Ligonier Banner., Volume 33, Number 26, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 September 1898 — Page 6

A MINE DISASTER.

Explosion of Gas and Firedamp - Takes Eight Lives. -

It Occurs Near Brownsville, I'a.,— Seventy Men at Work in the Mine at the Time—Three Are Killed at Nanticoke, Pa.

Brownsville, Pa., Sept. 24.—Seventy men were entombed Friday in the Empire mine of Snowden; Gould & Co., one-fourth of ‘a mile below town, as

the result of an explosion of gas fol- > Jowed by another explosion of fire damp. Of thé number entombed all escaped or were taken out by rescuing parties except eight, wlp were killed outright and three more or less hurt. The dead are: John Haiston, ~ miner, aged 35 (colored), wife and two

. children; Salem Haiston, miner, his brother, aged 25, single; Robert Davidson, miner, aged 45 (white), no family; John Bennett, driver, aged 22, single; William Pritchard, miner, aged 50, wife and seven children; Henry Hagar, aged 17; John Cartwright, miner, aged 50, married but no children; James Hall, miner, aged 17, unmarried. The explosion is said to-have been caused by the loosening of a large block of coal which opened a pocket of gas. Immediately following the explosion of gas there was a second explosion ‘of fire damp. There wére 70 men at work in the mine at the time of the disaster and at first it.seemed an impossibility for the 54 men in entries nine and ten, where the explosion occurred, to escape. Four men, Jacobs, Davis, Whetzel and Walker, who were near the entrance, managed to crawl out, and the others with the exception cf those.caught by falling coal escaped by traversing a mile and a half of underground passages coming out ..at the entrance near Lynn station. This point is four miles from the open.ing of the mine on the Monongahela “Tiver. ; : : . Disaster in a Nanticoke Mine. 4 Nanticoke, Pa., Sept. 24.—DBy a rush in coal in No. 1 shaft Friday three men were entombed and probably instant-

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SWORD TO BE PRESENTED TO ADMIRAL DEWEY BY THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.

ly killed. They were George H. Morgan, aged 34 years; John Shannon, aged 32, amd John A. Jones, aged 28. Two other miners, John Woolford-and John Jones, narrowly escaped with their lives. The men were driving a rock plane in the shaft and had driven it about 35 feet above the adjoining chamber, which had been worked full and played out. This chamber was - about 180 feet from the main gangway, and a stout box had been built around the pillars to prevent a rush of coal. It is supposed that this box gave way. - REPRESENT THE FILIPINOS. Emissaries of the Philippine Provisional Government Arrive | —Will Visit McKinley. San Francisco, Sept. 23.—The United States transport China arrived Thurs: day from Manila via Hong-Kong, Na- ~ gasaki and Kobe. She brought with - her as passengers several distingushed military and naval men, besides several journalists and two representatives of the provisional government of the Philippines who are en route Jto Washington to plead with President McKinley for the independence of the island, after which they will probably proceed to Paris to appear before the peace commission.- The Filipinos are /named Fillipe Agoncilio and Jose Lopez, the former being. Aguinaldo’s ‘chief emissary. In an interview he said the insurgents fully.expected to be allowed to govern themselves and even hinted that some sort of agree|ment. had been made with United ! States Consul Wildman regarding the outcome of the war made by the insurgents against Spain, but what the terms were Agoncillo would not state. He said that he expected definite instructions from Aguinaldo by cable, but diplojnatically refused to give the slightest hint of any he might have already received. The Filipinosare very -ghrewd and spoke English fluently. ;o _ Damage by a Cloudburst. : Charlotte, N. C., Bept. 24.—Speacials to the Observer from pointsin western North Carlonia tell of serious damage from a cloudburst. -The Yadkin and Catawba rivers are booming. The river bottom corn crops are covered o With mud and are ruined. The hay - crop is also seriously damaged. Some families have been driven from their _ houses to the hills by -the freshet. ‘Louis Moser was drowned in the Yadkin, near Donnaha, while attempting to rescue pumpkins that were floating down the stream. ' Cervera Arrives at Madrid. ~ Madrid, Sept. 23.—Admiral Cervera ‘‘arrived here Thursday. There were no incidents worth noting in connection ~ with his arrival at the capital. In an _interview, he said he had a clear con- _ scieace regarding Santiago. Nations, ’*ﬁe said, grew great by their victories and not by their defeats, however - gloricus thes might be.. Spain had lived in a dreaimn and she now had e

A STARTLING SPEECH

Col. Picquart, of the Dreyfus Scandal ° Fame, Hints That He May : . Be Murdered.

