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>BALBt OOL • • xxxnron. wait* w>i» flwim I#M Wttfc' B*«to» Turn Tin nttwimaw itfihop ̂ ttn*iviS|* Af*>-Methodl*t churchman, rsgardtag tit# »*f"" orlmlna]* wtit it Ctau, half* ***** *on*lderable Aartii* •ton in Hat Ifauv of the wfci" »eople «t th**tate sra in hw «t as of negroes, while othera h#» «f General Interest Told tfl Paragraphs. IPLETE NtWS SUMMARY. «r Mw+kMt UM# Alt r»rti of tk« Clr "'A | Admiral Howtson not likely tbserve ' la Schley inquiry, as he will be forced to retire or run risk of impairing use­ fulness of court, though he ha* not liked to be relieved. j Patrolman Edward O'Neill, on trial ' lit New Tork under charges, mad* Commissioner Devery angry by saying transfers were sold for $25 each and (;;:-;;ijiakIng other charges against the de- * partment The district attorney will . Investigate O'Neill's charges. List of dead and missing in explo- , ; >#on of steamer on Delaware River is " growing larger. Nine are known to fee dead; twenty are missing. It is , * charged the boat was racing when ex- * . plosion occurred. Knights Templar conclave closed at Louisville with election and hall. M«xt conclave will be held In San Francisco. ^ Charles Keats, Chicago, apparently • Insane, arrested at West Orange, N. J., /* J1 while threatening T. A. Edison. ;• V* Steamer City of Clifton struck a V: snag and sank in the Mississippi River Bear Grand Tower, 111. No lives lost f!' " Women in Virginia constitutional p|^«onvention turned their backs on ||{r Speaker who praised negroes. V ' Harry Lefar gave a "dog luncheon" ? , -to a few aristocratic canines at New .York. v. 1 . Believed at Constantinople that some other power is behind Saltan in rrel with France. The Union paper mills at Mononga- ela City, Pa., were burned. Loss, 950,000. Martin Brubaker, formerly of Ko- komo, Ind., was killed by lightning at Bis bee, N. D. W. Brown of Galesburg was by a passenger engine at Ke­ nt, and instantly killed. State Treasurer Stowers of Mis­ sissippi suspended pending investiga­ tion of his office. Yielding to the demand of the Ne­ braska Republican state convention, Oov. Savage canceled the parole of ex- State Treasurer Hartley and latter was -returned to penitentiary. New arbitration plan proposed In ' Jteel strike. Shaffer agreed to abide by decision.. Trouble at Conkey plant in Ham- f nsmslug woe for - girl strik- srs. -i Well dressed woman giving the name Iff Catherine Malone entered the V»n- dsffeilt residence, New Tork, and de­ manded $300,000. She was taken to ykaawn here took place in the Climax remt at Nashville, Tena., when by ij-t'-*' issny Prince Chun may not visit kaiser to apologise for murder of Von BISHOP HENRY M. TURNER, lieve in upholding the law as It la now framed. Bishop Turner reiterated his opinion and Bald: "I am as much convinced as ever that African emigration would be best for the negro and best for the white man. There is an irresistible conflict between whites and blacks that nothing but separation can recon­ cile and put an end to. Our children are generated and nurtured under a malignant and misanthropic excite­ ment that will Week this country and make our civilization & hiss and a by­ word. And if it is a fact that the negro will not let white women alone, then white men owe it to their man­ hood and honesty to get rid of him and If they will open up a highway to Africa, millions of the black race will go. Rather than shed so much blood, and possibly some innocent blood, you had better enact laws to brand these fools and scoundrels and crop their ears and banish them to Africa." BUCK ART HELD TO BE CRIME. IaprlMMd at ShuMUa. Rk, to Be Held for Trial. Jacob Schuck was imprisoned at Shamokln, Pa., for practicing the "black art." Nicholas S. Adams brought suit The case will be tried at the September sessions of the criminal oourt A daughter of Adams grew ill some time ago, and after several physi­ cians tailed to cure her Schuck's serv­ iette were enlisted. He said she was bewitched and agreed to cure her for $8.50. He was paid the money, where­ upon he ran hi* fingers through the girl's hair, strok^l her face and tack­ led her ears. She showed no sign of improvement after a week's treatment, whereupon Adams demanded the re­ turn of his money, but Schuck refused it He is also accused by William Deitrich of taking fees in return for trying to remove alleged witches' spells from cows in order that tit* lat­ ter would yield more milk. Vv ., •MTa / One of the boldest hold-ups ever ^Bellevue Hospital. 