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LATER YAMHILL COUNTY REPORTER. L>. I. AtBUBY, Publlsbar. MCMINNVILLE . ORBGON, Comprehensive Review of the Import- nut Happenings of the Fust Week 'Culled From the Telegraph Columns. NEWS. HOME Floods have washed away eeveral towns in Texas. Eight persons were killed by a tor- aado in Michigan. Bryan will make a determined effort to capture New York. The latest list of Galveston’s dead lumbers 3,859 names. The navy department is hurrying ves- -els to the Asiatic station. The expected clash in the strike re gion in Pennsylvania did not occur. Eight persons were drowned at Brownwood, Texas, by a flood. The Rio Grande railway is badly crippled. Anti-foreign leaders aie said to have oeen appointed to positions of respon sibility and honor in China, in defiance to the allies. The Merchants’ Nail & Wire Works, if Charleston, W. Va., which have been closed for two months, opened again. About 250 men are affected. Anita Lutz, aged 18, shot and fatally wounded her father, John Lutz, near Lansing, Kansas, because her father had sent her brother away to school. Direct advices from Carthagena, Colombia, say the rebels are active in that department. September 3 they attacked the town, but government troops from Colon arrived just in time to prevent their success, The rebels, who are under General Conimancho, will join hands with the forces of Gen eral Uribe. Plans are proceeding for another revolution for the nets but un recognized government. All the Leg&lions Will Move Elsewhere. THE CAPITAL AN EMPTY PRIZE FOR Ker. George B. Cutting, a young clergyman in New llaveu. Conn., has discovered in hypnotism a curs for the cigarette habit. Bethel Baptist church at Fairview, Ky., built as a memorial on the site of Jefferson Davis* birthplace, was de stroyed by lightning. Rar. Dr. Francis 8. McCabe, a I’ree- byterisn clergyman well kuowu throughout the west, died at bis boms !■ Topeka, Kansas, aged 77 years. I Calcutta, Sept. 84.—The extraordi nary raiuiall in Northern Inliahas not ceased for four days. Half the city of Calcutta is submerged and even iu the northern part the streets are Hooded to a depth of three feet. Many houses have collapsed. Thue far, there baa been but little lose of life, although as the rsiu continues very heavy, there is considerable apprehension. It is esti mated that 85 inches of rain have fallen in Calcutta. THE SEA. Strange Sight at lhe Sonlhnrn Mouth ol the Gulf of Mexico. Washington. Sept. 22.—Colouet William S. Patten, of the quartermas ter de pertinent, ou duty at the war de- paitn ent, has completed arrangements ¡or the free transportation to the United 'fates of the teinaius of soldiers and tailors and civilians who lost their lives and were buried iu the island pos sessions of the United States and China. According to the present plans of the department a burial corps will take passage on the transport Hancock, icheduled to leave San Francisco on October I for the Philippines. At the request of the secretary of the navy the same burial corps will under take t<> perform similar service with respect to officers and enlisted men of the navy and marine corps buried iq China and the islands of the Pacfiic. The corps will be in charge uf D. II. Rhodes, inspector of national cemeter ies, who was sent to the Philippines in November, 1899, ou a similar errand. When the tiansport stops at Honolulu to coal, the bodies buried there will ba taken up and made part of her cargo. Similar action will be taken at the Island of Guam and iu the Philippines. Colonel Patten says that the prevail ing conditions in China will scarcely render practicable any disinterments ii that country eallier than next spring, The remains recovered to be given honorable burial in United States at places selected next of kin. In all cases where otherwise ordered, interment will be made in the national cemeteries, with preference for the cemetery at the Presidio at San Francisco and Arling ton, near Washington. The approximate number of the re- mains to be exhumed is 1.831, distri- buted in the following places: Honolulu, 36 enlisted men of the army and one marine. Guam, eight men of the navy Chinn, two officers of the army 58 enlisted men of the army aud 37 men of the navy, Phil- ippines, 17 officers of the army, 1,150 enlisted men of the army and 28 men of the navy. New York, Sept. 26.