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MIST VOL. 13. ST. HELENS, OREGON, FRIDAY. AUGUST 21, 18. NO. ,o. rm OREGON EVENTS OF THE DAY Epitome ot the Telegraphic News of the World. TKRSK TICKS FBOM TUB WIRES a b lut.r.allng Colle.llna of Items From lb. Tw. lleiiil.yh.re FnHBM la m Coudeueed Fovea. Malloh Ram, who assassins' thn hah of Persia in May laat. was baugt-d t Teheran In the presence ot au tin mause oonoourse. linn Nuyer, who mi arrested upon suspicion of having rubbed the Wllhoit stage, bat beou released from jail with out having been given an examination upou the obarge. In a fight at Vodeua, Macedonia, be tween 150 insurgent and 600 Turkish troops, the former were reinforced after four houri and rooted the Torka, fifty ot whom were killed. Frauk Farnsworth Barnard, agod 43, tenor linger well known in theatri cal olrolea, oomniitted auioide in New York by ihooting blmielf in the right temple with a revolver. The oyolists ot Oiyinpia, Wash., have formed a olub, with a membership of ISO, for the vigorona prosecution of a good roada crusade. They propose to immediately begin the improvement of the vartoua roada leading oat of the olty. The four-story mill of the Sporry Flonr Company, at Faro Roble, Cat., waa burned together with three adjao ent oi blue and blacksmith ahop. The mill waa valued at f 86,000, and the (took of wheat and flonr on hand waa worth $13,000, and it waa a total loss. There waa 120,000 lusur auoe on the building. A dlapatob from Egypt aaya: "To ahow the futility of any hope of arret ing the oouree of oholera at preaent, during the week before la at fresh out break! occurred in aixty-nlue different plaoea and laat week in elgbty-seveu. During the aeven daya to Auguat 1, 1,900 deatha were reported, and in the following ail daya 1,700 deatha." Judge Noble donied the application ot the Brown Hoisting Company ' locked-out omployea for an injunction to restrain Mayor MuKiaaon, of Clave- j land, from oalling additional militia ; into eervloe; to restrain the Urown ' oompany from armiug ita employes and to oompel the company to oarry j out the agreement made with tb j looked-out men on July 37. 1 The oannery and machinery of thr j Anderson (Cal. ) Canning A Puck inn Company, owned by Dan U rover and B. T. Ryan, burned. Tbe cannery wai worth $8,000. A stock ot dried fruit worth $700, 800 sacks of wheat and a large quantity of tin waa a I no de stroyed. There ia no insurance. Two adjaoent oottagoa owned by Dan Uruvor and J. T. Ryan, valued at $700, wore also burned. At Ban Antonio de loa Danoa, a pro prietor named Domingo Mernandea, who waa 70 yeara old, baa boon hanged by the insurgents. At the Novelty theater, London, in stabbing scene, tbe spring dagger made for stage use failed to act and an aotor waa stabbed to tbe heart so that he died in a tew minutes. Benor Maroel de Azacarra, Spanish m In later of war, la considering a scheme to introduce conscription in order to facilitate the recruiting of foroea for the Spanish army aervioe in Cuba. Mias Clara Barton, president of the Amerloan branoh ot the Red Crosa So ciety, baa started on ber return to the Uniu d States, ber mission of distribut ing relief to tbe Armenians having been ended. A. W. Fawoett, the recently deposed mayor of Taooma, announoea that the fight for oooupanoy of the office ia not yet ended by any meana, and that be will immediately carry the oontest to tbe supreme oourt for settlement. John Thompson and Jay Leonard wore killed by lightning in a violent storm at Sandusky, O. Tbey were working on the new government pier at Cedar Point, with augera in their banda, wbiob attracted tbe lightning. Tbe body of a newly born mala in fant waa dlaoovered floating in the Willamette river near New Era one day last week. A coroner'a inquest waa held over the remalna, but nothing waa devoloped wbioh wonld tend to throw any light upon the mystery, aa to why the body of tbe babe waa thrown into the river. Tbe steam aohooner Point Arena, bound from San Francisco to Moudo olno, went on the rooks near Point Reyea. Captain Johnson, ber master, waa on tbe bridge when ahe grounded. He at onoe began to back her, and within ten minutes ahe waa free ot the rooks. Aa soon aa tbe vessel waa loosened the water began to rush in through hole in ber port bow, just forward ot tbe forward hold. Captain Johnson beaded for San Franoiaoo, and came np nnder a full bead of steam, the pumps being kept in action all the while. By the time ahe reached the Mission slip, where ahe waa docked, there waa fonr foet of water in ber for ward bold. A. W. Pile, of California, sooretary