The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 16, 1897, Image 2
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Two Trains Meet at High Speed on
a Colorado Mountain Curve.
r FIRE FOLLOWED THE CRASH.
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Passenger* Pinned Under the Wreck and
Burned to Death?Many Bodies Dlsfigured
Beyond Recognition ? The |
Freight Supposed to Have Been "Stealing
a Station1' From a Passenger Train.
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f Dbxtkb, Col. (Special).?Passenger train
1 of the Denyer and Rio Grande Railway,
jjrhioh had left Denver for Salt Lake City,
and an eastbound stock train of the Colo- (
jrado Midland, collided on the Rio Grande
Junction track a mile and a half west of
Kew Castle at 12.15 a. m. Both trains were
irreoked, eighteen persons were killed,
and many others were hurt.
The identified dead are: 0. S. Ostrandcr,
? ; engineer, freight train; R. S. Hallan, fireman,
freight train; Robert Holland, fireman,
passenger train; James F. Keenan, 1
t.v .postal clerk; Charles Leeper, Clarion,
Penn.; Mrs. Alexander Hartman.Heuscher, |
fc" J1L; two Hartman children; six unidentified
persons burned in the wreok.
1 Theseriously injured are: William Gor?
fion, passenger engineer; the Rev. Alexander
Hartman, Heuschler, 111.; J. H. Stander,
Riverside, Idaho; Miss Pearl Cornell, Atsel, J
in .. Oregon; Thomas Nash, Moab, Utah.
' Ten other passengers received burns,
scratches, and scalds, but none severe
enough to interfere with their continuing
their journeys.
' The passenger train left New Castle west
ip>: Jjound just an hour late and the freight was
supposed to be on a siding six miles west
W New Castle. It is believed that the crew
of the freight train endeavored to "steal a
ptation," but the freignt train had run ten
minutes over the allotted time when the
collision occurred. Conductor F. ?. Bur?
, hank of the freight train was arrested. He
Eg!L refuses to talk.
Kg. * Both trains were running at full speed
when the collision occurred, the locomoAires
telescoping with a tremendous crash
iand the passenger locomotive exploding
VV Immediately after striking.
R'- A Pintsch gas cylinder under one of the
1 isoaehes is supposed to have exploded, lggg
>. kiting the wreck, and befor? the injured
passengers could he rescued the oars were
? SI mam of flames. The flames spread so
tapldiy that little work in rescuing the
[ s- passengers who were pinned down could be
i done. One man, shouting for aid, was
sr. reached,but the rescuers were driven back by
V. lames before he could be extricated, and be
Had before the eyes of the rescuing party.
? I. P.Mannix of Victor broke open awinaV.
Iqw in the smoking oar, but only to admit
fr; tps flames. He made his escape through a
window on the opposite side. Miss Cort'
- Mil was found partly out of a window with
bar hip dislocated, and she was rescued
; \ z Urt In time to escape cremation. The Rev.
- if, Hartman was dragged- out of a rear
idcor, but his wife and family perished in
KM lamas. The two express messengers
K. iokopped their way through the side of the
- * Via hm^ iwirfliwllw nnlnlnrftH
i i?wtT thtTfront coaches escaped. The I
r' \ Mm of the car pinned down the passenH|;
* hn, and they perished in the flames berate
they oould be reached. No mail and
|kV . ?lt little baggage was saved.
| In ha all similar accidents the locomotive
M are first to lose their lives. Engineer
f't- jOetraader went down with his hands on
r .whs lever. Robert Holland, fireman on the
(passenger, was so badly hurt that he died
? five o'clock. Engineer Gordon of the
Warnsinii lisln esi rilillj hart. He was
? thrown over a barb wire fence by the force
' 'V of the collision.
Neighboring ranch hooses 'received the
thjunsd. The ranchmen did what they
ooeld to help. At least twe cars of stock
1 - were wreaked, and the road was strewn
? \ IwMli boilw of dead animals.
. I Physicians were taken to the wreck from
Kg;-' wow Oastle and from Glenwood Springs,
'aid oariy in the day the injured were taken
Lr {to the hospital at Salida.
' Charles Leeper, one of the victims, was
Sj|. X jons of the most conspicuous men of Clarion
County, Pennsylvania. Fifty years ago he
jwa&ad^fatto a Clarion a poor boy, He died
CHINESE BICYCUST.
A Laundry Man Beat White
KU.-, . Poo Lee, a Chinese laundry man, of
WW, Hloh., is the first of his countrymen
to Win a "bike" race in the United States.
