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i. ORPHANAGE BURNED. Nine Buildings of St. Agnes Con. vent at Sparkhill Destroyed. FOUR PERSONS LOSE THEIR LIVES. Two lrl Al I'minil .MUhIiii; Many In. unit its Hitrloutly I tiJuriMl 1 1 tir iiIhiii of tint KUIrrs- InrlilitiiH of tlm li)43in -Lima, HUBI'.ODO, Nparkill, N. V., A n. 20. FIro that broke out, ;il nun o'clock yesterday destroyed niiin of Lliu ten buildings of the St. Agues convent and orphanage, entailing a loss of SI 50,000 and causing the death of four por.sons. The dead arc: Helen Itrown, aged 15; Emma Mackiu, aged 7; ".lane," a pensioner, aged 70; Mini .Mary Kato McCarthy, aged 28. Tins mUsing arc: Thcreso l itrliy, nvjud II, and Mary Rrown, aged -l. This seriously injured are: Sister Sienna, shock and collapse; Sis 1er .Marie, bums and concussion; Sister Ilurlraml, concussion of spine and shock; Sister Kathurino, arm broken, and Hannah Shea, leg broken. Twun-ly-llvo inmates were injured by falls, jumps and burns, none .seriously. That more lives were not lost was duo to tho. heroism of the sisters and somu of Ihe older inmates. When the Hro broke, out the -lOOininiites of the in stitution were asleep. Most of them wore, gotten out in almost perfect or der, but a score who risked their lives to save others were finally forced to either jump from the uppsr stories or make desperate dashes through stair ways and corridors filled with lluues unit smoke. The fire was discovered in the lavatory and soon spread to the ad joining buildings, attacking first a dormitory in which 2J ) of the older boys slept. State. Reginald, who had trained the lads in thu flredrlll, rushed down thu line of white beds and arous ing the sleepers, clapping her hand-., thu simple fire signal followed in the orphanage. The boys1 turned out with u rush and gained the lawn in their night clothes, lly that time the second dormitory, where the smaller boys slept, was ahlay.c. The older lads made a dash for thu building and were soon carrying the smaller ones out. The buildings were all finished with Georgia pine and the wood burned furiously. Thu convent and chapel made a great stack of ilamua, and between them and thu second dormitory, (he girl dormi tory blazed and crackled as the fire leaped up its wooden walls. A do.en sisters were cut off in thu upper stories of the convent building. They were forced to the windows, and wbllo some cHiiiIhscI out to the sills, others knelt at thu easements in prayer. Ihigineer Otto placed a long ladder ugains. the outer wall and rescued half a dozen. Six were forced to jump for their lives, and fortunately all but Sis ter Ucrtraurf escaped without serious injury. Thu useape of Sister Agnes seems almost a miracle. She was eut oil' on the fourth floor, and elected to Jump from bur window rather than jplungu into the furnace that had once been a stairway. She climed out on 'thu sill, and then seizing the shutter, tswung out dear of the building. Then isho lost her hold. Shu struck thu ground squarely on her feet and then fell over on her side. It ofore anyone could reach her shu got up and walked quickly away unhurt. Thu firu reacliud the girls' dormitory last, but once it took hold of the build ing, it burned fiercely. Most of the girls wore on the upper floors and it was with thu greatest diflleulty that they were gotten out. Shortly after thu last of the rescuers left the second dormitory there was a counting of heads and thu discovery was made that two baby bovs were missing. John Cody, a Ifi-year-old boy, made straight for tho door, paying no hcjd to the warnings of danger. A moment latjr Cody cainu dashingoutof the building, undur each arm enrrying one of the missing bnyK. As far as known but one person ac tually purishud in the fire itself. That was "Jane," an old pensioner aged 70 years, who was asleep in the servants quarters. Helen ltro.vu and Emma vMaekiu died from convulsions that re sulted from fright. Kate .McCarthy was a servant in the convent and had organic heart trouble. She was badly frightened, collapsed in the grounds 4iii(l died lat.er in the day. 1 1 is believed TherHis -Murphy and May Rrown both escaped frouv the fire, but that the former became demented and is leading the other girl through tho woods. There were. 52iV children in the or phanage, (J ) of whom were girls and their ages ranged from two to 1(1 years. Iot of them were from Xew York city and they were in most instances committed by the (I.'rry society and city courts. The orphanage was con ducted by sister? of the Dominican order. 