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siEr# ^ * * DROWNED IN TERRIBLE FLOODS Scores of Lives Lost and Tbonsands Made Homeless in the West Virginia Coal Fields. INnOWNSMIPEDODT The Victims Were Caught in a Mountain Basin by a Cloudburst ? Without Warning, The Floods Swept Away Keystone, a Town of 2000 Inhabitants ? A Dozen Towns in the Narrow, MountainLined Valley of the Elkhorn Suffered Severely ? Nearly a Score of Collieries Were Wrecked ? Miles of Railroad Tracks Were Destroyed ? Property Loss Will Beach Into the Millions? A Cloudburst Canted the Floods ? Acute Suffering; of the Survivor*. ' Bluefleld,. W. Va. ? Hundreds of iives were lost and millions of dollars' . worth of property destroyed as the result of a tremendous cloudburst which swept away whole towns In its path of devastation through the eastern part of McDowell County, the southernmost part of West Virginia, near the V^ginia State line. , Thousands have been rendered home- : less. One town, Keystone, of 2000 in- ] habitants, was completely wiped out, only the remains of one building with- < standing the rush of the waters. j Thirty miles of track and between i fifteen and twenty bridges of the Nor- < folk and Western road were de- i stroyed. It was several days before f v \^ESW ' j^., ' \ W6MJA1 \ ^ f ^ STRICKEN SECTION OP VI ifood sapplies could be sent to all 1 parts of the devastated ijegion and the 1 /homeless survivors suffered great 1 'hardship. s Most of the sufferers are coal miners, their -wives and children, em- ? ployed in the Pocahontas coal fields. < The flood was caused by a cloudburst $ and thirty hours of rain. 1 A tremendous rainstorm followed by i !a cloudburst set in early Saturday ( morning, and after a lapse of a few hours in the afternoon started again j with fresh violence and continued un- < til 10 a. m. Sunday. 1 The valley, or basin, in which the ^ Pocahontas coal field is located was the worst sufferer, because of its peculiar formation. On two sides it is walled by high mountains. Through { the centre of the basin runs Elkhorn J Creek, fed by innumerable streams t running down the sides of tlje moun- J tains. ] The basin is long and narrow. Its J width varies from a quarter of a mile \ to a mile. From Ennis to Vivian Yard. W. Va., a distance of ten miles, miners' cabins, coal company commis- 1 saries and coke plants line the basin. * Near the center of the long basin , and in the heart of the Pocahontas coal field was the town of Keystone. ( Smaller villages and settlements are scattered over the whole length of the 1 basin. Elkhorn, a railroad and tele- j graph station,' Is at the eastern end ' of the basin on comparatively high 1 ground. Everything west of Elkhorn, ! in the district is submerged in the ' flood. The cloudburst and many hours of 1 continuous rain turned each of the many little streams flowing down the mountain ranges into formidable tor- 3 rents. They poured great quantities of water Into Elkhorn Creek, and it began to rise without almost incredible rapidity. It flowed over Its banks ^ and soon covered the entire floor of thfe 1 bpsln from mountain wall to mountain wall. 1 Nothing like It had ever been seen or heard of before, and the inhabitants of the basin were taken by surprise. So quickly did the flood come that scores of them did not attempt to seek safety by climbing up the v JfaTj to Try itolf-Rlghting Boat. J ? Lie ixury JL/epai iuicui, ai n asuiu^ton, has decided to try a new selfrighting and self-balling lifeboat, and will send two of the boats to the Nortli Atlantic Sqtiftdron, where they will be tested with' special reference to their ability to right and bail themselves. American Criminal* In Jail In Berlin, A number of American criminals are now awaiting trial in the jails of Berlin, Germany. Several swindling American bookmakers were caught at the Gorman Derby. Labor World. The stage hands and scene shifters of R.-.i'hmond, Va., have formed a union. The paper mills strike at Holyoke, Mass., has been declared off, the strikers winning. Coal miners' wages in Great Britain have advanced fifty to eighty per cent, in-two years. President O'Connell has been re' elected by the International Machinv ists' Association. y Servant girls are becoming scarce <r. nariin hApause of the cre^ter dodu- i Parity of factory labor. I sides of the mountains until It was too late. Hundreds of minors were in Keystone and North Fork, a small place about a mile from the latter, when the flood swept down upon the two places Saturday night. Saturday is pay day at the mines, and the miners go to the little town on Saturday night to purchase sup?11 ^^ 4A1*sv piles, manj ui lut-m iaac lih-u wiuo