VOLUME LXXVIII.-NO. 183. CRUSHED IN A MINE Eleven Men Killed and Nine Others Badly Injured. UNDER TONS OF ROCK. While the Walls Continued to Crumble Rescuers Bcavely Descended. SOME OF THE WORKERS ESCAPED Touching Scenes While Bodies of Vic tims Were Being Brought to the Surface. BREWSTER, N. V., Nov. 29.— Nineteen years ago fifty tons of rock fell into the open pit at Tillie Foster mine, killing six miners and maiming three others for life. The six who met death were so horribly crushed that their bodies were taken up in shovels, thrown into canvas sacks and hoisted to the surface. From that time until to-day the hanging walls, which rise 400 feet above the work ing level of the pit, have undergone daily inspection. If this inspection revealed any crevice or other sign of danger, work ing below was abandoned until the threat ening rocks had been dislodged. The ex treme caution exercised prevented many accidents. Tnis afternoon about thirty men were at work on the 400 level breaking ore and loading the cars sent down by the cable. About 3:30 o'clock the entire northwest wall, appar«ntly containing over 100 tons of rock, fell into the pit, killing not less than eleven men and in n'icting serious injuries upon nine others. William Aspell and four others ran, they knew not whither and escaped. Five Italians also got out alive. The cable and its car was not injured. Aspell and his companions as soon as the bowlders stopped rolling down the slope looked over the wreck. They saw Patrick H. Murtha struggling to get up. He was pinned fast by a rock. They assisted him. The cable car brought down three Italians who ren dered further assistance. Murtha was placed on the car, hoisted to the surface and taken home, where he died thirty minutes later. Just as the rescuing car started on the return trip more rock fell and it is reported that one of the three Italians mentioned was Jcillad- Tbe second downward trip brought Patrick H. Kelley and James Mc- Ginn. They organized tbe miners left in the pit. secured tools and began to take out the bodies. Rocks were thrown off the bodies of Michael Gannon, Thomas Den nis, John Fagan, an Austrian, and two Italians. All were dead and horribly mangled. Mari: Critchley, who seemed to be suffering from a fracture of the spine, probably fatally hurt, was taken home, as was also Patrick Burns, who will re cover. Superintendent Tomkins and Foreman Lynch received the bodies upon the sur face and submitted them to the view of the Coroner and a jury. Then under takers caied' for them as the relatives and friends directed. Darkness came on rapidly and tbe falling of rocks continued to threaten the rescuing party, when Mr. Tomkins ordered all hands to the surface. The work of taking out the bodies will be resumed at daylight to-morrow morning. The bodies believed to be in the pit are those of James Fox, better known as James Smith; James Clark, a stranger, who began work on November 18, and four Italians, numbers 13, 56, 331 and 234. A great crowd flocked to the scene of the disaster. First came relatives of those who lived in tho hamlet and then followed hundreds from Brewster and Cannel. As the car raised body after body to the surface the ' wails and moans of the bereaved ones brought tears to the eyes of the strong-hearted men of the rescuing party and touched with sorrow the hearts of hundreds of onlookers. The mine is owned by the Lackawanna Iron and Coal Company of New York and Scranton, Pa. TO B EXE FIT LIFE-SAVERS. Meeting to Draft a Sill in the Interest of Surf men,. ASBURY PARK, N. J., Nov. 29.— A dinner which was made the occasion for a conference between the members of the Life-saving Service and the Rev. S. Ed ward Young, pastor of the Central Presby terian Church , Newark, was given here yesterday afternoon. The object of the conference was to frame a bill for the bene fit of the surf men, which it is proposed to present to Congress. The bill will provide that all the general officers, captains of stations and surfmen connected with the department shall, upon request, be retired on half pay after twenty years' consecutive service. It further provides that the widows of captains and surfmen who die in the service shall receive as long as they 'main widows a pension equivalent to ■if- half the pay received by their hu= ■ruls. Orphan children of captains and rfmen shall receive collectively a like mount until thuy are 1G years of age. Another dense of the bill provides for a chaplain for each life-saving district, or at least one chaplain for every forty station houses. It also restores to surfmen the |5 additional per month taken from them by the Congressional bill of 1894. The bill w'iil be presenter simultaneously in the House and Senate and will be pushed by me Maritime Exchange, Board of Fire I'nderwriters, the New York Chamber of Commerce, the Christian Endeavor soci eties and by many Senators, Congressmen and prominent men from all parts of the country. WESTERN JOZXE AGREEMENTS. iUiad* that Are 0.