The Middleburgh post. (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, November 02, 1899, Image 5
IRS IMPRESSED. practical Repulse For the Foroei of General White. ERAL HOURS OF TIOHTINQ jio Neighborhood of Lartynmt th Ite- Itsln IlrltlabCanualtlesto ttaeNnm- of a Hundred and "Boer Losses noh Heavier," by British Reports. ondon, Oct. 31. The Dally Tele lili has the following account of yes lay's engagement at Ladysmith n its special correspondent at the it: n Indecisive reconnaissance occur- vesterday. General Sir George wart White advanced before day- Is with all the available forces i LadyBmith, moving toward Tintc. uni. Two brigades were under mel8 Ian Hamilton and Howard, another, with General Sir Archl i Hunter, went toward Bulwan. he two regiments, guided by Major e, marched on our extreme left be i the old camp. be first advance was made at dawn the object of shelling the Hoers p the position where on Sunday bad mounted a number of gun, eachlng the spot, however, It WU lid that they had evacuated the po- he British continued to advance, the movement developed into a buDJklMn.ee in force. The enemy it posted on a range of hills hav- a frontage of ubout lb miles. neral White's plan of operations I that as the movement developed force constituting our center. Ich was disposed under cover of a . pje auout mice nines iroui wie wwu, ild throw itself upon the enemy, le the left flank was being held by I Kusileers and the Gloucesters. The tme was well advised, but failed iu Button, owing to the fact that the I iv position which formed our ob tlvs was evacuated, inr artillery quickly reduced the vol e of the enemy's fire, but the attack ivered on our right flank was the tripal one. and the column was pelled to change. The Boer attack 1 been silenced for a time, and our antry advanced, covered by cav- y. 'he enemy now began to develop a ivy counter attack, and as they re in great numerical superiority neral White gave orders for the ln itry to be gradually withdrawn, e movement was carried out with lat steadinesB and deliberation, under rer of our guns, which made excel- t practice. Borne shells were thrown Into the n from the enemy's 40-pounders at bnge of over 6,000 yards, but no page was done. The engagement ted several hours and resulted, on side, in casualties estimated at b 90 to 100. The Boer losses muse -e largely exceeded this total. the attack was admirably delivered our right and the Boers were fairly men out of one of their strongholds mr Lombards Kop. It was not pos- IIp, however, to push the success ch further, as beyond that point lay lung, broken ridge, affording every d of natural cover. Of this the my took the fullest advantage. Die naval brigade, which landed at rban, arrived on the scene toward end of the light, and immediately Might their heavy guns Into play. r practice was magnificent. At the rth shot the enemy's 40-pounders d been knocked out of action. fhe town iB now freed from appre- lon of bombardment. Through the engagement the Boers held Mr ground with courage and tcn- tv, and, considering the intensity of irtlllery Are, they must have suf- :ed severely. I ADMIRAL DEWEY'S BRIDE. Lo of Mnntla Announces His Kn- mi ue in i ut to Mrs. Haxen. Washington, Oct. 31. Admiral Dew- announced to some of his more in cite friends last night the fact of engagement to Mrs. W. B. Hazen, this city. Mrs. Hasen Is the widow General Hazen, formerly chief slg- offlcer of the army, who died about years ago, and is a sister of John McLean, Democratic candidate for vernor of Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no ldren, and since her husband's th has made ber home with her ther. She is a woman of large lans, about 40 years of age, and pop- r in the best social circles of Wash- iton. The date for the wedding has been fixed. fedmiral Dewey yesterday took pos ition of his new bome. The last of furniture was arranged in the new ise yesterday and the admiral's ti ks were brought up from th irtmenta he has been occupying at Everett. thrlstmnn Boxes For the Soldiers, liew York, Oct. 31. At the army Ir in Brooklyn yesterday a corps of n were busily engaged receiving and urdlng the wagon load of boxos ich came in from all part of the Lnt ry for the United States soldiers the Philippines. The government rnishes free transportation, and fiiy persons are taking advantage of fact to send Christmas boxes. It is fcocted that the transport Thomas, Ich sails on Saturday with the My-seventh regiment, will take most the 3,000 packages