Newspaper Page Text
A DISASTROUS GALE. Tbo English Coast Stormswopfc and Many Ships Foundor. A STEAMER DESTROYED BY FIRE. Tho Nntnintn nt Kscanalni, Midi., Hum nnd tlio Docks CnUili Ftro An Ocean Kocnrd Ilrnkon A Train's FuHt Ituu A lliirlc Founder. London, Nov. 30. -The latent report from various points along tho const Bhow tli lit tho gulo which swept ling lish v 11 tori) Sunday iiml Monday was ono of tho worst storms of recent years. In many places It was almost cyclonic In its violence, and tho long list of disasters includes a largo loss of life, many wrecks of lurgo vessels and the loss of scores, If not hundreds, of smaller crafts, with serious damage to property ushoro at many Important towns. iMany ships are known to have foundered, In most cases, it is feared, with all on hoard. Scarcely a town on the coast has escaped without more or less Injury, falling walls and Hying dobrisnddlngtotho loss of life. There have heen rockets and lifeboat res cues almost without number. Stories of thrilling escapes come from all points. A STKAMKH DKHTKOYKI) 11 V I'lllK. Ehcanaiia, Mich., Nov. :)(). -Late last night a lire broke out on tho steamer Nahauta, and before it could he eon trolled It spread to tho oro docks, the largest in tho world. Two of the docks were on fire and the others were threatened with destruction. Two of tho crew of tho steamor, whose names cannot be learned, aro known to he lost, and several others are injured. The steamer was lying at the dock loading ore and was only partially loaded. Shortly before midnight the crow discovered that it was on lire, but tho origin of tho blaze is not known. Tho crew made every effort to quench the ilames. but a bridle wind was blowing and spread the (Ire with great rapidity. From tho steamer the lire spread on dock No. 4, which with partly loaded with oro and lumber. Tho lumber was soon a mass of ilames, and from this it spread to tho next dock. The fire is still burning fiercely. The loss will ho fully 5300,000. AN OCKAN HKCOIII) HUOKICN. Southampton, Nov. ilO. Tho North German Lloyd steamship Kaiser Wil liolm der Grosse, which loft Now York on November 23, arrived hero yester day afternoon. Tho steamer was de layed 25 minutes In standing by a burn ing ship, but In spito of this she broke the record for the highest average speed across tho ocean, her speed per hour averaging 22.35 knots. The total distance covered was !1,()(15 knots, and tho passu go lasted 1!17 hours and 8 minutes, or 5 days, 17 hours and 8 min utes, from which, of course, should be deducted tho 25 minutes lost in stand ing by tho burning ship, which would have mado her actual passage 5 days, 10 hours and 43 minutes, though she Is only allowed a record of 5 days, 17 hours and 8 minutes by the maritime experts. A THAIN'H KA8T HUN. Omaha, Nob., Nov. HO. Tito Union Pacific bus mado a new record for fast running. A mail train has been shot across tho country from Cheyenne to Council Illuils, 010 miles, in r50 min mtcs. This is actual elapsed time and includes all stops. Engines were -changed twice and ono engineer was relieved. All the regular stops were made and ono extra, when an air brake hose burst and had to bo re paired at tho expense of several mo ments of time. THK HANK COItlHLLKKA FOUNDKItS. San Fhanoihgo, Nov. 30. Tito Hrltish "bark Cordillera, which was reported lost off tho coast of South America by cable dispatch this month, foundered off Valparaiso and 14 of her crow aro said to havo been drowned. GARY NOT WANTED. ILuotKort Object to tho Yotoran Chicago Jurist hitting In IUh Cuie. Chicago, Nov. !10. Tho second trial of Adolph L. Luetgert for tho murder of his wife was called before Judgo Gary yesterday. The big sausage manu facturer was represented by Judgo Lawrence Harmon and Attorney Max ltieso, Attorney lMiolatt having with drawn from tho ease after a heated in terview with Luotgert and tho new lawyers. Luotgert's attorneys objected to Judgo Gary sitting In tho case, but a consultation with the state's attorneys as to a propor suc cessor to Judge Gary resulted in a dis