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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
LIGHTNING'S FEARFUL
WORK.
A Narrow Escape from Death,
and Badly Wrecked
House.

Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Conway
had an extremely narrow escape
from death by lightning last Tues
day night. While sitting by the
fire in their home five miles north
west from town, lightning struck
the building and knocked part Of
the chimney down, SCATTERING it
from top to bottom. The house
was torn open, and the ceiling
parted from the side, letting the
wind and rain in. Mr.. and Mrs.
Conway were both knocked down
and so badly shocked that they
did not recover consciousness for
something near an hour. Mr..
Conway fell backwards, chair and
all, and his wife fell forwards out
Of her chair on the floor. Fire was
knocked out on the floor, and Mr..
Conway's first action after begin.
ing to revive was to overturn a
bucket of water that was fortu-
nately in his reach, and put out
the fire where itlwas burmng the
floor. Had the fire caught at
first, while both were unconscious,
they would have been burned
with the house. That this terrible
tragedy was averted is gratifying
while the misfortune j. quite a
serious one TO the young people
rs IL is.
A curious feature Of tn case
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

Naples, Tex. Jan. 20 A very serious
and unusual accident happened TO n
daughter OF George Drake, a negro liy.
ing near here in Cass county. The girl
was standing on portico with her
hand resting on one OF the supporting
columns A few inches below her hand
a nail had been driven into the column
with the head out about half an inch.
The girl had a ring ON finger Of her
hand From some impulse or cause she
jumped 10 the ground. several feet She
is only 10 years old, but very large aud
stout IN Der descent her hand slipped
down the column The ring caught on
the head Of the nail Her weight and
the force Of the jump jerked tho finger
from her hand, bringing with a leader
nearly the length Of her arm. The girl
il going through pain and commissions,
which are but little alleyiated by anes-
thetics 1t is supposed that difficult
surgical operation will be necessary 70
save her.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
Chld.. Head nlorn OH.

Jacksboro Tex, Jan. 20 News has
reached here Of terrible accident in
which the 7.year old son Of Charley An.
feel lost his life Mr. Anfeel had been
killing hogs and had left some powder
where little George and a smaller broth.
or found 1t and poured il into tho bar.
rel Of al old shotgun, and while George
was looking into the barrel, or put his
mouth over 1t, his little brother touched
a match to the tube, and the explosion
toro OIL the whole top Of Georges head
killing him instantly.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
Total n.e.lpt. In Cab..

Washington, Jan. 20. The war de.
partment ha. given out the statement
that the total receipts for the entire is.
sland Of Cuba for the month Of Decem.
ber were 81. 533,2ll The total receipts
for the entire island for the calendar
year ending Dec 80, 1893. by items were
as follows Customs tiLU12.l ia; in.
ternal revenue S5j5 PSI postal receipts
from July :. 1889 to Dec 81, 1893. were
l,5li. miscellaneous receipts from
July I, 1899 to Dec 81, 1899. were f203
$50 Total receipts Sl5.2l7. AOT42.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
WANT MORE TIME.
Contest In Kentucky Cannot lie Finishsd
In Time Allotted.

Contest In Kentucky cannot I've FLASHED
In Time Allotted.
Frankfort, Jan. 20 The reading Of
the counter claim, Of the Republican
incumbents TO the gubOrnatoriAl con.
test, arguments over the Admissibility
and arguments to strike It partially oui
after It's admission comprised the work
Of the contesting boards Friday and the
last mentioned arguments were not con.
cluded when an adjournment was tAken.
The Democratic attorneys made de-
termined fight against the admission Of
counter claim, saying IL covered 80
many different counties, that IL would
be impossible for them 10 prepare eVi.
dence 10 coniroyert IL inside II threa
months, After il had been admitted.
they declared that they would make no
attempt to Offset It's allegations because
Of the physical impossibility Of bring
ing 10 Frankfort the great number Of
witnesses necessary for the GRAFTON.
Ex-Governor Bradley Ia asking tho
board 10 grant him a. much time a.
possible, announced that tho Repub
licans had subpoenaed 300 witnesses
The house after long debate passed
Mr. Orr's lanti-Gosbsl Dem. resolution
instruoting the contest committee In the
case Of governor and lieutenant govern
or 10 take all the time necessary 10 or.
der TO arrive at full, fair and just con.
olusion and 10 hear all Of the svidsna
on both sides This resolution wal
brought forth to meet the compliant Of
Gosbels attorneys that the interference
Of outside events had cut of much Of
their testimony
In the debate on the floor Cantrill aud
other Gosbel Democrats opposed the res
olution, but large number Of Dsme
Gratis broke away from party lines and
the resolution finally passed by . vote
Of Is to Ia
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
PHILIPPINE CAMPAIGN.
Movements Of Tresp- uad-s the Differ
snt Leader. ~ Lassa.

