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VOL. X.
REBEL TROOPS DEFEA1ED
Colombian Insurgents Forced to Retreat
After aSevf re Fncacemen'c.
PROTECTION FOR AMERICANS i
cpit ril "(?(< Foron Stop IiitcrTrreuco 1
V.'llii Traffic Acrou thn Intimitis?Vrotfit
ir*?ded bytlia CmnmtniJor ?r?i?
Colombian Cnnbont?Battle Voujlit ou
' tin- l.isic ofthe IUIImJ.
Colon. Colombir.?Ail armed guard
of marines from the United Stales battleship
Iowa ' lias re-establislied the
trans:, across the Istnimis, end details
from the Iowa's marines arc now protecting
each passenger train.
There lias been tiereo lighting at j
"Empire Station, on the railroad line
between Panama and Colon, bctwe-n
the insurgents and troops of the Co- ;
lombiau Government, with hc:?vy
losses tin both sides. '
At a conference on hoard tiie British
cruiser Tribune, at which General
Jguncio Foliaco, Scnor de la Itosa. Secretary
o." General Uiaz. and the com- (
tnamlers of the foreign warships wore t
present, toe General agreed, at the re t
AjiUMt of the naval commanders, and c
on the ground of hjiiiauity, having im
view ihe large foreign population of!
Colon, not to land troops here or open
tire on the town before t> o'clock uu
'Friday evening. ^
At o'ciock p. m.. at the head of ^
700 men. General Alban left l'anama ^
toy train for Empire Station, where the
1 .liberaIs were reported to be in fairly
tstronir numbers i??? -
??ir? i?iu!>?)>(> was to *'
mtrprlse anil rout them. The train "
bearing these troops was hold tip just s<
before it. reached Culobrn Station. ?wHug
to tho Liberals opening fire on Al- rt
ban's advance guard. Albnn disem- w
barked his men front the train, which w
returned to Panama. The lighting at
Culebra lasted front 4 40 until P p. tn. <b
The lievs. Ijovoridge and Jacobs, p
Baptist and Wesleyau ministers respectively.
narrowly escaped being _
Their houses in Culebra was riddled ~
with bullets.
The Government troops continued to
advance, and the lighting was stubborn
all along the railroad line, and'
couth nod until Empire Station, a mile
nnd a half distant, was reached. The
Liberals continued to retreat olowly^ J?1
Alban's men following them until they Vs
eventually reached Mntachin Station, art
Here he met and conferred with Cap- >ric
tnin Perry of the Iowa, who was re- ot
turning from Colon on an armored
train. It Is understood that Captain ?rjI'erry
will not allow the railroad to nrr
transport troops, consequently General ,aI[
Albau and his men were forced to ...
push ahead on foot. The Liberals f
were under the command of General
Lugo. n11
Between the stations of Culebra and
Empire more than 150 uillod and -or
.wounded men could be seen along the be
track. The
.,uo tjmwaome. '1'bero Act
Is n ? in oner Rod Cross organization, 1 n
timl the wounded lack care. inn
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WASHINGTON GOTEKNMKST ACTS. *lV'
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Captain Prrrj, of the Iowa, In Command
of United ?St;t5? Naval Forces.
Si^c
Washington, I>. C.?It was pretty ^ V
well understood here that there was
<o lie no bombardment of Colon by
either side. While Commander Me- rc"
Crea received wide discretionary powor
and nothing was said to htm about (1<,;
stopping the bombardment directly, \ 1
nevertheless the State Department es- a H
tnblhshed a precedent In these matters dati
last year when it instructed Mr. Cud- \n
ger to warn some Insurgents at Pan- a,(3]
ntna that they would not be allowed to ii*ttr
bombard that port. r
The Secretary of the Navy cabled
to Captain Perry, of the Iowa, to astonne
full command of all the United .. .
