All MUG DISASTER fl SEJ
THIRTY DROWNED.
Catastrophe Occurred at the Mouth of the
Bay ol Fundy But Four Saved ol
All Aboard the Mont-cello.
Tlit wort marine disaster in the long
locks ami shoals at tlic entrance to the
list of steamers wrecked among the
Hay u( Fimdy occurred Saturday
tnorniuK when the side wheel steamer
City of Moiiticcllo, bound from St.
John. N. It., (or Yarnmuili, N. S., w.n
ovcrwlu lined by the mountainous seas
only fo-r miles Ironi Iter destination
nnd cnuullcd with M of her passengers
find crew. A heavy ale was raging at
the time and there was a tremendous
Bea
The place where theMoiitieello struck
is at the month of the Hay of Fimdy
where the watirs of tlie hay join those
of the Atlantic. There are many reefs
unit slmals at this spot and the currents
tire many ami changeable, it being one
of the most dangerous places on the
coast.
The bursting of the steamer's boiler
added a new horror to the calamity,
'liny blew up with a tremendous report
when the water reached the fires. This
opened the ship's sides and undoubtedly
many i f the firemen and crew were
killed by the explosion.
Just before she foundered an attempt
was made to reach the land in a small
boat in charge of the quartermaster and
It roniaincd third Otliccr Hemming, a
stewardess named Smith and three pas
senders. This boat was smashed by a
huge comber, the occupants beiiitf
hurled limit upon the beach at rem
broke, uninjured. These are the only
survivors.
AM day long Sunday the angry sea
was easting biuised and broken bodi-s
victims of the City of Monticello dis
nster of Saturday, on the rocky shores
and so far 25 corpses have been re
covered. For ten miles wreckage of
the steamer has been strewn along the
coast and each receding wave leaves
some fresh bit of wreckage, ghastly re
minder ol the awful disaster.
TROUBLE DREWING.
Little Republic ot Are Rcsonlt Intrusion cl
Bolivian Troopi.
Hostilities are imminent in the er-
ccntly proclaimed republic of Acre, be
tween lirazil and liolivia. Acre is sit
uated in immense rubber forests and its
citizens are all engaged in the rubber
industry, liolivia partially conquered
the Utile country in August last anil tic
copied Puerto Alonzo, the capital. Al
though defeated the Acreans have refus
ed to accept Bolivians dominion,
An army has been collected bv Prcsi
dent Rodriguez Aries, of Acre, and is
about to lay siege to Catuaha, the prin
cipal town occupied by the Bolivians.
The town is being entrenched by the
Bolivian troops. It is of great strategic
importance.
BOER COMMANDO SCATTEREO.
Lord Roberli Reports a Successful Engage
ment Near Bothavillc.
Lord Roberts reports a successful en
gagement with the liners in the Oranuc
River colony in which one of the iso
lated liner commandoes was badly
smashed. It is the first effective work
done by the British in many weeks. The
report loiiows:
"Col. I.c Gallais surprised 1,000 Boers
three miles. south of ltothavtllc an
completely defeated them. The British
captured one 12-poundcr of Q battery
one ic-poundcr of the Fourteenth bat
tery, four Krupps and one Maxim; all
tncir wagons and ammunition and one
hundred prisoners. The Boers lost 25
killed and 30 wounded. Our loss was
II killed nnd .13 wounded, including Lc
viauais Kineu.
ANOTHER STORM AT NOME.
Much Property Wat Destroyed, But No Lives
Were Lost.
The steamship Charles Nelson has
arrived at Port Townscnd, Wash., from
Nome. She reports that prior to her
sailing Nome Beach was swept by an
other severe storm which did much
damage to small shipping and to build
jugs whose whose owners were unwise
enough to commence construction on
the beach after the September storm
On this occasion, while the damage
was heavy, there was no loss of hie. N
large packets suffered in the gale, but
many small cratt were demolished.
GRIEF CRAZED HIM.
