. u.i aimrV ffT wwv-tMaJJ1 "" ' PATRONS OF HUSBANDRY NEWS IN BRIEF. TJio murder of Ixiiilne Krnal and th turning nt (hp stake of her murderer pave) revived the movement in Colo rado for the reinstatement of capital puntahment In that State. Two freight trains wero In collision on the Baltimore and Ohio, near Ohlo pylo. Knglneer Charles Walters t killed and Brakoman Geo. H. yunnU fcadly injured. No clue has Iipcu found to the where about of Miss Anna Klizabcth Lump kin, who disappeared from her home in Richmond a week a ho. Attorney for Kudyard Kipling Htied nt an Injunction in Now York against It. F. Fenno & Co. for Infringement of patent. Tton Hlgnnbothani was acquitted at Wheeling, W. Va., nflor Irial on Ihe oharge of killing Mayor Iicprlest, of Wulloden. Governor Tyler Issued n proclumii tlnn ca II i UK an extraordinary horhIoii f the legislature to meet on Janu ary 23. Lampson .Sherman, a l)rolher of ihe late John Sherman, living in Pes Molncs, la., was paralyzed. j Superintendent Pratt, of the Cniilsh Indinn School, submitted his annual report. The British steamer Georgian Prince, Captain Flett, arrived at Philadelphia wiih Captain Anderson mid his crow ut thirteen men, of the abandoned Nor wegian bulk Highflyer. Tho Havana Trades Piilim la Book ing to have incorporated In the Cuban constitution a declaration against monopolies, tho move being directed Against Spanish cig-ir manufacturers. Mrs. Ullza T. Orlswold, of Philadel phia, who rlalms that she placed 9 1 62. U00 with ex-Mayor Strong for invest ment, sued out nn injunction against ftie executors. One of tho Indictments against Rev. T)r Wharton wan quashed by Judge llelsley at Freehold. N. J., and the other two may also be proven defec tive. Dr. Christopher T. Ahlstrom and au unknown woman were found dead, having been asphyxiated In a room in the Boulevard Hotel in New York. The schooner Mascotte arrlvedi at San Francisco with stories of fights with Ihe ennnihals on the Admiralty Islands and Solomon Island. The prisoners on trial In Woodstock, Va., on the charge of robbing the Mas sanuttcn Bank, were acquitted. A "heavy snow storm raged In Now York State about Buffalo, and also In parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania. There was a clash nt Tampa between rlgarmakers of the American and the Spanish unions. Three persons were injured, one fatally, by a natural gas explosion in Pittsburg. , Henry Ulrlch, n toy of good family, was Indicted In Richmond for forgery. Three boys are on trial at Phillppl, W. Va , on the charge of train-wrecking. Isaac. Buniolo, convicted of wife murder, was hanged in Wollsboro, Pa. The murder of Louise Frost by Pres ton Porter, colored, lias stirred up race feeling to such an extent that all .negroes of bad character have been warned to leave Elbert and Lincoln counties. A negro accused of poisoning Dr. love In Albemarle, N. (', got away from the mob, which had taken him from Jail, and is now free. Irwin K. Roby, of Waynesboro, Va., and Miss Cordellu M. Potter, of Staun ton, Va., eloped to Winchester and were married. Thirty-four of fho Chicago Irish Am bulance Corps, who fought for the Boers, arrived In New York and were welcomed there. The four men accused of killing Miss Jennie Bossehleter were arraigned in Palcrson, N J., and pleaded not guilty. The Virginia Conference of the M. K. Church South has selected Newport News as Its next meeting-place. Miss Carrie Wesler, of St. Thomas, Pa., mentally deranged by ill-health, committed suicide. Tho United States llghtsliip Boush Bluff was badly damaged by a fire in a shipyard in Norfolk. Samuel Sheppard was convicted in Elisabeth, W. Va., of murdering his wife. B. Eberle, a tailor, of Passaic, N. J., was held up by two female robbers. Virginia College, Roanoke, Va., turned to the ground yesterday morn ing. Tho 150 young lady students saved! practically nothing of their ef fects. No lives were lost. The loss is About 175,000, partly covered by In urancc. Tho committee of twelve appointed at the last General Conference of the Protestant Episcopal Church has drafted three canon relative to di vorce, to be submitted to the next General Conference for adoption. Tho National Civic. Federation Is sued a call for a national conference to consider the best means of securing tho settlement of labor disputes by conciliation and arbitration. In his annual report Admiral Brad ford, chief of tho Naval Bureau of Equipment, recommends the estab lishment of wireless telegraphy on several naval ships. According to Commissioner of Im migration FltohJe, immigrants have arrived in this country at the rate of 1000 per day from all countries since July last. Miss Ivwinio, who is serving a sen tence in Elmira, N. Y., retracted the confession she made implicating Mayor Frank H. Flood in her for geries. The 400 striking miners at the Molt by eolliery of tho Lehigh Valley Com pany returned to work. Anthony Coiustock, in behalf of the Society of Suppression of Vice, threat ens a war on places of vice hi New York. A mahked burglar attempted to rob tho resldenco of Orrln W. Potter, a Chicago millionaire. He tried to chlo roform Mrs. Putter, who awokp. She was knocked senseless. The man es caped. A bill has been introduced into Ihe Georgia Leglslaturo to disfranchise the negro. Woman's Christ Ian