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Hours—lo a. m.to 5 p. 111. Telephone 143' i. FARMER COPE IS HARD AT WORK Governor Stone's New Appointee Arrests Violators of the Oleo Law. M'KINLEY IS A STALWART. The President IlccoieiiißC" the Rc»rn lnr Republican Oritmilxnt lon In the Appointment OF LLI» Hand na I'nlted State* District Attorney—Pennsyl vania Share* In Prosperity. (Special Correspondence.) ! Philadelphia. July 17.—Farmer Cope, whom Governor Stone appointed at the head of the dairy and food department of Pennsylvania, has been making a great record in the short time he has filled this important post. lie has made the political enemies of the Stone administration admit that he is strict- r ly enforcing the law, and he has dem onstrated his ability to take care of himself despite the unfair and ma licious attacks which the Wanamaker subsidized newspapers are making upon the administration. An object lesson showing what is being done in this department was Klven in this city last week when a big array of dealers were before Magis trate Stratton charged with violating the laws in relation to the sale of "oleo." The warrants for these arrests were sworn out by Farmer Cope's agents and he hnd his own attorney on hand to see that the prosecutions were pressed without f'ar or favor. Professor Genth, who made a careful examination of all ■ submitted to him by F'mer >Jupe, wa:-. iiere to testify as to the result of his analysis. The magistrate held several of the ac- j cused in bail for court as the result of the testimony submitted, and in other cases the accused waived hear ings, and the cases will be sent to court for early trial. ADMISSIONS FROM OPPONENTS. Some of the men who for political reasons were enlisted in the campaign of misrepresentation of the adminis tration of the pure food laws by the officials of the Stone administration have admitted that under Farmer Cope's administration there is a de termined and successful effort being made to faithfully administer the laws and to hunt down and prosecute all violators of the kw. In a desperate effort to keep alive a feeling of hostility to the Republican state administration for purely politi cal reasons the Wanamaker news paper interests are continuing their wilful misrepresentations, but they have ceased to make an impression upon the popular mind. The people realize that there is an honest and capable official at the head of the de partment who is working night and day to carry out Governor Stone's in structions to discover and prosecute every man who is violating the pure food laws in the state and to do this without reference to political or other Interests. Farmer Cope has placed his Chester county farm and dairy Interests in competent hands and is devoting all his time and energies to obeying the Injunctions of the governor. M'KINLEY IS A STALWART. The appointment by President Mc- Kinley of James B. Holland as United States attorney for the eastern district of Pennsylvania, last week was very gratifying to the stalwart Republican element of this state. Mr. Holland has for several years been recognized aa a stalwart leader of Montgomery county anH he has given personal at tention to the management of the party organization there. For his party ser vices in the past he was named as naval officer of this port early in the present administration. When the term of District Attorney Beck ex pired Mr. Holland was suggested for appointment as his successor. Tre mendous pressure was at once brought upon the president to prevent Mr. Holland's appoint ment. The insurgent and gold Democratic influences were brought to bear for the reappointment of Mr. Beck, who had renounced the Demo cratic party. Mr. Holland was recom mended by Col. Quay, Senator Penrose, Chairman Reeder, of the Republican state committee, and other active Re publicans, as well as many members of the bar of the counties embraced in his district. There was something of a struggle over the place, but Presi dent McKinley put an end to the con tention by stating that he would recog nize the representatives of the regular Republican organization and Mr. Hol land was appointed. He was sworn in on Saturday last and he will at once assume charge of the duties of the office. In this connection It is fair to state that since President McKinley has been In the White House there has not been a single important Pennsyl vania appointment which has not been made upon the recommendation of Messrs. Quay and Penrose or the Re publican member of the house of repre sentatives In tip di. 'rirt to which the office was ii si. •<The president from the outset h is < vinced a determi nation to stand by the regular Repub lican oreaniza \ :••••! he will no don lit continue the policy throughout his administration. !t is quilt- probable that State Sena tor Walter T. Merrick, of Tioga, will be named to succeed Mr. Holland as naval officer. Senator Merrick has been a consistent stalwart member of the leg islature, anil he is backed by the lead ers of the Republican organization of the state. PENNSYLVANIA SHARES IN PROS PERITY. Philadelphia is feeling a gratifying effect of the present Republican admin istration of the affairs of the country. She is sharing in the big boom of the export trade, and in this respect has surpassed some of her less fortunate sister cities. There was a gain of $3,000,000 in the value of the grain ex ports over the figures of the preceding year. The increase in exports was largely represented by corn shipments. These experts amounted to 35,729,662, bushels, as against 26,261,408 for the preceding year. The increase in the exports of oats was even more marked. These figures jumped over 6,000,000 to 9,690.376 bushels. Philadelphia has a splendid