i NOTED ORATOR GONE.
Death Came Suddenly to Colonel
Robert 0. Ingersoll.
A VICTIM OF HEAET DISEASE.
twine to Ma Many Ctmrltlei. ne
Unm Only III" Life Irmnrnnrii For
III Fnmlly-Dr. John Clark Rldpath
Iellver tiio Funoral Address. .
New York, July 25. Colonel Robert
0. Ingersoll died at his home, Walston-Dn-Hudson,
near Dobbs Ferry, last Fri
day. Hie death waa sudden and un
expected and resulted from the heart
.Urease from which he suffered since
1S96. In that year, during the Republl-
, nation:,! convention, he was taken
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disease and was under the care of phy-
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For the last three day
Mr. Ingersoll had not been feeling well
Thursday night he was In better health ,
and spent a portion of the evening play
ing billiards with Walston H. Brown,
his son-in-law, and C. P. Farrell, his
brother-in-law and private secretary.
He seemed to be in better health and
spirits when he retired than he had
been for several days.
On Friday morning he rose at the
usual hour and Joined the family Bt national Republican convention, and hU
breakfast. He then said he had spent i nominating speech wus the sensation of
a bad night, but felt better. He did not : that occasion.
t, 11 ..,.. , n j .. Before the people had done tuiKinK
think hie condition at all dwroui. ! about th( ..rlumili KnlKhr ,,iwh he
After breakfast he telephoned to Dr. . Mdt hlll famus -indtanapolli speech -Smith,
hll physician, who Is at Belle j Th,9 m(.mor,K, address began, "The past
Haven, and told him of his experience j rlBPI, before me like a dream. " it slectrl-
durlng the night. Dr. Smith told blm. , lied the soldiers before whom It was di -
he said, to continue the uie of nltro- I livered. Men were m id spellbdund and
glycerine and that he would see him ' women cried, and although it began in
during the day. raln bt'fre ho liuj Bnlahed none left the
Colonel Ingersoll spent the morning P that
swinging in a hammock and sitting on , thel came , know of Jerwll a
the veranda with the members of the v,ewp on r,Hglon IIe WM offered large
family. He said he was better and had , lunut t). u-cture bureaus to speak on any
no pain. At 12:30 he started to go up j topc he chose throughout the country,
stairs. i and he selected the Bible as his theme.
On reaching the head of the stain ' Most people remember the lectures he de
Colonel Ingersoll turned into his wife's , llvered. Perhaps his "Mistakes of Moses"
room. MM. Ingewoll was then. To- ! was the most famous, or Infamous, as
THE LATE R. O. INQERSOLU
gether they discussed what they would
bave for luncheon, and Colonel Inger
soll said he had better not eat much
owing to the trouble with his stomach.
He seemed In good spirit! then. After
talking for -a few nrinutea uoionei ra
re rsoll c rosed the room and tat down
in a rocking chair. He leaned his head
upon hll hand, which rested upon tne
back of the chair. Mrs. Ingersoll asked
blm how he was feeling and he. re
piled: "Oh. better."
These were his last words. A second
after they were uttered he waa dead.
The only sign notloed by Mr. Inger
soll waa that the whites of his eyes
suddenly showed. There waa not even
a sign or groan as death came. Doc
tors were hastily called, but their ver
dict was then that death had come in
stantly. Death came to him as he had
recently expressed a desire It should.
Mr. Ingersoll died a comparatively
poor man. There is, It Is said, an Insur
ance of $100,000 on his life; that is all.
ret the great agnostic made from 150,
000 to $60,000 a year every year since
the war. What he did not spend on his
family he gave away.
"I don't think the colonel left a
will," said his brother-in-law and sec
retary. C. P. Farrell. "If he did, I
don't know of It. He was a great
money earner, hut a poor money saver.
Tot perhaps 30 years his Income waa
immense, but others have had the
benefit of all that he earned In the
law and in lecturing. What he did not
spend on his loved ones ha gave away
in charity."
