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KING HUMBERT
ASSASSINATED!
Sliot by ADgelo Bressi, of Prato,
in Tuscany, at Monza,
TTJ? OnmmAii TTy?mn
nib oinuuiei ovine.
DIED ALMOST INSTANTL7
Assassin is Arrested and Officers Save
Him From the Furious Populace
With Great Difficulty.
ftaly'a Sovereign Killed in the Presence
of a Large Holiday Gathering, Who
Were Cheering Him?He Had Jaat
Entered Hli Carriage When Three
Dhoti Were Fired, One of Which
Pierced Hi* Heart?He Kxpired In a
Few Minutes?King Humbert'* Son'
the Prince of NupUi, tlio New King
Monza,Italy (By Cable).?King Humbert
has been assassinated.- He was
Bhot bere by a man named Angelo
Bressi, of Prato, and died in a few
minutes.
Tbe King hart been attending a distribution
of prizes at about 10 p. m.
In connection with a gymnasium comp?petition.
He had just (Entered his carriage
with his aide-de-camp, amid the
cheers of ttie crowd, when he was
struck by three revolver shots, fired
KINO HUMBERT OF ITALY.
{He was assassinated by Anpelo Bressl at
Monza, bis summer home.)
in quick succession. One pierced the
heart of His Majesty, who fell back
and expired in a few minutes.
The assassin was immediately arrested,
and was with some difficulty
saved from the fury of the populace.
He gave his name as Angelo Bressi,
describing himself as of Prato, in Tuscany.
Monza is a royal summer residence,
not far from Milan.
WROTH OF A FEBRUARY PLOT.
Murderer anil Suicide in Pateraon Said
He Had Been Chosen hh the Assassin,
Pn+orsnn X .T. fSlii'C'iiili.?It is to
say the least, a strange coincidence
that the King of Italy should be assassinated
within two weeks after the
murder of the foreman of a dye house
L here by an Italian anarchist who
committed suicide and left a letter telling
how he had been allotted to perform
the same fiendish task.
The man killed was Giuseppe Persina,
the foreman of the Woldman
Company's dye house. The murderer
aud suicide was Carboni Spernandio.
After his death a remarkable letter in
Italian addressed to "my dear frieuds
and fellow countrymen" was found
on his body.
"I gi,ve you to-day notice of the horrible
fate that has coiue to me," said
the letter, "not of my own will, but
compelled to act by the grand and
brave society to which I belong. That
Is to say, the Anarchists. In a few
words I will tell you to the best of
my ability my story. In the first place,
on February 2, at a drawing in Milan
? - ** ...i 1^4. u .,i,i i.~ 1,111
as iu ? iiuae iuu 11 nuuiu "c iu tviii tin:
Kin;: (of Italy) that lot fell to me; l>nt
I, being an American, the society has
left it to my full liberty to choose a
substitute whomsoever I wish.
"So I. seeing this brute animal (Giuseppe
Persiua). who did not respect
anybody, who ill-treats his own countrymen
and his friends, and, more than
anything, he did not respect either
sons or nephews. I was content to kill
this one! After I did this I found myself
in front of witnesses. I have
killed also myself rather than have my
head cut off by these cauuibal Americans."
KING HUMBERT'S CAREER.
He Hail Been Sovereign of Italy Since
January, 1878.
Humbert I., Kin^ of Italy, and scion
of the House of Savoy, the oldest and
perhaps most illustrious of all the ruling
families iu the world, was fifty-six
years old. Born March 1-1, 1844, eldest
son of Kins Victor Emmanuel II.
and of Adelaide, Archduchess of Austria.
A Legacy For Ilerointn.
Louis B. Scott, a law student at
Hamilton. Out., learned that Miss
Nersehoyle, of Los Angeles, Cal., who
recently died, willed him $7000. Two
years ago he saved her from drowuing
? + 4 X* T
ill .VllUllllU /.
Yucatan Indian* Ho lit Mexican Troop*
News has reached New Orleans, La.,
of a desperate battle between the
Mexican troops and the Yucatan Indians.
in which tin? (I over nine nt troops
were badly routed and lost heavily.
Cycling Notes.
The coral .oads of Bermuda ar th?
finest in the world for cycling.
Two hundred and fifty of the Paris
police are mounted on bicycles.
After patching a double-tire tube do
not replace the tube without using
soapstone or chalk, or when next the
tube needs fixing it may not be possible
to remove it.
Saddle soreness is almost always due
to a badly adjusted saddle. The rider
should first see that the saddle is level
laterally, and then should experiment
with the tilting until the correct and
jnflgt comfortable position Ib found.
