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ESTABLISHED 1887.
MET DEATH IN A MINE
Over One Hundred Men and Boys En
tombed at Pittston.'
ALL HOPE HAS BEEN ABANDONED
Distinct and Repeated Shocks
Have Been Heard
AN EARTH-QUAKE
Kxperts Say That Even If the Men Were
Not Killed by Falling Hook and Coal,
They Could Live Only a Few Minutes Be
fore Being Suffocated Heartrending
Scenes at the Mouth of the Mines.
Wilkesbarre, Pa., June 29.—At 3
■o’clock Sunday morning the city of Pitt
ston, nine miles from here, was thrown
into the wildest excitement by three
severe, distinct and separate shocks, ac
companied by rumbling and earthquake
disturbance. Immediately after, an
’alarm of the most thrilling character
spread through the entire population,
which was considerably added to by the
alarm whistle at Twin shaft, at Pittston
junction, accompanied by repeated fire
alarms.
Hundreds of people rushed to the
Twin shaft, operated by the Newton
Coal company, from which the alarm
came, only to find that the shock so dis
tinctly felt was due to an extensive
cave-in accompanied by an explosion
which occurred in the sixth or lower
vein of the shaft. Their excited appre
hensions were by no means exaggerated,
for over 100 men and buys were en
tombed in the pit.
The fearful and distressing news
spread with lightning like rapidity, and
by 8 o’clock the head of the shaft was
thronged by thousands of men, women
and children, the latter wringing their
hands and expressing most heartrend
ing cries for their beloved ones who are
imprisoned in the dark pit beneath.
Tfie Work of Rescue.
At the mouth of the shaft, besides the
wives and children of the entombed
men,’there are hundreds of persons, not
residents of Pittston alone, but visitors
from Kingston, Scranton and Wilkes
barre. * The grief of the stricken fami
lies is intense. Wives and children,
\nany of whom have not left the mouth
<u£ the shaft since the terrible accident,
stand near the opening to the death
■chamber and urge the rescuers to greater
efforts.
Practically nothing has been accom
plished towards the recovery of the men.
4 There is scarcely an old miner about the
opening of the mine who does not
believe that the men are all dead.
The rescuing party which went into
the mine at 1 o’clock came out of the
shaft at 7 o’clock. The foreman reports
. that the timbering in the mine is going
era as rapidly as possible. He said the
work was necessarily slow owing to the
danger of falling rocks which have been
loosened by the terrible explosion.
Any suggestions advanced as to the
probable time the men will be reached
are mere guess work, as all depends
upon whether the slope is completely
choked up by debris or not. If not the
rescuers may possibly reach the men
within the next 24 hours; otherwise it
will not be less than three days. The
rescuing party is now 2.000 feet from
where the cave-in occurred. The gas
continues to accumulate and the roof,
which was weakened by the explosion, is
in danger of falling at any moment.
Three Rescuers’ Narrow Escape.
The men came out of the shaft bear
ing the looks of anxiety and hard labor.
One of them said:
“I am glad lam out of that hole. I
would like very much to see the en
tombed men rescued alive, but I tell you
we who are engaged in the work of res
cue, are carrying our lives in our hands.
Why, we had hardly begun work when
a big squeeze came on. I and two la
borers were putting up a prop about six
inches too short. I sent a laborer for a
’ ‘cap,’but before he returned the roof
came down and met the prop. So great
was the pressure that the heavy prop
was snapped off as though it were a
match. Fortunately we succeeded in
getting away before the roof came down
any further. So you can readily see
what chances we are taking.”
Hope of finding the men alive and un
injured, by the older miners, has been
abandoned, because they know that the
ventilation is bad, and had the men es
caped the fall, they could not live 20
minutes in such an atmosphere. Others,
however, recall the Sugar Notch dis
aster of 1879, in which five men were
rescued from a breast in the mine after
they were imprisoned for five days. But
the fact was overlooked that the breast
in which the men were locked up was
free and was in a direct line with the
air shaft. It was the most remarkable
case in the annals of Anthracite coal
mining and may not be paralleled again
in a century.
Opinion of kn Expert.
