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The discoveries of systems of wires
ess telegraphy are becoming too nu-
nerous to mention.
One of the chief uses of those South
American republics is to make new
1istories, geographies and maps nec-
2gsary every year or two.
The ann uncement is made that In-
liana ‘will Wut about 24,000,000 cans of
‘French eas” on the market this
year. N¢w let Europe have another
shiver.
At ‘a Pacent meeting of
spinners at Leipsic a table was sub-
mitted, which showed that the world’s
consumption of cotton was now about
14,000,000 bales annually.. The United
States stands at the head of the list.
being credited with a consumption of
3,600,000 bales. Great Britain comes
second, with 3,300,000 bales.
German
The. value of street railway fran
chises in a big and growing city is
exemplified in the offer which the
Chicago City railway has made to the
municipality in consideration of a 20
years’ extension of its franchises. It
offers to pave the streets it occupies
from curb to curb at a cost of $10.
000 in return for the privilege it asks.
The last clauge of a will which was
filed for probate in Washington, D.
C., the other day significantly says:
~The net sum of $186,000 left by this
wilggls the financial result of a long
life of industry and economy, and if
used for good and useful purposes by
those to whom it is now given is
enough. And if not so used is too
much.”
The statistics collected during 1899
showing the damage done by light-
published by the
The number of build-
ning have been
weather bureau.
ings damaged or destroyed by light-
ning in 1899 was 5527. In addition to
these 729 buildings caught fire as a
result of the proximity to other struc-
tures that were fired by lightning. The
was
not reported, owing to
the fact that the loss was small. A
conservative estimate of the total loss
by lightning during the year would be
$600,000. The great majority of build-
ings struck by lightning were not pro-
vided with lightning rods. The same
conditions prevailed in the preceding
undoubtedly
Year.
Jules Verne, now long past his seven-
tieth year, has begun his ninety-ninth
story. .Since he commenced writing
dome of hi§ most marvelous tales have
been proved to be only prophecies. For
instance, we have submarine boats al-
most ‘as wonderful as Captain Nemo’s
craft, and the journey around the
world has been accomplished in much
less time than that required by the
mythical Fogg. If M. Verne wishes tc
write a novel of adventure so improb-
able that science will not catch ur
‘with it for a long time to come, he will
have to tax his powers of ingenuity tc
the utmost; provided that at the same
time, as in his earlier stories, he sur:
rounds it with the specious atmosphere
that imparts one of the chief charms
to his narratives.
According to a writer in Every
body's Magazine the family of the
average American lives on a scale an?
a daily diet which would be regarded
in Europe as lavish, such a one as can
be afforded there only by the rich
His table is spread with abundance
not only with articles of domestic
production, but of imported food
stuffs. Tor example, his family con
_sumés annually 1250 pounds of wheal
flour, and 600 pounds of oat and corn
meal, 750 pounds of meat, or about
two pounds per day; 750 pounds of
potatoes, 100 pounds of butter, and
300 pounds of sugar. He is the great
est coffee drinker on earth, one pound
a week being required for his fam
ily’s consumption. Of tea, however,
he uses little, five pounds per yea:
sufficing for his needs. His table costs
him $16 per month. He eats three
meals per day, taking his dinner ai
noon. He retires between nine and
ten at night, and rises at six in the
morning.
«oo L60ST TRIAL WILL
"BE VERY SHORT,
It is Not Likely That Any Defense
Will Be Made,
HE ENTERS A PLEA OF “GUILTY.”
Justice White Declares That. the Assassin
Shall Have a Fair and Impartial Trial
—The Physicians Who Attended the Presi
dent Testify—Why the Fatal Bullet Was
Not Located.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special).—Leon F.
Czolgosz was placed on trial Monday
morning, charged with the murder of
President William McKinley. He en-
tered a plea of “guilty,” which was sub-
sequently changed to ‘‘not guilty” by di-
rection of the court.
All the events of the day indicated
that the trial will be short. Court con-
vened at 10 o'clock, and within two
hours eight jurors had been secured.
