KOSSIA SENDS WARSHIPS Hrt<IWrMiA te PMtt It •«fraw«

«4to •r4«n ■icHtH fer m Ttoi Ht Mar W frrfM* tor Wtatow

,St Pctcrtbarg (By C*hl«).—A »4«a<lrun o( the Rn*ti»n Black Sea fleet ha» keen ordered to tail for Tt*rk-

nh watera

Notification of this more ha* beer, telegraphed from Scbattapo! to MZinovieff. Rustian Atnba**ador «t Constantinople The dispatch of tjie wjnadron is intended to emphasize Russia's intention of exacting complete compliance with her demands as eo satisfaction for the murder, by a Turkish gendarme, of ^!. Rostkovski, Con-

sul at Monastic.

It is announced that last Tuesday Count l-amsdorff. the foreign. Minister. telegraphed to M. Zinovieff that the Sultan's expression of regret, the visit of condolence by Prince Ahmed, the Sultan's son, to the Ambassador* and the expressions of sympatln- hp the Grand Vizier and other high Turkish dignitaries were not considered adequate satisfaction for the mnrder of M. Rotkorski When M. St diedbina. the Russian Consul, was murdered at Mitrovitra. continued Count Ijmsdnrff. the Czar took into account the fact that the murderer was an Albanian whose tribe was in rebellion against the government. The exit rage at MonSstir. however. *was of another character and called for the severest ‘punishment. The Czar therefore ordered that no promises on the pan of the Turkish Government should be accepted, but that demands should be

made as follows:

The immediate Severe punishment of the murderer; the arrest and exemplary punishment of the person who fired at

M. Rostkovski's carriage; the imtpe- l - . - „ . - - - - , - — dtate prddtfctkm of positive proofs that 1 Navesmk National Bank because

the Vali of Monastic has been actnally *hortages.

banished; the instant severe punish-1 The steam yacht Wainotta was bn rumen t of all other civil and military of- : ed to the water's edge while going flcials responsible for the mnrder. down the Connecticut river. In addition to these demands. Am- | At the session of the International bassador Zmortrff was instroeted ns a Typographical Union Mr. Frederick means of general pacification m the vil-| DnscoH. commissioner of the Pttblishayet of Monastir to make the. follow- , Association, made an address, in tngdemands: which he criticised the printers' strike ..ML' immediate severe punishment, of ia S*att!« and SpQkana-. Mr. Gompers all Turkish oflictals regarding whbse was among the speakers, romrapeous bdmvior" a report was] fh, & Dorado, which ar-

THE LATEST KEWSW SIKUT OKI frwmr Seres penom ate sow dead at.the resultof CUL«yl»f«. a •amge, firmg rtelrtessly os * crowd at a enoevr

. nt delegate* to the Gi_ of the Republic convention arrived in San Francisco. .r .'i u /,. i Justice John Woodward, of New York, addressed the Chautauqua Assembly M -The Mob Spirit ia Arutna" Vice-President J. H. Tfompson. jot the Charleston (W. Va.) Electric Cojnpany, has disappeared and is charged with embezzlement. John S, Wise surprised Richmond iociety by eancrlling his box at the Horse

Show.

Norfolk. (V*Jbelieves Vice-President J. M. Barr is toon to leave the Seaboard

Air Line.

The will of A. H. Grandy, of Norfolk. Vsl ]eavc*-f is •«75»aoo estate to his widow and •children, making her ex-

In an address beiore the Lutheran

Atsemblv at Dtxoo.. 1H . Judge Grosscup, of the United States Circuit Court, said that government control of monopolies is essential to the perpetua-

tion of American institutions. Secretaries Shaw and Hitchcock

were among the President's callers. Objection is made to calling Congress together during October because engagements of members in State cam-

Col. T. G. Bosh, president of the Alabama Consolidated Coal and Iron l Co<qpany. spoke in behalf of the optriltors in arbitration proceedings, at

Birminghatq, Ala.

