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THE BULLETIN, - « Florin, Pa.
Bntered at the Dostoffice at Florin as
second-class madd matter.
np mer
‘I'he Chicago man who 1s representzd
to be i nthe possession of two perfect
hearts is suspected of having stolen
one from some overconfiding woman.
While American women are paying
fancy prices for “imported Parisian’
hats made by skillful milliners in the
United States, the Germans are taking
very kindly to trimmed hats manu-
factured in our broad land.
The salary of the president is $50,-
000; of the chief justice of the su-
preme court, $10,600; of a cabinet offi-
cer, $8000; of the vice-president, $8000;
of the speaker of the house, $5000. The
allowance for the president of France
is 600,000 francs salary and 600,000
francs for expense.
Leslie Stephen believes walking to
be of all exercises the best for the lit-
erary man. It he declares, “the
natural recreation for a man who de-
cires not absolutely to suppress his
intellect, but to turn it out to play
for a season. All great men of let-
ters have, therefore, been enthusias-
tic walkers (exceptions, of course, ex-
is,
cepted).”
The growth of United States trade
' with China is set forth at length in a
bulletin just issued by the treasury
departnient. From various ports of
the empire statements have been ob-
tained showing decided gains in the
receipts of cotton piece goods and oth-
The total
value of American merchandise of all
er material from America.
classes entering China is now about
$24,000,000 annually, while the United
States imports from the Flowery King-
dom about $28,000,000 worth.
This era of experiments in
“00d.
rope,
is an
Scientific investigators in Eu-
fter thorough tests of a horse-
flesh diet, that this sort of meat,
when the use of + is continued for a
time, the
the consumer, whether man or beast.
ny
tends to lessel. weight of
These physiological have come
sages
te the conclusion that the cudicest
steals and roasts from the fattest colts
and fillies are inferior to beef or veal,
mutton, lamb or ham in sustaining
vital force and preventing a decline
in strength.
is promised for
the discovery of
A new industry
North Carolina
the matting reed in its river marshes.
It has long said that matting
could be made only in China, because
lh suitable for its manufacture
Re-
cently reed has been found growing in
in
been
was found only in that country.
the greatest profusion in the water of
Trent and Neuse rivers New-
bern, N. C., which experts state is
identical with that used in China for
making matting. This rush is a hardy
plant and a very rapid grower. The
stalks are from one-sixteenth to three
eighths of an inch in diameter, and
height of three to seven
above
grow to a
feet. Tne annual importation of mat-
ting into the United States from China
is estimated at 300,000,000 yards. The
manufacture is said to be a simple
and inexpensive process and one in
which highly skilled labor is not neces-
sary.
,One of the experts at the recent tu-
berculosis congress in London says
the scourge of mankind will
decrease materially “in the United
States when the national vice of ex-
pectoration is checked. Decency, re-
finement, health, even life itself, plead
for the abolition of ihis offensive cus-
tom, yet, with nothing to urge in its
favor, and everything against it, it is
one of the hardest social evi®s to com-
bat. ven now that it is proved to
be an actual evil, it has its practition-
ers, and, what is more astonishing, its
advocates. Laws against it, while
based on soundest hygiene. affecting
the public health, are denounced as an
invasion of personal liberty. Thera is
still much work to do in the case, but
with the advantage at stake, the mis-
sionary efforts by law, reason and per«
suasion, should be continued till the
desired result is attained. A begin-
ning might be made in the schools and
the habit nipped in the bud, thinks the
Baltimore American. _
dread
GRAVE CHARGES
AGAINST WOMAN,
Mrs. Witwer, of Dayton, Ohio, Suspected
of Killing 15 Persons.
ALL THE DEATHS WERE SUDDEN,
Her Alleged Victims Includes Four Husbands,
Five Children and One Sister—The Others,
Whom She Is Supposed to Have Poisoned,
Were Members of Families Where She
Was Serving as Housekeeper.
Dayton, Ohio (Special).—Suspected
of having committed 15 murders, the po-
lice say, Mrs. J. A. Witwer, a widow,
living in this city, is under arrest at the
instigation of the coroner. The alleged
victims are said to include:
Four husbands.