and children. Keystone was the only town in the Pocahontas district where liquor was sold, and It had between twelve and fifteen saloons, besides a groat many supply stores. When the flood came scores of miners started back for their cabins, miles away, up and down the basin. A groat number of these and their wives and children were caught in the torrent and drowned* A pathetic story is told of a Hungarian family at Keystone. The father was at work in the mines, and when the alarm was given did not reach the drift mouth until the town was partly Inundated. He made his way to the cabin where his wife and newhnrn Ho ha wnro Ivincr hr>1n1rva.Q. tried to rescue both, nnd after a battle with the waters, logs and debris reached a place of safety with them, only to discover that both were dead. On the North Fork branch of the Norfolk and Western, which is five and one-half miles long, hundreds were rendered homeless, and are camped in the mountains. The damage to property on this branch is heavy. Only one of the ten colleries escaped, the Ashland, at the head of the stream. The McDowell Coal Company lost two buildings. The Roanoke Company lost its boiler house, and big boilers were swept four miles down the stream. The Louisville Company's storehouse is a wreck and the stock a total loss. In Rolfe many miners' houses were swept away. Twenty-five houses were jammed together in one large mass of broken timbers and debris. At the Gilliam Company's Colliery the powder house and fourteen houses are demolished. At Indian Ridge the company store was considerably damaged and the stock lost. The North Fork track is nearly all washed awav. all the trestles being gone except one. In the Elkhorn Valley It Is estimated that the loss to the railroad and coal interests will exceed $2,000,000. Out of twelve miles of main line double track only one mile remain, and all the bridges are gone. Some of the bridges were of the heaviest masonry and iron, but they could not resist the force of the flood. The Crozier Company, one of the I flXAHOMTASr \ '$> / ^' ' /J / Cc. fs. jlrlNIA AND WEST VIRGINIA. argest corporations, lost a thousandlorse-power electric plant and many julldlngs and coke ovens. Its loss is said to be $30,000. The Houston Company is damaged some $20,000. The Tierney interest, consisting of four colleries, will lose 575,000. There are over twenty coleries whose damage is great.- Many niles of the tracks leading to coke )vens and mines are gone. In some instances mine locomotives ind cars have been swept for miles lown tne stream. inrteen nunarea nborers were rushed to the scene to ivork on repairs. Pocahontas is a coal mining town of ibout 2500 inhabitants situated in the western part of Virginia just south of he West Virginia line. It is in the Alleghany Mountains at the source of he Big Sandy River which runs hrough West Virginia, emptying Into ;he Ohio where the States of West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio meet Keystone, Burke and other towns rationed in the dispatches as having suffered from the flood are all in West Virginia along the Big Sandy River, rhey are small hamlets, the population >f which is in the hundreds. The Pocahontas coal mines at Poca-; aontas are among the most celebrated producers of fast steaming coals in :he world. They share with the Welsh nines the favor of steamship owners, ind the Cramps and other Eastern shipbuilders generally use hand-picked Pocahontas coal for the speed trials of the warships built by them. TOltNADO IN ILLINOIS. Soniei Wrecked, Stores Unroofed nod Thousands of Trees Torn Up. Lincoln, 111.?This city and vicinity was visited by a tornado which did ?-? /\A AAA J ? _ mL- MAMA ?>J.W,WU damage. juit; siuiui . tauic from the southwest, and its path was a mile and a half wide by twelve miles long. The Lincoln Mattress Factory was destroyed, while Bevere damage was done to the Illinois Asylum for Feeble-Minded Children, Illinois Odd Fellows' Orphan Home, Lincoln College and the County poor farm. Indians Lose Injunction Salt. Justice Bradley, at Washington, has denied the application of Lone Wolf and other Indians for an injunction against the Secretary of the Interio* to restrain him from opening to set* tlement the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache lands in Oklahoma. Hay Wear Shirt Waists in Court. Judge Wood, of the Circuit Court of St. Louis, Mo., said that jurors, witnesses and attorneys will be permitted to wear shirt waists in court during the heated term. Prominent People. Elbrldge T. Gerry is credited with starting the melon-growing fad at Newport, R. I. 1 lit' i^uivt; UL vauiunuQi;, luuuuiuf, out his eighty-second year, is