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HIGHLAND
RECORDER
VOL. XXII.
MONTEREY, HIGHLAND COUNTY, VA., JUNE 22, 1900.
NO. 20.
AN OPERATOR'S CARELESSNESS.
It Caused a Collision Near Atlanta Tuc
Killed and Several Injured.
Atlanta. Ob., (8peclal.)?A northbound
passenger train on the Southern Railway
collided with an incoming accommodation,
near Belt Junotton, five miles from Atlanta.
Both trains were well filled and running
thirty-five miles an hour when they came
together.
Killed.?Reuben R. Mayfield, engineer of
accommodation train; Benjamin Davis,
brakeman. Injured?William N. Haync,
Atlanta, fireman; W. A. Sharp, Greenville,
8. C.; Miss Davies, Fainesville, Ga.. W. C.
Daris, Atlanta, engineer; Robert McBride,
fireman; Julius Wilhelt, Atlanta, express
messenger; J. H. MeGregory, Atlanta, ex?
press messenger; J. H. MeGregory, Atlanta,
baggagemaster, severe internal injuries.
Engineer Mayfield applied the air brakes
when he saw the northbound train rounding
a curve, and stood at his post. Tbe wreck
was caused by tbe failure of the operator
at Belt Junction to hold the northbound
train.
Asheville, N. C., (Special.)?The north?
bound vestibule on the Southern Railway,
which left here at 5.10, was wreoked four
miles east of here. The train oonsisted of
eight conches and two engines. Both en?
gines ieft the track, rolled down an em
ben kment. taking two coaches with them.
The engines were completely wrecked.
The colored fireman was fatally hurt ard
the baggagemaster and one engineer badly
bruised. The Tennessee Editorial Associa?
tion was on board, but none of the editors
were injured.
JAVAN TO DECLARE WAR.
The Chancellor of the .Japanese Legation
Killed.
London, (By Cable. )-The Times, in an
extra edition, publishes the following dis?
patch from Pekin:
"The chancellor of the Japanese legation
? Sugyamn Akira?while proceeding alone
and unprotected on official duty, was brutally
murdered by soldiers of Tung Fun Slang
the favorite bodyguard of the Empress, at
Mamigate Railroad StatiOD.
"The foreign reinforcements are dally ex?
pected. The present isolated position of
Pekin, the destruction of foreign property
In the country and the insecurity of life aro
directly attributable to tbe treachery of thc
Chinese government."
A telegram from Yokohama, dated Tues?
day evenlDg, says that the Japanese govern?
ment has ordered four more warships to pro?
ceed to Taku, and 4,000 men of all arms are
under orders to be in immediate readiness
for embarkation. The dispatch says the
Japanese government "trusts the powers
will not misconstrue this action." The
Japanese press is urging vigorous methods.
The Shanghai correspondent of the Times,
telegraphing, says:
"The Japanese minister is pressing for
recognition of a Japanese sphere of influ?
ence, to include the provinces of Che Kieng,
Fo Kien and Kianga!."
NOTED PHYSICIAN KILLED.
Dr. Glbler, of Pasteur Institute, Dead
from Runaway Injury.
Suffern, N. Y., (Speclal).-Dr. Paul Glbler,
head of a sanitarium here, and of the Pas?
teur Institute, of New York city, died at mid?
night from the effects of the injuries re?
ceived in a runaway earlier lu the evening.
Dr. Glbler, who was 49 years old, and his | s
mother-in-law. Mrs. Horen, 72 years old, I i
f-tarted for a drive about 8 o'clock. They T
had net gone far from the house when tho j t
horse took fright at fireworks which some
boys were exploding in the road. The ani?
mal dashed down the road, and a wheol of
the vehicle caught in a tree. Dr. Glbierand
Mr. Horen were thrown to the ground. Dr.
Gibier's head struck on a stone, and he was
rendered unconscious instantly. Mrs. Horen
was badly stunned.
SPANISH CANNON LOADED.
Kansas City's Park Ornament Found to He
Charged to the Muzzle.
KaDsas City, (Special).?It has been dis?
covered that tho Spanish connon loaned
Kansas City several months ago by the gov?
ernment to bo placed in one of its parks os
a trophy of the Cuban war is loaded. The
War Department ha? been searching for the
cannon for some time and has sent letters to
different cities warning recipients of cannon
sent them from Washington to bo on tho
lookout for a loaded gun. Mayor Reed re?
ceived such a notice. An investigation was
started and it WM fouud that the cannon re?
ceived by Kansas City has been loaded to
the brim with powder and projectiles ever
since in left Manila. Tho cannon had not
yet been placed in position.
DEATH OF MRS. GLADSTONE.
The Interesting Career of the Remarka?
ble Wife.
London. (By Cable.)?Mrs. Gladstone
widow cf William E. Gladstone, the English
statesman, died at 5.40 P. If, Thursday.
Mrs. Gladstone, who had been unconscious
for about seventy-two hours, died without
recovering consciousness.