Five children.
One sister. Ja
Five members of different families in
which she was employed as housekeeper.
The last supposed victim was Mrs.
Witwer’s sister, Mrs. Anna Pugh, who
died a week ago under mysterious cir-
cumstances. An autopsy performed at the
request of Mrs. Witwer’'s mother, who
came here from Detroit, is said to have
disclosed the presence of arsenic and
copperas in the stomach. :
Following closely upon the death o
her first husband—Fred Schweger—
came, according to the Police Depart-
ment’s information, the death of two
children. The second husband died sud-
denly several years after the wedding
and the children of this marriage died in
rapid succession. Her last husband—A.
J. Witwer—died last April. In each in-
stance, it is said, the deaths were strange-
ly alike.
The prisoner is 47 years of age and
formerly lived in Middletown, Ohio. She
has two sons in the Philippines and a
sister, it is stated, in a New York asy-
lum. No motive for these suspected
crimes has been disclosed. Drugs which
were found in the house occupied by
Mrs. Witwer are in possession of the
police and will be examined.
The third husband of Mrs. Witwer
was William Stowe, who died at Middle-
town with symptoms, it is alleged, of ar-
senical poisoning. Mr. Stowe’s death
was investigated by the coroner, but
without result. Shortly after Stowe’s
death Mrs. Witwer came to Dayton and
became housekeeper for Charles K. Kel-
ler, a widower. Keller died suddenly,
and the information since gained by the
coroner concerning Keller's death is said
to be that his ailment was similar to that
of a person affected by poison. Mrs.
Witwer next acted for housekeeper for
John A. Wenz, a druggist. In July last
year Wenz's 4-year-old son died sud-
denly and two months later Wenz died.
The doctors attribute Wenz’s death to
blood poisoning, but now tell the coroner
they were dissatisfied with their diag-
nosis at the time, :
Mrs. Witwer then went to live with a
Mr. and Mrs. Gabler, on Best street,
Riverdale. These two persons died sud-
denly, and the coroner now says their
sickness was of the nature of arsenical
poisoning.
BURNED IN A WRECKAGE.
Four Men Killed in a Rear End Freight
Train Collision.
Logansport, Ind. 1
Panhandle Railroad trainmen met death
near Onward, 14 miles southeast/ of
here, in a rear-end collision of freight
ttrains. The bodies of three of
dead were taken out badly mutilated,
but the fourth was almost entir¢ly con- |
sumed by flames which broke out soon
aiter the wreck before the wrecking
crew-could subdue the fire sufficiently
to permit work in 4hat portion of the
debris. TT Wy, Cf
During the night Confhetos Weaver,
in charge of the second section of a
train consisting of an engig@and two
cabooses, left Hartford City fo®Logans-
port. In the rear caboose wep =Gal-
breath, Brosius and Greeley, wNp had
been working on the gravel train at
Hartford City, and who were en route
to this city. All were asleep when the
train stopped near Onward to make up |
steam. The flagman was sent out to
watch for the third section, and no dan-
ger was thought of until the train loom-
ed up too close for any of the men to
escape, except Weaver, who jumped and
got off uninjured.
The wreck was most disastrous. Six
cars were burned from the third sec-
tion, which, with the two cabooses and
the ruined engine, make the loss a large
one.
THEY DESPISE CZOLGOSI.
Murderers In Auburn Prison Thiak Them-
sclves Above Him.
Auburn N. Y. (Special).—Czolgosz
has begun to read and obtains books
from the prison library.
The assassin is d=spised by the other
occupants of the condemned cells, who
consider themselves in a higher class. |
killed Keeper Benedict, |
Egnor, who
has obtained a picture of McKinley
which he has framed and draped in
mourning. His cell is between Czol-
gosz's and the death chamber. He has
planned to hang the picture facing out-
ward at the grating of the cell door
and to dare the assassin to look at it as
he goes past to death.
Warden Mead has given orders to the
gatekeeper not to allow any person to
enter the prison unless properly vouch-
ed for or having undoubted’ credentials.
