miNLEY'S VAULT
GUARD ATTACKED.
Tfca Sentry on Top of the Tomb Fires
at Mao.
SOLDIER'S CHALLENGE UNHEEDED.
Oe Had Beta Watching a Lurking Hiure
lat tka Buihos The Vandals, Oaa ! Whoa
Waa Masked, Mk Tblr Escspe Btlleved
That aa Attcanpt Waa to Be Mad to Blow
Ut tha Tank.
Canton, O. ( Special). A strange
Story conies from West Lawn Cemetery,
where a company of regulars from rort
Wayne, Mich., are guarding the vault in
which the body of the late President Mc
Kinley lies. It is to the effect that the
guard on duty on top of the vault fired a
shot at one nun who refused to hoed his
challenge, that the shot was diverted by
another man who appeared from another
direction and that an etTort was made
to stab the guard.
Military regulations prevent either
(the officers or the men of the post from
fcefng quoted on any matters connected
' with their service, and for this reason
! Captain Biddle who is in command, was
obliged to decline to be quoted at the
icanip. He will make a full report to his
'superiors at once. Reliable authorities
made the following statement :
Private Dc Prend was on guard duty
on top of the vault at a point command
ing the entrance below and the approach
from the rear.
Shortly before 7.30 he saw what he
took to be the face of a man peering
from behind a tree about 40 feet from his
Dost.
He watched it for 20 minutes, he says.
and at 7.45 saw the man hurry to a tree
10 feet nearer. He challenged the man
to halt, but this was not heeded, and the
fellow approached nearer.
De Prend leveltd his gun and aimed
to shoot for effect, but just at that in
stant another man who came toward him
from the opposite side caught the gun,
threw it up and the bullet was spent in
the air. This same man struck De Prend
on the right side of the abdomen with a
knife or other sharp weapon, cutting an
"L" gash in his overcoat an inch and a
half long each way and a smaller one in
blouse. The flesh was not broken,
but bruised under the cuts in the cloth
ing. De Prend in the struggle fell and
lolled down the side of the vault.
Lieutenant Ashbridge, officer of the
day, was in front of the vault and rush
ed to the top on hearing the shot, but
the men made good their escape. All
members of the company on hearing the
shot hurried to the vault, and besides
searching the cemetery the guard was
increased.
CZOLQOSZ SENTENCED.
Ts Die la Electric Chair Week Beginning
October 28.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). Leon F.
Czolgosz, the assassin of President Mc
Kinley, was sentenced to be electrocut
ed in Auburn State prison in the week
beginning October 28, the earliest time
permissible under law.
Before sentence was passed the assas
sin showed a desire to speak, but he
seemed unuable to get his voice above
a whisper and his words were repeated
to the court by his counsel.
There was no one else but me." he
said in a whisper. "No one else told
me to do it and no one paid me to do
h. I waa not told anything about that
crime and I never thought anything
about the murder until a couple of days
before I committed the crime."
Groans With Terror at Auburn.
Auburn, N. Y. (Special). At 3.14
o'clock Friday morning the train from
Buffalo bearing Leon F. Czolgosz, as
sassin of President McKinley, pulled into
the Central Station here.
Czolgosz was taken to the main hall of
the prison and was seated on a long
bench. He. allowed his head to fall on
the bench, his eyes closed, and he began
to groan. While his handcuffs were be
ing unlocked his muscles twitched and
bis whole body quivered.
The handcuffs unlocked, Czolgosz was
raised to a sitting posture, but he had
not strength to support himself. Prison
keepers raised him to his feet, but his
legs bung limp and he was half dragged,
half carried, moaning as if in agony,
into the office of Deputy Warden Tup
per, a dozen yards away. Keepers be
gan stripping him of his clothes, and he
groaned louder than ever.
Warden Meade feared total collapse
and summoned the prison physician, Dr.
Gerin, but by the time that officer ar
rived Czolgosz was clad in the regula
tion shoddy suit for condemned men
and after treatment was apparently bet
ter. When he was assured that he was
mot to be harmed he became calmer, and
45 minutes later he was taken to his cell.
TO SPY ON ANARCHISTS.
Secret, Oath-Bound Orgaaljatloo Is Started
la Chicago.
Chicago (Special). To camp out an
archy and anarchists in Chicago a num
ber of men have joined hands and form
ed a secret oathbound organizatiin which
they hope will be the nucleus of a secret
fraternity with branches in every city
throughout the United States.
Incorporation papers were issued for it
at Springfield. The name of the new
organization is the Republic." It will
include one grand lodge and a number
of subordinate lodges.
The principles of the organization as
expressed in the papers of incorporation
are "to protect lite and property from
anarchists; to battle with the anarchist
propaganda : to guard and protect the in
stitutions of this country from anarchists
and their agitation."
It is planned to include a regular sys
tem of detective and spy work upon the
anarchists and prosecution of every one
of them at every opportunity.
Filipino Official Accused.
