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m HI BOER ACTIWTY British Government Awakening to the South African Situation. HUGE ARMY ON THE DEFENSIVE nvoati Tmnna Arc to Renlace General Kitchener's Exhausted Men ? British Lose Over Thirty Killed In Repelling an Attack on the Camp at MocdxrlU ?Colonel Kekcwich Now Wounded. London.?"For months past we have been told," says the Daily Graphic, "that if the Boi?rs would only abandon their elusive tactics and come to close quarters we should see what we should see. The Boers have taken us at our word, and the results are certainly not encouraging." The chorus of dissatisfaction with the inertia of the Government is daily gathering force. Winston Churchill. M. I*.. speaking in Oldham, described the situation in South Africa as '"serious and disquieting." He said the war could not be ended by proclamations or threats, but only by vigorous military operations. The Daily Mail and the Daily Chronicle comment upon the fact that the. huge British army is seemingly only able to remain on the defensive. It is believed that the Government at last ref*ognizes the necessity of meeting the renewed Boer activity. Preparations are being made to replace General Kitchener's exhausted men by fresh drafts. An order has been issued making it impossible to obtain discharge by purchase from any of the army reserves, sections of which are being prepared for mobilization. There is further evidence of the seriousness of the situation in Cape Colony. Mocdwill, the scene of the bold attack by Commandant Delarcy on Colonel Kekewieh's camp, is seventyfive miles west of Pretoria and fifteen west of Itustenburg. General Kitchener reported that two officers and thirty-one men have been killed in an attack ou Colonel Kekewieh's camp. The Boers, who were under Commandants Delarey and Kemp, had fourteen officers and 114 men wounded, after two hours' night fighting, when the Boers were driven off. Colonel Kekewich was among the wounded. The Boers are reported to have been 1000 strong. General Kitcnener, in his dispatch, said the British repelled the attack with great vigor. Colonel Kekewich was slightly wounded in two places. He said that all ranks behaved extremely well. General Kitchener confirmed th?> heavy losses of the Boers, about 250 killed and 500 wounded, in their attack on Fort Itala and Fort Trospect. He said the guns recently captured at Vlakfontein have been recovered from the Boers. A mixed column under General Kitchener, the Commander-in-Chief's brother, has been sent to relieve, presumably. Natal from Commandant General Botha's forces. It has reached Vryheid. PURSUING TROOPS CARRY PIANOS. Kitchener Finds Out Why His Column* Don't Catch Boors. London. ? Perhaps one of the reasons that the British, who are so frequently reported as being in pursuit, fail to overtake the Boers in South Africa is found in a remarkable army order issued by Lord Kitchener, as fol IV t> o. "The commaudcr-in-chief in South Africa desires to impress officers in command of mobile columns that the object of such columns is mobility, and that he has learned that such forces carry -with them furniture, kitchen ranges, pianos and harmo nlums, which nulify that object. These articles must be handed over to the nearest stores." CAVE BIRTH TO QUADRUPLETS. Same Woman the Mother of Triplets and Two Pair* of Twins. Chicago. ? Joseph H. Ormsby, who for three years has been trying to solve the problem of perpetual motion, recently parted from his wife. A few days ago. at her home, a little frame cottage, which is used as a grocery and a dwelling. Mrs. Ormsby became the mother of three boys and a girl. The children are small, but perfect in form and there is an excellent prospect of their living if they receive the proper care. Kind neighbors have taken charge of the household. Mrs. Ormsby twice has been the mother of twins and once of triplets. Three other children were born, making fourteen in nine years. S8.100,401 Coined Daring September. The monthly statement of the Director of the Mint shows the total coinage executed in the mints of the United States during September was $8,160,401, as follows: Gold, $4,100,177; silver, $3,899,524; minor coin, $100,700 Great Floods 1c Spain. Widespread devastation has been caused by floods in the districts of San Baudilion and Llobregat, Spain. Cottages have been swept away and whole villages are inundated. Connecticut Doctor Drowned. Word has been received in Collinsville, Conn., telling of the drowning of Dr. E. W. MeClere, of that place, at Jackman. Me. Dr. MeClere was thirty-five years old and unmarried. Easiness Failures For a Week. Business failures during the past week, according to R. G. Dun & Co., numbered 227 in the United States and thirty-one in Canada, against 204 in this country and eighteen in Canada during the corresponding week last year. Cermau Forester Kills Two Poachers. Ten