Speaking on this point Fire Boss
Johns, who is considered one of the
best experts in the Wyoming Valley on
mine ventilation, said:
“It is my belief that the air current
in the twin shaft was shut off the mo
ment the cave-in occurred. Then if the
men were not killed by the falling rock
and coal they could have lived some
minutes before being suffocated. Or, if
the space where they were was left
clear, gas would have accumulated and
exploded which would of course have
burned the men to death. It is not
likely that it will be known how the
men met death until their bodies shall
have been recovered. ”
The mine owners are doing every
thing possible tp hurry the work of res-
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
cue on. notning is oeing spared ana
the best labor in the district is being se
cured. ’ •
The damage to the mine is estimated
at $25,000, and the expense of getting
the bodies out will not fall short of $lO,-
000 and may reach $20,000. Besides the
company will be called upon to bury a
great number of the victims, especially
.the Hungarians and Poles.
The company is receiving some cen
sure for sending men into the mine
when the higher officials knew it was
dangerous, and in answer to this criti
cism the company declare that the same
thing is done' in other mines of*the coal
regions.
The company had either to do this or
close the mine ( which meant the loss of
all the capital invested.
SHIPS TOO SMALL.
Secretary Herbert Cannot Comply With
the Request of President Search.
Philadelphia, June 29. —Two letters
from the secretary of the navy have
been received by President Theodore O.
Search of the National Association of
Manufacturers concerning the trip of
American manufacturers to South Amer
ica. Referring to the suggestion that a
United States warship should be placed
at their disposal, Secretary Herbert ex
presses his regret that there is no ship
in the navy that has accommodations
for so many persons, on account of the
cramped quarters of the officers and
crews on board the modern war vessels.
Secretary Herbert adds:
Permit me to say that the president
sympathizes as I do with the purposes
your association has in view, and most
heartily wish the enterprise the success
which your energy so richly deserves. The
department recognizes that the character
of those who comprise your association
and the broad purpose which they have in
view gives to this enterprise somewhat of
a national character, and that it is alto
gether not like an ordinary case of mer
chants seeking to extend their individual
interests and therefore regrets his ina
bility to comply with your request.)
In the other letter Secretary Herbert
says:
I have to request that you will furnish
the department with probable date of ar
rival in South America of the representa
tives of the National Association of Man
ufacturers and the name of the vessel con
veying them, that the commanding offi
cer of the United States naval force on the
south Atlantic station may be informed
of their approaching visit and instructed
to give them such assistance as they may
desire and he be able to render.
“MURDER WILL OUT.”
A Man Arrested at Mobile For a Crime
Committed Twenty-five Years Ago.
Mobile, June 29.—-Oolyer, Hall, a
well known citizen of this city, has
been arrested at his home, about ten
miles north of Mobile, for the alleged
murder of his stepfather, a man named
O’Ferrall, in Escambia county, Fla., on
June 10, 1871.
Mr. Hall has been a citizen of this
county for the past quarter of a cen
tury and is a well-to-do stockraiser, his
wealth being estimated at $10,000..;
He admits that he was present when
his stepfather was killed and that there
had been bad blood between them, but
he denies that he fired the shot that
killed O’Ferrall.
Hall claims that O’Ferrall, after mar
rying his stepmother, stole his sheep
and hogs and several times tried to burn
him out. Trouble sprung up between
them and he would have nothing to do
with his stepfather. Hall claims that
one Sunday, while on his way to church
with his family, the man rose from be
hind a log, where he had a gun and pis
tol concealed, and but for the presence
of his stepmother O’Ferrall would have
killed him. O’Ferrall attempted to use
a gun and was killed by a gunshot
wound, but Hall claims that he never
fired it.
WRECK NEAR HEFLIN,
Two Men Killed and Three Others Seri
ously Injured—Runaway Car the Cause.
Heflin, Ala., June 29. —A fatal wreck
occurred on the Georgia Pacific division
of the Southern railroad near this place.
Two negro men were killed and three
others seriously injured.
The wreck was the result of a col
lision between a runaway freight car
and a morning freight train which
leaves Birmingham about 11 o’clock.
