HANY TOWNS
SWEPT BY FLOODS
Lobs ol Lite and Property Great la
Western New York.
-ACRES OP FARMLANDS UNDER WATER.
A Weeua Carrie Out tote a Swellea Stream
Will tltr Bakcshop and Drowned Houses,
Bam and Livestock Destroyed Railroad
Trallk la Tied I'p by the Estenslva
Wasbonts.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special). A terrific
rain and wind storm swept over West
ern JJiw York. Rivers and creeks ruse
rapidly, overflowing their banks and
weeping away houses and barns and
live stock. The loss will reach into hun
dreds of thousands of dollars. Tele
graph and telephone wires are down,
nd communication with small towns in
Wyoming, Niagara and C.ittaraueits
counties is difficult to establish. This
city was not in the path of the storm.
A dispatch from Arcade says the flood
art that place claimed one victim and did
many thousand dollars' damage to prop
erty. Minnie Loper, who kept a bak
ery on the bank of the creek, was
drowned early in the day. The down
pour and the cloudburst above the vil
lage turned the creek into a torrent. The
water rose rapidly and was several feet
xleep on the lowlands before anyone
realized the danger. Miss Lopcr's bake
shop was swept out into the stream, but
h had not gone far before it fell apart.
Miss Loper's body was recovered.
There were many narrow escapes. At
Yorkshire, two miles below Arcade, the
approaches to the bridge were washed
way, but the bridge is standing. Miles
of roadway are so gullied cr buried in
debris that they will have to be rebuilt.
At Sandusky. a few miles from Arcade, it
is reported that two houses were washed
wway. From everywhere come reports
cf live stock killed. The loss to indi
viduals will be very high, and the loss
to the town from the destruction of
bridges and roadbeds will also be high.
KINO'S CONDITIO 000D,
JIUy Da Transferred lo Royal Yacht la a lew
Weeks.
London (By Cable). King Edward's
progress continues to be good. It is
said that if his improvement proceeds at
fhe present rate he will probably, by the
ml of the month, be well enough to be
transferred to the royal yacht, in South
ampton waters.
A bulletin posted at 9 o'clock a. m.
aid:
"The King's progress continues to be
in every way satisfactory."
Soon after the bulletin was issued,
Queen Alexandra and Princess Victoria
visited Marlborough House, where they
attended divine service with the Prince
nd Princess of Wales. The Queen
stayed within Buckingham Palace for
the rest of the day.
AGTINALDO NOW FREE.
Aboat Six Hundred Other Captives are Re.
leased at Manila.
Manila (By Cable). President Roose
velt's amnesty proclamation was read at
noon in English and Spanish, from a
flag-draped stand on the l.uneta, after
parade of 6000 Americans and Fili
pinos. Arthus Ferguson, secretary to
Governor Taft, read the proclamation in
the presence of a small gathering, the
heat having dispersed the crowd when
the parade ended. The prisoners freed
ty the proclamation, estimated to num
ber 6oo,were released without cefemony.
Many military prisoners had previously
teen freed. Aguinaldo remained in the
liouse which has sheltered him since his
captivity. He is expected to visit friends
briefly and then depart on a trip. His
destination is not announced. The ex
iled on the island of Guam arc expected
to return here on a special steamer.
JUDQE REFUSED TO ADJOURN COURT.
A Jarist Criticises Americans lor Observing
lb Corooatloa Day.
Honolulu (Special). The British
Coronation Day, June 26, was generally
observed here, all the government offi
ces closing at noon by order of the gov
ernor. Judge A. S. Humphreys, of the
First Circuit Court, however, reiused to
adjourn his court for the occasion, and
gave an interview stating his reasons, in
which he vigorously repudiated the
whole idea of an observance of the kind.
The Judge used fervid language in criti
cism of Americans who observed such
ceremonies in honor of royalty and his
words aroused much discussion. Some
British residents were much offended
and are talking of making complaint to
Washington.
Army Oflicers Commit Suicide.
Manila (By Cable). Capt. John II.
Shellenberger, oi the Tenth Infantry,
committed suicide by 'hooting at Iligan,
in the Island of Mindanao. July 4. He
beted from despondency. Second Lieut.
Thos. Ryan, of the Philippine scouts,
also committed suicide by shooting in
the interior of the Island of Mindanao,
June 18.
Killed by a Police Marshal.
Fort Myers, Fla. ( Special). In a f.gh:
between Dennis Sheridan, well known
kere, and City Marshal Stroup, Sheri
dan was shot dead while resisting ar
rest. The officer was severely cut with
a knife. It is believed Stroup's wounds
are fatal.
A Desperate Fugitive.
Seattle, Wash. (Special). Harry Tra
cey, the fugitive convict, who has killed
aix men and wounded three others since
lie escaped from the Orgon penitentiary
short time ago, has again eluded his
pursuers after another display f great
daring. His last act, on Saturday, was
to impress a farmhand into embarking
tiinj an Puget sound in a rowboat. At
I0.30 a. m. Sheriff Cudihee chartered the
tug Sea Lion and with a posse started
an pursuit. Up to the time of the latest
dvices he had not overtaken Tracey.
