RASH ON jATROLLEY car
Tkrec Persons Killed Outright and Many
Injured Near Norfolk.
jlDLE TALK CAUSES THE WRECK.
LTlM Negligence ol a Motnrmaa Cast Three
Persons Tbelr Live lad the Serloas laury
of Forty Cars Were Telescoped and
Shattered Panic Ensued When they Came
Norfolk, Va. (Special). In a head
on collision between two cars on the
Bay Shore Terminal line three people
were killed and many others badly in
jured. Tire accident occurred 400 yards be
yond. Futas filling, about 3 1-2 miles
from Norfolk. One car was coming
from Ocean View and the other going
to the View. The orders were that the
'aliore-bound car should wait at the sid
fng for the other. Motorman W. S.
jYandcll, it is charged, failed to obey the
'orders and the crash came 400 yards be
!yoml the siding. Yandcll endeavored
to jump, but was crushed between the
'telescoped cars and died hanging by his
'ripht leg.
j dtfotorman C. B. Colden, of the other
icar, applied the air brakes as soon as
'he saw the danger, the collision occur
ring on a curve, and then tried to jump,
'as did Linwood Fentress, the io-ycar-jold
son ci R. B. Fenltrcss. Colden
and young Fentress were caught under
the platform of the shore-bound car.
which piled up on the other, and were
killed outright. Coldcn's head was al
most torn from his body and both legs
were cut off. Fentress was crushed to
death.
Both cars were full of Sunday excur
sionists and few escaped uninjured.
Help was telephoned for and physicians
and ambulances were hurried to the
wreck.
A GLORIOUS VICTORY.
Unconditional Surrender of the Enemy Ends
the War Game.
Rockport, Mass. (Special). The
great naval war game was completed
by the capture of Commander John E.
Pillsbury and the imaginary sinking of
his ships by Rear Admiral Francis J.
Higginson's squadron at 5.20 o'clock
Sunday morning.
The gigantic "search problem" of the
United States Atlantic Squadron, on
Which naval experts of the world have
been figuring since noon Wednesday,
thus closed as every patriotic American
iesired. The enemy was first met and
then captured. The end came like a
clap of thunder. The mimic battle was
hort and decisive. The triumph of the
Americans was complete, in that a su
perior force was opposed to the enemy
within the stipulated time of six hours.
But Commander Pillsbury's quick dash
toward Salem harbor, with his near ap
proach to the coast, slipping through
tfie cordon of speedy cruisers and elud
ing the line of racing torpedo boots that
etood guard in defense, was in a meas
ure a triumph for his squadron. Com
mander Pillsbury was within 20 miles
of Salem harbor when he was located.
AN AX TRUST IS PLANNED.
Grindstones, Too, Included io this New Pro
jected Combine.
Louisville (Special) The Times says:
"Charles D. Gates, president and gen
eral manager of the Turner, Day &
Wocdworth Handle Company, has just
returned from New York, where he con
ferred with the capitalists who are pro
moting a $25,000,000 trust to take in
all the ax, handle and grindstone fac
tories in this country and Canada, the
plants to be operated undir cne manage
ment. "Plans for the formation of the trust
have been perfected ' and arrangements
already have been made to take over
the larger plants. Men of great wealth !
r infnrestrvl in ttif nrnit tvtiiVli ia tr '
be financed by a big New York trust
company. An offer of $1,000,000 has
been made for the Turner, Day & Wool
worth plant."
Mint-Weigher a Suicide.
New Orleans. La. (Special). Henry
KoWbasse, chief weigher in the United
States Mint, committed suicide here
An examination of Kohlbasse's ac
counts resulted in a statement by Su
perintendent Southern that here was a
shortage of $775. The Government is
protected by a bond for $10,000. The
taking of stock has been going on at
the mint for some time, preliminary to
a change o" superintendents.
Aerooaut's Terrible Fall.
Danville, III. ( Special). At the
Homer Fair 12.000 people saw the aero
naut I. W. Sartell. of Fairwelt, Mich.,
fall 1.200 feet. When he cut loose from
his balloon his parachute failed to open.
His feet were driven into the earth six
inches and there was comnound fracture
of both legs. He may recover. Sartell's
wife was killed two months ago by a I
fall from a balloon near Cairo, 111., the j
parachute refusing to open.
Ptlee Agal n Bursts Forth. !
Castries (By Cable). Officers of the
steamer Dahome, which arrived here,
report a severe eruption of Mount Pe
lee, Martinique. The eruption was fol
lowed by total darkness for a distance
of five miles from the volcano. It was
so minutes before it again becaaie light.
The Dahome was obliged to change her
coarse to escape the dust which fell
thickly on her deck.
Hons Taken from Wild Mas.
Syracuse, N. Y. (Special). Physi
cians at the Hospital of the Good Shep
herd here removed from the scalp of
Calvin Bird, a negro, of Pearson, Ga.,
silver plate in which were two stand
ards fitted for attaching two goat's horns
when lie toured the country in side
shows as the "Wild Man of Borneo."
Birdsays he met a doctor in Central
Afnerica, who took him to a hospital
tit Pearson and had the plate inserted,
first giving him an anesthetic, and
when he awoke he found the plate in his
scalp, with two horns protruding.
Sheriff's Wile Was Brave.
