X FREIGHT TRAIN SLAUGHTERS 36. Slocking Collision on the Great North era at Nyack, Mont. NONE OF THE PASSENGERS INJURED. A Frcltht Trail Brok la Two a Sleep Gride at a Rocky Mountain Foothill Tko Rear Ead ot the Frelxht Tor Loom Fran the Head End, Dashed Down and Struck a Passenger Train. Kalispell, Mont. (Special). Thirty fix lives were lost anil 1.1 persons were injured in the wreck on the Great North ern Railway passenger train No. 3. at Nyack, 30 miles west of Kalispell. None of the passengers were injured, the fa lalitics having been confined to employes of the railroad company. The wreck was caused by the break ing in two of a freight train on the steep grade of a Rocky Mountain foothill. The rear end of the freight tore loose from the head end. dashed backward down the mountain and crashed into the rear end of the passenger train which was just pulling out of the station at Nyack. The car attached to the rear end of the pas senger was the private coach of Super intendent Downs. He and his onjirk and their cook. Henry Blair, were in stantly killed. The car just ahead con tained 40 Scandinavian laborers en route from iJuluth, Minn., to Jennings. They were killed wholesale. Only 1.? were taken from the debris alive. Fire, immediately following the colli sion, quickly destroyed the private car, cremating the bodies of those within. The Haines were quickly communicated to the car ahead, or rather to what re mained of it. and the bodies of 28 of the laborers also were cremated. The third car from the rear .also was burned, but those within managed to escape when 1he collision first occurred. The fire continued to spread through the mass of debris caused by the destruction of the dozen or more freigh: cars and their consignments of valuable freight. Finally, the passenger train was cut in two between the third and fourth cars from the rear, and the balance was drawn to a safe distance from the fire. All telegraph wires on the poles along side of the trail; were soon melted, and communication was cut off soon after the collision. KILLED BY HER ANGRY LOVER. Ske Wo Only Fifteea, and Refused to Marry Him Until a Few Yean Older. Philadelphia (Special). Lucia Pas quale. aged 15 years, was shot and killed by Carmini Picardi. aged 25. who after wards killed himself. Carmini and Lu cia were sweethearts and the young man had frequently urged the girl to marry. Her parents favored the suitor, but ob jected to their daughter's marriage at aui-h an early age. Picardi visited the house of the Pas qualcs and renewed his importunities. The girl told him to wait .1 few years. Becoming enraged, he drew a revolver and shot her three times. He then turned the revolver on himself, sending a bullet through his brain. EDITOR TARRED AND FEATHERED. Disjulsed Men Hand'e Him Roughly tor Alleged Attacked. St. Paul. Minn. (Special). W. S. Cox, editor of the Brainerd (Minn.) Arena, was kidnapped by three men, taken into the country and tarred and feathered. Mr. Cox and a friend. Fred Stout, were calling on two young ladies. The four were sitting on the front porch when three men with false beards and painted faces suddenly appealed and made Cox a prisoner. The men drove two miles and halted. Then, while on? man held Cox, a second covered him with a rcvol rer and the third took off lus hat and poured the. tar over his head and shoul ders. The men left him to find his way back to town. The probable reason of the rough treatment of Cox were alleged attacks in the columns of the Arena on several men in Brainerd. NO ONE WILL OET REWARD. Detectives Who Worked 00 Bullion Cases Will Be Compensated. San Francisco (Special). President Rjrlston. of the Selby Smelting Works, announces that the reward of $5,000 which was offered for the arrest and conviction of the .thief or thieves who stole $380,000 worth of gold bullion on the night of August 5 will not be paid as such, though the detectives and ethers who were instrumental in recov ering the treasure and sending the rob ber, John Winters, to jail will be liber ally compensated for their services. Winters was under arrest when the reward offer was made, and President Ralston says his conviction was expect ed. The company, however, thoiuzht he bad accomplices, and feared kUo that the gtild had been taken out of the country. For these reasons the offer of the big reward was made. PLOW MANUFACTURERS WILLING. The 50,000,000 Trust Will Soon Ee a Reality. Chicago (Special). Nearly 30 plow manufacturers of the United States were in session here discussing plans for a consolidation of all the plow in terests in the country. After the meet ing it was announced that the proposed consolidation is practically assured and that about $50,000,000 will be represent ed in the organization. The New York Guarantee and Tnut Company has made a proposition to the plow manu facturers to engineer the deal, and a large majority of them, it is said, have signified a willingness to enter the combine. Another KlUk at Pekis. Pekin (By Cable). The imperial edict forbidding the importation o' arms and munitions of war is not satis factory to the foreign ministers. A meeting of the ministers has been call ed to discuss the edict. It is said that ' the edict ignores the vital fact that the prohibition applies to the government and that it is pan of the Chinese pun ishment. The edict makes it appear to be merely the