HID rrrejej
iXETERHORROR
IVenty-nine Killed in an Awful
Railroad Crash.
h REAR END COLLISION.
Excursion Train From Harrisburg Crash
ti Into Express.
CAB COMPLETELY TELESCOPED.
Itf the Victims of the Disaster Six
teen Were lt.-sldentM of Norrlstown,
White Three .More Residents ofThat
city Are Lylnirat. the Point or Death.
Accident the. Itesnlt of Somebody's
Hlunder. and the Coroner Will Con
duct it IMirld Investigation In an En
ilouvor to Place the Itespouslhlllty.
Reading, Pa., May 15. Shortly before
1 10 o'clock last Friday night a collision
of passenger trains occurred on the
Philadelphia and Reading railway at
Exeter Station, six miles below Read
ing. Tho express train which should
have left here at 8:30 p. m. for Phila
delphia was behind schedule time in
leaving, and stopped at Exeter for or-
iderB. A special tram rrom narns-
burg, bearing excursionists who had
I attended the Hart ran ft monument un
veiling at the capital, left here 20
minutes later than the express train.
and at Exeter, while proceeding at a
rapid speed, crashed Into the express.
The engineer of the express train
I was Dan WHdermuth, of Conshohock-
cu. and Fireman John Kemmerer. In
the cab of the excursion train's loco
motive were Engineer Harry Orrell.
of Philadelphia, and Fireman Everett.
Doth escaped death by jumping, and
Everett declares that Orrell jumped
but an Instant before the crash.
The work of rescne was proceeded
with promptly by the train crews, po-
! licemen and soldiers who were re
turning from the Harrisburg parade,
but the work was very slow.
For, opposed to and resisting the fren
zied efforts of the rescuers, ton after
ton of weight was piled one on the
other and welded one with the other
by being hurled through space at the
rate of 50 mites an hour. The mon
ster Wootten locomotive had plowed
through the two day coaches in the
rear of the express, completely tele
scoping them, and had then leaped
with terrific energy, on top of the
Pullman parlor car, the Orpheus, com -pletely
shattering the latter, and send
ing a rain of splinters over all.
Under this great mass were pinioned
many of the passengers, and under the
debris of the first three coaches of the
special were other passengers, for
special were other passengers, for,
their momentum, suddenly stopped by
the resistance offered the locomotive,
these coaches were literally shivered
into chunks and splinters.
The other coaches of this train es
caped, as did also that portion of the
express ahead of the Pullman. This
car evidently had acted as a sort of
buffer for the coaches ahead, and so
the occupants escaped with only a se
vere shaking up.
Thus, ever toiling to remove this
weight and get at the men underneath,
the rescuers wore away the night. The
engine, dismantled of all appurte
nances, was lifted from the Pullman at
midnight, and then the cars were jack
ed up and the victims were got at more
rapidly. As fast as the bleeding, life
less and all but lifeless bodies were re
leased from the tons of weight upon
them they were carried by tender
hands to the Exeter Station hotel, and
placed on the porch and inside.
One of the most pathetic incidents
at the wreck occurred when W. E.
Holmes, of Norrlstown, was taken
from the debris. As soon as he could
gain power of speech he gasped: "My
boy, where is he? Where is my boy?"
No one had the heart to tell the father
that George had been removed fromnear
his side a corpse, horribly mutilated.
And so through the hours there arose
the unanswered moan: "My boy, my
little Oeorge, where is he?"
The total number of dead as a
result of the collision reached 29
yesterday, William D. Jenkins, of Nor
rlstown, dying at the Charity hospital
at Norrlstown.
Norrlstown suffered the most se
verely by the disaster, 16 of the dead
having lived In that city. They are:
William Stahler. druggist; William
Camm, retired; Colonel Oeorge Schall,
retired; John Slinghuff, chief of fire
department; William H. Lewis, pro
duce dealer; F. D. Sowers, proprietor
of book store; Harry C. Wentz, real
estate dealer; Charles H. White, real
estate dealer; John Kuntz, milk deal
er; Henry J. Coulson, Iron worker;
Joseph Taylor, colored porter; Harry
Thompson, watchman; Samuel Mc
Carthy, contractor; Isaac M. Fill man,
fireman; Norman Holmes, aged 9;
William D. Jenkins, laborer.