agreement. Luotgert's lawyers then asked for a continuance, but Judgo Gary overruled tho motion and tho task of selecting tho jurors was begun. Kuro Weather In tho Northwest. , St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 30. Zero weather continues throughout tho northwest, eight below at seven o'clock being tho lowest in this city. At tho same tlmo llismarok reported ton below, Winnipeg 14 below and Miles City 18 below, theso points be ing tho avorago figures. A Cashlor'H Mriinuo Dlsapiiramnoc. English, Intl., Nov. 30. Assignee Arnold has gono through tho books of tho defunct bank, and finds huillcieut funds to pay all tho claims In full and leave a surplus of S25.000. The non appearance of Cashlor Willetts, In view of tit Ik fact, is a surprise to everybody. THEIR LIABILITIES FIXED. Stockholders In n Kansas Uorptir.itlon Hold in Dimlil.i I.lulilllty. IlOCHKHTKIl, N. Y., Nov. HO. JtldgO Coxe, In the United States district court, has rendered a decision in tho case of the National Hank of Com merce, of Kansas City, Mo,, against Chaunecy 15. Woodworth, of this city In ono of tho Western Farm Loan & Mortgage company's suits. This suit was brought to enforce tho payment of a judgment en tered in Kansas against Woodworth, on his stock in the company, under tho liability law. .Judge Coxe decides that the plaintiff is entitled to judg ment as demanded In the complaint with Interest at tho rate of six per cent, ner annum from the date of tho notion. Tho decision upholds the Kansas judg ment as to stockholders, wherever they may reside. In the ease against Mr. Woodworth, the amount of the judg ment is 825,000, and interest is to bo added. Tho decision in this case has been awaited with much Interest, as there are several similar suits pending. ASYLUM CRUELTIES. Tim Now York Humid Demands mi Investi gation nf Charges ARiilnst tho Miit- tOltWIlll IllXtltlllP. Ni:w Yomc, Nov. .'JO. The Herald de mands an Investigation of tho manage ment of tho state asylum for the crim inal Insane at Matteawan, N. Y. Al most incredible cruelties aro charged against the keepers, and it is Intimated that many of the state's charges have been slain. Since Its establishment, live years ago, 72 persons havo been buried in the asylum grave yard. Many of the bodies of inmates are claimed by their friends, so that 72 does not by any means represent the total number that havo died during tho last five years. Many of tho deaths at the institution aro attributed to such indefinite causes as paralysis and epilepsy, any ono of which may have been hastened by harsh treatment. A POINT FOR THE STATE. Iliislno Kclutlonn or Dr. doddard unci llln Victim's Wife May Ho Shown. Kansas Citv, Mo., Nov. :S0. At the very start of the second trial of Dr. .1. G. Goddard for the murder of Fred .1. Jackson a point of vital Importance camo up whothor tho state could In troduce testimony to establish the business and alleged criminal rela tions which existed between Dr. God dard and the wife of the murdered man, the purpose being to show mo tive for tho murder. Goddard's law yers made a motion, when the trial started, that evidence along this line bo excluded. Judge Longan decided that all evidence showing the business relations between Dr. Goddard and Mrs. Jackson would bo admitted. Ho ruled that the testimony showing criminal intimacy botwocn them should be excluded. FEED CHARGES REDUCED. Kansas City .Stock Yard Company Cuts Iluy "0 l'cr Cent, and Corn -10 l'or Cent. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. !J0. The Kan sas City Stock Yards company yester day reduced the price of feeding cattle nt tho yards while awaiting sale and shipment and the order of reduction takes eirect December 1, but holds only "until further notice." As It goes into force temporarily, corn is furnished at !0 cents a bushel instead of SI, a reduc tion of 40 per cent; hay 80 cents per hundred weight instead of Si, a reduc tion of 20 per cent. Ilrynn on Nebraska's Voto. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 30. To-day W. J. Ilrynn gave for tho first time his an alysis of tho voto of his own state. It showed, ho asserted, that the fusion candidate for judge polled a larger plurality than Bryan himself did last year, although the voto was smaller, lie explains tho progress made since tho presidential contest by pointing out that the antl-republlcan majority is greater in Nebraska this year than ever before. Increased Production of (Jold. Ni:w Yohk, Nov 30. The production of gold in the United States is increas ing at a moro rapid rate now than over before, except during tho few years after M0, when tho great discoveries were made In California. The fall In tho price of silver has greatly stimu lated gold mining, and discoveries are being made In portions of tho west where gold has been unheard of before. Col. MnrrWon'H huorehsnr. Washington, Nov. 30. The president will appoint Senator Cttlloin, of Illinois, member of the interstate commerce commisiou if he will accept. Informally tho offer has been made. Friends of tho president in Illinois have broached the matter to friends of the senator. A Very Old Couple. Nili:s, Mich., Nov. 30. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ulller, of Elkton, Mich., cele brated their SSth wedding anniversary Sunday. Tho husband is 108 years old and tho wife 107. They are believed to bo tho oldest married couple in tho United States. A Woman May Ho Hanged. Washington, Nov. 30. Tho United States supreme court has aillrmed tho decision of the Georgia supremo court ' In the ease of Mrs. Noble, convicted of the murder of her husband, and the death sentence can now be carried out. (Jood l'rlco for a Yeurllim Thoroughbred. Lkxington, Ky., Nov. 30. At tho ' horse salo to-day tho yearling thor oughbred by Rayon d'Or, out of tho famous race mare Salllo McClelland, sold for SS.000 to J. D. Smith. Hon. W. I C. Whitney was a contending bidder. HUMBERT WILL ABDICATE. Victor Ilmnmnucl III,, I'rlnco of Naples, to Hurcrml Illln Upon tin) Tlirono of Italy. Komk, Novi 20. Persistent rumors nre current hero to the effect that King Humbert has resolved to abdicato in favor of his son, Victor Emanuel III., and that tho recent visit of the Aus trian chancellor and tho German for uign minister to this city were both of VICTOIl F.MMANUKL III. (Prince of Naples.) them undertaken for the express pur pose of dissuading him from this ox- P tremely serious step, the very possibil ity of which constitutes a matter of tho most grave concern to the Italian monarch's allies in the triple alliance. For the prince of Naples, who Is the next heir to the throne, Is far moro In clined toward Russia than toward cither Austria or Germany. LOYAL TO HER "FIRST LOVE. A Coorcla Woman with mi Knoeh Ardon lOxporlciifio (live Up Her .Second Mute. Calhoun, Ga., Nov. 20. T. N. New. ton, a planter, married beautiful Miss Huskin six years ngo. A few months afterward Newton mysteriously disap peared. After ti year tidings of his death camo and Mrs. Newton married William Cook, of Calhoun. A year later a child came. Then the first husband suddenly returned and Mrs. Cook again became Mra. Newton. Cook tried to reclaim his wife, but Judge Fain Informed him that the law was on his predecessor successor's side. Newton will sue to recover the child, as under tho law ho believes the baby is his wife's legal property. SAVED HER OWN LIFE. Six-Year-Old Girl Kscapcna Morrlhlo Death bv .lumplnp; into ii l'ool. Liiikiity, Mo., Nov. 20. The six-year-old daughter of Night Operator Lew cllyn, of this city, was seriously burned yesterday. Sho was playing at a bonfire with some other chil dren, when her clothes caught fire. With raro presence of mind for one so young, the little girl jumped into a pool of water in the branch that flowed nearby and saved herself from n horrible death. Her clothes and hair were almost entirely burned oil". Sho will recover. IS'lnoty-NIno Yearn for Scales. St. Louis, Nov. 20. The jury in tho case of James Scales, the negro charged with a criminal assault on Katheriuo Fisse, daughter of William E. Fisse, returned a verdict of guilty and as