THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. Revived and encouraged by the gen- puui aid pouring Into thorn from all parti of the country, the people of Gal veston arc Increasing their efforts to clear the city of ruing and build tip new. i ne increased number of troopn now on guard has stopped the liMitlng ana me desecration of the dead. Mayor Van Wyck, of New Vork, se cured from Governor Roosevelt anoth er extension of the limit within which he muni answer the Ice Trust charges. Mra. Stesel secured the arrest of her husband In Chicago for desertion. She had trucked him from Russia to England and then to this country. Rev. Dr. L. A. Gotwalt, formerly pastor of St. Paul's Lutheran Church, In York, Pa., died at the Wlttenburg Theological Seminary. Mr. Richard Croker closed tip his separate headquarters and appeared at State headquaters with a campaign contribution. A colony of Mormons arrived at Brls bee, Arit., having been driven from Mexico after the expiration of their lease, v A boy saved the Black Dlar.ond Ex press from being wrecked near Wllkcs barre, Pa., at the rink of his life. Some question la rained as to the eligibility of Congressman Iloutelle, of Maine, who la In an Insane asylum. The Merchants' ntid Plantera' cot tonseed oil plant at Houston, Tex., was destroyed by fire. Loss, $.160,000. The renmlns of nearly all the people killed by the hurricane In Galveston have been disposed of, either by being (brown Into the water, burned or bur Jed. There is still .danger of pesti lence, however, on account of the large number of unliurled dead animals on the Island. Three hundred carloads of provisions are on the way to Galves ton. The Houston Post prints a list of 1701 names of dead. Thirteen hun dred refugees from the Island have been given temporary shelter In Hous ton. The explosion of a boiler on the ex cursion steamer Jacob Rlchtman while returning to Omaha, Neb., caused a panic among the passengers, four of whom were scalded. Mr. Olyphant, president of the Dela ware and Hudson Railroad, says there is no danger of an Immediate coal famine. He also says the miners can not hold out long. John M. S.tanBflcld accidentally shot and killed Preston Randolph, colored, In Richmond, and was exonerated by the coroner's Jury. Six vessels were wrecked and a num ber of lives lost In a storm that swept the coiiBt of Newfoundland. Rear Admiral Montgomery Sicard, retired, died at his recently established home in Westernvllle, N. Y. The United Mine Workers' Associa tion declared a strike in the anthracite region of Pennsylvania. The number of dead In the Texas ryclone is now estimated at 7000. Galveston Is being depopulated as fnat as possible as a santiury precau tion to prevent a possible plague out break. Eighty-five lives are reported to have been lost on a railway leading In to Texas at Bolivar Point on Satur day. Most of the collieries In the Pennsyl vania anthracite region are working. The steamer City of Seattle brought ,050,000 in gold from Skagway to Se attle. Many thousands of dollars were sub scribed In American cities, as well as Paris, for flood sufferers. A thousand refugees reached Hous ton from Galveston In a pitiable con dition. The torpedo boat destroyer Golds borough broke the rocker shaft on the port engine at Taoonia, Wash. "Three hundred weavers ot the Gil aernaud Silk Mill, at Allentown, Pa., (truck on account of a decrease In wages. At Maryaville, Ohio, the grand Jury returned an indictment of murder in the first degree against Rosslyn H. Ferrell for killing Adams Express Mes senger Charles Lone. Drunken negroes caused a reign of terror at Huron, Ind. The Rockingham Hotel, at Narra gansett Pier, was burned, many guests losing valuables. The Overland Flyer on the Burllng ton road wus held up and robbed by a lone highwayman at Halgler, Neb., near the Colorado line. The steamer F. and P. M. No. 4, of Pere Marquette Line, barely escaped in a gale on the lakes. Many of her 300 passengers were hurt. Fifty corpse robbers at Galveston were Bhot. A tower of the Pan-American Expo sition was blown down at Buffalo. Much property was destroyed on the Great Lakes afloat and ashore. Large relief contributions were sent to Galveston by New York, Liverpool und other cities. The Baer-McKlnlvy wedding was celebrated at Somerset, Pa. The Presi dent was one of the first to offer con gratulations. The railroads alone will suffer mil lions of dollars In actual damage, to ay nothing of the loss from stoppage vt liuslness. The International and Great Northern and Santa Fe have miles of track washed out, and the bridges connecting Galveston with the mainland must be entirely rebuilt. Details from the storm-swept dis trict of Texas hourly disclose mure heartrending features, and confirm early rumors of one of the greatest catastrophes of late years. No wire communication Is yet possible with Galveston and the only definite news obtained so fur has come by the boats and refugee. In Galveston the dead are being gathered up as rapidly as possible, taken to sea on barges and there consigned to their last resting place. This action Is necessary to protect the survivors from pestilence, and because the ground is too wet to permit of dig ging