I FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Trt honor of the blrthriny of the King !r Portugal lO.noo British cavniry pa radvl at Komntl Poort. The Canadian contingent of troops that fought In South Africa sailed from Lape Town for Englnnd. The United States received more awards at the Paris Exposition than any nation except France. Great Iirltain Bhows distrust ot M Hung Chang, because of his apparent cIobo relations with the Russians. It was reported In Paris that the King of Belgium Intends to abdicate in favor of the Prince of Flrfliders. The Yomagnta ministry in .Inpnn Having resigned, the Mikado nas (urn moned Marquis Ito to form a cabinet. Prince Inknnthos, Bon of the King of Cambodia, after playing a trick upon the French government, has dis appeared from Paris. It Is evident that the foreign powers will all follow the example of the United States and send large naval forces to Chinese waters. In the Ilrltlsh parllmentary elections Blxty-six candidates have been return ed unopposed, of which number fifty nine are ministerialists. It was officially announced In Lon don ihat Lord Roberts' had been ap pointed commander-in-chief of thel'rlt Ish Army, succeeding Lord Wolseley. The Presse, of Paris, published a let ter from Alfred Dreyfus to M. Trar dleux. In which the former declares that he Is still aiming for vindication. Belaunde, the former Mlnl3ter of Finance of Peru, hns been arrested upon allegations of fraud. Other mem bers of the Cabinet have resigned, and leading newspapers are urging Presi dent Komana to also resign. SITUATION IN CHINA. The Russians have Invested Mukden, the capital of the province ol Llao Tung. Chinese officials say that the Em peror and the Empress Dowager, In their flight from Pekln, suffered great hardships. Sir Ernest Mason Satow, recently ap pointed British minister to Cnuia in succession to Sir Claude MacDonald, has arrived at Shanghai on hi way to Pekin. The State Department received ad vices from the Consul General at Shanghai confirming the report of the massacre of the missionaries at Kuchau. Field Marshal von Waldersee will occupy one of the Imperial palaces In the Forbidden city. The Americans disapprove of this plan, but will enter no protest. The orders to General Chaffee to send troops from China to Manila, when announced in Tien Tsln, caused sensation among the representatives of the other powers. The American naval fleet in Asiatic waters, when reinforced, will Assem ble about Amoy to Impress upon tha other powers that American trade in terests will be protected. Great Britain, Russia and France Btand with the United States as op posed to the German proposition mak ing punishment of the Chinese ring leaders a condition precedent to peace negotiations. A dispatch from Tien Tsln Btates that General Chaffee has ordered the Fifth Marine Battalion to prepare to accompany a combined land and naval expedition of the allied forces to Shan Hal Kwan, on the Gulf of Llao Tung. The Chinese minister, Wu Ting Fang, at Washington, strongly ap proves of a suggestion by LI Hung Chang that the United States act as mediator for the settlement of the en tire Chinese question. The Emperor and Empress Dowager have issued a decree blaming the Chi nese ministers for encouraging the Boxers. Prince Tuan and four other princes have been degraded. This is In line with the demands of the United States. M. de Glers, the Russian minister, and the entire Russian legation have left Pekln for Tien Tsln. A cable message from General Chaffee Is daily expected In Washington announcing the departure of the American troops from China for Manila. SEED Or A MANIAC MOTHER. Killed Two of Her Children and Fatally Injured Another. New York (Special). Mrs. Lillian. Bmith, of Inwood, liorough of Manhat tan, while insane shot her two children ilthel, aged 12 years, and Theodore, ged 8 years, and then committed sul fide by shooting herself. Another child lies In Fordham Hospital at the point of death, as the result of carbolic acid burns. Before shooting the chil dren Mrs. Smith, with the cunning of maniac, tried to force them to drink carbolic acid. Long brooding over the prospect of death is Bald to have been the cause of the woman's insanity. Mrs. Smith was the wife of Walter M. Smith, who ha been connected with the grocery house of Austin, Nichols &. Co. for 21 years. Inwood the scene of the crime Is a surburhan settlement on the banks of the Hud Bon River, Just below Spuyton Duyvil, and Mr. Smith rented there a large, old mansion formerly occupied by Frank Leslie, the publisher, at Iuwood. She drove her husband to the sta tlon and appeared hnppy and care free. She promised to meet him on hlB re turn from the city at night. Mrs, Smith instructed Moore, her coachman, to hitch up the team and take his wife, also a servant of the Smiths, for a ride on the speedway. The Moorea return ed shortly before 4 o'clock In the after noon, and they were met by Mrs. Smith at the door. The woman wan only partly clothed, but ehe did not seem to be agitated. "Don't come In yet," she said, with a smile; "take a long ride. There is plenty of time in the afternoon." The Moores again went away, but they did not stay long. They returned at 4.30 o'clock, and discovered the tragedy that had been enacted In their absence. UK l. it OF LA1IOIL. Chicago has 5800 teachers. England has 04,000 union carpenters. Albany, N. Y