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The age-herald., 1901-08-19
STEAMER SINKS
 CARRYING EIGHTY X
 SOULS TO DEATH

Victoria, B. C., August 1S.-The steam CT Islander, the crack passenger steamer of the Alaska route, operated by the Canadian Pacific Navigation Company of Island at ? o'clock on the morning of Thursday last and went to pieces, carry ing down from sixty-five to eighty souls, including passengers and members of the crew Some of the survivors arrived here this evening by the steamer Queen. They her boiler exploded, causing the death of many who might kaye escaped. Captain Foote was on the bridge when the vessel struck and stayed there and went down with his steamer
 Among the passengers lost on the Is- lander were:
 Mrs. Ross, wife of the Governor of the Dr. John Duncan of this city. w c. Preston and wife, Seattle. Wash. F. Mills, Voctoria.
 Mrs. J. c. Henderson, Victoria. V. H. Heating and two sons Los An  geles, Cal.
 J. V. Douglass, Vancouver
 Mrs. Phillips and child, Seattle MT. Fall, Victoria.
 Mrs. Nicholson, wife of Captain Nlchoi- son. The members of the crew lost are: Captain Foote.
 George Allan, third engineer. Horace Smith, second steward. s. J. Pitts, cook
 Two Chinamen.
 Buck Hooder and Burke, oilers; two firemen.
 Night Saloon Watchman Kendall. John Bard, second pantry man. Two walters.
 G. Miller, barber.
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The age-herald., 1901-08-19
MOBILE IS RECOVERING
 FROM THE REGENT STORM
First Train from New Orleans Arrives and eegraphc Commun- cation Has Been Resored-lnemen Report Seeing Many
 Wild Deer and One Bear Fleeing from Floods

Mobile, August 1s-The Louisville ana Nashville Railroad. which was damaged between this city and New Orleans, nas been put in condition and the first train from New Orleans arrived in Mobile to- day. Photographic communication with New Orleans was obtained today for the first time since the storm.
 Several linemen who have been work ing below came into Mobile tonight. They say that the water in the Tensas swamp, through which the Louisville and Nash vile runs, completely demoralized the wild animals. which have their haunts In that wild waste. Many deer came upon the railroad track to escape the nooo' and the linemen caught one which was so exhausted by swimming that 1t was unable to get away. A big black bear al- SC came out of the swamp, but was not
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captured. |.
 Information today from the American steamer Evylin, ashore on the south coast near the entrance to Pensacola harbor, is to the effect that she lies in an easy position and can probably be pulled off. Towboat men of Mobile are arranging to pull her out of the sand.
 The schooner George E. Bently was lowed into the lower bay this afternoon with all sails and part of her deck load gone. The four-masted schooner Edward Stotesbury also arrived in the lower bay during the afternoon leaking badly with eleven feet of water in her hold. Both boats are lumber-laden and sailed from this port last week.
 Pilots report that the gulf has cut channel through to Mobile bay at Navy Cove, three miles east of FortMorgan.
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THREE MEN KILLED.
Ten Tons of Molten Metal Explode al
 Youngstown Blast Furnace.

Youngstown, Ohio. August 1S.--An ex- plosion of ten tons of molten metal in the blast furnace department at the Ohio plant of the National Steel Company to- day resulted in the death of three work men and in the injury of eleven others. The dead are: A.
 Richard Richards.
 Joseph Bugos.
 John Crinkshank. E.
 The injured Steve Stahm, Michael Yachyko, Michael O'Brien, Andrew Ka- hut, Joseph Deymenk. John Stefan, An drew Burges Andrew Magyar. George Jacques, George Purvilk, George J. wanizak. Stahm and Yachyko are in a dying condition and at least six others of the injured are not expected to survive The accident was the result of the ma chinery which controlled the ladel con taining the molten mass breaking and let ting the metal drop into vat contain ing water. ta
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WILL oP GAMBLING.
Mexican authorities Begin crusade
 Against the Vice.

