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TRilH BOBBEBYINTEXAS.
Cannon-Bal! Express Held Up in Broad
Daylight Near Austin,
CRIME COMMITTED BY FOUR MEN.
The Bandits Took the Passengers' Money
But Failed to Open the Express Safe?
The Conductor and a Passencer "Wounded?The
Robbers Kan Away With
the Engine? Small Amount of Booty.
Austin, Texas (Special).?At 5.30 o'clock
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p. 111., wiciuu tweivo uiucs ui
this city, the south-bound "cannon-bull"
9 train on the International and Great Northern
Railroad, consisting of mail, uaggage
and express cars, and three coaches filled
, ' with passengers, was held up by four men
and robbed. The conductor of the train>
Thomas Healy, was shot by the robbers
while resisting them, but was not wounded
seriously. *
One of the passengers had his shirt collar
carried away by a pistol ball that yras aimed
at his neck, and another received a bullet
wound in the hand. The passengers were
robbed of about $200 in money. The bandits
attempted to rifle the safe in the express
car, but were unsuccessful.
When the train reached McNeill, a small
station, fourteen miles above Austin, two
men, heavily armed, boarded the train
and took their stand on the rear platform.
After the conductor had checked up the
train he reached the platform, whore a
pistol was presented at each side of his
* A T?W? *-?>?*?> thiif ha Qtnn fhrt
UCftU. J.UCJ IIXCJ1 V4V. vu?, ..?
train. He declined to do so, and began to
run through the train, \yith the two
robbers in close pursuit. He had not gone
balf the length of the first car when the
foremost robber shot at him, bringing him
to the floor with a pistol wound in his
risrht arm.
The other robber pulled the bell cord,
and the train was brought to a standstill.
It was evidently at the appointed place,
lor the train had hardly stopped before two
other men, whos<* faces were covered with
masks, stepped oat from among the trees
and began shooting into the cars as they
walked toward the irain. The tfco men on
the train were joined by those from the
woods, and began their work of robbing
the passengers.
As the colored train porter sprang from
the rear coach and ran for shelter a robber
began shooting at him, and the porter
emptied a revolver in turn without effect.
The express messenger looked out of his
car, and, taking in the situation, left the
car and ran through the woods and was
soon lost to sight.
The robbers, leaving two men to guard
the passengers in the three coaches, proceeded
to the express car and demanded
that the baggageman open the express safe,
but, upon being assured that he could not
^onnln ftivna/) fKiiit* offonflnn ftho
passengers. They took only money from
them, not overlooking a single cent, and
walking two by two through the cars, so as
to always keep their eyes on the passengers.
Having secured about 8200 in this
manner, they uncoupled the engine from
the train and started off down the track
upon it. After going several miles they
set the lever so that the locomotive would
run at a moderate gait and left the engine.
The engine came on to thg flag station at
Duval, and was there captured. The station
agent returned to the scene of the robbery,
secured the train, and brought it to
Austin, arriving here shortly after dark.
Officers went to thescene with bloodhounds
to pursue the robbers.
WOMEN SHOT DOWN MYSTERIOUSLY
An Aged Mother and Daughter Killed in
Cauiden, N. J.
A policeman strolling along the street in
a thickly populated district of Camden, N.
J., at half past 4 o'clock a. m. heard a
faint cry of "Murder!" coming from
the vicinity of Line street. Line
street is in the heart of Camden,
a few blocks from the Camden and
Philadelphia ferry slips. Kunning in the direction
whence the cry came, the policeman
found a man in his night robe leaning
out of the third-story window of the dwelling
at 242 Line street, calling feebly for
help. He was Eli Shaw, an invalid in the
convalescent stage of typhoid fever.
Accompanied by two citizens, the policeman
entered the house. On the second
floor he found the evidence of a double
murder. The victims were Mrs. Sarah M.
Shaw, the mother of the voung mau who
gave the alarm from the window, and her
mother, Mrs. Emma Zane. Mrs. Zane, who
was the widow of Captain Eli Zane,
a well-known resident of Camden, was
Beventy-eight years old. She was sitting
in a chair in her night-robe,
apparently asleep. But her skull had
beep fractured just Dehind the left ear by
Bomc sharp instrument. She was still
alive, but unconscious, and died in a short
time. Mrs. Shaw, who was forty-ftvo
years old and also a widow, was lying on
the floor near the window. There was a
bullet wound in her head, but she was
breathing, and with all despatch she was
removed in an ambulaDce to Cooder Hos
pital. She died there at 10 o'clock in the
.doming.
A superficial examination disclosed the
traces of an attempted burglary. From
(the disconnected and hysterical account of
.the only witness of the tragedy, the invalid
son, the police adopted that theory.
BROOKLYN LAWYER FOUND SLAIN
Henry Ingrnham, Manager of the Title
Guarantee and Trust Company, Killed.
Henry Ingraham, a prominent lawyer, of
Brooklyn, manager of the Title Guarantee
and Trust Company, one of the biggest
corporations of its kind in the city, was
Tound in a vacant lot in Flatbush with a
Jbuilet through his heart.
The neighborhood where this body was
discovered is a lonely one. There are few
houses on either Sullivan or Cedar streets,
and weeds have grown rauklv in the vacant
lots at the intersection of these thoroughfares.
No better place could bo found for a
murder, and the friends of Henry Ingraham
believe he was the victim of an assassin's
w.%* fKui.Ali.ia tiQwtha oiponmfitanfAO
UUUCt, UUl UIC pvuvv
point to suicide.
A Private Maltreated.
On order of Captain Lovering, officer of
the day, a private soldier named Hammond
was dragged, with his legs tied, a distance
of.six hundred yards through Fort Sheridan,
near Chicago, to a summary court
martial because he refused to work and declined
to walk when put under arrest.
Spain's Keply.
