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Site Mketow Inl JntcUiqmrcr. " - . '" "^LUME XLYII-NUMBER 2, WHEELING, W. YAt, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25. 1898. PRICE TWO CENT& . "SPAIN WILL KICK Is to CO Orcr the Cession of I.ur.on to the ?r United States. an th IT WOULD BE A DEATH BLOW ? To I!?r Prtitlff* lu the tar Eut-Vnftv* oraUle ImprcMtou H*? Uoco Censed In Madrid bjr Telegrams Attributing to j Prvaldent SleKInlif the Intention of ] Infracting Peace Commissioners to Zn? 1 1st Upon the CeHlon of the Prlnetpml in] Island of (he Philippine*-Will Pro- ce louir Pmm S<Kotltlloiu~SonM Ctrirt re Thrift U. JU LONDON', August 25.?A dispatch to Aj the Standard from Madrid by way of ed France cays: A very unfavorable lm- Cfl presslon has been caused In Madrid by telegrams attributing to President McKlnley the Intention of Instructing the ye peace commissioners to Insist upon the h cession of Luzon, that American com- gl; merce should have the same footing as _ the Spanish In the Philippines, and that dIi Spain should pledge Itself that none of the Spanish colonies should he ceded to efl European powers. If such are me intexruono ut iua ?? United States government the negotia- ( lions are sure to be laborious, even If an understanding is ever arrived at. th The Spaniards consider the cession of tr< Luzon, their best and most Important island to be a death blow to their pres- vj, tlpe in these regions, and would be lr- in rctrfevably weakened and crippled br ha the presence of Americans In the heart JJJ of their colonies. Nothing could be wj better calculated than the pretensions mi attributed to America to develop In J J Spain the visible growing desire to oon cede all connection with the Philippines co and thus oblige the United States gov- vvl ernment to assume the burden of the Jjj responsibilities of their government or which would likely create conflicts with hi: --- ? ? A ? 1-- <Ol European powers una leuuiuB jiu uium - . the United States more trouble in the pacification of Cuba." Even the lower ] and middle classes seem to think this, M and thus In both directions Spain would amply make America pay for the ^ wrongs Inflicted. foi riBST TO ABEIVK. ^ Repatriated Spanlih Soldiers on tha All* ^ cAiite nt Cornnna, ? JJ ICORUXNA, Spain. Au*. M.?The fln Spanish reamer Alicante, with the flrst loi of Spain's repatriated soldiers who ar- ^ riven from Santiago ae uuoa reacneu {j( here to-day. Enormous crowds gather- v< ed on the quays, but were not,allowed frc to get near the vessel for fear of the { yellow fever contagion. All the military and civil authorities were present Some S|M of the sick will be taken to the Osa Lazaretto, where they will t>e quarantined. 1 Others will be kept five days In hospital coi ships before they are dispatched to their Bp homes. Those who are in good health mt will be promptly disembarked. wl The queen regent sent a message to bu the troops on b(?ard the Alicante con- Do pratulating them upon their conduct on Br the fleld and saying that she proposed Ojj to be the first to welcome them home. reJ The reading of the dispatch was re- I ceived with great enthusiasm. The de barkatlon Is now in progress. There was no yellow fever on boardv though fol sixty died of other diseases during the del voyage. ?? TBOUBLE 1R BAHIL4. ab In Ii?ll(loai Orders Inttlgnttng Opposition an 10 Aiucrlc?n Snprnmncy. MANILA, Philippine Island, Aug. 24.? 1 The natives assert that the religious orders are Instigating opposition to Atnerlean supremacy. Many Spaniards as- cp, sert they are eager to Invest their fortunes In new enterprises but that they th fear ruin If the Americans withdraw. A jj( few monopolists, fearing competition, mi ore eocretly Intriguing against the new *** co regime. au Newspapers published In both the En- hfi gllsh and Spanish, languages have nlready appeared. The Unltod States th transports Rio Janeiro and Pennsylva- ab nia arrived to-day, .the former bearing th two battalions of South Dakota voluntppr ronrtilts far th<* Utah llcht artillery and a detachment of the signal corps, and the hitter the First Montana voluntcors and 300 recruits for the First CaH- A1 fornla volunteers . Ml SPANISH flOLDKBC And the tiiiUKcnl* In VlieRfai fftl?n<I to III lilooilv Conflict. CO MADRID, A tic. 24.