102D SALISBURY
SUCCEEDED BY BALFOUR
tctirtef Premier Gives Advancing Years
Aid Failing Health as Reasons.
WHY RUMORS OF OTHER CHANOES.
Tin New Ctalcl of tht Cabloel. It if Silted,
WW Ressali Government Lender Id tht
Him at Canaoi-Cbtmberlala li laid
1 accept tin New Situatloa la a aioil
Ckcarlal Manner.
London (By Cable). The Marquis
of Salisbury has resigned the premier
ship of Great Britain, and A. J. Balfour,
first lord of the treasury and govern
ment leader in the House of Commons,
fca been appointed to succeed him. Mr.
Balfour visited the King and accepted
the premiership.
While it was expected in official and
political circles that Lord Salislmry s
retirement would be coincident with the
coronation of King Edward, it was
Scarcely looked for prior to that event.
Consequently, about the only surprise
expressed as the news spread through
London concerned the date rather than
trie fact of the resignation. The real
interest was not so much in reference
to Lord Salisbury's withdrawal as it
was in the appointment of his succes
sor. The liveliest speculation is rife as to
lhe personnel of the new cabinet. The
most discussed features of tli; pending
changes is the position of Mr. Chamber
lain, the colonial secretary, who in
many quarters has bien regardcl as the
most promising candidate for the pre
miership. It is learned that prior to the accept
ance of his new office Mr. Baliotir first
had an interview with Mr. Chamberlain
and then consulted with his cither cabi
net associates. This is regarded as as
surance that the future relative posi
tions of Messrs. Balfour and Chamber
lain will be satisfactory to both. Mr.
Chamberlain's friends say he always
recognized the reversion of the pre
miership to be Mr. Balfour's right as
government leader in the House of
Commons.
BOERS LOST 3,700 MEN.
Had 7S.K la lb Army aod 32,000 Were
Prisoners.
Pretoria (By Cable). According to
an estimate of the Red Cross identity
depot, which fulfilled the functions of
casualty bureau for the Boer forces,
the total losses of the Boers during the
war were 3.700 men killed or died of
wounds and 32.000 made prisoners of
war, f whom 700 died. The Boer
forces in the field numbered about 75,
000. The curator of the former Boer Gov
ernment's official papers has handed over
to the British all documents, including
confidential reports, giving a complete
history of Mr. Kruger's relations with
foreign powers.
There is some uneasiness here regard
ing the attitude of the Basutos. In
consequence of supposed treachery dur
ing the war, Joel, one of their prominent
chiefs, has been summoned to Maseru,
capital of a military district of Basuto
land, to stand trial on the charge of high
treason.
The paramount chief Lerothodi is
likely to support Joel in the event of the
Jitter's refusal to obey the summons.
Troops have been dispatched to the fron
tier. KILLED THE WHOLE FAMILY.
Portland Maa Shoots His Wile, Htr Parents
and a Boarder.
Portland, Ore. (Special.) A. L.
Belding, a bartender, has shot and kill
ed his wife, his mother-in-law, and
Frank Woodward, an inmate of his
house, and fatally wounded L. Mc
CrosVey, his father-in-law.
Belding married the daughter of the
WcCroskeys, eight years ago, but has
no lived with his wife for some time.
He was jealous of Woodward, whom he
suspected of being intimate with Mrs.
Belding.
Going to the McCroskey home Beld
ing gained admittance, and meeting
Woodward in the hallway drew a revol
ver in each hand, exclaiming. '"You
first," and fired. Woodward fell to the
floor fatally wounded. Mrs. Belding
rushed upon her husband and was shot
down by the infuriated man. Then the
parents of Mrs. Belding came to the
hallway and were both allot.
Held Officers st Eay.
Brewster, N. Y. (Special). John
Dvalstedt, a shoemaker in this village,
was arrested on suspicion of murdering
John Anderson, a journeyman, in his
hop, who died June 26 from what is be
lieved to be strychnine poisoning.
Dvalstedt is said to have held insurance
policies on Anderson's life. A warrant
for Dvalstedt's arrest was issued by
Coronet Mitchell, an analysis of the
dead man's stomach having shown that
he had swallowed a large amount of
strychnine. On the approach of the
constable with the warrant Dvalstedt
took to the woods and was pursued by
posse. He resisted arrcrt. holding the
posse at bay with two revolvers.
Proposed Big Lsbor Convention.
Chicago (Special). Fifty thousand
longshoremen ol the Great Lakes will
lt represented at the annual conven
tion of the International Association, to
he held in Chicago this week. The
mart important work planned is an
amalgamation of the association and the
National Union of Dock Laborers in
Great Britain and Ireland, with 100,000
an embers.
Dynamite la Jail
St Joseph, Mo. (Special), Sheriff
Spencer summoned a large force of
guards and armed them heavily, in the
expectation that a second attempt would
V made to blow up the county jail and
liberate many desperate criminals.
Enough dynamite was stolen from a rock
quarry to blow up half the town, a con
siderable part of which was discovered
1o have been smuggled into the jail.
Sheriff Spencer sent his family away.
Ho stranger is permitted to approach
within 50 feet of the building.
Died Working oa His Tombstone.
' New York (Special). Thomas R.