* i
As a Prince in ,1862 he took part in
reorganizing the ancient kingdom of
the two Sicilies. He shared the popularity
of Garibaldi.
He fought in the war between Prussia
and Austria, commanding an army
division in the disastrous battle of Custozzn.
June 23, I860, where he performed
prodigies of valor.
He married- in 18GS his cousin. Princess
Margherita, daughter of the Duke
of Genoa, who was called the most
beautiful woman in Italy.
He succeeded to the throne of Italy
on the death of his father, January 1).
1878.
An attempt was made to assassinate
him at Naples November 17, 1878. by
Passanante, an Italian Anarchist The
King received a slight stab. The asonooln
woe oanfannnrl frv slnfiili TTlnff
OCIOO A LA ?? UkJ UlbUVVU iw AJfcAUf?
Humbert commuted the sentence to
Imprisonment for life. A second attempt
was made on his ltfo In 1S97.
Personally King Humbert was a very
rich man. His own prlrata income
was $1,000,000 a year. a monarch
Humbert owned more palaces than
any other ruler of modern times."
THE NEW KING.
Small of Stature and No Great Favorite
With the Italian*.
Victor Emmanuel, Prince of Naples,
who now succeeds as living of Italy,
is thirty-one years old, having been
born Novemder 11, 1809. He was married
four years ago to the Princess
Helena of Montenegro, who is twentyseven
years old. They have no children.
The Prince of Naples is very
small of stature, has kept to himself
a good deal and is by no means pop?
ular.
If anything should happen to him
the crown of Italy would go to his
cousin Emmanuel, Duke of Aosta, who
is married to the Duke of Orlean's sister,
and who is a son of the late Amedeo,
Duke of Aosta, who was for a
short time the King of Spain. .....
The King's Summer Palace.
The royal palace at Monza, built in
1777,which has been the summer home
or tne King or itaiy, nas inagnmceui
parks and gardens, and is on the banks
of the Lainbro outside the city, which
is nine miles from Milan by rail. The
site is elevated and the air pure and
healthy. The iron crown of Charlemagne
Is kept in the Cathedral of
Monza. Napoleon was crowned with
the iron crown in that cathedral. The
treasure was taken away by the Austrians
in 1859, but afterward it was
returned to Italy.
TERRIBLE DROUGHT IN AUSTRALIA.
Cattle Dying by Thousands in the Greg*
orj Lake Country.
San Franciso (Special). ? Steamship
advices from Queensland give details
of the terrible drought which has converted
large tracts of the country on
rue uoraer net ween XNortn ana soutn
Gregory into a desert. W. H. Watson,
manager of Curraville Station, arrived
at Brisbane and said that cattle were
dying like flies all around his range.
There is little water at any of the
stations, and to reach it the cattle
must wade through silt, thus getting
bogged. Around most of the water
holes dead bodies of cattle are packed
as closely as they could get, the bodies
forming stepping stones for other cattle.
Stockmen expect to see their
herds wiped out unless rains come
soon.
For two years there has been practically
no rain. The country is now so
bare of vegetation that horses can't
be used, as there is no feed.
MINE HORROR IN MEXICO.
Fire Entombs Many Men, Who Suffer a
Terrible ueath.
Monterey. Mexico (Special). ? The
Government authorities have been notified
of a terrible catastrophe at Matebuala,
a thriving mining camp south of
Monterey, in the State of San Luis Potosi.
Fire broke out in the La Pas
Mine, and many of the miners were j
entombed, and either burned to death
or suffocated. The fire raged fiercely
for several hours. The loss of life will
reach rhirty.
When the fire was discovered Ramon |
Gomez.' the foreman, holdly descended
the shaft and went into the burning
chamber for the purpose of aiding the
unfortunate miners. lie was overcome
by smoke and perished.
SWIFT REVENGE ON FILIPINOS.
Killing or Soldier Causes Death to
Klclity-nine Natives.
Manila (By Cable).?At Oroquieta. in
Northern Mindanao, -two soldiers entered
a native store for the purpose
of buying food. While there one of
them was killed with a bolo and his
head severed from his body. The
other escaped and gave the alarm.
A company of the Fortieth Infantry,
stationed at Cagayan, repaired to Oroquieta
and killed eighty-nine natives,
thirty of them being in a single house.
Subsequently the gunboat Calliio,
commanded by Lieutenant George B.
j Bradshaw, shelled Oroquieta, burning
the warehouses. One of the crew was
| killed.
CERONIMO HAS CONE MAD.
