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SALISBURY PASSES fAY: British Statesman Succumbs to Bright's Disease at Ancestral Home. THRICE MADE PRIME MINISTER Lord Salisbury, In Ills Youth, Forced to Earn His Own Living for Marrying Against His Parents* Wisli, Turned Newspaper Writer and Gold Digger? Mourning in England. I.ondon.?Lord Salisbury died at Hatfiokl House in the seventy-third year of his age. He was kept alive for hours by the constant administration of oxygen, but the ravages of the disoflso?Bright's disease?were such that all methods of scientific stimulation could not put off the final collapse. It is understood that Lord Salisbury recently expressed a wish to be buried beside his wife at Hatfield. The end of the distinguished states man was a peaceiui one, wnuuui iuv slightest evidence of pain. When death became imminent the attending physician summoned the waiting members of the family, who gathered at the bedside and bade farewell to the dying man, who, however, was unconscious of their presence. Viscount Crauborne. who now as- ! sumes the title of Marquis of Salisbury. immediately notified King Ed- | ward and Queen Alexandra, the Prince j and Princess of Wales and others, in- j eluding Lord Edward Cecil, the soldier j ? son of Lord Salisbury, who is now in ! Egypt, and who was the only child of i the Marquis absent from the death bed. | Soon messages of condolence began coining in, and the little telegraph office at Hatfield was swamped with unprecedented' business. Chief of four Cabinets of the English j Empire, nineteen years a Cabinet Min- I ister. fourteen years Foreign Minister. I twelve years Premier of England, a j Premier of great strength of character j and of almost despotic sway: in bis ! youth an adventurer in the gold iields j of Australia and a journalist in L.on- \ don. the life of Robert Cecil. Marquis ! of Salisbury and chief of the great j house of Cecil, ended at the ripe age of j seventy-three years. Lord Robert Cecil was the first title that he bore, for the Viscount Cranborne, his older brother, stood as heir J to the title of Marquis of Salisbury and | the great estates of the house of Cecil. | including the mansion and grounds at Hatfield, where Lord Salisbury died. Lord Robert Cecil found himself fac Jng the necessity of maintaining a posi- j tion as mornber of this great household j on an exceedingly slender income. He j tried to improve his fortunes in the j Australian gold mines. He made some money and returned to England. There | despite the protests of his family he i married Miss Alderson. daughter of a barrister. She came to him dowerless. The future Premier was driven to I supporting himself by journalistic | work, and it is true that even when his years were young his political and economic opinions as expressed in leaders that he wrote for London newspapers, and which appeared also in the Saturday Review brought him into such | prominence that he earned a nomination for Parliament. He left no doubt i of his calibre in anybody's mint], on that successful campaign. He was the | very personification of a hard fighter. ? This was in 1851. ' "His was no meteoric rise. He fought fifteen years to gain higher rank than that of a member of the House of Commons. In 1800 he was made Secretary for India. In 1S07 his father died, and slinrtlv nftprwnrfl. while in the midst of a heated debate in Commons he was Interrupted and called to the lobby and i informed of the death of his brother. Thus he succeedcd to the Marquisate and the wealth and estate and chief j place of the house of Cecil, and moved j from the House of Commons to the Lords. After the Berlin conference, where, as Britain's representative, he checkmated so iron-willed a diplomat as Bismarck in the latter's desire to dismember Turkey, he returned to England, and was the logical successor of Lord Beaconsfield as the leader of the Conservative party. Lord Salisbury at a .single stride placed himself as premier in the debaters of the Loi-ds. His was the oratory of repression, usually clear, succinct, unemotional. But there were times when the Premier could rise to a fast and powerful tiow of vituperative rhetoric thrt was brilliantly figurative and exceedingly picturesque, aided as it was by his giant form and clear, ringing voice. His first term as Premier was brief? from 1S85 to 1SSG?but in that time ho proved himself a great leader, and / ' when the Conservatives returned him to power in 1887 his tenure of office lasted until 1892. Then he gave way to Gladstone and followed him in 1895. The close of the Poer War fouud him ready to step down from power. This be regarded as the crowning event of bis long career. He intended staying in power until after the coronation of King Edward, but as the coronation was postponed, he decided to retire at once. Lord Salisbury was consistently a ! * 4-lisvm/t nf. conservative 111 uit mau^i uvuuc ?