JOHN W. MACKAY
DIES IN LONDON
Americas Millionaire Succumbs to Heart
Failure.
UST OP FAMOUS BONANZA KINOS-
tTkta a Lad II Caagbt the Gold Fever and
Vtil la California Made and Lost Ona
Fartaoa Before Ha JO Years Old
tilt (treat Lack WHb the Comstock
Lad
Ixaulon (By Cable). John W. Mao
lay, of San Francisco, who had been
offering iron I hfcat prostration since
Tuesday last, died at his residence, or.
Caxrollton House terrace at 6.30 o'clock
Sunday evening.
Mr. Mackay's condition had improv
td tut the patient had a bad night, and
&the morning a consultation was held
three physicians. Mr. Mackay grew
worse as the day processed. He was
unconscious most of the time and died
very peacefully.
The immediate cause of death was
brart failure. The right lung was found
lo be congested, and the symptoms in
dicatrd pneumonia.
Mrs. Mackay, her mother and Coun
hts Telfencr were present when Mr.
Mackay died, and Princess Galatro Co
form arrived from Paris half an hour
atffer her stepfathers death.
Caases Shock la Jan Francisco.
San Francisco, Cala. ( Special). The
news of the death of John V. Mackay,
5n London, caused quite a shock here,
notwithstanding the public was in a
measure, prepared for it by the previous
announcement of his illness. Mr. Mac
kay was the last surviving member of
the four bonanza kings, Flood, O'Brien
and Fair, the other three having long
since died.
For the past 18 years Mr. Mackay had
not been actively identified with the life
of this city, but had passed most of his
time in the East, making annual visits to
tfce coast to look after his property in
terests in this state and Nevada.
UVEi LOST AND BU1LDIN0S WRECKED.
Tea Peapk Killed la a Storm that la Drlvea
With Hurricane Velo.lty.
Baltimore, Md. (Special). This city
-was the center of a storm Sunday after
noon which resulted in the death of 10
persons, the injury of others, unroofed
aoo bouses, seriously damaged shipping
In the harbor, almost entirely severed
telegraphic and telephonic communica
tion with the outside world, destroyed
jnany magnificent trees, seriously inter
5ered with street car service in places,
damaged the city's electric light facili
ties, caused the death of several horses
and other animals by tearing down live
wires, and generally wreaked more dc
atrpction than any storm which has vis
ited the city in years.
The disturbance which created this
9iavoc came upon the city with a rapid
ity that was astounding. The first rain
drops fell at 1.27 o'clock, and as late as
I o clock the skies, while they showed
that a thunderstorm was approaching,
were bright with the sun, and many
thought that the cloud would pass
around.
In a moment came the main body of
wind. It blew 5 3-8 miles 111 5 minutes
or an equivalent of 64 miles-an hour.
Only 45 minutes elapsed between the
first threatening crash of thunder and
the last dying murmur as the cloud pass
ed to the northeast, but in that time
more damage was done in this city than
ordinarily occurs iorm the same cause
an several years.
This W'omoa is aot Slow.
Salem, Ore. (Special). The remains
of David Merrill, the escaped convict,
liave been delivered at the Oregon Peni
tentiary, after being brought here by
Mr. Mary Waggoner, who found the
body near Chehalis. The body was
readily identified. It was interred in the
Trrison cemetery without ceremony. Mrs.
Waggoner made a formal demand for
the reward of $1,500. Superintendent
Lee declined to pay the amount, offering
Iter $300 for her trouble and expense.
and explaining that the reward could
only be paid for the capture of the con
vict, and not for the mere finding of his
dead body by accident. Mrs. Waggoner
refused the amount offered and made a
formal written demand for the full re
ward, to be presented to Governor Geer.
Wrangle Over Carnegie Gifts.
Pittsburg (Special). Andrew Carne
gie will give to the city of Pittsburg a
polytechnic school which will cost
$2,ooo,coo, and promises to. make it
worth $5,000,000 if the city will provide
a site large enough for the purpose. The
city is now wrangling over the site. It
lias got into politics, the Citizens' party
wanting a 52-acre tract for the site and
the old Republican machine wanting an
11 -acre traxrt for it. The city has enough
money to buy the latter site, but to buy
the larger one would necessitate an is
suance on bond for $1,000,000, and both
aides are unwilling to submit an issue of
bonds to the people.
Lives Last la Tornado.
Chesterville, Ont. (Special). A tor
nado of great fury passed within a mile
of this town, and everything in its path,
about 60 rods in width, was destroyed.
The country presents a scene of devas
tation. Dwellings are overturned and
lead cattle are lying at nearly every
firm. Several persons were killed and
a number injured The damage will ex
eed $joo,ooo.
Tracey Huot Abandoned.
Tacoma, Wash. (Special). After 40
days of continual pursuit by men and
bloodhounds all organized effort to cap-
Wire Harry Tracey, the escaped Oregon
convict, has ended. The pursuit of Tra
cey through Clark, Cowlitz, Lewis,
Thurston, Pierce, Kitsap, Snohomish
and King counties has cost these coun
ties $10,000. Oregon's refusal to pay
Mra. Waggoner, of Chehalis, the re
ward for Merrill's body has done much
-toward the dropping of Tracey s hunt.