An lewa Man Who Landed In Jail Fires II and
it Cremated.
At Lansing, la., the 12-year-old sou
of Chris Rud was run down by a freight
train and has left leg severed below the
knee. The father took the matter to
heart so that he became irresponsible
assaulting an officer, wdio landed him in
tail. it hi 11 20 minutes the tail am
City Hall building were discovered to
be on fire, and the agonizing shrieks of
the prisoner told that he had paid the
penalty of his recklessness with his lite
The building cost $12,000, and wai
totally destroyed. Rud leaves a large
family in destitute circumstances.
EnglUh Like Our Shoe.
The latest discovery of successful
American enterprise in England is in
the boot and shoe trade. . Daily (he
American article is gaining headway.
One agent, after three years' work, cot
1,200 large customers, his turnover this
year amounting Jo many thousands of
pounds.
Six Millions Starving.
Oriental advices state that four to six
millions Chinese north of Peking are in
danger of starving, their crops having
been a total failure. One million piculs
of tribute rice were to be dispatched"
from Shanghai and distributed among
these hungry hordes from Ticn-Tsin
nnd Peking, but the military forces it
Shanghai gave orders that no rice
should be sent out of Central China.
There is danger that an immense swarm
of robbers will be sent out of the fam
' ine district, at usually happens.
LATEST NEWS NOTES.
Frank Mav. t6 years, Bedford, Pn.,
was accidentally killed, while out hunt
ing. Murdered Fcrrell has been transferred
to the death cage in the Ohio pcnitcii-
'3'
The Cfamblclt murder trial at Steu-
ruville, O., has reached the argument
stage.
The total of cash subscriptions to the
alveston relief fund has reached
1537").
lohn A. Russell, of F.lgin. III., has
signed the position of attorney general
f l'uerto Rico.
The cvmiiasiuni at the University of
otre Dame. South Bend, lnd., was dfc-
Iroycd by lire.
Mai. lien. Klwcll S. Otis arrived at
Chicago ancf took command of the de
triment of the Lakes.
The New Kensington (Pa.) board of
trade is prosecuting milk dealers for
doctoring their product.
l.t." Nabors. n nfm, shot and kill
ed J. L. llolcomli at Coanomn, Miss.,
and was promptly lynched.
At Fort Kenton. Mont., six prisoners
have escaped from the county jail, and
one has since been recaptured.
The recent reticence of the Chinese
ends to the conclusion that they arc
plotting further acts of treachery.
The Globe Window Glass works nt
rimllav. ().. has resumed operations
nfter an idleness of over a month.
Snow nnd hail is reported in north
ern Virginia, ami snow in the valley ls
ir south as Kock Bridge county.
David llnrran. 80 years old, was Will -
1 at Willoughbv. ( )., by one of his
mints. Potter Michael, aged Co.
Louise Frost, aged 11, was assaulted
and murdered at Linion, Col. There
were 14 stab wounds in the child's body
The report of Quartermaster General
.tulinutoii shows an expenditure for
the army during the year of $8,i,o7H,oj5.
The British transport Ilawarden Cas
, having on board the Royal Cana
dian regiment, has sailed from Cape
Town.
The Japanese battleship Mikasa, said
to be the most formidable vessel 111 the
world, was launched at Barrow, Eng
land.
Miss Bemita F. Clark, of Rockford,
111., an army nurse during the war with
Spain, committed suicide in a Chicago
hotel.
The town of Wren, southwest of
Lima, ()., was ahncst wiped out of ex
istence by fire, lhe loss will reach
$100,000.
The work of rebuilding the Valley
Street railway has been commenced it
Sharon, Pa. Improvements wilt cost
$100,000.
Six young men were caught robbing
1 clothing store at Parkersburg, W.
Va. T.ach was dressed 111 a complete
new outfit.
A passenger train ran down a wagon
and fatally injured three occupants and
slightly injured two others near Mew
Lenox, 111.