Mills, 5Q years old, of Clifton, S. I.,
who made his own coffin 20 years ago,
was putting the finishing touches on his
own elaborate granite tomhttone when
he dropped dead from heart failure.
Mills waa the Democratic nominee for
sheriff 16 years ago. He weighed 400
pounds. He feared that his family
could not secure a coffin large enough
to hold him without delay, so he
thought it best to make his own casket
aScfore he died. The tombstone was an
tiiber pet idea o.' lilt.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
The striking freight handlers and the
railroad companies in Chicago have not
yet come to terms, and many of the
truck teamsters refused to haul goods
to the freight houses.
John Henry Vardcn, who eloped from
Montgomery county, Va., with Jennie
Austen, 13 years old. whom he married
in Ohio, was arrested on the charge of
abduction.
Captain Grcble, instructor in artillery
tactics at West Point, was seriously
hurt and three cadets iniurcd during
drill there, a runaway horse causing the
accident.
The engagement is announced of
Bishop I'otter, of New York, to Mrs.
Alfred Corning Clark, who was the
head of the Singer Sewing Machine
Company.
At a meeting of soft coal operators in
New York it was decided to hold their
present stock pending the threatened
trouble with the miners.
V. M. Crews, of Buckingham county,
Va.. was shot during a quarrel by W. S.
Zimmerman, Ins brother-in-law.
The strike of the boilermakcrs on the
Chicago and Northwestern Railroad
system was settled by compromise. '
Otto Faust, a former wealthy farmer
nf North Dakota, who, affected with a
religious mania, gave away nearly all
his lands for charity, was declared in
sane in Chicago and will be taken back
to his Dakota home.
Dr. A. B. Kyno, a prominent physi
cian, has been arrested at Mcl'herson,
Kan., on a warrant charging him with
having some connection with the mys
terious shooting of Miss Maud
Holmes.
Fourteen miners still alive, and one
of them a raving maniac from his suf
ferings, were taken out of the Johns
town mine. The dead, burned and
mangled by the explosion number over
100.
The court-martial of Capt. James A.
Ryan, of the Fifteenth Cavalry, at Ma
nila, on the charge of unnecessary se
verity to natives was concluded and it
is believed he will be acquitted.
General Maxilon. convicted of trea
son at Cebu, the Philippines, has been
sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment
and a fine of $2000.
Rhodes Clay, a member of the Mis
souri Legislature, was shot and killed
in a street duel in Mexico, a Missouri
town.
Mrs. Frank Lavelleur, of Newton.'
Iowa, was bound over to the grand jury
on the charge of murdering her hus
band. Police Captain John Fitchettc, of
Minneapolis, was convicted of traffick
ing in positions on the police force.
A bolt of lightning shaved David Ful
ler's head in Richmond, the victim sus
taining no other injuries.
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
has advanced the wages of its telegraph
operators.
Gen. Calvin H. Frederick, a retired
veteran of the Civil War, died at his
home in Omaha.
Juan Jiniinez, the deported President
of San Domingo, arrived in New York.
The spread oi cholera in Manila is re
ported to have slightly decreased.
Mrs. Joel E. Vaile, the authoress,
died at her home in Denver, Col.
President Charles W. Eliot, of Har
vard University, was elected president
of the National F-ducational Associa
tion, in convention in Minneapolis. Pa
pers were read by Secretary of Agricul
ture Wilson, Dr. Jacob G. Schurman. of
Cornell University, and Mrs. Carrie
Chapman Catt.
Charles F'redcrick Osborne, who was
acquitted recently in Folic Court in
Norfolk, Va., for the murder of his
wife, Mattie, was arrested on the charge
of having murdered a former wife in
Stillwater, Mich., several years ago.
Mrs. Allinc Ellis O'Malley. wife of
Prof. Austin O'Malley, and William J.
Hearin were held to bail in Philadelphia
on the charge of stealing jewelry from
Dr. Joseph O'Malley, oi that city, Mrs.
O'Malley' s brother-in-law.
foreign.
The United States steamer Ranger
sailed from Panama for Chiriqui to pro
tect American interests there. United
States Consul Gudger went to Chiriqui
with important papers for General Her
rera from the Governor of Panama, pre
sumably including peace terms.
The reputation of Albert Ballin, director-general
of the Hamburg-American
Line, is said to have greatly in
creased by his alliance with J. P. Mor
gan. He has also won high favor with
the Emperor.
The Czar has affirmed the sentence
of imprisonment for 12 years imposed
on Colonel Grimm for revealing mili
tary secrets.
The Vatican is believed to be trying
to make use of the Tait mission to es
tablish diplomatic relations with the
United States.
A violent shock of earthquake oc
curred in Caracas, Venezuela.
King Edward's condition continues to
improve, aii"a it is now officially Staled
that the coronation will take place be
tween August 8 and 12. The proposed
procession has been abandoned.
Fowler Brothers and Fowler, Sons &
Co.. extensive meat dealers of Liver
pool, have sold out to Swift & Co., of
Chicago.
The report that J. Pierpont Morgan
is planning a scheme for the unification
of the Turkish debt is denied.
Extreme heat prevails in F'rance and
other parts of Europe. Electrical
storms have done great damage.
Many of the Boer commandants and
field carnets are refusing to sign the
oath of allegiance.
