A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
Tb'rrteess Persons Killed and a Number
Seriously Injured.
BOILERS HURLED THROUGH ROOF.
Swift ft Co't Establishment la Chicago Wreck
t4 Adjoining Structures Torn and Twisted
7 the Fores at the Explosion The Em
ployes Whose Csrtlessncss Caused the
Disaster Also Perished.
Chicago (Special). With a deafen
ing report a boiler in Swift & Co.'s
plant exploded shortly after to o'clock
a. m. Thirteen lives were sacrificed
and scores of employes, visitors and
others were injured. Huge boilers were
sent through the roof of the structure
and hurled hundreds of feet. Nobody
within the boiler-room survived to tell
the story of the accident, and it may
never be known what caused the explo
sion, A careful investigation, how
ever, convinced the experts that the
explosion was the result oi carelessness
on the part of an einplove. whose own
life also was sacrificed.
Five minutes alter the explosion
nothing of the building hut a pile of
twisted iron, bricks and mortar re
mained. Sheets of flame sprang from the
ruins, and the spectators realized that
it would be impossible to save the lives
of those who were caught in the wreck.
The explosion was of such force that
adjoining buildings were wrecked, torn
and twisted like toys. Men. women and
boys at work in adjoining departments
were hurled through windows to the
ground below. Many of them escaped
with but slight bruises, but most oi the
victims were hurt to such an extent
that it was necessary to remove them
to hospitals. Others were taken to
their homes.
It was rumored that from 50 to 100
persons had been caught in the wreck
ed building. This report caused great
excitement, and repeated calls were
sent for police and ambulances. A
dozen patrol wagons and as many am-
fcuiances were sent trom all parts 01 , coaches injured.
the city. Extra calls for tire engines tn a d"cl at Armottrdalc. Kan., hc
iollowed. and soon the flames were be- ! twecn Ernest Damns and Charles W.
jng fought from every side. While the I Tucker over a'wnitrcss both were mor
fire was still burning police, firemen
and employes of the packing firm be
gan digging in the ruins. Soon the
mangled remains of a man were discov
ered. At the same time other rescuers
were digging with desperation to res
cue several victims who were still alive.
Bodies torn, bruised or mangled were
taken from the ruins and sent to the
morgues. A boy. scalded from head to
foot and bleeding from cuts and bruises,
staggered toward the office of General
Superintendent C. O. Young. He was
Mr. Young's personal messenger. The
lad, however, had been so badly dis
figured that Mr. Young did not r cog
nize him.
Many theories were advanced asto
the responsibility for the disaster. One
inspector declared that the explosion
had been caused by cold water injected
into the boiler, but a majority of the
investigators held the opinion that the
catastrophe had been caused by low
water. Nothing definite was learned,
however, and as all the men in the boil
er room were killed, it is not likely
the cause of the accident will ever be
known.
It is not thought that the loss to
Swift & Co. will amount to more than
$50,000. Officers of the company de
clare that this will cover the damage
as nearly as they are capable to esti
mate it at the present time. The build
ing in which the boilers were located
was the only structure to be entirely
, destroyed, and it was a small brick
building, one story high. The store
house, which stood close to the boiler
house, was badly damaged, a portion of
its walls being torn down, but it is only
two stories high. With the exception
of the demolished boilerhouse there is
no damage that cannot be repaired
within 10 days.
THE MINERS' CONVENTION.
Mar Than Two Million Dollars Were Given
for tbe Strike.
Indianapois, Ind. (Special). It was
officially announced at the national
headquarters of the mineworkers that
when the miners meet in national con
vention here in January, to prepare a
new wage scale, Secretary Wilson will
report that the amount of money given
by them for the strike was more than
$2,000,000.
The convention here last January
changed, the constitution of the organi
zation so that the officers are elected by
the referendum plan. The locals make
the nominations and every member has
a vote on the candidates.
A list of the nominations has been re
ceived, but Secretary Wilson was not
prepared to give it out. It is not likely
that President Mitchell, Secretary Wil
son or Vice-Preshient Lewis will have
any serious opposition, although it has
been rumored for some time that W. D.
Ryan, secretary of the Illinois miners,
and J. P. Reese, president of the Iowa
miners, might be brought out for Mr.
Lewis' place.
It was also officially announced that
the assessment of miners for the strike
ceased November 15.
Tried to Rob Bank.
Dallas, Tex. (Special). The First
National Bank at Morgan, Bosque
county, was dynamited by robbers and
$5,000 in gold, silver and currency se
cured. The first intimation of the pres
ence of the gang, believed to be three
in number, was when a loud explosion
was beard. Before citizens coud reach
the bank the bandits had secured the
money in the outer safe and made their
escape.
Soafricr's Flrey Torrent
Kingston, St. Vincent (By Cable).
Wednesday's eruption of La Soufriere
occurred at the head of the dry river,
Rabacca, where huge quantities of vol
canic deposits have blocked the water
course since the eruptions last May, in
apitc of the subsequent heavy rainfall.
After the eruption, a raging, steaming
torrent flowed from the base of the La
Soufriere and swept down the Rabacca,
completing the destruction of the sugar
works there. Sand at the same time
leJl on Georgetown and other places.
0m Mile a Minute.
