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DEFEATS FOR FILIPINOS.
Trocps Rout Insurgents in Both
Luzon and Panay Fights. ^
CAPTURE MEN AND CATTLE.
Thre* Hundred Insurgents Attack tin
Harrison at Subij;, But Ar? Bralen Off
fTlth a Loit-lieoen tvnu n?u . uuj
1'anay Are Surrendering?Several
American O flic era Are Wounded.
Manila (By Cable).?Colon?l J. Franklin
Bell of the Thirty-sixth Infantry ?ncountered
one hundred and fifty Filipinos
near Alaminos, Province of Zambales, and
killed, wounded of captured twentysight
of them. Our troops also obtained
possession of a number of riles and a
quantity of ammunition. One American
was wounded.
- I A detachment of the Thirty-fourth Infantry
encountered a band of the enemy at
Aritao, Province of Nueva Vizcaya, and
routed them, killing two and wounding or
capturing thirteen. The Americans also
seized a quantity of ammunition.
The Twenty-flrst Reeimont attacked a
Filipino outpost near Calamba, scattering
jthein and killing Ave ot the enemy.
i The Thirty-second Regiment had a brush
with tbe enemy from the mountains northIwest
of Dinulupijan. One American wa3
jwounded. The troops captured 125 head
'of cattle and brought them to Oranl, Bataan
Province. ?.3
j In the Island of Panay Captain Brow{sell's
company or the Twenty-sixth Infanjtry
fought the enemy near Saia. The
< |r8bels lost heavily, and the Americans cap5
Itnred a number of rifles.
| The rebels who fled from Panay to Romii'
jblon Island are surrendering to the Amerl?
can garrison from Panay.
J General Santa Ana, with a force of insnrgents
estimated at 300, attacked the
garrison at Subig. A body of marines were
Mnl from Olongiipo to reinforc-j tbe garrison,
and the Filipinos were driven back,
severm kmcu.
< There were no casualities on the American
side.
.> i A company of the Forty-sixth Volunteer
Infantry, together with a contingent of
to- taarines, has been sent from Manila to re^
\nforce the Sublg garrison still further.
TO SEXD ALL SfAXIAKDS HOME.
i' Ch? Cabinet Decides to Transport ClrUR
r . lan i at Well as rrlsoner?i
HMl Washington, D. C. (Special).?AttheCabnioetiu^
Tuesday it wus decided to
H^^Bconstrue that portion of the treaty with
^^HApaln regarding the return of Spanish sol^^H^Blers
and prisoners of war in the most 11bway.
By the terns of the treaty the United
HH^Hutes agreed to transport all Spanish solHHWttlersand
prisoners of war serving in the
eonquered territory to Spain.
PVP Quite a number of disputed questions
I kave been raised in connection with the
repatriation cf the Spanish soldiers serving
In the Philippines, and they have been
the subject of considerable correspondence
between General Otis and the Spanish
representatives at Manila.
i In the peace treaty various terms are
osed?"Spanish soldiers," "Spanish prisoners,"
"Prisoners in the hands of the in nrgeots,"
etc.
After discussing the question the
.Cabinet decided to construe the language
.v_?, 1.. tn itrafKh Jr
VI IUO Vtvaij liuciuilj, tuuuuu, tv ..
not only to cover all Spanish prisoners In
' the bands of the insurgents who are now
falling into, our hands, but their families
and all Spanish civilian officials and their
families. All wilt be transported to Spain
at the expense of the United States.
f*y -**"f Saves Soldier From Death. \
IOsekosh, Wis. (Special).?William 8onr>
k borough, of this city, a private of Company
I B, Tnird United States Infantry, who. was
r tried by a military court In the Philippines
on a serious charge and sente.~feed to
'dratb, has been saved from execution by
)' President McKinley. The President has
f- v commuted his sentence to dishonorable
j# dischurge and twenty years' imprisonment.
Bcarborough is little more t'^aa & boy.
f - CHOKED TO DEATHLY BLIND MAN.
Old Panilootr KllljijHIi Wife Alter a
Hard <*uff*le.
Baltimoks, Md/^Speclal).?Franklin B.
Livingston, a man, aged flfty-sii
ars, choked*"18 wlfe? Bosle, to death at
their home '/this city. The first knowledge
the bad of the crime was when
'Llrlngst'-11 walked into the Southwestern
Police station and told the ^following
W- story:- ..
) "j*y wife and f have been sleeping in
V top-41,811? rooms for several weeks. She came
aSV :ir*o my room and called me. We bad some
1. rtfords, and she attempted to smother me
With a feather bed. I pushed hor away,but
she returned and the struggle continued. I
K. "* Ttrand her throat with my hands and choked
her. 8he tell to the BOOr. I then went up*
'stairs and dragged the body to the bath
(tub, where I left it after covering it with
a sheet. I had veiled 'Murder' and 'Police,'
but had attracted no attention by the
noise. I then went back to bed and slept
,nntll 5.30 o'clock. I receive a pension of
$72 a month for the loss of my eyes. I
served In Company A, Sixty-sixth Now
York Regiment."
? Livingston was locked up, and the police
went to the house, where they found the
Hade body of the woman in the bith tub,
8 Livingston had said. Both rooms gave
_ vndence of a struggle.
Held Inqaett On a Live Man.
Coroner Kortsch of Eau Claire, \Yis.,
drove thirteen mile3 into the country a few
days ago to bold an iDquest on Michael
Khiio, a Bohemian laborer. Khilo had
lallen in a fit en his way to his house, and
remained in a field from midnight till 7
o'clock the following morning. He was
supposed to have beon frozen to death.