—Captain Lyd- die, of the British steamship King Bleddyn, which arrived here today, brought a tale of the discovery of a sub marine volcano ou the northeastern edge of the Campeche bank, at the mouth of the Gulf of Mexico, lhe location was 102 miles north of Cape Taoclie, the nearest point of land. The captain 6ai<l that late in the afternoon of September 16 he saw a great, volume of vapor one mile away, it seemed to cover a space of at least 100 leet square. The air was clear and the sun shining at the time. The vapor rose like a cloud of steam 60 to 75 feet iu the lir. The water around seemed to be perfect ly clear. “Occasionally the vapor would clear,” said the captain, “and then we »aw the water break as if over a shoal. Now, it is impossible that any shoal exists there, and if it did that would not. account for the vapor. “The chart shows 41 fathoms of water near this point, and just to tbe eastward off the hank it deepens to 300 fathoms. We watched the vapor aud the occasional boiling of the water lor nearly an hour, and the disturbance was still going on as lively as ever. It certainly looked like a volcanic dis turbance to me." Captain Lyddle took an observation, and marks the spot as being latitude 23.14 and longitude 87.7. Justin McCarthy Retire«. Th re« reel nf R-lnrall. UNDER fteiiiHlrtM of Soldier* hik I Sailor« Will Be llrought 1* ruin lite <>rl«ut. Chicago, Sept. 25.—The Recoid has The state of Oregon has conti ibutea the following from Fekiu, under date more than $2,000 to the Galveston re of September Hi: lief fund. Changes in the plans of the allied Belle Archer, the actress, died at the conimauders indicate the evacuation of Emergency hospital at Warren, Pa., of Pekin before the winter sets iu. The apoplexy. British leaders have countermanded the order for extensive winter supplies and Three men robbed the First National the Americans are also making evident bank at Winnemucca, Nevada, and se preparations for departure. At the cured about $5,000. same time all foreign residents have General John A. MeClernaud died as been warned to prepare to leave l'ekin. a result of old nge at his home in The German legation will soon move Springfield, Ill., aged 88 years. elsewhere aud the Russians are alieady in an engagement with Filipinos withdrawing to Tien Tsin and differ near Solonan, near the end of Laguna ent stations iu Manchuria. It is also de Bay, the Americans lost 13 killed extremely likely that the Japanese and 28 wounded. will make the town of Nagasaki their At Iona, I. T., Postmaster Dismuke winter base instead of some Chinese was shot and instantly killed by Sain town as was originally their intention. Ashton, a well-to-do stockman, Bis The missionaries are protesting muke’s son rushed to his father’s as- against this “desertion.” distance, and was also shot. From North China come reports of a long series of disturbances. The at Thirty thousand dollars was for- tempted control of the local authorities warded to ths governor of Texas by the there is synonymous with anarchy and citizens’ permanent relief committee Phil A. Julien, coroner of Silver the country is only safe where floats of Philadelphia, I’a., making the grand Bow comity, Mont., aud one of the best the allied flags. Native Christians are total of cash forwarded to date by this known of the old-time newspaper men still being attacked and besieged in committee $55,000. of the country, died suddenly at Butte many different places in the province At a meeting at Lebanon, Pa., of of heart disease. He was a native of of Chi Li. about three-quarters of the 1,200 men Washington, D. C., and was 56 tears The allies are beginning to realize employed by the American Iron & of age. He worked on the Washington that the city of Pekin is, after al), an Steel Company, who struck August 1 Republican iu the early days oi that empty prize. Comuiuuicatiou between against a reduction of wages from $4 paper, and on other papers at the capi the foreigu forces, the envoys and the to $8 a ton for puddlers, it was agreed tal. He had been on newspapers in empress government