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Evening star., 1901-11-11
suits for Damages ON TriaI.

Hearing was begun today before Justice
Clabaugh end Jury in Circuit Court No.
2 OF the suits at law instituted by Tom
Vaughn Walters. Mary Sutton and Cecilia
Harieston against the Metropolitan Rail-
road Company. each to recover damages In
the sum of 10000. The plaintiffs claim
that they sustained injury by reason Of a
collision between two street railway cars
while near seth street the evening Of Sep
tember 0. 1000.
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The Blakely Disabled,

The Navy Department has received tele-
gram from Commander Hemphin OF the
naval trial board, stating that the torpedo
boat Blakely was disabled while attempt
ing to make her two-hour trial run OF New
port Friday. and would return to Boston
for repairs. Her speed up to the time of
the accident was stated to be about twen-
ty-four and one-half knots. Commander
Hemphfn also stated that the Blakely was
successfully standardized Thursday.
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Modifying West Point Requirements.
Secretary Root has issued an ord sr
changing the regulations relative to ad-
missions to West Point, 80 that the aca-
demic board may accept candidates who
are graduates Of high schools or students
OF colleges and universities without requir-
Ing them to pass the mental examination
prescribed by the department.
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BOYS SUSPECTED.
May Have to Face Charge of Starting
Fire I'm Woods.

Fire in Woods.
Several small white boys, whose names
are known to the police, will probably have
to answer in the Police Court later In the
week for starting a fire in the Farley
woods between the Anacostia and Bowen
roads. in the county, yesterday afternoon.
Because of the amount of dry leaves and
underground in the woods the flames spread
with such rapidity that several houses were
threatened with destruction. 1t was only
by the hard work of citizens and policemen
that the houses of Mrs. Farley and Mr..
Hall were not destroyed.
Residents OF the county who have prop
erty interests In the vicinity Of where the
fire started worked all night and it was
not until daybreak that they were satisfied
that the flames could do no more damage.
Today there was a slight fire in the woods
near overlook Inn, which was extinguished
before any damage was done.
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E. b. LATHAM ARRESTED.
Charged in ,NexuY0rk With FOrgil
Certified Clerk. .--

ChHfBed NevS! FOFgfnE
Certified Clerk. ..-r p
NEW YORK, November 11.-Everett
Bodine Latham was held in $500 bail in
police court teday- for examination on a
charge, of forgery made by Lee A. Agnew,
business representative here Of a Chicago
newspaper TIE forgery. Mr.. Agnew as
serted. consisted in the false lcertihcation
of atrheck fos - OO0- drawn by Latham in
favor of Agnew.1s4 It was given by Latham.
according, to Agriew. as an evidence of
good faith In negotiations for the transfer
tries Of an automatic, paper folding ma
chine invented by Mr.. Agnew. Latham
was formerly a resident of Detroit. !
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WiII, Take Po.se.sion Friday.

= = III' Iake FObsesBI0n FFIuAy.
Mr.. William Dudley Foulke, the newly
appointed member OF the civil service COM
mission to succeed Maj. John B. Harlow.
who resigned BECAUSE, Of ill-health to go to
his old home in ST. Louis. was at the Of
fee today getting in touch with the work
that is before him, preparatory to taking
possession, probably on Friday. Maj. Har-
low and family will leave for st. Louis q
few days later.
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Alleged violation of Game Law.

Samuel Shipley forfeited $40 in the Police
Court today for an alleged violation of tho
game law. 1t was charged that he was
found on the marsh near Anacostia early
yesterday morning with a gun In his pos
session Policeman Bean made the arrest
on complaint Of Deputy Game Warden II.
D. Bailey - ..-ss 4.
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Connected With Cable.

Gen. Greedy has received a cablegram
from Manila announcing that the islands
Of Masbate and Panay have been connect
ed by cable. 1t is expected that this cable
will assist materially the operations that
are now in progress by the army
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Panama's Reported Capture Denied.

The State Department has received a
message from President Scrymser of the
cable company which connects at Colon
denying the reported capture of Pan
anna. The State Department, in view of
the continued reports Of fnsurgent move
ments near Panama, has. through its con-
suls on the isthlnuss taken steps to warn
the public that under no conditions must
there be interference with free transit
across the isthmus.
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WOMEN ENDANGERED BY FIRE.
Blaze in Carpet Factory Where 500
Were Employed.