now at the pier. per gifts will be forwarded by the lade, Logan and Crook. tons Chnmo Aaralnst Blind Teacher r uncle, Ind., Oct. 31. Professor ak Freeman, a blind teacher ot iguage and music throughout east l Indiana, was bound over to the cult court yesterday at a prellmi ry trial charged with criminally as ttng two children from th Orphans' xne, who were visiting at hi home tr Sunday. Tbe defendant 1 64. He nlshed $3,000 bond. . To Reclaim Swamp Lands. Black River Falls, Wis., Oct 81. A Eflhag canal Is planned for Juneau linty, by which 56,000 acres of swamp Ids will be reclaimed. Th aggrs la ditching will b at lait 100 mlls. FERRY E J A1 irtj no .V . It Is Helleve That evcrnl ivion Weiit Ifown With the Wreck. New York, Oct. 31. The Pennsylv i nla ferryboat Chicago, plying between Jersey City and New York, was cut in two by the steamer City of Augusta, of the Savannah steamship line, at 12:35 this morning on the New York side of North river. She went down In seven or eight minutes. There were 80 or 40 people aboard, four being wo men. It is supposed that several per sons were drowned, though there Is no positive proof ot this assertion. In spite of the severity of the ac cident there was no panic. Most of the people were on the upper dock and only half a doeen persons were on the lower deck. Most of the persons man aged to obtain life preservers. Some others who could not obtain them, about half a dozen In numter, swam ashore. Kstimntes made by the persons who succeeded in escaping vary widely, some thinking It possible that no los-; of life resulted, while Other believe that at least a score of persons were drowned. The steamboat squad, a few minutes before 2 o'clock, found a body which, it Is supposed, Is that of one of the passengers on the ferryboat, drowned us the result of the COUtcion. Mr, H. W. ISible, of this city, says he aw four women struggling In the water near him, but was unable to help them, He was picked up by a lifeboat. One boat brought in six men, two wo men and a child Captain Durham commanded the Chi cago. He is of the opinion that no lies were lost, unless perhaps that of one of his Bremen, J. Broom, Seven wagons and teams were lost. One of these belonged to the Amerlcnn Ex press company, and had $s,ooo worth ol silver on it. CORNELIUS VANDHRBILl S MILLION?. Alfred, the Heoond Bon, ;tt ti Hulk of the ft real fortune. New York, Oct. 27. The provisions of the will of the late Cornelius Vun derbilt were made public last night in a statement by Chauncey M. Depew. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt Inherits the larger portion of his father's for tune, and becomes practically the head of the Vanderbllt family. The will makes no mention of the marriage of Cornelius Vanderbllt, Jr., to Miss Wil son, nor to any quarrel between father and son because of the union, but ap parently the father's displeasure was visited upon the eldest son, he receiv ing all told under the terms of th will but $1,500,000. and $1,000,000 of this is held in trust by the executors. Alfred Gwynne Vanderbllt Is, of course, the residuary legatee, and will possess a fortune of probably $40,000, 000 to $50,000,000. Gladys, Reginald and Gertrude (Mrs. Harry Payne Whit ney) will receive about $7,500,000 each. To avoid protracted litigation, bow ever, which Cornelius threatened, Al fred agrees to Increase Cornelius' shars to $10 000,000 in cash. Cornelius will leave the employment of the Central railroad, and will go into the banking business with his father-in-law, K. T. Wilson. The dead millionaire's will was 8,000 words long, disposing of about $10,000 for every word written. Qanaral Henry's Funeral. New York, Oct. 30. The largest and most impressive military funeral pa rade since the death of General Will iam T. Sherman took place yesterday when the body of General Guy V. Henry, ex-governor of Porto Rico, who died of pneumonln Friday morning, was removed from IiIb residence to the Pennsylvania railroad train that conveyed it to Washington, where the interment was made today in Arling ton cemetery. The funeral cortege was escorted from his late residence, through crowded streets, by the Rev nth, sixty-ninth and Seventy-third regiments to the Pennsylvania ; '"r 1 id ferry, and thence conveyed to je iy City, where the train was tak 'ii lor Washington. lllifh wuvmcii lii St. I St. Louis, Oct. 31. R . nlngs. secretary and trea.s Broadway Cable line. Wui $1,043 in cash nnd ?48.7" ' while standing on the rear ,.. I a Broadway car at