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WlTSIiOnO, N. CM KIUDAV, JULY 18,1902
VOL. LNO.iit-
inn
IM OiS ASTER
scores of Lf ea Killed bj a Ter
rific Explosion in .a Pit
at Jchistows,
PARTY OF RESCUERS DEAD
Hersx Efforts of Relief Parties
Heartrendire Scfries'at Mine's
c. Surv.v:rs
. Jo'u-tfiwn. r;i.Jii:nstoTrn !? strain
Ih.u vkitwl I'J" ati ti!iatiiuj; dif;i;r,
oidv ! fr!"b:ful tluta t'lf awiul
lamiry of M.Hy 1', in of 5;rV ,',
1 - ' -
Catw'.-r'a Sn-tl r,.;l,1i,y n U.;- mill
'iul-av: nudor V.tiiH.:iu'li.!l. ii:d ti.r
if tlca,l
;
""'
K iVv
:y rca:
men. .
I'r.siuttit Io well. S.acii..ust'
...
.ut Sidlyvviti,; .statement :
TIk- dis.isti-r is an awful ol
... !
-9 ea.us -u;.My unespectt'd
r.iiUe i... 1 0' U ii.-i
'sen ry ci'tid.tiou; L:
vu-d
i;iU!trei il'i' sa;-
Ui lite thirty "urs
that tic
Kriuut
a.';o;m- i
Hiino lias Is-ra iu,;-r;-tiou no
io'i-i-i)t. bi ovcurwtl. The
vet .iU'lefiniiv. but 1 it
Wii C.4t.ed by OSC'I
iUL' ir.i;.i
Af
fiftii i....'idi:J-, wtdt-b was
iiot b..-::i w...rk. I becau 'fa
gas, iu'. t ;h.' ixih bcatiit:
"T'u- iiuaa-r of casual;
Phicd at iS, No list f ti
i.
i-4 and
ti.raineu
the d.'.al lii.IfJ' iii.t be' i-:i.
ili.'.j'.ri'.V t'f l i iH v.eiV f..;ei;ii
Mire kiidHii 7.!y,i.v i i.vU atd
Iiitilje. i'l.w:.;.. w.y tii.'ir !::.:'
yViT be known, is ii'.i- !'t"'i!'i
r "V i fs d In t:!:- for i:"i;u:
" ho em r
. ' I. ten ,!v
"Xl
tl i
down by li..- ixj.!i.ii;a. '1 in-yw. ,c
Aim led ill groups of live and lli, V.'.til i
their biieldcK :iid tlie rr;.i:iao ,t flielr
lunches Miittercd ocf t HttU.-it livi j
-deitllv tltetr lives tVt'i'i lltl!.)"cd out
iiiie.i.v linn eii-Mit. nis f .-in Aeu uiai
Somo i-odics may ueyt r ;v .,n erc.i.
(Mitside of the pri.periy I.jss thss ea-
fasM'oplfe wiil tsi. I he Crttolirbt iSiecl
I'ompauy n biii-e simi. The company-
a tor many years pat pant to tne
Ulliily Of 'every p 1,-oa killed ill iis I
mpb.y M doi I, mitsiUe -o wlu.i it 'X-J
tided lor medical purposes and it
pas p.u l to cry man woo cs! an ej e,
iti:b,' or bei-auie ttiierwle i-ariiitlly
i
Wij ie tb'-if uiii'K. M-nams '-' ; j j;r,. (i.j'it.j. -had ti it v;t!erc.'. Tiiofe Ji.cy j It w.o praetiiMliy ctri.-jlu that my li- h;a:''
imn'-cV lo us." , i f,(i-a i'.u.-;,:'!-5it and tiu a nUfiiucd ent v.-, mid have So a trial jury, build
ir s Mated thai t :t:: a we:V iu tUe j fonvard-wlicivliicy did noiKii uy- ; At that ttiio w- siodl i-t-.'r.ly '.ncmiru , rhiliopim-s.
fi'-t-;- at. i be. uae of .to- tlisast.-r. Ma,! M!.r;i .H;lji. p; -y w.-udr-rejr! jt.tvf a u!l t-ho-evi;t".jce to !., ProimUt in by the I -AveoiHiniK
i la- fi'tllowina dar uha-t.. w :v k:jovu i ... . i , i-.-.s.'. ',.-.! -., i m-.u.!.. bin .viii. i!.-.ito'..-t:-K. j- i!,t.iiiis : rM.vfi':cs. v tl
An ot'irr wt-tn-ii--, t.-, rr i .t S the-v.arn-man look -eii imsre fi...!i,b -.to ' e raid
Vo'ir htui.Yd.; 't 'he- nine oUk.i.lsj' j ,..,, (',:.,,.: 'A-.'W I es.vr-.l ' th.-n I' do. s r.ow. ' 'V shall show jlmt mem..
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. k. .,!....! f tvy . . .:t I . . , t - r - - '. T !.' I .' T. ' . . ..O '1 . . AT-Ja- 1 ' .
"Mcir-d. i av iau eifihsy -vii t to tc'ac-j nj.-njase. .-liuiidids of times l gave f c.-inu- wlaaixocvcr. i am md at liberty ; t!l !'"'
