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MOMKCUELDUr1 f Two Highwaymen Shoot Two Horse; to Make the Driver Stop. s< RELIEVE TRAVELERS OF MONE^i The Male Pannencers Taku to Their Heels Bat Kobbers Get Women's Valuables tl and Cash in the Mall and Exprea tl Packages and Escape ? Hold-Up Oc tl curred In Blue Mountain Lake Region t; Albany, N. Y.?A stage coach robbery in the Adirondncks is something u new, but it occurred in broad day % light two miles north of Dunlap's Ho- ^ tel. at North River, on the -oad to S1 Blue Mountain Lake. tl The stage coach had left Dunlap's at 11 o'clock a. m. on its daily trip up 1he mountain, and had reached a piece tli of woods through which the road a> winds at a heavy grade. The coach was drawn by four horses, and the i,( highwaymen shot and killed the lead- tli ers and thus stopped its progress, pi The mail pouches were ripped open, tli and registered letters aud express dt packages containing money were sto- w len. kl o?i ii? v. a. {4 tv OCUUU8 ujuu^u lue ana ti ???. n was not without a humorous incidonr. As soon as the coach was brought to to a stop three of the men passengers A? Jumped off and took to J he woods, sb The fourth male passenger had his ^c' wife with him, and he likewise would ^ have sought shelter had it not beeu that his wife seized his coat tails. or There were seven passengers ia the i11 coach, four men and three women. m The highwaymen treated the ladies m with courtesy, and one of them remarked considerately that no harm *1( would befall them if they simply kept quiet and handed over what available cash they possessed, along with their rings, watches and jewelry. The , women were frightened, and one ol t them was seized with hysterics, as a er masked highwayman invited them to ^ step out. W1 When the coach was stopped by the jjj ieath of the leading horses, the sud3en jolt caused the driver, "Bill" El- S{j iridge, an "eld timer" in those regions ce to fall from his seat and drop beneath tjj the horses. He was injured. The aE hichwavmen did not search him, al though he had a roll of bills in his pocket. hi: While one highwayman covered the vo passengers with his rifle the other re collected quite a sum of money. Tne ga nail pouches then were ripped open Ai and the highwaymen rifled the letters. fr< They then turned their attention to wj the express, packages which were piled ag upon the coach. These were opened a.i *nd several containing bills were so tak^n away. sa When the highwaymen had con- wi eluded that there was no more booty Ai they retreated to the woods, keeping Sc the passengers covered until they were Vi out of sight. The driver, "Bill" El- "*v< dridge, cut the harness from the dead kn horses, and, with his scared party, drove back to Dunlap's Hotel, where the story of the hold up was related. The three men who had fled from the stage coach appeared later at the hotel. K( They had been hiding in the brush. fe1 ' ? * - -- ? f .1 or a parry 01 ten men was organized -at Dunlap's and went in pursuit of W( the highwaymen. It is believed the highwaymen obtained $1000. The stage line is operated by William R. Waddle, and the coach that ? was held up connects with trains on . the Adirondack branch of the Deb- y*' ware and Hudson Railroad. ? ORDERS HIS WEALTH BURNED. k Minnesota Eecluse's Will Directs tl?? ca Destruction of 850,000 in Cash. '-16 St. Paul, Minn.?Harry Scott, an eccentric recluse, who died at Faribault, left a will in which lie stipulates that ill his cash, amounting to $30,000, na shall be burned by bis executors. Scott was worth about $GO.OOO. To , his servant girl he left $5000, but his aepbew, his only relative, does not sg] get a cent. The bequest of money to ^ :he servant was in return for the care ^ she gave to Scott during his last ill- ?Ij aess. .e, Scott's nephew will probably contest ^ the will on the ground that his uncle j was of unsound mind. It is not be- ln Ueved that any court will permit the m. money to be burned, but will find that wj Scott was insane. The money would is then revert to the nephew. p0 Scott was eighty-six years old. Two [Q) years ago he became estranged from ar his wife, who died a few months later, and lie then declared that no onf should profit by his money. OFFERS HIS BODY FOR A TEST. 01 Dairy Commissioner "Willing to Be Inoculated With Tuberculosis. Denver, Col.?In view of the inter- co ?st taken in the question of whether ^ or not animal tuberculosis can be com- -(S municated to human beings, T. L. Monson, State Dairy Commissioner ol Colorado, offers himself as a subject * foi; thorough test, provided that a suit jn able annuity for his family be assured j] In case of fatal results. jn Mr. Monson has made a study ot the matter, and is a strong believer in Dr, Koch's theory. S: Winters Stole 5320,000. ^ John Winters, who looted the vault of the Selby* Smelting Works at San tv Francisco, Cal., secured as his bootj se gold bullion to the value of $320,000. or nearly $50,000 more than the sum Sf originally given out. An error was y made in compiling the list of stoler fC bars. . a< Treat Natives With Clemency. The Philippines Commission has lef Manila on its northern trip. Civi ^ Governor Taft has addressed a lettci ^ to the new Justices, urging that tin ^ courts create a good impression am ^ that natives' first offenses should b< ; treated with paternal clemency. Anarchist Play Prohibited. 