Spain's reply to the United States was
announced at Madrid. The Ministry is unable
to set an exact date for ending the
Cuban war, but expects hostilities to end
soon. Tlie pacification of the island, it is
charged, would have been more rapid had
it not been for American filibusters. It is
asserted President McKinley will advise
the Cubans to accept autonomy, and that
if they refuse he will make no further efforts
in their behalf.
Snow in I'enim.vivanm.
There was u heavy fall of snow at Frackville.
Schuylkill County, Penn., the first of
the season.
Killed Wife and Hinmelf.
John F. Boynton, a well-known resident
of Leominster, Mass., shot and killed
his wife and then committed suicide.
Family troubles are believed to have been
the cause of the act. although several
years ago Boynton was thought to be
mildly insane. " He was fifty-eight years of
age and his wife was flfty-one.
More Severity For Cuba.
General Blanco, the new Captain-Gen.
eral of Cuba, announces that he will act
with great energy against the insurgent.?
and will try to establish peace by the system
which he ?.cablished in 1879.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Washlncton Items.
The Interstate Commerce Commission
has issued its ninth statistical report, for
the year ended Juno 30,180C.
Cornelius N. Bliss. Secretary of the Interior,
has sent a letter from Washington
to General Traey, indorsing the latter's
candidacy for Mayor of Greater New York.
I It is believed in Washington that Justice
i Field may retire from the Supreme Court
bench during the present term of court.
Attorney General McKcnna is mentioned as
his successor.
Governor Hastings, of Pennsylvania, has
been informed by Secretary Sherman that
j the Austrian Minister has made a comj
plaint that tho firing on the mob at Lat[
timer was a violation of the rights of AusI
trian subjects. The Secretary asks for a
I statement of the facts in the case. Sheriff
! Martin and General Gobin have been asked
I by the Governor to reply.
Clara H. Richards has been appointed
| Postmistress at Dyea, Alaska.
The postal recipts for September show
a gain of 7 1-10 per cent, over the same
month last year.
The Monetary Commission held a meeting
in Washington, at which preliminary
reports from the committees were discussed.
Secretary Sherman has replied to Lord
Salisbury's refusal to take part in the sealing
conference; he suggests that a conference
between experts of the United States,
Great Britain and Canada be held.
The President mado the following appointments:
H. N. McGrew, of Phoenix,
! Arizona, to be Register of the Land 0fflc6
at Salt Lake City, Utah; Fred D. Sprlggs,
| of New York, to "be agent for the Indians at
the Nevada Agency in Nevada; Edward
Gold burg, of Wichita. Kan., to be agent for
the Indians of the Quapaw Agency in Indian
Territory.
Secretary Gage, who has just returned
to Washington from his Western trip, reports
prosperous conditions everywhere.
The Board of Geographic Names has de
I cided that Klondike is the correct spelling
of the new gold region, and that Dyea
j should bo Talya.
Domestic.
Judge Sbowalter in Chicago gave a de|
cision to the effect that the makers of a
certain line of goods, in a certain place, do
I not have the right of a trade-mark to the
t name of that place. This decision is of
I general interest to milling people, and especially
to those of Minneapolis.
I The organization of the greatest combination
of window glass makers ever formed
in this country was completed at Camden,
N. J. Tittsburg was chosen as the general
! selling agency.
At a boxinc bout, for the benefit of yellow
fever sufferers, in New Orleans, La.,
Jack Cummings was fatally injured, and
died next morning. Walter Griffin, who
fought against him, is under arrest.
Fifteen men, including strikers and members
of a brass band, were arrested at
Sandy Creek, Penn., by Deputy Sheriffs of
the De Armitt mines for marching on the
public road. They were taken to Pittsburg
for a hearing.
Charles W. Dayton accepted the nomination
for Comptroller of Greater New York
on the Henry George ticket. Fairchild
will remain on tho Citizens' Union ticket.
Two women were drowned In the Neverj
sink River, in Sullivan County, New York.
I The fifteenth conference of friends of the
! Indian was held at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.
I Railroad traffic in Texas was almost entirely
suspended on account of the yellow
fever scare.
Philadelphia authorities barred Victor
Hugo's "Les Miserables" as a text-book for
high-school girls.
The Western Carolina Rank of Asheville?
tT. C., failed to open its doors.
The steamer City of Topeka arrived at
Seattle, Wash., bringing miners returning
from the Klondike region and $300,000 in
gold. The miners say the wealth of the
Klondike has been underestimated, and one
of them places the value of the claims thus
far opened at 850,000,000.
Conrad Helzelberg shot and killed Thomas
McSorley during a quarrel at Castleton,
Staten Island, and attempted suicide by
i cutting his throat and wrists. Heizelberg
} will recover.
The largest cattle deal made In Texas"
?ince the boom days of fifteen yeas ago was
I arranged at San Antonio, Ike T. Pryor,
J selling to Winfleld Scott, of Fort Worth,
| 20,000 head of cattle of all classes for $13
| per head, fall delivery. Other big sales are
pending.
Former fiovernor Boies, of Iowa, in a
letter said the Chicago platform had had its
j day in the "tribunal of last resort."
i The Treasury statement of domestic ex|
ports in September shows that the ship|
ment of breadstuffs exceeded that of SepI
tember, 1896. by 100 per cent.
Over 81,050,000 of the school fund money
of Chicago has vanished, and the account
has been overdrawn to the amount of
$117,000. This is the startling state of affairs
that confronts the Board of Education.
according to the story of one of its
amployes.
Detective William Moore,who is snspeoted
of the murder of his wife, was arraigned in
New York City and was afterward taken
before Coroner Fitzpatrick while the charge
against him was examined. He was committed
to the Tombs by the Coroner.
Much of the testimony was directly against
him.
The New Bedford (Mass.) semi-centenaial
celebration occurred. All of the public
buildings were covered with - decorations,
and many business houses and residences
were masses of color.