sessed his punishment at 00 years in the penitentiary. Tho prominence of the aluicted parents of tho girl and tho fact that tho crime was committed in tho business section of the city made tho case ono of the most absorbing In the criminal annals of St. Louis. Neuropil Mob a Nee;ro. Montgomkuy, Ala., Nov. 20. Henry Abrams, a negro, was arrested by a constable for a grave offense. On the way to this place three negroes rushed out of a swamp and covering the con stable with revolvers took Abrams in to the swamp. Three shots in rapid succession followed. Sheriff Parks found the negro's body in the swamp yesterday with three shots in his breast. Itcttur Than I.cRnl Dollars. San Fhancisco, Nov. 20. Dollars better in tho quantity of silver they contain than those turned out by tho United States mint aro In circulation here. Several of them have been de tected at the United States sub-treasury. So good an imitation of tho gen uine is this bogus coin that it passes current at the banks and there aro few clews as to the manufacture. .Joined tho Sliver HepuhllcaiiH. Los Anghlhs, Cal., Nov. 20. Zloncl A. Sheldon, delegate-at-large from Cal ifornia to tho republican convention which nominated McKinley, has pub licly announced his renunciation of the republican party and his affiliation with the silver republicans. Republic ans attribute his defection to Presi dent Molvinley's failure to reward him for his services us he hoped. Ketclmin Leave All to Ills Wl'e. Chicago, Nov. 20. Tho will of tho late John 11. Koteham, a well-known club man, was filed In the probate court Saturday. The entire estate of 5205,000 Is left 'to Mrs. Minnie Wallace-Walkup-Kotoham, to whom Koteham was secretly niurrlea at iMuwaulceo soon after a divorce from his Toledo, O., wife. Over Six TliuiiKnnd l'crlnh In a Storm. San Fhancisco, Nov. 20. About 0,000 natives and fully 400 Europeans lost their lives in the typhoon on tho island of Luzon of tho Philippine Islands, October 0. Tho storm devastated tho en tiro southern portion of tho Ihland and cut off communication with tho rest of tho world for two days. W 1 THE PRUNING PROCESS. President McKinley Ilcducliif; KstlinatPS for AH Department to tho Lowest Limit. Washington, Nov. 20. President McKinley has, It is snld, directed Sec retary Gage to scale all estimates of expenditure to tho lowest limit. Tho departments submltttd their rough estimates at tho appointed time, but their total was so that President McKinley is to havo given orders to sidcr none of them until all had largo said con- beeii put through tho trimming process. It is said with good authority that tho original estimates aggregated S140, 000,000, which was 810,000,000 in excess of estimates submitted for the fiscal year 1807. Tho nctual npproprlatlons mado by congress footed SJ32.421.000 and tho deficit Is now something llko S45,000,000 and Is growing. Tho postal deficit of S11,000,000 will bo swelled 5000,000 for carrying the mall over tho Pacific railroad, which sum was last year simply charged up to the govern ment's indebtedness. Transporting army supplies and troops over the samo lines will cost 5000,000. Expenses in Alaska aro greatly increased and will require immediate payment. CATTLEMEN'S CONVENTION. Novel llarhccuo In Which Two ItiiffntncH Will Ho Itoantod. Dknvkii, Col., Nov. 20. Denver Is to havo a cattlemen's convention that will outstrip anything since the days of tho big meeting in St. Louis. Tho committees have arranged a pro gramme with several novel features, including a barbecue whore there will be no meat that can bo bought of tho ordinary butcher. Two whole buffa loes will be roasted, while antelope, elk and bear will also bo provided for tho guests. Tho buffnlocs nre already in captivity and being fattened for tho feast. Tho novelty Is expected to make tho barbecue ono of International prominence, for the pleasure of eating on buffalo hump ut this late day is ex pected to prove a big drawing card. Tho rest of the menu has been selected and the enrcasses are In cold storage. AGAINST GOLD BONDS. President .McKinley Not In Sympathy with Secretary (Jiiejo's Financial Scheme. Washington, Nov. 20. Great Inter est has been aroused in that part of tho president's message relating to the money question. At the last cabinet meeting it was made known that tho president does not think best to recom mend to congress legislation authoriz ing gold bonds. Intimation was also given of an intention to hold out hope of ultimate success for international bimetallism, and to advise continued efforts in that direction. There is no concealment of the president's inclina tion. Friends of Secretary Gage say that ho has tried to bring tho presi dent to his way of thinking, but baa been unable to get him to recommend gold bonds. A REVELATION TO THEM. Stiitn Department Olllclals Alarmed at the Number of Needy Americans In Cuba. Washington, Nov. 20. In a report to the department Consul General Leo says there are in Cuba 1,007 American citizens who aro now dependent upon charitable assistance and have been for tho past five mouths. They havo been furnished food by the expend iture of part of tho fund of S50.000 ap propriated at tho extra session of con gress. Theso figuros are a revelation even to state department officials. Tho public had been told that a much less number of American citizens were In Cuba and that destitution was not prevalent among them. PATHETIC LOVE STORY. Constancy of a Woman Who Waited In Vain 70 Yearn for Her Lover's ICotiirn. Si'HINGfikld, Mass., Nov. 20. Miss Lueinda Day died yesterday at the ago of 00 years, in a quaint little brick house in West Springfield, where sho had lived all her life. Seventy years ago Miss Day had a lover who was a. sailor, and on his departure for a voj' ago Miss Day promised to place every night a lighted candle in tho window to greet him if he returned in tho night. He has not since been hoard from, but Miss Day refused to believe him dead. Last night was the first for 70 years the candle did not burn. GOLD STATUE OPPOSED. AilvlsiTHof tho l'resldent Ap;aliiHt tho Chl oiiko Sculptor's l'arlH KxpoHltlon Scheme. Washington, Nov. 2.0 Mr. McKin ley has been strongly urged by advi&ers to put his foot down on the scheme ad vanced by Mr. Higby, tho Chicago sculptor, to construct tho president's I statue in gold for exhibition at tuo Paris exposition in 1000. Tho idea is not regarded by politicians as felici tous, and thoy contend that if tho president gives his consent to tho proposition ho invites attack and criti cism from opponents who will en deavor to make a political turn out of it. COUNT BADENI OUT. ISnipcror Fruueln .JiHoph Kceelven tho Ko Imiattiiu or Austrian Mlnlntry. Viknna, Nov. 20. Tho Austrian ministry yesterday tendered their res ignations to Emperor Francis Joseph, who accepted them and entrusted Huron Gautsch, who holds tho portfolio of public Instruction of tho retiring ministry, with tho task of forming a now cabinet. Emporor Francis Joseph addressed an autograph letter to Count ISndeni, decreeing the adjournment of tho rcichsrath until further orders. A TERRIBLE WRECK. Two 'Men Killed and Thousand of Dollars Worth of Property Destroyed, CunsTBit, Ivy., Nov. 20. Two Uvea wore lost and thousands of dollars' worth of property destroyed in a rail road accident south of here. Ah u heavy freight train on the Kentucky Central branch of tho Louisville fc Nashville road was . passing over a wooden trestle spanning u deep ra vine, the structure gave way, precipitating 23 coal ears to tho rocks 05 feet below. A number of bridge carpenters were at work at tho bottom of the trestle when It fell. Most of them made their escape. James Harris and Warren Ihmch, how over, were not so fortunate and were Instantly killed. Their bodies lie bur led under hundreds of tons of coal, lumber, otc. Tho monetary loss is not known at present, but will be heavy. A TOPEKA AIRSHIP STORY. Charles Hum In Said to llnvo Successfully Navlcuted Ills machine. Toi'KKA, Kan., Nov. 20. Charles Haas, a young farmer living near To peka, has for two years been working out an airship idea and Saturday mado a