elevator system, and ihe actlvty of her mem bers of the board of trade in pressing for business has enabled the Quaker City to get her full share of the Mc- Kinley prosperity in the grain trade. Pennsylvania's iron and steel indus tries are thriving under Republican rule, as was clearly shown in the an nual report of the Bethlehem Steel company, made public last week, which gave a net i» r:ome of $2,122,000. an in crease of $977,000 over the earnings of the Bethlehem Iron company during the year ending April 30, 1899. The company, out of gross earnings, spent $595,000 for improvements, and paid off $1,000,000 floating debt. The operations of the year compared with the earnings of the Bethlehem Iron company for the year preceding are as follows: Bethlehem Iron com pany. 1599, net income, $1,145,000: div idend 6 per cent; surplus, $695,000; Bethlehem Steel company, 1900, net income, $2,122,000: dividend 6 per cent; Bethlehem Iron company, 450,000; sur plus, $1,672,000; income over 1899, $997,000. A dividend of $600,000 was declared by the Bethlehem Steel company, and the profit and loss accounts show a surplus of $3,463,351, as compared with $3,320,086 in 1899. The Bethlehem Steel company was incorporated in April, 1899, with a capital stock of $15,- 000,000 in shares of a par value of SSO each. The company leased the Bethle hem Iron company at 6 per cent on the $7,500,000 capital stock of that corpora tion. The announcement is made that the company proposes to bid for the entire contract for 36,000 tons of armor plate required by the navy department for the new battleships and cruisers. COOPER AND THE DEMOCRATS. "The Democratic national convention has put 16 to 1 to the fore," says for mer State Chairman Thomas V. Cooper, and have reiterated their allegiance to the old and badly whipped Chicago platform. Like the Roxers of China, they refuse to move forward, and are wedded to their idols. There are high sounding platitudes about the trusts and imperialism, but thfse are mani festly insincere, since Bryan begged his friends in the United States senate to ratify the Spanish-American treaty selling to us the Philippines, and since Tammany, the controlling voice in the convention, is the head and front of the ice trust, which doubled the price to all consumers in defiance of the law. The one thing in which the party was in earnest was its desire to obey Bryan, and he ordered 16 to 1, So it will be to the end, and the end will be anotherde feat, with the great east solidly for McKinley and the great west more strongly for him than before. If the platform is seriously considered in Ne braska, not even state pride can save that state to Bryan in this prosperous year." PENNSYLVANIA MINERS PROS PEROUS. Coal miners in the bituminous fields west of the Allegheny mountains are enjoying the most prosperous condi tion. \vhich they have ever known. Vu: ; rge quantities of coal being ex ported to foreign countries, thus being in successful competition with the home mined coal of those countries, the fact remains that American min ers are earning higher wages under more favorable conditions than has ever before been the case in the Uni ted States. This applies to the miners of western Pennsylvania, West Vir ginia, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois and else where. This state of affairs, beneficial di rectly to 100,000 mon in the bituminous field, embraced in the states named, is entirely the result of good times throughout the country brought about by Republican laws designed to make work plenty and wages good. As far as the coal miner is concern ed his condition today, compared to his condition at any within 15 years, is a complete and stunning answer to the calamity platform of Bryan. Carrftaun For Supreme Court Justice Trenton, July 17.—Governor Voor hees, at his home at Elizabeth yester day, tendered to ex-Judge A. Q. Gar retson, of Jersey City, the position on the supreme court bench made vacant by the death of Justice Lippincott. Judge Garretson indicated his willing ness to accept the place. The new ap pointee, like Justice Lippincott, is a Democrat. He has served aa county judge and is at present a member of the law firm of Vredenburgh & Garret sou. India's Pin But' Statistics. London, July 17. —The governor of Bombay lelegraphs that there were 9,928 cases of cholera in the famine districts during the week ending July 7, of which 6,474 were fatal, and that in the native states there were 9,526 cases, of which 5,892 were fatal. The total number of deaths on the rolief works was 5,870, which was 3.9 per 1,000. Tuit Sunk null Two Uroirni-il. Buffalo, July 17.—The tug Gratwick sank in the Niagara river at Tona wanda. last night and Loui* Herst, a fireman, and James Parker, who on the boat for a ride, were drowned. The towing line snapped, and the tug careened and sank. Not an Ordinary School When Williamsport Dickinson Seminary was founded, money making was not in the thought of its promoters. To give young men an<l women thorough intellectual and moral training :it the lowest possible cost was its paramount aim. It remains its para mount aim. Huildings have been added, e<piij>nient increased, the faculty enlarged, but Williamsport Dickinson Seminary Isßtill true toita first principle*. It in a Home and Christian school. It provides for benllh and social culture as carefully as tor mental and moral training taking a personal interest In each pupil, and adjusting methods to need, believing that true education seeks to develop tli • highest types of manhood and womanhood. \ splendiil tleld, «i t at hletlcH directed by a trained athlete, make hall Held and gy run an iu in » t renl value. Swimming pool forall. single l»ed« for ladies. Nine regular courses, with