The other 13 victims were: Lucien J.
Custer, aged 20, and Daniel H. Yoder.
40, both of Pottstown; Jacob W. Mark
ley, Philadelphia; John Johnson, Mt.
Carmel, Pa.; H. C. Hartford. Philadel
phia; Captain Charles Leaf, Fort
Washington, Pa.; H. L. Hunsberger,
Conshohocken, Pa.; C. L. La vert y,
Harrisburg; E. E. Shelley, Hatboro,
Pa.; C. H. Powell, Phoenix vllle, Pa.;
Michael Lawn, 57, Germantown; Cap
tain C. W. Elcholts, Downlngtown, Pa.;
Samuel W. Beatty, Conshohocken.
At least 10,000 persons visited the
scene of the wreck yesterday. They
came from places 20 and 30 miles dis
tant. Railroad trains brought crowds,
others came by carriages aid bicycles,
and hundreds came on xt. Relic
hunters kept the police busy. Almost
everybody was bent on carrying away
some kind of memento. Many of the
people did not hesitate to take away
with them pieces of wood thoroughly
saturated with human blood Every
thing in the neighborhood of the wreck
Is bespattered with blood, and the sight
was a gruesome one.
Exeter, where the catastrophe oc
curred, consists principally of a dimin
utive, boxlike railroad station, a two
story brick hotel and a distillery. Inci
4ea tally, a few dwelling houses are
scattered here and there. The hamlet
lould not muiter more than 60 inhabi
tant. The scenery ct this point is ex
tremely picturesque.
THE CORONER'S INVESTIGATION.
iccldent Probably Caused by a M In
take a to signals.
1 Reading, Pa., May 1C Coroner
Rothermel last night announced lits
Intention of beginning the inquiry into
the cause of the wreck on the Philadel
phia nnd Redi:ig railway at Exeter on
Monday ne. He spent the greater
portion of yesterday in Philadelphia
subpoenaing witnesses and making
general inquiries concerning thewreck.
1 It is said that the district attorney may
. assist in the investigation. The eoro
! ner, while in Philadelphia, saw Harry
, Orrell. the engineer of the 111 fated
; second section of the wrecked train,
r.nd his fireman, Everett, and notified
' them to be present. It Is said that
' United States Senator Penrose, who
; was a passenger on the wrecked sec
tion, will 'also be a witness.
It Is the generally expressed opinion,
although not from any official source,
that the cause of the accident was a
I misunderstanding or mistake ns to sig
nals. Train Dispatcher Rourke, it is
said, ordored the tower man below
Reading to turn the red light against
tho second section, and when the train
came In sight to give him the green,
or cautionary signal. This was obey
ed, but Orrell, running slow, saw a
white signal about a mile north of
Exeter and put on high speed, which
was the fearful result of 29 killed and
50 Injured. 1
All but seven of the Injured hav
been discharged from the hospitals In
this city. Although several of those
still in the hospitals nre In a serious
condition, It Is believed by the physi
cians that they will recover. The In
jured In the hospital nt Norrlstown are
reported to be doing well, with the ex
ception of Amnndus dorses, who Is
still In n dangerous condition.
ROSWELL P. FLOWER DEAD.
New York's Kx-t.overnor 11 Victim of
Aonte Indlveattnn.
New York, May IS, Former Gov
ernor Roswell P. Flower died at 10:80
last night ut the Eastport Country
club. Eastport, L. I. Mr. Flower WM
taken 111 early In the day with a se-
I vere attack of acute Indigestion. In
the afternoon symptoms of heart fail
ure supervened, and he grew steadily
' .11 . i - .i i j . M" i
worse unui uie nine ui ms ueaui. i 1 1 -
attack of heart failure was accom
panied by a fainting spell, and Mr.
THE LATE ROSWELL P. FLOWER.
