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companies the circular.) The wind may drift
this balloon to Russia or Siberia, ana IL
this should happen the persons who are IN
the basket will let this balloon drop to the
earth. as shown i'm the lower sketch, which
represents the descent of Il balloon IN the
vicinity of St. Petersburg. From the draw
ing can be seen how both full grown people
and children. men and women, hurry forth
to the falling balloon to assist the occu-
pants OF the basket in getting safely out
of the latter. 1t is quite evident from this
drawing that the balloon can do no harm
even to little children Nobody need be
afraid of the balloon, and less still of the
persons in the basket, but these people
should be rendered all assistance possible IN
their descent; they should be kindly re-
ceived as dear guests. and everybody should
do all in their power TO make matters easy
for them in. the strange country and 10
bring them with honor TO the nearest au-
thOritieS as the learned foreigners during
their stay on Russian territory Will be
under the most gracious protection of his
Majesty the Emperor Should the strangers
in the balloon for the time being be unable
to pay for the help furnished them this
should not restrain any one from rendering
them all the assistance they may need,
since all expense thus incurred will be re-
funded and the persons who have furnished
the help will be rewarded by the King of
Sweden. Any one who may sight the bal
loon, with the persons in question. pass
ing at a distance from the point of OBJ
servation should inform everybody he meets
of the fact, so as to spread the news of
the passage of the balloon to the author
tiles In such q case it would be well to
state the time when the balloon was OBJ
served, in which direction il flew off and
the direction of the wind on the occasion.
These particulars are needed in order that
a successful search for the persons in the
balloon may be made, should no news be
not fear the balloon, but may everybody
assist these people in their descent with the
performing a good deed acceptable to the
Lord and to the great Emperor"
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FIRE In A MINE.
Five Men Supposed to Have Perished
in an Alabama COIHery.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Sept. 2O--About two
hours after the men went to work in mine
No. of the Bessemer Land and Improve
ment Company coal mine at Belle Ellen,
near Blocton, Bibb county, this morning,
fire was discovered far down in the main
slope About one hundred men are en-
ployed in the mine, and at once an alarm
was given. A panic followed among the
workers, and in the little town of Belle
Ellen. Hundreds of men, women and chill
dren gathered at the main entrance of the
smoking mine while rescue parties were at
once formed to relieve the miners. More
than fifty were got out from the vari-
Gus entrances without harm. Others were
overcome by smoke and fell by the waysde
These the brave searcherS found and
dragged out, while those waiting at the
entrance restored life to their unconscious
friends. Five men who were working about
the slope beyond where the fire originated
could not be reached, and it is regarded as
certain that they are dead. The missing
men are Herman Kramer and Hubbard
Foley, white, and Henry Reeves, Frank
James and William Fairfax, colored. 1t is
possible that two or three others may be in
the mines, but these five are known to be
lost. There was no possibility of their
escape, and the fire brigade battled with
the flames all day in vain attempt to
reach the entombed men, but at nightfall
the fire was still burning fiercely, and eff
forts were abandoned and the were
given up for dead.
A telegram from Belle Ellen tonight says
the fire is thought to have originated from
an overheated steam pipe. which ignited gas
in the mine. careful check is being made
of the list of men in the mine where the
fire broke out to ascertain if possible if the
death list will exceed five. So far it is not
positively known that any others are mis-
sing.
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manufactures in order to enable the pro-
prietors to discriminate in the employment
of aid and TO lay off any other employees
who may live in neighborhoods where infec-
tion exists. The board also decided to send
immunIzed washwomen and servants to all
of the families who have sickness in their
homes and who are unable to pay for serv-
ants themselves.
The Illinois Central discontinued two
trains on its Valley and two on its main
line. Quarantine regulations have caused
their withdrawal. Very few trains are run
ming any Of the roads and there is con-
sequent slowneSs in the delivery of the
mails. Many towns continue to refuse to
receive New Orleans papers, fearing infec-
ton The Charity Hospital has offered to
send free physicians and medicines to the
INDECENT who are attacked with the fever.
The authorities do not care to receive yell
low-fever patients in the Charity Hospital.