-1:30 j>. m.?The "> government h?9 received a dispatch from Gem R1o?, governor of tihe VIsoayeir Islands and the micceww of Gen. Jaudenes in. the Governor Generalship 1 of th: WhfflpInen, saying that there has mj l>een bloody fighting* between the Spanlards and' the Insurgents with an estl- ^ inw,. <t lows t<? the latter of 500 men. ha Th? Spanish loams were "unimportant." ga The diippatch say* fhat a rvum?ber of l>a in nirurntm ciunif wtiiu mmuiw mm i??i fliot. A Horgeant of KtndanivH who pli the ituthorltl'JK Uvr&jy escaped lynches ca at the har.dc-7 of th populace. He wuh un turned over to the court* anil ?hoL thi PHILlPrlNKiNaUHOENIS Hp WIIIImj |? Ci)?ii|?rrnin Willi thn Aftifii* rr.ua, tint Wont fXaarin. ] MANILA, FhH'lplne Irfand*, Aur. 24? tn| At a oonferenct? to-day between the In- ^ nirp and the American* the former or 'J* flared rm>phut4c?iiUy that they were pjn wllMns to (. <)-apera*e with the Amerl- n|, a;.- ar>r t?? Huar^nrtfr their urm? jju promptly If awurml; that the Island* tof u ''U*,d re ma Id either Aiiwrlcnn or a ?j?|, ftoi/y, or wider th?? prot oof orate of t?he ?.i UrAtM Statin or Ureal Ifrltntiv wj "un<*r>vu*(j itnir in*urKTU ivmierw no- jf) ?Ttc;i they wotrtrt nut dure dlfnmr, but povMfvtfly return* to do ?? . They threatrni.i a fr^h rebetHon within a month j If the AinerlannH withdraw. _ POI <'n|?tMr*-il N|?siiIiIi Arm*. j( WASHINGTON, I). C? Auffunt jjg| Oonoral Flagler, chief of the ordnance In bureau, Muk received further report* vai from th?- officer* In charge ?>f the cap- tro turfd Spanish arm* at Santiago. They poi ishow that tho number taken will be goi about 26,000 and "afcwal million" Hal unds of ammunition, the exact numr not stated. The report* say that e?e arm* are 3!au?ra and Bemlngn? and for the most part are In bad ndltlon. rusty and badly kept. The ma will bo sent to New York and irlngfleld, to be cleaned up and exlined critical))-. Ordnance officers say at If they can be put In proper contlon tbey Bill to made use of by the my. JEWS FROM GARCIA, > Has then Dolug a Utile righting on (U Own Hook-Has Id retted HglfUs. low IMeaples dlbera-SpeuUU Forces [lefealefL MEW YORK, August 24.?The foltow3 resort from General Oarcla was re Ived at ths Cuban junta to-day. The port wan addressed <o President T. itrada Palma: niBARA, August 3.?On ths 16th ot ly I held the last conference with the nerican general. Shatter. He Inform: me that the American troops had ptured Santiago do Cuba. Aware at my troops were so longer needed (hat vicinity while their were needed ry much In other places still occupied r the enemy, I so Informed General mfter. lie asked me to defar my deirturo two or three days, which I 1 d, starting on the 20th toward Hol11 n by way ot Jlguane. I am at prest with my general headquarters In e town of Glbara, where I arrived on e SOth of July. Oa the 29th while encamped In San ' ;dro Cacocum, I learned that General que had evacuated this town and at General Luis Deferla with the oop? under mm nau occupieu u. ??? tanlsh left In the hospitals over 600 -k and wounded, whom I have Broiled with beef. There Is perfect order , the ?own; new municipal authorities ive been elected and everything Is irking regularly. The United States eamshlp Nashville was In the harbor , hen I entered. I requested Its comjnder to ask his government to open Is port to foreign commerce or with i e United States at least The Spaniards took everything they uld. General Luquc Is In Holguln th 15.000 men and twenty-four can n, and I am trying to force him out, though X can only count on 4,000 men id four cannon with which to fight en. Volunteers and guerillas are daily [ning us. About 1,500 have already ined us, and if it continues the Spani army will soon be dissolved. tfayari, Fraybenlta, Jururio end Janaga are garrisoned by our army. The ' st of these towns was evacuated on p 22nd of July, leaving one hundred , :k and wounded that we are caring r in the hospitals. When the Span- 1 rds left Mayarl we defeated them, pturlng their convoy, consisting of , ree hundred rifles, 150.000 Remington d Mouser cartridges,two cannon with 1 imunltion for them, and provisions d clothing. They suffered severe ( jses, not many arriving at Holguln. [ have received propositions for the rrender of ManzanUlo tinder condi- 1 >ns which I have refused to accept. ?ry soon all my department will be < e from the dominion of Spain. [Signed.) CALIXTO UARCIA. SHE TOOK THE CHANCES. ( uUih Ship Halls Jut" Ponce?Didn't Know P??m Wat