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ELECTRIC FLASHES
NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
THE WORLD
DYING LIKE SHEEP
STARVATION CLAIMS MANY IN
HAVANA DAILY
Madrid Finally Sees the Hopeless
ness of the Conflict with the
United States Peace Idea Gains
Strength Daily Other Items
Dying Like Sheep
A Kingston dispatch of Monday last
says The Talbot arrived from Havana
with twenty three passengers including
Sir Alexander Gollan British consul and
Higgins vice consul Jerome was left in
charge of the consular office Gollan and
Higgins on leave are proceeding to Eng
land Passengers report that only well to
do people can survive in Havana Poor
people are dying like sheep It is no un
common sight to see them fall dead in the
streets The price of food is prohibitive
Buscuits are 10 cents apiece bread 50 cents
a pound rice 49 cents a pound corn flour
28 cents The soldiers are on half rations
and the barracks are full of starving
women and children
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MADRID IN GLOOM
Finally Sees the Hopelessness of
the Conflict
The newspapers in Madrid openly dis
cuss the imminence of a ministerial crisis
owing to the attitude of Gamazo minister
of public instruction The Official Cor
respondencia confirms the report of a cab
inet crisis The Imparcial says of Sun
days cabinet meeting We think import
ance should be attached to the fact that
Spain will reap great advantages in nego
tiations for peace before Santiago and
Manila and perhaps even Porto Kico are
captured as should the Americans occupy
those places their terms will naturally be
harder
The Imparcial adds It is most proba
ble the government will telegraph Blanco
to this effect urging him to direct the op
eration of the army towards this solution
On Blancos reply depends whether the
government commences negotiatians im
mediately without awaiting the outcome
of the situation at Santiago
The Liberal publishes an interview with
a minister who is quoted as saying a cab
inet crisis might occur today tomorrow or
next week but in any case it will not be
delayed long The minister is said to have
added that the crisis- will be the occasion
for the whole ministry resigning in a body
ZOLA TO BE LIBERATED
Court of Appeals to Allow Novelist
to Pay a Fine of lO0O
The Paris correspondent of a New York
paper says As a result of the libel
charges made by Emile Zola and M Per
reux in connection with the Dreyfus case
the court has condemned them both to pay
1200 damages and also to insert an an
nouncement of the courts finding in the
Aurore and ten other journals at their own
expense M Zola is also sentenced to
fifteen days imprisonment or the payment
of a fine of 100 and M Perreux to pay
100 fine besides the damages which are
in common
M Zola and M Perreux were convicted
in March of libeling the court martial that
tried Count Esterhazy for the crime for
which Alfred Dreyfus was convicted and
exiled to Devils Island M Zola in an
open letter to President Faure pulished in
the Aurore a paper owned by M Perreux
asserted that Dreyfus was wrongfully
convicted of selling French military se
crets and that Esterhazy was acquitted of
the charge because the court feared to con
vict him The sentence of the first trial
was a year in prison and a fine of 600 for
both Zola and Perreux They at once
took an appeal
CORBETT TO MEET MCOY
Agree Upon Terms for a 25 Round
Match Next Month
It was announced in New York Monday
that James J Corbett and Kid McCoy
have agreed upon terms for a twenty five
round match to come off at Buffalo August
27 The purse will be 20000 with a side
bet probable
Refused to Commute Sentence
A special from Charleston Mo says
James Albright was hanged here for the
killing of Prosecuting Attorney Elliott of
Mississippi County some time ago while
the latter was trying to place him under
arrest for tho murder of Albrights
brother-in-law Great pressure was
brought to bear on the governor to get the
sentence commuted to life imprisonment
but it failed
Militia to Protect a Prisoner
At the request of Adjutant General Col
lier commanding the state troops at the
trial of Bob Blanks the negro charged
with criminal assault at Mayfield Ky
Governor Bradley ordered an additional
company of troops to that place A con
flict between the citizens and militia is
feared
Suit to Test Stamp Act
The Western Wheel Works of Chicago
has begun suit in the circuit court against
the United States Express Co to de
termine who shall pay for the stamps
which are required on all packages sent
by express under the new war tax act
Chili Issues an Ultimatum
The Chilian government has sent an
ultimatum to Argentine giving the latter
according to the report until August 15 in
which to decide the boundary question be
tween the two countries which has been
in dispute for a long time
Get 30000 Worth of Diamonds
- - While the Sehinid Bros jewelers of
New Castle were watching a show parade
thieves stole 30000 worth of diamonds
and jewelery They escaped leaving dia
monds scattered all over the street
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EDUCATORS ELEOT OFFICERS
Prof O E Lyte of Pennsylvania Is
Chosen President
At the business meeting of the National
Educational Association is Washington