Fourteen Years' Imprisonment Proved
Too Much For Noted .Apache Chief,
Vinita, Indian Territory (Special).?
After a Ion? period of imprisonment,
which he endured more like a ferocious
beast than like a human being, Geronimo,
one of the most blood-thirsty Indians
that ever figured in history, has
yone stark mad. He is a prisoner at
Fort Sill, Oklahoma Territory. It cost
the Government $1,000,000 and hundreds
of lives before he was safely
behind iron bars. Deprived of his liberty
as a punishment for his crimes,
he could not stand the confinement.
For fourteen years he has been a prisoner
of war.
Father Drown* With Hi* Child.
John K. James took his five-year-old
son rowing on the lake at Pelzer, S. C.
The child lost his balance and fell into
the water. James jumped in and
caught the child, but could not swim
I 4^. Wlinn thn lindv nf till* f-ltllpr
was recovered he was clasping the
child in his arms.
IMed of Hydrophobia.
Adam Buchert died at his homo in
j INke County, Ohio, after a week of
I horrible agony of hydrophobia.
The Labor World.
New York cloth examiners demand
$24 a week.
New York pipe calkers get $3 for
eight hours.
After an idleness of four months the
rolling mills at York, Penn.. have resumed.
Newberg, Ore., is to have a beet sugar
factory if the farmers will contract
for the necessary acreage of
beets.
The question of having female factory
inspectors is being discussed in
Switzerland and the measure is advo-l
cated by the owners of factories. v <1
. L - i
aw OF PEin BI
First Authentic News Account of the
Attack on the Legations.
DUPLICITY OF CHINESE OFFICIALS
The Imperial Government Posted Proclamations
Assuring the Foreigners in
Pekln That They Wonld Be Protected,
and the Same Night Blade a GeneralAttack
In Hope of Surprising Them.
London (By Cable).?At last the story
of Pekin lias been told. Dr. George
Ernest Morrison, the famous correspondent
of The Times, hol3s up the
Chinese Government before the world
as guilty, and to a degree of infamy
and duplicity that exceeds the surmist
of its worst detractors.
The Times prints the following from
Dr. Morrison, dated July 21: ,
"There lias been a cessation of hos^
tilities here (Pekin) since July 18, but
for fear of treachery there has been
uo relaxation of vigilance. The Chinese
soldiers continue to strengthen
the barricades around the besieged
area, and also the batteries on top of
the Imperial City wall, but in vhe
meantime they have discontinued firing,
probably because they were short
of ammunition. Supplies are beginning
to come in, and the condition of
the besieged is improving. The
wounded are doing well.
"The Tsung-li-Yamcn forwarded to
Sir Claude MacDonald a copy of a dispatch
telegraphed by the Emperor to
Queen Victoria, attributing all deeds
of violence to bandits, and requesting
Her Majesty's assistance to extricate
the Chinese Government from its difficulties.
The Queen's reply is not
stated, but the Chinese Minister in
Washington telegraphs that the United
States Government would gladly assist
the Chinese authorities
"This dispatch to the Queen was
sent to the Tsung-li-Yahien by the
Grand Council on July 3, yet the day
before an Imperial edict had been issued
calling on the Boxers to continue
to render loyal and patriotic services
in exterminating the Christians. The
edict also commanded Viceroys and
Governors to expel all missionaries
from China and to arrest all Christians
nn/l nnrnnnl thorn tn ronminPP their
faith. Other decrees, applauding the
Boxers, speak approvingly of their
burning out and slaying converts.;
(The Chinese General who attacked the besieged
foreigners in Pekin under ordora
from his Goverment.) .
Their leaders are stated in a decree to
be Princes and Ministers.
"Un July 18 anoiuer decree maue u
complete voite face, due to the victories
of the foreign troops at Tien-Tsin.
In this decree, for the first time and
one month after the occurrence, an allusion
was made to the death of Baron
von Ketteler, the German Minister.
I which was attributed to the action of
locan brigands, although there is no
doubt tnat it was premeditated, and
that the assassination was committed
by an imperial officer, as the survivor,
Herr Cordes. can testify,
' The force besieging the legation
consists of the imperial troops under
General Yung-Lu and General Tu'ngFuu-Slang.
whose gallantry is applauded
in imperial decrees, although it has
consisted in bombarding for one month
defenseless women and children cooped
up in the legation compound, using
shell, shrapnel, round shot and expanding
bullets.
"The Chinese, with characteristic
treachery, posted proclamations assuring
us of protection, and the same
night they made a general attack in
the hope of surprising us.