7-Iayor H'nchliffe, of Patcrscn, N c, J., announced that the Anarchist* a there will not bo allowed to give thei *\j play. "Ths Assassination cf IIlcj \ Humbert." c A Scarcity of Horses. New York hcrse dealers note an un usual scarcity in the horse market a I) the present time. Prices in genera ti have advanced, according to a promi tl nent firm of dealers, at least 100 pei is cent. The increase in prices is notec ti In all kinds of horse stock, and fim f coach horses are hardly obtainable at any figure. Killed In a Furlons Gale. a Mrs. H. V. Mealey and Joel Plereci a wero killed and three other person" in a Injured in a gale which damaged tl?? *' ??rt6aaooth (N, H) Navy Yard. * .. . . . . . . VORKMEN IN DEATH TRAF ? lames Destroy Temporary Watei Works Near Cleveland, Ohio. p >me of the Victims Were Burned, Sornt Drowned and Some Suffocated in a Tunnel. /\| Cleveland. Ohio.?Twelve men los'. ieir lives in the destruction by fire oi le water works' crib in Lake Erie* iree miles from shore. They wen night as if in a burning ship. Twen r-three men were employed at th< ib, which is at the outer end of th? ater works' tunnel, the gang being Ci imposed of three shifts of eleveD w ien. The men of two shifts were w pwiinf nnnn the roof, while those of vc le third were working in the tunne'. J *r> feet beneath the bottom of th6 ke. w It was a little before 3 a. m. when lil 10 workmen sleeping on the roof were ? wakened by flames burning through le roof. The great stack through hicli the smoke poured from the )ilers had become red-hot and set le roof aflame. The men on the roof jlled the fire whistle as a signal to ie shore of their danger and hurried >wn toward their comrades. This histle, heard by the tug J. R. Sprane. was the means of saving twentymo lives. The man from the roof found the inrior of the crib full of smoke and imes. The building was a wooden iell, sheathed with iron. The men came panic-stricken and jumped into e water, preferring to drown than to ^ > burned to death. Fortunately one ^ two preserved their presence of ind and hurled several loose boards to the lake. To these many of the en clung until rescued by the tug en. Nine, however, perished before d arrived, five burning to death and ur drowning. Meantime the men in the tunnel ere worKing, unconscious iuui uuying was -wrong above. Finally the r became foul and they endeavored make their way to the shaft. Sev- (F al times they tried, being driven ick each time by the smoke. Aid ~~1 as coming, however. A rescue party bli td been formed. D. C. Van Duzen tr; as the first to be lowered down the at" aft. In answer to his calls he re- . Ived a faint "hello" from way off in 0? e distance. The gas was too stifling gr id he was forced to give the signal ' be drawn up. w A. few minutes later he tried again, T1 3 calls this time being answered by eQ ices much nearer. Before they fle ached him he was overcome by the Ei s and was drawn up unconscious, igust Mori, one of those rescued am drowning, a veritable Hercules, is the next volunteer. With a stor- ^ e battery slung on his back to give light in the tunnel he descended and , on guided the imprisoned men to fety. carrying Charles Smith, who is supposed to be dead, In his arms. i hour's work, however, restored , - -i- - > m ? 101 aim 10 consciousness. jl wi> meu, ctor Kaufman and Adams Kest, . ;re left in the tunnel. Both were ~*f own to have perished. < A. gang from crib No. 3 made up of [ward Johnson, C. Burkliardt, Plum;r Jones and David Kelly went down , to the tunnel at 3 p. m. Johnson and ?ily were pulled out half conscious-a tv minutes later, and said Burkliardt id Jones were overcome. James tlc illiams went down for the two miss- t ; l-escucrs. He got Buckhardt out, j t Jones was dead. Overcome by .Q1 e gas he fell into the water at the ttom of the tunnel and was drowned. ?