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ESTABLISHED
WRECK IN NEW JERSY
Forty-Two Poisons Killed and
Forty-lnree Injured.
OCCURRED NEAR ATLANTIC CITY
One of the Most Terrible Catas
trophes in Our History
TERRIBLE SCENES AT THE WRECK
A Special Train on whe West •Jersey Rail
road Crashed Into the Reading Express
With Frightful Results —The Telegraph
Operator and Switch Tender Under Ar
rest— Heartrending Scenes-
Atlantic City, July 31.—A terrible
railroad catastrophe took place on the
meadows, about two miles out of this
city Thursday evening, resulting in the
death of 42 people, so far as can now be
learned, and the wounding of 43 others.
A train left here consisting of seven
ctu;s over the West Jersey railroad bear
ing a special excursion of Red Men and
their friends of Bridgeton, N. J., and
Salem, and had reached the crossing of
the Reading railroad, when it was
struck by the 5:40 down express from
Philadelphia, demolishing two cars and
telescoping the two following.
The engine of the Reading train be
came a total wreck, killing the engi
neer and fatally injuring tin fireman,
and the car behind it was also thrown
from the track and many of its occu
pants killed or injured.
Leaving this city the tracks of the
West Jersey road run parallel to those
of the Camden and Atlantic until after
they cross the drawbridge, when they
switch off to the south, crossing the
Reading road at an obtuse angle.
John Greiner, the engineer of the
West Jersey train, saw the reading train
approaching the crossing at a swift
speed, but as the signals were open for
him to proceed on his way, he con
tinued. His engine had barely cleared
the track of the Reading when the loco
motive of the latter train, which left
Philadelphia at 5:40, struck the first car
fully in tlie center, throwing it far off
the track into a nearby ditch, and com
pletely submerging it.
Four Coaches Ditched.
The second car of the West Jersey
train was also carried into the ditch,
the third and fourth cars being teles
coped.
The engine of the Reading train was
thrown to the other side of the track,
carrying with it the first coach.
A few minutes after the collision, to
add to the horror of the situation, the
boiler of the Reading locomotive ex
ploded, scalding several to death and
casting its bci'ing spray over many of
the injured passengers.
As soon as the news reached this city
it spread widecast, and thousands of
people flocked to the scene. The road
leading to the scene of the collision was
a constant procession of hacks, busses
and bicycles, and all kinds of vehicles,
while thousands of pedestrians hurried
along the path to render what assistance
they could, or satisfy their curiosity.
When the news of the accident
reached Mrs. Farr, wife of the engineer
of the Reading train, it proved too much
for her. She threw up her hands and
fell, apparently in a faint. A physician
was hurriedly summoned, but when he
arrived he found that she was dead.
The shock had killed her.
Th© Trains Were Racin’*.
Telegraph Operator William Thurs
ton and Switph Tender Hauser are in
the Atlantic City jail now and will re
main there until an official investiga
tion of the disaster definitely places the
responsibility.
The competition between the West
Jersey and Reading railroads for Atlan
tic City business is very keen and both
roads run “flyers” which average nearly
a mile a minute between Camden and
Atlantic City. There are frequent races
over a stretch of track a few miles out
’ side of Atlantic City known as the
“meadows,” and passengers on the rival
trains who are not timid regard the race
in the home stretch as one of the exhila
rations of the trip to the seashore. The
timid ones, however, are always appre
’ hensive that something will happen as
the dangerous grade crossing is ap
proached. Thursday night the long
looked for accident occurred with its
awful results.
A railroad man is reported to have
said that the Reading train, which ran
into the Bridgeton excursion train, was
racing across the meadows with a train
on the Camden and Atlantic road and
had left Philadelphia at about the same
time. The railroad officials, however,
deny that there was any race.
Revised List of the Dead,
Following is a revised list of the dead:
Charles Muta, Bridgeton; John
Griver, Bridgeton; Charles Eckler, Sa
lem; Charles P. McGear, Bridgeton; Mr.
and Mrs. Trenchard, Bridgeton; S. P.
