PLUNKITT FIGHT FATAL.

BUYS ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND.

[Hv TVle*rapri to The Tribune ]

Pittshurg. Sept. 9.— For the sim of fioo.ow ca«hpaid to George C. Boldt. of the Waldorf-Astoria.New-York. Alexander R. Peacock. of Pittsburgh

prominent in the United Slates Steel Corporation.

i...... become the owner of Belle Isle, one of the

islands in the St. Lawrence, near Frontenac, N. T.Mr. Peacock, with his family, occupied the estate,

which contains -i magnificent summer home, allthis summer, and figured prominently In th* »oc!:life along the St. Lawrence. Belle Isle 1» near theBoldt farmhouse Inland, and also near the one onwhich Mr. Boldt'a unfinished castle stands.

DEWEY'S SAUTERNE & MOSELLE WINESAre most satisfying in Bummer Weather.

If T. Dewey A Sons" Co., 13S Fulton St.. N«w-To»t,-Advs.

SUICIDE AT NIAGARA FALLS.tra ran.- N v . Sepi 9 -\" hhlibw man

climbed upon the eopina of Goal Island Bridge tn-

dav and lumped Into the rapids. His body pa*»*<*"\.r the America i Fall.

The platform d'-^s n«>t mention the Platt

amendment as the Moderates consider Urn a*-stituri.ma! appendix settled Itdeclarei strongly

for a rive .. •- . of 'he reciprocitytreaty with the I'nited States and for amend-

thereof accord! - \u25a0*• o* botncount • \u25a0

Mendea Capote received the nomination for th«Vice-Presidency.

Cuban Moderate Party Wants Red*prociiy Treat// Extended.

Havana. Bept 9 President Palma was to-

night unanimously renominated by the Moderatepart] convention as a candidate for the Presi-dency of Cuba.

PALM.IRFNOMINA TED.

RUSSIANS IN WASHINGTON TO-DAY.Washington, Sept. The State DepartmeM has

teen Informed that M. Witte and Baron Rosen. th«Russian peace plenipotentiaries, will arrive in\u25a0Washington to-morrow for a brief visit. They willleave here at io'clock In the afternoon for New-York. Mr. I oomis. Acting Secretary of, State, willescort them about tfce city, showing them th« Capi-tol, the White House, the Library of Congress andother public buildings.

Neighbors at Oyster Bay Will Express Ap-preciation of His Part in Peace.

The people of Oyster Bay, hearing of th« plan*

for welcoming President Roosevelt upon his letsjra

to the capita] with warmth, because of his part In

the establishment of peace, have decided to <lv«the President a vigorous send-oft when he leaves

horn". It has been decided that thero shall be nocommittees, no set speeches, no fireworks or can-nonading, but Just an old fashioned, rousing »«nd-off In yean past the people have, cone to grl*Cover committees to receive President Roosevelt on.his return home, and tot that reason will gatherwithout organization.

PLAN SEND-OFF FOR THE PRESIDENT.

"Do they compare favorably with similar in-

stitutions in Russia.""Well, hardly." he replied, wirh a smile.

"Ah. that Icannot say." he replied.

If. Witte was asked what he thought of th»

penal institutions of New-York City.

"I did not see very much of them." h* said.

•bu: Icannot truthfully say that Ithink very

much of them."

"Ihave had a much better time In America

than Iever expected to have." said M Witte to

one of the newspaper men acquainted with his

language "Every one has been very cordial In-deed, and Ihave had a most enjoyable time."

[),. you think you will ever revisit America?"he was asked.

Baron Komura. the chief Japanese envoy, willsail from Seattle. Before returning to his post

of duty at Washington. Minister Takahira wijl

take a Much needed rest. M Witte willproc^d

to Washington withBaron Rosen.

Before M. Witte and Baron Rosen left Oyster

Bay. after their visit to the President, the seniorenvoy expressed his pleasure at the treatment

he had received in America.