^ Williams himself remained so long on at a party went down for him. aQ nes's body was recovered. The dead dp e: P. Schmidt, John Martin, Peter ge istings, Mike Linder, drowned; Vic: Kaufman and Adams Kest, snffoted in tunnel; five men burned to j0J ath; Plummer Jones, rescuer. ga owned. ag tic TALLEST COUPLE TO WED. in la Nine Feet Two Inches High and the Girl KlghtFeet Three Inches. lv Paris, France.?An attempt to ex- jj( riment with the human species by of lecting something in the nature of gi( stud is attracting the attention of t0 e curious. It takes the form of a to int competition at Rouen and al- or ady shows a startling number of a normal statures in France. I From the south there has arrived re Paris on his way to Rouen a young f0 *n, not yet twenty-two years old, a bo is nine feet- two inches tall and jn still growing. He weighs 448 it unds and measures ninety-eight pc ches around the chest. It has been ranged that he marry an English jn rl who is eight feet three inches in ac ight. a rli riCTORIA'S STATUE DISFICURED. dc scontent In Island of Malta Leads 1o ^ Ugly Demonstrations. ^ V'aletta, Island of Malta.?The dls- ni ntent here arising from the ian- to tage question and other grievances re growing more acute. The Union w ick was torn to pieces in the streets h< ' a large body of demonstrators. ta This was followed by the disfigur- m g of Queen Victoria's jubilee statute, w He marble was deluged with dauiag- th g acid. 01 Sisters Swept to Sea and Drowned. til Stella aud Gertrude Ambrose, of ? > ivannah, Ga.. were drowned while m ithing iu the surf at Tybee Island ei :ella was nineteen and Gertrude was hi venty years told. The sisters and ta veral others were bathing and the K irty had gone out further than was ^ ife. A cry for help came from 'D ertrude and Stella caught her hand *r ? save lier. tioth were then 3wept ivay before aid could reach theu. Dm pies 8 Frederick Burled. Che body of the lato Empress Fred- n ma1.? r?*.> e r?tf i r\n mcaIamti 1 r t Pctsdam. Germany, 'amid impres- A] ve ccrei-jcnies. which were attended pi y Empcrcr William aad King Ed- a] ard. S'ict Kival and Then Himself. In a due 1 ever a youug woir.au Robrt t'rcii shot Frederick Westbrook i} nd ?ii?u l:i'.lcd himself at Jackson, f, [Is.:. The slicotirg bej;an when Groit rj l&t Weal brook taking the girl tf a aurch. Texas Closes State Treasury. Thi' Ciate Treasury of Texas has t( ve:i dosed by order of the Logisla- f( in-j while :x committee is counting lie uouey placed there. This action ^ ; due to the failure of the First Na- n ional Bank of Anstla, where State unds were on deposit. tl * lj Kefuseil to Hinder St. Louis Fair. ^ Judge Zachritz, in the Circuit Court tl t St. Louis. Mo., has refused to grant bi n injunction restraining the Louisina Purchase Exposition Company w roo using Forest Park as a site for y lie World's Fair in St. Loala In 1SKKJ. e MEIER CBISPI DEAD" otent Factor in Italian Po'itics Expires After a Long Illness. !DED IN UNIFICATION OF ITALY steran statesman ranked in HI* Conn* try as Did Bismarck in Germany and Gladstone In England?His Early Ef< forts Resulted in the Freedom ol Sicily?Popular Grief Over His Death. Naples. Italy. ? Signor Francesco rlspl died after an illness of several eeks. He died without speaking a ord. He was in his eighty-second ?ar. It is understood that Signor Crispl'a ill says that his only property is his )rary, which was acquired during FBAXCE8C0 CBISPI. ormer Premier of Italy, who died at Napiea.) 3 sixty-five years' work for his couny. The collection, which is valued $200,000, is bequeathed to the town Palermo. His affairs are in the eatest confusion. ill entertainments throughout Italy sre suspended as a mark of respect. ie public manifestations of sorrow ualed those which marked the furals of Garibaldi and Is?n? Victor imianuel. CRISPI'S REMARKABLE CAREER. t of the Makers of Modern Italy to Pass from the Stage. King Victor Emmanuel, Cavour, azzlnl, Garibaldi?Crispl is the last the group of the makers of modern lir +/v nnaa frnm thp StH?Tf>. He h3S 11/ bVS puou k-v ? o ag outlived his brethren of the mous band. His life was stormy most to the last. There was little that dignified period of retirement liich marked the close of Gladstone's reer. Crispl's fall from power was ershadowed by dark clouds from lich that of his great German comer, Bismarck, was free. Francesco Crispi stood for Southern iiy In the struggle for the unifica>n of the peninsula. He was born Ribera, In Sicily, became a bariter at Naples, but quickly plunged to the vortex of conspiracy against e Bourbon rule of King Bomba. !ter the uprising of 1848 he was e of forty-three excluded from inesty, and after temporary resince in Piedmont and Paris passed veral years in refuge in London, here he associated with Mazzlni. A.t last in 1?59 came thp opportunity ag wished for by the ardent patriots, irdinia and France declared war ;ainst Austria, promising the libera>n of all Italy, and Crispi threw tnself into the struggle, becoming iribaldi's right hand man in the pedition from Genoa, which speedibrought about the downfall of the jurbons. Crispi became a member the provisional government of cily, and on the island's annexation the Kingdom^ of Italy was elected the Italian Parliament, wnere nis atorical powers quickly made him leader. Siguor Depretls, after the Italian verses in Africa at Massowah was reed to call in the help of Crispi as colleague, and when Depretls died, 1887, Crispi became Premier of aly, taking in his administration the trtfolio of Foreign Affairs. He now set himself to the practical terpretation of the policy he had Ivocated, and for this purpose made special visit to Bismarck at Friedchsruhe. The