Des Moines, Iowa.. (Special.) A mu
nity of convicts, following a series of at
tempts to escape within thc past week,
two of which were successful, occurred
in the county jail at Centreville. In the
melee Sheriff Davis was seriously
wounded, and it was only through th
iiravery of the Sheriff's wife and Depu
ty Bevington that the prisoners were
"prevented from escaping. Mri. Davis
eized an axe and with die assistance
of Berington, who was armed with a re
volver, drove the convict back to their
cells and restored order.
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
The Transmississippi Commercial
Congress, in session in St. Paul. Minn.,
passed a resolution stating that the
wealth of the entire country will be
concentrated inr rite hands erf a few
people if formation of trusts is permit
ted to continue.
Charges of violating thc Immigration
Laws have been made against Scnor
Dcgatau. Porto Ricai commissioner to
the L'nited States. lie has been ad
vertising for natives of Porto Rico to
go to the United S.ates to study and
work.
One man was killed and a score or
more persons were injured in a cable
car accident in Kansas City. The car
became unmanageable and ran down a
steep hill, crashing into another car at
the bottom.
Majcr Knight, of Buffalo, has issued
a proclamation suggesting that memo
rial services be held in thai city on Sun
day, September 14. the first anniversary
0 the death of President McKinley.
In New York the directors of the
Southern Railway passed the dividend
on the preferred stock. Holders of
that and of common stock want period
of voting trust extended.
Rev. James K. Hazcn. secretary of
publication of the Southern Presby
terian General Assembly, died at his
home, Hon Air, Va.
Burrcll Thompson, for assaulting a
woman, was sentenced to be hanged
in .New Kent county, a., on Septem
ber 22.
It is estimated that 5.000 policemen
are guarding the idle collieries in the
Pennsylvania anthracite region.
Rev. Dr. Morgan Wood, of Cleve
land, declines to be a Democratic can
didate for Congress in that city.
The Union and Consolidated Trac
tion Company of Chicago offers an in
crease in wages to its employees.
Gambling places in Richmond, Va.,
are being raided so frequently that no
comment is caused.
Ceorger Faster, colored. w.is hanged
at Emporia. Va., for murder. He con
fessed his crime.
Wireless telegraphy is being success
fully used for commercial purposes to
Catalina Island.
A combination of all the axe fac
tories, with a capital stock of $23,000,
000. is proposed.
The New York C'.iffee Exchange wi!
he closed on Saturday before Labor
Day.
The Universal Peace Union is in ses
sion at Mystic Cirv. CV
In Chicago anthracite coal advanced
to $9 per ton.
The executive committee of the Na
tional Association of Newsdealers,
Booksellers and Stationers, adopted a
resolution for the organization of a
newsdealers' co-operative news com
pany. Jones Woolsey, arrested in Kentucky
for making moonshine whisky, was too
fat to be taken into the courtroom for
trial, which will take place in the open.
The body of Miss Olive Broad, middle-aged,
was found on the outskirts of
Cornish, Me. Site had been murdered.
Robbery is the assigned cause.
Foreign.
Sir Thomas Lipton narrowly escaped
serious injnry by his automobile run
ning into an iron railing near London.
The machine was wrecked and he was
bruised. The Sultan of Morocco also
had a close call in an automobile
wreck.
The Vatican authorities have com
pleted the collection of documents blar
ing upon the friar lands for the use of
the apostolic delegate to Manila, who
will shortly be named.
The Pope is reported to be alarmed
over the refusal of the French bishops
to support any aggressive policy in 00
pfsi.'ion to the rigid enforcement tf
the Law of Associations.
Admiral von Diedrichs, whose expe
rience with Admiral Dewey in Manila
Bay gained him world-wide notoriety,
has resigned his post as chief of staff
of the German Navy.
Sir Robert Bond, the premier and co
lonial se.-retary of Newfoundland, sail
ed for the United S.atcs to reopen ne
gotiations for viw ratification of the
Bord-BIaine convention.
The bodies of two Englishmen and
two guides were found near the summit
of ihe mountains near Grindiswald,
Switzerland. They had attempted to
ascend the Wetterhorn.
The Sultan of Turkey assured tlhe
United States Minister that all pending I
claitr.s would be settled, and betted the !
Minister to resume his friendly rela- i
1 .. .
tions.
It is reported that a Macedonian rev- !
oluuonary committee has been organiz-
ed .'or the purpose of effecting the as
sassination of the Sukan of Turkey.
Tie report is believed that the lit
Cecil Rhodes bequeathed to the Coun
tess of Warwick lands in South Africa
which have been sold for $1,000,000.
Another severe eruption of Mount
Pelee occurred Thursday, and the vol
canic d'.'.rt caused darkness for a dis
tartci of five miles from the crater.
M. Jttsrerand, the French minister at
Cc-zi-rthagen, rbs been selected as the
successor 01 Jules Cambon as ambassa
dor to Washington.
A mysterious delay has occurred in
the shipment' of the bodies of Mr. and
Mrs. Clnrles L. Fair from Paris to
New York.
Rutherford Stuyvesant, a New York
clubman, was fined in London for
driving his automobile at too fast a
pare.
That French feeling against Germany
is as strong as ever was shown in Hie
speeches of Bishop Turinoz. of Nancy,
and General Cuny at the celebration of
the anniversary of the battle of Mars-la-Tour.
Ov.ing to the conflict of authority in
the Turkish government, thc United
Statej minister is having considerable
difficulty in making the Porte settle
the questons at issue.
