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THE NEWS BRIEFLY TOLD.
At the coinmcnmrnl Ion dny exor
cises nt Princeton Bishop Satteiloe,
rands nu clooucnt address, firmly sus
taining the foreign policy of the ad
ministration, n ml the degree of t.tj.U.
was conferred on Secretary of State
May.
'The Jury in thp case of Henry R.
Youtsey, tried In Georgetown, Ky., on
the charge of being n principal In the
murder of Governor Goebel, found him
Builty and placed his sentence at life
imprisonment.
Fourteen persons comprising the
families of Thomas Miller nnd Andrew
Hennswllch, were made seriously nick
In Reading, Pa., by eating toadstools
for mushrooms.
Both houses of the Kentucky Lcgis
lature passed the non-partisan election
law nnd Governor Beckham will sign
It.
While his wife was sewing nnd sinn
ing, John PfuilTer hung himself tn Chl
cagu In her presence without attract
ing her notice.
John Dona I) and John Ford were
killed by an avalanche of dirt and rock
In the Excelsior Slate Quarry, near
York.
A daring burglnr robbed the house
of Colonel Charles U Richardson tn
Fredericksburg, Va.
Miss Frances Grlscom won the Bal
timore Cup In Ihe golf tournament at
Short Hills, N. J.
Charles Dudley Warner, the noted
author, dropped dead nt Hartford, Ct.
The Grove Avenue liaptist Church
In Richmond was burned.
Willlurn Alrgood died nt Willlnms
pnrt from the effect of knock-out drops
given to him and his companion by
a couple of men who robbed them.
Mllry Johnson, colored, who shot a
conductor on the Texas and Pacific
Railway, was taken from the officers
at Port Allen, La., nnd lynched.
The people of Montgomery present
ed a loving-cup to Naval Constructor
Hobson, Gen. Joseph Wheeler making
the presentation speech.
Capt. John B. Adams, past commander-in-chief
of the O. A. R
dropped dead In the Statehouse nt
Boston. He was G9 years old.
MIbs Mary Chenewlng was burned
to death in Kanawha county, W. Va,,
her clothing having caught fire from
an open grate.
Nicholas Scalp, a Swedish naval
cook, who was on the Maine when she
was Mown up, committed suicide in
New York.
S. L. Morris was arrested In Chi
cago on the charge of plotting to kill
John W. Gates, the former steel king.
Gen. Scott Shlpp, superintendent of
the Virginia Military Institute, dis
missed three students for hazing.
A Booled pouch containing $7000 dis
appeared from the St. Paul office of the
American Express Company.
Threo masked mon dynamited the
safe of the Farmers' Bank In Nevada,
Mo., and killed Constable Maron.
Dr. William F. Relly died at his
home in Carlisle, Pa. He served in
the recent war.
Representatives of all the big coal
mining companies met lu Scranton,
Pa., nnd decided to Insist on a decrease
In the price of powder being com
puted as part of the increase In wages
to contract miners.
Nearly every cotton mill in North
Carolina is tied up 4y a strike, the
loomworkers demanding the discharge
of the supervisors, claiming that they
are brutal to their employes.
A Norfolk, Va., jury brought In a
verdict against the Norfolk Railway
and Light Company for J5000 dam
ages for causing the death of R. J.
Buss.
George Brown, colored, was convict
ed In York, Pa., of an attempt to out
rape Miss Nora Holdlnger, and was
sentenced to five years In the peniten
tiary. The wrecking steamer Coley was
sent to endeavor to save the cargo of
the Baltimore schr. John A. Curtis,
which was sunk In Hampton Roads.
The testimony was concluded In the
trial of Youtsey for complicity In the
murder of Governor Goebel, of Ken
tucky. Erastus Warfield, colored, who tried
to assault a farmer's wife in Elkton,
Ky., was lynched by a mob.
The presidents of the big anthracite
coal-carrying ronda, at a conferenco
held in Philadelphia, agreed to pay the
10 per cent. Increase, guarantee it un
til April 1 and abolish the sliding
scale.
Eleven Slavonian strikers were ar
rested In Hnzleton and taken to Beltz
vllle, where they were accused ot caus
ing the rioting and murder of Ralph
Mills at Oneida on October 10.
The torpedo-boats Dahlgran ni'd
Cravan were in collision outside New
port and were obliged to put back
Gllghtly damaged. They reached New
port safely.
Samuel Hargadine, a farmer, living
near Dover, Del., was seriously Injured
by an explosion of dynamite.
John Hughes, postmaster nt Cam
bria, Pa., shot and killed a burglar
who was trying to rob the postoillc-i.
Harry Howard Stewart was arrested
In New York, charged with killing hit
child in Cleveland.
Eight people were burned to' death
or suffocated in a fire In Hester meet,
New York.
Prof. Charles C. Everett, dean of the
Harvard Divinity School, died, ut;eJ il
years.
Joe Pnzen was shot, It Is believed
fatally, lu Chicago by Zorah Card, an
actress.
Thomas F. Lane, son-in-law cf
United State Senator-elect Blackburn,
of Kentucky, committed sulcido at his
home by shooting. Ill-health is as
signed as the cause, of the act. Mr.
Lane's little daughter was in the room
with him at the time.
Vwenty Americans repairing wires
weie surprised by Filipinos near San
Jose, Luzon, and all killed or captured
except .-even. Three American scouts
were also killed near Takloban.
