umi'ETITOIi AFFAIIt.
THE CONDEMNED MEN TO HAVE A
NEW TRIAL.
Fighting ftab Kvana' Proposition to Nettle
the OnhH Qnestlon Would lo It Speed
ily With the Indiana Soldiers Oin
American Consalnte at Baroelona,
London, May 18. The Madrid eorre
spnndent of The Ftanriard say: "On
Monday Ppaln and the United State ar
rived at an amicable understanding, and
th Competitor prisoners will be allowed
a tiaw trial before the ordinary court un
der the existing treaties between Spain and
the United States."
pain Heeds a Warning,
Washington, May 19. Conoernlnf the
entenoe of death imposed by the oooii
martial at Havana on the prlaonen cap
tured on the American schooner Competi
tor, It can be authoritatively stated that
at the request of the United States the
f-'panlsh government will postpone execu
tion of the death sentences npon American
citizens nntll the views of the United
States government respecting the applies
tion to their cases of the treaty of 1705
and the protocol of 187T can be presented
and considered.
The above announcement means a delay
of soma weeks at least In the attempt to
carry oat the sentences. The matter will
be made the subjeot of correspondence on
the Interpretation to be given the treaty
provisions, and meanwhile popular excite
ment both here and In Spain will have
time to become allayed.
It Is stated here on the highest authori
ty that the Spanish minister has advised
his government to commute the sentcnoes
of the Americans captured on the Com
petitor, and that there Is good reason to
believe that his advice will be followed.
It Is expected that In the end the Amerl
oans will be fully pardoned, unless, after
a civil trial, fairly and dispassionately
conducted, they shall be found guilty. In
that event the sentence of the civil court
will probably be oarrled oat without pro
test from our government.
Well Informed officials say their case la
In many respeota similar to that of ex
Consul Waller In Madagascar, against
whom, however, tha evldenoe was more
of a circumstantial character, yet he was
sentenced to penal servitude for life, sub
sequently to be fully pardoned upon the
energctlo Insistence of Secretary Olney,
whose prompt Intervention In the Com
petitor affair, It Is not doubted, will be
ultimately as successful.
"Fighting Bob's Views on Cuba.
Washington, May 18. Fighting Bob
Evans of the United States navy does not
approve of the Cuban policy of the admin
istration, and when he was In Washington
a few days ago he frankly told the presi
dent so. He thinks this government
ought to show Its sympathy with the in
surgents and take a hand In the shindy.
If he had his way, be would drive the
Spaniards out of Cuba entirely and annex
the Island to the United States. He gave
the president some powerful arguments to
sustain that view of the case, but the pres
ident begged off and referred Fighting
Bob to Secretary Olney, who, he said, was
looking after the Cuban business. So
when Captain Evans was In Washington
he called upon the secretary of state and
was Introduced by Assistant Secretary
MoAdoo of the navy department, who Is
also a Cuban sympathiser In seoret.
Captain Evans expressed his views with
great freedom to the secretary of state, as
he did to his friend, the president, and
among other things he said:
"Mr. Seoretary, the battleship Indiana,
which I have the honor to command, Is
the fastest fighting machine afloat, and If
yon will give the word I will go down. to
Cuba and with her alone will undertake
to olean out the entire Spanish fleet"
The secretary of state smiled, but re
mained silent,
"See here, Mr. Secretary," continued
the captain earnestly, "wouldn't yon like
to have me erulse down around Cuba and
bring home a box of fine Havana olgarsf "
"I don't smoke," waa the secretary's
curt reply.
Captain Evans bowed obediently to the
decision and said good by, but be oould
not conceal bis disappointment. When he
left the secretary's oltioe, he remarked In
an undertone to Mr. McAdoo that If they
would only give him a chance In Cuba
with his battleship "no language but
Spanish wonld be spoken In hell for the
next five years. "
Bermuda's aeeeseful Expedition,
Mew Orleans, May 18. Passengers on
the steamer Clearwater, which arrived at
Mobile for Puerto Cortes, Honduras, re
port that the steamer Bermuda Is now in
that harbor, having auooeeded In landing
her cargo of arms, ammunition, maoblne
guns and machetes on the Cuban coast.
where they were received by a detaohment
of the Cuban army and taken to the inte
rior. The Bermuda enoountered greater
difficulties In landing bar cargo this tlma
than on her first trip to Cuba, The Span
iards seem to have received some warning
of the place that she would land, for a
cruiser was In waiting there, which gave
chase to the Bermuda as soon as she hove
In sight The American vessel was the
faster and got ont of range. She returned
the next day, landed her arms and ammu
nition and turned them over to officers of
the Cuban army, but had barely landed
them when the Spanish orulser again
came Into sight and fired one gun at the
Bermuda, wbloh soon esoaped. The Ber
muda Is now loading with bananas for
New York, whloh port she will reach la a
few days.
Their Fate la Spain's Hand.
Havana, May 11 The Spanish govarn-
' ment has been asked to approve the een
tenoe of death paassd by a court martial
npon the men captured on board the Com
petitor on a charge of piracy and rebellion.
The men sentenoed are:
Alfred Laborde, said to be the leader of
the party and claiming American citizen
ship. Dr. Ellas Bedla, also claiming Ameri
can oltlsenshlp.
William Uildea, said to be a British sub
jeot. John Melton, a native of Kansas.
Teodoro Mate.
This places the fata of tha men in the
hands of the authorities at Madrid and
Insures that they will not be executed
without an order from the Spanish gov
ernment Preparing For an Attack.