Temperance Union will meet in Washington No vember 30. Considerable attention will be devot ed to tho Nicaragua!! Canal in the President's message, hut ihe Presi dent'!! recommendations are not yet clearly formulated. Director Meniani, of tho Census Bureau, tuificosta that JOO.OOO be the ratio of representation la the House during tho next decade. Throo unknown men horribly tortur ed John Kane, an old man, near Wllkes-Uarre, Pa., to extort from him bis savings. Christian Coble committed suicide t Lancaster, Pa., by throwing himself in front of a locomotive. WAS BURNED AT STAKE Vengeance Wreaked Upon a Colored Youth In Wilds of Colorado. HAD CAUSED A WHITE GIRL'S DEATH. Doomed Culprit Taken From Train by a Vigilance Committee and, Upon Reaoesl of His Victim's Father, Cremated Upon a Pyre of Railroad Tlcs-The Executioners Num bered About .100 Cltliens of Lincoln County. Llmon, Col, (Special . Chained to a railroad, rail set firmly in the ground on the exact spot where his fiendish crime was committed, Preston, Porter, Jr., or, as he was familiarly known, John Porter, paid n terrible penalty for hlu deed. It was 6.22 o'clock when fho fathor of the murdered girl touched the match to the fuel which had been piled around the negro, and 20 minutes later a last convulsive shudder told that life was extinct. What agony the doomed boy suffer ed while thp flames shriveled up his Mesh could only be guessed from Ihe terrible contortions of his face nnd the erles be gave from time to time. The ecutlmiers, who numls'red about 300 (M.lzens of Lincoln county, had not the least semblunce of the ordinary mob. Their every act was deliberate, and during all the preparations, as we.l ns throughout the sufferings of the negro, hardly an unnecessary word waa spoken.. Grimly they stood In a circle about the fire until the body was en tirely consumed and then quietly they took their way back to Llmon, whence they departed for their homes shortly nfterward. Preston Porter did not seem to realize the awful punishment that he was deslned 'to undergo. As he hail exhibited indifference to, the enormity of his crime, so he seemed to lack all understanding' of Its terrible conse quences. For more than an hour, while preparations for his execution were In progress ho stood mutt- and sullen among the avengers. When everything was ready he walked to the stake with a firm step, pausing as he reached the circle of broken boards, 'io kneel in prayer. He was allowed Io take his time. He arose and, placed his back to the iron stake and balf a dozen men wound chains about his body and limbs. Kerosene oil was applied to thp wood, and after a brief pause Richard W. Frost, the father of little Louise Frost, whose cruelly mutilated body was found one week ago on that very spot, applied a match. For a moment but a little flickering flame arose. Then the oil blazed up, sparks flew into the air and the wood began to crackle. Almost instantly the negro's trousers caught fire. Even though the flesh must have been scorched, he did not ut ter a sound. The flames crept slowly upward on his clothing; the sparks flew up In a cloud of pale smoke. Por ter turned his head and a frightful ex pression changed his face. With a sudden convulsive lugging he stretched his head ns far from the rapidly increasing flames as possible and utted a cry of pain. "Oh! my God! let me go, men! I've got some thing more tr tell you. Please let me go. O my God, my God!' In terrible screeches these words, the first ho had uttered aloud, came from the negro. A terrible tugging at the chains, a succession of awful groans and screams, the negro's agony was at last breaking down his sullen composure. Not an oalh es caped him, but he begged and pleaded to be Khor Suddenly the rope holding his hands burned through. Then arms, head and shoulders slipped through ihe chains For an Instant the body slood erect, the arms were raised in supplication while burning pieces of clothing drop ped from them. The body then fell away from the fire, the head lower than the feet, still fastened to the rail. This was not expected, and for a few minutes those stolid men were discon certed; they feared that, tho only re maining chain would give way. If this had occurred the partly burn ed human being would have dashed among them in his blazing garments. And not. many would have cared to capture him again. But the chain held fast. The body waa then In such posi tion that only the legs were in the fire. The cries of tho wretch were redoubled, and he again begged to be shot. Some wanted to throw him over Into the fire, others tried to dash oil upon him. Boards were carried and a large pile made over tho prostrate body. They soon were ignited, and the terrible heat and lack of air quickly rendered the victim unconscious, bringing death a few moments later. This terrible ceremony, out upon the rolling praliie, concluded the second tragedy upon that, spot, the terrible avenging of the first. Ration Test Satisfactory. Washington (Special). Captain Fos ter, who has been In the Indian Terri tory testing the emergency ration for tho United States Army, telegraphed Acting Commissary General Weston that he has Just returned from making the test of the ration prepared by the board of army officers and has found it highly satisfactory. There