I;' -' Soma months ago he was persuaded to i
bay a bicycle, and in a few weeks was able
to ride as well as any one. He aocompan- I
Mfif K jlad American hays on long spins, and surHk
priaad them by making good his boasts to
ihow them the way. At a carnival of
sports held in Nlles he entered in one of
jtne events, and the announcement of his
Kb'; entry brought an Immense crowd. In the
race won entered some fast riders, but they
v were not "in it" with the Chinaman. He
Sporting men are trying to induce Foo
Kk. / Lee to give ap the laundry business and
devote himself to racing.
* A NATURALIZATION SCHOOL
Mp.*? WsSeUTIslieil to fstuillle. Pea a , to Help
Among forty appidants for citizenship a1
hi Pottsvllle, Penn., was a man who stepped
forward with an air of confidence when
Btailed ep for examination by the court.
- "Did you ever attend a school In this
countryT" asked Judge Beohtei.
ftr "Tea, air."
Bf, "What sohool?"
"The naturalization school."
ffi It was brought oat that there was a
, r ; nehool in Pottsrilie where foreigners were
Br. coached In the easiest methods of seeuring
K^, naturalisation papers.
Irrigation mt Arid Luda
It'is expected that work will be reK?>
named In sixty days on the great Rio Verde
HlV irrigation enterprise, whieh is to lydeem
300,000 acres of the finest land in the halt
Hi River Valley of Arizona. Of the 156 miles
of canals that will constitute the Rio '
RF' " Verde irrigation system, tweaty-two have
been dug, and a large amount of the work,
netting altogether $209,000, has been done.
' Saratoga's Floral Fete.
Over 100,000 visitors witnessed the annual
Ef fete of the Saratoga (N. Y.) Fioral Associa- ;
' tton. The procession and battle ef flowers
were particularly attractive. In the even?
? ing 150 children danced the figure "The
K? - ' Realm of the Roses." A ball elosed the fes- I
I ' tival.
New York Banker* Assign.
James R. Willard, Elmer II wiggings and
Jay Dwigglngs, who compose the firm of
J. R. WlUard A Co.. bankers and brokers,
with offices in New York City. Buffalo,
Washington. Philadelphia and .tfontrea',
* assigned. It is estimated that their liabilities
will reach $1,000,000.
A Farmer Who Has Prospered.
John Stollar, a Nebraska farmer, who
?> went into det,t for eighty acres of land, has
Why raised eaough wheat on it this y.rar to clear
Hk ' the deM, 4
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
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Washington Items.
Government employes are warned that
they will be dismissed for insubordination
If they seek to retain their places by injunctions.
The full text of the Japanese Government's
acceptance of Hawaii's proposal to
arbitrate differences was delivered to Secretary
Sherman by the Secretary of the
Japanese Legation.
The Government, through the Marine
Hospital service, is taking every possiblo
precaution against the spread of yellow
fever from Ocean Springs, Miss.
Domestic.
RECOBD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.
Per Per
Clubs. Won. Lost, ct.l Clubs. Won. Lost. ct.
Bait 80 33 .703 Chicago .53 64 .453
Boston ...82 35 .701 Brooklyn 52 65 .444
N'wYork.75 40 .652 Philad'a..51 66 .436
Cincin'ati65 48 .575 Pittsb'g ..49 63 .430
Clevel'd..57 59 .491 Louisv'le49 63 .419
Wash'n.. 53 61 .465 St. Louis.27 89 .233
The mercury in the Weather Bureau, New
York City, broke all records for thesummer,
ninety-ono degrees being recorded.
Many cases of prostration by the heat
were reported.
^ The murder of James C. Pitts, the nged
resident of Summit, N. J., who was killed,
mveferiotiftlv in tli* bitehen of fii<* home. I
is being investigated by the authorities,
who have offered a reward of ?250 for the
arrest of the murderers.
In New York City the Bank of Commerce
gave an A. D. T. messenger draft of the
face value of ?30,000 for collection.- The
boy disappeared after collecting ?1500.
Although it was announced that there are
three cases of yellow fever at Biloxi, Miss.,
it is believed the authorities have the contagion
under control.
Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania,
asked for and received the resignation of
General Frank Reeder a3 Secretary of the
Confmonwealth. This is thought to be the
beginning of an onslaught by the Governor
upon the office-holders belonging to the
Quay faction.
At the Coroner's inquest and autopsy held
on the body of Mary Eistler, aged seventeen,
who died at Allentown, Penn., it was
revealed that she smilingly ate poison in
the presence of several people.
Policeman J. B. Taylor was dismissed
from the New York City force. An anonymous
letter informed the Police Commissioners
that Taylor, when a youth, had been
convicted of theft. He was a good officer.
George Aiken, twenty-four years old, was
dared to climb up and take hold of a racket
on an electric-light pole at Hudson, N. Y.
