Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, September 11, 1897, Page 6

cones er The Aevald--Review. By E. Kiley. MINNESOTA. GRAND RAPIDS - * One English duke has gone into tne millinery business, and many of the others are not far behind in their en- deavor to captivate American heir- esses, In the Outlook Bliss Carman prints a poem about the day when “the ‘nex- orable gong sotinds on the platform of Time.” We haven't read the rest of it, but we sincerely hope that Mr. Car- man will not get off the car back- ward, Sometimes a good turn is properly rewarded, but a luckier man than Jerome Turner, a lawyer of Muskegon, Mich., probably does not live. While at the World’s Fair in Chicago Mr. Turner took the part of an old gentle- Man named William Seymour, whom he saw the police arrest for some triv- ial offense. Mr. Seymour died a few days ago and left Mr. Turner $75,000. Lawyer Turner should go to the Klon- dike at once, and carry nothing but his luck. Satisfying curiosity is ofttimes haz- ardous. Francis Warlop was a well- paid cook in a club house at Grand Rapids, Mich. The other day the wife of a prominent member brought in a basket of what she tnought were mush- rooms and wanted them cooked for a dinner to a few of her friends. War- lop pronounced them toadstools, and dangerous, and the lady left them with him. Then the cook began wondering what toadstools tasted like. To satis- fy his curiosity he cooked a few and ate them. An hour later the doctors were called, and very soon afterward poor Warlop was a cold corpse. But he didn’t die wondering. pees navn Castes 2 San Petty revenge never built an apter monument to iis own folly than “spite house,” the residence of a millionaire who died not long since in this coun- try. This man owned a strip of land five feet wide in one of our largest cit- ies, of such apparent uselessness to him that .we adjoining land-owner of- fered a fair sum for it, and confident of its acceptance, prce2eded to build a dwelling on his own property. The millionaire, however, demanded five times the amount named, and unable to obtain it, he himself erected a house four stories high on the five feet of land, shutting out all side light from his neighbor. Finding it impos- sible to rent the house to any one, the revengeful owner took up his own abode therein. The extreme narrow- ness of the house necessitated not on- ly the making of special furniture for it, but the inhabitants passing side- ways through the doors. To live in it was both physical discomfort and mental repression. One fancies that children born there would have been dwarfed in body and soul; their fea- tures sharp, their minds pinched, their whole natures turned edgewise to so- ciety. The laws of heredity and envir- onment endorse such conclusions. condemnation of such petty spite and ignoble revenge cannot be too strong. A new and terrib:e explosive shell is in the hands of the government. A report from Washington says: The naval ordnance officers still have faith in the shell for high explosives in- vented by Louis Gathmann of Chicago, which blew up a $40,000 gun at In- dian Head proving grounds a few weeks ago.~ The tests of this terrible shell have been renewed, with encouraging results. Ten of the shells are now be- ing made, and after being loaded with 300 pounds of gun cotton will be fired. If no accident happens the tests will be stopped and the shell will be officially declared a success by the government, An interesting special test of a Gath- mann shell has just been made to de- termine the shock caused by the ex- plosion of 300 pounds of gun cotton. A piece of armor seventeen inches thick was erected, with a backing of posts and plank two feet thick. Behind this a chicken was tied. Another chicken was placed in an air-tight cofferdam fifteen feet away at the side of the target, another was tied in the open air thirty-five feet away, and a fourth was placed in another cofferdam thirty- nine feet away. Then 300 pounds of gun cotton was fired against the tar- get. The chicken behind it was found alive, but crazed so that it walked in circles and exhibited other unbecoming eccentricities. The one in the first tcofferdam was dead, but bore no marks, ‘The one in the open air thirty-five feet away was dead, its head and all its feathers having been blown away. The chicken in the cofferdam thirty-nine feet away was crazed, and after mop- ing a while died. Three chickens that were confined were killed by shock, The force of the concussion could not affect them, because the cofferdams