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V THE COUNTY RECROD. Published Every Thursday at KINGSTREE, SOUTH CAROLINA. LOUIS J. BRISTOW, Kdltor und Proprietor. Sir Thomas Lipton's gift of $10,000 to relieve suffering American soldiers shows beyond doubt that he is the kind of yachtsman who can lose gracefully. The theory of teaching Spanish in onr schools because of a possible commercial advantage may be put aside. English is the trade language of the future. King Louis's jest still holds. The best reason for learning Spanish is that one may be able to read "Don Quivote" in the original. Switzerland is noted for its high schools, which are much frequented by foreigners, especially the English. But in regard to common schools there is a great difierence between the Cantons Tn Basel. Zurich and Geneva teachers receive a salary of $600 to $800 a year, whereas in Wallis, Freiburg and Tessin there are not a few who get only $100 and whose services are hardly worth more. The Canton of Aargau has just passed a law making*tlie pay equal for men and women teachers, the minimum being $280, with an addition of $20 a year, up to $60. Some curiosities of Chicago's popu lation are shown in the recently completed school census, particularly as to the proportion of foreign-born. One block, for instance, in the Sixteenth "Ward has only seven American-born residents out of a total of 2727, tlis majority being Poles, with a sprinkling of several other nationalities. Another block near by has a total population of 231, only about one-sixth of whom are natives, Germans predominating here. But the record for alien U/vlr?/?n IA rt'siueuis uciuuqO iv uvi0u boring blocks, with a total population of 25S4, of whom 2383 are Poles, the other man being a Chinaman. The total population of the city is estimated to be 1,831,588, which would indicate a growth of over seventy per oent. since 1890 a most remarkable increase in urban population. When the Ohio Legislature enacted , last spring that a jury iu a murder case may accompany a verdict of mur- I der in the first degree with a recomf/vr TIIOKIT Trh iph shall pn iUUiiuavivu title the accused to a sentence of life imprisonment instead of death, it was not supposed that it was virtually abolishing capital punishment. The change in the law was regarded as a conoession to the scruples of people who sometimes get on juries, and who hesitate to convict on circumstantial evidence when such conviction means capital punishment. In operation, however, the law is expected to abolish hanging iu the State, except in the rare cases when exceptional atrocity in crime" may awake the revengeful spirit in the minds of the jurymen. In the first murder case tried under the new law the jury exercised their veto power by a recommendation to mercy, and the convict went to prison for life, although it does not appear in the newspajier reports of the trial that there was the remotest doubt of his guilt. The New York Sua says: On the 22d of June the army under command of Major-General Skafter landed at Baiquiri in Cuba. On the 14th of July, after a campaign of three weeks, conducted with brilliant impetuosity, came the surrender of Santiago. On the 25th of August, General Shafter relinquished the command of the de partment of Santiago de Cuba to General Lawton and embarked for the camp at Montauk Point, his job com. pleted, the main part of his army ^ having already been removed thither. \ All these great events, it will be ob^ served,occurred within the space of two \ months only; two months of the hot\ test and unhealthiest season in Cuba. lOur troops were transported 1100 !miles; in three weeks they forced the | enemy to surrender a force greater Uhan their own, and in two months ithey are back in their own country (crowned with complete victory. Now, is there any precedent in the history : of war for a campaign of such brevity, with results so glorious in their ^completeness, and with losses so small relatively to the difficuties encountered and the ends gained? At any rate, it was one of the most remarkably successful military operations ever conducted< I'aults of detail may be found in itf but as a whole it was unassailable/ It was quick work, well and thoroughly done. No Army in the worM would or could have done bette^ 