Bids weie opened at tho Treasury
Department for the erection of the new
public building at Annapolis.
Frank Hardeman, a tramp negro, was
lynched at Wellstown, Ga., charged
with assaulting Mrs. B. 11. Piernon,
wife of a Baptist minister.
Dr. Edgar Shumway waB chosen in
structor In Roman law ut tho Univer
sity of Pennsylvania.
It Is estimated that the orange crop
In Florida will amount to l.uou.ooo
boxes.
The battleship Alnhanm wont Into
commission at Crump's yards, Phila
delphia. In an explosion at Detroit one man
. was killed and eight other people were
Injured.
One million dollars' worth of lumber
was burned at Oshkush, Wis.
Bishop Charles B. Galloway Issued a
call to the Southern Methodists to hold
an old-fashioned watch-meeting on the
night of the last day of tho year as a
filling climax to the twentieth century
jaovtment. .
WM, L WILSON DEAD
ACTIIOK Of FAMOUS TAItltr HIM,
r.tWM AWAY.
STATESMAN AND SCHOLAR
Former I'nMJilniiler-Ooiierftl- ll wim In
Metelntid'n alililnl-Of I ma II"
Keen Ailing aa I'rritldent of Wuli liiRtnn
nnd ten I iilTorllv, Where ll W
Highly I'ntenned uncial m il Helnved.
Lexington. Vn. (Special). The Hon.
William L. Wilson, president of Wash
ington and I-e University and ex-Postmns-ter
Gercal, died suddenly nt
9.20 o'clock Wednesday morning ot
congestion of the lungs. He had beeu
falling ever since his return from Ari
zona. His son, Dr. Arthur Wilson, of
Lynchburg, visited him on Sunday nnd
left on Monday. Then came the sudden
change. Mr. Wilson's attendant phy
sician did not give up hope of his
rallying until late Tuesday night. He
was confined to the houso from Tues
day week, but was thought to be Im
proved when his son left him. He
was conscious until the last. By his
bedside were bis wife, his daughters.
Misses Mary and Bettle Wilson, and
one son, William H. Wilson.
William Lvne Wilson was born at
Mlddloway, W. Va., on May 3, 1843.
Ho was educated at Columbian College,
Washington, whero ho was graduated
In 18(10. He then entered the Univer
sity of Virginia, but left it at the out
break of the Civil War to serve in the
Confederate Army. After the war was
over ho became professor of ancient
languages In Columbian College, his
Alma Mater, ond studied law. He was
professor of Latin from 1867 to 1871,
and studied political economy and poli
tics. In 1868 he married Miss Nannie
Huntington, a daughter of the Rev. A.
J. Huntington, denn of Columbian
University. In 1882 he became presi
dent of the University of West Vir
ginia. A year later he entered politics
and was elected to Congress.
He first entered politics In 1880 as a
delegate to the Democratic National
Convention, and In that year made a
canvass of his State as elector-at-large
on the Hancock ticket, which attracted
much attention. In 1882 he was asked
by the unanimous vote of the regents
to take the presidency of the West Vir
ginia State University, and reluctantly
accepted, entering on his duties on
September 6. On September 20 he was
nominated by acclamation ns the
Democratic candidate for Congress
from his district, and was elected on
the second Tuesday In October follow
ing. He resigned his position at the
University with the beginning of his
Congressional term, March 4, 1883, but
on the unanimous petition of regents,
faculty and students served until the
end of the season, In June, refusing
pay for this period.
His 12 years of Congressional service
were marked by hard work, steady de
votion to principle, increasing Influ
ence, reputation and prominence In the
country.
As he had been an outspoken and
earnest advocate of Mr. Cleveland's
nomination In 1892, he was selected by
the friends of the latter for permanent
chairman of the Democratic National
Convention at Chicago, and his speech
on assuming the chair, as also his sub
sequent address Informing Mr. Cleve
land of his nomination, in the Madison
Square Gnrden, was regarded as a
masterpiece of political oratory and
kindled the most Intense enthusiasm.
Speaker Crisp, In response to what
seemed a clear designation of public
opinion, appointed him chairman of
the Ways and Means Committee of the
Congress which was to prepare the
tariff bill promised by the Democratic
party as its chief mission on being
given tho control of the government.
This was a task of the most surpass
ing magnitude and difficulty, and Mr.
Wilson entered upon it with a zeal,
devotion and capacity commensurate
with Its greatness.
Tho Wilson bill having passed the
House, Mr. Wilson sought rest lu a
trip to Mexico, but was stricken down
with typhoid fever from the very even
ing he crossed the Rio Grande. For
weeks he lay ill and suffering In that
country, and was not able to return
home until the middle of May, Btill
weakened and exhausted by his Illness.
Mr. Wilson was renominated unani
mously for the Fifty-fourth Congress,
but was defeated by A. G. Dayton,
Republican, at the polls.
To Reorganise Manila School!,
Derkeley, Cal. (Special). President
Wheeler of the State University has
received word that Prof. Carl C. Plehn
has arrived In the Philippines and has
commenced the work of Inquiry Into
the conditions of Internal taxation.
Later he will have charge of the first
census ever taken In the Philippines.
Under the Philippine Commission a
night school has been opened in Ma
nila for the purpose of instructing In
English. More than 200 students are
attending and another school will be
started.
Dr. David P. Barrows, assistant su
perintendent of public Instruction, has
been given entire charge of the schools
in Manila. He will reorganize them
according to modern Ideas.