' V-ttflt-d for. inn I' .: to-ordinv ! X;i 'uh; bit; X;w s!i,.V.r'inst.itt-t . I !.U t.'d what t'ttft her action I- sll'lil tnli- . "'--i'et
to tho-. y.'iiw We.M. iu"lcir:'.. .0 1 :.e ! J,,, ,.;:, ..j. f(yfn uahl l.i:;:iiy ' 1 ; I :ni'a'l 0 Vi, i, -Ih.-r 1 sdmll seek :
tlU. .W.etk. VVV C.C.'d, bU! the' 11.: '--j... ... .),.:). ., ,,' ,, ( ,..f.,rv " ' , ; 1 ll-i .ro.V S 1 .'j. ,i U.i'oil.il li Wl'il of lshitHl
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i....-, i....... ... .i - i s :'. i .y ..- i . . - i'.. . ns.- looi. oia. i - o' ' .u..i lat.-i..
Hiid o!ht;!- v ., i a . u- iwu; i j i t ae iv at, i i.iL hrad.Oi:. oUt-balbi .Ti.-titi'ili!tt.-t--v.-.-iT
r;-Uiit li .hi lo-Iia.s In ... niitc. u ar. i iit'.b'f'f.itrt the 'xi'bi'.iou. Kevcral loxoji j any day sine- the si,
. iran."i .i.-.ii .. -.- o" . ,';" -,',.y!- inuviilU" i.y i lie camp o. fros.V r. . a c.ie y. ui'.i m
-onl.f ntootitir ro ?-' 1 . S i i ...i n i .. '.ii a.,-... , .i... itne-ii.. i.v,-w i-ut'.-.r .!
Fl'oiU flic po; .( '., f .li.e bi'dtf-S 'f -ii i..r'i..l.. i ;t.r ihi .Miio-.i.iit Altii' a ensttrover-v a!
...,.. .1 1 . ',.. .... .. I . ... i .....!.. " ' . . - . . ' .. ' i- . . ' ' .
liru.M. i- .lit- i. . t.i.r ...I', . mi ..-'.4 -.
lllllie the I doer-s Wi
l.'ifir ..melie- hen m !
l Jisijibb i), the sinii of It is nmh-r-
l 1uM.d tl.'is will not be deviaii'd Ui;
I ( Measures for relief of tin- si'-ir-'n
J IV Wilits h:i e .'tlrciiily been take I ti. As,
I lair as can be learned there v., is Hot
P.. .l..v.,.. i.u.i i...it.s kill...! r..t
-were Kims and Slavs. '
The explosion occurred lu wn.1t is
ktnovn in the miners' parlaiiei us 'the
""Klolidike," tllder Wesilueut 111!).
There are two opetiiti.t;H to the mine.
One Is near the stuiie bridite of the
IVmisylvutiia lliillread, jik-t below tiie
depot, the. other at Mill Cnvk, four
nples nvtiy. Ail mines m tur xhiiuty.
Were closed, and tiieir miuers xi-nt to
help iu tile rescue work. The se.tifs
at bold opennm were iiciiriretidiim'.
The exphisloii occurred at l2,'o p. m..
and it w'vs nearly an hour before miy
ceiierat ktiowledite- of what had oc
curred reached thl.t city.' . .
As soon as it wan known .on the sur
face wlui I had occurred Marshall b
.Monre, mlniK!: en-rliieer. and one of hU
UHtthdti ins, A. tl. l'rosper, proiiiptly eli
te ret! the mine nl the main oneniim.
and were followed in a short tinie by
Mine Snperinlelide.n tleor-te T. Kobln
A ml. Arier much trouble they .reaeheil'
OIlC of tile telephone.:) loe.'lled ill t lit1
. mine, and reported that ii was Impossi
ble to find toil the full t stent of tlur
disjistei'. Their provo'ess wub slopped
by noxious tin si's and they were oblimed
lo escape through -he Mill Creek exit
of the mine. It vns by tliis exit Unit
al'tii.ise who oscniH'd from tho mine
Sot out.
Iu the meant ime tho terrible, uewe
.jimtd like wibllire all over tint city.
In hundreds of homes there Was the
most pathetic sceues. Mat hers, wives,
da lighters, sous uud relatives were
Vranilc with grief. .Sobbing . wonieu
and children oon iHsselged every iu
tratii'o of tlte mine, praying Unit their
loved one might come forth nlh'o from
the dark caveriiH.
. FacJug nluioHt certain death. Mine
X'oteiuan Harry Iludgera, bis assistant,
.Wtlllain niarich, und Flro Bohscs John
Whitney, John lletalllek and John
Thoman. entered ot theVVlvstiltont
opening, and Vtt 'Pii of the noxious
gases, proceeded into the depths of the
mtae. Their effort yas iu vain, and
Ui taw uuu perished. li their heroic
ut tempt in nave the lives of other.
-At 4 o chick linn wlo had e-
e:i;ed from lie u.iUe-Lb-hard l-eunott j
i53!'. John Meyers -went back uvu ui i s (
to f i oat assistance tould le ivu-j
tiered, but tli- frightful damp droej
. , . . i itby. , . ti .............
lllt'lll 0.1CK IUU """.liCy '1VM JllvWiKllV,
when - finally, after' a desperate strug
slv, they reached tlie outside. It vaa
wiih difficulty That liny vvre restored
fo a uutuial condition.
