Now that the
primary object for which the allied nr
mlo marched upon Pekin the rescue
of the besieged legatloner has been
accomplished, tho drift of discussion
In official and diplomatic circles turns
to the next step to be taken.
Necessarily many of the predictions
as to what this will be are purely con
lectural. us It I realized that complete
and definite information regarding the
condition of affairs In Pekin must be
awaited before any positive action can
be taken by the Government whose
Interests have suffered as a result of
the Chinese troubles.
The presumption here Is that the
next move wlfl be an agreement for an
armistice. This may be undertaken by
the commanders of the Chinese army
nnd those of the allies on the spot
where the fighting, according to the
latest report from Pekin, appear still
to be In progress. The question of the
withdrawal of the foreign armies, the
payment of Indemnities aud many
other problems may be left to commis
sions duly appointed to adjudicate
them. LI Hung Chang has .already
been appointed a plenipotentiary by
his Government to negotiate terms of
pence, and In this capacity, It will be
remembered, he made an Ineffectual at
tempt to stop the progress of the nllles
In their march on Pekin.' Whether LI
will be continued In thai capacity by
the Imperial Government Is not known
here, but such seems probable, as with
his well-known ability and his ac
quaintance with the world he would he
able to make belter terms, perhaps,
than any other Chinaman.
SEVEN KILLED, MANY IN.Il'llEll.
A Collision on ICnllroild 1 i In Mich
igan. Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special). A
wreck occurred on the Grand Rapids
nnd Indiana Railroad, ut Pierson, 29
miles from Grand Rapids.
The northbound Northland express,
which left, this city at 4.05, collided
head on with passenger train No. 2,
due here nt C a. m. Seven people were
killed, one was fatally hurt, nnd many
passengers were more or less Injured.
According to the railway officials,
the collision wns the fault of Operator
Wells, stationed at Mill Creek, four
miles north of this city. The trains
usual',!' meet at Sand Lake, two miles
south of Pierson. An order wa Is
sued that they meet at Woodstock,
four miles north of Pierson. Later,
Operator Well was asked If tho ex
press had passed hi station yet. He
answered "No." He was then told to
countermand former orders, and give
order to No. 5 to meet No. 2 at Sand
Lake. Similar orders were given to
No. 2. Train No. 5 never got the or
der, having already passed Mill Creek.
They collided, therefore, while both
were going at full speed. When Op
erator Wells discovered hi error he
tried to stop the express at Pierson, but
was half a minute too late.
The forward ears were telescoped.
The baggage, mail nnd dining car on
No. 5 saved the Pullman In the rear,
and the passenger coaches In No. 2
were saved by three freight cars, which
happened to be attached next the en
gine. There were eleven cars on train
No. 2 and ten on No. 5. Only six cars
remained on the track, and the en
gines were literally torn to pieces.
Tho injured were brought to this
city and taken to various hospitals.
The dead were also brought here. The
railroad detective caught several
thieves at work at the scene o.' the dis
n tiler.
ri.KUIT OE THE MINISTERS.
Eeur Entertained that They May Vet
He Murdered.
Washington (Special). Tho latest
message received from Minister Con
ger has convinced Washington that
tho Chinese Government Is neither
honest in Its desire. to protect the le
gationers nor stable nnd strong enough
to make the protection effective, oven
If It were sincere. Therefore there Is
a hideous fear that the Chinese will
fight desperately at Tung Chow. What
will happen when the Chinese troops
fall back Into the city, defeated and
routed by the allies; the scenes that
may ensue in the foreign quarter when
the infuriated mob, mingling with the
troons. are Incited by the fanaticism
of Prince Tunn, to attack the legations',
the massacre of the ministers, in
sight of their own troops, who may
arrive an hour too late to save them,
are nictures that very naturally sug
gested themselves at the War Depart
ment, and easily aecounteu lor ttie pre
vailing gloom.
From the roofs of their legations thu
ministers can see the advancing allies.
On Sunday Mr. Conger heard the guns
of the American artillery, nnd Sunday
night ho could see the lights in the
American camp. But he saw, too, hbi
food supplies nlinost exhausted; the
mob around the legation building
larger and more sullen, and the cart
ridge belts of the few remaining gunrd-i
almost empty. The life of the minis
ters 1 a matter of hours n race be
tween the retreating Chinese and the
advancing allies.
llet.lt III tho I'liillppllirs.
Washington (Special). General )!;k
Arthur has cabled the War Depart
ment a brief statement concerning the
health of the troops in the Philippines.
The number of Hick In the hospitals Is
set down at 3868, and lu quarters at
1261, making a total of 5129 sick sol
diers, or 8.47 per cent, of the entire
army In the archipelago.
Eatht-r ami Kon Killed.