The aocialisti; element in the Garmentworkers National Convention, in session at Indianapolis, made a second and unsnccessfnl attempt to capture

HAVOC BY THE BDHICANE

THOUSANDS OP PEOPLE HOMELESS.

MThsIr Sato Food.

aod This Sagply to Ukaly la

Ntoaryaflht Sarrivara Is MaarnttahtoOanaarmts’Barracks CaBapaa and Plat

NATIONAL CAPITAL AFFAIRS.

Director of the Mi at Roberts received a report on the purchase of silver for the new Philippine coinage, covering everything up to Anguat t, wKtcb shows that the seigniorage will yield a substantial contribution to the redemption fund in the new Philippine currency system. "We hast bought 9.711.506,96 ounces of bullion, for which we have paid $$.- 145.76a5J." said Mr. Roberts "The Philippine peso contains three and a half more grains than our silver dollar, or an amount of bullion worth slightly less than 4J cents. Its currency value on the new 32 to 1 basis will be 50 cents, leaving a margin of profit in the shape of seigniorage which will go far toward solving the redemption fond problem which for so long troubled the Senate financiers" Bids for $iO0o^x» worth of certifi-

bave been invited by the Bureau sular Affairs, under the direction

Secretary of War.

These certificates will be issued in coupon form in the denomination of $1,000. They will be dated September 1. 190J. trill bear interest at the rate of 4 per

ad, l, lb. iW°r of ih. R.imn | tiv , d j„ s - Y „ k c.lv,.,™. SS™fe.“ Fftt * •«" ol pidirf up a boat comaintag a boy loo Sfi, 5S"a mill, al .ta H, aaM bi had Wo

wuh the Austrian consul; the retn- ' statement of Ismail Hakki. who was

dismissed, b«t whose efficiency

Kingston, Jamaica (Special).—There are heartrending scenes all over the eastern and northern portions of the Island of Jamaica. At Port Antonio thousands of homeless and starting people have sought shelter in the old prison and the few other buildHlgs which survived the hurricane. Those who could not be accommodated are cowering in the lee of ruined walls and

dismantled piazzas.

The railroad sheds and waiting rooms are filled with women and children. The merchants of the place are feeding

the hungry to the best of their ability. __ but the majority are depending upon I cent, yearly, payable quarterly, and will green, unripe bananas knocked down he redeemable in one year after date of by the storm. The bananas are boiled i '*»“<• by the Guaranty Trust Company, in kerosene tins over open fire« made ' Proposals will be opened August 35. from*the debris of destroyed buildings, j fbese certificates will be issued to create This is their sole loud supply, and ,it ' 8 reserve. Three million dollars' will be exhausted in 9 or :o days j worth of similar certificates have already Similar conditions prevail at Annotta , been issued to buy bullion, and Congress Bay. Buff Bqy, Orange Bay. Port Ma- h *» authorized the issuance of $10,000,• ria. Manchionel, Morant Bay. Bowden j 000 worth of the certificates in all. and other small seaports. | The Philippine, certificates art exempt In the interior the distress is equally | from the payment of taxes or duties acute. j cither in the United States or the Philip-

Scarcely a peasant's home is Stand- i P'" e *

ig. Even the dwellings ol the plan- ' Secretary Shaw has authorized the ters. which arc built of substantial ! statement that these certificate* will be I stone, have keen unroofed, with few accepted by the Treasury Department as

., - j exceptions. j security for deposits of the public money

aA white man named Thompson and i xj, e misery of the peasant's families j of the United States in national banks, a negro named Wrightman were lynch- j j t indescribable. Their homes and be- ' They may lie substituted at any time for ed in Colquitt county; Ga., for as>ault- , longings have been literally blown away j United States bonds now held as security mg a-white woman. , - " | and they are contriving rude shelters ' f°z deposit, on condition that the bonds George R- Crcightoti^-g^New York ! from fallen trees, palm boughs and ba- j released be used for additional banknote

law clerk, has been arrested oir the Lnana leaves. Owing to the continued | circulation. charge of forgery, the amount involv-Tunsettled weather, with occasional tor-1 ed being $10,000. j rential rains, these shelters afford prac- i PraUssar M'Ot* keslps-

