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1 - THE ENTERPRISE. WELLINGTON, onia General News Summary. ' interesting Home and Foreign Newt DOMESTIC. The car house of the Red Bank A long Branch Electric railroad in Shrewsbury, N. J., was destroyed by fire on the 24th. There were 16 cars in the building and it was impossible to save any of them. The loss on building and its contents amounts to about $50,000. ; It has been found that in revising the eode two years ago the Iowa legislature unintentionally provided that hereafter presidentiaj electors be chosen bv con gressional districts, instead of by the tote at large. The change would have meant two or three democrat ejectors in Iowa. The forthcoming year book for the Congregational denomination shows that the past year was not one of as much growth as usual. The churches mdded to the list number 110, those dropped 104 and this net nddition of brings the total for all the states and territories to 5,620. The number of -church members January 1, 1S99, was 628,234. The schedule for the naval militia drills on the great lakes has been made up. It will be on a more extensive . scale than heretofore, and considerable ia expected from it. The Ohio militia etarts July 5 for an eight-day cruise on the steamer Michigan, the Michigan militia on July 20 for eight days, and he Illinois militia on August 7 for eight days. The strike in the Saeo and Pettee machine shops at Biddeford, Me., where 400 machinists quit work because the management refused an increase of wage to yard hands and furnace men, iiaa been declared off. The agent agreed to give the men the advance de manded. The rapid increase of Japanese irrmii pration into Hawaii has attracted the aerious attention of the authorities at Washington. The reports received hv Ihe immigration authorities, are in line with press dispatches stating that the , Influx Is steadily increasing. An Uni ted States Inspector stationed at Hono lulu says that 12.000 Japanese have ar- rived since the islands were annexed o the United States. The largest stamp mill in the world Ms been opened by D. 0. Mills at the TreadweJl mine on Douglass island, Alaska. lhe Treadwell and its asso ciated mines now have 8S0 stamos in operation. They crush 3.520 tons of ore every 24 hours, averaging about $) per ion in gold, or J14.000 daily , The Rhode Island house of represen tatives has defeated an attempt to re peal the act allowing cities and towns to exempt manufacturing concerns Irom taxation for ten years. The Carnegie Co., which made appli ration to the Pennsylvania state denart. rrnent recently for a charter, has filed notice of an amendment of its title to Ihe Carnegie Steel Co. The proposed corporation is capitalized at $100.000., 000, which amount .will be increased to 230,000,000. Mrs. Frjink Glass and hef 4-year-old ..on lost their lives at Montgomery, Ala., on me zstn, in a wen. The child ac cidentally fell in and drowned. Mrs. Glass jumped into the well in an ef fort to save the boy. Two persons, a man and a woman, perished in a Are that destroyed a lodging house in Xew York City on 4he night of the 24th. The Standard Oil Co., having acquired not only the old Russian title, but a inter mineral land grant from the Uni ted Mates government, to the coal jBuiiB bi uiki miei, .Alaska, Is pre paring io develop ine coal news. .-Mgniingaie s siik mill at J'nterson, If. J., was destroyed by fire on the 25th. The factory was a three-story irame siriicnire. l he loss is $50,000. The fertilizing plant of Walker, Ptratman & Co.. on Herr's island, near Pittsburg, was destroyed by fire on the , 25th, hdward Probst, an employe, is missing and it Is feared that he was tmrned to death in the building. Con siderable valuable machinery was de. : .aTtroyed. The loss was about $100,000. Dissensions have arisen in the bi cycle trust that threaten to disrupt that giant combination. The Ninth immune infantry regi. meot was mustered out on the 25th at Camp Meade, Pa. The regiment came to camp from Cuba about the middle of April. It is composed of colored men ond was recruited in the south. The Yale corporation held its regu. lar May meeting at Xew Haven. Conn., m the 25th and elected Arthur T. Hart ley president of Yale university to suc ceed Timothy Dwight, resigned. , The steamer Cuba was badly dam , aged by fire while lying at Buffalo, X. Y., on the night of the 24th. The boat now lies on the bottom of the river. The loss will reach $30,000. At Wollaston, Mass., on the 24th Ben jamin Kingsley threw himself in front of a train on the Xew iork, Xew lin den &, Hartford railroad and was killed, An hour previous to that time he had stepped in front of an express train out was pushed out of danger. Got. Jones, of Arkansas, has issued m proclamation which in a large meas ure rescinds his former order exclud . 