PRESIDENT'S DAY OF REST la One of tbe Most Beautiful SpoU la All California. DECLINED TO REVIEW THE TROOPS. The President and a Small Party Rode Home back Over the Famous 17-Mils Drive Along the Sea Governor I'arJee and Some Other of the Party Drove Over the Route to Carriages Alien Jed St. Joseph's Chapel. Hotel lie Mimte, Cala. (Special). President Roosevelt spent one of his most restful Sundays he has had since his trip began. In one of the most beautiful spots in California, two miles from the nearr-i city, unhampered by curious crowds, he had a chance to thoroughly rot and prepare for the week, which promises to be one of the busiot oi his iourrcy. Hi train arrived here at midnight, but he did not leave it until about nine o'clock a. ni. At that time Colonel Ward and a detachment of the Fittccnth Infantry, who arc stationed at Fort Monterey, arrived at his car. Alter the President had greeted the colonel and his staff he was escorted to the h "tel. where he and his party had breakfast. At the conclusion of the meal the I 're- i tlent and a small party rode horseback cver the famous seventeen miles drive along the sea. Governor l'ardee and some others of the party drove over the route in carriages. The weather was perfect and the trip was greatly enjoyed 1 by the President, who was i-ntliuia.s- j tic over the scenery. In the afternoon he attended St. .Jos- , cph's chapel, on the hotel grounds. I lie . terviccs were conducted by the Kev. i llobart Chetwood. the chaplain. At the; conclusion of the services the President, j Secretary of the Navy Moody. Prcsi- ! 'ent Butler of Columbia College and I President Wheeler of the University oi ( California spent two hours strolling about the hotel grounds. The Pre-i- ' lent passed the evening quietly at the -hotel. j The start for the North will be begun I at 8 o'clock in the morning. It was the j intention to have the President review the troops stationed at Port Monterey but he declined to do so on Sunday. Jle requested Colonel Ward to do away with all formality, as he desired to spend the day quietly. KILLED IN HEAD-ON COLLISION. Accident Near Fulton Chain, N. Y. Disobey ed Orders. Malone, N. Y. ( Special ). A tcrtible head-on collision recurred at Nelson Lake, on the Mohawk and Malone Rail road. Two passenger trains, traveling tit a high speed, crashed into each other, end five persons arc repotted dead and teveral injured. The scene of the wreck is about 50 1 tniles from L'tica on the main line be- I twrrn L'tica and Montreal. The disaster occurred on a curve, and the locomotives and mail cars were wrecked. The mail compartments are" reported to be in splinters and the mail Sire buried in the debris. A representative of the Railway Mai! Service who was on l.'.ard one of the trains has taken charge of the mail mat ter, and will attempt to dig it from the wreckage. The trains are supposed to meet at Fulton Chain, a few miles from Nelson 1-ike. It is said that the engineer of one rf the trains ran pa.-t his orders and caused the disaster. Engineer Navins was killed in the crash. James li. Jones, a mail clerk, of Ma lone, is said to have had both legs broken. John Pest, another mail clerk, whose home is at Herkimer, was reported killed, hut is still alive, although said to be hadly injured. John T. Glynn, a newsboy, was killed. Conductor Frank Faulkes, of L'tica, and 1'ireman Yerden are al-o dead. Several of the passengers are reported injured, but, so far as ascertained, none 'f them was killed or fatally injure 1. Mail Clerk licst is in a precarious con dition. INSL'LT TO FLAG RESENTED. Minister Dowen Peremptorily Demanded An Apology and a Sa'ute. Washington (Special). An interest ing account of the action of Minister Howen, at Caracas, hi demanding an fepology from the Venezuelan govern ment for the improper use made of the American flag by the commander of the Venezuelan gunboat Kestaraudor is (riven in the current volume of "Foreign delations." Mr. Howen, without waiting or instructions from the L'nited States, railed in person on the minister ior foreign affairs and said to him: "Your captain dishoii'-red the Ameri can tlnff ' lie shonM li, orderpil If, nr.'iise should apologize." The Minister said he desired several flays in which to investigate the matter. "The facts that I hae presented to you tire indisputable," said Mr. P. nven. "and J can Rive you only 20 hours, f.,r I feel that at the cud of that lime I must cable the facts to my government." On the following day regrets were ex pressed on bchaif of Venezuela and the flag was saluted with 21 curs. Hundreds of llou.-cs Durncd. Ottawa, Ont. (Special). A fire, sus pected of being oi incendiary origin, lestroyed hundreds of houses and mil lions of feet of lumber in this city. John White, who had just been released from the penitentiary, after serving a term of imprisonment for arson, was caught near where the f-re was first discov ered. He was taken to the police sta tion, and charged with starting the con flagration. The fire originated within stone's throw of where the great Hull fire of April 26, igoo, was checked. Poor Man's Rich Fid j. Rahway, N. J. (Special). It became known here that Patrick Moore, a fiag trian at the New Brunswick avenue cross ing of the Pennsylvania r.iiroaj, found, on Wednesday, a check fi;r $21,000. which fluttered out of a window of the Jxm.g Branch express as it passed through here. The check was drawn on the Merchants' National Hank of Chi cago in favcr of Mrs. Isabella Stewart, hut the name of the maker was unde cipherable. The check was turned in to the lost property department of the rail road. Blocked By ice-Bergs. St. Johns. N. F. (Special). The im mense number of icebergs off the New foundland coast and the Grand Banks interfere seriously with steamer traffic. Sievcial liners which have sighted Cape Kare report icebergs of great size and in etnusuai abundance covering the entire hipping track. The Allen Line steamer 4Tarl.