City of Mexico. August S-The GOV ernor has decided on waging war on the gambling houses and Minister of War Refs has decided to issue circular order to all army officers, notifying them that if they are found in any gambling estao- lishment they will be dismissed from the service and turned over to the city au- thorities. It Is reported today that the cabinet has decided that no more licenses shall be granted to public gambling houses, this order to go into effect on September IS. All the public employees are to be warned that gambling will in volve their dismissal. Merchants and bankers sustain this move heartily
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gates to vote by holding up their hands Governor Jones being on crutches, finds 1t troublesome to stand up. and General Oates being a little portly and not as spry as when forty years ago he was chasing the Yankees, also finds 1t incon- venient to be continually jumping up to vote, and he also raises his hand
 These two men are both out of politics at present, and are totally dislnterested in all the propositions they advance in the convention. Yet very few of these have been adopted, and the majority have been laid in that vague, mysterious region called the table--al of which goes to show that this convention Is an independent body ''by large majority"
 The convention. however, always listens to these distinguished men with great re- spect. Governor Jones is considered by many the most eloquent speaker in the convention.
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FORCE OF TROOPS
 READY FOR INVASION
Ecuadoran Soldiers Are About to March Into Colombia and Battle is imminent Near Paste Just Beyond the Frontier
 The United States BaIeship Iowa is Delayed.

Quito, Ecuador, August 1s.-A force of EcuadorIan troops Is ready to invade Colombia and battle Is imminent near Pasto, Just beyond the Colombian frontier, and about one hundred and fifty miles northeast of Quito.
 Washington, August 18.-Captain Perry of the Battleship Iowa, now at San Fran cisco, has telegraphed to the Navy De- partment on acknowledgement of his in- structions to proceed to the west coast of Panama in connection with the revo- lutionary troubles, but reports that the boilers and some other parts of the ves- sel need immediate attention. It is hoped by the department. however. that she will be able to sail tomorrow
 The most important development today was the news contained in press dis patch from Quito that Ecuadorian troops were ready to invade Colombia and that a battle was imminent near Pasto. MT. Silva. the Colombian minister, while with out advices fro his government, express ed the belief that this new expedition was a part of the revolutionary move ue1t dIQ tfldI IL was III iio SeiiS0 oAboh ized by the Ecuadorian government. He said that many years ago there had been friction between the two governments, but that in recent years no important controversial issues had been raised be- tween them.
 Minister Silva Is in receipt of letter from Emiliano Izaza, the Colombian min ister at Quito, referring to the cordial treatment he had received from the Ecuador government and the courtesies generally extended him in his journey through that country. MT. Silva conse- quently is of the opinion that the new movement is in connection with the inter nal revolution in Colombia, unless some- thing unforeseen has occurred of which he has not been advised. Many Colom- bian revolutionists have acquired arms other equipment from people in Ecuador and started expeditions, three of these having been organized last year, mostly composed of Colombians, aided by the sympathies and resources of some of the Ecuadorians. All these expeditions have failed. MT. Silva said tonight that the government of Ecuador always had pro- tested tht it had made the utmost effort
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Much Unrest In Venezuela.

Colon. Colombia August IS. via Calves tcn-statements made by passengers who arrived here yesterday on the steamer Canada from the Venezuelan ports, clear ly show that there Is considerable polit- icai unrest throughout Venezuela The passengers were not permitted to land in- discriminatory No authentic version of the recent border engagements could be obtained from any of them, hut the evil dence all points to serious internal dis sensions It is said here that the insur- gent General Ruiz has landed near Pena- ma from the south, probably from Guay- Gquil
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NJ. P. Jock, Porter and Moran. coal

NJ. P. Jock, Porter and Moran, coal passers.
 Seattle, Wash, August 1S.-A bulletin 10 the Post-Intelligencer from Victoria, B. C., gives the following additional names of the drowned on the Islander:
 Hugh Porter. coal passer.
 M, Folk. saloon waiter.
 Mrs. J. Smith, Vancouver.
 J. L. Bethen. Vancouver.
 Mrs J. l.. Wilson, Seattle.
 A Kendalls, night saloon watchman.
 One coal passer.
 One waiter, name unknown.
 Mrs. w. Smith, Vancouver.
 J. A. Bethen, Vancouver.
 Mrs. J. l.. Wilcox, Seattle.
 The following bodies have been recov- cred: Dr. John Duncan, Victoria; P. Burke, H. P. Burke, H. Porter, M. Folk, Doll and two children. There was s275COO in gold on the steam CT, $100O00 of which was carried by pas sengers. H. H. Hart, who has spent six teen years in the Klondike, lost $35.000 in dust Some say that Captain Foote reached a raft, but when he saw the ex- tent of the disaster jumped overheard
 No accurate list of the dead will be available until the arrival of the purser on the steamer Farallon tomorrow
 George McBrown, executive agent of the Canadian Pacific railroad, after in- terviewing the officers and passengers who returned, said:
 "The purser is remaining in the north attending to the forwarding of through passengers. It is impossible to give an exact list of those lost, but from the fact that 113 were saved the number lost must be very much below the figures men toned. In my opinion the loss rf life will not exceed twenty"
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INDEX TO TOOAY'S NEWS.