States naval forces on both sides of ?
the Isthmus in order to Insure harmoiiious
operations. J*
Commander McCrae. of the Maehias,
?t Colon, cabled the Navy Department
Informing the department of the approaching
bombardment of that town, *
?nd asking for instructions. He was ?'-li
Instructed to take such steps as lie *a'ly
deemed neeessnry for the protection Th<
of American interests at Colon. While ment
no specific statement was made as to Ities
the details of this Instruction it was \R
understood that It left discretionary ngftii
with Commander MeCrea the preven- go?p<
tion of n bombardment. cnbit
emne
riLiriNU FORT CAPTURED. Wli
footb
Darlnc Saldlfri Scaled a I'reclplce and greet
Drove llio Defender* Out. were
Manila. ? Captain Edward P. Law- Inn
ton's company, of the Nineteenth In- Iain's
fautry. has attacked and captured an thn'hi
Insurgent fort on Roliol Island, south Krj
of Ceini, in the Visayan group. This rj)r*
fort was nearly surrounded by a preci- . . "[fl
pice, and the only entrance to the
'higher ground was guarded by a stock- pro-'1
nde. with a line of entrenchments be- ftev.'j
hind it. ^() '
Sergeant McMalion and twenty men. "
*?ent to climb the precipice and nttackc< oni"d
Ibc fort in the rear, after three hours' Welle
climbing through the thick under* qieilh
growth took the enemy by surprise and c|,. f
drove them from the fort. As the in- ,? ';i
surgents escaped they had to *? P, ,e':l
rest of Captain I^awton's ere illy ono of the0
-n distance of 150 yards. fllLr mQn of Fortf
h<nZ7*l0B8' 'OK urrtcluateil <
Their cannon were T- .
smaller ones being re*om ^ mversity 1
larger ones buried, anil l.ns 8.^0 prac- J
Siakes special mentiouHv here?
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BBEHTSOFTHEWEEK
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ABHXNGTON ITKMS.
Tuse of Representatives has
beeiitlecutly refurnished throughout
Tort of the Secretary of the
Intwas made public, showing
sntry progress in dealing with
.Impairs, public lands and pensib}
For the Nicaragua Canal incluut
locks, two harbors and a
moiar*. thefts hole project to cost
51800. *
A conscience contribution was
reelIV the Trivism-v Tii>miviin..n?
froiuphis, Tenn.
G A. R. Butiington, Chief of
Ord of the Army, was placed ou
the d list.
D'Arcoa, Spanish Minister, hid
fnrco the President before startins
loufi leave of absence.
tt ADOPTi:!) ISLANDS.
Cr Chaffee or > *ed that in the
futimplete re cot- hall he kept
of a.ves in the Pin.>,mines taking
the of allegiance the I'uited
Stat
Tilted States distilling ship Iris
wen^und ou a reef near lloilo, 1*.
t.
A t from F. W. Atkinson. Central
rlutendejit of Education in
ho lnkies, shows the extent of
lie carried on by American
ifchooehcrs.
DOMESTIC.
Gov Van Sant will call a special
essiot the Minnesota Legislature
? tulactlon against the Great
Jdrtbtorthern I'aciUc couibiuaion.
Blgbnisaiul avoiuou in Now Jerey
n orking for a pardon for 1.1ble
Cbrant, Avho is serving a life
fntcfor murder.
Foi City Clerk Phillips Avas nr'stc
i Ashtabula. Ohio, charged
uu sauy disposing of $10,000
ort city bonds.
Thog sunk"ii treasure ship llio
? Jro won located iu the San
rano Bay.
Be?e the jury reached a first de ee
rder verdict by lottery in the
ise John Miller, Aslieville. N. C..
e Jo refused to accept the lladPrfilcnt
uae of the mails is
art against O- O. Delsb, of Bradrd,
do, unfilled mall orders beE?h.cherne,
the result of a family feud J. F.
1 cashed the skull of J. K.
igor nt TTlghland, Kan., and then
him twice.
or tearly a year Stewart Fife, a
, wis arrested nt Savannah, (la.,
ted with murdering Millionaire
lc Ibblnson.
? Ytkon River was frozen solid
r as Thirty-mile, and where open
L tvat dangerous to navigation,
tona will try next year for a
d cr>p of cantaloupes, 1400 acres
X>laited in one place,
rusoi of seven murders. Jack Sulnot?d
South Dakota squaw man,
der irrest at Sioux City, Iowa,
it a: the transport Meade was
ng tan Francisco, Cal? for MilJanes
Rruee was arrested,
jed with a diamond robbery iu
i go.
flta w? wore invited by Mijnosota
aln in the contest against the
iern Railway Trust,
sv Hampshire's farms and Imploh
in 1000 were valued at SS5.4S-J,fnrn
products, &21,i>20,0SK.
bene on collision of freight trn'ns
digits Siding. Ala., caused three
is.
accdental explosion of dynamite
harhstou, W. Va., killed two and
ed tirec men.
r chaining fraudulent natrralizn
(iiiprH ni ivnowiuo, town, JOUn
'orsand John Stcubenrauch were
$40) each.
e X tlonnl Grange elected Aaron
s, ol Indiana, as National Worthy
:er.
