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v.. / . i. - T&iT&X \ ' \.f y ? < V'OLIIM K XV ]\T|r>f R A I Ld# .EZ## ( 'AMl)KN. S. ('.. I K 1 1 > \ Y, </< ToliKR h, l!>0| AO. 40. W mij I COLUSIONi Another Railway tlorror Added to Hie % Already Lonj; List A HEAD-ON APFAIK IN MISSOURI Engineer of a Side tracked Freight Mistook a Local Train For the Sec ond Section of a Through Train From Witchita, Kan., to St. Lou?? and Pulled Out on the Track Before tiie Latter Had Passed. Warrenburg, Mo,. Special.- Twenty-. nine portions wore killed a ml sixty in jmed by a head-on collision of Missouri; Hficiflc trains three miles oast of War-. > renaburg. The trains were fyjm With- ' iin for St. Louie and an extra freight iruin. Most of the dead were resident# of Missouri and Kansas, as are the in- | jured. The passenger train consisting of twq day coaches, a Pullman and a caboose, was loaded with World's Fair excur-i ! aionists froiu south-eastern Kansas and ! w uth western Missouri 'Die Wiehitai j passenger train had been cut iu twq , <ii Pleasant Hill, on account of thd 1 heavy load, and a locomotive attacheq 10 i he front car without a baggage cal l's a buffer. The freight had been side- , trucked at Mount Serrat for the first i sirtion of the Wichita train, which] 1 carried signals that a second section' | was following. A local passenger train j passed and the freight crew took ih?} | local for the scconil section of tli? i Wichita train and pulled out of th?J side-track. Three miles, west. thej freight met the second section Thq Impact telescoped the tender of thq PHt-Kfcnger locomotive an<t the front car, which was full of passengers, and il was her re that the h:*c? i fit <?? of life tool^ place. The pftssenger conductor, L. Humes, ran all the way to Warrens-, luirg to report the wreck. Every phy sician In Warrensburg and hundreds of citizens hastened to the wreck to as sist the wounded. Twenty persons wer<> killed outright and nine died within a few hours. The dead were placed on Hot cars ami brought to Worrcitsburg. A coroner's jury is now seeking the person respon sible for the wreck. The conductor of the freight trair. says he was dozing while his train was at. Mont Scrratt, and when the local train passed, En- ; gine.er Uorton believed it was the sec-'; <>hd section or the Wichita train and. i thinking the track clear, pulled out on 1 the main line. G. Z. French Dead. Wilmington. Special.- A telegram to j ex-Governor Russell announced the death of (5. Z. French Sunday night, at < rlu home of Ills sister-in-law, in Han- j ?or. Maine. Mr. French had lived in Wilmington since the war and had been prominent In Republican politics, until the revolution liore in 1808. when he gave tip the oQice of acting sherltY and retired from the city to his plantation, uear Rocky Point. Pender county. , French was a leader in the Legislature | during the reconstruction period as a i Representative from New Hanover and j 'had since that time been postmaster in j Wilmington for two or more terms. He Iwus about 75 years of age and leaves no immediate relatives. Trying to Stop Lynching. Columbia. Social.? Governor Hey-, ward is doing all he can to nip lynch ing in the hud. Monday evening ho heard of trouble in Lancaster and ho sent this message of Sheriff John P. Hunter: "It has come to me indirectly that a case of rape has occurred hi your i county. Please investigate and be on j your guard. "D. C. HEY WARD, Governor." j Governor Hey ward has received this ? reassuring message from Lancaster: "Have just arrived from Kershaw, -where hav* heen inves< igating lynch ing -of Morrison, find that John Gill, j rq'orcd. made improper proposals to resectable married lady five mlles^ north of here. 1 hear that negro left after she secured a gun. Has not boon found. Am exerting all my power to . 4?t him. Do not fear lynching, if i can ? t him in mv bands. ?'JOHN P. HUNTER. Sberltf." 1 LOu OMton Breaks Records. Memphis*. Special. ? I,ou Dillon. the world's fenampion trotting mare, own ed by C. K. Q. Hillings, broke all work , out records for trtitting horses by eir ? cling ihe eourst at the Memphis Driving _ Park in 3:01 Ms. Millard launders, hor trainer, drove the mare. She was paced v by a runner driven by Doe Tanner. T First quarter, 0:30 half mile. 1:00; three-quarters, 1:20*%; mile. 2:01 Vi. Interstate Commission. *4 I Chicago, III., Special.? The members , ^ of the Inner-State Commission have J arrived here and tho first meeting was ? held to considor the question of the f" . transportation of freight by common L- '._^carriCT6 in cars not owned by the ear- I gzs: rl?ra. The commission will hold an other <?heetli)g ^Wednesday to eonsldei the case' of the Van Auken-Smlth4Coal ? Company against the Pore Marquette j ? Involving alleged excessive tohnlnal i^txchargee at Milwaukee on shipments of bitnroinoua coal from Ohio and West 77:~:nnrtiri* -point*. 