The Acting <^>mp:roller ef the Trea*- ticallv no protection. Prof. W. J. McGee, ethnologist in S’ h “- v** - h - °‘ I.X" Ksaa'yywsi■>«”-

localities by subscriptions of food and American Ethnology, has resigned to clothing, but the local efforts at best devote himself more actively are totally inadequate. Unless immedi- work of supervising the ethnological A^sra^ suS.ir^r j • pu - h - e -

evitable. position.

The local hospitals in the wind- It is understood that one of the reaswept districts are crowded with the in- son* for Professor McGee leaving the jured and the death list is increasing. | bureau were difference* which had exSome localities have not vet reported. | '*ted between him and Prof. W. H. One man was beheaded at Port Antonio Holmes ever since the latter became the

by a flying sheet of galvanized roofing. of the bureau.

Many were seriously wounded by fall- , Major J. W. Powell, the former chief ing houses, tree* and walls. Several of tke bureau, died last fear Professor

IN MEAD OF A HASSACRE Daager TfcrcsUai* the Christians to THE POWERS MAKE REPRESENTATION. Tfcr DaUr Oatk*rta| at lha MaualMai to

.Sofia, Bulgaria (By Cable).—The Bulgarian Foreign Office has received very disquieting news from its agent at Uskub. The Muitqfznant are daily gathering in the mosques, and it is feared that a massacre of the Chris-

tians is impending.

Officials here express the belief that the intervention of the powers alone

can prvent a disaster.

The Bulgarian government takes a decidedly pessimistic view ol the situation and the officials openly express their fears that a general massacre of the Christians in Macedonia is inevitable—possibly within four days and almost certanly within a fortnight. The reports from Bulgarian official |

SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM.

Sew York <Special).—Joseph Pulitzer. proprietor of the New York World, has pros-ided an immediate gift of $1,000,000 to establish a school of journalism at Columbia University, this city, and will add $1,000,000 more if the school is in successful operation in

three years

A new building will be erected on Morning-ide Heights at a cost of $500,000 for the school It will hold toward the university a relation sira ilar to that of the other professional schools, such as those of law. medicine and mines, and like them will be na

tional in scope.

An important feature of the school's organization will be an advisory board, o be nominated by the donor. This board will aid in devising a plan and

by the devistn

course of instruction to requirement of the scholastic as well as the more strictly praetical sidt Seven members have already been designated by the donor, and. with others to be selected hereafter, will be nominated to the trusters of Columbia University at their meeting in October, They are Nicholas Murray Butler. president of Columbia University iffioo; Whitclaw Jlcid. John Haj

eral of Macedonia; the immediate lease of the peasant on whom, according to. the reports of the Russian and Austrian Consuls, the Turks 'perpetrated atrocities; the instant dismissal and punishment of the officials of the administratywt of Salonica and Prisrend, “whose malpractices have been exposed to the light.'' and finally that . the foreign officers employed in Macedonia ‘shall immediately enroll fresh gendarmes and police for the protection of the peaceful population and the introduction of legislative order.

FRESH FLOODS IN THE WEST.

Heavy Ri Kansas ply. ,Mo. (Special).—Traffic between the two Kansas cities is practically suspended, all the temporary, pile bridges erected after the great flood June haring been endangered by * rise in die Kansas .river. The water has been causingless trouble for two weeks, the result of continuous heavy rains west of this pi At Armour dale, which was wiped in the June flood, the river is 14 feet above low water mark and 7 feet higher than the lowest mark recorded since June. It will have to go 15 feet higher, however, to reach the town proper and the only damage' possible is to the bridges. The current is to swift that rowboats can hardly live in it. OOW1E REVISES BALL RULES. I StoW Thieving ef Bases. FetoMiea

Chicago (Special).—Haring revised the American flag. Dr. Dowie has now started out to change the rules of the national game, baseball These are some -of the rules which have been introduced

Sn the Zion City games

“No bases shall be stolen. Thievery if sinful and must be put down by the

faithful.

