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THIS MDKJNiiS'li- tJKJSUUXIAN, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBEK 31, 1900. POUND IN THE RUINS Several Bodies Recovered From Tarrant Fire. THIRTY-FOUR ARE STILL MISSING No Doubt Tb.at Chemicals Stored in tUc Building; Caused the Ei- plosiOR. NEW YORK. Oct SO. All the efforts of the authorities are now directed to cleaning away the debris of the Tarrant and other buildings wrecked by the great explosion of yesterday in the desire to find out how many bodies are buried in them and to ascertain the cause of Jhe explo sion. The efforts of the searchers for the dead were rewarded tonight by the flnd v insr of the remains of H. C A. Schmidt, of Brooklyn, and the discovery of what seem to be the bodies of three other peo ple. Schmidt was an engraver, and had an office on the first floor of 101 Warren street. The body could be seen pinned down under a mass of twisted iron, but could not be cotten out tonight. The identification was made by a nephew of Schmidt At the .northwest corner of the Tarrant building, at "Warren and Greenwich streets, a mass of clothing and indiscrimi nate articles were found, said to be the bodies of three people. The firemen went to work with a will to dig out the mass, csvd at ID o'clock tonight brought to light a portion of a woman's foot and the top of a crushed skulL The skull had long brown hair attached, and is supposed to be that of a woman. During the day Superintendent Dooner had a very large force of men working as hard as possible tearing down piles of debris and .removing it The fire burned all day, and toward night was practically to the end of the debris at Washington and Warren streets. The fire extends back for some distance, and is burning fiercely. One hundred and eighty patrolmen under Captain Wcstervelt and Inspector Brooks were stationed at the ruins at 6 o'clock, rollevlng the day foroe. Both Inspector (Brooks and Captain Westervelt were skeptical over the reported large loss of life. They both said that they did not ex pect that more than four or five bodies would be found in the ruins. Playing on the still burning ruins were four engines, and they kept their streams going con tinuously. A revised list made up to 10 o'clock to night shows 34 persons still missing. At 10:30 o'clock a portion of a human trunk, probably the abdomen, was dug out, and a little later a brown canvas coat There was nothlmr in the pockets but four quill toothpicks. StilL later the firemen found another portion of a skull and a portion of a human back. Dr. Cromer, of the Health Department who examined the remains, said they were probably all from the same person, as were the foot and a portion of a skull found earlier. The remains were all found in the Tarrant building. Superintendent of Buildings Dooner had 1000 men at work as soon as daylight ap peared. He declared that a dozen build ings would have to be torn down. "The force of the explosion has Im paired many buildings in the vicinity," ho said. 'I cannot think of letting men work in them while there is a possibility that they may come down- 1 believe the buildings along the south side of Cham bers street from Greenwich to Washing ton streets, -end on Washington street from 'Chambers to Warren streets, have been made unfit for occupancy. Forty buildings were damaged by the explosion. I place the property' loss at $2,000,000. Dr. Feeney, chief Inspector of the Health Department was at the scene of the ex plosion today. "This havoc was never wrought by ben sine or naphtha." he said. "I believe K "was nitroglycerin. It is used very largely nowadays by physicians as a heart stimulant, and Tarrant & Co., as wholesale druggists, would have had to supply it If Tarrant & Co. had 25 pounds of nitro glycerin in their place it would have blown a building like theirs into frag ments." George E. Hurray, Inspector of combus tibles, gave out the following state ment: "It is my opinion that the explosion was due to chemical action which took place during the compounding of drugs. Just what the exact cause was we cannot tell Tintil we can get the formulas used In com pounding, and can get the employes on the witness ' stand before the Fire Marshal. The company had a permit to store collo dion, ether and phosphorus in small quantities, & barrel of alcohol, two gal lons of benzine, one carboy of sulphurltlc acid, and ione carboy of nitric acid. If all these should blow up together I do not think it would make such a terrific ex plosion. I am of the opinion that the -explosion was due to chemical changes." President Thomas F. Mayn, of Tarrant &. Co., said today; 1n our own stock we had no ether, or et most not more than a few pounds. We had no benzine and no collodion. When we needed any of these articles to fill or ders we bought them from dealers. We had very little alcohol in stock, notwith standing the fact that we use a consid erable quantity in making our perfumes. We had absolutely no nitroglycerin and no gunpowder. "All our employes but two have been ac counted for. We employed 20 men and IS women. William Moorehouse, a ship ping clerk, and a boy who was employed on an upper floor, are missing." The damage to the Ninth-Avenue ele vated road is largely superficial, and can be readily repaired. All but five of the- Injured who were taken to the Hudson Street House of Belief were discharged "this morning, and those who