IRTISH FORCES LOSE HEAVILY TTfty-roiir Men Killed and One Hundred ' and Sixty Wounded. -ATTACK MADE DURINO HEAVY MIST. Jk Terrific Engagement Near Bethel In Which 'Cat. Benson, Commanding the British Force, Is Mortally Wounded Other Prominent Officers Among Thos; Who Fe I Boers Re ported to Have Been a Thousand Strong. London (By Cable). The Rustcnburg aroltunn, under Col. G. Benson, has met with a serious reverse in the south-eastern part of the Transvaal, in the area of Commandant General Botha's operations. Colonel Benson and eight other offi cers were killed and 13 officers were wounded, besides 58 non-commissioned officers and men killed and 156 wounded. The war office issued two dispatches from General Kitchener, dated I'retoria, iS'ivember I, the first of which states that a severe attack was made on the xear guard of Benson's column about 20 miles northeast of Bethel, near Brakcn laagte, during a thick mist. The strength of the enemy is reported to have been Tooa They rushed two guns with the rear guard, but it is uncertain whether They were able to remove them. The second dispatch contains a re jport made by Colonel Barter, who was ftrdt from the constabulary line on Thursday to relieve Colonel Benson when the disaster was first reported. Jle reached the column early Friday morning without meeting with opposi tion. He found Colonel Benson had died -of his wounds and that Lieutenant Colo nel Guiness, one major, three captains and three lieutenants had been killed and three captains and ten lieutenants wounded. The other casualties were as stated above. Colonel Barber says that the fighting with the rear guard was at very close quarters and was maintained with great determination by both sides. The Boers sufTcrcd severely, but no Tellable estimate of their losses has yet teen received. The Boers retired to the cast. General Kitchener adds : "I assume the two guns were recov ered and that the enemy has withdrawn, but there are no further details. I deep ly r-gret the loss of Colonel Benson and the officers and men. "In Colonel Benson the service loses a most gallant and capable commander, who invariably led his column with marked success and judgment." SAFE BLOWERS IN THE V EST. Zaak Wrecked, $2,000 Stolen and a Fire to Divert Attention. Mattlock, Iowa (Special). Six rob lers blew the bank safe here and se cured $2000. The building, valued at 2000, was wrecked. The robbers, heav ily armed were preparing to enter the bank when they were discovered by an old man living in an adjoining building. He was compelled to go to bed and re main silent, under pain of death. Four robbers then guarded the building while the other two, with three heavy charges i dynamite, blew the saie. Before awakened res-idents could get to the scene the robbers had departed. There is no clue. Lamed, Kas. (Special). A livery tarn was burned here, together with 25 .head of horses and a number of vehicles. At the same time the safe of the Santa 3?e Railroad depot was blown to pieces and the building wrecked. The explo sion attracted residents who were hur rying to the fire, and over a dozen shots were exchanged with the robbers, who escaped in the darkness. It is believed the robbers started the fire. Orisp, Iowa (Special). The Bank of Orispe was robbed by safe-blowers. The jobbers secured about $1500. of which S450 was cash, the rest being in nego tiable paper. SHOT FROM AMBL'Sll. Ham aad Wife Killed W hile Fishing In Brozos River Boy Hurt "Waco, Tex. ( Special ) . J. W. McDonal d nd his wife Susan were shot from am tmsh from the bank of the Brazos river, near the Galls county line, and both were lulled. They were fishing and were near their lent when some one fired upon them. McDonald was about 50 yards from the rnt when he was shot twice in the head. The -wife was 100 yards away and the shot was evidently very close, for the wo man's clothing took fire and her body was irarned to a crisp. The murderer was evidently after money, for it was known that McDonald liad some in his tent. A son 0 years old was found near the place and brought to lhis city. His head was badly lacerated .and lie was in a dazed condition. LARGE EXPOSIT.ON 'BUILDING. federal Structure at St. Louis to Have I00.00J Feet Floor Space. St. Louis (By Cable). The plans of the Government building at the Exposi tion will arriie in St. Louis in one week. The Government group will stand on the Art Hill overlooking the Social .Economy and Educational Buildings in the ;;rand picture. The main building will cover about 300,000 feet of floor space and will have 110 interior columns. 1; w,!l be 000 tec: sa length, about too feet in wid.h and 65 feet to the cornice line u, co...'or:n with the uniform elevation of ihe Ex position buildings l-'ror.i an artis'.ic fK'int of view it is pronounced to be Jar superior to structure's oi this kind heretofore designed by the Government. Five .1 en Hurl at a Fire. Nee; York (Special). The live-?n-y building at W.rth and Church streets, occupied by Whit'! iV Co.. wholesale dcairrs in linens and dry goods; Josh-a Bailey & Co.. linens, and a branch effice of Henry Clews & (.')