Technicalities were not raised by ex-
amining counsel, but it was significant
that every man who said he had not
formed an opinion on the case was ex-
cused by the district attorney. Those
who acknowledged they had formed an
opinion or stated that they were preju-
diced, but admitted that their opinion
could be changed by evidence, were ac-
cepted by each side.
Justice Truman C. White, one of the
oldest and most experienced of the Su-
preme Court judges, was on the bench.
Immediately after the opening of the
court and after the prisoner had pleaded,
Justice Loran L. Lewis, senior counsel
for the defendant, announced that, to-
gether with his colleague, former Justice
Robert C. Titus, and Mr. Carlton
Ladd, they were ready to act in behalf of
the prisoner.
“I thought it best,” he said, “for my
colleagues and myself that I should say
something regarding our presence here
as attorneys far the defendant. At the
time my name was suggested I was out
of the city and knew nothing of what
was transpiring here with reference to
the selection of counsel for the defen-
dant. When the circumstances of my se-
lection were told to me I was extremely
reluctant to accept. But the duty had
been imposed and I considered it my
duty, in all the circumstances, to defend
this man.
“I ask that no evidence be presented
here—that the court will not permit the
acceptance of any evidence unless it
would be accepted at the trial of the most
meager criminal in the land.”
“] am familiar with these circum-
stances,” said Justice White, in reply,
“and I wish to say I will give you every
assurance that the prisoner will have a
fair and impartial trial, and that during
the progress of the trial he will receive
stich treatment as the law demands in
any criminal case.”
The work of securing the jurors was
then undertaken with a celerity that was
amazing. Before the day was over the
entire pane! had been sworn, the jurors
had listened to a description of the Tem-
ple of Music, where the crime occurred,
had seen photographs of the interior of
that structure, and had been told by three
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST NEWS. /
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Domestic. )
Rear Admiral Sampson has requested
the Navy Department to relieve him [of
his present duty as commandant of the
Boston Navy Yard on October 1 én
account of the bad condition of his
health. Secretary Long has granted
the request.
The anarchists under arrest in Chi-
cago were released. In the hearing be-
fore Judge Chetlain the prosecution
said there was no evidence against
them and agreed to their discharge.
Frederick Fraley, of Philadelphia,
resident of the National Board of
rade since its organization, 33 years
ago, is dead. He was 97 years of age.
George W. Bowman, a wealthy mine
owner, has given $1,000,000 to the Peo-
ple’s Churchin Chicago for the prose-
cution of its work.
Senator Hanna declares that he will
support President Roosevelt if the
President carries out Mr. McKinley's
policy.
An impressive national memorial ser-
vice for President McKinley was held
in Washington. Thousands could not
get into the building and an overflow
meeting was held in the street. The
exercises consisted of short addresses
by clergymen of different denomina-
tions and singing by the entire audi-
ence, with the Marine Band accompany-
ing.
Aguinaldo’s bodyguard, including
Major Ahambra, two captains, two lieu-
tenants and 20 men, have surrendered
and taken the oath of allegiance. Gen-
eral Chaffee has refused requests for
the release of the prisoners on the
Island of Guam.
The engagement is announced in
Washington of Miss Annie Ridge Ear-
ly, a grandniece of General Early, and
Mr. Arnold Randolph Fairfax, third in
line in succession to the title of Lord
Fairfax.
Steps have been taken for the organi-
zation of an association having in view
the erection of a national memorial
monument at the cemetery at Canton
in which lie President McKinley's re-
mains.
A suit has been brought in a North
Carolina court to increase the railroad
valuation in the State to $108,000,000
for the purposes of taxation.
An artesian well contractor named
Riley was found dead near the railroad
track at Keystone, Va. His body was
badly mangled.
Rev. Dr. Silas C. Swallow was cen-
sured at a public meeting at Harrisburg
because of his utterances respecting Mr.
McKinley.
The flagship Kearsarge, of the North
Atlantic Squadron, made the best record
during the recent target practice.
Aaron Leftwich and John Johnston,
escaped murderers from Virginia, have
been captured in Missouri.
Simon Sterne, an authority on rail-
road and constitutional law, expired in
New York from apoplexy.