DIR. Holt reported to the Board of Health
to-day that all his cases were traceable to
Ocean Springs. One of them contracted the
fever through a letter written by woman
in room where her child was sick at Ocean
Springs. The letter apparently had not
been disinfeeted. Only one of DR.. Holt s
patients is dangerously ill-Clinton S. Dixon.
This evening the Board of Health ordered
all the houses occupied by DIR. Hollis pa
tients to be fumigated The public circulat
ing library in New Orleans was closed to-
day at the suggestion of the Board OF
Health. Two private schools that have re-
fused to close in accordance with the sug-
gestion Of the Board OF Health Will be pro-
ceeded against legally.
Miss May Chinn died at Biloxi this after
noon.
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AN ALDERMAN'S STORY.
William Mangler Says Jacob l.. kes-
ner Tried to Buy His Vote.

CHICAGO. Sept. 20.-Aiderman William Mang-
Ter, of the Twenty second ward. who some months
ago created a sensation by the declaration that
an effort had been made to purchase his vote
on street-car franchise for s., 600, has told his
story To the grand jury. He charges Jacob l..
hesner manager of large department store,
with the attempt to buy his vote. When Mangler
first made his assertion he called before
the grand jury, then sitting. and asked for the
name of the man who had attempted to bribe
him. He refused to divulge the name and after
the grand jury had cited him for contempt he
was ordered by the court to pay $1,000 and go TO
Jail for three months if he still declined to an
appealed and is still pending
To-day Mangler declared he would tell his
story and after he had left the grand jury room
he said: Il told them that Jacob l.. Kesner was
the man who attempted 10 bribe me TO vote for
the general electric ordinance. i told the Jury
that he first offered COO then 81 $50 and
finally called up by telephone and offered me
s. OO0 / rung him off and did not talk with
him" The alderman said he changed his mind
about talking 10 the jury when his Children came
home from school and asked him when he was
going to jail. the other children had said he
WOULD have 10 do. Il could not stand that -
said the alderman, and l gave up
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WAGON WHEAT, O8C
ACME MILLING CO.,
Old 352 West Washington 81.
POLICE RESPONSIBLE.
killing of Arroyo i'm the City of Mex
leo Not the Work of "a Mob.

MEXICO CITY, Sept. 2O.-Public interest
in the alleged lynching of Arroyo continues
to increase, stimulated by the rumors and
disclosures in the press, for as light be-
gins to be thrown the matter it is seen
there il strong probability that Arroyo was
not killed by a mob of people, but by some
member or members of the police itself
The government is acting with utmost firm
ness and energy in pushing the investiga-
ton and has caused the arrest of Inspector
Villa Vincencio, of the Second district, sus-
pected of being implicated in the plot,
which it is justly felt has brought disgrace
on the police corps as body. Villa Vim
cencio is now in Belem prison in solitary
confinement and all supposed lynchers,
mostly street peddlers, loafers, etc, have
been released, as there is no longer the
slightest ground to hold them.
impartial says that the arrest of officials
presumed to be responsible for the crime,
which it declares was purely and simply
murder, strengthens the belief that the po-
lice officials now in the hands of justice
are themselves responsible for the crime. 1t
adds, if it comes to be proven as is to be
feared it will be- that criminals have been
insttgated by agents of the police. solely
upon them and not on the entire body of
lne ponce, Will theapopular anathema fall.
Sen Arme MflaneS, who was guarding
Arroyo on the night of the crime, lis re-
ported 10 have told a member of his family
on returning home that among the mob
who entered the municipal building were
men whom he recognized, for in resisting
them he removed q disguise from ones face
and recognized him and also feels that
others were not citizens. Milanes is in GUS
tody waiting the legal statement.
The Mexican Herald says the government
is determined to punish the guilty persons
whoever they may be- Nothing has oc-
CURED for many years which has so an
gered the people as this incident. No one
sympathized with Arroyo, but it was felt
that the report that the people had restored
to lynching was placing a stigma on the
nation at large and it Is just to say that
popular indignation is no greater than that
OF the administration, which has been be-
had been ordered to guard with the utmost
vigilance the WOuld-be assassin
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No New Cases at cairo.