Barcelona, May 11. Owing to grave
fears on tba part of tha authorities of a re
newal of the antl-Amerloan demonstra
tions In this eity, the police and the otvll
guard have been conoentrated, and oftloial
vigilance to prevent disturbances has been
resumed. Hpeoial precaution has been
taken against an attack upon the United
States consulate, at the door of which two
civil guards, wfta loaded our bines, have
been posts-- ;
The Brooklyn's Unofficial Trial.
Lewes, Iiel., May 18. The new erulset
Brooklyn has been given her unofficial
trial trip. She accomplished the splendid
speed of SI 7-luu knots an hour on a run
of three hours ODder furoed draft This
la over a knot faster than the speed called
fur In the contract and insures premium,
fur her builders, the Cramps, of over tW0,,
OoO, or at the rate of t0,000 fur eaob
quarter knot In ezoaea of DO knots, there
being no room fur reasonable doubt
that she will at least equal y enter day's
peed on her oJlluial trial.
NEWP OF THE WEEK.
Thursday, May f,
Peveral New Jersey militiamen are said
to have engaged to go to Cuba and fight
In the Insurgent' cause.
Grace ohnroh congregation, Jersey City,
Is rent asunder over a ohuroh entertain
ment In which girls In tights took part
The Boston athletes who took part In
the Olympic games arrived In New York
en the steamship Latin and were heartily
Welcomed.
It Is reported from Brussels that Aubrey
Beardslny, the English artist, Is suffering
from a lung complaint which Is likely to
terminate fatally.
Robert Fullwrton's son made a scene at
George Gould's office, In New York, be
cause a letter of Jay Gould, written In
1864 and offered for sale to George Gonld,
was taken from Fullerton without pay
ment being made.
Friday, May S.
Vice Admiral Sir Robert O'Brien Fit
Roy, K. C. B., died In London.
It was semiofficially denied that Italy
will permanently abandon tb town of
Adlgrat, Abyssinia.
H. H. Holmes, the story of whose crimes
hns been told and retold, was hanged In
Philadelphia, and with his last breath de
nied that he ever murdered anybody.
Mr. Chamberlain, oolonlal secretary, de
clared In the house of ooramona that no
communication had passed between him
and Rhodes since the latter had left Eng
land. The seventh biennial oonventlon of the
Ancient Order of Hibernians closed In
Auburn. Resolutions supporting the cause
of the Cuban lnsurgente end asking gov
ernment aid for prisoners In English pris
ons charged with political offense were
adopted.
Saturday, May 0.
Spaniards report another vlotory over
Maceo In Plnar del Rio.
An expedition, possibly the one carried
by the Bermuda, safely londod In Cuba.
The superintendent of the Jamaica (N.
Y.) schools was arrested on a oharge of
excluding colored children.
Mrs. James J. Hnarne waa beaten ink
unconsciousness, bound and gagged in
her home in Jersey City by a robber.
Fanny MoGee was arrested at 460 West
Twenty-sixth street, New York, charged
with abduotlng a boy from Negaunec,
Mich.
A dynamite cartridge exploded In tha
rear of a saloon In Stapleton, N. Y.,
where 15 persons sat without causing se
rious Injury. Buildings were shaken and
many persons shocked.
Julia Gross, a domestlo In New York,
was severely burned, her apron taking
fire from a gas stove. She ran out Into
the street, where John O'Brien saved her
life by tearing off her olothea.
Frank Andrews and a man who gave
his name as John Doe, but who, the po
lloe say, Is Le Roy Andrews, assistant
manager of the Association For the Pre
vention of Fraudulent Auctions, were ar
rested In New York on the charge of con
spiracy. Monday, May 11.
Three lives were lost and nearly 1500,
000 worth of property destroyed In a fire
In Ashland, Wis.
The death Is announoed in London of
Mrs. Whistler, wife of J. N. MoN. Whis
tler, the well known artist.
Emperor William celebrated the twenty-fifth
anniversary of the treaty of Frank
fort by paying a high tribute to Bismarck.
Two women are contesting for the right
to be called the widow of Luis Edward
Aoosta, a Spaniard, who died In New
York last week.
The steamer Laorada succeeded In stort
ing from New York foi Cuba with a large
amount of munitions of war aboard tor
the Insurgents.
James E. Bennett, schoolmaster of
Bound Beaoh, Conn., attacked by an armed
highwayman, saved his life by soorohlng
on his bloyole.
Missionaries and traders on the Solomon
and other Islands In the Pacific ocean were
massaored by native cannibals and the
mission stations sacked by the savages.
Colonel Frank K. Haln, vlos president
and general manager of the Manhattan
Elevated railway of New York, .who had
been at the sanitarium at Clifton Springs
for medical treatment for the last two
months, was run over and Instantly kill
ed at that plaoe by a freight train on the
New York Central railroad. It Is believed
that he plaoed himself In front of the
train with auloidal Intent
Tuesday, May 1.
Governor Morton signed the aot provid
ing for the greater New York.
An order waa Issued by the British ad
miralty for tb dissolution of the flying
squadron.
A force of Indian troops Is to be sent
from Bombay for service with the Sudan
expedition.
Maude O. Williams, daughter of a prom
inent resident of Stonlngton, Conn., has
been missing from her home for more than
a month.
The Democrats of the Fifth Massachu
setts district In oonventlon refused to In
struct for Russell. One of the delegates
declared for Hill.
The case of Mary Alio Fleming, charged
with tha murder of her mother, Mr. Eve
lyn Bliss, by poison, wa called In general
session In New York.
The Indlotment against ex-Polio Cap
tain J. K. Prioa of New York wa dis
missed by Juetloe Keogb on District At
torney Fellows' motion.
