BROltD RIPPLE RIPPED UP BY 6HS.
SEVEN KILLED.
Two Explosion Cam Death and Havoc in an
Indiana Town.
Two fiightful explosions of natural
gas occurred In Broad Ripple, a suburb
six miles north of Indianapolis last
Saturday morning. Seven are known to
have been killed, and the seriously in
jured will number about 30. The busi
ness part of the town took fire, and the
largest buildings were destroyed. The
city of IndianapoliB was called on for
help, and sent engines and doctors. The.
first explosion occured in J. L. Watt's
drug store from an unknown caus
Fiv men were injured there, and the
building was set on fire. Across the
st net was the Odd Fellow's Hall, un
derneath which was Plus Oresh's groc
ery store. Seeing that the lire was
spreading. Oresh and 20 men were re
iiiovlriK his -stock of groceries when ;i
crushing explosion occured in this
ImildinK. The walls were blown out,
ami the upper floor fell on the men.
linsh nnd Jacob Uaiiing, a painter,
wore taken out dead. The others in the
building were badly Injured, several of
them probably fatally. Nearly every
one of them suffered o broken log or
arm. The lire spread rapidly. Five
buildings were on fire at once, and were
doomed before help could be secured.
The ntlre community turned out, and
there wns work for all to do In rescuing
the injured, now threatened with
danger of death by fire.
1 1 unit 1 calls for help were sent to
IndinnapiJis. The hospital ami dispen
sary doctors took the first Hippie cars,
and the tire department loaded nn en
gine on i Monon flat car and left for
the scene. The tire was under control
lit noon, with live business houses de
stroyed. The money loss will likely not
amount to more than $10,000. All of the
buildings destroyed were wooden ones.
LAW FOR TOURISTS.
Two Yean Absence with a Year's Permanent
Residence Deprives one of Citizenship.
The treasury department has been
asked to define the words "residents of
the I'nited States," as used in the Ding
ley law, and In the regulations issued
iv entlv decided that a person ceases to
be a resident of the I'nited States after
he has been In a foreign country for
two years and has hail a fixed or per
manent home In any place for one year.
In other words, nn American, in the
meaning of the tariff law, becomes u
non-resident after he has been abroad
two years and has lived in one place for
one year. The person must have a resi
dence in a certain place for one year,
or he does not come under this regula
tion. Tourists who travel for two years nnd
do not reside at any one place for one
year are still residents under the law.
Those who have lived abroad for two
years can under the law brine in free
"wearinK npparel, articles of personal
ndornnient, toilet articles and similar
personal effects, provided such articles
actually accompany nnd nre in care of
such persons," and the $100 limit clause
does not affect thorn.
TIMI TELXOKAU.
POOR MARKMANSHIP.
Red Cross Sotiety Not Recogniiod Daring the
Eccent Turko-OrecianWar. '
lr. Sonn, of Chicago, organizer of
u. jtaiiunui uwiw'iuti'-ii of Military
Surgeons, has submitted a report on
military surgery in tjreece. lie says
that in the recent war neither the Turk
nor the iJieek recognized the lied
Cross, tind that some of the attaches
of the medical and hospital branches
of each army were nut regarded us
non-combatants.
"The war," the Doctor says, "was
characterized by an Immense waste of
An American clttien. Cyrus Thorpe,
was killed by Turks in the Island of
Crete.
Both hands of 5-year-old Thomas
Malley were cut oft by a locomotive at
Allegheny, Pa.
Seth Low was nominated for mayor
of greater New York by the cltixens'
union Tuesday.
General Lee, consul to Havana, has
returned to this country on SO days'
leave of absence.
Masked men robbed a train on the
Gulf Boad at Twin Mountain, Col., and
secured $15,000 last Saturday.
It is alleged England wants to coin
silver, and will do It, offering as an ex
cuse the financial sltuaion In India.
Poisoned scrambled eggs, served by
a demented daughter at Metrlopolls.
III., may result in the death of the girl's
father.
The basket and wlckerwaro factory
of John M. Rowe Sons & Co., of Phil
adelphia was damaged to the extent of
$lu0,O00 Monday morning.
Jack Fitrpatrick. colored, aged 106,
died Monday at Howling Oreen, Ky. He
went through the war of 1S12 as the
servant of an officer.
A flywheel burst at Jones & Laugh
lln's mill. Pittsburg, damaging the
plant to the extent of $15,000 and shut
ting down three mills.
To secure safety from a rattle snake's
bite. Fred Beeee, a Helena, Mont., tire
marshal, placed his finger over the
muzzle of a shot gun and blew It off.
$10,000 was robbed from the safe of
the collector of taxes for the District
of Columbia. Tuesday night. Hamklns,
a colored messenger. Is also missing.