A forty-eight-inch water main burst at
Forty-eighth street and Madison avenue
ind flooded the neiprhborhootl ror many
blocks. It is estimated that the damage
will reach 850,000. The accident was
caused by the heavy blasting of rock dur|
Ing the construction of the new sewer in
| the avenue.
A severe frost In the Lake Eveuka (N. Y.)
j grape region ruined hundreds of tons of
! grapes. The loss will be several thousands
| of dollars.
The citizens of Benton County. Arkansas,
have organized an anti-horse stealing association
as a protection against horse
thieves from the Indian Territory. Frank
Hoverton is President and the headquarters
of the organization are at Bloomfleld. The
members take an ironclad oath to punish
horse stealing with death.
Former Queen LUiuokalani of Hawaii has
been offered 82000 to preside over a carnij
val at Wichita, Kan., for three days in 1898.
| The invitation was extended through Dr.
| Martin, formerly of Wichita, who was the
I Queen's physician at Honolulu.
The American flag was draped with crape
: and government by injunction denounced
i i... iskm. rtj-nronl^Af-inns in Lvnn. Mass..
where a clergyman preached a funeral serI
mon for the twenty-four men shot down at
| Lattimer, Penn.
Mrs. Charlotte Leclair, of Westerly, R.
I., died at the age of 109 years and six
month*. Five generations of her descendants
are living,
Foreign.
M. Maertens, a distinguished Russian
jurist, has been chosen to preside as umpire
over the court of arbitration which is
to decide the British Venezuela boundary
line.
Professor Leopold Stern, an optician from
New York, has been murdered and robbed
by bandits near Tovar, Venezuela.
The American steamer St. Paul made the
run New York to Southampton in six days
twelve hours and ten minutes?better than
Vior liuct iirnvinnq run.
Senor Moret, the Spanish Minister of ColI
ouies, will offer the chief political and ad:
ministrative posts in Cuba to Cubans.
Mrs. Langtry's horse Merman, at 100 to
j 7. won the Cesarewitch Stakes, in England,
' winning for his owner, it is believed, 3200,]
000.
Leading men of London are signing o
fetter objecting to action by the British
Government in the direction of bimetal|
ltsm.
An organization is said to have beer
formed in Paris to secure the escape ol
Captain Dreyfus, the French traitor, from
prison.
A Frenchman was arrested at Lyons on
the charge of having committed a series o)
Jack the Ripper crimes.
General Weyler was ordered to turn hi.'
command over to Generals Ahumada oi
Linares immediately and return to Madrid.
SPAIN RECALLS WEYLE1
General Blanco Succeeds Him
Cuba's Captain-General,
LARGE REINFORCEMENTS SEN
VFeylcr Resigns at Last and the Cabii
Loses No Tiino In Naming Genei
Blanco as His Successor?The "Bate
er" Explains the Causa of His Del
?Sagasta Sends - Him a Messaj
Madhid, Spain (By Cable).?Contrary
expectation, and to the great relief of t
now administration, Captain-General We
ier has sent a dispatch to Premier Sagas
tendering bis resignation, and placing 1
office as Governor-General of Cuba a
Commander-in-Chief at the disposal of t
Government.
The Cabinet thendoolded npon the imm
diate recall of General Weyler from Cut
A. decree was prepared appointing Genei
? 1
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I A'- Ly^y-: ( "
"7
OENEBAX WETLEB.
Blanco y Arenas, Marquis of Pena-Plata,
succeed Weyler. The Qaeen Regent's slg
Ing of the degree was the next step. A
wording to El Heraldo, 20,000 relnforcemen
will accompany General Blanco to Cuba.
In the course of Weyler's message he r
marks: "If the functions with which tl
late Government had intrusted me hadbe<
merely those of Governor-General of Cub
I should have hastened my resignatio
But the twofold character of my missic
and my duty as Commander-in-Chief intl
face of the enemy prevented my tendering
resignation.
"Nevertheless, although I can rely upc
the absolute, unconditional support of tl
Autonomist and Constitutional parties, i
well as upon public opinion, this would 1
Insufficient without the oonfldence of tl
Government, now more than ever necessai
to me after the censure of which I ha'
been made the object by the members at
Journals of the Liberal party and by publ
opinion in the United States, which latt<
is largely Influenced by the former. Tb
confidence would be necessary to enab
me to put an end to the war, which has c
ready been virtually concluded from 01
lines from Jucaro to Cape Ran Antonio."
Senor Sagasta replied: "I thank you f<
your explanation, and value your fran
GENERAL BLANCO.
ness. I wish to assure you that the Go1
ernment recognizes your services, and va
ues them as they deserve; but it thin!
a change of policy, in order to succeed, r
quires that the authorities should be at 01
with the Ministry.
"This has nothing to do with the conl
dence felt in you by the Government; U
the Liberals have always said that the r<
sponsibility for a given policy does not fa
UDon those who carry it out, but upon tt
Government inspiring it. I shall commi
nioate your decision to the Governmei
hortly."
John K. McPherson Dead.
John R. McPherson, one time Democrat
leader in New Jersey and United Stat'
Senator from that State, from 1877 un1
1895, died suddenly in his room at Taylor
Hotel in Jertey City. Mr. McPherson he
been staying at the hotel for more than
month. He had been sufTeric.? for a Ion
time from stomach trouble. John Roderii
McPherson was born at York, Livingsto
County, N. Y., on May 9, 1838.
Bank Robbed at Lunch Time.
Ti ieves entered the office of the Uni<
County Bank, at Morganfleld, Ky., in tt
* ?j ?-? ?-* 4-u aq n
luuua uuur ttllU guwiuou lunu vau
in currency which had been loft in the co.i
drawer. When the bank officials returni
they discovered their loss. The vault w
closed and locked. The robbers made gci
their escape, leaving no clue.
Switzerland to Own Railways.
