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LYNcHEO A DESPERATE.
Ran Amuck in q Train, Killed Postn as
ter and Wounded Others.

Ran Amuck In q Train, Killed a Postn as
ter and Wounded Others.
Alexander Jones, colored desperate,
ran amuok in a car on a passenger train in
West Virginia, and killed one man and
wounded two others. He was lynched next
morning in Hemphill.
Jones boarded the train in Keystone. ".
Va. drunk and quarrelsome. When Con-
ductor Mccullough came through to collect
fare he refused to pay and became very
botsterous While the conductor was re-
monstrating with him. he drew two revolvers
from his belt and began to shoot indiscrim-
inateIy through the car. The passen-
gers crouched under the seats and
tried to escape through the doors.
Before any one could get away, however,
the desperado had fired all of his twelve
shots. The miscreant then tried to reload
his weapons for further execution, but he
was overpowered by the trainmen, who sue.
.eeeded in dissrming him.
W. n. Stratus. Postmaster Of Elkhorn.
was lying on the floor of the car breathing
= his last, with bullet in his abdomen. he
.onl, lived a few minutes Peter Rice, col
.ored miner was fatally shot through the
right breast. Conductor Mccullough was
wounded In The side, but his injury is not
serious.
It. was decided to take Jones to Hunting
ton for safe keeping. The officers boarded
me train without trouble, although a great
crowd had gathered to witness the depar-
ture. A short distance from Elkhorn the
train was tagged, and fifty men, armed
with rifles, jumped aboard. They forced the
officers to release the prisoner, and then
took him out and hanged him to a tree on
the side OF the roadbed.
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STORY OF A SURVIVOR.
Terrible Scenes Aboard When d Storm
Disabled the Boat.

Terrible Scenes Aboard When u Storm
Disabled the Boat.
One of the survivors, Joseph C. Herman
dez. told the following story: The Hawkins,
he said, left New York at midnight She had
been purchased by the Cuban revolutionary
party. The crew consisted of sixteen men.
The captain was f. Hall, and the mate, C.
81. Crowell. who belonged in Brooklyn.
They left East 1S6th street. while in Port
Morris. in the dead OF night, and headed
straight up the Sound. All went we'll until
three o'clock a. m, when storm
came up. and the sea became rough.
The engineer reported that there was leak
In the engine room, and that the pumps were
ohoked. The engine room was soon flooded
and Captain Hall saw that they were In a
critical copdition. Orders were given to
throw the coal overheard to tighten the ship.
1t was done, but without effect. The Hawk
ins pitched and rolled, and began to settle in
the sea. The men had on board two Hotcn-
kiss guns, 14O0 American rifles. about 1,000,-
900 rounds of ammunition and 800 pounds Of
dynamite It was feared that the dynamite
would break loose and blow them all to
atoms, and it, with the arms, was then thrown
overheard.
Still the vessel was not relieved. The
water gained on them, and soon the engine
room fires were put out. Then the vessel
was completely at the mercy OF the waves,
which broke over her. Signals Of distress
were fired, and eventually the rockets
brought three schooners near them. At this
juncture all hands were ordered to take to
the boats.
There were six boats, but one OF them had
been rendered useless in throwing overheard
the coal and guns. The crew could not
handle the boats with facility and the result
was that nine men were drowned. Some say
ten.
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The St. Paul's Captain.