Simple funeral services were held
at Mr. Ingersoll's summer home at 4
o'clock this afternoon. Only personal
friends and representatives of societies
indorsing Mr. Ingersoll's religious
views were present. Dr. John Clark
Ridpath, who was for many years a
close personal friend of Colonel Inger
boII, read the eulogy delivered by Colo
nel Ingersoll upon his brother Clarke
and "My Creed," the last poem writ
ten by Colonel Ingersoll, and after
ward made a brief address. Major O.
J. Smith, of Dobbs Ferry, a warm
friend of the great orator and lecturer,
read other selections from Ingersoll's
writings. The only music at the ser
vice was "Siegfried's Funeral March."
The body will be cremated at Fresh
Pond, Long Island, and the ashes will
be taken to Dobbs Ferry and placed
in an urn surmounted by a bust of the
dead orator.
COLONEL INGERSOLL'S CAREER.
How His Good Nature Won the Friend
ship of HIh Confederate Captor.
Robert O. Ingersoll waa the best known
because of his views on religious topics,
but his Introduction to the country at large
was by reason of a political and not an
agnostic address. It was tn 18TB, when he
made the address nominating James O.
Blaine for the presidency. It waa In this
speech that Mr. Blaine waa first alluded
to aa the "Plumed Knight."
Ingersoll was born In Dresden, N. T.,
Aug. 11, 1(33, and waa the son of a Con
gregational minister, whose liberal views
antagonised the more orthodox members
of his congregation. Early In the forties
the Ingersolls removed to Wisconsin and having on board 473 sick and conva
a little later to southern Illlonts. Bob lescent soldiers. The vessel started
lagersetl's boyhood and early manhood
were passed In that state. At U he en
tered the office of hla eider brother. Ebon
C. Ingersoll. when of age was admitted
to the Illinois bar and with his brother
apeaed a law office at Shawneetown.
Beth were Democrats end prominent In
leoal politics. Ebon C. became congress
and at that tune it wae Mooerrs
hom district. Id MET he removed to
Peerla. where he devoted arch of his
time to political speaking- and acquired
considerable local fume.
In IMt he accepted the Democratic nom
ination for congress In a district that whs
overwhelmingly Republican, and was
beaten. He never ran for office again.
He settled down to the practice of taw,
but upon the breaking out of the civil
war entered the Union army ufter or
ganizing- a regiment of cavalry, the Elev-
enth liitnols, of Which he was made l.ilo-
ned. He mnd a reputation ns a soldier
for peional .luring and dash.
While he was CttardmS a crossroad with
. small detachment of men he was tur-
prised by party of Confederates, who
captured both him ami hli men. He was
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Interrogated M to who was In command
of hw forces. Til be hanged If I know, '
he paid. Vou are a Una soldlor not te 1
know your commander," said the Confed-
rrate. Ingersoll's eyes twinkled as he re-
Ht.ui irni'M U.V . vitu,i,i..i, bwhw.
plied: "Well. I was in command live min-
i.e. t uen v nn in in milium Yin now i
haven't the slightest Idea." This pleased !
.1,. ci..f.t,, t.enrl nnd the two he.
came friends, it was not long before the
Federal troops tugan pursed of the (.'on- ,
fedorate, whp, m,lt, ,n,!eriioM cllltlvo. T;.
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I federatea who held intersoii captive, i He
Cham - lusted three days, at tho end ot (
htrh time the I'ollfeder-, le commander
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said to Ingersoll, "Hid. apart a little. I
and when nobody is looking light out and
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Ingersoll accepted
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When his term of service expired he re- !
turned to Illinois. In politics he became
Republican, and his rise In the legal pro
fesrlon was rapid. In 1W6 he wiif appoint
ed attorney general for Illinois, which
Dost he Hlled for several years. Ten years
later. In 1ST, he became a delegate to tli
I one may ion. at n.
In 1K77 Ingersoll was offered the position
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but refused It, uvnd a short time after
that removed to New York, whore he took
up the practice of law and became one
of the most successful legal lights of the
metropolis. Ingersoll rarely failed to get
the fee he demanded, though sometimes
the sum he named would take uway the
breath of the client.