Manila (By Cable). Juan Cardona,
who until recently wasPresident of Gero
na. Province of Tarlac. and who was ap
pointed secretary of the Tarlac provin
cial government, has been arrested on the
charge of accusing persons of crimes
for the purpose of extorting money from
them.
More than 50 persons declare they
have been robbed by him in this way,
some saying they have even surrendered
title deeds to property. Cardona had
been considered one of the most reliable
datives holding pro-American views.
Shot by Marine.
New York (Special). Charles P.
Meiner, of Vonkers, N. Y., one of a
batch of military prisoners who were
being escorted aboard the steamer
Hamilton, bound for Norfolk, tried to
escape and was shot above the right hip
by one of the marine guards, Edward
Early. The guard used a revolver, and
the bullet passed through Meiner' s
bojy. Meiner was conveyed to the
Hudson Street Hospital, and alter Early
bad reported at the lonard Street P( -lice
Station he was allowed to proceed
with the rest of the guard, in command
iti Lieut G. Bishop, Jr.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
A passenger train on the Wabash
Railroad was wrecked II miles south
east of Council Bluffs. Iowa. Three
persons were fatally injured, 16 seri
ously hurt and a number of others
slightly injured.
Citizens of Chicago have started a se
cret organization known as the "Re
public." which is to be extended over
the country with the view to protecting
lite and property from anarchists.
James P. Thomas, cashier ot the Le
roy C. Partridge Bank, ot Ovid. N. Y
was indicted on the charge of embezzle
ment. Mrs. Lyon Pullman secured a divorce
in Chicago from George M. Pullman,
who is now in Sn Francsico.
Mrs. Howard Brockway. wife of a
well-known musician ot New York, and
daughter of Otis B. Boise, recen.ly ap
pointed to the chair of harmony and
composition at the Peabody Conserva
tory ot Music, was killed by a fall from
a railroad train on the New Yrrk Cen
tral Railroad. She had been afflicted
with melancholia.
Shaffer accepted Gomprrs' challenge
and named Simon Burns as his member
of the committee to decide upon his
charges a-gainst the presidents of the
Federation of Labor and the United
Mineworkers.
At the inquiry into the steamer
Islander disaster, held in Victoria. B.
C, it was testified that both the captain
and pilot were drunk.
Smith Jones, 13 years old. was sen
tenced to prison lor hie ;n Booneville.
Ind.. for killing a lad ot the same ajje.
President Samuel Combers, of the
American Federation of Ijbor. and
President Mitchell, of the Mineworkers'
Union, joined in an open letter to Shaf
fer, saying they would resign if he could
prove the charges he made against them.
A steamer has been chartered to carry
the first cargo of Pennsylvania anthra
cite coal ever shipped frm the United
States to Europe. The cal will go to
Berlin for use in American made stoves.
The National Camp, Patriotic Order
Sons of America, met in biennial session
in Buffalo. A. J. Colburn, of Pennsyl
vania, was elected president.
Leon Czolgosz was visited by his fath
er, brother and sister, but he also denied
to them that anyone else was concerned
in the killing of President McKinley, de
claring that he alone was responsible.
Details of the kidnapping of Miss
Stone, the American missionary, and her
assistant by Bulgarian bandits were re
ceived by the American Board of For
eign Missions.
The National Council of the United
Order of American Mechanics, in session
in Hartford, Ct., passed resolutions de
nouncing anarchy.
Patrolman O'Neil, who was the cause
of Devery's arrest, was dismissed from
the force by Commissioner Murphy.
There is reported to be discontent in
Samoa over the way island is being gov
erned. Instructor J. S. Croswell, in the State
School of Mines at Rolla. Mo., killed
Miss Powell, a student, through jeal
ousy, and then fled. A mob is after
him.
Seth Low was nominated for mavor
by die Republican city convention of
New York. His candidacy was also in
dorsed by the Citizens' Union.
The British mule transport Monterev
landed a number of destitute St. Louis
men at Newport News in violation of
the law.
Forelga.
London newsnaoers continues to re
port that Lord Kitchener wiH resign as
commander-in-chief in South Africa be
cause, as one paper puts it, he desires
more serious penalties for rebellion and
wants better reinforcements. Major
tsurnham. the American scout, who was
on the staff of Lord Roberts, has been
given the honor of a companionship of
the Distinguished Service Order.
General Gaselee, who was command
er of the British forces in China, praises
the American military authorities for
their well-equipped hospitals and com
missariat in China.
King Edward received Mr. Choate.
the United States Ambassador, at the
Marlborough House and renewed his
expressions of sorrow for Mr. McKin
ley s assassination.
The Chinese Government is consider
ing a Russian offer for the purchase of
the Pei Yang Squadron, consisting of
10 wgrsnips.
I he Bulgarian bandits who kidnaped
Miss Helen H. Stone, the American
Missionary, demanded 25,000 for her
release.