Dreibund was there (finitely drawn up. Crispi was ready to impose almost ly burdens that seemed necessary r the maintenance of the army and ivy. In 1891 the Chamber refused levy increased duties and Crispi ^signed. Two years later, though it as perfectly well understood that ; would impose $35,000,000 of fresh xes, he was returned with a large ajority; but his followers could not ithstand the cry that went up from ie country when he wished to carry it his proposals. After six months Crispi threw up ie task which he found too great ren for his powers as an "old parliaentary hand." Of late years Crispi nerged but once or twice from the lckground. He urg?l forcibly Italy's king part with the Powers in the 'ttlement of jthe Chines? question, ast spring, nearly blind and in fallig health, he had a narrow escape om a fire which broke out in his juse. i Corn Crop Seriously Damaged. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson adiltted that the corn crop was seriousr ilAmn^ in nil * 1 _ C 1.1. - uaiiiugcu iu an nit; oullt'S Ol ILie tississippi Valley. Ho has made a ersonal inspection of the ground and Itered his optimistic opinion. 8nes Mn?. Nation For Divorce. David Nation, through his attorney, rought suit at Medicine Lodge. Ivan., >r a divorce from his wife, Mrs. Care Nation, the temperance crusader ud "joint smasher." Labor World. Missouri and Tennessee coal opera>rs have signed the new wage scale >r miners. Longshoremen at Ogdensburg, N. Y., 'ent on strike for thirty-five cents an our overtime. The union printers have voted to ike $100 worth of stock in the Brook,rn Labor Lyceum. Complaints come from many point* aroughout the South and West ol carcity of workmen. Negroes brought from the South rork unmolested at the Latrebe Steel V'orks, near Chicago. STEELST1IKE HOT GEHEBAL Accessions to the Ranks of the Idle Not Wha* Leaders Expected. WESTERN MEN REFUSE TO QUIT President Shaffer's General Strike Order Obeyed by About 14,000 Men?Action ol Western Workers In Refusing to Go Onl ' a Great Disappointment to the Leaders ?Federation Men Not to Be Called Oul Pittsburg, Penn.?The struggle for ' mastery" between manufacturers and men In the steel industry is now fairly launched, and on the first show of strength the advantage is with tae farmer. The general strike order is- I sued by President snauer, or me Amalgamated Association, on Monday was obeyed by only about 14,000 men, according to the best figures obtainable here. The first two preliminary \ calls were answered by about -lo.OOO men, so that tbe total number now out approximates 60,000. The action of the Amalgamated men at South Chicago, Joliet, and Bay View, In refusing to come out, and 1 their failure to secure any recruits in the Carnegie group, throughout the Kisklminetas Valley and the big plants at Youngstown and Columbus, | Ohio, have been markedly disappointing to the strike leaders- They are j keeping up the fight, however, and claim that they have strength In re- , serve which will surprise their op- ( ponents. They are pressing their advantages at McKeesport and Wheeling. and their organizers are at work in those two cities. An appeal for financial aid has been made to organized labor and the general niihn<? nnd it is exnected that the I responses to it will be liberal. The Amalgamated Association also Issued an appeal to its local lodg&s, urging the members who-are employed to give liberally to the cause. 1 The men who are directing the fight 1 in the field for the steel corporation and its constituent companies would I give no Indication of their plans for the future, and would only discuss the ' situation generally. 1 Their reports showed that the Carnegie group, South Chicago, Bay View, Joliet, Youngstown, Columbia, the Kiskiminetas Valley group, Wells- | ville, and Monesson were going along full-handed. Bellaire, their advices showed, was badly crippled. , They admitted the loss of the National Rolling Mill, at McKeesport, j which thev had expected to hold, and | that the Boston Mill and Monongahela Steel Works, at McKeesport, and ' the Republic and Elba Mills here were 1 tied up. Their tube men at Wheeling were out. They claimed that many < of their men at McKeesport desired ' to work, but were being terrorized by the disorderly element I Officials of the National Tube Com- | pany and Mayor Black clashed at Mc- j Keesport over the question of protec- < tion for non-strikers and property. A large crowd of strikers assembled | around the works and their pickets j intercepted the tube workers on their , way to the mills. There was some excitement. and the mill officers, claiming that their men were being threat- 1 ened and in danger of violence, called ( on Mayor Black to clear the streets and protect them. The Mayor said ! that he would Interfere only to stop ' actual rioting and assault. Two other appeals were made to him. but he in- I sisted that there was no danger of an | outbreak. The strikers say that it is only a question