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r I EXCURSIONISTS TtaIIpu far Plnn^pq Frnm a 1 1UUVJ VUJ. Aiuu^vu > Hundred Persons F I: IIFOI DISASTERS ?Ci TheCar, Filled With Passengers, Lands Bottom Upward in a Ravine Fifty Feet Below. I QEY TWO ESCAPE INJURY. c . *r. _____ The Road Was a New One and the Car Was Crowded With People From ' Bridgeport and Other Towns - Turned Hmt in It* Descent and the Motor Came Through the Floor and Crushed the PaoHencers ? Over Thirty Killed and Nearly a Dozen Injured. f. Bridoepobt, Conn. (Special).?The greatest catastrophe recorded in Connecticut for nearly half a century occurred on the 3tratford extension of the Shelton Street Railway, when a loaded car went off the trestle over Peck's Mill Pond, at Oronoque, about six mi'es north of Bridgeport, and sank in the flats forty feet below. Over thirty persons wore killed and nearly a dozen were injnred. Only two persons exoaped unharmed. This is a partial list of the dead: S. Banks, Shelton; Mrs. Frank Blew and two children, Stratford; Elias E. Bradley, Selectman, and wife, Milford; Mrs. Patrick Brennan, Bridgeport; John Carroll, conductor, Bridgeport; Henry C. Cogswell, Bridgeport; William Cotter, Bridgeport; Irving Doruse, Bridgeport; Daniel Galvin, Ansonia; William H. Harvey, Bridgeport; Mrs. William Harvey. Bridgeport; Mrs. Arthur Holmes, Bridgeport; Joseph Hotchkiss, engineer of the Fire Depart- { ment, Bridgeport; Frank Kraft, Bridgeport; William MeCullough, Stratford; Pat- I rick McDermott, Bridgeport; Mrs. McDon aid, Bridgeport; Thomas 3IcXalIy, Bridgeport; William Osborn, Stratford; Alfred Pitt, Bridgeport; Peter Ring, Bridgeport; Mrs. J. H. Rugg, Stratford; Bessie Toomey, Bridgeport, and Orlando B. Wells, shoemaker. The scene of the accident is midway between Shelton and Bridgeport. The car was northbound, running toward Shelton. The trestle is 440 feet long, made of iron with stone foundations, and was not protected by guard rails. South of the trestle Ls an Incline, which the car ran down at a rapid rate of speed. After it had run on the trestle for about ten feet, the trucks left the rails, and then the car continued on the ties for about seventy-five feet, when It went off the trestle and dropptd into ?; ' .* the pond below, overturning completely ?> . and turning up on end. When the car fell thus, bottom upward, the heavy trucks crashed down through the floor upon the Imprisoned passengers. Thus, had the fall of fifty feet not been sufficient to kill, the trucks, weighing several tons, wore enough to more than complete the work. Carroll, the conductor, jumped ahead of the car, which fell upon him. Women were found dead, clasping their children to their bosoms, and men were dug out, huddled together, and driven into the mud up to their arms. The motorman, George Franklin, escaped death. He was terribly braised. The work of rescue and recovery of the dead was not prompt in beginning owing to the difficulties presented by the ~ * *" 9 r? A Tha Prti(>ilrtN cuurauier ui tuo (,iuuuu, had to go down a steep bank and pass on planks to where the wrecked car lay half purled. The living were first removed. Some ot these afterward died. Those not dead were taken to the main hospital at Bridgeport. Some of these died on the way. Those who were dead were for the most part taken to the Town Hall of Stratford, a nburb of Bridgeport. There they were laid out in three rows on piles of hay and Straw to await identification. The dead in many Instances had been terribly maimed. Some had an expression on their faces as If they had fallen asleep. A steady stream of persons passed through the building to seek to identify the dead. The accident was witnessed by Miss Frances Peck, who lives about four hundred feet from the bridge. She was upstairs at her home as the car was passing, ' and she says that it was running at an unusually high rate of speed. Frank;Cramer, who was bathing near the bridge, states that the passengers were all singing and in the mo/, joyful mood as they passed near him. The road, which is practically controlled by the Bridgeport Traction Company, was opened only three days before for traffic. President Andrew Radell was in Derby when he received news,of the catastrophe and he immediately drove to the scene. He was prostrated when he saw the extent of th? disaster. The cause of the accident will proVably >, not l>e known until after Coroner Doten conducts an investigation. President Uadell stated that it was impossible for him to account for the accident. He denied that the cars were run at a high rate of speed, and asserted that every possible precaution had been taken to prevent such an occurrence. A peculiar feature of the disaster is the fact that for several days rumors had been persistently circulated in Derby that clairvoyants had predicted a fearful accident . on the new trolley road. It is said that these rumors kept hundreds of Derby, Shelton and Ansonia residents off tne cars on the day of the disaster. Motorman Killed and Cars Burned. Narbaoaksett Pier, R. I. (Special).?A head-on collision took place between two electric cars on the Sea View Railroad, half way between Saunderstown and Wlckford. Both cars took fire and were antlralv d?stroved. Motorman Merrick E. Abbe, of Narragansett, was lnstautly killed. Juliu9 Holgato, one of the conductors, jumped and was injured internally. Miss M. E. Brown, of Providence ' was seriously hurt. Many Killed on a French Hallway. Paris (By Cable).?An express train crashed into a local train at Juvisy, twelve and one half miles from Paris, completely wrecking the latter. Seventeen persons were killed and seventy-five Injured. A storm disarranged the semaphores. Two Killed at a Kallroad CroMlng. While attempting to drive across the tracks of the Delaware and Hudson Railroad, at Eddy crossing, Falrhaven, Vt., a train from Rutland, running at full speed, struck Douglas A. Allen, Henry Whitcomb,and Fred Taylorof