BE CHIKS U lit REGENT.
STRONGLY PRO-FOREIGN.
II It Said Ho Would Return to Pokln It Nil
Safety Wai Assured by Foreign
Ministers.
' It is rumored at Shanghai that the
Japanese gained a great victory over the
Boxers and Chinese troops from Pei
Tsang and Ho Si Wu last Thursday at
Teh Chou. The story says that 1.500
Chinese were killed, including Prince
Tuan, and that all hr Chinese were
driven hack into Chi Li.
The Reform party, tinder Kang Y11
Wet. is said to he actively preparing for
rebellion. It is reported from Hankow
that 215 rctormrrs have been executed,
their hearts being exposed.
The Taku correspondent says that the
country around Taku and Pekin is de
vastated, with the result that the Box
ers are most unpopular and are being
attacked by the peasantry. The Box
ers, who were moving north from Shan
Tung, are now returning hastily to
their homes.
Yu, Governor of the province of Shan
Si. is reported to have invited the for
eigners in the province to come to his
protection. Fifty accepted the invita
tion, and all were massacred.
Five powers have agreed to Russia's
proposition to withdraw troops from
Pekin and two have announced opposi
tion to its adoption. Four powers h.ve
F.nallv declared that Li-Hung-Chang is
acceptable to them as peace envoy for
China, two questions not only I.i-1 lung
Chang's credentials, but the power of
the Imperial Government to approve
his acts, and one wishes to know more
about the credentials he holds before it
is willins to treat through him.
This sums up the situation. It could
hardly be more satisfactory, viewjd
from the American standpoint. An ac
tive interchange of views took pl:ice
Thursday between the capitals of Eu
rope and Japan and Washington, anil
as a result it is likely that pressure will
be applied to the two powers anxious
to remain in IVkm to induce them to
withdraw simultaneously with the evac
uation by the other allies.
The powers who object to the Russian
proposition are Germany and Italy.
Those favoring it arc the United States,
Great Rritain. France. Japan and Rus
sia. The powers which question I.i-Hung-Chang's
credentials and the abil
ity of the Imperial Government to en
force the terms he may make are Ger
many and Italy, while France would
like to know more about the credentials
before negotiations begin.
I elegi nms from the Russian minister
at Pekin say: There is an unconfirmed
rumor that Prince Ching has been ap
pointed regent, but is afraid to return
40 Pekin unless the foreign envoys will
guarantee his liberty. Ten dignitaries
remaining in Pekin have consequently,
resolved to petition the diplomats, in the
interest of an amelioration of the situa
tion, to invite Prince Ching to return
to Pekin and to give explanations.
It has been learned that the empress
is going from Tyan-Fu. in the province
of Shan-Si, to which place she had fled
after her escape from Pekin, to Hsinan
F11. Tyan-Fu is farther west than
Ilsinan-Fu, indicating that she is mov
ing still further away from the Chinese
capital.
It is stated that Prince Tuan's son,
I sut Sing, will be declared emperor un
der the protection of Russia.
BRITISH PRISONERS FREED.
The Boers Release Their Captivei Krugor
Nearlng Portuguese Territory.
The British prisoners at Noortge
dacht have been released by the Boers
and are marching to join Lord Roberts'
forces at Watcrvalhoven, near Machado-
dorp. President Krugcr and his chief
officials are at Kelspruit, about 60 miles
lrom the Portuguese border and on the
railroad between Pretoria and Delagoa
Bay.
A cyclone that visited Mafeking
inursday evening did more damage
than the seven months' bombardment.
It blew down or unroofed numerous
buildings and leveled the hospital, caus
ing much suffering among the sick and
wounded. One person was killed and
two were injured.
General Buller's column has arrived
at Helvetia, where Gen. French and
General Pole-Carew are also encamped,
Both Waterfallboven and Watervalon
dcr were found deserted, the Boers hav
ing retreated with their guns in the di
rection of Barbcrton. Commandant
General Botha has ordered burghers to
return their Mausers to the covcrnment
military commission until the latter is
able to issue ammunition.
Voluntoer to be Recalled.