government's voluntary ct, prohibiting Chinese subjects from importing arms and munitions, as the country is disturbed by brigands. Darlag Thief Captured. Nashville, Tenn. (Special). Thoma. Johnson secured possession of a purse contaming $4270 in a gambling house here. He took the purse from a table, held five men at ba with a revolver, and backed out of the place. The police captured him nearby and recovered the money. Doable Tragedy la Ohio. Bciluirc, Ohio (Special) At Bcalls ville, near here, William Montgomery, a well-to-do far nir. while intoxicated, jj dj shot and fatally wounded his wi.'e. lie then commuted su ciJe. ' SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic A mob of negroes in Southwest Vir ginia followed a party of whites bent on lynching a negro who had probably fa tally wounded a white man, and the negroes became so threatening that a sheriff's posse had to follow and disarm the negroes. In a collision between two ferryboats running between Philadelphia and Cam den, N. J., there was a panic among the passengers, but no one was injured. One boat was badly damaged. A party of five young men and wo men, out rowing on the bay, near fix more. Va.. were thrown into deep water by the capsizing of their boat and barely escaped with their l:ves. Large sums of money are being trans ferred to the sub-treasuries at New Or leans. Chicago and St. Louis for use in moving the craps. General Ludlow's body will be cre mated and the ashos buried at the Lud low home on Long Island. Vice-President Roosevelt was enter tained in Chicago and reviewed the naval militia of that city.. Thomas Brightwcll is said to have been murdered near Springs Mills, CampbeM county. W. Va. Work was begun at Newport News on the armored cruisers Maryland and West Virginia. Two men were killed at Krebs Sta tion. Pa., by the explosion of a powder mill. C. Simmons was fatally injured at F.vansville, Ind., by falling from a bal loon. Chinese 'Minister Wit continues the lion of society at Narragansett Pier. John Deehart was killed at Ross mayne. Pa., by a train. In Bronx Borough, Manhattan. I.en hard Mcrget shot and wounded Mrs. Frank Scliinwoll and attempted to shoot her husband and her ten-year-old daughter. Jealously was the motive. Adolph Ostcrlob. for io years the German consul in Richmond, Va., died at his home in that city. He was a na tive of Bremen. Germany, and went to Richmond in i860. The Grand Encampment of Knights Templar, in session at Louisville, elect ed otticers and selected San Francisco for the next triennial. Congressman Hill, of Iowa, who ar rived at San Francisco from Manila, cx- i pressed himself as much pleased with ! the Philippines During a crush at a funeral in the 1 Swedish Episcopal Church in Chicago J a panic among the congregation was narrowly averted. Joseph Zachi.Ho. an Italian, was elec trocuted in Sing Sing prison for killing his mother-in-law in New York in Janu ary, loco. A mortgage for $7,500,000. given by the Bethlehem Steel Company to the Girard Trust Company was filed at Jer sey City. Charles A. Busiel. former Governor of New Hampshire, died at his home, at Laconia. N. H.. aged 59 years. The Northern Pacific Railroad Com pany will build two large steamships for the Pacific and China trade. One miner was killed and several were injured, by an explosion of dyna mite at Shamokin, Pa. Mrs. Carrie Nation went to police headquarters in New York, where she had an interview with Police Commis sioner Murphy, who told her she would be arrested if she violated the law in that city. Mr. Murphy was much annoyed because Mrs. Nation called him "Fa ther." One man was badly injured and a doz en other persons more or less bruised and cut in a collision between two trolleys in front of the Borough Hall, Brooklyn. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch. A freight train dropped through a tres tle near Ellijay, Ga.. and Ben Smith, the engineer, was killed. A Missouri mob is scouring the coun try around Columbus for William Fran cis, a negro, who assaulted and murdered Miss Mary Henderson, white. Foreign. Interference by Russian agents with the British trade routes between India and Eastern Persia is stirring up the British. The London Times says the British government must speedily de cide whether Russia is to be allowed to establish itself on the Persian gulf. The French naval demonstration at Dunkirk, which the Czar will witness, will be on a grand scale, 39 warships taking part in the maneuvers. Ex traordinary precautions are being taken to insure the Czar's safety during his stay in France. The Liberals in Colombia hold vari ous towns and districts in Colombia, but avoid engaging the government forces. While Colombia has trops on the Venezuelan and Ecuadorean fron tiers, the numbers reported are exag gerated. La Savoie, a new ship of the Trans atlantic Line, started from Havre for New York. She will bring over a num ber of French journalists. Lord Salisbury's family are anxious for him to retire from office, but the Unionists are opposed to the step. Andrew Carnegie has given .10.000 to build a town hall at Motherwell. Scot land. Many American men-of-war are in English ports. M. George Dorvs, a former minister of the Sultan of Turkey, has been con demned to death by rlie Sultan's courts. Dorys, however, is now in Paris, and a member of the Young Turk's party. The steamer Frithajof arrived