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BEDOCTION OF WAR TAI
Ways and Means Committee Decides
on a Decrease of $30,000,000.
FOR AN ARMY OF 100,000 MEN
The Committee Hears a Good Financial
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^^^^ ^^hgteport From Secretary Gage?Plans
^^SHj^RS^^k^Brinr^d^lkuje Volunteer* From |
MHGBBHHM'lll Be Suapemleri
Congress.
HH|MH^HflHM[^B9E|^Hspecinlj.?The
BB?H9HHM9MEHKBput ?30.000.expressed
only about
HHUnHnHNHR^HH. Later the
MHHHmy intention
HMMWMKn Of $20,000.5[^^^HnfBflSc9Q|raB^Knent
the
??NHB9^^H^^^^flHl>mmittee shows
H^^HB^RH|HnBH^pncy to indorse the
5^HHfl^^nHH|^Bj^VAldrich and inerni?ft|Baj^HHffi9M^PFinance
Committee.
VB|^nfljj^^^M?H^Hfeping reduction.
M^RBnfifl^HE^pfflvinley's determination
HHHHHflSRiHFess for an army of 100,^^^B^uHjKS^Hcroased
naval expenditures
|BH|^fiH^P^)ects of the passage of the
MBnHp^uan Canal, Ship Subsidy and
mBHRfir Cable bills were taken into con^B^^Psideratiou
iiy the Republican members
of the House Committee on Ways and
8H Means when they met to consider the
problem of reducing the war revenue
taxes.
flo rrr. TT* ? ? Vforp thf -
OCti K. iu* jr ..
cnittee. and presented the financial
^condition of the Government in rather
Un^ftbetter light than had been expected.
gflKSHHe predicted that the surplus of reH^S^Fceipts
over expenditures for the pres 9
H ent fiscal year would amount to about
ml $80,000,000, thfs In spite of the fact
that it is only a little more than
H $8,000,000 up to date. The heaviest
jftBSH receipts and' the lightest expenditures
KH^^^tsuaily fall within the latter ha^f of
BMBjjMhe fiscal year.
M ^^11 pre^aUoiw^rWIp^inc^ home
volunteer" troops now In thle Phll^^^^HPfines
have been suspended pending
the action of Congress v?-ith reference
to the Army Reorganization * bill. It
is now almost certain that the work of
33f transporting the volunteers DacK 10
w the United States will not begin until
W about Jr-*1 rea*l.
J jjeeern*8 ordei. f,.om tjje Philippines,
Includ*10? dep"l&l MacArthur's declaration
J??T?fie>" could not spare any of
the ni .iry force now in the archil'
> pelago, has convinced tl^War De
partment authorities that flBre can be
. no material reduction of thctroops iu
the Philippines for some time, and
that every volunteer regiment will
l "have to be replaced If returned to the
\ United States. To do this will require
1 the passage by Congress of a bill aui
thorizing an army of about 100,000;
[ men, and the present intention of the
j Secretary of War is to have presented
1 to Congress as soon as possible a bin
& for the reorganization of the army. It
K ts expected that by January 1 It will
Ej| be apparent what Congress will do
I. along the line, and the War Department
officials can then plan for a genSfc
^ cral reorganization of the military
HMtfBBfeugtin the Philippines. Reports from
officers in this country.
show that there will be do
BHSgB^B^Hvhaterer to secure men to
B^0B9Bfi|mEregular army to 100,000 men.
kBBNhBHHMT OILMAN RESICNS^fl
^ MH9n0|ftkpklns University IBMB
n^fflDHnKr Scholastic VearKj
(Special).?PresidSP
of Johns Hopkins
DBH|^nRB^HStified the Board of
B9n|^BMH9K^B&^H"eution to
IHHyniie present scholastic
HHE^HHH^Herrice of a quarter
PROFESSOR DANIEL COIT OILMAN;
Dr. Oilman In a letter to the trustees
referred to his approaching seventieth
birthday, and said he felt It "was
time for a younger man to take hold.
An unwritten law recognizes seventy
years as the age limit for university
presidenr."?. . ii
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Rochester Girl sflfin in the Street.
The body of Miss Theresa Keating,
a respectable young woman, who lived
with her two sisters at Rochester, N.
n^Y., was found in a vacant lot near the
T^ew York Central* Railroad tracks.
! Tuft girl had been robbed of $30, as
saulted nnd then choked to deatti. Tlie
policeman find no clue to the murderers.
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"Conscience" Payment to Uncle Sam.
Treasurer Roberts, at Washington,
has recefved a "conscience deposit" of
200 from Boston, Mass. The letter
accompanying .the money stated that
it was due on icgount of Internal revenue.
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'i.'-JT$+1'. i
N?w Trial For Dr. Kennedy, i
Rppnnsp of errors at his trial the
gu Court of Appeals at Albany, N. Y., has
W ' granted a new trial to Dr. Kennedy,
| the dentist who was convicted of the
ft > murder of "Dolly" Reynolds at the
K Grand Hotel, New York City.
