.\\\' " : FER RYBOAT SINKS. Out In Two by Steamer In the North River, With Loss of Life. NEW YORK, Oct. 31.—The double decked ferryboat ChiCago of the Penn-‘ sylvania railroad Cortlandt street line was run down and sunk near her New York slip in the North river by a steamer supposed to be the City of Augusta of the Savannah line at 12:35 this morning. She sank within a few minutes. ‘ There were between 30 and 40 passen- gers aboard, and it is known that one person was lost. Captain Durham of the Chicago said that. the only one of his crew who is un- accounted for is a fireman named Vroom. There is no list of the passengers, how- ever, and the loss, if any, among them is impossible to ascertain. The scene following the crash was a terrible one. There was a mad rush for life preserv- ers, and the fact that the boat was not crowded alone averted a horrible calam- ity. ~ , The passengers leaped from the sink "ing boat in all directions. A few of the stronger succeeded in swimming to the New York shore. Tugs, fireboats and numbers of small boats had responded to the Chicago’s whistles and aided in the work of rescue. The Chicago sank in about 30 feet of , ' this one, limited to the club members water, leaving only a few feet of her ' .. deckhouse and funnel out of water. BOLD ROBBERY. Cable Line Treasurer Loses Nearly 350,000. ST. LOUIS, Oct. 31.—Robert B. Jen- nings, secretary and treasurer of the Broadway cable line, was robbed of $1,043 in cash and $48,750 in checks while standing on the rear platform of a Broadway car at Broadway and Wash- ington avenue at noon yesterday. The police attempted to suppress the facts. and as a consequence the news was not known generally until three or four hours later in the day. The robbery, committed in broad day- light on one of the business corners of St. Louis, is regarded as one of the most dar- ing crimes committed in the history of local police annals. Payment on the checks. which were drawn on the Boatmen’s bank, has been stopped by the railroad company. Mr. Jennings was robbed of a large amount several years ago under some- what similar circumstances. Two men boarded a Broadway car and snatched up a satchel he had at his feet containing $4,000. The robbers were captured and sent to the penitentiary. The Fayern'eatlrer \VillCnse. NE‘V YORK, Oct. 31.—The United States supreme court refused yesterday the petition for a writ of certiori in the Fayerwcather will case. The object of the petition was to take the case into the supreme court. Daniel B. Fayer- weather, a leather merchant. died Nov. 15, 1890, leaving about $7,000,000. He had no children. He bequeathed about $3,000,000 among the principal educa- tional institutions and hospitals. A three cornered legal fight over the will has been going on for almost ten years. Aft- er being taken to and through the court of appeals in this state it went to the federal courts. 12‘? TR 01) U0 TI 0N. f. Andqnte soslenuto. CAPE, NOME GOLD. One and One-hair Millions Mined, In Three Months. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 31.—The Alaska Commercial company's steamship ', Bertha has arrived from Cape Nome and ' St. Michael’s. She brought about $1,500; ' 000 in gold. The Bertha left Cape Nome ‘ two weeks ago, at which time there was between 4,500 and 5,000 miners on the beach. . , Captain- Washume reports that thus far between three and four creeks have _ been worked, and he estimates the amount of gold taken out in three work- ing months at $1,500,000. There is a great rush to the new diggings, Center, City having been abandoned and Eagle City practically so. There is a sufficiency of food for the winter at Cape Nome, and, although there is a shortage of coal, there is a plentiful supply of wood. so that no suffering is anticipated. Reception to Captain D'ye'r. ' MELROSE, Mass, Oct. 31.—Captain N. Mayo Dyer, U. S. N., of this city, who commanded the United States Steamer Baltimore at the battle of Ma- nila, was given a reception by the Mel- rose club, of which he is a member, at the clubhouse last night. Captain Dyer declined a public reception upon his re- turn to Melrose in July, but accepted and their guests. Immediately after the battle the club sent to Captain Dyer a gold watch. Last night Captain Dyer gave a brief talk upon the battlefavoid- ; ing a discussion of the’Philippine ques- tion. Pottery Girls Strike. EAST LIVERPOOL, O., Oct. 31.