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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
THE PLUNGER IS LAUNCHED
Second of the Holland Type Of Submerged
Torpedo Boats.
New Vessel is Almost Identical With
the Holland, but Remedies Some
of Latter's Defects.

BALTIMORE, Nd, August THE
Plunger, submarine torpedo boat of the
Holland type, designed fer the United
States navy, was successfully launched at
the yards of the Columbian iron works at
1910 pm. today. The ceremonies were
simple, consisting merely of the customary
christening, and few brief and i'm
promptu speeches.
The Plunger is in almost every respect
similar to the Holland. recently completed
at Elizabeth, N. j., but it is claimed for
her that some of the lninor defects in the
Elizabeth boat will be remedied when the
new one is completed.
Like Big Cigar.
The Plunger looks like a great red cigar,
half submerged, as she lies on the surface,
ready for her engines and armament,
which, it is thought, will be IN place and
ready for trial early in the spring of next
year.
With length of eighty-five feet and di-
ameter of 11.5 feet she has a displacement
when floating light of 155 tons, and VIXEN
down to the load line, or with the super
structure awash, 167 tons. Two sets of
motive power are provided. one for the
afloat and awash condition, and one for the
submerged condition.
Twin quadruple expansion engines, with
steam furnished from water tube boiler,
will operate twin screws when aitoat or
awash, and a seventy horse power motor,
fed from forty-eight chloride cells, will fur
nish the power when submerged.
Carries Five TOrpedOcs.
When ready for action she will carry five
tcrpedoes, which will be expelled toward
the hull Of the vessel to be attacked by
means of two expulsion tubes, operated by
electricity. Her speed, when submerged in
twenty feet Of water it is expected, will
reach six knots an hour for eight hours.
When she is upon or just beneath the
surface she should be capable of covering
fifteen to sixteen knots. The method of
operating the vessel is precisely similar 20
that employed in her sister ship, and has
been fully described.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07

Thousands View the Last Days Trials
lnder a ScOrchfng Sun.

BICYCLE TRACK, WILLOW GROVE,
Pa. August This mornings sun beat
down numerically upon thousands of spec
tators who came out to the track to see
the last days trials. AS early as s o'clock
crowds began arriving at the park and a
great number preferred to sit under the
shade trees of the track rather than suf-
fer in the fierce rays of the sun. which have
full swing during the morning on the
stands.
The cracks were out early for their prac-
tice spirs, and showed up in fire form.
There was a change in the program and
the first event WAS the half-mile champion
ship, professional, run in four heats first
two to qualify.
C. N. BLY,, the wcll-known amateur from
Northa ampton, Mass, met with an acci-
dent today which will prevent him from
competing In todays races. He was TAX
ing a spin on the track while some line
men were cleaning the hig electric light
globes overhangiag the track. The globe
of one was lowered to a snort distance
from the track. BLY, was going a good Clip
and failed to see the lamp His head
struck the globe and he was cut very
badly. He was removed to the Jewish
Hospital.
Half-Mile Championship.
First heat-Half-m championship. Tom
Cooper. Detroit. Mich. wen; Fred. J. Lough-
head, Sarnia. Ont, second. Time. 1O7 3-5
Second heat-Arthur Gardiner Chicago,
won; owen s. Kimbar, Louisville, KY, sec
ond. Time, LIZ 2-5
Third heat-This was a close race between
o. L. Stevens and Earl Kiser. Stevens
won I'm LOG As Kiser a foot behind.
Fourth heat--A C. Mertens St Paul,
won; Eddie Bald, Buffalo, second. Time.
LOS.
This was a rafting good race. Less than
six inches separated the place men at the
finish.
One-Mfle Handicap for Amateurs.
Second event-One mile handicap anna
teur; nine heats; first three in each heat to
qualify.
First heat-Fred Schade (scratch), with
Fred Costello and Club Nelson on the
twenty-yard line, and Fred Hattersley OF
ST. Louis on the ten-yard line. The finish
was made in close order. Hattersley won:
o. v. Babcock, New York Go yards), Sec
ond: Fred Schade. Herndon, Va. tscratch).
third. Time, 2.11 %
Second heat-Ellery NJ Blake, Keene, n.
H. was on the scratch. The pace was not
very fast, but all finished close together.
e. L. Wilson, Washington, ID. c. go yards).
won; Blake (scratch). second; H. W. Md
dendorn, Louisville co yards). third. Time,
2.14
Third heat-E. w. Peabody, Chicago. was
on the tape. He made a grand squirt after
the field. but was unable to overtakc Ed
win s. Gee Q25 yards), who won; Peabody,
second; w. A Lantz, Harrisburg Pa f3O
yards). third. Time. .16 2-5.
Fourth heat-A- b. Goehler Buffalo, was
CONTINUED on Tenth Page)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
EARrHauAkE IN coLoRADo.
vibrations Seem to Come From thu
Basalt MouutAinS

