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ESTABLISHED 1887. MET DEATH IN A MINE Over One Hundred Men and Boys En tombed at Pittston.' ALL HOPE HAS BEEN ABANDONED Distinct and Repeated Shocks Have Been Heard AN EARTH-QUAKE Kxperts Say That Even If the Men Were Not Killed by Falling Hook and Coal, They Could Live Only a Few Minutes Be fore Being Suffocated Heartrending Scenes at the Mouth of the Mines. Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 29.—At 3 ■o’clock Sunday morning the city of Pitt ston, nine miles from here, was thrown into the wildest excitement by three severe, distinct and separate shocks, ac companied by rumbling and earthquake disturbance. Immediately after, an ’alarm of the most thrilling character spread through the entire population, which was considerably added to by the alarm whistle at Twin shaft, at Pittston junction, accompanied by repeated fire alarms. Hundreds of people rushed to the Twin shaft, operated by the Newton Coal company, from which the alarm came, only to find that the shock so dis tinctly felt was due to an extensive cave-in accompanied by an explosion which occurred in the sixth or lower vein of the shaft. Their excited appre hensions were by no means exaggerated, for over 100 men and buys were en tombed in the pit. The fearful and distressing news spread with lightning like rapidity, and by 8 o’clock the head of the shaft was thronged by thousands of men, women and children, the latter wringing their hands and expressing most heartrend ing cries for their beloved ones who are imprisoned in the dark pit beneath. Tfie Work of Rescue. At the mouth of the shaft, besides the wives and children of the entombed men,’there are hundreds of persons, not residents of Pittston alone, but visitors from Kingston, Scranton and Wilkes barre. * The grief of the stricken fami lies is intense. Wives and children, \nany of whom have not left the mouth <u£ the shaft since the terrible accident, stand near the opening to the death ■chamber and urge the rescuers to greater efforts. Practically nothing has been accom plished towards the recovery of the men. 4 There is scarcely an old miner about the opening of the mine who does not believe that the men are all dead. The rescuing party which went into the mine at 1 o’clock came out of the shaft at 7 o’clock. The foreman reports . that the timbering in the mine is going era as rapidly as possible. He said the work was necessarily slow owing to the danger of falling rocks which have been loosened by the terrible explosion. Any suggestions advanced as to the probable time the men will be reached are mere guess work, as all depends upon whether the slope is completely choked up by debris or not. If not the rescuers may possibly reach the men within the next 24 hours; otherwise it will not be less than three days. The rescuing party is now 2.000 feet from where the cave-in occurred. The gas continues to accumulate and the roof, which was weakened by the explosion, is in danger of falling at any moment. Three Rescuers’ Narrow Escape. The men came out of the shaft bear ing the looks of anxiety and hard labor. One of them said: “I am glad lam out of that hole. I would like very much to see the en tombed men rescued alive, but I tell you we who are engaged in the work of res cue, are carrying our lives in our hands. Why, we had hardly begun work when a big squeeze came on. I and two la borers were putting up a prop about six inches too short. I sent a laborer for a ’ ‘cap,’but before he returned the roof came down and met the prop. So great was the pressure that the heavy prop was snapped off as though it were a match. Fortunately we succeeded in getting away before the roof came down any further. So you can readily see what chances we are taking.” Hope of finding the men alive and un injured, by the older miners, has been abandoned, because they know that the ventilation is bad, and had the men es caped the fall, they could not live 20 minutes in such an atmosphere. Others, however, recall the Sugar Notch dis aster of 1879, in which five men were rescued from a breast in the mine after they were imprisoned for five days. But the fact was overlooked that the breast in which the men were locked up was free and was in a direct line with the air shaft. It was the most remarkable case in the annals of Anthracite coal mining and may not be paralleled again in a century. Opinion of kn Expert. Speaking on this point Fire Boss Johns, who is considered one of the best experts in the Wyoming Valley on mine ventilation, said: “It is my belief that the air current in the twin shaft was shut off the mo ment the cave-in occurred. Then if the men were not killed by the falling rock and coal they could have lived some minutes before being suffocated. Or, if the space where they were was left clear, gas would have accumulated and exploded which would of course have burned the men to death. It is not likely that it will be known how the men met death until their bodies shall have been recovered. ” The mine owners are doing every thing possible tp hurry the work of res- THE ROHE TRIBUNE. cue on. notning is oeing spared ana the best labor in the district is being se cured. ’ • The damage to the mine is estimated at $25,000, and the expense of getting the bodies out will not fall short of $lO,- 