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THE PRESIDENT
NEAR DEATH
Roosevelt's Carriage Ron Don
by a Trolley Car aod His
Body 6oard Killed.
The Chief Executive Escapes With
SGffht Injuries?Accident Hap
w #
pens While Driving From
Pittsfield to Lenox, Mass.
Pittsflcld. Mass. ? The carriage in
which President Roosevelt, accompanied
by Governor Crane. Secretary Cortelyou.
and others, was being driven
froui this place to Lenox on the thirteenth
and last day of the I*resident*s
New England trip, was struck by a
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wviirjr iui ai iut> iuui ui itunaiu o j
and instantly demolished.
The occupants of the landau were
thrown Into the air. aud Seeret Service
Agent Wlll.'am Craig, who fell on the
traeks directly lu front of the rapidly
moving ear. was intfantly kille<l. The
President who fell by the roadside,
sustained no injuries other thnn a
, bruise on the cheek and a seven* shaking.
Governor Crane also escaped unhurt
and Secretary Cortelyou'x hurts
were minor. D. J. Pratt, of Dalton.
the owner of the carriage, who was
J ,?' A*- - If
arivimt IW iuur uursm iiiiaruiii iu n
at the time of the accident, sustained
? dhdocation of thi? left shoulder. a
sprained ankle, and was otherwise seriously
bruised and cut.
The scene of the accident was about
a mile nnd a half south of the park
where the President had addressed an
audience of several thousand people before
entering the carriage. After his
address he drove to the home of former
Senator Dawes, who is now
eighty-five years old. and after making
a call of a few minutes started down
South street for Lenox. The party
were a little late, and Mr. Pratt put bis
horses to tbelr ix?st speed in order to
make ap time.
The President's carriage was on the
west side of the street railroad track,
bat as the track crossed to the other
side of the highway at the foot of the
hill it was necessary for the carriage to
cross over to the east side. This Mr.
Pratt attempted to do. not seeing the
car which was approaching from the
north, or rear. In this car were a number
of passengers, including James W.
Hull, a director of the Plttsfleld Electric
Street Railway Company; District
Attorney Noxon. A. W. Eaton and a
number of members of the Pittstleld
Country Club, who had chartered It.
, The car struck the right side of the
carriage, demolishing the wheels on
war sine nnn precipitating iniiK uirectl.v
on the track. He wag instantly
killed, his entire skull being crushed
and his body terribly mangled.
It was feared at first that Mr. Pratt's ,
Injuries were fatal. He was taken at
once to the House of Mercy, in Plttsfleld.
where the nature of bis injuries
was ascertained. The physicians In
charge say that he may recover.
All four of the occupants of the carriage
were thrown out. Governor
Crane seems to have escaped entirely,
and the Injuries to the President and
his secretary are not regarded as being
serious. President Roosevelt and Governor
Crane, who occupied the rear
eat of the carriage, were both flung
violently forward into the highway,
but tbey saved themselves by clinging
to one another.
Fortunately, at this point there is a
quantity of soft earth, caused by the
wash from the hill, and into this the
occupants of the President's vehicle,
other than Craig, were precipitated.
The President was on his feet in a
flash. He assisted the others to arise,
and his first words were a question as
to the condition of the other members
of the party. Learning that Craig was
under the car he said that he must be
dead, and he gave his attention to
stanching the blood that was flowing
from cuts in the neck of Secretary Cortelyou.
The President's injuries were painful.
but not at all serious. The left
side of his Up was bleeding from contact
with wnmlwnrk In the mrflnw
and tbe riglit side of bin face was
bruised. Hi* glasses were thrown off.
but were not broken. HI* frock coat
was ripped at the elbow, and hi* silk
bat wan ruffled by the toss in the aand.
When Mr. Roosevelt looked upon the
bcdy of th?? detective who had been
with him throughout his New England
Journey, be was deeply overcome. He
went toward tbe car and In a severe
tone said to the motorman:
"Why did you run into the carriage?"
"You don't xupiKtse I did It on purpose.
do you?" replied the motorman.
"If you lost control of the car. that is
one thing, but If not. your act is an outrage."
responded the President.
As he turned and walked away the
motorman called out: "Your driver had
a right to set out of the way. anyhow."
The body of Craig was removed at
once to tbe house of A. B. Stevens,
near by. President Roosevelt. <5overnor
Crane. Congressman Lawrence
and Secretary Cortelyou walked to the
Stevens house, where they remained I
for about half an hour.
Members of the party were <le?irons
thai the President should abandon his I
trip, bnt this be refused to do. Ho J
RECONSTRUCTING THE FREE STATE.
AatlSamMiai the Uatcb tad English
Elements.
Bloemfontein. Orange River Colony.
South Africa.?Reconstruction is pro
feeding mu?-h quicker and more
easily In the Oranjre River Colony tiiau
In the Transvaal. The difficulties of
amalgamating the Dutch and ICuglisb
elements have been nearly overcome,
and overylHxiy is apparently determined
to settle doivu and obliterate,
as far as possible. the recent bitterness.
Personal MmIIvi.
Senator Burton, of Kansas, has start*
j edua a trip to Hawaii.
The Emperor William will pay the
King of Italy a return visit to Koine.