Flower's family In New York city were
quickly notified. Mrs. Flower and the
former governor's nephew, Frederick
S. Flower, accompanied by Dr. Thomas
H. Allen, Mr. Flower's physician, left
at once on a special train for Enstport.
When they arrived there Mr. Flower
had somewhat recovered, but last night
the attack of heart failure was marked
and Mr. Flower became unconscious an
hour or more before his death.
The IlufTalo Strike Spreads.
Buffalo, May 16. The dock situation
is worse today than at any time since
the opening of the season. Tho
monthly men, tho men who work In
side of the elevators, are out, and have
agreed to remain out until tho grain
shovelers" and the freight handlers'
strikes are settled. Every elevator
here is idle. Dlshop Quigley and the
leaders of the grain shovelers held i
conference yesterday that lasted until
9 o'clock last night. The grain shovel
ers claimed that Mr. Conners had vio
lated all the essential provisions of the
agreement that the Lake Carriers' as
sociation had made with the union.
The bishop summoned many witnesses
before him, and after a thorough in
vestigation expressed the opinion that
the men were In the right.
Dewey'a Washington Home.
Washington, May 16. F. A. Vander
llp, nsslstant secretary of the treasury;
Charles H. Allen, assistant secretary of
the navy; Perry S. Heath, assistant
postmaster general; Brigadier Oeneral
Corbln and Ellis H. Roberts, treasurer
of the United States, who have been
appointed a national committee to
take charge of the funds with which
to purchase a home for Admiral Dewey
In Washington, held a meeting yester
day. The members of the committee
are enthusiastic over the idea. A for
mal address to the public probably will
be Issued soon. The first subscription
to the fund, $250, was received yester-
i day from General Felix Agnus, of
Baltimore.
j Dr. Brigs an Eplacopal Clersryman.
New York, May 15. In the Pro
Cathedral on Stanton street yesterday
Rev. Dr. Charles A. Brlggs, who was
I suspended for heresy by the Presby
terian assembly, was ordained a priest
of the Episcopal church. He was or
dained together with the Rev. Charles
A. Snedeker, and the ordination cere
monies were conducted by Bishop Pot
ter. The little church was crowded
with people, and the ceremonies were
notable for the quietness that prevail
ed. Those who expected, from the
great outcry of the past three or four
weeks, some sensational features were
disappointed. There was no scene, no
excitement, and no protest was filed
at the beginning, during or at the
close of the ordination.
Tho Price of Hay Advanced.
Canajobarle, N. Y.( May 16. A sum
mary of 25 reports from the leading
seaboard and Interior markets receiv
ed by the Hay Trade Journal shows
an advance in the price of hay of from
20 per cent over the average price for
the year ending May 12, ISM.
They Appeal For a Conference to
Discuss Peace Terms.
TEN MEN E0UT TWO HUNDRED.
A Squad of Oeneral Uwlnn'x Scouts
Enter Snn Mlirurl. and the Rebate
Retreat " PreelfleBtgohnrmntt's Fare
well to Admiral Dewey.
Manila, May 15. Tlio civilian mem
bers of the United States Philippine
rommlsslon are favorable to the meet
ing with a Filipino commission, which
was suggested Saturday, on behalf of
Agulnaldo, by Lieutenant Reyes, of the
staff of General Gregorlo del Pilar,
who came to General Lewton under a
flag of truce, bearing the proposal. It
Is thought by the American commis
sioners that the Idea may have re
sulted from a recent meeting of the
so-called Filipino congress at San
Isldro. Definite Information on this
point, however, cannot yet be obtained,
though the local Filipino committee,
which is In close communication with
the loaders of the rebellion, Is doing
Its utmost to secure peace. Oeneral
Otis has consented to receive the Fili
pino envoys.
Ten members of Major Oeneral Law
ton's band of scouts, under Major W.
M. Young, the old Indian fighter, en
tered the town of San Miguel, about 16
miles north of Norngaray, not aware
of what place It was. They found 200
Filipinos there, but the rebels, taking
the scouts for the advance of General
Ijtwton's army, tied, after firing u few
shots. Young und another scout were
wounded and have been brought to
Manila.