Dcclareri. ?ONCE, Porto Rico, August 24.?The isting schooner Dolores, flying the aqiah flag, entered the barbor this >rning. Her captain was uncertain lether a state of peace or war existed, t decided to take his chances. The lores was not molested. General ooks Is still waiting his credentials. their arrival he will Immediately tve for 8an Juan, a troop of the Sixth rular cavalry acting as escort, 'reparations are being made for the ibarkation of the volunteers and cavV ordered home. The cavalry Include iojjs A and C, of New York, and the lowing Pennsylvania troops: PhilaIphfa City troop, Sheridan troop and vernor's troop. There are concentra1 here and at Guanlca and will probly sail on the transport Mississippi the course of a few days. The men 2 delighted at the prospect, pointers for ( ubim IuanrgenU, tfASHINCfTO.V, D. C., August 24.? te representatives of the Cubans In e United States are still making evy effort to secure the dlsbandment of e Cuban forces and acquiescence In e policy of the United States In Cuba. ?tters ore being sent and arguments arte to the Cuban leaders pointing out at the Interests of the Cubans lie in -operation with the United Statee thorltles. Little or no Information is been received as to what effect eae representations will have upon e leaders In Cuba, but It Is believed at amicable relations can be brought out when the Cubans are persuaded at It Is to their Interest to accept the uation as the protocol leaves it. Nflki'tjalin to Have ClinrRt. I WASHINGTON, D. C., August 21? 1 (fore leaving Washington Secretary i ger Issued an order directing that ] r. Melkeljohn, assistant secretary of ir, should have control of all matters latlng to the tariff duties and taxes , be levied and collected as a military j ntrlbutlon upon the ports and places ] Cuba, Porto Rico and the Philippines < cupled by the forcca of the United < ales. c Xn?frnetlont fo Mptnln Grnvrala, | MADRID, August 24, 6 p. nWThe , Inlster of war. Lieutenant General ] irrea, when ashed what Instructions d been given General Illanco in re- \ rd to opposing the Insurgents In Cu- j , replied that he had ordered the cap- , In generals of Cuba and the Philip- , les to art In nccord with the Amcri- \ ns; but If the Americans should prove ( able to mnko the Insurgents respect b armistice,then the Instructions were rep? 1 by srms any attack upon the in lards. ______________ 1 Will Itrport to !Hl. Grstna* 1 [iANCASTER, Ps? August 24.-Cap- , In E. W. Howe, United States army, 1 reived orders to-day to report to Mt. 1 etna, which has been selected ns the J ico Tor mustering out the Ponnsylva- t i volunteer*. The work will i?e con- , otcd by Major Thompson and Lieu- , mnt Hay. assisted by Cnptnln Howe. 10 flrnt regiment to be murftered out j It be the Sixth, and this It Is expected , 11 be accomplished In from ten dayf f two week*. ( Prffmitlnm of Cnrllili. f XttJDON, Augunt 2.1.?The Madrid ] respondent of the Dally Mall says: t I* slgnlflennt that the principal Car- % \n here are rrftlsterlng their property the namcit of other person* to prent It* conflnctttlon In the event of t uble. Carll*t* disturbances aro re- c pted 1n several small towns in Ara- t i, caused by tho closing of the Car- i ; club*, I CAMPAIGN ISSUE . For the Democracy In Ohio will be Senator Hanna. FOREAKER TO BE ATTENDED TO flext Year for not Taking fVtcp* Against Hmm In Ibi 8?ftt*-Tha ContMt In lb* toDtanuon oiiwhb ubwuuk ?? g Hyirii Wl^eh ProuUtd to be a Bitter Fight, was Declared a Drew In the la- j Umt of Harmoay?The lUaolatloas De- { dare for Bryan la 1900 and "the Free* t and Uallulted Coloap of Gold and flil ver at the Ratio of 10 to It" V J DAYTON, 0., Aug. 24.?The Democratic etaXe convention to-day noml- t nated the following ticket: Secretary of ? state, Upton K. Guthrie, of Marlon; * Judge of supreme court, Hugh G. Nlohols, of Clermont; clerk of aupretne court, lf rtnvIA R. irtahftr. nf Dpi a ware: food and V dairy commissioner, John Baker, ot * Hancock; member ot the board of pubHo work* T. DwJffht Paul, of Sumtnltt tl county. The convention adjourned at 5 p. m>, 1' after being In continuous session all ti day. There were no Incidents of special o Interest after the contest between Joseph S P. Dowllng snd Allen O. Myers had been declared a draw In the Interest of * harmony. s The effort to get a new plan of party v organization In Ohio failed of final adoption, but it was given