of tbe national silver oommlttee, was found dead at Washington, D. Q. , on der oircumstanoes wbioh lead to a sus picion ot foul play. He had been mis sing for tour daya. His body waa found nnder the aqneduot bridge. When last seen be bad considerable money, but the money waa missing wben the body was diaoovered. A sil ver watch, however, bad not been dis turbed. There ia no evidenoe of aui oide. Mr. Pile waa the son of ex-Congressman Pile, of California. Ira famine Thrnatan.il, Bt. Lonli is seriously threatened with ao loe famine. Prioea have been stead ly advanoing since the opening of the season until now they are np to tbe highest point reached in this olty for several years. This week there waa an additional inorease of II. SB per ton to tbe trade and another inorease may be expected soon. Tbe price to the trade is now $6, or more than double what it waa at any time last year. loe is being shipped in from re mote northern points, bot tbe demand cannot be supplied. An American Ultl.en Shot. A young man named Jamea F. How ard ia now in the hospital in Juarea, Mexloo, with two bullet boles in bla body. He became involved in a quar rel with Mexicans and ahot three of them dead. Tbey had attempted to as sault nim. He waa seriously wounded in tbe fight, but managed to escape. A Demand by Terrell. United States Minister Torrel has de manded the immediate release of six Armeniana (naturalised Americana) imprisoned at Aleppo. Terrel baa notified the Turkish anthoritlea that the further imprisonment ot Ameri cans would not be tolerated. Trana-Onaanlo Ke.ord flrofcen. The steamship Bt. Paul, from South ampton, crossed Sandy Hook in six daya and fifty seven minutes, beating the new reoord made last week by ber sister ship, tho St Louis, of six days, two hours and tweuty-fuur minutes. Drowned In tha Columbia. Mark Van Bibber, a son of W. H. drowned in the Columbia rive'r near ... .... u. 1 oomnanv' with several onmnaniune. The body bas not been recovered. Fifteen Horses Poisoned. Twelve of tbe fifteen horses belong- IngJ to Charles A. Worth, of San Fran- olsoo, are dead and three more are nn der treatment for arsenical poisoning. Tbe poison waa administered by an enemy unknown. Ianll I'ullan Hissing. Daniel Pullen, a prominent farmer of Lapuab, Wash.,, suddenly became insane laat Sunday and loft bia bnme and bas not since been seen or beard of. It ia believed be has committed auioide. Flood. In India. A London dispatch from Bombay aaya heavy floods bave been caused by tbe rising ot the river Ktatnah. Im mense damage was done, and thousands rendered homeless. A river boat wai OMpalxed and 300 persona drowned. Regulator. Madly Nerdqd The violent demonstrations by tbe turbulent elements of Belleville, 111., ; against the Salvation Army which ; bave occurred at frequent intervale on ! the public aquare for year past, at last culminated in riot For over two hours the mob surged around tho little band of Christians, oursing, push ing, striking and creating a perfect bedlam of discordant noises. One of the army flags, on wbioh was the stars and stiipes, was torn from its staff and trampeled upon. One of the women, who waa struck on the bead by a mis silo, was about the only one seriously injured. Th.y Raw a Largo Metror. K. Simmons, wife and two daughtera were aittlug in tbe yard at their home in Chicago wheu tbny aaw a meteor de scending and aiming direotly toward them. Terror overpowered tbem, bound them to their seats and prevent ed their fleeing. Bot fortunately while the mass of molten metal waa 100 foot from them it burst, and the f-agmonta scattered with a report like a oannon, the hissing sound wbioh had been growing in intensity culminating in a last dying gasp. No fragments could be found. Death In the Flood. A great rain storm burst over Pitts burg and vioiuity, deluging a territory several miles in extent, swelling tbe streams into torrents, sweeping away bridges and sonding a aooro of human beings into eternity. The storm ia attributed to the approach of a oool wave from the Northwest. Oreat dam age waa done by water in various parts of tbe oity. The streets were covered by debris, oar lines tied up and tracks blockaded. At Dehaven, a small town near the Wild wood oil well, aix people were drowned. A Hollar Kanloded. A hundred and fifty home-power boiler at tbe Lookvllle Brick & Tile works, near Maximo, O., exploded with terrific foroe, completely wrecking the building. Isaiah Johnaon, an en gineer, had bis baok broken. He will die. Samuel Snider waa badly injured about the head 'and bad bis breast orushod. He oaunot