are two rations manufactured by supply concerns yet to be tested, and It prob ably will be some time before ihe re sult Is known. Senator Morgan Renominated. Montgomery, Ala. (Special). The Joint caucus of Democrats of both houses of the Alabama Legislature, unanimously nominated John T. Mor gan for re-election as United States Senator. No other name was present ed. Senator Morgan was called before the meeting and made an eloquent speech in thanking the members for the honor conferred. The ten opposition members of the Legislature In separate cuueus pledge their votes to Morgan. Increase In Exports. Washington (Special). The month ly statement of the exports of domestic products, Issued by the Bureau of Sta tistics, Bhows that during Octols-r the exports were ns follows, comparison being made with October, 181(9: Breadstuffs, 121,1)13.832, decrease, $2,128,000; cattle and hogs, $2,892,3f.l, Increase, $52,000; provisions, $13,934, 320, decrease, $714,000; col ton, $G0, 301,107. Increase $32,-$43,000; mineral ollsfi $6,129,079, decrease, $403,000. Total for the month, $105,2ii0,(i89, net Increase, $29,398.994. Carnegie's (ienerous Offer. lillsburg, Pa. (Special) At a din ner given by W. N. Frew, president of tho board of directors of the Car negie Institute, to Andrew Carnegie, Mayor W. J. Dlehl and other promt nent citizens, Mr, Carnegie mado an offer to the city of Pittsburg to build u lechuleal school, In connection with the Carnegie Institute anil endow it with $1,000,000 5 per cent, gold bonds, yielding an Income of $50,000. The lone of Mr. Carnegie's address would Indicate that, as in the case of the In stitute, bis contribution would be in creased later to meet the needs of Ihe proposed school. TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Review by Dun A Co. and Bradstreel's Show a Pronounced Tendency Toward Firmer Quotation. New York (Special). K. G. Dun & Co.'s "Weekly Review of Trade" says: "Prices of commodities advance al most without exception, and all the changes in manufactured goods are In the direction of firmer quotations. The smallness of stocks of goods carried Is a feature of our reports from most of the leading centers. Scarcity of lalMr gives manufacturers In the Mid dle States grest concern. "Activity at iron and steel mills steadily Increases, and there Is an equally uniform advance in quotations. The gain has been more general this week than at nny previous time this season, pig iron moving up 25 cents a ton. and corresponding gains appearing In bars, billets, plates and structural materials generally. Instead of the re rent ngltation for cheaper steel rails, there is now fnlk of an advance to $28, owing to the further rise In sleel bil lets. "The report of pig Iron production on November I by tho 'Iron Age' shows a weekly capacity of only 21R.304 tons the smallest since September, 1S98, but Ihe reduction of 29,000 tons from Oc tober 1 In furnace stocks Is most en couraging. These figures, with the ac tivity In nil branches of the Industry, Indicates that there will be no further reduction In output, but the December statement will probably show more than 2(10 furnaces in blast. "A temporary Hurry In the wheat market on Monday took the December option above SO cents. It was reported that. Wall Street operators were turn Inir their attention to grain. "The much discusseu advance In meats at Chicago was i:nt heavy, but scarcity of first quality fresh eggs has brought very high prices. "Failures for the week were 217 In the United States against 219 last year, and thirty-throe In Canada against twenty last year." Kradstreel's says: "The tonic effect of seasonably cold weather Is again testified to by reports from practically all markets of a brisk demand for Winter clothing and foot wear. "Among textiles, cotton Is notable for l-4c. advance on the week, due to killing frost having terminated further growth. Estimates of the crop aver age about 10,250,000 bales. "Cold weather has been the stimulus to the butter market and the advance In ten days has been fully 4 cents per pound. Among the articles declining mlghl be mentioned flour, on slack de mand, coffee and petroleum. "Wheat, Including flour, Khlpments for Ihe week aggregate 4,002,000 bu shels, against y,rr5.D07 bushels last week, nnd 4,540,007 bushels in the cor responding week of 1899. Corn ex ports for the week aggregate 3.970,911 bushels, against 3,287.027 bushels last, week, and 4,003,718 bushels in '.ills week a year ago." FIRRCE BATTLE WITH BOXERS. Six Thousand Slain by Imperial Troops in a Desperate Fight Near Tsang-chow. Victoria, B. 0. (By cable). Mail ad vices received by the steamship Vic toria concerning Ihe rebellion in South China say that the Triads have broken out in Kwangsl, and Marshal Su, commander-in-chief of the imperial forces, Is nsking for 30,000 men to suppress them. The British have despatched Infantry and artillery to guard the Kow Ixion frontier. When the torpedo-boat, destroyer Handy was land ing men she encountered a force of rebels and threw shells among them as they advanced on Sanchuan, rout ing them and killing forty. A strong force of Kwansl rebels, marching to Join the Kwanslng rebels, met nnd defeated Ihe imperial troops near Kuangning and capturedi thirty. A battle was fought at Tsang-Chow, on