Wild horses have become so much of
a nuisance In Northern Arizona that
Attorney-General Frazier has been ask
ed if they may not legally be slaughter-
The Carnegie company has practic
ally secured control of all the Iron
mines of Bockfeller In Minnesota,
which will give the big company a
monopoly.
While assisting two other men to
steal a wagon load of clothing worth
$700 In New York the other day. Abra
ham Dorfman was shot dead by a po
liceman. The American Forestry society will
visit the Tennessee exposition Septem
ber 20, 'Jl and 22. There will be papers
nnd addresses on subjects relative to
the forestry Industry.
Holding up freight trains, assaulting
men nnd women and raiding farm
houses is the employment burly tramps
In the central part of New Jersey are
at present engaged In.
Forest H. Parker, President of the
Produce Exchange Hank of New York,
and his wife were drowned a few days
ago In the Chain Lake, near Paul
Smith's, in the Adirondacks.
A small hoy attempted to bonrd a
freight train, a few days ago, and he Is
now lying dead nt the home of his par
ents. His name was Thomas Stevenson
and he lived in Pittsburg.
The falling of a 200 pound attachment
to a bell in the St. Mary's German
Catholic Church at Cleveland disturbed
!100 six o'clock worshipers Sunday morn
ing. After the excitement had passed
the interrupted mass was finished.
About 1.000 Apache Indians are off
the reservation and are scattered
through the Pinal and Superstition
mountains, killing deer nnd gntherlng
wild fruits. None of them are provided
with passes and .all are armed.
Inability to pay debts led to the dis
charge of Henry N. Watson, an Alle-
1 ghenv. Pa., letter carrier. A rule of
the post office forbids the contracting
of n debt, without the means of liqui
dating. Watson is a colored man.
A colored woman applied to the St.
Louis supervisor of the poor for relief
a few days ago. She was only 18 years
old and had been four times the moth
i r of twins, according to her statement,
which the supervisor, Dr. Woods, says
he verified.
Harry Coyle wns killed, August Pole
ki had several rlhs and his shoulder-
ammunition niid the markn ans hip . -Lj-le broken, and Thorna- Thon . ,
Loth sides was exceedingly poor. The John MeUover n and Stephen Hatpin
Greek surgeons say that nearly all the I n"'re or 1,.'ss Injured by the cav-
wotinds which they saw presentee the
appcarum o of having been inlliet d
with a projectile of small caliber and
the liiir.g was done evidently at great
distances."
The I lor declares that the most Li
ft resting feature of the Greek army
was its v man soldiers. Three i,f them
beenme famous. Conspicuous among
them was Kntrinn, who Joined the al
loy with her brother, did brave work,
was wounded and brought to or.c of the
field hospitals. Another woman did si
milar service with her brother, and n
third carried water to the woundd in
flic tiring line and received sev-r..l
founds, from one of which she died.
Jho government of Greece has re
plied to the request of the powers for
n statement of the revenue It will be
able to assign us a guarantee fur nn
indemnity loan. The government of
fers to set apart revenues amounting
to li.ooi.omt drachmas yearly. The Aust
rian government, it is stated, has pro
posed the rejection of the Hrllish plan
for tlv settlement of the Graeco-Turk-Ish
difficulty, and urges that the rive
niiiaiiiing powers proceed with the
conclusion of peace between the two
countries.
F0BTUNATE YOUTH.
Falls Heir to $2,000,000, Left By His Father,
Dcceasod.
Fred Horton, a young flour miller of
Li s Angeiis, has fallen heir to a for
tune amassed by his father. Philip Hor
ton, a well-known Callfornlan, the
news of whose sudden death three
wicks ago has been received by rela
tives in Oakland through the United
States consul at Guayainas. The father
and son have been separated for many
years. The youth, now about 19 years
of ng". was a child when his parents
were divorced. Tho mother, who sub
sequently remarried, took the boy with
her and the father left California. He
settled In a Mexican town near Guay
anins and there established a flour
milling business. Hy thrift and industry
he a cumulated a large estate, the val
ue of which has been reported as $2,000,
00. Oirl Bandit.
Minnie Brotherton, an 18-year-old
girl, who lives in the woods between
Wilton and New Canaan, Conn., has
been plnced under arrest charged with
being the leader of a gang of house
breakers and thieves. The warrant
charges her with forcible entry to the
house of old Mr. June, the hermit, of
Wilton, and she has confessed her
share In the escapade. The authori
ties have not placed tho girl behind
prison bars, but prefer to use her as
a decoy in hope of capturing the re
mainder of the gang.
Heartless Murderer.
Three tramps committed a cowardly
and cold-blooded murder near Brldge
water. Pa., on the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie railroad, Sunday morning. Char
les E. Gower, of Allegheny, a molder.
was the victim. He was shot through
. the heart while pleading with the as
sassins not to rob him of $9. which h
needed for his sick wife and three lit
tle children. The murderers escaped
and the authorities, of Beaver and Al
legheny counties are making every ef
fort to capture t hero.