The war department is preparing to
bring home the ?t,ooo volunteers from
the Philippines whose terms of sen-ice
will expire between xt November and
June, 1001. The homeward movement
will begin about the middle of Novem
ber.
No orders have yet been issued on the
subject, but it will take practically all of
the transport service at the command of
the department to accomplish the re
turn of the volunteers. It is the inten
tion of the department to return the or
ganizations in the same relative order as
they were shipped to the island, thus
equalizing as nearly as possible their
terms of foreign service.
Fierce Storm In Manitoba.
Western Manitoba and the territories
have been swept by a storm which has
heavily damaged crops and property. A
child was killed at Wapella. N. W. T..
and many were injured at Pipestone and
Virden. Crops are generally damaged.
Telegraphic communication has been
cut off.
Cuban Trade Increasing.
A steady and material increase in the
trade of Cuba is evidenced in a com
parative statement just made public by
the division of customs and insular af
fairs, war department, which gives the
customs receipts at Cuban ports for the
first seven months of igoo, as compared
with the same period last year. The
statement hliows that the total receipts
for the first seven months of the present-year
aggregate $",3.11.832. as against
$8,112,815 for the same period last year,
an increase of f i,aig,oi7.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
The health of Secretary of State Hay
continues to improve,
A new electric light plant, to cost
$."!,ooo, will be built at Windber, Fa.
William Hrvnnt. ol Seranton, l'a.,
was stabbed Sunday by a female pick
pocket.
Toseph Johnson, a farmer of Inks,
Tyler county. W. Ya., hangci! himself
Saturday.
Mai. Ilaztrtt. the ex-hanker of Wash
ington, Pa., is prostrated by his second
conviction.
As a result of the week's successes,
F.ngl.-nd now experts an early end to
the Transvaal war.
Twelve men were arrested at Akron,
O., charged with being implicated in the
recent race riot there.
The steamer Toueka. from Alaska,
Thursday, brought 150 passengers and
$100,000 in gold dust.
It is reported that the car has order
ed his troops and minister nt Pekin to
leave at once for Tien Tsin.
General Tribe, chief of the insurgent
forces in Colombia, has surrendered to
the government at C'hurchuri.
Internal revenue receipts for July
were $20,421,301, an increase of $1,400,
103 over tlie same month last year.
Two escaped convicts were killed
and a third wounded in a light with a
warden's posse at Whiteside, Tenn.
At Chcnc)ille. La., Thomas I. Amos,
who confessed the murder of F.lamson
T. Jackson, was lynched by a mob.
The plant of the Shelby Steel Tube
Company at F.llwood City, Pa., is to be
started after being idle for several years.
The Niearaguan Congress has ap
proved the commercial reciprocity trea
ty between Nicaragua and the United
States.
The estate of Collis P. Huntington,
who died suddenly at his summer home
in the Adirondacks, is valued at $60,
650.000. The Youngstown, O.. Gas and F.lco
tric Light Company has been solj to
New York anil Chicago capitalists for
$500,000.
A tornado which passed over the vil
lage of Wapella. Man., killed a farmer
and his two children and badly hurt
his wife.
In both hoti-rs of the Kentucky Leg
islature many bills have been introduced
both to kill or amend the Gocbel elec
tion law.
The Fairbanks Scale Company build
ing and Kiefer Bros.' factory in New
Orleans were burned out, causing a loss
of $300,000.
The steamer Moana, Captain Carey,
which sailed from Sydney, N. S. V., for
San iT.mcisco. has on board .t2,75o.-
000 in gold.
The Vaqui Indians, who are on the
warpath in Mexico, are reported on
the Yaqui river, within a few miles of
uuayamas.
At Bowling Green, O., as a result of
eating toadstools for mushrooms Flora,
aged 32. and John Harter, aged 14, will
probably die.
Friday Thomas Jones, a negro
preacher, the murderer of a family of six
persons, was hanged at Raleigh, N. C,
in tnc county jail.
General Maximo Gomez has declined
to accept the nomination offered hiin
by the National party to the constitu
tional convention.
