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>; FILlPlUfl WODLD BETR4Y.
Pio Del Pilar Offers to Surrender
Aguinaldo and the Army.
WANTS $500,000 FOR THE ACT.
g General Otis Decline* tlie Proposition?
Insurants Kill Spaniards Who Would
Tarn Orer Artlllerr?Talk of an An*
Uacioa* Plan to Invade Manila and
Capture Our Commander.
Manila (By Cabla).?General Otis has received
messages purporting to come from
lh? Insurgent General IMo del Pilar offering
to sell out his army and to deliver
Agulnaldo Into the hands of the Americans.
Although he is not satisfied that
this offer is authentic, it Is not intrinsically
improbable. The policy of General
Otis is firmly set agxlnst buying any sursj-'
renders.
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GENERAL PIO DEL PILAU.
(He would sell out the Filipino Army and
* deliver Agulnaldo to the Americans.)
Pio del Pilar offers for the sum of $50,000
to refrain from attacking Manila with
his army; for the sum of $250,000 he offers
to surrender his nrmy after a sham battle,
fir both sides firing Into the air, and for the
mm of $500,000 he says he will procure the
overthrow of the Insurrection and the capture
of Agulnaldo, Paterno and the other
leaders.
In the course cf the communication he
refers to Aguinal io in contemptuous terms,
Indicatiug that s:raiued relations exist between
them. Reports are being received
from districts occupied by the enemy that
the Filipinos believe that Pio del Pilar has
an audacious plan to break through the
Amerioan lines into Manila and to seize
General Otis and the Archbishop. Possibly
these rumors wer* started with an idea
of helping him to make a deal with the
;V j; Americans. It Is unnecessary to say that
the Americans would welcome an attack of
that sort.
There has been much speculation of late
regarding the whereabouts of Pio del
Pilar. The recent attack i?t La Loma 1?
credited to bis men. It is believed that he
Is now in the vicinity of 8au Mateo Valley,
with a force of from 1800 to 8000 men.
Ten former Spanish soldiers, who were
captured by V-a Filipinos and for a time
acted ns officers ana membors of a Filipino
artillery regiment locaiod In tbe vicinity
of Santa Rosa, In tbe Lnguna do Bay j
district, determined to surrender the artillery
to tbe Americans, Tbe plot was
discovered by the Filipinos, who killed
seven of the conspirators, the three others
making their escape to Manila.
It appears that when the surrender was
determined upon the Spaniards delegated
one of their number to proceed to Manila
and to propose to General Otis to surrender,
after a prearranged mock battle,
about twelve pieces, including nxupp
and Nordenfeldt rapid-Are guns, well
supplied with ammunition from the
Lip* powder factory, in exchange for
certain sums to be paid the Spaniards,
who were to be pardoned for carrying
arms against the Americans and to b?
transported to Spain. The delegate left
Santa Rosa, and, accompanied by thr?e
Filipinos, e'.tered the American lines at
Galamba. The Filipinos did not proceed
far, deciding to await his return at a given
* time. As the delegate was detained In Manila
longer than they had expected, they
grew suspicious and returned to Santa
Bosa. The plot was then revealed and the
remaining Spaniards were attacked.
The gunboat Napiudan, coasting neat
Santa Rosa, perceived two men on the
beach, hurriedly embarking in a canoe and
poshing out toward them. She took them
? on board, and they reported that the Filipinos,
on discovering the plot to surrender
the artillery, had cut tl?-throats of seven
of their Spanish oompanions, and that they
themselves had barely escaped with theli
lives.
The three Spaniards are now hiding ic
Manila, fearing Filipino vengeance. Gen*
eral Otis had declined their offer through
the delegate to surrender the artillery foi
money, but he promises to send the three
to Snaln.
FILIPINO OFFICERS KILLED.
Bataon's Macabebe Scouts Defeat the
Enemy at San Mateo.
f v*
Manila (By Cable).?Batson's Macabebe
joouts encountered the enemy at Sac
Mateo, near Arityat, and attacked them on
the front and flunk, driving tbem out of
the trenches and dispersing them completely.
Several Filipinos, Including a captain
and a lieutenant, were killed. A quantity
ot arms was captured. The Macabebes had
one man killed.
A body of twenty-flve Filipinos attacked
? rallroud patrol of eight men, members of
lue bevenieencu uegimem, at uuikuiuw,
north of BulacaD, wounding two.
The Americans reinforced the patrol and
drove off the enemy, capturing a quantity
of ammunition.
General Lee on a Leave of Absence.
General Fltzhugh Lee, Military Governor
ol the Province of Havana, will visit
friends In the United States on a thirty
days' leave of absenoe.
Three Firemen Are Killed.
Fire caused the loss of three lives and
property worth $100,000 at Knightstown,
Ind., a few days Hgo. The dead are Truman
Rhodes, Charles Scbutter and Fon
Davey, members of the volunteer Are department.
They were fighting the Are
when the front wall of a three-story building
fell outward. They were caught by
the falling bricks and crushed to death.
The Plague Keaches Brazil,
The statement that the bubonic plague
Is raging at Santos, Brazil, Is officially confirmed.
Neimy Gleanings.
The new registration law In 8outh Da
kota goes into eueci iu? jcui.
An international exhibition ot automobiles
has just peon held In Berlin, Germany.
Through the efforts of enterprising
Americans the city of Mexico is to have a
public automobile service.
Prussian manufacturers have donated
oyer $250,000 for the benefit of the Technological
Institute In Berlin.
i The Oovernmont has planned a notable
exhibition of colonial products for the
jP?n-American Exposition at Buffalo.