YELIOIV FEYER IN NEHf HBB
CAUSES DEATH.
A Million Dollar will be Expended to Inp
prest the Dread Disease. .
The Louisiana State Board of Health
kept faith with its sister bodies of the
South and the rest of the country
when it made official announcement
Monday, as a result of a careful au
topsy that Raoul Gelpl, 13-years-old.
had died of yellow fever at New Or
leans. Gelpl was the son of promin
ent people, and had been spending
some time at Ocean Springs, Miss.,
where he was taken down with fever
and brought homo. Soon after avvlv
Ir.g, despite the best medical attention,
he died.
"We have no fear," said Dr. Welms
ley, acting president of the Hoard of
Health, "that the fever will spread In
New Orleans. The Board of Health Is
prepared to spend a million dollars to
stamp It out, and we see no reason to
feel alarmed. People ought not to get
frightened. This one case was taken
charge of In time, and such scientific
fumigation has been applied as to war
rant the hope that we shall promptly
and effectively stamp out the disease.
We have made arrangements to issue
a circular to every practicing physi
cian In New Orleans, commanding
them to report to the Hoard of Health
every suspicious case of fever. We
have made arrangements to act
promptly In every case and If, un
fortunately other casese of yellow fe
ver shall be brought to our attention,
we shall without delay notify the
world through the press of the facts."
Dr. Walmsley was disposed to hold
the representatives of the Marine Hos
pital service and the Mississippi Hoard
of Health to some responsibility for
the invasion. He said that the fever
had unquestionably been communicat
ed by the constant intercourse of
Ocean Springs with Ship Island, where
there Is a United States government
quarantine station. Ships from all por
tions of the world touch there. A
large number from tropical countries,
where yellow fever Is Indigenous to
the soil, report there weekly. There
has been steady and uninterrupted
communication between the island
nnd the coast towns, and Dr. Walms
ley has little or no doubt that this has
been the means of bringing Into Ocean
Springs the deadly germs of yellow fe
ver. If a rigid quarantine had been
maintained . between the island and
shore, he believes that Ocean Springs
wxuld now have little else to contend
with than the dengue fever. Immu
nity from epidemic, however, has
had a tendency to breed carelessness,
nnd the result is to be found In the
erlnmlty which has befallen the pop
ular sound resort.
lug In of a small coal bnnk last Satur
day at Pittsburg.
Whrat In Minnesota, 4,500,000 acres,
average yield, 12 bushels, total 64.0lW.OtW;
North Dakota. 4,000,000 acres, a vera g.?
yield 11 bushels, total 44.000,000; South
Dakota, 2,750,000 acres, average yield 8
bushels, total 22,000,000 bushels. Grand
total for the three States, 120,000,000
bushels.
Preparations are being made by
hundreds of Swedes In Minnesota nnd
Illinois to establish a Swedish colony in
Alabama. A city to be called Svea city
after a Swedish goddess will be
founded. The site of the colony con
tains I'i.OOO acres, and lies ten miles
east of Mobile boy, in Baldwin county.
George W. Clarke broke the world's
high dive record recently by Jumping
off the railing of the Halstead street
lift bridge at Chicago, when the struc
ture was raised to an elevation of Id
feet above the Chicago river. The diver
was taken out of the river without In
Jury and placed under arrest by the po
lice. George Price Hays, D.D., LT..D.. died
at his home nt Washington, Pa., Mon
day, of paralysis, having been an In
valid for the past live years, suffering
from nervous breakdown, and the par
alytic stroke is the culmination. H"
expired In about five minutes. He was
president of Washington and Jeffer
son college for 11 years.
The steamship Capltano, Capt.
Powis, returned from Juneau, Dyea
nnd Sknguuy a few days ago. She
brings down one miner from Juneau,
who Is disgusted with the outlook for
getting on to the gold lields this fall.
Her cattle and horses were landed
safely, but American customs officials
charged a duty of $.10 on each horse.
A woman who had been confined to
her bed for three years with an in
curable disease, and unable to speak
for a long time, was visited by a party
of ladies a few days ago. They In
dulged in a season of prayer, and lay
ing on of hands, when Mrs. Hartman,
tho Invalid, announced mat sno nau
been healed and arose from her bed
and walked, at Bellefontalne, O.
Miss Mabel Morrill, a young belle of
Cambrldgeport, Mass., was killed
while coasting on a wheel down a road
recently cut through the R. H. White
estate. She was thrown from her
wheel by a small stone and struck on
her head. She died In a few minutes.
