THE KEYSTONE STATE. Latest News Happenings Gleaned From , Various Parts. (sHOOTIiNfl AFFRAY AT SCRANTON. iriayed Ghost; lilt with an Ax-A Woman Had Her Skull Fractured by a Man With Whom She Had a Dljpute--Llttle Girl Struck by a Trolley Car-Henry Helsey Plunged Thirty Feet Into a Well and was Badly Mangled. , Mra. Mary Rose wna murdered In n cold-blooded manner ly Mrs. Joseph ine Bcvclock. In tho house of Frank Woresco, at Scrnnton. The cause of (t$e rthootlng im to bo Involved In omewhat of a mystery. A quarrel tTir chickens and money, with an 'added dash of Jealousy, (terms to lie .t tho bottom of the llflleulty. Mrs. j-Rxxm chnrged Mrs. Hevelock with hav ting refused to pay her for certain ,-work she did far her. Angry words Followed, and Mra. Hevelock drew n :38-oallbre revolver from her dress pocket and fired five allots, killing Mrs. Host; almost Instantly. Annie Mpresco was the only eyewltnos to tills sh, sit ing. Following the shooting, Mrs. Beveioek went to her own nppart roonta and afterward to the house of a neighbor, where she was arrested. No sign of remorse Is exhibited, by Mrs. Beveioek. "Slii' made trouble for me," b unld, "und 1 killed her. I am glad." Killed With an Ax, A blow from nn ax received by Mra. John Noone, of North SiTiinton. will render her Insane for the remainder ot her life, physicians nay. The hx was wielded by Stephen Doyle, one of her neighbors. They had a dispute over Oio ownership of dome property and Mra. Noone thought to scare Doyle way from tho place by assuming the Tolo of a ghost. Covered by a nhoct, sho made a visit to Doyle's place and pretended; to be a visitor from across the river Styx. Doyle naw the pre tending ghost and attacked her wltti mil axe, fracturing the skull. Mrs. Noone's physicians say she will re cover, but will not regain the use of icr faculties. Killed by a Trolley Car. Dorothy Weseotlo, the 4-year-old -daughter of Charles Wcscotte, of Rut ledge, was run over and killed by a trolley car on the Philadelphia, Morton and Swarthmore line. The child, with her little brother, was crossing the tracks at Linden avenue, noar their Tionie. Tho motorrr.an saved the lad s life by the most heroic efforts. While th car was running he reached out nd pulled tho boy from the tracks. The children had hold of each other's "hands, but released their hold as the raotornian caught hold of tho boy. Tho body of the little girl was horribly mangled. Sentenced Ten Years After Crime. Convicted; of the crime of stealing a. horse from Dr. D. H. 8'henk, of IJtitz, ten yearn ago, Janiea Warden Moore was sentenced to an imprison ment of ten months In the county Jail. The reason for the delay was Moore's incarceration for tho past ten years in the Eastern Penitentiary for a similar crime committed In Northampton ounty. When released from the In mitutlon two months ago ho was roar rested at the gate after making a dash, for liberty. Expreaa Train Kills Former Soldier. Thomas A. Boyle, an Englishman, aged 36, was struck by the Philadel phia express while walking on the Rending tracks at the curve near Bin Ken, and was Instantly killed. On the dead man's body were found papers de noting that Boyle had enlisted In the United States Army In 181)8 for a term f three years, before the expiration ot whloh he was honorably discharged. His home Is unknown. "Dodger" Thrower Jailed. John K. Duffey, of Philadelphia, was the first victim of the dodger ordinance la Norrlstown. He came to I'own and was caught distributing medical alma nacs. He was arrested and given thirty-six hours in jail. His employer came to towu to pay the fine of $10 and costs, but as the defendant had only twelve hours to serve, It was de cided to let the more vigorous form of punishment, take Its course. Lost Both Legs and Died. George W. Taylor, of Norrisvllle, Md., was run over ly the shifting cn jflno and a draft of cars ou the Fred erick division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, east of York, and had both legs terribly mangled. He was im mediately removed to the hospital, where both legs were amputated above the knees. THj'lor died soon after the operation. Plunged Into a Well. Henry Helsey, a prominent farmer t Eletonvlllo, Penn township, died at Ms home from Injuries received by plunging thirty feet down a well at hi home. Helsey nail neon eugageu in digging a well und when lowering himself Into It the rope broke and he plunged backward. He was frightful Jy mangliHl. one foot hanging only by tihrods ot skin. State News In Brief. Two lives wcro crushed out in the .Pino Brook mine of the Scranton Coal Company. William I.amnion, miner, and Joe Markotaky. lalorer, were the victims. Several hundred tons of rock fell, and It was five hours before the men were dug out. An unarmed posse rounded up In the wood near Arlsonia a gang of tramps who had held up and robbed an Ital ian workman. The tramps refused to surrender and several of them, draw ing revolvers, compelled the posse to retreat. Mrs. James Hamilton, of Lebanon, ... h..t. Infr hnnd aa the result ilia j iubi: - - of an explosion caused by her picking a cartridge with a hatpin. The hand waa badly mangled. Au operation for appendicitis per formed on Mrs. Frank A. Garrison, ot WllHemsport, revealed the presence in the appendix of a prn au Inch long and badly corroded. The pin Is thought