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y FC VOL. X. PEACE IN SOUTH AMERICA Nicaragua and Ecuador Give Notice oi Friendly Feeling. ASSURECOLOMBIAOF NEUTRALITY AcconlliiK In Advlcns 1'ccpIvo<1 In Wnsliincton the Ciinncpn ot' War llolwi't'ii Colombia R.iil Venezuela An* Ucmnt" ?Colninhl'tn Itvvn'iitiiinlntii Arc *>rfratrd by Government Forces. Washington, D. C.?Official mail nd,vices received at the Colombian Legatlon here, tend to show, it is stated, that the chances of a war between Colombia and Venezuela grow more distant every, day. ; 1 The mail contained information to >i"7* v - - v -v * ~ *^"1" - ' -? - * ' ) f/ ; ~"y.' > - ' v .y' C the effect that hotlt the Nlcnrnguan 'and Ecuadorean Governmcnta have given the Colombian Government the fullest assurances that they will remaln strictly neutral with regard to the strained relations between Colombia and Venezuela. |r The ninll also brought the details of the complete defeat of a hand 01* 2500 Cqlombinn revolutionists under General Marin at 'the town of Annpoynm by the Government forces. The in surgeuts had previously occupied the ktown of Girndot, on the Magdalena River, which Is small, hut important As being a railroad terminus. t It Is stated that llUKXJ Colombian troops nre guarding the border, in command of General Gonzales Valencia, who was formerly Minister of iVVar in the Colombian Cabinet. j warships roit Tut isthmus. Colon, Colombia.?Isthmian affairs continue quiet. The United States guuboat Machias will go to llocas del - .? .A " ' AMAPALA, A COAST 1 Toro If favorable news for the Government is not received from tliut point Washington, I>. O.-Tho Ranger sailed from Aculcnpo for Panama to watch over American interests there during the revolution troubles. Victoria, It. C.?His Majesty's ship 'Aniphion took aboard three scowloads of ammunition. The Ampldon has boon ordered to prepare to proceed to Panama, and the torpedo boats Virago and Sparrow liuwk are to go With her. KiUviulor devolution Imminent. San Francisco, Cal.?The steamer San Jose, from Central America, reports that reports were current at Acajutla that another revolution for the purpose of overthrowing the Government of Salvador was imminent, though no outbreak had taken place. SAVED BY VICTIM'S FATHER. Advlm-d Muh Nut to l.yneli Nci;ro Who Attempted to AMHUiiit II Im Child. Fort Smith, Ark. Louis Smith, a flfty-live-year-ohl negro, that a mob Intended to take from the county jail, was sat eti from lyuchitig by ttie ac uon 01 tin* ranter ui a mile white girl whom Smith is charged witli having attempted to assault. The mob forurcd ui the Court House Just before midnight. ltefore a plan had been agreed upon Watson, father of the child, appeared. When called upon to take the leadership he advised the crowd to p? rinit the law to take Its course. This unlooked-for action on the part of the father caused the tuob to disperse. Four Miner* Fail to Death, l?'our miners were Instantly killed at a mine at Chenoa, til., l>y the snapping of the cable supporting The cage. The men fell JW7 feet. ? > | fi )RT FO] BOYS PLOTTED MURDER Three Charity Lads Intcndod to Kill a Farmer and His Wife. Klnilncut WfttUonPtl One Yonnffftier. Who Krvpntpil the lYmholtrsil Scheme to IIU Ilrucfactor ami Proposed Victim. Springfield, Mass.?From the hillsides of CfltntiiiuKton. which furnished the Inspiration for MilIIam Cullen Bryant's "Thnnatopsls." comes n tale of youthfnl deprnvlty unparalleled in the auuals of Western Mns| sachusetts. A few weeks ago three State wards, eight. ten and twelve years old, were placed In the care of Walter Ford, n wealthy Cummlngton farmer. In I in ?i mom 11 i.i \;uaioiiKiry lor mi.' ] State to pay Sl.riO a week board for [ each child, and the person with whom ; f : >'i^aJ- -" : i | - 1 , : ' ' /_: ITALi OF VENEZUELA. ' they are sent to board also Is entitled to such work as be can pet out of his charges. Ford declares that lie treated ills boys well and that apparently they were well satisfied with their lot. A few days ago the oldest of the three boys was taken ill with the eolie. Tin* hoy's sickness neeessltatOil \f r Knr?1'o luiiiiff tin nort ot' 1 l?o night. When Mr. Ford was nbout to retire the boy said that he had a eoufession to