FATAL COLLISION OF CARS IN ALBANY. Plrt Persons Were Kilted and Over Forty Injured. FRIGHTFUL WRECK ON TROLLEY LINES Cart Filled With People, Running at Milk Ant of Speed, Collide, and One Car Tle Mfii tb Other-Women, Children and Wreckage Hurled Into aa Indiscriminate Mass-On Motonnao'a Legs Cut OIL Albany, N. Y. (Special1!. Electric ears racing for a switch while dashing in opposite directions at the rate of 40 iniles an hour cost five lives in a ter rific collision, in which over 40 persons were injured, some fatallv and all seri ously. The lobby of the postoffice building here was filled with dead and wounded, hysterical women and chil dren looking for relatives and surgeons administering temporary relief. The scene of the accident was about two miles from Greenbush, on the line ol the Albany and Hudson railway. The place where the cars met on the single track was at a sharp curve. So fast were both running and so sudden was the collision that the motormen had r.o time to put on the brakes before the southbound car had gone almost clean through the northbound one and hung on the edge of a high bluff, with a load of shrieking, maimed humanity. One motorman was pinioned up against the smashed front of the southbound car with both legs severed and was killed instantly, the other motorman living but a few minutes. Fully 120 men. women and children formed a struggling, shrieking pyramid mixed with blood, detached portions n' human bodies and the wreckage of the cars. Some of the more slightly injured men exrricated themselves first and be gan to pull people out of the rear ends of the two cars. Almost all on board were taken out in this way. The few women and children who had escaped injury and death were hysteri cal. They added their cries to the ahrieks of the dying and mutilated. Men with broken arms and bones, dislocated joints and bloody head and faces tried to assist others who were more helpless. Help had been summoned from East Grsnbuh and vicinity and in a little time the bruised mass of humanity, with the dead for a gruesome and silent company, was loaded on extra cars and brought to Albany. Here ambulances and physicians had been summoned and the postoffice was turned into a morgue and hospital. As fast as the physicians could temporarily fix up the wounded they were taken to their homes or to hospitals. WIFE HANGED HERSELF. Oar Hassand Had Held Her la Lash to Pre vent This Very Act. New York (Special). Suicide by a woman with a rope that was expected to prevent an attempt at self-murder, was the burden of the story told to Dr. Charles P. Wuest, who was sent to per form an autopsy on the body of Mrs. Albertine Filsinger, at 68 Vermont ave nue, Brooklyn, by Coroner De Lap to day. Mrs. Filsinger, who was the wife of Charles Filsinger, a well-to-do insurance man, was found hanging in front of the mirror in her parlor. She had tried be fore to end her life, and her husband, in order to care for her, had tied her with a rope to his waist when they went to bed. While he slept she untied the rope ao skillfully that he was not awakened, and it was with this strand that she hanged herself. NEW PRESIDENT OF B. it 0. L. F. Loree, a Vice-President of the Penn sylvania Selected. Cleveland. Ohk (Special). L. F. Lo Tee, fourth vice-president of the Penn sylvania Railroad. Company, has been selected as president of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad. The selection hav ing been made, the change becomes ef fective June I. This choice signifies the complete domination of Baltimore and Ohio affairs by the Pennsylvania Com pany. Mr. Loree is the ablest expon ent of Pennsylvania principles that could be found. His appointment, therefore, not only confirms the final supremacy of the Pennsylvania in Bal timore and Ohio management, but indi cates that the Pennsylvania's principles re to be introduced into the Baltimore and Ohio's management by one of the Pennsylvania's ablest representatives. OFFICERS IN DISGRACE. la a Drunken Quarrel Lieutenant Howell Shot Second Lieutenant Lloyd. Manila (By Cable). It is alleged that, as the outcome of a drui'ken quar rel in the officers' quarters at Camp Stotsenberg, Lieut. James F. Howell, of the Sixth Artillery, shot Second Lieut. Charles R. Lloyd, of the same regiment, the bullet grazing the left side of Lloyd's head and inflicting a slight wound. After retreat that evening Lieutenant Howell, who was temporarily in com mand, took Field Battery 12 on a wild "hike" through the jungles and rice fields of Mariquina Valley. Later Howell, Lloyd and Dr. Over ton, who dressed Lloyd's wound, were placed under arrest. The affair it be ing investigated. Boers Make a Dash. - Middleburg, Transvaal Colony (By Cable). The commandos of Kritznger, Van Reenan and Fouche debouched be fore dawn and crossed the railroad. They dashed southward, rcinvading the more populous districts of Cape Colo ny. Fouche's commando has been rest ing many weeks jn the Zuurberg moun tains. Wild Run Down a Mountain. Altoona, Pa. (Special). Conductor John Early, of Pitcairn, was killed and Fireman L. E. Lingenfeltcr injured as the rsalt of a train running away on the mountain west of here this morn- Ag. The ere lost control of the engine and 43 cars of coal just after leaving the Gallitzen tunnel and starting down the eastern slope. Two empty engines in charge of Engineers John Riley and J. F. McNulty, of this city, were stand ing at McGarvey, near the end of the grade. These men arranged to assist 10 stoppng the train. Floods la North Carolina. Raleigh, N. C. (Special). Governor Ayrock says all the lowland crops on the Mate penitentiary farm, known as "Cale donia," was destroyed by the raging Roanoke River, including aoo acres of wheat. He says the flood damage in the slate amounts to millions of dollars. All streams in this section are rising. Tat Disaster la Java. The KaBue (By Cable). An official rflipa!i'ii from Batavia, Java, says three ''Luropcaii and 17H natives perished as a result of the recent eruption of the Vol cano of Kcloct. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS. , Domestic At the General Assembly of the United Presbyterians the committee re ported in favor of repealing the section in the Confession bearing, on the de ceased wife's sister question. The steamer Ohio, arrived at Boston, reports collision at sea with the Norwe gian bark Elise. The bark was sunk, and it is reported that 14 men were lost. Picnicers on the Cumberland moun tains, in Virginia, found an unknown man hanging from a tree. He is sup posed to have been killed by moon shiners. Senators Tillman and McLaurin have both resigned as United States Sena tors, effective September 15, and both go into primary for re-election. Moses T. Hale, city treasure', and Charles E. Smith, city clerk, of Colo rado Springs, were arrested on the charge of embezzlement. Mrs. Lillian M. Stevens, president of the W. C. T. J., says army officers are in conspiracy for the restoration of the army canteen. Chas. Lutes was arrested in Mounds ville, W. Vs., on suspicion of having murdered Johnscm Hammond. The thirtieth anniversary of the American Baptist Education Society held in Springfield, Mass. The National Convention at Havana adopted resolutions in opposition to the Piatt amendment. Puddlers' wages were increased from $3.25 to $V.o per ton at the York (Pa.) Rolling Mill. Edward N. Willcox. of Portsmouth, Va., was drowned near Weldon, N. C. President McKinley reviewed two regiments of infantry, just returned from the Philippines to be mustered out of service. He made a speech to the men, which was heartily cheered. The President also turned, the sod on the site in San Francisco where the monument is to be erected in com memoration of Admiral Dewey's vic tory in Manila Bay. Governor Allen was given a magnifi cent reception at San Juan. Porto Rico. In an address to $5000 people the Gov ernor expressed a desire for co-operation to aid the government in advanc ing the interests of the island. Rev. H. C. C. Atwood, pastor of an A. M. E. church in Brooklyn, N. Y., was found guilty of misapplying church funds by the Philadelphia Conference, in session in Harristjurg. A jury in Bellefontaine, Ohio, gave a verdict against Logan county to two colored men and a white woman who were tarred and feathered and driven out of town. The bodies of Capt. Henry J. Reilly and Capt. Austin R. Davis, who lost their lives in the Chinese campaign, were buried with military honors in Ar lington. Two Baltimore private detectives who testified for the Sabbath Observance League in Richmond, Va., had a hard time to get away from the angry saloon keepers. The Southern Presbyterians in Little Rock, Ark., agreed to the consolidation of the Northern and Southern Presby terian Seminaries .in Kentucky. The autopsy on the body of Mrs. L. Judd, who died at Dowie's Zion, in Chicago, showed that she died as the result of neglect of medical treatment. Mrs. Mary Schuler, a washerwoman, of Des Moines, claims to be a sister of the late William M. Rice, the-New York millionaire. A two-months-old son of J. Luther Pierson, the Mount Vernon (N. Y.) faith-curist, died, no physician 'having been called in. Former Governor John Riley Tan ner died suddenly at the Leland Hotel, in Springfield, HI., from rheumatism of the heart. Capt. Henry B. Seely. aged 61 years, a retired naval officer, dropped dead on the street in Philadelphia. Henry Schiding. a Civil War pen sioner, was found dead in his shanty, in York, Pa. Mr. Jacob H. Schiff, who was instru mental in reorganizing the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company, testified before a sub-committee of the Indus trial Commission in New York relative to community of interests of railroad companies. The condition of Esther Cleveland, daughter of former President Cleveland, ill at Princeton with diphtheria, is re ported as unchanged. The Michigan Legislature passed a bill to tax the Pullman Company 3 per cent, on their gross earnings in that State. Hon. John B. Knox was elected pres ident of the Alabama Constitutional Convention, in sesson at Montgomery. Five cadets were dismissed and six were suspended from the West Point Mlitary Academy for insubordination. A movement was started in Wash ington to raise funds with which to buy a home for Admiral Schley. From Norfolk, Va.. comes tne state ment that Spanish sailors are employed on American colliers. Mission work was discussed by the Cumberland Presbytery, in sessign at West Point, Miss. Foreign. Theodors Magers. bedroom steward of the steamer Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosee, has been