BIG DELUGE IK H NEW YORK STREET. WATER MAIN BURSTS. Many Buildings flood in Faihlonabla fart of the Metropolis. A large Croton water main burst ear ly Sunday morning at the corner of Madison avenue nnd Forty-third street, the heart of the fashionable district, nnil wrought mii'h havoc with propeity, both near nml remote, that not even a partial calculation can ho mndo of the tlnnncinl damage at present. For Mocks nronrvl scarcely a building escaped In jury hy reason of the volume of water which poured Into the streets, cellars ami basements. The loss will reach fur Into the thousands. The sewers wore choktMl hy the great rush of wntT, nnil then the Hood rose to the street. The big water main win prohnhly cracked hv a blast which was find in a newer excavation Into Saturday nfternnon. Then In the iiluht time, w hen the stinin on the pipe was the grate?!, 11 gave way and tli" Hood f ll w d. The blink ing of a four-feet pipe v ns announced by a rumbling ndse, which awakened the people In the Immediate vicinity Linking out of their windows they suv a great geyser In the middle of the avenu, shooting a vnt volume of wat er Into the nir, a column so high thai It reached nlmc st to the top f the electric light pole on the corner. Those who had no view of the foun tain heard a mighty rush of water. For five hours this mighty column shot Into the air before It was shut off at Its source, nn.l In that time in.ono.onn gallons of water hnd run down the avenue and side streets on either hand. All the streets east of Madison avenue slope gradually, and down them the water surged In a torrent. Hooding the cellars and basements. The most seri ous damage was clone to the building of the railroad branch of the Young Men's Christian association and to the Knickerbocker Athletic club house. In the basement of the lntter place the t dynamos, machinery, bow ling alleys, haih rooms and big swimming tnnk have probably been ruined by the tlood. The club olllclals place the loss at $1.,000. After five hours the flow was stopped. Almost without excep tion the houses In the vicinity of the break were so flooded that they have been damaged from J.VW to $2,0'M. SEVEN DEAD. Frightful Dtiaitor in a Sooth Dakota Indus trial Building. One of the worst disasters In the his tory of South Dakota occurred at mid night Wednesday when seven lives were lost by the burning of the. girls' dormitory of the Stnte Industrial school. The dead: Tllllo Hoper, In structor; Mabel Tobert, aged 0, of Slous City; liesslo Merby, aged 14, of Hot Springs; Ma Worer, aged 16, of Watertown; Christina Bergman, aged 11, of Yankton; Nellie Johnston, aged 13, of Grafton. N. 1.; Lillian Weijt, aged 11, of Sioux Falls. The burned structure was of wood, three stories In height, and was but recently completed. The origin of the fire Is unknown. The watchman saw the flames bursting from the upper windows while he was In a building some distance away. There was no Are fighting apparatus at the school and the buildings, being over a mile from town, no aid could be rendered. In a short time the entire annex was enveloped In flames and In less than twenty minutes from the time the lire was seen the building was destroyed. Nothing whatever was saved. There were twenty-five other persons In the school, who escaped in their night clothes with greatest dilllculty. Search for the bodies was commenced as soon as possible and all have been recovered and were Immediately bur led. Each was burned beyond recogni tion. The loss on the building is 000. BITTEE STRIKE BULL ON. London'! Coitly labor Trouble to Involve Mora Men. The embittered, determined struggle between the London employers and the engineers, of whom 70,000 are now Idle, continues, with almost a certainty of bringing about a general strike throughout the shlp-buildlng establish ments of the country. Involving anoth er Z0.000 men. No one In authority has the smallest hope of a settlement being arrived at this side of Christmas, since the Employers' Federation haa declin ed the mediation of the- Hoard of Trade and has refused to confer with the men. The strike has already entailed the loss of $3,750,000 and is calculated to reach $10,000,000 by Christmas. The railway employees threaten to add to the chaos. They are to hold a great conference at Birmingham In a few days and will formulate demands which the companies say It is impossi ble for them to grant, and In the event of the latter's refusal a general strike of 150,000 railroad workers, which will probably mean the idling of 1,600,000 others, will follow, ALMOST IX FIVE DATS. Hew Ocean Steamer Breaks all Previous Beoorda. A cablegram received from London Wednesday morning announces that the new North German Lloyd steamer Kaiser Wllhelm Der Orosse was sight ed passing Scilly Islands light at 10,35 htat forenoon. This announcement makes It quite certain that the leviathan steamer has