B Price of Coal Goes Up. /
J Jjlost of the retail cq^I dealers In
New Yortc City met au<I"^agreed to
raise the price of household sizes of
gr? hard coal fifty cents a ton. The price
38 Is to go into effect immediately. The
1 Increase applies only to white ash.
jm stove, egg and nut coal, which will bi
S $6 a ton.
BK A Whaling Bark'* 823,000 Cargo.
The whRling bark Alice Kuowles ar
rived at San Francisco. Cal., from
Ohkotsk Sea with 1500 barrels of oil
HI worth $18,000 and 1000 pounds of bone
M valued at $5000.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED
washington items.
In an interview Count Cassini, the
Russian Ambassador, emphasized his
country's unselfish aini3 in China.
The House Committee on Ways and
Means has decided not to remove the
tax on tea.
Postmaster-General Smith has concluded
a parcel post convention with
Venezuela.
Lieutenant-General Miles advocated
in his annual report a reorganization
of the military service and a standing
army of one for each 1000 inhabitants.
Secretary Long formally announced
that the price for armor plate agreed
upon between the Government and the
Carnegie and Betlilehem companies
was $435.53, including $33.53 royalty.
Rear-Admiral Bradford recommended
that the Marconi wireless telegraphy
system be used on naval vessels.
our Adopted islands.
The natives control both branches
of the Hawaiian Legislature, but have
not a two-thirds majority.
The Philippine Commission at Manila
discussed a bill for a provincial
government In Benguet.
Commander Lucien Young, Captain
of the Port of Havana, called for proposals
for removing the wreck of the
Maine from the bottom of Havana
harbor.
Elections in Hawaii resulted in the
success of the royalist party, which defeated
Democrats and Republicans,
both for delegate to Congress and control
of the Legislature.
The censorship on cable dispatches
at Manila has been removed
Brigadier-General James P. Smfth
Das been appointed Collector of Customs
at Manila. t
Secretary Root, Governpr-General
yVood and a party of American officials
left Havana for a trip along tno souiu
coast of Cuba.
DOMESTIC.
John Beert, of Chicago, -died from <
fear of hydrophobia after fighting a
Strang* dog with his> own teeth, and
hands.
Major-General Fitzhugh Lee arrived
at: New York City from Havana to
'"takq command of the Department of
theJHissouri. >
The anti-noise ordinance was defeated
in the City Council of Chicago.
Rear-Admiral Roger N. Stembel
(retired), ninety years old, died from
pneumonia, after one week's illness,
at New York City.
The faculty of the University of Chisago
has forbidden class rushes.
Cornelius L. Alvord, Jr., the defaulting
note teller of the First National
Bank, of New York City, was neia ior
the United States Grand Jury.
Bernard Stein,, bookseller, was conricted
"at Chicago of receiving indecent
literature from another State by
axprese.
' Paul Fuaz, of St. Louis, Mo., a student
at Columbia University, at New
York City, was asphyxiated in his
room.
A movement to close liquor saloons
was begun in many -cities and towns
Tbe of B. W.
Bennett, to death
at; had
In
Six personswfr^S|^^ in a collision
oetween a Pennsylvania freight and a
Lake Shore express at Polk, Penn.
Thirty-two survivors of the Irish
AmhnlonM Hftrns .irrfvud /it New York
j 31 ty from South Africa and praised
I :he conduct of the Boers in, their strug- !
l?Ie for independence.
John C. Hoffeimeior,' foreman, and
wo Chinese were killed by an explojlon
at the Grant Powder Company's
jForks* Sobrante, Cal.
Frank K. Alderman, a wealthy real
estate man, blew out his brains at
'Fort Wayne, Ind.
William'A. Miller, of Roseiiind Plantation,
was shot without warning and
instantly killed at Fairview, Miss., by
Joseph Miller.
FOREIGN.
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European powers are preparing to
| dismember the Chinese empire by
j jvenoaaillg 11 WJlil utruis in yajiiig m]
demnitles. _ '
*A Berlin Foreign Office official stated
,that punitive expeditions against the
.Chinese would soon cease.
? The woman who attempted to kill
Emperor William at Breslau, Germany.
was sent to an insane asylum.
> The cashier of the principal office of
the salt monopoly at Lfthi, Peru, is J
"believed to have gone to Mexico or the '
United States. The amount of his defalcation
is ?35,000.
President Ivruger's mission to Europe,
it is learned, is to seek honorable
terms of peace with England, and
it Is said that he will fight to the last
against annexation of the South African
republics.
The British Admiralty Court found
the Cunard liner Campania responsible
for the collision with the bark Embleton
near Queenstown, in July last,
in which eleven lives were lost.
The first installment in settlement
of the American claims for indemnity
at Canton, China, was ordered
paid.
Thirteen persons, including the Peruvian
Minister to France, were killed
and twenty injured in a railroad accident
near Bayonne, France.
As the first class battleships Kaiser
Friedrich III. and Kaiser Wllheim II.
were entering Kiel Harbor they came
in collision, both vessels being slightly
damaged.
The British warship Pheasant was
ordered to Panama to protect British
Interests.
As a result of the anti-Semitic feeling
in the French army, Captain Coblentz,
a Hebrew, fought a sword duel
in Paris with Roger Luzarche, tlie
J captain being wounded three times.