-onnimj Under a Mul tiplicity. CHICAGO, 1m.., Nov. 29.— Western lines are laboring under a multiplicity of agree ments. Already t lere are the western passenger, the Chicago-St. Paul, the trans > ontinental, the immigrant and the clergy agreements— all separate and distinct and none of them dependent for existence on any of the others.. Today a beginning was made of forming a sixth between the trans-Missouri lines. When this is formed, However, the new agreement will be merged into the Western Passenger Aaso The San Francisco Call. ciation. It was originally intended that the latter should also include the trans- Missouri lines, but it was deemed more expedient to go on without them and al low them to come in later if they felt so inclined. That they will do so there is little doubt. A meeting of the Western Immigrant Clearing-house was also held to-day with the end in view ot securing a Pacific road to join. OPERATING PRIVATE STILLS. Farmer§ of Nebraska Secret// Converting Thtir Sugar Beets Into Whisky. OMAHA, Nebr., Nov. 29.- A still owned by Charles Reidil. a farmer, has been cap tured in Sherman County. Whisky was being made from sugar beets. The quality was good, and fears are entertained by revenue officials tnat other farmers are engaged in the business, owing to the large yield of sugar beets in Nebraska and the inability of farmers to dispose of the great quantity as rapidly as convenient. Reidil claimed to have had the property for fifteen years, but had only been mak ing spirits for a year, and then only for his own use. There was sufficient evidence, however, to disprove both of these state ments. The outfit was all made of copper, of an approved pattern and was in good condition. The still had a capacity of fifty gallons a day. WILL FIGBT A IfUEL. Hungary's Minister of the Interior He sign* for the Purpose. BUDA PESTH, Hungary. Nov. 29.— 1n the lower House of the Hungarian Diet to-day Herr Andreansky reproached Herr yon Perczl, Minister of the Interior, for assisting in electoral abuses. In replying to tne charge made against him the Minister said that the accusation was insolent, and used language that was offensive to Herr Andreansky and the House. The President of the Chamber finally intervened and called the Minister to order. After the sitting Herr Andreansky sent to Herr yon Perczl a challenge to fight a duel, which was accepted, Herr yon Perczl temporarily resigning his minis terial position in order to be able to meet his adversary on the field of honor. Bland Did *ot Lecture. SAVANNAH, Ga., Nov. 29.— Hon. R. B. Bland, who was to have ouened his South ern tour last night with a lecture on the "Sinele Gold Standard," met with disas trous failure. He did not lecture because there was nobody to hear him. The ex- Congressman was extensively advertised, but no tickets were sold and the theater was not even opened. The Gould-Xieolaus Case* CHICAGO. Ilv, Nov. 29.— N0 deposi tions are being taken here In the Gould- Nicolaus case. The chances are that the intention of taking them has been aban doned. WERE LYNCHED BY A MOB. Two Negro Prisoners Taken From Jail and Quickly Put to Death. An Effort to Take the Pair From Two Plucky Sheriffs Had Failed. NASHVILLE, TSHV., Nov. 29. — Joe Robertson and Ozias McGah, negroes, who were this morning sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment for criminal assault at Lewisburg, were taken from the jail at Fayetteville to-night by a mob of 300 men and hanged in the courthouse yard. The negroes reached Favetteville from Lewis burg at 2 o'clock this afternoon in charge of Sheriff Menefee of Marshall County and four deputies. The whole party was locked In the baggage-car, and the Sheriff was endeavoring to get to the branch prison at Tracy City with his prisoners. When the train came to a stop at Fay etteville, a mob of over 200 men, actine on a message from Lewis burg, demanded the prisoners. Sheriff Menefee refused, and the crowd threatened to put dynamite un der the car. The Sheriff stood firm. How ever, when the engineer started to couple up the train for the purpose of pulling out, a stalwart fellow aimed at him with a double-barreled shotgun. Then Colonel J. H. Holland and W. B. Damb addressed the mob and urged them to let the train and its cargo proceed. The leaders declined, but after considerable parley agreed to let the train go if the car with the Sheriff and prisoners was side tracked. This was finally agreed to. Sheriff Menefee and Sheriff Sherrell then held a conference with the result that the officers and the deputies formed a hollow square and marched the prisoners off to jail. Sheriff Menefee also wired Governor Turney for troops. To-night armed men rode into town from Marshall County, and after a confer ence with the mob in Fayetteville stormed the jail. They battered down four doors and took the negroes out, with the result stated. Not a shot was fired and few loud words were spoken. An Advance in Sugar. NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 29.