SHIPS BOMBARD CIUDAD BOLIVAR HAITIEN VILLAGE DESTROYED. Revolutionists Hold City Against Gov- ernment Force—British Sub- jects Ask Protection. Ciudad Bolivar, capital of the state of Bolivar, in Venezuela, was bom- barded by a Venezuelan government warship and many persons were killed or wounded. The place has a large British population, and the British subjects have requested that a war- ghip of Great Britain be sent for their protection. It is alleged that atroci- ties have been committed at Ciudad Bolivar by both government troops and revolutionists. Ciudad Bolivar is held by the revolutionists. The town was fired upon dav and night by the gunboats Bolivar and Restaurador, which attempted to land forces to re- occupy the place. The Restaurador left for I.a Guayra for supplies, after which the bombardment will be re- sumed. There are no foreign war- ships in the Orinoco river to protect the interests of the powers. The Dutch government at Willem- stad, Island of : Curacoa, refuses to recognize the blockade of Venezuelan ports, declaring it non-effective. The village of Limbe, 82 miles north of Port au Prince, Cape Haitien, has been attacked and recaptured by troops of the provisional government. Limbe was in the possession of Firmi- nite soldiers from the Artibonite dis- trict. The fighting was severe and lasted from midnight to midday, Many men on both sides were killed. The town was burned. The defenders of Limbe were reinforced by marines landed from the gunboat Crete-a- Peir- rot, which is in the Fiminite service. A battle also took place at Marme- lade, but details are lacking. The United States cruiser Cincinnati ar- rived at Cape Haitien from La Guayra, Venezuela, KLONDIKE PETERS OUT. Gold Production Falling Off—Ten Men Are After Every Job. The golden star of the Klondike is on the wane, according to George H. Hees, who was sent to Dawson by the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association to examine into the business of the Yukon territory. Mr. Hees says the total yield of the Klondike last year was $24,000,000, and that the produc- tion of the coming year will not ex- ceed $14,000,000. No new discover- ies have been made for over a year. At Dawson there are 10 applicants for every job, yet hundreds of men continue to arrive. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITOL. President Roosevelt has accepted an invitation to review the parade of the Grand Army of the Republic dur- ing the National encampment in Oc- tober. The navy department has been noti- fied that the United States gunboat Marietta. has left I.a Guiara for Wil- lemstad, island of Curacoa, where she will coal, A The navy department has been noti- fied that the Newport News shipbuild- ing works will turn the monitor Ar- kansas over to the government Sep- tember 6. If the had coal strike does not come to an end very soon the opening of the public. schools in Washington will be delayed. They are due to resume in about 10 days. The state department has decided to begin the distribution of the first installment of the Chinese indem- nity funds, amounting to about $480,- 000, among the missionary societies and individuals who suffered from the Boxer uprising. The officials at Bogota have inform- ed the Colombian minister that spe- cial instructions to govern the reply which Colombia will make to the modi- fications in the treaty proposed by Secretary Hay, will reach Washing- ton by September 15. The last instailment of $50,000 of the money donated by Andrew Car- negie for the Washington public lib- rary has been received by the district commissioners. This payment com- pletes the sum of $350,000 pledged by Mr. Carnegie for the building. General Chaffee has cabled to the war department that another regi- ment of cavalry can be spared from duty in the Philippine islands. Orders have been forwarded to him to send home one regiment, and the head- cavalry will be relieved from duty. Major General Corbin and Major General Young, of the United States army, who, with Brigadier General ‘Wood, are to attend the army man- euvers when they arrived at Berlin, Germany, to-day and found Enfperor William’s invitations to attend the gala opera performance, Acting President Faulke, of the civil service commission, has sent a com- munication to the executive depart- ments calling attention to the rule that men in the classified service must not be active in politics or man- age campaigns, while officials outside of it can, but must not use their of- fices to control politics or coerce