elective studies, otter wide selection. Six competitive scholarships are olTsred. Heventeen skilled teachers classify and in struct, making school work other than drudgery. M uslc, Ait, I*. \ pression and I'hyslc.al Culture, with other branches or alone, under teachers « itli hest home and Kuropean training. Home, with tuition in regular studies, SWiO.OO ay ear, with discounts to ministers, ministerial candidates, teachers, and two from same family. Kali term opens September 10, lIHHi. Catalogue free. Address Rev. EDWARD J. GRAY. D. D.. President. Williamsport. Pa. OCimRiMME Another Day of Victories For Amer icans in Paris, WON SIXTEEN CHAMPIONSHIPS, HI-MIIICM Si'rnrlrm Thirteen Seconds uiul Twelve Thirds I■■ Twenty-one Kvcnts—Kraenzlein, tlie American Runner, Retire* From Athletics. Paris, July 17. —The American ath letes continued winning victories at the international contests in connec tion with the exposition yesterday af ternoon. As many foreigners stayed out of yesterday's events, less interest than usual was manifested in the con tests, which were largely among the Americans. A. C. Kraenzlein. of the University of Pennsylvania, won the first heat in the 200 metres hurdle race very easily. Choisel, a Frenchman, was second and George W. Orton, University of Penn sylvania, third. N. G. Pritchard, the champion 100 yard runner of India, defeated Walter B. Tewksbury, of the University of Pennsylvania, in the sec ond heat. T. B. McClain, of the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, was third. The final heat was almost a walkover for Kraenzlein, who finished a yard ahead of his competitors. Pritchard was second and Tewksbury third. Choi sel, a Frenchman, also ran. The three standing jumps was easily an American event, the athletes from the United States quickly outjumping all the other competitors. The same can be said of the hop, step and jump. Prinstein, of the Syra cuse university; Connelly, of Boston, and Richard Sheldon, of the N. Y. A. C., qualified for the finals and jump off. Prinstein won, though Connelly pushed him hard. The 800 metres flat race brought six men to the tape for the final heat — Captain Cregan. of Princeton; David C. Hall, of Brown university; John Bray, of Williams college; A. E. Tysoe, the English champion half mile runner; Speidel, a Hungarian, and De Loge, a Frenchman. Tysoe won, with Cregan a close second and Hall third. The standing high jump was a con test between three Americans, they be ing the only entries. Ray Ewry, of the N. Y. A. C., who holds the record, won quickly, I. E. Baxter. University of Pennsylvania, getting the place from Richard Sheldon, of the N. Y. A. C. It wits announced that Ewry would attempt to surpass his own world s record of one metre 63 centimetres. This he did on the second attempt, clearing one metre 65 centimetres. The Americans also captured the long jump, the hammer throwing and the standing long jump, and they did it easily. In fact, the facility with which the American athletes carried off prizes finally grew monotonous. Three events were won by foreign ers. One, the tug of war. was not con tested by the Americans. In'the 800 meters fiat race, which was won by an Englishman, Tysoe, the Americans took second and third places. In the remaining race, the 5,000 meters steep lechase, they failed to get a place. Englishmen taking all three. College men who were prevented from competing Sunday by the change In the agreed, or at least understood arrangements, feel none too kindly to ward the representatives of tlieUniver sity of Pennsylvana for contesting. They claim that if Pennsylvania had stayed out concerted action might have brought about a modification. The University of Michigan, with Dvorack; the University of Syracuse, with Prinstein; Princeton, with two men in the pole vault and one in the high jump, were those suffering most. Some complain bitterly, declaring with out equivocation that they have been unfairly treated. A. C. Kraenzlein, University of Penn sylvania, has run his last race. He made a statement to this effect yes terday afternoon at the conclusion of the 200 meters hurdle, which he won so easily. "That was my last race," he exclaimed. "I am through with athletics, and shall devote myself to something more serious." He was badly used up. the strain of three days' consecutive games having told upon him severely. More Transports For China. Washington, July 17.—The quarter master general yesterday increased the fleet of transports to be used in the transportation of about 4,000 horses and mules to the Philippines and China by the charter of the trans ports Phrvra and Athenian. Most of these horses are intended for the use of the cavalry troops ordered to the east, and their dispatch is to be ex pedited. New York Chinese Ask Protection. New York, July 17. —Chinatown Chinese have framed a petition and forwarded it to Washington asking the authorities for protection in case of a sudden popular outbreak. A week ago last Thursday night a meeting was held for the purpose of considering the raising of a fund to help the Boxers. When the.question came to a vote it was defeated. Split In the Colombian Ministry. Kingston, Jam., July 17. —News has reached here of a serious split in the Colombian government. Certain min isters have taken a position antagonis tic to their colleagues. The former have the confidence of the public and soldiery, and should the split become more acute the rebels will be largely reinforced by government troops. l'wo Yonnk Women Killed by Trnln. Shelbyville, Ind., July 17. —Three young women, riding in a buggy, were caught on the crossing and killed by a passenger train yesterday afternoon one mile east of this city. Two were sisters named Schloss and the other a