Captain John Clark Jamison, commander
OF the St. Paul, was born In Brooklyn about
forty-seven years ago. Hls father was ship
captain and was lost at sea. When
the boy was about tweve years old
he went on the pilot boat Isaac Webb
as an apprentice and stuck to 1t for
twelve months. Then, after year In school
he went out in the big clipper Dreadnsught
around the Horn for Frisco. He stuck to
the Dreadnaught for several years, and was
a boatswain when he joined the United
States service. He was mate OF the Mohican
tor three years from 1893, and after that he
went into clippers again. He was on the
Caro- us Magnus in gale which swamped
the ship. The crew were saved, but Jamison
got a broken leg and broken arm. In 1876
he Joined the service of the old American
line as second officer. The ships of that line,
named after States, piled between Philadelphia
and Antwerp. When tho Inman line absorbed
the Red Star and American lines Jamison
stayed with them. He was promoted to
command. and he has commanded the Rhyn-
land. Switzerland, Waesland, Westernland
and New York. with occasional trips In other
ships. It is said Of him that until he took
the st. Paul there had never been an accident
on any ship that he had commanded. Cap.
tain Jamison lives in Montclair. His family
consists of bis wife, two daughters and TWO
sopS.
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In Junta circles in New York City the
folly of sending such large expedition out
In such a worthless vessel as the Hawkins
proved herself to be was openly and severely,
commented upon. It was charged without
reserve that somebody within the Junta
organization had speculated, and made
money in purchasing the Hawkins. It Ia
known that a very heavy price was paid fol
her, and that a representative OF the
Cubans, alleged to have been an ex.
pert, had passed upon the vessel, and
had pronounced her staunch and swift
boat, perfectly seaworthy and able to float
an expedition Of any size. Members Of the
Junta say that rigid investigation will be
made into the matter Of the purchase.
Senior Tomas Estrada Palma. the Cuban
Delegate and Minister to the United Ststes
for the rebel Government, made vigorous
denial of all knowledge of the disaster to the
J. W. Hawkins, and most stoutly protested
that the CUBAN revolutionary party was not
cognizant OF any expedition. One Cuban
said: "The Hawkins was an old boat known
as a bunker Iwouldn't 20 outside Sandy
Hook in her. She certainly was no good
for an expedition OF that kind. Somebody
has been guilty Of great crime. 1t was
shameful to send such large body OF men
and such load of arms out to sea upon
such craft. She was rotten, unseaworthy
and a veritable floating coffin"
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The heavy seas struck the vessel again and
again, and it seemed for the time being that
some invisible power was holding her and
carving her in nearer and nearer to the
land. The captain quickly found ne couio
do nothing with his ship-she was held as In
a wise; she was helpless. It was high tide
when she struck, and all the passengers were
asleep and remained unconscious OF their
predicsment until z o'clock. An hour and q
half after the life savers had got their boats
out, rigged up the breeches buoy and COM
munication with the shore was established.
The officials of the company were notified,
and their tugs. together with Merritt Com
pany's wrecking tugs, were sent down from
New York. More life saving boats went to
their assistance, and after working until four
o'clock in the afternoon all the passengers
were transferred to steamers anu conVeyeo
to New York City.
There were a total Of 256 passengers on
the ship when she went ashore. Or these
sixty-f1ve were in the first cabin. seventy
one in the intermediate department and 12O
in the steerage. Her officers and crew were
400 in number She carried 200 bags OF mail
and had 81, 800, 900 in gold aboard consigned
to W. q, Crossman d Company. She also
carried II. 900 tons Of freight. :,
While the transfer OF these passengers ana
The mail bags was going on the waves were
curling aud breaking around her bow and
stern. It was critical work for the brave
life savers. When pulling of with load
they had to dodge. SO to speak, the enormous
breakers. which seemed to lie In wait 1or
them around either end Of the vessel. But
the men pulled magnifcently and the boats
rode the waves like corks.
The news that big steamer was ashore
had spread rapidly. Soon after dayoreak
hundreds were on the beach. In the after
neon there we're 5000 persons viewing. the
stranded vessel and the feet OF tugs bobbing
at respectful distance from her. THESE
spectators came by train from all the neigh
boring towns and villages. in carriages, IN
buggies. on bicycles and in nondesoript yehi-
cles. Men. women and children were there.
The sun came out for timet to Light up the
picture, the wind had gone down. the air was
almost balmy and the sunlight reminded one
OF the coming of spring. But yet the sea
would not abate its anger so quickly. 1t
sullenly swept over the beaches. dashed IN
mighty spray against the bulwark, setting
the laughing, chattering throng running
from bath
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St. PAUL RUNS AGROUND.
Accident to the American Liner Of
New Jerseys Coast,
STRANDED IN A. DENSE FOG.