Chicago (Special). When the Twen
tieth Century Limited on the Lake
Shore pulled into the Grand Central
Station all records between Chicago
and Elkhart had been broken and
probably a new railroad record estab
lished lor a continuous run of 101
sales. The train, consisting of engine
und six heavy Pullmann cars rilled to
their capacity, made the distance (101
miles) in 100 minutes, beating the Chi-rago-Elkhart
record by five minutes.
The run included slow-downs for wa
ter and forpassagcthrough Mishawaka,
South Bend and Laporte, where slow
ftuuunf ordinances exist.
SUMMARV OF THE LATEST NEWS.
Domestic.
Practically the entire business section
of the village of Normal, near Rat
Portage, Out., was wiped out by the
fire which started in the extensive lum
ber yards there. The total loss is es
timated at $500,000, with an insurance
of about one-third of that amount.
A mob attempted to take William
Glasco. the assailant of Mary Malony,
from the jail at Ironton, I)., and lynch
him. but the man was spirited away by
the iailer.
Charles F. Kelly, ex-speaker of the
St. Louis Houe of Delegates, was ar
raigned in Philadelphia and held to
await requisition papers from Missouri.
Harvey Logan, the train robber, was
sent to the penitentiary by the Knox
villc (Tenn.) Court for 20 years.
Mrs. Hattic L. Whitten was arrested
in Dexter. Me., on suspicion of having
murdered her (laughter.
Charles F. Kelly, former speaker of
the St. Louis House of Delegates, un
der indictment for complicity in the mu
nicipal scandal, reached New York from
London on the steamer Celtic. He was
arrested in Philadelphia.
A disastrous conflagration resulted
from a spark being blown into a pile of
cedar at Kat Portage. Ontario. Six
steamboats, two barges, eleven houses
and 25,000,000 feet of lumber were
burned.
Suit ha been brought against the
American Sugar Refining Company to
prohibit cutting rates on sugar and to
restrain it from engaging in the coffee
business,
John McLaughlin was killed by an
elevated train in New York, and Em
manuel Dreyfus, who witnessed the ac
cident, dropped dead from the shock.
Florence Hums, who was exonerated
of the murder of Walter Rrooks in a
New York hotel, was quietly married to
Charles W. Wildrick.
The Cuban Cabinet has accepted the
resignation of I amayo, secretary of the
government, who was also president of
the Nationalist party.
Edward F. Croker, chief of the New
York Fire Department, was found guil
ty of a series of charges and dismissed
from the service.
The St. Louis flyer on the Rig Four
was wrecked near Avon, Intl.. and a
number of passengers in the sleeping
tally wounded.
A number of cases of foot-and-mouth
disease were reported to the Massachu
setts Board of Agriculture.
Prof .Adolph I-orenz was made an
LL. D. by the Northwestern Univcr-
sity.
Booker T. Washington has issued
an open letter, in which he defines his
postion in the matter of appointing col
ored people to federal office. In it he
says his policy is that of an education
of the colored people.
The constabulary are carrying out
an aggressive campaign against the la
drones and fanatics in the northern part
oi the Island of Leyte and in the Is
land of Biliran.
A "Peeping Tom" who was caught in
Yineland was found to be a member of
a highly respected family. He was fin
ed for disorderly conduct.
Foreign.
English advices from Morocco tell of
the flogging and execution, by order
of the Sultan, of the Moorish fanatic
who murdered Dr. Cooper, a British
missionary.
The Transvaal continues in a state of
seriov.s financial depression. Only
about a third oi the mines are working,
because of the scarcity of labor.
Syndon, the French artist who killed
M. David, a stockbroker of Paris, was
sentenced to 10 years penal servitude.
Passengers arriving at Panama irom
Nicaragua state that earthquakes con
tinue 111 that country.
Imnortant steps were taken in Lon
don through an Anglo-American bank
er to satisfy all the financial and diplo
matic cVaims by foreign powers and
bondholders against Venezuela. If this
succeeds, Germany and Great Britain
will have no cause to take vigorous
steps, now contemplated.
The minority caused a big row in the
German Reichstag over the attempt of
the majority to railroad the tariff bill,
and for the first time in the history of
that body the president was forced to
suspend the sitting.
Great Britain is the only power that
has replied to the Russian note regard
ing the sugar conference, and offers to
submit the question of sugar and all oth
er goods to The Hague Arbitration
Court.
The convention of Irish landlords has
declined the invitation to a conference
of landlords and tenants with a view to
the sale of the land to the latter.
General Nord has issued an ultima
tum demanding the invalidation of the
election of friends of M. Firmin, the
leader of the recent rebellion.
The Berlin Vorwacrts reiterates the
charges it made against Herr Krupp and
resents the attack made upon it by the
Emperor.
The Turkish Porte is adopting bar
barous methods in crushing the Mace
donian peasants. Christians have been
terriblv tortured.
The Colombian invaders, after several
defeats, were driven back across the
frontier by the Venezuelan troops.
By Herr Krupp's will the factory at
Essen is bequeathed to his daughter,
Bertha.
Rev. Dr. Joseph Parker, a noted Eng
lish preacher, died in I.ondon.
Emperor William, in his farewell au
dience of retiring Ambassador White,
presented him with the gold medal of
the empire for science and art. After
the audience Mr. and Mrs. White lunch
ed with the Emperor.