FOREIGN.
owmounclllor of the Riveria town
oftutbrtfhc shot four persons, niorwomdlng
the Deputy Mayor,
ere vas n further steady improve:
in udustrlnl and tinancial securin
(ermnny.
a esult of the demonstrations
ist the proposed translation of the
lis lito ni idem Greek, the Grecian
let eslgued, and M. Zniinis be
i Premier.
ill#* /Jarl Roberts was witnessing a
all matcli at Aldershot he was
ed with boos and hisses. Cheers
flivan for General Duller,
'gnation meetings over Chamberspeech
continue to be held
gliout Germany.
lisli manufacturers are alarmed
the Increasing sales of American
in England,
nacrous churches in the provinces
pain were destroyed by incendiIros.
The police have no clews
ie culprits.
ngary's expenditures next year
xpected to nearly eat up the res.
ty Chinese soldiers surprised 150
its close to Pekin, killed twelve
lem and captured sixteen. The
ners were taken to Peklu for dentlon.
? French Senate adopted a prosupported
by the Premier, M.
leek-Rousseau, to appoint a comon
to stiidy means to arrest the
pulatlon ir. France.
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MIL
RT MILL, S. CWEDN
~i? KILLED IH EXPLOSinN
Boiler Bursts in the Plant of an Injector
Company at Detroit.
SCORES BURIED IN THE DEBRIS
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I^ar~e KuointM Strurtnve is llrdaced to a
Mhhs of Fl.imins Iluinn?Uurneit nml
l?:itt<?rr<l Vit'tlms Krlrmnl l*rom tlio
lrlcry I'urnmo Krtuructl to Kricim
Coumdci?Prnprrty l.oss of SI80,000.
Detroit. Mich.?'Twenty-six men are
are dead ami twenty-four other nun
were taken to -the various hospitals
of the city suffering from terrible cuts,
burns and others injuries, nil results of
the explosion of one of the hollers iti
1)10 Penberthy lnjeetor Company's j
largo plant, at the corner of Abbott
street and Brooklyn avenue. Iti addition
to those seriously injured a dozen
or more employes were slightly hurt.
They were taken directly to their
homes. The IVnbprihv Injct t??r Company's
plant occupied half a square.
Iv was omposed ef two bviek buildIngs,
separated by a sixtem-foot alley.
The rear building, which was com- I
pleiHy destroyed, was three stories In
height, fifty-four feet in depth, and
HH? feet wide. The boiler room was
situated at the northwest corner of
litis building, on the first ttoor. It was
in this building that most of the niauufaeturittg
was done.
There were four boilers in the plant,
two horizontal and two vertical dues.
11 was the horizontal boilers that exploded.
The floors and roof of the rear
building bulged upward and then
crashed down with tlioir heavy loads
of inaeldnery and foundry apparatus.
Walls, roof and all. dropped into a
shapeless mass of delirls. Windows
In houses for a block around were broken
by the concussion, and flying
bricks filled the neighboring yards.
A dense cloud of dust arose, and as it
s< tiled and was succeeded by denser
clouds of smoke and steam, agonized
cries began to come from the heap
of tangled wood, metal and bricks.
Those who were only partly hurled,
frantically dug themselves out. Flames
broke out almost Immediately, and the
horror of tire was added to the suffering
of the Imprisoned.
A fire alarm was turned In and quickly
responded to. Calls wore sent out
for all tho ambulances In the city.
Fending their arrival neighboring
houses wore turned into temporary
hospitals. The first ambulances on the
scene were totally inadequate to carry
those who had been already extricated,
and express wagons and similar vehicles
were pressed into service.
While part of the firemen directed
their efforts at the tire, which was
burning fiercely at the centre of the
wreck, the greater number of them
seized axes and crowbars and began
prying out the victims who omd.i h<>
soon or whose faint cries were audible.
The doors and roof had fallen at an
angle and formed a huge sort of cover,
under which the fire burned lloroely.