Financial.
Morgan is home, but Schwab his
gone.
Lehigh Navigation, the Rip Van
Winkle of the market, has been awak
ened. Jersey Central's June earnings de
creased $510,000. One effect of the
coal strike.
National Lead declared a regular
quarterly dividend if 1 3-4 per cent, on
lhe preferred stock.
American Railways directors have
declared a quarterly dividend of 1 1-4
per cent., payable September 16.
The Eastern Steel Company's new
plant at Powsville will be finished by
January 1, 1003. It will have a capacity
of over 100,000 tons of steel a year, in
cluding 10,000 tons of bridge material.
The net earnings of the American
Writing Paper Company for the first
half of the current calendar year are
placed at $x.ooo, against a total of
$1. 301.74a for the full year of 1001.
Lake Superior copper authorities
have prepared figures which show tin
estimated production for the year 1903
of over 245x100,000 pounds, which com-.
pares with an estimated output for the
current calendar year of 176,000,000
pounds.
RECEIPTS AND EXPENSES
Tbe Appropriation by Congress During
Its First Session.
INCREASE IN THE NATION'S WEALTH.
While Congress Is Making Enormous Expen.
dltures, the Revenues Are Also Great In
crease in Per Capita Circulation National
Debt No Longer a Bugaboo Standing alone
Ihe Figures Indicate Extravagance.
Washington, D. C. (Special) Over
six weeks were required by a competent
corps of clerks to prepare an itemized
statement of appropriations by Congress
during its first session. That so much
time was required is an indication of the
vastness of the sums disposed of. The
following tabic tells how the enormous
amount appropriated, $1,063,335,961.55,
was distributed among the several de
partments of the government t
Agricultural
. $5,208,060.00
. ) 1. 7 jo. 136.44
. . 1.057.025 .00
. . 8.544.460.97
. 7,2o8.ot5.oo
.. 8.086,02s. 10
. 25.306.681.50
. 2,627,324.4
. 7S.856.3b3-U
130.842.230.00
138,416,508.75
Army
Diplomatic
District of Columbia
Fortifications
Indian
Legislative
Military Academy ..
Naval
Pensions
Postofticc
River and Harbor . ..
Sundry Civil
Deficiencies
Miscellaneous
Isthmian Canal
. 26,771,442.00
60 tai ISO IV
'tn'mi., !
,050,007.32
2,722,705.13
50.130,000.00
1 ermanent appropriations 123,921.220.00
Comparison of the total appropriations
with tiiosc of the coresponding session
of lll Kifl u-ct-Wt, i,A... .
increase during the first session of the
Fifty-seventh amounting to $70,285.920.-1 "J "c.ais ol trie Government on
56. Increases arc made in the Agricul- ' Plcasi uC cxcurslons- and aI1 Praise the
tural. Diplomatic, the District of Colum- ""!' bt- . . . .
bia. Legislative. Naval, Military Aca- . c , 57 , $ ' ls,foI7- Built
demv, Postofhcc and Deficiency Appro- : 'V EnKland ioT e Spanish Government,
priation Bills, while the River and Har- lhe '.as ,male trn-CT of the Spanish
bor Bill and Isthmian Canal Bills arc i warship Reina Mercedes, and when that
increases in their entirety ' vcssel was captured the launch fell into
While the expenditures' seem a vast Ulc lland5 ,of thc War Department. She
sum. and are, the fact should be borne 'a ,nsed for"a lort time m Cnba and
in mind that they arc justified by the nt the clae of 'ar as brought
receipts of the government, and that the ! t0 tbls c.,fy and fitted out for her pres
national debt, which for so many years j cnt service.
was a btigalxio. is in process of cxtinc- rhe bo.!!t " ot superior workmanship
lion at a more rapid rate than was and lhe ' about perfect in all her art-
dreamed possible a few years ago. 1 pointments. tnle qnue a small craft.
Standing alone, thc expenditures would 1C1K' ony 40 feet long, she is admira
imiir.it. nrcsenf-rfav evini-jmn. unit i bly adapted for her present uc. betrir
accumulation of debt. Rut the popu- ,
lation of the United States increased
from 5,308.483 in i8co to 76,265220 in
1000 and thc government reeenne from j
$to,848,74g to $S67'o832- The wealth !
of the nation, moreover increased from
$7,134,780,228 in 1850 to SM.coaoco'coo
in toco, while the value of annual pro-
ducts sprang in 50 years from $1,029,-1
106,798 to l822,570,Q.'.q. 1
BOY "ARMLESS WONDER" DEAD.
Rcssea Brown Used Feet As Others Used Their
- Rands.
Binghamton, N.Y. (Special) Russell
Brown, aged 13 years, who was known
over Central and Southern New York
as an "armless wonder," died at his
mother's home here, after a short illness
of diphtheria. The child was born with
out arms, bet showed a wonderful
natural dexterity in using bis feet and
toes.
His toes were as pliable and crmtroll
ablt as fingers, and there were few things
that other boys could do that Russell
did not practice until he conld
reopat them. He alnrnvs vnr Kcrfif VM
shoes, covering his feet as far forward bttn ordered detached from that ves
as the ball, leaving his toes exposed. lel and assigned to the command of the
With these members he could handle a i AIbany, where he will succeed Corn
knife and fork at the table, pick np the dander Joseph E. Daig, who is order
smallest articles from the floor and hold t d home on waiting orders. LieuL-
up a book and write exceptionally well !
for a boy.