4 On account of severe demands % Newspaper in Rome urges govern- take measure against United States for lynching of Italians. Kitchener says he has sworn that Boers killed British Told to make reprisals. | Gen. W. B. Anderson, former pen- a Sion agent at Chicago, died of heart !:;:||1#e6ase at Edgewater. . M e w l a w i n I o w a h a s c u t d o w n n u m - ;| ber of mutual loan associations. H. M. Schwab bought oontrol of | ./Bethlehem iron and steel plants. Forty children, boys and girls, rang- ,age from 3 to 13 years, robbed a 4./ f house in Jersey City of hundreds of dollars* worth of china and other val­ uables, but owner refuses to prosecute Episcopalians preparing for. general ji convention of church in San Sfrancis- f' |«o, beginning Oct. 2. "• f E. C. Westall. chief of money order < bureau of Havana postofllce, will be ,s, - ^ prosecuted for criminal negligence tor } losing $4,000. •; Writer in English paper says smok­ ing, gambling and drinking are com­ mon in women's clubs of London, i|i' S . ^!tate board of health means f , t o ' S v i i p 4 , 0 0 0 men supposed to be prac- ^ r ttdng medicine illegally in Chicago r John Redmond, Irish Nationalist £. i;leaderr #fll Join Michael Davitt in p ,, * United States. jj\ ^ Lady Russell says cost of American sf1 i- divorce is nine months' residence and t\ I $2,500. £ g* Another revolutto j|;S ^ minent In Salvador. |r » ' Poolroom at Long Beach, Ind., dosed f|: I for lack of racing quotations, p# Bradley, a farmer at Holland, P>-. it Texa®» mistook his Wife for a burglar $>' and shot her to death. ||<' 5 A Santa Pe freight train wrecked by a broken axle at Cedar yj, i - Point, Kan. Brakeman L. E. Ziegler of Emporia was killed Two privates were crtubed and prob- gambler secured temporary possession of a purse containing $4,270 in gold and greenbacks. The banker had de­ posited the money in a book on the e, and was counting out the tickets when Tom Johnson picked up the k. The banker ordered Johnson to put the money down, but he had a re­ volver thrust in his face. There were five men in the room, and Johnson covered all of them, while he backed out of the door. Johnson was finally overhauled by a policeman. The money recovered, and Johnson was com­ mitted to jail. He gave as an excuse for his escapade that the house owed him money. Seriously Hart In Wreck. Seventeen cars on a west-bound Lake Shore freight train were piled up in a wreck at 3 o'clock Sunday morn­ ing at Burdlck, a station fifteen miles west of Laporte, Ind. The air brakes failed to operate and the train was cut Into two sections, which collided with terrific force, piling up an immense amount of wreckage. J. C. Teeter of Garrett received serious injuries. He waa taking a car of cattle to Chicago and was pinioned in one of the wrecked cars. The other cars were loaded with merchandise and the lose to the company may reach $20,000 The tracks were blockaded for several hours and passenger trains went around the wreck over other roads. said to be Im- Adalal B«uMm t»t Sear Admiral I* A. Beardslee, re* tired, has arrived at San Francisco on the Hongkong Maru from the Orient He has spent the past year in Japan and the Philippine Islands. Rear Ad­ miral Beardslee is the last survivor of the famous Perry expeditions to Japan is 1863 and attended the reeent unveil­ ing of the monument to Commodore Perry at Yokohama, where he was ao». corded many honors by the Jftpanest authorities. Knights Templar* til tt Loutevtne. W. a P. BRECKENRIOGESPEAKS