A Trajedy About Chickens.
Abingdon, Va. (Special). Moses
3-ytton and John Collins.' two prominent
farmers, living on adjoining plantations
near Saltville, became involved in a
fight because the former had killed some
-thickens belonging to Collins. Later,
Collins was driving past Lytton's home,
when the latter fired upon him with a
-double-barreled shotgun and killed him.
However, before h? died Collins drew a
revolver and fired five times at Lytton.
Twenty-five men had to guard Lytton's
'home to keep him from being lynched.
Bad blood is manifest and mora trouble
is looked (or.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
James F. Robinson, late president of
the Kock Island and Central Trust and
Savings Bank of Kock Island, 111., left
bequests to the Northwestern Univer
sity and the American University, at
Washington.
The American Line steamer Belgcn
land, from Philadelphia lor Quccnstwn
and Liverpool, was towed into Halifax,
N. S.. by the British steamer Scholar.
The Belgenland's shaft is broken.
President Williams, of the Seaboard,
denied that Chesapeake and Ohio and
Norfolk and Western stock had been
purchased by John W. Gates and others
in the interest of his read.
It is reported that several coal oper
ators will attempt this week to operate
their mines in the anthractie region, al
though the strikers declare they will be
unable to do so.
Judge Witt, of the Hustings Court in
Richmond, called a special grand jury
to investigate the charges of city fath
ers, which have caused a sensation.
Mrs. Daniel Grant, her daughter, Mr.
John Reeves, and a man named Nuck
les were shot and killed while returning
from church near Atoka, I. T.
The American Window Glass Com
pany lias asked the manufacturers in the
independent company to unite with the
American and Federation companies in
shortening the. length of the fire and
maintaining prices.
Edward Congdon, a New York insur
ance broker, was arrested on the charge
of kissing Mrs. Marie Farrel. of Madi
son. N. j., as the Lackawanna train on
which they were riding entered a tun
nel. It was reported in Philadelphia rail
road and financial circles that the Penn
sylvania had, through friendly interests,
secured enough of the Reading Rail
road stock to give it control.
Commonwealth Attorney John G.
Tilton, of Norfolk, instituted suit
against the Virginian-Pilot Publishing
Company in the sum o( $10,000 for al
leged libel.
The chief of police of Harlem, near
Chicago, and 10 members of thevvillage
board were arrested on the charge of
permitting gambling at the race tracks.
Vinton Gregory, white, was arrested
on the charge of criminally assaulting
Mrs. John Romans, near Saltville, Va.
The striking chainmakers of York,
Pa., have been assured pf financial sup
port by the American Federation of
Labor.
Fred Lee Rice, a young criminal, who
had a sensational career, was hanged in
Toronto, Canada, for murder.
The Gould interests are said to have
secured an entrance into New York for
their transcontinental system.
Hyman Hoffman, a Russian tailor,
shot his wife in New York and then
committed suicide.
John Hardy was shot and killed near
Media, Pa., by Thomas Duff, whom he
was tormenting.
Elwyn F. Larson, an absconder from
Milwaukee, was arrested in Wetaskiwin,
Canada.
Benjamin Faughn was shot and killed
by Jasper Abbott at Metropolis, III.
In the closing hours of the North
Carolina Democratic Convention State
Senator Ward characterized Cleveland
as "the arch traitor of the Democracy,"
and, in turn, Mayor Boyden, of Salis
bury, N. C, called Ward a liar.
It was announced in York, Pa., by
State Secretary Harry Deemer, of the
Junior Order United American Me
chanics, that 120 councils, aggregating
30,000 members, had been expelled from
the order.
Dr. B. W. Arnold, professor of his
tory at the State Normal School at
Farmville, Va., was elected professor of
history and economics in Randolph
Macon Woman's College.
Miss Lonie Farmer was arrested at
Winchester. Va., on a warrant sworn
out by her father, Gere Farmer, of Ber
ryville, Va., on the charge of running
away.
Foreign.
Minister Bowen has cabled the State
Department at Washington that the
President of Venezuela has abandoned
the idea of attacking the revolutionists
at Barcelona.
King Leopold of Eelgium visited
King Edward aboard the English royal
yacht. King Edward's condition con
tinues favorable.
The contract was -signed in London
for the manufacture aii(J laying of the
cable between Honolulu and Manila.
The Vatican, in a note to Governor
Tat't, of the Philippines, says: "The
main lines for future negotiations, in
dicated in the notes, having been ac
cepted by Secretary Root, the repre
sentative of the Vatican in the Philip
pines will enter into relations with the
authorities in the Philippines."
Countess de la Warr was granted a
divcrce in London on the ground of the
Earl's desertion and misconduct. The
Countess was given costs and the cus
tody of her children.
Seven directors of the Prussian Mort
gage Bank, charged with falsifying bal
ance sheets, were sentenced to different
terms of imprisonment and to pay heavy
fines.