There is apprehension in Hayti that
General Alexis Nord, who is on his
way to Port au Prince with a large
army, will precipitate a revolution by
declaring himself president.
Financial
Rubber declares its regular quarterly
dividend of i per cent.
The Pennsylvania owns 38 per cent,
of the Baltimore & Ohio's Btock.
Mr. Baer is firm in the assertion that
he will not lie president of Lehigh Val
ley. Those Baltimore & Ohio "rights" are
not so valuable now, with the stock be
low par.
Jersey Central's gross earnings in Oc
tober fell off $450,000 and there has been
a decrease since July I of $1,600,000, alt
due to the coal strike.
Atlantic Coast Line may issue $0,000,
000 new stocks to help pay or the Louis
ville & Nashville.
Westinghouse has declared its regular
quarterly dividend of l per cent., pay
able on January 3.
Pittsburg capitalists are behind a pro
ject to invest $5,000,000 in Red Moun
tain gold mines, California.
The assets of Canadian banks increas
ed $57,000,000 within the past twelve
months to $610,000,000. Ten years ago
they were only $201,000,000.
Exoorti of merchandise from New
York for the week exceeded those of
the corresponding week last year $1,750,
coo, or about 16 per cent
$3,000,000 FOR A HOSPITAL
Armour's Qlfl of Gratitude fnr Child's
Recovery.
IT WILL BE NAMED THE LOUT A."
The Building of the Hospital If Believed to
Depend Much on the Progress by Mr.
Armour's Daughter If Lolita Recovers,
the Hospital May Be Established for the
Treatment of Crippled Children.
Chicago (Special). As a monument
of gratitude that his daughter has been
reclaimed from a life of helplessness and
given one of activity, J. Ogden Armour,
millionaire, now turned philanthropist
like his father, has begun plans for the
Lolita Armour Institute of Bloodless
Surgery, which is to be endowed with
$ .ooo,ooo.
The first active step in this direction
was taken at Mr. Armour's home, while
the packer, bis wife nnd daughter were
entertaining Prof. Adolf I-orenz and Dr.
Fredlich Mueller, both of the University
of Vienna. Mr. Armour's child, little
Lolita Armour, whom Dr. lorenz nnd
llr Mm-Mer had treated for congenital
hip dislocation, was brought into the
room and walked across the floor as
spryly as any child.
Mr. and Mrs. Armour looked at each
other and both turned to Dr. Mueller.
"I know," suid the millionaire, "that
Professor Lorenz could not be induced
to accept the invitation 1 am going to
. 1 I n..n.A..,nn
1 exienu 10 you. 1 caiinui iiiiu
tor my gratitude tnat my eiaugmcr is
healed. Mrs. Armour and I have dis
cussed time and again the best means of
commemorating the seeming miracle. I
intend to establish a hospital or institute
for your school of surgery," he said.
"You must be at the head of it. It make
no difference what the cost may be ; my
daughter has practically been given back
to me. and I and my wife arc grateful.
The first time since Lolita was horn we
are happy.
"Other parents are joyless because
their children arc afflicted with the same
trouble. They cannot afford to employ
you and you cannot afford to come from
Vienna every time one needs you. Stay
here, make Chicago your home and you
j will not regret it."
j "Shall I?" asked Dr. Mueller, of the
I famous chief and patron.
"Almost envy you the opnortunity,"
was the reply.
Then two men, one an American and
another of the Teutonic race, both
sealed the agreement in a grasp of hands,
and the bloodles.vsurgcry hospital be
came all but a fact.
FATAL COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
Four Men Met a Terrible Death and Others
Are Seriously Injured.
Shamokin, Pa. (Special). Four men
were killed, three fatally and five seri
ously injured by the explosion oi gas
in the Luke Fidlcr colliery.
Officials have not yet ascertained the
cause of the explosion. They are of
the opinion, however, that a miner
carelessly opened a safety lamp. The
workings are very gaseous, and the
body of gas, once ignited, swept with
a rush toward the. gangway, carrying
death and destruction.
Timbers were torn out, mine cars
blown apart and brattices destroyed.
Miners working near the scene of the
accident made a rush for the foot of
the shaft, and several were overcome
by the after-damp following the explo
sion. They were rescued by the relief
party sent at once to the gangway. The
faces of the dead men were mangled be
yond recognition. Anxious wives and
mothers gathered about the mouth of
the shaft as the dead and injured were
brought to the surface, and their grief
was pitiiul.
Cotton Crop ol 1902.
Washington, D. C. (Special). The
final report of the statistician of the
Department of Agriculture shows the
actual growth of cotton in the United
States in the year 1901-02 to have been
9,906.478 commercial bales, of which
115.550 bales were marketed before Sep
tember 1. 1901, and 9,696,336 bales be
tween September 1, 1901, and August
31. 1902, 154-592 bales being carried for
ward to the year 1902-03. The com
mercial crop of the year amounted to
10,663.224 bales, thus exceeding the
amount actually grown by 606.746 bales.
This excess was due in the main to the
very extensive marketing of cotton held
over from previous years.
Narrow Escape of Battleship.
Hampton, Va. (Special). The battle
ship Texas had a narrow escape from
being blown up at the Virginia Capes.