is next to impossi- to go back to work at the rate offered, Myutaua for about 15 years. ble. The new capital in the piovince $3 a ton. The surgeon-general’s office oi the of Shen Si is 400 miles from Pekin aud General Viljoen, who succeeded war department has no information the journey has to be made by cart, louis Botha in the supreme command regading the epidemio of yellow fever which requires at least 60 days of the Transvaal forces, is reported to in Havana. Private advices indicate OPPOSED TO ARBITRATION. There has been a change in the l>e moving northward in tho direction that the outbreak is serious. The American front in the direction of an of Hectorspruit, with 8.000 men and fever exists in the best parts of the city aggressiveness which will probably be Min« Owneis Ar#» Not Willing to Settle TIiat Way. 30 guns. He is known as “the fire and among Americans who lune gone the last important demonstration before brand,*’ and will'endeavor to protract there. It is said at the war depart the evacuation. General Wilson, with Philadeli h:a, Sept. 22.— “Every the war. ment no fears are entertained of a 800 United States infantry, 600 Brit thing quiet and orderly," is the report In the North China Daily News, Li serious outbreak among the American ish and six guns, slightly aided by a that comes from the strike region. A Hung Chang is reported ys having said troops, as they are outside the city and German column, inarched against the few more miners joined the strikers' that as China could not possibly pav imt iu tile infected districts. Surgeou- Boxer citv of Pei Ta Chu, 16 miles ranks today, Imt not many. The temper of ths miueowners on indemnity which will be demanded General Sternberg does not think I there northwest of Pekin, and surrounded it from her, there wifi be no alternatis»« need be any apprehension concerning with the intention of capturing an the question of arbitration, as indicated arsenal there. A courier reports to in iuterivews ami statements given but to give territory instead of money, the spread of the disease. day that General Wilson’s attack was out today, is very much against the in which case Japan would get Shin The powers are planning to I evacuate successful from the first. There were proposition. Nevertheless, lather King, Russia would be given Shin l’ekin. Fillips came from the Hazleton district uo losses on the foreign side. Kiang, and Thibet would go to Eng- Railroaders may join the striking For the present all campaign plans tonight and is with Archbishop Ryan -laud. coal miners. mean guerilla warfare. Both the mili in consultation on the subject very near Llyod Griscom, United States mid dear to his heart—the quick settle Spokane, Wash., is visited by a tei- tary and the topographical situation in charge d'affaires, at Constantinople, ment of the strike Bv mbitration or China forbid anything else. Turkey, has made verbal representa rilde wind storm. any other honorable means. Protestant Efforts at pacification have resulted tions to the ports, demanding tho re Anglo-American troops defeated the in the return of a small number of peo- ^clergymen in Hazleton have also taken lease of an Armenian, who, it is claim Boxers at Pei Ta Chu. pie to business. The jealous guarding ’up the matter and will endeavor to ed, is a naturalized American citizen, The British troops occupy Koomatl- of the forbidden city by the allies bring the opposing elements together and who wits arrested upon the charge makes the Chinese believe that the amicably. The coni scarcity is more of belonging to the Armenian revolu l>oott without opposition. keenly felt today, mid, although the Boxers aud other anti-foreign Chi foreign leaders are afraid to desecrate tionary committee. An investigation 11 jading Company is mining and ship it. has been ordered and if the prisoner is nese are in imperial favor. The American authorities here in ping its usual quota of anthracite, deal found to be an American citizen he English and Germans express dissat tend to urge the severe punishment of ers are finding it hard to get as much will be released. isfaction lit American attitude. the persons guilty of the l’ao Ting l-’u as they need. Tlie'tonnnge of the oth Count von Waldersee