Not until the firemen had chopped
through this did their streams begin
to have an appreciable effect on the
fla nies.
Crndually the rescuers worked their
way downward through the pile. A
vacant house adjoining the factory
was converted into a temporary
morgue. In sevoial eases the charred
corpses were so hot when they were
recovered that they could scarcely be
handled.
The property loss is about $180,000.
The firm carried $70,000 lire and some
boiler insurance. The boilers bad been
recently inspected, and the engineer
was known as one of the most careful
and capable men in the city.
M'KINLEY'S PERSONAL ESTATE.
rreglrirnt'rt Property Amounted to SI35,
890.18 UeoideH 11 in Krai Entitle.
Canton. Ohio.?The appraisers have
filed tlieir report of the appraisement
I of the estate of tlic late President MeKinley.
The report shows that the
President died possessed of personal
goods and chattels to the value of
$2055.80; of securities, hank deposits
and life insurance, $133,105.15; moneys,
$120.13. Total personal estate, $135,800.18;
of which $00,132.19 was life
insurance.
The real estate was not appraised,
as under the will It goes to Mrs. MeKlnley
for life, and at her death to
his family. It is believed to he worth
from $00,000 to $75,000.
I MANIAC BREAKS BIG WINDOWS.
Ho Old 5000 Dnmaco I'cfore He Win
l.amlrd lu Jail.
Eaton, Ohio.?About $.">000 worth of
plate glass windows in the business
section were broken by William ltoss- '
man, recently discharged from an insane
asylum as cured. Rossman demolished
143 windows with stones, 113
being large plate glass.
Rossman, who belongs to a prominent
family, was finally landed in jail.
The town looked as it VI bad been
struck by a hurricane. His hands were
badly cut. His mania before commitment
was to break windows.
Famine Faring Half a Million.
John (loodnow. Consul-General at i
Shanghai. China, reports to the State 1
Department that there are over hOO.OOO '
people in the Ynngtse Valley who will
starve this winter unless they get help
from outside. A committee of foreigners
and Chinese has been formed to
1 relieve the conditions of these people
and nil foreigners are subscribing liberally.
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ES1)AY, DECEMBER
QUARANTINE INEFFECTIVE
Secretary Wilson's Proposal to Exclude
Foreign Live Stock.
Anniinl Kri?ort of th? Srcrrtiirr of Acrrlcttltur?
Krcommrniln Agricultural Iuvrrttisrationn
in tlio l'liilipitinoK.
Washington, 1>. C.?III liis fifili an
nunl report Secretary of Agriculture
Wilson points out that, in view of the
fact that the inspection and quurantinins
of cattle import oil to this country
affords only a relative guarantee
against disease, it might perhaps he
well to follow the example of tin.it
Britain aud exclude live stock from
other countries entirely. Anions other
suggestions made in tin* report is one
to the effect that agricultural investigations
bo undertaken in the Philippine
Inlands.
Regarding the animal industry llio
Secretary goes on to say that the grand
total of unjmnls and animal products
exported during the past year exceeded
$250,000,000 in value. This vast
foreign market is only preserved to
our producers liy the indefatigable ef
forts of the Department and the rigid
inspection exercised through the Bureau
of Animal Industry. This Bureau
Inspected for export 1185.00! > cattle. ll'JS,OOO
sheep, 48.1 KK) liors s and mule.;,
and nearly lOOO vessels carrying live
stock. Imported animals were inspected
to the number of lM2.t>00, and.
where necessary, were quarantined.
Of more than 5,000.000 inspected,
the condemned carcasses were about
one-fourth of one per cent.; of the
8,500.000 sheep one-tenth of one per
cent.; of 114,000.000 hogs, one-third of
oue per cent. In the control of Indigenous
diseases 1.500.000 inspections
were Wilde, and over 45,000 cars were
disinfected In the Texas fever service
alone. In combating the disease
known as "ldaek leg" the bureau distributed
more than l,r?<M>,000 doses of
vaccine, the result being to reduce
losses In affected herds to less than
one per cent., whereas formerly It was
In most eases about ten per eeut. To
aid In detecting tuberculosis In cattle
and glanders in horses over 44,000
doses of tuberculin and 7?>oo doses of
mullein have been supplied.