Personally Ingersoll was a jolly good
fellow. His good nature was notable. Ha
seemed to have fear of nobody. He used
to say that he never disciplined his chil
dren. It was told of him that It was his
custom to leave a well filled wallet on the
mantel In the dining room to which any
member of his family had free access.
When the money was nearly gone he
Oiled It up and never asked any questions
as to what hud become of It. His daugh
ters were not allowed to go to church
when they were children, and when they
grew up they did not cere to go. They
never went to school a day In their Uvea,
being trained entirely by their father and
mother at home.
Ingersoll never denied that there was a
Ood. He used to say that the Bible was
a beautiful book and that he would give
aU bad If he could believe Its prom-
RECIPROCITY WITH FRANCE.
The Long Pondlnir Treaty Betwnen
the Nations Finally signed.
Washington, July 86. The long
pending reciprocity treaty negotiations
between the United states ana r ranee
were brought to a successful close at
the state department late yesterday af
ternoon, when Ambassador Cambon,
in behalf of France, and Commissioner
Kassou, in behalf of the United States,
affixed their signatures to the reci
procity treaty. It is by far the most
Important treaty concluded under the
reciprocity provisions of the Dlngley
law. and the only one affecting the
trade with a large commercial nation.
The negotiations were marked by
rather sharp and long continued dis
cussions, which continued up to the
time the signatures were placed on the
document. In the end a spirit of com
promise prevailed, and each side yield
ed something. The general effect of
the treaty will encourage commerce
between the two countries.
The concessions granted by France
embraced most of the articles in what
is known as the French minimum tar
iff. This comprises 644 heads, the
rates being on an average about 20 per
cent below those In the general tariff
on France. It was found necessary,
however, owing to protests from the
French agrarian Interests, to except
from this minimum list about 24 ar
ticles, chiefly agricultural products. It
was on this point that the negotiations
were in doubt for several days.
PEACE CONFERENCE ADJOURNS.
It necommendn the ( all Ina or Further
Conventions For IHaonaaton.
The Hague, July 25. The general act
embodying the results of the Interna
tional peace conference, which adjourn
ed yesterday, after enumerating the
names and qualifications of all the
delegates, says:
"In a series of meetings in which
the above delegates participated the
conference has drawn up for the ap
proval of the respective governments
the series of conventions and declara
tions appended:
"Convention for the pacific settle
ment of international disputes. Con-
ventlon concerning the laws and cus-
toma of war on land. Convention for
the adoption of laws against the use
of asphyxiating or deleterious gases
from balloon projectiles, and for the
prohibition of the use of bullets that
easily expand In the human body."
Hick soldier From Manila.
San Francisco, July 25. The United
States transport Morgan City, which
has been converted Into a hospital
shin, arrived yesterday from Manila.
' with 476, but throe died on the voyage
Private C. J. Bobbs, Tenth Pennsyl
vania. Private Lewis Cook. Twenty
second regiment, and First Lieutenant
Jackson, First South Dakota. All of
those on board were 111 when the
steamer left Manila, but on arrival
here only 22 were unable to leave their
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WAR SECRMYM
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Man Itova Michigan.
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OONGHATULATIO-JS tOM ALGEU.
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The Rettrlnu Cabinet Official Snys Mr.
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to Welcome Alger.
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Washington. July 24. Secretary Al-
ger on weunesuay last tcnaerea nis
resignation of the war portfolio. The
resignation was accepted the next day. ,
Bp Secretary Alger Will sever his of- i
nciai connection with the war deuurt-
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UH appointment oi tnnu nooi, uw
,vUll Unoven Vow Turk InWTPr tn
well Known
be secretary 0
ber of thcan
rf war, and all the mem-
bers of the cabinet. Including Secretary
Alger, praised the appointment, al-
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UHMimi BWivwr; rtlvi li'iviru inai en.
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us his congratulations.
Secretary Alger, curiously enough,
was talking to the president In ft brief
Interview about army appointments
WAR SECRETARY ROOT,
when the president received a telegram
from Mr. Root, formally accepting the
offer which had been formally sent to
him, after Senator Piatt had assured
the president ot Mr. Root's willingness
to accept, and of the approval of him
self, Senator Depew, Governor Roose
velt and the Republican organisation
of New York, and as the president
handed the telegram to him Secretary
Alger was the first member of the cab
inet to learn the news.