Crushed Under Wire Coils.
Alpena, Mich. (Special).—Two men
were killed and three were injured by
being crushed under heavy coily of wire
at the Page Fence Company's ware-
house. The dead are Thomas Bee and
Willard Bowen. The injured. are
Michael Fraley, John Mattix and ¥frank
Wickham. The men werg piling wire
when one tier of coils toppled over upon
them.
Lieutenant Crockett Killed.
Washington (Special).—The War
Department received a cgblegram an-
nouncing that Second Lieut. Allen /T.
Crockett was killed
Luzon, Sept. 24. He had been in/the
army since June, 1900. /
Shot Down by a Preacher. /
Carbondale, Ill. (Special).—Relv. Jos.
McGammish, a Seventh-Day Adventist
reacher, shot and killed John
rown, who, it is alleged, attacked him
with a knife. Brown is saifi to have
been jealous of McGammigh's alleged
attentions to Mrs. Brown.
(Special). —Fouf
the |
near Candelafia, |
C. |
SUMMARY OF THE LATEST ho
Domestic.
The House of Deputies of the Epis-
copal Convention in San Francisco,
after a lengthy debate, adopted an
amendment to the constitution that spe-
cial forms of service may be prescribed
by canon for certain congregations not
in full communion with the Church. The
triennial meeting of the American
Church Sunday School Institute was
held and officers elected.
As to the question of authority over
a military prisoner in the Philippines,
Civil Governor Taft contends that the
power of the general commanding is
limited, and that the only tribunal hay-
ing jurisdiction over a military prisoner
is the federal court.
Richard C. Davis was released on
$25,000 bail in Evansville, Ind., on the
charge of embezzling $10,000 from the
national bank of which he was cashier.
A. W. Miller, formerly city clerk of
Sandusky, Ohio, who is alleged to have
embezzled $100,000 of the city's funds,
has been located in Sandusky, Ohio.
Arrangements have been made to run
through trains from Richmond to
Washington on the Richmond, Freder-
icksburg and Potomac Railroad.
J. Q. Adams & Co., of Minneapolis,
and exporting houses in the Northwest,
assigned. They were caught in the
May corner.
Y Wardman Bissert, convicted in New
. York of accepting a bribe from the
keeper of a disorderly house, secured a
stay in the United States Circuit Court.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the New
York millionaire, sent a thousand-dollar
cultural Society fair.
Several rapid-fire guns were shipped
from New Y
towns.
Three prominent Chicago attorneys
and a well-known railroad detective
dicted for attempted jury-bribing.
Henry W. Cramp, vice-president of
the Cramp Ship and Engine Building
Company, died at his home in Phila-
delphia.
The body of Prof. W. J. Beards-
worth, who was drowned ghile cross-
ing Naked creek, was AE pi Win-
chester, Va.
The city of Portsmouth, Va., will seek
to have the charter of the Old Domin-
ion Railway Company revoked.
The Virginia Long-Distance Tele-
phone Company, with headquarters at
Staunton, Va., was sold.
The large storage warehouses of A.
S. Leach & Co., of Philadelphia, were
destroyed by fire:
The grain dealers, at their annual con-
vention in Des Moines, Iowa, elected
officers.
October number of the Federationist a
vigorous reply to the charges made by
President Shaffer, of the Amalgamated
Association, regarding the attitude of
Gompers and President Mitchell, of the
United Mineworkers, in the recent steel
strike.
The Sultan of Jolo refused to receive
| thé Congressional party. A battalion
| of the Eleventh Infantry, Colonel De
| Rusey, is on the track of the Filipinos
|/who attacked the American troops at
/| Balangiga, Island of Samar.
| Five persons are reported to have
| been killed by a renegade band of
| Apaches from the San Carlos Reserva-
| tion in the Mongolian mountains.
Foreign.
The deficit for the last nine months in
| the finances of France amounts to 137,-
{ 000,000 francs. The Temps sounds a
[note of warning to the government, say-
ling that it must be remembered that a
| deficit was the immediate cause of the
overthrow of the monarchy of Louis
XVI.