to have been swallowed by Mrs. Gar rison about a year ago. It had entered at the opening of the appendix and had started to work 'Its way out nt iho other end, the point having passed through. Thomas Fehr, of Walnutport, wa truck by a Lehigh Valley passenger train at the Now England and Pougn keepslo Bridge, near Slat'liiglon, and Instantly killed. Fehr was walking ou he railroad and failed to hear the en gineer's warning whistle. Ell Bollnger, a signal man, wan struck by a train on the Pennsylvania ilallroad, near Greensburg, and In Btantly Wiled. The Postal Telegraph and Cable Company has resumed the work ol erecting poles for its Buffalo extension from Reading northward, the Couuo li ,of Pottsvllle having granted permis sion to the company to enter that bor-ouiltu NEWS IN BRIEF. The Commissioner of fiio Inte rior for Porto Rico reports that the chief need of the Island Is good roads. Gen. Tht o. F. Brown. A G. A. R. vet eran with an honomble record, Iihb been sentenced to six months In 'ill for a violation of the pension laws. He made contradictory affidavits regard ing his support,f a widow receiving a pension. Leonard Day, a young Minneapolis millionaire, was staLhcd to death In a drunken quarrel, and Frank H. Ham ilton, tho sporting reporter on a local newspaper, is accused cf the deed. Austin Hamilton, on aged hermit, In Chenango county, N. Y., died from the effects of torture Inflicted by some un known persons to force him to reveal the whereabouts of his money. The British steamer Adler, which ar rived nt New York, reported that, her master, Capt. W. Reld, had dlinl of yellow fever and wns burled at sea. Philip Goodman, a lad or K years, was nrrc,stod In Philadelphia on the rhnrge of nttarklng Mrs. Mueller with Intent to mb 'her. The Norfolk friends of Mrs. May brick are ngaln stirring themselves to securo her relcaso from the British prison. The Buckhorii Portland Cement Company, at Mannheim, W. Vn., has been placed In tho hands of a receiver. President McKlnley was the guest of honor at the Founder'.? Day bnmiuct of the 1'nlnn League In Philadelphia, Pearl Newman was convicted of murder In tho tlrst degree In Hunting don. W. Va., and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. The I'nltrd Stales monitor Nevada was christened at the Bath Iron Works. Me.. Miss Annie C. Boutello being the sponsor. The steamer Governor Dingley ran into and sank the robing schooner Minette near the Portland (Me.) Breakwater. Edward C. Bruce, of Winchester, Vn.. a prominent antebellum editor of Virginia, died at the age of 75 years. Vincent Cody, who had served 33 years of a life term, was pardoned by Governor Roosevelt. John Auker and William Bradley, two youths, were whipped nt New castle Jail for larceny. Floods are reported at various points along the Little River In Kentucky. W. F. Mellick, the cattle king of the Snake country, Idaho, became a rav ing lunatic from the effects of a sand bagging administered In Chicago by robbers. Judge Helsley in Freehold, N. J., quashed the two remaining indict ments against Rev. Dr. Henry M. Wharton. According to tho census report the population of West Virginia has in creased 25 per cent, since 1890. The revenue bill prepared by the Republican members of the Ways and Means Committee provides for the abolition of the stamp tax upon tele grams, bank checks, express packages, warehouse receipts audi insurance policies. Captain W. M. Meredith, of Illinois, was appointed chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Frank Wilson, one of the accuse;! in the divorce-mill conspiracy in New York, pleaded guilty of perjury and: of fered to turn state's evidence. The Methodist Annual Conference passed a resolution forbidding preach ers to ride on train or street cars on Sunday. They may ride horseback. The steamer Fife, a new vessel, wns lost In the Straits of Belle Isle during a snow storm. The crew reached land after a rough experience. John Ialy, a lad of 15, was shot by Joseph E. Neamar, a bartender. In New York, who then committed suicide by swallowing carbolic acid. Frank Hlndberg was sentenced to ten years in the Penitentiary for at tempted assault In Newport News, Va., on the daughter of Johu U'nz. Two old ladles Violet J. Cooley and her niece, Jane Colt Cooley were murdered In their home, near Char lotte, N. C, and their house looted. A warrant was Issued for the arrest of Assistant Cashier Brown, who loot ed the German National Bank of New part, Ky. Minister Harris sailed from New York for Austro-Hungary to wind, up his affairs thcie preparatory to re signing. Tho long drouth In the mining re gions of Pennsylvania has at last been broken. Thomas Farley killed his wife and himself in their Hat In New York. The widow of the late Commodore Forrest died In Charle3town, W. Va, Representative Hopkins, chairman of the Committee on Census, estimates that the Increase In the membership of the new House under the new cen sus will be between fifteen and twenty members. The Chinese ' minister spoke before the American Academy of Political and Social Science in Philadelphia, and ex plained! the causes of Ill-feeling of Chinamen toward foreigners. At a meeting In St. 1oiils of repre sentatives of commercial bodies, U was decided to memornlize Congress to modify the Interstate Commerce law. Chicago Methodist