The Commissioners of the District of Columbia
have forbidden the sale of giant
Axtcrackers and dynamite torpodo??u ?
Pp.'
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THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
WMlilncton 7tarn*.
Th? Sphley Testimonial Committee o:
lie RoynJ Aroanum has presented a band
lome loving cup to Mrs. Schley, the wlf<
)f Rear-Admiral Schley.
President McKinley telegraphed the Sec
retary of War an order promoting to th(
?rnde of Brigadier-General the following
officers: Colonel A. C. M. Pennington
Second Artillery; Colonel Royal T. Frank
First Artillery; Colonel Louis H; Carpen
;er, Fifth Cavalry; Colonel Samuel Oven
>hine, Tweuty-third Infantry; Colone
Daniel W. Burke, Seventeenth Infantry.
The war in South Africa will remit Ii
the cutting oft of our mail service with th<
Transvaal and the Orange Free State, sai<
an official of the Post Office Department
All mail matter from this country for Soutl
Africa enters by <vay of Cape Town.
CJominannnr xnussi^, ui iuo ihiuuwihiuj
lias sent a report to the Nary Departmen
praisinc the work of officers and crew ii
an engagement at Malabon.
Many trust officials and attorneys arrive*
In Washington in answer to the subpoenas o
the Industrial Commission. They appar
ontly fear that there may be legislation re
garding the appointment of a. commissloi
to control the trusts.
Major Woodbull, Chief Surgeon a
Manila, has cabled Surgeon Sternberg, re
questing that the corps of female nurse
at Manila be increased to correspond wltl
the increase of troops under General Otis'
command.
The task of recruiting the voluntee
army for the 1'hillpplnes Is praotlcall
completed. It was announced at the Wa
Department that all the regiments bar
been filled except one of the additions
colored remanents, the Forty-ninth, whlcl
need? less than Ave hundred men.
Dr. 8enner, former Commissioner of Im
migration, told the Industrial Commisslo
he was opposed to rurtner restrictions o
Immigration.
Australian federation is considered ai
accomplished fact, according to Consul
General Brav, at Melbourne.
Our Adopted Islands.
Mrs. Letorde. wife of Military Ooverno
Ludlow's acting chief clerk, died in Ha
vana from yellow fever.
The Manila newspaper Patria has baei
suppressed and its editor arrested, chargei
with seditious utterances.
The Boers showed every courtesy to Mr,
Conynham Greene, tbe British Agent, oc
his journey from Pretoria to Cape Town
South Africa. Six of President Kruger's
body guard escorted him to the Transvaal
border. The burghers of the Orange Free
State were equally couiteous.
Tbe Mayor and Councilman of Mayaguez,
sapital of the province of that name, Porto
Rico, have resigned owing to political differences.
The taking of the census throughout the
island of Cuba has begun. The people re nlvA
th? enumerators well aud cive al
the desired information readily. No dltAcuity
is expected in the cities.
The six artillery batteries stationed at
Honolulu, Hawaii, bare lost between
:wenty and thirty men in the last fen
3ays by desertion. All the soldiers there
ire anxious to be sent to Manila. They
are trilling to stand thirty days in th<
guardhouse for the chance of getting tc
the seat of war.
bomeatio.
Captain John K. Fleet, of the United
itates Shipping Company, has received at
Newport News, Vn., what is said to be the
first Portuguese gold modal of honor evei
presented in this country, for saving the
shipwrecked crew of the Portuguese bar!
ilice two years ago.
Attorney-General Monnett, of Ohio, has
rendered a decision in which he holds thai
the ground between railroad switches li
roadbed and can be taxed as such. This
will add a large amount to the Ohio tax re
wViptiOi
Miss Mary Hubbard, of Wlnterport, Me.
was burned to death in her house. She
was wealthy and her home was one of th(
Qoest in Maine.
William Leggett, of Rochester, N. Y., in
the employ of GaskHl's Midway Company,
was fatally injured by an elephant at
KDOxrille, Tenn., because he struck the
animal on tbe bead with a hammer several
weeks ago at Battle Creek, Mich.
Rear-Admiral Sampson, who has been detailed
to the Charleston Navy Yard, arrived
In Boston a few days ago and assumed command
at the Yard.
Rear-Admiral Norman H. Farqubar ar
rived at Old Point Comfort, Va., fron
Washington, and Is now in command of th?
North Atln tic Squadron, succeeding Rear
/Ldmiral W. T. Sampson.
Under the spell of tbe preaching of tb<
Rev. Dr. A. B. Simpson, the sum of Js63,30C
in pledges was raised on Sunday, for the
Christian and Missionary Alliance at Carr.anrlA
ATnqln Rnll In NiiW York CltV.
Lao Casana, seventeen years old, wh<
lived with his parents In New York City
was taken to JJell^vue Hospital violently
Insaue from smoking cigarettes.
In a boiler explosion at Brownsburg,
Ind., three men were instantly killed and
five others were seriously Injured. Th<
.lead are Lan Wasson, engineer; Natl
Cook, bead sawyer, and Milton Roberts.
President McKlnley attonded the wel
some home from Manila of the Thirteentl
Minnesota Regiment in Minneapolis, anc
made a speech broadly favoring expansioi
and retention of the Philippines.
J. B. Drumond, of Boston, a member ol
the Massachusetts Legislature, was klllec
by his guide, who mistook him for a deei
ind shot him while they were hunting ii
the Maine woods.