The car had been sidetracked on the top
of a steep grade in a lumber yard about
one mile beyond Heflin. In some way
it started down the steep grade and was
running at the rate of about 50 miles an
hour when it collided with the west
bound freight.
The engine was badly torn up and the
entire train was thrown from the track.
The engineer and fireman escaped un
hurt.
Two Mogul Engines Collide.
Birmingham, Ala., June 29.—A head
end collision occurred between two
freight trains on the Louisville and Nash
ville road,two miles south of New. Castle.
Two large mogul engines and half a
dozen freight cars heavily loaded with
merchandise were badly damaged, some
of the cars being torn to splinters. The
operator at New Castle, it seems, had
. orders to hold southbound train No. 71
at his place to let northbound No. 72 go
by. Train No. 71 went by, however,
and two miles this side of the place,
while both were going at the rate of
about 15 miles an hour, they collided.
The train crews saw the two trains com
ing in time to jump, and escaped with
only nominal bruises. There were a
number of tramps on the truckrods of
the cars, and all of them escaped with
the exception of one, whose body was
literally mashed to pieces. His name
was not learned.
j
President Appoints a Georgian.
Washington, June 29.—The presi
dent has appointed 0. Max Manning of
Georgia, secretary of legation of the
United States at Monrovia, Liberia.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME. GA.. TUESDAY, JUNE 30, 1896.
WANTS HER RELEASE
Farmer Protests Against Detention of
City of Richmond.
SAYS SHE IS NO FILIBUSTERER
He Called at ths Treasury De
partment Yesterday
TO ASK FOR AN INVESTIGATION
Commissioner of Navigation Chamberlain
Advised the President of the Key West
and Miami Steamship Company to Carry
the Case to the Courts —Return of the
Steamer Commodore.
Washington, June 29.—Archie Har
u.er, president of the Key West and
Miami Steamship company of Jackson
ville, Fla., called at the treasury de
partment to protest against the deten
tion of the City of Richmond, which,
with the steamer Three Friends, was
captured by the revenue cutter Winona
on suspicion of violating the United
States neutrality laws in attempting to
carry aid to the Cuban insurgents.
President Harmer told Mr. Chamber
lain. the commissioner of navigation,
that the City of Richmond makes three
trips a week regularly between Key
West and Miami, carrying passengers
and freight. On last Wednesday she
carried Cubans and four Amer
icans as passengers and a large cargo of
freight. On arrival at Miami, and
while the cargo was being discharged, it
was discovered that among it was a lot
of arms and ammunition. As soon as
this was ascertained the collector of
customs, in conjunction with the com
mander of the revenue cutter, ordered
that the Cuban passengers remain on
board, together with the munitions of
war, while the four American passengers
were permitted to go free and Winona
escorted the steamer back to Key West.
Harmer declared that if the boat was
engaged in any business involving a
violation of the United States neutrality
laws he and the officers of his company
were entirely unaware of it. Tehrefore
he asked for the release of the ship.
• Commissioner of Navigation Cham
berlain admitted that the case against
the steamer was not clear, according to
the reports furnished to the treasury de
partment by the collector, upon whose
order the seizure had been made, but
advised President Harmer to take the
case to the courts.
The two vessels had on board about
40 men and 400 cases of arms, which
are supposed to have been destined to
Cuba. Among the men captured was
Dr. Castillo, said to be secretary of the
Cuban junta.
COMMODORE RETURNS.
The Captain of the Little Steamer Talks
of the Trip to Florida Waters.
Charleston, June 29.—The Commo
dore steamed up to the harbor at 2:30
Sunday afternoon. Captain Morton
says:
'‘When the Commodore arrived in
Tampa her papers were examined and
found to be all right. Then she was
searched for arms and, of course, none
were found. For two days we lay in
the harbor and on Thursday we set sail
with no cargo for Charleston. Before
we left the harbor we were lying very
near to the revenue cutter McLane, and
if the officers of that vessel wished to
examine the Commodore and its papers,
every opportunity was afforded them.
"We steamed from the harbor very
slowly, for the machines were not in the
best of working order. When about
two miles out I heard the report of a
gun and saw the McLane behind us.
