WHEAT, COJtN AND OATS
BREAK THE RECORD
JMeit Botatifol, It it Believed, la the
Natloa'a Hlitory.
BLOE PKOFITS FROM THE FARMS
Gstiautes by Experts looks Total Pro
aactioa of Cereals Tkit Ameanti To 4,176,.
UU74 Busbels-Ksnsas liooffklol Esti
mates Place tbe Cora Crop at 1,800,000
Wheat Yields at 44,009,000 Bushels.
Chicago (Special.) Nature and the
farmers of the United States have out
done themselves in the wheat, corn and
ta crops ol 100a.
The moil bountiful harvest in the his
tory of the nation has already been gar
nered or i practically immune against
damage by bad weather. From a com
pilation of figures of crop economists it
is estimated that the profits for the
farmers this year will be $2.coo.ooo,ooo
or more, most of which has been real
wed on corn and wheat. The calcula
tion it based on an average of the esti
mates of statisticians. This average
gives approximately the following re
aults: Bushels.
Wheat 633.500.000
Corn 2.J30-95I.OT
Barley 120,900,850
Rye 30,350.800
Oats 750.52874
Total cereal crop 4.076.231. .174
All along the line from the States in
the great grain-growing belt come
cheering messages. Wisconsin an
nounces that she has the biggest oats
crop the ever raised and that her corn
is in excellent condition. Indiana calls
fter corn, crop "phenomenal" and sub
mits the figures 170,000.000 to prove
it. Nebraska declares she has 40.000.
000 bus-hsls more corn in her fields than
she evjr had before. Illinois hopes to
dd iiearly 100.000.000 to her last crop
o' that cereal. Ohio makes her wheat
.crop practically the same as last year's
. nd raises her corn limit 15,000.000
bushels.
Kansas will not raise more than half
as much wheat as she did in 1001, but
she compensates for this loss with a
corn crop five times as large unoffi
cially estimated at .100,000.000 bushels
virtually the government figures of a
month ago. Oklahoma promises some
thing like 150.000,000 bushels of wheat
and 38.000.000 of corn.
Up in Minnesota and the Dakotas the
harvest of wheat has begun with a con
dition above go points. Nearly every
where the corn in the fields bespeaks" a
magnificent crop, and the oats output,
it is said, will exceed that of 1899.
Until the threshers began to tell their
joyous tales it was believed the wheat
crop would not come up to the record
breaking total of a year ago. but some
statisticians now believe that the crop
of 1002 will exceed that of is predeces
sor by at least 25,000.000 bushels. This
is the latest estimate of B. W. Snow,
one of the best-known crop experts in
the country. His total is 778.000.000
bushels. The same authority says the
corn harvest will be 2.500,000.000 bush
els, or nearly double that of a year ago.
He puts the oats crop at 885,000,000
bushels.
TH1RTEE.N DIE IN MINE.
Victims ol Explosioa la 1 Mine la Colorado
Power House Blew Up.
Pueblo, Col. (Special). A special
dispatch from Trinidad says:
"A disastrous explosion occurred at
No. 3 Mine at Bowen, a small camp
about ten miles north of this place.
Thirteen lives are known to have been
lost The exact number of men working
on the night shift and in the mine at
the time of the explosion is unknown.
The mine is worked by the Union Coal
Company of Denver. It is a slope mine,
situated on the mountain side and about
400 yards from the tipple below. The
explosion occurred about 800 feet from
the mouth of the slope and was caused
by fire damp.
"Immediately after the night shift
had started in the slope a startling ex
plosion occurred, entirely filling the
mouth of the slope and shaking build
ings and breaking windows a mile dis
tant. As the mouth of the slope was
tilled, the rescuers were delayed for
some time, but succeeded in reaching
some of the men through an old slope,
and eight dead bodies were quickly
brought to the surface."
MINE EXPLOSIONS.
Dae U luefficieat Maasgemeat and Employing
loexperlcDced Meo.
Knoxville, Tenn. (Special). The fea
1ure of the convention of the United
Mine Workers of District No. 19, was
the adoption of resolutions tearing
upon three explosions, which have oc
curred in Tennessee mines in the last
16 months, causing the deaths of 800
men. The resolutions charge that mine
catastrophes are usually due to ineffi
cient mine management, knowing, wil
lull and malicious violation oi mining
laws and the placing of cheap and inem
tient men in charge of mines. The
mine workers demand laws making it
compulsory for all mine foremen and
f.re busses to pass rigid examinations.
Flftren Killed, Forty Wounded.
Matshalltown, Iowa - (Special). Ac
cording to the latest accounts, 15 per
or.s were killed and 40 injured on the
fi-eight wreck on the Milwaukee road.
Ol the injured two or three cannot re
rover. It is thought possible that more
bodies may be found, as the wreckage
ha not been entirely cleartd away.