graves. The returns from the Maine elec tion show that the largest Republican majority Have one lu t lie history of the State has been cast. Every county but one was carried, and over 150 out of 181 members of the Legislature were iectcd. The Republican plurality Is estimated at over 32,000. One man wus instantly killed, four others are lying at the point of death, und four more are seriously burned, as the result of Die explosion of a steum pipe In iiuldwius' Locomotive Works, in Philadelphia. . The National Association ol Lite Underwriters begun its eleventh un mi ni convention at Saratoga. President Jas. L. Johnson, of Springfield, Mass delivered his annual address. There seems to lie no grounds for the hope that fuller details would show a reduction in the number of lives lost, and a conservative estimate Is given t 1000 dead, all told. The property loss Is perhaps even higher than at arsi giveu. I ROOSEVELT LETTER, ruRM4t.LV Acritrn Ticr-rn:st- DrNTlAI. NOMINATION. INTERESTING DOCUMENT. Clearly Outline tha Heal Ine Between tli PitrtlaaNo Inane Can We I'nri -mount to tho Sound. floury OjieMInn, Which Vitally A (Tort tha Wellbalna; of Eery Hain In ths Land. New York (Special.) Gov. Theodore Roosevelt's letter accepting the Re publican nomination for Vice-President is made public. It is In part as fol lows: Oyster Bay, N. Y. To Hon. Edward O. Wolcott, Chairman Committee on Notification of Vice President. Sir: I accept the nomination as Vice-President of the United States, tendered me by the Republican Na tional Convention, with a very deep sense of the honor conferred upon me and with an infinitely deeper sense of the vital Importance to the whole country of securing the re-election of President McKlnley. The nation s wel fare is at stake. We must continue the work which has been so well begun during the present Administration. We must show In fashion incapable of being misunderstood that the Ameri can people, at the beginning of the twentieth century, fare their duties In a calm and serious spirit; that they have no Intention of permitting folly or lawlessness to mar the extraordi nary material well-being which they have attained at home, nor yet of per mitting their flag to be dishonored abroad. I feel that this contest Is by no means one merely between Repub licans and Democrats. We have a right to appeal to all good citizens who are far-sighted enough to we what the honor and the Interest of the nation demand. To put Into practice the prin ciples embodied In the Kansas City platform would mean grave disaster to the nation, for that plaform stands for reaction and disorder; for an upsetting of our financial system which would mean not only great suffering, but the abandonment of the nation's good faith, and for a policy abroad which would Imply the dishonor of the flag and an unworthy surrender of our na tional rights. Its success would mean unspeakable humiliation to men proud of their country. Jealous of their coun try's good name, and desirous of secur ing the welfare of their fellow-cltlzens. Therefore we have a right to appeal to all good men. North and South, East and West, whatever their politics may have been n the past, to stand with us, because we stand for the prosperity of the country and for the renown of the Amcrcan flag. Prosperity Unparalleled. The most important of all problems is. of course, that of securing good government and moral and material well-being within our own borders. Great though the need Is that the na tion should do its work well abroad, even this comes second to the thorough performance of duty at home. Under the administration or Presi dent McKlnley this country has been blessed with a degree of prosperity ab solutely unparalleled even In Its pre vious prosperous history. While it is, of course, true that no legislation and no administration can bring success to those who are not stout of heart, cool of head and ready of hand, yet It is no less true that the Individual capacity of each man to get good results for himself can be absolutely destroyed by bad legislation or bad administra tion, while under the reverse condi tions the power of the individual to do good work Is assured and stimulated. This is what has been done under the administration of President Mc- kluley. Thanks to his actions and to the wise legislation of Congress on the tariff and finance, the conditions of our industrial life have been rendered more favorable than ever before, and they have been taken advantage of to the full by American thrift, industry and enterprise. Order has been ob served, the courts upheld and the full est liberty secured to all citizens. The merchant nnd manufacturer, but, above all, the farmer and the wage- worker, have profited by this state of things. Silver a n Paramount lue. Fundamentally and primarily the present contest is a contest for the continuance of the conditions which have told In favor of our material wel fare and of our civil and political In tegrity. If this nation Is to retain either Its well-being or its self-respect It cannot afford to plunge into finan cial and economic chaos; it cannot af ford to indorse governmental theories which would unsettle the standard of national honesty