Pekin advices state that the foreign
| soldiers continue to ill-treat the natives
{and commit petty robberies. The lega-
| tion quarter looks like a fortified city.
| The court is traveling to Kai Feng Fu
|in the most expensive manner.
| Abdur Rohman Khan, the Ameer of
| Afghanistan, died at Simla, October 3.
| His eldest son reported the death to
{the British agent at Cabul. It will like-
[ly result in trouble between England
and Russia.
{ The North German Lloyd steamer
| Kronprinz Wilhelm arrived at Plymouth
from New York, having made the trip
lin 5 days 9 hours and 48 minutes—a
[new record for a maiden voyage.
| English police authorities say that
| Laura Horos, in custody in London on
| the charge of conspiring to defraud wo-
| men by fortune telling, is the former
| wife of General Diss Debar. Ann Ode-
{lia Diss Debar served a term in a New
{ York prison for swindling Luther C.
| Marsh.
Miss Helen Morton, daughter of the
former vice-president of the United
States, was married in London to Count
Boson de Perigord, a son of the Duke
of Talleyrand-Perigord.
Certain German newspapers demand
| that the Chinese astronomical instru-
| ments taken by the German troops from
Pekin be returned, as they were taken
unlawfully.
The English jury in the inquest over
the remains of the 70 victims of the tur-
bine torpedo boat destrover Cobra, which
foundered in the North Sea, gave a ver-
| dict that the disaster was caused by the
unexplained buckling of the boat, and
that it was too lightly built.
Americans in Constantinople have se-
cured evidence of the complicity of mem-
bers of the Macedonian committee at
Sofia in the kidnapping of the American
missionary, Miss Helen Stone.
Emperor William footed all the bills
covering the expenses of Prince Chun
and the other members of the Chinese
expiatory mission during their stay in
t Germany.
| United States Minister Bowen, at Car-
acas, Venezuela, persuaded the parties
| to the asphalt controversy to accept ar-
| bitration.
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| Financial.
Snow's report gives corn condition
0.8 per cent. Total yield of wheat,
| 772,000,000 bushels.
| The New York Subtreasury state-
{ ment shows that the banks have gained
| $4,012,000 this week.
The Calumet & Hecla Companies
| have declared a dividend of $15, pay-
| able October 31 to stock of record
October 5.
The Comptroller of the Currency has
| issued a call for the condition of banks
j8 the close of business Monday, Sep-
Ss
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tember 30.
INS
Minn., one of the largest grain receiving |
check for the Shenandoah Valley Agri- |
! ork for use of the Colom- |
bian government at some of the coast | i
have been arrested on the charge of-zid-
ing in the escape of a bailiff whe was in- |
President Gompers, of the American |
Federation of Labor, publishes in the |
| KILLED
RAILROAD WRECK.
Engineer, * Conductor, Fireman
Brakeman Meet Death.
TRAIN RAN INTO AN OPEN SWITCH
aad
Coroner's Jury Decided That Orders to S op
Were Not Obeyed—Bodies Recovered and
/ Sent Home—The Wrecked Train Wels the
Fast Freight Which Runs Betweerf phils.
delphia and Harrisburg.
Reading, Pa. (Special).—Fof;r persons
were instantly killed in a fr ight wreck
| on the Lebanon Valley diyfsion of the
Reading Railway, near immelstown,
Pa. The killed are: A
Thomas T. Dolan, engfheer. Philadel-
phia. :
William
| Philadelphia. &
| Conductor Patrick Cane, Philadelphia.
Brakeman Charl® Mays, Phila-
delphia. ’
The middle mg
the rear braken
A derail sw.
Fil
H. McC@ nsby, fireman,
, Charles Dennis, and
1, John Ryan, escaped.
h was open, and the
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/New York (Special).—The America’s
«up is safe for another year, at least.
[An the closest race in yachting history,
{Columbia won the third and deciding
Sofas) of the series from the challenging
{ boat.
While Shamrock led nearly all the
way and actually crossed the finishing
[line two seconds ahead of Barr's white-
| winged wonder the official measurements
| compelled her to give the American boat
| 43 seconds time, and as a result Colum-
bia won by 41 seconds.