"*? -I.I l?\.
.ins made a confession that she killed bei
fourteen-year-old daughter with morphine
The mother then administered the drug t<
ner son and also to herself, but the polsor
Mil not kill.
Foreign.
The London Morning Post's Madrid correspondent
Bays: "The appointment ol
3eneral Weyler 113 President of the Con'
sultatlve Council of War has been con.Irmed,
and is severely criticised by botl:
military officials and civilians."
The Neuete Nachrlchten, of Berlin, any;
that the colonial council has adopted (
resolution declaring it compatible witt
Germau colonial Interests to abandot
Samoa In return for sufficient indemnlflca
tlon.
nramipox una uruivou uuv m vnpo j.u<tu
South Africa. among the natires fron
Johannesburg.
Dr. Klapper, editor of <i German papei
has been sentenced to six months' impris
onraent lor criticising the Emperor.
The lone-standing question resardlni
the payment for the 2700 tons of coal pur
chased at St. Thomas, D. W. I., for th
United States Government in the war ha
been settled, tbe United States Govern
ment paying $33,000.
Crown Princess 8tephanl, widow of th
Crown Prince Rudolph, will be married t<
Count Ellemer Lonyay, nephew of a forme
Hungarian Prime Minister, in London, 01
November 22.
The Socialistic Convention In Hanover
Germany, has resolved to move In th
Reichstag for the abolitlou of tbe lese ma
jeste paragraph of the Penal Code.
Hiram Maxim Is preparing to send frot
London two batteries of Maxlm-Norden
feldt suns to the Philippines for tbe use c
the American troops.
The Queen has sent a personal contribi
tiou of $2000 to the family of tbe Frenc
sa-ilor recently shot by the British sunbos
Leds while fishing In Eoglish waters.
A Philadelphia woman named uauwei
residing In Berlin,was attacked In her rosi
dence by a robber, who felled lier with 111
fist, than took her money and valtrabl?
and made bis escape.
Formal notification that a state of ws
exists between tbe South African Republl
aud Great Brltlan was made to the Frenc
Government by tbe secretary of the Bo<
agency In The Hague.
A circular has been sent to the inspe
tors of the Royal Irish Constabulary aslclr
for volunteers for the new South Afrlct
police which It Is proposed to organize.
Telegrams recolved at Vienna from Lin
capital of Upper Austria, on the Danub
report that the Inhabit *s of that dlstrl
are In a state of terror fflng to a serl
of "Jack the Ripper" murders. Five wot
n have bean njurdereji. _
i'.&MkztiSt-i '.'A'- 'Vs. Vc.-fiifr*. \jC.
(MM THE TIGTOB.1
1
; She Wins the First Race by Ten
Minutes and Eiffht Seconds.
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| SHAMROCK'S TOPMAST BREAKS.
' The Defender Wins the Second Race?Ac- [
j cldent to the Challenger Disable* Ber t
3 and the Colombia Sail* Over the S
Conrae Alone?Sir Thomas Leads Brit- I
i?h rtiAAra For His Successful Rival. ' '
New Yobk City (Special).?Fairly and
t squarely the Columbia beat the Shamrock ?
3 Monday in a wind without flukes upon a
which to hang oxcuse or plaint, and under o
I weather conditions which were said to pe- c
. culiarly favor the challenger. The Colam- ?
bia won by ten minutes and eight seconds. ^
3 From the moment the Columbia took the r
lead, a few minutes after the start, the Is- J
* sue was never in doubt. Every mile saw
? the advantage of the Columbia increased, t
j |
THE COLU
1 and had It not been that in the last Ave a
: miles the Shamrock, by being tho first to si
1 catoh a suddenly freshening breeze, les- 11
! sened some of the wide gap that separated n
her from the Columbia, she would have n
i been beaten even more badly than she was c
t Sir Thomas was prompt with his con- s
! gratulations. Before the yachts reached tl
! the Horseshoe he gave another instance of e
the true sportsmanlike spirit with which si
he is trying to "lift" the cup. Hanging o
the Erin alongside the Columbia, he him- 1'
j self led his officers and men In giving three n
lusty British cheers for the Columbia and
three more for the crew. They were as tl
heartily responded to by the Columbia's s
men, led by Mr. Iselln. I
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c. oliver iselin.
I r
i Tbe Shamrock was disabled less than
i half an boar after tbe start Tuesday in tbe
eaoond race wltb tbe Columbia for tbe
? '? Thfl nhn II An cnr'q tnnmaSt B
| broke and her club-topsail came down si
with a rush. 8he was obliged to return to g|
Y her anchorage. No one was hurt.
t The Columbia, meanwhile, after nscer- Is
talnlng tuat no aid was needed by the n
phamrock, continued on her course. This 0
was In pursuance of the understanding en- n
tered Into before the races began, that, a
; each yacht should stand by her aocldents.
She made good time and finished away ^
' within the time limit, thU9 winning the fj
" second race. "
1 Although the Columbia, according to the
explicit provisions insisted upon by Sir t<
3 Thomas Llpton himself, went ahead and by ^
i sailing the course easily within the specified
i time became legally and morally entitled ?
i to the race, this additional instance of the '
fatality that has pursued the yachts from j
the first day of their meeting was every ,,
( whit as bad a blow to the followers of the
j Columbia as to those of the Shamrock. 8
When thetopmast of the Shamrock came
toppling down, leaving her a wreck aloft,
there was not a sinele word or slen of
exultation from the thousands who were g
ready to shout with glee ut the least ad- e
% vantage the American sloop might gain. n
a d
Curxon to Visit. Plague District*. g
The Viceroy of India, Lord Curzon of g
Kedleston, and his staff will shortly visit
( the plague and famine districts. 0
3
I Sarnoan Ring Proclaimed.
