RACE RIOT IN ALABAMA
Rcifa of Terror Prevail in the Town ol
Birmingham.
ELEVEN ARE NOW REPORTED KILLED.
Nefroet Capture a Powder Magazine amd Are
la Complete Possession ol tbe Towo They
Outnumber tbe Whites Ten to One Special
Trail With Sheriff and Deputies Rushed to
the Scene of the Conflict.
Birmingham, Ala. (Special). A race
riot is in progress at Littleton, 25
rnilcs from Birmingham. The sheriff
and 10 deputies left on a special train
from this city. It is reported that three
white men and eight negroes have been
killed and that the negroes arc heavily
armed. The number of wounded has
not yet been ascertained.
The negroes in the place outnumber
Ihe whites ten to one and are in com
plete possession of the town. The ne
groes have captured a powder maga
zine belonging to n coal company.
They have entrenched themselves and
are strongly fortified. A reign of ter
ror exists.
The news of the riot was received in
Birmingham at 10 p. in., and one lmur
later Sheriff Burgin and the 10 depu
ties were on their way to the scene
of the trouble. The riot was precipi
tated by some negro men elbowing a
white woman off a bridge.
As soon as the white citizens of the
town learned of the attack they began
the search for the woman's assailants.
The negroes refused to deliver the wo
man's assailants and armed themselves
to protect their leaders. When the
posse arrived the negroes opened fire,
killing three oi the officers. The dep
uties returned the fire, killing eight
negroes. Osving to the large number
of negroes, who outnumbered the
whites 10 to I. the posse was forced to
retreat.
So far as is known here. Governor
Jenks has not yet been requested to call
out the militia.
Town Marshal Killed.
Blossom. Tex. (Special). City Mar
shal Benhill was killed at a negro fes
tival here while trying to quell a negro
riot. Three- negroes were also shot by
the negroes who killed the Marshal.
The shooting was done by brothers,
who are still at large.
REVOLUTION IN MACEDONIA.
Tarklsh Imperial Troops Route Brigands Re
ports of Massacres.
Constantinople (By Cable). The of
ficial communication issued by the
Porte does not say that the Macedon
ian revolution is ended. It describes
the fighting with Bulgarian brigands
in the vicinity of Baslog and Djuma
bala, and declares that the object of
these brigands is to stir up revolution.
The communication continues as fol
lows: .
"Imperial troops have succeeded in
routing and dispersing the brigands,
and the villagers, in consequence, are
beginning to submit and to return
peaceably to their homes. The disturb
ance, indeed, cannot last; tranquillity
has already begun to assert itself.
London (By Cable). Advices re
ceived here from Salonica, European
Turkey, dated Monday, report the in
surrection in Northern Macedonia to
be spreading. The telegraph wires
have been cut in several places be
tween Melnik and Djumabala. Many
Turkish families are reported to have
been massacred. All the Turkish sec
ond reserves at Salonica 1 iv already
been sent into the inte-ior. and large
numbers oi reinforcements have been
ordered from Constantinople and
Smyrna.
THE OIL BRICK EXPLODED.
Mrs Callaway Had Saturated It With Car
oline. Bucyrus. O. (Special). Mrs. S. J.
Callaway, who lives near here, was the
victim of the oil-brick fad. which has
has been popular since the advance in the
price of coal.
Mrs. Callawav read in the papers of a
brickmaker of New Yor- who advised
people to trv soaking a soft brick in coal
oit and burning it as a substitute for
coal. The advantages were so enthusi
astically extolled that Mrs. Cal.away de
cided to try it, as the fi.mily was long
oil oil and short on coal. She got the
brick and went into the cellar for oil.
!In the dark she drew a -uart of gasoline
instead of oil, and having soaked the
iirick for a halt hour she dropned it in
he stove and touched a match to it.
There was only enough of the stove left
to be of use to the iunkman.
The neighbor-, succeeded in gathering
u the scattered pieces of burning brick
before the house was seriously dam.ged.
Vounf Widow Under Terrible Charge.
Preble, N. Y. (Special). Mrs. Maude
Kiehl, a w idow 18 years old, was arrested
here, charged with having poisoned her
brother-in-law. Adam Kiehl. The in
fatuation of the young woman for h..
brother-in-law - ' the announcement of
his approaching marriage to another is
siven as the motive. Her husband, Wil
liam Kiehl, died last February under pe
culiar circumstances, and his body will
be exhumed. Adam Kiehl, a prosperous
farmer, died on September IQ suddenly.
He had not been ill, and after a hard
5ay's work ..ad eaten supper md retired
He was found dead in bed the next
morning.
Fell Dead In Cornfield.
Carlisle, Pa. ( Special). John W.
Sheaffer a fanner, near here, fell dead
while working in his corn field. He was
6o years old.
Father and Son Burned.
Urbana, O. (Special). Carl Maggert
was burned to death, Arthur Maggert
fatally injured and Night Watchman
Charles Maggert, the father, and another
son were badly burned during a fire
which destroyed the Tucker Wood Rim
Works. The boys were in the building
visiting their father, and were compelled
1o jump from a 6econd-story window.
Carl was overcome and burned to a crisp.
