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IQTIMES VAT A7 I THE MORNING NEWS. 1 Vvß. ■! Established Itoo. - -Incorporated 1888. > I J. H. ESTILE, President. > MUTILATED BY A MURDERER. PIECES OF THE VICTIM’S BODY FOUND EIGHT MILES APART. The Lower Part of the Trunk Found at ITGth Street and the Upper Part In Eamt River Off 11th Street—The Lea's Severed nt the Hip Joint* and Still Missing—The Man Stabbed to Death—He Appear* to Have Been a Laborer. New York, June 27.—The lower part of the trunk of a man was found by two boys in the woods at One Hundred and Seventy-sixth street and Undercliff© ave nue, this city, to-day. It was terribly mutilated and shows plainly that a mur der has been committed. It was wrapped in oil cloth and manilia paper, exactly as was the upper part of a trunk found in the East river, off Eleventh street, yes terday. The two are parts of the same body. The two pieces were found more than eight miles apart, one in the water and the other on land. The part found to-day comprised the lower part of the trunk from the fifth rib to the hips, the legs having been severed from the body at the hip joints. It was wrapped in three folds of oil cloth. The oil cloth was evidently cut from the same piece as that which enclosed the upper part of the trunk. It was new and of a cheap pattern, bright red, with gilt figures on it. It is like that commonly used for table cloths in tenement houses. The find of to-day was in a bulky bun dle lying against a wall next to Under cliffe avenue, where the shrubbery was very thick. It had not been diseected, which does away with the belief that the body had been handled by medical stu dents. Besides, it has been terribly hack ed where separated from the upper por tion. It was sent to the morgue, where it ex actly fitted the part found Saturday. Deputy Coroner O’Hanlon performed an autopsy on the upper part of the trunk to-day before the other had been found. He discovered two stab wounds, one be tween the fifth and sixth ribs, and one between the sixth and seve'nth in the re gion of the heart. There was also a stab wound back of the left collar bone that extended down to the apex of the left lung. Dr. O’Hanlon found,-.too, a bruise on the left forearm, and under the right forearm was a contusion, showing the Im print of a heel with hobnails like those k in heavy boots. L Heufound an indeed wdfc* Jtn the ptiu of the right hand which, he said, was probably caused by the victim sclxlng the weapon with which he was attacked. There was no water or serum in the lungs, which were well filled with air. There was a knife wound two Inches long in the apex of the heart corresponding to the wound between the ribs. Numerous contusions were also found on the body, which wounds, Dr. O'Hanlon thinks, could not have been inflicted after death. The man could not have been dead more than 36 hours and perhaps not more than 24. He calculated the man’s age -at about 85, and hla hlght at 5 feet 10 inches. He was a laborer and the nails were down to the quick as if from a habit of biting them. The condition of the body Indicated a well nourished, healthy man. The detectives of two precincts and the best central office men are working on the Htafease. |g|H The second portion of the butchered Bcorpso was found north of the Harlem Jriver, miles from where the other part was discovered. Two boys found the first H part of the body and two other boys came across the section of the trunk in the woods. The boys were hunting berries when they noticed a bundle lying against a wall. It was wrapped in heavy manilla paper, fast ened with thick wrapping twine. The boys were prompted by curiosity to open the bundle. They loosened one end of the bundle, when a sickening odor from the package caused them to desist from fur ther investigation. They left the bundle lying exactly where they found it. Their father stood guard over it while the two boys went and called two policemen, who opened the package. When the paper was removed the po licemen came upon oil cloth that was also fastened with heavy twine. That was tin rolled from the bundle and then another covering of manilla paper was removed, but still the contents of the strange pack age were not revealed. If was still cover ed with a roll of oilcloth and beneath that was another wrapping of manilla paper. When the ghastly fragment of a corpse had been uncovered the policemen svnt for a stretcher and the bundle was con veyed to a police station for examination. The legs had been cut off close to the hips. The section of the body was taken to the morgue, and there it was found to fit the piece picked up tn East river. The lower portion of the body had not been mutila ted. except where the work of severing ’it bad been done. The work of cutting off the lower limbs had been done very cleanly without hack. Ing. In the wound behind the left collar bone there was an escape of blood be neath the fascia, and right pleural cavity, and as blood does not flow after death the deputy coroner expresses the belief that the wound must have been mude before death and not after. Tttere la also blood under the thumb nail of the left hand. Dr. O’Hanlon also contends that there are numerous contusions of the body that could not possibly have been inflicted af ter death. According to the deputy cor. oner’s statement, it is to presumed that the man was stabbed to death and his body at once dismembered. There are no marks on the completed trunk that give any clew to the Identttlcation of the butchered man The condition of the ab domen shows that he was well nourished at the time of his death. It is believe t that the murderer purchased the oil cloth especially to wrap the pieces of the body The detectives have already set to work to find out where the oil cloth w t.