H* oives i Railway ofliciftla ctal* 000 tem­ plar ctaclttre at UMl*vffle, JCy. Parade day dawned bright ftQd dear and the knights wet* early astir. They tottnd that Chief ot Police Hasger hart ful­ filled his promise o£ taking every pre­ caution to keep the coot* of the march clear. HeftVfr wir« (damped to tele­ graph and telephony poles were stretched along the eorbe over the en­ tire course. At t % tt. the street earn ceased to run aad ordinary vehicle* were ordered off the atteeta reserved for the parade^ At the conclusion of the parade officers of the grand en­ campment and commanderies were driven to the girls' high school, where ex-Congressman W. C. P. Breckinridge delivered ml address of welcome on behalf of the people of Kentucky. Governor Yates of Illinois rode a gray charger at the head of the commander­ ies of his state. Governor Durbin of Indiana, owing to a cold, rode in a closed carriage. He was recognized, however, and repeatedly waved his hand through the windows in answer to the cheers which greete J him. A grand stand put up by the local Y. M. C. A. at Fourth street and Broad­ way broke down while the parade was passing, but no one was injured. The crowd climbed upon the wreck again and continued to gaxe at the tramping hosts as before. The parade started at 7th and Main streets and moved up Main to Brook street, where officers of the grand en­ campment in carriages joined the marchers. Then the paraders moved up Market street, 6th street, Jefferson street, 4th street, passing the court of honor, Chestnut street, Floyd street, Broadway, 4th street, passing under the grand arch, Kentucky street. 3d street, Hill street, 5th street, St James court and to Central park, where the parade disbanded. v The sidewalks were a solid mass of spectators, while every window along the course and every other vantage point was occupied to the limit The official reviewing stand was at 39th and Hill streets, but there were a number of others at various points. An extra force of police kept the crowd in order and maintained a per­ fectly clear path for the marchers. The parade was a magnificent spec­ tacle of life and color. Mile after mile of tossing plumes and flattering pen­ nons and band after band discoursing stirring marches held the crowd of spectators jammed against the wires till th« hist knight left the ranks. The commanderies of Illinois, Pennsyl­ vania and Indiana, numbering about 1,200 each, made up an entire\division. Colorado Commandery, No. 1, of Denver, before a throng of 18,000 peo­ ple, and under the critical eyes of a board of judges composed of three reg­ ular army officers and a representative of the Knights Templar, Wednesday captured first prize in the competition of drill teams from commanderies of the Knights. St. Bernard of Chicago, the favorite with the majority of the spectators, captured second place, while Golden Gate, No, 16, of San Francisco and Hansslman, No. 16, of Cincinnati, came in for third and fourth prizes respectively. California Commandery, No. 1, being the only mounted command, had no difficulty in capturing the trophy for the beat ap­ pearance and drill on horseback. The other contestants were Columbia Com­ mandery, No. 2, of Washington, D. C., and Allegheny, No. 35, of Pittsburg. Cavalry, No. 3, of Parkersburg, W. Va., of es weare of Finifc:; pri»s> .... pieceat libetiott set, talaed a* $1,000; third prise, center Hees,val- %ed at $1,300; fowrth prls* two tfleosa (mounted), mm- at $** **e ***** fer the motdiied drill *as;%;lHBl#.ltl* ver loving cup valued at $680. The judges were: Captain A. fl. artillery. United States army; UeojUsi- ant Fred de Fimlack, twenty-aecond infantry, United Btates army; Captain Charles Street, artillery, United States army, and Major 0. S. Ammel, a Tem­ plar officer of Colttmbua, O. ALLEGED BRIBER IS HELD. CtaMd Jtuy to X<ook Koto Ohm «f' •toward SagsMI, : Ernesto SaptfH, the steward on the steamship La Gascogne, who was arrested at New York last Son- day on a charge of attempting to bribe