Andrew Carnegie, who bought the
famous library belonging to Lord Ac
ton. has presented It to John Morley.
The Sultan of Tarkej has given a
tiny pony and carriage to the Kaiser's
little daughter. Princess Victoria
Louise.
Former Captain Dreyfua baa never
recovered from the horrors of hla life
In priaon and is said to be In danger of
going blind.
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t
Mid that large crowds evidently bad
gathered to greet blm, and be would
continue, hut be announced that he
would make no more speeches during
the day.
Another carriage was telephoned for
from Pittstield. and the President coorinued
his trip. He nnd Governor
Crane went to the Aspinwall Hotel,
where he wan to have dedicated the
State suite of rooms, but the President
did not leave bis carriage. He stood
for a moment and said to tbe hotel
guests and people assembled to meet
him. that he wished for no demonstration
and no cheers. He did not enter
the hotel, but drove directly from there
to the Curtis Hotel, when* nearly all
tbe cottagers bad ass<-ait>lcd to meet
him.
The program which had been arranged
provided that he should enter
the hotel oftice and parlors uud meet
the cottagers, but he did not do this,
hut stood un in his carriage and said
bo wished no demonstrations on account
of the terrible accident. The
thousand!* of people bad assembled in
frout of the hotel were perfectly silent.
The party, after remaining lor a brief
time, drove on to Stockbrldge. where
lunch was served. Then Governor
Crane and Congressman Lawrencc left
the party.
Craig's body was later taken to a
local undertaker's establishment and
bis relatives were notified.
There seems to Ih> no (juestion about
the blame for the accident. Judge
Joseph Tucker. President of the Pittstield
Street Railroad, in an interview,
said that the cars had not lieen forbidden
to run over this branch of the
road during the day. but Mayor Misland
bad forbiddeu I be ? ars to ruu over
thin road while the President's carriage
was upon it.
The cur which ran down the President'*
carriage was a special. chartered
by meinliers of the Pittsflcld Country
Club to convey theui to their clubhouse,
which was formerly Brondhall, where
the Poet Longfellow lived when in
Berkshire.
Luke J. Madden, the motorman, and
James Kelly, the conductor, were arrested
Roon after the accident. The
charge against them is manslaughter.
Bail for the motorman of ?5Q0() was
furnished by former Alderman Maurice
J. Madden. 1iis brother, and Patrick H.
l>olan. manager of the Plttsfleld Street
Railway Compauy. Kelly was bailed
in $2500 by Mr. I)olan. ball being accepted
by Special Justice Charles L.
Hibbard. Kelly is twenty-fire years
old, single, and lias been employed on
the railway for thr;>e years. Madden
1m thirty-two years old and has a wife
and tire children.
Pr*?ldcnt End* New England Tour.
Bridgeport. Conn.?President Roosevelt
ended his tour of New England
here, after his thrilling experience at
Pittsfleld. Mass. He remnined altout |
an hour and a half, and was cscorted ;
to a stand in Seaside Park, where j
he had intended to deliver an address
to workmen. tie excuseu uuhmmi.
however, from making any speech because
of the accident, aud at his request
his carriage was hurried away
from its escort to enable him to Itoard
the Sylph, where Mrs. Roosevelt and
his son Kermct met and embraced him.
PreildtBl Arrive* at Home.
Oyster Bay, N. Y.?President Roosevelt
returned to Oyster Bay but little
the worse for his thrilling experience
of the morning. His right cheek was (
swollen, there was a black bruise under <
UIB I 1^ 111 V, uuu uin ?ivuim uhp
ly swollen. Otherwise ho showed no |
effects of the accident. He will go <
South according to the original schedule.
and will he accompanied by Sec- <
retary Cortelyou. who, while he was |
considerably shaken up. expects that |
his injuries will not incapacitate him ,
from duty.
The President was husily engaged on (
his return in signing commissions and
disposing of work that had accumu- ,
lated during his ahsencc.
William Craig, the Secret Service i
agent who was killed, was a man who
had been on duty as Presidential guard |
at tbe White House for many years. |
tXA m*ao t*nnm nlil fitwl tVflil <
a giant in physique. lie weighed over (
200 pounds and was more than six feet I
tall. He wax a former member of the
Queen's Grenadiers, and was an ex- i
pert broadswordsman; years ago he
gave exhibitions with Duncan Ross, i
and was credited with many victories |
over him. i
TERMS OF FAIR SETTLEMENT.
A milloa Dollars Said to Have B??a
Transferred to the Wife'* Heirs.
Sau Francisco, Cal.?By the terms of
the agreement between the heirs of
Mrs. Charles L. Fair, and Mrs. Hermann
Oelrlchs and Mrs. W. K. Vanderbllt.
Jr.. the former receive more than
$1,000,000. Of this sum *300.000 in
sold has been pnld by Hermanu Oelrlchs
to Mrs. Nelson. The money was
de|>oslted In the First National Bank,
where it stands in the name of Mrs.
Nelsou.
U'ltMn m mnnth tliA )mnnn will 1 m'
I>e handed over to the heirs of Mrs.
Fair. In addition to this amount there
Is still a considerable sum represented
in the personal property of Mrs. Fair,
the value of which eaunot l>e determined
until her estate is appraised.