Two unsuccessful attempts are report
ed to have been made by revolutionists
to seize Xicaraguan ports.
The Sultan of Zanzibar died of a
stroke of paralysis. His death has
ca-.'sed no disturbance.
Whitelaw Reid, the head of the Unit
ed States embassy to the coronation of
King Edward, in a speech at the ban
quet of the American Chamber of Com
merce in Liverpool, defended the Mor
gan shipping combine, declaring it was
not a monopoly, and that it obviated
violent fluctuations in rates and insured
to Great Britain a great neutral fleet.
A. I. Balfour, the new British premier.
presided at the first cabinet meeting of
the new administration. It is reported
that the Duke of Marlborough will suc
ceed Lord Curzon as Viceroy of India,
but there is little credence given to the
rumor.
Financial.
The British Indies wheat crop is put
at 224,000,000 bushels, a decrease of
28.000,000.
Pacific Mail's net earnings for the
year were only $16,847, a decrease of
$41)6,142.
An Amalgamated Copper quarterly
dididend of 1-2 of I per cent was de
clared. Since January I the consumption of
copper has increased 25 per cent., says
John Stanton, and the production has
increased only 5 per cent.
The Gates people announces that it
is in absolute control of the Colorado
Fuel & Iron Company.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois earnings
for the second week of July were $172,
200, an increase of $17,700.
E. H. Harritnan has been elected pres
ident of the Pacific Mail Company, suc
ceeding C. P. Tweed.
Rutherford M. Shepard has been an
uointed Philadelphia manager of the
American Bank Note Company.
Gates is trying to boost July corn
again. He evidently seeks a market for
those 4,000,000 bushels of cash corn he
has on his hands in Chicago.
DECLARES AGAINST
A GENERAL STRIKE
Final Action of the United Mincworkers
at Indianapolis.
APPEAL MADE TO AMERICAN PEOPLE.
Tit Convention Makes Provlsloa (or Raising
A Fund forth Aid of the Striking Antbra.
cite Miners $50,000 Appropriated From tha
General Fund Assessment L'poo the
Miners' Earnings.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). The
convention of United Mineworkers ad
journed, after declaring against a gen
eral strike, providing for the raising of
a fund with which to aid the strikers
and issuing an appeal to the American
people for support.
The recommendations brought in by
the special committee appointed in the
executive session, and which are prae
tic.Vly i)leutical with ith-ase suggested
by President Mitchell in his address on
the first day of the convention and unan
imously adopted by the convention, are
a follows :
"1. That the national treasurer be au
thorized and directed lo immediately ap
propriate $5t'jOOO from the funds of
the national treasury and place it at the
disposal of the officers of districts Nos.
t. 7 and 9. (These are the anthracite
districts.)
"2. That all districts, suhdistricts and
local unions he appealed to to donate
from the surplus in their treasuries as
large amounts as they can afford.
"3. That an assessment of 10 per cent,
be levied on the gross earnings of all
members of local unions in districts
Nos. 6, 8, 12, 19, 23 and 25 and an as
sessment of $1 per week upon all mem
bers of local unions in districts Nos.
2, 5. 11, 13. 14. IS. 16, 20 and 21. The
members of districts now on strike
which may resume work before this as
sessment has been removed, shall be as
sessed either 10 per cent, of their gross
earnings of $1 per week, whichever their
district may decide from the time work
is resumed.
"4. The assessment shall be paid di
rect from the local unions to the na
tional secretary, and the local unions
will be held responsible for the pay
ment of the same.
"5. An assessment of 25 per cent, will
be levied upon the wages, salary or per
centage received from the organization
of all national, district and subdistrict
officers and organizers.
"6. The assessment shall begin with
the sixteenth of July, 1Q02.
"7. All contributions from the national
office to the anthracite region will be
divided pro rata to each anthracite dis
trict in accordance wtth thl- number
of miners and mine laborers in each of
them as shown by the most recent coal
representatives. .
"8. That each local union in the re
gions that are at work select a commit
tee which shall secure work for as many
of the men on strike as Possible and the
locality where the local union is situ
ated, and that the local inform secre
taries of the strike districts of the num
ber of men needed, the kind of work,
wages and arrangements for transpor
tation. That the same proposition be
submitted to all jDcal unions in the
American Federation of Labor.
"9. That the circular to our local
unions shall include a recommendation
that committees be appointed to canvass
the business men and other citizens of
their localities for subscriptions."
FIFTEEN DROWNED I.N A SQUALL
Tradegy Occurred In Sight of Isle of Shoals
Hotel.
Isle of Shoals, N. H. (Special). The
worst boating accident that has ever oc
curred in these islands overtook a party
of is waitresses and two waiters. Fif
teen of the party were drowned.
A large sailboat, in charge of Capt.
Frederick Miles, and having on board
the waitresses and the htad and second
head waiters from the Oceanic Hotel,
was struck by a sudden squall and cap
sized. The tragedy was witnessed by a large
number of hotel patrons, and the steam
er Sam Adams and half a hundred row
boats put off to the rescue.
