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POWDER EXPLOSION KILLS 20

HIARA7IE OF A CAIlTttinaE C-

J irS r T V LOWELL MASS

BO Pfr on Injured Seriously nnd 10-

Mlnhtly A nortn nulhlliiRR Wreckrand as Many More Shattered hauL

Four Ilo In Swimming Killed b

Hir rnncunslon One Workman Out o-

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peiWIlS mill Hirwiuij

to death at 0 oclock this forenoon by th-

eiplosion of the United StatesCompanys magazine on tho banks of thConcordRivur in South Lowell two mile

from tho centre of the city The settlemeat Is known 01 Wigginsvillo The num

bcr of thoiw Injured seriously is 70

morn than 100 persons worn slightlyby glass unit burned At 2 oclock in tinjftornoon tho list of dead stood at thirt-

nHi wiih nine miningA dozen woodon dwellings which stooc

rear the powder house wore either demolIslied by the explosion or destroyed by firean1 twentyothor structures were damageMrtoiiy The financial loss exclusive

o that susUilned by tho cartridge com

juny Is roughly estimated atThe mngiiyino buildings

company were two small brick structurescine of whioh was used for storing gunjKiwilcr So large was the quantity o

po d r in storage that the shock of tinpiplouion was distinctly felt all over northenstern Massachusetts In Lowell manwindow were demolished and at plaeei-

fiftwn miles awny glass was also shatteredThe wreck caused by the explosion covenon of three acres Houses

outbuildings He in ruins somedemolished and others hardly more thann heap of broken timbers stilt others annmolfing from the fire the prompt responseof the fire department having quencheil-

lm names which followed tho explosionThe building in which the explosion oo-

Mirrod was about ono and onehalfdistant from the of thecompany which WithintliBtnnce of fifty yards are half a dozeihouses

One hundred yards away there are twent j

houses more and beyond that the buildIngs are close together Every struciunwithin a quarter of a mite was torn withinflail without Men women and chlldrerwho were inside sustained bruiseiend broken bones

So far as Is known six men who wenengaged In loading the powder on wagoniwere blown to fragments by the explosion

who were swimming In the

river wire killed by tho eoncuswon A fifth had just dived Into the waterwhen tho crash came He emerged partimanned but managed to to shoreAbout a dozen wooden houses were fairlytorn to They were built thicklyabout he magazine and were demolishec-

In a moment Sown of then house wenburned by flra whtob etarMd In the rulnaK dozen people FrenchCanadians werecaught In the wreckage Three wereburned alive and at laast nine more re-

ceived mortal injuriesMen who lived In streets not far off who

were fortunate enough to eecapo seriousInjury immediately gave themselves oveito the work of removing women and chil-

dren to place of safely for almost simul-

taneously with the explosion came flashes olShine from several buildings Intofirs and debris of men were soonplunging to and property TheBrook was to complete however that thework was slow The patrol wagons of thepolice and allbroughtambulances

A short time after the explosion the fireteilH were rung and the fire departmentstarted ut full speed for he scene PeopleJuiniied on cars that wore headed for WigKirsvillo On the way to the fire numerousciirrliges were met that bore bleedingbodies of victims Women and childrenwith faces bleeding from cuts by glasspaired through the streets in a hystericalunto

Tli city of Lowell was thrown Into apanic and It required every effort of thonuthnritwn to establish and maintainanything like order Alarming reportsto the effect that more than 100 hadbeen killed and Injured caused wide-spread confusion Tho streets of thocity were soon filled with throngs of menwomen and children It finally becamenecessary to summon four companies of-

Hi State militia who responded promptlyend ate now on gunrd-

Snveral theorios have been advanced asto the cause of tho explosion It is knownthat five or six workmen were engaged in-

laying floors In one part of the storehousethL week They were in tho buildings thismiming and tt ia supposed that in some

T a jar caused by them set od the rx-

po lves Just what happened probablywill never be known

Tho police and firemen assisted by otherm i began a search of tho ruins as soon aspossible Physicians hurried out fromth city as soon as the news of the disasterYearns known and they together withdoctors living in Wlgginsville mado the

as comfortable 03 possible witharrived to convey them to St

Johns Hospital Ono man was sufferingsuch Intenso agony that upon hla arrivalat the hospital he begged the surgeons tohoot him and mid misery