Agents representing one-third of the
Fall River. Mass.. mills have signed an
agreement for II 1-0 per cent reduction
in wages on September 17.
Lvman Hitchcock, rx-ehief of police
of franklin. Pa., had an eye cut out
Saturday by Harry Ross, aged 16 years,
who struck In 111 with a hoe.
At St. Joseph. Mich., over $5,000 in
cash, stamps and postal cards was stolen
lrom the postothec by protessional
cracksmen. I here is no clew.
IScgroes claiming to have been in
jured in the recent riots in New York
have hied claims for damages against
the city amounting to $200,000.
Postmaster General Smith has or
dered that all messages by postoffice
employes not ot interest to the depart
ment be guaranteed with a deposit.
Col. Thomas J. Powers, Commission
er of Banking in Pennsylvania, was
killed by falling from a train in the out
skirts of Philadelphia 1 hursday nignt,
The woolen mill of McElhoes & Find-
ley, near Indiana, Pa., was destroyed by
fire Saturday. Ihe loss will reach Si6.-
000, on which there is $7,000 insurance,
Secretary of State John Hay, who was
improving in health, recently overtaxed
his strength and has suffered a severe
relapse, which has greatly alarmed his
mends.
In August the excess of expenditures
over receipts by the Government was
$81 1.44.1, due to the cost of the census
taking and the redemption of Puerto
Kican com.
Patrick Lally and Patrick Hughey,
emplovcrt at the mine at Chielton, Ml
fell asleep on the railroad track at Mo
nongalia. W. Va., and were run over by
a train and killed.
Father Phillips' efforts to avert 1
strike in the anthracite region of Penn
sylvania are having great weight, many
ol the miners being only lukewarm to
ward, the movement.
The' mining properties of tbe General
Mining Association of London have
been sold to the Nova Scotia Steel
Company for $1,500,000, the coal areas
being 21 miles in extent.
Losses resulting from the storm of
Tuesday night in Manitoba, will run up
to about $100,000. Virden, White Wood,
Moosemin. Souris, Thornhill. Elk-horn
and Oak Lake were among the towns
damaged by the storm.
Near Ashland, O., two masked men
battered down the door to. the home of
Mrs. Mary Leuligh and her daughter
Arvilla, bound the women and robbed
the house. The women attempted tJ
resist and Mrs. Leidigh was knocked
down.
Reuben and Frank Wise, lumbermen
who made a fortune at Penfield, Pa.,
have brought a timber trace owned by
the Elk Tanning Company there, which
contains 30,000,000 tect ol lumber.
- The Otter Creek Lumber Company's
plant at Hambleton, W. Va., burni.'d
Saturday, with about 10,000,000 or 12,
000,000 feet of hemlock lumber. The
loss is about $250,000, partly insured.
At Dover, Del., certificates of incor
poration have been filed for the Newark
and Granville Street Railway Company
of Newark, O., to maintain and con
struct a street railway in Ohio. Capital,
$300,000.
THIRTY KillED AND MANY Ml.!
RAILROAD HORROR.
An Atlantic City Special Dashes Into a Wild
Train-Scenes of Horror In Ihe
Eight Wrecked Car.
Thirteen persons killed and over 50
Others injured is the appalling record
of a rear end collision between an ex
cursion train and milk train on the
Bethlehem branch of the Philadelphia
& Reading railroad Sunday morning at
Hatfield, Pa., 27 miles north of Phila
delphia. 1 he wrecked train consisted of to d.iy
coaches and was the first section of a
large excursion made up of people from
Hcilnihcm, Allentown and surrounding
towns to Atlantic City. This section
left the Union depot 111 licthlchem at
6:05 a. m.. exactly 35 minutes behind
the milk tram.
At 6:54 the milk train drew up at the
milk platform at Hatfield, and in less
than two minutes the special excursion
train, running at the rate of 35 miles an
hour, crashed into the rear of the milk
train. The locomotive ploughed through
the two passenger coaches and crushed
them as if thev were cuu shclbt.
The excursion train was a picture of
indescribable horror. 1 he locomotive
was a mass of bent anil broken iron and
firmly held the bodies of its engineer
and fireman beneath its great weight.
