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TO SAVE L FE
by Preventing RnilroNd AecIdents-An
Ing,n ouI Device Tested

InGsn Gus Device Tested
ST. PAUL, Oct. IA very ingeniou1
and valuable chptriy1nee fsr the saving
OF ise BY preventing faiIfSad accidertS
through forgetfulness OF trainmen has
been invented. The machine has just
stood q very severe test on the Great
Northern railroad, after having been
previously operated successfully on the
st. Paul g. Duluth road. Practical rail-
road men in this section have given
strong endorsements to the device after
seeing its work. The object OF the de-
vice Is TO provide an accurate and relia-
BILE reminder signal and distance lndica-
tor for locomotive, by means of which
engineers are prevented from forgetting
their train orders as to stopping or meet
ing points. The mechanlCism Is simply
but positively connected with the for
ward trucks OF the engine, thereby ac-
curately measuring the distance travel
ed, the dial-placed in front Of the engi-
neer showing correctly the distance tra-
veied. Above the dial are placed fifteen
triggers or dogs, pivoted at equal DIS
tauces around the centre. When the en-
Btfttf' fEtrfRt6 iftn titat&b ffF s7i - VIZ -
more OF these triggers 70 n point one
mile short of the distance TO be Travelled
before reaching the stopping place, The
mileage indicator on reaching such polni
releases the trigger which starts n signal
whistle blowing. This continues to blow
for one-uuarter OF mile, promptly
warning the engineer OF the near APP
proach to the stopping place. II the en-
81, 4. H.. nN1 fat1n NO Gtnn
when this last mile has been run over
the machine sets the air brake and stops
the train for him. A train similarly
equipped, coming in the opposite direc-
tlon, would be stopped In the same man
ner and n collision prevented. The devicc
can be made TO run forward or back
ward. For foggy or stormy weather, or
for dark nights the device is considered
especially valuable for ordinary road
use, although its life saving feature was
the point ut first sought for.
After n trial on the st Paul & Duluth,
and repeated trials on the Fergus FANS
division OF the Great Northern, the new
invention was given an unusual test on
the recent trip OF President J. j. I'M 10
the coast and back. For this trp tne
new scheme OF one engine, No. 663, with
Engineer John Kllbane for the entlre
trip, wns tried and the new life eavlng
deyice was on the engine. For the l,S2O
miles to Seattle on the Great Northern,
1g7 to Portland on the Northern PaeIac,
45O to Spokane on the Oregon Railway
& Navigation Company md through
Montana back TO 81. Paul, the new de-
vice measured all distances with accurn'
cy ana by other tests completely demon-
gtrated lis ability to do all claimed for nv
President HIN has approved It with
considerable enthusiasm, aa have other
ofIlclaIs or Els road. During the past few
months thls device has been used sue
cossfftiiet 49, Z 900 miles Of ro1d. \ pc
cullnT flfturs Of the test Is the fact th1t
Il has been made with the inventors
working model
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TREND OF TRADE,
Liabilities OF BUSINESS Failures for
The Third Quarter
LOWER THAN ANY QUARTER
For Twenty.Three Years I'm all
Branches of Commercial Activity.
THE VOLUME OF BUSINESS

In September Continues Larger than In
The same Month OF O2-EvidsnOsS OF
RsvivInE Prosperity are the more I'm
portAnt Because PrIesH for MHAufae-
tsrsd Products HAYS Advanced bat Mod
cratsIy-spsouIatlVs Markets DsoiiAinE'
Productive Industry Is Showing Re
mArkabls Gains and = Steady Revival
Ia all Lines.
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MRS. ATKINSON'S TRIAL