sho Lost Her Bearings at Night While
Racing with the Cunarder, Campania
and Was Driven Ashore at Long
Branch--Her Passengers Safely Trans
ferred.--Fast in the Sand.
The new American line steamer st. Paul,
bound from Southampton to the Port of New
York missed her way in dense fog and
storm and went ashore near Long Branch,
N. Her commander, Captain Jamison,
attributed the accident to an error Of the
leadsman, who, he says, reported seventeen
fathoms of water when there we're only
seven. Her owners thought that she would
be floated without serious injury, although
It was feared that she would remain fast In
the sand for week or more. Her passengers
were safely transferred In the life saving
boat, and reached New York City twelve
hours after the accident.
Campania and St. Paul, Of the rival
Cunard and American lines, two OF the four
greatest ocean passenger steamers IN exist
ence, had been hurrying towards New York
almost side by side all day, and they plunged
"SesASh ONA
the New Jersey coast The Campania, for
tunately beaten in the race, barely escaped
a disaster similar to the one which befel her
rival by sudden anchoring. Both vessels
were miles out OF their course. Both cap
tains deny that they were.racing, and each
denies that he was slashing ahead regard
less Of anything but speed and trusting to
the other, whose lights he could see, to keep
In deep water.
The st. Paul went ashore about half-past
one o'clock a. m. She struck about four
hundred yards of the shore, almost in q
direct line with Seaview avenue, East Long
Branch, and right in front OF the Grand
View House.
The vessel had been running on dead reck-
oning, and at first no one knew where she
had struck. The life saving station men at
Nos 8, 4 and flashed their signals and by
and by Captain Jamison and the pilot found
they were in the vicinity Of Long Branch.
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THE AMERICAN LINE STEAMER ST. PAUL.

for term Of two years on the Democratic
ticket. Mr.. Runyon was appointed in 1856
by Governor Price Commissioner to
revise and codify the militia laws, and In
the following year he was appointed
Brlgadier-General and soon afterward Ma
jor.General, commanding the New jersey
National Guard. In 1860 he was chosen q
Presidential Elector. and cast Ills vote for
Stephen A. Douglas for President In the Elec-
toral College. When the Civil War broke
out in 1881 General Runyon was placed IL
command OF the New Jersey brigade OF volun-
teers.
Mr.. Runyon practiced Inv in Newark from
1887 to March, 1898, when President Cleve-
land appointed him Ambassador to Berlin.
Mr.. Runyon was millionaire.
The appointment Of Mr.. Rnnyon as Am
bassador to Germany was great surprise.
He was pleased with the unsouRht honor
and promptly accepted 1t. He was one OF the
most popular men who ever represented the
United States abroad. A widow, two sons
and three daughters survive Mr.. Runyon.
One Of the daughters Is the vile OF New
York banker. One Of the sons also lives In
New York.
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THE WREcKeRs AT WORK.
The Steamer Pulls Herself One Hundred
and Sixty Feet.

A strong effort was made to float the ship
on the morning after the accident and, as
result of it the stranded steamship was
tugged about 160 feet further to the
northward, but as the shift in position was
In the direction of the shore line, 1t did not
bring the vessel any nearer to deep
water, and did not improve her
chances Of being foated. Three
Chapman and three Merritt wreck
, ing boats tugged at the vessel during the
early hours. There were fifty powerful tugs
opposite the st. Paul ready to give assist
ance, but they were not utilized. Six I'm
mense kedge anchors were planted In the
sea about 1000 yards from the stranded YES.
sci. The kedge anchoris huge mud hook,
which, deeply imbedded. is pulled upon by
the two forces in opposite directions. The
cable that connected the kedge anchors with
the steamship was made fast to the drum
Of the st. Paul's heaviest hosting engine.
This permitted the st. Paul to wind up, or
draw in, the cable, while the tugs. with op-
posing strength, gave purchasing power:
Little by little she moved, until about athird
OF her length in distauce was traversed. and
then she came to final stop, and not an
other inch could she be moved. The strain
on the hawsers was not relaxed, In order to
keep the vessel from moving inshore.
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IN BEHALF OF THE cUsANS.
Spain Will Be Asked to Recognize Hel
Foes as Belligerents.