Hall s Havoc a Nebraska,
Omaha, Neb. (Special). The worst
tiail and rain storm of the season visited
Central Nebraska, doing a gteat amount
f damage to crops and other property.
At Grand Island the hsii practically de
atoyed vegetation over a strip o coun
try seven miles long and lour miles
wi(e. In the city few plate glass win
dows were left whole, and trees and
ahrubbery were destroyed. Corn and
unharvsted small grains were beaten to
the ground and are a total lots. Elm
Creek, Auihcrst, Miller and West Point
were visited by the storm.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NLWS.
Domestic.
The Rev. Richard Farier. of Fort
Churchill, has arrived at Winnipeg,
Man., and confirms reports of the find
ing of relics of Andree's party and the
stories that the explorer was killed by
savage Eskimos.
Four new witnesses have been found
whose testimony, it is said, will be
against Louis A. Disbrow, accused of
the murder of Clarence Foster and
Sarah Lawrence at Good Ground, L. I.
Blacksmiths and their helpers in the
L'nion Pacific shops at Omaha, Neb.,
joined the machinists and boilcrmakers
in their strike against the piecework sys
tem. The gathering of empty cars on the
sidings indicates that the operators in
the anthracite coal region will soon try
tj start up one mine in each district.
Attorney-General Anderson, of Vir
ginia, rendered an opinion that under
the new Constitution no Slate, county
cr city otticials can accept any free
passes.
The body of Andrea Zabcj, captain of
the steamship Frcdcrica. was found
Heating in New York harbor. He prob
ably commuted suicide.
Three boys escaped from the State
Industrial School at Rochester. N. Y.,
and one was shot while assisting the
officers.
Susie Frazier, ten years old. shot and
killed her uncle, George Jones, in Pa
ducah. Ky., who was beating his wiie.
Assistant Secretary of the Navy Dar
ling inspected the Norfolk Navy Yard
and the work in progress there.
The Navy Department is preparing to
erect a wireless telegraph station at the
Navcsink Highlands.
One passenger on a runaway trolley
car in Boulder, Col., was fatally hurt
and others injured.
Vice-President Thomas L. Wilson, of
the Machinists' Union, said in an inter
view in Omaha, Neb., that the Union
Pacific Railroad otticials wanted a strike
on their system.
Charles F. Harper testified in court in
Noriolk. Va.. that he took down to the
Charleston Exposition $.25,000 or $30,
000, all he had, and gambled it away.
A gang of masked burglars cracked
three safes in McMechen, W. Va., and
had a fight with a posse, in which one
hand on each side was shot.
The Federal Sugar Refining Company
filed papers in Trenton, N. J., increas
ing its authorized capital stock from
$100,000 to $50,000,000.
The explosion of a keg of powder
wrecked the office of M. H. Kendall in
Boston and severely injured three per
sons. Dr. F. W. Daykin was held for court
in Cleveland on the charge of offering
a bribe to a councilman for his vote.
Foreign.
The trial of Charles Bright, civil en
gineer, of Sandusky. Ohio, charged with
concealing $500,000 of his estate in con
nection with bankruptcy proceedings, is
one of the last cases on trial in the Old
Bailey Court of London.
Names of arbitrators have been sug
gested in connection with the interna
tional tribunal recommending that the
question between the United States and
Mexico concerning the Pius claim of
$1,000,000 be settled by arbitration.
J. Tierpont Morgan has been having a
great time in Germany. He will visit
apartments in the imperial palace, by
permission of the Emperor, not acces
sible to the general public.
John Redmond, chairman oi the Unit
ed Irish League, in an address at Lim
erick called upon the Irish to meet co
ercion with coercion and unite for one
great effort.
Political riots in Haiti are likely to
prevent the election of a sufficient num
ber of members to organize the Cham
ber of Deputies and elect a new presi
dent. The illness of Lord Grey, the spokes
man of Cecil Rhodes' executors, has
caused a hitch in the arrangements re
garding the Rhodes scholarships.
Arthur Nikisch, formerly conductor
of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, has
been elected principal of the Leipsic
Conservatory of Music.
Lloyd Griscom, the United States
Minister to Persia, returned to Teheran
after a thousand mile trip through Per
sia on horseback.
The colonial premiers, in conference
in London, are making no progress in
Mr. Chamberlain's scheme for imperial
federation.
King Edward's banquet to the slum
dwellers was given in about 400 halls in
London, 45.000 poor people getting in
a sumptuous dinner.
The feeling is growing stronger in
England that Lord Salisbury will retire
from the premiership soon after the cor
onation. The British imperial government has
decided against the proposal to suspend
the Constitution of Cape Colony.
King Oscar of Sweden has approved
the Swedish Cabinet as reconstructed by
Erik Gustav Bostroni.
The famous Humbert safe was sold in
Paris for 1660 francs.
Many riuters have been killed and
wounded in collisions with the irOops
in the lalKr riots during the last few
days in Southern Russia. Leaders of
the mobt claimed to be agents of the
Czar and preached the destruction of all
machinery.