1 1 ? Killed a Barber.. T'. . T v Chicago. Special.? Because he was ; using a pal*" of dull clippers, Charles TMaxWBTlinv a barber, ? waa killed by vjufnt* Thomas. whose hair Ale^xtor was cutting. When Thomaa complain ed that the eUppcra pullod his hair. In of cutting It, the barber struck A ftSbt followed. Thomaa got vjwivti of the clippers and rammed l into Alexander '6 throat. Alexan M alin*t ,i??tor ARBOH DAY OBSERVANCE The State Superintendent of Educa tion Has Issued an Addreas to the Teacher# vf the State. The till) Friday in November is Arbor Day,- u day to be observed by tlif schools according lo an act of the legislature. It is observed In Hi-bland and some of the other countries by the I > I U i ? t i i ? k <>( trees and shrubbery. Air. O. 11. Martin, the State superintendent of cdueation, in very auxlous for nil the fcchools in the State to observe -\rbor Day this year. The law on tin* subject is as follows: "The free public schools of this Sfau; tihall observe t h#? third Friday in No vember of each year as Arbor Day, and on that day the school officers end teachers shall conduct such exercises j and engage in the planting of such shrubs, plants and trees as will impress on the minds of the pupils the proper vr.lue ami appreciation to be placed on flowers, oruamentHl shrubbery and shade trees." Mr. Martin has issue. I an address to county superintendents of e.luent'ou uiiii t,v ^uti? m !! v , iti a !i !'*h ?-Jills upon them to base the schools to t?a!'e proper observation of the day. In his address he offers the following very timely suggestions: "Allow me to sail your attention to the statute providing for the observ ance of Arhor Day. The Programme In < I tided herein is only sn^&ostive. Von can easily supplement or vibbreviate it, D.awnucii as this day 's no near to Thanksgiving day it might be. well to combine their celebration on the date j best suited to your conditions. It will i ht an appropriate occasion to invite j patrons and to tqke steps for perma- I Kent s'-hool Improvements. As a prep- I oration fcr this may. it will be profita- J hie to have the clnldren collect in leaf ' or book albums as-many different kind* of leaves as possible and in addition to teaching them the various kinds oi trees that grow in South Carolina the leaves may also be used for spelling or drawing lessons and an exhibit of this work will form part of you/ en- ! tertainment of visitors, la many sec tions also an exhibit of the various kinds of good might be collected and pupils might make some useful arti cles of school or household furniture, I ay pointers, ink stands, rules, gavels, book cases, shelves, brackets, etc. "However, the chief object of the leg islature seems to be to teach the value oi flowers, shrubbery and shade tree*. There are hundreds of school houses in this State located in open fluids with bleak surroundings and it ia hoped that this number may be greatly diminished by the celebration of Arhor day. The address to the people of the south by the Southern State superintendents eui <?phasi7.es this situation in the follow ing language: 'Surely, then, the honso In which this sacred work of training the children of the republic for citizen ship and social service, a work that has txxdo with mind and soul and body. v/itMBe moulding of character and the < reaCTon of ideals, should be a place worthy in all respects of such a work ? a home, not o hovel; a place o! beauty, not a place of uglt. riiss; a place of comfort, not a place of discomfort; a place of cleanliness, not a place of uncleanliness,. About It the gru^ should grow green and the sun shine^, bright, the Mowers bloom and the Mrds sing and the trees wave their long arms, and the children while lis tening to the lessons taught by men and books may receive also from the folent, silent influence of proper en vironment. the sweet mensage of peace and love and culture and beauty." "We ought, to take advantage of this occasion not only to make sentiment but lo raise funds to improve and beau tify the schools. ICach child could bring a coin, a collection may be^taken. or refreshments served and the pro ceeds used lo purchase pictures, buy shrubbery, pa hit houses, fences, cte. |r would be especially appropriate to raise money for libraries in those