were air tight. Jimmy Patton of Chicago, aged 23, went to a picnic, and, to exhibit his agility to the girls, climbed a tree. While “showing off” in the tree he fell and broke both arms and a leg. Poor Jimmy was carried away in an ambu- lance, giving thanks that his neck had been spared. What lots of trouble girls cause! It is gratifying to know that no “fake” mediums are allowed on the spiritualists’ camp grounds near An- derson, Ind. But how they know the false from the true, is what bothers us. | PITH OF THE NEWS EVENTS oP THE PAST WEEK 1S A CONDENSED FORM, A Generai Resume of the Most Im- portant News of the Week From All Parts of the Globe, Boiled | Down and Arranged in Con- venient Form for Rapid Perusal By Busy People. Washington Talk. Secretary Gage has accepted the res- ignation of Gen. John B. Clarke ot Missouri, who was chief of the materi- al division of the treasury. His salary was $2,500. The position is no longer S nd no one will be appointed to succeed. Personal Mention. Viscount Royston, who has become earl of Hardwicke by the death of his futher, is a broker on the London stock exchange, Howard University at Washington, an institution for colored students, has conferred upon John Wanamaker the degree of LL. D. The Countess M. De Canavarro was | made a Buddhist before a small as- | semblage in New York City. This is | the first public initiation of a woman to | the Buddhist faith in America. Joseph Benson Foraker of Ohio is the only member of the United States senate who was graduated from Cor- aell university, although that body con- number of graduates of Yale ard, United States at- Vestern district of Tex- | as under jents Grant, Garfield, | Arthur and Hayes, and the most fam- | ous prosecutor in Texas. The amputation of Congressman ; Henderson's left leg at the knee has been succ fully performed at Du- buque. ‘The patient's His phys that the trouble Gen: Her suffered for long years, an old army wound, is now at an end. Dr. Thomas W. Evans, the American dentist, who for forty years has been the dental operator in Paris of most of the crowned heads of Europe and many celebritie eturned to this coun- try on the pnch liner La Cham- pagne from Havre. He came over with the body of his wife, who is to be in- terred in Woodlands cemetery, Phila- delphia. Casualties. | Jobn Baird, formerly a well known | citizen of Atlanta, and at one time ad- | jutant general, was accidentally | drowned in the Chesapeake & Ohio canal near Washington. At the plant of the Gibson (III.) Can- | ning company, one of the cookers ex- | ploded, killing Fred M. Spaulding, wio | was superintending the cookers, blew | out the end of the building and shook | everything for several blocks. | At Fort Wingate, N. M., when play- ing with matches in an old outbuild- ing used as a storehouse, little Alice | Wirston and Harry Arnold, aged three | and four years, set fire to a ean of oil, | causing an explosion. Alice was burtied to a charred and unrecogniza- | ble mass. y cannot live. | Twenty steamers, one-third of the | number belonging to the New York fire department, were kept busy for over two hours pumping water in the six-story factory building at and 480 Pearl street, which had taken | fire and s threatening the Five Points Mission home on Park street. Mr. and Mrs. William Dunn and two | daughters of Chillicothe, Ohio, w out driving, when the horse ran away, upset the ¢ ‘iage threw the) whole party out. Miss rendered insensible, thinking her daughter killed, died frem the shock. The young girl recovered consciousness, and will get well. | When playing with matches in anj| old outbuilding at Fort Wingat. N. M., | used at a store house, little Alice Win- | stone dd Harry Arnold, three and} four y 's old, set fire to a can of oil, causing an explosion. Alice was burned to a charred mass. Harry was badly burned about the head and will | probably die. Criminal. A. W. Burns of Reedsburg. Wis., committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He has been a resident of that county for thirty years. In the district court at Sibley, Iowa, on their several pleas of guilty, Judge Wakefield sentenced John Raly to two and a half years in the peniten- tiary for robbery, and Thomas Burke and Frank Nichols to one and a half years @or burglary. Foreign Gossip. A commercial treaty between Japan and Portugal has been signed. * | The Paris Journal says the czar will visit Paris at the end of this autumn. The city of Paris is wild over Presi- dent Faure, and’ there is talk of mak- ing him president for