Murphy, Millville; Joseph Petus,
Bridgeton; J. D. Johnson, Bridgeton;
Charles D. Bourroughs, Bridgeton; body
•supposed to be Charles Soly, Bridgeton;
H. F. Bell, Bridgeton; W. C. Looper,
Bridgeton; Mr. and Mrs. P. O. Gold
smith, Bridgeton; Samuel Thorne, At
lantic City; Franklin Dubois, Clearfield,
Pa.; J. Earnest, Bridgeton; woman’s
body, supposed to be that of Miss Jennie
Sheppard, Bridgeton; Mary Wentzell,
Alloway, N. J.; Lidie Carr, Bridgeton;
Pearl Muta, Bridgeton; Mrs. Elmer
May, Palatine, N. J ; Mrs. H. F. Bell,
Bridgeton; Anna Freis, Bridgeton; Ed
ward Farr, Reading railroad engineer,
Atlantic City; man supposed to be
Charles Sebert. Bridgeton; Charles May,
Palatine. N. J.; D. E. Wood, shipping
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
clerk, Camden, N. J.; tr. B. Taylor, ad
dress unknown; James M. Bateman,
Bridgeton; part of a shirt found with
name stamped “A. H. Fox;” a boy
about 12 years old, supposed to be A.
Peters; Reva Looper, 12 years old, York
town, N. J. There are now nine bodies
at the Excursion House, where the dead
have been gathered, not id ntified.
Survivors of the Wreck Talk.
Dr. Charles A. Smith of Harrisburg,
who was near by when the awful acci
dent occurred, tells a graphic story of
the scenes he witnessed.
“It was an awful sight,” said Dr.
Smith. “Only four or five bodies had
been taken from the wreck when we
arrived there. The Reading express
had struck the excursion train on the
Pennsylvania, cutting it clean in two.
The Reading engine struck the second
passenger coach of the excursion train
with a terrific force, impossible to
imagine. The coach was smashed into
bits. There was nothing left of it ex
cept a tangle of splinters, mixed up with
the mangled and torn bodies of men.
women and children. Death had come
instantaneously, as from . a lightning
stroke, to most of them. There was no
semblance to a railroad car in this heap
of kindling wood. The third copch had
not received the full impact of the blow,
but it was ripped up badly and lay over
turned with one side torn off.
The engine and baggage oar of the
excursion train stood on the rails un
harmed, as did the cars at the other end
of the train. The train had been cut in
two and in only the luckless car which
opposed the great Reading engine rush
ing on at nearly a mile a minute,
scarcely one passenger was killed and
severely injured. I saw the remains of
the Reading engine in a heap of scrap
iron and rubbish, piled up with the
smashed car. The engine was crushed
so completely that it looked simply as a
scrap heap. I could not see pg* ere the
engineer and fireman were Au.dd, but
they could not have escaped The
wreckage caught fire from the ruins of
the engine and a fire engine from At
lantic City was brought out. The
flames were soon subdued, though I
could not tell whether any other of the
victims had been burned to death. I
saw one little boy laid out on the grass
with his clothing burned quite off him,
but he must have been dead before the
flames reached him.
Rudies of Five Children In a Row.
“The Pullman car of the Reading ex
press did not leave the track with the
cars in front of it, and the inmates suf
fered little harm, beyond bruises, cuts
and sprains. Those who had been spared
on both trains stood about dazed and
helples ■ until the screams of the dying
and wounded brought them to their
senses. The physicians who had been
summoned from Atlantic City and
brought over the Pennsylvania road,
came in thick and fast. I assisted them
in temporarily dressing wounds in the
field, -but it seemed as if most every vic
tim pulled from the wreck had been
killed at the instant of the collision. I
saw the bodies of five children lying
side by side on the grass as they had
been lifted out.