"The wounded number 138, including
the American surgeon; Lippitt, severely
wounded, and Captain Myers, who
is doing well. Seven Americans have
been killed.
"All tlu> Ministers nnd members of
the legations and their families are in
good health. The general health of the
community is excellent, and we are
contentedly awaiting relief."
MINISTER CONCER'S REPORT.
A Mesnace Received In Wanlilncton Reported
"All Safe and AVoll."
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Colonel
Daggett, of the Fourteenth Infantry,
has informed the War Department
that a mesage has been received from
Minister Conger in Pekin. dated July
21, reporting "all safe and well." Minister
Conger referred to the cessation
of hostilities July 1<> "by arrangement."
He added there was plenty of
provisions, but little ammunition.
Iowa Republican Ticket.
The Iowa Republican State Convention
has named a ticket for minor
State officers.
New Torpedo Iloat Launched.
The new United States torpedo boat
Barney was launched successfully at
" nil.. t->
1 lit? J">ili ?t iio rui inu;uv\i
by Miss Ethel Nicholson Barney, of
Fredericksburg. Va.. a great-granddaughter
of Commodore Joshua Barney,
of Revolutionary fame.
TUe Plot to Kill Italy'# King.
The United States Government has
joined that of Italy in searching for
evidence as to an anarchist plot to
slr.y King Humbert.
Six Killed in a Klot.
As a'result of the encounter at Dona
Cecilia, a suburb of Tampico, Mexico,
between sixty imported Bahama negro
laborers and a force of Tampleo
police, aided by a company of soldiers,
four negroes and two soldiers are dead
and twenty-one negroes are suffering j
from severe wounds. f
1200 Mora Boer# Surrender.
War Office, at Loudon, an
nouucos that General Hunter reports
it hat 12O0 tuace Boars ha^ surrendered
MANY BOERS SURRENDER1
General Prinsloo, With His Force
J
Yields to General Hunter. k
Two Commandant*, 988 Men,1432 Hor?e?(
055 Rifles and a Krupp
Nine-Pounder Taken.
London (By Cable).?A dispatch received
at the War Office from General
Roberts stated that General Prinsloo
surrendered unconditionally with Commandants
Vllllers and Crowther, 980
men, 1432 horses, 955 rifles and a
Krupp nine-pounder. It was previously
reported that General Prinsloo had
surrendered unconditionally with 5000
men, but some of the leaders in more
distant parts of the hills hesitate to
come in, on the plea that they are in
GENERAL BIB ABOHIBAXD HUNT KB.
dependent of General Prlnsloo. General
Roberts said that he has directed
General Hunter to resume hostilities
forthwith and to listen to no,excuses.
General Hunter accepted the surrender
of General Prlnsloo with his force
in the Caledon Valley. He refused any
concessions except to allow the Boers
to keep one riding horse.
About 11 o'clock the troops were
drrrfn -up In two long lines cm the hills
and over the valley, and the Boers rode
In between, throwing dpwn their rifles,
together with a motley collection of
clothing, blankets and gear such as
was found in General Cronje's laager.
The Ficksburg commando was the
first to lay down arms, consisting of
about 550 men. Then came the Ladybi'and
commando with about 450. Fifteen'horses,
two guns and fifty wagons
were given up. General Prlnsloo and
Commandant Crowther were received)
uy uenerai nunier ai ujs teut, waere
they were well treated and accorded
every courtesy. f
A large British army wlil be: released
Id the eastern district of the. Orange
River ColoDy for final operations b?
the Transvaal.
VICTOR PROCLAIMED KING.
Profound Calm Prevails Throughout
Italy?Attitude of the Vatican.
Rome, Italy (By Cable).?A proclamation
from the Queen Regent has
arrived, announcing the ascension of
the new King, and stating that Parliament
will be convoked after the funeral.
The Socialists and Anarchists have
Issued a formal condemnation of the
crime. The police have made several
arrests of suspected persons on the
theory that a conspiracy exists.
KINO VICTOR EMMANUEL in.
The Pope's grief was unmistakable.
Assurances have been conveyed to
the Government that the Vatican will
discourage any attempt to embarrass
the Ministry. This is the outcome of
a rumor that a dangerous coalition exists
between the Extreme Papal Party
and the Republicans for the overthrow
of the monarchy.
Profound calm prevails throughout
the entire country. Orders have been
telegraphed to all provincial officials
to take steps to assure order and prevent
possible revolutionary movements.
Thirteen Sailors Drowned.