The fire started from unknown origin,
and was beyond control when discovered.
The entire plant was destroyed.
Lives Lost lu a Fire.
Albany, N. V. (Special). It is now
believed that another life was lost in
the fire which destroyed Tower &
Brooks' Boston Store. The watch
man, Ten Eyck La Mouse, who was
apposed to have been in the building
when the fire broke out. has not been
seen since, and it is believed that his
body is under the debris. The loss, it
is thought, will reach $500,000. The
firm places its loss at $.150,000, which
is only partly covered by insurance.
The remainder of the loss, about $150,
ewo, is divided among about 20 small
firms. ,
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
President Mitchell, of the miners'
union, now says that "if others had
been as (air and reasonable as Mr. Mor
gan was the strike would have been
settled a long time ago." Both Mr.
Morgan and President Cassatt, of the
Pennsylvania Railroad, were working
for a settlement when President Roose
velt made his successful move.
The Western Union Telegraph Com
pany has entered suit in equity against
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
to restrain it from taking away from
the former the right to use the tele
graph lines along the railroad.
At the meeting of the board of gov
ernors in Philadelphia Admiral Dewey
was elected president of the Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Association.
The lighthouse and coast guard ser
vice in the Philippines, under Com
mander Marix. consists of 21 vessels,
manned by 000 men.,
The Provisional Society of Georgia
was admitted to membership in the
Society of the Cincinnati.
Hall Caine. the novelist, arrived in
New York on the steamship Lttcaiiia
from Liverpool.
There will be a contest in the min
ors' convention at Wilkesbarre over
the question i the companies retain
ing nonunion men and barring out
many of the strikers. The union may
decide to provide ior all members.
John E. Redmond, chairman of the
Irish parliamentary party: John Dillon
and Michael Davi'tt arrived at Boston
to attend the national convention oi the
Irish League in that city.
Ida Craddock. who was to have been
sentenced in the United States Court
in New York for sending obscene lit
erature through the mails, committed
suicide.
William C. Turner shot and killed
W. J. .Mallard and Robert Hamilton
in New York after a quarrel about bus- j
incss affairs, and then killed himself.
At the closing session oi the annual
meeting of the American Board of
foreign Missions in Oberlin, O., a gen
eral committee was nominated.
Prank Strong was installed as chan
cellor of the University of Kansas.
The principal address was made by
President Hadlcy. of Yale.
Capt. Cyrus S. Radford. U. S. N..
is suing in the Kentucky courts for
absolute divorce. His wife has brought
a counter suit.
The National Candy Company,
composed of a number oi firms in dif
ferent parts of the country, was organ
ized in St. Louis.
The indications arc that the Fries
merger ot Southern cotton mills will
be a success.
The New York Retail Coal Exchange
fixed the price of anthracite coal at
?I5 per ton.
The final sessions of the Church Con
gress of the United States were held
in Albany.
The Grand Hotel, at Point Chautau
qua, was destroyed by fire.
An official of the Peoria Board of
Trade says that Bishop Spaulding. a
member of the coal arbitration commis
sion, recently expressed to him great
sympathy with the miners.
Foreign.
The Boer generals left Berlin for
England to consult with friends there
over the practicability of opening a
subscription in London for relief oi
the Boers. The collections in Germany
amounted to $75,000.
H. A. Walker, the British expert, re
ported that there were more railroad
casualties in America than in Great
Britain, in proportion to the number
of passengers carried.
The report of the British army com
mission investigating the remount
scandal declares American horses and
mules to be spendidly adapted to army
uses.
The American generals left England
ior home on the American liner Phila
delphia. All were enthusiastic over
British hospitality.
A British expedition fought an en
gagement with the forces of Mad Mul
lah. Two officers were killed and one
was wounded.
Great Britain has interrupted the ne
gotiations for the departure of the in
ternational troops from Shanghai.
Firmin, the revolutionary leader,
with .'50 of bis adherents, has left Hayti
for the Bahamas, and the commander
of the United States cruiser Cincinnati
reports that the Haytian revolution is
practically at an end.
Yincenz Kraemer. director of the
Anglo-Austrian Bank in Vienna, has
been arrested on the charge ol obtain
ing S;.-'00 irom the bank by false pre
tenses. Earl Roberts has accepted an invita
tion oi the American generals to visit
this country.
Chancellor von Buclow, in a speech
in the Reichstag on the Tariff Bill,
referring to the economic conditions
of Europe and the United States, said:
"We must strengthen our politico
commercial armor, so as to enable us
to meet our opponents,"
The burgomaster oi Bamberg. Ba
varia, formally affixed the1 new coat-ot-arms
of the United States over the
entrance of the consular agency in
place of the arms defiled last June by
unknown persons.
Many foreign residents are reported
to be dving of hunger in La Victoria,
where President Castro is cooped up
with his army. The battle with the
revolutionists is still in progress.
The Boer generals arrived in Berlin
and were given an enthusiastic recep
tion by the citizens. General Botha
emphasized the nonpolitical character
of the mission.
General Perdomo, supreme com
mander of the Columbian Army, who
has been invested with presidential
power, has arrived at Panama.