Keriou Hunting Accident.
Richmond, Va. (Special). John
Stansbury, a young man, son of J. E.
Stansbury, was badly Bhot while hunt
ing In Chesterfield county. E. J. War
ren, his compuniou, and himself were
trying to flush some birds that flew
Into a clump of pines. Mr. Warren
was in the act of pushing u limb aside
with the barrel of his gun, when one
barrel went off, striking young Stans
bury in the thigh at comparatively
short range. Tho wound is very se
vere, and was made more serious by
the great loss of blood before surgical
attention could be reached, but his re
covery is expected.
Tlilrl y-l hrp Drowned.
Victoria, B. C. (Special). News of a
murine catastrophe as a result of
which 33 peisoiiB, 19 of whom were
foreigners, were drowned, has ' been
brought in by the vessel Empress of
Japan. The Norwegian steuruer Cal
lauda, a uew steamer of 3899 tons, was
making her third voyagnfrom Port
Arthur with general cargo for Japa
nese ports, and when oil Iowasslma
she was run down by tno steamer Izo
.Maru. She had 40 passengers and a
rmu' of li5 forciirn officers. Tlin io
Maru picked up the survivors aud
brought them to Nagasaki.
j:u rt b ! tut lio MiuclfH lelt.
Seattle, Wash. (.Special). Advices
received here by tho Associated Press
from Kodlnk, Alaska, tell or a series
of earthquakes which wero felt in tli.it
place on October 9. The tremblings
began at 2.25 o'clock in the morning
and lusted, at intervals, for six hours.
Much damage was done to properly,
but only one life was lost, s. far as
cun be ascertained at present, u sailor
of the bark Merouat Karluk, 90 miles
from Kodlak.
la all 27 distinct shocks were felt,
aud the earth was In a constant tremor
for six hours. The first shock wag
moat severe, lasting three minutes,
HAMS OK IltKNtll JiOTK,
The Opening of I'm re Negotiation In
C hi mi.
Washington (Special). For the first
time. In three days Minister Conger
was henrd from nt the State Depart
ment. He ci'tnmnnlcated by cable the
Biibstance of certain propositions ad
vanced by Prince Chlng and Li Hung
Chang a a baxls for the conduct of
negotiations for n settlement of the
Chinese trouble. The Chinese govern
ment already had prepared the way for
thev-c by a preliminary action looking
toward the punishment of Chinese of
ficials guilty of complicity in the Boxer
uprising, nnd while the text of Mr.
Conger's communication Is not made
public, It is believed that the last Chi
nese advance Is addressed to some of
the proHsltions contained lu the
French note, being In the nature of
counter-proposals, nnd proceeding
upon Ihe theory that what has been
done lu the matter of punishments Is
sufficient to meet the demands from
the powers.
Minister Wu called at the State De
partment by appointment nnd hnd n
long conference with Secretary Hay.
The Secretary previously had spent
an hour with the President nt the
White House, presumably In the con
sideration of Mr. Conger's communica
tion, and It Is believed that Minister
Wu was called to the department to
throw light upon gome of the detailed
propositions.
It was learned at the Slate Depart
ment that Mr. Conger's previous In
structions fit him perfectly to deal with
the new phase of the Chinese situation
developed by the general acceptance
of the French note ns the basis for
present action, M. Thlebaut, the
French charge here, called at the State
Department and proposed to the Sec
retary the immediate institution at
Pekin of negotiations for a settlement,
and It appears that the Secretary then
agreed to do his part. His promise
was made verbally, and it may not be
reduced to writing at all, but Mr. Con
ger is already acting In conformity
therewith. Most of the powers have
accepted the French note with reser
vations, but it Is said that they all
agree upon a sufficient number of
points of the first magnitude to war
rant the assembling of the diplomatic
body at Pekin to begin the work of
formulating objects of common desire
and reconciling divergent? views. It Is
probable that to this hotly will be re
ferred the latest Chinese counter
propositlou. There Is reason to believe that the
government will take favorable action
on the latest proposition of the French
government, presented through the
French charge d'affaires, M. Thlebaut.
This contemplates the opening of peace
negotiations on those points which the
powers are agreed upon.
Secretary Hay said that the reply to
the message of the Emperor of China
thanking the President for the attitude
of the United States and expressing
hope of n speedy settlement had been
dispatched. It was purely formal in
character. It thanked the Emperor for
his expressions and joined in the hope
of a speedy nnd satisfactory peace.
AN ASSASSIN'S VICTIM.
Wlllium Westmoreland Shot and Kill.
ed nt l'elorftbttrff.
Petersburg, Va.'. (Special). William
Westmoreland, aged 35 years, married
and residing on McKenzle street In this
city, was assassinated between 1 aud
2 o'clock a. m. at the Pocahontas Cot
tou Mills, at the foot of Wyoming
street, In Battersca, a suburb of Peters
burg, where he was employed ns pri
vate night watchman. About the hour
stated three pistol shots, fired in quick
succession, were heard by some of tho
residents In the vicinity of the mills.