The news was Immediately conveyed to
the Queen, the Prince of Wales, the Dean of
Westminster, the Dean of Lincoln, Slr Wil?
liam Vernon Harcourt, Sir Henry Campbell
Bannerman, Arthur.). Balfour and other,*.
In tbe course of the evening William Glad?
stone, heir to Hawarden, arrived from Eton,
shortly followed by two sisters from Lon?
don. The bells of Hawarden Church rnng
muffled peals.
By courtesy of the Denn ot Westminster, j
and in accordance wilh arrangements mode ?
in 1898, the funeral will be held in the ab- t]
bey. I tl
OUR NEW POSSESSIONS.
A dispatch from Havana states that the
Fidelity and Deposit Company of Baltimore
has been notified that It will bo held respon?
sible on the bond of E^tes G. Rathbone, for?
mer director of post".
William H. Hunt, secretary of State of
Porto Rico, reached San Juan. Governor
Allen will leave for the United States about
June 20.
Captain Bratton, of the medical depart?
ment at Cebu, highly commended Private
Jones for saving a Filipino womans life.
A report was received in Washington of
the heroic stand made by the little garrison
of Americans against tbe Filipinos.
Captain Frank Grenshaw was seriously
wounded by falling Into a Filipino trap with
forly men of the Twenty-eighth Infantry.
lu a dispute over the Boer war J. T. Bryce,
r>f Savannah, Ga., killed a Jamaican at Santi?
ago de Cuba.
Cuban lawyers object to all reforms, and
i dispatch from Havana says "Cuban justice
s recognized os having become a mere mat?
er of do'lars and cojits."
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TEN LIVES LOST,
FATAL TENEMENT-HOUSE FIRE II
NEW YORK.
SEVEN MORE WERE INJUREE
Thrilling Experiences of Some Who Wen
Saved, Thanks to the Efficient AK
Rendered by Heroic Policemen?Some
of Them Make'Desperate Leaps am'
Others Found Dead.
New York, (Special.)?Ten lives were los'
and seven people badly injured during a fin
which almost totally destroyed a tenemenl
bouse at 34 Jackson street. The official Hst
of the dead is:
William Cotter, forty year? old.
Mrs. Kate Cotter, thirty-eight years old.
Joseph Cotter, twelve yeans old. #
Kate Cotter, nine years old.
Elsie Marion, six years old.
John Cotter, three years o'd.
William Cotter, one year old.
Louis Marion, forty years old.
Mary Marion, thirty-seven years old.
Mamie Cotter, thirteen years old.
The injured are:
A.bert Marion, nineteen years old.
Mamie Marion, eighteen years old.
Margaret Marlon, fourteen years old.
Frank Marion, twelve years old.
Emma Marlon, two years old.
Antoinette Marlon, Infant.
Patrick Burns, twenty-three years old.
Of these Burns will surely die. it is said.
The others suffered from inhaling smoke,
but are not in a serious condition.
The fire appears to have started in the rear
of the hallway on the second floor. It had
gained great headway before the people in
the house were awakened to their peril.
The Cotter family lived on the fourth floor.
Cotter was a laborer, and in addition to the
children who lost their lives he had a son
George, four months old.
The Marion family lived on the top floor.
Patrick Burns appears to have been the
first person In the house who was apprised
of the fire. He was awakened by smoke,
and he gave the alarm to the others In Miss
Jordan's apartments, where he boarded. AU
escaped except Burns, who was severely in?
jured by flames.
Policeman Knowles, after assisting the
Hartigan family to escape from the third
floor of the building, mounted om? flight
higher. Flames shot out of the windows
and set fire to his coat. He looked into the
windows of the Cotter apartments, but could
see no signs of life there. The family had
moved into the rooms only a few days before
and the furniture was so banked up in front
of the windows that the view was obfcured.
The bravo policeman, half suffocated by tho
smoke, continued to climb tho flro escapo
till ho reached the top floor. He heard
screams coming from the M.ulhearn apart?
ments and, locating them, assisted the dazed
people down the fire escapes.
When Officer Knowles reached the Marlon
apartments a confusion of flame and smoke
Durst into hl6 face. In the midst of lt all,
>vlth nightgowns ablaze and their hair blaz
ng, four of the children were teorlng about
he room shrieking in terrible agony.
Mrs. Marion huddled near tho window.
IVlth her baro arms wrapped about her
jaby, she was gasping for air.
Three rushes were made into the flames by
he terrified womoo, and Margery, Frank
ind Mamie were brought to Knowles after
ie had taken tho baby. The blisters and
cars were swelling on his hands and arms,
rut he conquered his agony and finished his
rork on the floor by finally carrying the
aintlng form of the courageous mother
own the fire escape.
A few moments afterward the woman
ied. She had literally sacrificed herself
?r her babier.
Louis Marion was killed by jumping from
window. When the firemen reached the
partments of the family three of the family
nrcto ucnu vu iu?s uoor anu me otners un
conscious.
