Pike County Democrat, Volume 30, Number 29, Petersburg, Pike County, 24 November 1899 — Page 2

' Shf filt County Utmoaat X. McC. STOOPS, Editor and PtoprUtor. PETERSBURG, : INDIANA. ■a ! smsss.—=ssgg . a "j-jazzs A Manila dispatch, of the 15th, tells of operations on the Island of Panay In which the troops under Gen. Hughes had occupied Tagbana, Guimbal and other towns. The treasury has paid out gold cer tificates since August 7 last to tho amount of $191,286,980, and has re* ceived $94,053,460, making a net issue Of $97,233,520. ____ a Senator Proctor, of Vermont, do hies that he is coaching Dewey for the presidency. He says the admiral is distinctly out of politics and determined to remain so. The pension committee of the Grand Army of the Republic was at the pen* Mon bureau, on the 14th, and informally talked over pension matters with Commissioner Evans. The last of the state volunteers, the Tennesssee regiment, will be mustered out of service on the 23d. This will end the service of state troops balled out for the Spanish war. % The supreme court of the state of Tennessee decided, on the 15tn, against the American Tobacco Co. in the case brought to test the law prohibiting the sale of cigarettes in Tennessee. Henry P. Glover, of Ypsilanti, Mich., has presented to the University of Michigan the DeChisco collection of Latin inscriptions, ranging in age from the> time of Augustus to the fifth century, A. D. The cardboard manufacturers of the United States, in conference at Buffalo, N. Y., decided, on the 16th, upon an advance of ten per cent, in the price of all kinds of cardboard, to go into effect immediately. Mr. Malet-Prevost, who was secretary of the Venezuelan side in the Paris arbitration, arrived in Washington on the 13th. He expressed the conviction that the successful revolution in VenezuelaWill not in any manner affect the execution of the decrees of the arbitration.

Sir Richard. Webster, the British attorney general,, has been made a baronet, in recognition of his work before the Venezuelan arbitration • commission. Sir Robert T. Reid, of counsel for Great Britain, has been made a kmght of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George. Gov. Thomas of Colorado received a telegram from E. A. Hitchcock, secretary of the interior, on the 15th, jjonveying the news that the agent at Uintah reports that all Indians have returned to their resevration from northwestern Colorado, where they had been killing game in violation of the state laws. ■ A continuance of stormy, weather and torrential rain is reported from Jamaica, extending over the area previously damaged, and making the popular distress more widespread, while Isolating from immediate relief certain districts, principally the northern and eastern parishes. Some fatalities are reported. Business failures in the United ’* 'States for the week ended on the 17th, number 199, as compared Vith 182 for the previous week, andN629 for the our-' responding "week a yeiir ago, 235 in 1897, 308 in 1896 and ^23 in 1895. In Canada the week’s failures w-ere 19, as compared with 24 for the corresponding week last year. Up to the hour of closing the treas ury department, on the 16th, Secretary Gage had received reports from three sub-treasuries on the offerings of bonds under the secretary’s offer to purchase $25,000,000 -worth. These -were New York, $2,1*94,200; Baltimore, $19,000, and Cincinnati, $28,700, making a total of $2,941,900.

Advices from Apia, Samoa, dated the 8d, and received on the 17th, per stearaijs.r Atomeda, from Australian ports, via Apia and Honolulu, state that everything is quiet in the Samoan group; that the collection of taxes is progressing smoothly, though it is said that the Mataafans will not pay the taxes ever to the government.. News was received, on the 16th, oi another armored train disaster to the British, moving out from Estcour*. The Boers tore up the track and bombarded the wrecked train while concealed marksmen picked off the heroic band, some of whom fought the unseen enemy while others tried to right the train. Comparatively few returned t to tell the tale. The Illinois Manufacturers’ associa tion, on the 16th, directed its counsel to take steps to test the constitutionality of the Illinois anti-trust affidavit statute. This action is taken, the offi toers assert, not because the member* of the association are in any way connected with trusts, but because the affidavit contained in the statute is sc broad that for a merchant to subscribt it is to make a false oath. Emperor William of Germany hat bestowed upon Edward C. Halle, ol icago, the title of Chevalier of th« Order of the Crown and presented hint with a gold medal embellished in wliit<! and blue enamel. Mr. Halle used hit inlluence during the war with Spaii in maintaining friendly relations between the United States and Germany and the honor at the hands of the Gen man emperor is in recognition of hit services

