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ESTABLISHED 1887. CONVENTION IS OVER' And Four Splendid Supreme Court Jus tices .in Now Nominated Litigation to be dispatched, Georgias Highest Court Will be a Model One <T REMAINS ONLY FOR ELECTION No Longer Will Hardships in the Way o f Sni's be D ta'ned For Want of Hearing I We Now Have What Has so Ungllen Needed io the Premise-. Atlanta, Nov. 19.- The democratic Judicial convention is over. Its nom- • nees are: Samuel Lumpkin, of Oglethorpe. William A. Little, of Muscogee. Andrew J. Cobb, of Clarke. William H Fish, of Sumter. Ten ballots were taken before the convention adjourned. Associate Justice Samuel Lumpkin was nominated for a term of six years to succeed himself. Capt. William A. Little was nomi nated on the first ballot Wednesday, receiving 224 votes, distributed among nearly every county in the state. Mr. Andrew J. Cobb was nominated on the eighth ballot, receiving 204 votes, having gained slowly but surely since the first ballot. Judge William H. Fish was nomi nated on the tenth ballot, receiving 189 2-3 votes, against the only contest ant left in the field, Judge George F. Gober, the latter receiving 1491-3 votes. The convention adjourned sine die after making the nominations of .Lumpkin, Little, Cobb and- Fish unanimous, and giving sincere and -deserved thanks to the Hon. Wash ington Dessau for the fair and impar tial manner in which he had pre sided over the convention. During the seventh ballot a man pretty well ‘‘loaded” came wobbling up to the " chairman and asked that two votes be recorded for Cobb and two for somebody else, he didn’t care who. After some trouble he was persuaded to leave the stand, but not to-be outdone he made his way with uncertain steps to the floor in front of the chair and stated that he had voted under a misapprehension. He stat ed language very thick and hiccoughly that he had voted a certain way but de sired to change. He stated his vote three times, each time differently and when he stopped and leered at the chair, the clerks recorded his vote as he stated it the last time, the delegate waved his hand, smil ed and reeled off, his ears filled with the applause that swept toward him from the convention. Judge Branham’s name was with drawn during the math ballot. When the ballot was counted the chair announced that 348 votes had been cast, necessary to a choice 175. Os these votes Fish had received 198 :2-3 and Gober 147 1-3. He declared Judge W. H. Fish nominated for a place on the supreme bench of the state. The air was filled with hats, handkerchiefs, papers and wild Geor gia yells. As soon as quiet had been restored Judge Longley, of Troup, offered the following resolution which was < adopted: “Resolved by this convention, That after a patient and earnest effort of two days to faithfully represent the best interests of Georgia, the following named gentlemen are hereby presented to the whole people of the state as worthy of their confidence, towit, the Hone. Samuel Lumpkin, W. A. Little, A. J. Cobb and W. H. Fish. “The unsullied character and emi nent legal ability of these distin guished gentlemen should assure the people of the security of life, liberty and property in the highest court of the state.’’ Adjourn*. Some one called for three cheers for Chairman Dessau for the impartial and able manner in which he had dis charged the duties of chairman of the convention, and the cheers were , given with a will. On motion of Mr Felder, of Fulton, the nomination of Little, Cobb and Fish was made unanimous, Con f-ressman Tate, Judge Gober’s first ieutenant, voting enthusiastically for the motion. On motion of Mr. J. J. Seay, of Floyd, the thanks ct the convention were re turned to the chairman and secretaries. Mr. Butler, or Morgan,moved that the thanks of the convention be tendered the Fulton delegation for the commodious place of meeting in which the convention had been so much more comfortable than dndhe capital, Mr. Glenn, of Fulton, addressed the chair and said that as Fulton had got .nothing besides thanks from the con- THE ROUE TRIBUNE. THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1896. vention, she would receive them with pleasure. On motion the convention adjourned sine die, and the delegates tiled out. Judge Fish was overwhelmed with con gratulations on the vicWfry |ne had won. THE LUTHER LEAGUE MET. Begun Its Annual Session In the Y. M. C. A. Auditorium at Chicago. Chicago, Nov. 18.—The Luther league convention met in the Y. M. O. A. au ditorium here, the session being called to order by President E. F. Elliott. A great deal of time was occupied in a dis cussion over the adoption of a league badge. The b. dge as adopted is in tended to be a facsimile of the coat of arms of Martin Luther aud is made of a black cross surrounded on a heart of red, at the back of which is a rose of five petals. The whole is on a background of Gue. A resolution was offered and referred asking that some provision be made for the celebration by the Luther league pf America on Feb. 16, 1897, the four hundredth anniversary of the birth of Philip Melanctfion. Rev.’ R. E. McDaniel also made a mo tion that a committee be appointed to discuss the advisability of holding a convention of Luther leagues of the world in Wurtemburg in 1897. This matter was also referred to the’ com mittee and will report later during the convention. Mr. Trautman, secretary of the execu tive committee, reported that there are now over 54,000 members on the rolls of the books of the branch organizations of the Luther league. Sixteen states are represented in the convention, With a total of about 300 delegates. BLACK PLAGUE SPREADING. Passengers From Bombay, India, Bring News of Heath and suffering. Tacoma, Nov. 19.—'The steamer Olympia, which has just arrived from Hong Kong, brought news that passen gers from Bombay to Europe will have to undergo quarantine on arrival at European , ports on account of the .plague. The corporation has voted a lakh of rupees for measures to extirpate the disease. The latest news is that the scourge is spreading, 17 new cases and eight deaths ' having occurred in the northern part of the city, where there is no drainage. The health officers are finding great difficulty in getting labor ers for cleaning aud disinfecting, owing to their fear of contagion. At Calcutta vigorous precautionary measures are being taken. Two hos pitals tire being constructed at an iso lated spot and plans have been formed for an ambulance corps. The- plague had just broken out - at Ahmedabad where the gravest fears are felt, the town being seriously depopulated and the water supply is short. It is esti mated that 60,000 people have left-Bom bay since the outbreak. Price of Dry Wine Advanced. San Francisco, Nov. 19.—At the an nul! meeting Jf the shareholders of the California Winemakers’ corporation, a resolution was adopted recommending that the board of directors fix the mini mum price of standard dry wine at 20 cents a gallon. This is an advance of 5 cents over the price of 1895 and 71J cents above that of 1894, when the or ganization was formed. From the re ports of various officers it appears that the delivered vintage of 1895, 5.500,000 gallons, had been transferred to the cor poration for sale, and that transfers re ■ mained to be made of 2,163,000 gallons of the reserved vintage of 1894-95, had been transferred, of which 1,000,000 gal lons were withdrawn, leaving the bal ance in reserve. Hardcastle Has a Bad Record. Seattle, Wash., Nov. 19. John Hardcastle Hall, who swindled John W. Blanchard of Chicago out of several thousand dollars on a lumbermill deal and who is now Mankate, Minn., re- I garded as either a rogue or an imbecile, has a long record. He came to Seattle ' about five years ago and became a mem ber of the fashionable St. Marks’ Epis copal church and manager of the Shee kum Box factory. In November, 1893, or 1894, some California people visited the church. When they returned home they wrote to the rector that they had i been ushered to seats in church by one I of the greatest confidence men in «the country. Hall confessed that he was in San Quentin and fled. Favorable Crop Prospects In Nebraska. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 19.—The crop prospects in Nebraska for next year and -tlie outlook of the present corn crop are as . favorable as can be desired. Winter wheat is looking unusually fine. Moist- I ure has been in abundance, nearly 19 , inches of raiji and snow having fallen since the middle of October. The farm ers are all busy husking and marketing their corn crop. The most of the corn is yielding from 60 to 70 bushels per | -acre, and immense quantities of the grain are being shipped eastward from stations along the Burlington and Mis souri railroad. There will be a large increase in the acreage of winter wheat ■over last yean Fall. Heir to m small Fortune. Niles, Mich.. Nov. 19.—R. O. Sweet, a sewing machine agent, left his home, Brooklyn, N. Y., several years ago and started out into the world. About three months ago his father died and Mr. Sweet has received a letter stating that 147,000 in money and a large amount of ■real estate in Brooklyn had been left him and his three brothers. Mr. Sweet will leave for the east shortly to claim hisfortuno. SALARY FOR BRYAN Will Speak Filty Times and Git Filly Thousa id Dollars. AGREEMENT HAS BEEN SIGNED Georgians to Chance to Hear Him WHAT SIEGEL-COOPER J OFFERED !he Report That the Defeated Candidate Is to Appear on the Lecture Platform Confirmed—First Address Will He De livered In Atlanta Early In December How the Deal "as Brought About. Lincoln, Neb.; - Nov. 19. —The report that William J. Bryan is to appear, In a short time, on the lecture