I saw something burning on the floorhurried forward to put it out and then

aw a column of fire springing up and thatl nil I know of tho explosion until I foundwyepjf here said Joy Goodwin said to

win Biirvivor of tho exploulou to afPrterO-

oodwln wns found unconscious andIly distance away from the

ipl wns taken tQ the hospitalonce and may live Four or five of us

doing our usual work In the storagethis morning ho said Tha ordinary

amount of loose explosive was scatteredout th floor as Is a matter of

mall importance in a powder house wePaid no attention to It until suddenly werwUze that tho stuff had begun to work

threw water on it but it did not doall iUrted to run I think

that I turned half round Nonethought then of anything but eecap

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Cal CtarlliiKton Hiports to SecretorHoot the Result or Ills Inquiry

WASHINGTON July report oCol H A Darlington IneppctorGeneraof tho Department of tho Fast who madan investigation by direction of tho Scoretury of Wtir of tho statements connectingItcprcscntativo LttUuor with certaincontracts for gloves and gauntlets reachettho War Department this morning It voi

sent to tho ofllco of tho Secretary of Warbut when Secretary Root left tho Departwent shortly before 1 oclock to visitsummer camp of tho District militia niLeesburg Va ho said that he hud not yet

the documentDarlington it ia said makes nc

specific recommendation in the report bulmerely makes n statement of tho facts tilsclosed by his inquiry The report Includestho testimony of a largo number of Personsexamined under oath by Col CJarllngtonBoth Col Patten who was in charge of thinbranch of the olllee of the QuartermasterGeneral having charge of the purchase olthe gloves and Cot was DppolQuartermaster in Philadelphia at tho tImtho contracts wore madn were examined bjCol Darlington The testimony of JonLudiiiKton who was QjiartermtiBtcrGon-eril in also included in the papersAdjutantGeneral Corbin said thisnoon that the report had reachedthe oflloe of the InspectorGeneral of theArmy but that it came too Into to presenlto Secretary Root before ho left tho VaiDepartment Ho said that it would bo haltbefore tho Secretary of War tomorrowfor his consideration Gen Corbin uodined to say anything as to the contents olthin document and said that it would hardlybe made public until Secretaryreviews tho case and upon itmay not bo for several days

CITY HALL SKCHKT STAIKS

fly niileh Aldermen Aiorotliue Here Wontto Dnileo Wuylayrr

A spiral Htuircaso in the City HM1 lead-ing from the AldormenH old chamber

basement and hoarded up nearly thirtyago WAS uncovered yesterday Down

this staircase according to boroughtho Boodle Aldorrnen of ISM

who had urtieipttted in the BriMdwuyfranchises eteal their angry

who were Whiting for them ontho outaido of the chamber Hut Alder-men for years used the stairway to avoidbeing served with court orders arid to givethe slip to importunate constituents

Thirty years ago the Aldermen sat inwhat is now known cs the Council

big assembly room oil the wettternside of the building This chamber IK tobe renovated and when the workmen wereclearing the room yesterday they found

tlio lifesiiw painting of Gon Jackson ontho southern wall an embrasure four feotbroad and two feet deep In tearing awaythe wooden support upon which the picturestood they came upon an opening in tho

and tho spiral stairway to tho baseAt the bottom of the stairs was a

smrll room a foot or more deep with dustThis room was used by tho oldtimo Alder-men as a kitchen and also as a placo for afriondly game of cards whtn tho businessbefore the board was uninteresting Thiskitchen in next to the offices now occupiedby the City Record There was once ahole through the wall and it was throughthis that tho Aldermen made their escape-to the street by the basement when theywanted to make themselves scarce

Today the carpeting of the floor willbe taken up and according to the tradi-tions of the City Hall a trap door will bofound immediately in front of tho clerksdesk It is wild that this trap door willdisclose stairway leading to thoroom In corner of the Imilding now occupied by Mayor Low

DIVINES THIUinX IltOM BOlT

shop nurses the Uev Mr WouonRet a In IVennln Way

MATTITUCK L 1 July 20 Bishop Fredrick Burgess of the Prutjstant Episrnpal

Diocese of Long Island and tho Rev WilliamI Wasson formerly rector of St ieorg s-

n Brooklyn and now rector of GraceChurch at Klverhead got a wetting andlad quite a slruggla to escape

in Feconic Ray yesterday Neitherjan swim

Mr Wesson is confiidered a good amateurtailor Bishop Burgess is making a tour ofits diocese and rumnimd over yesterdayis the guest of the Rev Mr Wasson at lilaottago on Ieconio Bay A fresh breezevnt blowing yesterday afternoon and MrIVosson got and taking I hoJishop aboard started on a sail across tlni