— Seven hundred girls employed in the dip- ping and stamping departments of near- ly every pottery in the city struck yes- terday morning for ‘higher wages. The girls at several of the potteries in the suburbs did not come out, but it is be‘ lieved they will do so today. One or two of the smaller firms are willing to grant the demands of the strikers. Nothing definite can be learned from the man- agers of the larger potteries as to their intentions. The girls held a meeting last evening and were organized by an oflicer of the Potters’ Brotherhood. Canned Beef For Africa. CHICAGO, Oct. 31.—Several train- loads of canned beef are being shipped weekly from Chicago to Africa for the use, it is thought, of the British army. The beef is being purchased by New , York merchants, who say in their orders that the consignments are for use in Af- rica. The meat is of the grade that was termed “embalmed” during the Spanish- American war. “Last Friday we shipped 50 carloads and before that we had been sending quantities of it on to New York,” said Manager Favorite of Armour & Co. yesterday. Big Catch of Mackerel. HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass, Nov. 1. E r when over 318.000 was taken, has been —About 300 barrels of medium mackerel were taken in the fish traps at North- Truro yesterday. It is believed by the fishermen that the hurricane now sweep- ing up the coast has stirred the sea to a great depth and driven the fish into the . smooth water of the bay. The season has not been successful, and this good bit of luck causes rejoicing in the hamlet. A PAUSE. < '1' A - long the The mat - TOW dai - sies, like a m - wall - flow- are y bows up . on and . I swam gar - den thou - sand eyes a _ l l i on IEK L Y N20 HWALH» , —.. O A»? F3 ~MISTAKEN CUBANS. Gome‘z Says Those Who Fought Best Now Injure the Cause of Freedom. 4 HAVANA, Nov. 1.-Gene‘ra1 Maximo Gomez yesterday said.that he had a very large quantity of manuscript treating of the warfare in. Cuba from 1868 to the date‘ of. the American occupation. This he regards as his greatest treasure. Of late he has been going carefully through his diaries and papers collecting all data bearing upon the subject, with a view of writing a history of the revolution as he has known it internally and externally. “Now that peace has arrived,” he said, “it proves to be exactly what I had ex- pected, with all its sadness and mean- ness. . I do not care what people may say about me, though many are trying to in- jure me and telling lies about my motives and conduct. All that is immaterial. It does not: disturb me, for I have" known the ins and outs of the revolutionary movement better than any one else, and there is no use in trying to falsify histo- ry. I have known all who fought in the war. I have known who joined at the last minute in the ,struggle and who watched it from a safe distance, like a spectator at a bullfight. “One curious trait of character in the Cubans has impressed me. The more courage a Cuban showed in fighting the Spaniards the less has he done for 'Cuba in times of peace. Yet the mania for peace has impelled many a Cuban to threaten the Americans, who are an ex- tremely difficult people to move in that way. Diplomacy is "much more expedi- tions in dealing with the Americans. “Many of those who now occupy public positions in Cuba are convinced, in all good conscience, that they are serving the interests of the island, but they are rehl- ly mistaken. They are actually serving the cause of intervention, which, though accepted and even asked for, it will be found difficult to terminate on conditions that will enable them to transfer their services to the Cuban republic. They should bear in mind that they have taken . an oath. “The honorable Cuban should place be— fore himself the ideal of the republic, re- membering that every day on which the sun sets until the establishment of the re- public is an injury to the Cubans." Brazil-Bolivia Boundary ?Sei‘tléd. RIO DE JANEIRO, Nov. 1.—-The Brazilian foreign minister, General de Castro Cerqueira, and the Bolivian min- ister here, Senor Paravicini, have signed a protocol settling the boundary ques- tion between their respective countries. A joint commission will rectify the fron- tier according to the treaty of 1867, put‘ ting aside the protocol of 1895. The Bo- livian custom house at Puerto Alonso will continue until the final settlement. Suit Over Bank Robbery. LIMA, 0., Oct. 30.