arrsted at Bremer haven charged with being the man who took three gold bars from the specie room of the steamer on a voyage in April last. Bishop Hartzell. missionary bi?hop of the Methodist Episcopal Church in Africa, expresses the opinion that a general revolt of- the barbaric peoples against Christianity has begun. Emperor William, tired of the trouble in China, is desirous of the withdrawal of the German forces as speedily as pos sible. President Altschensky, of the Khar koff Chamber, of Commerce, a noted Russian financier, committed suicid". A bottle wtih a message stating that the steamer Croft was sinking at sea with all on bo.ird was picked up at Granton and brought to London, British weeklies make sarcastic refer ences to Carnegie's offer to the Scottish universities. The eight-hour movement is spread ing in Russia. Strikers who attacked an armor-plate works outside St. Pe tersburg, were fired upon by gend armes and several killed. Sir Alfred Hickman, in the British House of Commons, protested against railroad companies controlled by the government continuing to buy Ameri con locomotives. Successful experiments have been made between Berlin and Hamburg with the late Professor Rowland's sys tem of rapid telegraphy. Emperor William has issued orders to exclude reporters from all functions where he intends to speak. Marthinus Wessels Pretorius. first president of the Dutch African Repub lic, died in the Transvaal, Many lives are reported lost by a vol cano eruption at Ulnar, Java. The foreign ministers had a meeting in Pekin, which resulted unsatitfactor ly. None of the others were willing to accede to the American proposition for a reduction of the indemnity to for ty million pounds. . President McKin ley, in San Franrsico, is in constant communication with Washington on the subject, GERMANS CLASH WITH AMERICANS. Sentry of the American Guard Shoots German Soldier. AN INVESTIGATION BEINQ MADE. The First Trouble Experienced by the United States Legation Guard-German Officers sod Soldiers Refuse to Comply With Regulations -A German Officer Drsws His Sword, but Is Quickly Brought to a Halt. Pekin (By Cable). The new United States Legation guard here has had its first trouble since it was formed. The street is being repaired near the American Legation, and an American sentry was stationed at the place with orders to direct persons around by a side street. Evervbody obeyed the re quest except the Germans, both officers and soldiers, who, it is declared, have caused the American sentries much trou ble. One of the German officers drew his sword and charged an American soldier, who brought his bayonet to "charge," and the officer then desisted. Subse quently a German soldier charged past the sentry, who fired, hitting another German soldier near the German lega tion, a quarter of a mile off. This made only a slight flesh wound. The Ameri can sentry has been arrested, and Major Robertson, his commander, has insti tuted an investigation. The attitude of Dr. Mumm von Schwartzenstein. German Minister, rep resenting the civilians of that nationality, and Count von Waldersee, representing the military, as well as that of other high officials, has been particularly friendly toward the Americans, which makes all the more pronounced the unfriendly feel ing declared to be shown by a majority of the German officers and men. This unfriendliness is attributed to the Ameri can attitude in retaining control with the legation guard of one entrance to the Forbidden City, which the Germans con sider a reflection upon their national honesty, as they control the other en trances. Emperor Kwang Hsu has instructed agents to prepare the palace for occu pation by the Court as soon as the troops depart. KILLED BY A BEAR. Three Small Children Reported Devoured la West Virginia. Grafton, W. Va. (Special). A dis patch from Job, Randolph county, W. Va., says: "To be crushed to death in the embrace of a monster black bear and their little bodies afterward mangled and partly devoured was the frightful fate that befell the three young children of E. P. Porterfield, a mountaineer re siding about 12 miles southeast of this place. The remains were found by a searching party, which had been out since Sunday evening. The party 'in cluded John Weldon, a Maryland hunt er, who within a few minutes after the discovery of the bodies shot and killed the bear in a neighboring thicket. "The children were Mary, aged 3. Willie, aged 5, and Henry, aged 7. Shortly after noon Sunday they left home to gather flowers in a clearing near their home. Nothing more is known, but it is supposed that they wandered into the woods and, becoming lost, continued on their way until they were overtaken by the bear in the dense forest three miles from their parents' home. The bodies of the children, which presented a sickening sight, were car ried home in sacks. Woodmen of the World. Columbus, Ohio (Special). Milwau kee has been selected as place of hold ing the next biennial convention of the Woodmen of the World. KING HUMBERT'S ASSASSIN SUICIDES. GAKTANO BRESCI, ABSASPl or HUMBERT, AND HIg WIFB, SOPHIA BRESCI. Rome (By Cable). Bresci, the as sassin of the late King Humbert, has committed suicide at the penitentiary of Santo Stefano. Bresci recently had been suffering from extreme excitement, declared