life. The queen regent of Spain will re- ceive United States Minister Wood- ford on Sept. 18. The king of Siam paid a visit to Prince Bismarck. His majesty luached ; with the ex-chancellor and they re- | mained in conversation for a long time. A eablegram from Manheim, Ger- many, announces the death there of | Bishop N. S. Rulison, of the diocese of | central Pennsylvania of the Protestant ; {piscopal church. | Mrs. Ogden Goelet, who is still at; Cowes, where her husband died, has received a message of condolence from Queen Victoria, the prince and princess | of Wales and many other persons in Great Britain. A correspondent says the empress of Germany never questions her husband about political matters, nor has she ey- er beep heard to express an opinion about affairs of state. ‘Mrs. Felicia Hemans, who discov- ered the stern and rock-bound coast of Piymouth, and who is the only writer | fired upon of imaginative literature produced by Liverpool, is to have a monument there if the money can be raised. Prof. Victor Meyer of Heidelberg, the physiological chemist whose death was announced recently, is said to have committed suicide by taking prussic acid, on account of domestic troubles. ~ The sultan, has conferred the grand cordon of the Order of Osmanich upon Mgr. Maghaki Ormanian, the Armen- ian patriarch, and the grand cordon of the Order of Nichany Chefakat upon the daughter of Arlin Pasha, under foreign secretary. Consul General Lee has just report- ed the release of the American citizen, James Thomas Carr, who has been held captive by the Spanish govern- ment i Cuba. He cables that Carr was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and lived twenty-two years in Chicago. It is reported from Louranzo Mar- quez that the arbitrators in Berne in the Delago Bay dispute have decided against Portugal, and have awarded the Delogo Bay Railway company an indemnity of £3,500,000, The report is not credited. It has been decided to erect a club and reading room at Broadstairs in memory of Charles Dickens,who wrote many of his books there. A Dickens fete will be given there in the first week in July to raise money for that purpose. The city of Leipsic, for many years the residence of Robert Schumann, is soon to have a monument to the great | musician. The model has been made by Werner Stein, who received the or- der for it from a wealthy woman of | that city, an amateur in music, whose name is not revealed. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Can- ada, received a royal welcome home upon his arrival at Quebec. He said: “The reception which I received from the English people was such that I can never forget it. England on that day exhibited her great force, and we were impressed by it.” They have finally taken steps in tussia to erect a monument to ‘Turge- neff in his native town, Orel A com- | mittee has been formed in St. Peters- burg, at the head of which is Prince | Constantine Constantinovitch, presi- dent of the Academy of Science, to col- lect money for the purpose. It is ex- p that a large number of popular contributions will be forthcoming. The king of Siam has been visiting Hungary, and has stayed five days in Budapest. On- leaving he said to Herr Daranyl, the minister of agriculture, that he had never before enjoyed him- self in any country. “If,” he contin- ued, “I had to spend my days in Eu- rope, Hungary would be the only coun- try 1 would live in. The time I have spent here I shall never forget.” General. ‘Lhe silver in a standard silver dollar is worth 39.62 cents. The New York ticket brokers have made a test case by what they hope to have a speedy adjustment of the anti-scalper bill. Mr. Jinjiro Sakata has been ap- jointed an attache to the Japanese le- gation at Washington, and Mr. Mutsui, the third secretary, has been relieved. The leading Italian society of Cincin- nati has sent a loug cablegram to the count of Turin congratulating him on his defense of the honor of Italy. A private telegram received at Vic- toria, B. C., announces the death near Coban, Guatemala, of the Rt. Rey. Bishop Lemmens, Catholic bishop of | Vancouver island and Alaska. Argentine crops have been greatly benefited by rains. El Diego estimated the corn yield at 20,000,000 hectoltters, , of which 12,000,000 is available for ex- port. Clara Morris, who drew her first sal- ary only a year after Fort Sumter was i and who has been a star nce 1866, is now on the vaudeville stage in New York. Brig. Gen. Ruggles will retire Sept. 11, having reached the age limit. Gen. Ruggles has had a