make. The other two boys he said had plotted to murder Mr. Ford and his wife, after which they purposed to ransack the house and then destroy tho evidence of their guilt by lire. Mr. Ford sit tirst regarded the information as the wandering of a disordered brain, but the detail of the plan caused him to be on his guard. The attempt would bo made, Mr. Ford's informant said, that very niglit, just on tho alroke of twelve. The ten-year-old boy was to stand at Mr. Ford's head and the eightyear-old boy by the head of Mrs. TOWN OF NICARAGUA. Ford. Roth would rarr.y axes and at a slpn.il Mr. and Mrs. Ford were to ho struck on the head three times. About 11."0 Mr. Ford heard noises in the chain her of the boys and soon stealthy footsteps eould be distinguished coming toward the bedroom occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ford. Mr. Ford feigned sleep, and as the boys entered the room he sprang up and quickly disarmed the larger one. The boy of eight made a futile swing at Mr. Ford with ids ax. but it struck the tloor harmlessly. Mr. Ford locked the boys in a room ami fliformed the State agent to take them off his hands. The hoys were brought to this city by State Agent Southmayd, who re msea 10 ciiseiose tnoir names and former homes. Mr. Southmayd intimates that the hoys will lie turned loose on some other unsuspecting farmer as soon us one can he found. Mr. Ford says lie is through board* lug wards of the State. INDIANS HAVE SMALLPOX. A Violent Outhrenk Among the IVInnelingoen In WlSconMln. Black River Falls, Wis.?Axel Jacobsen, of Wittenberg, Superintendent of tin* Indian Schools, together with l>r. Quigg, of Touiali, was in this city investigating the smallpox which is prevalent among the Winnebago Indians. They found the situation much more serious than they expected. Within a distance of three miles there are thirty cases. More than lifty cases are reported from the towns of liroekway and I.nuehester. It is impossible to force the Indians to observe quarantine regulations with the force the town lias at its command. The City of Sturgeon Bay, with a population of 8300, ' has been exposed to smallpox, and I un outbreak is expected there. MIL liT MILL, S. C., WE DM Tsteawboat blown up Boiler of the City of Trenton Explodes in tho Delaware River. SCORES ARE KILLED AND INJURED Tlie DlFantrr Occnra Nenr riillndelphln? The StrHmpr 11ml Slany 'Women and Children Aboard?After the Kxplnalor She la Reached til u Kwnmp and Thex Tnkea Fire?Muny I.lvca Are Savwl. Philadelphia, Penn. ? Through the bursting of one of the boilers, the steamboat City of Trenton, of the Wilmington Steamboat Company, plying between Philadelphia and Trenton, was blown to pieces in the Delaware Itiver. Four persons were killed instantly. and at least eight were drowned. Mighty persons more or less seriously injured were taken from the wreelc of the steamboat and hurried to the hospital. Of this number several were not expected 10 live. After the explosion the boat caught tire and ran aground. She is now a wrecked and blackened hulk in the marshes of Torresdale, sixteen miles above this city. There was a report in circulation that the City of Trenton had been rae Ing with another steamboat, the Twl- i light, but this was denied. The dead tire: .1. IV Chew, assist- [ rut engineer; Elizabeth <liven, of ; Philadelphia; Arthur Lansing. mnMer. of Trenton. N. James (VConiiell. I fireman, of Wilmington, Del.; Matt Ma Me. Grema.ii. of Philadelphia: August Ma hie. deckhand, of Plliladel ! pliia: and live passengers, names nil- ; known. The missing are: Mrs. John Matthews, of Philadelphia; Matilda 1 Cross, of Philadelphia; and two ehii- i Iron, who were seen to jump over-, j hoard. The City of Trenton makes daily j trips between Philadelphia and Tren- j ton. stopping at lhirlington. N. J.; Bristol. Penn., and other points on the way. She left the company's wharf at 1.45 o'clock p. m. Iter passenger list wis lighter than usual, nnd she carried Tory little freight. Captain W. A. Worrell was In charge nnd the other officers were: Edward Curry, pilot; .T. W. Vnnderveer, mate; Edward Murpliy, chief engineer; J. D. Chew, assistant engineer. and i iiiyion ueynom, purser. .