and destroy the in tegrity of our system of Justice. The policy of the free coinage of sli ver at a ratio of 16 to 1 Is a policy fraught with destruction to every home In the land. It means untold misery to the head of every household, and. above all, to the women and children of every home. When our opponents champion free sliver at 1C to 1 they are either insincere or sincere In their attitude. It insincere in their cham pionship they, of course, forfeit all right to belief or support on any ground. If sincere, then they are a menace to the welfare of the country. Whether they shuut their sinister pur pose or merely whisper It makes but little difference, save as it reflects their own honesty. No Issue cau be paramount to the Issue they thus make, for th para mountry of such an Issue Is to be de termined not by the dictum of any man or body of men, but by the fai t that It vitally affects the well-being of every home In the land. The finan cial question is always of such far reaching and tremendous Inmportancc to the national welfare that It can never be raised in good faith unless this tremendous importance is not Jenlou .Mali' llirt-e Victim. Helena, Mont.lSpecial). Willis How ard and Frank Forest were rival ad mirers of Flora Zlnu. Howard accom panied her to church on Sunduy night. Shortly after the couple left the church they were met by Forest, who drew a revolver and Instantly killed Howard. The girl fled, but was "pursued by For est, who shot her twice, once through the body and once near tho heart. She will probably die. Forest then turned the weapon upon himself und indicted u fatal wound. hi Hundred Keiiuui-il. CohaHBct, Muss. (Speclul). Tho ex cursion steamer John Kmlicott, on the Boston and Plymouth Line, struck a sunken rock Just east of Mlnot's Light and toro a hole In her side, so that she was obliged to run full steam for the shorn olT North Scituate, where she foundered. There were on board COO passengerH at the 11 mo of the accident. By tho hasty use of lifeboats every person aboard was saved. Help came from the Cohasset and North Scituate life saving stations. merely conceded, hut insisted upon. Men who are not willing to make such an Issue paramount have no possible Jus tification for raising It at nil, for under such circumstances their act can.iot under any conceivable circumstances do adght but grave harm. Tlia Nation Kxpanalnm While paying heed to the necessity of keeping our house In order at home, the American people can not, if they wish to retain their self-respect, re frain from doing their duty as a great uatlon In the world. The history of the nation is in largo part the history of the nation's expansion. When the first Continental Congress met In Lib erty Hall and the thirteen original States declared themselves a nation, the westward limit of the country was marked by the Alleghany mountains. Even during the Revolutionary War the work of expansion went on. Ken tucy. Tennessee and the great North west, then known as the Illinois coun try, were conquered from our white and Indian foes during the Revolution ary struggle and were confirmed to us by the treaty of peace In 1783. Yet the lund thus confirmed was not then given to us. It was held by nn alien foe un til the army, under General Anthony Wayne, freed Ohio from the red men, while the treaties of Jay and Pinckney secured from the Spanish and British Natchez and Detroit. In 1803, under President Jefferson, the greatest single stride in expansion that we ever took was taken by the purchase of the lxiuislana territory. This so-called Louisiana, which includ ed what are now the States of Arkan sas, Missouri, 1Oiiisian-t, Iowa, Min nesota, Kansas. Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Idaho, Montana and a large part of Colorado and Utah, was acquired by treaty and purchase tinder President Jefferson exactly and pre cisely as the Philippines have been ac quired by treaty and purchase under President McKlnley. OTI.K S.AOO.OOO IAKM. Tha Country' Enormon Agricultural lteaouree. Wushlngton (Special). "Probably no portion of the work of the Census Bu reau Is of so much interest to- the South as the agricultural division," Bald Chief Statistician Powers, who is In charge of this branch of the bureau. "The enumerators' sheets are not all In as yet, but it Is already known that the returns will show that there are in the country between 6,500,000 nnd 0,000,000 separate farms. Our Inquiries regarding the conditions existing on these ;.roperties include the tenure, live stock and general equipment. The enumerators' returns have been n little complicated, owing to the number and Importance of the questions, and we have been obliged to send out about 250,000 letters so far In order to get reliable data to complete our schedules. But when this infor mation is all tabulated It will furnish the country with some very valuable facts. "An effort Is being made In the pres ent census to get reliable data on the subject of tenure of farms in general, with a view of showing to what extent the land of the country is being held by landed proprietors and whether or not farm tenancy Is likely to become the established policy In this country. These Inquiries have