1.-The Strike Situation.
 Marine Disaster. Constitutional Convention.
 Invasion of Colombia.
 Pension Statistics. 2-Outgrowth of Albright Trouble.
 Kruger on Irish Oppression. S-Weekly Review of Foreign Markets. Louisville and the Big Conclave. 4-Editorial
 In Hotel Lobbies and Elsewhere.
 Peculiar Position of Southern Senators 5-Iron and Steel Markets Staple.
 Roosevelt VIII Be Asked to Come. Scouts After Sunday vioiators.
 Jim Brown VIII Go to St. Clair. s-children's Page. ' .7-Markets. 1T s-Baseball.
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CHICAGO MEN MAY
 FINALLY JOIN STRIKE.

Chicago, August 1S.-W. c. Davis. vice. president of the fourth district, and di- rector of the steel strike in the West announced tonight that he believed the South Chicago men will join the general strike of steel workers. It is his inten- tion to meet these men individually and endeavor to persuade them to reverse their decision
 Secretary Tighe addressed two big meet insg at the East Chicago mills of the Republic Iron and Steel Company today The union men not only reaffirm their sympathy with the movement in the East and in certain parts of the West, but emphasized their disapproval of the atti- tude and action of the South Chicago steel men. Resolutions were passed pledging to the strikers their support. moral and financial They arranged to contribute 5000 every two weeks to the strikers fund
 These meetings over, Secretary Tighe left for Pittsburg.
 Resolutions denouncing the members of the South Chicago lodges of the Amalga- mated Association as unfit for the recog- milton or support of union men, were adopted by the Chicago Federation of La- bor tonight. The resolutions were not adopted without fight, however. as strong faction in the meeting maintained that the South Chicago men were justi- fled in their refusal to violate their con- tract.
 More Men Strike.
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Chicago, August 18-The Record-Herald will print tomorrow the following state ment obtained from General Macarthur bv an interviewer in San Francisco:
 War has wrecked the Philippines and laid waste whole districts. The people in many districts have relapsed into bar barism. The best conditions prevail Tn Northern Luzon. You may say that the whole territory is pacified. but not tran ouilized, but 1t will not be many months before law and order are observed every where.
 while the conditions are not perfect, they are gratifying, A few groups or armed insurgents are still at large, put they will soon surrender, as their power Is broken and they are not being aideo by the natives. These natives have come to see surrender does not mean death ana they are coming in every week with their rifles.
 .sThroughout Northern Luzon the in- surrection has been done for some time and there Is freedom of movement Stiii  equally right for the trust to organize and maintain prices. They say they do not object to our organization, but In the same breath tell men In non-union mihs that if they belong to our organization they will lose their places. It is this run damental principle that has brought out the thousands of worki2gmen In Mckees- port. It is this principle that Is bringing to our support every true American work ingman in the country
 Great Battle.
 .It is one of the greatest battles Tor or ganization that has ever been fougnt. There is but one end to such battle witn the men so determined as our men are. The coming out of the thousands or men in McKeesport Is only a sample or "ha' vi,, occur In all other sections. There IS otso,ute,v no truth in the reports that .,,oro ,s dissatisfaction among the idle men in McKeesport. They are stano'ns so,,dlv and will not return to "orh uh- liar any agreement short Of recosnilio' ,,., t,a trust that the Amalgamated AS
 .,,t,o, has a. right to organize It's miii
 rorters without interference from the
 
 officers of the companies.
 "The situation today is periec'is sa"' ,oo.orv to the organization. It VIII De ,s.uad soon that our organization has rs,. .nderfully recuperated, and will revive. 3. !, natter how hard the blow dealt 10 It.
 Ina New Life at WeIisvIIIe.
 rho strike among the steel workers III we,,sv,lle took on new life today ana tonight excitement among the men IS up to fever heat The fight between the union and non-union men In the s'reels Saturday night, coupled with the actioh of the steel company in obtaining loos- ings for the new men throughout the town has greatly incensed the strikers. Saturday afternoon about thirty or the new men left the warehouse where they have been quartered and came down town and took lodgings previously obtained for them by the mill management. A local restaurant had taken the contract to feed the men. Sunday afternoon a party of non-unionists left their lodging houses on Broadway and started to the restaurant for supper. They were imme- diately pursued by party of strikers and chased back into the house., which was
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Lent Arms and Ammunition.