The National Council, by a vote of 93
29, has adopted a bill providing for tl
purchase of the Ave principal railroads
Switzerland, at a cost approaching S2CC
000,000.
Senorita Clsneros Escapes.
The beautiful little Cuban maid Senorl
Evangelina Cassio y Cisneros, heroine
the sensational adventure with t
Governor of the Isle of Pines, escaped frc
the Casa de Recogidas, Cuba, where s
had been confined for several months oi
charge of conspiracy against the Crown
Spain and of an attempt upon the life
Governor Berez, Governor of the Isle
Pines.
Killed His Brother.
ratrlou uonway iciuea nis Droiu
j Jatnes, near Plattsburg, N. Y., as the :
j suit of an altercation with their mother,
j which James took her part.
Labor World.
Detroit (Mich.) clerks invite employi
to attend tneir meetings.
Bay City, Wis., is to become nn oxpc
1 j ment in a co-operative manufacturing^!
agricultural community.
The United Brotherhood of Carpenti
and Joiners donated and collected nea
| S2000 for the coal miners.
Washington planing mill owners ha
notified the Central Labor Union that th
men may become unionists.
. Detroit (Mich.) peddlers have organize
They will test the constitutionality of
ordinance taxing them 325 a year.
\ In Concord, N. C., thero is being ereci
r a cotton mill which is to be owned, cc
| trolled and operated by colored hands.
|1 FAIR REFUCEE HERE.
Hi Evangrellna Clsneros, Who Esrapctl XVej
ler'n ciutcncs, in ^ew ion*.
Senorita Evangelina Cosio y Cisneros,
35 who has passed so many weary months in
a Spanish prison in Havana, is now safo In
New York. She arrived on t he Ward line
steamship Seneca, after a thrilling escape
from Cuba, daessed as a man, and under
Tan assumed name. The young fugitive
was taken from the steamer at Quarantine,
and after reaching the city in a tugboat,
was taken to the Waldorf.
The way in which Senorita Cosio escaped
from Havana was no less startling thanber
'a' escapo from the Recojidas jail in Havana
h. three nights before, when her rescue was
effected by two reporters for the New Yorlc
OJ Journal.
:e. Since her sensational flight from captivity
until Saturday evening Senorita Cosio
to was kept concealed somewhere in Havana,
he All the time she was waiting in fear and
trembling, dreading recapture, plans for
I her flight to New York were being made.
ta A transportation ticket ana passport,
lis made out in the name of Mr. Juan Sola,
_a was obtained for the girl, so that on Saturday
evening, a short time before the
Seenca weighed anohor, everything was
ready for the venture. Disguised as a
(). man, with her long black hair concealed
under a sombrero, Senorita Cosio boldly
>a* boarded the vessel alone.
ral Two Spanish detectives, stationed at the
? head of the gangway ladder to watoh for
fugitives, stopped the girl and, as she
waited in suppressed excitement, examined
the passport and ticket. Senorita
Cosio, when the papers were returned to
her. hastened to her stateroom.
Until the steamer started, two hours and
a half later, the young woman did not
leave her room. A short time before the
vessel sailed the Chief of Police, accompanied
by his deputy and secretary, boarded
the Seneca. They examined all the .passports,
but suspected nothing when they
saw the one made out to Mr. Juan Sola.
And so, after adventures such as have
'come to few young women, the pretty
refugee found herself moving toward the
hospitable shores of America. The Stars
and 8tripes floated from the stern of the
Seneca and the lights of Havana soon faded
away.
The Cape Hatteras light was the first
thine Senorita Cosio saw on the coast.
When she learned that the light was In the
United States, the young woman was overcome
by emotion, and, before all the passengers,
knelt on the cabin floor and
prayed. As she arose she wapt. The first
sight of the country she had heard so much
about had proved too much for her overstrained
nerves.
The Seneca was mot at Quarantine by the
tug Fred Lohman, which had several of the
~~ girl's friends aboard. As the Cuban maiden
t0 descended the ladder from the vessel's deck
n- to i:he tug she wore no hat nor wrap of any
c- kind. Her dress consisted of a red crepon
ts waist trimmed at the neck with lace, and a
black skirt,
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16 ABYSSINIA'S GREAT LOSS.
jn I
a> Ras Makonnen, Hero of Adowa, Meets
n> Death In Battle.
>n
la Mr. J. Bennett Stanford, who has just rea
turned from taking part in an expedition
)Q | to Somaliland, brings news of the annihilaie
j tion, at the end of June, of an Abyssinian
is ! army of 3000 men, under the famous Genbe
j er?l Has Makonnen, of which number only
ie i sixty men escaped.
ry 1 Mr. Stanford said: "While in the Interior
re | we came across a powerful Somali Chief
id: who hud just returned from the fight. He
10 told-ma that the Abyssinian force had been
Jr j raiding down the Webbe Shebeyli River
is i nearly as far as the forty-fifth parallel. The
le | Somalls then overwhelmed them with large
il- ' numbers. allowing sixty men to go back
11 ! with the news of the defeat. Ras ilakon|
nen was killed during the battle.
>r | "The affair occurred about one hundred
k- ! miles from where we were. The jvhole
- j neighborhood is still greatly excited, and
' the possession of so many Italian rifles by
I the Somalls is evidence that the story told
I of the Abyssinian defeat is true.
"The latest news from Harrar was that
an Abyssinian army was being despatched
againat the Somalia, who were eagerly anticipating
another fight."
In ragard to the reported massacre of the
Cavendish expedition, Mr. Stanford said:
"There are no expeditions in Somalilaud to
massacre. Peel, who was with me, is away
to the south; Lord Delamere is near Lake
Rudolph, Major MacDonald is on thte traderoute,
toward Uganda, and Cavendish,
when I last heard of him, was on the
Kikuyu road."
FAMILY INCREASED BY FOUR.
