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for some reason 80 utterly unexplatnable as
TO almost warrant suspicion that the
railroad embankment was blown up,
the solid bank gave way, carrying with IT
q wall of stone more than yard thick, and
the engine and six, of the cars Of the heavy
train plunged into the Hudson River. At
midnight seventeen bodies had been taken
out Of the wreck. Ten were identified
Fifteen persons were seriously injured.
Thirty.six survivors have been accounted
for. The officials say there were 109 per.
der the mass Of wreckage in the river.
The cause Of the accident Is mystery in
the eyes of the officials Of the road, who
gave out the following official statement
with regard to it: "The embankment sup
porting the track slumped of into the
river"
The only two men who could have told
how the accident occurred we're John Foyle
and John Thompson, the engineer and fire.
man, but they are both at the bott ON oi
the Hudson with their engine.
The train was made up Of engine No. S72
and tender, one express car, one day coach,
one combination baggage and smoking car
and six Wagner sleeping cars, In the order
named. The train left Buffalo at4 O'Clock
on Saturday afternoon, and pulled out OF
SA~SA>
Sunday morning.
It was then q few minutes late, and
after leaving Poughkeepsie, twenty-five
miles above the scene Of the accident, was
running at high rate Of speed, In order
to make up lost time. The accident came
without the slightest warning. There was
heavy lurch, and then the track seemed
TO give way beneath the train.
The engine passed over safely, but the
cars Immediately behind dragged It from
the track and into the river. With fear.
full crash the huge weight Of iron rolled
from the embankment and disappeared into
the river, carrying with 1t the engineer and
the fireman to the bottom OF the river
where 1t now lies.
The express car, the day coach, the COM
bination smoking and baggage car and
three sleepers followed in wild tangle in
to the river. The first two broke theil
tastenings and foated down the river, one
two hundred yards and the other about q
mile, when they ran against the shore.
The three rear sleepers remained on the
track. Their occupants we're severely
shaken up, as the cars were slightly crushed
at the ends by the shock.
The only witnesses Of the disaster were
the crew OF passing tugboat, who say
that after the crash came the cries and
groans Of those who were imprisoned In
the floating cars or who had been thrown
from the cars by the shock.
The passengers Of the three cars that did
not leave the tracks rushed out in theil
night-clothes, calling for help as their eyes
fell on the appalling. scene before them
The express car and the day coach were al
ready floating away from the shore.
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cRoP.REPoRTINc REFORM.
Secretary Wilson to Try to Improve tho
System and Consolidate Two Bureaus.

Secretary Wilson to Try to Improve tho
System and Consolidate Two Bureaus.
The Secretary Of Agriculture proposes
to consolidate the Weather Bureau with
the Crop Bureau, and operate them next
year in conjunction. He also proposes to
reorganize the Crop Reporting Bureau and
to increase it efficiency. He finds that the
bureau Is encountered with list OF crop
reporters throughout the country who are
almost useless. This has been the opinion
of every Secretary of Agriculture, but each
has failed in the attempt to improve the
services. Only very few of the thousands
Of correspondents receive any pay for their
services except few packages Of seeds
and copies OF the reports of the depart
ments. Secretary Morton, after three
years effort to improve the crop-reporting
system, gave it up with the despairing
statement that he could only get garden
seed service for garden-seed pay, and that
as things were then running he did not see
how he could do better than had been
done. However, Mr.. Wilson is convinced
that he can succeed, and Is to try, and II he
finds that he cannot form correct estimates
of crops from such data as Is obtalnable
under the existing system, he will ask
Congress for cash and authorityto estab-
lish q new one.
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FOUND AN OLD MINE,
It Was Probably Worked BY spaniards
Many Years Ago.

1t Was Probably Worked BY spaniards
Many Years Ago.
Three prospectors, Goble, McClelland
and Quarles, have just reached Globe,
Arizona. with ore assaying s42 in gold and
copper from lost mine in the PInal Noun
tatns which had evidently not been worked
for many years. Their attention was first
attracted to the mine by the ruined breast
works thrown up to protect the miners
from Apache attacks. Almost In the centre
OF the Notifications was ruined shaft.
This they dug out, and found a well-de-
fined ledge. Sinking the shaft little deeper
they found ore running from fifteen to If
ty-three per cent. copper, and good per-
centage OF gold.
Near the old shaft they found skeleton
with a Spanish dagger by its side, and q
rich piece OF quartz. The men believe they
have valuable property. The ruins Of
Arastas show that much ore was handled
many years ago.
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Foreign.