The Secretary points out the serious
evil resulting from a system of State
Inspection which, if it became general,
would effectually prevent the marketing
of live stock in sonic sections and
would destroy much of the usefulness
of the Federal Inspection.
The Secretary announces nn Important
extension of the forecast field of
the Weather Bureau, which now Includes
reports from certain points in
the British Isles and on the Continent
of Europe, from the Azores, Nassau,
Bermuda and Turk's Islnnd. An extension
of the forecast to farmers
through the rural free delivery is contemplated.
SUBMARINE BOAT TEST PERFECT.
The Fiilloii'ltr Ma I'mler Water For Fifteen
Hour*, Itrrukinc All Itreorill.
New York City. ? Willi the win J
blowing sixty miles nil hour and an
abnormaiiy high tide washing over
her, the submarine torpedo lioat Fillton
rested on the bottom of IVeonle
Bay. The six men who were in her
for fifteen hours declared that they
never spent a more comfortable night
anywhere. They wore ltenr-Adiniral
John Lowe. If. S. N. (retired): Captain
Frank T. Cable. Mate John Wilson.
Engineer John Saunders. Electrician
Harry TT. Morrill and Boatswain
Charles ltergb.
At 7 o'clock p. rn. Captain Cable
closed the hatch of the Fulton's conning
tower, and the boat sank out of
sighr in about fifteen feet of water.
All night long she lay tiiere, having
Absolutely no communication with the
outside world, and utterly Ignorant of
the fact that the fiercest gale of forty
years was sweeping over Feeonie Bay.
The test was made to demonstrate
the truth of the contention that the air
in the Holland submarine boats is
sufficient in quantity and quality to
enable their crews to remain under
walcr for practically an indefinite pe
riod. Food to last all night and bedding
enough to make all conifortnble
were placed In the hnat, and the men
took turns standing watch. Four hour
watches were kept.
Speaking of his experience Captain
Cable said lie thought that the Inst
barrier to the acceptance of tlie IIollnnd
type of boat as available for use
in time of warfare was removed. ITr
said he felt sure that the problem of
air was one easily disposed of. but he
dul not expect such a wonderful detu
onstration as that which followed the
submersion of the Fulton.
FAMILY ENCACED IN ROB9ERIES.
Son ronrf?lncl Himself In Slnr?? and
Opfn(d lloora For Bis Knitter.
Pittsburg, Kan.?(leorgo Lane and
family, consist in? of his wife, a four
teen-year-old daughter and an adopted
son. eighteen years old, have been arrested
here, charged with being lenders
of a gang that has been systematically
robbing merchants of this city
for the last year. T.ane and his wlft
have been prominent in society and
church work. They have a bonuflfut
home in West Fourth street, where
nearly $1000 worth of the stolen good*was
found.
It Is charged that the hoy would eon
ceal himself in a store and be locked
In when the store was closed, and then i
In the night he would open the roai
door, after which the robbery wa>
easy. The arrest was caused fty tin
boy being captured In a store and confessiug.
I.nne is a contracting build
er by trade, and has always been considered
a respectable citizen.
IMES
1, 1901.
AWFUL RAILWAY DISASTER
Engineer's Error Cost Scores cl L'ves
Near Seneca, Mich,
VICTIMS ROASTS IN COACHES
J On,* ?>F (In* 7M?? * I>i-?;i<t r<iii? Wrrrli,
i\iioxyii in Atii-lili;:iit?An ttiiiigciiut
Train CiiiikIiI I" I re, lit Occupant*
Meetini; With n tlori-iliti- IIimIIi?llcail?>n
f'lilliiiiini One to Violation of Oritur*
Seneca. Miclt. Till* wreck nn the
Wabash near here was one of the !
greatest railroad disasters in Anton
can history. It is estimated that l
? .*rhty persons were killed, hut :i
complete list will probably never he
known, as a i.irjz'* number of the \i<'
tites were eremnted in the burn i in:
ears. Tin* injured, ttiatty of whom
will die. number l'Jf..
The trains which trashed together
were the Continental i.intiied. east
bound, known as No. and the regular
wt'sl hound train. No. I". No. -I
I was a heavy vestihiiled train, inatle itu
of a combination ear. a d i.v eoaeli and
eight sleep is. \??. t:*. -.-.-as a doubleheader.
with nine eoaeln . the tit'st
two of which were tilled wit it Italian
immigrants for Colorado.