Broi J ud Washington avenue at noon y 1 i iy. The robbery, committed In broad t ly llght In one of the busiest corners ot St. Louis, is regarded as one of th? most daring crimes committed In the history of local police annala. One thief Jostled Mr. Jennings, while an other picked his pocket, and both es caped before the loss was discovered. Several yews ago Mr. Jennings was robbed in a similar manner. The thieves are now seving sentences. Woman Killed During: Street Fight. Ironton. Oct. 31. C. P. Moore, 'of I Green River, Ky.. resisted arrest for disorderly conduct yesterday afternoon and a running fight with the officers j ensued. Moore emptied a revolver, j and one bullet, which went wild, pass ! ed through the window of a residence, , killing Mrs. Lot Ilenthorn, who was : watching the fight. Moure was finally ' captured. Hid BIS Money In n IMano. New York. Oct. 31. Nino thousand dollars in cash, placed for Bate keep 1 inn In a tin box and hidden In a piano. was stolen yesterday from Dietrich J Von Soosten, of Third avenue. The po lice suspect a young man who has been calling on Von Sooeten's niece for the last seven months. He is Carl Holdle, said to be a member of the Eighth regiment. The Champion llenedtct. Chicago, Oct. 31. Chef of Detective Colleran received a telegram from Baltimore yesterday stating that Wal ter L. Farnsworth, the confessed biga mist now in Jail hero, and who is said to have had 42 wives, is wanted in that city for marrying four women under the name of Sterling Orville Thomas. This is said to be his real name. Sixty Olonoestar Fisherman Lost. Gloucester, Mass., Oct. '81. Sixty men of the Gloucester fishing fleet ware lost during the year just ended, a tM number than usual. Tbey left 16 wid ow and SB children. Fifteen vessels, valud at $79,760, war lost BOBART fill u LYING The Vice Fresidprt's Condition Has Assumed a Critical Fbase. FEARS THAT HE CANNOT SURVIVE A. W. W II-on, Mr lliilinrl'n LlMflU Ki-h'iiit mid Law Partner Thinks Be Hitx Not I.ntiir to Live The Vice PrMldMt Mind Not AMY-cted. Paterson. N. J.. Oct. 31. Vice Presi dent Hobart, who has been ill for weeks at his home in this city, suffered a relapse yesterday morning, He had a succession of choking spells, result ing from tin Imperfect action of the heart, an old affliction, complicated with Inflammation of the stomach. Mr. Hobart ha not been able to attend to his private affairs for several days, ami an intimate friend has been given power of attorney to sign Check and attend to other matters of that chai se tor. VICE PRESIDENT HOBART. Vice President Hobart has been 111 ever since the close of the last con gress. Dr. W. faX Newton says that between 11 o'clock Sunday night and 2 o'clock yesterday morning Mr. Ho bort's condition was more critical than It had been at any time during the eight months he has been ill. Dr. Newton refused to make any definite statement us to the caUM ol Mr. Hobart's illness. He said, how ever, that the report that Mr. Eiobart'l mind was In any way affected by the illness was untrue. This statement was also made by members of the fam ily and by Hebart Tuttle, the vice president's secretary. No one Is admitted to the Hobart house. All callers, even the neighbors, are referred to Dr. Newton, and only Mrs. Hobart and her son are allowed to see the sick man. A. A. Wilson, Mr. Hobnrt's lifelong friend and law partner, said he feared the vice president had not long to live. He refused to enter Into details relative to the malady from which the patient suffers, but his Idea was that It was necessarily fatal, although not Immediately so. Senator William P. Frye, of Maine, is now president pro tem. of the sen ate, and In the event of the death of Mr. Hobart will call the senate to order when It meets In December next. At 1:05 a. m. Dr. Newton, his wife and Hebart A. Tuttle were summoned to the residence of Vice President Ho bort. No word came from the sick chamber, but the summoning of these persons is not regarded as a favorable indication. a New t ur ior Insanity. Centervllle, la., Oct. 81. Dr. R. Ber nard, whose cure of insanity by reset ting a bone In the patient's neck has excited great Interest among the physicians of this section, has been invited to visit the state asylum for the insane and examine the patients there. At a professional dinner In this city last night Dr. Bernard declared his belief that two-thirds of the insanity cases could be cured by the resetting of dislocated bones. Disobeyed Order unit Met Death. Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 31. An elec tric spark from a switchboard at the Indiana Water company's plant at Fontaine, this county, ignited some powder on the clothing of Samuel King and Alfred McBrlde, burning both to death. Dyke Overly was badly burn ed, hut will recover. The men went Into the motor house of the plant con trary to orders. Terrlfte Hurricane In Cuba. Santiago de Cuba, Oct. 30. After five day of continuous raiu storms, a ter rific hurricane from the southeast swept over Santiago yesterday, cnusing much destruction. Twelve houses were wrecked and others badly damaged The unprecedented rainfall continues. Telegraph wires are down nnd It Is Im possible for vessels to enter or leave tbe harbor. Bolivia's Now Cabinet. Lima, Peru, Oct. 31. Advices from La Paz, the capital or Bolivia, report that the new cabinet has been well received. It Is made up as follows: Minister of foreign affairs, Fernando Guachalla; interior, Carlos Romero; finance and Industry, Demetrlo Cal blmonte; Justice, Samuel Oropeza; war, Ismael Monies. Camden' Prosecutor Drops Dead. New York. Oct. 31 Wilson EL Jen kins, prosecutor of the pleas of Cam den, Camden county, N. J., dropped dead at the Aqueduct race track on Long Island yesterday. When he fell he was attended by Dr. James A. Mor gan, of Brooklyn, who in a minute pro nounced him dead. Aetor Cannot I'se II la Title. New York, Oct. 31. Lord Yarmouth has been enjoined by his parents gainst the use of the family name in the career of a professional actor, upon which he Is about to embark. He will be known henceforth to the world a Eric Hope. Death of a Veteran Government Clerk Washington, Oct. 31. George Bartle, the oldest clerk of the state depart ment, "keeper of the groat seal." and a close friend of Daniel Webster, died at hi residence here Sunday night. He was appointed by Buchanan in 1846. mtmmmm Wedneaday. Dot, 8ft. General Fitzhugh Lt has arrived fiom Havana on leave of absence. Canada has Insured the lives of all hvr Transvaal soldiers for $1,1)00 each. The admissions to Philadelphia's National Export exposition yesterday (Delaware day) numbered 17,742. General L'ipriano Castro, who as sumed the reins of government at Car acas. Venezuela, has named a severcl anti-Andrnde cabinet. Four years ago Councilman .!. L Retlly, of Cleveland, ()., stopped a runaway horse In Austin. Tex., savin, the Ufa of John Wallace, a wealthy farmer. Wallace has Just died, leav ing Reilli $su,ooo. Thursday, Oet . Grant Allen, the well known author. Is dead in Loudon. Michael Davit) baa resigned from t!i British house of commons. Russia has opened the Siberian gold field-; Id foreign exploitation. Forty-three high Russian officials are to be rourt martlaled for fraie and corruption at Sevastopol. Hungarian miners employed at the Milnesvllle (Pa.) colliery Btruck I - cause one miner bad been dopos id from the mines to the Stripping. The St. Louis World's fair committee still needs nearly $1.0iH. 000 to com plete the $6,000,000 subscription to curry out the plans of the exposition. Friday. Oot. '.'7. Sir Henry Irving and his theatrical company reached New York from Lon don. An Industrial school for Cuban sol diet' orphans is to be established in Santiago, The admissions to Phlladelph'"1' ex port exposition yesterday (Uo uiati day) numbered L'3,L'y2. A train crashed into a crowded trolley car at Detroit, killing Con ductor Schneider and Injuring 22 pas sengero, two fatally. The Chicago board of education will Insist on an inspection of every child for diphtheria and scarlet fever before It is admitted to the public schools. The total number of Immigrants ar rlvlng In this country during the year ending June :I0 last was 311,715, an increase of SL',416 over the preceding year. Saturday, Oot, n. Florence Marryatt (Mrs. France Lean), the well known authoress, died In Uindon yesterday. While all Is quiet In the cowboy and Mexican feud on the border, the authorities fear another outbreak at any time. While a Tammany ratification meet ing was In progress a crank, armed with a marlln spike, threatened to kill Richard Croker. E. O. Osgood, of Angelica, N. Y., was blind when he was married 60 years ago, but a surgical operation has Just restored hi vision. V Tbe cruisers Marblehoad and Detroit will be sent to Panama to protect American Interests In view of the ex isting revolution In Colombia. The foreign ministers to Venezuela have decided not to recognize the Castro administration until so directed by their