Volcanic dust from Soulriere vol
cano is falling on the town of Bridge
town, Barbados. There were two
earthquakes at Lcs Saintes Islands.
Financial.
Pullman stockholders receive a quar
terly dividend of 2 per cent.
The Government has accepted $13,
200.000 State and municipal bonds.
' The Northern securities Company
has declared a dividend of I per cent.
The final settlement of the strike
hardly caused a ripple in Reading
prices.
Amalgamated Copper distributes a
quarterly dividend of 1-2 of 1 per cent.
Pennsylvania uses more locomotives
r.nd more cars than any other railroad
in America.
John W. Gates says: "I'm in the
ship combine. I'll always risk my
money where Morgan puts him. He is
wise."
The Bank of England has lost
$3,000,000 gold during the week, but its
percentage of reserve to liability has
increased more than 3 per cent. The
rate of discount remains unchanged at
4 per cent.
Wall street is getting ready for the
final retirement of Russell Sage. It
is stated that his holdings in Gould
stocks amount only to 35.000 shares, of
which 15.000 are Western Union and
10.000 each of Manhattan and Missouri
Pacific.
17 MILLIONS OF PUPILS
Last Years Attendance at Public and
Private Schools.
SCHOOL PROPERTY WORTH $579,963,089
The N'umbrr of Pupils Enrolled la Institutions
Supported by (Jeneral and Local Taxes
Furnished by Slates and Municipalities Was
15,710,304, as against 15,443.462, the Num
ber Reported for the Previous Year.
Washington. D. C. (Special). The
annual report of the Commissioner of
Education, just submitted to the Sec
retary of the Interior, shows that the
grand total of pupils in schools, ele
mentary, secondary and higher, both
public and private, in the United States
for the year ended June 30. 1901, was
l-.j'Kj..W, an increase of 278.520 pupils
over the previous year.
Of this number the enrollment of
pupils in institutions supported by gen
eral and local taxes furnished by States
and municipalities was 15.710.304, as
against 1 5.443.4(12. the number reported
for the previous year. Besides these
there were certain special institutions,
like city ev'cning schools, business
schools. ' schools tor Indians. reform
schools, schools connected with ay
lums. schools for cookery and other
special trades and vocations which had
nearly 500.000 pupils. Adding the en- '
rollment in these special schools to j
that for general education, the aggre- I
gate is something more than 17.750.
000 oi the population that received ed
ucation for a longer or shorter period
during the year ended June 30, 1901.
.The value of property used for pub
lic school purposes has risen to $;;(.
0(13.080 from $130,380,008 in 1870, and
the expenditures for the common
schools (including elementary and sec-
ondary schools, but excluding all in- 1
stitutions for higher education) j
amounted to $226.043. having risen
to this sum from $03.311.006 in 1870. j
In 1870 tile expenditure for schools per
capita of the population was $1.64: the
last year it was $2.03 per capita of the
population, the highest it has ever been.
It was an increase of 10 cents to each i
man. woman and child over the year
previous. The average attendance of
each pupil for the entire number of
enrolled was 00 days ior the year, an
increase of 24 days over the previous
vear.
A BEEF TRL'ST CHARTER.
Believed to Be for the Long Expected Mcrg-er-CaplUI
$1,000,000.
Trenton, N. J. (Special). A charter
was granted here to the United States
Packing Company with an authorized
capital of $1,000,000.
This, it is believed, is the big meat
combine which has been expected, and
the State Department expects the cap
italization to be increased shortly to
$500,000,000. The charter is similar to
that of the United States Steel Corpor
ation. That company was given a small
capitalization when its charter was ob
tained. None oi the concerns to be
absorbed bythe Meat Trust is named j
in the charter just granted, nor does
any of the big meat dealers appear
among the incorporators, who . are
clerks in a Jersey City corporation
agency.
The charter gives the L'nitcd States
Packing Company power to buy, sell,
raise and deal in cattle, sheep, poultry,
game, fish and all kinds oi live stock.
The company can "establish, erect or
purchase markets and butcher shops
and deal in all kinds of meats, poultry,
fish, game and other things incident to
the meat, poultry or fish trade." Pro
vision is made for operating ships and
other lines of transportation. Further
powers are given to "acquire and un
dertake the good will, property rights
and assets, and the liabilities of any
person, firm or association and to pay
for the rights in cash, stock or bonds
of the corporation, or otherwise."
The company is empowered to con
duct business in any of the "States,
Territories, colonies or dependencies
of the United States, in the District
of Columbia and any foreign country."
Roosevelts Mining Claims.
Colorado Springs, Col. (Special).
President Theodore Roosevelt's name
appears on six location certificates of
mining claims just filed in the office
of the clerk of Pueblo county. His
partners are Matthew Kleenwein and J.
Berger, both of whom are practical
miners. The claims staked are locat
ed near Red Creek Springs, in the cx-
! feme western part of Pueblo county.
Ihe region is not famous tor its gold
deposits, although much prospecting
and but little development have been
done there. Messrs. Kleenwein and
Berger. who are on the ground, are
confident oi pay ore with proper de
velopment. $7,000 In Jewels Stolen.