counties which have not secured their quota, tilider the library act. and even those that have 12 might anticipate next year's appropriation and get their money ready by the time the appropria tion becomes available. At. all events I hope that teachers and pupils will moke a pleasant and profitable occa sion out of Arbor day." White Mnn ami Negro Killed. Bishopville. Special. ? Saturday night about 9 o'clock a riot occurred ?? Lucknow. n town about eight ruilcs north of Bishopville. between Ilurvey Lang, a young white man, and several negroes;, and as a result Mr. I*ang and one negro ' man named Kzekill Aral, digd Sunday morning about daylight, 1 here being but a short time difference between their deaths*. Laurene County Schools. Laurens. Special. ? County Superin tendent of Education t!. F. Brooks has finished his annual report from which the following ttguren and statis tics are taken: Total number of school districts, (14. Whole number of white schools, 70; negro, 7f?. Num ber of white teachers, male 24: female 71: colored teachers, male 31; female aj, length of term of white schools total number of weeks, 1.817; negro, 988 weeks. Total enrollment, whit*, boys 1.499. girls, 1,847; negro, boy 8. 2.070. girls. 2.084. Total /ecclpts for KChool purposes from all; sources, $37, 839.02. Total e*? pendltures for the year, $32,050.48. Two Ginneries Burned. Laurens, Special. ? Two ginnefles were destroyed by fire In the county Saturday morning. The first was that of' Mr. W. P. Harris at Young'* atore ir- tho upper part of the county, whteh was burned Just after midnight. The loss consisted of a complete ginning outfit, four bales of cotton, a wagon and a Quantity of wood, aggregated at $1,200, was total on which -there | was no Insurance. The fire it, 4tihught l-to _haYc been. Qf jicchjenUd origin. SOME PILMEHO MM Occurrf fjcijj of Interest |/i V*riou? Parts of tho 8tate. The Case of Ben Bennett. Hampton, Spoci&J.? On Monday morning h true bill for murder was found by tho grand Jury against Ren Bennett. Arriving on tho Aftcruoou lruin from Columbia he was brought info court and arraigned. The ease went to trial with Solicitor Da via for t ho Statu and Senator K F. War* md W. j. Thomas, ICkq., appear ing for tho defendant. The jury re tired at 7 p. iu. and at 9 p. m. Judge Klugh and the court otlicerH Mid at torneys were Kent. for. A verdict of guilty of manslaughter with recom mendation to the mercy of the court wan rocel ved. ' The case wa?. called up under a motion made by hl? attorneys to liAf,o the case continued to the next term of court, Bennett having been only arrainged and the usual three days allowed him for preparation. m? ailninf-VM umde earnest appeals to tho court for a continuance, but were opposed in u very strong and clear argument in reply by Solicitor Davis, who rehearsed the circum stances connected with Bennett's case, the conditions under which ho find boon pardoned by Governor Mc Svvrtony, when lie was serving a life sentence in the State penitentiary, and also referred to a telegram which tho solicitor hfiQ Jusl read from At torney , Colding of Savannah, who had i eprosont ed Bennett during the or deal of his cxtindition fiom Georgia, to the effect, *^t was impossible to at loud "ourt in Hampton because ho had lo be present at tho Supremo Court of Georgia." Attorneys Warren and Thomas urged the court to grant tho continu ance, hccauso i hey had only been em ployed i hia week. Judge Klugc ro iusi-d tli?* motion. Bennett's case was !i? ard Thursday. Conway Railroad. Con way, Special. ? The Conway, Coast, and Western railroad had a force of men at work laying track en tho extension to Marion, which Is another link in Conway's connection with the world. This work is an other evidence of the aggressive ac tivity shown by Mr. F. A. Burrows, tho projector and backer of the En terprise. in 1899 Mr. Burroughs be gan building his railroad to Myrtle Beach, and was the subject of much good-natured raillery as to his hobby. However, he carried it through and his rood is making money and does not. owe a dollar, a state of things with hardly a parrellel in South Car**1 Una road building. It is understood that, tho road will ho pushed as fast as is consistent with permanent work. Tlie ether end, which goes to Little Kiver, will not. bo forgotten in the shuffle, but will be carried right through. The Conway, Coast and Western has a road within ton miles of Little River now. Tills point is - 2S> miles from Con why, just across from North Carolina. Connection with Little River will mean connec tion with South port. N. C., ?