reoover. Train Ran Into a Wa.hont. An eaatbound mail train from Chi oago on the Lake Shore road, ran into a washout seventy foet long and thirty feet deep near Otis, Ind. , and the entire train, except tbe day oonoh, plunged into the big hole. Tbe engineer, James Griffin, and the fireman, Michael Roaohe, were almost instantly killed. No one else was injured. . . ' Florenoe, Kan., la proud of being the residence of a humane lady, who bought an ear trumpet for ber pet dog. "Increase of oholera in Egypt" ia the principal feature' of a report re ceived from the land of the Pharaohs by Surgeon-Genera Wyman, of the marine hospital service in Washington. "Notwithstanding the measures taken by Dr. Rogers Pasha," says the report, "tbe proportion of the oholera outbreak shows the disease haa got beyond the oontrol of the sanitary authorities. It la no reflection upon Rogers Pasha or the members of tbe staff who are assist ing him. BIG BILL OF DAMAGES Spain's Claims Against United States. the OH ACC0CHT0FTH8 FILIBUSTERS Precedent K.tabll.hed against Great Britain In tha Alabama Award. Will II. Invok.d. Washington, Aug. 18. Tbe Spanish government ia preparing a big bill ol damagea to be presented to tbe United Statea on aooount of the numerous ex peditions alleged to have gone from our shorea to tbe relief of tbe Cuban iusur gents. In support of its olaim foi reparation, it intends to invoke the precedent established against Great Britain in the oelebrated Alabama claims award, made by tbe Geneva arbitration tribunal. There bave been reports heretofore that Spain, at the proper time, would present a series of claims on aooount of the use tbe insur gents bave made of tho United Status aa a base of supplies of hostile opera tions in Cuba. Tbeae were nothing more- thai) rumors until today, when the government officers received oopies of a report from the Spanish legation, made by ita legal adviser, Mr. Calder on Carlisle. The report ia handsomely printed in pamphlet form, and, with ita five appendioea, makes a over 800 pages. book of The Wiborg case, recently docided by the United Statea supreme court, ia cited and refered to as the one solitary oonvlotion obtained in the United i atoU, inoe 0,9 beginning of the pre i ent Cuban insurrection. Tbe attorney ! aaya it ia thought proper to ahow from j tbe oase ot the aevere award against i Great Britain what tbe United States ! expected of a neutral nation, and also to reoall the attitude of Soain towarl the United Statea daring tbe oivil war. lieve that a constant recurrence to those The principles indioated and enforood j fundamental prinoiplea of a free and by tbe United Statea against Great popular government, based upon indi Britain, aa tboae wbioh should bave vidual liberty and the content of tbe governed ber oonduot would seem, the report says, to be clearly applicable to tbe duties and legislation of tbe United Statea towards Spain in the recent in stance. In reviewing the Geneva award, the report aays that it was clear that the United States made its complaint mainly upon tbe fitting out and ship ping from England of vessels and sup plies. In oonoloding the first section of bis report, Mr. Carlisle says the powers invested in the president of tbe - . United States bave not boon effectively used for preventing the carrying on of military expeditions forbidden by the statutes. " Tbe United States, be says, : contended at Geneva that no nation can, under oover of the deficiencies of ; its own laws, disregard ita dutiea to-; ward another power. Whatever pre- text and attempts may be made to oarry j on tbeae expeditions, aa peaceful and ; lawful voyages, the fact remains, says i the attorney, that from the begginuing j of tbe insurrection, the base of supplies for war material bas been in tbe United j States. This branch of Mr. Carlisle's report oonolndes aa follows: j "To tolerate thia state of affairs and these aots ia violation of the treaties of neutrality nnder tbe law ot nations , as they bave been proclaimed to tbe ! reat of tbe world by the United States j To prevent and punish these acts, I wbioh are in violation of the statute j 1 - .1.1. An .... I. I. kall.-t V, .. . . .,. u. .,i ,,. , 1" J???