Behind the engine six of the ten cars
were also a mass of wreckage. The first
car was broken in twain, and the other
five cars were thrown on their sides,
completely demolished.
Nine Persons were killed in the first
two cars and the others in the coaches
were badlv maimed. As soon as the
crash came a terrible cry arose from the
smashed cars. Those who had not been
injured crawled or jumped from the cars
and went to the assistance of the injur
ed. Many were pinned down by wreck
age and had to be freed by the liberal
use of axes.
Willi three or four exceptions the
dead were killed instantly, the others
dying on their wav to the hospitals. Ail
the injured were first taken to a shed at
the Hatfield station. The dead were
removed to a barn. Messengers were
sent to the nearest villaees for physi
cians, and a relief train was telegraphed
or from Bethlehem.
The coroner of Montgomery county
isited the wreck early and spent the
entire day at the scene. He at once di
rected the removal of the dead to Lans
dalc, a short distance south of Hatfield.
1c promises a rigorous investigation
mo the horror.
RESCUE FOR STARVING MINERS.
The Government Will Send a Transport to
Cape Nome.
At the Cabinet meeting Friday it
was decided that the W ar Department
should send a transport to Cape Nome to
bring back such of the miners who arc
penniless and liable to endanger the
public welfare there this winter by rea
son of their destitute condition. Provi
sions and clothing will be sent to the
Indians, who arc said to be destitute.
1 he transportation companies, it is
claimed, refuse to'aid the unfortunates
at Cape Nome. 1 he transport in order
to ettcct relief, must go at once. Oen
eral Kandle estimates that there are
1,000 persons at Cape Nome in danger
ot starvation.
Information received from several of
ficial and unofficial sources shows that
the Alaskan Indians along the coast
from Cape Nome are in a serious situa
tion. 1 he miners, it is reported, have
gathered for their own use nearly all
of the driftwood which the Indians have
been accustomed to depend upon for
this winter fuel, and in some instances
the cabins of the Indians have been torn
down by the miners and the wood used
by them.
In addition to these atthctions it is
said that the grip, in a most virulent
form, has broken out among the In
dians and that altogether their case is
one which calls for immediate succor.
Will Rocelve a Large Fee.
One of the handsomest fees ever paid
a general practitioner for services in a
single case will be received by Dr. J. N.
McCormack, of Howling Ureen. Ky.,
for his attendance upon William Goebel,
after he was shot at Frankfort. Arthur
Goebel, brother of the dead governor,
and his devisece under the will, has
placed a claim against the estate of Gov
ernor Goebel lor $10,000 for Dr. M:
Cormack's services.
Transport Sail far Manila.
The transport Logan sailed from San
Francisco Saturday afternoon for Ma
nila. via Nagasaki, with 1.638 enlisted
men and 04 cabin passengers, including
officers. The Logan carries the head
quarters band. First and Second bat
talions of the First regiment, Colon;
A. A. ilarbach commanding, and the
headquarters band and Third battalion
of the Second infantry, under command
ot Lieutenant Colonel Augustus W,
Corliss.
Among the passengers on the Logan
are Major Koehker of the Thirty
seventh infantry and Major Bolton of
the Twenty-fourth infantry. There arc
also 11 acting assistant surgeons and
lemale nurses.
Akron Officials Threatened.
The Akron. O., city and county offi
cials are deluged with anonymous let
ters threatening them with death if thev
attempt to make arrests for Wednesday
night s riots.
Citizens have appealed to Judge J. A,
Kohler to call a special session of th
grand jury to investigate the matter.
guard ot twelve men has been placed
around the county jail to prevent any
attempt to injure Sheriff Kelly or the
county property.
Clever Capture ol Olivier.
A Queenstown dispatch, dated Friday,
describe? the dramatic capture of Gen
eral Oliver during the Boer attack on
Winburg. Light (Jucenstown volun
teers sortied from the town and took
up a position in a donga through which
the road passed and behind the Boer
position.