Prince Francis Joseph of Braganza, a
lieutenant in the Seventh Austrian Huz
zars, was arraigned in a London police
court with two other men, charged with
a criminal offense. They were remand
ed. Numbers of Boer families are seeking
lands in German Southeast Africa, but
it is said that Germany will not encour
age their emigration on too extensive a
scale.
Ambassador Ohoate and oiher mem
bers of the embassy in London lunched
with Rear Admiral Crowninshield on
the flagship Illinois.
FlnaoclaL
The adjourned Bethlehem Steel Com
pany meeting will probably be held in
New York. The date has not yet been
fixed.
The Standard Gas Light Company cf
New York has declared a dividend of 3
per cent on its preferred and common
stock.
The Standard Underground Cable
Company uirecto-s have declared a reg
ular quarterly dividend of 2 per cent,
payable July 10.
The New York Sub-treasury state
ment shows that the banks have lost
$251,000 during the week.
A director of the United Shoe Ma
chinery Company says that the com
pany will earn over 25 per cent on its
common stock during the year 1902.
The Metropolitan Elevated Railroad
Company oi Chicago daily average of
passengers carried during June was 101,
743, an increase of 18 per cent.
John W. Gates and his crowd are said
to be heavily long on July corn and
short of September. July corn touched
the highest point reached in 20 years,
72 5-8 cents.
THE PRESIDENT
AT OYSTER BAY
Will Now Take a Rent at His Summer
Home.
TO KEEP PEOOINQ AWAY AT TRUSTS.
Altera Rather Tiresome Trip Front Pittsburg
Mr. Roosevelt Is Received by His Fellow
Vlllsiers With the Blowing ol Whistles
lo a Drenching Rain He R des la an Open
Surrey to Sagamore Hill
Oyster Bay, L. I. (Special). Presi
dent Roosevelt was given a very cordial
welcome upon his arrival here. When
the train approached the little station of
the Long Island Railroad every whistle
in the village, through a prearrange
signal, was set going and the old friends
and associates of the President gatlit red
on the platform to extend their greet
ings. When he alighted they compVte
ly surrounded him, and for a ti -tic pre
vented his children, Kcrmet, Ethel and
Archie, who had been awaiting his com
ing, from getting at him. When finally
they did so he embraced them in a man
ner that gave unmistakable evidence of
his delight nt being "home."
Mrs. Roosevelt did not come ti the
depot, but Assistant Secretary Locb was
there. After exchanging greetings with
his friends and neighbors the President
entered an open surrey with his three
children and started in a violent rain
and thunderstorm for Sagamore Hill.
Neither he nor the children seemed any
the worse for their drenching.
During the journey from Pittsburg to
Oyster Bay the President frequently
spoke of how glad he was at the pros
pect of being with his family, and escap
ing to a considerable extent many of
the official carts which had constantly
beset him in Washington.
The trip across New York to the
Long Island Railroad depot was made
in carriages under the escort of four
mounted officers. One of these was Pa
trolman HefTcran. whom Mr. Roosevelt,
when police commissioner, had reward
ed for signal bravery in stopping a run
away horse. The President took oc
casion to refer to this fact.
The scenes and faces around the Long
Island depot across the river were fa
miliar to the President, and he frequent
ly stopped to shake hands with some old
friend.
It has been ascertained that the Presi
dent's speech at Pittsburg in reference
to the trust question was merely the
forerunner of determined efforts by him
to have Congress take up that subject
and enact definite legislation at its next
session for the control and supervision
of trusts.
Recently the President and Attorney
General Knox held a conference, with
Representative I.ittleficld, of Maine, at
which Mr. Littleficld was invited to pre
pare a bill for the regulation and con
trol of the trusts that will go before'
Congress with the indorsement and in
fluence of the President back of it.
In addition to this proposed action
the President is going to talk upon the
trust question a good deal on the several
trips to be made by him in the fall. He
lias announced to his friends that the
question is a vital one and that he pro
posoes to push it vigorously until there
is some action by Congress,
READ HIS WILL AT HIS OWN GRAVE.
Co'. Blackwetl Invites Friends to Unveiling ot
His Monument.
Wichita, Kan. (Special). The Town
of Blackwcll, in Oklahoma, had, perhaps,
the strangest Fourth of July celebration
in the country. Colonel Blackwell, who
owns nearly the entire town, had invit
ed and paid the railroad fare of friends
from all parts of the territory to assem
ble near his prospective grave, in the
Blackwell Cemetery.
He not only unveiled his own monu
ment, but also delivered a farewell ad
dress, during which he read his will,
which gives much of his estate to char
ities. Colonel Blackwell incidentally an
rounced that he had just sent $200 lo
the wives and children of the strik'.ig
miners in the Pennsylvania coalfields.
His sympathy with the strikers is due
in part to a bitter warfare between his
ccal interests and those of the alleged
coal trust. He sells coal lower than
the big combination.
Blackwell has Indian blood in his
veins, and is exceedingly popular in the
territory.
Husband, Wife and Sister Drowned.
Benton Harbor, Mich. (Special).