very active career and gor the past four years has been adjutant general of the army. The men at Weir City, Mo., at the Hamilton and Brainwood shaft, are on a strike. The miners went out last night after protesting in vain against heavy deductions in pay on account of dirty coal. The state executive committee of the Jeffersonian or Gold Democrats of Pennsylvania decided by a vote of 17 | to 10 not to place any candidates in the field for state treasurer and audi- tor general. W. P. De Armitt, president of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal company, has attached the signature of his company to the uniformity agreement. It is now thought the uni- formity plan is assured. James Kelly, a New York saloon- keeper, forty-two years old, dropped dead just after the last race at the the Sheepshead Bay race course. Kelly stood on his seat, cheering the winner, when suddenly he threw up his hands and fell forward insensible. The navy department has author- ized the use of the big government dock at Bremerton, Wash., for the docking of the merchant steamer Fort- land, which is hastening preparations for another yoyage to the Klondyke regions, The treasury department has pre- pared the figures showing the immi- gration for the month of July. hey show a total immigration into the United States of 14,774, against 21,- 471 for the corresponding month last year. Two large cannon which, by an act of congress, were donated to Gen. Ferdinand P. Earle, to be placed at the latter's honie, Earnecliffe, Wash- ington Heights, Gen. Washington’s headquarters during the Revolution, have heen received by Gen. Earle, and will be placed in a commanding posi- tion near the mansion. . The Rey. C. O. Brown, now in Chi- cago, refuses to meet the Bay confer- ence in the way that the conference committee desires. A letter has been received from Dr. Browa by members of the conference at San Francisco, in which he rejects their offers and re- iterates that he will allow himself: to be tried only upon the assumption that he was acquitted’ by the first council that tried him. This the Bay conference has refused. The confer- ence will meet in a few days to con- sider the communication. TRIAL OF LUETGERT THREE WOMEN IDENTIFY THE RINGS FOUND IN THE VAT, The Defense Makes an Ineffectual Effort to Break This Very Dam- aging Testimony—Judge Tathill Makes a Personal Inspection of the Factory—A Chemist Testifies That Caustic Potash Could Not Be Uscd in Making Sausage. Chicago, Sept. 4. — Three women gave damaging evidence against the defendant in the Luetgert trial. They positively identified the rings found in the vat as being the property of Mrs. Luetgert, and said that they had seen them on her hands, and one of them had talked with her about the rings at one time and so felt sure that the rings found in the vat and those she saw on the fingers of Mrs. Luetgert were the same. The defense made a desperate effort to break down the evi- dence of the three woman, but they all stuck to their stories, and swore that the rings were those which the wife of the sausagemaker had worn before she disappeared. The session of court was short in the afternoon, as Judge Tuthill said he desired to make a personal visit to the factory and see for himself where the murder is said to have been commit- ted. He took with him one attorney from the side of the defense and one from those engaged in the prosecution, and during their visit to the factory no other person was allowed around the premises. Carl Voelker, a chemist who had been at one time engaged with Luet- gert in the manufacture of perman- ganate of potash, and was at one time a shipping clerk in the factory, testi- fied that he was familiar with all of Luetgert’s processes for the making of sausage, and that he had never had any occasion to use any caustic potash around the place. The defendant could not, he said, have secured it for the purpose of using it in making the sausage. During all of the time that Voelker was around the factory he said that the vats were never used. The crush around the court room has increased to such proportions that it was found necessary to take active measures to keep the crowd away from the trial. Perished in the Gale. London, Sept. 4—Four skiffs left Far Isle between the Ornkey and Shetland islands on Thursday to barter produce with passing vessels. The skiffs were overtaken by a gale, but two returning safely. One of the other boats was found the next morning. In it were the bodies of four men and the other occupants were almost dead from ex- haustion. The remaining boat has not been seen, and it is believed its four occupants have been drowned. The Sultan Is Fidecty. London, Sept. 4. — A dispatch from Constantinople says the sultan is im- patient to reopen the Cretan question, hoping thereby to check the European concert. The palace councils are cun- ningly preparing their campaign, though no official action has yet been taken. Disarm Irregulars. Canea, Sept. 4.