Tiifir story of the situation in tho
mine made it clear thui rcf-out" work
eti'.ild cot proee,d from the Westuiont j
.;euUg. and tha -hasty preparations j
weroade t begin that sad mission j
a; tho'MiH'Cret it tumuico.
The fifteca-year-olJ son of Harry j
Itqdg. r, wht-n be heard that hi father i
had bet-si uvc'rcoine with aftyr-daiap, j
started down towan) j,ijUa.J'.'K14ik't-.j
to help rescue binx af po-Sible, and ho i
ha-l. uo sooner entered tie drift. wi u j
tiie deadly 'gas almost imvrcatiie" Ait-:
lid r.ud be had to !o oanie.j back. His i
os-ugue prop r tided whole length from j
td umuib.' and tliUjut.-u Jiad. to .force I
hi Jaws apart with Mick to pit-vent
You;r ItodVro. Mho If om-
p!iv"d in the luluf. 'm
ttt!!'!l-i
tiii-' i
U i-ecajvtl throUiiU tb'.vMill Crtft j
rw,r. an.a:ratt f.-msin ta
1" A) n-;
ur. to rv Usi fi:- Mdl t'rt' -ti
''"Jy -fUr I'-wril'tlialitri.
I h. nri' UiMi. crtta up. i o mt was m
jjiiv t tii'V whi-'ii xi'li'si'iti ci urrt'd.
i'liis first tbouulit ir. for t.- cafi :y
! of tbf m-ti r.fcd r hi vhara''. Witli ti.e
l bi hi tf u K(,Si4 lt :iu effort wast
M.-iticto rfi'l-' afi'iv of tT.c s bat ton
'jil'iS'r:" Ail tee wliiK' tho fasal. tit
' iVitii was i-l.i-iii.- aroiiu-l tbosu. T-iii
did not fsltcr
m racist into i ,..
for f.ii ist.nt. but
taitNt. of di.uc'-r tla y
Wvtil. ,
Ti.e thoili.;.:. ' .Save the n; u." wa
paraiuonut.'. Thi'ouph .jljeri.e., into
he.id;ns. w.iiuin- :il.d iu lpiac. the
two turn went". It jbcrts fell." but I'os-i.-r
stj ji it d ?, whitiier be b'.'.rU.v
fcni-u . Ia the ltj'ds! of the. laucr be
tin-; lVwell ;;ili!th a V.tv I o.-s. li -had
faced what' si e!i,-d' cc; t:Uu dv. :i!u
in u effort to rave his men.
Forward t!u v-went: tra-iiiti a e o;- !
rad.t iu?o a vsil !e pia-o ; s:f t
Im;!". iilvluji a,w..rd f warnitt-' t
uiit:! i.Uiirui i-mluratitv co.iid m;U;.i t..c
str.i!: :io longer. ' Fsli
ta;.'jr-re.t into a t;'-a
Uli
b'f-r.ittt
v t ; eo:e
A I bad rdl
went hack' to 'rosette the less fornumn.
and nearly I.-.-t our own lives. We ut
... tiiMii -avo.l l,!s life. I ttid Hut
see -my father,' who v;s strimiilim,' to
net out. I ib'ii't thinh many .ouisii'.e
e!' i he drivers escaped."
William Maboim was lu tbe upper
nan of the mine when - the, explosion
ciime. "'Die nrst I.ktiew of the ti'ou-
),,, w,,s v i itimim;
-f ,.-, wlmt K'kiiowi; us the dip, oi
, w-.;' section. - Tiiev e.iioe .ruimimi
v. j;huut bats, coat.- and some with. .lit
,,,,,,! . n,,.i , .. .,.....,),!,. stare of ex-
i.e. ......i". i, as. 1 . ail l-i no-uiiu r
;), more than ten cam,' that way, ami
, i.v ., i t, ...,.! ... i , "im ,n l.e
dip. Solid walls .iif i.i.tsoafy. fhiee f. ct
tlirntt-rii, were torn down an thoimh
barrier.; o'f paper. The rum's f tin
mine were ih !iiobheil and not a door
remains siuiidini.."
Miners who left by the v ay of the
Mill ('reck entrain e biouubt hurrihie
stories oT crawling over the dead
liodies of their comrades
The mine has been open fur about
bi'iy yc,'..-s,. ami Is producing :;oni tons
pi-r day.. It Is the property of the Cam
bria Sieel Company, ' p -tiara I oi'liees
in I lu Arcade Htiildiuv:, riiiJadelphla.
Harrisburg, Fa.--Governor Siotie has
tiircct,.sl .JamiV F. Hoderick. Chief of
'the Stiite Ittire.iu of Mines, to go to
Johnstown, and invesilvrate the cause
of the disaster at tue.lto'lllng Mill mine,
Mr. liniieriek wi.m to Johnstown and
immedhiielv begau an Investigation.
KILU'D IN TORONTO FIRE.
ttall fiilt. lOirjInif Kit Ih emeu C inter
Ton of Hrlfk. p
Torouti, tint.-rFlre In MacIntOsli's
Imy mid itraiu Warehouse on l-'rotib
street, i lN-siilted In the death of six
liceiiien. They were lighting the ihimes
when a -large wall-collapsed, owing
in heat, and buried 'them. The .dead
nivr -David Sec, twenty-six yearsold,
mart-itol: , 1 tarry Clark, twenty-six
years obi, .married; Adrila Iven twenty-live
years old, unmarried; F. G. Itus
sell, tidriy-t wo years . old,, married:
Joseph Co'lbird, i, a ret a Iter ,-f lire hall;
William Taiga rt, ' twciity-eigbt years
obi, niarrled. . i
The men climbed I lie wall to get a'
better position bi . esUngSilslt the flames.