She left the Portsmouth N'avy Yard
on a trial trip after having been over
hauled, and went out to the Capes
where gun practice was had. Two of
tbe large turret guns exploded, filling
the gunroom with glycerine and water,
but the magnificent work of the gun
ncrs saved the vessel Irom serious
damage, as well as the lives of those
on board her. The ship returned to
Old Point. A special inspection board
made an examination ot tne injury
Constitution's Enemies Loose.
Richmond, Va. (Special). Chief Jus
tice Fuller delivered his opinion in the
mandamus proceedings brought by
Capt. John S. Wise, in behalf of sev
eral unregistered colored voters, to
test the validity of the new Constitution
of Virginia, and refused on the ground
of non-jurisdiction to issue the injunc
tion prayed for against the State Board
of Canvassers to prevent that body
from issuing certificates to the recently
elected Congressmen. Captain Wise
declares he will take the case to the
United States Supreme Court.
Family Tragedy In Tennessee.
Snecdville, Tenn. (Special). In Han
cock county, in the mountains of Upper
East Tennessee, Richard Green prob
ably fatally shot his wife and daughter
and then shot and killed himself, using
a shotgun. The discharge of the gun
ignited his clothing, and when found
his apparel was burned from his body.
It is supposed jealousy or insanity was
the cause of the deed. Green, it is
said, did the first killing in the Jones
Green feud 10 or 12 years ago.
Ran Into Open Switch.
Indianapolis, Ind. (Special). The
passenger train on the Pennsylvania
road which left here for Louisville at
6.15 o'clock ran into an open switch
at Safford Station, .iix miles south of
here. Engineer George H. Frazier, of
this city, was killed instantly and Fire
man Lou Grant was fatally injnreM. Ba-g-gagemaster
John F. Clayton, also of
this city, was seriously injured. Three
of the passengers were slightly injured.
The engine crashed into a car loaded
with stone on the tiding and was
wrecked. A relief train brought the
dead and injured to this city..
NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.
Postal Deficit $2, 937,649.81.
The annual report of the Postmaster
Central for the year ended June 30
last shows total receipts for the year o(
$121. 8.18.0.17.26, as compared with the
previous year's receipts of $111,631,
'0339. The expenditures for the year
were $124,785,607.07, as compared with
$U5..154.02o.87 for the preceding year.
The excess of expenditures. $2,037.
640.81, was less than the previous year's
deficit by $"180,0-7.67. The estimated
deficit for the year ending June 30,
J004, is $8,242,856. The report says
that the increase in postal revenues not
only attests the wonderful prosperity
of the people and the activity of busi
ness interests throughout the country,
but also indicates that the extension of
postal facilities carefully directed re
sults sooner or later in increased re
ceipts and diminished deficits.
Efforts have been made in the past
and are now being made to better,
wherever possible, the condition of
postal employees, the report says. This
is especially so in the case of clerks in
postofficcs. There were upward of 12,
000 clerks promoted on July I last, the
aggregate allowance for these promo
tions being about $1,200,000. Fully.
11.000 of these promotions were of
clerks who received less than $tooo per
annum. The working hours of clerks
in the larger postothees were also re
duced so as not to average more than
eight hours a day. The report con
tinues: Rural free delivery service has be
come an established fact. It is no
longer in the experimental stage, and,
undoubtedly. Congress will continue
to increase the appropriation for this
service until all the people of the coun
try are reached, where it is thickly
ciiougn settled to warrant it. the es
timates of the Department are to the
effect that the available territory for
this service embraces about 1.000,000
square miles, or one-third of the conn
try's area, exclusive of Alaska. The
11.650 routes now in operation cover
about me-third of the available terri
tory. The rapid extension of the ser
vice will, of course, increase the de
ficits during the next three years. Af
ter it is completed the revenues will
quickly feel the effect oi its establish
ment, and whatever deficit may be
occasioned will gradually disappear. It
will also be interesting to note that
rural free delivery carriers received
applications during the past year for
625,)40 money orders.
Secretary Moody's Report.
The annual report of Secretary of the
Navy William H. Moody, just submit
ted to the President, is devoted largely
to an argument showing the necessity
for an increase in the personnel, which
he regards as more pressing than pro
vision now for additional ships.
Mr. Moody presents a strong state
ment advocating the appointment of sev
eral hundred more officers, but he ad
mits that the only source through which
they can be obtained is the Naval Acad
emy. 1 he question of providing new
ships, he believes, may be left to the
judgment of Congress without recom
mendation, but it is suggested that at
least two battleships should be author
ized each year with any other vessels
provided.
1 he report begins with a history of
the operations of the fleets during the
last fiscal year. J heir co-operation with
the army is shown everywhere to have
been most cordial and its shar in re
storing peace in the Philippines is com
mented upon. J he activity of s uds m
the Caribbean sea since the Panama
troubles and the necessity of establish
ing n special squadron there for tne pro
tection of American interests is one of
the developments in the year pointed out
by Mr. Moody.
Uncle Sam Won Hit Case.
The State Department was advised of
the award of Professor Asser in the
arbitration of the claims of American
sealers against the Russian government,
its information being to the effect' that
the total award was $101,270, with 6 per
cent, interest. It appears that the al
lowance in the Kate and Anna case was
the lump sum of $1,488 for 124 skins.