respective governments. Monday, (let. 30, Genernl Fitzhugh le declares that the Cuban people are not yet fitted tor self government. Rear Admiral Crowell, at Havana, will succeed Schley as president of the naval retiring board. A new commercial treaty Is being negotiated In Madrid, the war having vitiated the old treaty. Upsetting a lump In her barn. Mrs Edna Vanhorn, of Lanes bora, Pa., was burned to death in the building. Herbert Cole, 18-year-old schoolboy, is dying at Winona, Minn., from a frac tured skull received In a football game. George M. Lee, son of General Kit z hugh Lee, has been appointed a first lieutenant In the 1 hirly-ninth In fantry. Walter Griffin, of Wlnsted. Conn., deserted from the Thirty-fifth volun teers at Vancouver to return home and see his bride, but was arrested, and is likely to be shot. Tuesday, Oct. 01. The New York fire department hns added searchlights to Its appliances. Princess Isabelle of Orleans and her cousin, Prince Jean of Orleans, were married in London yesterday. William H. Webb, the shipbuilder and philanthropist, died in New York yesterday, aged 83. He leaves $20,000,000. In a battle with Zanzibar cannibals, ex-United States Consul Mohtin killed 300 savages and lost nine of his Uu ropean forces. It Is now feared that the missing Clipper, Cyrus Wakefield, from New York for San Francisco, has been lost in the Pacific. Captain James Crandell, an old yacht skipper, was drowned In New Ixindon harbor in u collision between his sloop and a schooner. The Chicago express, east bound, on the Pittsburg and Western railroad, ran Into an open switch near New Castle, Pa. The engine was overturned and George Holiday, the fireman, was killed. THE PRODUCE MARKETS. Philadelphia, Oct. . Flour In light de mand; winter superfine, I2.2MI2.40; Penn sylvania roller, clear, t3.10g3.20: olty mills, extra. t:..r'u2.T0. Rye flour Arm at 13.60 per barrel for choice Pennsylvania. Wheat dull; No. t red, spot. In elevator, Vi'&'llVjc. Corn slow; No. 2 mixed, spot, In elevator, 3S30. ; No. 2 yellow, for local trade, 42c. Oats steady; No. 2 white, cllDped, 32c.; lower grades. 2&30c. Hay firm; choice timothy, S16 for large bal-s. Beef strong: beef hums, t224. Pork firm; family, H.Va'13.60. Lard steady; western steamed, I5.S0. Butter strong; western rreamery, 175240.; do. factory, 14 V "fee-: June creamery. 1723c; Imi tation rreamery, 164020c. : New Tork dairy. Wi'utOr.; do. creamery, 174524c.; fancy Pennsylvania prints jobbing st 26 4J2Sc. ; do. wholesale, Me. Cheese quiet; Urge, white, lie.; small do., 12V-; large, colored. 12431144c; small do., Uc. Eggs dull; Nsw Tork aad Pennsylvania, tOH0 Us.: wettern. ungraded, at mark, 14018c. Potatots quiet; Jersey, Hkl.H: Nsw Tork. tiei-2t; Long Island. tLUHtJl-CO; Jersey wests, fl.5061; southern do.. tl.UHOl 2t. Cabbag duU; Long Island, SHr per W. TEE HJPP1NES TO Colonel Bell Scouring the Country About Bacolor Daily. SPANISH COMMISSION RETURNS. Aaratii at Angclo After an 17BMIOO0M- fui Ktfort to Beewre Bb Bel of Spanish Prisoners American Prison ers Well Treated. Simulants Abused. Manila. Oct. 31. Three companies of Colonel Hell's regiment have had tWti encounters with the insurgents near Labam, and scattered them. The In surgents left four officers and el(;!it men dead on the field and the Ameri cans Ci.ptured three prisoners and sev eral guns. On the American aide one man was killed and two Officers an i six men wounded. Captain French took a reconnolter ing party beyond Labam after be li ll met the enemy, and was reinforced by Major Bishop with two companies, Th insuraenta brought up cavalry roln- I forcementa and there was a aecom belli, during which their leader, .Major Salvador, wi.s killed and many wera Wounded and carried away. Colonel Bell lias been given a free hand mound Bacolor. He has tl'i ' mounted men scourln . th countrj daily, and i bey are killing many Fili pinos in : kii mishes, Major Ballance'a battalion of the ! Twenty-second infantry entered Ca banatuun ye terday, meeting with m , resistance. The natives welcomed the Americans, shouting "Viva Los Amen ; canos." The Insurgent troops had Bud 1 to the mountains, The Spanish commission which en- i tered the insurgent lines n month i go . with money to rellove the wants ol ' several thousand military and civil Spanish prisoners returned to Angelei I yesterday. The commissioners repoii that they s;ient most of the time in ' Tarlac and the vicinity, where there I are sonic 200 sick Spaniards In tbe i hospital. The Filipinos