THIS WOMAN HAD NERVE.
Barjlar Quaited Before Her and Promised j
Ahrays to Be Good.
T . XT r ft? t r T , '"M"11 . uiu.ic 111
Trenton, N. J. (Special)-rs, John Congress as to Ac landing of United
G. Ford, of 446 East Hanover Street, j States soldiers at Santiago when shown
showed no outward sign of fear when j - officials of the War Department
she discovered a man trying to break j eliciterl tla fact that it was a detach
into her bedroom. Instead of fainting 1 ment recruits sent from the Dcpart
and screaming, she weut cuietlv to a i ment J Ule E1 10 c Piace of
bureau drawer and secured a pistoL The I
bunrtar had barelv entered the house
ii - r ' , .
when he was confronted with the wea-
pen in the hands of Mrs. Ford. who.
save for the servants, had been alone
in lhe house. "Throw up your hands I
and don't more, or you're a dead man!" Mt organizations to their full strength.
commanded Mrs. Ford. The burglar I ,
did more, he sank on his knees and Coant MuUa P.xsenttd.
implored the woman not to shoot, at Count Hirokichi Mutsu, recently ap
the fame time promUing neTer to do ! pointed first secretary oi the Japanese
another dishonest thing it released. ! Legation, has arrived in Washington.
i He was presented to Acting Secretary
A Tbourand Men Made Idle. . of State Adee by rhe Japanese Minister,
Butte. Mont. (Special) The Rever-1 .Ur- Jakahira. The new secretary of
1 1 -i c .t. t r, j . legation is a son ci Count Mutsu. who
Oratory budd.ng of the Butte Redaction 1 $ japanese Mlniater to e ttd
Works, owned by Senator W. A. dark, States in 1888-1800 and afterward Minis
was destroyed by fire. The fire origi- ; ter of Foreign Affairs.
nated at Furnace No. t, and was caused j
by the rooof caving in. The loss will ' For Ne v Naval HiispftaL
rtr.omit to $30x00 on which there is j Surg.-Gen. P. M. Rixey is preparing
mntrance for one-half. The loss of the pian for tUe erection of a new hospital
reverheratory will r.eces.tate the c!os7 cn t;le tite oi thc old h,;crva,ory
mtr of the smelter and theree mines grounds and the opening of a school
which supplied it with o-e. One thous- m t,e museum building on the same
and men will be thrown out of work for ; grounds, where newly commissioned
two months. officers mav be iriven a snei-i:il mnrn
The "Aagel" Was Only Human.
Texarkana, Ark. (Special). A man j
named Perkins, an alleged Divine heal
er and prophet, win) Usls been posing
tor the past to days as an angel of
Christ, whom he declared would ap
pear in a few days, was taken out of
town by whitecappers and flogged. His
hair was cut short and he was then
given 30 minutes to leave town.
Miny Lhres la Dssgsr.
Fort Scott. Kan. (Sperkd). A Ssn
Francisco System Southern limited
train, south-bound, heavily laden with
passengers, was derailed at Edwards
Iv.nction, near this city, while running
a speed of 30 miles an hour. Some
one had driven a spike between the
r.witch rails and opened the switch half
way. The engineer and fireman were
injured, but none of .he passengers was
hurt. The engine was derailed and the
bagijage car was thrown across the
tracks, hut the coaches and Pullmans
remained on the rails.
His Wife An American.
Paris (By Cable). M. Jusserand
French Minister at Copenhagen, who
has been selected for the Washington
embassy, speaks English fluently end is
the author of several English books.
His wife, who was Miss Richards, is an
American, and has resided for a long
time in Paris. M. Jusserand has been
prominently connected with the move
ment for the development of athletic
sports in .France. It is said on good
authority that M. Cambon, now at
Washington, will be appointed Ambas
sador at Madrid, succeeding M. Pate-
LIVE NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
. Oldest Living AdmlraL
The oldest living officer of the navy
is the most sensitive of any in the ser
vice about his age.
He is Rear-Admiral Thomas O. Scl
fridgc, retired. No one except the Ad
miral, seemingly, knows exactly his
age, and he will not tell. When he en
tered the navy it seems not to have been
the practice to take the dav, month
and year a midshipman was born, and
for that reason the records make no
mention of these dates. The records
show that the Admiral was born in
Massachusetts and that he was appoint
ed from that State January I, 1818.
many years before the establishment of
the Naval Academy or the invention of
rifled guns. Midshipmen of his day
entered young, and, allowing the Ad
miral to have been 15- nt that time, he
is now 00 years old. If he lives until
next January it is believed he will turn
the ccniury mark.
The Admiral dislikes to have any
one mention age to him. and, as far as
the retiring age is concerned, he be
lives it should be 72 rather than 62.
Washington is his home, where he has
lived since his retirement, more than
30 years ago. His eldest son is Rear
Admiral Thomas O. Self ridge, Jr.. now
about 66 years of age. There is an
other son a commander in the navy.
A Laanch With a History.
One of the finest steam launches .in
use on f.ie Potomac is the Mercedes.
ni t", vis 1:1c army quartermaster s
department, and detailed for service as
f ,U ,1 -I . . t
the pleasure launch of the olTiciah of
the War Department. Sie is berthed
at the harbor police boat's whan, ,and,
under Captain Carpenter and Engineer
Michael Dugan, is kept ready for ser
vice at all times. She has daring the
! Past Sl!mm.er carried many of the lead
bo1 a roomy and speedy boat. .