To-night M. Witte and Baron Koeen. the Rus-sian plenipotentiaries, were the guests of thsPresident and Mrs. Roosevelt at dinner. M.Witte's antipathy to travel by water lndncedthe Russian envoys to make the trip to Oyster

Bay by rail. They left the St. Regis Hotel InNew-York in time to catch the regular train onthe Long Island Railroad leaving Long IslandCity at 5:4.3 p. m. Careful precautions wex«taken to Insure their safety. They were accom-panied by two Secret Service officers and by

New- York City detectives. A special parlor carwas attached to the train for the accommoda-tion of the envoys. The trip to Oyster Bay waswithout incident. A considerable crowd had as-sembled at the station to witness the arrival ofthe envoys, and as soon as they left their carthey were surrounded by people curious to catcha glimpse of them. They were met by a confi-dential messenger with one of the Presidentscarriages. Neither M. Witte nor Baron Rosen

cared to make any comments on their visit to

the President, or on the work of the conference.They entered the carriage and were driven toSagamore Hill. After dinner they returned to

New-York, leaving Oyster Eay at 10:03.The luncheon and dinner at Sagamore Hill

were devoid of ceremony and made a fittingly

democratic ending to what was probably themost informal pea^e conference ever brought to

a successful termination.

America's Gratification at Conclusion

of Peace Expressed.[By T*l->*rapfc to The Tribunal

Oyster Bay, Sept !».—President Roosevelt badsfarewell to the peace plenipotentiaries of Russiaand Japan to-day, and expressed to them, on

behalf of the American people, gratification that,

their mission here had been successful. Just

five weeks ago to-day he introduced the envoys

of the warring countries to each other on board

the Mayflower. On that date he brought themtogether to break bread as his guests, and afterhe had persuaded them to make peace when all

the world declared that peace was impossible,

he again acted as their host to-day, and wished

them godspeed on their Journeys.

Baron Komura and Minister Takahira ar-

rive.] here on board the naval yacht Sylph.

which had been sent to New-York for them.They reached Sagamore Hill at 1 o'clock thisafternoon, and were welcomed by the President.They remained with the President for two

hours. Luncheon was served at I:3<"> o'clock,

the envoys being entertained by the President

and Mrs. Roosevelt. There were no other guests.

Atand after the luncheon the President and hi»guests discussed the details of the peace ar-

rangements. Both Baron Komura and MinisterTakahira dpicased to the President their appre-

ciation of his efforts, to which they largely *t-tributed the success of the peace conference.

A few minutes before .*> o'clock they took theirleave, being conveyed to the J. West Rooseveltpier in one of the President's carriages, whencethey went aboard the Sylph, which sailed Imme-diately for New-York.

GUESTS OF PRESIDENT.

BIDS ENVOYS FAREWELL

From what could be learned <.f the affair, the

R-snault was a. premeditated on.:. The three men

had attei'ded a meeting held in the open air Inthe interests of "The" McManus, at 4'.)th-st. and

Nnh-ave The meeting over, they went to the

corner of 4Hth-st. and KXh-ave. As they stood*t the corner about twenty men suddenly ap-pfcared on the scene, and without warning, as-saulted the Kiernans and BartHi.

Patrolman F\ J. Lynch, of the r 47th-st. sta--on. }\u0084^ard the disturbance, and ran to th«*"ene in time to see the gang disappear and to

«i«d the three men lyingon the ground.

Matthew Klernan and his twin brother, Pat-

rick Kiernan. of No. 442 W«st 4^»th-st.. andHfr.ry Barteil, of No. ."^7 West Mst-st.. werethe men assaulted. Matthew Kiernan was

\u25a0tabbed in the back four times, one of the

rounds penetnttac his lungs. He win die.

Itli brother ma atabhwd several times in the

ta<e and his jaw was broken, while Barteil was

M itwice in the back.

Three Stabbed. One Dying, in Fight

with McManiiS'Mcn.The first serious fU'ht to herald the approach

of election, took place in the 15th District laut

Btght when three Plunkltt constituents were

««»t upon by alleged McManus followers andco seriously assaulted them that one was

thought late last night to be In a dying condl-tten at Roosevelt Hospital

FRONTENAC HOTEL. THOUSAND ISLANDS.Open through September. The meat delightful

period of. the year un the S:. Lawrence.—

INCENDIARY QUICKER THAN PRAYER.Frf-mont. Ohio. Sept. 9.—Fire totally destroyed

the pavilion at the Kallville rammer resort, twomiles south of this city, to-day, together with \u25a0grocery, barber shop and several snail buildings.Kor some tine past, it bl said, th*. of-ngrestationof the United Brethren Church has been holdingIndignation prayer meetings regarding the pavilionIt Is relieved at KallvUle that the tire was of in-cendiary >rigin.