BAsALT. Col. August 7-Distinct vi
brations OF an earthquake were felt here
about l:4O am. the vibrations appearing
town. and travelling southwest windows
ratified, houses rocked, wallpaper and plas-
terfng were cracked. No material damage
was done.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-07
MILITIA ORDERED OUT.
Mayor of FafrpOrt, Ohio, Calls for
PainesViIle Company.

COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 7.-Captain
Jerome A. Burrows. Company NJ, 9Th o.
n. G., at Painesville, has wired Adjutant
General Axline that he has been ordered
by the mayor of Fairport to report to him
for duty at l pm. 1t is evidently an ore
strike.
RiOtinE en- Ore Docks.
COLUMBUS, August Especial to the
Dispatch from Painesville Ohio, says:
The militia company left here about noon
for Fairport, seven miles north.
There is rioting on the ore docks.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
REEDER RSAW HASTINGS
The Two Had a Long Confer
ence at Harrisburg.
MCCORMICK AND ELKIN CONFERRED
The Rumor Grows Stronger That the
Secretary and Deputy Attorney Gen
erhl Are TO Resign-The Governor and
Reeder Refuse to BE Interview q.

HARRISBURG. Sept. 8. - Governor
Hastings has returned to Harrisburg
from his summer home at Bellefonte.
Soon after the governors arrival at
Capital Hill. Secretary of the Common
wealth Frank Reeder went into the ex-
ecutive chamber and the two were
closeted together for nearly an hour.
At the close of the interview the gov.
ernor declined to see the newspaper
men on the plea that he had nOrhlng To
say about the story of the resignation
of General Rec .er.
quently and asked if he had anything
to say about the story. He declined to
discuss the matter and referred the
reporters to the governor. Attorney
General Mccormick had conference
with Deputy Attorney General John
Z. Eikin. which leads to the belief that
there Is some ground for the story that
Mr.. Elkin is also to retire
A rumor has been current that Cen
eral Reeder and Mr.. ElkIn, who are
adherents of Senator Quay, will resign
because of the widening of the polltl-
cal breach that has existed for some
time between the Quay faction and the
friends of Governor Hastings. Attor-
neF General Mccormick is looked upon
as the leader of the anti-Quay or ad-
ministration forces. Mr.. Elkin. in ad-
dition to holding the position of deputy
attorney general. is chairman of the
Republican sTate comm ttee.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
" oman Murdered on Road.

Wellsboro, September > Mrs Effie
Goodwin, who was found yesterday af-
ternOon by the roadside near Mansfield
with the left side of her head crushed as
if with heavy weapon, died o'clock
this morning in the CDttage State Hos
pItal, at BlOssburg, Walter Goodwin, her
husband, from whom she had separated,
has been arrested.
After her death this morning the sur
geOrs probed the wounds and found four
bullets in the head. Walter Goodwin
on Saturday was working at threshing
with his brother at Stoney Fork, and
was in this borough in the evening.
He made no effort to evade the officers
who arrested him in Charleston last
night.
He says that he knows nothing about
the assault upan his wife; that he was
not In Mansfield after Thursday evening
when he tried to prevail upon his wife
to withdraw her suit against him for de
sertion. He says that he will be able to
easily prove. an alibi.
1t is reported that Mrs Goodwin told
the Beach family, for whom she worked.
that sine expected to meet her husband
on Friday night. The inquest is to be
held at 8losSburg tomorrow.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

