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mm fly in prison"
Desperate Attempt to Release a Convict
in Boston.
"BICYCLE BANDIT'S" FIERCE FIGH1
Attack of Herbert Willis, the Taontoi
OTass.N Desperado, and His Brothel
fpon Keepers at Charlestown ? Th<
Prisoner Fatally Shot?His Brothel
and Two Officers Seriously Wounded,
BosToy, Mass. (Special).?While attempteig
to escape from the State Prison a1
harlestown just before noon, Herbert WillIs,
the young Taunton desperado, who waa
recently sentenced to life imprisonment for
the murder of Frederick N. Strange, was
fatally injured,and his brother.Everett.who
assisted him in his break for liberty, was
seriously wounied by guards. Two of the
fatter were wounded by the Willis brothers,
who tried to shoot their way out with revolvers
which Everett Willis had brought with
tilm on a visit to the prisoner.
' Everett Willis was removed to the Massachusetts
General Hospital, where it was
found that he had been shot in the head
and neck. Herbert Willis, the murderer,
who is in the prison hospital, was shot
twice in toe neaa. me iwo guarus wou
were hurt were E. F. Darling, turnkey, who
was shot In the thigh ana cut about the
bead, and Yard Officer Abbott, who was alfo
injured about the head by blows, thought
to have been delivered with the revolvers
In the hands of the desperadoes.
Everett Willis arrived at the prison during
the forenoon to pay a monthly visit to
his brother. He was admitted by the
usual officials, aDd Willis, the murderer,
was escorted to the puard-room to meet
his relative. At the time, Edward Whitham
and Darling were in the rotunda with
Yard Officer Abbott, Officer Townsend,
and others near by. Five other visitors
were in the rotunda at the time,
a man, two women, and two children.
The brothers Willis had been conversing in
a low tone, sitting apart from the others in
the guard-room for about half an hour,when
Officer Whitham saw the visitor pass a revolver
to hi9 brother, and together they
gpransr toward.Darling, their intention evidently
being to secure his keys. Whitham
rushed to Darling's assistance, and as he
did so the Willis brothers opened Are, one
of the bullets striking Darling in ttie tniga
8eeing the desperate nature of the affair,
Whitham reiurned the shots, but missed.
Abbott, who came through the door into
ihe guard-room at the same instant, saw
trouble and grappled with Edward Willis.
Both brothers, who had been beatinsr Darling.
began to pound Abbott. Officer Town,
lend, from the office door, then fired a shot.
Which penetrated the neck of Willis, and a
lecond later Officer Benjamin, who was on
fluty In one of the win^s, fired a shot
v through the bars, wounding Willis in the
bead.
Meanwhile, Herbert Willis had been
jumping around, firing repeated shots from
nis revolver, to which the officials responded,
using t:reat ea?e not to hit the other
visitors. A shot from the revolver of Offloer
Whitham took effect in the head,
while one from Darling loagea m me uacs
of his head. The murderer was then secured
and removed. Everett Willis was
also taken away, and the officers, nearly
all of whom bore some mark of the affair,
were given medical attention.
It 1b thought none of them will suffer
wrlously. except, possibly, Darling, who Is
advanced In years, "fhe bullet, whloh
Btruok him In the thigh, passed completely
'through, and the wound Is considered
dangerous.
At 2 o'clock p. m., It was learned from the
prison authorities that the murderer was in
? precarious condition, as a result of hie
wounds, and that there was littlo hope that
tie could survive. His brother, though
seriously wounded, It Is thought, has a
chance of getting well.
Herbert Willis, the prisoner. Is nineteen
rears old, and his brother eighteen. Herbert
Willis was committed on February 13
-Of this year for the murder of young Fred
"N. Strange, near Taunton, about a year ago.
He had terrorized the community for two
-vnaka TTia first offonee was stealintr a bl
syole in Providence. R. I. On the night of
Jane 22 occurred the murder of Strange.
Willis hold up Strange as the latter was
riding along on his bicycle and took it from
him. When Strange resisted and began to
follow Willis shot him. He was arrested
on August 8 and tried, found guilty and
sentenced a few months later.
Everett Willis has always been of a venturesome
disposition, and was suspected of
complicity in Herbert's crimes, but nothing
could be proved against him. There are
four younger sisters in the family. Samuel
B. WiUis, the father, left Taunton on June
14, and is thought to have gone to Alaska.
Tried to End Both Lives.
William J. Morris, who was formerly a
"iruBted employe of Henry Clews, the Wall
Street operator, and who was released
from Sing Sing (N. Y.) prison on August 2
after serving a sentence for forgery, shot
his wife Marcaret in Brooklyn and then
Bent a bullet into his own brain. He was
killed instantly. His wife is in a precarious
condition "in the Homoeopathic Hospital,
Brooklyn. The thirty-eight calibre
gullet struck her right arm, near the
phoulder, shattering the bone, then went
through the right lung, and, coming out of
the back, still had sufficient force to bury
Itself in the wall. They quarreled, and she
had refused to live witj him longer. Mrs.
Morris says she is the daughter of the late
Lord Conyere.
Desperate Battle in Cuba.
Official information has reached Havana,
Juba, of a decisive battle between loyal
troops and insurgent forces in Matanzas.
According to this Information, the Spanish
troops were routed after a hard battle, with
t " heavy losses. This news caused a veritable
ensatlon in Havana, a9 it Is generally
known that Captain-General Weyler is now
In Matanzas, and there is a belief that the
(Spanish troops directly under him were
those which suffered defeat at the hands
of the rebels. The Spanish losses in killed
and wounded were very heavy, and
probably greater than in any of the recent
battles fought on the Island between the
opposing iorces.
Blow at the Dispensary Law.