Miss Zoble. All resided at Prescott. Porto Itlco Teachers Cuininii. Santiago de Cuba, July 17. —The Uni ted States transport McPherson, from San Juan, P. R., July 14, arrived here yesterday and left in the afternoon for New York, carrying 80 Porto Rican teachers, who will attend the Harvard summer school. At Least Fifteen Lives Lost in a Texas Town. . TWO HEROES AMONG THE VICTIMS. They llad Remened Four Children, 1 11111 All Were Swept to Death in an Kfl'ort to Stem the Swift Current. | Ten Itodlea Already Heeovered. Coleman, Tex., July 17. —Fifteen J lives are known to have been lost in ' a cloudburst here yesterday. Ten bodies have been recovered, but only two were identified. They are: Joseph , Spath, leading merchant of the village; I John Fuleisstine. It is feared that many more lives j were lost in the valley below Cole- : man. The cloudburst, which followed three days' unprecedented rainfall, | caused Ford's creek to burst its banks and run through Coleman, a village ! of less than 1,000 inhabitants. Bewildered citizens, roused from their slumbers, rushed into the streets j and wore swept away. Many were j saved by catching hold of pieces of ! timber and navigating them into ed- j dies formed by the swift current, j where they were drawn ashore. Spath and Fuleisstine managed to j mount their horses. They dashed into j the water and swam their horses to a j house where four little girls were screaming lor help. Each rescued two of the children, whom they took upon their horses. The animals were swept away, however, in a noble effort to stem the swift current, and all were drowned. A Kerrville, Tex., dispatch says: A cloudburst occurred north of this place last night. Many farms were inundated and loss of life is probable. The ter ritory devastated is composed of well stocked farms, and the financial loss will be very heavy. Parties are out in boats in the suddenly flooded country looking for victims of the Hood, and it is reported that a number of bodies have been found and hundreds of dead cattle counted. A Picturesque Italian Celebration. New York, July 17. —Little Italy ob served the first day of Our Lady of Mount Carmel yesterday, and from dawn until midnight one of the most picturesque celebrations ever witnessed in this city was in progress. Italians from Boston, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Newark and other cities attended, and at least 50,000 persons gathered about the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. The streets in the vicinit? resembled a country fair. Buildings were decorated with bunting and booths on the sidewalks were filled with things that delight the Italian palate. American and Italian flags were displayed. Urn. Mayer it Victim of Accident. Mahway, N. J., July 17. —It has been officially determined that there is no occasion to hold an inquest to de termine the cause of the death of Mrs. Natalie Mayer, oldest daughter of the late Theodore Havemeyer. Mrs. Mayer died Saturday afternoon from the ef fects of a pistol shot wound. Coroner W. L. Vroom, after examining six witnesses, rendered a verdict declaring that "no guilt attaches to any person, or persons, by reason of said death, and that an inquest is unnecessary." Coroner Vroom says that from the evidence he Is satisfied Mrs. Mayer shot herself by accident, Illanket Indians liiiletinK Down. Solway, Minn., July 17. —Capt. Mer cer has returned from a conference with the Blanket Indians, whom he en deavored to quiet. The majority of the Indians appeared willing to con fer with the whites, but hesitated on account of the absence of four bucks whom they claimed are leaders. Capt. Mercer gave the Blanketers until to night to come to terms. Settlers near here are resuming their regular oc cupations, and beiieve the danger of an uprising has passed. I.eaune of Itepnlilicaii Clubs. St. Paul, July 17—At 10 o'clock thi3 forenoon the national convention of the League of Republican Clubs was called to order. Between 1,500 and 1,800 delegates are present. The ses sions are being held in the Auditorium. Governor Roosevelt arrived early this morning, and was introduced at the opening session. After the usual ad dresses of welcome a recess was taken until this afternoon, when routine re* ports will be read. Col. George Stone, of California, president of the league, will call the evening session to order. United States Senator Davis will pre side, and will make the address of welcome to the guest of the evening, Governor Theodore Roosevelt, of New York. The governor's reply is expected to be the feature of the convention. Streetcar Wrecked by Dynamite. St. Louis, July 17.—As a Union line car was passing the intersection of Twenty-second street and Bremen ave nue the wheels struck a charge of dynamite, which exploded with ter rific force. The car was blown from the tracks, the flooring and sides wrecked and all the windows demolish ed. There were four passengers on the car, two of whom, Edward English and Mollie Shere, were so badly in jured that they had to be taken to the 'ilty dispensary. CONSUMPTION CAB BE CORED. T. A. Slocum, M. C., the Great Chem ist ami Scientist, Will Send Free, to the Afflicted, Three Bottles of liis Newly Discovered Reme dies to Cure Consumption and All Lung Troubles. Nothing could betairer, more philan thropic or carry nioie joy to the afflict ed, than the oiler of T. A. Slocuni, M. (J., of New York City. Confident that he has discovered a reliable cure for consumption and all bronchial, throat and lung diseases, general decline and weakness, loss of flesh and all conditions wasting, and to make its great merits known, he will send, tree, three bottles to any reader of the Amkiucan who may be suffering. Already this "new scientific course of medicine" has permanentl}' cured thou sands of apparently hopeless cases. The Doctor considers it his religious duty— a duty which he owes to human ity—to donate bis infallible cure. He has proved the dreaded consump tion to be a curable disease beyond any doubt, and has on file in liis American and European laboratories testimonials of experience from those benefitted and cured, in all parts of the world. Don't delay until it is too late. Con sumption, uninterrnped, means speedy and certain death. Address T. A Slocum M. 98 Pine street, New York, and when writing the Doctor, give express and postollice address, and please mention reading this article in he Amkhican" March -1 ,{( lilllJl HI,IK DAM.