developed no end of difficulties, as It has been developed that negroes and ignorant whites have apparently no idea of their own affairs. Another phase of the situation Is the difficulty of scparting the partial ten ures, which means farms operated on shares, from those for which yearly rent Is paid. "ThlB Is specially In the South. Some of the large plantations in that section have been divided up into hun dreds of plots of a few acres each, which are worked by the blacks on shares. Among these people the enu merators have experienced great diffi culty in getting any accurate informa tion as to the value of the lund or pro ducts. "Another very Interesting exhibit will be the figures on live stock. These schedules are nearly complete, and I expect very son to be able to furnish the statistics for the cities. In these schedules, as in the others, we have made no arbitrary decisions, but have endeavored to get only exact Informa tion. One of the most Interesting fea tures of this exhibit will be the 'dairy' figures.. Every person who keeps three or more cows and disposes of the milk we have classified as a dairy. "The live stock question in the West presented some difficulties, but we be lieve that Ihey have been successfully disposed of. For Instance, you can see that cattle on the range might be in one State to-day and somewhere else to-morrow, as they not only travel on the hoof extensively, but are also transported from one grazing ground to the other by the railroads. "In addition to the above many other valuable facts regarding the economic and social position of the cultivators of the soil are Included in our in quiries." filft to WanhlnKton and Lea. Parkersburg, W. Va. (Special). Mrs. Virginia B. Hamilton has given an en dowment fund of $10,000 to Washing ton and Lee University as a memorial of her lute son, John H. Hamilton, su perintendent of the Ohio River Rail road, who was killed in the terrible Fourth of July explosion, and who was an alumnus of that Institution. It will be known as the John Henry Hamilton scholarship. Policeman Killed by Thieve. LacrosBe, WIb. (Special). Patrolman Perry Gates was shot dead by a trio of thieves as he was attempting to arrest them for holding up u man on the La crosse road. The shots frightened the horseB of the patrol wagon, In which Gates which was sitting, and they ran away. The rubbers then fired at the driver and horses as they ran, but none of the shots took effect. Consul-General Gnodnow reports the deaths at Funchu anil Talku of a num ber of missionaries. I il l. II Ol'- I. AIIOII. Pekln has no manufactures. Japan has 3000 union printers. There are union label suspenders. Dugs wear shoes in tho Klondike. 'Frisco has 13.000 Chinese domestics. Hamburg taxes dugs according to size. , Japanese coal "is equal to Ameri can." Cleveland newsboys are In the F. G. L. Seven out of right loaves of bread eaten In London are made of foreign wheat. New Hampshire's annual shot out put, $23,000,000. UoHton Iron-workers struck for 33 1-3 cents per hour. Atlanta's union label ordinance is unconstitutional. Australia consumes more meat than any other country, A city ordinance in Paris prevents women from setting type at night. At Kansas City the Salvation Army exuets 1 cent for 10 pounds of ice, Minneapolis Engineers' Union fines any member patronizing a non-union barber. The Western Federation of Miners has 80 unions nnd about 10.000 miners HUNTING JOB DEAD. STORM VICTIMS 1IKIND Dt RM:tlAM 1)1 It IK T. GUARDEDBY SOLDIERS. Tha Reign of Trim I at an Knd Ilonpltal to lie Ktahllhal nt Honnton -370Namea on lha Roll of Live l,nt Cominnnlratlon Heine; Rapidly Reitored Bringing Order Out of Chaos, Galveston (Special.) The Houston Post prints a list of 2701 names of the Galveston dead, compiled from various sources. There were hundreds of bod ies burned, hurled at sea and in the sstnd, of which no identification was possible; there were other hundreds who were burled on the beach of the mainland, few of whom have been Identified. There are many bodies still In tho ruins of Galveston and scat tered along the beach of the mainland and in the marshes, where they were thrown by the water. Some of these bodies have been sent 20 miles Inland along small water courses by the rush of high waters. Taking all things in to consideration, there seems no longer any doubt that the number of dead will reach the estimate of 6000, which has been made by Mayor Jones, Major R. G. Lowe and other reliable citizens of Galveston. About 1300 people arrived In Hous ton from this city, and a truly dilapi dated lot they arc. They are being cared for as well as possible. Four buildings have been set apart for the benefit of refugees, but of the 3500 who have reached here so far not more than 800 remain in the public charge, the remainder of them going to the homes of relatives and friends. There have been delays in the transportation of provisions because of a lack of boats, but there are more boats now, and the work will be faster and more complete. The work of hunting for and dis posing of the dead continues. Several hundred bodies are still burled be neath the wreckage. Thirty-two sand mounds marked with small boards at tract attention on