Aiken went up the pole. Ho took hold of
the racket with both hands and immediately
fell dead,
The Prohibition State Convention in
Syracuse, N. Y., nominated Francis E.
Baldwin, of Elmlra, for Chief Judge of the
Court of Appeals.
Horace 8. Perry, who killed Bely Lanier,
was hanged In Decatur, Oa. His last
words were: "I die In defense of my wife."
?. Benjamin Andrews, President of Brown
University, refused to withdraw his resignation.
' In the Luetgert trial in Chicago a sensation
was caused by the Introduction as evidence
of the prisoner's stained and rusty
knife, and by the identification of some of .
Mrs. Luetgert's clothing. Expert testimony
was introduced as to the naturo of
the matter found in the potash vat, and the
defense asserted that it favors the accused.
R. R. Aokert, the oldest conductor of
the Wabash Railway, is dead from injuries
received by falling from his train at Moberly,
Mo. He was over seventy years of
age and had been a conductor since 1855.
TheZunis in New Mexico are torturing
old women for witchcraft, and troops hare
been ordered to arrest Chief Niope. The
Indians are armed, and trouble is expected.
Colonel Isaao W. Avery, at one time editor
of the Atlanta Constitution, the former
Minister of Mexico and the South American
Republics for the Cotton States and International
Exposition, of 1895, fell from the
porch of his residenoeln Kirkwood, a suberb
of Atlanta, Oa. He died next day from
the effects of the fall.
Gold from the Michipiooten district, in
Michigan, examined at McQili University,
has shown as much as $241.60 a ton.
The President arrived in Somerset, Fenn.,
on a visit to his brother, Abner McKinley.
Wives of striking miners drove away
deputy sheriffs who tried to evict families
in OrangeviUe, Penn., and miners of the
Pittsburg distriot chose delegates to the
Columbus Convention who will vote to ac-'
cept the compromise settlement of the
strike.
President Andrews is to sever his association
with the Brown University, Providence,
R. I. That decision wa9 arrived at
during a conference between Dr. Andrews
and six members of the Executive Committee
of the" university.
Dr. 1. D. Bloom, house surgeon of the
Charity Hospital, New Orleans, La., received
a letter from Saratoga from Mrs. D.
A. Milllken, widow of the late Richard
Mllliken, in which she announced her purpose
to erect and endow a large hospital
for children to be an annex to the New Orleans
Charity Hospital and controlled by it.
Ulrich Coppeuex, Superintendent of the
Hester plantation in Louisiana, died from
the effects of wounds inflicted by Willis
Miller, a colored employe. Miller was endeavoring
to persuade the other colored
hands to strike and leave the place. Coppeuex
ordered him off the plantation, when
Miller fired five bullets, killing the superintendent.
A number of soldiers of the State Guard
returning from practice at Creedmoor devastated
a flower garden at Queens, Long
Island. The proprietors and several villagers
attacked them, but were severely
beaten by the soldiers.
Mrs. Mary Stuart, aged thirty-five, and
her daughter Mary, aged thirteen, colored,
were burned to death in their beds at their
home, Jamaica Plain, Mass. The firemen
made heroic efforts to reach the upper
stories, but were driven back by the intense
heat.
Abraham Dorfmann, a burglar, was shot
and killed by Roundsman Gaughran, while
driving off with a load of stolen clothing,
in Brooklyn.
8exeral large New England manufacturing
establishments will begin work on full
time, including the Amoskeag Mills, of
Manchester, N. H., employing 8000 men.
The Agricultural Commissioners' repot*
shows that sixty-five per cent, of Kentucky s j
11,000,000 bushel crop of wheat is still in >
the hands of the farmers of the State.
Siskiyou County, California, is the latest
to come forward with a big gold strike. A
large body of ore assaying *130 a ton has
been struck in the Schroeder Mine near
Yreka. Since the mill was destroyed by j
fire two years ago the owner has been run- j
ning drifts endeavoring to strike the vein, ;
which failed at the 1000-foot level. This is t
one of the richest strikes ever made in Sis- j
kiyou County. j
TOO cornerstone ior a new noyai Area- i
Qum building was laid in Brooklyn.
Forrest H. Parker, Jr.. son of the Presi- I
dent of the New York Produce Exchange
B ink, and his young wife were drowned in
Chain Lake, iti the Adirondacks, on the
estate of the elder Mr. Parker.
Charles M. Charnley, a church elder In
Chicago, fled under a charge of embezzling
SKW.OOO, part of which were poor funds and i
part money belonging to the Presbyterian j
Educatiouul Society.
Forclgu.
Advices from Simla, India, are that tho
Atridisare dispersing and are evacnating
the Samana territory and the KbvberPass,
being forjed out through lack of supplies.