Two Hojrft and TTwo Girls, Each Six and a
Half Pounds, Born Together.
Mrs. William J. Olmstead, wife of o
V. ! motoiman on the Troy (N. Y.) City RailSi}
j road, recently gave birth to four children(
j. j two boys and two girls, at her homo, Id
J a SllDurD 01 Xroy. ine momer auu
Ji j children are doing well. The children
y j weighed six and a half pounds each. The
I | mother weighs only 130 pounds.
| Mrs. Olmstead was unable to care for all
i the bfkbies, and two of her sisters came to
[ her relief. One took two of the babies to
- | Oswego, and the other took one of them to
7- ; Stuyvesant Falls, while the fourth was left
1- with f:he mother. Mr. and Mrs. Olmstead
cs I have four othe:: children, the eldest being
e- | a girl of sixteen and the youngest a boy o/
ie j Qve.
f). Sheep iften Kill Three Settler*.
)r News from Long Valley, Washington
"J County, Idaho, says that there has been a
ie battle between the settlers and the sheep
i- herders In which three men were killed
it and one dangerously wounded. Fifteen of
the settlers warned the sheep men to leave
the valley, and when they refused, made
an attack upo:a the sheep camp. Thirty
jc shots were fired by the settlers and a man
named Barber was wounded. The sheep
09 meni:hen returned the fire, killing three ol'
:il | the uettlers. The rest of the attacking
's J party fled,
id |
- i ht-to. Atkinson's ,lurv Disaerrces.
^ j The jury before which Mrs. Myra H. At"
'a j kinson, wife of the Governor of West Vir"
i ginie., had been on trial at Gljnvllle.W. Va.,
for a week on a charge of forgery failed to
agrea upon a verdict and was discharged.
The court replaced the case upon the
>n docket for future hearing, and Mrs. Atkinie
son and her co-defendant, Owens, were
plaoed under bonds for their appearance.
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Tornado in New Jersey.
ag A "ornado struck Far Hills aDd Elizabeth,
3d N. 3., wrecking buildings and uprooting
trees. John Olark was crushed to death iD
a building in Elizabeth which collapsed.
to Scaffold Broke and Flvo Were Killed.
Through the fall of a scaffold at the Bap?'
tist Church being built at Piano, Texas,five
men were killed. The men fell a distance
of tblrty-flve feet.
Ita Whltecaps Killed.
01 A dispatch from Milan, Tenn., ?avs:
he "Wliltecaps attacked the home of Dot
Prbe, a colored man living noar this place,
x a anc't fired into his house. He returned the
oj fire, killing William Sires, a white man,and
0I fatally wounding four others. Price was
0j 9hct through the arm."
A Novel Signal For Street Cara.
cr It is the suggestioa of a Bangor (M<3.)
r0. mctorman that persons who want to stop a
io car at night strike a parlor match. The
blaze, he says, cun be seen by the motormen
several rods away.
jrs Cycling Notes.
A cycle track has been erected at Birrj.
mlngham, England, that has accommodan(j
tions for 75,000 people.
The Belgian Touring Club is compiling a
3r9 set of rules of the road, among which it
rij makes the use of the brake obligatory.
A physician who has given much thought
lVe to the subject says that so long as the cyeir
clist can breathe with the mouth shut he
is certainly safe so far as heart-strain is
J(j concerned.
T>finnaaa T.nnian irlfa of the heir to the
Stvxon throne, has taken to publicly bicycling
in bloomers tn the Dresden parks, ao:od
companiedby Prince Frederick Augustus,
3n" hor eldest son. . - ..
TROOPS HOLD QUEZALTENANCO,
Report of the Evacuation of That City bj
Guatemalan Rebels.
The news of Jthe evacuation of Quezaltenango,
Guatemala, by the rebels and its re
occupation oy lUO uovcrumom luiiioa 13
fully confirmed. The consular corps there
has sent the following message to President
Barrios:
"The city of Quezaltenango was abandoned
by the rebels, and wo havo notified
General Garcia Leon.
Bt
FHEOIDENT BABBI0S.
"The city has been for some time without
proper authorities, and all desiring the reestabllshment
of order and peace respectfully
beg you to give the necessary orders
to that efifeot. Confiding in your well known
rectitude, JMr. President, we trust the occupation
of Quezaltenango will be peaceful,
for which all Quezaltenango prays and
will be grateful."
The United States cruiser Alert has
arrived at San Jose, where she is now
anchored.*!! The ^British flag ship of; {he
Pacific squadron, the Imperleuse, is exSected
to arrive soon. The new British
[Inister to Central America has arrived.
A COOD SEA FIGHTER.
I Bear Admiral Miller, Who Is on Guard
at Honolnln.
Rear Admiral Miller, of the United States
Navy, who Is the central figure in the situation
at Honolulu, Hawaii, Is a stout, short
sailor, with a pleasing face and calm eyes
that reflect the color of the sea he has lived
upon so long. He is a good sea fighter and
was reared, one may say, upon the ocean.
He entered the Naval Academy when he
was a lad of fourteen. From midshipman
BEAB ADMIBAX, illLLEB.
he rose by service through the various
ranks of the navy between one of the lowest
and one of the highest positions. He
made a good record in the wnr as an officer
of the Florida, and was aboard that brig
when she captured the Savannah. He is a
strict disciplinarian, and can be depended
upon in any situation to do the right thing
at the right time. He will let Japan know
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cnat lQ6r6 IS U vuu vu*?wvk
States.
NEW RECORD IN EXPORTS.
More Domestic Merchandise Sent Abroad
Than In Any Previous August.
The Bureau of Statistics, Washington,
has Issued tables showing the exports and
Imports for August, the first full month under
the new Tariff law. These figures show
for that month the largest exports of domestic
merchandise of any August in the I
history of the Government. The exports
were $79,490,264, against $66,689,981 for Au- |
gust, 1896. For the first eight months of \
the year the exports were $61,810,000 in excess
of the first eight months of 1896, so
that the bureau officials believe the exports i
this year will far exceed those of last year, I
which was Itself a record-breaking year In !
the matter of exports.