., bankers, was burned out. After the fire was sm-os-d to be under control and while a number of firemen were working in the cellar a ,'as meter exploded and five of the men were hurt. One of them, John Cahill, is seriously injured, and all five are at a hospital. The estimate of the kiss by the fire is $60,000. Child Killed In Family Feud. Virginia City. Mont. ( Specia! ). Two year -old Elhed Plumb was killed. Mrs. 1'lurnb, the child's mother, was shot in the hip, and Mrs. Plumb's mother, Mrs. Parke, was shot in the shoulder during a t;ht with pistols between Plumb and his wife, who for some tune have not lived happily together. Mrs. Plumb has re--ccmly been making her home with her mother. Plumb appeared there and the jiialot tight followed. The child fell dead at ihe iirst shot from her father's pistol. The man, who is now in jail, escaped other i:ijury than a powdtr-burncd face. The nonsen will recover. f SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. Domestic. Tlic Methodist Bishops, in session at Cincinnati, decided to hold the next semi-annual conference at Chattanooga, at which closer relations and the final union of the Churches North and South will be considered. The West Virginia Siatc Miners' Convention, at Huntington, adjourned after issuing a call for a meeting Nov. 27, to which the operators of Virginia and West Virginia will be invited. Henry Wiseman, who was pardoned for the balance of the term he was serv ing for thcit in Jackson, Mich., was re leased, and then rearrested on the charge of murdering Mrs. Ellen I hiss. Patrick S. Murphy was arrested in Torrington, Conn., on the charge of having attempted to wreck a passenger train on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. At Bccchgrovc, Ky., Marshal Hardin. 18 years old, kicked the crutch from Everett Bohannan, a school teacher, who was whipping him, and fatally stabbed the teacher. A writ of mandamus has been served on Warden Haddox, of the West Vir ginia penitentiary, to require him to exe cute George Carter, a convicted mur derer. Thomas Gibbous, of Ilangor. Mc Fred A. Hold and Mrs. Gero were ar rested for the murder of the woman's husband, Thomas Gero, at Chcsuticook, Maine. Mrs. John Chartrand is under arrest for shooting and killing her husband at the skating rink in Hobokcn, N. J. She says the shooting was accidental. A heavy coil of telegraph wire was re moved from the Northern Central track near York, where it had probably been placed to wreck a train. Attorney Sears, Mr. Cudahy's coun sel, was a witness against James Calla han, one of the alleged kidnapers, now on trial for perjury. Many factories of the American Win dow Glass Company and the independ ent glass companies in Pittsburg have partially resumed. Miss L. A. I'ayne, of Martinsburg, W. Va., was ior the third time acquitted of the charge of receiving stolen chick ens. Silas Esters, colored, who had forced a boy to commit an ugly deed, was strung up by a mob in Ilodgenvillc. Ky. Yaquis raided a number of ranches near Cuayamas and killed Joe Ramado and other ranchers. Ida Sneller. a servant girl, who had stolen diamonds jfrom Morris Mandel baum in New York, was caught while trying to dispose of them in Philadelphia. In a fight with pistols between Mr. and Mrs. Plumb, in Virginia City, Nev., their child was killed and Mrs. I'iumb and her mother were shot. In an accident on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad near Vance Station, Ta., Michael Hahn, car inspector, was killed. Joseph Jefferson, of W hite Stone, Va., accidentally shot himself while hunting. It is thought he is fatally injured. Seventy-five families lost their homes by a big fire in Chicago, the property loss amounting to about $225,000. Governor Taft is recovering in Manila from a successful operation which was performed on him. A silver service will he presented to the battleship Illinois at Old Point on No vember 7. The Lynchburg Gun Club has invited the President to take a hunt in Novem ber. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company has ordered 13,000 pressed steel ears. Major John Page died in Henrico county. Virginia, aged 80 years. A. J. Kiser was assaulted. at Staunton, Va., and his skull fractured. Foreign. A man claiming to be a son of a "Lord Sackvillc" has applied to the Spanish courts to recognize his legiti macy, stating that his mother was a Spanish dancer, who married Lord Saekville. The present Lord Sackville, of England, however, did not succeed to the title until 1888. John Francis Stanley (Ear! Russell) and Mrs. Molly Summerville were mar ried in the registry office, London, his previous marriage in Nevada, this coun try, following the divorce from his first wife, not having been recognized in England. Every available infantryman in Eng land will be sent to South Africa. The departure of the cavalry brigade from Aldershot leaves only a single regiment of rcgr.lar cavalry in the United King dom. The Chinese have patched up the tow ers and palace of the Forbidden City in a theatrical way to conceal from the eyes of the returning court all evidence of war and conquest. General Bullcr's popularity with the soldiers and the masses in England is increasing. The government is begin ning to fear that he will develop into a lioulanger. The Venezuelan troops at Tachira have been ordered to withdraw, but the Colombian Government continues to strengthen its position at Rio Hocha. Six hundred Turkish officers whose salaries arc in arrears made a mutinous demonstration before the p dace in Con stantinople. Three cases of the bubonic plague were reported at Liverpool and meas ures of precaution were at once taken. The situation at the collieries in Wales is critical, and the employers may re