1 A cable dispatch to the Chicago Tribune ?
from Berlin says that neirs comes from
' Apia that the uatlres have proclaimed
Tamasese King despite the recent agreement
of the United States, Germany and a
Great Britain to abolish the office, I
:
i| Thibetan King Deposed. t
Indian and Chino3e officials on the Indo- *
i '
lt Thlbdtan frontier have determined to open i<
Lj Thibet. The Thibetan King at Tachlenlu
objected, whereupon he was deposed and s
j bis younger brother was Installed as ouzr. ?
I.
l! The Labor World.
12 The American Federation of Labor has
increased Its membership over 250,000 this
u year. Q
Switzerland bas at present 328 co-opera- j
c tive associatlono for buying food, with .
S1 104,920 members. J
A New Orleans (La.) man is said to have 0
0 Invented a sugar cane planter in the form t
'J of a wagon, that with three men and four
11 mules will do the work heretofore done by
nine men and nine mules.
z A general strike affecting all freight and
0 flour handlers In West Superior, Wis., bas
0 been ordered by the 'Longshoremen's 0
B1 Union. Five hundred men went out. The f
Q men demand that none but union men be v
hired. b
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DARING TRAIN ROBBERS,
fichwaymen Secure $30,000 From a
Fast Mail Near Chioago.
iafo in an Exprei* Car Blown Open With
Dynamite? Signal Operator Gagged
?Holdup Very Dramatic.
Chicago, 111. (Special).?Five masked
ilghwaymen held up the fast mall train on
he Chicago and Northwestern Railway at
witch tower "W," between the stations of
Jlburn and Maple Park, forty-seven miles
vest of this city, and by dynamiting the extress
car secured about $30,000 In cash.
Armed deteotlves and a dozen bloodlounds
were put on the robbers' track,
ind the Northwestern Railway Company
ind the American Express Compaoy have
iffered a reward of $5000 for the capture
m<l conviction of the thieves. For the arest
and conviction of any one of the hlghirnrmnn
nne-thlrd ot the reward will be
iald. This offer is to hold good until all
be mlsoreaats are behind the bars of the
lllnols State Prison.
The story of the holdup, as reported to
he officials of the Northwestern road by the
MBIA..
gent Id Elburn, is both dramatic and senutlonal.
James, the operator, sitting in Ills
ttle room ia tower "W," was startled near
ildnight by the advent of a party of masked
len, who, with drawn revolvers,
ommanded him to throw the semaphore
o that the fast mail would be stopped by
lie danger signal. The leader of the band,
vidently a railroad man, finding James
low, flxed the signals himself, while the
perator was bound and gagged and his
istruments were destroyed with a hamler.
Daniel White, the engine driver, stopped
L" * ?* ~ Hon mar alana!
Lie irmii upuu oooiu^ vuw va. W.0.N.
et. Frank Keefe, the conductor, dropping
com the first sleeping car, found three reolvers
thrust in his (ace. One of the robers
entered the cab and covered the enine
driver and fireman, while a fifth blghrayman
drew a revolver upon James lic?
Iraw, a brakeman.
'JLhree men entered the American Express
Jompany's car and overcame F. A. Hopson,
he manager, and his assistant,who showai
;gbt at first. They ordered Hopson to unDck
the safe, and when he refused two of
he robbers left the car and soon returned
rlth a lot of dynamite, which they placed
n the safe and exploded.
After they had stuffed their pockets with
jwelry and currency they climbed aboard
lie engine. White noticed that the leader
euted himself in the oab like a trained
ailroad man, and handled the machinery
s if familiar with it. The engine was deached
from the train, and when the hlgbraymen
were aboard it started west, tbe
obbers shouting back mocking messages
a the trainmen. Two miles east of the
lortland Station the robbers abandoned
be engine and left it standing in perfect
rder.
Railroad officials believe the robbers lnircepted
the wrong train. The one whloh
allowed the fast mall half an hour later
sually carries a great deal more money
ban the one held up. If the robbers bad
raited they could have secured $100,000
istead of $30,000.
GENERAL BULLER SAILS.
rlnce or waies at cne oianuu iu juiu iu?
British Commander God-Speed,
London (By Cable).?General Sir Redvers
uller, who is going to South Africa to asame
command of the British forces, has
illed for Gape Colony. General Buller
i accompanied by his daughter. A few
llnutes before the train started the Prince
f Wales and the Duke of Cambridge, torlerly
Commander-in-Chief of the British
rmy, drove up to the station. A huge
rowd had assembled outside, and when
tie Prince and Duke arrived to bid General
luller God-speed, they received a tremenous
ovation. ^
Southampton (By Cable). ? When the
he train from London arrived here with
reneral Redvers Buller aboard there was a
reat demonstration. There were at least
^? rruA..
en thousand persons on me quay, iuoj
an# "God 8ave tbe Queen," and "llule,
Iritannia," nnd as the transport Dunottar
lastle steamed out of the harbor there was
rent cheering.
Texas's Drought Since Jnly Broken.
The first rain that could be .called
eneral that has fallen In Texas since
arly in July fell a few days ago. The
iost severe drought experienced in a
ozen years is at last broken. The grainrowing
and cuttle-raising districts were
reatly benefited and a threatened water
amine in Dallas and other Texas cities
verted.