— President Havemeyer of the American Sugar Refin ing Company does not expect to see any advance in the prices of refined sugar on account of the destructive work in the Cuban plantations. "The visible supply of raw sugar in the world at the present time," explained President Havemeyer to day, "is 600,000 tons more than it was at the same time a year ago.' 1 A tfarrnnt for an Absconder. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., Nov. 29.— A war rant for John H. O'Neil, the absconding treasurer of the American Hand-sewed Shoe Company of Omaha, was issued to day. An expert is now at work on the books of the concern, which are in a bad and tangled condition. No estimate of the p.mount of the defalcation can «?e made, but it may run as nigh as $10,000. Injured in n Wreck. HUNTINGTON. W. Va., Nov. 29.—En gineer Walter and Brakeman Harding of the Norfolk and Western Railway were fatally injure t in a freight wreck at Cant berg Hill late last night, and several others were seriously hurt.' The loss to the com pany is large. Heavy Silvr Shipment*. NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 29.— J. and W SeligßAO & Co. will ship 2G5.000 ounces oi silver, M. Guguenheims Sons 100,000, and Handy & Harmiiu and Zimmerman & Forshay each 50,000 ounces to Europe on the steamship Unabria sailing to-morrow. SAN FRANCISCO, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 30, 1895. TO TAKE TEN YEARS. Completion of the Coast Defenses Now a Long Way Off. SO SAYS DAN LAMONT. The Secretary of War Reviews the Progress Made at the Gun Plants. GOOD CONDITION OF THE ARMY. Congress Asked to Make Better Appro priations for the Payment of Salaries. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29.— Tbe report of Daniel 8. Lamont, Secretary of War, opens with a suggestive tabular state ment of insufficient Congressional appro priations. The actual expenditures for the last fiscal year were $52,937,000, while the estimates of the department for the next fiscal year run up to $51,945,000, thus indi cating a probability of a much larger de ficiency than was experienced this year. Regarding the latter occurrence Secretary Lamont says: "A considerable reduction by Congress of the estimates of the pay department, which failed to take into consideration various contingencies, and the enactment of extraordinary legislation increasing tem porarily the demands upon the pay appro priation without making adequate pro vision therefor, left the paymaster-general without sufficient funds to meet the army payroll for the last month oi the year. "The situation threatened much hard ship among officers and men, who usually rely upon their monthly salaries to pay current expenses. It was averted, how ever, by an unofficial arrangement under which the necessary amount was advanced to meet these accounts in full aud the as signments of the same are held by the National City Bank, New York, the Secre tary of War having assumed the personal responsibility of guaranteeing their pay ment. A deficiency appropriation of $24,000, or so much as may be necessary to extinguish the debt, is recommended." The full strength of the enlisted men in the army Is stated at 25,706. The Secre tary claims credit for having during the past two years "steadily pursued the policy of restoring officers to their com mands, and redncing, wherever possible, the number of those on detached duty." He considers that the most essential need of the army to-day is the adoption of the "three battalion" formation as recom mended in his report of 1894. He says: "The proposition outlined contemplates an increase in the number of line officers, involving an increase of salaries of about $200,000. • This increase of expenditures should be met and more than overcome by reductions in the expenditures for the staff. The present chiefs of bureaus in the staff organization of the army are capable and efficient men. They are in every way worthy of the responsible places they oc cupy apd zealous in the faithful perform ance of duty. The wisdom, however, of continuing the present system of selection may well be questioned. "Tdere is nothing in the nature of the duties of some of the staff corps that should forbid the