NEW YORK, November 11.-Fire in the
carpet-making plant of the Planet willis IN
Brooklyn today endangered the lives of 500
women at work on the upper floors OF the
building, but they were all gotten out
VIM Stewart. an elevator man, kept his
cage going until the last woman had left
the building. and then fell unconscious
from the smoke and fire fumes he had In
hailed. Three firemen were overcome by
smoke and were rescued by their COM
rades. The loss was $25, 600.
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Admiral Cromwell as Genoa.
The Navy Department has been informed
OF the arrival Of Rear Admiral Cromwell,
commanding the European station, at Genoa
Saturday aboard his flagship. the Chicago
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sCHLEY DECLINES INVITATION.
Too Much FatfEued to Pay Visit to
Indianapolis.

INDIANAPOLIS, November 11.-Rear Ad-
miral Schley has replied to the invitation OF
the commercial bodies to visit Indianapolis,
saying that it will be impossible for him
to come. The admiral expresses regret at
his inability to accept but, he says, the
fatigue incident to the court of inquiry has
made it necessary for him to take a long
and much-needed rest.
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Olympia soon to Go In Comm,..,ou

OIympfa Soon to Go In COmmfssiOn,
The Navy Department announced today
that the cruiser Olympia. which has been
undergoing extensive repairs at the Boston
yard, VIII be put In commission December
squadron. She viii probably succeed the
battle ship Kearsarge as Rear Admiral
Higginsons flagship.
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The Virginia Convention.
Specfal Dispatcb to Tie Evening Star.

RICHMOND, Ya.. November 1.-THE
convention was well attended this morning
and the discussion of county organization
continued. The duties OF supervisors were
discussed, but no action was taken.
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Detailed at GOnzaga College.
Major Henry NJ. Kendall upon his own
application, has been detailed by the Sec
retary Of War as professor at GonzaRa
College, this city.
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Sir Franklin Washington Dead
LONDON, November 1.-THE ,leath is
announced of Sir Franklin Lushlngton,
chief police magistrate for London. He
was born In 1923.
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EARTHQUAKES IN ARMENIA,

Many Fatalities Reported at ErxerOum
People in Tents.
CONSTANTINOPLE, November IL
Earthquake shocks continue to be felt at
Erzeroum, Armenia. There have been
many casualties. The foreign consuls have
joined the inhabitants and are living in
tents.
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Building Permits Issued

follows:
Thomas Morrison. alterations to 1443 8
street northwest; cost, $780,
Sibley Hospital, repairs to building corner
North Capitol and Pierce streets: cost, SIS
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Burglar. Fail to Crack Safe

ei"'s r "h " Srack Sa1e.
GREENSBURG. Pa. November 11.-Bur-
glars dynamited the vault of the Smith.on
National Bank last night. but were unable
to get into the SAFE where $1,000 in cash
was deposited. They only secured 81. The
concussion partially wrecked the building
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To Test the Big Dry Dock.

The Navy Department will send the bat
tie ship Illinois down to AIgiers, La. in
the near future to test the big floating dry
dock which has just reached the naval sta
tion at that place.
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CHINESE "REsCUE THE SUM-
Unique Ceremony Witnessed by For
e1XnerS for First Time.

PEKIN, November lin conformity
with a notice which the foreign office sent
to the legations. all the Chinese officials in
the capital gathered today at the board Of
rites to rescue the sum- which was suf-
fering from a partial eclipse. The rescue
was accomplished by prostrations, the
burning of incense and the beating of
drums. A few foreigners, for the first time
in history, were permitted to witness the
ceremony
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FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL,
New York Stock Market.

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs G. Co. bankers
and brokers, 1419 ST., members New York
stock exchange, Washington stock ex-
change and Chicago board Of trade.
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Steamah3n Arrtvats

AT New York-Vaderiand, from Antwerp
At Bremen-Bremen. from New York.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
WOMEN AS PILLAGERs.
M. Pichon Tells of Occurrences Dur
 ing the Chinese War.