Morgan's shipping combine has been
discussed in the British House of Com
mons. Gerald Balfour, president of the
London Board of Trade, stated that it
was inexpedient to tie the hands of the
government by promising that the
House should be consulted before the
Admiralty entered into any agreement
with Morgan.
Financial.
London traded in 15,000 shares of
American stocks, buying chiefly Atchi
son and selling United States Steel.
Negotiations are practically closed for
the sale of the Detroit & Toledo Short
Line to the Grand Trunk line. Thus
Grand Trunk secures an entrance into
Toledo.
It is announced that the Virginia-Carolina
Chemical Company's increased
earnings arc due to the ldiort corn crop
last year, putting the products of cotton
seed in greater demand.
The Central Trust Company, of Cam
den, N. J., has declared its regular semi
annual dividend of 3 per cent, and add
ed $.15,000 to surplus account, making
that account $100,000, equaling its cap
ital. It is stated that despite the recent
satisfactory increase in the earnings of
the United Power & Transportation
Company, the heavy expenses arising
from extensions and the system as well
as conservative business reasons will
prevent any early increase in the com
pany's dividend.
The New York banks have lost $541,
000 during the week. ,
PRICE OF CORN
HIGHEST IN YEARS
Present Doom One of the Wanders of
Commercial World.
DANIEL 0. REID THE MOVINQ SPIRIT.
Losses Sustained Lsst Fall In a 3.000 000
Bushel Deal Caused Exlstln: Conditions
Twenty MIHUn Bushels of Corn Have
Beta Bought by the Ring for Delivery to It
Duriog the Present Month.
Chicago, 111. (Special). Corn is
worth more than wheat. Such a rela
tion has only twice occurred in many
years, and neither time did it last
longer than a few minutes.
The reason for it is even more strik
ing than the fact. Corn has been rush
ed to its high price by the manipula
tions of the strongest and richest ring
of speculators that ever joined hands
to bull markets and drive bears to de
struction, It is a purely speculative
deal. Never before have operations
been carried on with such security and
confidence. Compared with the present
deal that "f Joseph Leiter in wheat was
retail trade. Twenty million bushels of
corn have been bought by the ring for
delivery to it during the present month,
and in the first to days of the month
only 4,000,000 bushels have been turned
over, although the shorts were straining
every nerve to get corn and save them
selves from ruin. Fourteen business
days remain in the month, and during
that time io.coo.ooo bushels of corn of
contract grade must lie brought to Chi
cago and delivered, or else the penalty
must be paid.
The shorts are fighting desperately.
They arc ransacking the West for corn.
They are breaking threats of court pro
ceedings against the bulls, though they
are unable so far to find any possible
procedure that will readily help. They
have even started a petition calling
upon the directors of the Board of
Trade to set a "marginal price" for
corn, something that has never been
done in 20 years.
It is cold comfort to bears to know
that not a single one of their number
who has gone to the bulls thus far to
effect a private settlement has been ac
commodated. "If you want to settle, go out on the
floor and buy back your corn where
you sold it," is the answer they get to
their appeals.
481 MILES IN 460 MINUTES.
New Record Made by the Twentieth Century
Limited oa the Lake Shore.
Chicago (Special). Reeling off 481
miles in 460 minutes, the "Twentieth
Century Limited," on the Lake Shore
and Michigan Southern Road smashed
records for fast running on that system
and verified assertions made by the offi
cials that a 16-hour schedule could, if
necessary, be maintained between Chi
cago and New York. The train, 45
miles west of Buffalo, was two hours
and twenty-eight minutes behind its
schedule, and then it was that the engi
neers were given a clear track and or
dered to make their best time over the
various divisions.
The train covered the 134 miles be
tween Brockton and Cleveland in 131
minutes. From Cleveland to Toledo
the engineer pushed along over the 113
miles at some points at a speed reach
ing yo miles an hour, covering the dis
tance in 103 minutes. The run to Elk
hart, Ind., 133 miles, was covered in 115
min utes.
The run into Chicago from Elkhart
was slower, on account on the necessity
oi slowing down while passing through
three towns where the speed of trains
is limited by ordinances. Slowdowns
were also necessary for the 14 grade
railroad crossings in Chicago. Despite
these delays the 101 miles were covered
in III minutes, and the train, which was
due in the city at 9.45 a. m., arrived at
the Grand Central Passenger Station
only 28 minutes late.
COFFIN NINE FEET LONG.
Lewis Wllklns, A Western Giant, Dies la a
Hospital In Chicago.
Chicago (Special). One of the giants
of the earth has just died in the Pres
byterian Hospital in the person of Lewis
Wilkins, who was for several months
afflicted with a tumor on the brain. He
was eight feet two inches tall. When
in good health he weighed 365 pounds.
A casket nine feet long and twice as
wide as the ordinary coffin was con
structed for the body.
Wilkins' great height subjected him
to many discomforts. When he came to
this city from Omaha to be treated at
the hospital an ambulance awaited him
at the Polk Street Station. The man
was so tall that he could not lie on the
regular stretcher, but was forced to sit
on the floor of the vehicle and draw his
legs up beneath him.
A special bed had to be constructed
for biin at the hospital. A ring that
Wilkins had worn on a finger of his
li ft hand is so large that a silver half
dollar can be easily passed through it.