.. The Coroner found Khllo laid out stiff, but
jKhilo thawed out and sat up before the inquest.
began. The Coroner worked over
him until he was resfored.
Three Children Burned to Death.
Three colored children were burned to
death daring a fire which destroyed tha
borne of their parents at Middleton, Conn.
> Mrs. DIxod, the mother of the children,
locked the little ones In an up-stairs room
While she went out to do st>meerrand9. In
her absence the building caught (Ire. When
the flames were extinguished the three
children were found in a corner of tin
room under a blanket. They were dead.
Typhoid Fever at Cape Nome.
John Leedy, who has just returned to
Dead wood, S. D., from Cape Nome, state3
there were 1500 cases of typhoid fever there
when be left. He met a number of men returning
from the Siberian gold fields, which
are only about forty miles from Cape Nome.
Report Favorable to Charleston'* Officers
The report of the Charleston court of inquiry,
just rendered at Manila, is favorable
to theoffloers of the stranded warship. It
hows that due vigilance was exercised in
the embarkation of the crew Into the boats,
which were well handled.
I'rotDinent 1'eopie
Former Mayor Gleason, ot Long ia.?<nd
City, says he Id a bankrupt.
Cecil Rhodes is said to have made millions
out of the rise (a diamonds since tha
beginning of the war in South Africa.
Congressman William Connell, of Penn
aylrania,worked in the mines wUen he wai
a younc man, but he Is now the president
of a bank.
The Duke of Orleans is reported to h&v<
been snubbed by throe crowned heads?th<
Qoeen, the King of Italy and the King o:
Abe Belgians.
General Fitzhugh Lee, in an interview It
Cflba, said he would not resign his posl
Hon because of the promotion of Genera
Wood to the Military Governorship of th<
ROBERTS OFF TO THE WAR
Great Crowds Cheer Him in London
and Southampton.
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BOERS LOOKING FOR MEDIATION.
Britii h People Are Bent on Victory?Popular
Conception of Peace U That It
Must Come Through Robert* and
Kitchener?Xarat Gun* Destroy Part
of the Bridge at Colonso.
Londox (By Cable) ?There was a scene
of great enthusiasm at Waterloo station
when General Lord Roberts, Commanderin-Chief
of the forces in South AfricA, took
a train for Southampton whence he sailed
on the transport Dunottar Castle for South
Africa.
The Prince of Wale3, the Dukes of Connaught
and Cambridge. Lord General
Wolseley, Commander-in-Chief of the
British Army; the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Secretary of State for War;
Mr. A. J. Balfour, First Lord of the Treasury,
and many distinguished army officers,
Cabinet Ministers and members of the
House of Commons were in the immense
crowd.
The Prince of Wales's last words to General
Roberts as he boarded the train werjj:
"/"1 1 k-A ? T>o.Ko ? hnnnv Ph??lcfm And fl
uruuu-uj v, jjuuj, uuf|,,
prosperous Mew Year, and every possible
luck with your job."
Ou arriving at Southampton General
Roberts was heartily cheered by thousands
of people, and as he boarded the
I Dunottar Castle, Between a guard of honor
of marines and bluejackets, there was a
renewed outburst of applause. The Mayor
and corporation officials were present.
The American hospital ship Maine sailed
for Cape Town uuder favorable ausplcw.
The Red Cross flag floated from her topmast,
the Queen's ensign from her main
and the Stars and Stripes from her mizzen.
As the Maine moved into the river three
cliears were given for the ship, then for
Lady Churchill and, finally, for the United
States.
The Maine will coal at Las Palmas, Canary
Islands. She expects to reach the
Cape in three weeks and will return with
her first consignment of wounded late in
February. |
A dispatch from Chieveley says:
"Tne British naval guns have destroyed
the Colenso footbridge,thus preventing the
Boers holding any position south of the
Tugela River. The enemy are taking up
fresh positions on the eastern side, nearer
the British camp. The British position at
Frere is belnjr strengthened. According
to reliable native reports, the Boers had
200 killed in the fight at Colenso."
The news that the Colenso footbridge
has been destroyed seems to show that General
Buller Is more anxious to keep the
snemy at bay than to attempt a further advance.
An undated heliograph massage from
Lndysmith, by way of Pletermarltzburg,
represents the garrison as in no way
daunted by General Bullei's reverse at
Coltaso, and as confident of being able to
hold out indefinitely.
Though Great Britain's plight-4?V South
Africa seems temporarily optical, it is
learned that the Boer3 are straining every
nerve to secure the medlaiipn of President
McKinley toward favorable peace.
But, any one wim mo auguiesi muw
ledge of British feeling quickly appreciates
that' not one person in a million
contemplates any result but an ultimate
BrUish triumph, and all sections
uuite in aayiug this must be secured, no
matter- what the cost. Hence, the Boer
agenid themselves have only slight-hopes
thut mediation would be accepted, though
bulieving if President, McKinley could be
persuaded to proffer fit, Lord Salisbury,
though perhaps bound^to refuse, ^ould
lose humanitarian sympathy in the United
States, and thus divert to tlie Boers much
wavering sentiment.
It Is learned from excellent sources that
no offer of mediation would be accepted by
Lord Salisbury in any shape or form. The
popular conception of peace is that It must
come through the idol of l.he army General
Roberts, and his not less adored Chief of
Staff, General Kitchener. The country Is
prepared to wait indefinitely for that eventuality.