« pur. chased and who bought It. The person who dlaitoeeil of the part of the trunk found in the shrubbery did not take any |>ains to conceal it* as it was in plain view of those I corgi who passed near it fc The police think it was carried In a wagon to the spot where it was found. It would have been an easy matter to throw the bundle from a wa gon Into the shrubbery without attract ing observation. The police are also satis fied taat the body was not in the shrub bery Saturday afternoon, as there were a large number of boys in the vicinity on Saturday and they could not have failed to notice it. It, Is thought by the police that it was left there some time Saturday night. The manilla paper that was next to the body was damp. This inclines them to think that the horrible object was soaked in some kind, of preserving fluid, probably chloride of lime, to keep the odor from attracting attention. It was wrapped up well to preserve it as much as posssible. The fact that two portions of the butchered trunk have been found in such widely separated localities puzzles the police in forming a theory as to where the dreadful work of murder and butchery was committed. If the murder was committed in the neighborhood of High bridge and the up per part of the trunk thrown into the Harlem river, it would have first floated into the East river on account of the con ditions of the tide. It may have been thrown into the sound, however, from some point in the annexed district. The police are wondering in what spot the limbs of the corpse will be found. They think they will turn up some place before long, but do not think it likely that the head will ever be found. They think the murderer has either buried it or burned it in a furnace in order to keep secret the identity of his victim. This would hardly be done, however, unless the iden tity of the murdered man would easily lead to the Identity of the murderer. No surgical skill was employed in dis membering the body. On the breast of the trunk a large piece of the flesh had been hacked away. This may have been done to prevent identification by means of tatoo marks. The murder was possi bly done on board a vessel, but if this was the case a portion of the body would hardly have been placed on land and the other in the water. GALICIAN TOWN FLOODED. A Bridge Give* Way and Drops n Train Into a River. Vienna, June 27.—The town of Kolomea, In Galicia, has been flooded by the rising of the river Pruth. Many houses have been destroyed, and the bridge at Kolomea and Turkea has been swept away. The collapse took place while a train was crossing, and it is believed that many persons have been drowned. The government has ordered the soldiery to assist the inhabitants in the effort to save their property. There were five railway carriages and they fell in a great heap together. As yet there is no definite report as to the num ber of passengers. A terrible storm of hajU thun.«er and lightning was raging at fnA ad->4 «► Uwr iMwror of the acene. The river had risen 21 feet above its nor mal level. Seven officials, Including the postal staff in the mall van, have been drowned. The distress at Kolomea is terrible. Hundreds are homeless, their houses hav ing been carried away with the rush of the waters. CLASH IN CANEA. An Armed Force of 1,200 Mn«»ulman, Attack* the Chri*tiann. Canea, June 27.—An armed force of 1,200 Mussulmans made a sortie from Canea last night, crossed the military cordon and surprised the insurgents at Kanli kastelli, three hours distant. A desper ate combat ensued, in which thirteen Mus sulmans .were killed and twelve wounded. The Christian Inhabitants of the district are preparing to make reprisals by land and sea. Later advices show that many Christians were killed as well as many Turks, in en gagements that preceded the principal fighting at Kanllkastelll. The whole dis trict is greatly excited. The trouble arose from the encroach ments of Mussulman refugees, who at tempted to pasture their cattle within the lines of the neutral zone. JUBILEE BANQUETS. The Dnke of Cambridge Entertain* the Visiting Royalties. London, June 27.—The Duke of Cam bridge gave & jubilee banquet last even ing at Gloucester house, Park lane. Among the guests were the Prince of Wales, all the visiting royalties and the special en voys, including Whitelaw Reid, special envoy of the United States. No ladies were present. At the same time the German embassy gave a banquet and reception in honor of Prince and Princess Henry of Prussia and the Duke and Duchess of <Saxe-Coburg. Among the guests were Ambassador Hay and Miss Hay, with the leading members of the German colony in London. William Waldorf Astor will entertain the colonial premiers at Cliveden on Tues day. PARNBLLITES DISAPPOINTED. Amnesty for Political Prisoner* Ex pected Purina Jubilee Week. Dublin. June 27.