7 j KIM AT OIAHA. The President's Enthusiastic Reception at the Exposit'on. SPEAKS ON ISSUES OF THE WAR. Problems ltefore the Nation?Our International Responsibilities Cannot It* Shirked, and AVe Must Follow Dut) Even if Desire Opposes, He Declares? Eulogy of the Soldiers and Sailors. ~ At/,. UMAI1A, ^o^cciai i. & -?WKinley and the other members of the Fresi. dent's party from Washington were greete i on their arrival In Omaha by the largest crowd that has over lined the streets of the city. The welcome that was accorded to the head of the National Government was enthusiastic in the extreme. At the station to welcome the distinguished guests were Kins Ak Sar jilen IV. in person, and the Board of Governors of the King, knights of Ak Sar Ben, and abo the Equestrian Club of South Omaha. The festival of Ak Sar Ben has just been held, and the uewlv crowned Kin? ordered that his knights exert themselves to do honor to the ruler of the Nation. The members of the Reception Committee. composed of prominent Omaha citizens and their wives, were also at the station. Each member and his wife had one particular ?uest to escort to the proper place in the line of carriages in waiting, and thev performed the task allotted to them without delay. As soon as all were seated the procession started, under escort of tbo two equestrian clubs, for the City Hall. Along the whole line tlio crowds on each side of the street and in every window kept up a continual rouud of applause. The buildings were profusely decorated with red. white aud blue, and with thoAk Sar Ben colors, red, yellow and green,and many c che President were shown in t'"-"1"" " the windows of stores and offices. At the City Hall the visitors wereassigne 1 to seats on the temporary platform, from which they reviewed a magnificent parade of forty floats. Wednesday was the third day of Omaha's peace jubilee ami "President's Pnv" at the Trans-Mississippi Exposition. The President was up earlv, and at nine o'clock was in the parlors of the Omaha Club, where he greeted the members of his party and \ I A M nr-:rtr* 'rm w-. ^ <t], "TIIE GRAND COU other distingu-'shed caller?. It was aftei ten o'clock when the Presidential party escorted by President Wattles and member* of the entertainment committeo, starreJ for the Exposition grounds. The party proceeded directly to tin graud plaza on the blufT-tract of the Expo sition, where, in the music pavilion, tin formal exercises of the day took place Here the President delivered his addres; hefore a lartre audience. Ho said: "Gentlemen of the Trans-Mississippi Ex position and Fellow Citizens: "It is with great pleasure that I meol once more ttie people of Omaha, whost wealth of welcome is not altogether uu familiar to me. and whose warm heart: have before touched and moved me. Foi this renewed manifestation of your regard and for the cordial reception of to-day ren heart responds with profound gratitudi and a deep appreciation which I canuoi conceal, and which the language of com pliment is inadequate to convey. "My greeting is not alone to your citi and the State of Nebraska, but to the peoph of all the States of the trans-Mississipp group participating here, and I cannol withhold congratulations on the evidence' of their prosperity furnished by this great exposition. "One of the great laws of life is progress and nowhere have the principles of this law been so strikingly Illustrated as in tin United States. A century and a decade ot our national life have turned doubt lute conviction; changed experiment into de monstration; revolutionized old methods and won new triumphs which have chat leDged the attention of the world. This itrue not only of the accumulation of ma terial wealth and advance in education science, iuvention and manufactures, bin above all in the opportunities to the peo Ele for their own elevation, which have een secured by wise free government. "It has been said by some one that th< normal condition of nations is war. Thai is not true of the United States. We nevei enter upon war until every effort for peaci without it has been exhausted. Ours ha< never been a military Government. Peace with whose blessings we have been so sin gularly favored, is the national desire and . the coal of every American aspiration. "On the 25th of April, for