The Indian Government will spend
$12,500,000 buying new guns for the
Indian army.
General Roberts, commander-in-chief
of the British army in South Africa,
issued an order compelling the soldiers
to take regular musketry practice.
Germany bought 555,000 gallons of
American whisky during the year
""FBdod June 30 last.
The first cargo of Western grain to
be shipped abro%i by way of Quebec,
Que., was sept Vy the steamship AI-1
banian.
Snow is four to 8!x feet deep at Vancouver,
B. C.. an unprecedented condition
at so early a date. % The
German Reichstag has re-elected
Count Von.Ballestrem Its President.
Great Britain lias made a courteous
i protest to Russia against several inI
cidents In China where Russian;
: brusquely opposed the hoisting of ilie
British flag. |
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Most Destructive Storm in Its History
Sweeps the State,
GREAT DAMAGE TO PROPERTY
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Scores of Lives Are Lost and Many Are Injured?Hundreds
Are Made HomelessTornado
Entered Tennessee From
Northern Mississippi Leaving a Trail o|
Death and Destruction in Its Wake.
Nashville. Tenn. (Special).?Tennessee
was swept by the most destructive
storm ever known in the State. More
thin fifty persons were killed and a
hundred more Injured, while the damage
to houses, timber and other property
will reach large figures.
The storm entered the State from
Northern Mississippi and swept across
,in a northeasterly direction. Great
damage Js reported from the counties
bordering on Mississippi^ and, further .
on, Columbia, in Maury County, is the
heaviest sufferer. Lavergne, Nolensvllle
and Gallatin also felt the wind's
tho storm 'finally losing its force
against the Cumberland Mountain
range. ' .
At Lavergne, sixteen miles south of
here, the velocity of the wind was
marvellous, and1 from best , reports
lasted only about twenty second^. Ih
this short time about thirty-five dwellings
were turned into' kindling wopd.
JTwo lives were lost.
Many lives were lost at gnd' near
Lagrange, Tenn., forty-nine jnlles east
of Memphis. Property damage there
amounts to nearly $40,000. The
streets are littered with the debris of
destroyed buildings, merchandise, telegraph
ana telephone wires and poles.
, The loss of lifijwas greatest in the
' vicinity of Columbia, where the number
probably wllf^exceed thirty-five.
Most of the dead fcre negroes, about
about twelve or fourteen only being
white. Immense damage was done to
farms, and hundreds of head of live
stock w?re killed.'"' Considerable damage
resulted qt' Martlnvs Mill and at
Indian Creek. ; ' *
In Williamson j&junty great damage
Hnno .hnt-thd town of Pranklin
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escaped -with comparatively small loss.
Houses and timber in Suadter County
also suffered considerably. ?
i The number of houses destroyed in
the Noleusville neighborhood is six-,
teen. There were two fatalities there.
Lumber firms whose mills are located
on Wolf River, the northern
boundary of the city, suffered damage
estimated at more than $300,000 by
the overflowing of Wolf River during
the night:
Hundreds of cabins on plantations
ear Lula, Miss., were demolished and
four negroes were killed. Near Tunica
five negroes were killed in the
collapse of their cabin.' A white man
and a negro were killed sis miles south
of Hernando, Miss. Many plantation
houses; a cotton gin(and a church were
destroyed'. -; -i
At Love's Station.. Miss., a dozen
residences and churches were wrecked.
but no one was "killed; only one person
was fatally injured.
Twenty houses at Dallas. Ala., near
Huntsville. were demolished, but no
lives were lost. At Boxley's a storehouse
was destroyed and three negroes'were
killed.
Gale In Sew York State.
Buffalo, X. Y. .(Special).?The wind
blew at the rate of sixty-five miles an
hour. At the Pan-American grounds
the. building for the cycjorama of Mis-,
sionary Ridge, was blovirn down and
another Midway bujlding was seriously
injured. - ' . j?
North Tonawanda? N. Y. (Special).?
A hurricane wind rushed through this
section at eighty miles an hour. Over
$200,000 damage has been done.
Lyons, N. Y. (Special)-?A terrific
wind storm swept over the Surrounding
cnnntrv Opfhnrrts w?ro linl nrnpri
and building*-Proofed and, blown
iown.. t'gi
Schooner Tjfrecked In Lake Erie.
Lorain, Oliio (Special).?The schooner
St. Lawreiiee, bound froni Kelly's
Island to Cleveland, with a cargo of
limestone; went ashore neaV like during
a heavy gale. All on'boardvwere
rescued. *
One Man Killed In Pater?on.>.
Paterson, N. J. (Special).?One man
was killed and five were seriously injured
by being'buried under the wreck
of live half built * ice-houses which
were blown down by the high wind.
Tames Speer was killed outright ?.
IN FAVOR OF ICE COMBINE.
Appellate Dlvlson of the Supreme Court
Says Testimony is Not Compulsory.
Albany, N. Y. (Special).?Tbe Appellate
Division of the Suureme Court
decided to grant the writs asked for
by President * C. W. Morse, of tbe
American Ice Company, and the Attorney-General
is restrained from com*
pelling the directors and officers to appear
before the referee appointed to
take testimony as to an alleged combine.