.Just i the wail collapsed they jumped
twenty or thirty feet, but were., caught
under tons of brick, which UJllcfl'theiu
Instantly. " .-
Maallalia KtiicctK Knoiiuoui Vhrat Crop
Thomas Gyeenway, fornier Freudov
of Manitoba, nays that although there
have been heavy rains the province
will liavo an linuieiiHO crop of "wheat.
It I reported that the wheat crop Will
be lictween aevetYtr atJ H0 miliijli
bushels. - '', . .- - 'v-
t'u- u.c i.-,)riVi,r,t jhey-went;.ira'ifiit a e .o;- ! Attcjrtlo- bad was cleared. Mr. Miles
' i'p; lilvluji a,w..rd U warnim.' thtro. h::r I expected would- happeti has ; wni ai
' iio'f.l 1 iijieiii eu!nW:i:'e.. cioi'd Mt;U;d the ' Kami'. Ucd. i .!-",-row l.;.s o.-cU bt-bt. It 1 Jicua ai
: str.i.tt :io longer.' I.saauspi-ei, tuvy wouot .s.nc ei tni i i r; ioos.sn n.u- i,.c "
iu ' ta;.'jr-red into a heading where tXit--' Jay tare .my ease at this time hen :
OlSBBOlElDFfliifiUBOER
His
Lawyer Dec!;nrd to Call Wit
nesses in His Defense.)
COURT'S DECISION APPLAUDED
Th Prlrnrr Iot f clf-Conlrtil
tli IHmrlrf Attornpy l)r-lrrd Tbai
JI Llrd JuMire l oMcr Sai.I lbt All
tU Kridrure I'olntod In Unt lirrc:lou
Stimrnt of l)iliruw' CouukcI.
, C,oi Cr-iuud, I. I. Louis Dlstww
went back to the Ilm rlK'ad Jail a pr';
oiior, ivttntaitted for 'i ho action of thts
.ntjLj liraud Jury n thrrhargt? of niur
der hi tho caso of Clareuv Foster and
jarrah 11. Lawhiico. The hearing caine
fo U sud len P2d;tir. Mr, Miles, oouu.
M for ibo yuns .iau, put in no do-feu.M-.
sa'yli'ir 'tU-tt So- would wait uul
tb- triid ,-f the casv to dt k. as bo
felt sure that no luatter wbat ovideiioe
! iid'lut-td, bi vl It kt would bo Lld.
I; 1 -saotly a no ctb ax tlito' li
brv.v, r"tor j:nd '"iJiwic" Lawreiii-o
b tl--e t
tide
in two of the
tho Vut'.Te ot
party
Tiana
n;tv
l!;iy
.
ok hi x.;:jii.i;i.:'t'nt coolly.
d he i-uow any eiaotiou or
liisiirov.- t.
Oniy once d
esciteuicnt.
j nat uts wot-n intrii tx
Attorney Sinitli closed bis ummiur up
lily sooutiu'at lUsbrowi "You IKd,
j yoti'Lnow you lied"- lisl.row gripped
r ; the iitnis Hi' hij-hair and beaaufoT
startled more thaii a?iytliiuj: ;ist-. Sher
Iff Wells and Mr. Mile nlflced their
liaml'i o.i l.i.-!rw ::i.d.bat back la
his i-hair.
.ia -i I ,ster ro rre.l tno case-very
flliij i.el'ore ::!iiloirK(-!!; 'tin- coniniitc
nun'. Wieu decision was :;u-
nvt;i.'cd tin- C1HA d in the ball bur.-t
ir.t'o cheers. wd there was n.ui.ii ha-.fl
ct..ppb.. iVjittfy.sshcritj'i tried to stop
tile U-iitoUstryti;j, , but !t was con
liriuel xr several minutes.
Alt
a-d
app'
I irr-t r tli.m .-a
-:. Mr.. S-tmit.h
sei';'.l witUesses
!---. ii amlned.
our i:,e admis-
tbe pt oceetliits;s
ix'f.j-,' th.- 'aroner, which had been
lihd '.Willi ..lUMiee IVstel'. AtiOl'llC'
Miles moved for the dismissal of the
pi-holier from custody, en the ground
.hat no evidence bad b. en brought in
to connect l.-.ii.i witii the crime, if at.y
i crln
irioi m. u etitaiiiltied,'
Mr.. S:tiiih' Keehiied tliat he had
traced the three t-i the water's edge,
lie Warned to laiiCSy.. Why 1 i.iroV did
nut -go en the stand and tell his story.
The ! list liit. Attonn;y 'dr. red lit to to do
so. Takin-,' uji the .statements ufade by
l.'isiirow to ditferent pt-rsous on the day
of the tragedy, Mr.'Miiith. shaking his!
list i lose to Idsbroxt, ffic'ute.l that Ids-b.-o-.v
lied and he Ut;e v.- be li.d.