Senator Tillman spoke at Rochester,
N. Y Labor Day. Ex-Governor Alt
geld, of Illinois, delivered an oration
at Philadelphia.
At Orpheus hall, San Francisco, a few
nights ago. a canvas screen around the
tinematographe caught fire. The blnze
caused a panic, and there was a wild
rush, for the doors. Some of the men
behaved like brutes, pushing the wom
en and children aside and tramping
upon them. Had not the police with
drawn clubs beaten back the crowd
there would have been loss of life. The
fire was quickly extinguished.
A terrible exidoslon occurred at Mor
ton. III.. Sunday night. The electrlo
light plant owned by Byer Bros. & Co.,
valued at $14,000 was completely de
molished by the bursting of the boiler
from some unknown cause. Two Blrls,
aged 6 and 9 years, were kljled
ONCE POOR, NOW RICH.
Rapid Stride from Poverty to ExtremeTWealth
Made by a Seattle Man.
W. M, Stanley, of Seattle, Is one of
the successful Klondykers. He went
to the region In the spring of 1896 a
poor man, and returned a year later
with $112,000 In gold, and owning prop
erty w hich he says is worth $18,000,000.
He will return again to continue his
operations. Ills private secretary, J.
M. Evans, a newspaper man of the
Northwest const on his way to New
York, wns In St. Paul the other day,
nnd told of the wonderful success of
Mr. Stanley.
According to Mr. Ev.ans, the Klon
dyke Is a country of strange sights
and strange features. The coldest
weather Is the most healthful. There
is no disease peculiar to the country.
Rheumatism is the prevalent ailment,
but the disease is brought there In the
human system and the climate and
conditions merely develop it. One sel
dom has a headache from an ordinary
di'iiiigenient of the system. Snow falis
only to a very thallow depth to two
nnd a half feet at the greatest. It
comes down as fro.it, never In flakes.
Sometimes it seems that the snow is
coming from the earth and not com
ing down from the sky. It seldom
ruins. The water In the streams al
ways comes from the snow and Ice,
nnd It Is always cold. There are more
llii s and mosquitoes in the warm sea
son than anywhere else on earth, and
In July the temperature Is ns high as
on tho Sahara. The ground never
thaws out completely, however.
F. Powers, of Maysvllle, O., with a
partner, made $120,oon each out of one
claim they discovered last winter,
and then sold It for $120,000. Powers
Is on his way home, ami says the Klon
dyke is the richest country in the
world.
A LARGE CAE00.
More than 300.000 Bushels of Cereals Leave
Baltimore on One Trip.
August of 1897 was the banner month
In the history of the port of Baltimore,
wo far as exports are concerned. Their
vi.lue amounted to the enormous Hum
of $10,243.3111, figures nevi r before
r ached, of the exports, grain fnrmd
the largest part, aggregating 9,2:io.6S0
hui-.hels, breaking the record of the
port shipments of this character. These
were made up as follows; Five million,
four hundred and seventy-five thou
sand, eight hundred and ninety-six
bushels of wheat; :i,,ri7ri,70: bushels of
torn: Ptf.riC bushels of rye; 60,000 bu
shels of oats. There were 47 full car
goes of grain. Among these the Knight
Hnch"nr took to Antwerp 326,69!i bush
els, the largest cargo of cereals that
ever left an American port in one ship.
Fails for Millions,
Kniico Mathou, the well-known ban
ker nnd promoter of several gigantic
schemes in Central America, has fail
ed for over $3,000,000. His principal
creditors are said to be Europeans, but
a San Francisco firm is said to be a
sufferer to the extent of $180,000. Ma
thou's assets are estimated at $2,B0U,
000, but consist for the most part of
property In the vicinity of Guatemala,
which can not ne otsposea or ror nair
their assessed valuation. The cause
assigned for the failure Is the heavy
depreciation of stiver and the collapse
of the real estate boom Inaugurated
by President Barrios eeveral years ago.
Large Purchases in Raw York.
William F. King, president of the
Merchants' association, of New York,
says: "I am satisfied that a reasonable
estimate of the purchases made In this
city throughout the month of August,
In all line of goods, would show an ag
gregate expenditure of nearly $160,000, t
000. This is a very large total, but
when you consider that the purchases
of some Individual firms run from $50,
000 to $100,000 you will see that the es
timate Is not wide of the mark.
GREETED BY THOUSANDS,
eXialajr Addresses the Children at Colom
bo. YUiU Grant's Cottage.
President McKlnley and party arriv
ed at Columbus Friday as guests of the
Ohio state board of agriculture. They
were preceded by Hon. James Wilson,
secretary of agriculture, who rejoined
them here. With the president came
Mrs. McKlnley, Senator and Mrs. Han
na. Secretary and Mrs. Alger. Col. and
Mrs. Myron Henick. Webb C. Hayes
and other personal friends.