the first member of the British royal family to attain that age. Vice-President Roosevelt has promised to deliver an address at the celebration of the quarter centenary of Colorado's Statehood. Secretary Long has accepted an invitation to be present at the celebration of Old Home Week at Portland, Me.. August 10 to 17. Houses were wrecked, stores unroofed, ! and thousand* of trees torn up. A* .lovofnr in \fi?Ullptown was de stroyed and several stores damaged. I In Elkhart freight cars were blown from the track. Great damage was done to wheat, corn and oats. Two Heroic Boys Drowned. Suffolk, Va.?While seeking to sav* an eight-year-old brother who was being swept away-in a stream two sons of John Ely, colored, of Exit, Va., gave up their own lives. The older heard from the hank of Scott's Creek an appeal for help, and turning they saw that their brother had got beyond his depth, and was being borne down by the current. With no though* of their own peril the boys jumped to the rescue. They reached the drowning boy and struggled to drag him from Mm fnpoo nf tha rrirrpnt. but could not. The throe brothers, their arras locked about each others' necks, went dowD together. Flooda Aronnd Plttsbnrfj. Pittsburg, Penn. ? The Turtle Crook district was visited by a heavy rainstorm. The town and valley have suffered thousands of dollars' worth of damage. At East Pittsburg the Westinghouse plant, which extends for nearly a mile parallel with the hill, was submerged with six feet of water on the lower floor, which left three feet of mud when It receded. The loss to Westinghouse it is believed will reach $500,000. Thunderstorm in Oswego, N. T. Oswego, N. Y.?A terrific thunderstorm prevailed in Oswego and the surrounding country. The West Baptist Church here was struck by lightning and slightly damaged, and barns and farm buildings suffered. Rain and hail caused damage to the crops. Wind and Kaln in Ohio. Pnlrrmbus. Ohio.?A terrific storm pr J vailed in Columbus and vicinity. The chief damage was from water, which flooded the basements of many business houses. The losses amount to many thousand dollars. Several buildings were unroofed. Ughtnlnc. Kills Man, Horse and Dor. Whittier, Fla.?The bodies of Abner Thompson, son o*f a well-to.-do stockman, his horse and his dog were found in the woods on the Thompson Ranch near here, the young man and his horse having been killed instantly by lightning. INSECTS AND INFECTION. The Mosquito, Plea, and Fly Undoubtedly Transmit Plague and Fever. Washington, D. C.?Surgeon-General Wyman has issued a general circular to medical officers of the Marine Hospital Service calling special attention to the importance of insects as factors in conveying disease. The circular sayg there is no longer doubt as to the relation of the mosquito to malarial diseases and fllarlasis. "According to Simond," it says, "plague is transmitted from the rat to man by the flea. The infection of typhoid fever and to a certain extent cholera may be conveyed by flies. Medical officers are directed to place mosquito nettings over the beds of communicable diseased pa uenis. Hospitals are to be thoroughly protected by fly screens at all openings, particular attention being paid to the kitchen, dining room and protection of the food. Sulphur fumigation is recommended as the best method of killing insects in a large room. FIND OF ARNOLD RELICS. A Diver on Lake Chaunplnln Discover* Gam and Ammunition. Burlington. Vt. ? J. G. Falcon, a diver, visited the spot -where the schooner Royal Savage, commanded by General Benedict Arnold, was sunk in 1776 by the British. He found three gun carriages and about thirty cannon balls and shot. Two of the former will be sent to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington, and the other has been given to the city of Burlingl ton. The relics were discovered in about ! thirty feet of water. The carriages are made of wood and iron, the former being now petrified. Further investigations, it is thought, may lead to finding the private papers of Benedict Arnold, whjch were lost on the boat NOW COMES THE "SHIRT-COAT." Letter Carriers in Washington Introduce a New Garment. Washington, D. C.?Fifty letter carriers of this city will appear in a new garment called a "shirt-coat" within a few days. Others will follow according to their inclinations. The wearing of the garment is not obligatory. The "shirt-coat" is of dual character and appears to be both a shirt and a coat aesigneu 10 meet iul* vujcuuuuo generally urged against the shirt waist. The material is gray flannel with rolling collar attached. From the belt up the "shit*t-coat" Is made as an outing shirt. The lower part of the