platform is confirmed. The agreement was signed by him shortly before-his departure for Missouri. The other party to the con tract is V. E. Mcßee of Norfolk, Va., general superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line railroad. The deal was brought about through the agency of Alexander Comstock of New York, who has been in Lincoln several days for this purpose. Mr. Bryan will deliver fifty lectures, and is promised SI,OOO per night, a total for his 50 nights’ work, if he secures the amount agreed upon, of $50,000. This will exceed his salary for a year if he had been elected to the presidency, for then an expenditure of a large por tion of his income would have been ne cessary to maintain the dignity of the office. , As Mr. Bryan’s engagement will be gin in December, he will have a long start of McKinley in the race for a com petency. Mr. Bryan’s book on the sil ver question, with his biography writ ten by his wife, will appear in January, and this will doubtless add appreciably to his receipts. It seems probable that at the eud of a year the defeated candi date will have accumulated a good deal more wealth than the victorious one. The first lecture will be delivered at Atlanta, Ga., early in December. Mr. Bryan’s route, as far as it has been ar ranged, will be, after leaving Atlanta, Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Au gusta, Birmingham amj New Orleans. After leaving the latter city he will go through Texas, then on to California, and will not reach the cities of the east before the latter part of February, 1897. Within a few days after the election Mr. Bryan received a large number of flattering propositions. Amopg those were the offers of $25,000 a.year from the Siegel-Cooper Co., SI,OOO per week from a Chicago theatrical manager for an engagement of 40 weeks on the stage, and SI,OOO per night for 50 lectures from Comstock on behalf of Mcßee. On Nov. 7 Mr. Bryan replied to the last named offer, sayiinr that he would consider it. Then Mr. Comstock came io Lincoln. The lectures are to be upon economic subjects largely, in a vein suitable to popular audiences. The theories of bi metallism may be touched upon, but not in away that can be charged to partisanship. WILL TRADE WITH BRAZIL. The Charleston Importing and Exporting Company Organized. Charleston, S. C., Nov. 19.—The Charleston Importing and Exporting company was organized here with a capital stock paid in of SIOO,OOO. The books of the company were opened and that amount was immediately sub scribed. The stockholders’ meeting chose Messrs. F. S. Rodgers, W. E. Hu ger. R. G. Rhett, A. C. Tobias and H. F. Bremer as a board of directors for the company and at a subsequent meet in << of th§ oirectors Mr. H. F. Bremer, who was for many years connected with the firm of F. W. Wagner & Co. of this city, was elected president. Mr. E. C. Rodgers was made treasurer and Mr. T. J. Todias was chosen secretary. The company will do a general im porting and exporting • business, begin ning its operations at once. At the outset the major portion of its attention will be devoted to the importation of coffee. It will have its own steamer connections with the leading Brazilian and South American ports, and it is an nounced that its first cargo of coffee will be landed in this city within the next few weeks. The company is backed aud indorsed by a number of the lead ing business men and capitalists of Charleston. The Tobacco Resources of Mexico. Washington, Nov. 19.—Consul Gen eral Critttendeu reports from Mexico to the state department that Mexican to bacco promises to take the place of the fine grades of Cuban tobacco in the markets of the world. General Critten den makes no mention of the Cuban war as a cause of depletion of Cuba’s tobacco product, but he points out that under normal conditions Cuba’s soil has become impoverished until it can yield no more. Under these circumstances, the consul general says, the world’s re quirements of what are generally known as “Havana cigars’’ can be supplied only through the use of Mexican leaf tobacco. Already great tracts of coun try are being operated as tobacco plan tations and the product equals the best from the famous tobacco sections of Cuba. Phillipplue island iteDeis defeated. Madrid, Nov. 19. —An official dis patch received here from Manilla says that the insurgents have been defeated in engagements with Spanish troops, fought at Santa Cruz and Angrat, the enemy losing 500 men killed and the government loss being slight NEW YORK TRAGEDY Hon. Frank P. Arbuckle ot Denver Robbed and Murdered. THE VICTIM A PROMINENT MAN A Dastardly Crime in the Great Metropolis ABOUT THE WHY IT HAPPENED Was Chairman of the Democratic State Committee of Colorado—Found In an Unconscious Condition and Died In the Fatrul Wagon, on the Way to the Sta tionhouse. New York, Nov. 19. —Frank P. Ar buckle of Denver, Colo., was