The Cunard steamers Camoania and
Lucania communicated by the wireless
telegraphy at sea a distance of 65 miles.
Hennk Ib6en, the Norwegian dramat
ist and poet, is critically ill.
Abdul llamid, bultan of lurkey. is
said to be in failing health.
f-urther details of the ene;igement be
tween the Colombians and Venezuelans
at Corozona September 14 slate that 300
V enezuelans and 4 cannon were cap
tured, and 600 killed, wourded or miss
ing; also reported that a I rother of
President Castro was wounded. The
Venezuelan authorities will send 3000
men to guard the frontier on the Guay
ira Peninsula.
A Paris newspaper states that, as a
result of the conference between the
Czar and President Loubet, the Euro
pean cabinets arc exchanging views
with the object of taking action against
Turkey.
A French newspaper publishes a story
of trouble between Great Britain and
Turkey, which is denied in London and
Paris official circles.
The London Daily News publishes an
unconfirmed rumor that Lord Kitchen
er has resigned as commander-in-chiet
in Srr.th Africa.
Extraordinary precautions were taken
in England to protect the King and
Queen upon their.return from the Con
tinent. The Russian Prince Mackachidge and
his wife were arrested in Rome as an
archists and ordered to leave the coun
try. Financial.
The railroads of this country lost
$3,216,500 by fires last year.
The pools in the New York street
railways are actively at work again.
It is stated in New York that New
Jersey Central is earning 20 per cent,
on the stock.
The export of breadstuff's and meat
in August were larger than since the
latter part of 1808.
Pig iron production in Germany was
649.5.19 tons in July, an increase of
16,49; tons over June, but 53,574 tons
less than in July, igoo.
It is reported that the International
Paper Company will absorb the Conti
nental Paper Bag Company.
It is reported that President Mitchell
is making an effort to get a conference
with the anthracite coal officials.
Norfolk and Western gross earnings
in the second week in September show
ed an increase of $20,001 and for the
month to date $27,817.
The Journal of Commerce says that
railroads reaching the principal Atlan
tic ports have completed arrangements
for the handling 01 import traffic next
year, and also states that the import
trade agencies will not be abolished.
There are oxw.ooo union railroad men.
COLUMBIA WINS FIRST CUP RACE.
Challenger Led by 41 Seconds at the Outer Mark
The Contest the Host Exciting In History.
THE COLUMBIA.
New York (Special). In the closest
and most soul-stiring race ever sailed for
the old America's Cup the white flyer
Columbia beat the British challenger
over a windward and leeward course of
30 nautical miles by the narrow, heart
breaking margin of 39 seconds. As Lip
ton's latest aspirant for cup honors must
allow the defender 43 seconds on account
of the extra 833 square feet of canvas in
her sail area, the official record, under
the rules, gives Columbia the victory by
1 minute 22 seconds.
As a spectacle the contest was superb.
From the time the two sky-scraping
racers crossed the starting line until they
Med across the finish line, four and a half
hours later, the result was in doubt, and
the excitement aboard the excursion
fleet increased until men became frenzied
and women almost hysterical.
So evenly matched were these two sci
entific racing machines that never after
they started were the rival skippers out
of each other's hail, and more than three
quarters of the time they were so close
that Charlie Barr. who had the tiller
aboard the American, could have tossed
WILLIAM M'KINLEY'S WILL
I
Estate of $225,000 Bequeathed to His Wife Annuity
of $1,000 to His Sister Helen McKinley.
Canton, O. (Special). Secretary Cor
telyou came here to assist Mrs. McKin
ley in disposing of matters connected
with the late President's estate. After
meeting Mrs. McKinley the question of
filing the will was taken up. The try
ing task of reading it to her was under
taken by the faithful secretary. Mrs.
McKinley made a heroic effort to bear
up, and succeeded in doing so, although
the ordeal was difficult for her. All
legal formalities necessary for her to
subscribe to were disposed of.
At 3 o'clock in the afternoon Judge
Day and Secretary Cortelyou went to the
office of the probate judge and offered
the will of President McKinley for pro
bate. They carried with them the fol
lowing :
I, Ida S. McKinley, widow of Wil
liam McKinley, deceased, hereby decline
the administration of his estate and rec
ommend the appointment of William R.
Day and George B. Cortelyou as admin
istrators with the will annexed."
This recommendation bears the date
of September 27, 1901,
Following is the text of President Mc
Kinley's will :
"Executive Mansion, Washington, D.
C. I publish the following as my latest
will and testament, hereby revoking all
former wills:
"To my beloved wife, Ida S. McKin
ley, I bequeath all of my real estate,
wherever situated, and the income of
any personal property of which I may
be possessed at death, during her na
tural life. I make the following charge
upon all of my property, both real and
TO SELL BOER FARMS.
Lord Kitchener Proceeds to Carry Out
Proclamat on.
Pretoria (By Cable). A proclamation
has been issued providing for the sale
of the property of burg1ier3 still in the
field, in accordance with the terms of
Lord Kitchener's recent proclamation.