remained were reported out of danger. The seven Injured at Governeur Hospital are still there, but are out of danger. Just before midnight a workman found a black cheviot coat in the exact spot where the human remains had been found. In the pockets were 4 cents and an appli cation for membership In the West End Republican Club. Shortly afterward. In the same place, an unrecognizable mass of human flesh was found. A half coat was also found in this place. Following is a revised list of the mlss 'ing: Philip Amand, James Aiken, Mary Bradley, employed in printing ofllce; Ira C. Barnes, egg; dealer; Francis Barnes, ess candler; James Cruger, employed a packer; Kate Callahan, employed by Tar rant & Co.; Isaac Cohen, truckdrlver; Mrs. Ella M. Cabel; Millie Golden, em ployed by Tarrant & Co.; Thomas Har- , riet, employed by Tarrant & Co.: William! Halsey. employed in ess store; Patrick liennessy, worked for Eppens, Smith & Weymann; Joseph Multler; Benjamin Moorehouse, Clerk for Tarrant & Co.; Julia Murphy, worked In Warren street; Hamilton Matthews, truckdrlver; Harry Moore; Joseph Natalie, kept a restaurant opposite Tarrant's: Jules Oppenheim, em ployed by Landfiold Bros.; Frederick Field, employed as plumber; Mary Busch. employed by Tarrant & Co.; H. Smith, worked in confectionery store; George W. Sulker, ess dealer; Abraham Stein George Scuck, employed in Tarrant & Co! laboratory; Mary Smith, employed by Tarrant & Co.; Uzzle Smith, employed by Tarrant & Co.; Jennie Smith, employed by Tarrant & Co.; James Wilkinson, em ployed by department of street cleaning; Victor Hugo Mathusek, the piano manu facturer. Is safe and uninjured. Charles Francis Buckley, son of the proprietor of the Home Made Hotel, said ; toaay tnat wnen tne explosion occurred. 18 men, and women, known as the "night j shift," were asleep on the top floor of the hotel. There werealso many men and women "who live out of the city who registered at the hotel. No one knows whether these patrons escaped, because few if any of them have relatives or friends here. Of the employes who were asleep, the womeri were mostly Irish and German girls, who have recently come to this country. They have no friends and no home outside of the hotel, and there is no one to Inquire for them if they are missing. Far Into the night, while the work of digging continued, hundreds of men, women and children with anxious faces pushed against the police lines and begged admittance. The bureau of information established at the Leonard-street Station was nothing to these anxious folk. The promise made them by the Sergeant to let them know when there was news, either good or bad, did not satisfy their grief. All through the tfay and into the night these anxious men, women and chil dren stood, growing more anxious as time passed. JACK KANE KNOCKED OUT. Kid Parker Brought the Fight to an End in the Fifth Round. DENVER, Oct 30. Before the Olympic Club tonight "Kid" Parker, of Denver, knocked out Jack Kane, of San Francis co, in the fifth round of what was to have been a 10-round go. The fighting was fast and furious after the first round. Kane went to the floor for nine seconds in the fourth round, and again in the fifth round before the finish came. He put up a wonderfully game fight- In the fifth round Kane came up weak, and Parker started after him with right and left swings to the chin, nose and head, with an occasional stiff right straight to the heart Kane went down again for nine seconds. With blood all over his face and breast Kane rose slowly to his feet and shot his right to Parker's head, following it -with leflts and right to the body and head, dazing the Denver boy. It looked as though Kane had secured a new leaso on life, and the crowd went wild with excitement but the Kid began again to make a punching bag of Kane's head, and gradually wore him down so that ho could not hold up his arms to defend him self, finally falling over on to the mat, where Referee Cullln counted him out Kane got up and dragged himself to his corner. Byers Was a Disappointment. CHICAGO, Oct 30. George Byers, the .colored middle-weight, of Boston, in hl3 fight with Tim Murphy, of Australia, to night at Tattersalls, proved a disappoint ment to the 5000 spectators. Byers got the decision after six rounds of tame fight ing, but made such' a poor showing that a number of persons left the hall In dis gust THE DAY'S RACES. Races at Yonkern. NEW YORK, Oct 20. In spite of the dull, threatening weather, a good-sized crowd was in attendance at the Empire City racetrack today. Summary: About six furlongs Mussette won, Gold Heels second, Chuctanunda third: time. 1:094. One mile and 70 yards Herbert won. Compensation second, Wait Not third; time ,1:44. About six furlonjgs Annie Thompson won, Cherries second, All Saints third; time, 1:110. One and one-eighth miles Decanter won, Raffaello second, Intrusive third; time. 1:53. Aboutsdx furlongs Himself won, TaU cose scond, The Regent third; time, 1:10. Races nt Latonla. CINCINNATI, Oct SO Summaries at Latxmla: Six furlongs Fulminate won, Dr. J. W. Ramsey, second, Robert Gray third; time. 1:15. Five furlongs Ep won. Trinity Bell second, Resignation third; time, 1:02. One mile Etta won, Honeywood second, Peter Duryea third; time, 1:42. One and one-eighth miles Sir Gatian won. Wine Press second, Viola Parsons third; time, 1:5 Five and a half furlongs, selling The Covenanter won. Senator Beverldge sec ond, Mateo