Raohal and Mary Brewer, aged maiden
sisters, well known in Methodist and
charitable circle in New York, died with
in three hour of each other. The last
words of each were an anxious Inquiry a
to tb welfare of the other.
Wednesday, May IS.
Justloe Alton B. Parker of Kingston,
N. Y., decided that the Albany polio bill
wa unconstitutional.
Tba British bom office ha refuted to
reopen tb case of Mr. Florence May
brick, the oonvloted muderesa.
President Cleveland presided at tha un
veiling of the bronze equestrian statu of
General Wlnfleld Scott Hancock la Wash
ington. Mrs. Edward Robblnsof Brooklyn found
two love letter la her husband's pocket.
She has sued for a dlvoroa, naming an
aged widow a corespondent, - " 1
Prlnoes Christian of Sohleswig-Hol-steln,
daughter of Queen Vlotorla, waa,
at her own request, appointed a patroness
of the New York School of Applied De
sign For Women.
An unidentified man, who is thought to
be Leon Deverreof Bridgeport committed
suicide by jumping from the bridge at
Ninety-seventh street and Park avenue In
front of a New York Central locomotive.
Charles H. Blller of Newark, N. J.,
made a soene at the morgue in New York,
declaring that the woman who committed
auiulde at the Colonnade hotel waa hi
wife, though her relative (ay that th
man' wife died a year ago.
Halter's Vaeht Will Baoe.
London, May 9. The Field hear that
Emperor William will oom to Cowes In
spite of his reported deoiaion to the con
trary. It Is expboted that the emperor's
yacht, the Meteor, will sail it Unit match
at Harwich.
Fire Arena William pert.
William-sport, Pa., May 18. A disas
trous toNst fire is raging from Berulos,
Sullivan county, to Harvey' lake. Con
siderable damage has already been dun
to valuable lumbar.
ROWS IN CONVENTION
REPUBLICAN FACTIONS IN MISSOURI
USE FISTS FREELY.
The Delegates, However, Are All For Mc
Klnley Fierce Factional Fight In Dela
ware Hcaten by the Addlcks Men, Big
gins' Adherents Bolt the Convention,
St. JOSEPH, Ma, May 18. Chaunooy I.
Fllley Is away ahead as the result of th
proceedings in the Republican state oon
ventlon. There was a liotou wrangle about ad
mission ticket at the start John L. Bit
tlnger, representing R. C. Kerens, got
possession of the keys to the opera house
and undertook to limit the number of
ticket given to the state committee for
distribution. The sergeant-at-arm was a
Fllley man, however, and in the end his
friends got In and had things their own
way.
Fllley obtained control of the credential
committee, Joe McCoy being ohoaen chair
man and the faction having a clear ma
jority of the committee. Fllley was given
another strong advantage by the commit
tee on organization adopting a rule that
candidates for delegates at large should be
voted for separately. Representative Bare
lett was made chairman. He Is a Fllley
partisan.
An angry mob of 8,000 men were bat
tling with 60 policemen for admission to
the opera house IB minute before the con
vention met
The mob at the entrance of the building
wa rapidly Increased and grew more de
fiant The police beat them back with
their club At the front were tha 108
Kerens delegates from St Louis, with
Colonel Kerens, C. H. Spencer, Thomas
W. Booth and Nat Frank as their leaders,
bravely combating the police. They had
been given tickets of admission by Blt
tlnger and were trying to make a rush for
the seats allotted to the St Louis delega
tion, which the state committee had as
signed to the Fllley delegates.
' The confusion wa worse confounded
when Major Blttlnger found the proprie
tor of the opera house, gave him 11150 for
the use of the building, was handed the
keys and looked the newspaper men and
telegraph operators In the building.
Scantling t!sed In the Melee.
An assault was mad by the Flllnyltos
on the back door, but they were repulsed
by the guard, who used a scantling.
Finally a compromise was effected and
Chairman Fllley led th state committee
through the front door. The mob that
choked np the street cheered liked madmen
when they saw his hat
No Kerensltes were admitted with this
crowd. Fllley led the small prooeeslon to
the stage and looked out on a sea of empty
sent, except the few occupied by favored
delegates.
The Fllley delegation from St. Louis
was the first admitted. The Kerens dele
gates held their places In the line on the
outside and set up a mighty howl when
tboy saw tha Fllley men pass the guards
at the door.
More than a hundred rights oocurred In
the crowd outside the building. Some of
them partook of the nature of small sized
riots.
The committee wrangles oontlnued for
several hours, when majority and minori
ty report were presented by the creden
tials committee. After a long fight the
majority report was adopted and the 108
Fllley delegate from St Louts were seat
ed. Contests from Clay and Pike counties
were also settled In FUloy's favor.
The platform favors reciprocity and
protection and demand sound money.
The delegates were instructed for MoKln
ley for president No other presidential
candidate was mentioned. Wild applause
greeted MoKlnley'i name
Faotlonal Fights In Delaware,
Dover, Del., May 18. The Republican
state convention met here, and before the
adjournment one of the stormiest battle
in the history of state Republican politic
bad been waged.
Charge of fraud were exohanged and
fighting over oontested (eats Indulged In
nntll It looked as it the oonventlon would
end In chaos. The war was between the
faction respectively headed by J. Edward
Addlcks and ex-Senator Anthony Hig
gles. The Hlgglns men bolted the oon
ventlon anl held a separate one In the
tatehouse, W. Hastings presiding. These
national delegates were chosen: Anthony
Hlgglns, John Pilling, Hiram Reedy, Dr.