—A meeting convened to bring further pressure to bear upon the British government to grant amnesty to the Irish political prisoners now In Marl borough jail was held in Phoenix park to day. Considerable surprise was expressed that the jubilee week had passed with out thf> release which had been expected. William Field, Parnellite member for the St. Patrick’s division, of Dublin, in the course of a flcry speech, said: “It is use less to look further to the English gov ernment. We will call upon the voices, and perhaps the arms of our countrymen in Amer lea." Cashier Murdered nntl Rubbed. Rome, June 27.—Signor Valganteno, cashier of the San Giovanni mine at In glosia. Sardinia, while on his way troni the mine with a large sum, was robbed and murdered. Craacd by the Jubilee. Loudon, June 27.—Simo Hamed Ben Mou s*. special envoy of the Sultan of Morocco, to the jubilee festivities, has returned to I Morocco insane. Weylcr nt Mnnanntllo. Havana, June ST.—Capt. Gen. Weyler has arrived at Mansantllo. Heavy rains are falling in the interior G*c island. MIGHTY SHY OF THE MIKADO. HAWAIIAN’S FEARED SEIZURE OF THEIR CUSTOM HOUSE. The Japanese Consul Denies Ary Such Intention On the Part of His Government—Men From the United States Warships Who Were on Shore for Drill Hastily Recalled on the Strength of the Rumor—A Jap anese Editor Declares There Wilk Be No Trouble—Japan’s Attitude on the Immigration Question Again Explained. San Francisco, Cal., June 27.—The steamer Gaelic brought the following ad vices from Honolulu, June 20: Since the Philadelphia has been in port weekly battalion drills have been held. On June 14 the men from both the Marion and the flagship were landed. While marching to the drill grounds an orderly brought an order and the battalion re turned on board. This action was taken, it is understood, on account of a rumor to the effect that the Nanawaf would land a force of men to take charge of the Hawaiian customs house. The Japanese failed to proceed, and it is believed that Admiral Beardslee’s prompt action caused the captain to change his mind. The English speaking people here be lieve that there was good foundation for the rumor in spith of the denial made at the Japanese legation. "There are all kinds of rumors floating around,” said Consul Akyama. "One ri diculous one was that the Japanese steam ers were ter land and take charge of the custom house. Another is to the effect that the Nanawai is to leave on Wednes day next. That rumor, as is the other, is w .’hout any foundation whatever. About tv ■" ”ihs hence, another man-of-war wi , * <■* and the Nanawai is not likely to let. V -fore then.” The Japanese minister, Mr. Shimama, denies a story to the effect that Japan has withdrawn its request from the Hawaiian government for an explanation of the rea sons for ejecting the Japanese immigrants. “There has been no correspondence be tween this legation and the minister of foreign affairs since June 4,” said the min ister. “At that time I addressed a letter to the minister of foreign affairs, and as yet I have received no reply.” “The position is this,” he continued. “Be. fore the steamer having the. immigrants on board left Honolulu, I formal protest to the minister of foreign affairs. His answer was incomplete and unsatis factory'. In due time I received instruc tions from my government and sent a re quest to the minister of foreign affairs, asking the reason for the expulsion of the Japanese laborers. The Hawaiian gov ernment sent me an answer which I con sidered vague and in<K ite.” “On Juffot 1 epa-in «»id for • two weeks my tetter has remained unanswer ed. I am daily expecting a communica tion to arrive.” Mr. Shikawa,editor of Toklo Shuo Shim bun,who came here on the Japanese cruis er Nanawai to Investigate the trouble aris ing from Japanese immigration, started for home on June 15. He carried a proposition from Col. Spalding for a trans-Facific cable, which he believes cap italists of his country will not be slow to take hold of at no very distant date. "But how about the result of your in vestigation in the immigration tangle?” he was asked. "To speak frankly,” replied Mr. Shfka wa, “I have found that matter was not worth my time and attention. I am con vinced that the difference between Hawaii and Japan will be settled in a most amica ble manner. The whole affair has been very much exaggerated. Instead of stir ring up more strife, I think my time can be spent to better advantage in working out this cable scheme and bringing the two countries into closer trade relations.” Hon. Harold M. Sewall made a formal call on President Dole at the executive building on the 7th inst., and presented his credentials as envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary’ from the United States. He was accompanied by Charge d’ affaires Ellis Mills. A reception was ten dered the minister on the 16th. It took place on board the Philadelphia and was well attended. Admiral Beardslee said to-day that he received Instructions from the Secretary of the Navy by the last steamer concern, ing the repairs to be made on the Marion. She will be repaired to a certain extent in Honolulu. After this has been done, the vessel will be sent to Mare Island or some other naval station for a general