It is. however, estimated to be worth
between $oO.OOO and $00,000. According
to A. It. Cotton the personal property
will be distributed by the Probate
Court in four months.
Ohio Democrat* Indorse Bryan. j
The Ohio State Democratic Con vet.
tion has nominated a State ticket mid
adopted a platform which was dictated
by Mayor Tom I,. Johnson, of Cleve- ,
land. The Kansas City platform is reaffirmed
and Mr. Bryan Is unqualifiedly
imlorseij. The boom of Mr. Johnson
[ Tor the Presidency was also launched.
Thr?e Workmen Drowned.
miT ?"j Miiru riu|)iutvni uy a runtract
ln>; company in the laying of a
spwir alone the Mohawk Itiver hank,
near the tJcneral Electric Works, at
Schenectady. N. Y., were drowned by
the capsizing of a l?oat. They ar??
<ilUKepi>> Bernard. Ferdinand Xlnni
and Nichola Bcrardo.
Fatal Earthquake* in Italy.
Several shocks of earthquake wer?
experienced at (Jubble, in the Province
of Perugia. Italy. A number of
( iiausi>s were destroyed, three |>ersons
i were killed and many were injured.
i Tt.. tianlh Vor Ult dflli non
Ranks throughout tho South have
made drafts on the Sub-Treasury nt
New York City aggregating nearly
$45,000,000. and intimations were given
that these drafts would be continued
and would roach possibly $100,000,000.
The money is wanted to move crops.
Csttoo Crop of 10O1-CS.
The totals of Secretary Hester's jnnual
report of the cotton crop of the
United States. Issued at New Orleans.
La., show a crop for 1001-02 amount'
log to 10,680,(80, agaitfet 10.383.42f
I last rear.
I
BEPOmiTHECIMLME
The Result of Carroll D. Wright's
Investigations.
PRESIDENT CANNOT INTERFERE
The CoiamiuloQir Say* That tha Oper
a ton Should Concfdi a Nina-Hoar limy
Tha Chief CauM of UiBcult;. He
Finds, la tha Lack of Confidence Between
Kmployere end Employe*.
Waatiinjrton. I). C. ? The reinirt of
Carroll D. Wright, the Coiuuilaaionor
of Lal>or. on the anthracite eoal strike.
hns Immmi made puhlit*.
CotutuUsoiner Wright finds that
1 - ?-? ??vbtln(f htifn*i)(ifl
[utrre uu i^iiiuuruvt* cAinuiiM ?v ? > ? .
the employes and their employer*.
This, he believes, is one of the chief
causes of the difficulties bet ween the
operators and miners. Commissioner
Wright suggests that it would lie reasonable
and just for the operators to
concede at once a nine-hour day for a
period of six months as an ex|>eriineiit.
ile suggests that there should be organized
a Joint committee ou conciliation,
composed of representatives of
the o]M>rators and of a new union of
authracitc employes, to which all
grievances should be referred for Investigation.
and their decisiou should
be tinal and binding upon all parties,
and that there should In- uo interference
with non-union men.
In thi? course of his report Commis
(doner Wright says that the fact* s;?em
to show that, in contradistinction to
most strikes. the officers of the minors'
union, with perhaps one or two exceptions,
persistently opposed the present
strike on the ground that it would
probably last all summer and entail
great hardship and suffering upou the
mine workers, as well as work incalculable
injuiy to the industrial interests
of the country.
Home of the operators and some of
the union officers liellere that no great
progress will bo made toward a more
|M>aceful condition in the mining regions
uutil the anthracite miners have
a union of their own. All of the operators
whom .Mr. Wright met disclaimed
/lictliw.llv flint (Siat* lidil tni* nitniffiti.
ism to labor unions as such. They did
object, and most seriously, to some ??f
tb<? methods adopted by the union, and
they feel that when asked to make a
contract with the unions the latter
should put themselves in a position to
l>e pecuniarily responsible for carrying
out such contracts.
The specific demand of the union
that where miners are paid by weight.
224U pounds shall constitute tic.* ton.
represents u long-standing ditticulty.
The miners see little ditticulty in adoptins
*'?<? *y*tem of payment by weight.
l>ut they claim that they a;e systematically
defrauded by the arbitrary action
of the bosses, who determine how
much reduction shall be made for impurities,
and they especially complain
that they are defrauded when paid by
the wagon or car load.
When it is shown that a tun of coal,
says Mr. Wright, contains a varying
[?vi tvuia^i: vii iviuav an u iuiiiiv '.ivuu
the mine, it Is difficult to see the force
of the argument why It should uot he
weighed and the miner paid for the
work lie does. At U*ast the opera torn,
be think*, ought to share in the loss
at labor in tniuing impnrities.
The demand of the miners that
wages be Increased ten iht c-ent. in the
rates per ton to those men who perform
contract work, and teu per cent,
reduction in the time of those who
work by the day, is backed by the
statement that, after (he increase
which was granted in 1900. the prices
of all commodities in a mining region
were advanced accordingly. They urge
that it is exceedingly difficult for them
to live properly on their present wages.