The president Informed the other
members of the cabinet, and then au
thorised the formal announcement of
the appointment of Mr. Root.
Secretary Alger sent a telegram of
congratulation to Mr. Root, which was
promptly answered. The new cabinet
official came to Washington today and
had a conference with the president
this evening which lasted until after
midnight.
To Welcome Alger Home.
Detroit, July 24. Plans for the recep
tion of Secretary Alger upon his return
to hie home city ' are n earing com
pletion. General Alger will be met by
the reception committee at some point
en route from Washington. On arrival
he will be met by all the marching
organisations of the city which care to haltle of Manila made him deathly sick.
Join In the demonstration. The gen- I At the Democratic national commlt
eral will be escorted to the city hall, tee meeting in Chicago everything was
where a formal presentation to the
gathered crowds will be made in front
of the hall by the mayor and governor.
Then there will be a public reception
in the corridor of the city hall, follow
ed by a meeting, probably In Light
Guard armory, where opportunity tor
the expression of the sentiments oi
prominent citizens will be had.
DEWEY IN PERFECT HEALTH.
He Eapocta to Arrive In New York
About Oct. 1.
Trieste, July 25. A newspaper cor
respondent yestereday vTslted Admii.il
Dewey on board his flagship Olymp a
and was cordially received. Admiral
Dewey snid that although he had re
ceived many invitations from Ameri
cans sojourning at Carlsbad, he had
never Intended going there.
"Look at me," said the admiral. "Do
I look like a sick man? Do I look as
if I required Carlsbad treatment? I
am quite healthy, and though I will be
62 next December, I feel quite young
in health and spirits. I came to
Trieste solely to recruit the health of
the crew, they having passed IT
months in the tropics without a break.
"I expect to remain in Trieste about
a week longer, and shall then proceed,
probably to Naples. Further details
ant) plans have not been decided upon,
but the cruiser will remain during the
whole of August at Mediterranean
ports. The last port touched In Europe
will be Gibraltar. We are expected in
New York Oct. L I have accepted Invi
tations to receptions by the citizens of
New York and Washington."
More Victims or tne Klondike.
Seattle, Wash.. July 25. The Stlck
een river steamers Strathcona and
n v. ., . . n ..lw.il a. U'ro n ct I Alaalrn
with 57 survivors of the Edmonton
trail. These unfortunates had been on
the trail nearly two years. They re
lated tales of hardship and demon
itrated the non-feasibility of both the
land and water routes overland. Under
) orders of the Canadian government the
Hudson Bay and other trading com
panies have sent out relief parties to
bring in several hundred sick and
starving still struggling along the
Llard and Pelly rivers. Last winter 60
died from scurvy and many drowned.
Fomenting; a Rellalona Rebellion.
Manila, July 14. A Filipino priest
named Gregorie Agrlpay, with the In
surgents, is trying to lead a movement
for the Independence of the ebnrch In
the Philippines from the Spanish
priesthood. He has Issued a proclama
tion declaring himself the vicar gen
eral of all the Filipino priests in the
districts outside of American control
on the Island of Luzon, and is inciting
the priests to disobey the regulations
of the church and brotherhoods. Tho
archbishop of the district has Issued
a bull excommunicating Agrlpay, and
nil KCUUU UmM UlCrfMVU III. imimi
between the Filipino, and the church.
this action baa increased the feeling
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And the TriMtuI Rend Gtvee HI
Vote of C oiitldcnee.
Pretoria, July 26. President Kruger,
- SS - ndS
ane Friday afternoon, nnd it was us-
('.erstoocl that owing to the opposition i
sJ.r-n him by the executive council
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"oca of the Johisr.ues um fort anil the
dynamite monopo'y.he had arrived at
the conclusion that he no longer
possessed the volksrasd's confidence,
and threatened to resign. Yesterday,
. however, a deputation. Including Gen
eral Jjubert, the vice president, llerren
.warn uitri uu ... uwu.hhm.
of the volksraau waited upon l'resldent
Krueger and induced him to attend a
6ecret session ol the voiUsruad, which
lasted over three hours.