Less Danger in Venezuela.
The State Department has received a
cablegram from Minister Bcwen. at
Caracas, saying that he ran spare two
0f the war Tesseis now in Venezuelan
waters.
Upon receipt of the dispatch the
avy Dcnartmertt ordered the Toncia
ana Cincinnati nortlt.
ine laitter ves
sel will stop at Cape Hatien. and if. in
the opinion of the United States rep
resentative there, the presence of an
American warship is desirable much
longer, the Cincinnati will relieve the
Machias. If the prospects are hat the
situation will toon warrant the with
drawal of the warship, the Gncinnati
will proceed on her journey home. She
will shortly be followed by the Machias,
which is now at Gonaivea,
The Marietta will remain in Vene
celan waters as long as Minister
Bowen desires her, after which she
probably will be ordered to Colon to
insure the open transit of the Lsthmus,
which the United States gnarantees by
treaty. Commander John A. Rodgers,
trow in command of the Marietta, has
" aarncei V . u. Litem, now in com-
1 mand of the Eagle, has been OTdered to
: srtcreed Commander Rodgers on the
: Marietla.
Not An Invasion of Cuba.
A dispatch from Havana saying that
men whose terms of enlistment have
Ireu. .o new organizations nave
hrcn tmt In I nha hut fh A h. ..
been sent to Cuba, but the department
noios mat naving a right to retmn
troops in Cuba means that the United
au:s nas also Ule P1.? al!
of training before their being assigned
to active duty.
Nates at tulere&t.
The Bureau of Insnlar Affairs of the
War Department has made public the
report 01 Frank Bowen, acting general
superintendent of public instruction for
the Philippines, uiwn charges of dis
crimination against tbe Catholic Church
1 in the islands.
No special investigation will be
made of the alleged irregularities and
fraud in the unloading of l'nited States
transports at ports in the Philippines.
Attorney General Knox will sail for
Paris this week to look after tlhe Puna- j
ma Canal case for the government. I
A committee has been appointed tA
examine ocvurej patented as substi
tute for twine used by the Poxtoffiee
Department.
Major George A. Armes, a retired
army officer, was shot, but not seriously
wounded, at bis home, near Washing
ton, by J. Roland Johnson.
Count Hirokichi Mutsu, first secre
tary of the Japanese Legation, for
mally took charge of his new post
The Navy Department will ask Con
gress to supply code of laws for the
Island of Guam.
The Navy Department has made a de
cision under which there will be a re
adjustment of the grades of all ma
rine ofhceri appointed from civil life.
Ex-Corporal O'Brien, accused ol per
jury, was committed to jaU in deuult
of $5,000 bail.
The Whke Star Line steamer Cedrtc,
3i,ooo tons, the largest liner afloat, was
successfully launched, at llarUad &
Wolffs yards, Belfast, Ireland.
MITCHELL SEES NO RAY
Hasn't Heard of Any Plan for Ending
Great Strike.
MINERS JUST AS FIRM AS FIRST DAY.
Mr. Mitchell Says there Is Not Any Foun
dstloo lor Reports That He Is to Sse Mr.
Morgan la an CffJrt (o Hare the Coat
Strike Settled By the Intervention of the
Great Financier or Settlement by Arbitration.
Wilkesbarrc, Pa. (Special) Accord
ing to President John Mitchell, who just
returned here from Chicago, there is ni
foundation for reports that he is to see
J. P. Morgan in an effort to have thc
coal strike settled by the intervention
of the great financier, nor does he know
of any effort to settled it either by arbi
tration or any other means of that
nature. He was asked:
"Do you intend to go to see Mr.
Morgan in New York or elsewhere?"
"No, I do not know that I sltall go
to sec him." he renlied in the manner
of one qualifyine his direct "No" by
a thought that if Mr. Morgan sent for
him he might reconsider it. He did not
say this, however, and would not dis
cuss possibilities.
"Have arrangements been made or are
any tinder way for a. committee to see
him?"
"I know of none," he replied.
"There has been much talk of arbi
tration since you were away. Is there
any plan for accomphshing ft?"
"No plan of any sort regarding which
I am aware."
When asked if he would go to see
Senator Quay or Penrose and di.coss a
plan of arbitration with them he said;
"I do not see why I should do so.
I do not not know what has been pro
posed to them or what they arc doing.
I know of no plan for thc settlement
of the strike, and there is nothing to
indicate that there will be an early rc
snmption of work."
He was shown the statement of Presi
dent Fowler, of the New York, Ontario
and Western Railroad, that he had gone
West to see if he could not arrange
with the soft coal operators to deduct cnuntv laj ;l,e top of his head
the strike assessment from the wages , bUtvjn o(f with a a.mble-barreled shot
of the men and failed, and that all the , ,, .v1,iln u:, wi(
strike fund collected from soft-coal
workers was $34,000. Mr. Mitchell de
clared this absurd in every particular.
"The miners," he said, "are just as
firm now as the first day they went on
strike. I am just as confident as ever,
too, that we are going to win."
ALFONSA WANTS RICH WIFE.
The Spanish King Calls for List of South
American Eligible.