STRIKERS SHOT DOWN,
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Coal Minsrs Killed by Deputies in a
Bloody Affair at Lattimer, Penn.
THE MILITIA WAS ORDERED OUT.
The Marchers Refused to Disperse When
the Klot Act Was Read to Them?The
Sheriff Thonfht He Was In Danger
and Oidered His Deputies to FireDeadly
Volley Followed the Order.
Hazelto t, Penn. (Special).?Twenty-two
strikers were klled, thirty-six seriously
wounded nnd neiirly forty more or less in,
jured near hero Friday by deputy sheriffs,
under com nand of Sheriff Martin. The en.
tire region is wildly excited over the affair,
and there was every indication that the
deputies would be assaulted by friends of
the dead aid wounded.
Hazleton is in a turmoil. The streets aro
crowded with citizens of all classes, and
are all talking of what they consider a
terrible ou: rage. An indignation meeting
was held, at which resolutions were passed
denouncing the shooting of the miners,
protesting against the sending of troops,
on the ground that they aro not needed,
and demanding the prosecution of the
Sheriff and his deputies. The citizens also
ask that the deputy sheriffs concerned in
the affair be discharged from all authority
and disarmed. They say the local police
force Is quite competent to take care of the
strikers if any disturbance occurs.
Sheriff Martin, in giving his explanation
of the shooting, said: "I fully realized
that the foreigneis were a desperate lot and
valued life at a very small figure. I also
saw that parleying with such a gang of infuriated
men was entirely oat of the question,
as they were too excited to
listen to reason, and that myself and
deputies would be killed if we
were not rescued or if we did not defend
ourselves. I then called upon the deputies
to defend themselves and shoot if they must
to protect their lives or to protect the proi*erty
that they had been sent to guard from
being demolished.
"The next second there were a few scattered
shots fired into the infuriated for
eigners, and a raoment iater the entire
force of deputies discharged a solid volley
Into the crowd. I hated to give the command
to shoot, and was awful sorry that
I was compelled to do so, but I was
there to do my duty, and I did it as best I
knew how and as my conscience dictated,
as the strikers wore violating the laws of
the Commonwealth and flatly refused to
obey the proclamation that I read to
them."
The shooting of the miners occurred
about four o'clock in the afternoon, near
the village of Lattimer, a small mining
town about five miles from Hazleton. A
body of strikers, numbering about 250 met
early in the afternoon at the Harlelgh and
Cranberry mines, not far from Lattimer,
and, after Informal meeting, resolved to
march to Lattimer to induce the men to
join their ranks. This has been their mode
of procedure during the three weeks of
the strike.
The men started about half-past two
o'clock for Lattimer. They were not
armed in any way, all revolvers and knives
having been discarded several days ago,
by order of their leaders. There was not
orcu viui' auivu^ ?uoui, w?v*^ |/aov?u?*vm
having been taken to prevent violence.
Two huidred yards from the Lattimer
breaker thoy found their path blocked by
Sheriff Majtin and ninety of his deputies.
The strikers were marching along in orderly
array, with no shouting and making
no disturbance whatever. The Sheriff-ordered
then to stop. They obeyed bis command
and aalted, still in orderly array and
about six a breast. The Sheriff walked up
to tne heat, of the llqe.
"You must stop marching and disperse,"
he said. "This is contrary to the law, and
you are creating a disturbance. You must
go back. J. won't let you go on to the colliery."
The leaders expostulated with the Sheriff.
Finding th.it this words had no effect, Sheriff
Martin said that he would read the riot
act to them, and he proceeded to do so.
Most of tte strikers did not understand
this, for few of them can speak English,
and, thinking it was some sort of warrant
for their arrest, they crowded around him.
The Sheriff, however, seemed to think he
was in danger, and he pushed his way out
of the ring around him and tried to get
back tc his line of deputies. The strikers
made ? ay for him, and just as he emerged
from th >ir ranks a voice was heard shouting
"F.,-e! Fire on them!"
The next instant the deputies had levelled
their rifles, and a terrible volley was
poured into the huddled mass of strikers at
close rsnge.
The effect was fearful. Dozens of men
fell, and others shrieked and cried for
mercy as they ran away, with many of the
wounded hanging to their more fortunate
comrades, moaning and crying for holp.
In that Instant another volley was poured
into them, and they fell before it in heaps.
The smoke of the rifles discharged so
close to tbf;m bung ovor tbem In a cloud,
and for some moments ooncealed the terrible
execution that had been done. On the
outskirts of the cloud dozens of the men
were seen running, and at these the deputies
fired another volley. More men fell,
and as the lucky survivors continued running
a few of the deputies fired chance
shots after them. One of these struck a
striker in the neck, killing him instantly.