sort to a general lockout. Mr. William C. Whitney sold out his racing establishment at Newmarket, l.tmlon. General Ospina, minister of war in Colombia, was found to be implicated h; a conspiracy ag-iinst the government, lie was di poed and imprisoned. The Nanonal Review publishes the es sential features of General Bullcr's dis patch to Sir GeorgcWhitc directing the surrender of Ladysmith. Sir Thomas l.ipton denied the report that Shanircvic II. was fir sale, lie al-o declared his purpose to challenge aj'ain for the cup. ' Most Rev. Diomede F.demia. apos tolic deh-L' .1 e to Canada, is said to be slated to sin-cced Catdinal Martinelli at Wa'shington. Lord Kitchener reported that Colonel Byng surprised a lioer command and capiuted sccral field cornets. .'I he negotiations for the ransom of Miss Stone ate reported to be progress ing sati.sfac.nrUy. 'Ihe police 01 Berlin seized ail edition of Count Tolstoi's brochure, "The .Meaning of Life." The Uutch Red Cross Society de nounces the- British for seizing a Red Cross ambulance. Financial. The Bank of Bengal has reduced the rate cf discount from 5 to 4 per cent. it is deui.'d that the Pullman Company intends to surrender its Illinois charter. The New York Suhtreasury statement allows that the banks have lost $3,8,30,000 during the past week. The Philadelphia Stock Exchange has listed $800,000 additional common stock of the Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Kail road Company. The orders for steel rails received by the United States Steel Corporation from Western roads are said to be larger than i-vrr hcfjre known. MANY KILLED BY INFECTED SERUM Eleven Children Dead Alter Using Diphtheria Antitoxin. SERUM WAS TAKEN PROM A HORSE. Coroner Funkhouter ttaa Begun a Thorough Investigation, and All the Antitoxin la Ihe City Probably Will Be DrsJroyed to Prevent Other Fatalities Morse Had Been Used (or the Sa Turpose tor the Last Two Years, St. Louis (Special). The list of deaths attributed to lockjaw as a result of the administration of diphtheria anti toxin manufactured by the city chemist now numbers it, two more deaths hav ing been reported. Eleven other children arc reported to the Health Department as suffering with lockjaw, with slight chances for recov ery. The cause of lockjaw in each case is said to be poisoning from the city's diphtheria antitoxin. The Health Department has now be gun the free distribution of tetanus an titoxin for injection into the blood of diphtheria patients who have been inoc ulated with the injected scrum and thus exposed to lockjaw. The Health Department has announc ed that no more diphtheria antitoxin will be manufactured by the city of St. Louis. The investigation ordered by the city coroner to determine positively the cause of the deaths of the eight children who are alleged to have died of lockjaw following the administration of the city's antitoxin is being pushed and it is ex pected it will be completed in a few days. Drs. Bolton, Fish and Waldron, three of the most experienced bacteriologists in St. Louis, are making tests with the antitoxin and the scrum taken from the spinal columns of the dead children. Dr. Rayold, city bacteriologist, who made the antitoxin complained of from serum taken from a horse, which devel oped tetanus on October 1, and was shot, declares that if the animal's system contained bacilli on August 24, when the last serum was taken from it, it was impossible to detect it by an inspection of the horse. At the Baptist Hospital an independ ent investigation has convinced Drs. A. B. Nichols, R. C. Harris and C. C. Mor ris that the presence of tetanus germs in the city antitoxin is indisputable. A guinea pig was inoculated with the anti toxin on Wednesday nicht, developed symptoms of lockjaw Thursday morn ing and died MAY HAVE FIRED THEIR STORES. Serloui Charge Against Reputable Merchants Barni Filled With Good--. Columbia, S. C. (Special). Twenty three business houses, composing the heart of the town of Timmonsville, were burned. There was an explosion, in the store of Smith & Dennis that aroused the town and then the flames burst out. A keg of powder is supposed to have ex ploited. There was no apparatus for fighting the fire. One block of ten brick stores, including the bank of Timmons ville, is in the burned district. The loss is conservatively placed at $100,000, with less than one-third insurance. A sensational feature developed when W. F. Dennis, of Smith & Dennis, gen eral merchants, was arrested on a charge of arson. Smith had left the town when citizens called at his place. Dennis re fuses to talk. Because of the peculiar manner in which the fire started suspi cion rested on these men and a search of their premises revealed boxes of goods, shoes,- etc., stacked in their houses and barns. It is supposed these goods were removed from their stores before the fire. The sheriff has gone after Smith with 1 warrant. COTTON SPINNERS' CONVENTION. Editor of the Manufacturers' Record to Make an Address at Meeting. Charlotte, N. C. (Special). The fifth annual convention of the Southern Cot ton Spinners' Association will meet in Atlanta, Ga., on November 14 and 15. Ti e address of welcome will be deliver ed by Mayor Livingston Mints, and the response will be made by Mr. D. A. Tompkins, of Charlotte. This will be followed with the annual address by the president of the association, Dr. John H. McAdcn. R. H. Edmonds, editor of the Manufacturers' Record, of Balti more, will deliver an address on "A Southern Industrial Task." A banquet will be given at the Kimball House; a Bohemian smoker will be given at the Chamber of Commerce, and Senator Mc Laurin. of South Carolina, and Hon. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, are booked for speeches. White Praises the Kaiser. New York (Special). Andrew D. White, ambassador to Germany, sailed from here on the Dcutschland after a fortnight spent in this country on pri vate business. Before sailing Ambassa dor W hite paid a tribute to the German Emperor, saying: "The Americans do not know the Emperor. Those of us who know him know that he is a states man. Ilia control over men shows his great force and ability." Two Hundred Homeless. Chicago (Special). Two hundred persons were made homeless and much property was destroyed by a tire which swept Milwaukee avenue and North I'liion street bctsveen kinie srreef .mrl ; Atotin avenue. The fire started by an ; explosion of gasoline in the building of i Leonard Peterson & Co., 126 to 100 I North Union street. The loss is $500,- 000. The buildings burned were of cheap construction. A Taxing Plau In Georgia. Atlanta. Ga. (Special). The Howard tax franchise bill passed the Georgia House of Representatives Wednesday. It provides that the authorities of the State j equipment of corporations from the total 1 shall deduct the value of the pbuit or equipment of corporations from t',: total value of the stock and bonds of corpora ' tions and that the difference so arrived at shall be declared to represent the value of the corporations' franchise, and that a tax in accordance with that valuation shall be levied on the franchise. The measure was transmitted to the Senate. Moors Pay Indemnity to Spain. Tangier (By Cable). The Moorish Government has paid Spain $jo,ooo for the parents and $1600 indemnity as a result of the rapture by Kabyle tribes men ol a Spanish boy and girl last May at Arzilla, on the Atlantic coast of Mo rocco. A Lawsuit Leads to Murder. , Henderson, Ky. (Special). L'Scian Brown shot and killed Oliie Alliso i, and then committed suicide. They, were brothers-in-law, and the trouble' over a lawsuit' is believed to have prored the tragedy. v THREE DEAD AND TCN INJURED. Bad Smashop ea the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Near Washington, Pa. Washington, Pa. (Special). A wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad cast of Brady's tunnel, a short distance cast of Washington, which re sulted in the death of three men and the injury of ten more, two of whom mav die. The wreck was caused -by a head end collision between a freight engine and the westbound Wheeling accom modation train. The Scad arc: Michael Hahn, of Finlcyville. car in spector. James Beggan, of Washington, super visor of Wheeling division. M. J. Padden, of Honey's Point, clerk in the supervisor's office. The injured arc: J. A. Spangler, of Washington, bridge supervisor, bruised and injured inter nally; may not recover. Robert S. Core, of Glcnwood, engi neer on the passenger train, injured in ternally, scalded and burned. James R. Fox, Washington, hostler, bruised and cut. Charles Ball, of Glcnwood, conductor of passenger train, scalp wound. C. O. Devaughan, clerk in Baltimore and Ohio office at Washington, arm and back hurt. M. Devaughan, Baltimore and Ohio agent at this place, face cut and feet in jured. Lewis N. Barte, Pittsbu.-g. brakeman on passenger, severely shocked. 1. M. Cunningham, of Glcnwood, conductor on freight train, badly cut by broken glass; condition tcrious. John Logue, Hazlewood, flagman on freight train, left arm fractured and otherwise scriouslv injured. C. II. Schull, of Glcnwood. engineer on freight engine, left wrist dislocated. J. A. Spangler and F. M. Cunning ham are both lying at the Washington Hospital in a precarious condition to night, and their recovery i3 doubtful. The stories of the cause of the wreck are conflicting, and it will take a coro ner's jury to determine who is respon sible for it. The engine was on its way from Washington loaded with road offi cials going to render assistance at a freight wreck near Vance's Station, and was struck by the passenger train just as the engine emerged from the tunnel, both going at high speed. SUSPECTED OF FOUR MURDERS. Mlsi Jane Tsppan, a Professional Nurse, Under a Grave Suspicion. Nashua, N. II. (Special). Miss Jane Toppan, suspected of having murdered Mrs. Mary Gibbs at Bourne, Mass., last August, has been arrested and taken to Massachusetts. Mrs. Gibbs died under suspicious cuTcumstances. Barnstable, Mass (Special). Miss Jane Toppan, who was arrested at Am hcrt, N. j., on suspicion of being con nected with the alleged murder of Mrs. Mary Gibbs, of Catumct, was brought here. Mrs, Gibbs' husband, Capt. Irving F. Gibbs, who is captain of the coasting schooner Golden Ball, was away on that vessel at the time of his wife's death. On learning of it at a coast port he immediately returned home, and, al though there had been up to that time no suspicion of foul play. Captain Gibbs believed that there should be an investi gation, and placed the matter in the hands of District Attorney Holmes. The bodies of Mrs. Gordon and Mrs. Gibbs were exhumed and the stomachs were sent to Professor Wood, of Har vard University, and as a result of his examination Miss Toppan was arrested on suspicion of having poisoned the four members of the Gibbs family. Bourne, Mass. (Special.) Mrs. Mary Gibbs, for whose alleged murder Miss Jane Toppan is under arrest, was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Davis, of this place, and a sister of Mrs. Harry Gordon, of Chicago. Both Mr. and Mrs. Davis died last July, and within the next few weeks Mrs. Gordon, who had come from Chicago to see her mother in her last hours, and Mrs. Gibbs, died. Miss Toppan, a profes sional nurse, and a friend of the Davis family, attended each person. WORLD-WIDE GLASS TRUST. Belgian Protect Will Be Discussed In Pittsburg. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Jules Ger naert and Viscount Charles De Herbais de Thun, of Brussels, returned to Pitts burg from Buffalo to meet the directors of the American Window Glass Com- any ana turttter discuss the deal where y the American and Belgian windnu, glass trusts propose to control this business throughout the world. Mr. Gernaert states that he repre sents all the European glass interests but that he could say nothing further until something definite is done by the American Window Glass Company. The interests involved are said to amount to $400,000,000. Mr. Gernaert is also said to have plans for the Amalgamation of Ameri can and foreign iron and steel interests. Dr. Burnett Indicted. Chicago (Special). The grand jury voted an indictment against Dr. Orville Burnett, charging him with murder as an accessory before the fact. Dr. Bur nett was with Mrs. Charlotte Nichol when the latter committed suicide at a hotel recently, alone fulfilling an agree ment, which, Burnett says, they made to die together rather than be separated. Carnegie's Gift Accepted. San Juan de Porto Rico (Special). Education Commissioner Brumbaugh has sent a letter to Andrew Carnegie ac cepting his offer, made under certain conditions, of $100,000 to build a free public school library for San Juan. Gov ernor Hunt sails for New York No vember 1 2 for a month's conference with the authorities at Washington. Andrew Carnegie Honored. London (By Cable). Andrew Carne gie was formally nominated for the lord rectorship of St. Andrew's University. There were no other nominations. Mr. Carnegie's election will be declared by the vice-chancellor on November 8. Negro Lynched. Jeffersonville, Ga. (Special). A negro who attempted to assault the wife of Representative Daugherty, was found hanging to a telegraph pole at Allcnton. He was 'surrounded in a swamp by a posse, caught and lynched. Seventy-Eight Boer Cap:ured. - London (By Cable). A disr.atch from Lord Kitchener, dated Pretoria, received liece to-day, says Colonel Kekewich, dur ing a night surprise of Van Albert's iaager, northeast of Rustcnburg, about 60 miles west of Pretoria, captured 78 Boers. Horrible Fate. I-ondon (By Cable). A snc-cial dis patch from Antwerp says that a detach ment of black troops recently sent by the Congo authorities to quell a revolt at Balingis. in Kassai. was captured. CEBU INSURGENTS ' HAVE SURRENDERED The Enllre Porce Torn Over Their Arms and Cannon. FOUR HUNDRED AND FIFTY MEN. General Chaffee In Ills Report Says He Will Advise General Hughes to Waste No Time A Dozen American Soldiers Viciously At tacked by Bolomen, and Two Killed and Two Others Wounded. Manila (By Cable). General Hughes reports the complete surrender of the insurgents in the Island of Ccbu, con sisting of 450 men and 60 officers, with ISO rifles and eight brass field pieces. The pouring of troops into the Island of Samar is boheved to have had a good effect on the Ccbu insurgents, who have been wavering for some time. The mal contents kept up the conflict by saying that a majority of the American troops had left the Philippines. Advices just received here from Cat balogan, Island of Samar, say that 12 men of Company G of the Ninth In fantry, under command of Sergeant Willford, who had been senl from Basey to San Antonio to investigate and re port in regard to the number of bolo men in the vicinity, were viciously at tacked by 140 insurgents, who rushed on them with great violence, killing two of the soldiers and wounding two oth ers. Willford remained cool and col lected during the attack, and the sur vivors say that he acted splendidly. Fourteen of the insurgents were killed. Captain Bookmiller, of Company G, recommends Willford for a medal of honor, and Privates Swanton and Vero for certificates of merit. Washington (Special). Th:s cable gram was received at the War Depart ment from General Chaffee. It follows, in part: "Adjutant General, Washington: "The following from Brigadier Gen eral Hughes: "Insurrccto forces Ccbu Island have conic in, laid lUwn arms in good faith in obedience to demand of people for peace; 150 rifles, 8 brass pieces, 60 officers, 470 men; affairs not yet satisfactory Bohol Island; may move additional troops there to force set tlement.' "This settles, for present at least, dis turbance hereto existing Cebu. Future disorder that island will be made by de liberate action inhabitants, as peace may be easily preserved if people disposed to do so. Shall advise Hughes waste no time, but move on Bohol immediately. (Signed) "CHAFFEE." MALV'AR AND FILIPINO ARMY. He Proclaims Himself Captain General and Appoints Other Generals. Manila (By Cable). Malvar has is sued a nev proclamation, appointing himself captain general and reorganiz ing the Filipino army under two lieuten ant generals and four generals of di vision. Every