Madrid (By Cable) King Alfonso
HI confutes to give the dignitaries and
nobility of Spain palpitation of the
heart by his eccentric and willful ac
tions. His Majesty has disregarded ail the
proposals of his counselors flrat he
marry a European Princess. He has
announced his intention of wedding
the daughter of some South American
capitalist, for the three-fold purpose of
mending the shattered State finances,
reconciling the republican element by
taking a plebeian consort, and restoring
Spanish prestige in Latin America. The
King has instructed the representatives
of the Spanish crown in South America
to forward him full details of million
aires possessing eligible daughters.
The King has thrown a bombshell in
to the ranks of the nobility by stating
his intention of dissolving thc Grand
Order of the Annunciate, the oldest or
der in Strain, and substituting for it thc
new Order of Alfonso III.
Door Too Small for Woman.
Owensborough, Ky. (Special). An
unusual request was telegraphed to j
Washington by bnited States Commis- IE. B. Hook, president of the company,
sioner Dudley Lindscy of this place. I was appointed receiver, and will con
Jane Woolsey, was arrested at Leitch- i ti,ule tllc publication of thc paper as
held. Grayson county, for moonshin
ing, and was brought here. The wo
man is so large that she could not be
brought into the Federal Court-room.
The officers were able to get her up one
flight of stairs, but were unable to pro
ceed further. Accordingly Commis
sioner Lindscy wired for authority to 1
nolo court outside his omce. and when
permission i-s received he will hear the
case in the open air. The woman is
only s feet 5 inches in height, but site
weighs 4J0 pounds.
Miss Stirtorls Now a Bride.
Cohurg, Ont. (Special). The mar
riage of Miss Vivian May Sartoris and
Frederick Rooiscvdt Scovel was sol
emnized at St. Peter's Church here in
the presence of a distinguished assem
blage of guests, including representa
tives trom nearly every state in the
American Union. The Rev. Mr.
Spraggc officiated. The bride is the
daughter of Mrs. Nellie Gran Sartoris
and thc late Algernon Chartis Fred
erick Sartoris, oi Warset, Hampshire,
England, and a granddaughter of the
late U. S. Grant. The groom is the son
of Chevalier and Madame Edward Sco
vel and is a cousin of President Roose
velt Wireless Telegraphy tar Business.
Denver (Special). A dispatch re
ceived at the headquarters of the Paci
fic Wireless Telegraph Company ia this
city announce that the office at Whites
Point, Oil., will be opened for commer
cial business. Ths Pacific Company's
wireless system between Catalina Island
and Whites Point 36 miles, is reported
to be working perfectly, messages being
sent as rapidly as over a wire.
After the Potter Band.
Middlcsboro, Ky. (Special) An or
ganized poise left FreeJing, Va to pur
sne members of the Geo, Potter hand oi
ontlaws. who are said to have been guilty
of several murders, robberies and numer
ous other offenses. Their last crime was
a criminal assault upon Miss Cora Wal
lis, a prominent young Lady. George
Potter, the alleged leader and principal
in thc affair, was pursued by a posse
and riddled with bullets, lis com
rades escaped and tiei to the Kentucky
border.
Adriscs Uoldxg Both. '
Tamaqna, Pa. (Special)., The coro
ner's fury selected for the purpose of
placing thc responsibility of the killing
of Patrick Sharp, who was killed at
Nesfmehonrng rendered the following
verdict: "'lhat Iatrick Sharp came to
his death by the maJiciciis act ci eiitcr
Harry McFJmoyk or William Roine
mus, and in view of the evidence ad
duced we advise that- botfi the said
Harry McElmoyle and William Rone
mus be held lor triaL" The verdict is
unsatisfactory to the mineworleers, who
claim that McElmoyle did the shooting.
COMPRESSED AIR KILLED HIM.
Fellow'Workmaa Accused ol Causing Death
la Strange Way.
Binghamton, N. Y. (Special) John
Reap is under arrest, charged with kill
ing Elmer Cook, a fellow workman, by
means of compressed air.
Reap is a New York machinist, work
ing in thc Ontario and Western cat
shops at Norwich. In the shop is a
powerful pump for compressing air. The
men about the factory have been accus
tomed to turning a small rttrrcnt of the
air on their clothes to dust them off.
The air is conveyed from the tank
through a hose furnished with a noizle
similar to a garceti hose.
r.luier Cook, cn finishing his day's
lalxir. took the nozzle to dust off his
clothes. The air was t. rned On slightly
and a small jet was blowing the dust
from his clothing wh. u Reap appeared.
It is raid ill feeling had existed between
the men. Reap, it i- alleged, tried tc
seize the nozzle for hi", nse. and Cook
objected. He is then said to have
snatched thc nozzle from Cook, and,
placing it against Cook's body, turned
on the full force of thc compressed air.
Deed of a Jealous Msn.
Waltham. Mass. (Special). Arthur
Eaves, a farm laborer, about 40 years
of age, sliot and badly wounded Abbie
Hreen, aged 20, a domestic employed at
Weston, near here. Eaves then shot
hiimrlf, dying almost ins.antly. Jeal
ousy is said to have prompted the deed.
The giri is said to have refused to
nmrry Eaves. She will probably re
cover. Punishment for Woman's Assailant.
Eaton, Col. t Special). -One hundrcf
lashes with a cowboy's quirt were ad
ministered by citizens here to Jerry
Clrimmins, a sugar factory enuploye.
who was charged with having assaulted
a woman. He was then tarred and
feathered and run out of town, being
warned never to return on iain oi
death.