front is beltrd inside the trousers. The sides and back are cut so that they hang outside the trousers. USED DYNAMITE ON A CHU3CH. Its Pastor la Mayor and Has Incurred Enmity of "Joint" Keepers. Manhattan. Kan.?An attempt was made Xo blow up the First Methodist Church with dynamite. A number of stained-glass windows were destroyed, a large hole was torn in the door, near which the explosives had been placed, and the steps were badly shattered. The parsonage, adjoining, was not 1 Ho mo cnnH The Rev. J. M. MMer, pastor of the church, was recently elected Mayor, and has waged a bitter war on the keepers of "joints." Recently six of them were fined $200 and given sixty days In jail. No arrests have been made. Bank Caabler Acquitted. Charles E. Cotton, former cashier of the First National Bank, at Syracuse, Neb., was acquitted by a jury on the charge of having made false reports to the Controller of the Treasury and abstracting funds of the bank. 8hot After Killing Thirteen Men. Tom Bums, notorious as a gun tighter, was killed by a cowboy named Wallace, on the ranch of Tom Willis, near Tucson, Ariz. A number of cowboys danced upon the coffin. He has a record of having killed thirteen men. f Collier to Be a 1'rUon Ship. Orders have been given by the Navy Department, at Washington, for the conversion of the collier Southery at the Norfolk Navy Yard into a prison ship, where enlisted men and marines now detained in the small lockups at other navy yards will be imprisoned pending the completion of new quarters at the Boston yard. Children In the Refugee Camps. The War Secretary, Mr. Brodrick, informed a questioner in th<. British House of Commons that ou* of 63,000 persona in the concentration camps of South Africa, 34,000 were children [GIFTS FOR LHI*ERSITIES J, Pierpont Morgan Presents $1,000,000 to Harvard. VALE'S BICENTENNIAL FUND President Hadley Announces That the S2.000.000, Required For New Buildings, Has Been Secured ? Amherst's President Proclaims Contributions of ? ? ii-?. BfiA nnn. I Bl /0,UVU?UttHU? UAtvo Cambridge, Mass. ? President Eliot announced at the Harvard alumni dinner that John Pierpont Morgan had sjiven more than $1,000,000 for the erection of three of the five buildings planned for the, Harvard medical school on land now held in trust for the university on Huntington avenue, in Boston. A few days ago Dr. Warren received a cable from Mr. Morgan In which he said: "Referring to our conversation and plans submitted I am prepared to ercct the central buildings and two side pavilious as a memorial to Junius Spencer Morgan, a native of Massachusetts, and for many years a merchant of Boston. You can announce this." Junius Spencer Morgan was the father of the donor. President Eliot called attention to the phrase, "plans submitted," which ho said Included specifications, and said that these called for an outlay of mnfn tlmn $1 OOO OOO. The present medical school, biological department, is situated in one building on Boylston street, next the Boston Public Library. The erection of the new buildings would, it is understood, involve disposing of this property, which is in a part of the city where values are very high. When the plan was published, some months ago, it was suggested that the land be taken for the Public Library, which is already cramped for space, although only seven years opened. The new Morgan buildings, on Huntington avenue, will Include a hospital, Hitherto Harvard Medical School has had to depend wholly for practj^l clinics upon tne puduc uospiutio. New Haven, Conn.?At the Yale nl- | umni dinner it was announced that the S2.000.000 fixed as the amount of the bi-centennial fund, has all been pledged, the list of the new contributors. whose contributions make up the desired amount, is as follows: George Bliss, $5000; Matthew Borden, $100,000; James ,T. Hill. $100,000; Frederick W. Vanderbilt,. $100,000; the Misses Stokes. $00,000; raised last .w.eek, $135,000. Amherst, Mass.?President Harris announced that additional gifts amounting to $9000 had been received for scholarships and prizes, making the total amount of gifts for the past year $176,000. Cleveland, Ohio.?At the commencement of Kenyon College, at Gambler, it was announced that Senator Hanna had made a donation of $50,000. MANY KILLED IN A WRECK. Italian Emigrants on Train That Went Through a Trestle In Indiana. Peru, Ind.?Sixteen persons were killed and about fifty were seriously injured in a wreck of Train 3, the westbound Wabash limited, nine miles west of this city. The dead are all Italian immigrants en route to Colorado. Many of the injured undoubtedly will die. Two section of Train 3, one coming from Detroit and the other