has reached Further violence in the Shenandoah, murders. Summary vengeance will, er great coal carrying companies is Hong Kong. I’a., coal district prevented by the ar if they can effect it, be exacted for the gradually diminishing, however, and, slaughter c tile in the natural order of things, unless The yellow fever situation iu Ha rival of troops. the strike is settled, will soon cease al vana is decidedly unfavorable. The Astoria. Or., coal. Blinkers, val Dodges and together from some districts. British and Boers are fighting for ued at $30,000, were completely de royeil. M ill'll Property Somewhat vague reports are com stroyed by tire. the possession of Komatipoort. Scranton, Texas, Sept. 25.—A cloud ing in of preparation on the part of the A atevedoiein Portland, Or., drowned burst in the valley of the Nences river sheriffs and coal companies for a pos The work of clearing away the from n falling scaffold. Ten others Saturday night did much damage to sible clash with the reckless element wreckage iu Galveston progresses. property, and also, according to re- among the strikers. Nearly everybody narrowly escaped. Merman Petersdorf, a farmer living ports received here, resulted iu loss of believes that, trouble must come, yet By settlement of the wage scale, near Junction City, Or., murdered his 60,000 iron aud steel workers will re life on ranches iu that vicinity. The there has been no sign of an on break, wife. Nences at Uvalde rose 25 feet in two ami the men appear to be well handled sume work in Ohio. President Mitchel), of the United hours time anil broke the bridges, A by their leaders. Four masked men held up an express number of ranches were inundated mid Mineworkers, says 118,000 men are on ear on the Burlington route, near Lin one English sheepman, Ethelbert Mac- -strike. DARING BANK ROBBERY. coln, Neb., aud a very large sum was Donald, together with some Mexican Germany demands that the Chinese secured. sheepherders, are said to have lost Three Demperndo«« lleltl Vp « Winne« rea,M>nsible for the outrages be deliv miicca Institution. E. J. Clough, of Arlington, Or., esti their Ives on a ranch in the mountains ered up. mates the wheat crop of Gilliam coun near Brackett. Reports from a colony Beno, Nev., Sept. 22. — A special to Seventy-two new coal in lues have ty at 1,000,000 bushels. Some think nf nomadic Indians say that two lost the Gazette from Winnemucca, Nev., been opened in Prussia this year, in- the output wiil reach 1,500,000 bush- their lives. pays: creasing the output for 1000 by 2,500,- els. The First National bank was robbed 000 tons. Wandered A<*r«»«N the Country. at noon today l>y three men, who en The United States trans|M>rt Port Denver, Sept. 25.—1’. Charles The transport Thomas sailed from Albert sailed from Seattle for the Phil- Murphy, a New York undertaker, aud tered the front door and made all pres Fan Francisco for Manila with 1,(148 ippines with 509 calvary horses and a sou of Felix Murphy, ex-assembly ent throw up their hands. There were enlisted men, 107 cabin passengers largo of forage and commissary sup- man of the Second district. New York, tb e people iu the bank. Cashier Nixon, and $1,200,000 iu treasure. Assistant Cashier McBride, Book plies. has been wandering aimlessly over the keeper Hill, Stenographer Calhoun, Emperor William has pardoned a country since early in July. Yester ami a horsebuyer named Johnson. One Fire destroyed ' Germau-America« named Schuh, in day he appealed at police headquarters roIdler made Cashier Nixon open the mil elevators on Kiel. After 20 years' absence, Schuh I'rooklvu, causiug a loss of $100.000 to attired iu overalls anil jumper, his safe and take fiom it three sacks of bad visited his relatives and been sen buildings and contents. Forty-live bauds calloused from bard work, and gold coin. tenced to six months’ imprisonment for thousand bushels of oats were tier asked to have his wife communicated They threw this into an ore sack, to contravening the army regulations. itroyed. with and told of his condition. He gether with all the gold coiu iu the Major Edward E. Bravo, commis The United States transport Grant rememl>ered nothing siuce the Fourth office drawer. Tho robbers then sary of