poachers attacked Forestei ttnvenh in ji fnrpst near Sasran. Ger niauy. He killed two and wounded three. The others fled. Kerseli was slightly wounded. No Itlume For City of Trenton Disa&ter At Philadelphia the Coroner's jurj which investigated the explosion ol toe port boiler of the steamboat Citj of Trenton in the Delaware River 01 August 2S, which resulted iu the deatl of twenty-four persons, was unable t< charge criminal neglect 011 the part 0] any of those who constructed the boil er or those who operated the boat. Son of Presldeut Krnijer Dead. Tjaardt Kruger, a sou of the formei President of the Transvaal, who re cently surrendered to the British, haj just died at Pretoria after a short ill Bess. 1 LAUNCHED AT BATH, ME. The Cruiser Cleveland Christened Vnr Mice: RiltVl HaiHia ! One of the Six Sheathed, Protected Warships Authorized bj Congress?Largest Government Venfel Built in Maine. Bath, Mo.?TJio United States cruiser 1 Cleveland was successfully launched 1 at the yards of the Bath Iron Works. ' in the christening party were Miss Ituth Hanna, her father. Senator Hanna. and Senators Frye and Ilale, and Representative Littlefield. of Maine. At the stroke of the noon hour Miss Hanua. with a daintily mounted silver hatchet, cut the cords, releasing tne keyshores. As the big craft began to move she broke a bottle of American champagne over the bow, christening the cruiser Cleveland. Whistles and bells saluted the vessel as she touched the water. At the conclusion of the launching a luncheon was served by the builders. The Cleveland is one of the six sueatnea, proiecwu cruisi'is, iut* iuustruction of which was authorized by Congress in March. 1891). Iler length of water line is 207 feet, over all length .'JOS feet 0 inches, mean draft in normal condition, 1"> feet 9 inches and displacement 3200 tons. Her required speed is 10% knots an hour. Her bottom is sheathed with hard pine, covered with copper, as a precaution against the accumulation of barnacles. Her engines aggregate 4300 horse power and her coal capacity is 700 tons. The armament will consist of a main battery of ten Qve'-iuch guns and an auxiliary battery of eight sixpounders. two one-pound guns and four Colt machine guns. She is the largest Government vessel ever constructed in Maine. SISTER AND. SUITOR KILLED. Anjrry Brother Murdcru Two With Hatchet and Pistol. De Soto. Mo.?William Greeuhill has made a confession to Prosecuting Attorney Williams, in which he says that his brother, Daniel (Jreenhill, killed their sister, Mrs. Sadie Uren, and her suitor, John Meloy. The confession says that the brothers objected to Meloy's attention to their sister because he was a sc-pndthrlft and wanted to marry Mrs. Uren because she was wealthy. On the night of the murder Daniel entered Mrs. Uren's room and found the woman sitting on Meloy's lap. In a III UI ruj^t' uiccuum (,iuu..vu .? hatchet and sunk it first into the skull of Meloy, after which be brained bis sister. He tben took a revolver from Meloy's pockets and fired into the wounds he had Inflicted with the hatchet. After the confession Calip Andrews was arrested as an accessory aud as a witness to the murder. The Greenhills and Andrews are heavily guarded against any attempt at lynching, the feeling against them here being intense. MONTH'S SURPLUS SI2,123,686. War Department Expenditures Fall O Almost 88,000,000. Washington. D. C. ? The monthly statement of the Government receipts and expenditures shows that for September the receipts amounted to $44,454:422, and the expenditures $32,310,730, leaving a surplus for the month of $12,123,080. The.decrease in expenditures in the War Department alone is almost $8,000,000. The receipts by items are given as follows: Customs, $19,160,613. decrease as compared with September, 1000. $540,000; internal revenue, $22,433,053; decrease, $294,500; miscellaneous, $2.840,755; increase, $104,380. The disbursements charged to the War Department amounted to $0,350,050; decrease, $7,750,000. Navy, $5.051,041; increase, $1,000,000. Pensions. $9,G94,992; decrease, $2,200,000. The net surplus since July 1 last is , shown to be $1,300,000. MANY DEAD IN MINE EXPLOSION. One Man Saves Himself by Running Faster Than the Fire. Victoria, B. C.?Seventeen men are dead as a result of a tire and explosion in Extension Mine No. 2, belonging to the Wellington Colliery Company. The flames started from a curtain, ?frnru <i minor's lomil ? UiUii mu^ui inc nuui uiiuv.1 ^ In half an hour the whole slope was on fire. Rescuers reached the place where the miners had been at work, but the men had gone. The bad rnn with the fresh air, instead of against it, in an attempt to get out by the accustomed route, thus meeting death half way. While the rescuers were at work several explosions occurrcd. James Thomas, a rope rider, was riding down the slope, and seeing the fire coining, jumped off the car and ran. Two timbermen