The fall of Klmberley, Ladysmith,
and Mafeking would uot make a particle
of difference, for this stoical resolve is
k thoroughly Imbedded in the hearts of the
people, who, for the first time in the memory
of this generation, have drank deeply^
| of the cup ot military defeat and disgrace.
Any other defeats that the future hclds for
the British, except entire annihilation, are
anticipated by the scathing self-criticism
which the nation has inflictedUDon its own
| hide. Estimates of the duration ol hostilities
vary from three months to a year.
GATACRE TRIES SPANISH 3IETHODS.
Tha British General Inaei * Modified
econcentrado Order.
Cape Town. South Africa (By Cable).?
General Gatacre, Id order to check lnsurrection
among the Dutch colonists and to
prevent disaffected persons giving information
or other assistance to the Boers,
has issued a modified reconcentrado order.
By its terms all males over twelve years
of age, of whatever nationality, living outside
of towns or villages, but within a
radius of twelve miles of military camps
oow established or hereafter to be established
north of Sterkstroom, are required
Immediately to vacate their places of residence
aud either to remove to some place
sutslde the twelve-mile radius, or to
form a camp in close proximity to the
nearest military camp?the spot to be selected
by the officer commanding?where
they must live until further notice, providing
for their own needs. All persons
!ound within the radii without passes will
De arrested.
UNCONSCIOUS FOR TWO YEARS.
Mlaa Wilbnr Slowly Recovering After
Loos Months in a Comatose Condition.
San Francisco, Cal. (Special).?Miss Elida
Wilbur, who has bean in a comatose
zonditi on for nearly two years, is slowly
regaining consciousness.
She was found unconscious in her room
early in 1898. Several physicians were
jailed to attend her. They resorted to all
ot the usual remedies, but without result.
| Then a physician was engaged especially
for the case, and two trained nurses were
also employed. Month followed month and
no particular change was noticeable.
Another physician was given charge ot
the case some six months ago. New methods
were tried. For many weeks there was
no change. Then gradually the patient
1 improved. Reason returned to her. S|ie
was able to sit up in bed.Guilty
of Murderlne His Parent!.
The jury in the Ernest Austin mprcier
trial at Bellefontaine, Ohio, returned averf
diet of guilty in the first degree on the
charge of killing his mother and father
t with an axe. The double murder occurred
last summer. After the killing Austin set
the house on fire and appeared at the house
of a neighbor with a bullet wouudin his
breast, saying robbers had attacked the
family,
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New Ceiitua Building Accepted.
Director William B. Merriam, of the
Census Bureau, has formally accepted the
new census Duilding in Washington.
Bner-Brlttch War Note?.
The Mafeking garrison Is reported to be
running short of provisions.
The forts at Pretoria and Johannesburg
1 are as strong as any fortresses in the
world.
The South African war has created a
) money scarcity in London such as is not
often seen.
The colonists are flocking to the Boer
: standards and are materially increasing
\ their forces.
Lieutenant Roberts, son or Lord Robert 3,
died of a wound received In the flgbt at
[ Tncela Blver.
? The Boer offioers and men are olothed in
i a kind of khaki that is almost ideattoal In
color with the kopjes.
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THE PROBLEM OF THE DA
When Does the 19
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Old 1899?"I am the most
important year that ever lived.
I mark the close of the most
remarkable century in the
world's history."
A BAY STATE BANK FAILS.
Receiver Fot the Globe National, of
Boston, Appointed.
Action Taken by Controllor Dawes? Director*
and Stockholders Likely
to Low Heavily.
Washington, D, 0. (Special).?The Con.
j crouer 01 IU? uutrnuuj uu auuvuo??>
that the Oloba National Rank ot Boston
has closed its doors by order ot the Con(roller
and that Special Examiner Dantel
G. Wing has beea placed In charge ot the'
institution a9 temporary receiver. The
Globe Bank had a capital ot 41,000^000 and
its downfall was caused by losses sustained
in the recent failure of the Broadway Na
tional Bank of the same city and by the '
decline in value of copper stocks. In connection
witb his action the Controller said:
"Some time ago Mr. Wing, who is one of
the experts employed in the system of
special bank examinations recently Inaugurate.),
discovered a serious condition
ot afTalrs in the Globe National Bank,
which he immediately brought to
the attention of the Controller, and under
bis direction, to the directors of the
bank. The directors very laudably agreed
and undertook to make good the
doubtful and bad assets found, and have
greatly improved the condition ot the bank
Since that time. They also delivered to
the Controller a written guarantee that
i they would remove the doubtful assets.
Recent failures in Boston have lessened the
value or we unperiormeu pjrtiuu ui mo
guarantee and Involved the solvency of
the bank.
"In view of the fhct that to allow the
bank to remain open longer will result in
Injustice to unsecured creditors, now that
the condition of Insolvency Is found to ex->
1st, it beoomes my duty under tbe law to
appoint a receiver. A considerable cosh dividend
can be paid to creditors at once. The
condition of tb3 bank was discovered by
8pec!al Examiner Wing In time to secure
such action on the part of the directors as
will probably prevent the failure from inflicting
heavy losses upon tbe depositors,
but the directors and stockholders will
lose heavily."
Saii>rlae Expressed at Boston.
Boston (Special).?The news that a receiver
had been appointed for tbe Globe
National Bank has taken the city bv surprise.
Only a few days ago It was officially
stated that the Clearing House Committee
had certificates signed to a large amount.
This is the second Boston bank to go under
within a week, the Broadway Nutlonal
having gone Into a receiver's hands soon
after the Squire failure, in which it was involved.
BROOKE'S CABINET IS OUT.
