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E WIVES AND DAUGHTERS OF STRIK¬ ERS MAKE DEMONSTRATION. i GOMPERS PREDICTS EARLY VICTORY President of Federation of Labor Believes tlio Strike Will Terminate Before the End of September. A dispatch from Pittsburg, Pa., eays: The wives and daughters of the striking miners at DeArmitt’s coke mines, near Turtle Creek, took a prom¬ inent part in the demonstration against the working miners Thursday. During the morning a dozen or more women gathered at the camp, and with flags and banners marched along tho road loading toward the tipple. On their way they met a number of miners going to the pit and greeted them with yells and jeers. They de¬ rided the miners who were working and ridiculed them in a manner which caused many of them to hang their heads in shame. The women say they will make a demonstration every day hereafter. Superintendent S. O. DeArmitt and four deputy sheriffs commenced the work of evicting the families of the Plum Creek strikers during the day. The work will be kept up until the company has possession of all their houses. W. J. Brennan, attorney for the miners, is preparing his answer to the bills of thff New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company in the proceedings against the miners’ officials and strike leaders for contempt of court. Gus Dalle, who is in charge of the sheriff’s deputies at Plum Creek, was told by the sheriff’s attorney that under the injunction he could not interfere with marchers who paraded with a band at their head. The only ones he can stop are those w ho are intimidating the workmen. Gompers is Confident. President Gompers, of the Ameri¬ can Federation of Labor, gave his viexv of the present coal strike situa¬ tion to the Associated Press Thursday as follows; “The situation as I gather it from the re¬ ports of our organizers indicates that be¬ tween 60 and 75 per cent, of the mines in West Virginia are now closed down com¬ pletely. A letter I have just received from the Cooper and Pocahontas districts is priming with confidence and says the work in that region has been reduced one-half in the last fortnight and predicts a general collapse long very soon. West Yirgini miners “So as the a con tinued operations there xvas, of feourse, little hope of an absolute victory for the miners because West Virginia could supply tho ur¬ gent needs of the market. But with the sus¬ pension in West Virginia becoming general, if tho miners in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana keep the ranks broken, as I am confident they will, tho strike iftust result in an absolute victory for the men. “Before September 15 the lake trade must be supplied. The situation becomes daily more acute, and while I hesitate to fix a day, I believe thestrike will terminate,by the end of September and that a settlement will be made in favor of tho miners.” When Mr. Gompers’ attention xvas called to the great destitution and suf- feriug among the strikers he said that the coal operators had taught the miners how to suffer. They had been drilled in hardship by the operators. They would contimte to endure their trials a little longer in the hope of re¬ lieving their situation permanently in the future. HE’LL TELEGRAPH FROM HEAVEN. ^Joseph Fife, a Negro Youth, Promised to Communicate With the Sheriff. Joseph Fife, a negro youth, con¬ victed of attempted assault on Mrs. Marks, a widow, and xvho confessed to other like crimes, xvas hanged in the yard of the city jail at Richmond, Va., Thursday. He ascended the gallows with the stolid indifference about leaving this world xvhich he had maintained from the time of his sentence. His last words to Deputy Sergeant Ralston were: “I will send you a telegram from heaven on the 14th of March.” A CHANGE OF BASE. Coal Operators Have Disagreements Among Themselx'es. A Pittsburg special of Wednesday says: Coal operators of the Pittsburg district have made a decided change in front. Internal dissensions mixed with fear on the part of some caused a split in their forces and a change of base. On its face, the move looked to many like a temporary surrender to the United Mine Workers of America. This, however, is denied by the most prominent lake shippers, who say they are going to start their mines and sup¬ ply the demand from the northwest, and not stand idly by and let a large volume of business go to operators of other states. NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR. Dr. Von Holben Appointed to Succeed Von Tliiel man. The North German Gazette an¬ nounces that Dr. Von Holben, the Prusf ian secretary at Stuttgart, Wur- temburg, has been selected for the post of German ambassador to the United States, made vacant by the appointment of the minister to the United States, Baron Von Thielman as minister of the German imperial WOMEN ROUTE FOREIGNERS. First Attempt to Start; Mines