third; time, 1:1D. Races at St. Lonfs. ST. LOUIS, Oct 20. Results: Selling, 514 furlongs Miss Bramble won, Al Lone second, Brightle B. third; time, 1:12A Selling, six furlongs Varro won, .Robert, Jr.. second, Harry Pulliam third; time, 1:20. Seven furlongs Nobleman won, Chi-'ka-mauga second, Belle Simpson third; time, 1:33. Selling, six furlongs Lady Curzon won, Bloomfleld second. Belle of the Glen thl'd; time, 1:19. Races at Lakeside. CHICAGO, Oct 30. Results at Lake side: Five furlongs C. B. Campbell won, Lord Roberts second, Krewer third; tim 1:04 4-6. Five furlongs Alpaca won, Daisy O. second, Olekma third; time, 1:01 1-5. One mile Azlm won, Hy O. second, Hanswurst third: time. 1:49 1-5. Five and a half furlongs Kenilworth won. Boney Boy second, Algaretta third; time, 1:10 2-5. Races at Northampton. LONDON, Oct 30. At Northampton yesterday E C. Bredin, the English run ner, beat T. F. Keane, the American, in a 440-yard running match for. 100, by half a yard. Time, 0:46 4-5. The Nenv Cup Defender. NEW YORK, Oct 30. While the per sonnel of the syndicate formed to build the new defender of the America's cup Is still withheld, the syndicate Is com plete. No difficulty was found in obtain ing the amount of money necessary to build, equip and maintain the yacht, and very few obstacles of any character have been encountered up to this time. Vice Commodore August Belmont and Cornel ius Vanderbllt will be among the syn dicate members, and the others will bo also prominent In the yachting world. There Is good reason for saying that the Herreshoffs will scon start the new ves sel, and, unless something unforeseen occurs, the new boat will be in the water the latter part of April and soon after be ready for a trial. This will give those in charge more than three months to put .her In the perfect condition she should be for the international races. Move In the McKenzIe Case. SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 30. A dispatch from Washington was received today by Frank D. Monckton, Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals, announcing that Keceiver Alexander McKenzIe. of Nome, Alaska, had made application to the United States Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to remove the case of Linderberg Chlpps into the Supreme Court of the United States. The court issued an order to show cause why the writ should not issue, and set December 3 as tine date for the hearing. Daily Treasury Statement. WASHINGTON, Oct 30. Today's Treas ury balances In the general fund, exclu sive of the $150,000,000 gold reserve in the division of redemption, shows: Available cash balance ...$135,355,364 Gold .. 90,497,121 .Tribal Revolt in Morocco. LONDON, Oct 31. A "widespread tribal revolt" says the Tangier correspondent of the Dal.y .Mail, has broken out In Morocco atrainst the Provincial Gover- nors. Serious fighting is anticipated. 00M PAUL IN " EUROPE KRUGBR WIM, BEJ TREATED CIV rJLIr WHEREVER. HE GOES. Bnt the -Powers Will Take Pains Not to Give Offense to' En gland London's Orsrr PARlSv Oct SO. Foreign Office officials believe President Kruger will travel in cognito during Mb visit to the European capitals, relinquishing it in each city only long enough to permit an exchange of visits between Mr. Kruger and the head of the nation. His stay In Paris will not exceed 48 hours, and possibly only 24. Tha French Government will not offer Mr. Kruger any formal function, though it is expected the city will tender him a demonstration which, will be a scene of enthusiasm. The government will not take part in the reoeptlon, but will not put any obstacles In, the way of private plans of welcome. In short, the govern ment will not take any steps likely to be construed as an offense to Great Brit ain, though It is certain President Dou bet and Mr. Kruger will exchange visits. The same proceeding, it Is believed, will be followed at each European capital vis ited. Disposition of American Prisoners. LONDON, Oct 30. The report that Lord Salisbury has notified the United States Ambassador, Joseph Choate, that the British authorities will release all tbe American prisoners In Ceylon, South Af rica and St Helena is incorrect. Mr. Choate has not been notified of their approaching release, nor have any rep resentations been made to that end by the United States Embassy here. All that has been done consists In an exchange of communications regarding their Identity and the destination of American civilians deported from the Transvaal and sent home at the expense of the British Gov ernment Destruction at Dothaville. CRADDOCK, Cape Colony, Oct 30. The Dutch Church Is the only building left standing In Bothavllle, owing, It Is' said, to the strong British measures. More Boer women have been deported from Jagersfonteln. They were sent to Bloem fonteln, where they are Imprisoned with others a few miles outside the city. Boers Derailed a Train. BLOMEFONTEIN, Friday, Oct 28. The telegraph lines are still interrupted and mails delayed, owing to the Boers derail ing a train 10 mile south of Edenburg. Ail Boers over 14 years oi age living out side a radius of 10 miles from Bloom fon tein are surrounded by British troops and brought here to prevent their rejoining the commandos. BRITISH FOREIGN OFFICE. Salisbury Will Turn the Secretary ship Over to Lansdowne.. LONDON, Oct. 31. The following im portant announcement appears thlB morn ing in the Dally Telegraphy "We