General Wood Accepts ReMlgnatlona of the
Cuban minister?.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?Tbe four
members ot the Cabinet appointed by General
Brooke, Senors Capote, Secretary of
Government; Desvernlne, Secretary of Finance;
Lanuza, Secretary of Justloe, and
Saenz Yanez, Secretary of Publlo Works,
formally tendered their resignations,and
General Wood promptly accepted them.
General Wocd, accompanied by Generals
ChaiTee and Ludlow and his aides, visited
the cnrcel and Inspected the quarters of
the prisoners. His conclusions are unknown.
The purpose of his visit was presumably
to prepare himself for a reconstruction
of the whole system of justlae,
for which the Cubans are clamoring. ,
Clemency Refused to Eight Murderers*
The Board of Pardons in executive session
nt Harrisburf?, Penn., refused to
pardon William Penn Bowman, Wilkes
Barre; William Patterson and William
Wasco, Allegheny; Edward Cressinger,
Northumberland; Thomas Brensan, Pottsvilla;
Johu Weber, Philadelphia; Cornelius
Shew and James J. Eagan, Susquehanna.
* Ail are tinder sentence ot death tor murder.
Victim of &nfortanate Speculation.
4 or\a/*tiloflAn buflnty ]nat I
A TtUUlUyti 0}/UV<uk(*?.i\su, *??
nearly $100,000 in the recent crash In the
stock market, Captain Louis Schnerberger,
cashier of the Baltimore Postofflce, prominent
In politics and treasurer of the Young
Men's Republican Club at Baltimore, Sid., .
committed suicide by shooting himsell in
the head. \ \
War Fever In England.
Recent reverses to British arms in South'4
Africa have stirred the nation into a perfect
fever of enthusiasm for the vigorous
prosecution of the war, and the women
seem to vie with the men In military fervor, i
New* of the Toiler*. ,
The union cigarmakers of Tampa, Fla.,
have enforced a demand that cigar factories
be scrubbed and cleaned once a
week.
Jodge Glllet, of Crown Point, Ind., has
decided that a non-union workman, discharged
at the tmhest of the union, has no
redraw In law.
The war in South Afriea has practically
killed the diamond industry at Antwerp,
Holland. Belief committees are being or*
ganized to help.flip flutters who are already
eat of work. .
It-is estlmatM t$??from 140,000 to 150,000
cotton-mill opirptlVM <in the North
are working under an' advance of wages
and that the advano* in the South brings
tiretotal np to 160.000.
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.Y?HOW OLD ARE WE?
th Century End?
Pilf
tentlon of Congress to do. something to |
nnlV0f?mr RtiqnlutfllT If'. mOf# | I
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and more forolbly expressed every "day, J.
owing to interest attracted to the matter I
by the progress of.the Roberts case.
There have been numerous propositions
for constitutional amendments on the sub- ;
ject, the latest and one of tne most far- *
reaching having been proposed In the
House by Representative Shafroth, of Colorado.
It is for a Constitutional Amendment
which provides as folldws:
"Section 1. Neither polygamy nor polygamous
cohabitation shnll exist within (
the United States, or any place subject to
its jurisdiction.
"Section 2. Polygamous cohabitation, or
polygamy, whether practised within the
bounds of a State or a Territory of the
United States, shall be treated as acripe
against the peace and dignity ot this republic.
:
"Section 3. No person shall be Senator
or Representative in Congress, an elector,
or President or Vice-President or hold any
oKoes of honor or emolument, whether
civil or military, UDder the United States
or under any State, or Territory thereof, or
be permitted to vote at any election for ,
any of said officers in either State or Teritory,
who shall be found guilty of polygamy
or polygamous cohabitation; but Con- <
gress may, by a vote of two-thirds of each
House, remote such disability in any specific
case. 'i
1 TKa shall hftV6 DOtT
OOUUUU 1. xuv ?- - er
to enforce the provisions of this article
by appropriate legislation."
REMOVAL OF MAINE'S DEAD.
Placed In new cofhng and Taken Aboard
the Battleship Texas.
Havana, Cuba (By Cable).?The removal
of the dead of the Maine was not accompanied
by any ceremonies over the bodies.
Newly coffined, they were placed in the
mortuary/shapel of the cemetery until all
was completed. At 10 o'clock, at night
twenty wagons formed a mournful procession,
carrying 151 coffins to the Machlna
Wharf, passing through unfrequented
streets.
The bodies reached the wharf at 11.80
o'clock under a strong guard from the
battleship Texas, were placed aboard two
steam lighters before daylight, and were
taken to the warship at 6 a. m. All the
remains were thoroughly disinfected.
Persons who were desirous ot photographing
the proceedings at the cemetery were
not allowed to do so. The work was conducted
quietly and decorously, under the
direction'of Father Chid wick. The old
coffins were carried awuyand burned.
JAMES D. TAYLOR A SUICIDE.
Wagner Palace Car Official Kill* Hlmaelf
In Washington.
Washinoton, D. C. (Special).?James
Duane Taylor, Secretary and Treasurer of
the Wagner Palace Car Company arid a
son-io-law of tbe founder of the company,
commuted suicide at the Grafton Hotel, in
this city, by cutting his throat with a razor.
Mr. Taylor was suffering from some
nervous affection caused by illness, and
the fatal act was committed apparently on
the impulse of the moment., Death was
almost instantaneous. He was sixty-two
years old.
The razor with which he cut his throat
had just been used by his physician, Dr.
Leo, who, after using it, put It on a dress
1 1 - * u? Tltifino* hi*
lug case uua ieu tun iuuiu.
brief absence Mr. Taylor seized the blade |
and ended bis life.