over hauling. The admiral said that everything is in statu quo as regards a change of the Uni ted States cruise-s tn the Honolulu port. The Baltimore will relieve the Philadel phia in this port as soon as she has her repairs completed on Mare Island. United States Consul Mills will leave for Washington as soon as his successor, W. M. Hayward, arrives, which will prob ably be within the next fortnight. Mr. Mills is not fully determined upon his fu ture plans. He may return to Honolulu and engage in the practice of law*. Minis ter Cooper has not yet appointed a suc cessor to the late Frank Hasting, sec retary of the Hawaiian legation at Wash ington. W. B. Armstrong, now at the capital Will, it is said, probably be se lected. JAPAN’S STAND ON ANNEXATION. Claim* It Would Interfere With Her Treaty Kight*. Washington, June 27.—The Japanese po sition on the annexation of Hawaii by the United States has been made known from a very reliable source. The Japanese base their opposition to the annexation almost entirely upon the ground that it is an interference with the treaty rights of Japan, and complain es pecially that the treaty was negoMated in lhe face of the most friendly protesta tions from Japan and at a time when the Japanese authorities had been led to be lieve that no such treaty would be un dertaken. The following may be accepted as an ab solutely accurate outline of the position of the Japanese legation in Washington: The Japanese insist, as on all occasions, that lhe Japanese government has not now, and never has had, any designs against Hawaii. This they consider a most important point, because of the talk of colonisation, which they say has ap parently had so much weight in the dis cussion of the question. They contend that the Japanese first went to Hawaii in response to the fiemand for labor in the islands under jhe provisions of a treaty concluded in 1886 at the solicita tion of the Hawaiian, government, Thejr SAVANNAH. MONDAY. JUNE 28. 1897. call attention to the fact that the Japan ese government has always been averse to having their people go abroad as ’’cool ies,” as the Chinese do, and that the government has always striven to prevent such emigration. As a consequence, the Hawaiian treaty was so worded as to pre vent even the suspicion of anything like coolie labor. The interests of all parties were, they say, protected and as a consequence the Hawaiian planters secured a high class of agricultural labor upon fair terms and un der circumstances that did not give the least occasion for the dislike and oppro brium which generally attach to contract labor. This treaty, they say, worked ad mirably for years and until the planters became restive under the conditions im posed by the treaty, thinking, the Japan ese hold, that they could secure labor more cheaply with the restrictions removed. At the same time the question of annexation came up and the adherents of union with the United States thought it would be necessary to make changes in the method of obtaining the labor absolutely neces sary to the prosperity of the sugar indus try of the islands. This was, they claim, the origin of the so-called “voluntary” system of immigration to Hawaii. The development of this situation led to the framing by the Japanese govern ment of its emigration law. This law is very strict in prohibiting the exportation of Japanese labor, except where employ ment is assured, and it is claimed that under its provisions it would be impossi ble to flood the Hawaiian. Islands with la borers, as has been asserted to be Japan’s purpose, without the connivance of the Japanese authorities. This, they hold, could not be secured in view of the policy of Japan against the exportation of coolie labor and in view of the reported denials by Japan of any designs upon Hawaii. They assert that Hawaii took no steps to restrict immigration from Japan until last February, when a sudden and sur prising demand was made upon Japan to this end. This they claim, is evidence sufficient that there was no flood ing of labor on the islands They regard this demand from the island gov ernment as capricious and conclude that it was made for the purpose of increasing the agitation in the interest of annexation and to furnish a pretext for speedy action in that direction. They assert that Japan has freely ex plained every step she has taken in this controversy with Hawaii to the United States, and they hold to the fact that such explanation as has been made should be accepted as proof positive that Japan has no ulterior design upon the islands. In view of this explanation on their part to the United States, they complain of the suddenness of the announcement of the Hawaiian treaty of annexation and say that the treaty was consummated when they had reason from official assurances, for believing that no hasty action in that direction was contemplated. They consider that many subjects of Japan are entitled to damages on account of Hawaii’s sum mary refusal to permit them to land, and that they art? deprived of their remedy by the consummation of -hW treaty. On this acfonnt tboar are .inqlfcjrvj to regard the action as trrijust and arwitrary. i They also hold thai Japan has rights under treaties other than those detailed, including reciprocal immunities, which they fear piay not be renewed if Hawaii becomes a of the United States. The present purpose, they hold, appears to be to terminate these rights without privi lege of appeal, and against this proceed ing they protest. They hold that while Japan has no pur pose of asserting any authority in Hawaii, the Japanese government has the right to remonstrate in the interests of her citi zens and to demand that their legitimate rights be respected. FIRE ON AN OCEAN LINER. Tl»e City of Rome Has a Narrow Es cape a Day Out From New York. New York, June 27.