painters get $2.60 per day. Skagway, Alaska, has a printers' union. The master Bteamfltters of Chicago have withdrawn from the Contractors' Association. American factories employ 1,000,000 women. India's wheat crop is 184,000.000 bushels. Chicago woodworkers struck lor tight hours. Stock yard packers of Chicago have Btowed away 000,000 cases of egg.i. In 18K8 the tobacco monopoly yielded France an Income of 329,000,000 francs. The Brltisn government is the owner of over 25,000 camels. Several thou sand are used In India to carry Btores and equipments when the regiments are changing quarters. Striking carpenters at Lawrence, Mass., purpose adopting a co-operative system, and will bid against the con tractors. Paper was first made about a cen tury after Christ by a Chinaman named Isal-Louu. The Arabs Intro duced It into Europe, A HORRIBLE CRIME. MI'IIIIFR AND SCICIDE IN TAtl!OT MCA It F.AHTON. JEALOUSY THE CAUSfc. William !:. Whitby KlIU III. Wife and Illimlf-After Shunting the Woman Three Tlinen In the Head, He Turn the Ieadly Weapon on lllinnrlf-The Coroner'i Inqnett. Kastnn, Md. (Special) .This town was. thrown Into great excitement when It was learned that William 13. Whitby, had, while under the Influ ence of liquor, shot his wife and then killed himself. The shocking affair occurred at Eas ton Point, about a half mile from Ens ton, where the steamers from Balti more land, and Is a small settlement of aliout 100 inhabitants. Whitby had not long ago moved there. He, with his wife and four small children, lived in a house a little opart from the cen tre of the settlement. He was an oysterman and was frequently under the influence of liquor. Friday night he came home drunk and began quar reling with his wife and told her he expected to kill her. He had frequently made similar threats to heT, but she became fright ened and went to a neighbor's house, where she told of his threat to kill her and said she was afraid to go home. She was soon to have become a mother, and report goes that he charged her with infidelity, while it Is reported by one of the children who witnessed the shooting that he got angry because she refused to do some preserving he wanted done. Return ing home about noon, he found her out and went over to the nelghtior's house and brought her home. She sat down on the front porch and he began to abuse her, and, pulling out his pis tol, shot her in the bnck of the head. The little girl standing near said: "Oh! don't shoot her," when Whitby replied, "Get out of here, or I will shoot the brains out of you," and the child ran away. Mrs. Whitby rolled off the porch after he shot her, and he picked her up and sat her in the chair ogaln and shot her twice more, swearing all the time. The shots brought a number of per sons to the scene, and, seeing that he was observed, Whitby put the pistol to hla temple and shot himself. He did not die for half an hour, while his wife did not die for an hour. Word was telephoned to Easton at once, and Drs. Trlppe and Councell and Coroner Fairbanks went to the scene, but It was Impossible to do any thing for them. The bodies were put on a bed when the doctors arrived, and an Inspection of Mrs. Whitby's wounds showed that the second bullet had crossed the first and her brains were spattered around her body and face. The second bullet passed through her Jaw and lodged in the head. The bullet fired through Whitby's own temple came out his left ear. The coroner's Jury returned the fol lowing verdict: Levina Whitby came to her death from the effects of bullet shots from a pistol In the hands of her husband, William E. Whitby, who has since killed himself. In the case of Whitby the Jury returned a verdict of suicide. Whitby was a very quarrelsome man when drinking, and had abused his wife for years, but she would never make a complaint to the authorities. The bodies will be burled at the ex pense of the county, as Whitby was a poor man, and what money he made was Bpent In drink. Light on Ralhbone'ft Cane. Havana (Special). The Havana Post, referring to the postofflce frauds, made the following statement: "We have been quietly, and on our own account, working up the case against Mr. Estes G. Rathbone, and we now believe that he will be charged with having concocted the whole scheme of embezzlement. It may even be shown that he secured for himself something between twenty-seven and twenty-eight thousand dollars." Mr. Ernest Lee Conant, special coun sel of the government in the matter, when asked to confirm or deny the as sertions of the Post, replied that he would not deny them or confirm them. He said, however, that the Investiga tions had not been confined to a mere revision of accounts. A Duel on n Flying Train. St. Louis, Mo. (Special). On the top of a Chicago and Alton passenger train, moving at the rate of 40 miles an hour, William Burke, of this city, and an unknown man, fougnt a due! to the death. The two men were beat ing their way to Chicago. After the train left East St. Louis the stranger drew a revolver and demanded Burke's money. Burke refused to eoniplv with the request, and grappled with his i.n tagonlst. During the desperate strug gle which followed the unknown shot Burke in the side, but me lauer nnai- ly managed to push him from the top of the coach. He was picked up with his skull crushed In and otherwise horribly Injured and barely alive. Burke will recover. M Hill in Not Required. Washington (Special). Commis sioner of Internal Revenue Wilson re cently received a request from Cor noratlon Counsel Whalen, of New York, for a ruling whether satisfaction pieces of Judgments recovcreu against that city require to be stamped In the amount of 10 cents. He said that the county clerk refused to accept such satisfaction pieces unless Btamped, notwithstanding that the State laws directing him to do so make no men tion of stamping the documents. Mr. Wilson has notified the Corporation Counsel that he concurs with Mr. Whalen in the opinion that such docu ments are not taxable under the United States internal revenue law. Flayed Indian, With Fatal Hexilt. Trenton, N. 