Judge Slmonton filed a decretal order at
Columbia giving the South Carolina dispensary
the severest blow it has sustained.
Bottles of liquor loosely packed In cars are
reoognlzed as "original" packages, the entrance
and saje of which In the State is
permitted under Interstate commerce laws.
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Blver Steamer Blows Up.
News has just been received to the effect
that the steamer Fritz had blown up fifteen
miles south of Cairo, 111., and that nine
colored men and a white deck hand have
Ca?ai>o1 nthflpaiiPA r?nnrfrf>rl HQ
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injured. The steamer was owned by Captain
B. B. Bradley, of Cairo.
Boy Kills Baby Accidentally.
Morris Eppler, eight years old, found a
revolver at home at Dayton, Ohio, and
while trying the weapon shot and killed
Rudolph Freikle, three years old. He
dragged the body iuto the yard and went tc
bed. but he is now in jail.
* . Prominent People.
President MoKinley recently took his flrsl
lesson in golf.
"Lucky" Baldwin, who is now in flnan
cial difficulties has decided to go to Klon^
dike to try his fortune in the gold mines.
King Alfonso of Spain, now eleven year:
of age, is again spending the summer ai
Son Sebastian, with his motner and lit!
two sisters, who are sixteen and Qituoi
years old.
* King Humbert of Italy is said to bo i
vegetarian. He lives almost entirely 01
bread, vegetables and fruits. He is forbid
den to drink coffee, and hi3 only beverag
Is a little wine and plenty of water.
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COXEY FOR GOVERNOR.
, The Ohio PoptilUt<* Pfamc a stato Tl<
at Colninbun.
The "middle of the road" men contro
the Ohio Populist State Convention at
lumbus four to one, and nominated a
State ticket.
j The minority were made up of fight
j however, and the anti-fusionlsts v
forced into a pitched battle at every po
JACOB 8. COXET.
(Nominated for Governor by the Ohio P
ulists.)
John Seitz, the venerable Democrat, Ore
backer, Laborite and Populist, was utt<
unable to preserve order as Chairmar
the convention, and a squad of police '
kept in the hall all day to prevent do1
I ricrht riotincr.
The following State ticket was nomir
| 3(1: For Governor, Jacob S. Coxev;
Lieutenant-Governor, Morris Whitcoi
for Supreme Judge, C. C. Pomeroy; for
torney-General, C. A. Reeves; for St
Treasurer, F. 31. Morris.
A LUNATIC'S WILD WORK.
! Two Men Mortally Wounded by Fly
Shots, and Others Are Injured.
John Thomas, a prospector from F
Steele, either crazed with liquor or lat
I ing under the delusion that he was be
I persecuted, ran amuck at Spokane, Wa!
I and as a result two men are believed to
mortally wounded and a man and a boy
riously injured. John Thomas, aged thii
Ave years, was shot through the body f
in the left shoulder. Cleo Olsen, a<
eighteen, of Anoka, was shot in the ]
breast; mortally wounded.
C. E. Davis, of Spokane, was shot In
left shoulder; flesh wound. Max Jacksi
aged eleven, was shot in the left wrist ?
finger; wounds slight.
Without having received any provo
Hon Thomas shot three times at G.
Watson, who was standing in front of
Grand Hotel, but missed him. A runn!
flght then ensued between Thomas a
Chief of Police Warren and Officer Su
van. Thomas's shots were wide, r
Davis, Jackson and Olsen, who were amc
the large crowd of spectators, were stru
Thomas was Anally hit. When carried
the police station he asked the officers
take a pistol and kill him.
FIRED ON THE DAUNTLESS.
The Cruiser Wilmington Prevent* the 1
From Slipping Out to Sea.
Much excitement was caused at Jacks
ville, Fla., about 3 p. m. by the roar o:
gun from the United 8tates cruiser V
mington. The warship had fired a bla
shot at the tug Dauntless to compel her
stop.
The Dauntless has been trying to get <
of the river for some time past, but i
vigilance of the gunboat has prevent
She moved out at the same time as i
small steamer Brunswick, that plies up a
down the river, hoping to pass out un<
served on the further side of the boat. 1
Dauntless shoved ahead and was seen
the Wilmington.
Instantly the shot rang out from one
her forward guns. The Dauntless mo\
forward a short distance and then, seel
that preparations were being made for i
other shot, stopped. An officer was \
on board, and she was taken to her p
j and tied up. She has no arms on boa
but there is a suspicion that a cargo is n<
by waiting for her to take to Cuba.
TOLLCATE BURNED.
Farmers In "Western New York Adopt 1
Methods Pursued in Kentucky.
The flght between the fanners and 1
cu ~i v.i t>a
ouuiuy xuu xwuu v-'ULu^aiijy, uuai jicui
N. Y., culminated when tho tollhouse at
south end of the road was burned. The I
taker, John Bleekman. with hi9 family,
sided in the house, which forms a port
of the tollgate. At about 2.30 o'clock a.
there came a load knocking. Bleeka
discovered that the entire rear portion
the building was in flames. Ho gave
alarm, but the spread of the Are was
rapid that it was with tho greatest difflcu
tdat members of his family could m<
their escape. As it was, several of thee]
! dren were more or less burned, and ]
) Bleekman was overcome while endeav
ing to save some of his goods. Mrs. Ble
man, mother of the keeper, a bedridden
valid, had to be carried from the blaz
structure. She is in a precarious condit
as a result of the excitement, rough hai
ling, and being carried through the flat
and smoke.
CHICACO ALDERMAN IN CONTEM!
Refused to Give the Name of an Alle|
Briber to .'.he Grand Jury.
Alderman Williau Mangier, of Chica
was sentenced by Judge Dunne to se
; ninety days in the county jail and to pa
fine of 81000 for contempt of court.