Mrs. Dolly Marks, who heard the shots,
rushed to the mills, where she found
Westmoreland lying on the ground In
front of the office of the mills, dying
from tho wound which had been in
flicted by the assassin. Other neigh
bors, Including Henry Wells, father-in-law
of the murdered man, were also
soon at the scene of the murder. Only
one of the three shots fired by the as
sassin took effect. The ball first struck
Westmoreland in the fleshy part of the
left arm, then entered jUBt over the
heart and lodged in the back. He was
never conscious after being shot, and
died half an hour after receiving his
mortal wound. The ball was fired from
a 38-calibre revolver. By Westmore
land's side was found his pistol, none
of the chambers of which were empty.
Westmoreland was required to make
rounds of the mills every hour, and his
watchman's time detecter showed that
he had made a round of the mills at
1 o'clock. At the time he was shot he
was In the act of going Into the office,
which is a few yards from the mills.
The fact that an ax, crowbar, coupling
pin and a lot of kerosene oil was found
near where Westmoreland lay leads to
the belief that the object of the assas
sin or nssassins was first to murder
the watchman and then set fire to the
mills. The murdered man hnd been
watchman nt the Pocahontas Mills for
the past five years. He leaves a widow
and one child. A coroner's Inquest wns
held. The verdict of the jury was to the
effect that Westmoreland came to his
death from a pistol-shot wound Inflict
ed by some person unknown to the
jury. Fully 600 people visited the scene
of the murder. Three white men hail
ing from North Cnrolina are being held
by the police on suspicion of being im
plicated in the murder.
IlKI.lt Ol'' LA1IOIU
Russia has glass coffins.
Krupp has 4ii,6"9 employes.
Belgium has 300 newspapers.
China has hot water peddlers.
Passaic dyers average $1.12 per day.
Kansas has a potato field forty miles
long.
An electrical horsewhip gives the
animal a shock Instead of a cut,
Galveston's export trade amounts to
nearly J40.000.OOO a year.
There are 7,300,000 men in Prussia
earning less than 21 per year.
The average wages of planers and
sawyers nt Buffalo is $2.20 per day.
Tho English tobacco trade employs
co-day 121 women to every 100 men.
Minneapolis, Minn., boasts of a dress
makers' union with a large member
ship. Carpenters Union, No. 22, of Sau
Francisco, Cal., has donated 5,100 to the
striking mlllmen.
Whale fishing is not extinct in the
United Slates, but it is gradually and
slowly becoming so.
Tho Ilookblnders'International Union
Is making an effort to organize the
women in that craft.
The government of Norway has de
cided to Introduce tho eight-hour day
in all public institutions.
American coal arriving at Kronstadt,
Russia, Is quoted at $1.12 a ton, and
experts declare that it Is in no way
Inferior to Cardiff.
A Paris store has 4000 employes. The
smallest kettle in Its kitchen contains
100 quartB and the largest &00. Eacn
of 60 roasting pans is big enough for
300 cutlets. Every dish for baking
potatoes holds 226 pounds. When om
elets are on the bill of fare 7800 eggs
aro used at once. For cooking alone
60 cooks and 100 assistants arc always
ut the ranges.
YOUTSEY GUILTY.
CONVICTKli Otf Till'; Al fit OK It UT
OOVKHMm OOKHKI..
FOR LIFE IMPRISONMENT,
A .llollon In Arrest of Judgment Em
ienilfl Sentence Temporarily An Ap
pent I Alno tn Iln Taken Tlie Ac
cuand Man Mill a Practically I n llll
lllUf O OllJl'Ct.
Georgetown, Ky. (Special). We, the
jury, find this defendant guilty and fix
his punishment at life Imprisonment.
This verdict was returned by tho 12
men who were selected to try Henry
E. Youtsey, formerly Governor Taylor's
stenographer, on the charge of being a
principal In the shooting of Gov. Wm.
Goebel In front of the executive build
ing at Frankfort, January 30.
When the jury entered the court
room a few minutes after 9 o'clock
Judge Cnntrlll asked:
"Gentlemen, have you made a ver
dict?" Foreman R. H. McCabe nodded hie
head.
"Pass up the papers to the clerk,''
said the judge.
The sheriff passed them up and the
clerk read the following verdict:
"We, the?' jury, find the defendant
guilty and fix his punishment at con
finement in tho penitentiary for life.''
"Gentlemen, is that your verdict?"
asked the Judge.
"It Is," was the reply.
"Gentlemen, you are now finally dis
charged, nnd you can call on the trus
tees of the Jury fund for your pay,"
said Judge Cantrill.
The vote was unnnimous that Yout
sey was guilty. Then the degree of
punishment was taken up. On this
question the jury was somewhat divid
ed, but finally agreed on the life sen
tence. Henry Youtsey is the third man to
be found guilty in connection with tho
Goebel shooting.
Caleb Powers, tried on the charge of
complicity, wns sentenced to life im
prisonment, while James Howard, tried
on an indictment charging him with
being a principal In tho shooting, was
sentenced to death.
During the early days of Youtsey's
trial the prisoner exhibited signs of
breaking down. While Arthur Goebel,
brother of the dead man, was on the
stand testifying, Youtsey rose In the
prisoner's dock and denounced the wit
ness in wild exclamations, while Yout
sey's wife Bcreamed that Goebel had
bworn away the life of her husband.
Later the prisoner became uncon
scious, and, according to attending
physicians, has since practically been
inanimate. Each day his bed has been
enrried to the door of the jury room.
where it stood In plain view ot the
court. Its occupant apparently oblivious
to his surroundings.