at Hanimerfest. Norway, and reports hav ing landed the Ealdwin-Ziegler Arctic expedition at Camp Ziegler, on Alger Is -and. The drouth and heat have ruined the crops in many provinces of Russia, and the government is making preparations to teed the destitute this winter. A Colombian official states that near ly all the guerillas have been des. roved. Foreign ministers in China negotiating peace relations with China are anxious that the protocol be signed so that they may return home. Lord Kitchener reports that an officer and two privates were shot down by Boers after surrendering. He has been ordered by the War Office to take sum mary vengeance for reported killing of wounded soldiers at Vlakfontein on Au gust 25. The Vienna Tageblatt publishes a dis patch from Constantinople that the Sul tan will fight before he will yield to what he considers unreasonable demands by the French. Copenhagen is filled with detectives in anticipation of the Czar's visit. Prince Chun, at the head of the em bassy to Berlin to offer apology' for the death of the Geman minister in Pekin, keeps in constant communication with Pekin. It is staled in Pekin that if the powers had not withdrawn tlieir troops from China the Chinese officials would be more willing to sign the protocol. Emperor William has ordered that the usual autumn farade of the Gardes de Corps on September 3 he omitted. The flag over the French Embassy in Constantinople lias been lowered, follow ing the dcuanure of M. Coiuians. LIFE-BOATS IN USE IN A CITTS STREETS. Estimated Loss of $1,000,000 by a Cloud burst In Cleveland, Ohio. FAMILIES WERE BADLY FRIGHTENED. Terrific Ralnt Cue Disastrous Flood In Clerelaad The Water Spread! Over a District Eight Mllei Long and a Mil aad Half Wide The Street! Turned ' Into Rivera. Cleveland (Special). With the break ing of dawn Sunday morning the resi dents of Cleveland looked upon a scene of devastation caused by a raging flood. While the entire city was more or less affected, the great volume of water vent ed its anger over miles of the eastern portion of the city and caused an amount of damage approximating $1,000,000. From about J o'clock in the morning until 7 in the evening there was a pre cipitation of 4.28 inches. This exceeds all previous records, the nearest ap proach being in 18-9, when from 7..15 a. m. on July 10 to 0.15 p. tn. on July 11 it rained 3.86 inches. The overflow was caused by a ter rific rain that commenced to fall shortly after 2 o'clock, turned into a cloudburst between the hours of 3 and 5 o'clock ami then continued with great force until nearly 10 o'clock. The storm, accord ing to the weather officials, was the heav iest that lias visited Cleveland since the establishment of the Government bureau in this city, over 40 years ago. That no lives were lost is little short of a miracle, as the stories of thrilling es capes from the water in several of the principal residence streets of the city arc told. The surging waters spread over an area in the East End nearly eight miles long and a mile and a half wide. This extended from Woodland Hills avenue to East Cleveland and back to Fast Madison avenue. Great volumes of water poured over from Doan and Giddings brooks down Quincy street, swamped Vienna street, rushed over Cedar avenue back over on East Pros pect street, rushed like a mill race down Lincoln avenue to Euclid avenue and then on the Glen Park Place, where J houses were undermined as though built of straw and almost incredible damage was done to streets and property. Over a large portion of this exclusive residence territory the water rushed with terrific force, varying in depth from one to six feet. Culverts, trestles and bridges were torn down and for hours nothing seemed capable of stemming the tide of destruction. More Big dashers. Beaumont. Texas (Special). During the week just closed nine gushers were brought in. This is decidedly the big gest week in the history of the fields. During the month 19 spouting wells were completed. Several miles ,of pipe line have been laid, a dozen large stor age tanks completed and several more begun. Not less than 20 more big steel tanks, having a capacity of 38,500 gal lons to 50.000 gallons, have been con tracted for, and several of them arc now under course of construction. On the whole, the month just closed lias witnessed a development in this field that is marvelous. A Home for the President. Atlantic City, N. J. (Special). The President of the United States will have a summer home if the plans of several hotel men are adopted. They have been writing to Washington and to the lighthouse engineer suggesting the idea of building a villa in the centre of the lawn surrounding the lighthouse, which could be occupied by the Chief Magistrate and his family during the torrid summer days. Smoked a Pipe Over Powder. Altoona, Pa. (Special). At Munson, a mining town north of this city, Eman uel Rinus, a German miner, was empty ing powder from one cask into another at his home, when a spark fell from his pipe into the powder. The explosion which followed wrecked the house and hurled the Rinus family in all directions. The father, mother and two children were terribly burned and mangled. Turkey Woo d Arbitrate. Constantinople (By Cable). The Ot toman government is said to be sound ing Germany with a view of inducing her to -arbitrate upon the Franco-Turkish