CAIRO, ILL.,, Sept. 20.-There have been
no further cases Of yellow fever in this dis
trict The two cases in the Marine Hos-
pital pronounced yellow fever in a mild
form by DR.. Guiteras and the hospital sur
geons are improving and one of them is
convalescent. A strict quarantine is in force
around the Marine Hospital Experienced
physicians Of the epidemic of 1878 deny that
these cases are yellow fever and pronounce
them malarial fever, such as prevail every
season among men working in swamps and
along the river. The State Board of Health
which has inspectors stationed at Cairo
has decided to quarantine against East
Cairo and all Southern points.
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Huge Cape York Meteorite, the Larg-
est in the World, Slowed in the
Hold of the Steamer.
MESSAGE FROM HERR ANDREE
THIRD PIGEON DISPATCH BROUGHT
TO NORWAY BY A WHALER.
The Bold North Pole AerOnaut Well
on July 13-PrOf. Baldwin Certain
the BaIlOOnist lis I'm Russia.

SYDNEY. c. b., Sept. 20.-The steam
sealing bark Hope, with Lieutenant r. F..
Peary and party on board, returning from
North Greenland arrived here at o'clock
this afternoon. All on board are well. The
Hope came into port burning her last ton of
coal and with her bulwarks and decks CIV
ing evidence of the furious seas of an unus-
ualIy stormy summer. She is nearly as
deep in the water as when she left here in
the latter part of July with her bunkers
full of coal, for the huge Cape York meteo-
rite, the largest in the world, is in her hold
and bedded in tons of ballast.
Lieutenant Peary has on board also six
Cape York Esquimaux, who will go with
him when he returns next year to attempt
to reach the north pole. The Esquimaux
have their tents, dogs, sledges and canoes
They are eager for the undertaking and all
the arrangements have been made. The
expedition visited Cape Sabine, and relics
of the Inflated expedition led by Greedy
have been obtained. The summer in Baffin
bay was marked by almost continuously
stormy weather and by an unusual scarcity
of ice.
The investigation party from the Massa-
chusetts Institute of Technology under Mr.
r. w. Porter, landed at Cape Haven on
Aug. and did not re-embark until Sept. 13
The party led by Mr. Hugh Lee, the arctic
explorer of Meridian Conn.,, landed at God
haven on Aug Z and re-embarked Sept. T.
Prof. Schucherts party, representing the
National Museum, landed at Onemak on
Aug. g. re-embarking on Sept. A. The par
ty, led by Mr.. Robert Stein, of the United
States Geological Survey. was on land from
Aug 10 to Sept. 2.
The Hope will coal here and then proceed
to New York, where she will land the met
eorite.
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To Cure a Headache in Half an Hour,
Take
GLOBE HEADACHE CAPSULES
20-Cent Hotties, at Druggists.
LUETGERT MURDER TRIAL.
Prosecutions Closing Direct Evidence
to BE Submitted To-Day.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2O.-The closing direct ev-
idence OF the prosecution in the Luetgert
case will be submitted tomorrow morning
If Judge Tuthill rules out the evidence of
Frank Bialk and Frank Odorofsky as to the
motive of the alleged murder States At
torney Deenen will call Mrs. Johnson Miller
to the stand to tell of threats she heard
and a pursuit of Mrs. Luetgert she once
witnessed by the man on trial, who was,
Mrs Miller will say, armed with revolver.
But the States attorney and first assistant,
w. McEwen, are of the opinion that Judge
Tuthill will not rule out the motive evidence
This evidence will detail Luetgert's rela-
tions with other women, notably Mary
Siemmering. the servant girl, to whose pres
ence in the household Mrs. Luetgert strong
~ objected. The prosecution will try TO
establish the fact that il was a desire to
marry Mary Siemmering or some one of
the other women with wnom he was infat-
uated that led luetgert to murder mis- wife.
DR.. Rudolph Oppenheim, of West Ham
mond ILL.,, IS TO be called as an expert
Wednesday for the defense. He has ex-
pressed the opinion that the bones exhibited
by the prosecution were procured and placed
IN the vat by enemies of Luetgert for the
purpose OF conVicting him Half a dozen
other experts will also be called AMONG
them Or. Sanderson Christensen, the expert
on criminology 1t was also stated to-day
for Luetgert. The defense will require two
weeks to present the case and at least n
week Will be consumed in the arguments of
counsel.