broken all previous re cords and brought the time of passage across the Atlantic to the English channel closer to the much-talked-of five days. The Kaiser sailed from New York on September 36, clearing the bar at 6:02 and the lightship 20 minutes later. Allowing four hours for the run from Scilly to Plymouth he la due there about 2:35 this after noon. This will make the passage about Ave days, 20 hours and 13 min utes, the five hours difference in time being added. An Experts Discovery. Comptroller Fitch's expert account ants, who have been at work investi gating the records and accounts In Brooklyn preparatory to consolidation, have found discrepancies in accounts amounting to $5,000,000. Officials of Brooklyn deny that there Is or has been any malfeasance, and allege that the . discrepancies reported by Comptroller Fitch's experts are due in large' part to the defective system of bookkeeping followed in the towns which were re cently annexed to Brooklyn, Wife Beater Funlihed. Whttecaps went to the home of Of ficer James Farrlsh, at Decatur, Ind., put a rope around his neck, pulled him - from bed, dragged him downstairs and ; up the street about two squares to a large tree, where it was evidently their Intention to string him up. At every step a cat-o'-nine-tall was applied to his body and his cries awoke the en ' tire neighborhood. He Is in a critical condition. The cause of the act waa alleged wife beating. Mrs. Farrlsh may die from Injuries inflicted by her IE EBB TELBOBAMB. In Chicago the Peer trust has cut prices to $4 a barrel. The engagement of Helen Ooulil to Alonr.o Fotter of New York la reported. A Hollander haa been arrested at Ilotterdam who haa confessed to the killing of his fifteenth wife. rjeorge P. Lawrence of North Adams, Mass., has been nominated for con gressman by the Republicans to suc A. H. Wright, deceased. Two men are dead and over a dozen In lured as a result of the blowing down of a big hotel at Lindsay Park at Char levoix, Mich., Tuesday. Fire In Chicago the other day de stroyed the Dexter park pavllllon, and twenty-eight residences were slightly dnmaged. Loss $60,000. Rev. Jac. Fisher, a Dunkard preacher from Mexico, Ind., hanged himself during a lit of melancholy In a livery stable at Indianapolis a few days ago. W. II. Ponter, teller of the Dominion bank brunch, Nnpnnee, ont., robbed of $3t.no a few we 'ks ago, has been ar n sted on a charge of committing the robbery. Dr. Thomas W. Evans, of rails, re puted the wealthiest dentist In the world, will give $:!",000,nK) to education al, benevolent and religious Instltut li ns. Chicago Is threatened with a curtail ment of her milk supply. In conse quence of the drought, which hns al most entirely destroyed the pastures of the surrounding country. The steamer K. 11. Hale foundered In Lake Huron last Saturday, the crew l Ins saved. The Hale was owned by M. A. Hradlcy, of Cleveland, and was valued nt $30,000; uninsured. Herr llucb, a Socialist member of tho I Icl-man lteichstag, representing Mul bnusen, haa been sentenced to ten months' imprisonment for publicly criticising a state Institution. Oil, In exceptionally large quantities, hns been struck In a well which was put down for gas at Humboldt, Kan, The lowest estimate Is 100 barrels per day. It Is at a depth of 914 feet. The announcement has reached the public, through seml-olllclal sources, that the Pennsylvania system contem plates spending $3,000,000 on Its Atlan tic City system within the next year. Eugene V. Debs has refused to assist In defraying the expenses of the trial of Walter U. Worden, at Snn Francis co, accused of wrecking a Southern I'aciilc train, causing loss of life, dur ing the strike nt 1894. A Madrl 1 dispatch says that the queen regent has ordered that as sistance be given to the families of the Anarchists executed at Barcelona some time ago, and that their children be educated at her expense. Mrs. Charlotte Leclalr, of Westerly, R. 1., died the other morning at the age of 108 years and 6 months. She was born In aLs Prairie, a small town In Quebec. Five generations of her descendants are living, William J. Scanlon, Unljed States consular agent at Port Antonio, Jamaica, died from yellow fever the other day. He was appointed from the Distillt of Columbia July 30 and left for Jamaica about a month ago. The five chnlr manufacturing plants of the Attemus Merrlam Company, at Westminster, Mass., was destroyed by (lie recently, causing a loss of $xo,000. A. H. Merrlman, who Is 111 at home, saw the factory burned to the ground from liis window, Frank Peary and Henry Kaiser hnd an oyster eating contest the other day at the American House, Jersey City, for a prize of $20. Peary ate 105 and Klser 112 raw oysters. Roth men are confined to their beds. Kaiser is dan gerously ill. Eagles to the amount of about 100, 000 left the bank of England a few days ago for New York In time to