from Toledo. were consolidated in this city into a train of eleven cars, making up the flier for its Journey to St. Louis. Having left, here one hour late, the traiu was speeding westward at a high rate, when the engine plunged through a trestle which had been undermined by the recent heavy rains. The embankment on both aides of the gle, a distance of forty feet. The eullttle stream dropped at a sharp angine plunged into the soft earth on the opposite bank and fell to the bottom. The express car and the first chair car were telescoped. The emigrant car. followed by two chair cars, went down on the left side of the track and the first sleeper pitched forward upon the mass of debris. The remaining cars also left their trucks, but were not badly damaged. It was in the emion/1 nnonhos tlmf niOSt Of aau uu/ vvuvuwv the deaths and injuries occurred. SAMOANS HAVE CONSUMPTION. Commander Tllley Say* CI vllizatlon Work* to the Detriment of the Natives. Washington, D. C.?Commander Tilley, the Naval Governor of Samoa, was taken by Secretary Long to the Cabinet meeting And made an interesting statement on the conditions in Samoa. He pointed out the need of industrial and agricultural institutions there. In view of the alarming extent of sickness, particularly among young children, it has been suggested that American nurses would find Samoa an exceptionally good field for their humane work. Commander Tllley says that in one respect civilization has worked to the detriment of the Samoans. While they lived without clothing they were hardy and free from sickness, but since adopting clothing they get wet from rain, contract colds and a number have developed consumption, a disease not known before. ? ?? ? - mu Vafal. HIIB1DK DU| rn UIW A8 the result of the bite of an Insect, said to be a kissing bug, Burton Griffin, tbTrty years old. of Ansonla, Conn., died in agony. The case is regarded as a remarkable one. and specialists in blood poisoning who were called In can offer no explanation of it Ileat Stop* Speculation In Chicago. The hot weather has teqded materially to lessen the volume of speculation In both stocks and grain, and business on the exchanges In Chicago has become exceedingly dull. Crop Conditions Excellent. Crop conditions are generally excellent. More moisture Is needed for cotton in Texas, but elsewhere the weather has been favorable, and both cotton and corn are rapidly overcomi? nifnnta nf a hnrkward earlv Ilim I lie: cuvno VI. season. The wheat harvest is making good progress, and an unprecedented crop Is now almost assured. An International Trust Planned. An international salt company to control the world's supply is planned, with a capital of $100,000,000. The Rockefellers are said to be behind It < ?... -y * STERNER SEX DOMINATES Population ot Seven States by Sex, General Nativity and Color. More Mob Than Women In Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado and Connecticut. Washington, D. C.?The Census Bureau has given out the first of a series of eleven bulletins giving the population by sex, general nativity and color by groups of States and Territories. The group just announced comprises Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado and Copnecticut. In all these males constitute the larger percentage of the total population, In Alaska, which shows the largest disproportion of the sexes, the males are nearly three-quarters, or 72.1 per cent., of the population; Arizona, 58.4; California, 55.3, and Colorado, 54.7. There Is only a slight excess of males in Alabama and Arkansas, while in Connecticut the population Is about evenly divided, the difference in favor of th? males being only 108 in a total population in 1900 of 908,420. The foreign born element constitutes about one-fourth of the population of California and Connecticut; not quite one-fifth of Alaska and Arizona, and a little more than one-sixth of Colorado's population. They constitute, however, less than one per cent in Alabama, and a little over one per cent in Arkansas. In Colorado and Connecticut ninetyeight per cent of the population is white; California, almost ninety-five per cent., the rest being mostly Chinese; in Arizona, the colored, who are principally Indians, constitute not quite one-fourth of the total population; while the colored element in Arkansas, being almost wholly persons cf negro descent, constitute twentyeight per cent of the population. In Alabama the colored population is forty-five per cent., and is practically made up of persons of negro descent Of the population enumerated fr* Alnafrn fnrfr.ftlffht nor fti'P white, the large colored element comprising chiefly native Indian tribes and a few