1MIET CAR IMPS I TRESTLE. THIRTY-SIX KILLED. People Crowded Car on I New Lint Near Bridgeport, Conn.- Passengers Crushed by Trucks and Motors. An extension of a. trolley line be twccn, Sholton nnd Bridgeport, Conn., wn completed liiHt week. Hun.lii y largo crowds took ndviintnge of a ride on the now mad. At 4 o'clock a car, containing 47 phr- epgot, ull hnppy nml singing, ran off a trestle at nrouoquo bridge nml roll 0 toot. Forty person wimp killed and several Injured. The scene nf the accident Is tnldwny between Sln-lton nml Bridgeport. Tlie cnr wns north-hound. I'ihimIiik inward Hhellon. It Mas III charge of Conductor .Tuliii Carroll, nf Hi I'li;. . "i I. who wo among the kilted, niid Motormnn 1 In m llton, of Bridgeport, who escaped ly jumping. The tri'stle In 41:' feel long, made of Iron, with Mono foundation, nnd wan not protootetl hy guard rail. Month of the trestle Is nn Incline ilown uhl.-h the enr inn nt n high rale of speed. After It ran on to the tnstlo for about 10 feet, tho Irtiekn loft the rails nml then the car continued on the lien for about 75 feet, when It wont olt the trestle nml dropped Into the pond bo low, overturning enmplotely nml up ending. Then the car Ktriirk, the four ton motor ami tho hnvy trucks crushed Into It, InMnnly klllhiK many of the passenger. Three physh lann who were pnysen ger on a oar a. short dlntanoe behind arrived nub kly on the scene nnd tendered nil possible assistance to the Injured. Word wns Rent to Hng.l' purt nnd three nmhulaneoK and n polloe wagon were hurried to the noene, nnd the Injured wore taken to Hrlgdeport General hospital. A morgue wan Im provised In the main room of the town rail nt Stratford, and tn a short time 23 bodies were laid out awaiting Identi fication. President Andrew llndoll, of the rail way eompany, stated that It wun Im possible for him to nceonnt for the ac cident. Immediately after hln nrrlval at the seene he made a thorough In spection of the tracks on the trestle, nd could see nothing wronif, nml cars were running over the trestle as usual soon nftorwnrds. He denied that the cars were being mn at a high rnte of fipeed. nnd claimed that every possible precaution had been taken to prevent accidents. One theory ndvnnced Is that faulty construction was responsible for the ac cident. At the point where the cars lenve the road for the trestle. It Is nl leged the rails had sunk a little, nnd though the forward trucks took the rails all right, the rear trucks did not conect and Jumped the track, which caused the forward trucks to also leave the Iron. It is believed that if proper guard rnlls had been placed on the trestle the car would have been pre vented from toppling over. Following is a list of the known dead : Joseph TrTntohklss, ITenry C. Cog well, Orlando 11. WclN, Selectman Klin K. Bradley and wife, Wlliam Osbnm, Daniel Gnlvln, Conductor John Carroll. John Oalvln, Margaret Farrell, S. Hanks. Mrs. McDonald, W'lnton Lnnt bear, Pissio Toomey. William H. Har vey, Mrs. J. H. rtugg. Mr. Frank Blew. Vll!l:im MoCullouifh, Mrs. Ar thur Holmes, Thomas McNally, Patrick McDermott, Frank Kraft, Alfred Pitt, William Cotter. Irving Dorouse, Mrs. William II. Harvey. KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT. Married Man Murden a Young Child With a Razor. A horrible murder was committed on Sunday In the northeastern section of 'Washington, D. C. The murderer was Benjamin H. Sncll, a special examiner In tho pension oillce, a man about 4.1 years of age. His. victim was Liza Weissenbcrger, a girl 18. years of age, who had been employed In his house hold until a few months ago, when she aa taken home by her parents, who be came suspicious of Si ell's conduct to wards her. Snell seemed to bo Infatuated with the child, and paid her a great deal of Attention, which, however, she resent ed. Sunday morning Sncll went to his victim's house and entering at the front door, passed on through the mid dle room, where the girl was sleeping, to the dining room door. While standing- at the door the mother ordered him out of the house. Snell started to go, passing through the room where the child was. He benjt over the sleeping child and Grew her from the bed. Awakened suddenly, she screamed In terror. Twisting one hand In the girl's hair and throwing back her head. Snell drew a razor from his pocket and wept It across her throat. Twice he slashed her throat and once he missed, cutting a great piece of flesh from tier cheek. The head was almost sev ered from the body, and both the mur derer and his victim were drenched with blood. Attracted by the child's screams, the mother ran to tho rescue. In a frenzy she grappled with the murder er and was badly slashed on the arm with the razor. The murderer attempt ed to escape, but was soon captured