-igem.nl brings a similar report. This steamer had to stop for four hours owing to fog and bergs. She has on, hoard 650 immigrants bound for Western Canada THE LATEST NEWS IN SHORT ORDER. Domestic. F.ight hundred employes of the Mo bile ami Ohio Railroad conductors, brakemen. yardmen and baggagemen went 011 strike for a 10 per cent, in crease in wages for freight service and a 7 per cent, increase (or passinger service. Sergeant-;;t-anns Ransdell. of the Senate, received word from President Roosevelt to expect a summons for an ex;ra session of Congress immediately aiter the fall elections. George Reynolds, an Englishman, was arrested in New York 011 the charge of stealing $10,000 worth of val uables from August Belmont, who had employed him. The Supreme Court of Kansas ' firmed the decision of the lower court declaring Jessie Morrison guilty of the charge of killing Mr-. Olin Castle. Chancellor Day, of Syracuse, sus ; ended the entire frc-lima!! class until they repaired the d 'image some mem bers hail done to the building. A warning letter received in time prevented an infernal machine being loaded 1 n t::e O.marder L mbria at New York. li. N. Hi -edict, a stenographer, com mitted suicide beside the bier of his (b ad wife M their home, in Chicago. Charles Yanicll was held in Philadel phia for the action of the grand jury. Hcila lioyce. aged 2.1. who died of burns , in a hospital, having informed a po-1 liceman 0:1 her deathbed that the ac- I cu-ed man had poured oil over her ! ai d then set her on tire. I 'I he Convention of Amalgamated! Street Railway F.mploycs, in Pittsburg, sent a telegram to President Roosevelt j reciting alleged abuses of the mails by certain street car companies, such as the opening of letters to the men during strike troubles. i The police do not lav much stress on tile evidence they have against To inaso I.ombardo. the Italian who is be ing held on suspicion of being the mur- ' derer of Miss Nellie A. Sturtcvant in j Medford, Mass. Six thousand carpenters arc on strike in Philadelphia, and the mas:er car- j penters refuse their demands for 50 : cents an hour, an eight-hour day and Saturday half-holidays. i Returns received by Rev. Dr. William H. Roberts, stated clerk of the Pres byterian General Assembly, assure the ' adoption of the revised creed. Stray bullets from the cruiser Mar- j blehead, which was engaged in target practice, wounded two of the crew of the cruiser Boston. ! The commissioners of Lorain coun ty, (.., have offered a reward of $1000 for the arret oi the murderer of Miss ; Agatha Rcichlein. j During a strike row in Greenwich, ; Conn., an Italian striker was killed by ' one of his countrymen, who shot in -self-defense. i The subcommittee of the Panama J Caral Commission returned to New : York after a visit of inspection along j the canal. Louis Seigel and Paul Smith were ar- rested at Lancaster. Pa., for the mur der of Isaac Stigler, the Rapho her- i mit. Mrs. D. O. Mears, of Albany: Miss Mary Hutche.-on. of Columbus, O.tj Mrs. Mabel Conkling. of New York. and other ladies made addresses at the Na- : tional Congress of Mothers, in Detroit, ; Mich. ; foreign. The Russian government has au- thorized a denial oi the story circulated 1 by the Central Committee for Relict i of the Kishincff Sufferers to the effect : that there have been terrible mas-acres , of Jews in tha: town, and much suffer ing among them in other parts of Bes- j sarabia or Southwest Russia. , Finance Minister Wihc of Russia re- j signed, but withdrew it upon receivirrg j an apology from Grand Duke Michael, j who had written a peremptory letter j demanding an increased appropriation, j The French police claim that an American is implicated in the myste-i- ! ous murder of Madame de Brienne, j who was tound strangled in her room I in Paris. j The Deutsche Bank and the Deutsche j L'ebersceischc liank, of Berlin, will co operate with Speycr & Co., of New i ork, m taxing the Mexican gold loan. Rear Admiral Cotton has been in structed to take the L'nited States Furopcan squadron, now at Ville franche, to Kiel at the end of the month. As a result of the railroad strike in Victoria. Australia, the lines have been tampered with and locomotives derailed. The principal markets in Lima have been closed on account of the discov ery of the bubonic plague at Callao. Admiral Ccrvera, of the Spanish navy, has been gazetted a life senator. Senator Scott, of West Virginia, is in Paris, 011 his way home having made a study of the conditions of the Furopcan working classes. He says that foiir-fiilhs of the American work ers have higher wages and betur homes than the working classes of Furope. The attempt made by a band of Bul garians to blow up a powder maga zine at Monastir caused a panic in that town. !t is believed that the attack was made with the hope of provoking re prisals. The grain situation st Montreal is becoming alarming as the result