guide caught aiding the Americans will be treated immediately as a traitor. Those who surrender to the Americans will be treated in the same manner. Malvar considers his own appointment to be temporary until the meeting of the general assembly of liberators. He congratulates the sol diers on the good work they are doing in the field, and also those who arc working for the cause of freedom and liberty in the cities. The Hates umbrella factory, employ ing 500 hands, which recently found it necessary to close, thus constituting the first labor problem growing out of the new tariff, has decided to remove to Hongkong. For a Sl,500,0l0 Memorial. Washington (Special). The cxcculivc committee of the William McKinlcy Na tional Memorial Arch Association de cided to fix definitely the sum of $1,500, 000 as the amount to be raised for the erection of an arch in Washington com memorative of the public service of the late President. A committee on the gen eral plan of securing subscriptions was appointed. Alexander R. Shepard, of Batipolis, Mexico, former Governor of the District of Columbia, was unani mously chosen national vice-president. A Cuslellaoe to Fight a CucL Paris (By Cable). An article ridicul ing the Castellanc family, entitled "Bar num, Castellane & Co.," recently pub lished in the newspaper the Nouvelliste at Murat, excited the wrath of Count Stanislas Castellane, wiio recently mar ried Mile. Terry, daughter of a Cuban mill ionairc. Count Stanislas has chal lenged the proprietor, M. Peschattd, a member of the Chamber of Deputies, to fight a duel. Count Stanislas is a broth er of Count Boni Castellanc, who mar ried Miss Gould. Two Blocks Destroyed. Uniontown, Pa. (Special). A fire which started in Friedman's livery stable, near Pittsburg street, destroyed ten buildings, covering two blocks. One life is said to have been lost and the property damage is estimated at $.250,000. At to o'clock the hrc was believed to be under control, although it was breaking out at intenals with more or less intensity. The extent of the fire is attributed to tlie scarcity of water, from which this vicini ty has been jmfi'cring for several months. Penny's New Alllaccc. Chicago (Special). The Chronicle says: "A new transcontinental sys'em is to be formed. The Pennsylvania and Santa Fe roads are planning an nllitmce. Heretofore the Pennsylvania's connec tion to and from the West has been the Burlington, which has become the prop erty of the Morpan-Hill syndicate. The scheme is not a financial proposition, hut merely one involving close traffic rela tions." His Head Cut In Two. Detroit. Mich. (Special). A special to the News from St. Joseph, Mich., says: "Albert Wagner, need 17 years, an employee at the Hack sawmill plant, near New Bullalo, was working near a large circular saw. when his foot sud denly slipped and he fefl head foremost on the saw. His head was sawed in half. Dt'ring ihe incitement attending the accident nouie sawdust in the engine room caught lire and the mill was de stroyed. Wagner's body was cremated. When the fire was over his charred re mains were found in the ruins." Both Went Too Fast. London (By Cable). The Admiralty Court has pronounced both the White Star Line steamer Oceanic and the coasting steamer Kincora blumeable for the fatal collision on Aug. y last. The collision occurred at night in the Irish Channel west of Tuskar light, the Kin cora sinking and seven persons on board of her beinpc drowned. The court found that both the steamer J were go ing at excessive fpeed, considering the density of .the log. Damages were Swarded on the claim and courier claim. Counsel for the Oceanic cave notice of appeal. NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. School, Voting aad Fighting Population. The census report on school, militia and voting ages for all States and Terri tories shows the following summary for the country as a whole: Persons of school age, 5 to 20 years, 26,110.788, of whom 24,897, t.o are na tive born, 22,41)0,211 arc white and 13, 086.160 are males. Males of militia age, 16,360.363, of whom 13,132,280 are native born, and 14.405.306 are white. Males of voting age, 21,320.819, of whom 16,227,285 arc native born, and 19.0.(6.143 are white. Of the total number of males 2t yean of age and over 2.326.205 are illiterate. Of the 16,227,285 native born males 21 years of age and over, 1.706.293 are illiterate, and of the 5,102,534 foreign born, 620,002 arc illiterate. Native white males of voting age who are of foreign parentage show a relative increase in their proportion since 1890, while the colored males of voting age have increased throughout the Northern and Western sections with few excep tions like California, where there has been a large deciease in Chinese popu lation. In many Southern States, especially Virginia. North Carolina, South Caroli na and Louisiana, the colored clement of voting age shows a decreased pro portion. Foreign white males of voting age showing an increased proportion in all New England States except Vermont. There has been a relative decrease in al! of the remaining States and Territories except New Jersey. A little over 28 per cent, of the entire alien population of the country is illit erate. This is notably so in Louisiana, where they constitute nearly one-half of the aliens. The statistics show that the average number of persons to each potential voter range from 3.1 to 3.5 in the North Atlantic