The allowance in the Pigeon case was
made up of $30,000 for loss oi catch
minus $7,750 for indemnity, and the re
maining items for owners' expenses,
service of crew, provisions, board and
scullers' expenses.
In the Lewis case the principal item
was $9,000 for the vessel, but $8,500 was
allowed for imprisonment and $6,000 for
probable catch, with $5,088 allowance for
skins on board.
The principal item in the White case
was $12,000 for probable catch of i.oco
seals, and there were allowances of $10,-
000 for the vessel, $3,000 for imprison
ment and some allowances for personal
claims.
The Tradgedy In Guatemala.
Minister Hunter, at Guatemala City,
has cabled the State Department that
his son Godfrey, who shot Fitzgerald, is
2 years of age, is in business on his
own account, and therefore is not under
the protection of the legation. All that
he asks is that Mr. Bailey, the secretary
of the legation, be allowed to testify
before the Guatemalan courts. This
permission has already been granted by
the department.
Two More Rebel Generals Surrender.
The Colombian legation received a dis
patch from General Perdomo, command
ing the government forces on the Isth
mus, announcing the surrender of Gen
erals Vergas-Santos and Soto, two of the
foremost of the revolutionary leaders.
They surrendered to General Gonzales
Valencia. The dispatch adds that this
completes the pacification of the entire
country.
Ambassador Cambon's Farewell.
M. Camhon, the French ambassador,
presented his letters of recall to the
President. He sails this week for his
new post in Spain. In bidding him fare
well the President expressed his appre
ciation of the loss sustained by this
country in the departure of so distin
guished a diplomat.
Items of Interest.
Lieutenant Peary, in a lecture before
the National Geological Society, said
the North Pole could and would be
reached, and urged that it be accom
plished by American energy.
Banker Siligman, of New York,
submitted to the President the scheme
of a syndicate to float the Venezuela
debt, the United States government to
guarantee payment.
The President decided Upon the ap
pointment of Judge L. T. Lewis, of
Richmond, Va., as United States dis
trict attorney for the Eastern district of
Virginia, and Mr. Morgan If. Beach as
United States district attorney for the
District of Columbia.
President Roosevelt ha decided upon
W. J. Youngs, of Oyster Bay, for dis
trict attorney for the Eastern district of
New York.
FLOGGED AND THEN SHOT
Description of the Execution of a Mov
Isb Fanatic.
DR. COOPER'S SLAYER PAYS PENALTY.
In the Presence of the Sultan and tilt Court
the Fanatic Is Severely Whipped An Hour
Later, I'pon Learning of Dr. Cooper's
Death, The Sultan Command Execution of
tbe Murderer.
London (By Cable). An article de
scribing the arrest and execution of the
Moorish fanatic who murdered Dr.
Cooper, a British missionary in Fez, on
October 17, is published in the Times
from the Fez correspondent of that
journal. After mentioning the arrest of
the assassin in the shrine where he had
taken refuge, the correspondent says:
"Within half an hour the assassin was
brought into the Sultan's presence. His
Majesty, who was seated in a chair
under a tall archway, in' full sight of a'l
his viziers, officials and some hundreds
of troops, ordered the prisoner to be
brought before him. Mr. Hastings and
myself stood by His Majesty's side in
order that we might hear what passed.
The murderer was a man of apparently
some 40 years of age, of tall stature and
not unpleasing countenance.
"He confessed to deliberately shoot
ing Dr. Cooper because he was a Chris
tian. Up to this time the news of Dr.
Cooper's death had not been received.
The Sultan therefore ordered the man
to be publicly flogged for his attack upon
Dr. Cooper, and the man received sev
eral hundred blows from leather thongs
across his hips and thighs, administered
by soldiers in the presence of the Sultan
and the entire court and troops. He
bore his thrashing with great fortitude,
and on its completion was able to rise up
without assistance and walk.
"He was then ordered to be publicly
exhibited in the street, and, mounted
upon a donkey and guarded by soldiers,
he was taken from the palace for this
purpose.
"It was at this moment that the news
of Dr. Cooper's death was received. The
Sultan, who was still seated in the great
courtyard of the palace, ordered the pub
lic exhibition of the murderer to be
stopped, and, after consultation with his
viziers, he commanded the man's im
mediate execution, requesting Mr. Has
tings and myself to be present, together
with all the viziers.
"In a quarter of an hour all was over.
The murderer was shot in the arsenal
square, which had been quickly cleared
of the usual crowd of people. He re
mained extraordinarily plucky to the
end."
Change In Cuban Cabinet.
Havana (Special). At a special meet
ing of the cabinet presided over by
President Palma. it was unanimously de
cided to accept the resignation of Sec
retary of Government Tamayo, Secre
tary of Instruction Yero assuming the
duties of the vacant post until a new
secretary is appointed. That President
Palma did not request Tamayo to re
consider his resignation was unexpected
by the Nationalist party, which hither
to has been in the front of Cuban poli
tics. The Republicans are jubilant at
the practical removal of the president
of the Nationalist party from the most
important cabinet position, and claim
that this step means the breaking up of
the party.
$100,000 Swindle Charged.
El Paso, Texas (Special). The case
against Mason and Richardson, the al
leged insurance swindlers, may assume
an international aspect. In the event
that the coarts of the United States shall
fail to convict them, it is said the Gov
ernment of Mexico will demand them.
