BRIGANDS HAVE
REDUCED RANSOM
Tfcey Drop tbe Amount to $88,000 for
Miss Stone' Release.
THEY CALL THEMSELVES PATRIOTS.
"Tbtrt U N Lonftr Any Fear Regarding th
Brlfaadi' Intentions Toward th Captlvel
Declare Ttacmaetvei Patrtota Pertortnlnf
Obaoxloua Tank la the Interest of
"Holy Caaie" Kidnapper Are Peasant.
Sofia, Bulgaria, (By Cable). The
iVrigands who captired Miss Ellen M.
Stone and Madame Tsilka have reduced
the amount of ransom demanded to x,
ooo Turkish (about $88,000.) They had
previously demanded $110,000.
Coincident with this news is the infor
mation that the leaders of the band, if
convinced that this is more than Consul
Dickinson will give, would accept 15.
000 (about $00,000.). Even this sum is
greatly beyond the cash at Mr. Dickin
son's disposal. Therefore, unless the
captors of the missionary further abate
their demands there is no hope of an im
mediate settlement.
An agent who is in touch with the
brigand reports that they recognize they
made a mistake in kidnaping Miss Stone,
would, however, consider it worse than
a, blunder to release her without an ade
quate ransom.
There is no longer any fear regarding
the brigands' intention toward the cap
tives. They declare themselves to be not
robbers, but patriots performing an ob
noxious task in the interest of a "holy
cause." Most of the kidnappers are peas
ants, directed by a secret committee to
execute its decisions, so as to get the
money for the Macedonian cause.
DYNAMITE UNDER A BRIDGE.
Bnrilnftoa Railroad Officials Discover Plans of
Train Robbers to Wreck Trains.
Lincoln. Neb., (Special). Local offi
cials of the Burlington road stated that
since the first of the week their night
trains leaving Lincoln have gone out
with a guard armed with Winchester
rifles. This precaution was taken fol
lowing the discovery, last Sunday, of 26
sticks of dynamite, together with a
number of masks, bidden under a bridge
just outside the city. Sunday night
three men attempted to board the ex
press car as a train pulled out of Lin
coln for the East, but they were driven
off. Monday the same three men were
at Ashland, and an effort was made to
arrest them, but they disappeared. A
watch has been kept on the bridge where
the dynamite was stored, but no one has
come to claim it.
EXPOSITION OWES $3,326,114.
Tie Pan-American Fair Co t Its Promoters
$8,860,757.20.
Buffalo, N. V., (Special). The di
rectors of the Pan-American Exposition
Company and a number of creditors,
conferred and listened to the reading
f the financial report of the company,
as prepared by the auditor. The report
shows the total liabilities of the com
pany at the present time to be $3,326,
114.69 net, assuming that the assets of
$140,454.15 are collectible at face.
The company owes for operating ex
penses and on construction work $577,
$4573. which item is, of course, em
bodied in the figure of total liabilities.
An interesting fact shown by the re
port is the total cost to the company of
the exposition itself. The cost, accord
ing to the report, was $8,860,757.20. The
total receipts from admission after May
1st. were $2,467.0(16.58 and the receipts
from concessions were $3,011,52279.
Good Beet Sugar Season.
Portland, Oregon, (Special. Sugar
beet raising- and the manufacture of beet
sugar is one of the infant industries of
Oregon which has made rapid strides
within the past three years. This sea
son just closed has been the most profit
able yet recorded. The factory at I.a
irrande, which is the center of the sugar
beet district, has about completed its sea
son's run. The output will be about
35,000 sacks, which approximate 3,500,
000 pounds.
Scbley Court Sessions.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
Schley Court of Inquiry is now holding
sessions twice daily, instead of the one
session in the morning that has been
held since the court met. The afternoon
session is from 2 to 4 o'clock. This de
cision was made in the interests of more
rapid progress in the work before the
court, for it is the universal desire to
have tbe findings presented at the ear
liest possible date.
Serious Railroad Collision.
Elgin, 111., (Special). The Chicago
Great Western eastbound limited had a
serious collision with the Sycamore milk
train at Marshall's crossing, four miles
west of St. Charles. Rose Root, aged
13. of Sycamore, was instantly killed
and the lower nart of lu-r borlv -rem-,i,..l
A Chicago drummer named Murphy was
probably fatally injured and Simon
Chaffee, of W'.-. .,-. I'll i,.,,t i, .,.
.-.f .1,. I..,,;..., " 1
....u cre seriously injured.
Indians Want Separate Schools.
Guthrie, O. T., (Special). Separate
schools for Indian children have become
a political issue in Oklahoma. In some
counties many of the Indians attend the
fiublic schools which have been establ
ished for the whites and the latter do
not be! ievc in allowing the rcd-tkins these
privileges. The Indians also refuse to
attend the negro school...
385 Leonids Fell la an Hour.
Los Angeles, Cal., (Special). The
fall of the long-expected leoiiids was
marked in this city just before daylight.
fTlie display at one time was brilliant,
but there was a steady fall of the bril
liants after 1 o'clock. One watcher
counted 383 between 4 and 5 o'clock,
while the total number seen in this city
estimated at 1,000. Some of the meteors
were beautiful, leaving brilliant tmil; of
green and red. One bundled were
counted between 4.04 and 4.20 o'clock.