Thn roH m*t Inn nf fittwi i?t ttnf fnruviPil
by the miners, and hacked by the statement
that their work takes only about
1200 days in a year, and for the remainder
of the time they are practically
Idle. The operators meet this demand
with the statement that they are uunble
to market only sixty per cent, of
the capacity of their mines, aud that
:heir fixed charges, including the pumping.
rare of the rainefc, etc.. go on for
twenty-four hours a day and every day
in the year. They insist that the increase
of twenty per cent, in wages,
which the men demand, would mean
alnjut forty-six cents a ton increase.
The total amount of wages paid in the
anthracite coal lields last year is stated
by the operators to have been about
$(M>.OUO.<JOO. The increase under the
original demand of the miners, the
operators state, would be about $20.IW0.U00.
KENTUCKY COMESTIC TRACEDr.
Insane Women Attempt* Double Murder
end Dronni Hcrtelf.
Cincinnati. Ohio.?While temporarily
Insane. Krnrna Bankhardt. a spinster,
forty years of age. attempted to kill
her mother and sister Dorothy. aud
then committed suicide at their home,
four miles south of Covington. Ky.
Mrs. Bankhprdt and Dorothy were
asleep and each received a sereve blow
ou the head with some blunt instru
merit, their skulls hcinu fractured.
Both probably will <lle. Having dealt
these blows to her mother and sister.
Emma saturated their beds with oil
and applied a lighted match.
Am soon at? the tlumes began to spread
she ran to a cistern, jumped in aud
,was drowned. Neighbors were attracted
to the Bankhardt home by the tire
and rescued the victims of the insaue
woman before they were harmed by
the (lames.
Pray to Stop Itala They Prayed For. '
Churches of every sect in the seuiinrid
licit in Western Kansas ??arl3*
in tlii' seasou 1 h'IiI special service* to
pray for rain. Now they are Imldlnspecial
services to pray for the rain
to stop.
MTMly Dead la the GaleIt
is estimated that seventy |>ersons
were drowned in Alcoa Bay ilurini;
the storm which swept over Port
rciizalteih. South Africa. Seventei'ii
vessels were wrecked ami several
lighters weut ashore.
Minor Mention.
The new course of the Buffalo Jockey
Club at Ketiuiure Is nearing completion.
Ti e Royal Society of (Jreat Britain
ha.- annouucetl a new determination of
the heat of (he sun. It Is made by
I'rofessor Charles Wilsou. who places
it ?t 11.11)2 degrees Fahrenheit.
Statistics compiled covering races run
in America up to August 1 show that
A. Belmont's famous stalliou Hastings
leads the wluning sires so far in
11M2. To this date uto get have won a
tot ll of thirty-eight races, and ??orn?w?
?7t in ?takeii an?l nrnwi
in ii ifiiniUnill r irimrifafcinii i mi
SHOTBY DESPERATE NE"G?
Many Persons Injured in a Deadly
Conflict ;n New York City.
unncr orcicorn iun OMQWCn
nuuot OtOltULLf nnu uuinikv
Colored Caretaker, Who Shot a Treapaa er,
aad Hla Wife Related a Small
Anny of Pollcemea Who Attempted
Hla ArmUTea Teraoaa Were Iajnred,
Two Fatally?Battle Laated For iloare.
New York City.?Of nine policemen
and three civilians shot by Jerry IIuu
ter. a negro. at Bowery Bay. Pol icemen
John McKenna and Thomas Bur*
gan were fatally Injured.
Hunter wns arraigned at Long Island
City before Magistrate Smith.
His wife. Harriet, who assisted her
husband after be had barricaded himself
in the Thomas house, loading and
banding to iiitu tin- snoisuns wnn
which he tired on the |H?lice. was shot
during the battle anil Ik in hospital.
Inspired probably by an overzenloux
desire to protect the properly of his
employer. Hunter, without provocation.
tired upon William Thorpe and
John O'Neill, who were strolling
through the grouuds of the estate.
The negro had been instructed to kt ?p
off intruders. Thorpe was badly
wounded, but his companion ran away
und told the police.
Policeman McKeuna set out for the
house, but he never dreamed that the
negro would tire again. But before
lie could do anythiug to ward off the
danger the uiau had tired. He
discharged lirst one barrel, then thv?
oth-T. McKenua dropiied. shot in tne
head and face.
Thorpe and O'Neill had trailed behind.
following at a cautious distance.
When McKs'nna fell they dragged tin*
policeman's prostrate form from the
grounds. Word was taken to the As
toria policy station ami roiieemeu Arthur
Drill and John Bureau set our.
They approached the Thomas property
with more care than McKeuna had
exercised.
Hunter meanwhile had taken refuge
In the house, and. calling his wife, had
made delllwrate. cold-bloodcd calculation
to withstand n siege to defend
himself and to keep nil away from the
property. He had got another shotgun
and his wife was prepared to aid
her husband as liest she could.
Hunter, iu a room on the tirst tloor.
heard the footfall* of the two pel iremen.
and a* they hove* in sight from
behind a cluster of bushes the negro
poked hi* shotgun through a window
pane and discharged both barrelsful at
Burgan. The man dropped iu a heap.
Some of the shot rnught Brill, too.
and one entered the rlnlit eye. destroy,
lug it. Before Hunt->r could reload
Brill had managed to carry hi* companion
behind the bushes and out of
range.
