FAITHFUL WIFE OF
DOM PAUL" DEAD.
Victim of Pneumonia After an Illness
of Three Days.
HER PLAIN AND HOMELY LIFE.
Waa the Mother ! Sixteen Chlldrca, end
Wba Helped tba President ! the South
Alricaa Republic Save and Keen Millions of
(Md-Proud of Hr Husband, and Devoted
to Him aod Hit Interests.
Pretoria (By Cable). Mrs. Kruger,
wife of President Paul Kruger, ff ihe
South African Republic, died here of
pneumonia, after an illness of three
days. She wa 67 years old.
Her long separation from her hus
band, combined with the death of her
favorite daughter. Mrs. Smith, last week,
had completely broken her spirit.
Mr. Eloff and other relative of the
Kruger family were at her bedside when
she passed away.
President Wetpt and Prays.
London (By Cable). "Owing to the
Sunday telegraph hour in Holland."
says a dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Hilvcrsum, "Mr. Kruger was not in
formed of his wife's death until the even
ing. The news was broken to him by
Dr. Heymans and Secretary Boescho
ten. "Mr. Kruger, who had just returned
from Hilversum Church, burst into tears
and asked to be left alone. He exclaim
ed: " 'She was a good wife. We quarreled
only once, and that was six months after
we were married.'
"He prayed for a long time and is
now calmly sleeping, his Bible beside
his bed. The Transvaal and Orange
Free State flags flying above the white
villa were draped and half-masted.
Shortly before the news came a crowd
of country girls had been singing a folk
song outside the villa."
A Typical Boer Woman.
Since the capture of Pretoria by the
British. June 5. lyoo. and the departure
of President Kruger from one succes
sive captial to another, ending in his
present European visit. Mrs. Kruger
had remained in the city where she had
made her home so long.
She and her husband talked over 'heir
plans some time before and decided that
as his movements were uncertain and
his life was often to be in danger, it
was better for her to remain in the old
home, where she would be safe and
could await better times. But. alas, the
better times have not come. The death
of the wife who had been a faithful com
panion to him half a century will add
another heavy load to the burden of
sorrow which is upon the rugged leader
of the Boers.
Mrs. Kruger, in appearance, in her
manners and in her speech, was as un
assuming as the wife of any Dutch
farmer. And she was just as thrifty and
frugal.
PAN-AMERICAN AWARD JURIES.
Will Hold First Meetlnj This Week and
Organize Later.
Buffalo. N. Y. (Special). The juries
of award for the Pan-American Exposi
tion selected by Henry Smith Pritchett
held their first meeting in the Service
Building. Later they will be organized
as class juries for each department and
immediately take up the work reviewing
and judging the exhibits.
All returns from the class juries will
be subject to revision by a superior jury.
Following is a list of the chairman of
each jury :
Agriculture Prof. S. M. Babcock of
the University of Wisconsin.
Agricultural Implements Col. J. H.
Brigham, United States assistant secre
tary of agriculture.
Food and Their Accessories Lieut.
Col. A. L. Smith, chief of the commis
sary. U. S. A-.-
Forestry Prof. B. E. Fernow, Cornell
University.
Fisheries United States Fish Com
missioner Charles II. Babcock. of Roch
ester. Mines and Metallurgy John Birkin
bine, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.
Machinery Prof. Ira N. Mollis, Har
vard University.
Electricity far. Carl Herring, consult
ing engineer, Philadelphia.
Transportation Col. H. G. Prout, ed
itor of the Railway Gazette.
Ordnance Admiral Belknap, U. S. N.
Manufactures Dr. E. A. Englcr,
Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Mais.
Graphic Arts Theodore L. De Yimie,
of the De Vinne Press. New York.
Liberal Arts Carroll D. Wright, Uni
ted States bureau ol labor, Washington.
Arts Daniel V. French, sculptor.
AMBUSH REVENUE MEN.
Oae Killed and One Badly Wounded by Moon
shiners in Tennessee.
Nashville, Tcnn. (Special). Seven
revenue officers were amlm-dicd suppos
edly by moonshiners, about six miles
from Monterey, in Putnam county. One
man was killed and one badly wounded.
A posse of tix. led by a deputy col
lector, was creeping along a steep hill
side, above an illicit still, when they re
ceived firders to throw up their hands.
They had barely located the speaker, 40
feet below them, when a deadly volley
from eight guns was poured upon them.
Deputy Marshal Thomas Price was
instantly killed and Pnsseman C. Mackey
was badly wounded. The officers return
ed the fire, but the moonshiners made the
place so hot that Collector Bell and the
survivors retired and carried Mackey
with them. One moonshiner was heard
moaning and calling to his friends that
he had been mortally wounded.
Collector Bell has gathered anot'ier
posse and started out to recover the
body of Price.
Will Not Release the Americans.
Washington (Special.) Irr response
to the representations to the State De
partment, the British Government has
declined to release any of the Americans
who were captured while serving in the
Boer army. The only exceptions will be
in the case of prisoners whose health is
such as to make their confinement dang
erous. Some Americans arc among the
military prisoners in Ceylon, and the
State Department had special reference
to their case in addressing the British
Government in this matter.
New York at Charleston.
Albany. N. Y. (Special). The New
York State Commission to the South
Carolina Exposition has decided to erect
a splendid building on one ol the most
favorable sites in the exhibition's
grounds. The plans accepted call for a
, structure 200 feet long by 60 feet wide
and averaging 65, feet in height. The
main entrance will face upon the river,
aud the huge porch will extend out over
the water. The architecture is in keep
ing with the general design of the expo
sition, the plans for the tiew state build
ing being designed by Bradford Gilbert,
the supervising architect.