Killed Husband While He Slept
Waverly, Tenii. (Special). John E.
Wright, a prominent farmer of Hum-
1 gun wnile lie slept.
arrested and has confessed that sJie,
committed the crime, but her confes
sion is being held from the public by
tlie sheriff, as mob violence is fearJ
Family Poisoned by Cookies.
Bedford, Ind. (Special). Thc family
of Mrs. Mary Collier of this city, and
two boarders 14 persons were mys
teriously poisoned by eating cookies.
They were prostrated by what thc at
tending physicians diagnose as ar-cnic
poisoning. Among The number are
seven children, aged from 16 months to
2t .years. Nine of the victims arc still
in bed in a serious condition.
Bank Failure Arouses Town.
Washington, Ind. (Special). Thc
Elnora Bank, a private unincorporated
institution, at Elnora, 20 miles north,
has failed, and the proprietor, Pleasant
Durham, and his wife have fled. De
posits to thc amount of $8,000 or $10,
000 arc believed to have been lost. The
town is in a wild state of excitement -
Collision of Freight Trains.
Pittsburg (Special). One man was
killed and five injured in a head-on col
lision between two Baltimore and Ohio
freight trains in Clayville Tunnel. Both
! engines and a number of cars were de
molished and the tracks were, blockaded
for several hours, trains using the Pan
Handle tracks to Pittsburg. .
Pap:r In Hands of Receiver.
Augusta, Ga. (Special). Thc Augus
ta Chronicle was placed in the hands of
a reccivor at thc instance of creditors.
Uitial, pending a reorganization ot tru-.
paper's affairs.
Men Blowa to Pieces.
Lexington, Ky. (Special). Ornsley
Covington and Charles Hunter, eolor-
cd- antl J0,ln O'Hara, white, were kill
ed by a premature bl&st at the city
workhouse. The negroes were blown
to pieces. O'Hara was manager of tl"
works.
ODDS AND ENDS OF THE NEWS.
Wisconsin women will have the right
to vote for state and county supcrihteiv
dents of schools at thc coming general
election.
Thc coroner's jury in the Bartholin
murder case in Chicago recommended
the arrest of the son o: thc murdered
woman,
In New York thc federal authorities
captured four men and one woman,
whom they accused of being green
goods swindlers.
General Torrance, commander of the
G. A. R., has selected Col. A. Noel
Blakeman as chief of staff.
Gen. Franz Sigel died in his home,
in New York, of old age. He was in
his seventy-eighth year.
Charles A. Johnson, a former pugi
list and bicycle rider, committed sui
cide in Philadelphia.
Mr. Jrhn W. Gates has retired as a
director of the Colorado Fuel and lion
Company.
Shorts it: the Chicago corn pit were
badly squeezed on September contracts.
Senator Five, ol Maine, denies his
reported engagement of marriage.
At Centerville. Ind., die jailer's wife
prevented the escape of nrisoncrs.
Mr. Rusticll Sage says that trusts arc
a menace to true government.
At Texarkana an alleged divine healer
was flogged by whitecaps.
The Shah tried hid hand at firing a
ulaxint gun, nnd then gave a state lunch
eon at thc Persian Legation in Lon
don which cost $15,000.
The Progressive party in Cape Col
ony has ele.cted Dr. J. W.. Snuirt their
leader, repudiating Sir J. Gordon
S;-igg. the premier.
Sir Thom.i.'i Lipton will next week
sign the contracts for the construction
of the new racing yacht, Shamrock III.
It is reported that the French Min
ister of Finance proposes to balance
the budget by the early issue of a loan
of $260,000,000.
The officers of tfw United States cruis
ers Albany and Chicago are being enter
tained handsomely at Copenhagen.
King Edward and Ouecn Alexandra
started on a cruise ol the west coast of
England
Bessie Blonehlll, the noted vaudeville
artise, died in Portsmouth, Eng.
The Americaji auxiliary yacht Uto
wona, owned by A. V. Armour, won the
Earl of Crawford's Coronation Cup. in
the sailing race in English waters.
THE KEYSt ONE STATE.
News Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Source.
Patents granted. Alfred M. Acklin.
Pittsburg, apparatus for removing mate
rial from boats, etc. ; Sidney W. Bollin
eer, Pittsburg, car haul; Janes Bon'ar,
Pittsburg, steam trap; Charles J. Jack
son, Erie, screw cutting die ; Lowell H.
Kenyon, Allegheny, locomotive driving
wheel; Joseph A. Shinn, Pittsburg, arti
ficial sand and Producing same; Jack
son Simonton, Altoona, operating device
for car doors; Oliver S. Wcddell. Mc
Keesport, rail-joint; Henry H. West
inghousc, Edgewood Park, fluid pressure
brake.
Pensions John G. Raymond, Union
dale, $6: William Qitinn. Erie. $6;Jacob
McCloud. Spenccrville. $12; Henry Ro
baugh, Conemaugh, $ta; William H. H.
Smith. Bruin. $10; Henry E. Emory,
New Castle. $f: Henry Vogie. Kammer
er, $12; Josiah D. Hicks. Altoona, $8;
John. Taylor, Pittsburg. $12; Mary C.