'J. (Special). Eddie Mc Bride, 10 years old, died here as the result of bums received while playing Indinn" with companions of his own age. McBrlde was tied to a stake, and his clothing was saturated with gaso line, then set on fire. The boy offered no veBlHtence until the HglUed match was applied. He then broke loose and ran screaming. His cries attracted the attention of some men who rolled him on the ground and extinguished the Harnett. Tho boy was tnken to his home, where death resulted, Mntitixm Yearn for llcliliiry. New York (Special). County Judga Smith Lent, at White Plains, N. Y., sentenced Charles Wood, who wna a few days ago convicted of robbing a Fort Slocum soldier, named Charles Smith, of $35 and then leaving him for dead, to 19 years in Sing Sing prison, Hla counsel will appeal the case on novel grounds: First, that as theUnited States was at war against the Fili pinos, only the United States law pre vailed In the case and tho County Court had no legal exlBtcnco or Juris diction over soldiers. THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD. William Burke, of St. Ixutis. had a fight on top of a moving trnln with an unknown man, who demanded his money. The unknown was pushed off and killed and Burke was badly wounded. Charles Wood, convicted in White Plains, N. Y of robbing Charles Smith, a Fort Slocum soldier, was sen tenced to liint'teen years In the peni tentiary. The schooner Onward was driven ashore by the gale at Rye Beach and wrecked, the crew bclnir rescued by the life-savers of Wallls Scuds Station. The Morgan Line steomer El Monte arrived ot New York and reported hav ing been In collision at sea with the British steamer Rappahannock. M. B. Curtis ("Sam'l of Posen") filed a petition in bankruptcy In Milwaukee, confessing llrfbllltles of 117,000. The Exchange Telegraph Company whs Incorporated In Hudson county, N. J., with a capital of $5,000,000. Alexander Cochrane was elected president pro tempore of the Bell Telephone Company. Eddie McBrlde was burned to death while playing Indian with a number of boys. At a conference of the officials of the United Mlneworkers' Union in Hazle ton it was decided to hold the conven tion In Scranton. President Mitchell Bald the miners would decide for themselves whether to accept the In crease offered, and none of the offi cials would Interfere. In an interview In New York Lord Strathcona, the Ixird High Commis sioner of the Dominion of Canada, said he noticed a wave of Imperialism Irre sistibly sweeping over Europe. During a heavy fog In New York harbor the Old Dominion Line steamer Hamilton ran down and sunk the Phil adelphia schooner A. A, Shaw. The crew was saved. The annual report of the Philadel phia and Reading Railroad and Coal and Iron Companies shows a surplus of nearly two million dollars over ex penditures. A number of people were killed and injured by a tornado In Minnesota. The damage to property was also great Striking miners who had marched with the Intention of closing down the North Franklin -colliery were persuad ed to return home by the district Bec retary without accomplishing their purpose. A Burlington passenger train was held up three miles south of Council Bluffs by two men, one of whom was killed by the express messenger. The other fled without booty. It was announced In Boston that the ambassadorship to Italy has been of fered to George Von L. Meyer, former speaker of the Massachusetts House. Clothier, of Swarthmoie, beat Alex ander, of Princeton, and Plummer, of Yale, defeated Ware, of Harvard, In the Intercollegiate tennis tournament. Klondike gold to the amount of $1, 500,000 arrived at Seattle. The efforts of the Lackawanna Com pany to start proved futile. Strikers paid no attention to the offer of in creased wages. The Republicans of Massachusetts held their State convention in Boston and nominated W. Murray Crane, of Dalton, for Governor. An Investigation was begun in Pat erson, N. J to find out whether the plot to murder King Humbert of Italy was hatched out there. Mrs.' Lillian Smith, of Inwood, N. Y., shot her daughters, Ethel and Mabel, and killed her six-year-old son Andrew and herself. George Salando, once a baritone In an opera company, died in a New York hospital from want of food. Some one threw a chunk of ice at Mark Hanna during the progress of a political meeting in Chicago. Charles Broadway Rouss has with drawn his offer of $1,000,000 for the restoration of his eyesight. The managers ot the Delaware State Fair have practically decided not to hold any more exhibitions. M. F. Dryden was killed in Wheel ing, W. Va., by his father-in-law, Thomas Workman. The National Funeral Directors' As sociation held a convention in Den ver, Col. Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, ap pointed Gen. Frank Reeder banking commissioner. The salary Is $6000 a year. Naeo & Swartley, wholesale produce commission merchants, of Philadelphia, failed. The failure is a large one. All the Swedish bonds consigned for sale in America have been disposed of. At Camden, N. J., Robert F. Hill was found guilty of murdering his wife, Adam Goodllng was shot and killed by an assassin at Millllntown, Pa. Gen. Olney Arnold, a prominent manufacturer, died at Pawtucket, R. 1. The Glass Chimney Association was formed In Pittsburg. Fire tit Wllllamsport, Pa., caused a loss of $300,000. B. H. Engle, a builder at Harrlsburg, Pa., has failed. The British steamer Eagle Point col lided off Nantucket Shoal In a fog early Monday morning with the steamer Blela, also British, and sunk her in 30 minutes. All the crew were Baved. Second Lieutenant Max Wagner, of the Twenty-sixth Infantry, was killed in the Philippines October 1. Robert Treat Paine, Jr., was nomi nated in Boston by the Democrats for Governor of Massachusetts. Robert McCurdy Lord, a retired banker and broker, killed himself at Mount Vernon, N. Y. Rodney Lowry and W. H. White fought a duel, with fatal results, near Tuscaloosa, Ala. A plan is under discussion to con trol all the rice grown in this country. Thieves robbed the B. & O. station ot North Mountain, W. Va. Fire caused a loss of $7000 at New vllle, Ps. The United States District Court In Milwaukee, Wis., denied the petition of the Chicago Beard of Trade for a temporary injunction restraining sev eral alleged bucketshops of Milwaukee from lining the quotations of the Chi cago board, and referred the case to a referee. Theodore Fuiioy was sentenced to 15 years In the penitentiary for attempted rape on Mrs. Surah Bowers, near Uarkeville, W. Va. dipt. J. V. Henry, former assistant postmaster ut Quiiicy, III., was arrested on the charge of embezzlement from tho National Hallway Mull Service Benevolent Association. The threatened race riot at George town, 8. C, wus averted by the Gov ernor, who ordered tho dispensary and beer privilege closed. President John E. Hudson, of the American Bell Telephone Company, died suddenly in a railroad station in Beverly, Mjsh. Warner M. Newbold, a prominent of ficial of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad, committed suicide In Bir mingham, Ala. WE LEAD THE WAY. OKRMANY IN A(fOKI) WITH THIS ;VIKNMKNT. THE LATEST PROPOSITION Secretary Itny, In Up ply to 0rmany Con ranting I'nnlnliment of the flullly C hin r-sr, Siiyn I'nltrd Htati Ooverliinent Agrrr-4 with Germany that Inone Km. Iieror'n Fd trt la n Mrp Toward I'eare. Washington (Special). The Depart ment of State made public the corres pondence between Germany and this government relative to the punish ment of the responsible authors of the Chinese outrages. The notes are in teresting, principally as Indicating how the abandonment of the Impossible demands of Emperor William has made possible n distinct rapprochement between the German government and the United States. Secretary Hay's reply to the German inquiry Bhows that this government finds Germany's present attitude entirely reasonable and acceptable. The text of the second note of the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Count von Buelow, to the powers is as follows: "The imperial government is Inform ed of an edict of the Chinese Emperor by Sheng, the taotoi of Shanghai, whereby the punishment is ordered of a number of princes and dignitaries named for hovlng supported the Box ers. The imperial government assumes that all the other cabinets concerned have received a similar communica tion. Accepting the authenticity of the edict, on which we, for our part, do nbt wish to cast a doubt until evidence 1b received to the contrary, we can per ceive In it the first sign towards a practical basis for the re-establlshment of an orderly Btate of things In China. The Imperial government, therefore, proposes that the powers came to an agreement to instruct their .diplomatic representatives in China to examine and give their opinion on the following points: "First Whether the list contained in the edict of persons to be punished is sufficient and correct? " "Second Whether the punishments proposed meet the ease? "Third In what, way the powers can control the carrying out of the penal ties imposed?" Memorandum in response to the In quiries made of the Secretary of State, October 2, 1900, by the imperial Ger man Charge d'Affaires, touching the Chinese Imperial edict in regard to the punishment of Prince Tuan and other high Chinese officials. The Chinese Minister communicated to the Secretary of State on tho 2d instant a telegram received by him from Director General Sheng, convey ing the purport of an imperial edict dated September 25, 1900, by which the degradation and punishment of Prince Tuan and other high Chinese officials Is decreed. The government of the United States is disposed to regard this measure as a proof of the desire of the imperial Chinese government to satisfy the reasonable demands of the foreign powers for the injury and outrage which theii legations and their na tionals have suffered at the hands of evil-disposed persons in China; al though it has been thought well, in view of the vagueness of the edict in