The committee of reception appoint-,
ed by the board of agriculture escorted
the president between lines of police to
carriages. The crowd In the vicinity
of the station was Immense, the wea
ther being fine and the attendance at
the fair very large.
It is variously estimated that be
tween 75.000 and 100.000 people were ga
thered on the state fair grounds to
greet President McKlnley. but only a
fraction of this number were able to
hear the brief speech which he deliv
ered. It was school children's day,
and thousands of little folks were scat
tered through the crowd. President
McKlnley directed his remarks in part
to them. After visiting the cottage In
which Grant was born, which Is enclos
ed In a building and is the property of
the farmers of Ohio, to remain perma
nently, the president held an Informal
levee In the office of Secretary Miller.
There was great cheering when the
president and his party appeared on
tho balcony of the exposition building.
The balcony was beautifully decorated.
The vast crowd spread out over sever
al acres. After the applause which
greeted tho president subsided, the
Fourteenth regiment band played
"America," and the vast assemblage
took up the familiar strain, making a
great chorus. Secretary Miller of the
state bonrd of agriculture Introduced
the president, who said:
"My Fellow Citizens I feel that It Is
almost a hopeless task to undertake to
make myself heard by this great as
semblage of my fellow citizens. It Is
peculiarly gratifying to me, after more
than eighteen months of absence from
the capital city of my state, to return
to these beautiful agricultural grounds
to meet my old friends and my fellow
citizens with whom, for so many years,
I have been associated in the past. If
I had been naked to select a greeting
most agreeable to myself. It would be
that greeting which the committee has
prepared of the children of the schools
of the state assembled on these ground
to-day."
President McKlnley spent Sunday at
Cnnton. During the day he accom
panied his mother to church and lis
tened to a Bermon by Rev. Dr. C. E.
Manchester, his old comrade in arms,
To Assissinale tuc President.
Mayor Black received a letter con
taining a threat that the writer Inten
ded to assasslnnte President McKlnley
during his visit to Columbus. It bore
a postmark which Indicated that It had
been mailed In this city, but of course
was signed wlh a fictitious name.
MINERS WAITING..
I REfEKGEFUL MUST Oil
POLICE WOUNDED.
She Kined Colored Baby.
A philanthropic Washington lady
who took great delight In kissing the
baby of her colored cook has been
threatened by her pug-dog-kissing
neighbors with dire things if she did
not desist from making the colored
child so conspicuous. She will not de
sist, however, and besides the protec
tion which she expects from the United
States Constitution, a cauldron of hot
Mater awaits her select neighbor, who
oro charged with kissing pug dogs.
A.
The Convention at Columbus May Speedily
Pat an End to the Strike.
It Is now positively believed that the
striking miners will be offered a 65
cent rate In a few days, which will be
accepted.
The leader in the miners' Btrike nr?
resting on their oars, waiting upon the
outcome of the Columbus convention,
to be helC In a few days. They are,
however,- using their best effort to
keep the men from returning to work,
but only with moderate success. The
movement towards a settlement has
gone so far that all see that West Vir
ginia will cut a small figure, and men
are going back to work where the
chance offers.
The men on strike In the various re
gions held meetings Monday to select
delegates to attend the Columbus con
vention. These delegates were In
structed to oppose any settlement that
does not Include West Virginia and
other regions outside of Pennsylvania
unci Ohio.
The West Virginia strikers hardly
expect to have any weight in the con
vention, but they will deem It unjust
If their claims are not recognized, and
will ho in position to warn the national
organization that If West Virginia is
deserted in the hour of victory it will
be unwise ever to say sympathy in
that State again.
Labor Commissioner Isnac Barton,
of Wheeling, has Just returned after
nn extended trip through the coal fields
of the State. He was detailed for this
work by Governor . Atkinson. Of tho
22,000 miners of the State, he finds that
10,000 are idle. Of these 4.000 are New
River men and 4,000 Kanawha miners.
In both regions tho suspension la prac
tically complete.
In the New River region the opera
tors are making no attempt to get out
coal. On the Norfolk and Western
road, in the southern part of the State,
the commissioner reports little coal is
being produced. The only Held In the
State where the strike Is not becoming
effective Is nt Fairmont, where the dal
ly shipments of conl amount to 32.1 cars
6,ii00 tons. In the Kanawha Valley
not more than 1,000 of the 5,000 miners
are at work.
One hundred strikers met a crowd of
miners accompanied by the mine su
perintendent, Frank Strasser, at Wash
ington, Ind., on the way to sturt the
mine, the other morning. A battle
with rocks, fists and clubs took place
between the men Just outside the city
limits, and a number were' pnlnfully In
jured. Superintendent Strasser's scalp
was cut from a blow with a club, and
he was bruised about the body from
the rocks thrown. He, with his men,
were followed to town by the angry
strikers. No arrestsliave been made.