Two Me.i Killed la Railroad Wreck.
Peoria. III. (Special). Two men kill
ed, one fatally injured and several more
or less serif. tisly injured is the story of
a wreck on the Toledo, Peoria and
W estern Railway. All the injured be
longed to the construction crew except
Lepage and Meyers, who are traveling
salesmen. An extra engine and ca
boose were coming slowly towards Pe
oria, having received word to look out
for the construction train, when the two
met on a curve. The construction train
was going at a high rate of speed.
Fatal Mistake ol "Bad Men."
Davenport, Iowa (Special). Christo
pher Leonidas and his son, long-haired
medicine men, wearing sharpshooter
medals and heavily armed . boarded the
Diamond Jo steamer Dubuque at Rock
Island, 111., and attempted to take pos
session. Mate Dan Green shot and kill
ed both when the boat was in front of
Davenport. The bodies were taken otf
here. The boat officers were held. At
the inquest Mate Dan Green was acquit
ted by the coroner's jury on the ground
of self-defense.
Wireless Telegrams Under Water.
Paris (By Cable). A successful test
of the application of wireless telegraphy
to submarine torpedo boats was made at
Cherbourg. A mast with receivers was
fitted to the submarine boat Triton. The
Triton dived and reported that it re
ceived clear and distinct signals from
the central submarine station.
Eiplodlng Qas Plant Kills one.
New Bedford, Mass. (Special). The
Municipal Acetylene Gas Plant at Ma
rion blew up. One man was killed and
several injured.
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Loss by 1901 Drough'.
It is now practicable to' determine the
effect ol the drouth of tool upon the ex
port trade of 1002.
Preliminary figures on the exports of
brcadstuffs and provisions just complet
ed show about 97 per cent of the total
exports, and a reasonably accurate
measurement of the exportation of ar
ticles affected by the drouth of last year
can now be made. The tables show the
exports of quantities and value of corn
and cornmeal, oats and oatmeal, wheat
flour and other brcadstuffs. also live cat
tle, fresh beef and other beef products,
as well as other provisions. The most
marked reduction is in corn, the expor
tation of which at the principal ports
amounts to 20.000.000 bushels in the fis
cal year ended June 30." iqo2, against
176.000,000 at the same ports the pre
ceding year, the value for 1002 being
$16,000,000, againt $82,000,000 the pre
ceding year, a reduction of $06,000,000.
The complete figures probably will
show the total exports at about 27,
000.000 bushels against 181.000,000 in
the preceding year.
Exportations of cornmeal have also
fallen from $2,000,000 in 1901 to $1.
000,000 in 1902, making the total reduc
tion in corn exports in round terms, as
shown by the preliminary figures. $67.
000.000. Compared with the fiscal year
1900, the reduction is still greater: the
corn exports of the fiscal year 1000 were
the largest in the hrstory of American
export trade, amounting to 213.123.4ii
bi-shels. while for the year just ended
the complete figures will amount to
about 27,000,000 bushels.
Oil Fuel lor Warships.
Oil may be adopted for coal fuel for
naval vessels as a result of successful
experiments made at the Washington
Navy Yard.
Rear Admiral George W. Melville.
Engineer-in-Chicf of the Navy, believes
that in time a large number of the
smaller ships will be using it, and even
tually coal will pass out of general use
in .he navy. Besides generating a
quicker file and giving greater heat, it
is said it permits vessels to maintain a
w ider steaming radius and reduces con
siderably the cost of fuel.
So far but little headway has been
made by the merchant marine with its
use, but the few vessels experimenting
w ith it have found that oil is superior to
coal in many respects, including less
weight in proportion to the number of
miles the ship steams. A special board
will go to the Delaware Breakwater and
inspect a tank steamer from the Beau
mont, Texas, oil fields, which uses oil.
It is one of the first ships to be fitted
out on the Atlantic. The success of
this fuel will mean much to traffic on
the Pacific, where the price of coal
is double that asked on the Atlan
tic Coast.
Buffalo Exposition Claims.
The Treasury Department has per
fected a plan to pay the claims against
the Pan-American Exposition Company
of Buffalo out of the appropriation of
$500,000 made in the General Deficiency
Act.
By the terms of the appropriation
these are to be made pro rata on claims
for "labor, material, services and other
expenses," and no payments are to be
made to stockholders or for any claim
secured by mortgage. The claims to be
pro-rated aggregate about $640,000.
They arc to be audited at the Treasury
Department and the warrants drawn in
favor of the individual claimants. These
warrants are to be delivered through
and receipted for by John G. Milburn,
the president of the' Exposition. In this
way the necessity fur Mr. Milburn giv
ing a bond will be avoided. Mr. Mil
burn is anxious that every cent of the
$500,000 shall go to the creditors of the
Exposition.
Next Step lor Irrigation.
F. II. Newell, chief hydrographer of
the Geological Survey, has gone West
to make a preliminary investigation of
the irrigation problem.
The irrigation law passed by the last
session of Congress makes it necessary
for a survey to determine the location
of the proposed extensive reservoirs,
and several engineering parties already
have been sent out to do preliminary
work. Mr. Newell will have general
supervision of the task. It is intended
that the preliminary work shall be most
thorough, and on this account it is not
expected that the construction of any
of the proposed reservoirs will be un
dertaken for a year or two. Mr. New
ell expects to devote the entire summer
to work in the field.