Duluth, Minn. (Special). Seven
thousand dollars' worth oi diamonds
and other precious stones were stolen
from the counter in the First National
Bank Building. Mrs. T. D. Merrill, a
society woman, had just left the safety
deposit vaults and laid the jewels down.
Discovering her loss, she returned, but
the valuables had disappeared.
Inoculation Prohibited.
Havana (Special). Secretary of
Government Tamayo has issued an or
der prohibiting the inoculation for the
experimental purposes of non-iinmunes
by mosquitoes which have bitten a per
son with the yellow fever and which
have been infected for over 10 days.
Drank Poisoned Coffee.
Youngstown, O. (Special). Mrs.
Mary Joseph, aged 53, an Arabian, died
here after drinking poisoned coffee.
Three other members of the family
George lupe, Chady Joseph and Wil
liam Abraham are in a serious condi
tion. Nicholas Joseph, who is no re
lation of the family, has been arrested,
charged with the crime. The family
had been living in the house of Nich
olas Joseph when they decided to
move. It is said Joseph was seen
prowling about the cupboard while the
moving was going on.
Kansans Tar and Feather a Woman.
Longford, Kan. (Special). Two
hundred persons wrecked the building
in which RUeman's "joint" was con
ducted, smashed 20 cases of beer and
10 kegs of whiskey and tarred and
feathered a woman inmate.
Terrible Mistake ol a Mother. '
Cruger, Miss. (Special). Three chil
dren of George Moorhead were burned
to death here. They had been locked
in the house, which caught fire during
the absence of the mother on an errand.
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Crops In All Ihe World.
The Department of Agriculture's sum
mary of the crops of the world shows
that owing to the remarkably cool and
wet summer experienced throughout a
considerable part of Europe, the harvest
of 1002 is one of the latest on record.
The promise of an abundant yield, there
fore, has been only partly fulfilled in Eu
rope, allowing for grain gathered in a
damaged condition and for that actually
spoiled. In the cac of bread grains
there will be a demand among millers in
the countries so suffering for good, dry
grain to mix with the home product.
The semi-official Russian estimates
makes the wheat, rye, barley and oats
crop of that country not only larger than
1001, but exceeding the average for the
five years. i8y(iqoo. The estimate puts
the winter wheat crop at 180.582.387
bushels of 60 pounds each ; spring wheat,
300,930.333 bushels of 60 pounds- rye,
854.452.750 bushels of 56 pounds each ;
barley, 282.130.625 bushels of 48 pounds
each: oats. 846,391,875 bushels of 32
pounds each.
Throughout about four-fifths of the
German Empire harvesting was delayed
by frequent rains and there was still
much grain . In the fields in the middle
of September. The Austrian official
figures for September 15 says that wheat
and barley are good, average crops, while
rye is only medium to good medium.
The quality of the grain, so far as the
harvest was secured under anything like
favorable conditions, is mostly satisfac
tory. From Hungary the official report for
September 15, received at the depart
ment here, shows that maize has suf
fered from drouth, in some di Jricts the
plants producing no ears, and in others
the grain ripened before the ears attained
a normal development.
The Roumanian wheat crop is officially
estimated as the best in many years. For
1002 the production is estimated at 76,
220,208 bushels; rye is estimated at (.
058,406 bushels: barley, 24.671,040 bush
els and oats, 21,905,205 bushels. The
Bulgarian cereal crops arc fairly satis
factory. The wheat is particularly good
in yieid though a little deficient in final
ity. -The French minister of agri
culture has issued a preliminary report
giving the wheat production of France
as 352.oco.ooo bushels, an increase of
over 13 per cent, over 1901. !
The crops in Belgium arc stated' to be
comparatively satisfactory.
In Great Britain the area under wheat
cultivation is 25.508 acres greater than in
1001. The recent weather through Great
Britain has greatly helped its farmers in
completing their bclaKd harvests.
Treaty With Newfoundland.
There is renewed talk here of an at
tempt on the part of the government of
Newfoundland to secure the negotiation
of a reciprocity treaty with the United
States, but the responsible officials decline
to say whether any progress has been
made along that line.
There is reliable authority for the
statement that no treaty has been con
cluded. Sir Robert Bond, th Newfound
land Premier, who is anxious for a re
sumption of negotiations that were
stopped after the failure of the Blaine
Bond convention, some years ago. is in
the city. Any steps in that direction, it
is presumed, naturally would be taken
at the initiative of the British ambassa
dor.
Herbert's First Official Act
The first official act performed by Sir
Michael Herbert, the new British Am
bassador here, was the signing, with
Secretary Hay. of an amendment to
the reciprocity treaty with the Barba
does. extending the period of time al
lowed for the ratification of that con
vention for six months from the 26th
instant, which carry it over the ap
proaching session of Congress. This
t. K.. r.f if,. Tiritish West Indies
and Central American treaties to be so
extended.
Transports to be Transferred.
Acting Secretary Darling, of the
Navy Department, in conference with
Secretary Root, Quartermaster-General
t j r:...,.-.,i r:;iier,; n,;,.f
of Engineers, practically completed ar
rangements ior tne transicr 01 111c
army transports Hancock, Lawton and
Relief, which are no longer needed
in the transport service, to the Navy
Department for use as hospital or re
ceiving ships.