NEWS IN BRIEF. Compiled from Various Eonroea. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The steamer Danube arrived at Victoria, B. C., on the 15th, with news of the total destruction, by fire, of the fishing village of Port Essington. About 50 houses were burned. The Berlin police, on the 15th, forcibly dissolved an anarchist meeting called to commemorate the Chicago executions of I887. Andrew Martin, a young millionaire oi San Francisco, died, on the 15th, ut his mountain resort at Palm Springs, Cal. According to figures compiled by the New York metal exchange, the production of copper in October was almost 24,000 tons, an amount very much in excess of any picvious month in the history of the exchange. Prof. E. J. Keeler, director of the Lick observatory, MountHamilton,Cal., telegraphed on the 16th: “The sky was visible at intervals last might. Some leonids were j«en, but the number was not unuS'hal. The main swarm may be a day orHwolate, otherwise possibly a whole year or it may fail altogether, as in 1776.” The steamer Admiral Schley, from Kingston, Jamaica, for Philadelphia, with fruit, was reported, on the night of the 15th, to have broken down and to be drifting eight miles off Port Morant. The Admiral Dewey was dispatched at midnight to assist her and to tow her to Port Antonio, “Jamaica. A report from Nebraska City, on the lf>tb, said: “SenatorTlayward is worse His right side is now paralyzed, and he speaks with difficulty and then only in monosylables,” The United States war ship Dolphin arrived at La Guayara, Venezuela, on the 16th. Hon. John D. Long, secretary of the navy,'• and his wife, who accompanied their daughter, Helen, to Colorado Springs, Col., wheye she will remain tbs winter for her health, left there on their homeward journey on the l(fth. W. J. Griffith, a wringer manufacturer of Pittsburgh,'Pum Idled on a Santa Fe California ttrain, on the night' of the 16th, of lung trouble.! The body I was taken from the train at Newton, I Kas.

a mspaten irom e,oion, toiomom, on the 16th, said: “Panama is tranquil, but there is no telegraphic communication with the interior. The Bolivar rebels have been crushed.” . Dr Weiss, director of the Vienna observatory, who headed a scientific expedition to Delhi, India, to observe the, leonids, cabled, on the 16th, that they had not yet appeared. Boers ambushed an armored train, making a reconnaissance out of Estcourt to Cblenso, derailing a portion of the train, and succeeding in killing, wounding or capturing upwards of 100 men. Lieut. Winston Churchill, correspondent of the London Post, was with the party, and is anjong*the missing. He is said to have proved himself a hero. A London dispatch of the 16th says; “Some one at Durban or Pietermaritzburg ate a Welsh rarebit last night and dreamed that Gen. Joubert was killed in several different ways. The afternoon papers gloated over the report, but all the morning papers discredit it.” The American lines are now being drawn tightly about the Filipinos, and Sen. Otis estimates that there are now within the American cordon at least 3,000 insurgents. He is also inclined to the belief that Gen. Young has at last man and joined forces with Wheaton, or, if such be npt the fact, has at least been able to communicate with him. The body of Maj. John A. Logan, of the Thirty-third infantry, was buried at Paco, Luzon, on the lfith. It was originally intended to ship the body to the United States by the first transport, but this was found to be impracticable, because there were no facilities for embalming the remains at San Fabian.^..

