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SLAIN'AT h CROSSING.
Terrible Labor Day Disaster a!
Cohoes, N. Y.
Train Crashes Irate a Loaded Troile]
Car--Eighteen Passengers Are
Killed and Ten More
May Die.
Cohoes, N. Sept. 6.--An appalling
disaster occurred in this city shortly
before eight o'clock Monday night. A
trolley car of the Troy City Railroad
company was struck by the night boat
special of the Delaware & Hudson rail-
road at a crossing at the west end of
the Hudson river bridge/ which con-
nects this city with Lansingburg, and
its load of human freight was.hurled
into the air. Eighteen of the 35 passen-
gers are dead, and at least ten of the
remainder will die.
The cars entering the eity from Lan-
singbnrg were crowded with passen-
gers t~turning from a Labor,lay picnic
at Renssalaer park, a lfl~asure re'sort
near Troy. Car No. ]92 of theTroy city
railroad was the victim of the disaster.
It 'ckme over the bridge about 7:35
o'clock laden with a merry party of peo-
ple fresh from the epjoyment 0fthe
day.
$eeue ot the Dls~m.t~Je
The crossing where the accident oc-
curred is at a grade. Four tracks of
the Delaware & Hudson road, which
runs north and south at this point,
cross the two tracks of the trolley
road. It was the hour when the night
boat special, a train which runs south
and connects with the New York city
boat~t Albany, was due to pass that
point. The tracks of the street line
run at B from ~he bridge to the
point took place.
In censer I fact and of the
frequent p~
the r~ale to:
to stop his ear and go forward to ob-
THE SOUTHERN STORM.
rurther Reports of Great Damage
--Coast lslnnds Suffer
Severely.
Savannah, Ga Sept. 3.--While Saran-
nab suffered heavily from the cyclone
,which swept over this section of the
coast Wednesday morning, the dam-
age on the coast islands and in the in-
terior as far as the storm reached is
probably greater, The flooded condi-
tion of the country renders communi-
cation difficult and in many sections it
is entirely cut off and no news has been
received to indicate what the condi-
hens are. The first news from the
Carolina sea islands which were the
scene of the great tidal storm of 1893,
~n which thousands of persons per-
ished was received Friday. While the
storm was nothing like tha~ of five
years ago the loss is heavy. The
beaches north of Tybee are lined with
wrecks of small craft and at Bluffton
and the other small settlements near-
ly all the houses were unroofed and
many were destroyed.
The loss to the rice crop on the
Savannah river alone is estimated at
$200,000 to $250,000. Three-fourths of
the crop has been des~croyed. T(ae loss
tO planters between Savannah and Au-
gusta will run into the hundreds of
thousands. "A heavy flood is reported
:t~the upper Savannah river and mes-
,sengers were sent out from here to
warn planters of its approach. The
cotton crop in the counties adjoining
Savannah i ss practically
rut ed.
The Switch Was Open.
Syracuse, N. Y Sept 2.~A special
to the Herald from Fulton says:
THANKSGIVING SERVICES. GOLD FROM THE KLONDIKE.
Held in Amsterdam on the Oeenslon Steamer ]Roanoke Brings to Seattle
of Queen ~Vilhelmiaa Attain- About $4,000,000 -- Many Gold
ing Her Majority. Hunters Disappointed.
Amsterdam, S~pt. 1. Solemn Seattle, Wash Aug. 31.---The steam-
thanksgiving services were held here er Roanoke arrived here Tuesday from
Wednesday in all the churches, as St. Michael, Alaska, with 459 passen-
well ~s in the churches lhroughout gers and gold dust which a conserva-
Itolland, upon ~he occasion of Queentire estimate places at $4,000,000. The
Wilhehnina attaining her majority, bulk of it was the property of the Can-
Queen Wilhehnina, accompanied by adian bank of commerce and the North
the queen mother, attended divine American Trading & Transportation
service in the Great church here in the company. The amount consigned to
morning. The grand duke of Saxe-
Weimar, the grand duchess of Meck-
linburg, the prince and princess of
Waid, the diplomatic corps, the civic
r~nd military authorities, and 4,000
other persons were present.
The papal nuncio, Mgr, Taranassi,
and the minivers from Catholic coun-
tries attended divine services in the
Catholic church.
Upon the occasion of her birthday
and the attainment of her majority,
Queen Wilhelmina Helen Pauline
Maria issued a proclamation to the
people of the Netherlands It was
worded as follows:
"On this day, so important to you and
me, I desire before all else to say a word of
warm gratitude. ~rom my tenderest years
you have surrounded me with your love.
From all parts of the kingdom, from ~ll
classes of society, young and old, I have
always received striking proofs of at-
tachment. After the death of my vener-
ated father, all your attachment to the
dynasty was transferred to me. On this
day I am ready to accept the splendid
though weighty task whereto I shall be
called, and I feel myself supported by your
fidelity. Receive my thanks. My ex-
perience hitherto has left ineffaceable Im-
pressions and Is an earnest of the future
the Canadian bank of commerce is
$600,009. A majority of the passengers
were men who went to Dawson in last
year's rush. They have no gold but
lots of experience. The fortunate pas-
sengers numbered about 75. Of these
probably 25 had over $10,000 each The
amounts held by the remaining 50
range from $100 to $50,000. The fol-
lowing is a list of the richest ones and
the amounts they brought back:
M. W. Jenkins, $53,000; Theodore Ander-
son, $50,000; Georgs Carmack, $35,0~;
"Stick Jim," $35,000; "Tagish Charley,"
~,5,000; lke Powers, $15,000; I-1. Donne, $15 -
000; F, Renaud. $15,000.