Hundreds of the clergy nnd several
bishops have been arrested on suspicion
of being implicated in the Carlist move
ment 111 Spain.
Fifty-two cars and the electrical ma
chinery of the Norfolk, Va., Trolley
Railway Company were destroyed by
lire; loss $150,000.
Americans citizens complain that
German authorities expelled them from
Alsace-Lorraine when they went to visit
their old homes.
Nineteen of the crew of the collier
City of Vienna were drowned by a col
lision with an unknown steamer in the
English channel.
Field Marshal von Waldcrsec will try
to compel by force of arms the return
of the Chinese emperor and empress
dowager to 1 eking. .
While excavating near Cumberland
Mil., Supt. Daniel J. Williams discover
ed a fine cavern filled with glistening
stalagmites and stalactites.
Two express trains collided in Ger
many. A gas reservoir exploded, set
ting fire to the wreckage, and seven per
sons were burned to death and four in
jnred.
The Italian government has decided
to adopt serious measures for the pro
tectum of King Victor Emmanuel.
special section of police is being organ
ized.
The Bcllcfonte (Pa.) chapter of
Daughters of the American Revolution
dedicated a monument near Old Fort
in Pcnns valley to mark the spot where
1 nomas andoran and Jacob Shadacrc
were killed by Indians in 1770.
Two steamers nnd 20 odd sailing ves
sels were wrecked in the Black sea dur
ing the recent storms, several founder
ing with their entire crews.
The Flmore Cooper Live Stock Com
pany has tiled a bankruptcy petition t
Kansas City, Mo., with liabilities of
$(100,000 nnd assets of $.oo,ooo.
A semi-official statement from Nome
bankers gives the gold output of that
district as $ooo,ooo for the past season
as compared with $2,000,000 for Ifvjo,,
Cigarette dealers of Chicago who are
fighting in the courts the payment of
the $100 license fee imposed by the city
council two years ago, have lost their
case.
The Argentine government has pub
lishcd a decree declaring that Villa Con
cepcion is infected with the plague, and
that other raraguayan ports are suspi
cious.
Jerry Lynch, aged 72, believed to he
the last surviving member of the crew
of the Confederate battleship Alabama
died at his residence in Innian Park,
Ga., Thursday.
The iron mines discovered a year ago
in the government 01 is.ursK tin tne
south of European Russia) for the
working of which 18 companies were
partially established, prove to be value
less.
Reports from the northwest show
general full in temperature of 15 to 20
degrees with light falls of snow at sev
eral points. This is the coldest weather
of the season.
The Russian government1 intends
sending an agent to the United States
to study homestead legislation, wit
the view of its parallel application to the
peasant communities. ,
The police have traced the securities
that were recently stolen from the iti
can. They were sold at Genoa to some
persons that are supposed to have gone
10 tne unueu siates.
IE
BOXERS DEFEATED.
Alter 6,000 Are Killed In Fierce Battle,
Bend ol 300 Fight On Until
Cut Down.
A battle was fought at Tsan-Tsou, on
the Shantung-Chili-Li border, a few
days ngo between imperial troops and
oxers. Gen. Yuan's troops numbered
000 and the lloxrrs t2,ooo. Two tholl
tnd men were left to guaxl Tsang-
Choit ami Gen. Mei, in charge of the im
perial troops, gave battle outside.
The battle lasted nil day and resulted
the defeat of the Boxers with great
oss. 1 heir leader. I hen, relused to re
treat, and when the fight was lost fought
it It ,100 desperadoes in a ravine until
wero killed. II is head was taken
and hung on the walls of the city. Six
thousand rebels were killed.
Consul Goodnow, of Shanghai, has
ade a summary ol the Boxer outrages,
bowing that 0.1 American nnd British
missionaries were murdered and 17
(her missionaries in Shaitsi and Chih-
i are missing.