With the exception of the two wait
ers, W. C. Alward and Henry C. Far
rington, all but five members of the party
were brought ashore. Despite hours of
work, however, only two of the girls
were resuscitated. Captain Miles and
the two girls, Lillian Bresnahan and
Alice Haggarty, were the only ones
saved.
PANIC CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKES.
People ol St. Vincent Fearful that a Catas
trophe Was Impending.
Kingstown, St. Vincent (By Cable).
Several shocks of earthquake were ex
perienced here Saturday. There was a
terrific one at 9.45 in the morning. It
was accompanied by a loud rumbling,
explosive sound like thunder. Furni
ture was set in motion everywhere, bot
tles and crockery were thrown from
shelves in shops and several buildings
were damaged. There was no loss of
life, but a great panic prevailed. The
u ost severe shock lasted onlv 10 sec-
I onds. These shocks were probably
caused by subterranean gas or steam
explosions. A few days ago it was re
ported that the saddle between the two
craters of the Souffriere volcano had
collapsed, resulting in the fall of thou
sands of cubic feet of sand and scoria
rock into the funnel, thus blocking the
throat of the crater, and it is now claim
ed that the gas and steam, failing to
find an outlet by the throat, or funnel,
caused internal explosions and intense
concussions.
A Released Convict's Crime.
Chicago (Special). Because his wife
gave evidence that her love for him had
waned while he was serving 17 months
in the State prison, William Nelson
shot her to death here and then turned
his revolver upon himself in an ineffec
tual attempt to take his own lite. Their
baby, too yuung to realize that a crime
was being committed, was the only wit
ness to the tragedy. When the murder
was discovered the cold form of the
wife was clasped in. the arms of the man
who had taken her life. The man's
wound was only superficial.
Silk Culture In Oeorgla.
Atlanta, Ga. (Special). Plans are
nearing completion for the introduction
into Georgia of silk culture and manu
facture on a large scale. A considerable
tract of land near Tallulah Falls has
been acquired for the experiments. The
land is to be divided into small farms
of 25 acres each, and it is proposed to
have these farms tilled by expert Italian
farmers from the Piedmont region of
Italy, the principal silk-growing country
ol the world. Plans are also being made
for the erection of mills for the manu
facture of the silk. 1
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Bragg May Bi Recalled.
Cuba has taken formal notice of the
statement of Consul-Gencral Bragg, at
Havana, that "Uncle Sam might as well
try to make a whistle out of 8 pig's tail
as to do anything with these people."
General Bragg has himself made an
explanation to the State Department,
but it is generally conceded that his
usefulness as a diplomatic representa
tive ol this Government in Cuba is
ended. The matter has been passed to
President Roosevelt, who will decide
whether or not General Bragg must be
retired. His recall from Havana will
probably follow, whether Cuba is in
clined to press the matter or not.
The Cuban Government brought the
matter to the attention of the United
States through Minister Squicrs at Ha
vana. He was asked whether or not
General Bragg was responsible for the
statement, which was published in the
United States as a part of a letter writ
ten to his wife.
Russian Prioce Comlnt Herb
Advices were received by the State
Department from Alfred E. Buck,
United States Minister to Japan, that
Prince Boris of Russia sailed from Ja
pan for San Francisco. The minister
said that the Prince would remain in
this country for some time.
As Prince Boris is coming to this
country unofficially, no arrangements
have been made by the State Depart
ment for his reception. He will visit
the Russian Ambassador, Count Cassi
ni, at Bar Harbor, but beyond that the
Government knows nothing about his
plans.
Prince Boris is the second son of
Grand Duke Vladimir, the Czar's uncle,
and is, therefore, a first cousin of the
Czar. He is 25 years old and unmar
ried. He is a lieutenant in the Huz
zars of the Czar's bodyguard and aide-de-camp
in an infantry regiment.
Sent Photograph of Hand.
A photograph of an injured hand
firmly clutching a package of letters
will be the means of the owner of the
hand getting a position as a rural free
delivery letter carrier.
The application of the man, who re
sides in Goshen, Ind., was rejected be
cause of the maimed hand, the thumb
being gone and the member being oth
erwise mutilated, but the silent protest
and testimonial of the photograph,
which has been received at the Post
office Department here, is considered
sufficient proof of the ability of the ap
plicant to perform the duties, and he
will probably be appointed.
First ol the Military Po ts.
Secretary Root has given the final or
der for the establishments of the first
four great military posts which are to
he the gathering places of the United
Sttaes forces in case of war, and in time
of peace are to be great training schools
for both regulars and militiamen. This,
the first post, will be at Chickamauga.
Secretary Root has allotted $430,000 for
the construction of a post there calcu
lated to accommodate one full regiment
of cavalry and one company of artillery,
which force is to be the nucleus of the
future great military post. Gen. ,H. V.
Boynton, president of the Chickamauga
Park Commission, after some quiet ne
gotiation, has been able to secure nearly
two-thirds of the square mile of land
required for the post proper, and the re
mainder will be sought by condemna
tion proceedings.
McKinlcy'a Doctor's Bills.