The sea was smooth and the sun
bright, while the air had a keen nip that
made the spectators button their coats
when the excursion fleet went down to
Sandy Hook. Soon both boats were
standing out to sea in tow of their re-
spective tugs. Before the starting gun,
both went through the usual tactics of
jocking about the line. Barr was more
watchful than ever. Sycamore, grim and
silent, swung the brass machine first on
one tack and then another, while the
minutes slipped by. The wind held at
twelve knots.
The excursinpists crowded up to see
the battle, and vilence fell upon the
breezy ocean. Shamrock held on to
windward and did not set her staysail.
Columbia had staysail and jib set and
balloon in stops, and as Sycamore show-
| ed a decided intention of not going over
first on the leeward run, Barr came to
the conclusion that he would try it es-
pecially as the gun had fired.
It was a little different from the usual
trial to get the weather berth. This run
off before the wind made the windward
boat last and in a position to wind her
antagonist.
They were both standing for the line
when the handicap gun fired, the Colum-
bia a little in the lead and Shamrock on
port quarter. Shamrock broke out her
balloon and Barr held on a few minutes
to be able, if necessary, to haul his wind
if Sycamore forced him to spring his
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our, plu
e moment the
¢ rails the cars in the rear
up ahout the engine, and both
re blocked.
the morning all of the passen-
re transferred, a special train
been sent out from Reading.
recked train was the fast freight
which" runs between Philadelphia and
Harrisburg. Several days ago the Read
ing Company posted notices to the ef]
fect that trains would be run on a singl
track over Swatara bridge and directir
all trains in both directions to come to
stop before crossing the bridge. An ¢
erator had been placed at the east gid,
and all trains were regulated by sig s.
Whether the crew had been advisll of
the change is not known, but it is ert-
ed that the signals were against thgain.
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Many Lost In Storms. i {
Tacoma, Wash. (Special).—S nor
advices are that the coast of F za,
Northern Japan, has been visit by
heavy gales, wrecking 400 fishing oats;
12 boats with total crews of 74 mf are
missing. Heavy rains caused over-
flow of the rivers of Hokaido, yflashing
away 600 houses and submerginlf many
villages.
~ AMERICA'S CUP WILL STAY HERE.
/ tN ;
The Last Race Was the Closest in the History of In-
ternational Contests—Jockeying for the Start.
luff. Then, seeing that the Englishman
was making a straight race, he broke
out his balloon and went across.
Time, Columbia, 11.02; Shamrock,
11.02.
This is official, and not actual, as Co-
lumbia went over at least 10 seconds
ahead. Shamrock broke out her spin-
naker, going over and Columbia follow-
ed. The Britsh boat seemed to have a
handicap in not getting over in time, but
she pulled up rapidly and soon closed the
gap.
Heading for the mark Shamrock turn-
ed at 12.48.46 and stood away on star-
board tack to keep the weather berth.
Columbia swung around much quicker
49 seconds later and threw about on port
tack.
The Columbia now began to show her
old form in wind-jamming}, She stood
well up to it and held along for several
minutes and then came about on the
starboard tack, with the Shamrock to lee-
ward but well ahead. They stood along
for some minutes and then came about to
port tack, the Shamrock first and Co-
lumbia following, having stood well over
to windward first. J ;
Then happened the greatest sailing in
the history of racing. Columbia flattened
in N@sheets and jammed her nose right
with the failing breeze, which had fallen
to less than Six %oty” :
Shamrock eytld not point 1p as high
and Sycamore/ held along blpkgting the
Columbia, feeling sure mow of an
vietory. ' Bujt the Columbia is!a fait
and reliable/ ship. She poked her
into the last puff. and luffed alm
through Shiamrock’s lee, with that brass
boat close enough to jump aboard.