an Utter Failure. The first attempt to start any of the coal mines in the Pittsburg district was made at the Champion mines of Robbins & Cimpnny, near McDonald, Pa., on the Panhandle road Friday morning. Two car-loads of foreigners, gath¬ ered up from about Pittsburg, were sent to the Champion mines about daylight and put to work loading slack into cars. The miners heard of the arrival of the new men and with 500 women started to the mine. The new men were attacked with stones and clubs and driven from the cars. The women followed them up nnd the foreigners, without resisting, fled to Noblestoxvn. The tvomen then re¬ turned to McDonald and dumped the slack that had been loaded from the cars. They were met by 1,000 strikers, and headed by a band, marched a short distance from the mine, where they are now encamped, watching for the return of the non-union miners. The company say they are determined to load the slack, and a conflict is ex¬ pected if the new men are brought to the mine. UNION PACIFIC'S COMMITTEE Meet in "Washington ami Hold Consulta¬ tion with McKenna. Chauncey M. Depew, General Fitz¬ gerald, W. S. Pierce, J. H. Schaff, of New York, aud Marvin Hughitt, of Chicago, members of the Union Pacific reorganization committee, held a con¬ sultation at Washington with Attor¬ ney General McKenna relative to the decrees recently rendered in the United States courts for the foreclos¬ ure sale of the Union Pacific to satisfy the mortgage and the government’s second mortgage. Some portions of the decrees were not satisfactory to the government, and the reorganization committee ap¬ peared before the attorney general in the desire to reach a satisfactory under¬ standing with the government and thereby obviate further delay. SATED A FORTUNE, But Shoemaker Hussey Lived Apparently In Abject Poverty. Thomas Hussey, the aged citizen of Montgomery, Ala., who was arrested in New York several days ago in a dazed condition with $30,000 in money and securities in his pockets, died Friday at the home of his niece in Brooklyn. He was more than eighty years old. Mrs. Harriet Mitchell, a great niece and one great-great nephew, both res¬ idents of Brooklyn, will inherit the old man’s wealth, which is estimated to lie in the neighborhood of a hundred thousand. He was formerly a shoemaker and had lived in Montgomery for thirty years alone and in abject poverty. PURE FOOD COMMISSIONERS. They Meet In Detroit and Perfect Their Organization. A Detroit dispatch says: The as- sembled pure food commissioners have at last perfected their organization un¬ der the name of the “National Associ¬ ation of State Dairy and Food Depart¬ ments.” At the last meeting Friday the following officers xvere elected: J. E. Blackburn, of Columbus, O., president; G. I. Flanders, of Albany, N. Y., first vice president; J. A. Laxv- rence, of St. Paul, Minn., second vice president; John 15. Noble, of Hartford, Conn., third x’ice president; E. O. Grosvenor, Michigan, secretary and treasurer. Besolutions xvere adopted urging congress to pass laws placing manu¬ factured food products in original packages under state laxvs wherever sold. MILLIONAIRE GOELET DIES. XX'caltliy Now Yorker Passes Away On Board His Yacht. Mr. Ogden Goelet, of Nexv York, died Friday. He expired on hoard his yacht, the Mayfloxvev. The de¬ ceased had been ill for about txvo months past. Ogden Goelet was one of the two sons of the late Kobert Goelet, and a grandson of the late Peter Goelet, a very prominent member of society in Nexv York, London and Paris. The Goelet estate is one of the most valu¬ able in Nexv York, due to the increased value of the okl-time Goelet farm. The latter originally rah from the section of the city where the Windsor hotel now stands to the East river. AZCARRAGA SPANISH “PREMIER. Queen Regent Names the General as Can- ovas’ Successor. The queen regent of Spain, Friday, conferred the premiership upon Gen¬ eral Asearraga, who is also minister of war. The cabinet will not be modi¬ fied, but it is expected that there will not be instant dissensions. It is well understood that had Sa- gasta, liberal, been appointed to suc¬ ceed Canovas, there xvould have been wholesale resignations. It is said that General Weyler’s resignation is now in hand, bearing an “if” in reference to Sagasta. The belief is expressed that Sagasta would have leeeived appointment but for Weyler’s threatened resignation. CLSNE ROS CASK EX AG F. HATE I). Consul General Lee at Havana tele¬ graphed the state department at Wash¬ ington, Thursday, that the case of Ex’angeline Cisneros has been greatly misrepresented and exaggerated. He added that he could not ascer¬ tain that there has been at any time any intention to deport her. Minister De Lome has written a let¬ ter to Mrs. Sefferson Dax-is, in xvhich he shoxvs how utterly unfounded the statements are. m ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF TIIE G. A. E. ENCAMPMENT. OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR. The Closing Session Was Fraught With Interest—Next Meeting Will Be Held at, Cincinnati. The Grand Army elected its officers at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday, for the ei. suing year and the encampment has adjourned to meet at Cincinnati next year. The final session lasted from 9:15 a. m. until 3:15 p. m., without intermission. Opening under the or¬ der of business, the encampment took up the election of senior vice com¬ mander-in-chief. Alfred Lytli, of Bidwell Wilkerson post, of Buffalo, was placed in nomi¬ nation by Major A. K. Smith, the com¬ mander of his post, nnd was elected unanimously, there being no other nominations. The election of a junior vice com- mander-in-chief was not accomplished until after noon, there being four can¬ didates and several interruptions to the proceedings of the encampment by speeches and the admission of a committee from the Woman’s Relief Corps. F. B. Allen, of Connecticut, the candidate of the naval veterans, was chosen on the second ballot. Among the reports receiving favor¬ able consideration in the executive session in the encampment xvas that of the pension committee. It recom¬ mended a readjustment of a widows’ pensions and presented a form of proof and application in pension claims substantially the same as that embodied in the Pickier bill, which has passed the national house of rep¬ resentatives, but has not passed the senate. The report stated the pres- unt commissioner of pensions had con¬ sented to adopt new rules substantial¬ ly the same as those in force during the Harrison administration, The report also recommended that con¬ gress pass a service pension law to apply to all veterans who have reach¬ ed the age of sixtv-two years. The report of the committee having in charge the memorializing of con¬ gress to purchase several of the most important battlefields about Frede¬ ricksburg, Va., and to connect them by government roads was adopted. The invitation of the Young Men’s Business Association, of Bichmpnd, Va., to hold the encampment of 1899 in that city was received and thanks extended. This association was in¬ formed that the question could only he considered bv the encampment of 1898. Another committee reported favora¬ bly the proposition to establish na¬ tional parks at the battlefields of Vicksburg, Stony River and Appo¬ mattox. Southern Histories Condemned. Tho report of the committee on text books used in the public schools xvas adopted. The report deals severely xvith some of the histories used in the south, charging that they mistake the facts as to the cause of the rebellion and present them from a southern point of view. A regret is express that, after an ex¬ amination of all tho histories used in the states that were loyal to the gov¬ ernment in the opinion,none merits the qualified endorsement of the organiza¬ tion. The report closes xvith the following recommendation: “First, That this encampment urge the continued agitation of the question of improved text books in our schools that relate to the history of the United States, especially as to the events of the xvar of the rebellion. “Second, That the national encamp¬ ment authorize the appointment of a permanent committee on the subject of teaching patriotism in our schools, which shall make a report each year. “Third, That it he urged upon each department of the Grand Army of the Republic and recommended to the Woman’s Relief Corps, the Sons of Veterans and all allied organizations that they give direct and persistent attention to the selection of proper text books for use in our schools and the exclusion therefrom of such as are improper. ” TO ESTABLISH KLONDIKE ROUTE. A Washington dispatch says: The coast and geodetie survey has author¬ ized Augustus F. Rodgers, in charge of the bureau’s San Francisco office,to proeeed xvith an assistant to the head of Linn canal, Alaska, and make a thorough search of that part of the Klondike route. Treaty Between Russia and France. The London Times’ Paris corres¬ pondent declares that a definite treaty has actually been signed by a curious distribution of portions of Russian soil and French soil on the deck of the cruiser Polhuan. PROSPERITY IN KANSAS. Many Chattel ami Real Estate Mortgages Released. Advices from Great Bend, Kan,, state the county recorder has reported the release of over $60,000 in chattel and real estate mortgages since August 1 and half of the xvheat crop has not yet been threshed. It is predicted that by the nexv year the country xvill he in better than for years and xvill look back the largest increase of xvheat in history. SAVED TILLMAN 1IY ( HEATING. Cundldnto Irby Msk« a Snnmtlniinl Ad¬ mission In Ills Spool'll nfr Manning. In his speech at Manning, 8. C., Colonel Irby made the statement that he had cheated Tillman into