regard to the punishment which, some of the inculpated persons are to re ceive, to signify to tho Chinese Min ister the President's view that it would be most regrettable if Prince Tuan, who appears, from the concurring tes timony of the legations in Pekin, to have been one of the foremost in the proceedings complained of, should es cape such full measure of exemplary punishment as the facts warrant, or, if Kong Yi and Chao Shu Chlao should receive other than their just deserts. With a view to forming a Judgment on these points, tho United States Min ister in Pekln has been instructed to report whether the edict completely names the persons deserving chastise ment; whether the punishments pro posed accord with the gravity of the crimes committed; and in what man ner the United States and tho other powers are to be assured that satisfac tory punishment is inflicted.. It is hoped that Mr. Conger's replies to these interrogatories will confirm the government of the United States in tho opinion which It now shares with the imperial German government that the edict in question is an im portant Initial step in the direction of peace and order in China. Department of State, Washington, October 3, 1900. Concerted action by the powers In Chlnu is thus apparently again made possible, bo far as peace negotiations are concerned. There seems no good reason to doubt the sincerity of the Chinese Emperor In hlB desire for peace, at the expense of the heads of Prince Tuan and others, It, need be. Clemency for a Soldier. Washington (Special). Private Frank Miller, Company I, Twenty third' United States Infantry, was con victed by court-martial at Cebu, P. I., of the charge of criminal assault and sentenced to be "shot to death with musketry." The cause having been submitted to the President for his ac tion, he commuted the sentence to "dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of all pay and allowances and confine ment at hard labor In a penitentiary for the period of twenty years." The penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., has been designated by the War Depaitment as the place of confinement. Storm Cause Further Lois. Fort Worth, Texas (Special). Loss es caused by the storms and floods In various sections of the Slate since the Galveston disaster are estimated at $1,000,000. The rivers are still rising. I.i to May in Tlen-T.hi. Tientsin, via TaUu (By Cable). LI Hung Chang has abandoned his de cision to proceed to Pekln and will, it is announced, begin negotiations with the Russian Minister to China, M. de Glers, upon the luttar'a nrrlul at Tien tsin. General Chaffee has designated the Ninth Infantry, the Third Squadron of the Sixth Cavalry and Battery F (o re main at Pekin. He estimates that It will take a month to get the American troops out of China. I'.oli u, d from Sun Oiii iuin.' San Francisco, Cul. (Special). Through a decision rendered by tho United States Circuit Court of Appeals, the ten Idaho strikers who were con victed of a conspiracy to obstruct a train carrying the mails will secure their releaie from San Quentin. Tho ciiEO is one growing out of tho big strike !u Iduho in 1899 and the de struction of the mill of the Bunker Hill und Sullivan Mining Company. In their decision Judges Gilbert, Koss and Morrow call attention to the fact that the Indictment does not charge that the conspiracy bad for Its pur nose to knowingly obstruct the mulls. TO il FT MINF.IIS HACK. The Heading OnYr of lea I'er Cent. In. rrea and ItedreM. Shenandoah, Pa. (Special). The only Important development In the strike situation in this district wos the posting of notices by the Philadelphia and Rending Coal and Iron Com pany at all of its rolleries nnd in con spicuous places In the towns and min ing "patches," announcing a net In crease of 10 per cent. In wages, and a willingness to hear the grievances of its employes. The local and district organizers were on the alert, and In leas than live minutes after the company's proposal had been placarded, a warning to the mlneworkers was circulated. In this town and vicinity Organizer C. S. Pot tier distributed circulars printed In the English, Polish and Lithuanian languages, calling on the strikers to pay no attention to the company's of fer, but to wait for the decision of the mlneworkers' convention. The Im pression here Is that none of tho strik ers will attempt to return to work un til so ordered by President Mitchell. The notices are as follows: "The Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company, Pottsvllle, Pa., October 3: "This company makes the following announcement to its mine employes: "It will adjust Its rate of wages bo as to pay its mine employes on and after October 1, 1900, a net Increase of 10 per cent, on the wages heretofore reclved, and will take up with Its mine employes any grievances which they may nave. (Signed) "R. O. LUTHER, "General Superintendent.' "Fellow-Workmen Pay no attention whatever to these notices. Walt until you hear from the convention. (Signed) "C. S. POTT1ER." There are no Indications of trouble In the Panther Creek Valley. General Gobln has been informed that a big meeting of mlneworkers will be held at Lansford. A large number of Hazleton strikers are expected to attend. General Gobln soys he will be ready if troops are needed. Major Farkuhar, provost marshal, has ordered the guard to diligently