In the Cotter rooms were found Mrs. Cot
ter, while a few feet away lay the body o
Mr. Cotter, with a dead child under him.
In other ports of the rooms were found thc
remaining members of tho family. Only
two of them, Mamie and George, the latte]
four months old, were alive.
Polioeman Peter Purfleld, who had fol?
lowed the other officers to the fire, had
reached the top of tbe first flight of stairs
when Patrick Burn?,~one of Miss Jordan's
boarders, with his night shirt ablazlng,
jumped over the banisters within a few feet
of the officers. He fell In a heap at the bot?
tom of the stairs. Purfleld carried him to
the street and tore his blazing garment from
him. Burns was blackened all over by the
fire and appeared to be delirious. Ho broke
from the policeman crying. "I want to save
my pants," and rushed back into tho burn?
ing house. Purfleld overtook him and
brought him out again, and the man then
sank from pain and exhaustion on the side?
walk, rurfleld re-entered the house and
made his woy to the rear of the ballway on
tho first floor. Just os he woe about to go
into the yard Marlon jumped from the fifth
floor and fell at his feet.
Momie Cotter died as soon as she orrived
at the hospital.
The monetary loss caused by the fire is
estimated at from 15,000 to $7,000.
FROM WASHINGTON.
Arrangements were completed for trans?
porting 1,483 Cuban school teachers to Har?
an! University for a summer course.
The President Issued a commission to
lieutenant Goneral Miles and Major Genoral
.'or bin.
Both houses of Congress adjourned for the
cssion, the House having surrendered to
lie Senato on the naval survey provision of
io Naval Appropriation bill, whloh was the
nly big bill still to be disposed of. There
as singing in the House and a lovefeast in
ie Senate.
Ordors were issued for the first squadron
r the Sixth Cavalry to prooeed to San
ranclsco for transportation to tho Philip
uef.
Captain Teter C. Deming, convicted of
nbezzlement, was sentenced to dismissal
id a term in the penitentiary.
Secretary Root and his family arrived nt
est Point, where he reviewed the cadet
ittalion.
Leaders Captured.
Washington, (Special).?General MacAi
ur. at Manila, cabled the War Department
follows:
"Report capture of Generals Hizon, near
sxico, and Cavestany, at Alcala, both lm
rtant, latter very important leader ol
errillas In Pangaslnan Province (Luzon).
"MxcABTHcn."
General Corbin attaches considerable im-'
rtouco to these captures. In his opinion,
*y are more nearly in the nature of sur
rrl< rs than captures, and indicate that the
Inclpal leaders of the Insurrection nrc
nndoning tbat cause and are coming Ibu
inila to accent American suarsmsny
BLOW TO BRITISH ARMY.
Only Six of Battalion of Over Five Hun
dred Escaped?Disaster at
Koodeval.
London, Eng., By Cable.)?Lieut.-Gen
Sir Frederick Forestier-Wolker, in commanr
|?Lol tho linos of communication In Soutl
Africa, reports that In the disaster to thi
British troops, June 7, at Roodeval, when
the Boers cut Lord Roberts' line of com
munication. The fourth battalion of thi
Derbyshire Regiment were all killed, wound
ed or made prisoners, except six enlistee
men.
Two officers and 15 men were killed anc
five officers and 72 men were wounded, man j
of thora severely.
It ls Inferred that the Boers captured ovei
500 men, and as late as June 10 held posi?
tions cutting off the British forces north ol
Kroonstad from reinforcements.
Another dispatch from General Forestier
Walker says General Methuen was fighting
within 10 mlies of Heilbron, on June 6.
Communications north of Kroonstad have
been cut since June 0.
The news of the disaster at Roodeval came
os a severe shock to London, as it was not
expected that tho cutting of Lord Roberts'
communication with tho south bad resulted
60 seriously to the British arms.
The ministerial caucus at Cape Town has
resulted In a decided setback for Premier
Schrelner, only 10 supporting him, and Mr.
Schreiner has given notice of bis intention
to resign.
Genoral Buller oables of a defeat for Boers
at the junotion of the Klip River and the
Gins Vlei. The British casualties in the en?
gagement were six killed and seven
wounded.
Two hundred and fifty Boers surrendered
to General Hunter at Ventersdorp, and the
remainder in that district have promised to
give up their arms.
RESCUED AT SEA.
Sixteen Men Picked Up by a Johnston
Liner from a Sinking Dark.
Norfolk, Va., Special).? After flfteen days'
labor at the pumps In mid-ocean In an effort
to keep their vessel afloat until they could
be picked up by some- passing steamship,
sixteen of tbe crew of the Norwegian bark
Cleveland, Including Captain Yinsnes, were
brought into this pori, having been com?
pelled to nbandou their ship on June 4. The
shipwrecked mariners were picked up by
the Johnston Line steamship Noramore,
Captoin Jacobs. Tho Cleveland, a Jarge
bark of 1.23J tons, sailed May 8 in stone bal?
last from Southampton for Nova Scotia.