Delaware, Ohio (Special). JuilsTui
Fleming, a wealthy fanner, and his
son, Lawrence, aged 20, were killed by
a Big Four train at Ashley. They were
in a buggy and attempted to drive over
the track ahead of tho train. The
horse was knis'ked 200 feet und killed,
and the harness was found hnnglng
over the telegraph wires beside the
track.
fclTTATION IN CHINA.
The aggregate force of the allies in
the province of Peichill is 38,000, with
114 guns.
United State Consul Wlldman re
ports that three more Baptist missions
near Swatow have been destroyed.
A French report states that seven
thousand native Christians have been
massacred at Pao Ting, east of Pekin.
The French naval commander In
Chinese waters reports that mission
aries and native Christian on the line
to Hankow from Pekin are in great
danger.
It Is stated in Berlin offlclul circle
that Germany will not allow Great
Britain's design upon Shanghai, and
that France will support Germany's
opposition.
Minister Wu presented a memorial
to the State Department from the vice
roy of Southern China, asking tho
United States Government to Inter
vene to prevent the landing of Brit
ish forces at Shanghai.
Satisfaction 1b expressed In German
official circle over the fact that tho
United State Is pleased with tho ap
pointment of Field Marshal Count von
Waldersee to the chief command of the
allied forces.
PEKIN BOMBARDED.
E1HTI..C IN INNEK CITY IS AID
TO HE EROCEDINO.
EMPRESS MAY BE THERE.
Admiral Rrmey'i. Report Contalnn Start
1lng In Tor mat Ion from Japanese Roureei
-I'renldent McKlnley and Other 1ot
ertimelit OHIelnH, However, Relieve
Hint the Empreaa ll I led.
Washington (Speclnl). The capture
of Pekin has been confirmed at lnt
from Amcrlcun sources. Gen. Adna R.
Chnffee, commander of the United
States forces In China, In n dispatch
dated August 15 nnd received by the
War Department In Washington, says
he entered the legation gr.'unds nt 5
p. m. Tuesday with the Fourteenth In
fantry and a light battery. Eight
Americans, he adds, were Wounded
during the day's fighting.
In Washington the date of General
Chaffee's dispatch Is regarded as an er
ror of transmission. All the other ac
counts of the entry Into Pekin agree
that. It was on Wednesday, not Tues
day, ns General Chaffee says. Admiral
Remoy, in a dispatch to the Navy De
partment, adds important details. He
says Informal ion from Japanese sourc
es Is that the Empress Dowager 1 "de
tained by Prince Yiiugedo in the inner
city, which Is being bombarded by the
allies." Chinese officials In Washing
ton have never heard of "Prince Yun
gedo." and It Is inferred that the cor
rect lift me of the person referred to Is
Yun Lu, commander-in-chief of tho
Imperial Chinese forces, who has
strong pro-foreign inclinations.
The inner or forbidden city, which I
being' bombarded, la a sacred space,
where ihe Emperor and Empress Dow
ager reside. If the allies damage it
tlie effect may he serious In Inflaming
ihe Chinese. Wn Ting Fang, Chinese
Minister In Washington, says he has
positive advices that the Emperor nnd
Empress are not in the forbidden city,
but have gone to Shensl province, west
of Pekin.
Germany will rooh have 30,000 sol
diers in China, and is sending a pow
erful licet there. It Is believed that
she is acting with Russia, and is pre
paring for an International conflict.
It is stated in Washington that the
United States will not land troops at
Shanghai unless American life ot
properly Is threatened. The crulsei
New Orleans has arrived there, and hot
captain can act In an emergency.
HOUHAItniNO THE. INNER IT.
Elchtlng at Tekln Han Continued-Eight
AinerlritliK Wounded.
Washington (Special ). Confirmation
from American sources of the relief of
Pekin wns received in the form of the
following dispatches:
Chefu, August 19.
Pekin, Aug. 15. We entered legation
grounds nt 5 o'clock last night with
Fourteenth nnd light battery. Eight
wounded during the day's ' fighting.
Otherwise all well. CHAFFEE.
Chefu, August 19.
Taku. Aug. 18. Telegraph line to
Pekin interrupted. Information from
Japanese sources Is that the Empress
Dowager Is detained by Prince Yuiige
do in the Inner City, which Is being
bombarded by the allies. Chaffee re
ports entering legation grounds even
ing 14th. Eight wounded during day's
light. Otherwise nil well. RE.MftiY.
The Japanese Minister, Mr. Taka
hira, received from the Foreign Office
at Tokio a dispatch staling that the
Japanese Consul nt Chefu wired under
dale August 17 to the following effect:
The foreign forces attacked on the
eastern side of Pekin Wednesday morn
ing. The enemy obstinately resisted.