tho Shantung-Chili border, on Oc tober 17, between imperial troops and the Boxers. General Yuan's troops numbered 8000 and the Boxers 12.000. Two thousand men were left to guard Tsangchow, and General Mel, In charge of the Imperial troops, gave battle outside. The battle lasted all day, and resulted in the defeat, of the Boxers with great loss. Their leader, Chen, refused to retreat, nnd when the fight was lost fought, with 300 desper adoes In a ravine until all were killed. His head was taken and hung on the walls of the city. Six thousand rebels were killed. Consul Goodnow, of Shanghai, has made a summary of Boxer outrages, showing that 93 American and British missionaries were murdered and 170 other missionaries In Shansl and Chili are missing. FIVE HUNDRED STARVING. INDIANS. Mrs. James Smith Brings Story of Destitution From Cook Inlet, Tncoma, Wash. (Special). Mrs. James Smith, just relumed from Cook Inlet, Alaska, says that fully half of the thousand Indians in that section, comprising five IrlboB, are slowly dy ing of starvation. The influx of white prospectors has resulted In the killing off of much game, with the result that tlie Indians are deprived of flesh for food and furs for clothing. They dried Balmon last summer, but not enough to last, through the season, and winter finds 400 to 000 of them without enough food; to last until December. Mrs. Smith, who Is a wealthy miner's wife, divided her stock of provisions with tho destitute Indians, and now appeals for further aid. Most of these Indians belong to the Russian church, but it is powerless to help them. Un less provisions shall' be sent by steam er at once, she says, hundreds will surely die. While living at Grays Har bor eight years ago, Mrs. Smith then Mrs. Martha White swam Into the surf and rescued three shipwrecked sailors from drowning, for which Con- gross voted her a medal. FIELD OF LABOR. Peoria has 108 unions. Cincinnati tailors won (heir strike. South Carolina has a State Federa tion of Labor. The German Printers' Union label is given to eight-hour offices only. The florists In Loudon gather In from customers about $20,000 a day on cut flowers. The high price of coal has so raised the price of paper that the printers and editors , of Prussia, assembled in congress, have resolved to increase the price of their newspapers. In England during tho past few years, It Is claimed, 140,320 farm labor ers have been displaced by machinery, while the making of the latter, it is asserted, required only tho labor of 4000 men for one year. A plan Is on foot to show In various German titles, beginning with Berlin, the Cierman exhibit at the Paris Expo sition. This will give those a chance to see a section of the exposition who could not go to Paris. Victoria, Australia, has built seven local railways on the co-operative principle. The railways were estimat ed for by contract at 547,908, but by working the co-operutive principle they wero completed for 251,211. Grangers National Organization Annual Convention. Hold WORTHY MASTER JONES' ADDRESS. He Says Farmers Are Paying Too Much tor Article They Need-Otherwise They Have No Cause lor Complalnt-He Wants Con-t gres to Enact Law to Regulate Corpora tions and Trust. Washington (Special). The 34-th an nual session of tho National Grange, Patrons of Husbandry, was held hero with a good attendance. The chief fea ture of Interest was the Annual ad dress of Worthy Master Aaron Jones, of Indiana, who said that in most of Ihe States the order had enjoyed great prosperity during the year. In a few Slates It had not succeeded o well. The members of the Grange, whllo affiliating with each of Ihe political parties In the last campaign, had emerged from its battles without dis turbing the fraternal spirit actuating Ihe order. Never had the conditions been more favorable for the extension of the order than now. While agricultural conditions are somewhat Improved over what they were a few years ago, they are not what they should be, said Mr. Jones. The prices of what, farmers had to buy, he said, are too high compared with what they had to fell, nnd such remedial action should be had as would cause an equllahle adjustment of prices In all Ihe lending staples. He urged opposition to the ship sub sidy bill and spoke of (he growth of the industrial combinations "until the entire country Is Justly alarmed." He urged uii amendment to the Constitu tion, clear and express In its terms, empowering Congress with the right and authority to regulate corpora tions. The Interstate commerce law, the Grand Master argued, should be amended so 1 hat oil sections of the country could secure fair and equa ble freight rates. This being se cured, the hardest blow that at this time could be struck to monopolies and trusts and the greatest encour agements to enterprise and thrift would, be given. The report of the secretary, Dr. John Trimble, of Washington, show ed that 182 new granges had been chartered during the year, the order now numbering over a half million members. Addresses were delivered by O. H. Kelley; by Jubel Robinson, who pledged the co-operation of the Cana dian Grange In Ihe work of Ihe Or der; by Assistant. Secretary .1. H. Biigham, of the Agricultural Depart ment; Kdward Wlggln and Mrs. Wig gin, of Maine; Mrs. George A. Bowrn, of