controversy. It is not likely, how ever, that Germany will accede to the proposal sir that France would accept arbitration. HORRIBLE SCENE AT Albany (Special). A frightful fate befell the family of Wilbur Alexander, a large contractor of this city. A naphtha launch exploded on the Hud son river at "The Abbey," a mile and a half below this city, killing Mrs. Alex ander and her little daughter and burn ing Wilbur Alexander and his son, Wil bur Alexander, Jr., in a horrible man ner. The accident was the termination of a day's outing on the river. Mr. Alex ander took his wife and their son and daughter for a trip south from this city. On the journey home Mr. Alexander was taken ill. He ran the launch into a side cut near "The Abbey." The launch was tied near the shore. The son u years old went to give some medicine to his father, who was lying in the stern of the launch. The boy car Five Kurt la Ruiaway Accident Frankfort, Ky. (Special). In a run away accident on the Versailles pike, about two miles from Frankfort, five persons were badly hurt. They are : Sirs. Edward Porter Thompson, wife of Ike well-known writer, injured internal ly; Elliott Orr, four-year-old grandchild of Mr. Thompson, skull crushed, will die; Edmund Orr, grandchild of Mrs. Thompson, injured internally, probably will die; Miss Kate Thompson, daughter of Mr. Thunipron. leg broken, internally injured; Miss Una Sudduth, badly bruised. Walked Fr Month for IS.IMl Sioux Falls, S. D. (Special). Fred Gilbert, who left New York May 1, to walk to Sioux Falls, on a wager of $5000, arrived here 32 hours ahead of time. The di.-tance walked was 2200 miles. Gui de rt left without a cent, and has not slept in a bed since his departure from New York. Powder Mill Blown Up. Pottsville, Pa. (Special). The pow der mills at Krebs Station were totally destroyed by a terrific explonoft, and two men wrre instantly killed, uhey are Ins Rupert and Richard liousdr, both of Krebs station. QUARTER MILLION ON CONSTITUTION. The Largest Wager Ever Mad 00 Sport ing Event Yacht Race. New York (Special). Fortunes arc heing staked on the international yacht race, and it is estimated that the aggre gate amount of money wagered will run up into the millions. The biRgest bet ever made on a sport ing event $.'50,000 to $150,000 was made in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. W. F. Mustin, president of the Pitts hurg Stock Exchange, representing n syndicate of Pittsburg millionaires, wagered a quarter of a million to $150, 000 posted by Walter Kingdcy, of Lon don, that Shamrock II will not lift the cup. This bet is not only the biggest bet ever made of a similar character, but it establishes the edds for other bettors on the cup races. The chances of the Ameri can boat are good enough to warrant the offer of odds of 5 to 3 in her favor. Mr. Kingslev arrived in New Y'ork on the Deutschland, with him a commission from a syndicate of English sportsmen to place $150,000 on the chances of Sir Thomas Lipton's yacht. Mr. Kingsley had not thought that he would place the money in a lump and anticipated some difficulty in securing the odds he desired. On the same steamer was a party of Pittsburg millionaires, who gambled so lavishly on the way across that the whole ship was kept in a quiver of excitement. They learned of the errand of Mr. Kings ley and concluded to take the bet. It was as good as settled on the ship, hut Mr. Mustin and Ur. Kingsley made an agreement to meet at to o'clock at the Waldorf-Astoria to clinch the matter. Little time was wasted in details. Mr. Kingsley produced his credentials. They showed that a syndicate of Englishmen had contributed to a $150,000 pool to be wagered on the Shamrock, and that Mr. Kingsley was authorized to place the money. Mr. Mustin examined the cre dentials, passed thim to a few of his friends and antioi.nccd that all was satis factory. EIGHT VICTIMS OP THE WRECK. Accident Occurred on the Northern Central at Fairville Many Injured. Rochester. N. Y. (Special). The fa talities resulting from the wreck of the south-bound accommodation train on the Northern Central road at Fairviljc was increased to' eight. About twenty-five persons in all are on the list of injured. The accommodation train that was wrecked left Lodus Point in the after noon. It was derailed at Fairville, about 10 miles north of here. The train was running at nearly 40 miles an hour. Approaching the station at Fairville there is a curve and gravel pit. For sonic unknown reason the en gine jumped the track while passing the gravel pit. The force of the accident turned the engine completely around, throwing the five cars on their sides. The train load of some 150 passengers was thrown into the ditch. The engine and all cars were badly broken up, and the steam pipes running under the cars were broken in several places, which ac counts for many of the people being scalded. Met Death In Coal Mine. Pottsville, Pa. (Special). An explo sion of gas occurred at the Silverton Colliery, about four miles west of this place, in which six men were badly burned. The explosion occurred in the Black Mine slope, on the tunnel vein, third lift, about 1000 feet below the sur face. All were thrown down by the force of the explosion, but Baughn and Thomas, being right at the seat of the accident, had every stitch of clothing burned from their bodies. They were frightfully burned about