In the evening the Japanese blew up
the Clriao-Yang gate and the Tung
Chih gate of the Tartar city and suc
ceeded in entering. In the meantime
other foreign forces entered the Chin
ese city by the Tung-Pien gate. De
tachments were sent Immediately to
the legations and opened communica
tions. The Ministers and staffs were
found safe. The Japanese loss was over
100, Including three officers Captain
Michliye and Lieutenant. Watnnabe
wounded and Lieutenant Yazakl killed.
Tho Chinese loss Is computed nt about
400.
This message contains the explicit
and reassuring statement that "Ihe
Ministers and staffs were found safe."
The official of the Japanese Legation
are much gratified at the conspicuous
gallantry displayed by the Mikado's
forces during the advance upon Pekin,
and they have received with pride the
congratulations not only of the officials'
of this Government. Inn also the dip
lomatic representatives of other conn
tries here.
I I ICED ON KEI'ETIEN.
New Orleans Nea' C'ume Near Kturtluu
Trouble Afiesh.
New Orleans, La. (Special). Anoth
er outbreak against the negroes was
narrowly averted here.
Branch Payne, u powerful negro liv
ing in tho neighborhood in which Rob
ert Charles, the negro desperado, was
killed a few weeks ago, opened fire on
two deputy sheriffs, who attempted tc
arrest him on a warrant charging
shooting ut a while man.
The negro resisted nrre.-tt and shot
til the officers, who returned the lire
Four shut were exchanged. Angry
citizen, quickly gathered, but the po
lice charged the crowd In number and
forced a dispersal.
The negro, frightrned by the demon
si r;i t loll, submitted peacefully to aires
and Is now In Jail with iloub' guanU
protecting htm.
Negro Lynched In MltNlitMlppi,
Corlnih, Miss. (Special). Jack Bet:
a negro, was lynched here. He wa
charged with assaulting a 10-year-olc
white girl in Ihe country. A mob tool,
him from jail and hanged him to t
telegraph pole on the public square.
Killed hy a Drummer.
Hhlnelauder, Wis. tSpeclul). Wm
F. Fenelon, one of Rhinelander's fore
most citizens, was shot aud killed by J
Buscom Rohbius, a salesman, for a Chi
cago crockery company.
Bobbins, It Is alleged, Insulted one ol
tho women clerks In Fenelon & Com
pany's store, and Fenelon drove tht
salesman out of hi establishment nnc
pursued him to within a block of hit
hotel. Fenelon later went to tho hotel
and a he entered the office, Robblns
who wa standing near the desk, fired
killing him Instantly. Robbin waf
arrested, , .
Death of an Ex-t'oiigreiHinah.
Whitehall, N. Y. (Special). Hon
Henry G. Burleigh, ex-Congressman
died here. Mr. Burleigh had been Ir
failing health for over a year. He had
always been very active in polities, auc
had a large circle of acquaintance!
throughout the country. He wa
president of two bank, a transporta
tion company, and director lu many
corporations. He Is survived by three
sons, his wife having died about a ycat
ago.
Judge Lacombe, of New ,York, re
fused to grant tbe writ of extradition
keystonTsta?
LATEST NEW. til.EANKi, ,
OCS l AHTt.
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BOY TORN BY THREE D
Eero.!., Ma.tm, A It ark
HlKhuay-H,. I.rH, . " 1 '
Ilia; 1'arty W,p..(I u! U,
the lUn-OHd lu W0;
But for the bravery i,f t
Ruhr a boy named Ti,,as i,.
New Albany, w, ,llv '
pieces by three t..,;rl(1 w, ?"
him as he whs pr- ,, 1 '
","-. Mr,. m:h2''r
the boy's screams,
the house K-iw . "'"ii,.
the mm. v " ,; " . '!"Phy
...... ....... ,jmK n .
ran lo tho . "
labored the furlu,H niMs'ntr',,w
desisted in their dn,', !",'?" ,U
fliurpny was a hnrrllile
nice was covered ,vi,h hu !
was torn off. his ,h(k j
I'eaten. while his hair w, '-,1
I'1"1 from wounds en j u" 'j
arms, which he had In , '
to hent ..IT lh I ,ln
; "" "". were n,
WaH ,,K", tl1" "erk nml r '
He wns r-in-vln.l I.,,.. .. .
' , " """ i ae limine h
Bahr and mnlical tii.l snmnn n
recovery Is doubtful.