Val Dormitory Burned.
New Mnven, Conn., (Special). hire
practically ruined the finest of the Vale
students' dormoritories, the Hutchinson,
which was erected a few years ago at a
cost of Jfjot'.oco. Tbe furnishings of the
building and tlx personal effects of 200
or more students weie alio destroyed.
A Nation;!! L'enk Rubbed.
New York. (Special). burglars broke
into the Spnu,l;.!:c National Bank in
Manasmia, J., and carried awav
t $4,000 After forcing their way into the
tuildmg they blew open -he safe. The
--al police officers have no clue to the
roo.HT.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
George Zollinhoffer, receiving teller
of the Williamsburg Savings Hank, con
fessed that he and Harry E. Corbctt, a
former paying teller, now dead, took
$50,000 of the bank's funds and spent
the money in stock speculation.
Filipi Rini and Dominick Beamnontc
were held to the grand in Chicago,
charged with the murder of Antonio
Natali, whose mutilated body was found
in a barrel on the prairie, at the edge
of the city, on November J.
At the annual meeting of the United
Daughters of the Confederacy, at Wil
mington, N. C, it was announced that
$13,000 had been collected the past year
for the Jefferson Davis lonument
Fund, which now amounts to $38,000.
The Baptist General Association of
Virginia adopted the report of the edu
cational conference recommending that
the denominational schools be drawn to
gether in a svstcm of co-ordination.
The sheriff of Concho county. Texas,
has identified the picture of Longbaugh,
the train robber suspect, as that of Kil
patrick, the "Lone 1 cxan," wanted there
for murder.
Before going to the scaffold, in Mich
igan City, Intl.. Joseph I). Keith con
fessed that he killed Mis Nora Kifer
because she annoved him too much.
Rev. Charles H. Brent, of St. Steph
en's Episcopal Church, in Boston, ac
cepted his appointment to the Episcopal
diocese created in the Philippines.
The grand jury of the Rockbridge
County (Va.) Court indicted a number
of persons, including the Lexington post
master, for unlawfully selling liquor.
The town of Buena Vista. Col., was
shaken by an earthquake. Huge bould
ers rolled down the sides of the moun
tains. The United States transport Hancock,
with the congressional party on board,
grounded on the Straits of Shimon
oscki. Mrs. Louise Huddle, an aged woman.
w;as shot and killed near Rural Retreat.
Va., by Henry RatclifTe. her son-in-law.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
assassinate Isaiah Bollin. the principal
of the Lexington (Va.) High School.
Governor Udell, of New York, re
ceived a communication from the Sec
retary of ar asking him to convey to
the officers of the law an expression of
satisfaction and approval upon the effec
tive and dignified nianer in which the
ends of justice had been attained in the
Onlgosz case.
Miss Phyllis iAnghnrnc. daughter of
C. IX Langhorne. of Albemarle, and sis
ter of Mrs. Charles Dana Gibson, was
married in Basic City, Ya to Mr. Reg
inald Brooks, of New York.
Mrs. Kate Green and Miss May Shea,
muse?, charged with starving to death
two patients at the Dunning Asylum, in
Chicago, were exonerated by the county
commission.
I". C. Rathbun, accused of attempting
to swindle insurance companies, admit
ted his identity to Deputy Sheriff Al.
Chichester, of Little Rock, Ark.
The defendants in the Hai&nn, nost
office fraud cases have been granted an
extension of 10 davs in which to file an
swers to the charges.
Charles Tate, colored, was killed while
breaking into the house of James A. Mil
ler, at Hunters Run, near Carlisle, Pa.
Ambrose C. Pike, assistant manager
of the Hygeia Hotel, at Old Point, died
at St. Vincent's Hospital, Norfolk, Va.
JJ. J. Lynch, a former trustee ot Car
tilage county, Tennessee, committed
suicide by blowing out his brains.
Einlay Shipwart, of Alleghany county,
Tennessee, says he saw his father mur
dered by his two uncles.
Considerable damage was done in
various cities in Utah by rather severe
earthquake shocks.
Charles Bachrach, aged 62 vears, a
well-known business man in Chicago,
committed suicide.
Five persons were injured in Pitts
burg by leaping from a runaway trolley
car.
Safe-blowers looted tbe postofiicc at
Rock Creek, O., and Roekville, Ind.
Foreign.
II. St. John Dix, an Englishman, said
to be the eldest son of a British peer,
and who figured in the Itata affair, in
dulged in various banking schemes and
was a commissary general in Coxey's
army, was brought up in a London
court, charged with larceny in the United
States.
A Paris report says that "deteriorated
American tinned foods have been dis
covered among the military stores at
Verdun " The Minister of War has or
dered all tin foods in the army stores
to be sold.
The Chinese court has arrived at Kai
Eong Fit. capital of Honan, the people
along the route of the imperial inarch
having been left nearly destitute by the
contribution:-, levied upon them.
Mr. Dickinson, United States consul
general at Constantinople, has presented
credentials as diplomatic agent of the
United States to Bulgaria.
Lord Kitchener reports that a patrol
of yeomanry at Brak-pruit. in the Trans
vaal, was surrounded by Boers and lost
6 men killed and 16 wounded.