Mayor Hatch, of Camden, N. J., re-
fused to issue a permit for socialists to
hold a meeting.
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surgeons what caused the death of the |
President and the effect of the assassin’s |
shot upon the various organs of the
body.
fatal bullet had not been located.
The presentation of the Government's
They had also learned why the |
case began shortly before 3 o'clock, when |
Assistant District Attorney Haller be- |
gan, with much deliberation, to address
the jury.
| tion.
The first witness, Samuel J. Fields, |
chief engineer of the Pan-American Ex- |
pesition, described the ground floor plan |
of the Temple of Music, and was fol- |
lowed by Perry A. Bliss, a photographer,
who presented views of the interior of |
the building. The remainder of the af-
ternoon was taken upwith the testimony
of three physicians, two of whom had at-
tended the President during his last
days, while the other performed the au-
topsy.
The prisoner Czolgosz during the
morning evinced no interest whatever
in the proceedings, but as the testimony
was introduced he paid more attention
to what was said and looked at the vari-
ous witnesses closely.
The probable duration of the trial, it
is believed, can be placed at two full
days.
GRIEF CRUSHING MRS. McKINLEY.
She Says the Guards About the Mouse Are
Unnecessary; and They Are Removed.
Canton, O. (Special).—Mrs. McKin-
ley takes a short drive every day now,
accompanied by Dr. Rixey and Mrs.
Barber.
Dr. Rixey says: “I do not feel so con- |
fident as earlier this week. Mrs. Mc-
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is doing as well as could be expected
under the circumstances. However, too
at this early day.”
her window she saw the guards on pa-
trol in front of her house.
to have the guards removed.
arc unnecessary.”
Therefore, five minutes later the only
sentinel on duty was a gardener from
Directing a | : 5 z x
asd & Ti 3 . © | jutant, were killed. The British cap-
staid to eal Dr. Rives, she ached him { tured by the Boers at Scheepers Nek
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“I do not need them,” she said. “They | have been released
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| captured and shot General Echeverria,
| 2 Colombian, who aided the Venezue-
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much ericouragement should not be taken | y
When Mrs. McKinley first looked out | ish losses.
Johann Most was arrested again in
New York, charged with being a disor-
derly person.
Christ Reformed Church was dedi-
cated with appropriate exercises at
A company has been organized at
Yankee, Col., to mine the ice of a gla-
cler.
The Medical News publishes a re-
view of the McKinley case, giving the
surgeons credit for skilful work and de-
claring the President's death to be due
to an unusual and unexpected complica-
Ex-President Cleveland wept as he de-
livered a panegyric on President Mec-
Kinley before the students of Princeton
University.
The Third Party conference selected
Joseph A. Parker, of Louisville, Ky., and
others as the national executive com-
mittee.
Patrolman William Hinde, of Toledo,
who drank to the health of Czolgosz,
was discharged from the force.
The transit steamer Hudson is believ-
ed to have foundered in Lake Superior
with her crew of 25 men.
Foreign.
Otto Pauyr, editor oi an anarchist
paper in Berlin, was arrested and the
issue of his paper containing articles in
connection with the agsassination of
President McKinley was confiscated.
British manufacturers have decided to
fight the entrance of the American To-
bacco Company into competition with
John Redmond, Michael Davitt and
other Irish leaders will sail for the Unit-
ed States the latter part of October.
The Colombians are reported to have |
ENT OF
THE BIG STR
President Shaffer Says It Failed B
cause He Lacked Support.
THE OTHER UNIONS HELD ALO4
THE SE
Were in Fairly Good Condition to Win
Without Help, But Looked for Aid From
Other Labor Bodies, and to the General
Public, But Especially Relied Upon the
American Federation of Labor.
Pittsburg, Pa. (Special).—An advance
copy of the statement by President Shaf-
fer, of the Amalgamated Association,
giving a history of the late strike of steel
and tinworkers from its inception has
been secured. The circular will be mail-
ed to all districts at once.