patrol the eastern sections of tho bor ough, near Indian Ridge colliery. He says the strikers there are showing an ugly disposition HOIUtOKR OF WAIt. BURNED AT STAKE. IIOKKIULF. CR1MK OF A MOB DOWN IN AI.AHAMA. Rrenes of Denotation and IEuln In the Trnnnvaal, Washington (Special). An interest ing picture of the TranBvaal and Free State in August, after the wave of war had passed over the country, is pre sented in a report to the State Depart ment from United States Consul-General Stowe, at Cape Town, dated Aug. 17 last. He had Just returned to the Cape from a trip through the two re publics. He says that for hundreds of miles all the wire fencing is down and cannot be used again. Tho posts have been burned for fuel and must be re placed with iron posts, owing to the scarcity of timber. The plowing in progress is limited compared with former years, and there will be a large market for, American cereals. By March, 1901, agricultural machinery will be wanted. Meat and live stock will continue to be Import ed. Johannesburg had only three days' supply of meat when Mr. Stowe left the town. While the Boers who have returned are anxious to get to work, several months must elapse before things settle down to a normal basis. The government Is building a new line of railway from Harrlsmith to connect with the Orange Colony system, bo thnt the Netherlands Railway, with its 200 per cent, dividend, will no longer have a monopoly in the Transvaal. There, will be a big demand for ma terial and electrical machinery and supplies. Lord Roberts has appointed an ad visory committee to assist him in the reopening of Johannesburg and secure the return of the mining population, upon which the prosperity of the town depends. It Is questionable whether the undesirable element common to all mining towns will be allowed to return to Johannesburg. liny Maki a 1'elilnl. Washington (Special). Secretary of State Hay returned from his summer vacation in New Hampshire and oc cupies his desk at the State Depart ment. Dr. Hill, who haB been acting secretary the latter part of the Bum mer, called early in the evening and spent several hours with the secretary. To all other callers Secretary Hay ex cused himself. There were no new ad vices awaiting him. He expressed bis satisfaction with the steps taken by this government, and gave a final and emphatic denial to the allegations recently set afloat that there were differences of opinion be tween himself and others of the ad ministration on our policy toward China. He reiterated the statement of Dr. Hill that the secretary hud been in constunt touch and communication with the department during the pro gress of the negotiations and was In thorough accord with the action of this government In every phase of the sit uation. Mr. Hay sold he "was In the usual health of a man of his age." 1 osmium, r Viiilxr Cloud. Qtiincy, 111. (Special). Captain J. V. Henry, who had just resigned bu as sistant postmaster, was arrested, charged with the embezzlement of $3500 of the funds of the National Railway Mull Service Benevolent As sociation, of which he had been secre tary and treasurer since its organiza tion. Tile society will not lose, as Henry had given a bond of $10,000. An F.ditor Nliot In tho llurk, Lexington, Ky. (Special). R. C. O. Benjamin, editor of the Lexington Standard, and attorney for ."Tallow Dick" Coombs, who is accused of being accessory to (lie killing of William Goebel, was shot In the back by Mike Moynahan, white, while fleeing after a registration quarrel here last night. LEAVE WORK TO HUNT MAN AliOt T NOTKI l'EOl'LK. The Russian philosopher and sociol ogist, W. S. Soloviev, who died at Mos cow recently, was a son of tho hih torlan Serglus Soloviev. Mi'B. Harriet Stanton Hatch, the daughter of Elizubeth Cody Stamon, will Boon arrive from her home In Eng land to take part in the Presidential campaign. Peraps one of the most conscien tious of royal diary keepers is the Em press of Germany, whoso dally record no one ever sees, not even tho Em peror himself. Mariano Ileulliure, the"""eiiiineiti Spanish artist, is at work on a monu mental vase which tho City ot Buenos Ay res wishes to present to tho Oueen Regent of Spain. The Prince of Wules is said to have at the last moment given up his in tended visit to Marlenbad chiefly be causo ho wishes to avoid meeting tho Duke of Orleans. Henry Solomon, a prominent mer chant 111 Capetown, who died last month In his 85th year, was born in St. Helena In 1816 and was present as a child at the funeral of Napoleon In Kt Hnlnna In Mav 1821 Wlngftetd Tnwnnend, Allan Floyd, la Al leged to Have Affgaultr-d Mr. T.nnnle Harrington, Near F.electrlr, hnllf FHteen Milrn From Wetumnka An other Negro (iavfl the Alarm. Wetumpkn. Ala. (Special). Wlnficld Townsend, alias Flovd, a negro, war burned at the stake in tho little town of Eclectic, fifteen miles from this place, a half-hour after midnight. Th crime with which he was charged wai an nttempted assault upon Mrs. Lon nle Harrington, whose husband set flr to the brands which reduced Town send'B body to ashes. About one o'clock the negro, a nephew of the negro Floyd, who wai hanged In the Wetumpka Jail week before last for attempted assault, at tempted to outrage Mrs. Harrington. Mr. Harrington was engaged at a cotton gin In Eclectic, and lives one mile out of town. The negro came tc the house and told