called to him to follow them, but he ran on and barely escaped. The others perished. OUR TROOPS WERE DECEIVED. Mascacro Was Due to Misplaccd Confidence la the Filipinos. Washington, D. C. ? The following cablegram was received at the War Department from General Chaffee: "Manila ? Adjutant-General, Washington. With reference to your telegram of the 30th ultimo, will cable names of the missing enlisted men as soon as ascertained. "The company was rcslied about G o'clock in the morning by a large body of boloiaen, about 400. General Hughes thinks the surprice was due to the contidencc of the commanding otSccr in assertions cf friendship from the natives. Result of the investigation will be cabled as scon as obtained. -Chaffee." Naty NoedB 2000 New Ttlen. Two thousand enlisted men arc wanted by the Navy to bring the strength up to the full limit authorized by law. The Navy requires many of these sailor3 this winter in order to place in commission tho large fleet oi torpedo-boat destroyers now nearly completed. New Companies of Coast Artillery. Orders will soon be issued by LleuI tenant-General Miles to provide for the addition of ten companies of coast artillery. Labor TVorJd. Clio ntoel strike cost $2.">,Cf)0,000. Over 2,000,000 miuers are required to ' produce the world's supply of coal. [ The job compositor of to-day occupies a higher plant- as a cruftsmau j than he has ever held in the whole course of hi3 existence. The strike of velvet shearers at Crefeld, which had been in progress for eight weeks, has ended, the men ret suining work unconditionally. The condition of women and chill dren employed in Ohio factories will be investigated by a special ageut of the State Labor Commissipn, STEELTRUST'SBItiSUHPlU More Than $12,000,000 After Pa ing the Usual Dividends. UNINJURED BYTHEGREAT STRIF Official Statement For the First ? Months Shows That the Billion Di lar Combination is in a Far Mo Prosperous Condition Than Was Su posed?Daily Earnings 8300,000. New York City.?Net earnings of tl United States Steel Corporation for ti first six months of the company's c reer, as announced officially, are 9i>4,871. These figures were given o j after a meeting of the company's c rectors, at which the usual quarter dividends were declared on both tl common and preferred stocks. Unusual interest was shown 1 Wall Street regarding the probable a tion of the directors on the matter < their issuing a statement of oper tions. All doubts were scattere however, after the close of the Sto< Exchange by tlie formal statement < tlie company's sound position. T1 figures show an enormous busines which was not injured, apparently, I the steel strike. Tresident Schwab tells the story < the company's operations since Api last, when the "Billion Dollar" Trui was launched, in the following figur< describing the net earnings: Aprl $7,350,744; May. $9,012,349; June, $C 394,747; July, $9,580,151; August, $? 810,880; September (estimated), $? 200.000; total. 854.954.S71. The actual financial requirements < the Steel Trust, which include div dends at the rate of seven per cen on the preferred and four per cent, c the common stock, together with tl interest on the bends, are $71,021,9C for a full year. So far this year It ca be seen the company has earned wit] In $10,000,000 of this required amoun During July and August, the montl when the steel strike was waged tt fiercest, the earnings of the Stei Trust did not show any decrease. TIi closing down of the entire system c plants of the American Tin Plate Con pany, half of the mills of the America Sheet Steel Company, and a large pel centage of the properties of the Stei Hoop Company, according to the stat< ment, was not reflected in the earnin capacity of the big steel company. This is explained by the statemer that the executive management of tb company was able to distribute th business which otherwise would hav been left unhandled among the variou mills which were unaffected by th strike. Probably the most important part o the official statement is the announc< ment that large sums are set asid +r\ tlniA fr\r> fha mninfoTinnp 11 U Ui 11111C IV kllii U JLVTA kUV fund and for the establishment of sinking fund. It has been general! known in Wal Street for some tim that the company had established sinking fund, but no one was take: into the confidence of the corporatio: regarding its extent. In the statemen it is announced that $7,059,705 ha been set aside. After this amount wa deducted the company charged off th interest of the bonds, amounting t $7,600,000, the interest fon half a. yea on the $305,000,000 five per cent, bond issued when the company was formet1 The net earnings as stated in th official announcement represent, there fore, all the.Junds applicable to div: dend8 and interest on the bonded in flebtedness. When these amounts ar deducted there remains a balance ap plicable for a surplus or new construc