Alderman Mangier a few weeks ago p
licly stated that he had been approacl
by a prominent business man with an o
of 82000 to vote for the General Eleci
Street Railway franchise ordiuance.
being summoned by the Federal Gri
I Jury to testify as to the name of the alloj
j business man, Alderman Mangier refus
asserting that in telling his story he wo
I incriminate himself. His persistent refu
! to testify, although immunity was pre
| ised for himself, led to the contempt p
j ceedings.
I The court sustained a motion of Ma
I ler's attorneys for an appeal, and ruled t
j the Alderman could meanwhile be relea
! on bond. Ball was at once furnished in
3um of 45000.
Suicide of a Baptist Minister.
The Rev. James Yates, a Baptist mil
;er, committed suicide In Sheffield, Ala.,
) hanging himself. He was found by
! wife before life was extinct, but died ii
! ! few minutes. Mr. Yates came from ]
| troit, Mich., and had been in Sheffleli
I year. He was sixty-five years old.
India's Latest Woe.
i Details of tho great earthquake in In
j .n June received by mail confirm tho
! ports of its severity in Northern Bent
, A?s:un and Caehar. The number of j
' 40iis who perished among the Cher
Hills is estimated at from 4009 to (>000.
Cycling Notrs.
It costs $150 to pace an hour's race
I Zurope.
' Several bold prospectors havo alrei
| started for the Klondike gold lleldson tt
' oicycles.
' j In a now bicycle tire the inner tube e<
I ains a series of elastic nags. In case
: | ine puncture the tire is not materia
t ; lainaged.
4 | A water reservoir and flexible tube ri
1 j ling to tho rider's mouth has been
bached to wheels in reeeut long distal
? j -aces in Europe.
3 | There is a family of twenty-six pers<
* I n Strasburg, Germany, every one of wh
ides a bicycle. The oldest is sixty-t
' .'ears, the vouwresf six months ol'1
.... PERILS OF THE ELIDI1
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JjJ | Alaska Will Be Paved With the Bo
of Gold Hunters,
ers, J
rere |
^ ! RUSH TO ALMOST SURE DEA1
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Experienced Miners Warn People to V
Until Spring?People Starting- This \
Will Face Starvation?Food Supp
Not to Be Had?Canadian Governm
Seizing Some Claims and Taxing Oth
Seattle, Wash. (Special).?"5Ien \
are urging people to start for the Klond
this year have been guilty of a crime," a
an agent of the Alaska Commercial C<
pany. He Insists that the mountains i
passes from Juneau will be strewn v
bodies of unfortunate prospectors. It 1
be simply Impossible ror i>awsonunyi
the other settlements to feed the i
comers.
This man foars a reign of crime and st
vation which has not been equaled si
the plains between here and theMissiSBi
were white with human bones.
"Th? Commercial Company has done
it could to stop the rush of clerks, pro]
slonal men and raw hands," said the age
op- "We have tried to impose upon men t
women the utter folly of braving the ten
? of this country, hut the hope of fortune 1
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taken away hundreds who will never coi
back.
"They have swarmed upon the boa
many without the first idea of the looatl
of the fields or any knowledge concernl
. their destination. They have failed to s
that the gold region is a vast wilderne
snow-bound and ice covered, full of dea
th? even to explorers and adventurers w
have become trained to the rigor of a pi
' sistent fight for life.
the "There will be greater horrors there th
tolj there were in the West, since here the n
rel comers found a olimate in which they cox
10E live, and, having failed to find a mine, tlj
m were able to get work in other directio:
iaD Thera is no alternative in the Klondil
0j j The hundreds who have gone must dig
the j tb? dirt or nothing. If they can not j
gc ) work as miners they will have to get out
[jtj "This would not be so bad, but there
^ | no way to get out after the winter stai
hil. The food supply is sure to run low and t
I means absolute death. I look for the m
or i frightful tales of distress to come down
elc. the first boats that shall leave the n
jn. fields in the spring."
inR J. R. de Lamar, who is probably I
ioE I Kroatest goia mine operator m iuo,umi
a(j. States, and who understands every pric
nef j pie of placer mining, says:
"I must say that I am surprised at 1
J wonderful interest that the Klondike pla
J mines have excited everywhere. I ne
T. saw anything like it.
? I "The mines are wonderful, but proba
Jet not so wondorful as represented. Grass
! always greener, you know, further aw
g0 i I have seen experienced men from
' I Klondike region?men I know?and I hi
i thoroughly probed the facts about
y e j oountry.
"It Is absolutely foolish to start I
v ! Alaska now. Men who have spent seve
" | years there tell me that the Yukon Rive
aed j now closed?closed not by ice, but
j drought. No steamer can go up to K1
J dike after the middle of July. The o
On i other way to go is afoot over Cbilcoot Pi
ind , "Now, if you start that way you will h
| t0 -^alk 2500 miles, and each man has
e^? j carry all his provisions for a year, his
ul{l , longings and traps. There is no well-deflj
lsai ; trail. You have to walk over moss on
>m" average three to four feet deep, thro*
ro" j -which one sinks from six inches to sev(
feet every time he steps.
BR- "There are blizzards which last seve
j days. Then It is necessary to dig holei
SjJ'l | the snow and moss and stay there uutil
blizzard is over. This moss has the sd
malarial effect as uew dirt has in a dugc
"The Klondike can never be compared
California, beoause living there Is so dlfl
lis- ent. After the rich diggings in Califor
by were worked out the miners took the n
.. rich placer dirt, and Anally the qut
19 mines. Only the richest Klondike grot
? a can be worked, Alvin Pierce, who is j
?e" from there,tells me, because wages are
p to $20 a day, and sometimes much higl
"The miners now are paying $10 a i
I for board. He tells me also that provisi
; are sure to be short there this winter
j account of the great rush of people i
re- | the utter lack of supplies. Board will
,..i higher than the wages. I have given I
1 ? - Mn.ntlnn on.H }|
I suuject mucu euil9iU';&akiv/u
eril I gleaned much information, and I believ
i.s liko throwing money away to send p
ties and expeditions there now.