Saturday the following officers for the en
suing year were elected
President E Oram Lyte Millersville
Pa
Secretary Irwin Shepard Winona
Minn
Treasurer I C McNeil West Superior
Wis
First Vice President James M Green
wood of Missouri
Diiectors North Central Division Ohio
F B Dyer Indiana D K Goss Illinois
E A Gaston Michigan Henry II Pat
tengill Wisconsin L D Harvey Iowa
W M Boardshear Minnesota George B
Alton Missouri John R Kirk North
Dakota W L Stock well South Dakota
Frank Crane Nebraska Carroll G Pearse
Kansas Frank E Dyer
STREET CAR COLLISION
One Passenger Killed and a Score
Hurt in Washington
An electric car on tho Congress Heights
road Washington D C filled with pas
sengers crashed into a horse car of the
Anacostia line Sunday An unknown
man was killed and between twenty five
and thirty people injured Several of
them fatally Both cars wero demolished
and the horses of the Anacostia car killed
The accident occurred opposite St Eliza
beths government asylum for the insane
A steep hill runs from tho asylum into
Anacostia and the brake spring broke as
the car started to make the descent Many
of the passengers were injured by jump
ing from the car during its flight down
the hill
PRISONERS AT PORTSMOUTH
Admiral Cervery and Some 500
Other Captives Arrive
The auxiliary cruiser St Louis with
more than 476 Spanish prisoners includ
H officers arrived in Portsmouth N H
harbor at 830 oclock Sunday morning
The big liner left Guantanamo at 6 oclock
Tuesday afternoon July 5 and did not
make a stop until she dropped anchor in
Portsmouth harbor Including prisoners
there were 1036 people on board the boat
Admiral Cervera was confined to his cabin
having been quite ill for three days Capt
Eulate who was commander of the Viz
caya and is among the prisoners is also
quite ill- having been wounded in the
head during the battle off Santiago
RAINFALL IS ENORMOUS
Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars
Damage Done in St Louis
All records were broken in St Louis
and vicinity by the heavy rainfall of Fri
day and Friday night Reports from all
sections of the city indicate the- damage
amounts to hundreds of thousands Dur
ing tho twenty four hours ending at 6 a
m over five inches of rain fell All low
and badly drained sections of the city
were flooded cellars filled and lower
stories of many houses wet with several
leet oFjwater In outlying districts the
waters rose to such a height that it threat
ened residents who sought safety on rafts
UNCLE ANSON IS LEFT OUT
Relieved of the i nagement of the
New York Ball Team
A C Anson has been released as man
ager of the New York Baseball Club and
Wm Joyce has again assumed the man
agement of the team Since the manage
ment has been in the hands of Anson the
New Yorks have not ascended the per
centage ladder and President Freedman
was not satisfied Anson could not be
seen and it was stated that he had gone to
Chicago
Chicago Bribery Case
The jury disagreed in the trial of Jacob
L Kesner manager of a large Chicago de
partment store charged by Alderman
Wm Mangier with attempted bribery
Alderman Mangier claimed that Kesner
offered him 2000 for his vote to override
Mayor Harrisons veto of the general
electric ordinance a year ago The jury
is said to have stood eight for conviction
to four for acquittal States Attorney
Deneen declares he will begin the retrial
of the case as soon as possible
Chinese Rebellion Is Spreading
The British gunboat Tweed has started
for Woo Chow on the West River about
180 miles above Canton China from
which city the news of a rebellion in the
province of Kuang Si was recently re
ceived The rebellion is spreading The
towns of Sungh Sien and Pei Liuh have
fallen Swa Chou and Woo Chow are
threatened and disturbances are reported
to have broken out at Chin Kiang Fu on
the Yang Tse
Wants Mining Laws Amended
The international mining congress in
session at Salt Lake Utah has adopted
resolutions asking congress to amend the
United States mining laws so as to do
away with the extra lateral rights in min
ing claims Plans were discussed for per-
Imanent headquarters Milwaukee was
selected for the next meeting
Miners Strike Broken
The strike of tho coal miners in Mercer
and Butler counties Pa has been broken
A number of the old miners at the Grave
City mines reinforced by new men have
resumed work Operators say the major
ity of the mines will be in operation in a
short time About 4000 miners have been
out in the district
Belgium Is Having Trouble
The papers of Brussels announce th5c a
Belgian expedition of 1500 men under
Lieutenant Dubois has been surprised by
Congalese rebels who killed thirty one
members of the expedition and captured a
quantity of rifles and cartridges Lieut
Dubois was afterwards deserted by his
soldiers and killed
Socialist Conspirators Arrested
Three socialist workmen have been
arrested at Buda Pesth charged with high
treason One of them confessed that he
took part in a conspiracy to attempt the
life of Emperor Francis Joseph by the use
of dynamite during his visit to the city
ARE FIGHTING AGAIN
SANTIAGO ATTACKED A SECOND
TIME SUNDAY
Over Fifty Siege Guns and a Iiargt
Number of Mortars Trained on the
City Spaniards Wanted to Retreat
with Arms and Flying Colors
Assault on Santiago Begins