presumption that com petent officers could be found for these duties in the line or in otner branches of the staff. In the case of the engineer, ordnance and medical departments, whose duties are largely technical, no change from the existing method of filling vacan cies in the grade of brigadier-general is suggested, but in respect to all other staff corps and in the departments the class eligible for selection to the head of each should embrace the whole army, line and Btaff." Secretary Lamont quotes President Cleve land's message of 1886 in regard to our defenseless seacoasts and says: "The various factors in the scheme of defense have been so accurately deter mined that for the first time it is possible to forecast from what has been accom plished the time and enterprise required to complete the project with existing facilities. We have established and equipped a gun factory able to turn out yearly thirty-five guns of the types re quired, or enough to arm the eighteen posts enumerated within ten years. It is complete — except as to the provisions for finishing and assembling 16-inch guns, the expediency of which is still questioned. We have, moreover, by contract, con tributed toward the establishment of a private plant for the manufacture of guns, which in time will be able to meet an un usual demand that could not be supplied by the Watervliet gun factory. "We have established a plant for the manufacture of gun-carriages, which, with the aid of private establishments, can supply the carriages required as rapidly as emplacements for guns and mortars are completed. The development of a satis factory type of a 12 inch disappearing gun carriage is alone lacking in the mechanism of coast defense, and without doubt Ameri can ingenuity will supply that desired feature. "But at only three of the eighteen posts considered have completed features of de fense been established. New York has two 12-'nch guns and sixteen 12-inch mortars. San Francisco has one 12-inch gun and sixteen 12-inch mortars, and Boston lias sixteen 12-inch mortars in positfon. It rests with Congress to determine by its appro priations the period which shall elapse before our coasts shall be put in a satisfac tory position of defense. The amount re quired is about $^2,000,000, and the entire work can be completed within ten years." An interesting feature of the report is the statement of the Secretary that never in its history has the present condition of the army been surpassed. It is better fed, clothed and housed, and the policy of pro moting the personal comfort of the officers and men has resulted in a devotion that is everywhere apparent. The health record of the army for the year is the best annual statement ever consolidated from the re turns of the medical officers, and a very significant decrease in tne number of conrt-martials for the year corroborates the reports from all officers and shows a note worthy improvement in the morale and discipline of the army. OCIALISTS CAUSED JL BCE\E. Propoiitiont to Honor Duma*' Memory Beaten by the Deputies. PARIS, France, Nov. 29.— 1t is an nounced to-night that the funeral of M. Dumas will be private and that his family will meet all the expenses. This will be in accordance with the wishes of the deceased, who desired that his funeral should be a quiet one, with no military honors and no speeches at the grave. Not withstanding his wiah that there be no flowers sent, bis friends and admirers are sending great quantities of them to his residence. A scene occurred to-day at the meeting of the municipal council when M. Bom bard, the president, who is also a member of the Chamber of Deputies, proposed that a delegation attend the funeral and that a street be named after M.Dumas. The socialist members of the council violently opposed both propositions, owing to M. Dumas having attacked them and the republic in 1871. Some denounced him as a coward for insulting the heroes of the Commune. A motion of condolence was lost and the order of the day was car ried by a vote of 38 to 30. STOTPEI* OH A WRIT. Chicago Chinese Hare Learned the Art of Perjury. CHICAGO, 1u... Nov. 29.— While Deputy United States Marshal Steams of Rutland, Vt., was staying over here between train time, having in custody , three Chinamen who " had been ordered deported from Tacoma, he found his hands tied legally by a writ secured from United States ■ Judge Grosscupby the big men of China town calling for the production of the three prisoners in court this morning. The Marshal was about to take his pris oners from a police station to the depot when stopped by the writ. In court Sam Moy, Chicago's chief Chinaman, swore that two of the Vermont prisoners, were old citizens of New York and the other came from Boston. Judge Grosscup refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus, but allowed an appeal, which keeps the Chinamen here. ' ' RETIRE LEGAL TENDERS That Will Be President Cleve land's Chief Recommendation in His Message. He Will Also Point Out the Evils Connected With the Gold Reserve. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29.-Presi dent Cleveland'^ message to Congress is finished and parts of it were read to the members of the Cabinet at to-day's meet ing. It will be printed Sundajr at the Government Printing Office under the personal supervision of the Government printer and sent out to the press in the I usual way. The message is a little longer than that of last year and contains more original matter from the President's pen, while the reviews of department reports are briefer than was the case with last year's message. The chief feature of this message is the President's recommendation that legal tender be retired. On this point Mr. Cleve land is explicit and emphatic. Members of the Cabinet, without divulging any of the contents of the document, say the President has done this part of his work in his most vigorous style. They are con fident it will make a deep impression on the country. In addition to pointing out the evils connected with an effort to maintain a gold reserve and a very large circulation of demand notes payable in gold, which must be paid out as often as redeemed, the President will in a general way indicate what might be an adequate remedy, to wit: Retirement of these notes with bonds, which could be used as the basis for such additional bank circulation as may be necessary. Secretary Carlisle's report to be pre sented to Congress Monday will take a hopeful view of the treasury outlook so far as the National revenues are con cerned. It will show a strong proba bility of the revenues now pro vided for being sufficient to meet ali the requirements of the Government un less the appropriations should be increased by the new Congress. The President and Secretary of the Treasury are determined to keep the question of retirement of Jegal tenders and revenue as distinct as possible. WEEKS OPPOSES HARRISON. Soya It Would Be Unwise to Nominate the Ex~Prestdent. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 29. —John D. Weeks of Pennsylvania, who was treas urer of the Republican National Commit tee during the Blame campaign, now editor of the American Manufacturer and Iron World, declared in an interview here to-day that the nomination of Benjamin Harrison for the Presidency would be ex ceedingly unwise, because "he has for his enemies all the party leaders in Pennsyl vania." Mr. Weeks added: "I lay this enmity to Mr. Harrison's discourtesy. There may be a few party men in Pittsburg who admire him, but he is opposed by the State at large. Reed, McKinley or Allison would please the peo ple of Pennsylvania." Mr. Weeks is here as president of the tax conference to address the Civic Feder ation on taxation reforms. Hanged in a County Jail. DECATUR, 111., Nov. 29.— Charles M. (Pacer) smith was hanged to-day in the corridor of the County Jail in the presence of 300 persons. Smith was nervy to the last and died while repeating the Lord's Player. To-day Smith confessed that he took part in the torture and robbery of William Florry in 1884. He located the money, but would not give the names of the people who aided in the job. Accept* the Presidency. CHICAGO, 111., Nov. 29.— E. P. Ripley, who returned from New York Wednesday night, toid a reporter to-night that he had accepted the presidency of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway Company. Mr. Ripley did not know when he would assume his new office, as it is not known when the road will be in the hands of the new company. The date for selling the road is December 10, WERE NOT PROTECTED Despite the Promises of the Porte Missionaries Suffered. MANY VILLAGES RAIDED. ! Atrocious Acts Committed by the Lawless Hamedieh Cavalry. PERSIAN TOWNS WERE LOOTED- In One Instance Turkish Regulars Remained Ready to Participate in the Plunder. CONSTANTINOPLE, Turkey, Nov. 29.— Despite the Porte's repeated ptomises to the American Minister, Mr. Terrell, the missionaries at Marash were not afforded protection until eight hours after the second terrible massacre at that place, during which the American Theological Seminary was plundered and burned. The missionaries reported on November 26 that they were safe, but since then nothing has been heard of them. The non-arrival of letters giving details of the disorders at Harpoot and Marsovan on November 10 and 13 creates the belief that the mission aries' mail has been stopped. It is announced from Erzeroum that the Government has instituted a commission to compel the restitution of their property to the Armenians who were robbed during the disorders there. Some prominent Ar menians are members of the commission. The Government has agreed to the ap pointment of a committee to receive dona tions for the relief of the needy Armenians. LONDON, Ekg., Nov. 29.