~ sf"~NH~
Manila, Jan 20 Hughes reports from
San jose de Buena Vista. western coast
Of Panay. that he crossed the mountains
in = northwes.srly direction from san
joaquin. southern Panay. ON Wednes.
day. struck the enemy crossing Antique
river. capturing a rified cannon and
Nordeufeld, pursued the insurgents
through Antique. EganA and Sibalon.
their capital, aud marched TO San jose,
Casualties one wounded. the enemy's
loss considerable. The entire population
have flown 10 tho mountains Heat
oppressive.
Macarthur reports that on Wednes.
day IS rifles were surrendered at Floda
Blanco, that at Manibaug McRae Of the
Third infantry captured three insur.
gent officers, the wife Of General Mes.
cardo, considerable insurgent property
and liberated three Spanish prisoners,
that at Galangi Mcltae captured 70 in.
surgents. burned : tons OF rice and the
insurgent barracks. tina. Sullivan Of tho
Thirty.fourth' infantry. near San jose.
surprised an insurgent force. capturing
sir rifles aud considerable livestock, that
Lieutenant Houlte Of the Third infan.
try captured near Malolos one officer, %
men aud rifles; that Van Horn Of the
Seventeenth infantry struck the Ia.
drones at Santa Cruz. killed II, wounded
3. captured 10 aud 0 rifles
Macarthur reports that strong
mounted position west Of Mabalacat is
occupied by General Hizon
Bates reports that SchwAn's column
Of cavalry is retitting at Batangas "a
move eastward, the infantry now NOV.
ing in that direction, the enemy retir.
ing suffering losses Of men and property.
Our casualties small, mostly slight
wounds. Sir officers 81 enlisted men,
I civil employees and II FriAr all
Spanish prisoners released by Schwan.
arrived from Batsngas.
Young at Vigan, reports number Of
successful skirmishes IN the mountains
with remnants Of the insurgent organl
ration and robber bands with slight cas-
ualties among his troops
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
Amer Thirty Years.

Bloomsberg Pa, Jan 30 Alexander
Savage. who disappeared from his home
here IS years ago and had long been
mourned as dead has turned up alive
and we'll His brother Is In receipt Of \
letter from him announcing that he Is
All officer Of high standing IN the Span
ish army and lives at Madrid Saw
age says he has acquired large
fortune. Five years after Savage's
disappearance. he wrote to his relatives
from China, stating that he had gone to
the orient 10 seek his fortune Thirty
years have elapsed since that letter was
written.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
j. A. q. Clmb.

A called meeting of the J. A. o.
Club was held at the home Of Miss
Smith on last Tuesday eveneng,
and important business transacted,
New officers were elected rs follows:
Miss Clarke president; Miss Nc.
Tendon, vice president; Miss Dona
Coulter, treasurer; Miss Mistrot
secretary. Mrs. Sam Parker will
be our club chaperone and Mrs.
Il. NJ. Gordon, Mrs. w. II. Oliver,
and Mrs. Milton Sims Jr., were
made honorary members. We
will meet with Miss Clarke on
Wednesday afternoon promptly at
four o'clock. Secretary.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

Easton, Pa, Jan 2O-A section gang
Of nine men were run down In tho Dol.
aware, LacSawanna and Western rail.
road tunnel, near Oxford. ~ D. Two
Of the party were killed and third died
shortly after being struck The other
six aro seriously hurt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Philip Densow, negro, was hanged
at cambridge, Ga, for the murder Of
Will Lane.
The effort to combine the o. cotton
mills a, Falls River, Mass into on.
concern, thereby controlling all prints,
has failed.
Andrew Carnegie has given tiO, 900 to
Covington, Ky, FOR public library.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

Brentwood Tex, Jan. ~ The jury
IN the Holmes murder case was dis
charged by the court being unable 10
agree. This is the second trial Of the
case. both resulting in a mistrial
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