tion, as the directors may decldt nmnnntinir to $12,320,742. When the process of concentratioi was completed the corporation wa thrown face to face "with a strike o immense proportions, which threat ened the integrity of the consolidatlor Under these conditions the showini is considered by the directors most fa vorable. POSTAL SERVICE BUDGET. Far Free Delivery System* Postm&Btei General Wants 834,995,000. Washington, D. C.?The official es tlmates for the fiscal year beginninj July 1, 1902, which Postmaster-Gee sral Charles Emory Smith will submi to Congress at the apening of the sec elon, call for an aggregate of $G,500, 000 for rural free delivery servic throughout the country. Thia is an increase of $2,750,000 ove the expense of that service for th current year. The total for the fre delivery service proper, which is tha operated in cities is $18,745,000, an ic crease of nine per cent. The gram aggregate for the entire postal fre delivery services, inclusive of both th free delivery and rural free dellverj is $24,995,000. SEYMOUR NAMtLJ (-UK UUVcKNUH, The Mayor of Newark Nominated by th New Jersey Democrats. Trenton, N. J.?James M. Seymoui now Mayor of Newark, was nomir ated on the second ballot for Govert or on the Democratic ticket. The flra ballot resulted: Seymour, 488; Farrell, 4SG; Carrot 07; Braun, 91; Mattlne, 21. As the vote was being announce Camden tried to chancre its vote b transferring its Carrow votes to Sej mour, but it was too late. The takin of the second ballot followed. Can den swung into line for Seymoui Then the changes came so fast hi nomination was assured long befor the ballot ended. Carnegie Helps a Scotch College. The authorities of the Glasgow Technical College have received a le ter from Andrew Carnegie saying tlia ?,iii oivo ?ii9S flflO toward the $250 000 needed to complete the require fund, $750,000, for the improvemei of that institution. Last Payment of McKlnley'a Salary. Warrants were drawn at the Treai ury Department in Washington in se tlement of the salary due Prosidei McKinley at the time of his Ucatl The amount was $1SjG.S?>. Prominent Peopie. Carrie Nation has declared her ii tcntiou of residing in New York Cit; It is said that in the forty years < " ' *? in'- 2.* r'U?r?/\ Cnnmfo r IllS DUS1I113SS 1ILU ill \~/iui;u?u wtv.iv,iui (Jage took only ninety days of vac tion. King Edward needs a No. 7 hat; tl Kaisor is fitted with a 0% size, ar the Duke of Cornwall wears one mea uring 0%. Henry James, the novelist, has spei the summer in Norway, whither, It said, he intends taking the people his next story. 10 WILL OF MR. M'KINLEY IC An Estate of Over $225,000 Bey* qneathed to His Wife. An Annuity to HJg Siater ? Jodije I>ay and Secretary Cortelyou Made Admlnlstrators by Mrs. McKlnley. I Canton, Ohio. ? Secretary Cortelyoo , came here to assist Mrs. McKinley in >L disposing of matters connected with the late President's estate. The question of fiHns the will was taken up. the trying tnsK or reading it to tne President's widow being undertaken by the Secretary. a Mrs. McKinley made an effort to I 1,. bear up, and succeeded in doiner so, nlu< though the ordeal was difficult. All .. legal formalities necessary for her to subscribe to were disposed of. Judge lj Day and Mr. Cortelyon went to the ! lit office of the Probate Judge and offered the will of Mr. McKinley for probate, j They carried with them the following written statement: 1 C "I, Ida S. McKinley. widow of Will- < oj lam McKinley. deceased, hereby de- 1 a cline the administration of his estate, d and recommend the appointment of ) ,j, William R. Day and Georcre B. Cor- j 'o: telyou as administrators with the will 1 ' annexed." This recommendation bears ; ,g the date of September 27, 1901. j ' Following is the text of President McKinley's will: i ol "Executive Mansion, Washington, 1 II D. C. 1 st "I publish the following as ray last 1 js wili and testament, hereby revoking Hf all former wills: f >,! "To my beloved wife. Jda S. Mc- 1 l|. Kinley, I bequeath all of my real estate, wherever situated, and the income of any personal property of t jf which I may be possessed at death, ] i. during her natural life. "I make the following charge upon 1 all of m.v property, both real and per- 1 ie sonal: To pay my mother during her 1 )7 life $1000 a year, and at her death said j n sum.to be paid to my sister Helen Mc- i j. Kinley. If the income from my prop^ erty be insufficient to keep my wife in ] ,s great comfort and pay the annuity 1 ie above provided, then i direct tnat sucn aj o- my property be sold so as to make I'g a sum adequate for both purposes. Whatever property remains at the j. death of my wife I give to my brothers n and sisters, share and share alike, r- "My chief concern is that my wife jj from mv estate shall have all she rei. quires for her comfort and pleasure. ? and that my mother shall be provided with whatever money she requires