Immigration Inspector Junker, has been held in $2,500 bail for the United State* grand Jury. Sapelll is charged with haflng attempted to bribe in» spector Junker to permit the landing of immigrants without thetr having first gone through the immigration in­ spection at ElUs island. After the hearing Sapelli asked per­ mission to make a statement, and in the presence of the immigration of­ ficials and a representative of the Unit­ ed States district attorney's office he made a declaration which, it la be­ lieved. will result in the arrest of the principals in the case. The general belief of the government officers is that Sapelli was a dupe employed by others, who got the money paid by immigrants illegally landed at this port GENERAL "MEAD IS NO MORE. Vctenui Dies vt Consumption After • ' lingering IIIimms. • General Fablus J. Mead, the warrior and friend of Grant, Logan and Mc- Clellan, died Monday night at his late residence in Chicago after a long ill­ ness. Death was caused by consump­ tion, and for many months General Mead had been practically helpless and forced to remain in his bed. He en­ tered the union army in 1861 in com­ pany B, McClellan's dragoons, known as McClellan's body guard. He served in the Virginia campaigns until the fall of Yorktown in 1862, when he was discharged on account of wounds. In October of that year he went to the front again as a member of company K, Fourth Illinois cavalry, aad in that command he took part in all the cam­ paigns of Grant. In 1S65 he founded the Natchez (Miss.) Democrat, and the following year was appointed collector of the port of Natchez by President Johnson. leift IN TROUBLE WITH FRANCE. VMui** Wttkdrawc XCs Aaibawwaw*ad XMMm Mwilr Bey . to 'K*** 'Oat' mt Paris--iftfwMHfc tX» Two y M SB Maw Pita to Arbitrate Btatfc*. « The plan of arbitration for the Set­ tlement of the great steel strike sub­ mitted by Simon Burns, president of the Labor Assembly 300, the national organization of the Window Glass Workers, and also head of the Knights of Labor, has been rejected by Presi­ dent Schwab, of the steel trust, but another proposition will "be submitted to him by Mr. Burns. "I submitted my plan to Schwab merely as a suggestion," said Burns at Indianapolis, "and if there is any­ thing in it that is objectionable to the trust officials it can be modified. When I return to Pittsburg I shall take the matter up again with Scltwab in the hope of making some kind of an ar­ rangement whereby the strike ques­ tion can be submitted to arbitration. I think that a start toward a settlement of the strike should be made some­ where at once, as it is hurting busi­ ness. If it is true, as Schwab says, that there is nothing to arbitrate, why, I cannot see where his side would be injured by submitting to arbitration. It would be different, of course, if the matter should be submitted to inter­ ested parties, but that is not the plan." win rtM Kb* ItadelMktr, Soott McKeown has filed at Francisco his answer to the divorcs >mi i suit of iDorothy Studebaker McKeown; | ably fatally injured by the overturning I says he will not resist her petition of a caisson while drilling at Fort Sam I tor * divorce, but will object to any | Houston, Tex., yesterday" | Mrs. Louise Sheridan, widow of the | actor and formerly well known under | tiie stage name of Louise Davenport ! died tn poverty in a Ban Francisco .'I'hovel. | Annual meeting of the American J Association for the Advancement of Science began as Denver. f A brick kiln collapsed at Yassar I Mich., and five men were buried under fear teet of brick. They are John Chad- alimony allowance in excess of $100. He declares that she had no reason to leave him and asserts that she desert­ ed him when he was down to hardpaa ' went upon the stage. The answer also says that she has an Income of than $50 a month aad she receives from her professional work $800 a month. OstomblMui Pat Btbaii to JBeet. Ths Colombian legation at Wash* s -- Ilngton mail advices which I Sp*i Bail Peete, Henry Berry, Titus | contained statements that 8,500 iwo- Wageraad Seth Stevens. All were bad- | lutionlsts under Gen. Marin b*en P : franee oonsiders tha ̂̂ lfeî of Violated his word, that he :̂;i*|iN>-he3rond endurance over ;t)M;:jpM/!