"Auother thing, the Canadian Gove
ment has passed laws very hostile and
in jurious to mining. It never favore
great influx of miners from the Unl
idy States. The Canadian Government lo
leir a tax of ten per cent, on claims, that j
duce less than 6500 a month, and twe
per cent, on all over $500 a month. Besl
0j that the worst, most terrible and un
v I law ever inflicted upon a mining comrn
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te'mato claim for the Canadian Govi
JI*" ment.
at- .. j doubt if half of tho people there b
100 any title to their claims, and many ^
come home will Had themselves witt
>ns claims on their return. Under these 1,
r>m it will be difficult for Americans to rel
wo possession of any property bought 01
keep the gold they find in the Klondike
7T1 I John H. Smith, of Portand,Oregon, Unit
I H States Commissioner for Alaska, wrltl:
IYIj I frnm .Trm?nn oavq' "There are five hu
dred people now at Dyea waiting to g
over the Pass, and there are several mo
steamer loads on the way. The Indian pao
nge ers and the paok animals have all t
freight they can carry to the lakes by t
time winter Bete in, and hundreds of peop
will be camping at Dyea and on the lak
all winter, eating the provisions they ha
taken with them. Prices for packing acra
[H? the Pass have risen to twenty-flve ai
twenty-seven cents per pound, and t
packers are independent at that."
Frank L. Underwood, representing met
ralt bora of the New York Stook Exchange, h
'ear secured an option on the Klondike minii
properties of Clarence J. Berry, the lucl
Fresno (Cal.) man who has lately returm
tent with hfs wife from the north. The pri
agreed on is said to be $2,000,000, and tl
option is to hold good until time shall ha'
7ji0" been given for a thorough examination
the properties Involved,
'Bld "UNWRITTEN LAW" AND WOMEI
?m.
and Mrs. Coombs, of Kentucky, Killed H<
rlth K,val*
jvlll Mrs. Lee Coombs, of Red Bird Creek, C1j
and County, Ky., left her home saying she wou
xew be gone all day. She changed her mlc
and returned In a couple of hours. Upc
ar- entering her home she caught Miss Sail
Q09 Hooker, a guest, with her arms around h<
husband's neok.
PP* Mrs. CoombB rushed to her bedrooi
seized her husband's revolver and enteric
all the room where the couple were, begt
!es- firing at the girl. Miss Hooker fled throug
int. an open window, but the infuriated wl
ind followed and the fourth shot pierced tl
ors girl's heart.
aas Alter emptying ner pietoi aira. uoomi
fainted and is now at death's door. Publ
?"I opinion commends the oourse of Mr
Coombs. People declare that the "unwri
ten law" applies to women as well as mei
200 WOMEN DROWNED.
Whirled Into a Raging Torrent While I
a Bathhouse.
E , A dispatoh just received describes a mo:
: horrible disaster, which occurred in Kri
RK mentchug, Russia, in which two hundre
women have lost their lives. Krementchu
is a small town on the River Dnieper, in tt
Government of Poltava.
Owing to the recent heavy rains therlvf
has risen to an enormous height. Tt
weather was almost unbearable owing 1
the heat, and in consequenee there was a
enorm ous crush at the women's bath hous
which is anchored on the river bank. B<
fore noon over one hundred women were 1
.. the water, and at least four hundred othei
J* were in the bath house.
Suddenly the river seemed to rise an
swell and in an instant the great chaii
parted and the bath house was swept dow
the stream. Those In the water ws
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me caught in the whirlpool and were soo:
sucked under the water. The shrieks o
ts, the unfortunate women could be hear
on plainly from the shore, but little could b
ng done to save them.
iee Tho mammoth bath house was soo
ss, smashed to atoms and the four hundred oc
th cupants precipitated into the torrent. Sooa
ho sank immediately and were swept awuj
er- Others clung to the wreokage and shrlelie
frantioally for help. Many of those wh
an could swim wore dragged under the wate
ew and drowned by tho9e who could not kee
lid afloat without assistance.
ley Several attempts were made to send boat
as. out to the unfortunate victims, but befor
te. anything could be done two hundred of th
in women were drowned.
jet D ozens of the unfortunates reached shor
on portions of the wreckage, many of ther
is being in an exhausted condition. The shor
ts. is now lined with corpses, though not one
his half of the bodies will ever be recovered,
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CRAIN ELEVATOR BLOWS UP.
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Seven Lives I.ogt In a Awful Explosion 1
fid Chicago.
ici- Boven lives were lust iu uu
which took place during a Are in th
cer Northwestern grain elevator at Cook an
ver West Water streets, Chicago.
Three of the dead are firemen. The bod
^Z of another fireman was thought to be burle
* in the ruins of the elevator, and three pec
the pie were blown into the Chicago Rivei
" From the force with which the explosio
the 9wePt t^10 9P?t on which they were stanc
ing it is certain they must have been ir
. stantly killed. Either the bursting of
1 boiler or the explosion of mill dust cause
j the awful havoc.
hv or'8'n of the blaze is believed to ha'v
been In the vicinity of the boiler housi
* Accumulated dust, dry and Inflammable i
fv? gunpowder, that had been piling up fc
~f" years, formed a ready means for the fir
o spread with great rapidity, and the
.1 came a terrific explosion, completing tt
S work of scattering the Are throughout th
entiro structure.