BUBONIC PLAGUE IN ENGLAND.
toolbar Steamer Lands a Mild Case,
; Which is Promptly Isolated.
London (By Cable).?The Penln3ular
nd Oriental steamer Peninsular, from
lombay, arrived a few days ago at Plylouth,
England, and landed a coal
rlmmer who is suffering from a mild
nldmiia tha HVtnntOIBS
IIUUK U1 UUUUUIU |/ui(juu< 1
rere developed toe day after the steamer
aft Marseilles. He baa been Isolated.
No other cases are reported. The pasengers,
who landed at Plymouth, were
11 in good health.
Plot to Aaiaanlnate Jimenez.
A plot has been discovered Id Santo Dolingo
to assassinate General Jimenez.
Iany arrests have been made. Most of
he prisoners taken were employes of the
nrmar (invnmmsnt. who were driven out
f office by the revolution and ure anxious
o regain their positions.
Dewey Visits Boston.
Admiral George Dewey received a great
vatlon In Boston, where he received the
reedom of the City and was presented
rlth a magnlfloent jewel studded watch
y Mayor Qulnoy, on behalf of the City.
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: SOUND STEAMER BURNED=
The Nutmeg State Raced For Lite
With a Racine Fire.
HEROIC WORK OF RESCUERS.
The Steamer Discovered on Fire In tha
Early Morning?She Wat Headed Foi
8hore at Once and Beached Near
Sand* Point?Over One' Hundred Per*
aona Were in Dancer.
New York Citt (8peclal).?All that is left
ot the steamer Nutmeg State of the Bridgeport
Line, which caught Are on her way
from Bridgeport to this olty is & blackened
hulk on the sauds * just above Pros?
nA|.i rn ml1aa kaU.
x~viuby ? ouwui m mu muoo uoiuw
the village of Glen; Cove. Among tb?
dead are: Samuel Jayne, of Bridgeport,
baggage master; Patrick Ooffey, mate of
Nutmeg State; Thomas Murphy, a member
of the crew; John Connors, one of the crew;
an unknown woman, passenger, drowned|
an unknown ohlld, passenger, drowned,
and an unknown man, passenger, drownedi
The catastrophe was one of peculiar hoc
rorbeoause it happened so near to help, sc
close to shore. The lack of trained h&ndi
to handle lifeboats appears to have been
one of the causes of fatalities, though, had
the passengers themselves been entirely
traotable all of them at least might have
escaped.
Captain C. M. Brooks, the commander,
as soon as he saw the futility of trying to
extinguish the flames, decided to run bis
vessel ashore. Boats were lowered, aud all
arrangements were made to save the lives
of passengers and crew, numbering over
one hundred persons. After all who could
be seen had been provided for in the small
boats Captain Brooks ordered that full
stAum be turned on, and the Nutmeg
State was headed for the beaoh. Sbe was
sent ashore near Sands Point, the flames
and smoke attracting many craft that waj
for hours after tbe disaster.
It Is believed that nearly all of those who
(091 their lives were oaught in the burning
ver.se!. So prompt and energetic was the
nrork of rescue that, in the judgment of
se^'eral witnesses, nearly every person who
managed to escape from the doomed vessel
was picked up by some one ot the rescuing
boats. Several members of the crew,
however, were caught in the lower part of
the boat, and were unable to get to the
deck. These men met death as if In a Are
trap.
The first two boats lowered from the
burning steamboat capsized, and there
was intense excitement among the passengers
aboard the Nutmeg State. All had
been routed from their berths at half-past
five o'clock, and men und women, not waiting
to dress or gather their clothes,
scrambled into the cabins and on the
dooks. Flames already were eating their
way toward the bow and tbe stern, and
great clouds of smoke were rolling up tbe
stairways. Tbe crackling of tho flames
added to the terror of tbe passengers)
In tbe wild confusion from the time the
Are was discovered,to the time the last man
j came off the blazing bulk it seemed to be
I a case ot selfish consideration for their own
I personal welfare only with everybody on
: board. Tbe crew, according to the passen!
gers, used brute force In getting the first
I opportunity to escape. The passengers
trampled over each other In their efforts to
crowd into tho life boats, and it was extremely
difficult to lower the boats or to
take any sane measures to save the passengers.
After the two lifeboats were capsized and
the passengers and crew left floundering
in the water, the crews and passeugers in
the other bouts refused to listen to the entrea:ies
of those in the water, and dozens
of the women and children and halt dressed
men had to cling to the upturned craft until
boats from the City of Lawrence picked
j them up.
The body of a woman and of a child about
four years old, evidently mother and
daughter, were washed ashore about half
a mile above the place where the Nutmeg
State was forced ashore. The woman was
partially clothed and parts of her dress
showed unmistakable signs of contact with
I- the Are. The child wore only a cotton slip, v
I evidently a night dress. The supposition
Is that the mother, crazed nritn fright,
seized her child and jumped into the water.
Harry T. Wilt, of Philadelphia, had a
thrilling and exhausting experience, which
made a hero of him. He supported his
aged mother and a woman ho did not
kuow, Mrs. Henry T. Purcell, of this city,
j In the water for an hour, and they were
I ill finally rescued. Several times he feared
| be would have to give up the struggle and
I drown with his mother aud Mrs. Purcell.
j >Yllt*s neaicu is noi rooust.