tho Indictment Argued, and Case Taken
Under Advissment by the CouTs.
Special Dispatch to the Intelligencer.
GLENvILLE, W. VA, Oct. 1.-The
case OF Mrs. Myra II. Atkinson, wife OF
Governor George W. Atkinson, in the
Circuit Court of Gllmer County. upon the
charge OF forgery, was begun here to-
day. Mrs. Atkinson, who has been un-
der bond for her appearance, arrived in
the court during the morning session,
berssttorne,s Judge. ,tpbIs Srsnn5Ssvf
Weston, and by other members OF her
party.
When the case was reached upon tho
docket Judge Brannon appeared for Mrs
Atkinson and entered general demurrer
to the Indictment The demurrer was at
once set for argument, and Judge Bran
non opened for the defense. His argu-
ment was lengthy discussion Of legal
technlcallties admitting the execution OF
papers on the part OF Mrs Atkinson. but
denying that they were forgerles In any
eense, legal or otherwise.
The case, when Judge Bra1non con-
Cluded. was continued until o'clock
this evening. when r. c. Lynn. for the
prosecution, commenced the argument
against the demurrer. The decision OF
Judge Blizzard will be rendered to-mor-
row morning, II the demurrer Is over
ruled the trial will commence at once
Both sides are fully lined UP and the case
II attracting wide attention.
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MADRID, oct l.-Murqlml Martnoz
Clmpoa was In conference with tht
queen regent today for an hour and a
half he Expressed the opinion that 4
change VI policy wng possible with tho
present chamber II the majority support.
ed the new cabinets economic measures
un1 attitude toward the colnnlCg
Afterwards the queen regent received
Sen1r 51gnstn ana Sruor Pldnl, prNHl,
dent uf the chamber of deputies Tu.
morrow 0hc win mako her decision. Ilfr
nlirHiy to-day expressed desire IN tH.
ilIn. M purH.hlH, the prrigui chambers
h"ll7ylnE that general election would
have u disturbing eject FOR this. how.
oprr D conservative cabinet would bo ua.
nomntE Mono " the lIbcrnl7 nrn lHclIn.
ud ~ accept office, ta they would only
NH1 lHpHHelpp4 at iia mercy OF c4Hsat
ylllyd chambers
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NEW YoRI-Mlchlgan, from Ion'
don. 49,. A.,
York. -, VT.
GENOA-WCrrn, New York.
OtEENsTOWN--Cotnlonla, Tor BOB
'Va OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Bismarck,
for New York
NAPLES Fms. for Now York,
NNTWERP-Nc -Ncdcrlnnd, for Phlladcl-
NEW YORK - Auguste Victoria,
HAMBURG: Stuttgart, Brcmon.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, New York.
ItAMBuRg-N Normnnnla, New York;
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NEW YORK, Oct. l.-Dr Robert W.
Flagg, a well known resident OF Yonk-
ers, being seized with an attack of acute
mania, in the presence OF his bride Of
one day, feaped out OF a window of the
Murray Hnl hotel to-day, and falling on
the sidewalk, received injuries which
resulted In his death. His skull was
fractured, one OF his legs was broken In
two places and he sustained internal In
jurles
DR., and Mrs, Flagg reached the hotel
about midnight and after registering,
we're assigned to rooms, Both appeared
to be in good spirits and breaktasted
about s o'clock this morning, They
chatted with each other and seemed not
to have n care. After breakfast they re-
turned TO their rooms and had been
there only about fifteen minutes when
Mrs. Flagg rushed screaming down the
stairs to the lobby OF the hotel. Her hus-
band had jumped out of the window.
DR.. FIagg was picked up. His skull had
been fractured, his leg broken and he
had received severe bruises OF the body,
He was carried into the hotel, where
his wife met him calmly. The ambu-
lance surgeon said the man was dying
Mrs. Flagg who was IA Miss Eleanor
Hurner, of this city, is about twenty-slX
years OF age, and decidedly good look
ing. She said at tho hospital that In
conversation with her husband the lat
ter had become greatly excited and
rushed to the window and jumped out.
She tried to restrain him, but he thrust
her aside and Jumped At. DR.. Flagg' 5
residence In Yonlkers, It was said that
when he left home yesterday he was In
n vary narunns condition
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Jnmr,d on. a Moving Trim.

Special Dispatch TO the Intelllgencer,
HUNTINGTON, W. Va, Oct. 1.-sam
Defoe and William Coburn, sons of
well known farmers OF Wayne county,
Jumped of Norfolk & Western freight
train at Lavelette last night, while the
train was running with full speed. De-
foe was seriously hurt about the head,
and Coburn had leg broken, and was
otherwise seriously hurt Neither may
get we'll They jumped onto cattle
guard The young men were returning
from the Seloto valley, where they had
been at work
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prTTsBuRGH Pa. oct. 1,--T'hc ways
md means committee OF the new Amer
loan window Glnm Association met hcrc
to-day and made arrangements TO cs-
tnmlrh II general sales agency for tho
combination In Pittsburgh, aud Issued q
cnll for a meeting for nh firms concern
cd ln thc consolidation TO be held ncNt
Thurrdny in thlRClty, Tor the purpocs OF
ratifying the mtou uf the committee
and election OF officers,
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rhon,nnd MO TIel..t TEST.