ministers will ask President McKlnley to recommend to Congress the enactment of legislation to prevent lynching;. The House Ways and Means Com mittee took up tho consideration of a reduction In war taxes. Lieutenant Haeseler, of the navy, who was well known as au Inventor, died in New York. The hulk of the wrecked Maine will be removed from Havana harbor. One case of heat print ration Is re ported In Pittsburg. City Detective Jerry Shea, of Savannah. Ou., was shot and killed In that city by John J. Hart, In a quarrel over an actress with whom uotn men were Infatuated. Samuel Sheppard, convicted of wife murder, made a desperate attempt to escape while preparations were maut to take him to the Penitentiary. Hoko Bumbaugh and Daniel Bossier were placed under J500 bail on the charge of conspiring Isaac Michaels to marry the Widow Sprenkel. A cat set lire to the furniture in tho house of Charles Thompson, in Mar tinsburg, W. Va. John G.- Carter, of Boston, au In ventor of a proec-ss for making a sub stitute for rubber from coltoimocd oil, died in Savannah, Ga. A warrant has been Issued for tho arrest of Rev. 1). C. Stuart, a Baptist nreoeher of Wvomlni:. Pa..- whose wife died suddenly. The University of Notre Dame, near South Bend, Ind., was visited by Are and severe loss sustained. The suspension of J. Fletcher Shorn, a New York broker, was an nouncedi ou the Stock Exchange. Leonard O. Nash, of Brad ford. Pa. was killed by falling from the water tower at Princeton. TORNADO KILLS MANY. Severe Storm Sweeps Parts o( Tennessee And Mississippi. DOZEN TOWNS PARTLY DEVASTATED Big Blow Was Also Felt In Other Sections ol the Country, But the Worst Damage was Done In Tennessee and Mississippi, Where In Some Instances F.ntlre Families Were Wiped Out of Existence. Nashville, Tenn. (Special). The lat est reports received from the sections of Central and Western Tennessee and Northern Mississippi which were swept by n tornado show that nt least 65 persons were killed and over 76 In jured. Telegraphic communication with the region visited by the storm Is Inter rupted, and It is feared that when full details are known the list of the dead will be lengthened. The storm entered the Slate from Northern Mississippi and swept, across In a northeasterly direction. Great damage Is reported from the counties bordering on Mississippi and farther on Columbia, on Maury county. Is the heaviest sufferer. Lavergne, Noleus vllle and Gallatin also felt tho wind's force, the storm Anally losing Its force against the Cumberland mountain range. Columbia's casualties number 2.1 dead and 50 Injured. The path of the storm was nbout oO yards wide and was through tho north western suburbs of the town. In Its path everything Is wrecked. Not Avon the iron and stone fence of the arsenal grounds Is standing. The houses of Captain Aydelott, the Farrels and other large residences were demol ished. With the exception of these four houses the storm's path was through a section of the town populated chiefly by negroes and the pisirer classes, and the houses were mere hovels. It Is estimated that 150 of them were de stroyed and a large number damaged. The suffering of the people made homeless and bereft of all their goods Is pitiable. Sixteen houses were destroyed. J. B. Hampton had 400 in money, which was blown iiway and only a part, re covered. At Lavergne. 16 miles south of this city on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis road, the velocity of the wind was marvelous and from best reports lasted only about 20 seconds. In this short time about 35 dwellings were re duced to kindling wood. The loss of life is small compared with the mir aculous escapes made. The wind made a swath about 200 yards wide through the middle of the town. Tho Lavergne High School and the depot, the two largest, buildings, were laid flat on the ground. The loss of these two build ings Is placed at $7000. The railroad lost four section houses til ho, each valued at $900. Mr. Robertson's house, which was n very strong log structure, was in the middle of the path of the storm and was laid fiat on the ground. He and his child had retired and Mrs. Robert son was sitting near the bed sewing. Beore she could warn her husband death had claimed him and the child. Mrs. Robertson's escape was mar velous. In almost every home there were several injured. In Williamson county great damage was done, but the town of Franklin es caped with comparatively small loss. Houses and timber in Sumner county also suffered considerably, but first reports sent out from Gallatin were ex aggerated. Great suffering Is being experienced by those deprived of homes at La vergne and Nolensvllle. Columbia, Tenn. (Special). Tho loss of life In tho vicinity of Columbia was 25. Most of these Were negroes, about 12 victims being white. The storm did not strike the town of Columbia proper, but swept over the district to the northwest of the place. The cyclone lasted for about five minutes and its path extended about 1000 feet wide, which is clearly marked by the devastation wrought. Immense damage was done to farmr and hundreds cf head of livestock were killed. Considerable damage resulted at Martin's Mill and at Indian Creek. Twenty houses at Dallas, Ala., near Huntsville, were demolished, but no lives were lost. Near Franklin, Tenn., the residence of