The place was a veritable shambles. The
quiet street was red with blood, and blood
was on the fences and tracked into many
of the houses into which the wounded had
run or crawled. The road was deep in dust,
and the dead and wounded were covered
with it, their faces, distorted with pain,
were blaok with it, and * the hands that
sought their wofands and tried to stop the
flow of blood were muddy with the horrible
mixture.
The residents of Latimerwere quickly on
the scene and did all in their power to aid
the injured and dying, but confusion and
disorder reigned supreme. Thysicians and
clergymen were quietly summoned from
surrounding towns, and all assistance possible
was hurried to Lattimer. The injured
were hurried to the Hazelton hospital, several
dying on the wav. Three died after
they were in the hospital.
Over a dozen strikers were killed outright,
and fully forty were wounded, of
whom many will die. They are Hungarians,
many of them having large families. There
are now tbirtv-eight wounded persons at
the Hazelton hospital, half of whom are
likely to die. The identided dead are twelve
in number.
Just after midnight the Third Brigade,
General Gobin in command, was ordered to
Hazelton. and the First Brigade was ordered
to hold itself in readiness.
Elevator Fell Nineteen Floors.
A passenger elovator in the American
Tract Society's tall building in New York
City broke loose at 9 o'clock p. m. and fell
to the cellar, smashing itself into splinters
and scrap iron and crushing to death the
elevator boy and the engineer of the building.
Only these two were in the car at the
time of the -.nis.'up. Nicholas Xielson was
the engineer and Isaac Bachrach was the
elevator boy. The spirit indicator beside
the shaft showed after the fall that the car
had been to the nineteenth lloor, and the
gauge still marked that figure when all
was over.
TRAIN WRECK ffl KMSASJ
One of the Worst Accidents in the History
of the Saita Fe Railroad.
ENGINES EXPLODE IN A COLLISION
W. J. Bryan a Passenger?He Escapes Injury
and Mlnlst#rs to Those Less Fortunate
Than Himself?Twelve Fellow
Passengers Crushed to Death?Boilers
of Three Locomotives Exploded.
Empohia, Kan. (Special).?One of the
worst wrecks in tho history of the Santa
Fe Railroad occurred three miles east of
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teen persons were killed and as many more |
badly hurt. Benjamin Walters, of St. J
Joseph, Mo., a fireman on the west-bound
train, is missing. It was feared that nes rly
all of the seven mail clerks had perished in
the disaster.
The identified dead are: James Brennan,
engineer, Topeka; N. Hollister, fireman,
Topeka; J. F. Bonders, Kansas City, express
messenger; body almost oomsumed by fire.
William Frisbey, engineer; R. A. Doran;
postal clerk; Gonzalez, fireman, westbound
train; unknown tramp; Bragman,
Topeka.
The fast mail train going east and the
Mexico and California express, west-bound,
collided head on. The Mexico and California
express was pulled by two locomotives,
and when they struck the engine
dr8.wing the fast mall, the boilers of all
three engines exploded and tore a hole in
the ground so deep that the smoking car
of the west-bound tram went jn on top 01
the tLree engines and two mail cars, and
balanced there without turning over.
The passengers in the smoking car escaped
through the windows. The front end
of this car was enveloped in a volume of
stifling smoke and steam, rushing up from
the wreck below, and the rear door was
jammed tight in the wreck of the car behind.
The wreck caught Are from the engines,
and the cars in the hole and the smoking
car were quickly burned to ashes.
In climbing out of the smoking car several
men fell through the rifts in the wreck below,
and it is Impossible to tell whether
they escaped or were burned to death.
The westbound train carried seven
or eight coaches, and its passengers included
many excursionists who had been to
hear W. J. Bryan speak at the county fair
at Burllngame.
Mr. Bryan himself was on the train, but
was riding in the rear rullman. He states
that nothing Jmt a heavy iolt was experienced
by the passengers in his coach.
Mr. Bryan was ono of the most energetic
men in the crowd of rescuers. He helped
to carry out the dead and wounded, una
gave the greatest attention to their eire.
One poor fellow who was badly maimed
called to Mr. Bryan and said:
"I went to hear you to-day; I am dying
now, and want to shake your hand and say
God bless you. If you possibly can, Mr.
Bryan, get me a drink of water."
Mr. Bryan went into the fast mail car,
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out with the drink ot water, which he g ive
to the suffering passenger. He brought
out cushions for others of the injured, imd
was everywhere present to.minister to the
wants of the suffering.
The engineer of the west-bound train had
received orders to meet the fast mail at
Emporia and was making up lost time.
Those two are the fastest trains on the
Santa Fe system, and the west-bound train
must have been running at a speed ol at
lea.it forty miles an hour. The west-bound
expirees was going around a slight ourve
wh Bn the collision occurred.