The value of all imports, dutiable and i
free, for August was $39,848,312, of which |
$18,629,609 were free.
REJECTED BY GERMANY.
Ret ages to Recognize Mr. Xenmann as |
United States Consul to Cologne.
The German Government has refusod tc |
recognize Ferdinand Neump.nn, 01 mmois,
who was nominated by President McKinley
on May 23 to be United States Consul to
Cologne.
News of his rejection caused no surprise
at the State Department, Washington. Mr.
Neumann was appointed to his post last >
May, and has since exercised the functions j
of his office, but the German authorities j
have been considering certain allegations j
connected with the World's Fair and a concert
enterprise, in which Neumann is said
to have been interested, which resulted dis- j
astrously to some German artists.
SaRaata's Cabinet Chosen.
The new Spanish Ministry is constituted
as follows: President of the Council of
Ministers, Senor Sagasta; Minister of Foreign
Affairs, Senor Gullon; Minister of Justice.
Senor Groizard; Minister ot War, Gen
eral Corroa; Minister of Marine, dumiruj
Bermejo; Minister of Finance, Senor Puig-'
Carver; Minister of the Interior, Senor Capdepon;
Minister of Publio Works, Count
Xiguena; Minister for the Colonies, Senor
Moret.
Australasia Buy* Our Halls.
Not being aolo to llnd in England the
kind of steel rails it needed, the Government
of New South Wales has placed an
order for 2000 tons in the United States at I
$25 a ton. Not many years ago we were j
buying all wo used from Engiaud at .flOO ji
ton.
An Illinois Town Burned.
All the businoss houses in Modora, 111.
including the bank, woro burned. Me<loro !
is a populous town twenty miles north of
Alton on the Chicago, Burlington and
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India's Famine Co9t S.10,000,000.
At the flnal meeting of the London Mansion
House Committee of the Indian Famine
Fund the Secretary of State for Imlia,
Lord George Hamilton, announced that
the most serious famino of the century in
India Is disappearing, though 1,500,000 persons
still are receiving relief; that the total
subscriptions from Great Britain, the
, United States, t.h'3 British colonies and
i India amounted to nearly 37,500,000, and
lhat the whole cost of the famine was
more than $50,000,000.
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A. G. A. R. Post of Priests.
A. G. A. R. Post composed exclusively oJ
J priests was installed at Notre Dame University,
Indiana. I
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KLONDIEERS PERISHING. |!
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Go!d Seekers, While Crossing the
Lakes, Meet With Fata! Disasters. i
SNOW STORM ADDS TO DISTRESS. s
Adventurous Prospectors Who Have Be- j
turned From the Alaska Trail Tell of
the Great Hardships?Many Lose Their ^
Outfits?Hundreds Go Into Camp For
the Winter?Bear Hunting a Sport. I
Skaoua.y, Alaska, via Seattle, "Wash. I
(Special).?Reports of disasters to gold
hunters bound for the Klondike, on the
lakes, are coming thick and fast. Of those i
actually verified one Is the disaster to what
Is known as the Kelly expedition. Kelly
started to cross Shallow Lake, which is near
the summit, with his two companions,
Adams and Conrad, of Seattle. They were
in a canvas boat, and near the end of the
lake the boat capsized.
Kelly, who is a big, strong fellow, managed
to swim through the icy water to the
bank. His two companions perished. On
the same lake Mr. Cope, who once ran for
Mayor of Vancouver, B. C., was lost about
three weeks ago, and some efforts were
made to recover his body, but they proved
unavailing.
The Costello party of three, from Seattle,
havo just arrived here, having lost their
goods on Lake Bennett. They took two
passengers, theatrical men. on the way to
Dawson, The bottom of the boat fell out
near the foot of the lake, and the Ave men
reached shore with difficulty.
Two young men from Philadelphia, whose
names cannot be ascertained, were also
3wamped on Lake Bennett, and lost all
their goods.
There are about thirty tents at the Lake
Bennett camp at this writing. Some of the
Klondikers will push on as far as1 they can
and again make camp, but the majority
will winter there. None of them now hopes
to reach the Yukon River until it is frozen
up. The saw mill ha3 stopped and boat
building is therefore at an end until spring.
At Lake Lindermann there are about
twenty-five camps, and the building of log '
cabins Is being pushed raoidly forward. At J
Sheep Camp, the last station before cross- >
Ing to Dyea Summit, ?nd at the Scales, a
few miles from here, nearlv a hundred persons
will winter in order to be the first in.
There are few crossing either over the Dyea
or the Skaguay trail, and these state that
already the snow storms are terrific on the I
iummit.
An experienced and intelligent packer j
over the Dyea route tells that when he went
over the summit four days ago he was only
an hour behind a partv of nearly twenty,
and yet he could not distinguish the trail
because of the heavy fall of snow and the
drifting. The actual depth of snow on the
summits, apart from the drifting, is estimated
at about fourteen inches.
Bears are said to be comihg down from
the heights in goodly tiumbers and feeding
on the thousands of dead horses on the
3kaflfuay trail. The New York colony here,
with the crack rifleman Suydam, of the
Twenty-third Regiment, are just getting up
a bear hunting party to camp at the third
ridge. So far only two bears havo been
killed this season. 1
Three men have come in here who made 1
the trip as far as Lake Tagish, and turned j
back from there because they had not ]
money enousrh to pav the customs duty. <
This is their statement. But there are
hundreds of men who, after the hardships
on the road, are glad of a reasonable exouse
to turn back.
Railroad Over Chllkoot Pass.