Abel Little was destroyed. Mr. Lit tle and Mrs. M. Hughes were badly hurt. At Boxley's. Tenn., a storehouse was destroyed and three negroes were killed. SENT TO CAPTURE AOUINALDO. Mixed Expedition ol Filipinos and Americans to Northern Luzon. Manila (By cable). Gen. Macabolos, tho former Filipino chief, is prepared to start in pursuit of Agulnaldo with one hundred picked natives, supported by American troops. Other ex-reoel Filipinos will be used in campaigning in the country. Their offers have not been formally made yet, but they are ready 1f the authorities will accerit their services. Agulnaldo, it is supposed, Is In northern Luzou, according to state ments made by ex-rebel leaders now In Manila, confirmed from other sources. Aglipay. a renegade native priest, long an Insurgent leader In northern Luzon, has written to friends in Ma nlla, asking for election news, and re questing to be Informed whether n de clsion has been reached concerning the relations between church and tate and the disposition of church proper ties. The replies gent him contain the inormation that church and state will be separated, and that entire religious freedom will be allowed. Thunder Storm in Chicago. Chicago (Special). Glaring flashes of lightning und. loud peals of thun der, sights and sounds general pecu liar to midsummer In Chicago, accom panied the storm that burst upon the city shortly before midnight. Rain fell In deluging quantities and the ele ments displayed all the characteristics of a summer thunderstorm. Telegraph nnd telephone wires were affected by the electricity In the atmosphere. The streets in some sections of the city ran like rivers. There was enough wind on the lake to endanger the safety of light craft. Money Package Vanishes. Sioux City, Iowa (Special). A $5000 package shipped by the Bank ot Shel don, Iowa, to the Security National Bank of Sioux City, disappeared from the safe of the American Express Com pany In the branch office of the com pany nt the Northwestern Depot. The package was shipped lit 5 o'clock In the evening, and arrived In Sioux City at 7 o'chx'k. The night agentatthe depot office of the company checked in the package and locked it in the safe. He left the room for some pur pose, and upon his return the money was gone.. TRADE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Reviews by Dun & Co. and Rradstrect's Show Marked Steadiness In the List ot Quotations. New York (Special). U. G. Dun ft Co.'s "Weekly Review cf Trade" says: "With reasnnadile promptness busi ness Is recovering both activity nnd tone, and fortunately without tiie sharp rise In general prices which was seen In the Spring and, which was fol lowed by a sudden and serious trans ition to n more natural range. Manu factured goods are rising In response to a betUr demand from distributing sources. The ordinary measures ttt business reflect Increasing operations nt all points, hut the textile markets are at the point of least renpons;? to the Improved undertone of trade. "Recital of conditions in the Iron and steel market hn3 become n monotonous repetition. Each week there Is the same record of activity, so generally distributed that everything from vhe raw material to tho finished product enjoys a share. There Is also the same freedom from speculative ac cumulation In anticipation of fancy prices that has been for weeks the most encouraging feature. Railroad companies compete for rolling stock. Export, orders in some lines are filled with difficulty, owing to the unusual domestic demand for all forms of iron and steel products; but In no quarter Is there any unreasonable Inflation of prices such as was seen during the meteoric ascent last. year. "Two factois militate strongly against the activity and strength In wool and woolens. Mild weather has been the chief adverse Influence, re ducing sales far below a normal vol ume In this vicinity, while liquidation of embarrassed concerns threatens to throw a considerable quantity on the market at. forced sules. "Failures for the week were 2.18 in tho United States, against 191 last year, and twenty-nine In Canada, against twenty-two last year. "Bradstreets" says: "Unsettled weather conditions have oppratedi to curtail mall and Jabbing distribution this week, and Imparted a quieter tone to several lines indirect ly associated therewith. "In marine shipping circles a dis tinct improvement is reported since the first week of November. While the volume of business In pig Iron Is still large, it does not apparently come up to that of last week or t'he week pre vious. No disappointment, is, how ever, felt at this, more particularly as quotations have again been marked up. Reports of preparations to resume come from many places for some time idle, nnd a sample Instance is the re port that every furnace in the Chi cago field will bo nt work next week. Reports from Pittsburg are that de mand; for steel billets 13 still back ward, not so much because of the price demanded, $19.50, but because of its being fixed by tho pool nt that rate. Foundry pig Is, however, active and tending higher. What the market for cruder forms lacks In the way of ac tivity, however, is made up for by the Immense demand for finished pro ducts, which is reported in excess of all records for this period. "Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 