#;.'«**.• «o*ye, and :;n*t0 he amends, negoUatiotts be- -tijaea tlM» two countries. are at an end. M. Conatans has been ordered away from Constantinople and the Turkish ambassador has been notified that his agetrurte** doe" to-!$gi therewlttlii in is several that it ^catches that blows down docks. ; NEW PUBLIC LIBRARY FOR DECATUR, ;t; .'.I 'fs i'Sr '3 .IT' •> , ' shouldbe • -v- SBCTIDn OF M| flegwr Concern r»Ui. Failure of the Wolverine Sugar com­ pany has been announced at Benton Harbor, Mioh., and suits begun for $107,700 on notes outstanding and tor $126,000 on bonds held by the Chicago Trust company. During the last two years the operators have failed to se­ cure enough beets in the local fields to run the factory. As a last resort the owners went to Shelby, Ind., where On* Killed sad Thirty laJwNd. The accommodation train leaving Sodus Point over the Northern Cen tral railroad, which arrives in Newark, N. J., at 6 o'clock, was derailed Thurs­ day night at th* station at Fairville, about tea mile* north of Newark. En gineer William Meagher of Sodas Point was killed and thirty persons were Injured, two of whom, Howard they contracted for 4,000 acres of beef " Tubbs, ticket agent at Lake Shore, and for this season's cost $St0,000. ran. The factory ly crashed and Stevens and Wager may die. , Strike at the Qonkey plant at Ham- ' •Mpd. Ind., may involve all of the em- llJpjpea of the concern. ISlectroplaters* , <fMlna, to demand recognition. EiS?! •nuillPox among 600 excur- panic °n while running •ndra Bay aad Oswego, N. T. defeated by the Colombian ment forces at Anapoyma, *njj 10,000 government troop* were patroU> lag the border, it was said at the le- •ation that the invasions of Colombian territory have been made by two small bands under Venezuelan leaders--Gar- biras, a friend of Andrade, the dw^oied fnaMtm ot Venezuela, mi Vrttx Uribe Bswtory Root Agala X1L Secretary Boot left Washington for New York, whence he will go to hi» home at Southampton, R. t The sec­ retary's health is very bad, aad it is upon the orders of his Washington physician that he takes a vacation. Assistant Beotor Is Dmmli The Rev. William Lowrie, assistant to the Rev. D. Smith, ifeetor of Oen> tral Presbyterian «h«p ̂ Now Totft; with bsttlag at Nsrsfort, wm seised ith cramps and sank before aid could reach htaa. Libble Ford of Nevmrfc, probably will die, IatflMts H»t« So The Ponca Indians are having their a&anal sun dance this week near Onthrie, O. T. They have many vis­ itors from other tribes, and all are in­ vited to participate. They will feast all week on barbequed cattle. Ml* Kajolas Striken. Bx-Judge Wing of the United Court, In session at Clevehutt, Joined the strikers at the steel plant at Canal 'Dover, o., from In any Way interfering with noa-ani*« The design for the new public li­ brary given to Decatur, 111., by Andrew Carnegie has just been completed* The building will cost $60,000, the amount Of the gift It will be located on a lot 190 feet square already ornament­ ed with thirty-year-old hard maple trees. The structure will be of classi­ cal design, ninety-eight by sixty-four feet In size. On the first floor will be a large general delivery room, refer­ ence room, children's room, large pub­ lic reading room, study rooms, offices for the catalogner and librarian, tollot rooms and bo on. On the second floor will be a classroom, a directors' room, a room for a medical llhraftr and a large space to be used lA the future. In the basement will be the heating plant, Staffrooms, storeroom and bi­ cycle room. The edifice will have room for 60,000 books. The library now has 20,000 books. The work of contraction is under the direction of the literary board, of which William J. Quinlan is president aad Mrs. Mary Barnes secretary. i^rw-w-rt-M^^fyvTiAjruv^jnjxinLn- return