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Lale last evening it was announced
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however, that a majority of the mem
bers of the rand still dilTer with the
Vre-'dent on the dynamite monopoly
Qt:c :'.lon.
A prominent Briton said: "There Is
no likelihood of the president's resig
nation, which ' la not desired at the
present moment, in the interests of
either the Outiandera or the Tront
vaalors." A WEEK'S NEWS CONDENSED.
Wednendny. .lnlv in.
A regular Cuban revolutionary party
has been established, with hcuduuur- ,
ters In Havana.
Cashier George W. Valentine, who
looted the Middlesex County bank of
lurth Amboy, N. J.. of $1?0,000, was :
sentenced to six years in Jail.
Josle Mansfield, for whose sake Ed-
ward S. Stokes shot and Kill. .1 James
Flak, Jr., in 1872, is lying at the home
of relatives in Philadelphia, paralysed
and speechless.
Twelve members of the steamer Elk
expedition to Kotzebue sound, Alaska.
succumbed to scurvy, starvation and
frost. Mrs. Ileus, wife of the enptuln,
the only survivor, la at St. Michael's,
dying of scurvy
Thui-Mdny, July SO.
The strike of the Chlrago breweries'
worklngmen has been settled.
The perennial anti-foreign outbreaks
In China are again taking place.
Rev. Thomas Warner, chaplain-tn-chlef
of the O. A. K . died In Knox
ville. . A schooner ran down a canoe In Nor
folk harbor, and three men were
drowned.
In a race between Shamrock an A
Britannia yesterday, off Cowes, the
Shamrock again had an easy victory.
Ralph Towner, a 9-year-old boy of
Mlddletown, N. V., was shut In the
eye with an arrow by a companion
while playing Indian.
Friday . July l.
At Canton, China, a Junk foundered
during a storm and 60 women and
children were drowned.
New York's grand Jury again In
dicted Roland R. Mollneux for the
ru rder ef Mrs. Adams.
he accident to the German empress
cit Tuesday was mere seriodt than at
first reported, she having broken a
bdhe In her leg.
Admiral Dewey Is at Trieste. At a
bnnquet tendered htm he declared that
a cup of coffee given him before the
favorable to Bryan. The Nebraskan
1 addressed the ARgeld 16 to 1 meeting,
Haturday, Jnly SB.
Indians are still slaughtering game
unlawfully in Wyoming.
Striking New York freight handlers
resumed work on their own terms.
At Tallulah, La., five Sicilians were
lynched for shooting Dr. Hodge.
Explosion of the British torpedo boat
destroyer Bullfinch, on the Solent, kill
ed nine and Injured four.
John West, the ringleader In the
Fdurth of July German flag lowering
Incident at Honolulu, has been fined
$100.
A boiler explosion tn Wayne Town
ship, Pa., killed Ell Whltehlll. fatally
wounded Ms father and slightly in
jured his brother.
Congressman Hill, of Connecticut,
who has fust returned from Alaska,
favors a territorial form of govern
ment for (hat country.
Four hundred and twenty-three men
enlisted Thursday for service In the
volunteer regiments In the Philippines,
making a total to date of 3,561.
Monday, Jnly S.
On the Austrian torpedo boat Adler,
In the Adriatic sea, a boiler exploded,
killing five.
The strike of New York and llrook
lyn street ear men ended in defeat for
the strikers.
Twenty thousand delegates attended
the recent Epworth League convention
in Indianapolis.
President MeKlnley and wife go to
Hotel Champlain, Plattsbtirg, N. T
thlfl week for a brief vacation.
Governor Tanner, of Illinois, who
shot deer out of season In Colorado,
may be arrested on his way back from
I California
Brave Lifeguard "Jack" Hogan per
ished trying to save A. 0. Hubert, a
newspaper man, from drowning at Fire
Island Beach, N. Y
nonioi Callahan. Andrew Plwaakv
and two unknown men were burled be-
neath 400 tons of clay by a cavein of a
bank owned by the Buckeye Sewer
Pipe company, near Akron, O.