The Ie was only a few fathoms dis-
tant and with failing headway and shak-
ing h#adsails, both yachts luffed over
the ifine, the Columbia a boom’s length
behind. Such a race never was sailed
befote and it was a fitting climax to the
serigs,
Lost 600 Killed
Willemstad, Curacoa (By Cable).—
News received up to September 29 in-
dicates that General Davila's first fight
at Curogoa was an absolute rout, Five
Venezuelan battalions of 400 men each
were engaged and the Colombiqns are
estimated at the same number. Tt is
now known that General Echg¢yerria
was killed on the battlefield, and not
shot by the Colombians. The battalion
called the “Sacred Battalion,” composed
of gentlemen volunteers moynted, was
the first to break and retreat pefore the
Colombians. After General Echeverria
was killed, General Davila, Clodomiro
Castillo and Ermilo Castro. a brother
of President Castro, fled the field.
About 6c0 were killed on the Venezue-
lan side, including 30 minor officers.
The Indians ambushed] General Da-
vila's retreating vanguard composed of
200 men, and annihilatey it. :
Clodomiro Castillo, who is a Colom-
vian, now commands the Venezuelan
forces at the front on Guaiira Penin-
sula, and Ermilo Castro nowy commands
FEUD ENDS IN FO
Mortal Battle at the Big
Knoxville, Tenn. (Spfeial). —A bloody
fight occurred at the, Union Baptist
Church, at Big Spri Tenn., 10 miles
from Tazewell, Ten,
Services were bei eld at the church
thered. Just be-
n “Tip” Chadyell
o yards from the
n was at the spring
hadwell. Both fac-
hered and the fight
. The killed are:
n F. Chadwell, Rush
Morgan. Mortally
wounded: John Horgan, Asa Chadwell.
Hanged Ferself Publicly.
Victoria, B. C.}Special).—The steamer
Duke of Fife, Which sailed from Yoko-
hama Septem 21, brings a strange
story of the puplic suicide of a Chinese
woman at FoofChow. She resolved on
the deed afterfhe death of her husband
and informed [he public of her intention.
The taotai trkd to prevent her, artd on
account of typhoon floods the suicide was
twice postpoied, but ill efforts failed to
divert the yoman froth her purpose. Be-
decked in Fer finest dothes, she publicly
hanged heself on platform before
which stoi several hlindred spectators.
/
tions immediately
lasted half an h
“Tip” Chadwell,
Morgan, Henr
FLEETING ARMY AMBUSHED BY INDIANS.
Vanguard of the Roiited Venezuelans Annihilated—
in Recent Battle.
the “Sacred Battalion.”
An unconfirmed rumor reports that
General Uribe Uribe, the Colombian
Liberal revolutionist, has been killed.
When the Venezuelans first entered
the peninsula they robbed the Guajira
Indians of their cattle and generally
| maltreated them. The Indians are now
retaliating, cruelly mutilating and mur-
dering many of the fugitives who have
been straggling since the defeat over
the waterless, burning flat peninsula in
an effort to reach their lines or the
coast.
Venezuela seems determined, if pos-
sible, to retrieve her fallen fortunes at
Guajira. If she fails in this present en:
deavor it is believed, even among army
officers, that the Colombian government
forces, allied Guajira Indians and Vene-
zuelan revolutionists opposed to Presi-
dent Castro will unite and march on
Maracaibo, with good chances of cap-
turing the place. Such action would
probably also mean the capture of San
Carlos Fort and the liberation of the
Venezuelan political prisoners.
Springs Baptist Church,
/ Tennessee.
Wounded: Jones, leg broken; Neabley,
flesh wound: Sheriff James Brook,
slightly.
Sheriff Brook attempted to arrest one
of the Chadwells, who resisted.
The feud between the Morgans and
Chadwells has existed for a long time.
Last Christmas they met at Walnut
Hills, Va., and a pitched battle ensued
in which several were killed. Eighteen
months ago they met near the Hancock
line. Fighting followed and one was
killed. Both the Chadwells and Morgans
are prosperous and influential and have
large families. More trouble is feared.
© Suicide Carried Diamonds.
Chicago (Special). — With $15,000
worth of diamonds in his possession, D.
W. Dickie, a jeweler, who lived at the
Kimball Hotel, committed suicide near
the Grant Monument in Lincoln Park.