_Paris, Sept. 22.—The trial of Col. Picquart, who was at the head of the secret intelligence department at the time of the arrest and conviction of Dreyfus, and Maitre Le Blois, his lawyer, upon charges of having revealed documents relating to the national defense, was called in the Eighth correctional tribunal Wednesday. An effort was made by the prosecution to secure 2n adjournment, but this was opposed by counsel for Col Picquart. Col. Picquart addressed the court in opposition to adjournment and in conclusion said: , ‘ ‘““Perhaps this may be the last time I shall speak in public. I shall perhaps sleep tonight in the military prison of ChercheMidi. I wish, theréfore, to declare thatif I find there the strangling rope of Lemorcier Picard or the razor of Lieut. Col. Henry it will Be a case of assassination, for I have not the least idea of committing suicide.” This utterance evoked cries of “Vive Picquart.” The court then adjourned the trial. indefinitely. Col. Picquart declined to ask for bail, and was taken back to prison by detectives, receiving an ovation from the crowd as he was led/away. | Gen. Chanoine, minister of war, denies having ordered the institution of proceedings against Col. Picquart for forgery. Gen. Zurlinden, the former minister of war, alone had the power, he said, to order such proceedings. WANTS THE FACTS KNOWN. Secretary Alger Says There Is Noth- . i ing -in His Department to Withhold. : Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 23.—Secretary Alger, who arrived Wednesday night, was astir early Thursday morning. About nine o’clock the secretary and Surgeon General Sternberg, accompanied by Brig. Gen. Boynton, left for Chickamauga park, . where they spent the day in a critical inspection of the hospitals over which there has been so much controversy. Before leaving Chattanooga Secretary Alger said to a reporter: 2 “The press has been dispesed to exaggerate the condition of some of the camps,

and things have been charged against the - wardepartment which were untrue and unwarranted. - I want the facts, and all the facts, to come out, and have nothing to - withhold from the publc. ~ ““The great trouble has been that ‘the people have not appreciated the immeénse - problem of: forming: an army of 250,000 volunteers without notice and without the necessary equipment. The Spanish war came upon us almost like a bolt from a clear sky, and it feund every branch of the war. department-unprepared for the task of equipping and handling such a vast number of untrained men. i - “For a time there was difficulty in! furnishing supplies and equipment for the troops, but that had to be expected; The department had only a limited syupply of tents, and it had practically no wagons and ambulances to start with. There were a thousand and one details to look after, and a fairly disposed public will understand the disadvantages under which the war depart~ment worked for many weeks. As fast as possible equipment. and supplies were sent to the several camps and if there has been lack of medicines.and necessaries of life the fault lies with the commanding officers of the camps. | ““There may have been some incompetent officers, generals and colonels - in charge of some of the camps, and if such is found- to be the case they will be held strictly to account for their misdeeds. - - “If there are any commanding officers 'who are now incompetent, or who fajl to put their camps in first-class conditioh and keep them that way, I promise that they shall be replaced by men who are competent, and who will see that perfect sanitary conditions are established - and maintained.” | ) = TEN PERISH. = | Wrecking of the Schoon'\er C. C. lf"nnk T —Only Two Seamen Es- | | - cape Death. ? ! ‘ San Francisce, Sept. 23.—Australian papers received here on the steamer " Alameda report the wreck of the ' schooner C. C. Funk, on Flinder’s island on July 31, with ten of her crew, all of whom shipped on the well- ' known coaster either here or in the north. ' Only two seamen, Albert Krough and John Petersen, were saved, and but one body hed been reeovered when the Alameda sailed. It was that of Peter Neilson. ! Empress of China in Controf. Washington, Sept. 24.—The Chinese minister, Mr. Wu Ting Fang, Friday received a cable dispatch from the Chinese foreign office at Peking giving the text of the edict issued by the emperor Thursday, in which, owing to the critical condition of Chi‘nese affairs, he ealls back to power the empress dowager, and commits to her hands the direction of the vast affairs of the empire. L g | Hanged. ; Richmond, Va., Sept. 24.—Joseph Terrell (colored) was hanged in the jailyard at Charlottesville at 10:30 o’clock Friday morning for the maurder of his mother-in-law, Malinda Brown. The crime was committed at j Earlysville, Albemarle county »in May, 1 1898, and was a very brutal one. : i Must Pay Thelr Own Way. , Washington, Bept. 4.—An order has ‘been issued by the war department to different eqmmwmgmﬂg* oty ing that furloughed men are ot en- } titled to transportation to their homes at government expense. A eprn e e el g o SRR R N e R e R S e Ml"',‘”J“}”‘.F

THEIR AWFUL FATE.