catch the steamer Majestic, No gold has yet gone to America from Paris, but options have been secured on a large amount there. MaJ. Moses P. Handy, the special I'nlted States commissioner to the Paris exposition of 1900, has secured 25 per cent, additional space of American exhibits, making the space of the I'nlted States equal to that of the other big nations of the world, Senorlta Clsneros, the young Cuban woman whose imprisonment has arous ed so much sympathy In the United States, has escaped from her captors. Valiant friends, drugged candy and a tile released her from the Jail where she was held a political prisoner. Several of the big operators at Mas Mllon, O., find that their miners are weak and physically incapable of do ing good work, because of long con tinued distress. As the regular pay day Is still a week oft each man em ployed in the many Pocock mines waa advanced $10 on Wednesday night. While endeavoring to save a neigh bor's children from death In a burning bouse at Chicago, the other day, K. Jones fell dead on tho threshold of a room in which were two children. whose lives he had come to save. Jones waa stricken with heart disease. The children were rescued by the father. .Five large buildings and two smaller ones, with all their contents, were de stroyed at Detroit, the other day by a Are wnicn swept tnrougn a block situ ated In the center of the business por tion of Detroit, and bounded by the Campus Martlus, Woodward, Oratiot and Monroe avenues. The loss Is esti mator at $000,000 to $700,000. The plan of robbers, among whom were many prominent merchants of Dalton. S. C. who have Just been In dicted by the grand Jury, was to go out on the railroads and break Into cars. Before reaching Dalton the goods were thrown out and carried away by con federates. Tho goods were afterwards sold by the gang to the Dalton mer chants. The goods amounted to fiver $100,000 In value. Supt. Vaughn of the Southern railway put detectives on the case, who played tramps, Joining the gang ana locaiea ine ropoers. Children Murdered. Mrs! Mary Sammon and Mrs. Jennie Layton, two colored women, were ar rested at Camden, .N. J., Wednesday on suspicion of being concerned In the deaths of six children, all of whom died under circumstances requiring a cor oner's certificate. The two women lived together, and five children of Mrs. Layton, and an adopted child who lived with the pair, and dropped off In a mysterious way. The last child to die had burns on his lips and hands. which looked to have been caused by carbolic acid. The women denied giv ing the children poison, but all of the bodies will be disinterred and the deaths Investigated, Stole from the Government The grand Jury haa found new Indict menta for embezzling $55,000 from the government against T. J. Kieckhofer, lately disbursing officer of the state de partment. In addition to similar chars, es amounting to $100,000, upon which he haa been held for the past two years. Kieckhofer was for years en trusted with the secret dlplomatlo fund, or wmcn no report Is ever Dub llshed. and his peculations extended over a number of years. He will be tried in the next week or two and it Is intimated that other officials of the last two administrations will be affect ed by the testimony. UNPOPULIR WEYLER IS RECALLED. ANOTHER NAMED. Twenty Thouiand Mora Be-Inforoementa to be Bent to Cuba The Spanish cabinet has decided up on the Immediate recall of (ten. Weyler from Cuba. A decree will be Issued appointing Capt.-llen. Blanco y oren as, marquis of Pena-Plnta, governor general of the Island. The qileen re gent signed the decree Saturday. According to El Heraldo, 20,000 rein forcements will accompany Oen. Blan co to Cuba. In the course of the cable message sent by Capt.-(len. Weyler to premier Sngasta, placing his post in Cuba at the disposal of the govern ment, he sold: if the functions with which the government had entrusted me hnd been merely those of general-general of Cu ba, I should have hastened to resign. But the two-fold character of my mis sion nnd my duty ns commander-ln- hlef In the face of the enemy, prevent me tendering a resignation. "Nevertheless, although I cm rely upon the absolute, unconditional sup port of the autonomist ami constitu tional parties, as well ns upon public. opinion, this would lie Intuilllelent with out the ronllde.nce of the government. now more than ever necessary to me. after the censure of which I have been mndo the object hy the members nnd Journals of the Liberal pnrty, and by public opinion In the I'nlted Stntes, which latter Is largely influenced by tho former. This contldence would be nec essary to enable me to put nn end to the war, which hns already been vir tually concluded from our lines at Ju taro to Cate Antonio." Senor Sngnsta replied:. "I thank you for your explanation and value your frankness. I wish to assure you that the government