of time when material | will give out and the tube men must , quit. Otherwise it is believed that there would be serious trouble in McKeesport. The Executive Committee of the j Amalgamated Association will proba- [ bly make an exhaustive investigation 1 of the action taken by the lodges at South Chicago. Bayview and Joliet in refusing to make the strike. President Shaffer said that he would 1 not call out the members of the American Federation of Labor, and that their action must be voluntary. i SHAMROCK II. ARRIVES. Challenger Apparently is the Most Formidable Craft to Try For America's Cup. New York City.?Shamrock II., Sir Thomas Lipton's challenger for the ; America's Cup. anchored in the harbor after a fortnight's journey across the Atlantic. The Irish yacht received an | ovation such as has been seldom of- j fered to any foreign craft in New York j Bay. She was accompanied by Sir Thomas's steam yacht Erin. The cabled descriptions of Shamrock II. have not given an adequate idea of | her superiority in gracefulness of line i over the craft that sailed 3000 miles to be defeated by the Columbia. Veteran yachtsmen say that Designer Watson learned much from a study of the prow of the Glorlana?that marvelous racing machine produced by the llerreshoffs which, to all intents and ' purposes, revolutionized marine archlture in yachts built for speed. The whole forebody suggests a skilful i adaptation of the best of the Watson, i the Fife and the Herreshoff concep- i tions. Taken all in all, Sir Thomas has sent forth a fighter that, judged before , the battle, is the strongest, the hand- , somest and the most formidable that has up to this time entered the lists to' struggle for the trophy that American shipbuilders have held for half ? century as proof of their supremacy. CnmniDB Named in Iowa. A. B. Cummins was nominated for Governor of Iowa by. the Republican State Convention held at Cedar Rapids. Natives Loot British Indian Post. A dispatch from Simla, India, says 200 Mahsuds surprised and looted the British juiHtia post at Kashmirkar, Ir II linn n notlrn Afi<inp *11(1 r1* RftlfMprS Murdered by HLs Insane Mother. Alvia Seaton, aged ton years, of Glenmore. N. Y., was murdered by his mother while slic was temporarily ijsauc. DarthquaLe shocks lasting many hours have been recorded In Victoria, B. C., and arc supposed to have shaken yJaska. Forional Mention. The Rev. John Spurgeon, the father of the famous Charles Spurgeon, now dead, recently celebrated his ninety first birthday. President Diaz of Merico has completely recovered from the illness from which he suffered so severely during the latter purt of the last winter. Abdurrhaman, the Ameer of Afghanistan, is a horse-breeder on a large scale. Some years ago he founded a Government stud, which now; com| nrjHfts ahont 2000 antmaJo. IINOREVENMTHEWEEf WASHINGTON ITEMS. Weather signals are to be displayed from rural free delivery wagons. Mr. Hackett, acting Secretary of the Navy, issued a statement about the witnesses for the Schley court of inquiry, and declared that he would give out no further news concerning the court. Rear-Admiral Remey was summoned from the Asiatic station to testify at the Schley court of inquiry. President McjKinley pardoned John B. Bulley. serving a three-year sentence in the Ohio Penitentiary for postal thefts. The Navy Department reprimanded Rear-Admiral Evans for his strictures upon the action of W. E. Chandler, former Secretary of the Navy. The Treasury Department rules that the; Department of Agriculture may :xperiment with sale of American fruit in foreign markets. General MacArthur's final report on tue Philippines declared that present - I rx.O n?.nnfno11tT +ho JUllL',y KUUIU CtCULUUI.J VUMV^.-U.V v ? ^. , natives, but that a strong force was still needed in the islands. OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. Senor Esquerra was elected Mayor Df Cienfuegos. Cuba. The Manila police force will be reluced from 1300 to 600. The contract providing for harbor improvements at Manila, to cost $1,500.000 was signed, and work will begin immediately. Advices from the Philippines are tc the effect that legislation is imperatively demanded from the next United States Congress in the way of new laws for that country. fjpnprni fiporcre W. Davis, Provost Marshal of Manila. P. I., in the presence of General Chaffee, the military :ommander, turned over the city administration to Civil Governor Tafl and the newly appointed officials. The Governor of Hawaii has twice proposed the issue of bonds to effect needed public improvements, and thai the Secretary of the Interior on both jccasions has declined to entertain the plan. A Cuban artillery corps is to b formed. It will consist of 150 white Cubans. DOMESTIC. Dexter S. Gaster, Chief of Police of S'ew Orleans, La., and one of the best letectives in the country, is dead. The money realized by the Federal government from Oklahoma land sales will be used to erect municipal auildlngs at county seats. Burglars robbed the Michigan City, End., postofflce of $800 in stamps and ?100 in cash. Burglars broke a safe in the post>fflce at Marlow, Ind. Ter., and one was captured. Judge Sanford M. Green died at Bay City. Mich., aged ninety-four years, in 1843 Judge Green revised the Michigan State statutes, and his work jtands unchanged to-day. H. Charles Ballard, inventor of the famous Ballard riflp of Civil War :imes, died at Worcester, Mass. He ivas seventy-n^ne years old. A $20,000 monument erected to the nemory of Missouri's Confederate lead was unveiled at Springfield, Mo. The transport Sumner arrived in . 