000 and may reach $20,000. Besides the company will be called upon to bury a great number of the victims, especially .the Hungarians and Poles. The company is receiving some cen sure for sending men into the mine when the higher officials knew it was dangerous, and in answer to this criti cism the company declare that the same thing is done' in other mines of*the coal regions. The company had either to do this or close the mine ( which meant the loss of all the capital invested. SHIPS TOO SMALL. Secretary Herbert Cannot Comply With the Request of President Search. Philadelphia, June 29. —Two letters from the secretary of the navy have been received by President Theodore O. Search of the National Association of Manufacturers concerning the trip of American manufacturers to South Amer ica. Referring to the suggestion that a United States warship should be placed at their disposal, Secretary Herbert ex presses his regret that there is no ship in the navy that has accommodations for so many persons, on account of the cramped quarters of the officers and crews on board the modern war vessels. Secretary Herbert adds: Permit me to say that the president sympathizes as I do with the purposes your association has in view, and most heartily wish the enterprise the success which your energy so richly deserves. The department recognizes that the character of those who comprise your association and the broad purpose which they have in view gives to this enterprise somewhat of a national character, and that it is alto gether not like an ordinary case of mer chants seeking to extend their individual interests and therefore regrets his ina bility to comply with your request.) In the other letter Secretary Herbert says: I have to request that you will furnish the department with probable date of ar rival in South America of the representa tives of the National Association of Man ufacturers and the name of the vessel con veying them, that the commanding offi cer of the United States naval force on the south Atlantic station may be informed of their approaching visit and instructed to give them such assistance as they may desire and he be able to render. “MURDER WILL OUT.” A Man Arrested at Mobile For a Crime Committed Twenty-five Years Ago. Mobile, June 29.—-Oolyer, Hall, a well known citizen of this city, has been arrested at his home, about ten miles north of Mobile, for the alleged murder of his stepfather, a man named O’Ferrall, in Escambia county, Fla., on June 10, 1871. Mr. Hall has been a citizen of this county for the past quarter of a cen tury and is a well-to-do stockraiser, his wealth being estimated at $10,000..; He admits that he was present when his stepfather was killed and that there had been bad blood between them, but he denies that he fired the shot that killed O’Ferrall. Hall claims that O’Ferrall, after mar rying his stepmother, stole his sheep and hogs and several times tried to burn him out. Trouble sprung up between them and he would have nothing to do with his stepfather. Hall claims that one Sunday, while on his way to church with his family, the man rose from be hind a log, where he had a gun and pis tol concealed, and but for the presence of his stepmother O’Ferrall would have killed him. O’Ferrall attempted to use a gun and was killed by a gunshot wound, but Hall claims that he never fired it. WRECK NEAR HEFLIN, Two Men Killed and Three Others Seri ously Injured—Runaway Car the Cause. Heflin, Ala., June 29. —A fatal wreck occurred on the Georgia Pacific division of the Southern railroad near this place. Two negro men were killed and three others seriously injured. The wreck was the result of a col lision between a runaway freight car and a morning freight train which leaves Birmingham about 11 o’clock. The car had been sidetracked on the top of a steep grade in a lumber yard about one mile beyond Heflin. In some way it started down the steep grade and was running at the rate of about 50 miles an hour when it collided with the west bound freight. The engine was badly torn up and the entire train was thrown from the track. The engineer and fireman escaped un hurt. Two Mogul Engines Collide. Birmingham, Ala., June 29.—A head end collision occurred between two freight trains on the Louisville and Nash ville road,two miles south of New. Castle. Two large mogul engines and half a dozen freight cars heavily loaded with merchandise were badly damaged, some of the cars being torn to splinters. The operator at New Castle, it seems, had . orders to hold southbound train No. 71 at his place to let northbound No. 72 go by. Train No. 71 went by, however, and two miles this side of the place, while both were going at the rate of about 15 miles an hour, they collided. The train crews saw the two trains com ing in time to jump, and escaped with only nominal bruises. There were a number of tramps on the truckrods of the cars, and all of them escaped with the exception of one, whose body was literally mashed to pieces. His name was not learned. j President Appoints a Georgian. Washington, June 29.