1ng foreign laborers from the state, in that it removes the inhibition of "all honest and peaceable laborers." In his proclamation the governor states that miners can come into Arkansas and they will be protected in working ue mines. A report cornea from Jfonb, Utah, "that four Italians have been arrested for alleged participation in the destine. tion of the La Salle mine in Colorado, mix miles from the state line. Two ivnndred pounds of giant powder were exploded near the mouth of the mine. The mine Is owned by a Michigan syn dicate, ine men had been working in the mine, but were recently discharged. Husiness failures In 1he United t filiates for the week ended May 26 nombered 142, as compared with 213 for the same time Inst year, and C in Canada, ns against 21 for the corre ponding period of 1899;;. Heven hundred and fifty corpora. lions chartered under the laws of TVt A'lrglnla have been returned de linquent for non-payment of their license tax. They must pay the tax and a penalty of $5, or their charters -will be declared forfeited. , The mills of the Illinois Steel Co. at South Chicago, III., have just broken the world's record of steel rail mak ing in a 12-hour run. The new rec ord is 1,310 tons. The former record of 1.301 tons was also held by the Jkruth Chicago plant. . , The secretary of wnr has ordered z.ooo recruits now at Ntn Iran cIbco for regulsr regiments in the Phil, ippines to sail on the transport Sheri, dan, June 7, for Manila. Charles Johnson, second sergeant. Company M, Ninth immuncs, aeciden. tally shot and killed himself with his revolver In the Pennsylvania railroad station at Harrisburg, Pa., on the 26th. One man was Instantly killed and another so badly injured that he died soon aftt-r, by the cploslon of a steam drying cylinder in the dyeing and fin- tsblng mill of James Martin & Co., at Philadelphia, on the 2tith. Three oth ers were injured, one probably fatally. The loss on building and machinery was about $10,000. President McKinley has pardoned J. A. Church, Dave Wilsnp and Hnrve P.ruce, serving sentences in the Fort Leavenworth (Kan.) penitentiary. These three men and Homer Skidmore are under indictment in the stilts courts of Arkunsas for killing a deputy marshal. Brig. Gen. Shaffer is taking steps to prepare a model camp nt the Presidio, Kan Francisco, fur the accommodation of 4 000 men. It will be occupied by volunteers returning from the Philippines until they can be mustered out. August Reeder's feather re,novatln( factory in Newark, X. J., was almost totally destroyed by fire on th.i 20th. The building was four stories high nnd was valued at $40,000. Over one-third of the business por tion of Stnples, Minn., was biirnd on the night of the 25th, over 25 buildings being destroyed. The fire started from on overturned lamp in a tailor shop. The total loss is estimated at $50,000. PERSONAL AND POLITICAL. Capt. James Selover, who was pilot of the Monitor during her fight with the Merrimac in Hampton Roads, is dead at Boston, aged 82 years. J he president has given orders to carry out the recommendation of Gens. utis and Lawton by making Col. Sum mers, of the Second Oregon, a brevet brigadier general of volunteers. 1 The naval orders posted on the 24th assign Capt. J. B. Coghlan to duty as commandant of the Puget Sound naval station on June 30, by which time the Raleigh will lie out of commission. The remaining officers of the Raleigh are also detacher! and placed on waiting orders or leave. Harrison Reed, governor of Florida from 1868 to 1872, during the stormy period of reconstruction tunes, died at South Jacksonville. Fla., on the 25th He was 86 years old. ' S. H. J. Taylor, one 'of lhe most prominent negroes of the Unitei States, died suddenly at Atlanta, (ia on the 25th. He war a leading negro democrat and held important position under President Cleveland's admin. istrntion. Rosa F-onheur, the famous painter of animals, died nt J-ontuineblcuu France, on the 2fith. Capt. Julian Myers, who commanded the Confederate ship Hnntsvillc dur ing the engagements with Farragnt below Mobile, died at Mor.tcluir, X. J., on the 2fith, aged 74. Admiral Dewey telegraphs the navy department that he will stop nt, vari ous places on his way to the l.nited States and will reach New York about October 1. f FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. ''. Aflvices from Riga, capital of the Bal tic province of Livonia, in Russia, say that the military in suppressing the rioting between Lettish and Lithua nian workmen at that place killed 12 persons and wounded 50. The Spanish general Montcro, while on the way to Manila with the Span isn garrison from Znnihoangn, filed of wounds received in a recent engage ment with the Filipinos in Mnndunao. A great sensntion has been caused at Glasgow, Scotland, bv the failure of Veilsnn Itros.. un important firm en- gageil in the iron and steel trade. It is calculated that the concern lost $1, 250,000 during the past year. Grand liassam (a French town of Africa. Upper Guinea, on the gold coast) has been evacuated owing to the ravages of yellow fever and it will probably cease to be the capital of the French ivory coast. CASTELAR IS DEAD. A Noted Spanish atateamaa Goe n His Jten-ard-A katela or HI Ufa Work. Madrid.May 26. Don Emillo Oastelar, the distinguished republican orator and statesman, who had been suffering from an attack of pulmonary catarrh, contracted last winter, is dead. Emilo Oastelar was born in Cadli, September 8, 1832. His father, an ex change broker, spent seven years in thj Knglish possessions, chiefly