They were going along at a livelyast Kobins Island when they werey a sudden gust that capsized the boat

ioth men wore thrown Into the water butnanaged to get hold of the overturned craft

Some distance away was a sailing partyTom Iho Mattltuek House composed ofV rnu r Judge Henry F Hnggerty LawyerVilliam B Hughes John P Mai Ion

Million anil William H Miller all ofyn They Immediately went to the res

juo of the two clergymen and succeeded

ii hauling them out of the water Neitheruffered any serious inconvenience fromho mishap anti Bishop Burgess conducted

orvlcea in the church hors lout evening

OMEN WItECK SHOP

iVranper Sinkers Seek to Force ContentedWorker ti till

Tho women who compose the Wrappertakers Union went on Htrilre yesterdayor a nluuhour working day It was said

that there were 1000 of the strikers There

vero soveral hundred young women Inat 88 street where strike

went establishedA crowd of the strikers invaded the shop

f Isaac Freedmnn at 74 Monroo streetafternoon Sixteen were

it work there and the visitors loudly dethat they Join the strikers

didnt want to strike but thenvadors insisted and when Freedmanirdored away attacked the

to wreck Iho shopoverturned sewing machines and

cattered the garmentsround the

Policeman I o of tho Madisonwho answered treedmanB culls

or help was greeted with catcalls Hoont to the for assistance

the reserves quelled tho disturbancearrested four young women and two

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Cut Aim Have No Grievance

The drivers of tho New York TransfeCompany Dodds Express to tho numbeof about ISO went on strike yesterday afternoon after giving tho company threo hcunto grant a demand that the company recognlzo the union lately organized by the menThis tho company refused to do and tin

left their wagons As a result tincompany was badly tied up and few de-

liveries could be madeTim drivers whom tho company got tt

take the strikers places wore in maninstances set upon by the strikers afteitheir wagons got away from the stablesand the company was forced to call uponthe police of the West Thirtieth and Wes-lFortyseventh street stations for help

Tho police succeeded in maintainingorder about tho stables but accordingto the company drivers wore frequontljassaulted lato In the afternoon The companys otllcors declared last night thatthey would hire nonunion men to

all their wagons todayOne of the new James Wendel

of 311 Seventh avenue won attacked orSeventh avenue Wendel had been to theLiberty street ferry and was returningwith a load of trunks to tho stables at thtnortheast corner of Thirtyeighth streeland Seventh avomio

About forty strikers who wero standingon the corner near another stable of thecompany nt 211 West Twentyeighth streetsnw tho wagon and made a dash for Won

dol The crowd yelled Scab and Wendelwhipped up his horse was surroundedby the strikers at Thirtieth street

The trunks were high on the wagonand in a second were out and tinstrikers had cut tho ropes and splllod theloath in tho street

Somebody telephoned to thostation that a man was being mur

ilored and In a few minutes Roundsman-Gillepjle and fifteen men were around thewagon

It took the police some time to makeout what the trouble was about awl thenthey drove tho strikers away A big crowdmostly sympathizers of tho strikers had

and the began gettingthe trunks back on the Before

knew it a striker had slipped throughthe crowd and cut the harnesswalked out of the shafts

The crowd cheered but tho driver withthe assistance of the up

harness and put tho onagain

when he was neatly to start a couple ofgot on the sent with him and

drove up Seventh avenue Tho otherpoliceman the wagon and

tho crowd which numberednearly one thousand

Near the stallfS at Thirtyeighth streettho crowd begun to throw stones The

BtGod it until the cops on the wagonwere struck and then

ordered his men to draw their short

strikers was arrestedThe union which declared the strike was

the men three monthsinch since then there have ben wvernl dis-putes ontween the mal its drivers

was over a man to thecompany was discharged for intoxication

company was not the strikehowever-

A committee of three of the driversheaded by Thomas Brandon calledrieiierni William F Draper At hisfilcf at 1351 Broadway at 0 oclock

morning and a to himwith tho request that he It

I read Mr Draper lastsvenlng and found a statenont that tho men were perfectly satisfiedivith their and thatollowed a demand that we the

low union and bind ourselves to employmembers of the union as

committee said that they wanted an anwer by 11 oclock tomorrow and I toldhem would take the matter under adiwment

About noon I heard from Brandon whosaid

Tho men have decided that I did wrongi-n giving you until 11 oclock tomorrowThe answer must bo nude 2 oclock titusifternoon or theyll on strike