3an Francisco from Manila with 180 convalescent soldiers. An attempt was made to sink a British transport at New Orleans with explosives. Thousands of farmers rrom ucean ana Monmouth Counties, New Jersey, met at Wreck Pond, near Spring Lake, md celebrated "great salt water day." W. Barry, a striker, was sentenced it Leavenworth, Kan., to four months' mprisonment for violating an infunction by trying to prevent a nonunion man from working. Dr. H. E. Fricke, of Rising Fawn, 3a., was shot and killed from ambusb pvhile riding horseback. The number of naval apprentices at :he training station at Newport, R. I., las Increased from 700 to 1100 in a rear. A monument to American missionaries killed in China is to be erected I it Oberlin, Ohio. One thousand acres of land for a >ark have been given Colorado Springs. 3ol., by General William J. Palmer. Quartermaster McKie, of the gun boat Annapolis, was attacked neai tloilo by a shark, which bit off one of his legs. FORZIGK. The Pacific Cable bill passed its khin/q roo/linc in th?? British House of I I Commons. In spite of the discriminating duty igain^t the United States, a shipload Df rosin arrived at St Petersburg. Russia, from Pensacola, Fla. Edmund Z. Brodowski. United States Consul at Solingen, Germany, died suddenly. Insurgent activity continued along the line of the railroad on the Isthmus 1 Df Panama. A French warship ar- i rived at Colon. Advices from London showed that the Boers had apparently reached ' the end of their supplies of ammunition. Seven were killed and twenty-thret wounded in a vendetta battle in a church in Obotti, Austria. Servia's new Parliament consists ol 110 Ministeralists and twenty Iude pendents and Liberals. Yin Chang, former Director of the i Tien-Tsin Naval School, was appointee ,; Chinese Minister to Germany. The Peruvian Chamber of Deputies adopted a resolution censuriug thf flnhiuet. American claims for damages foi being thrust out of South Africa were presented to the British Com < pensallon Committee. The Porte declined to accede to tin demands of France in regard to thi transfer of the quays at Constantin> pie. ? American travel to Europe is statec 1 in London to be greater in volume thi: , year than even during the Paris (15)00 i Exposition. Gonzalez del Campillo, the Spanisi Minister to Venezuela, is dead. A "waiter gave himself up to th< London police, confessing that he ha( < robbed a concern in Portland, Ore. last December. I A bomb exploded in a church a I Troyes, France; 100 children and : priest who was present at tuo tiu< escaped injury. j General Kitchencr reported the cap ture of a bloekhouso in the Oraugi , River Colony by the Docr3. A terrible heat wave prcvaile< 1 throughout Italy; vineyards la whol< I districts were ruined. # GOLD ROBBER CONFESSES Shows Where He Hid the Treasure in San Francisco Bay. WORKED WITHOUT ACCOMPLICES The Suspect In the Smelting Works' Ploi Tells All to the Police ? He Took the Bullion Through the Tunnel Which He Had Dng Under the Vault ? Most ol It RecoTered Without Difficulty. San Francisco, Cal.?Jack Winters, who was arrested as a suspect in connection with the Selby Smelting Works rnhherv. has confessed and $195,000 worth of bullion has been recovered from the bay where he had sunk It. For three days the detectives tried all sorts of persuasion to make Winters confess, but apparently without effect Finally Winters asked to see Superintendent Ropp, of the Selby Works, who, he said, was the only friend he had. On his conversation with Ropp Winters's manner indicated that he knew where the gold .had been hidden. Ropp told Winters that they had a strong case against him and that he would be sent to prison for thirty years. Winters finally weakened and told Ropp that he had taken the gold and would take him to the spot where it was hidden. Winters, in company with Superintendent Ropp and a force of detectives, left on a tug for Crockett. There they waited all night foi low tide. Winters pointed out the place at the end of the railroad wharf behind the coal bunkers, at the head of the Vallejo ferry slip. At that point at low tide the mud is about fqut feet deep, covered by a foot of -water. When the tug first reached Crockett Winters pointed out the spot in the water where be said he had thrown the gold. Superintendent Ropp marked the place on the wharf and the tug