nt Gibral tar, to escape sentence of death passed on him for his implication in liberal movements. Notwithstanding his father uiea poor, tmilio, who was only seven years old at the time, received a supe rior education, and attained great dis tinction as a journalist and orator. In 1856 Castelar was the successful competitor for the chair of history and philosophy in the University of Madrid. He was deprived of hjs university pro fessorship in 1864 after having, with henor Caraseon. founded the lournal La Democracia. Castelar paved the wav by hit writings and speeches for the revolution of 1866, which was put down by Marshal Serrano. He was sentenced to death and his paper suppressed. In disguise he escaped to Geneva and thence to France. During the troubles of 1868, when Isabella II. was dethroned, Castelar re turned to Spain and labored for the adoption of a republican form of gov. ernment, 'but the throne was re-estab lished in 1870 with Amndeo as king. Castelar was restored to his professor ship in 1868 and resigned it in 1875. Hi was elected to the cortes for Saragossa and Lenda, and opposed Frim and Ser rano and subsequently King Amndeo. When King Amadeo abdicated in 187-1 Castelar became minister of foreign af fairs to the republic (February 12) and president of Spain, with extraordinary powers (September 7). On January 2 1874, he resigned. Serrano came to he front t the military rcaction.and a year later, when Alfonso XII. was called to the throne, Castelar made a second journey to Geneva. In 1876 he re-entered the cortes. Castelar passed away at Murcia, cap ita of the ancient kingdom and mod ern province of that name. The news of his demise caused profound emotion throughout Spain. The queen regent and members of the cabinet immediate ly telegraphed condolences to the fam ily- TO AYOID WAR. Great Powers May Organize Peace Tribunal. ' The Disarmament Conference Taker Steps Toward Securing Arbitra tion of Disputes Between tha Nations ol the World. LATER NEWS. After n snow blockade lasting for four months, the South Park railroad has been opened unci a train has reached J.eadville. Col., from Denver. Xews comes of the drowning of seven men In the Yukon river. The party left Dawson April 21 with a huir of gold. At White river, eight miles irom unwson, they broke through the ice. The immigration from Ireland is un usually heavy this season. There were landed one day recently at .New York City over 750 Irish boys and girls. A wonderful oil well has been struck near Fullerton, Cal. The well is now spouting 400 barrels of oil a day. Burglars entered the house of Jesse Wukemnn, n wealthy farmer living three miles from Walton, X. Y., and stole over $2,000 in cash and $25,000 in securities. Seven men were injured in a powder -aiiomu!i at, .Mine .o. a or- the Yougb logheny River Coal Co. at, Scott Ha ven. Pa., on the 27lh lilt. The men were badly burned, but all will recover except Hillmm Bairrl. The directors of the American To- narco to. have decided To build fac tories in Japan nt once and to vitro !' onsly expand the company's business in mat country. , The surplus reserve of the Xew York dewing bouse banks s now hiirhei- than reported for 11 months, the n-ni,, m wiuz.xihj lor ine week ending May 27 having swelled the total to il3.!la3. 725. . The Xorriftown nnd Pottstown fTa.i juries which hnve been jointly investi gating the cause of the fatal wreck on the Reading railway at Kxeter. hnve rendered a verdict holding the Read ing Rnilwny Co. primarily resmnsible for the accident, which resulted in the loss of 2!) lives and injuries to over 40 persons. Plans have been nrnctfcnllv com pleted for a combination of the lead ing perfumery concerns in the coun try.' As a preliminary sten all Mm firms assenting to the plan will be converted into stock companies and these companies will then be taken over by the American 'Perfume Co., a corporation to be, organized under the laws of Xew Jersey and to be capital- ?CO ni U,UIKJ,UUO. The propeller Zealand, which disap peared after leaving- Port DalhousiH. Out., in a storm 18 years aco. has hint been found by divers who were search ng Lake Ontario for the tuir Walker. -nmk last fall. The Zealand wns load ed with pork nnd iron. The steamer remains Intact 'and will be raised, the wreckers claiming ownership. She van Valued nt $35,000, ' ' ' THREE ON ONE TREE. A Texan and His Two Hons Lynched bjr 13 Masked Men. Houston, Tex, May 26. Three white men, James Humphrey and his twn sons, were lynched Wednesday night near the village of Aley, in Henderson county, a remote neighborhood devoid of telegraph, telephone or railway con nections and about 75 miles southwest of Dallas. The Humphreys were farm ers. Several months ago Constable Melton of the Aley precinct, was mur dered by a man who had committed a crime and whom he was attempting to arrest. The people searched the coun try thoroughly, but failed to appre hend the murderer. The Humphreys were on friendly terms with Melton and were thought to have murdered him nnd escaped. Wednesday night a mob of 13 masked men appeared at, the Humphreys home and cailed the three victims out. The men were permitted to see the women of the