another chance ti by such reference as wllj bring It up P next year. The new organization seems b to satisfy those working for the noml- o nation of Paul J. Sorg for governor next c year and not displeasing to the McLean, <1 Brlce or other elements, and the cam- n palgn this year wlH be made on the * Hanna Issue and next year on Senator li Poraker for not taking steps against n Hanna. While the resolutions do not lj favor unlimited colonial expansion the chairman of the convention said the h platform meant to expand by the con- a sent of those to be governedi The most a decisive feature of the convention was v Its preference for Bryan in 1900 on the tl lame platform as In 1896. - o The resolutions adopted, reaffirm the h Chicago platform and say "we particularly endorse the financial plank therein s declaring for the free and unlimited 1 coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of *1 16 to 1 independent of any and all other o nations." t "We are proud of the patriotic conduct o In peace and in war of that brave leader C of Democracy William J. Bryan, and fa we favor his renomi nation for President in 1900." The platform favors an income tax * md thanks the minority In Congress for leeklng to secure "a just distribution of the war taxation equally upon wealth -A ind corporations of the country as well si is upon Its labor." 0 "We recognise the eternal truth that ? life, liberty and the pursuit of happl- c less is the natural and inalienable fieritage of all mankind, and elnie the hand t< )f despotism has been lifted from the rr aland of Cuba, dominated by Spain, we al rhould afford its inhabitants an untram- * meled opportunity to establish a free tl inu inucpenuciii u/timiunviiuii nu?c>?nent, deriving its powers from the con- jj lent of the governed^ and we remind the tturotry that Congress In the resolutions it vhlch declared war, resolved, "that the Jj United States hereby disclaims any dls- 0I position or Intention to exercise aover- *v slgnty, jurisdiction or control over said Jj aland except for the pacification there- ?] >f and asserts Its determination, when el that is accomplished, to leave the gov- ** jrnmcnt and control of the Island to Its p people" and we believe that until the <] people of the Islands of Cuba and the a Philippines redeemed from Spanish ? lomlnatlon, declare otherwise,we should h teep the faith upon which the war was tc begun and prosecuted." The resolutions favor the building of w 3ie Nicaragua canal, enlarging the mill- rr :la of all states, and redudng the stand- P' ng army, and oppose alliance with Eng- 1 land or any other foreign power, and s< lemand that the United States senate ?< ake action upon the findings of the Ohio 11 senate on the election of Marcus A. Ffanna as senator. c Admiral SchUy Canrnlracant. WESTPORT, Coon., A-U* 24.-This nornlng found Hear Admiral Schley 81 ureotly Improved amd everything now V pointa lo a speedy and complete- ro- tc joveryi Tlus Admiral passed a very gJ ,*omfortaWe n-lgitot tunCt arose with tho >ther mtemfbers of the Wortley house- v held at an early hour. The Admiral tr inmounces to-day that he Intends going to Washington* to-morrow, unless* hia >hyi*iclan oibsoluteJy forbid? It. After hln fort-noon visit, D. Gregory T mnouncwl that t'hro Admiral might be f iow wild to be convalescent. Accord- P Ingly It Is stated Admiral Schley Is tl latticing plans to go to New York to- 01 morrow, where he wltt report aboard ci irts flagship, the Brooklyn, and later In :lie day proceed to Washington* S< Troops to lit Muilntil mil. WA8MINGT0N, Aug. 24.-Orders e: lave been- Issued mustering out of the 0, 'o I lowing regiments: ? First Vermont. First Mnlne, Fifty- j,, pocondilowa; Sixth Penmnyivanla; Fifth Indiana; Third New- York; Second No- r, tirnsku; One Hundred and Fifty- sev- (c ?ntti Jndtama, all volunteer InAuitry, ilso battery of Ohio loght artillery First c Illinois volunteer eavalry, batteries A ? ind B Georgia Light artillery, Twenty- fH right/h Indiana tfght battery and tho New York and* Pennsylvania eavslry v. roops now at Porto Rilco. Other order* , n muster out troops will' be announced is soon as definite decisions are reach-di. i\?rio ium.ni cavalry mumwcu out ire Troojw A and C of Now York, tho ,n Phttadtolphtt. city troop, Shvrldun troop O ind tho Governor troop of 1'ennsyl- or aid a. cc Cfnri* no IiMfrnviinuat MA/DRID. Aug. 24.?Tho ffovomnvont