As the Boers retired through the don
sra in single file they were struck up one
by one and put under charge of a couple
ol men out ol sight until the Colonial
had captured 28, including General Oli
vicr ana bis three ua
AN APPEAL ISSUED.
Senor Salvador Cisneros y Betancourl Wants
the Present Military Government With
drawn Tyranny Alleged.
Speaking for and with the nuthority
of the peoplo of Cuba, Senor Salvador
Cisneros y Batancourt, twice President
of the island republic, has issued in
New York an "appeal to the American
people", for immediate freedom for the
Cubans. The appeal is also prepared in
Spanish and is now on its way to Cuba,
where it will figure powerfully. Senor
Cisneros believes in the approaching
election of delegates to the constitution
al convention.
The appeal in part says: The people
of the United States must be informed
that the military authorities in Cuba
have been arbitrary in their proceed
ings: that they have disregarded the
riuhts of the people of Cuba: that they
only too often act and have acted as
conquerors in a conquered land, rather
than representatives of a free people
helping those who had struggled for
Ireedom.
"The independence of the island and
the welfare nay, the very existence of
its people are gravely threatened to
day. all of which lias produced such gen
eral alarm and just discontent that it
has taken the constant ctlort ot the
more sober minded and temperate lead
ing Cubans to prevent an outbreak
which would repeat in Cuba the disas
trous scenes wc have witnessed in the
Philippine Islands.
Senor Cisneros then goes on to give
some of the alleged facts on which the
charges arc based. He claims niisman
agement in the custom house depart
ment and favoritism shown Americans.
He says the military Bovernment has
made many errors in the management
ot legal questions, and mentions burn
ers made at the last municipal election.
e says that greater frauds than the
posioince irauus win oe unearuicu.
COAL FAMINE THREATENS.
New Foundland and Germany Confronted
With a Serious Problem.
A coal famine now threatens the
colony of New Foundland. The estab
lishment of a large smelting enterprise
at Sydney absorbs the greater part of
the Cape Breton output: and the failure
ot Keid s mines leaves the colony with
out any local product.
Sydney coal has advanced 30 per cent
and there is probably not enough lo
supply the winter's demand. Mr. Rcid,
the railway contractor, is likely to be
most affected, his trains and steamers
absorbing fully a third of the entire co
lomal coal import.
Ihe coal tamine in Germany has be
come very serious and a number o
hambers of commerce have petitioned
the government tor rchef. I he Prus
sian Cabinet has resolved to crant
modified railroad tariff for foreign coal
in order to facilitate the importation
t coal from I'.ngland and the Unitoi
States. The Prussian Minister of Kail
ways has laid an embargo on all the coal
mined in the State mines.
TWENTY MILES OF CARS.
Santa Fe Railroad Blockaded by Long Trains
Laden With Wheat.
The extensive yards of the Sante I
Railway Company in Argentine, Kan
are almost exclusively occupied with
cars of wheat, which it is impossible to
move. It was estimated that there were
20 miles of wheat cars there this morn
ing.
The trouble is said to be due to th
nability of the Chicago division of the
road to handle the great inllow of wheat
from the various branch lines in Kansas,
The difficulty is not so much from a car
famine as it is due to the lack of mo
tive power to keep the lines cleared
All other roads in Kansas are tinalil
to handle the wheat offered. All th
levators arc full, and farmers arc dump
ing wheat in big piles on the ground
near the railroad stations.
BATTLE WITH CANADIANS.
American Traders In Provlnco of Mackenzie
Had a Bloody Encounter.
Telegrams from Winnipeg, Man., tell
of serious troubles in the Great Slav
Lake district, between American an
Canadian traders. Fifteen Americans, it
was charged, smuggled large quantities
ol supplies in and were thus enabled to
undersell the Canadians. 1 hey also fur
nished whisky to the Indians.
Edmonton traders, angry at lositi
their trade, sent a committee to notify
the Americans to retire, ihe latter de
clined and shooting followed. Augu
llriese, of Seattle, was fatally wounde
and several 01 111s companions were
hurt.
The Indians lomed in with the Ame
Hms. finally the latter tied to the tim
ber. Mounted police have been sent to
the scene.