3!utlr Cnuttr.tt Munafr. 'iaint.y, III., Aug. 2J. W. (!. Hrlni moii, in.uiager of tho Chicago, L ike Shore t llastcra, has been made gen eral manager of the (Juincy, Omaha fc Kansas City and Oai ilia it St. L-iius road i. to Nnaeued II. S. Ruirdon, re signed. Mr. Itriinioii represents John W. llites an I othur, who recently ac quired a eontrolllu,' J.n.tr.it. In thu Quincy company. TROOPS REVIEWED. I'rnxltlrnt iWeKlnley linpiTtn I lie Tnnth Kculmunt, ut rltlnlunh unit I- pirl Tor I ml l.Uurpnol, O. Pittsburgh. Pa. Aug. 'J'.). President MoKinley left Pittsburgh last night at nlnu o'clock for Hast Liverpool, O., a very weary man. The entire day had beun spent under thu most trying cir cumstances and thu president was al most worn out. As soon as ho reached his private ear, Cleopatra, at Shady Side station, he retired to his state room and lav down, giving orders that he should not be disturbed until the train reached H-ist Liverpool. .Mrs. MoKinley rested during the entire day, leinaining at (llencalrn, Mr. Pitcalrn's residence, and stated last evening that she was feeling very well. When the president retired on Sun day night his information was that tho Tenth regiment would reach here at ten o'clock yesterday morning and ar rangements were made accordingly. Upon arising at 7:'!0 Mr. MoKinley was told of the delay to the troop train and at on oo began work on his mail. After breakfast the president received a few on Hers and then was driven to the Hotel Schcnely, whore ho was met by tho reception committee, and at 12:'!0 went to Allegheny to meet the regi ment. Finding that the train was even later than expected the party was taken to thu resilience of P.. F. Jones, chairman of the republican national committee in Itm, whore tin hour was I spent, When tho president finally headed the procession that corted tho Tenth regiment from Allegheny to Sehenely park it was three o'clock. Along the live mile march tho president received an ovation that was continuous from the thousands of persons along the route. After thu troops had been reviewed and the exercises at tho pavilion had. been concluded, the president was driven to (llenuairii where he was joined at dinner by Maj. Gen. Merritt and Col. George Curtis Troadwell, Gov. Roosevelt's representative. After din ner tho presidential party was at once driven to tlr. special train awaiting them at Shady Side station and at nine o'clock left for Hast Liverpool, where they will bo the guests of Joseph Tay lor, one of Mr. MoKinley's oldest fr.euds. WELLMAN'S EXPEDITION. Tim AritlW' Kxplnti'i- Ari-lwi In I'nxlunil uml ! Inlt-rv U'H 'il About IIIh I'.i.- IMirlniiiM'H In (hit 1'roitn North. Hull, Hug., Aug." 'J).-Walter Well man, thu leader of the oilman Polar expedition, who returned to Tromsoe, Norway, August 17, alter having suc cessfully completed operations in Franz Josef Land, arrived here yesterday IIu walks with the aid of crutches, his right leg. which was seriously injured by a fall in a snow covered crevasse, while Mr. Wellinan was leading his party, still being useless. The explorer was accompanied by the American members of the expedition, who aru well. In an Interview with a representa tive of the Associated press, Mr. Well man said: "The object of tho expedi tion was two-fold to complete explora tion of Fran. Josef land, of which tlie north and northeast parts were practi cally unknown, and to reach a high latitude, or even the pole itself. Too first object was successfully accomp lished. The second would have been achieved, at least to a greater extent than by previous explorers, but tor the accident to myself." Mr. Wellinan recounted thu starting of the expedition from Tromsoe, .lime 2(1, IbilS, how it reached Hlmwood, the headquarters of the Jackson "xpedi tlon, July 2S, and hoisted there the stars and stripes underneath the Union .lack, which had been flying over the descried settlement for nearly two years. The provisions left for Prof. Andree, the missing aeronaut, were found by Mr. Wellinan uutouchd. A fairly complete survey of the archipelago has bjen prepared by Mr. Wellinan and his party. They all show traces of hardship. The faces are pale and drawn, and Wellinan Is much thin nor than formally. On board the Hldorado, the Norwegian mail boat which brought the party from Rergeu to Hull, Mr. Wellinan was tho center of attraction, and on arriving at Hull the passenger gave him a cordial send oil". The party proceeded Immediately to Loudon, where they arrived in thu afternoon. I.itttor from Stttiator .Joiiim. Chicago, Aug. 20. C.iairman Samuel Cook, of the ways and means committee, yesterday roc'lvod a letter from Sena tor Jones saying he would return from Huropo to be in Chicago October 1. 'Mr. Jones is in excellent health and I infer from his letter that he will re turn from Scotland to take active com mand of the democratic forces," said .Mr. Cook. "Tno letter is purely per sonal and touches but little on the political position.-" 'I hit l'lllnlno Iminlu-iaittH. Washington, Aug. 20 -Commissioner General of Immigration Powderly i considering an appeal taken by OH Filipinos detained at San Fraueisco by tho commissioner of immigration there. These Filipinos were brought over in tho United States transport Loolanuw for exhibition at thu Me chanical institute, of San Francisco. They were detained, charged with violating the contract labor law. ACCUSED OF TREACHERY. Two Municipal (loMTiimi III' l thn I'llll- Ipplw lluvii Iti-r.ntly Hit" Hi'tnijiMl Into Hi" lluniU of I ho lniir,Tiit.. Manila, Aug. 22, via Hong Hong, Aug. US. -Recent events have proved somewhat discouraging to ollicials who are trying to ae omptuiy war with a policy of coin illation. Two new municipal governments have col lapsed through the tr.-ichery of the mayors. The mayor of sm Pedro Ma eati. who was elected by the people tinder the direction f Prof. Dean Worcester, of thu I'li.tod States ad visory commission fortlio Philippines, was brought to Manila and lodged in jail. Tho United States olllcers at San Pedro Macati found that he was using his oflice as a recruiting station for tho Philippine army. Four disguised in surgent olllcers were helping him. Thu mayor of Jialiuag was also ar rested and confined in the same prison. Tho Americans caught him passing be tween the lino of the two armies with incriminating documents which tho authorities secured. Another promi nent native mayor is under surveil lance. When the result of the election at Iinus, which den. Lawtou and Prof. Worcester engineered, was an nounced, tho Americans inquired as to the whereabouts of the people's choice and were informed that lie was in prison at Ililibid, whore tho authorities had placed him on suspicion of being a revolutionist. lie was released and in- stalled as mayor. Such events and conditions tend to give color to tho assertions of foreign residents acquainted with tho native character, who insist that a great ma jority of the natives sympathize with the insurgents and elect officials whom they know to bo revolutionists. CUBA'S GOOD SHOWING. 'I In1 Wur Di-piirtmiml (Hies Out nn Inter. Ktliitf Mali-nii'iil of tint I'luandal Condition of tint Inland. I Washington, Aug. 'Vi. The war dc- partment gave out yesterday for pub- lieation an interesting statement of ,. tlie financial condition of the island of I Cuba. It shows that under the man- ! agciueut of the United States govern- ment the receipts of the island from January 1, lbOO, to June 'JO, of the 1 current year, exceed the expenditures I by the very handsome sum of SI, 160,021. I This statement probably will be a sur prise to many persons who had thought ' that Cuba, under the military ocenpa- I tion of tlie United States, was not self- sustaining. I During the period named, tho rc- ! eeipts from all sources wore SS.032,010; disbursements, sn,r01, '.)