Complaint > made by the Republican
papers, says tne Pittsburg Post. thai
their party Is -,Olng to the dogs in Penn
sylvania because of its suurestrained sway
and the fact. as the Philadelphia Press
puts 1t, that 1t has no longer respect
able opposition party" to cOn:end with.
We cannot recall the time when the Re-
publican papers found the Democratic
opposition In Pennsylvania ''respecta-
ble' quantity. For twenty or thirty
years they have characterized it, at in
tervals, as cOpperhead or rebel, British
free trade or repudiating, and anarchi-
cal. In Republican estimation there
was always something that robbed it of
''respectability." When political par
ty in this country wins the encomiums
of its adversaries it is certain indica
ton it doesn't amount to shucks as an
opposition party. 1t is praised and its
'respectabillty conceded pracisely to
the extent that it abaudons its own priu-
clples and lines up with the party in
power. The Republicans found a GER
tain degree of "respectabiiity' in the
boltocrats last year, but it was because
they were laboring to elect Mckinley
and defeat Democratic congressman and
Legislators in close districts. ''Respecta-
bility," in this case was gagged by
treachery.
"Respectability in politics is rather
an indefinite quanty. The respectable
element. so-called, prevailed in the
Legislature, having it almost unani-
mousiy. Now the respectable ele-
ment is quarreling among themselves to
find terms af denunciation sufficiently
crushing to do justice to the misdecds
and variel rascalities of tha. choice Sc
lection of ''respectables - The boss
Leaders of the respectable" side of the
political fence are vying with each 9TH
or in mutual denunciation of the knav-
cries they each practice, while the rank
and file are dividing into hostile politi-
cal camps of "respectabIes with loud
bawling that the other side is a COM
pound of all that is bad
The ''respectabllity, of the Republi-
can party of Pennsylvania is so sand
wiched between licensed plunder and
b1ss rule that the word is commencing
to spell hypocrisy and cant
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Richer Than the kIOndykp.

Sedalia, Mo September j. w.
Corkins, Sedalia capitalist, and Leo
Cloud, an expert mining engineer of
Cincinnati, representatives, of st, Louis
and Cincinnati syndicate, will leave here
tomorrow for the west coast of Mexico,
to practically verify the value of gold
placer and quartz mines which have re-
Gently been secured by the syndicate
through concessions and mineral land
grants from the republic of Me, ico.
MessrS COrkins and Cloud will 20 di-
rect to Hermosillo, and from there to
the gold fields in the new EIdora, loca-
ted in the Yaqui Indian country, which
has just been opened to entry to white
men This part of Mexico has been ex-
plOred but little by the whites, but if the
reports of the syndicate's prespectors
are true, the inland mountain ranges
along the west coast of Mexico are rich
er even than those of the Kbondyke.
The placer mines are said to be mar
velously rich in scale and nugget, while
the quartz rock In the upper ledges con-
tain veins of milling ore which assays
$500 to 81, 500 per ton. The syndicate
succeeded In keeping the discovery Sc
cret before securing its mining patents
and concessions, and if the reports re-
ceived here are substantially correct, the
syndicate will be able to turn the tide
of fOrtune-hunters from the gold fields
OF Alaska to the Eldorado of Mexico.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Beaten by Robbers.

S,ndy Luke, Pa September 6 Five
masked men entered the house of
Michael Slater, a farmer, three miles
west of here, about 9 O'Clock last night
The ruffians bound and gagged Slater.
and after beating him, carried their cap
tive out into the yard. There they
placed him under tree, and removing
the gag, ordered him ID tell where he
kept his money and other valuables
The old man said he did not keep his
money in the house, and begged them
to release him, as he said they were kill
ing him.
The robbers laughed, and while one
man stood guard over him. the other
four went to the house. The family
were all away. and the robbers secured a
gold watch, silverwdre and various arti-
cles of value.
Slater is man of means, and was
supposed to have boarded in his honse a
portion of his wealth The marauderS
made vigorous effort to find Its hiding
place, but we're disappointed. Bureau
drawers were emptied, carpets torn up,
bedticks ripped open, ashes taken from
the stove, aud every conceivable place
that would afford hiding place for val
usbles or money was searched.
After a hunt of more than four hours
the men departed. About 3 3O'clock this
morning Slater succeeded in liberating
himself, when he gave the alarm, and,
together with neighbors, gave pursuit.
but was unable to find any trace of the
fugitives. He says he recognized three
of the men.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

The increasing probability of the set
tlement of the coal strike upon a basis
of wages that will somewhat improve
the condition of the miners is the mos,
encouraging feature of industrial news.
1T will take years to get back the money
that has been lost by the contending
strikers and operators. A strike is
probably the costliest method that could
be devised for accomplishing the object
aimed at, but there appears to be no sub
stltlte for this form of compulsion.
To the great credit of the coal strikers
1t must be said that they have manifest
ed remarkable self-control and respect
for law. The injunctions issued from
the courts have operated in the interest
of the strikers by keeping them within
the limit of their rights and restraining
them from acts that would have led To
conflict aud possibly to more forcible &C
ton upon the part of the authorities
charged with the preservation of the
peace.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
A Hero Cooked Win steam.