Connecticut; S. H. Ellis, of Ohio, and Mrs. Katheiine M. Stahl. of Illi nois, chaplain of the Grange of that State. EIGHTEEN MORE CONORESSMEN. Probable Membership of Ihe House Under Ihe New Reapportionment. Washington (Special). Director o! the Census Merriam called the inten tion of the President, to Ihe fact that tlie figures on the population of (he United States, the total. of which al ready has been announced, are in such shape that they will be at the disposal of Congress when it meets for any ac tion it may desire to take In the direc tion of a reapportionment bill. The reapportionment following the count of the twelfth census will become operative by law in 1903. There prob- atity will De a considerable Increase both in the ratio and the total num ber of Representatives under the new apportionment. Starling with a ratio of one to every 30,000 inhabitants there were sixty-flve Representatives in the First Congress. This ratio under the tenth census reached 151.911, giving a. House of Representatives with 32o members. The eleventh census, In 1890, gave a population of 02.022,250, or an Increase of 12,500,000. Willi this the ratio was increased to 173,901 people to each Representative, and at tills ratio the House numbered 350, nn increase of twenty-one members. The ratio un der the new census probably will reach 200.000. With an increase of 13, 225,464 shown by the present census, and letting majority fractions of the apportionment count for an additional number, as has been tho custom, this would make an increase of eighteen members In the next House. Reapportionment on this basis would leave but four Stales that would lose Representatives. They would lose one member each. Any rallo smaller than 200,000, which would save them their full representation, would, it is thought, make an unwleldly addition to the membership of tho House. Cripple Held on Hot Stove. Wilkes-Barro (Special). Three burglars held old. and crippled John Kane on a red-hot stove In au effort to extort from him the hiding place of his money. They got. nothing because he is poor and finally left him, hor ribly burned and suffering frightfully. Kane lives ajonu near Sugar Notch, six miles from here, in a small house, some distance from the nearest neigh bor. It has long been said that he had money hidden away. He worked at picking coal from the culm banks and selling It. Years ago he lost a foot In the mines. Bookkeeper's Alleged Shortage. Nashville, Tenn. Speelal).--Dc tectlves are searching for William S. Mark, bookkeeper in the grain ami commission house of Neil & Shotner, of this city, who is charged wlia, being short in his accounts to ihe extent of fourteen or fifteen thousand dollars. Murk's alleged shortage extends back two years. He Is allaged to nave manipulating bills of lading of grain, etc. Planning Inaugural Ball. Washington (Special). The subject, of having a special building for the In auguration ball Is being discussed in Washington. It Is asserted that the Pension Build ing Is Inadequate for the purpose, that previous halls have been marred by the lack of floor space, and that a building designed especially for In auguration balls would be a benefit to Ihe city. The building could, of course, be used for other affairs between In augurations, If It were made a perma nent building. Kwang Su a Prisoner? Berlin (By cable). The Lokal An zelger publishes (he following from Its Shanghai correspondent : "Natives from Hankow say that Ihe Empress beheaded a number of tele graph officials who accepted a secret message from Emperor Kwung Su to Count von Walderseo informing him that Ihe Emperor was being kept a prisoner nnd waB unable to return to Pekin. They also say that other exe cutions occurred lu couuectlon with the case." Tho National Liberal executive com mittee has adopted a resolution In dorsing the government's policy 13 KILLED IN RAILROAD CRASH. International Express Plow Into a Field With Awful Consequences. Paris (By cable) While tho Pntls Madrid express train was running at a high rate of speed,, near Dax, Depart ment of Landes, the engine was de railed and the wholo train ran down nn embankment and 200 yards across country, when it turned over. It is known Chat 13 persons who were killed and 20 Injured h ive already been taken out. of the wreck. It Is believed that others are still buried in the wreckage. .Among the killed are Senor J. F. Ca nevaro, the Peruvian Minister to France, and Senor Eisner, nn attache of the Peruvian legation nt Madrid. Tho wife of Senor Canevaro had both legs broken. It Is feared that other members of Hie Legation are among the victims. Count Camera, the Italian Envoy, who was sent to formally notify the Spanish Court of King Humbert's death, Is also reported to be among the kllli d, but this has not. been confirm ed. So far as known there are no Americans among tho victims, unless John McEwen Ames, whose national ity is unknown, buf who is a resident of Paris, belongs to tiie United States, lie was only slightly injured nnd has ariivrd nt Bordeaux. The disaster was nt first ascribed to the excessive speed of the train, which Is variously state;! to have been from 00 to 75 miles an hour, but it is now attributed to the subsidence of the track. PRESIDENT WILL RETAIN CABINET. Ask Members to Serve