\nmit iwoivc firemen and deckhands were aboard. Nothing of inomont occurred until 'lie boat reached Torresdnle. At a point opposite what Is known as the Harrison Mansion, n spacious building fronting the Delaware River, the steam pipe connecting with the port I toiler burst with a deafening report. Before any of ihe passengers or employes had an opportunity of seeking safety another explosion occurred, and 'his time the port boiler was burst to atoms. Scalding steam and water poured into the cabin, and sections of the woodwork of the boat were torn away by the force of the blast. Those of tile passengers who were not seamed and scarred by the scalding steam and boiling water were struck by the flying portions of the splintered enhin. Legs and arms were broken, and faees and bodies scalded. The screams of the injured eould be heard 011 shore, anil the eries of those who leaped and were blown into the -iver were heartrending. So great was the form of the explosion that :! piano In the upper drawing room of the hoat was hurled many feet away from the hoat into the river. This proved a fortunate circumstance for many of the injured passengers. Thrown into the water, scalded and otherwise injured so that they were rendered helpless, they dung to the piano, which had fallen into shallow water, until they were rescued. By this time the vessel had caught fire, and those of the passengers who were still aboard were compelled to leap for their lives. Fortunately the water was not more than four feet deep, and many were able to wade ashore. Some, however, who were too seriously Injured to help themselves, were rescued by members of the bont clubs that line the river front at this point. The cnptnln and crew of the boat conducted themselves well, rendering all the assistance possible to the Injured. Captain Worrell was the last man to leave the boat. All of the seriously injured were hastily conveyed to the hospital of the House of Correction at llohnesburg, about three miles below Torresdale. As soon as possible word was, sent to Philadelphia for the police boats Samuel II. Ashbrldge and Edwin S. Stuart, and the emergency corps of doctors. The two police boats rendered effective service in caring for the Injured. The physicians and surgeons assisted In relieving the suffering. The City of Trenton was a new three-deckeil steam craft, with propeller and triple expansion engines. She was of 400 tons burden. 105 feet long and thirty-two feet beam. She was valued at J?40,000, and was fully Insured. I. I). Korkofcllor. Jr.. t<i United States Senator Nelson W. Aldrlch and Mrs. Aldrleli. at Providence, It. I., announced the tngngcinent of their daughter Abby to John D. llocke* fi ller. Jr. Snow In Knelaiid. Storms of wind and rain have swept I over * treat Britain, injuring the crops. The stormy weather was accompanied by November temperatures. Snow felJ ftt Birmingham. T T '1 y -JL ES1)AY, SEPTEMHEE MINOREVENTSOFTHEWEEK WASHINGTON ITEMS. Secretary of War Root distributed $1,000,000 appropriated by Congress for the militia of the several States and Territories. The Department of Justice advised the Navy Department to refuse payment of vouchers presented to cover royalties on ariuor made uudor the Harvey process. The report of the Canal Commission was said to bo delayed pending an expected offer of the Panama Canal at the commission's estimate from he French company. The Surgeon-General of the Armv objected to the employment of corn doctors, ns recommended by Inspector-Generul llende. Intcrnnl revenue receipts for July, 1001. wore $29,1140.SOil, a decrease of $77,494 as compared with July, 1900. The Navy Department announced the final acceptance of the battleship Alabama. President MeKinley Issued a proclamation inviting all the nations of the world to take part in the lanilsiana Purchase Exposition, to be held at St. Bonis. OPE \nOPTKl> tsiAxns. Martin de Castro, a well known Cuba newspaper man, was killed at Mnnznnillo by a member of the Rural < luard. Thirty od<l members of the Honolulu liar charge Pulled States Judge Humphreys. of Hawaii, with holding his otlice for political purposes. The Havana authorities will prosecute K. C. Westall for the loss of $1000 of postotliee money. The thieves are known to the police. A report