Of the seven or eight cars making up the
Mexico and California express, only the
mull, baggage and express and smoking
cars were destroyed. The coach following
the smoker was splintered badly.
There were not m ore than a dozen passengers
on the fast mail, all in one coaoh.
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Every seat in the coach was torn from the
floor and many floor planks came np with
the seats.
John Sweeney was thrown over three
seats and through a window, but escaped
with only scratches and bruises. The other
cars of the fast mall train, a baggage and
express, were totally wrecked.
LEE RETURNS FROM CUBA.
The Consul-General Here to See President
McKlnley.
General Fitzhugh Lee, United States
Consul-General to Cuba, arrived at Kew
Yoik from Havana on the Ward Line
steamer Seguranca. General Lee was accompanied
by his son, Fitzhugh Lee, Jr..
and by James H. Fishback, formerly of the
State Department.
General Lee excused blmsslf from discussing
Cuban affairs and his future plans by
saying: "Were I not in official harness I
would talk freely. As it Is, I have nothing
to say, beyond the fact that I shall go to
West Point to see my son who is a cadet
there, and that afterward I shall go to
Washington to see the President. My plans
for the future depend entirely on the developments
of the next few days.
"There wasnoendofthe war in sight when
I left Havana, and there is a terrible
amount of suffering on the island. Business
is dead, and there nre no prospects of
a revival. I have relieved 1400 distressed
Americans with the 950,000 appropriated
by the United States Government for the
Em pose, and have used only 915,000. We
at e been reserving the funds as much as
possible for emergencies."
Speaking of the Evangeline Cisneros esse,
General Lee said: "I visited the young
woman in jail and found that she was being
well treated. When I saw General Wej ler
in her behalf he told me he would have pardoned
her long ago if such a fuss had not
been made over her. I feel certain tnat
her name is on the pardon list and that :ibe
may be released almost any day."
Mr. Flshback, who accompanied General
Lee, said that he went to Cuba on purely
private business. The eyes of every one on
the island, he said, were now fixed on
Washington and Madrid in the hope of relief
from the wretched conditions prevailing
there.
England and the Panama Canal.
A special cable despatch to the New York
World from Colon announces that a concession
to complete the Panama Canal lias
been granted to England.
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Big Freight Car Contract.
President Ingails, of the Big Four and
Chesapeake and Ohio, has contracted l!or
the construction of 2000 freight cars.
The St. Louis Breaks a Itecord.
The American liner St. Louis completed
the fastest trip e?er made between New
York and Southampton. She steamed i:ho
distance In 6 days, 10 hour9 and 14 minutes,
beating the record, held by the Furst IUsmarck,
by 41 minutes. She traveled 3077
knets at an average hourly speed of IS.95
knets.
Disease a Cuban Ally.
Disease is a powerful ally of the Cuba:is.
Not les3 than 2000 Spanish soldiers are sent
b3?k monthly to Spain, incapacitated by
hot weather epidemics. The number that I
die is not reported..
IRELAND FACES FAMINRj
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Crops Ret in the Fields and Laid-!
lords Press For Rent.
OUTLOOK THE WORST SINCE 1847.
Parish Priest* Tell of the Disasters Fallen
Upon Fanners?Harvest a Total Failure?Fourteen
Counties Suffer?Potatoes,
Oats, Hay and Flax Are Ruined
?Starvation Thought to Be Impending.
Loxdox, England (By Cable).?A panic is
fret proclaiming itself throughout Ireland
ov.^r the terrible prospect opened up by
the apparently complete failure of the
harrest.
Reports from 110 parish priests from
Counties Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick,
Tipperary, Antrim, Armagh, Cavan.Derrv,
Donegal, Down, Fermauagh, Monaghan
and Tyrone, all tell the same piteous story
of ruined crops, impending destitution and
famine. Blight has everywhere wholly or
mainly destroyed potatoes, while oats,
which is the next most essential croptothe
Irish farmer, have been battered down by
incessant rains and practically destroyed.
C.cies of warning to the Governmental
rising in a crescendo scale from all parts of
Ireland. They are not confined, as in former
years of distress, to the congested districts
on the western seaboard. From Mullingar,
one of the most prosperous pnrts of the
midlands, a correspondent telegraphs:
"The crops aro now irretrievably destroyed.
It will be impossible for the
farmers to make anything of their cereals
this year, as they are quickly rotting. In
the churches prayers for flna weather were
recited, and if a change does not come immediately
the crops might as well be left
to manure the ground."
From County Wexford, noted as one of
the richest in the country, the tidings are:
"The green crop may "be described as a
gigantic failure in Ceucty Wexford this
year. The greater part of the potato crop
Is oily fit for feeding cattle."