The Jr.stiec si'i.l that' the v ineo
pointed in one d.rei'tiua. While, .Ver-baps,-
he said, the eviih'iK'e was not-'of
the strongest, character, there v.'.is'lio
ibiiibt i hat there had been somo
cr. inked wo! l sona where, and ths.-re re
mained much to be .explained that
should In explained find should be
suhmiiied'to tiie Grand Jury. There
fore he committed the prisoner.
Alter, the rormal, papers had been
drawn Sherlli' Weils took . I dsbvow
line'.; to the jail In Kivei'hcad. to le-
litaiti until the fall tynu of court. '
WOHCAN'S OFFER CONFIRWED.
Aituilralty Can t'oiitio.l 15. Iituli Ship: In
t'omliine I Or I-'irtv Vaunt.
In the House of Commons tiie Far
llamentary Secretary to the Admiralty,
II. C. Arnold Forster, replyiug to Win
Cim liedmond, the Irish leader, eou
JJrtued the report that. I. Flerpotit Mor
ptf bad offered io place all .the P.ritish
fchlp in the now combliie at the dis
posal of tlie Admiralty forithi next
jji'ty' years, nit'ivi'tain terms, i ;' p
He rtddt'd that tile offer mild only be
dealt with In, relation to Kriiish ship
ping generally and the tl.tntie trutle
position, which was- iH-ing very en re
lully considered by the Government.
itfl the fr
DEVASTATION' BY SAND STORM-
- -v- .'
lleelaPor.l IVWrt Ai'it Ifitr nnd
tiOO.tlOO Iiiihko lti.
San Frandscoy Cab For three daya
a sand sttirnt raged ia the Indo Vajley
tr the-Colorado Desert, and tin arti
ficial oasis of IKK! acres, made: by dig
ging arteslau wells, ha'a .been, swept
clear of vegetation, the loss being
tK),0tlU. r
The. desert had boon planted iu mel
on, and oU carloads of -melons, worth
$ttl00 a car, were almost ready for
hlpment when t.he'f?tor,m broke. Dur
ing its progress tht thermometer regis
tered I2U dogrefs lu the ehade,
-.j 1 .
A Hot Town la llllnatt.
TtWorctiTy Teichfja i0o"0Creei at
Metropolli, 111 - - -
REPLY OF THE VATICAN
Settlement of Friars' Land Quest'ons
by Arbitration Froposcd.
I'ln J'hilipjt r.r tiovruiiirnt to liny IJind
of tlvllsiout Or ter. th- Holy Sea
r.i.itiie. Tbi' answer of the Vatlrsn
to tlif ui'te of Judge Taft, )voriiir of
the I"j!l!piltsf Islands." otU'o:'i!lii re
lijriotis affairs in the arobiiK'jiiso. tat
been delivered to Jud'e Taft. The an
. swor follows:
The o.iutrai-t which the Vatican pro-pos.-s
shall b'. signed by Ix.sb parties
oonipri-cs iWt lxe articles.
, Tbtf .'first article, ays tin; I'biliitpir.e
Oovernnicut is to bny-ihe. lauds of the
four rolijriou orders conci-rni'd. the
Holy See acting as intermediary. .
The second article dcrilen wbat arc
fbe agricultural lauds to be iMinbt.
The third article says that if mui': c.f
these l:u:ds are possesscil by corpora
tions the friars will pell their share.
The- fourth article -establishes a tri-
1 bunal of arbiters. - to be conipo!d of
live menibers. two of whom are to bo
cboseu by the Vatican, two by the Ph i-
' ippine f bjvernnn at, and tlse fifth by the
oiirtri' iutO. i1 l .IN' i tl'.'CUlt III IIS
to the til th .tncullMT. be shall be elu.sen
ia cuniuon acxed by the' I'ope and
1 1'r.sidi-nt Uws.vel!.
' The fifth, article provides that the
iork . the arbiter s-!ia!l btiu on Jan-
i;arv I. V.t i.1.
Toe sixth article refers to title. deeds;
ihcs.' will lu. transferred to the l'hilip
p!m? oernn: iST.
Article 7 sets forth that payment is
to be made in Mexican dollars iu the
period of time proposed by Judff- Taft j
'la bi ir,.- of July. '3, interest durinj;
th- period of p.'i.vmetit. accruing at fuur
percent; 1 j
Article H with the transfer to
th.vclmrcJi of aacieat erown lands with
celedastiYrd btiilditms mi them.
The u nV.lt v-riU ie pttoP'os aniieaide
acrotj in the matter of tin- t-xi-'!iim' i
vhiiitiable or educat;on;U trusts. vk-hieh
a ro jn depute. In tin- event ot' a fail- j
u;v to ;m;.v in h so tirttf.-rs recourse i
ki to be had la. the arbiters, to
whosu
ot', iPi-.'
o ni' s'.mt.iitica. tne eas.
(Jie of Sati Jose at
Jitilnlla. ..i
ti-mli article 'provid : for'arb'.ya-"
as to tl:. Itiiiemmiy" tiie I'r.ited
s shall pay for the eccleifiasiical
a.;: used win; :ii the war ia ti.e ;
tovtl;"e rh yfiith article, tlin i
ie triHUial of arbiter. are i
by She lT'U;'i.;::e l''cni- j
cbires fiat
the Holy Set
livvii is 'in its
' ii ildilh II. i
Pia-re of fUTioii- w
ta e. shall use a If
Lto-iiieati.-u of tl:,- I'h'iipj
assl'in favifr d"-re',L.csi.on rf
tli,
i sta .li -i.- d Government,
it siadl preveat political
i'r-,n -n on ice i.'i rt . ;av .va-rsy.
both .eatiiar and -Veen!;1!'.