The British ship Sutherlandshire,
Captain Nicol, from Rotterdam. Holland,
for Kino-Chow, whence she was
to s:\ll for Portland, Ore., grounded at
Sumatra and became a total wreck |
Thirteen of her crew wore drowned
Quarantine Againttt Cape Nome. '
President McKinley has promulgated
an order enforcing a national quarantine
against Cape Nome and Dutch
Harbor. Alaska, because of the epidemic
at those points.
Prominent Poople.
Lieutenant Richmond P. Hob^on is C.
Tokio, Japan, to be treated I'or Oriental
opthalmia.
Queen Victoria has approved the
Earl of Hopetown as Governor-General
of the new Australian Commonwealth.
United States Senator Jamas W.
Bradbury retires after forty years'
service from the Board of Trustees of
Bowdoin College.
Senator Hoar, of Massachusetts,
takes most of his exercise before
breakfast, when he walks a mile or
more every clear day.
r f .
JESTER IWCQOITTED.1
Found Not Guilty of Killing Gilbert
Gates, in 1871.
HE WAS ACCUSED BY HIS SISTER
Alexander Jester Tried For a Murder
nmmnlfctiMl Tnntf.tilna Tmh ?va_
Ills Arrest Caused by J. W. Oates, the
Millionaire, Brother of the Murdered
Man?The End of a Strange Case.
New London, Mo. (Special).?Alexander
Jester Is free. Twelve citizens of
Balls County, Mo., after hearing the
evidence in the case and four and a
half (jays of argument, officially declared
him not guilty of the murder
of Gilbert W. Gates. They returned
this verdict: "We, the jury, find the
defendant not guilty." The jury took
three ballots. The first was nine to
three for acquittal, the second ten to
two, the next was unanimous for acquittal.
This is the end of the most
remarkable case in many particulars
ever tried in the history of theTJnfted
States.
As soon as the words "not guIItjnL
fell on the ears of the audience, avyg?
rent the air. A Tush was made'for
the old man, who was sitting calmly
in his rocking chair. He.finally sue
ceeded in rising to his reef, and then
began the handshaking and congratulations.
His two sons, Harvey .Jester
JfcSTtFV STREET
(He bos been acquitted of the murder,
twenty-nine years ago, of Gilbert
Gates. Hia Bister, who charged him
with the crime.)
and William Hill, greeted their father
heartily. As Jester shook hands with
t?ie people he jvould say, "God bless
you!" He took, occasion a few mln
utes after his acquittal to deny that
he had killed Gilbert Gates. His sons
declare that-their father will return
to Norman, Okla., and spend the rest
of his days in peace.
This remarkable case began In the
winter of 1871, when Alexander .Tester
and Gilbert W. Gates met near
Fort Scott, Kansas. They traveled together
to a point near Middle Grove.
Here they separated. Jester went to
Indiana, then back to Kansas. Arriving
on his farm near Wichita, he was
arrested for the first time for this
illeged crime. He was taken to Wichita
and was arraigned before Justice
of the Peace Dodge. A requisition was
procured and Jester was taken to
Paris, Mo., where the grand jtfVy inH4m
Wo Ahfni'nnd n nhnncro nf
venue to Audrain County and was
placed in the Mexico (Mo.) jail. In
company with other prisoners Jester
escaped and returned to 'his home In
Kansas. After remaining with his
family a short time he hade them
farewell and departed on horseback
for Texas. He never saw his first
wife again. -v
After more than twenty years had
passed without any word a letter came
to Harvey Jester, then of Kansas, from
liis old father who was then in Oklahoma,
living under the name of W. A?
Hill. The son went to his father.
All was quiet for a few years, when
his sister, Mrs. Cornelia Street, wrote
:he letter revealing his identity and
the charges against him foe murder.
Sheriff Nelson, of Mexico, Audrain
County, hurried to Oklahoma to get
Tester, who had in the mean time been
placed under arrest. The prisoner detiled'
that he was Alexander Jester.
John W. Gates also hurried to Oklahoma.
identified the old prisoner and
furnished a special train to get the
prisoner out of the Territory.
Jester was brought to the Mexico
Jail again. Still for a time he insisted
that lie was not the same mau who
passed through the eouuty in 3871
with Gilbert W. Gates and a buffalo
?alf. He got counsel, and later admitted
that he was the same man who
traveled with Gates, but insisted that
he bought Gates out and was a
victim of circumstances. His case
fame up at thfc next term of the AuJrain
County Court. The old '71 inlictment
was well preserved, and .Tes:er
was re-arrested and taken to Paris,
Mo. In October, last year, he was
jiven another preliminary.hearing. He
,vas again held without bail. Another
?liange of venue was taken, and the
:*ase was brought to this county.