---In consequence of the firing of several volleys by the Turkish irregulars at the I of-war Sardegna off Candia on the night of Aug. 31, the admirals of the foreign fieet propose to disarm the ir- regulars. Tawney Goes to Havuil. San Francisco, Sept. 4.—Se’ al con- gressmen now in this city will visit the Hawaiian islands before returning East. They are Joseph Cannon of Ill- inois, H. C. Loudenslager of New Jersey and J. A. Tawney of Minneso- ta. Angell Sees the Sultan. Constantinople, Sept. 4.—Dr. James B. Angell, the new United States min- ister to Turkey, with the members of the American legation, was granted an audience by the sultan and presented his credentials. Seth Will Make the Fight. Northeast Harbor, Me., Sept. 4—Seth Low has signified his acceptance of the nomination for mayor of Greater New York tendered him by the borough committee of the citizens’ union. Uruguay's Rebellion Growing. London, Sept. 4—The Times’ Monte- video correspondent says that the re- bellion in Uruguay is growing and that the insurgents are advancing toward the center of the republic. Tribesmen Are Increasing. Bombay, Sept. 4.—Little news has been received here regarding the situ- ation on the frontier. The tribesmen in the vicinity cf Jamirud are increas- ing. Ten Business Houses Burned. Hillsboro, Iowa, Sert. 4.—Fire de- stroyed ten business houses and one residence in this vicinity, leaving only two business houses standing. New Elevator. Big Stone City, S. D., Sept. 4.—An- other elevator has just been complet- ed here by Geire Bros. Capacity, 30,- 000 bushels. Died of His Injury. “Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 4. — Edward Jenkins, who was injured in the Mil- pale ag yards by a switch engine, is lead. Russia’s Wheat Crop. Washington, Sept. 4. — The United States consul at Odessa, Russia, has -reported to the state department that the wheat crop this year in Russia is a poor one, the yield in many places be- ing not more than four bushels to the acre. The Spanish Troubles. Madrid, Sept. 4—Thg¢ newspapers of this city say that Premier Azcarraga has failed in his efforts to reunite the warring sections of the Conservative party. WAR AND DISEASE. Terrible Mortality Among the Ca- bens—Some Reci nt Fighting. Havana, Sept. 7. — A wealthy mer- chant named Blas Casares has been arrested at Puerto Principe, charged with political offenses. A party of in- surgents recently made an attack on Fort Santo Cristo del Valle, near Sabalo, in the Province of Pinar del Rio. The garrison made a stout re- sistance but the insurgents set fire to a house near the walls of the fort, which took fire, compelling the gar- rison to retire with the loss of six men killed. ‘wo brothers named Portillo made a stand behind a large tree anl were reinforced by a number of their comrades. After sharp fighting the insurgents were driven off with the loss of four killed and six wounded. It is reported that a group of insur- gents attacked and entered the town of Janaguayabo, near Remedios, where they sacked several stores and burned a number of houses. It is also reported that the insurgents have fired upon Guira Melena, in Hayana province. During the month of August 500 per- sons died in Guines from epidemic diseases. All of the victims, with one exceptiqgn were Cubans. The rate of mortality among the refugees is very great and the same is true regarding the troops. The mortality due to yel- low fever, malari nd dysintery is excessive. It is estimated that 37 out of every 1,000 sick soldiers in the hos- pitals throughout the island die. It is Stated that from 20 to 26 deaths oc- cur on ch of the steamers which carry sick and disabled troops from Cuba to Spain. During his recent tour Gen. Weyler deposed the mayors of several towns and sent various ‘y command- ers to Cabanas castic. At Guines and other to z the release from custody of a of mer- chants and reconce ados who had been falsely ace’ He has issued an order prohib’ g the planting of tobacco within the boundaries of the military cultivated zone. He declares that if the reconcentrados die from hunger the mayors of the towns