understand that, after mature con sideration, Lord Salisbury has decided to resign the Foreign Secretaryship, which will be transferred to the Marquis of Lansdowne. Although the health of the Prime Minister gives no cause for anxi ety, we believe that he is largely Influ enced by the counsels of his medical ao visers." ' , Referring editorially to the appointment of the Marquis of Lansdowne to the Foreign Office; the JDaily Telegraph ap proves It, j:esjeclally In view of. the fact mat j-.ora Salisbury's Influence will still preside over the foreign policy of Great Britain." , . Lord Salisbury came to London yester day and paid a long visit to the Foreign Office, where he received Lord Lansdowne and, after him, the Duke of Devonshire. In the afternoon, he held the customary reception of members of the diplomatic corps, among those present being M, De Staal, the Russian Ambassador Paul Cambon, the French Ambassador; -Count Von Hatzfeldt-Wildenburg, the German Ambassador, and Mr: Choate, the United States Ambassador. He remained until a late hour at the Foreign Ofllce, and then went directly to Hatfield House. There is little doubt that the Daily Tel egraph's information" is correct. The ap pointment of Lord Lansdowne," whose control of the War Office -has been so severely condemned, will probably cause some dissatisfaction, The Times con llrms the statement of the Telegraph that Lord Salisbury will give up the Foreign Office portfolio, but it does not name his sucoessor. LONDON'S WILD NIGHT. Morning: Papers Express the Utmost Regret. LONDON, Oct. 30. The morning papers all express the utmost regret for the reprehensible scenes, which, as one jour nal puts It, "threaten, to lower the repu tation of England In the eyes of foreign ers and to earn for the British people unenviaoie characters of taking their pleasures brutally rather than gladly." Most of the papers throw the chief blame upon the authorities for their fail ure to anticipate what occurred with a sufficient force of poMce, and above all for their failure to bring the police upon the scene early enough.- The Standard says: "It is monstrous that a young girl cannot see bunting or Illuminations -unless she agrees to submit to the rude ness of any chance comen Possibly most people come out for fun and go home sober; but the majority of brutality is conspicuous enough to compromise our reputation as a nation of self-control and self-respect." , . Others like the Dally Mall frankly de precate the rowdyism and drunkenness. and asK whether such demonstrations is "hoolylsm or patriotism." A Falling Ministry. NEW YORK, Oct. 20. A dispatch to the Times from Parjs says: "The greater part of the French press is very hostile In its criticism of Premier Waldeck-Bousseau's speech at Toulouse. It Is regarded as too radical and socialistic In tendency. Papers like Le Temps and Le Figaro, which represent the great body of moderate opinion, are especially hostile and it Is evident that the Premier has against him many who heretofore sup ported him. The fall of the present Gov ernment Is anticipated in a week or two and the vclose of- the exposition seems to indicate a period of considerable politi cal unrest Lively times are anticipated when the Chambers open November 6. The universal feellngis that the Govern ment will not last long." Tax for Benefit of Red. Cross. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 30. The Gov ernment for the second time- within two months has imposed ,a special tax for the benefit of the Red Cross Society. The flrst was a tax of from 5 to 10 rubles upon licenses to travel abroad, according to the length of the time for which the license was granted, and now railway tickets are taxed 5 kopecks when the fare ls2 rubles or upwards. It is esti mated that the' ticket tax will yield $125,000 yearly and that on licenses $100,000. It Is understood that the. Czarina, whose inter est in the Red Crofes Society Is keen, orig inated the Idea of Imposing the taxes. Last of the Election Returns. LONDON, Oct. 30. Returns of the eleo- 'tlon in the Orkney and Shetland districts ,show a Unionist gain, J. C. Watson, the candidate of that party defeating Sir Xrconard Lyell, his Liberal 'opponent Arebduclts nnd DttIco Married. VIENNA, Oct 30. The marriage of Archduchess Maria Rainerla of Austria 'to Duke Robert of Wurtemburg was sol emnized" yesterday in the chapel of the Hofburg In the presence cit Emperor Franz Josef and the" court Arrest of Carlists. BARCELONA, Oct 30. The forces, fol lowing the Carlists In the Badalona dis trict have already arrested 16. Passengers who arrived here today said that "they saw a few bands1 in the districts crossed by tWelr trains., The Duke of Solferino fcas disappeared, More 'than 100 workmen have left Borga for a destination not dis closed. The battle-ship Pelayo, which had received orders to disarm, has been sent to Barcelona, The troops at' Saragossa, Burgos and Valladolld are ready to leave for Catalonia. Spain to Have a Navy. PARIS, Oct. 80. According to' the Matin, the rebuilding of the Spanish fleet will be entrusted to French builders. The Span ish Government, says the paper, has given an order for eight ironclads of 12, 000 tons burden, four armored cruisers of 8000 tons burden each, and 100 torpedo boats. The order is to be executed with in 10 years. Spain's Finances. MADRID, Oct 30. The Minister of Fi nance, Senor Salazar, refuses to Increase the