rresiaent ana Mrs. Mcmniey entertained the visiting Methodist bishops and clergymen, holding their convention at Washington, at a reception at the White House on the night of the 16th. Assisting the president and Mrs. McKinley were the members of the cabinet and the ladies of their families, ahd others. George Washington Brown, aged 75 years, a ' leading insurance agent of Quincy, 111., went away from his office at noon, on the 16th, leaving a card saying he would return immediately after dinner. On his way home he stepped into a doctor's oflice and died in a few minutes from rheumatism of the heart. Congressman Evan E. Settle died suddenly at his home in Owen ton, Ky., on the 16th. Mr. Settle was in apparently good health until stricken, lie wa3 one of the most, active campaigners in the interest of the Goebel ticket, having spoken each day for over two months before the campaign closed. A meeting of the Democratic national committee probably will be held in Washington January 8 or February 11. Chairman James K. Jones has settled upon these two dates as his own choice, end by his instructions Secretary Johnson has just completed the work of notifying members of the committee to send by letter their preference of the two dates. The commissioner of internal revenue has ^$ndered a decision that any beverage, whether intoxicating or otherwise, may-De* rendered taxable under the Avar revenue act as a mediciual preparation by designating it as a tonic, if sold under $ trade-mark or other claim of proprietorship. &nce July 1, this season, the experts Qfcvheat have aggregated 81,779,869 bugpels, against 83,299,357 bushels tost vefr, and 95.973,526 in 1807-98.

A recent uprising1 of Armenian insurgents in the vilayets of Erzeroum and Bitlis resulted in a considerable loss of life, more than fifty persons being killed. The insurgents were finally dispersed and their leader slain. Ou the 17th, at 9:15 a* ra., a decided earthquake shock was felt at Santiago do Cuba, lasting nearly half a minute, i Several houses in the city were badly damaged, and" the front of the Marine hospital' office fell, blocking the street. No personal injuries are reported, but the natives were badly frightened. The Cuban anarchist who attempted to assassinate Senor Garcia, the civil governor of Santa Clara, in January, 1898, has been sentenced at Havana to 18 years’ imprisonment. Col. George R. Davis, who was director general of the World’s fair, was repotted critically ill at his home in Chicago on the 17th. Since July 1, this season, corn exports have aggregated 88,076,965 bushels, against 56,828,916 bushels during the same period a year ago, and 56,670,440 bushels in 1897-98. LATE ' NEWS ITEMS. The St. Charles hotel and six otliev buildings at Wagoner, I. T., were destroyed by fire, on the night of the 18th. The hotel was filled with guests, and there were several narrow escapes. One guest, a Fort Smith traveling man named Whiteside, was burned to death. Two others, names unknown, are missing. Property loss, $20,000. President Loubet unveiled in the Place de la Nation in Paris, on the 19th, a statue symbolizing the Triumph of the Republic. The premier, M. Wal-deek-Rousseau, and all the other members of the cabinet were present. The ceremony was witnessed by an immense crowd. Chicago engineers are designing an earthquake-proof steel palace for the crown prince of Japan, which is to -mark the advent of American steel’ construction in the Mikado’s land, and the imperial government has appropriated $3,000,000 to pay for its erection. The first definite news regarding the fate ol Winston Churchill was^ conveyed to his mother, on the 19th, by a press reporter. The fact that his wound is not necessarily dangerous anil.that he was alive in. Pretoria caused her the greatest gratification.

Advices received at Cape Town, on the 10th, show that on the 16th a combined force of Free State and Transvaal burghers occupied Colesburg. Cape Colony, without opposition by the residents, and proclaimed the district to be Free State territory. A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Sydney, N. S. W., published on the 20th, says that a disastrous civil war has broken out in the British possession of New Guinea, 11 villages hav ing been obliterated with a heavy slaughter of the inhabitants. Former residents of Texas, living in Chicago, met at the Tremont house, on the 19th,v and made plans for the establishment of the Chicago. Texas club. James Pfouts was elected president and J. M. Cox secretary. Kev. Dr. ftichard Stoors, pastor of the Church of Pilgrims, Brooklyn, has resigned because of failing health. He had been in poor health all fall and for some time unable to attend to the duties oi his position. Tioop G, Sixth cavalry, which had been in the Coeur d’Alene district fir several months, left for San Francisco on the 19thCURRENT~NEWS NOTES. William Plain was killed and William Erickson fatally injured by a boiler explosion at Elgin, 111. The second session of the Methodist Episcopal ejhurch congress will begin at St. Loui#on November 26. Lafe Deason. a De Soto (111.) liquor dealer, was fatally hurt while being initiated into a liquor dealers’ society. In a street tight between a number of Italians, in Chicago, two men were fatally shot and* several others less seriously wounded. The foreign commerce of the United States seems likely to make its highest record of the century in the closing year of that period.