the llrst tlmt for more than a generation, the Unitei States sounded the call to arms. The ban ners of war were unfurled, the best am bravest from every section responded; ( mighty army was enrolled; the North am the South vied with each other in patrioth devotion; science was invoked to furnist Its most effective weapons; factories wen rushed to supply equipments; the youtt aud the veteran joined in freely oflerinj their services to the country; volunteer and regulars and all the people rallied t< the support of the republic. "What a wonderful experience it ha been from the standpoint of patriotism ant Vermont Wants Dewey Mad? Admiral. A resolution introduced into the Vermon Senate by Senator Fartridge, of Rutland memorializing Congress to restore the rani of Admiral and to confer that title upor Rear-Admiral Dewey as a token of appre ciation of his noted achievement at Ma nila, was passed unanimously. Painful Impression In Madrid. The reports published in Madrid, Spain 13 to tho attitude of the United State: Peace Commissioners have caused a painmi impression there, especially the decision >fthe American Commissioners not tore >oguize the Cuban and Port? achievement. The storm broke so suddenly that it was here almost beforo wo rcali ized it. Our navv was too small, though forceful with its modern equipment and most fortunate in its trainod officers and sailors. Our army had years ago been re. , duccd to a peace footing. We had only 19,039 available troops when the war was declared, but ("he account which officers and men gave of themselves on the battlefields has never been surpassed. The manhood : was there, and everywhere American patI riotism was there, and its resources were | limitless. I ' Hut if this is true of the beginning of I the war, what shall we say of it now, with i hostilities suspended and peace near at | hand, as we fervently hope? It was match' I less in its results; unequalled in its com__ i .u. ' j pi ei en ess mm in** put-cvoaiun ??*?..? ! which victory followed; victory attained earlier than it was believe 1 to bo possible; victory so conn reliensive in its sweep that every thoughtful man feels the weight of responsibility which has been so suddenly thrust upon us. And above all and beyond all, the valor of the American Army, and I the bravery of the American Navy. and the I majesty of the American name stands forth -in unsullied glory, while the humani ity of our purposes and the magnanimity ; of our conduct have given to war, always j horrible, touches of noble generosity. "The heroes of Manila and Santiago and l Porto Kico have made immortal history. | They are worthy successors and deseenI dants of Washington and Greene; of Paul Jo:ies, Decatur and Hull, and of Grant, I 1 Sherman. Sheridan an 1 Logan: of FarraI gut. Porter and Cashing, and ot Lee, Jaek| son and Loagstreet. New names stand j out on the honor roil of the nation's great 1 men. and with them unnamed stand the i J heroes of the trendies and the forecastle, < Invincible in battle and uncomplaining iu < 'death. The intelligent, loyal, indomitable ; soldier and sailor and marine, regular and i volunteer, are entitled to equal praise, as I having done their whole duty, whether at 1 home or under the baptism of foreign :ir . i "Who will dim the splendor ot their I achievements? Who will withhold from j them their well-earned distinction? Who j ! will intrude distraction at this time to be- I j little the manly spirit of the American 1 j youth and impair the usefulness of the | American navy? Who will embarrass the l 1 /l., a-nmanl 1.1- C.-V.vllV SCCls Of diSSUtiS* I j factiou among the brave men who stun 1 i i ready to serve and die if need bo for their : j country? Who will darken the counj eils of tho republic in this hour requiring 1 tho united wisdom of all? Shall we deny . to ourselves what the rest of the i 'world so freely an I so justly accords to i us? Tho men wh > endured in the short but decisive struggle its hur is'iips, its pri- i v.itions, whether in tho Held or camp, ou ship or in the siege, and planned and achieve I its victories, will never tolerate impeachment, either direct or indirect, of those who won peace whose great gain to LJ '^5= * ^jtur *' * -w RT," AT THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI EXPOSI' civilization is yet unknown and unwritten. , "The war was no more invite.l by us than i were the questions which are laid at our 1 door by its results. Now. as then, we will do our duty. Tho problems will not be ? solved in a day. Patience will be required; r.aHarw>a nnmhinflil with sincerity of HUT j pose ami unshaken resolution to the right, . seeking only the highest good of the na> tion and recognizing no other obligation, pursuing no other path but that of duty." Tost master-General Chnrles Emory Smith followed the President with a brief adt dress complimenting the people of tho > West on their great exposition. Then the - band played "Yaukee Doole," "The Star5 Spangled Banner" and "Dixie;" the crowd : gave three mighty cheers for their Presil d -nt, and tho partv then left the platform. , The President witnessed a sham battle i by Indians, one of the features of the fair, t Before the battle the Indians, in groups - representative of tribes, were presented in Trout of the reviewing stand. When Ger, onirao came up and was announced ho 3 halted his horse directly in front of the i President's seat, and facing the Presit dent removed his head dress and swinging i it out in salute, looked with an exprest ston between grimness and a smile up at him. The President took off his hat , with a wave of the hand. Gerouimo res placed his feathers, and after another look ) at the Great White Father turned and galf loped away to the sham battle field. > At dinner, which was served in the large - hall on the grounds, the company's atten, tion was arrested briefly when the electric ill i 41 4. V,,. ,n ti_ I HJUILllIliiLIVJU UQKau IJ J r% nuum \jl nwinuuM s tion and a flood of light at the windows. | - The people without were cheering a pi?- ; , ture of the President outlined in iueandes- j t cent bulbs. KILLED HERSELF WITH SPIDERS. [ Suicide of a Woman Sereins; a Life Seni tenco For Her Father's Murder. ' Des Moines,Iowa (Special). CoraSmith, I who was serving a life sentence for the I murder of her father, killed herself a few days ago by eating live spiders. She had j been trying for weeks to And a way to take - her life, and seeing one day the spiders 1 crawling on tho walls of the prison yard it 1 occurred to her that they would serve. 1 She gathered spiders day by day until ; she had a large number tied up in a handi kerchief. She had written a letter to At3 torney-General Remley begging for clemi ency for her mother Betsy Smith, who was ? in the same prison in Anamosa with her s serving a life sentence for the same mur> der. The other night she ate tho spiders and as a result was found dead in her cell, ? The handkerchief with the remaining spi| dors was found by her side. Sudden Death at Omaha Exposition. t While L. S. Gates, State Dairy Commis, sioner for Iowa,was addressing the National - Dnii-omon'e Association at the ExDOSltion i grounds a few days ago, ho suddenly threw - up his hands and expired. His death was - the result of a stroke of apoplexy, and was instantaneous. Cuban Camps For Our Troops. , Sites for two camps for our troops In 5. Cuba have already been selected by the commission appointed for that purpose. 1 One is outside Guanabacoa, across the bay from Havana, and the other at Guanajay, . twenty miles from the capital. STRIKERS SHOT DOW," Virden, I!!., the Scene of a Desperate and Fatal Battle. ! J ATTACK ON IMPORTED NEGROES. !> I I Sanguinary Knconnter Follou* Atlompt to I.amt /Manama .Aojrnm ai ? iruen ] to Take tlio Place of White Strikers ( Guard* on Train Open the lkiltle? 1 Troop* Ordered on Duty. Virden, 111. (Special). Ton men do.nl four fatally wounded and twenty-six witii serious wounds is the result of an effort made by the Chicago-Virden Coal Company to laud hero a train load of Alabama negroes to take the place of their miners, who havo been on strike for several months. The train, which had on board a body of armed deputies to protect the negroes, was lire 1 on bv the strikers, who were in the fields along the track. The deputies returned the llro briskly. Probably 500 shots were ffred. There are conflicting reports as" to ho.v the battle heg.nn, but it is thought that the first shooting was done by the striker*. Ir i.s asserted that thev did not j shoot to kill, hut merely lire J into tin lir