THEM TO SEA.
IJuerr Ttilli- Iliiin idn In tit fjult
SillCB It Cut So suit.'.
New Orh aiis.' l,a. Fiutil all. parts of
this Mississippi Sound and the bays and
bayous oft viie Louisiana and Missis
sippi coast ciime wonderful str.rh-si.of
the unprccedeined saltiness of the Gulf
yaters .and of the appearance of d"ep
wart-r tisii hitii.erto ii'.iknown hel'e. The
belief is growlug that the olcanic dis
turb:
Uices lijaliil'i sled by
'the Marti-
idipie disasrer ale the cmis'e,
I land, llarrisou County, MS:
her of devil JWh, om of then
iug thirty feet from tip to
been liarj'ituned by iSslicrmi ;
has also ineu aa' invasion of
At Horn-'i
. a n-nm-mel'.sur-!'.
have
There
ittatoeat-
mg sbarus.
A yy.ny if geiiilem.-n from Xt-w Or-lean-
'while fishing on Ship l.dattd fas.
iciied tle.-ir three beais. t.vcbcr and
steadied tUeju with a h'.'.i anchor.
A shark been me entangled- In the au-
clmr, car: ied all throe boats .out to
sya and ilnally wrecked them eti the
shore. The li-hermen narrowly ' es
cape.: wiih tiieir livt..
Bl'OW VP JLJTO ESCAPE,
Pilnoners I Dj iinmite, Itut Jailer HolJd
-"'Th.'iti Id ClO't-k W it It it t'.t" ol ver. '
St. Joseph, Mx Forty prisoners con
linei.in the county jail made a daring
attempt to' escape by blowing out the
tear cud of tile Jail -with dynamite.
The hnildimr w its badly wrecked and
one wing of (the court house shattered.
The prisoners had gone into their
cells and none of them was. injured.
Jailer Thomas lushed to the scen, the
minute the explosion occurred, and. re-,
'filer in hand, guarded the hole torn
out 'by th" explosion until assistance
arrived, thus ffustniting a wholesale
.delivery. .Not a pflt'onor.ot away.
James Fladcs, under a t.-n' years' s.i-n-
leiiee for highway robbery, is believed
to be lli.' prisoner, who
,dv fivrV-t'd the dv
l.i'i k Allen, uiu'.or
iiiimlte, assisted 'iy
sebtcuce for the same crime
WAS JU3T A3 OLD AS THE U. S.
, .... . ..
)ii,iih f a IVuni'iiat'P t'i;r.t Who AV
. Umn u Jaty 4, It 16.
ICiuixvillo.-Tonn. --Ferry Chestmy, the
oldest man In Tenuo-ssee. died lit. ids
home on the smnmlx of toppcr K'.dge
on July 4, at the age of I2d years, the
day of Ids deal being his birthday.
Chesney was born in Virginia en July
4, 177ti, the day liulepond'iieo -wns de
clared. As a slave lie behami-d to Jon
nthun Jticksou at Clarksville on thy
Iloauoke Uiver. When be was twelve
years oltflH' was thrown into the pres
ence of tieorge Washington while at
tending Ids master.
,For tlfty years ho had iived a liir
mit's life, and It was several days after-
hl dfb whnLlit.bodi-. nvasj Ui
covered.
MINOR EVENTSOFTHE-WEEK
nAMhTnM'Ti:s!t.
rv M-!dy will rtnlutv
Svv;
tlip
liavii! l'iriv
of tbf wa.-t
and a iti.i
ti'.- rbllnip'ii.'i.
h win iv OiV'U'jat !
:!;;'..!liu:i vl tjf Ai; ;
etjuad'.v!i will i f i;:.civ.
Tb-1 War I-'epas-Taini censured Lieu-
tenant Arueld. -l'ctinh Cavalry.' tvt
failina to prevent cruelty to Filipinos j
by bis laetj. but acijuitel biui of direct ;
compiiciiy ia such practices. j
The Preside!. t isud an order forbid-'
dins pcrst.ns in the classiiied Civil
iserx ice to use outside inlluetioe lu so- j
curln? promotion.. j
This tlovernuietit received and will ;
grant a request from China to use its j
Kood otli.us with the I'owers to s.-cure ,
tllo evacuation of T)en-Tsln. i
" (irK iDOfTED ISLANDS. I
.The t.'ardener.iDpdry at Manila was !
closeJ. Major Cardtner rtfnsin to
product aii evidence ta support of bis I
charges of cruelty against Aonerlcan ;
filers. j
The Sultan of liacolo-Mlndauao. P. :
I., sent an lasuliSnply worded letter to
; ti,., eominaiider of the American extH-
j dltioii to Lake Lauao. in Jlludauao, iu
which be threatened to begin offensive
j operations in August. The fc'ultau wan
stretsgtbeuini; bis position.
DOMESTIC.
Another suit tras brought against tlie
United States tftivl 'Corporation ro pre
vent the conversion of the preferred
stock.'