From Fermanagh, in Ulster, the correspondent
telegraphs: "At a meeting held
here to ask for a reduction in rents, the
parish priest, presiding, declared that not
since blafck 1847 has the prospect for farmers
in this district been so bad. In several
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I piftces tut? putttwurs uuvu UX7CU. u latiuio.
Hundreds or tons of hay have been rained
by the heavy rains and floods."
From Carlow, known as "the model
county," a despatch says: "There is before
oar farmers an outlook as disastrous as it
is possible to conceive owing to the frightful
weather. A greaS deal of the corn cut
early remains in the stalks, injured beyond
recovery. In many districts the farmers
have been unable to cut their crops, which
present the saddening spectacle of being
levelled to the earth by the persistent rains,
while s. mass of second growth and weeds
has come up. The apprehensions concerning
potatoes also have been dismally real|
lzed."
At a meeting of the Board of Guardians
at Mitohellstown, County Cork, the Chairman
said: "The potato crop is generally a
failure, while the other crops have been
hopelessly Injured by the unparalleled inclemency
of the season. We are on the
verge of a great agricultural crisis. The
outlook In farming affairs is gloomy In the
extreme, and to aggravate the condition of
affairs caused by the failure of the potato
I crop, the price) of provisions are considerably
increased, and before long the people
| who are supposed to contribute to the poor
I rates would be in workhouses themselves."
I The Irish Government has adopted no
measure yet to cope with the threatened
famine.
Complaint is heard from the most distressed
districts of the country that landlords
are pressing for their rents to secure
whatever little money the tenants may
have in savings banks, knowing that nothing
will be left before the winter is half <
through.
The weather shows no sign of improving.
Rain continues and the temperature has
fallen to an exceptionally low point for this
time of year. ?he outlook for Ireland is
one of despairing blackness.
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TRIBESMEN ARE DISHEARTENED.
The Swatls Have Completed Their Submission
to the British.
The India frontier reports are more favorablo
to the British. The spies say the
Orakzals appear to be disheartened. They
lest fifteen men killed in the attack on
Fort Qulistan and are now holding couni
cils.
OENEBXL SIB BLONDIX BLOOD.
(The English Commander on the Afghan
Frontier.)
The British Political Officer at Molakand
reports the Swatis to be submitting and to
be surrendering more guns and swords,
which, with the previous surrender of arms
and the fines imposed, completes the Government's
demands and terms for the punI
ishmont of the Swati tribes.
General Sir Blondin Blood Commander
of the British Army on the Afghan frontier,
is familiar with every foot of the mountain
territory under his charge, and is likewise familiar
with the character of the bellicose
Afghans with whom he has to deal, so it is
not surprising that he is suec sling in putting
down the uprising. Tb" General took
part in the Afghan War 1879-1860, and
was awarded a gold mei' .1 for his services
in that conflict. He is ilfty-flvo years old
and a ripe and seasoned soldier.
Lynched an Innocent Slitn.
Henry Wall, a young white man about
| twenty-two years old, was lynched by.a
mob near Friend's Mission, Ya.. for an alleged
assault upon Miss Sadie Cook.
Ho was probably innocent. Miss Cook
was found in an unconscious condition
with fourteen gashes on her body aud
head and her skull fractured. Further investigation
proved she had been assaulted.
Wall was lynched, simply a suspicion being
the ground. There was practically no evij
denco to convict Wall of tho crime. It is ;
now believed bo was innocent. There is
much indignation in tho neighborhood
against the mob.
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FOR THE HOUSEWIFE.
Canned Idina Beau*. ~f
"Select very young, green littft >
beans for canning," writes Mrs. S. T. _ ' '%
Rcrer in the Ladies' Home Journal. . ; *
"If ripe, or white, fermentation is v
sure to take place tiuless you use a- ^-|gr &
preservative, which is always more or '?
less dangerous. Wash the beans, .<; ?
drain and put them uncooked into the V.;^H
jar. Fill the jars to overflowing with
cold water, adjust the rubbers and lay ^3^8on
the tops. Place straw or excelsior twl
in the bottom of the wash boiler, ,
stand the jars on this, pour in sufU- > JB
cieut cold water to half cover, cover JH|
the boiler, bring to boiling point and * "38J
boil steadily for three hours. Take .*|jj
up the jars one at a time. If they |
are not full add boiling water to fill,
and screw on the tops as tight as pot*'
sible. Stand aside over night. Next ,'^hM
morning give the tops an extra turn .V
and put in a dark,cool place to keep." ' ^?3
To Can Tomato** Whole.