General Wcylcr, the Spanish Minister
of War, will temporarily replace Premier
Sagasta should the hitter's illness con
tinue. The Turkish government officials arc
worried over reports Mat two Anitrican
girls, prob.-'bly Kate Hoyle and Flora
Preston, of Philadelphia, have started
for Turkey with the idea of having them
selves captured by brigands, as was Miss
Stone.
Lord Rosebcry, in a speech in Edin
burgh, said be would like to see the ex
periment for a year of a British govern
ment composed of business men like
Carnegie and Sir TU mas Lipton.
Miss Vanderbilt Wackcrman, of New
York, picked up in London as a wander
ing lunatic, will be handed over to her
relatives.
The German tariff bill, as passed by
the Bundesrath, ccntains a few changes
which affect American goods.
The Henmisaras razed a number of
villages of the Mesnmdas, in Morocco,
and carried off 18 girls.
Financial.
The Chicago & Eastern Illinois and
Illinois Central will build a bridge
across the Mississippi River from Gray's
Point to I belies.
It is slated that the Canadian Pacific
will build from Winnipeg to Duluih and
compete with Great Northern and
Northern Pacific.
The American Sugar Refining Compa
ny of New York has been incorporated
with a capital of $2,500,000. The direc
tors are II. (). Jlavcmeyer, V. E.
Thomas, L. M. Palmer, C. N. Senlf anil
A. Donner, of New York city.
The English courts have ordered tbe
compulsory winding up of the West I.e
Roi, East Lc Roi and Colnmhia-Koote-nay
Mining Companies, ull Whitaker
rijriit eoiirerns,
The organization of the Northern Se
curities Company as stated in the char
ter is only temporary and the permanent
board of directors wil be chosen as s jon
as possible after the election of the Bur
lington directors.
Mr. T. J. jlurley, who has for sev
eral years been vice-president and gen
eral manager of the Exploration Com
pany, of New York, lias accepted the
presidency of the Mine Securities Cor
poration of ibis city. The Capital is
j.',-2.Soo,')oo. ,
CHARLESTON'S
BIG EXPOSITION
The Seventeen Buildings of "The Ivory
City" Almost Ready.
EVERY FOOT OF SPACE IS TAKEN.
la Many Instances the Space Heretofore Al
lotted Hat Been Reduced Wherever It Was
Possible, and Application for More Room
Dave Been Refused Not One of the Big
Building Will Have Vacant Room.
Charleston, S. C, (Special). Gratify
ing progress is being made with the con
cluding work at the South Carolina In
terstate and West Indian Exposition.
Only two weeks remain in which the
exhibits can be installed, the opening
day being December 2; but the predic
tion of Architect Gilbert that all the
buildings would be practically com
pleted this week proves correct. While
the 17 buildings are being filled with
exhibits more than a thousand carpen
ters are at work alwnit the grounds put
ting on the finishing touches and adding
features which will make a superb pic
ture of the Ivory City.
Convicts loaned by the city are clear
ing the grounds of the debris and as
phalt walks arc being laid. There is an
air of activity everywhere.
Many trainloads of exhibits have al
ready arrived here, and advices from
the railroads show that practically the
entire display from the Pan-American,
which will be moved here, is now en
route. These trains will reach Charles
ton this week, and Arehiteot-in-Chief
Gilbert has informed the directors that
the buildings are in shape for occupancy.
Not much time will be lost in getting
the various displays installed, and by the
end of the month the Exposition city
will have taken on the color of life and
bustling activity.
Tbe Midway army which has arrived
on the grounds from Buffalo has trans
formed that section from ragged fields
into a hive of buildings and booths,
and this feature of the show will be in
excellent condition for the opening.
In the 17 large buildings, scattered
over an area of lfx) acres, every avail
able foot of space has been taken for ex
hibits. In many instances the space
heretofore allotted has been reduced
wherever it was possible, and applica
tions for more room have been refused.
Not one of the big buildings will have
vacant room.
SAVED BY COOING PIGEONS.
The birds Awake a Philadelphia Family In
Time to Make Their Escape.
Philadelphia, Pa., (Special). The
cooing of 70 pairs of frightened pig
eons probably prevented seven people
from being burned to death in tlfc resi
dence of Robert Lukcmire, Twenty-seventh
street and Gravers lane, Chestnut
Hill. As it was, the house was badly
damaged by fire that started in a de
fective flue.
Shortly after three o'clock Robert
McDonald, a boarder in the house, was
awakened by the cooing of the pigeons.
When he sat up in bed he found the
room tilled with smoke, while the
crackle of flames could be heard in the
rear of the building.
Running through the house, McDon
ald gave the alarm, and Mr. and Mrs.
Lukemire, their two sons, Russell and
William, aged eight and six years, and
Mr. and Mrs. Garwood had just time to
escape in their night clothes.
MOUNTAINS SHAKEN.
Earthquake Shock In Colorado Great Alarm
In the Town of Buena Vista.
Buena Vista, Cal., (Special). This
town and surrounding country expe
rienced an eartquake shock which lasted
several seconds. Many people rushed
from their residences, fearing their
homes would be demolished. Plate
glass windows were cracked. It is re
ported that the waters of Cottonwood
lake rose considerably. Many huge
boiihters on Mount Princeton and
Mount Harvard were dislodged and
rolled down the sides of the mountain.