will be to blame for their deaths because of their negligence in carrying out his instructions. ‘The insurgent general, Castillo, with his command, has crossed the line into the Province of Pinar del Rio. The last advices received refer to engage- ments between his force and the gov- ernment troops, and indicate that he was defeated. Nestor Arangueren ac- companied Gen. Castillo and Raoul Arango remains alone in charge of the insurgent forces in the Havana proy- inces. & LEE QUITS CUBA. Not Likely That the Consul General Will Return. Havana, Sept. 7. — Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, United States consul general, ac- companied by his son and private sec- retary, have left Havana for New York. Gen. Lee said his departure had no significance. He was merely enjoying a leave of absence. 6 Washington, Sept. 7.—No official in- formation could be obtained here re- gardig the return of Gen. Lee, but it is understood that he has been grant- ed leave of absence by the state de- partment, with permission to return to this country. The business of the con- sulate will be in charge of the vice consul during his absence. The course pursued by the administration in not naming his suc ‘or leaves no ground for the intimation that there was dis- satisfaction with him officially. Now there has been a period of compara- tive quiet in Havana and Gen. Lee has remained long enough to demon- strate that his course was not disap- proved, and if he is relieved no criti- cism of him officially will stand. While state departinent officials are unusual- ly reticent regarding the return of Gen. Lee, there seems to be little doubt that he will not return to Ha- vana and that his successor will soon be selected. Had His Swag With Him. Tcronto, Sept. 7—Thomas Vassick Hawkins, colored, who was arrested here by Detective Sleeman, was for- merly porter in the tax collector's of- fice at Washington. On Aug. 31 he disappeared with some $9,000. The police of this city were notified to look out for him. Yesterday he was located in a small boarding house on Bend street. When searched at po- lice headquarters $8,334 was found on him. Hawkins appeared to be quite startled wher told cf the amount of meney taken from him, saying that he had never counted it and had no idea the amount was so large. Quarantine Against Yellow Fever. Mobile, Ala., Sept. 7.—State Health Officer Saunders having reported the result of the examination cf the fever which has been prevailing for some weeks at Ocean Springs. Miss., on the bayou of Bilexi, or Gulf of Mexico, fifty-six miles from Mobile and eighty- four miles from New Orleans, the disease being pronounced yellow fever, the Mobile board of health declared a rigid quarantine against Ocan Springs. All persons coming from that place or neighborhood are to be detained at a station established outside the city limits. Will Look After Pirates. Gibraltar, Sept. 7.—The Portuguese ironclad Gama sailed from this place for the coast of Morocco to investi- gate the recent seizure and plundering off that coast by pirates belonging to the Becoza Kabyles of the Portu- guese bark Rosita and the detention by the pirates of the captain and four of the crew of the bark. A High Priced Barn Burned. Aberdeen, S. D., Sept. 7. — E. J. Haasze lost a fine new barn on his farm northwest of this city by fire. The building cost $1,800 and contained considerable grain. Insurance, $1,000. Train Robbers Captured. Trinidad, Colo., Sept. 7. — Word reached here that the posse who had taken the trail of the Gulf passenger train hold-ups had captured the men without resistance in what is known as the Cimmarron country. No details of the capture could be learned. . Minnesota at Annapolis. Annapolis, Md., Sept. 7—Among the candidates who have passed all ex- aminations and been admitted to the naval academy is Thomas R. Kurtz , of Minnesota. TERRIBLE GAS EXPLOSION AT BROAD * RIPPLE, IND. Six Men Were Killed and Thirty Persons Were Injured, Many ot Them So Seriously That Their Lives Are Despaircd Of—Business Part of the Town Took Fire and Many Large Buildings Were De- ~ stroyed. 4 Indianapolis, Sept. 7.