Drop the fruit into hot water to
loosen the skin. "When the peel has ; >J0
been removed, take out the stem end,
so no (.Teen remains. J'ark as many -A
of the peeled tomatoes in the jar as
can be put in, having them whole, if
possible, though any too large may be v
cut into halves. Press the tomatoes .kgf
as closely together as possible without ^'3
breaking them. Turn over the packed "Jm
fruit boiling water, pouring it in alowly,
so the liquid will run into all the j
little crevices, and allow the jar to ,'^j '
overflow before screwing on the fitted Jm
cover. As each jar is tilled with the >
boiling water and covered, stand it in . Ja
a tub, boiler, or some large vessel that
has been filled with boiling water, :
having the water deep enough to completely
cover the jars. When all the Wj!
jars are in the water, cover the vessel i-l
holding them with a rug or blanket
and let it remain until the water be- j
comes cold. As the jars are taken from * '\t
the water, tighten the covers if they
have loosened, but upon no account
lift them off, When the jars are .'"sn
opened to use the tomatoes the sur- '2
plus water with the fruit may be .
drained out and not used.?Boston
Cultivator. 5
Pickled Green Walnnte. --- Jl*
It is only when the nuts are of me- \
aium size, ana oeiure siiuwinguuy sigu .JB
of blackness that tbej are tender,have /-A a
delicions ordor, that disappears ;ji?k
later, and are exactly right for pick- ' -'filing.
To make all sure, whether ordered
from the grocer or picked di- S
rectly from the trees, it is necessary
to test the nnts by pricking with a |?sj
coarse needle, which should enter to --wS
the heart without resistance. Proceed ^
as follows: Rub the fnzz carefully *. > *'
from each nut with a rough flannel,
then allow them to stand for nine days
in a brine of salt and water strong 1 '-m
enough to float an egg, this to be sursk 'Jg^H
ly changed every other day. On tiW
tenth day remove, spread out to dry "
in the air for an hour, then cover with
boiling water, drain, rub each with flannel
once more, prick again to the heart
with the needle in three or four places
and put in carefully in glass jars. To . i
twenty-five nuts allow a quart of vine- \
gar, a teaspoonful of whole cloves,the
same of allspice and black pepper,and
half the quantity of whole mace and '/ffl ',f
nntmM Simmer the vinecrar and
spices in a porcelain-lined or agate
saucepan for twenty minutes, then
strain over the nuts while boiling (the i
jars should have been properly seasoned
to prevent breaking),spread the
grated horseradish and whole mustard
seed on top, cover and keep in a dark,. j,
cool place.?New York Tribnne. ,
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Household Hints,
Bread pans should never be heated
before i>utting in the bread, or the %
loaf will have a raw, doughy taste.
An old pen put into the inkwell will
prevent, to a great extent, the acid in '3 j
the ink wearing out the pens in use. \ %
Chamois skin is hardened by the) i
rosin in the soap. Chamois will retain
its softness if washed with a good - ^3
white soap. -- "?H
Ink stains on white material may be ^
removed most effectually by washing '
first in a strong brine and then wetting
the spot in lemon juice. This is . 'J
-harmless as well_as dependable.^
A good cement for mendlrg cracked '
stove lids can be made by mixing ;
equal parts of wood ashes and salt,
with just enough water to form a >"$
paste. Use when the stove is cold.
A strong solution of potash should jfPjjj
be often used in rinsing out the kitch- 4 f3|
en sink. It is excellent for dispelling
the grease which has such a mysteri- *
ous affinity for the waste pipes, and "Jfcj
will save many a plumber's bill if
rightly employed. ' vJ
Eggs poached in milk afford not h.jS
only a pleasant variety to the invalid's .
menu, but the dish, besides, offers a "
flight increase in nourishment over
the usual way. The milk should come I
to the scalding point, when the egg is ^
dropped in and cooked, as if in water. -
A little of the hot milk is poured over 4
the toast to soften.it before the egg ia J*?
In making bags or case* for silverware
an unbleached material should , '^j
be employed. Sulphur is generally
used in the bleaching processes, and
it tends to blacken and tarnish silver. ;7?g|
Rubber in any form is another thing
that should never be kept near silver- J
ware. Silver is best wrapped in blue, '''0M
white or pink soft tissue paper, and
unbleached cotton flannel bags. 1
Peanuts may be baked and served
as a vegetable. Remove the skins 'Vw
from the meats and put one cupful ' .Ra
into an earthen baking dish. Pour
over them two pints of boiling water,. r?!
cover the dish with a plate, aud place >lit
in a moderately cool oven and bake , '.ifS
from four to five hours, or until the , ,
nuts are tender. When the uuts are ~jg|]
partly cooked season thcra with salt o3|
and stir among them a teaspoonful oi