Hurt,.,! hy ii, ,,,
Hv the iircmiitm-.. .it... i.
ii, , , "'' "art
blast of i vniiin t i u... ....
lit ely west of Lllzabrtlnciv,,, 2
. , .,.-,. , .iui,i niiiMn1H )iV(,
a boy wore badly lnlrt, tm,.
men seriously. Kelli r & Cm
tractors, of Lniicnsier, li.ivp a .
nearly a hundred m ,,.;.. .i'
Improvements .,f the iiilr;l I
liuuii, nun i ne accident, in'curicl!
till, itlaulltm ,.,,.. I T
.... ...... ii, i ii II-(KIVS!I
The hole fur t. ptar-int; '(
naiulte had hern preparwl ,
charge was inserter. There Y,
gregated about the lme almut
men, mostly tliitig.'iiinns. In
the dynamite it wan preniatin
charged and the five men lin,i
were hurled Into ihe nil-
When the smoke of the dis
nan cleared away the ,y ,uhl
found, but an immediate search
oped that he had been (ni
ourieti muter tile shale. Mlchaa
Carty, Alexis Skevinskl and (I
Swarrow were found to he iai
and bruised, hut not seriously Irri
The seriously injured were sj
and John Patrice ami John llell it
addition to broken nml -.-,i..,. .i
it is supposed that these three
leiimiiy injured.
Train kill Three Mr-n.
The second grade crossing ho
tins section with a week occur
Palm Station, Montgomery .
when a passenger train crashed
wiigon mill Killed iniee youni
i rom Aiientown who wen. mi
way to the banks uf tho Perk
creek to camp for a week.
The victims are John Wolle, lu
Wiille, his brother, und Jas. V.
chalk. The latter is a brother
of the Wolle buys ami iroirlet
theatrical exchange in New Yi It
When the camping party reach
crossing the nfissenger train
out of the cut and Klrmk the
squarely in Ihe center. Harvey
and (lottschalk were thrown
tender of the engine, while the I
.lohn Wolle was hurled over ;.
bauknient and almost landed
creek. 1 lie three men were n.
(lottschalk was a native of N'
leans, was known all over the i
ns a promoter of tcutrieal and i
enterprises.
Dutirrrl -tiny End In I lilld'n Peal
A miarrel between children I
end In the death of 4-year-old I
Kurmer, 2370 Mai garetta street. '
ford. She was playing In the
yard with her little, brother, a
years. Near them stood a '
nearly filled with hot water. Tl
desired to play in the water, ui
little sister planted herself In frd
him with her back turned to thl
In a fit of childish niKft the lit:!
low ran against his sister wltlil
force aB to send her liai kwaiu iuj
water Klin held on to the side i
tub with her hands nnd screamed!
mother rescued her ami "e
to ihe Episcopal Hospital.
m neelini.u' l-'"' Tr'l'1
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Mervlno liiicKcnsioss, ....
rlsbtirg on May 10 " llll''"' T
Seattle, Wash., arrived there an
8. The Journey of 4iii'U mil''"
ty one or pleasure,.. " , i
his wheel broke down
obliged to walk mid carry W M
.. . ., ...ii,... ram ( null
usance 01 n; nine. ,
companied Mr. II111 ketistosa
rlsburg to Yellowstone Park.
Irltr " J ! iir.
The Way & Lowe KnlHins
Company. Incorporated iindei 1
of New Jersey, bus secured 1
Lewis Jones mill property " 1
street, Ur'ilol, and will iwy
manufacture of men's rlbb
wear. The officers "f "' L'
are: V. H. Lowe, president, '
ton Way, viue-piesident wAJ
manager, nm'. Marion h. A(f.
lary aud treasurer.
New Kierlrle ( o.n'"V
A charter has been Bran ed M
York Kurnace KlcctrU' Cem
p.i.pose of which coimmii -ami
control water power f " '
nuehnnua liver and ,l('v''1"1 , ' ,'
tribute electric current l'
and power. The concern i "
at $1200 and the dliee " '
Sholf, Coleuianvliic, vJ
man. Newton; J. Miller. 0,
und W. K. Ileycr, of bane""'
Clm.o.l l.v a l''"r'
While James Mel""1'""" u
berries along Hoggs "" ',. t.ulA
ho found 11 cub hear !
""' "' ' : . lie ha-l S'
short distance when n
mother bear in P''""1';, f,l
ping the cub. Mclom.ld 1
nearest tree, "-'.' h:i
oner for half an hoi . y
bear started off withjiei I
' '" fun
TSS'efih Mahusky, a ""' ,.
wa found mangle'' ',jg Rili
Phitmlfllnhla and Kea,.I nl
tracks near Mahanoy w
struck and c"".... '
returntnii from a jollimauo
Mountain. . d,.ad 1"I
A man who was fo nd (
the railroad tracks nir '
..... 1.0 .lent fled. re na ..... mil
over by the car " '.w
about bis clothing to m'
Tbe Otto C'HI.;ry. t Barf;i
owned by the H". 1
g Coal and Iron C 1wrw
been idle since last AP
eratlons. Employment n
to DUO persona.