SUMMARY OF THE NEWS.
Domestic.
Former Governor Jones, of Alabama,
had an exciting discussion with Chair
man Knox, of the Constitutional Con
vention, in which the Governor refused
to be expelled from the hall.
Dr. Michael N. Regent received an
indeterminate sentence in Chicago for
substituting a corpse for an insured man
to swindle the Knights and Ladies of
Security.
Judge Troutt, of San Francisco, has
decided that the trust clause in the Fair
will with regard to personal property is
void.
Thirty of the new cadets at West
Point were overcome by the heat at the
funeral of General Butterfield.
A general strike of the United Gar
ment Workers in New York has been
ordered, involving 50.000 men.
Henry Burgess, a steeplechase jockey,
was killed in New York while schooling
a horse over the jumps.
Some incendiary has been setting fire
to property in Richmond, Va., belong
ing to Joseph Heppert.
Charles E. Parsons was acquitted in
Richmond of the charge of trying to
beat a Norfolk hotel.
The Salmon combine was incorporat
ed in Trenton, N. J , with a capital of
$25,000,000.
Jacob Stair, dry goods merchant of
York, Pa., committed suicide
The executive committee of the Unit
ed Mine Workers' Association ha or
dered back to work all firemen who are
members of the association and who quit
because of the strike of the Internation
al Association of Stationary Firemen.
Many of the men have deserted the
United Mine Workers.
A trust was formed by the flint-glass
bottle-makers, the result of which has
been an advance in prices. The com
bine is capitalized at $.10,000,000. with
headquarters in Wheeling, W. Va.
Mrs. Calvin Baker, of York Haven.
Pa., left an oil can on the stove, and her
two daughters were burned to death as
a result of the explosion that followed.
Edward Schroeder. a draughtsman in
Brooklyn, was severely injured while
opening a box containing an explosive
machine.
The Holland submarine boat Plunger
was launched at the Wm. R. Trigg &
Co.'s shipyard in Richmond.
The Virginia Prohibitionists held their
convention at Smithdale and nominated
a State ticket.
Judge Thomas, of the United States
District Court, dismissed the suit
brought by John D Crimmins. a holder
of preferred stock of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, to restrain the
directors and voting stockholders of the
road from paying a 4 per cent, dividend
on the common stock of the company un
til a dividend of 4 per cent, on the pre
ferred stock has first been paid. The
dismissal was the result of an agreement
between attorneys for the plaintiff and
the defendant.
J. Pierpont Morgan announced in New
York the names of those who would be
directors of the Northern Pacific Rail
way Company.
General Daniel Butterfield. the dis
tinguished veteran of the Civil War, died
at his home in Cold Springs N. Y.
Lewis Price and Jacob Houck were
burned to death- by an electric current
from a wire in Winchester.
Luther R. D. Spultz, of Baltimore, and
Miss Helen Carroll, of York, Pa., were
married at York.
August M. Chenidlin, aged 75, was
killed at St. Paul by the wheels of a fire
engine.
Dr. Samuel Caley, a homeopathic phy
sician, died at Mount Holly, N. J., aged
60.
The wife of ex-Governor Henry A.
Wise, of Virginia, died at Ashland, Va.
James M. Galligan. an old baseball
player, killed himself in New York.
, John M. Ford, a well-known hotel
proprietor, died at Dover, Del., aged "I.
Foreign.
The Paris Irigaro publishes some new
facts connected with the Schaebele af
fair, showing how a second Franco
German war was averted by Prince
Munster de Derneburg.
In consequence of the Boer raids int
Natal the British military authorities
have ordered all white men to evacuate
farms on the Tugela and Sunday rivers.
Germans are agitated over the high
duties and the minimum and maximum
charges on cereals. The Vorwaerts
characterizes the shedttles as usurious.
It is brought to light that there are
many young actresses of talent who can
not make a living, as they lack the
necessary influence.
The governor of the Island of Quel
part says that the Christian converts
were responsible for the uprising on
that island.
The late Prof. Max Muller's library
was bought by Baron Iwasaki for pre
sentation to the University of Tokio.
Intense heat has been accompanied Ly
violent storms throughout Germany.
The Siberian crops are reported to he
I nearly a total failure.
! It has now developed that the fire in
j the Vildiz palace was the outgrowth of
i an intrigue in ihe Sultan's harem, the
j women wishing to be rid of the lady
treasurer, who was accused of the crime.
Karl Kussell pleaded guilty to bigamy
in the House of Lords and was sentenc-
ed to three months' imprisonment as a
; first-clas misdemeanant.
Capt, Charles Botha, son of Philip
Botha, and Field Cornets Hulan and
Oliver have been killed in the Orange
: Kiver Colony.
j As the result of the fighting between
I Catholics and Free Thinkers at Sar-
gossa religious processions have been
prohibited.
) Horatio J. Sprague, United States
I consul at Gibraltar, died there.
I Count Tolsioi ha rallied from his
i attack of malarial fever.
I The Hamburg-American steamship
i Dcutschland ran from New Tork to
j Plymouth in 5 days 11 hours and 5
I minutes.
A slight improvement is reported in
; Count Tolstoi's condition, which is,
however, regarded as very grave.
Financial.
The Allen Steel Company has been in
corporated in New Jersey with a capital
of $1,000,000 to manufacture steel.