of the 'longshoremen's strike. There arc mil lions of bushels of grain waiting to be transferred to ocean vessels. Baron von Loew, a German army officer, was sentenced to 18 months' im prisonment for having lied in slander proceedings involving the wife of a dis tinguished engineer. United States Ambassador and Mrs. Meyer gave a banquet in Rome in hon or of the Duke of Aosta, heir apparent to the Italian throne. Twenty-two Albanian chiefs, leaders of the opposition to the reforms, have been banished to Asiatic Turkey. Mwanga. the former king of Ugan da, is dead. Financial. Banks arc ahead of the Sublreasury this week $650,000. America Cement earnings in April increased 20 per cent. J. P. Morgan was elected a director of the Michigan Central. Michigan Central last year earned $J 577.57' net, a decrease of $166,731. Andrew Carnegie , says of every too persons who embark in business 95 fail. There were fewer commercial failures in April than in any other month for ten years. It ii said that during the great mar ket List nnMi:nn the firm ni Gata nml I also Kecnc's house borrowed as much as J'jo.ooo.ooo. Now they are borrow ing only a few millions each. Reading builds a nine-mile road to nve two and one-half miles between Philadelphia and New York. In Missouri on May I only 27 per cent, of the corn was planted, compared with 08 per cent, on that day of last rar. 'J he Canadian Government is trying toarrange for an arbitration board sim i'ar to the one created by President Roosevelt to settle the great dock irii lh!-. ; KILLED IN DEATH TRAP Accident in a Tunnel on ths Norfolk and Western R, R. CRUSHED UNDER BIG ROCK SLIDE. Strata ol Solid 'Rock Gives Way When Its Foundations are Removed and Strikes a Gang of Laborers Fairly Besides the Nine Killed Five O.hers Arc Injured, Three of Hem Fatally. Roanoke. Va. (Special) Nine men w.-re killed and five others injured, three of them fatally, by a slide of rock in the east end tunnel No. 2 at Egglc-toii Springs, Giles county, on the Nor folk and Western Railroad. Railroad contractors were engaged in double tracking the tunnel at the point named, and when the tunneling force had removed the earth and stone for the railroad tracks at the point where the calamity occurred a hu"e slice of solid stone, gave way on the mountain side and came down at an angle of about 45 degrees, striking the gang of laborers at work fairly and crushing the life out of nine men. This strata of solid rock was connected only by clay seams, and when the foundation was removed the strata, some 50 feet long, fell without warning, catching the men in a death 1 1 a p. One man was in a niche of the tunnel way and was only grazed tm the face and head, escaping with slight injuries. He was removed witnout great diffi culty. A second man, who stood on the outer edge of the slide, was only slightly hurt, but three others w'erc more unfortunate and were injured so badly that it is feared that they will die. The bodies of the nine men, some .of them are white, arc still under the mountain slide. A wrecking car and derrick were taken out from Radford, but thus far they have been of 1:0 avail. There is no likelihood that the bodies can be re covered soon, as the rock will have to be dynamited and removed bit by bit. This is considered dangerous, as the length of the strata cannot be ascer tained, and there is imminent danger oi a second crash as soon as the base is removed and a consequent loss of other lives. It has been impossible thus far to secure the names of the victims. They are known only to the contractors, and they can judge only by the missing members of the force. One thing that is known is that it was a mixed gang, composed both of white and colored laborers. The accident did not delay traffic materially on the main line. The trains were delayed, however, by another slide in Big Tunnel, at Montgomery, 20 miles cast of Kggleston, and trains were held at this slide over four hours. The latest advices from an official source, so far as the Norfolk and Western Railway is concerned, are to the effect that only seven men were killed outright, but a well-known con tractor coming to Roanoke from the scene of the accident gave the facts as above. NIU-ChX'WANQ IS RE-OCCUPIED. Russia Makes Sudden and Surprising Move In Manchuria. Pekin (By Cable). The Russians, it is announced, have rcoccupicd Niu Chwaug with a large force and have also put garrison? in the forts at the mouth of the Liao river. They are further re ported to be making extensive warlike preparations. The news of Russian activity, which conies from a most trustworthy source at Niu Chwang, adds that on their re turn to Niu Chwang the Russian troops brought with them several large guns. A large force has been ordered to re oceupy Ticn-Chwang-'l ai. The Russians have 14.000 troops be tween the mouth of the Liao river and Port Arthur. . The Russians are reported to be con structing forts rm the hills near Liao Yung, commanding the road between there and the Yalu river, and they have arranged to have a large quantity of provisions delivered at Niu Chwang. A dispatch from an official at Xiu Chwang says indications point strongly to these active preparations being in tended to guard against operations against the Russians in Manchuria. Pursued His Victim for Miles. Charleston, S. C. (Special). About nine miles from Camden Spain Kelley met W. F. Creech in the road riding in a buggy with a