Paris T. Carlisle, Cornelius P. Swain and
George H. Hall. They were instructed
for McKlnley.
The regular oonventlon selected J. Ed
ward Addlcks; D. F. Stewart, J. Frank
Allen, Dr. Hiram R. Burton and Dr. Ca
leb K. Layton.
The fight between th factions was pre
cipitated by a motion for the chair to ap
point the committee on credentials. The
Hlgglns people fought for the naming of
tb committee by the distrlot caucuses,
and a bitter wrangle followed. The mo
tion for the chair to appoint finally oar
rled by a vote of 97 to 68, scoring first
blood for the Addlcks men. Mr. Addloks,
who sat as a contestant from Brandy wine,
deolared that h bad been persecuted by
the Hlgglns men, and that be would stand
their frauds no longer.
When reoes time wa reached, nothing
further than a temporary organisation
had been effected, with Dr. Caleb R. Lay
ton of Georgetown ' a temporary obair
man. After the reoess th turmoil wa contin
ued, but a break oame when th oom m it
tec on credentials reported In favor of un
seating several Hlgglns delegate from
Wilmington. Th Hlgglns men protested
In vain and then left th oonventlon. Tb
Addlcks men applied the nnit rula to
Dearly all questions and oarrled every
thing before them.
The Addloks delegates are nnlnstruoted
a to presidential preference. The resolu
tion of both conventions declared in favor
of the gold standard and the Republican
polloy of protection and reciprocity.
Burned Herself to Death.
Somervtixe, N. J., May 18. As Farm
er J. W. Maler was driving to this plao
from hi home on the Watohung moun tain
his attention was attraoted by a glowing
ember in the hedge that surround the
summer bom of Professor James L.
Green leaf of New York city. He halted
hi bona and entered the hedge and wa
confronted by a sight that caused him to
stand aghast. Sitting upright In the edge,
with her features charred and distorted
and bar body burned to a crisp, was tha
form of a woman. Th dot hue had bean
burned from her body, and her tan shoe
were still aglow. Lying on the grass near
the body was an open box of matches.
Malar ran to the residence of Farmer
Wtnobester near by and gave the alarm.
The two men then told Professor Green
leaf of their find. Professor Green leaf de
cided that the charred remains were those
of Annie Tborln, a Swiss girl, 80 year
old, who had come to hi home as a serv
ant from New York city three days ago.
An Eaenrslon Train Wrecked.
Savannah, May 18. An excursion
train from Jacksonville on the Florida
Central and Pennsylvania railroad jump
ed the track at Anderson, five mile from
this city, The tender pi the engine wa
first derailed, dragging th three coaches
nd baggage and mail oar with it There
were about luO passenger on tbs train,
about 40 of whom were more or lee In
jured. Th greater number were bruised
or ailghtly out A young child of Mr. If,
Nathan of Brunswick was killed.
FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS.
Summary of the proceedings In Bonsa
and Senate.
WAsnttfnTON, May 7 In the senate yes
terday Mr. Hill abandoned his fight
gainst the Pcffor bond sale Investigation
resolution, and an agreement was reached
to take a vote on It this afternoon. The
river and harbor bill was considered. In
the house a concurrent resolution provid
ing for adjournment on May 18 was pass
ed. Reventy-two private pension bills
were acted on In committee of the whole.
Washington, May 8. In the senate yes
terday the Peffer bond Investigation reso
lution was adopted hy a vote of Bl to A.
No business of Importance wa transacted
In th house.
Washington, May 9. In the senate
yesterday the consideration of the river
and harbor bill was nearly completed, on
ly one Item remaining. In the house a
resolution giving olerks to members all
the year round was passed.
Washington, May 10. In tha senate
yesterday the river and harbor bill was
considered without reaching a vote. About
80 bills of minor Importance were passed.
Washington, May 18. In the senate
yesterday the river and harbor bill was
considered, the question being on the con
struction of a deep sea harbor at San Pe
dro or Santa Monica, Cal. No action wis
taken. In the house miscellaneous busi
ness of minor Importance was transacted.
Washington, May 18. In the senate
yesterday the controversy between San
Pedro and Santa Monica, Cal., for the es
tablishment of a deep sea harbor was end
ed by the adoption of a compromise
amendment to the river and harbor bill,
which provides for the appointment of a
commission to decide as to the merits of
the two places. In the house an unspo
ken speech by General Wheeler of Alaba
ma was ordered to bajajTpunged from The
Record. The lllinoisVeleotlon contest was
discussed-
A CYCLONE'S FURY.
Many Schoolchildren Injured by a Ne
braska Windstorm.
Lincoln, Neb., May 18. A cyclone hat
swept this seotion, doing great damage. A
funnelshaped cloud shot down from the
storm oenter, and a general stampede of
oltlzerrs for cellars and caves ensued.
At the schoolhouse the children fled
panic stricken to the furnace room amid
the wildest confusion, and many of them
were hurt The cyolone struck the ground
north of the town. Its course was north
west The path of the storm was from
00 to 800 yards wide, and everything In
this path was razed to the ground, Includ
ing several houses. After traversing a
distance of about two miles the cloud
arose, and at a point five or six miles far
ther to the north dropped again to th
earth, where It is feared great damage and
loss of life resulted.
Carpet Mills Destroyed.
Mount Holi.y, N. J., May 19. Th
Amber Carpet mills, operated by C 8,
Mnsland & Son of Philadelphia, and cov
ering three acres of ground here, were to
tally destroyed by fire. The loss will easi
ly aggregate Cino, 000; covered by Insur
ance. The plant consisted of four large
buildings, only one of which wa saved.