A pamphlet has been published here
under Lord Kitchener's authority con
taining a notice ot the permanent ban
ishment of several Beer leaders captured
since September 15, and also a long let
ter from Lord Kitchener replying to a
communication from Acting President
Schalk-Burger, of the Transvaal, receiv
ed Sept. 5. Lord Kitchener promises
Haytiaas Oppose President Sam.
Kingston, Jamaica (By Cable). Re
ports of a revolutionary outbreak ,in
Hayti reached here by the German
steamer Alene. from New York via Jere
mie, Hayti. According to the statements
of those on board the Alene, a large
number of prominent men in Jcremie
were arrested on the charge of con
spiracy and immediately removed to
Port-au-Prince and imprisoned. The
situation in the interior of Hayti is re
ported to be serious, owing to the oppo
sition to President Sam continuing to re
tain office.
Why British Fall to Capture Botrs.
London (By Cable). Perhaps one of
the reasons that the British, who are so
frequently reported as being in pursuit,
fail to overtake the Boers in South Af
rica, is found in a remarkable army or
der, recently issued by Lord Kitchener,
as follows: "The commander-in-chief in
South Africa desires to impress officers
in command of mobile columns (hat the
object of such columns is mobility, and
that he has learned that such forces car
ry with them furniture, kitchen ranges,
pianos and harmoniums, whick nullify
that object. These articles must be
handed over to the nearest stolei."
a biscuit to Captain Sycamore on the
Shamrock. For miles as they beat their
way to the outer mark the black shadow
of Shamrock's huge club-topsail was
painted on the big mainsail of the Co
lumbia, for an hour on the run home,
with the two yachts flying like scared
deer before the following wind, they ran
almost beam to beam, as if they had been
harnessed together.
The memory of the races between the
Genesta and the Puritan, in 1885, and
Lord Dunraven's first Valkyrie and the
Vigilant, in 1893, which have been treas
ured by yatchsmen up to this time, will
be forgotten- after this magnificent duel.
It will live forever in the memory of
those who witnessed it. In the years to
come the yachtsmen of the two nations
will recount the thrilling story of the
celebrated first race between the Co
lumbia and the Shamrock II., sailed off
New York harbor in the first year of the
nwe century.
Yacht Start. Finish. Time.
Shamrock ...11.00.14 3.31.58 4.31.44
Columbia ... .11.00.16 3.31.23 430.22
The next race will be over a triangu
lar course ten miles to a leg.
personal. To pay my mother during her
life $1000 a year, and at her death said
sum to be paid to my sister, Helen Mc
Kinley." If the income from property be
insufficient to keep my wife in great
comfort and pay the annuity above pro
vided, then I direct that such of my prop
erty be sold so as to make a sum ade
quate for both purposes. Whatever
property remains at the death of my
wife I give to my brother and sisters,
share and share alike. My chief concern
is that my wife, from my estate, shall
have all she requires for her comfort
and pleasure, and that my mother shall
be provided with whatever money she
requires to make her old age comfortable
and happy.
"Witness my hand and seal, this 22d
day of October, 1897, to my last will and
testament, made at the city of Wash
ington, District of Columbia.
"WILLIAM McKINLEY.
(Seal)
"The foregoing will was witnessed by
us this 22d day of October, 1897, at the
request of the testator, and his name
signed hereto in our presence and our
signature hereto in his presence.
"GEORGE B. CORTELYOU,
"CHARLES LOEFFLER."
It is given out on authority that the
McKinley estate will total $225,000 to
$250,000, including life insurance of
$07,000. Aside from this insurance, the
estate consists of real estate here and
contiguous to Canton and of deposits
in Washington banks. The wilt is in the
President's own handwriting, and is on
Eecutive Mansion letter paper.
to send the Schalk-Burger letter to the
Imperial Government, which, he says,
reciprocates the Boer statesman's de
sire for peace. He then proceeds to
charge that the resnonsibility for the
war rests with the burghers, "whose in
vasion of unprotected British territory
opened the saddest page in South Afri
can history." Lord Kitchener quotes a
letter from a member of the Volksraad
to a member of the Cape Colony As
sembly declaring that "the time is ripe
to drive the English from. South Af
rica." In conclusion Lord Kitchener de
clares that, having annexed the two re
publics to Great Britain, he "cannot
break faith with the people who have
shown loyalty to the new regime."
Shot as He Sought Revenge.
Kingston, N. Y, (Special). Augustus
Miller was shot in the stomach and
probably mortally wounded by John
Walton. Walton had reported several
employees of the Lawrence Cement Com
pany at Rosendale to the management
of the company for making alleged de
rogatory remarks about President Mc
Kinley after the latter was shot, and they
were discharged. Miller being One of Jne
number. Miller and his wife, it is said,
assaulted Walton, and the latter, who
had been warned of threats against him,
shot Miller while defending himself.
Bureau to Be Removed.