to be from remorse. Tuesday night he made a rope from his blankets and strangled himself. On the wall of Bresci's cell the word "Vengeance" was scratched with his bloody thumb-nail. Bresci's violence last week culminated in bis attacking a jailer, in consequence of which he was placed in a strait jacket. Later the prisoner feigned docility in or der to secure an opportunity to commit suicide, which he accomplished by hang ing himself with an improvised rope at tached to the ceiling. In the earlier days of his imprisonment Bresci resented or ders to keep silent, and threatened to kill himself. What Mrs. Bresci Says. New York (Special). Mrs. Bresci, who is now living in Hudson Heights, Fire In New York CapltsL Albany, N. Y. (Special). Volumes of black smoke pouring through he corridors of the Capitol caused great excitement among the hundreds of em ployees within the building. State of ficials, clerks and others hurried from the various departments to ascertain the extent of the fire, which was burn ing in the waste paper dump in the cel lar at the wall of the Assembly stair case. A bucket brigade attempted to extinguish the flames, but were unsuc cessful and the fire department was called. The flames were extinguished with trifling damage. North Carolina's Prison ScaadaL Raleigh, N. C. (Special). The new management of the penitentiary is greatly concerned at the condition in which the lately retired management has left that institution. One of the new directors says: ''Matters grow beauti fully worse the more they are looked into. W were told that last year's peanut crop was 60,000 bushcs, and that it would yield 148,000. I think we will not get over $25,000 for it. The late management spent $404,000 in two years. With high cotton, heavy crops, and no freshets in the Roanoke river, where our great farms are. AWFUL DEED OF REJECTED LOVER. He Kills His Spinster Neighbor and Then Hlmself-Bllghted Love, East Tawas, Mich. (Special). The wooden steamer Baltimore foundered in Lake Huron near Au Sable and 12 of her crew of 14 were drowned. The men were tossed about in the lake for several hours, lashed to a piece of wreckage, and were finally picked up by the tug Columbia and brought here. George McGinnis, a deckhand, one f the rescued, became insane from his experience. The other survivor. Thos. Murphy, of Milwaukee, second engi neer, was able to tell the story of the disaster. It was some time after the Columbia had brought the shipwrecked men into port before Murphy was revived suffi ciently to tell his story. The Baltimore foundered about 6 o'clock and he was in the water until late in the afternoon, exposed to the buffeting of a furious northeast sea. "We were bound from Lorain to Sault Ste. Marie," he said, "and had in tow a large steam drill and scow. When off Thunder Bay last night Cap tain Place saw that the steamer was making bad weather, for the waves had smashed in the engineer's quarters and the wash rooms and the water was run ning into the hold. "Captain Flace decided to turn cbout and run for Tawas for shelter. Every thing went all right until we were off Au Sable, when the steamer struck heavily on the bottom. The seas broke over her at the same time and carried away the deckhouse, then the after cab in, and finally the smokestack fell. Both rails forward broke in two just aft of the forward deckhouse and we knew that it was only a few minutes be fore the steamer would go to pieces," continued Murphy. " 'It -is every man for himself,' now shouted Captain Place," continued the engineer. "The look of despair on Mrs. Place's face was something I never shall forget. We took the Captain's advice and every man started to save himself as best he could. Some of the boys took to the rigging, but McGin nis and I lashed ourselves to a ring bolt in a piece of the after cabin, and were washed overboard shortly after ward." Cubans Reect Minority Report, Havana (Special). The minority re port of the Committee on Relations was defeated in the Cuban Constitutional Convention by a vote of 19 to 9. The majority report will be read and dis cussed. The Conservatives believe the final vote on the latter report will be taken soon, but they do not expect to hold the full strength shown Friday. Senor Zayas, in a. speech, said the minor ity report was too conservative, and he could not accept it. It is b-lieved that Senor Zayas may possibly carry two other delegates who voted with the Con servatives. Morgio May Plaa Largs Bank. New York (Special). Rumors to the effect that J. Pierpont Morgan is at work on plans for a large national bank, to be to this country what the Bank of England is to Great Britain, are without confirmation, but they will not down. According to the latest ru mor, the National Bank of Commerce, of which Mr. Morgan is vice-presid;nt, would be made the basis of consolida tion. Mr. Morgan, as the practical head of the National Bank of Commerce. with its gross deposits of over $100,000. oco, is in a position to organize a bank that would be recognized as a power in in ternational finance. Village Destroyed and Many Lives Lost. Milan (By Cable). The village of Aurenza has been partially destroyed by an avajanche. The number of fa talities is not yet known, but already 15 corpses have. been recovered. N. J., was very much