to lt make her old ago comfortable and e happy. e "Witness my hand and seal, this 22d e day of October, 1897, to my last will g and testament made at the city of p Washington. District of Columbia. "WILLIAM McKINLEY. if "XXIe io lll? win w;jj? wiuiesseu >. by us this :d day of October, 1897. at e the request of the testator, and his e name signed hereto In our presence a and our signature hereto in his presy ence. "(r. B. CORTELYOU. e "CHARLES LOEFFLER" a It is announced on good authority Q that the McKinley estate -will amount n to between $225,000 and $250,000, tail cludinpr life Insurance of $67,000. Aside s from this insurance the estate consists s of real estate here and contiguous to e Canton, and of deposits In Washington o banks. r 9 THE COLUMBIA-SHAMROCK RACES. e The Defender Won the Firnt of tho Series by a Narrow Margin. ' New York City.? In the greatest ' closest and most exciting yacht race e in the history of the America's Cup * contests the American defender, Col - mwiKIa /1/vfAofA/i CTt* Thnmnc T.lnfnn'fl ULU 1/1(1, uciuatcu KJIL x.iav/luu.0 ^ challenger, Shamrock II. On actual time she won by thirty-seven seconds; t a with her time allowance of forty-three 1 9 seconds added she won by one minute < f and twenty seconds. < > In the fifteen mile beat to windward ' the Shamrock led the home yacht at S the outer mark by thirty-nine seconds, a - Once around the turn, however, the white Herreshoff flyer surely and steadily made amends for this. She caught the Shamrock, passed her and crossed the finish line far enough in . advance to enable her admirers to say that, boat for boat, she won without her time allowance. 5 I- CAPTAIN CHARLES EABB. (The skipper of the Columbia.) r' It was a marvelous exhibition of ( . skilled seamanship, with honors nearly even. Captain Sycamore, of the j J .Shamrock, got Columbia under his lee ^ at the start and never let her get out , h of it. Once around tlie mark uaptain : l" Barr nursed bis charge carefully and r* skillfully and slowly obtained a lea l that Sycamore could not overcome. e and tbat finally won tbe brst race of < tbe series for tbe American boat. ] Would Abolish Spanlili Nary. t Admiral Valcarel bas prepared a ret port for presentation to tbe Queen Ke- I it gent of Spain asking for tbe necessary 1 funds for naval defences, and propos- ] d ing, In tbe event of their being reit fused, tbat tbe Spanish Navy be abolished. ] Slinli's Assailant Dead. Salson, wbo attempted to shoot the Shah of Persia August 1DU0. while j His Majesty was visiting the Paris j Exposition, died at Cayenne, French Guiana. * ] The National Game. Schriver haou't stolen a. base this a" season. y Callahan's value as a pinch hitter is )f extraordinary. ^ Selbach, it is said, wauts to get away from New 1'ork. Miller, the new New York second baseman, is a diminutive chap. g. A tail-onder iu two seasons is a lovely record lor a New York Club, nt Pitcher Jack Dunn has developed Is Into a first-class third baseman. In George Magoon says he will play in the American League next year. FILIPINOS KILL AMERICANS A Comosny of Ninth Infantry Almosl Wiped Out in Samar. ONLY TWENTY-FOUR SURVIVORS Natives In Superior Number* Surprised the Troops While at Breakfast ? Th? Survivors, Eleven <M Them Wounded! Escaped From the Insurgents? Arms, Ammunition and Stores Captured. Manila.?The first serious disaster In the Philippine Islands for a Ion? period occurred In the Island of Samar, near Balanctea, -when Company C, Ninth United States Infantry, was cut to pieces by an overwhelming force of Insurgents. Of the seventy-two men composing the company, forty-eight were killed and only twenty-four succcedcd In escaping, of whom eleven were tvounded. The survivors have reached P.assey, In the pouthern part of Samar, and ftmong them are Captain Thomas W. Connell, who was In command: First Lieutenant Edward A. Bumpus and Dr. It. Sc GrlswoTd. surgeon. Tlie company was at nrcaiirasi wncn lttacked and made a determined resistance, but the great numbers of the Insurgents compelled the men to retreat. The insurgents captured all the stores and ammunition of the company md all the rifles except twelve. Washington, D. C.?News of the dlslstrous fight between troops of the Ninth Infantry and the Insurgents in Ihe Island of Samar was sent promptly by Genpral Hughes, commanding in ihat Island, to General Chaffpe, and by him transmitted to the War DeDartment from Manila. General Chaflee's dispatch Is as follows: "Hughes reports following from Bassey, Southern Samar: Twenty-four STInth Regiment U. S. Infantry?eleven vounded ? have ,1ust arrived from 3alangiga. Remainder of company tilled. Insurgents secured an company supplies and all rifles except welve. Company was attacked durng breakfast, morning September 2S. Company seventy-two strong. Officers: Thomas W. Connell. captain; 3d ward A. Bumpus, first lieutenant; Dr. R. S. Griswold, major, surjreon, jscaped. CHAFFEE." The