Professor Schurman, president of the
United States Philippine commission,
gave B farewell luncheon yesterday to
Admlrnl Dewey, at which Professor
Dean C. Worcester und Colonel Charles
Denby, of the commission, with Gen
eral MacArthur, Mrs. Lawton and
others, were present. The health of
the admiral was drunk wttb the utmost
cordiality.
AGUINALDO'8 DLU8TBR.
He Declares Filipinos win "l ight to
the Hitter Rod."
London, May 16. The Filipino junta
here has received the following mes
sage from Agulnaldo, cabled from
Hong Kong under date of May 12:
"The Fljlplno government, In ac
cordance with tho general feeling of
the country, has decided to continue
the war, at all costs, until Independence
Ib secured.
"The Filipinos energetically refuse
the American peace overtures, based
on restricted autonomy, coupled with
promises of subsequent self govern
ment. "The Filipinos demand a strict ful
filment of the articles of the American
constitution and treaties contracted by
the American representatives when Im
ploring a Filipino alliance In com
bating the Spaniards.
"All of the Filipino generalB support
Agulnaldo. General Luna's reported
overtures for pence are untrue. Our
army Is near Manila, simultaneously
attacking the whole American line.
"The heat and rains are causing
many casualties In the American army
All the hospitals are crowded with sick
and wounded. Four hundred of the
Cincinnati (?) regiment have been im
prisoned by General Otis for Insub
ordination In refusing to fight. Tbe
regular troops quartered In Manila and
other towns nre quiet. The volunteers
are abused, and are always at th
front, with scanty rations.
"This discontent between the Ameri
cans and Europeans is general."
The general accuracy of the In
formation received In London may be
gauged by the reference to the Cin
cinnati regiment. The state of Ohio
has never had a body of soldiers s i ac
credited in the Philippine islands.!
ALL WANT TO HONOR OJSW RY.
The ships of Foreign Jfatlona Will
Salute Our Admiral.
Washington, May 16. Admiral Dew
ey's home coming by way of the Med
iterranean Is llkuly to give occasion
for distinguished honors from the
navies of Europe, most of them being
represented by extensive squadrons in
those wnters, and some of them hav
ing their chief naval Stations at Med
iterranean ports. Already Ambassa
dor Cnmbon, of France, lias railed the
attention of the authorities at Paris
to the return of Admiral Dewey by
way of the Mediterranean and tho
probable sailing of his flagship Olym
pla past the French naval ports at Al
giers. These are opposite the British
possessions of Gibraltar and Malta, at
the entrance to tne Mediterranean, and
are easy and natural stopping places
along that route. It Is hardly expected
that the admiral will touch at Toulon,
the great naval depot of France. At
the ports of French Algiers he will
be accorded every honor due not only
to. his high rank, but to the universal
esteem In which he is held by the naval
fraternity.
The British authorities have taken
no steps thus far to have the admiral
stop at British ports, but It was stated
today by one of the British official i
that Dewey would be assured a most
enthusiastic greeting if he stopped at
any British station. In the event that
the admiral can be induced to stop in
England en route home, It is said that
he will probably me met at Aden or
Port Said by a British escort.
Admiral Dewey'a Welcome Home.
New York, May 16. That New
York's welcome to Admiral Dewey Is
to be conducted on a grand scale was
shown yesterday when the Joint com
mittee of the city councils decided to
call on the municipal assembly to au
thorize an appropriation of 150,000
for the city's part in the welcome.
Mayor Van Wyck heartily approves of
such an appropriation. Resolutions
providing for the expenditure of this
amount were introduced In each
branch today. The charter makes it
necessary that these resolutions be re
ferred to the finance committee. They
will be reported upon favorably next
week, and will probably be adopted
without a dissenting vote. It was de
cided that the official reception shall
be held on the day after Admiral
Dewey arrives. He Is not expected be
fore late In September.
i. WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
". Wednesday. Miy 10.
The Michigan se: ite passed an In
oj:e tax bill which Includes corpora
' Iron Incomes. , .
'Thr'New York 'he;i 'th board Is pre
paring for a vigorous prosecution of
Christian scientists and similar "heal
ers." 1 At the disarmament confcrencoAmer
tea and England will stand together for
international arbitration In settling
disputes.