affected at the news of the suicide of her husband. She said, however, that he was better dead than imprisoned in an Italian peniten tiary. Speaking of her husband's act in killing the King of Italy, Mrs. Bresci said : "H did not plan it with others. Now that he is gone there is no reason to con ceal anything, and I can say absolutely that there never was a plot It was said my husband was a leader and the agent of a band of anarchists in killing the King. That is not true. His act was entirely an individual act. He conceived it himself. Patersoo Anarchists Excited. Paterson, N. J. (Special). The news that Gastano Bresci, the assassin of King Humbert, had committed suicide in the penitentiary of Santo Stefano caused great excitement among the Anarchist group in this city. That the assassin ac tuully took his life the Anarchists will not for a moment admit. They say that Bresci was murdered at the instigation of the Italian officials. Captain Hall Vindicated. Washington ( Special ) .The record of the court martial in the case of Capt Newt Hall, United States Marine Corps who was charged by Minister Conger with cowardice in connection with the defense of the legations at Pekin. has just reached Washington. Admiral Remey lias promulgated the finding in a special order, which completely exoner ates Captain Hall from the charge and finds that the only matter of substance sustained in the charges is an error of judgment in connection with the with drawal of his troops at a critical moment from the Tartar wall. Death Caused by Sweating Blood. Peekskill, N. Y. (Special). Francis Lynch, in his 38th year, was buried here. The cause of his death was purpura haemorrhagica, which is considered quite a rare disease. Young Lynch for some weeks has been actually sweating blood through the pores of hit body. Noted specialists from New York saw the case, among them Dr. Woolsey, and pro nounced the disease an unusual one and the case well developed. Lynch held a responsible position as stenographer and typewriter with the Mutual Life Benefit Company, of 137 Broadwav. New York. THE PRESIDENT AND PARTY RETURNING. Mrs. McKinley Strong- Enough to Endure Transcontinental Journey. JOURNEY WILL BE MADE SLOWLY. Mrs. McKinley Happy at the Prospect el Soon Being Back at the Whits House, Which Has Been Renovated During Her Absence Crowds ol People In Saa Francisco Quietly Bid Farewell to the President San Francisco, Cal (Special). Presi dent McKinley and party, after a so journ of nearly two weeks in this citv, have left for Washington. Physicians in attendance on Mrs. McKinley, whose illness curtailed the trip, held a consul tation and announced that Mrs. McKin ley was strong enough to endure the transcontinental journey. Mrs. Mc Kinley seemed elated at the prospect of soon being at home. She was conveyed from the Scott residence to the Oak land ferry in a closed carriage by a cir cuitous route, chosen so the invalid might pass over only smoothly paved streets. She was accompanied by the President, Dr. Ritey and a trained nurse. The rest of the party proceeded directly to the starting ooint. An immense crowd had assembled at the ferry depot of the Southern Pacific Railway. The large open space at Mar ket and East streets was a solid mass of humanity, through which the police kept open a passageway for the President and his party. Heads were uncovered as the carriage bearing Mrs. McKinley approached and there was a visible effort to restrain an outburst of applause as . the carriage passed slowly through the throng. All respected the frail condition of the suf ferer, and the enthusiasm was sup pressed. There were no formal ceremonies at the depot. Good-byes were exchanged by the President. Cabinet members and others of the party with the friends who had come to wish them Godspeed, and the travelers boarded the ferry for Oak land. As the steamer drew out of the slip hats and handkerchiefs were waved, and as it swung clear into the stream the shipping in the harbor dipped their colors in salute. Tumults of cheers then broke forth on shore and ' were borne out across the waters San Fran cisco's farewell. At the Oakland mole, where the t'am was in readiness, the enclosure was roped off. Mrs. McKinley was tenderly helped out of the carriage by the Presi dent. When she had been made com fortable in her car he appeared upon the platform and waved adieu 'o the throngs beyond the ropes. The following is the eastward route of President McKinleys' train: Central Pa cific to Ogden. Union Pacific to Oma ha. Chicago and Northwestern to Chi cago, Pennsylvania Railroad to Wash ington. The journey will be made slowly on account of the condition of Mrs. Mc Kinley. The large cities on the louts of travel will be passed through without stopping. LIFE SAVER'S FABULOUS REWARD. Soldiers' Home Veteran Left $2,500,009 by the Woman He Rescued. Dayton, Ohio (Special). A copy of the will of Josephine Kelat, nee Fair fax, an English woman, who recently died in France, has just been received here, which bequeths to Hamlet Henry Hawthorne, a veteran of the Soldiers' Home, a fortune of Sj. 500,000, this be ing his reward for saving the woman from drowning. About 1854 her boat upset in the surf off Kent. England, and Hawthorne swam to her aid. He refused all offers of reward at that time, came