Paris. Nov. 2L-The publication In The Matin and other morning papers Novem- Ter 2s of all ged extracts from the conh- dential report of General Vcyron, the fcrmer commqnder of the French troops in China. which the government refused to communicate to the Chamber of Dep mics last week during the discussion of the bill authorizing loan t. reimburse tbe treasury for the outlay ir connection with the Chinese expedition. has revived interest in the matter of the alleged loot ing at Pekin., In published interview M Pichon (who was the French Min ister to China at the time of the boxer outbreak) denies that any ladies connect ed with the legations engaged in the loot inc though Ii was true that two ladies VI 5o were not conn cted with the lega- liens did engage in the pillage.
 After Pekin had been relieved ne hlm- self ordered that all baggage of French leaving Pekin be searched in order to discover whether 1t contained gold or sil- yer bars footed during the first impulse resulting from the effcrvescence and ex- citement which followed the end of the sufferings caused by the siege. France was the only power which took this
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28

inches from the body.
 Court Crier Joyce was then introduced as a lay figure to Illustrate the locatleh of the wounds on Ayers's body. Joyce was stripped to the waist and pr. Glaze brook described the wounds at length, making careful measurements and using colored court plaster, cut round. to show the spots where the bullets had entered the body. As the nude figure stood in the witness box Mrs. Bonine did not once glance at Joyce, and most Of the tune he was on exhibition she conversed With her attorneys and her husband.
 Dr. Glazebrook testiged that Mrs. Be- nine had told him her version of the tragedy and from her description of the struggle he did not see how 1t was pos sible that the pistol could have been held in Ayrcss hand.
 Wound Necessarily Fatal.
 Dr. GIazebrook said that the wound in the chest had penetrated the wind-pipe and the lungs on the left side and had ranged to the right and upward, lodging in the back This wound, he said, was necessarily fatal.
 pr. Glazebrook said that he had called on Mrs. Bonine at the jail professionally on the Tuesday after the tragedy to make an examination of bruises said to be on Mrs Bonines body At that visit she volunteered to tell him how the trag- edy had occurred and gave him her yer sion of 1t. He said that Mrs. Bonine had had him place both arms around her. a nistol being held in the right hand. She said she clasped the revolver and the hand which held 1t and the pistol was snapped three times in the struggle which ensued.
 Assuming that the relative positions of the two were as thus described, and that the pistol was in Ayres's right hand, could the wounds which you found on his body have been inficted?' asked District Attorney Gould.
 Taking into consideration the position of Ayres and of Mrs. Bonine together with the appearance of his clothing, l do | not see how 1t was possible that the pis- | tol could have been held in Ayres's 8 hand, replied the witness.
 MT Douglas, on cross examinauon' l brought out the fact that there was a slight confusion on Ayres's forehead and | several abrasions and bruises on his legs and feet the purpose of the defense being to show that there had been a struggle. | The witness said that on the two legs there were eight of these wounds on the inside of the legs and that all were fresh. The wounds on the feet were all on top. Coming to the description of the trag- adv given to him at the jail by Mrs. Bo- nine, Dr. GIazebrook said she had shown him the imprints of her finger nails in her own hands when she grasped his hand and the revolver. On that same visit he had found bruise on each of Mrs. Bonine's arms which could have been made week before. This would have taken them back to the date of the kill ing of Ayres The inner side of the left leg also was bruised from the knee to the ankle and there were many bruises on the right leg The court at this point adjourned until Friday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
DAVE NATION GETS DIVORCE.
Husband of Saloon Smasher Freed
 from Thraldom.

Kansas City, Nov 27.-A Star special from Medicine Lodge, Kas.. says:
 David Nation was today granted di- vorce from his wife, Mrs. Carrie Nation, 'the joint fmasher" The court exoner- ated Mrs. Nation from the charge of cru city to her husband and divided the prop erty.
 In reply to questions of the court Mrs. Nation said that one reason she fought the proceedings was that she wished to continue to share the pension money drawn by her husband. Mr. Nation. in support of his petiticn fer divorce, cited a letter from his wife in which she had denounced him as 'hell-hound hypo- crite." He charged that she did not at tend to his wants.
 Judge Gillem granted the divorce on the ground of grogs n. glect of duty.
 When Mrs Nation first started out on her career of joint smashing year ago, MT. Nation seemed to be in sympathy with her raids. But when she spent all of her time away from home, crusading or serving sentences in jail for destroying property he went to the home of his daughter in Indiana and lived.
 He was Mrs. Nations second husband and is nearly 70 years old. The couple lived toR ther for many years.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28