to intimidate the negroes and eonl>el t!ie:n to lo:i;o without disembarking [ro 11 the train. The arme I train guar is, believing tint the strikers were shooting to kill, responded with a murderous lire. The fighting almost instantly became genera' on botli si los, an I although the battle was short, it was bloody wailo it lasted. Tue dead are: Frank Bylem, Springfield; Edward Welch, Springfield; Elward Green. Mount Olive; Abraham Bronnaman, Girard; Joseph Gittley, Mount Olive; Ellis Smith, Mount Olive, all strikers. O. l{. Iviley, Chicago ati l Alton Railroal detective of Chicago; Albert Morgan, guar 1 inside stockade of Chicago; one guard and one ne~ro on train, n. nes unknown; Lieutenant Preseott, ex-oolicoman of Chicago. The injur.} 1 aw Robert Loner, .Mount Olive; Thonas Jennings, Sprin G. IVtllou, Girurl; William flarnon, Girurl; V iijasta WevelMo, Blount Olive; Ernest Oner, Cnntralia; Joseph Zinibersjer, Mount Olive; Josenh Vest, Mount Olive; Ernst Cameron, Mount Olive; Geor<jo Mr 111"'! "i n jnaaBHi HON, OMAHA, NEB. Rouk, Girard; James Haines, Girard; Georgo Smueger, Mount Olive; George Subject, Mount Olive: Edward Upton, SpringHeld; Gus Valerstip, Mount Olive; Russell Warren, Centralia: Engineer Elliott, of Chicago Alton train; seven persons on train, including deputies and imported laborers, and seven guards inside the Lukens stockade. It was at the stockades, however, where the fiercest and most disastrous encounter o( the day occurred. When the armel deputies within the wooden enclosure saw the train bearing down to the mine they emerged from within to assist the armed guards in protecting the negroes while the latter were being transferred from the train to the enclosure. Another battlo with the miners was the result. Across the railroad track in a field within easy gunshot distance a considerable body of striking miners was drawn up in order for deadly conflict. Upon seeing them the deputies, it is claimed, opened fire. Hundreds of shots were exchanged, this time with serious results. It is the assertion of the miners who were in this attack that the most deadly fire from the coal company's property came from the tower at the shaft. In the meantime the force on the train decided that the conflict was growing entirely too hot, and instead of coming to a dead stop the throttle was pulled wide open and tho train was hurried on to Springfield with whatever dead and wounded it had on board. Troops For Virden. Chicago (Special).?Col. Young, of the lsl 111. Vol. Cavalry, at Chicago, received orders to report at Springfield immediately, with Troops A, B, C aud D of his command. The troops left Chicago for Springfleld, and from there went to Virden. Furloughed All Ilis Men. Captain E. V. Walsh, of Company F, vtrat Miaon-iri Volnnteer Tnfiinlrv marched his company out of Jefferson Barracks at St. Louis, Mo., a few days ago, and told them to go home and get something to eat and ho would send them postal cards when he wanted them. This act has increased the popularity of the captain with his men, hut he will probably have to face a courtmartial for it. Bloodshed in Forto Kico. Some Spanish soldiers and a number of Porto P.icans got into a quarrel a few days ago at Arecibo, Porto Rico. The Spaniards retired, got their arms, returned and fired upon the crowd, killing five and wounding twenty-five, several severely. The affair hastened tbe arrival of the United States troops at Arecibo, which is now quiet ani ocdasly General Wheeler Commands at Huntsville General Joseph Wheeler has arrived at Huntsville, Ala., and assumed command of the Fourth Army Corps, succeeding General Coppinger. General Wheeler's cavalry division, destined for Cuban service, was filled by the arrival of the Tenth Cavalry. Admiral Sclilev Sprained His Ankle. Rear Admiral Schley, with the American Evacuation Commission, at San Juan, Porto Rico, while descending the steps of bis hotel slipped and sprained his ankle, lie was temporarily confined to his room. NEWS EPITOMIZED. Washington Items. Tho Government is trying to frustrate he supposed plans of a pool said to have )een formed to buy the converted war :rnft at its own price*. The Treasury Department has just beta idvised that the Governor-General o' the Dutch East Indies has issue 1 a proelamnlon that all