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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.