found in an unconscious condition, lying in an obscure place, near the vacant lot, just off the sidewalk, in a lot of weeds, on the west side of fiighth avenue, be tween One Hundred and Fifty-second and One Hundred and Seventy-third street, at 2:45 a. m. He died in the patrol wagon, on the way to the station house, without regaining consciousness. That the man was garrotted, robbed and murdered is believed from inci dents which occurred a short time pre vious to his being discovered lying in the weeds. The ambulancff surgeon, who was called upon the finding of the dying man, gave it as his opinion that he was suffering from heart disease. The po lice, however, are of the opinion that the man came to his death at the hands of thug... Ten minutes before Arbuckle was found a policeman passed the place on his beat, and he asserts positively that there was no one there. Mr. Ar buckle was about 50 years old, five feet, nine inches tall and weighed about 220 pounds, and had the appearance of be ing a prosperous business man. He wore a black diagonal suit of clothes of fine material, which .bore the name of the maker, “J. A. Merriam, Fon du Lac, Wis.” In tfie pockets of the dead man were a number of letters addressed to “Hon. Frank P. Arbuckle, care of ‘Tammany Times,’ 236 West Thirty-ninth street.” There were also found a number of cer tificates of the Cripple Creek and Cen tral City Consolidated Mining company. The letters all related to mining sub jects and schemes, which indicated that the dead man had been interested in mining ventures. Besides these things found in the dead man’s pockets, there Were also found st-. 60 in change, several programs of a theater, a latch key. two handkerchiefs marked with the letter “A,” a pair of linked cuff buttons, a gold, ore charm and three pieces of gold ore. A shirt was marked “A.” Officers Flit on the Case. Officers sent out on the case went to the Atlanta Casino, near where Ar buckle was found. There they had a talk with the bartender, Charles Horst man, who confirmed their theory that the man had been foully dealt with. Horstman said that a man answering the destription of the dead man came into the saloon about an hour before the time he was found unconscious, and called for a drink of whisky. He ’ap peared at the time to be partly under the influence of liquor, and in paying for the drink ho displayed a large roll of bills, and then pulled from his pocket a heavy gold watch which was attached to a large gold chain. After taking his drink the man left the saloon. That is the last known of his movements, until he was found in the weeds nearly dead. No money except the small amount of change was found in his pockets and he had no watch or chain. It is surmised that the man got on an elevated train somewhere downtown, and, falling asleep, rode to the end of the line. He then got off the train, it is believed, aud walked downstairs ami into the Casino saloon, which is at the foot of the elevated stairway. It is believed that after leaving the Casino the man was set upon by thugs, knocked down and robbed. No marks of violence were found on the body, ac cording ,to the police, except a slight abrasion on the head. This might have been caused by a blow from a sandbag, or it might have been received in a fall. No one living near the scene of the trag edy could be found who had heard any unusual noise during the early morn ing. Was a Prominent Colorado Democrat. Denver, Nov. 19.—The man who was found unconscious in the streets in New York city, and who died soon after wards, was Hon. Frank P. Arbuckle, chairman of the Democratic state com mittee of Colorado aud receiver of the land office in this city. He was born at Erie, Pa., in the early part of 1852. He had the advantage of an excellent edu cation and early evidenced the business capacity which has led to his success. In 1870 he became connected with the telegraph service of the Kansas Pacific Railway company, which railway had been completed to Denver. Sometime afterward he organized the American District Telegraph company in this city, was its superintendent for a number of years and showed marked executive abilty in its management. Other or ganizations perfected and successfully operated by Mr. Arbuckle were the Beaver Brookwater company and the Mountain Water company, which for many years supplied the citizens of the highlands until consolidated with the Denver Mountain company. He was receiver of the land office at Lamar during Cleveland’s first admin istration, and was appointed to the same position in the Denver office under the present administration. Mr. Arbuckle went east just after the lat.e.election U close up a’iarge mining deal, ne leaves a widow and two sous. Well Known In Wisconsin. Milwaukee. Nov. 19.