Senator Changes His Plans When SheStarts for New- York.

[in- T>l'>eraDh to rh« Trtbun*- 1Omaha, Neb., Sept. a—Senator Ptati and Mac

Wood missed each other by two days. Miss Woodleaving here for New-Tor* Tuesday, while Mr.Platt was due here Friday afternoon. When .Mr.Plait discovered Miss Wood was not In Omaha ii»-changed his plans suddenly, and went west throughKansas.

Before starting for New-York Mi. Wood told afriend that she had written from California t.-It-ins him that If he did not seek a personal inter-view with her within sixty days she would maketrouble for him. The sixty days passed and thesensational suit of Tuesday followed Mr. Plattwas leu days late In his efforts at a persona] inter-view.

MR. PLATT MISSES MISS WOOD.

Four Towns Burned —Commandantof Frontier Guards Killed.

Belgrade. Sept. 9.—

According to informationreceived here from Priepolis, on the Turkishfrontier, one thousand Arnauts have crossed thefrontier into Servia. burned four towns and at-

tacked the Servian frontier guards, the com-mandant of which was killed.

AIiNAUTS INVADESERVIA.

The furnishing of suffi< lent coal, however, is

difficult on account of trie scarcity of rolling

stock on the railroads, cars having been with-

drawn from the regular service all over Euro-pean Russia to carry supplies and men to Man-

churia. This scarcity is acutely felt in the mov-ing <>f orrlinarv freight in Southern Russia, andit is now proposed to hire lo.ihk) cars from theAustrian railroads.

The Ministryof Finance learns that the supplyof kerosene in Russia is adequate.

An American company, of St. Petersburg, en-gaged in the manufacture i>f lubricants, hasbeen informed that two-thirds of the supply "fOil contracted for this year is already on its way.and the remaining third, which had not beenshipped, is destroyed. This probably is an ap-proximate index of the proportions shipped fromBaku.

Ambassador Hardinge has been informed thatthe acting British vice-consul at Baku has goneto Ealakhan, with a military escort, to searchfor the four Englishmen who are missing.

The officials look to America for a supply of

oil. as the available surplus in the Rumanianand Galieian fields, of which the total produc-

tion is only »,<xm>.<nm» barrels annually, is too

small to be taken into serious consideration. It

is regarded as certain that the Russian railroadsusing coal will receive permission to use im-ported coal. This is at present forbidden. A

reduction of the small duty levied will not benecessary. The railroads consume "J,O< «>,<*•M> tons

of crude oil residue annually.

The oil men met to-day and resolved not toreopen their works until the right to keep pri-

vate guards for the protection of their property

is granted by the government.Further disorders are expected to-day, and

additional reinforcements are urgently needed.The troops now at Baku are powerless to con-trol the fanatic Tartars, who resist the soldiersenergetically. Attempts made to reconcile theArmenians and Tartars have been unsuccessful.

A conference of the oil men and 'governmentrepresentatives to devise measures for reliefwill take place at the Ministry of Finance assoon as the Ministry officials sent to Baku to

investigate the conditions there return to i-^.Petersburg. If their report justifies the step,there is little doubt that the duties on crude oilwill be reduced or removed.

Other dispatches from p.aku say that the ma-chinery of :;,ihn» out of 3,000 oil wells has al-ready been destroyed.

Estimates of the losses at Baku received by

the various companies amount approximately to$00,000,000. These figures include contingent

losses due to the cessation of Industry until the

plants have been rebuilt and the losses of freight

steamships and railways employed in the oilindustry. Outside of Baku the losses to Rus-

sian industry generally through the iack of oil

fuel are incalculable.

Their Casualties Placed at 1,500—

Russia's Oil Famine.St. Petersburg. Sept. 9.

—The Nobel Company's

office here received a dispatch to-day from Bakusaying that the fusillade continued on Fridaynight. with some cannon firing, and that booseswere still burning. In the "Black Town" and at

the works comparative Quiet reigns. Anotherdispatch says fires and murders do not cease,

despite the formal armistice. About fifteen

hundred Tartars, it is announced, have beenkilled <>r wounded.