Telegrams from Peking, dated S1111-
iv, sav: I lie triads nave broken out
in Kwang-Si and Marshal Sit, com
mander-in-chief of the imperial forces,
is nskmg for 10.000 men to suppress
them. The British have dispatched in
ntry nnd artillery to guard the Kow
.0011 frontier.
The Canton papers feport the exertt
m of Chit, a prominent leader of the
'riads, nnd the arrest of Yeting Heiing
o, a prominent reformer.
The Chinese peace commissioner!
having urged the dowager empress to
xecnte immediately 111 llsien, govern
or of Shensi province, niul Gen, Tung Fu
Slang as proof of the good intentions
f the government to punish adequately
those officials who nrc most responsible
or the and foreign atrocities, a reply
has come from the court that the utmost
sentence for Yu llsien will be banish
ment and that, as the court is now in
the power of Tung Fu Siang's troops,
it is impossible to punish Tung Fu Siaug
at all.
WAR TAXES TO BE CUT.
How Much Reduction It Practicable Will
Depend Upon the Phllllplnet.
Representative S. E. Payne, of New
York, chairman of the ways and means
committee nnd Republican leader of the
House, says he will call a meeting of
the Republican members of his commit
tee for November 20 to outline a par
tial program for work in the House
during the approaching session.
One of the matters winch will come
before this meeting will be a reduction
in the war revenue taxes. He did not
think that the reduction would exceed
$15,000,000, or less than one-fiilli of the
present revenues from this source.
Much, he thought, would depend upon
the condition of affairs in the Philip
pines when the bill came up for consid
eration. If a considerable army had to
be maintained there for any length of
time it might be wise nut to cut the
revenues too closely. 1 here were, how
ever, a number of items in the present
law that might be wisely eliminated nnd
these would receive attention. Mr.
Payne said that the ship subsidy bill
would be taken up and an effort made
to pass it at the coming session.
COURT-MARTIAL CASE8.
For Robbing Peaceful Natives Three Filipinos
Are Executed.
Two courtmartial cases in the Philip
pines made public by the war depart
ment Saturday were the trials of Ro
man Santiago nnd I'ablo dc La Cruz,
both native Philipinos, and of another
native, also named Roman Santiago.
In the first instance the two natives
were members of a band of guerrilla
mauraudcrs who seized upon two
peaceful natives, robbed them, accused
them of being American spies, hanged
them to a telegraph pole and shot tlicm
to death.
Roman Santiago, the second, was
charged with taking part in the forcible
seizure of live natives who were drag
ged from their homes at night in the
barrio of Namipitan and who were, with
one exception, found mutilated and life
less in a nearby held, lhe evidence in
this case pointed conclusively at the
band of which Santiago was a member,
Death penalties in each case were ap
proved and executed.
$15,000,000 FOR A MINE.
Great Cold Mining Property Said to Have
Been Sold to a Syndicate.
Although the reported sale of the
Portktnd mine is denied at the offices
of the company in Colorado Springs,
Col., it is generally believed in mining
circles that this great Cripple Creek
property will pass into the hands of an
r.nghsh syndicate consisting of the
Venture corporation, the Exploration
Company and Werner, Belt & Co., the
South African diamond miners and in
vestors in Mexico mines and railways.
It is said that the price to be paid is
about $15,000,000. It is believed that
the Fortland will be consolidated with
Stratton's Independence, Limited. Such
a -consolidation would create probably
the greatest gold-producing property in
the world.
Enterio Fever In China.
Count Waldcrsce telegraphs from Pc
kin that dysentery, which has caused
so much sickness among the troops is
abating, but that enteric fever still pre
vails. Military operations go on with
out cessation. Two companies of Jap
anese have been dispatched against the
Boxers in the Chu N1I1 Sien neighbor
hood.
Robert G. Dun Dead.
R. G. Dun, head of the R. G. Dun
mercantile agency, died Saturday at his
home in New York city of cirrhosis of
the liver and heart failure.