3,827, 296 bu shelg against 4,002,020 last week; 3,- 688.677 In the corresponding week of 1899; 5,824,760 In' 1898: 5,465,153 In 1897, and 3,753,696 in 1896. From July 1 to date this season wheat ox- ports are 75,301,387 bushels against 85.468,542 last season and 89,124,083 in 1898-99. "Corn exports for the week aggre gate 5,235,568 against 3,976,914 last week, 4,149,523 in this week a year ago; it. 993,846 in tsas; z.xu'j.yud in and 2,920,802 in 1896. From July 1 to date this season corn expous are 69, 8S0.561 bushels against 92,170,489 last season and 60,822,762 In 1898-99. WARMHlMiENT TO TURKEY. May Enforce the Demand ol the United States lor Indemnity tor the Outrages In Armenia. Washington (Special). Orders of a significant character In connection with the fruitless attempts of the United States to secure payment of the $90,000 demanded of Turkey for the destruction of the American property In the Armenian troubles were Issued by the Navy Department. A telegram was sent to Naples, to be delivered to Capt. C. M. Chester of the battleship Kentucky on his arrival there, direct ing that the Kentucky touch at Smyrna, Turkey. Beyond this fact no information concerning Capt. Chester's instructions Is obtainable. Smyrna was not ou the original itinerary of the Kentucky. Since the controversy with the Turkish Government over the Ar menian claim became acute, American warships, proceeding to and from the Philippines, have by specific directions carefully avoided Turkish ports. The important bearing ou the Indemnity question of the orders to the most pow erful vessel of the American Navy to stop at Smyrna at this time cannot therefore be overlooked. Freight Trains Wrecked and Hurn.d. Savannah, Ga. (Special). Two freight trains on the Plant System collided thirteen miles out of this city and William Smith, colored, of Sa vannah, was killed. Engineers Dell and Broome n if d their colored firemen Jumped and were severely Injured. The wreck took fire and was burned. The trains were laden with cotton, turpen tine and rosin. Five Washed Overboard aud Lost. Detroit (Special). A special from Newberry, Mleh., says: Word has been received here by D. N. McLeod, lumberman, that one of his scows, used In transporting freight from Sault Ste. Marie to Deer Park where he has a number of lumber ramps, was caught in a storm on Lake Superior, off Deer Park, and five of the six nieu on board were washed overboard ami drowned. Student Falls 110 Feet. Princeton, N. J. (Special). Whlli attempting to climb an Iron ladder running up the Bide of tho high water tower on Mercer Heights, Just outside of Princeton, Leonard M. Nash, of Bradford, Pa., a etudont. here, lost, hla hold and fell about 110 feet. He was Instantly killed. Captain McCalla on Trial. Manila (By cable). Capt. Bowman H. McCalla, of tho United States cruiser Newark, Is undergoing trial by rourtmartial convened by Admiral Remey, Killed His Wife and Himself. New York (Special). William Lem burg, 73 years old, shot and killed his wife, Kate, 53 years old, at their home In Brooklyn. From evidences shown by a rope halter hanging In a cupboard of the apartment, the old man tried to hang himself afterward, but finally turned, the revolver upon himself. Both were wounded In the heud. The bndl of the couple were discovered by Uielr daughter, who was returning to lunch from n neni'by department store. Ke cently Lemburg bad been an inmate of one of the local homes. No cause Is 'assigned for the deed CONGER MAY BE RECALLED Secretary Hay Suggests New Conference at The linjrtie or Washington. NEGOTIATIONS AT PEKIN A FAILURE A No(e to that Elfcct Sent to (he European Powers-Mr. Conger's Apparent Persistence In an Attitude Toward the Chinese Govern ment Which Ills (lovernmcnt Retuscs to In-dorse-Trying to (load China Into War. Washington (Special). President McKlnley Is reluctantly coming to th" conclusion that Minister Conger must be recalled from Pekln, unless there Is a very decided (hange In bis conduct of the peace negotiations In China. This step If finally decided upon will have been made unavoidable by tho American Minister's per sistence In an attitude toward the Chinese government which his gov ernment has emphatically refused to Indorse, and by his consistent acquiescence in tin? unreasonable demands mnde by the foreign ministers In Pekln for the execution of a number of high Chinese officials Great Britain has already relieved if minister in Pekln, and it is nnnouncro that 'the present Japanese Minister to .hlna has been succeeded by his e-il- league at St. Petersburg. Both these outitrlcs have recognized that the diplomatic usefulness of their repre sentatives in China h is been Impaired iy the awful sufferings they under went while besieged during the Box ers' Insurrection. It Is understood that President McKlnley will shortly ex- end to Minister Conger a warm Invita tion to visit him at Washington, in rder i lint the present situation in Pekln may be fully discussed, without the delay and the secrecy made neces sary by the slow communiciljon of mall and wire. Mr. Conger will bo nskrd to remain In Washington for some time In order that both the Presi dent and the Secretary of State may have the full benefit of his counsel uid his experience based on his knowledge of the conditions, not only in Pekln, but throughout the entire Chinese Empire. 