Policemen arrived from all direction*
and preparation* to *torui Hunter
were made. The negro perceived that
he wa* in a de*|?erate way and made
plan* accordingly. He and hi* wife
extinguished all the light* in the
? rr>u . l.?U.wl n.wl
Iiuuitt". A III* IIUIHN wrii* iniliru illiil
locked and the shutters of the windows
drawn to.
Police Captain Darcy. whose forcos
now nmnlM>red 10<> or more of armed
men. Iiegan the attack on the house
hy throwing a circle of men about
It. It was dusk and the bushes and
shrubbery and the stone wall afforded
some protection to the ln'slcgers.
The tirst shot came from one of the
upper windows. Matthew Ward, one
of the policemen, sprang from a bush
beneath which he bad l>ceu crouching,
and jumped into the open. He dropped
to one knee, and was taking aim when
again then' was a tlash from the window.
Ward fell forward, and the shutters
of the window were closed. Ileady
hands quickly pulled the policeman
I Mick to shelter. The police decided
to watch and wait. At about 10
o'clock the kitchen door opened and a
form in a white dress appeared. It
was Hunter's wife, standing with a
great cavalry sword poised in the air.
Policeman Caiwidy ran forward. With
a veil, the woman hacked at him. nod
then, before the man realized what
had happened the dour wan hanged
shut. From an upper window the
woman's voice came in jeering tones:
"You'll never take us alive; you're
all fakes. We will burn down the
house before we will surrender."
That gave Captain Dnrcy an idea.
In half an hour men with paper and
kerosene crept up to the side of the
house and started a tire. Then Hunter
Hung open one of the upper windows
and l>egan tiring. lie picked off one
man after another. His wife within
was loading as /i-t as he emptied the
guns. The llic gaining headway
aud was workii... s way up and into
the building.
Mrs. Hunter appeared at one of the
windows and Hung open the shutters.
For an instaut she stood in full view
of the crowd. Then she climlted to the
sill. Just as she ihi>r? tvnw a
crack from one of the ritles and ahe
wan shot in thi> head.
Her husband made a dash from the
hack door, and on a dead run broke
for the wood*. Instantly a dozen men
were in pursuit, but the negro turned
upon them and fired. He was hit by
a bullet, and Detective Burke and I'olieeiuan
Michael pounced upon him.
Captain Darcy had difficulty in saving
Hunter from the crowd, who wanted
to lynch him.
Two Orphan Bora l>rown?il.
Two boys, inmates of the Orphans*
House at Charleston, S. C.. were
drowned in the surf.
Month'* Surplus U.SOO.OOO.
The receipt* of the Treasury Department
at Washington for the mouth
of August exceed the expenditures by
au unex|M'ctedly large sur
plus. The total receipt* were *IN.iasr?.812.
and the expenditures $42.t?ilMJIJ(>.
Scratch at hon'a (irav* Killed liar.
While planting flowers on the jsravo
of her son vAi'prnl \vi*.?!. < mm Miw I
Kdward Baiinigardner. tlfty-tive yearn
old. of Marburg. Pa.. scratched her
hand with a runty trowel. Itlond polsoiling
developed and death resulted.
Davis Swrepn Arkanui.
Partial returns indicate tin-. lection i
of the Democratic Stale ticket in Arkansas
as follows, by a majority ranging
from .'io.OUO to t.Vxxi: Uovcrnnr.
Jefferson Davis; Secretary of State,
J. \V. Crockett: Attorney tJcneral.
\V. Murphy; State Treasurer. II. C.
Tipton. A light vote was (tolled
throitgli tiie State ou account of a
heavy rain.
lost* Rlra Hall* War
The Conta Rican war vessel Poa*
has been sold by auction ami ban been
bought by the Colombian CovernmAB*
/ ? '
| VERMONT ELECTION FAILS
No Candidate For GoTernor Receives
Required Majority Vote.
fh? L*ti>latnr? Will Have to ChoitM ?
Beat of tha Rtfolar Repablioa
Ticket la Elected.
White River Junction. Vt.?There Is
no election l?y the people for (Jovernor
and Lieutenant-Governor an the result
of the vote in Vermont. At midnight
the returns'were not complete, hut they
Indicated that Perclval W. Clements,
high-license local-option candidate, was
running close to General John <J. MeCullough,
the regular Republican nominee.
The returus from 200 cities and
towns out of 240 give the following
?*a?a fni? 4 Int'ornnr
John (J. McCullough (RopJ, 20.497;
Felix \V. McGettriek (Detn.i. dl 12; I'erclval
W. Clement iHigh License). 23.23!>:
Joel C. Sherburne (Pro.i. 2052.
The best idea of the change lu vote*
in lMith the Republican and Democratic
luirties is showu by the comparison
with the vote of the name lit*) cities and
towns in which gave Stickney
(Repj. .'Kl.lWVi; Senter lUorn.i, 14.43!),
and ail others. 1:2)0.
Clement hhowed great strenth in
the large cities, his home town. Hutland.
giving him a majority of 1214
out of a total vote of 18.10. As a majo-lty
vote is required to elect, the choice
for Governor and Lieutenant-Governor
is thrown into the General Assent My.
which convenes on the tirst Wednesday
in October.