“The sights all about me were heart
breaking and horrible. Mothers were
looking for children and husbands for
wives, and the air was filled with groans
and cries. I was asked to go to the hos
pital at Atlantic City, where the injured
were brought and put in bed. As soon
as I found that there were enough phy
sicians in attendance I completed my
interrupted trip home.”
John Peters of Philadelphia, who was
on the West Jersey train, and who
jumped when he saw the collision was
inevitable, said: j
“The trains were crossing the mead
ows at a terrific rate, and it seemed to
me as if one was racing to catch the
switch before the other. So far as I
could see the red light in the signal
tower was up, blocking the Reading
train and giving the right of way to
the Pennsylvania.
“Neither train stopped, and then the
Reading train plowed its way through
the center of the other. The escaping
steam covered the wrecked trains for a
few minutes, and when it lifted I could
see the broken cars and- the dead and
injured.
“I saw the rescuers lift ■ out bodies,
scalded from the trunk upward, and
others with their heads crushed to a
pulp, hanging at the side. Several men
were taken from the wreck, and before
they could be placed in a comfortable
position, they died. The demand for
vehicles was so great that in many in
stances wagons were hauled to the
wreck by men and bodies taken away
in that maner.”
Scenes at the Hospital.
A Philadelphia physician told an in
teresting story of the scenes at the hos
pital after the injured were brought'
there. He said that he assisted in car
ing for 35 people. Soon after the acci
dent at least 50 doctors, who were so
journing at Atlantic City, hurried to
the hospital and assisted in caring for
the injured. Many of those taken to
the Atlantic City hospital were in a
dying condition, and some of them sur
vived only a few minutes.
Among the interesting stories told of
the scenes before and immediately after
the accident by the passengers who ar
rived in Philadelphia, was one de
scriptive of the manner in which the
injured were taken to the hospital.
Near the scene of the horror were a
number of wagons of every description,
and soon the wagons were being filled.
A dozen men grasped the shafts and
pulled its human freight away. The
wagons were hurried back for more
victims, and in this way saved time in
the treatment of injured and bruised
victims, many of whom were in the
agonies of death.
William Mayhew of he
was in the first car. He saw the'engine
of the express train coming and at the
first graze his car was pitched over.
Men, women and children were scream
ing and all was pandemonium. It was
with difficulty that he crawled out of
ths rear end of the oar.
THE HOME TIUBLNE, HOME, GA., BATUKDAY, AUGUST 1, 1«96.
j. E. Eustis or Bridgeton, who was in
the fourth car from the engine and who
was cut in the head, said that the roof
of the front part of the car was peeled
off and that he climbed out at the top
as soon as he recovered from the effects
of the blow. This was the only exit, as
the doors were jammed.
Thomas Shinn of Bloomington, the
son of the sheriff of Cumberland county,
and a brakeman on the excursion train,
was .saved from instant death by but a
few seconds. He was passing from the
center of the car that was struck to the
rear. As he reached this, the shock
came and he attributed his escape to
nothing less than a miracle.
A Gasoline Tank Exploded.
Elizabeth City, N. C., July 31.—An '
explosion of a gasoline tank on the :
steamer Fileua of Elizabeth City com
pletely wrecked the vessel and four per
sons were badly injured. Captain C. <
D. Lestner had both legs broken and ■
was internally injured. He may die. !
C. D. Lestner, Jr., and William Lestner,
sous of the captain, had arms and ribs
broken, and were badly bruised about
the head. Mrs. Owens of Collington
Island, a passenger, was struck by
wreckage and was injured internally.
Irrigation Congress to Meet in December*
Denver, July 31.—The executive com
mittee of the National Irrigation con
gress met here and fixed the time for
the fifth national meeting, which is to
be held at Phenix, A. T., for Dec. 15, 16
and 17. The session will be almost
wholly devoted to the political phases
»f the irrigation problem.
TO CITIZENS OF CHICAGO.
The Mexican Government Will Soon Grant
an Important Concession.