by the police. He refused to give any explanation nf his acts and says he re members nothing about them. The murderer Is a native of Vermont, and was at ine time employed In a bank In Montgome-y, Ala. He has a wife and two children. Policeman at a Robber. v Policeman Patrick Deloughry of Coney Island was held for trial Mon day on a charge of attempting to com mit robbery. The complainant. Joseph F. Trahan, decorator and contractor of Brooklyn, said the policeman. In full uniform, held him up with a revolver at mid night on Saturday while on a trolley car bound for Coney Inland and de manded his money. The affair was al leged to have been witnessed by a num 1or of persons cn the car. Deloughrey was leleused on ball. i Eiffel Tower Struck Ten Timet. Curing a severe thunderstorm at Paris Monday the lightning conductor on the Eiffel tower was struck ten Atmes. A thunderbolt set fire to the Jeannot factor?; the Celnture railway was flooded; many buildings were lightly Injured, and scores of tine trees were destroyed. The day bad been ter ribly hot, the temperature reaching 104 degrees. Many sunstrokes were re ported, some of them fatal, A dust storm preceded the thunderstorm at VereaUlus. Death 'Bealt a Pardon. Harry C. Grlswold, aged 82 years, a life convict In the penitent ary at Juliet, 311'., died Monday of consumption. Ho received a life sentence for the murder .of a detective In the great railway trouble of 1894. Orlswold's parent i have been working for a pardon, which was to have bn granted this week. "Frank Lake, under life sentence for the aawe crime, is now Insane. TERSE TELEGRAMS. Admiral Dewey arrived at Naples Friday morning. Chicago Is talking nf using automo biles In collecting her mnlls. A street rnr strike nt Man Claire, Wis., has nlmost stopped tho cars. The steamer W. II. Morley sank In a collision In the Detroit river last Mon day. Hmnll dealers In Itimlon are orannls- Ing to limit by legislature tho scope nf uepartment stores. A klssltiff bnir mused the death nt Irvlngton, N. J of a horsn belonging to I'TeooiioR Krueger, The yellow fever eiildemlo nt the Na tlonnl Soldiers' Home, Hampton, Va., is repotted under control. Oscar F. nice nnd John Kennedy, murderer, wore electrocuted at Au burn. N. V. liiKt Wednesday. Fornuililhydo. used to preserve milk, is sain u bo responsible for a largely Increase"! death rate nt lndliinapolls. William Ami or, who has recently be come n Hiihloct of ilrent llrlmlii, was mimed In i illgy nt New Yol k la-t Bat unlay. F.x-.Miiynr Strong, of New York, In P-nttle, Wnslt., n ill he thought tlov. Uoosevolt would be ail available presi dential candidate In l!'04. At I.udlngton. Mich., H.nofl people wore on the F.pwnrth assembly grounds when Col. Hrvan delivered bis nd droes on "Pending Problems." Six infnnt bodies were found In the lellar of the National hotel nt St. Joseph. Mo. last Thursday. All hail been born alive and then strangled. The world's production of gold for I WW amounts to f jwr,iHM),onO. The Culled States stnnds third nn a pro ducer, with Africa and Australia In the lead. Two of the nssasslns of President lloinoniix of Snnto Domingo have b.en captured nnd shot. Tho country Is entirely unlet, and. no movements of troops are In progress. An effort wns made to save Ihe life of ex-Judge Prendorgast of Chicago last Thursday by Injecting blood Into his veins taken fiom the arm of John Morrlssey, The Judge will recover. Mrs. Harry tCvans of Allegheny, Pa. gave her 14 months old child carbolic acid by mistake last Tuesday. The father carried the Infnnt to a nearby drug store, but It died on the way. President Ulch, of the Southern Mor mon mission, Saturday offered tr.uo re ward for the capture of the leaders of the mob in (loorgln which rnn two Mormon elders out of Jaser county. The scheme of Vlcerov Curxon has been approved by the Imperial govern ment providing for the withdrawal of the regulars fnmi manv frontier garri sons and the substitution of tribal mili tia. fleorge Coliiulioun. n lawver. has been arrested In Olnsgow on a chnrgo of cmhcsixllng funds belonging to bis clients. Ills liabilities are snld to bo over i: lon.ooo. Colquhoun wns former ly city treasurer. Tho Now York Sun came out with only four ne s pages Sunday as tho result of a strike ro lpllited by a re port Hint the management wns bring ing non-union men from 1'l.lladolphla to suiicrsede union men. Pontine, Michigan, citizens hired men to tear tin the tracks nf the !vvliin Lake Street Hallway Company, bo rn nan the rond had got nn Injunction OBninst the town's paving the Btreets wnero me tracks ran. Tho Hank of Pittsburg, the oldest bank In the city of Pittsburg, Is to ho changed from a State to a National bank. A call wa Issued for a meeting of the stockholders to be