the beach, near 26th street, and tell the story of where about 75 bodies have been laid to rest. In the extreme western part of the city about 60 bodies were cremated with wreckage of the homes of the unfor tunate victims. Scores of the dead from Galveston are yet unburled, as the bodies are too badly decomposed to haul and therj is too much water on the prairie to admit of digging graves. The reign of crime in this city is now at an end, the streets being guarded night and day. The under standing which became current to shoot down all found robbing the dead was not without effect, and the moral atmosphere Is now more healthy. There are really few prominent names In the list of dead from Gal veston. Most of them are people who were not well known outside, their own circle of acquaintances. The class of people who lost their lives were work ing people, small tradesmen and small professional men and their families. The reason for this, it Is said, is that the greatest force of the hurricane was exerted against the East End,. West End and the water front, while in the centre of the city, where the people of greater prominence lived, there was not so much loss of life. At a conference held at the office of City Health Officer Wilkinson it was decided to accept the offer of the United States Marine Hospital Service and establish a camp at Houston, where the destitute and sick can be sent and properly cared for. The phy sicians agreed that there were many indigent sick In the city who would be removed from Galveston, and Houston was selected because that city had very thoughtfully suggested the Idea and tendered a site for the camp. Act ing upon the suggestion to establish a camp and care fur the sick and needy, a message was sent to the surgeon general at the head of the Marine Hos pital corps asking for 1000 tents, of four-berth capacity each, and several hundred barrels of disinfecting fluid. The Health Department Is calling for 100 men with drays to clean tho streets. The plan Is to district the city and start out the drays to remove all re fuse and dead animals and curt all un sanitary matter from the streets. ItKLIKV 1 l'M RKACHKS Wl, 00(1,000. Texua' Coventor llaa Almost That Amount In llund. Houston, Texas (Special). The fund for tho relief of the Galveston suffer ers now aggregates nearly $1,000,000. Most of this amount Is in the hands of Governor Sayers, who will direct the work of expending it for food, supplies and other relief measures. The Governor will not give out foi publication an itemized list of the con tributions for scverul duys. Two llundreil Ilenrrtlnn. Washington (Special). Since they were placed in commission, several months ago, 200 enlisted men are said to have deserted from the battleships Kearsarge and Kentucky. This unusual proportion of deser tions has aroused considerable com ment In vaval circles, but it Is ascribed by officials to the fact hat the vessels are new and that the glamour which war always throws about the naval service has disappeared. The encour aging feature about the matter is the fact that of the number ol' deserters only two were men who had been en listed as landsmen and trained undei the system adopted upon recommen dation of Rear-Adnilral Crownlushleld Chief of the Bureau of Navigation. Tht department is Bald to be obtinlng sat isfactory results from the system, and it Is said the men, who are educateo as men-of-warsmen, do excellent work. It Is proposed to continue the system and the department Is making stronp efforts to enlist landsmen, so us to bring the enlisted strength up to the limit flxedbyjaw. Womble Nut (Millty. Danville, Va. (Special.) Tho cuse ol Henry Womble, who shot and killed Troy Coiioy, was brought before b special grand jury, und no true bill wus returned. Womble was after ward tried in the Police Court and dis missed. I.etlten a Wreck. t Brookshire, Tex. (Special) . Letitlu Ih a wreck. The houses which stood in tho place, including a depot, have been blown to the ground, and the tim bers from some of them curried for miles, Mrs. Sophia Schultz, formerly of Houston, was killed. Threw III Child from Wiudovv. Boyerlown, Pu. (Speclul). Henry Bauer, of Barto, mude a murderous asHault on his wife Suuday, und, aftei bo had choked her Into insensibility, kicked her brutally. One of the chil dren who Interfered was thrown out of a window by Bauer and severely in jured. He then locked himself in a cellar and defied anyone to touch him. When Constable Reltnouer tried to ar rest him he crawled through a cellai window and attempted to escape by wading a creek. Tho officer Jumped lu after him, and, after a desoerc'.o atrncirle overDowred him KKATII rtOM. IY CITIES. Mnny l.lve lout In. Thirty Tmm Com inunttle Ileiird From. Houston, Texas (Special). Follow ing are the cities, towns and villages In Texas ravaged by the tornado, with a statement of the number killed, ac cording to the latest reports: Galveston, 4000 houses and other buildings destroved; 2000 dead. Houston, 4 dead, 20 Injured; $500,000 damage. Dickinson, 45 buildings wrecked, 27 dead. Texas City, 78 buildings destroyed, 34 dead. Chenango Junction, 16 dead, many missing. Brookshire, 9 dead, 50 Injured. Tenbroke, 12 dead. 