/?here there Is plenty of water for vessels of deep draught, there being 25 feci of water on the bar at dead low wa ter with live or six rise of tide. South Carolina Items. C. 11. Heed, :i flagman on the South ern Railway, running between Augusta and Columbia, was killed by a passen ger train at Langley Monday night be tween S aij/il 9 o'clock. He was sitting beside the track asleep when struck by vhe train and instantly killed. It ap pears that he was the tlagman on freight train No. Kit) which was on the v.-ay from Columhih to Augusta and due to arrlvf" there at about 0 o'clock. His brother was conductor of the train. William* t. Latham, who has been confined In tin- county jail/tot Camden for several works awaiting the fall ?term of court, to ho tried for shooting at n Mr. Redmond on the streets of j Camden some months ago, oommlttod suicide Tuesday afternoon at ahout f?:30 o'clock hy drinking two ounces of lysol, a polflou. ?)!?:?? disinfectant which Lad been given Mm to use on hi? wound. When t':>i.ud he was in the last throes and m?tl< no statement t?? any one. Fourteen hoarder:; and two servants vere poisoned at Mrs. Mettle J. Wil son's hoarding house. 11123 Washington street.. Columbia, Sunday, hy eating loo cream made from pineapple in which too much acid had boon used in the < annlng process. None will die. hut five are utlll painfully ill. Some half a dozen who arte the cr c<\m were not affected. J. TCdward Anderson, the depot agent at Mayesvltle,. who killed Hurst, ap peared with his attorney before Judge Dantjtlcr Ti:C8day under habeas corpus proceedings. The motion was resisted hy the scdicitor on the grounds that tie had not been served with copies of the r.fTidavlts and the judge postponed jlho hearing until Inst . night In Sumter. ,( Marly Mondfu- morning a negro named Tho;v.ps<Jn went t r> the place of Mr. W. T. Smarr In Ilullock's Creek township, near Tlroad river, and kill ed another negro nnmed Jeter, using a double barreled shotgnn. firing both londa Into his victim. Jeter was pick ing cotton In the Held at the time. The trouble arose over Jho wife of Jeter. Unless there lie a commutation of h!s sentence Aaron Williams, the ra pist. will be banged In Camden on No i voipber 4th next. . v - ~~ ? ? -f~ % ? LEAGUE TO HOLD MEETING Fn?t Annual Meeting to bo Held in Columbia. The following statement and call was issued by Mr. Howell Morrell, secretary of the State Temperance, ]<aw and Order League, by oider of tho President, Cftpt. J. \V llanicl, of K?m sliuw ; "The first annual meeting of i In state Temperance, Uiw and ord?T League will be held in the hall of the Young Men's Christian Association in the city of Columbia, Thursday. <nt. 27th. al 8 p. in. "It l.s desired (hat at thin mooting there ? will be represent atives of all leagues, temperance organizations. ehurehtM, communities, and Individ uttls, who sympathize svith the efforts now being made to restore, establish and maintain law and order In this Biate. And tin invitation is hereby extended them to meet with us on this occasion. The purpose of this gathering will b? to ccttipleto such yn organization as may be efficient in stemming the Hood tide of lawless ness which in sweeping over our b? loved Slate." The officers who have issued this call request the county papers throughout the State to extend the in vitation a^ widely as possible. The State i,eague was uignui&ed during the State fair last year. It has been af work quietly and no doubt has ac complished a great deal, but. no re port can be obtained from the olfieers Will Take Testimony. Testimony will be taken again in the matter of the I/ex|ng(on township bonds next Friday. This is quite an Interesting ease. - Some years ago the townships of Fork, Saluda and It road River in Lexington voted an issue of about $40,000 in bonds to aid in the con struct ion of I lie Columbia, Newberry and Laurens railroad. Interest was paid on thef-e bonds until recently, when tho townships wished to be re leased, qlaimlng that the bonds were illegal. This Issue has been brought up before, but the bonds have nlway. boon thought valid. There are ?