held Septem ber a? to take action on the matter. Andrew Deems. William Lvmnn. James Welch, Kdward (larry and Mrs. Hoover were drowned m a fiver near ltaltlmore. Mrs. Deems, tho only mem ber of tho boating party to escape, said they were skylarking at the time and upHet the ski IT. The Fxchnnge Telegraph Company of London announces that Kmperor Wllllnm has consented that the skipper of his yacht Meteor, Captain Hen Par- Ker, snail go to New York to assist In sailing the Shamrock In the races for the America's cup. SENTIMENT AGAINST MOB LAW. Young Woman Propotet to Exhibit the Family of a Lynched Negro. Lillian Clayton Jewett. the Boston girl who recently created a sensation in that city by declaring that she would come to Charleston. 8. C, and take North with her the family of tho late Frazler U. Baker, who was lynch ed at Lake City.. B. C, In 1S&8, with a view to beginning an agitation against nmb law, has carried out her design. She had frequent conferences with the Ilaker woman and her friends, and, as a result, she arrived at Boston last week, accompanied by the entire Baker family the mother and five children. Miss Jewett said her plans for the fu ture were not yet formulated, but she proposed to hold mass meetings throughout the North to arouse popu lar sentiment against lynching, and mob law generally. She did not regard her movement as an Issue between the races, but aa advocating the caiwe of hnmanlty, irrespective of color or edu cation. Well Planned, Quickly Executed. Two unknown men entered the sla. tlon agent's ofllce r.t Crafton, near Pittsburg, Tuesday night, beat two employes Into Insensibility and then quietly made their escape with 1500, tho greater part of the month's re ceipts. The robbery was one of tho boldest that has occurred around Pittsburg lu many months. There is absolutely no clue to the thieves, and tney baa piannea so wen mat the Job was executed in lens .than two min utes. The Cleveland Boycott The boycott movement has reread so rapidly that It has now reached the Dig downtown wholesale and depart ment stores. In many cases the pro prietors of these establishments are requesting their employes not to ride on the Big Consolidated cars. In some instances, however, the merchants have flatly refused to take part in the boycott and declare they will have nothing to do with it, no matter whut the result may be. ' Adjutant General Axllne declared that If any more complaints of dis crimination against soldiers came to him he would appoint a Judge advocate general to proceed against the mtr chants and thus seek to bring them to lime. A prominent physician gave an In stance of the way In which the boycott Is being enforced. He says he was called to see a little girl who was dy ing. Me was met by two men, who told him he had better not attend the child, as tha father was a "scab." Wednesday night a man was refused medicine at two drug storrs. though In a critical condition, because he had ridden on a Big Consolidated. Larpe Inorease In Lunacy. The fifty-third report of the London oommlsHloners in lunacy Is Inpleasant reading.- It shows an appalling in crease of madness. In England and Wales; the lunatics cn January I, of th present yeec. totaled lOS.O&d, TWENTY EXCURSIONISTS DW1. GANG-PLANK COLLAPSES. Eager Crowds From Maine Wert Anxlout to See the War Shlpi at Bar Harbor 160 Plunged Into Ihe Watir. Warship were the attraction nt. Bar Hnrlmr, Me., Inst Sunday. Itallronds rnn excursions from nil pnrts of the slate and the train wore crowded with psssi tigers. In milking the connection between thn train and a ferry nn Inse cure gang plank gave way nnd hun dreds of persons were plunged Into the water, tuenty of whom were drowned. At Mount Desert Kerry, the terminus of the line, tho train I loft for the boat for an elghl-mlle sail to Bar Har bor. From the wharf a slip or gang plnnk 40 feet lung nnd In feet wld led up to the boat. The slip was hinged at the Inner end, Ihe outer end being sup ported ,y chain, by which It was riOsi'd or lowered to suit the tide. The wbsrf extends on both side flush with the end of tho wooden gnng plnnk. Five timber four by twelve Inches set vertically, rtn the length of the plnnk, and those were crossed by two-Inch planking. It I said thnt there was no support for the plnnk between the hinge at the outer end. When the excursion train from Ban gor nrilved at the ferry tin re wns a iiish for the steamer Sappho. The llrst few passenger had crossed the gang plank safely, and It I estimated that 20 people were massed upon the plank. Suddenly they felt the plank give wny beneath them. The long timber sup porting the plnnk broke In the middle. The hinge held tip one end nnd the chnln the other, while the broken end of the plunk dropped and a struggling, screaming