Rudolph Steffick, his wife, Mrs. Steffick,
and his sitter, Miss Steffick, all of Chi
i cago were drowned here in the St. Jos
j eph River. A party of four, which in
I eluded the three who were drowned,
went in bathing about 4 o'clock in the
' afternoon. They were unacquainted
: with the beach and the river current and
were carried under by the rapid stream.
I Death resulted immediately to the h'js
1 band, wife and sister, while the fourth
1 member of the I arty, John Thorpe, who
had gone down for the third time, caught
a passing timber and was saved.
Morir.oo Temple In Copenhagen.
Copenhagen (By Cable). Some 300
American Mormons, including former
j United States Senator Frank Jenne
I Cannon and his brother, and many
American missionaries in Europe, at
tended the dedication of the Mormon
temple in this city. Three meetings
: have been arranged for this week, with
I the object of giving impetus to mis,ion
i ary work in Denmark.
Drow A Dirk Into His Breast.
MouiH Sterling, Ky. (Special). J. V.
Fasseit, a prominent farmer and short
horn cattle breeder, attempted suicide
here and is not expected to live. He
took three grains of morphine, and pro
curing a dirk and hammer, went to an
orchard, and placing the knife against
his breast, drove it into his body with
the hammer. He gave as a reason for
his action that he was growing old, and
his children needed his money, so he
thought best to put himself out of the
way,
A Young Vlollo Prodigy.
London (By Cable). Francis Mac
Milltai, a 16-year-old violinist from
Marietta, Ohio, has won the first prize
at the annual contest f the Brussels
Royal Conservatory of Music. This
also secured for the young American the
Vanhal nrize of 528 francs (about $106).
The Brussels press was rather wrought
up over the juvenile American winning
the coveted honor, and the suggestion
was made that the competition in future
be limited to Belgians. The critics char
acterize the boy' as an exceptional
player.
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Printing and Publishing.
The census bureau has issued its re
port on printing and publishing in the
United States for the year 1900, show
ing a capital of $202,517,072 invested in
the 11,312 establishments reporting.
The value of the product is returned
at $.147,055,050, to produce which involv
ed an outlay of $36,000,710 for salaries
of officials, clerks, etc.; $84,240,880 for
wages; $55,807,520 for miscellaneous
expenses, and $86,856,200 for materials
Used.
The report says the Associated Press
serves 2500 daily papers in the L'nited
States, Canada, Mexico, Cuht and Porto
Rico. In its regular news service it
used 9345 miles of lcacd wire by day
and 20,467 miles by night. The annual
revenues exceed $1,000,000 and the num
lier of words daily transmitted at each
of the more important offices is over
50.OCO, or the equivalent of thirty-five
columns of the average newspaper.
Of all newspaper and periodical es
tablishments over 6.1 per cent, were own
ed by individuals. 20 per cent, by part
nerships and only 17 per cent, by cor
porations. The total number of wage
earners in the industry had increased
only 10 per cent, since 1S00. but the
value of products increased 24 per cent.
There w as a much greater increase rela
tively among women wage-earners than
men.
Of the total value of products adver
tising formed 4.? per cent., subscriptions
and sales 36 per cent., and book and
job. printing, including miscellaneous
products 2t per cent.
The total circulation per issue of
dailies was enough to supply one for
every five inhabitants and weeklies and
monthlies one to every two inhabitants.
Over 1 .250.000.000 pounds of paper was
used during 1900, of which almost 78
per cent, was consumed for newspapers
Record-Breaking Congress.
According to a statement made by
Benjamin S. Piatt, enrolling clerk of
I the Senate, the session of Congress just
; concluded broke all records, not only of
j any previous session, but of any previous
' Congress, whether of two or three ses-
sions.
j The total number of bills and joint
i resolutions offered in the two houses
j up to the time of adjournment was 22,
: 022. of which 1.503 were sent to the
I President. Of those introduced IS. 572
j were offered'in the House of Represen
tatives and 0,450 111 the Isenate. Of the
House bills 956, or 6 1-7 per cent, of
the entire number introduced were sent
to the President while of the Senate
bills. 547, or about SlA per cent., went
to the President. Thus less than g per
cent, of the bills so far introduced in
both houses in the Fifty-seventh Con
gress became laws.
The Senate passed of its own bills
1,090, but 543 of them failed to eet
through the House. On the other hand,
the House passed 1,386 of its own mea
sures, of which 430 failed in the Senate.
The greatest record in the way of
I legislation made by any previous Con
Igress was made by the Fifty-first. Then,
(luring the entire Congress, only 19,640
bills and joint resolutions were intro
duced of which 2,240 became laws.
The Navy Is Lucky.
It develops that the naval forces on
the Asiatic Station have been singularly
fortunate or careful during the preva
lence of the formidable outbreak of
cholera in the East. So far there have
been only three deaths from that dis
ease reported to Rear Admiral Rixey,
surgeon general of the Navy. Two were
privates of the Marine Corps, and the
other was an officer of the Navy. More
over, there have not been, it is said,
over half a dozen persons attacked by
the disease in our naval establishment
in China and the Philippines. This is
unusual, considering the fact that the
men cannot be cooped tip aboard ship,
but must be given shore liberty, with its
attendant danger of contracting the dis-
Cuba Shipping Favored.