It is said President Sticknev. of the
j Chicago Great Western, will exercise an
option he holds for the purchase of the
Winona and Western Railway within
three months.
A second call has beeii made upon the
Burlington underwriting syndicate, this
time for 12 1-2 per cent, of the original
subscription. This makes 22 1-3 called
to date, the first call of 10 per cent, hav
ing been made May 15.
The Proctor & Gamble Company has
declared a regular quarterly dividend of
3 per cent, on the common stock, pay
able August 15.
A proposition will be made at the Il
linois Central meeting on October 16
for an issue of 132.000 new shares. of
stock, stockholders having the right to
subscribe to this new stock at par.
A new tinplate company under the
name of the Chicago Tinplate Company
is to be formed in Chicago. It is to
have a capitalization of $2,500,000.
The Northern Pacific Railroad Com
pany's report shows that wheat is in
good cotidi'ion in northern Minnesota
and North Dakota and fair elsewhtre.
A NEW MOVE
FOR SETTLEMENT.
Probable Intervention In tbe Bif
Steel Strike.
PULLINO IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
Major Farauhar.ol the Industrial Commission,
does to New York In Compliance With a
Request to Coafer With the Members of the
Ohio Board at Arbttratloa, to Try to Flad a
"Way of Brlnf ln About aa Agreement.
New York (Special). It is believed
here that a meeting may be held in a
few days for the purpose of discussing
I the possibility of bringing about media
1 tion in the great steel strike. Major
John M. Farqnhar, of the Industrial
I Commission, received a telegram asking
! him to come on to New York at once,
j Major Farquhar is a former member of
j Congress, and is the oldest living cx
; president of an international trades
union, having been president of the In
ternational Typographical Union some
40 years ago. He will meet in New
I York the members of the Ohio State
i Board of Arbitration and other men
j who arc anxious to arrange some meth
I od by which the present strike can be
I brought to an honorable end.
I "The Industrial Commission, as a
I body, can hardly take cognizance of this
! strike," said Mr. Farquhar. The com-
mission expires by limitation in Dccem
i her and we need all the intervening time
j for the preparation of our report. It is
j not possible for us to intervene for the
purpose of bringing the strike to an
end. Such intervention would be going
beyond our powers. The commissi in
1 was created for the purpose of investi
gating the industrial situation and
I recommending legislation for i.s het'er-
inent. While we are required t) report
j on mediation and arbitration, wt arc
I not empowered as a body to med'atc or
; arbitrate.
"Mediation, in my own opinion, is the
j only thing that ran be attempted in this
: strike. Arbitration, as President Shaf
fer says, is out of the question. It is
impossible for this reason: Schwab is try
ing to 'Carnegize' all the plants con
trolled by the United States Steel Cor
poration. He is going to try to repeat
his success of 1892, when he convened
the Carnegie plants into a non-union or
ganization. His testimony before the
Industrial Commission indicated his
purpose very clearly. I have also heard
the same story from President Shaffer.
But he will not succeed. Shaffer
has the power to give the Steel Cor
poration a harder blow than has been
delivered. He has the Amalgamated
Association at his back to a man. The
American Federation is also supporting
him.
Shaffer's purpose is to unionize all the
plants by having the Steel Corporation
or the constituent companies sign the
Amalgamated scale for all the shops.
"Here are these men working on op
posing lines. That is why arbitration
is impossible. ,
"Shaffer cannot succeed in full either,
and that is why mediation is the only
course left open. Mediators may induce
each to modify his purposes somewhat.
Shaffer can never hope to force the cor
poration to sign the scale for all the
mills. But I do think he will succeed
in persuading Schwab that it will be bet
ter for the corporation to quit trying
to make the mills non-union. I 'hitik
he will also persuade him to agree to
unionize mills in which an overwhelm
ing majority of the men are members of
the association."
AQl'INALDO IN BAD MOOD.
Irritated Because He Must Add the Word
-Prisoner" to Ills Sigoature.
Manila (By Cable). Aguinaldo is
considerably irritated at his continued
surveillance by the American authori
ties. Whenever he signs his name he
adds the word "prisoner." He has re
fused the request of his friends to write
to the insurgent General Malvar, still at
large in Southern Luzon, advising him
to surrender. He consented to sign a
copy of his oath of allegiance, with the
understanding that it be forwarded to
Malvar, with the purpose or intiuenc.ug ;
.... .,i.. v ,.1..- 1, ....,.,....- m
this oath he wrote "Prisoner in Malaca
nan Prison."
General Davis has been ordered to
the command of the American troops on
the Island of Mindanao and in the Jolo j
Archipelago. General Kobbe, formerly
commander of this district, will return
to the United States. I
General Chaffee has issued a circular
in which he explicitly defines the status
and duties of army officers, with respect
to their relations with the provincial and 1
other civil governments. It is expect
ed this circular will settle the minor
misunderstandings between the two de-
partments and prevent possible conflicts 1
of authority. j
As fast as the insular constabulary is
organized the American troops will be
centered in fewer garrisons and their
number will be decreased.
FATAL EXPLOSION OF AMMONIA BOILERS.
One Man Killed and Another Seriously Injured
Elizabeth City Shaken Up.
Elizabeth City, N. C. (Special). De
fective ammonia boilers at the ice fac
tory of the Crystal Ice and Coal Com
pany exploded, completely demolishing
the plant.
One fireman was killed and another
seriously injured, both colored. Super
intendent Dunston and Foreman Brown
had a narrow escape. Huge parts of the
tank passed through the office, com
pletely destroying it, while the superin
tendent was at his desk.