Waited Robber* Uee Insult to Get Money.
Five masked burglars broke,Into tne
home oI Andrew Lbokwood, near Bells
Tunnell, Penn., n few day? aaro^--.Ho. was
about to retire with his wife^p&ls seventyrthree
years old and ho (frSeventy-slx.
They"had $875 secreted in a clothes chest,
the money being the savings of many years.
The burglars tied the old man to a chair
Bndvj'aWHulted him, hoping to make him
confess where the money was. He refused,
whereupon they stripped his wife to the
waist. Fearful that she would bo subjected
te greater indignities, Lockwood revealed
the hiding plaoe, whereupon the gang fled t
with the money.
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Cycling Motes.
Tacoma, Wash., has twenty-two miles of
cycle paths within the city limits.
The latest means of disposing of the bell j
on the bioycle is placing It on the pedal.
In the Soudan campaign of 1898 bicycles f
were utilized hs the motor power In pro- ]
vidlng electricity for working the tele- t
graph wlreB. t
An English tourist does not voice the t
sentiment of a majority of wheelmen In
this country when he says that the rage
for acetylene lamps Is on the wane.
Bicycle manufacturers and dealers are ,
confident of the continued popularity of
the bioycle. Reports troax the West and j
the Eastahow that the factories are run- J
nine on toll time. <
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BABY MBS KILLED,
Terrific Explosion in a Pennsylvania
Coal Mine,
SHOCK FELT FOUR MILES AWAY*
Firedamp Wreck* the Braznell Mlne?
Near BrotrniiTille?Coal MIner'a Naked
Limn Icnlted Gas and a Terrific Ex*
plosion Followed?Difficult Taslc of
the Rescuers?Great Mass of IVieokai*.
BnowxsviLLE, Penn. (Special).?The most
serious explosion lathe history of the cokS'
region occurred In the Braznell mines a
lew days ago. Tbe mice is a wreck, and
It is thought It will have to be abandoned.
The ostlmates of tbe number of the dead
were conflicting. A. B. Braznell, President
of the Stockdale Goal Company, said hoi
believed that bpt twenty to ';twenty-fiva
men had b^ea killed. Men at work around
the mine gave different figures. They said'
thirty-five to forty, men were down tha'
main shaft In the cages, while about twenty
ollmbed down ttig steps In the elevator
shaft. From flfty^fivw to sixty men were
Bn/Sot .'tfru number but thlr*;:reeoTefed
aliya. . All the
f&O number, nre dead.
m was t&a worst since tha
^?at Danbar.^Xt was teriHL
The maln>'shaft was
9V^?ut four cages
.go man, on bis fourth trip
fom.wlfcb fourteen men and:
.1 tor tfl6 cage to rise, when!
ccdrj^fcjSj
blawi: with terrific force to
haft 2nd fell back to tha
. . t&y blocking' access to tha,1
jtiftriq. Timbers were hurled huu-j.
fetda of feet. Tbe lower ring of brlokv
;?ork in . the alrslmft was completely
?fteckejf'ihd had to be tuuneled to get lnK&nJ&mHU
nt all nnn hnnd and a foot! I
The fipfefteU'ifciiie Is a new plant, havlng.
f^n flraitopened last spring. It was
operated by Bebjajaln Braznell & Sods, of
Pittsburg, Penn.,' -who employed ninety.-!
two^jadn. The pit was not considered
gasMus, and w.13 worked with open lamps.
'* XWENTI-ONE SAILORS LOST.
file Worst Wreck of Many Years Oft
Cape Hatteras.
Nobfolk, Va. (Special).?The British]
steamer Ariosto, Captain Baines, bound!
from Oalvostoa to Hambujg, was wrecked#
six miles south of Hatteras, N. 0., and'
twenty-one of the orew were drowned.!
Captain Baines and eight of the crew were^
Bared by the heroic efforts of the Ocracuke')
life-saving crew, under Captain James
Howard.
Those who lost their lives attempted to,
reach the shore in a small boat, which was
swampsd shortly after it put off from the
9hlp. Captatn Baines and the eight men remained
aboard and were landed by the
life-savers in the breeches buoy, but not
until after a struggle which lasted all day,,
The re30ue of Captain Baines and tni
eight men was one o( the most thrilling la"
h? annals of the life-savins: service, ac-l;
complished ns it was under the greatOTt'f
difficulty in the height of a gale on a
const where fierce storms rage almost continuously.
The men lost everything except the clothing
they wore. All of the men who were
drowned were British. The cargo 'A the
Arlosto consisted of cotton, wheat, corn
and meal. The Arlosto wreck is the worst
since the German ship Elizabeth went
ashore in 187C,when fifty-five persons were
drowned.
EARTHQUAKE IS CALIFORNIA.
Severe Shock In the Southern Portion of
the State.
Six Jacinto, Cal. (Special).?A disastrous
earthquake ocourred at 4.25 Monday
morning. Nearly every two-story bulldlrtj
was wrecked, and It Is estimated that
damage will nggragate more-than .
The main shock was preceded by'sw^T
roaring sound, which awafeenjod mScr
in time to escape from the dootnetr baiidings.
The business street Is such a wreck
that tons of debris had to be removed b&r,
lore tne buildings couia db emerea.
At Saboba Indian Reservation six aquaws
were killed by falling walls, two fatally
and many seriously injured.
The shock was fe't over a large portion
of Southern California, the undulations
lasting about twelve seconds.
The centre of the shock appeared to have
been at San Jaelnto. The shock was heavy
at Santa Ana, Anheim.Sun Bernardino and
Riverside. "Id Los Angeles, no damage was
done, though the shock was particularly
violent.