his nom- illation in 1890. The circumstance creuted a sensa¬ tion at the time. Irby said: “I hatched Tillman. The truth of this whole matter is that Tillman and I joined teams in 188(5 after his agita¬ tion in 1885 for the purpose, first, to establish an agricultural college in South Carolina. On the question of college or no college, we were inglori- ously defeated. “Tillman became disgusted and at¬ tempted to organize the farmers of the state, threw up the sponge, wrote a long letter to the people of the state expressing his contempt and retired to his home among the old hills of Edge- field. “To get him back I originated the March convention idea a year before the convention was held and gave him the nomination on a silver waiter. On the question of nomination or no nomination in that convention we were defeated by one vote. I cheated the question of nomination, which saved Tillman, who was to be the nominee. The end justified the means, because persons opposed to nominations had not been invited to that convention and they had no right to control its deliberations.” FATAL FLAMES IN FLORIDA. Three I.ives Lost By Fire In Port Tampa City and Much Property Destroyed. At Port Tampa, Fla., Sunday after¬ noon, Marie, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Frances Valdez, went to the kitchen to start a fire. She poured on kerosene, and iustautly there xvas a deafening explosion, fol¬ lowed by the girl’s agonizing death cries as she ran from the room a blaz¬ ing mass. her Mrs. Valdez at once xvent to daughter’s assistance. While she xvas attempting to extinguish the flames her own clothes caught fire, and the two ran screaming from the house. Both xvere burned beyond recognition about their faces. The house caught from the flames, and was soon a mass of fire. A small boy xvas burned in the house. The fire spread rapidly and five houses owned by the Plant Invest¬ ment company xvere burned, there be¬ ing no fire jn'otection. ALABAMA GOAL FOR MEXICO. Large Cargo Will Be Shipped From Pensa¬ cola to Ve.va Cruz. A Birmingham special says: The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Bail way Company is loading a cargo of coal at Pensacola consisting of 500 tons, which xvliich will be shipped to Vei n Cruz, Mexico, to be introduced to the trade in that country, noxv being sup¬ plied by au English coal company. The discriminating duty on Mexican vessels loading coal at American ports having been abolished at the last ses¬ sion of congress, Alabama will attempt to get into the Mexican market with her product. which The Tennessee company, wil 1 furnish coal to the Louisville anil Nashvillo Kailxvay Company, which will haul the coal from Birmingham to Pensacola, and the Gulf Transit Company, xvhich will handle it- over xvaters, are uniting on the first ship¬ ment to the Mexican market. MUST FIGHT OR BACK DOWN. McLaurin Shoulders Responsibility for Everything Offensive to Evans. A Columbia, S. C., special says; It is a case of back down or fight be- txveen ex-Goveruor Evans and Sena¬ tor McLaurin. While McLaurin has been sick a quantity of campaigu litera¬ ture lias beeu sent out from his head¬ quarters at Columbia. Sex’eral of these reflected on Evan’s character. The ex-governor declared a few days ago, at Ivingstree, that unless Mc- Lauriu made a public disclaimer to the effect that he did not authorize or in¬ dorse these circulars he xvonld hold him personally responsible. It would xvas not expected that McLaurin notice this, but Saturday night he issued the folloxving card: “lam responsible for everything lathe campaign that is offensive to Mr. Evans and he need not put himself to the trouble of making any inquiries, but may proeeed when ho sees fit to hold mo responsible. “John McLaubin.” This has created much speculation as to the outcome. VICTIM WAS NOT GULDENSUPPE. Man Murdered By Mrs. Nack Proves To Be From Petersburg, Va. William A. Murray, the Petersburg, Va., ’photographer, body xvho went of William to New York to see the Guldensuppe, at the morge, which he claims to identify as that of William S. Edwards, a nephew of his, called at the coroner’s office Saturday. He described perfectly the satchel found in the woods at Kingsbridge, near the lower part of the body of Guldensuppe and asked to see it. He declared that it xvas the one he had loaned to Edwards on May 30th last and identified two rivets xvhich he had put in the satchel to make it stronger. SHERMAN TO SPEAK. He Is To Make an Address During Ohio Campaign This Fall. A Washington special says: Secre¬ tary Sherman xvill make one speech in the Ohio campaign this fall. The time or place has not yet been decided up- Oil, but xvill lie fixed by the chairman of the state committee. The secretary xvill not leave Wash¬ ington until after the return of the president and First Assistant Secre¬ tary Day. THIRTEEN MINERS BRING HACK $575,000 