It is not thought any appeal will be
made unless certification therefore is
made by the Appellate Division. The
appointment of Referee Nusbaum is
vacated by this decision.
Attorney-General Davles will take
an ' appeal. Under the decision the
combine cannot be proceeded against
or its officers prosecuted.
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Census of Two States.
The Census Bureau at Washington
announced the population of Rhode
Island as 428,556, as against 345,506 In
1890. This is an increase of 83,500, or
twenty-four per cent. The population
Of Illinois is <1 R91 oj oiroinof
3,826.351 in 1890, un increase of 903,199,
or twenty-six per cent.
Broker Falls For 81,000,000.
Francis D. Carley, a broker, of New
York City, lias filed a petition in bankruptcy
with liabilities $1,000,000 and
no assets.
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. Want* Rural Free Delivery Extended.
An enthusiastic plea for a wide expansion
of rural free delivery is made
in the annual report of W. M. Johnson,
First Assistant Postmaster-General, at
Washington. He says that the extraordinary
development of this system
during the past twelve months is conclusive
as showing that hereafter it
must be a permanent and expanding
feature of the postal administration.
Fossil Remains Found in Missouri.
Fossil remains or men and animals
of enormous size have been found at
Montesano, Mo.
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MURDERED A BRIDAL PAIR 'I
A Plea For the Commutation of an
Indian's Death Sentence.
When Converted by Salvationists He Voluntarily
Confessed ? Then Submitted
to the Hands of the Law.
Washington. D. C. (Special).?The Attorney-General
has recommended to
the President that the sentence of
death passed upon James Hansen be
commuted to Imprisonment for life.
Hansen is an Alaskan Indian who, a
year ago. with ten J dian companions,
murdered. Burt Horton and Florence
Horton, a young bride and bridegroom,
who were on a vacation trip near
Skagway, Alaska. In the begiuning of
his plea for a commutation of sentence
Attorney-General Griggs says:
"The circumstances of this case are
most extraordinary, and deserve a j
spi*lftl chapter in the annals of remarkable
crimes. It is a case where
the prisoner, having-concelved and executed
a brutal and savage murder on
peaceable and Inoffensive, people, without
detection or probability of detec
tion or accusation, montns arter tue orfence
voluntarily, by bis own confession
and admission of the facts, submitted
himself to the Judge of the
court and to sentence of death."
Jim Hansen was afterward converted
In the Salvation Army at Skagway.
He had borne a reputation as one of?
the wickedest Indians In all Alaska,
but hip whole nature seemed completely
changed after his repentance. Jim
went to the leader of the Salvationists,
faptain McGiU, and madea complete
confession of the murder he had committed.
The Salvatioi Army leader
advised the Indian to go to/the United
States authorities and give' himself
up. Without a moment's . hesitation
the.Indlan did B6.;
He told the officers inminute detail
of/how he tad formed a band\<)f ten
Indians, to murder the .two campers,
Burt ang. Jbiwence norcon. ne gavethe
naqie8/,of all implicated In the
crime, and with him they were? arj
rested. A. trip was made by officers to
thescenevbrthe nrurder, and there, under
dlrecira^ of. the repentant; Indian,
they fouria?{he bodies of the victims
burled ben&jHinlne feet of snow.
At the trial the- other lndiana made a
desperate legal fight for liberty, and It
Is said, perjured themselves time after
time. Hansen, however, stood fast by
his confession. He admitted having
led in themdrder, and toid of Bow, the
others- had acted junder Jlis, direction.
He was found guilty, and when asked
why sentence should'not be passed, he
bravely told the, trlil i judge: . -"My,
brother, I have "done my duty; now
you do yours." Accordingly, he was
Sentenced to be hanged. His confederates
received sentences varying
from twenty-five to fifty year?. A",
In closing his recommendation :for
a commutation, the Attorney-General
says: "Hansen was jm unenlightened,
uncnrisuanizea savage, as ?uuu ?
his conscience had been 'enlightened
by the teachings of a religious society,
with a rare devotion to the,
standard of duty raised up In hid
heart, he made immediate disclosure
and confession of his crime and submitted
himself to the hands of the
law. Thin case is one of exceptional
circumstance. I think hip sentence can
wisely be commuted to imprisonment
for life^and I recommend that that
action be taken."
THE PATERSON MURDER CASE.
Trial of tho Four Accused Men to: Begin
on jBDairr 14.
Paterson, N. J. (Special).?Walter
MsAlllster, Andrew Campbell, William
Death, and George Kerr, the men who
were indicted for the murder of Jennie
Bosschelter, were arraigned before
Supreme' Court. Judge Dixon in the
Passaic County Cotrt House. '
Long before the prisoners appeared
the courtroom was crowded, and many
were unable to gain admittance. There
was also a crowd at the entrance to
the jaiL
' The prisoners took the seats reserved
t for them, and behind them sa? their
lawyers?Michael Dunn for Campbell
and Death, Francis Scott foij McAlligo
ter, and James W. Harding for Kerr.V
Former Judge John F. Kerr, brother
of one of , the accused, will also assist
In the defense. The prisoners all
pleaded not guilty to both indictments,
one of which charged them with murder
and the other with criminal assault
.v; .