States Attorney Deenen asked the County
Board to appropriate $3.50 more to helm
him carry on the Luetgert murder case on
trial before Judge Tuthill. Expert witnesses
Mr.. Deenen finds. will not work for love or
glory, and besides he claims, there are sew
eral persons he desires to bring here from
New York 10 testify for the State. Just
wbS these new witnesses are the States at
torney declines 10 reveal now, his first pur-
pose being TO get the money TO pay the
expenses.
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IMPROVEMENT AT MOBILE.
Only Two New Cases Reported Yester-
day and No Deaths.


MOBILE, Ala, Sept. 20--Sunday after
noon the hot spell was relieved by de-
lightful rain, which served also to wash out
the cutters and improve the citys sanitary
condition. The temperature continued to
fall during the night, and this morning real
autumn weather was experienced. The
spirits of the people rose rapidly and the
gloom seemed gradually to dissipate. At
noon the people were almost jubilant over
the health report. Many were seen to
shake hands and give other evidences of
the intensity of the feeling of relief. Large
crowds gathered in front of the newspaper
oH1ceS to hear the reports for the twenty
four hours past. Saturday there were
eleven new cases and yesterday as many
more so that the public expected at least
score of new cases to be announced to-day
but the Board of Health report was pub
lished as follows; Two new cases; no sus-
piciouS cases; no deaths The new patients
are j. E. Bolton, living in the infected dis
trict on Texas street, and Mrs. William G.
Carroll
prominent member of the board said
to-day that he regarded the measures taken
by the authorities as highly effective in
and that he expected the disease would be
Subdued and traffic and travel be resumed
before the middle Of next month
The total number of deaths has been
three, one man who had been on a, spree
another of a bricklayer in such bad health
that he had not been regular in his work
for month, and the third of a newsboy up
at all hours, exposed at every change of
the weather. The other patients are all re-
ported to-day as in good condition, and the
lates the people upon the Improvement of
the situation.
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ALLEGED INCENDIARISM.
Henry A. Landis Charged with Setting
His File Works on Fire.

PHILADELPHIA, Sept 20.-The file
works of Mayer, Lands & Co, at Twentieth
and Allegheny avenue, was destroyed by
fire this morning. The loss is $4,000. The
building had scarcely been destroyed when
Harry A. Lands, a member of the firm.
was placed under arrest and held in So. 900
bail for a further hearing. charged with
setting the place on fire. There was an in
surance of $40 600 on the place.
PENDLETON Ore, Sept 20-The Pen
dleton roller mills, with a capacity OF 500
barrels, owned by w S. Byers were de-
stroyed by fire this morning. The loss will
reach $500, 600 The contents of a stoneware
house near the mill were greatly damaged
and almost ruined and corrugated iron
warehouse was destroyed. In the mill ele-
vator $4,000 bushels of wheat were burned
and in the stoneware house %. COG bushels of
wheat and 20o0 barrels of flour. The only
insurance was coo on mill and building
and machinery.
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WASHINGTON, Sept 2O.--In his last
weekly report to the surgeon general of the
Marine Hospital concerning health condi-
tions at Santiago de Cuba United States
Sanitary Inspector Cominero says:
yellow fever is slowly increasing, and
the cases now under treatment generally
take malignant form, ending in DEATH
Dropsy from anemia is very common just
and almost beyond the means of the poorer
classes. over two thousand people live on
a scent dinner fare provided by charity
kitchens, and beggars are as thick in the
streets as the falling leaves are in the
WOO
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THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION.
DIR. +. A. Cook Leaves New York to
Join the Belgian Party.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2O.-Dr. Frederick A.
Cook, who was member OF Peary's Green
land expedition of 1891. sailed from here
to-day on the steamer Coleridge for Monte
vido where he will join the Gerlack Ant
arctic expedition. He hopes to reach the
south pole. The Gerlack expedition. under
command OF Lieutenant Adrian De Gerack,
left Antwerp on July . on the Belgiac a
whaling ship especially strengthened and
dtted up for the perilOus undertaking. The
Belgiac is proVsioned for two years Every
man OF the twenty-five aboard her is eX-
perfenced and ready TO face any dangers.
AS far as known DR.. Cook will be the only
American in the party and his duties Will
be purely scientific. a balloon. which is
now on the Begiac. will be utilized II pos
sible for taking observations and making
aerial progress where ice prevents naviga-
ton.