recog nized your services and values them as they deserve, but It thinks a change or policy. In order to succeed, requires that the authorities should be at one with the ministry. This has nothing to do witn the contldence felt In you by the govern ment, for the Liberals have always sold that the responsibility for a given policy does not fall upon those who carry It out, but upon the government Inspiring It. I Shall communicate your decision to the government short ly." RIOT IN COSTA RICA. The Attempt of Preaident I gleaia to Bucoeed Hlmielf Aronaea Oppoaitlon. The agitation against President Igleslas of Costa Blca, who la an nounced as a candidate to succeed hnmself has aroused great opposition. Recently a bloody riot ' occurred at Santo Domingo In which five promi nent men were killed and 30 wounded. The riot was between influential par tisans of I'resident Igleslas and his op ponents. The strength of the opposi tion hns been chiefly In the cities. where the business men are deeply op- nosed to him. anil denounce him be cause ne changed Costa Rica's stand ard to that of gold exclusively. They say the change Is foolish and Imprac- tUable, and will work great harm to the country. They also speak bitterly of his Pacific railroad scheme, which will cost $:i,soo,oo. President Igleslas Is building a rail road across Costa Rica from shore to shore. On the other hand President Igleslas is popular with the country element. He has built bridges and railroads, and hns projected other In ternal Improvements that have endear ed him to the agricultural population. He believes In spending more money In schoolhouses than on soldiers, and hns not only carried out that policy, but has given Costa Rica a just and able administration. His opponents call themselves the Liberals. THOUSANDS DROWNED. Chinese Emperor's Sympathy Aroueed by the Condition of Hia Bnbjects. The steamer Victoria brings news of the most disastrous floods that have visited China for many years. Sixty villages near Tung Chou. containing over 80,000 inhabitants, have been de stroyed by floods and the people drowned or forced to flee. There Is no means of finding out how many thou sands have been drowned, but the number la estimated by Chinese at 15. 000 to 20,000. The flooded district is within 12 miles of Pekln. the capital of China. As a rule Chinese officials make little stir when a calamity like this hannens. but the proximity of the dis aster has resulted In its being brought to the attention of the Emperor, who has ordered that all possible relief be given. Survivors from the villages nearest Pekln have been allowed such shelter as they can nnd on the city walls, but thousands are without pro tection agalnBt the rain, which contin ues to fall. The distress of these people Is most pitiable. Public spirited and wealthy men of Pekln and Tung Chou are ac tively assisting the authorities In pro viding them with food. The unusual rains began July 23 and continued un til August In. The crops In tho flooded district were destroyed. The prefects, local magis trates and people of the flooded dis trict prayed for the cessation of the rain seven days before they were fi nally driven out of their homes. CAPITAL CLEANINGS, The condition of the treasury shows; Cash available, $143,862,108; gold re serve, $148,468,631. The new composite United States gun-boat Newport, which Is being tit ted up at the Charleston navy yard, went into commission tne other day. Consul Grlmke, at San Domingo, in forms the state department that on August 0 a new tariff law was enacted, which imposes a tax of 3 per cent on all exports and Imports. At the October term of the United States supreme court the Panhandle's tax case against West Virginia will be heard. Also the Westlnghouse air brake case, Involving the validity ot patents. Assistant Secretary Howell haa is sued a call for a meeting at New York next week of the government tea ex perts at Boston, Philadelphia. New York and Chicago, with a view to the- settlement of certain questions which have arisen as to Indian, Ceylon and Canton teas. President McKlnley has decided the details of his trip to Ohio. He will ar range his affairs so as to be In Canton on election day, and the next day will go to Pittsburg, and be present at the Founder's day exercises at the Car negie publlo library. Uncle Sam has sent out warning that a gang ot mall box thieves Is at work In a number or Illinois and Ohio cities. 