-Judge .ftfccon fixed January 14 as the
day onvWnich the accused are to be
tried. The accused men were then taken
back to jail.
COST/ IN LIVES OF FISHERIES.1
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Gloucester Lost This Year Only Six Ves*
els and Thirty-one Men. ,
Gloucester, Mass. (Special).?Gloucester
has reckoned up for the year the
cost in loss of life and property of ItsAshing
industry. The season in respect
both to losses of life and property
has been practically' the best in
twenty-five years. Although there
have been two years when the property
loss was slightly less, yet in
those years the loss of life was considerably
larger.
The total number of vessels lost during
the year was six, aggregating
599.60 tons, having a valuation of
$29,000, upon which there was an insurance
of $26,075. The number of
lives lost in the fisheries and Incidental
work was thirty-one, of whom eight
were married, leaving eighteen fatherless
children. The average number
of lives lost per year Tor the past
twenty-five years has been ninetyseven.
Immigration of Finns Ceases.
The exodus of Finns from the Viborg
district of Russia to the United States
has ceased.
Apaches Attack IVIormons.
A band of raiding Apache Indians
from San Carlos Reservation. Arizona,
attacked the town of Pecheco, Mexico.
In the fight which followed
twelve Indians were killed and six
Mormons wounded. Troops were ordered
from Casa Grande and Juarez
to pursue the Apaches.
Young Women ; Students' Narrow Escape.
Fire destroyed the Virginia College
for Young Women, at Roanoke, Va.,
causing the loss of $75,000, the 150
students escaping in their night robes.
TVoinnn Insured For S2fi0,0
Mrs. Florence Pullman Lowdeu, .
Chicago, by policies recently placed,
announcement of which has just been
made,^ Is Insured for $250,000, the
heaviest insurance ever carried by a
woman. Mrs. Lowden *is one of the
two daughters of the late George M.
Pullman. She has been a beneficiary
! under his will to the amount of $1,500,1
000. ?
Threw Hatchot at the Kaiser. f ^ A
supposedly Insane wotoan^ggted
a hatchet
THE BAYA6ES OF DISEASE?
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Nearly Every Family in Cementon, \
Penn., Afflicted With Typhoid Feverr
MANY DEATHS HAVE OCCURRED
n
In Twenty-two Families Every Person li j
Stricken ? Tlie Place's Physicians Cn- {
able to Attend the Siclt ? Low Stat?
of the Lehljh River Probably th?
Cause of the Epidemic.
. Hazlpton, Penn. (Special).?Typhoid
fever lias become epidemic in Cementon,
a town on the Lehigh River not
far from Allentown. Out of 200 famllies
composing the population, there
are one or more cases in 118 families.
Of twenty-two families, all members
from the father down to the youngest
child are prostrated by the disease,
which has now been raging over two
weeks. There have been several i
deaths during this time and the condition
of many is extremely critical.
In addition to distress caused by dispose
there is a lack of medical attend
ance. There have been only two physicians
in the town. These men hare
worked unceasingly and for more than
a week gave constant attention to the
people. Their exertions night and day
overtaxed their strength find both have
collapsed. One other physician has
been coming there from Slatington. He
cannot possibly attend to all'of. the
victims and the town Is too poor to
employ specialists. The people are
not able to hire nurses, bo that the.
situation appeals most strongly to outside
help.
The cause of the epidemic is believed
to rest with the town's water
supply which .has been taken from the
Lehigh River. From the evidence already
secured it would seem that the
river is a stream of contagion distributing
its poison over' a -wide area
and, seriously 'threatening other towns
below Cenfenton which also get their
water supply therefrom. The populous
towns ot uataaaqua, oetm^aeiu, ailentown
and Easton are all on the Lehigh.
' BABBITS CAUSE AN EPIDEMIC.
Many Children Die From Black Diphtheria
at Grafton, 111.
Alton, I1L (Special).?Grafton, on the
Mississippi River, above Alton, lslnthe
throes of a severe epidemic' of
black diphtheria, which has been accompanied
by a large number of
^deaths, ('particularly among children.
The .?j>read of the epidemic is believed
to hkve been caused by rabbits.
' fofr several weeks hunters have
found large numberftof them dead in
the woods and hills. Some of the dead
animals , were brought to the village,
and an examination bj physicians revealed
the fact thai the animals had
died frtiri'diphtheria.
' The authorities now think the ef>i:
demic was. spread in Grafton by people
eating Tie rabbits'brought into the
market.. While they were apparently
healthy, they had evidently been Inoculated
w!^h the. diphtheria by the
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Diphtheria In a Nntek School.
Newanc, N. J. (Specialties a result
of an Incipient epidemic of diphtheria
in the'Bprnet street school, Board; of
Health Inspectors gave the building a
thorough fumigation from cellar, to
garret *'Tbe sanltary^condltion of the
school Is had, and many parents are
protesting against It.