The trial began July JLO, lasting
twenty-one days. Witnesses were
brought here in large numbers irom
Kansas, Texas, Illinois. Indiana, Ar
Kansas and different parts of Missouri. |
[t has been expensive for the State of
Missouri as well as for John W. Gates.
Congressman Daly Dead.
William I"). Daly, Congressman from
the Eighth New Jersey District, died
suddenly at Pcttit's Hotel. Far Rockaway.
L. I. The physicians say death
was due to uraemic poisoning, lie
had been in poor health for years, although
apparently well. On November
11, 18D2. while District Judge of
Hobokeu, lie had a stroke of appoplexy
on the bench. Congressman
Daly leaves a widow and one son.
Double Tragedy In Texas.
Duncan (J. McLennan, Jr., and My 011
C. Kingsbury, brothers-in-law,
?vere found dead in Kingsbury's bedroom,
at Waco. Texas. Their throats
vere cut from ear to ear. Neither
)ody was bruised except about the
:hroat. >
Nicaragua Cancels Canal Concession.
The Nicaraguan Government seized
the property of the Maritime Canal
Company on the ground that the concession
had expired.
J<iew*y Ulo.ininea.
The now London tunnel cost ?^0 ah
inch.
Brooklyn Is' threatened with a water 1
famine.
There i3 talk of abolishing organgrinding
in New York City.
Coal operators have put up the price '
of coal in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Juneau, Alaska, has three public
libraries and two reading rooms.
Steam launches are being shipped I
from the United States to Mexico. ]
A railway is to be built between
Cape Nome and Port Clarence. Alaska.
*
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
Wuhinarton Item*.
The total foreign commerce of tlx
United States for the year ending June
30, 1900, exceeded the $2,000,000,00(
mark for the first time in history.
The Commissioner of Internal Revenue
has decided that Imported bay
rum in bulk is to be stamped at the
rate of eight and three-quarter cents
a gallon.
Mr.-Takahira Kogoro, the new Japanese
Minister to the United States,
arrived In Washington...
The equestrian statue of General
John A. Logan, by Franklin Simmons,
the AmericanjMjulptor at Rome, will be
In Washington bj December 1.
It is the plan of the War Department
to purchase several additional batteries
nf mmmtnin arans for service in China.
Captain Wiljfle reported to the Navy
Department ttiat the battleship Oregon
had been docked, and that she is
structurally Intact. , '/
Captain Shoemaker, chief of the
revenue cutter service, has received
Information that a disease resembling
grippe, said to be very fatal, prevailed
on the Seal Islands, In Bering Sea.
General Sternberg says that }00 additional
medical officers are wanted
by the Surgeon-General for duty In
the Philippines and China,
Oit^idopted Islands.
The total customs collections for the
port of Havana. C\ib4,. for the twentyfive
working days at the month of
June were 187.
The Phillpptoe.^mmlsaion is pi-finning
to educateyotu*g; natives in the
United Stated
Estes G. Rathbone^recenjtly DirectorGeneral
of Posts in Cuba, wag hrrested
at Havana o"n four charge?. Mr. Rath-.
Porto Rico is divided fofcgducational
with an America^j|^^j^t charge
Several explosions of dynamite <*?
curred on street ear lines m St Lbu3S^
The battleship Wyoming will W
launched at the Union Iron Works, In
San Francisco, on September 8. "
Nearly 400 persons were captured s
In a wholesale raid on aMeged bucket '
shops in Chicago. '
Evidence accumulates that the1 as-,
sassinatlon of King Humbeflfcof Ityly,
w.-is nlotted near New YorkTJltv. Po- -
lice believe that the muijg&r had ric- '
complices, and women appeiir to fiiave
taken a prominent partWv^l
Fire destroyed two bu^todM|. ^blocks
in Grass Valley, Cal., canning *a loss
The steamer HostiUt^JflSned from
New Orleans, i^a., with VBmmfeles for
the British army in Sontl^fc^fea.
Enticed from his hiding Dpfee^fcy a
woman, John Co::, a desperadof
shot and killed by Wade Batcllff, dn
top of Cumberland Mountain, Va. ' :
A boy was killed and a large amount of
damage was done by a tornadp in
North Dakota.
The submarine torpedo boat made
her first dive under a naval crew at
Newport, R. I., ran half a mile under
water,* and made a satisfactory performance.