Advices from Spitzhergen say the crew O.
4 wrecked vessel has arrived there with It'd
lngs from Andree, the Arctic aeronaut.
The striking engineers in Great Britain
have withdrawn their demand for eight
hours day, and conference with the en-
ployers is probable.
The Duchess OF Teck, cousin OF Queen
Victoria, sister OF the Duke OF Cambridge
and mother-in-law of the Duke Of York,
died at the White Lodge. Richmond, Eng
land. The Duchess's death caused sensa-
tion throughout the country, as 1t was not
known that she was Ill.
The deadlock in the Austrian Reichsrath
has created critical situation, and 1t is
believed in some quarters that the Austrian
Constitution may be suspended.
There have been forty-two deaths from
the plague at Hardwar and the spread of
the plague is increasing ut Poonah and
Surat.
cyclone swept the town Of Chittagong,
In the Bengal Presidency, India. Halt the
houses Of that place were demolished, all
the roads in its vicinity were blocked by
trees, and several vessels were sunk. There
were only three persons killed ashore, sc
far as known.
The Sultan OF Turkey has granted many
concessions to conciliate Bulgaria, but the
issuing of berats to Bulgarian Bishops In
Macedonia Is still withheld.
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WABASH OFFICES BuRAED OUT.
4 Blaze In st. Louis Causes, . Loss Egti.
mated at Ss00.000.

. .a.4 - Z n.EEs
Fire started on one Of the upper
floors Of the four-story building atseventh
and Chestnut streets, st. Louis, Mo-, occu-
pied by the Wabash Railway general
offices, lawyers, real estate firms and
stores. Hundreds Of people were IN the
building when the fire started. The dames
spread 50 rapidly that they had barely
time to get out. Those who could nos
make use Of the stairways and elevators
climbed down the fire escapes, and all gotl
out In safety. 49,. .siS ..
General Manager Ramsey, Of the Wabash
system, when asked for an estimate OF the.
loss suffered by his company, said: can.
not make any estimate OF the loss suffered
by our company. It will be heavy, how
sver, and very hard to compute, Tor q vast
amount Of drawings in the engineering de-
partment went up in flames ss well as pa
pers of great value in the passenger and;
other departments. The Wabash Company
carries 90, 900 900 Of insurance on its prop
srty all over the system, and until the pa
pers can be got at 1t will be impossible to.
say what our loss will be- II W
One ofthe employees in the engineers de-
partment said $500, 900 would not; cover the
loss sustained by his department. The loss
on the building Is estimated at $le0 600
The Post Dispatch, in Its afternoon edition.
places the total estimated loss at $500, ,00O.
A lighted cigarette dropped by o thought
less clerk IS supposed to have caused the
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FRANK A. MAoowAN ELECTED.
Trenton's ex-Mayor Put Out Of Home in
His Night Clothing. 81 q rs

Trenton's ex4Mayor Put Out Of Home IN:
His Night Clothing. 81
Ex-Mayor Frank A: Mcgowan swas
elected from the palatial home at TRENTON;
MI, he built In the days Of his prosperity.
He had not arisen when four constables
from the sherff's Office arrived. They
made their way to his bedroom and COM;
manded him to get up and leave the house.
MIR. Mcgowan refused to obey, and was
lifted from the bed and led down stairs. 80
he refused to dress himsel. and was
placed outside Of the door clad In his night
clothing. When outside his clothing was
handed to him, and he went 70 the barn
snd donned 1t. Mrs. Barnes-Magowand LETT
the house as soon as she saw her husband
was outside. y!
Mcgowan remained In the barn aboutsah:
hour, and then went down town to consult.
his lawyer about bringing Q suit Tor dam
ages against the Sheriff. Meantime the
personal effects Of the former Mayor and OF
bis second wife were placed upon the lawn,
where they lsy all day. The Sheriff OF
fcers remained in charge of the house.
Magowan's divorced wife saw the entire
sc6n6. HN-t+.g - sssBif ~
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SENoRITA cIsNERos.