LANSING Mich, Oct la suit
brought two yGarS ago by Henry G.
Smith against the Lake Shore Railway
Co., involving the validity Of an act
passed. by the legislature Of 1891, COM
pelllng railroads to issue a l.OOO mile
ticket, good for any member OF a fam
Ily for s2O has Just been sustained by
the state supreme court, which decides
that the legislature had tho power TO
enact such law. The opinion WAS by
Justice Montgomery, Justices Long ana
Moore concurring, nnG Justices Hooker
and Grant dissenting.
The ticket Issued under this act Is
good for two years from the dato OF is
gtR
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Another Iron Mlrl 10 Rsrumc,

PoTTsYILLE, Pa, oct 1.-The
Pottsvlllo Iron 6 Steel companywhieh
went into receivers hands several
months ago, has formulated plnnB OF
reorganization by which the plant may
rcsunc and give employment TO the ono
hundred hands II IS proposed 70 Issue
fret mortgage bonds amounting TO
ss5OOOO with which to rehahilitate tho
mil aud for working capital The
preferrcd crodtora will accept second
mortcago bonds to satisfy their claims
Of about si5O,OOo, and the unprcferred
creditors viii be given $4,000 in prefer
..nI nlnnls =
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Government Receipts and Expenditures.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 1.-The
monthly statement government receipts
nnd expenditures during September.
1897, shows the receipts to have been
2i,933,O9S aud the expenditures s25,S6s,-
SIS. an excess OF expenditures over ro-
cclpts OF s3,455,7l7. For tho three
months Of tho fiscal year the excess has
been s29.0l5,g5i, as compared with Sep
tcmber, 1885. there 10 u loss OF S2.66l, tiG
In the amount OF the revenues and n de-
Crehse OF Sl,2l0.72O In the expenditures.
The recelptB'for September last are Giy-
eH as followg:
Customs, Sgi3.iOO; internal revenue
gi2,7Ol,o7j; miscellaneous, Sl,2S9,O22.
Az compared Wlth September, 1896, this
,ls q loss Of about S3,iOO,OOo from cus-
toms and galu OF about $1,000, 900 from
phe iulcrnnl revenue sources.
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4 CRUSHING BLOW
Rejug Planned by Prosecution in
the Luetgert Trial.
DOUBLES OF MRS. LUETGERT
Identified by Several Witnesses as
the Original
WILL Be PLACED ON THE STAND

And Explain How They were Mistaken
For the Woman Who h Alleged to
Have Bssn Boiled to Death by Her Un-
,pprseIstlye Husband The Experts
sun Hnrplng on BOnes-Dr. Aliport
Hasa Very DIIagrseAbIo Day on the
stsnd-ns 1, Again TrIpped Up by the
Pro,scutlon-AB Blt OF ICAuItIs Repartes.
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WASHINGTON, oct 1--Iohn We'd
dcrburn & Co., OF this city to-dny wnr
from practice before the lntc-
rlor department 0a patent attorneys ot
ngehis. The notion ot Commissioner
lBibhuod ON section iS1spl
the revised statutes Tho firm ~ held
TO have been guilty OF gross fraud aud
unprofcfslonnl conduct" Tho poBlmas.
ter gonoral has bocn notified OF the llnd-
Ing, which was made after u long In.
vtailgntlon following complaints Of
other attorneys, who flied charges
urnlnFt the nnn.
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NEW YORK, oct IA New Tori;
merchant, who has extensive business
interests In cuba and IN kept Informed
Of the progress Of the lnsurrectlon by
trustworthy correspondents n uiHsrehl
parts OF the lslnnd,- received worI to-
day that col. Bnlicmcro Aeostn, OF tho
lnsurgert army has safely landed IN
Vora Cruz. lie is seriously wounded.
His wife is with him, The correspond
ont concludes hy saying that the lneur-
gcnta wcro novcr stronger than they are
to-day, from the extreme east to the OK
trCnip WcHl
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COLUMBUS, o. oct i,--rhe negro
protective party by petition to-day wn'
placed ON the ohio bnllot sheet This
'nRkcs nvc state tickets with the gold
Democrats 10 como The nrrrr rnrty
by mnndnmu7, win Try to compel tn
secretary Of ltptc TO nut Llncoln'a pie.
tufc ~ The brad Of ihclr column on thp
ticket m their emblem
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TOOK THEIR LIVES.
Sensational Suicides in New York
and Philadelphia.
TIE BRIDEGROOM OF A DAY
Throws Himself out of
A Hotel Window.
A MOTHERS SHOCKING DEED.

