Pike County Democrat, Volume 25, Number 2, Petersburg, Pike County, 25 May 1894 — Page 2

u-- ■ fhe -Pike County gtmomt M. McC. STOOPS, Editor and ProprietorPETERSBURG. - - INDIANA. Lotris Clovis Bonaparte, a grandnephew of the first Napoleon, died in London on the 14th. The London Telegraph mentions Ambassador Bayard as a worthy successor of Everett and Lowell and the long list of celebrities the United States has sent to England as ministers. The armor-plate investigation commitee completed its work in Pittsburgh, Pa., on the 18th. Not a word of information concerning the investigation could be obtained from any source. Mr. Wilson, chairman of the ways and means committee, resumed his seat in the house on the 15th. He was greeted with applause. He was looking well and had apparently regained his health.

Fobty-six cars of coal consigned oy the Wheerle Coal Co., of Sandusky, O., to various points on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad were seized, on the 13th, by the railroad company for use on the road. | The senate committee on territories, on the 16th, ordered favorably reported, with amendments, the bill (which had already passed the house) providing for the admission of Utah into the Union as a state. A terrible electric storm swept over the vicinity of Harrisville, Mich., on the night of the 16th. The precipitation amounted almost to a cloudburst. At least six inches of rain fell between 10 p. m. and 4 a. m. Sewell E. JkWell died in Haverhill, Mass., on the 15th, in his eighty-fifth year. He was a noted abolitionist and was one of the first to follow the lead of William Lloyd Garrison. He retired from business eight years ago. Minnesota and western Wisconsin were visited, on the 15th, by storms of - unprecedented severity. Floods from waterspouts occurred in places, and in addition to damage amountingto $500,J i 000 many human lives were lost. From reports received by the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul Railroad Co., up to Jthe 17th, it is estimated that the loss occasioned by the late storm in the country from Chippewa Ifalls to St Paul, Minn., will easily amount to $3,000,000. In consequence of the frequent quarrels and occasional rioting of the French and Belgian workmen employed in the brick works at Ivrey-Sur-Seine, the employers have decided to dismiss the Belgians, and hereafter will employ no foreigners. Col. A. K. McClure, ex-Minister Charles Emery Smith, Maj.-Gen. Snowden, Col. John I. Rodgers and other members of the Clover club, of Philadelphia, refused- to sit at a dinner to which Gen. Coxey had been invited until the objectionable guest had been taken to the Art club instead. Representative Springer, of Illinois, has prepared a long speech which he purposes delivering when the bill to repeal the 10 per c£nt. state bank tax is called up in Che house. It will be an exhaustive argument in opposition to state banks of circulation and in favor of a national currency. The Portuguese minister, Senlior Sousa Rosa, will depart from Washington for Lisbon on a six month’s leave of absence, but it is understood that he will not return, as he has received private information that he will be made minister to France, which is the highest diplomatic post of Portugal. The Episcopal archbishops and bishops of England have issued a circular letter protesting against the proposed disestablishment of the church in Wales, which, they declare, would endanger the unity of tne church of England. The bishops particularly denounce the disen do wment proposals.

Gen. Cartes and his aides were sentenced at Salt Lake, Utah, on the 18th, to pay a fine of $100 each and undergo five days’ imprisonment for contempt of court for taking forcible possesssion of an engine belonging to receivers of the Union Pacific railroad to transport a band of commonwealers. Senator Hunton, of Virginia, and Senator Kyle, of South Dakota (the latter through his clerk), on the 16th admitted the truth of the published statement that they had been approached and offered money for their votes against the tariff bill, although both gentlemen declined to name the man who made the offer. The naval hydrographic office is arranging to establish a branch at Cleveland, O., for the benefit of mariners on the great lakes, where compasses and barometers will be gratuitously compared with standards, and a time-ball, visible from all parts of the harbor, will be dropped at noon daily for the correction of chronometers. A battle was recently fought between the Tauregs and the Tibboos, of northwest Africa, in which the Tauregs, who were the aggressors, were victorious. Seventy of the Tibboos were killed. The Tauregs afterwards pillaged the town of Dawar, capturing 600 camels, and then retreated southward into the territory of Kanem. During the debate in the Ohio house, on the night of the l?th, on the Sleeper bill giving the right of way on the Hocking Valley canal bank from Columbus to Athens, D. L. Sleeper, of Athens, author of/fEe bill, made the sensational announcement that CoL Lemert, of Bueyras, had offered him a bribe of $5,000 in cash if he would drop the measure.