Qlyceria Explosioa.
Bradford, Pa. (Siecfal). A terrific
explosion at Irvines Mills, seven miles
from this place, shook the earth over a
wide radius and annihilated two human
beings.
A team of horses, a wagon and 40
ten-quart cans of glycerin also went up
in the flash of fire and cloud of smoke
that cctinipanied the explosion.
Joseph O. Gilson, aged 44 years, a
resident of Bradford, and Oscar Berg
vall, aged 17 years, an office boy, em
ployed by the Pennsylvania Torpedo
Company, were the human victims.
Big Hotel Blows Dowa.
Wilmington, N. C. (Special). Dur
ing a terrific windstorm which passed
over Carolina Beach, ao miles from Wil
mington, the Hotel Oceanic was razed
to the ground and 13 guests more or less
injured, one perhopi fatally. The storm
blew down the wires between Wilming
tou and the beach, cutting off all com
inuniration with the city. The intelli
rence caused considerable excitement in
the city. A soecial boat was pressed in
1 service, physicians and nurfei were
cuninioned and t went at once to the
relief of llie injured. The victims were
fcn-i glit 10 the c.ty by steamers.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NBWS.
Domssdc
The formal announcement of the
granting of h'e application of the Com
mercial Pacific Cable Company hss been
made, together with the conditions gov
erning the same.
Walter A. Scott, president of the Illi
nois Wire Company, wis stabbed to
death in 1 Chicago office building by
Walter L. Stebbings, a civil and con
sulting engineer.
The convention of the National
Teamsters' Union of America, which
has been in session at Joliet, III,, has
adjourned.
Arrangements have been completed
at the War Department for the exami
nation of civilians for appointment as
second lieutenants in the army.
Corporal O'Brien, charged with per
jury before the United Slates Senate
committee, was committed to jail at
Boston in default of $5000 bail.
A mortgage for $1,500,000 was filed
with the franklin county recorder,
Ohio, by the United States Cigar Com
pany, known as the Stogie Trust.
Vice-President Loomis, of the D., L.
ft V has made a tour of the strike re
gion and says he finds conditions prac
tically unchanged.
The annual statistical summary of the
mineral products of the United States
has been issued by the Geological Sur
vey. One man was instantly killed and five
persons were injured by the explosion
of a boiler in a laundry at Adrian, Mich.
Mine. Janauschek, the actress, who
was stricken with paralysis several
weeks ago, is in a critical condition.
Prince Chen, the special Chinese am
bassador at the coronation of King Ed
ward, arrived in New York.
Baxter Potter, an outlaw in Dickin
son county. Va.. was killed by the acci
dental discharge of his own gun.
Harry Jennings, of Wheeling, W. Va.,
was kidnapped and compelled to marry
the girl he loved.
The survivors of the Twenty-eighth
New York Volunteer Infantry held
their annual reunion at Culpeper. Va.,
and erected a granite monument to the
members of the regiment who fell in
battle.
A traffic agreement has been made
between the Missouri Pacific system
and the Chicago. Milwaukee and St.
Paul, by which the former gains a di
rect entrance into Chicago from Kansas
City.
Chicago drivers may go on a strike
because of the refusal" of express com
panies and managers of department
stores to meet their demands.
Fifteen of the 28 plants of the Ameri
can Tinplate Company have been clos
ed becrjise of refusal of workers to ac
cept reduction in wages.
The opening session of the Friends'
International Christian Endeavor So
ciety was held in Richmond, Ind.
Frederick A. Warren, formerly a
well-known club man of Chicago, was
adjudged insane by Judge Wheatley and
committed to the asylum for the insane
at Elgin. He was at one time an officer
of the Chicago Club and 1 member of
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aixiuvi out! mull UCaUUC ViUI.
Domestic troubles are said to be the '
cause of his breakdown.
At New Haven, Ct.,. the strike of the
400 conductors and motormen of the
Fair Haven and Westville Railroad
Company continues unchanged and the
go-mile system is paralyzed.
Resolutions were passed expressing
confidence in the national administra
tion by the convention of the American
Federation of Catholic Societies in Chi
cago.
The coroner's iurv in Shenandoah. !
Pa., held Joseph Paluwicz. Matthew
Paularkas and other unknown rioters
responsible for the dea'h of Joseph Bid-
jU
Mrs. Elizabeth W. Shot.er. a refined
lady of Savannah. Ga.. was adiuds-ed 10
l insane by the jury, the evidence
showing her to be a paranoiac.
Th. Petvnmvlvania T.nnv . !
Pittston, Pa., had a number of miners 1
arrrsieu on ine cnarge 01 stealing coa
by working abandoned workings. !
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Foreign.