Ten Persons Are Cremated Alive and Many Injured in an Elevator _ : Fire at Toledo, O.

Toledo, 0., Sept. 21.—Ten persons cremated, eight more fatally burned and eight- seriously injured is the record of the most disastrous fire that ever occurred in Toledo. The spontaneous combustion of dust in the grain elevator owned by Paddock Hodge & Co. Tuesday night causevj this terrible destruction of life, amnd pone of those who were taken out after the fire started was far enough from death’s door to tell any of the horrible details. DEAD—Samuel Alexander, Fred Garrett, Bert Wainwright, Harold Parks, John Smith, Grace Parks, Frank Van Housen, John Carr, Willilam Parks, and an unknown man.

INJURED—David Kemp, Barney W‘e‘ﬁ)ch, Charles Keifer, Fred Pargillis, — Eliott, Charles Brookseeker, Everett Smith, Hamilton Parks, W. C. Jordan, Peter Haas, Al Baldic and three others, names unknown. ’ Mr. Paddock, a member of the firm owning the plant, said that there was between 500,000 and 600,000 bushels of grain in storage at the time, most of it being winter wheat. The property and the grain is an entire loss and will reach $450,000. The insurance is $135,000 on the building, and the grain is covered with $258,000. : )

PINGREE RENOMINATED.

Republicans of Michigan Unanimous1y Chose Him to Head Their Ticket—The Other Nominees.

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 22.—Gov. Pingree was unanimously renominated by acclamation Wednesday aftermoon by the republican state convention. is reform ideas and efforts toward regulating alleged iniquities of taxation were heartily commended by the platform adopted, and many members of his party who have heretofore not been in accord with the ‘governor jcined in the cheering when he appeared and madde a characteristic speech of acceptance. The rest of the ticket is as follows: Lieutenant-gov-ernor, 0. W. Robinson,; of Houghton; secretary of state, J. S. Stearns, of Ludington; auditor-general, Roscoe

D. Dix, of Berrien Springs; attorneygeneral, Horace M. Oren, of Sault Ste. Marie; treasurer, George Steel, of St. Johns; commissioner of land office, William #A; French, of Presque Isle; superintendent of public instruction, Jason E. Hammond, of Hillsdale; regent of statecuniversity, Eli R. Sutton, of Detroit, and J. Byron Judkins, of Grand Rapids; members of state board of education, Prof. E. F. Johnson, of Ann Arbor, and F. A. Platt, of Flint. The convention unanimously elected Gen. Arthur F. Marsh, of Allegan (a Pingree candidate), for chairman of the state central committee. The convention completed its work at midnight. FLOODS IN THE ORIENT. Thousands in China and Japan Saf- /| fer from Storms of Unusaally ' | - :Severe Character. ; Vancouver, B. C., Sept. 23.—Advices from the orient by the Empress of India state that China and Japan have been visited by thunderstorms and ‘disastrous floods; in which many hundreds of people have lost their lives. The region north of Ah Shang mountains has been inundated for hundreds of miles by the Yellow river.. Several hundred thousand persons have been plunged into the deepest distress and many into absclute penury, which local authorities are unable to alleviate. . 20 Daring Bank Robbery, San Francisco, Sept. 23.—Australian papers just received report a daring bank robbery at Penhurst, about 200 miles from Melbourne. An unknown man entered the local branch of the Bank of Victoria and, covering the manager, Mr. Jamieson, with a revolver, bound and gagged him and obtained possession of the keys of the strong room. He abstracted about £6OO in notes and gold and made off. A man named Glen Thompson has been arrested on suspicion, the evidence against him being very strong. ; ‘ ‘lnsults to Toral. ‘ - Madrid, Sept. 22.—When the train conveying Gen. Toral arrived at the station at Bojar a crowd which had gathered insisted that the general should show himself. Upon his doing so the gathering loaded him with insults. Gen. Toral, who isill with fever, uttered a few excuses, and beat a retreat in order to avoid being struck. Curzon Elevated to the Peerage.’ London, Sept. 24.—1 t is officially announced that Hon. Geéorge N. Curzon, until recently parliamentary secretary for the foreign office, who is to succeed the earl of Elgin as viceroy of India. has been elevated to the peerage as Baron Curzon of Kedelston. _ . Murder and Suicide. = ~ Chicago, Sept. 21.—Michael Schwarz, a musician, shot and killed his wife Anna, from whom he had been divorced two months, and then' killed himself. . The shooting was the result of ou argument over past differences,

EFFECT WAS AWFUL.