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Ifal DEATH AT A WEDDING FROLIC.
tral 4 Bridegroom and Guests Lose The]
3 in Lives In a Night Fire.
*k0 A gasoline stove exploded at 8 o'clock i
J^t6 m. in the kltohen of H. Adlsr'3 all-nigt
I to restaurant In Cincinnati, Ohio. The tw<
'er* story frame building was soon destroyed.
Adler's daughter Ida had been marrle
trtz that night to Arthur Guth, a varnlshe
ind 8everal wedding guests had remained i
ust the Adler house over night., and all tt
?15 rooms on the second floor were occupiei
ier, Guth was sleeping in a rear room with Ezi
lay Rouse, his best man at the bedding. Roui
on9 was a Boone County (Kentucky) farmi
on and married another daughter of Adit
ind one year ago.
be Mrs. Nellie Bennett, a friend of the A<
;hls lers, occupied a front room, as did also Rc
are Can-, a barkeeper. xua unuo ana aer an
oit ter occupied another room. Both escapei
,ar- but Guth, Rou9, Cnrr and Mrs. Bonne
were caught in debris produced by the e:
>rn- plosion and were burned to death. TL
tn_ four bodies were taken from the ruins.
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Ited ?ur Population.
ries Tho Actuary of the Treasury Depar
ment estimates the populo.tion of tl
des Unitod States on August 1 at ''3,008,000, ar
ust he places tho circulation per capita i
un- $22.53.
, aj_
jrn- Thirty-Eight Persons Drowned.
During tho recent floods thirty-eight pe
ave sons were drowned by the collapse of
bridge at Kertel, Province of Esthoni
L 1 Russia.
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lain It is ostlmated that between 30,000 ar
r to 50,000 gold hunters are now on their wt
to the Klondike and Alaska gold fields. ~~
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Prime Minister of Spain Assas)le
sinated by an Anarchist.
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Senor Canovas del Castillo Shot by ar
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3d Baths of Santa Agucda in the Sontt
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of Spain?The Murderer Glories In Hit
YQ Foul Deed?His Probable Successoi
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Madrid, Spain (Special).?Senor Canovas
del Castillo, the Prime Minister of Spain
M. was assassinated Sunday at Santa Agueda
>r oy an Anarchist. The murderer fired three
shots, one of which struck the Premier iu
the forehead and another in the chest. The
,. wounded man fell dying at the feet of his
? wife, who was with him, lingering ic
iQ agony for two hours, aud then passing awaj
I with the cry of "Long Live Spain," which
Jr were the last words upon his lips.
gQ BESOE C A. NOV AS DEI. CASTILLO.
e' (The Spanish Premier assassinated by an
In Anarchist.)
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Santa Aprueda is noted for Its baths. The
<j place Is between San Sebastian, the sum'g
mer residence of the Spanish Court, and
_ Vitorla, the capital of the Province oi
0 AJova, about thirty miles south of Bilbao.
The Premier went there last Thursday to
take a three weeks' course of the baths,
ifter which he expected to returned to San
Sebastian to meet United States Minister
Woodford when officially received by the
3ueen Regent.
The health of Senor Canovas had imj
provsd greatly of late. He had been leading
a very quiet life, although he attended
to the business of State.
At tho moment of the assassination he
i nras awaiting in the gallery of the bathing
, sstablishment for his wife, who was to join
bim for luncheon. Suddenly the assassin,
who had the appearance of an ordinary vis|
Itor, approached and fired at him point
i blank, ono bullet passing through Uie body
; ind ooming out behind under the left shoulI
der and the other two lodging In the head.
Several medlcaljaen and his wife were
: anttimlttingraTfieir attentions to the suf|
ferei:, but his wounds, unhappily, were mortal.
Extreme unction** was administered
| amid a scene of mingled sorrow and indignation.
The assassin narrowly escaped lynching
at the hands of tho waiters and attendants.
who rushed forward. Detectives and civil
guards immediately secured'hlm. He was
very pale, trembled violently, and evidently
foared that he would be killed on the
spot.
It Is now said that the real name of the
; assassin is Michaele Angine Golll.an Italian.
. GENEEAL AZCABBAGA.
e ^'Spanish War Minister who may sucoeed
e Canovas.)
He deolares that the deed was the outcome
Q I a vast Anarchist oonsplracy whion was
e ! formed to justly avenge the Anarchists who
were executed at Barcelona. After the
urime had been oommitted the murderer
exclaimed: "I have fulfilled my mission!"
The assassin is twenty-three years of age.
He is of middle height, and wears eyeglasses.
After his arrest he was cool and,
n apparently, unconcerned. Ho says ^frequently
that he is an Anarchist. He says
_ that the Anarchists of Barcelona are friendly
to him. He traveled in France, Belgium,
10 and England, and returned to Madrid in
d July, after having served eighteen months'
I imprisonment in Lucerne for being the
author of revolutionary proclamations. He
y declares that he entertained no personal
d hatred of Seaor Canovas, and that his
)- shooting him was a political act. The body
f. of the Prime Minister will be embalmed,
n and will receive the honors of that of a
1- Marshal killed in a campaign.
?- The fact that the Spanish Government
a has taken control of the telegraph wires in
d Spain causes some confusion in the details
of the assassination of Senor Canovas and
e in the events which followed. It is ree.
ported that General Azearraga, Minister of
ifl War, has been appointed Prime Minister ad
>r Interim.
e. | The Queen Regent on hearing the sad
in | news dispatched her own physician, Dr.
le | Bustos, by a special train from San Sebasle
tian. Later, on learning that Canovas was
dead, she wired her condolences to the
widow.
Antonio Canovas del Castillo was born in
Malaga in 1828. Although an ultra-Con|r
servative and the master leader, and representative
of the haughtiest, most punctilious,
jealous and exacting aristocracy in
i. Europe, he was the son of a peasant, and
it fought his way to tne rront 01 spanisa aifairs
by the force of his own qualities.