Spain Will Be Asked to Recognize Her
Foes as Belligerents.
A concurrent resolution was reported to
the United States Senate from the Committee
on Foreign Relations requesting the Presi-
dent of the United States to use his good
offices with Spain to have belligerent rights
extended to the Cuban revolutionists. The
resolutions reported by Mr.. Morgan, repre-
senting the majority Of the Committee on
Foreign Relations, follow:
stResolved, by the Senate Ghe House OF
Representatives concurrin2), That the pres
ent deplorable war In the Island Of Cuba has
reached magnitude that concerns all civil
lized Nations to the extent that 1t should be
conducted. If unhappily 1t is longer to con-
tinue, on those principles and laws OF war
fare that are acknowledged to be obligatory
upon civilized Nations when engaged In open
hostilities. including the treatment OF cap
tives who are enlisted In either army: Que
respect to cartels for exchange OF prisoners,
and for other military purposes; truces and
flags Of truce, the provision Of proper hos
pitals and hospital supplies and services to
the sick and wounded OF either army; be 1t
further >a....
''Resolyed, That this representation Of the
views and opinions Of Congress be sent to
the President, and, II he concurS therein,
that he will, In friendly spirit, use the good
offices OF this Government to the end that
Spain shall be requested to accord to the
armies with which It Is engaged in war the
rights Of belligerents, as the same are recog-
nized under the laws OF Nations
The minority report upon the Cuban ques-
ton, submitted by Mr. Cameron OF Penn
sylvania, presents to the Senate the follow
ing brief and simple resolution: "That the
President is hereby requested to interpose his
friendly offices with the Spanish Govern
ment for the recognition Of the independence
OF Cuba" ...... ..
The majority resolution was accompanied
BY report which, while 1t regrets the un-
happy hostilities in Cuba, insists that Sc
curity of life and property and tho establish
ment OF peace and OF satisfactory Govern
= ment demand the recognition OF the TACT
that state OF war exists In Cuba. This de-
mand Is enforced by the proximity OF CUBA
to the frontier of the United States and BY
the fact that the island is identified With the
political and commercial welfare OF our peo-
Die. It Is further made needful, the report
says, because Of the sympathy OF sentiment
In this country with the insurrectionists and
because Of the hospitality which, in accord
ance with the laws OF Christianity. has been
extended to Cuban refugees and has caused
suspicion from Spain, friendly Power, as to
conniyance with violation OF the neutrality
laws. The report also points out that there
is no cartel providing for the care OF the
wounded or sick or the recognition OF hags
OF truce. The matter was placed on the cal
andar
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GRAIN CROPS IN THE SOUTH.
Farmers Less Burdeued with Debt Than,
Since the War.

Farmers Less Burdeued With Debt Thar
Since tho War.
The Southern States Magazine Of Baltts
more. Nd. publishes reports from over i've;
hundred correspondents In all parts Of the.
South as to the financial condition OF farnl-
ers. These reports show that Southern farm
ersas class are less burdened with debt than
they have been at any previousti time since the
war; that they are now more and more
every year producing at home their own pro-
visions and becoming less and less depend
emit upon the West for corn, four: pork, hay
and like supplies; that growing these things
themselves they are saving the enormous
profits on them formerly paid to supply mer-$
chants, and that living thus on their
own resources they can count largely
as profit whatever they may receive ZOE
such cotton as they grow. An advance
report Of the corn crop Of 1895 In the
South from the United States Agricultural
Department Is published. It shows that to.
the great WELD of 4S3. .000, 900 bushels In that
year, the South has now added 124, ,000, 600
bushels, the total for 1895 having reached
the unprecedented figures Of 607 600 ,000
bushels, gain Of 172. .000, 900 over 1898. Add.
ing to the corn crop the yield OF wheat and
oats. the exact figures Of which ara not set
obtainable, gives the South total grain
production In 1896 OF FAC, ,000, 600 bushels.
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FILIBUSTERS WRECKED.
A Biz Cuban Expedition Founders
Off New Jersey.
MEN AND MUNITIONS LOST

The J. Y. Hawkins, an Old Tub in Which
They Put to Sea From New York City,
Goes Down---A Terrible Blow to tho
Cuban Insurgents---A Thrilling Res
cue--Guns Thrown Overheard.
The fishing steamer, j. N. Hawkins. re-
Gently purchased in Baltimore, Nd. by the
agents OF the Cuban Junta in New York
City and converted into transport to carry
men, arms and ammunition to the insur-
gents, sank off the New Jersey coast while
on the way to Cuba. She had on board 120
volunteers, 5000 Winchester and Remington
rifles. four Hotchkiss rapid firing guns, 1000
pounds of dynamite and raw material for use
in the manufacture OF high explosives, 1000
machettes and 2,OOO, 900 cartridges. The en-
tire outfit cost about $4,000. and the loss is
the heaviest blow the revolutionary party
has received. Reports vary as to the loss Of
life, but six or ten men were drowned. They
we're Spaniards, The expedition was COM
manded by General Calexto Garcia, and his
staff cc:..sisted OF Colonel Carlos Gar,ia. his
son. General Rosso and two other officers,
said to be Americans who saw service In the
late war.
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Foreign Notes.