thousand Chinese. Of the total population of Connecticut in 1900, foreign white persons constitute 26.1 per cent and native white porsons of foreign percentage 31.1 per cent, these two elements combined representing very nearly three-fifths of the entire population of the State. These same two elements of the white population constitute more than onehalf of the totil population of California in 1900, about two-fifths of that of Colorado and Arizona, and one-fifth of that of Alaska. The white population of Alabama and Arkansas is composed principally of native white persons of native parentage and this element in 1900 constitutes 68.4 per cent, of the total population of Arkansas and 52.3 per cent, of that of Alabama. THE REV. JOSEPH COOK DEAD. Weil-Known Writer and Lecturer Suo cumbs to Brlght's Diaease. Whitehall, N. Y.?The Rev. Joseph Cook, of Tlconderoga, a prominent historical writer, died of Brighf s disease. He had for many years been widely TEX REY^ JOSEPH COOK. known as a clergyman, author and lecturer. For more than twenty years Rev. Mr. Cook was the principal of the 'Boston Monday lectures." He was born at Tlconderoga in 1S3S. NEW YORK BANK IN TROUBLE. Seventh National Was Embitrraafled by ? Shortage of Nearly 81,000,000. New York City.?The Seventh National Bank was embarrassed by a shortage of nearly $1,000,000. Presi dent William II. Kimball resigned as a result of his bank's difficulties. The officials of the bank, in a formal statement, charged that the bank's troubles were caused by rumors circulated for stock jobbing purposes. But President Kimball's resignation was accepted. E. R. Thomas was hastily elected President in Mr. Kimball's stead. It was said that a stock brokerage firm had been permitted to overdraw Its account to an amount close to $1,000,000. The bank raised that amount in a few hours and the Clearing House officially declared it "cleared." Humors about the condition of the Seventh National and other banks caused a decided slump in the stock mariiei. Suicide of an Artilleryman. Joseph W. Ettiuger, of the Ninth Artillery, stationed at Jackson Barracks, just below New Orleans, La., committed suicide by shooting himself. He Was thirty-six years old. He served In the Philippines. Bank Cashier Pardoned. President McKinley has pardoned Charles W. Mussey, former cashier of the National Bank of Rutland, Vt., who was convicted last year of the misapplication of $100,000 of the funds of the bank and sentenced to seven years imprisonment. Colombia Imposes an Export Duty. A decree has been issued by the Colombian Government imposing an export duty on all produce shipped from the isthmus. This includes bananas, cocoanuts, Ivory nuts and wood. Sporting Brevities. William C. Whitney lias paid $5000 for a yearling colt by Watercress? I'ensa. The Herreshoffs have nearly completed a new racer for the eighteenfoot waterline class. At Paris the Grand Prix was won by Cherl, defeating Saxon, the favorite, and Olympian, Foxhall Keene's horse. Six riders in the lead near the finish of a five-mile cycle race at Vallsburg, N. J., went down in a spill and Thomas Cooper won out in a close finish with Floyd McFarland. MM TICKET The State Convention Renominates f!nuomnr Clanrrra V N?h VIUTCIIIUI UOUIC.W ?\i nugiii SENATOR FORAKER IS INDORSED ? I The Platform Urges Construction of Isthmian Canal and a Stronger Navy, Denounces Lynching and Praises the Administration's Policies In Cnba, Porto Rico, Philippines and China. Columbus, Ohio?The "Republican State Convention nominated the following ticket: Governor, George K. Nash; Lieutenant-Governor, Carl N. Nippert; Supreme Court Judge, J. L. Price; Attoraey-General, John M. Sheets; Supreme Court Clerk, Lawson E. Emerson; State Treasurer, Isaac P. Cameron, and Member State Board of Public Works, W. G. Johnson. The eagle was selected as the emblem of the party. Permanent organization was effected by the selection of Senator Hanna as Chairman. In assuming the gavel, Senator Hanna made an address, during the course of which he declared that the Republican Party stands by Its record on the tariff question and will not permit any changes whereby labor is in any way affected. General Grosvenor presented the report of the Resolution Committee. The report which was unanimously adopted by the convention as the platform of the party in Ohio, reaffirms the Philadelphia platform; pledges undivided support to the Republican party, the magnificent OZOBOE K. ITASH. (Renominated for Governor of Ohio.) achievements of which it is declared, have added lustre to American history, and under the administration of which the United States has become a world power. Industry has