City of Mexico, July 31.—Several
railroad projectsjare under consideration
and the policy of the government is to
forfeit all old concessions which have '
not been complied with. It is reported
on good authority that a very impor
tant concession will soon be granted to
Chicago parties whose responsibility and
ability to carry out the terms of the
concession have been demonstrated to
the entire satisfaction of the govern
ment. This line will develop north
western Mexico and it is regarded as a
long step toward the completion of the
railway system of this country.
The government is also willing to aid
a line which would put the Tehuantepec
road in connection with the Mexican
Southern road, now terminating at the
City of Oaxaca, but no other concessions
carrying a subsidy will be granted.
Interior freights are good and the
country shows every sign of a healthy
prosperity. The policy of General Diaz
is to create port works and complete the
grand outline of the railway system of
tha country and he demands financial
responsibility of the highest class when
treating with new charters or the modi
fication. of old ones.
General Pedro Rincon Gallardo, gov
ernor of the federal district, has re
signed and his resignation has been ac
cepted. He is an old soldier on the
Liberal side and was minister to Russia
before being called to the governorship.
He has a large fortune and desires to
abandon public life and will travel in
Europe.
ARMOR FOR SMALL BOATS.
The •*Washes-Waahee”* War Directed At
tention to a Very Important Matter.
Washington, July 31. —One effect of
the Chinese-Japanese war, which is just
developing, was to direct the attention
of the naval architects to the necessity
of providing some armor for the little
torpedo boats, which form the main re
liance of many ports for defense against
hostile fleets, and are also necessary ad
juncts of these very fleets.
Among the Japanese torpedo boats
which covered themselves with glory in
the attack upon the Chinese fleet in Port
Arthur and Wei Hai Wei was the lit
tle Kotaka, a vessel built 11 years ago
by Yarrow. She had some armor, not
much it is true, but one inch over the
boilers and machinery, and this enabled
her to run where no other boat cou.d
escape destruction.
The British designers were quick to
see the advantages of this slight protec
tion, and information has just reached
here that Yarrow has had a successful
trial trip of one of the four boats built
for Argentina, all intended to be simi
larly covered over the vitals with half
an inch of high grade steel armor.
While a slight sacrifice of speed is made
to carry this armor, it is said that it
will give the crews greater confidence,
protect them against the rain of small
missiles, which are really more de
structive than heavier projectiles, and
make the boat more effective. Probably
the idea will be taken up by our naval
experts before long.
The Porte Awaiting a Reply.
New York, July 31.—A special to
The Herald from Constantinople says:
The porte is passively awaiting the reply
to the representation made by the pow
ers to Greece. The porte has prepared
♦•wo notes, one to Greece, mildly draw
ing attention to Greece’s violations of
neutrality; the other, more strongly
worded, to the six powers, expressing
reliance upon their efforts to insure the
cessation of Greece’s action, for which
otherwise Turkey must “hold her re
sponsible.” An official denial is given
to the rumor that Turkey intends to re
vert to a paper currency.
To Inquire Into the Jameson Raid.
London, July 31. —The Times asserts
that the hope is growing that Mr.
Chamberlain will himself preside over
t the select committee to inquire into the
’ administration of Rhodesia and into the
origin and circumstance* of the Jameson
raid.
VICTORIA TO VACATE
Her Majesty to Retire In Favor of the
Prince ot Wales. I •
THAT IS THE RUMOR 111 LONDON ,
Court Circles Troubled Be
cause or the Queen’s Health
WHICH ISSAIDTO BE EXTREMELY BAD
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Court Circles Greatly Alarmed Regarding
th© Condition of the Quoen’a Health.
Her Majesty Said to Have Made Her Last
Visit to London—Will Spend Het* Time
In Future at Osborne.
London, July 31. A rumor that
Queen Victoria intends to retire in favor
of the Prince of Wales is again current,
and it is added that court circles are
greatly troubled regarding the condi-
QUEEN VICTORIA.
tion of the queen’s health. Such re
ports have frequently appeared of re
cent years, only to be semiofficially con
tradicted later. But it now seems that
there may be some actual foundation
for the statement made.