the face, hands and body and legs. " Higher Prices for Plows. Chicago (Special). Plow manufac turers in the United States, large num bers of whom have been in conference at the Auditorium, have decided upon an advance of 10 per cent, in the price of plows and repairs during the coming year. The present strike of the steel workers isjiiven as the cause. In ad dition, the manufacturers claim that the cost of production in every way is much greater at present than it was a year ago. Engineer and Fireman Killed. Easton, Pa. (Special). A locomotiv; and two empty coaches, on their way t'rom Buffalo to Easton, jnmped the Lehigh Valley traek at Oxboro curve, above Mauc.h Chunk, and went over an embankment four feet high. Charles Borroughs. the engineer, and Fireman Charles Classer were caught beneath the locomotive and both were killed. NAPHTHA EXPLOSION. ried a lantern, and as he passed (he tank contaming the naphtha an explo sion occurred, scattering the blazing fluid in every direction, setting fire to the launch. Mrs. Alexander and tier daughter were near the tank, and their bodies were completely covered with the blazing oil. The son jumped into the water when the explosion took p'ace. Mr. Alexander rushed to the assistance of his wife and daughter, but they were hurned to death before his eyes. lie was at length compelled to jump into the river to save Jiimsclf. The bodies of the wife and daughter were burned to a crisp, and the launch was entirely consumed. Mr. Alexander and his son wese se verely burned about the head and boHy. It is believed Mr. Alexander will die. The boy, though badly burned will re cover. ( Young Heiress Kidnapped. Chicago (Special). Margaret Lyler, 7 years old, and reported to be an heir ess to $100,000, was kidnaped from the home of Mrs. M. E. Grecri, of this city, where the girl had been cared for since her mother died a week ago. Her captor, driving at breakneck speed, was pursued by policemen in a patrol wagon to Ravenswood. There all trace of the kidnaper was lost. Mrs. Green was given the custody of the child upon the death of the mother, who was divorced from the child's father several yca-s ago. Minister Wu Transferred. London (By Cable). "Li Ching Fang, the adopted son of Li Hung chang, having declined the St. Peters burg legation." say a dispatch, to the Times from Pekin, "China lias appoint ed Sir Chi Shen Le Fen Lit (Chinese minister in London) to St. Petersburg, transferring Wu Ting-fang from Wash ington to London." Gold Production st Cripple Creek. Cripple Creek, Col. (Special). The gold production of this district during August was $2,558,000, the greatest sin gle month's record in the history of Cripple Creek PRINCE CHUN ON HIS DIGNITY. Would Rather Die Than Go to Berlin Under Present Conditions. KAISER WILL INSIST ON APOLOQY. Chines Object Particularly to Prince Chun's Attendant Prostrating Themselves Before Emperor William, as This I a Spec'al Honor Reserved for the Emperor of Chins. Berlin (By Cable). It is now very doubtful, according to a dispatch to the Lokal Anzciger from Basel, Switzerland, whether Prince Chun will come to Ber lin to make formal apology for the mur der of Baron von Kctteler. Members of the expiatory mission says: "Under present conditions, we ran never go to Berlin. We would rather die than accept them." It appears that they object particularly to Prince Chun's attendants prostrating themselves before Emperor William, in asmuch as this is a special honor reserv ed for the Emperor of China, and would involve a recognition of the Kaiser's equality. The following information is given re garding Prince Chun's speech to the German Emperor. Prince Chun intend ed to say: "The Chinese government regrets that Baron von Kettclcr was killed ;" hut the Berlin government dictated the follow ing form: "The Chinese government begs pardon for the murder of the Ger man minister, Baron von Kettclcr." The Chinese in Basel are trying to give the case international importance by emphasizing the fact that one of the dignitaries selected for prostration was made a baronet by Queen Victoria while another has the cross of the Le gion of Honor. It is now said that Emperor William is determined that the protocol shall be signed before he receives Prince Chun and that he will insist upon an apology for the murder of Baron von Kettclcr. Beyond that, however, the ceremony of the reception will be deprived of every thing of a humiliating character, full honors being rendered to Prince Chun as a brother of Emperor Kwang Su, on his way to the palace. GUNBOAT MACHIAS AT COLON. Will Guard American Interests on the Isthmus. Colon. Colombia (Bv Cable). The United States gunboat Maehias has ar rived at Colon to guard American in terests on the Isthmus. A German warship is expected soon from Trinidad. Washington (Special). Mail advices received from the Minister of Foreign Affairs for Colombia by the Colombian Legation here, under date oi July 12. state that Ecuador and Nicaragua have withdrawn their opposition to the Co lombian government and have given repeated assurances of good faith. Scnor Herran said that the with drawal of Ecuador and Nicaragua from the alliance formed by Venezuela against Colombia was most significant and that further trouble was not ex pected, as Venezuela would not dare attack Colombia unaided. SULTAN ASKS DELAY. And Then Made Series ol Alternate Pro