Falrhaven. Whltcomb was killed instantly, while Mr. Allen lived but two bourS. Taylor escaped with "ome very bad bruises. Prediction by Cecil Rhodes. Cecil Rhodes, who is in South Africa, has predicted that the Transvaal difficulty would be settled without firing a shot. / The National Gam 9. Louisville has certainly got? fine young first baseman in Kelley. Dunn, of Brooklyn, Is the king of them all as a fielding pitcher. According to Tebeau Blake is fielding as well as McAleer ever uia. The Boston Club has made a move to stop betting on Its grounds. The New Yorks have lost more than a dozen guinea by their weakness on third base. A new one?tho Cincinnati players are charged with trying pocket flies on new balls P.yan in this, his thirteenth year as a member of the Chieagos. leads his team at the bat ||i ^ . : * ' ifiBT nninr miiui jjiiiiiii. i High Trestle?Nearly Two 'all Into t&e Water. fflNMM AND MINE Frightful Struggle of the Drowning Multitude, Which Was Pinned in 7 Between the Boat and the Fier. j GANGPLANK' GIVES WAY j Great Number* Came Down on the Main* Central Railroad to See the Wlilt' Squadron?The Victims, Shut in 01 All Side*, Had No Avenuo of KscapeClutched One Another aud Sank ii Group* Before the Work of Kesca< Could Be Begun. Bar Harbor, Me. (Special).?Tlie bis warships of the North Atlantic SquadroD were indirectly the cause of a greater num ber of deaths than occurred in our navj during the entire Spanish war. With the lightest of hearts, amid laugh ter and exchange of merry comment, foi many of them were known to each other nearly a 3Core of pleasure seekers wer< hurried to their death at Mount De3erl Ferry by falling from a gancplank into the water. The catastrophe came when scores ol persons, young and old, were penned into n trnn tr> Vsoiine from which tlieV fOUght with desperation against great "odds. It was the worst nccident remembered in the history ot the State or of the Maine Central Railroad, under wbos-3 auspices tho victims had been brought to Bar Harbor. The names of the dead follow. All are of Maine: Miss Louise Bartleit, Bangor; G. H. Bennett, Brewer; Mrs. G. H. Bennett, Mrs. Billings, Baugor; Irving Bridges, North Hancock; Albert Colson. Lovant; Clifford Cushmau, Corinth; Mrs. Derwent, Bangor; Mrs. John 0. Donohue, Bangor; Mrs. Charles W. Downe3,Ellwortli; Mrs. Ho lis Estes, Ellsworth; Ora M. Lank, Danforth; Melvin McCord. Corinth; Mrs. William Murray, Brewer; Joseph Murphy, Oldtown, Mrs. A. P. Oakes, Bangor; Mrs. Charles Stover, Ellsworth; Miss Grace Sumoer, Baugor; F. E. Sweetser, Portland, and Miss Elizabeth Ward, Bangor. The Maine Central Railroad ran excursions to Bar Harbor from all sections of its line in Maine, the attraction being the warships Texas and Brooklyn. A train which left Baogor at 8.25 o'clock consisted [ of twelve cars jammed with people. At Mount Desert ferry, the terminus of the line, the passengers left the train for the boat for an eight mile sail to Bar Harbor. The trains ran out on the wharf, aud it is only a step from the train to the boat. From the wharf a slip, or gangplank, forty feet long and ten feet wide, led up to the boat. The slip was hinged at the inner end, the outer end beiug supported by chains, by which it was raised or lowered to suit the tide. The wharf extends on both sides flush with the end of the gangplank. The plank was of wood. Five timbers four by twelve inches, set vertically, ran the length of the plank, and these were crossed by two inch planking. It is said that there was no support for the plank between the hinges at the outer end. When the excursion train from B:ingor arrived at the ferry there was a rush for the steamer Sappho. The flrst few passengers had crossed the gangplank safely, and it is estimated that two hundred people were massed upon the plaak. Suddenly they felt the plank give way beneath them. The long timber supporting it broke in the middle. The hinges held up one end and the chains the other, while the broken ends of the plank dropped, and a, struggling, screaming mass of humanity was plunged into the water, fifteen feet below the wharf. Some clung to the inclined sides of the plank, but at least one hundred __ j Hi- ' k.MMMlin/w <n fha witflr Thfl ana nuy.wero suu^^nu^ >u piling of the wharf partially penned them In on three sides, and the boat lying at the wharf olosed the outer end of the opening. After the first moment of stupefaction the work of rescue began. Ropes and life preservers were thrown to the crowd, but in the panic the people iu the water clutched one another and many sank thus in groups in a death grapple. Many taken from the water were uuconscious and were revived with difficulty. Doctors were summoned from ail directions, but it was half an hour before the first arrived. The freight house at the ferry was turned Into a morgue, the bodies being taken there fox identification as fast a3 recovered. The awful nature of the accident was not comprehended for at least a minute by tho9e who were the last to leave the train, although the scene changed instantly from one of holiday gayety to a death struggle. The drop between the solid wharf and the steamer, which was high In the water, was so precipitate that those who were on the wharf's edge, surging forward to the thirty-foot slip, pressed on over the brink to the water beneath. Some of those whose bodies were afterward recovered died quickly, lor they were borne beneath the waves by the weight of the llvlnz, who fell after them and who madly struggled to reach life preservers and lines thrown to u - KnfK nn/1 cfAnm?r- When LUC 111 li<SLU UKJf.il HUUit uuu ttie first moment of tho calamity had passed n panic seemed to seize those who ware safe, and they drew oack from the edge of the water. But for only a minute, as then the cooler heads In the crowd, more especially amoug the officers and crew cf the steamer, asserted themselves, and the work of rescue began. FIVE DROWNED IN THE