—The Anchor line steamer City of Rome arrived to-day from Glasgow, after a thrilling experience with fire on board ship. Capt. Hugh Young reports that the steamer sailed on June 19, with 56 saloon, 90 second cabin and 150 steerage passen gers, and a cargo of general merchandise. On Saturday at 2:30 p. m., in lat. 41:28, lon. 63:29, the bridge officer detected smoke issuing from No. 4 hold, immediately for ward of the bridge. Dense volumes of smoke soon began to ascend. The fire alarm was quickly sounded and the ship’s crew beat to quarters. Mean while, an officer was detailed to notify the passengers, who were calmly sitting on or promenading the decks. The ship’s fire crew promptly responded, and in a few minutes had hose stretched along the deck from the engine room to the hold where the fire was then raging. Steam and water were turned on into the burning compartment, and at 5 p. m., the fire was under control. Further precau tions were then taken to prevent a possi ble outbreak and spread of the fire to the adjoining compartment. Another detachment of the crew were ordered to stand by in case of emergency and streams of water were kept con stantly pouring into the burning compart ment and on the main deck in the imme diate vicinity of the fire. The cargo in the burning hold consisted chiefly of jute goods and will probably be a total loss. The cause of the fire is supposed to have been spontaneous combustion. The amount of damage cannot be ascertained until the steamer's hatches are taken off and the cargo discharged. , CHILE’S NEW CABINET. _ Morta Vicuna the New Minister for Foreign Affair*. London, June 27.—A dispatch from San tiago de Chile says that President Erra ruzi has accepted the following cabinet to succeed the ministry of Senor Carjos An thenez. which resigned on June 22: Senor Orrengo Huco, minister of the in terior. Senor Morta Vicuna, minister for for eign affairs. Senor Ismael Tocornal, minister of finance. Senor Amunategui, minister of justice. Senor Vergara, minister of war. Senor Prats, minister of public works. TURKISH TRICKERY'. „ The Army In Eplru* Moved to Threaten a Greek Retreat. Athens. June 27.—The Turkish army In Epirus has, occupied several positions over looking Agrapht, thus threatening the Greek retreat in the event of a resumption of hostilities. The Greek government has decided to oc cupy Karpeiiiai with a •trong force. SEVEN DIED IN THE STREAM. ALL THE INJURED EXCEPT THE CONDUCTOR SURE TO RECOVER. The Physicians Have Strong- Hopes That His Life Will Be Saved—Five of the Dead Were Postal Clerk*, One a Baggageman and One a Brakeman—AH Believed to Have Been Insensible When Their Car Reached the Water. Kansas City, Mo., June cof fins were forwarded, to St. Louis to-day from Missouri City. They contained the remains of victims of last night’s wreck on the Wabash road. A correct list of the dead is as follows: W. S. MILLS, postal clerk, St. Louis. O. M. SMITH, postal clerk, St. Louis. GUSTAV A. SMITH, postal clerk, St. Louis. CHARLES WINTERS, postal clerk, St. Louis. A. W. BRINK, postal clerk, St. Louis. EDWARD GRINROD, baggageman, St. Louis. CHARLES P. GREASELY, brakeman, St. Louis. The conductor of the train, G. S. Cope land of St. Louis, who was reported last night among the dead, is still alive. He was removed this morning to the railroad hospital at Moberly, with a fractured skull and several broken ribs. He lin gers between life and death, but the sur geons express a hope that he will recover. Conductor Copeland was supposed to be dead when taken from the wreck and his body, with a handkerchief over the face, was ranged in a row with the seven dead. A few minutes later some one observed a sign of life and he was quickly transferred to a stretcher and given every possible at tention. Os nineteen others injured, not one is in a critical condition. Among them all there is not one broken limb, though many of them were thrown three-quarters of the length of the coaches In which they were riding. Mrs. W. H. Wilkinson of Kansas City is the most seriously hurt. Two small bones of her left hand are broken and she suffered a severe laceration of the thigh, as well as bruises about the face and neck. The wounds of most of the others are triv ial. All the indications are that death came to at least four of the unfortunate mail clerks almost Instantly. Their car was pitched end first through the break in the | tresile and they, must have been in the raging stream while in an uncon scious condition. The remains of the four were carried from the wreck and were recovered some distance dow’n the stream. There w’ere signs of life in the body of the fifth mail clerk when rescuers dragged him from the wreck, but he died a few minutes later on the bank of the creek. Last night