Ssloona Go on a Strike,
'd Every ono of the forty-two saloons In
r* Danville, 111., is closed and the thirsty citing
i zens must go to Germantown for a drink.
j j The Liquor Dealers' Association petitioned
' the City Council to lower the license from
J0 I SSlM) to 8600 and threatened to olose their
t places on refusal. The Council refused,
}r I and every saloon in the city was closed.
1- Lost Revenue.
? | The Treasury Department estimates the
i amount of revenue lost to the Government
tt on anticipatory importations at over ?32,c
000,000.
le
Labor World.
Philadelphia has 50,000 unemployed.
. New Havon (Conn.) girls won a strike toi
| $1.25 a day.
ie j The (lve railway employes' organizations
l(* will probably amalgamate.
J Political advertising will find no place in
I PAefnn T.uhnr Duv nn.ra*lA_
Dundee (Scotland) ship joiners won an
r. advance to sixteen cents an hour.
a It is proposed to put some of the idle
Brooklyn convicts at work on the parks ol
' the city.
A.t Newbury port, Mass., the stockholders
'd of the Peabody Cotton Mills have decided
fy to shut down indefinitely after using the
raw material on hand,
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l*t NtWS EPITOMIZED.
i Waaliineton Item*.
The Attorney-General has decided that
goods imported into Canada from foreign
countries and thence exported to the United
, 8tates are subject to the discriminating
duty of ten per cent, provided for in Section
22 of the new Tariff act. The question
whether goods shipped through Canada to
the United States in bond are liable to the
discriminating duty is under consideration.
, The Cramps brought suit against the
Government for over ?1,700,000 damages
alleged to have boen sustained in building
warships.
1 Secretary Sherman sent a dispatch to
: Minister Taylor, expressing the sorrow of
. i the President for the assassination of
: Premier Canovas.
Domestic.
BECOBD OF THE LEAGUE CLUBS.
Per Per
Clubs. Won. Lost. ct. Clubs. Won Lost. ct.
Boston ...62 28 .689 Philad'a..42 50 .457
Cinciri'ati58 30 .659 Pittsb'g ..41 50 .451
Bait 57 30 .655 Louisv'le 42 53 .442
N'wYork.52 34 .6051 Brooklyn 38 51 .427
Clevel'd..47 43 .522 Wash'n. 34 55 .382
Chicago .45 49 .479 St. Louls.25 70 .263
Sylvanus Johnson, colored, charged with
assaulting Mrs. Livingston Atwell on June
23, was convicted at Key West, Fla., and
sentenced to be hanged. Mrs. Atwell identified
Johnson as her assailant and the
trial lasted only two hours and twenty minutes.
Johnson collapsed when sentence
waa passed. It was over his case that the
recent fatal riot occurred resulting in the
calling out of troops.
Charles W. Clifford, a Chicago restaurant
keeper, crazed by jealousy over attentions
of Policeman P^pner to bis wife, murdered
her by cutting her throat with a butcher
knife. After satisfying himself that his
wife was dead Clifford lay down beside her
n.nri ahnf htmaolf HoaH Afra wo a
formerly a "strong woman" with clrouses.
Her professional name was Mme. Mendoza.
The United States torpedo boat Dupont,
built by the well-known Herreshoff firm at
Bristol, R. I., to make a speed of 27}? knots
an hour, received her second official trial
over a sixty-mile course in Narragansett
Bay, and made an average speed of 28.58
knots.
Charles Madison, of Richmond, Va., a
lineal descendant of President Madison and
a brother of Lillian Madison, who was murdered
In Richmond several years ago by
Cluverius, committed suicide on a passenger
train just west of Williamsburg, Madison
was about thirty years old. He wa?
intoxicated when he shot himself.
William H. Maddern was killed iDstantly
and Ave other men were injured, one mortally,
by an explosion of dynamite in the
8t. Joe Lead Company's mine at Bonna
i Terra, Mo. The explosion was due to the
carelessness of the men who were handling
the dynamite.
! Louis E. Rossle, paying teller of the Bedford
Bank in Brooklyn, was arrested
1 charged with embezzlement. He confessed
to having stolen about S6250 during his
three years as paying teller, and said that
he had lost the money in betting on horse
races.
The Pacific Coast Steamship Company's
steamer Mexico was wrecked while going
into Dixon entrance from Sitka, Alaska, in
a iicc* y jr iyj$. xuo aioauici on upuu u
reef, over which she passed, sinking in the
deep water beyond. All on ^board were
saved. Among the passengers were about
forty tourists, some of whom were naturalists.
Henry 8. Marcy, President of the Fitchburg
Railroad, died of apoplexy at his
home in Belmont, Mass.
Frank C. Conroy was executed at Clinton
Prison for murdering his wife at Ogdensburff,
N. Y.
President McKinley and Vice-President
Hobart visited the Catholic Summer School
at Plattsburgh, N. Y., and made a trip
through the Au Sable Chasm.
The Republicans of Kentucky held their
State Convention in Louisville.
Merchants from all over the country arrived
in New York City for their fall buying
in consequence of the work of the Merchants'
Association.
William G. Read, Jr., a broker and head
or tne arm 01 Keaa, rarson a uo., Kinea
himself in the Edison Building, New York
City, where the firm's offices are.
William Lamb Picknell, the artist, died In
Boston on Sunday.
President McKiuley reviewed the Twentyfirst
Infantry at the Hotel Champlaln, and
took luncheon with ex-Governor Woodbury
in Burlington, Vt.
The annual meeting of the American Association
for the Advancement of Science
was held In Detroit; many papers of an interesting
nature were read.