PATAPSCO. Four Men and a Woman Loie Their Lliei by the Capsizing of a Itoat. Baltimoue ("Special).?Five persons were drowned by the capsizing of a small row>hoat in the northwest branch of the Patapsco River, near this city. Their names are Andrew Deems, William J. Lyman, James Welsh, Edward Garry and Mrs. Hcover. The party was returning from a day's outing at a pleasure resort, and from the statements of Mrs. Deems, the only survivor, were skylarking in the skiff when it capsized. All went Into tho water, and appear to have sunk immediately, except Mrs Deems, who cluni? to the overturned boat until rescued by PoKceman Jamas Kldwell, who swam out to tho boat and assisted her to land. Horrible Crime of an Intane Fatlior. Charles Yuger, forty years of age, oi Brandt, Penn., murdered his three smaL children by cutting their throats, and then committed suicide by the same means. There seems to be no doubt that the father was Insane at the time. For years he was employed in the chair factory in the town and was a steady, industrious man. He was a widower, and since his wife's deatt had devoted himself to the three children A Humor Without a Foundation. The rumor of an alliance of the Latin American republics Is ridiculed lu Wash Ington. Military Post at Dyea Humeri. The news of the destructiou of the United States military barracks at Dyea, Alaska, was received at Seattle, Wash., by the steamer Humboldt. The post, which is under the command of Captain Hubby, lost S5000 worth of stores. The soldiers succeeded In saving a great deal of property. Tlie buildings are said to have been .v..n i*t? rxru* nf fha noo?rrt snl. iHUU ./J VUW V* vr C- diers, who first fired the brush In tho roar which set fire to all tho muin buildings. Filipino* Capture an American Ship. The steamer Saturnus, coasting undei the American flaij, was capturcd and burned by insurgent Filipinos; tho crew ol the steamer Is missing. t . i A'iuX. vV . - MANY CHILDREN SUFFER. j A Strange Disease Reported in Pough keepsie and Neighboring Towns. Parent! Are Greatly Alarmed at th* Spread of Child Paralysis, Declared by Physicians to Be Infectious. Pouohkeepsie, N. 1*. (Special).?Parents are alarmed over an epidemic of infantile paralysis which is prevailing here. New cases are added every day, and some of them are serious. Several cases are reported in surrounding towns. More than fifty per cent, of the sufferers are under three years of age, and they are found in families of rich and poor alike. The physicians here, after examining authorities on infantile paralysis, agree that the trouble has been epidemic before, but the symptoms heralding its approach were different. Some suggested that the pr sent epidemic Is the "grip" in a new guise. Dr. Henry D. Cbapin, professor im'the TTnunitnl New York Citv. came to this city by request of Dr. D. M. Sheedy, who first reported the disease among bis patients. Dr. Cbapin aooompanied Dr. Sbeedy to the bedside of seven children ranging from one to five years, all victims of the disease. Dr. Chapln said he hail never found a similar trouble in children. He said he believed it to be the result of softening of the gray matter of the splDal cord, and I while not dangerous to the life of the child It would doubtless result in permanent paralysis of the limbs affected. The lower limbs become helpless after three days of fever, the fever being apparently exactly similar to that of malaria. Dr. Chapin expressed his belief that the disease is infectious. and would give it no name except infantile paralysis. CASES IN NEW YORK CITY. i Physicians Declare That the Disease Slay Become Epidemic. ! V/Mstr Pit* /"SnnMnlY?The Decullai 1X1 ?* Tr *u?a waa* ?.7. ? __ disease, infantile paralysis, which is prevail| ing in Poughkeepsle and in other places, j has reached this city. It is seldom fatal, I but there is great danger in every cas?> tbat permanent partial or total paralysis of the lower limbs may result. Physicians are studying every case that is brought to | their notice witu the greatest interest, and do not deny tbat there is cause for groat alarm at the prospect of a disastrous epidemic. The greatest danger, however, in the judgment of leading specialists, i3 in this very alarm. The first symptoms are listlessness and weakness of the limbs, with loss of power to contract the muscles, toJ gether with inability to perceive sensations in one or more parts of the body. A history of the disease shows that this is not the "first occasion of its becoming an epidemic. Here in New York City in 1872 It increased alarmingly,and in two months more than 1000 cases were reported. Then, almost as suddenly as it began, It ceased entirely, and for a long period there was nni" on r>r?f>afl{nnal isolated case. Only by autopsy are physicians ablo to observe the Interior working of the disease, and in medical research no one Hms been able to carry out a complete and finished examination of the causes and results of poliomyelitis, as the disease Is scleutldcally termed. BALLOON DRAGS BOY INTO AIR. Lifted Him Up 10G0 Feet Suspended by One Arm to a Rope. Columbus, Ohio (Special).?DuriDg a balloon ascension at Fremont several thousand persons witnessed a thrilling sight not down on the programme. The guy rope holding the balloon became entangled about the arm of Lester Miller, eight yenr3 old. When the balloon ascended the boy was carried with it, suspended by one arm, a thousand feet in the air. The aeronaut saw the boy, and took measures to save him. The parachute was cut loose, the hot air was allowed to escaped, and after nine minutes in the air both reached the ground. The lad's arm was displaced. Many women fainted during the scene. Aeronaut Drowned In Leech Lake. Walker, Minn. (Special).?E. M. East, an aeronaut, aged twenty-one years, foil into the south arm of Leech Lake while making an ascension and was drowned. It was his'fourth ascension. DISTRESS AMONG NEW YORK'S POOfc Splendid Work of