It is added that her majesty has de
cided to spend her time in the future at
Balmoral or at Osborne, and that she
will give the Prince and Princess of
Wales the use of Buckingham palace
and Windsor castle.
There is no doubt that the queen
seems to feel greatly the weight of her
years and bereavements, and her maj
esty is quoted as having repeatedly re
marked during her last stay in this city,
at Buckingham palace, upon the occas
ion of the recent marriage of Princess
Maud of Wales to Prince Charles of
Denmark: “This is my last visit to
London.”
Color is given the rumox in circulation
by the deep. emotion displayed by the
queen as she bowed in reply to the en
thusiastic cheers of the multitudes which
lined the route from Buckingham pal
ace to the railroad station where she
took the train for Windsor after the
marriage ceremony.
WORK OF SOCIALISTS.
A Protest Against the Employment of
Children In Night Work.
London, July 31 —At the session of
the International Socialist Labor and
Tradesunion con’gress in St. Martin’s
town hall, M. Vaillant, the French So
cialist deputy, was chairman and An
drew Maguire, the .leading delegate of
the Socialist labor party of the United
States, was vice chairman. The con
gress adopted the report of the commit
tee on education and physical develop
ment, favoring a system of public edu
cation extending from the kindergarten
to the university, and including physi
cal, scientific, artistic and technical sub
jects to be easily accessible to every one
with freedom of fees.
The report prohibits the employment
of children under 10 years of age in
night work or in any work involving
labor extending over 24 hours weekly.
James Kier Hardy argued that what
expense the maintenauce of the scholars
and their university education would
be, would be followed by a compensa
tion in the diminution in the number
of criminals.
Connell Will Become a Professional,
London, July 31.—Sporting Life has
an interview with Tommy Oonneff, the
champion mile runner of the United
States, in which he says that he con
cealed his intention before leaving the
United States of visiting England, be
cause the New York Athletic club op
poses him as a professional. “I was
displeased,” he continued, “at the man
ner in which the New York Athletic
club treated me, and furthermore I sym
pathize with Bacon and the others who
have been expelled from the amateur
ranks. My experience of amateur ath
letics in America was such that I would
not hesitate to join the professionals.”
Highbinders Kill a Chinaman.
Los Angsles, July 31. —Wong Chee,
the most prominent Chinaman in south
ern California, who was recently shot
by highbinders, is dead. Before his
death he identified his assassins, who
are in jail.
Export, to Thi. Country Suspended.
New York, July 31. —A special to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres says; I
Owing to the fall in the price of coffee,
exports from Brazil to the United States
and Europe has been suspended.
GRAIN COMING SOUTH.
Kansas and Other Western States Seek
Gulf Ports. For Exportation.
Baltimore, July 31.—The Manufac
turers’ Record reports that the most
conspicuous feature in the business in
terests of the south at present is the re
markable activity in the shipment of
grain from Kansas and other western
states to gulf ports for exportation.
Large contracts are being made for
transportation and western roads are
renorted in some cases as being short of
sufficient rolling stock to meet the de
mand for grain bound for the gulf. At
Charleston, S. C., a rice storage ware
house is to be turned into a grain eleva
tor, with a capacity of 200,000 bushels.
This will enable Charleston to better
compete for handling grain intended for
export.
A $ 10,000 company has been organ
ized to build a knitting mill at Barnes
ville, Ga., and a SIO,OOO knitting mill
company has been organized at Union,
S. 0. A Glasgow handle manufacturer
will establish a plant in Alabama; the
Oxley Stave company of Chattanooga
Will build two $25,000 plants at other
points; a $50,000 company has been or
ganized in New Orleans to make cotton
picking machinery; a 40-ton cottonseed
oil mill will be built at Winona, Miss., by
a $30,000 company just organized; Gas
tonia, N. C., will issue SIB,OOO for water
works; the Anderson Light and Power
company of Anderson, S. 0., will issue
$200,000 of bonds to develop 5,000 elec
tric horsepower for transmission to An
derson; Matin, Tenn., will construct
SIB,OOO waterworks; several hundred
coke ovens are to be built at LaFollette,
Tenn., upon the completion early in Oc
tober of a 15-mile railroad now under
construction, and a sso,oooelectric light
and power company has been incor
porated.