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Diphtheria in Burning Leave*. V
Woodbury, N. J. (Special).?Some of
the residents here claim that the burning
of leaves in the streets all over thje
city has something to-4ovWlth tb&
spread of diphtheria At times the air
is stifling from th? smoke aent up
from these bonfires. It is one way of
getting rid of the leaves, Dot many
think It would be better to hate them
hauled away. ''
NEW TWELVE-INCH NAV^L CUN.
Test* Demonstrate That Itlf the Most
Powerful of It? Typ?l
Washington, D. C. (Special).?The
tests' of the new twelve-Inch gun have
resulted in'some remarkable performances,
entitling the gun to rank ahead
of any of the twelvo-inch guns thus
far made in ^thlg-country or abroad.
With a charge of 860 pounds of
smokeless powde& giving ^ pressure of
sixteen and a half tons .per square
inch, the gun gave a jmuzzle velocity of
2854 feet Professor AJger, the naval
expert, says this the highest ever
attained by a twelve-inch gun, the
record thus far ranging from 2500 to
2600 feet. ?
With an SoO-pound steel-tipped projectile
the big gun would pierce any
armor ever maae. .It is the first of
forty guns "Which, will go on tlie new
battleships and armored cruisers.
PREACHER ACCUSED OF~MURDER
Former Wyoming.. Penn., Pastor Charged
With Poisoning HI* Wife.
Wllkesbarre, Penn. (Special).?A
warrant was Issued by Squire Hess, of
Wyoming, near here, for the arrest of
the Rev. D. E. Stuart, former pastor
of Wyoming Baptist Church, charging
him with murder in causing the sudden
death of his wife two weeks ago
at the home of her daughter in Plymouth.
The couple had been married
but three months.
At the time the woman died It was
thought she had committed suicide, as
an empty carbolic acid bottle was
found near the body. Suspicious circumstances
have developed in the last
few days, and the body was exhumed.
An autopsy was held. The Rev. Stuart
recently resigned his pastorate.
To Depopulate the Transvaal.
The Natal Mercury reports that General
Kitchener has decided to "depopulate
the towns In the Transvaal, owing
to the difficulty of dealing with1 the
.republicans when hampered by the
civilian population."
The Population of Hawaii.
The population of Hawaii,- as an
nounced by the Census Bureau, at
Washington, is 154,001, as against 109.020
in lSDlj. This is an increase of
44,l)Sl, or 41.2 per cent.
Cycling Notes.
Cycle riding ic increasing in popular
favor in France.
Tho number of wheels taxed in
France has shown a steady increase
since 1S94.
In the West there probably will be
fifty new cycle tracks in operation
next season.
Out of his large winnings Jimmy
Michael has ..laced away a snug sum
In case of a rainy day.
Cycle racing experts have predicted
next year will be a pheBHHRmb
for cycle racing.
WARSH IPSENT TO SMYRNA
rhe Kentucky Ordered to Turkish
Waters to Enforce Claims.
United States Determined to Show thi
Forte That It Hast Pay the Money
?Bombardment Not Likely.
Washington, D. C. (Special).?Tht
flr9t-class battleship Kentucky, now 1c
Mediterranean waters, has been ordered
to touch at Smyrna, Turkey, or
her way to the Philippines.
The Kentucky has been in Mediter
ranean waters for some time, hai
made a stop at an Algerian port, anc
is now at Naples, Italy. She is going
to Manila via the Suez Canal route
and is in command of Captain Colbj
M. Chester.
The Kentucky's presence in Turftlsfc
waters will coincide with renewed efforts
on the part of the Administration
to collect from the Turkish Government
payment of the indemnity
claimed by the United States for the
destruction of missionary property in
that country some years ago.
The Sultan of Turkey has made several
promises that- he would pay th?
indemnity. On three separate occa?
Ka oaM naKonnollv fn flonn *
OIVUO UC oaiu ^Viovuuti^ vv v uvuk
Straus. the'Amerlcan Minister at Con-'
8tantinopie, that payment wowld b
forthcoming, but declined to set a date.
When told that Mr. Straus had made
a statement to that effect, the Sultan
said that the American Minister had
obtained an erroneous opinion of his
expression of willingness to pay if 11
were determined that the Turkish
..Government was responsible for the
destruction of American property in
Armenia. He contended that Turkey's
responsibility had never been proved.
Later, however, the Sultan'personally
acknowledged to Lloyd C. Griscom,
Charge .d'Affaires at Constantinople,
In Mh -'Stmus's Absence, thirt his Government
was liable _jfor the outrages
to Americans in Armenia and promised
io pay tbe indemnity, bu\ declined
to set a datfr when payment would be
made. Since then Mr. Griscom has
made a practice, of calling nearly
every Saturday , at the Sublime Porte
and pressing the'.claim,'always receiving
the most cordial assurances that
the' Sultan's promise would be fulfilled.
Beyond directing Mr. Grlscom
to continue this pressure, the Government
has {akfen no action of a diplomatic
nature. - ,
'Political, "NOTES**.
The Socialists fell far below .their
expected vote in New York County,
N. Y.. in the" election.
The citizens of Cleveland, - Ohio,
voted brja large majority, at the recent
election, In favor'of the use of
voting-machines.'