em- ployes. General Chaffee cabled from Manila that in a series of earthquakes on the Island of Mindanao 20 Moros were killed by falling walls. The upheaval occurred in the country adjacent to Lake Lanao in the Moro section of the island, near Camp Vickers, head- quarters of the American forces. The report of Lieutenant Chandler, | U. S. N., commanding the torpedo fic- | tilla, says: Out of 14 torpedoes pre- pared, but one failed to run. Out of the 13 that did run, 12 hit between | the turrets of the battleship target and the other one under onc of t turrets. Fully three-quarters of t shot would have struck directly undex the engine reoms. The navy department that Captain Colby M. Chester would succeed Captain Charles H. Davis superintendent of the naval observa tory. announced | IN STRIKE FIELDS. West Virginia Guards Induce Non- Union Miners to Leave Work. Men Held in Church. Only one disturbance was reported in the Panther creek valley, Tamaqua, Pa., Sunday. While John and Albert Kutzek, non-union men, were leaving the St. Michael’s Hungarian church at Lansford they were attacked by a | number of foreigners and were com- | pelled to return to the church for | safety. After remaining there for | some time they succeeded in making | their escape. The officials of the | Switchback railroad notified Major | Gearhart that strikers were interfer- ing with their passengers at Summit Hill. Company E, of the Twelfth reg- iment, was sent to the scene and suc- ceeded in restoring order, Now a large force of soldiers patrol the val- ley and protect non-union men while on their way to work. With guns loaded and orders to shoot if there is any attack the soldiers marched through Panther Creek valley on Sat- urday morning, escorting the non- union workers to the No, 4 and No. 12 Lehigh Coal and Navigation Com- pany collieries. Not a shot was fired, not a bayonet unsheathed, nor was there occasion for even using the butts of the guns. General Gobin’s order of butts, bayonets and bullets was known through the valley before daylight, and carrying this news and with admonition to be peaceful, the strike leaders and the peace commit- tee in all the mining communities begged the strikers to remain at their homes, keep away from the soldiers and make no demonstration toward the non-union workers. * Manager Charles Sharkey, at Scranton, Pa., de’ nies that the operation of the Nation- al washery, at Minock, will be in any way interfered with by the damage done the pump house by Saturday morning's ' explosion. The pump house was on the river bank far re- moved from the washery and used only to furnish an auxiliary supply of water, The washery will work right along as usual. The West Ridge and Marvine collieries are preparing to start up this week. Superintendent Tober, of the Delaware, Lackwanna & Western Company, said that the start” ing up of a number of collieries could be looked for this week, The Oxford colliery in West Scranton has added a powerful searchlight to its weapons of defense. The Oxford is now turn- ing out 400 tons of coal a day. Jacob Smith, a coal and iron policeman in the employ of the Kingston Coal Com- pany, at Wilkesbarre, Pa., was held up by two unknown men while he was on his way to one of the collieries to relieve another officer. His assail- ants took his revolver away from him and then gave him a severe beating. An unexpected situation has resulted from the ordering out of the West Vir- | ginia National Guard to preserve or- der in the coal fields. The soldiers, whose sympathies were with the strikers from the first, have used their influence with the men who are at work, and have persuaded so many cf them to join in the .strike that the detachment stationed at Rush Run, W. Va., had to be recalled and sent to another point to keep it from empty- ing the mine, GIRLS OUST THE BOYS. Chicago Will Have Messenger Maids to Deliver Telegrams. The Western Union Telegraph Com- pany, at Chicago, Ill, has decided that it will employ no more boys as mes- sengers. The boys have struck three times within the last month. Girls will be used to carry messages in the business and residence districts. For men will be kept in the daytime to carry messages into the undesirable parts of the city. The change will be made at once. OLD HOME CELEBRATION. Grover Clevelannd and Joseph Jeffer- son Deliver Addresses. Sandwich, Mass., which may be said to guard the entrance to Cape Cod, observed old Home week Thursday. Among the speakers at the town dinner were Joseph Jeffer- son and