Bankers Will Form Combine.
A great bank trust is being quietly
formed in New York city. The fact was
first brought out by the announcement
that the controlling interest in the Ninth
National bank had been purchased by
a syndicate. According to trustworthy
reports, overtures have been made to
the presidents of the National Citizens
bank. People's bank. Pacific bank. Me
chanics and Traders bank, and the East
River National bank, for an amalgama
tion of all these institutions with the
Ninth. The combined capital of the
banks is $2,622,000.
Where Wealth Is Coined.
The monthly statement of the Direc
tor of the Mints shows that during Au
gust the total coinage at the United
States mints was $7,774, 100, as follows:
Gold, $5,050,000; silver, $2,536,000; min
or coins, $188,160,
During August 13,706,000 coins of the
face value of $1,324,160 were' the prod
uct of the mint in Philadelphia, Pa.
Of this amount there were 6,104,000
coins in silver of a value of Si, 136,000,
and 6.512,000 in the base metals, alucd
at $iKS,ioo.
Richard Croker's Plunge.
Richard Crokcr took the Bryan end
of the heaviest election bet that has
been recorded so far in this camoaiitn
when he wagered $20,000 Friday ugainst
$50,000 with Louis W. wormser, of New
York, that the Democratic national tick
et would be elected.
PREPARING FOR FLIGHT.
The War Believed to be Nearly Finished.
Roberts Bald to Have Issue Annex
atlon Proclamation.
It is reported in London that Lord
Roberts has issued a proclamation for
mally annexing the Transvaal to the
ritish dominions. Gen. Christian Dc
Wet is reported to have appeared again
along the railway near Winbtirg road.
Pretoria dispatches say: Mr. Kruger
nd Mr. Steyn have gone to Barbcrton.
t is believed they are preparing lor
ight. Ihe general opinion is that the
ar is now verv near the end: but.
honld the Boers construct strongholds
in the bush, on the veldt, or elsewhere,
nd begin a system of rants, the British
ould require large supplies ot horses
Gen. Buller moved 14 miles north
westward alonii the Lvdeiibura road
and crossed the Crocodile river to Bad
intein. He found the Boers ronccn
rating in the Crocodile mountains. A
orce ol noers under totnmanii.nu
.'heron broke thronnh the British lines,
and captured anil burned a supply train
at Kilp Kivcr station, taking 35 prison
ers. Brabant's horse proceeded thither,
recaptured all the prisoners and drove
the Boers into the hills. Col. Plumer
isnersed a small commando under
Commandant Prctorius, east of Pinaar's
river, capturing 26 Boers, a number of
wagons, and a quantity of cattle and ri
fles.
ELECT OFFICERS FOR NEXT YEAR.
Voterans Unanimously Elect Major Leo Rat,-
sieur Commander-In-Chief.
The Grand Army elected officers
Thursday. They arc:
Commander-in-Chief, Leo Rassicur,
St. Louis.
Senior Vice Commander, E. C. Mini-
ken, Portland, Me.
Junior Vice Commander, Frank Sca-
nion, Knoxvillc, lenn.
Surgeon General. John A. Wilkins,
Delta, O.
Chaplain-in-Chicf, Rev. A. Drahnis,
San yuentin, Cal.
V all the selection of the above oth-
cers and the choice of Denver for the
National Encampment of loot the thir
ty-fourth National Encampment practi
cally -ame to a close.
lhere was no contest lor the honor
of entertaining the veterans in loot,
Denver being apparently the unanimous
choice of the delegates.
The following officers were elected by
the Woman's Relief Corps for the ensu
ing year: National President. Mrs. Mary
, ... ... ...... -.,. VT.: 1 l-..
1.. lnrr, i.oiigiuoni, loi.; wauonai se
nior Vice President. Mrs. Belle M. Sat
terlce, St. Louis, Mo. ; National Junior
Vice President. Mrs. Abhic K. l'lagg,
Battle Creek, Mich.; National Treasur
er, Mrs. Sarah E. Phillips, Syracuse,
N. Y.
MASON-DIXON LINE.