subsistence, who has just ar irrived nt San Francisco from the of July, which he spent iu New York, marched the five men out through a rived at San Francisco from the Phil until he suddenly realized while stroll Philippines and China, bringing home back door to an alley, where they had ippines, has been ordered to New York >ver 500 discharged soldiers, including ing aloug the streets of Denver that he three horses waiting. The men were for assignment to duty as chief com JOO sick and wouuded nn<l 30 dead was iu a strauge city. He attributes kept covered with guns until the des missary of the department of the East, >odies. There were 11 deaths during his mental lapse to excessive use of peradoes mounted their horses aud es to relieve Major David L. Brainerd, ¡he voyage. patent bitters prescribed by a physician caped. Au alarm was quickly given oommissary of subsistence. as a touio. and several shots were fired at the Methuen completely routed a Boer The department of the interior is desperadoes as they sped through town, •otivoy at linn liver, west of Klerks- toil on the Grand Banks. taking steps to prevent the further suf St. Johns, Ji. F., Sept. 25.—An un- but without effect. The robbefS re fering among the Pima Indians on tho lorp, and recaptured a 15-ponnder lost Facton reservation, Arizona, caused by it Cobmao. Ilo also captuied 26 wag- known Americau fishing vessel found turned the shot«, but no one was hit. The officers and armed citizens have a scarcity of irrigation water. Col ins, 8,000 cattle, 4,000 sheep, 20,000 ered on the Grand Banks in last week’s started in pursuit and a posse has also rouuds of ammunition aud 28 prison- gale and all of her crew, about 20 in onel E. H. Graves, of that department, nnmber, perished. The French “bank started from G< lconda to head them who is at Phoenix making an examin irs. off. The amount secured by the rob ation ol the conditions on the reserva A special dispatch from Lo irenco er,” Thornton F. .lard and 15 of her bers is in the neighborhood of $15,000. tion aud reporting any method of relief Marques says that Boers arriving there crew were lost, while six escaped. The that is practicable, has investigate«! report that collisions aro occurring on schooner Eddie lost three men. The Kxpl«»»h»n in n Itohninlmi Mln«. thoroughly and has planned a system the frontier between Poituguese troops achoouer Dolphin was dismasted and Dux, Bohemia, Sept. 22.—An explo- by which the underflow in the Gila and bmghers, whom the former wish lost five men. A number of other ves -ion occurred at the Frisch Gluck mine river n>av be raised to the surface in to disarm on entering Portuguese ter sels were greatly damaged aud many of vestetday. Tnirty-five persons were Sommer and a supply of water devel ritory. Several haie been wounded the fishermen who were away in l<oats killed anil 15 injured. Five persons overhauling their trawla when the gale oped sufficient to iirigate many hun- and further fighting is feared. are missing. •rose were drowned. Ireds of acres now uncultivated. Mayor James G. Woodward, of At lanta, Ga., was im|>eached for intoxi cation. The Lehigh Valley railroad has abol- ished the custom of earn ing uewsboys on trains. The largest portion of the town of Whitewood. N. W. T., was demolished by a tornado. Exports from the United States dar ing the past fiscal year increased Is s.ery section of the globe. VOLCANO BURIAL. Over 500 People Homeless in Nome. A NUMBER OF LIVES LOST Worwt ^tmni Ever Known in History of Nort It w « m t«rn Alaska Property L oh EstiiiiHt««t at Over •.>(>(»,<>O<>. Seattle, Wash., Sept. 26.