revived, * - i._ i -J-J | it-is set rorcn; plenty uas aucueeucu want, and our export trade now leada the world. The gold standard Is specifically indorsed. Further strengthening of the navy, legislation looking to the restoration of the merchant marine, the speedy construction of -an American I ship canal across the isthmus, are deI clared to be imperative needs. In regard to combinations of capital, the. platform says: "We recognize the right of both labor and capital to combine, when such combinations are wisely administered for the general good, but combinations .which create monopolies to control prices or limit production are an evil which must be met by effective legislation, vigorously enforced." Lynching is denounced in unmeasured terms. It is declared that the nation's pledge to Cuba is being faithfully kept, insuring freedom and independence to her people, who, it is added, are today enjoying more prosperity than eVer before. The Cubans are congratulated upon "wise and conservative action in favor of ctable government." Porto Rico is stated to be flourishing beyond all former experiences; Hawaii's entrance into full territorial re lations with the unitea states government has been marked by the most marvelous progress known in the history of those islands. In the Philippines a "wicked insurrection has been suppressed." and "civil government, contemplating the largest practicable degree of home rule, has succeeded military control. Personal freedom, with an equality of rights heretofore to them unknown, is secured to every inhabitant." All these things are declared to be due to the "patriotic and brilliant Administration of President McKinley," who in "facing unforeseen and grave responsibilities has met them prudently, bravely and successfully." Full and cordial approval Is extended to Senators Foraker and Hanna. Senator Foraker is declared to have rendered "splendid and conspicuous service to our country, and we earnestly indorse him for a second term-" STRIKE DELAYS WARSHIPS. Machinists Have Stopped Work Entirely at the Union Iron Work*. Washington. D. C ? A report just re ccived at the Navy Department shows the serious effect of the machinists' strike on the work of building new warships. The report states that work is suspended entirely on the armored cruisers California and South Dakota and on the monitor Wyoming and the cruisers Taeoma and Milwaukee, building at the Union Iron Works, San Francisco. Up to this time gratifying progress had been made on these ships. Cigarette Victim's Body Turns Black. Cigarettes found another victim at Elgin, 111. James Vickers was found dead in bed, and the Coroner's jury laid the cause to the excessive use .of the paper cigars. Soon after death the body of the victim turned black, and the doctors said it was from excess of nicotine in the system. Lynching in North Carolina. D. D. Jones; a negro preacher, who, It is alleged, attacked Mrs. Noah Davis near La Grauge, N. C., was lynched. Fatal Artillery Accident in England. While artillery practice was in progress on the Isle of Wight the breech - ? ?** - i-i ?.i. 1.111 of a twelve-pounu rme mew out, inning Captain A. Le M. Bray, of the Royal Artillery, and one enlisted man and wounding eight other men, three of whom will die. Colonel A. J. Nixon, R. A., was slightly wounded by the explosion. Colombia'* One Warship. The steam yacht Namouna, formerly of Neir York City, and now belonging to Colombia, left St. Thomas, D. W. I., for Colon, where she will be put Into mmmUualoD. IIHERS fI Oil DEPUTIES Strikers' Open Resistance to "Government by Injunction." OFFICERS FLED FOR THEIR LIVES The Strike Situation In tho Coal Fields in Weit Virginia ? Enraged Miners Fire on Depnty Marshals, and Cry "Down With CoTernment by Injnnc* tion!"?Armed Strikers In Blonntalns. Huntington, W. .Va.?A posse of Deputy United States Marshals, led by A. C. Hufford, of Bluefleld, were fired on by the striking miners and forced to flee from the coal fields at Matewan. un euiiuay uiwirnoou me uepuuco, u?der the leadership of A. C. Hufford, set out from Blueflold to reach the scene of the miners' riots. When they arrived within twenty v miles of Thacker they- found that they could proceed no further by rail on account of the flood. They struck out across the mountains, and late Strnday afternoon reached their destination. They began serving notices of the Injunction which liad been issued by Jjidge Jackson, aud which forbids the strikers from interfering with work at the colleries or trespassing on the companies' grounds. A mob of armed strikers followed. On all sides could be heard the cry: "Down with, government by Injunction!" Men threatened them