mas of humanity was plunged Into the water, fifteen feet be low the whnrr. A few clung to the Inclined sides of Ihe plnnk. but nt least 1M were strug gling III the water. Hopes nnd life pre server were thrown to the crowd, but In the panic the people In the water clutched one another nnd many sank thus In groups In a death grapple. Doctor were eummon-'il from all di rections, but It was half nn hour be fore the first arrived. The fi tight house at the ferry was turned Into a morgue, Ihe bodies being taken there for Identi fication ns fast ns recovered. Following I a list of the dead: Mrs. Wllilnm Murray, Irving llrldgis, Albert CoIhoii, Mrs, Alonzo 1'. (Hikes, Miss Ornce Summer, Joseph Murphy Mrs. Ilollls W. Kstel. Clifford Crushninn. Miss Lizzie Ward, Charles W. Downes, F. K. Sweetser, Ora M. Lank, (1. H. Hennett, Mrs. O. H. Bennett. Mrs. Charles Stover, Melvln MeCard. Mrs. A. II. BlllltigH, Mrs. Ueorgo Derwent, Miss IawIh. AN INDIAN MURDERER. Shoots Ihe Daughter of Hli Employer Who Repelled Hit Atlenlions. F.ugcnn Pnknhpuer, a graduate from the Indian s. hool nt Carlisle. Pa., shot nnd killed P.dtih Morell. aged 17 years, nt the Home of Mrs. J. F. Morell, In South Amherst, Mas. Tuesday even ing. The Indian had been employed on too rnrm ror about a year, and during thnt time he had paid much attention to tho girl. The murder, without doubt, wn the result of Miss Morell's refusal of his attentions. Of late It was noticed thnt Miss Morell had repelled I'akahpuer's at tentions, because she had said they were obnoxious. The Indian became so Jealous that hln behavior around the farm was disagreeable, It was found necessary to pay him off, and give him nm discharge. During tho afternoon the Indian came to Amherst and bought a 32-callber revolver. He re turned Immediately to South Amherst, It Is evident thnt Takuhpuer went In to the cellar of tho Morell house, where he sow Kdlth at the refrigerator. It Is not known what was said between them, but the Indian finally discharg ed the revolver twice, one bullet going tnrougn tne gin s neck and the other Into tho brain. The Indian then went unstairs. told Mrs. Morell that he had shot Kdlth and he was going to set the building on fire and then shoot himself. He went In to tho bain, and a few minutes later names broke out there, and the fire which followed destroyed the house, barn and outbuilding. Mrs. Morell ran to a neighbor's house and got the assistance of two men, who removed the girl to a nearby building where she died In a few minutes. No trace had been found of tho Indian. Later the remains of the Indian were found In the ruins of the building which lie had fired. Boy Spike Switch. Abraham and Isaac Westcott. James McKenna and William Lmmngle were committed to the Camden, ST. J. county Jail last Wednesday on a charge of at tempting to wreck a train on the At lantic City branch of tho West Jersey & Seashore road. They were caught driving snlkes In to the cross tracks of the road at Atco. They had one switch fixed so that It would not move. While the spikes were being driven a train approached Piled with people from Atlantic City. and It had to be flagged. When they were arretted the boys said they were only playing and had no idea of the serious results that might have follow ed. They range from 12 to 18 years old. Sampson Alter Prize Money. Rear Admiral William T. Sampson has tiled a suit In the supreme court of the district libeling the Spanish vessel of war, Maria Teresa, and miscellane ous stores and supplies captured upon her nnd other Rpanlsh war vessels. In his bill he say that he brings the. suit in his own behalf, and also in behalf of all the ndlcer and enlisted men of tire I'nlted States navy who served with the l nlted States naval force and took part In the naval engagement off San tiago de Cuba on July 3. lS'JS. and In captures made subsequent thereto. Preiident't Canton Home. President McKUney has purchased the "McKlnley cottage," at North Market street and Louis avenue, Can ton, O. The consideration was S14 600. He will secure possession In October. It Is endeared to the President and Mrs. McKlnley as their first home, where they began housekeeping and by many memories. The front veranda shows the most wear from the cam- algn nf 1896. when the home was the political mecra for nearly a million peo ple. The Longest Automobile Trip. F.Iwood Hnynes and E. It. Apperson arrived In New York last Saturday afternoon, having mucin a trip from Kokomo, Ind., to Now York In 20 days. This Is said to be tho longest automo bile trip on record In the United States. The distance is aooui i.iuu nines. Four Killed In t Hill road Wreck. Four were killed and seven Injured of the fourteen men on mall train No. 10 on the Nortnwestern road, as the