The President has issued a proclama
tion removing discriminating duties up
on Cuban vessels entering United States
ports. Under Spanish rule and also un
der the military occupation such duties
were not imposed upon Cuban vessels,
for it had been formally declared to the
authorities that Spain imposed no such
duties upon United States vessels. But
when Cuba became an independent na
tion the law was self-acting and the du
ties began to run, until such time as the
President should receive satisfactory as
surance that there was no discrimina
tion against United States vessels in Cu
ban ports. Now such assurance has
been received through Mr. Squiers and
the proclamation has been issued.
Interior ol White Houst Demolished.
Nothing remains of the historic White
House but the four walls. Nearly 500
workmen arc busy, with almost feverish
industry, in order to have the building
entirely completed by November I next.
The sum of $600,000 has been placed
at the disposal of Messrs. McKim, Mead
& White, the architects, and they are
given absolute discretion. The work is
being done by day labor, and every con
sideration is sacrificed to promptness
and excellence of work. When the im
provements are completed the old White
House will hardly be recognized,
China's Appeal for Fair Play.
The Chinese government has appealed
to the government of the United States
to use us good offices to cause the Al
lied Powers to still retain their soldiers
in Tien Tsin, to evacuate that place in
conformity with the spirit of the agree
ment cf Pekin, which fettled the Boxer
troubles. The appeal was made by Min
ister Wu directly to Secretary Hay; in
the shape of a cablegram from Viceroy
Yuan Shih-Kai, of Chihli, which the
minister supplemented with a long ver
bal explanation.
Capital News la Oeaeral.
The inquiry made by Colonel Crow
der in the case of Lieutenant Arnold,
charged with cruelty towards Filipinos,
finds him not guilty of complicity in the
cases of cruelty, but censurable for lack
of vigilance. .
The Siamese Minister called on Sec
retary Hay to make arrangements for
the visit of the Crown Prince of Siam.
The President has issued an order
prohibiting the exercise of outside influ
ence in securing promotions in the clas
sified civil service.
The report of Chief Wilkie, of the
Secret Service, shows that there Were
573 persons arrested during the year for
offenses against the Federal laws, 3 per
cent being convictions
Orders were issued by Lieutenant
General Miles convening the War Col
lege Board in Washington and the Gen
eral Service College at Fort Leaven
worth, Kan.
Secretary Hay had a conference with
Senators Lodge, Hanna and Spooner
with reference to procedure in the Pan
ama Canal project.
The Navy Department has completed
its plans for the four new warships au
thorized by Congress.
MERRYMAKERS
IN A SERIOUS WRECK
Eleven Killed and Number Were
Injured.
MANY BURIED UNDER THE DEBRIS.
Aa Unmanageable Trolley Car Dashed Down
A Mountain Orade at Qreat Speed and
Crashed Into Another Car Filled With Pas
sengers People Throwa lo Every Direction
and Mangled,
Gloversville, N. Y. (Special). A
wreck which occurred on the Mountain
Lake Railroad caused the almost instant
death of 11 persons and one victim died
in the hospital here. It is believed that
several other victims will succumb to
their injuries. The bodies of many of
the victims were crushed and maimed
almost beyond recognition, and the
scenes about the wreck were horrifying.
The accident was caused by a combina
tion baggage and passenger car getting
away front the niotorman and rushing
down the mountain side at a terrific
speed. The brakes refused to work and
at the end of the grade the heavy car
crashed into a loaded open car also de
scending the mountain. The latter was
hurled from the track and turned on its
side, and over 50 per cent of the passen
gers were injured. Those who were
pinned directly under the car were
crushed to death and in some instances
terribly mutilated. The combination
car also left the track and turned on its
side.
The wreck occurred at the end of a
day's pleasure at the resort at the top of
the mountain and the cars were loaded
with excursionists.
According to Conductor James Cam
eron, of the open car, the closed car ran
away while coming down the grade
above the curve and collided with the
open car as the latter was rounding the
curve. Both cars then went down the
grade at lightning speed. At the foot
of the hill the cars came together again.
Just before the rear car had reached
the one ahead the lights in the first car
went out and added darkness to the hor
ror. The heavy double car struck the
ojher with such force that it raised the
rear end of the first car into the air and
over the right embankment on the side.
Both cars were derailed and the pas
sengers were thrown in every direction.
Many were killed instantly: others died
from their wounds immediately after
ward. "KID" CURRY'S OANO.
Believed That They Held Up the Rock Island
Express.
Chicago (Special). That members of
the "Kid" Curry band of bank and train
robbers, wanted for alleged complicity
in the recent Union Pacific holdup, per
petrated the robbery of the Rock Island
express train at Dupont, 111., is believed
probable by detectives, 100 of whom are
working on the case.
Charles Nessler, the boy who was
stealing a ride on the train when i was
stopped, described the men to detectives
and his description is said to tally with
photographs and descriptions of
"Butch" Cassidy and "Sundance Kid."
alias Harry Longbaugh.alleged members
ol the Kid Lurry gang. It was offi
cially stated by an officer of the United
States Express Company that the rob
bers secured only $50 worth of jewelry.