it was feared there were more bodies in the stream, but a careful search to-day proved that the fatalities were limited to those already named. A small stream was flowing beneath the trestle where the wreck occurred. In or dinary weather it is almost dry, but the heavy rain turned it into almost the pro portions of a torrent. A wagon bridge was wrecked a short distance above the railroad. The wreck of this bridge was hurled upon the railroad and carried away a row of wooden supporters in the center. A neighboring farmer noticed the peril ous condition of the trestle and resolved to flag the passenger train, which he knew to be about due. For nearly an hour he stood in the terrific downpour of rain, only to fail at last in his good intentions, for when the Wabash New York Fast mail came thundering on, the storm was almost blinding, and the engineer evi dently could not see the signal which the farmer so frantically waved across the track. The locomotive struck the trestle and a moment later the disaster was presented in all its horrors. The engine passed over, but the tender went through with the bridge. ~ The baggage car toppled off on its side, while the mail car, which had followed, pitched into the stream end first. Every life in this car was lost. The smoker, next behind, followed. It was In this car that Conductor Copeland was riding. The other occupants escaped serious injury. The chair car, next behind, also plung ed in upon the mass of wreckage, end first, and all Its passengers were thrown to the forward end In a heap. How they escaped with no more serious injury is a mystery. The front end of the sleeper, next in the rear, jammed into the protruding end of the chair car and was thus prevented from following the others into the chasm. The two Excelsior Spring coaches in the rear remained on the track. The scene of the wreck, w’hich is but twenty-three miles northeast of Kansas City, near Missouri City station, was vis ited by many people. The wrecking train worked there all day, raising the shattered cars and repairing the trestle, and to night trains are moving over the road as usual. The postal authorities report that prob ably nearly all of the mail carried on the train wks lost or destroyed. When the wreck occurred the five postal clerks are supposed to have had all of their pouches opened, and to have been at work distrib uting the mail. The car was so broken and splintered that most of the mail floated off, probably into the Missouri river. The Wabash train each evening carries all of Kansas City’s afternoon mail for the east, and it is always heavy and valuable. WHITES GOING SLOW AT KEY WEST Tljo Sheriff** Force Too Smail to Take the Offensive. Key West, Fla., June 27.—The city was quiet last night and to-day. The author ities are tardy in arresting the negro leaders for the murder of Gardner on Thursday night, and no inquest has been held as yet. One was called for yester day, but no action was taken, and another meeting of the coroner’s jury will be held to-morrow. Many colored men hereto fore prominent as leaders, end men who took part in the trouble, now deny that they had anything to do with the affair. The sheriff has no adequate force to per mit him to call for a general search for the guns lost by the militia, or to order the arrest of the negro leaders. ( DAILY, 510 A YEAR. > "WT/"x 4 5 CENTS A COPY. ( NO 61 I WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK ji A YEAR f TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE AT SEA. A Bark Wrecked and Ten of Her Crew Dead From Fever. Philadelphia, June 27.—The details of the recent total loss of the Philadelphia-brfund British sugar-laden bark Traveler, Capt. Christie, at Port Mathurin, Rodriguez Isl and, and the death from Java fever of ten members of her crew, including Capt Christie, have just been received at this port from Mauritius, and bring to light one of the most thrilling and revolting cases of shipwreck and suffering in the annals of shipping. Two of the sailors, driven to desperation by witnessing the sufferings of their ship mates, committed suicide by leaping over board, preferring death in this way rather than the ravages of fever, which they felt was sure to overtake them. One by one the men died, until the mate and second mate were the only officers spared, and former finally succumbed to the dread ed disease. Capt. Christie, the commander, and seven men had died and their bodies had been cast over the ship’s side. For nearly two weeks she drifted to the northward and eastward of Rodriguez Is land and ran into Port Mathurin. An ef fort was made to get medical aid from the shore. But the wind rose and the follow ing sunrise the vessel was driven on the onlying reefs and became a total loss. She afterward disappeared. The Traveler, a well-known Liverpool bark, built of iron in Dumbarton, Scot land, and laden with about 6,500 bags of sugar, valued at $60,000, left Java for Philadelphia Christmas week, and al though she went to grief Feb. 15 at Rod riguez, a remote island in the Indian ocean, nothing was known of it until last month.. Capt. Christie of the unfortunate vessel was well known here, having sail ed out of Philadelphia a number of times on deep water voyages. The Traveler was owned by J. R. Haws & Co. of Liverpool, was 1,420 tons regis ter, and built in 1879. The vesssel was in sured in England, but the cargo was held by American companies. AMERICAN BIKES THE BEST. Foreign Wheels Not In It With Thein In Popularity In Germany. Washington, June 27.