It is said that the aeeident was the
result of a misunderstanding of orders.
No. I should tniv.> w.iti.m
| Seneca station and NH. 1:: should have
' taken the siding. This was not done,
j Then I ho crash came.
| The not result is that one whole
i train. No. 1J5. was hunted: the engines
! complete wrecks on hoi 1 trains, ami on
No. t tiie eoaeh hot ween tile dining
and the baggage was crushed into
kindling wood.
The people on the emigrant train
were caught like rats in a trap and
eruslteil. Tlton the wreek caught lire,
i and lltose who were not instantly
killed were slowly roasted to death. ]
and none of the few spectators, who j
gathered front the farm-houses near i
by. were aide to afford aid.
i The whole emigrant train was soon
j consumed hy the Annies. Farmers residing
along the track rushed In on the
hl.a7.i11g mass to rosette those whom
. they thought might he alive. The
hotlies hauled out of the wreek were
taken to nearby farm houses, and a
large manlier of injured were taken to
a hospital at Peru. Inch
Among the wounded at the hospital
at Peru was twelve-year-old Carmen
I'aor. who cried unceasingly for his
uncle. His uncle, however, was killed. J
having given his own life i<? ?*iv? >><? 1
hoy. The hoy's protector. whose
name was Itomionio C.erhargo, had
lnado Ids hoily a shield to protect his
nephew. When his lifeless form was
picked up the hoy was found under it
only slightly injured.
Considerable Unlit was thrown on
| the cause for the disaster hy the orders
which the conductor of No. 1:5 showed
as his authority for proceeding past
Sand Creek.
The order which was delivered to
the train at Ilolloway read as follows:
"Order No. N2. trains Nos. 115 and 55.
' No. 1. engine titttt. will meet No. 155
at Seneca and No. U. eimine Srm.t
Creek. Lmrim: - Nos. SS and 1 ~?1 will
doul.lehead No. 13."
It is understood tliaf tit" engineer
it ml condueior of No. 1 rereived ;i situilitr
order at Moiiipelier, <>lii?>. Inn IP
so those orders were disregarded. I "
it develops that the orders issued to
both trains were to the saute end it Is
considered that the responsibility lor
the disaster rests wholly with the engineer
and eouduetor of the east-bonml
<'oiitilientul Limited.
LIBERALS SURRENDER COLON.
Ttir ('ft ]>l filiation Ciiirifl Out I'mlfi*
American Super vision.
t'olon. Colombia.The Liberal foree
surrendered to the Vnited Sttiies force
under Captain l'erry, of the battleship
Iowa. This was done in aecordtinee
with the agreement nnule tit the eon
ferenee on the American gunboat Mtirietta.
General Alhau, commander of the
Government forces, entered the city
with 3.10 men. Captain Perry handed
the town over to him as the representative
of tic Colombian Government.
General l?elarosa. the Liberal chief,
subsequently surrendered his sword
to General Albau.
The American marines, w.'io were
occupying the euartel. were then
witlnlrawn, with the exception of a
detachment, which remained to guard
the propeny of the Panama Railroad
#t.? 'Pi... < -
. - .............. .. in- lumi n men returned
to Panama.
FEWER LIVES AND V.-SSELS LOST.
(ioail SIkiwmij; For llie l,lff.S?v.n; Service
I.nnt Venr.
Washington, 1). (\ -The annual report
of the (ieneral Superintendent of
the Life-Saving Service for the year
HH)1 shows the smallest loss of life
from documented vessels suffering disaster
since the general extension of tlw
service, and also with respect io vessels
of all classes, including the undocumented,
with the exception of the
years 1SS0, 1882. 1SS5 i.nd 1888.
The average number of lives lost an
nttally during the entire period (twenty-five
years) was thirty-seven, < tie
life having been lost in every thirteen
casualties while the number lost during
the past year was seventeen, or
one in every forty-three casualties.
The estimated value of the vessels
involved in disaster was $5,203,-120. and
of their cargoes. $2,000,580. Of this
amount $0,403,035 were saved ami I
$048.0(15 lost. The number of vessels |
totally lost was forty-three.
NO. 38.
CITY OFFICF.R A SUICIDE
Stuart R. Young-, of Louisville, Short
in His Accounts.
After llrHiling of mi Kxpounro Ifp Snntlit
it l.tmoly Spot mill Shot Illin/ielf
? Shortage U sno.ooo.