naval budget General Azscarraga, the Premier, had a conference with tne Minister of Finance and Marquis Darel lano, in the hope of arranging a compro mise. No agreement however, was reached, the Marquis refusing to accept the portfolio. Sultan's Gift to Kaiser. BERLIN, Oct 30. Shakir Pasha, spe cial envoy of the Sultan of Turkey, pre sented to Emperor William today a num ber of gifts, including a very valuable necklace for the Empress. i Arctic Relief Expedition. STOCKOLM, Oct. 30. The Duke of Ab ruzzl has chartered the Gothenburg whaler Capella to proceed to" Franz Joself Land In search of the three missing Arctio ex ploration expeditions.. Ports Free From Plague, ST. PETERSBURG, Oct. 30. The. Rus sian plague commission announced that Port Said, Bender Abbas and Bushlr are not Infected with the disease. Count Tolstoi's Health. ST. PETERSBURG, Oct 30. Count' Tol stoi Is enjoying excellent health. He is writing aarama entitled "The Corpse.' PHILIPPINE TARIFF. " Will Be Submitted to the War De partment for Consideration. WASHINGTON, Oct 30.-JDispatches from Manila announco the determination to submit the proposed now Philippine tariff to the consideration of the War Department here, to be promulgated and confirmed. The tariff was prepared by a board of Army officers conhocted with, the customs service in the Philippines. While it was under consideration, all complaints concerning It and suggestions of those interested were forwarded to the board. Afterward it was sent to the Taft Commission, In whose hands It has been for some time. The tariff is now to be sent to the War Department and will be made puhjic to all interested for 00 days, during whloh the department will en deavor to ascertain the views of persons in this country as to any changes needed. Finally, l will be reviewed by the com mission and proclaimed by the War De partment MacArthur Casualty List. WASHINGTON, Oct. 30. General Mac Arthur's latest death report from Manila follows: r -.m ... . Dysentery October 25. "'Seventeenth In fantry, Albert W. Frlsby; October 24, Twenty-first Infantry, Patrick J. Martin; Thirteenth Infantry, Dennis Murphy; October 22, Thirty-eighth Infantry, George F. Thornton. Tuberculosis October 24, Fourth Caval ry. Fred P. Sullivan; Thirty-ninth In fantry, Charles T. Stearns; October 24, Seventeenth Infantry, William Cross; October 7, Thirtieth Infantry, Logan B. Jackson. Malarial fevers-October 22, Forty-ninth rlnfantry, Robert L. Baker; .Signal Corps, John H. Taylor; August 9, Twenty-eighth infantry, John Englehardt. Typhoid fever October 2G. Twenty seventh -Infantry, Charles E. Lenox. Meningitis October 24, EighthInfantry, William H. Phelps: October 20, Forty first Infantry, William J. .Miller.. All other causes October 21, Third Cav alry, Alton 'M. Rumory; October 17, Forty ninth Infantry, Douglas Alston; October 21, Thirty-seventh Infantry, John J. Eng land; September 24, Forty-fourth Infan try, Veri Stockstill; October 10, Thirty seventh Infantry, William Chatman. Killed October 26, near . Bangued, Lu zon, Thirty-th'lrd Infantry, Sergeant Vin cent Burgsialfer. , ' " ' Wounded Thomas C. Tudker,. wounded In shoulder,' moderate: Thomas B. Davis, wounded in thigh, mortal. I i RAISING OF THE STRIKE. Eight More Collieries Renamed . Work Yesterday. SORANTON, Pa., Oct 30. The eight Ontario & ' Western collieries resumed work today. The strike at the Forest Mining Company's two places at Archi bald, which hps been on for several months, will likely be raised tomorrows Superintendent Jones had a conference with a committee of the men today and practically agreed upon terms of adjust ment. The two other Idle collieries, the Green Ridge and the Clark, are also ne gotiating for an adjustment of the trouble. "District President Nichols, of the United Mlneworkers, announced today that the men of this district will make a gen eral demand on the "operators for semi monthly, pay, and permission to main tain a oheck weighman or check docking boss at each colliery to insure the min ers against unfair treatment POSTED THE NOTICE. Lehigh & Wllkesbarre Company Meets Strikers' Demands. HAZLETON, Pa., Oct. 30. The inen em ployed at the collieries of the Lehigh & Wllkesbarre Coal Company met today and adopted a resolution requesting the com pany to abolish the sliding scale and guar antee to pay the 10 per cent increase until April 1. The company Immediately agreed to the proposition and posted notices to night. Work will be resumed as soon as the mines can be put in shape. A. Pardee & Co. hired 75 new men at the Cranberry colliery today to take the places of striking miners who have not reported for work. Many of the union men are still on strike at this mine, be cause of the refusal of the firm to rein state the union engineers. Pardee & Co. have refused to reinstate the men at Lat tlmer who went on strike and got their settlement They announce that If these men want work they must reapply. The Gaynor Case. NEW YORK, Oct 30. The hearing, in the Gaynor case was continued by United States Commissioner Shields-today.1 The cross-examination of H. C. Ripley, the engineering' expert, was continued by United States District Attorney Erwln. Don't Trust to Luck And recklessly order "a bottle -of ale," but rather emphasize the fact that you know what good ale Is by calling for a bottle of Evffns'-the only ale without sediment. ' CONFESSED TO PERJURY CALEB POWERS CONVICTED ON FALSE TESTIMOIfY. Flnley