h, lertultoly den.!ei? that K ha? ?ent on <h rdor to Gonoral franco instructing iu llm to remmw horn ratio* afralnat tho lo niunront*. Goncral fflanro haw full fa tberty lo act aa occasion requires of CAMP WIKPFF lhakM Up by * Klretrle Htona?H Tents Wfck?J Hwfiwy A !? *? \ to the Noldlrrm. NEW YORK, Au*. K-In the eltc :al storm which continued for 1 tours last night the wind blew d< nany of the soldiers tent?, twisted rlres about the camp, blew down led Cross hoipltal tent In the gem tospltal, and caused havoo genera Pwo tents were picked up from round and carried into the ocean. The wrecking of Ave unoccupied t? a the detention hospital will prev he landing of some alck soldiers on ransports. This forenoon soldiers are l>usy tlx ip tents Which were blown down i tutting the camp into fine shape agi The large T. M. C. A- tent in wk he soldiers vpend much of their t! writing to their relatives or readl ran also leveled by the gale. The news that an order Is soon to wued at Washington to muster out olunteera In camp. Including the roi iders and the Seventy-first rcglmi as been received with much awtlst Ion by the volunteer troops. The transport Arcadia, which an* ist night, was Inspected to-day. C aJn Capron. father of Captain Cap f the rough riders, who was killed anttago, Is on board sick. Many soldiers have been dlechari rum the hoepltals but there are ot Ick to take their places as soon as tl acate. Secretary Alger arrived at the ca >-day on a special train. To the net aper men Secretary Alger stated t! e hoped to make a thorough Inspect f the camp. He rode with the army c em who met him at the depot to hei uarters, and as soon as he was rec Ised by the volunteers and reguli be secretary was loudly cheered, itlmated that President McKinley * xuch concerned In the matter of prop r caring for the sick soldiers. The heat of the day completely t auated many of the soldiers In ca nd was reeponslble for a number ?,A?ha WIwa man rlfprt tO-d&Y. Th& ort of the hospital authorities ah acre are 780 men in the genera] ftospl f whom 225 have typhoid fever. Th undred men are In the detention cai The transport Leona is unloading; Ick men were received* In the hospl 'he Tale has on board 1,069 men of "hlrd and Twentieth regular In fan 1 f whom 378 are sick. There Is no a agfous disease on board. There * nly one death, (that of Private Jan opeland, of Company G, Twentieth wtry, from exhaustion and dysente CAMP KSADB v ' ** roopcfo ba Wn???r?l Ont?AoldUr* T llonor&bly Dlacharjcnri. CAMP MEADE. MIDDLETOWN.l tsgiisi 24.?Major General Graham acd orders this morning' detailing C nel William P. Duvall, chief ordnai nicer, as chief mustering officer of 1 orps. The Sixth will be the first ie Pennsylvania regiments to be si jme. General Graham received ord* )-day from the war department luster out this regJment. It will pr< bly be centraled at Camp Meade.wh' detachment is stationed until I luster rolls have been prepared ? len sent to ML Gretna to be mustei ut. The present plan of the war < nrtment is to muster out all the Per tivanla troops at Ml. Gretna. The eighteenth Pennsylvania re tent, which has been consolidated w ie Third battalion of the Sixteen ill probably be sent home. The Si nd battalion arrived in camp 1( v*ening from Fort Delaware and v b followed by the other four compan 'om Alliance, Ohio. Colonel Smith :ill confined to his quarters from I feet of a sunstroke while march! om the cars to camp. Private William Wlbley, Company irst Delaware, has been dishonors! Ischarged and sentenced to one y< I hard labor for desertion. Privj fnmnnnv 1?. nnd Prlvntft Oi on, Company D, of the same regime ave also been discharged In dlshoi >r disobedience of orders. Thlrty-aeven men in Company C, ie second division engineers cor ere ordered to the guard house tl lornlng by the captain for signing ftltlon to President McKlnley ask! r their discharges. The arrivals to-day were the first a cond battnllons of the Second Tenm ie, and the Third battalion of the Fi hodo Inland. THOROUGHFARE GAP. imp Being Thinned Ont?Corporal G Into Trouble. WASHINGTON, D. C., August 24.jedal to the Star from Thoroughfa a., saye <hat troops aro being mov > Mlddletown, Pa., as rapidly as p< ble. A portion of the Sixth Penns: anla regiment may be sent to-day ansportatlon facilities permit. "Esmeralda" was performed U /enlng by the King's Daughters horoughfare and Haymarkct, seve: oung ladles from Washington a hUndelphta <altlng part. A band fr< io Seventh Illinois was provided a /ery regiment In camp was reproiei 1 in the audience. Corporal W. F. Qulnn, company ovonth Illinois, Is under arrest for c jlatlng a paper which gave the met ers of his company an opportunity cpress their views on being muster it. Sixty-one out of the slxty-fl len now on duty signified a desire s mustered out. Corporal Qulnn v b courtmartlaled for violating arr ?gulatlons making his action an < nse against good discipline. The examination of witnesses | aptaln Duncan, of the Twenty-seco ansas, charged with opening grav intlnues to occupy tho attention of t >urt. No new features have been c loped. The conclusion of the case tpected Friday afternoon. Mrrrttt A*inmn Uovernornhlp. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 24.?A spr 1 from MnrvHu. of August 23 mi cnenuJ Merrrttt han awruimrd tho go mrrreni auiy on? i mwmina or the eltfhftfc oorv* to MnJ enernt OUhk lirlK. Oen. H. O. Oil*. of Cafltforrt been ordrr to report tn G??n, A nwn, nnd Oen. MuoArtiuir hna ho i*l|pUHl to command the ?econd <11 vl n. Col. Ovi*ri?Mr.'.' of the third u-n m will ronmwtiKl' the brigtulo in j>]? ! Gen. AlacArthur. : ' J*f TtPMG'S WE. I *" bi ilftU ?, <11 A Pittsburgh Street Car Struck ?| oaT Exploding the Motors. ej jwn ? ** ONE PASSENGER WAS KILLED the Si ?ral jjy And Pomr Others lertoiulf Injnnd-The ^jje Oar Takn Plra aad Pmaeuiiri Become Panto Mtrlckto-A Hlugalar Aeeliicm. 81 ifftB 8rmc??? ! Storm Swept?Four Factories In ent Md Cbutthea 0nro0M-Ttioiu?H(li of m the Dollar* Worth of Daioaj(? Done to Prop- ^ ?rty. CC in* md PITTSBURGH, Aug. 2t.-Durlng a. bl ain. heavy thunderstorm to-day lightning tlch struck a eummer oar on the Second aveIme nue traction line as It wa? passing ^ nff. Greenwood avenue, and ae a resuH one G passenger 1b dead, another will probably be die and four others are badly hurt, the Dead: B. S. Fear, aged sixty-two, a well known business man of Haaelwood. ?nt- Injured: Mrs. Sarah Munhall, skull ?c" fractured, arm broken and hurt internally, will probably die. tred Eugene Mundall (her son), badly cut ar *P- about head. *h ron David Thomas, head and arm cut and ?* bruised. ' Unknown foreigner, foot crushed. on James A. Butler, shocked. {h &?r The car which contained about twelve ^ W passengers was travelling at about a } twenty tnlle rate when the bolt struck roP it, exploding the motors and setting Are ^ to the car. gu The passengers were panicstTlcken and ar Ion made frantic efforts to escape through gu ,m~ the tightly drawn canvass sides. , a(I~ Mr. Pear in jumping alighted on his head, crushing his skull In a horrible ^ lIW* manner. He lived but a short time. All He the Injured received their hurts in atras tempting to Jump before the car came to cr" a standstill. np, BX_ HTJBRIOANE 8WEPT. coi mp CiMt Damage i)ou? In SjrrMMCi Keir P? 02 Vork-Mnny tlnUdli?B?Unroof?<1. SU n_ SYRACUSE, N. T., Aug. 24.?A hurri- tlo QW cane In this city this afternoon did sit tal, thousands of dollars worth of damage, na The roofs of four factories were blown j np> off. Three men employed at the power be KM hou&$ of the Lakeside Railroad Com- th< taj pany were badly Injured by the west Ye the wall of the birtldlng falling and one of an Tyt them, Electrical Engineer Carl Dinger, dr 3n- may die. Another man 1b believed to Ca PM have been fatally Injured by being pic nefl blown from the roof of a factory. $1; jn. The street car service was delayed for 1 xy, considerable length of time because of Pu trees which fell on the rails and trolley wires. Part of the roof of the Church be iu- of~the*A*srtinptfon~waa blown-off,-?nd tit the statue of the Virgin Mary was blown ?a., off and lodged In the cellar. pa 1 INTERNAL REVENUE MATTERS ?? ice /nr the Vm1 An>QBnt of Work Done In Tlmt De- !V. pnrtment?Commluluuir Keott II u of lliuvUm.ortt.' 5J; Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. g ? WASHINGTON, D. a, Aug. 24.?By a tor ,b_ trtatomertt prepared to-day at the ofllce 1 ire of Commissioner Soott, of the Internal caj ine Hovervue bureau, u is snow-re inurs, xn? an ."j average daily sWpment* of revenue J jc. stamps from the vaults of thto bureau Ga in- during July aggregated In numbers g 1 22.77n.527. Counting the overage size ? ffl- of the pltmpo at started dimensilonb t'he ,iPI ith result t'hown that they would, K placed j