Louisville, Ky.?A ft or being offered
:i iiewspatter which said his books
were under examination, Stuart It.
Voting. City Treasurer of Louisville,
Mi w ?i\u Irs brains.
An eveniinr paper appeared willi a
story saying neemmtanis were nt work
on Youiijr's hooks'. and iliat i( was re
l??ri? .1 that 1 !:< : was a !?."?(),000 shortage.
h mrlly afuT oYloek p. m. Yonnff
ami his bride' of a few months appeared
at Iho entramv at 11n? l.onisvilli*
Uotol. on Main street. Two news
hoys, who know hint, oanio up and
said:
"Mr. Yotin*:. don't you want a paper?
It's mit your nieinre in it."
'Mm ^lanoo at the douiile column
Itoadliims told Yonntr why the pajier
p.inted a nieinre of him. Instead of
interim: the hotel he walked down
Si?, It stfee. toward the river, the
newsboys follow im; him. Near Nelson
street > nuns lurttcd off between
sonto ho\ i ars.
Tl;i* hoys relurned to the hotel ami
1 >1 scribed Young's actions to a hark
[ man. Tin* liarl;man wont in the direction
given by the newsboys and found
Young. face downwards. In tho cinders.
his right arm under hint. Serine
a bullet hole behind Mr. Young's
right ear. .loliuson turned the body
over. Then he saw a pistol in Mr.
Young's right hand. Info war. extinct.
.lohnson ran tr? r. telephone and
, enlled ut> the residence of Young's
father, (dolonel I'.ennett H. Young.
Colonel Young immediately went to *
the seene with some of his son's
friends. One of 1hese, n prominent
| business man. said with tears rolling
| down bis eheeks:
"If bis friends eould have found
J bin. to day this would never have bap
pened. If money was needed we
I should linve supplied it."
I It is stated that the shortage in the
aeeounts will reach Slid.OOP and that
the stealings had been systematic
dining the whole four vonr? Y?ii?>r
hold ottlce.
Stuart 11. Young was thirty five*
yoars old and ono of the most prom
inonr mon in Louisville. Ho was :t
graduate of Princeton University, a
son of Colonel IJennett II. Young, n
prominent lawyer and former f'onfederato
soldier of Louisville, and n
brother of Lawrence Young, of Chi
cago. president of the Washington
Park Jockey Club.
FORMER COVERNOR WAITE DEAD
He Was tile Populist Kxerutire of
riitlo In IS!>3--t.
Aspen. Col. Conner Coventor li.ivis
II. Wail*' dropped dead while peeling
an apple, probably from heart trouble.
Mavis Hansen Wnite was born at
.laniestown. N. V.. April !?. lS'Jo. l?ur
ill'.; the early part of his life be was en
sailed in mereantile pursuits at Itns
sell. IVnn.. a: I I'ond du Hne anil
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PAVIK HANSON WAITS.
(For;uor Governor of Colorado, who
dropped deud at Aspen.)
Princeton, Wis. Ho wns n member
of tlx* Wisconsin Legislature In
He went to Lnrnod. Kail., in jo<t>,
wlicrc he was elected to the JyCgislaturo.
He went t<? Colorndo in 1K70. practising
law at I.eadville and Asnnn M??
was a Republican in polities until
Ii * was nominated for (iovernor
in 'hat year by the People's party
and was elected. His administration
during IStKS and 1S!M was tempestuous
and eventful. lie was a candidate for
re-eleetion in 185M, but was defeated.
I'.y a spirited political utterance while
t.overnor, lie earned the sobriqnet of
"Itloody Bridles" Waite, which clung
to him all his life. ^
Cliiiie?e to Honor MrKinley.
Our Consul-Oeneral at Shanghai,
China, states that the guilds of silk,
tea and cotton piece goods dealers
have contributed of their own initiative
to a fund to erect a monument in
Shanghai to tli late President McKin
ley. It is said (hat never before has
such action been taken by the Chinese
people on behalf of any but a Chinese
person.
One of IIohMon'M Crow Intone.
Among a number of insane patients
taken to tlie hospital at Ukiah. On).,
from the Mare Island Navy Yard, was
! Warrant Officer Osborne Deignan.
| who was with Hohson on the Merrimac
iu the Spauish-Auiericnn war.
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