Four More Years Disposes of Gossip. Washington (Special). At the meet Ing of the Cabinet Tuesday President McKlnley, discussing the recent elec tions and their results, expressed the hope that every member of the Cabi net would remain In his official family during the next four years. He regarded the result of the elec tions as an indorsement not only of his own Ideas and policies, but also of the Administration of every depart ment of the government. With the request on Mr. McKlnley's part that the present members of his Cabinet servo him during the coming lour years, all talk of the probable changes In that body ends. Would-be "Cabinet" makers have been busy fig uring on thi future.. It has been ru mored that almost everyone would: be retired. Mr. McKlnley's action, how ever, indicates that he has confidence in his advisers, and If any of them re sign il will be because they are swayed by other reasons. It is generally thought, however, that there will be a few changes. Mr. Hay's health is such as to probably In duce him to retire, and reports are cur rent that Mr. Ixmg and Attorney Gen eral Griggs are eager for private life. With the exception of these three, however, the Cabinet members seem content, and It. Is not probable that there will be any further changes. HENRY V1LLARD DEAD. A Power in Ihe Railroad World Until Reverses Crippled His Fortune. New York (Special). Henry Villard, the financier, died at his summer homo, Thorwood Park, near Dobbs Ferry. The causes of death were apoplexy, from which ho had been a sufferer for several weeks, and an af fection of the throat. A week ngo ho contracted a severe cold, which hasten ed the end. When death came there wero gathered around the bed Mr. VII lard's wife, his sons, Oswald G., Har old G with his wife; Mrs. William Lloyd Garrison, of Boston; his sister-in-law, andi Mr. Villard's only daughter, Mrs. James W. Bell, of Dres den, Germany. In addition to the fam ily. Mr. Villard leaves a sister. Mrs. Emma von Xylander, wife of Mr. Rovert von Xylander, of the Bavarian Army. Mr. Villard had resided in Dobbs Ferry during tho summer months for the pasl eighteen years. Inventor Patten Dead. New York (Special). Frank Jar vis Patten, Inventor of the multiplex telegraph system, which was purchas ed by the WeBtern Union Telegraph Company, and of the gyroscope used on ocean vessels for giving tho posi tion of the vessel in inldocean, died suddenly here. The cause of death has not been learned. Patten was born In Bath, Maine, 48 years ago. He was a gradu ate of West Point Military Academy and served In the battle of Wounded Kneo and lu the battle of Forlorn Hope ns a lieutenant. He is said to have been an intimate friend of e'x (lovernor Campbell, of Ohio. Jamaica (linger Fatal. Centerville. Md. (Special). Two brothers, Charles anil William E. Denny, who lived In a little shanty on Kent Island, near the Chester River steamboat wharf, and engaged in fish ing and oystering, were found dead, one In his shanty and the other lu the frelghthouse on the wharf. They were between forty and forty-three years of age. The cause of death is supposed Io have been drinking Jamaica ginger In place of whisky. FOREIGN AFFAIRS. A serious Boxer movement Is report ed south of Pao Ting Fu. There was a big demonstration of Belgian socialists in Brussels. General Baden-Powell has contract ed enteric, fever in South Africa. Eight persons were killed and 15 Injured in a railway collision at Cholsy Lerol, France. Snakes have nt last been found In Ireland, two ling snakes having been killed at Bray. In a battle between Chinese imperial troops and Boxers at Tsan Thou 0000 Boxers were killed. A fearful typhoon raged at Hong Kong, andi caused much destruction among tho shipping. Lord Roberts reported a fierce battle of two days with the Boers lu the vi cinity of the Komatl River. French-Canadians and Britishers fought over the displaying of tlie French tricolor on a public building In New Westminster, B. C. Dr. H. L. McAuley, of Chicago, has arrived In Paris from the Transvaal, and says ho will present a claim for $1U0,000 damages against the Portu guese government for Imprisonment at Lourenzo Marquez. Tho freedom of the city of South ampton was conferred upon General Buller. Thousands of visitors from Loudon and elsewhere participated in the ceremony. Two hundred andi fifty girls, mem bers of prominent Russian families, in St. Petersburg were made violently ill by eating food prepared in faulty me tallic utensils. Tho representatives of tlie powers in Pekln have reached an agreement regarding the ininishiuent of the main culprits, tlie mandarins and princes, and also regarding the principle of pay lug damages to tho several govern ments for the coat of the China expedition. BANK LOSES $201,030. More Than Double the Amount of Cap) lal Is Missing. THE ASSISTANT CASHIER MISSING. A Cincinnati Woman, Angry Because lie Did Not Take Her n a Trip to Yellowstone Park, (live the tank Directors Informa tion Which Lead to an Investigation Trouble Feared. Cincinnati (Special). United States Bank Examiner Tucker took posses sion of the (lermnii National Bank at Newport, Ky., nnd posted a notice that the bank would remain closed pending an examination. Examiner Tucker charges that Frank M. Brown, the Individual book keeper