J Samuel Jayne, baggage master, who lost
| bis life, Is described as the hero of the tire.
| He discovered the outbrealc and gave the
alarm. He ran about awakening all be
I oould, and the flames were raging fiercely
j when at last ho tried to escape. He was
| then'on the upper deck, and In jumping
1 struck his forehead against the guardrail.
Stunned, he fell into the water, and
when a launch went to bis assistance ha
was almost dead. He died soon after
aboard a yacht. If be bad not so courageously
made bis way through the smoke to
alarm the passengers the loss ot life would
have been much greater.
The work of taking passengers off the
doomed vessel was done none too soon.
She carried a large cargo, Including cases
of cartridges. As the fire made its way
i down Into the bold tbere was a series of
I explosions, which lncieasedthe fierceness
I of the flames and destroyed the last chance
| of saving anything from the wreck.
The charge wa* made by several sur|
vivors that some ot the crew acted In a
| cowardly manner, pushing the women to
oue side and getting into the lifeboats, regardless
of the safety of others. Other
passengers, however, assert that the crew
acquitted themselves well. All reports
I Aprsa that CaDtain Brooks, who Is a sea
man of long experience, was one of the last
to leave tbe burning vessel.
The Nutmeg State, a wooden screw-propelled
boat, which was built seven years
ago and was a first-class craft of her kind,
belonged to the Bridgeport Steamboat
Company. Sho was 190.7 feet long, 34.2
feet wide and bad a depth of 13 feet. Her
net tonnage was 732'. She was double
decked.
Body Picked Up by a Yacht.
Stamford, Conn. (Special).?A Boston
yacht on its way from New York City ran
through a lot of burned wieckage, supposedly
from the Nutmeg State aud near
the wreckage the body of a'mnn was found.
The man was apparently about sixty years
old. and Had a grayish beard. Tho body
was brought to this city and was taken to
to the Morgue to await Identification.
.Alexandria. V?? rf?? a Celebration.
The founding of tbe olty of Alexandria
Va., 150 years ago was celebrated a few
days ago with an elaborate outdoor display.
Crowds of visitors from Washington
and tbe surrounding country thronged cb?
streets, Bunting and the national flap
adorned all the business houses and private
residences.
A. S. Barker Become* a Hear-Admiral.
The retirement of Rear-Admiral Henry
L. Howlson has resulted in the promotion
f Captain A. S. Barker, commandant of
the Norfolk Navy Yard, at Norfolk, Va.,
to be rear-admiral.
Cycling Note*.
8unday bicycle races lack support in
Chicago.
The bicycle Is said to be losing some ol
its popularity in Pittsburg.
Ttia fron.wiisn! rlnvire will be anclied tc
the chalnless in this country on next year's
model.
A little attention now and then will keep
the wheel looking much more attractlv*
than if neglected.
Although it has thousands of wheelwom*
en, Melbourne, Australia, does not possess
one women's cycling club.
The latest bicycle attachment is a sheep
shearing machine made at Birmingham,
England, for use in Australia.
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NEW PRESIDENT AT YALE.
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Professor Arthur T. Hadley Installed
as Chief of the University.
Impressive Ceremonies of Day Followed
at Night by a Torchlight Procas ion
ot the 8tudenta.
New Haven, Conn. (Special).?Arthur
Twlniag Hadley, LL. D., was inaugurated
thirteenth President of Yale University to
succeed Timothy D wight. The ceremony
took place ia Battell Chapel, the college
2hurch, in the presence of hundreds of distinguished
men and women, prominent in
higher educational affairs in all sections of
the country.
The inaugural ceremonies were simple in
themselves. They were conducted in English,
the traditional Latin pronouncements
having been abandoned at Dr. Hadley'arequest.
The new president was honored
with the presence not only o! distinguished
Vola olnmnl onH TTtaHarol nn^l Mfnfa nfflrtfala
but by the attendance of thi presidents of
Harvard, Prinoeton, Columbia, Cornell,
Chicago. Browrt*, Oberlln und a host of
other universities and colleges.
Battell Chapel was filled to the doors.
The audience room presented an animated
appearance, for allot those there In official
capacities as representatives of other Instltutlons
wore the academic gowns and
boods of their respective institution^ Dr.
Hadley, himself, wore the orlmson hood of
Harvard, typical of the degree of Dootor
of Laws, with which Yale's older sister had
honored him.
After the processloual and overture the
retiring president, Dr. Timothy Dwight,
made tlie opening prayer. The Rev. Dr.
Joseph H. Twichell, of Hartford, the senior
member of the Yalo corporation, formally
Inducted Dr. Hadley into office and administered
to him the oath. President Hadley
then delivered his innugarAl address.
The singing of the commencement ode
followed the address of the new presld nt,
and theu Professor George P. Fisher, dean
of the Yale Theological School, and senior
dean of the university, on behalf of the
(acuity graduates and undergraduates*, delivered
ah address of welcome. The bene- ]
diction was pronounced byformer President
D wight, and the inaugural ceremony
proper was at an eud.
Throe thousand Yale undergraduates
and recent graduates united at night in the
demonstration in honor of the inauguration.
The hit of the procession wo* the'
train of cars of the "Hadl-y Transportation
Company," the tableau being a surprise
all along the line of march. It consisted
of a locomotive and three cars, each
sixteen feet long and seven feet high,
lighted from within with lanterns. The
r\i l?a mABuH r\n tvh aaIq n nil or a A fitted
with a boiler, which emitted steam at every
stop, and continuously rang a dangerous
bell as -a warning of Its approach.