Secretary Shaw and Private Secretary
Cortelyou spent two hours at the
Treasury Department discussing the
settlement of the McKinley doctors'
bills.
Mr. Cortelyou, as one of the trustees
of the McKinley estate, has been desig
nated to arrange the settlement of the
amounts to be paid the surgeons who
attended President McKinley. Neither
Secretary Shaw nor Mr. Cortelyou is
prepared to make any statement on the
subject at present.
There seems to be a delicacy about
giving publicity to any information on
the subject. When the accounts are ad
justed Secretary Cortelyou will make a
statement concerning the distribution
of the $45,000 appropriated by Congress
for this purpose.
Names for New Warships.
The Navy Department announced
that the two battleships to be built un
der the authority of the last naval ap
propriation bill are to be named the
Louisiana and the Connecticut, and the
two cruisers the Tennessee and the
Washington.
The battleship to be built at the New
York yard will be the Connecticut. The
battleships will cost $4,212,000 and the
cruisers $4,659,000 each.
Admiral Bowles has prepared an
elaborate plan for keeping the accounts
in connection with the cost of the Con
necticut in such order that when she is
finished comparisons can be made be
tween the respective cost of building
ships in government and private yards.
Whitelaw Reld Not lo Attend.
Unless Mr. Whitelaw Reid changes
his mind there will be no special repre
sentative of the United States at King
Edward's coronation next month, and
Mr. Choate will attend in the usual
form.
Mr. Reid has notified the State De
partment that he intends to sail for the
United States this week, and. of course,
the special embassywill be broken up.
Cuba lo the Family ol Nations.
The new Government of Cuba is be
ing rapidly established in the family of
nations. A cable message received at
the State Department from Mr. Squires,
our Minister at Havana, says that up to
date the Republic of Cuba has been for
mally recognized by the United States,
Great Britain, France, Spain, Switzer
land, Haiti, Nicaragua, Costa Rico and
Guatemala.
Capital News lo OeneraL
The State Department, through Am
basador White, decided that Filipinos
are entitled to protection by diplomatic
and consular officers, but not to pass
ports. Corporation Counsel A. B. Duvall, of
the District, decided that under the new
code all offices in the District must
close on Saturday at noon.
Superintendent Kimball, of the Life
Saving Service, reported that Stanley
I. Holmes, a boy of five years, had been
resuscitated at Anglesea, N. J., after be
ing 25 minutes under water.
The torpedo boat destroyer Whipple,
in her ofiicial endurance trial on the
Chesapeake course, made 29.44 knots
over the measured mile.
The summer maneuvers of the North
Atlantic squadron off the New England
and Middle Atlantic coasts have begun.
Commander William Swift has been
placed in charge of the naval militia
work ol the Navy Department.
A general order has been prepared at
the War Department for the retirement
of Gen. John R. Brooke.
The Secretary ol War designated a
number of young men from civil life to
be examined for commissions as second
liemenantj in the army. .
WENT TO ITALY
TO KILL THE KING
A Plot Discovered by American Secret
Service Men.
VERY CLOSE WATCH BEINQ KEPT.
When they Learned That an Anarchist Had
Been Sent to Italy to Aasaaalnale King
Victor Emanuel Thla Ooveruraent Imme
diately Notllled tha Italian Authorities The
Arrest el Tooettl Follows.
Washington (Special). Italy can
thank the United States for information
which prevented an attempt on the part
of a Paterson anarchist to slay King
Victor Emmanuel, her sovereign.
Inquiry at the State Department de
veloped the fact that the man who, after
arrest at Bra, Italy, gave the name of
Tonotti, and at whose quarters were
found papers showing that he was in
correspondence with anarchists at Pat
erson, had been apprehended in accord
ance with a suggestion made by this
government. Some weeks ago the Se
ciet Service, which is keeping a close
watch on anarchists in the United
States, learned that an emissary had
been sent to Italy to attempt the life of
the King.
This information was at once trans
mitted to the Rome government, and
the authorities express gratification
that it brought about the arrest of the
fanatic. Following so close upon the
assassination of King Humbert, an at
tack upon Victor Emmanuel might have
produced consequences serious to the
friendly relations of the two govern
ments. There is no intention on the
part of the United States, of course, to
take any action in Tonctti's behalf.
The procedure of the United States in
this case has attracted attention to the
policy which is being pursued to keep
strict watch of all persons of anarchistic
tendencies, and should they leave the
country the police of the point they pur
pose visiting will be promptly notified.
The arrest at Bra clearly establishes
that anarchists are not sleeping, and tlie
administration believes it furnishes a
fresh proof of the need of action by
Congress in accordance with views al
ready strongly expressed by the Presi
dent. To Run Down AnarchhVa.
An evidence of how closely the gov
ernments of the world arc working to
gether to run down anarchists is shown
in a communication received at the
State Department from the Turkish
Minister here, Chckib Bey. He states
that Dignoti Guisseppe, Pasqualc and
Cassia Carmelo, three anarchists, have
been expelled from Constantinople, and
he desires to be informed if thev take
refuge here, and especially if they
should leave the United States, to know
their destination.