3'helr stronghold seems to be In Cin cinnati. The scheme employed la to break a lock on some' box In an out lying district and make a mould of the keyhole. From this they make a key which will fit any mall box. After night one of the gang, In the garb of a letter carrier. THE DREAD DISEASE. fellow Fever Still Haa aOood Orip Upon the Booth. The board of health officially an nounce the state of affairs In New Orleans as regards yellow fever to be as follows: During the twenty-rour hours ending 9 p. m., Wednesday, Oc tober B, there were: Cases of yellow fever to-day, 48; deaths to-day, 5; to tal cases of fever to date, 425; total deaths from yellow fever to dnte, 43; total rases absolutely recovered, 134; total cases under treatment, 248. After two days of Improvement and of promise the fever situation nn the face of the record took somewhat of a turn at New Orleans Wednesday. For 40 hours there had been no death, and the number of cases had shown mater ial failing off. Wednesday, however. trv reports of new rases began to come In to the Hoard of Health olllce with considerable rapidity and by 1 o'clock mere nan heen in cases reported ami by night all previous records of this season had been broken, so fnr ns new inses were concerned. At thnt hour 31 hnd been reported. In a few hours three deaths had also been reported to the board. The Norwegian fruit stenmer John Wilson, ten dnvs from tineas del Torn. Colombia, arrived at Delaware brenk- water quarantine nt Lewes. Del.. Sun day, with her flag nt hnlf-mast. When the quarantine physician bonrded her he found the body of the chief engineer Charles Peterson, aged 37 years, of Ber gen, Norway, w ho died on the passnge u riiiny last or yellow fever. WILL SOON CLOSE. Navigation on the Yukon Impeded by lee. High rricee of Food. The general Impression Is thnt the boats leaving St. Michaels for the Klondyke from this time on will not be able to get over 1,000 miles up the liver nerore tliey will he rrozen In. All inde pendent steamers will be compelled to carry coal, as tho natives have cut up all the driftwood along the river hanks for over loo miles and have sold It to the steamers owned by two big com panies. The new finds on Mlnock and Hunter creeks continue to cause ex citement and there are now about 600 miners on the ground. In St. Michaels sugar Is 25 cents per pound, shot shells are Zj rents each, nacon a& cents a pound, blnnket trousers $3. chocolate drops three for 25 cents, 5-cent calico 3i rents a yard, cotton bandanas $1 each, Hour $S a hundred weight, rnn dles 35 cents a pound, small box of sar dines r,0 cents. Six men have probably lost their lives as the result of a foolhardy at tempt to sail 1.850 miles of a river, which. In some places runs down at the rate of eight miles an hour. The men, two of whom are named Abercromble nnd Tate were seen last drifting out of the mouth of the Yukon to sea in dis tress. Three men in a sailboat started up the liver last week and have not been seen by anybody since. Their names are Matthews, Roberts and Schultz. SPAIN IN DISTRESS. Selling Publlo Landa and Building! to Secure Money. An Amerlcnn diplomat who has Just returned from Madrid says the condi tion of Spain Is even worse than the correspondents depict. Whoever Is sent to Cuba, he adds, will attempt to buy off the Insurgent leaders. The diplo mat further says that the Spanish gov ernment la so hard pressed for money that It is attempting to sell ail the public lands and buildings that can possibly be spared. Not only have tle soldiers been unpaid since last March, but the pension lists are In arrears. All social Intercourse between tho American minister at Madrid and the Spanish ofllclnls and the diplomatic corps had been suspended for more than a year. This waa partly due to the fact that Hannls Taylor, the form er U. S. minister to Spain, was a per sona non grata to most of the mem bers of the diplomatic corps. For 18 months Mr. Taylor hail not been on speaking terms with the French and Austrian ambassadors and with the papal nuncio. The rupture with the French ambassador was because Mr. Taylor protested against being omitted from a list of guests at a reception giv en by the ambassador. FROM THE KLONDYKE. But Little Oold Being Taken Out of the Oold Fields. The steamer Rosalie arrived recently from Bkaguay and Dyea. The Rosalie brought down 139 passengers, most of them coming from Sknguay. Among the passengers were six from Dawson City, who came out over the Dalton trail. They hnd about $12,000 In nug gets. They left Dnwsnn August 29 and arrived at Palne's Mission September 23. They report that rich strikes have been made on Hunker Creek, which Is as rich as Bonanza or El Dorado. The total output this year will exceed any estimate ever made. The Rosalie re ports everything quiet at Skaguay, Many miners have completed cabins In which to winter and others are cache. Ing their supplies preparatory to living next spring, when they will again try tne pass, 100 BUILDIN08 BUBWED. Fire at Austin. Fa Deprive! Many People of Shelter. Fire broke out Monday afternoon In Weed's livery barn at Austin, Pa., and In Ave hours every building In the town but five waa leveled to the ground. Turner street waa the principal resi dence street of the town. The loss is a Bad blow. Probably 60S people are homeless. The fire was started