The voters of Rhode Island author,
Ized at t^e recent election a new loan
for. the completion of the State Capitol
ei Providence. It la to cost $3,000,000.
Alabama and Kentucky inaugurate
their Governors in December, Georgia
In Novep?bet\ Louisiana in April,
Rhode Island in May and Vermont in
October.
The term of the Governor of New
York expires officially on December
81, and from Jam Miry 1 ,to March 1,
1901, Theodorg Roosevelt will be a
private citizen. Y '
? The Republicans have a two-thirds
majority In the New Tork State Sensate
this year. The next election for
iState Senators will be itf 1902, when a
^Governor is again voted for.
The Vermont Legislature has passed
? bill to permit the members to vote
1U LUK V/UJJUU1, UUU IUCU uiauc no iiiftuIng
by the Governor unnecessary by
adjourning over election day.
The great element of strength to the
Socialist party hitherto has been what
its followers call their "solidarity,"
but since the Socialist party /split Iqto
two factions warring with each other,,
its' growth in voting strength ha^
ceased.
The voters of Rhode Island adopted
in the recent election an amendment
to the Constitution of the State making
hereafter Providence the exclusive
capital. The voters of Florida at the
same time defeated the proposition to
remove the State Capitol from Tallahassee.
~ There is some probability that an effort
will be made in the next Congress,
Republican in both branches, to restrict
the representation. vunder the
next apportionment, allotted .to those
States which have by Constitutional
amendment or otherwise disfranchised
a material number of their voters.
NEW FIND OF GALVESTON'S DEAD
tfore Than 100 Bodies Have Beefi Discovered
In a Swamp, ?
Galveston, Tex. (Special).?The United
States surveying corps have found
over 100 dead bodies in .a swamp just
west of the city on the island where
they had been deposited by the storm
of September 8. \
The unburied dead were in an out
of the way place near the country
road, and had not been discovered by
the burying parties sent out after the
storm.
Murdered by Bis Son-In-Law.
At Herdmont, Ga., W. F. Mattox
was shot and killed by his son-in-law,
J. B. Jones, Sr.
The Colorado Lynching Case.
No legal investigation is expected In
the lynching of Preston Porter, Jr.,
colored, at Limon, Col., nothing of the
oody being left for an inquest, and
public sentiment so strongly favoring
che punishment meted out to the ne|ro
youth.
President's Opposition Prevents Action.
President McKinley is said to be opposed
to the reduction of Southern
representation in Copgress, and on
that account the question is not likely
to bepressed at the coming session.
Attaching Filipinos Routed.
. Two hundred bolomen, with fifty
rifles, attacked Bugazon, Island of
Panay, P. I. The Americans lost three
men killed?Lieutenant H. SI. Koontz,
Sergeant Kitchen and Corporal Burns
?all of Company F, Forty-fourth Infantry.
The enemy lost 100 killed,
twenty-one wounded and twenty prisoners.
Life Sentence For Prince Tnan.
An imperial decree deprives Prince
Tuan and Prince Chwang of rank, and
orders them to be Imprisoned for life,
and Yu Hslen to be exiled to the farthboundary
of China.
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IraPER BOBS BM J
F, M. Brown, of Newport, Ky,, aHH
Defaulter For $200,000.
.EXPOSED BY A JEALOUS WOMANv^B
After Suspicion Wan Directed to Him He
Wm. Suspended and Allowed to l>ave
Town ? Defaulter Operated For Ten
7-,wi - He Wan a Gambler and a JB
Heavy Racetrack Speculator.
Cincinnati, Ohio (Special).?The German
National Bank, of Newport, Ky., >J|
is in the hands of a United States V |i |j
bank examiner, and Frank M. Brown, .'iga
the Individual bookkeeper and assist- J
ant cashier, is short in his accounts at.
least $201,000. Notwithstanding the
denials that the bank was ln'troqble'
it is known that Brown was efttosedv' Igra
to his suoerlors several days ago'i>y a
jealous woman. .< ^ 'j'H '9
Brown had been with the bank eiglh - ^ -;*
teen years, was one of the most trust- X,.',,*99
ed men ever connected with the institntion,
and it is said by the experts '3 Is
that his peculations extended bade
far as ten years. The capital stock
the bank is only $100,000. Brown's
shortage, however, Ms double thjU A':*.ayS
amount and more than the reserve, "-M
and all the assets, including their real7,
estate. The First National Bank, of; sgnjft
Newport, was wrecked two years ago*.
by its cashier, Youtsey, and now with
the German National closed, Newport
has only one bank left. ' ^
For two weeks there have been tpmors
that Brown was short In bis a& ,'^9H
counts, and a few depositors witbdrelw1
their accounts. Three weeks ago the
bank examiners made a good sttftement
for the bank, and the officers tod . !