First Reports of the Recent Hurricane in the West Indies Not 2 Exaggerated.

- Kingston, Jamaica, Sept. 24.—Mail advices which reached here Friday brought melancholy relief to the suspense regarding the full extent of the hurricane disaster at the islands of St. Vincent, St. Lucia and: Barbadoes, showing that the first accounts were not exaggerated. At'St. Vincent about 300 lives have been lost, not counting the loss of life suffered through the destruction of shipping. The coast is strewn with the wrecks of vessels, many of which;were from Barbadoes. The storm raged from ten o’cloek in the morning (Sunday, September 11) until -two o’clock in the afternoon,. completely wrecking the island. At the capital, Kingston, fully 200 houses were demolished, while the suburbs, Coxheath 'and Montebello, were obliterated. £

Throughout the island the destruection was on a wholesale scale, not only the estates and buildings being razed and cultivation being obliterated. The hurricane struck the island of Barbadoes on the night of the 10th, completely wrecking that flat, exposed. island and sweeping away 10,000 houses while damaging thousands more. This left three-quarters of the inhabitants homeless. Over 100 people were killed so far as known. The city of Bridgetown was partially ‘destroyed and the suburbs of St. Michael and Belleviile were entirely demolished. Al the shipping was wrecked or blown out to sea. (The total estimated dam_age'f besides the loss from the cane crop: and provisions is about $1,500,000 at' Barbadoes. . NO DELAY TO BE GRANTED. Evacuation eof i Cuba. by ' Spanish Troops Must Proceed Without : ' Interruption. . _.‘Washington, Sept. 23.—1 t is stated that the war department has received no detailed reports or any information from the Cuban military commission regarding the work of the commission at Havana. In reply to the question as to whether there was any

disposition to accede to the request of the Spaniards for a postponement of the evacwation of Cuba until ~some time next spring the statement was made that no delay would be eonsidered; that the evaeuation must proceed with expedition and that the troops of the United States were now being put in readiness for the occupation of Cuba and would be sent there. No definite date has been fixed for their departure. : S SAYS RULER IS DEAD. Unconfirmed Rumor of Demise of the Chinese Emperor — Edict An--moumnces His Abdication. | Shanghaj, Sept. 23.—There is a per‘sistent rumor here that the emperor of China is dead. Details are not obtainable, nor can the report be éonfirmed. Thereport from Peking of ithe emperor’s abdication is thought by many to be intended to prepare the way for the announcement of the emperor’s death. The most sinister reports as to the manner of the emperor’s death are in circulation. Advices from Peking say the gates of the inner city are closed and that it is impossible to learn what has really taken place in the palace. ' Honor the Dead. Richmond, Va., Sept. 24—The “daughter of the confederacy” lies at rest. From the time the body of Miss Winnie Davis arrived in Richmond until it was buried in Hollywood cemetery Friday business in the city was practically suspended. More than 70,000 people either took part in or gathered on the streets to look upon the procession. Men of national fame came from a dozen states to honor her memory. All flags were at half mast, the stars and stripes and the confederate flag as well. Death of an.lnventor. - Paducah, Ky., Sept. 23.—Maj. I. P. Girardey, a confederate veteran, aged 70 years, died here Monday night. He was born in France and spent most of his life at Augusta, Ga. He invented the Girardey fuse to explode shells. For his invention he received $50,000 for a one-fifth interest during the war. His invention was successfully used in the Franco-Prussian war. During the past few years he has resided in Paducah. : ; | A Fatal Accident, - Pittsburgh, Pa., Sept. 23.—Capt. George J. Adams, ‘aged 33, and Capt. Charles Miller, aged 22, his assistant, were instantly killed while conducting a fireworks display and reproduction of the Manila battle on the Allegheny river in front of the Exposition building Thursday night. « : : Killed by Lightning, Batesville, Ark., Sept. 24—Near Gaither.mountain Rosser G, Brown, a farmer, with his two young daughters took refuge under a tree from ﬂf“Bb(l)w-_ eér.and seated themselves on a plow. Lightning struck the plow and all shcep werakllled, 0 o