friend. Without a word of warning Kelley stopped his horse, leveled his gun and fired. Creech, who was wounded, raised up and begged his assailant not to kill mm, but Kelley tir ed again. A passerby took the wound ed man into his buggy and rode rap idly away. Kelley took his horse out of the buggy, mounted him and pur sued the Hying vehicle for about three miles, when he overtook Creech and fired on him with gun and pistol eight times, killing him despite his pleas for mercy. Sparrows la Bank. New York (Special). President George Carragan and Cashier Emmet Hamilton were busy receiving depos its at the Bayonnc Bank, Bayoune, N. J., when two sparrows Hew int.i the rooms. The birds tlew about the apart ment several times, and finally perched on the railing of the desk. They were not molested until one of them attempt ed to carry away a $5 bill. During the afternoon the birds (lew in and out of the bank, and each time they entered Ci.rried whisps of rtraw, which they de posited in the derby hat of Mr. Hamil ton. When he went for his hat after the bank closed he found in it the be ginning of a nest Strangled la Her Room. Paris (By Cable). The mysterious murder of Mme de Brienne, who was found strangled in her room here, has aroused widespread interest. The police at first followed a clue indicating that it was the act of an Englishman, but they now claim that an American is impli catcd. The police do not know the name of the suspect, but they are following vague descriptive clues. The victim, who was a well-known figure, came Jrom America. University Ins Burned. BcIIefonte, Pa. (Special). University Inn, at State College, was destroyed by fire entailing a loss of about $J5,ooo; insurance, $U,ooo. The inn was occu pied by thirty-five students of State College and seven professors and their families. The establishment was owned by County Treasurer Philip D. Foster and leased by Frank Kennedy. The oc- pants lost nearly an 01 mcir personal effects. Reports of big issue of bonds de pressed Atchison shares. Officials said ha report was untrue NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS. Sultan Forced to Apologize. An indication of the troubles experi enced by Mr. I.eishman, United States minister to Turkey, in his dealings with that government is di.'closcd in the Turkish diplomatic correspondence just made public at the State Department. In a telegram to the department Mr, Lcishinan complained that the Grand Vizier, who had repeatedly declined to see him, haj countermanded and an nulled a number of matters upon which the Mini ter of Foreign Affairs had acted favorably. In order to exhaust every effort, Mr. I.eishman demanded an audience with the Sultan. Mr. Lcishinan requested in his telegram to Secretary I lav that un less the audience was granted" and not only the questions at issue, but the principles involved ill them, satisfactor ily settled, he be given permission to demand his passports. He said further "that it would be worse than useless j and derogatory to the dignity of the vanned states government to continue relations with the Sublime Porte, if. after weeks and even months of hard and (patient work, business which has been fully settled with the Minister for Foreign Affairs is to be rendered una vailing by the Grand Vizier's conflict ing and countermanding orders." Subsequently Mr. Leishman report ed that the Sultan had expressed the wish that he overlook the discourtesy shown him, on the ground that the grand vizier wa an old man and not feeling well. Emphatic instructions were sent by the Sultan to the grand vizier to receive Mr. Leishman at all times in a manner "befitting the dignitv of the representative of a great power' when Mr. Leislinim consented to re sume relations. Mr. Leishman subsequently resumed relations with the Porte. ;md a diplo matic rupture was averted. Oth.T Changes Are to Follow. Postofficc Inspector Fosnes took charge of the free delivery service. Postofficc Inspector in Charge Thorpe, of New York city, who has been assisting in the investigation of the department, will remain with Act ing Superintendent Fosnes to assist him in handling some (X the details of the work. The investigation may result in other changes in this branch oi the ser vice. One of the possible results of the present situation is the abolition of the office of general superintendent, on the ground that it is a place the functions of which are covered by the superinten dent of the city free delivery service and the superintendent of the rural free delivery. Postmaster General Tayne said that the transfer of the free delivery to the office of the fourth assistant and Ms. Machen's indefinite leave was with the full knowledge and acquiescence of First Assistant Postmaster General Wynne. Seymour V. TuUoch, former cashier of the Washington city postofficc, who in a newspaper interview made grave charges against the administration ci the postal service at the time of his re moval several years ago, was in the city. Mr. Tulloch said, as a matter of courtesy to the Postmaster General, he would await a reasonable time for that official to act on the request for copies of letters from ex-Postmaster General Charles Emory Smith. Comptroller Tracewcll, Postmaster Merritt, of this city, and Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow. Mr. Tulloch declined to say whether he would then make public the informa tion in his hands to sustain his state