— The Times will to-morrow publish a dispatch from Julfa, dated November 28, saying that the Armenian villages between Persia and Van, probably to the number of forty-six, have been destroyed by the Hamidieh cav alry. All reports say that the number of persons killed was very large. The refu guees are mostly going to the city of Van. There will probably be a massacre in Van soon. Reports say that the Hamidieh cavalry are raiding the entire province of Van and committing horrible atrocities. Many women have been carried to the moun tains. Van is the only place that has been untouched by the Kurds, who are seizi ng large numbers of sheep and cattle. The whole population of the village of Jurta lon, numbering 200, have been killed. The Hamedieh cavalry attacked Kotomr, a Persian village, but were repulsed by the garrison in the fort. The Turkish regulars waited outside the village to join in the prospective plunder. After being repulsed the Hamidieh cavalry destroyed a small Persian village. Armed bands of Armenians are entering Van from Persia. One band fought the Hamidieh cavalry for two days near Serai. Many are reported to have been killed. The cavalry withdrew and plundered and destroyed Serai. Many Nestorians in the Basbkoh district are reported to have been killed. WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 29.— The State Department has advices by cable from Minister Teirell that the mission school of science at Marash was burned on the 19th inst., but that the missionaries are safe. He also telegraphs that the Aintab College is protected. Both of these are American institutions. FEARS FOR HIS RELATIVES. A San Bernardino Man's Mission to the Ottoman Empire, SAN BERNARDINO, Cal., Nov. 29.— Malcom Stone, an Armenian business man of this city, is preparing to visit the scene of the terrible atrocities committed upon Armenian Christians. He has been here about four years, has become an American citizen and will go through Washington to secure papers from the l^tate Department to aid his mission. He is hourly expecting a cablegram from Con stantinople. His family and near rela tives reside in Harpoot, a magnificent city where thousands were murdered and vast property destroyed. Stone's latest advices are that the es caped missionaries from Harpoot are en route to Constantinople, and he will be notified if hia friends still live, which he hardly dares hope, as they were prominent Christians. His brother was a professor in college. If there Is a chance of their be ing alive, he will start at once and attempt their rescue. When Stone came, with several members of his family, to join relatives here, he ex perienced difficulty in getting out of Turkey, but succeeded by the aid of Amer ican Ministers. CANNOT TRACE FRAUDS Investigators in Newfoundland Have Been Unable to Trace the Thefts. Detectives Discover That the Guilty Persons Have Fled to the United States. ST. JOHNS, New Foundland, Nov. 29.— The investigating committee ap pointed by the authorities to make an in vestigation of the enormous smuggling and banking frauds made its partial re port to-day. It has been almost impos sible to in any way gain accurate informa tion as to the exact amount of the steal ings, as the embezzlers have taken the most careful means of covering up the tracks of their frauds. The attention of the investigating com mitttee has been confined entirely thus far to an inspection of the defunct Union Bank, as the largest ioser, in addition to being the leading bank of the colony. Here, without a single exception, every one of the officers were implicated, and as they have skipped the country no information can be obtained from that source. Nearly all the books in the business of the bank have been destroyed, and not a single record of the fraudulent accounts can be traced. The special crown detectives who were placed on the track or the absconding bank officers returned to-day with the informa tion that they were undoubtedly in the United States. It is positively known that they were en route to Mexico, and every effort will be made to stop them before they leave the United States, and in the event of their being captured by the au thorities extradition papers will be gotten out at once. Meanwhile the results of these frauds are painfully apparent. Nearly the entire amount of tne funds in the defunct banks were the savings of the fisheries, and with their failure the destitution