BROTHERS SHOT BY A WOMAN
One ol be Men Killed Was the Woman's
Husband.
Carbondale, 111. (Special). The Jau
bert Brothers, who operate a small coal
mine near Oraville, were both shot to
death at their home by the wife of one
of the men. They had returned about
midnight and the husband demanded
his supper. Mrs. Jaubert began its
preparation, and her husband began
breaking the dishes, and at last attacked
her. Mrs. Jaubert and her sister fled
to a back room and locked the door.
The husband followed, broke in the
door and renewed the assault, where
upon the infuriated wife fired three
shots into his body, one passing
through his heart, causing instant
death. The brother took up his broth
er's quarrel and attempted to strike the
woman, whereupon Mrs. Jaubert emp
tied the two remaining chambers of the
revolver into his body, inflicting a
wound frbm which he died shortly af
terwards. The woman gave the alarm and sur
rendered to an officer. Coroner
Knauer impaneled a jury, who exoner
ated the wife.
2.503,003,090 BUSHELS,
Record Crop ol Corn Predicted lor This Season
By Paul Morton.
Chicago (Special). Paul Morton,
first vice-president of the Santa Fe
Road, predicts a record crop of corn
for the West and the entire country
this season. He estimates the total
crop of the country at 2,500,000,000
bushels, and declares that the railroads
of the West will have all they can do
to take care of the increased traffic that
will result therefrom.
Mr. Morton's estimate was made after
a careful survey of the situation, supple
mented by personal inspection of West
ern States traversed by the lines of the
Santa Fe, and by the reports given him
by agents of the company in nearly
every corn-bearing State in the Union.
"I am convinced," said Mr. Morton,
"that this country will have the largest
corn yield in its history and that the
high-water mark of 2,200,000,000 bush
els will be exceeded by at least 300,
000,000 bushels."
Shoots Wile, Then Kills Sell.
New York (Special). Hyman Hoff
man, a Russian tailor, shot his wife So
phia through the mouth and then killed
himself by swallowing carbolic acid.
Mrs. Hoffman is dying in a hospital.
Hoffman had been drinking heavily of
l;.te and his wife had caused his arrest
for disorderly conduct. He was sen
tenced to 61 days, and had only recent
ly been released. The couple had four
children.
Charge ol the Rough Riders.
Santiago (Special). Vassili Verest
chagin, the Russian painter, who was
commissioned to paint a picture of the
battle of San Juan for President Roose
velt, left here for New York on the
steamship Segurancc. He has complet
ed a study ol the San Juan battlefield
and the scene of the battle with Admi
ral Cervera's fleet, which will probably
be masterpieces of war painting. Vcr
estchagin was much annoyed by the un
founded reports of his dangerous ill
ness. Holel Manager's Strange Death.
Atlantic City, N, J. (Special).
Thomas Onnrod, manager of Clabbis'
Hotel, is dead, and Nathan Leekan, a
merchant, is dying from what is thought
to be strychnine poisoning. The men
went .into the bottling establishment of
Charles Forman and took a drink of
brandy, Ormrod immediately became ill
and died a short time later iiv convul
sions. Leekan was also seized with
dunvulsions, and the physicilins htiVe
little hope of saving his life. It is be
lieved that some persons put strychnine
into the brandy, and an analysis is now
being made, .
FIXED FOR AUGUST 9.
New Coronation Date la Announced by King
Edward's Order.
London (By Cable). An official noti
fication was issued that, by the King's
command, the coronation of King Ed
ward and Queen Alexandra will take
place on Saturday, August 9.
Rehearsals of the procession from
Buckingham Palace to Westminster Ab
bey are on.' The officials of the vari
ous State departments concerned in the
Abbey ceremony are again busy with
preparations for the crowning.
Cowcs, Isle of Wight (By Cable).
A latest bulletin issued by the King's
physicians says :
The King continues to make satisfac
tory progress. He is benefiting in every
respect from the change. His Majesty
sleeps well and is ahlc to have his couch
placed upon the opou deck during the
greater part of the day.
A more liberal diet has been prescrib
ed. Beneath an awning on the stern of
the r.jjal yacht the Queen frequently
reads to him. He will remain here un--til
August 8, when he will return for
the coronation ceremony. He will re
turn to the royal yacht after the coro
nation. The Lancet says: "The King's condi
tion is eminently satisfactory. Th
wound is filling up surely, if slowly.
The freedom from state cares and social
duties, together with the enforced rest
in bed. has had a most beneficial effect.
His Majesty looks better now than for
some years."
Pauncefote Was Poor.
London (By Cable). The announce
ment that the late Lord Paunccfote's
family was left with practically no estate
save a small home seat in Gloucester
shire, is expected to result in the grant
ing of a larger pension to the widow
than is ordinarily given. There is no
doubt that Lord Paunccfote's ambas
sadorial career left his family several
thousand pounds sterling poorer than
would have been the case had he not
been compelled to incur extra expenses.
Two Murderers Musi Hang.