The trembling seemed to travel from
the southwest to the northeast, and
lasted about six seconds. This is the
first earthquake ever felt at Buena Vista.
Gas Explosion in a Church.
Cargondale, Ta., (Special). Gas ex
ploded in the furnace of the First Meth
odist Episcopal Church here, bursting
the furnace and scattering burning coal,
which set fire to the woodwork. The
flames could not be controlled and the
building was totally destroyed. The
loss is about $30,000; insurance $20,000.
Charles Hull, a fireman, had been in the
belfry trying to get the line of hose into
the main building, but did not succeed.
He was making his way down to the
street, and bv mistake nuchal n,.,.,,
door into tbe blading auditorium. The
flames entirely surrounded him for a
second, but be fell backward and rolled
down the steps, whence he was dragged
to the street by his comrades with his
clothing burned from him.
Hi Fortune for HI Sins.
Bloomington, III., (Special). Racked
by conscience, which gave him no peace,
R. A. Grimsby, wealthy farmer, who
lived in McLean county, this State, left
bis wife and three children this week
to make a new home for himself. He
turned over to them all of his property,
with the exception of a few hundred
dollars to atone for alleged wrong
doings, the nature of which is not known
by his family, and if there is an accuser
Grimsby ,s the only one.
Burled Under Too ol Rock.
Columbus, Ohio, (Special). Two
men were killed and four injured as the
result of the premature explosion of a
blast at the Caspari's stone quarry,
northwest of Columbus. The dead are
A. M. Vacci and John M. Antonio.
The two men killed were working
under a ledge and were buried under
tons of rock. Thome, the foreman, was
burled 35 feet in the air, but his in
juries are not serious. Uric of the in
jured men, named Wilson, will probably
die.
Get Light From Decayed Meat.
Providence, R. I., (Special). Light
from decayed meat is the latest discov
ery which may startle' the scientific
world. Prof. Gorham, of Brown Uni
versity, claims he has succeeded in ex
tracting from an overripe porterhouse
steak sullicitnt illumination to enable
him to take photographs of laboratory
apparatus. Prof. Gorham is seeking to
find an artificial tit. lit in u-t,,'li ti, ..I...
mint of heat is not contaiid, and be
lieves he. is on the road tf definite re
sults. 1'rof. Gorham is collected with
the bacteriological department of the
umversit) .
A OIQ'NTIC COMBINATION.
First Step la Plan to Harmonlie Conflicting
Ra Iroad Interest.
New York, (Special). The final
stage of what is said to be the greatest
railroad deal in history was entered upon
by the incorporation at Trenton, N. J.,
of the Northern Securities Company,
with a capitalization of $400,000,000.
This company is formed as the result of
negotiations which have been carried on
for more than a year looking toward the
joint operation and control of all the
great transcontinental railroad systems.
Twenty kings of finance banded to
gether to push through the deal, among
whom are J. Pierpont Morgan, James J.
Hill. John D. Rockefeller, Jacob H.
SchilT, head of the house of Kuhn, Loeb
& Co., William K. Vanderbilt, James
Henry Smith. Norman B. Ream, George
J. Gould, the Armours and E. H. Harri
man. The significance of this action is shown
by the fact that it brings into alliance
three of the greatest financial groups in
the country. These are tbe Hill-Morgan
group, the Vanderbilt, and the Gould-llarriman-Kuhn,
Loeb & Co. combina
tion. '
The entire plan has been a tremendous
undertaking, but it has been brought to
a harmonious end. "Harmony of inter
est" has been extended from the Atlan
tic to the Pacific and an armed truce has
been converted into what seems a lasting
peace.
As the next step in the plan will be
the announcement of the election of a
new board of directors for the Chicago,
Burlington and yuincy Railway Com
pany, a corporation formed to acquire
the old Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad Company, which was tbe origi
nal bone of contention between the Hill
Morgan and Goubl-Harriman-Kuhn.
Loeb & Co. party, half the voting control
of the Burlington road will be vested
with Union Pacific interests.
The final issue of the old quarrel,
which precipitated the panic of May q
last and shook the financial world, is
really a compromise measure. Union
Pacific interests consent to the retire
ment of Northern Pacific preferred stock
and in exchange are admitted to an in
terest in a corporation which takes over
the Northern Pacific and Great Northern
roads and a half interest in the great
Burlington property.
NEARLY 500,000 IMMIGRANTS.
Of These 117,587 Were Unable to Read
or Write.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
annual report of Commissioner-General
Powderly, of the Immigration Bureau,
shows the total steerage arrivals in the
United States during the year to have
been 487,918, an increase over the pre
ceding year of 39,346, or approximately
9 per cent.
Ot this increase 2.020 came through
Canadian ports and the remainder
through ports of this country. The ratio
of increase of Italian immigration, as
compared with those from the same
country last year, is approximately 36 per
cent., or more than threefold the ratio of
increase from all Europe, and the in
creases numerically from all other coun
tries of Europe aggregate scarcely one
fourth of that from Italy.
The total steerage immigration was
distributed as to sex between 331,055
males and 156,863 females. During the
year 363 were returned to their respec
tive countries having become public
charges within one year after landing.
The number refused a landing was 3,
516, against 4,246 for last year.