MANY TARTARS KILLED.i

Baku. Sept. 9.—Plundering and incendiarismcontinue in the oil fields, where the military hasnot yet re-established order, but inthe city quietprevails, except for occasional shots. The streetsare empty and the stores are closed. The Bourseis shut to-day, but some of the banks haveopened.

The Bishop adds that tie greater part of the

town now consists of charred ruins, the build-

ings destroyed including the government offices,

churches, schools and shops. He urgently beps

food and funds for the starving and homeless

thousands.

The Governor of Baku hat issued orders to

shoot down mercilessly all incendiaries, whether

Tartars or others. The work people are starv-

ing. Not even bread or water are obtainable.

The Armenian Bishop of Shusha has sent a

message to the authorities here, paying that the

devastation and resultant misery at tfhusha is

appalling. The fighting between the Tartars andArmenians continued without interruption for

five days, and hundreds of killed and wounded

are lyingin the streets.

Firing Continues—Starvation Pre-

vails—Horrors at Shusha.Tiflis. Kept. I).—Reports from Baku say the

conditions there have p;rown worse Artillery

and rifle fire cont/nue. The troops are tired, as

a result of the work of the last few days, and

are too few to prevent pi lace and arson whi'hare occurring everywhere.

THE TROOPS WORN OUT.

BAKU IN HANDS OF MOB.

Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.. Plans to Get Lining

for Father's Coat.BayvfUe. Lime Island. Sept. 9-President Roose-

velt may this winter wear an overcoat )ine<i with

muskrats' fur. ifhis son Theodore can kill enough

of the animals. ,With the object of providing such a (-oat. Theo-

dora is now at the homo of his eoualn. John Room-

veil, here, and he sp«-n<»» his time hunting musk-rSu slow tb« creeS oa the Rooseyelt «ftaU^««tiii^.,l severn! it the nnlinaK I"H not <-nousr.

w win nmain her" for a few d«ri lon«W. an.ml",^m

1",^ mean lime he hopes 10 kill the required

number. ,

Bonn* Homeopathic laxatives keep *«\u25a0» liverand Intestines active and Insure- perfect health.-AdVl.

Fears for Jacques Faure and the Marquis deVillalonga Removed.

London. Sept. 9.—

A message from the AeroClub, of Paris, was received in London late to-

night, announcing that Jacques Fame and theMarquis de Villalonga landed at Chelrnsford,twenty-six miles northeast of London, on Thurs-day night, returned to London, and then went to

Brussels. The two men left London for I>im-mark in a balloon on Thursday, ;in«l fears wer*

entertained here that they hail been lost In theXorth Sea.

PRESIDENT'S SON AFTER MUSKRATS.

No Sign of Armistice—

Several

Sharp Outpost Actions.Godzyadanl, Sept. 8 (Delayed).— Despite the

fact that dispatches from St. Petersburg have

announced that a treaty of peace has been

signed, the military operations have not ceased,

and both sides stand ready for a fight.

Skirmishes have taken place daily In the. past

three days along almost the entire front, and

each day has seen the useless shedding of blood.

The casualties in the three days amount to three

officer* and eight men killed and about ninety

wounded.According to some reports the Japanese are

concentrating considerable forces beyond their

,eft flank in the Brainfu District.

Fugitive Mongolians bring reports that parts

of Mongolia have been occupied by Japanese in-

fantry, who outrage and mob the people. They

are also said to have burned \u25a0ereral villages.

TOOK A~LL~~THE~~BANK HAD.

Custer S P. P^Pl- 9. -The First National

Bank was entered by burglars to-day and sev-

eral thousand dollars, all the bank had on hand.was taken. Thesafejv-as blown to pieces.

'Th. Adirondack Mountains. Thousand Islands,

.7d Sa^a ok" are most charming in SeptemberM*nv *t the hotels remain open during the month.T^n Service of the To,rk Central t« compile.

lare.— Advt,

TWO AERONAUTS REPORTED SAFE.

FALLS 2JOOO FEET.

Aeronaut's Vain Struggle for HoldWatched by Carnival Croud.

[Rv Telegraph to The Tribune.]