American yachts hpvin * wir lewspaper correspondents oa boirl will 3e treated as privateers. No reason for ;he proclamation is stated. Statistics eompilo l at the Navy Department show that the losses sustains 1 by tlie navy during the recent war were seventeen killed and sixty-seven wounded aighty-four casualties all told. General King, at Honolulu, lies been ordered to Mauila, taking with him all the I men (It for duty, excent those left in | Hawaii by the transport Tncoma. Deports received by tlie Lighthouse Bean! from the scene of the recent storm along the south Atlantic coast, show irreat .lamcage to some of the lighthouse stations there. It will be necessary to discontinue the stations on Amelia Island. Tyler Island and Sapelo until repairs caa be made. Domestic. George Moore, one of the Santa Fc train robbers, has been found guilty of mur ler, .at Fort Worth, Texas, and sentenced to be imprisoned for life. Dave Darlington, one of Moore's associates, was sentenced to death. .Tesso .Tamos. .Tr., son of the late notorious train robber, was arrested in Kansas City, Mo., on susoici >a of a like crime. The Piscataquis Woolen Mills, at Guilford, Maine, have shut down for an indefinite period. Lack of orders is said to be the cause of the closing. Nicholas Jackson, the negro who wa? convicted at Haekensack, N. J., of manslaughter in killing ids young son, w.assentenced to ten years at hard labor in the State prison. Bobbers blew open the safe of H. Y. Swan, of Wahlron, lib, witii dynamite and secured $17,000 tn ca=h and negotiable * a I a. /vf flao (till rnliir hf> nores. Auoui ?iuuh ui *uv longed to the township school fund. Jacob Denherder's private bank at Zealand, Mica., was broken into and the safe blown open with dynamite and rifled. It is estimated that the loss will be *10,005. Mrs. George, alleged rrnrdcrer of George B. Sa.vton, at Canton, Ohio, was held on the chnrge of murder in the first degree, without bail. Samuel Ensign, of Rockfor.l, III., returned from Cuba with a storv of imprisonment for eighteen years in ilorro Castle at Havana HeckmaD, Bissell k Co., of Boston, have assigned. The Arm has been doing a business in both sole and uoper leather of between *500,000 and *750,000 a year. The liabilities will bo considerably over -$100, uuu. Jobn Kennedy. colored, of Buffalo, N. Y.. a dininsr room porter, stabbed and almost Instantly killed William Hommings, colored in a quarrel in the former's house. The Belmont powder mills at New Woodstock, N. Y., were demolished bv an explosion of blasting powder. Fortunately nobody was killed or injured. Howard Clark, who was wanted in Louisville, Ky., for inurder and burglary, and Ids iriend, Hattie Mahoney, were both killed while resisting arrost on the Indiana side of the river near Owensborough, Ky. A. G. Widber, ex-Treasurer of San Francisco, Cal., nnd county, has been convicted of embezzling $70,242 from the public Treasury. Rear Admiral John C. Febiger, F. S. N., retired, died at his residence near Easton, Md., aged seventy-flve. He was born in Pittsburg and entered the Navv as a Midshipman in 1833. During tho Civil War he commanded the Kanawha on blockade duty. He was made Captain in 1863, Commodore in 1874, and Rear Admiral in 1882, retiring at hi3 own request after reaching the latter grade. The $15,000 stolen from its biding place under Joseph Streuzbach's woodshed floor at Stevens Point, Wis., was returned to the old hermit by Sheriff Wheelock, who received *3000 as a reward. The Sheriff refuses to divulge the name of the burglar and no prosecution wiil follow. Alex Keith, a young farmer of Monticello, Ky., called on his sweetheart, Miss Lou Dick, a few days ago, and found a rival talking to her. Angry words passed, and Keith attempted to shoot the other man. Miss Dick interfered, when Keith turned his revolver on her and shot her fatally in the right breast. Andrew Brown, of Millburn, N. J., has filed a bankruptcy petition at Trenton, N. J., setting forth his liabilities at *341,938.53 and assets at -5271,000. J. N. McKinney, living near Redfleld, Ark., shot and instantly killed Charles Taylor, one of the largest cotton planters of Arkansas. McKinney was eloping to Pine Bluff with Miss Cecil Taylor, and they were pursued by the girl's father, who, on overtaking the