A TRAIN DYNAMITED.
An Express on the Northern Central Smashed
Near York, Pa.
York, Pa., (Special). Part of the
through train for the West which left
Baltimore over the Northern Central
Railway at 0 o'clock was blown from
the tracks by a big charge of dynamite
soon after leaving this city at 10.44 P.
M.
The train vn rnmnosiH rf four Pull
man cars, a dav coach, a rotnliinntirm
car and express car. It was running
at the rate ot 45 miles an hour, when
the engine struck the dynamite. Al
though the windows in flip Inrnmnl
cab were blown to pieces, Engineer
Thurmer stuck to his post and succeed ed
in stopping the heavy train after it
mm run over tne lies tor 200 tcet.
The scene of the wreck is almiit r,n.
mile north of the city, close to where
Codorus creek flows between high hills.
The Northern Central crosses the
stream on an open iron bridge, which is
50 feet above the bed of the stream.
Conductor Grove says the bandits evi
dently planned to throw the train into
the creek. When the attempt failed the
robbers we believe, took refuge in the
hills.
Bronze Statue ot McKlnley.
Cleveland, Ohio, (Special). If the
proposition made by a committee of 100
citizens to the finance committee of the
recent National Grand Army Encamp
ment is carried out a surplus of $8,000
collected for that occasion will be used
to erect a bronze statue of heroic size
to the late President McKinley in the
public square, the center of the business
portion of the city.
Valuable Farm Given Away.
Dayton, Ohio, (Special). Benjamin
Meicbler, a farmer who lives in Jackson
township, has made the Heidelberg The
ological Seminary, located at Tifhn.V).,
a gift of a farm of 130 acres, valued at
$7,800. The farm is located in Jackson
township. The deed granting the dona
tion was filed in the County Recorder's
office.
Further Honor for LI.
Fekin, (By Cable.) The Empress
Dowager has issued another edict eulo
gizing the late Li Hung Chang.and or
dering the erection of a memorial arch
near his birthplace. The edict also di
rects that the rank of marquis, confer
red uiKin the eldest son of the late Chi
nese statesman in his own right, shall
descend through 23 generations. It con
fers high rank upon the olher sons of
Earl Li, upon whom the posthumous
rank of marquis has been bestowed, and
confers dignities upon .his grandsons, to
gether with lucrative ollices.
Two Cb ldrcn Perish In l ire.
Vernon, III., (Special). Mrs, Charles
Bass left her two small children locked
in the bouse while she went to a neigh
bor's. 'The house burned and tlte chil
dren perished. In attempting to save
them Mrs. Bass received burns from
which she will die.
Prairie Dog Ruin Many Farm.
Topeka, Kan., (Special). Olficial sta
tistics show that prairie dogs occupy and
render practically worthless for agricul
tural purposes 1,224,854 acres of laud in
Kansas. All efforts to exterminate the
dogs have tailed, even wi'h the co-operation
of the Department of Agriculture,
GOLD MINERS READY
FOR A REBELLION
Alleged Conspiracy In Alaska to Over
throw Government.
DAWSON C1TV AS THE CAPITAL
American Resident ol Skagway Are Said to
Be Leader In th Conspiracy Miner to
lb Number of 5,000 Ar Said to Await the
Summon to Arm, Ready to Flfbt tor th
Independence From Dominion Rule.
San Francisco, Cal., (Special). The
Call printed an unconfirmed story from
Skagway, Alaska, under date of Novcm
ber 6, telling of the discovery of what is
alleged to be a huge conspiracy existing
in Dawson and ramifying to Skagway,
Victoria, Vancouver and Seattle, for the
overthrow of the local government of
the Northwest lerritory and the cstab
lishing a republic, with Dawson as its
capital.
According to the details of the story
arms, ammunition and provisions have
been taken in over the railroad and
cached at strategic points. Prominent
American residents of Skagway are said
to be leaders in the conspiracy. Miners
to the number of 5,000 are said to await
the summon to arms, ready to fight for
the independence from Dominion rule of
the gold fields, camps and towns.
The plan is to overpower the mounted
police, arrest the civil authorities and
take the government into their own
hands. The rigors of the Arctic winters
would give the insurgents six months
immunity from attack by Canadian or
British troops, and the adventurous
archconspirators hope for intervention
or outside assistance by the time the
melting of ice and snow will permit the
invasion of tbe reported republic.
It is further related that the hurried
conference, lasting until midnight, was
held at Skagway, November 5 at which
were present Captain Corrigan, of the
Northwest mounted police, who had ar
rived from across the Canadian border
late that evening; Judge Brown, of the
United States District Court; United
States Marshal Shoup, United States At
torney Frederick and Major Hovey,
commanding the United States troops at
Skagway, attended the meeting. This
was the last of several hasty consulta
tions between the civil and military rep
resentatives of the two powers in re
lation to the mysterious transporta
tion of supplies into the interior and
rumor of a conspiracy to lead the miners
into a revolt against the Canadian tjov
eminent in the Northwest territory.
TWO WOMEN CHOKE!) TO DEATH.
No Solution of the Murder Mystery at
Evansvillc, Ind.
Evansvillc, Ind., (Special). The mys
tery of the murder of two women near
this city still remains unsolved. Both
were killed in the same manner and evi
dently by the same person.