to Ameri ca, enlisted in the army and fought through the Civil War. The will in structs him to marry some good .woman to aid in carrying out the provisions of the will. Hawthorne is to establish in New York city a poor man's church, and is instructed to devote much time to chari table giving, especially to homes for widows and orphans. At death, it is expressly provided that he is to be buried in the vault beside his benefac tor, clothed in a uniform such as he wore during the Civil War. Haw thorne will carry out all the provisions of the will. Dynamite Explosion. Dover, N. J. (Special). Eight hun dred pounds of nitro-glycerine blew up at the Atlantic Dynamite Works at Ken yil, six miles from Dover. No one was injured. The building was a frame struc ture. 20 feet by 36. A hole in the ground marks the place where it stood. The nitro-glycerine that exploded was in the freezing house, where it was to undergo a second separation from the spent acid by a process of refrigeration. The ex plosion was caused by aceidcntal over heating of the nitro-glycerine. Russian Loan Goes East Paris (By Cable). It is estimated that the new Russian loan of $84,000, 000 will be subscribed for at least seven times. When the lists were closed crowds were still waiting their turn out side the Rothschild and other banks where subscriptions were received. The stock was quoted in the iftfrnoon at a premium of 4 1-2. The Rothschilds made unusual and special efforts to in sure the success of the loan by arrang ing with the leading batiks of Paris to accept subscriptions. Scores of Miners Lost London (By Cable). An explosion occurred at the L'niversal Colliery, at Senghenydd, in the Rhondda Valley. About a hundred men were in the pit at the time of the disaster. A number of bodies have been taken out and 70 men are still entombed. Houses Washed Away, Charlotte, N. C. (Special). Reports from remote counties in the mountain districts show great destruction by the storm. In Bakersville 16 residences and the Baptist Church were washed away. Quinter Moore and his son were drown ed. Every house in Magnetic City, a village in Mitchell county, was destroy ed. At Roan Mountain Station 20 resi dences were swept away. Six large stores on Big Rock Creek were carried away and one man, John McKinney drowned, while' an unknown man was killed by a landslide. Tbs Battleship Wisconsin. San Francisco, Cal. (Special). A commission from the State of Wisconsin has arrived here with a $10,000 silver banquet service, which is to be presented to the battleship Wisconsin by the state, after which she is named. In addition to the silver service there is also a bronze badger four feet long cast from Spanish, cannon captured during the reccirv war. Chile's President Again Vry Low. Santiago de Chile (By Cable). Presi dent Errazuriz hu had another severe attack of paralysis. His case is consid ered to be very serious. LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS. How th Army Was Robbed. Mail from Manila brings the report 'of General McArthur upon the investi gation made as to the alleged connection of Colonel Woodruff and other regular commissary officers with the frauds in the Commissary Department. This re port exonerates Colonel Woodruff, but blames others. - It appears from the official reports that Colonel Woodruff had set on foot an investigation of the irregularities and especially those relating to the sales of commissary supplies, before the arrival of Major West. The latter began an in dependent investigation. When Major West became depot com missary he found a lax state of affairs. There were several large warehouses, mostly in charge of commissary ser geants, and there was no way of holding these non-commissioned officers respon sible for the property under their charge. Major West decided to take an inventory before proceeding with other business, but found this almost impossible, be cause individual stock books for etch warehouse had not been kept under the former management. As large quantities of goods were be ing sent out from each warehouse daily, the opportunities for Irregularities in duced the commissary sergeants, civilian employes and teamsters to engage in the business of selling commissary supplies. The method by which this was accomp lished was as follows. Orders would be given by a commis sary sergeant in charge of a warehouse for delivery to a civilian teamster of cer tain goods. This teamster would deliver the goods to persons to whom they had previously been sold by some other in dividual in the conspiracy and the money would be divided pro rata among the men engaged in the scheme. Laxity of methods by Major Davis, the former de pot commissary, and Captain Read, it is charged, allowed the system to go on. Major West in reporting the general conditions recommended that a commis sioned officer be placed in charge of each warehouse and held responsible for the property. It is stated that the men who en gaged in irregularities expected to covet the losses by boards of survey, which would report certain losses of stores, but fix no responsibility; Waldersce's Withdrawal. The State Department has been ad vised that the German Government re gards the present time as opportune for the withdrawal of Field Marshal von Waldersee, commander of the interna