The General Assembly is usually
made up of 2Pi Representatives and i
thirty Senators. The House of Rep
rese ma rives win consist 01 im m-iniulicaus.
twenty-nine Democrats, twentyfive
high-license men ami one Ial>or
representative. The Senate is overwhelmingly
Republican. Tlie Republican
managers said that the Republican
Reprcscntalives elected for the
mast part will vote for tieneral MeCuilough.
although they will voio for
a high llcene liquor law with a referemlnm
law attached.
David J. Foster, of Burlington (Rep.;,
Is re-elected to Congress in the First
District, and Kittredge Haskins. of
Brnttleboro (Rep.), is re-elected in the
Second District. The contest at the
head of the ticket did not affect the
rest of the Republican ticket. Doth
Congressmen obtaining the usual majority.
The rest of the State Republican
ticket which is elected is as follows:
Treasurer. John L Bacon, of Hartford:
Secretary of State. Fred F. Fleet
wood, of Morristown; Auditor, Horace
F. lirahatn. of Cruftshury.
TWO KILLED IN THE WAR CAME.
Premature Explosion in Elc Gun Cinia
an Accident.
Fort Wright, Fisher's Island. N. Y.
?While the suns of the fort were firing
on the fleet Edward Roy watt Instantly
killed by the premature discharge
of a twelri-lnrh gun. Harry
A. I>avln died later at the hospital
from injuries received, and a third
man. Samuel Clevenger, wan severely
wounded.
Several others suffered slight injuries.
All the men tvere privates of
the Second Company. Coast Artillery,
of the regular army.
Itoy was No. 2 man at the gun. and
was handling the powder. He hnd
put a thirty-pound charge into the
gun. and had Just pushed the breechblock
into place, without locking it,
when the explosion occurred, it is
supposed that a piece of burning rag
had been left In the gun. Roy was
literally blown to pieces. Davis was
hit in the chest by pieces of flying
bone, anil sustained fatal Injuries.
POLES DO NOJ GREET KAISER.
H? Haku m Conciliatory Spaach at Poa?a
?Order* Fort* Kamovad.
Posen. Poland. ? Emperor William
arrived here a few days ago. The
weather was line. The city was decorated
in honor of the occasion. The
streets were uenseiy until wmi irmi|^.
The civilian rejoicings are confined
to the (Jernian population. The leading
Pok?s neither decorated their
houses nor appeared at the reception
to the Kaiser. The burgomaster, who
Is a German. mntV? the speech of welcome.
He said lie rejoiced that German
thought, morality and order had
replaced the deepest Polish degradation.
The Emperor surprised many by replying
in serious conciliatory tones.
He thanked tlx* burgomaster for his
sentiments, and said that he had Just
signed a decree ordering tiie removal
of tlit* fortifications around INisen. an
art which would enable the city to onlarge
its lioundarles.
TWO MUROERERS_ LYNCHED.
K?Cra?i ConfnMril They Had Shot Hint
Superintendent From Amhuati.
Now Berry. Flo.?Manny Price, the
murderer of \V. F. Brunsou. and- another
negro named Boh Scruggs. were
lynched about two miles from this
place by 300 men.
Tin. tiiHFr(v<M were l?eiuir taken from
[ New Berry to <Jainesville by special
deputies ami the posse overpowered
them and tool; th?* prisoners away.
They confessed and were then strung
up to a rree and their bodies riddled
with bulletH.
Prl?-?? nan arrested at Folkston. fla..
for the murder of Brr.nson. the superintendent
of the Ruttgcnback mines,
near here, who was shut from ambush.
Price im pi lea ted Scruggs. who had
been held as a witness.
Didn't W'uni Carrit Nation.
.Mrs. Carrie Nation was driven out
of Bangor. Mo.
The Coercion Art In Ireland.
In consequence of the activity that
is being displayed by the Nationalists
many areas have been proclaimed under
ti>e Corn-ion act. including iHiblin
city and the entire pr??vin?vs of .Monster
and Connaught. Ireland. The inclusion
of iMiblin is for the purpose oT
includin;: >lit* chief newspaper of the
United Irish League.
InraiyOrrr Cap* Colony.
The ilisliii*Im'?| |?olii condition in
Capo Colony causes un-asiness ill (!overuuK'iit
circles in London.
New* of tlir Toller*.
The-? are uo.ooo unemployed iu the
Province of Matauzas. Cuba.
Laborers on the aqueduct at Croton.
X. Y.. have been granted a ten-hour
day.
Lalmrt rs at Holyoke. Mass.. avoided
a strike l<y uniting with the Protective
Union.
Ogdeu, Utah. lalior unions are successfully
agitating a Friday half-holiday
movement.
Itules of their international organization
prohibit barbers' unions from
oarticinatlnir in iml?He*.
i
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MONT PEIEE IN ERUPTION.
t
Over 1000 Lives Said to Have Been [
Lost in Martinique. 11
h
TWO VILLAGES ARE DESTROYED J
t
The Work of Volcaao and Tidal VC'
French Warship Emhiirkiat People ia *
the Northers Part of die Ill-Fated III- *
and?Panic at Fort de Praaco-i A Large
District Devastated.