posals to France. Constantinople (By Cable). The fol lowing is stated here to have been the po sition of affairs imcdiately preceding the departure of the French Ambassador, M. Constans : The Turkish Government was show ing a disposition to regard the French demands as settled by the irade relating to the quays company and the Albanian land seizures. The French Embassy, in order to prevent a misunderstanding, wrote to Tcwfik Pasha, Minister of For eign Affairs, that France, in addition, ex pected the settlement of two other claims included in the demands made August It; unless they were conceded M. Con stans would leave and Munir Bey. the Turkish Amhassador to France, would receive his passports. The Porte, instead of yielding, asked for 24 hours delay and made alternative propositions which were so unacceptable that M. Constans did not reply to them. POSTAL FUNDS STOLEN. Havana Official Reports Los of $).GD3 by Robbery In a Cab. Havana (Special). E. C. Westall, chief of the money order bureau of the Havana postnflice, left the office as usual Monday with the surplus remittance to pay into the treasury. The amount was $4000. He took an omnibus and, accord ing to his statement, placed the packet containing the money on the seat by his side. He- read a newspaper until he reached the point where he wished to alight and, when about to leave the omni bus, he found that the packet was miss ing. Two boys who were in the omnibus at the time say they saw a mulatto throw a packet to a negro in the street. Mr. Westall is under a bond of $10,000. The matter will be left to the courts for de cision. Seventeen Lives Lost in Wreck. St. Paul, Minn. (Special). An acci dent on the Great Northern Railroad occurred at Nyack. Mont., resulted, it is reported, in the loss of 17 lives. Train No. ,1, westbound passenger train, was standing on the main line. Twenty eight cars of shingles east of them, be longing to freight train No. 10. broke loose and came down a grade and crashed into the rear of No. 3. P. J Downs, assistant general superintend ent of the West End of the Great North ern, was killed. Gas in Soda Fountain Explodes. Ashley, Ind. (Special). One person was killed, another was fatally hurt and a building was wrecked by th explo sion of a soda fountain. The accident occurred in the drug store of George Ott. Metal and stone fragments of the fixtures were thrown in all directions, tearing out the front of the store and playing havoc with the fragile stock 011 the shelves. A heavy piece of metal sruck Edward Nicoli, a clerk, on the head and killed him inslantly. Anoth er piece of metal struck "Ott on the head and knocked him senseless. Four Were Drowaed. Rutherfordton, N. C. (Special). Wil liam Mills, 50 years old, and his daughter-in-law, 30 year of age, and her two boys, 9 and ll years old. were drowned in a small stream in this town. Mr. Mills atcmpted to cross a swift branch, which was about four feet deep, when the wagon struck a log, turning it over, lie carried the two youngest children, a bpy and a girl, .1 and 4 years old, to a tencc near by, went back to get his daughter-in-law and the two oilier children, but they were all drowned. The bodies of the old gentleman and daughter were recovered. The bodies oi the two b.)., have not been found. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Hunt Succeed Alice. The President has just appointed William II. Hunt, of Montana, to be Governor of Torto Rico. When Governor Allen left Porto Rico in the latter part of July it was generally known that he was leaving for good. Several times before he. had tried to give up the office, tut each time the Administration bad persuaded him to hold on for a while longer. When be left there in July, however, it was not thought that lie would return. On July 23 it was announced that Hunt would succeed Governor Allen to the post, although the formal appointment was not made at that time. It had been thought for some time that Judge Hunt would succeed Governor Allen. By reason of his close association with Al len the oilier had become intimate with the conditions on the island, and was well able to take up the reins at the place where Governor Allen dropped them. The prosprct of the continuance of such a regime as the Allen system is pleasurable to the Administration, and for that reason the decision to ap point Judge Hunt was probably rye-lied. Business ol the Government. The comparative statement of the government receipts and expenditures during the month of Aujrust shows the total receipts from all sources to have been $45.1)4,15, and the expenditures $.10.35 MQv, leaving a surplus tor the month of $6,047.6.,8, as against a deficit for the month of August, 1000. of $811, 44.1. The receipts t'rom customs during the present month amounted to 46.2,171, an increase over the corres ponding month of last year of nearly $100,000. The receipts from internal revenue were $,0.16.784. which is a falling off of about $4,000,000 as com pared with August, tooo. From miscel laneous sources there were received $1. 