WILL TEST THE LAW.
Railroads Object to a Recent Ruling of the
Fostoffice Department.
Chicago, July 31. —Railroad officials
will test the right of Postmaster Gen
eral Wilson to prohibit them from car
rying their own and the letters of other
roads.
The Lake Shore railroad will make
the test. Its superint'eudent has issued
an order to all of the road’s employes
to carry mail pertaining to the business
of the road, and letters for other roads
relating to joint business affairs.
Po-toffice Inspector Stuart, to whom
the enforcement of postal laws falls,
said that he had not heard of any agree
ment to test the law, but if the Lake
Shore road desired to make a test of it,
the government would be very apt to
accommodate it by prosecuting the vio
lators.
The Wabash Enters the Grain Fight.
Kansas City, July 31.—The Wabash
railway has entered the grain fight by
reducing the freight rates from Kansas
City to St. Louis and from Chicago to
points competing with the Missouri Pa
cific. The Wabash will put on a rate of
8 cents on flax, 7 cents on wheat, 4 cents
on corn and other grains to St. Louis.
On Aug. 3 the Wabash will make a rate
to Chicago of 13 cents on flax, 12 cents
on wheat and 9 cents on other grains.
Costa Rica Prohibits Importation of Silver.
New York, July 31.—A special to
The Herald from Panama says: Costa
Rica advices say that the government
has passed a law prohibiting the impor
tation of foreign silver. All now in
possession of private parties must be
disposed of within 30 days, after which
time the government declares if will be
sent to the mint and exchanged for
Costa Rican currency. The measure
has caused a big fall in gold.
Broyer to Be Consecrated as Bishop.
San Francisco, July 31.—Mgr. Peter
Broyer, bishop elect of Samoa, and Most
Reverend Francis Redwood, archbishop
of New Zealand, arrived in San Fran
cisco by the steamer Monowai. Mgr.
Broyer is on his way to Rome for conse
cration as bishop, whither he will be
accompanied by Archbishop Redwood,
who goes to attend the apostolic see.
Both are members of the Society of St.
Mary.
Opening of the Peruvian Congress.
New York, July 31.—A special to
The Herald from Lima, Peru, says: The
city is decorated and many thousand
citizens are here. The fete is in honor
of the opening of congress. There was
a civil procession which was viewed by
30,000 persons. President Pierola’s
speech has made a good impression, but
the greatest praise is accorded that of
Wice President Billinghurst.
The Earnwell'. Captain Uns Smallpox.
Colon, via Galveston, July 31.—The
British steamer Earnwell of the Earn
line, from Baltimore, July 20, has ar
rived here. Captain Carter has small
pox and the ship was quarantined.
Drank Too Much Alcohol.
Sequoin, Wash., July 81. —. Abram
Tinkey, postmaster, and Robert Stark,
merchant, died here from the effects of
drinking alcohol made from wood.
Ireland Speaks Highly of Satolli's Successor
St. Paul, July 31. —Archbishop Ire
land has received no other word in re
gard to the appointment of a successor
for Mgr. Satolli as delegate to the United
States other than that contained in the
previous dispatches from Rome. He
I spoke highly of Father Martinelli,
whom he esteems very much and be
lieves he will make an excellent dele
gate.
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MACEO IS PERPLEXED
J
Anxious to Know Exact Manner in
Which His Brother Died,
HE MAY VISIT SANTIAGO DE CUBA
He is Said to Want to Go to
That Place
TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE MATTER
V/eyler Issues a Decree Granting Conces
sions to Foreigners—Spain Urged to Make
Prompt and Decisive Efforts to Pacify
Cuba—Another Filibustering Expedition
Lauded Near Cienfugos.