——Another suit for damages, the outgrowth of the sensation- . a1 and mysterious robbery of the Ameri- can National bank on last Christmas eve, brought by Elijah Bowsher, janitor of the bank at the time, against N. L. Mi- chaels, vice president of the bank, for $20,000. Bowsher claims the damages for injury to his reputation by Michaels declaring that he was the one who had the money and who robbed the bank. i Other suits will probably follow. C. HALSTEAD. walk, 0f Be - tween the sleep - ing trees, I slum - her, close 133855 ; feet ; . a - bout my O .1 1 its stalk, The rose- leaves dry up - on the grass. nem - 01168 by The New. York Muscsl‘ Make the soft air of twi - light sweet. r-fAc-rs ABOUT JAMAICA. Rapid Development of the Colored Race Under Freedom. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. ,1.—Yesterc day’s session of the international com- mercial congress began with an address by Mayor A. Oliver of Three Rivers, Canada, who spoke upon. the resources of that section of the Dominion. He was followed-by Dr. James Johnston, dele- gate from the Jamaican government. who spoke on “What Jamaica Offers to the United States.” He paid a strong tribute to the char- acter and worth of the colored race in J a- maica. All slaves were made free in . 1838, and he said that since that time no race has developed more rapidly than these black people. There are 500 blacks to one white. He declared that Jamaica can teach the. southern portion of the United States many lessons with refer‘ ence to the colored race. He declared that crime from the more serious to light- er examples is almost unknown in Ja- maica. The banana trade, he said, is the .most important industry and has been built up in the last 18 years. ——‘——7?—7..4. Large Edi-chase of Coal Lands. PITTSBURG, Oct. 31.—A syndicate of New York capitalistshthrough Real Estate Agent Copeland at Parnassus, has purchased 36,000 acres of coal land in Westmoreland county. The property extends along the Alleghany river on both sides of New Kensington and in- cludes all between the river and Greens- burg. The money value of the territory is not made public, but it is known that Mr. Copeland and his local syndicate re- ceived from the eastern people considera- bly more than $1,000,000. Fortieth Regiment Starts. FORT RILEY, Kan., Oct. 31.—The Fortieth regiment, United States volun- teers, 38 ofiicers and 1,095 enlisted men, Colonel Edwin Goodwin commanding, de- parted for San Francisco, bound for Ma- nila, yesterday afternoon. Among the officers of the Fortieth are five who held commissions in Roosevelt’s Rough Riders -—namely, Captain Greene, First Lieuten- ant Sayre‘s, First Lieutenant Fletcher, Second Lieutenant Cartmeil and Second Lieutenant Bugbee. Saloons Caused Border Trouble. WASHINGTON, Oct. 31.—General Merriam, at Denver, telegraphed the ad- jutant general under Saturday’s date as follows: “Captain Wright, with half troop Ninth cavalry, in camp at Naco, on Mexican border, Oct. 26 reports con- sultation Mexican oflicers. Further trou- ble not likely. Saloons on Mexican side responsible for-disorder. Wright will re- main at Naco. Instructed to allow no armed men to cross Mexican line from either direction, arresting and disarming if they persist.” n:— A Double Shooting. NORTH SALEM, Ind.. Oct. 30. ._. Shade Mackey, who came here some time ago from Tennessee, where he claimed to have killed two men and served a term in prison, was killed by William Raggan, a drug clerk, with whom he became in— volved in a street fight. Mackey was shot through the head, and Raggan was shot through the body and will probably die. 0' _' t l'fr is. DEWEY TO wen. Its Engage-cut to Hrs. w. I. M g Announced. WASHINGTON. Oct. 31. —Admiral‘ Dewey announced to some of his more intimate friends last night the fact of his engagement to Mrs. W. B. Hazen of this city. Mrs. Hazen is the widow of Gen- eral Hazen, formerly chief signal oflicer ago, and is a sister of John R. McLean, Democratic candidate for governor of Ohio. Mrs. Hazen has no children and home with 'her mother. She is a woman” of large means, about 40 years of age and popular in the vast social cirCles of Washington. The date for the wedding has not been fixed. Admiral Dewey yesterday took posses- sion of his new home. The last of the furniture was arranged in the new house, and the admiral’s trunks were brought up from the apartments he has been oc- cupying at the Everett. Massachusetts Republicans Difi'é. BOSTON, Nov. 1.—The only argu- ments to be publicly spoken for the Re- publican party inhiassachusetts during the present camp gn were .made last night through the edium of the annual dinner of the Republican Club of Massa- chusetts in ‘Music hall, and the speakers were Hon. Theodore Roosevelt, governor of New 'York; Hon“ Henry Cabot Lodge, J r., senator from Massachusetts; Govern- or Roger Wolcott and Lieutenant Gov- ernor W. Murray Crane and Speaker John L. Bates, nominees of the party re- spectively for governor and lieutenant governor. Destructive Storms In China. SANTIAGO, Cuba, Oct. 30.