Importation of Liquor Forbidden.
An order was recently issued by Gen
eral Chaffee, in command of the Phil
ippines, assuming military jurisdiction
of the island of Corregidor. The law
prohibits the importation of liquors in
the islands, except for hospital pur
poses, and all persons engaged in the
liquor traffic are ordered to cease. All
persons living on the water shed of
the stream from which water is obtain
ed for the garrison are to be removed.
Not Sure Turkey Is at Fault.
Representatives of missionary soci
eties have formally requested the State
Department to make a demand on Tur
key (or repayment of the amount of
ransom paid on account of the release
of Miss Ellen Stone. It is stated that
the responsibility still lies between
Turkey and Bulgaria, with perhaps the
weight of evidence against the latter
country.
Contract for Charleston Dock.
The Navy Department has awarded
a contract for building the first granite
and concrete drydock at the Charles
ton, S. C, navy yard to the New York
Continental Jewell Filtration Company
at about $gi6,ooo.
Items of Interest
President Roosevelt issued an execu
tive order giving warning to federal
officials not to violate the law; bearing
upon political assessments, the opin
ion of Attorney General Knox accom
panying the order.
It is believed in Washington that the
adoption by the Rigsdag of the treaty
ceding the Danish islands to the
United States is by no means certain.
The annual report of the Commis
sioner of Immigration shows that 648,
743 Immigrants arrived iji the United
States during the year.
The Navy Department awarded a
contract for building the first granite
and concrete drydock at the Charleston
(S. C.) Navy Yard to the New York
Continental Jewell Filtration Company
at about $916,000.
President Roosevelt is now well
enough to go about without crutches.
The members of the Naval Board of
Construction differ widely in their views
of how the new warships should be
built.
A two-thirds vote will be required
to decide questions in the Strike Com
mission. Mr. Parker has consented to
serve, and called on the President with
General Wilson and Mr. Wright.
Private Longerberger admitted that
he had no knowledge of the story he
wrote in a letter to his mother of
atrocities to Filipinos.
Col. A. -L. Mills, superintendent at
West Point, submitted his annual report,
saying that the institution cf hazing no
longer existed at the Military Academy.
A DIG SEVEN-DAY BATTLE
Castro Claims a Sweeping Victory Over
the Insurgents.
ABOUT 3,000 MEN REPORTED FALLEN.
During the Last Days of the Fighting the
Temperature Rose to 116 Degrees Terrible
Scenes on the Battlefield Caslro Claims
to Have Routed the Rebels, Whose Losses
Are Three Thousand.
La Victoria, Venezuela (By Cable).
A messenger has arrived here 0111 the
between government troops and revolu
tionists, bringing news that after seven
scene of the engagement near this place
(lays of terrible fighting 9,000 rebels, un
der Generals Matos and Mcndoza, aban
doned the field, having retired from their
last positions, six miles from La Victoria,
retreating in the direction of Villa de
Cura.
According to President Castro, the
killed and wounded number 3,000.
During the last days of the fighting
the temperature rose to 116 degrees. A
visitor to the scene of the engagement de
clares he never saw such a terrible spec
tacle as was presented hv the battlefield.
The victory ot the government, troops,
which is said to be due to the personal
courage of President Castro. - ' - twice,
with a Mauser rille in his hand, charged
at the head of his soldiers, is considered
a serious setback for the cause of the
revolutionists.
A courier from Valencia reports that
up to Saturday that city was not in the
hands of the revolutionists.
Washington (Special). The cnezu
clan Legation here has received a dis
patch from President Castro's secretary
announcing a government victory over
the revolutionary forces near La Vic
toria. The dispatch stated that the battle
was' bloody, the casualties numbering
over 3,oco. No further details were
given.
President Castro a soldier of rortune.
many have called him staked his fate on
the battle near La Victoria.
The battle began last Monday morning
and resulted in the retirement of Presi
dent Castro to La Victoria Tuesday aft
ernoon. It was resumed again fiercely
at 5 o'clock Wednesday morning. At
that time the President had received re
inforcements and l.aa over 6,000 men en
gaged against 7,000 revolutionists.
Gen. Manuel A. Matos, the present
revolutionary chieftain, l.as been a promi
nent figure in several Venezuelan crises.
When the country was in financial straits
during the Crespo administration he was
called into the Cabinet as Secretary of
Finance to rescue the nation. Again dur
ing the administration of Andradc he
accented the same portfolio and helped
the country in a crisis.
He has always been opposed to the
Castro administration, which h; believes
to lie corrupt and which he thinks is
plunging Venezuela into ruin.
Earthquake Shock Shakes Tennessee.
Chattanoc-" Tcnn. (Special). dis
tinct earthquake shock, accompanied by a
ruffled rumbling like distant thunder was
felt here. The shock was of several
seconds duration, and shook "roperty in
the city and suburbs. Dishes and win
adoad Xuutu pus 'papiuj aja.w s.wop
rushed from ' ,-ir homes in fright. At
Lafayette, Ga., large vases were thrown
violently from mantels in residences. On
the streets the shock was felt, the earth
seeming to upheave under the feet of
pedestrains. Reports of shocks at the
same time have been received from
Trion, Ga., Sewanee, Tcnn.. Mont Eagle,
Tcnn., Tracey City, Tcnn.. and other
towns in Tennessee and Georgia.