“The pitcher shall not use deceit on delivering the ball, for deceit is sinful. The curie must be cut out. •There shall be no umpires, for they * rr * race of bars and their ssyings -nreed strife and discontent. "Brethren who meet upon the field • must plsy the game fti brotherly love and not, m contention and self-glorification. . for that way lies destruction." CmMw's ArraiMtowsaMtor*. Red Bank. N. J. (Special).-!. Cowart. cashier of the defunct Navesink National Bank, was arrested on the charge of embezzling $40*100 of the bank s funds. Oiwart surrendered to United States Ma'-hal Gtrxarde here and furnished $10000 bail to await the action of the Federal grand jury. Wsds Doaftto Oar Oewa. New Haven (Special).—After array* ing herself in evening dress for s dinner party, to which she had been invited, Mrs. Arthur E. Bradley drank carbolic acid and died in the presence of her parents and family. Mrs. Bradley M the handsome daughter of Loren H. Staanaid. a wealthy.manufacturer ol tbTf dty, 1 ’ and lived at hit

of The harbor of Havana.

Mr. D. M- Parry, president of the Manufacturers' National Association, delivered an address at the Chautauqua Conference 00 “Mob Spirit in Organ-

ic Libor."’

H. H. Tfallowell. assistant secretary and treasurer of Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company Uf Philadelphia, died

suddenly in Atlantic City.

The grand jury at Danville, I1L, has indicted 18 men and one woman for participating in the recent lynching

thaf place.

The Alabama miners hare engaged lawyers ip represent them in the hearing to arbitrate (heir differences with

the operator*.

At Abilene, Tex, ex-Govemor Lubbach. of that State, aged 87 years, and Miss Lou,Scott, aged 40 years, were

married.

Miss Maude Espy died at St Paul. Minn, after eating toadstools, which she had mistaken for mushrooms.

Isiciga.

Rev. J. J; Harty, of St. Louis,- Wi consecrated in Rome as Archbishop of Manila.

Europe.against the United States is jpracThe Turkish gendarme Halim,! who killed the Russian consul st Monastir, was condemned by cotitr-martial and immrAiatrly amoiud. - — The first International Congress of Wire!ess Telegraphy decided at itx concluding session in Berlin tq keep its proceedings secret. Major W, O’. Dmucto-is fexncing a scientific expedition that will leave Southampton on September 1 Guinea. Lieutenant General von Einen was appointed to succeed Lieutenant General von Gotaler at German war minister. Cardinals Rampolla and Moceunt opened the teals put on Leo's apartments after his death. Several millions of francs and other valuable* were found

there.

Russia hat established a new viceroyalty over the Amur district and the Keantung Province, with Vice Admiral Alexieff as the viceroy. The people Ihrtng in the district surrounding Vetuviut sre in a state of panic on account of the threatened

The Chines* imperial troops bare been defeated by rebels at Hwei Chou Fu, in the southern Province

Kwangtung.

Vice Admiral Cervrra resigned hit gost as chief of staff of the Spanish The British House of Commons voted yesterday to approve the government !

A- Boston wager is that Copper will

go to 75 before it falls to ja

The sensational jump of 6 per cent, ns Reading in one hour almost caused

a panic among the bears.

It is gttttng more difficult every year or small railroads to present their

houses located on the banks of the streams were carried away by the floods. The fate of their inmates is unknown, but it is feared that there, bavr been many, deaths fr/no this cause. The bulk of the Blue Mountain C9Ifee has been ruined, and The -Pimoqlo Groves, which stood for centuries, nave

been obliterated.