CHILCOOT INDIANS REVOLT.
Attack Settlers. Who Wonnd Several o '
Their Auallanti.
Tacoki, Wash. (Special).? Settleni living
around Lalla Lake, in Chlicoot,B. C.,hava
been attacked by Indians, who object to
white settlers. Two weeks ago they surrounded
Rancher Franklin and his neighbors
and threatened to murder them 11
they did not leave the country. In a fight
wblch followed several redskins were
wounded.
Becoming alarmed, eight families started
for Alexis Creek, but when three miles
from home they were surrounded and oaptured,
and feared they would be shot. They
were saved through the Intervention of
friendly Indians, who pointed out that the
tribe would be annihilated If they Injured
the settlers. Officers are after' the Iadlan
ringleaders.
Four Killed at a Grade Croaxlne.
Peter Nlohpl, a well-to-do colored farmer
was return ing home in a wagon a few dayj
bro when a train struck the vehicle at a
railroad crossing near Palmyra, Wo., kill*
h'm nn? nf his dnncrhters and a grand*
child, Another daughter was baaly In.
jured, and n second grandchild has since
died from its injuries.
Family Chloroformed and Robbed.
Four masked burglars broke into tba
residence of John Gorman In West Pitjiton,
Fenn,, a few days ago. 'Tbey chloric-,
formed the inmates and then ransacked
the house, taking jewelry nndellverwa^p. j p
Prairie Flro's Destruction. ^
During a high nothwest' wind a pratfle
3re that started east of Eureka, S. t>.,
iwept over the country, causing great jU-j 1
itructlon of hay and grass on the ranges.,,
Hany farmers, it U thought, have beea'ah^* i
lrely burned out. The Qre was the toOflf "
sxtensive for years, embraslng a tru$ j
reral miles wide and five miles long,^r$ f j
'San Francisco's Harbpr Defenias.
The fortifications at Fort JPolat, on the
southern side of tbfr GQlden Gate, art
rapidly nearlng cotopleUjin, and aUtf. tba
fighter ordnwice will b'e in po*iti(g th?
itsoosvnnpM^ptvia *o
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MANY BBS DM
Terrific Explosion in a Pennsylvania
I. Coal Mine,
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SHOCK FELT FOUR MILES AWAY.
9 Ifer
Firedamp Wreck* the Braznell Mlnei
Jirown*Tllle?Coal Miner'* Naked
Lump Ignited Oa? and a Terrific Kxploalon
Followed?Difficult Talk of
the Re?cuer??Great Ma** of Wreckage.
Brownsville. Penn. (Special).? Tbe most
serious explosion la the history of the coke
region occurred ia the Br^-tell mines a
few days ago. Tbe mice is a 4-reck, and
it is thought it will hare to be abandoned.
The estimates of tbe number of the dead
were conflicting. A. B. Bruznell, President
a# f Q^A/iIrHo Ia P.nul Pnmnan?? aaH h*
UL IUD uiwwaviuiv wvut vwuipauj , oaiu ua
..believed that bat twenty to tweaty-flve
men had bean killed. Men at work around
the mine gave different figures. They said
thirty-fire to forty men were down the
main shaft in the cages, while aboat twenty
climbed down the 8t?ps In the elevator
shaft. From fifty-five to sixty men were
in the mine, and of this number but thirteen
have been recovered alive. All the
re?t. whatever the number, are'dead.
The explosion was the worst since the
Hill Mitie disaster at Dnnbar. It was terrific,
and was heard plainly at Brownsville,
three miles distant. The main shaft was
totally wreoked. About four casrsis filled
with men had gone down to work. Mr.
Thomas, ths cage man, on his fourth trip
went to the bottom with fourteen men aad
pave the signal for the cage to rise, when
the explosion occurred.
The cajre was blown with terrific force to
the top of the shaft and fell back to the
bottom, completely blocking access to the
mine. Timber* were hurled hundreds
o{ feet. The lower ring of brick
work in the alrshaft was completely
'wrecked and bad to be tunneled to get into
the mine at all. One hand and a foot
and one shoe were blown from the mine
: and foUnd on top of the shaft.
William Pastorlous, a driver in the mine,
telito' a sensational story. Pastorjous, who
'thai lived in Brownsville for many years
And is regarded as a man ,of intelligence,
saye that the pit boss, Jones, on Tuesday
rijforoing Issued a general order that all
lamps might be dispensed, with, and
tQr'tbetr stead the miners were permitted to
no* nftkflii llffhts. Pastorlons also states
lamps were unlocked, eon- .
ot Boyer.whols tbe superior
, Jones, when told' of the
ling ot the order to dispense
nps." He would make no
'? searching investigation
of the disaster. Not wit U standing
that mine officials assert that tbe
examination of the mine Saturday morniug
showed it to he clear of gas the fact
develops that there was gas ot such volume
as to be dangerous.
The firaznell mine is a new plant, having
been first opened last spring. It was
operated by Benjamin Braznell & Sons, of
PittSDurg, Peon., who employed ninetytwo
metu The pit was not considered
gaseoosjknd was worked with open l.^mps.
VfOMTf-UNE SAILORS LOST.
of |t?ny Y?*r? Off
until after a struggle whi$h
The rescue of Captain Baln^Knd than
eight men was one ot the most flnjhg in]
'he annals of the life-saving sSffiQMf-Kj
FSomplished as it whs under th^gnSfot]
difficulty in tjte height of a gale off a
coast where,fij^ce storms rage almost <a>n-!
tlnuously.