The indictments already secured
against them are on these charges:
Conspiracy to murder VV. J. ijray.
Conspiracy to murder an unknown
person.
Conspiracy to murder Marshal D.
Sanguinett.
Forgery.
Conspiracy to swindle the New York
Life Insurance Company out of $100,
000. The Mad Mullah's Defiance.
Aden, Arabia (By Cable). A special
dispatch from Garrero, Somililand,
dated November 26, announces that
the Mad Mullah recently sent into the
British camp the train of supply cam
els captured from Colonel Swaync's
column. He was careful previously to
render all the stores unfit for use. and
accompanied his present with a defiant
message promising to whip the British
whenever they were ready to risk a
second defeat.
New Castle Prison Burned.
Wilmington, Del. (Special). Fire of
unknown origin damaged the New Cas
tle County Workhouse to such an ex
tent that it will have to be almost com
pletely rebuilt. The 165 prisoners in
the institution were gotten out without
injury, though some of them showed
an inclination to be unruly, and one
had to be knocked down in order to
bring him to terms. One man escaped.
World's Fslr Souvenir Coins.
St. Louis, Mo. (Special). Subscrip
tions for the $1 souvenir coins are
pouring into the Louisiana Purchase
Exposition Company, the largest order
so far received being one for 1,000
coins. Only 50,000 of the 250,000 coins
have been placed on sale at $3 each, and
it now seems probable that the remainder-
of the issue will be sold at
higher figures.
Vonttey Ready to Talk.
Frankfort, Ky. (Special). Henry E.
Youtsey, concerning whose alleged
sensational confession in the Goebel
murder case so many stories have been
circulated in the past two months, made
a statement in which he said, in sub
stance: "No document from me is in
the hands of the prosecution. I have
never been called to the witness stand,
but I have been so abused that I feel
now I should be' willing to tell what I
know about the matter, no matter
which side called me."
ThIrlyNie. Natives Killed.
Manila (By Cable). The constabu
lary are carrying out an aggressive cam
paign against the Lad rones and fanatics
in the northern part of the Island of
Leyte and in the Island of Biliran. In
spector Crockett, with a force of con
stabulary, engaged parties of natives-six
times near the village of Ormoc, on the
south coast of Leyte, and killed 39 of
them. Corporal Montague, at the head
of another detachment of constabulary,
inflicted a defeat on a band near Tali
baug, on Biliran Island, killing 13 and
capturing 36 of them. The constabulary
suffered no casualties.
LOST IN STORM.
A Steamer and Her Entire Crew Mlss'ng
Sprung a Leak.
Detroit, Mich. (Special). In n fu
rious southwest gale on Lake Eric the
steamer Sylvanus J. Macy sprtuvj a
leak off Port Bnrwell, Out., and plunged
to the bottom, probably carrying her en
tire crew with her. The barge Mabel
Wilson, which was being towed by the
Macy, broke away from the steamer in
the darkness and succeeded in sailing
tip the lake to Amberstburg.
The first news of the disaster was
reported by Captain J. t. Autterson, of
the steamer Albright. She reported hav
ing passed through five miles of wreck
age 30 miles southwest of Long Point,
consisting of parts of the cabin, life pre
servers and doors of some vessel. The
cabin was painted white, but there were
no distinguishing marks to tell what ves
sel it was from. The arrival of the
Wilson, however, leaves no doubt hut
that the wreckage is from the Macy, as
the last seen of that steamer was in the
near vicinity.
The Macy. with the Wilson in tow,
left Buffalo with a cargo of coal. When
half way up Lake Eric the gale was
encountered, and when abreast of Port
Burwell the tow line of the barge was
thrown off by the crew of the Macy.
leaving the schooner to shift for herself.
When last seen by the crew of the Wil
son the Macy was laboring heavily in the
sea. and was evidently making for shel
ter. If the crew bad time to leave their
ship before the plunge to the bottom it
is not believed that the small boats could
have lived long in the terrible sea run
ning. That nothing has been heard of
them has convinced the owners that all
arc lost.
As the personnel of the crew of the
steamer changes at nearly every port
visited, a complete list is not available
in the office. The crew of the Mac
probably mimlwrs 18, as that is the num
ber necessary to man a ship of her size
GOLD MEDAL FOR MR. WHITE.
Tbe Emperor Honors the Retiring Ambassa
dor Good L'ndcrstanding.
Berlin (By Cable). Emperor Wil
liam in his farewell audience of Am
bassador White presented him with the
gold medal of the empire for science and
art, which is given once a year to a
person, cither a German or a foreigner,
who, in the oninion of the government,
is best entitled to it. Emperor William
said that while it was a pleasure to
make the nresentation. he 'id so on the
rcconiinendat:on of Chancellor von Bui
low and Foreign Secretary Von Richt
hofen. His Majesty added that as a
personal remembrance he was having a
porcelain vase made at the royal works
here for Mr. White.
Mr. White's medal is somewhat
larger and thicker than a 20-dollar
I goldpiccc. Emperor William's head is
on one side and an emblematical figure
with an inscription on the other.
With Emperor William when Mr.