steamed away to wait for low tide. In the morning Winters got into the mud and water up to his neck, and for an hour and a half groped for the missing bullion. During the day $130,000 worth was recovered. This includes the four bars of fine gold. It Is now only a question of careful search to find the rest of the $283,000. Winters claims he did the job all alone. He says he made fourteen trips from the vault to the wharf from which he dropped the gold. Winters, -when he had made up his mind to tell what he knew about the crime, was exceedingly willing to give all the information necessary toward the recovery of the bullion. He practically assumed charge of the operations and led Captain Seymour and Superintendent Von Der Ropp to the dock. He acted more like one of the detectives employed on the case than a prisoner. As soon as he arrived at the water's edge he called the superintendent to his side and said: "Now watch what I am going to show you. Be careful that you get the locations right." Stooping, he picked up three stones, and, pacing forward, tossed one of thfem into the water. It fell to the south of the spot where the prisoner stood. Another 6tone fell to the east, and the third was thrown directly In Buffalo is likely to be the fastest in the country. From the large number of young rtbbits seen to bob in and out along the country roads of Chester County, Pennsylvania, gunning next fall prooisea to be good. Si: : ^ _ front of Winters. "That," said the prisoner, "will mark the water boundary of the place where your gold Is hidden." Stepping to the left Winters drew a nail from bis pocket and asked for a hammer. He then paced off a few yards to the right and drove another nail in the timber. "The gold," he continued, "will .be between these two nails, somewhere In line with the spots marked by the stones I just threw into the water." A small boat was eecured, and into it Sheriff Vale, Detective Kimball and two laborers were taken. Winters assisted in the search for the bricks. He talked glibly all the while. The deep mud finally put a stop to operations, and it was decided to build a coffer dam before trying to recover the rest of the treasure. , Winters told the officers that he planned the robbery long ago with mb nute detail. It had taken two nights' labor to cut through the brick wall of the smelter. Most of the boring in the bottom of the vault had been done in the night when the gold was taken. He carried the plunder, which was very heavy, from the vault to the water and deposited it where the water was from three to six feet deep at low tide. The distance from the vault to the cache was about a quarter of a mile, and he made fourteen trips. MILLIONS FOR HORSES AND MULEV Value of the Animals Bought by the British In the West. Kansas City, Mo.?Colonel Skinner, of the British army, one of the officers who has been buying horses and muiea in the United States since the outbreak of the Boer war, returned to Kansas City from New Orleans. With the shipments just made to Cape Town, the British Government has spent $>i,uuu,uuu in tnis city. Colonel Skinner says that approximately 100,000 animals have- been shipped from this vicinity through New Orleans during the past three Fears. The average price paid for the animals is $50 a head, so there has been a total expenditure of $5,000,000 in Missouri and Kansas alone. Increase In Trade With Germany. Official figures from the Treasury Department, at Washington, show a tremendous increase in the last five yetars in our trade with Germauy. West Pointer c President. Francisco L. Alcantara, twenty-seven years, a graduate of the United States Military Academy, has been clectcd ['resident of th2 State of Aragua, Venezuela. Accomplice of the Assassin Breicl, The anarchist Luigi Giaanotti, under irrest at Milan, Italy, has confessed that ho accompanied Ercsci frou America and was his accomplice ia the assassination of Kins Humbert. The Sporting World. The Constitution is to be rc-rig^cd. It locks as if Walthour had all tho )ther racing cracks badly frightened. King Edward has nominated six liorses for the Derby and Richard Croier five. The quarter-mile wooden track at I . ' v 1 ;.?/ TRAIH BOBBED BY BAHDITS" Blew Open Car, Wrecked Safe, and Rifled Mail Sacks. RUN DOWN BY BLOODHOUNDS Five Masked Men Held Up a PHWHtef Train in Indian Territory?After Blowing; Open Safe They Got 61,50? Robbed the Passengers Laughingly ? Bandits Are Captured Within Two Honrs. Fort Worth, Texas. ? The southbound Missouri, Kansas and Texas train. No. 3. was robbed at Caney, switch, Ind. Ter., by five masked men. The express car was blown open, the safe wrecked and the mail sacks were rifled. All the passengers were robbed of their money. ml"> of Panor whpn hft 1UC upciaivi ui, .. heard the shooting, suspected the train was being held up and put out the light in the station and telegraphed to Atoka, eleven miles away, for officers. Within two hours after the robbery was committed