is sure to be terrible. Among the poorer classes al ready the effects of the famine have begun to tell, and even the horrors of last winter promise to be surpassed this. The greater part of the fishing fleet is owned by large corporations, and the fish ermen who have purchased schooners with a heavy mortgage find themselves unable to meet their payments by reason of the loss of all their funds, and even after the winter has passed by the fishine; industry will be seriously crippled. The authorities received a special cablegram from the British Colonial Office to-day saying that every effort would be made to stem off the horrors of a famine, and several shiploads of supplies will be sent immediately. ANCHORED NEAR THE SANOS. The Belgian Packet Rapide Will Be Wracked if Her Anchors Fail to Hold. LONDON, Eug., Nov. 29.— The Belgian packet Rapide was due to arrive at Dover at 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, but she did not get in and nothing was heard from her until this evening, when a pilot landed from the steamer Lancashire and reported the Rapide was anchored near the Good win Sands, it is assumed that an accident occurred to her machinery. She has twenty passengers on board and a tug started from Dover to take them and her mails off. Up to midnight the tug had not arrived back. There is a high wind blow ing and a heavy sea running, and the weather conditions are getting worse hourly. The wind is blowing toward the Good win Sands, which is one of the most dan gerous places along the English coast. The position of the Rapide is dangerous and there is much anxiety concerning her safety. She will be all right as long as her anchors and cables hold, but should the former drag or the latter part the steamer will undoubtedly go on the sands, when there would not be one chance in a hundred of saving her. NINE PRELATES ELEVATED New Cardinals Created at a Secret Consistory at the Vatican. His Holiness the Pope Also Created Twenty-Four Additional Italian Bishops. ROME, Italy, Nov. 29.— A secret con sistory was held at the Vatican to-day over which the Pope presided. The Bes sion ended at noon, when it was an nounced that his Holiness was in fair health and bad made a speech of some length, eulogizing the new ICardinals whom the consistory had elevated at the sacred college. The prelates elevated to the cardinalate by the consistory were Archbishop Sem bratowicz of Lemberg, Austria ; Arch bishop Haller of Salzburg, Austria; Arch bishop Cascajeres y Azara of Valladolid, Spain; Archbishop Boyer of Bourges, France; Monsignor Gotti, Archbishop of Petra; Archbishop Satolli, apostolic dele gate to the United States; Bishop Cas sanas y Pages of Sco de Urgel, Spain, Bishop Manara of Ancona, Italy, and Bishop Perraud of Autun, France. The Pope also created twenty-four new Italian Bishops. The consistory was especially imposing because of the unusually large number of Cardinals present. The Cardinals in attendance were: Car dinals Rampolla, Hohenlohe, Parocchi, Lavaletta, Stein huber, Ledochowski, Ore trlia, Bianchi, Mocenni, Macchi, Mertel, Langenieux, Melchers, Galimberti, Di Pietro, the brothers Vannutelli, Ruggerio, Graniello, Segna and Verga. Cardinal Persico, Secretary-General of the Propaganda, was absent on account of illness. The grand master of ceremonies announced that the Pope would confer the red hat upon the new Cardinals at the next public consistory. The proceed ings of the consistory lasted only half an hour, owing to the Pope's becoming some what weak from fatigue. The allocution pronounced by th,e Pope at the consistory will be published to-mor row. His Holiness alluded to the situation in the East and said he was thoroughly aware of its gravity. The Holy See, he added, was never indifferent to the condi tion of the Armenians and desired to see the various peoples of Turkey governed on an equality and with equity. JOIJS'ISG THE VEXEZUELAXB. Great Disorder Among Colombian Troops on the Frontier. BOGOTA, Colombia, Nov. 29.— The great est disorder prevails among the troops on the frontier of Venezuela, who are threat ening a revolution. Many are deserting daily and joining the Venezuelan revolu tionists. Last Monday one entire com pany of soldiers attempted to seize two cannons and other arms across the line. Colonel Gamiochipi, being forewarned of this attempt, took precautions. The con spirators, seeing that they were discovered, made a dash. In the fight forty-seven were killed, while the others were forced back, and, refusing to surrender, were shot down in cold blood. The entire number killed exceeds 250. Riots of Canal Laborers. COLON, Colombia, Nov. 29. — A re port is current here that the newly arrived laborers engaged in the work upon the Panama canal at Culebra have become riotous, claiming that they ought to re ceive $1 50 per day. One hundred soldiers were ordered to Culebra to quell the dis turbance and preserve peace. Many ar rests are said to have been made. PRICE FIVE CENTS. MAIMED AT FOOTBALL One Player So Severely Injured That He Is Dying. HURT IN A SCRIMMAGE. Paralyzed From Head to Foot by Both Teams Piling on Top of Him. EUREK&'S CAPTAIN INJURED. No Bad Feeling Between the Elevens but Professionals Mixed With the Amateurs. WICHITA, Kanr., Nov. 29.