—The presi dent has appointed 0. Max Manning of Georgia, secretary of legation of the United States at Monrovia, Liberia. THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1896. WANTS HER RELEASE Farmer Protests Against Detention of City of Richmond. SAYS SHE IS NO FILIBUSTERER He Called at ths Treasury De partment Yesterday TO ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION Commissioner of Navigation Chamberlain Advised the President of the Key West and Miami Steamship Company to Carry the Case to the Courts —Return of the Steamer Commodore. Washington, June 29.—Archie Har u.er, president of the Key West and Miami Steamship company of Jackson ville, Fla., called at the treasury de partment to protest against the deten tion of the City of Richmond, which, with the steamer Three Friends, was captured by the revenue cutter Winona on suspicion of violating the United States neutrality laws in attempting to carry aid to the Cuban insurgents. President Harmer told Mr. Chamber lain. the commissioner of navigation, that the City of Richmond makes three trips a week regularly between Key West and Miami, carrying passengers and freight. On last Wednesday she carried Cubans and four Amer icans as passengers and a large cargo of freight. On arrival at Miami, and while the cargo was being discharged, it was discovered that among it was a lot of arms and ammunition. As soon as this was ascertained the collector of customs, in conjunction with the com mander of the revenue cutter, ordered that the Cuban passengers remain on board, together with the munitions of war, while the four American passengers were permitted to go free and Winona escorted the steamer back to Key West. Harmer declared that if the boat was engaged in any business involving a violation of the United States neutrality laws he and the officers of his company were entirely unaware of it. Tehrefore he asked for the release of the ship. • Commissioner of Navigation Cham berlain admitted that the case against the steamer was not clear, according to the reports furnished to the treasury de partment by the collector, upon whose order the seizure had been made, but advised President Harmer to take the case to the courts. The two vessels had on board about 40 men and 400 cases of arms, which are supposed to have been destined to Cuba. Among the men captured was Dr. Castillo, said to be secretary of the Cuban junta. COMMODORE RETURNS. The Captain of the Little Steamer Talks of the Trip to Florida Waters. Charleston, June 29.—The Commo dore steamed up to the harbor at 2:30 Sunday afternoon. Captain Morton says: '‘When the Commodore arrived in Tampa her papers were examined and found to be all right. Then she was searched for arms and, of course, none were found. For two days we lay in the harbor and on Thursday we set sail with no cargo for Charleston. Before we left the harbor we were lying very near to the revenue cutter McLane, and if the officers of that vessel wished to examine the Commodore and its papers, every opportunity was afforded them. "We steamed from the harbor very slowly, for the machines were not in the best of working order. When about two miles out I heard the report of a gun and saw the McLane behind us. Bang, went another, and I ordered tin? engine stopped and we awaited the ar rival of the pursuer. Bang, went the third, and this time a solid shot whistled by us, falling not 20 feet from the ves sel. The wind of the shot as it passed was felt on the face of every man on deck. If it had struck us the Commo dore would have been sunk. “The captain of the vessel came aboard and I asked what meant this out rage. His reply was that he wanted the vessel to stop and wanted to examine its papers. He asked if we carried a passenger list, and I told him no. He examined my papers, went through the vessel and found everything correct. He then left us and we continued on to Charleston on a peaceable voyage. ” Captain Morton said that he would leave for New York in a few days and that the Commodore would probably re main in the harbof. Wheelman Killed by an Electrio Car. Atlanta, June 29.—Herman Frank lin, a well known young man of this city, 19 years of age, fell from his bicy cle under an electric car at the corner of Pryor and Mitchell streets, and was instantly killed. The conductor and motorman of the car have been arrested, charged with reckless running. Charged With Killing Hl» Wife. Atlanta, June 29.—Mrs. John Mc- Cullough was mysteriously killed at Riverdale, a small place near here, and her husband has been arrested charged with the crime. It is said he committed the deed to get insurance money. Mc- Cullough has been safely lodged in Ful ton county jail, but a lynching was nar rowly averted. Amnesty to Cretan Insurgents. Naw York, June 29.—A special to The Herald from Constantinople says: The sultan has ordered a general am i nesty to the Cretans. M’KINLEY NOTIFIED Os His Nomination by Republicans For the Presidency. WAS CALLED ON BY A COMMITTEE It-Was a Grand Procession of Carriages HEADED BY DISTINGUISHED MEN Senator Thurston Made the Speech Form ally Apprising the Major of the St. Louis Convention’s Action—McKinley, In His Speech of Acceptance, Said the Platform Met With His Approval. Canton, 0., June ISA. —The notifica tion committee reached Canton at 11:40 a. m. The permanent reception com mittee, lately organized for the cam paign, headed by Judges George E. Baldwin, William K. Day and Henry A. wise, was at thepepot to meet the party. The decorated tallyhos and carriages were in waiting at the station. The pa rade was organized, and