'CURRENT TOPICS THE HEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. In th£ senate, on the 14th. resolutions favoring an international exhibition at Atlanta. Ga., next year, were presented and referred. Several private (tension and bridge bills were passed; also senate bill to regulate enlistments In the army of the United States. The tariff bill was then taken up and slight progress made with the chemical, the pending schedule......In the house nearly the whole day was devoted to the consideration of district business. The resignation of Mr. Compton, of Maryland, to take Immediate effect, was received. In the senate, on the ISth. encouraging progress was made on the chemical schedule, items from No. 12 to No. 28 being disposed of. Mr. Vest charged the republicans with obstruction, and declared that the democrats intended to pass the bill if it took them till the snow fell. Mr. Aldrich denied that there had been and declared that there would not be any filibustering on the part of the opponents of the bilL A brief executive session was held.In the house the naval appropriation bill was further considered and passed, and the agricultural appropriation bill was taken up and fair progress made. Several private and 'other unimportant bills were passed during the morning hour.

In the senate, on the l#l.h. fair progress was made on the tariff bill A resolution to investigate alleged attempts to bribe senators and the contribution of $>00,000 to the democratic campaign fund by the»Suear trust, went over.In the house ten pages of the agricultural bill were disposed of in committee of the whole. (30.000 being added to the appropriation for the monthly crop bulletins. v In the senate, on the 17th, a committee to investigate the charges of attempted bribery of Senators Hunton and Kyle, and to inquire whether any contributions have been made by the Sugar trust to any political party tor campaign or election purposes, or to secure or defeat legislation, was adopted.In the house the agricultural appropriation bill was finally disposed of after the adoption of slight amendments. In the senate, on the l&th, the consideration of schedule A, “Chemicals, oils and paints.” was completed, and schedule B, “Earths, earthenware and glassware,” was disposed of. A resolution for the daily meeting of the senate at 10 a. m.. and for the taking up of the tariff bill at 10:30 was agreed to.. — In the house a resolution to give the committee on railways and canals a clerk was agreed to. The legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill was taken up in-^jommittee of the whole, and general debate or?" the bill was closed. An eveping session was held for the consideration of private pension bills. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. An intimate friend of President Carnot of France says that he is authorized to stdle that M. Carnot will positively not seek re-election. The president regards it as his duty to set an example of avoiding; undignified intrigue for a renewal of power. On the 17th Judge Chetlain. of Chicago, fined the election commissioners $1,000 each for contempt of court and ordered them committed to jail until the fines are paid, because of their refusal to produce before the special grand jury ballots cast at the April election. Ransom Post, G. A. R., of SL Louis, purpose paying homage at the tomb of Gen. Sherman on Decoration day, provided the necessary permission can be obtained from the ecclesiastical authorities controlling the burial place for the veteran comrades Of the dead general to march within the consecrated precincts in the uniform of the order. They are always welcome to visit other cemeteries on their missions of love and comradeship. Fire Commissioner Wustf.r. of Brooklyn, says that the fact seems to be settled that the fire, which destroyed the Tabernacle, the Hotel Regent and two .blocks of dwellings, was started by the contact between an organ stop and a badly insulated electric-power wire inside the organ. “ During the consideration of a district bill in the house, on the 14th, considerable excitement was caused by a colored man iifthe public gallery, who arose and addressed the speaker saying that if the Coxey bill was pot passed by May 24, the White House, treasury and capitol would be destroyed by thunder and lightning. John Y. McKane, now in Sing Sing under sentence of the New York courts, has been baffled in his efforts to secure release on a writ of habeas corpus, the supreme court of the United States, on the 14th, affirming the judgment of Judge Lacombe in refusing to issue a writ against Warden Durston, of Sing Sing. “Dink” Wilson, one of the Glendale (Mo.) train robbers, who subsequently to that crime participated in the murder of Detective Harvey, of Syracuse, N. Y., was electrocuted in the penitentiary at Auburn. N. Y., on the 14th. Charles Wilson, his brother, is yet to be tried for the crime. The Louisiana general assembly, on the 14th, elected Senator Don Caffrey for the long term as United States senator, beginning March 5, 1894. ; s Thirty-five workmen engaged in tunneling the East river at New York had a narrow escape from death by asphyxiation, on the night of the 14th$ by the fumes resulting from the blasting operations. Two of them when found by day men were unconscious, and many were unable to help them