President Shaffer says in the circular
that the statements contained therein
give a fair and truthful account of oc-
currences leading up’to and compelling
a_ settlement of the strike. In part, the
circular, is as follows:
“The tinplate people knew that we had
decided to enforce Article XIX, Section
35, consequently the charge that we
broke our agreement must rest upon the
action of the sheet conference.
“We were in fairly good condition to
win without help, but looked for aid
from other labor bodies, some of which
were pledged, and to the general public,
but especially relied upon the American
Federation of Labor, with which body
we have been affiliated ever since its in-
ception, and toward whose support we
have never failed to contribute.
“The American Federation gave us not
one cent. The report that financial help
came from the National Lodge of the
Mineworkers is absolutely false—we re-
ceived nothing.
“Perceiving that lack of money, loss
MR. MKINLEY
With extraordinary demonstra-
tions of mourning throughout the
world the body of President Wil-
liam McKinley, who died at Buf-
falo September 14 from shots
fired by Leon F. Czolgosz Sep-
tember 6, was committed to the
tomb Thursday in Canton, Ohio.
(meen
Canton, Ohio (Special).—Un-
der a great mound of flowers that
covers all the hillside in which
is built the receiving vault of beau-
tiful Westlawn Cemetery, he who
two weeks ago was William Mec-
Kinley, President of the United
States, now sleeps. Amid scenes so
impressive that they will never be
erased from the memories of those
who witnessed them, the flag cov-
ered, flower-laden coffin was car-
ried through the gates of the
tomb which will not open to re-
lease it again until the time comes
for it to be placed in its final rest-
ing place in the late President's
family lot in the cemetery where
lie the bodies of his father and
mother and his two children. Un-
til that time comes a guard of
United States soldiers will keep
watch over the tomb.
So far as the family, the nation
and his townsmen are concerned,
all funeral. solemnities are now
over. One hundred thousand or
more persons who gathered to pay
their last respects to the murdered
President have returned to their
homes.
There remain now only the
plans for a monument to his mem-
ory. Already these are under
way. Speaker Henderson of the
House of Representatives, accom-
panied by Congressman Grosve-
nor of Ohio, Congressman Sere-
no E. Payne of New York and
Congressman Dalzell of Pennsyl-
vania, was driven to Westlawn
Cemetery and viewed the loca-
tion of the McKinley plot. The
newer part of the cemetery was
also visited, and although the
statement is not definitely made,
it is suggested that the coming ses-
sion of Congress will probably ap-
propriate funds for the erection
of a monument.
In addition, the school children
lans to invade Colombia. An Indian
chief. whose followers are fighting with |
the Colombian government, has cut off
General Davila's retreat to Venezuelan
of Canton have already started a
fund to the same end. The late
President was especially dear to
thie hearts of the school children of
his country.
Lord Kitchener reports further Brit-
The Boers rushed a camp of |
Lovelet's scouts. Lieut.-Col. Andrew |
Murray and Captain Murray, his ad- |
There are now 11,000 Boers in the
field, and the Dutch in Cape Colony are
| rapidly joining the Boers, who aie over- |
the White House, who was raking the |
broad lawn of brown leaves.
Lunatics in a Fire.
Norfolk, Neb. (Special).—The asy-
um for the insane in this city was de-
stroyed by fire, one mau was burned to
running the colony.
Harry de Windt, the explorer, will
| make a third attempt to travel overland,
| via Behring Strait, between Europe and |
! America.
is receiving assistance
He
| from the Russian and American authori-
| ties.
death and it is believed that two other |
inmates aho are missing were burned
to death. The loss on buildings and
their contents will be about $300,000.
There were 6oo inmates in the main
siructure and they were rescued with
difficulty. Many of the lunatics fought
against being saved, while others were
| Paris.
The Parisians are very riuch disap-
pointed because the Czar did not visit
It is again reported that Miller- |
| and and Baudin tendered their resig- |
completely cowed, the attendants hav- |
ing no difficulty in leading them out of
the burning building.
Exzcursienists in a Wreck.
Grand Rapids, Mich. (Special).—In a
head-n1 collision on the Grand Rapids
| $3.216,500 by fires last year.
nation from the Cabinet,
Miss Helen Stone, the American mis-
sionary who was kidnapped by Turkish
brigands, has not yet been released.