REFORMATION UNDER ASA. Sunday School Lesson in the Inters nathnul Series for October 2, . : 1898—2 Chron. 14:2-12. -[Bgs'ed upon Peloubet’s Select Netes.] GOLDEN TEXT.—HeIp us, O Lord our God; for we rest on thee.—2 Chron. 14:11. THE SECTION includes the hstory of Judah -from the disruption till the close of Asa’s reign (2 Chron. 12 to/16); first 6 years of Judah; reigns of Rehoboam, Abijah and Asa. : : ("TlME.—Asa’s reign lasted 41 years, from 955 to 914, com. chron., or 917-878, rev. cnron. The battle of Zerah was probably tn his fourteenth year (2 Chron. 15.20). PLACE.—Asa reigned.in Jerusalem. The great victory over Zerah, the invader, was at Mareshah, 25 miles southwest of Jerusalem. gl | : ~ LESSON-COMMENT. Having studied the course of the history of Israel to the end of that kingdom, we now turm back the leaves of time to the disruption when thehis-’ tory divided into two streams. Beginning at this point, we are to study, for the present quarter, the leading events of the I:f'mgdom of Judah. The history is quite differeat in charaeter from that of Israel. i We will' consider briefly the first 60 years of the kingdom of Judah, in its bearing on the religious development f the people and the kingdom of God. g s '

I. Rehoboam’s Reign of Seventeen Years. He inherited a large extent of territory, a capital almost impregnable; £ glorious temple and its services well adapted to teach the true religion; an organized government; a well-equipped army; a .considerable religious literature; all the means and machinery ‘for Jeveloping a God-fear-ing, well-educated, prospergus nation.

'~ Herefused wise counselors, and lived a selfish, sinful tife, forsaking God and His religion. The people built “high places,” set up images, allowed Sodomites and heathen’ abominations (1 Kings 14:22-24). ) IT. Asa, the Grandson of Rehoboam. -—First. King Asa (V. 2 was the grandson of Rehoboam, and Maachah ran idolatress and a descendant of Tamar and Absalom. S 2. “And Asa did that which was right:” This was the general character of his reign.

Second. The Reformation.—Vs. 3-5. 2. “He took .away the altars of the strange gods:” The idols of the surrounding nations whose worship was mingled with that of the true God. “And the high places:” It was the custom of the Canaanites,in common with the Persians, Greeks, ete., to build altars on the tops of hills (Num. 22:41). The Israelites naturally fell into the practice (1 Sam. 9:12; 1 Kingsrki\\i:%). It was forbidden by ‘the law of {kgg:ﬂs (Deut. 12:11-14; Lev.26:30); but it not cease, even in the kingdom of Judah, till the reign of Josiah (2 Kings 23:8). i . -

4. “And commanded Judah:” He not orly did right himself, but he taught and trained his people ‘to do right. . - 5 ‘He took away, ete.:” All public objects ard relics of idolatry, not only in Jerusalem, but throughout the nation. “Andthe kingdom was quiet:” At peace for-ten years (V.l). Thiswas a period of prosperity and religious and mental groxvth. Third. Strengthening the Kingdom. —Vs. 6-8. 6..“ He built fenced (fortified) cities:” These were not for attack, but for defense. “The Lord had given him rest:” Even what comes to us from others, and through natural channels, is so controlled by God that “all things shall work together for good to them that love Him.” - "~ 7. “Because we have sought the Lord . . . He hath givén us rest:” It was both the reward and the natural {fruit of the revival of religion. 8. “And Asahad anarmy” consisting of 580,000 men of valor. This was not a standing army, but rather a trained militia, usually at home and busy with their farms or business, but ready to be summoned on oceasion. Fourth. The Great Victory.—Vs. 912. 9. “And there came out against them Zerah, the Ethiopian:” Zerah was either Osorkon I, the second king of the twentyrsecond Egyptian dynasty and successor of Shishak, who may have been of Ethiepian descent, or else Zerah was his general leading tiie Ethiopian forces from the south of Egypt. “A thousand thousand:” A million. the largest collected army of which we hear in Scripture. )