&. Of tho money disbursed, 81.712,011 was ex ponded in sanitation, i05,2li'i in tlie election and improvement of barracks and quarters, $ii:;lr(l:s in the establish ment, eto., af the rural guard and ad ministration, 5250,071 on public works, harbors and forts, $20!,bSl in charities and hospitals, S2 12,140 for civil govern ment. S7-!!,til on municipalities. SSS, 1)11 in aid to the destitute, JlJ,J0."j in quarantine matters; total, S4, 113,021. The statement for July shows that the customs collections in the entire island for July were ?il,201..";i7; interr.nl revenue collections, $Mi.".'l; postal col lections, 81,C00; miscellaneous eolloo- I twins, id.i.i;;."). Grand total receipts foi the month, $VV0,'i21; disbursements, 51,020,877. ImiiK-nsit l,(HH or on. Chicago, Aug. 23. A destructive fire broke out at the stamlant Oil refineries, at Whiting last night. Jt was caused by a leak at tho bottom of one of the stills. A few minutes after the fire broke out there was a terrific explosion and the flames spread rapidly to the two immense tanks containing 2,200 barrels of partially refined oil. Over ISO streams of water played on the fire. Several firemen were seriously burned by the blazing oil. Tint Crjpl Cotiipli'ti'il mill iiiIimI. Summit of Ike's Peak, Col., Aug. 28. The crypt in which Hie cryptic masons, of Ellsworth, Kan., buried their records, has been completed and sealed. It is cut in solid gray granite at the north end of tho cog railroad, overlooking tlie bottomless pit, 1,000 feet below and In full view of all tbe plains to the Kansas lino on the east, New Mexico on tho south, the snowy range on the west and Wyoming on the north. rancU Post to Citrinnny. Washington, Aug. 2S. Tlie parcel post convention between the United States and Germany was signed Satur day by Postmaster General Smith and the German envoy, Munnnvon Sehwar zenstein. It will go into operation Oc tober 1 and then articles of merchan dise can be sent from either nation in packages not exceeding 11 pounds in weight. A I.ai'it Around tint Horn. Philadelphia, Aug. 2S. Yesterday two loftily sparred and lightly laden American clipper ships sailed for San Francisco to race to that distant point for stakes aggregating 10,000, put up by prominent shipping men, with the understanding that the captain of the winning ship is to receive a share of the stakes. Want tint ritllliMilneH CimIimI. Vienna. Aug. 28. The Polltische Cor rosponden. says that a deputation of American merchants from Manila has gone to Washington t-j promote a rchcmu for ceding the I h'itpulncs tc loeat liritaiu. MANY YANKEES THERE. Tint Inllril Stiiti'K, Next to 1'iikIiiiiiI, I tin (Jn.'iitur IntiTixti In tlm Tnuiivaiil Tliun Any Other Country. Paris, Aug. 23. With tho exception, of course, of ISnglnnd, thu United States is represented by a larger num ber of citizens in tlie Transvaal than is any other foreign nation. In fact, there uro more Americans than French, Dutch or Italians in thu J'oor republic, close upon 1,000 in all. And this, aside from tlie very considerable amount of American capital that is invested in tho mining industries of the country, gives thu United States direct in tercet in the trouble now in progress between Great Rritain and President Kruger. This interest is aocentuated by a law passed by the Jloer legislature tho other day and since decreed in thu form of a proclamation, that all white folks, irrespective o' nationality, will be forced to take up arms in behalf of tho Jloers against the Hnglish in tlie event of war, disobedience to the terms of this decree involving trial by court martial, followed by imprisonment or death. Tho impression is gaining ground hero in olllciat and diplomatic circles that war between the Jloers and the English has become inevitable sinee the Rritish government would never have gdne to the length of making such elaborate and costly preparations for a eonllict without settling once and for all time, not merely tho franohiso question, but also all the other difficul ties with the Transvaal. CHINESE EXCLUSION. Tint Statu Di'ji irtmiMit KotKlml That Chlnoii) Aru Kept Out of tint I'lilllp jiIih'h China May Itotiilluto. If Washington, Aug. 23. Tlie question of the admission or exclusion of thu Chinese from tlie Philippines threatens serious complications whichever way tlie department acts. It is estimated that there are 52,000 Chinese in the Philippines. Since