Younger Kills Himself.
St. Paul, Minn. (Special). James
Younger, formerly a member of the
notorious James' band of outlaws,
which infested the Western country a
quarter of a century ago, committed
suicide by shooting. lie left a letter
to the press, in which he gives as a rea
son for his act despondency over con
tinued ill-health and separation from
his friends. Younger occupied a room
in a downtown block, and when he did
not make his appearance as usual
search was made for" him. The door
of his room was broken in and his dead
body was found stretched on the floor
beside the bed, a revolver clutched in
his right hand. He was 54 years of age.
His Bet Cost His Life.
. Wichita, Kan. (Special). A young
Englishman jumped from the top of a
Santa Fe freight car while crossing
the Salt Fork Bridge, near Ponra City,
Ok., saying the momentum would carry
him to the bank and making a bet to
that effect. He fell short, however,
striking a rock in the river, and was in
stantly killed. In his pocket were
found evidences that he was a nephew
of the Earl of Lonsdale, and that he
had served in the British army in In
dia. In his pocket also was a letter
from London lawyers asking him to
return to prosecute a claim to an in
heritance. The Kanawha Miners.
Wheeling, W. Va. (Special). This
week news is expected of the complete
settlement of the differences that com
pel continuation of the miners' strug
gle in the Kanawha field. The strike
leaders have been furnished with a
complete statement of the operators'
plan. They concede the following: A
two weeks pay day in accordance with
the provisions of the new state mining
law, and a work day of nine hours.
These concessions, which the strikers
are contending for, will not be grant
ed: Recognition of the miners' union;
the scale recognizing 2,000 pounds as
a ton.
Alleged Patricide.
Middlesboro, Ky. (Special). John
Wilmorc, a prominent merchant in
Scott county. Ya., has been arrested on
a charge of having murdered his father,
several years ago. The elder Wilmore
disappeared and his son said his father
had gone to Mexico, and later he told
of his death in that country. The elder
Wilmore. previous to his disappear
ance, willed all his property to his son,
who was to come into possession of
the father's estate at the old man's
death. The father's bones were found
under John Wilmore's store last week.
Earthquake and Tidal Wave.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special). Great
damage was done to various ports on
the Mexican and Central American
coast by an earthquake and tidal wave
September 23 and 34. Captain von
Riegen, of the German steamer Den
derah, says he was unable at some of
the ports to make a landing, owing to
destruction of the piers. At Salina
Cruz, on Tehuantepec, he says the loss
was greatest, and that launches and
lighters were carried inland over too
feet.
COMMISSION APPOINTED.
President Ruutevcit Names the Men to find
Coal Strike Bold Sides Pleased.
Washington, D. C. (Special). Short
ly after I o'clock Thurs 'ay morning it
was announced at the temporary White
House that both parties to the coal
strike had agreed to the appointment of
an arbitration commission, consisting of
six members, and that the President had
named this body.
On the commission is -a prominent
representative of organized labor. The
commission, as finally named, it is stat
ed, is perfectly ngretablc to nil parties.
Sonic of the members were named by
John Mitchell and F. P. Sargent at their
conferences with the President, and in
later meetings Mr. Sargent officially
represented the strike leader.
Official Statement.
The following official statement was
issued at 2.30 a. m. :
"After a conference with Mr. Mitch
ell and some further conference with
leprcsenlativcs of the coal operators,
the President has appointed the mem
bers of the commission to inquire into,
consider and pass upon all questions at
issue between the operators and miners
in the anthracite coal fields:
"Brig.-Gen. John M. Wilson, U. S. A.,
retired (late Chief of Engineers, U. S.
A.), Washington, 1). C, as an officer of
the Engineer Corps of cither the mili
triry or naval service of the United
States.
"Mr. E. W. Parker, Washington, D.
C, as an expert mining engineer. Mr.
Parker is Chief Statistician of the Coal
Division of the l'nitcd States Geolog
ical Survey and the editor of the En
gineering and Mining Journal of New
York. "Hon. George Gray, Wilmington. Del.,
as a Judge of the United Stales Court.
"Mr. E. E. Clark, Cedar Rapids. Iowa,
Grand Chief of the Order of Railway
Conductors, as a sociologist ; the Presi
dent assuming that for the purposes of
such a commission the term sociologist
means a man who has thought and
studied deeply on social questions and
has practically allied his knowledge.
"Mr. Thomas II. Watkins, Scranton.
Pa., as a man practically acquainted with
the mining and selling of coal.
"Bishop John L. Spatitdine of Peoria,
III. The President lias added Bishop
Spaulding' s name to the commission.
"Hon. Carroll D. Wright has been ap
pointed recorder of the commission."
C0NAIVES GIVES UP.
And Haiti's Latest Revolntlon Is Practically
Ended.
Port au Prince. Haiti (By Cable).
The foreign consuls at Qonaivcs, the
headquarters of the revolutionists, after
negotiating with General Nord, com
mander of the Government forces, have
brought about the capitulation of that
town.