selves. It is feared that four Harvard students lost their lives, oh the 13th, by the capsizing* of their sail boat in Boston harbor, evidences of the disaster but no trace of the missing men having been found up to the 15th. It was officially announced, on the 15th, that cholera existed in seven governments in the south of Russia. Pawtucket, R. I., was visited, on the 16th, by a most destructive conflagration, confined chiefly to thectfal and lumber yard district. The flames raged on both sides of the river, being carried across the stream by a burning schooner. The fire departments of surrounding towns assisted in getting the mastery overy the flames. Loss estimated at over $500,000. The Denver (CoL) manufacturers' exchange has decided to hold an industrial exposition during the meeting of the national convention of republican clubs in that city, June 26 to 29, inclusive. Mr. W. H. Edwards, United States consul-general at Berlin, died in that city, on the 16th, after & long and painful illness, the basis of which wal inflammation of the lungs.

Notwithstanding the general pa ralysis in industrial affairs throughout the United States during the nine months of the fiscal year ended March 31, the balance sheet in the annual report of the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co. of Pittsburgh, Pa., discloses net profits amounting to 31,640.809.11. In consequence of the coal strikes in the United States, several Scotch coalmine owners were asked, on the 16th, to tender a number of shiploads of coal to New York. The enforcement of an autonomous customs tariff against Spain by Germany began at midnight of the 15th. Advices reached London, on the 16th, that the yacht Valkyrie had been wrecked off the coast of Africa, all hands being lost. Slight shocks of earthquake were experienced in the Annandale and Eskdale hills, near Dumfries, Scotland, on the 17th. The vibrations traveled northward. Mb. William K. Vanderbilt has rented Lord Lovett’s deer forest at Branden, Scotland, and will soon visit that place with a hunting party. Baron Robert Oppexheim, the Paris financier, has ordered built in France a racing yacht to cost 500,000 francs. The boat is intended to compete with the Vigilant and other yachts of that class.

Meyer, of J^fw York, charged with haring poisoned Lndwig Brandt to secure insurance money on his life, returned a rerdict, on the ISth, finding defendant guilty of murder in the second degree. The verdict is equivelent to a sentence to life imprisonment. A Baltimore & Ohio Southwestern railway passenger train ran over a cow at Belpre, O., on the 18th, and was derailed. The train rolled down a high bank, and six persons were severely injured. Very Rev. Thomas M. A. Burke, vi-car-general of the diocese of Albany, has been nominated bishop of that diocese to succeed the late Rt. Rev. Francis McNierney. Dr. Calvin Warner, ot. Carroll county, Md., has brought suit against Mrs. Emma S. Powell, for breach of promise. Mrs. Powell was Miss Weybright, but was married a few weeks ago to Mr. William H. Powell. Mr. Warner claims $5,000 damages. Dr. B. K. Watkins was struck by lightning, on the 18th, while standing in the door of his well-house at Spring City, Tenn., during a severe thunderstorm, and his life was despaired of. A colored boy, who stood near, was also struck, falling dead by the doctor’s side. A defalcation^ which is officially stated at $20,000, and may increase to $25,000 or $30,000, has been discovered in the accounts of the defunct Harlem River bank of New York city, and a warrant for the officer accused of the embezzlement was issned on the 18th. A man and woman who registered at the Dellone hotel, Omaha, on the 18th, as Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Sheerar, Allegheny City, Pa:, quarreled at night, and the man sjhot the woman and himself, inflicting probably fatal wounds. The woman’s name proved to be Miss Aurora McClintock. Mrs. Eliza J. Haggin, wife of J. B. Haggin, the well-known race-horse owner, died in New York city on the 18th. The celebration at Breeze Cottage, Garden City, Long Island, on the 18th, by the Society of Colonial Dames, of the two hundred and first anniversary of the establishment of the firstjpost office in America, was a notable affair. LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 19th, several items in the glass and china schedule, which had been passed, were disposed of, and, with the exception of items 84, 85 and 86, reserved at the request of Mr. Aldrich, consideration of the schedule was finished. The remainder of the day’s session was taken up in action on bills on the calendar, of which over a dozen were passed, among them one for the relief of the relatives of the seamen of the Netherland steamer Amsterdam, who lost their lives in the effort to save the crew of the American fishing schooner Maggie E. Wells, of Gloucerter, Mass..The house was not in session on the 19th.