The men lost everything except the cloth-!
ing they wore. All of the meaftrfPrwo.rcjdrowned
were British. The OjjgP
Ariosto consisted of cotton, :
and menl. The Ariosto wreck iM^KMBtj
since the German ship EllzeflRtr wiptt
ashore la lS76,when flfty-flva per&or'w'er?
tu! /MTivmnni
?*""~a?rf-1
Sever# Shock In the Southern Portnip of
:he State.
Saw Jacinto, Cal. (Special).?A; disastrous
earthquake occurred at 4.25 Monday
-morning. . Nearly every two-stoty building
was,wrecked, and It ij^tlmated that tbe
damage will aggregate more tban $50,000.
The main ahocjk was preceded by ?-loud
roaring sou ad, which awakened many jn?t
Jn tia^TreejMldoomed buiid8abobalndlan
Reservation six squaws
vwntnd% falling walls, two fatally
and many seriously Injured.
Tbe shock was felt overa large portion
of Southern California,' the undulations
lasting aboht twelve seconds.
The centre of the shoefc.appearedto have
been at San Jaeinto. The shock was heavy
at Santa Ana, Atrfielm, 8an Bernardino nod
Riverside. Ia Los Angelas, no damage was
ione, though the shock was particularly
violent.
CHILCOOT' INDlANSrREVOLT.
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Attack Settlers. Who Wound Several of
Their Assailant*.
Tacoha, Wash. (8peclal).?Settlera livincr
around-Lalla Lake, in Cbilcoot, B. C., have
been' At^kcked by Indians, who object to
white settlers. Two weeks ago they surrounded
Rancher Franklin and his neighbora
and threatened to. murder them 11
they did not leave the country. In a fight
w?i? uk ooril rarlslflna ware
w uiwu ivtiungu oofw*M* .
wounded.
Becoming alarmed, eight families started
for Alexis Creek, bat when three mtles
from home they were sarrounded and captared,
and feared they would be shot. They
were saved through the intervention of
friendly Indiatia, Who pointed out that the
tribe would be annihilated if they injured
the settlers. Officers are after the Indian
ringleaders.
Four Killed at a Grade Crossing;.
Peter Nlchol, a well-to-do colored farmei
was return Ing home In a wagon a few day.*
ago when a train struck the vehicle nt t
railroad crossing near Palmyra, ilo.. kill
ing him, one of his daughter.* and a grandchild.
Another daughter was baaly injured,
and a second grandchild has site
died from its injuries.
Family Chloroformed and I'obbril.
Four masked burglars broke into tb?
residence of John Gorman in West Pitts
ton, Penn., a few days ago. They chloro
formed the inmates and then raneaekeJ
the,bouse, taking jewelry and silverware.
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Prairie Fire'* Detraction.
During a high nothwest wind a prairie
flrtr- toot-started east of .Eureka, S. D.,
sw?pt;o*er the country, Causing great de^ruo|j|on
of bay and gra^s on the ranges.
jft*irtjfarn>Arg, It Is t&ojgut, nave obou en Ww^l^uraod
out. Tco tire was th? most
W&aire tq?cyear4, embrajiqjj a tract ae arfl
miles%We and lira miles long.
San Francisco's Harbor Defenses.
Tlie fortlflcutlons at Fort Polat, on the
sputbera Bide of the Goldea Gate, are
rapidly nearlng completion, and all of the
lighter ordnauoe will be In position the
early part of January. The harbor of San
Francisco wHl then become one of the moat 1
otroogly protected ports in the otmntry.
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MSmSSBPOERTOlCK
Pestilence Appears in the Wake of
Flood and Famine.
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COFFEE PLANTATIONS RUINED, .'j
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Elect* of the Hurricane Still Severely
Felt, Although Great Amount of
BeUef Work Hm Been Done?Further
Food Supplies Are N??did ? An ?pi?
demlc of Disease is .Feared.
Washikotos, D. C. (Special).?'The Wa?
Department has made public a statement
showing the progress made In relief work
in the Island of Puerto Rico between September
35 and November 30. The population
of the Island is estimated at 918,926.
The average dally number of Indigent was
221,087 persous; average weekly sick 17,372,
and the average weekly deaths 632
persons.
The annual death rate was 35 in 1000 in-i V-.M
habitants, while the normal rate of deaths
was 26 in 1000 inhabitants. The increased
mortality was confined to the mountain
districts, where in some localities the a
death rate increased 300 per cent.
The amount of cash received for the re?
lief of the suffering people Of the island up
to November 30 tens $15,224. The amount I' <
of money disbursed up to the date men- yjTi
tioned was $7417.
It was some weeks after the hurricane
before the montal aad physical energies of
the stricken people began to rally from the
shock of the disaster. They were without
ready money, and were brought face to /- '
face with starvation.
While the damage inflicted upon the peepie
alone the con9t ot the island was great,
it was in part offset by the Improvementfn
the sugar cane crop which was produced /
by the overflow ot wateron the cane lands. /y
The prospect of a good crop enabled the
planters to borrow money with which to
employ the necessary labor to eare for and
harvest the crop.
The cities along the coast were also able
to come to the rescue by the employment
of labor to repair the damage inflicted by
the storm. In consequence of these facts,i V
supplies have gradually been suspended ia jfi
the lowlands, except In limited quantities;
i+Mlbii niiimniA AAnp. j?A
The coffee plantations are in the uplands.
Here the high wind* swept everything In
their coarse, leaving- Httle or nothing for
thousanus of hungry, homeless and unclothed
hamnn beings bat their lives and
what could b? given to prevent starvation.