-—After five days of continuous rainstorms a terrific hurricane from the southeast swept over Santiago yesterday, causing. considerable destruction. Twelve houses were wreck- ed and others badly damaged. The un- precedented rainfall continues. Telegraph wires are down, and it is impossible for vessels to enter or leave the harbor. The Ward liner has been delayd four days. The United States transport Burnside has been kept cruising outside the har- bor, and fears are entertained for the safety of the fleet of schooners from Hai- ti and Jamaica that usually arrive on ' Monday morning. ‘ 'No Sunday Shave In Trenton. THEN-TON, Oct. 30.—Every barber :hop in Trenton was closed yesterday as a result of a movement for Sunday clos- ing inaugurated by the barbers them- selves. An association was formed re- cently. and prosecution under an old blue law was threatened against any barber 'who should shave on Sunday. A careful watch did not disclose a single shop open yesterday, and the perma< nent success of the movement is believed to be assured. Annual Missionary Mee'ifng. SYRACUSE, Nov. 1.——The thirty-sec- and annual meeting of the woman’s board of missions of the Congregational church is, in session here. ‘This is tne first time in the history of the associa< tion that it .has held its annual meeting outside of the New England states. About 200 delegates are in attendance, including several missionaries. of the army, who died about» ten years since her husband’s death has made'heri CONDENSEIS brspATcm-zs. . The Chilean-minister of public works, ’V Gregorio 'Pinechet, is dead. Ottmar' Mer'genthaler, the inventorof the linotype typesetting machine, is dead in Baltimore. _ a . , .' I ' Lord Rosebery has been elected rector of Glasgow "university by 829 votes h 515 votes cast-for Lord Kelvin. ' Flint & Co. of- New York have sold their entire- fieet of sailing ships, num~ bering 12 vessels, to, a San. Francisco syndicate for $600,000.‘ ‘ The three men accused in New York city of swindling Lewis. N. Cushman out of $5,000 by an alleged wire tapping scheme were held for trial. ‘ The. Richmond Locomotive and Ma- cine works have just received an order by cable for three ten wheeled locomo- tives for one of the' private railroads of Sweden. Three people and'perhaps more were burned in the Webster House, Montreal. Twenty girl clothing makers were but- ied under a falling wall of a sweatshop in Brooklyn. A fire in Sing Sing prison damaged the new hospital, chapels and messrooin to. the extent of $40,000. Andrew Carnegie has sent $17,000 to pay a debt on the first women’s club erected in Texas, at Denison. , . The Hackettstown (N.'J.) seminary was burned. All the students escaped. The loss will be $300,000, on which there is $150,000 insurance. _ , A native revolt has broken out at Jen- Huaih—Sien, province of Kuei~Chbw, Chi- na. A magistrate has been murdered, and: the situation is considered serious. The new battleship Kentucky hassaih ed from Newport News for a preliminary trial trip. Governor Roosevelt issued a proclama- ‘tion calling for a general thanksgiving on Nov. 30. R. E. W. Stephenson of Liverpool has sent his famous trotter to the horse show - in New York. The torpedo boat Dahlgren showed a speed of 30 knots, one-half a knot less than contracted for. The Molineux case was transferred from the court of general sessions to the criminal term of the supreme court, New York. . The body of General Guy V. Henry re- ceived military burial at Arlington, Va., the president and high ofiicials being present. The Hamlet Cotton mills of Woon— socket, R. I., were put under sheriff’s attachment for $100,000 at instance of Frank A. Sayles of Pawtucket. ’ same; CHARLESTON, W. Va., Oct. 30.— The strike of coal miners which started in the New river district six weeks ago for an advance of 5 cents a ton has been , officially declared-off. The advance was graéited by only 13 of 45 mines in the e . Postmaster-s Appointed. WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.—The folloWI. ing fourth class postmasters were ap- pointed yesterday; Massachusetts—- Lanesboro, Franklin C. Downing. New Hampshire—North Sandwich, J. G. Quimby. Pennsylvania—Le Roy, George B. Lewis. I, .". ‘0' a - mong the flow'rs, ritnrc’. _4 /\ of tling hours , And O ritord. .9 hi . -...- ‘
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