11. “Asa cried unto the Lord:” He Lad done all he could, but his hope was in God only. “Lord, it is nothing with Thee to help:” The Lord is so stronz that the question of large or small in reference to men was of no account to Him. “For we rest on Thee:” He had rested on God in ten years of refcrmation in peace. .and thus had learned-to trust Him in danger. “Let not man prevail against Thee:” He-did not expect that God would come over to his side, as Saul had done when he sent the ark to the battlefield, while he himself was disobeying God, and hence was defeated; but Asa- had gone over to the Lord’s side and sought to bring the nation to God.. .’ L 12. “So the Lord smote the Ethiopians before Asa:” They were utterly routed by Asa’s army, and the victory.was so decisive that Egypt did not send an army into Palestine for three centuries. ¥

LITERARY NOTES. The publishers report that “Quo Vadis” has reached a sale of more than 600,000 copies. e - Mme. Sarah Grand is at work upon a short dramatic sketch founded on the career of Clive in India. ‘ Mr. Whisler is writing a new book, and it is stated further that itis to be on the lines of “The Gentle Art of Making Enemies.” ; It is said that Jeremiah Curtin, the authorized translator. of Sienkiewicz, is a graduate of Harvard college and can speak 18 languages. - i Morgan Robertson, the young American who is winning praise as a writer of gea stories, is a son of a skipper on the great lakes and went to sea at the age of 16. ‘ A correspondent of “Poet-Lore” writes that, though Mr. Ruskin is living in retirement and nothing has come from his pen forysome time, the demand for his books is increasing, - The crown princé of Siam is among the boy authors of the world; he has written several stories for English children’s magazines, and can write Lainae i e e e g e

~ MAY BE AN UPRISING. France Is !n.Suspenie’Pendlng the Cabinet’s Decl-l}on in the Dreyfus qaqe'. : i 13 Y] > Parisy Sept. 26.—The cabinet is withholding the decisjon of the Dreyfus commission from the people. The ministry has adjourned until to-day without making any announcement of the verdict. The people are left in suspense, and the most iwidespread discentent prevails. Thq ministers, it is. reported, are not in accord upon the question of revision. | Such suspense. as has not been felt ixL Paris since the Franco-Prussian war mow hangs over the city. Crowds are beginning to march through the streets demanding revision. Thereis nolonger any doubt that a erisis is at hand in the history of the republic. -~ If the verdict is against revision riotiing which may quickly developintoanother commune is likely to begin. The people, convinced at last that injustice has been done to Dreyfus, x\:illitake matters in their own hands. P )

The report of the c{ommissi.on is regarded as a test as to whether the army or the people gu'l'e the public. The army is against revision. the people for'it, and thus the question has gone far beyond the guilt or innocence of Dreyfus. The pegple are arrayed against the army, bitterly arrayed, and the magnitude ¢f the danger is seen. Wild reports ﬂ;i' about, one that the verdi¢t will be for revision,- the

other that it is against. In quarters where the report that the commission has refused to gran{ Dreyfus a new trial there are already signs of disorder. The crowds on the streetsare inereasing and the suspense grows more and more breathless.! I S F

The military govexénor ‘of Paris has taken every precaution instantly to crish any outbreak, qut the discontent and anger will be so widespread, chould the decision be against revision, that his power to doiso is doubted. Tt is a nice question as/to when to interfere. Should force be ,employed too soon a riot would 'be precipitated. Should the military governor hesitate too long the streets would be torn up and barricaded. The verdict of the commission, it is saif, is withheld from the public at the rgquest of the cabinet, which is.to hold an extraordinary session. This fear to give out the report was construed? by some to mean that revision had been refused.

London, Sept. 26.—+The Observer continuesits Esterhaz.‘;&revelations. began last Sunday, in a long article, the ost salient feature of-which is Comte Esterhazy’s disclosure, made, it is asserted, in the presence of more persons than one, that he was the author of the famous Dreyfus bordereau. FEsterhazy, it is alleged, said: -

“It was intended to consfitute material proof of Dreyfus’ ;ullt. It was known through a French spy in the service at Berlin that certain documents had reached the German genera) staff which Dreyfus alone could have obhtained. It was a list of these documents jwhich constituted the bordereau.- Dreyfus had been tested in several ways and hejhad managed to spend long holidays in Alq’éce without being apparently found out hy the German authorities—a very suspicious sign. Col. Sandherr, who was an Alsatian, like Dreyfus, but intensely anti-Semiti‘c, determined to forge his proof. H(; was convinced of the accused man’s guilt, but it was necessary for the purpose of the eourt-martiql» that documents should exist. I wrote the bordereau because Col. Sandherr told me to do so. I knew, of ¢ourse, I was committing* a forgery, b-u£ I also knew that all intelligence departments in all countries were run on precisely the same lines and