Oleomargarine Tests.
The Acting Commissioner of Internal
Revenue has issued instructions cov
ering artificial tests for coloring mat
ter in oleomargcrine. Detailed direc
tions are given for making tests to dis
cover coloring matter principally used
in coloring oleomargerine. The circu
lar says: "If a sample gives negative re
sults by both tests above described, it
may be safely concluded that it is free
from artificial coloration. If it re
sponds to either test, or if there is any
doubt as to the results obtained, the
iniplc should be forwarded to this of
fice for analysis."
Depository of Public Moneys.
In accordance with a provision of the
Philippine Civil Government Act the
Secretary of War has directed that the
Treasury of the Philippines shall act as
depository of the public moneys of th
United States without being required
to deposit bonds in the Treasury of the
United States or to give any other spe
cific security for the safe keeping of
public money "until the further direc
tion of the Secretary of War."
Capital New j la General.
Secretary Root has called in Secre
tary Hay to assist in his negotiations
with the Vatican, Judge Taft's mission
having been a failure so far as its pur
pose was to secure the expulsion of the
friars from the Philippines.
Wu Ting-fang, the Chinese Minister
to the United States, has received an ap
pointment that practically means his
recall.
Secretary Moody has instructed Rear
Admiral Wildes to place a number of
small gunboats now operating in Phil
ippine waters out of commission.
Secretary Root sent out a circular let
ter containing the report of Acting Gov
ernor of the Philippines Wright, de
claring that the charge that the Catho
lic religion is discriminated against in
the public sclioools is absolutely with
out foundation.
The Comptroller of the Treasury
overruled the Auditor of the War De
partment in the claim of the State of
Maryland for expenses incurred in
raising troops for the Spanish War. Of
a claim for $6742, the Auditor allowed
only $1110. The Comptroller decided
that the allowance should have been
$6578.
The Collector of Internal Revenue
has suspended the collection of the war
revenue on undivided profits of national
banks pending the decision of the Su
preme Court.
The Uniform Board of the Army has
recommended a gorgeous affair for a
dress coat lor the officers.
KING ALFONSO'S
STRANGE ANTICS
Spain's: Ruler Causing His Mother Much
Anxiety.
INSULTS MEMBERS OF THE COURT.
Reported Thai He Has Lost Respect for the
Noble Woman Who Devoted Her Lilt to
the Work of Vainly Trying to Fit Him to tie
a KingStory of a Violent Quarrel Be-twe.-n
the Young Ruler aud Queen Mother.
Madrid (By Cable). The ' eccentric
behavior of Alphonso XIII. is causing
in the royal household considerable anx
iety for the future of the young King,
who seems to combine the depraved
tastes of his notorious grandmother
with the responsibility of his father.
After angering the military authorities
and antagonizing his ministers, he is
now on strained terms with the' Queen
Mother, whom, it is said, he has re
peatedly insulted. He has estranged
the sympathy of the family and of his
court by the fondness he has develop
ed for low associates. The household
has made desperate efforts to conceal
these facts and prevent a public scan
dal, but a portion of the truth has,
nevertheless, leaked out in social cir
cles here.
The King's attitude towards the
Queen Mother is the most severely crit
icised part of his conduct, for he seems
to have lost all sense of respect due
to her, and when in any way crossed
by her he uses the most violent lan
guage. The most recent of these scenes nearly
resulted in an open rupture between the
King and the Queen Mother. One
evening the King, disguised as a la
borer, had slipped away from the pal
ace unrecognized by the guards and had
proceeded to the slum quarters of Mad
rid, where he made up his mind to at
tend a workingmsn's ball. He passed
the night dancing, drinking and play
ing and returned to the palace at dawn
in a half intoxicated condition. The
Queen Mother, acquainted of his mys
terious disappearance from the palace,
hr.d spent the night in agony. When
she heard the cause of his absence she
felt compelled to remonstrate against
conduct so unworthy of a king.
The King told her to mind her own
business and respect his authority, like
the rest of his subjects. The Queen
replied that, in the eyes of God, the
son owed submission to his mother.
The King, flying into a violent passion,
finaly ordered her out of the royal pal
ace. The Queen remained impassive,
the King cried violently :
"I shall call my guards to throw you
into the streets of Madrid."
AERIAL FEATS AT ST. LOUIS.
Large Purses art to be Awarded Under the
Rules.,
St. Louis (Special). The Louisiana
Purchase Exposition Company issued
its rules and regulations governing the
aeronautical contests to be held at the
World's Fair in 1904.
Two hundred thousand dolars has
been appropriated by the company for
these contests. Of this sum $100,000 is
offered as a grand prize. Fifty thou
sand dollars has been appropriated for
minor and subsidiary prizes for com
petitions between airships, balloons,
airship motors and kites. The remain
ing $50,000 is reserved for the expense
incident to the competition.
The competition for the general prize
of $100,000 is open to all the world
without limitation as to the power used
or mechanical principles involved.
No applicant shall be admitted to the
competition who shall not present satis
factory evidence of having at some time
made a flight over at least a mile course
and return with a machine similar in
principle to that which he pro
pose ; to use in the competition. The
ae,"nautical jury may rule out, after
dte investigation, any machine deemed
too hazardous to life.