the Grand Army band and the Citizen’s Troops of Cavalry led the vehicles occupied by the guests. Citizens fell in behind and an enor mous crowd quickly gathered 'about the McKinley home, where the duties of the committee were discharged and where the general public had been in formally invited through press notices. . On arriving at the McKinley home, the committee and guests found an enor mous crowd assembled about the resi dence. But an open space on the north side was reserved and the party was quickly seated upon the camp chairs provided. Mr. McKinley and a com pany of friends occupied the front porch as the party arrived. Just as the crowd was coming down, Governor Mc- Kinley stepped out on the porch and was given a most enthusiastic ovation, cheer after cheer arising from the crowd. Senator Thurston stepped upon the porch and in his fiery eloquence de livered the official notification. He was greeted with enthusiastic applanse and frequently interrupted by cheering for the sentiments he expressed. He said : Senator Thur.ton's Speech. Governor McKinley: We are here to perform the pleasant duty assigned us by the Repabliean na tional convention, recently assembled in St. Louis, that of formally notifying you • of your nomination as the candidate of the Republican party for president of the United States. We respectfully request your acceptance of this nomination and your approval of the declaration of prin ciples adopted by the convention. We as sure you that you are the unanimous choice of a united party, and your candi dacy wjll be immediately accepted by the country as an absolute guaranty of Re publican success. Your nomination has been made in obe dience to a popular demand, whose uni versality and spontaneity attest the confi dence of the plain people of the United States. By common consent you are their champion. Their mighty uprising in your behalf emphasizes the sincerity of their conversion to the cardinal principles of protection and reciprocity as best ex emplified in that splendid congressional act which justly bears your name. Under it this nation advances to the very culmi nation of a prosperity far surpassing that of all other peoples and all other times; a prosperity shared in by all sections, all in terests and all classes; by capital and la bor: by producer and consumer; a pros perity so happily in harmony with the genius of popular government that its choicest blessings were most widely dis tributed among the lowliest toilers and the humblest homes. In 1892, your countrymen, unmindful of your solemn warnings, returned that party to power which reiterated its ever lasting opposition to, a protective tariff and demanded the repeal of the McKinley act. They sowed the wind. They reaped the whirlwind. The sufferings and losses and disasters to the American people from four years of Democratic tariff are vastly greater than those which came to them from four years of civil war. Out of it all one great good remains. Those who scorned your counsels speedily witnessed the fulfillment of your prophecies, and even as the scourged and repentant Is raelites abjured their stupid idols and re sumed unquestioning allegiance to Moses and Moses’ God, so now your country meu, ashamed of their errors, turn to you and to those glorious principles for which you stand, in the full belief that your candi dacy and the Republican platform mean that the end of the wilderness has come and the promised land of American pros perity is again to them an insured inher itance. But your nomination means more than the indorsement of protective tariff, of re ciprocity, of sound money and of honest finance, for all of which you have so stead fastly stood. It moans an indorsement of your heroic youth, your fruitful years of arduous public service, your ster ling patriotism, your stalwart Ameri canism, your Christian character, and the purity, fidelity and simplicity of your pri vate life. In all these things you are the typical American; for all these things you are the chosen leader of the people. God give you strength to so bear the honors and meet the duties of that great office for which you are now nominated and to which you will be elected, that your ad ministration will enhance the dignity and power and glory of this republic, and se cure the safety, welfare ana happiness of its liberty loving people. At 12:20 Governor McKinley arose to respond and the cheering was renewed. When quiet was restored, he spoke as follows: Major McKinley's Response. Senator Thurston and Gentlemen of the Notification Committee of the Republi can National Convention: To be selected as their presidential can didate by a great party convention, repre senting so vast a number of the people of the United States, is a most distinguished honor, for which I would not conceal my high appreciation, although deeply sen sible of the great responsibilities of the ■ trust and mx inability to boar them with- out generous and coriotant'siipporror my fellow countrymen. Great as is the honor conferred, equally arduous and important is the duty imposed, and in accepting the one I assume the other, relying upon the patriotic devotion of the people to the best interests of our beloved country, and the sustaining care and aid of Him without whose support all things are empty and vain. Should the