: NINE ‘BRIGADIERS. S President DMcKinley Rewards the . Services of Officers at Santiago i { = ° : and Pjerto Rico. . | Washington, Sept. 26.—The president has appointed the following officers to be brigabier generals of volunteers: B For services in Santiago campaign, Lieut. Col. Charles D. Viele, First United States cavalry: Col. Williamf M. Wherry, Sixteenth United Statep infantry; Col. John H. Page, Third United States infantry; Lieut Col. G. S. Carpenter, Seventh United States infantry; Lieut. Col. J. H. Pattérson, Twenty-second United States infantry; Lieut. Col.” A. S. Daggett, Twenty-fifth United .States infa‘ntry: Lieut. Col. C. F. Humphrey, -quartermaster’s department; Col. J. E. Weston, subsistence department. For services in Puerto Rico, Col. Willis G.' Hulings, Sixteenth Pennsylvania volunteers. | i

It is the expectation that most of these officers who are thus réwarded for their hard service will soon be mustered out of thq‘ volunteer service, though, of course, not necessarily out of their present regular army positions.and grades, PN |

"WANTS TO BE A STATE. . Oklahoma Has A{mbltions, Aécordgng to Gov. Barnes’ Annual Washington, sept; 26.—The secretary of the interior Las made public the annual repor{t of C. M. Barnes, governor of the territory of Oklahoma. The Teport is a ;oluminous document, and takes up all the questions which affect the interjest of the territory. On . the questioP of statehood Gov. DBarnes says:| | ek “Bince the paszfage of the Curtis bill, changing to some extent the status of the five civilized tribes, and apparently post‘poning ‘the question of statehood therein for several years,tl-the. sentiment in Oklahoma is somewhat stronger for immediate statehood than when I made my last report. All political parties have this year declared in favor |of statehood upon such terms and .with Such boundaries as may seem best to cong‘re‘ss." . ! ST Li Hung Chanig;s Rival Arregteci. London, Sept] 26.—The Times’ Peking dispateh says: Chang Yen Hoon, the Cantonese enemy and rival of Li Hung Ckang, whio is charged with harboring Kang Yuwei, has been arrested. He is now under trial by the board of punishment. He will be stripped of all his offices, and his removal giving increased power to Li Hung Chang. The officials generally welcome the *~ empress’ return to}pdwer, but the'people. are indifferent. Kang Yuwei is. charged with ct:mspirixjg against the empress dowager and has been dec¢lared an o'utlafw.' gk § =

Holding Their Whent. Topeka, Kan., Sept. 26.—Topeka’s four flour mills' have ceased grinding for want of wheat. The last of the four shut down, Saturday night. It is estimated that at least 50 mills at other points in the state are idle from ‘the same cause! The Kansas farmers are generally -hleing their wheat for better - prices 4 - 1 - | i e e o ‘ Two Burned to Death. = - Manchester,'nzlonh-.. Sept. 26.—Fire destroyed the bakery of Frank Goetz. John Leetles s nd;-‘artﬂanv OWn as “Rob,” German bakers, dbout 30 years 04, were burned to death. |

BEST FOR YEARS.

Trade Shows Wonderful Activity in the “’e-t, Says Dun-—-Situation in the East,.

New York, Sept. 24 —R. G. Dunn & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: ‘‘Reports from different cities disclose a wonderful activity at -the chief centers of western trade, the dispatches from Chicago, St. Paul and St. Louis being especially significant. To eastern dealers it may be hard 'to realize that such extraordinary activity exists at the west, although their own trade is excellent. Even in eastern markets it is commonly said that no larger trade has ever been known unless in 1892, but the western cities are running things much after their own taste this year, hav-ing-greater-advantages than ever before in heavy ‘bank balances, and while the exchanges. of the week fall below those of last -ycar three-to five per cent., they are 13.1 per cent. larger than in the same week in 1892. -

‘“Europe will have to . consider possible American needs for money much more anxiously in the future. Doubtless there has been for many years a feeling that the new continent could be put off with promises. But the control of this country over money markets in the old world is coming to be that of a master. Our banks lend over there heavily when it is the most convenieht market for them, but they draw on Europe whenever they want money, and no longer have occasion to limit their drafts. :