WORTH OF DUST. A PRESS REPRESENTATIVE TALKS Gives Good Advice to People Who Con¬ template a Kush to the Alaskan Gold Fields. According to dispatches the steamer Portland arrived at Seattle, Wash., at 3 o’clock Sunday morning. She car' ried thirteen miners, each of whom brought only a small part of his stake. The total amount of dust supposed to be on the vessel is $575,000. The Portland was delayed by the failure of the P. B. Weare to arrive at St. Michaels and by a storm on the north Pacific coast. The miners on board with the amount of their total mining profits, parts of which were brought with them were as follows: ,T. Howland, $50,000; Jim Bell, $45- 000; Joe Goldsmith, $155,000 N. W. Powers, $35,000 W.W. Caldwell, $85,- 000;W. 01er,$30,000;C. K. Zilly, $25,- 000; F. W. Cobb, $25,000; W. Zahn, $15,0C0; A. Buck ley,$10,000 M. S. Lan- sing$15,000; B. W. Farnham, $10,000; M. R. Camlock, $15,000. Press Representative Talks. H. N. Stanley, who went to St. Mich¬ aels for the Associated Press, returned to Seattle on the steamer Portland. He says: “I have been seven weeks at the mouth of the Yukon, at St. Michaels, where I saw all the miners coming out and interviewed them. As a result I feel it my duty to advise everybody to stay out until next spring. Wild and, in many cases, exaggerated reports have been circulated since the first discoveries were made. “The strike, however, was, and is one of the greatest, if not the great¬ est, in the world’s history. Probably $2,000,000 was cleaned up this spring and next spring I look for from $5,000,- 000 to $7,000,000. The fields have hardly been opened up as yet, but those going in now must bear in mind that everything in that region was staked out long before any reports reached the outer world, and later comers must prospect for themselves, buy claims of the present owners or work for the owners. “No new strike had been reported up to the time of my leaving and an¬ other may not be made from one to five years, although Alaska is an enor¬ mous country and will yet, I believe produce more gold thau we dreamed of. It is in many ways a bleak, bar¬ ren, desolate country, a country inca¬ pable of supporting any great amount of animal life and a country of such rigorous climate, both winter and spring, that none but the most hardy can possibly live in it. “The average man requires about one ton of carefully selected food and clothing for a year’s supply. In the summer of 1896 about 3,500 tons of supplies went up the river, and the new population of 1,500 to 2,000 suf¬ fered from want. Of this 3,500 tons probably 1,500 tons were tools, furni¬ ture and supplies other than provis¬ ions. This season, allowing for the most favorable estimates, not more than 4,200 tons of supplies can be car¬ ried up the river, and fully one-half of this is rum and tools, as well as supplies other than food. There are more than three times as many people there as last winter. Figure it out for yourself. “Grub xvas completely out this spring, and last winter there was such a scarcity that moose hams sold for $30 each, flour $120 per hundred, bacon $1 per pound. What will happen this coming winter? Why should not peo¬ ple starve to death? “As to shelter, 90 per cent of Daw¬ son was living in tents in July, labor is scarce and houses cannot be built. How are 7,000 people to withstand the rigors of a nine-months winter of semi¬ darkness, when the mercury goes 70 below zero? “There are about 340 claims on Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker creeks that will probably be worked this win¬ ter. An average of eight men to each is, I think, liberal. If but 2,700 men are employed, and there are 5,000 or more seeking work, what must be the result? Wages must go down. DENTAL FROM RATCHFORD. President of United Mine Workers De¬ clares That Miners Favor Arbitration. President Ratehford, of the United Mine Workers, has issued a statement replying to the operators of the Pitts¬ burg district. He denies that the miners are op¬ posed to arbitration. He says they fa¬ vor it, but not on the basis proposed by the operators. The operators’ threat about gatling guns and Pinker¬ ton men, he declares, will have no xveight with the strikers. He declares that if the operators will meet them on fair terms there can be no trouble in reaching a settlement. M’LAURIN INDORSED BY TILLMAN. Senator Declares Tliat McLaurin Is In Accord Witli His Own Views. In a ape^oh made in Union county, S. O., Thursday to an albance gather¬ ing Senator Tillman said Colonel El¬ liott, of Charleston, xvas the only con- ’ from the state not in accord gressman with the alliance.and that he was own¬ ed by Simonton. He said that McLaurin xvas xvith him in his views for the good of the state. KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS iGYFVlm In State Convention They Claim Honor of Bringing Prosperity. The Pennsylvania state