—Frank P. Ar ‘ buckle, who was found dead in New i York city, was well known at Fon du I Lac, Wis., where he married Miss ■ Emma Swift of that city, a number of years ago. His home is at Highlands, a suburb of Denver He last visited Fon du Lac about a year ago. J. A. Mer riam sent him a suit of clothing about three weeks ago to Erie, Pa., where he spent last summer. 1 WHITE IS PLACED ON TRIAL. Charged With Killing Policeman Jackson, at Columbus, a Few Weeks Ago, Columbus. Ga., Nov. 19. —The case of Henry White, charged with the mur der of Police Officer Jackson, came up in the Muscogee superior court. The attorneys for the defense asked for a continuance on the ground that one of the important witnesses in the case was ■ still absent, being in jail in Montgomery for carrying concealed weapons. Judge Butt overruled this motion, however, saying that the man’s fine could be paid and that he could be got to the city bq- ' fore the conclusion of the trial. He ! would ac ept .his evidence at any stage of the trial, he said. The attorneys for White then asked for a change of venue on the ground that the public opinion in this county was so prejudiced againt the defendant that it would be impossible for him to get a fair and impartial trial here. A number of witnesses were introduced by the defense by which they tried to show that an impartial jury could not be secured in the case here. The entire day was consumed in the arguing of the motion for a change of venue, but Judge Butt overruled the motion, being convinced that young White could se cure a fair trial here. FIELD TRIALS CLUB MEETS. The Town of Newton, North Carolina, Full of Enthusiastic Sportsmen. Newton, N. C., Nov. 19.—The an nual meeting of the Eastern Field Trials club is in progress here. The town is | full of enthusiastic sportsmen and the | hotels aud liverymen are taxed to their utmost to meet the demands made upon them. There are more bird dogs being run, more members of the club and more interested and visiting admirers ' of this sport present this year than at ' any previous trials held at this place. Fifteen states are represented. | Among those present are P. Lorillard, -Jr., of New York, president of the club, and Simon C. Bradley of Greenfield Hill, Conn., secretary and treasurer. The judges are A. Merriman of Mem phis, Tenn.; Theo. Sturgess of New York and S. C. Bradley of Connecticut. | W. B. Stafford of Tr&nton, Tenn., ; who is secretary of the United States . Field Trials club, which hold their trials here after the trials of the eastern trials, is also here. Indignant at Spate's Arrest. I Denver, Nov. 19. —Intense indigna tion has been aroused over the arrest of Andrew J. Spute, a grocer on the charge of murdering his wife and five children, all of whom were drowned by the cap sizing of a boat in Smith’s lake, Oct. 25. Four eyewitnesses of the drowning as sert that it was purely accidental and Spute’s friends claim the arrest is either a subterfuge of the insurance company to avoid the payment ot a SIO,OOO acci dent policy on the life of Mrs. Spute, or an attempt by a local detective agency to blackmail the husband. It is alleged that Spute is the victim of a conspiracy between a lawyer and the detective agency. Miss Nellie Davis, Spute’s al leged paramour, who was arrested with him, was released on bond. Killed Wlille Attempting to Save a Life. San Francisco, Nov. 19.—James H. Childs was shot and killed by John Miller, a carpenter, while attempting to prevent the latter from committing an other murder. Crazed by drink and jealousy, Miller called at the residence of Miss Nellie Ryan, on Clementina street, with the intention of killing her. The first shot from his pistol, fired as she opened the door to admit him, miss ing her, she rushed into the street and called to Childs, who was passing, for protection. He tried to prevent Miller from shooting again, but, exasperated by his interference, Miller turned upon him and shot Childs through the head, killing him. Before he could renew his ' attack upon the girl, the murderer was arrested. An Address to Kentucky Kepublicans. Lexington, Ky., Nov. 19.—Chairman ■ Sam J. Roberts of the Republican state ' executive committee has issued an ad dress to the Republicans of Kentucky, in which he congratulates them. He j calls attention to the cordial support of the sound money Democrats. Mr. I Roberts says that while McKinley’s 1 plurality of 244 is smaller than he had hoped, still in a total of 446,000 votes it testifies to the intensity of the contest, and, “taking all things into considera tion, the Republicans and souud money men of Kentucky have reason to be proud of their victory.” I Swiss Exposition a Financial Failure. Washington, Nov. 19.