The Cameron Heard says:
"Hon. Rosser Thomas will have a
good chance TO secure the nomina-
ton to succeed Joe Bailey in the
national house of Representatives. -
His Brazos county friends would
be glad to see him 80 honored, and
believe he would make an able
representative
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

Tyler Tex, Jan 2O-All the patients
which have been confined at tho pest.
house with smallpox have been dis.
charged save one, Mr. Lee Of Dallas, and
he will be discharged some time next
week
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

Yoakum, Ter, Jan. 20 T. II. Wobb
was shot and instantly killed here lie
was stockman from Eagle Lake.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1900-01-21

London. Jan. 90 John Ruskin died
here Of influenza. aged 81 vasrs
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-14
FATHER PHILLIPS
MAKES STATEMENT
The Miners Friend Believes That
the Strike Struggle Must End in
Sure Victory for Operators.

Hazleton, Sept. 13.--In a statement
issued this afternoon, Father Phillips
says:
regard the situation as most serious and
dcplorable. l labored night and day to avert
the strike, and, now that it is declared | feel
that as citizen l have done my full duty |
give no opinion as to the compliance OF the
miners with the order of President Mitchell
My conference yesterday in New York with the
executive officers Of the big coal companies has
convinced me that if there be a prolonged con.
hict it will be battle to the death, with but
one result, which is easy to foretel. The oper-
ators will never recognize the United Mine
Workers
The miners themselves, eventually seeing this,
must sue for peace by unconditional surrender,
and then their last state will be worse than
the first. Perhaps | am mistaken. / hope ! am,
for the sake Of the miners who are the bone
and sincw Of every social business as well as re.
ligious interest in northeastern PENNSYLVANIA
But, ! have feared the conflict so | fear the
result and if the miners regret it, as | believe
they will, they must share the responsibility Of
widespread misery and the useless sacrifice OF the
cause of labor.
Again l say that perhaps am mistaken and
am too pessmiStic, but, being gloomy and dis
hcartencd this morning, i must speak TO the
miners whom | love better than any class Of men
on earth with all the sincerity Of my soul, and
therefore | cannot, and would not if | could
conceal from them the fact that | have much
fear and little or no hope to offer them as 70
the final result This ends my connection with
the strike question
(SigncD E. s. Phillips.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-14
CHINESE NAMES ARE
SIMPLE WHEN KNOWN
ALL THAT'S NECESSARY IS THE
KEY.
The Geography of the Great Middle
Kingdom Will Be simplified for
All Who Shall Read the Explana-
tions That Follow.
From the New York Sun.

From the New York sun.
We are reading just now of many
Chinese districts, towns and rivers.
Many of these geographical names
doubtless appear repellant and un-
pronounceable to all except a few per-
sons who are familiar with them. But
if we had better acquaintance with
these names and knew their meaning
they would be found to be full of
interest. They are often condensed
descriptions of the place or feature
to which they are applied. They ara
far more instinct with life than many
geographical names in other countries.
Suppose we had never heard of Shang-
hal, for example, but knew the mean
ing of the two words composing the
name. We would know at once that
the "City Near the Sea" must apply
to a seaport. Yum no means THE
River of Transportation and we nat
urally infer that the waterway thus
designated must be commercially i'm
portant. Yum no, in fact, is the
Chinese name of the Grand Canal
which plays so large a part in the
freight service of east China.
MONOSYLLABIC
However many syllables there may
be in a Chinese place name it is com
posed of as many words as there are
syllabes, for all Chinese words are
monosyllabic. If we know the mean
ing of even one of the words i'm a geo.
graphical name it helps TO convey a
definite idea, The words Ho and
Kiang, for example, both mean
river" and when we see them on a
map we know they refer to a river or
stream. Many of the names of rivers
are descriptive of them: Hoang no, for
example, means yellow River"
Tsin kiang means CLEAR River" OBJ
serve how definite is the idea eX-
pressed in the name of each of the
three rivers which converge upon Can
ton. One of them is the Sikiang, or
West River" another the Pekiang
or North River" the third is the
Tung kang, or East River" The
names of these rivers tells the direc-
tion from which they come. They help
to simplify the study of the geography
of that part of China. When they
unite they form the Chu kiang or
Pearl River" The Chinese named
their largest river In the north the
Hoang no because 1t cuts it's bed
through yellow soil from which 1t de-
rives its color. The yellow flood II
pours into the sea cnors that part of
the ocean yellow, and hence the
Chinese call the sea Hoang hal, or
Yellow sea.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-14