*.fairs. He was the enemy always of home rule, the champion of a policy of protection for British industries and a lirm upholder of gold as the standard mctaL But in foreign affairs he was aggressive and radical.. Ho was over favorable to adding new territory to the empire. In the matter of the Venezuelan controversy alone did he evei* recede from this aggressive position. *Tben he admitted the validity of the Monroe doctrine. Fifth Nibble Cost His Life. A fish nibbling at his live so excited Frank Yagliskl, a Polander, that he lost his balance and tumbled into the Christiana Itiver at a wharf in Wilmington, Del., and drowned before the gaze of several companions, too terrorstricken to render any aid. Manchurlan Open Door. . , Recent developments indicate that Russia does not intend that the Mauchurian open door shall be attractive to other countries, and means to monopolize the trade as much as possible. Labor World. Porto Rico will try convict labor. I-'inlay, Ohio, tailors have formed a uniQn. Ropemakers in China, working ten hours, get thirty cents a day. Textile machine makers are reported as being poorly employed in Lancashire, England. Union bakers at Columbus, Ohio, will organize the cracker handlers and bread salesmen. At the beginning of the year thera *>?ere 16,000 women members of labof , "nlons In New York State. WWk -. . 1 . *MJ . VESUVIUS SPOUTS FIRE Volcano Belches Forth a Great Stream k of Lara and Stones. Side of the Mountain Opnns Out ? Superstitious Neapolitans Want Professor Krnll lixpelle<t. Xaples. Italy.?The people of Naples and the environs witnessed a remark* able spectacle at noon a few (Jays ago. One thousand foot below Ihe central cone of Vesuvius the volcano opened like a huge mouth, out of which belched a fiery stream of lava, which ran down the side of the mountain and at first seemed to menace the observatory. 'r, !- ? -v u^rxAfAi* !o in the direction of the stream by n mound of lava 200 feet high, which was thrown out during the eruptions of 1SW and l!)fX>. The eruption occurred without any warning whatever. There was no earthquake, detonation or rain of ashes ?nottiinc but a clear stream of lava and red-hot stones, which were thrown to a height of 700 feet, producing au extremely beautiful effect seen from Naples. The stream of lava, which was fifteen feet broad, at 11 o'clock p. m. had covered a distance of 2700 feet. It deviated later from the direction of the observatory, which is no longer menaced. The only danger is for the new electric tramway up the volcano, which, however, has thus far not beeu touched. The eruption already seems to be decreasing, and it is hoped that no damage will result from it. The spectators far enough away not to be frightened stood entranced at the spectacle, but those nearer to the volcano were seized with panic when the eruption began and rushed down from the sides of the mountain and from the ad.iocent country to the villages of Portici and Reslna, which are built over the ruins of Herculaneum. The alarm in. these villages was somewhat quieted by the Mayors affixing notices declaring that there was no danger and exhorting the people to remain calm. The Chief of Police of Naples has gone personally to make a tour of the, villages around Vesuvius in order to reassure the peasants and superintend any measures of protection which may be deemed necessary. The superstitious lower classes are agitating for the expulsion of Professor Krull. of Munich, who predicted the eruption, saying that he has the "evil eye." TOM JOHNSON FOR COVERNOR. Named by tbe Ohio Democrat* in State Convention at Columbus. Columbus, Ohio.?At the Democratic State Convention here Mayor Tom L. Johnson, of Cleveland, was named for Governor and John H. Clarke, of Cleveland, was indorsed for United States Senator. Although the opposition obstructed the proceedings with minority renorts for some hours, the name o? John L. Zimmerman, of Springfield, was not presented for the nomination for Governor, and ?very nomination on the State ticket was made by acclamation. A platform indorsing the Kansas City declaration of William Jennings Br.vau was adopted, and a special resolution asking Mr. Bryan to speak during the campaign was also passed. The declarations upon national questions are as follows: "Assembled in convention at Columbus. preparatory to the State election of 1903, we, the Democrats of Ohio, reaffirming the declaration on national issues in our platform of 1902, adopted at Sandusky, hereby renew our allegiance to the Democratic party of the nation, and again avow our devotion to the principles OI US IH.SI uauuuu piaiform. We accordingly condemn colonialism and imperialism, denounce trusts and trust fostering tariffs, repudiate government by injunction, and oppose financial monopoly, together with every other legalized monopoly and legalized privilege. Adhering to these principles of the Kansas City platform, we repeat our condemnation of .ill efforts to renounce or Ignore them. "Until United States Senators are required by amendment of the Federal Constitution to be elected by popular vote nominations of candidates for United States Senator rhould be made by State conventions." "BILL ARP" PASSES AWAY. Death of Major Charles H. Smith, the Noted Southern Humorist. Atlanta, Ga.?Major Charles H. Smith, better known as "Bill Arp," is dead. Mr. Smith was born in Lawrenceville, Ga.. June 15. 