Wilemstad, Island of Curacoa, August IS, via Haytien Cable.-President Castro of Venezuela some days ago sent to Gu cuta, Colombia, ammunition, arms and men to assist in the Colombian revolu- tion. Emilio Fernandinez. former gover- nor of Caracas. under President Castro, and subsequently, administrator of laws at Laguayara, who finally declared against Castro, has left Curacoa, accom- panied by sixty partlsans, with the an- nounced intention of invading Venezuela.
 It is also reported that Segundo Rivera has also effected a landing.
The age-herald., 1901-08-19
MAKERS TURN
 OUT 2,OOO EMPLOYES

ation and announced that they would em- ploy whom they pleased, fix their own wage scale. settle the matter of appren- tices and work piece work and contract system
 At the American Buggy Company and the Brown Carriage Company the own CTS discharged leading officials of the Carriage Workers Union and replaced them with non-union men. On last Wednesday the 300 employees of these two firms struck after submitting a proposal to the owners, who referred them to their recent circular, stating they would stand by 1t.
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-t.MHde aftyoydow warofafh mtas cem a Cincinnati, August 1S.-Over 2Oo0 car riage workers were notified by seven shops here last night that their seVices were not needed now, and that the places would open September as non-unlon shops. The factories closed r were: At terman & Luth, Anchor Buggy Co.,, Lion Buegy Co.. Savers & Scovill, George En- ger Company, Hu Kay Buggy Co. ana the Sechler Carriage Company.
 Hundreds of girls and boys will also be thrown out of work. Recently nine fac tories here combined under one incorpor-
 
 ly appreciated it's work. "I do not think the plan for county taxation an ideal one" said MT. Graham, but it is the first apI very gratifying step toward the ideal system of district and township tax alton as a unit confidently believe that in a few years when the electorate or tho slate shall have been purged of an fg- porant and dangerous vote, that property owners will gladly approve an amendment 10 the constitution which will provide for district and township taxation to the extent of A, or possibly ., of l per cent for public schools.
 .sIJpon the whole, feel that the people of the state should be congratulated up- on what they have secured at the hands of the convention for the cause of edu- cation. The minimum limit alone Is fixed. The provision that the Legislature shall from time to time increase the fund as the revenues of the state and necessities therefor may demand, is still In force
 The Two Governors.
 There are two ex-Governors in the con- ventIon. Thomas c. Jones and William C. Oates, both of whom, as is well known to all Alabamians. are very able men.
 Governor Jones has been on cruscies d,ring the proceedings of the convention. an6 has not taken as active part in its rrcceed'ngs as he would have done had he not been thus handicarped. Wh'ie Governor Jones has by no means ne- glected the convention, Governor Oates has been a model of promptness in his at> tendance on the session He has rarely missed a roll call. and Is so continuously in his seat as to be a landmark in the convention hall.
 During the numerous divisions, when these voting "aye" stand up and are counted and then those voting "no" arise, a custom has grown up fin the convention rf eiin-sins thasa two distinguished dele-
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to observe the neutrality laws and sought to prevent these invasions.
 Paste, where a battle is reported immi- nent, Is in the department of Cauca, where the population is dense and cred ited with a warlike spirit. The region is very ountainous and there are soc passes ton could go. The Rio Mayo, a wide river, also offers an obstacle to invasion. It was here during the war for independ- ence that General Bolivar and General Suef with all their resources at command had their forces detained for long pe- riod by the people of the province.
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immediately surrounded by a mob that hooted and jeered at the non-union men. brick was thrown out of the crowd through the window of the room occu- pied by the non-union men. Forty tin workers from Lisbon are on their way to Wellsville in carriages to assist the local strikers in preventing the non-union men from going to work tomorrow morning. Sheriff Noragon and deputy arrived from Lisbon at o'clock to assist the local police in maintaining order throughout the night.
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WAR HAS WRECKED
 THE PHILIPPINES
Macarthur Says Whole Districts Have Been Laid Waste and in Many Sections the People Have Relaxed Into Barbar-
 isrn-Natves Pacifed But Not Tranqulzed