<vn>' nqw grounds this time, however, one of them being that the bonds were paid by the railroad company to a. , contracting company, and that as the contracting firm was composed of practically the same men that the railroad was owned by, there was a profit derived by them from the is suance of the bonds. The testimony is being taken by Mr. John .J. Earle, of this city, who has been appointed special referee by (ha Supremo Court. This body decides the issue in tho case. Testi mony was taken yesterday. The ac tion Is being brought for Mrs. S. L. DesPortos, Edwin \\\ Robertson, J. Caldwell Robertson, Edward Ehrllch, Edward S. .loynes and E. K. Palmer, holders of certain of the bonds. ? Ben Bennett Gets Five Years. Hampton, Special. ? Tn I he court of gen oral sessions a motion for a uew trial was made . by counsel for lien Bennett on the ground that, the evi dence did not warrant the jury In finding a verdict, for manslaughter and that it t-hould have been guilty of murder or not guilty. Judge Klugh over-ruled the motion. Bennett's counsel gave notice of appeal to the Supreme Court and bail "was fixed at' $1,000, with the discharge, of the prisoner subject to the directions of iho Coventor In regard to the charge of violating the conditions of pardon. Bennett was sentenced to five year's labor on tho chain gang or five years in. the pentitentiary. It Is probable that tlye appeal-will be abandoned. Fire at Opera House. Sumter. Special. ? Fire was discov ered in the opera house at 8 o'cloc k Friday night. It. originated in the. old utilised ticket office at the head of the wteps from tho alley way. It was fuller paper and trash. It is believed to have been incendiary. Firemen re spomicd quickly and put tho blaze out. In five minutes. The First National Bank underneath was damaged to the extent of 9X00 by water. Ducker Jk Bultman, by water, $150. The loss to tile oepra house is $1,000. If tlirt fire had been later many lives would probably have been losi. The show wa*s to begin at 8.:in o'clock There are no fire escapes. Only 25,000 Georgians Voted. Atlanta. Special. ? The Constitution estimates the total vote In the State election of Wednesday rit about L'.r?, 000, Thoro was a light vote through out the Slate, except in those coun ties where thejc was opposition to the Democratic candidates for tho TxgijJlature ami for county OPlec.i. Child 8evcrcly Burned. Aiken, Special. ? On Wednesdaj ;u' temoon little Joe. tho three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Manley Corte.:. of tJtauHevlllo, was so severely ?Imrned as Hit result of playing with matches that ho d 1<m1 thr.t night at 10 o'clock. Tho little fellow and his older broth er were playing in tjio yard, exploding match hoads with a tyop gun. . It is not known exactly how the accident occurred, but his grandmother "heard him screaming .-and When sho ran to him -the little fellow's clothes were in a mass of flame**. It Is thought that he also swallowed some of the lire. He was buried Friday afternoon nt,4vWclock In the Ormiit*vHK? cemo. te?V Engine Fell 15 Feet. Saluda, N. C.. Special. ? Passenger train No. 14, from Aahevlllo to Spar tanburg, ran over the end of the first safety track on Saluda Mountain at 0 o'clock Sunday morning, tho engine and tender falling over, a distance of about 15 Wet. They engineer and flrema^ ea capcd injury by jumping. No passen gers were hurt beyond slight bruises sustained by * few. The damage to the w|U aaoynl tu about .1^0, - - ?*? ? RUSSIANS BEGIN ADVANCE Kurupatkin Orders Aggressive Move ment ot His Armies. DECLARES IT IS NOW THEIR TIME III M l,oity to Ills Mulillcri It* I'mlifi l h..|? 1'Hkl KfiorU uml l'ru|>b> rile* Cowing Vlitorln* ? l.nv^o lt?. i lnri)rd?iii?uU nivu Allied Slrvimlli to I tl??i t'lHi'n Already II i?u?. Arnili*., St. Petersburg, Kus.-da. A private dispatch from Mukden states that ih? ; whole ltus>li\n ariuy has begun to nd vance. Tt?o Japanese liuve out mauoonvrcd at lionlaputse, a\ liiih place they have evacuated. It was occupied by the ItusKlans, apparently without sr | r lmi? Jlghting. Aci-onling to less reliable news tho Jtusslans captured the Shaho am! Yeu tals stations after a sharp engage ment. Tho Japanese centre, consisting o71 the Klfth and Tenth divisions, under < Sonera I Nod7.it. w as compelled to aban don itK pnstlinns mill rot rout Tokio, Japan. It Is reliably reported that tho Russians south of the llun Klver have been greatly Im-n-ased in j numbers, indicating (hat a counter at ! tack is contemplated. London. I!ii|!. 