I told thorn the answer would notje given nt that or at otherma tho would run itsnulneM It watt then that they calledh strike Although wo werevired WH have in Retting aboutseventyfive tennis out and mornomorrow We shall rofuws to

a union and union dictationAlthough the strike was called at 2 oclock-

ho drivers who were out did not leaveheir teams until gut back to thntables After quitting n of been n-

nalned about the and every intowas sent out four or flvo men

wild start to follow It Those men wouldlimb up on tht drivers neat anti try andit tho driver to leave the wagon aow cases thy succeeded

Tho has stables in Twentyeighth Thirtyeighth and 102d streets

sergeant a of policemen weren at the street

fist night At thu 102d street stable thewagons wero without

At the downtown terminals of tho Penniylvanla Company at Cortlandt and DosiroHfles streets of the New Centralit street and of tho Erlo Companyit Chambers street there was noif any kind with the strikers It was nearly

when the delegate of theIrovo to these stations in a and orderedhe drivers toTho nwn obeyed him without question

flit loft their horses andhey stood In the street In several Initnnces agents of the company got driverso send thu wagons away someif the trucks had to led back to thetables

Tho New York Transfer Company doesho Manhattan theailroad companies mentioned and baggagen this was held up last

At about 7 oclock a few on eachif which a policeman rode visited each ofho trucks could take

hut few of the trunksTho agents at the stations refused to

iccnpt luggage last night except on thethat lid not

hind Itself to make deliveries by any spooltime

TOOK TIlE ROOF OFF lIEU HOUSE

Woman Wlio Wouldnt Make Way for NewBridge Plaza Moved Then

Tho contractors men who went yosterto tear down tho Wllllamsburg houses

sites ore to be used for the plaza-f the now bridge had some trouble withdoren tenants who not moved out

n obedience to the given-A woman in a house In street

mar street to got outnd threaten ed to take to tho

tort Sho had stepladder leadng to tho roof

The mon tricked her by leaving the buMand then roof

trough a vacant building next doorto roof with axM-

ind crowbars The woman moved out

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nellglnus nefornicrs Tortured KIII Pu-

tn Death by Infuriated MobsSpecial CnWe Ditpalch to Tan StN

LONDON July 30 The Times recordsmurderous popular outbreak In the Pro vineof Yezd in southern Persia at tho end o

Juno against the liable or religious

The position of the foreign residentssometimes critical owing to the mob search-

ing the Babies quarter where Engliamissionaries reside

During June 27 and 28 every Babi capturcd by tho rabble was butchered in what-

ever manner their captors pleased Theirbodies wore dragged through

followed by exultant crowds

Plunder and outrage were carrod on witthe help of soldiers

The priests on Juno 28 enjoined thpopulace to luring all the Babis who wenstill alive before themselves or tho Gov-

ernor Tlio latter at first refused to glviway to tho mobs threats but when hipalace was surrounded by rioters hi

yielded and ordered that one be blownfrom the mouth of a and thinthe throat of another bo cut Tho totsnumber of victims ia not stated but tinInference is that they wero numerous

4S AVEItTEl WAtt

tien Koiiropatkln Tolls of Ills Visit tiJapan

Sptctat Cable Dutpntch to TUB SUN

Sr PBTKBSBUHU July 20 Gon Kouropatkin Minister of War who returnedfrom Port Arthur yesterday Is repreaentot-as saying that he is greatly satisfied with theresult of his tour

Ho admits that the relations betweenRussia and Japan were somewhat straineiwhen he reached Toklo A fairly strongparty In Japan was advocating war butho Mikado was very wellRussia and ho assuredof his amicable feelings Ion Kouropatkinmoreover gathered that tho Bulk of thtJapanese were not Influenced by the jingo

of tho war party and the atmosphenclearest and war In the near future

id most Improbable-The Minister is as saying that

is prepared eventualitiesnnd that she lisa a standing army In

East of men which can btstrengthened at

RUSSIAN A ItMY CtFEnETEleading Krnerals Meet at OittMa At

In theSpecial lleiyttclt SCN

LONDON Jiuy 30 Tho Timrs printuntied despatches from Moscow describingmportant military conferences haul

ho lat three days ut Odessa which wereittwnded by the commanders of army corpus

and the leading generals in South Russiahe Caucasus

Simultaneously thoro were exhaustivenspections of the troops and special manauT-

OS wero Large orders for ammuiltlon other material have beenilucod while the Government magazinesiave been accumulating unusual quantitiesf storesThe Government according to the cor

espondent has notified tho volunteerfleet authorities to provide for possible

xpedltioiis and all the vessels of the fleetbeen withdrawn from trade service

nnicritn COUPLE v t cutImiiRlit to Ilrllcuie by a Man Who S

Taken Ipluir Woulilnl Slay-

A cab in which were two men and aroman drove up to Bellovuo Hospital lastnight One of the men got out and said