to Paris is not desired. Leading diplomats at Paris believe that the first step has been taken in the dis­ ruption of the concert of European powers, under which the integrity of the Ottoman Empire was guaranteed. The Berlin treaty was the outgrowth of an attempt on the part of other Eu­ ropean powers to check the designs of Russia In encroaching on Turkish ter­ ritory. Since then all of the powers have had occasion to regret their friendship for the sultan. Vast claims have piled up, and the signatory pow­ ers may be obliged, in self-protection, to Ignore the agreement and force the Porte to pay up or divide his posses­ sions among them. A semi-official note has been issued announcing that the Porte, not having carried out its un­ dertakings with regard to the disputed questions between the French and Ot­ toman governments, M. Constans, the French ambassador, acting under in- strhctions from the foreign minister of France, left Constantinople Aug. 26, the date named in his last communica­ tion to the Porte on the subject. An arrangement had been effected Aug. 17, and Its terms drafted by the Ottoman foreign minister, with the approval of the Sultan who had promised M. Con­ stans that the text should be handed to him Aug. 18. M. Constans tele­ graphed to Paris Aug. 19 that none of the promises had been fulfilled, and M. Delcasse, minister of foreign affairs, Aug. 21 telegraphed M. Conatans that, in view of so flagrant a disregard of the undertakings, the negotiations could no foag«r be continued, and re­ quested M. Constans tt inform the Porte that he had received orders to leave Constantinople. Sail road Order Chum Blot. The recent order of the Union pa­ cific against intemperance among its employes led to a riot today at North Platte, "Neb., where a numbeg of rail­ road men assembled in the Qolden Rule saloon. As engineer Fred Jorgen- sen raised a glaSB to his lips a "spot­ ter" snapped a camera on him, and the action was observed by the train­ men. The "spotter" and two compan­ ions made a dash for the door, but were intercepted and roughly handled. The camera was broken and several shots were fired. The order was la- sued two weeks ago enjoining em­ ployes of the system not to frequent saloons or drink intoxicating Honors on pain of dlsmlsaal. Kv-V;*. fonf Killed, Thm lajttmin An accident at the new bridge which the Southern Railway is con­ structing across the' Congaree river near Columbia, S, C., caused the death of four men. One other was fatally and two more seriously injured. Two steel girders weighing fourteen tons each fell while being hoiated and pinned three of the men to the bridge. Four others were knocked into the riv­ er. The names of the dead are: EL J. Castleberry, Reuben Alston, Job De­ bate, Jim Reese. The injured: David Stiles, fatally; A. T. Thornton, Seri­ ously; Sam Willifred, seriously. i-m •ill oontor with the ho*p«*l beard tfc* Inbi It th* Wo&in'f: tn a Jesting ma» •am and Man* that the tmmglaa* "*-- «t *U *rtfeo*tar **$ ,*i#i by the Wo«mn% oltib «« h* ad* iittfttia M*'M . any *ay hy eonatow membefs of tM hoapitnl board. The report ooncludsf *tth a Which suggests that a rotaml on the part of the dub t» gliil'ftle requests of th« docto«n wn| be ̂ st by the resignation of the nttoi stat: . *: V\&- A " CtyelMkle Storm to Idtoota. A cyclonic windstorm and eloudf burst did thousands of dollars of dam* f,:- age la Ceatralia. l^ colorad Baptisi church W:'«Mliei|';peach ,owhardi^;: were destroyed and 16,000 bushels of C peaches are lying on the ground nea*^ town. In the city the telephone an# electric llghi systems weirl iwriousiy damaged and the streets are blocked V by hnndrods of fallen trees; Maaf M .esidences were damaged l>y failinsv trees. The rainfall was one inch and a quarter. Another storm struck Car*< <1* bondale. Trees along the streets i# $ that city were greatly damaged and fully 6,000 birds, including English ' sparrows, blackbirds and others, per*, ished. Rats and animals exposed t<|| th* elehients were drowned by