Bang, went another, and I ordered tin?
engine stopped and we awaited the ar
rival of the pursuer. Bang, went the
third, and this time a solid shot whistled
by us, falling not 20 feet from the ves
sel. The wind of the shot as it passed
was felt on the face of every man on
deck. If it had struck us the Commo
dore would have been sunk.
“The captain of the vessel came
aboard and I asked what meant this out
rage. His reply was that he wanted the
vessel to stop and wanted to examine
its papers. He asked if we carried a
passenger list, and I told him no. He
examined my papers, went through the
vessel and found everything correct.
He then left us and we continued on to
Charleston on a peaceable voyage. ”
Captain Morton said that he would
leave for New York in a few days and
that the Commodore would probably re
main in the harbof.
Wheelman Killed by an Electrio Car.
Atlanta, June 29.—Herman Frank
lin, a well known young man of this
city, 19 years of age, fell from his bicy
cle under an electric car at the corner
of Pryor and Mitchell streets, and was
instantly killed. The conductor and
motorman of the car have been arrested,
charged with reckless running.
Charged With Killing Hl» Wife.
Atlanta, June 29.—Mrs. John Mc-
Cullough was mysteriously killed at
Riverdale, a small place near here, and
her husband has been arrested charged
with the crime. It is said he committed
the deed to get insurance money. Mc-
Cullough has been safely lodged in Ful
ton county jail, but a lynching was nar
rowly averted.
Amnesty to Cretan Insurgents.
Naw York, June 29.—A special to
The Herald from Constantinople says:
The sultan has ordered a general am
i nesty to the Cretans.
M’KINLEY NOTIFIED
Os His Nomination by Republicans For
the Presidency.
WAS CALLED ON BY A COMMITTEE
It-Was a Grand Procession of
Carriages
HEADED BY DISTINGUISHED MEN
Senator Thurston Made the Speech Form
ally Apprising the Major of the St. Louis
Convention’s Action—McKinley, In His
Speech of Acceptance, Said the Platform
Met With His Approval.
Canton, 0., June ISA. —The notifica
tion committee reached Canton at 11:40
a. m. The permanent reception com
mittee, lately organized for the cam
paign, headed by Judges George E.
Baldwin, William K. Day and Henry A.
wise, was at thepepot to meet the party.
The decorated tallyhos and carriages
were in waiting at the station. The pa
rade was organized, and the Grand
Army band and the Citizen’s Troops of
Cavalry led the vehicles occupied by the
guests.
Citizens fell in behind and an enor
mous crowd quickly gathered 'about the
McKinley home, where the duties of
the committee were discharged and
where the general public had been in
formally invited through press notices.
. On arriving at the McKinley home,
the committee and guests found an enor
mous crowd assembled about the resi
dence. But an open space on the north
side was reserved and the party was
quickly seated upon the camp chairs
provided. Mr. McKinley and a com
pany of friends occupied the front
porch as the party arrived. Just as the
crowd was coming down, Governor Mc-
Kinley stepped out on the porch and
was given a most enthusiastic ovation,
cheer after cheer arising from the
crowd.
Senator Thurston stepped upon the
porch and in his fiery eloquence de
livered the official notification. He was
greeted with enthusiastic applanse and
frequently interrupted by cheering for
the sentiments he expressed. He said :
Senator Thur.ton's Speech.
Governor McKinley:
We are here to perform the pleasant
duty assigned us by the Repabliean na
tional convention, recently assembled in
St. Louis, that of formally notifying you •
of your nomination as the candidate of
the Republican party for president of the
United States. We respectfully request
your acceptance of this nomination and
your approval of the declaration of prin
ciples adopted by the convention. We as
sure you that you are the unanimous
choice of a united party, and your candi
dacy wjll be immediately accepted by the
country as an absolute guaranty of Re
publican success.