The shock was severe and shattered
window panes three blocks away. It was
felt all over the city. There is fear of
an ice famine. The fish industry will
suffer. The company will rebuild imme
diately ; loss $10,000.
Three Boys Drowned.
Gloversville. N. Y. (Special). Harry
Gehrman, Calvin Mills and Fred Vines,
aged about 16 years, were drowned in a
bathing pond here. The boys were mem
bers of prominent families. Their bodies
were recovered.
Max Mu ler'a Library Soli
Oxford (By Cable). The library of
the late Prof. Max Muller, composed of
1.1,000 volumes, has been purchased by
Baron Iwasaki for presentation to the
University of Tokio.
Mrs. Grant's GUI to Mrs. Mckinley.
Rochester, N. Y. (Special). A box
marked "Mrs. McKinley, Canton, O.,"
was brought into Charlotte Harbor on
the North King from Coburg, Out. It
contained a knit woolen shoulder rape
for Mrs. McKinley. The cape was knit
by Mrs. U. S. Grant, widow of Gen. II,
S. Grant, now at Coburg.
Clemency for Boor Prisoners.
Cape Town (Special). Lord Kitch
ener has commuted the sentence of
death passed on 34 Boer prisoners to
penal servitude for lite at Bermuda.
SECRETARY LONO CONDEMNS BOOK.
Maclay'a History Cannot Be Used la Its Pres
ent Form-Time for Action Says Schley.
Washington (Special). The Secre
tary of the Navy has decided that the
third volume of Maclay's history of the
Spanish-American War shall not be used
as a text hook at the Naval Academy un
less the obnoxious language it contains
in characterizing the action of Rear-Admiral
Schley is eliminated. In this vol
ume the author describes the battle of
Santiago and criticises Schley, calling
him, in so many words, a coward. The
Secretary says that it would be mani
festly improper to have a history con
taining such intemperate language used
as a text book for the cadets.
He has informed both Commander
Wainwright, who is in command of Ihe
Naval Academy, and Mr. Maclay. the
author of the history, of the decision.
In this connection the Secretary says
that the proofs of the entire volume were
not submitted to him by the historian.
He received only the proofs of the third
chapter, that relating to the mohlization
of the fleets, which contained a summary
of the orders which he. as Secretary of
the Navy, had issued in making the
naval preparations for the war. That
chapter was satisfactory and he returned
it to Mr. Maclay with an indication of
his approval. He says he never saw the
account of the battle at Santiago and the
criticisms of Rear-Admiral Schley until
after the book was published.
Because of the interest aroused, in
quiries have been made as to the identity
of the author, Edward Stanton Maclay.
It has been discovered that, formerly an
editorial writer on the New York Sun,
he is at present in the employ of the
Navy Department in the store-room of
the Brooklyn Navy Yard, performing
the duties of a clerk, but classified as a
laborer.
His clerical duties end at 4 o'clock
each day, after which he has ample time
to write history.
"No Time for Talking."
New York (Special). "This is no
time for talking; it is a time for action."
Ibis was Rear-Admiral Winficld Scott
Schley's answer to a request for a state
ment of his intentions in regard to the
attack made upon him in the third vol
ume of Edgar Stanton Maclay's "History
of the Navy." It is believed that Ad
miral Schley will take measures to call
Mr. Maclay legally to account for the
accusations of cowardice and falsehood
imputed to him in the volume which has
just been issued from the press.
Beyond the declaration that the time
for act'on had arrived Admiral Schlcv
would say nothing of his plans as to the
shafts which have been aimed at him.
That it is the Admiral's intention to sum
mon Mr. Maclay and possibly also his
publishers to answer in the courts for
his version of the course pursued by Ad
miral Schley during the operations which
culminated in the battle of Santiago,
there is believed to be no doubt.
Admiral Schley was reluctant to say a
word in regard to the controversy over
the naval operations which ended in the
destitution of Admiral Cervera's squad
ron. He has refrained, hitherto, from
taking any part in the bitter contest
which has raged both in and out of Con
gress ever since the battle of Santiago.
MORRO CASTLE AS A NAVAL STATION!
Protests and Approval by Cuban Newspapers
of the Reported American Plna.
Havana (Special). The report that
the United States intends to hold Morro
Castle and fortify it does not cause much
adverse comment here. The public gen
erally expected that Morro Castle and
the Cabanas fortress would be taken tor
a naval station.
The Discussion protests aaar.st th's
pction, saying it is "an imposition of a
st long power upon a weak one, yet Cuba
can do nothing but accept."
La Lucha strongly approves the step.
It says:
"Cuba could not do anything with the
two historic fortresses of Havana and
Santiago, while the flag of the formi
dable Republic of the United States will
command the respect of strangers, and
other nations would see behind the
not the little State of Cuba hut one of the
greatest powers of the globe. The two
pohus of most strategic importance on
the Cuban coast the United States shut'd,
take and strongly fortify."
Schlatter in tbe Workhouse.
Washington (Special). Francis
Schlatter, the so-called "divine healer,"
was tried in tile Police Court here as a
vagrant and fined $10 or 30 days in the
workhouse. As he returned to the cells
he pleaded that the workhouse authori
ties refrain from shearing his locks.
Schlatter stated to the court that he had
come here to get his wife, who had de
serted him, to approve of the sale of
some English property, and, being dis
couraged, had commenced to Ji ink.
Use ol "Mosul."