—Two frightfah explosions of natural gas occurred in Broad Ripple, a suburb «six miles north of here. Six are known to haye been killed, and the seriously injured will number between twenty and thir- ty. The business part of the town took fire and the largest buildings were destroyed. The first explosion oc- curred in J. L. Watts’ drug store from unknown causes. Ive were in- jured there and the building was set on fire. Across the street was the Odd Fellows hall, underneath which was Pious Gresh’s grocery store. Gresh and twenty men were remoy- ing his stock of groceries when @ crashing explosion occurred in this building. The walis were blown out and the upper floor fell in on the men. #resh and Jacob Darling, a painter, were taken out dead. The others in the building were badly injured, sev- eral of them probably fatally. Nearly everyone of them suffered a broken leg or arm. The fire sprea dfrom the Odd Fellows’ hall and the drug store ruins in every direction. Five build- ings were destroyed. CAPSIZED AND SANK. Schooner trace Hax a Rough Expe- rience in a Storm. Savannah, Ga., Sept. 7. — The three- masted schooner Agnes I. Grace of Bangor, Me., capsized and sunk twenty miles east of Tybee. Her crew me ashore in a boat and landed at Warsaw island. The schooner Grace siled form New York Aug. 28 with a cargo of salt for Savannah and four sixteen-ton guns for the Tybee fortifications. All down the coast she was driven by a fierce northeaster. and on Saturday night she came off Tybee, laboring beavily in the gale. An effort was made to bring her to and save her be- ing driven further to the southward, but when she was brought to the wind began to toss in the heavy seas, the big guns which formed part of her deck load drifted loose from their lashings and took possession of the deck. The crew was driven into the rigging, and the iron monsters plunged about as the vessel heaved in the sea, making every effort to recapture them almost certain death. About 9 o'clock this morning an unusually heavy swell tossed all four guns into the port scuppers, and the vessel heeled under the iminense weight, tried to right, but staggered as the green water broke fiercely in cver the bulwarks. She capsized and sank. Capt. Farrar and his crew, con- manning the vessel’s boat after much difficulty, and rowed away from her just as she went down. Sultan and Cyar Agree. London, Sept. 7.—The Constantino- ple correspondent of the Standard says he is credibly informed that the sultan has been in direct communication with the czar and that the correspondence has resulted in the making of mutual arrangements by which the sultan grees never to use his influence e¢gainst Russia in Central Asia, and the ezar pledges himself to uphold Turkish rights in Europe. Prominent New Yorker Drowned. Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 7. — For- rest H. Parker, president of the Pro- duce Exchange Bank of New York, and his wife were drowned in the Chain lake near Paul Smith’s in the Adirondacks. Mr. Parker and _ his wife had gone out on the lake in a row boat. Later the boat was found floating on the lake bottom upward. Calls It a Fiction. Rome, Sept. 7. — A formal declara- tion has been made by the vatican that the statement that Cardinal Sat- olli has been designated by the pope to succeed Cardinal Ledochowski as prefect of the propaganda, is pure fic- tion. It is declared that Cardinal Ledochowski has no idea of leaving his post. Fearful Storms in Silesia. London, Sept. 7.—The Daily Chroni- cle’s Berlin correspondent says that feaful storms have occurred in West- erm Silesia and that the rivers are 1apidly rising and threatening fresh jrundations. Several persons have been killed by lightning and a number of farm houses have been burned. Will Tour the United States, New York, Sept. 7.—Lieat. Gen. G. Diby Barker, governor of Bermuda, arrived on the steamship Orinoco, ac- companied by his aid-de-camp, Capt. Platt. Gen. Barker and wife intend to make a tour of the United States and Canada. Col. Lister Dead. Watertown, N. Y., Sept. — Col. Lister, commander of the Ninth in- fantry, U. S. A., stationed at Madison baxracks, Sackett’s harbor, is dead. A Fatal Fal La Crosse, Wis., Sept. 7.—Paul Steg- man, residing at Bangor, in this coun- ty, fell from a grain stack and was in- jured on the fork, dying soon after. Mhler Is President. of the board of directors of the 2. Railway and Navigation compan: L. Mohler was elected president. Sees Wanted in Kentucky. * New York, Sept. 7. — William Botto“ of Louisville, Ky., who was arrested for having uttered a worthless check in Philadelphia, was arraigned in a police court. He was committed to the tombs to await the arrival of re- quisition papers from Kentucky. _ Cloakmakers Go to Work. New York, Sept. 7.—Over 1,500 union cloakmakers have returned to work and 800 struck. The vestmakers ex- pect te be at work by Thursday at in- creased wages, Portland, Or., Sept. 7—At a meeting f° ———