Hermosillo, Mexico, September 4 "A
splendid instance of heroism resulting
IN the saving of six lives is reported from
Iorreon. Engineer John Reese was
lowering Foreman Jones and his help.
ers In the cage in the Grafton shaft OF
the Colorado mine, when there was a
sudden influx of condensed water into
the cylinders of the hosting engine. A
second later there was a deafening ex.
ploslon accompanied by cloud of steam
from the cylinders.
Reese was lowering the cage by the
brake 10 loosen this and rush out of
the scaldIng steam meant the saving of
himself from serious injury and posi-
ole death, but it meant also the certain
destruction of those in the cage. then
about half way down the IOOO-foot
shaft.
Reese stood to his post for three min
utes In the binding steam, hanging on
to his brake, and then, when the cage
buched bottom, he fell back almost nm.
conscious. He had saved the lives of
SIX miners, and hereafter will be the he
70 of Minas Prietas To-day he lies on
tne softest bed that money and medical
skill could procure, with almost every
inch OF skin scalded and raw.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

LAST year the retail grocer sold from
~ to - pounds OF granulated sugar for
one dollar, but at the present time under
tie new Republican tariff Is to is
pounds is all that the same amount will
purchase. Sugar is an absolute necessi
T., and every family in the land is now
learning what the tariff means to them
II wages, which constitute the ability to
bay, were raised accordingly, there
would not be so much room for COM
paint, but as it is, altogether unjust and
unreasonable.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
6athered told Nuggets.

Victoria, B. c., September 5-Tbe
steamer Queen arrived from Skspnav
bringing 30 men who have given mn tbe
idea Of getting across the passes A
thousand men have gone to work on
the Skaguay trail to try to open it up.
no one being allowed meantime to 90
through. Many men will wait mill
snow falls and take outfits over on
sleighs: IN fact, sleighs are already be-
ing used to cross the summit on the
Dyea trail. There nave been 20 desc
tons from the United States steamer
Concord at Juneau, the men leaving IN
go to the mines
r. Nj. Losikatoe, who went into the
hlondike last spring. sends out word 10
MS partner, Mr.. Hens of juneau. that
he has struck it rich. He saws:
II sank two prospect holes without
hnding anything, but in the third I
could pick up nuggets with nv hands.
l am so excited that | cannot write
We are rich; the amount of gold tba ,
people have here is something appaII.
ing" fp
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

Mr.. CoRBTN, the assistant comptroller
OF the currency says that. capital is accu-
mulated in this country at such rate
that America will soon be financially in
dependent of Great Britain: and that,
with the lower rates of interest at which
our manufacturers will be able to bor-
low money, america will have a bet
ter chance at the market of Central and
South America for their cotton goods
markets that belong to them naturally,
but which are mainly absorbed by the
Germans and British now" OF course,
Pan-Americans is naturally our market
but Germany and England have absorb
ed 1t because of our narrow tariff and
navigation laws, and no amount OF
sham reciprocity will undo that mis-.
chief.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

Coal, under the Wilson law, was
protected forty cents a ton. Under
the new law it is protected sixty-seven
cents Il ton. The miners are striking
for an increase of their wages. Why do
the mine owners hesitate? The twenty
seven cents increased protection should
warrant them in dividing their ''protec-
ton with the miner, for, you have
often heard Republican speakers and or
gans say, ''the protection in given to
pay higher wages to the laboring men. -
Now why not put the theory into prac-
teal shape by increasing the wages of
the laborer? Is it another illustration
of the false pretense, deception and hum
bug practiced by Republican leaders
upon the workingmen? 1t certainly
looks that way.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

DOLLAR wheat for the farmers of the
United States means better times for per
hapS year. This is good so far as il
goes, but 1t doesn't go far enough.
The Republican party cannot pass a
law that will cause the wheat crops Of
the world beyond seas to blast next wear.
nor can 1t legislate auOther famine in
India, But the Republican party could
by legislation, make dolltr wheat per.
manent thing in this country. By re
storing silver to its legitimate place in
the currency, thus doubling the circuIa.
ton medium and restoring the condi-
ions that formerly gave the farmers dol
lar wheat, this sporadic and special rise
IN the price OF the cereal which exists
to-day can be made permanent.
Every shout of joy raised by Repub-
hcan newspapers over the appearance of
prosperity is condemnation of their
course in reference to the monetary
question. If they find cause for reioic.
ing now, much more will they find cause
for sor later on when they discover that
prosperity based on famine abroad can.
not remain permanency,
There is only one thing that can make
the people of the United States perma-
nently prosperous, and that is the re-
mOval of the ban on silver aud restoring
to Its nermS volume the currency of
This nation.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Love Laughing at Papa's No.