1826. He was the son of A. R. Smith and Caroline Ann Maguire, and was graduated from Franklin College, Athens, Ga., in 1848. He went to Rome, Ga., where he practised law for twenty-seven years. He wrote weekly letters to newspapers in the South for many years. Among some of the works of which he was the author are_ "Bill Arp's Scrap Book." "A Side snow 01 me Southern Side of the War" and "Georgia as a Colony and State, 1733-1S92." KING PETER'S LIFE IN DANCER* Six riotters Condemned to Death, Five of Them Array Officers. London.?The Daily Mail's correspondent in Belgrade say.s King Peter is determined to suppress the military ro.nlcontents with an iron hand. Three army colonels, two captains and a newspaper editor have been condemned to death for participation in a plot which has been discovered. Despite this, however, says the correspondent. the King is obviously in llio hands of the recent regicides, who .ire causing a veritable reigu of terror. Colombian* Menace a Tnrkinh Colony. Honda, the most important town on tlio Magdalena River, situated sixtyfive miles northwest of Bogota, Colombia. and having a population of 4000. is in arms against a Turkish colony whicl' has been established there. Sifters to Work Among Lepers*. . Sister Leata. of Louisville. Ky., is at the Franciscau convent in Syracuse. N. *> ?" n"nnnivitinn? tri nrromnany X., i-uauiiifc m_ Sister Alary Leonida to the Sandwich Islauds. where they will work auioug the lepers. r . ~ Newsy Gleanings. The lion is the only wild animal that is capable of affection. A sunflower sticks up 143 pounds ot water duriug its growth. Haiti devotes almost one-sixth of its revenues to free schools. Every Frenchmau is born with a debt of $150 on bis shoulders. .,Tbe Province of Ontario produced $547,000 of nickel last year. 1 Less than one-seventh of the land in " Great Britain is owned by farmers. A well equipped eye sanitarium will soon be traveling through Egypt in a tent : MfT WILL SUCCEED ROOT Philippines Governor to Be Secretary of War. OFFICIAL LETTERS MADE PUBLIC Secretary Root Will ltetire in January Under an Arrangement With the President, Who Sends Him a Letter of Appreciation ? General Lnke Wright Se' lected For Governor of Philippines. Oyster Bay. L. I.?Secretary Root, under date August 10. has presented his resignation formally to the President. The resignation was accepted by the President with the understanding that Mr. Root continue as Secretary of War at least until January 1. Governor William H. Taft, of the Philippines, will succeed Mr. Root as Secretary of War, and General Luke E. Wright will succeed Judge Taft as Governor of the Philippines. 4 . President Roosevelt authorized the following statement: DoAuManf cAma mnnthc fl (TA XUC A. ICOIuniL owuiv &uwn?Mw tendered the Secretaryship of War to Judge Taft. and at that time it was arranged that lie would, succeed Secretary Root. Secretary Root will go out of office some time in January, and Judge Taft will assume the duties of the office shortly afterward.'' The President also authorized the publication of the correspondence between him and Secretary Root concerning the latter's resignation. In his letter to the President Mr. Root referred to his wish to retire to private life after the establishment of the General Staff of the Army and the completion of his four years of service as Secretary of War. Now, on the eve of sailing to England to sit on the Alaska Boundary Tribunal, he tendered' his resignation, to take effect upon the appointment and qualification of his successor. Mr. Root continued: "I shall carry with me unabated loyalty to your Administration, confidence in the sound conservatism and patriotic unselfishness of your policy. iuid enduring gratitude for the kintliipss and consideration with which your friendship lias honored me. I shall not cease to appreciate the sympathy and loyalty to President McKiuley with which you took and carried on his work, and I shall always be happy to have been a part of the Administration directed by your sincere and rugged adherence to right and devotion to the true interests of our country." President Roosevelt, in his acceptance of Mr. Root's resignation*, said that his personal loss in the withdrawal of the Secretary of War from public life was very great, but that his sense of loss to the nation was even greater. The President, after highly praising Mr. Root's work in ! the War Department, said: "Your duties have included more than merely the administration of the Department, and the reorganization of the army on an effective basis. You have also been the head of the department which dealt with the vast and delicate problems involved in our possession of the Philippine Islands, and your success in dealing with this part of your work has been as signal ns your success in dealing with the purely military problems. To very few statesmen. indeed, in any country is it given at one and the same time to achieve signal and striking triumphs iu the administration and reform of the military branch of the Government, and in the administration of what was in effect a department of insular dependencies. where the problems wer-> new to our people and were in themselves of great difficulty. "Moreover, aside from your work in these two divisions of the Government service, I appreciate most keenly the invaluable advice and assistance you have rendered me in innumerable matters of weight not coming directly in your departmental province, but in which I sought your aid with the certainty of not being disappointed. Your position on the Alaskan Boundary Commission at the present moment is an illustration of these services. "May all good fortune attend you wherever you are: the American people wish you well, and appreciate to the full the debt due you for all thftf you have done on their behalf.