17 missing. Suiithville, 20 dead. Alvln, wiped out; 26 bodies found, many missing. Rockport, reported destroyed; 12 dead. Alta Lomu, destroyed: 15 dead. Pearl, partly destroyed; 16 dead. Brazora, 6 dead. Virginia Point, partly destroyed; 220 dead. Bolivar, reported destroyed; 13 dead. Hempstead, 4 dead. Corpus Christl. Seabroke, 25 known dead, others missing. I Porte, greatly damaged; 16 dead. Morgan's Point, 12 dead, many miss ing. Hitchcock, reported destroyed; 32 dead. Oceanland, swept away; 7 dead. Mustang Island, submerged; three resort hotels destroyed; 11 dead. Eagle Lake, $250,000 damage; 4 dead. Rosenberg, 4 dead; $120,000 damage. Fulshear, 7 dead. Richmond, 4 dead; 2 churches and court house destroyed. Beasley, 4 dead. Letltla, great damage; woman dead. Chapel Hill, partly destroyed; 14 dead. Jlrenhnm, 16 houses destroyed; 6 dead. East Bernard, 12 houses destroyed; 15 dead. Angleton, many houses wrecked, 4 killed, 15 injured. Sabine Pass, 3 dead; $12,000 damage. KIGHTY-r'IVK IIKAD. Another Rtorm-llorror Reported From Texan, New Orleans, La. (Special). The States received a telegram from Hon. John H. Poe, member ot the State Board of Education, and residing at Lake Charles stating that 85 lives were lost on the Gulf and Interstate train which left Beaumont early Satur day morning from Bolivar Point after having made connections with the Southern Pacific train which left this city Friday night. Mr. Poe was one of the pasengers on this train, end together with a few others he sought safety in the light house nt Bolivar Print and was saved. The train reached Bolivar about noon and all preparations were made to run the train on the ferryboat preparatory to crossing the bay. But the wind blew so swiftly that the ferry could not make a landing and the conductor of the train, after allowing it to stand on the I rack for a few minutes, started to back it back toward Beaumont. The wind increased so rapidly, com ing in from the open Bca, that soon the water had reached a level with the bottom of the seats within the curs. It was then that some of the passen gers sought safety in the nearby light house. But, as Mr. Poe slates In his telegram. In spite of all efforts 85 pas sengers were blown away or drowned. The train was entirely wrecked. Doubt less some of the killed were from New Orleans, as the train made direct con nections with the Southern Pacific train which left here Friday night, and there was a large number of New Or leans passengers aboard, and it is known that at least Borne of these were bound for Galveston. Those who were saved bad to spend over fifty hours in the dismal light house on almost no ration". MINSTIIKI.S IN A WltK.CK. Nina Women Warn Killed, nnd Nix Other Wore llndly Injured. Cairo, 111. (Special). The special car of the Duncan Clarke Female Minstrel Troupe was wrecked at Mounds, and of sixteen occupants nine are now dead and six others are seriously Injured, some of them perhaps fatally. The dead Alice Williams. Ollle En right, Etta Patterson, Patrick Patter son, Marguerite Compella, Anna Bell, Betty Ruby, Kittle Howard, Faith Hamilton. Seriously injured Eltle Foye Elliott, May Martin, Otis Well, Duncan Clarke. The Injured are all in the hospital here. Duncan Clarke, tho manager, will probably recover. Patrick Patterson, the only man who was killed, was the cook. He was hurled from the car und struck the switch stand. Etta Patterson, his wife, was horri bly Injured, a large piece of wood being driven through her right shoulder. A special train was hurried from this city to the scene with Dr. W. W. Ganslead, the company's physician, and a corps of nurses on board. They did what they could to relieve the suffering com pany. Negro I.yiu-hed lu Alnhmiift. Montgomery, Ala. (Special). Zed Floyd, a negro, was taken from tho Jail at Wetumpka and banged. Floyd attempted to assault a white woman. IOlil.IGN Al 1'Allti. The boiler of a Danube steamer ex ploded and the captuin and twelve men perished. President Kruger is said to be still at Nelsprult, though nothing reliable about him Is known. Mull advices from Australia tell of a series of brutal murders committed by a band of blacks In the country dis tricts of New South Wales, women be ing the principal victims. The missing members of the crew of the wrecked steamer India wero found on the Arublan roust. By a compromise In the Delngna Bay Railroad case American claimants will receive half a million dollars. Four men wero killed and eighteen injured by the explosion of a gun In the Austrian military maneuvers. Major Marchand started from Franco for China to represent the Freuch Gov ernment on any International commis sion. The Portuguese are reinforcing heav-, Uy their troops on the border In an ticipation of u rush from the Trans vaal. News from the Duko of Abuzzl's ves Bel, Stella 1'olarc, sayB the expedition reached a point further north than Nansen went. General Buller's forces captured Ly denburg, the Boers' strongest poultlon since leaving Pretoria. The Boers aro holding u position on the hills south of Johannesburg, General Do Wet having Joined Teron In that neighborhood. It Is reported that under tho Becret agreement between Great Britain and Portugal, now that the