fleeing lovers, fired at McKinney. McKinney then shot him, Theelopers took Taylor's body in the wagon with them, went on to .Little KOCK linn were uiitrncu, H. D. Gunneils, who was Assistant Chief of Police, of Fort Worth, Texas, on July 21, at the time of the Sauta Fe Railroad hold-up nenr Saginaw, has been arrested oa indictments charging him with conspiracy to rob and with complicity in the murder committed on the night of the attempted robbery. A fire in Atlantic City, X. J., covering an area of four acres, destroyed $250,000 worth of property. Caroline Markley, the twelve-year-old daughter of George Markley, of Columbia. Penn., died from convulsions superinduced by a cat's bite. The attending physician said it was a case of hydrophobia. Miss Marv N. Rue, of Tennent, N. J., was thrown from her carriage and almost instantly killed a few evenings ago, while driving into her own yard, iliss Hue was a school teacher. The house of Jeremiah Rliyne, of Buffalo N. Y., was set on fire by children playing with matches. Shyno's son, aged four years, was burned to death, and a daughter, aged two years, was fatally burned. While shooting craps at a negro ball at Haverstraw, N. Y.. James Brown drew a revolver on Alex Williams. Williams took the pistol from Brown and shot him four times, killing him instantly. A passenger train had a rear-end collision with a double header freight train near the exposition grounds at Omaha, Neb., a few days ago. The three engines were completely wrecked and much rolling stock destroyed. George Goanes, a diningcar waiter, residing in Chicago, was killed, and Engineer Marks and Fireman Shaw were badly hurt. Forelen. Captain Jaescnko has been appointed German Governor of Kiao-Chou, China. Kim Hong-Xink, charged with attempting to poison the Emperor of Korea at Seoul, has been arrested. The Cape Colony Ministry resigned because of resolutions passed by the Assembly expressing a want of confidence In the Government. General Julio A. Roca, President of the Republic of Argentina, and Vice-President Norberto Quirno Cos'a assumed their offices with the usual ceremonies. There is a general exodus of Christians, Mussulmans and Israelites alike from Canea, Crete. All of the steamers leaving are crowded, and many persons are unable to secure passage. IANY PERISH IN A WRECK Atlantic Transport Liner Mohezan Foundered Off Cornwall, England. OVER 100 PERSONS DROWNED, The Mohejjan Wan Blown Ashore by a Heavy Wind The Machinery Was Disabled Vbout !503 Pas* pacer* and Sailor* on the Vessel Reported That Only Thlrty-ono Persons Were Saved. London (Bv Cable). The outward bound liner Mohegan, from London to Now York, went ashoro on tho rooks near Manacle Rock, off Falmouth, on the Cornish coast. Out of about two hundred persons on board, not more than thirty-ono reached the shore alive. A siroug easterly gale was blowing at the timo, and tho sea was running high, but tho night was clear. Presumably, though it Is not certain, tho vessel's machinery broks down, for though the locality is danger? is, experienced mariners have no difficulty ia steering clear of the rocks by aid of trie Lizard and St. Anthony lights, unless, of course, there is fog. Apparently tho ship was uoticed drifting, and directly tho signals of distress were seen mauv sea-going tugs put out, but owing to tho heavy w ives dared not approach tholimr, which was rolling heevtly and showing signs of breaking tip. Lifeboats put off afor considerable delay from Falmouth. the Lizard and Ca lgwlth, and one returned to Port nonstock with thirty passengers, who include I a lady named Pemberton and two children. The vessel's hack was broken, and she linrwi.1 a(T nn 1 (Kianno-ir.i 1 ThiIapiI wIlAn the Port Houstock lifeboat returned, there were no signs of her. Tho rock on which she struck is small, of triangular shape an I only visible at low tide, but Manacle Hock has a bell buoy. Tho captain and crew worthily sustaiued their reputation, there being no panic, although certain death stared mauy in the face. It is believed tho Moliegatj carried between fifty and sixty passengers and one hundred and fifty of a crew, some of tho former being Americans, although no details have arrived of their names or residences. The Mohegan, formerly the Cleopatra, is a steel hulled vessel of 