the King's Daughter*' Settlement Hampered by Lack of Funds. New York City (8peclal).?It is semi-offlcially announced that the invaluable re j lief wort of tne Jilng'S .uaugncers oBiuemeot in the lower districts is threatened with a setback, which would be particularly unfortunate at this season, unless those who are interested in seeing no faltering in the efforts of this noble band to aid the suffering poor send the organ'zatlon instant succor. So far this season Settlement workers have gone out extensively through the tenement houses visiting those in need, nursing all cases of illness reported by the Board of Health doctors and others, caring for sick babies, removing those seriously ill to hospitals, transporting and boarding in the country children and families whose health requires an outing, arranging day excursions and answering every call for both special and general relief. This relief work now halts through lack of funds, but the need and suffering Btlll go on. In the names of "the .Orders of the King's Daughters and Sons" it does not seem possible to cut short this work. Thi9 appeal goes out, tnereiore, toiuose I whose hearts are open to the cry of tLe little children and of the over-burdened mothers of the stifling tenements. Contributions should be sent to the Superintendent of the King's Daughters' Settlement, 48 Henry street, Now York City. General Kgbert't Son Imane. James Y. Egbert of Company D, Twentysecond Infantry, reached Washington from j Manila In custody o? Captain Mark L. ! Hessey, Twelfth Infantry, and was placed I In the Government Hospital for the Insane. Young Egbert Is suffering from melancholia. He is the son of Brigadier-General James Y. Egbert, who was killed at Caioocan, Luzon, April 26 last, while leading his regiment, tLe Twenty-second Infantry, in a charge againt the Philippine insurgents. Affalnaldo't Term* to Spain. In an interview regarding the Spanish prisoners held by the Filipinos, Prime Minister Sllvela, at Madrid, Spain, said Aguinaldo refuses to carry on any negotiate n U vnonontlnff tham iinlnva Mnflln rft(!OflT HUU3 X VJ ^/UUbiUQ ?UVIU MM! WWW -WJ- ,J nlzes the independence of the Philippines. Prepared For a Revolution. General Jlminez, Dominican revolutionist, who is in Cuba, was interviewed at Havana, and said that a sufficient force of insurgents awaits blm in Santo Domingo to meet all his purposes. He says he does not believe that the United States will interfer* with his Government. Jealous Hatband's Murder and Suicide. Otto F. Schleuber shot and killed his wife and himself at their homo in Cleveland, Ohio. Unprovoked jealousy was the cause. Schleuber was thirty-one year* old and his wife twenty-eight. Lynn "Old Boys' " Annual Outlnc. About fifty members of the "Old Boys," with their wives, had their annual outing a few days ago in the woods at Lynn, Mass. This organization is composed of residents of Lynn, and no one is ellglblo to membership until he has reached the age of seventy. Among the members in attendance was Peter M.Neal, the war Mayor of Lynn in his eighty-ninth year, and Mrs. Neal WUO 13 fJlgDty-avt). Reconcentrado Editors lteleuied. The editorial staff of the Reconcentrado, Havana, Cuba, recently suspended, has been released on signing a promise not tc ngage In Journalistic work. '. .* t*r , j APPEAL OF AGOINALDO" ! Arl/<? f^Q Pnu?ars +n P.amirn'na flip 1 r\0f\0 li iw i utiuio lyj mvwugni(.w v..w Independence of the Filipinos. jLAIMS THbY WON SOVEREIGNTY Foreic" Consuls at Slnntla Ar? Iteqarstf* to Forward the Appeal to Tlielr Goteminent?-Claims Made by lite Filipinos lit Tlieir Efforts to Secure ltec. ognUion?The Spanish Prisoners. Manila (By Cabled?Aguiualdo has appealed to the Powers for recognition of 'Filipino independence." His appeal, latea xariac, jui.y zi, auu iisuoa Buencamlno, has been received by all the 'oreign consuls in Manila, with the request that they forward it to their respective Governments. The Filipinos use their old argument ttiat they had wrested the sovereignty of :he islands from Spain before the signing jf the treaty of Paris, and, therefore, Spain was in no position to cede them to the Unitod States. They argue that the possession of 7000 Spanish prisoners captured with their arms, fighting against the Filipinos, "is eloquent proof of the nullity of Spanish sovereignty, as when the Spanish soldier* surrendered, Spain's hold was irrevocably lost." The document then says: "Replying to the Spanish Commission's request to release the prisoners because Snain no loncrcr has political interests In the islands, we asked for a treaty of peace and friendship between Spain and the Fillpiuos, whereby the prisoners would be released. "But the commissioners refused, because it would mean recognition of our independence. That is equivalent to saying that the prisouers must stay in our liand3 indeflnitely, because their possession is our most efficacious method to adjust our account with Spain and obtain from her recognition of our independence." The Filipinos say that they had conquered all the country except Manila, and that they co-operated in obtaining the capitulation of that city by surrounding it at the cost of thousands of lives. They also say that they conquered the country unassisted, except for sixty guns that Admiral Dewey gave Aguinalno, and that Admiral Dewey and the British and Belgian consuls recognized the Filipiuos* soverei2nty by asking for passes to visit the country. They repeat the claim that they have letters from American consuls, and generals recognizing their sovereignty and promising that the Americans would recognize their indeuendence, "which was at the disposition of the Powers." The Filipinos attempt to make capital out of the statement that Admiral Dewey was so confident that Agulnaldo would ob servo nau mini me iuit? ui ??l mai gave him a hundred Spanish prisoners which the American Navy had captured. Finally, the Filipinos appeal to the Powers