Motions for a continuance were over
ruled by Judge Cantrill, who declared
that he was powerless to stop the trial
unless the defendant be adjudged a lu
natic. Youtsey showed considerable
Improvement, however, and hiB physi
cians stated that he hnd resumed tak
ing nourishment In tho regular man
ner, whilo his respiration was rapidly
becoming normal.
The defense filed a motion for an ar
rest of judgment and Judge Cnntrlll set
It for hearing on the second day of the
February term. Therefore, Youtsey
will not be sentenced until next year.
Youtsey was ordered removed to the
Frankfort jail.
It Is likely a jury will bo empaneled
as Boon as practicable to inquire Into
Youtsey's sanity.
TWO KILLED IN A WIIKCK.
KxpreitB Ittifm Into Open Switch In Chi
cagoThree Injured
Chicago (Special). An open switch
at Eighty-fifth street, South Chicago,
believed to have been purposely mis
placed, caused the death of two men.
seriously injured three others and
mado wreckage of the engine nnd for
ward part of tho New York and Bos
ton express train on tho Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern road. The
engine was demolished and two mail
and two express cars wero piled up
In a heap, but the five coaches directly
behind the baggage cars did not leave
the track, and their occupants escaped
Injury. The train was running 45
miles an hour when It struck the
switch. Tho following were killed in
the wreck:
II. J. Jerough, fireman, and an un
identified man, probably a tramp.
Among the injured are: Iewls Rey
nolds, engineer, fatally hurt; L. C.
Butner and Frank Morton.
It Is believed that the wreck was
caused by some persons who had de
liberately broken the switch. Three
locks which are used to hold the
switch In place had been broken and
could not be found. A dense fog that
hung over the city made it Impossible
for the engineer to Bee the signals, and
he had no wuruing of the danger.
No l'lague Near London
London (By Cable). The medical
authorities of Stepney deny that the
suspicious case of sickness reported a'
that place Is bubonic plague.
Chile' New Cabinet.
T .. 1 .... I ,. r'Mln Hit rf1l.l 'IT
tuiimmiDu, vuijo iu; vftuic;, lue
Chilian ministerial crisis has liceu
n. V..r iKn fol-m it H.m f.f n wi...
HtllVCU UJ lliw tmiMiumu VI VtlU-
inet, as follows:
Premier fienor Ellas Allmnrt
Minister of Foreign Aafflrs Senor
anuel Salinas.
M
Minister of Justice Senor Elilio Co-
decldo.
Minister of Finance Senor Ramon
Santellces.
Minister of War. Senor Rlcardo
Perez.
Minister of Industry Senor Rafael
Orrcgo.
Thought Woman' Hut a Itakbit.
Denver, Col. (Special). Arthur W.
Green was killed liiBtantly near Den
ver by C. W. Johnson, a hunter.
Green and his sweetheart, Miss Kato
Mockrldge, were in the foothills on a
photographing trip. He had donned
the woman's hat, a gray felt, nnd she
was lu the act of taking the comic pic
ture when Johnson came over the hill,
lie mistook tho moving gray object fot
a jack-rabbit and sent a bullet through
Green's head.
AmcricitttM Iteneu.-d.
Manila (By Cable). Cuptalu Do
vereuux Shields, who, with 61 men of
Company l' Twenty-ninth Regiment.
United Stales Volunteer Infantry, wu
captured by the insurgents lust month
In tho Island of Marliiduque, was res
cued by the American rescue force,
with ali the members of hla party.
Typhooii'it Ilttvno In hlna.
Tacoiiia, Wash. (Special). A ty
phoon caused great damage last month
on the coasts of Formosa and Southern
China. A number of towns were de
stroyed. Nineteen hundred houses wero
washed away or Inundated at Taiuuh.
Formosa, and many Jives lust.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
General Bailer has said farewell to
Ms troops and gone south.
King George, of Greece, orrlved In
Paris to see the Exposition.
There has been a further decrease In
the birth rate In Berlin, which Is now
but 29 per 1000.
The British have rooccupled Wep
ener, Rouxvllle and other towns In Or
ange River Colony.
Cecil Rhodes assumed the presidency
of the Congress of the South African
League nt Capo Town.
The British parliamentary elections
are about over. The mlnisterlnls', gains
are 35; the opposition 33.
A minor official of the Vatican was
arrested on the charge of being con
cerned In the recent theft.
The British steamer Highland Prince
arrived at Montevideo with bubonic
plague on board. Five deaths occurred
during the voyage.
Lord Roberts reports that a party
of English engineers, with forty men
of Paget's Rifle Brigade, were am
bushed by Boers. The losses were
heavy.
King Leopold, of Belgium, has ar
rived In Paris to see the Exposition,
but will remain Incognito, and declines
to occupy quarters In the sumptuous
mansion fitted up for roynl visitors,
which has been empty nearly all the
time.
Emperor William, In an address at
he laying of the foundation stone of
tho museum to be erected on tho site
of the Roman fortress at Saalburg.
said that the Ger man youth would
learn at his museum what world-empire
means.
The Boers continue very active In
the Kroonstnd district. A British cap
tain was killed through mistaking n
party of Boers clad In khaki for
English soldiers. Tho Boers captured
a detachment of tho Cheshire Regi
ment. In a fight near Frankfort seven
Boers were killed, nine wounded and
eighteen captured.
flTCATION IN CHINA.
LI Hung Chang hna arrived at Pekin.
A report received in Berlin that tho
Empress Dowager was dead, Is dis
credited. Tho troops In Pekin are reported to
bo suffering from typhoid fever and
dysentery.