A park policeman heard a pistol shot in
the direction of the monument and after
searching 20 minutes in the darkness
came upon the body of Dickie lying on
a bench just south of the statue. Dickie
was about 55 years old. It is thought
he had not been long in Chicago. The
directory only states that he is a jeweler,
but does not tell his place of business.
JR MORE DEATHS.
4
he Kidnappis
he Whole Cour
DBABLY SOON BE
als Consistent With Their
Conduct, Decline Absolutely
8 Miss Stone's Case for Publication,
t Is Evident From Their Manner
t They Are Feeling More Hopeful.
Boston, Mass. (Special).—From the
Atlantic to the Pacific and from Maine
to Florida, this country has been aroused
by the story of the capture of the Ameri-
can missionary, Miss Helen H. Stone,
by brigands in Southern Europe and by
the appeal for funds with which to pay
the ransom. Thousands of dollars are
being received here as a result of the
appeal of the American Board of Mis-
sions, and it is known that mails from
the Far West are bringing additional
thousands. \
The firm of Peabody, Kidder & Co.
which is caring for the contributions as’
they are reeeived, reported that over $50,-
000 had Been received. This is nearly
half of the amount, $110,000, necessary\
to pay the ransom demanded for the re-
lease of the American woman.
Three Governments, Bulgaria, Turkey
and the United States, are putting forth
every effort in behalf of the unfortunate
missionary. Bulgarian and Turkish
troops are in pursuit of the brigands,
and if the latter are captured they will
be Jilted without the formality of a
trial.
The United States Government has
also been aroused by the news of the
kidnapping. and President Roosevelt is
urging the State Department to do
everything in its power to secure Miss
Stone's release. The President has been
in consultation with the delegates of the =
Missionary Board at the Capital, and
whatever can be done will be done, but
this is not a case for fleets or armies —
at least, not now. The Government
must move with extreme caution, how-
ever, lest it cause the loss of the life it
would save. It is the practice of these
brigands in the Balkans to kill their
captives immediately on the advent of
any government into the negotiations.
After Miss Stone is restored to her
friends the campaign of punishment
may be prosecuted, but such a course is
now deemed inadvisable,
KRUGER SAID TO BE FAILING.
Mentally and Physically, It Is Declared, He
Is Weaker.
London (By Cable).—A dispatch
from The Hague says:
“A. D. W. Wolmraans, one of the
Boer envoys, who has been visiting
President Kruger at Hilversum, Hol-
lag ad the mental condition of the
President by no means satis-
r. Kruger is slowly growing
ysically and mentally. His
reaching a decision on im-
pions is found to be a seri-
ne to those working in gii-
ehalf of the Boer cause,
Sirghtest cuestion regardin
health Mr. Kruger exhibits inten
tation and vehenently denies t
thing is wrong. Me approac
ter causes anxiety, as TR r
leave Holland.”
Brussels (By Cable).—Le P
states that Mr. Kruger has
President Roosevelt a protest
the exportation of horses and
South Africa. It also declares
never contemplated sending a
to the United States Governme
licit mediation."
MISS HELEN L
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Daughter of Secretary of §
to Consumption.
Hingham, Mass. (Specia
Helen Long, youngest daughtg
retary of the Navy John D. Loj
her home, in Cottage street,
of consumption.
Miss Long had been suffer
pulmonary trouble since the
1808. During her father's
Secretary of the Navy Miss
obliged to enter somewhat i
cial functions of the capital, o
delicate health of Mrs. Lon,
own health became impaired,
In November, 1898, eming
advised her to seek the cli
rado, which she did. Sher
for three years, and her
so much that Secretary
permanent residence for
Springs about a year ag
Three weeks ago she ¢
Secretary, with her si
her grandmother,
physicians at Color3
of climate might |
She arrived at Hing
ing with nervoust
into decline.
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Martin Kirby a
short ‘cut to the
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crushed. The hos
cannot recover.
Frank Kopopag
Miners’ Hospital,
skull fractuzed,
coal at Gilberion
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stations of the
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