baggage car, combination coach and sleeper. When the crash came the com blnation coach was telescoped and the less of life on this train Is estimated at 25. All but the last two coaches of the emigrant train were demolished and the loss of life Is estimated at 100 on this train One of the engines of the emigrant train exploded and the engine of the Limited turned over into a ditch. The fireman and one engineer on the emigrant train were killed but the firemen and en- gineer of the other train jumped and es- capped.
 Special trains from Adrian, Peru and Montpelier started for the scene and a special train from Detroit carrying thirty-two physicians and surgeons. When it reached the wreck the work was at once commenced succoring the wound- ed. Special from Adrian bearing all the doctors and physicians in the city had been at work for an hour. but the flames retarded the work of rescue. The wounded had been placed on stretchers In the coaches sent from Adrian.
 At l0:45 o clock the nrst tram ioaueo with wounded left the scene of the wreck for Adrain. The dead were left behind. to be carried en a later train.
 The wrecking train ordered from Montpelier, thirty miles away. arrived shortly after g o'clock, but the heavy yestibuled cars of the wrecked limited lay between it and the burning immigrant cars so that but little aid could be rem dered to the rescuers by those who came from Montpelier.
 When the special train bearing the wounded reached Adrian, the injured were carried in ambulances. drays and delivery wagons to the hospitals until they were filled and private residences in the neighborhood were pressed into service.
 Of the long list of dead only one name is known here at, present. This is Miss Dido Dentbed of Tupperville. Ont. She was alive when rescuers reached ner and with her expiring breath said: Notify W. Nj Moore.'' That was all.
 A special to The Tribune from Adrian gives the following. Detroit persons as
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released them without bail. Court then adj turned.
 The twenty-one men left for their camp at Nortonville tonight. A large box hcrse is being built there to be used in- stead of the tents as lodging quarters for the men. The building will be completed tomorrow night. President Wood said that more buildings would be erected and that by Januery 1 he would have 5000 union miners and their wives in the Nor tonville camp.
 Charles Plackman, colored, a member fthe official board of the United Mine Workers of merica, District No. 23. was arrested and lodged in jail today by Deputy Sav1uel Jennings on warrant charging him with confederating and banding together with other union men me nfor the pu pose of intimidating the non-union miners. Warrants have also been issued for the arrest Of other union officials. The issuance of the warrants demonstrates that it is Judge Halls in- tention to deal with the leaders as well as the men in his endeavor to restore DeacR
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
WRECK ON WABASH / IN WHICH A HUNDRED LOSE LIFE
Track Strewn With the Dead and Dying and the List of Fatalities May Reach 15O--lmmigrant Train and the Continental Limited Come To-
 gether With Appalling Result.

among the inJureds
 George Sweeney.
 F. B. Richardson, express messenger head cut and both legs mangled.
 H. B. Whitney, an Ontario raiiroao dispatcher seriously injured.
 It is estimated that upwards of 800 per- sons were on the two trains.
 Detroit, Nov. g. 3 e. m.-The latest reports from Adrian are to the eeffct that there are eighty dead and 15o in- jured, of which 25 cases are serious. Fifty of the eighty dead were killed outright.
 Engineer Strong of the Limited. makes the following statement:
 T was running sixty-five miles an hour when I saw light on No. 13. shut down to fifty miles. jumped. so did my fire man. The first car was strong and was not smashed, The second collapsed and not soul escaped"
 William Sterns, editor of The Adrian Press, who had just returned from the wreck at e:30 a. m., telephoned to the Associated Press that the cause of the disaster was the misreading of his order by Engineer Strong on the Continental Limited The order read: Pass at Sene- ca," but Strong understood 1t to read Sandy Creek" The conductor of the train read the order rightly. He did not know that the engineer had misunder- stood 1t and supposed that his train was going on siding. Finding the train was running past the conductor put on the air brakes himself but he was too late and just then the engineer set the brakes to try to avert the force of the collision.
 The engineers leg was broken and he was otherwise injured. Seven dead were taken out of one car on the Limited. All those on that train who were killed were on the car between the smoker and dining car, MT. Sterns said that the scene of the wreck beggars description. The night is cold and as there is but one farm house adjacent to the scene there was but nt- tie shelter for the sufferers.
 The identified dead: James Brown, DOT ter, Detroit; Job Mitchell, shoe manufac- turer, Detroit; E. N. DeneIl. Detroit; George W. Yeoman. capitalist, Kansas City
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
will Build RaiIroad.