Eleven persons were killed and 17 very |
seriously injured by an explosion in a |
powder factory in Tours, France. |
Financial.
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The railroads this country lost |
of
Pu
and Indiana Railread, eight miles north |
of Cadillac, between a regular freight
train and an extra passenger train car-
rying Sunday excursionists from Pe-
toskey to Cadillac, two men were killed |
and four injured. The wreck was caus-
ed by Engineer Zimmerman, of the
freight train, forgetting an order which
was given him verbally to sidetrack his
train several miles south of the scene of
the accident and await the passage of
the passenger train.
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on the stock.
{ latter part of 1898.
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| less than in July, 1900.
The pools in the New York street
railways are actively at work again.
It is stated in New York that New
jersey Central is earning 20 per cent.
The exports of breadstuffs and meat |
in August were larger than since the
Pig iron production in Germany was
649,539 tons in July, an increase of
16,493 tons over June, but 53,574 tons |
| points.
! visibly
ratio
gain a decisive
save what we could.
r. Gompers, of the Amey
tion of Labor, to meet N
effect a settlement. Mr. M8rg
his vacation, went to New
waited for Mr. Gompers, who
appear, nor has he since expla
he neglected our interests.
called upon at the national office
Mitchell, of the United Mine
Mr. Easley, of the Civil Federaf
Henry White, of the Garme
and Professor Jenks, of the Co
versity. These gentlemen inqu
J fully inte our strike, and M
stated that if we would preser
sition, which he outlined, he
mand acceptance by the tru
out the miners, and he said |
Mr. Sargeant would call out
men to strike also. The propg
accepted by the executive bo:
Steel Corporation rejected 4
“We waited for the coal min3@ and
railroad men to be called out. They
were willing to come, as thousands as-
sured us, but they have not beet called,
and the trust was more sure that with
other organized labor bodies agfainst us,
wé must be defeated. Our peoplle became
disheartened; they sent letters Jand tele-
grams asking the board to settfle. That
body gave full power to the national offi-
cers and the latter requested ypur presi-
dent to seek a conference. Hel was suc-
cessful after many difficulties.”
Mr. Shaffer then gives the terms of
the settlement, heretofore published, and
closes by saying he is willing to resign
if the members think he is inefficient and
incapable,
Crushed Dead at Lunch.
Warren, Mass. (Special).—Three men
were killed and 21 injured in a collision
on the Boston and Albany Railroad be-
tween a switching freight and a gravel
train.
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Murdered President’s Body Now in the Tomb
—Thousands Join in the Last Tribute.
(rms
The program for the ceremo-
nies as origindlly arranged was
carried out with only some trif-
ling variations. The body of the
late President was conveyed from
the home on North Market street
to the First Methodist Episcopal
Church, there was a brief service
and a brief sermon, and then,
starting at 16 minutes after 3
o'clock in the afternoon, the body
was carried to the Westlawn
receiving vault and there left to
remain for an indefinite time.
It was one of the most impos-
ing and impressive funerals ever
seen in the United States. To
convey an adequate idea of the
feature of it which was most con-
spieuous—the depth and sincerity
of the grief displayed—is quite be
yond words. In that respsmsc#ie
scenes were enacted over again
with increased intensity. All
along the great black lane of pdo-
ple that stretched from the Mc-
Kinley home to the cemetery—
quite two miles—were men gnd
women weeping as though their
own dearest friend were being
borne to the tomb.
About the tomb itself the out-
burst of grief was still mose strik-
ing. As the coffin was borne in-
to tiie vault there was not a mem-
ber of the Cabinet who was not
affected, while several
were weeping. Secretary of War
Root seemed especially moved,
although controlling himself to
some degree of outward calm,
while President Roosevelt repeat-
edly pressed his handkerchief to
his eyes. Among the bystanders
many made no effort to conceal
their emotion.
It was a scene under the cheer-
less, gray skies and in the bleak
wind as cold as on a November
day, that even the radiant glory of
all the great mass of flowers could
not relieve—the very picture of all
the sorrow and desolation that
death leaves in its wake.