This man end woman have taken anivnrdose of opium Im from the Hotelavarre myself but I found thom at a

hug storo at Thirtyseventh street andavonuo whre they took the

opium They ought to lw taken caro ofapt MoKail who Is In charge of the

lotpltal at night told the man and womano get out of the CliO but they refusedVhoy said that they didnt want toreated and that they didnt intend tocave the cab

All right said rapt MoKnll I cantilo anything for you

rust you should make them get out ofhe rvi said the first titan They are in-

L Konous conditionMvKull said ho couldnt make anyto a hospital so the spokesman-

ot into tho cab and drove awayPersona who saw the couple said they

looked as if they had takentsome drugAt tho Hotel Navarro it was said that

nobody front tho hotel had gone to Bolluvu-oloblnsons drug tore Is at the northwestturner of Thirtyseventh street and Seventhvenue The clerk there said he saw a mannd a woman on tho corner arid thoughthy were drunk

They hadnt been in his placo He saw-

n maui join them and then a cab came upnd took tho three away

HO DItOWM AT ATLANTIC CITY

r Joseph Slelvln Lost Ulillo Trying toHave Woman Companion

ATMNTIO Cm N J July 29 Dr Joeph Melvin of Carbondale Pa a guest atho Southern Hotel and Merle

a pretty twentyyearold girl of Wil

iamsport Pa employed at the saute hote-

ls waitress were drowned in the surf at S

chock this afternoonTime young woman had a venturesome

iplrit and got out too far A curling seaher off her feet and carried hor Into

he deep pool at the end of tho jetty inront of the St Charles Lifo Guard Anderon darted Into tho surf with life line andmoy Dr Melvin a poor swimmer also

to the girl and caught her skirtThe two in their death struggle in fifteen

eet of water wero seen by crowds on theand boardwalk Ati Guard Anderson

of Dr Kelvin the latter collapsedcompletely Guards andcached for tho girl but tube hadeared

People on the beach hauled Andersonnd his burden ashore while tho other twouardd dived time and again but withoutvail to find the girlWhile they woro working over the doctors

lodyhia mother curiously inclined pushedthrough the crowd When she saw the

ifeleea form of her son she fainted and bado be carried to her hotel

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1FOttElOX CAllttlXALS ASKFUnS LEFT 1SY PIUS IX

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tourers Frrniti Cardinals Inuuto t

tuttle on a Landlilat c fur Pope Votln

Patters fur the Conclave Dlitrlhiitei

Special CMi Dupalclt a TuB SuN

mom TUB SuN Cnrreipontlcnt at Home

ROME July n long timo afterof the congregation today th

Cardinals remained in groupsvarious questions The foreign Cardinalespecially are making searching inquiries tx

how HO many millions of dollarsPius IX have disappeared

amount is estimated at nearly 20000000Pope Leos bequest is valued tt about 7000000 The Cardinals are also socking inforrna

as to the exact financial resources of thtSee

There has been no change in theof the several factions in the Sacred Collegiregarding tho various candidates for tinPapacy The position the foreign Cardinals is clearer than that of tho Italian mem-

bers of the collegeTho French Cardinals met today but

failed to agree upon united action Twoof them are to the candidacy ofCardinal support it andtwo are wavering Tho Austrian

and German Cardinals numberseven and they all support Cardinal Serafino Vannutclll The four Spanish Car-dinals are in favor of Cardinal RampollaCardinal Gibbons Archbishop of Balti-more and Cardinal Loguo Archbishop ofArmagh Ireland art against CardinalRampolla

Time session of tlio Cardinals today oc-

cupied only fifteen minutes Ono innova-tion noted was tlio introduction of a buffetwith Ice water and vermouth

Cardinal Oreglia di Santo Stefano thepresident distributed the voting papersfor time Conclave He explained the innnnoiin which the ballots are to ho used A votewill bo taken at 10 oclock each morning-At tho afternoon sessions the Cardinalsdesiring to change their votes cart do so

casting blank votes Thisprocess is designated ns accession andits practical effect is that two ballots witbe taken dally

The Impression gains ground that thoshort It will soon be

evident whether it will bo possible to electCardinal Itampolla If it Is thatho cannot be elected It willto concentrate on a neutral candidateOno guess is as good as another concerningwho such a neutral candidate may bo

for time Cardinals themselves are withoutany fixed idea

Masses were celebrated in all the Catholicchurches of Home today for tho repose oftho soul of Pope Leo XIII Today was alsotho anniversary of tho assassination ofmug Humbert who was killed In 1000