people ratify the choice of the great convention for which you speak, my only aim will be to promote the public good, which in America is al ways the good of the greatest number, the honor of our country and the welfare of the people. The questions to be settled in the na tional contest this year are as serious and important as any of the great govern mental problems that have confronted us in the past quarter of a century. They command our sober judgment and a set tlement free from partisan judgment and passion, beneficial to ourselves and befit ting the honor and grandeur of the re public. They touch every interest of our common country. Our industrial suprem acy, our productive capacity, our busi ness aud commercial prosperity, our labor and its rewards, our national credit and currency, our proud financial honor and our splendid free citizenship—the birth right of every American —are all involved in tbe pending campaign, and thus every home in the land is directly and intimately connected with their proper settlement. The government of the United States must raise enough money to meet both its current expenses and increasing needs. Its revenues should be so raised as to pro tect the material interests of the people, with the lightest possible drain upon their resources, and maintain that high stand ard of civilization which has distinguished our country for more than a century; of its existence. If sufficient revenues are provided for the support of the govern ment there will by no necessity for bor rowing money ana increasing the public debt. During all the years of Republican con trol following resumption there was a steady reduction of the public debt, while the gold reserve was decidedly maintained, and our currency and credit preserved without depreciation, taint or suspicion. The American people hold the financial honor of our government as sacred as our flag and can be relied upon to guard it with the same sleepless Vigilance. They hold its preservation above party fealty and have often demonstrated that party ties avail nothing when the spotless credit of our country is threatened. The money of the United States, and every kind and form of it, whether paper or silver or gold, must be as good as the best in the world. It must not only be currency at its full face value at home, but it must be counted at par value in any and every commercial center on the-globe. The dol lar paid to tt»j farmer, the wage earner and the pensioner must continue forever equal in purchasing and debt paying ?ower to the dollar paid by any creditor. 'he contest will not be waged upon lines of theory or speculation, but in the light of severe practical experience and new and dearly acquired knowledge. The great body of our citizens know what they want, and that they intend to have. They know for what the Republican party stands and for what its return to power means to them. The platform adopted by the Republi can National convention has received my careful consideration and has my unqual ified approval. It is a matter of gratifica tion to me, as I am sure it must be to you and Republicans everywhere, and to all people, that the expressions of its declara tion of principles are so clear and em phatic. They are too plain and too posi tive to leave any chance of doubt or ques tion as to their purport and meaning. But you will not expect me to discuss their provisions at length, or in any detail, at this time. I will, however, esteem it my duty and pleasure at some future day to make to you and to the Republicans of the party not present a more formal ac ceptance of the nomination tendered me. No one could be more profoundly grateful than I for the manifestation of public con fidence which you Jiave so eloquently spoken. It shall be my aim to attest this appre ciation by an unsparing devotion to what I esteem the best interests of the people, and in this work I ask the counsel and • support of you, gentlemen, and of every other friend of the country. The generous expressions with which you, sir. convey the official notice of my nomination, are highly appreciated and are as fully reciprocated, and I thank you and your associates of the notification committee, and the great party conven tion at whose instance you come, for the high and exceptional distinction bestowed upon me. Presented With a Gavel. Following the speeches, H. H. Smith, secretary of the notification committee, presented a. gavel from a log taken from a cabin in which Abraham Lincoln lived. Mrs. William McKinley, Jr., Mother McKinley, with a few lady friends, Mrs. Thurston and the other ladies com ing with the party occupied the porch during the exercises. When the exercises had been con cluded the visitors were presented in dividually to Governor McKinley and Mrs. McKinley who shook each ex tended hand, Mark Hanna presiding at the ceremony. Then the company ad journed to the tent on the rear of the lawn, where a simple but dainty lunch was served. C. W. Fairbanks, who was temporary chairman of the convention, and chair man of the committee that is to notify Mr. Hobart of his nomination for vice president, was one of the party. Soon after the formal exercises concluded a delegation from Cleveland marched up the street to the McKinley house. * Tornado Strikes a Kentucky Town. Owensboro, Ky., June 29. West