‘“This country s not drawing-on Europe as largely to pay for breadstuffs as it did a Yyear ago, and wheat exports fer the week, flour included, have been 3,963,20¢ from Atlantic ports, against 3,677,868 last year, and 543,417 from Pacific ports against 1,004,893 last year, making for three weeks 10,203,941 from both copasts, flour included, . against 15,569,129 last year. Prices have i risen sharply -about four cents for the week, and the exports of corn, though not so large as last year, have beeh heavy in comparison with any other year. The price is slightly-advanced. ° ) ““The iron and steel trade expands witha _ rapidity which throws into the shade all expectations, with a steel famine in Ger‘many and Great Britain in the marketsfor - 100,000 tons of plates, and the American works : -are crowded for months ahead. New orders at Chicago cover 30,000 tons of tinplate bars, besides. 7,000 tons sold at Philadelphia. Rails are in such demand that the .makers are to meet with expectation of ‘advancing prices, some sales having been made- from Chicago below agreed quotations for delivery at the far west. Plates are strong everywhere, but, on account of car construction, especially strong at Chicago, and the demand for bars on the same account is heavy, with one order at Chicago Tfor 1,000, and several others for &4 cars each. - . “Failures for the week have been 173 in the United States, against 203 last year, and 16 in Canada, against 28 last year.” WAVES OVER HAVANA. “old Glory’” Raised for ‘the First . Time Since Lowered by * Gen. Lee. = Havana, Sept. 21.—At ten 'o’clock Tuesday morning the first American flag in Havana since the emblem was | lowered by Consul General Lee,” was hoisted on the flagstaff of the Trocha hotel, the headquarters of the United States evacuation commission. A -guard of marines was posted at the entrance to the grounds. Col. Clous and Capt. Payne stood on ¢ the roof:of the hotel at either side of - the flagstaff. At ten o’clock sharp & quartermaster of the steamer Resolute hoisted the flag, which unfurled and flutfered proudly in the breeze. All the members of th commission raised their hats and cheered the stars ana stripes.. The approaches to the grounds at either end of the street was patrolled ,by. squads of the guardia civile in order that the commissioners might not be molested. , The first work of the commission will be to prepare a second series of propositions answering the- Spanish reply to the first series sent a week ‘ago. ' 3

ROBBED A TRAIN. Masked Men Dynamite an Express - Car Near Kansas City—Amount ' Stolen Unknown. Kansas City, Mo., Sept. 24.—The Colorados& Coffeyville express train-on the Missouri Pacific railroad, which left Kansas City at 9:15 o’clock Friday night, was held up by robbers near Leeds, a 'suburban station about six miles out from the.Union depot. The locomotive and baggage car were detached from the train and taken down the traek toward Dodson, after which 'the robbers shattered the Pacific Express company’s car with dynamite. At midwnight it was not known what the Tobbers secured. . Big Telephone Deal. Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 21.—Negotiations which have -been ‘pending - some time wereclosed Tiesday whereby the Northwestern Telephone Ex- - change company,the Western Electric system, the Western Electric Telephone company, the Minnesota Mu‘tual Telephone and Telegraph company; and all of the dependent and allied companies, operating in between SCO and 600 towns in southern and western Minnesota, northern TJTowa and South Dakota, will pool issues and operate their lines in direct connegtion. This deal will make it possible to reach about 8,000 miles from this city by wire. This is ‘said to be the first time a Bell company has ever entered into such an extensive arrangement with an independént system. Findlay, 0., Sept. 22.—A fatal freight - wreck occurred Wednesday evening at eight o’clock at.the junction of thé Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton and . Detroit & Lima Northern railroads at Leipsic. Train No. 92 on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton disregarded the junction target, and as a result the engine and 14 cars were ditched. Engineer Popp and Brakeman Moriarity were killed. - a i i Eighty Drowned. = - Madrid, Sept. 22. — The southern port of Spain has been visited by-ter-rible floods. At the village of Herrera, near Cadiz, 80 persons have been drowned. A great number of cattle have perished and the olive harvest is lost, especially in the: provinceés of Seville and Granada. There have been many ‘deaths in other parts of the flooded: country. : - ¢ ‘Duel to the Death. ' - St. Louis, Sept. 21.—~Word was received here Tuesday of a desperate and fatal duel beifween Mate Bart Davis and the night watechman on board the steamer Mayflower, of the Diamond Jo line, which left here Monday night for Memphis. Both men speilead.. Lt B t‘%‘?; N N liy o o e