ments, though insisting that he had am ple data to corroborate his charges. Federal Clerk Confesses Forgery. Frank M. Harnett, a clerk in the United States Bureau of Ethnology, was arrested on a charge of forgery. Harnett's offense consisted in opening private mail addressed to officials in the office and abstracting therefrom two checks for S175. which he cashed at a local banking house. He admitted his guilt, and said he used the money to pay off a debt of $200. He was ap pointed from Alabama 15 months ago, is 26 years old and unmarried. Officers Accused la Alaska. The officers who were implicated in the charges of irregular transactions in commissary supplies at Skagway, Alas ka, and whose court-martial has been ordered are Major Charles A. Booth, Seventeenth Infantry, now at Vancou ver, Wash., and Capt. F. L. Knudscn, Eighth Infantry, now at Fort St. Michael, Alaska. Other officers may be ordered before a court-martial. Cb nese Thankful for Aid. United States Consul Robert M. Me Wade, at Canton, cabled to the Stale Department that he has been requested by the viceroy to send heartfelt appre ciation of the Christian Herald's con tribution of $5000 in .aid of tht starv ing persons in Kwangsi. Consul Mc Wade also says that nunc help is ur gently needed. In the Departments. The State Department has received advices from United States Minister Conger that the Hussions re-entered Neuchwang and then retired. Secretary llty was convinced that there was no need for joint diplomatic action by the United States, Great Britain and Japan relative to Manchuria. Henry B. F. McFarland, president of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia, entered upon Ins second term of three years. The Postofficc Department was noti fied that John C. Allgood, a colored rural free delivery carrier of Gallatin, Tenii., was stopped by an armed man and warned to discontinue his work under penalty of death. Philippine Commissioner Henry C. Idc says the friars there hold somewhat the same relation as the landlords in Ireland. The War Department published Col onel Mills' report exonerating General Baldwin of the charge of harshly criti' cising his Filipino soldiers. Secretary Root accepted the resig nation of First Lieutenant Charles P. Faulkner "ior the good of the ser vice." Save for an altruistic desire for the higher civilization, the United States has little or no concern in the outcome of the present turmoil in the Balkans. Secretary of War Root has forbidden the proposed destruction of the walls around Manila. Willis Sweet, of Idaho, has been ap pointed attorney general of Porto Rico, to succeed James S. Harlan, lio re cently resigned. The Slate Department is confident of the successful negotiation of the commercial treaty between this country and China. The Republican subcommittee of the Finance Committee will meet at Hot Springs, Va., in order to draft new finance bill on the lines of the one in troduced by Senator Aldrich at the last session of Congress. . SENDS BACK THE NOTE Bulgaria Declares Thai Turkey's Terms Are Offensive. FRANCE HAS SENT SOME WARSHIPS. Reported That Ihi Porte Has Withdrawn the Note Mustering of Turkish Troops Con tinues Flailing .between Bulgarians and Turks at Monastir A German Warship Ar rives st Salonica. Constantinople (By Cable). The Bulgarian government has returned the Porte's note on the subject of the in cursion of Bulgarian bands into Mace donia and the importation of explosives into Turkey from Bulgaria to the Otto man commissioner at Sofia in conse quence of what the government of Bul garia describes as "its offensive terms." The mustcringof Turkish troops con tinues in Macedonia ami Albania, where soon lii.5 battalions will be distributed. The Porte issued a statement declar ing that the reports published in Vienna of events alleged to have transpired re cently in the European provinces of Turkey arc either exaggerated or false. The Turkish government, with the best intentions, is doing everything possible to insure the application of the reforms. The statement issued of the prompt re estabiishnunt of order at Salonica is proof of the capacity and resolution oi the government to master the situation. Imperial troops have arrived at Di akova, European Turkey, and arc con tinuing their march to Ipck, in order to support the Sultan's commissioners there. Vienna (By Cable). A decidedly op timistic feeling prevails in official circles here regarding the relations between Turkey and Bulgaria, which arc de clared to have greatly improved within the last 24 hours. The probability of war between the two countries is now considered slight. The warlike feeling at Constantinople is believed to be disappearing. It is frankly admitted that Turkey has seri ous grounds for complaint.against Bul garia, but it is believed that the Sultan is too clever to embark upon a war from which if he were victorious he would Rain nothing and in which he might lose everything. A Bulgarian band attempted to blow up a powder magazine at Monastir. It was surprised by Turkish troops, and a fight ensued in which tunny of the com batants were killed or wounded. CZOLGOSZ'S BROTHER ARRESTED. lie Is Held In Detention at Los Angeles, California. Los Angeles, Cal.. (Special). Acting under instructions from the Secret Ser vice Bureau at Washington, the police arrested a man who is suspected of being one of the brothers of Czolgosz, the assassin of the laic President Mc