Tho city was bedecked in erepecoveredlags hi memory of tho late King nnd thechurches were draped in black All thebells were tolled and the general effect ofpublic mourning was more striking thanat any time heretofore

King Victor Emmanuel anti Queen Helenaaccompanied by the Dowager Queen Margherlla made an early visit to the tombif the late King In time Pantheon where arequiem mass was solemnized The Pan-

theon was crowded throughout the tiny butthe attendance at the churches was small

rriMV HKVOLT QlELLED

Hire or tile Lender lilllcil In a Fight Willtutu hurst iiiard

Special Cablt Dtspntch to THE SUN

HAVANA July 20 Threo out of a partyof four bandits were killed in a fightwith rumba near Manxanillo last weekThese men worn described as revolutlonists who had risen to obtain pay forthe army of the revolution but subsequentfacts appeared to show that they weremerely bandits-

A rumor is current that sixty revolu-tionists are in tho woods between Victoriaio a Tunas and Bnyamo Province ofSantiago The Government demies thoreport

The army lists prepared by a commissionippolntod for the purpose have boonMinpleted They contain a total of 63000names including those of time dead TheoUil amount of pay duo Is placed at 45000-

XX Tho time for which pay Is calculatedA front Feb 31 1395 to Aug 241S08 GenMaso is down for tho groatest amountover 21000 hue salary is placed at V0-

Tionthly according to a law passed at thou3t session of A special com-mission is to bu appointed to hear claimsjasod out the above report on which tho-

lummission has been at work for tenmonths Time now commission will reporto President Pahna on Nov SO and the

will report to Congress fifteen dayswhIm the exact amount duo to tho

irmy will bo knownThe Cuban commission to delimit the

boundaries of tho American coalingitatlon at Bahia Honda will not begin itsfork until next month

SUB Klft LEOPOLD

realtors of tIle Want Her state

fptcl it faW Utipntch to Tins SUNPAUIH July 20 Tho French creditors

if Princess Philip of andlothu Princess Louise of Belgium haveervcd writs upon Item and hor husbandrid also upon King Leopold PrincesshillpH father Princess Clementine Countnd Countess Lonyay formerly Crownrincoss of AustriaHungary calling upon

hem to show cause why the estate of time

Queen of the Belgians should not bo

The creditors who comprise dressmakershoemakers corset makers and

dealers also sueion of tho fortune Jointly held by King

and the lato Queen

VAK JV W1HELESS TELEGIIAPHY-

Srrmtnt Declare They ran Illoch AllMarconi Menage Headed for England

Vpfdul Cubit Deipnlclt la Tim SUN

BERLIN July 20 Tho combination ofGerman wireless telegraph systems proesses its ability to frustrate every attempt-f Marconi agents to recelvo transatlanticnessages in England by erecting a strongtation on tho German coast and propellingelectric waves In the direction of the Maron currentMembers of tho combination repudiate

ilarconis assertion that wilful interruptionwould bo chicanery contending that Itwould be eelfdefence against Marconla-ittompt to secure a worldwide monopoly

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Lava fit roam nfttlne Iliue In the Hullof 1onipell

Special Cablt Deipatcli to Ills SUN

NAPLES July 20 The eruption of Mount

Vesuvius is increasing in Intensity Th

lava stream has reached to within twent

metres of tho ruins of PompeiiSlight earthquakes have occurred I

Sicily

TO TIlE ARCTIC l IV AUTO

Mr Mrs C J Rllililcn or StarCopenhagen

Special Cable Despatch to Tnn SUN

COPENHAGEN July 20 Blr and MrsC J Gliddon of Boston started this aftei

noon in an automobile intending to erosthe Arctic Circle If they succeed thewill be the first persona who have ever

reached such a northerly point In ap

mobile

FLOOD IHtlKEXS 10fTSVILLE

Extra LoroiuollvM Ilequlrwl lo I raiTrains Through the lluihlng Water

POTTSVILLE Pa July 20 Tha worsever known here prevails tonight

water Is above the firebox of tluelectric light plant and tho town is in darkness Several houses were struck bjlightning during a terrific storm this

Streams of water threo feet deerflowed In the streets and the Hohuylkill

River rouse six foot In one hour The Phila-

delphia and Reading passenger station wassurrounded by the flood ansi passengersshriving on incoming trains were compelledto remain