The Firminists have defeated the
troops of the provisional government at
Limbe, Hayti. Many soldiers were
killed and captured.
two trench mountain climbers per-
ished from exposure on Mont Blanc '
and their two guides were killed while
seeking assistance. i
Ihe uprising in Siam is reported to i
be spreading.
There was a noticeable lark of rmhit-
I siasm in London on the eve of the
i coronation, and the scanty decoration
j was practically confined to the streets
! to be traversed by the procession.
I Austen Chamberlain was appointed
Postmaster-General in the British Cabi
! net; the Earl of Dudley, Lord Lietiten
! ant of Ireland, snd Charles Thomson
j Ritchie, Chancellor of the Exchequer.
t Several more religious schools were
1 closed in Finisterre. France, despite
' protests of the inhabitants. At Pion
i darnel the roads leading to the school
' were barricaded.
! Caiain Roehill. who catl,l mm
; Honolulu to .Marcos Island to re-estab-
I un nis ciann, went lully armed
1 JaJ)anee now occupy the island.
I"he
I he atican is reported to disapprove
j of the action of the Dominican friars in
I the Philippines in selling their lands to
j syndicates.
i Gen. Lucas Meyer, who was com
I mandcr of the Orange Free State forces
in the Boer war, died suddenly in Brus-
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7 1 r-VT".? Parllamfnt adjourned
until October 16.
I The soldiers and gendarmes met with
resistance in expelling the sisters from
i the Catholic school at Landernau, in
; France, and at Crozon were unable to
lorce tneir way through the crowd to j
. . t .
ur. 1 neoaore nerzi. tounder ol the 1
lonists. and Dr. WolfTson. reoort that!
their conference with -the Sultan about .,uarding hand under the crown. It was
settling the Zionists in Palestine waslvu)rn, hM ,ht Archbishop of Canter
without result. ...,. l:. v-:-. k.j H
Flnsoclsl.
Southern Railway is now a favorite
stock for Philadelphia traders.
The Diamond Match Company has de
clared a regular quarterly dividtnd of
i 1-2 per cent.
Big money was made in Hocking Val
ley in that seven point rise. Vander
bilts now control it. ' ,
The Wenern Union ha vacated the
Broad btreet Station and the Posal has
taken iis old quarters there.
S. Louis & San Francisco has de
clared I per cent, quarterly dividend
upon tlie second preferred stock.
Many a miner may not be able to get
work when the strike is over. Thoe
damaged collieries will hurt the work
men in that way as much as the opera
tor. An Atchison official denies that there
is any deal on between his road and
the Rock Island. Other persons who
pretend to know assert that there will
be an agreement between the two sys
tems. The monthly average of Inim sales in
the United States to date has been n.
734.211, as compared with $14,014,308
last year, making a total amount 'of
$59.1.19.481 for this year, against $105,
700,000 for the same period last year.
WITH MAGNIFICENT CEREMONIAL
EDWARD VII IS CROWNED KING
But the Aired Archbishop of Canterbury Almost
Faints at the Ceremony.
ABBEY THRONGED WITH
Hundred of Thousands ol People Witnessed the Magnificent Royal Procession at
It Moved From Buckingham Palace to Westminster Abbey and Returned
By a Longer Route, Iti Progress at Every Point Being Marked
by Enthusiastic Cheering and the Singing of
God Save the King."
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KING EDWARD VII.
London (By Cable). Edward VII.,
R. I., by the grace of God, of the Unit
ed Kingdom of Great Britain and Ire-
land and ol the British Dominion be-
, . V f J r
ondu th' "" King. Defender of the
Faith. Emperor of jndia, was crowned
! Saturday without hitch or harm.
: In all respects the celebration was
j impressive, and it was carried out with
! a perfection of detail and lack of acci
I dents that has rarely characterized
! similar displays. That pride of empire
; which marked Queen Victoria's jubilee
! was lacking, and in its stead there per
I vaded all classes a keen recollction that
I only six weeks ago their King lay in
uanK" . ara,.- an? t)lls produced
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: Archbishop of Canterbury, when he in-
' ,h"'dj3.w?.t ?' coroatio" Payers
' ,j?e?.r' .U" hfe. recovery we now
give thee heartfelt thanks." Yet tRis
did not prevent the public from voicing
.'"" -n muitary display as
the short procession gave them
cnance to see
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fnr- 1 ' co,",nad"-'"-ch.cf of
'he ioroes, was once more the hero of
tne hour, and, next to the King himself,
received the heartiest welcome of tin-
k-n,llrd crowds.
But it was for the Kinir and Onpen
themselves that the people really let
themselves looe. Throughout the day,
wherever and whenever Their Majesties
wtre the cheers were loud and
im- "" especially was this so on the
re"rn joiirney of the King and Queen
to Diicumgnam r alace.