* The police of North Adams, Mass., have
under surveillance Harvey Lanfair, who, it
is believed, will be able to throw light on
the murder of Henry F. Reed and his sister
in that city.
The South Coast left San Francisco,
Cal., for the gold fields so heavily and unevenly
loaded that there are grave fears
as to her ability to make the trip.
InKn n^r.,1 ^ Al(aa T atttin /*/0
uuuu viviuuu, (tiioo xjun w nuiouu, \jkji~
ored, who murdered William Allen, at
Brunswick, Miss., on July 15 by clubbing
him with a gun barrel, and who was captured
in Louisiana, was hanged by lynchers.
Nathaniel Mason, a young colored man,
who had been employed by Dr. Charles A.
Powell, in Glenwood, Ga., attempted to assault
Mrs. Powell, and was captured by
her husband. A posse of fifty neighbors
took the man from Dr. PoweU and carried
him some distance down the road, where he
was placed agaiDSt a pile of rocks and
shot. Benjamin Mayfield, colored, was
lynched at Edna, Ga. Mayfield assaulted
the wife of Donald James, a railroad conductor,
and was caught a short distance
from the scene of his crime.
Albert Gray, a bicyclist, was run down
and probably fatally injured by two society
women of Derby, Conn., who were out
driving.
Frank Harper, aged seventeen, was found
: py me punue iu new lor* L-ny in a puiaoie
I condition from lack of food. He may die.
| Five other persons were rescued from starv!
ing only by timely discovery.
Negotiations are now in progress in Now
York City looking to a consolidation of all
the companies owning compressed air motor
I patents. The consolidated company, if
j formed, will be controlled by the MetroI
politan Traction Company through its of!
fleers and directors.
John W. Foster visited President McKinley
at the Hotel Champloin, and conferred
with him for three hours on the seal question.
A severe electric storm passed over
Farmington, N. H. The lightning was
terrific and the deep darkness caused
general consternation. A bolt struck the
house and stable of John S. Roberts, just
outside the vlllacre. burnlnc both, besides
fifty tons of hay, a valuable trotting
horse, other live stock, and nearly all the
furniture. The house was a fine old
structure. The loss is $10,000, partially
Insured.
Foreign.
A dispatch says that Oporto, Portugal,
is in a state of open rebellion, and that
martial law has been proclaimed.
Further details of the capture of Abu
Hamed by the Anglo-Egyptian expedition
show that twenty-one men were killed and
sixty-one wounded in the engagement,
j Mohammed Zein, the Dervish commander,
is among the prisoners. The AugloEgyptian
troops captured Abu Hamed only
after desperate house-to-house, hand-tohand
battling through narrow, crooked
I streets, but in the end comparatively few
dervishes escaped.
i An uprising of Carlist sympathizers is al|
leged to be Impending in Spain.
Tlt-nnrnii! (xnifitxi Vinnnf cup. !
j rendered himself to the British authorities
| on the west coast of Africa.
I Dr. How, the Bishop of Wakefield, and
j author of the Jubilee Hymn, diod in Eng|
laud.
The body of Sonor Canovas del Castillo
j was taken from Santa Agueda, where ho
. was assassinated, to Madrid, to lie in State;
Golli, the assassin, has been identified as
Michel Anglolino, the son of a tailor, and a
native of Foggia, Italy.
The assassin of Premier Cauovas, of
Spain, confesses the act was one of revenge
for the execution of the Barcelona
Anarchists.
A large force of British troops is being
sent from England, it is believed to reinforce
the .Vile oxoiwiition.
THE SAEBATfScioOL^H
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 29. W
Leinon Text: "Faal Opposed to Epheaaa,"
Acts xlx., 21-34? uoiden xexn luk? ?
xil., IS ? Commentary on the Day's 9
Lesson by the Rev. D. M. Stearns. J
21. "After these things were ended, Paul 1
purposed in the spirit to go to Jerusalem, I
saying, 'After I have been there I must also ?j
see Rome.'" Our last lesson In the Acts
left Paul at Corinth, where he continued a II
year and six months teaching the word of 1
God. He then returned to Antioch in Syria, fl
taking Ephesus, Cfesarea and Jerusalem on 8
his way. After some time spent at Antioch I
Paul started on his third missionary tour, I
goingthrough Galatia and Pbrygia till he 2
came to Ephesus, where he had left Aquila J
and Priscilla, and to which city he had 5
promised to return, God willing (chapter ^
aviii.t ai;. no ittrncu at ?j|/ucsuo vtv* ^
two years (xix., 10; xx., 31), and all the
province of Asia heard the word of the Lord
Jesus, so that many believed, the name of
the Lord Jesus was magnified, the word of
God grew mightily and prevailed, and
thousands of dollars' worth of bad books
were burned. Here begins our lesson.
22. "His purpose was to go through
Macedonia and Achaia, where he had been
on his previous tour, but he still tarries in
Asia a season while he sends Tlmotheus and
Erastus ahead of him into Macedonia. In
a future lessson we shall have his testimony fl|
as to his labors in Asia. Whether sojourn- B
ing or journeying his one ambition waa J
that Christ should be magnified in him and 8
that he might better know Him (Phil. I., ]
20; ill., 10). '
23. "And about that time there arose no
small stir concerning the way" (B. V.). In ,
the margin of chapter ix., 2, this way is
called "The Way." See also in the R. V.
chapters xlx., 9; xxii., 4; xxiv., 14, 22. Jesus
Himself said, "I am the Way" (Jas. xiv.,6).
In Ps. cxix., 1, we read, "Blessed are the
undeflled in the way wbo walk in the law
of the Lord. It is a heavenly way, but very
narrow, and few there be that find It. It is
in Him, and with Him and excludes all that i
is not of Him.