*' RAPS BRITISH WAR OFFICE. Boer War CommlMlou Condemns Lack of Preparation. London.?The report of the Royal Commission on the South African war, just issued, refrains from commenting on the conduct of individual officers; strongly condemns the lack of preparations for war; indorses Lord Lansdowne's opinion that such a condition is full of peril to the empire, and says an "unsatisfactory and insufficient safeguard has since been suggested to prevent a recurrence of so serious a scandal." From the beginning to the end of the | war 448,435 troops were engaged. Owing to the drain Great Britain, In 1900, I became dangerously weak. No system, it is declared, is satisfactory which does not provide for expansion outside the limit of regular a hivrhor of intelligence I IUI v;co. 4*. nnd well-educated staff are necessities. Kaiser Bays Another Estate. Tbe Emperor of Germany has added another residence to the fifty-three be already owned by buying the estate of Damm-Muehle. called "the Pearl of Brandenburg." for $500,000. It was owned by a country squire. Herr von Mollank. The house will be rebuilt and converted into a hunting castle. Feasant Outbreak Near Itomo. The peasants around Rome. Italy, have invaded the estates of Princes ('higi, Torlonia and Piombino. claiming the right to cultivate the land and share in its profits. Soldiers have beeu sent to the scene to re-establish order. First Wlilte Hanged in Sixty Years. Robert Kllpatrick was hanged in the Jail yard at Media, Pa., for tho murder in February. 1902, of Elizabeth Bear more, ins uouseiseeper. nv ^u? mc first white man to bo executed in Delaware County in more than sixty year? Newsy Brevities. London has an "American invasion" Of mosquitoes. The St. Louis ?air will have no woman's department. The streets of Tokio, Japan, will soon have trolley cars. Florida's orange and pineapple crop is estimated at $2,500,000. All the seven islands of Hawaii are connected by wireless telegraphy. The United States produces threefourtha of the cotton of the world. European'Russia has a less percentage of forest than the United States - i l ^ | RELIANCE M WIHHEB'l Sir Thomas Sees His Boat Beaier \ by a Small Marein. firFFNOFR THF RFST. HF SAYS / > ? I The Second Kace Sailed Over a Trianon- ^ lar Course?Shamrock III. Keaches as Well as Keliance ? Challenger Made a Bad Start, Bui Both Yachts Wore Admirably Handled?Magnificent Contest. New York City.?Shamrock III. "found herself" in the triangular race g off Sandy Hook, the second of the t series, with the cup defender Reliance, j In a sea that did not disturb the ^ daintiest amateurs in gilt-fronted cap. , and with just the sort of wind the j Briton's admirers say she has been } longing for. she was defeated, but not , ingloriouslv. The time of defeat might have been reduced to mere seconds if bad seamanship aboard tbe challenger at the beginning of the contest had not resulted in a handicap of nineteen seconds for her. As it was. Reliance won by three minutes and sixteen seconds, elapsed time, and one minute and nineteen seconds, corrected time. Reliance allowing one minute and tifty-seven seconds to Shamrock III. Notwithstanding that the breeze blew with force varying from only six to twelve miles. Reliance's time over the course . America's cup. s (three hours, fourteen minutes and 1 tifty-four seconds) was only one minute ? and thirty-six seconds slower than that made by Columbia when she defeated Shamrock II. on October 3, 1901, in a piping northwester through choppy ? seas, establishing a record for singlestickers in a cup race. Considering the lightness of the breeze, the time of . the racers may be considered remarkable. 5 Reliance's gain on the first, or windward leg of the course, w,as one minute f and eight seconds: deducting the handicap of Shamrock III. at the start, the . actual gain of the defender was only . forty-nine seconds. On the second leg . of the course, with the wind over the AuiiMfAH Dnlionno <ra i norl AfiA MtU UUdlU IjUtU ICI, nruuiivv ? minute and twenty-three seconds. In the reach for home, during which the 5 breeze shifted somewhat to westward, Reliance gained forty-five seconds. The first leg was ten miles to the j* south, about parallel with the Jersey coast: the second leg, ten uiiles northeast by east, one-half east; the third leg. ten miles northwest by one-half . west. When the preparatory gun was .c fired the giants were maneuvering " north of the