Admiral Remey has sailed on his
flagship, the Brooklyn, for Nagasaki,
Japan; thence to Manila.
Germany's Chinese policy Is becom
ing unpopular among the great manu
facturers In West Germany.
The movements of the BO-ealled Chi
nese reformers have caused excitement
In military circles In Canton.
German officials approve of the at
titude taken by tho United States gov
ernment In Its reply to the French
note.
Agents for American and European
art and curio dealers are In Pekin and
Tientsin buying spoils of war from tho
soldiers.
Reports are conflicting as to an en
gagement between the Boxers and tho
Chinese Imperial troops west of Pao
Ting Fu. '
The Chinese Imperial Court has been
delayed In its progress toward Slan Fu
by supposed rebels In the Province
of Shen SI.
General Liu, with a large force of
Black Flags, has started from Canton
to join the Empress Dowager at Slan
Fu and net as her body guard.
At a conference of the ministers in
Pekin It was decided that the punish
ment of the ringleaders In the out
rages, ns set forth In the imperial edict,
was Inadequate.
The German press ridicules and the
German government officials speak dis
approvingly of Russia's suggestion for
the settlement of the Chinese question
by the International Peace Tribunal
at The Hague.
Sun Yat Sen, the leader of the rebel
lion in Southern China, aims at de
posing the Dowager Empress and tho
capture of Cnnton. Another armed
movement In Southern China is that of
the Black Flags.
The Russian southern and northern
armies have joined hands near Mukden,
thus placing all of Manchuria east of
the River Llao nnd n portion west of
the river in the hands of Russia.
The Yang Tse viceroys declare they
will oppose any advance of the Ger
mans Into the Sbang Tung province.
Field Marshal von Waldersee takes a
serious view of the revolutionary
movement.
Mad Dog Make Itniit.
Norfolk (Special). Two children of
Henry Brown and a third child were
bitten by a mad dog In Princess Anno
county. All three were badly lacer
ated, ono being bitten through the jaw.
The parents are too poor to send them
away for treatment, and there are
grave fears that the children will die
from hydrophobia. The rabid canine
bit many head of cattle before a posse
of farmers succeeded in killing It.
A Narrow Km-ape from Death.
York, Pa. (Special). Reuben Ness,
proprietor of the Ness Spoke Works,
this city, had a narrow escape from
death while out hunting in Juniata
county. Whilo In Black Log Valley
he sat on a log, which turned, causing
his gun to explode. The whole load of
No. 4 shot struck his walch, which was
badly shattered. A few shot entered
his body above the abdomen. His doc
tor thinks he will recover.
AISOl T NOTliM I'KOl'I.K.
The only royal lady In Europo to
hold the degree of M. D. is the consort
of tho King of Portugal.
Miss Margaret Stokes, who died the
other day at Howth, County Dublin,'
was a distinguished irlsu archaeologist
and antiquary.
John M. Kell, who wns executive of
ficer of the privateer Alabama during
the Civil War, died recently at his
home In Sunnyslde, Ga.
Simon Napoleon Parent, the new
Prime Minister of the Province of Que
bec, in sucession to the late Premier
Marchand, Is a distinguished lawyer.
Ten years ago Mr. Parent was pructi
cally unknown.
Few of the eminent lights in Ameri
can gardening wero better known than
William Saunders, chief or the experi
ment grounds of the United States De
partment of Agriculture at Washing
ton a position he held ever since tho
department was organized. Mr. Saun
ders, whose death occurred recently,
was born at St. Andrews. .
Tnnl Mltanl, tho young Japaneso
woman who has come to thla country
to take a course in Blblo instruction
at Northlleld, Mass., will spoud her
winter holidays in Washington us tho
guest of tho Japanese Minister
Miss Drudduu has published over 60
novels since 1S62. Previous to trying
literature, however, Miss Braddon ap
peared on the stage. There Is some
doubt in the matter, but "An Old
Player" has declared that tho future
novelist made her debut nt tuo Brighton
Theatre Royal in 1867, and that during
;the Ave following months sho Imperso
nated as many as 68 distinct characters.
BOTH SIDES ARE FIRM.
Powder ('nntrovcrny Miiy I'reveut a
Settlement nfVtrlkr.
Wllkes-Barre. Pa. (Special). Tho
close of the fifth week of the mine
workers' strike in the Wyoming re
gion finds both sides as determined us
ever. The operators insist I lint the
price of powder shall be considered in
the 10 per cent, advance offered by
them, while the strikers say they jvill
not go back to work until the demands
of the Scranton convention nre con
ceded, which, they assert, mean a flat
10 per cent, advance, the price of pow
der to be arbitrated later.
Scranton, Pa. (Special). The coal
companies In this region posted notices
relative to the action taken at the
Philadelphia conference of Individual
operators and the Philadelphia and
Reading Con I nnd Iron Company and
the Lehigh Valley Coal Company, nnd
with It an explnnntory not upon the
powder reduction, showing how It
figures In the 10 per cent, wage In
crease. National Organizer Dllcher
says this does not meet the demands
of the minors' convention of a week
ago. nnd until It does there will be no
end or the strike.
Hazleton, Pa. (Special). President
Mitchell, of the United Mlneworkers,
practically admitted that if every oper
ator in the region were to post notice.
similar to those that are now being
tacked up by some of the mlneowners,
this action would In Itself probably
not end the strike. He was asked if
all the companies were fo post such
notices, what bis next step would be.