Government troops will enter Gon
aives, and it is hoped there will be no
clash with the revolutionists. Detach
ments of marines from the Cincinnati,
the D'Assas and the Falkc are guard
ing the foreign consulates there. The
consulates arc filled with refugees.
M. Firmin, the revolutionary leader,
left October 15 for Mathewtown. Ina
gua Island, Bahama, on the steamer
Adirondack, of the Hamburg-American
Liiic. He was acompanied by about
200 of his followers.
Washington (Special). The follow
ing cablegram was received at the Navy
Department from Commander Mason,
of the cruiser Cincinnati, in Haitian
waters: r
"St. Marc surrendered; national
forces occupied town peaceably. Cin
cinnati arrived at Gonaivcs Wednesday
noon. Firmin evacuated Gonaivcs and
has left by Hamburg-American Steam
Packet Company's steamer for Math
ewtown, Bahama 'Islands, wi4.l1 about
250 adherents, leaving no government
at the place. Have landed force for
the protection of American consulate
and to preserve order. The German
gunboat landed force also. National
forces are near at hand, and it is ex
pected that they will occupy the town
Saturday or next day. All quiet there.
It is considered practically the end of
the revolution.
"I am returning to Gonaives imme
diately. I shall embark landing party
and proceed to Cape Haytien when af
fairs are settled at Gonaives. No at
tempt has been made to blockade St.
Marc and Gonaives; French cruiser
D'Assas arrived at Gonaivcs Thurs
day." SANTOS-DUMONT'S DARINQ PROJECT.
From Paris to San Francisco In an Airship
for a Prize of $200,000.
London (Ey Cable). Ex-Mayor
Phelan, of San Francisco, who just ar
rived in London from the Continent,
said to a representative of the Press
that M. Santos-Dumont, with whom
Mr. Phelan dined, is about to make an
offer to travel from Paris to San Fran
cisco by airship.
"Santos-Dumont," said Mr. Phelan,
"asks that a prize of $200,000 be put up.
This sum, however, will be paid over
only in case the trip is successful. The
aeropaut undertakes to pay all his own
expenses, and he is already at work
building a new airship for this purpose.
He seems entirely confident 01 achiev
ing his object. He pooh-poohs the dif
ficulties of such a trip, and not only
believes he has a chance of completing
this transoceanic and transcontinental
air journey, but that there will be found
a sufficient number of contributors to
make up the purse that he asks as a
reward.
ODDS AND ENDS OP TH8 LATEST NEWS,
Alderman Bill Davis, a saloon
keeper of Austin, Tex., picked up Mrs.
Carrie Nation and threw her into the
street because she refused to leave his
place.
Eleven barges loaded with bitumin
ous coal were sunk in the Ohio river
near Cattlcsburg, Ky., as a result of the
collision of the towboat with a dike.
Archie Woodin, of Mount Pleasant,
Mich., murderously assaulted his
father-in-law, mother-in-law and his
own child, and then attempted to kill
himself.
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany's annual report shows losses in
gross revenues of over (3,000,000 by the
coal strike and the floods.
Albert Brown, colored, was convicted
in Evergreen, Ala., of the murder of
Levi Brown, whom he killed 31 years
ago.
Charles F. Ham, ex-president of the
Board of Unitrd States Appraisers,
died at his home, in Montclair, N. J.
Papers were read before the Church
Congress of the United States, in ses
sion in Albany, N, Y.
Commander Snynian, the Boer gen
eral, is trying to arange for a Boer col
ony in Mexico.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
NWi Happenings of Interest Gathered
From All Sources.
Patents granted. Henry T. Brown
Wilkiiisburg, brake for street cars; '
F. Donaghy, Coraopolis, wire fence
Charles M. Dravo and T. B. Miller'
McKeesport, can cover; Henry '
Freeman. Pittsburg, playing card holder
and score card; John S, Fulton, Frank
lin, locomotive boiler: Samuel J. Gibb".
ney, Mt. Pleasant, railway tie; Frank
L. Greene and S. D. Wood, Wellsboro
curry comb; John Jonas Kaufman'
New Castle, folding screen; Harry g'
Keys, Homestead, coasting wagon, also
valve; George and H. Mcriiman, Ane.
fheny, portable asphalt paving plant;
)ora Ray, Tarcntum, fruit jar; David
Rothschild, Allegheny, soap saving de
vice; Ralph V. Sage, Johnstown, draft
rigging for cars; Samuel L. Stuver,
Johnstown, stair rod and fastener; JnJ
seph 'l oner. Pittsburg, car brake; Vi.
liam J. Wright, Pittsburg, gas engine.
Pensions granted. John A. Craig
Pittsburg. $H; Edward J. Kcogh, Aite
gheny. $X; David Brown. Oil City, $8;
J. Milton Hays, Newvillc, $12; Henry
F. Voltz, Eric; $S; John McKclvecn,
I.igonier, $30: Jordan J. Wintcrstecn!
Mitflinvillc. $10; William Slick, Saxtnni
$17: Thaddeus Skinner. Irvine, $8;
John Vogan, Sandy Lake, $12; minor
of Frederick W. Fillmore, Johnstown,
$14; Wilson S. Delicti: Milwaukee, $uj
Charles W. Cater. Washington.