Information Received That She VIII So.
journ in Georgetown.
1t Is stated that senorita Cisneros, who
was recently freed from the Spanish prison
in Cuba, will 90 to Washington and will en-
terthe Georgetown convent. It Is under
stood she will retire from public life, and
it is thought she will remain at the George
town convent for long period, as she is
very young and her education has not been
completed. The sisters Of the convent have
been most warm in their expressions Of
sympathy for her.
The Cuban Relief Association asked
Consui-G General Lee to spare no expense in
making her comfortable upon her arrival
in this country,
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Cause Of the Accident,

Andrew Bryson, a member Of the Ameri.
can Society of Civil Engineers, examined
the scene Of the wreck to ascertain its
cause, II possible. AS result OF his inves-
tigation, he believes that the retain wall
laid without cement, allowed the tides to
wash through and carry out some OF the
earth forming part OF the embankment. A
cavity was thus formed and the jar OF a
passing train finally loosened the keystone
Of its arch, composed OF loose stones. The
track then gave way under the engine OF
the fated train.
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A New 81 Greenback.

Secretary Gage, Assistant Secretary Van
derlip, and Treasurer Roberts examined
recently a sketch Of the proposed new
nIate for 81 notes. It Is a radical depart
I1re from oil previous designs, showing a
large space of white paper front and back.
An eagle with extended wings lowering
over the flag and the Capitol is the only
illustration on the face, and In the corners
is the figure In scroA work. The back is
very plain, consisting largely Of border
in geomstrical lathe designs. The officials
were greatly pleased with the sketch, and,
although no formal conclusion was
reached, it will doubtless be adopted. The
Oil bill will be greenback.
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married. E. A. Green, Chicago, William
q. G. Meyer, Passaic, N. j. Gilbert g: Nc
Kay, twenty-three years old, New York;
married; private secretary to Edgar Van
Etten, General superintendent Of the New
York Central Railroad. Thomas Reilly, st.
Louis. John Thompson, fireman, twenty
five years old, East Albany; single. Giu-
seppe Taguns, Albion, N. Y. Samuel will,
Jams, Buffalo. Two women unidentified.
one living in Buffalo and one in Hudson, N.
Y. Eight Cinnamon. ,
General Manager Toucey telegraphed
for wrecking tugs and before noon two
were on the river opposite the wreck and
at work. Men In rowboats assisted them
in their work OF searching for the dead,
and the bodies were gradually recovered.
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Prominent People.

Jean Ingelow's personal estate amounted
to only $50, 900 at her death.
The failure OF an Asheville IN. CO. bank
left the widow and children of "Blll" Nye,
the humorist, but $40 week.
The medical department of Queen Vic
toria's household costs $4,000 yearly, and
comprises twenty-iour persons.
A bullflght was arranged in Madrid, Spain,
for the entertainment Of King Chulalong-
korn l., of Siam, atthe Kings special re-
quest.
Dispatches from Cairo, Egypt, say the
Khedive is in precarlous financial condi-
ton, as the result OF a long course OF
private extravaganza.
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A COLORADO BLIZZARD s
Snow Storms Do Much Damage Through
out the State. \, III 81 So i

= . = 5fs-5IIt
A blizzard at Denver, Col, caused uni.
versai discomfort and indicted. heavy Pc
suniary loss as well. In one item o. broken
telegraph, telephone and electtc-light
wires and poles the damage IS $40. 600. 10
This must be added the heavy expense en- |.
tailed upon the street railways In attempts
TO keep their lines open and the loss ito
merchants in the way Of business. Many
families dined on tea and crackers. OF vent
to bed without any dinner ct all. Grocery
men could not deliver goods. x s s ,iSs ~
The streets, piled high with SNOW, present
a curious spectacle. There is hardly g
street in the city over which Is not at some
point tangle Of fallen telephone and elec9
tric-light wires. On all sides broken poles
hang In midair, or peer from pig snoE-
drifts. It is estimated that through gholt the
state no less than three Thousand mtlasof
wire are strewn on the ground. 'AS
The mountain roads escaped the fullstnry
Of the storm. The Burlington and other
Eastern roads were kept open By means OF
snow ploughs. ss- 4 M l; ~ ~ < y ~
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Labor World.