L ntil the booming of
suns announced
that the crowning of King Edward and
yueen Alexandra had been achieved,
there lingered in thousands of minds a
nervous apprehension that even at the
last moment some untoward event might
once more plunge the nation into con
sternation. When this was pav.ed the
unrestrained jubilation was as a tribute
to the King's personal popularity as it
was an evidence of relief from the ten
sion of tlie last few weeks.
In Westminster Abbey the scene was
nothing less than marvelous. Nearly
seven thousand members of the nobility,
the clergy and the gentry had gathered,
with foreign princes, ambassadors, co
lonial rulers, Indian potentates and
leaders from the furthest quarter of the
glol where the I nion Jack nies, to do
honor to the King.
Two incidents in the service in the
abbey will live in the memory of all
who witnessed them. The first of this,
which almost developed into a dramatic
contretemps, centered around the aged
Archbishop of Canterbury. From the
commencement of the service the Arch-
)lad the greatest difficulty in
! reading or renieinberinir the oravers.
The IxK'k from which his almost blind
eyes endeavored to read shook in his
hands, and when he came to place the
erf
crown upon Miw fcdwara s neao ms
huie (ramei towering above the seated
Kin. swavt
King, swayed so violently that the Bish-
7i i'.i...... 1,, ... t. him
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Tartars 4 by Robbers.
Dayton, Ohio (Special). Jacob
Mumma, an aged farmer, who lives
alone north of the city, was tortured by
masked robbers who broke into his
house, and is in a critical condition
a result of his injuries. Mumma at
tempted to defend himself with shot
gun, but he was overcome and bound,
i he robbers poured coal oil on his feet
and started a braze to compel him to
reveal the hiding place of money he was
supposed to have, but they secured only
a small sum.
Tt Bora Oat SsssUpss.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Acting
Postmaster-General Wynne received a
dispatch from S. L. Dill, general su
perintendent of the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, asking for authority
to burn the building in Newbern, S. C,
in which the postoffice is located, on
account of the presence of smallpox.
The postmaster, who lives in the build
ing, is atfiicted with smallpox and is not
expected to recover. The postorTice de
partment has wired to Newbern asking
that the board of health take charge ot
the building.
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after groping around, he w just about
to complete the most important part of
the ceremony when it was discovered
that he had the crown with the back to
the front. Slowly he raised it, but too
late to prevent the choir from prema
turely bursting out with a loud "God
Save the King !" Amid a tension that
had grown to a pitch of painful nervous
ness the Archbishop finally managed to
place the crown correctly upon the
King's head. A few minutes later came
the climax of his feebleness. He was
kneeling to do the first homage of all
the subjects of the King, when suddenly
he almost fainted and would have fallen
upon his sovereign's knees had not
King Edward tenderly, but firmly,
grasped both the prelate's hands and
lifted him to his feet. The Bishops of
London, Winchester and Durham
clasped their arms around the Arch
bishop of Canterbury, the King kissed
his wrinkled hand, the Archbishop's
head fell back, his feet moved slowly
and mechanically, and thus lie was more
carried than led from the throne to
King Edward's Chapel, where he was
revived.
The tremor which this event caused
had scarcely subsided when another ex
quisitely human touch varied1 the pro
ceedings, and the King was forgotten
in the father. Instead of merely ac
cepting the homage of the Prince of
Wales, King Edward put his arms
around the Prince and kissed him, and
then recalled him and wrung his hand
with a manliness of (parental affection
that brought tears to many eyes.
King Edward was greatly unnerved
by the condition of the Archbishop of
Canterbury, and His Majesty sat in con
stant dread of a contretemps, though
outwardly calm, as could be judged
from the steadiness with which he held
his scepter rod erect during the ordeal.
The Queen's own crowning was brief
and simple. When the four duchesses
went to hold a canopy over Her Maj
esty's head, the Duchess of Marlbor
ough and the Duchess of Portland led
the way.
Among the curious features connected
with the American peeresses was the
wearing by Lady Craven of old family
roties once worn by the Queen of Bo
hemia, who married a former Earl
Craven. ,
Another incident relating to royalty
was the presence of the Duchess of
Mecklenbnrg-Strelitz, who, at the ex
press desire of Queen Alexandra, sat at
exactly the same spot as she occupied
at the coronation of Queen Victoria.
No stage effect could have equaled
tlie climax that ensued when the crown
was placed upon King's Edward's head,
the sudden illumination by hundreds of
electric lights making the thousands of
priceless jewels, including those in the
crown itself, to sparkle with dazzling
brilliancy. The instantaneous movement
of the peers, the placing of their coro
nets upon their lieads. the choir's loud
"God Suve the King," with its unhar
monious, yet genuine, refrain from thou
sands of male and female throats, con
stituted such an outburst of pent-up
tnanktulnets and rejoicing as even
Westminster Abbey, with all its historic
traditions, never before witnessed.
Lsaodry Boiler Eiplodcs.