Your nomination has been made in obe
dience to a popular demand, whose uni
versality and spontaneity attest the confi
dence of the plain people of the United
States. By common consent you are
their champion. Their mighty uprising
in your behalf emphasizes the sincerity of
their conversion to the cardinal principles
of protection and reciprocity as best ex
emplified in that splendid congressional
act which justly bears your name. Under
it this nation advances to the very culmi
nation of a prosperity far surpassing that
of all other peoples and all other times; a
prosperity shared in by all sections, all in
terests and all classes; by capital and la
bor: by producer and consumer; a pros
perity so happily in harmony with the
genius of popular government that its
choicest blessings were most widely dis
tributed among the lowliest toilers and
the humblest homes.
In 1892, your countrymen, unmindful of
your solemn warnings, returned that
party to power which reiterated its ever
lasting opposition to, a protective tariff
and demanded the repeal of the McKinley
act. They sowed the wind. They reaped
the whirlwind. The sufferings and losses
and disasters to the American people from
four years of Democratic tariff are vastly
greater than those which came to them
from four years of civil war. Out of it
all one great good remains. Those who
scorned your counsels speedily witnessed
the fulfillment of your prophecies, and
even as the scourged and repentant Is
raelites abjured their stupid idols and re
sumed unquestioning allegiance to Moses
and Moses’ God, so now your country meu,
ashamed of their errors, turn to you and
to those glorious principles for which you
stand, in the full belief that your candi
dacy and the Republican platform mean
that the end of the wilderness has come
and the promised land of American pros
perity is again to them an insured inher
itance.
But your nomination means more than
the indorsement of protective tariff, of re
ciprocity, of sound money and of honest
finance, for all of which you have so stead
fastly stood. It moans an indorsement
of your heroic youth, your fruitful years
of arduous public service, your ster
ling patriotism, your stalwart Ameri
canism, your Christian character, and the
purity, fidelity and simplicity of your pri
vate life. In all these things you are the
typical American; for all these things you
are the chosen leader of the people. God
give you strength to so bear the honors
and meet the duties of that great office for
which you are now nominated and to
which you will be elected, that your ad
ministration will enhance the dignity and
power and glory of this republic, and se
cure the safety, welfare ana happiness of
its liberty loving people.
At 12:20 Governor McKinley arose to
respond and the cheering was renewed.
When quiet was restored, he spoke as
follows:
Major McKinley's Response.
Senator Thurston and Gentlemen of the
Notification Committee of the Republi
can National Convention:
To be selected as their presidential can
didate by a great party convention, repre
senting so vast a number of the people of
the United States, is a most distinguished
honor, for which I would not conceal my
high appreciation, although deeply sen
sible of the great responsibilities of the
■ trust and mx inability to boar them with-
out generous and coriotant'siipporror my
fellow countrymen. Great as is the honor
conferred, equally arduous and important
is the duty imposed, and in accepting the
one I assume the other, relying upon the
patriotic devotion of the people to the best
interests of our beloved country, and the
sustaining care and aid of Him without
whose support all things are empty and
vain. Should the people ratify the choice
of the great convention for which you
speak, my only aim will be to promote
the public good, which in America is al
ways the good of the greatest number, the
honor of our country and the welfare of
the people.
The questions to be settled in the na
tional contest this year are as serious and
important as any of the great govern
mental problems that have confronted us
in the past quarter of a century. They
command our sober judgment and a set
tlement free from partisan judgment and
passion, beneficial to ourselves and befit
ting the honor and grandeur of the re
public. They touch every interest of our
common country. Our industrial suprem
acy, our productive capacity, our busi
ness aud commercial prosperity, our labor
and its rewards, our national credit and
currency, our proud financial honor and
our splendid free citizenship—the birth
right of every American —are all involved
in tbe pending campaign, and thus every
home in the land is directly and intimately
connected with their proper settlement.
The government of the United States
must raise enough money to meet both its
current expenses and increasing needs.
Its revenues should be so raised as to pro
tect the material interests of the people,
with the lightest possible drain upon their
resources, and maintain that high stand
ard of civilization which has distinguished
our country for more than a century; of
its existence. If sufficient revenues are
provided for the support of the govern
ment there will by no necessity for bor
rowing money ana increasing the public
debt.
During all the years of Republican con
trol following resumption there was a
steady reduction of the public debt, while
the gold reserve was decidedly maintained,
and our currency and credit preserved
without depreciation, taint or suspicion.