4070 gross and 3351 net tons. She is 376.6 feet long, has a beam of 44.9 feet and a depth of hold of 20.2 feet. She is a single screw vessel with triple expansion engines of 772 nominal horse power. Tho Mohegan has mo3t elaborate interior arrangements. Sne was built for comfort rather than speed. The vessel was fitted for a limited number of voyagers, as she was intended more as a heavy freight carrier than as a passenger ship. KNICHTS TEMPLARS IN PITTSBURC. The Triennial Conclave a Magnificent Sue cess The Officers Elected. Fittsbcro, Penn. (Special). The Triennial Conclave of the Knight? Templars was held hero, and over 50,009 pilgrims were royally entertained. The conclave wa9 a magnificent success. There were 25,000 uniformed Knights Templars in the parade that vipcnyF'Mw ~ triennial conclave. Along the iTnWfmurcii there were seats to accommodate 200,000 spectators, and thero were at least 1,000,000 persons along the line of march, which was 9even miles in length. General J. P. 8. Gobin was the Graud Marshal of the parade. The Grand Treasurer reported receipts of 626,791 and disbursements of 63727. The net cash resources are 642,131. The report of the Grand Recorder showed a net gain of 2734 Kuights during the year, making a total of 115,893. Tho Knights in New York State number 11,376, and those in New Jersey 1801. At the meeting of the Grand Encampment in Carnegie ilall the following oiflcers were elected: Reuben H. Lloyd, of San Francisco, Grand Master; H. 15. Stoddard, of Toxas, Deputy Grand Master; C. M, Moultonk, of Chicago, Grand General ? rr TTT r? 9 flm.? rwl .issnno; ri. n, nugn.ui :i')>uchot, ,u?^ Captain-General; W. B. Melish, of Ohio, Grand Senior Warden; Joseph A. Locke, of Portland, Grand Junior Warden; H. Wales L. Lines, of Meriden, Conn., Grand Treasurer, and William Henry Jlnyo, of St. Louis, Grand Recorder. Louisville was selected for the Triennial Conclave in 1901. KILLED IN MINE DISASTER. Water Intended to Stop a Tire Causes Disastrous Explosions. Tamaqtta, Fenn. (3pociai). Five men were killed and eleven injured by an explosion of gas in colliery No. 8 at 'Coaldale, near here. The dead are: Motlss Clarkey, Coaldale; William Cook. Lansford; John Koonicka. Lansford; William It. Reese, Coaldale; Thomas Smith, lire boss, Coaldale. The colliery is the largest producer of four in that valley owned by the Lehigh Coal and Navagation Company. Because of a recent fire In the left section of the mine shifts of men wero put to work driving holes from a gangway, through which water was to be forced lipou the flames. While the gang of men was building a dam to back up the water the gangway caught fire. Nearly 100,000 gallons of water were turned Into the holes and almost instantly a terrific explosion occurred, followed in quick success on by four lighter explosions. The Funeral of Queen Louise. After a mournful service in the death chamber at Copenhagen, Denmark, the coffin containing tho body of Queen Louise of Denmark, who died September 29, was borne to the funeral ear by the King of Denmark, tho Czar of Russia, the King of Greece, the Crown Prince of Denmarck and other members of the royal family and taken to Iloskildo, nineteen miles from Denmark, the home of the Danish Kings of tho Middle Ages, where the body was placed in tho vault. Two Men Hanged In Chicago. John Druggan was hanged on Friday at Chicago for the murder of R. F. Gudgeon. George H. Jacks was to have been hinged with him for the murder of Andrew F. McGhee, but at the last moment a change in the programme set his execution for half an hour later. As there was no Executive Interference, which had bedn looked for. Jacks was then escorted to the gallows and hanged. Ho died protesting his innocence. j Conspiring Against French Government. It was announced in Paris, Franco, that a military plot against tho Government had been discovered, involving leading Generals, the rumored object of which was to overthrow the republic and re-establish the monarcny in ine nauus 01 x-nuoo juuuia Bonaparte, the new leader of the Imperialist party. Cliapl&in Mclntyre Guilty. Chaplain Mcintyre, of the battleship Oregon, has been found guilty by a court martial at Denver, Col., of Improperly criticising his superior officers and sentenced to be dismissed from the navy. 1