Tuesday, Jnly 88.
Policeman Ambrose, of Philadelphia,
shot Andrew Parker, a negro who re
sisted arrest, and Parker died.
A boat was found adrift, bottom up.
nff Sandy Hook, and It Is feared that a
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nsniug pun WM mu.Hra.
A tidal wave raised the water in
Checquemagon bay, on the south shore
r TiVa Bunerlor. three feet.
.n.Mh,,iinn. t the new home
fund yesterday amounted to $1,613.
- m.
making the total to date $16,618.
AU Italians have received notice to
get out of Madison parish, La., where
the five Italians were recently lynched.
The body of the dead czarowits of
Russia was received In St. Petersburg
last evening with solemn and imposing
jen
KRUQER THREATENS TO RESKIN,
KILLED HIS TORMENTOR.
Cleveland Non-Unionist Shoots a
gjj Boy Who Shouted "Scab."
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OP.VCWAT. OTHER RM ALT. RIOTS.
The Twenty-one llrooklyn Striker
Charged With Dynamiting the Ele
vated Struct lire Released Krotn Cus
todyThe Evidence Too EIIhimv.
Cleveland, July 25. -Yesterday failed
to bring any relief to the strike situa
tion, which Is regarded as serious. The
state board of arbitration has practi
cally abandoned efforts to conciliate
the strikers and their former employ-
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and motormen who quit work and the
more turbulent spirit of their sym
pathizers Is held In check to a degree
by the presence of the police and the
militia, membefs of which ride In th.
cars or are held In readiness at the
barns and terminals.
Small riots occurred during the day.
but with one except Ion they were
without serious results. In Hie death
of Henry Cornwelt, slain by the bullet
fired by Ralph P, Hawley, a conductor
on the Broadway line, Is recorded the
first fatality of the strike. Shortly
after noon Ilawley's enr approached
Orange Btreet, and -van beset by a
crowd ot men and boys. Cornwelt, the
lS-vear-old son of a butcher, was
r.stride a horse and r ide to the side of
tnP car, keeping pace with It for some
distance,
Various storlis are told as to what
passed between the conductor and the
boy. It Is said the boy persisted in
calling Hawley a "scab." The mob
was suddenly called t-i its senses by
the sight of Hawley, who jumped to
the street und started In pursuit of
Cornwelt. The latter, closety followed
by his pursuer, turned UP Perry street.
At Woodland avenue the latter pulled
his revolver and fired. His victim fell.
fatally wounded with a ghastly wund !
In the left temple, and died soon after !
being removed to the hospital.
The crowd, which before the Incl-
dent had been so violent, was awed
by the seriousness of the affair, and
permitted the conductor to walk bark
to his car. He was arrested and taken
to the station, where a charge of mur
der was entered against him. When
the car returned in charge of another
man, and laden with police, thou
sands of people were crowded around
the fatal spot. The track was block
aded and the stalled cars bombarded
with stones, pieces of brick and sticks
of wood. The police managed, by
using their clubs, to clear the way af
ter a delay of about half an hour.
A repetition of the wrecking of a
Euclid avenue car was last evening at
tempted by strikers or their sympa- of the Hellefonte Iron company wet
thlsers. rn Brooklyn, a suburb of Cleve- lighted yesterday by Miss Mary
land. An explosion teok place under Oephart. daughter of J. W. Oephart
the car, but failed to Injure It materl- the president and general manager
ally. There were no passengers aboard . the company. This furnace has been
and the conductor and motorman ea- Idle since the flnanrlnl depression er
caped unharmed. 1883. The company has been reorgaa
Later a second attempt to wreck a Ized, and is composed largely of east
car waa made. A Pearl street cur, I ern capitalists. When In full operutlat
. . .l .h-. . ..-,, I 1 1, . Iii.nap. will emnlriv 400 to fiOO m
I c,),, besides the motorman and
I niirii .ureMnfiiiiv ran a
j gtuBtet 0f missiles thrown from the
rf, or houses, only to run Into a can
I of nltro-glycerlne, which exploded with
terrific force. The rear platform was
torn off and the flooring wrenched
from Its fastenings. The crew was not
Injured, but emerged from the shat
tered ruins with their pistols drawn
and began firing at what they thought
was a couple of men crouching as If
tw hide themselves behind a small bill
board. The explosion was the signal
for renewing the attack from the house
tops and alleys. Tho hurrying troops
on horseback to the scene were bom
barded with giant firecrackers. One
of these exploded with such force that
; iht) moylat f ,,ne of the troopers was
knocked over. In his fall carrying with
blm two other horses and the riders.