Jumping from the Itrooklyn Krldge,
an tmidetititied man Committed suicide.
Financial, ditliculties were believed
in lo it sponsible "for the suicide of
-t . oioiiol j. IK beltoa. Deputy yuancr-
matei--i letietal of the New Jersey Na
tional Guard.
Chicago financiers believed that tlie
Standard- 'il Company was back of a
movement to effect a consolidation of
the brg packing-interest on lilies t-imi-1
ir to the Northern Securities 'Com
pany. I 'ft sUb-nt John Mitchell of the Cuit
eil M ae Workers failed in a bnal p-
peal to the heads of the Coal Trust to
tid t strike' bv arbitration. -
Two youm; men, Walter Arnold and
rau, nnkuuwu companion, v ere drowned
fwhiie swimming iu the Mauuiee Kivcr, .
j near 1 oiido, Ohio.
; Th.' t nvn of White Horse, an t Id
Indian iradim,' post m Woods County,
tikla., - was -destroyed by life; loss,
sliio.o'1,1. a. V.. I'hiliips, a fariiier, was
fatally burned. '. ;
A farmer named Gwynes, living on
tiie Stappey plant ajibu near Amorieiis,
Ga.. .killed a ii"gt'o farmhand, daiu.-r-iiiisly
tiundeil a tie-it Wtuuau and
was himself shot twice as the result of
nit altercation wfih the negro.
(in l:i fourth trial for tiie uttirUi'P of
Owi iolb s,-. John Farr. at Hunjlngd-'ii,
W.' Va.. escaped cotivictiou by the jury
lisa .-Teeing.
Ai:thr:iciie coal operattirs made-. their
last, move toward resuming by-inviting
obi employes of one mine to apply for
notk.
The complaint in the 'Colorado courts
tmaiiist the Smelting Trust was post
I'omd until fall.
IL-avy rains in Southern Minnesota
and Sitiiih 1 'akota did great da.uage to
crops and property.
;The engineer and fireman of an ex
cursion train were killed at l.ik Kap-
Ids, Midi., iu a collision.
! Tw.i horses valued at
l-'wned by" d 'r. Geot -,- 1',
fiS.Ml
From
and
h, of
i:ti hosier, N. Y., were kilic'l by 1.
lit-
til tig. .'
Tcii-y. ar-idd Susie I'rar.ier. of I'a
.'.ticah. ivy., charged in court with kill
ing h. r uncle by shooting, claimed jus
tiiicatica l;ee:ii:.-v lie was beatiag her
..'.Uht. ' ' . '
llathcr than return to New Vork
t'ity ok extradition proceeding. Will
iiiia M. Until) went to jail ;ii Mansfield.
Ohio,, for an imletitiite time.
FOREIGN.
Kicg Fdward's recot eiy was assured
uud l: was. said the coronation would
occur bciveeen August 11 and lo.
Mr. Chnmberlaiu seere!y cut his
scalp lu a t ab accident in London, be
ing thrown forward- und his forehead
bretikijig- the glass iu the- window.
The Madrid express was derailed,
owing to some unknown cause, near
Guarda, Fori it gal. Nearly-nil tlie cars
Wvfe wrecked, sis pel's, his Were killed
and i wciu -seven were injured.
Tin season iii London was expected
.0 tinisa i,
recovery.'
i.iirtly, u wim; to the Kit
iHlsillt s
the l.--..'Hlor Suv.-k Lx-
Ciiatige w ;is. n
.l e.iccted lo tvv.ve Ul-
Iii Scpit'ia'oer:
lhrliu's Wii'fiiif td
issued ti warning ag
summer wci-tla-r as
poilee auiiiori; :es '
idist iccl itrink-.-i :'n
lu iiig, iiijur.ous to
iie.n.ta-. . . . ...-.'.'
'i he o'il, -i.il fyiiils' ui i""lifi-?t'!ania. .Nor-'-way,
of Aciiija'nl llo.'iT.t -en's lorf; d-j-btoerijig
at'paratr.s. gave e-Xiclhiii re-
lulls. . .',
. Itegi lining tpjxt Sepiember a v. ccM.v
express tra'.u will . leave MtWoW for
Fort Arthur. ..
Twenty-nine "rus!icai'(i'-' cadets of
the Loyal Military Academy, at Sand
hurst. Lngland. left that iittsi'.iut ite.i
protesting tli.it t'aoy liad not .been" cou
uecteil with the fecciit' iuxt luitary Urcs
at the College, '
The Gorman Government decided to
start a system of motor cars hi Ger
man Hast Africa, supplementing the
main railway. ' ,
IritBh-Amerlean prisoners of war will'
44eaji-th4i-aijQe avttwip Boer el--lottv-tishtvrs,
, ...
! CORN SOARS TO 90 CENTS
Shorts in the Ja'y Cp'-isn Squeeted
. 'cr. the Chicso Market.
Vtlc th- Slurf lstc.. AVhrn St
AV Il tied 5Iltli:x. I'rbind
the .itri Crowd.
Chicago. Shorts iu July corn wera
fijuet-zed again, and the cornered deliv
ery went up to IK.) cents, tbe highest
price since when tin market
touched $1. July closed at S4 cents on
the previous day, an advance of 7 ceyta
over the previous 'close. Opening bids
were from 81 to So cents. Shorts were
the bidders, and by ruuuinj; the market
up to w cents a little Ttorotv noon tney
got approximately Uot.Mni bushels. It
Is estimated that lu selling this niuctt
the manipulators of the market made
a prtlit of $.iii.' as most of their
line, estimated at I.'.ih) i.oon bushels,
was purchased between 01 and C5
cents.