treasury omeials are "ratified at the responses received to the offer of Secretary Gage to buy $25,01)0,000 worth of bonds at their market value. Alexander Jester has been placed in jail at New London, Mo., by the sheriff oi Monroe county, the case going there on a change of venue. Smallpox at Wellsville, Mo., does not exist to such an alarming extent as indicated by reports. There are not more than a dozen’light cases. While demolishing the chimney of an old bouse in Luxemburg, St. Louis county, Mo., Henry D. Murren found $900 in gold in an old iron pot. Mrs. John Hinrichs, of Parkersburg, la., committed suicide at Nokomis, III., by hanging. She was about 40 years o'd, and was visiting relatives. Kegular and volunteer soldiers who served in the Philippines met at St. Louis end formed an organization for social end benevolent purposes. Hubert Senter fatally wounded Presley Rector in a fight ten miles from Springfield, Mo. Both are farmers, and quarreled about some rented land. Gen Joubert has detached 4,000 men from his force and sent them around to strengthen the Boers south of Ladysmith, in order to intercept British reIr.loT cements. Col. Lawrence Kip, a well-known btrstman, died in New York city Friday night. He had been seriously ill for a few days from a disease of the stomach. lewis Lucas Troy, superintendent of the Lnited States railway mail service in Chicago, died, Friday night, of neujtuigia of the heart. He had been in |tl«e railway mail service continually for more than thirty years.

NEWS FROM INDIANA, Latest Happenings Within the Borders of Onr Own State. Name* m CommlOeemaa. Auburn, Ind., “Nov. 17.—Charles Eckhart, of this city, has received notice of his selection as the Indiana member of the national committee of the prohibition party. The national committee is called to meet in Chicago December 13, when they will set tha time and place for their national convention and select a chairman. Eckhart is one of the leading prohibitionists of the state and contributes, more money to the cause than any other one man. , Will Vote by Machinery. Lebanon, Ind., Nov. 17.—The county commissioners have formally adopted voting machines for elections in this county and have contracted with a firm at Jamestown, N. Y., for 21 machines at a total cost of $12,600. The contract calls for the delivery of the machines not later than December 30. Boone county has the distinction of being the first county in the state to adopt tha Agv^device. Conscience Smote Him. Fort Wayne, Ind* Nov. 17.—J. F. Mellinger has confessed to having fired a barn 18 years ago in which children were playing, and one little girl was burned to death. Mellinger charged Charles Suminsky with the crime, and he was convicted, serving years of imprisonment. Mellinger says his conscience forced him to the confession, as he could not bear the burden any longer. Cbnrch Rained. Wabash, Ind., Nov. 17.—Unknown persons broke into Mount Hope Methodist church, south of Waverly, smashed the windows and doors, destroyed the pulpit, chandeliers and furniture, tore the church Bible and all the Testaments to bits and then smeared the walls and* floor with mud. The interior# of the church is in ruins. There Is no clew’ to the wreckers.