Washingon (Special). The imperial
German navy and some German manu
facturers are using large quantities of an
oily product of German brown coal tar,
called "masut," for heating and steam
producing purposes. The coast defense
vessels of the German navy arc fitted for
the use of this oil. The advantages of
"masut" over coal are said to be a one
fourth greater heat producing quality, a
greater ease in handling, very little
-smoke and the ability to produce full
power steam in less time than with coal.
Big Christian Science Fee.
Utica. 'N. Y. (Special). After the
death of Moses Davis, of Rome, N. Y
it was found that he had deeded to the
Christian Science Church of that city
property worth $00,000. Now the heirs
are trying to recover this property, de
claring the transfer to have been illegal.
The Christian Scientists say the prop
erty was given in payment for treatment
to Mrs. Davis. The treatment was un
successful, for Mrs. Davis died about a
year ago.
Craied by Annapolis Nailug?
White Plains, N. Y. (Special). Harry
Craven, a grandson of the late Com
mander Tunis Augustus Craven, t). S.
N., and the descendant of a wealthy
New York family, was committed by
Supreme Court Justice Dykman at
White Plains to Bloomingdale' Asylum,
a hopeless lunatic, the doctors say.
Craven is 19 years old and has been
closely guarded of late in the home of
his mother in Yorkers Park. It is said
that the young man's madness was
brought on by hazing when he was a
student four years ago at the' Annapo
lis Naval Academy.
New ood Preservative.
Washington (Special). The State
Department has received from Commer
cial Agent Johnson, of Stanbridge, a
report on the discovery of a wood pre
servative. He says: "The sap is re
moved from timber and at the same
time it is impregnated with chemicals
to render the wood either fireproof or
impervious to attacks of insects or to
decay in salt or other waters. Beech
wood can be made suitable for railway
sleepers or for boot and shoe 'asts. If
necessary the impregnating plant can
be used at the telling ground. The cost
of impregnating is about 3 cents per
cubic loot."
YACHT CAPSIZES,
' FIVE LIVES LOST.
Arthur C Colburo and His Two Daugh
ters Drowned.
CAPTAIN BLAMED FOR ACCIDENT.
One Daughter and tbe Steward Saved After
Disagreeable Experience - The Captain's
Failure to Tnkt tb Owner's Advice Re
sponsible for tbo Cntastrophe, tbe Boat
Capsltlof la the Squall That Came On.
New Haven, Ct. (Special). Five per
sons were drowned in the Sound by the
capsizing of the yawl-rigged yacht V cnit
zia, of Philadelphia, at a point five miles
east of Sands Point, near the New York
and Connecticut line. Two only of those
on board the yacht were rescued. The
drowned are:
Arthur T. Colburn. owner of the yacht
and his daughters Ida and Annette Col
burn, of Philadelphia.
Captain F'lint, of Brooklyn. N. Y
master of the yacht, and a sailor, name
unknown.
The others on board the ill-fated craft,
Mrs. Walter J. Sprankle of Philadelphia,
another daughter of the owner of Ihe
yacht, and the steward, James Stan
ridge, of New York, were rescued by
the tug Gertrude, after clinging two
hours to the bottom of a capsized long
boat. The yacht left Delaware City Monday
morning, bound for Newport. Wednes
day morning it started for Thompson
villc, S. I., the intention being to put
into Black Rock, Ct.. and take on board
Mrs. Sprankle's husband, who was ex
pected there.
According to the story of the sctward,
the accident happened between 3 and 3.30
in the afternoon. The sky was very
squallv. and the steward says he heard
Mr. Colburn say to Captain Flint that
it would be well to take in some of the
light sails, but that the Captain replied
that the boat would stand all the wind
that was coming. She then had on all
her light sails, including jibs, staysail
and topsail.
The wind continued to increase, and
the ladies went below, where Mr. Col
burn joined them, after again advising
Captain Flint to reduce sail, this time
saying that the jib and the jigger were
all that it was safe to carry.
Still the captain kept the Venitzia un
der all her sail, and finally the squall
broke. The first gust knocked the
yacht down under her port rail and was
away under water, and the waves broke
over the cockpit into the cabin. Terror
stricken, the party below rushed to the
companionway just as a second and
fiercer gust hit the craft and carried her
down again. A second time she right
ed, but only for a moment, for in the
temporary calm there could be seen
coming a long mass of water capped
with a white line of foam that the wind
raised.
Stanridge says he started for the mast
just before the wave broke, while Cap
tain Flint and Mr. Colburn were en
deavoring to get the women out of the
submerged cabin. But before Stanridge
could get there the roller had struck and
Venitzia, righting for a moment to even
keel, began to sink.
fair fTxInITburned.
The Famous Colonial Structure at Berkeley
Springs Destroyed.
Berkeley Springs, W. Va. (Special).
Fairfax Ipn, which, since the burning of
the Berkeley Springs Hotel three years
ago, was the only large hotel left at
Berkeley Springs, VV.Va., was destroyed
by fire which originated in the laundry.
The building was erected in 1795, and
was a well-preserved relic of colonial
architecture. It was a long frame
structure two and three stories high,
with wide porticos, directly facing the
historic grove laid out by George Wash
ington. Many guests had narrow escapes and
some had to hurry through windows,
leaving their belongings behind, so
rapidly clicl the names consume the frame
building. There were 72 guests, some
of whom were taking siestas, itnd it was
hard for a time to make them realize
their danger.
Mrs. Blumenthal of Richmond. Va.,
lost clothes and jewelry to the value of
$1,000. She was the heaviest loser. The
hotel was valued at $30,000, with $10,000
insurance. Daniel Cornelius was pro
prietor. Rlotiug In Saragossa.