Briilsli have an nexed tho Transvaal, tin) Portuguehit Government may refuse Krnger asylum nnd cut off supplies passing through Portuguese territory to the Boers. CUBAN ELECTIONS, IMClKtlATK. C HOSICN TO 1 HE COMlNti CONSTITITIONA1. CONVENTION. NATIONALS WIN IN HAVANA Not Only Old It K.leit the Fire Delegate, of the Majority Kepreaentatlon, Mnt II Aln Captured Ona of tha Minority Rep reaentatlvea, Hie Repuhlleau I'arlj Fleeting lha Oilier Two. Havana (Special.) Elections wert held throughout Cuba Saturday foi delegates to the constitutional conven tion, which Is to meet in Havi.na No vember 5. Late reurns show that the Natlona party triumphed in Havana province Not only did It elect the five delegatei of the majority representation, but li also captured one of the minority rep resentatives, the Republican part electing the other two Manuel San gully and Senor Berrlel. Twenty-five towns In tho province ol Havana, Including the city, with mil) nine towns to be heard from, show thi following results: Laeret, Nationalist 12,76' Rodriguez. Nationalist 12,10 Gener. Nationalist 11,284 Sanguily. Republican 11,045 Nunez, Nationalist 10,72( Berrlel, Republican 10,025 Tamayo, Nationalist 9,63i Zayas, Nationalist 9,28 Returns from the other provlnrei come In slowly, owing to the heav) rains. In Plnar del Rio there seems tc be no doubt of the election of Gonzalet d Quesada, Rlus Rivara and Civl! Governor Qulles. Nothing definite li yet known here as to Santiago, becaust of the difficulty of getting returns from the outlying country districts there but it reported that Juan Gualbertc Gomez Is elected. In Puerto Principe Senores Clsneros and Silva were the only candidates, st that their election Is assured. It it conceded that in Santa Clara the Fed erals will win. No definite news of the results In Matanzas has been re ceived here. From no part of the Island Is there any report of disturb ance. The large vote polled by Senor Genei In this province may be looked upon apart from his Individual popularity as an Indorsement of Governor-General Woods' recent appointment of him at Secretary of Justice. It is generull) remarked that the Republican and Union Democratic electors bolted fot Senor Gener. The Nationalists, as a concrete whole, are annexationists, but It is well known that they are moderate In tone. More than one of the dclegato representing tho majority in this pro vince nre pro-American. Where theii personal feelings are concerned and ir rspcetive of politics they desire tin closest relations with the United States The constitutional convention will consist of 31 delegates. Washington (Special). Gratification is expressed by Administration officials that the elections In Cuba occurred without disorder. This dispatch from Governor-General Wood has been re ceived by the War Department. "Reports from all over the island show the elections quiet and perfectly orderly. No disturbance anywhere." The fact that the Cubans are able to use the ballot without disorder Is re garded as good evidence of their ability to govern themselves and may expe dite their Inflonemleni-p. it In nnmnuad by the President Immediately after tin- receipt ot tne completed constitution to submit It to Congress, and that body will determine whether it is advisable to make any changes In the Instru ment. NATIVES AtiAINST NAT1VF:S. Filipino Muy Ilo Hired In I'lncio ot lie. turn In it Vnluntcor. Manila (By Cable). As the time up proaches for the volunteers to leave these islands and return to the United States in order that all may be mus tered out there by June 30 of next year, the question of how to replace the de parting troops has brought the propo sal of on armed native militia to gen eral notice. For more than a year there has beru In the service of the United Slates a detachment of native Macabebee scout and their work In the main has been used with as good a result as the Mac satisfactory. It is argued that other native fighting organizations can be abebees, especially If the authoritiei take advantage of existing tribal Jeal ousies In selecting native soldiery to operate against tho Tagolos. In many of the village garrisons throughout the islands native Inhabitants are being employed as a local police force. These local police are In some cases glveu firearms and uniforms and they have at times done effective work In the limited field of action allowed them the protection of their own homes. They have also been used In operations against Aguinaldo's soldiers, both In Luzon and in the southern Islands. In December of last year about 600 Ilocauos went to Colonel Kennon, at Cabanatuan, and asked to enlist under the American flog. Colonel Kennon was granted permission to enlist 50 Ilocanos as scouts. These men have been employed as road-bullders, ration-carriers and guides. ItFM IIM AMS's it, yi i:sr. Attnrhv' I)lit li Mar Mean thnt lloer Kefllfttunoe ltr Kutlrely Cnllnpied. Washington (Special). The follow ing dispatch has been received by the War Department from the United States Army 'officer who accompanied the Boers in their campaigns as mili tary observer: Lorenzo Martinez Events huve re quired the departure of the attaches from the Transvaal. Request Instruc