line, drawn between Sandy ? Hook Lightship on the east aq,d the tug Navigator, anchored about a quarter of a mile away to the west. They carried mainsails, rlubtopsalls, forestaysails and jibs, with handkerchief jlbtopsails in stops ready to break out. ; * Sir Thomas Lipton. on the second defeat of Shamrock III. by Reliance, philosophically said: "You have all seen the results, and the only thing I i can say is that we did better to-day than in the last race, wjbich is hopeful. I figure my defeat at a little over one t minute. If I make as much progress t in the next race as I have in this one over the last I'll be a good bit ahead l when the finish line is reached. I was more than pleased at the way my boat I was handled to-day. i "It is hard to admit it, but the best boat won. Perhaps if wo had had more wind at the finish the result i might have been different. But I do ] not want to throw cold water on the I victory. It is hard to win every race l in such a series, and I hope our turn t will come next." t In returning from the yacht race in the afternoon the steamboat Monmouth. loaded with member of the New York Yacht Club, and J. P. Mor- ' gan's yacht, the Corsair, were iu collision. The Corsair was on the starboard 1 side of the Monmouth, and the two 1 were steaming in parallel lines. The J Corsair suddenly deflected to port, ex- i pecting. presumably, that the Mon- 5 Ha fhti cn mo Rnf tho t IliUUlLl ? UU1U uu vuw outur,. &#uv tuv Monmouth was unable to do so, owing t to the fact that the Josephine, also t loaded with people, was on her port side. The prow of the hip: black yacht t struck the Monmouth amidships. For- ! tunately she slid off. tearing away the 1 awnings and the rail of the Monmouth. [ The Corsair also was somewhat dam- j aged, one of her lifeboats being smashed. I Woman Cured of Lockjaw. Mrs. Feberill A. Mecento. who was shot in the ankle July 4. and who was j ill for twenty-sis days with lockjaw, at ] St. Paul. Minn., has been pronounced \ completely cured by her physician. < During all the time of her illness her . muscles were rigid, and she suffered intense pain. ! Descendant of Daniel Boone Dead. Richard Boone, the great-great-grandson of Daniel Boone, the famous Ken- < tucky pioneer, died at Bethlehem, Tn. 1 af consumption. i Justice Hu a Fall Judge E. B. Maynard, of the Superior Court, suffered painful Injuries at his ( home in Springfield, Mass., by a fall from an apple tree. A ladder upon which he was standing slipped, and the judge fell, striking on his back. No , bones were broken. New British Warship. The Princess Louise, Duchess of Argyll, officiated at the launching of the battleship Dominion at Barrow, England. The Dominion is the last of the three ships known as the King Edward VII. class. Her cost, complete, will be J6 500.000. , IASSACBESIH TH E BALKAHS Vomen and Children Slain and Houses Burned by Turks. WANY VILLAGES DEVASTATED Ltrocltles Authenticated by the Russian and Austrian Consuls at Monastlr?Sanguinary Fighting in Adrianople?Greater Fear of War ? Turks Arming Kapldly? Italian Warning to the Porle, Sofia, Bulgaria?Reports from Monstir, authenticated by the Russian ind Austrian Consuls, give details of nassacres. At the village of Armensko he Turks destroyed 150 houses out of i total of 157 and massacred every nan, woman and child. The women r?iiU<AA4-A/1 +/\ 4>K/\ mAof fort'i Klo OUUJCV.ICU IU IUC UiVOb itiiiiyjL ltrocities by the soldiers. Eighty revolutionaries, captured at [vrushevo, who were sent in the direction of Monastir in chains, were slaughtered by their guards. The sani:ary conditions of Krushevo are described as revolting. The dead are lyng in the streets stripped of every jarment, the Turks even taking the restments off the body of a priest. The Turks, it is reported, have mastered all the women and children in wenty-two villages of Fiorina and tfonastir, and have burned the vilages. They are alleged to have killed l number of prisoners. The streets of vrushevo are said to be strewn with lead. The survivors are afraid to >ury the bodies. Following the proclamation of the evolution throughout the vilayet of Ulrianopole the insurgents cut all tne elegraph lines connecting the city of ^.drianople with the eastern parts of he vilayet Sofia.?Travelers who arrived here rom Adrianople state that a massacre >f Christians has occurred there. One rersion says the guns iu one of the 'orts opened fire on an insurgent band vniCQ nau uiiuuweu a immui.r uui>ost. A panic followed inside the own, and the Mahometan population ell upon the Christians. According to mother version, a Turkish officer tried o force an entrance into a Bulgarian louse in order to molest the inmates. The latter resisted, whereupon the Ma-* lometans became excited, and bands >f soldiers and bashi-bazouks attacked he Bulgarian quarter of the town. Constantinople, Turkey.?According o Turkish advices, when the insurgents captured Vasiliko, in the eastern tart of the vilayet of Adrianople. they :illed the garrison, consisting of fifty oldiers, and about 100 of tiie inhabtants. The insurgents were threatening lidin, sixty miles northwest of Contantinople on the