family, whom they informed tha t the men were to be taken to Mala- koff, a few miles distant, before a jus tice of the peace and perhaps to the county jail at Athens. When morning arrived the women sent to Malakoff to learn what had been done. The mes sengers were told that the Humphreys had not been brought there. The women then gave the alarm and a searching party was organized. About noon a party of searchers came upon the bodies of the three men hanging froyi a limb of a large oak tree, about three miles from the Hunrcllireys farm. SWEPT BY A FIERY GALE. City of fit. John, N. B., Is VUlted IT a Blaze that Entail 1500,000 Loss to Properly 1,000 People Homeless. St. John, N. B., May 26. Fire that broke out in a building adjoining the warehouse of P. Xnse & Sons, on Main street, Thursday afternoon, did enor mous damage. A leading underwriter estimates the loss nt $500,000 and the Insurance at $300,000. For several hours the fire's progress was un checked. Insufficient water supply, a long term of dry weather and a -brisk gnle contributed to cause a conflagra tion which for a time threatened anni hilation to the wooden district where it originated. Late last night, how-. ever, the fire had died out and there is no fear of any further loss. The area burned over comprises 1.1 blocks or portions of blocks, and the bullding-s destroyed number 150. The -district ravaged by the fire was com posed largely of tenement houses and (probably 1.000 persons are homeless, a majority of them laboring people. Two deaths are to lie 6et down to the fire. Miss Cunard, an aged lady, was burned in her house, and Mrs. Arnold Mowery, who resided a short distance from the scene, died from shock. Jamaicans Reek Reciprocity. Kingston, Jamaica, May 26. The gov ernor of Jamaica has received instruc tions from the secretary of state for the colonies, Mr. Joseph Chamberlain, to send two delegates from the legisla ture to Washington, there to meet a delegate from London, for the purpose of conferring with the state depart ment on the subject of Jamaica's tariff and reciprocity with the United State. The' Hague, May 27. It can now be stated with some degree of confidence, tiiat the delegates to the peace con ference ore gradually arriving at the belief that its outcome will be very much whnt. Andrew D. White, United States nniliassador lit Berlin, and head of the American delegation here. forecasted in an interview cabled to the United States last Monday. So far as armaments are concerned the utmost that it is expected to accom plish is some slight recommendation to the governments partieiptiting. ine vnrlnus committees have now setled to work and the delegates hnve begun a formal exchange of views. It was decided. on Friday to appoint a committee to receive all suggestions. proposnls nnd petitions emanating irom outsiders, but so far ns is nacer tained, these will be pigeon-holed without consideration unless thev come within the purview of the ques tions enuemerntec! in the circular of Count Muravieff, the Russian minister of foreign affairs, In outlining the sub jects for consideration. I he disarmament committee met Friday- morning and M. Beeriiaeit, chief of the Belgian delegation, who presided, set forth the points submit ted for consideration. The two sec tions imedintely divided and proceed ed to discussion of the question of firearms and explosives, which contin ued until the hour for adjournment The arbitration committee met in the afternoon under the presidency of the chiel of the rrench delegation, Leon Bourgeois, who presented the questions of mediation and nrbitrit tion and suggested a programme the committee might follow, urging re course to all pacific means to settle in ternationnl questions before a recourse to war. He submitted a long list of possible subjects of dispute which might arise between nations and yet might find solution in arbitration, closing with the more difficult problems. Ho then presented a scheme already introduced to the full conference bv a Russian delegate, a scheme consisting of 40 nrticles. Sir Julian Panncefote p-o- posed that the committee should pro ceed before nil else to consider the question of n permanent tribunnl of arbitration. He did not. however, sub mit nnv plnn, and eventually wi'h- derw his motion In view of the suggs- tions offered by Count Xigra, who urged the wisdom of following the programme of the president, in whhh the question of a permanent tribunal follows the general subiect of arbi tration. M. Bourgeois ohserved that the committee, bv not opposing it, pave adhesion to the principle favor ing a peaceful solution of international questions before a recourse to arms, Recognizing that the committee- was too large to consider the Russian pro posals, ju. t.ourgeois appointed n sub committee which gives representation to all the great powers as well as to Holland, Belgium and Switzerland, Grent iinportnnce is nttnehed to the meetings held Friday and to the nnnni ninus acceptance of the general prin ciple of arbitration nnd mediation. London, Slay 27. The correspondent of the leiegrapr, at l he Hngue suys Pence prospects touched high water mark Friday when the conference found itself face to face with nrbitra Tion in a pracucanie form and as a permanent international achievement " his honor is mainly due to Sir Julian I'auncefote. When the members of the arbitration section had finished reading the Russian proposals on this subject, Kir Julian ev pressed his com plete approval of their, but raid it would be n great pity if the confer ence failed to embjiy the principle of arbitration in some permanent shape "1 now beg to propose, he snid, "th! formal establishment of a permanent arbitration tribunal, empowered to deal with all matters in dispute can, able of reference to the judgment of an umpire. 