Tacoma, Wash. (Special).?Officials of
the Northern Pacific Railroad are preparing
for the construction of a railroad and
tramway over Chilkoot Pass, Alaska.
Work will be commenced as soon as possible,
and It is expectecfcthatthe road will be
completed by January 1. By this means it
Is hoped to get provisions over the trail and
Into the Klondike early enough to prevent
"tarvation among the miners.
YELLOW FEVER IN TEXAS.
Galveston Greatly Excited by the Dlicovery
of the Disease.
Dr. West, a member of the Galveston
(Texas) Board of Health, agrees with Dr.
Uuiteras that there is yellow fever in Galreston.
He says he has two well-defined ;
jases now under treatment. Despite the !
assurances of Dr. Guiteras that there is no j
need for alarm or excitement, and no neces- j
sity of leaving the city, a general exodus |
has set in, and every regular train leaving >
the city on the day after the announcement j
was paoked with people fleeing from the
iisease, and special trains were in demand.
The general officers of the Gulf, Colorado
and Santa Fe Railway, with their families, j
ilerks, and other employes, left for Cleburne,
where they will remain and operate j
antll the scare Is over and the disease sub- ;
3ides. This is more of a precautionary j
measure than anything else, as the general | J
Dfficers wished to be in a position to oper- j t
ate the northern end of their line, with
Galveston bottled up.
Intense excitement prevails, and harsh
sxpresslons are used, against Dr. Guiteras T
an account of his statement that yellow j ^
fever is prevalent. Every one who was , ^
ible to get away left. Absent ones were ^
advised to remain away until the danger i t
Is over. Houston quarantined against , T
Salveston. ! a
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DROUGHT BROKEN BY RAIN. j *
Heavy Downpours Reported In Kansas, ! t
Nebraska and Iowa. s
Heavy rains have fallen over a wide belt ; v
of farming country in Kansas, thus break- i v
Ing the drought which had been severe D
for a month. The rain is worth at least ; ?
81,000,000 to Kansas farmers. A dispatch i b
from Topeka says the drought in many I
counties about that city was broken by a |
heavy rain.
Reports from nine important counties in | D
Nebraska, say the crops have been saved f:
ay copious showers, which fell all day. ! p
There is great rejoicing over this news. j c
The six weeks' drought in Iowa fcas been r
oroken by a heavy fall of rain. ! n
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A Bold Bobbery. j a
The residence of Francis H.Scott, Prosi- j.j*
dent of tho Century Company, at Orange, i *<
N. J., was entered during the absence of | o
the family by burglars, who stole 419,000 i
worth of goods, which they sent to New !
k'ork City. New York detectives arrested i
the men, recovered the articles, and then ' t
notified the Chief of Police at Orange that i g
the robbery had occurred there. c
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A Parnell Anniversary. j 8
The sixth anniversary of the death of
Utiaries Siewarc l'arneu was uussrveu iu - t
Dublin Saturday, 5000 men marching to j
bis grave and heaping it with flowers gath- )
ered from every county in Ireland. The
American flag was carried in the procession !
In place of the Union Jack.
. VccuHed of Burning His Wife to Death. : ^
William De Peyester is under arrest at
Canton, Ohio, on the charge of murdering
his wife. She ran out of their home wrapped
In flames, her clothing being soaked witb j
)il from a lamp.
Prominent People. j 1<
E. Ruggles-Brice, director of convict t
prisons of Great Britain, will visit this ;
aountry soon, to study American penai in- j
ititutions. ' ?
The Duke of Wellington aud the Duke of t
>V tJStui 1113l?r nave kuiunu upcu tuc ^btuiu I
galleries of their London houses to the pub- j
Uc on Sundays. [ P
H. 31. Stanley has accepted an Invitation ! t]
:o be present on November 4 next at the ! ^
opening of tho extension of the railway to I
Bulawayo, South Africa. g
Mrs. Gladstone always selects her hus- y
band's attiro for the day and in particular ^
irranges for his buttonhole bouquet, in n
which matter he_?a most fastidious. _
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L TEMPERANCE COLUMN.!
HE. DRINK EVIL MADE MANIFEST' ^
IN MANY WAYS.
in In*ati~to Robber?The Sunday Saloon
?From the Earliest Day* of the Colo
nies There Was a General Regard for
and Observance of the Sabbath Day.;
l glance far as memory reaches, 1
Doth a great and sad lesson disclose,
l solemn, deep lesson that teaches
That man Is surrounded by foes;
tat of all the dread foes that pursne him,
The greatest, the strongest?alas!?
:o ruin, destroy and undo him,
Is the death-dealing robber, the glass.
t robs him of wealth while caressing,
It robs him of honor and fame;
t robs him of health, choicest blessing,
And brings him to sorrow and shame; ,
it robs him of grace and of glory,
Of happiness, comfort and home,
Lnd leaves him to tell a sad story
Or sends him an exile to roam.
The Sunday Saloon.
As a Nation, there Is not among as a cns;om
more fixed and distinctive than the alnost
universal regard for the Christian
Sabbath. It has been so from 4he settle*
nent of the countrv. One of the principal
-easons assigned by John Boblnson, the
jaetor of the Pilgrim Fathers, for his little
look resolving to ault Holland, their adopt
)d oountry?whither they had fled ten
rears before from England?for America,
vas, "that they could not bring the Dutch
;o observe the Lord's .day as a Sabbath."
Dne of the chief cares of these Pilgrim
fathers on their arrival here was the oblervance
of the sacred rest. In the eayiieet
records of the Dutch colonists in New York
:here are decrees of the most stringent
jharacter, intended to guard the infant
community against the demoralizing tenancies
of Sabbath profanations, and even
:o-dav, so far as the Sunday laws require
;he suspension of business, most of the people
very oheerfully obey.