At n meeting of leaders at Winona
Lake, Ind., it was decided to unite the IWlnona
and Chautauqua reading,
cles, and to divide the UmjjyJ<States
between the two associattBns.
Otto Methal was klffcd and "fourteen
passengers wet'e injured In'tiie,
wreck of the Southern T11!njy j^T.
press at Benton, 111. iW^ssSa j>
During a builder's trial off the Nfew1;.
England coast the new Itusaian prutee^* !
Variaz developed a speed of i 24.65
knots.
Wallace Bishop, who killed Officer
McQueery and an unknown man at
Lageoon, Ivy., was sentenced to ueath
at Covington, Ky.
nhnrless H. Hovt. the nlavwricht.
was committed to an asylum in Hartford,
Conn.'
Strict quarantine is maintained
against Nome City, Alaska, because
of smallpox.
Herbert B. Stimpson. a well-known
lawyer of Wichita, Kan., and a criminologist
of international fame, committed
suicide by shooting himself in
the head. Business troubles led ':o
the deed.
lroreicrn.
The Italian Ministry issued a manifesto
to the nation in the new king's
name, urging a loyal rally about Humbert's
successor.
Smelting works established at Sydney,
Capo Breton, are expected to revolutionize
existing conditions in the
iron and steel business and to cut the
price of the-product.
An immediate advance upon IYkin
participated in by British, Germans
and Americans is reported to have
begun.
The tirst cargo of American coal imported
into Russia has arrived at Reval,
for the use of the Warsaw Hailroad.
Edward Jarvis Cave, a building contractor
in London, failed, with liabilities
of $2,500,000 and assets amounting
to $235,000. .
West Australia voted overwhelmingly
for federation.
President Romana opened the Peruvian
Congress. He accepted President
McKinley's recommendation for an international
conference.
General Christian De Wet. the Boer
commander, made to General Roberts
an offer to surrender on certain terms;
it was refused. P. De Wet, a younger
brother of Christian, has surrendered.
Lady Raudolph Churchill was mar
nieil to Lieutenant George CornwallisWest
in Loudon.
Boor General Dehirey is besieging
General Baden-1'owell at Uustenburg,
in the Western Transvaal.
Thunderstorms and heat did great
damage in rlie eastern provinces of
Germany. Lightning killed fifteen persons
and fired and consumed twentythree
large estates.
The Italian priests murdered in HuNaL>.
China, were, it is said, wrapped
in coiton soaked in kerosene and slowly
roasf,)(i to death.
The British captured and razeu the
town of Kok?fu, in Ashantee.
General amnesty was proclaimed it
Servia on account of the King's ap
proaching wedding.
The bubonic plague bas appeared ai
Asuncion, Paraguay. ^
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FODR GIBLS LOST IB SOBF :
, \
Floated Beyond Their Depth and
Were Caught by the Undertow,
HEROIC WORSO OF LIFE GUARD,
A Tragedy at Ocean City, N. J. ? SI*
Young Wouaen Were Floating Wlien
Ifhey Were Carried IntoDeep WaterTwo
Kesoaed?The Life Guard'* Brave ,
TCflYkv#- fn ffiA Olh^r Knnr.
Ocean City, N. J. (Special).?In <ull
sight of their friends and of many
hundreds of visitors here four young
women were drowned and two others
would have died with them only for 0
the single-handed efforts of a life /
guard named Foster. He almost lost
1 his own life In bis heroic attempt to
save all six. The drowned girls are
Miss Elsie Lowe, twenty-five years old,
and her sister, Virginia, twenty-two
years old, of Germantown, Penn,; Miss
Bertie Lonsdale, nineteen years old,
ind her sister, Jennie, seventeen years
old, of Chestnut Hill, Penn. The
Misses Lowe were daughters of Dr. ,|
Clement Lowe, a well-known Phila- t.
delphia physiciau.
The Misses Lonsdale and Lowe, with
two other young women, went in bathing
at the foot of Fourteenth street
and Beach avenue. The water was
not rough, and all six turne<| on their
backs and floated. They were slowly
carried seaward, and did not notice
WfAMA 1% SN J 1 4-UA
tliat Uitj HC1C UUJUUU IUC
life lines. One of the girls tried to
rest, and coulc^ obtain no foothold. She
'could not swim, and, realizing her
.dagger, screamed. This frightened
heir companions, who turned and tried
tc^swim back. Tltey were not able
?6 make headway against the undertow^
Which had caught them as they,
turned, and instead of going toward
Bore they continued seaward,
^llhelr screams aroused those in the
'jfr.fj&T and on the beach, and several
%&n at once went out to aid the struggling
women. Life Guard Foster had'
started out to warn the girls before
pmey'frad discovered their danger, and:
jfwas beside^them In a few minutes. He
??&w they *Were Ofstefical and too
gfrtghtened to helpthemselves. Graspjftrt#)
of the girls nearest him, FosjMfeifWim
back with them until he met
^liferB/gorng to the rescue.