The American people hold the financial
honor of our government as sacred as our
flag and can be relied upon to guard it
with the same sleepless Vigilance. They
hold its preservation above party fealty
and have often demonstrated that party
ties avail nothing when the spotless credit
of our country is threatened. The money
of the United States, and every kind and
form of it, whether paper or silver or
gold, must be as good as the best in the
world. It must not only be currency at
its full face value at home, but it must be
counted at par value in any and every
commercial center on the-globe. The dol
lar paid to tt»j farmer, the wage earner
and the pensioner must continue forever
equal in purchasing and debt paying
?ower to the dollar paid by any creditor.
'he contest will not be waged upon lines
of theory or speculation, but in the light
of severe practical experience and new and
dearly acquired knowledge. The great
body of our citizens know what they
want, and that they intend to have. They
know for what the Republican party
stands and for what its return to power
means to them.
The platform adopted by the Republi
can National convention has received my
careful consideration and has my unqual
ified approval. It is a matter of gratifica
tion to me, as I am sure it must be to you
and Republicans everywhere, and to all
people, that the expressions of its declara
tion of principles are so clear and em
phatic. They are too plain and too posi
tive to leave any chance of doubt or ques
tion as to their purport and meaning.
But you will not expect me to discuss
their provisions at length, or in any detail,
at this time. I will, however, esteem it
my duty and pleasure at some future day
to make to you and to the Republicans of
the party not present a more formal ac
ceptance of the nomination tendered me.
No one could be more profoundly grateful
than I for the manifestation of public con
fidence which you Jiave so eloquently
spoken.
It shall be my aim to attest this appre
ciation by an unsparing devotion to what
I esteem the best interests of the people,
and in this work I ask the counsel and
• support of you, gentlemen, and of every
other friend of the country.
The generous expressions with which
you, sir. convey the official notice of my
nomination, are highly appreciated and
are as fully reciprocated, and I thank you
and your associates of the notification
committee, and the great party conven
tion at whose instance you come, for the
high and exceptional distinction bestowed
upon me.
Presented With a Gavel.
Following the speeches, H. H. Smith,
secretary of the notification committee,
presented a. gavel from a log taken from
a cabin in which Abraham Lincoln
lived.
Mrs. William McKinley, Jr., Mother
McKinley, with a few lady friends,
Mrs. Thurston and the other ladies com
ing with the party occupied the porch
during the exercises.
When the exercises had been con
cluded the visitors were presented in
dividually to Governor McKinley and
Mrs. McKinley who shook each ex
tended hand, Mark Hanna presiding at
the ceremony. Then the company ad
journed to the tent on the rear of the
lawn, where a simple but dainty lunch
was served.
C. W. Fairbanks, who was temporary
chairman of the convention, and chair
man of the committee that is to notify
Mr. Hobart of his nomination for vice
president, was one of the party. Soon
after the formal exercises concluded a
delegation from Cleveland marched up
the street to the McKinley house.
* Tornado Strikes a Kentucky Town.
Owensboro, Ky., June 29. West
Louisville, a little town near here, was
struck by a tornado at 2:30 o’clock Sun
day afternoon. The house of 0. L.
Clark was wrecked and Miss Sparks,
who was visiting there, was instantly
killed. Clark was knocked senseless
and will die. St. Alphonse’s church at
St. Joseph, was completely destroyed.
A great many residences and outbuild
ings were destroyed or badly damaged.
Miners Returning: From Cook's Inlet.
Port Townsend, Wash., June 29.
The schooner Norma, from Kodiakata,
has arrived with 35 stranded miners
aboard, who pronounce Cook’s inlet
mining boom a fizzle. Over 3,500 miners
are at the inlet stranded and unable to
obtain employment and supplies are
going rapidly.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
BLACKBURN IS BOLD
And Denounces in No Uncertain Terms
Capt. E, P. Howell
FOR BREAKING FAITH WITH HIM
In the Matter of Selecting Del
egates to Chicago
AND IN OTHER WAYS MENTIONED
He Says Capt. Howell Is a Political Prosti
tute and Sustains the Reputation of a
Common Llar-He Plainly Calls Upon
the Constitution Editor For a Duel and.