Born of Scotch parents in Chillicothc,
O,, in 18.26. Robert Graham Dun began
life by clerking in a country store for $2
a week. In 1B51 he entered Benjamin
Douglass' mercantile agency in New
York, became a partner three years
later and purchased a controlling inter
est in the business in 1859. The chief
of the agency's publications is the pe
riodical known at Dun's Review.
REBELS NOT SUBDUED.
General MacArthur Reports Thai Large
, Army It Still Required In the
Phllllppinei.
"For many years to come, the neces
sity of a large American naval and mili
tary force is too apparent to admit of
discussion," says Maj. Gen. Arthur
MacArthur, military commander in the
Philippines, in his report upon the sit
uation there. He-says a widely-scat
tered formation of Filipinos quicklv
followed the guerrilla warfare, which led
to a corresponding dissemination of
American troops! there being 53 mili
tary stations in the nrchipelago Novem
ber I, lK)o,, nnd 11,1 stations September
1, lono. This resulted in a large lum
ber of minor affairs. 'The casualties be
tween the dales stated were 208 Ameri
cans killed, 7W wounded and cap
tured. 'The Filipino losses being .1,2.7
killed, (). wounded and 2.K04 captured.
"The Filipinos," he continues, "are
not a warlike or ferocious people,
lft to themselves n large number of
them would gladly accept American su
prcmaey. j hey seem to be, however.
uctuated by the idea that in all doubtful
matters of politics or war men arc
never nearer right than when going
with their own kith and kin regardless
01 consequences.
REVOLT IN COLOMBIA.
The Liberal Uprising May Cause the Overthrow
of the Government.
A dispatch from Guayaquil, Ecuador,
says: Important news indicating that the
liberal rebellion in Colombia will result
in the overthrow of the government has
been received from Panama by the
steamer Loa. Gen. Uribe, chief of the
liberal forces in the east, has won an
important victory in the capture of Co
ronal, one of the government's strong
holds in the llabana region of Bolivar,
this city, which has 10,000 inhabitants
and is important because it will give
the rebels a base from which to operate
against the Caribbean ports of Carta
gena and llarranqiulla, was held by 1
government force about 1,000 strong. un
uer nen. nouriguez. unoe nilacKeu
with a force of several hum red men
After several sharp encounters he sur
rounded the place, and Gen. Rodriguez
seeing it would be useless to resist, sur
rendered on October 15.
Liberal terms were granted bv the
rebel leader. He permuted Gen. Rod
riguez and his officers to depart with
swords ami baggage and all the ncces
sary supplies and animals to transport
their belongings. The soldiers were
deprived of their guns and ammunition
and then set free on parole. I his con
duet on the part of Untie and the pres
tigc of the victory made most of the
men of Rodriguez s army his partisans
and they were incorporated into his
loree.
With the fall of Bnrrawiuilla it is cen
erally recognized that the insurrection
will be a success, nnd the government
is making effort to defend the port
Gen. Pinznn. minister of war. took per-
sonal command of a force of .1.000 men
that recently started from the capital
to operate against Uribe. It is feared
however, that Ins army has been inter
cepted by the rebels in Tolima orov
ince, north of Bogota, as nothing had
been heard of him in llarranquilln. The
rebels of .Santandcr also would dispute
his way. They hold stronir positions nt
llarrauca and Hrrnie.-i, on the Magda
lena river, under command of Gen. Var
gas Santos, and could stop progress of
the government lorces by water, thus
making Uribe free to operate in Boh
var province.
Late advices from Buenaventura also
show a serious condition in the west
Buenaventura is besieged bv a strong
force of liberals and blockaded bv th
rebel steamers Galtan ami Salinas. The
government punboat Bovarn is held in
the harbor. It is partially disabled and
unable to give battle to the insurgent
cratt. J he city is defended by 700 gov
eminent troops, well intrenched. A de
termined attack was made by the lib
erals, but It was repulsed, the govern
ment ccmir.nnder, however, is fearful
that he will be unable to resist muc
longer.