tional forces in China. Nothing is stat ed as to the exact date for the return of the field marshal, nor as to the number of German troops that will be left in China, but it is hoped at the State De partment that the German Government will follow our own example and with draw all but a legation guard. The United States forces will remain in com mand of a major, and he will not be per mitted to assume the command of the international forces, even if so invited. This subject was discussed for an hour by Secretary of War Root and Acting Secretary of State Hill. Cereal Crops In Hungary. The statistician of the Department of Agriculture has received from the chief of the statistical office of the Hungarian ministry of agriculture a telegram giving the condition of the principal cereal crops of Hungary, that of wheat, barley and oats being reported as medium and that of rye as poor. The official figures on the areas under these for crops and under maize give, when reduced to acres, the following results: Wheat. 8,357,406 acres ; rye, 2,630,439 acres ; barley, 2,546, 847 acres; oats, 2,471,692 acres; maize, 5. 530,736 acres. Cancellation ol Statnri. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Ycrkes has instructed internal revenue officers that on and after July I, 1901, all stamps used for denoting the tax upon fermented liquors shall be canceled by perforations to be made in the form of the name of the person, firm or corpora tion by whnm such liquors were made or some suitable abbreviation thereof, and the date when canceled. Guardians Government Agents. . Assistant Seretary of the Interior F. L. Campbell has ruled that the word "Guar dian" as used in Section 4766, Revised Statutes providing that pensions of persons laboring under legal disabilities may be paid to their guardians is merely the designation of the person to whom the money grant may be paid for the use and benefit of the pensioner and that such guardian holds such fund as the agent of the Government. General Corbia to Sa l for Manila. Maj.-Gcn. Henry C. Corbin, adjmtant peneral of the army, will sail far the Philippines on the transport Hancock, which will leave San Francisco June 23. Ha intends to make a general inspection of the military conditions in the i.-.iands Cuba's Customs Receipts. A statement just made public bv the division of insular affairs of tlic War Department shows Cuba's customs re ceipts during the first quarter of the present ycur were $3,985,946, a decrease of $I53.3.. . Capital News la Oea:rj). Chief Geologist Robert T. Hill, of the United States Coast Survey, submitted a report of his investigations in the oil neius 01 lexas. The coloncr's jury held Mrs. Bonin. for the grand jury 011 the charge of be ing concerned in the death of Cenlu: Clerk Ayres. Quite a long list of army and navy appointments was announced at rhe White House. The Navy Department has received the report of the executive officer ol the Petrel on the fire on the cruiser and the death of Lieutenant Commander Roper. The War Department received a vast amount-of mail from Manila, including the report of the Taft Commission. The Naval Board of Awards is un derstood to have reached tentative decision upon the design for a medal of horor for those who tnok part in the naval battle of Santigo biy. It is raid that the board has followed the prece dent of the Manila medal in showing the head of the commnJcr-in-chief and that the Santiago nicd.il will bear the head of Admiral Sampson. , . Gen. George B. Davis formally as sumed charge of tits duties of Judgs-Advocatc-General of the Army and will hold that office for the ensiling four years. Anne Arundel farmers have begun planting tobacco. Our New Possession. Capt. Michael Spcllman, Lieut Del bert R. Jones and Surgeon Dudley W. Welch, of Company i. Forty-third In fantry stationed at Maasiu, Souther r Leyte, Luzon, have been urrrstcd on the charge of trading in permits to ship hemp from closed ports. They will bt tried by court-martial. Provost General Davis, who has re viewed the testimony in the Carman case, said, while Carman could be con victed of trading with the insurgents, i would be unjust to punish him when nearly every trader in Manila is guilty of similar practices. PENNSYLVANIA NEWS. Tbe Latest Happenings Gleaned From All Over the State, DOUBLE WRECK AT LEAMAN PLACE. Passenger Train Running Fifty Miles aa Hont Cat a Caboose la Two.. Scene of Wild Excitement-Several Passengers Hurt-Towaodi Swept by a Storm-Three Creeks in tbe Borough Burst Tbelr Bounds. One of the most disastrous wrecks in years on this division of the Pennsyl vania Railroad occurred at Leaman Place.. A rear-end freight collision oc curred first between two west-bound trains, in which the colliding engine and three cars and the cabin of the for ward train were badly wrecked. The cabin was thrown over the cast track. The second section of the Western Ex press, due at 10.45, running at the rate of fifty miles an hour, dashed into the cabin, cutting it in twain. Half of the cabin was thrown against an embank ment and projecting timbers broke ev ery window in the two baggage cars, one day coach and three Pullman sleep ers of the express train. The engineer of the express, who had been signaled too late, brought his train to a sudden stop. Many passengers