®! A Warning to Adventurers Bound i For Cape Nome. OUTLOOK VERY DISCOURAGING. , 1.1 tt l e Cltu mi'P of KinilinK the I'reciouit I)list, ii ml of Typhoid an<l Kmallpo* Threnli-npil Fabulous I'rlccM I'"or tlie Xrrrsiiilirii of l.ife. Washington, July It.—The secretary of the treasury has received a letter from Mr. G. Rudolph, living at 626 Broadway, Brooklyn, on the situation at Cape Nome, Alaska. The depart ment sees no reason to doubt the trust worthiness of the story told by Mr. Rudolph, and suggests its publication. It is becoming daily more apparent to the officials that the conditions in the new gold fields are almost certain to result in great suffering during the coming winter, especially as epidemics j of smallpox and typhoid fever are ( threatened. The letter is in part as follows: "I left Nome on Juno 20, and being an old miner, I am fully capable of sizing up a new mining camp in a few days. I and my partner tried working the beach for gold in several places, and I personally saw others by the hundreds do the same, but not in one instance did we see a man take out enough gold to pay for his grub. The only place where any gold was being taken out was between the beach and the tundra. There they were only making day's wages of from $7 to $lO a day. This place is only about three quarters of a mile long, and it is all taken up by about 500 men. Like the beach, it is now nearly all worked out. At Nome 1 talked with men who had come from points as far as 50 miles below the camp. They told me they had found nothing, and they were go ing further north. I talked, teo, with men who had come from points far up the beach, but they declared there was nothing up there. So it seems that the whole stretch is nearly all worked out. "Now, concerning the creeks. Anvil creek is the richest. Having sprained my knee I could not go up, but my partner went the full length of it, looking for work or for a lay. He could get neither, for at that time —June 15 —the creeks were still frozen. All that he could discover was that the miners there were beginning to strip—that is, to take off the top layer of moss and loose dirt, which is left to dry while they begin again at another place. Meanwhile the first hole would be thawed out. By that means they man aged to work alternate holes. There is no wood in Nome, as there is in the Klondike, and coal is S6O a ton on the beach, while the cost of re-freighting it over the Anvil creek is 12 cents a pound. You can figure how rich the ground must be to stand such costs of mining. "No one estimates that more than 300 hands are at work on Anvil creek, with as many more each on Snow, Glacier and Dexter creeks —a total of perhaps 1,500 men. When 1 left 20,000 men were in the district, and the only work was in unloading or putting up new buildings. The former task kept about 500 men busy, and the building employed about 300. "There are far more destitute people at Nome than people on the outside know of. A meal costs from $1 to $1.50, coffee and pie or three crullers, 25 cents; a bed from $2 to $3, or when you furnish your own blakets from $1 to $1.50. Canned goods are 50 cents a can; bread, 25 cents a loaf; fresh meats from 75 cents to $1 a pound, and other things in proportion. There was only one toilet for the public, and there you had to pay. For water the cost was 25 cents for four buckets and wood was nearly all gone ex#.-pt at a point several miles down the beach. Even the little to be found there was half rotten and watersoaked. Coal oil is $7 a case and lumber $l5O for dry and $125 for green per thcTusand, and is scarce at that. When 1 left there were tents 20 deep and about three miles long." The Alriliitiiiii'm Trial Trip. Washington, July 14. —The Cramp company has notified the navy depart ment that the battleship Alabama will be in readiness to leave tiio shipyard for it.i acceptance trial on Aug. 14, and asking for the use of drydock No. 3 at the New York navy yard on July 16. The requested permission for the use of the dock will be granted, and the trial of iht vessel will be made as soon after as possible. The trial will take place over the regular course oft" Cape Ann, Mass. The Alabama will be re quired to maintain an average speed of 16 knots during a run of four hours. Ilra7.il Wiiiil* Our <oal. Washington, July 14. —Minister Bry an, at Petropolis, writes, under a recent date, that he is in receipt of an an swer to a note which he sent to the Brazilian foreign office asking for in formation as to whether a contract could be secured by American people to furnish pit coal to the Central rail road of Brazil. The minister was in formed that no doubt the t'nited States coal would be used if it showed better quality than the coal already submit ted for trial. Wlio Will Succeed Heath T Washington, July 14. —So far as .tnown here the appointment of a suc cessor to First Assistant Postmaster General Heath has not been decided upon. Curtis Guild, of Massachusetts, to whom the president at the close of , the Spanish war tendered an appoint ment as member of the insular com mission, has been considered for the office, and Fourth Assistant Postmas ter General Bristow, who investigated the Cuban postal system recently, has been mentioned. TliouNitiidM Made HomelCMM by l'lood. Cracow, Poland, July 14. —The Dneis tor river and its tributaries are in rag ing flood. Hundreds of houses have been destroyed in Halicz, Stryl and Bo ryslavv. Thousands of persons are homeless and there has been much de struction of life and property. The loss in connection with the naphtha mines has buen enormous. rite Dclugon Hay Awnr.l. London, July 17.