result of a derailment Tuesday three miles west of Uoone, la. The tatu of the derailment la unknown. DEATH OF COL, HAWKINS. Commander of the Pennsylvania Volunteers Had Recklessly Exposed Hlmsell While In the Philippines- Regiment's Losses. Tho committee representing -Pittsburg and the neighboring towns bad pleasant news for the Tenth Pennsyl vania Volunteers who were returning to this country after a year of valiant service ngalimt tho Filipinos. Free transportation was to bo given them from San Francisco to Plltsburg for which purpose thn loyal towns had raised $:,o,sio. But Ihe transport Senntor nn which the volunteer returned lost Wednm day brought new extremely sad nnd which ha thrown a cloud over the plnn of the rejoicing cities. Colonel A. L. Hawkins, of the Tenth Pennsylvania Heglnicnt, died on July IS nn board the transport Sennlor, en route to Sun Francisco with bis regi ment from Manila. Ill death occurred two days after the transport sailed from Yokohninn. Stomach trouble Is aid to hnve been the cause of death. Tiie r"iiinitis were embalmed on board tho ship nnd brought here for ship ment to Pennsylvania. The Senator sailed from Manila nn July 1 with :ih officer nnd 71 enlisted men. The transport was nt Nagasaki on July 1.1, when Col. Hawkins wits Inkon III with cancer of the bowels, from which he had been a sufferer during Ihe greater pin t of hi campaign in me I'niiippine, anil for Which he had undergone treatment In the mili tary hospital nt Manila. HI Illness continued during the following day, July lb, when tho Senator wn nt Yokohama, and two days later ho pus sel away nt sea. Col. Hawkins Illness dated from the battle of Malolos, whin ho exposed himself almost recklessly In tho disease-breeding climate. Ho was res pected nnd loved by every man of his command, and bis death Is deeply mourned by the troops. Ills body was placed In a hermetically sealed eifket and nn Sunday following bis death Im pressive funeral services were conduct ed by the chaplain of the regiment, a 1 of hi men being In attendance. 1 he remain were nlnced In the stern of the vessel and lay In state, attended day and night by a guard of honor, during tho remainder of the voyage. After the death of Col. Hawkins, the command of the regiment was vested In Lieut. Col. Harnett, who like hi dead commander. Is popular umong the en listed men, and made a good record In the war. of the 7H9 officers and men whom Cot. Burnett brought to San Francisco, three nre privates In the Sixth nrlll lery, 1 'nlted States army, and one Is a member of the Nebrnaka regiment, who v.-ns left behind nt Yokohama when hi companions sailed for thin port on tho Hancock. A dosen stow aways were also concealed in tho bold nnd were soon brought to light after the Senntor li ft Yohohnmn. When the Tenth Pennsylvania loft for the Philippine last yenr the muster comprised IviO men. Twenty four were killed In battle or died In the Manila hospltnl, and tho rest of the sick nnd wounded to the number of seven are on the hospltjil ship Belief, which will probably arrive here within tho next few day. Out of respect to tho dead regiment al commander there wn II 1 1 In choir ing or other noisy demonstrations, but the men quietly expressed their delight nt the first glimpse of the (lolilen flnte, Llko the Oregon nnd Nebraska regi ment, the Pennsylvania troops, prior to Sailing for Manlln, voted In favor of being mustered out In Snn Francisco. "I would rather bo colonel of the Tenth Pennsylvania nnd marching through the streets of rittsburg nt the head of my regiment than president of the Pnlted tHiites," were almost the last words uttered by Col. Alexander L. Hawkins. Col. Hawkins will be burled with military honors at Washington, Pa. The entire Tenth regiment may act as escort. After elaborate funeral exerelsr at Han Francisco, conducted by the Cali fornia Knight Templar, the remains of Colonel A. Li. Hawkins, of the Tenth Pennsylvania volunteer, were sent Enst last Saturday In charge of Chap lain Joseph L. Hunter, of the regi ment. tlen. Shafter has fixed August 23 a the date for mustering out the Tenth regiment. If thls program Is carried out It Is probable thnt the regiment will arrive In Pittsburg, Tuesday, August 2. Enormous Corn Crop. Secretary Coburn, of the Kansas State Board of Agriculture hns ssud a bulletin hased upon reliable no ports from correspondents throughout the State, In which he states the present condition of the Kansas corn crop to be .63, with prospects for the greatest yield ever known In the history of the State. The acreage of corn Is 8,234. 