Filipinos who arrived at San Fran
cisco for exhlbl' ion In a New York
dime museum, claiming to bo actors,
were excluded.
It Is officially declared in Washing
ton that Italy Is taking vigorous meas
ures to prevent Italian criminals from
coming to this country.
The Toledo (O.) council voted to sell
a street rullway franchise to the high
est bidder, defeating Mayor Jones'
municipal ownership scheme.
Thursday, Mar 11.
I Hon. George Farle, first assistant
post r aster general under President
: Grant, died In Washington last night.
I The commissioners from the United
States, Great Britain and Germany nre
In Samoa, und murines have been wlth-
, drawn.
William N. Boggs, defaulting teller
of the Dover (Del.) bank, was sen-
fenced to six years' Imprisonment and
I $0,500 line.
Kung Yu Wei, the Chinese reformer,
hud n long Interview with Sir Wilfred
; Laurler, the Canadian premier, at Ot
tawa yesterday.
Iowa's supreme court decides that a
note or account for moneys involved
1 in board of trade deals cannot be col-
' leeted at lnw In that stale.
Whites and blacks of Albany, Ga.
la town of 8.000 Inhabitants, suspended
business to attend the funeral of F.
1 W. McCarthy, a prominent negro.
i Mrs. Anna George, recently ncqult
ted of a charge oi killing George Sux-
i ton, at Canton. O.. lectured In Stoubon
vllle, O. Only M paid to hear her.
Friday. May i.
i General Otis cables to Washington
his belief that the Filipino Insurrec
tion Is nearly ended.
The Catholic Knights of America.
In convention at Kansas City, Mo., de
cided to admit women to membership.
! Senator McMlllnn, of Michigan, di -nlcs
Secretary Alger's statement that
he (McMillan) had agreed to retire In
Alger's favor.
An effort Is being made to bring
about a reunion of Federal and Con
federate soldiers of the civil war at
Kvunsvllle, Ind.
Near Howard City. Mich., Joseph
1 Harvey murdered his wife, his unci",
1 Robert Plerson. and his grandmother,
and wounded his father-ln-lnw, John
I Legenslayer, and his own 3-rannths-1
old baby. Then be made a fake at-
tempt at suicide.
Saturday, May m.
A tornado struck the Hondo (Mex
ico) coal mine section, killing 24 and
Injuring 40.
The Pana (Ills.) mine troubles ended
In a compromise, employers recogniz
ing the union.
George H, Hayden. ex-bank examiner
of Illinois, was convicted nt Chleago
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Ot IIIIDVUIlUUtL III WIUV.I
Two apprentices on the British war
ship Com US, who deserted at Halifax,
1 were stripped and lashed.
Admiral Dewey, responding to Invi
tations for banquets, etc., declares nil
health requires rest and quiet.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans,
; nt Charleston, elected Walter T. Col
quitt, son of Georgia's ex-governor, a:;
, sommander-ln-chtef, he defeating Rob
' ert E. Ih". Jr.
Monday. May in.
A monster mass meeting in Minne
apolis adopted resolutions strongly up
holding McKlnloy's Philippines policy.
1 Plummer S. Page, the street railway
! magnate of Seranton. Pa., dropped
i dead yesterday from the rupture of a
blood vessel In the head.
Lulgl Minottl. 45-year-old Italian,
outraged 5-year-old Nellie Cabasa at
j Bridgeport, Conn. Nellie's 18-year-old
t,r,,M,,.T- PliimnnH kfllpd Mlnnttl
Reconstructed board of regents of
Kansas' State Agricultural college an
nulled an invitation to Colonel W. J.
Bryan to deliver the commencement
oration.
Donald McLean, a western railroad
promotor, fell over the balustrade of
the Palmer House, Chicago, to tho
stone flagging two floors below, and
was killed.
The schooner Nelson foundered In
i Luke Superior Saturday, and nine per
isons were drowned, Including Captain
I Haghney's wife and child. The cap
italn escaped.
Tuesday, May HI.