They carried away a package of worth
less vouchers and ' other papers, but
overlooked a package containing $100,
000. Indian Scalps and Murders.
Guthrie, Ok. (Special). Several
Apache warriors have been arrested by
the federal officers at Fort Sill, charged
with killing and scalping another mem
ber of the tribe and stnlihinir hie tninw
to death. This is the first time in re
cent years that scalping has been re
ported among the semicivilized Indians.
The Apaches were only recently released
from the Fort Sill reservation, where
they were prisoners of war. .
Good Hay Crop this Year.
Canajoharic, N. Y. (Special). The
hay crop of the States, as indicated in
several hundred reports to the Hay
Trade Journal, will be fully up to an
average tonnage, except in New Eng
land, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and the
Smith, making the prospects promising
for a good trading year.
Ball Killed Pltcher7
Midlothian, Tex. (Special). Pitcher
Chas. Harrington, who until recently
was a member of the Dallas team of the
Texas league, was killed by a batted
ball in this city. He had pitched a ball,
which was hit back to the pitcher, strik
ing him in the stomach. Harrington
fielded the ball, made the assist in put
ting the runner out and then dropped
dead.
Tro ley Cars Collide.
Newcastle, Pa. ( Special). One man
is dead, one fatally injured and more
than a score of others are seriously h trt
as a result of an accident on the Penn
sylvania and Mahoning Valley Electric
K.kilway. Two cars carrying nearly :co
I asscngers crashed together on a -urcc
i.ear Ldinburg, four miles west of this
city.
A Plucky Little Girl.
Paducah, Ky. (Special). Susie Fra
:.ier, 10 years old, was presented in the
police court charged with killing her
uncle, George Jones. The child, it is
claimed saw her uncle beating his wife,
and, obtaining a pistol, shot him in the
stomach, inflicting a wound which caus
ed his death shortly afterward.
National Convention of Qideons.
Cedar Rapids, la, (Special). Nearly
200 traveling men, representing many
states, were present when President S.
E. Hill, of Beloit, Wis., called the na
tional convention of Gideons to order.
The reports of officers and committees
show a gratifying growth of the order,
which is an association of Christian trav
eling men. The report of Secretary J.
H. Nicholson, of Janesville, Wis., gave
the total membership as 3,166 in 38
states.
Elgbl Poisoned By Canned Salmon,
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Harry
Ornis and seven children were poisoned
by eating canned salmon at a family re
union at the home of Samuel A. Ililder
brand in Reserve township. All of the
victims are very sick, but will recover,
except Martha, the 10-year old daugh
ter of Mr. Hilderbrand, who is expected
to die.
Etnperor William's schooner yacht
Meteor was beaten for the fourth time
by the British schooner Cicely in the
long run from Kiel.
TREASURY FLOODED WITH MONEY,
AvaKab'e Cash Balance It Larger than Ever
Before.
Washington, D. C. (Special).' At trie
end of the fiscal year which closed at
midnight the available cash balance in
the United States Treasury is larger
than ever before in the history of the
Government. It stands at $208,630,022.
The excess of receipts over expenditures
for the vcar is also very large, the
Treasury surplus of $92,193,390 being
larger than in any year since 1888, and
exceeded in only 10 years since the
foundation " of the Government. In
nearly every one of these 10 years the
revenues of the Government had been
swelled by extraordinary taxation to
meet the expenditures of a past war
period. At this time, also, the general
fund in the Treasury is enormously
larger than ever before, the amount be
ing more than $289,000,000 as against
alniiit $158,000,000 one year ago.
The United States Government now
has a stock of gold in the Treasury be
lieved to be larger than any similar stock
anywhere in the world. The amount of
gold coin, bullion, and certificates in the
Treasury is $Vi8,t73.4i2. Added to this
is gold in circulation throughout the
country which raises the total amount
to not less than $t.2oo,oco,ooo.
Aside from the great increases in the
available cash balance, the Treasury sur
plus and the stock of gold, the notable
things in the condition of the Treasury
arc that since a year ago the amount of
national-bank currency in the Treasury
has increased by nearly $2,000,000; the
amount of standard silver dollars, silver
certificates, bullion and subsidiary silver
coin from about $32,000,000 to about
$39,000,000. and the Government funds
in national-bank repositories from $101,
ooo.oco to $127,000,000.
It was estimated early in 1001, nt the
time the measure for repealing the war
taxes was tinder consideration by the
Senate Finance Committee, that the pro
posed amendments would cause a falling
off in internal revenue receipts during
the fiscal year of not less than $40,000,
000. The prosperity of business has been
such, however, that the reduction in in
ternal revenue receipts for the fiscal
year has been only a little more than
$34.ooo,oco. The total receipts of the
Government from all sources during the
last year were $563.j05.i87. Of these
$254,456,927 yvere from customs, an in
crease of nearly $16,000,000 over the
record of the year before; $272,503,214
from internal revenue and $36,445,046
from miscellaneous sources.