Swift Rotributlon.
At Logan, Mingo county, W. Va
Adam McCoy was killed by his neigh
bor, Albert Stinson, who after commit
ting the crime, endeavored to escape to
Kentucky in a leaky John-boat. 1 he
craft sank in the swift tide of Tug
river and Stinson was drowned.
The two men made a wager on th
result of the Kentucky election and
each were laiining they won the bet
when they came to blows. Stinson
struck his antagonist a heavy blow
with a cudgel, which fractured the skull
death ensuing soon after.
Stern Demand On Morocco.
The instructions of the state depart
ment to United States Consul Gunncre
at Tangier are to collect an indemnity
from the Moorish government for the
murder of Marcus Essapin, a natural
ized American citizen, who was kille
about a year ago by a mob. The Moor
ish government disclaimed resoonsibil
ity for the occurrence. The battleship
Kentucky is passing through the Medi
terranean on her way to Manila. She
may touch at a Moorish port, and her
presence may stimulate action on the
consul t demands.
Threaten a Big Strike.
The striking boiler makers in the
shops of the Boston & Albany railroad
in West Springfield. Mass., threaten to
tie up the entire Vandcrbilt system if
their demands are not granted. Th
declare they have 20,000 boiler makers
behind them.
Cramblett Acquitted.
At Steubenville, O., after three weeks'
trial, three days being devoted to argu
ments, the jury in the case of Quincy
Cramblett, charged with the murder
James Gosncll. came in Saturday, after
four hours deliberation with a verdict
not guilty. At the hrst trial he was
found guilty, but was given a new trial
by the tame judge. Cramblett has been
in jail a year and he has had public
feeling in his favor all the time. There
wat only circumstantial evidence against
mm.
TO DISCUSS COMMERCE.
Confederation Propotod Scheme to Form an
Alliance ol all Central and 8outh
American Republics.
The formal deliberations of the Span-
h-Amerlcan congress now in session
Madrid, Spain, will be confined to
commercial subjects, but the talk be
tween the delegates In their informal
gatherings is of a more serious nnd in
teresting character. Chili is said to
favor n Spanish-American confederation
on the plan proposed by Bolivar ?5
years ago, and including all the repub
lics from the northern boundary d
Mexico to Cape .Horn. Argentina
auds aloof, owing to hostility to Chili
nnd Brazil. Peru nnd Venezuela arc
inclined to regard the proposition as
tmlrieiidly to the United Mates.
It is openly rental ked by some dele-
ales that the growing power of the
United States is more of a menace to
011th American liberty than Kuroticaii
lesire for territory. The journey of the
American war vessel Wilmington into
the interior of South America is spok -n
of with suspicion and the occupation of
Utiba is pointed to as an example of
what any Spanish-American state nu-y
expect that gives an opening to the
Americans.
Sympathy with Snain in her losset
luring the late war is almost universal.
and it is the opinion of correspondents
irom London and Tans that an effort
will be made as a result of the present
congress to bring about a close defen
sive alliance of Central and South
America.
'Telegrams from Berlin say: The Ger
man government is keeping a careful
watch on the deliberations of the Span
ish-American congress nt Madrid, wi;h
the object of learning South Ameri
can sentiment toward German schemes
of colonization in that region.
WILL PAT FOR STRIKES.
Austrian Manutaclurcrl Form an Assocla Ion.
. Large Fund to be Collected.
A number of Austrian manufacturers
have formed an association for insur
ance against strikes, according to Unit
ed States Consul Hossfeld, at Trieste.
It is the object of the association to in
demnify its several members for nil
osses sustained by them from unitist
strikes which may break out in their re
spective establishments. T.ach member
is to pay a weekly premium equal to
from three to four per cent, of the
amount of his payroll. When a strike
occurs a committee will be appointed
to investigate all the circumstances and
if the cause of the strikers be found just
no indemnity shall be paid.