1 his government Would prefer that the powers agree among themselves to conduct the future negotiations either In Washington or some capital In Europe, and the change- of tho seat of negotiations be accompanied by the appointment of new representatives from all the countries. This plan was fnvored by the Department of Slate immediately after the ministers were saved last August, and It had been practically decided that Mr. Seth lw. of New York, and General J. H. Wil son, of General Chaffee's stiff, to gether with Mr. Conger, should repre sent the United States. It was the op position of Germany to this plan that prevented Its adoption, and the secret of the Emperor's objection has since become very plain in the course pur sued by General von Wnldersee, who Is apparently determined to gold China Into war. The work f the ministers In Pekln has been an entire failure, and the government believes that it will be wiser for tho commissioners who attend the conference to ignore all that, has been done in Pekln. and begin - fresh negotiations, without reference to any demands that have cen made heretofore. LANDSLIDE AT THE MINES. Many Frame Houses Were Torn Away, Hut No Lives Were Lost. Parkersbuig, W. Va. (Special). Five large soft coal mines north of Clarksburg were badly damaged by nn normous landslide. No. lives were last, owing to the fact that the miners had not yet entered th:- workings, hut several irame dwellings were torn from their foundations. The slide came from the hillside overlooking the in ranees to t he mines. Thousands ot tons cl rock and dirt, loosened prcb- ly by recent rains, slid down the steep hill, destroying the buildings around the shafts and rolling into the Hoy, where the channel of a large stream was filled. The course of the water was changed, and the hillside now has the appearance of an unde veloped piece of land. The shafts ol' the mines were filled with dirt. INDUSTRIAL CONVENTION. Will Be Held at New Orleans and Discuss , Various Live Topics. New Orleans, La. (Special). The ar rangements for the Southern Indus trial Convention, which will opeu In this city next week, are completed, and the attendance, Judging froiu the en rolled delegates already reported, will be the largest cf any gathering for a similar purpose ever held In America. The list of subjects that will come be fore the convention covers almost every Interest of tho South, and these will be discussed by some of the ablest men In the nation. There are different States represented among the enrolled delegates. Fled to Escape Arrest. MIdd.c: lioro, Ky. (Special). It Ih re ported that John Powers nnd Berry Howard, under indictment for the as sassination of William Goebel, have left the mountains where they sought refuge from arrest. Powers was at Harlan and Howard In the mountains of Bell county, both places being 20 miles from any railroad. Tho men, It Is said, left two days ag.) accompanied by several mountaineers and started through the mountains for West Virginia. Famous Woman Spy Dead. Detroit (Special). Mrs. Hiram Hinsdale, who distinguished herself by her heroism during the Civil War and who rendered valuable service to the government as a spy, Is dead at St. y y's Hospital, at the ago of 94. Fatal "Side Swipe." Savannah, Ga. (Special). The northern fast mall train on the Plant System collided with a freight at a siding at Green Pond, S. C. It was what is called in railway circles :i "slde-swlne." The freight was par tially In the siding when tho mail train struck it. Engineer t. is. Jones, oi the mall train, was killed, and his fire man, Thomas lister, was seriously in jured. A number of the freight cart were wrecked. The 400 striking miners at tho Moll by colliery of the Lehigh Valley Com pany returned to work. Turkey Stubborn. Constantinople (By cable). United Stales Charge d'Affaires Griscom called upon Tewflk Pasha, Minister foi Foreign Affairs, to urge a settlement of the difficulty In relation to the granting of au exequatur to Dr Thomas H. Norton, who some time ago was appolnied by President Me- Kiniey to establish a consulate at liar poot. Tho Porte, 'however, Is firm In its refusal to grunt the request for an exequatur. Anthony Coiustock, in behalf of the Society of Suppression of Vice, threat ens a war on places ot vice in New York. TWENTY-SIX PERSONS PERISH. Steamer St. Olnf floes Down With Crew and Passengers-Not One Person Is Saved. Quebec (Special). News reached here that the Steamer St. Olnf, which has been cc acting between this port and Point of Aux Esquimaux, In the lower St. Lawrence, for the last two years, 'and become a total wreck off Seven Isl inds, and 1hat her crew and passengers were lost As soon as the news of tho wreck reached Seven Islands a searching party went ot.c to attempt to rescue any of the hhlpwreckcd people, but thlB wns Impossible, as everyone aboard the vessels seems to have boon lost. Cnptaln Lcmalstre, In command of the stenmer, and several of his officers nnd crew, Udonged to this ci.v. The first dispatch frdm Seven Islands brought but meagre news, and It was only late In the afternoon that. A. Frazer & Co., owners of the steamer, were Informed of the extent of the disaster. The St. Olnf was nn Iron steamer of 305 tons, and wn built on the Clyde Bt Port Glasgow in 1882. She was val