The weekly statement of the associated banks of New York for the week ended on the 19th shews the following changes: Reserve, decrease, $1,635,450; loans, decrease, $475,000; specie, increase, $156,700; legal tenders, decrease, $2,627,000; deposits, decrease, $939,400; circulation, decrease; $44,200. On the 18th the house judiciary ^committee ordered a favorable report on the joint resolution directing the secretary of the treasury to pay to West Virginia the moneys due to her under the act to credit and pay to the several States and territories all moneys collected under the direct tax. A petition gotten up in Lexington, Ky., and forwarded to Washington asking Col. Breckinridge to withdraw from the race for re-election to congress from the Ashland district, bore the signatures of a score of old friends of Col. Breckinridge. Over 600 rebels have surrendered at Opineca to Gen. Joaquin Diaz, ending the revolt in that section of San Salvador. Gen. Antonio Ezeta has also received, near Haltenago, the surrender of another body of insurgents. Thirty-two of the larger Berlin breweries have answered the boycott of the socialists by reducing their product and discharging 20 per cent, of their men. The brewers now prefer to employ nonunion men. Lord Rosebery, British premier, is accused of speculating on the London stock exchange in association with the Rothschilds. The embarrassment of the iron and steel-producing interests by reason of the miners’ strike has become very general. On the 19th the banks of New York held $78,999,285 in excess of the requirements of the 25-per-cent. rule. Frosts were reported all over the northwest and southwest on the morning of the 19th.

STATE TELEGRAMS. News Flashed Over the Wires from Indiana Cities and Towns. Odd Fallow* In Semton. Indianapolis, Ind., May 17.—The Indiana odd fellows are celebrating their diamond anniversary in this city. The meeting was opened Wednesday by a street demonstration, with 10,000 odd fellows in line The morning session of the grand lodge was attended by about 1,000. Grand Secretary Foster’s report showed that there were 007 effective lodges in the state with a membership of 42,517. The total expenses, including 151,000 for relief, were 1170,060. The parade in the afternoon was organized in ten divisions, , with W. BL Leedy as general marshal and J. £1 Bodine chief of staff. Bands, floats and uniformed men in each division gave much variety. As a rule the members marched six abreast Among the floats were “The Sea of Life” and “Rebeccah at the Well,” both admirably represented.