former President Cleveland, both summer residents. Mr. Jeffer- son told stories, while Mr. Cleveland talked in a more serious vein, MILES SAILS SEPTEMBER 16. Proposes to Inspect Every Military Post in the Philippines. Lieutenant General Nelson A, Miles, accompanied by Mrs. Miles and his saides, Colonels Whitney and Maus, will leave Washington for the Philip- pines September 3. Two short stops will be made in the journey to San Francisce, where the party will ar- rive in time to sail on the transport Thomas on September 16. Mrs. Miles. may not go farther than San Fran- cisco, or she may conclude to cross the Pacific. General Miles said that there were so many things to do in arranging his office affairs that he had not yet outlined his trip after he reaches Manila. “I regard the trip as merely a visit to the army there,” he | said. “It may be called an inspec- | | 1 | tion tour, and I shall make it a point to visit every army camp in the islands.” Before going he will make his annual report to the secretary of war. and unless a special report is made on this inspection tour it will | not be reported on until a year from October. Large Mortality Rate. | | At the session of the Fraternal Con- | gress at Denver, Col, Dr. D. O. Mil- lard reported a death rate at 40 years of 13.9 per cent, starting with 100,000 lives at 20 vears. Carry Boiled Water. Because cf the bad condition of the vater, the bgard of education at Chicago, Ill, the water supply ' schools. city | the night work men will be used, and | almost ! have decided to shut eff | trea from all the public | George BE. DUST FROM PELEE ENVELOPS [SLES IN DRIZZLE. ASHES FALL Eruption on August 26 Was Followed by Alarming Phenomena—Accom- panied by Loud Reports, Mont Pelee eruption has broken out afresh and ashes are carriedg by the winds for miles, which fall in a steady drizzle on the West India Islands. A cable from Roseau, Dominica, British West India, says: A thick mist en- veloped Roseau and its neighborhood, and dust fell. The thick mist was taken as it approached for a rain- storm. After two days the dust was still falling, although lightly, byt dur- ing Saturday night the quantity of dust which fell was greater than upon any previous occasion since the first eruption of Mont Pelee. At nightfall a dark, coneshaped cloud, emitting electric flashes, rose in the south, but it was gradually obscured by the mist caused by the falling ashes. Rumb- ling noises and a few detonations were heard during the night. The people are. quiet. No news has yet been received from Martinique. At St. John,: Antigua, B. W. I, .many very loud detonations were heard, and in Basse Terre, St. Kitts, B. W.. 1, a series of loud reports was heard Sun- day. At the Pointe-a-Pitre, Istand of Guadeloupe, the entire port was cov- ered with a cloud of fine dust and the populace became panic-stricken. Fine ashes were falling continually in a slight drizzle. ‘Semi-darkness is over the sea, and the ships in the harbor seemed to be enveloped in a cloud of smoke. Advices from Basse Terre, Island of Guadeloupe, assert that the entire island has been covered with a cloud of dust coming from the south- east, the direction of the Island of Martinique. The population of Basse Terre is greatly alarmed, A severe eruption of Mont Pelee, Martinique, was reported to have occurred at noon August 21. This report was brought to Castries, Island of St. Lucia, by of- ficers of the French steamship Da- home. This eruption was followed by total darkness five miles away from the volcano. A dispatch received from St. Thomas, D. W. I, said that between 10 o’clock in the morning and 3 in the afternoon of August 26 clouds of dust were seen in the direction of Mont Pelee from the Island .of Do- minica, Detonations were heard and there were light showers of wolcanie dust on the island. The following message was received from Dominica Tuesday, August 26: “Since 2 p. m. to-day (Tuesday) prolonged rumbling noises in quick succession have been heard from the southward. There is every indication that Mont Pelee is in violent eruption. A dispatch from Paris, dated August 28, said the latest dispatches received at the ministry of the Colonies from Fort de France, Island of Martinique, were dated Mon, day, August 25. They made no men- tion of the reported eruptions of Mont Pelee. The Paris dispatch said also that the cables to Martinique, both north and south, continued to be in- terrupted. e! TROOPS CHARGED. STRIKERS. 