Saragossa, Spain (Special). General
Cavero, a Carlist, was killed and nearly
50 other persons were wounded in en
counters between Catholics and Free
Thinkers in Saragossa. The offices of
the Noticiero, a Catholic newspaper,
were wrecked. The fighting began out
side the Church of St. Philip, where a
jubilee celebration was being held. Shots
wcrefired by anti-Catholics. Subsequent
ly the Catholics marched through the
streets, armed with pistols and knives,
further violence resulting.
Thousands Seeking Farms.
Wichita, Kan. (Special). Ten thou
sand persons flocked to registration
booths at El Reno and Lawton, Okla.,
Wednesday, to place their names in the
great wheel which deals out 13,000
farms in the opened reservation on Au
gust 6. Ten thousand registered Tues
day, and Commisioner Richards looks
for 100,000 of 'them to register in the
next few days. Many will register
next week. Several women fainted in
line at Lawton.
Morgan Talks of Strike.
New York (Special). J. P. Morgan
gave positive denial to the rumor of
this morning that the steel strike had
been settled. He made this statement:
"There is not a word of truth in it.
There has been no settlement, and there
can be no compromise on such a Ques
tion. The position of the operating
companies is perfectly simple and well
understood, and, so far as I am con
cerned, has my unqualified approval."
Plight of Olive Schreiner.
London (By Cable). Theophilus
Schrciner, brother of Olive Schreiner,
has sent a letter to the South African
Association contradicting the statements
made by Mile. Louise de la Ramec,
whose pen-name is Ouida, to the effect
that Olive Schreiner was held a close
prisoner by the British in South Africa.
He says bis sister is living in Hanover,
Cape Colony, "for the sake of her
health," and that her husband, Mr. Cron
wright, is with her. The town of Han
over is under martial law. says Mr.
Schreiner, but his sister is "allowed the
freedom of the military cordon."
Ta Study American Methods.
Washington (Special). Some of the
principal foreign establishments in
Washington have received instructions
to forward to their home governments
full details of the manner in which the
United States extends its foreign com
merce by means of foreign agencies,
commercial travelers, etc,
Ihe large increase of American ex
ports has drawn the attention of foreign
governments to the methods employed
on this side of the water to develop trade
abroad. These methods have been the
subject of a number of government pub
lications, which are now being collect
ed for transmission to,forcigii capitals.
LIVE NATIONAL AFFAIRS,
Great Building lor Department of Justice.
An effort will he made to get the au
thority of Congress to purchase an entire
quae of ground and to erect a much
larger building than formerly contemp
lated for the Department of Justice.
Attorney-General Knox entertains the
ambition to leave as a permanent record
of his connection with the Department
of Justice a magnificent, modern build
ing which will be capable of housing that
department for many years to come. His
predecessor. Mr. Griggs, once thought
he was destined to erect such a structure
in his administration, but he was disap
pointed.' Mr. Knox, however, goes fur
ther than Mr. Griggs. Where the latter
contented himself with asking a total ap
propriation of $1,000,000 for the erection
and furnishing of a building on a quar
ter of a block, the present Attorney-General
contemplates acquiring an entire
block in the center of the city and the
construction of a building which will he
a credit to a great Government.
Teachers for Philippines.
The government transport Thomas
will sail from San Francisco this week
with a "battalion" of school teachers
for the Philippines, consisting of 393
men and 145 women appointed from
every section of the country. They
have enlisted for three years in the
corps of teachers to instruct the Fili
pinos in the English language.
Great Britain has sent teachers to
many of her colonies where the natives
are chiefly of the dusky race, but this is
the first time such an expedition has
been sent across the waters by the
United States. The transportation is
borne by the government and takes to
the Philippines what may prove a
strong, factor in the civilization of the
country.
Educational matters in the islands are
in charge of Professor Atkinson, who
has made some appointments at Manila,
but the large majority of the teachers
arc sent from this country. Their sal
aries will range from $75 to $125 a
month, and the cost of, transportation
will average $300 each. They are ex
pected to sign contracts to remain in
the service three years.
Russians Are Alarmed.
The Russitn retaliatory duties 'on
American fanning machinery has al
most entirely slipped the importation
of this class of goods at Moscow, ac
cording to a report received at the State
Department from Deputy Consul-General
Hanaucr at Frankfort, Germany.
According to Russian correspondence
published in German papers, wholesale
firms in Moscow recently inquired of
the American consul at that point as to
why the importation of these articles
had almost entirely ceased, and he
promptly told them that the enhanced
Russian duty was the cause.
The Moscow district annually exports
goods to the value of $4,120,000 to the
United States, mainly wool, hides, pelts
and some manufactured articles, but the
Moscow merchants fear that in conse-.
quence of the tariff differences between
the two governments the exports from
their district will be greatly reduced this
year.
Armor Mood the Test.
The first successful test of the new
Krunpized armor which has been adopt
ed by the navy was held at the Indian
Head proving ground Wednesday.
The plate was six inches thick and
represented 412 tons of armor for the
battleship Missouri. Three shots were
fired, the penetration being from 2 to
3 inches, There was no cracking of the
plate, and as the penetration was not
above normal the plate was pronounced
satisfactory.
The Carnegie and the Midvale armor
concerns have made known to the Navy
Department their willingness to enlarge
their plants so that the government will
receive 500 tons of armor a month from
each concern, or an aggregate of toco
tons a month instead of 600 tons.