Our meohanics rest from their labors on
:hat day, vast manufacturing establish- ;
nents are olosed and quiet, and even our,
schools, our courts, and our : legislative
jodies, bowing to the majesty of law, close! . -J
;heir doors and adjourn over so as to leave*
:his dav unbroken.
But there is a olass of men who demand,' -
:hat these laws, so far as respects them,1]
should be repealed. And who compose this
jlass? Rumsellers. And why should the/
t>e exempt? What is there so much more
precious, or pressing, or peaullar in the'
iquor trafflo than in those other kinds of
honest business that it cannot stop as well
is they? Who is it that has constituted the
ffhiskv seller a sort of titled nobility
among us, who are not to be subject to
such Taws as we poor plebians patiently
obey?
Is it not more dangerous to the publie
peace for the rumseller to dispense hto
poisons on the Sabbath day than for the
manufacturer to keep his establishment golag
on that day, or the butcher'to keep
spen his stall?
What, we ask, is the rumseller's special
olaim on us to be allowed to do so? On what
ground shall the traffic in beer, with noisy
and immoral accompaniments, claim a
practical and recognized exemption from
the operation of these laws and a virtual
monopoly of Sunday trade? Was it "for
man," as an animal, as a beer-drinker, that
"the Sabbath*was made?"
A Temperance Sermon.
My dear boy, writes Bob Burdette, men
have fought, bled and died, but not tor
beer. Arnold Winkelried did not throw V
himself upon the Austrian spears because
be was ordered to close bis saloon at nine
o'clock. William Tell did not hide the arrow
under his vest to kill the tyrant because
the edict had gone forth that the
tree-born Switzer should not drink n keg of
beer every Sunday. Freedom did not shriek
as Kosciusko fell, over a whisky barrel. ;
Warren did not die that beer might flow, aa $:
the brooks murmur seven days a week. I
Even the battle of Brandywine was not
tought that whisky might be free. No ,
alause in the Declaration of Independence >
[fanlAt-Ao that n. Sundav concert ffarden. j
nrith five brass horns and one hundred kegs J
3f beer, is the inalienable right of a free M
people and the' corner-stone of good . Got- . v
jrnment. Tea?mild, harmless, innocent ~
tea?the much-sneered at temperance
beverage, the foeble drink of effeminate,
men and good old women?tea holds a
iigher plaoe, it fills a brighter, more
glorious page and is a grander figure in
;he history of the United Statue than beer.
Men liked tea, my boy, but they nurled it
into the sea rather than drink it until they
aade it free. It seems to be worth fighting
.'or, and the best men in the world fought
!or it. Tne history of the United 8tates is
ncomplete with tea left out. As well
night the historian omit Faneuil Hall and
Bunker Hill as tea. But there is no story
)f heroism or patriotism with rum for its
lero. The battles of this world, my son,
lave been for grander things than free
vhlsky. The heroes who fall in the struggles
for rum fall shot in the neck, and their
nartyrdom is clouded by the haunting
ihantoms of the jimjams. Whisky makes : j
ne'n fight, it la true, but they usually fight
vith other drunken men. The champion
>f beer does not stand in the temple of
ame; he stands in the police court. Honor
tever has the delirium tremens, glory does
tot wear a reanoso, anaiamo piowa u uuru*
tut never takes one.
A Truthful Picture.
The oil of Incendiarism, piped from the
rells of bell into the cellar, is the fuel
hat feeds the fires of hunger and distress
n the poverty stricken home: that burns
he clothing from the children's baoks:
hat pierces the mother's naked breast
pith the red hot iron of shame and abuse;
.nd that transforms the gentle father into
i roaring wild beast. Can any apologist
or the saloon dare attempt to refute this?
knd this is but a tinge of the background
o a bloody picture that Is even now
tretching from horizon to horizon across
he face of a frowning sky; an outrage that
rill some day tap the reservoir of Divine
rrath, and roll a tidal wave of indignation
lountoin high through the streets of our
ity, sweeping into the pestilential hole?
rom whence they came?both salooneeper
and saloon!?W. K. Stalev.
A Sensible Chinaman.
Taking a walk one day through the comlissariat
stores in Hong Kong with a X
riend, says a correspondent, I came to a V
ortion of that establishment where four - 9
Ihlnamen were emptying a large tub of I
urn, which they were carrying in gallon 1
leasures to another portion of the build- S
ag. Addressing myself to one who was I
pparently tho head of the party, I in- I
uired, "Do you like rum, John?" "No, g
ir," said the Chinaman. "Why not?" S
Rum not proper, sir; make Chinaman I
umber one fool."
Going1 Steadily Forward.
The Archbishop of Canterbury declares
bat the cause of temperance has gone
teadily forward In England, winning one
lass of society after another, the conversion
f the medical profession being one of its
reatest victories. The decline of drunkeniess
in Liverpool is attributed in part to
igh license and in part to the growing inerest
in athletics.
Temperance News ami Notes.
The liquor traffic is the greatest criminal
mown to civilization.
The easiest time to let strong drink alone
! before the first drink is taken.
The man who drinks champagne at night I
enerally {eels real pain in the morning. H
Work on! sail on! the morning comes, H
The port you yet shall win, 9
And all thebells of God shall ring H
The ship of Temperance in. H
There are lots of cures for drunkenness, fl
Dts of so-called scientific ways of overcom- H
ag the habit; but there are none so effeo fcfl
ual as the total abstinence pledge.
When every teetotaler becomes an earn>
st Christian, and every professing Chris*
lan an aggressive teetotaler, the days ot- -^Hj
he liquor traffic will be numbered.
The St. Petersburg brewers arranged to H
lace a largo number of barrels of beer In 9
ne of the public parks for the free use of H
tie French sailors during the visit of Presi* 3S
ent Faure. H
During the teaching or tae temperance H
unday-school lesson, an Indian boy, tea H
ears old, was asked, "What does alcohol 19
o to a man's brain?" He answered. "It H
lakes him think crooked." IB
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