Kinlcy. Great secrecy has been maintained about the arrest, and practically no information has been given out con cerning the man. It is known, how ever, that he was arrested and con fined in the city jail. No charge has been lodged against him, the police simply detaining the man on suspicion until after the President shall have lefi Los Angeles. It is said that C'zolgosz has been liv ing in this city for several months, being employed in a tamale factory. His actions, it is sai l, have been no; out oi the ordinary, and no complaint is made of the man other than that of his relation to the assassin of President McKiulcy. ACQUIRE BIG VIRGINIA CONCERN. T C. Williams Co.. Ore .it Rival ol Brills!: American Company. New York (Special). On Monday next the British-American Tobacco Com pany, the oversea brother of the so-called Tobacco Trust in this country, will ac quire absolute control of one of the largest exporting tobacco companies in the United State?. This is the T. C. Williams Company, of Richmond, Va., a company which has been in existence for more than half a century, and was the formidable rival of the British-American Company in Australia, and its only com petitor in South Africa. The T. C. Williams Company is to be acquired by out-and-out purchase, the price being in the neighborhood of $2, ooo.coo. For several days negotiations have been under way in this matter in New York, and Hugo von Reitzonstrn. Cimliffe-Owen, secretary of the British American Tobacco Company, are in this city to be present at the final act of transfer. KILLED WHILE EATING BREAKFAST. I Laborers Caught in the Wreckage of a j Caboose cnl Bu-ncd. ' St. Paul, Minn. (Special). Report have been received of a serious accident at Dexter, a small station on the Cana dian Pacific Railway, 50 miles west rf Port Arthur, Ont., in which 12 lives were lost, large number of laborers were with a work train at Dexter, where thej had been loading ties. Their train was on a side track and the men were at breakfast in the caboose, or boarding car, at the end of the train. A passenger train crashed into the caboose, where the men were eating, overturning the car. The wreckage caught fire almost immediately from the engine. Of the men in the car 12 were instantly killed or burned to death in the wreckage, where they had been pinned by the overturning of the car. Eight others were seriously injured, and still others less seriously hurt. Met Dcatli L'nder W heels. New York (Special). Edward Kelly, of Red Bank, N. J., an engineer of u steam road roller employed in repair ing the road between Red Bank and Eatontown, was stirring the fire under the boiler of the engine today when the poker got caught in the wheels. It struck Kelly with sufficient force to kuock him into the machinery. The next instant he was ground into pieces in the ponderous cogwheels. The es caping steam from the engine scalded the man fearfully. He died a few min utes after being extricated. Will Work tor Fair. New York (Special). Gen. Maximo Gomez, who came here on his way home after attending the dedication of the World's Fair at St. Louis, sailed for, Havana, accompanied by Francisco Palma, a nephew ot President Palma.1 General uomex said: I am deeply in terested in the St- Louis Fair, and be lieve it will be one of the greatest ex positions the world has known,) I shall make it my personal business oh reach ing Cuba to interest my countrymen in the fair, and hope it will be possible to ceriirfl 'h nrciarv authority IT WILL BE A GENERAL SHAKEL'?. Sytcms In Vogue in Fostofflces of First Grade to Be Looked Into. v Washington, D. C. (Special). Be fore the present investigation of the postoftice department is concluded all the first class offices in the country will he overhauled. Postmaster General Payne made this announcement offi cially. Air. Payne would not say that his de termination to do this was caused by any specific charges against anyone or more of the offices, but it is believed that he has received allegations to warrant the belief that irregularities, or at least very lax husincis methods, have grown up in the last decade or longer since any inquiry into the maimer of the adminis- Ir-.tir-ti nf llli cerrieo in lhi v-arinna ! larger cities has been made. Before the investigation into the city offices is begun, however, the present charges affecting the department at Washington will be sifted. Mr. Payne says it is his intention, if possible, to purge the whole of that branch of the government service over which he has supervision of whatever abuses have be come a part of the system, He does not attempt to deny that a number of them will be found, but says that he has nc personal knowledge that any exist. Mr. Payne said : "I have not yet determined upon the extent or details of the scheme for ex amining city postoffices. It may be done by a committee of experts, who may be from the postofficc department, or may be composed of people outside of the department. This examination will pro ceed, no matter what may be the out come of the investigation into the con duct of affairs in the department. The inquiry into the way of doing bnsincsr in the city postoffices will probably re sult in a change of the system of the conduct of some or all of the offices." Congress ol Mothers. Detroit, Mich. (Special). At the first session of the conference of the Na tional Congress of Mothers reports of state presidents and state