—The steamer Roanoke brings news of the most disastrous storm at Nome. It raged with unusual violence for nearly two days up to the evening of Septem ber 18, an-l was the severest that ever visited Northwestern Alaska. A number if barges and lighters ware driven ashore and tidally wrecked. All aloug tiie beach for miles, both east and west of Nome, the wind aud water have created havoc with tents aud mining machinery. A number of lives are believed to have been lost. It is known that Andrew’ A. Rymi, of Los Angeles, was drowned. Several cap tains and seamen on small tugs are missing, and it is thought they are lost. Fully 500 people are homeless, while tho loss to property is over $500,000. There is not an alley lead ing to the beach that is not filled with debris. Many of the Front street buildings abutting on the beach have been damaged. Numerous small build ings were swept completely away. The damage to the buildings, tents, house hold effects, merchandise and other goods anil chattels is seen everywhere along the water front. The heaviest individual losers are probably the Alaska Commercial Com pany and the Wild Goose Mining & Trading Company. A serious loss is the disappearance of over 2,000 tons of coal. Captain French, in command of the troops, lias thrown open the government reservation to those rendered homeless by the storm and will extend such ather assistance rs is jiossible. STRUCK BY A TORNADO. 4 Bam Dropped on a Saloon in a Mich igan Town, ■ _ meapolis, Sept. 26.—A special to the limes from Faribault, Minn., says: Meager details have just reached here of a catastrophe which visited the village of Morristown. 10 miles west of Faribault, shortly after 6 o’clock this evening. The village was struck by a tornado, and n barn was raised in the air and dropped directly on top of Paul Gatseke's saloon, where 16 peo ple had taken refuge from the storm. The saloon collapsed, and all its occu pants were buried in the debris. At present it is said that eight dead bodies and three injured persons have been taken from the ruins. The storm came without warning, from a southwesterly direction. The length of its path in the village was less than half a mile, Imt., owing to its peculiar action, the distress aud damage resulting Were not as great as they might, have beeu. The storm made jumps of one block, but whenever it came down every thing was crumbled by the power of the wind. A barn belonging to Dr. Dargahel on the outskirts of the village was the first structure destroyed. It was picked up and carried a block, leaving the floor uninjured, with two horses standing on it. Before reaching the Gatseke saloon there is a two-story building, which was left untouched. All the people killed and injured in Morristown were in the saloon, having hurriedly taken refuge there wnen the storm was seen on the outskirts of the village. Thare were 16 people in the structure at the time the storm struck. The building was crushed like an egg shell. Before the building fell three people managed to escape, but the others are found iu the lists of dead and injured. After leaving the saloun the storm crossed the street aud destroyed the burn of J. G. Temple, aud took the roof from the barn of W. M. Bigoli. It then crossed the Cannon river and de stroyed the barn id A 1am Snyder, kill ing several hogs. The storm then passed off to the northeast, and did no further damage. Before reaching the town tho storm descended on the farm of John Olsen and killed a hired man named Peterson. Forest »»n<i Grass Fir«. Santa Rosa. Cal., Sept. 36.—A for est aud grass tire which has been burn ing in the, vicinity of Occidental the past three day» today assumed vast proportions. The tire has covered a space of about 100 miles square, aud is estimated to have done over $25,000 damage. Only by hard work was the town of Occidental saved. The tire is now traveling south, owing to a strong north wind. The^ North Pacific rail road lost miles of track, in addition to two long trestles, one 219 feet, and other 800 feet in length. Three county bridges are in ruins, aud about 18 farms have been swept clean of their buildings nnd crops. The towns of Freestone, Bodega and Sebastopol are iu immediate danger. Nearly 1,000 people are fighting the fir«. Germany I elieves all the power» but America will approve her policy. Six Feraont Perished. St. Louis, Sept. 26.—Dispatches from Neoces river valley, Tex»#, say in a little Mexican village. La Aigle, on Gallardo creek, a branch of the Neucea, not a house is left atanding as a result of the flood. A Mexican fam ily of fonr aud two American campers, supposed to have been deer hunters from Eagle Pass, perished. All efforts to get word from Brackettsville, which Mor« l’lajii* In Glasgow. Glasgow, Sept. 22.—Two additional was wrecked by a Hood a year ago, oases of ou homo plague bave been re failed, owing to tbe washing away of the telegraph wires. ported. London. Sept. 23.