It took locomotives to pull thePennsylvania Ha Iroad flyer from Phila-

delphia into town BO great was tho powernecessary to plough through the waterThe water tore a hole 20 feet In circum-

ference anti 18 feet deep directly on thethreshold of the home of Martin Eiohornat Sixth and Minewvllle streets Thu

frightened inmates escaped through theto the homes cf neighbors Many

wero washed away Thefor the now 75000 Methodistmuch damaged Many collieries ore

flooded

OUGHT TO LYNCh THEM ALL

Shouted a N 1 Meet-

ing Starts a Small HowMoRtiiSTOWN N J July 20 While a

ocinlist orator was talking to a crowd intime park hero last night about lawlessnessand tho lynching of negroes in the Southand West Alfred Mansfield the proprietorof the Farmers Hotel broke up the meetingby saying that all negroes ought to bo

Tinre were fourteen negroes presentThey Immediately got together in footballstyle and made a rush through the crowdfor Mansfield Ho fled

Chief of Polico Hollaway and Roundsman Hendershot hurried to the spothad no trouble In preserving order

Time negroes made no further demon-

stration

irowiv unmiED Tovfins

Mrs SUck Knocked Down With a ColdChisel In East Twentylev f

Mrs Caroline Mack of 812 East Sixtiethstreet was walking along East Twenty

seventh street near First avenue late lastnight when a gang of young Gas House

After oneher down from behind with a coLt chiselanother snatched item pocketbook They

took out 18 In bills but loft enough change

lo take her homo antI threw the purso downbeside hor

Mrs Mack came to shortly afterwardind her screams brought Policeman Mclntyre He took her down to then East Twentysecond street station where an ambulance

nirgeon sowed up a threeinch cut In herscalp

COV1CTS ELUDE IlIlSUEIMI-

Vntch Their Movement Through FieldGJixsjrs and Keep Ahead

PIACEBVILIK Cal July 20 Posses out-

n search of the escaped convicts from Fol10in Prison have made no progress in twenty-our hours Only eight convicts are together

low the others having separated from theiialn body All these fugitives are In thelienvy brush in a rough mountainous counry near the American River They have apair of strong field glasses with whichhey can watch the movements of their pur-

suers Last night they were seen In theaflonnt Greenwood near Placerville buthis morning they had escaped

IULLET lilT HIS LEFT TEMPLE

rililenft family Say Ills heath Was Accldental lie Was eftIIanUfd

Charles Tilden who was employed as asecretary and advertising agent ators Filt i Avenue Theatre was

yesterday by a bullet from his own revolverrle watt found In bed with a bullet woundn lila loft temple

Ills family and the polico say thoy think

hat ho shot himself by accident while takng his revolver from under Lie pillow-

t was explained that he was lofthandeaTilden who was 37 years old was a

nephew of Police Commissioner Thomas-V Tilden of Jersey City His brotherilarmnduke Tlldon secretary

f that city

JEROME FOR MAYOR ALAS

le He Hai Tronble Enough Now andPlease Dont llothrr Him

District Attorney Jerome was askedyesterday if ho had heard a story that was

olng around to the effect that he was goingo bo the fusion candidate for Mayor Mr

yawned and saidI have trouble now These

okes make me tired Please do not botherne with them

fig CalMon Ii In Iti forthThe to bo used in construct

ig of the now Manhattan Bridgehitch was docked successfully on Tuesdayveiling was anchored yesterday In Itserth at the foot of PUce street Than Is

feet of water in time tulip whomcaisson will soon bo sunk after it

esta on Uio bottom there will bo aboutfteen feet of it above water

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POLICE ltiKFOIlCE ACCCSITIOXTHAT JlltOKEIl HlltKIt TllltiS

Coachman Ilrk Out 1rlsiincrn asAssailants nnd Inlet Mutt From LongIiraneh Sun Iainar Iulil iin u

Hills UaMinnn Not Less CelebratedIn Illu Ilnu Than Imnar In Illn Sen-

ator tiraily Urlnlnril to Defend Easlman Ilenles First That Ifoxtitmn Adinlttnl ItnonliiK Lamar LnnK UrinchGetting over a MEhtmnro of Alarm

That David Lamar a more or less cele-brated Wall Street character hired MonkEastman and Joseph Brown two New YorkEast Side thugs toLamars excoachman at Long Branchon July 0 is something that In-spector McClusky of thodeclared yesterday to be strongfy Indi-cated by evidence In his hands The twomen hired to assault McMahon are prisonersat Police Headquarters awaiting extradi-tion to Long and McClueky saysthat Lamar in to bo arrested againby tho New Jersey authorities