1 ask yon to accent the. principle now. M. lie Mini at once "lcclnred: "Sir Julian Pauncefote having presented his proposal, we nre prepared to com plete the printed suggestions lust di, trimiteii oy omers, iieniinr with a permanent arbitration board." Thereupon the Russian president of the conference drew a pnper from hU pocket and laid if on the table. The paper contained me foundation of a permanent tribunnl, suggesting the substitution of a new clause and re ferring to nn appendix not yet draw up. I he nmazed delegates crowded around Sir Julian, congratulating him upon having played the winning card which had so quickly precipitated this Russian nlternntive scheme, PADDED PAY ROLLS. Caftan Army Record Have Beea , "Doctored" In View of the DUIrlba- tion ol (3,000,000 or Americas Money. Havana, May 27. The distribution of the $3,000,000 which the Unite-! States government has offered na a rrntuity to the Cuban troop on dis 'Hnding and surrend-jring their nrms will begin nt 10 o'clock to-day at the foot of the lrado. Under the swollen muster rolls prepared by the late Cu ihan, military assembly the Americans, who have closely followed the subiect. jare curious to see whnt proportion of the numbers listed will actuully ap pear, mere nre only 400 on the list for Havana, and Lieut, Col. Runduil, of the Eighth infsmtry. the commls- sioner superintending the distribution here, does not expect trouble. : That the rolls arc regnrded as un reliable the official report of the clerk who had charge of the preparation of roll in behalf of the paymaster show. He says that lists aggregating 1,324 names were received from several de partment, commanders. The organi zations in the Cuban army to which these men belong were not definitely stated in more than 200 cases, lcaviug 1,124 names to be searched for on rolls containing 40.000 names. Of these, says fhc report, 27 were found. It ap pears strange that such indefinite dat-i should have been given in so many cases unless purposely done. Gen. Ludlow in forwarding the list for his department, says: "Some of the employes refused to give the de sired Information, while others, ex-sol- diers of the army, denied having Deen mcmners or the Cuban army at an. juany things in the rolls from which our copies were made go to ward creating the impression that they have been made up for the occa sion of this payment, but ns Gen. Ernst- in his letter to the adjutant general covered these fully, I do not deem it necessary to repent them on paper, let the generals should have deter mined to discourage the soldiers tak ing the $75." At a meeting of the Veterans of In dependence on Thursday night, which wns largely attended, it was resolved to approve the cVcision of the army in the eastern provinces, and to recommend the army in the western provinces to take the same course. A resolution declaring against either p'T- ing vp ai ms or ncceptmg money from the i nited Mates was carried unani mously. In accordance with this ac tion Xunez began to disband his fol lowers ysterdny, 800 men bcinir billet ed among the towns of Pinur del Rio province. Ill AWASHODT: Where a Passenger Train Kan in the Darknes3, NINE PEKSONS KILLED. Every Car of the Train was Bro ken to Pieces. COACHES WERE TELESCOPED A Cloudburst Had Washed Out thf Roadbed, Leaving- tha Track t n. supported for a Distance or ilO Feel A Disaster In Iowa. THE PRESBYTERIANS. They Demand the Passage ofan Antl. Polygamy Amendment to the l ulled State Constitution. Minneapolis, May 27. It took the general assembly of the Presbyterian church longer yesterday to decide when the nineteenth century ends than it took to pass the resolutions against the Mormon conirressmnn HoWrts, and in favor of nn anti-polyg- tained by a wreck und cannot keep the amy amendment to the national con- appointment on time. Don't eav nnv Waterloo, In., May 29. The through train from Chicago to Minneapolis over the Rock Island and Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railways.waj wrecked at 1:15 Sunday morniiig at the crossing of Sink creek, about four miles southeast of this place. The train consisted of six coaches, includ ing mail and baggage car, smoking car, two passenger coaches and sleeper, vine persons were killed and 23 in jured. The list of dead is as follows: E. L. Arnold, lumberman, Minneap olis, .Minn W. A. McLaughlin. Muskegon, Mich. it. II. sehwette, Alton, III. David Haldo, Minneapolis. F. C. Curpenter, St. Louis. Hawkins, Pullman conductor. George Wninwright, train conduc tor. Will Scholllnm. One unknown person A cloudburst had washed out tht