with their weapons, women called down the vengeance of heaven .upon them, and children hurled stones. When nightfall came notice had been served on the strikers of all the coal companl&i but one, and that was to be served &t the Lick Fork Coal and Coke Company at Thacker. Fearing an ambush, they waited until morning, and early Monday set out foi Thacker. Shortly before noon they attempted to serve the injunction papers at the* colliery. A mob followed, enraged to desperation at the sweeping character of the injunction. One reckless man fired the first shot and the mountain sides echoed with resounding reports that followed the crack of twenty or thirty rifles. The deputies were forced to take refuge in flight and then barely escaped with their lives. ' The strike situation has assumed a critical stage. Sheriff Hatfield has withdrawn all his deputies, because It is said he does not believe in the policy being used to put down the strike. The United States Marshals were left alone, and, after being chased from thw? flplda It was believed that they would be strongly reinforced and ready to fight when they again appeared to enforce the Injunction. Tug River divides West Virginia from Kentucky. On each side the mountains are almost perpendicular, and the entire distance from bank to bank is not more than 500 yards. On the mountainside of West Virginia the collerles are located. On the Kentucky side there are only mountain paths. Strikers almost a thousand strong have crossed into Kentucky and are occn- ' . pying the mountain passes, where they are out of reach of the deputies, and command the entrances to the collieries. The strikers express hatred and contempt for the marshals, and it is said, that at the mass meeting at Thacker they decided to" ignore the Injunction. ADELBERT S. HAY KILLED. - Son of Secretary of State Meets Accidental Death in New Haven, Conn. New Haven, Conn.?Adelbert S. Hay, son "of Secretary Hay and former Consul to Pretoria, fell from a third story window of the New Haven House early Sunday morning, and was Instantly killed. It appears that he fell asleep while sitting on the window sill and lost his balance. The young man's skull was crushed In at the back of the head, but he suffered no other fractures. He struck headlong on the back of the neck and shoulders and along the rlglit side, and died almost immediately. A workman saw the body fall, and rushed to the spot immediately, but when he reached the body life was extinct Mr. Hay was a member of the class of 'OS at Yale, and was on the triennial committee. He had returned to New Haven to meet two hundred classmates attending the triennial, the class's first reunion since graduation. Secretary Hay was called up at his Washington residence by long distance telephone ant^was notified that his son had met with an accident whleh had resulted In death. He immediately came here. Secretary Hay was prostrated. Condolences to Secretary Hay. Washington, D. C.?Telegrams of ? x TT?.. ?11 sympatny to oecreuu/ xiaj, uuu an over the United States and from Europe, have come tc the State Department. Among them were messages from the King of England and the President of France. Adelbert S. Hay returned to this country from South Africa in February last. His record in the consulate at Pretoria was highly creditable, both Boers and British uniting, in praise of his work in that trying post, where he was charged with looking after the Interests of the thousands of British prisoners there. He was appointed to the post on December 2, 1809, replacing Mr. Macrum. After his return he resigned his office April 27. Mr. Hay was born in 1870 and graauateu ixum Yale in 1898. Committed isnlclde by Starving HUnMlf W. M. Shelton, a respected citizen of Pool. Ky., died of starvation. Shelton had expressed a desire to die, but he did not wish to commit suicide with human agencies. All efforts to induce him to eat failed and he died after twenty-two days' fasting. Shelton was sixty years of age. / Horses Afflicted With Catarrh. Veterinarians estimate that more than fifty thousand horses in Greater New York are suffering from acute laryngeal catarrn. Fired at Tree. Killed Tlilef. Jay Foster fired a shotgun into a tree that overhung the porch of his home, at Monroe, Mich., to scare away a supposed burglar, and was horrified nt wiiiiom Breoken vy hclft iuc uvuj vl vt im??? ridge, a local crook, came crashing through the branches dead. To Op?n Morocco by Trade. The London Daily Mail hears that the Sultan of Morocco has authorized his envoy now in London, Kaid El Mehedi El Menebhi, to negotiate a commercial treaty with Great Britain which will open Morocco to Europeaa commerce