Anderson, a Witness at the Trial, Declares He Was Paid to Swear to a Lie. LOUISVILLE, Ky Oct. 30. The Even ing Post , today prints an affidavit of Flnloy B. Anderson, a telegraph opera tor, who testified against Caleb Powers, in which Anderson denies certain im portant statements that he made on the witness stand in the Powers' trial. An derson tellB of meeting Attorney Camp bell, in Cincinnati, and continues in his affidavit: "Colonel Campbell told me that Joe Owens had told him that I said that Caleb Powers, at the hotel in Barbour ville, prior to the 25th of January, had used these words speaking of William Goebel: 'If we cannot get him killed ana ,it' is necessary, I will kill him myself.' I said to Mr. Campbell that I had told no one any such thing, and that Powers had not made such a statement to me. Campbell and Owens insisted I had made such a statement and I afterwards, upon Campbell's suggestion, sat down and wrote out a statement, In whloh I in cluded! the foregoing statement of Pow ers, which was untrue in every particu lar, and upon -the trial of Caleb Powers I swore to it as a fact, when in truth It was not a fact "I remained In Cincinnati after this conversation with Mr. Campbell, and some time after that Mr. Arthur Goebel, In his store upstairs, on the fourth floor, where I had gone at his request, asked me if Powers had not In my presence at Bar bourvllle In January, said to me in sub stance these words, referring to William Goebel: They say he wears a coat of mall, but it won't do him any good or something similar to that. I told Mr. Ar. thur Goebel that Powers had never said anything of the sort, in my presence to my best knowledge. He told me to think and seb If r could not remember. I couta not remember such a remark, and I know that Powers never did make such a re mark, or anything resembling It In my presence, but, being urged by Arthur Goe bel, I Anally concluded to state that he did make such a statement, and so swore upon the trial, which testimony was false. "Before making my statement to Camp bell, Wharton Golden told me to make It fis strong as possible, as they (referring o Campbell and Goebel) would take care of me and protect mo. I desire now to say that I never had but one conversation with Caleb Powers, and that was In rela tion to my going up to Frankfort with the men on the 25th of January, and at no place was the name of William Goebel mentioned or referred to in any way or in any .connection by Caleb Powers. "I desire furthermore to state that either upon the occasion of the first conversa tion with Campbell, or the day after, I received from him $10 In cash, and since that conversation I have received from him, both before and after I was a wit ness at Georgetown in the Powers case, various sums of money, and I have, since such conversation with Campbell and Ar thur Goebel, received from Arthur Goebel various sums, aggregating about $300, and upon one occasion ?10 from Justus Goebel. The last sum I received was on Tuesday, October 23, 1900, which was $3 given to me by Colonel Campbell at his office in Cin cinnati. Just prior to giving me this $5, Campbell had telephoned to Arthur Goebel to come to his office, wmlch Goebel did, and when he arrived at Campbell's office he went Into a private office with Camp bell, and Campbell came out and handea me S5." Anderson further gives alleged dates and details, and concludes his affidavit thugs "I believe my testimony In the trial ot Caleb Powers aided in his conviction, and I am unwilling longer to suffer in con science by the thought that the falsity of my statements have aided in convicting Caleb Powers." MINE EXPLOSION. Five Men Lost Their Lives and Six Were Badly Burned. WILKESBARRE, Pa.. Oct 30. A Heavy explosion of gas occurred on slope No. 3 of No. 1 shaft of the Kingston Coal Com pany at Edwardsvllle at 3 o'clock this afternoon, in which five men lost their lives and six others were badly burned. Five of the six Injured are In precarious condition and it is doubtful if they can survive. The names of the dead are: Peter Usovige. Frank Mackaloulskl. John Dolan. Two others. Those believed to be fatally injured are: Michael Gatorskl, Adam Lotosko, Andrew Ratouklski, John Bucho and David Evans. When these men were brought tt the sur face by the rescuers their skin hung In shreds from their bodies. The work of rescue was dangerous as after-damp had accumulated. . The first rescuing party that went down the mine was driven back and two men in the party had to be carried out The force of the explosion was so great that, It blew down a great section of the roof. The accident was due to an employe who diverted the air course unwittingly and allowed the gas to accumulate in the place where the men were at work. COLLISION IJT ILLINOIS. One Man" Was Killed and Six Were Injured. ST. LOUIS. Oct. 30.