The one on whom this terrible
blow falls hardest was not at the
cemetery. In spite of her own ex-
pressed wish to be present to the
last, Mrs. McKinley finally yield-
ed to the entreaties of her physi-
cian and those who are dearest to
her and remained at the house.
All of those about her feared
the effect of this final strain.
FROM THE EULOGIES.
STRIKING SENTENCES
“The cause of this universal
mourning is to be found in the |
man himself.”"—Rev. C. E. Man-
chester’'s Funeral Address at Can-
ton.
“One hundred thousand preach-
ers in 100,000 sermons could not
have taught as much as these last
words, ‘It is God's way; his will,
not ours, be done.’ ”’—Rev. Dr.
Henry C. McCook.
“In the temple of American
honor another is written among
the immortals.””—Rev. O. B. Mil-
ligan's Opening Prayer.
“An obedient and affectionate
son, patriotic and faithful as a
soldier, honest and upright as a
citizen, tender and devoted as a
husband, and truthful, generous,
Revolution in Brazil
Rio Janeiro (By Cazile).—A revolu-
tion has been declared in the southern
part of the state of Matto-Grosso, near
the frontier of Paraguay, against the
government of the state. The rebels
| have occupied Bella Vista, San Carlos,
| and Taruma.
The government forces,
assisted by the gunboat Carioca, succeed-
ed in expelling the rebels from those
A brother of the governor of the
state, who was persecuted by the insur-
gents, and who succeeded in crossing
the frontier and entering Paraguay, ar-
| rived at Asunscion.
unselfish, moral and clean in ev-
ery relation of life.”—Grover
i Cleveland.
“He was never so much alive
| as now. It is God's way. —Rev.
| John R. Paxton.
| “He has intensified and ener-
| gized our love of country and our
devotion to our political institu-
tions.”’—Cardinal Gibbons.
“I know of nothi more sub-
lime in all the roll ot martyrs or
heroes than the calm and child-
| like resignation with which he
said, ‘It is God’s way; His will
be done.’ "—James M. Beck.
“Whatever he did was done for
the general welfare; like Lincoln
and Garfield, he was too good an
American to care to be rich.”—
Wayne MacVeagh.
French Cabinet Changes.
Paris (By Cable).—The Matin asserts
that there is no foundation for the ru-
mors that changes in the French cabinet
are impending. Parisians are intensely
disappointed at the failure of Emperor
Nicholas to come to Paris, and are freely
blaming the government.
contradiction given by the Matin, the
Journal des Debats maintains. the cor-
rectness of its original statement that
MM. Millerand and Baudin tendered
their resignations to the premier, but
were induced to. retain their posts until
after the Czar’s vigit.
Despite the |
AND GAG TWO
bw Open Two } Safes, From Which
Took the Day’s\Receipts, Amounting,
,200—After Securing Their Booty the,
ers Went to the Delaware River,
a Rowbgat and Escaped.
iladelphia, Pa. (Special).—Eight
ked men entered the carbarn of the
blmeshurg, Tacony and Frankford
ay, in the extreme northeastern
pn of the city, and after binding and
ng two watchmen, proceeded to the
, where they blew open two safes
ail robbed them of the day's receipts,
afnounting to about $1200. George No-
lan and Clarence Depew, the watchmen,
were the only occupants of the biulding
at the time. Acording to their story, it
was about 2.30 o'clock in the morning
when the eight masked robbers appear-
ed. Each man was armed with a revol-
ver. Without ceremony the intruders
bound the watchmen securely with wire,
and after gagging them pushed them into
a corner,
With heavy hammers the robbers
broke the combination knobs from the
doors of the safes and inserted dynamite
in the holes. The explosions blew off
the doors and wrecked the office.
| After securing their booty the rob-
bers went to the Tacony Water Works,
| on the banks of the Delaware river,
{ where they stole a rowboat and es-
{ caped. Nolan succeeded in loosening
| his hands after a half hour's hard work.
{ He released Depew and they notified
the police.
| WARSHIP SINKS AND MANY PERISH.
Cobra
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Off]
English Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Wrecked by an Explosion.