The body of Mrs. Georgia Bailey was
found beside a public road. There were
finger marks on the throat and the neck
was broken. The supposition is that she
was choked to death by someone in a
buggy, and that when she fell out of the
vehicle her neck was broken. The body
seems to have been dragged some dis
tance and thrown into a ditch.
A mile outside the city in an oppo
site direction the body of Miss Lena
Rentier was found, her throat also bear
ing finger marks. John Kifer, who was
seen with Miss Renner, was arrested,
but proved an alibi and was released.
Alabama' Cotton Crop.
Washington, D. C, (Special). The
agricultural division of the twelfth cen
sus has completed its tabulation of the
cotton crop of Alabama in the year 1899.
In that year there were 192,384 farms
reporting cotton, with nn acreage of
3,202.135, producing 1,106,840 commer
cial bales or the equivalent of 1,093,694
bales of 500 pounds each. The value of
this cotton to the farmers, as sold by
them, exclusive of the seed, was $37,
400,598. The cotton ginned reported by
the manufactures division for Alabama
was 1,078,519 bales of 500 pounds.
Burled Under Molten Slag.
Homestead, Pa., (Special). One man
dead and two burned is the result of a
party of workmen being buried under a
mass of molten slag at the Howard Axle
Works here. The dead man was John
Ruska, aged 50 years, Homestead. He
leaves a widow and four children. The
accident occurred on the cinder dump
back of the company's plant. The vic
tims were engaged in collecting scrap,
when a party of workmen at the top of
the dump, about 20 feet above, dumped
their car over the edge, not knowing
that the men were directly beneath them.
Ar Eggs Being Cornered.
Chicago, (Special). Local packers
are believed to be cornering the egg
market, and now have 500,000 cases in
cold storage. The combination expects,
it is said, to have tbe market completely
under their control before the middle of
January. Conditions arc such at this
date that prices arc advancing rapidly,
having gone up to 27 cents from 22
within the past week.
Maalla Want Pecllc Cable.
Manila, (By Cable). The Manila
Chamber of Commerce has cabled to
President Roosevelt urging that the Pa
cific cable be laid. The cablegram states
that the main object would be an im
mense increase of the rubber industry of
the Philippines, estimated at $15,000,000,
and also economy and the facilitation of
husiiness.
Iowa Bank Rubbed.
Greenville, Iowa, (Special). Robbers
looted the bank here, taking all the
money and papers, but the amount in
cash is not stated by the bank officials.
The vault was blown and the building
badly damaged by the explosion.- The
total damage amounts to $1,000.
Mutineers Liable to Charge ol Murder.
Leavenworth, Kan., (Special). J. B.
Waldrupe, a guard at tbe Fort Leaven
worth Military Prison, who was shot in
the mutiny ut that institution on No
vember 7, died Saturday of bis wounds
Sent Out 474,043 Column.
Fort Worth, Texas, (Special). Mrs.
Annie Barker Hornintj of f I -
charge of press work of the W. C T.
vv., repun 474.043 columns ot temper
ance new sent out during the past year,
as comuared with 10.000 the v,nr h.
fore.
Died In bulb Tub.
, Altoona, Pa., (Special). John M.
Wilson went to take a bath Saturday
morning, was seized with an epileptic
convulsions and plunged headforemost
into the tub. Half an hour later he wax
found lying f.irc downward in six
inches of w.iter, dead.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Cession of Danish Islands.
The negotiations between the United
States nnd Danish Govenments relative
to the cession to the former of the Dan
ish West Indies have been transferred
to Washington. The negotiations were
initiated by Mr. Swenson, United States
Minister to Copenhagen, about three
years ago, and later Mr. White, sec
retary of the embassy at London, took
up the work in behalf of the United
States.
The transfer to Washington was
brought about through the desire of
the Danish Uovcrnment to place its in
tercsts in the matter in the hand of Mr.
Constnntin Brun. Danish Minister here.
He. spent some time at Copenhagen last
summer and returned to Washington
recently, prepared to carry forward the
negotiations with Secretary Hay. It is
learned that within the last few days
there has been increased activity in the
negotiations, and that material progress
has been made toward the completion
ot a treaty of cession.
Eat More Than They Grow.
Considerable time at the Cabinet meet
ing Friday was devoted to consideration
of the agricultural situation in the
Philippines.
Reports received by the War Depart
mcnt indicate vegetables grown there are
"running out" and there is immediate
necessity for a general distribution of
seed. Secretary Root told the Cabinet
that not enough rice, which is the great
staple, is grown there to meet local con
sumption. Secretary Wilson will send one of the
department's c.vpcrts with assistants to
the islands to investigate the situation.
It is expected that many things not here
tofore grown there can be produced. The
seed will be distributed gratis.
It is understood that the President,
in his message, will make no direct rec
ommendation on the subject of taxation.
The situation will be laid before Con
gress and its attention called to the rec
ommendations of Secretary Gage.
Extension of Civil Service.
About 200 employees in the executive
branch of the rural free delivery service
of the Postofiicc Department will be
brought into the civil service by an
order of President Roosevelt which, it
is understood, will be issued within a
week or two. These employees arc
clerks, special agents and inspectors.