Hundreds Perish.
A dispatch from Madrid says that
Mont Mayon, south of the island of
Luzon, Philippine Islands, is in a state
of violent eruption, and that tha
streams of lava thrown out reach to the
seashore, a distance of 20 miles. Sev
eral villages have been destroyed and
Too persons are reported to have been
killed.
Terrible Mine Explosion.
A terrible explosion of coal dust oc
curred in the old Sunshine mine, owned
by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Compa
ny, twelve miles from Olenwood, Cal
Friday. Twelve bodies have been re
covered, and it can not be learned whe
ther there are any more in the mine or
not. Rescuing parties are still explor
ing the mine and great crowds sur
round the entrance. The bodies taken
out are In a most horrible, mutilated
condition.
Death Bather Than Bloomen.
Walter Hubbell, 35 years old, a ma
chinist of Rochester, N. Y made an
unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide
by hanging a few days ago. He was
driven to desperation by his wife's re
fusal to give up Wearing bloomers.
Hubbel's wife bought a bicycle, and on
Saturday her husband found her ar-
krayed In bloomers. He rebuked her.
She retorted tnat other women wore me
garments, and she was going to do so,
too. Mrs. Hubbell cut the rope just In
(time to save her husband a life. She
has abandoned bloomers and he his in
dention of dying.
An Accomplice of tie Marie Sjmu Pri
me ir bow in Catted.
An anarchist shot chief of police Por
tas and assistant chief Telxldor at Bar
celona, last Saturday. Their assailant
was arrested. He belongs to the Paris
group of anarchists. His name is given
as Barrll. As two police chiefs were
leaving the circus, they were stopped
and abused by the prisoner. Barril then
fired at the officers with a revolver,
wounding chief Portas In the shoulder
and chest, and assistant chief Telxldor
In the shoulder. Both the chiefs pur
sued Barrll, who sought refuge in a
wine shop, where before he was taken
Into custody, he shot and severely
wounded a waiter.
Chief Portas is convinced that Barril
is an accomplice of Michelo Angtollllo,
the recently executed assassin of Pre
mier Canovas del Castillo, of Spain.
Barrll, when questioned regarding his
attempt to assassinate the two chiefs,
admitted he was an anarchist, and that
he had been expelled from Spain in 18S5
for hissing the Spanish flag.
Instead of the expected death sen
tence, Barril, the anarchist, was sen
tenced by the request of the public
prosecutor to 40 years Imprisonment.
He admitted that he Intended to kill
the chief of police for activity against
anarchists.
BOMB EXPLODED.
President's Departure and Arrival at France
' Marked with Attempts to Assassinate.
President Fnure landed at Dunkirk
Tuesday from the cruiser Puthuau on
his return from his visit to Russia. At
a municipal banquet in his honor he
said: "By loyalty, by wisdom and poli
tical Instinct our democracy has res
tored France to her rightful place
among nations, has reaped the affec
tions of another people and has found
ed, on the mutual aim of peace, the ln
tlmate Union of the two great nations,
which constitutes one of the greatest
events of the end of the present cen
tury." The president arrived In Paris
at 6 o'clock and proceeded to the Ely
see unlace. Ten minutes after the pre
sident had passed the Madeleine, a
bomb was exploded Inside the railings
around the church.. Nobody was In
jured by the explosion, but the affair,
following bo closely upon others of a
similar nature, caused the greatest ex
c!temc"t. Tho fragments of the bomb
fT5!''mble tliSSi iii tbe Bols de Boulogne
on June 13 last, nnu oh the Place de la
Concorde on June 16 last. It consisted
of an Iron tube filled with an explosive
and loaded with nails. At the prefec
ture of police the bomb explosion is not
attributed to anarchists, but Is believed
to be the work of the lunatic who was
responsible for previous similar affairs.
It will be remembered that when the
president left Purls for Russia, 10 days
ago, a similar explosion occurred a few
minutes after he had passed a street
corner. At night a band of 100 persons
with flags flying, left the opera and
proceeded In the direction of the Ely
see, shouting "Down with Emperor
William." The police stopped the pro
cession after a scuffle. Two of the lea
ders were arrested.
FROM ACE0ES THE SEA
17,000 natives are now In revolt
against British rule In India.
The failure of the potato, hay and
corn crops threatens an agricultural
crisis In Ireland.
Bismarck gave out a sensational In
terview, In which he told some secrets
of Inner court life In Germany.
The attending physician of Pope Leo
says that the holy father Is In good
health and may live many years yet.
Kmperor William's recent speech at
Coblenz has made him the laughing
stock of all Kurope, and he has been
sharply criticised.