—Consul Ridg ley reports to the state department from Geneva that the Swiss National exposi tion, from May 1 to October, proved a signal financial failure. Government I and private aid up to 2,000,000 francs * were swallowed up and a deficit of 100,- 000 to 300,000 francs is to be met by the national lottery. Bad weather caused the failure. Aside from the financial feature the exposition was a splendid success. . . PRICE FIVE CENTS. CITIES IN DANGER Would be at an Enemy’s Mercy in Case of War. THE NEED OF HARBOR DEFENSE Our Defenceless Condition in Case of War BEST SAFE GUARD AGAINST WAR The Board of Ordnance and Fortifica tion* Calls Attention to the Defenseless Condition of the Coasts of the United States—European Politics Threatening'. Great Wars Occur In Cycles. Washington, Nov. 19.—The report of the board of ordnance and fortifications an the work ot placing our harbors in a state of defense has just been made public. It is signed by General Miles, Colonel Frank, Colonel Haines, Major Phipps aud Messrs. Outhwaite gjid Ayer. It is believed that General Miles wrote the Asport. A continuation of the increased appropriations of the fiscal year is asked. “In view of the present serious aspect of European politics,” says the report, “it is only common prudence for this nation to be on its guard, for should a conflict arise we are liable to be em broiled with some power whose navy, in the present defenseless condition of our coasts, might destroy or exact enor mous ransoms from our chief cities. “A war, if it comes at all, will come with no warning and no time for prepa ration. China, with undefended ports and an inadequate navy, was defeated in a few months. In the last war be tween the great military powers of Ger many and France the surrender at Se dan occurred only 40 days after the dec laration of war. “The wars of nations occur in cycles of varying length, but seldom does a generation pass without a great conflict. Already more than 30 years have elapsed since our last great war, aud another may soon, if the past be a guide to the future, terminate one of the longest intervals of peace we have ever enjoyed. ••Our engineering department is ready with the most modern plans for fortifi cations and our ordnance department is prepared with designs for guns and carriages that are equal to any in the world. If congress will but increase the appropriations to the capacity of these departments for useful and economical work it will not be long before our coasts are secure against the attack of foreign powers. “An effective preparation for wax is the best safeguard against war.” Californians Helping;.the Cubans. San Francisco, Nov. 19.—Ever since the general Cuban junta opened offices in this.city a few weeks ago active work has been carried on here in the interest of Cuban independence. Seventy-one recruits are said to have been forwarded from this city to Cuba and a party of 18 is now being formed. AU the men se cured for the parties are said to be American citizens, a few of Cuban blood. In addition a large sum of money is said to have been raised here in be half of the insurgents. The headquar ters of the junta is in a downtown lodg inghouse and is in charge of Captain Al fred Leon, a western Cuban revolution ist, who says he has taken part in three Cuban uprisings. He says similar local organizations are being established in every city of any size in tho United. States. Tried tn Burn the Town of Danville. Louisville, Nov. 19.—A special to The Times from Kansas City says: An attempt to burn the town of Danville was made early Thursday morning and property to the extent of $15,000 was destroyed. An un known negro, who was driving from a -livery stable Wednesday night, is sus pected. He wanted to sleep in the stable, and when Charles Finch, the owner, denied him the privilege, he slashed Finch across the breast with a razor. If the negro is captured he will be summarily treated. The Alert Starts For Honolulu. San Francisco, Nov. 19.—The United States sloop of war Alert started for Honolulu, but something went wrong with her machinery as she was just over the bar. The tug Vigilant was signalled and asked to stand by in case of accident. In the meantime the Alert made sail and gathered headway. The damage to the machinery was repaired, and at sp. in. the warship was again under sail on her way to Honolulu. A Fatal Collision Near Charlotte. Asheville, N. C., Nov. 19.—A colli sion on the Southern railway, between a Norfolk and Chattanooga passenger train westbound and an engine used as a helper over Black mountain, resulted in the killing of Fireman John Howard and the fatal injuring of Engineer Will James, both of the passenger train. Both locomotives were wrecked. None of the passengers were injured beyond a severe jolting and some bruises. Thirty-Five Men Killed In an Explosion. Berlin, Nov. 19. A firedamp ex plosion has occurred in a colliery near Recklinghausen, Westphalia. Twenty five bodies-have been recovered and 40 or 50 men are known to be still en tombed. Eventually all but five of the entombed men were rescued. The to tal number of killed is 35.