The 6,000 rural free delivery carriers
throughout tbe country will not be
brought into the civil service under the
same order, but they will be taken in at
some later date. Their civil service
status is likely to be somewhat differ
ent from that of those first included,
though the form of the regulations gov
erning them has not yet been passed
upon.
Pari Green 00 Plants.
At the recent second session of the an
nual convention of the Association of
Official Agricultural Chemists, at the
Cokunbian University, the subjects of
liquor and food adulteration, nitrogen,
insecticides, cider fermentation and
dairy products were discussed.
There was a long report on insecti
cides which recommended the continu
ance of present methods for determin
ing the presence of formaldehyde in
compounds. This led to lively debate re
garding the use of paris green as an in
secticide, the injury to plants and the
use of lime as a possible preventive of
this injury. - It was finally agreed that
lime lessens the injury, but does not al
together overcome it.
May Examine Rurrfl Poitmen.
Superintendent A. W. Machcn, of th
free delivery system of the Postoffice
Department, conferred with the mem
bers of the Civil Service Commission
relative to the proposition to transfer
the rural free delivery branch to the
classified service. There are now be
tween 6,000 and 7,000 persons employed
in this work, and members of the com
mission and Postofiicc Department offi
cials alike almost decided the system
should be embraced within the classified
service. No decision was reached.
Won the Only Gold Medal.
The only gold medal authorized by
Congress for heroic conduct during the
Spanish War was forwarded to Lieut.
Frank 11. Newcomb, at Fatchogue, N.
Y. Lieutenant Newcomb commanded
the revenue cutter Hudson and rescued
the officers and crew of the torpedo boat
Winslow, off Cardenas. Cuba, during the
action of May 11, 180K. The medal con
tains about $750 worth of gold.
Given Dignity by the New Dock.
The Navy Department has given he
naval establishment at Algiers, La., the
title of "Naval Station, Algiers, La."
This station has been known as the "Na
val Reservation, Algiers, La ," but with
the ownership of the finest floating dry
dock of its class in the world, built at
Sparrows Point. Md., and the numerous
other improvements comes the added
dignity ot the title of Naval Station.
Monitor to Stay Near Manila.
The coast defense monitors Monte
rey and Monaduock, sent to the Philip
pines soon after the victory of Manila
bay, arc to be kept in these waters in
definitely. Both are powerful fighting
craft and were sent to Manila to
strengthen the American fleet when it
was feared a Spanish fleet would try
to recapture Manila. Thev are of shal
low draft and just the kind of ships
suited for Philippine waters.
The Commissioner of Internal' Reve
nue decided that articles subject to in
ternal revenue, tax when consumed in
this country arc subject to this tax when
they are shipped to the Philippines. '
lllltbcock Disbar a Lawyer.
Secretary Hitchcock has disbarred
William C. Buderus, an attorney of
Sturgis, S. D., from practicing before the
Interior Department because it is al
leged be said after the assassination of
President McKinley; "I am glad of it,
and I hope he will die, as there will be
one more tyrant less." -
Capital New In OencriL
The remains of Major Adam Kramer,
U. S. A., were buried in Arlington Cem
etery with military honors.
The Commissioner of Internal Reve
nue decided that beer manufactured in
the United States and shipped to the
l'liilippmc's is subject to the internal
revenue tax.
The only irold medal authorized bv
act of Congress for heroism during the
Spanish War was forwarded to Lieut.
Frank Newcomb, of the revenue cutter
Hudson.
In the itinerary arranged for tho
North Atlantic Squadron provision is
made for speed trials, which is a new
departure."
The President sinned thi e, ,m,,n
of lferlfVrt Pierce, of Massachus -Ms
me iiniu stssuiant secivary ot .state.
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Lateit News Gleaned From All Over
the State.
LIST OP PENSIONS GRANTED.
K Media Cripple Could Not Escape From Bur.
Ing Home and Wn Iremated-Elghteci
Pennsylvania Corporation Increase Their
Stock During OctoberNorwood Man Un
der Ball lor Setting Fire to Biro.
Pensions granted Pennsylvaninns:
James B. Wilkins. Broadton. $ta; Isaac
Bycrs, New Eagle, $10; Robert Jack,
Allenport, $8; Henry Bevilhamer, Saeg
erstown, $8; John Glover, Meyersdale,
$12; Samuel Plank. Shade Valley, $8;
Frank Hulick, Oakdale, $8; Madison
McLaughlin. Davis, $10; John Richards,
Wampuii, $8; Gcrrit I leering, Meyers
dale, $12; Lewis Cruse, Hollodaysburg,
S; Adam Manges, Hillsview, $12; Anne
Young, ITcgcrs, $8; Jeanctte Moody,
Canton, $20.