organizer? were presented, and Mrs. Florence Kel ley. of New York, read the report of the committee on child labor. The reports of the state presidents and organizers covered the condition of the state con gress and the work accomplished in the past year. In her report of the com mittee on child labor Mrs. Kelley handled verv completely the question of emploving child labor at night.. She said the State of Fcnn-ylvania, in par ticular the Cities of Philadelphia and Scranton, is the worst in the Union in this regard. Only Three Saved. Canso, X. S. (Special). The Ameri can fishing schooner Gloriania, Capt. George Stoddart, of Gloucester, Mass., ran ashore during a thick fog on the cliffs at Whale Cove, near White Toint Ledges, and 15 of the crew, including the captain, were drowned out of a total of 18. The survivors are John Richards. Eugene Le Blanc and Frank Nickerson. The drowned arc Capt. George Stod dart. of Gloucester; Armsworth Thom as. Eli Melanson. Ansel Goodwin, Ren ben Surrette. Harry French, Fred Dou cette, Thomas Frasicr. George V. Muisec, Martin Goodwin. Alexander Benson, Charles Tierce, John Moulson, Arthur Bonaghan and one unknown. Trample on Dead Man's Body. Pittsburg, Pa. (Special). Tony Grce, an Italian, shot and killed an unknown Italian in Townscnd street, Hill district, and in trying to escape he endeavored to shoot Policeman Andrew Terry, who arrested him. It was two hours before the victim's body was removed from where it had fallen. Nearly 500 people gathered about the corpse, and when the police tried to disperse the crowd a small riot resulted, and the body of the murdered man was trampled unn" uv hundreds. The arrival of additional police prevented what appeared to be a serious riot. Abandon Land Tax. Yokohama, Japan (By Cable). As a result of an understanding arrived at between the cabinet and the constitu. tional political asociation formed by the Marquis Ito in iqoo the cabinet has abandoned the land tax as a means fot providing funds for the naval program, which proposes an expenditure oi $5,750,000 per year for 10 years, and agrees to appfy thereto annually 000,000 derivable from the sale of bonds. $2,250,000 from the railroad fund and $500,000 from retrenchment in the ad ministrative expenses. Mrs. Burdick Will Get Children. Buffalo. N. Y. (Special).-By a deci sion of the county surrogate Mrs. Alice Hull Burdick will get the custody of her three children. The surrogate de clared null and void the provision of Mr. Bnrdick's will which directed that the children should be under the guar dianship of his executors. Cl y Owj.rshlp for Chicago. Springfield, 111. (Special). The Sen ate concurred in the House amend ments to tlie Mueller Municipal Own ership bill. The bill itself, which is pri marily an act to enable the city of Chi cago to "own, operate, lease and con struct" street railways, will pass the Senate and the legislation so long sought by that city will go on the statute books. SPAKKS FROM THB WIRES. The rebellious Moors defeated the imperial forces after a 10-hour battle near Fez, Morocco, in which both sides lost heavily. Fireman William McNally.who rushed through flames to save a man's life in New York, died of his injuries. The British-American Tobacco Com pany, it is said, will acquire control of the T. C. Williams Company, ol Rich mond, Va., the deal involving $2,000,000, Severe criticism was made at the National Conference of Charities and Corrections of the unlicensed citizen relief of vagrancy. Twenty persona were injured in a collison between electric cars in Chi cago. One woman was fatally hurt. Agnes, Souna, a famous German ac tress, is suffering from a nervous mal ady, and hits canceled nil her engage ments. She is also seeking a divorce. According to the opinion of the cor poration counsel, the charter of the Jersey City electric roads has lapsed. Twelve laborers were killed in a wreck on the Canadian Pacific Railway near Port Arthur, Ont. . William A. Dunlap, son- of tle wealthy hat manufacturer, has secured a divorce from his wife. The American force under Captain Pershing captured teu Moro forts in the Taraca country. General von Gosslcr. for seven year minister of war in the Prussian govern ment, will retire because of his inability to repel the Socialist attacks upon the army administration. , , THE KEYSTONE STATE Latest Nes of Pennsylvania Told J Short Order. . ............ ....,,,,, HI W. I Leechburg, $6; John P. Kirkpatrid Saxonburg. $6; William Shadlc, I mono, (; Jacob Uensor, Vaslunpt $40: Romanzo B. Rake. Caml.rii' Springs, $40; Levi Bird Duff, Pittsi,nr.l $55; Francis M. Grim, Freedom ;-I f M t T . . , A.t . ' S.. B vieorgc u. wavici, nusnurg, 53; rranR- M. Lolc, Lmon Uty, ?; James AlW I .iieauviuc, Anna M. noon, Snion villc, $8: Elizabeth J. McAllister, All, gheny City, $12: Samuel Raymond. K jo; jusiav kciciic, i!.rie, sio. itiiiui-i ill-vine, iiKiusiry, 40; lionnl Vnf,., tt..:..i --. ri..:.. it. . i Washington. $55: Joseph FrienlwC I Pittsburg, $55 : John Culiison, Roane-1 springs, 4,55; James A. Look. Cassclma- 5Si 1'eter X Hancroft, liutler. $.f r "1 i .... i s f i Att- , -iirti ies i', louic, iMiics vjrove. Sir I A ...1 t..i . , -,. . I miurew jonnsioii, rsormaivilie. JiM Artnur Salter, l-.ast rittslntrg. Stf; A, I Tiiur K. jonnton, .Monongalicla, $r tatnarinc tj Sullivan, Mount Kim $ Dora J. Mead, Allegheny, $8; Edwin H Landers, Erie, $8 : David Bruback. Fm.' worth, $40; Jackson