—The negotiations conducted by the United States am bassador, Joseph H. Choate, on behalf of American bondholders and Lord Salisbury for English bondholders in the Delagoa Bay railroad affair are proceeding satisfactorily, and a definite agreement regarding the distribution of the award has practically been reached, though a few formalities are yet to be gone through. The bond holders settled the matter among themselves. Kuraiii-il From t'ourt Martini. Key West, Fla., July 17. —Two enlist ed men, a marine named Stivers and a sailor named Lorrington, ordered to trial by court martial, have escaped from custody. The court martial was thereupon dissolved and the members thereof were consituted a court of in quiry to determine the responsibility ! for the escape of the prisoners. EDISON'S PHONOGRAPH Better than a Piano, Organ, or Music J!ox, for it sings ami talks as well as plays, and don't cost as much. It reproduces the music of any instrument—hand or orchestra—tells stories and sings—the old familiar hymns as well as the popular songs—it is always ready. Sec that Mr. lvlison's signature is on every machine. Cata logues of all dealers, or NATIONAL PHONOGRAPH CO., 1.J5 Fifth Ave., New York. 26-t 23 Auk Disconsolate Shoemaker Kills His iWife, His Babe and Himself. ANOTHER CHILD BADLY WOUNDED The Terrible Seene of lllood Which Greeted Olflcera Who filtered the Abode of Poverty—The IMtlnhle Condition of u Tliree-Year-Old lloy. Baltimore, July 16.—Poverty, cou pled with ill health and a weak minded wife for a helpmeet, were probably the causes which impelled Louis Eisen, a shoemaker, early yesterday to kill him self, his wife and babe, and to wound almost unto death his little son. The dead: Louis Eisen, aged 31 years; Sarah Eisen, his wife, 30 years; Mor ris Eisen, 13 months old. Wounded: Harry Eisen, 3y 2 years old, will prob ably recover. The tragedy occurred at the squalid apartments which the family called home at 1208 East Lexington street, but the exact time is not known. An occupant of the upper floor of the lit tle tenement discovered U»e tragedy about 9 o'clock and immediately sum moned the police. The officers found the corpse of Eisen lying in the middle of the floor with his head almost sev ered from the body, and beside him lay the razor with which the crazed head of the household had done his murderous work. The body of Mrs. Eisen lay across and old mattress in the corner of the room, her throat also cut from ear to ear, while the in fant's little body was in a baby car riage behind the shoemaker's counter. A most pitiable and distressing sight was the little boy, Harry, stand ing near the body of his dead mother, with blood streaming from a gash In his throat, looking wonderingly at the policeman as they hastily examined the corpses to see if there was any sign of life. The disordered condition of the little furniture which the room con tained told of the struggle which Mrs. Eisen had made for the life of herself and the little ones. Bloody footprints were found in all parts of the two rooms which comprised the Eisen apartments, telling mutely how little Harry had tottered about the place, endeavoring In turn to awake his mother, father and infant brother. His one garment was saturated with blood from his own wound and those of his father and mother. A minute search of the apartments failed to discover a crust of bread or a scrap of meat. A little salt and a small quantity of milk were the only edibles in the place, while the amount of money discovered after a careful search was 10 cents which Eisen's pockets contained and 32 cents which lay upon the cobbler's little counter. About a year ago Mrs. Eisen's mind became affected after an attack of typhoid fever, and she was sent to an asylum, the children being taken to an orphanage. The family was re united about three weeks ago, but dur ing the separation Eisen had contract ed an affection of the lungs. Little work came to him of late, and he found it a hard struggle to provide his fam ily with meager necessities of life. The Hebrew Benevolent society aided the family on several occasions, but It Is thought that Eist-n became despondent because of his inability to provide for his family and decided to end the struggle in death. A Determined Suicide. Emporia, Kan., July 16.—C. V. Esk ridge, editor of the Emporia Republi can and former lieutenant governor of Kansas, died at his home in this city yesterday from self inflicted wounds. Mr. Eskridge had been ill for several months. After he had fired one shot into the upper part of his body his sister-in-law struggled with him for the possession of the weapon, but he managed to inflict another wound, which proved fatal. He remained con scious to the last, and talked with his family as they i tood about his bed. He had been il. with cancer of the liver for several months. He knew, he said, that recovery was impossible and he did not care to suffer longer. TERRY M'GOVERN'S VICTORY. _ The Little Featherweight Champion Too <(uick Fur the Lf|(htwel»ht. New York. July 17.