Ad rian, Mich. (Special). One man
was instantly killed and five persons
were injured, at least one fatally, by the
explosion of the boiler in Arthur
Oram's laundry. The proprietor of the
wrecked laundry thinks the explosion
yas caused by a defective safety valve.
The rear of the Gibson Hotel was
blown to pieces. A 600-pound section
of the boiler was thrown over g high
building and landed 500 feet away from
the scene ol the explosion.
Mother's ,U1 Saved by Child.
New York (Special). "Death would
have been sweeter to me than the life
I've been living," said Mrs. Sarah
Frange in the City Hospital, Jersey City.
She retired early. One of her children,
a little girl, about to go to bed, entered
the mother's room "to kiss mamma
good-night." She found the room dark
and her mother moaning and groaning
on the bed. She turned on a light and
discovered an empty carbolic acid bottle
on the fliior beside the bed. Mrs.
Frange had attempted suicide. She was
badly burned about the mouth.
UVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
National Basks', CondlHoo.
William Barrett Ridgely, Comptrol
ler of the Currency, made the follow
ing statement in regard to the summary
of condition of the national banks of the
United States it the close of business
on Wednesday :
"Tlie reports of conditions show the
banks to be in excellent shape, as have
all recent statements of the kind. The
increase in most of the items of the
statement are consistent with the univer
sal reports of the prosperous condition
of business and the increase in its vol
ume all over the country. The footing
of the statement, $6,008,754,975, is, as
might be expected, the largest cm record.
The least favorable feature of the state
ment, however, is perhaps the contin
ued increase in loans $49,102,145
since the statement of April 30, 1902,
and $264,953,255 over the statement of
July 15, 1001. In this expansion of the
volume of loans there is, of course, con
siderable solid growth and increase of
values upon which loans can properly
lie based, but there must also be some
inflation, and there is always danger in
going too far in this direction.
" J he average reserve held by the
banks has increased from 27.21 per cent,
on April 30, 1902, to 27.48 pel cent. July
16. But this is somewhat lower than
the average reserve of July 15, I9i,
when it was 28.01 per cent.
"During the year there has been an
increase of $33,678,425 in specie held by
the banks, of which increase $6,003,407
has occurred since April 30. 1902. Dur
ing the year there has been an increase
of more than $56,000,000 in tlie capital
stock and $65,000,000 in surplus. More
.than the average portion of this has
occurred since the last statement, but
this is largely due to the readjustment
of this item generally made on July I.
There has been a slight decrease in the
deposits since April 30, but a handsome
increase, for tlie year. '
Feeding Many Filipinos.
Major West, of the Commissary De
partment, writing from Manila to Gen
eral Weston, chief commissary, has the
following to say concerning the feeding
of natives in the Philippines:
"I was in hopes that the closing up
of the campaign in Batangas and La
puna would end the feeding of the na
tives, but such is not the case, although
the camps have been broken up. The
natives were left in a destitute condi
tion ; had been unable to plan new
crops : and the old crops had been de
stroyed in the military operations and
so the work has to go on.
"General Bell was in the city and I
asked him about the number of natives
he was feeding. He told me that in
Batangas he was feeding approximately
250,000 persons. In Laguna he could
not give the exact number, but I judge
from the quantity that We supply that
there must be about half as many."
Scsndsl la Ms alia Bay.
Secret service officers are conducting
an investigation in Manila to detect the
wrongdoers in what seems to have been
a clever steal in connection with the
army transport service.
The transports in Manila bay are
loaded and unloaded with the assistance
of cascoes, operated by natives. These
cascoes are regulated like express wa
gons in this country, each one bearing
a license and a number. The tonnage
of each one is registered ind the boat
men are paid by the amount of the
cargo they take ashore. It is alleged
that by some crooked means certain of
these cascoes have been regisiered at
figures exceeding their capacity. Thus
they were paid for far more than they
ever carried.
Wagon Making Industry.
The Census Bureau issued a report
of the manufacture of carriages and
wagons for the census year ending May
31. 1900.
The report shows a capital of $118.
187,838 invested in this industry in the
7.632 establishments reporting for the
United States. This sum represents
only. the value of land, buildings, ma
chinery, tools and implements, and the
live capital utilized. The value of the
products is returned at $121,537,276,
which involved an outlay of $4,073,932
for salaries.$29.8i4.pu for wages. $6,261.
469 for miscellaneous expenses, includ
ing rent, taxes, etc.. and $56,676,073 for
materials used, mill supplies, freight
and fuel.
Value at Minerals.
The United States Geological Survey
issued its annual statistical summary
of the mineral products of the United
States for the calendar year of 1901.