'I'lie new phase of tho j Mainliiuiau campaign thai was fori ? shadow ?'il |M i'eei lit i ;i,bio 1 1 " -|i.;teheH j seems lo have begun w ith the a'-andon | mont of a .?cperal KuropatHn's defem ! Hive unfiles and a general advance | a?;:i iitst the .la pa ne?" -t'li-il inn- nut'tl of j l/iaoyaiur. There is no otl'n ial eonlinna! ion I'roin ; .either sine of I it if inovt m,-nt, but !iii|i< pi.Mideiil stories frmn several itireos concur iu .staling thai such an advance j has coiiimeliced, anil the issue of <ii ;i i oral Kuropat kin's Stirling address is regarded as equivalent to eorrobora* Hon. The criticism most to be regarded here views lienenil 1% nropatkin's al tered tactics as likely to lead to a com paratively early derision. The sugges tion is made thai (Seneral KniopatUiu't* knilynnce was ordered by Si. Peters burg. I This Idea Is based partly on the com i mander-in-chiefs slguillcaut mcntloD i of Port Arthur, and partly on tho fact ! that immediately after tho decision to i send a second army to .Manchuria he i apparently is about to risk everything , on an attack. | The Japanese, according to a Mukden telegram, appear to be relying upon j holding their position at I.laoyang and i the hills to the eastward of Venial, i which were Ccuerai Kurokl's la to bat I tlegronnd. They have not yet been I seen act I np: on the defensive, and tho j outcome of I he next few days' opera- 1 i tlons Is awaited witJi eager Interest. j IIT'KT IN' TltOLLKY ACCIDENT. Car Kuns Away at the Top of a Steep Hill and Jumps Into a Creek. Poughkecpsie, N, Y. ? Six person! were injured, three spiiously. In a trol ley runiway acchb iiL at Highland, op posite u^is cily. A car on tho Highland division of thi' New* Paltx Traction Company's lines became unnumageablo nt the top of ? steep hill and jumped over a twenty-foot embankment Into a creek. It is said that the- sand box did not work. The brakes were tightly locked when tJie rescuers came upon tho scene. The Indignation -against the company in that vicinity waft intense. IvOUKAXK MUST (HOT HAM CUTS. Imperial Kdlct Issued Aimed at For- I elgn Ottice Officials. Tokio, Japan. A dispatch from Seoul Rays that an imperial edict has been Issued commanding the olllcials con- ! nected with the Korean Foreign Otlice i to cut their hair short. Another edict announces that owing to the treasury being empty llio Cov ^rnineiit Intends to borrow lt),(K)O.tMl0 yen hi Japan. Capitalists will shortly start for Korea to investigate mining, banking and other prospects. Heavy Storm About Honduras. Advices to Mobile. Ala., tfll of a heavy storm and cloudburst, practi cally destroying the banana crop around Puerto Cortez, Honduras. Arehblshop of York Hooted. Tl?e Archbishop of York, bishops and, clergy ware hooted In the strolls or Liverpool, Eng., by the followers of tho late John Kensit. Amundsen's Expedition Safo. Cptain Amnndseirs expedition. which, ,left Chrixtianla In 11XK5 to reach th<> North Pole, was reported in safety f roil j J,)a\is Strnlt. Postmaster-Heneral Payne liuriod. The body of Secretary Piiyne, Into Postmaster-Oeneral, was burled at Milwaukee, Wis. ,r Princess T?/?uise Rttne. Princess Louise of Ooburg was pro nounced entirely aaue by an alienist of Rome, Italy, I)r. BoskI. Mouse Sg^ftos a Hundred Women. A mouse put 100 women to flight In the (Jrand Central Htatlou, New York , City. Eleven Hurt in Wreck. Eleven men were injured in the Erie .wreck at Port Je&vis, N._Y. Porter Expresses Our Sympathy. Ambassador Porter hqs expressed to Mine. Ttarthotdl the sympathy of the Putted State's upon the death of her h\; I'and, tlie late M, Itartholdi, sculp to ' the "Statue of Liberty," in New V-ivl: T^arbor. ^ I .ale PoMmastcr-fJeneral Burled. % Tho funeral of the late Postmaster* 'icneral Payne was held At Washing ton. President an A. Mrs. Rooae? volt sat with Mrs. Payne at the \lco?. , ^ ^ ? -? Tr:,r.---V;?? ? ~ \ A *. .,1 ^7X7^'^^ ; --A,- ? THE NEBRASKA LAUNCHED Nov. 1>?k K-Utleship is Christoood at Seattle, Wash. Hl?* Took l It* U alrr IIimii !tllitutr*? U* for* tin* onnial *1 tin <*? No Oc? in M Ihs >1 irkry llirt Spotlvoi* Seattle. \Va>h. The battleship No* 1 H" j t sUa tore loose from the checks that hud 'vs trained I un* and did swiftly Into the water eleven minutes ahead of tin? tlftji* set tor lior launching. A fi'tt multitude had assembled in tho gayly (looked shipyards of tin* Mo tail Brothers Company to witness tho plunge, \> liii'li had boon scheduled for 2. lit o'clock. Tho Nebraska Is the Jlrst battleship constructed on tho Paeitle < 'oa.