The prompt.action of the American people
nd of the people of the island wan all that
prevented a terrible catastrophe. The poor
were.fed and their lives were preserved.
Although a large part of thA Island is no
longer receiving relief, the namljer 'dl Indigent
people reqalring assistance remains
the same. It is believed that until February
the demand for assistance is likely Co
inorease lathe mountain districts, as the
plantains and batxigfcs will not be rlpe-Jor
two months to come.. Tbe worst dlatpua
prevails in a locality where the greatest
difficulty la found In getting food to the\
starving. A y?>
This area contains a population of about
250,000, and no wagon roads are to be found ~v
in any direction over which food can bel ./
transported. All food is carried on the
?i?? ?- rw n,u:??nni?nA? onn nnn
Ul UUI^DJ. VI kUIO J/vyu?wfc?v??vw,vWv -}
people must bt fedor tifcy will starve. If
not fed at Jrome tbeV.wUI migrate to the
cities, leaving the weak to die. Their work ,
will be left undone, and their future will
. Pestilence, whlohj^fregnently follows
flood and famine, MBftppearert amonj? the
ndlQrturiate lnbajflaftts in the mountain
districts, andjjBpRfrabi;r of people bare
L^jflRsbed. Jt'4flEared that tbe epidemic
BMl) spread to ttfS const should there be a
Keneral flwrerdjlfr of the mountain people
|Tn that movement of this kind
"lias alr?fiWj#eK*ntlclpated, and is being
successfully'.feontrolled. But tbe relief
Orost be coftttaaed; freely in tbe mountain
? districts tejfcjfajfrter part of January.
ft It is astiMg^fSfitliot less than 209) adKtationaLtimmtSiood
will be required.
!aH|r-8eTfa^p^rtbi?Hnaouat should be of
,3K t*N^Btel?^uld be of bet?ns and' 'Jig
be either codfish or
baSSnT #<WHpl already issued and -S
nOl^h^HQHBvltU the 2000 tons re- i
quired In adamw to that already issued, w
the fwtal issue wwbp 20.162.7S8 pounds.
In dealing wtt&'Hie indigent able bodied
men have been .required to work for tbe
food tbajt JPaoelYed. and a great dea!"of
pabM^|wrk has been done in the way of
ciefri^rig'towns, repairing roads, etc. a
piait'has been devised between the Board
?^Charities and the needy planters and -.j
Ah'elr Servants by which tbe Board furnUhes
food to the planters for the number S
of servant^ in their families. j
In return for this aid the planters sign an ]
agreement to furnish asmall:paroel of land ]
and a but to eaoh family, which land they i
are to see prepared and seeded with food r<m
plants. The planters are also to see that . > fl
the laborers and their families are supplied M
with the food tessuad and that the laborers JB
perform ft full day's work in return. The, 'jfl
planters further agree to furnish transpM^^ jfl
tation of the food.
RESPECTS MONROE DOCTRINtT . ''41
uirminj nm not n?<|uirg >u* inuug ?
We?t ladies. m
Beblh* (By Cable).?The German Goternment
has abandoued all Idea of acqulr- 9
ing the Danish West Indies, either by par- 9
chase from Denmark or otherwise. The 9
information was received from an author- 9
ltative source. 9
The German Embassy in' W.ishlnptoa 9
has left no doubt that any such attempt
would be looked upon by the Americans as JS
an unfriendly act and as a serious In* 9
fringement of the Monroe Doctrloe. 1
According to the same authority, the re- . _
ports representing that Denmark Isn^gotl- ' *
ating to sejl the islands to tfy) United
States are either entirely premature or ^3
without foundation. ^. 1
Guatemalan Revolt Eodl Quickly. fl
The attempt at revolution in GaatemalW V
has come to an end, accordiag to advices ""vJB
to the State Department nt Washington
from Minister nunier. ne cauiea mac cne i
rebels seized the town of Tacona, near tfle .yv
Mexican boundary. The Government
troops snrroandad tbe place and captured <ij
nearly all of the insurgents. . J
The Seizure ot American Curtotli.
The seizure of portions ot the cargoes ol ?
three vessels from New York City to South "3
Africa has caused a protest on the part ol
the shippers. The State Department a1
Washington has instructed Ambassadoi . ^?J
Choate in London to take the matter up.
. Fall of ? Famous IiocV,
The celebratedPiunaclerock, which ever.
hung Cumberland Gap, Teun., and was"a
noted natural spectncle, fell a few dayi
ago. The town was awakened a3 if by ar '
earthquake, as the immense mass, weigh- J
lng hundreds of tons, came tumbling down I'lJ
No lives were lost, although censlderabli A
property was destroyed. TjJJ
Woman Deputy IT. S. M?r?hal in Tezil
Miss Eva Vaudusen, ot Dallas, ivas swore
into office a few days ago at Dallas, Texas,
as a Deputy United States Marshal. 8h?
is the flrst womun in Texas to till such o
place. ,
Killed His Brother In a Feud.
Alex Fisher was shot and killed by Ilk
orother, Pies Fisher In Clay County, Ky,
They were members of opposite Tactions ol
the Philpot-Griffln feud. Pies Fisher escaped.
Sam Fhllpot. who was in j&tj
charged with recently killing Ned BogeiSf
has escaped. ^ f >3
Seven Indians Are Drowned.
By the upsetting of a canoe seven In*
dians were drowned near Ashcroft, B. C.,
while attempting to crots Thompson Blver,
Two of the party were women. The Indians
had teen drinking, and mismanaged A
the aano*