This contained 1100,000 worth of made up
carpets. Five hundred hands are thrown
out of employment The volunteer fire de
partment of the town was unable to oope
with the flumes, and. In response to tele
grams, engines were sent by special trains
from Trenton, Camden and Burlington.
A thunderstorm arose during the fire, and
Hying sparks set fire to several rows of
houses, but the damage to these was
slight
Big Shoe Firm Assigns,
AME9HUHT, Mass., May 18, The big
shoe firm of Adams & Potttngill baa as
signed to C. M. tturnham of Chandler &
Burnham, Haverhill, Mass. It Is stated
the liabilities are 8126,000, but the asset
at present are unknown. The firm, It Is
understood, waa a big loser by the recent
failure of Pemberton Brothers of Boston.
By the assignment F. H. Boardman ol
Newburyport, who Is A special partner ol
the conoern, having an Interest to the
amount of 125,000, la made a general part
ner. He olalrns he Is still a special part
ner and cannot have additional liabilities
with the firm. A legal oontest Is probable.
FLAMES IN PATERSON.
Three Destructive Fires Were In Progress
al One Time.
Paterson, N. J., May 18. Great dam
age has been caused by fires In this city.
The first 3re broke out In the malt
house of the Hlncbollffe Brewing com
pany, a six story building, containing
800,000 bushels of grain. It at ons time
threatened to sweep through the entire
brewing establishment While this waa in
progress another fir broke out In the
Machinists' association building at Broad
way and Prospeot streets. This building
wa oocupled on the first floor as a ma
chine shop and in the upper three floor
a a silk mill. It was 800 feet long and 80
feet wide and built entirely of Inflamma
ble materlaL Aid wa (ought from Pas
salo, and two engine arrived from that
oity.
When tha excitement waa at th high
est, a third fire broke out In a dwelling
house on Marshall street, and this build
ing wa burned to tb ground on account
of lack of facilities for fighting tha flame.
Th malthouso was entirely destroyed
with contents, and tba loss is estimated
on that property to be $125,000, with 87S,
000 Insuranoe.
The top floor of tb Machinists' associa
tion building was occupied by Herman
Plantln, a silk throetler, whose loss Is es
timated at (10,000, covered by Insurance.
The third floor of the same building was
oocupled by Haenloban Bros., manufac
turers of silk coat linings and tailors' sup
plies, whose loss Is tu'0,000, partly insured.
Henry Frost a silk throstler on the sec
ond door, estimates his loss at 118,000.
J. E. Morehouse, manufacturer of ma
chinery, on the ground floor, Is estimated
to have lost $10,000; covered by Insurance.
MINING FATALITIES.
One Man Killed by Falling Boek and An
other by a One Kiploelon.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., May 18. By a fall
of a rock In Babylon mine at Duryea,
Charles Smith, a miner, waa killed, and
Andrew Suda, a laborer, aged 4 year,
was fatally Injured. Both were married.
An explosion of gas occurred at th
Hammond colliery, Girardvtlle, fatally in
juring John Monaghan, aged 45 year,
and seriously burning Edward Roach,
aged 88. Monagban died shortly after
reaohing the surface, and Roach was tak
en to a hospital.
Railroad Bridges Burned.
Woonsocket. R. I.. May 11. Two dou
ble track ruilroad bridges near Blackstone
were burned, oausing a loss of 140,000.
One, on the Worcester division of the Con
solidated, a covered bridge 100 feet long,
probably caught from a spark from the late
Worcester train.
The other, a wood and iron structure,
on the New England road, started soon
after, and th woodwork was entirely de
stroyed. The fire department wa called
froui Blackstone, but wa unable to ren
der much assistance, and tb loss on this
bridge will reaoh 116,000. One hundred
men were put at work on the Consolidat
ed covered bridge, and It will be complet
ed soon. Superintendent J. M. Turr had
his shoulder blade broken by a piece ol
iron falling on htiu.
8TE AMB0 A.T BLOWS UP
ELEVEN PEOPLE KILLED AND SEV
ERAL BADLY INJURED.
The Bolter of th Barry Brown Explodes
on the Mississippi Blrer With Fright
ful Remits The Boat Sank la Fifteen
Mlnntee.
VtCKSBtTHO, Mies., May 19. One of the
most terrible river disasters of reoent years
oocurred about 96 miles below this city.
Fbe steamboat Harry Brown of Pittsburg,
upward bodnd from New Orleans, ex
ploded her boilers. The boat wa a com
plete wreck and sank in less than five
minutes. Eleven live an known to hav
been lost, as follows:
Pilot Norman Dravo.
G. W. Bardsiey, steersman.
William Dougherty, chief engineer.
Miss Annie Hess, chambermaid.
Tom Judge, fireman.
William Wilson, fireman.
First Mate William Fltzslmmona.
Second Mate Pat Carnlff. i
William Kelly, lamp trimmer.
Frank Adrian of Cincinnati.
John Wagner of Louisville.
The survivors and also th wounded
were brought to this olty on the Hon
shell. Six of the officers and crew of the
Brown are In the marine ward of th
Vlcksburg hospital, as follows:
Captain John Klme, hip seriously in
jured. William Grimm, carpenter, leg broken.
John Hardy, fireman, badly scalded and
otherwise seriously Injured.
Dennis J. Loraey, second engineer, bad
ly scalded and Internally injured; will
probably die.
Two deckhands, names unknown.