:^H^'n|toded the young women over^
SHthe jWier life Avers and returned'
for the Q>ur who Hill were struggling
for' life.^ Behind him were strong
swlrMMp, bent upon the same piissionjpSe
struggling--and frightened
guia.uuu ucluuic ttru,
' and. all four were under the surface
batore the rescuers coulfl Teach them.
Foster dived and brought up one. unconscious
girl/ Handing her to one of
th* Yohmteer8, he continued hisibrave
woirk uritil the four ,had been resetted1
and placed in the arms of sturdy,
Then came a ftveminute flgh^ Tries'
the surf and undertow to get the^^lple?w
and dying1 women to the shore,
whew^phwicianJb were (in waiting.
Within flrfeea minutes from the!flrst
^Birm tHe rescuers had all the yj>ung
women^on tfie beach. \ /*
ThagLowe sisters appar'^ptljf were
dead^but there were lndlc?a^ns of
life ijTboth the Lonsdale girls.fl|H"t3
to revive all four were mad^^^Bvthing
possible was done, but^^^Bt *
success. The two pim first^H^ftt
ashore were revived, and
recovered.'
Every one who witnessed
ity is load in praiseAyy&UiuiW^oster,
s"Cvercome by his
efforts to reseuo the youns womerl# .
, He risked his life repeatedly in getting
thenv above. water, and narrowly escaped
drowning. All six tried to
grasp him when he first went out.
DIED OF HIS TORTURES.
Farmer Who Wm 3r?ltreated by Hob
berg Dead an the ICeault of Injuries.
j[. Wilkesbarre, Ponn. (Special).?Edward
Moore, of Fairmount township,
the aged farmer who was tortured by
robbers several weeks ago, is dead.'
He never recovered from the fright .
and the injuries of the assault. The
robbers secured about $30. Mabel
Tubbs, ten years old, a neighbor's girl,
who lived with them, heard the racket *,
dowustairs, crawled out of a^vindow, f 3
made her way down a tree to the
ground and ran in her nightgown
three-quarters of a mile to the nearest
house and arousec^several men. They
met the robbers in the road and a fusilade
followed, one of the robbers being
wounded.
BURCLAR TRAP KILLS A BOY.
irranjjement in ? T?vr?Iry Store SUoota
tlie Sou ol' the Proprietor.
Middleport, Ohio (Special).?A few
days ago B. H. Sandborn, of Story &
Sandborn, jewelers, sent his twelve- ,'j
year-old son to the store to open it.
Thf* firm hnR a douh'p-aetion thirty- !
two-calibre revolver fixed near the
safe and attached to an alarm clock
with strings in such a manner that
any one approaching the safe and com- :
ing in contact with the string would ^
start tin; alarm on the clock, and at
the same time fire the revolver. The '
boy. while engaged 1n sweeping, ' I
touched one of the strings, set oft' the f
alarm in the clock and was shot in
the left lung, the bull lodging against
the spinal column. He cannot live.
Early End of Boer Wnr Anticipated.
The British Government anticipates
an early end to l lie war. although it
continues sending out reinforcements
to South Africa.
Alleged Eml>czzl?r nnd Suicide.
Colonel John S. Lnniej", late Registrar
of the Land Olilce, at New Orleans.
La., who died suddenly July Id,
it is now said did not. die of appoplexy,
as annomeed at the time, but from
poisoning. It is alleged lie left a i
shortage of more than S10,000.
French Kill :i Soudttii ( hief.
French expeditions in the Soudan
united and defeated the? forces of Sultan
Rabah, the Sultan himself being
killed.
Betrothed Couple Ambushed.
Hamilton Ilunyons. of .Marion. Ohio,
and Miss America Arthur, of Barbour- ?
ville, West Va., were fired on from am- fl
bush while driving near Long Branch, I
West Ya. Ilunyons and Miss Arthur m
were fatally injured. They were to
have been married in September. Sev- ^
oral uerecuves are >u ?uu\ uu nit* case. ?
There an1 many theories, but no satis- fl
factory explanation of the shooting. 9
Hundred! Killed by Volcanic Eruptioc.
Some 250 persons were killed by tho EC
eruption of Mount Azuma, in Japan