-?, I the aobject under dissuasion. Nor is it perceived what distinction or differ ence in prinoiple can exouse tbe exer oise of tbe diligenoe commensurate with tbe existing emergency wbioh in the sight of tbe world tbey required and enforced against Great Britain at Geneva.'" In oonolualon, after a review of the proclamations of various presidents of the United Statea. the attorney aays ! that, while it oould not be insisted that one nation la bound to take notioe ot the existenoe of an insurrection in an other country, as it ia bonnd to recog nise a state of publio r, it is never tbeleaa bonnd to take notioe of such oondition to the extent that it gives warning to the oitiaens and inhabitants in the discharge of obligations whioh one friendly nation owes another, and aa a measure of precaution must pre vent the violation of this obligation He deolarea that the proclamation olted in the appendioea fully illustrate the recognition of thia prinoiple by the United Statea, wbioh is especially ac centuated by tbe proclamation of Presi dent Cleveland on June 13, 1806. He oonolndes thia portion of his report by saying: "Tbe lawa made by the municipal authorities of the United States oaunot measure or limit the international re sponsibility of the United States." The official, to whom copies of this 1- 1 . JJ . -1 Ai A n. Mn wA to diaousa tbe matter for publication, but all privately expressed tbe opinion that tbe only object of its preparation waa the baaia of a olaim to be presented agalnat the United States by Spain on aooount of filibustering expeditions. A Turkish turban ot the largest sine contains from ten to twenty yards of the finest and aof teat muslin. Florenoe, Ala., Aug. 18. A terrific storm passed over Florenoe about 6 o'clock this evening. Great damage was done, but no fatalities bave been reported. Two frame bouses were blown down, and awnings, ohimneys and trees were wrecked. Treea were uprooted all over town and on Court street, large plate-glass windows were broken by the fury of the wind. The storm came from the northwest, one cloud being met by another blaok olond from tbe southwest PEOPLE'S PARTY TICKET. Result of tha Fu.loa In Washington. tha 8 lata af Laat week, at Ellensburg, the Demo crats, Populists and tree silver Repub licans of the state of Washington held their respective conventions. After much debate and oonoetsions on tbe part of the three conventions, com bined ticket to be called the "People's Party" ticket, waa agreed upon and plaoed In the field. It ia as follows: For governor -John R. Rogers, of Pierce, Populist For lieutenant governor Thurston Daniels, of Clarke, Populist. For secretary of state Will D. Jen kins, of Whatcom, Populist. For state auditor Neal Cheatham, of Whitman, Populist. For state treasurer C. W. Young, of Whitman, Populist For commissioner of publlo lands Robert Bridges, of King, Populist. For justice of tbe supreme oourt j John B. Reavia, of Yakima, Democrat, : For attorney-general Patrick Henry ! Winston, of Spokane, Silverite. For state printer Owin Hicks, of i Thurston, Democrat For superintendent of public instroo- ; tlon F. J. Browne, of King, Silverite. j For congressmen James Hamilton i Lewis, of King, Democrat; W. C. , Jones, ot Spokane, Silverite. ! For presidential electors H. N. Caton, of Whitman, Democrat; I. N. ! Maxwell, of Whatcom, Democrat; ; Charles EL Cline. of Whatcom. Podu- i Hst; B. A. Newman, of Spokane, Pop- nliat Democratic Platform. Following are the three platforms adopted at Ellensburg: "Seotion 1. The representativea of tbe Democratic party of the state of Washington, in convention assembled, do hereby reaffirm our allegianoe to tbe principles of the party as formulated 1 by Thomas Jefferson and firmly main j tained by Andrew Jackson. We be governed, is necessary, especially when tbe oontrol of this government threat ens to fall into the bands of aristoc racy, monopoly and despotism. "Sea 2. We greet with hearty ap proval the new declaration of indepen dence enunciated by tbe Democracy of the United States of America at the re cent convention in Chicago; indorse every principle of Iti platform, and pledge our united support to tbe candi dates there selected. We recognize in 4,18 nomination ot William Jennings T) 1 A . .1 C! 11 An i Bryan and Arthur Sewall an inopira tion from tbe Supreme Ruler of Na tions, by whose favor our country bus passed through every boor of trial and of peril and bas ever found leaders equal to tbe occasion, grand as the op portunity, sufficient to the struggle, great aa the greater need required. "Sec. 3. We demand the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at tbe ratio of 16 to 1, without waiting for the consent of any other nation on earth. We denonnoe the pretense of Republican international bi-metalisra aa a subterfuge: an attempt to estab lish a gold Trristooraoy with the aid of those who may be duped by a meaning less phrase. "Sec. 4. We denonnoe the present Republican administration of our state