More Accounts, But Less Cash.
1 lie annual report ot the aumtor lor
I the .Treasury Department shows that
during ihe year 39.020 accounts were
i examined, involving $5,806,761,014, as
! follows : Customs. $264,279,005 ; public
debt division, $640,983,654; internal reve
jnue, $263,382,054; miscellaneous, $3,645,
I 5.10.141; customs, warehouse, and bond
I accounts, $193,625.33': internal reven-e
i stamp accounts. $708,960,826. As com-
i pared with the lirevious vpnr the n-nrtr
of the office shows an increase of 2.912
in the number of accounts settled, and a
decrca-e of $321,684,744 in the amount
involved.
Vacancy Is Difficult to Fill.
To maintain the political balance of
tbe American representation on. The
Hague Arbitration Commission the
President regards it as essential to ap
point a Republican to fill, the vacancy
created by the death of ex-President
Harrison.
Difficulty is being experienced in find
ing a suitable person of national reputa
tion. The Supreme Court will not be
further drawn upon. The United States
Senate is barred as a field of selection
and the indications are that Ihe choice
will fall upon some distinguished mem
ber of the State judiciary.
To Consolidate Departments.
A recommendation by General Ran
dall, commanding the Department of
Alaska, that his department he consoli
dated with the Department of the Co
lumbia, with headquarters at Vancouver,
Wash., has been approved and the con
solidation will take place in September.
Capital News In Oeasrjl,
An official communication from the
! Italian government denies that a t nin-
ty is paid on sugar exports, declaring
1 indeed that no sugar is exported from
I that country.
I The Navy Department bought the
Spanish dry dock which has been lying
111 iidvdiid naruor, lor $105,000.
The Italian Government has taken
cognizance of an affray at Erwin, Miss.,
in which, it is claimed, two Italians were
lynched.
Po5tmaster-General-Smith issued three
important orders relating to postage on
second-class mail matter. .
W. de B. Walbach, of Charles county,
Md., has been made an inspector in the
free rural delivery.
Our Ne Possusint.
Provincial civil government has failed
in the islands of Cebu and Bohol and in
the Province of Batangas, Luzon, ow
ing to their incomplete pacification, and
the civil commission has turned them
back to etlie military authorities. -The
insurrection on the island of Bohol has
been renewed.
Aguinaldo penied issuing an order di
recting the execution of Americans. He
said it, like others, was issued by insur
gent leaders without his Sanction. '
The army transport Indiana, 26 days
from Manila, arrived at San Francisco
with 188 prisoners, 101 cabin passen
gers, 231 discharged soldiers, 15 dis
charged seamen, 5 soldiers to be retired
and 5 soldiers on furlough. This is the
largest number of prisoners ever
brought from the Philippines at one
time.
Colonel Sautos, will: 40 men and 30
rifles, has surrendered at J.iguo, lit Alhity
province. Tbe insurrection in North
Camarinrs province is practically ended.
PENNSYLVANIA NEWS.
The Latest Happenings Gleaned From
All Over tbe State.
PATENTS AND PENSIONS GRANTED.
Patriarchs Militant Meet -New O.'llclals In
Control-Armor Plate lor Russia-Four Men
allied by Lightning-Lancaster Man Sayi
His Wife Hat Negro Blood la Her Veins--Other
Live News.
These patents were issued to Penn
sylvaninns during the week: Herbert
Clark. Knoxville, printer's galley; Hi
ram VV. Eaton, Jr., and A. Benson,
Bradford, bull wheel for oil or artesian
wells; John Eichcrt, Pittsburg, ruler;
Harry FUheridge, McKeesport, cosgu
lant feeder; John C. Fitzsimmons, Pitts
burg, metallic railway tie; Walter B.
George, Homer City, framework for
buildings; Harry G. Grubbs, Allegheny,
flushing cuspidor; Reuben M. Head, Al
legheny, reversible driving gear; Julian
Kennedy, Pittsburg, melal device, also
boss plate; James R. Klippclt and H.
W. Jet'fcrs, Allegheny, switch operating
mechanism; August H. Lauman. Alle
gheny, treating lime; Wm. A. McCool,
Beaver Falls, machine for drawing
metal, also die for metal drawing ma
chine; Camillc Mercader. Braddock,
and C. L. Wilmot. Pittsburg, skelp
landling apparatus; John Medca!fe and
T. Bell, Roscoc, barrel; Joseph G. Moo
ney, Krie, pneumatic tire; Henry J.
Morcland, Pittsburg, piston rod pack
ing. The following pensions were granted
luring the week: Zublon Parker, North
East, $6; Win. H. Wilton, Verona. $6;
Levi Daguc, Washington, $8; Sumner
E. Ord, Warren, $6; Henry T. Graves,
Millport, $12; Joseph Newman, Mc
Donald, $8; John Roy, Gillctt. $12: Jef
ferson McCardlc, Burnham. $10; Titos.
Benner, Spruce Creek. $12; Henry Rath
'jurn, Titusville, $to; Thomas McClea y,
Kittanning. $8; Jacob Bruner, Cooks
Mills, $10; James Miles, Amity, $12;
John L. Herr. Harmony, $8; Andrew
Kissel, Conncaut, $8; Wm, H. Gray,
Pittsburg, $10; Mary A. Monroe. Hun't
ngton Mills. $8; Jennie McConnell, Al
:oona. $8; Mary Hartzel, Piltsbtr g. $8;
Mary Jane Powell. Wheeler, $8; Earl J.