These men were among the first who
went into the Klondike. George Car-
mack wa~ the discoverer of the Klon-
dike. tie located the fie'st claim on
diana.
Another Crniser for Oar Navy.
VCashington, Aug. 31.--,Now that hos--
tilities are over the United States is
at liberty to receive from the British
builders the fine cruiser, Albany, sister
ship to the New Orleans. which was
NAME THEIR TICKET.
Procee, ings of the Iowa Republican
Convention in Dubuque.
A TRIUMPHAL ENTRY.
Queen Wllhelmlua Goes to Amster-
dam to Be Formally Crowned
Ruler of Netherln:ads.
Amsterdam, Sept. 6.---Beginning at
early dawn Monday vast cro~ds of
Senator Allison Was the PreMldlnw people gathered in the streets, which
Officer- Ticket Nominated and were lavishly decorated, in anttcipa-
Platforn~ Adopted--New State tion of the entry of Queen Wilhelmina,
Central Comlultiee. The wealher was bright, and trains
from provinces brought thousands of
Dubuque, Is Sept. 2.--The republ/c= v'siiors to the city. The stands which
an state convention yesterday was had been erected along the route of
presided over by Senator William B. the procession were packed early, as
~Allison~ who. when taking the gavel, was also the Damplatz. The route
told of the appreciation of the honor to the royal palace was lined by 35
conferred upon him in presiding overworkingmen's unions and 11 military
the convention, paid a high compli- associations, the latter comprising
sent to CoY, Shaw and predicted the veterans of 1830-31, and other retired
election of the ticket to be nominated, soldiers to the number of 5.000. The
At the conclusion of his remarks theDamplatz, the high bridge over the
following tieket was nominated: Amstel, the princi.pal canals, and the
George L. Dobson, of Polk county, secre- streets through which the queen
iary of state, passed were adorned with festoons and
John Herriott, of Adair county, treasurer triumphal arches. A striking feature in
of state.
Horace E. Deeaner, of Montgomery eouno [ this was the representation of Ad-
ty, Judge of the supreme court, miral de Ruyter's old flagship, "The
C. T. Jones, of Washington county, clerk Peace." All the houses surrounding
of supreme court, the Damplatz were literally enshroud-
/3enJamln I. Salinger, of Carroll county, ed with gay draperies and natural
reporter for the ~upreme court.
Frank F. Merrlam, of Delaware county,flowers.
auditor of state. After Burgomaster Van Den Hoven,
Milton Remley, of Johnson county, ~governor of the province of northern
Zomlnated for attorney general. }rolland, had offered the province's
Welcome Mowrey, of Tams county, long-
term railway commissioner, homage, ~n the course of his speech re-
Col. J. D. Palmer. of W'ashlngton county, erring to the ties that for more than
railway commissioner. ~o fiI1 vacancy, three centuries had bound the province
The Platform. and the house of Orange, the queen re-
The platform, adopted unanirpously,plied briefly, saying: "I am happy that
is as follows: this great *day has arrived."
The republicans of lows, in state eonven- Six hours before Queen Wilhelmina's
tmn, declare:
That we congratulate the country upon arrival 200,000 people had assembled
the wise and patriotic administration of in the streets and around the palace.
I~resldent McKhfley, and we regard the Her majesty a~opeared at 3:30' o'clock
measures and policies thereof as the con- p. m. preceded by 30 dtvisioxrs, inelud-
crete expression of republican statesman-
shotuPr and especially do we commend hts ing representatives of the army and
e se during the present war with Spain navy, governmental and municipal offi-
his wisdom and forbearance in seeking a eials, and princes from Holland's East
peaceable solution of the Cuban question Indian colonies who came here ex-
before resorting to arms, while at the same
t;me prudently preparing for war, and pressly to witness the enthroning of
when circumstances finally made armed in-. the young queen.
tervention necessary, his vigor and energy The royal coach was of white, orna-
LABOR
Chicago, Sept.
aside its working
donned gala-day
bor's national
of the city to the
foundries, brick
shops and building
ed, while their
mighty army that
gan its triumphal
cheering,
lined the streets
Between 30,000 and
ers marched through i
many times that ~ am
enjoy the holiday in
vidual way.
Washington, Se
spent in a quiet ~.
ton. The trades' dis
vious years has been
tare of the day was
the observance of the
form of excursions toi
under the auspices o
ternit|es where spe,
programmes provided
all. The executive de'
government were
war and nay
much to be done in
hess incidental to the
officials were
New York, Sept.
observed in New Y
tal cessation of all
trying to keep co
parade, and a~
dividual toilers and
gan rhshing for the
raid on the trolley
transportation lines 1
the city it was unbeam
stayed at home.
contests and
day's diversions.
Washington, Sept.
matters to which the
serve the railroad tracks and signal
la the progecutlon of the war.