bloodhounds had trailed these men to their homes: B. C. Richmond. "Bob" Alford, George Brown, John Gibson, "Tom" Edwards and "Jack" Barr were arrested and taken to Atoka, where they were jauea. The other men connected with the robhery rode away on horseback and had not been captured. The messenger and clerk were forced to assist the bandits in their work. With Postal Clerk Tulley holding an empty mail sack, the robbers went through the coaches and robbed every passenger. They obtained $280 in one coach. A negro who refused to give up his money was severely beaten. The passengers were compelled to throw all their valuables into the pouch. After the work was done the rob' hers, who seemed to enjoy the sltua* tlon, sat around and laughed over the matter, and one even went back Into a car to get something. After holding the train two hours the robbers left, going east into the dense bottom timber for which the tortuous Caney. Creek la noted. Caney, where the robbery occurred. Is at a side track thirty-nine miles north of Denison. It Is In the Choctaw Nation of the Indian Territory, and the population surrounding the station Is only 125. The train stops only on signal. (, The prcper signal was given, and a? the train slowed down, the engine driver and fireman were confronted by two men with masked faces. About the same time the express messenger and the mail clerk were order@6) to open their cars, three of the robbers shooting wildly. There was no response, and the firing began again. Tne conductor, brakemen and porters ran through' the train calling out, "It's a hold up!" 'a he awakened passengers tried to hide their money and valuables. Then a blast of dynamite was exploded, tearing a side off the express s and mall car. The robbers leaped! through the opening and overpowered the messenger. The robbers then blew the safe open. They obtained only $1.50, as the money had all been left at Muskogee, to be f sent up by the "Katy Flyer," which runs through the Territory by day. NEGRO BURNED AT THE STAKE. ; A Georgia Mob Take* Summary Vengeance For an Atrocious Crime. Savannah, Ga.?Joe Washington, a negro, who assaulted Mrs. J. J. Clark, of Way Station, Ga., was burned at, the stake eighteen miles south of Savannah. Mrs. Clark identified him after he had been captured In Liberty City, and a mob of 400 men was col-, lected to take summary vengeance. Only the ten or twelve leaders, however, executed the plan of burning Washington. The rest of the mob was kept at a distance, and was not permitted to come near the stake. The negro admitted other crimes, but stubbornly denied the assault. After appealing for mercy from his captors, he prayed for a few minutes. Along the side of the railway track a crowbar was driven into the earth. To this he was bound, in a sitting position, his legs extending straight in front of him on either side of the bar. Mrs. Clark had been asked by the leaders of the mob to apply the torch, but she declined, and her husband was selected in her stead. Washington looked straight into the eyes of Clark as the latter stooped down with the lighted match. The wood of the pyre was rich pine, saturated with kerosene oil, and flames leaped hungrily toward the negro's body. His face showed no signs of ' the pain he must have suffered, and he died without a groan. CHOLERA FROM GREEN POTATOES. Rush to seli Unmatured Vegetabloa Causes Epidemic. Worcester, Mass.?Cholera morbus Is epidemic here, and physicians believe the cause is the unripe potato. One physician said that he wouid no more eat oue of the potatoes now being sold than he would take so much poison. The present stringency in the market has driven farmers of all parts of the country to put their potatoes on the market while the prices are in the air. It is a better harvest season now than it will be later, when the fall crops come in. All five members of one family were taken ill q^ter eating dinner. All had eaten potatoes freely. Gomez Will Not Be Prealdeat. A committee of one of the wards of Havana/Cuba, recently named General Maximo Gomez as its candidate for President and Estrada Palma for Vice-President. General Gomez has written to the committee saying that he has irrevocably decided not to a.C' cept any nomination for the office. A New War Cloud. Charge d'Affaires Russell, in Caracas, has notified the State Department that there is danger of war between Venezuela and Colombia. Slotlior and Three Daughters Drowned. Assistant Postmaster John G. Pole and his family, while attempting to rt on.nnm nour T,ovinCt. iriuaa a. iiiuuuuuu ouvaui uwu? ton, Va.. were swept down by the waters of a cloudburst Mr. Pole and his three-year-old daughter escaped, but the mother and three daughters, aged from one to eight years, wera drowned. France's Population, 38,641,333. The official census figures of France show a population of 38,041,333. an increase of 412,364 in the past five years. Paris shows aa increase of 148,(>04, Marseilles 47,428 and Nice 18,853.