-u north of San Francisco. and all tho loading army and Stato oIIIoIhIb in tho forts West woro on hand, In addl tion to all Soattlo and sightseers front all over tho State und far hoyond in borders. ? lovernor John H. Mickey, of Nebras ka. and lils party woro chatting on a stand eroded near tho ways. At tor* noy-(ionoral IVout had linished an ora< ' tlon. and Congressman Humphreys ; was preparing to deliver one in turn, ' Miss Mnry Main M ickoy, ths Oovcrn- ' or's dimghtor, to whom had fallon tho i honor of miming Hiicli* Sinn's newest ' warship, was receiving instructions from i in- shipyard officials as to how she was to porforin tho ceremony. Worktnon bolow woro weakening tho supports In preparation for tho signal to release tho xtot-1-chul monster. Of n sudden tho uo1m? of saw and hammer and tho linin of the ureal aid- ' mated crowd were dominated h.v an ominous cracking aud snapping of tim bers. Warning shouts rose from tho workim-u deep down In tho network of the \vn\s, The battleship hogail to move, fathering moinontuin as she wont. "Whoa:" yelled the yard ofllcials helplessly. i A great roar went up from the crowd; "She's off! She's off!" Quick as a Hash Miss Mlek<y grasped the herihhonod champagne bottle, an<J darting forward, hurled it against tho hull, crying as she did so: "1 name thee Nebraska! Cod speed thee for tho honor of the Nation and of our dear State." As the foaming wine spattered over the steel a cheer, tit a r ted by the (Jov ernor, was taken up by the other In vited gnosis, and the immense crowd. Hats were tlunjr Into the air, Hags and handkerchiefs wVvCd and fluttered, and the bandsmen it\ attendance, having recovered front their surprise, grasped their instruments and joined in tho ovation with the strains of "The Star Spangled Banner." The battleship glided ealntly out onto the waters of I'nget Sound with out a single mishap to dampen the en thusiasm evoked by her preuiaturo pltiuge. The battleship Nebraska has a dls placement of m.OOO tons; her length is 411 feel .", inches; beam, 7?> feet 2% lnohes; draught, 1'eet 1) Inches; Indi cated horse power, H'M'XX), and spued. If) knots. Her main battery consists of four lli fnoh guns, eight Sdncli aud twelve O-ineh guns. In her secondary battery alio carries fourteen 3-inch guns, twelve 3-pound ers, sixteen small guns and four 21 inch torped.o tubes. She has two superposed tnrrets and two waist turrets. Her hrrnor con sists of a belt eight feet wide and two ' Inches thick. She will have n complement of forty ofllcers and 7712 men. Passengers in Panic. Fifty passengers were thrown Into a panic when the ferryboat Hamburg, of tho Lackawanna line, collided with tho tugboat W. Cleary, in the Hudson Iliver between New York City and Jersey City. Harcourt's Body Hurled. Th? body of Sir William Vernon | Ilarcourt was burled privately In the family vault, at Nuneliam, Oxford, Kng land. Memorial services were held in I London. Carnegie Writes Peace Congress. Andrew Carnegie sent a letter to the International l*eace Congress, in Hus ton, Mass., advocating a trust of world Powers to enforce universal peace. More Ships For Japan. It was reported that the Japanese Covernment has deeided to plaee at once contracts for twenty warship?, some of them in the United States. Wreck on Augusta Southern. A passenger train plunged through a burning trestle on the Augusta Southern. One man was killed and eight others were hurl. Russian Steamer Destroyed. The Japanese Navy Department re ported the destruction of another Ilus 1 slan steamer used In clearing mines from Port Arthur entrance. Floods Destroy Iloadr Five miles of Santaf ? Fe Railroad tracks in New Mexico were destroyed by floods. Twenty lives were lost Wnr to Last Two Years. ' Count Okunia predicted that the vrii; with Kussla will last two years and will cost Japan $1,000,000,000. Killed by Kxplosion. Kleven soldiers were killed and many injured by the blowing up of a maga-' arte In a Belgian fort. Mayor McClellan Sued. Hal Bell, ex-CHvll Service Commis sioner, sued Mayor McClellan, of New York City, for damages for alleged slander contained lu Colonel McClcl lan'a letter to Mm In conncctlon with, the dismissal of the board. , Flood in Texas. ' Thousands at acrca of cotton lands in Texas xspra uudov wator from an overflow of the Pecos River. Farmers were driven from borne and much live stock was drowned. _ KILLED BY TUNNEL GAS ~~~X "" ??v"'"' : Train of Coal Cars Stalled Under St. Clair River. , <*>?* | BRAVE ATTEMPTS AT RESCUE FAIL - '??.?I ?-,? -,i a Itrouli in Hip Train of Card C'nniicd Out liHtf of Tlit-iii With 'l'huir Crew to llnciinin tiinllMl la tlii) 'funnel Bet?re?at ' Kut nix, Out., mii it t.'ort linrgDi nttfffc.-w N wiU'limitn lu'Hui'il Tlionii AHve. 1 . ft ?* . Fort Jjluron, Mich.? Six employes. of lh? lira'nd Trunk Railway were suffo cated to death by coal gatt In the St. ? Clair tunnel, which runs under tli6 Kt. C'lalr Hlver front Port Huron to'' ? fcurnla, Out. . - .V;-. A coal train broke In two while pass- , Ing through ilio tunnel, and three of the train crow wero suffocated while part of t ho train lay stalled in the '* tunnel. Tho engineers lost his life when he returned and endeavored to push the ?tailed train Imrk to safety, tt.nl two other V'.'