She Kills Her -Four children and then
Commits sulGlds by ASphyIlNtiOn.
Four Othsr Persons In New York shuf-
Ne on by Various NIsthodS-PhIlHdsi-
phiA Adh Two More to the LI't-one
Was n Promlnsnt Democratic PolIti-
elan and Lawyer OF Marked Ability
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ST. pETERsBuRd, oct t-tForiou'
labor dlspnlc IA In progress at Dam
btown, Poland, -Four thousand i've
hundred iron worl,crs hnyc rome ont on
elru,c anl nnvc stoned the soldiers
sent to ourI the disturbance. purInE
thc disorder iist cvonlnl the soldiers
lrod ON thr strikers, Mlllng three out-
rlphi ana scrInualy woundlng four, Tho
rpyprnmpnl has dispatched additional
troopH To- thn Fccuc OF the strike
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SAFFRON SCOuRGE.
Another Record BrsAk,ng Day at New
OrisAns-Ca'es Cropping Up IN an Di-
Tsollons-At Other Points.

Another Record BrsAking Day at New
Orisans-Casea Cropping Up in All Dl-
TsoIlons-At Other Points.
NEW ORLEANS. Oct. 1.-To-day was
again something OF a record breaker In
the matter of now cases. They cropped
mp In all dIrectlo3 up to 6 o'clock, Tho
death record was still low, The fever IS
rapidly spreading in many directions,
but the large majority OF cases are prov
ing to be of a harmless type, The wea-
ther is warm and the conditions exoell-
ent for new cases. But the death ratl
percentage has fallen considerably below
the record of 1879,
The most important new case Is DR.,
Beverly Warner the pastor of the Trim
ity church. His case is mild one. Rich
and poor alike have been stricken to-day
and the board OF health reports seem 10
show that the best drained and kept
streets are presenting cases as Hpmer4
ously as those which are minus OF sani-
tahon,
The fever here, of course, has not been
declared epidemic, and for that reason
physicians are dlslnclined to report yell
low fever. A number OF doctors said to.
night in formal protest, that II their
names are reported In connection with
yellow fever cases their practice would
be ruined. Nobody would send for them
II they have had anything to do with yell
low fever.
MOBILE, ALA, oct. 1.-The increase
OF number OF cases continues slow. there
being but seven cases reported to-day,
One death, Mrs. A. Hoffman, on Seventh
street, near Jefferson, was mentioned last
night.
A suspicious case IS reported tonight
in the heart Of the city, G.. +. Strener
keeper OF the Deltcatesen restaurant, liv-
ing on st. Emanuel street, near Dauphln,
DR.. Edwards, at ST. Elmo, twenty miles
south OF Mobile, on the louisville 81
Nashville, reports four suspicious cases,
which he diagnosed as yellow fever. A
suspicious case is reported at Grand Bay
on the same line
OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss, Oct. IA
postal agent was taken off the train at
Fontainbleau last night, sick and plac-
ed In the camp hospital.
Mr.. Levy, from Biloxi, is sick at the
same place. DR.. Kells, Of Scranton, took
sick to-day and was brought down to
the camp hospital. Two new cases are
reported at MoHenry to-day,
EDWARDS. Miss, Oct. 1.-Dr. Dunn,
of the state board, tonight gave the AS
ISOLATED Press the following statement:
Nineteen new cases have been report
ed to-day, OF which eleven are white,
and eight colored.
Deaths to-day. none; total deaths to
date, nine Total number OF cases to
date, 2S4; number convalescent and dis
charged, 151; number under treatment.
124; numbervery sick, 81; sick with black
vomlt, two,
Rev. Colmery and family are doing
well.
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NEW YORK. oct i.-At the city NONE
lmlIuE convention NJ the Democratic
Alliance If Greater Nuw York hpll Nv.
uOrhl Horny George was unnnimuuall
nHnunio1 fur mayor 1hn uumIullmH
rUU"nh wna made by rhArlpH Frlnr.i
Adams TAn nomination HA1 EJf0Nnl
with cnlhuFldslic applause
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A MOTHERS AWFUL DHED.
KuIs Her Four Children and Then Come
mIts Suicide.