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General Foster Arranging for the
Coming Bering Sea Conference.

General Foster Arranging for the
Coming Bering Sea Conference.
WASHINGTON Sept. 2O.-Gen. John w.
Foster returned to Washington last night
from his summer home near Watertowa,
N Y. and Immediately began arranging
for the approaching international confer
ence of seal experts in this city which Will
take place some time in October. The
Japanese government has just signihed its
assent to the invitation from the United
States to send representatives to attend
this conference in recognition of Japan's
interest in the north Pacific sealeries.
Definite information as to the personnel
of the British officials who will participate
in the Bering sea conference has not been
received, but it is understood that the con-
ferees will be Sir Julian Pauncefote the
British ambassador; Professor Thompson
the seal expert, who went to Bering sea for
the British government and Mr.. Barrett
Hamilton. 1t is expected, also, that Sir
Wifred Laurier. premier Of Canada, Will
attend the conference.
The State Department to-day made public
the correspondence in the Bering sea ne
gotiations which We're set free recently In
London. The new matter is comprised in
two letters. July IS and % last, from Lord
Salisbury and ambassador Hay, respects
lively In Lord Salisburys note is the ien-
milton from the British standpoint of the
exact scope OF the conference in this lam
guage; II have TO state that her Majesty's
government is willing to agree TO a meeting.
of experts nominated by Great Britain and
Canada and by the United States in Oeto-
ber next when the further Investigations
to be made on the islands during the pres-
ent season Will have been completed. TIE
object of the meeting would be 10 arrive.
If possible at the correct conclusions re-
specting the numbers conditions and habits
of the seals frequenting tile PribviOf
islands at the present time, as compared
with the. several seasons previous and sub
sequent TO the Paris award. 1t seems TO her
Majesty'S government that Washingtons
would be the most suitable place for such a
meeting"
Embassador Hay, in his reply which ls
very short. and is mainly repetition OF
Lord Salisbury's language. calls attention
to one important point that may have been
overlooked by the British side or else was
ignored purposely, namely. that the con-
ference is to be international In one seusa
and is not TO be confined TO representa- tives
OF the United States ana Great Britain
on this point his letter which closes TIA
correspondence up to this time. says: IT
may not be out Of place for me to recall To
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Duke of Tetuan Not Informed that the
Cuban War Must Terminate by
the End OF October.
UNDUE ALARM In EUROPE
PRESIDENT M'IxINLEY TO START FOR
MASSACHUSETTS TODAY.
Many Callers at the White House,
The Coming Conference of Seal Ex-
Derts-PIace for Judge Thompson.

MADRID, Sept. 20.-In official circles here
the greatest secrecy is maintained regard
ing the United States ultimatum which is
looked on as bound to cause a great sensa-
tion in Europe and to have the greatest
consequences for Spain. While not intend
ing it, it is believed the action of the United
States has greatly facilitated q solution OF
the ministerial crisis and that there Will
be a reorganization of the Conservatives
under General Azcarraga, the premier, and
Don Francisco Silvella, the leader of the
dissident Conservatives
PARIS, Sept. 2o.-A dispatch from san
Sebastian to the Temps, of this city, says
that in his interview yesterday with the
Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish minister for
foreign affairs the United States minister
to Spain Gen. Stewart L. Woodford. Gid
not present any claim for indemnity. but
confined the interview to a moderate phrase
in the statement of the great injuries COM
merce and industry had suffered in the
United States through the proIongation OF
the Cuban war. General Woodford is said
to have added that Secretary Sherman had
desired him to declare to the Spanish gov
ernment that 1t was evidently impossible
Tor Spain to end the rebellion in reasona-
bic time, and, further that If the war was
continued Cuba would be devastated and
OF no utility to Spain or to the CuDans. In
conclusion the United States minister is re-
ported to have insisted. oourteously but
firmly on the necessity of terminating tna
war. declaring if it was not terminated by
the end of October the United States would
feel justified in taking measures TO secure
the independence of Cuba. The Duke of
Tetuan according to the dispatch te
the Temps, while protesting against alleged
ply officially to the United States ministers
when the Spanish court returns to Madrid