-One man was - killed and six others injured, one perhaps fatally, In a collision on the Chicago & Alton Railroad near Mitchell, HI., early today. The passengera received a shak ing up, but none was seriously hurt- DeadGeorge W. Corson, mail clerk, Bloomlngton, 111. Injured Sydney L. Webster, engineer, Bloomlngton, arms and legs broken, and Injured Internally; George Heritage, fire man, Bloomlngton. arm broken; B. Dur ham, Bloomington1; William Stewart, mall clerk, Chicago; J. W. Murphy, mall clerk, Bloomlngton; R- P. Hlmes, mail clerk, Normal, 111. The collision occurred between the pas senger train known as the Midnight Spe cial, bound from Chicago to St. Louis, and a freight train, on a long curve near Mitchell. Webster and his fireman Jumped, as did also the engineer, and fire man of the freight train. The first car behind the engine of tho oassenger train was the mall car, In which several clerks were asleep. The engine of the freight crashed through the front of the mall car, telescoping it and injuring a number of the clerks THE VENEZUELA EARTHQUAKE Twenty-five Persons Perished Guarcnos. at CARACAS, Venezuela, Oct DO. Yester day's earthquake destroyed the town of Guarenas, resulting In the loss of 23 lives. Nearly the entire population of Caracas passed last nlgh't In the streets or squares of the city. Slight tremors following the severe shocks have recurred at varying Intervals and still continue. Secretary Russell Reports. WASHINGTON, Oct. SO. The State De partment has received the following ca- blegram from Mr. Russell, Secretary of the Legation at Caracas, concerning the recent earthquake in which Clpriana Cas tro, the President of the republic, was Injured: "Caracas, via Haytl, Oct 29. Secretary of State, Washington: Severe earthquake this morning: great damage to property; several killed; President In jumping from FINDING A FORTUNE AND FOUNDING A FORTUNE. t A Tramp's Luck and an Ener getic EY1 a nV Purpose. It 1st perhaps true, as told, that a tramp, searching a garbage barrel for scraps of refuse food, found a fortune in good United States currency. Such a thing may happen. But the workman who gives up a steady occupation, however unremunera tlve, to hunt garbage barrels for a fort une, will surely degenerate to a tramp. There Is a difference between finding a fortuno and foundlnar a. fortune. Iftewi men chance upon fortunes. The fortunes). we Know aoout are not iouna DUt iounaea on a certain substantial basis. The nature of that basis of fortune is well set forth In the advice given by a successful merchant to a young roan who asked, "What is the first requisite to making a fortune?" "The first requisite to making a fortune," said the rich man, "Is health. The idea that fortunes are made suggests toll and Industry and skill. Nothing can be made without these. But a weak man cannot toll, and Industry is incompatible with ill-health. If you want to bo strong remember that all physical strength comes from food, andi that tihe amount of strength extracted from food depends up on the ability of the stomach to digest food and assimilate Its nutrition. The man who takes care of his digestion Is, in general, taking care of every other organ of his body." Success and the Stomach. The merchant who gave the above opin ion may not have been much of a physi cian, but he was a good deal of a phil osopher. He had seen men with success almost within the grasp', break down be-' cause of "stomach trouble." He had theorized the saying that the "weakest must go to the wall" into the saying that "the man with the weakest stomach must go to the wall," because no man Is stronger than his stomach. The man who will learn this lesson of success has taken a great stride to his goal. Health is the first prerequisite of success, and health in general means a sound stom ach and1 a good digestion. Look at the logic of the matter. Food is a roan's life, his strength. Physical life Is sustained by food. But the fact that a thing can be eaten doesn't make it food. Many a physician practising In the tenements of a city says of falling men or women. "What they need Is nourish ing food." Shipwrecked men eat scraps of leather, the bark of trees, anything to satisfy hunger. But this Is not food In any true sense, because it contains no second floor of the Government House, had his leg broken; details from Interior ,nt b -RTTeSHLL" I later. "CTJLTUS MAMOOK" AGAIN. Man Who Named the Club Rises to Make Ans-wer. PORTLAND, Oct SO. CTo the Editor.) The Oregonlan of October 29 contains an article on the U3e and derivation of Chi nook words. In which the writer face tiously intimates that the "youth" who suggested the name for a select social club "is in danger of getting himself dis liked," and demands that he "bo re quired to explain." With permission of The Oregonlan, he rises to say that most of the remarks are entirely gratuitous, and many of the allu siong very wide of the mark. Tho "youth," when asked by a young lady for an un conventional name for the new club, sug gested "cultus mamook." To this title the club added "the" and the terminal "s," which, no doubt, gave them a patent on tho name, "The Cultus Mamook3." The poetical construction, "merry-makers," was suggested by a young lady friend of the club, who took a liberal view of the Interpretation of tho word3- "The oerson who invented tho title" may nof know much about Chinook jar gon, notwithstanding he often mingled with the Indian tribes of the Willamette., Umpqua and Rogue River; spent some Rye1 - 3 in contact with Bannocks, Nez Perces and Cayuses; dwelt two years on tho Fraser River in British Columbia and two years fur trading with the Tslmseaus of British Northwest Territory and Alas ka, and the Hydas of Queen Charlotte's Islanda However, he learned that in a vocabulary so limited as the Chinook, many delicate shades of expression are contained In a single word, and that in terpretations are largely idiomatic, in deed, much more so than is the case with languages scientifically