th, together, cover an area of 28,560 square * sc- jvtrd*; If placed end1 to end In- n Htralgtet t r ist Wne tlhey wnW make a continuous strip T .'111 617 miles hi length. A1 les Agaiin It is estimated that if a cflerk 5 is Should work on an average of ten hours ,* the each day, affixing the stamps, disposing clsc ng of one each half minute, H would re- , quire 52 years for him to dispose of the K, lwue? of a single day. This statement p )ly wiM give an Idea of the barge amount of eri1 ?nr work imposed upon the commissioner's a8fi bureau, a considerable addfltlon having 3r_ been made, as i? will known by the war n* revenue bilk C * ' ?im Atl avmwwMiurlV mw. 10r lAMJVINaBIVIKH- mun to uu ?. ** ? x busy man, these cVaya, The deputy . 0f commissioner, Onpt. WICson, has been ,n Dg ill of pneumkmia for nearly two weeks, ty** u,' and three of tfoe headte of division* are ph also IN. the detail* of Mhe 'great bureau he! are therefore devolving altogether upon K? K the com mission* iv wihose duties are d4s _ - thereby about double what they should ^ "a be. FOrturiateiy Ms health Is not Im- Ba paired' l>y It, and- by working overtime J"'1 rBC he keeps the machine moving; vrh i m Ad DEMOCRATIC CHANCES the hoc ta In thla Stnte Sllnt If Chicago Platform li A<lh*rul to. -A Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer. M r0t WASHINGTON, Aug. 24.?Hon. J. B. h?< C(1 Sonrmervllle, of Wheeling, has been In thl j8. Washington for several dnyw and has WQ jrj. given his views of the political sltruortlon If In West Virginia. caf "If the Democrats axe wd?e enough," attint he says, "to Ignort the free silver issue 1)U1 nf there Is a cflmnoe for them?good flgtrt, Ing cihance; but If they Insist on adherrnl fng to the OWoflgo pint form they will n" drive a/ws.y a great many round money ant 5"J men, particularly In the First congresn? riowal dlstrfet, where sound money it- Democrats aiboundv" 8 The Inference otf course, being that scr G, In driving away the sound money men lr- the Democrats forfeit their flghftlng HO , m- chance. Mr. Ron/mervllGe days of the cpI, to logtsfiature to be Chosen shall be Repuib- , . ed llean* it Is his opinion Judge Goff can J J ve hwve Wie United States seniuoralhlp; but , to If the Judge declines, Hon. N. K. Scott ;? Mil I will be Mr. Fmutlk tier's successor. S? EXPLOSION OF OAS lhe . Will Probably ftennlt in th? Df?th of nfj William Hyde. y en, Bpeelal Dispatch to tbo Intelligencer. Pl? ho SI8TER8VIL.Ui>> W? Va., Auk. 24.? g J l?* A tcrnttfle actrideivt has occurred over \nf( 11 In the Ertk Run> oft field by which Wll- ery Main" Hyde Mill probnibly low? hta life 2M On the Mbrtfra Thornton No. 1, Hyde, k?" wtw> In one of the contractor? anul workInir on the well hlnwelf, got ln*o a dow F v- of qulcknand at a1>oirt one hurvdrtnl and Bj0' he fifty feet. ami after working wfth It ft w|? or white decided to run- a lantern down -A! which ho did. The (nVUottt the lantern wjn la, ?cot dmvn ahotvt a hundred feet the foul n- air and *nf? erptododv throwing broken T n jrtar?* and imnd up Into the derrick. Alt by la- the time of ttao cxp!orton took place nnd u- Hyde ww? looking dowrv the hole and Ire 7 ? co got tho fuH force uf It In the face, and on 9 n the t>rcttM. The force u< ttot explosion is 11 I ?w Mm about twenty feet out of the errick. and his (ace an- braaat vara idly burned and HHed with ,-nnd and roken gUits. He ia In a terrtble ooslllon and there la very little hope at [a recovery. Should he recover tt la nreti be wIH ioao the ot bolt. ret. , KNIGHTS OH PYTHIAS^ ???-?. iprftme Udgt Gtttlai Down im Work* InveUlRHiuR Clisr^u AftUuat iMprMM l?flJ rr. -romWili.vf Drill*. INDIANAPOLIS. Ind.. Aug. 24.?Tl* ipreme lodge Knlghta of Pythias went to executive sew ion at 9 o'clock tfcte ornlng- and adjourned at 12 o'clock. n/?h rniiflno hnolnAM wn? trunsiiptwl. mmlttees were appointed and reports ere referred. The representatives have gun tt? get ready for the bard work tilch la before them. Representative Gale, of Massochutta, resigned from the investigating ramittee, appointed yesterdiy, and . sorge M. Hanson, of Maine, waa apluted to All the vacancy. Representare Bangs, of North Dakota, waa made talrman of the committee and the umbers adjourned to begin their work, le committee was ordered to report toarrow morning and it has a great nount of labor before it. An effort. 