Reading. Pa. September when
Henry Reiter, young farmer. proposed
to Miss Lillian EpIer, aged 10, the
daughter of a well-kuown farmer in
Oley township, and was accepted, her
parents objected, and without the pa
rents consent they could not get a Ii
cense.
The young lovers were not to be
baked, though, and yesterday had At
torney David Levan go into court and
AJAX for guardian for Miss Epler who
would consent to the marriage, basiup
his duplication on the ground that she
was anxious to marry, but that her par
ents refused their consent. Judge
Bland granted a citation for September
70 for the parents to tell why their
daughters request should not be grant
ed.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Mad Coast OF a CycIer.

Hazleton, Pa, September John
Shaw, cyclist residing at Upper lie.
high, sustained injuries last evening
which will probably cost him his life
he was riding down steep mountain
near White Haven, when he struck a
wagon and was thrown into the brush,
He was found an hour later with his
shoulder blade broken and suffering
from severe internal injuries
lie was conveyed to the hotel at White
Haven, but in some manner escaned from,
his rescuers and slept on the depot plat
form, where he was found unconscious
TINS morning, bleeding profusely from
both ears.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10

OK Wednesday Governor Hastings de
manded the resignation of Secretary of
the Commonwealth Reeder, and Gener-
al Reeder sent ito him. The governor s
action is especially remarkable because
Of TWO features. 1t is the first time in
the history of the state that the chief ex-
ecutive has ''lired" one of his cabinet,
and IT IS an imposing declaration of war
upon Quay and his followers. 1t is tax
at Harrisburg as notice to the anti-ad-
miuistration people that there is to be
real war next year.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Back from fheGraye

we canho' come. but We can often stay our pro
H'ess th'ther ID sease. like everything else
must nave a beginning. All chronic naIali.s
TEND TO shorten life. and render it species al
martyrdoD while they last. Malaria kinney
complaint, chronic indigestion. rheumatism
ali nave small beginning. and may De STAYED ,t
tne I outset with Hostetter's Stomach Buffers
inis eAceIent tonic and alternative is adauted
ahse TO the prevention OF disorders of the sy
enu an 70 thelr removal. ana its early use can NOT
oe .oo strongly adv Gated. To renew APPETITE
anu insure tranquil rest, there is no sur.r : nj
presenter means than the BitIers Ine ef
.S Vi Oser"Ork and exhaustion mental or uhys
.Sa are couhteracted by it. and the busy mer
oaut, ~ the tired clerk or operative, and the TOR in
NeaIy student, author or newsps per man der Iy,
irom IL present relief and iutuce energy
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Surprised at His Big Stealfngs

Toronto, Ont September 5.-Thomas
V. Hawkins, colored, was arrested bere
last night by Detective Sleeman. Haw.
klns was formerly porter in the tax col
iector Office, at Washington, DIR. C.
ana on August 81 he disappeared with
about $1,000 Yesterday he was loca-
TED In a small boarding house, and
when searched at police Headquarters
the sum of SS, 1874 was found on him
Hawkins appeared to be quite startled
"aen told of the amount of money
taken from him, saying that he had
never counted 1T, and had no idea the
amount WAS SO large.
The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-09-10
Quarrel Ends i'm Murder.

Scranton, PI., September 6-Vito
Raymond was shot and killed and Frank
Russa probably fatally wounded, bv
Charles Abotti, on the Southside this
AFTERNOON. RAYMOND and Abotti and
TWO others, all Italian stonemasons, re-
turning from the Labor day parade. be-
oame engaged N a quarrel. Abotti sud-
denly pulled out a revolver and shot
Raymond three times.
When the slayer was feeting he fire
shot at the victims sister-i law, who
emerged from gate just in front of him
The bullet missed its mark and landed
10 the abdomen of Russa, who was in an
adjoining yard. Abotti WAS captured
after he had waded the river.