aa extravagant, oorrupt, scandal-breeding and a willful abuse of the people's rights. With a pretense of honoring the memory of the great namea ot obam pinns of the people, it now bows down to political boraes and has not enrolled upon its banner the name of any man nnsubservient to tbe dictates of the money power. "Sea 6. We oall the attention of the oommon people to tbe perpetuation in our state of tbe gigantio Repulbioan ring, whioh uses the publio patronage to oontrol future elections to perpetu ate itself in tbe oontrol of tbe publio purse; uses the gigantic earnings of .i.wv.u. J """u"u T"" hipa) to dictate the election of 1 . i . u 1 . DAJ,...I our representativea in congress and the senate; abuses the franchise of the pub lio preea by opening the columns of its j newspapers -to but one side of public disousalons; demanda of and receives from its votaries absolute prostitution i of individual liberty to the diotatea of : machine politicians. "Sea. 6. We invite the serious at tention of the laboring olasses in our state to the attempted oontrol of the eleotive franchise by threats on the part of the Republican leaders. They do not hesitate to threaten their employes with discharge unless tbey submit to a sale of the free voting right guaranteed tbem by- the constitution. Nor will tbey atop at threats, but will openly carry out the shameful abuse of power unless oheoked by the righteous indig nation of a free people. "Sea 7. We pledge the people of this great state that when given the Z oontrol of ita government we will re' "MOT - - ...-.... . UW lowest limit consistent with a just and careful administration ot the govern mental functions. We will stop the present rquandering of the great pub lio domain. We will, so far as now remain possible, use the publio lands for tbe benefit of the whole people, and not tor the purpose ot pulling the purse-strings of private corporations. We will reduce the burdens laid upon production by the greed of transporta tion companies, aided by legislation purchased from Republican legisla tures. To this end we favor a law pro viding for freight rates not exceeding those ot the Helm bill, and we favor a 8-oent per mile passenger fare. We will endeavor to make possible the car rying out of our system of publio schools, now closed aa the result of Re publloan extravaganoe. 'Free oommon schools are the nursery of good govern ment ' They should when neoesaity demands, be preserved even at the ex pense of every other function of govern ment The Republican oontrol of tbe towns, oitiea, oountiea and state bas re sulted in tbe bankruptcy of our school distriots, and we demand tbe ovethrow of suoh oontrol. "Seo. 8. We oondemn the refusal of tbe Republloan party of thia state to divide it into congressional distriots, and pledge our party to fair divialon of the same. "Seo. 9. We oondemn our present election laws, contrived to throttle op position to the ring in power; pledge our party to their unconditional repeal, and the enactment of auch laws as will enable eaob voter to vote aa be pleases and bave snob vote counted. "Sec. 10. Whereas, the railroad oompanie of this state bave from time to time issued free passei to legislators and other publio officers, theretry influ encing their action, we demand that tbe legislators shall promptly pass ade quate laws to enforce the constitutional provision against the granting of free passes to publio officers and tbe use of same by suob officers. Sea 1 1. We demand better lawa in relation to mortgage foreclosures; the abolition of deficiency judgments, and that tbe possession and use of real prop erty remain in tbe mortgagor during tbe full period of redemption. Pro vided: That such laws shall not inter fere with tbe obligation of existing con tracts. "Seo. 13. We pledge ourselves to place before the people amendmenta to the contstitution reforming tbe present extravagant judicial system and system of state commissions. "We recognize In tbe ooming elec tion a orlsis in the affairs of govern ment. -Free government is self-government We are threatened with a de struction of the principle of self-government Tbe national banks, the transportation and manufacturing cor porations, the gold manipulators of Wall street and Lombard street claim the right to govern na. Demooraoy weara no collar; it serves no master; it has on ita side tbe plain, every-day peo ple of tbe country and state, and to them we appeal with an unquestioning belief that in thia hour of trial and tribulation right will oonquer, wrong will be dethroned, ever-oon trolling masses will overthrow classes, the