It ..is now estimated that the loss pn the island will reach $I$.000*)00. THREE KILLEP. TWENTY"iWJURED. Maa Fires tots Cerwl Without Provocation—

Winfield, Kan. (Special).—Gilbert Twigg. aged 30 years, supposed to -be insane, appeared on the priori pkl street of this town with a double-bar-rel shotgun and fired both charges de- 1 liberately into a crowd of-5000 people who were listening to a band concert. He killed three persons, fatally injured three and shot ao others, of whom six may die. Twigg was himself killed by a policeman. The band bad. just finished playing a waltz, when Twigg stepped out an alley a half block distant, and. liberately taking aim at the bandstand, fired two shots. R. E. Olives, a bund man, fell at the first shot, but ’ the crowd, not realizing what bad happened, rushed toward Twigg. believing that there had been an accidental shooting of some kind. A* the crowd closed in the crazed (nan discharged two more shots at them, causing a scattering in evury direction. Wftb the crowd. fleeing, the man stood firing at random in every direction. Men and' women howled and shrieked and ran. but no one seemed able to stop the frightful-carange an-

ed Twi

1 bullet into his

men ted man drew a revolver from his pocket and fired a shot into his m body. Tbe dead and dyine were by this til... scattered all over the streri. and the frightened people sought safety in flight It was fullywui hour before they realized what had happened and recovered sufficiently to take care of the injured. Gilbert. Twigg was a miller by trade. He vat commonly referred to at "Crazy^ Twigg, but no one thought-

London (By Cable).—Lord George Hamilton, secretao’ of state for India, in presenting the annual statement of

the Indian budget in the

Commons, told an encouraging story of the progress and stability of.Indiaa finances, lie pointed out that there had been substantial surpluses in the '••t three years, amounting Viia year $15,250*00 This financial titu$tfcm will enable the government to reduce the salt tax by as per cent, and make considerable remissions in the income tax. Lord George Hamilton mid the fears regarding a scarcity of food in India this year might be dismissed.

Ilk (Special).—John Malanforctnsu in the Illinois Central

shops, boarded with Mrs. Minnie Teedeman at 9741 Eseanaba avenue for four

McGee was then thought by many of the scientist* ol Washington to be the logical successor of Major Powell, as Professor McGee had been in close tonch with the anthropological and ethnological work of the bureaq and attached to many of its expeditions into the far Southwest for a number of years. It is stated that Professor McGee has been at odds with the new chief ever since he assumed charge of the bureau. Professor McGee is one of the best known scientists of this city and has been connected with the bureau

since 1893

Professor McGee's wife is Dr. /Aha Newcomb McGee, who has the distinction of bring the only woman who has held a commission as surgeon in the United States Army. This was during the Spanish-Americxn War. She is the daughter of Prof. Simon Newcomb, the noted astronomer of this rify. Lawtessams at a Navy Yard. The commandant of the Charleston (S. G) Nary Yard has asked the Department for an additional force of marines to protect life and property there, bring alleged that a condition of law-

Tbe State Department bolds that ammendment by Colombia will kill the Panama canal treaty. Lieut.-Gen. Samuel B. M. Young asstaved his new daties as chief of the General Staff offlfie Army. The commandant reports a serious condition of lawlessness existing at the Charleston (S. G) Navy Yard. William Nelson Cromwell, counsel for the Panama Canal Company, called at the State Department with favorable information regarding status of the pent’ ing treaty in the Colombian Congress. —W- J, Spilman will succeed A. W. Machen as superintendent of the Rural Free-ddivery Department. He it

show that affairs ] Secretary of State; S:. Clair McKel The fact Victor F. La-

agents in Macednr

•" *•'>»"« * “ ““ I •»». -I ORwos Ch,, H. T.riorrsr.. that the Mussulman population is be- I Boston, and Charles W. Eliot, pre-

coming excited and congregating f - *

the mosques is regarded as a bad feature, indicating the possibility that a massacre may occur within a very short time. It is feared that such a massacre would cover a wide area and include both the large towns and the villages, and that the Turkish soldiers would prove incapable of restraining

idem of Ihc Harvard University President Eliot's duties in connec ' tion with his own university will pre vent him from serving permanently on the advisory board, but lie has cordiailt approved the plan, ha* given couns-' to the founder and will give to indi vidua! members of the advisory bosrjl, the benefits of his experience ant' knowledge. AH th- others named have ignified their willingness to serve.