—Charles de Kay, United States consul general at Berlin, in a report to the state department, calls attention to the fact that the German bicycle makers are deeply concerned at the now very large and growing competi tion of American machines. The league of industrials at Bochum, an important manufacturing center, has taken up the matter, and in a memorial to the German government, calls attention to the fact that this great industry is in imminent pel-11 owing the rivalry of American bicycle manufacturers. They complain that the United States levies a duty on foreign-made wheels of about $14.28, while the German duty be ing only $5.71 on 100 kilograms, only from 71 to 95 cents duty falls on the American wheels. On these and other grounds the aid of the German government is asked on behalf of the home industry. The con sul general, in his report, says it is not because the American wheels are of for eign make that they sell so rapidly in Ger many, but because they are the strongest, soundest, lightest and most elegant in shape. They have quite taken the field, he says, from Belgian, Austrian and Brit ish wheels. He also expresses the opinion that large concessions could be made with safety to the Germans in the way of lower duties, because the German public is now so well convinced of the superiority of the American wheels that we will Con tinue to hold the market so long as this high standard is maintained. Consul Monaghan, at Chemnitz, Saxony, In a report to the state department, also calls attention to the effort that is being made by German bicycle makers in that province to secure higher duties on Amer ican wheels. To this end the Bund of German industrials have petitioned the foreign office on the subject asking for immediate relief from the threatened dan ger SAFE BLOWING AS A SCIENCE. Burglar* Use Electric Current* to Melt the Knob. Cleveland, 0., June 27. —Burglars re sorted to a novel scheme to open a bank safe at Chagrain Falls, this county, last night. They entered the bank of Rogers & Son some time early in the evening. They had previously attached a wire to the trolley line of the electric railway. This wire was run through an alley over a transom and to the safe. Another wire attached to the rail of the street car track was brought into the bank. At the ends of these wires were car bon points. With these carbons an at tempt was made with the arc light thus formed to melt the knob of the combina tion. The experiment worked all right, and the knob had been nearly melted away ■when the current was shut off shortly after midnight. The burglars then gave up the task. The job was planned scientifically. The thieves had even gone to the trouble of placing a little pile of sand under the knob for the melted metal to fall on and thus avoid setting fire to the floor. There is no clue to the burglars. SCHOOL GIRL ABDUCTED. Went to Meet Her Father nn<l Was Lured Away by a Stranger, Columbia, S. C., June 27.—A gentleman who has a daughter at Due West Female college, Due West, S. C., gives distressing Information about a pretty 17-year-old pu pil of that college, w’ho he is assured was abducted In Nashville. A few days prior to the close of the term. Miss McQucston of Arkansas, was notified by her father to meet him at a certain hotel in Nashville. She went to Nashville at the appointed time, and not finding her father, proceed ed to other hotels, finally returning to the place she first registered. There she was met by a seeming gentleman who said he had seen her father, his friend, at a certain hotel, and was asked to take her to him. She accompanied the stranger and has not been seen since. Her father, who had been delayed, arrived twelve hours later, and was' told of the occur rence by the hotel people. Victoria Expresses Tbank*. London, June 28.—The queen, through the press, expresses her thanks for the many touching proofs of loyalty and af fection she is receiving by letter and tele graph from all parts of Uxe empire. MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS STUDY IN RURAL SCHOOLS. educational association COM MITTEE'S REPORT. The Document One of the Most Im portant of l't» Kind That Has Ap peared In Years—Maintenance, Su pervision, Supply of Teachers, and Instruction and Discipline Discuss ed Centralisation and Improve ment In the Class of Teachers Ad. vocated. Washington, June 27.