Michael Lcpley, Shindle, $10: David L
Martin, I.cwisburg, $10; David E.
Shaver,' Mt. Union, $S; John Berdine,
Garrison, $12; Adam . Roland, Calvin
$10; Eleanor Findlcy, Indiana, $S.
The closing day of the State conven
tion, at Titusville, of women's clubs was
the most successful of the three in point
of interest. Mrs. E. B. Stillwell, of the
Saturday Club, of Wayne, presented a
report of her visit to the biennial meet
ing of the General Federation at Los
Angeles last spring. Mrs. James Camp
bell, of the New Century Club, of Phila
delphia, gave a witty recital of the work
done by that organization. An appeal
for renewed energy on work along for
estry lines was read by Mrs. Mumford,
ci Philadelphia. Mrs. R. H. Pratt, oi
Carlisle, advocated the extension of sav
ings banks in public schools. Mrs. Tay
lor Scarlett, of Kennett Square, talked
on similar lines. Carlisle was selected
as the place of holding the next annual
Mate convention. .
The second annual reunion of the vet
erans of Fayette county was held at
Uniontown. Ihcre are almost 500 vet
erans in the county and 400 were in at
tendance. A bountiful dinner was serv
ed the veterans and their families by
women of Uniontown. There was
speech-making in the Cumberland Pres
byterian Church, addresses being ren
dered by Judge R. E. Umbell, J. W.
llanan, of Lagrange, Ind., and others.
A camp fire was held to-night.
Another case ot diphtheria has devel
oped at Blairsville College for Women.
The patient is Mrs., M. D. Pcrmar, the
matron, and who has been nursing the
previous cases. The buildings had all
been thoroughly fumigated and disin
fected and the development of this case
will postpone their use for school pur
poses for a period of at least 30 days.
It had been intended .to resume reci
tations, but this plan will now have to
be abandoned.
Hollidaysburg possesses the unique
distinction of being the only town in
Central Pennsylvania that has more
water than it needs. Owing to the
superabundance of ,water in the mains
of the municipality the authorities de
cided to discontinue the service of the
Roaring Run water works which have
supplied the town for 40 years.
Pennsylvania's new capitol is to be
built of South Carolina granite, which
is to come from the Winnsboro quar
ries, thirty miles north of Columbia.
The company operating these quarries
was the lucky bidder for considerably
over a million dollars' worth of gran
ite. The company now works 200 skill
ed stone cutters, but this force must
be doubled, and then it will take over
three years to get out the stone,
v.
A warrant was sworn out before Jus
tice of the Peace Lcnhart of Norris
town, by Special Officer Hagcrty, lot
the arrest of a jnan known to him, on
the charge .of murdering James Thomp
son, the colored man who was found
dead in his hay wagon at Abington on
September 9.
The reunion of the Eleventh Regi
ment, Pennsylvania reserves, was held
at .Latrobe with 200 soldiers in attend
ance. A. W. Campbell, collector for .
Rochester installment house, was ar
rested at Youngstown, O., on a charge
of embezzlement.
The six-year-old daughter of Waltet
Brownficld, of Uniontown, was burned
to death by her clothing catching fire
while burning leaves.
Frederick Weaver was held up and
robbed by highwaymen near Ford City
They secured $53 in money. Six sus
pects have been arrested.
Mayor McCormick, of Harrisburg
notifies councils that discrepancies in
volving about $3000 exist m the ac
founts of two former mayors, and
Councils thereupon decide to make a"
investigation.
Mrs. Aaron Lubold, aged 65, and
Mrs. Edward Byerly, aged 40, wcrt
burned to death at Tower City. Mrs
Lubold's clothing caught fire froti'
sparks blown from beneath a large iroi'
kettle in the yard. Mrs. Byerly en
deavorcd to extinguish the flames en
veloping Mrs. Lubold and' her clothing
ignited. Both women screamed fran
tically, and Mr. Byerly, who was in thf
barn at the time, rushed to the scene
His efforts were of n.o avail, the women
dying shortly afterward.
Going to his barn late at night, Al
fred Stewart, of Fernwood, discovers
two men making off with his reaping
machine, which they had taken apart 1"
sections and placed in a large wagon
He pursued the strangers, who, after
short but spirited chase, abandoned
their team and escaped. The Strang'
team was turned over to the local u,
Ihorities and is the subject of mud1
speculation as to ownership.
Having been in the ministry '
more than fifty years, old age has i"
duced Rev. Ot. Daniel F. Brendell, '
Bethlehem, to retire from the pastoral'
of the Reformed churches known
Farmersville. Arndts and Altoonah..
Altoona is again threatened with
small-pox epidemic. Four new case
all in the same locality, developed.
special meeting of the Board of HeaW
was held and every effort possible "
being made to prevent further sprea
of the disease. ,
The State Supreme Court affirm"1
the verdict in the Delaware Count?
Court setting aside the will of the
mother of United States Marshal Joh
B. Robinson on the ground that
exercised undue influence to secure he
$500,000 estate. ..
The Rrarlinu Railway Comnany ' K
tributed two tons of coal to each
its employes in Lansdale, North M"
and Ambler. '