constructed. Lin guists understand how difficult it is to render an abstract Idea and give It a just Interpretation when translated from one language to another; and this Is espe cially the case when a tongue Is falling Into disuse. As the Indian tribes dwin dled and intercourse with the whites be came less frequent only the most obvious meaning of a word was retained, by even tho earlier settlers, as is Illustrated by the use of "cultus." An Idle fellow wa3 cul tus because he produced nothing of val ue, but an Indian lying In the sun, idly having a good time. If asked "lkta ma mook?" would reply, "Cultus mamook" doing nothing of any consequence; having a good time. "Cultus wawa" did not Imply that the language used was vicious, but that It was of no profit, trifling. Jok ing. An Indian taking observations mere ly from curiosity, would characterize his action as "cultus nanlch" worthless sightseeing, merely observing for pleas ure. Taking this view. It Is obvious that "cultus" may Imply nothing more objec tlonable than the use of the word "lust. which in Its early signification meant longing desire, either good or evil, but which, as used at the present day, mean only evil. The assertion that "mamook" Is a verb Por Infants and Children. The Kind You Havo Always Bought Bears the Signaturo of j5fr nutrition. All food must be considered in relation to its nutritive value. When the stomach and the allied organs of diges tion and nutrition, are diseased the nutri tion contained In food is imperfeccly ex tracted, and the body fails of nutrition adequate to its needs. The shipwrecked sailor living upon scraps In which there is no nutrition Is on a level with the man who eats abundant nutritious food but whose stomach with its allied organs is diseased and. therefore falls to -extract from the food eaten the nutrition which is the body's need. Sound Stomach, Sound Man. That is almost an axiom. The man with a sound stomach and good digestfim will in ordinary be a sound man. because the nutriment of food Is the life and strength of heart, lungs, liver, kidneys and every organ of the body. The flrst need of a weak man is to look after his stomach and his digestion. There is the'ooramon seatJof physical weakness. How Weak men havo been made strong;' strong of ' heart, liver, lungs, kidneys. and Other organs by be- Llng made strong of stomach .Trad strong of. digestion has been told thousands of times by those who have used Dr. Plerce'3 Golden jiearoai xiscovry.. t "I write to tell you ot the great benefit I have r" colved from the use of Dr. Pierce's Go-ldon Medical Discovery," writes Mr. G. B. Bird, of. Byrnside, Putnam Co., W. Va. "It cured me of a very bad case of indi gestion, associated with tor pid liver. Before, I began the use of 'Golden Medical Discovery' I had no appe tite; could not . sleep ror work but very little. 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There is no similar offer of free con sultation by letter or free medical advice which has behind it an institution such as the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical In stitute, Buffalo, N. Y- There Is no similar offer-of free medical advice which has behind it a physician of Dr. Pierce's skill and success. In a Tittle more than 30 years Dr. Pierce, as chief consulting physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, assisted by his staff of nearly a score of physicians, has treated and cured hundreds of thou sands of men ami women. Is Your Life Worth 21 Centnr It may often haupen that the IsMie of life or deaith depends upon" knowing what to do and how to- do it in, a crisis. Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medical Adviser is full of helpful information Which may at any time mean the saving ot a life. This great work, containing 1008 large pages, ia sent freejon receipt of stamps to pay expense of? mailing only- Send 31 1-cent stamps for the cloth-bounu volume, or only 21i stamps for the book in paper covers. Address Dr. R. V. Pierce. Buffalo, N. Y only will not bear Investigation- ' What l the critic do with the expression. hyas klash mamook." a very good deed, and any other like expressions? But our learned dissertations must not frighten the dear girls out of a good time. Let them be merry-makers under their new name, if they will enjoy it. F. H- GRUBBS. "Cultus" la Elastic HILLSBORO. Or.. Oct. 29. (To the Ed itor.) In an article today on tho Chinook language, a writer displays some of his "larnlng" in defining "cultus mamook' and does very well as far as he-goes until he begins to criticize, but what woulu .q do with "cultus pot lach" (freo gift or free giver), "cultus wa wa"" (Idle or worthless talk), "cultU3 datawa" (aim less travel or traveling without Intending to go anywhere or definite, place? The Chinook, like all jargon of Indians, was learned by word of mouth, so that when ever a person tried to write It he spelled according to tho sound of the word as It appeared to him it should be spelled. Che roawa may be Just a name meaning noth ing else, or it may be a corruption of "learned talk." or cho wa wa, Tho last was the name at first, but was changed. Introducing the "m" just as some one wanted to drop one Walla from Walla Walla long years ago. R- CAVE. Pear Soap in stick form; con venience and economy in shaving, It is the best and cheap est shaving soap' in all the world. 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