Several arrests were made.
The adjutant general last evening
Informed Mayor Farley that the mllltla
companies at Youngstown, Geneva,
Herea. Warren and Norwalk. towns
near this city, had been officially noti
fied to hold themselves In readiness to
answer the cull of the mayor, should
the situation get beyond the control of
the present force. Various companies
of the Fourth, Sixth and Eighth regi
ments, to the number of 800 men, have
also been ordered to prepare for a
sudden Simmons.
On Saturday and Sunday there wore
frequent riots. In one of which a
streetcar wes blown up and six seri
ously Injured. Mrs. E. C. Martin may
die.
With the exception of the Mayfleld
suburban, all the lines of the Big Con
solidated were In operation yester
day, although their movements were
necessarily hompered somewhat.
Aliened Dynamiters Released.
New York, July 25. Police Magis
trate Jacob Brenner, of Brooklyn, yes
terday discharged from custody the 21
men arrested for the alleged dynamite
scheme to blow up the elevated rail
road structure at Fifth avenue and
! Thirtv-slxth street last week. The
magistrate decided that the evidence
presented was too flimsy to warrant
him In holding the men.
days lie Haw Snxton Murdered.
Chicago, July 25. Evidence which
! might havs had an Important bearing
I In the trial of Mrs. Anna George, of
Canton, O., charged with the murder of
George Saxton. brother-in-law of
President MeKlnley, last October, came
to light yesterday in the Juvenile court.
Russell Hogan, 15 years old, who was
brought before the court as Richard
McKnlght. declared that he had wlt-
' nessed the shooting and had left home
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Fonr Otrl Rathere Drowned.
Wellington, Kan., July 25. Edna
Curtis, Millie Detrlck and Inez and
: Mabel Neal, aged from 16 to 19 years
daughters of prominent Caldwell cltl-
e M sasaexasajS mM nl Tlrnew a flute
sens, were drowned at Drury, a fish
ing and bathing resort six miles east
of that place, yesterday. The girls, in
company with a number of others,
were bathing In the river. One of them
went in beyond her depth, and being
unable to ewlm cried for help. The Investigation. Ths resulted In a var
sthers want to the rescue, and all were diet that the deaths resulted from Uoat
irownec. - 1 and cholera morbus.
PENNSYLVANIA PROHIBITIONISTS
Nominate a Btratsrhtout Prohibiting
Ticket For State Offloere.
Philadelphia. July 22. The Prohibi
tion state convention was held hort
yesterday and the following nomina
tion were made: For state treasurer
John M. Caldwetl, of Northuml'i lane
county; for supreme court Judge. Ag:
Rlrketts, Luzerne county; for lUperka
court Judge, H. L Robinson, Fuyetf'
county.
There was considerable talk befon
the delegates convened of nominal in
Representative S. C. Creasy, Who Is thr
Democratic nomine for state treasure,
but his name was not mentioned I
the nomination of n candidate for t-tatt
treasurer was before the convention
and a straight out Prohibitionist f
named.
The platform denounces the legnllr.o.
traffic In Intoxicating liquors; f. t
equal suffrage, regardless of sex, di
nounces the present "political olii
chy" which dominates and oonrols ia
all legislative and official affairs In thl
state; demands that l'resldent M Kin
ley prohibit the sale of IntoxIcattW
liquors at canteens and post exchangei
denounces trusts, and calls upon tM
president to take "immediate actios w
secure the peaceable adjustment ol lim
difference between our governments
the Filipinos, so that the loss of Mi
and property and demoralization Ind
dent to the present conflict shall i
speedily ended."