At first he resisted, and then replied:
"Under the conditions laid down by
the Scranton miners' convention, there
could be no partial resumption of
work."
When It was suggested that his reply
did not answer the question, he Bald:
"Well, all I will say Is that if all
the companies poBted notices, it would
clear up matters considerably. It
would remove some of the obstacles
that now present themselves."
Notices similar to those already
posted by Individual operators in this
region were Issued by some more com
panies. The only large individual
operalors In this region that have not
posted what is known us the second
notice are Cox Brothers & Co., G. B.
Markle & Co. and .the Udilgh and
Wllkes-Barre Coal Company. There Is
much Interest manifested here as to
what steps, If any, the Markle firm
will take. This firm Is the only one
lu this region which has not consented
to give Its employes an increase' of any
sort. The members of the firm main
tain a strict silence. "
A committee of four miners em
ployed by the Lehigh Valley Coal Com
pany called upon F. D. Zerbey, district
superintendent of that company, for
tho purpose of asking tho superinten
dent to explain to them how tho com
pany intends to figure the 10 per cent.
Increase In connection with the re
duction In the price of powder offered
by tho company. Neither Mr. Zerbey
nor the committee was inclined to say
what took place at the conference, but
it is understood the miners went away
apparently satisfied with Mr. Zerbey s
explanation. Ho told them that the
company's notice in Itself was a guar
antee that they will receive a net ad
vance of 10 per cent, over tho Sep
tember wages.
President Mitchell said he knew the
committee had intended calling. He
declined to discuss the conference.
This Is believed to be the first com
mittee of employes that has called on
the officials of any of the companies
to discuss their grievances.
(ItASlIr l) INTO ST1IKKT CAK-
Fifteen Were Injured, Two 1'erhnpB
I'ntally.
Indianapolis (Special). A La He
Erie nnd Western Railroud Bwitch en
pine, in charge of Engineer John A.
Bepley and Fireman Edward Fultz,
Rtruek a' street car nt Thirteenth street.
There were 21 persons in tho car, and
of this number 15 were moro or less
injured, two of them perhaps fatally.
The engine struck the front end of
the car, reducing It to kindling wood
and carrying It for fully 20 feet, and
finally threw It against a freight ear
standing on a side track.
The passengers, some of whom wero
In the demolished end of the car, were
pinioned down by tho broken timbers.
The dsrs could not be opened, and
the less injured people in their mad
rush to escape trampled over those
unable to help themselves. To add to
the general confusion the steam from
the engine enveloped the wrecked car
and it was with great difficulty the
work of rescuing them was carried
forward. At least half the passengers
were women and their screams and
the crash awoke people living within
two blocks of the scene ot the acci
dent. Mutl Knlllni to Kngluud.
New York (Special). Inspectors Jas.
Stockley and Jas. Kyd, of Scotland
Yard, London, arrived in this city and
reported to Captain McCluskey, of tho
Detective Bureau. The British officials
are here for the purpose of taking back
to England with them Julian T. Bld
dulph Arnold, second son of Sir Edwin
Arnold, the poet, who Is wanted on the
charge of embezzlement. The amount
named Is $12,600, but reports have It
that It Is much more.
Arnold lied from England early this
year. Last May detectives arrested
him In San Francisco. Extradition
proceedings were begun. Arnold, who is
a member of one of tho best-known law
firms of London, England, Is now on
his way across tho continent iu charge
of United States marshals.
Clouernl Wood I.oavcn Clihu,
Havana (By Cable). General Wood
sailed for the United Stntes by the
Ward Line steamer Yucatan. He will
go direct to Washington. Just before
leaving he signed an order authorizing
the establishment of 22 uddltionul pub
lic schools In the Province of Havana.
X'our Wttro Drowned.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Four, and
probably five persons, met death by
drowning in Golovlu Bay, off the town
of Chonik, on September 20, as tho re
sult of the capsizing of a lifeboat o.'
the San Francisco steamer Albion.
Eighteen people entered tho life
boat to ride from Chonik to the Al
bion, which was a inllo away. Tho
boat was rigged with a sail. The wind
was strong. Two hundred yards from
I ho Albion the lifeboat capsized. Tho
Albion's crew went to tho rescue and
saved ull but four or five.
Killed llim.i ll (, VikIc.
Chicago (Special). Within, a fw
feet of bis wife and In tho same room
where she was sewing and singing,
John PI'ciffer hanged himself to a
hook In the door casing. So quiet was
the man lu his net anil no busy was
the woman with her work and her
song that sho did uot see him procure
tho clothesline and deliberately hang
himself. It was nearly half an hour
later beforo tho woman arose to leave
tho room nnd saw her husband hang
ing by the neck dead. Pfelffer was out
of employment and had been despondent.