The vessel was found to be leaking rapidly
on Moy 20, and tho pumjs were promptly
manned, but it was with great difficulty
that they wero kept clear of gravel and saud
from the ballast. All bonds were working
nt the pumps, tho water, despite all their
efforts, gaining on them nt the rate of one j
foot on hour. Near midnight of tho 4th tho
Noramnore's lights were sighted and signals
of distress made. The big steamship
ptopped. and, although it was very dark and
the seas quite high, the Cleveland's Imper?
iled sailors were safely transferred from
their sinking ship, the only article of whose
equipments they saved being the chronom?
eter.
TORTURED TO DEATH HY ANTS.
story of Terrible Punishment ol' Ameri?
can hy Indians.
El Paso, Texas, (Special.)?News rrachod
jere from the State of Slnaloa, Mexico, the
icstfle Mayo Indian country south of Son?
dra, of the terrible fate that overtook an
\mexlcan prospector a few days ago.
James Wilson, an Amorican. believed lo
iea fugitive murderer from the United
Hates, had been in the country for months
irospectlng. In tho village nearest his
amp he became, acquainted with an.nttrac
ive young daughter of a sub-chief. One
lay she disappeared and returned two days 1
uter to say that Wilson had decoyed her to *?
ls camp and lind detained her there by t
oreo for 12 hours. I
The Indians swore vengoanco, but Wilson r
had fled. They trolled him across tho hills
nnd brought him back to tho villagocouncil.
The head men of the tribe, Including tho
outraged girl's father, condemned the pris?
oner and ordered tho most horrible form of
punishment known to the Mayos and ono
quite common among them to be Inflicted.
Stakes were driven firmly lu the ground
around a large ant hill and Wilson, stripped
of his clothing, was stretched across the
mound and bound to them. Tho Insects
literally gnawed out his vitals and ho died
U awful death.
BOTH KILLED IN FUSILLADE.
Physician's Quarrel Over Calling In of a
Rival Causes Two Deaths.
Houston. Tex., (Special).? A special from
Nacogdoches says: 'Dr. Taliaforro and Wiley
Wilkins shot each other to death at Michclll,
twelve miles south of here.
"Taliaferro was the physician for the
Miqhelli mills, and Wilkins a son of tho
superintendent of the snmo establishment.
Taliaferro became angered because another
physician was called to treat the Wilkins
family, and is alleged to have made remarks
which caused the elder Wilkins to demand
an apology. During a dispute which fol?
lowed, young Wilkins came upon the scene.
Taliaferro opened fire, which was returned
by Wiley Wilkins, and both wero killed."
TAUNCEFOTE GETS DEGREE.
Ex-Speaker Reed and Others Also Hon?
ored hy Columbia.
New York, (Special).?At the commence?
ment exercises of Columbia University the
honorary degreo of doctor of laws was con?
ferred on the following:
Lord Pauneefote,' British Ambassador to
tho United States.
Thomas Brackott ll?cd, ex-Speaker of tho
House of Representatives.
President Arthur Twining Hadley, of
Yole.
Capt. Alfred T. Mahon, United States
Navy, retired.
Prof. Minion Warren, profossor of Latin
in Harvard University.
FIELD OF LABOR.
South Africa has 70.000 miners.
Toledo hasn't an Idle cigarmaker.
A Moscow hospital employs 900 nurses.
Switzerland has sixty macaroni factories.
Cuba's postal service employs 750 people.
Yienna's municipal railway ls In operation.
Smoking tobacco ls practically unknown
a Cuba.
Turkey bought $243,325 worth of Amorlcnn
lour last year.
Ht Paul Sheet Workers' Union's Initiation
oe is now $15; formerly S3.
A national union of cloakmakers ls to bo
ormod in Brooklyn this weok.
Canada will havo 1,007 oxhlbits, valued at
'200,000, ot tho Paris Exposition.
The Traveling Men's Anti-Trust League
ow claims over 46,000 members.
New York Bricklayers' Union, No. ll, has
? mated f50 to tho Idle bricklayers of Chi
TROOPS FOR CHINA,
NINTH REGIMENT SOON TO START
FROM MANILA.
MEN AND SHIPS NEEDED.
The Concord Sails From Manila With
Marines -Communication With Pekin,
Tnku and Tien Tsin ls Still Interrupted
No Worri From Admiral Kerapffor Min?
ister Conger for Three Days.
Manila, (By Cable.)?Tbe Ninth United
States Infantry, which is now in the Phillp
pim ?, has been ordered to Manila, hence lt
will bu ordered to Chine.
Tho gunboat Concord, with marines on
board, hos soiled under 6eo!ed orders, sup?
posedly for China.
Tho British cruiser Buenaventura has
sailed for Hongkong with troops and stores
for Hongkong and Tientsin.