With the cars were twenty* seniors, carrying
regulation railroad lanterns, and
dressed in the garb ot brakemen. The
procession was reviewed at theClty Hall
by the Mayor and the Court of Oommon
Council.
The celebration terminated with a huge
bonfire near the campus on the old gym
lot.
BOY DIES OF A WHIPPINC.
School Teacher Held Responsible For
the Death of a Pupil.
Hammond, Ind. (Special).?W. H. Belchers
is Principal of the Bobertsdale School,
a division of the Hammond City Schools,
and among bis pupils was an unruly one
named Arthur Whitney. After vain efforts
to control him by other means, Professor
Belchers gave him such a whipping as he
thought the bov merited. Shortly thereafter
the boy became ill and died. A postmortem
examination disclosed injuries to
the spinal cord, which the physicians
assert were the cause of death, and which
are claimed to be due to the whipping.
Some days ago Reichers was arrested
upon a charge ot assault, and held under
$500 bonds, which were furulshed by Superintendent
Belman of the city schools,
<vbo approves the teacher's method and
actions. The Board of Education has decided
to stand by him In the defense, and
will attempt to prove that he did no bodily
injury to the child. Belchers was held
on the charge of manslaughter.
INSANE FARMER KILLS FIVE. .
Babcock Shoots Wire and Three Sou*,
Then Slavs Himself.
Bedwood Falls, Minn. (8peclal).?Frank
1? DoKnnnl. a fnrmnr HvlniZ near thli city.
iJt jjavuvvn) m ....?H
murdered his wife and three sons on his
farm and then committed suicide. The
murder, it Is supposed, was committed la
a fit of Insanity.
Babcock loaded his gun and went to
where his two little boys were playing
near the house and shot both of them
dead. His wife saw tbe deed and ran to
the barn for safety. He found his wife In i
the barn and'shot her through the head.
Sbe fell dead.
From the barn he walked to where his
oldest son was at work, and at close range
fired a shot tbat killed blm Instantly. Reloading,
he placed the muzzle of the weapon
in his mouth and fired one barrel, kill- I
Ing himself Instantly. He fell over on the
gun, which still had one barrel cocked.
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$30,000 VERDICT FOR A BOY.
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Chicago Jury Saji the City I* Responsible
For Terrible InJuriei.
Chxcioo (Special).?Paralyzed from his*
waist down, his bearing Impaired, his
tongue injured to such an extent as to rob
bim of bis power of speech, and suffering
from ft broken spine, Henry Walters, nine
years old, has obtaiued the largest verdlot
for personal injuries ever returned against
the city of Chicago?$30,000.
In January, 1898, when walking along
the Thirty-fifth Street Viaduct, tbe boy
fell through a bole in tbe planking, which
bad been obscured by smoke from a passing
engine.
FAITH CURE BELIEVER ACQUITTED.
An Indiana Judge Hold* That a Parent
Need Not Call a Doctor for Hla Child.
La Fobte, Ind. (Special).?Tbe trial of
James Cbenowith, a believer in faitb cure,
who was indicted by the grand jury oi
Clinton County for murder, being held re?
sponsible for the death of ah infant cblld,
because be failed to summon a physiciau,
bus been acquitted. Tbe case whs taken
from the jury by Judge nenc, woo uem
that there Is no law requiring a parent to
provide medical attention for his children.
The 8tate will carry the case on appeHl to
the Supreme Court. The decision of Judge
Kent Is regarded a? a great victory by believers
in faith cure.
Itnprltoned Miners Iteicaed,
An explosion of gas occurred at the Shenandoah
City Colliery, at Shenandoah,Penn.,
and Are immediately broke out in the
mine, hemming In twenty-two men who
were at work. Those attracted to the surface
of the mine by the explosion at once
began vigorous efforts to rescue the Imprisoned
men, and in tills they were successful,
all the men being taken out alive
in a comparatively short time. Three ol
the number, Adam Sobolinskl, William
Skavlnski, and Joseph Caspavage, wer?
severely burned, and their injuries maj
prove ratal, several omara susuiuou
severe injuries.
General Shatter Formally Hellred.
General William R. Shatter, who bus belt'
the positions of Brigadier-General in thi
regular army and Major-General in the
volunteer army, has been placed on the retired
list of the regular army. He will,
however, remuin in command of the De- i
partment of the Pacific until relieved bj
order of the President, or Until he is mustered
out on July 1, 1901, on which date
the enlistment of all Spanish war volunleers
will expire as provided iu the Wai
act of Congress.
The Kaiser to Visit England.
The Cologne Gazette of Berlin announce:
officially that Emperor William will star
for England on November 11. ...
FIRMS ITBfiBOEDEM
Boers and British Clash at Mafekjng Jf
and Other Points.
ARMORED 'TRAINS ATTACKED/.^
Repeated Assaults by Boer* Repalssd -j
With a Reported Lots of Three Hiu> 3
dred Killed?A SkH-inlsh Nctr Spytl- .>$j
fonteln?Coast Tuwoi Crowded With '" *
Refugees? Cecil Rhodes at Klmbsrley, j .'/|j
Cam Towit, 8oath Africa CBy Cable).-'
Colonel Baden-Powell, woo commands tne
small British force holding Mafeklng, is ; ^
making a successful reslstanoe to the attempta
of the Boers to take that plaoe. ''X
Advices have been received to the effeat --vj
that he had made a sortie against the enemy : ''4>
and lnflloted severe loss qpontjjem. There*.
port says that 303 Boers and eighteen Brit* " J
ish were killed. The town will be relieved /.
as soon as reinforcements can be forward- /(
ed to it. It is feared, however,.by tho?e ^ ?3!
having friends and relatives there that the :'/ ?