—Once more a fighter pitted against a boxer has clearly demonstrated the superiority of the fighter. Last night, in the presence of 14,000 persons, in Madison Square Garden, Terry McGovern, of Brooklyn, defeated Frank Erne, of Buffalo, lightweight champion of the world. It was a hurricane fight from bell to bell, without a moment's let up, except when one of the contestants was lying on the floor of the ring. Mc- Govern adopted the tactics which he said he would. He rushed in on Erne at the very beginning, and sent left and right in such quick succession that Erne, fast as he is, was non plussed. Erne undoubtedly is the cleverest of the two, but his cleverness availed him nothing against the bull dog rushes and fierce attacks of the little featherweight champion. Erne, of course, trained far below his usual weight, as he had agreed to meet McGovern at 128 pounds, which is five pounds below the lightweight limit. In doing this many persons be lieved that the strain would be too much for the Buffalo lad, and that Mc- Govern, who is rugged and tenacious, would surely beat him down. Many of the wise ones compared Erne's re duction of weight to that of Joe Wal cott, when the latter trained down some years ago to 131 V& pounds in order to meet Kid Lavigne in the light weight class. Walcott made a mis take on the occasion, for Lavigne cut him to pieces. Last night Erne said that he weighed only pounds, but he declared that he was in excellent condition. W6ul«l-I»e Train Wreckers Foiled. Junction City, Kan., July 17.—An un successful attempt was made to wreck and probably rob the Union Pacific flyer about four miles from Manhat tan. The switch was turned, but the engineer succeeded in stopping the train before it had gone far upon the siding. A gun, dynamite and a bottle supposed to contain nitro-glycerine were found hidden under a pile of ties. Kew York'* Hent Victims. New York, July 17.—The oppressive heat of yesterday was felt in this city more than that of any day experienced hereabouts in a long time. About 20 persons were prostrated by the heat and removed to hospitals. The condi tion of some of them is critical. The temperature was over 100 in the sun from 11 o'clock in the morning until after 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Thieving Hanker Convicted. Chicago, July 17. — William A. Paul sen, president of the Central Trust and Savings bank, which failed in 1896, was found guilty yesterday of embezzlement and receiving a deposit In his bank after it had become insolv ent. The jury recommended that Paul sen be made to pay a fine and be sen tenced to the penitentiary. INDIANS TTOATENINII Danger of an Outbreak of the Blanketers Is Increasing. WHITES PREFARED FOR A BATTLE Forrei of theWiir Dunce™ Ancment f(l liy the Arrival of itcriiiicn From Northern WUconiln—Feara For tin - Snffty of Imliaii Agent Mercer. Solway, Minn., July 14.—The danger of an outbreak by the Blanket In dians on Red Lake is increasing. The Indian police from the agency have gone over to the point, where the Blanketers are holding their war dance, and it is expected trouble will ensue. Bulletins have been posted in Chip pewa warning all friendly Indians and whites to remain away from the point or suffer the consequences. Twenty mounted men have left Sol way and will proceed to the agency and take instructions from Indian Agent Mercer. The men are all well armed and carry each 1,000 rounds of extra ammunition, which will be dis tributed among the settlers. A petition was sent to Governor Lind today asking that a detachment of state troops be sent to Bed Lake at once. The Indians keep up their war dances, and their shouts can be heard j for three miles at frequent intervals. They discharge their rifles in the air. ; It is said that a large body of reds I from the northern part of the state has joined forces with the Blanketers and small bands of Indians are joining the main body hourly. It is estimated that the entire force numbers over 300 at present. The squaws and papooses have been sent north, and only the young bucks remain at the point. The white settlers at the point are preparing for an attack. The Indians ; at the agency have assured the whites of their support, but it is thought that many of them are going over to the Blanketers. Nothing has been heard from Capt. Mercer since his departure for the lake, I and fears are entertained for his safety. | Growth of the* I'nited Mine Workori. Indianapolis, July 14. —John Mitchell, I president of the United Mine Work ■ era, says the report of the auditing j committee shows that the order now i has between 145,000 and 146,000 mem bers who belong to local unions, while the paid up membership in the na tional order has increased more than 18,000 since Jan. 1, 1900. The paid up membership in the national order is always less than the real strength of the combined locals, for the reason that when unions are on strike they are relieved of their tax to the national order. Texnn County Sues a Kiiilnny, Dallas, Tex., July 14. —The officials of Dallas county yesterday filed suit in the state district court against the Texas and Pacific Railway company for $500,000 in the franchise tax con- I troversy. The company owes approx | imately SBOO,OOO of franchise taxes, ac | cording to the claim of the county tax | officials. The other $200,000 is claim | ed as damages. The railroad company contends that the franchise tax law is | unconstitutional. Suits against numer ous other corporations assessed in Dal las county for approximately $30,000,- 000 will be filed at once. Senator Jones' Vacation. Minneapolis, July 14. —Senator James K. Jones, chairman of the Democratic I national committee, arrived here yes ; terday en route to Lake Minnetonka, ! where he will rest two weeks. He said I when the time comes for a statement \ as to Charles A. Towne's course of ' action with reference to the Populist I nomination for vice president Mr. j Towne will himself make it public. Senator Jones would not even admit that a decision was reached at the re cent Lincoln conference. Portland Exporter* to Sue. Portland, Ore., July 14. —Portland exporters who made shipments .to the Philippine islands have decided to in stitute proceedings against the United States government for the return of duties paid at Manila. As soon as the papers are prepared they will be filed in the court of claims at Washington and if the decision is adverse to the claimants an appeal will be taken to the supreme court. The claims amount to about SIO,OOO. frimlnnl Christian Science. Philadelphia, July 17.