The cause of much of the distress
In this country Is the over education
of the masses, declared C. P. Hunt
J lngton In a speech at San Francisco.
George D. Scott, manager of John
D. Rockefeller's estate at Tarrytown,
N. Y., committed suicide by shooting.
President McKlnley is opposed to as
, sembling congress In extra session un
; less some unlooked for contingency
arises.
i The New York health authorities
propose to stamp out hypnotism as
i well as Christian science and all kin
dred practices.
The United States supreme court has
1 decided that the French steamer Ollnde
Rodrlgues, seized during the war with
I Spain, shall be returned to Its owners.
A movement has been started in
Kansas to give every man In Colonel
Funston's regiment a political office
tpon his return from the Philippines.
President Dwlght'n Successor.
New Haven, May 16. Circulation
was given today In the circles of the
university and elsewhere to the cate
gorical statement, bearing some marks
of authenticity, that the successor to
President Timothy Dwight, of Yale
university, had at last been found and
that at the slated May meeting of the
corporation next week, or at another
meeting closely following, Professor
Arthur Twining Hadley, of the Yale
faculty, would be elected to that po
sition. Professor Hadley now holds
the chair of political science and po
litical economy, and Is widely known
as a scholar and and economist.
IN A RIOT.
Princeton's Collegians Attack Paw
nee Bill's Wild West Parade.
SPECTATOR FATALLY INJURED.
The showmen Restated the Amanita
or the Students end a Desperate Hat-
tle Bnaued In Which Many of the
Participant! Were Hurt.
Princeton, N. J., May 16. Princeton
students and Pawnee Hill's WlJd West
employes Indulged in a pitched battle
yesterday, and continuous and serious
rioting was prevented only by the
presence of men with cool heads und
the action of President Patton, of
Princeton university, later in the day
in calling ;: mass meeting of all the
students. President Patton spoke In
condemnation of the attack on the pa
rade, and post tt VOl y forbade any stu
dent to go to the shuv. grounds at
night. As a result of the meeting the
show left town unmolested, but it lost
money, for word bud been passed
through the town that uo one In sym
pathy WSfl to enter the lent, and the
townspeople who are in sympathy
with the student? were a unit In refus
ing to attend. The result was u very
slim audience,
For fjO years It has bron an unwrit
ten law ol Princeton that no circus pa
rude must pass through tho streets.
Every show proprietor In mailing hl.t
dates has alvtfys loft Princeton from
the list, for it had been B mutter of
coiu ion knowledge that the station's
would enforce the unwritten law. Yes
terday Pawnee Bill's Wild West com
bination violated traditions and pa
railed. The result was tho fierceit
battle Princeton nae seen In many
years. The town authorities, fearing
trouble, hud advise., the cirrus men
not to attempt B parade. This advlc -was
unheeded.
Things were proceeding In the usual
course In the university when tho pa
rade started. The procession reached
the college rumpus without trouble,
but passeil down Nassau street at a
bud moment, for Just as tho band's
music was. heard the students were kn
tho uct of passing from the first morn
ing lectures to the second. The towns
people were out in force und waiting
for the parade, and the great ma
jorlty of them were massed near the
campus Word passed all along the
line, nnd within a few minutes 6oo
or 700 students bad assembled
on Nassau street. Cannon crackers,
left over from previous celebrations,
eggs purchased ut nonrby stores and
vegetables bought or confiscated from
the stores were assembled quickly. Th.
men unable to obtain these missile'
armed themselves with clods of turf
hastily torn from the lawus.
The trouble started with the hand
wagon Cannon crackers were thrown,
and these exploding under tho six
horses made them frnntlc. The mu
sicians wore on top of the wugon. A
serious runaway might have resulted
hud not one of the leaders stumbled
and fell, drnggtng down the other
horses with him. The students mean
while kept up n merciless bombard
ment with eggs and vegetables.