Chicago, 111. (Special). It was an
nounced here that the National Bureau
of Identification, at present located in
this city, will be removed to Washing
ton, D. G, where it is claimed, superior
facilities for the work are to be had. The
date of the change will be set at a meet
ing of the board of governors in Wash
ington next month.
Jack havtrly Dead.
Salt Lake City (Special). John H.
Haverly, the famous minstrel and theat
rical manager, died here of heart dis
ease. ,
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
' Brevets for RoosevtlL
Adjutant General Corbin says that the
Board of Brevets, recently appointed to
meet at the War Department, would de
vote its attention solely to the cases of
officers and enlisted men who especially
distinguished themselves in the. cam
paigns in China and the Philippines. It
will have nothing to do with respect to
the case of officers who rendered special
service in the West Indian campaign.
The latter class of cases was disposed
of by a similar hoard, which concluded
its sessions over a year ago.
While the fact that a brevet had been
recommended to Congress for Colonel
Roosevelt was published at the time
the nominations were sent to the
.Senate, it appears that the facts that
there were two separate recommenda
tions, and the exact basis for the board
action were not made public. Therefore
the Adjutant General furnished these
transcripts from the proceedings of the
board:
"Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Roose
velt, First United States Volunteer Cav
alry, to be breveted colonel United
States Volunteers for gallantry in bat
tle, Las Guasimas. Cuba, June 24. 1898."
"For gallantry in battle, Santiago de
Cuba, July 1. 1808, Lieutenant Colonel
Theodore Roosevelt to be breveted
brigadier general."
Customs Receipts In Cuba.
The Division of Insular Affairs of the
War Department has prepared for pub
lication a statement of receipts from all
sources at the several custom houses in
Cuba for the seven monthlis ended July
31, 1001, as compared with the same pe
riod of 1900 end 1899. The statement
shows that the total receipts from all
sources during the seven months ended
July 31, toot, were $9,189,339.17 for the
same period of igoo $9,340,299.44, and
for the same period of 1899 $8,1 II,
762.59. '
' Official Mourning.
Secretary Cortelyou announced that
President Roosevelt would not hold any
official functions at the White House
until the public reception on New
Year's Day. After that date they will
take place as formerly. Formal calls of
organizations and officials in. a body
will be deferred until after 30 days from
the date of the late President's death.
The flag on the executive mansion will
fly at half mast, and mourning papers
will be used by the heads of the depart
ments for a period of 30 days.
No Authority to Compromise.
The Comptroller of the Treasury has
decided that the Commissioner of In
ternal Revenue has no authority to
compromise suits growing out of the
enforcement of internal revenue laws,
which are brought against the govern
ment. His authority to compromise, it
is held, is limited to suits brought by
the government.
Cotton Olnned In the United States.
The Census Bureau report just issued
on the cotton ginned in the United
States shows the crop of 1900 to have
been 10.486.148 commercial bales (bales
as marketed), equivalent to 10.123,027
bales of the 500-pound standard, or to
5.061. 513.294 pounds. This is an increase
of 840,174 commercial bales, or more
than 8 per cent, in excess of the 1899
crop.
No McKinley Postage Stamps.
The Postmaster-General has decided
that the proposition to issue stamps for
general use in commemoration of the
late President McKinley is impracticable
in view of the length of time required
for preparing the issue and other diffi
culties. No such stamps, therefore,
will be issued.
Presidential Appointments,
The President has made the following
appointments:
State George N. Dale, of Vermont,
United States consul at Coaticook, Que
bec, Canada.
War Lucien Breckenridge, second
lieutenant, artillery corps.
Capital News la General.
Members of the Senate committee
made arrangements to hear the charges
preferred against Lieut. -Col. H. O. S.
Hcistand.
President Roosevelt has assured the
friends of Commissioner of Pensions
Evans that he will not Be removed.
Some unknown person sent $6150
in cash to Secretary Gage, the amount
he had defrauded the government in
customs duties.
Assistant Secretary to the President
Barnes asked to be transferred to a po
sition in one of the executive depart
ments. The Census Bureau issued a bul
letin showing the paper and wood pulp
industry to be capitalized at $167,507,713.
The receipts during August from the
War Revenue Act were $6,000,000.
General Corbin returned to Washing
ton and expressed himself as highly
gratified with the conditions in the Phil
ippines. . Our New Possessions.
Gen. Isidcro Torres, who surrendered
some months ago, was arrested in Ma
nila and will be tried on the charge of
having ordered the murder of Corporal
Fieldner, of the Twelfth Infantry, at
Malolos, Province of Bulacan, last Oc
tober. Colonel Atienza, with his entire staff,
has surrendered to Capt ain Pitcher in
Luzon, who had been in close pursuit of
him since Lieutenant Hazzard captured
the deserter Howard in his camp.
To Operate McKinley Mines.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). There was
organized in this city at the Mines Build
ing of the Pan-American Exposition a
company which will assume control of
the McKinley mines, situated in White
Pine county, Nevada.