As an evidence of good faith an en
trance fee of $250 will be required,
which will be refunded when the ex
hibitor occupies the space assigned to
him with an apparatus conforming to
the rules.
Each vehicle. shall carry at least one
person during its flight.
The competitors making the best av
erage speed shall be awarded the grand
prize of $100,000, together with a suita
ble diploma, medal or certificate,
The length of the entire course will
not be less than 10 nor more than 15
miles.
Alabama's Strike Settled.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). After a
short discussion the joint convention of
the United Mine Workers and coal op
erators agreed on a scale. Two unim
portant concessions en the part of the
operators brought the miners over, and
the scale was speedily signed. It pro
vides for a maximum price of 55 cents
for mining coal and a uniform scale of
wages for .lay laborers. The miners
had demanded an increase of 5 cents
per ton, two weeks' pay day and an 8
hour work day. They lost all of these
contentions, but gained a point in the
establishment of a uniform scale of
wages for day laborers.
Postmaster Payne to Milwaukee.
Milwaukee, Wis, (Specif)- Postmaster-General
Henry C. Payne arrived
in Milwaukee on personal business.
Mr. Payne will remain here about 10
days, after which time he will visit Pres
ident Roosevelt at Oyster Bay. Mr.
Payne will start on his vacation about
August 1, when he will accompany the
naval maneuvering expedition on the
Atlantic ocean for a period of three
weeks.
Street Duel la Missouri Town.
Mexico, Mo. (Special). Rhodes Clay,
representative in the Missouri Assem
bly and recently nominated for a sec
ond term, is dead as the result of pistol
wounds- inflicted by C. A. Barnes, a
young attorney. F'ive shots were fired
during the fight, 'which took place in
front of the postoffice, Clay being shot
through the breast and Barnes having
his wrist shattered by a ball from his
opponent's revolver. The shooting grew
out of business transactions involving
the principals.
Mrs. Ada Leslie Ctad.
New York (Special). Mrs. Ada Eu
genie Vrooman Leslie died at her home
in this city after a lingering illness. She
was born in 1846, and when only 16
years of age was widely known by her
contributions in prose and verse to the
leading periodicals. She married Al
fred Leslie, a son of Frank Leslie. Af
ter his death Mrs. Leslie edited the
Lady's Bazar and a number, of other pe
riodicals. In recent years she assisted
her sons, Arthur and Frank, in organ
izing the Leslie syndicate.
WOE IN JOHNSTOWN.
Shocking Calamity In Cambria Company
Coal Mines,
Johnstown, Pa. (Special). Johns
town has again been visited by an ap
palling disaster, only less frightful than
the awful flood of May 31, 1889.
Hundreds of homes are made desolate
by a mine explosion which took place
in the Cambria Steel Company Rolling
Mill mine, under Westmont Hill.
Just how many havc.been killed it may
take several days to determine, but that
it is a long list is certain. It may reach
200, or even rise considerably above that
number.
It was nearly an hour after the ex
plosion before any general knowledge of
what had happened got abroad. Men
who came from the mines, escaping with
their lives, told the terrible news, and
soon it spread like wildfire all over the
city.
In scores of homes there were pathetic
scenes. Mothers, wives, daughters, sons
and relatives were frantic with grief.
Hundreds rushed to the point and with
sobbing hearts awaited news from the
mine that held their loved ones.
At the openimr across the river from
the Point the Cambria Iron Company
police stood guard, permitting no one to
enter the min?, from whi.h noxious gaes
were pouring.
It was nearly 4 p. m. when all hope
of sending rescue parties from the West
mont opening was abandoned.
Two men who had escaped (rom the
mine Richard Bennett and John Meyers
went back two miles to sec what as
sistance could be rendered, but the fire
damp drove them hack, and they fell
prostrate when finally, after a desper
ate struggle, they reached the outside.
Doctors worked on the two men half
an hour before they were restored to
consciousness. Their story of the situa
tion in the mine made it clear that the
rescue could not proceed from the West
mont opening. Then hasty preparations
w ere made to begin that sad mission at
the Mill Creek entrance.
Soon after the news of the' explosion
reached the Cambria officials Minine
Engineer Marshall G. Moore and one of
his assistants. Al. G. Trosser, made an
attempt to enter the mine. They were
followed by Mine Superintendent Geo.
T. Robinson, but the deadly gases
stopped their progress and they were
compelled to return to the surface.
Mine Foreman Harry Rodgers, his as
sistant. Wm. Blanch, and Fire Bosses
John Whitney, John Retallick, and John
Thomas were overcome by the gases,
and it is feared they perished in a heroic
effort to rescue the miners. A son of
Harry Rodgers then tried to reach his
father, but he was quickly overcome by
the deadly gas and was carried opt un
conscious. William Stihich spent several hours
at the Mill Creek opening. He said that
he believed as many as 450 men were
still in the mine. In his opinion, from
all he could glean, not more than 150
men of the 600 had come out of the col
liery. Officials of the Cambria Company say
that the explosion was caused by fire
damp. The catastrophe occurred in the sec
tion of the mine known among the min
ers as "Klondike." The name of the
section on the tompany's books is the
"sixth west of the south main head
ing." It is about a mile and a half
(rom the main entrance of the Rolling
Mill mine.