Mr. Dravo, an old pilot, wo of Pitts
burg, and wa a. moat exoellent man,
whoss death will be greatly regretted. Tha
bodies of th throe dead men, which were
brought here, are at Fischer's undertaking
establishment and have been embalmed
and will b cent to their home.
Rescned by a Towboat.
The towboat Honshell was so near tha
scene when the explosion occurred that her
yawls were lowered at ono and were
promptly manned and saved many live
that would have been lost If It had not
been for their prompt service.
Captain Klme, tb master of the Brown,
although seriously Injured, remained on
the after part of the cabin roof of the
Brown, where be had been blown by the
explosion. He was seen by a reporter and
said: "The after part of the cabin floated
from the hull, and as it sank to the bot
tom of the river I directed the efforts of
the men who were at work rescuing th
boat' crew.
"Myself and Pilot Dan Kane were In
the Brown's pilot bouse when the explo
sion oocurred. It would ba Impossible for
any one to tell bow many of th seven
boilers exploded, as the darkness prevent
ed any one seeing anything. It seemed
that th hull went down In less than a
minute. I have no blam to attach to any
one, a the cause of th explosion will
never be known, a the chief engineer,
William Dougherty, who was on watoh,
was lost"
Forest Fires In State Preserve,
Amsterdam, N. Y., May 18. The for
ests In th state preserve in th lower pari
of Hamilton oounty ars burning fleroeiy.
Several small settlement In the towns ol
Benton and Day have been destroyed, and
the people of Crowvllle have encamped al
Mud Lake to escape th fires. The flames
were within two miles of Northvllle, Ful
ton oounty. The burning district Is many
miles In extent, and as th woods are dry
the fire will spread, unless rain comes
sooq. The damage already has been great
Tbe sky ha assumed a smoky appearand
(or many miles around.
Damage From Forest Fires.
Clearfield, Pa., May 18. The forest
fire which started Saturday night in tbs
woods between Clearfield and Penfleld
were Btill fleroeiy raging. Incalculable
damage has been already done. Aided by
a strong wind, th flames swept over an
area of several miles. The sawmill of Reu
ben Thompson, with 800,000 feet of sawed
lumber and 1,000,000 logs, was entirely
consumed. Nine men who were trying
to save the mill were compelled to fly for
their Uvea. The greatest damage I to
standing timber, the loss on whloh cannot
be estimated.
Hotel Berkeley Damaged.
Newport, R. I., May 18. Tb Hotel
Berkeley, the well known headquarters ol
torn inept society men Here, was damaged
y lira. Much of the valuable furniture
of the hotel waa ruined. Tha origin ol
tbe firs la unknown. Tha loss 1 about
85,000.
Rioting In Persia.
i London, May 9. The Times ha a dls
patch from Teheran, Persia, which say
that further riot attendant upon tb exe
cutions have occurred at Sblraa, and th
bazaar were dosed. Bread is reported to
be atlll very scarce there.
China Settles With Vs.
Tientsin, China, May 19. Consul
Read, tbe ebalrman of th Chengtu com
mission, has luoeeeded in securing pay
ment in full of th Baptist Missionary
nnlon olalms for property iocs in the
Sechoen riots. Thus all tha American
claims have been settled In a friendly
manner, China paying th whol amount
demanded,
Mrs. Hammond Pleads Far Her Hasband.
Pretoria, May 8. John Hays Ham
mond' wife has had a long and touohing
Interview with President Kroger, at wbloh
eh pleaded th cause of her husband and
the other prisoners. President Kroger
promised to oonsldar everything, and ha
said b hoped that the matter would be
settled by the end of th week.
Bnllete For Englishmen.
Caracas, Venezuela, May 18. In a
sham battle her bullet ware secretly used
by both sldec As a consequence one man
wa killed and several war wounded In
th exoltement of th fray. Tha Caracas
press, in commenting upon tb affair, grim
ly observe, "Wshav bullet for English-
men."
Olaas Workare atrlk.
Mckcii, Ind., May 9. The 800 employ,
sea at the Marlng & Hart Window Glass
works are on another atrik.
General Markets.
Nxw York. May li FLOUR gut and
weslera quiet; city mills patents. 841004.50;
winter pateote, 83.7IVo8.ilO; city mills Clears,
14. 1114 JU winter straivhta. i-i.tU2bi.AA.
Wli EAT No. t red sold OH sharply ou rains
west, but suhaeq neatly turned strong oa Uitfaue
late cables and dry weather in France; May,
tttwituHc; July, nV,a.tc.
(JOKN-No. i quiet but fairly steady; May.
H,:5Hc.: July, abc
OATS No. t dull; July, Wa.
POKK-biuM; old to new mens, la.Ta28.Ti;
family, tltl.doll.
LAKD rJteady: prime westers, steam, 14.96.
BUTTER btendjr: state dairy, mm1&4c.;
State oreamerr. U-ulldo,
CHK&MIC-guieii state, large. t&tc
small, 4iil0c.
kXiiitt Hteadr. state and Pennsylvania, 101
tllc.l westera. SaiOftc.
hL'tiAR Kw quiet and steady: fair refin
ing. rc.l oeau-tfiufad, Ml tnu 414a.) leaned
quiet: crushed, powdered, 6Hc
TCKHKNTINE Dull: rTa-o.
RlCK-VJuieU doiuentic tHiiAci Japan,
4Mc
TALLOW Easy; city, 8403 t-low oonalry.
8fea8 I-IOc.
UAV-Kasy; aUlpploe. Ib&iQc; good W
ehuio. Iwcoal.
TEETH MAKE MANY ILLS.
Th Kvlls Which Follow Imperfect Mas
tication May Be Avoided.