be fanatical Mussulmans ~v»n | „ , , , ... desired to do so. whieh is by no means ! 0«»eniBi«l Cltri Cawal-. Smc<4c certain. Monastir now contains only I Washington. D C (Special).—S:e four battalions of Turkish troops, two I ,>hen E. Hall, of Aurora. HI, a pro consisting of raw recruits, who will J>e ' , c. ,, , , quite unreliable in the event of serious tC *' o( S "? ,or l A,hen { Ho *’ k * n ' troubles. i killed himself in lus room here. Hall Representatives of the Macedonian shortly before ending bis life, had suf committee sa^ that the Roumanian and fered great pain, due to

Recommendations of far-reaching importance to the Nasal Academy are contained in the annual report of the Board

of Visitor* of the Academy.

Prof. W. J. McGee, 'ethnologist in charge of Bureau of American Ethnology in Smithsonian Intitule, has re-

defining the d

President.

> fCSSicL— at Bogota say* that no final action

by Colombian Senate.

- It is stated that an -effort will be made when the Senate assembles to prevent the confirmation of General

Wood as major general.

The Weather Bureau has come into conflict with the Ami-Smbkc law. Postmaster General Payne has prepared a statement showing the status

of rural free delivery.

The Secretary of the Treasury ceived • contribution of $100 for

Greek inhabitants of a number of villages have joined the insurgents and that the Mohammedans are taking ref-

uge in the cities and towns.

Vienna (By Cable).—Notwithstanding the increasing number of reports of outbreaks in the Balkans, official circles begin to manifest a more confident attitude. Serious representations will again be made to Turkey and Bulgaria. which it is hoped will prove efficacious. Nevertheless, it is admitted that some untoward incident may easily

precipitate disaster.

^UTOSOBILIST RIDES TO DEATH. Pro—id to the Erie Ctaal lata Whlck HU

Kacfctoc Had PfangtA

Fort Plain, N. Y. (Special).—Henry . Spaulding, aged about 45 years, an< expert enthusiastic autotnobilist from West Orange, N. J, rode to his death lour miles east of this village. He was on the towpath of the Erie canal. Owing to the muddy condition of the path, and while turning out from '* rig. hi* automobile swerved more than he intended and man and machine plunged into the water. ~ linemen rushed to aid Spaulding, but in their excitement let go entirely a rope, one end of which they had thrown to the drowning man. One of them then hastened to Speaker, a hamlet nearby, for assistance, but by the time help arrived Spaulding bad gone down for the last time. . The body was recovered badly entangled in the. rope which had hero thrown to him. The

~ ijured and with the brakes set. was also recovered.

Mr. Spaulding was en route to Chicago and met an accident one week ago that kept him in Amsterdam for repairs until Tuesday. Meantime his traveling companions, hit wife and her mother, had gone on to Syracuse, where they were waiting in order — •»—

journey with him.

Spaulding was a veteran

and at Amsterdam was advised by Dr. J. H. Jackson, of this village, that owring to the dangerous condition of the roads he should at least ship hit auto to Syracuse. Mr. Spaulding replied that be considered himself equal to the difficulties before him and continued his jour-

trouble. and had applied at a ncarbdurg store for a certain medicine whici the druggist wa« unable to supply. Hwas a clerk in the department of com mcrce and labor, having been tran* ferred recently from the census bureau where he had been employed during

the list two years.

Firesrais la Cub*.

Havana (Special).—The secretary o' the interior ordered dealers in firearmto report to the police the sale of even rifle and to take a receipt therefor Senor Zaldo. secretary of stafe. hadirected Senor _Zaya*. the Cuban minister at New York, to iook after Jos eph Vegas, the Cuban lad who was B cked up at sea. and to send him tc avana when he ha* sufficiently recovered. Vegas' mother is anxious that that the boy should secure employment in the United.States.