Black Sea, and were eported also to be attacking the imlortant town of Kirk-Kilisseh, thirtywo miles from Adrianople. Christian, Greek and Mussulman efucees have arrived at the mouth of ho Bosphorus from the neighborhood f Midia. fearing a massacre there. ?hey have been sheltered in the lazaetto at Anadoli-Kavr.k and are being ed by the authorities. The lighthouse at Kuru-Burun, in niada Bay, has been abandoned by its ;eepers on account of the nearness of he insurgents. The Italian embassy has notified the 'orte that it holds it responsible for ny injury which may be done to the Jonsul of Italy at Monastir, and deoands punishment of thoso who inulted the Consul recently by calling _ n. -i -.?? < t % A .1 /vl i am a jjiauui' diiiiuci/. All Turku to Be Called Oat. London.?A dispatch from Uskub to he Daily Mail reports that every ablelodied man in the European vilayets f Turkey will bo called to the colofa, sufficient proof of the gravity of tlie ituation. As a result of Russia's demands all lie officials proved guiltv of great crulty in the vilayet of Kussovo by the Vustro-Russian consuls two months igo have been dismissed and punished. TROTS IN TWO MINUTES. ^ou Dillon Sm&flliea tho World'* Record at Keadville, Mass. Readville, Mass.?I.ou Dillon broke ho world's trottine record on the mile rack here, going in 2.00 flat. The best previous record was 2.02*4 >y Cresceus. Lo'u Dillon's time by quarters was: Hrst quarter, 30V*: second, 30M?; third, >0^4; last quarter, 2!). Lou Dillon is a five-year-old trotting nare. Sbe was bought by C. K. G. iilliugs at a public auction in Cleveand. Ohio, last winter for $12,500. Her atest performance passed all expectalons. But two living pacers have gone he mile faster than two minutes. AWFUL LOSS OF LIFE. Tire in Budapest ? Over 103 Persons Burned to Death. Budapest, Hungary.?Fire broke out 11 a four-story building, whose two owor floors were occupied by a fancy joods dealer named Goldberg and the ipper floors by dwellers. There were ?nn work neonle in the buildiug, and lie e3cape of many of them and of hose who lived on the third and fourth loors was cut off by the dames. One hundred nnd twenty persons lost heir lives, including Goldberg's wife md son. The police announced that >y jumping from the windows thirteen persons were killed and sixteeu injured, nine seriously. The damage is estimated at 4,000.000 ironen, mostly covered by insurance. Prices Too High For Public Buildings. In the cases of sites for public buildings iu Carboiulale, Pa.; Meadville. Pa., and Woonsocket. R. I., the Treasury Department, at Washington, is unible to purchase desirable property it prices within the appropriations, ind will refer the cases back to Confess Waiters' Strike ? Failure. The strike of restaurant waiters and employes in Chicago was a failure, less than ten per cent, of the men respond- [ Lug to the call of the union officials. Poisoned Milk Kills Infants. The Health Department ?*" Denver. Col., has announced that complaints are being prepared against dairymen who have been dispensing milk treated nnisiinraa nrPHPrvatiVCS. It is al leged that In four days nineteen infants have died in Denver from diseases which can be traced to preserving milk, with formaldehyde. A Leprosy Scare In I'orto Rico. The leper colony near San Juan, Porto Ricp, has been discovered to be in, communication with that city, and [widespread contagion la feared. HU M BERTS ALLCONVICTEDj Promised "Revelation" of "Secret'' Fails With ths Jury. 3Iadame and Ilasbaad Go to Prison Fo* Five Years, Her Brothers For Two and Three Years. Paris, France.?Maitre Lnbori, tht lawyer who conducted the defense of Dreyfus, sprang a dramatic climax to the trial of the Humberts. He timed it a minute or two before the case was given to the jury. His client, Madame Therese Humbert, delivered an impassioned speech to the twelve men who decided her fate. She closed by making a theatrical show of revealing the true identity of the mysterious Crawford, the mythical American whose millions she was supposed to have Inherited. "Now, gentlemen of the jury," she said, "I will give you the name of the Crawfords, as they told it to me. They told me in answer to my insistent questions. I cannot guarantee its accuracy, as I had to rely on their word. M. Crawford said to me: 'We are known as Crawford, but our real name is Regnier. My fortune was made during the war of 1S70 by speculation in rentes, which were then very low. and a large number were bought here.' "Regnier! That is his name! Not Crawford!" she declared: "the Regnier who was intermediary between Marshal Bazaine and the Germans." Then she made a long pause, during which she and her husband, Laborl and Romaine Dauregnac watched the effect of her revelation on the jury. The faces of the latter suggested that it had done little more than kindle a half-amused interest. "You know of this Regnier," she continued. '"He intrigued with Bismarck. He was connected with the treason of Marshal Bazaine. He was condemned to death by court-martial. His iden? tity seems to be otherwise unknown, wjiat I say is true.. I learned Crawford's real name in the manner I have