White handed bis Maiestv President
oRoosevclt's letter of recall were Count
Eulenberg, the grand marshal of the
co.irt. and Baron Von Dem Knocsbeck.
the introducer of ambassadors, who
drove to the palace with Mr. White in
?n imperial carriage. The United States
flag was raised over the palace as Mr.
White approached.
Emperor William was very cordial in
his reception of the retiring ambassador.
His Majesty said he appreciated how
much Mr. White had done to forward
a good understanding between the
United States and Germany, and add
ed: "The only thing you have ever done
that I do not like is your leaving us."
Fourteen Hu nters Killed.
Milwaukee, Wis. (Special).--The sea
son for hunting deer in the Northern
woods closed Sunday. Fatalities have
been unusually frequent in the woods
this season, 14 men having been killed
while hunting deer in the States of Min
nesota. Wisconsin and Michigan. At
least II others have been shot and seri
ously wounded.
Mississippi to Honor Lincoln.
Jackson, Miss. (Special). A portrait
of President Lincoln will be placed in
the Mississippi Hall of Fame. Tbe pic
ture was furnished by Robert T. Lincoln,
of Chicago, son of the War President,
in response to a request, and will be
put beside that ot Kobert t. Lee.
Intended to Throw a Bomb.
Rome (By Cable). A former police
man named Fineli, having in his posses
sion a loaded bomb, was arrested in the
neighborhood of the Chamber of Dep
uties. Fineli confessed upon being ques
tioned that he meant to throw the bomb
among the deputies. It is believed that
the prisoner is insane.
' A Jealous Man's Crime.
VVafdner, Idaho (Special). Incensed
bv jealousy. Arthur Goodc fired five
shots into Mrs, James Aubcrry. The
woman died a few minutes later. Goode
then drew a second gun and attempted to
turn it on the woman s husband, but the
latter overpowered him.
The Uprising In Morrocco.
Tangier, Morocco (Special). The
Sultan of Morocco's forces have been
attacked by' the Zemmour tribesmen not
far from Tangier. The Sultah dispersed
the rebels, but his advance on Rabat has
been checked.
ODDS AND ENDS OF TH3 LATEST NEWS
John Rohlback committed suicide in
cab in Chicago.
Arsenic was found in the candy which
caused the illness of Dr. Manly M,
Hues, of Oakland, Cal., and Miss Mar
garet Cooper, hu attendant.
The Canadian steamer Bannockburn
with her crew of 20 men, is believed
to have been lost on Lake superior,
Two persons were fatally injured and
six seriously hurt in a street car col
lision in Des Moines, la.
Ia Hancock county, Tenn., Richard
Green shot his wife and daughter and
then killed himself.
The gold standard has been adopted
in biam, and the mints have been clos
ed to the free coinage of silver.
Adolf von Menzcl, the painter, has
finished a painting of Frederick the
Great in the year 1778, inscribed
"Dedicated to free America.
The latest eruption of the Soufriere
volcano completed -the destruction of
the sugarworks on the banks of the
now dry river Kabacca.
The widow Krupp has given $750,000
to establish a benefit tund tor the work
men at Essen in memory of her hus
band. Tbe political situation in Santo Do
mingo has been complicated by revolu
tionury disturbances, which have broken
out in the northern part of the republic,
At the Thanksgiving dinner of the
American society in London Ambas
sador Choate said the Atlantic com
bine unites tltc people of both coun
tries.
THE KEYSTONE STATE.
Nowi Huppeoings of Interest Oathertf
From All Sources.
Patents granted. William J. Bollard,
Pittsburg, ice cream dishcr; Matthew
Dnffner. Allegheny, exerciser; John
Dunford, Johnstown, furnace bottom
and making and repairing same; Frank
'in S. Forry, Meyerstown, stop motion
for knitting machine; Hoover V.
Freed. Burnham, bicycle frame; How
rd Grubbs, Pittsburg, hose coupling;
Henry Haenzc. Pittsburg, strength tcst
'.ng machine; Carl W. Koelbeck, Pitts
burg, separator; George Laws Pitts
burg, fruit parer and corer; William
Maxwell, Pittsburg, pipe tongs; Jan.
Morgan, Ellwood City, trolley : Isaac
Morrow, Manheim, incubator; Frcder
ick J. Moser, Kane, head for oil wells;
ttenry M. t'oiter, rmsourg, eiectric
-tit out; Julius Sadowsky, Pittsburg,
punching machine; Louis F. Schodde,
Allegheny, rail joint; Baptist 11. Scott,
Allegheny, garment support; Charles
A. Stark, Union City, chair seat sur
facing machine; Samuel G, Wcllman,
Corry, automatic sash lock. ,
Pensions granted. Erastus II. Page,
West Pike, $8: Jeremiah Foltz. Port
Royal, $12; Philip I'orney, Newvjie,
$8; James M. Galloway. Huntingdon,
$K; Andrew I'isher. 1'ittsburg, ij;
Jacob Grubcr. Claysville, $16; Andrew
J. French, Lcwistown, $12; Pctct
Beige, Venango, $14: JacoD Jiarsnnap
ger, Indiana. : lienry a. t'ress,
Northeast, $17: Thomas Hudson, Rocli.
ster Mills. $10: D. i. Gordon, KeeU,
$10; Andrew Hoover, Suncliff, $12;
Mclchia Summers, Potters Mills, $12:
Orange J. Michael, Grant, $12; George
koontz, Lvcrctt, $10; A brain K. I'nce,
Mt. Union, $10: Herman Fosbrink. Ni-
coly, $8; Sarah A. Fowler, Altoona,
$12; James Noah, Burgettstown, $12.