to influence Washington to bring to a termination "the uDjust war which is devastating the country." The authorities at Madrid have ordered the Spanish commissioners not to return to Tarlac, and it is reported that two special commissioners, Seaor.s Capriles and Cuerbo, are on their way here Irom Spain to conduct the negotiations. THE PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN. Secretary Koot Says That It Will 15? Prosecuted Vigorously. Plattsettrg, X. Y. (Special).?Secretary of War P.oot, while here on a visit to the President, made a definite announcement to the t^Tect that war in the Philippine.? is to be prosecuted with the utmost vigor, which should re?ult in its speody close. "Will the war in the Philippines be prosecuted vigorously from now on?" the Secretary was asked. MV Rnrif ranlind mile.k as ft flash: "Ve?. sir; the war In the Philippines from now on will be prosecuted with nil possible energy. A'l the ineu, all the arms, ami all the supplies necessary to end tho trouble In the islands will be furuishod at the earliest possible moment." Captain Otl? Under Arreit.' Manila, via Hod* Kong (By Cable).? Alter the taking of Calambaby the Americans, General Lawton ordsred that Captain Otis, of the Washing tOD Rugiment, bo relieved of his command and placed under arrest on account of the slownuss and seeming reluctance of the companies under his command in obeying the order to 51sembark from the cascoe3 and wade through the marshes under fire. No Recognition bj- rovrers. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The State Department looks upon the appeal issued I by Aguinaldo to the Powers as creating no particular change, as It has been trie aesire of Aguinaido and bis associates from the first to secure such recognition. The appeal put* this desire into rather formal shape, and it may bring to an issue the attitude of outside Governments. There is no apprehension, however, that any foreign Government will heed the address. CAUSE OF MAINE HORROR. 4 Finding Which May Prove Expensive to the Maine Central. Bar Harbor,Me.(8poclal).?The Coroner's jury Impanelled to hold an Inquest in connection with the accident at Mount Desert ferry, whereby twenty persons lost theii ! lives, finds that "these people came to their deaths by drowning, caused by the insufficient coustruotion of the slip.*' This decision will make strong the case against the Maine Central. Tbe State law enforces the payment of *5000 to the relatives of any person who dies from injuries received in such acoidents. Drowned in Her Carriage. Mrs. Martha Coburu, of New York, sixty years old, was driving with her granddaughter, Miss Halstead, and near Chcuey Bros.' reservoir, South Manchester, Conn., tbe horse was allowed to eat grass by the roadside. A stick became wedged in the animal's mouth, and Miss Halstead loft tho carriage to removo it. Just then the horse began backing in its fright, and bofore Mrs. Coburn, who was a cripple, could get out of the carriage it rolled over the embankmeut, pluuged into the reservoir, fifteen feet below, and she was drowned. Killed a Young Girl. Benjamin H. Suell, a special examinor in the Pension Office at Wasbingtou, murdered Lizzie Weissenberger, a thirteen year-old girl who had repulsed his attentions. Died Tryinc to Save Father. Fred Hunneli, a carpenter, undertook to 30mmit suicide at his home iu Dos Moines, Iowa, by shooting himself. His sod, Archie, undertook to wrest his weapon from him. The gun weut off, and the son Tell dead, shot through the heart. Tli* father was arrested bofore he could lei!) himself. Sittincft of the Cortex Suspended. A royal decree has been Issued suspendlug the sittings of tbe Si-aniab Cort??, which are thus close 1 fcr liie usu.il summer period. No time has been fixed for their reassembling. Virginia Xejrro Lynched. Daniel Thompson, colored, twenty yean, of age, was lynched at Alexandria, Va., for attempting an assault upon Lillian Clarke, the eight-year-old daughter of Edward Clarke. The police tuude a determined eifort to prevent the mob from obtaining possession of the prisoner, but were unsuccessful^ Whipped by White Caps. Joseph N. Britton was taken from his home In Newark, Intl., and severely whipped by White Caps. Mrs. Brlttop says she recognized several of the White Caps, and they are citizens of the village. Mr. Britton, it is alleged, has been making unlawful sales of Intoxicating liauors. MOROS ATTACK MARINES. Resist Landing- Party at Balabac in the Philippines. <Tar Department Say? That 4G.000 Troops TFI11 Reinforce General Otis by tlie End of October. Washington*, D. C. (Special).?The following dispatch was received from P?3arAdmlral Watson, in command of the Asiatic Station: "Secretary Navy: "Nazro, the Commander of the Manila, on July 11 re-established lighthouse at Capa Melville, Balabac, Philippine Islands; hoisted flag with appropriate honors. July 13, on his return, thirteen Moros, under a'rms, were found to be in possession of the lighthouse. Landing party, commanded by Eusign E. L. Bissett, encountered resistNo cusualtv in our party. Loss in killed, one officer and one man of the enemy. Diego Manalo, Chief of the Balabac Moros. was killed, seven taken prisoner; two escaped. Chief of party wai unpopular with the people of Balabac, Philippine Islands, owing to fear of him. Light has been restored. Manila has lauded force. Charleston Is on her way to Balabac; will render all assistance possible. -"Watsos." The Island of Balabac, the scene of the brush with the Moros detailed In RearAdmiral Watson's dispatch, is situated southeast of the Island of Palawan, which is the most westerly of the Philippine Islands and directly west of the Island of Panay. The light there, which was reestablished by Lieutenant Commander Nazro, shows for twenty-flve miles, and is rogarded as of considerable importance to navigation, being in direct line between Singapore and the Straits Settlements and the