-The report of the committee of twelve on rural schools in lhe Lnited States, appointed at the con vention of the National Educational As sociation in July, 1895, has been comple ted and will be submitted at the next an nual gathering. It is one of the most Important docu ments on school education that has ap peared since the promulgation of the re port of the committee of ten on secondary education in this country a couple of years ago. The committee consists of Henry Sabin of lowa, D. L. Klehle of Minnesota, A. B. Poland of New York, C. C. Pounds of New Hampshire, J. H. Phillips of Alabama, B. A. Hinsdale of Michigan, S. T. Black o£ California, W. S. Sutton of Texas, L. E. Wolff of Missouri, United States Commis sioner of Education Harris, L. B. Evana of Georgia and C. R. Skinner of New Y'ork. The report discusses the rural school problem in the different aspects of school maintenance, supervision, supply of teachers, and instruction and discipline- Each of these subjects was in charge of a sub-committee of three, their work be ing reviewed by the entire committee. The report says that for purposes of or ganization, maintenance or supervision, nothing should be recognized as the unit smaller than the township or the coun ty. The school district is the most un desirable unit possible. Effecting thio change wherever the district system pre vails would conduce to effectiveness and simplicity of organization, economy in funds, equalization of taxation and to a system of supervision whiteh would pro duce better results. All the sub-committees favor the con solidation of schools which are too small to employ profitably the time of ono teacher, into larger schools when practic able, in order that better Instruction be provided than is now possible. Every community should be required to raise a certain sum for the support of its schools as a pre-requisite for receiving its share of public money. A certain definite sum should be appropriated to each school out of the state funds and the remainder should be divided in accordance with soma fixed and established-rule, a. discrimina tion being made in favor of townships most willing to tax themselves for school purposes. One of the great hindrances to the im provement of the rural school lies in its isolation, and its inability to furnish to the pupil that stimulative influence which comes from contact with others of his own age and advancement. The commit tee, therefore, recommends collecting pu pils from small schools into larger, and paying from the public funds for their transportation, believing that in this way better teachers can be provided, more ra tional methods of instruction adopted, and at the same time the expense of th© schools can be materially lessened. There is a tendency to fill the rural schools with untrained, immature teachers. The establishment of normal training schools, under competent instructors, with short courses, each year of which shall be*complete in itself, would do much to remedy this evil. The extension and ad justment of the courses and terms of the state normal schools so as to constitute a continuous session would enable them to contribute more directly than now to the improvement of the teachers of rural schools. The state would be justified in demanding some degree of professional training from every teacher in the rurals as well as in the city schools. The establishment of libraries, the pros ecution of the work of school extension by lectures and other means, the intro duction of such studies as will have a tendency to connect the school and the home, especially those having a direct bearing upon the every-day life of the community, and the necessity of applying the laws of sanitation to the construction of rural school houses, demand immediate attention. The rural schools are suffering from the want of official and intelligent super vision. In every state some standard of qualification, moral and Intellectual, with ✓ some amount of actual experience, should be demanded by law from those who as pire to fill the offices of superintendent or supervisor of schools. Good morals and good manners con stitute an essential part of an educational equipment The inculcation of patriotism, of respect for law and order, of whatever tends to make a good citizen, is of as much Importance in a small as in a larger school. Regularity, punctuality, obedience, industry, self-control are as necessary ini the country as in the city school. Coun try school teachers should call to their aid the beautiful things in nature. Some important recommendations are made as to instruction and discipline and the evils of attempting to grade rural schools as the city schools are graded, are set out at length. In connection with school exercises at the town or county center, once or twice a year, competitive examinations are not recommended, unless they are carefully guarded. The feature of social inter course, the stimulus which comes from meeting with one s mates, have advan tages which ought not to be neglected. There is embodied an interesting report urging negro teachers for negro schools. It says the instinct of the educational de velopment of the negro must be from with in and by the race itself, and not solely through extraneous agencies, that the in tellectual and moral dependence of the race must not be perpetuated, and that the responsibility of teaching his own race furnishes incentives and means for race elevation. The conclusion reached is that the instinct of race identity renders impos sible the realization of an ideal relation between the white teacher and the negro puplh Brooklyn Sails Westward. Portsmouth, Eng., June 27.—The United States warship Brooklyn sailed westward this afternoon, after exchanging the usual salute with the other foreign man-of-war, which are expected to remain here several days. Twenty-six Miners Killed. Valparaiso, June 27.—Twenty-six min* ers have been killed by a fall of rock la the mines in the province of Atacama.