> continue the

PTOMAINES IN THE SANDWICHES.

Root has issued an order

— duties of the general staff

of the army. ,

Gov. John Walter Smith, of Maryland. has been called upon to name a young lady’of that State to christen the cruiser Maryland about the middle

of September.

. A disrespectful letter written by Colonel Meade, of the Marine Corps, to

tt, K.v, h» cxnsed hi. ,„ r in hi. pr,K!U g nJ, b, ,h, w „ >ponert tool

Hurry Call tor Duelers is Attsed a Caapasy

al Sesatar Stewart's Fara.

Washington. D. C. (Special).—A re-

markable case of ptomaine poisoning is reported from Ashberae, Va, some jo miles outside Washington. A large number of persons had gathered to attend the ulc of the dairy farm owned by Senator Stewart, of Nevada. The Senator served the prospective buyers a light luncheon, consisting of coffee, ham and beef yzndtrichei. Shortly afterwards at least so persons were taken violently ilk suffering from ptomaine poisoning. One after another

they fell to jthe ground, wril” aeonv. Horsemen were dispa ;ions for doctors, and a num-

Fatal Skue'lai Affray. Springfield, Mo. (Special).—Jim McCoy shot and killed John Hancock, five miles south of Ozark, the result of a family feud of years' standing. McCoy who is a ton of the late Capt- Johr McCoy, a noted ante-bellum politician « Missouri, was arretted. Captai'. cCoy was president of the Arkansa: constitutional convention that abolish ed slavery in that state at the close ol the civil war. - Hurtle ta* to Ywe* lax. Merida. Yucatan (Special). — Tbr tropical hurricane here and in Progrew did much damage and, coming in th< night, created a panic. The wind tort up great trees by the roots, blew roofi away and destroyed houses and plant* rions. Heavy damage was done in a short time. Efforts were nude to save small vessels, but about ao of those ir the port of Progreso were cast upon the shore. The hurricane destroyed hundred' of bales of cotton at Progreso ready for

ure* fo relieve the sufferer*.

In a statement issued at 11 o'clock

. ' .r s, z.—; — p. m. doctor* report their patients out , * k ' n ° n IWna Canal treaty danger, although many still are quite

ill. An investigation developed the fact that the beck which had been parchased in Washington and kept in cold storage on the farm for several day*,

was the cause of the trouble.

Nashs* Muu U Tw*.

Glendive, Mont (Special).—Three masked men attempted to bold up. in a Northern Pacific freight car, six laborers en route to the wheat fields of the

Albany. Ga. (Special).—Officials here deny the reported lynching of King Wight man, a negro, and a white man named Thomoson at Mansfield yesterday for assaulting Mrs. Mathis, a white woman. The two men, who were Recognized by Mrs. Mathis a* her assailants, have been placed safely in jail,at Moo! trie. Ga, bv officers after eluding a rooF faich had been in pursuit of the negro.

Faliag Mrtowr Breaks • Brldgr-

Mention. • Mich. (Special).—A large eteor which fell here destroyed part ol the bridge over the St. Joe river. It buried itself in the earth and made a hole nearly ao feet deep. The meteor gave forth a screeching sound u it passed through the sky. and struck the ground with a report that was beard for

a long distance.

SPARKS FMl THi WBEk

A nine-year-old boy was found in a box Car in Chicago nearly dead from hunger. He -aid he was a aoo of wealthy K m* of Fort Wayne, Ind, and had kidnapped by tramps. The American fishing boat Silver Spray was chased and fired upon on Lake Erie hr the Canadian cruiser Petrel for alleged poaching 1

Rev. Dr. Deon Richmond Babbitt, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, Brooklyn, answered John Temple Graves at Chautauqua 00 lynching* and mobs. The stomach of a goat ia Memphis. Tenn, will be gnalyzed to determine il the goat ale revenoe stamps off whisky barrels, as claimed by a saloonkeeper. - Messrs. Talbot J. Taylor A Co., New York stockbrokers, are trying to arrange ..1 their ci—— *