a large criminal class commit depreda- tions on foreigners and natives alike. The natives are eagerly seeking the estab- lishment of civil government that they may root out these bands of criminals There is every reason to believe that the whole country will soon be perfectly safe for travellers
 '.At present there Is some trouble in Samar, but General Hughes, with a large and effective force, has gone after them and will soon bring the insurgents to their senses. That Is the worst place, but 1t is not interfering with the coast business. In Cebu and Bohul and oc- casionally in Southern Luzon there is a slight outbreak but it is caused by the criminal element
 "The civil commission was about to put in force some excellent ideas for the mu- nicipal government of the city of Ma nila when I left. The city is in excellent condition, especially In its sanitary de- partments. and It's growth in business has been enormous"
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Germany Sends Ships.

Berlin, August 18.-The German govern ment has ordered the cruiser Vineta, which is off the eastern coast off South Africa, to proceed to Venezuelan waters to be in readiness to protect German in- terests if an emergency should arise.
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Roll for the Fiscal Year Just Passed is the High
 water Mark
4 TOTAL OF $2,762,35O,O33
Spanish War Pensioners Received Dur. ing the Year $f,175,225, Large In- crease Over Previous Years.
 Attorneys Paid $5e1, 1,245.

Washington, August 1e.-Commissloner Evans has prepared statement showing the operations in principal features of the pension bureau during the last fiscal year as compared with former years. Most of the data will be embodied in his annual report, and the statement is prepared for the use of the national encampment of the G. A. R., which will be held before the report is ready.
 It shows that the number of pensioners on the rolls June 30 last was 997, 735, a net gain of 42O6 oyer last year. The total net loss to the roll during the year was R. 5S6 which includes 9S15s by death. s5s bv re-marriage, 1882 by minors and reaching the age of 16; 153S by failure to claim pension and 1460 from other causes. The roll for the year just closed Is the high water mark
 The pensioners on the rolls are ciassi- fled as follows:
 Survivors s655; invaIids T39, ,sei; widows 249, ,OS6.
 The fees paid attorneys amounted to
 
 to the Spanish war. At least 100000 of the medical examinations held during the year resulted unfavorably to the claim ants The Spanish war pensioners re- ceiyed during the year s1, 1,17S225. an in- crease over last year of sS42 ,s2O; the pen sioners under the act of 1890 received s66. .s7s, ,4s1, an Increase over last year oi! sl, ,io2, and those under the general law $67, 1867, ,2SS decrease of $1, 7s0,25S
 During the last 30 years the survivors of the war of 1S12 and their widows have received $44.s41. 64s; Mexican war sso. 2o1,- 1S7, and the Indian wars S, 5,4O2,O54.
 The total disbursements for pensions from July l, 1790, to June 30 of this year aggregated s2, 76s, ,35O, ,0Ss.
 45,86o Claimants.
 There were 45,S60 claimants for pen- still contain the names of one survivor and 1,527 widows on account of the war of 1872; 1O86 survivors and 245r widows on account of Indian wars. and 756S survivors and S109 widows on account of the Mexi- can war. The bureau issued 109,66S certifi- cates of all classes during the year, A. 225 being for original pension.
 The number of claims pending July last was 403.569.
 The statement gives the following amounts of money paid pensioners under different administrations:
 President Grants first term. . .$116, ,136,2u Average per year. 39,0 ,06s President Grants second term. 114,395, ,357 Average per year.. .. ........... 2S 594, ,63g President Hayes administra-
 ton. ... .. :. ................... 145, ,322 lsg Average per year. ............... 3s, ,622 President Garfield's administra-
 tion.. .. :. ...................... 2s7,s25,O70 Average per year. .............. 59, ,456, ,662 President Clevelands first term. .305 636, ,6s2 Average per year. .............. 76 6409,165 President Harrison's administra-
 tion.. .. :. .. :. ................ 51s, TOT, ,72s Average per year.. ............ 12s, ,926, ,931 President Cleveland's second term - . . ... ............. 557, ,950, ,407 Average per year,. ! ......... 139. .4S7, COP President McKinley's first term. .560, ,000,541
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More Men Strike.

Pittsburg, August 19--A report from Me- Keesport at 1:S0 this morning says at
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THE WEATHER.

GENERALLY FAIR MONDAY AND WINDS.
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