The Treasury officials believe that the
outlook for the new fiscal year, which
just began, is entirely hopeful. The
additional repeal of war taxes is
estimated to reduce the gross income
from internal revenue by about $75,000.
coo in the next 12 months, but on the
basis of this year's receipts and ex
penditures there would still be a sur
plus on June 30 next of at least $17,
000,000. As a matter of fact, the com
ing year's surplus will probably be much
larger than that, this expectation being
based upon the continued increasing
prosperity of the country and the prob
able decrease in expenditures in several
departments of the Government.
Bay Shoots a Yacht Captain.
Atlantic City, N. J. (Special). Wil
liam J. English, a 15-ycar-old boy, whose
home is in Germantown, a suburb of
Philadelphia, emptied the contents of
a 32-calibre revolver into Capt. Fred. J.
Crowell, owner of the yacht Florodora,
at the Inlet, inflicting four serious
wounds. Crowell was taken to the City
Hospital, where small hopes are enter
tained for his recovery. English en
deavored to escape by jumping into a
boat and rowing away, but an excited
mob forced him to return to land and
surrender after a number of shots had
been fired at him by the mob.
"No Bribery" Their Flndlnj.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Rep
resentative James D. Richardson, of
Tennessee, and his associates on the
special committee which investigated
charges of bribery, etc.. in connection
with the Danish West Indies purchase,
have decided not to make a minority
report, and the report of the commit
tee will be unanimous that there was
no bribery.
Cronje Takes the Oath,
Jamestown (By Cable). Gen. P. A.
Cronje, the Boer commander, who,
with his army, was captured by Lord
Roberts at Paarderburg, Orange Free
State, in February, I'kx), has taken the
oath of allegiance to King Edward,
Many of the remaining prisoners at St.
Helena are following his example.
Strikers Resort to Dynamite.
Blairsville. Pa. (Special). The coal
strike at Black Lick Station, on the
Indiana Branch Railroad, is growing
more intense. Stones have been thrown
at the men who contine at work in the
Graff mine and dynamite was placed
under the house of Thomas Palmer, one
of those who has kept on working. All
the window glass was broken and the
hotite got a great shake-up.
For A Chair Factory Combine.
Greensboro, N. C. (Special). Thirty
five chair manufacturers from Northern,
Western and Southern factories are in
session hcie trying to agree on a scale
of prices and pooling of interests. Noth
ing definite is obtainable, as the con
ference is behind closed doors.
France Threatens Turkey.
Vienna (Ey Cable). It is reported
here that France has threatened to send
an ulitmatum to Turkey because the
Porte has failed to apologize for the
action of Turkish policemen at Smyrna
in boarding a French ship to arrest a
Turkish spy who had taken refuge on
board the vessel.
ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEWS.
Rockbridge county, Va., sold Its
$420,000 of stock in the' Valley Railroad
for $10 a share. The purchaser, it is
believed, is octing'in the interest of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad.
David Barrie, former American agent
for Sir ThoniEs Lipton, entered suit
against him in New York for $7000 for
commissions.
Officials of the United Mineworkers
claim that 11,000 miners in the Birming
ham, Ala., district have obeyed the
strike order.
The two daughters of Mr, and Mrs.
A. C. Bratidt. of St. Thomas Township,
Pa , were buried in one grave.
Sheriff Joseph N. Harrington and a)
woman were shot and killed in Monroc
ville, AJa., by Jesse Pittmait. '
The boiler repair men on the Chicago
and Northwestern Railroad struck for,
an advance in wages. I
The Chinese Government refuses to
pay the July instalment of the indemnity,
except on the basis which the United!
States is willing to accept. Ministers
of the other powers insist that the pol
icy of the United States is unreasonable
and in opposition to the terms of thej
protocol,'
PENNSYLVANIA
BRIEFLY TOLD.,
Special Dlspafche Dolled Down for
Quick Reading.
Pensions granted Pennsylvanians: Wm,
E. Spanglcr, Aula, $6; Charles E. Mc
l;.,i v...,.i,.-;(. a. 1 fsoin.
I nes, New? Castle, $30; Thomas R. Lemi
; son, Horatio, $17; Hezekiah B. Thom
' as, Bellwood, $8; Patrick O'Connor,
Pittsburg. $to; William i. Rowland,
Denton, $10; Charles Kelly, Oonncaut
Lake, $14; Thomas Criswcll, Floreffe,
$10: John C. Forbes, North Rome, $t7t
Jacob McCray, Sly Beaver, $17; Wat
son Stanton, Maynard, $8; Cyrcnua
Larrabee, Port Allegheny, $30; Chas.
F. Woore. Gillett, $8; Benjamin Yun
kins, Edgccliffe $12; Edward Lyons,
McAlistcrvillc, $12; Jacob Miller, Mc
Crea, $8; John Wynn, Blairsville, $12;
Henry S. Rider, Chicora, $8; Napoleon
B. Hartscll, Johnstown, $12; John
Dietz, Allegheny, $8; Anna Stutzman,
Fountain, $8; Agnes Kelly, Percy. $8;
Theodora Inscep, Addison, $20: Mar
garet C. Henry, Du Bois. $8; Eva B.
Nightingale, Pittsburg. $8; Mary A.
Johnson, Hillsdale, $8; Emily E.