"It would take loo long; to enumerate
the many Ills -which may spriii(r from
Imperfect teeth, " said Dr. Derby. "Of
course one who has good teeth knowi
their value, but not enough people know
what to do to keep them always in prop
er oondition. Neither can yon tell one
just w hat is necessary at all times. The
removal af all foreign susbtances from
any contact with the dentine is of course
the primary necessity in considering the
preservation of the teeth.
"One of tho first reasons why one
should have perfect teeth is the influ
ence they exert over tho digestion. To
secure proper assimilation the process of
masticalion should 1 thorough. Noth
ing less will accomplish the results in
tended. If this process is incomplete,
all the attendant evils of indigestion are
likely to follow. Thus the qnestion of
health is interposed as a primary one.
Freedom from aches and pains and ap
pearance take secondary places.
"Of the many forms of neuralgia
which cause such excruciating suffering
a great many owe their existence entire
ly to the presenso of faulty teeth. They
can be remedied only by te proper
treatment of tho diseased roots. When
this is done, a number of nervous disor
ders respond readily to the ordinary
medical treatment. Toothache, pure and
simple, must bo considered as an attend
ant of improperly cared for teeth. It is
an old saying that the man who finds
an absolute remedy for and preventive
of toothache will make a big fortune.
"Of course the primary instruction
to one who is suffering from bad teeth is
to see a dentist The exposed surface of
tho teeth, the enamel, must be kept per
fect and whole. Any breaks in it must
be immediately repnried and any wear
ing away or decaying of tho structure
must be built np if one expects to se
cure all the perfect results for which
the teeth were designed by naturo. Con
stant brushing and cleaning and any
good nonacid wash will do much to
keep the teeth in good repair.
"Of course yon know the story of the
man who, when his teeth were admired,
gave the following reasons for their per
fect condition: I always brush them,
night and morning and after eating,
and leave them in a glass of salt water
while I am asleep." San Francisco
Examiner.
Her Hope.
"This X ray is doing wonders foi
mankind, ' ' he remarked.
"Yes, " his wife replied. "It has done
lots for mankind. Maybe it'll be devel
oped in the course of time to where it
will enable womankind to see whether
her hat is on straight or not without
looking in the glass." Washington
Star.
Ancient Timber.
Probnbly the oldest timber in the
world is found in tho ancient temples
of Egypt in connection with stone work
which is known to he at least 4,000
years old. This, the only wood used in
the construction of the temples, is in
the form of ties, holding the end of one
stem to another.
"The dog watch," a term used by
sailors, was once the dodge watch, a
short watch being introduced between
those longer in duration in order that
too great an amount of work should not
be put upon the same men in the course
of the day.
The biggest and best marked mocking
birds are found within a belt of 60
miles north and 60 miles south of Ban
Antonio.
Bills Signed by Governor Griggs.
Trkxton, May 13. Governor Griggs
baa signed a number of bills, Inoluding
the appropriation bill. Prom the latter he
struck out the item appropriating 1500
eaoh to four colored companies in tbe na
tional guard. These companies had nev
er been fully qualified. Another Impor
tant bill signed provide that judge of
courts In damage suits may designate
physicians to investigate the extent of th
injuries of the person bringing suit.
Dwellings and Barns Borned.
Caps May, May 18. Tbe forest Are
between Petersburg and Saoktown are
still raging. Pour dwellings and three
barns have been burned, together with a
crest of woods.
Bicycle as Baggage In Rhode Island.
Providence, May 18. A bill wa paas
sd In th house of representative making
bloyole common baggage on tb railroad
In thl state.
Louisiana Republicans For McKlnley.
Baton Rouge, La,, May 13. Tha state
oonventlon of the national Republican
party of IOulslana met here. General W.
J. Behan presided. The following were
elected delegates to St. Louis: A. A. Ma
glnnls, New Orleans; K. N. Conroy, Bl
Mary; Anthony Doherty, East Baton
Rouge; R. H. Haokney, New Orleans.
Resolution were adopted pledging tha
delegate to MoKlnleyaa long a hi nam
la before the convention.
Killed by a Fall.
Erie, Pa., May 18. A foroe of men en
gaged in kalsominlng the oslllng of Hi.
Mary' Cathollo church were precipitated
by faulty scaffolding a dlstanoe of 60 feet,
striking among tbe seats of tbe edifice.
Alexander Lee Is dead. Louis Maranalli,
an Italian artist, had an arm and log bro
ken, and his recovery 1 doubtful. M. A.
Johnson received serious internal injuries.
Several others were Injured.
Mew York Stat Baseball League.
Amsterdam, N. Y., May 13. A New
York State League Baseball association
waa organized at Fonda. The league will
be composed of teams at Amsterdam, Sohe
nectady, Johnstown, Glovejrsvllle, Albany
and Troy. Tbe season will open about;
May 81. A meeting of the league will be
held in this oity on Thursday to elect oifl
cera. Crashed by tha Car.
PofGHKEEPSIE, N. Y., May 13. -James
Hermance, a farmer residing at Clinton
Corners, was killed on the Pooghkeepsi
nd Eastern railroad at that plaoe. He
wa standing between twe freight ears
whloh were being unloaded. Without
warning one of tha ears waa backed, and
be wo caught between th two.
Mills Burned by Foreet Fires.
CAPE MAT, May 13. Th forest fire
which have been raging in southern New
Jersey for eeveral day past hav burned
the California mills and a large stock of
eordwood, valued at 860,000, near th vll
lug of Petersburg.
Cat His Wrliti With a Basor.