Mrs. Harrington that her husband had sent. him to get twenty rents from her. She told him she hud no change. Then the negrc left, but returned In about ten min utes. The woman's screams were heard by Bob Nichols, another negro, who was passing along the road at the time. He ran to the house in time to see the negro escape. As soon a! Mrs. Harrington wns brought back tc consciousness Nichols gave the alarm The news spread rapidly. All the stores in Eclectic were closed; all the ginB and sawmills shut down; the peo ple left their wagons In the road, and their plows In the field, and gathered for a pursuit of the negro. The crowd divided, some scouring the woods neat the scene of the crime and others wont to the penitentiary for bloodhounds. The dogs were not brought to the scene until nearly dark. They were taken to where the negro's tracks dis appeared, and an exciting chase en sued. The dogs stopped finally at a tree In front of Odlon's store, on the outskirts of the town. Tho crowd com ing up soon discovered the negro sit ting on a limb. He was brought down at once and taken to the scene of hie crime. There he was confronted by his victim, who positively Identified him. Word was sent to the othet searching parties that the negro had been found, and about eleven o'clock a crowd of several hundred was in the little village. The negro, shivering with fear, was then taken to tho edge of the village and surrounded by the mob. The preparations for death wers quickly made. A rope was flung over the limb of a big oak, and a hundred Btood ready to lend a hand at the rope. Then a halt was called, and the man ner of death discussed by the mob. To decide the matter a vote was taken, nnd the ballot showed a majority o( the crowd to favor death at the stake. The stake was prepared, and the negro bound to it with chains. Pine knots were piled about him, and the flames were fired by the husband ol the negro's victim. As they leaped to the wretch's flesh his wild cries upon God for mercy and help could be heard for miles. The crowd looked on deaf to his cries, and In an hour the negro was reduced to ashes. Townsend before being bound con fessed the crime, and Bald he was also Implicated with Alexander Floyd, who was hanged two weeks ago for an at tempted assault on Miss Kate Pearson, In the attempt at that time. HESCCEH IN MIHOCEAN. Crew of the Mtlpwrrrked Vcssol Nnn. Iiniell Had a Thrilling Experience. New York (Special). A thrilling tale of shipwreck and rescue in mid ocean was brought into port by the British tramp steamer Glengoil, which arrived from Alexandria, Egypt. She had on board twenty-nlno seamen res cued from the British ship Nonpareil, which foundered in latitude 39.50, lon gitude 42, on September 22. Captain Hatfield, of tho Nonpareil, was among the saved. He said that his ship Bailed from New York Sep tember 10, bound for Sourabay, Java, with a cargo of case oil. Two days af ter leaving Sandy Hook sho ran Into a hurricane. The seas boarded the vessel frequently, tons of water fall ing upon the deck doing considerable damage to the fittings and finally threw the vessel on her beam ends. The Nonpareil remained In this posi tion, and all efforts to right her were unavailing. Conditions continued tc grow worse for several days, and Mon day, September 17, the wind Increased to a fresh gale, and the ship was un der water on the port Bide. The gale became bo violent the crew were set to work tt rowing over the cargo. The Bcas. which swept over the vessel, washed everything fro.m the decks, filled the deckhouse and smashed the cabin skylights. The cabin wus filled with water up to the deck. At 3 o'clock in the morning of Sat urday, tho 22d, the ship was lying at an angle of 40 degrees and the crew were in constant danger of being washed overboard. The chief oillcei and several men had been injured. At 3.30 o'clock In the afternoon the Glen goil was sighted. She hove to and sent a boat and took off part of the men the Injured being the first. All had tc jump overboard, and were hauled lntc the boat by a rope. When the boat re turned to the Glengoil It was stove alongside, but its occupants were safe ly lunded on board the steamer. An other bout wus Bent and made twe trips successfully. The last trip ol the bout was made after dark, and when she went alongside of the sti fl in. er, F. George, one of the boat's crew got crushed on tho gunwale and wuf washed overboard and lost. Woman Crimhed to Heath. Hazleton, Pa, (Special). A fatal nr. cldent occurred and Mrs. Patrick Gal lagher was the victim. The past twe weeks ol me strike baa diminished the family's coal supply, and nfter nartnk. ing of supper the almost destitute wo man procceueu to a stripping opening at the southern extremity of the city. She was engaged In the work of filling her bucket, when, without warn Inn- large piece of slate slid down, crushlno her skull and killing tho poor woman instantly. Her body was found almost hidden from view. llutlmud's Double Crime, Pittsburg. Pa. (Sneclal). Whiiu t.,m. porarlly Insane, Ferdlnund Brobst, e glass-worker killed hla wife with . shotgun und then blew off his own neuu ui ins iioiue m curneglo, Pa. A small child which was lying In boi beside Mrs. Brobst when thH mm-d,,. was committed was uninjured. Brobst'i mind was affected for a time last win ter, but he was discharged Imm ii,. insane asylum us cured. Recently ht snowed signs ol returning Insanity hut hw was not regarded as daovsrnna KEYSTONE STAT I.ATFST NEWS I.F.ANF.U ,, l S I'AltTi 20 HURT IN TROLLEY CRI Car on the Went tiiratrr ,h nether nl liormloliii Hi,,'"' Hlame OnnrrellnB MoirI11"' of the I'eare. a .i.i... 