5G0 and the estimated yield per acre 44 bushels, which would give the astonishing total of 3)12,000,000 bushels or three times the yield of last year and almost 100,000,000 bushels greater than the banner year of 18t)9. Reception tor Alger. A magnificent welcome was tendered Thursday to the former secretary of war, Kussell A. Alger at his home In Detroit City. Thousands of men were In line and escorted the general to a reviewing stand where speeches were made. Gov. Plngree assured the ex secretary that tho people of Michigun believed In him, and thnt he hod been made the victim of unscrupulous news paper attacks. Britain Will Yield Town. The Pall Mall London Gazette says It learns Great Britain is about to sur render to China the town of San-Chun, which was occupied by the British May 16, during the Kow-Loon dis turbances. The paper mentioned asks the reasons for this, which, It says, will only serve to damage British prestige. AT THE NATIONAL CAPITAL The "Oaaette", of London, announces that William Waldorf Astor was naturalized a British subject July 11, 1899. Samoans have filed claims for $140. 000 damages done to property during the recent difficulties over the king ship. The last official order of former Sec retary of War Russell A. Alger was published. It makes the Inspector gen eral of the army subordinate to the secretary of war. Washlnton officials are urged to send a warship to protect American Inter ests in Haiti, that country showing signs of revolution. It Is now apparent that In all the fall movement of the crops there will be a pressing demand for more currency or paper money. As this can be met only by the Issue of gold certificates Secre tary Gage has ordered 110.000,000 worth of them to be printed In denominations of M, the smallest permissible by law. Secretary Carlisle suspended the Issue of gold certificates on April 14. 1893, by authority of Section 13 of the act of July 13. 1832, which made it obligatory upon the secretary of the treasury to suspend the issue whenever the gold reserve should fall below 1100.000.000. GEN. MILES FOII IKE PHILIPPINES. ROOT FAVORS HIM. Wants lee War Ended Belore Congress Meets Hopes to Recruit 40'000 More Soldiers. Pecretnry nf War, Boot, after con stitution with Assistant Secretary Mclklcjohn, General Miles nnd other oflloliil vt thn Wnr Department, has developed a romprchcnnlva plan for conducting the war In the Philippine, which only awaits the approval of the President herore being made opera live. It I the desire of both the President and Secretary Boot that the war be terminated bef.iro Congress assembles on December 4. It Is tln-lr earnet wish that tho opponents of expansion shall have no opportunity to Interfere with military operations by attempted li glslal Ion, Secretary Boot would Send to the Philippine lo.iMio nd'lltlonnl troops, In creasing the army to inolo thnn 70,000. Thus the 35.IKK) volunteer authorised under tho army reorganization bill would be utlllxcd. Kvery recruiting officer In th" United State, under tho Secretary's plan, would ba Instructed to enlist nil nun possible, snd additional recruiting stations would be established. If nec essary. While 40,000 men might not bo secured In the requisite time, that standard would be kept In view and approached u nearly a isisslble. It has been said that Secretary Boot's plan wan to make the total foree in the Philippines 40,000. This I errone ous. Ills Intention I to thrown in 40, nno more soldiers than are already there. Tho Secretary would relievo Otis from the command of the field operations, but would not remove him as Governor General. Mr. Hoot's Idea was to request Gen eral Miles to go u the Philippines and direct the conclusion of the campaign. H this Is not found desirable, General Miles will. If the Heeielnry has his way, bo given full authority to formu late plans for the campaign. Should It bo d"clie, inexpedient for General Mile to go to tho Philippines, Mr. Hoot's plan Is to make a selection of a field conimn rotor from those Gen eral now on duly In tho Philippines. no nn in mind lawton, MacArthur or Wheaton. Falling to ileti rinlne on one of these General Merrltt woflld be re turned to his old station, which duty ho Is willing to assume. General Mllel l umlcrstiind to be willing to go If It shall be decided that such a course nouiu wora lor tne nest interests of the army. I General fit I ha been cabled to en list ull tho volunteers possible from those now awaiting transportation home from the Philippine. Secretary Boot' plan Is n. continuation and elaboration of that favored nt the last moment by Alger, it was Alger's Idea to enlist about lO.OOo additional men In the I'nlted State and 3.0011 from the volunteers in the Philippines, nnd have available ror duty this full 4KIH0 men. This would leovo 2.1.000 of the men authorize. 