by a load of hay being run Into a gas Jet, The load was backed Into the barn, and the team left standing, while the driver was preparing to unload. The team started, and thus the second great Are In the history of this village came about. In all about 100 buildings were burned, mostly residences. Among the larger losses Is the Methodist Church the Presbyterian Church and the opera house. The loss is placed by Insurance experts at from $150,000 to $200,000. Bnlt Against Bookafeller Diimiaied. The suit of Rev. Daniel Potter against John D. Rockefeller at New York for $250,000 damages for libel was dismissed by Judge Gildersleeve In the supreme court when it came up Tues day. The case has been up several times. Each time an adjournment waa asked for and granted. Tuesday when Dr. Potter s lawyers asked tor a con tinuance the defense protested that there had been too many adjourn ments. Judge Gildersleeve Intimated that he would entertain a motion to dismiss If made by the lawyers for the defense, and this was done. Dr. Potter declared that he would at once have the case reopened. This can be done on payment ot costs. Oatholle 0,11 Foit O. A. R. Post, organized and offtoer ed by Roman catholic priests, was mustered in at Notre Dame the other rtav at LaDorte. Ind.. by States Com mander Dodge and full staff, assisted. by men of military distinction nniiii: ill's m. MORE MEN NEEDED. A Bipplng Flesh-Tearing Bullet to Be Adopted by the Oovernment. Lord Wolseley. commander-in-chief of the British forces, Is making desper ate effot-ts to surmount the dltllculles Which Great Britain Is experiencing In llndlng troops for her numerous small wars. That the government Is at Its wits' end to secure the additional 10.000 men which parliament will be asked to add to the permnnent strength of the army Is shown by the plan elaborated ny the onice, liy which the volunteers of Great Britain will be liable for service abroad In case of war, the government win introduce an army resrve bill dur ing the next session of pnrllament. Ac cording to this measure It Is proposed to enlist 6,000 reserves at an extra rate of pay. The British government Is also con sidering tile adoption of nn Infernnl bullet Invented In Birmingham. This bullet Is made of lead nnd Instead of being conical the ton is level nnd hns n cup-like cnvlty. On entering flesh, this liullet acts like a punch, cutting a clean, round bole, which does not close. The liullet begins to expnnil Immed iately nfter -rut" ring and nftcr It hns traveled six Inches It produces a Jagg ! hole three or four Inches In diameter. The bullet Is snld to be the most terrible wound producer known nnd It Is a question whether Its use would not be a breach ot tho inlernntlonal conven tion. CANADA'S INFLUENCE. Objects to the Pretence of Japan and Bneiia at the Seal Conference. The officials of the British foreign of fice have communicated to United Stntes Ambassador liny the llnnl deci sion thnt the government of Great tritain refuses to take part in any sealing eonfeience with representa tives of Russia and Japan. The Brit ish government, however, asserts Its willingness. to confer with the I'nlted Stntes alone. I'he withdrawal of Great Britain from the Washington conference Is due to Canada's Insistence. Sir Julian I'auneefote. the British ambassador to the I'nlted States, used his iniiuence in a spirit of friendliness to the I'nlted Stntes in efforts to secure the adherence of Orent Brltnln to the original program. The diplomats con soler inui urcHi itniniu s course was not courteous to Russia nnd Japan. Experts who have been Investigating the sales of sealskins In London In order to obtain evidence for the use of the I'nlted States at the conference, hnve proof thnt 80 per cent of the skins sold by the Canadian companies are those of female seals and that the most of the animals were shot. SHOT FROM AMBUSH. Cubans by Strategy Slaughter Spanlih oldiera. A storv comes from Santa Clara of an engagement at Rocns Colorailas In which the Spanish forces under MaJ. Pedro Anton and Lieut. Ramon Fer nandez fell Into a trap. The Spaniards were going to attack a Cuban hospi tal, but the Cubans removed their sick nnd wounded. Then a strong guard was placed at the hospital ami embus cades were prepared. When the Spanish vanguard, composed of the guerrillas of Callmete, led by Fernan dez, arrived at the hospital, the Cu- Dans Urea a sliiRle shot and then ran to the forests In order to decoy the Spaniards to the place of ambush. The trick succeedi'd, and a few minutes ater a terrible charge on both sides surprised the Spaniards. The Cubans made wholesale slaughter. Senor An ton narrowly escaped and with him some soldiers, who were followed by tho Insurgents to tho fort, In which they took refuge. Next morning MaJ. Anton assassinated two parlflcns on the outside of Santa Clara and report ed a victory over the