Brockton, Mass., May 0. J. William
Hanson, a shoe dealer, committed anluld
at his home. Ha out both wrUu with a
razoc
TREATMENT FOR WIREWORM3.
Preventives Tested and Advised at the Ex
periment stations and Elsewhere.
Professor Smith of the New Jersey ex
periment station has recommended, in
his reports and other writings, kainit
s a preventive of wireworm injury.
We have bis testimony that "where this
mnteriol is used before planting oom,
even on old sod, ontworms and wire
worms will do no injury. " It is proper
to state that the efficacy of the above
preventives has not been sustained in
experiments made at the Cornell uni
versity experiment station, but in view,
of the strong testimony above quoted
Country Gentleman asks, "Is it not pos
sible that when tested in the field differ
ent results would be obtained from those
given in the cages in the insectary?"
Different soil conditions might also
yield quite different results.
The last Cornell bullotin recommends
the destruction of the matured inseot
the beetle by attracting to a paris
green poisoned clover bait ; frequent and
thorough plowing and pulverization of
infested fields for three or four weeks
following July 80, for breaking up the
earthen cells in which the pupa is con
tained at this time and thereby killing
it, after which wheat or rye may be
sown; short rotation of crops, and not
keeping floldg in sod for more than a
year or two at a time, and thorough cul
tivation in the fnll.
Country Gentleman says that there is
strong testimony to the efficacy of a crop
of buckwheat in preventing injury by
wireworms, and quotes Hon. A. B.
Dickinson as saying: "After experi
menting with salt and lime, and many
other things recommended, I have found
only one remedy for tbe rascals, and
that is to break the sod and sow it to
buckwheat. Plow late and as often as
possible in the fall, and then sow it to
peas in tbe spring. With a like plowing
the next fall, they will not injure any
orop the following season,"
la England a crop of mustard is be
lieved by many to bean absolute speoiflo
against wireworms. A farmer stated
at an agricultural meeting: "I sowed
with mustard a field of 48 acres, which
had never repaid me for 19 years in
consequence of nearly every orop having
been destroyed by the wireworm. Not
a single wireworm could be fonnd the
following year, and the crop of wheat
throughout was superior to any that I
have grown for 81 years. "
Many farmers have asserted that wet
either destroys wireworms, drives them
deeper into the soil beyond the roots
or renders tbe soil so obnoxious that the
worms leave.
On this subject one of the Cornell
professors writes as follows in Rural
Now Yorker: "From a long series of
experiments made in 1800 and 1881 at
the Cornell insectary we fonnd that to
kill wireworms salt must boused at the
rate of about eight tons to the acre, or
over 1 per cent of the soil to a depth of
four inches must be salt. This amount
would, of course, kill all vegetation. In
1891 we thoroughly tested the supposed
effect of salt in driving the wireworms
deeper into the soiL Our results indi
cated that 1,000 pounds of salt per aore
interfered with the germination of
wheat, and neither drove the wireworms
deeper into the soil nor caused them to
migrate to any appreciable distance."
Lawn and Flower Garden.
Do not out np with unnecessary walks ;
in fact, on private grounds walks, ex
cept leudiug to the bouse, barn or other
buildings, are ntterly useless. In plaoe
of walks ornament the grounds with
borders of shrubbery and herbaceous
perennials, and what a difference in ap
pearance I Where walks are required
they should not be less than five to sis
feet wide we often see them so narrow
that two persons oan't pass eaob other.
The writer in American Gardening who
makes the foregoing remarks also gives
this advice :
In making a walk dig ont about eight
to ten inches and fill in with ashes or
cinders, and for the top dressing use
olean washed lake gravel. This makes a
good walk, and when raked onoe a week
always has a tidy appearance. Where
lake gravel cannot be bad other gravel
will do when properly sifted. On un
drained grounds it is advisable to put
broken stones on each side of the walk
for drainage. The same can be need
along the side of a carriage drive In
place of tiles.
A Hint to Bean Growers.
A Virginia correspondent drop this
hint in the columns of The American
Agriculturist :
Plow deeply, make the soil rioh and
plant as early as possible to snap beans,
in rows two feet apart. At the second
hoeing plant lima bean between tha
rows, so as to make the hills fonr feet
apart each way. By the tme the snap
beans have yielded two piokings tha
limas will want all the ground. Then
pull the snap beans and use them, with
all the weeds, as a mulch for the limas.
This will insure the latter against the
bad effects of drought, and also bring the
limas into the latent market when they
fetch the highest price, besides getting
doable service from the land.- Limas
grown by this system yielded more and
better berries the past year than when
grown alone with equally good culture.
In raiding other crops it will be possi
ble to grow an early crop for market,
and also as a mulch.
Potash Salt Far Track Farming.
Potash suits are just the thing for
truck fanuiiio; The New England
Homestead calls attention to the fact
that ' ' the cheaper muriate of potash gives
equally good results on cabbages and.
beets as the more expensive sulphate,
but the latter appears to be superior to
muriate in increasing the yield of toma
toes, spinach, lettuce and onions. "
irowned la Mldtineaa,
Wheki.ins, May 13. Word ha been re
ceived here of the drowning at asa of Hen
ry U. Davis, Jr., son of ex-Senator Henry
(i. Davis and brother-in-law of Senator
Stephen B. Elkina. Davis had taken a
cruise to South Africa for hi health and
wa accidentally drowned In mldooaan.
Gone to the Adirondack.
Rochester, May IS. Ex President
Harrison and wit passed through here
In a private oar attached to train IB,
Southwestern limited, on their way to
their aula in er home la th Adirondack.