Barnes, Oil City, $8; Catharine Hoiple,
Listie, $8.
Charters were issued by the State De- :
partment to the following corporations;
The Eastern Steel Company, Philadel
phia, capital $300. The Rittcnhouse
Miller Company, Philadelphia, capital
$10,000. The Wyoming Spinning Com
pany, Norristown, capital $60,000. The
Falkcnau-Sinclair Machine Company,
Philadelphia, capital $100,000. The Har-man-Cogger
Company, Bloomsburg,
capital $40,000. The Smith Hardware
Company, Kane, capital $25,000. The
Lancaster Refrigerating and Cooling
Company, Lancaster, capital $1500. The
Hagerdorn-Merz Company, Philadel
phia, capital $300,000. The A. H. March
Packing Company, Briogeport, capital
$100,000. The Courtney Brewing Com
pany, Monongahcla City, capital $10,000.
The Harbishon-Walker Refractories
Company, PittsBurg. capital $1000. The
Nccly Nut and Bolt Company, Pitts
burg, capital $150,000. The Morgan Run
Fire Clay and Coal Company, Osceola
Mills, capital $50,000.
All financial records were broken at
the State Treasury in the month just
closed, when an inventory of the cash in
the general fund on June 30 showed the
amount of $10,424,821.72 on hand.
Among the new depositories of State
money is the Colonial Trust Company,
of Pittsburg, which has $950,000 on de
posit. It is said that Chas. M. Schwab
and ex-Senator Flinn are directly con
cerned in the management of the Colo
nial. Notices have been sent to the mem
bers of the new Capitol Commission
that a meeting will be held this week
for the purpose of inspecting the plans
as completed by Architect Huston, of
Philadelphia. The plans were approved
some time ago and have been worked
out by Mr. Huston in order that the bid
ders for the work may get a complete
idea what is to be done. It has been
practically agreed to let the entire con
tract to one bidder and not divide the
work.
The Bethlehem Steel Company ship
ped 350 tons of finished Krupp side ar
mor to Cramps' for the new cruiser Col
orado and sent a finished signal tower,
weighing fourteen tons, to Seattle for
the Nebraska.
The Duncannon Iron Company has
advanced the wages of puddlcrs in its
employ from $4.25 to $4.50 per ton.
Attorney P. W. McKeown, for the
past two years has held the office of jus
tice of the peace in Plymouth Township,
has sent his resignation to Governor
Stone, ' He has sent only one man tr,
jail and sent no cases to court. He
thoroughly investigated every case be
fore issuing a warrant or commencing
proceedings against any one, and no
one could be arraigned before him for
revenge. He resigned on account of
change of residence.
The' skeleton of a child has been dis
covered between -the rafters of the
Klcimfcitersville Hotel, Lebanon. The
skeleton was found wrapped in a red
petticoat, which was in a fair state of
preservation. Just how many years the
skeleton has reposed jn this hiding place
can only be surmised. The house was
built in 1857, and none of the oldest
residents of the locality ever heard of a
child being missed in the neighborhood.
The following appointments were an
nounced by Governor Stone: Wiliiam
Bell, of Pittsburg, inspector of boilers
for Allegheny county. Gen. Frank Kee
dcr, of Easton, and Wm. F. Hill, of
Crawford county, members of the Penn
sylvania Commission to the St. Louis
Exposition.
In closing his farewell sermon in the
Summit Hill Presbyterian Church,
'famaqua, Rev. John Campbell said: "I
believe this is the only church in the
United States in which the elders do not
prav for their pastor." Rev. Mr. Camp
bell' has accepted a call to a Philadelphia
church.
The Ilallstead Water Company, in
which a number of prominent Scranton
men are interested, has struck oil while
boring for water at the former place'
The company has been sinking a well
along Dubois creek. At a depth of 163
feet the first trace of oil was discovered.
The find developed into a good-sized
stream, indicating that the company i
in possession of a rich oil well.
While playing about his home in the
Mahaiioy Valley, l-year-old George
Gombert fell into a tub of water and
was drowned.
As William Meckley was returning tn
his home in West Milton he was held
up on River bridge and at thepoint ci
a revolver robbed by two men.
While Christian Barbian, contractor,
of Catasauqua, was attempting to get
into his' wagon the horse became fright
ened and ran away. He' was caught be
tween the wheels and his right hip se
verely fractured.
While playing with a lighted coal oil
lamp, three-year-old Mary Voniski. of
Mahanoy City, set fire to her clothing.
She was frightfully burned
Prof. O. C, Moycr, who has beeri
.principal of the commercial department
of the Chester High School for the past
seven years and who was recently re
elected, has resigned.
Prof, Arthur Phillips, of Penn Argyl,
1-.as been elected principal of the Doyles
town public schools, to fill the vacancy
caused by the, resignation of Principal
Martin, who', was recently elected
county superintendent of the schools of
t!ti3 county. '
locreasa tor Postmasters.
Washington, D. C. (Special). In the
readjustment of salaries of postmasters,
just effective, 2030 postmasters received
increased salaries, aggregating $252,200,
The number of increases this year is
259 in excess of last year and is the larg
est in the history of the postal service.