NEW YORK, Oct. IA woman and
her four children were found dead by
asphyxlatlon in the West Shore hote!,
Forty-second street and Eleventh ave-
uue, this morning. The woman had evil
atnFIy Killed. Der Children AND esnmIt-
ted suicide. They were registered as
;"5lrs. Caroline Razlnus, West Point,
and four children" They arrived by n
train which came from West Point last
night at SA5 p. m. Mrs. Razlnus appear
ed to be about forty years old. The
children were two boys one about fif-
teen and the other about seven and two
girls, about thirteen and seven years OF
nge.
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WASHINGTON Oct i.-For West
vlrrlnln-Fair, casterty wtndA shiftng
To suuthorly
i'ar Western Pennsylvania ana ONO
INalr not 80 warm; llght to fresb
rnstorly Winds,
Local Temperature.
Tho Temperature yesterday ng observed
ky N grhuepf. druggist cornor Fourteenth
Gnd Market streets, was 90 tollows'
a m.,,,........, loI ap. m"..,..--.D =
a "a ..........,, tA. ", mutsss.uststs u
"a m.'',,.,.,.,... lpl Mcuther--Clcar
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is an article sent to the COM
posing room without change. The
large staff of editors is necessary to
Gull out what is printable, to avoid
libelous matter, to write the headlines,
to condense, to verify statements. As
fast as each article is edited it goes
to the composing room, and in the
course of half an hour on an average
a proof is ready for examination.
About II O'Clock it is noticed that the
night editor is unusually busy. 1t is
time for him to send some of his pages
to the stereotyper. He sees that the
editorial articles are placed properly
according to the editors schedule, fills
up the chinks with such material as
harmonizes with the page, and sends
it off. The pages with the markets
are next prepared and then there
comes a lull.
The proofs keep accommodating, how
ever. and if any man has an excuse to
get fevish it is the night editor. At
O'Clock he must send more pages
away according TO a careful time
schedule. He must supervise the
placing of every article in its proper
place and page. keeping kindred mat
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ters together and Swimming with the
eye of a hawk through his proofs.
which fairly rain down on him. He is
the one man who is supposed never to
make any mistakes and who must in
variably catch the mistakes OF others.
His work is not only one or great re-
sponsibiIity, but also of most delicate
judgment. He must make changes fire.
quently, using his best news instincts
instantly and without elaboration.
He usually keeps back three pages TO
the last. What is left over from his
first page, where the most important
and most interesting news is placed,
goes to the second page, and gradu
ally. as his race against the clock
goes on, he clears up the type. One
of his last duties is to decide what
to leave out for lack of room. He
must be very careful in this. One OF
the most dreaded questions the next
day is: why did we not print this
article?" If all the night editors In
town would agree to leave out certain
news items it would be all right, but
when one prints something Of impor-
lance that another rejects there is US
ually trouble.
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ONE POPULAR FAD.
In Quest of Mrs. McKin.
1ey's Autograph.
Presidents Wife Is Not Strong
Enough to Answer Au-
tograph Hunters.

Autograph seekers will be diSap-
pointed in sending to Mrs. Mckinley
for her signature She has not writ
ten her name in an autograph album
in a long time-only once in five years,
and then it was to oblige an intimate
friend. That was an exception which
she has never made since and which
she may not make again soon.
Hundreds of letters are received
every week at the White House ask
ing for the autograph of the first lady
of the land, and albums are sent by
visitors to the city with the same re-
quest. The writer's of these letters are
not by any means majority of those
who write to Mrs. Mckinley, for she
gets letters on all kinds of subjects
and containing the most curious of
pleas. which in itself would make 4
good story. The autograph seekers,
however, like all others who write
letters, get answers, but they are not
written by Mrs. Mckinley. They are
formal in their nature, and are writ
ten by typewriters employed on the
regular force at the White House, who
are assigned to that duty.
DOES NOT SEND AUTOGRAPHS.
1t is not from any dislike of writ
ing her name that prevents Mrs. Nc
Kinley giving her autograph. 1t is
because her health will not permit the
work which that kind of business
would entail if she once broke the rule
she has fixed When her husband be-
came governor of Ohio, Mrs. Mckinley
found that she would be unable to sup
ply autographs for all who wanted
them and not do herself injury. Not
desiring to discriminate in the matter
she decided that she would gently and
politely refuse all requests. No one
would more willingly oblige friends
than Mrs. Mckinley. 1t is her earn
est desire to be able to do all the
things which are supposed to be in the