peo ple will again assume authority and prosperity return, heralded by the an nouncement of a '.overnment of tbe people, by the people and for the peo ple.' " Tha Popnll.t Platform. "We, the representativea of tbe Peo ple's party of the state of Washington, in convention assembled, reaffirm our allegianoe to the principles enunciated at Omaha and St Louis, and most heartily oommend tbem to the favor able consideration of all lovers of freedom. "Firmly believing that the present system of representative government is inadequate, and that it enables the few to oontrol the policy of the government to the detriment of the interests of tbe people at large, and further believing that no permanent relief will be pas sible until the people can speak more direotly on lawa which they are re' quired to obey, we demand that the people shall be given a direct vote on all important legislation, and that all officers shall be made tbe servants of the people, subject at any time to recall or dismissal, and not, aa at present, tbe masters ot those who create them. "We demand the enaotment into law of tbe following propositions. The material reduction of exoessive salaries of all executive, legislative and jndioial officers; lessened freight, passenger, telephone and telegraphic rates within the state; the adoption of tbe Torrens system of registering land titles; a general system of non-interest bearing warrants, receivable for taxes through out the state; that school books be fur nished to the people's pupils in our publio sohools at tbe expense of the state, that in case of sale ot property under foreclosure decrees the debtor shall retain possession ot the property throughout the rdemption period, and the prohibition of defioenoy judgments, and that the period of redmeption shall be two years instead ot one; lib eral exemption from taxation of per sonal property and improvements in or upon land; that the next legislature shall take tbe neooessary legal steps to submit to the elector of this state to be voted upon at the next regular eleotion an amendment to the state constitution conferring the eleotive tranohise upon women citizens of this state; that the legislature pass a law in oonformity with our state constitution making it a felony for any county, oity or state officer to acoept or use a railroad or other transportation pass, and that the law shall also be applicable to those who offer suoh passes, and we oondemn all olty, oounty and state offioer who may bave accepted and used suoh passes a betraying the trust reposed in them by the party and as violative of their duties as oitizejUk "We oondemn the ohief executive ot this state tor bit ill considered and un just vetoes of tbe defloienoy judgment bill and the tree text book bill, after having reoommended it in bis former message." Fraa Silver Platform. "We believe that the widespread prostration of our industries, the de cline in agrionlture, the embarrassment of our oommeroe and the ever-increasing distress of all onr producers, the condition and existenoe of which is admitted by all, are direotly traceable to a oontraotion of tbe ourrenoy result ing from the demonetization of ailver, and we demand the immediate restora tion of silver by a law requiring ita tree, unlimited and independent coin age at the present legal ration of 16 to 1 at our mints. We call tbe attention of the publio to the faot that the people of tbe United Statea produoe and con sume of all the important produota of industry more than one-halt as muob as all the balanoe of tbe earth com bined; that tbe tonnage of our rail road exceed by 60,000,000 ton an nually the tonnage of all the foreign ' railroad added to the entire water traffic of tbe world, and that a a con sequent of inch enormous industrial energy our people annually transaot ; fully one-third of tbe entire volume of ; the world' business, and we therefore ; denonnoe a onwardly, puaillanimou j and nn American tbe declaration of the j national Republican platform that this uuuubrj Himuf rogmaw ih uwu uuau- oial system without foreign aid or in terference, and regard the suggestion of an International agreement as in sincere and oontemptible, and we de mand the repeal of any and all laws authorizing tbe destruction of the legal tender quality of money by private oontraot "We demand tbe foreclosure of the mortgage beld by tbe government on tbe Union Pacific railroad, and sbonld the government, through suob fore closure come into tbe ownership and possession of tbe same, we favor its operation by tbe government" RAN INTO A TRUCK. Motorman at Buffalo Mak. a Dl.tr..