No escltetnent was evident in the
plfcr'although all were interested in the
problem- of where th.. Gates coterie
would let the price advance to before
casing their strip. The price already
i far. past the maximum at whieli
l'Milllps allowed shorts to settle in Ida
first atid'most successful deal. Shorts
who have covered have paid heavily
for the privilege, and those who are
still on the wrong side of the market
are generally believed to be in the
most A-rlous predicament of n decade.
Trading, however, 'was not large.'
Toward the latter part of the session
there was less urgency to buy, prices
reactcel. and July closed at S7 cents.
September corn opened 'i lower to hi
higher, at CC to ;J'J ,ut on ,-tV st.j.
Ing declined to.Gl".,.
Crop advices were favorable, as also
was tlie weather...
New York City. New York operators
In tin- '.rain. market contjnue.1 to watch
with much interest the further ed
vaii -e in the price of July corn in Chi
cago. The same option was iptoted. in,
the Now York tnarisaj.ai 1 Si .j ti'uuW.
low- the high tigtire recorded at'Ane
tyne it) 4 l.e Chicago pit this clearly
showing the r-.rtllicvUity of the Ch!eag.
price, and as bein due, not to this
year's crop conditions oo prospects, but
to the short interest in July. When
the high price of !) . cents was reached
Ftime small sums of money changed
hands here, 'these representing wagers
laid-!!. at the l-vhe of '.Ml cents at least
-would be reached its' a result of the
CrtlT.er."
Aec'oi-.'.rr..: to the g4.r-.-ip in the Street,
the Gates pool engineering the rise cau
command a capital of at least S'VOUit,
.; fcr lw pr.; j .
br;dal pair arrested.
... . - -
4cruKnl of roiaoniDi; His I Irst Wife anil
llfr First 11 usbanit.'
1V1H.IA. HU',. 4,11.1. -V i , ni'.I 1 44 4 4 0441
Iloaue -County says that Howard Jen
kins, a mechanical engineer from I'itts
btirg. Fa and bis wife, who had been
married only thru, week were ar
rested for murder. Mrs. Jenkins is the
widow of John Fleming.-The- warrants
were Issued at the Instance of relatives'
of Fleming and the first Mrs, Jenkins.'
The defendants are said to have con
spired to murder Mrs. Fleming's hus
band and Jenkins's llrst wife in order
, 7." .,. .v-,-f !l ., 'I- ,, t a .... r...i..
that they might marry.-. Loth Flem
ing and Mrs. Jenkins died at the same
I'time, but no suspicion was aroused un
I til the widow and widow,--were mar.,
i ried,- It lias been sworn that both
Fleming and -Mrs. Jenkins died from
! the administration of '-night shadi
, powder. ' . " ' .
j. Mrs. Jenkins is a member of a prortl
! netit I Inane County family.' It was hero
; that she met Jenkins, !i who had then
j lust i-ou.ii' from Fittsbm-g in the tuter-
est of a new manufacturing enterprise.
KITCHENER WARMLY PRAISES BOERS
Tills lit Docs in Vuli-tilctory to (lui I'.vlt
1 ' 1U Ttoi. . .
j. Fretoria, South Africa.-I.ord Klteh-
' - ' " i . -
extolling the conduct of the Fritish
! soldiers in tlie. face of great hardships,
land difficulties and against dangerous
' and elusive antagonists, commends thtj
: kindly rind huiiiane spirit lisil:ijed iu
.ill ranks, and ends as follows:
"This message would be incomplete
were uo reference made to the soldierly
ptalities displayed throughout the cam
paign by our (piomlam enemies, and
tin' admirable spirit displayed in car
rying out. the surrender. Many of
hose wh contended until the end have
i -x pressed the hope that they may have.
in the future, au opportunity to serve
ide l-V
side Willi His Majesty's
forces.
N'iDCET SLAYER DECLARiO. SANE.
(ill ! X ho Killed it Married Man Wilt
Unto to I'lice Murder I Iiin'ie.
ltoston. M(.ss. -Nina 1 :uii'oi;ii, 'the
dwarf girl 'ho -.hoi and killed A. 'J. -Kn
ery, a married man, at' bis home iu
South Framiugiram last May. has t-e.eii
prouoimeed . sane by Dr. I'li-.-y, the
aUeuist who has been uiahiiig au ex
Itatfstive. study of Iter ea-a-, 'licit see
is not' wholly 'sound tfteuially was up-"
jiarciii rroui the ttrsr, out that she
was so insane as to have la on irtc-.poi.i-
sioie tor ner acts rirn "tint 7trox.trto tue
saH.sf.-tetioti ef itie SJ.aU.'. - .-.
TIiom fa mi liar with, the history of
Mich cases In tliis S-:.Uc, however, say
It is moral certainty that ti- .liny
Will ecu Vict Miss I bill! li it f iK'ltber,
ate imutier. i
It is estimated that the t'ates syndS
rntirln $S;lt;ftt'Brcairc0'lufr''TH.',a'5t
Wtt deal , .