islands of the North. A statement prepared at the War Department shows that by October 22 there will be at Manila or on the way to the Philippines 46,000 men. They will reach the islands before the beginning of the dry season. The troops to be sent from this country are ten regiments of volunteers, amounting to 13,090 men; recruits for skeleton regiments organized in the Philippines, 1900; recruits for regulars, 3500; eight troops of the Third Cavalry, 965; marines, 400. Major-General Miles Is anxious tnat me new regiments being raised for the Philippines shall be especially efficient with imall arms, and an order was sent to the commander of each regiment directing that target practice be the chief feature of the instruction given the soldiers. FILIPINOS WANT AN ISLAND. Oetire to Live Under Brltlali Protection In Caie of Defeat. Londox (By Cable).?Interesting Information comes from the British North Borneo Company, In that it has received a request from the Philippines asking the company to lease or sell to Filipinos Banguiy Island, just south of Palawan I*lund. It Is only sparsely Inhabited by natives. The Filipinos who are engineering the deal say that In case of their defeat, Agulnaldo and other leaders, with a large section of the Filipinos, may settle at Banguey, under British protection and the company's rule. The board is now considering the question, and It is understood the company is not averse to leasing the island on very favorable terms being offered. CERMANY STANDS FOR FORCE. Disapprobation of Hague Conference Ex pressed by a Commissioner. Behlis (By Cable).?Baron von Stengel, it Munich University, who was second In rank In Germany's delegation at the recent Peace Conference at The Hague, has published an article upon the results of the conference. It is In tbe same spirit as the notorious pamphlet defending war which he Issued just before the Conference convened. He says he doubts whether it wus necessary to deal so minutely with arbitration. "A good sword," he continues, "is the best protector of a country's rights, and it would be both unwise and unpatriotic foi Germans to join pcace societies in advocating courts of arbitration." MORE SOLDIERS FOR CANADA. Military Force on the Pacific Coast to Be Greatly Increased. Victoria, B. C. (Special).?The Imperial Government of the Dominion authorities have decided to increase both the regular military and militia forces on the Pacific coast station. The barracks on Macauley Point, whore the big forts are situated, will soon be the home o( more than treble the number of engineers, marine artillery, sappers and other united service men than are now quartered there. It is also 9aid the naval force will be Increa?ed by the addition of a depot ship, tne Temeraire, which will be sent out from Chatham in September-. MILITIA IS WITHDRAWN. Civil Authorities of Cleveland Are Again in Control. Cleveland, Ohio (Special).?For the Qrst time In over two weeks the city on Monday was practically without military protection. All of the troops were relieved from guard duty. Two of the six Fourth Regiment companies guarding the barns of the Big Consolidated Street Railway Company were relieved from duty entirely. The other four companies were withdrawn from the barns to the Central Armory. The withdrawal of the troops left the olvll authorities to again cope witn any outurbances that m ty take place. Xo Withdraw Troops From <Cnba. The Administration is considering the advisability of beginning the gradual withdrawal of the United States garrisons in Cuba within the next few months, although it is not expected that the several posts in the island can be absolutely abandoned before next year. As described by an official of the War Department, Washington, the principal reason for the withdrawal of troops is tLe consideration of health among the men. Dark Days In Boston Boarding Homes, On account of the advance in the prices of meat the boarding houses of Boston have raised their tariffs accordingly. It affectsthousands of persons. Manj board* j in? bouses have been forced out of business by lack of proflt. Lockjaw From a Hoe Wound. ,, fwnntv-llva vears old, died O.IUXJL w ?? ? at St. Paul, Mian., from lockjaw resulting from a blow given him by his father. A few days ago th? two quarrelled, and the old man hit his son with a hoe, causing J a slight abrasion of the skin. Lateryoung Uhlers was seized with lockjaw. Th? I father is under arrest. To Help Sail the Shamrock. Emperor William has consented that the J skipper of his yacht Meteor, Captain Ben Parker, shall assist in sailing the Shamrock in the races for America's Cup. Cycling Note*. The chainiess wheel Is steadily replacing the safety. Many workmen in the cities of Sweedea own bicycles. A "ladies' and babies' run" is the latest thing In cycling circles in the heated spell. mi ...?hipvniuts is crreater IUU UU1UUD1 ?? VUMU than at any time since wheeling became popular. It lias been estimated that by the u=e of a free-wheel a rider saves at least thirty per cent, pedal work. The town of Warren, Fenn., with 10,003 population, has 1490 bicycles, according to the count returned by the assessors. Thl* is almost an average of one wheel In everj family In the place - ' I I I I | IMMLMMIM1 IViarquis Romano's Report Received u>< iiiA c+o'a n uy liic oiac i/Qpai unviin WILL DEMAND HEAVY INDEMNITY - - - - 4 Report of Italy's Diplomatic Agent Give* a Sew and More Serious Phase to the Talinlah Lynching?It Has Been Forwarded to His Government-Attitude of the State Department. Washington, D. C. (Special).?The State Department has received from the Italian authorities a copy of the complete report made by the Marquis Romano, Secretary of the Italian Embassy here, on his personal Investigation of the recent lynching of five Italians at Tallulab, La. The report presents the affair in a serious light, and the Italian authorities regard the lynching as of unusual atrocity and without