McConahy. Tarr tuni, $55 ; Abel Hunter, Industry, $4C Standish Montgomery, Allegheny S:i x-:-i.i- t Ti ci 1 a. iMiiiuiHs j. Harris, snamoKin, $12. Joseph L. Smith, of Butler, was V up ny two men and robbed. A Baltimore and Ohio freight c.ir 1 robbed at Uhrichsville, and shoes u- doois were stolen. The new Buhl club building at Sliar will be dedicated on September 1. f;. entire cost will be over $250,000. Mrs. John Burke, of Ferris, near By lcr, was accidentally shot by her brothc William Wright. She may die. Donara Martina while walking air; me railroad tracks at Altoona, had t foot caught in a switch and he was r: down and fatally injured by draft cars. The coroner's jury that investiga: me lata explosion of the Lrescent I'o der company, near Williamsburg, ri dcrcd a verdict that the cause is t known. A freight wreck occurred at ll?t Bridge, on the Erie and Pittsburg R; road, near Sharon. One trainman 1 injured. The engine was damaged 1 the caboose and six cars demolished With "hey rube" as their slogan 1 large quantities of straw as decorati -Clement A. Griscom and a party friends entertained the farmers of Ik: gomcry county. The affair was the : nual dinner of the Farmers' Club 1 iook piace at Mr. uriscom s coir scat, at Havcrford. There were llr farmers present and they enjoyed the selves in royal fashion, Country d, and a generous supply of the "pies f mother used to make were features the grand banquet. Among f: present as special guests of Mr. G' com were A. J. Cassatt, George F. B Wayne McVcagh, former Prcsi Harris, of the Reading Railway: & l:. rugn, Kudolph h.llis, Judge Geo Gray, P. A. B. Widcner and T. Dc V Cuyler. Twenty thousand dollars reward ! been offered for the discovery, deai alive, of George Walls, son of Ma- Walls, a millionaire resident of t. Pittsburg. The aged father and hie have started for York county, where son disappeared in a mysterious fasf at Spring Grove almost two years;. The son was a mechanical engineer '.he employ of a Pittsburg firm d work at Spring Grove. Letters rcc in Pittsburg have led friends oi young man to the belief that hi appearance was due to a kidna;-; plot. Ten Filipinos appeared in the U: States District Court at Pittsburg took the oath of allegiance to United States The Filipinos are c nected with a traveling show and m charge ot Lapt. J. V. urutitit. recruiting officer for the L'nited 5; army stationed here. They were university graduates in their own f try and their ages ranged from it J5 years. A shower of meteoric dust, like black sand, fell on Bethlehem on S; day evening, from 10.05 to la8 shower could be distinctly heard ng on the leaves of the trees. T vas no wind and no clouds and moon and stars were shining cl;; Prof. Joseph W. Richards, of th. partmcnt of mineralogy, and Proi S. Franklin. of the electrical d' mcnt of Lehigh University, were o street at the time. The former detf the phenomenon and on brushing his hat found several grains 0; black, highly magnetic dust. Sinct area of the hat and brim was nJ inches it showed that the fall in minutes was equal to nearly 8000 on an area ot a square mile. Unless Attorney Carson shows Treasurer Harris that the judges' several courts of the State have 1 to the increase of salary voted tl: the Legislature, which was appro' the Governor, the Mate .treasure not pay the increase. Mr. 1; quotes the Constitution, Section. Article 13, which says that: "V shall extend the term of any pt'!) ficer or increase or diminish h ary or emoluments after his elect' appointment." Mr. Harris will the question on the first jttdicu day, and will be guided solely opinion of his Attorney General John Manarki, of Priccburg. i' at the point of death as the restf kick delivered by a horse. The Postmaster-General has c: th establishment of free delivery: service at Punxsutawney Scpteru!'! Elmer L. Kunkic, of near iy. died from injuries sustained in 1 away of his horses. Mrs. Emory E. Herr. a pro woman of Wilkes-Barre, was C in burning up a quantity of P the yard of her home when h caught hrc and she was fatally " It is proposed to extend tht f,'omcry telephone line itova Wales to Eureka. 1 e t,.u.. 1? c.,..rr.. n-AcMont Towle Manufacturing Company- caster, is dead, aged 55- H nieny a prominent rauroau " Miss Elsie Graff, aged 18 y Reading, upon retiring ew- the gas, as she supposed, out turn it off entirely. The lfakJ, Toom. and discovering the 06; brother forced open thcdoor 1 his sister unconscious. ;Phyitil1 vived the girl. ' Samuel Welsh, superintendent susqucnaunii nulling inn", ed by a workman, who win bar struck Welsh a terrible f the head, inflictiiltf a scrioill ' ' to .' 1. f....t:.. 1.. :... tUn wain ilVl IICIUI.IK ill nms. .'.s J I h ins partner to come irum hanging piece of coal, Michael employed at the WadcsviUe was caught by the fall and klf,j f 1.. rn...t c,.. rVtlnnib;' continue to sua cad, the " ' wissa mountain beinj in. mers, unable to cope with are directing their efforts ImiMina Toil I 'l I" ii-ii tir nn I'P B 3W fin ih I "I I: "I I'd rn II. has rs. h T li-ei row 10 v on ,V la. h'ne 'ee l.v. re sa lire lelu lit Pit idr lied 1st iter kei me rkli sib n, ne;! us. bido' bi pari lit h fpe 1 1 201 Jfh I he the t It lac h stn Mi. t hep yivi.1 es c ins, t lui i" a iii 11 Vo !h 1 d. , ran; film I 1 llv out : our lion Vlier 'lid Ih.u loiK' fliat,' ail bt V)i;-y "0 hoi ar n iuu lay 1 Clrl 1 l Jo "0 by o; tba ted C
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