were thrown from their berths and the wildest excite ment prevailed. The engine and every car of the express were badly damaged. The railroad officials are investigating the affair and the failure to stop the ex press at a safe distance. Exceptions 'were filed in court at Pittsburg to the proposed sale of St. Paul's Roman Catholic Cathedral to H. C. Frick for $i.3i5,ox). E. C. Kernan and James Kcliy make the objections, claiming they arc old members of the congregation, but were debarred"- from participating in the congregational meeting on the matter. They also al lege that the Cathedral was built with contributions from all parts of the Pitts burg diocese, extending eastward as far as Altoona, and that two hundred con gregations in the diocese have an inter est in the property. The objections were taken by the court, although the time fixed for objections has expired. Growing crops, fruit trees and build ings were heavily damaged by a tre mendous hail storm which passed over Butler county. At Chicora the hail was so heavy that citizens swept up a huge pile of it in the muin street, hoisted a flag above it and photographed the dis play. Plate glass windows in the Chi cora hotels were smashed. Oil derricks were blown down, and at Echo two acres of heavy standing titr.ber were leveled with the ground. A number of oil well rigs were splintered into kindl ing wood. About a ocore of rigs were destroyed in all. Telephone communication was cut off in most directions and landslides along the Lehigh Valley Railroad stalled all trains for several hour3. At Bolan's Hotel the water stood three ieet on the lower floors and left a deposit of slimy mud six inches deep. The Arcade Block end six houses built over Mix's Run were flooded, as war. the Sta'.e Line nnd Sullivan Railroad co& yards. The borough will suffer great loss on all the hill streets where hundreds of feet of guttering and stone walks were washed awa . The total loss from the fire at the Reading Iron Works, located in Dan ville, will be between $100,000 and $125,000. The fire originated in one of the furnaces, the frame work igniting from the red-hot cinders. The bar and skelp mills, the roil shops and the irreatsr part of the puddle mil! are al most, completely wiped out. The loss is ; f.ri'.y covered bv insMrance. A growl from a dog and a scuffle a.-jused Miss Margaret Esrr;'. daugh ter 0; V. H. Er.ro;', of Chester, early the o:h:r morning a.-.d. looking out of her brdroom window, r-he s.v the ani mil teaping at a colorec. burir'ar. Mr Ezvy vr3 alro awakened and. seizing a g'.:n. fired at the burglar as he hro'e f-m the dog and fled acre- the lawn Tre man threw tip an arm, as if in pair., and disappmred, fol'cw-d by the dog. Ch.-.rtcrs were issued ty the State De partment to the following corporations. Buffalo and Susquehanna Coal and Coke C-mpany, Ga'.eton. Pot'.tr county capitr!, $10,000: Pittsburg Stam Coal Company. Pittsburg, capital, $1,000; Connc!l..vi!!e Manur.-.cturing and Mine Supply C'.r..pa:iy. New Haven, Fayetie county, capita'., $8c,ooo. The commencement exercises ol Martin Academy, the Friends' School wire held in the meeting house at Ken neth Square. The Kiaduates were H. nvard P. Thomar. Philip M. Hicks I. idir I. Taylor, Ruth K. Richards Helen M. Phillips and M. Elizabeth Pyle. Dr. Jesss Holmes, of the George School, deliverti the address to the graduates. The Central Labor Union of Potts ville adopte.l resolutions praying the Board of Pardons to release the nine men convicted and who are now serv ing terms in the county prison for riot ing at Oneida colliery during the miners' strike last fall. A terrific electric disturbance, accom panied by a deluge of rain and a hail storm of great severity, passed over To wauda, lasting forty-five minutes. Mrs James Brautigan, an aged woman, war caught by the rush of water while at work in the basement of her house. She was rescued with difiiculiy, as the water stood six feet deep on the !oor. The Wilkes-Barre police rescued a I7-yea--old tftrl from Hinghnmion who had brru enticed to WilUcs-Barre and drugged. She salj that ,ibe had brvn promised work. When f.iund or. the Htrect she was in the company of a man, who ran and escaped arret. JiHin Luporr bad his back broken by a fail of coal at No. 4 colliery, Tama qua, John Mattie, a driver for a brewing company, was instantly killed in a run away accident at Yatcsville, n subuib of Shenandoah. Ilia team took fright at a passing Le'.rKh Valley Railroad freight traip. The wagon wheels ci utlied his skull. While f,o'''K from M'ssiiper to York Haven, Ralph Shelly v?is knocked down with sandbag by tramps and robbed of Shelly was left unconscioua by his a.r.aiiants. The Duncannon Iron Company have notified the puddlers in its employ that on June 3 tne piioe per ton would be advanced from $3 25 'i $3 SO. Alexander Ewing, of Elmira, a trav eling salesman for n Rochester tobacco house nud a man very well known tl.roiifcitwut northern Pennsylvania, j.-opped dead while entering the I t-i-.igh Valley Railroad statiou at To wuiid. The cxp'osion ol a lantern caused a f.re which destroyed Sa.nuel Alexan der's stable, tobacco barn and other out buildings at Mt. Nebo. 'ihe loss is ?3,CKX). Carpenters working o:i Armour & Co's building, Altoona, struck upon be inc rciut'd an atvance in wages,