On the return the parade wheeled
Into John lane, nnd the students made
n grand rush to head off the proces
sion. Again the employes of the circus
were rotten egged. The cowboys nnd
Indians finally charged the students
nnd used their whips freely. That was
the turning point of the affair. Stun
ned by the whips and bruised by the
riders running Into .them the students
became ugly, and In n moment the
missiles that were annoying, but not
dangerous, were replaced by stones,
and the light became serious. Revol
vers were drawn, but fortunately the
owners were wise enough to fire over
the heads of the enemy. Some of the
Mexican and South American cow
boys unslung their bolus und used
these with great effect, the leaden cov
ered ends being exceedingly effective.
The cowboys charged the crowd sev
ernl times, und rode down those who
could not get out of the way.
In this manner Edward Dillon, nnold
colored man, was knocked down and
was kicked on the head by a pony and
his skull fractured. Dillon Is still un
conscious, and will probably die. A
student was injured by a pony tramp
ling on him. Another was wounded
by a bola, and another was struck by
an Indian with one of the snake whip-,
Many students were less severely hurt.
The cowboys nnd Indians were also
badly bruised and hurt.
The Dauntless Released From Custody
Jacksonville, Fla., May 16. The
cases of the United States against the
steamer Dauntless for alleged filibus
tering, which were begun against tho
vessel neurly three years ngo, were dis
missed In the United States court yes
terday, on motion of the government.
This was done on nn agreement that
the claims of W. A. Blsbee, owner of
the Dauntless, against C. R. Blsbee,
formerly collector of customs In this
city, nnd against W. F. Kilgore, com
mander of the revenue cutter Bout
well, fur detaining the Duuntless on
various occasions, should also be dis
missed. Tha boat has been for more
than two years In the custody of the
United States, carrying ut all times a
United States deputy marshal.
The President to Visit theTwtn Cttlee
Hot Springs, Va., May 10. Repre
sentative Fletcher has forwurded the
following dispatch to Senator Davis, of
Minnesota: "The president greatly ap
preciates the cordial Invitation ex
tended to him by the citizens of Min
nesota and the commercial bodies of
St. Paul and Minneapolis. Unless un
foreseen circumstances prevent, It is
the president's wish and Intention to
come to Minnesota, either in connec
tion with a western trip or otherwise,
so as to be present when the Thir
teenth Minnesota nnd otner western
regiments return from the Philippines."
Retnrnlntr Soldier From Cuba.
New York, May 16. The United
Slates transport Dixie arrived in quar
antine at 11 o'clock last night from
Mantanlllo, Cuba, having on board the
Fourth United States volunteers, under
the command of Colonel James S. Pet
tit. This regiment was recruited
principally In Virginia and tbe Dis
trict of Columbia.
HARTRANFT STATUE UNVEILED.
nrvlvors of HI Cnttintand1 Ma 'Ohedl
li the I'nrodi
Harrisburg, May 13. The equ-'trlan-Itatue
of Major Oeneral John F, Hart
ranft. in Capitol park, was unveiled
with Impressive ceremonies yesterday
afternoon In the presence of o large
concourse of people. The e
were followed by a parade, In ii '
the survivors of the Third division of
the Ninth army corps, command id by
General Hartranft In the civil war
had the right of line The proccwkrt
alsojlncluded the Ninth regiment ol
iiuiinines, from Camp Meade, n pro
visional brigade of the National 0 lard
the Grand Army of the Republl osta
nnd Sons of Veterans camps of H irrln
burg and vicinity and the Han nr
lire department.
A reunion of the survivors or (hi
Fifty-first regiment. Pennsylvania vol
unteers, of which Hartranft wen col
onel, was held In the morning for th
election of officers and the tranwietlon
of routine business. After the mi i '
ing the old soldiers marched t i tie
Executive Mansion to pay the: re
spects to Mrs. Hartranft and her two
sons and daughters, who are the "'i' its
of governor and Mrs Stone.
The feature of the day's exCTCfnC
was the unveiling ceremonies, at
which there were present many I ' t!u
survivors of General Hartranft '( di
vision and several distinguished sol
diers nnd statesmen. Presldepi nil
Mrs. McKlnley were expected i i he
present, but they could not corne or
account of the condition if the pres
ident's health. Major General Mile,
on account of official business at Wash
ington, wns unable to come to Harris
burg. Major Isaac C. Brown, deputy
secretary of Internal affairs, delivered
the oration, and speeches were mad?
by Postmaster General Smith. Secre
tary Alger and General H. Kyd Doug
las of Maryland.