The few survivors who have escaped
from the depths of the mine give
graphic descriptions of the disaster.
Outside of the "Klondike" section the
miners are safe and uninjured. Within
the fatal limits of the section havoc was
wrought by the terrific explosion.
Solid walls of masonry three feet
through were torn down as though
barriers of paper. The roofs of the
mine were demolished and not a door
remains standing.
Johnstown, Pa. (Special). In spite
of conflicting reports as to the number
of dead in the mine disaster, a careful
and complete compilation shows that
108 is the extent of the list of bodies
outside the mine.
To this number future explorations of
the mine corridors may add a few, but
it cannot be many.
Almost all the employes who could
have been in the mine at the time of
the explosion are accounted for. Few
inquiries for missing have been pre
sented the authorities or to the mine
cfhrir.lr, and this, better than anvthinc
else, dcrhonstrates the impossibility of
many bodies still remaining in " the
mine.
The mine officials say there is no use
attempting to estimate the number of
dead. They say they simply don't
know. They express the belief, how
ever, that all, or almost all, are out of
the mine. m
Southern Railroad's Addition.
Knoxville, Tenn. (Special). It is re
ported that the Southern Railway will
secure the Ohio River and Charleston
Railroad and will extend it from Hunt
dale, N. C, to Marion, N. C, to connect
with the main line between Asheville
and Salisbury in order to have a coal
road nearer its Washington and Caro
lina branch end without the long haul
from the Jellico district through Knox
ville. ODDS AND ENDS OP THE NEW
The seven-masted schooner THVimas
W. Lawson, the largest vessel of the
kind ever built, was launched at Quincy.
Mass., in the presence of over 20,000
people.
A corporation has been organized to
bridge the Mississippi river at St. Louis
and erect extensive railroad terminals
in the heart of the city.
William Howard, a Newport News
cattle puncher, will return to his old
home in F'ort Wayne, Ind., where a for
tune of $110,000 awaits him,
Col. Nathaniel McKay, the million
aire hotel man, of Washington, died
suddenly at Atlantic City while on his
honeymoon.
Dixon V. Conn was arrested in Roa
noke, Va., on the charge of swindling
R. B.Davis, of Petersburg, by a worth
less check.
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, re
fused to order out the troops on the re
quest of Sheriff Gombert, of Carbon
county.
James Landers, a freight handler, in
Chicago, who had declared his purpose
to return to work, was found murdered.
Fifteen men were burned, one fatally
and eight seriously, at the Homestead
Steel Works, near Pittsburg.
Mrs. R. H. Harvey, who was bitten
on the lip by a bug in Newport News,
died from blood poisoning.
Queen Alexandra opened the corona
tion bazar in aid of sick children in the
Botanical Gardens, in London. The
Queen had just passed under heavy
decorations that fell and killed a woman
and injured several persons.
A sensation was caused in Paris by
the charge made in court and indignant
ly denied that Mme. de Gast posed in
the nude for the picture known as "Tli
Masked Woman.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Newt Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
Patents granted: Jackson D. Carring-.
ton, deceased. New Castle, J. S. Wbitla,
idministrator, automobile; Kenton
Chickering, Oil City, spool for sand
eels, etc.; John Davis, Pittsburg, appa
ratus for purifying water; Frank B.
Deitr, Coudersport, display cae; Jas.
Dcmpsey. Keating Summit, hammer;
George H. Evcrson, Pittsburg, metallic
hub-drilling machine: Elmer Flowers,
Harrisburg, string fastening device;
Henry F". Fried, Harrisburg, electrical
transportation syslem; Glenn D. Gibbs,
Pittsburg, stop cock for gas burners;
Wm. S. Head and G. J. Dovev, La
trobe, carbureter; George L. Lyons,
Bradford, curtain pole and shade rollci
bracket; Andrew E. Maccoun, Brad
dock, controlling system for electric
hois;s for elevators; Harry C. Pcffcr,
New Kensington, soap; Kilts D. Read,
Pittsburg, bottle or flask; Wm. T. Scd
don. Mincrsvillc. battery; Benjamin
Smith, Shippctisburg, railway tics; Her
bert Van Hatten. Mcadville, rciracto
ophthalomcter; Samuel- B. Wbinery,
Pittsburg, blue printing apparatus.
Pensions granted: Henry S. Lindlcy,
Pittsburg. $12: Stephen Hoffman. Pitts
burg. $6; Collin A. kcllogg. Robcsonia,
$6; Win. G. Dubs, Fairfield, $12: John
B. Crawford. Niriany, $10; David B.
Coulter, Apollo. $10; Chas. W. Shuppii,
Pipes Creek, $17; James Penrod. Brad
dock. $12; Ellis Baker, Montoursville,
$10: Oscar J. Phillips, Tioga. $S; Chas.
E. Grodwin, Sahula. $12; Jacob Meesc,
McWilliams.- $12: Thomas Burns. Ju
lian, $10: Thomas Alexander, Pittsburg,
$12; Thomas l. Keen, Dubois. $12;
Wm. L. Mahati. Indiana, $17; Edward
Moore, Newton Hamilton, $12; John W.