Calhoun, Altoona. $12; Mary E. John
son, New Castle. $8: Frederick Smith,
Pittsburg. 12; Tilgesman Creaglc, Bea
ver Meadows. $12: . Hermtin Decker,
Tittsburg, $12: William A. Comers,
lohnstown, $8; Ephraim Iseiiburg,
Blandburg. ?8.
Big coal companies are after thc ter
ritory in thc new Indiana County coal
field.' One hundred thousand acres
have been sold in the field during the
past thirty davs nnd of this thc Buffalo,
Rochester & Pittsburg Railroad has se
cured 50,000 acres through subsidiary
companies. James Kerr, allied with the
Vandcrbilt interest's, is said to have se
surcd the next largest holding. Other
coal operators shipping over the Penn
sylvania Railroad have also purchased
thousands of acres. Much coal remains
under option in unknown hands.
John Markle. of Jeddo, the million
aire superintendent of G. B. Markle &
Company, participa'.ed in a game of
ba-eball with strikers on the common
at Jeddo. He also joined the men m a
game of quoits and the assembled
strikers cheered every good play made
by their employer, with whom they live
on the pleasantcst relations. Mr. Mar
kle tendered an open air concert to the
strikers in front of the company's store
at Jeddo.
Pa-.-l Bcegie, aged 18 years, a mail
messenger employed by the Pennsyl
vania Railroad, was arrested in Altoona,
charged with stealing satchels and dress
suit cases at thc passenger depot, tne
goods being the property of passen-ge-s.
He had men's and women s
clothing of all descriptions in his room
at his home. Passengers who have lost
satchels and dress suit cases have col
lected hundreds of dollars damages
from the Pennsylvania Company.
Jacob Delp. formerly a prominent
business man of Pittsburg, attempted to
cut his throat. "While the ambulance
was coming up, he ran out and jump
ed into the river. The police pulled
him out, and Delp died at the hospital
from heart disease, occasioned by the
shock he had sustained.
When Policeman Kirschman arrest-
ed George H. Young at Reading, he
was picked up by his prisoner and hurl
ed bodily through a show window of
the Eagle Marble Works. Kirschman.
although severely cut, recaptured
Young.
Select Councilman H. J. Riley ap
peared before the Chester Board of
Health and charged the board with
looseness in conducting its affairs, and
with incapability in managing the mu
nicipal hospital.
Richard Wetherill. the builder of the
famous "Centennial" Corliss engine,
has issued a book for private circulation
containing sketches of the Wetherill
family." " . ,
George Mechou. of Scale Siding,
owned a dog suffering with mange. In
order to dispose of the animal, he took
it to the woods and attached two sticks
of dynamite and a long fuse to his
neck, lighted the fuse, and retreated to
a place of safety, forgetting to tie the
dog. Tne animal ran after its master
to his residence. Mechou saw the ani
mal coming and knowing an explosion
was liable to occur at any minute,
quickened his pace with the dog close
at his heels. He was successful in
reaching the house in safety and
closed the door. The dog, badly
frightened by the sizzling fuse, took
refuge under the shanty. Immediately
a terrific explosion occurred and the
building with its contents was blown to
atoms. None of the family in the
house was injured.
Pure Food Commissioner Cope, as a
result of the work of the agents of the
department, has ordered prosecutions
in fifty cases of food adulterations in a
dozen counties. Ten of the cases, in
Allegheny, Westmoreland and Philadel
phia, are again s't men who. it is alleged,
have been selling oleomargarine and
forty are against those who sold meat
doctored with boracic and salycilic acid
disposed of impure preserved fruits and
groceries.
Jas. Gunning, of Kennctt Square, was
found dead by the roadside. He left
home at an early hour to go to his
work, about a mile from town, and it
is supposed was attacked by heart dis
ease. He was about forty years old
and one of the most expert rose grow
ers in his county. For several years
he was employed in the Government
Botanical Gardens in Washington,
The Harbison Walker Refectories
Company of Pittsburg, has given a
mortgage for $3,500,000 to the Colonial
Trust Company, to secure the payment
of five per cent, twenty-year gold bonds.
A coke famine is hurting the iron
trade. Nine furnaces were banked in
the Mahoning and Shenango Valleys
owing to lack of fuel, and other shut
downs are probable from thve same
cause. Plenty of coke is being produc
ed, but railroad facilities fall short.
Martin Wheaton was killed and Wil
liam Kelly probably fatally injured in a
cave-in at .the Herriott sand bank,
Sharon.
There was a panic on a Logan Val
ley car after a live snake about two
feet in length, had been discovered on
board. The car was "well filled, and
men and women fell over themselves
in their efforts to jump off. - Webster
Calvin, of Hollidaysburg, killed the
reptile.
Allentown palmist who read Miss
Alice Roosevelt's hpnd predicts an early
and satisfactory marriage for her.
At the funeral of Fred Boreas, aged
54, of Corry, his mother, who is 103
years old, attended, having driven to
Corry from hef home at Carter Hill, a
distance of six nyles.
W. II. Pratt, charged with the mur
der of his wife, asked for a change of
venure from, the Chester County Court.
Assemblyman L. S. Fake asked the
York County Court to compel the bar
examiners to give him the certificate
necessary to allow him to practice law.
While at work in a field Adam H.
Frey, a Cresswell farmer, disturbed
rattlesnake nest. The reptiles attacked!
him and he killed three large snakes
v ith the scythe he was using. .