Pointe-n-Pltrp. <Jua?leloupo. F. W. I. j
?The French Line steamer Canada ar- ^
rivod here from the Island of Martin
ique. Her officer* confirm the report*
brought to Castriles. 8t. Lucia. Iiy the
Briti*h steamer Koronn of the eruption
of Mont Pelee. The ve**el'* officer*
declare al*o that 1000 p?*r*ons
were killed at Martinique, and many
severely wounded. The sea entered
Fort France for a distance of forty
feet The French cruiser* Suchet and
Tage are bringing the inhabitant* of
the northern part of the i?laud to Fort
de France.
According to an official account the
eruption was one of the mo*t severe
that ha* been experienced. Morne
j Rouge and a great part of AJoupa
Bou ill ion were destroyed. The zone
lietween the River Capote and the
I Valley of Champ Feore and Fond*
| Marie Relne. has !>een devastated.
| Mont Capote suffered severely and '
i the hills around Bass.- I'olnte were 1
I hurtled. ^
The Covernor of the inland i* ar* I
ranging for the evacuation of the
northern parishes and the removal of
the wounded.
The temperature of the atmosphere j
j at Martinique is reported to be almost ,
unbearable.
Earthquake at Carupuno. (
Caracas. Venezuela.?A strong shock I
was felt at Carupano. a seaport town t
of the State of Rermndez. It was nc- t
companied by a noise which was
heard along the whole shore of the .
Caribbean Sea.
?eUmlc Disturbance In Algeria. ?
Algiers. Algeria. ? A strong earth- !
quak<' shock, accompanied by subterranean
rumblings, was felt at Molidia.
HICCINSON CAPTURED BLOCK ISLAND
! lie Attempted to Pore* the Main Entrance j
to Look Island Sonnd. |
On Board Avcnel. Off Block Inland, j
-Rear-Admiral Ifigginson's fleet struck
It first blow in the army and navy J
maneuvres in the Long Island Sound,
capturing Block Island without resistance.
making prisoners of the army
signal detachments which had br>eu
stationed her*. cutting the Government
cable which connects the island
with the mainland and landing a heavy
force of marines on Harbor Neck* a
narrow strip of land which Juts out to
the southward and westward.
Wood's Holl. Mass. ? The United
States cruiser Olympia dashed Into j
this port, landed a force and seized all
rnlunliAno finrl tfvihlii sfn- !
inrftiH|iu, . v...... v_?v
lions, thereby cuttine off all communication
with Martha's Vineyard and
Elizalwth Island.
The cruiser landed n detachment of
men at (Jay Head and the cable from
that point to Pasque Island was cut
also.
Of course the seizure and destruction
were figurative, and it required
the decision of an umpire to make
plain whether or not the point attempt
ed by Admiral Higginson had been
won.
New London. Conn. ? At midnight
Rear-Admiral Hijnrin son's fleet was in
battle with the forts on Fisher's Island.
Oull Inland and Fort Terry. L.
I., in an effort to force its way up
Long Island Sound.
The passage the fleet attempted to
force l? the main entrance to Long Inland
Sound. The distance between
Forts II. <?. Wrlzht and Michie. the
widest point, i* about three miles. In
addition to the jnins of the fort, this
passage was thoroughly mined. Only
the umpires could determine what
ship were destroyed or what batteries
were silenced.
Army officer* said that the entire
section of the fleet that tried to force I
the passage was destroyed.
TWO GIRL BATHERS DROWN.
Br?T? llarvarri Alhl?t? Saved Their Two
Companions.
Belmar. X. J.?Two lives were lost j
I t _ ?1- . ? ><? in ,\f <1T. I
Ill IIII? [R'iivuri IIU? nun 111 * IV?? ?/ x.? |
cited sunitiior residents on the beach.
The victims were Rugher Hanson mid
Lizzie Bjorneiia. Norwegian dome*ties
cmplojrnl ki the summer home*
of T. I). Richardson and Thomas Phillips.
Two other girls. Anna Olfen
and Cecilia RJornetta. rlie latter a sister
of the drowned girl. were saved
by James f'arscaden. a well-known
Harvard athlete. who leaped from th?
Ocean Pier and swam to them. The
athlete had a terrlfle struggle, which
was providentially ended by the arrival
of a rescue boar, in which two
of the girls were brought to the shor'.*.
The other two were carried down the
coast and could not Im> reached by the
life guards.
F?tb?r of Tw?at;-fonr Children I)miI.
David Oossard died in Ilagerxtown.
Md.. aged seventy-live years. He was
twice married and the father of twenty-four
ehlldrrn. twenty of whom are
living. He is also survived l?y eighty j |
grandchildren and eleven great-grand- I
children. I
Karlry Nnmlnairrf ua Arthblabop.
Tiie Propaganda recommended that |
the Pope .'lp|M'int the Right Rev. John j
M. Farley, I?. I)., as Archbishop of j
New York, in stiivrssiou to 1 ls?? late j
Most Iter. Mic|ia<>l Augustine I'orri- ;
tfiin. :i in I flight Kt'V. ?;?>ors?' Mont
uoim-ry, Hi.sliDp of I.os Angelas. t'al.. j
as ?*oadJutor to thi* Most R"t. Patrirk j
William Kiordan. Archbishop of San 1
Fraiwlsro.
H'ifr CienrraU CnmmfDtlnl,
Klitfli^luiii'ti declared the attitude of j
the Ilo'-r generals on the Continent to ;
In? entirely correct.