nnd assistant cashier, is miss ing. He says that a partial Investiga tion shows n shortage of aliout $201,000. Brown bad been with the bank 18 years and was one of the most trusted men ever connected with this old bank. It Is slated by the experts that the shortage extended back as far as 10 years. The capital stock of the bank Is only $100,000. The alleged shortage Is double that amount, and more than tho reserve and all tho assets. Includ ing their real esiale. Tlie First National Bank of Newport was wrecked two years ago, and now, with the German National closed, New port lias only one bank left. For two weeks there have been rumors of a shortage at the German National nnd some depositors withdrew their ac counts. Three weeks ngo the bank ex aminers made a good statement for tho bank and, the officers and directors al layed suspicion by referring to the re port of this examination and to their last statement. Last Wednesday Brown left and It wns announced that he had gone hunt ing on n vacation. He did get a ticket for Odin, 111., but It Is learned now that he did not. go there, and it Is gen erally believed that he is out of this country. It Is said that Brown was suspended last Tuesday pending an in vestigation nnd that experts have been nt work all the past week, while the officers and directors have been mak ing announcements that everything was all right. Last Friday the officers and directors over their own names published' in the papers of this city a statement that the bank had been found to be all right and that the ru mors about Brown were false. Brown is a widower, with one son aged 10 years, who lives with Brown's fill her, Paris C. Brown, ex-Mayor of Newport nnd one of the leading busi ness men of Cincinnati. Last summer Brown visited Yellowstone Park. A Cincinnati woman, who became offend ed with Brown, gave the bank officials n clue that brought about a crisis. It Is alleged that Brown had been leading a fast life. Tho officers of the German National Bank are wealthy and responsible men and they will be ablo to make the losses good. Among the directors is Paris C. Brown, father of the missing man, who Is known from Pittsburg to New Orleans and every liver wharf as the head of the stores for boat supplies. The cashier of this bank Is also the paying teller, nnd, Brown relieved him as paying teller when the cashier went to his dinner. It is stated that Brown did most of his work during the noon lunch of the cushler. Bank Examiner Tucker look posses-, slon on Sunday because of the panic In Newport that followed at once the publication here of Brown's absence. The bank examiner posted a notice that tho bank will not lie opened pend ing investigation, but. it Is generally believed that this proceeding will not prevent a stampede, as the excitement in Newport is Intense. There are about 1500 depositors, among them being the nine building associations, which have the savings of many poor people. TWO TRAINS CRASH TOGETHER. A Falal Collision Near Oil Cily-Sevcral Per cons Killed and Others Injured. Oil City. Pa. (Special).-A head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train occurred two miles west of Polk. Both engines were de molished, all of the passenger coaches left the tracks, and 40 oil and coal cars of the freight were derailed. Tlie killedi were: Thomas Sutton, baggageman of Ash tabula: John Kane, head brakemnn of the freight train, Newcastle; Engineer Pitzer, of the freight, Newcastle; two male passengers and the newsboy, names unknown. Conductor James Paden is hurt in teriinlly. Engineer Nathan Senter has both legs and left hip broken, and Wil liam Marvin, of Andover, O., has left arm broken and head and face cut. The latter was thrown off ihe train over a 11-foot embankment, but walk ed two miles to call help for the rest of the Injured. Prohibition In Maine. Portland, Me. (Special). From no." ly every section of Maine comes re ports of unusual activity on the part of the auliliquor element, nnd the opin ion prevails that the general wave of temperance reform already apparent will sweep over the State, The awak ening Is attributed mainly to the elec tion of a Prohibition sheriff lu Cum berland county last September. Al though the new sheriff will not enter upon his duties until the beginning ot the coming year, evidence that a change is expected is apparent already. In this city It Is now almost impossible to purchase liquor of any kind. In Watervllle, Augusta, Hallowell, Gardiner, Skowehagen, Rumford Falls, Waldoboro and many other places the city anil t.iwn governments have in structed tie police to exert every effort to close the saloons. Captain McCalla on Trial. Manila (By cable). Capt. Bowman H. McCalla, of the United States cruiser Newark, is undergoing trial by courtmartial convened by Admiral Reiney. He is charged with "irrational and bad management and tack of disci pline" on board the cruiser. Tho trial Is the result of a letter written by Lieutenant Commander Colwell to Ad miral Remey. The witnesses are be ing examined! on hoard the Newark, and the court's decision will be ulll cially sent to Washington. Mormons Can Fight. Casus Grande, Mex. (Special ).