Jackson, Miss. (Special). The attor
neys in the Ashley County Circuit Court
have been notified that Governor Long-
ino would not interfere in the mandate
of the court that Cocke and Lauderdale,
convicted of killing Engineer Rea,
should hang at Greenville. They have
appealed to the Supreme Court of the
United States to grant a writ of error.
McKinley Fund Completed.
Cleveland (Special). It is believed
the entire sum necessary to erect the
memorial to President McKinley at
Canton is about completed. The next
important step will be the raising of an
endowment fund of $200,000, the inter
est on which will be used to care for the
memorial. It is hoped to raise this
money among the personal friends of
the late President.
Building Stopped In Jacksonville.
Jacksonville, Fla. (Special). Twenty
two hundred union laborers in all
branches of the building trades went on
strike here because the contractors re
fused to accede to a demand for an
eight-hour day. Practically all building
operations arc temporarily suspended.
Japanese Statesman Dead.
Yokohama, Japan (By. Cable). The
Marquis Saigo, a distinguished states
man, died here of cancer., He com
manded the Formosa Punitive Expedi
tion, held many cabinet posts and was
a brother of the hero of the Satsuma
rebellion.
Alice Roosevelt Not Engaged.
Oyster Bay, N. Y. (Special). The re
ported engagement of Miss Alice
Roosevelt to ' Lieut. Robert Stcrlin
Clark, of New York, a son of Mrs. Al
fred Corning Clark, is emphatically de
nied by authority of the President.
Miss Roosevelt has not even a personal
acquaintance with Lieutenant Clark.
Four Men Killed by Explosion.
Columbus, Ga. (Special). The mill
of Pridmore & Reese, at McCrary. Miss.,
was destroyed by an explosion of boil
ers. Both proprietors and two other
men were killed.
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS.
An extensive cordon of constabulary
has been arranged in Cavite Province
to capture the ladrone chiefs Montallon
and Felizardo and 50 followers.
President A. J. Cassatt, of the Penn
sylvania Railroad, resigned from the
board of the Mercantile Trust Company
of New York, a Gould concern.
An attempt in South Manchester,
Conn., to experiment with the two
loom system in the Cheney Bros.' mills
resulted in a strike.
C. F. Hiatt, alias Osborne, was taken
from Norfolk, Va., to Oklahoma, where
he is wanted on the charge of murder
ing his first wife.
Richard Solomon, colored, who threw
Ella Forrest overboard at Norfolk, Va.,
was sentenced to 10 years in the peni
tentiary. The new United States monitor Ar
kansas, built by the Newport News
Shipbuilding Company, had a satisfac
tory builders' trial.
N. Glenn Williams cowhided A. E.
Holton, district attorney of the western I
district of iNorth Carolina, in a store at
Winston.
Polish hostility to the Germans was
further expressed by a thanksgiving
mass in the Cathedral of Genesen, Prov
ince of Poland, in celebration of the de
feat of the Knights of St. John at Tan
nenberg by the Poles in 1410.
The Buller controversy was revived 1
in the British House of Commons, the
War Secretary, in refusing to comply J
with a request for further publications.
saying that General Buller was a good
"peace commander."
King Victor Emmanuel, in parting
with the Czar, saluted him affectionate
ly. Handsome decorations and valua
ble souvenirs were bestowed by both
monarch! upon the officers of the suites, j
In the British House of Commons
Sir Edward Grey's proposed vote ol
censure of the government for its treat
ment of General Buller was defeated.
The Chinese Foreign Office has de
cided to accept the terms proposed for
the withdrawal ol the foreign troops
from Tientsin. ,
The District of 'Columbia National
Guard pitched iheir tents for the sum
mer encampment near Leesburg, Va.
The charred body of James Devlin
was found in a freight car near Harris
burg, Pa, His skull had been crushed.
At a reception in Chicago to General
Wheaton the latter said the American
soldier cannot be surpassed.
An insane man shot Sisters Serella
and Angella in the New York Found'
ling Asylum, in New York.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Newt Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
Latest issue of Pensions! George M.
Miller, Coraopolis, $6; Edward Acor,
Pittsburg, $12; Wm. Gchert, Bclfcfonte,
Jioj Harry Burkett, Vandergrift, $8;
acob C. Albert, Lewistown, $8; Sam
uel Askey, Windburn, $12; Charles
Brock, East Emporium, $12; George
W. Taylor, Hyndinan, $8; David K.
Bryan, Johnstown, $10; Jesse C. Brown,
McKecsport, $10; Joseph Murray, San
dy Ridge, $12; John Albert Brcckwoldt,
Garland, $12.
As the result of a quarrel at Media
John Thomas Duff, of Concordville,
shot and killed John Hardy, 65 year
old. The killing occurred just before
midnight a few yards from the home of
Duff. The men met early in the even
ing on the public road and quarreled.
Hardv had been drinking, and he fol
lowed Duff and his wile and child to a
restaurant, wlwre he resumed the quar
rel by knocking Duff down with a chair.