news created a sensation in offi?lal circles. It was the first severe reverse that has occurrcd for a long ;ime. Still the officials were not unprepared for news of ,1ust this charac:er from Samar, In which the revolu;ion started by Aguinaldo still continles. Samar is an island about as arge as the State of Ohio, and the American forces of occupation num>er in all between 2000 and 2500 men. rhese are distributed among various )osts in the Island, a large number jelng In the'more Important centres. Srurin never made any effort to oc ?upy Samar, and it was only three nonths ago that the United States unlertook that work. The latest report nade by General Hughes to the War Department was that the number of nsurgent rifles in the island aggregated about 300. The Filipinos ear ied on a guerilla warfare and opera;ions against them were difficult. The disaster to Company C, of the Wnth Infantry, occurred, it is beieved, while it was engaged in an exjedition to clear the country of roving )and3 of these Insurgents. The fact hat the Americans were attacked ivhilc at breakfast indicates the darng and pluck of the insurgents. Immediately upon receipt of the lispatch Adjutant-General Corbln carted to General Chaffee to send a :omplete Teport of the fight and a list >f the casualties. CAS TANK BLOWN TO BITS. Iany Workmen Killed and Injured in an Explosion at Newark, N. J. Mownrir N_ J.?Six men were killed | tnd twelve seriously Injured by the xplosion of a gas tauk at the plant of he Essex and Hudson Gas Company, it Front and Lombardy streets. The ihock was heard for many blocks, and freat pieces of the solid steel sides of he tank flew over the roofs of houses n the neighborhood or fell Into the Passaic River, 200 yards away. The dead are: Otto Neumann, maried, day foreman of the works, sufocated by gas; William Meyers, fortyive years old, a workman, lives in 2ast Newark; Morris Kirsch, worknan; Theodore Render, workman; Al)ert Snyder, twenty-two years old, of Tersey City, and Nicholas Miller. Otto Neumann, the day foreman, and Vllliam Meyers aud Morris Kirsch, wo workmen, entered one of the arge, empty gas tanks with the inten;ion of cleaning the inside. They were overcome by the lingering i'umes, and olunteers were called for. Nine vorkmen responded promptly, and .'our of these climbed over the sides of ?e tank, to rescue the unfortunates. Che other volunteers attempted to renove a manhole plate from the side )f the tank, and in starting tne riveis i spark set fire to the gas anil the iwtul explosion followed. Fire followed the explosion and jverything of an inflammable nature ;vas consumed, which added horror to .he explosion. Two alarms were sent >ut, and at the same time every ambulance in the city was called to the icene. Bubonic I'lague at Italy. Twelve cases of bubonic plague have jccurred among the dock laborers at Naples, Italy. Ransom Demanded by Brigands. A letter has been received from Miss Stone, in which she says the brigands demand a ransom of 23,000 Turkish pounds. This the American Board of Missions will refuse to pay, but negorintions have beeu opened by the i)e partment of State at Washington. General Corblu Arrives Home. Major-General Corbin lias returned from the i'hilippiues to Washington and said he was greatly pleased with the condition of our army in the archipelago. The SjiorMnjj World. The football nero now makes his animal bow to the public. Lord Derby defeated lioralina in a ?5U(X) special trot at lteadville, Mass. More than li3,t>t?J was paid by Mr W. C. Green, a Western copper king, for an automobile. This is a record price for an automobile sold in America. Archie McEnchern surprised the hi cycle world by defeating "Major" Taylor two out 01 three races at the Colosiseuin at Baltimore, Md. All three races were motor paced uud flylac starts, J ; * SCHLEY COURT'S WORK The Testimony Not Damaging-, Applicant's Friends Say. Little Evidence Adduced That the RearAdmiral Did Not Do His Duty in the Santiago Campaign. Washington, D. C.?The Schley Court of Inquiry, In the estimation of the friends of Rear-Admiral Schley, has adduced little evidence In support of the contention that the Rear-Admiral did not do his whole duty during the Santiago campaign. The most interesting testimony, as against Schley, has been opinion rather than fact. Thus far one witness has testified that the blockade off Santiago was maintained at a distance of seven miles by day and ten at night. That was the opinion of Commander Harber. Rear-Admiral I-Iigginson was o? the opinion that the blockade was kept at four miles by day and three by night, and Captain McCaila agreed with him as to the distances maintained and as to the drawing in, rather than hauling out, of the blockade at night. Partisans of both Sampson and Schley have had opportunity to learn from the testimony that there was scarce a captain who did not