For more than a year the Ninth Infantry
has been serving in the Philippines. It was
stationed at Madison Barracks, N. Y., and in
March, 1899, received orders to proceed to
Manila.
The regiment was with MacArthur in tho
operations against the natives last winter
and has been recently distributed among
nine towns, Including Tarlac, ODonnoll,
Capos, Bamban, Victoria, Murcia, Gerona
and Congepcion. It ls under the command
of Col. "Emerson H. Liscum, who served with
distinction during the Civil War. During
the war with Spain Colonel Liscum was
given the rank of brigadier-general of vol?
unteers. He was mustered out December 81,
1898, and returned to the command of his
regiment.
ALARMED OVER OOTHA.
Washington Has Not a Word From Tekln
In Three Days.
Washington, (8peclal.)?Sunday was the
third day passed here without a single line
of news from any official source respecting
the critical situation In China.
Inquiries of tho -cable companies showed
that the communications by wire with Pekin,
Taku, Tientsin and ali Northern China wero
suspended. The War Department received
the following message from tho Western
Union headquarters at New York:
"The only news from the E'ist is a notice
of tho interruption of the Great Northern
lines between Blagowestchensk and Tsohlta,
which cuts off all communication with China
and Japan via that route."
The line referred to is a land wire running
out of Pekin to Tsohita. in the north, and
connecting with the Russian Siberian sys?
tem. Thence land wires run through Korea
and by a short cable across to Nagasaki,
Japan
The Navy Department made another effort
ts roach Rear-Admiral Kempff, on his flag?
ship Nowark, nt the Taku forts. A cable?
gram was addressed to the commander of
the gunboot Yorktown, at Ohefoo, the near?
est treaty port to Taku, on the northern side
of tho Shantung peninsula, repleting the
message Indited to Admiral Kerapff last
Thursday Inquiring as to his situation, the
conditions ot Tekln and his need for more
men ond ships. The Yorktown's commander
tvos dlrocted to take the messngo at once to
ruku and return with tho answer. The de
lartment ls now pretty well assured that the
)riginal message never reached Admiral
vempff.
Falling this effort, resort will be speedily
md to other measures if word Is not re
?elved from someone In authority io China,
rui-t what course will be followed is not yet
letermlned. AdmiralRemey, nt Manila, is
rrobably too far away from the scene?the
un to Taku would occupy a week's time,
t is probable that the nearest United States
Jonsul to Taku who is still within reach of
he cables will te wired instructions to char
er a speedy merchant steamer at once to
un te Taku with the department's message
VERDICT IN RIDDICK CASE.
Prisoner's Co nu sol Apparently Satisfied
With the Verdict.
Lawrenceville, Va., (Special.)?"We, tho
ury, find the prisoner guilty of manslaugh
er, and ascertain his punishment nt three
?ears in the state penitentiary," was the ver
llct roached by tho jury In the oase of Rev.
I. E. Roane Riddick, tried for tho murder of
)r. W. H. Temple.
When at ton o'clock the jury had not
.greed, Mr. Davis, for the defense, sug
;ested a compromise verdict of manslaugh?
ter. "I do not want to force any man's con
alence," ho said, ''but as this Is not a mat?
er of fact, but of opinion, I suggest a com
romise."
Commonwealth's Attorney Rufford did not
hlnk the jury should be kept together any
)nger than was necessary to ascertain that,
pon full discussion and comparison of their
iews, they were unable to agree. He con
?nded that if the prisoner was not insane,
o was guilty of murder in the first degree,
ho jury retired to their room again, and In
few moments returned with the verdict.
Tho minister's face was a 6tudy when th?
f rd let was read ;p him. He was visibly
oved, and closely eyed each juror. As the
?ik read Mr. Davis repeated the words In
io car trumpet of the prisoner. He was
uch affected, and could scarcely control
is emotion. Mr. Davis moved that the
nut sot the verdict aside as being contrary
' tho law and evidence. He said tho motion
as merely a formal one and ho did not
Ink ho would Insist on lt, but wished to
msult the other attorneys, nnd asked that
e court be adjourned till the 19th, which
ns done.
Riddick told his counsel that ho. left the
icstion of an appeal entirely In their banda,
lere will hardly bo an appeal. Riddick
ll bo taken to tho penitentiary In u fow
ys. If he proves to be Insane be will ba
ot to an asylum.
Foreman Short said that until oleven
:lock the Jury stood six for murder in tho
st degree and six-for eoqulttai on tho
ound of insanity.
Convention Ends.
S'orfolk, Va., (Special.)?Tho tenth an?
al convention of tho Interstate Cotton
id Crushers' Association closed nt Old
int Comfort. The convention chose Now
leans as tho next place of meeting, and
i tlmo between May 10 and 15. The next
tos will bo decided by the executive conti'
ttee.