1 by the army reorganization lilll Ullenilsteil. Secretary Boot fully Appreciate tho difficulty of the task of prop rly equip ping ine proposed recruits In the hrler tlni" which would be nllowfd, but he would use the machinery of the War Department to Its fullest capacity In the efTiirt, and would rely on General Miles for important assistance. A FURIOUS STORM. Skulls and Skeletons Plowed Up by a Tor nado. A tornndo swept over Klizaheth. N. J. last Thursday, doing great damage. Its velocity was so miles an hour, und Its duration 10 minutes. The towers of the First Presbyterian, Thlid Presby terian and Central Baptist churches were thrown down. The Lyceum Theater wn totally unroofed, and the Stur Theater roof was tipped oft and hurled two blocks away. No one was killed, but many persons received slight Injuries. W hen the First I'resbyterlan Church crashed down It fell upon the graves In the churchyard. This caused an up heaval of the earth and brought to the surfuce skeletons nnd skulls that had long lain under ground. Old trees In the churchyard were uprooted, and these brought up In their roots other skeletons and skulls. EXPLORERS LOST. May Have Been Murdered by Indians In Brazil. A party of explorers headed by Wel- don K. Williamson and Marcus E. Kirk. Kansas City, which left in March, 1891, and has not been heard of since June, 1s98. Is believed to have been exterminated by a ho-tlle trlb of Indians In tho western part of Brazil. Secretary Hay, of the state depart ment, bus notified the United States consuls In Bueno Ayers, Hln Janeiro and other South American capitals to make an Investigation. Mrs. Will iamson, who went to Brazil a year ago to hunt for her husband, has returned to this country and believes him dead, as does Mrs. Kirk, who Is In Chicago with her parents. Cannot Appreciate Dewey. The board of aldermen of Boston, on Wednesday, passed an order request ing the board of fstlmate nnd ap portionment to approximate a sum suf ficient for extending the hospitality of the city of Boston to Admiral Dewey. Alderman Michael Brick, Democrat, forcibly opposed the measure. He ald, In explaining his position: "I do not think that we should throw ourselves Into a state of adultratlon of a hero because he has won a battle. It hardly strikes me that the admiral Is to be put in the same category with Grant. Sherman and other great mili tary heroes. I do not, however, wish to discredit him In the least, but I do protest against making him a second Boulanger In America." Lynched tor Sister's Murder. It Is reported at El Reno, Tex., that Taylor Kirk, who murdered his Bister at Cordell on July 4, was lynched Thursday night at Cloud Chief, near the scene of the crime. Cloud Chief Is in Washita county and .10 miles dis tant from telegraph. Kirk escaped shortly after the murder and wus re captured In Texas after a long chase. The democrats of Maryland have nominated John Walter Smith, of Worcester county, for governor. CABLE FLASHES. The bubonlo plague has reappeared at Calsutta. In a railway accident near Paris sev enteen persons were killed and thirty seven Injured. Speaker Thomas B. Reed sailed from Southampton to New York in tho steamer St. Paul last Sunday. The financial and political situation In Bulgaria grows darker dally. The state officials' salaries have not been paid for two months. Prince Ferdi nand's name Is more and mora denounced. HELPLESS ORPHANS. Thousands Of Them Remain Uuoared For III Cuba. An article by Miss Clnra Barton nts tho subject of tho Cuban reconcentrs dos says thnt there nre now In Cuba r.0,ot) destitute orphan children of re concentrndos who hsve In the Inst few years died of starvation nnd Wsut. These children are scattered through out nenrly ev-ry city nnd town nf suf ficient slxo nnd Importance to receive nre not children nf low or doubtful the drlven-out country people. They origin; many are of the best Cuban famllle. Th reconcentrndos were largely tho country people of property farmers and small planters. Miss Barton snyn: 'The Cubans nre not responsible for the destitution of these children. When the stnrvlug reconcentrndos were driven Into the town tho rMldentS) divided food and clothing with them, nnd then divided again nnd ngnln, but there wn a point at which they had to stop giving, "Only for the Cuban rstlons distri buted by our nrmy It would be a sorry lookout for these helpless little ones. They range In number from 30 to 76, nnd even Urn, In the various towns, utterly homeless nnd no one hns the least personal Interest In them or responsibility for them. The towns people still do whnt they ran, but their main dependence I begging from the passengers of every passing train." TO POSSESS THE WORLD. An Ex-President Credits The United State With Great Ambitions. Dr. Luureans Villnniiova, ex-presl (lent or enesueia. Who is at preset in iNew lorg, when nsKod through h interpreter whether It