--t1ii nn attack on tho Mormon colony at Pas checo, twelvo Indians and four Mor mons were killed. Several were wound ed on both sides. A band of Apaches attempted to stampede a bunch of cattle belonging to the Mormon settlers. The alarm was sounded and tho Apaches were driven off, leaving u number of their dead on the fluid, Couriers from the seitlement hasten ed to CasaB Grande for aid, it being feared that the Indians might return and renew the attack. THE KEYSToSrTsf Latest News Happening Qb Various Part, NOTED HORSEMAN KIl.LS t lames Kltnon, Son of the j,, Kltsoa. Use Wi0(hesler ' 1 Brother's Home- lllUMht. ,. HI. Death Without Fllncb '1 T L D.I j . " r U,ru no 3 pounj01 ,iaiu- iviimiu, Will I. Ill hor?es. romiiilli,, ..... i no. i,i,.,i .i.. ...' ,u " "Cine I Winchester rifle ut " on the Bethlehem o. Washington. KP Mr. Kltson kilifd h, .. rifle that he used ford'"!-,", 1 " Itll Kl' t il I T i till . W which entered Just. Mw tore gaping hob- through ,! h a Knurl ,.,wl . 'I1' I IE The suicide waj , numbers of the family iln' arm fnllorl In . """ the door brought n rnom' tle nephew, Fred K Itsnn ,-vm the porch roof, t nt"rr( w,' unlocked the daer. '" Mr. Klti on had he.,, )n N, lor some time pat nnd nr,w ( residence of his binili..r c on Thursday. Early in'ihor.;, complained of feeling in ap, a drug store la Kurt yasll have a prescription im-I The deceased was tin. s ,)f Commodore Ki;.-:o:i ,,r i, jj . Company. Coroner McGlatliTys jnv, showed that a nmnhrr n cm nhlne bottles and n found In the room with th,, Mr. 1S.USOH was neil-kiiuwi, horsemen. His father bail ma, tun In horse-dealing nli was at one time the proprW-j lamoun rvnson csiock I arm. In nut mil. iour years aso h health msde him give up his n, tcrest in the business and hi. to Robert N. Corson. Murderer Blrrlolo llanjcj. Isnno Biriiolo. the nius.sb', murderer, was hanged in the of Wellsboro. Sheriff Johnson ine lever snortly alter lemn. l as uimusi. sevcrnt trnm lib Atiut one hundred persons the execution. Biriiolo collapsed compleM-. was feared that he would lui carried to the gallows, ti o'clock he lay down nci peacefully till lull'-pasi . rioio wanted w::.i a ftrai s:ig gallows and calmly met his fa I bodv was sen I to ltl,,jl,u, ii by ills family. He protend lu cence to the last. Tho crime far which Hirri, hanged occurred at lilosshurg. 1809. Birrlolo crept up behind lr it is alleged, and set her dress She said in her dying dedarat , Birrlolo caught nnd held hw while she burned. She died on J The Commonwealth produce l' witness a Mrs. .lames wiih vU liolo was said Io be madly inij and who swore upon the stand had told her that he would kill if ho got a good ( .-nance. Birri-i I h rice reprieved. His case went! Supreme Court and was twice the Board of Pardons. Killed by Dynamite. . Driftwood was the scene ol excitement. The cause ot it dynamite explosion at the l new reservoir being built by th wood Water Company. The hu the town from one end to ih were tdiaken, one man was kill a dozen more were seriuiisly in; The accident was cauj 'd by II Smith, foreman of a gang of worfc who attempted to thaw out a I frozen dynamite. Smith was tin killed, his body being almost bii moms. Several ulher men were a) to the ground with steal f';' their clothing completely tun Smith's home is nt Heading, win leaves a wife nnd three small ch Robber Threw Bricks. Joseph Bruedcrly, proprietor Eastern Market Hotel, Lancast. awakened bv a burglar. Ainiini self with a revolver, he was ul4 descend il stairway in the miK w brick whizzed by his head ana a door behind him. Mr. Brnederlv fired two shots direction from which tlie lirlek be meantime havilitt croilihen beside the banister with his left on the ton of the rail. Almost In ly his hand was struck by a i brlek. The hand was b.lllly crusi respite his Injury Mr. Brtil dashed forward, only Jo see the DJ dart down the hallway and ei A liirl Commits Suicide. Mioo rwei,. Wniler. laugbter fred 'Weller. of St Thomas, m4 posed to have retired with tne i the family, but instead she from the bouse i.ml w.ilkeii eight miles to Chamlieislunt' .u.. - ,o,K die wa i.ai iy ill i lie iiiuiui -- staggering back toward home .i 'J Pltlsburg like, ami wi, I il house died In couviu-o"'"- .. .. .u .... turns 1 a uou t nor niouui '--by sonio powerful add. M' I whose mind had been " health, previously threaten"" in it suicide. Stale in Brief. .... .. ,,,. ,1... Iv.Ull Of n nne lining n ., , ei, ,. .... ... . i.iin Hotel, lJ ngilier ul me ru"" , ,, ,rv irt a spark from an electric ivitt.r) gasoline which Krlu Sbupu , ing and the explosion ""n ' ol ..... i.i .at ever Mi. Kor a few moments Ins 1 j but prompt assistance exu' the flames on his elm"" Harry Morrison, a 'l,l:k??,r , chinist, living near I sandbagged by I1W1B.J Bol used up. He was rubbed or di j salary, U his valuable 1 his clothes. MoiTlson J ,,1 ihe roadside m-ore dead S Governor Stone rosP' 1 Thomas Hayes, of, t- -'"T,"' i was to have been uiws" until January . Alois Karachi, a trian. of Stecl-toti, was stfui stanlly killed by a train on 1 sylvanla Railroad ot the tlon. . I ltorb.1 or,,ulty. "What Oaj you prop-" ( m this maul"' said the snuub son Cub. "Wo ain't go u 0 In' to' him." said Batt i "only Jos' show him that under no obll8tloM , Bll W.o're going to tuno j hit upJaa wo..d ,1 arope arounu have ;oiu' to nrivu .,,,.1H U.. .n,.ihiiuv w tn jgton Bwir,
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