Baltimore, Sept. 9.—

Thousands of people in

all parts of the city, besides the crowds at the

carnival of the Trades Alliance at Highland-town, this evening saw John August, the aero-naut and gymnast, who has been making para-chute drops daily from a big balloon, fall from

his trapeze bar at a height of nearly two thou-

sand feet. He fell in a yard a mile away from

the point of ascension.From the carnival grounds the show manager

and others saw that the gymnast, who in tne

ascent hung feet downward from the bar. wasweakening as the balloon shot upward. They

saw him try to double and draw himself up onthe bar, but he could only catch it by one hand.Finally, after frantic clutching at the air withone hand, he raisvd himself, got both h.in.isaround the bar, tried once more to get over It.raised his body till the waist line touched thebar. and then let go. August's home wa.s In Lan-caster. Perm. He was twenty-five years old.

Aeronaut Cuts Hole in Gasbag to

Reach Earth.[By T«?!<»Krar>h tn The Tribune 1

Paterson, N. J-, Sept. o.—Fifty thousand per-

sons in this city and surrounding towns and fif-teen thousand at an amusement park saw an

airship ascension here to-day that was one

continued series of thrills. Gporge Hamilton,

successor to Baldwin, who was blown to pieces

by dynamite at a fair in Ohio last week, made

the ascension. Thr re were prarticaly no windcurrents, and the airship went up at an angle

of 4."i degrees and responded readily to Hamil-

ton's manipulation.

He manoeuvred over the park a thousand feet.Presently those below saw that he was in diffi-culty. The car's propeller stopped, and the

machine wavered In the air. Se%-eral times it

almost turned turtle.The people below watched its uncontrolled

course with misgivings. Slowly it drifted

toward the east and over Cedar Lawn Cem-etery. At the height of one hundred feet a cur-rent of air caught it and drove it east. It

lan. led on the Buckley Hotel. Riverside Drive,and bounded off into a large tree.

Hamilton fell from the car before it reachedthe tree and was badly bruised. He was takenin an automobile to his hotel.

Hamilton says that after reaching a height ofOne thousand feet his motor refused to work.He riled to fix it, risking ;i fall several times.Finding that he could not manage the motor, hedecided to descend and pulled the string thatopened the balloon's gas valve. The stringbroke and fell about his nock. When the carascended to Its greatest height be climbed intothe rigging and punctured a hole In the bag to

allow the gas to escape. The bole caused thebag to tear apart, an<l to prevent the gas fromescaping top fast he had to cling to the riggingand bold the flaps <>f the tear against each other.He had to let the car drift at will.

Claims Against Russia and Japan forLosses in Manchuria.

IFrnm Tho Tribune Bureau.]Washington. Sept. o.— The spectacle of China

appealing to Russia and Japan to submit to thearbitrament of the Hague Tribunal the validity

end amount of her claims against these nationspromises to constitute thr- next act in the great

drama of civilization which is being enacted inthe Far East. It is learned at the Chinese Le-gation that almost simultaneously with the ex-clusive announcement contained in these dis-patches of July 2H that China was preparing to

demand of Russia and Japan the reimbursementof her citizens in Manchuria for the losses they

had suffered as a result of the hostilities In thatprovince the diplomatic representatives of both

belligerents in Peking received formal noticethat their countries would be held responsible

for the losses so inflicted.Following this formal notice the Chinese gov-

ernment has taken the preliminary step? forthe organization of a court or courts of claimsmodelled after the Spanish Treaty Claims Com-

mission now sitting in Washington. ,To this

court of claims will be confided the duty of as-certaining beyond all doubt the precise amountof damage suffered by Chinese citizens in Man-churia, and on the reports of this court will l«

based the specific demands for reimbursementhereafter to be made. It Is fully appreciated

that it will require considerable time to ascer-tain the precise character and amount of thedamages which the Chinese residents of Man-churia have suffered, and the nation which wasactually responsible for the losses.

Thore is evidently considerable doubt on thepart of the Chinese government regarding thepromptness Tvith which the validity arid ac-curacy of the claims presented will be recog-

nized by the helligerent.s. as Chinese officialsalready suggest that an ultimate settlement may

be reached only as the result of arbitral proceed-ings brought before the Hague Tribunal. "Withregard to the validity of the principle involved,

however, they decline to admit that there is theslightest doubt.