Mad-Dour Scare. Whiting-, Ind., Nqv. 17.—A road dog was observed here and before the police could be notifietj^he had bitten two other dogs. Marshal Collins and his assistants gave chase, and notified the schools of the trouble. In the meantime the dog had- severely bitten Mamie O’Donnell, aged five; Harry Timm, aged six, and Annie Levering, aged ten. Arrives in China. Lafayette, .Ind., Nov. 17.—Relatives in Elkhart, county have received a. letter from Miss Dr. Effie Cooler, of Cincinnati, telling of her safe arrival at Chifoo, China. She is a graduate of a medical school in Cincinnati and is credited with being the first young woman physician to practice medicine in ChinaUnder Arrest. Anderson, Ind., Nov. 17.—'Timothy McCoy has been placed, unde? arrest charged with being the leader of, the band which has for ^a year or more conducted a systematic robbery of Big Four, Panhandle and L. E. & W. box cars all over the gas belt, and has stolen thousands of dollars’ worth of goods. Smnllpox. . Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 17. — The county health officer has been notified that smallpox has broken out near Maysville, 14 miles northeast of here, three persons being now down with the disease. A number of people have been exposed and it is feared more cases may develop. ; . if -— Brisk Fire. Brazil, Ind., Nov. 17.—Fire broke out in Shannon & Fast’s storage room in the rear of their bakery and damaged the main building to a considerable extent. The adjoining building, occupied by Cronenberger Bros., elothiers, also caught fire, ancl their goods were badly damaged. Candidate for Commander. Terre Haute, Ind., Nov. 17.—Col. J. McGuire, an Indianapolis lawyer, past state division commander of the Sons of Veterans, has announced that he .will be a. candidate for national commander, to be chosen at Syracuse, N. Y., next year.

Will Fee Electricity. Sullivan, Ind., Nqv. 17—The Bunker Hill coal mines, situated five miles east of this city, are ’nnderg’oi^1 extensive repairs. Six electrical mining machines are being put in, and the mine will be lighted by electricity throughout. Aired Connie Married. Valparaiso, Ind., Nov. 17.—Qthiel M. Moffitt, aged 65 years, and Mrs. Mary Mitchell, aged 66, were married here. The groom was recently divorced. This is the bribe’s fourth wedding, she having buried three husbands. Will Make East Time. Anderson, Ind., Nov. 17.—The Union Traction company announces tha| with the opening of the Indianapolis & Muncie divisions motor cars will be put on that will be able to make 50 miles ah hour. Declared Insane. Union (Sty, Ind., Nov. 17—William Wortz, S9 years old, one of the first settlers in Randolph county, has been declared to be insane and sent to the Richmond asylum. Milling; Company Asslsma. Goshen, Ind., Nov. 17. — Continued poor business resulted in the assignment of the Wakarusa Mill and Elevator eompany, with $5,000 assets and $15,000 liabilities. -k—3l___ Fatal Mistake. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 17. — Mrs. Fred Weber administered morphine tc her child, mistaking the drug for medicine the doctor had left. The dos*» proved fatal.

THE BOER’S BfATEH BACK. Dttalli of the Unsuccessful Attack on lady* smith, by the Botn onTue day, November 9. -. ■ y Durban, Natal, Saturday, Nor. 18.— The Times of Natal publishes the fob lowing, dated Wednesday, November 15, from its special correspondent at Ladysmith: . A Determined Attack. <■ “The enemy made a determined attack on Thursday, November 9. Apparently all the Boer forces participated. Their artillery opened at 4 a. m., pouring in shells thick and fast upon the British positions, although with nq great effect. They adopted the unusual tactics of advancing under cover oftheir guns to positions on the ridges and kopjes adjacent to those occupied by the British troops, on the left of our camp. j Crept Up Under jCover. “Continuing their advance, the Boers crept up, using every available bit of cover. Our infantry opened with a steady, warm fire, which beat back the enemy, developing a tenacity of purpose equal to their desperate stands on previous occasions. Occupied the EneAy’s Trench. “The Boer attack was most elaborate on all sides of the town. The main attack, however, was made between the Free State and New Castle railway lines by a column composed chiefly of Johannesburg volunteers. A brigade of the King’s Rqyal rifles corps made a splendid defense. The Boers were repulsed, but soon rallied and returned to the attack. Again the British fire, which was very hot, forced them to retire. They hud made a deep trench in front of the British lineif Tand while withdrawing for their hortes, they left this unguarded, whereupon the King’s rifles, advancing double quick, occupied the trench. A Terrible Surprise. “This smart movement was not seen by the enemy, who soon returned with the horses. Carefully reserving their fire, the King’s rifles allowed the Boers to advance almost to the edge of the trench, and then jSoured volley after volley into the astounded Boers, who turned and-fled from an awful hail of bullets, bolting across the open, where the artillery of the British poured in a terrible and effective shell fire. The enemy lost heavily. Shelled and Scattered the Enemy.