The Chinese unite the words in
name so that they form one word just
as we write Newton, Hartford or
Deerficld. Sometimes we unite the
words in a Chinese name and some
times we separate them but there il
no reason for example, why we should
write Tien-Tsin when we do not writo
Pe-Kin. Each of these names is com
posed of two words. Pc means north"
and Kin means the capital" Ior the
kings household" and thus Pekin
means the northern capital. Tien
means Heavenly and Tsin means
place" and thus the name of the
largest city in northeast China means
heavenly place''-a name it has borne
for many centuries. When Marco Polo
visited the city in the thirteenth cen-
tury he translated its name into "Citta
Celeste"
Many Chinese names we see in tho
newspapers and do not even attempt
to pronounce would give us as much
information, If we could translate
them, a a long sentence might do.
Hankow, for example, is the name Of
a very important city on the Yang
tse kang. There are only six letters
in the name and yet any Chinese boy
would know from the two short words
composing it that it is the name of
the town standing at the "kow' or
mouth of a river named Han. The
Han is the greatest tributary of the
Yang tse kiang and plays a most i'm
portant part in the commercial life Of
that teeming valley and the city built
on the spo- where the Han mingles it
waters with the Yang tse is Hankow
1. e., the town at the mouth of the
Han.
The word Yang means ocean" tse
means "son," and the name tse kiang
which the Chinese applied ages ago to
their greatest river shows that they
did not mean to depreciate its inn
portance. Some writers say the earlI
Chinese believed their largest rive
contributed more water to the maxi
ing Of the ocean than any othe
stream in the world, and so in th(
name of the river they conveyed thI
idea that the ocean was its son. The
name Is often enormously translated
the Blue River.
In some books and maps we see the
words "fu' or "hien' added to the
names of many towns. These words
are not a part of the names, and some
OF the best aliases omit them, for they
lengthen the name and make it more
formidable to the foreigner Flu means
the capital of one of the departments
into which province is divided; in
other words IL is the residence of the
official at the head Of the department.
Hien signifies one Of the districts into
which a department is divided, and
when attached to place name means
that the official in charge of the dis
trct resides there. 1t is better to omit
these merely political designations.
When we have more intimate dealings
with China and better knowledge OF
the people and their country, we shall
have uniformity in the spelling of
China's place names, and know what
these names mean; and we shall see
clearly that these names show con-
siderable imaginative and descriptive
facility, and that they are really help
ful in the study of Chinese geography.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-14
SITUATION AT PITTsToN.
Collieries All Working and Little
Strike Enthusiasm Apparent.

Special to the Scranton Tribune.
Pittston, Sept. 13.--The colleries in
the vicinity of Pittston were all at
work today as usual with a fairly full
quota of men. Although a large num-
ber of the men are favorable to a
strike, few of them We're enthusiastic
enough to remain home, and visit
to the different collieries would give
anything but an impression that we
are on the verge of a great strike.
The only indication of any move tow
ard strike was in the slight decrease
in the purchase of powder and supplies.
While almost every mine employe will
claim they have a number of grievan-
ces, a majority of them seem to dread
the strike, but say they will quit work
in preference to being called a "scab."
The most enthusiastic strike advo-
Gates seem to be among the foreign
element. A Polish miner told a Trib-
une reporter this morning that he was
heartily in favor of the strike and that
all his nationality will so out, al
though, he said, If the strike was going
to last any length of time he was go
ing to leave for the west.
The only indication of an active
strike sentiment prevalent here today
was at the Barnum No. colliery of
the Pennsylvania Coal company, in
Upper Pittston, where all the laborers
and drivers in the third and sixth veins
refused for a short time to go to work
this morning. The collieries of the
Pennsylvania company are the only
ones in this vicinity where runners"
are not employed and work falls to the
laborers as an extra duty. This is one
of the grievances of the employees of
this company and the laborers at the
Barnum No. shaft refused to COM
mence work this morning unless run
ners" were employed.
Single mule drivers are paid 81 per
day and team drivers $1.10. They both
want an increase in wages, and, en-
couraged by the action of the laborers.
they also refused to commence work.
The mine foreman at the colliery, how
ever. prevailed on them to resume work
and appoint a committee to wait on
the superintendent. The workmen took
the advice of the foreman, and, after
appointing a committee of four, re-
turned to their work. The committee
expected to interview the superintend-
ent this afternoon.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-14