KEYSTONE STATE'
t ATKSTNKWS OI.KANK,, , ,
"i s r.HTi,
THEY THWARTED A PL
An Obstruction I'lnced on i, T
Ou In HI. Vnlnr nv.n, "4
Recover-lc. e t Brlr ' "'"l
III Magon at l'hnenKvl(s T,
Powell Riichlnskl wa ,,. I
Mill Creek on the cl.. l
lug to wreck the I),.,lrp " " M
Hon erliri.ua train a"H Hi
An obstruction
track near l.ntlln
"'.Is I'la-od on
I lie flint I. . .1
lute place on the m,,, ,. .,
a twenty-foot embank.-',,, . , '
of the track and the L.0,W
other. If three hunter ha'?
covered the attempt, the tr ln"'
have swept around a sharpen '
crashed Into the obstruction
Three short rails wero i,i
stones and several rail,,,, 1
hunters say that Rucldnskit!'
ting the last log " L, as
emerged from the u ' wl!n
saw him long enough log",,'-
; in' n lie run. L
They did not attempt ,, I
worked hnrd t, ... 1 1 '"'""U S
finished the work a few mlnml
the train came down the n 2
Detective Crlppen was Z H
arrested Ruchlnskl, who
and would say nothing. .,
to Jail in default of $-(,j0 i,,,,
l Vnln Kllort, t
Possessed with the Idea that'll,,
was fighting him, Wilson', P,
wealthy farmer of iw..n "
..v. ih Dnche or aim.,
years of ago and has liv,, U
many years.
On Wednesday morning i.
found nearly dead from !, ,,
When revived by a ((l(,r h, of
own accord told how on Sunday n
ing he hnd slashed both arms ,
razor and caught the blond In a
5 AWJL
uncurl to ate by placintr
muzzle of a gun In hli K
the charge fulled to explode
Then with a razor ho made
deep gashes in his nerk, hut fail,
cut a large vein. Finding ue bail
reached a vital point ho attempt,
enlarge the wounds with his nni
He will recover.
Killed In n lliinnniiy.
George Carter, a Red 70 years.
Instantly killed at Phnenlxvllle lr.
ing thrown from his wagon.
He was driving on Main streni
der the Pennsylvania railroad bin
when his horse was frightened I
passing train and ran off. Carter
thrown to the ground, his head h
ing a stone. His skull waa cru
nnd a wheel of the wagon passed
his face.
He leaves a family of grown
dren, all residing here.
Tour Sllotn III It Ittnt.
In a riot at the Slicnungo fun
in Shnrpsville, between strikers
Imported laborers, mostly ne.'rl
four men were shot nnd wounded
none fatally.
Three armed negroes, were !
ccpted by the strikers anil a flsli:
sued. All night long strikers In
a field and kept up a coiitintiou
on the top fillers at the furnace, ie
silating a temporary shutdown. T
ty men wero chased out of town
one hnd his head badly cut. S. ,-
deputies are guarding the furnace
Two I'lllKcra Wnrlli S.Vdon.
James F. Newton, who sued the
can Iron Works for Sl.l.ono dan
for the loss of two lingers,
awarded $5000 by a jury at Wi
Barre. Newton was employed ;
molder In the Vulcan works, and
he was at work on a casting It
him. The allegation was that tin
ea n Company was lieullgeiit in
properly guarding against the
dent.
Uritpnliilenl lili T Sulfide.
Elizabeth Murray, aged 23 yeat
South Avenue, Allegheny, eomun
sulcido by swallowing poison.
Miss Murrav, il Is said, wns 0111:1
to be married, but the engagtn
wns recently broken.
Since then the girl trequeuo,
dared that she had nothing to It
and that she would take her own
Tired of SuflerlnB.
. .... 1 l,..lh
W in his tnroai cm aim - i
... .. m.Mli, A! a
mutilated wltn a razor, ' ""' -J
aged 78 years, threw himself Iron
attic window of thi-almshouseat il
and, lauding on tho brick paynj
iniriy-uvt, u-,-, u. ......
death. The dead man tind ueen a
ferer from ailments which won
curable. Itoblinm HiiiiKtii'l' s",r
Robbers entered the gen""' '
of A. R. Pennington, at ralrm
o..i .,t..l n nnrilltllV (11 p
This place Is only two mile" fmm
bra. where an unknown hi nv.'J
dw.t nnl killed at iiildntg"' '"J
mm,,. n,inlotnn nlace was root" 'II
months ago, when $150 I" 8llVl"'"
bonds wero stolen.
lllew "pen T'
Thieves entered tho M
John Swayne, at Sharon hllaM
open the safe. A ,d
III COllingtiaie oi... . ,
more and Ohio Hallnd.
open. The thieves mM
booty in either place.
.. ,. nihil.
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Generous gins mm'
by l)r. Kstes, of St. l;uKe ,
nt Bethlehem, Including a "" 1
000 from former l,'t'ri!V,?;i Rail
ror trie suppon - . U'
and a new $20,000 '!' 1
be erected by Samuel n
endauqua, plans for w ' Jtf
n the hands of lh ""irJl1
1 J .... Mll Vll'-
Won't C ollert H. '"- " ,1
The Franklin County Con m J
era have decided n " r,
collect the 1 tax on bky
for In an act pnsse . n ,
constitutionality of ' lllW J
Hon. h
George Lilly, Bm f s,ait
rletta, fell down a I 'b 1 1 1S,
broke his neck. 1"'' w'18
tieous.
rer.o.u.1 M-.'"'"" .
it .1 U l,m
Sir Arlhnr N""1" ' iu Km'
wcall blest of muslcm"
Tho MIU.nl" of ;;i;:'' l,1,,t.tn'l
tour of lOuropo In th", yr.
bo tho giu-st '( 1-"
Joseph of Austria 1" u
Henry James the . . . ,
paring to nhmuleu ffill
inanent residence. J
hereuftei' lu MiiwjucIiuwv
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