tlie American oc cupation Chinese immigration to the islands has been on tho increase. Doubtless, it was tlie constant influx of tho celestials which caused Gen. Otis to promulgate the order for their ex clusion. If Gen. Otis' act is sustained by thu administration thu resentment of thu Chinese government will certainly be provoked. Tlie Chinese minister, in a diplomatic way, lias notified tho state department that if Chinese are to bo excluded from the Philippines, tlie United States may expect retaliation from China. He said the Chinese government could not preserve its self-respect if it were to allow tho United States to prohibit tho immigration of Chinese into its posses sions of the United States lying as close to China as the Philippines. While the minister did not indicate to 4b state department ollicials in what manner China would retaliate, there is no doubt that the retaliation contem plated is a restriction of the favorable tmde conditions enjoyed by the United States in the Chinese empire A FARMERS' TRUST. A. XVtlttriitloii Ori;iiuli!il to Control Jrlct of I'arm I'roitucts uniL liVtpi chilly KaiiMiK Corn. tho Topokn, Kan., Aug. 2&. Several prominent farmers and business men of this place have organized the Farm ers'" Federation of the Mississippi Val ley, with a capital stock of S20TOOO,OOO. The-purpose, of the trust is-to control the price of farm products of tho Mis sissippi valley and especially of tlie enormous corn crop of Kansas. Thu farmers' trust will establish ware houses and maintain agents at Cincin nati, St. Louis and Chicago where the members' grain will be marketed. Thu cities having tho warehouses. are to be come outlets for the grain and products at tbe middle and western states. It is In-Hoved here among conservative business men that the sehc-ine will sue- Cttttl. WILL SAIL IN TEN DAYS. 'Tlut Titntii-tli Kam-.au Mot, ini-ltiilln;; lll. I'lliiston, AHsiifiicil tuUmui :Uu- ullii on tint Tartar hi-pteinlirr B. Manila. Aug. 28. The Twentieth Kansas regiment and lien. Funston have been assigned to sail on tho United States transport Tartar about September fi. The Tartar will go to San Francisco by the way of Hong Kong. Nino otlicors and ilSO men of the regiment have been discharged to date and Lit) aro sick. None of thu in valids are in daugor. Should the Twentieth Kansas leave Manila September 5, as planned, it should reach San Francisco about tho first week of October. Tho voyago from .Manila lias taken about a mouth for each of the last three regiments that have crossed. lied of Zlno round lit C.uthrlt-. Guthrie, Ok.. Aug. 23. What is be lieved will prove to boa valuable bed of zlno was discovered on the farm of Frank Cummins, adjoining tho city of Guthrie on the oast. Workmen digging a well struck tho bed 20 feet below tho surface. Two specimens wero taken out which persons who have examined findings from thu valuable Arkansas zinc fields say rival those products. Tho speclinuna will bo sent to the agri cultural and mechanical college at Stillwater this week to be assayed. RUSSIA TAKING A HAND. DlnlonmtA from tint Car'n I'mplrit Urged to Defeat Any Allliincii llittw-iicii 1'iiclninl and America. London, .Aug. 28. Upon authority of undoubted reliability, a reporter of the Associated press litis ascertained that into the Alaska dispute has crept the craftiness of Russian diplomacy. Russia, it can bo stated, will do every thing, with every possible energy, to prevent tho practical cohesion of tho two great English-speaking nation", in all her embassies instructions have been received to thwart the Anglo American understanding. "in any arrangement looking to a working agreement between England and tho United States Russia sees tho defeat of her dearest projects," said a British diplomat. "I believe her in tense activity in China is to no small extent due to her fear that the Anglo Saxon's power, once centralized, will sweep everything before it in the far oast. Dreading tlie rapid realization of this nightmare, she is making hay while the sun shines, in the meantime intrigu ing to the utmost to tie the hands of those who aro working to materialize Anglo-American sentiment. The latest evidence of this is in tho Alaska affair, though, strictly speaking, it is a mat ter of internal policies and would have been settled long ago if left solely to Great Rritain and tlie United States. Kussia has managed to suggest motives never dreamed of by America by dis torting facts. It is impossible for tno to divulge exactly how or to what ex tent Russia got her paws into tho dis pute, lint tlie attitude of her press, otlleial to the core, is quite sulllcient to show her motives." WILL KEEPIT TO TPLE FRONT. Jlr. llryan, In n Kiiiiuh City Intrrliiv,Suy Sllvi-r Will Not IJk Itiilitcnteil StiU,'- HH-llt KuKiirilliiK lllrt Wealth. Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 2S. William J. Jlryan was in Kansas City several hours on Saturday. He caino from Tipton,, Mo., where ho mado a speech for Judge Shaekleford. democratic can didate to succeed R. P. ltland in con gress. .Regarding politics Mr. JSryau said: I shall continue to discuss silver. There wns a story from Ups JUilnes, In., leucatly that I was nuttlni; silver In tho uncla-round. I nm not. I will not. I wis incorrectly reported. Silver -will ho placed alongside of tho other Krc.it issue ami It will lie given Its duo slinio of consideration. I stand by the Chicago demo cratic platform. When n now baby Is born In u household tho parents do not ospul the other dilution. Be cause tho democratic party Is making a lltrlit on Imperialism, mllftni Ism aud trusts is no ro.isoa why io should .end from our household the older child. We should anther alt these chil dren Inu our aims au I tltfht for them. Itcccntly James Creelman, writing from Lincoln toaXcw York newspaper, had something to say about Mr. llryan 'a wealth. Mr. Creelman wrote, so Mr. llryan says, that Mr. P.ryan was worth about $25,000. Jt appeared in print that Mr. llryan is worth 8250,000 and tho republican organs all over tho country have been making political capital out of the story. He said thu statement that he was worth about S2.000 was true. NEARLY A FIGHT. Urttiit Britain. Lands homo itlm-j irliftH In China to rroti-ctSouut if llnr Snl- JitutH IllKlits from Itus-da. Shanghai, Aug. 2S. As the outcome of a dispute regarding tlie ownership of some lands at Hankow, on tbe Vang Tso Kiang, about TuO miles from tho sea, which, were purchased in IfeOIl by tho concern of .lanline, Matlieson fc Co., butwure subsequent included In the new concessions to Russia, tho owners, undur the advice and protec tion of Mr. llurs, tho British consul, sent workmen to fence in tbe tract. After tho work was begun a dozen Cos sacks fronij the Russian consulate ap peared on the scene and forcibly ejected the workmen. The captain of tbe second-class gun boat AVoodlark, specially designed for river service, after consulting with Mr. llurat, landed a party of bluejackets and morxvd the Woodlarlc within firing distance of tlie Russian consulate. For , a time a fight seemed imminent but nothing further occurred. The blue jackets aro now guarding the property. Tho Itrltish third-elass gunboat Esk has been dispatched to Hankow from this port. Great liritaiu is evidently determined to uphold Rritish rights. Scries of Treiiviiry NiiIi-h. Washington, Aug. 23. Ollicials at the treasury said that the series of new notes, which will be known as "tho issue of 130'.)," will be ready for distrt tribution about September l.r). Thu new notes u ill replace the old ones of tlie denomination of SI, S- S.". S10, S20, S100 and S."0(. Tl.j designs for tho new notes aro now being considered by tho .secretary of tlu treasury, with lio ex ception of the design for tho $." note, which lias been selected. OhrNtlunltj to Hit ltt-i-iiunlfil. Shanghai, Aug. 2S. -Advices from Tokio say that the Japanese govern ment has decided to recognize Chris tianity as among the religious organi zations of the country. Tho bishops and other heads of the Christian church es have been secured in rights equal to those granted to tho Ruddhists and Shinto priests. I'nur Aiunrlt-iimt Aiiilmshitil. Manila, Aug. 2S Four men of thu Twenty-third regiment stationed at Cobu wero ambushed by natives in tho lulls and three of them killed. Tho fourth succeeded in in.uking.his cscupa, y X r UA J f(-t fvUMMMtfl t-t i