Fearful Btorms have occurred In
Western Silesia and the rivers are
rapidly rising and threatening fresh
Inundations. several persons nave
been killed by lightning and a number
of farm houses have been burned.
At Matreburg, Germany, a Socialist
editor was arrested for speaking dis
respectfully of the pantaloons worn by
the emperor at the unveiling of a
monument there.
A special dispatch from Paris says
that cries of "Down with England!"
were raised outside the British Embas
sy in Paris, because that building was
not illuminated In honor of the return
of President Faure to the French cap
ital after his visit to Russia.
From Alexandria, Egypt, comes the
report that the Egyptian cotton crop
Just closed hns yielded 5,000.000 cantars
(about rs4,3!'0,000 pounds), double that
of a decade ago. ami over 1,000.000 In
value beyond that of 1S96. Accounts
of the crop now beginning are entirely
favorable and Indicate a total yield of
more than 6,000,000 cantors.
The sultan of Turkey, has been In di
rect communication with the czar, and
that the correspondence has resulted
In the making of mutual arrangements
by which the sultan ngrees never to
use his Inlluence against Russia in
Central Asia and the czar pledges him
self to uphold Turkish rights in Eu
rope. A dispatch from Paris says that the
body of a beautiful woman, frightfully
mutilated, with the skull crushed, has
been found In the river Seine. On the
middle of the woman's back were tat
tooed the words, "Long live Poland,"
and "Death to Traitors." The remains
are supposed to be those of a Nihilist
who had Incurred the suspicion of her
fellow-Nihilists.
A dispatch from Berlin says that
Herr Krupp, the Ironmaster, has with
drawn his offer of 25.000 ($125,000) to
equip the next expedition of Dr. Peters
to Africa, owing to thi sentence recent
ly passed upon the doctor. Dr. Peters
was formerly the German high com
missioner in Africa and was dismissed
from the Imperial service in April last,
after having been convicted of grossly
abusing his authority in hanging,
whipping and otherwise maltreating
natives In his Jurisdiction.
Atlantic to the Gulf.
Articles have been filed with County
Clerk Purroy, of New York, for the In
corporation of the Florida Trans-Peninsular
Shiu Canal Company. The
chief incorporators are Robert May
Caffall, Freeman H. Baldwin, H. Bolet
Peraza, consul-general for the greater
republic of Central America; Benjamin
F. Cromwell and Francis P. Fleming.
The capital Is $75,000,000. The project
ors have In mind the building of a ship
canal and railway to connect the At
lantic with the gulf. The new canal
will be of sufficient capacity for the
passage of oqean-going vessels.
Embessled Chnrch Funds.
Warrants charging embezzlement
have been Issued at Chicago for the ar
rest of Charlea M. Charnley, for 16 years
treasurer of the Presbyterian board of
aid for colleges and academies.
FEW FAILURES.
Qreat beaua rrtigain for
' ,' . WWt-BiM ia Im.
R Qbun ft Co. a weekly reti.J
Failure. In August were n bu-J
not only 17 uer cent, leu t,..Tlmtl
gust, TV, but in amount o i,h,?j
J0.g per cent, amaller. jui .Vim
gust show a lower average of ii,.1
ever
known In inv vpnr. nr bv.
lar nf l) tvultlv-lkn. l'-4l
- - - --j - . years it
bun A Cn have kent n,,UM .
i ..mi. A. . , py I
WIUO. A W V - Will 11 m yj
distributed, extending to nearly .J
Important branch of buslnn. V..1
clothing. Jewelry and unclassiflH .1
ding, only two months of the mi ,1
In vennral atorea and fnmi
three: In groceries, hats and Iron tr l
uiaciurc umjr iuui , iii nl and ch.J
l-luwiiiiK iiiauuiwiuiv, only six mm.f
of the forty-seven. U"I
Wheat continued its reaction until
naa iaiien luur i-cruis more but ti
A Ka a.i , u ,..1K U .i . 1
iw ..mi Knf; nrsi rvll
oi nueiKii uujnu. v cstern rerej
are very large, though not qmtf 1
large as a year ago, but Atlantic I
ports, flour included, rose to 5,134
Dusneis ior me ween, against 2,i;:,
Dusneis lain year. 1 ne estimates hi
command confidence still indlmil
a r -n Art,, rvA r on . laH
yield or uju.uuv.wuu iu oau.uuu.wifl buslJ
winter wnfi turning out so much
or me loss in spring wneat. Fonj
Hccuuuia uu nui iiiiiu uvt?, and unl
mucn more aecepiive man usual
demand for American wheat wili
exceed the quantity which ran be J
eu. uonunueu large exports of VA
and Puying ror export, show still ,
clearlv the extent nf rtiflnio
abroad. Western receipts" for the r
were iu,qk5,u pusneis, against i.m
busTiels last year, and buih a nil
ment at this season, implies a great!
port aemana not yet reuected In oul
Cotton speculation made AukusiI
uvines cosiiy, spot rising to 104 (,
dui me marKei men untied riackoJ
iy 10 vriiiu. 1 nnniding r
doubtless renects conflicting factn.
the opinion gains tnat the crop w,:
large, if by lateness not exposed tJ
rlous injury, u ne mills are now I
ning ana turning oui great quantl
of goods In response to heavy puiJ
ses recently maae.