Back and forth over the hills and plains of

Manchuria have surged the conflicting armies,

with disastrous results to great quantities ofprivate property. Homes have been destroyed,

stores have been burned and crops have been

ruined. The property which was thus devas-

tated in almost ev< ry instance belonged to pri-

vate invididuals. citizens of a non-combatantnation, which itself remained neutral and whose

citizens pursued a similar course. Under thesecircumstances, the Chinese officials say, thero

can be no question regarding the validity of thaprinciple or the equity of the demand for re-imbursement, and the only chance for a dispute

lies in the settlement of the actual amount of

damage involved.If,they say, China should be unable to reach

an agreement with regard to the amount in-volved with either or both belligerents, then theHague Tribunal will furnish a complete means

of adjusting the matter, and China hopes that

it willnot be rejected by the defendants In what

so closely resembles an international suit fordamages.

So far as Is known here, the concessionsgranted to Russia for the construction of the

trans-Manchurian and the Chinese railroads in-

volved no monetary consideration, and for thatreason it is not likely that China will make any

demand on Japan for rent or other compensa-

tion for the leaseholds which have passed intoher possession. It is added, however, that thepolicy of the Chinese government with regard

to granting railroad concessions has recentlyundergon3 a radical change and that there is astrong sentiment among the influential classesin China in favor of government ownership ofrailroads. This was exhibited in the efforts ofthe government to repurchase the concessiongranted for the Canton-Hankow Railroad,

which ha 3just been brought to a successfulconclusion, and there, is every indication thatno further railroad concessions will b» granted

to private persons, either foreigners or Chinese

citizens.

FIGHTING INMANCHURIA.

Villages Close to Moorish City

Burned— Ra'mili in Peril.Tangier. Sent. o.—Th<>re has been severe hami

to hand fighting all day in the outskirts of the

city. The casualties are said to be heavy.

Raisuli, who was recently appointed governor

of several important tribes between Tangier and

Fez. reinforced by 500 cavalry. la endeavoring

to subdue th<> rebellious tribesmen, who this

morning burned a number of villages close to

Tangier. Thousands of inhabitants of these

places fled to Tangier, and there is great anxiety

for the safety of the town.

A large force of the Sultan's troops has ar-

rived here. It is not known whether they in-

tend to assist Raisuli or to capture him. Raisull

is reported to have been dismissed from the

post of Governor of the district.

FIGHT FOR LIFE IN AIR.

MAYGO TO HAGUE COURT.

CHINA SEEKS DAMAGES.FIGHTING IN STREETS.

REBELS MENACE TANGIER

THE VERY BEST ACCOMMODATIONS

M Utm York Central trains can be had only bybuying them some time In advance-trains are run-nln* fun The Yew

°rk'.'7lt ll is the passenger

mhi Arnica Set time table in this paper.-Advt.

HOTEL CAMBRIDGE. STH AYE. AND 33D ST.,HOTEL season September 12th.

S&°'HENRV WALTER. PropT-lAdvu

Pluck of Woman Struck by Automo-

bile Saves Her.Mrs. Mary E. Sullivan's pluck saved her from

being crushed to death last night under a big

touring automobile. Mrs. Sullivan, who lives at

No. 668 East I.'i4th-st., was walking across

23d-st., when the car, Sn which were Robert

Turnbull. a broker, and his wife, struck her.She seemed about to be crushed under the ma-

chine when 6he turned herself around andcaught the crossbar. She was dragged about halfa block. Turnbull stopped his machine as soon

as he could, and he and his wife, with Patrol-man Donnelly, helped the woman to her feet. V

She was slightly bruised about the face, but

said she was not otherwise Injured. Mrs. Turn-

bull offered to take her home in the machine,

but she said she would walk home.

MR. ROCKEFELLER'S CORNER IN WORMS.IBy Telegraph to The Tribune]

Cleveland Sept. 9 -Twenty Thousand angle wormswere gathered on John D. Rockefeller's golf linksyesterday and to-day. They had been causing rises

on the link- that made play difficult, and under Mr.

Rockefeller's repenrt«*on employe* _. «id a chem-

ical preparation over the ground that brought the

worms to the surface.

HELD TO TOURING CAR.