ued at nbout $10,000 and insured for about $20,000. Before coming to this port she ran between Pictou and Magdalen Is lands, and was chartered by Frazer & Co., to replace the steamship Otter, wrecked on her last trip to Quebec two years ago. The St. Olaf left hero on Sunday morning last on her Inst trip to Esquimaux Point, carrying Govern ment malls, passengers and a large cargo. All apparently went well on the way down, nnd the steamer left Immediate ly on her return trip to this port. The last news heard of the St. Olaf was that she had left Sheldrake, and short ly after this the signal station dis patches reported rough weather, with gales of wind nnd snow, and it Is sup posed that, during one of these gales the St. Olaf ran ashore on one of the rocks ait the entrance of tho Seven Islands, as tho dispatch stateB that she was wrecked on Boule Island. Captain lcmalstre was well and favorably known as a careful and skillful coast navigator and had been a resident of this city for some years. News has been received here that the Si. Olaf Is lying on the rock, nnd at. low tide two feet of her hull can be seen out of water. The residents of Seven Islands are searching the shores for iKidies. Tho place where the steamer was wrecked Is about seven miles off Seven Islands nnd about 300 miles from this port. Lynching Feared In Texas. Austin. Texas (Special). The peo ple of San Saba county are greatly ex cited over the murder of Dr. N. Bur leson, one of the prominent citizens of that section. T. J. Reeves, who committed the crime, Is confined In jail at San Saba. There is strong talk of lynch ing, and as the Jail is Insecure, the mob would have little difficulty In carrying out. its plans. Dr. Burleson was sitting in his of fice when Reeves entered and shot him without a word. He was pursued nnd captured. v Ministers Weakening. Ixuidoii (By cable). A dispatch to the Times from Pekln, dated Novem Imt 15, says that the Ministers are weakening regarding their demand for the Infliction of the death penalty on the Princes aud high officials guilty of complicity lit the Boxer movement. They have reduced their proposal to tho severest punishment provided for by Chinese law, forget ting that the Princes are beyond the reach of the Chinese common law. 100 More (ialveston Storm Victims. Galveston, Tex. (Special). The United States surveying corps found over 100 dead bodies In a swamp Just west of the city ou the island, where they had been deposited by the storm of September 8. This un burled dead were In an out of the way place, near the county road, and had not been dis covered by the burying parties sent out after tho storm. Tramp's Turn Next. Washington (Special). The Indus trial Commission has appointed Prof. John R. Commons of the Bureau of Economic Research, New York city, as an expert to Investigate the effect of immigration and the problem of the unemployed, especially with a view to the study of the tramp ques tion. Tragedy in West Virginia. Cumberland (Special). Informa tion reached here of the shooting of J. H. Madignn, nn official of tho Fer guson Construction Company, build ing the Greenbrier railroad, by C. J. McOlnty, paymaster of the company, nt Huttonsville, near Elklns, W, Va. Treasurer Gone With $25,000. Chicago (Special). Robert J. Stell, secretary-treasurer of the Monadnock Ivoan nnd Investment Company, has disappeared. It Is said .his books show a shortage of $25,000. FOREIGN Al PAIRS. The Boers continue to cut the rail ways In South Africa. Lord Rosobery was installed as lord rector of Glasgow University. The Relchtag will soon take steps to encourage Boer emigration to tho Ger- m an possessions. Opposition members of the Spanish Parliament are preparing to make bit ter altucks upon the government. The German Bark Vidar, from New port News, Va., is reported to have foundered at sea. No lives were lost. At a conclave of tho bishops and archbishops of the Church of England It was decided not to prosecute tho rit ualists, and thus another threatened crisis in the history of the Church of England is averted. Mall advices from Tien Tain, China, state that there has been considerable friction Is'tween the American and the French soldiers. The theory is advanced In St. Peters burg that the Czar contracted fever from eating quail or drinking diseased milk. Rumors that the Czar is en epi leptic are denied. A Chinese Imperial edict sentencing Prince Tuan to Imprisonment for life means that his son, the heir-apparent, can never be emperor. Prince Chwang Is also sentenced to life imprisonment, and other leading Chinese dignitaries are severely punished. Advices from Colombia, by steamer to Jamaica, state that the Insurgents had gained several victories nnd were marching In force against Panama. Prince Tuan is under arrest In the province of Shan SI. French pnd Rus sian forces have occupied tho imperial tombs southwest ot Pekln. As a result of tho anti-Semitic feel ing In army circles in France, Captain Coblentz fought, a duel with M. Roger Luzarche, and the cuptalu was wound ed. Grave fears are expressed that the smallpox and other infectious diseases prevalent among the Chinese may. spread to the soldiers, the sanitary con ditions In Pekln being alarming. BOERS WILL NT?ERilFi ni., U. -.4U n ,l . . . I wu .,,, UtBl 0I Las, M .A ru:iA . ... ' ""01,1 a..u "" van stniWc End KRUGER'S SOLEMN nm f """"WIIO Ex.Pres,dcntTel.sCI.zc,0,M,rMi((J """" "ine wmi t nate Ibe South African Wor..mD Reception ol the DlMlnguishcd h. M.rfll...,.