Knoxville, Tenn. Nov. 27.-The Little River Lumber and Railroad Company. owned by Pennsylvania capitalists who dollars In timber land and a tannery in Blount County, Ten le sssa has decided to build a railroad from their plant to con meet with the Murphy branch of the Southern Railroad at Bushnell. N c. The road will open up a section rich in min erals and timber. Actual work on this road will begin before January 1.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
Van Meter Chosen President.

Youngstown. O., Nov. 2.-The National Association of Blast Furnaces today elected James McMahon of Struthers, president; G. Fl. Van Meter of South Pittsburg was elected fourth vice-presi- dent. The national officers were in- structed to become closely affiliated with the dock workers, ore workers and lime stone quarry workers and have them all join issues with the blast furnace work CTS association After deciding to meet in Buffalo December 5th, 1902 the con Vention adjourned.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
MINERS ARE RELEASED.
Strikers Must Answer to the Next
 Grand Jury, However.

Madisonyille. Ky. Nov. 27.-In the trial of the striking miners who were arrested when the Nortonvii!e camp was broken up the defendants filed an affidavit against the impartiality of Judge Hall and q justice was named to conduct the trial. Wher the court convened in the afternoon the defense asked permission to withdraw the affidavit and waived ex- amining trial
 The court took the personal recogniz- ance of the prisoners to answer any charge the grand jury at the next Feb rusry term might find against them and
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
GUNS FOR THE LIBERALS.
The Banrigh Carrying Munitions to
 the Colombian Rebels.

AntYerp, Nov. N.-The British steamer Banrigh. which was detained at the Vic toria docks. London. by customs officials under suspicion that she had on board arms and ammunition intended for the Boers. has arrived here. She carries a large cargo of munitions of war intended for the Colombian Liberals, including 4.O0O cases of cartridges and 1000 cases of rifles, machine guns and chemicals.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28

Detroit Mich, Nov. 27.-From 100 to 150 persons were killed or injured tonight in a passenger train wreck on the Wa bash Railroad. Two heavily loaded pas senger trains collided head on at full speed, one mile east of Seneca. The westbound train of seven cars. two of them filled with immigrants, was smash ed and burned. There was awful loss of life or fearful injuries to majority Of its passengers. The eastbound train, the Continental Limited, suffered in scarcely less degree.
 The track in the vicinity of the wreck Is strewn with dead and dying. Many physicians from Detroit have gone to the scene. The Continental Limited. 1t is believed. disobeyed orders. in not wait ing at Seneca for the other train, there by causing the wreck.
 The two trains met at Montpelier, O., according to schedule. hut the limited had orders to meet the westbound train at Seneca. The blame is therefore placed on the conductor or engineer of the Limited Had this train been held at Seneca the accident would not have occurred. The train was due to Seneca at 6:42 according to the change in schedule. but apparently orders to wait were disobeyed and the proba bilities are that the true story of why will never be told. as the train crews undoubtedly met instant death. Ad- vices from the wreck at midnight state that the country for miles around is light ed up by the burning cars and that the flames could not be quenched because Of lack of proper apparatus. Manbled bodies were picked up along the track by the fai mers before a special relief train sent from Adrian reached the scene. In some instances the bodies were mangied be- ycnd all recognition. The bodies which the rescuers managed to pull from the burning ruins of the emigrant cars were so badly burned that their identity will probably nevor be ascertatned.
 Reports differ as to the number of coaches carrying emigrants, one saying there were but two and another that there were five or six immigrant coaches. The limited was made up of an engine,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-28
Kentucky Railroads Assessed.

Frankfort, Ky. Nov. N.-The Kentucky Railroad Commission today completed the work of assessing the property of the railroad companies operating In the State for taxation for the present year. The total valuation on all kinds of property is S52. 422. .lsS. an increase of $2f7.E1. The company to be assessed at the highest figure will be the Louisville and Nash ville road at $40.00O per mile for. the main system. This Is no increase oyer 2aA