There's not an idle factory at Elwood,
Ind.
The United Typhothetae Of America, in
session at Nashville, Tenn, declared In
favor of arbitration.
The Building Trades Council, OF Chicago,
declined to take part in the Memorial Day
exercises held by the Anarchists.
The wheelbarrow coolies OF China have
ioined In the general movement for trades
unions and have formed guild of their
own.
Horseshoers' Union No. 7, OF Brooklyn,
has entered into an agreement with the
employers by which no horses are to Do
shod before q. m. or after 6 p. m.
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the words, "without distinction Of race and
color" was received with tumultuous ap-
plause.
Miss Willard then presented her biennial
address, In which she announced that Miss
Jessie Ackermann, Miss Ruth Shaffner and
Miss Pratt went to Iceland to organize the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union soon
after the last convention, and the presence
OF Miss Johnannsdottir, President OF the
Woman's Christian Temperance Union OF
that island, and its leading woman worker,
testifies to the success Of their visit.
The Executive Committee has authorized
the celebration OF Neal Dow's birthday az
National Temperance Day.
At the meeting of the Executive Com
mittee in the afternoon the officers
were all reelected, including President.
Miss Frances E. Willard, Evanston, Ill, and
Vice e-President-at-Large, Lady Henry
Somerset, England.
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Killed at FoofhaJl-

Benjamin Rich, the nineteen-year.
old half-back Of the Tyrone football team,
was killed in a game at Bellwood, Penn.
Rich was given the ball to run through the
opposing line, but was tackled and thrown
on the dry turf, about dozen players fall
ing upon him. When the teams broke away
Rich was found unconscious on the ground.
He was removed from the field, but died
shortly afterward.
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TRAIN FALLS into RIVER.
A Terrible Accident on the New York
Central Railroad.
BANK CAVED AT GARRISON'S, N. Y.

An Engine and Six Cars Plunged Into the
Hudsop-Most of the Dead Were
Drowned-Some Passengers Rescued
as q Day Coach FIoated Down the
streanl-Horrors Attended the Disaster
GARR1soN's, N. Y. (SpeciaD.--The worst
accident on the New York Central Railroad
since the New Hamburg disaster OF 1871
happened Sunday morning, just before
daylight, between darrlson's and High.
lands. The official statement Of the COM
panY shows that at least nineteen persons
lost their lives, and probably as many more
we're injured. The wrecked train, the Buf-
ialo and New York special, was running
along level and straight stretch Of track
when, without an instant's warning, and
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Cured of Consumption.

Sixteen consumptlve patients, who had
been healed by DR.. Joseph O. Hirsch'
felder's lymph, called oxytuberculine,
were examined at Cooper Medical College,
San Francisco, CAL, and q council
Of the best physicians in tho
city decided that In every case
marked improvement had occurred, and
that In some cure was substantially et-
fected. DR.. Hirschfelder prepares his
lymph from veal, in which tuberculine is
injected, and he appearsto have solved the
problem which Koch attempted to solve.
he has spent $500 In three years on his
experiments.
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DEVASTATED BY A CYCLONE.
Several Thousand Natives Perish on On
OF the Philippine Islands.

Several Thousand Natives Perish on One
Of the Philippine Islands.
A dispatch from Leyte, one Of the Philip
pine Islands, says that. place has been al
most devastated by cyclone, that many
persons have been killed, and that the dam
age done to property Is incalcu!able The
cyclone destroyed the towns Of Tagloban
and Hermann, on the island Of Leyte, as
we'll as several villages.
Later advices from Manila add that Carl
CARA and Burugo, on the eastern coast Of
Leyte, have been wiped out, and that an
immense wave swept inland, engulfng vii
lagos. Several thousand natives perished
at Tagloban. The cyclone also swept the
island OF Samar. The damage Is estimated
at Z, SOC, 900 pesetas.
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Strike Caused by a Kiss.

At Newcastle, Penn, 200 men and boys
are out on a strike which was caused by a
kiss. Richard Kissinger, one OF the men
employed p, y, IN the factory, stole 2 kiss from
ly discharged by the managers. The union
to which he was a member claimed that
stealing kiss was not sufficient cause for
discharging a workman, and demanded his
reinstatement. This was refused and q
strike was ordered, and there the matter
stands at present.
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Cycling Notes.