Dtiver, Sugar Run, $36; James R. Kec
icv, Altoona, $8; John Scott, Clitfminc,
f8; Wm. Stmt. Bradyshend, $8; Thos.
S. Thompson, Home, $8; Amos Focht,
Mahantango, $17; Davis S. Hisert,
I'itusville, $10; James M. Alaghan, Hol
lidaysburg, $12.
The following sums will be paid the
various counties every year tor four
years from the restored school fund:
Adams, $1627.64; Allegheny. $26,
722.01; Armstrong, $2552.76; Beaver.
$2533.37; Bedford. $2142.70: Berks,
$6874.34; Blair, $3590.34; Bradford,
$.1165.65; Burks, $3034.48; Butler,'
$2704.73; Cambria, $3115.75; Cameron,
360.87; Carbon, $1969.37; Center,
$2133.02; Chester. $4052.89; Clarion,
$1816.09; Clearfield, $3745.25; Clinton,
$1428.22; Columbia, $1952.65; Crawford,
$.155377: Cumberland, $2301.22; Dau
phin, $4584.30; Delaware, $3459.26; Elk,
$1441.02: Erie, $4345-99; Fayette,
$.1977-02; Forest, $551.46: Franklin,
$2618.53; Fulton, $583.43; Green,
$1578.29; Huntingdon, $190.67: Indi
ana, $2194.27: Jefferson, $2632.71: Juni
ata, $805.86: Lackawana, $7011.22: Lan
caster, $6807.58; Lawrence, $2282.76;
Lebanon, $2202.69; l-high, $3790.99;
Luzerne, $10,181.55; Lycon;ing.i$36i6.lo;
McKean, $2255.58; Mercer, $2834.01;
MifHin, $1089.04: Monroe, $1077.48;
Montgomery, $534993: Montour,
P69.V58: Northampton, $4170.11; North
umberland. $3703.07; Pcrrv. $1411.56;
Philadelphia, '$39,403.58; Pi'ke, $408 27;
Potter, $1464.78; Schuylkill, $7853.33;
Snyder, $076.08;! Somerset, $2274.18:
'.Hillivau. S604.45: Susquehanna, $-2)0.28;
1'icga, $2621.85; Union, $36.07; Venan
go, $2324.23: Varren $1965.84: Wash
ington, $4087.33; Wayne, $167.99;
Westmoreland, $6192.03; Wyoming,
'28.59; York, $5465.11.
One hundred and twenty-five delegates
attended the sessions of the Department
Council of the Patriarchs Militant of
Pennsylvania, which convened at Al
toona. Major General Ed. C. Deans, of
Scranton, presided. A gain of 102 mem
bers over last year was shown. These
officers were elected and installed by
General W. II. Cogswell, of Philadel
phia. President. Major General Ed. C.
Deans, Scranton-: vice-president. Colonel
Joseph L. Pile, Philadelphia; secretary,
Lieutenant Colonel George VV. Skilhorn,
Scranton ; treasurer. Col. VV. C. Cowks,
of Scranton ; officer of guard, General J.
P. Andrews, Altoona: aide lieutenant.
Colonel Philip II. Gilbert, Scranton;
sentinels, Lieutenant Colonel Harry J.
Hall, Carbondale. and Captain VV. A. .
Saucerinan, Altoona. The standing com
mittees were named by General Deans.
The council approved fifty recommenda
tions for the Degree of Chivalry and
Wilkes-Barre was selected as the next
place of inceiing.
A fierce electrical storm at Giove City
resulted in four deaths and the injury of
three others. A section cvrw on the
Bessemer and Lake Erie Railroad was
returning from work when the storm
came up. The men hastened to a de
serted house at the Pnchalo;f mine,
where they sought shelter. Hardly had
they reached shelter when the house
was struck by lightning. Luther Camp
bell, foreman of the crew, and Howard
Corncliu1;, one of the section men, were
struck by the same bolt and instantly
killed.
Wm. J. Hinden, oi Lancaster, made
an application to the court for a divorce
from his wife, Elizabeth Iliuden, on un
usual grounds. I linden claims that af
ter his marriaue in March of this year
he discovered that Ilia wife had negro
blood in her veins, her mother being a
full-blooded ncgress. Prior to their
marriage he says that ut wife alleged
that she was a white, woman, and by so
doing obtained the marriage by fraud.
He has not lived with the woman since
his alleged discovery.
'Joseph Suskcy and Edgar Moore, ot
Steelton, were committed to jail on the
charge of stealing a qumtity of tobacco
from the warehouse of Justice of Peace
Abram K. Stoncr, cf Collins.
Andrew Suhetski, a Slav, aged 36
years, a laborer at the Bethlehem Stcc?
Company's plane, wis instantly killed by
a large block of cinders striking him.
A freight train on the 'Pennsylvania
Railroad separated near the bridge
crossing the Contwoga creek und 11
cars were smashed.
A las factory will start operations in
West-Chester in a Tew days.
Helen, the u-ycaf-old daughter of
John Hamilton, of Chickies, died of
lockjaw. A week ago she had several
fingers sTnashed in a reaper.
Trinity Episcopal Church, Easton, has
commenced the erection of a six-roomed
stone structure for parish purposes.
A man was fined $11.87 for using pro
fane language in the streets of Coates
villc. Ground wag broken for a new $10000
schoolhouse on Nor.hampton Heights,
Bethlehem.
The Bethlehem Sfeel Company has
shipped t25 tons of armor 10 Russia for
the battle-hip Alexander , .'