24. 25. "Sirs, ye know that by this craft 1
we have our wealth." This is the beginning
of the address of Demetrius, a silver
smltQ, to Ms lenow worKmen, wnom neaaa t
called together. His theme was their craft
or trade or manner of making money, a
subject which will get an interested audience
almost any time. Witness the labor
organizations and the strikes bften associated
therewith in our own day. Whatever
will seem to turn more money into *
people's pockets is apt to be an interesting '
subject.
26. "Not alone at Ephesus, but almost
throughout all Asia, this Paul hath persuaded
and turned away much people."
What a good testimony to Paul, or rather
to the Spirit's work through Paul, in the
name of the Lord Jesus! The Lord, through
him, had turned many from idols unto God
(I Thess. 1., 9), so many that the idol business
was suffering severely, and those Interested
were greatly stirred.
27. "Not only this our craft is in danger , to
be set at nought, but also that the temple
of the great goddess Diana should be
despised." It would never do to have such
magnificence that all the world worahiped,
despised, for what would all the world ever
do without Diana? Yet three men- dared
VflVmflho^no77ar'a imacA wlllflh
all the world worshiped, and the time will
come when many will dare to despise
another image, which all the world will
worship (Rev. xiii., 8, 15), choosing death
rather than such favor.
28. "And when they heard they were
full of wrath and cried out, saying, 'Great .
is Diana of the Ephesians.'" Thendas
boasted himself to be somebody; Simon
the sorcerer gave out that himself was
some great one; the coming antichrist will
proclaim that he himself is God, and many
will believe it, and great will be his wrath
against all wlio oppose him. The devil will
gather the armies of earth against God both
at the beginning and end of the next thousand
years, but all will be overcome by the
Lamb, for He is King of kings and Lord of
lords (Rev. xix., 19; xx., 8; xvil., 14; II
Thess. ii.. 4. 8"). *X
29. "And the whole city was filled with <
confusion." Confusion and chaos are not A
the work of God, but of the devil, whether 1
in an individual or in a household or in i
the world, and therefore some think that
the work of the devil may be seen as far
back in the Bible story as Gen. i., 2; that
in the beginning God must have created
all things good and that ail enemy was responsible
for the chaos of verse 2.
80, 31. Paul would willingly have stood
by his friends, who for his sake and for
Christ's sake were in danger, but his friends
would not suffer him. He had already been
stoned and left for dead, and he was ready
any time to die for Christ (xiv., 19; xxi.,
13). It was never with him a thought of
personal comfort, but only of how he could
magnify Christ. Sometimes we are compelled
by circumstances to go forward when
we would fain keep back and sometimes to
keep back when we woijld fain go forward.
The way of rest is to do what you can?go
forward if the way opens, and, if not, stay.
"Do as occasion serve thee, for God is with
thee" fl Sam. x.. 7"). Trust Him to manage
everything, and believe that He does, and
be quiet and confident.
32. "Some therefore cried one thing, and
some another, for the assembly was confused,
and the more part knew not wherefore
they were come together." This was
not an assembly of believers, but of the
world's people, the enemies of God, and
yet it is a fair description of the so called
church of to-day, for the preachers are crying
one thing and another, and it might be
said that the most of those who go to
church once a week know not why they go
or what they really do believe.
83. "And they drew Alexander out of the
multitude, the Jews putting him forward."
If this was the same Alexander as he of II
Tim., iv., 14, Alexander the coppersmith,
then the smiths were right in their squabble,
silversmiths and coppersmiths (verse
24), or in other words, It was business and
idolatry versus Christ. It certainly should
not be so that business should be against
Christ, but it is too much the case, and will
be very decidedly so at the time of His
coming in power and glory (Rev. xiii., 17;
xviii., 11-16).
34. "When thoy knew that he was a Jew, ,
all with one voice, about the space of two v
hours, cried out. Great is Diana of the
Ephesians." How few cry out, "Great is J
Jesus of Nazareth!" yet "Him hath God ex- *
alted" (Acts v., 31), and Him alone, giving
Him a name, and at His name every knee
should bow (Phil, ii., 9, 10). The time will
come when all who exalt themselves against
Him shall be brought down, and the Lord
alone exalted in that. Therefore it is wise
to cease from men whose breath is in M9
nostrils and to behold the Lord (Isa. ii., 17,
21; Ui., 1).?Lesson Helper.
A LAKE OF PETROLEUM.
The Product Will Be Handled by a Company
Formed In Seattle.
While the whole world Is excited over the
gold discoveries In the north, sight has been
lost of another disoovery that promises to
be of great value in the development of that
section. Some months ago a lake of almost
pure petroleum was discovered and samples
were sent to 8?attle, Wash., for analysis.
The Report on these has just been made
public and the find is reported to be of
great richness. A company has been formed
in Seattle to handle the product and travelers
from there say the company Intends
to put it on the Alaskan market at once.
The lake is of unknown depth, several
miles wide and Ave to six miles In length
and the quality of the petroleum is said to
be of the llnest. The lake is only two miles
from the oc;ean. The hills surrounding are
said to be rich in coal and asphalt. It Is
the expectation of the owners of the lake
to take its products Into the mining camps
of Northern Alaska whenever the water
ways will Derrnit.
A Fatal Kxperlment. M
The attempt of the surgeons at St. Louis, f
Mo., to restore by an operation tno reasoa ^
of Charles Dreber, condemned to the gai?
lows, resulted in his death.
Rash to Klondike.
It is said that California alono is now
sending emigrants to the Klondike fields at
the rate of 2000 a month.
Worlil'8 Largest Com?t?ry.
The most extensive cemetery In the world
is that at Rome, in which over 6,000,000 human
beings have been Interred. ...
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