Haymaker* Elect Officers. Anderson, Ind., May 17.—At the state meeting of Indiana haymakers in this this city Wednesday the first official announcement that the national association would meet in this 7city in August was made. Trenton, X. J., was at first selected, but for some reason a change was made. Delegates were present from every lodge in the state and many lodges in eastern, northern and central Indiana had delegations present At the annual business meeting the state officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows: Past President, Miles K. Mofllt, ConnersTille; state president, Harry C Keeler, Richmond; vice president, E. G. Niblaek, Anderson; secretary, C. E. Xabes, Flora: treasurer, Harry Baer, Muncie; representatives to national convention, M. K. Mofllt, H. C. Keeler, C. E. Nabes and J. J. Bravey. Whole Family Poisoned. Decatur, Ind., May 17.—A report just received from Monroe, a small village in the southern part of this county, says that the family of Mart Alder has been poisoned. A brother of Alder called at the house about 8 o’clock Wednesday morning and found the entire family consisting of Alder and wife and two small children prostrated on the dining-room floor. The two children were dead and the mothejr was beyond the r$ach of medical aid. It is thought that some enemy of the family had put poison in the well during the night Burglar Fatally Shot. Birdseye, Ind., May 17.—Daring an attempt Tuesday night to rob the store of Tucker & Son at Taswell, Crawford county, Frank Brown, a notorious character, was shot in the groin and will die. McMahal and Joseph Denhj, accomplices, are in custody, and Walter Nash is surrounded in a piece of woods near town. Nash is a desperate fellow and is not likely to surrender without stubborn resistance. Brown and Denbe are the men who were accused of robbing and beating the peddler, Winestock, on the highway near English in 1891. _ Military School Record Broken. Ureencastle, Ind., May 17.—The annual inspection of the De Pauw military school occurred Wednesday, CoL M. Heyl, of Chicago, conducting the same. In the artillery drill Company A dismounted a field piece in 0:12%, and 'Company B mounted the piece in 0:32. These records are world record-breakers, and were pronounced phenomenal by the inspector. The last year’s records were 0:34 for mounting and 0:16 for dismounting, which held the records heretofore. • I Old Grocery House Closing Out. Fort Wayne, Ind., May 17.—For over thirty years the A. C. Trentman wholesale grocery has been one of the leading concerns in northern Indiana. Collections of late, however, have been so poor that Mr. Trentman has decided to close out the stock for the present, and after the money markets are easier a stock company will be formed to carry on the old business. _ Daughters of Rebekeh. Indianapolis,* Ind., May 17.—The Daughters of Rebekeh of the state in session .here elected the following officers: President. Mrs R. & Hathaway, of Aurora: vice president. Mrs. Mary Streepy. of New Ah bany; secretary, Mrs. Mary A. Poths, of Terre Haute: treasurer. Mrs. D. \V. La Follette, ot Portland; chaplain. Mrs. Julia Grandy, of Indianapolis; Mrs. W. H. Leedy of Indianapolis. Enjoyable May Festival Concert. Indianapolis, Ind., May 17. — An assemblage of 5,000 people witnessed the most enjoyable concert of the May festival at Tomlinson hall Wednesday night It was a grand success, with nothing to mar it Mme. Eames received an enthusiastic reception. The festival is a decided success in every way.

/ Funeral Directors. Indianapolis, Ind., May 17.—The Indiana Funeral Directors in session in this city elected J. H. Fetter, of Peru, president. The legislature is asked to license hereafter all who seek to engage in the business. Not Shipping; Smallpox. Indianapolis, Ind., May 17.—The officials at the local and state health board offices deny that any smallpox patients in this state are being sent to Chicago and declare there is no truth in such a statement. Four Calve* at One Birth. Lebanon, Irid., May 17.—Clark Warren, living just north of this city, has a cow which gave birth to four perfect. ly-developed and healthy heifer calves. They are living and promise to do well. • -:- Will Aid Pullman Striker*. Chicago, May 17.—The Pullman strikers have formed a relief committee of twenty-three members, representing all the local assemblies of the American Railway union. It is said that the 1380,000 members of the A. R. U. will be assessed three cents a week for the • benefit of the Pullman strikers as long as the strike tasta

BUT ONCE EXCEEDED. A Great Flood on the Jan lata and Rainstorm Siren Fleeing to the Hills and Mountains—Millions of Feet of Timber Adrift—he Wont Storm Ever Known in Beliefonte—firemen Called out to the Rescue. Huntingdon, May 21.—Yesterday’s great flood has been exceeded only once in the history of the Juniata valley, the last four days’ rainfall having raised the Juniata river and Rainstorm branch twenty-one feet above low-water mark, and entailing great destruction to property. In this place the waters flooded the lower street, driving the people from their homes and in the lower farming districts whole families are imprisoned in their houses, unable to be removed owing to the turbulence of the streams. Three new iron county bridges spanning the Juniata and Rainstown branches have been swept away. The destruction of scores of mine bridges and washouts on public roads have closed all rural approaches to this place. The gas company's plant here is submerged and the lower floors of many business houses are flooded. Mrs. Jacob Miller was drowned at Saxton while trying to save some property. A landslide at Ryde station, on the Pennsylvania railroad, covered the south track for a distance of nearly a mile, and a portion of the track was washed away, tlreat damage-to property and farm lands along the Rainstown branch is reported.