Havana, July 31. —Antonio Maceo is
perplexed at the different versions in
circulation regarding his brother’s death,
and he is said to be anxious to go to
Santiago de Cuba, in order to ascertain
personally the exact manner in which
Jose Maceo was killed.
Captain General Weyler has published
a decree to the effect that, in view of
the difficulty of communication with
foreigners residing in the country, they
may deliver their papers to the nearest
oivil authorities, who will forward them
to the officer of the general government.
The registered papers will later be re
turned to those they belong to, and a
certificate of registex- will accompany
them if required. All foreigners from
this date will be compelled to register
upon landing in Havana.
The columns of Spanish troops com
manded by General Bernal and Colonel
Chacel, operating in the district be
tween Guanacabarives, province of Pi
nar del Rio, and Cape Saxx Antonio,
have had a number of engagements with
the insurgents, whom they have dis
lodged from'position occupied, aud dis
persed, after destroying their camps
at Polo Lazo, Para Canejo, and Pepe
Ibarra. The insurgents left 70 killed
and 21 wounded.
Major Rafeal Giron, aide-de camp of
General Ahumada, is so seriously ill
with yellow fever that extreme unction
has been administered to him by the
bishop.
Minister Taylor Gives a Lunch.
New York, July 31.—A special to
The World from San Sebastian, Spain,
says: United States Minister Taylor
gave a lunch to the Duke of Tetuan,
Spain’s minister of foreign affairs, the
Austrian ambassador, the British am
bassador, the minister’s of Holland,
Turkey and San Domingo and the
charge d’ affaires of France and Ger
many. The health of the queen regent
and the king xlras proposed by Mr. Tay
lor and the liealth of President Cleve
land was proposed by the Duke of Te
tuan, who rivals Seuor Caste lar in
showing courtesy and sympathy to the
American representative.
The ministerial press of Spain, nota
bly the Correspondencia Espania, pub
lishes an evidently authorized article on
the drift of American politics and the
presidential campaign,, with surmises
regarding the probable effects upon the
relation* between the two countries and
upon the outlook of Cuban affairs. It
urges that Spain must make prompt and
decisive efforts to pacify Cuba, recog
nizing that America has commercial
and financial interests which are being
seriously damaged by the prolongation
of the struggle.
Two American Citizens Released.
Washington, July 31. —The depart
ment of state has been advised by Con
sul General Lee at Havana, under date
of July 23, that George Calvar, an Amer
ican citizen, arrested in Manzanillo,
district of Santiago de Cuba, in April
of this year, aud Manuel Romagosa,
also an American citizen, residing in the
same province, have been officially no
tified of their unconditional releasej’rom
prison.
Another Expedition Landed
Key West, July 31. —Passengers from
Havana by the steamer Mascotte report
a rumor of the successful landing of a
filibustering expedition in the vicinity
of Cienfuegos. The expedition is be
lieved to be under the command of Cap
tain Cabrera. While another expedi
tion is said to be organizing here and
almost ready to sail, no departures are
known to have taken place from this
point lately
Six' ATTEMPT SUICIDE.
Four Succeed In Ending Their Lives and
the Coroner at Chicago Is Busy.
Chicago, July 31. —Driven to despair
by different causes, six people attempted
to end their own lives by suicide. Four
succeeded and now lie in different
morgues awaiting the inquest of the
coroner. The dead are :
John Carrington, left home Wednes
day to look for work; body found in a
shed and a bottle which had contained
carbolic acid was found by his side.
Frederick Gross, 77 years old, drank
carbolic acid; had been out of work for
gome time.
Michael Oppelt, despondent over ill
health, swallowed carbolic acid.
Eva Sku up, aged 24 years, took
p- '».; iiad been out of work for sev
exal months.
Turned Over to Alabama Officers.
Valdosta, Ga., July 31. —Robert Me
Lean, who killed his father near Mont
gomery, Ala., was turned over to tho
Alabama officers in Montgomery, and •
the reward of SSO for his arrest was paid
to the policemen here who arrested tha
murderer.