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
'here aro twenty-six foreign warships
ig off the Taku ports, China, ready to
ke a demonstration, If necessary, for the
tectlon of their embassies and the inter
i of the powers they represent. It lg re*
ted that the Russian forces have attacked
Roxers. A battle between the Chinese
)ps and the Boxers bas been fought near
u-Tsln. Admiral KompfT, the American
imandor, roports the situation critical,
that Russian forces havo begun fighting,
icetfng of the foreign naval commanders
held to arrange for combined, action,
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THE NEWS.
Justlca Keogh, In White Plains, N. Y.
granted a deoree to Mrs. Brennan agolns1
her husband, giving her ten thousand dol?
lars In lieu of alimony, aa*1 130,000 as gu ar
dlun for their son.
The New York 8tate Bureau of Labor Sta?
tistics reports an increase of 62 unions and
8,152 members In labor organizations during
tho three months ending March 31 last.
Charles K. Landis, of Vineland, N. J., the
founder of a number of Jersey towns, cul
off his sons without a dollar. The will is tc
be contested.
Mrs. Robert Garrett, before sailing for
abroad, insisted that the Cunard Steamship
Company sign a contract not to bury hei
at sea.
Tho stone bridge at Newport News, built
by C. P. Huntington at his own expense to
m keasafe crossing, has been completed.
Judge John F, Metzger, of Williamsport,
Pa., was attacked In his office by ex-Dis?
trict Attorney Edwards, whom he had of?
fended.
Three men were killed and fourteen per
?ons Injured by an explosion of gunpowder
In a manufactory of fireworks in rhlladel
phia.'
Mrs. C. B. Hammond,'tho daughter of a
Montana millionaire, went to live with her
msband In a freight car.
Tho contest of the St. Louis street car
itrikers will now be waged along the lines
)f the boycott.
Worry over a threatened divorce suit drove
Jrs. William J. Welch, in New York, insane.
C. H. King, a stock broker, shot and killed
ames Flood, a hackman, in Omaha.
The motorman of a Chicago trolley car
ropped dead on the platform, and the car
ashed across the railroad tracks just ahead
f a freight train.
Myron Clark, of Hallyvllle, I. T., becom
3g Insane, forced bis wife at the pistol
olnt to take a fatal dose of strychnine
The Daughters of tbe Confederacy had
leir annual reunion at Martlnsburg, W.
a. Many veterans attended.
Jacob Fetrow fell from a burning farm
liuuae ruoi in uonaways xownsnip, ra., ana
crushed his skull.
Two men were killed and eight Injured in
a collison on the Southern Raliway, near
Atlanta.
Hugh Rrltton, who was engaged to be
married, committed suicide in Petersburg,
Ya".
Frank Desert, eight years old, was killed
ly lightning in Chnmbersburg, Pa.
The sub-committee of the Democratic Na?
tional Committee met at Kansas City, and
Chairman. Jones issued a statement that
delegates and visitors to the convention will
be accommodated at reasonable rates.
The jury in the United States Court in
New York gave a verdict for the return to
Mrs. Phyllis Dodge of the jewels seized by
the customs officials.
Judge Morrow, in San Francisco, decided
the plague quarantine In San Francisco il?
legal bocauso it discriminated against the
Mongolians.
Ten lives were lost and seven perscni
were Injured, some seriously, in a fire which
destroyed a tenement house In New York.
Tho Foundrymen's National Association
refused to g.v-nt the increase demanded by
tbe molders.
George Perry, a slate-roofer, lu Philadel?
phia, fell eight stories and mannged to es?
cape serious injury.
Dr. A. L. Bowers resigned the rresidency
of the West Virginia Methodist Conference
Seminary.
David Dwight Wells, author and play?
wright, died at his home in Norwich, Conn.
The 144th commencement of the University
of Pennsylvania was celebrated by the con?
ferring of degrees in art, music, science,
law, medicine, dental surgery, veterinary
medicine a-id philosophy.
Michael B. Grady, western organizer for
the International Bricklnyers' Union and
former t-ecretary of the Trades and Labor
Assembly, was assaulted in Chicago by three
men.
Woodworkers of Chicago to the number of
about 3,000 may strike as a result of the re?
fusal of manufacturers to grant demand for
n 10 per cent, raise.
Lleat. Guy T. Scott, Third Artillery, U. S.
A., was married to Miss Lelia Voorhies, of
San Francisco. The groom ls a *on of Uni?
ted Statrs Senator Scott.
Tne Commissioner of Accounts places the
shortage of John Clark, in the Bureuu o)
Markets, New York, at nearly ill,OOO
All negotiations for a settlement of tho St.
Lojte car strike aro off.
Sherill Suter, of Frankfort, Ky., has
reached Indianapolis with a requisition foi
IV. S. Taylor, charging him with being an
accessory to tho Goebel murder.
Governor Mount refused to honor requisi
iou pnper3 of Governor Beckham.
Comptroller Color, of New York, addressed
itudents of tho Illinois State University or
problems growing out of conditions in oui
sities and out of corporato greed.