The Worst Flood Ever Known at Belle* fonte. Fa. Bellefoxte, Pa.. May 21.—Belle* fonte was yesterday visited with the worst ilood dver known here, the water being two feet higher than in June 1889. The lower streets of the town were flooded and the Watchman and Daily News press rooms were three feet under water. A number of dams broke, as well as many bridges, and thousands of feet of lumber were swept away. At Spring Mills several bridges, including the railroad bridge, were washed away. Central city Ls.aH under water, and fences and bridges have been carried away all through Bald Eagle valley.. £ The losfe thyowgiwint thecountry div tricts will 'Kevery heavy. Firemen Called to the Rescue. Bra word. Pa.. May 11.—At 2 o'clock this morning the firemen were called out to rescue the families in the flooded district. Twenty families were removed to places of safety. Seventyfive feet of the Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh' railway bridge have been swept away. The property damage is now estimated at §150,000. The rain continues. Millions of Feet of Timber Afloat. Wii.i.iamsport, Pa., May 20:—Profiting by the experience of five years ago those in prospective danger have spent the day removing their effects to places of safety, and the day has been a Bedlam in Williamsport. The situation tonight is discouraging to say the least, for the rain is still falling in torrents and all the streams west of this city are raging torrents. At least 10,000,000 feet of logs have gone down the river. Between noon and 1 o’clock the boom at Linden broke. There were about ten million feet in the structure. The Lock Haven boom was reported to have given way under the pressure of high water and it was stated that 15,000*000 feet started down stream on a ten foot flood. The logs and boom at Two Mile and Cook's branches of Kettle creek broke loose at about 10 o'clock. Heavy Rains and Resultant Floods. Corning, ■ X. Y., May 20.—A heavy rain has been falling for the past fortyeight hours and much damage has resulted. The Chemung river overflowed its banks and large tracts of land have been submerged, most of which was under cultivation. The east-bound tracks of the Erie railroad were inundated and trains had difficulty in passing. Bad washouts are reported at Cameron, Canisteo and other points on the western division of the Erie. All trains from the west are late. The village of Hammondsport was visited by a terrific wind, rain and electrical storm which did a great amount of damage. Fleeing to the Hills and Mountains. Lewisburg, Pa., May 21.—The super* intendent of the Lewisburg & Tyrone branch of the Pennsylvania railroad, from here to Bellefont, reports heavy washouts at Millmont and west to Rising Springs. A number of bridges are gone and the extensive and expensive tramway connection at Paddy mountain has been carried away. The water is two feet higher at Coburn than it was in 1889 and the people of the valleys (jure fleeing to the hills and mountains. j

Excited by Rising Floods. > Williamsport, Pa., May 20.—This city is passing through a state of flood excitement unequalled since the memorable June 1, 1889, when the river reached the unprecedented height of 33K feet and inundated two-thirds of the city. Tor forty-eight hours past rain has been falling heavily throughout the West branch watershed, and to-night Ae river is twenty-one feet high and rising rapidly. ^ People Fleeing for Their Lives. Johnstown, Pa., May 21, 2:20 a. m.— The Conemaugh river is overflowing and people are fleeing for their lives. The water in front of the Western Union telegraph office is 3X feet deep. Death of Gen. Phil Cook. Atlanta, Ga., May 21.—Gen. Phil Cook, secretary of state, died this morning at 1 o'clock. The general was out Saturday and the cold wave gave him a cold, which resulted in pneumonia. He was 77 years of age and one of the most popular men in the city. To Effect a Ministerial Crisis. Rome, May 21.—It is reported that the opposition groups in the chamber of deputies have combined to oppose the war budget with the object of effecting a ministerial crisis as the result of its rejection

SACRIFICED TO DUTY. Four Volunteer Life-Saver* Lot* Their * Own Utm In a Noble Attempt to Save Otnerm They Reach mad Make Fast to the Imperiled Vessel, When Their Boat Capelsee and They Drift Away and Perish.