?''i!i'r* norlaheil in vain at tempts to penetrate the gaseous atmos phere of tho great tube. A. S. Begg, Fort Huron, superintend ent i)( terminals} John Coleman, engi neer, Fort Huron; L>. A. CJIllls, brake, man, Sarlua, Ont.; Thomas MeUraffi, brakcinan, Sarins, Out.; J. It. Simpson, conductor, Harlna, Out., and D. T. Tinsdey, conductor, Sarlna, Out., were the killed, . : ,v. Tbo train, which entered, front the M. American end of the tunnel, was made up of wovoutccn coal earn. Witen K broke Engineer Coleman realized th?t the accident had happened, and with tlie three ears that were still attached to the engine steamed out of the tunnel t Into tlie Barilla yards. He hastily de tached ills engene and. went back Into ? < the tube lor the stalled cars. , When his engine readied tbcm ho attempted to push them Back through tho tunnel and out of the A,merica^JCi v portal. Tho grade proved too steep, \ however, and the attempt was a fail-? ,'1~ uro. The engine and curs roiled bavjk,.: Into the ( \s-laden tunnel and tho en gineer was suffocated at his post ln'tn^~T"^ engine cab. His fireman, Ifred F9F*. ester, jumped into ilie partly filled water tank of tho engine, wiiere there* was enough air to preservo life. .. j,. i "When news of tho brokeiv^ train reached the American sldo of the'tun nel Superintendent Begg, acconi^in^l by two other employes, started in on foot, hoping that tho train was near1 ?? enough to tho entrance so that they might rescue and carry out some of tin* ci;ew. They had gone hut a short- ? distance when tho coal gas became stilling and Begg succumliod. yrhe > other two resetters su^cpeded jn brawl ing to the portnl of tho ttutl&M*<m their hands and knees. , /; . r; | Meanwhile preparations were being made at the Savnhi ond of the tunhci .'iitii. to rescue tho Imprisoned train crew. An engine with a party of rescuers entered the .tub? and had proceeded but a short distance when tUioy fbutfillX "... John Haley, a track walker,. wnponr. Bcious on tho track. He was takei| ; ? out, and again th? engine plunged Into the gaseous atmosphere. The rescuers % - wero overcome, howover, by the' ? ' before tho trHfav was reached,, an4 , I Brakcman Met.fath died, .. , i( ; Switchman Bfafjc, who viit mem-" "! ber of the parly, aftet a time toado aal ' ' : other attempt to penetrate: tlie' gav.-aaA'i:-' by this timo succecdfW la reaching toe*, -ut. Btalled train, .^oupled It to the ?a*?, r; and. ran the train out into the day light. Simpson, Tlhsley and eilll?"' wehe found dead in tho caboose, - ftp** man Forester was tn the woiee tank; ! of the. engine nearly two hours before ;; he rescued) RUFFIANS ATTACK OPRrAtOR. ' Choked and Thrown to tho Groujjjftl 'at Newtown, Conu., Before Help dSlhe; " Newtowh, Conn.? What was doubt* It.sh a well planned expedition to a 07 Buult and rob A. B. North, op*-. b -j crator at the station of the Netf York, -New llaven and Hartford Railroad lien\ was frustrated by thu approach ' of an early freight train from New Llaven. Several men, the exact num jrr North cannot telJ, attacked him luvagely as he left his post to look at . 1 switch less than 100 feet awajf. He was choked and thrown,- to the ? rround, receiving "painful bruises, and they were about to gas him when too freight train appeared around a near* by curve. Seven men were arrested,' but North failed to Identify any o f them as his asallants. "Nan" Patterson Collapses. "Nan" Patterson, the actress who Is tinder Indictment tor tho murder of Caesar Young In New York City, col- , lapsed in her Tombs eell and was threatened with henrouspfostratkra. ? ? *- ? - - Philip Welnseimer on Trial. Philip Welnseimer, successor of 8an>- ? ?el Parks. as head ot bnildlnj: trades . unions, was put on trial on two Indict* ments. charging him with extortion. Man Killed by Bnbwty Train. ; Michael Kupae. an electrician, waa run over and kilted by a snbway trsln at New York City, In tho alght of: fifty Invited guests of the road. ? ? ? ? ???!]}{/ Drifted to Sea. V A party of girls being taughtto at Virginia Beach, Virginia, jlrtftod to sea. All were rescued except * nleeo - of tho, late .William Ix wUms. i Carnegie to Bo Honored. , - * -,i On Andrew Carnogic wiU be OOT*- ' ferred tho Bessemer medal, whteh lp been given to but Ave Americans. . $10,000 For Foreign Missions. ance received pledges for $70,700 far foreign missions. ? v ? * ? King Peter AnottrtoiT- .,*? \ King Peter of Servia waa aiaiofatat " at Zieba by the Metropolitan wttfc tjOtlBI r?lt?nre? ^ -- - ? - \T^S