It shows for the entire country a
grand total of $1,092,224,380 as the
value of minerals produced in loot, as
against $1.064.408,321 " in 1900. This
comprises $566,351,096 worth of nnn
metallic mineral products, $524,873,284
metallic products and $1,000,000 (esti
mated) of mineral products unspecified,
including building sand, glass sand, iron
ore used as rlux in lead smelting, tin
ore. nitrate of soda, carbonate of soda,
sulphate of soda and alum clays used
by paper manufacturers.
Shau Uprising Spresding.
United States Minister King, at Bang
kok, Siam, has informed the State De
partment by cable that the Siamese up
rising recently reported is spreading,
Nakawn already having been captured.
Chiengmai also is threatened. Thirty
four Americans thought to be in danger
are reported as safe. An endeavor will
be made to bring into the capital Amer
ican women and children now in the'
zone of disturbance. The Siamese Gov
ernment is co-operating in the attempt
to protect them.
Notes of Interest.
The government is making tests of
different systems of wireless telegraphy,
and messages have been sent between
Washington and Annapolis.
C. F. W. Neely asks for the return of
the $6234 found in his possession when
he was arrested in Cuba.
T he government will not permit the
cable to Hayti to be cut.
Reports from Philippines indicate an
increase in the sick list of American sol
diers. All arrangements have been completed
for arbitration oi the Pius Fund claims.
The State Department is advised of
an increase in Cuban import duties.
Mayor Low, of New York, has ap
pointed a commission to submit' resolu
tions looking to an improvement of the
police force of that city.
Fifteen men were killed and 40 in
jured in Wednesday's wreck on the Chi
cago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road
near Marshalltown, la.
The Oceanic Hotel, at Caroline Beach,
N. C, was razed by a storm. Thirteen
guests were injured, one perhaps fa
tally. Tlie President and Mrs. Roosevelt
reached their home at Oyster Bay on
board the Sylph from Gardiners Kay.
SEVEN LIVES"" 1
LOST IN A FIRE
Women and Children Were Afraid
to'
Jump Into Blankets.
THREE MORE PEOPLE ARE MISSIN0.
la Addllloa to lbs Hotel Three Stables and
Hslfa Dsns Stares Were Burned, Only'
the Greatest Effort Preventing lb Whole of
tbe Business Sectloa el the Towo From 0o-
- log Property Damage $76,000.
San Angelo, Tex. (Special). Fire
destroyed the Landon Hotel, burning
seven people to a crisp and doing a
property damage of $75,000.
All of the bodies that have been re
covered are fearfully charred and in no
condition to be moved excent in blankets.
When the clerk discovered the flames,
at 2 o'clock in the morning, the interior
of the dining room was a gulf of flame
and he could not get through. He rush
ed up the main stairway, kicking in
doors and calling out at the top of his
voice. Most of the guests were arous
ed by this means and by the discharge
of firearms There were 75 persons in
the house, and all of them got out safely
with tlie exception of seven dead and
three others, who have not yet been lo
cated, but who are believed to be safe.
Tlie seven women and children got
out on a small gallery and were request
ed to jump into blankets which were
being held for them, but they feared to
do so and delayed until the gallery fell
back into the flames . which were licking
up the big frame house.-,
In additon to the hotel three stables
and half a dozen stores were burned,
only the greatest effort preventinti the
whole of the business section of the
town from going. ,
JAMES M'MILLAN DIES SUDDENLY.
Michigan Senator Passes Away at Massa
chusetts Summer Home.
Manchester, Mass. (Special). Hon.
James McMillan, senior U. S. Scnato
from Michigan, died here at 4 o'clock
a. m., after only a few hours' illness.
The cause of death is given as heart
failure.
Senator McMillan came to Manches-ter-by-the-Sea
a few days after the ad
journment of Congress on July 2. He
was accompanied by Mrs. McMillan
and their dahghter, and seemed to be
enjoying his usual good health. The
attack came suddenly during the night,
and although a physician was summon
ed as soon as possible, rlie patient fail
ed to respond to restoratives and died
soon afterward.
For several years Mr. McMillan had
suffered with a heart affection,
principally a weakness, brought on
by overwork, and had guarded him
self against it. but the extra responsi
bilities in the Senate thrown upon him
last winter, together with the shock of
losing a "brother, son and grandson
within one year, are believed to have
aggravated his trouble.
THIRTEEN KILLED IN A WRECK.
Forty Persons Hurt, Most of Them Railroad
Workmen.
Dcs Moines, Iowa (Special). In a
collision on the Chicago, Milwaukee and
St. Paul railroad, near Rhodes, 13 per
sons were killed and 40 injured.
The dead are Engine Drivers Bray
man and Markress, a fireman,, who died
from injuries, and 10 railroad laborers.
Tlie lnjiiri'd are all workmen.
Otto M. Klingman. of Rock Island,
was among the wounded brought here.
His right arm was broken and he was
badly bruised.