States, 3.4 to 3.6 in the North Central States, 4 to 4.4 persons to each potential voter in the South Central States, frbm 3.3 to 4.7 in the South At lantic Slates, from 2.4 to 4.1 in the West ern States, and 1.7 to 1.9 in Alaska and Hawaii. The Treasury L'epartment. Ellis H. Roberts, Treasurer of the United States, in his report of the tran sactions of his office during the last fis cal year, says that the Treasury was never stronger than at the close of that period. The operations, which were of the first order, both in variety and mag nitude, resulted in noteworthy changes in the paper currency, as well as a steady and healthful growth of gold in the Treasury and in the general stick. The net ordinary revenues for the year were $587,685,337, an increase of $20,444,485 over those of 1900, which were the next highest recorded. The increase came from each of the heads of resource, but chiefly from internal revenue. On the side of the expendi tures the total of $500,967,353 has been exceeded only four times in 1863. 186 (, 1865 and 1899. The surplus of $77,717. 084 was slightly under $2,000,000 less than in 1900. Inclusive of the transac tions' affecting the public debt, the ag gregate receipts were $1,146,489,306, and the aggregate disbursements $1,077,003, 052. The Meade Court Martial. The Navy Department has made pub lic the charges and specifications in the case of Col. Robert L. Meade, United States Marine Corps, who is to be tried by court martial at the New Y'ork Navy Yard November 12. There ate two charges, "drunkenness on duty" and "scandalous conduct tend ing to destruction of good morals." Un der the first charge, there lire three specificatic.is, alleging that on or about the 18th of March. 30th of April, and 18th of June, Colonel 'Meade, while in command of the marine barracks at the New York Yard, was "under the influ ence of intoxicating liquors and thereby unfit for the u roper performance of duty." Under the second charge, there arc six specifications. They allege false testi mony, while under oath, before the cout ot inquiry which investigated his case. White House Recepl'ons. The secretary to the President, George C. Cortelyoti, states that there will be no change in the traditional programme for the New Year reception. The statement in some of the despatches that the Presi dent refused to meet the public because of fear of assassination is especially dis tasteful. At the New Y'ear reception the usual time allotted to greet the gen eral public will be included in the pro gramme. The fact that the President almost daily takes exo-rcise upon the thoroughfares of Washington, that he goes to church every Sunday unattended by guards and other indications prove that President Roosevelt has not lost trust in the patriotism and devotion -.f the people. " Wants of Postal Service. The Postmaster Genera! has submit ted to the Secretary of the Treasury es timates for the postal service for the year which will end June 30, 1903. The total asked lor the support of the Post office Department at Washington, in eluding $1,037,370 for salaries and $1 6, 650 for co-tingent expenses, is $1,154, 020. Th" total requested for the posial servicr, exclusive of running expenses oi the Postofike Department at Wash ington, is $i34-73i.S76. making a grand total of estimates for Congressional ap propriation for the entire postal service of $i35.885.5j6. SH2,I6I,7C0 for Pensions. ' The estimates for the expeditures oi the Interim." Department during the fis cal year Ik ginning next July aggregate $170,000,000, of which $142,161. 200 is ask ed for persions and the administrative work of the pension bureau, $1,964,720 being for salaries of the bureau person nel and $350,000 for the investigation by special examiners of pension cases. Capital Ncwj in Ucucril, Secretary Hay presented to the Presi dent Dr. Jorge Munoa, special miuistei scut by Guatemala to present that gov ernment's condolences on the death ol President McKiniey. The report of Gen. John F. W'cston commissary general of subsistence dwells upon the excellent work of the commissary department in the Philip pines. ( The Browning ruling, with reference In the Indian schools, whs tentatively abrogated upon the urgent request ol the Catholic authorities. Secretary Gage informed the Cubinet that there as a liberal response to his call for bonds. The naval construction board recom mends the building of 40 war vessels ol all classes. President Roosevelt agreed to open the Charleston Exposition by touchinu, a button in Washington, and also ac cepted an invitation to attend, The President has appointed Frank I. Osborne, a Democrat, of North Carolina, associate justice of the United States Court of Private Laud Claims. The report of Inspector General Breck inridge shows that army officer are in favor of the canteen. PENNSYLVANIA " BRIEFLY TOLD. Announcement thai the Plltsburt Eleva. ted Roads Projects are Abandoned. MISS NESS WOUNDS CONTRACTOR. Slain by a Discharged Man Superintend nl Shot la the Frlck Building, Pittsburg Three Machinists Bad y Burned at the Lehigh Val. Icy Railroad Shops, Easton A Sunday "Blue Law" Contest Commenced In Washlngtox W. U. Hcnsel, attorney for George Snyder, of Philadelphia, issued execu tions aggregat;ng $44,000 against Eman uel Kern also of Philadelphia. The pro perty to be levied on is at Safe Harbor and was formerly a portion of the big iron works at that place. Henry