The Court of Claims decided that Admire!
lotorson was in command at Santiago, and
hat Admiral Schley was bis subordinate.
Senator Davit, chairman of the Commit
pe on Foreign Relations, in. an addrers Kc
fore the alumni of the University of Penn?
sylvania, said that our victories at Santiago
and Manila had done more to establish th<
peace of the world than all tho negotiation!
and alliances of fifty years preceding.
A company composed of business men o!
York, Pa., with a capital of $300,000. ha;
leased for twenty years the mining right ol
6,200 acres of land In the Tonawanda Indiai
reservation, Genesee county, New York.
All the divisions and lines of the St. Louii
Transit Company wero in operation, bul
only a portion of the regular number of carr
were running.
Rear Admiral Schley again states that h?
will not accept a vice-Presidential nomina?
tion.
After being out two days, the jury in the
trial of Rev, Roane Riddick, for the murdei
of Dr. W, H. Temple, at Lawrenceville, Va.,
brought In a compromise verdict of man?
slaughter, with three years in the peniten?
tiary.
Walter K. Davis, who was arrested ir
Conoord, N. H., for selling soda water od
Sunday, was discharged, the judge ruling
that soda water was one of the necessaries
of lifo.
John Bilaskas, a Turk, murdered Petei
GtaTtnl. a Greek, In Philadelphia
IRON & STEEL INTERESTS.
The Manufacturers' Beoord of this week
will pub lah an extensive iatervlew with
Hon. Abram 8. Hewitt, one of the world's
most noted Iron masters, reviewing the
progress of the iron and steel interests and
pointing out the rapid increase In the con?
sumption of iron throughout, the world.
After pointing out that the world ls practi?
cally re-bullt about every thirty or thirty
five years and Illustrating it by the fact that
thirty-five years ago his firm furnished tbe
Iron work for tbe first Iron fire-proof office
building erected in New York, and that to?
day that building is being demolished to be
replaoed by another iron building more lu
keeping with the advance of recent years.
Mr. Hewitt says:
"The CCnsumntion of iron hun IncrAAeerl
more rapidly than anyone ever predicted.
Nearly fifty years ago, or in 1856, in an ad?
dress before the American Geographical So?
ciety, I Indicated that judging by the past lt
would be conservath-3 to estimate the pro?
duction of pig iron In the world for 1895 at
28,000,000 tons and In 1915 at 48,000,000. On
this basis the output of 1899 should have
been about 35,000,000 tons, but as a matter
of fact it was about 40,000,000 tons. In 1890
Mr. Edward Atkinson, without knowing of
my prediction made in 1856, in an elaborate
article writtea by him for the Manufactur?
ers' Record, estimated that wo could safely
count on the world's consumptive demands
requiring 40,000,0*0 tons by 1900. His esti?
mate, like mine, seemed to many to be too
high, but last year the world consumed over
10.000,000 tons, and yet the demand was
greater than the supply.
''These facts, which are familiar to think?
ing people, Indicate the wonderful strides
which the whole world has been making In
the consumption of Iron. But Iron and steel
are now going into so many new uses that
we may more reasonably look for an accel?
erating rate of growth as compared with
population than for any decrease, steel-car
making, an Industry of only a few years, in
fact, an infant Industry, is already consum?
ing about 400,000 to 600,000 tons of steel a
l/ear. These cars, carrying 100,000 pounds
af freight instead of the 40,000 or .50.000
pounds carried by wooden cars, are requir?
ing heavier locomotives, heavier rails,
heavier and stronger bridges, and so their
introduction almost forces the gradual re?
building of many of our railroads. Large
jfflce buildings, even costly private dwell?
ings, are now almost exclusively framed of
iron. The whole world ls busy in building
ships for war as well as for commerce; every
own must needs have Its water-works and
lewerage systems; electric railways are no
ODger confined to cities, but are spreading
>ut into suburban districts and connecting
maller municipalities. The appetite for
ron and steel seems almost insatiable.
"In this new ero in the world's iron trade
ve havo entered upon a period of perma
lently higher prices. I do not mean that
ro shall not have periods of activity and of
lepresslon as in the past, but we shall proba
ly nover again get down into such depths
i we had a few years ago. The increasing
onsumptlon of iron and steel, the lncreos
og cost of production In Europe and the
entralization of these industries in strong
ands instead of being in weak ones will
eep the business on a basis of steady and
easonably profitable operation."
WHEELER'S RETIREMENT.
le is Expected to Leave thc Army Some
Time Next Week.
Washington, (Special.)?Unless the Prosi
ant changes his mind it ls expected that
rig.-Gcn. Joseph Wheeler will be retired
om the army about the middle of this
eek. It is thought tbnt immediately thea?
ter several other officers will be promoted
bo Brigadler-Genernls and retired i.-i sue
ssion, among them Qm ?t*i li li ami .
The President's | oWttf io cu r i... < ? ..
lestioned, Lut Le hiiri exercit u ..j'.- -
al occasions.