- Ing Blond. r. Buffalo, N., Y. Aug. 18. Early this morning fire truck No. 0, with a crew consisting of Lieutenant Hedden and seven firemen, while responding to an alarm, collided with a trolley car at tbe corner of Wolu avenue and 8yoamore street The truck was stretched across the street-car track when tbe trolley, which was running at full speed, struok it. Every fireman on tbe truck was injured. Jobn F. Clark wai pinned nnder tbe wreck and crushed to death, his lung being perforated by the round ot a ladder. Fred Jackey went nnder tbe truck and received con cussion of tbe apine. He cannot re oover. Tbe others injured are: Lieu tenant Hedden, hip bruised; Michael Rosenberger, left leg sprained and con tusions; Jobn W. Btchtel, arm sprain ed; Nicholas Noeller, hip bruised; An thony Mannard, bruised. Tbe motor oar wa smashed to piece, but tbe mo torman seoaped with but alight injur ies. Both tbe motorman and conductor of the car have been arrested. James Cowan, tbe motorman, says be beard the fire gong but did not slow up, as be thought he oould oross the street ahead of tbe track. TORNADO IN ALABAMA. Fifteen reraon. Killed and Other. Mora or !. Injured. Selma, Ala., Aug. 18. News was re ceived here today from Augustine, Perry oounty, fourteen miles from a telegraph station, that a terrible and most destructive tornado swept over that plaoe latt evening, leveling every thing in its path. Twelve negroes and three white people were killed by houses falling in on them, and ten other persons were more or less injured. Twenty-four horses and mules were crushed to death by falling barns. The tornado was followed by tbe heaviest rain that baa fallen in that section in fifteen years. Creeks and brsnches were oonverted into raging torrents, sweeping away cotton, oorn and other orops, causing heavy losses to planters. DARING TRAIN ROBBERY. Thl. Wa. the Time the De.peradoa. Were Captarad. Detroit, Aug. 18. A special to the Free Press from Charlotte, Mioh. , saj s: "A special stock train whioh went east on the Chicago & Grand Trunk at 13:30 last night was boarded by four men at Bellevue, thirteen miles west of here, all masked and heavily armed, and at the point of their guns oompelled the two men in obarge of the stock to empty their pooketa of all money, and a number other articles of small value. The robbers escaped, but were all oaptured by a posse this afternoon, and lodged in jail here. They gave their names as Jamea O'Donnell, Frank Wright Ed Marlow and Frank Edison, and ages from 18 to 23 years. Durrant Salrt to Have Been Insane. San Francisco, Aug. 18. The latest theory in oonnection with Theodore Durrant is that he was insane at the time he oommitted the murders of Blanobe Lamont and Minnie Williams, in the Emanuel Baptist ohnroh. Some time previous to the murders, he was sick and confined to hi room for six werki, being delirious part of this period. His friends now say be bad not recovered from this attaok at the time be oommitted the murders. It is still uncertain when the supreme oourt will consider bis appeal, whioh is now formally before that body. Dnrrant'a attendants at the county jail ridicule the idea of insanity. Fearful Beat In Texas Dallas, Tex., Aug. 18. The sun went down last night upon a parched and withered earth, the mercury regis tering 105. It came up boiling hot this morning, and at 10 o'clock reaohed 106. At 10:80 tho mercury registered 108 dfgrees, the hottest weather on reo ord for this seotion. Men panted like tired hounds from tbe obase, and sought in every way to avoid the intol erable beat At 11 o'olook a little shower of rain with a gust ot wind oame up, and gave the people relief. This was tbe closing day of the most extraordinary beat period ever experi enced in Texas. Lou of 100,000 by Fire. Creckford, 111., Aug. 18 Fire, gut ted the Woodruff block, on Seventh Rtreot, early this morning, causing a loss of over $100,000. T. L. Goldman, who conduoted a department store, is the principal loser, bis loss being esti mated at 55,000, with an inauranoe of 135,000. The loss on the building i $35,000, partly insured. Roughness is needless cause of dis content Severity breedetb fear, bnt roughness breedetb. bate. NEW NORTHERN LANDS Discoveries Made by the Jack son Expedition. STRANGE MEETING WITH NAN8E5 Tha OnrloB Chance That Enabled tha Windward Commander to R.itore Nanaen to HI Friend.. Vardoe, Norway, Aug. 17. The captain ot the Windward, the British steamer whioh baa just returned from Frana Josef Land after taking supplies to the British north pole expedition' commanded by Jackson known as