He was ejected from the place, but
waited outside for Duff and renewed
the quarrel. The men at first began
throwing stones, but finally got close
enough to come to blows. They were
separated, Duff going home with his
family and Hardy promising to do the
same. Instead of going home, Hardy
went to Duff's home for revenge. Duff
had gone to bed, but upon hearing
Hardy threaten to burn his house down
if he did not get up and conie ut,
dressed and came down stairs. Hardy
immediately began throwing stones.
Duff asked him to go home, but he re
fused, and finally, to protect himself.
Duff went into the house and got his
shotgun. Hardy kept throwing stones
and Duff fired, the shot striking Hardy
in the head. After the shooting Hardy
started away, but fell within thirty feet
of where he was shot. Duff ran to his
assistance, but Hardy died within a lew
minutes.
The Dauphin County Cou't filed an
opinion deciding that electric light and
gas companies chartered under the gen
eral corporation act of 1874 may con
solidate. The question arose in the
case of a bill filed by the Common
wealth at the instance of Attorney-General
Elkin to enjoin the Huntingdon
Gas Company and the Huntingdon
Electric Light Company from consoli
dating. Three railroad dctctives had a battle
with three men who were trying to
break into a freight car at Stewart's Sta
tion, near Grccnsburg. John Gilkey,
one of the robbers, may die. and Detec
tive Palmer was badly wounded.
Jacob Shoemaker, who was chief of
police of Pottsvillc during the reign oi
terror of the Molly Maguires in this
region, died at the age of 72 yearr,. His
life was threatened many times by the
outlaws, but he always escaped.
The Sharon Steel Company has pur
chased 4000 acres of coal and limestone
on 51 Lawrence county farms for $1,
000,000. The deal covers three town
ships. Work of developing the depos
its will begin immediately. A railroad
will be built to carry the product to the
mills.
Hundreds of tons ol cor.l are being
taken from the river at Steclton each
day. During the floods much fine coal
was washed down from the mines, and
the scarcity of fuel owing to the strike
has made coal dredging a profitable
business.
Roy Soinllard, a boy soloist, of Le
banon, was suddenly stricken dumb.
Charles Bush died of tetanus at Potts
town, the result of a blank cartridge
wound on July 4.
After rescuing a companion from
drowning, Neil Carew, of Hazleton, a
btiy of 13 years, died from exhaustion.
Mrs. Win. Druckenmiller, of near
Painterville, died from a snake bite re
ceived while picking berries.
Peter Drissell, of Easton, went up
Mt. Jefferson to lie down in the shade.
While sleeping Drisseil started to roll
and fell over a 100-foot precipice, re
ceiving injuries fftnn which he died.
J. K. Haentjens, a member of the
biggest oil firm of Amsterdam, Hol
land, was in Pittsburg tct, form a combi
nation with half a dozen of the leading
American producers of high grade lu
bricating oils: The invasion oi Ameri
can lubricating oil in Europe is entirely
distinct from the invasion of American
petroleum. Mr. Haentjens says that
Europeans want not only American ma
chinery, but American oil with which to
run it.
A southbound freight train, contain
ing 44 cars, broke in half at Eddystone,
and the rear portion crashed into the
forward end, piling up seven or eight
cars and blocking both tracks. Charles
Eachus, flagman, was injured.
The 49th annual convention of the
Grand Lodge of Pennsylvania, Good
Templars, was held in Goodwin's hall,
Millvalc. About 150 delegates were
present. Edward Coleman, of Philadel
phia, presided, and John Dixon, of
Johnstown, was secretary.
Hugh Chcsworth and family, of Wy
oming, had a narow escape from cre
mation, and they owe their lives to the
frantic neighing of one oi their horses,
which awakened them. Their home,
grocery store, warehouse and barn
were burned and the family had barely
time to escape in their night clothes.
Twenty-five school teachers of Sale
Lick Township, Fayette county, have
gone on a strike for higher wag-s by
withdrawing their applications for po
sitions next term. The teachers are
paid $27 a month. Out of this they pay
out $20 a month for board.
While walking over jhe old James
Shirley farm, in Freedom Township, on
Sunday, Howard M. Sell, a justice of
the peace, found a land turtle that meas
ured about two feet across the back of
its shell, it being the largest turtle ever
seen in that vicinity.
For the third time Emory Dull, a
switchman in the Pennsylvania Rail
road's yards in Harrisburg, was run
over and badly hurt.
Albert Bradley, a' prisoner in jail at
Media, has not tasted food or water
for seven days. He was arrested in
Chester because of n disagreement with
his partner over financial affairs, lie
says he is being persecuted and is,
therefore, trying to starve himself to
death.
' The home of Lewis Grciuer, on the
Cressona rotid, was entered and robbed
of $300.
Mrs, Joseph Thropp, of Washington,
D. C, has uttered to equip the operat
ing room of the Municipal Hospital, m
Columbia, at a cost of $1000. Mrs.
Thropp is a daughter of the late Tliog.
A. Stott, a former president of ihe
Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and
the gift i in his memory.
The huckleberry season is opening
earlier than usual this season owing to
the wet warm weather ol the past three
weeks.
John Reilly. a youth employed at tlte
Woodstock Mills, Norristown, is in a
precarious condition as the result of a
lull ol twelve feet.