republican convention met in Harrisburg Thurs¬ day to nominate candidates for state treasurer and auditor general. The hall was well filled when the proceed¬ ings began. The convention organized by the election of State Chairman Elkins as temporary chairman. Chairman El¬ kins congratulated the party on its victory last November and its pros¬ pects of success in Pennsylvania this fall. Referring to the state issues and the action of the legislature on the reform bills presented, ho closed by saying: “With more gold on the Klondike, gold in the harvest fields, the republi¬ can party directing the administration of national affairs, the Dinglcy bill on our statute books and McKinley hold¬ ing the reins of government, peace and prosperity shall dwell within our borders, let Us hope, forever.” The platform adopted ratifies and reaffirms the doctrines enunciated in the national platform adopted at St. Louis in 189(5 and approved by the people in the last presidential election. In addition it says: “We rejoice with the jieople of the nation npon the passage of the Dingley tariff bill. Its enactment redeems the pledges made by the republican party to our pros¬ trate manufacturing, commercial and business interests and holds out to them the bright promise of prosperity and material development, such as has never attended npon legislation de¬ signed for the protection of home in¬ dustries and the preservation of the home markets. “Dollar wheat” has sounded the death blow of the “free coinage” heresy. In the late presidential cam¬ paign the strongest bid made for the agricultural vote by the democratic party was the promise that their success in that election would raise the market price to one dollar per bushel —payable in silver. They met and over¬ the whelming defeat at the polls farmer now receives for his wheat one dollar a bushel—payable in gold. The dollar he received will buy in the mar¬ ket two dollars and thirty-five cents worth of silver, as measured by the coinage value of that metal. We pledge ourselves anew to the republican doc¬ trine of sound money and an. honest dollar.” AFRIDIS HOLD KHYI5ER PASS. Insurgents Captui*© and Burn a Well Gar¬ risoned Post. Advices of Thursday state that Fort Lnndikola, situated at the extreme end of the Khyber Pass, in the north¬ ern part of India, and garrisoned by 300 men of the Khyber Rifles, xvas at¬ tacked aud burned by the Afridis on Tuesday. leading The famous Klivber Pass, from Afghanistan into India, has now fallen completely into the hands of the insurgent tribesmen. India, the The governor general of earl of Elgin, has telegraphed to the government at London confirming the nexvs of the capture of Fort Lnndikola, adding that one native officer was killed and one wounded. Continuing the governor general an¬ nounces that nearly all troops at Fort Ali-Musjid have reached Jamrnd. The soldiers succeeded in retreating with their arms. The folloxving message xvas sent by the queen to the viceroy stationed at Simla: “I am griox-ed at tho loss of my bravo officers and men. X trust that the wounded are doing well. It is most gratifying to seo how well my troops have behaved. The conduct of all of my troops has been ad¬ mirable. Victobia.” WHEAT HOUNDS UP. September Options Reach tho High Fig¬ ure of SI.03 at Chicago. A Chicago dispatch says: Wheat shot upxvard again Thursday. Sep¬ tember, xvhich closed Wednesday night at 96 3-4c, started on the regular board with rates all the xvay from 98 l-2c to $1. Within five minutes it xvas sell¬ ing at $1.03. The market was very excited, but not broad. Before the upward rush ceased, the quotation xvas $1,034 for September. Today was the first time the bulge had carried the price past the dollar mark in Chicago, dollar wheat having only been just touched for a moment a few days ago. Liverpool Opening quotations equal at 24@3o shoxved an advance to per bushel. A HEAD-END COLLISION. Engineer Fatally and Others Seriously Hurt—Many Cars Smashed. A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: A head-end collision took place Thursday morning at 6.15 o’clock on the Southern railway, three miles west of Eden, 30 miles from Birmingham. Freight train No. 45, bound for Birm¬ ingham, from Atlanta, collided xvith 1111 extra freight train going east. Both engines xvere badly damaged and ten cars broken up. John Clieves, of Atlanta, engineer on No. 45 was fatally hurt. About a dozen others of the train crexvs were more or less seriously injured. WEYLEll ON THE MOTE. Heads a Small Force To Operate In Pro- vince of Havana. Captain General Weyler left Ha- vana Sunday morning xvith a small force for the purpose of carrying on military operations in the province of Hax-ana. It is stated that Evangeline Cassio Cisneros is still confined in the Casa Recojidas, occupying a well-ventilated apartment, into which is allowed the company of other ladies.