Washington July 10 The bombard
ment of Santiago has begun
This was the verbal information ob
tained this evening shortly before 9
oclock at the war department Almost
immediately three bulletins were posted
the most important of which was from
Gen Shafter This dispatch announced
that Gen Toral had declined to surrender
unconditionally and that the bombard
ment of the town would be begun by the
army and navy about 4 oclock this after
noon
Anxiety has been expressed by the war
department officials as to whether General
Shafter had a sufficient force to prevent
the evacuation of Santiago by the enemy
this anxiety was allayed about half prist
12 tonight by the receipt of the following
dispatch from Gen Shafter which con
tained confirmation too of the earlier re
ports of tho beginning of the bombard
ment
Pelaya Del Este July 10 Adjutant
General Washington Headquarters Fifth
corps July 10 Enemy opened fire a few
minutes past 4 with light guns which
were soon silenced by ours Very little
musketry firing and the enemy kept en
tirely in their entrenchments Three men
slightly wounded Will have consider
able forces tomorrow enough to com
pletely block all the roads in northwest
I am quite well
Gen Garcia reports that the enemy
evacuated a little town called Descaninos
about three miles from Santiago and neai
the bay Shafter
The belief is held by the best informed
officials that Gen Toral will surrender
when he finds it will be impossible for
him to evacuate the city
Gen Shafter has nearly fifty siege guns
and a large number of 7 inch mortars be
sides lighter artillery at his disposal
These guns taken in connection with the
work that can been done by tho fleet it is
believed will carry terror and destruction
to Santiago
The Spaniards made a proposal which
was promptly rejected by Shafter that
they be allowed to surrender tho city aud
retreat with their forces
ELEVEN LIGHTERS LOST
Wrecked in a Severe Storm Off tht
Coast of Cuba
The war department was advised Sat
urday that during a severe storm off the
coast of Cuba eleven lighters en route
to Cuba in tow of tugs were swamped
and lost So far as known no lives
were taken The lighters were from
Mobile New Orleans and Charleston
and were intended for the use of Gen
Shafter is transferring supplies and ord
nance from the transports to shore Theirs
need was essential to the prompt forward
ing of all military necessaries to the front
before Santiago The war department
upon receipt of this information immedi
ately put into operation efforts to replace
the lost lighters at once
r PROMOTED BY MKINLEY
Rank of Officers in Fights Before
Santiago Is Raised
The president has nominated Brig Gens
Hawkins Lawton Chaffee and Bates to
be major generals Col Wood of the
rough riders and Lieut Col McKibben
of the Twenty first infantry to be brig
adier generals Lieut Col Theodore
Roosevelt of the rough riders to be
colonel to be quartermaster with rank
of colonel F J Hecker Michigan divis
ion surgeons with rank of major V S
Vaughan surgeon of the Thirty third
Michigan and C M Robertson suigeon
of the Fiftieth Iowa
Asked Du Bosc to Move
Senor du Bosc and Lieut Carranza
formerly of the Spanish legation at Wash
ington have arranged for passage on the
Dominican lino Ottoman which leaves
Montreal on the ISth inst It is said that
3ome interesting correspondence has
passed between Sir Wilfred Laurier the
Canadian premier and Senor du Bosc the
outcome of which was a sort of semi
official note from the premier stating that
if Senor du Bosc could accelerate his de
parture from Canada it would avoitf
serious international complications
Fatal Floods in Missouri
Four persons are known to have been
drowned as the result of a cloudburst west
of Stanbury Friday night Others are
missing A wall of water sweeping down
a little creek carried everything before it
Several farm houses were demolished and
their occupants drowned The entire
family of J Davis is missing and is sup
posed to have been drowned The loss of
live stock is heavy
Whlteman Is Found Guilty
Alonzo J Whiteman former Duluth
lumberman and state senator was con
victed in Chicago on the charge of securing
250 from the Grand Pacific Hotel by
moans of a fradulent check Under the
verdict Whiteman may be fined 2000 and
limprisoned for one year
Democrats Decline to Fuse
The Sixth district Democrats in conven
tion at Colby Kan refused to endorse the
candidacy of N B McCormick the Pop
ulist nominee for congress and present in
cumbent and nominated W G Hoffer
editor of the Lincoln Sentinel to make
the race
Insurance Company Under the Ban
Insurance Commissioner MoNall of Kan
sas has revoked the license of the Connec
ticut Fire Insurance Company of Hartford
to do business in that state The company
refused to pay the expenses of an examin
iation of its books ordered by McNall
French Warships at Havana
The big French warship DEstaingehas
arrived at Havana with the French ad
miral on board The French authorities
will alst send a warship to Santiago
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Awful Horror Caused by Col
lision in a Dense Fog
0VEK 600 DE0WNED
Disaster Occurred Off Sable Island on
the Morning of July 4
Steamship Ia Bonrgogne of the
French Transatlantic Line Goes to