th* - hundreds. Of the firnit trees peache* suffered the most la some instancef ' ; the trees being uprooted and de*1 { stroyed. The storm coming after th# • ' drought will prove disastrous to frui^. growers. At Runnetlsville a tree wttl^ blowa. on a cwmper's tent, killing a1.,;., woman ud her baby. Lightning ^ struglt residences in Marlon an<$V did mn^i damage to the Mh^di# Qplaoopal Church. MM 'ii- Win Sell aoo Island*. Tfe* number of islands in i^ei^St Lawrence Thousand island group to be placed upon the market by the do­ minion department of the interior numbers approximately 600. They are distributed over the river between Kingston and Brockville and range from five acres to two-one hundredths of an acre in extent As soon as the plans of the islands and the conditions of sale are printed offers to buy will be received by the department In the event of two or more applications tor the same island the parties will be ked to tender and the property will be sold to the highest bidder. Only two Islands wlU be sold to tjbw ff^me applicant " \ A Cats Plate Qfem Price. ' The National Plate Jobbers' associa­ tion has made a reduction of 2$ per cent in the prices of glazing quality of plate glass. This action was decided upon at New York owing to the un­ settled condition of the European mar­ ket, the low prices ruling abroad, and to check imports. , Hone aad Jockey ",f" :• At th* Anna (111.) races Charles Hodge*, a jockey from Vienna, riding the horse Mino. owned by Jack West of poplar Bluff, Mo., was killed, to­ gether with the horse. The race was a half-mile dash, and the bunch of five horses were within a few feet of the wire when the horse suddenly fell, breaking Its neck and throwing the rider headlong fully thirty feet. Hodges was found alive and carried to a house, where he died later. The cause of the fall of the hone was heart failure. bland tn Trolly Mlshag. Vinrteen persons were injured In a collision between a Greenfield intarur- ban car and a train on the belt rail­ road near Indianapolis. A freight ea- gine with a dosen cars was approach­ ing aad as the electric car reached tto center of the track the locomotive struck it and threw it to th* aid* of th* track. Th* electric car wa* wm. ' and' of heavy' construction aad With- atood Imaaitt, otherwise th* death list would hav* b*en heavy, IWM»w ant oonductor w Big Omeber Ooee Wild. TWO men were killed and on* of th* largest oil gushers in the world! went absolutely wild,utterly defying thi me­ chanical skill of man to stop It The famous oil fields at Beaumont, Tex., presented the possibility of a great calamity should fire join forces with the great gusher. Jams* Smith died trying to shut off the gusher and John McDaniels died trying to save Smith. Both showed great heroism. The wild gusher is in the Hogg- Swayne syndicate tract The well be­ longs to the Palestine-Beaumont Oil Company. Etojr* Swept from a Baft Pour boys between the age* of 10 and 16 years were drowned at Long Branch, N. J. The victims were two sons of Professor Blakeley, the head of the Long Branch high school; a son of Alexander Gaskell of Long Branch aad Harold, son of Harry Sherman oif Long Branch. The boys, ire on a raft some distance from the shore and were swept into the aea by the China Xe Ready to Slgau "Id Hung Chang has notified the ministers of the powers," says a di»- patch to the London Times from Pek- ln, "that edicts necessary to the sign­ ing of the protocol by the Chin*** plenipotentiaries are now en rout* from Slan-Fu and are expected to ar­ rive here soon." •' , f -.-fff. raced Ifcntfc for Threo Ho '̂ ^ ' For three hours five coal miners huddled in a worked-out room in the abandoned Boswell mine on the bluff* near French village, m. They were imprisoned by a fire at the mouth of the shaft and were saved from SuffO-. cation by the pretence of miSd of th*>r women relatives, who turned a P®» into the pit of the mine, thM quench- ing the fire. Wl»eh iescu*a the men were more dead than alive, but after they were taken to the tap and w*r* with water they reprered.