roRT hvron, Mien., May *ju.—zne lives of four volunteer life-savers weresacrificed yesterday afternoon in an attempt to save the crew of the schooner William Schupe, which was drifting helplessly off. the shore eight miles north of here. Those drowned were: Capt. Barney Mills: married. Angus King;, married. Capt. Henry Little, single, nephew pf Capt. Kelson of the Schupe. William Lewis; married. The Schupe ran onto a sand reef about a quarter of a mile from shore Friday night. The sea was running very high, and she soon lost her steering apparatus and was in imminent danger of going to pieces. .* Early yesterday morning the tug Thompson went out to the wreck, but was unable to get near enough to the disabled schooner to render any assistance to her crew. She returned to shore for more help, and started out again with a yawl and six itaen, who volunteered to make the perilous attempt to board the Schupe* The boat was launched, with Mills, King, Little, Lewis and William Linn as the crew, and managed to reach|ihe Schupe in safety. A painter thrown to the vessel and made fast, but just as the almost exhausted sailors started to avail themselves of the life line the yawl capsized and all its occupants were thrown into tile water. Of the five men but one. William Linn, was rescued. As the boat went over he grasped the rope and was drawn to the Schupe. The others were quickly carried out of reach of help by the heavy sea and were drowned. The tug returned to shore and the life-saving crew at Sand Beach, ten miles distant, was telegraphed for. They made the trip on a special train and succeeded in rescuing those who were aboard the disabled schooner. CHARGED TO THE MINERS. A Cowardly Assassination In the Birmingham District. Birmingham, Ala.. Mav 21.—Striking miners are held responffi>le for a cowardly assassination which occurred at Pratt mines at 2 o'clock yesterday morning. A mob of masked men went to the house of Walter Glover, a miner who had refused to join the strike, and called him to the door, telling him they were officers and desired to see him. As Glover unfastened the door, the mob fired a volley, and the door was perforated from top to bottom with c • lead. Glover was riddled with bullets which passed entirely through the door. He died instantly. The mob then entered the house, shooting right and left, terrifying the occupants, whofled for their lives. The murderers then left, but were hotly pursued by Deputies Massey and Hickman, who were half a mile away, but had heard the shooting. A running fight ensued for some dis- » tance, during which fifty shots were exchanged. One of the mob was seen to fall, evidently wounded, but. his companions lifted him up and all escaped to the woods. • ' r Dogs were put on their trail, and Con Sullivan, Jerry Hilley and John Driver, all strikers, were arrested. Sul* t livan's hand had a hole in it that had evidently been made by a rifle ball. All are here, charged with murder, and otheir arrests will follow. . The strikers held indignation meetings yesterday afternoqn because of the arrest of the three men, and harshly criticized the authorities. FOUR MORE VICTIMS Of the Great Storm on Lake Michigan— None of the Bodies .Recovered. Chicago, May 20.—Four more vie* tims were added to the death list from the Lake Michigan storm, which has not ended yet, by the finding of a rowboat on the beach this morning. The dead men were you ng mechanics, whe were out of employment and hired the boat to go fishing Thursday afternoon, v; just before-the great gale came from the north. They were last seen rowing, out into the lake, and must have been far from shore when their frail craft capsized, because no one reported having seen any such tragedy being en\ acted on the stormy waters. L The boat was hired at the Vau Bu-ren-street pier, and when found was several hundred yards to the south. The names of the victims are: Siegfred, 27 years old; Alfred Martin, 3G years; Max Braun, 24 years, and Mas Herkt, 26. All lived at 126 Ambrose street. None of the boides have yet been washed ashore. There are several unidentified drowned men lying at the morgue.

MRS. MEYER NEXT fo be Tried for Complicity in the Crime for Which Her Husband Hu Been Convicted. New York, May 31.—It is announced that Mrs. Meyer, wife of Dr. Henry Meyer, who was Friday convicted of murder in the second decree for poisoning Ludwig Brandt, will be put on trial in the first two weeks of the coming month. Then, too, the testimony of Kirfel, who turned state's evidence, will be largely relied on. Assistant District Attorney McIntyre saysr that Kirfel will furnish important testimony that has not as yet been divulged. A Stolen Train Retaken by the Deputy Marshals. St. Pact., Minn., May 20.—Word was ' received at the offices of the Northern Pacific road in this eity late last night of the capture at Arlec, Mont., a small town 125 miles east of Heron, of the band of so-called industrials who captured a Northern Pacific train, at Heron yesterday. The mob numbered several hundred men, having been largely increased since the capture of the train. ' - \ The capture was made by fifty deputy United States marshals, who started from Helena soon after the Coxeyitea started on their eastward iourney. L' " *■ ... $