A similar insurance association, al
though on a smaller scale, is said to
have been organized in Germany. "Both
the Austrian and the German associa
tions, it appears, savs Consul Hoss
feld, "recognize in principle the justness
of strikes, which is, in Germany at least,
an important concession to labor."
LYNCHERS SENTENCED.
Louisiana Court Takes Firm Stand Life
Terms Meted Out.
William Daniels and Ross Johnson
have been convicted of murder at Lake
Charles, La., and sentenced to the Sta;e
penitentiary for life. The case is a re
markable one, since it marks the first
instance in that State where would-be
lynchers have been caught and convict
ed. On September 27 of fliis
Lake Charles a negro was captured and
lodged in iail for an attempted assault
At night a mob gathered and attempted
to break into the prison. The sheriff's
deputies resisted and during the melee
one of their number was killed. Daniels
and Johnson were convicted of doing
the killing.
The Retirement ol Tupper.
Sir Charles Tupper, leader of the
Conservative party in Canada, has an
nounced his intention to retire from
public life. He has been for nearly 45
years in public harness and desired to
resign two years ago, but the party was
unwilling to consent.
Conservative members in all the prov
inces have offered to resign in his favor,
but he declines. He urged the several
races in Canada to work unitcdlv to I
make the Dominion great.
CAPTURED AFTER A CHASE.
A Montana Desperado Kills a Shenff and
nounet Many Liners. 4
After a running fitlit. durinir wlii -h i
three deputy sheriffs were wounded. ,
Sheriff Kellogg and a posse captured
the desperado who robbed and probably
i.ii.uiy mioi rranK iseaver near Logan, '
Mont., and then killed Sheriff Ymmtr I
and wounded four deputies who attempt-1
ed to arrest him at Springdale. Two
miles west of Big Timber a deputy sher
iff challenged a man who proved to be
the fugitive. The latter immediately
opened fire. Other deputies came up.
and after a long chase, during which
dozens of shots were fired, the desperado
was finally surrounded and overpower
ed. None of the deputies wounded are
fatally nurr
An Inhuman Father.
John Kremposky, an Austrian, who
keeps a boarding house at Kearney. Pa.,
shot his 6-year-old daughter, it is claim
ed, because she, while suffering with
whooping cough, annoyed her father
and kept him from sleeping. While
Kremposky was being conveyed to the
jail at Bedford his daughter died and
he will be tried for murder. The pris
oner said the shooting was accidental
and happened while he was showing his
gun to his nephew.
CABLE FLASHES.
t Ten thousand Irish children are
taught the Erse language.
The queen has issued an order for
bidding the docking of horses' tails.
King Victor Emmanuel, of Italy, cel
ebrated his birthday by pardoning many
criminals.
Two snakes have been found at Bray,
Ireland. It is thought they were im
ported from England. -
NEW ALLIANCE.
Reportt Say Thai Russia, France, Japan ail
the United Stales Are Allied Against
Germany and England.
The announcement from St. Peters
burg that Russia, France, Japan and the
United States had formed an alliance
to offset that of England and Germany
has created a sensation in diplomatic
circles nt Washington. While the state .
department refuses to confirm the news
there is no doubt that negotiations are
in progress there, in St. Petersburg,
at I'aris nnd at Tokio.
'There is also no doubt that the two
adverse parties, Great Britain and Ger
many, on the one hand, and Russia and
France on the other, are playing for
the support of the United States.
America has become the balance of
power for the seltjemetit of the Chinese
question. She has more power to-day
in that matter than has nny other coun
try, for to which side she leans that side
will carry its point.
'The United States has not committed
itself to nny policy which demands a
secret arrangement among the four pow
ers.
ANNEXING TERRITORY.
Russia Claiming Land Near Tien Ttln by
Right of Conquest.
Gen. Lincvitch, commander of the
Russian troops, has officially notified
the foreign consuls through the Russian
consul, that the land of the riverside op
posite the British and German settle
ments nt Ticn-Tsin has been annexed to
Russia by right of conquest. Unless all
foreign owners of property immediately
deposit documents proving their owner
ship, no claims will be entertained.