sand nnd gravel roadbed, leaving tin track unsupported for a stretch of 20 feet. 1 he rails and tics held together and there was nothing to indicate the insecurity of the road. The engine struck the wnshout and was derailed In the ditch beside the track and be hind it the care were piled up In a confused heap. The mail car tipped over and was telescoped by the bag gage car behind, while the renr end ol the bnggage car in turn telescoped the smoker. The roof of the sleeper plowed its way through the dny coach, while the lower half of the hitter crashed through the sleeper. The engineer and fireman jumped from tne train und escaped with slight in juries. air. Mciiwette, of Alton, ill., wan brought to this city alive, but died nt 8 o clock. He was badly cut about tl hend and it was evident from the be- ginning that his injuries were fatal. He was on his way to Miiineapolis. where he was to be mnrrid yesterday. lie asked his physician to leleirranli his father and his sweetwheart. "Tell her," he gasped, "that I have been dc- "In Union There is Strength, Tme tfrtngih consists in tht union, the htmmious working together, of every ptrt of tht humsn organism. This strength CM never be obttincd if the blood is impure. Hood's Sjlt stptriUt is the stsndtrd prescription jor punjgmg me Biooa, 'i 5 stitution. These resolutions, which represent the mntured thought of the l'resliyterinns of the United States, after many months of consideration. so exactly expressed the sentiment of ever' commissioner that thev were adopted without even a single support ing speecn. lhe commissioners eenerallv feel that in cabling for the expulsion o Roberts, and for the adoption of an amendment to the national constitu tion defining legal marrigae to be mo- nogamic they have started a move ment which will be taken up all over ine country ana will reach eventual success. As for the end of the nineteenth cen tury, one of the reports spoke of next, year as the opemng of t lie new cen tury. Upon objection and after a little debate the clerk held that nevt yeur is the last of this century, 707 MILES IN 48 HOURS. stood aghast, ns the matter was not contemplated in their instructions. Finnlly it was decided to refer tha matter to a sub-committee. Record ,TIde by Auto-mobllr In a Trip irom irt eland to New York. Aew lork. May 27. The auto-mobile which left Cleveland at 7 o'clock Mon day morning to establish an aiito-mo- nile record between Cleveland ard New ,York arrived in front of the As- tor house nt 5:45 last evening. The record made was 707.4 miles in 40 hours nnd four minutes of actual run. nlng. This is nn average of 17.0 miles an hour. I ho trip was accontplishcd wnn oniy one accident of n serious na ture nnd the party is ready to iro rkrhi in. iu . in ciaim in ine same way, so far as the machine is concerned. President Alexnnder Winfon. of tha Minion Motor Cnrnngo Manufnchir. ing Co., operated the auto-niobilc. ne wns ncompanied bv Charles B. Shanks, of Cleveland. Mr. Shanks carries a message from Mayor Farley, of Cleveland, to .Mayor Van' Wyck, but the mayor was unable to wait at his Some for 'he nr,vn' of he party and Presbytery Must Settle .TIctilfTf rl' Pate Minneapolis, May 26. In the hands of the presbytery of New York is the fate of Rev. Dr. Arthur C, McGiffert, ? resident of church history in Union heological seminary, Xew York. The general assembly of the Presbyterian church steered clear, as it hopes, of the rocks of another heresy trial when It voted yesterday, after a tumultuous and sometimes personal debate, to re fer the whole matter to the presbytery oi jew iorK ior sucn disposition as In its judgment the peace of the church and the purity of the doctrine may require." Extra Session Finished. (Albany, May 26. The state legisla ture, which met in special session Mon day night, adjourned sine die last evening, nfter having passed the amend ed irancnise lax nui and a lull appro priating $75,000 for the expense of cel ebrating Admiral Dewey return. Three Mm Killed y an Explosion. Johnstown, Pa., May 26. Three men were killed and three seriously if not fatally burned in an explosion at the Cambria blast furnace yesterday. The dead are: John C. Barneit, of Buffalo. N. Y.; George Uncapper, of Johngtown.5 out friction To be Placed on a War Footing. London, May 27. The Shanghai cor respondent of the Mail says: Orders have been issued from Pekin directing the governors or the neighboring prov- inces to pur ail tneir force on a war footing, owing to the arrival of sit Italian warships in San .Mur harbor. It is thought nlso thnt the Chinese propose to drive the Germans from Shantung peninsula. Dons Leave Zamboanga. Madrid, May 27. The minister of war hnB received a dispatch announc ing the evacuation of Znmhoangu, islnnd of Mindanao, by the Spanish garrison. The dispntch further said that as the Spaniards had declined to assent to the Filipinos' demands that the arms and munition of war should be surrendered with the city, fighting ensued, the Spaniards suffering some loss. The dispatch adds that the na tives nre bitterly opposed to the Idea of American annexation nnd that the conquest of Mindanao will prove to be a tough task. Charles Welly, of