'rn-J' Ofton Ignorant-Olhrr n'', A score of people were ni. one hundred narrowly Z ' ate in nn extraordinary t,' '3 lis on between tvn ... "u'-4 (hp PhllndolnVila , till 1 raetlnn rinninnnv tu. 1 'I Place at BergdoU's nm Chester.,WCOn rh,,adcl'i t'S The collision was the r,..,, .luarrel between the lntl, nu inductors as to which carsN, ., the right of way H J After the crash, nnd h.nK , seiigers on Ihe West lioi.nV somewhat reeov..-.,. m cene of intense excitement Vp, I i:.h;"ni!'!'n;frh;,! ...... ....... uiniiina. ami il, ,. strong threats of Inm,,,,,, ' Dunlshment on the motnrnL ,,' conductor of the enstl,o,Hl"ar! time It wns feared tint th v '.e roughly handled, but th J, nfiuence of a few w, Hf 'H '.heir presence of n,(.,.i . The" westbound "Va ' I 1 rhnrles F. Beer!, end, , -tor l i ?hla city line at Sixty-third and ket streets at 5.45 p. m . , l-nu'.la nll,..,l '. " J"fl . i . ;, '""""'roil til rtci ii utes Into. The nn,i,., , ". :o the central office nn riwivwi ,'i i,. switch Ui the switch was reached, and ?. , " u l " ""'line km.v Uergdoll's Hill, the eastlwund lighted. It was in charge of Cnductor I' tnd Motormnn .: thirty yards the westUnd' ear 1 """, u, i" easthound .onductor and motorniaii of the 'loumi car informed th i.... . motormnn of the other 0f thrrfr o ..... unm-M i m ill iu return t iwitch. This they Indignantly re to do nnd they brought their a within twenty feet of the ..th.-r ' l quarrel ensued between the nen and conductors ua to who s' return to the switch. "If you don't go bark I'll run rou," came In angry tones frn astbound car. The ether ear lot move. In a moment there wa ither like threat. The passengers lot time to move, fur altruist Inn itely the easthound car crashed d nu upon tne westbound. Koblnscin, the niotorman, when t . task by the people and llatly :uscd of making the threats anil iberalely crashing int.i the other slnmes Conductor Behnff, win, laid, loosened the airbrake at the 'nd and cave him the lielt I' Icnied this and acriwil Rollins, i lcting as hi' had done of his own :ord. Two rhllmleltiliiiin Shot. Caught coming from the spi-insh in Daniel St. Clair's farm In I'lyn: mvnship, John McNIclml and W i : I i Jevlne, of Philadelphia, were shot seriously wounded by li'.niel St. t Ir. Each man received the full d) :t'iits of n barrel of buckshot fn jun, and their bucks nnd limlir :overed with wounds. For Mime tl 3t. Clair has been a vletim of i hefts. A neighbor called and Inf 'd him that four men were seen 1" ing near his barn. Ycaing St. :ook a gun and went out to inv ate. He saw two men just cm nit of the sprlnnlimiKO, and when ', efiised to halt he fired. Huth vie ivere committed en the charge t: puss for a further hearing. .nnr..d liv tin Court In charging a jury at Norrls'A nn the quest ion of costs ,lu(i Swartz roundly denounced igt rant Justices of the p. -nee for lurnlng petty cases to courts and nl manifestly without any standing, occasion for these strictures was case of Joseph S. Miller, who i charged with fraudulently ohtai.i hoard from Isaac I.evengood, f l'i town. It was brought to Court Squire Scheffy, of l'ottstowu. In missing the case Judge Swartz sa.i "This case Is all the fault f tnf tlee, Scheffy. It all results from I: Ing Justices of the peace who ktwu law and never seem to learn ami the people persist in electing u kind of men time and again. Fell SOU I r-t anil LIV". John Hartniau, a resident of Washington, fell over the hi is de went down a sheer depth of W but lives to tell It. Heynd b U.,l,.n l,ne nn inilllV. Ill along the hill-top he made a nij A H,.v.-n the hil side hi' I a gradual slope for o short and then breaks Into a J'W Hartmnn was found almost u scions. He explained that he SUi nt bushes und roots tin dug hl iters Into the ground as lie t . . ..' . .....,.' (iravf. . . . ....i.i ..t Uln-eiliel' 3 'I i ne ioi-iioiiieiB "i - . tery. Lancaster, which '"""" ,' grave .if Thaddcus Ktevens. change their lets for burial P-a"1 the new Greenwood ''"" ,. in Owing to u h.ck of P'V' will of the late Martin Mi "''',, trustees of tho cemetery i unable to make necessaO "i The body of T i s'2 lnSlif which was interred I''ls '"',, f i .milium'!' Iier s i. :t littery, in i -request to be. burled. In , with 111 . . ... ...1,..- 10(11' . removed, witn me " - -e given the most conspicuous j" Greenwood. Insect I.ti- ' t(,r all The farmers of northern U ,US I'lllllllieS, I''1' e .1... r dreds of bushels of wheal. W 1 aires of a small black nca. , Cl James Towers, of ""'Sori. ' nnd W. II . Johnson, t t among the heavies t ,i neighborhood, the found eral hundred unsa". ti) tnr, Laborers are In l'nl'l,,'.s. ,-nva' the wheat before the lu--" l" cause further loss. Spring Lake wet J.&te Swept by a uorthens lu.U Spring Lake, N. J- 1 jI(mitfi' hotels, includlutf tio , House, eight cottages a n fJ;, Tho property losa.t'Htii ,yivli 0U0, will bo swelled com. - tho VU1UO or per"" s, TU "! is computed by the." ,Kgut4 surauce on the bulkliufeS Rrb fthout SJ7D.Uiu. .,,.(. Co. Crop 8.'-' uff Uif The com crop In the .M t ' i Of danger isou,s;:. - WWHMH.il
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