the Bottom of the Atlantic Out of
Over 800 Persons Aboard Only About
200 Were Saved and but One Woman
from the 300 on the Ill fated Vessel
Was Rescued
Six hundred persons lost their lives the
morning of July 4 as the result of a col
lision between La Bourgogne and the
British ship Cromartyshire and the
French liner lies at the bottom of the sea
a great hole in her side The ships met
in a dense fog sixty miles south of Sable
Island It was 5 oclock in the morning
and the feeble rays of the newly risen sun
were unable to even partially penetrate
the thick white mist that covered the
ocean like a garment The Cromartyshire
was towed into Halifax by the Allan line
steamer Grecian A ragged wound in her
bow and the absence of two of her masts
showed the violence of the impact with
the sunken vessel
There were on board La Bourgogne 191
first cabin passengers 125 second cabin
and 295 third class passengers or steer
age making a total of Gil passengers
in addition to which there were 220 in the
crew making a grand total of 831 souls
on board The only woman saved out of
300 women on board was Mrs La Casse
wife of a professor of languages of Plain
field N J Among those saved were the
purser three engineers and thirty of the
crew which manned the luckless liner
All the other officers of the ship were
drowned The Cromartyshires crew got
a terrible fright but none was lost Great
service was done by those aboard in sav
ing the remnant of the passengers and
crew of La Bourgogne
La Bourgogne is one of the best known
of all the French liners She belonged to
the Compagnie Generale Transatlantique
and has carried thousands of persons to
Euiope and back without a serious mis
hap She left New York Saturday July
3 bound for Havre
Shortly before the vessels came together
Mrs Henderson wife of the Cromarty
shires captain detected a steamers whis
tle blowing on the port side The Crom
artyshire was sounding her foghorn at in
tervals of one minute Mrs Henderson
called the attention of her husband to the
sounding of the whistle and a minute
later the mate who was on watch also
detected the sound It came nearer and
juearerlv Suddenly the huge hull of an
ingabout seventeen knots an hour and
almost immediately there was a fearful
crash
Capt Henderson as soon as the collision
occurred ordered the boats to be lowered
and the damage to be ascertained As it
was found that the Cromartyshire was in
no immediate danger the Britisher put
about The vessel with which they had
collided was at that time unknown A
few minutes later her whistle was heard
and several rockets were sent up Capt
Henderson replied in like manner think
ing the steamer was offering assistance
but in a few minutes all was quiet and
those on board began to realize the awful
results of the collision
At 530 the fog lifted and two boats
were seen approaching with only men on
board Later the weather cleared still
more and men were to be seen in every
direction clinging to wreckage and float
ing on life rafts It was a terrible scene
No pen can picture the appalling sight re
vealed to the onlookers when the curtain
of mist arose The work of rescue was
commenced without a moments delay and
over 200 persons were picked up and taken
aboard the ship
When the ships struck they were off
Cape Sable The passengers with the
sole exception of Prof La were
beloAV decks Without warning came the
terrible shock The struggles swishing
water and terrible screams of the drown
ing made the situation an awe inspiring
one never to be forgotten One man on
the La Bourgogne when she sunk went
out of his mind and jumped to a watery
grave Capt Nunan in command of the
Allan line steamer Grecian to whose
courage the Cromartyshire owed its con
duct to a place of safety declares that
La Bourgogne was less than five minutes
from the time of the collision in going to
the bottom
It was the most appalling and most
sudden catastrophe it was ever my mis
fortune to witness said Capt Hender
son of the Cromartyshire There was
a crash the sound of which was indescrib
able composed as it was of the rending
apart of the stout oaken ribs of the
French ship and the snapping asunder of
her iron bolts Many leaped overboard
immediately after the meeting of the ves
sels but our men were not among the
number of those who lost their heads La
Bourgogne turned slowly around two or
three times then seemed to go under with
the rapidity of a stone dropping into a
pool of water We were in some danger
from the whirlpool which followed the
disappearance of the transatlantic steam
er but managed to get out of reach of the
vortex in time It however engulfed
scores of shrieking human beings whom
we could hardly see for the density of the
fog but whose cries of terror we could
plainly hear
Telegraphic Brevities
Six hundred car loads of celery will be
marketed by growers in Orange County
Cal this year
J C Harrington a prominent farmer
of Dallas County Texas was robbed of
700 by an unknown burglar
A recent shipment to the Klondike from
Seattle included a fire engine furniture
for a bank pianos and organs
George T Hart a well known citizen of
Paducah Ky was instantly killed by a
heavy piece of timber falling on him and
crushing his skull
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