Boer force will be strengthened and the 3
British defenders overcome by mere weight " '5a
oi numDers oeiore aia can reacn laetn. a
There Is a strong force of Botffch Blders, -i]
beaded by Cecil Rhodes, at Kimberler. The ' >
Boers are extremely anxious to capture -|jJ
Ur. Bhodes, they believing that with aim a
prisoner t!xey would hold a/>trongcard to ' raj
play against the British.
An armored trala reconnoitred Spyta- ( M
Zonteln from Klmberley aad engaged the
OZKEliL JOtTBKBT.
(Commander or tae Transvaai iorcea.?
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Boers at that point. Five Boers were lulled ^
and seven wounded. The British suffered' v ^
no loss.
Dispatohes confirm the capture by the
Boers of Newcastle and a number of minor
points on the Natal border^
The coast towns are crowded with refa*
gees from the Band. The authorities am '*' ]
making every effort to relieve the distress '
that Is prevalent among them. Some of
these refugees were compelled to leave the . fri
Transvaal with nothing bat the clothesv, J
they wore. s ? ' :-M
A resident of Johannesburg, who left that
city a few days ago lias arrived here. He
says that four thousand British subjects
remain In Johannesburg, The Boer Government
has made excellent arrangements
for safeguarding property there. A strong -41
force of special police, chiefly Germans .JJ
and Frenchmen, armed with revolver*, m*i
patrol the streets.
The Boers seized the telephone at Hod* ;?
der River and attempted to speak with Elm*
berley, hoping to learn the disposition <M .
the British forces. The manoeavre was
discovered and frustrated.
According to advices received here the
British have blown up the Hopetown bridge .. 2
over the Orange River, with a view of
cheoklng the Boer advance southward. ; ?
Later advices say that the bridge whlob ''..-j
has been blown up by the British Is not the
railway structure, Out one twelve mllps - 3
west of the railway, over which the old '"j
coaohtng road passes.
PARLIAMENT FOR WAR.
English Parties Units In Pluna for Trans*
Vaal Campaign.
London fBy Cable).?For the third time
during the Queen's relgu Parliament meets
In the autumn for the definite purpose of .
providing supplies for a military earn*
patgn. The emergency was quietly
described Tuesday in the Queen's Bpeeon '
as a plain requirement of luw that Par- 3
llament should be summoned when the *5
reserves were called oat for servloe
In Africa. Botb houses were in a '
serious mood and settled down to buslnasa Jm
with less formality tliaq usual. Lord Bulls* ' 'i
bury lost no time In providing the cue that
the object of the Government had been to
make British Interests paramount and to
civilize and improve the conditions of all > j
the races in South Africa. The Earl of
Klmberley and Sir Henry Campbell Bannermann
both described Kruger's ultimatum
as an act of deflnance and unreason
wbioh rendered war Inevitable, and ' , ^
-i-j ? j ?i- nt Mm rmnnqltfon tat
pitju^eu uo ou|;puiw ?>*v ?
any financial measures.
The Prince of Wale9, accompanied by the ,:-i
Grand Dulce Michael of Bussla, made a
special inspection of the Soots Guards,
prior to their departure for South Africa.
He cordially congratulated the commanding
officer, Colonel Arthur Paget, on hiring
so fine a battalion and briefly addressed
the men. Afterward be conversed
at length with Colonel Paget and his
American wife.
The calling out of the Cape Colony
volunteers Is supplemented by a decision
to raise 2000 more volunteers in Cape
Colony and 1000 In Natal. Thm the total
strength of the volunteer forces In both
'* i ? 1ft CftA mA.,
places win amoaai tu u,<iuu won.
Dr. Leyds, the Minister of the South African
Republic to European Governments, la
said to be going to Berlin shortly to confer
with political personages.
Frlce of Wheat Goes Up.
Londox (By Cable).?The outbreak of
war hus sent up the price of English wheat,
and on various couutry markets the farm*
era have refused to sell wheat under thirty '
shillings per quarter, in some cases even
holding out for a still higher price.
Keatralltv Proclamation* Iiaaed.
Ppetobia, South African Republic (By
Cable).?The French, German and Italian
Consuls have Issued proclamations calling
upon their respective countrymen to ro?
main neutral. ..
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Continent in Sympathy With Boer*.
Losdoh (By Cable).?Continental opininn
no far as it can be ascertained, remains
largely anti-British. Kg
Gomez Oiler* to Ileturn Horses.
General Gomez, iu a letter published to
the papers of Havana, Cuba, says he has
three horses which he acquired during the
war, and whloli therefore do not belong to
him. Now that the war Is over, and, though
he has a great lova ror cue aorsaa, uo ????
not (eel justified in retaining them in his
possession. If any one can prove owner*
ship, the horses will be returned.
Insurgents Drlvon From Forac.
Major Bell's regiment, moving from a
position northwest of Bacolor, a few days
ago, drove the enemy out of Porac. Ona
American was killed and one wounded.
The Filipinos lost a number of killed and
wounded. The Americans captured two
bullock carts of ammunition.
Soldiers "Stranded" In San Francisco.
Word has been received in Olovolund,
Ohio, that the 200 Cleveland soldiers in
the Fourteenth Regiment, just returned
from th? Philippines, are "stranded" In
San Francisco, their pay, whloh was given
them la Manila, having been spent* filoney
has been raised to bring tbom Uqme.
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