consider his ship the most important r.nit in the Flying Squadron, and.who did net regard very lightly the importance of lending willing assistance to Schley. Captain Wise has admitted that he dis v *'--v n v -1 ?.?i?i THE FASIOUfl "LOOP" CP TEE BKCOELTTf. obeyed orders in falling to communicate to bis superior officer instructions of importance from tae Navy Department, but "supposed" that a subordinate who bad the information would convey it to Schley. Captain RlcCalla also admitted that be exerclscd bis judgment instead of obeying orders. There has been no satisfactory explanation of the failure to inforu the commander of the Flying Squadron of the fact that there was an agreed code of signals by which communication could be had at Cienfuegos between the insurgents and the United States fleet. This code was known at Key west; v;apiaiu v>ijauwn;ji, o?uji.?son's Fleet Captain, had it; but Captain McCalla considered that it should not be given to Schley because he had It in confidence. Schley's friends say that up and down the coast, from Key West to Santiago, there seems to have been something more than accidental failure to support Schley with information that he should have had, while he had plenty of information of a character to perplex and delay him. The bearing of the court has been that of a tribunal intent only upon having the facts. Such opinions as it has allowed to come In have sometimes been so contradictory that they do not give much conccrn to RearAdmiral Schley's counsel. The Judge Advocate has endeavored to remove the impression that the differences found between dispatches as sent and printed by the Navy Department were o*1 small consequence. The counsel for the applicant have admitted as much in regard to the "Disobedience of orders" dispatch. ' At the most the case as made out by the Judge Advocate shows only that there were officers who differed from their commander, and that they do not agree as to the facts upon which they based their differences of opinion. Nothing has been elicited that was not known in the fall of 1898, when Schley was named for auvancement for his services in the Santiago campaign. . CRIED HIMSELF TO DEATH, Caleb Harvey's Grief Over the President's Assassination. La Porte, Ind.?Caleb Harvey died here as the direct result of grieving over the assassination and death of President McKinley. The physicians say that he lirerally cried himself to death. Me wept ior hours continuously from the afternoon the President was snot, and while in these paroxysms of grief his suffering was intense. It was found impossible to control or assauge his grief, and up to the hour of his death he wailed constantly. The phvsicians consider the case without precedent. Cuptaln Lomly's Sister Burned. Miss Laura Leruly, forty-tire years old, a sister of Judge-Advocate Lemly, was burned to death at her home, in Salem. N. C. Her clothing caught lire from a kitchen stove, and she was so badly burned that her death resulted in four hours. Veterans' Home Burneil. The Confederate Soldiers' Home at Atlanta, Ga., has been destroyeu oy tire. About seventy veterans were iumates of the building, some of them being invalids, who were rescued with difficulty. The loss is estimated at $25,000. One Cent Fine For Assunlt. Milton Fattier, of Boston, was fined one cent for knocking down Lorenzo Fertis, of Damariscotta, Me., and was banqueted by the aitlzens of the town. Fattier knocked Fettis down after the latter had said he was glad McKinioy was dead. Three Drowned Near Kalamazoo, Mich. A sail boat containing seven pei'sons capsized on West Lake, near Kalamazoo, Mich., and Mrs. Peter Krondkye, J. Van Halst and Miss Edith Maud were drowned. llopr* May Conic to Us. It is reported that the linal scheme Oi.' tile lighting Boer burghers is tu make for the Oaniaralaud border and ...... vt *!?'? A f-' f h/i /latimon r?/\Tl. Uvv.v:[/l I Lit: UU.V.1. Vt IUU vl k* VVM sul oL' land at four pence per acre. It is rumored in the refugee camps that liU.OUU Boer families will go. It it also said that a number of burghers iu Johannesburg have asked the American (Jovcrumeut on what terms tliej can secure land in the United States, Fire Destroys Iowa Town. The town of Clayton, Iowa, was de stroycd by fire. I i I / :'?? TT^fT". > HKOREVENTSOf IHEWEEI WASHINGTON ITEMS. Brigadier-General J. M. Bell. who. was promoted recently to fill the vacancy caused by the death of General' Ludlow, -was retired on account of age. Henry E. Cooper, Secretary of Hawaii, denied the report that he bore :he resignation of Governor Dole to :he President. Arthur S. Ralkes was appointed Secretary of the British Embassy. The sale of postage stamps of the Pan-American issue will be discontinued at the close of business October 31. William B. Ridgely, recently appointed Controller of the Currency, arrived at the Capital. Secretary Gage received $6150 from m anonymous -writer as