directors allayed suspicion by reftr- |
i ring to the report of this examination 1
! and to their last statement, in which
j all of Brown's defalcations were
j ered up by him. A few days ago h 1
'Brown left Newport, and It was an
nouneed that he had gone on a hunt- ' A
ing vacation. He diu t>uy a ticket for , V
Odin, 111., but it is learned now tjttMt
be did not go there, and it is generft!ly;^'JUfl|
believed that he is out of this counter V rBPH
with plenty of money In his posses/^,JR
sicrn. Brown was suspended on the
previous day pending an investigatl^^HB
Brown is a widower; with one
teojy.ears old,'who lives with Brown'*
father, Paris C.. Brown, forme? -AMI
of'&Vport, and one of the' leaoisg -^^H
busijfe'ss1 men of Cincinnati.
liorc summer Brown visited YdlaflH jJg
stpA Park, and^s woman thatlivedWpt^
Cincinnati wanted to accompany ftfay '$?ll
.but he' w^uld not take her. -Whe? shik
ascertained-later that {mother womfifo jiflB
was with Brpwn on hl^/^Vestemv'tr^p^0 V
the Cincinnati woman gave info^oi&Bl - 1
tlon to the bank otoclala that broug^ J
n nrtala Tho nnlV *nrrirnt Will IT 31 \il
tor that Brown La known to ha^e Ie&jS|S|
was to this woraan. In this letter'He' ' I
admits4that' he had about ffll that/be/ ,
could get and that the time had cdoue i> ^
Erown, it is said, was a gre^yafc^A^ :1
player, with the limit never tS B^jj
and he bad been n plunger
races for years. His bets <?ri
It Is reported, were frequeitfl|^^HM|
high for the poolrooms in
Ky? and he had brokers both
cago and New York City.
The officers of the German Na^HMQ^K
Bank are: President, Henry
er; Vice-President, James &L South-"^2W
gat ; Cdshler, E. o. Remme. - ;-rSj
GUESTS BURNED TO DEATH. ' ' JB
The. McGonigal House, ?t Ostrayo, Pens'* VpSS
Totally Destroyed by Fire.
Oswayo, Penn. (Special). ? .Fire ^ ;ti
Qtroyed the McGonigal House, a three- ' $3L
I story frame building, tne notpi Daju, , ' im
and the Opera House. The thr^e
buildings were burned to the ground J
In half an hour from the time the Are. jM
started. ^
Tlie.dead are Arthur Fletcher, boobkeeper
for the Penn Stave Company,. < 8
whose home was in Boston; Michael .'.'m
Russell,? employed by the Tenn Tan- 1 j
j>lng Cojnpany, Oswayo; William MoJ- ' ; .,/
kanr, of Rexford, N. Y., and Hugh - a
jJemerson, of Alfred, N. Y. w
" The towii has no fire department, '
the onljr j>rptection being a pump, at'
the tann&yU The flre originated In the '
McGonigSf^lJouse from au ov^rpre3aure
of natural gas. There were thirty
persons In' the hotel, which was a \ jM
flimsy structure. ^
There were many narrow escapes, "SjfjH
most of the occupants jumping from - 'ftM
the windows. The flames licked -up
the hotel building as If it were bntyt
'of tinder. The property loss Is esti- ' j
mated at $5000. Jj
nmtf j/c rni tiAPS^r"' 'S'JSH
BUF^MLU unt Kwwrvw ...
Disappear Under Weight of 60.000 Xoiu, '
Killing,Two Boys.
Buffalo, N. Y. (Special!.?A section yK
of the Minnesota Ore Works, on Black-' -jH
well Canal In this harbor, collapsed jfl
under the weight of 00,000 tons of
Two boys' were killed and one maif^^^H
was injured badly. IB
The property loss is estimated at.";^j^B
$150,000. The crash came without y-jB
warning, 300 feet of tho dock dlsap- , ^B
pearing beneath the surface o? the Jfl
water, and the top of the great pUe of * W J
ore, which had stood twenty-five feet
high on the dock, just showing it*
cone-shaped peak above the water.; '
Former Go Tern or Itamadell Dead. ' Jj.
Former Goveriior George A. Rams ?
dell, of New Hampshire, sikty-eli - jH
years old, died in his home in Nashuaj B
from apoplexy.
Prison O/tlclal Kills Prisoner, 23
John Johnson, a colored man, wht v3|
?vas serving a term of thirty monthf jm
In the House or uorrecuon*, bi doswh ih
for perjury, was shot and instantlj ;fl
killed by Henry W. Dean, a prison of
ficial, whom Johnson attacked. Dear
surrendered himself and' was ap . <
raigned and held without Jjftll for th? 3B
Grand Jury for murder. . . 7jH
Work on Shamrock II. Begun.
Work on Sir Thomas Lipton's cbal- * Jfi
lender Shamrock II. has been begur -'3
at Glasgow, Scotland. ,
Prominent People. , James
G. Stowe, United States Con
sul-General in Cape Town, has sailed -;4|
for England.
The automobile craze has seized the j
Sultan of Turkey, and he has ordered -J
three machines.
Admiral Dewey has removed hif j|
gifts from the National Museum to hit
home iu Washington.
Hoke Smith, of Atlanta, has presented
traveling libraries to fourteet J
counties in Georgia. The books an JB
intended for the school children, ano ,.3|
are to make the circuit ft the acboola. . ,jg
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