The prosperity that has come upon
Pennsylvania is again shown by the doc
uments in the State Department. Cor
porations all over the State are increas
ing the amount of their capital stock
for the purpose of enlarging their busi
ness. The following were the increases
during October : Carnegie Tube Com
pany.Pittsburg.from $150,000 to $300,000;
Coal Bluff Co., Pittsburg, from $t,ooo
to $300,000; Saxman Coal & Coke Co.,
Latrobe, from nothing to $100,000; Brown
& Zortinan Machinery Company, Pitts
burg, from $25,000 to $100,000; Browns
ville Water Company, from nothing to
$75,000; Charticrs Trust Company, Mc
Kee's Rocks, from $1,000 to $200,000;
Haugh & Keenan Storage and Transfer
Company, Pittsburg, from nothing to
$75,000; Keystone Car Wheel Company,
Pittsburg, from $200,000 to $400,000;
Sharon Coke Company, from $10,000 to
$4,000,000; Early Dawn Creamery Com
pany, Pittsburg, from $1,000 to $50,000;
Philadelphia Foundry & Machine Coni-
fany, from $1,000 to $75,000; Columbia
Mate Glass Company, Pittsburg, from
nothing to $500,000; Columbia Bewing
Company, from nothng to $80,000; Hu
ron Coal Company, Greensburg, from
nothing to $50,000; Brownville Glass
Company, from nothing to $70,000;
Brownsville Manufacturing Company,
from $1,000 to $125,000; National Cable
& Wire Company, Pittsburg, from $11,
000 to $500,000; Waynesburg Water
Company, from nothing to $100,000.
Only one company has reduced its capi
tal, the Relay Manufacturing Company,
of Reading, from $100,000 to $100. This
was done because of a merger with an
other company, and for the purpose of
reducing the tax on capital stock.
While sitting alone in her home and
unable to move from her chair, Mrs.
Maggie Dougherty, of Rockdale, aged
60, and a cripple, was burned to death.
Mrs. Dougherty had been an invalid for
20 years, and it had been her custom to
stay alone in her house during the day
while her husband was at work. A wo
man neighbor saw smoke coming from
the building, which was a three-story
frame structure, and, hurrying to the
house to rescue Mrs. Dougherty, found
the door locked, and she was unable to
get in. The building was soon envelop
ed in flames, and piercing shrieks could
be heard from within, but no one was
able to aid the unfortunate woman.
A large stone mansion on East Court
street, DoylestoWn, belonging to Joseph
Mekcal, of Philadelphia, formerly the
Shellenbcrger property, was sold to the
Pennsylvania Society for the Advance
ment of the Deaf. The society will
conduct a home for the aged deaf. This
will be the only institution of the kind
in the State, and there arc said to be
only two others in existence, one in New
York and one in Ohio.
For nine years Benjamin Christine
lived in New Castle as the adopted son
of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Licbendcrfer,
without knowing that his mother also
lived in New Castle. The boy recently
learned of his mother's whereabouts, and
as a result the Court set aside the de
tree of adoption and mother and son
l.ere united.
The station of the Philadelphia and
Reading Railway Company at West
Woods was broken into and the in
truders tore up all tickets and paste
board baggage checks on hand, and
threw them into the stove.
Charged with setting fire to the barn
of H. B. Ward, at Prospect Park, which
was destroyed on November 3, Thomas
Alexander; of Norwood, was hel-d in
$1,500 bail by Alderman Smith at Ches
ter. As William II. Newcomer, of Hickory
Grove, was working in a field, he was
suddenly bereft of sight in his right eye,
'.he formation of a blood clot destroying
the vision.
A thief broke a plate glass window
in Silverman's jewelry store at Shenan
doah, grabed a tray containing three
gold and three silver watches and ran
off.
G. Wilson Smoycr, of Allentown, who,
it is alleged, attempted to poison his
parents several weeks ago by putting
arsenic in their coflee, was acquitted in
court on flie ground of insanity.
A. C. Fuhner, proprietor of the Mey
ersdale Electric Light Works, sold the
establishment to H. J. Wilmoth, of Mey
ersdale, for $30,000.
Ross Springnian died at Williamsport
of lockjaw. Two weeks ago while car
rying a ladle of molten brass he tripped
and fell into the metal which he spilied.
Hearst Frederick's 8-year-old son,
George, while attempting to jump from
a wagon at Selimsgrove fell under the
wheels and was crushed to death.
John Rttnko, a miner, of Enterprise,
has notified the polite tkat robbers en
tered his house and stole $1,400. lie
secreted the money at home rather than
deposit it in banks, because he lost $700
bf a bank failure twenty years ago.
John Landers, aged 38 years, of Lan
caster, committed suicide by hanging
himself at the County Hospital.
Mrs. Mary Neiman, of North Cov
entry, who spent Sunday visiting he
son, Milton Neiman, of Pottstown, fell
dead on her return home as she was
about to enter her gate.. ,
F"irc in the livery stable of F. Kocbe-
nour, m the upper wend of Ilarrishurg,
destroyed the stable, with ten horses
and many -carriages, and also three
dwelling-houses, were burned, and two
dwellings were badly damaged. The loss
is estimated at $10,000.
Mrs. Carrie Etnegh was arrested in
Allentown for sprinkling salt and water .
in a neighbor's yard. She says she did
it to ward' off bad luck.
Milton ,N. Bernhart, member of the
State House of Representatives from
Lthigh county from 1891 to 104, died at
his home in Allentown, aged 35 years.
The barn of Anderw Porter, of Pine
Grove Townsfp'p, was burned together
with the season' crops, three horses,
four cows and farming implements.
William Stehbins, a two-year-old boy,
fell into a sewer sump at Berwick and
was unconscious from the elk-cm of g'i
when rtiuicd lv Mrs. Robert Good.