The company is capitalized at $1,000,
000 and will be incorporated under the
laws of the State of New Jersey. Mrs.
McKinley will hold $50,000 worth of the
stock.
Mors Gold Comes la.
Vancouver, B. C. (Special). The
steamer City of Seattle has arrived from
Skagway with 314 passengers. Crowds
are now coming out from Dawson, and
200 were to have arrived in Skagway on
the day that the Seattle left. The steam
er had $300,000 worth of gold. Among
her passengers was Consul McCook, of
Dawson, who is on his way to Washing
ton on Government business, lie says
much excitement is reported at Atlin on
account of the discovery of what is be
lieved to be the "mother lode" of the
district.
Train Qocs Ovtr a Bask.
Omaha, Neb. (Special). A through
passenger train on the Wabash railroad
from St. Louis to Omaha, was wrecked
II miles southeast of Council Bluffs. The
entire train, consisting of mail and bag
gage cars, two day coaches, a chair car
and a Pullman sleeper, rolled down an
18-foot embankment and turned bottom
side up, the engine alone remaining on
the track, and stopping with the forward
trucks on the edge of the bridge ovtr 4 .
dian creek. The train carried nearly ) o
passengers. Three persons were pe.
haps fatally injured, 16 severely hurt
and a score of others received minor
bruises.
THE INSURGENTS'
DEADLY BLOW.
Thirty-Seven American Soldiers Killed
and Eleven Wounded.
THE COMPANY WAS AT BREAKFAST.
Troops Art Overwhelmed and Compelled to
Retreat Stores and Ammunition and All
But Twenty Six Rifles Captured Captain
Thomas W. Conaetl and Two Other Officers
Among tht Survivors.
Manila (By Cable). A disastrous
fight between United States troops and
Filipino revolutionists took place at
Balangiga, on the Island of Samar.
A large body of Filipinos attacked
Company C of the Ninth Infantry, kill
ing 48 and wounding 11. The company
was at breakfast when attacked and
made a determined resistance, but the
natives were in overwhelming numbers.
The 24 survivors have arrived at Bassey.
They include the II wounded. The
strength of the company was 72.
' The survivors included Capt. Thomas
W. Conncll, First Lieut. Edward A.
Bumpus and Dr. R. S. Griswold, sur
geon. Capt. Edwin V. Bookmiller, of the
Ninth Infantry, reports that General
Hughes is assembling a force to attack
the natives. The latter captured all the
stores and ammunition of the company,
and all its rifles except 12.
Capt. Lawrence J. Hearn, of the
Twenty-first Infantry, reports a sharp
engagement with Filipinos near Cande
laria. Luzon, the Americans losing one
killed and two wounded. The Ameri
cans captured 30,000 pounds of rice and
several hundred rounds of ammunition.
Washington (Special). The War De
partment has received the following dis
patch from General Chaffee, confirming
the news of the disaster at Balangiga:
"Hughes reports following from Bas
sey, Southern Samar: 24 men Ninth
Regiment, United States Infantry 11
wounded have just arrived from Bal
angiga; remainder company killed. In
surgents secured all company supplies
and rifles except 12. Company was at
tacked during breakfast morning Sep
tember 28; company 72 strong: officers
Thomas W. Connelly (captain), Ed
ward , A. Bumpus (first lieutenant) and
Dr. R. S. Griswold (major surgeon) es
caped." ONE DEAD AND TWO DVINO.
A Woman Poured Oil In a Kitchea Stove
With Terrible Result
Pittsburg (Special). As a result of
an attempt to use oil to hurry along the
kitchen fire Mrs. Barbara Sturgent is
dead, her husband, Andrew Sturgent.
and their son George are dying, and two
other children Barbara and Andrew
are very badly burned.
The family occupied two rooms of a
tenement house at 1 102 Washington ave
nue, Braddock. Mrs. Sturgent, while
getting the breakfast, started to pour oil
on the kindling wood in the stove- and
immediately there was an explosion. The
room was filled with clothing hung on a
lin'e to dry. In an instant the two rooms
were a blazing furnace. Mrs. Sturgent
was burned to death, while her husband
and son were literally cooked. The other
families in the building were rescued by
prompt work by the firemen.
THIRTEEN MEN DROWNED.
Prospectors Were Caught In Cloudburst in
Texas.
San Antonio, Texas (Special). News
has just been received here of a terrible
disaster in Presidio county, near the
Rio Grande river. Thirteen men who
were prospecting for cinnibar lost their
lives in floods caused by a waterspout
or cloudburst.
The men were in two parties camped
one mile apart in a dry ravine known
as Alaminto creek, in which there had
been no water for 15 months on account
of the drought. They were asleep at. 9
o'clock. There was a cloudburst several
miles up the ravine. A volume of water
20 feet high washed down the channel
of the ravine and swept over the men in
the two camps before they were aware
of their danger. All were drowned, and
only six bodies have been recovered.