cat schools in the Philippines was made public. English stockholders of Cuban railroads protested against a proposed re- j vision of rates. To guard against a possible uprising ' of tlio Malays, the 3000 soldiers in Manila will be increased by six com- j panics of infantry. The transport Thomas, with six j hundred teachers on hoard, arrived at Manila from Sau Francisco. DOMESTIC. Chicago's Board of Review raised tin* assessment on ZIon Howie's property from $15,000 to $500,000. Edward Mortimer, a miner, sixtynine 3*enrs old, arrived in Dawson, Alaska, with a story of his escape from an lee plazed shaft where he had been left to die. Raymond Itoss, colored, was legally hanged at Canton, Ga., for an assault upon a white woman. Tlptonville. Tonn., was almost destroyed by fire. I 11. F. Jossey. United States Chinese , Insixytor, was accidentally killed at I Tucson, Ariz., by the discharge of his own gun. | Former Postmaster John Andrews was shot and killed nt Red Lodge, | Mont., by John Routers, who mistook j him for a bear. Henry Stewart, a negro hackmnn of Macon, Ga., was lynched for insulting u white woman. Two sailors of the fishing schooner Niagara reached Gloucester, Mass., after being four days adrift in a small dory. The Chief of Phi ice at Lexington, I\y., lost his Job by aiding revengeseeking gamblers In breaking up faro banks. Mrs. Susan Field, widow of Stephen ,T. Field, Justice of the United States Supreme Court, died at Oakland, Cal. John -T. Gllllland, one of the most prominent business men of Lincoln, j N'cb.. was murdered by footpads. Uy a decision in the Police Court nt Dos Moines, Iowa, kissing and bugging tuny bo indulged in In the city parks. In connection with the arrest of Federal officials at Nogales, Ariz., charges of extensive bribery and smuggling of Chinese were made. Burglars dynamited the safe In the postotlice at Petersburg, Tenu., and got The Iowa Democratic State Convention nominated Thomas J. Phillips, of Ottuinwn, for Governor, and adopted a platform renttlrmlng the national platform of the Kansas City National Convention. Matthew C. D. Iforden prevented a reduction of wages and averted a strike at Fall River. Mass., by bnyillir tin Jill reirillnru !it tu'n ?...!# COUtjj. FOREIGN. The body of the wife of Sir Areldbalil Smith, Master of th?> ltolls, was found in the ltlver Spey, England. The German steamer Lnsitania was sunk off the Cnsquet Hocks by tlit? Spanish steamer Aniboto; four men were drowned, Excessive rains in parts of India and drougths In otlior sections caused damage to crops. Joaquin Godoy, Chilian Minister to Hrazil, died ai Hio Janeiro. Eugenlo ?le Telxurn, Marquis de Again Branca, was appointed the oflielal represemative of the Brazilian State of Mnranhao ut the I'nn-Auicrlcan Exiiosition. Edmund Beckett Falser, Conservative, wns elected to succeed the Into Hight Hon. William W. Heaeh. "Father of the House of Commons." Mutiny among the British troops in South Africa was predicted in a private's letter to a London paper. Severe storms prevailed throughout Southern France . tad Spain. ' IME! L 4, 1901. BOERS' LEADERS DEFIANT President Kruper Denounces General Kitchener's Latest Proclamation. SAYS IT INTENSIFIES RESISTANCE Cnimil-Rfnoinl Slnwc Sovn the Sontli Afrlcjin I'roblom Undoubtedly I* I?lfflottlt :ind Cnmpllrnlod ? Krii|;pr t'i?11? llrltl*h I'rocliuimtHm "the Illnrhent Crime Committed Agiitnot tTie Boith." T-nnJou.?Tbo Daily Tt*l??Krai>h 1 llslics n loner Inlorvlow with Mr. Kmpe r nt llllvorsum in ropartl to (lonoml Kitchener's latest proclamation. The correspond! tit says: "Mr. Knisrr. who seemed greatly Improved in health, spoke vohemently and with intense feeling, rejecting the idea that anything had been changed except the attitude of the Itrttish Government. lie insisted that the taetles of the liners were still as regular as at the beginning of the war. "lie declared that ever since the rapture of Bloemfontcln the l'.rilish had trampled upon the rode of interna tionaI law. As for the provision transports and rattle the British are continually seizing. Mr. Kruger said these were Intended not for the Uoer coninuttidccn. which lived front hand to mouth, hut for the women and children. 