—The death of 7-year-old Edward Heck at the "Beu lah Orphanage," run by "The Fire Bap tized Holiness Association," led to an inquest by Coroner Dugan, and it was shown that the boy, whose mother paid $1.50 a week for his board, died without medical attendance. On the witness stand H. E. Sollenberger, the minister who is the head of the orphanage, testified that all diseases were treated only "by faith In God," and that even if a child had both legs cut off it would be allowed to bleed to death "if it were God's will." The inquest was continued and Sollen berger held in bail. The World's Christian Endenvorer«. London, July 17. —About 20,000 peo ple participated yesterday in the world's Christian Endeavor convention on the Alexandra Palace grounds. Meetings were held simultaneously in the theater, concert hall and large marques. The speakers included the Rev. Charles M. Sheldon, of Topeka, Kan., and the Rev. George C. Lorimer, of Boston. "Father" F. E. Clark, the founder and president of the Young People's Society of Chirstian Endeavor, was given an ovation when he appear ed on the platform. Fntal Fire In Cliicnuo. Chicago. July 17.—Seven people were injured, one fatally, by falling walls in a fire caused by lightning last night at Michigan street and Dearborn avenue. Fireman Robert Meany was caught in falling debris while jumping from the second story. He had his back broken and will die. Agnes Ivilgore, of De troit, Mich., had one leg and one arm broken. The fire started in a broom corn factory and spread rapidly. Sud denly the walls of the burning build ing collapsed, falling on an adjoiuing boarding house, No. 212 Michigan street, crushing tne roof in. The fire men were carried down with the roof. The inmates of the boarding house were all rescued. A Mounter Duck For Norfolk. Norfolk. July 17.—Norfolk will soon have a big marine plant for hauling out vessels for repairs. The newly or ganized Norfolk Shipbuilding and Dry dock company has secured a large tract of land near old Fort Norfolk, with a broad frontage on the Elizubeth river. The plans of the company contemplate the construction of a drydock 90 feet wide and of sufficient length to accom modate the largest steam or sailing vessels that come to this port. Op tions have been secured on adjoining real estate, so that the plant can be enlarged. Hit- Steel riant Closed Down. Lorain, 0., July 17—The big steel plant of the Federal Steel company here has been closed, throwing 4,000 men out of work. It is announced that the Bessemer plant will remain idle for about two weeks for repairs, but the blast furnaces have been closed for an indefinite period. It is said that there is a stock of pig iron on hand sufficient to run the mills for si* months. ... . , <0- ***- --r'-tv}'.'* * MUM EFFECTS ! 1 A \ hjjfy Distinguish the Wall Paper this season Our designs rank with Frescoes in their grace and art. You should buy them because you get only what is beautiful and correct here. We keep no half-way papers, lliey all come up to a certain staudard, at prices astonishingly low, notwithstand ing the advance in price of all raw materials, Prices range from 3.cent? to 75 cents per piece. A. H. GRONE Shoes, Shoes Stylisll! Clieap! XSelia"ble L Bicycle, Cymnasium and Tennis Shoes. THE CELEBRATED Carlisle Shoes AND THE §nag Proof Rubber Boots A SI EC I ALT Y. A. SCITATZ, /"Hjji FASHIONABLE STRAWS. Trimmed and Untrimmed. including the Rough Jumbo Braid, this season's Sailor with black or navy bands for .10 cents worth 5.3 cents. » To reduce our trimmed stock we will sell all Trimmed Hats at reduced prices. i fflifimi 122 Mill Street, 'mm in i A Reliable TOT SHOP Tor all kind of Tin Roofing, Spouting and General Job Work. Stoves* Heaters, Ranges, Furnaces, etc. PRICES THE LOUEST! QUiLITY TDE BEST! JOHN HIXSON NO. 116 E, FEONT ST. P mm / this is just \ X / /what I SHAU •X /Aw v 00AFTcn ™' s \Y jf jr *^\ evervwh^Oß W TWICE AS,, mm Jm i; Ab any OTH. ep ' Coleman, Tex., July 18. —Twelve bodies of persons who perished in the cloudburst here Monday have been re covered. It is believed several camp ers In the valley below Coleman were caught in the flood and swept away. The known dead are: M. Pate, Mrs. M. Pate, Berdie Pate, Lizzie Pate, J. N. Cheek, Mrs. J. N. Cheek, Annie Brown, Ivey Brown, J. O. Stacey, Jo seph S. Path, John Elisstine and Sam uel Belle. Along the creeks below the town hundreds of people are engaged in a search for bodies. The Medina and Guadeloupe rivers have overflowed their banks. Great damage to crops has resulted. Ilrntrn IIIMI Kicked to Dentil. Hoboken. N. J.. July IS. —The body of Mrs. Mary Meyerhauck, wife ot Henry Meyerhauck, an employe of the commissary department of the North German Lloyd Steamship company was discovered in her home in thit city yesterday, and it is believed thai she was murdered, marks on her fact and body indicating that she had beer kicked and beaten to death. Her hus band has been absent from his usua haunts, and the police are endeavoring. . to locate liini, thinking that he mighi throw some light.on the case.