f^Heanwhile another section of the Boers had brought a mortar into^ action, firing heavy shells. Our guns, concentrating upon it, soon silenced thisaveapon, the enemy’s artillerymen fleeing headlong. The Boers tlien advanced in force with a view of repairing the_mortar, but our artillery shelled and scattered them right and left. The fighting was all over at 11 o’clock. A Prince ot Wales* Salute. “Promptly at noon Gen. White ordered a salute of 12 guns in honor of the birthday of the prince of Wales, As the cannon boomed cheer after cheer rang out and a scene of enthusiasm probably without parallel in history followed. At Caeaar’a Camp. “At Caesar’s camp, which protects the town on the southwest, the Manchester regiment held the position. Descending under cover of the British guns for some distance on the further side of the hill, they detected several hundred Boers hiding in the ditch, out of the way of the British shells. They peurea volley after volley into the enemy, scattering them and inflicting heavy loss. Driven Back at Every Point. “The Boers were driven back at every point, Avith a loss estimated at £00 men. “Nothing occurred until Tuesday, November 1$, when a strong force, chiefly a cavalry party, reconnoitering, came upon the enemy near the £olenso road and drove them back to their main positions. Our shell fire was most effective, and proved to have inflicted considerable damage. Our own loss was one man. “Ladysmith is able to hold out foi months. On the other hand, it is re-., ported that dysentery is working havoc in the enemy’s camp.”

ESTCOURT IS THREATENED. The Enemy’ii Mounted Patrols Advancing—Hurriedly Retired. London, Nov. 20.—The war office posted the following telegram yesterdaj- from Gen. Sir Redvers Buller: “Cape Town, Nov. 18, 9:35 p. m. “The following is from the general commander at Pietermaritzburg: “ ‘To-day at 8 a. m. the officer commanding our northern outposts reported that the encuiy’s mounted patrols were advancing across the whole country from Gourton road to Ulandi, moving on Estcourt. My force stood to arms. The outposts reported various bodies, from 5Q0JIO 700, advancing on Estcourt from a northwesterly direction. “ ‘Our outposts fired on the enemy, and one of our naval guns fired a shell at 8,000 yards’ range,*the shell bursting close to the enemy, who then hurriedly retired. “ ‘At 12 o’clock reports were received from three pickets thgt a large number of Boers were in sight on a hill above Leslie’s homestead. The troops have returned to camp.’ ” PRISONERS AT PRETORIA. ▲ Subterranean Rendezvous 0 to be llted In Case of Bombardment. Pretpria, Saturday, Nov. 18, by way of Lourenco Marques. Nov. 19.—At neon to-day 50 BHtish prisoners, including men of the Royal Dublin fusiliers and several blue jackets, arrived here. There were large crowds at the railway station, but no demonstration was made. Winston Churchill, who Is wounded in the hand, was taken to the Model school, while the rank and file are being sent to the race course. - • ■