tools IS all guess work as yet. The
union miners say all hands will quit
when the time comes. The operators
say this will not be the case as they
have pledges from many men that they
will continue at work il II is concluded
to keep the colleries in operation.
1t Is thought, however, that the
number of men who are willing to con-
tlnue in the employ of the companies
will not be sufficient to operate the
mines. Some of the operators think
this may be the case for few days,
but after that they expect n break i'm
the ranks of the idle men and that
there will be a flood of applications
for work. The operators report to-
night that their reports from the coll
lieries show that the output of coal
today was a trifle larger than Wedncs-
day.
All employees reported for work and
they are all expected to report tomor-
row and Saturday. At some Of the
Delaware and Hudson collieries in
Plymouth n few men took their tools
out tonight. Their powder was ex-
hausted and they said that as a
strike was so near at hand they would
lIOI puy a. lltSl supply lOT one or TWO
days work.
At Pittston there was some disturb
ance at the Barnum shaft. The driv-
ers and laborers to the number of a
hundred had some trivial grievances
and would not go to work until they
were settled. A compromise was
agreed upon this evening and all hands
will report for work tomorrow. The
Kingston Coal company, which en-
ploys 5000 men, will suspend opera e.
tions If more than forty per cent. Of
the men quit work. The officials Of
the Lackawanna company. who en-
ploy 10000 men between Shickshinny
and Scranton, say they expect the ma-
jority of their miners to quit and that
the mines will probably be Idle for
some time. The Crescent and Rcd
Ash companies, who give employment
to 1000 men, report tonight that less
than five per cent. of their men are or
ganized. and that they expect to work
their collieries on Monday the same as
usual
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-09-14
LIFE ON ST. HELENA ISLAND.
Inhabitants Happy and Contented
and Crime Almost Unknown,

From the New York Times.
Few people ever think of st. Helena
except as a rock in the sea on which
Napoleon lived awhile miserably, and
then more miserably died. That the
greatest of anti-climaXes was not the
end of the little islands history is hard
to realize, possibly because a poet or
romancer would have made II the end,
and a continuation is therefore more
or less unnatural and absurd. Be that
as it may, st. Helena has remained
the abiding place of ordinary human
beings who concern themselves very
little about the colossal ghost generally
supposed to be the islands only in
habitant, and the report 10 the English
government just made by their gov
ernor shows that they have joys and
sorrows exactly like those of the folks
dwelling in places less tragically fam
Gus. For instance, the revenues of the
island last year were G9,152-a decid-
edly comfortable sum-but, alas! the
expenditures amounted to 9l2,S49, and
that is an excess of outgo not COM
Portable at all. The governor says,
however, that the bad balance was
due TO some extraordinary drains upon
the islands resources, and that he an
ticipated a substantial surplus for the
current year. A recent increase of the
garrison and extensive improvements
now making by the colonial and i'm
perial authorities assure the immedi-
ate prosperity of the islanders.
st. Helena has no public debt, but is
paying off by small annual installments
non-interest bearing grant of $4,000
na6a hV r,aplia in Tbo H.,
ports, chiefly foodstuffs and building
materials, amounted last year to &c.,
9S5, and the exports, almost wholly of
potatoes. to s4,39l. Lacemaking has
been introduced among the girls of the
island with great success, and the gov
ernor is experimenting with the manu-
facture of brick and tile. The whal-
ers have now entirely deserted st,
Helena, the few ships engaged in that
industry keeping far to the north or
south. The total population of the
island is 4,543
The governor hopes that winter vls-
itors from England may be tempted
by the saluhrity of the climate to try
st. Helena, which is superior he saws.
in some respects to that of Madeira
and the Canary Islands He says the
PcoPle 90 a "hoiS NoHipdTe idNoraDly
with the English agricultural lpopula-
tion; with few exceptions all can read
and write, and the language is spoken
with greater purity than in many dis
tricts at home. As a rule, the people
are happy and contented, with little
crime among them and much kindness
in helping each other. Strangers are
greatly impressed with the general
civility shown TO them by old and
young.