a contribution to the "conscience fund." OUB ADOPTED ISLANDS. Captain Thomas W. Connell, Lieutenant Edward A. Bumpus and Surgeon R. S. Griswold, -with other members of Company C, Ninth Infantry, were killed by Filipinos in the Balanglga disaster. The leading revolutionist politicians of Cuba have issued a manifesto to the country recommending Senor Tomas Estrada Palnia as a candidate for the Presidency. Customs receipts in Cuba for seven months ending July 31 amounted to ? ' $9,189,339. Major Pilcher captured Governor Atienza, of the Island of Mindoro, P. I., -with seven of his staff. Luis Barbe. postmaster at Punta Santiago, Porto Rico, was arrested for violating the postal lnws. Sergeant Lloyd M. Briggs, Troop L, Eighth Cavalry, died from Intermittent malarial fever at Camp McKen- ' zie, Cuba. - ' The drought was broken in Hawaii. DOMESTIC. Arrested for Improper use of the * mails, H. G. Westall, Asheville, N. C., confessed that he had forged sixty or seventy checks. At the Andrew Carnegie mills, near Keating, Penn., three scaffolds, on which were ninety-two bricklayers and laborers, gave way, and many of the men were seriously Injured. Nine indictments were found against James B. Thomas, cashier of the Partridge Bank, Ovid, N. Y., which failed several months ago for $750,000. Frederick W. Hartman, a farmer living near Hobart. Ind., fatally waunded his wife and then committed" suicide. The National Bureau of Identification is to be moved from Chicago to Washington, D. C. # During an altercation near ConyerentlTn Tann Wolin Word R (inn ftf Frank Ward, a prominent planter,. Killed his brother, Brown Ward, aad then tried to take his own life with v poison. A necklace of seventy-six pearls, with a massive diamond clasp, was missed from one of the large jewelry; stores of Boston. Its value Is placed! at $2000. W. M. Butts, formerly secretary of! a grocery company at Grand Rapids^ ' Mich., was sentenced to five years' Im-orisonment at hard labor for embezzling $9000. Rear-Admiral Sampson surrendered) command of the Boston Navy YardJ His successor, Rear-Admiral M. L, Johnson, assumed command. Five negroes were lynched and a! white man killed in a Texas race war.! William Hoeppner, confidential clerk! for A. W. Faber & Co., of New York: i fiitv. is accused of a $40,000 defalca tion, and was arrested In Buenos Ayres. " At the Inquiry Into the loss of the Alaskan steamship Islander, a witness swore that the captain and pilotwere Intoxicated. Two negro "trusty" convicts and aj white former convict named Duncanj were charged with murdering Henryi F. Newell and wife, near England,! Ark., the motive being robbery. ; > Colorado's Legislature will hold &.; special session to pass a new revenuej measure designed to reach railway; and telegraph companies. The Buffalo Exposition Board of Di-I rectors decided to mark by a railing; the spot in the Temple of Music where' the late President stood when the! shots were fired which cost him his' life. Burglars took $400 in money and; stamps fr*m the postofflce at Adalrsville, Ky. FOREIGN. The Princess Charlotte Bonaparte, widow of Count Prlmoli, died at: Rome. Italy. She was born In Rome In 1832. The boiler of a French torpedo boat exploded near Algiers. One member of the crew was killed and two Injured. Mussulmans and Christians engaged in a sanguinary convict at Beirut, Syria. The outbreak in Hayti was declared to be suppressed. Arabi Pacha, pardoned by the Khedive of Egypt, returned to Cairo from his exile in Ceylon. Boers attacked Fort Itala, on the Zulu border, but were repulsed, both sides losing heavily. Count Greppi, the Italian Minister at Chile, died at Santiago. Mr. Choate, United States Ambassador to Great Britain, thanked Lord' Lansdowne. the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, for the message of condolence on the occasion of the death of President McKInley. Rioting occurred in cities of Spain. In Barcelona the mob stoned the police, who fired on the rioters, injuring several. For more than a week warm summer weather prevailed in Berlin. A laborer died of sunstroke. Exports from the Berlin district of Germany to the United States during the past quarter amounted to $9,335,7S5. or an Increase of $1,863,156 the corresponding quarter of 1000. The Lucanla and the Campania, passing each other In midoceau, carried on commualcation for two hours by means of wireless telegraphy. Mount Vesuvius is asain in eruption. Lady Curzon. of Kedleston. and her 1 children started from England for India. Turkish and Albanian troops clashed at Belopoljc, Servia, tifty-four being killed and wounded. 1 IVinee Chuan concluded his mission 1 t- O ,'rmany and siiiled for China. [ The Swedish ironclad Wasa was launched at Stockholm, the vessel ' being named by Queen Sophia. It was stated that Mr. Ivruger had received reports from South Africa showing that the rebels in Cane Col; qoy numbered 10.000. '