Rosurvey of that Historic Bounday Has Be-
gun Granite Posts to Mark the Lino.
The resurvcy of the Mason and Dix
on boundary line between Pennsylvania
and Maryland has begun under the di
rection of a commission consisting of
Dr. Henry S. Prittchett. superintendent
of the survey: Dr. William Bullock
Clarke, of the Johns Hopkins Universi
ty and State geologist of Maryland, and
Major Brown, of Ilarnsburg. V. C.
Hudgins, of the coast survey steamer
Blake, is also identified with the work.
It is probable that large granite posts,
three feet in length, will be used to
mark the boundary line. Abmit the onljj
inscription on the posts will be an "M '
on the Maryland side and a "P" on the
Pennsylvania side, which will be chisel
ed in the hard granite. A reference to
the authority under which the resurvcy
is made, may also be cut in each post.
Librarian Buchard. of the United
States Coast and Geological Survey, is
preparing historical data dealing with
the Mason and Dixon line, which is to
be published by the government.
Fatol Street Car Panic.
As the result of a panic on an electric
car at Silver Lake, an Akron, O., sub
urban resort, late Friday night, one
person was killed and three others in
jured. The panic was caused by a fuse
burning out and flames bursting up
through- the car floor. The passengers
became terrified and made a Irantic
rush to get off.
Tho Now Chief Justlco.
A commission was Issued Monday by
Governor Stone, of Pennsylvania, lo
Judge J. Brewster McCtillom. of Mont
rose, designating him as Chief Justice
of the Supreme Court to fill the vacancy
created by the death of Justice Henry
Green. Justice .McCulloni is a Demo
crat, and his commission runs until the
first Monday ot January, iqio, when
Judge Dean, of Hollidaysburg, will be
come Chief Justice.
The new Cluet Justice was next to
Justice Green in seniority and under the
constitution tnc iiovernor is required to
promote him. He will appoint a Su
preme Judge to fill the vacancy created
bv these changes after his return from
the Grand Army encampment at Chi
cago.
Fighting on the Danube.
Fighting as a result of the tension be
tween the Roumanian and Bulgarian
governments, due to the demand of the
former for the suppression of the Mace
donian revolutionary committee, a con
flict took place Friday between Rouma
nian and Bulgarian peasants atcrcio-
rova on the Koumaman sine 01 tnc
Danube. Two Bulgarians were killed
and many of both parties were
wounded.
Mine Scales Blown Up.
The scales of the Potomac Coal Com
pany at their Potomac mine near Bar
ton, Allegany county, Md., were blown
up with dynamite at 8 o'clock Tuesday
night. . , . .
The Gorman and Caledonia miners
during the day held a meeting and ask
ed for a checkweighninn. They waitud
on the Potomac miners and asked them
to join in ihe movement, but they con
cluded not to ask for a checkweighmait.
The explosion is regarded as a sequel
to this incident. None of the Potomac
.miners are blamed.
LIFE IMPRISONMENT.
Bressl Tried and Sentenced In One Day Prt
ceedlngs Brief, With no Mercy Shown.
Horror ol Ihe Italian Prison.
The trial of Bressl, the Anarchist
who, July 29, shot and killed King
Humbert, of Italy, at Monza, while Hie
Majesty was returning from a gymnas
tic exhibition, resulted in the regicide
being sentenced to life imprisonment,
the limit of the Italian law,
Although Bressi escapes death, his
fate will appear to most men far worse
than death. His first place of incarcer
ation will be the "secret cell," a cham
ber about six feet long by three wide,
and half lighted. A lew inches above
the floor is a plank about half a yard
wide and slightly inclined, which serves
as a bed. The food is bread and water,
passed through a little window called
the "spy" by the jailer, the door being
always kept rigorously closed.
He will be condemned to absolute si
lence. If he breaks the rule he is sub
ject to other punishments, such as thv!
straight waistcoat, iron ami straight bed.
If he attempts his life in any way he
will be put in the straight waistcoat,
and at night in a sort of sack in which
he cannot move.
W hen he has suffered the punishment
of the "secret cell" for a longer or short
er time, he will be removed to another
cell, where he must rtmiain for 10 years.