successful experiment. The ship is built after tho model of a huge bird. It is 12 feet from bow to stern and the same distance between the tips of the wings. Haas' ship rose rapidly and sailed a distance of 500 feot, when a rope to which it was attached brought it to a standstill. It was hauled down and sent up again with a tub contain ing 200 pounds of rock. Tho ship sailed with tho weight as smoothly as with out it. The exhibition was witnessed by a large crowd of Topeka people and general surprise was expressed at tho easo with which Haas handled his ma chine In the high wind. A Jilted UNIQUE ORGANIZATION. Lovers' In Now York Will Fraternize for Mutual Consolation. New Yohk, Nov. 20. Lawyer Lorrln Andrews, of 03 Park row, will apply to-day for a charter for tho Jilted Lov ers' club, an organization composed of young men of various ages and com plexions who have a common sorrow. No ono will be eligible who has not Veen "trun down" hard by some can did and unrequiting lady. The mem bers of the Jilted Lovers' club believe that no tie can bind men closer than the bond of mutual disappointment in love. They will select quarters, will bo a duly Incorporated body under tho laws of tho stato of New York, and periodically will assemble and re hearse tho memories of the days when the neck of their affections received the fatal and final blow. ELOPED WITH A YOUNG GIRL. Oklahoma Widower Driven ton School and Taken Ono of the l'upll. Altus, Ok., Nov. 20. M. C. Heard, aged 45, and tho father of nearly grown children, drove up to the schoolhouso during a recess and took Miss Augusta Simpson, a pretty 17-year-old girl, into the carriage with him and drove off. It developed later that the two had eloped and gono to Vernon, Tex., to get married. I5eard was divorced from his wife but a few weeks ago. Under tho laws of Oklahoma remarriage un der six months is illegal. THEY ARE DOING WELL. ConiircHHinan Curtis Tallin of Improve lnentH Aniline tho "lllanket" Hod Men. Toi'KKA, Kan., Nov. 20. Congress man Charles Curtis, who recently visit ed the Indian territory for the purpose of securing information to bo used in congress this winter, said: I visited tho Klowds. Comanchcs and Apa ches. Five years nco when I visited thorn less than a hundred families lived In houses mid practically none of them know anything about furmtnir. This tlrno I found 700 families living In houses and that muny of tho Indians aro raising cotton. Adklnnou Unjustly Charged with Murder. Moiu:m.Y, Mo., Nov. 20. Thanks giving day John Adkisson was arrested on the charge of murdering Mrs. Lelia Sumptcr, whose alleged dead body was found in a well near Waylund. Ad kisson protested Innocence, but tho grand jury indicted him for murder in tho first degree. Saturday .lames Grove went to Monroe county and yes terday appeared with Mrs. Sumpter, whom he found living with her parents. To ItivcntlKiito Klejjer and Covlnirton. Kansas City, Mo., Nov. 20. There is no longer doubt that the government will begin a criminal prosecution of the officers of tho Missouri national bank which failed November 30, 1800. Under orders from Washington a spe cial grand jury will bo called to in vestigate charges of bank wrecking against D. V. Rleger, president, and R. D. Covington, cashier, of the bank. Threatens tho United States. Washington, Nov. 20. This week's report to tho surgeon general of tho marine hospital service shows a horri ble condition in Havana. During tho week the deaths in Havana proper reached the almost unprecedented to tal of (500. Yellow fever Is spreading rapidly and unless it Is checked will seriously menace the United States in the spring. Chlnenu Hoys Trained to Murder. San Fiiancihco, Nov. 20. It has just develoned that over 100 Chinese slavo boys here aro being trained In assas sination and other crimes for later em ployment by highbinders. Tho scan dal was unearthed in connection with an investigation of the cases of two Chinese boys, aged three and four, for whom S300 earth had been paid to tha. , woman who had brought them over. f i -A y ,iiift!Ajjfk.