805. Kq, as against $.49.5.5. The ex penditures on account of the War De partment this month amounted tii $5. .Vio.ois, a decrease of nearly $0,700,000; on account of the Navy. $5.040.9.?!. a falling off of about $400.01x1. The pen sions for the month reached $1.18.55.955. an increase of about $00,000 over the corresponding month last year.. The interest payments aggregated $j.4f,i.OJn, as against $.1,170,081 for August, 1000. Important Treasury Decision. Mr. Traeewcll, the Comptroller of the Treasury, has rendered a decision which disposes of the famous De Lima case. He holds that under the recent decision of the United Staid Supreme Court the iudument obtained bv De j Lima & Co. for $14,597 from the Lhiitcd States on account ol dutie s paid bv them on goods shipped from Porto Rico to the United States between the date of the ratification of the Treaty of Paris and that of the approval of the Fo raker Act may be paid out of the general ap propriation of the Treasury Department without further action by Congress. Filipino in War Department The President has appoined Jose Ah reu, a Filipino, an assistant in the office Sf the Division oi Insular Affairs in ic War Department. Mr. Abrcti came to this country about a year ago. and after taking a course at the Columbian Law School, in Washington, took the summer course at Cornell University. 11c will be given rhnrgc of work relat ing to the Philippines in the division owr which Colonel Edwards presides. Favored by Mexico. Mexico has issued a decree exempt iutr from the payment ni customs and 1 additional duties, as well as from port I dues and the 7 per cent, i lierior or i stamp tax. for one ye;'r. from Julv 1, I toot. 87 articles imported through Chc I liinial, on the cast coast of the State of I Yucatan. The list includes live stock, J fruit, agricultural machinery, cotton j fabrics, medicines and a great variety of other goods. Capital News in General. Admiral Schlcv acknowledged the re ceipt oi Acting Secretary HackeltV comniunicalioir, inclosing a copy 'if Rear Admiral Unwison's letter, made public ycstcrdiiy. It is probable that if Secretary Long reaches Washington be fore the , court convenes Admit;.! Schley's counsel will communicate with hint in regard to Admiral Hov.ison's eligibility as a member of the court oi inquiry, and endeavor to settle the mat ter bciore the tribunal meets. The Census Bureau issued a bulletin giving figures as to the school, militia and votini: afrcs in New York, New Jvt. sey. North Carolina and N-w Mcxic. The list rt witnesses prepared by Cap tain IMiily. iuiljjo advocate of the Schley court of inquiry, and transmitted to Ad miral Schley, v.as made public: by Cap tain Lemlcy. It docs not purport to be a complete list, but includes the priticipa! witnesses who will he called by the iudgc advocate. Mr. O'Brien, of Phils:dctphia, will not be one of Admiral Schley's coun sel. Wr. Edgar May will assist Captain Lemly. Forty attorneys in Honolulu have peti tioned the Attorney General of the Uni ted States ,:sl;iiig that Judge Humphreys be removed. Twenty-five others want the judge retained. The United Statcj medical officers in Cuba say they have established a close connection between mosquitoes and yel low fever. The remains of General Robert Wil liams were buried at Arlington. Admiral Sampson is saiij to b; rmitc ill at Manchester. N. II. Our New Co ,3310,11. Civil Govern r Tcft has returned tu Manila from North Luzon. He is pleased with the condition of the coun try visited. Dinintr his trip he islrili I'ishcd civil tu.vernnients a; La Union, Uncus (South and North). A bra, Ca ,'aynn, Isabella, Z-oiibali!' and, Bocot. He intends soon to .unalgaiiia'e the provincial govei nmeiiss. abolishing the cumbersome rovcrninert-il machinery oi the smaller pro inces. Dcnisl Fro.n riowlsen. Washington (Special). Acti g Sec retary Hackctt ha made ublic.a lettci received from Admiral Howison deny ing the authenticity of the interview attributed to him, in which be is made to comment adversely on Adn ira) Schley. The Acting Scrrctary has, I therefore, continued Admiral Howison ' as a member of the Schley crlurt 0 in quiry, leaving the court itself o deter I mine my further question as to his , competency. Boer Blow Up e Train. London (By Cable). A dijpa'ch from I-ord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, lays: "A train was blown up between Water vleet and Hainman's Kraul by 250 Boers, who at once tireil oil the train, settinn it on fire. Lieutenant Colonel Vanda leiir, of the Irish Guards, a most prnmis J ing officer, was killed. The other casual- ratt has captured Piet Deiarey. broth. 1 of the assistant couiiiiamhnt (tciiTil." The WorkiiiRV.'oni'u'j Union o! America is ti. name oi the ori;anii tlon uodcr which the srrvsi't puis will join organized labor. PENNSYLVANIA BRIEFLY TOLD. D. L. Marks Struck by Lightning at Al toona While Watching Golf Game. , . EI0HT MEN HURT BY EXPLOSION. Blast ol Dynamite Bltw Out the Eyes of On Miner and Injured Seven Others Near Sham- okin An Omen of Bad Luck Jsmei Mc (lover a and Philip Hashes, of ML Carmel, Went to the Colliery In Trolley Car No. 13. Pensions granted to Pcnnsylvanians: Leuniuel M. Green, Sallillo, $ii; Robert Allen, Huntingdon. $17; John M. Shirk. Mcadvillc. $u; James McCormick, Ens low, $u; Frank C. Calhoun. Pittsburg, $K; James 11. Riblctt. Scottdale, $8; John Flanigan. Altoona, $10: Rudolph Hoo ver, Somerset. $4; Henry W, Clay, Glade. $4: Francis M. Reynolds. Low ville, $u; Philander Anthony, Geneva, $12 Margaret MeClellan. Uniontown, $8; Sarah A. Shannon, McKcesport, $ti. D. L. Marks, an employee of the Pennsylvania Railroad shops, was struck by lightning and instantly killed, lie was out on the