The 30 injured were not brought (o
Des Moines and were left at and near
Collins.
Fireman William Tharp, of Manila,
who was on the regular freight, was in
jured, losing a leg and being seriously
bruised. It is thought he cannot sur
vive. The collision occurred just two mile.;
out of Rhodes. The construction tram
was running out and met the freight
on a sharp curve.
TO INVESTIGATE BOER WAR.
British Commisiloa is Appointed Lightning
May Strike Where Least Expected.
London (By Cable). The Premier,
A. J. Balfour, announced the appoint
ment of the following commission of
inquiry into the conduct of the Boer
War :
The Earl of Elgin, chairman; Sir
Henry Norman, Sir lohn Hopkins.
Lord Eshcr and. Sir John Edge.
The -announcement was made soon
after the articles of peace were signed
that the British Government would
make a rigid inquiry into the conduct
of the war in South Africa. The many
charges of cruelty and of violations of
Ihe rules of war will be investigated
as well as the conduct of those in com
mand. The investigation will be of the
most sweeping character, and lightning
may strike where it is least expected.
Mciico Buys Silver Bullion.
Denver, Col. (Special). Solomon R.
Guggenheim, who is here looking afte'
the interests of the American Smelting
and Refining Company, of which he is
an official, says that the company has
just sold 20.000.000 ounces of silver bul
lion to the Mexican government, in
addition to 5.000.000 ounces recently de
livered. He declared that the first sale
increased the market price of the metal
two or three cents and predicted a still
greater rise as a result of the late deal.
Government Defeats the Rebels.
Washington. D. C. (Special). The
Colombian Legation received a dispatch
from the governor 'of Panama stating
that the government troops under Gen
eral Berti had been unsuccessfully at
tacked at Agua Duke by the rebels, who
were repulsed, with great slaughter.
I he dispatch further states that the reb
els are preparing for another attack. It
is stated at the legation that the govern
ment troops are so strongly intrenched
that it will be Dractically impossible for
any invading force to rout them.
Fats ol MounlaU Climber.
Chamounix, France (By Cable).
Two residents of Paris recently perished
from (-vrttflirr nn M I a mm ...! t. . -.
, - - w.i . " .., -r . u I H'lU INCH
two guides yere killed while descending
me mountain in searcn ot assistance.
Twenty-six guides have gone from here
to srurrh for th luuli,. tA
climbers and their guides. 1
Tlssot, tbj Artist, Dead.
Paris (By Cable). James Joseph
Jacques Tissot. the artist, illustrator of
the"Life of Christ," is dead. He waj
born in )8t6.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Newi Happenings of Interest Qatberel
From All Sources,
Pennsylvania pensions: James Wat
son, Job, $10: Benjamin F. Durbin,
Washington, fto; John F. Nogar,
Marshburg, $6; Samuel P. Gamble,
Pittsburg, $6: Joseph K. Bush, West
Finlcy, $8; Harry S. Allabough. Silver
rtnle, $16: Samuel Gault, Wilkinsburg,
8; Calvin Williams, Julian. $10; Enos
Rogers, Rockhill Furnace, $17 ; Ludwick
A. Kimmcl. Normalvillc, $10; Daniel
Merrimnn, Pittsburg. $to: Charles H.
Adams. Stroudsburg, $6; Hannah Wood,
Athens, $8; Mary Jefferies, Dunbar,
f8; Isabella McLaughlin, Buena Vista,
8; Margarctta C. Robb, Huntington,
$8: Margaret Brown, Titusvillc, $8; Isa
sell Atwell, Pittsburg, $8; Elizabeth
Watson. Job, $8; F.lcn Raul). Sayre,
2 William II. Harrison. Carnegie,
fr: Gcmg,' J. Calhoun, Washington. $8;
F.lisha Willoughby. Roulette, $12; Wil
liam Kcndrick, Ashlcv, $8: James Kidd,
McCoysvillc. $12; Lafayette Snyder,
saegcrtown. $8; Thomas O'Brien. Pitts
burg. $6: Joseph P. Pvle, Erie. $6; Dan
iel Scchler, Ft. Hill. $14: Thomas Har
kinson. Honey Grove, $12: F.lisha B,
McGara. Indiana, $10; William U. Gill.
Julian. $to: Charles Hall, Titusville,
to; Benjamin F. Null, Ruffsdale, $8;
Sherman Lyons. Bcllefonte, $10: Jacob
S. Miller. St. Marys, $10; John Minncy,
Donora. $12: Mary J. Griffith. Houtz
laic, $8: Theresa Rhnades, Boynton,
f8.
Daniel C. French and Thomas S
Clark, of New York, and John W. Beat
ty, of Pittsburg, well known in the art
world, have accepted the task of acting
as a jury to select a design for the mon
ument to be erected in Pittsburg it?
memory of Col. A. L. Hawkins, of the
Tenth Pennsylvania Volunteers, - who
:lied in the Philippines. Competitive
designs are to be submitted before De
cember. The contract will be let by the
Hawkins Memorial Committee. Twen
ty thousand dollars will be expended 01?
the monument.