Louisville, a little town near here, was struck by a tornado at 2:30 o’clock Sun day afternoon. The house of 0. L. Clark was wrecked and Miss Sparks, who was visiting there, was instantly killed. Clark was knocked senseless and will die. St. Alphonse’s church at St. Joseph, was completely destroyed. A great many residences and outbuild ings were destroyed or badly damaged. Miners Returning: From Cook's Inlet. Port Townsend, Wash., June 29. The schooner Norma, from Kodiakata, has arrived with 35 stranded miners aboard, who pronounce Cook’s inlet mining boom a fizzle. Over 3,500 miners are at the inlet stranded and unable to obtain employment and supplies are going rapidly. PRICE FIVE CENTS. BLACKBURN IS BOLD And Denounces in No Uncertain Terms Capt. E, P. Howell FOR BREAKING FAITH WITH HIM In the Matter of Selecting Del egates to Chicago AND IN OTHER WAYS MENTIONED He Says Capt. Howell Is a Political Prosti tute and Sustains the Reputation of a Common Llar-He Plainly Calls Upon the Constitution Editor For a Duel and. Wants no Other Answer. Atlanta, Ga„ June 29. —A sensa tion was created Saturday afternoon by an editorial attack by Editor B. M. Blackburn, of the Evening Com mercial, upon Capt. E. P. Howell, of The Constitution. Editor Blackburn says Captain Howell betrayed him in the matter of delegate from the Fifth district to the Chicago convention, supporting Dr. Spalding, after promising him. In consequence of this and other things Editor Blackburn prints a two ; column signed article so bitterly de- , nuuciatory that serious trouble is ex pected. Editor Blackburn squarely calls upon him for a duel, and says no other reply will be noticed by him. The most severe part ot the attack is as follows: “In addition to the treachery dis played by Captain Howell in refusing to present my name to the delegation, he actually used his influence and vote for Dr. Spalding, thus showing he is consistent only in his brazen duplicity. But what else could have been expected from such a moral deformity? He left the best friend he bad, Pat Walsh, for the band wagon of the victor. He used base intimida tion and ways which I do not care to refer to in detail, but which are known to others in Atlanta that would cause any self-respecting man to look upon his dirty transactions with scorn. With such a record of treachery it is surprising to me that I ever tried to esteem this man,'but so many had told me that he was a clever, whole-souled fellow, that I tried to accept the estimate of others instead of following my own precon ceived view. “Capt. Howell analyzed is a political prostitute who would loan himself to any unholy work to further his own selfish, schemes. He has betrayed everything and everybody that trusted him and sus tained the record of a common liar. If there is a man in Atlanta who would be lieve him on a question of politics I will present him with a chromo, if I can reach him in advance of the court of lunacy. “Now this is my estimate of Capt. Howell and his continued mistreatment of me is my reason for publishing it. If he doesn’t like it and will adopt the manly plan of retaliation I will respond to any call he makes in r.ny way that he may prefer. I will never ask time or quarter, and ne may depend on it that it will be no Albert Lamar affair. But, if he should forsake all manly precedent and write me up in the prints after this arti cle, then I will laugh at his puerile cow ardice and leave him to the contempt he deserves/’ Cuneo on the Way to New York. San Francisco, June 29. —The Chron icle says: “Antonio Cuneo, the million aire banana king of New York, was shipped out of town in a comatose con dition, and is now on his way east ini the custody -of one of Dr. S. O. L. Pot ter’s assistants at the home for inebri ates, whose instructions regarding his charge, according to Dr. Potter, require him to keep the wealthy New Yorker properly doped and handcuffed, if nec essary, in order that he may be landed in New York in good order and turned over to his family. Cuneo came to Cal ifornia six months ago to recover his health, and his recent troubles have been the cause of much agitation in the Italian colony.” Miss Rowan Denies the Statement. San Francisco, June 29. Miss Lansing Rowan, the actress, does not credit the statement that her father, the wealthy banker at Batavia, N. Y., who committed suicide Sunday, ended his life on account of a published report that she had challenged Champion Corbett to a boxing match. “If my father com mitted suicide,” she said, “it was prob ably due to sickness aud financial worry. He has been ill and failing for some time and losing heavily in Wall street. I knew of this, and the news of his death did not greatly surprise the.” An Aeronaut Killed at Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids, June 29.—Hiram Cole, 26 years old, a professional aeronaut, living in Grand Rapids, Mich., fell 30 feet from his balloon while making an ascension at a suburban resort and died shortly afterwards. Fatal Fire In Augusta. Augusta, Ga., June 29. —One fire man was killed and three others f4tally injured in a fire which destroyed the 3-story building occupied by Miller & Co., millers and dealers in salttaeat and grain. Aarou Morton is the name of the man killed outright and Mike Riley and Bob Weawley are the men fatally injured. t