Smith, Johnstown. $8; John It. Love,
Callcnsburg, $12: Robert Beer, F.rie, $8;
Anthony Day, Oil City, $12; Wm. A.
Chapman. New Castle. $8; George Wis
tniller, Lilly. $to; Alice Reynolds. Pitts
burg. $8; minor of Thomas D. Woody,
Franklin, $8; Mary E. Taylor, South
Solon. $12: Hannah M. Shcppard,
Rockland, $8; Isabcll Reid. Rose Point,
Catharine McDonald, McKccsport,
K12; Margaret Evans, Worthington,
$12; Mary Decker, Strodcs Mills, $12.
Pennsylvania will within the coming
year pay out between $400,000 and $500,
000 for bridges destroyed by Hoods and
fires in the past six months, as the law
compelling the State to replace bridges
across navigable streams when they
have be.n destroyed by Hood, fire, etc.,
s being invoked in many counties.
When the bridge is destroyed the coun
ty commissioners, through their attor
ney, present a request to the Attorney
General asking for viewers, and the
matter is taken into the Dauphin Coun
ly Court, which appoints the viewers.
If the report is favorable it is approved
by the court, and the matter then goes
to the Board of Public Buildings and
Grounds, which sends out engineers to
estimate the cost, and then the contract
is let. Engineers arc now out examin
ing locations for twenty-one bridges
that the State will build in Juniata,
Clearfield. Jefferson, Lycoming, Brad
ford, Berks, Forest, Wyoming, Carbon,
Wayne, Luzerne. Lackawanna and Sul
livan. The engineers now engaged in
preparing plans and specifications foi
the twenty-one bridges are M. D. Bow
man, Mahanoy City; Herman Loeb,
Pittsburg; Oscar Thompson. Phoenix
ville; Emil Swennsson, Pittsburg, and
A. J. Whitney, Rome. The cost of the
bridges is from $5000 to $115,000 each,
and there is apprehension that when the
law becomes better kntnvn there will be
a raid on the treasury. It is said an ef
fort will be made to repeal the law at
the next session of the Legislature.
General orders were issued from the
headquarters of the National Guard of
Pennsylvania announcing the following
appointments in the medical depart
ment: F'irst Lieut. John W. Collin, ol
Beaver county, surgeon of the Tenth
Regiment; Edwin H. Lowe, of West
moreland county, assistant surgeon ol
the . Tenth Regiment, aud Franklin F.
Arndt. of Lackawanna county, assistant
surgeon of tb Thirteenth Regiment.
The following officers have been re
lieved from duty upon their own appli
cation and placed upon the retired list:
Major George W. Net?, surgeon. Tenth
Regiment; Capt. Joseph L. Hunter,
chaplain. Tenth Regiment; Capt. An
thony F. Machold. Company G. Third
Regiment, and Lieut. -Col. Thomas H.
Maginness, of Philadelphia.
William H. Pratt, who was convicted
of the murder of his wife at West Ches
ter, will have another trial, the court
having granted the petition of his coun
sel. The pleas were manv. based upon
the argument that the verdict of guilty
was not consistent with the evidence,
that testimony was admitted that should
have been rejected, and that several
jurors were ineligible because of their
having expressed opinions in favor of
Pratt's guilt prior to their being drawn.
Hon. William S. Kirkpatrick, of
Easton, notified the Board of Trustees
of Lafayette College that he will accept
the invitation of the Board to act as
president of Lafayette during the leave
jf absence extended to President War
field, who will go abroad until next year
to regain his health.
The York County Historical Society
elected 60 new members, one of them
being Sector Quay. The society ha
1 11 st finished cataloguing and lS:liiig
its collection of books and relics.
The Presbytery oi Chester met al
Honeybrook and ordained Rev. Thos
Roberts Guy as an evangelist to go oj
the mission field in China.
Thomas L. Fawley, a conimissior!
merchant of Chester, narrowly escapee
death from paris green poisoning, re
suiting from eating new apricots ol
whicn the shipper had placed the pci
son to kill insects.
Northern Pacific's estimated gros
earnings for the year are $42,000,000.
George Hudson was found on th
street at Chester unconscious from th'
excessive use of cigarettes. He was
taken to a hospital.
Plans have just been adopted by the
board of directors of the Young Men'!
Chris-tian Association for the erection
at a $70,000 building in Chester, whicli
will grace the corner of Seventh strccl
nd Ivdgemont avenue, on ground pur
chased by Mrs. J. L"cwis Crozer for $.0,-'
mjo. A feature of the structure will bi
the gymnasium, which will be equipped
with all modern appliances for physical
development.
.'i hurried adjournment of the trial ol
. cate occurred in Alderman Raymond')
:ourtrooin at Altoona. A drove ol
itecrs was being driven along the street
ind two of them began fighting and
'ought their way into the hall of justice.
An attorney was making a plea at the
:ime, but stopped abruptly and beat t
nasty retreat. The steers smashed up
lame furniture and then left.
So-called experts differ widely in
their estimates ol the corn and wheal
crops. j
Missouri Pacific's earnings for the
first week of July were $524,000, an in
crease of $12,000 over 1901..
Norfolk & Western's earnings for tht
week increased $i6.4ia over last year,
the total being. $j()7,J54.