The Improvement In the Iron
steel Industry gains momentum, i
further advance In prices makes!
per cent, rrom tne lowest average,
gust 12. The demand increases
sheV-tS and plates, especially for br
and ship building, including lu.ooo
at Philadelphia In structural won
which It Is said that the 20.000 tons!
been placed at Chicago In liars.
especially In wire arjd vjr5 nal
all have advanced an average of til
Ion". Southern and western dJ
have Cnfled to advance prlres ofl
25 cents. Bessemer nt Pittsliurcl
risen 10 cents and eastern market.4
stronger, tne aemnnn fur cat
pressing, and work for rallwavj
creases. The first shipment of 1
tails from this country to Ausil
was of 2,000 tons by the Lackavi
Company. Tin Is slightly lower al
65 cents, but heavy exports, saldtol
er 15,000,000 pounds, for the next 1
months, sustain copper at lT'c,
lead is strong at 4.10c.
Failures for the last week have I
191 in the United States, acalnstl
last year, and 25 against 31 In CaJ
A niSFIfiURED STUDFNTl
Freshman Has a Violent Introdcctioi
College Life.
There -will ' be. no more "rush!
the University of California If !
dent Kellogg's latest mandate ! j
ed. Half dazed, his Jaw brokn
face a bleeding mass, Benjamin 1
ti newly entered freshman, was
wandering about the campus ad
rush between the two lower cl
An examination showed a piece 011
had been torn from one nostni.
upper lip hung only by a slired aa
ragged nature of the tear maJi
Injury more serious, ah me
. TT. ... ,..,1. ha. I
1 n wprp iron?. r nui n un tiwim
knocked out of the lower Jaw aii
bone in which they had been inus
was broken out with ttiem. B"l
miner nnd lower Jnws were srf
and the flesh of all the faee til
and bleeding.
FI0HTIN0 THE BACHELOBll
Women TTse Their Influence Against 1
riod romiciani.
TUa ,onanl mnnlfesto of Ml"-
lotte Smith against the unone n
tlclans was the subject of muon
1. pum iha woman s nt'iuur i
.. sinniluv As a result I
of resolutions was passed. setUM
that "The American bachelor I
..1..., nVii,!, hia .lute in the htimal
1 inn ..... . - -
lly when he falls to pnmur
a. ma irruul Woman DCIHIC lie ' I
In ha tii-nfalilllin Itf DolKlcS: ttl
,i - - . ..,
he is not to be trusted uwi
tered a political arena in v .yj
tntiiinu Hiirroiina nun on " -
,ui unnrtnnntelv. modern I
hns heretofore given the politiraj
elor too much attention by
tirlvnln HffV I
"Resolved, That as iar .
ble a list of bachelor I'"""1''
are aspirants for pumir
.,.i... 1 1., ha ytntus of M is l
nnd New York and formal pnjl
sent out against tneir enwj
election by me ""'"-
I tho irrnlini that tM
leHftu,-. wii ,, n " " . 1
e gib e to hold puouc "
lilt: ijrnftuc n . , ,...,nnl
tlons to ex-Mayor Kdwin I W
of Boston, on his api-roa. hinp 1
age and recommends for nini
vears vacation iroin i'
to enjoy his honeymoon
HE MADE MONET.
Arrest of Shrewd ConnterneterwtM
lit in Fhiladeipa
t .,..,,.,1 a eompl'
i ne ponce mi"""" - - tt,y
terfelters' outfit, together 1
In unfinished $10 sliver
Philadelphia last week. l
the city has beer i
counierren i nam(
A man who gave the n"
Helnbecker was arrestM
while passing one 01 -
bills. IletnoecKer ""'" :, I
of a gang whose headnuri'"
the city. When the po - n
place they found the entiren
n a at n nil. UU J
piece was an advertising
York firm of clockmakwj
torn of which was PVR
becker. New York CTroJfy
Ing Company, 101
York City. He "E
counterfeits in an i '
in the East.
. IlS
President 01 ""--.,
President E. BenjwnlM.
come out of the AK".1 Js
ration of Brown U"'
dene. R. I, .
corporation has
his resignation. ? u.
ted that It 'levei ,iwrn
rtonv hia I'reasonul'i
1c.e'" 1 .hat tM.5
,U,'tPre.l
I - . t . aa III" I
dutlei a.
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