The Filipino plank provoked a long
and warm debate. Pome of the fle'B)
gates construed It as an attack oil 's'
president. The plunk was adopted,
however, with only a few dlsseutlBj
votes.
ITEMS OF STATE NEWS.
Brownsville, Pa., July 25. An ex
plosion of gas yesterday In the KrJ
st ne mine at Grindstone, five iinie
from here, resulted in the death of l v
men and serious Injuries to two othen
Tlu dead, all Slavs, are: John Ya
kora, ai;ed 17. leaves mother In CU r-
land. Stephen Bkleaner, aged 40, i:a
married: Joseph Lucas, aged :is. ;me
George 1-nrvln Hutnick. uged 3tl, SSdk
leaves a wife and two children id lbs
0ld country.
Scranton. Pa., July 2a - After hav
Ing been practically Idle for a unxn
ber of years the North mill of lbs
Lackawanna Iron and Steel company
resumed operations at Its full raparJtji
yesterday on single turn, manuhsc
turlng steel billets. The South miff
Is working night and day, and the pay
toll for the past two months was tht
largest in the history of the milt
Every record in the mutter of ouVj?
vas I roken last week.
dlefonte, Pa., July 25. Thefurnaow
! and the annual capacity is about 4M.
tons.
Wllkesbarre, Pa July 25. A hear,
explosion of gas occurred in No. '
shaft of the Kingston Coal compajv
yesterday, by which two men were bail
ly burned. Walter Duncan, a compans
hand, was burned about the face a
head. His condition is said to bt at
rlous. Michael Pitchinakl, a mimu
was frightfully burned about the body
He will die. David Morris, a drlvei
boy, was cut about the head by flyim.
coal and rocks. The slope was bailc
wrecked.
Lebanon, Pa., July 25. The Penr.
sylvanla Bolt and Nut works, the Leb
anon rolling mills, the Kast Lebanot
Iron company, the Lebanon Iron Works
and the West End Rolling Mill coro
pnny yesterday announced an Inrreasi
of wages In the puddle mill depart
ments of 25 cents per ton. ThlB in
sixth advance since April 1. This In
crease, which raises the rate of wager
from $3.75 to $4 per ton, will go inx
effect Aug. 1. Over a thousand me
are affected.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., July 25 The mes
senger boys employed at the Westers
Union and Postal telegraph offices lier
went on strike yesterday for an in
crease of wages. When un athmp!
was made to hire new boys the striken
Intimidated the boys and In two or
three caws assaulted them. The po
lice were finally called upon to pre
serve order. The strikers, who Stand
guard at the offices, say only two bojl
have accented places, and that tV
' strike is well in hand
Wllkesbarre, Pa., July 25. At Ran
som, a small station on the Lehigh
Valley railroad, five miles west of thl
city, a local passenger train fron,i
Wilkesbarre arrived at the station last
evening about the time the Blac
Diamond express from the west waf
due. Among the passengers were Mrs
W. L. Gertou, the wife id a farmer, and
her 6-year-old son Fred. The mother
carried the boy In h"r arms and starlet
to croHS the eaetbound track Just at
the express train, running 40 miles. a
hour, came thundering along. T'ae
boy was thrown under the wheels oi
the big locomotive and ground U
pieces. The mother was hurled In Cr
air and picked up unconscious. It ii
thought she will recover.
Philadelphia, July 24. The police of
this city and physicians of St. Joseph''
hospital were mystified over the sud
den death of Charles Bueggernian
aged 58 years, and his wife Katheilne
aged 50 years. The couple lived in
rooms at No. 732 Oxford street. Last
Thursday Bueggernian complained ot
pains In the stomach, and a physician
was summoned, who prescribed for
him. On Saturday Mrs. Bueggermnr
also complained of stomach pains. Th"
attending physician had both of them
removed to the hospital early yester
day morning, where they died within a
few hours of each oiher. What thr
cause of death was Is a mystery to alt
connected with the affair. There are
several theories, among them belnp
starvation and poisoning. The phy
sicians refuse to Issue a death certifi
cate and the coroner made a thorough
ixefte.
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