Its size depends on the construction ol
the prison. These cells are lighted from
the corridor, and arc generally about
two yards square. The bed is the usual
flank, and bread and water the food.
11 winter a single blanket is allowed
at night. Silence is still enjoined, the
only concession is the door being open
ed a few inches. The food is given only
once in 24 hours. If the prisoner is
sick, the doctor can have him removed
to the prison infirmary, where he is
kept in a separate chamber. Prisoners
in solitary confinement may neither
read, write, smoke nor work. They are
condemned to absolute idleness and ab
solute silence. Very few complete their
sentence; they either go mad or die.
THEIR ULTIMATUM.
Unless Anthracite Operators Agree to the
Scale a Great Strike is Imminent
Within Ten Days.
The United fine Workers' Conven
tion at Hazelton, Pa., adjourned Tues
day evening. The miners will strike in
the anthracite region if concessions are
not granted within 10 days.
That a strike of the anthracite- miners
may have a disastrous effect on the bitu
minous coal fields, is indicated in offi
cial advices that the State representa
tives of the United Mine Workers'
Union have been conference with the
National officers, and tint a decision
has been reached to strike in cvjyy bi
tuminous field where the operators
make an effort to send coal into anthra
cite fields in case of trouble. If the an
thracite miners go out it will be the fitst
organized strike on their part and the
United Mine Workers' Union is prepar
ed to exhaust its treasury in support of
them. Several hundred thousand dol
lars will be available at once, and the
national executive board has power to
levy a weekly assessment on every
member nt work. The first support
would come from the national head
quarters and when that is exhausted the
executive board may call upon the State
unions. Illinois has nearly $200,000 in
the treasury.
RICH GOLD STRIKES.
Late Dlscoverlos Show That Nome Dlstrlo
Teems With Wealth.
Late mining developments have been
of a satisfactory nature. No doubt now
remains of the genuineness of the
Kongrock strike; Harris and Quartz
creeks in that country are rich and the
former shows from 25 cents to $1.50 to
the pan. Oregon creek and its tribu
tary, Hungry creek, have developed
richness.
On Hastings creek, eight miles east
of Nome, prospectors have discovered
a gravel bed 15 feet in thickness and
of unknown breadth, extending from the
gulch way up into the hills. It is b:
lieved that the next season Hastings
creek will be the scene of most exten
sive operations in the country.
CABLE FLASHES.
President Loubet will give a banrt
to all the mayors in Trance, some
000, September 22.
There is a typhoid fever epidemii
Paris, resulting from impure wateiY
The Peruvian President is still wA
out a Cabinet. The one appointed Tui!
day night resigned next day.
A collision occurred on the Caledo
nian Underground Railway at Glasgow,
and 24 persons were seriously injured.
A group of American financiers, ac
cording to a dispatch from Moscow,
has acquired the Moscow-Archangel
railway.
About 50.000 striking miners have re
sumed work at Cardiff, Wales, the Taff
Railway Company having, acceded to
their demands.
The autumn maneuvers of the Germai
army will be attended this year for the
first time by a representative of the
French army.
Italy has protested against Germa
ny's new meat law on the ground that
it contravenes the Italian-German com
mercial treaty.
Owing to the Philippine troubles Ma
nila hemp has risen 50 per cent. German
companies will, start Manila hemp cul
ture in German F'ast Africa.
Another death, supposed to be due to
bubonic plague, occurred at Glasgow,
Scotland, Sunday. Ninety-three cas-JS
of the disease are now under observa
tion. Owing to absence of rains, the rice
crop in Nanking, China, is a failure and
silk weaving is almost at a standstill,
20,000 looms being idle. Maintenance
of order is difficult,
Giuseppe, Tomazo, a Venetian wh
is believed to have been an accompl
01 i-mgi iucnem in me assassin
of Empress Elizabeth of Austria,
been arrested at liudapest.
The Prussian academy of scicn
received from the Smithsonian It
tion an elaborate engrossed addr
congratulations upon the recent
rence oi the academy's bi-ceuten
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