ill treat and ill I feed them, refusing to surrender them. as Well as the other Spanish prisoners. In the hope of compelling Spain to i recognise the Independence of the Islands. There are 14 American prisoners, they say. at Tarlac, all of whom are well treated. Lieutenant J. ('. Olll mor. of tbe United States gunboat Yorktown, who fell Into the hands of the insurgents at Baler, on the east const of Luzon, last April. Is at Blur it. The COmmlSRtoneri have brought a letter to General Otis from a relative of the murdered Filipino General Luna, who wishes to avenge the assassina tion by Agulnaldo's officers, and who asks a personal Interview with the military governor. According to the commissioners' statement Agulnnldo, who is still ai Tarlac with 3,000 troops, wishes to continue the war, although he has a high opinion of th American officers and soldiers. Aguinaldo Is said to be well supplied with arms and ammunition, and he Is able to get plenty of rice from the northern provinces. With the Spanish commissioners cam a large number of women, the families of eight prominent officers of the Filipino army, who recently ap plied to General Otis for permission to send their families to Manila. Gen eral MacArthur compelled them to halt about a mile beyond the outposts, where tbey will remain while their credentials are being examined. The Wireless Telegraphy Tests. New York, Oct 81. Over 2'.i tulles Of the Atlantic ocean, over housetops, church spires, towering office build ings, the Marconi electrical ripple successfully carried and dropped mes sages between two moving warships yesterday, The naval test at sea prov ed that vvltliin a radius of -1 miles message's can be transmitted by wire less telegraphy with all the accuracy and precision of an ordinary land line. It also proved that hills, high build ings, wires and wind currents do not Interfere in th slightest degree With the transmission of messages. lllir nralnnu-e mini Kxenralon. Chicago, Oct. 31. A big excursion down the drainage canal, the new waterway from the great lakes to tho Mississippi river, to include governors, senators, nntionul representatives and federal, state and city ofllclals, is plan ned by the sanitary district trustees for n week from today, and Is Intended to be the tlnal exhibition of the big ditch before Lake Michigan's waters are turned into it. The excursion Is expected to arouse such enthusiasm that any opposition to the vast enter prise will dwindle Into insignificance. Two Victims of a lluelf Valparaiso, Oct. 31. The sudden death last week of Senhor Ramon Oar cla, director general of railways, and of Senhor Oregorlo Pinochet, minister of Industry and public works, under mysterious conditions, caused a great sensation. In both cases the medical authorities certified that death was due to pneumonln. It is rumored, how ever, that both succumbed to wounds recojved In a duel with swords, con ducted In the most barbarous fashion, neither huving any knowledge of fencing. 1899 NOVEMBER. 1899 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Th. Fr. Sa. JL JL JL A 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 MOON'8 PHASES. size apHooa o a. in. ) Quarter 10 a. u.. oon 1 :.. in. (Third oc Quarter aO a. m. ITEMS OF STATE NEWS. Pittsburg, Oct. 30. At a special meeting yesterday of the striking core makers and tnolder who have beon on strike shice Oct. 1 It was decided to return to work at the old rate pending arbitration. The vote was 10s to 96 against. An attempt to make the vote unanimous failed. Lock Haven, Pa., Oct. 30. Rains Saturday night extinguished the moun tain fires which have been burning furiously for over a week. Much of th land burned over contained scrub tim ber. The only valuable timber de stroyed in this county was on a tract of 1,200 acres near Loganton, entail ing a heavy loss. Pittsburg, Oct SI. A syndicate of New York capitalists has purchased 30.000 acres of coal laud In Westmore land county. The money value ( if the territory Is not made public, but it is known that Real Estate Agent Cope land and his local syndicate received from the eastern people considerably more than $1,000,000. Dubois, Pa.. Oct, 31. The miners of the Dagus mines of the Northwestern Mining and Exchange compauj held meetings yesterday and decided to re turn to work. With the Dagus im n ul Work all mines in the Toby valley re gion v 111 be In operation, alter a si i ike continuing more than a month The miner of the Tioga region uro ex pected to resume work at an earl d ue Wllkeabarre, Pa., et. 81. William Gordon, aged 40, a well known resident of PlttSton, died yesterday from ill juries received in a light Baturda) nic.ht. He entered Corcoran Un there' saloon and got into a quarrel with tin bartender, He was put out of the place, and when be got Into the street was knocked down. His bead struck the asphalt pavement and his Bkull was f i in lured. Philadelphia, Oct, 30.