tions. RE1CHMANN. This message Is interpreted at the Department to mean the complete col lapse of the lloer reslstanco to Eng land. Honretury ICoot 111. Southampton, L. I. (Special). Hon. Elihu Root, Secretary of War. Is re covering from an operation for the removal of a carbuncle on his breast which he underwent at his cottage here. The operation was Intensely painful. The carbuncle was deeply Imbedded and the surrounding tlssuea wero badly Inflamed. However, the operation wuo pronounced entirely successful. Mr. Hoot 1ms been advised to remain quiet for Severn I days, and It la probable, that ho will remain in his cottage sev eral weeks. . Trugody in IMuivlUc. Danville, Va. (Special), An affray occurred In Harvey's grocery store, on upper Union street, In which Troy Conroy, a mill operative, was shot and killed by Henry Womble, a clerk In tho storo. It Is Bald a woman was tho nmiua tif ihf tt-ntrarlv titwl 1, 1 friends claim ho acted lu self-defense. Cycluno ut u Htuto mtr. t-..,...w,w, m. ciiUtUI cyclone swept over the grounds at tho Pennsylvania State Fair, tearing down iciua aim uuuma ami uoiuk several thousand dollurs' damage, but nobody was lntured. - KEYSTONE f.ATF.TNMVo.,.MNK1)H 0,' PAHT. FUNDS EN DANG A number of district, .r the neglect UncM or the county sunsrin M ward to Hnrriai ?-T? l'4 trlct reports. i,m,,.., .T'r f which tlx. i... ."""aim boards to mk, J each school vear 81 H county, only one'a,1" Dnuphln con,,.;.' OmM of the Hioi.li ,n.., " ,.m" "4 ty have inVn p.w ,,i Da" When reports are ,,. , .....- ucar ine last, Ih arrI mmu nut t . arrs ......... .,,. , ,,. ,., , ports are received. r These papers arc ma,i J boards of dlre,.,,)r, 2t i county superintendent, f( 1 proval, to be forwarded l,y Department of Public il" Hence the department , m I termlne whether the fnull ' til the papers are received I explanations made. T 8""r '" Horrihi, ,,f, Jacob A. Ilerr, the ash-nfe the pumping station at Mil I i 111?"nBva,ln Rnlmad I horribly mutilated body of at aong the tracks. The b,y i in a sailor's uniform and a , the Inscription V. S. S. Iowal close by. On the man's rlcli tattooed the Inltals E. H i Jacket pocket were found tl2 Peter Kenny and E. R i)ra,2 risburg. 1 erliollr A.-M ( nu,w , Mrs. W. H. Royoe. of Street, Pittsburg, died from of diluted carbolic add. drank September 7 with tk. it Is said, of scaring her hiH it Is not known whether ed to commit suicide, but It thnt she merely wished him. She placer! a small the acid In water. Wanted on 1 ornery OiX freston Uarkcnbach, who ; a well-to-do fnmlly of Uctl! wanted In Pottsvllle on a), forgery. Uarkenbach inten( Into business, having come L weeks ago. It Is charned ti , proprietor of the local hotel i $25, forging, It Is alleged, tl his friend. John bowman, h were sworu out before Aide i 1v.n1, 1. -1 Teailng miio.l Albert Jenkins, nged 18. I driving was teased by Borne i who wanted to steal a ( lumped from the wagon and 1 the boys stubbed his toe aii-ljf uy on ine suiewaiK. lie n tempt to get in), but sank a: ground, and when abstain him he was dead. A blood the heart was ruptured. Died o She Said Mm Mil Mrs. Teresa Seibel. one 1 German residents in Mcrl was killed by a I'cnnsylvanil passenger train. She wa ia ind leaves a family. Mrs. 1 premonition that slicwouli ant her children said tills; wi jerstitlon. ntien to Sue Itiillnn) d As a result of the trolley Arcrvl nichnnl .lackson. Si J -o--, - - r in Injunction Issued npilnstji 3elt Electric Railroad tomr toil claims the company racks on his properly with lion. A Child lluriieil tuln! Whlbi nhivlni! with ma .dothing of Dorothy Oyer Run, caught fire und he ' i.nth in his efforts d ;hlld's life a man named V jadly burned. NEWSY CLEANINC The Labrador cod llsbery n virtual failure. The Boers are loslnif ' from cold and lack of f American conipellilon lu lniH hurt the tierinan Iron An electric system 1111"! to run the elevator In tu toll Monument. A new military pest ln lieen called after Col""1'' l was killed 111 Tlcn'i'mu. Australians are mlRraili' numbers to South Africa of the drouth lu Western 1 ......1... r..,. iinmlcninl' Illl I 111 ivn 1111 - paclty for the aivoniuusli' 1 persons, will be bum " 1. ..1.. 1. 1,. MtmliitM"!! 4IMIJ iitir,n, a, new meat law. ell t"1' '"'t contravenes the Halo-Onii clnl treaty. i....i 1 ., i,!c null)) IM'ljlllllFi nun- ..j ngulust the openlnc Iff "i tary authorities i South Africa. To lessen the iiuhiIht of In his parish. 11 ..r ti. 1 . ..t .11 lll'l'd PI'1 marry couples without ' A new volcano, widen ' diet will soon iIIhiU'I"'""' " out thirty miles suulM" Oollng Volcano, lu V From April 1 to Aucu" ' enlisted In the uu - - 1 more than doiihl' tl'f U J lu that time lu pret'""' ..,..1. r Moln ng u ruiul ror u- 1- . ..... ......,. 0. 1,0 nresciit"1. 5 United States baiiM'1 collecting purpiM"''" " ; Vor routes travcico ,.IU, wairou saved llft''' "llUU J Jonathan Thoi'iP"1'1 nently In Wohiini. ' ,", large amount of PWfLi turn of a public lihniry. Ii lowu. Mas Mr. Tom Mo . -d-Scotch golfer, atfiwj u, the other W-J birthday. plWd 8 r yet,. Andrews links. 1 , notwithstanding W , hale and hear y,- 8 k5, Joyrt his round of the ;;;n,.n Ho,anA7-'.; niV-i (
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