Germany has ordered twelve torpedo de-
stroyers, to have speed Of thirty knots. it is
reported. from Thornycroft Il Co., the Brit
ish shipbuilders.
n sperial cable despatch from Caracas,
Venezuela, it is stated that dispatches an.
nouncing immediate action by Germany in
collecting railway debts due Germans have
caused excitement and alarm in the capital.
The Cunard steamer Catalonia was towed
to the Azores with broken shaft by the Ger
mau steamer Braunschweig.
Many women at Caracas have organized
for the protection Of venezuelan interests "a
against European aggression. They an
nG,Inre that they have established boycott
against Engish goods.
The employees OF the Clyde (Scotland)
shipbuilders. who have been locked out for
several months, owing to an agreement be-
tween their employers and the Belfast ship
builders. whose employees were On strike, re-
suned work.
The Ontario (Canada) Government has
relinquished all claim to Coleman Island in
Lake Larroix, west Of Port Arthur, an official
survey demonstrating that it lies south Of
the International boundary liue and in
United States waters.
The international chess tournament in
Ot. IClClSUulS, lNuSoiut ShtSut AoSn".s sA'
German, winning first prize; Steinitz Won
the second prize and Pillsbury, the Ameri.
can, finished thiro.
The death of Lord Leighton. the celebrated
British painter, and President Of the Roya
Academy. is announced.
Ialan is placing orders for ten warship:
and plants for TWO dockyards with builders
on the Tyne and Clyde.
Vt. e.,>kn
Captain-General OF Cuba, sailed from Spair
for Havana, together with cavalry forct
1000 strong. A large crowd witnessed th'
emharkation of the General and the troops
A revolution of small but irritating char
acter is agitatinG Caraboho, Venezuela, ant
causing some solictude at Caracas.
The drawing in its legal aspects of-the
British case in the Guiana boundary dispute
has been intrusted by the Government t.
Sir Frederick Pollock, Corpus professor o
jurisprudence of Oxford University.
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FUTURE OF THE RESOLUTION.
Considered Probable That the President
Would Comply With the Request.

Considered Probable That the president
Would Comply With the Request.
It has been the uniform practice for many
years to regard concurrent resolutions as in
dependent acts of Congress, not requiring
the approval of the President to give them
force and effect, and hence there was some
doujt about sending the above resolution to
the White House. 1t was not regarded,
however. as probable that the
resolution would meet with the dis
approval of the Administration. Neither
the President nor Secretary Olney
has publicly committed himself to any line
of policy in regard to Turkey and the
Armenian situation, but 1t is known that be-
fors the resolutions were drawn up Senator
Cullom had long conferences with Secre-
tary Olney on the subject, and theimpression
was given out that the resolutions had the
full approval of the Administration.
II was, thus, the uniform expectation that
the President would comply with the request
contained in the resolution, and would com.
municate the action Of Congress to the Gov
srnments of Great Britain. Germany, Aus
tria. France, Italy and Russia, the six sigma
tory Powers, besides the Turkish Empire, to
the Treaty OF Berlin.
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VENEZUELAN COMMISSION MEETING.
Valuable Documents In tho Possession OF
the Boundary Board.

Valuable Documents In tho Possession OF
the Boundary Board.
The Venezuelan Commission, all its MEM
bers attending, held practical y its first for
NAL business session in its temporary quar-
teers at Washlngton.an made matters OF rec
ord the result accomplished by its members
acting independently the last two weeks.
Considerable intormation-geographtcal,
historical and Of a legal nature-hasb been ae-
cumulated through the efforts OF the COM
miss,oners working In special lines, and
documents bearing on the commissions
work, now In public and private Libraries,
will be made accessible whenever desired.
A great mass OF material has already been
accumulated, and the commission has no
doubt now that sufficient evidence will DO
forthcoming.
Justice Brewer, said that the commission
was making excellent progress, and that
while the great interest taken by the public
in its proceedings was fully recognized and
appreciated, it would be extremely iniudi-
cious to attempt to make public bills OF evi-.
dence in haphazard way, which might be
exceedingly misleading and injurious to the
work in hand.