KILLED IN A CRASH,
FOUR EXCURSIONISTS LOST l!VE?
NEAR PROVIDENCE, R. I.
ELECTRIC CARS COLLIDED.
rwenty-Slx Persons Were Injured. Som*
of Whom May Die -There Were Mor?
Whose Hurts Could Not be Determined -
Heartrending Scenes Occurred As Result
of Accident.
Providence, ll. I.. (Special.)?A frightfu'
ceident, resulting in the loss of four live*
nd the injuring of 26 people, occurred on
ie Oakland Beach Electric Road. Two car?
ict ia a head-on collision on a sharp curve,
he car coming toward the city telescoped
ie down-trip car, crashing its way through
i the fifth seat.
The accident took place on the suburban
ie between this city and Oakland Beach, a
immer resort some 13 miles distant.
Ordinarily the cars run on 30-minutesche
ile, but on Sundays the travel Is extremely
?ovy. and 15-minute lime was in vogue,
ie our which left this- city at ll..10 was not
ie of the regular cars on the road, being
taller and of vestibule build. The car left
e city terminousand before it had reached
e outskirts of the city was packed, passen
rs even standing in tbe aisles. When the
r reached Warwick Station lt stopped to
ow passengers to alight.
According to schedule, Conductor F. A.
inehester should have waited a few min?
's at the turnout to allow the upbouud
kland Beach car to pass. He rang the
nal to ga abend, and Motorman Edward
Rurroughs put on his power and the cat
s soon speeding at a lively rat". Just be?
ad tbe station is a curve, then a straight
etch of road, and then a sharp curve in a
jp cut. It is impossible for a motorman
?ee beyond the curve, ns on the left is a
:h bank, hiding the rails from view. Tho
:ular car left Oakland Reach on Its trip to
o'ty, and Motorman Harry Hanlon was
king his regular time to the turnout at
Warwick Station. Suddenly thorn
flashed before his vision a car sweeping to?
ward him. The curve seemed to lend addi?
tional speed to tbe cars. Quick as a flash
Hanlon shut off his power and applied his
air brakes, which stopped the car Instantly.
The down-bound car came on in spile of th*
efforts of the motorman to check its speed,
lhere was a crash, and the cars telescoped.
The Oakland Beach car tore its way through
the other car, crushing all before it like an
egg shell. On the fifth seat went the buntei
of the upbound car. carrying death and in?
jury in its wake. Motorman Burroughs wai
ir stantly killed.
The scenes that followed were heartrend?
ing. Under the wreckage were inanimate
bodies, while the groans and shrieks cf th?
Injured fliled the air. Those who were not
injured were frantic In their effoitsto locatf
their companions. Calls were sent out foi
assistance and a corpse of doctors were soon
at the scene. Willing hands helped to '.-x
tricate the injured, who were conveyed tc
the Warwick Statiou. Two cars wert
equipped with cots, and, with doctors and
assistants, were dispatched from this city tc
the wreck.
The wounded were placed on the cars and
conveyed to the Elmwood Station, where twc
ambulances from the hospital were Ia wait?
ing. Lewis C. Sanborn, who was Injured
Internally, died ou his way to the city. A
woman who was afterward Identified as Mrs.
Fred Andrews, a daughter of Mr. Sanborn,
was conveyed to the hospital in a precarious
condition. Her injuries consisted of n
crushed left arm and right foot. Her spine
was also injured. She was at last report!
delirious, and is not expected to live.
The 15-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs
George W Baker was killed. His parents
escaped with slight Injuries.
The fourth victim was Arthur G. Liscomb
Among the passenger* was Lieut.-Oov.
Charles D. Kimball. He was hurt Internal?
ly, and received a concussion of the brain
He was uable to be moved from the Warwick
Station, and it Is thought that bis injuries
will prove fatal. Mary Tourtlllot is alsc
fatally injured, her back being broken.
AS HIS FATHER HAD DONE.
Hugh If rf 1 i a. ti. Committed Suicide in
Petersburg, Va.
Petersburg. Va., (Special.)?Hugh flrittoa
committed sulcida hero by shooting himself
directly over the heart. He rose as usual
nnd went to Zlmmer's tobacco factory, od
Market street, where he was foreman of the
press room department. He breakfasted
with Mr. Hoy, ami exhibited no signs ol
mental or other troubles. After flnis-hing
the meal he went directly to the hardware
store of Mr. Charles Leonard, on Bank
street, and with perfect composure, pur?
chased a 38-callber revolver and several
cartridges. He returned again to his room
in Mr. Hoy's residence, locked his door,
and having lain on the bcd, fired the fntal
shot. He was u sou of the late Stephen
Britton, who was also a suicide. Britton
was engaged to be married to Miss Wray,
of Hampton. A letter was received from
'is sweetheart a few hours after his d^ath,
..?.! was returned unopened lo thewrlUr,