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|, London (By Cable).—The torpedo-
| boat destroyer, the Cobra, has founder-
| ed in the North Sea, the result of an
| explosion.
| The ship was en route from the yard
of her builders, the Armstrongs, of
Newcastle, to Portsmouth, and carried
a crew of 79 men. It is reported that
| all were lost with the exception of about
| a dozen persons.
| The first intimation of the disaster
{ was the arrival of a fishing boat at Yar-
| mouth with six bodies which she had
| picked up in the vieinity of the spot
| where the Cobra was seen last.
According to the fishermen, the
| Cobra was sighted by the lightship off
| Dowsing Sands, enveloped in steam,
and she shortly afterward disappeared.
I'he men on the lightship supposed the
Cobra had sailed away, until the even-
ing, when they observed bodies floating
in the water and signaled to the fishing
| boat to investigate the disaster.
A dispatch from Middlesboro says
twelve survivors of the crew of the
Cobra were landed there, and confirms
| the first report that all the others were
drowned.
TERRIBLE RAILROAD WREOK
“Two Were dllled and Nine Inj
rania.. -
Bucharest, imania (By" Cab
{ A collision which occurred at Palotz
tween the Vienna express and a petr®
leum train appears in the light of the
| latest developments, to haye been a ter-
| rible affair. Thirty-two were killed and
| nine injured.
| In a few seconds the whole area of
| collision became a huge lake of burning
| petroleum. Trees and everything in-
| flammable within a quarter.of a square
| mile were destroyed.
| There were some ghastly scenes. A
| girl was burned to death in sight of both
| her parents, who escaped. M. Dinu, a
| Roumanian millionaire, got his foot jam-
{ med in the wreckage and begged one of
| the train guards to sever his foot with
| an ax, promising him a large reward if
| he would do so. Before the guard could
[ help him he sank back into the flames
| and was burned to death.
| MM. Schwartz, conductor of one of the
| trains, who was similarly jammed, clung
| so desperately to the man who tried to
| extricate him that his would-be rescuer
sustained flesh wounds in the neck and
had to be dragged away just as Schwartz
perished in the flames.
Most of the 32 who were killed were
burned to death.
STRIKERS HOLD OHIO BRIDGE.
1,309 Freight Cars Tied Up, and Eight Lines
Crippled by Forty Men.
Louisville, Ky. (Special).—The strike
for higher wages of forty switchmen em-
ployed at the Kentucky and Indiana
| bridge, across the Ohio River, has caused
a tie-up of freight trains which affects
eight railroads more or less seriously.
About 1300 freight cars are sidetracked
at New Albany, Youngstown and Rere.
Engines with steam’ up and their en-
gineers and firemen ready to move are
to be seen by the dozen at Youngstown
and at the terminals of the bridge.
The roads directly affected by the
strike are the Baltimore and Ohio Seuth-
western, the Monon, and the Southern
Others affected indirectly are the
LouisviHe and Nashville, the Louisville
Hendersom and St. Louis, the Illinois
Central, and some of the freights of the
Big Four and the Chesapeake and Ohio
A Singular Accident.
Bridgeville, Del. (Special).—George
Smith, living near Houston’s branch
was at Smithville on a load of cane
stalks at the mill of John Willoughby,
when by the sudden starting of hie team
he sustained painful injuries. In grab-
bing for the reins the handle of a piteh-
fork which he held in his other hand
i became entangled in the spokes of the
wheel, the motion of which drove the
| fork through Mr. Smith’s leg, the tines
going through the fleshy part and com-
| ing out the other side. ‘
Expiosion on Movicg Train.
Milton, Pa. (Special).—As the pas-
senger train on the Philadelphia & Erie
Railroad, due here at 6.14 p. m. was
going east, the tank which supplies gas
oline for light in one of the cars explod
ed with terrific force. In an instant the
car was enveloped in flames and the
many passeengers in the coach who could
not escape by the doors were taken out
| through the windows. A flagman was
severely burned about the face and one
{ woman fainted in the paaic which pre-
| vailed. The local fire com®any was call-
ed out and assisted in subduing the
flames.