Insurgents. FROM ACB0BB THE SEA Very cold weather continues at Vlen- r.a. Eleven laborers have been frozen to death at Glane. Dispatches from Constantinople say that the Turkish troops have been com pelled to repel a number of Greek bands -which had crossed the frontier at Diskata. The German government has re fused to reconlze Ferlnand Neumann, of Illinois, who was nominated by President McKlnley on May 28 to be United States consul at Cologne, At a Spanish cabinet council at Madrid the government decided to grant autonomy to Cuba under the suzerainty of Spain, and to continue the campaign as long aa necessary. Senor Casteiianns, tne retiring min ister for the Spanish colonies, has call ed upon the Bank of Spain to furnish 50,000,000 pesetas for the Cuban cam paign. The committee of the bank de clined to make the advance, whereupon the governor of the bank invited the committee to resign. Dr. Charles T. Roy, professor of pathology at the University of Cam bridge since 1884, Is dead. He was born In 1854, was a surgeon In the Turkish army during the Servian war, waa professor-superintendent of the Drown In stitution and was a contributor to sev eral medical Journals. The budget for the fiscal year 1898 99, was submitted to the folksthlng at Copenhagen Tuesday. The appropria tions Include 54.000 kroner towards the estimated 2,000,000 kroner for the con struction of a cable to Iceland via the Shetland and Faroe Islands, and 300, 000 kroner for the promotion of Den mark's display at the Paris exposition In 1900. . Frairia Fires. Chicago aouth side suburbs are sur rounded by tire. Hundreds of acres of prairie have been burned over, and thousands of feet of-sldewalk and fenc ing have been consumed. Captains of incoming steamers report smoke as thick as a fog hanging over the lake. Extra precaution la necessary to pre vent collisions. The most disastrous prairie fire known In the history of Marshall coun ty, Ind., Is now raging. Hundreds of acres of land In the northern part of the country, comprising what Is locally known a the "Big Marsh" Is one smol dering waste. Farmers are righting the (lames day and night, to save their hemes, but the lack of water makes the battle almost hopeless. Beth Low and Hia Ticket. Seth Low waa given a complete tick et of political associates Monday by the Committee on Organisation of the Citi zens' Union of Greater New York., aa follows: For Mayor. Seth Low. Man hattan, Republican; For President ot the Council, John H. Schumann, ot Brooklyn, Republican; For Comptrol ler. - ex-Secretary of the Treasury. Charles S. Falrchlld, Manhattan, Dem ocrat; For District Attorney, Austin Q. Fox, Democrat; For Sheriff, Edward F. McSweeney, Democrat; For Clerk. Benjamin E. Hall, Republican; For . , ... m..k- u a . . 1, "1 FEW FAILURES. Buaineia Inereaeing and the Productive For Enlarged! R. O. Dun St Co.'o weekly review of trade reports as follows: hlle failures were the smallest ever known .In any quarter since 1892,. and business payments through banks the largest by $268,000,000 ever known In September, the speculators who pro fess anxiety about Cuba, or fever at the South, or a municipal election, still have aome Influence. Yet business la still Increasing, the productive force steadily enlarges, the distribution of wages affords Increasing fund for pur chases, and the foundations are laid for a larger business hereafter. The week's exchanges are 8.8 per cent, larger than In 1892. Crop reporters, who haye widely dif fered, now agree In putting the yield of wheat about 580,000,000 to 69(1,000,000 bushels, which Is nearly 200,000,000 bushels more than will be required for home use, keeping storks as they were July 1, the lowest for seven years. Western receipts continue to exceed Inst year's 8,001,221 bushels, against 7, 243,960 for the week. With these favor able reports of yield, corn exports fell short slightly, with small difference In pi-Ice, Cotton Is unchanged, with larg er consuming demand, though big crop estimates do not appear to be disputed. A Inrge Increase In tho production of pig Iron and heavy realizing sales of lots held on speculation, have caused a decline of 15 cents to $10 90 for bossemer nt littsliurg. though grey forge there bus advanced 25 cents, and pig Iron In stronger at Chlcngo and enstern mar kets. But finished products grow stronger, with a demand out-running the capacity or works In operation In ninny branches, so thnt delays In de livery are In sheets and tin plate bars embarrassing, and In some; other branches orders cannot be lllled within ode or two months. Building of more vessels on the hikes nnd seacoast, heavy orders for sheets, bars, rods and pipe, have caused advances averaging half of 1 per cent, fnr the week on all classes, but the general gain Is yet not quite 10 per cent, from the lowest point. Wool hns now reached an average of 20.37 cents per pound, for 100 quotations of domestic by Coates Brothers ot Philadelphia, showing a rise of 8 cents since a year ago, with a much heavier rise oh some qualities, but following an average decline of 11 cents from March. 