— In a foot ball game at Eureka, Kans, yesterday be tween the Southern Kansas Academy eleven of that place and the Lewis Acad emy team of Wichita, Jesse Jenne of Eureka was so severely injured that he i 3 lying at the point of death and cannot survive the night. Captain Mason, also ol Eureka, is suffering from injuries which may prove fatal, though there are strong hopes of his recovery. Jenne, who was quarterback, was in jured during the third scrimmage. Herbert Reed was captain of the Wichita eleven, and his men were shoving him through Eureka's rush-line when Jenne fell with both teams on top of him. He was found with his head bent under his breast, uncon scious and was borne off the Held. He re gained consciousness in half an hour, but was paralyzed from his head down, and so remains. After the accident a substitute was put in and the game continued. Just at the end of the first half of the game Mason, captain of the Eureka eleven, as he was carrying the ball trying to make an end run, was tackled and fell heavily on hia I face, losing consciousness. Subsequently ! he became delirious and was carried to his : iiome. Another man was substituted for Mason I and the game went on, closing with a ! score of 4t06 in favor of Wichita. There I was no ill feeling between the elevens and i the responsibility for the tragic results of the game is shared equally. Only non ; professionals were to have taken part ia ; the game, but the Eureka students, con trary to the agreement, were re-enforced by two professionals. Griff and Kriebie, who played with the second team of the Kansas State University. It is believed that Baker University was represented by one player in the Eureka eleven, bat this is not definitely known. The Lewis Academy eleven were so grieved over the day's disaster that they permanently disbanded immediately on reaching Wichita. They have never been beaten. THERE ARE NO MIRACLES. At Least That Is the Opinion of Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll. Says Schlatter Is Insane and Those Who Believe in Him Are in the Same State. LINCOLN, Nebe., Nov. 29.— Colonel Robert G. Ingersoll arrived in the city to day and before the hour for his lecture at the opera-house this evening held an in formal reception at his hotel. Answering the query of a reporter as to what he thought of Schlatter, he said: "I think it is a craze. Schlatter is in* sane and the people who believe in him are in the same condition. The miracle workers of the world, if honest, have been insane. This is a natural world. The supernatural does not exist. No miracle ever was or ever will be performed." '•Who is to be the Republican nomine* for President?" was asked. "At present Reed and McKinley are the most prominent. A good many people are talking Allison, and I have heard many say they were for General Miles. It is probable that Reed will have New Eng land, maybe New York and Pennsylvania. These States have about 214 votes. That will be a good start. McKinley will have about the same, I should think, but no one can tell what is to happen. A thousand things not now known or dreamed of may determine the matter. Maybe a dark horse will be chosen. No one can tell what luck, accident, awkwardness and design may do." When told to-night by The United^ Press representative that Cleveland Christians were praying for his conversion Colonel Ingerspll said he did not care to comment on that matter further than to remark that on different occasions prayers in his behalf bad been declined. Fought a Duel to the Death. MOUNT STERLING, Kt., Nov. 29.— John Williams and David Rose, who were wealthy stock traders of Wolfe county, fought a savage duel to the death yester day at Hazel Green. Williams was killed and Rose died later. Tney had a dispute over business. English Bails Sold. NEW YORK, N. V., Nov. 29.— Griswold & GilJett, agents of Charles Cammell & Co. of England, have sold 10,000 tons of steel rails of English make in this market for use on an American road. This is the first sale of English rails under the Wilson tariff. For Pacific Coast Telegrams see Pages 2, 3 and 4. Good engraving is not ex-» pensive. ' ' Cheap " engraving; is. ; 227 Post street _„ _ _„ 215 Bush street H O VBOCKBE t»Q|