links of the Altoonri Golf Club walching a game of golf, when an electrical storm came up anil he took shelter in a small building. Four young men who were with Irini were rendered unconscious, but have siitce recovered. Orange Gamble, a well-known Nip penose Township farmer, died. at his home as the result of taking the wrong kind of medicine. Mr. Gamble went to t store in Antes' Fort to purchase Ep som salts. Instead of the salts, it is said, the clerk sold him saltpetre. tv ) lablcspooufuls oi which lie swallowed. The Allentown National Rank Unied a foreign attachment against Bislv p Thomas Howinan. of Chicago, formerly i if Allentown. one of the bends of the Evangelical Church. The suit is on a rersi nul note. Eugene liurton was sentenced at West Chester m ten years' imprimn nenl. fiv for assault aiid five for hif,'h '.vay robbery. These mirth-class postmasters for Pennsylvania were appointed: G. Wil lelm, Crcekside; H. O. I.ayton, Kcllani. A war has hern started by "the Beth clicin police on hoboes who have been innoying citizens. Several arrests have Seen made. The large barn on the Warthmau es ,alc at Pcnllyn Station was destroyed iy fire. The loss is $5000, fully cov rred by insurance. Burglars entered the storeroom oi the Icrsey Shore Manufacturing Company ind carried away a wagon load of shirts, rottsers and other goods. An explosion of dynamite occurred in I he east shaft at Scott colliery, operated by the Union Coal Company, near Sha mokin, and eight miners were injured. The men on the day shift had drilled and fired eight holes, setting off tho charge with a battery. When the night shift went on they found that the last blast had cut through a seam of coal and they supposed nil of the eight blasts had been fired. Thieves visited Baiimgardener's Sta tion and West Willow, on the Quarry ville Railroad. At Baumgardner's they secured $4 in money and a quantity of tobacco from the warehouse of B. G. Mcllingcr & Brother. At West Willow they broke into the Quarryville Railroad freight station and stole 150 pounds of white lead and some clothing belonging to the station agent. As the result of a sting of a hornet on her finger Mrs. Joseph Sees, of Jerse -town, nearly lost Iwr life. Her condition grew rapidly worse and for a time there was no indiiation of lii'c. The attend ing physician succeeded in arousing res piration only after working a half hour. To be married and arrested the same day was the fate of Harry Dclp, of Read ing. He was taken into custody at Lauer's Park while dancing on a ch.iriie of rohbiiiBsliis grandfather of $200. His bride became frantic at bis arrest. Frank .Wilson, of West Bethlehem, an electrician, employed by the Bethlehem Electric Light Company, was shocked to death by coming in contact with a live wire. About the middle of May the fanners throughout the Juanita Valley turned out their young cattle on the mountain to pasture, entering the Licking creek range from Granville and McVeytown. Later the two herds met near the Marj Old Sawmills, where they were saltrd. SIk rtly after getting the salt the entire herd became sick and up to the pres ent about thirty have died. A stray bullet from the gun of a hunter entered the window of a car in a Reading passenger train near Shamo kin and grazed the face of J. Percv Knglc. editor of the Morning News oi Danville. Jacob Shuck was committed to jail at Shamokin for alleged practice of the olack art. Nicholas S. Adams, the com jlainant, says that his daughter grew i'.l ie-eral months ago, and that after sev rral physicans failed to cure her Shuck told him the girl was bewitched. He aid he wr.uld remove the witch's spell 'or $1.50. When the money was paid to dim he administered "magic massage" reatment. The patient showed no siiu if improvement and when Shuck refus ed to return the money suit was brought. Equipped with dynamite, nitro-glv-cerin and drills, burglars burst open two saics in the denial manufacturing house oi Henry Nealms & Co., Phila delphia, some lime between Saturdnv md Sunday nights and stole $800 worth ol fine gold and $jgo in.cash. It is tho ?;cneral impression that the robbery was committed on Sunday morning. Tins safes that were burst open were within forty feet of the street, but no one hcrar J a sound. Because be saved his little sistcf from drowning Morris Richards, 15 year old, is the hero of Bridgeport. While playing at the upper canal locks Mamie, aged 8, fell into the canal. The water is 20 feet deep... Morris, who was close at band, not stopping to divest himself of sTiocs or clothing, .plunged into the water. . He went to the bottom and grasping his sisters arm brought her to the surface. While David Tate, employed on the farm of Thilip Wortr, near Houserviile. was climbing over a thresher, his rijtlu leg was caught in the rolls and the le was torn out at the thigh. Tate died several hours later. Delcclives say that evidence has oeen discovered that will lead to the appre hension of the murderer of William Ayres. who was killed in his farmhouse in Wharton Township in June, 1898. J. Femberlon Hutchinson, died at Newtown, aged 57 years. He was presi dent of the First National Bank of Newtown and a director of the Burks County Trust Company. II was for many years engaged in the real cUte business at this place. China exports ii,(oo,coo fans annually.
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