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Harrisburg, May 13.- Levi Brinier
of Bteelton, while going through tho
slab mill of the Pennsylvania stool
company lust night hud his bend cut
from his. body by the large wheel of
the big engine In that mill. The en
gineer started the engine just as Mr.
Brlnser bad his head between the huge
wheel. He was married, hud lour
Children, and was 45 years old.
Philadelphia, May 111. - Great llrltain
will be otllclully represented at Ihe
li ternatlonal commercial congress to
be hoid here In connection with next
fall's nstlonnl export exposition. For
mal notice of such W8S received yoa
I terday by the exposition authorities
' In the form of n communication from
.the foreign office, London, through As
sistant Secretary of state mil.
Towanda, Pa., May IS. Harriet
Jackson, aged years, committed sui
cide last evening by swallowing seven
groins or strychnine. Ihe young wo
man hud been arrested tor forging her
mother's mime to a che :. und it wan
while seated at a table opposite the
constable who made the arrest (hat.
she placed the poison In her mouth,
stating It was for headacne. In 20
minutes she was dead.
Shamokln, May 16. Returning from
a mandolin club festival near Phx
inos early Sunday morning a number
of young farmers from Btonlngton and
Irish Valley engaged in a desperate
fight, during which Elmer Hhus. of
Btonlngton, was stubbed six times by
Amos Ritchie, of Irish Valley, Ritchie
escaped. Most of the wounds ol his
victim are In the back One of the
knife thrusts pentrated his lung, and
his recovery Is hopeless. Haas is 22
years old and unmarried,
Harrisburg. May id. -Governor Stone
yesterday disapproved the bill to pro
vide for nn additional law judge of
Frio county, on the ground that there
is no necessity for such nn official.
The governor also disapproved Items
aggregating 111,000 In the bill ap
propriating 166,651.90 to the Penn
sylvania State college. The governor
disposed of the last of the bills yos
terday and will spend the next two
weeks trout fishing in West Virginia
with a party of friends.
Lancaster, Pa., May 16. Benjamin
F. Fuck, aged 10 years, died In awful
agony late Saturday night at his home
In this city from hydrophobia. Four
weogs age he was bitten by a dog The
wound was promptly cauterized, but
several days ago the disease developed
in a violent form, it requiring suvernl
men to hold the child. He frothed at
the mouth and physicians declare it a
genuine case of hydrophobia, Several
Other children were bitten, but have
not yet shown any symptoms of tho
disease.
Harrisburg. May 16. Governor
Stone has made public his action on
the general appropriation hill, which
provides for the ordinary expenses ol
the various branches of the state gov
ernment, the Interest on the public
debt and for the support of thi pub
lic schools for the two fiscal year be
ginning June 1, 1S99. He has made
a cut of $i,ooo,ono in the school ap
propriation and reduced several other
items whereby he saves in the aggre
gate $1,500,000, which will be applied
to reducing the floating debt of the
commonwealth.
Philadelphia, May 16. The supreme
court yesterday rendered a decision de
claring the $11,200,000 City loan bill
legal. This decision will enable the
city to borrow the amount of money
named without delay and will permit
vast inunicipul improvements. Tbe
op'nlon of the court, which was writ
ten by Chief Justice Sterrett, was
unanimous, and the many better
ments provided In the bill, which was
voted on by the people in November,
1897, are now only questions of the
placing of the loan and the making of
appropriations by councils.
Dubois, Pa., May 13 John Clune
and Jennie Delong were burned to
doath in a deserted lumber shanty a
few miles from Jnhnsonburg. Elk coun
ty, early yesterday. The two were
drinking together In the afternoon and
evening. They were seen to enter the
shanty to spend the night, being sup
piled with a liberal allowance of whis
ky. At 4 o'clock In the morning neigh
bors discovered the hovel burning.
When it had burned to the ground the
charred bodies of the man and woman
r r. found In the rv'-- " woman
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