'He contended that General Kitchener's proclamation itself reeogni/.ed that the I'.oers had a regular administration and an army. The proclamation could have but otto effect to embitter and intensify resistance. "Having characterized the proclamation as 'the blackest crime committed against the liners.' Mr. Kruger closed tlte Interview by solemnly calling Heaven to witness that the story of a Dutch conspiracy against the British was 'an abominable lie. the most mischievous and diabolical lie ever coined since man first appeared In the world." "He said, however, that peace was still possible on the basis ol* give and take, ami that the Boers were ready to make reasonable sacrifices and to give satisfactory guarantees on the basis of independence and free pardon | to colonial Afrikanders." James G. Stowe, the United States Consul-Gcuernl in Cape Town, hns arrived front South Africa. Mr. Stowe said: "I find myself marooned In London. Apparently every berth 011 steamers bound for America Is taken till the eiul of September, nml I am anxious to get borne, where I enn do away with official enres and talk ns a private citizen. You know more in Eondon about the military conditions of South Africa than It Is possible for any one to know In Cape Town. "The South African problem is undoubtedly difficult ami complicated. The topography of the country and the mobility of the Hoers, whom the Kngllsh columns are nimble to pursue individually, make operations most difficult. The British are feeding many prisoners and are providing for thousands of Boer families, all of which is very nice on the part of England. But in the meanwhile the war drfl|gs on. There is a great future for South Africa when peace Is made. The surface mineral wealth is scarcely scratched. Undoubtedly England is prepared to solve the problem of reunification; but when that will occur certainly no person at the Cape is able tc say." IIOKUS DKKY GKNKltAI. IvITCIl l'NKIt K Proclamation by I>?'litr??y Doi-lnros That the Fight Will Uo tin. London.?'Thn War Otllce has rereived the following dispatch from General Kltehener: "Delarey has Issued n counter proclamation, warning all Boers against my latest proclamation and declaring that they will continue the struggle." In Brussels it is asserted that Gummandant General itut lui has ordered the liner commanders in future to retain all captured British as hostages in case General Kitchener carries oat the threats of his latest proclamation. IlrltlHli For cm Captured. London.?A dispatch from Genera Kitchener, dated at I'retorln, say; "Three officers ami sixty-live met who were sent north of Ladybrnnd (Grange Hlver Golony) on the right of Elliot's columns, were surrounded on unfavorable ground and captured by it superior force. One man was killed and four were wounded. The prisoners were releuscd. Am holding an Inquiry." MAN MAILED TO SAG HARBOR. heir Arrival From Poland Taggrd to tUu PoKtotllcii For Special l)?llv?rjr, Sag liar her, N. Y.?Wlodeslaw Douilcsutz, a l'ole, reached tliis place tagged to the l'ostothce for special .1.... 1 IlkfllloUtltM lo - the old country, and cannot speak n word o" llugiislj. Manny liaocock, the letter carrier, when lie learned ol' his unusual piece ol' mail, was puzzled, lie did not know how to deliver the "special," hut friends of the foreigner came to the otllce and relieved the carrier of his cha r^e. dovei'iiniout lCucel|>t? t or I.and Hair*. The Laud Olhce receipts from the sale of lots in the new towns in Oklahoma ha i e aggregated $0?>U,4i!7^ fcfil td ill BCYS LOST IN THE SURF 'vfi Four Little Follows Drowned Whil? Bathing- at Long Branch, N. J. v Otic oT n I'nrty of Five lleache* Shore ?? The ItPKi-h Cro*r?le<t Will* ., Summer CSneat*. T.nne: Pmnoh, N. J.?Four hops \ *or* <lrownc<l In front of Crnnmer's hot oil. Tl.?.. " ? i nr.