̂ .wm*tey*blpia* "The 'lflWti maH brlngs tidings to London that the United states are takla* *tai* to mske Jibuti a stopping and revlctualing station for their in praterence to Perim or Aden," the Marseilles correspondent of th* Times, "and a company of capitalists la organising coal depots for supply­ ing Jibuti with American coal, will thu* compete with British Th* aame company 1* a mill la I lag ti Russian vessels.* dtoltot striken Finn. The failure to induce the mei a '̂s South Ohfcago to strike has apparently -' f 1 had no effect on the men at JolietK^/f@ They are as firm as ever. A joint con# ' j * j>? ference of the lodges, which was called -" ̂ Tuesday afternoon* has been post#, pon*d, accrarding to r̂ î nntit. ?V: ̂ Thursday, when Officers Tlghe and --.V' Davis are expected at Joliet to addres* the strikers. An advisory board rep* • Jf resenting all the lodge* of Joliet l^ :t v ^ holding daily sessions, keeping ii> J touch with all the developments. Soquf of the strike leaders sre 1st the opl^v ton that the South Chicago men wll|v-v' :j still come out The strike machinist*^ at the Bates plant, owing to an ob. > , ' jeetionable foreman, may Involve the entire mill, which employs between*)' ' 200 and 800 mte. Agent Roderick of ^ • Chicago is expected to confer with thf ' J, machinists. A new lodge of the Amal|;;,\s - gamatod aasoclation is being forme^^-v ^ at South Chicago, through whose agent, cy Yioa President Davis hopes to caus* ~ ;• a break In the aati-strike ranln|:" : OowaeO Will Trjr Paato*. • ' ' • The scandal involving Rev. QeorgfV > W. White of the Orion Baptist churchy Mollae,, will be submitted to a council " , ^ of H um Baptist church** in the Rock >* , Island district This assembly will i convene at the call of the church Sept^ 3 to decide whether the charges pre* x ferred against the pastor by the wifai \ of one of the members call for his ex- -,/• pulsion from the church. There ar« „. J i eighteen pastors in the district eligible l (. to a**|* and twenty-two lay delegates^ , one fram each church. In addition td^ . theae several prominent divines will bd ^ ^ Invited, among them Rev. J. J. Porte* ' "J of Mexico, Mo.; Dr. L. A. Abbott of V" Upper Alton, Rev. Mr. Brandt of N°rf mal, Rev. J. W. Odell of Davenport^, Iowa, and Rev. Dr. De Rlols.of,.Elgin|̂ • ' Udd Km Sold to a, M. DalsolL 9 The Ladd mines, four miles nortlf ;; of Spring Valley have been sold t*j£ S. M. Dalsell, general manager of thf: V] Spring Valley Coal company for $260,|.:; 0 0 0 . W h e n M r . D a l s e l l t o o k c h a r g e o f „ the Spring VaUey mines they had beei| , losing money tor the owners, but no# , they ar* th* hast piling coal mines li| \ ; the state. As soon as the announce*^.; went was mad* that ha |ad purchase<$ th* Ladd mine* froperty there ad*;y: f- vanced more than 100 per cent Ane#;^ -v; ateel tower and other improvemenW ^i ; will be put in' inimediatelir. ^ ^ " % •••*• KIQed in n Mlua Four miners were instantly killed at a mine in Chenoa, near Bloomington, v oy th* snap^ng of the cable support-"-'̂ : Ing the cage. The men fell >47 feeU % 1 Thefdead are: Guiseppe Barretto, Bo ̂ bino Brla, Bonino Baltllla, Thomas Jones. The first three were Italian*, and the fourth a native of Wales. Tbi* was to have been the final trip oi thej1 ^ f cage. Two men, fearing the condition •' **J: oi the cage, stepped off Just before thej acdd«at occaiyed. The state mine in* \ spector waa sent for. / "4...", . • - fftis .llgfWelwn.. .aad; m motf % -f~A Fifteen chicken* war* dressed in on# ̂ minute and forty-five seconds in match for $50 a aide between W. H| Dundore, a dresser for a Chicago pouli ."xy house, and Frank Doubek of Mil̂ waukee, Sunday. Dandoca won by chicken and a halt This was the deci-̂ i ston of John Domey, ths referes. Th«p; match was held in MUwaukee, and waa attended by the dressers fma Chlcago||:> There hav* been a aumber of asfKtch-t̂ sa between tiie champloa drsaasrs of , , ooth citiee of lat» " - f * '«>'t s fry