the Jaokson-Harmaworth expedition, filed a telegrapbio message here yesterday describing the accidental meeting be tween Jaokson and Dr. Nansen, one of tbe moat remarkable incidents in tbe history of Arotio exploration: "On June 17 1 met Dr. Nansen three miles out on floe S. B. E. of Cape Flora, and under most extraordinary oironmstances. He had wintered in a rough but within a mile or two of our northern limit in 1896. and this spring we unwittingly came within a few mile of bis winter quarters. Dr. Nansen left the Fram with one oompanion, Lieutenant Sigard Scott Hansen, a lieutenant in the Norwegian navy, and director of the astronomical, meteorological and magnetic observa tions, and reaohed the latitude 86:14, traveling northeast from where he left the Fram, which was in 84 north, 103 east "Dr. Nansen expressed the greatest surprise and the liveliest satisfaction at meeting with us. "You understand how greatly the meeting affected me, and my pleasure at the extraordinary chanoe which had thrown it in my way to render him service and restore him to his friends." Jackson then desoiibes his own ex perience in exploring the western part of Franz Josef Land, telling bow he baa drawn extensive, aoourate maps, and bas dioovered new regions, and add ing: "When the Windward left, In 1896, we went on a month'a expedition to the northwest in a little boat, the Mary Harmsworth, and diaoovered a large traotof land to the westward, 'of hither to unknown limit, and a magnificent headland composed of ice from its sum mit to its foot, and having at its base a huge, unapproachable rampart of loe. We named it Harmsworth oape, and only approached the base ot the headland with tbe greatest difficulty, owing to surging masses of heavy ice and furious gales, during which our boat waa, upon several occasions, near ly smashed to atoms. We landed on the coast as often as possible, and as cended tbe peak and made numeroua geological and botanical ooUeotiona. Far up Cambridge bay we discovered another lofty loe headland, and named it Cape Firth of Nansen. "The spring has been phenomenally mild. Although we marched north a great distance, using sixteen dogs and , a pony, we met, after a fortnight, open water reaching from the face of a huge glaoier east to the precipitous end ot another large glaoier west Advanoe by sled waa thus out off. We then struck southwest down Markham sound, and added greatly to our dis coveries of 1895. But we were again stopped by open water reaching entire ly across the sound, so we turned west ward and succeeded in exploring the entire western shores. "During April terriflo snow storm, coupled with rise in temperature, en tirely broke the ice and prevented marohing, but we took a number of valuable photographs. Professor Mohn says that the scientific results of Nan sen' observations are magnificent, and numerous islands have been diaoov-' ered." t ' ' ' ''."' BY USE OF POISON. A Woman Killed Ber Father, Mother and Brother. Mansfield, O., Aug. 17. Miss Cella Rose, 84 year old, is in jail here, charged with killing ber father, mother and brother with poison. Dan iel Rose waa a farmer, living near Newville, O. He, bia wife and son died recently, within a few 'days of eaob other. It i olaimed that Celia oonfessed to an acquaintance that she poisoned them. Miss Rose was in love with Guy Berry, a neighbor. Consider ing her a nnisanoe, he complained. The girl's parent took ber severly to task, and the poisoning was the result Petitioned to Break the Treaty. - San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. Aug. 17. Senor Guerroro, late min ister of war, has been instructed by a committee composed of F. W. Pela and four other leading men ot this oity to present a petition to President Zel aya to abolish tbe free port of San Juan del Norte (Greytown) and declare an ' average duty on imports of 80 per oent ad valorem. Pelas is the sole owner of the only steamboats on Lake Nioaragna and the San Jnan river. The treaty made at Managua in 1860 between Nio aragna and Great Britain provide that San Juan del Norte shall be a free port ' The British and German merchants in the town have refused to sign tbe peti tion. Extended to Pltt.barg. Cleveland, Aug. 17. The Brown Company strike bas been extended. to' Pittsburg. Tbe strikers learned a few days ago that the Sohaife Foundry A Maobine Company, of Pittsburg, wa doing work for tbe Brown Company,' and thy sent a representative there. He sent baok word that he would prob ably succeed in geting tbe pattern-' makers, machinists and Iron molder ol the Sohaife Company to strike In lynt-'