the mitigating circumstances which had been urged In previous affairs Af fhlo LrlnH Marquis Romano's representations differ radically from the report of Governor Foster, of Louisiana, to the State Department. Complete knowledge of the affair can onLy be expected after the investigation bv the Louisiana Grand Jury. Marquis Romano says that Dr. Hodges, who was supposed to be mortally wounded, was the first to draw his weapon, and that not until he had fired one snot and was about to fire a second at his assailant, did the brother of the latter use his shotgun. The history of the affair Is given with much detail. From this recital it appears that the two brothers immediately engaged in the a99ault were not lynched until the other three Italians bad been thus disposed of. The latter, according to Romano's investigation, were In another street, and knew nothing of the affair untiharrested and placed In jail, Two of them were talmn fKrtm /oicf.-trlv on/1 lvnuhaH nnd ftft-or I a short interval'the third was also lynched. Attention is especially called to the tact that the lynching consisted of tbree distinct movements against the Italians, b?tween which there wa9 sufficient time for heated blood to have cooled. Upon this phase of the case great stress will be laid by the Italian Government in making its demand for extraordinary indemnity. A copy of the report of Marquis Romano htre been forwarded to the Italian Foreign Office. Some days will elapse before any further representations will be made in the case to the State Department. Nothing tbat has so far transpired will will affect the determination of the American Oovernment that the legal disposition of the case by the State of Louisiana must be conclusive to the Italian Government, but that all other questions may be arranged by the Foreign Offices of Italy and the United States. The State Department will take no further steps in the matter until it receives Governor Foster's final report. W. Y. ATKINSON DEADTwice Elected Chief MairUtTate of Georgia, and Long a Political Leader. N'ewmax, Ga. (Special).? Ei-Governor W. Y. Atkinson died, after an illness of about ten days, from typhoid dysentery. TV. Y. Atkinson served two terms as HON. W. y. ATKIN80M. Governor of Georgia immediately preceding the present incumbent. Although Mr. Atkinson had many enemies, he was considered one of the strongest politicians in the State. Chicken Thief Shot Dead. J. E. Bitter, a raiser of fancy chickens in the eastern part of Dallas, Texas, placed an electric alarm on his chicken. hruiQA door and connected it With hU dwelling house. The ring of the alarm awoke him about midnight. He ran out and tired a load of buckshot into a man near the chicken coop and the man fell dead. A meal sack was found near him. The dead man was identified as a nomadic character named William HalL He was buried as a pauper. Bitter has not been arrested. The Bridgeport Motorman Arrested. George Hamilton, the motorman of the ill-fated car, which with its human freight plunged over the side of the bie trestle on the Shelton Traction Company's road near Bridgeport, Conn., was arraigned before Justice Churles H. Peck, in the Stratford Court. The charge brought against Hamilton was that of manslaughter. He pleaded not guilty, and, without having heard evidence of any kind, Justice Peck continued the case for one week and Qxed the prisoner's ball at 32000. Farmers Tear Down Toll Oate. The toll gate at Westmont, N. J., on Haddonfleld Turnpike, was torn to pieces by Indignant farxers. The drivers demanded to go through without paying toll. The gatekeeper, John Cline, refused and shut the gate. He armed himself with a big " U nil.-. n?fortL'ur1 him o 11 H tr\TO ClUU. liie IttlUJOiS auavnou uiUi ?uv? ?V?% the gate down and damaged the ho:ise. The road was blocked by 100 wagons and twenty trolley cars. Postmasters Get Leave of Absence. Acting Postmaster-General Heath, Washington, Issued an order granting to all first class postmasters a week's leave to enable them to attend the annual convention of the National Association of Postmasters, which will be held in Washington from November 7 to November 10 inclusive. Four Deaths From Wood Alcohol. Four young men in Elkland, Penn., died suddenly within tweaty-four hours. All were similarly affected previous to death. It is thought they ail drank wood alcohol at a picnic. Grand Hop in Ioira. For a week at Biencoe, Iowa, millions oi I small toads have been migrating from the sloughs and ponds of Sioux River. They are on the move day and night. They will turn to avoid an obstruction, but the main course is northward. The ground is alive with them. Man'i Body Eaten by Wolves. The badly mutilated body of the Rev. Vlcclnto J. Ku'olnk, said to be the son of a wealthy New Yorker, has been found four miles south of New Laredo, Mexico. He was married to Mls3 Dunlap.of a prominent Atlanta (Ga.) family. The body had been torn bv wolves. - ' - . -V. >: , .vt m JIMENEZ GAINS RECRUITS Santo Domingo Officials Watch the Coast For Filibusters. % Fire Generals Take Vp Anns In Belialt or the Kerolut!oni?t and Occupy Important Towni. *3 Cape Haities, Haiti (By Cable).?Generals Pablo Reyes, Ramon Pacheco, Cleaa Navarro, Jose Polo and Jose Jimonez have taken up arms In favor of Don Juan Isldro Jimonez, and occupied the plains of Chaguel and Curabo as far as Jose de las Matas, as well as the towns of Guayubln, Sabaneta, Manzanlllo and Dajaboci, which have been abandond by the troop3 of the Government of Sau Domingo. More than half these troops are said to have gone over to tbe camp of General Pacheco, tfbo is reported to have tnore than eight hundred well armed men under his commani. General Guelllto, Governor of Monte Chrl9tl, who, It Is assorted, has already lost half his troops by dosertions to the enemy, Is in a desperate position and unable to attack the revolutionists. It is said that he will be obliged to capitulate. Numbers o! Dominicans