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.