3 Clash With State Militia Occurs at Colliery Near Tamaqua. The first clash between the striking anthracite miners and the National Guardsmen occurred at No. 4 colliery of the Lehigh Coal and Navigation Company near Tamaqua Thursday, and as a result five prisoners are in the guardhouse at the Twelfth regi- ment camp, and Captain J. Beaver Gearhart, of Company F. Twelfth reg- iment, is suffering from a wound on his shoulder, caused by a stone“thrown by a striker. The colliery is at the west end of the Panther Creek valley, and the Governor's troop was ordered to. that point. Companies F and K, of the Twelfth regiment, were placed on trolley cars and run through the valley. When the cars reached Sum- mit hill they were surrounded by-a mob cof strikers, who hurled rocks at soldiers and called them hard Captain Gearhart was struck | by a stone. Several soldiers jumped from the car in pursuit of the stone- thrower and captured Joseph McCann, ia young miner. The cars proceeded { again, when another crowd was en- countered and the soldiers were again taunted and stoned. Half a dozen sol- diers jumped off and captured three men, who were urging the crowd to attack the troops. The men gave their names as John King, Timothy King and John Kelly. They were taken to camp at Manila park, where, together with McCann and Marteen, they were placed under a heavy guard. the | hames. + CHOLERA KILLS THOUSANDS. The Dreaded Scourge Sweeps Asia From Java to Japan. The cholera epidemic in Asia ex- tends from Java to Japan, and is af- fecting whites as well as natives. In Hong Kong, from the first of the out- break to August 6, there had been 525 cases, six of the patients being Euro- peans, and 511 deaths, of whom four were Europeans. In Tien Tsin the last report placed the number of cases for the year at 1,049, and 754 deaths within the city walls, and 1,015 cases and 583 deaths outside the city walls. In other places in China the propor- tion of cases and deaths is just as great. A writer from Kuelin, Kwansi province, says: “People are dying by hundreds daily. Outside the city over 1,000 have died.” In Japan the dis- ease is working fearful havoc, and hundreds have died in Java, Boating Days Recalled. The Old Canal Boatmen’s Associa- tion held its seventeenth annual re- union, at Livermore, Pa. and after a j business meeting was given a dinner { served by the women of the village. 1 { | The officers elected for the ensuing year were: President, Blair McCor- { mick; vice president, Robert Bartley; surer, M, E. Brown; secretary, Rutlege. Johnstown was | selected as the next nlace of meeting. LATEST NEWS NOTES. The strike of the goldbeaters has been declared off. Ohio pensioners lead all states in money received last year. The first rain for three years has fallen in Lower California. Trading in Wall street indicates a considerable rival of confidence. Nineteen persons were injured in a trolley car collision near Sharon, Pa. Grand Duke Boris, of Russia, and party visited Niagara Fails Thursday. Army tests develop that the “bullet proof” cloth shields will not stand fire, It is expected that the child of Queen Helena of Italy will be born in De- cember, All the stock exchanges in the United States closed Saturday and Monday. King Victor Emmanuel started from Rome on his visit to Emperor Wil- liam at Berlin. Four men seeking work in anthra- cite field are turned back from port of Baltimore, Md. President Roosevelt spent Sunday at the home of Dr, W. Seward Webb, ‘near Burlington, Vt. Yellow scarfs of American generals cause Berliners to wonder where they got the “black eagle.” A passenger train was blown from the track by a tornado, near Waseca, Minn., and two persons were killed. President Roosevelt is expected to visit Wheeling, W. Va., on September 8, while on his way to Chattanooga. ‘Mrs, Eva Arendt was killed by leap- ing from a four-story window during a fire in a New York apartment house. Glass manufacturers will meet in Pittsburg within 30 days to make fur- ther effort to reach a trade agree- ment. The report of the civil service com- mission claims that veterans are given a preference in the examina- tions, President Burt, of the Union Pacific railroad, is under arrest, charged with unwarranted imprisonment of em- ployes. Engineer Carey and Fireman Lee were killed by the wreck of a” Chicago & Eastern Illinois passenger train at Cayuga, Ind. Savable, sired by Salvator, and own" ed by John A. Drake, a Western mil- lionaire, won the rich futurity at Sheepshead Ray. . Wood's Opera House at Bay City, Mich., was destroyed by fire - and Bugene