AH INDUSTRIOUS SWINDLER. Hu Done Time Before and Hm m. Excellent Chance for Another Term la Prlaoa. '0xfc New York, Not. 20.—The police hare* at headquarters James C. Baft, %hospent 18 months in Sing ; Sing for swindling a woman out of $10,000 worth of diamonds in 1896, ami whose latest operations, carried on in New York city, have consisted of swindlfeg women out of sums of money varying fr >in $75 to several hundred dollars, their jewelry or whatever else he could carry away. & For the past three months Hart has done a lucrative business, and at police headquarters yesterday when he wua confronted with a number of victims he confessed to the crimes one by one.. Hart was arrested by detectives who were waiting for him on Friday outside of the Albemarle hotel, from, which he was rapidly making his way after having swindling a woman out of $300. She finding she had been victimized, went to poliec headquarter*, and found the police had Hart already under arrest. Chief of Detectives Me* Clusky then held a kind of reception, of Hart’s victims, all of whom identified him positively as the man vyho had swindled them. In each instance Hart admitted his guilt. , Hart was arrested on December 10, 1896, on the charge of grand; larceny, he having stolen diamonds to the value of $10,000 from Mrs. Elizabeth de la Barre. He pleaded guilty to this offense. the complainant in the meantime having died, and was sentenced to only 18 months in prison/ On October Q 20, 1898, at the Bates hc^dm^^dianapo-// lis, as John J. Hillis, he swindled Ed*( ward Geis out of $250, for which he re- - ceived a sentence of six months' imprisonment and $1,000 fine. DERAILED BY A HANDCAR. Five Men Killed and Many Fatally Injured—Threatening; Demonstration by Italians, Sioux Falls, S. D., Nov. 20:~A colli sion on the Omaha railroad yesterday near Humboldt, 20 miles frbm Sioux Fails, resulted in the death of five persons and the probable fatal injury of a number of others. • . . .

^ vu mru were oit « nanucar about a quarter of a mile out of Humboldt, when they discerned a worktrain, in charge of Conductor Higgins, backing down upon them en route to Montrose. In the work-train were a number of flat cars, upon Which were a hundred or more workmen, princi[•*>lly Italians. The men on the handcar jumped off,leaving the car on the track. ° - When the rapidly-backing worktrail struck the'obstruct ion the force of the collision threw four of the flat eaie from the track, killing five of the v'oikmen, among them Edward How- /’ aid, an American, and Injuring many more. Five of the injured are expected to die. The uninjured Italians immediately became wildly excited, and. drawing their knives, mude threatening demonstrations toward, the crew or the work train, who - Jagged away from the scene of the accident with an possible speed. Relief trains were sent; out from Sicux Falls and Montrose. A numbet of the badly injured were brought to. Sioux Falls. One of the injured, a 13-ytar-old boy, died ^n route.. BANE ROBBERS ARE ABROAD. -§|p~ . Bix Banks In Kautu City Keren Entered and Four of Them Robbed. '' _ Topeka, Kas., Nov. 20.—-Bank Commissioner Breidenthal said last .might that an organized gang of bank robbers is abroad in Kansas and warns c l'inkers to guard their vaults. Six banks have been broken into recently. Mr. Breidenthal says 200 armed men are scouring the fgHgaitry .surrounding Parker, in Linn county, pursuing the thieves who blew open the bark vault there. The list oi r'ecent bark robberies reported by Mr. Braider, tlial is as follows: State Bank of Westphalia, Ander* son County—Blown open, but robbers fallen to reach money and had no time to reload. Bank of Malvern, Osage CountyBank safe blown open and robbers gat away with $2,000. MlW' State Bank of Turon, Reno County— Bate blown open and robbers stole $900. -W0 State Bank of Leon, Butler County — Safe blown open and robbers mad-* away with $1,800. State Bank of Republic, Republic County—Safe blown open, but nc money stolen. State Bank of Parker, Linn County— Safe blown open and $1,800 stolen.

Body Identified. Fort Scott, Kas., Nov. 20.—The un- l\ known man whose body.was found' Thursday night in Mill creek, sis miies from here, weighted down with a heavy chain and sack of stones, hasbeen identified as Leopold Edlingtyr, tu farmer living near Rockville, Mo. When last seen Edlinger had drawn his money from a Rockville bank. He was* undoubtedly murdered for his money. Remarkably ttteh Ore. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19.—A sack ol gold has just been brought here from a remarkable strike in the Golden Tree mine on Thorn Arm, ^southwestern Alaska. The workmen |$Fuek a bod; of rich gold-bearing quartz, the gold' protruding in all directions. The e» ti matted value per ton is $200,000. Negotiating; With Brasil. Washington, Nov. 19.—Active negtc nations are proceeding to secure from Bra aril such tariff concessions as will V extend the market for American wheal and American, flour in that country.