Wants no Other Answer.
Atlanta, Ga„ June 29. —A sensa
tion was created Saturday afternoon
by an editorial attack by Editor B.
M. Blackburn, of the Evening Com
mercial, upon Capt. E. P. Howell, of
The Constitution.
Editor Blackburn says Captain
Howell betrayed him in the matter of
delegate from the Fifth district to
the Chicago convention, supporting
Dr. Spalding, after promising him.
In consequence of this and other
things Editor Blackburn prints a two ;
column signed article so bitterly de- ,
nuuciatory that serious trouble is ex
pected.
Editor Blackburn squarely calls
upon him for a duel, and says no
other reply will be noticed by him.
The most severe part ot the attack is
as follows:
“In addition to the treachery dis
played by Captain Howell in refusing
to present my name to the delegation,
he actually used his influence and
vote for Dr. Spalding, thus showing
he is consistent only in his brazen
duplicity. But what else could have
been expected from such a moral
deformity? He left the best friend he
bad, Pat Walsh, for the band wagon
of the victor. He used base intimida
tion and ways which I do not care to
refer to in detail, but which are
known to others in Atlanta that
would cause any self-respecting man
to look upon his dirty transactions
with scorn. With such a record of
treachery it is surprising to me that
I ever tried to esteem this man,'but
so many had told me that he was a
clever, whole-souled fellow, that I
tried to accept the estimate of others
instead of following my own precon
ceived view.
“Capt. Howell analyzed is a political
prostitute who would loan himself to any
unholy work to further his own selfish,
schemes. He has betrayed everything and
everybody that trusted him and sus
tained the record of a common liar. If
there is a man in Atlanta who would be
lieve him on a question of politics I will
present him with a chromo, if I can reach
him in advance of the court of lunacy.
“Now this is my estimate of Capt.
Howell and his continued mistreatment
of me is my reason for publishing it. If
he doesn’t like it and will adopt the
manly plan of retaliation I will respond
to any call he makes in r.ny way that he
may prefer. I will never ask time or
quarter, and ne may depend on it that it
will be no Albert Lamar affair. But, if he
should forsake all manly precedent and
write me up in the prints after this arti
cle, then I will laugh at his puerile cow
ardice and leave him to the contempt he
deserves/’
Cuneo on the Way to New York.
San Francisco, June 29. —The Chron
icle says: “Antonio Cuneo, the million
aire banana king of New York, was
shipped out of town in a comatose con
dition, and is now on his way east ini
the custody -of one of Dr. S. O. L. Pot
ter’s assistants at the home for inebri
ates, whose instructions regarding his
charge, according to Dr. Potter, require
him to keep the wealthy New Yorker
properly doped and handcuffed, if nec
essary, in order that he may be landed
in New York in good order and turned
over to his family. Cuneo came to Cal
ifornia six months ago to recover his
health, and his recent troubles have
been the cause of much agitation in the
Italian colony.”
Miss Rowan Denies the Statement.
San Francisco, June 29. Miss
Lansing Rowan, the actress, does not
credit the statement that her father, the
wealthy banker at Batavia, N. Y., who
committed suicide Sunday, ended his
life on account of a published report that
she had challenged Champion Corbett
to a boxing match. “If my father com
mitted suicide,” she said, “it was prob
ably due to sickness aud financial worry.
He has been ill and failing for some
time and losing heavily in Wall street.
I knew of this, and the news of his
death did not greatly surprise the.”
An Aeronaut Killed at Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids, June 29.—Hiram Cole,
26 years old, a professional aeronaut,
living in Grand Rapids, Mich., fell 30
feet from his balloon while making an
ascension at a suburban resort and died
shortly afterwards.
Fatal Fire In Augusta.
Augusta, Ga., June 29. —One fire
man was killed and three others f4tally
injured in a fire which destroyed the
3-story building occupied by Miller &
Co., millers and dealers in salttaeat and
grain. Aarou Morton is the name of
the man killed outright and Mike Riley
and Bob Weawley are the men fatally
injured. t