MOTHER'S AWFUL DEED,
Threw Four Children Into a Well and Fl
lowed Them.
Cleveland (Special). The town of
Little York, a station on the line of the
Akron, Bedford and Cleveland Railway,
15 miles south of this city, was the scene
of a terrible tragedy.
Mrs. Perry Curtiss, the wife of a far
mer, drowned her four small children
in a well and then committed suicide by
jumping in after them.
Her husband was in Cleveland with
a load of potatoes and knew nothing of
the tragedy until he read an account of
it in the newspapers. Mrs. Curtiss was
released from the Massillon Insane Asy
lum recently as cured and it is thought
that it was while suffering a relapse that
she committed the terrible deed.
Cruiser Cleveland Launched.
Bath, Me. (Special). Great interest
attended the launching here at the Bath
Iron Works of the United States cruiser
Cleveland. The spectators occupied every
available place from which the ceremo
nies could be viewed.
At a few minuutes before noon the
christening party, including Miss Ruth
Hanna, Senators Hanna. Frye and Hale
and Congressman Littlcficld, mounted
the platform at the bow of the cruiser,
and almost at the stroke of noon Miss
Hanna, with a daintily mounted silver
hatchet, cut the cords, releasing the key
shores, and, as the bjg craft began to
move, broke a bottle of American cham
pagne over the bow, christening the
cruiser "Cleveland."
Allvt With a Broken Neck.
Philadelphia (Special). George Hop
kins, 35 years old, of Cool Spring, Del.;
is in the Jefferson Hospital here with a
broken neck. He sustained the fracture
more than two' weeks ago, but his condi
tion remained such that the attending
physician decided to send- him to this
city for treatment. Cool Spring is many
miles from any railroad station, and
Hopkins made the entire journey in a
hammock swung in the ordinary road
wagon. The surgeons at the Jefferson
Hospital think there is a possibility of
the man's recovery.
His Final Rssllng Dace,
Springfield, 111. (Special). The ashes
of Abraham Lincoln will soon be put
away, never to be disturbed again, in
accordance with the wish of his son,
Robert T. Lincoln. An excavation 15
feet deep is being; made beneath the
vault where they now rest, and in this
the coffin will be placed. It will be sur
rounded by an iron cage, which is to be
.imbedded in and made a part of a solid
concrete block 8 by 8 feet and 13 feet
long. The transfer will be made after
the return of Governor Yates, This
will make the' twelfth removal of the
body.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Liability Denied Because Man's False
Teeth Caused His Death.
PENSIONS FOR PENNSYLVANIANS.
Oovernor Stout Fixes the Date (or Pour Mar
derers to Hang Herd of Infected Catlht
Killed Friends Advise Shatter to Ead the
Coutrovtrsy With Mitchell Telephone Com
pany Completes DeaL
These pensions were pranted Penn
sylvania's: Wm. B. Kistler, Johnstmwn,
t6; George Frasier, Pittsburg, $0; Ioho
Dindingcr, Zelisnople, $8; Aaron Stifecl,
Mt. Holly Springs, $10; Samuel L.
Montgomery, Pittsburg, $10; Ida J.
Northrtip, Westfield, $12; Jane Aunjwt,
Greensburg, $8; Mary E. Wheeler, fo
nongahela, $8; Samuel Klingensmish,
Kites, $6; Charles E. Gladding, Alius,
$17; Daniel Moon, Wildwood, $8; fat.
Rumbarger. Punxsutawney, $8; Robert
II. Long, Pittsburg, $12; Andrew J. lhs
sell, Sayre, $8; Abraham Howard, Bak
ersficld. $17; Anna Reilly, Redman
Mills, $8; Vinnie A. Schultz, Smethport,
$8; Maria Grimm, Marysvillc, $8.
Mrs. Adelaide L. Kays began an ae
tion at Scranton against the U. S. Casu
alty Co. On May 5 last her husband,
Albert C. Kays, choked to death by his
false teeth becoming lodged in his
throat. Kays was the holder of a $5000.
policy in the Casualty Company. The
company has not paid the face value f
the policy, alleging that the accident
which resulted in the death of Kays does
not come within the scope of the con
tract. Governor" Stone set the dates for t(ie
execution of four murderers, two of
whom are brothers. The brothers are
Edward and John Biddle, alias Wright,
and they .will be hanged in Allegheny
county on Dec. 12 for killing a K
liceman who tried to arrest them for
theft. The other murderers are John
Lutz, condemned to be hanged in Lu
zerne county for the murder of a frif rtd,
and William Allen, alias Pleas Turtin,
who shot and killed Hiram McMulIen
in Fayette county. They will be hang
ed on tlie same day, November 21,
Thirteen head of cattle owned by Wil
liam C. Allen, of Warminster, whists
had been condemned by the State Au
thorities upon the ground that they
were afflicted with tuberculosis, weie
killed. A post-mortem examination,
conducted by Drs. Collum and Wilsoa,
ihowed that the disease had reached aa
tdvanced stage.