Johnstown. The First Win Scale Conference. Detroit, May 27. Representatives of the bnr iron manufacturers on' Friday held their first conference with thu wage committee .of the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel und Tin Workers. The puddling scale, which the present, Amalgamated committee Increased 25 cents per ton, was con sidered. President ShnlTer, of the Amalgamated association, and Presi dent Nutt, of the Iron Manufacturers, both stated thnt the conference would undoubtedly adopt wage scales witli- However, nt present the twe Interests are good war apart the messnge will be delivered and ac knowledged this morning. A Great Fire at Coney Island. ftew ork. May 27. Coney Island wns swept by a conflag-ation Friday morning winch utterly destroyed eight blocks of buildings in the mnin section of the west end, the heart of the resort. The fire i; believed to have been of incendiary origin. It sprang up m two places practically -umulianeously. In all 200 buildingr w-'i-i- t't-M royed. The totr.l loss l av reacr. :uu,uuu, with but Jifle ins ir. ance. A Larger Army Needed. Manila, May 27. The events of th past week have emphasized the'necd of a much larger army here, without which, according to the best authori ties in' Manila, it would be attempting the Impossible to expect to establish American suprenncy In the Philip. pines, lhe inndenuacv of ihe Ameri can force is snid to be refpnnsiblc foi the large total loss in the- number oi small encounters, without materinl re sults as n compensiition. Most of tli righting has been in territory which tf. Americans hnd swept but could nol spare troops to hold it. No Aloney on' Hand for Printing. Washington, May 27. Practical! all the work of the war ivestignting commission in preparing for publica tion the testimony ta'ten by that body, together with itii report, has been completed except the printing and th civilian employes have been given notice of their discharge. The ex penses thus far incurred hnve almost entirely absorbed the special allotment made from the i?50,000,000 emergency war appropriation set aside for the commission, so there are no funds available 'with, which 'to do the print-biff in ore. The news was brought to this city by a mail clerk, a switch engine and ennch were hastily prepared and a re lief train sent very speedily. The in jured passengers were extricated from the debris and brought here. Anoth er relief train soon arrived from Cedar Rapids and took a numner of the seri ously injured to be treated in the hos pital in thnt city. A striking example of nerve and fortitude was shewn by Will Scholliam, a drummer for a St. Louis tobacco house, who made his headquarters at Waterloo. lie was found in the sec ond coach, his arm crushed between the front end of the sleeper and the side of the conch. He did not lose consciousness, but begged that his arm be sawed off so ns to release him. It was found thnt there was no possibil ity ol releasing the unfortunate man In any other way, so this was done. Schollinm gritted his teeth and looked en while his arm wns amputated with n common handsaw, not a moan com ing from the poor fellow ns the crude instrument tore its way through bono nnd smew. After he was released Scholliam walked, almost, unnssikted.to n nearby farmhouse. He wns terribly weakened bv loss of blood, however. and died during the afternoon. Three HI en Killed at a Crossing. Buffalo, May 20. Joseph Keller and Ray bherman. of Aldcn, X. Y .. anil T.ouis Carey, of Auburn Four Corners, ra.. were killed at Wendes station Yes terday while driving across the New lork Central tracks. Their car riage was struck by nn express train. The bodies of Carey and Kelley were nornuly mangled. Death ol a Veteran Officer. Athol, Mass., May 20. Brig. den. Oeorge W. West died nt hw home here Snturday night, aged 67 years. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in the Fifth Massachusetts. but resigned to accept a captaincy in the Tenth Mnine volunteers. lie be came colonel of the Seventeenth Maine nnd was promoted to brigadier general fro bravery at the battle of Antieiam. Jumped the Track. ueiwein. in., May .'li. A Ch eac-o Great Western passenger train win wrecked two miles north of here yes terday. One person, the colored por ter, wns killed. Severn! men and women on the train were injured. The train wns running over lowlands when the track began to settle and the train was derailed. Rom Fish. The followers of Isaak Wall-ton on board a man-of-war are won to ply the-' geratle art (with tt tine alone) from over the ship's side during ihe evening. A eubHeutennnit, who wo not particular ly liked toy his junior messmates, wa one day so engaged, when a imldship. man, seeing itlhe line depending fronv the "chains" ubove, reached out ol one of 'the main deck porta and gave it a couple of violent tugs, In dmitaitJon of a fish biting. Up tilie line woe haulet) with alacrity, but, of course, with no result. Onoe again !the "sub" essayed) tb catch this bug fish lhalt bad giver hum so hefcivy a bite. This time the middy' plan was more elaborate, for,. getting a companion to keep the msccs eary strain upon hie upper portion, he- lhauled up tthe lower part