11 be made to And out the author of e reports circulated against the offlra of the aupreme lodge, and all those io It Is thought can throw any light the subject will be Summoned before . c committee, and asked to give any formation that they may have. Supreme Chancellor Colgrove *P-^, Inted John H. Alexander, of Virginia, d William B. Gate, of Massachusetts, preme tribunes. These appointment! e for six years. Representative Gale cceeds George Zay, of Tennessee. Supreme Chancellor Colgrove alao apInted the following committee to collier the question of changes of the su?me tribunal Representative Kuchnle, Iowa; Clatfback. of Michigan; Fariirton. of Maine: Botton. of New Jer y, and Weed, of Wisconsin. This mmlttee was asked to consider the rert of the supreme chancellor on the preme tribunal and go into the quesn 'thoroughly, particularly the propor ion to cut down the size of the tribu1 to three members. U Camp Colgrove to-day the drills pan. In class A the three companies it drilled were No. 9, of Kalamasoo; llow Cross No. 85, of Alliance, Ohio, d No. 28, of Ottawa, Illinois. The Ills took place at Newby oval, near mp Colgrove. The first prise In this iss Is 11,500; second, $1,200; third, 000 and fourth $800. Phis afternoon a cavalry drill was t up'by the st Joseph, Ma, Hussars, 1 only troop entered. The prise is 10 and it is a question whether It will awarded since there was no compe* Ion. Several thousand people witssed the drills. At the session of th? --i thbone Sisters to-day twenty-six st grand chiefs took the supreme nple degree. At Masonic hall this afnoon the Noblesvllle, Ind.,temple and" ris temple, of Cincinnati, competed the prizes in the exemplification of / tialistic work. The Knights of Khor;an elected the following officers tort tublime venerable prince?J. M.Strati, Philadelphia. mperlal prince?John A. Hlnsey.ChU ?o. mperlal BaSha?James G. Owen, Ersvllle, Ind. mperlal Kadi?H. E. Parker, jr., lea burg, 111, mperlal secretary?H. W. Beldlng, Louis. mperlal treasurer?C. A. Frnsee.Gar\ City, Iowa. mperlal Adool?A. J. Hess. Sidney, O. mperlal Fakir?J. J. Sawyer, Covlngu Ky. mperlal trustee, (six years)?Charles Poland. Columbus, Ohio. 'our years?H. Schaffncr, San Praaco: >ne of the big social events of theennpment was the public reception en to-night In the state capital. Govr lor Mount and the other etate officers listed. The attendance was large. Kilted In it ftiuehil Row. JOLUArRUS, Go., Aug. 24?Hott. oitwb Ml AiJ/ima, a Democratic nofBh e for the legislature, has been aswlnoted at GMes, a country town In attahootfhee county renwte from e. The deed wn? committed! in a: lenal row at a voltttcnii gathering. A pute between Jeu Davis, a negro tool teacher. Democrat, aiid Wltllasa $5 gley, Populist nominee for the Jeffiture precipitated a general flght in 4cto several shots were fired. Mr. amp was a bystander and received ? buMet in the temiple and on? In the trt. Mr. Atiems nas very popular. noHweolKf uarr wnpwim 1ARIETTA, 0., August 24.?After existing twenty-eight more names, rty-four In all, the McSweeney,Jur#r s completed to-day. The Jury visited scenes of the Mason tragedy and 1 attorney for the state presented the ie. A colloquy followed In which the jrneys for McStveeney, declared flielr 'poHe to put the character of Mason a desperate man before the Jury, bat Ige Coultrap promptly called & halt 1 after this the case was fully stated I court adjourned. German Caihollo Societies. riLWAUKEE, August 24.?To-day'# slon of the Central Union of Gern-Amerlcan Catholic roung men's letles was largely token up In ret'lng reports of committees, tho most jortant of which was that on constllon. The constitution was changed end that hereafter all conventions of union will be hold at the time of the man Cnthnlir <la?r or convention of 73 Central Vereln. HlK llrewrrjr Fire. IEW YORK, August 25.?-The MBlon of n large ammonia tank used tho making of Artificial Ice, set Are an early hour this (Thursday) mornto Jacob Hoffman's Crescent brew, a live-story brick structure at tfoa. and 20S East Fifty-fifth street. Loai, KM. _ Weather Foreenat for To-itay. or West Virginia and Ohio, thunder rms and rain; brisk gouthwesterly to 1 iterly wind*. or Wfitern Pennsylvania, thunder rtna aud ruin; coolor; frcah variable a.. t?ocftt Tcmperacnrr. ite tempnraturo yesterday as observed i C. Schnopf. druKKlst. corner Market Fourteenth atreots. xvan as follows: ? m 8111 P. m W . 84 T p. H a W I weather?Fair. . . i