J. Sherman, of Lewistown, for merly assistant doorkeeper of the Senate at Harrisburg;, has been appointed mail carrier on the rural route about to be es tablished between Lewistown and Mc Veytown. The route is twenty-six miles long. Simon Juries was fatally injured in Gilbcrton Colliery, Mahanoy City. He had gone back into the breast to learn why a shot had not exploded and re ceived the blast in the fact and breast. Over 100 delegates attended the annual convention of the Woman's Home and Foreign Missionary Society of the Nor ristown Lutheran Conference in St. Pe ter's Church, Pottstown. John Marzilin, a carpenter, was killed at the Hammond Colliery, Girardville, by a stick of timber which fell upon him as it was being hoisted to the top of the bleaker. William Stutchcll, the 14-year-old son of J. C. Stutchcll, of Dcrry, died of lockjaw, superinduced by a broken arm, the bones of which protruded through the flesh. The puddling department of the Al toona Iron Company, which was compell ed to suspend on account of the scarcity of cars to supply coal, is now running full blast. A large bam belonging to Benjamin McCord, in East Eallowficld Township, was burned. Three horses perished and much produce was destroyed.- The Temple Iron & Coal Company ol Wilkes-Barre has ordered out of its mines the workers who were strikers at the Maltby Colliery of the Lehigh Valley Coal Company. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company's medical inspectors vaccinated all the train men running between Pottsvillc and Philadelphia. Acting Mine Inspector Downing re ported for October in the eighth anthra cite district sixteen accidents. Of this number eight were fatal. While playing with a bonfire, the 3-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Maloney of Titusville was burned so badly that it died. While hunting near Duncannon, John Scholtz's gun burnt and injured one hand so badly that amputation may be neces sary. While hunting near New Wilmot, in Lawrence County, William Ripper was fatally shot by George Sheets. Joseph Kocluinski was caught under falling coal at Tunnel Ridge Colliery, Mahanoy City, and instantly killed. Duncannon capitalists will start a knit ting factory which will give fifty or more people employment. Enoch Gedman fell J50 feet down a manway at Big Mountain Colliery, Shamokin, and was fatally hurt. Fifty operatives of the Corona Leather Works, Bristol, went on a strike for an increase in wages. Patrick Mcehan, of Bristol, was held up by two negroes near Croydon and robbed. Chief Engineer Emil Swenson, who had charge of the preliminary work of the proposed elevated system for Pitts burg, dismissed his force and announced ,that the project had been definitely abandoned in consequence of the mer ger of the surface lines by the Philadel phia company and the deal by which the elevated franchises of the Mellons go to the same interest. John McCardle sRot and killed Chas. E. Youngberg; superintendent of elec trical construction on the Frick Build ing, in course of erection in Pittsburg. Youngbcrg's home was in Brooklyn. The tragedy occurred when the 300 men employed on the building were quitting for the day. Miss Kate Ness was arrested at York charged with shooting Horace C. Eplcy, a contractor, while he was visiting her. Four shots, were fired in Miss Ness's room, and later it was found that Epley had been wounded three times.. None of the wounds is copsidcred dangerous. Helen Jane, the 4-ycar-old daughter of Wm. II. Harris, of Bethlehem, died from the effects of burns sustained while playing around a pile of blazing leaves. Thieves hurled a stone through the window of the drug store of Ruce C. Roberts at Ambler, unlocked the sash and ti ok $10 from the cash register. Edward M. Taylor, of Wilmington, has purchased of Hugh Mclnncs the Rebecca Paper Mills in Bridgeport for $38,000. William Sigman, George Ulrich and Howard B. Randolph, machinists, were badly burned at the Lehigh Valley Rail road shops, Easton. The men went into a pit to repair an engine. Gasoline had leaked from a hose and settled in the pit. The men had a torch, and when the flames came in contact with the gas oline an explosion occurred. A Sunday "blue law" contest has been commenced in Washington. Monday six news agents were arrested for sell ing Sunday papers. All of the agents gave bail for a hearing. Mrs. Ann Conroy, of Chester, a wo man weighing 200 pounds, while aiding a neighbor to move household goods, fell from a second-story window to the pavement. Her head struck the curb stone. With the exception of a few bruises Mrs. Conroy was unhurt. Fire of supposed incendiary origin burned a barn belonging lo Eben Ed ton, near Titusville. Six horses and two cows burned tqjleath. Jacob Frcshlcy, of Chester, fell from the top of an apple tree on the Flower dale farm in Chester Township and broke his neck. The large barn on the property of John Minshall, in New Garden Town ship, was burned. The loss is heavy and., the insurance light. A 2-year-old' son of George Wagner, of Gap, died from the effects of scalds sustained by fulling into a kettle o! boil ing; water. The owners of the Enterprise Silk Mills, at Reynoldsville, are removing the plant owing to the enforced idle ness caused by a strike of the em ployees. - The family of Dr. W. II. Harrison, of Easton, had a narrow escape from as uhvxiition by coal aas. : 1
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