The controversy between President T.
J. Shaffer, of the Amalgamated Associa
tion, and President Samuel Gompers, ef
the American Federation of Labor, arid
John Mitchell, president of the United
Mineworkers, may be dropped. Mr.
Shaffer has asked President Sinjoa
Burns to represent him if the dispute is
to be investigated, and Mr. Burns Cias
agreed to do so. Mr. Shaffer has been
advised to drop the matter.
The shareholders of the Pennsylvania
Telephone Company, at a meeting sn
Harrisburg, arranged to issue $1,1 44.40a
worth of stock to take over the Central
Pennsylvania Telephone and Supply
Company, a company which has Had
offices at Williamsport. The transfer
will be made October 1 and the business
of the company will thereafter be dirfert
ed from Harrisburg.
Helen Oatcs, a 14-months old cliild
of Thomas Oates, of Pottstown, 'Ml
into a cesspool and was killed.
The Lancaster board of health organ
ized by electing Dr. M. W. Raub secre
tary and Jacob L. Brunner health offi
cer. The board directed Dr. Raub to
visit all schools in the interest of on
forcing vaccination.
i Governdr StoneNhas appointed the
following delegates from 1 Pennsylvania
to the Farmers' National Congress,
be held at Sioux Falls October i-o:
Levi Morrison, Greenville; M. K.
Leard, Livermore; Will B. PoWeM,
Shadeland; S. P. Heilmaa. Helffyio
dale; A. L. Martin, Enon Valley; GJkV.
Oster, Osterbur S. F. Barber, llir
risburg; jVF. Kiramet, Orwigsburg;. S.
D. Yost, Conyngtiam; William Knojer
er, Allegheny; Samuel McCreary, fie
shannock Falls; H. Stout, Pine Grove;
W. C. Patterson, State College; W. A.
Gardner, Andrews Settlement; R. J.
Weld, Sugar Grove; M. N. Clark, Cfar
idge; Hiram Peoples, New Providence;
J. E. Orr, Pittsburg; Robert H. Thom
as, , Mechanicsburg; John P. Tayjpr,
Reedsville; J. S. Burns, Clinton; Lsev!
Wells, Spring Hill; John Hamilton,
Harrisburg; M. E. Conrad, West Grose;
Gabriel Hiester, Harrisburg; W. F.
Hill, West Ford; George G. Hutchin
son, Warrior's Mark; L. W. Lightly,
East Berlin; William Perm Lloyd, Me
chanicsburg; Edwin Lonsdale, Phila
delphia; T. O. Milliken, Cornpropsts
Mills; T. J. Phillips, Atglen; O. W.
Stoughton, Prospect; D. W. Cooar,
Sunbury; W. M. Dodson, York; S. C.
Buckalew, Fairmount Springs; Irwm
Chapin, Town Hill; Bruce Larncd,
Huntingdon Mills; Oliver D. Shock,
Hamburg: W. II. B rosins, Dunmosc;
George M. Patterson, Williamsburg;
Nelson H. Thompson, Elora; S. lflir
vey Rutherford ' and W. T. Ruther
ford, Paxtang; Julius Lamoyne, Wash
ington; W. W. Britton, Upper Stras
burg. Two alleged thieves killed Adam
Strunk at Eilcberger's Mill, a short dis
tance above the Delaware Water Gap.
The men, it is said, robbed a dwelling
house at North Water Gap of money
and canned goods. Adam Strunk, of
Shawnee, was leading two Stroudsburg
officers in search of the thieves and was
about a hundred yards in advance when
he came upon the men and ordered
them to surrender. One of the men
opened fire on Strunk and shot him,
the ball passing through, the body about
an inch from the heart. Strunk lived
only a few minutes after the bullet
struck him.
Five-year-old Frank Sauerwine slip
ped while playing near a cofferdam in
the Delaware at Easton and fell into the
water and was drowned.
The eighteenth annual convention t
the Woman's Home Missionary Socie
ty of the Central Pennsylvania Confer
ence of the Methodist Church held a
three-day session in the First Metlto
dist Episcopal Church, Jersey Shore.
A meeting of the Pennsylvania Com
mission to the South Carolina Exposi
tion was held at the Executive Depart
ment and it was decided to erect 4
Pennsylvania building at a cost of not
less than $20,000.
Officer Charles Ply, of the Central
Railroad of New Jersey, waa run down
by an engine at Ashley and seriously Ju-
jurcd. I
The survivors of the Ninety-sevenjtoj
Regiment, Pennsylvania Volunteers,
will hold their annual reunion at West
Chester on October 26. ,.
South Bethlehem Town Council has
passed an ordinance placing before the
people at the coming election the ques
tion of increasing the borousrh indebt
edness $100,000 for sewerage purposes.!
The town of Pulaski, Va., went dry by!
66 majority. ' '