1S93. The rise has so greatly exceeded the advance In prices of wool en goods that the mills might have to pause but for the very Inrge stocks purchased In ajlvance. Dealings In cot- ion goons are oeinyeii oy weHiwieHB ill raw cotton, but neither print cloths nor other goods have declined since last week, and though the mills are not ulqte fully employed, a continued In crease In consumption Is with reason expected. Failures for the week were 212 In the United States, against 296 last year, and 29 In Canada, against 46 last year. LOST IN SPECULATION. Well-Known Cleveland Klan Charged With Embezzlement John Shlpherd, who has for sever al years been prominent as an Invest ment broker and street railway pro moter, In Clevelnnd, was arrested Monday morning on the charge of em bezzlement. He was taken berore a Justice of the peace on a State warrant and was released on $10,000 ball. The warrant was Issued at the Instance ol Frank Dellaas Roblson. owner of thd Cleveland baseball club. The charge grew out of the business dealings of Shlpherd and Roblson, who have been closely associated for several years In i-treet railway enterprises In this cum and elsewhere. The warrant dlstlnct-i ly charges that Shlpherd embezzled; $183,236 15 of the personal property of Roblson In addition to 112 street rail way bonds of the value of $95,200. At the same time a petition was filed In common pleas court asking for a receiver for the brokerage firm of Charles II. Potter & Co., In which Ship- herd was heavily interested, and of which he was the manager. In the petition It was charged that Shlpherd and the firm of Potter & Co, had con verted to their own use the proceeds of security left In their hands by Rob lson. Those securities include three sets of Fort Wayne (Ind.) street rail way bonds. The sum for which Rob lson asks Judgment Is $991,761 15. In cluded In these bonds were 112 $1,000 bonds of the value of $95,200, and upon which one of the charges of embezzle ment against Shlpherd Is based. Rob lson also represents In his petition that the firm of Charles H. Potter & Co. is Insolvent, and that It owes to about 20 banks In the vicinity of this city and to Individuals a sum aggregating about $2,000,000, which it cannot pay. It Is al leged that the securities left with Ship herd by Mr. Roblson were hypothecat ed by him at banks, for the purpose of raising money with which to carry on the various enterprises in which he was Interested. Will Locate In America. Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the well known dentist to the late Emperor Napoleon, czar of Russia and other dignitaries of Europe, has returned from the northwest, where he went on a special mission. Dr. Evana said: "Archbishop Ireland is recognized throughout Europe as one ot the moat advanced representatives of the roman catholic church In America. We have been in consultation regarding a French colonization movement in the northwest of some of the oldest and best families In France. These noble families were so impoverished by poli tical changes that life under the old conditions has been rendered Im possible. .To Be Used In War. Within a few days a contract will bo awarded to the Delaware river ship builders for the construction ot two, and possibly four, (if the fleetest coast ing steamships flying the American flag. The ships will be built on the or der of the bidders for the United States mall contract between New York, Hav ana and Tuxpaf, Mexico, and an ex penditure of $1,2(H),000 will be involved. Each ship will be at least 4,000 tons reg ister and about 48 feet beam, 21 1-2 feet deep and from 370 to 400 Teet long. These new crafts are to be built under special Inspection, so as to comply with the re gulations of the United States Oovern ment, as laid down. for auxiliary cruis ers. Cruahed by a Trolley Car. Thomaa McQraw, an aged Detroit capitalist and owner of the McGraw building, was struck by an electric car near his residence the other day, sus taining injuries from which he cannot recover. Mr. McQraw had Just alight ed from a car and was crossing the track toward his home when another car struck him, knocking him down and crushing his skull. He is 73 years old. Killed by an Insane Student. J. B. West, who has betn attending the law class of the State university, became violently insane Saturday, thinking he was a great Populist leader and waa going to be Texan' next gov ernor. He waa confined in the lunatlo asylum In a cell with another man named Thomaa C. Denge. At an early hour this morning he choked Denge to death, notwithstanding the fact that four attendant were trying to tew him loose. r -if : '
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