- ti.. "Sl"" ..,v i' n i on. Marseilles (By cable). p,i v ' former President of the Sow rif niiKiin arv viui im... Mr. Krnger cannot bin ho ei,tM the warmth of his ,: neonle t Mnr-.m... ,,l"mn Y i to have been borne' . "'?.y Im' wave ot enthusiasm fro,,, th" nnd boulevards 'through ThT route my presented a mUn human be iies. nit nt,,.. . unanimous desire to welcam,. ih,f '; Boer Htfltemiinn 8? From the mc mrnt i, , oared barge left the 8i( ,l( derland with Mr. K .... ' (, iii-i.iiiiu wiui .Mr. Krnger i, n,,m-.,H In I.. I.. , . V m her stern, surrounded hv the n,J I . . , . , -, un inning up i ... l.'l-i, .!,,. .,.! ,,. '") of cheering broke and never t,.LTE til Mr. Kruger entered his IrntH ll then, a vast concourse (,r u. ! malned In front of the hY.MnK!& Mr. Kruger appeared m n. A2 where he had to remain fur ; uncovered, acknowledging th ' ! matlons of bis th amis of a.l.niri . , iiKi-niiR lltU were hoarse w th sli.m.i,,,. tut Replying to the address, f . come of the presidents f the p. nnd Marseilles coinmlttoes Mr Kl gcr spoke In Dutch and in i'lowv, accompanying his words with m, getlo movements of his h,1ti vM h held In his right hand. After thar ing the committees t, of the reception accorded him and i-.eBB.iiB Ki-auiuiio ror the symm& he had rece veil from th v. t , . I ' IK l ,f eminent, he spoke of the war as fl uu- nmi uarousiy c-onilnctcil hv British. He said: y "1 have fought with savages the present war Is even worse' will never snrrendi.r j mined to flirht to ih ( l:l ut i v i m J. and if the republics of the Transvi mm uiuiirij riee suite lose their in pendeuce it will be because they t lost every man, woman and child." This declaration dispelled at'm any impression that he intends i' cept any compromise from thfi urj uovernmenr. jiis nnnniinrement greeted with a roar of cheers nnd of "Vive Kruger!" "Vive lea Hi,,. "Vive la Liberie!" BANK ROBBER CHIEF CONFESSES James B. Dunlsp Admits looting Welling Concern. Chicago (Special). James B. I lap, tne leaner or several hands bank burglars, one of which mooed Northampton, Mass., bank of 11,000. has confessed nt Watsekn, 111., to li the the Pates Bank, nt Wellington, on March 23 last. He has been In In Watseka ever since last April, w he was captured In Chicago, but d-tB his guilt. Finally, however, he plea guilty, and Judge Hllsclier sentin him to twenty years' Imprlsunnif the extreme limit for robbery, James B. Dunlap, known for i.l years as the king of hank nibliers, arrested In Chicago on March 2t by central station detectives. He found living in luxurious anartml In Wabash avenue, near Tweuty-t. street, and was arrested on his r, from looting tho Pates Hank at lington, III. In his possession wera tKls and supplies for sute-liluw Down With 60,000 Tons ol Ore. Buffalo, N. Y. (Speclal).-A If of the Minnesota ore docks, slttiat, Blackwell Canal, in this liarlmr. lapsed under the weight of liO.lW of on-. Two boys were killed and! man was badly Injured The property loss is estlin.it J15O.000. The crash came wit wnrnlnir. 300 feet of the (look 1 nearing beneath the surface nt water, the top of the great pile of which had stood twenty-live feet ..n the ilork. lust showing abiiv. water. The ore Is owned by Pickl Mather Co.. of Cleveland. Ih was recently rebuilt nnd flttt'il witB latest and most expensive nmonin, Engineer Killed and Five Persons Hut Zanesvllle. Ohio (SperliiD.-A the Wheeling anil Elrle Railroad, ran Into an mien fl here, badly wrecking ue ei w ir. nnirlnn..,- T.illtl MoHHTS. 01 tills i..mnH hut fell under the wheels was killed. Four trainmen wen by Jumping, and Mrs. Sarah Si i of lxmisvllle, Ky., wa. thrown seat and badly bruised. More Riots Reported. Canton (By eablet.-Kefiif! rrtveil hero report that ........... 1,11V,, broken 'f iiiimuin tho Province of Kianu'-Sl. The non-Christians are 'i badges, and. all persons not ': i.. ,i..,,,r,.i. nf deatn. i The Viceroy of the prv hice t nolnted a deputy to -'"'. " S turbanee, und French pw1 accompany the latter with w of enforcing his orders. h'eud Euds In Trased) Cheyenne. Wyo. (PJ and Albert Alderhe and 1 Mi ner, cowboys, fought a en line, f of tot 31.1 I m iii Soln .on , ;he 11 try f 11 mountains near " ,,, horses were killed ami tn brothers wore senou-; received a ball In liert was suoi ":... t wtf two families nave 7 2 some lime. Further trouble m sue. mile FIELD OF LAIWK. .. . ..in harbors tad iirti( rnero are mvv iu,' . . Japan claims 3000 u' T I "Oil if of Japan lias iuuu """i"" Chicago has an outomoWh' A union. . ..... n,ii Chicago's Huu "'"Vdefatil clerks will Join the hed." I sih; !ft, Labor. .u.d i Paris trademarks arc plat ! .1. iihon work. . 1 trid but 1 urn mwuui np ' . .. ie-irel Greek and Kgypt''1" crs of New York organ!" . . ,...i i KM) times Land in ung - rs out uablo now as n -.j ;'lt fori. Charleston c... 1 - . ,, tinners, aud piuim-" hour day. 10 Chicago stenographer , no waire is from u l" Hlb ' 1 are organizing- . The eight-hour day w (lJ forced In ulmost uii i towns ot unguim.. (J About 7000 peopl" ' ( ployed in the prepniatl"" fr forth, market The miners of ""V Jec Ufa Ufa HJln II ft '
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