- The triangu lar blot k bounded by Canal and ; 'ond street and Oermantown avenue was almost entirely destroyed by ti.. yes terday, entailing a loss of over $ifiti,ooo, on which there is a partial Insurant'! The tire is supposed to have originated In the warehouse of Wunderlich Brothers, at Nos. IV'.i and IM .inal street. Twelve horses belonging to Wunderllcb Hrothers were burn .1 to death. unt;in of the Ore unknown. Pittsburg, Oct. 2. -The Commercial (Jiizetto says the Pennsylvania Com pany and the New York Central Rail road company have Just placed order.; for coal and freight ears to the number of 16,000, the aggregate cost of which 1 aggregate about $12,000,000. Both ci n.panle endeavored to get steel car I I , i their orders could not be tilled althiu a year they wore compelled to tuke wooden cars with steel equip ments, Busnuebanna. Pa.. Oct. 88. Two farmers, Patrick O'Rourke and Michael Creegan, of Windsor township, Ilroome county, New York, met death suddenly Thursday night at Windsor Crossing, on the Brie railroad, six miles from Susquehanna. They were on the cross ing when their wagon was struck by n train. Iloth men were Instantly kill ed. The horses were also killed and the wagon wrecked. Both men leave large families. Irwin, Pa., Oct. 80. Hahntown, Ir win's suburban mining village, was the scene of u bloody riot yesterday af ternoon. Th Hungarians were hold ing 'he usual pay day celebration, and had gathered in B big hoarding house About I o'clock a tight was started, and all sorts of weapons were brought Into use. Mrs. Mike Unlllcand hu i bet skull fractured and two lingers . Iievi ed off, while her husband is in u t ; oils condition from a fracture'! . hull Three arrests were made. Philadelphia, Oct, 30.- h"i r the first time in the history of the S hu arsenal in this city there Is lo ' u suspension in tbe work ol raakln am forms for the United States urnr It is understood that the otfi lal on i tbe suspension of work was i by the commandant ol the arsenal i week ago from Washington, ant that the notice to the employes will he posted this week. The effect of til order will be felt by many widows ol soldiers In this city, as it means tic laying off Of over 1,500 women work ers. Pittsburg, Oil. 31. Ten men, twi of whom will die, were burned lit the Carnegie steel works ai Duquesne yes terday. The fatally burned are Roherl Itaxter and Thorval Nelson. The men weie working In a pit engaged 111 making connection for a met for the new nas house being erected I seems that the main hud sprung leak, and when the yard engine pass ed, hauling a train of hot Ingots, fie gas was ignited and a terrific explo sion followed, completely shattering the old gas house and hurling tin workmen in every direction. Nanticoke, Pa., Oct. 27. An atu mpt was mude yesterday to resume work at the collieries of thu Susquehanna Coal company, which havo been idl three mouths, owing to a 6trlke. but without success. Not enough of the striking miners applied for woi k t' warrant the company lu keeping tin collieries in operation. Tha COmpatU officials say they will close down uii the mines until such time as the men are ready to resume work. The con. pair, has 4,000 men und boys on Its. payrolls. Business of all kinds Is par alysed in the town. Scranton, Pa.. Oct. 30. While re turning from a Sunday wedding lu Old Forge last evening Angelo 1'elozl. a Moosic boarding house keeper, shot and killed one of his boarders, An tonio Spluello. Genelo I'assero, an other boarder was present nnd wit nessed the afTalr. but was too fright ened to captur the murderer. He however, joiued in the chase and it till scouring tha woods with others of bis countrymen looking for the fugitive. Splnello insulted tbe board ing boss, and the latter turned like a. flash and shot him four times. Girl Worker" on Strlko. Bast Liverpool, -0.. Oct. 31. Sever, hundred girls employed in the biscuit warehouse, dipping and stamping de partments of nearly every pottery in th city struck yesterday for higher wages. One or two of tbe smaller firms are willing to grant the deuiuuds of th strikers.