stated. I never told my husband. I swear it on my daughter's head. This is the first time my husband has heard the name." She paused again and turned to the presiding judge. '"What I say is true," she reiterated. "The Crawfords exist, the fortune exists. I have cheated no one. I have made no false representations. I shall bring actions against the Crawfords." Once asain she addressed the jury: "I will say no more, gentlemen. It Is enough to assure you that the fortune exists. There you have the whole Humbert case and the whote Crawford case." Then she pitched her voice to n much higher key. "I have full confidence," she declared, "complete confidence, and now I await my fate." There was a prolonged movemeut among the spectators. Their faces, like those of the jury, eviuced a feeling of disappointment. Maitre Labori arose and delivered a brief address to the jury. The substance of it was that the twelve men were now in full possession Qf the secret of Mme. Humbert: that she had told them the same as she had told him. He read from a paper some facts bearing on the secret history of the Franco-Prussian War. By these it was shown that a Regnier acted as intermediary between Priuce Bismarck and 1 Poiyfllnn JKUOUU1 X/u uutwv. The grand climax came a IittJe later when the jury brought in a verdict of guilty. From the manner in which it was received by the people it was a decidedly popular verdict. There was no delay in pronouncing sentence. Mm& Therese aud Frederick Humbert were each sentenced to five years' imprisonment. Romaine Dauregnac to three years and Emile Dauregnac to two years. Following the announcement of the verdict Maitre Labori raised technical objections to the proceedings as a probable basis of appeal. The great epoch of Mme. Humbert's career of fraud dates from the invention of the American millionaire, Robert Henry Crawford. The story she told was that at Nice, in. the South of France, she saw a stranger. Robert Crawford, suddenly fall as he was getting into a train. She went to his assistance and nursed him back to life. In gratitude he left to her his whole - ?oonnnnnn. fortune, amuuuuu^ iv The fictitious millions served as security on which loans were raised from all classcs of people, bankers, usurers, small tradespeople and country squires. In order to prevent the opening of the s~fe, in which she declared the will had been placed, and the inevitable exposure of the fraud, she instructed lawyers who represented the phantom nephews, and other lawyers who argued her own case: thus putting off from year to year the opening of the safe. The whole cumbrous legal machinery of the French Republic was turned to her own purpose, but the crash finally came, and she and the; members of her family were arrested. BRITISH KILL 700 TRIBESMEN. Battle In Northern Nigeria in Which Most of the Chiefs Were Slain. London.?The Colonial Office issued ' * Soorohi rr Clinm. a (lisparcu ra-eneuuj ? berlain from the Governor of Northern I Nigeria, which states that a British I column, consisting of thirty whites anil 500 natives, with four Maxim guns, successfully attacked Burrnl. After a determined fight the rebellious tribesmen were routed. They suffered a loss of 700 killed. The tov.-n was destroyed. Tbe British loss was eleven killed and seventy wounded. The former Sultan of Sokoto and most of the chiefs were killed. Sunday Law in Florida. The Sunday League, of Florida, has j sent letters to the Sheriff and Mayor I of Pensacola. demanding a rigid enforcement of the Sabbath observance laws, which had become gradually relaxed since their temporary enforcement a few months ago. The Mayor replied that the laws were State statutes and that he had no authority for their enforcement. The Sheriff refused | to do anything in the matter unless I ,imco w-hn on lied for the enforcement j of the laws would swear out warrants L'or tlic arrest of the offenders. Prominent Peuple. Bronson Howard, the dramatist, is iu Pasadena, Cal., where he expects to stay two years. Dr. Douglas H. Campbell, professor of botany in Stanford University, is I on a vacation trip to New Zealand and Australia. The sisters of tho late Queen Draga intend to purchase a villa on Lake Zurich and make themselves comfortable there. Dr. Mary Chandler, of Lowell, Mass., is said to be the only woman in America who is entitled to practice both law a ad medicine. - IIN0REVEN1WTHEWEEIOT WA8HIKOXONITXM8. Ml Charges were made against a United jji States Marshal in Indian Territory |J that he had used his position for the Jfl political benefit of himself and friends. ' The contract for the construction of ffifjl an extension to the Federal Buildlng^aBg at Portland, Oregon, was awarded tojtgB Lungford & Walker, at $140,000, the'^j 9 urnrlr trt ho r>r?mnlo<-p/1 wiHlin twenty- TOlfi! one months. Kj The report that President Roosevelt had ordered an inquiry into the labor U question in all the Government departments was denied in Washington. Secretary Root left Washington on his way to London to serve as Chair man of the Alaskan Boundary Commis- B The first annual report of the work ofH reclaiming arid lands by irrigation w#si; made public by the Geological snrvej^gM OUR ADOPTED ISLANDS. I Governor Dole and other territorial ^-;J officers in Hawaii decided to try and-V^jM float the $2,000,000 loan authorized bj;'the last Legislature. jflB The Director of Charities at San Juan, Porto Rico, denied that the peo pie of the island were threatened with' contagion from the leper oolony. . The Director of the Mint purchased 150,000 ounces of silver for account Philippine coinage at an average ?f 55.583 cents an ounce. & Cholera broke ont on tbe transport g Sherman just before it sailed from Ma- I nila (or San Francisco. R domestic. 