Power Plant, on Edge of River,

Burned—

Lights Out.Niagara Fails. N. T.. Bept n.-A fire which

started in the wire tower of the Niagara Falls

Hydraulic Power Company to-night, threatened

the entire millingdistrict. The plant cf the

Pittsburg Reduction Company, manufacturersof aluminum, was the only one seriously dam-

aged. The loss there willbe about $10,000.

Half the city Is in darkness through the de-

struction of power conduits. The damage to the

power company's plant will be heavy. Owing

to the position of the buildings, on the edge of

Niagara River, the firemen were unable to fight

the flames effectively for some time.

NIAGARA FALLS FIRE.

Aged Preacher Sent to Asylum

After a Dai/ of Sightfßr Telegraph to Th« Tribune!

Winsted. Conn.. Sept. 0.-Benjamin Taylor,

about seventy years old. of Colebrook. who was

formerly a preacher and who has been totally

b'ind tor Several years, waa so elated yesterday

when he regained his sight that he became

mentally unbalanced, and now is a raving

rrlaniac. To-day the Probate Court committed

him to the State Hospital for Insane, and he

was taken to the asylum in Middletown this

afternoon. .After the old man had recovered his sight he

did not trust It.and walked off an embankment

wall at the home of his son on Lake-st.. badly

bruising his head. His hallucinations took a re-

ligious turn, and he constantly exhorted on his

knees in the police and railroad stations before

being taken away.

CRAZY AT SEEING AGAIN.

The worst is now considered to be over. Those

left destitute are beginning to feel the pangs of

hunger, and there Is also much suffering by

those insufficiently clad from the chilly weather

at night. Succor is pouring in from all quar-

ters, but the destitution is so widespread that it

is impossible to supply Immediately all the needs

of the people. Inaddition to the gift of $20,000

by King Victor Emmanuel and the Ministerial

subsidies, newspapers in every part of Italyhave

opened subscriptions. Public sympathy has

been aroused in an exceptional degree, and

everybody regards the disaster as a national

calamity. Officers and private citizens in the

affected provinces and through the kingdom are

hastening to assist in the dangerous work of

rescue, and are displaying great energy.

Man?/ StillUvdcr Ruins in Calabria-The Work of Relief.

Rome. Sept. U.—The effects of the earthquake

were more disastrous than at first reported. Dis-

patches from the south give ever increasing lists

of dead and injured, the numbers now running

into the, thousands Martirano alone shows 2.200casualties, while at Pargholia the number of

dead is estimated at 300. and at Lappolo, 200.

Many persons are still entombed in the ruina in

these and other districts, and touching scenes

are enacted when bodies are recovered and

identified by grief stricken relatives. In somecases whole families have been wiped out.

The greatest agitation continues among the

populace. Slight shocks of earthquake are. felt

occasionally, and subterranean rumblings are

still heard. Those persons still possessing homes

refuse to enter them.

THOUSANDS DEAD OR HURT

TANGIER, THE FAMOUS SEAPORT OF MOROCCOIn \u25a0whose outskirts rebellious tribes are fighting.

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POWDER MILLS BLOW UP.

EXPLOSION KILLS SCORE.

VOVOI~ LXV-..N0-

21.483.

EARTHQUAKE'S DAMAGE.

Th's if th-=- third explosion at the Rarid plant

within the last two years. Three men were

killed in the first explosion. Two were hurt In

the pe-ond. which was only slight. A few months

ago the citizens of Fair<han. c had an Injunc-

tion Served or, the Rand powder firm, asking the\u25a0 -hat the arm be compelled to move their

works from that neighborhood. They declaredthat the town of Fairchance was Jeopardized by

peeing a plant so dose to the town. This in-•r. Is still pending in the Superior Court.

The hole where the magazine exploded is

aV>out IS feet deep and 50 yards square. The

earth, Mack and soggy, is thrown up in huge

chunk?, some of them weighing a hundredpounds, t'r.der the high banks of earth thrownup at this place workmen are. working with

picks trying to get trace of more bodies.

C. Mortimer Rand, the manager, was taken

to his home at Dnlontown on a streetcar about

noon. He suffered greatly from shock, aside

from the painful Injuries he received. Mr. Randcould not be seen and no statement from the

> could be obtained of the accident or

v. rose of it.