wns true th; the South American countries we about to form nn offensive and defei sive alliance against tho United Stal on nceonnt of tho "Imperial polli replied that he had not heard of but thought that such an alllu ought to be made. "Do the South American nations fea the cnlted State?" The ex-preslilent shrugged his shoulders nnd opened nnd shut his hnnds rapidly opened them wide, as If he were grasping continents, and then said something In Spanish. "Mr. Villanuova thinks," snld the In. trpreter, "that the United States will take all nil." "Hut the United States may be satis fied with the Philippines," said the re porter. "fjh no, the United States wants Furope nnd the Indies nt least," came from the ex-president through the In terpreter. "Do nil the South American repub lics think as you do about .the United State?" "Why, of course. It Is a well-known fact, who can doubt It? Do you deny It?" INDIANS VICTORIOUS. They Fought Front Ambush and Sutler No Losses. Reports from tho Yaqul Indl country Indicate that many Amerlc miners hnvo been mind-red during the lust row day nnd that the uprising Is general, with at least a thousand well armed warrior concentrating In tho mountain overlooking the Yaqul river valley. During tho rklrmlshes that have already occurred the troop have suffered severely v. hllo tho Indiana retired to cover with but slight loss. The warriors flnht from nmbtinh and are rarely overtaken In the open. Americans who have traveled among the Ynquls nnd are familiar with their character say that tho Mexican govern ment Is likely to have another ten years' was on It hands. It Is learn ed from Hermosllln, Meg., that three regiments of cavalry, four regiments of Infantry mid two battalion of artillery will constitute the army which Is going to the Yaqul stronghold In thn Bntucco mountains. All are ordered to move by Friday. The Yaquls are moving tn small detach ments from place to place, ravaging the country. All of the tribe is headed for the Hutueco mountains. MILES IN CONFERENCE. His Recommendations In Regard to tho Yellow Fever May Be Adopted. The war department Is watching with great sollritude the progress of yellow fever at Santiago. Reports re ceived Thursday were more encourag ing, but It Is realized that there Is atlll danger In the situation. In this connection It Is learned that a late as the 8th of last month Gen. Miles formally recommended the re moval of the United States troops now quartered at Santiago to some port on the northern coast of America. It Is said that as a mutter of fact the rate of Infection among the soldiers at Santiago Is greater at this time. In proportion to the number of men pre sent, than last year. Gen. Miles, It Is understood, called attention to this fact In his recommendation and urged It as one reason for the prompt removal of tho men to the North. Thus far his recommendations have not been carried out. but Thursday Secretary Root and Gen. Miles had a conference on the subject. COSTLY LEGAL BATTLE. 'Tooth Crowns" and "Bridge Work" Patents Were Infringed Upon. Alligation exienaing over 17 jrearev- anu at present nnecung claims con servatively estimated at 110000,000, has been brought to a conclusion by Judge Townsend, In the United States cir cuit court at New York, who favors the International Tooth Crown com pany as against James Orr Kyle, a dentist. The decision affects almost all of the validity of patents held by the In ternational Tooth Crown company on ail operations known as "tooth crowns' and "bridgo work." Although the patents expired during the litigation the decision confirms the right of the complnlnant company to collect royal ties on all Infringements covering the whole existence of the patent. On both sides nearly Sl.OOO.OOO hus been spent In the legal struggle. Severe Storm In Florida. The most disastrous cyclone that ever visited Florida completely an nihilated Carrabelle, Mclntyre and La nary Inn, south of River Junction. At Carrabelle only nine houses remain of a once beautiful and prosperous town, 200 families are without home or shelter and many are destitute. At Mclntyre only two mill boilers mark the place of the town. Lanark Inn, the famous summer re sort, was blown Into the gulf. Charleston Shells Hie Enemy. Mail advices from the Island of Cebu announce thut a company of Ameri cans last week attacked the Filipinos' trenches, situated two kilometers from the town of El Pardo. The rebels were commanded by the brother Cllmacos, who are prominent and wealthy persons. The Charleston shelled the enemy and the Filipinos retreated. The Americans casualties were slight. The prsence of the Cllmacos with the rebel Is reported, to have been due to rebel orders from Luzon. 2
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