of the fishing line and attached to lhe hooks an old) ahoe, an empty bottle, a holy stone,, and a sardine tin. Having carefully lowered these to the fuM extent of the line, he gave It a more powerful pull' than ever, and the expectant fisherman above -hauled in ae fust as he could,, hand over hand. Bivt his language when he discovered the nature of the' "catch," -is too tmidh to ask even an unfortunate compositor to set up ini cold type. Cornhill Magazine. Patience and Practice. A clever young physician here, who, like- -so many of hit brethren everywhere, ha had a weary time trying to build up a prac tice, nevertheless meets his hard fortune with smiling gayety. Like Warren Hat ingi, hii motto ia "Nitor in Adveriitum." ' In company with a friend, ht bad occa sion the other day to go into the Hiber nia bank, where, owing to the throng of cuatomen, he could not get bis buaincnr tranaacted at once. After considerable de lay, hi companion, a nervoua little man, complained irritably of the inconvuiienc to which they were subjected. "Doean't thit put you out of patience. Doc?" he asked. "My dear sir." returned th mprliriv irav. ly, "to be out of patienta ia my chronic con dition. I haven t had one for a week." ban Iranciaco newt Letter. Opinion of a Pessimist. The fact that von can make a muU wnrfc in harness constitutes one of the chief dif ferences between a mule and a geniua. Every dog ha hit day. The cat ia on the night force. lhe man who doesn't lift his hat when ha meets hit wife probably referi to his mother as "the old lady." A man seldom marriea his first lnvo Whtn he gets old enough to take a wife she is gen erally busy cutting down papa's pants for wiuie. Some men are hnrn nVh unit mm am hnm. lneky. but thev all have to loss their milk teeth and have the meaalea just the tame. Wanted a Door.' The tun bfazinsf down on a rarm fmin far. far east of Suez, and on a Arid nt hot excited horses and men, waiting till the ec centricities of the starter Sad an even mora eccentric horse combine to get ua in line. The patience of the former ia at last ex hausted. "Brinir un tluit hnrt Pnin. tin. on that beastl You'll get into trouble over this, I tell you," and so forth. The Aus tralian lightweight repliea patiently: "1 can t help it, air. Thia ia a cab horse, thia one is. He won't start till thr Hnnf- hnt and I haven't got a door!" Academy. Masculine Idea of a Tea. Emntv two nuarts nt riVid lull intA . bass drum and trim un thp mitui,l n,;!. pink baby ribbon and you have the average- man s idea of hit wife eve 0 clock teas. Atchison Globe. What He Got. Ethel He offered me an ens-azemenr: nn.?-,. ... r,uun Ana ot course you gave him the glad hand!" Puck. But a Short Time. "And the gay coquette, "what is thia claim ol yours to distinction?" "Why," replied the lovelorn cailer. "I am the mm nf ih hnnrl" Brooklyn Citizen. Clear on One Point. Snrnr-lrn "Tin believe that the bicvele ha. days?" Tyre-"I know mine haa."-l'hila--delphia North American. The latest wrinklm r Chicago Daily News. ( ia ker Price Tumble. Milwaukee, Wis., May 29. The Sen tinel says: 'The long predicted war between the cracker trust nnd n lanre, Milwaukee anti-trust factory, seems to have begun and ns a result the nrlce of crackers hits taken a tumble. Crack ers which formerly sold for t cents a pound are now being sold by the trust for 4:)i cents a pound. Family of Nine Cremated. fiavnnnrti-., (In., May 2(1. Advices from Hardeesville, 8. C report the burning to death of Jacob Solomons, his wife mid s-ven children in a lire which destroyed their house. His Lucy Tnekar. the ihnhi nt a prominent hrmar of Versailles, Ind., was the victim of nervous pros tration. Most of the time ilia vu eoDfloed to bed, and woson the verse of HL Vitus' dance. It was pitiful case which medical science failed to conquer. Finally a doctor preacrlb- yd Dr. Williams' Pink Pill tot Pal feople, Iter lather uldi " We began giving thepllls at once, ana tbe next dav mm ii,m . change for tb better In her. We I (ve her on pill after each meal uu.ii in was cDiireiy wen. Hne has Dot been elek iaiv i i,m n.ihi.k the care almost miraculous, "Fsasx Tucxeh, Mr. F.Tccxra." Mr. and tfra. Frank T.l... lui.. duly aworn, lisle that the loreaoUiS I 1 true In every particular. Boob Jonnsoit, Justice of the Ptaee. From thf Republican, Ytrtaillti, Ind. The French girl do net enjoy their bicycle as do their American sisters. They may not ride alone and even in eouples unless a father, brother or cousin accompanies them. Cycling hi rather frowned upon among the fash ionables. Occasionally you see a fam ily party father, mother and children out for a spin, but they are usually bound for the country. The lance of Attila, the great Hun, would be a heavy burden for a modern man to carry, but he not only carried It but used it as a weapon of defense. Dr. WilMama' Plak Pills for Pal Peepl re ner sold the deras or rmnsred, kul al.s-s Is packages, at all druggists, r direct Irom the Or. Williams Medicine Ce.. (chenadadi. at. .. BO canla n. a.,. iHWltHl .. " KKKH of UNSOI CITED TESTIMONIALS SAY -P-SUIIIUII'UUUIIIUI1,I.UIUI tarraaiianiir eDraa an llenins. Bninlnc. 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