When thr- bodies were recovered the work of

identification was difficult. Almost a half mile

BMtmtainward from ihe plant an office over-elepyp was ricked up

B\B<"LAY. rharl«-c. die.! \u25a0\u25a0" hoipltatRRBAKIRON. James.

FRITZ. Charles.,-.F.IT; Anawalt.

HCGHE& ElmerHUMPHRIES. <i'.T!«T&JEWKLX.TN. Oeorg*

JXewKLJLYX. WilliamHARTIN G*>org*

M'INTVHK. William. died in hospital.

HETi A.l" Isaac."ITrHELU on • ••

Ki:,ANP. Frank.sfftNEY iimcr.VNPEKWnOD. Ham. died hi hospital.

WATEBSTRAW. Fred. IT.

WATERSTRAW. Fred. jr.

WOOD?.•

:r~rt.WOODS. i 'yd.-.

Among those seriously injured are:

GOLDBERG. Genre*. M;rned and Internally injured.

«4VH^^^:;^rInMLn:!^,r,an>- injured.

:rL^TiS^r of Plan., foot era** -nd

=vnIEY" .Tame*, foot niaM ar..l burn"!.

cTRAI'THEH.cjV"lus»eU, serious burnt.iwAjSrTOr^!!!£ arm broken an! shork.WINACGHT. mock and born*.

Scores of persons In the town of FaJrchance.within half a mile of the powder mills, were

more or less painfully injured.

The shock of the explosion was distinctly felt

in Connellsville. twenty miles away, building

beinp rocked on their foundations. At Union-

town hundreds of panes of glass were broken.

In the town of Fairchance there is scarcely a

house that did not suffer damage. The sides

were battered in as though axes had been used.Haystacks were toppled over in the fields and

livestock was stunned. The rails of the Balti-

more tad Ohio Railroad and the West P^nsyl-

vaTia Railway were rooted from the r~db«land

tifflr. was delay-, from four to six hours

EStfers being made over the. Pennsylvania. A

Soon the Baltimore and Ohio had a narrow

«£« from annihilation. It had just passed

th. Rand mill, when the explosion occurred^The windows in the passenger coaches nere

Mattered and passengers thrown into a panic.

Had the train been a few seconds late it would

have been blown up. as the mills are within a

few rods of the tracks. A streetcar on the West

enough away to escape damage, though it .eft

the rails.There were seven explosions in all. Every one

of the ten buildings was totally demolished.

Not a vestige of them remains to-night. The

debris that was strewn over the ten acres of

ground where the plant was situated took fire

Boon after the explosion and added its terrors to

the disaster. The dismembered parts of the

dead were burned in many instances?. Identifi-

cation of many was made by parts of clothing

alone Th" first three explosions were not so

serious as the last four. Then the packing house,

pressing room and magazine blew up. followedby two cars of dynamite standing- on a nearby

railroad siding, which were set off by the con-

cussion from the powder mill explosions. The

other cars remained intpct. and it was with dif-ficulty that they were moved to a place of

safety after the explosion.

Whenever a survivor or a finder of some ghast-

ly relic chose to talk, h" was Immediately sur-

rounded by eager groups of listeners. Orvllle

Bwaney was* working in the glazing- room and

had gone out for a drink of water. He was Justoutside when the mixingmill went up. The ex-

plosion threw him high in the air. but he land-

fed on his feet on a network of fallen wires.

Ilodging through these, he sped around the hill

and was fifty feet away when the second explo-

sion threw him on hi? face. He lay there

stunned, and knew nothing of the terrific blast

that came when the storage magazine went up.

A half-hour after the explosion he was picked

up and carried to a place of safety. All day at

short Intervals searchers would biing in ghast-

ly relics of the explosion.

Damage for Mile* Around in Penn-sylvania —Panic on Train.

Conr.ellsvillo, Pcnn.. Sept. 9.— Rand Pow-

der mils aj Fairohance. six miles south of

fnlontov. n. •wore entirely wiped out by an ox-

ploafon at '.'OS a. m. to-day. Of the thirty-two

Uen who went to work in the mills this morn-

.'-r nineteen are known to be dead. Of theao

thirteen have been identified. The list of dead

and missing; iF! aP follows:

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