An attempt was made to blow the
safe of the bank at Dayton, and only
by the brave attack made by one ol
Davtons citizens was the attempt frus
trated. Mrs. Reed Marshall, who live!
across the street from the bank, was
awakened by an explosion. She wenl
to a window and looking across trie
street saw a light in the bank. Hci
husband -loaded his Winchester rifle
and. going down stairs to a front room,
shot through the window into the bank
five times at three Men he saw at work
on the safe. His ammunition ran out,
and while he was searching for more
the robbers fled. Before they lclt. tlicj
directed a shot through the window,
where they thought Marshall stood.
The Devonian Oil Company ha
struck another gusher on the A. W.
Starr farm, at Middletown. and the well
is the best yet found in that territory,
The well opened the fourth sand two
days ago and in response to turthct
drilling, began flowing at the rate ol
60 barrels an hour. The new strike it
located 800 feet west of the Devonian
Company's well on the same farm,
which started off about two month!
ago at a 300-barrcl-a-day rate. '1' hi;
company has under lease all the terri
tory in that vicinity.
Although their terms have not ex
pired, two young men named Carr and
Crate, prisoners in the Brookville jail,
have been released. Sheriff Chestnut!
found they were covered with a rash
resembling smallpox. Dr. Lawson,
f resident of the Brookville board ol
icalth, diagnosed their ailment as Cu
ban smallpox. They were immediately
started for their homes. Precautions
to prevent a spread of the disease were
taken, but as all the other prisoner)
had been exposed, considerable appre
hension is felt.
The store ot" J. D. Wilkinshaw, ol
Cokeville, was robbed of provisions by
burglars.
The annual reunion of Company -t,
Seventh regiment, Pennsylvania Re
serves, was held at Carlisle.
George Stucke and William White
were arrested at Meadville, charged
with passing counterfeit money.
The Continental Iron Works, at
Wheatland, which have been closed
down because of a lack of fuel, re
sumed. An cpjdemic of typhoid fever hat
broken out at Moncsscn, and each day
new cases are reported to the board ol
health. At present there are 40 cases,
and at the same rate of increase a)
during the past week, it is likely that
the number of cases will reach the 100
mark. The Monessen Emergency hos
pital is taxed to its capacity. The cause
of the spread ot the disease is said
to be the water used for domestic pur
poses. Mrs. Mary E. Leech, aged og, the
oldest woman in Erie county, is dead.
She was a granddaughter of Rogei
Sherman, one of the signers of the
Dcclsration of Independence.
The jury in the case of the Ellen
Griesemer estate against the Olcy Val
ley Railway Company, to recover
$2000 damages" for the taking of hall
an acre of the farm in Exeter Town
ship, near the Black Bear, and for the
"meanness of the company" in refusing
to stop cars where desired after hav
ing occupied the land, returned a ve'
diet of $250 in favor of the plaintiff
Viewers some mouths ago awarded the
estate $350, but the plaintiff appealed K
court.
At the meeting of the Miffin Cottni;
School Directors' Association in con
ncction with the Teachers' Institute,
the tobacco habit among teachers o'
public schools was discussed, and it wai
warmly condemned by all. The fol
lowing officers were elected: President
W. T. Horton; vice-president, J. M
Wagner; secretary and treasurer, W
VV, Trout, of Lcwistown.
Thieves effected an entrance to tin
office of the machinery establishment o1
Edward Conrey, at Malvern. They drill
ed a hole into the safe, but three citi
rents noticed a light in the office ane
started to investrgate. Hefore the;
reached the office a shot was fired, prol
ably by a confederate, and -.when the?
entered the thieves had escaped.
A row of frame dwellings along tin
Pennsylvania Railroad on the Iputski't!
of Pottstown, were burned, Vhe fit'
being caused by the upsetting of
lighted lamp during a fight among th'
occupants, J
The Krupp family of I.ansdile are
related to Herr Krupp, of Germany,
the famous gun manufacturer! n
dead. Rev. John Krupp bought farm
in 1828 three miles from Lansd.ile, if
New Britain Township, Bucks cuntj'
near the county line of Montgolncry
He was a Mennonite preacher anld 1"'
grandson, Abraham Krupp, owlu 5
portion 01 tne same track.
Eighteen cows belonging to Wilmel
Cox, of Willistown Township, liaf(
aeen coiKmnea oy a veterinarian
will -be killed because they have tub!
culosis.
Howard VV. BroAii, of Pottstown
Was Kent to i.-iif Ia nnwnl tUa Mtaru
' tne lar-cny ol n baud uniform. Un
1 1 a year ago he was a member of thf
Wational Bind of Pottstown. and wor
t uniform belonging to the ban
When Be felt t lie band, it is allege;
lie look the uiiuornt with him and hi
refused to deliver it.
Meulo Park, at Pcrkasie. has bef
sold to Isaac tjrolr. Peter Snvdcr a'
1 Wilson Bcsh, for about Si 3,000.