are arflvlng in Haiti by sea in order to join General Pacheco by crossing tho frontier. MONTE CHRISTI REINFOKCED. Armed Steamers Said to Be Watching the Coast For Expeditions. PtrEETo Plata, Santo Domingo (By Cable).?Senor Alvarez, tho Ministor of Pinance, and Senor Cordoro, with one hundred men, have gone to Monte Christ!, uniting with seven hundred men, who had been assembled in behalf of the Government for the restoration of order. Armed steamers are watching the coast , to prevont the landing of any insurrectionary expedition. The Governor of Jlonta Chrlsti has 3000 men under arms for the preservation of the peace, but the situation is considered grave. Jimenez to Stay in Cnba. Havana (By Cable).?General Jimene? stated that he would not personally take charge of an expedition to . Santo Domingo, at least not for some time. Jimenez says that he can direct affairs better while in Havana, and can secure more money, more arms and more man than if he were in the field himself. -.ij CZAR PLEASED WITH PEACE PLANS. Official Statement Reviewing tbe Work of the Conference. St. Petersburg (By Cable).?Tbe Official Messenger publishes a communication stating that the results of the Peace Conference have fully come up to the Government's expectation, but It was found necessary to postpone a definite settlement of the question of the suspension of arma> monts until the matter has been fully elucidated by the different Govern lents. Nevertheless the lightening of military burdens was unanimously admitted to be desirable. The conference, the oommunlcatlon says, will influence the regulation of tho customs of war, putting a slop to its cruelties, while mediation, which has hitherto been dependent upon the States intorcsted, can bo offered by a third power upon its own initiative. In conclusion it says: "For the first time the task started by the magnanimous initiative of theEmperox ?o nlnnail nnrtn tllfl firm foundation of DOS slblllty. 'the necessity of its solution Ia admitted, and time and th? onward march of historical ovents will indicate the means of securing the welfare o! mankind and the attainment of that object." COLD NOTE ISSUE RESUMED. Treasury Department Will Issue Tbem to Aid tlie Fall Movement of Crops. Washington, D. C. (Special).?Tbe Treasury Department has mado roqulsltlon upon the Bureau of Engraving and Printing for the printing of 110,000,000 f gold certificates in denominations of $20 each. The Treasury now holds a large unissued supply of certillcates of tho larger denominations. The Sub-Trensury at San Francisco has been notified by w:'rs to resume the issue of gold certificates on deposits of cold and in payment over the counter of Government obligations. Tbo other Sub-Treasuries have been notified to the samo effect by letter. The SubTreasurers havo also been advised that the Government will ship to them at once an additional supply of gold certificates of what is known as department series In de- , nominations ranging from $20 to $1000. and aggregating $10,000,000. Secretary Gage resumes ths issue of gold certillcates with tbe purpose of extending the aid of the Government to moving th? crops in any proper way that offers or is * believed by prudent persons to bs helpful. COAT MEAT SOLD FOR MUTTON. Blany Tlionsands of the Animals Pass Through Packluft Houses. Kansas Citt, Mo. (Special).?Many thousand Texas goats have been marketed In Kansas City during tho past tew weslu. During the month of July there was one consignment of85C0 head and another of 1000 head, all being Angora grades. Tho goats have been slaughtered In Kansas City, and it Is stated that all cf tbl? goat meat has been put upon the market as tautton. A United States Inspector at the StOCJt yurns 01|>l?iut;u HI nu ....,.. that the United Slates Government in its regulations of inspection takes do cognizance of the goat as a food prodnot, hence the inspectors have nothing to do with goat meat when it Is pa3sed through the packing houses and put on tho market as mutton. Boycott oh tlte Decline. The business men, wholesale and rttail merchants, representing nearly every line of trade in Cleveland, Ohio, have, in conjunction with the Chamber of Commerce, taken steps toward making an oigaaized fight against tho boycott on those who patronize the Big Consolidated str??t cars Committees have been appointed to canvass the city in order to procure the cooperation of trades pooplo generally, aud already many of them have agreed to disregard the bovcott from this time on. The strikers on the other hand declare that they are receiving liberal donations for their support and arc lu a position to keep up the fight Indefinitely. Abnormal Weather In Europo. Abnormal weather Is seriously affecting the health of Europe, and the prolonged heat and drought threaten watet famines at various polnls. Manna Loa Quiet Again. The Hong Kong Maru, from Honolulu, reports that the flow of lava from Kauna Loa stopped suddenly on tbo night of July 23. During the day tho Island was shaken by earthquakes. No damage was done. but tho seismic disturbances, 1; is thought, indicate that the volcanic action is only temporarily suspended. Koera Make Concessions. The Transvaal Government has accepted the British proposal for a joint inquiry into i the grievances of the Outiaudcr*. I I Eaker-IIovrard l>u?l in Kcntncky. The jury in tho caso against James UaKer, caargeu wun nio i.iumur oi m;sou Howard, at BarbouravUie, Iiy., returned a verdict of not guilty on the llrst ballot. There was a general handshaking wbeu the verdict was annouucocl. The Uaker3 will not return to Clay County, ar.d tfcey say the feud Is over on their part. C.eneral Toral Acquitted. General Toral and Pareja, the b'paalih officers who were arraigned before*courtmartial charged with having surrendered Santiago before exhausting tlieir resources for defense, have both been acquitted on [DO grouua mat tney acteu uuu?f cxa?? 'rom their suoeriors ? - ? ?rM