John Henry, of Tamaqtia. says he will
compete for the $00,000 prize which will
be offered at the St. Louis Exposition
in 1004 for the -best living machine
Within a few niontlls lie expects Id
complete his machine after four vcars
work. The machine has two pairs o
wings, one pair for lifting and the othct
'or propelling, power being derived
from an electric motor. The machine
is expected to lift twenty times its
weight.
Burglars carried off the clothing in the
house of John Grccnbo. at McKcesport,
during the night. None of the mem
bers of his family or of their four board
;rs was able to leave the house to give
m alarm, as all their clothing had beer
ftolcn. The inmates were forced tc
borrow clothes from the neighbors in
order to appear on the street:,
isccuiy lu.uiv person diiiiiueu mv
tenth annual farmers' picnic at Gras
mere Park. Bloomsburg. the peopl
roming front Columbia. Luzerne. Ly
roming and Sullivan counties. Albcr
M. Cornell, of the State Grange: John
G. McSparran, of Lancaster, and Count j
Superintendent W. W. Evans dcliverci
addresses.
Mrs. William Walp, of Seybcrtsvil'c
ivas attacked in the kitchen, of her horn
by a rattlesnake which lay coiled in r
pantry and sprang at her when sh
opened the door. The woman seized ar
iron poker and after an exciting battle
killed the reptile.
Three cows belonging to Claud
Peters, a farmer, near Martinsburg, ate
a quantity of dvmimitc which a gang o'
Pennsylvania Railroad men who wer
erecting telegraph poles had left in
field. In a short time all of the cowf
died.
The State Forestry Reservation Com
mission, held a meeting at Harrisburi;
and considered offers of 28.000 acres o'
forest laud in various counties of the
State, but purchased only 400 acres
The other tracts offered will be ex
amined by experts before a purchase if
made.
Hon. Thomas U. Shaffer, for 30 yean
publisher of the Rcnovo Record, and
member of the Slate Assembly froir
1885 to 1889, is deaj. aged 59 years.
A canning factory to employ 25c
hands will be established at Reinhold'i
Station.
Hcber. the . o-vear-old son of Post
master William McKimm, was run ovei
by a street car at Oil' City and killed.
While he was carrying his father'i
dinner, James Hanna, Jr., 11 years old
was struck by a train at Chester and
killed.
While walking in his sleep. Edwarrf
Cross, aged 8 years, of Chester, imag
ined that he was swimming and dived
down a stairway, sustaining serious in
juries. A 3-months-old son of Henry Brown
of Fulton Township, has three great
grandfathers living. They arc Thoma!
Hoopes, Samuel Finnefrich and Reason
G. Ross., all residents of Fulton Town
shjri. Andrew Linkje was struck by a train
at I atrobc and thrown into the struc
tural work on a new viaduct,' where 1
spike caught his clothing and held him
suspended, saving his life. When taker
down after hanging in the air for fiitccn
minutes he was unconscious.
James Fox, who was shot in the ab
domen in Chester, died at the hnspita'
in that city. Ernest Hinson and Henry
Coatts. charged with the crime, wen
committed to jail.
Because the West Chester School
Board decided that negro children
must attend schools separate from the
white, colored residents have petitioned
The board to employ node but colored
teachers to instruct their children.
John Craven, aged 15, ran away from
his home in Braddock last week nut1
joined a circus. Owing to the illnes'
of the parachute juniper while the cir
cus was in Allegheny, the boy volun
teered to take his place aVid made 0
1000-foot drop with the parachute. He
landed on electric light wires and drop
ped to the ground, 30 feet below, unin
jured. '
The Tennis Construclion Company
put a large force of men at work on thr
trolley line between Coatesvillc and
Downingtown. The company says the
road will be in operation before Janu
ary 1, 1003.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
is about to make improvement at Nor
ristown aggregating $250,000. These
nil) include a handsome passenger sta
tion. To make way for thcstation and
laza the company will demolish more
Ihan a score of dwelling houses which
low occupy the site on Lafayette and
DcKalb streets.
Miss Clara Peck was admitted to the
Lackawanna bar She is the first wo
Tian lawyer in that county.
The Tindall-McMrris Steel Company
sill build a large forge at the works in
Eddystonc. At present the material
mutt be shipped to the plant at El 111
ood City and returned before it can be
finished.
In the Presbyterian Church in Hart
lord' Township, near Sharon, all the
men in the congregation removed their
touts at the suggestion of the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Bailey. The minister then
aid, "Now, brethren, you look cool,
and I feel that you will more fully ap
preciate the sermon."