—Justin McCarthy, the noielist and historian, who has been a member of parliament for North Langford since IS92 and who was formerly chairman of the Irish parlia mentary party, aunonces his retirement from public life on account of failing health. WORSE THAN ALASKA. Hardship, of Gold Mining G uiana. In British New York, Sept. 26.—George II. Moulton, of Colorado, United States consul to Demarara, iu British Guiana, has airived in New York, being on leave of absence. In discussing affairs in British Guiana Mr Moulton said “The rush to the gold fields of Brit ish Guiana and Venezuela, which was expected to follow the settlement of the Venezuelan boundary dispute, fail ed to materialize. The new boundary fixed by the arbitration court is quiet ly accepted by tho people of Venezuela, and no further dispute is likely to arise. Gold mining is still being pros ecuted in the British Guiana gold fields, and a few Americans are there, trying to make their fortunes. lhe yield of those gold fields is about $2,- 000,000 a year. All the gold is secured by placer mining. “Mining in British Guiana is attend ed by the gieatest difficulties aud hard ships, and there is also some danger to life. The gold fields are all at some distance iu the interior. To reach them the miners have to travel through swamp lands and dense brush, which are infested by alligators, enormous reptiles aud wild beasts. Everything the miners carry along has to be packed by men. British Guiana is no place for American minets. They can do better in Colorado or Montana.” BIG Nearly BLAST EXPLODED. 20,000 Cubic Yarili of Uns Dittlodged. Roell Pueblo, Colo., Sept. 26.—A special to the Chieftain from Texas Creek, Colo., where Orman & Crook are mak ing the grade for the Rio Grande branch to Silver Cliffe, says: At 4:56 P. M. one of the largest shots ever used in railway construction was fired in the Texas Creek canyon. There were 640 kegs of blasting pow der used, besides a quantity of giant powder, which altogether dislodged nearly 20,000 cubic yards of rook. The Blast was pronounced a thorough success. All trains ou the main line were stopped by signal several miles each side of the canyon, and all tbe livestock in the camp was removed to a safe distance. Contrary to expecta tions, the report was not heavy, al though the shock was felt plainly on surrouning mountain sides. Quite a party from l'ueblo and other points had arrived to view the spectacle, which was magnificent. No injuries resulted, though a shower of small stones, which followed the explosion, covered a radius of a half mile. Shot Hi* Kimlier-ln-Law. New Whatcom, Wash., Sept. 26.— in a drunken quarrel at Blaine last night, Thomas Betrand shot his broth er-in-law, Frank Adams, with a re volver, the ball entering la-tween the sixth and seventh ribs, passing through the left lung and lodging near the heart. Adams will die. Betrand had been drinking during the day. Going out on the street he met Adams and eommeuced to abuso him, following it up by drawing bis revolver and shoot ing at him three times, only one ball taking effect. Betrand is in jail. He is a half-breed Indian, and both he and bis victim have bad reputations. Five Suicides in One Day. New York, Sept. 26.—There were many suicides in New York today. Magnus Swenzen, a cabinet milker, drowned himself in the North river, »(ter tving his own hands with fish lines. George Burick, an insurance solicitor, shot himself in Tompkins tquaie. He had been complaining re cently of a carbuncle on his neck. John M ver took poison in a Third ave nue notel, then turned on the gas and was found dead later. James Camp bell fatally shot himself in Central park. He had been drinking. Edward Schwarz also ended his life in Central park. Five Tramp« Killed. Cincinnati, O., Sept. 24.— In a freight wreck on the Queen & Crescent route at Sadieville, Kv., today, five tramps were killed and a sixth badly injured. Manchester Cotton Spinner«. Manchester, Eng , Sept. 24.—After the meeting of the cotton spinners her« today, it was decided to recommend that all the members of tbe trade using American cotton stop their mills for the tiist ¡2 working days of October.