* tvi-rc ii.'iroiu ^ncnnnD, iweivfl years old; T/onn fSnskill. eleven yenr old: Raymond Rlakeslee, eleven years ol?l. nnd Walter Rlakeslee, eight years old. , X Stanley Rouse, of Chelsea avenue, pave the alarm. TTe emerged from the water and said that Ids playmates had .hist been drowned. This information caused great excitement on the Itoaeh.. The live boys started from home for ' a bath dnrinp the morn I up. Harold Sherman and I.i'on Cnsklll wore tlnlr suits from home, placing their eonts and hats In a secluded place for safety. The two Rlakeslee boys hired their suits from CranmeV. "where their clothes were afterward found. No time was lost in pettinp to work to recover the bodies, nltliouph the boys had been drowned a lonp time before those on the beaeli knew the facts. Captain Charles II. Van Dyke, with a crowd, and with a seine tn his boat, pulled out at once after he pot the news. Hundreds of spectators awaited the result of the drap. Tho seine, howo' er. went wide of its mark, and when pulled in contained nothing but seaweeds. More boats were launched and as time passed the crowd increased In size, the beach In front of the Cnlted States Hotel being lined with people. Then one of the bodies was recovered, that of Harold Sherman, the son of IT. R. Sherman, of the Citizens' Rank. The father, who had been Informed of mo ncemcnr, was nmnnR those who had rushed to the beach. An hour later an object was soon flouting a-.out too fpct away toward the south. Tt proved to bo the body of I.con Gaskill. The boys were all well known. Harold Sherman tintII a week ago was employed as a itress feeder and messenger boy for the Record. T.eon Gaskill was the son of Alexander A. Gaskill. and had many friends. Raymond ami Walter Mlakeslee were the sons of Professor ('. W. Rlakosloo. of the high' school. i The boys, who could swim a little, succeeded In reaching a raft located In front of Cranmer's place. They had considerable fun for a while, but n? huge breaker swept them off. and before Stanley Rouse, who was the heat swimmer of the party, could read* shore to give the news, they had perished. A woman, a hotel guest, says she saw the boys go down, but nona lir/iril nru* fr.n KA1?\ T> 1 * ...... ...... .... iici|? i?uunr Him a hard struggle with the waves, and on getting nshorn wna too exhausted to talk for some minutes. VEGETABLES IN WEST A LUXURY Poor Must |i?k Huli.titiitr. for Potatoes. CalihmrrM ami Itcn.. Chicago.?Ethel liert Stewart, Secretary of the Eeonomleal Food Bureau, who is gathering food statistics for the fJovcrnincnt, Is reported as saying In nn Interview that the poor are fneIup? a crisis which may alter their modr* of life and force them to ndopt snbstitnes for potatoes and such vegetables as cabbage and beans. He has been making an Investigation of tho conditions caused by the exceptional rise In the prices of vegetables. "Rice Is hound to become more and more popular." he said, "for Its price inn vnr.v mum nmi lis qualities are about the same as those of potatoes. Tilts stringeney Is causing tho working classes to ont more soup nntl stew tlian ever before; In fact, the uninitiated would marvel nt the extent these articles of diet have come into use since the lirst of July, Parley and rice, corn and hominy, are dally going Into households that did not know them. "I have my report alone this line nhout ready to send to Washington, and while I cannot make It public, it shows that this condition holds pood throughout the West, not only of vegetables, but also of fruit." AMERICAN DESERTER'S CAPTURE. Culprit Tukon From it Flllptjio Camp of 4SO Men l?y Nino Scouts. Manila. ? Pitcher's lirst dispatch from Mindoro tells how IJcutennnt , Hnzzard, of the Third Cavalry, com- I manding a troop of Mncnhchc scouts, f enpttired -he American deserter, Howard, who, as a lender of tho Filipinos, had been annoying the Americans for ninny months. Ferguson, one of Lieutenant Ilnzzard's civilian scouts, disguised, as an Insnrgcnt, with eight Macabebes, penetrated into the camp of Colonel Aticnzn. commanding 1Mb rltlemen uud 200 holoinen, at night. They found Howard, bound and gagged him, and led him away without disturbing tho camp. On# tVny to llounnvro rk. Charles Eutln, aged seveuty-six years, of Rochester, X. Y., committed suicide l?eeuuse he found housework unsuited to his tastes. A week ago his wife fell down stairs and broke iter leg, since which time Eutln had been doing the household duties. A 1'rince KUHmI in h l>uel. A duel with pistols was fought at St. Petersburg, Russia, between Prince Alexander of Bayu-Wlttgensioiu aud Prince Auutole Jiarlatlnski, aide de tump to U'*.' former being killed. - _'#w < / k:/i ,1