Sporllnt; Brrvltie*.
CoM. raint weather iu Scotland lias (
spoiled grou..e shooting.
Major Dclmar won t!?-? $l."?.noo Mas- | j
sachusi tts trotting stake at Iteadvillc. ! ]
Mass. ! I
I I
IMrcct Hal. the paeer. lowered his j
record to at tile Iteadvillc (M:?ss.> j
traek.
Advance Cittard won the Saratoga
Ct.p, one mile and six furlongs, at Saratoga.
N. Y.
\V. C. Whitney has decided to sell
lib: three-year-old colts. King Iianover.
Prctoriua and Sliptbrlft.
Apld?r'? W?b Silk.
An Ingenious man ban at last devlaed
way to make Milk frorii a spider's
rob. The spider whose product I#
ised Is a large one in Madagascar. and
be discoverer of Hie method of using
t is a Catholic missionary there. Some
if the flilk woven from the thread#
las already been put on the market,
t is more beautiful than ordinary aillc.
laving a glowing, old-gold lustre in it#
latural state, and id quite expensive.
Jnder the microscope the separate
hreads look more like tine gold wire?
ban fibres.
He Left Them.
On the Afternoon of Wlnslow'a dfr
larture for Denver nc was paying his
>111, when be called Willie, banging
Ti/?i r
unMiwiiuf)!;
"I want you." lie said slowly. glaring
nto the boy's eyes, "to go up stair*
ind sec If I Wt uiy toothbrush and
omb in my room. Toothbrush and
romb, toothbrush. toothbrush, tootbirush!
Don't for*??t wbat I want. boy.
ind hurry, too. <iot to get my train."
"N'-no, slr-r; y??sn, gir-r." chattered
nriuie.
Wlnslow buns about Impatiently,
iratchlng the clock like a hawlc. Only
wo minutes to spare. Just as he
raught up his bag to depart, Willie
rame on a dead run across tbe floor,
lis face aglow with tbe sense of a
ofty mission well performed.
"Yes. sir." he cried, eagerly: "joo
eft 'em."
til I I .A I. I _ -
n ujbkmy giixni ;ii uin 'uttuui-u
emissary. His lips moved, bat no
vords came forth. Th^n, with aa Inirtlculate
snnrl. ho stopped loto the
waiting carriage.*? Kansas City JonriaL
English aa Sh?t U Written.
The following paragraph la from a
Korean paper published in English:
'Seoul, Korea.?Irately the Police Headpiarters
ordered to forhld the servant#,
ftc., to run the horses fastly on the
>lg street as tliey sometimes pressed
he children down and hurted them on
li.> LToiifnl nn:l tlii> ikillco Htonned a
napoo running .1 horse hardly ou Its
jack, but a number of soldiers came
1 long quickly aud captured the police
iway."?St. Janns's Gazette.
Half-Sick
" I first used Aycr'c Sarsaparilla
in the fall of 1648. Since then I
uave taken it every spring as a
blood - purifying and oenre*
strengthening medicine."
S. T. Jcnes, Wichita, Kaas.
If you feel run down,
are easily tired, if your
nerves are weak and your
I blood is thin, then begin
to take the good old standard
family medicine,
Ayer's Sarsaparilla.
Kan iwguiai U?ITW
lifter, a perfect blood
builder, si-mimo*.
ilk your doctor whot he thicks of Axor*f
IWMpuUlt. B* know* >11 ?boat Uto ptM
old teaally modletao Follow his Uflotul
wo will bo nHiM
J. c. Am Co.. LowoO. Km.
Cross?
Poor man f He can't help it.
It's his liver. He needs a
liver pill. Ayer's Pills.
Want your moustache or beard a
beautiful brown or rich black ? Use
Buckingham's Dye
SOcti.of drugfi?tio< R P. H*li fcCo., Nm*u?.N H
GOOD I Jjk I
THINGS SL
TOUT
I'll* - * i
From Libby'a famuua v^( S
hygienic kltchan*. 3
We employ a cb>:f B J .\3i^0fcb. I
who ia an expert to I
LIBBVS
Natural Flavor I
Food Products I
W? don't practice <*v?nomy bar*. Ha uaaa tba H
rary choicest m*t<Ti*It. A supply on yo?r B
pantry abelrea enables you to hare always at H
band tba oaaentula for tba very beat mania 9
LIBBY, McNEILL & LIBBY I
CHICACO, U. 8. A. Ig
Writ* for oar booklet "How to Mass Qood EH
Tnmoa to Eat." I
miuuc I
I have been a great sufferer with H
piles for year*, ami 1 have tried every
thing I heard of, ami have been
In the hospital at times. 1 have had
bleeding piles, and felt terrible. An
aunt of mine rame from the country
to .see me ami >lie made me take
Itipans T.ihules. I lirst look two four
times a day, then 1 look one at each
meal, ami one every day. At
the end of two weeks I felt a great H|
j change. 1 thank Iiipaus for rellev- HO
iug me of all 1 suffered.
At druggiata.
The Five-Cent packet ia enough for an
ordinary oeeamon. The family bottle,
[ tit) cento, contains a mipply for a rear. J
J Rert 'TtaCM fi<wd UflC Bs H^Etf
In tin*. Hold by dnmfft*. W BM
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