Much railroad property, as well as the
cast arsenal, is included in the territory
annexed by Russia. The consuls will
protest against the annexation.
Advices from Washington and Lon
don say the Russian ambassadors there
discredit the story of actual annexation
01 territory near lien-1 sin, although
they admit that concessions similar to
those enjoyed by other powers may
have been demanded.
A dispatch to the Ifavas agency, in
Paris, from Peking announces that n
high Chinese personage says the rebel
lion being organized in South China
is runining commerce; that the revenues
rre decreasing, and that the payment
of the interest of the debt next spring
is ooiimim.
Prince Ching and I.I Hung Chanir,
the dispatch adds, regret the delay In
presenting the peace propositions and
express fears as to the future. They
are ready to accept propositions based
on M. Delcnsse't proposals, but, it is
further asserted, the foreign ministers
are meanwhile marking time and dis
cussing secondary questions.
COPLEY GUSHER OUTDONE.
A New Well In Woit Virginia Spcullng 6,000
Barrolt of Oil a Day.
Another oil gusher, which began
belching forth the green i, 'I at the
rate of 250 barrels an hour, or 6,.fc bar
rels a day, has been struck in the Sand
Fork development, Lewis county, W.
Va. The well tapped the pay at 9
o'clock Thursday forenoon. The new
strike is owned by J. M. Guffcy & Co, .
and the South Penn (Jil Company.
It is only 47 days ago that the oil
trade was startled by the South Penn
Oil Company drilling in a 5.000-barrel
gusher on the Copley heirs' farrrt. The
new well is located on the Turner farm
and about 1,300 feet due east of the
Copley well. When the pay was tap
ped the well at once began to spout
oil, filling a 250-barrel tank in 40 min
utes. Kruger Sick on Shipboard.
Dispatches from Port Said assert that
the Dutch cruiser 'Gctdcrland, has been
obliged to reduce speed considerably in
consequence of the illness of Mr. Kru
ger. The Gclderland is not expected
to reach Marseilles before November
15.
The municipal council has adopted a
motion expressing warm sympathy and
admiration for the Boers "in their
heroic defense of their independence",
and resolving that the president and
other officers of the council shall wel
come Kruger at the station upon hit
arrival in Paris and invite him to a re
ception at the Hotel de Ville. The Na
tionalist group in the chamber of depu-
ttoa nrini ,intrl a rldpcmtirin ff m..t
I I. ... tl.i,
Too Hot tor the Sheriff.
Sli'-rifT . Scott, of Grimes county,
Texas, has consented to abdicate his
office and seek a new career elsewhere,
lie failed to please an organization
known as the White Man's Union in
bis administration of the office and a
controversy ensued which culminated
last week in a shooting affray. In thit
the sheriff was wtjunded. his brother
and William McDonald were killed, at
was also John Bradley, Jr.
Since then the sheriff has defended
himself in the jail. State troops have
arrived on the scene and they will es
cort the besieged sheriff to Houston.
For Rural Free Dolhrery.
The appropriation for rural free de
livery service which the postmaster
general will ask from congress for the
next fiscal year probably will be up
ward of two and a half million dollars,
as it is proposed to extend the service
to all parts ol the country. Ine esti
mates which will be submitted to con
Ine esti- I
ted to con-- J
elivery ser- J
be $17,140'
cent.r
gress for the regular free delivery
vice, it is understood, will
000, an increase of 0.8 per cent.
the appropriation for last year.
NEWSY GLEANIN
The population of Wyomi
cially announced by the cei
ts 93.531.
John Kedmond said that
fund will build a Parnell
London.
The Diamond M:l:h C
move its general offices
to New York city. '
A plot to escape from tl
ty (III.) jail was discoved
delivery frustrated.
The population of Fl
cially announced by
reau. U S2S..U2.
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