There are 1S5 league hotels in Missouri. :.
Italy is the latest country to fall victim
to the cycle tax.
sheepskin pads for hard cycle seats are
now being largely used in Austria.
Thin manila paper, also, is nov being
used for making tubes for bicycles.
Bicycle riding as remedy for asthma is
strongly recommended by DR.. Marcel OF
London.
The Archbishop Of Canterbury, it Is said,
has been advised to learn to ride bicycle
for the benefit OF his health.
The latest sensation Is to make q parl.
chute descent seated On a bicycle. This
feat was recently performed at the Crysta
Palace, London. England.
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TRACK WAS UNDERMINED
Rr)

Agnes Slack, of England; Mrs. Kirk, OF
Australia; Mrs. Barker, OF Chicago; Mrs
Johnannsdottir, the Icelandic representa-.
tive.
The meeting was called to order by Miss
Willard, the President, at 0.15 O'Clock, and
the f1rst fifteen minutes were given over tc
devotional exercises, led by Mrs. Ruther.
ford, President of the Dominion Woman's
Christian Temperance Union. The report
Of the Executive Committee was read by
Miss Agnes Slack. A notice to amend the
qualifications for membership by adding
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A New Hampshire D eNsyperado.

At Gorham, N. a., Thomas Mopshan,
absolute railroad man, while crazed with
drink. shot and killed Joseph Gsuthier, q
coal man employed by the Grand Trunk
Railroad, and indicted fatal injuries upon
5electman Woodbury. Gates, who attempted
TO arrest him. The murderer, after being
taken into custody, boasted that he had
"three bloods" on his hands. IL is sup.
posed that he killed William Thoits, OF
Shelburne. s'r'S'tr ~ s 8
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The Disaster at Garrison's,

The death list Of the disaster on the New
York Central Railroad at Garrison'ss n. ~
reached twenty. When the wreckers
:aised the day coach, already searched ana
declared empty by the divers, they found
the body c; Isaac Rettinger, OF Buffalo,
Iammed between two Of the seats. When
The upper part Of the heavy engine was
lifted from the river, the body OF Jonn
rompkIns, the fireman, was found wedged9
In front of the boiler 4 rs, y .2,Es z 5S55 n
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Running ON Matrimonial Platform.

Fort Gaines is an important little town
Of $500 inhabitants in the State Of Georgia.
There had not been wedding in the town
for seven years, 1t Is said, and Joseph Cul-
pepper was the first to break the record.
The town Is hilarious over this wedding,
and it has been determined to run Mr.. Gull
pepper on the matrimonial platform as can.
didate for Mayor at the coming election.
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Murder in PENNSYLVANIA,

Achilles Felker, twenty-four years Of age
and married, shot and killed Cora Gress
aged twenty, at Bouldsborough, Penn.
The girl frequently had repulsed his ad-
vances, He asked her to marry him II he
secured divorce from his wife. She re-
fused, and he shot her twice while her
mother was present. She died instantly.
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coReETT AS A REScUER.
Former Champion Helps Remove the In
jured From the Wreck.

FOrmer champion HeIPB HemoVo tne IN
jured From the Wreck.
James J. Corbett and the members OF
"The Naval Cadet" company were on the
first South pound train to arrive at the
scene after the accident. Corbett and his
sparring partner, John McVey, did good
service in rescuing the injured passengers
from the wrecked cars, and assisted in re-
moving the dead.
Corbett and Mcvey clipbed to the. top
of one Of the coaches, and, with axes, OBJ.
tanned from their train, cut an opening In
the roof. They removed Chinaman, who
was badly injured. They also took two
dead bodies from the car. Joseph EaRan
and several members OF Corbett's company
aided in the work.
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Fraudulent Warrants.

Over ssO,OO Of alleged fraudulent war
rants on the United States Treasury have
been discovered on the account OF the
Creek Indian Nation. Federal officials
have been sent to Indian Territory to in
vestlgate the matter. An old chief and
Government official are said to be involved.
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Two Found Dead In q Well.

Frank Moon, age fifty years, and Mrs. D.
Wells we're found dead at the bot
tom OF thirty-foot we'll on Moons farm
near DERBY, Kansas, having been asphyx-
lated. Moon had been overcome while
working, and he woman, fearful at his not
returning, went to the we'll late at night,to
investigate, and fell In.