3 President Rooaevelt consented make an address at the unveiling of J] B the monument on the battlefield of ' 'A Antietam. gH In a clash between Italian and Polish^^H dock laborers at Buffalo. N. 1 man was killed and another faj^ EVE, ^9 Ithaca. N. Y., the seat of <^EhKHB University, now lias a supply o^HH| some water from the new pu^HBH^HHl plant. JnEB|^n One man was scalded to were, severely burned steam, and six trick poniet^DH^^RHflB in the wreck of a circus wick, Meeting Charles A. ImKHSEeUGHB in front of the home Hal lock, at Chicago, to been paying attention, shot Basler fatally. HHHbHBHHH Senator Depew, who York City from Eurbp^BBMHB^^BSlB Star liner Cymric, saidWHUHH^ngHH Roosevelt would be by acclamation. The profits of the Ne^^HH|H^^B29| pool in cotton were saic^JHBS^^M^HH 000, while the followen^KM^HfflH cleared $3,500,000. Superintendent of Bui^KHsBflBSB^H reported to the Board of^^Hgflfl^BHBH New York City that 78.000 WBHBIBHHB be shut out of the public scHSK^^Hjg^Hfl Captain Clarence snarot^HH|^^HBBM distinction in the war'in, HHKh pines, was arrested at San^KTfHU^H Cal., charged with embezzlli:^HMgHH|B the Kansas National Guardt^^BSGHnB^H he is an officer. While looking for a negro lng gang of the Seaboard Air B9BHU9S Piedmont, Ala., Deputy SheriflM|H9gH of Cherokee County, was killedH^^^HMg friends of the regro sought. H. C. Ide, a member of the PhflnSflRS Commission, sailed from San Fr^HHHH for Manila on the steamship CoplHHnKB A granite monument marking thj^SS^B of the birthplace of the late PresiS^BHB Chester A. Arthur was dedicate<^EHnQj Fairfield, Vt. flHHfl The new cruiser Pennsylvania 4H?9H9 launched at PhiladelDhia. the dauxhnnDE of Senator Quay naming her. 1AH H. T. Lyncli. a merchant^ was shot dead Ui his store by unknown persons at Ardmore, Ind. Ter. mm Manna Ponton, a negro, was lyncbed.u^|B at Halifax, N. C.. for assaulting and murdering a youug girl. JUG Federal inspectors at Seattle, Wash.,flEH hare seized 100 pounds of ambergrigjHnB worth $48,000, stolen in Victoria, 6, C.^HK and brought over to the American ?id<BW in a sloop. affl Eleven white planters of FcwnsejHKB County, Arkansas, were arrested cfl B the charge of whitecapping negroes ^^IHj FOREIGN. H Shareholders of the Grand Trunk, ft meeting in London, approved the iMUH| crease of the common stock to $50,00^Em 000; it is thought that the new capit^^BB will be used to acquire a Can&dis^^^J Atlantic terminal. The Rev. Francis Bourne, Bishoflfifl of Southwark. England, was oornHH nated by the Congregation of the PrSBH paganda to succeed Cardinal Vaughai^MH as Archbishop of Westminster. MM Eleven strikers were killed an^HHj wounded in a strike at Ekaterinosla^H^H Russia. Whitaker Wright faced calmly ttBjj^B _ M i!.? iw% TaSS9B CUlU'tjes UL lLie piuactuiui 1U uic don Police Court, who said that shaiflHfl holders in his companies had $25,000,000 , in Mr. Choate, the American Ambads^^^H dor. sent a message to Lord Cranbori^HHR expressing the sympathy of the peop^^^H of the United States in the death of Marauis of Salisbury. 69H Lord Rothschild, in an interview iHHH Loudon, expressed himself in favor the Zionists accepting the offer by th^^H British Government of a large area o^^^H land in British East Africa for colon^^H ization purposes. ' , Dr. Salazar, head of the America^^H| Hospital in Tampico. Mexico, wrote owu death certificate while dying fronH^H yellow fever. The report tL'at a plot against tceau life of King Alfonso bud been discov-^BM ered at Huesca. Spain, was officially^pM declared unfounded. J9H Count F. J. Lariseh von Moennict^BHB refused to pay $30,000 of bis Amerlcan^^H wife's money to Berlin marriage brok*^HB ei-.H, and tbey will be sued for black-|^H mail. The Cuban Revolutionary Soidiers'MBj Revisory Commission was constituted.^^? It is composed of one judge of the^jS Supreme Court and judges of the Au<flflH diencia Courts of Havana and MataaSjH fan on.l +?. < ? nlilitflVT OfflperS. Vesuvius was reported to be agaii^HB active, and the flow of lava towar<SB Pompeii was renewed. M. Pelletau, French Minister of Ma^HHj riae, married Josephine Denise, schoolmistress, at the office of a dlstric^^H Mayor. Prime Minister Comtites acte^HB as best man. It was announced at Berlin that Em-^^H peror William intended to suggest a de^^H sign for a flag of peace to the Peace^BH Congress, which will meet at Rouen,^^H September 23. |H .Tananogp npwunflnprs show hoatillty^^Bi to Russia over the Korean questlon.|H? but Japan's Minister to Uogland tbece .was no danger oC war,. _ wB m ftotv,. 1.