Lamar id a of Now Jersey havinga summer homo at Seabright McCluakyIs therefore riot bothering about him but Islooking for a fourth man Detective Ser-geants Kinsler anti Duggan who arrestedEastman and Brown spent tho entire dayyostenlay marching for this man describedua a prizefighter antI thug who wentwith hi a carriage from a Broadwayhotel East Side to a bargainwith Eastman

Kliihlor and have learned theysay that tried to hire a man whomakes hU headquarterx in a Seventh avonuoaloou to do the Job but tho man refused

hen the detectives say nnothor moanwas approached arid agreed to get some onewho would do McMahon and It wasthrough him that Eastman Brown andothers wore hired

McClusky says that while Eastman andBrown have made no confession they havenever denied committing tutu assaultOn the other hand tim Inspector saysthoy appear to take it thatthey have been caught with tho goods onthem but are expecting some ono to conicto tho front and get them out of tho

CONNELTINQ EASTMAN AND

According to McClusky his detectiveslearned that Eastman after tho assaultnnd not long before hIs arrest telephone

Lamar at Long Branch telling brokerthat he was safe In Now York To whichLamar replied

Thats good No harm will come to

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yesterday Detective Sergeantijiiestloned Eastman concerning moimythat ho arid Brown hind received fromLamar Eastman replied

U a fourflusher and if hn donthell get a taste of Jersey law

Eastman and Brown were arraigned be-

fore Magistrate Ommun on a charge ofassault on McMahon Acomplaint set forth that the assiiult witscommitted at the request of Dnvid Lamar

Tho two were remanded back to PollenHeadquarters for a further examinationthis afternoon

On Tuesday night McMahon visitedHeadquarters and positively identifiedEiiHtmaii and Brown as hU assailants

them out from ten othermen Yesterday morning Harry McGilli bartender at East also

ng about a hotel there previous to theHu said

hey wanted iu the line of foodcigars and that the bills were settled-

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Headquarters and asked to see thethey said they had

retained as Word was sento Kattnuin anti ho replied

Gwan theyre I dont knowem

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LAMAR

F Grady announced atthe Democratlo last night that beand John Hoyer counsel for Eastmanund Brown The two gave outhis statement

As counsel for William Monklastmnn arid Joseph Drown withusuultinif ona McMahon at Long Branchhis summer we ask upuoa In your columnso deny till statements attributed to themwhether from police or other offlolal circlesartlculorly do our clients deny that attrite hare they claimed acquaintanceIr David Lnmar or any one usen tummy controversy with said ilcMahon-nd tiny statement attributed to them ofuch character la maliciously false andsave no other object than to prujudlca theUBO of our clients or servo som privatewedge JOHN HOYBR-

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vita KECOni IN TUG ASSAULT 01U3David Lamar charged hiss

MoMahon having assaulteddm on July 1 in time tarnar stablo nearieubright N J On this followingilcMahon wan arraigned Judgefcdford at Hod Bank and held in

was furnished fur the action ofjrund Jury

limo fuuts regarding the assault woreout at thus McMahon was

hiving Mrs Lamar on the afternoon ofluly 1 Mrs had with her herlog The became restive anti Jumpedrum tim carrlugo MrstlcMahon get down arid bring hint backilcMahon on tutu ground that hewas u coachman and not a dog catcher

When Lamar got homo that eveninglire Ijamiir told bun of the ofho coachman Mr Lumnr promptly re-ulred to the ntible Later

iis features and then chargud the convlimauvlth dflmngine them

After that went to Long Branchmid sued out a warrant charging Lnmnr-vilh assault Time warrant was madouturnabla on 0 antI ns MoMnhonvan entering Justices Court at Longranuh to uppsar Iwiniar thrtai-trangors set upon hint Icnouknl him down

his face stabbed him and hostrid kicked hurt filrnoat Thlxono tli v carriage salt toave been driven by Bernard Smithjamara It WHS noted thatjanvirdldo McMnhonb charges

On the day July 10 McMahonlad Smith Dononne who sueuoded MoMiihon m I a mars coachmannd Patrick Ijirmirs groom

held for time Grand Jury onLarge of complicity In tho assaultjinvir was on time same chorga

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Hsault on David Lamar David Ijaowr-I It tamen McMahon charged with assault onIrs Lamar LHrnnr charged with

an accomplice to an Inmt to kill on James McMahon MoMahon-l held under 200 ball on each of his chargesndLamarundop 3200

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