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■MW VETERANS
Il Second Day of lire Reunion Brings'
|||gß Om a Great Crowd.
|®iBEAL DOUGLAS' RESOLUTION
John B. Gordon Called
W me Convention to Uraer
AN iMMENCE CKuWu WAS PRESEN I
Citizens of Chicago Thanked For the Erec
tion of the Monument to the Confeder
ate Dead In the Windy City—Dr. J. M.
Curry Makes an Eloquent Address Before
the Convention.
Richmond, July 1. —General Gordon
the convention of the United Con
federate Veterans to order at 10 o’clock.
b' n iiAmense crowd was present. Prayer
was offered by Bishop Newton and then
«he committee on credentials reported
Ahe 650 camps represented by delegates.
Rev. G. D. Lee offered a resolution,
which was adopted, indorsing the move
ment started by the Lee camp of Rich-
I mond, looking to a general organization
of committees of veterans and pledging
A. the United Confederate Veterans to the
movement. General H. Kidd Douglass
offered the following:
The United Confederate Veterans, as
sembled In annual convention at Rich
mond, ever mindful of their dead com
rades. wherever they may be, holding in
grateful memory all those who do them
onor, desire to express to t he city of Chi
cago their most grateful acknowledge
ments of the broadminded liberality of
its people in the erection and consecration
of the lofty monument over the 6,000 of our
dead, who rest within its protection, and
the boundless hospitality with which it
received all the confederate soldiers who
attended that dedication. Our thanks are
given without st int to every army veteran,
soldier and citizen of that city who partici
pated in that memorable scene. May the
monument they lifted up stand through
* the ages as a perpetual reminder that its
B dedication is the final triumphal scene of
■ the war, commemorative alike of the
B heroic dead it honors and of the reunited
B peace and friendship between north and
■ south.
B The resolution was seconded by Gen
r «ral Lee and was unanimously adopted.
I *lt is estimated that there are 10,0b0
| ' veterans in the city attending the re-
| union. There is little doing outside the
I convention proper. The Virginia divi
| sion of the Daughters of the Confeder
» acy met and discussed the question of
JL Coining the United Daughters organiza
tion. Reporters were admitted. Up to
1 o’clock the question had not been de
cided.
Thursday will be the great day. The
cornerstone of the Jefferson Davis mon
ument will be laid and there will be a
great parade of veterans and citizens.
Dr. J. M. Curry made an eloquent
address before the convention. While
he was speaking James R. Hobart, camp
k of Baltimore, came in with its band
K playing “Maryland.” The Marylanders
■ were received with great cheering.
B ■ The Daughters of the Confederacy Vir-
ginia division voted unanimously to
join the United Daughters grand divi
sion only.
John Burton, William A. Moore, alias
Johnny O’Brien, and Ed O’Connor,
L alias Shanley, said to be noted crooks,
A were arrested here Wednesday.
B HOBART VISITS M’KINLEY.
The Vice Presidential Nominee Calls on
the Major at His Canton Home.
■ Canton, 0., July 1. —Governor Mc-
Kinley drove to the Fort Wayne station
r' ' shortly after 10 o’clock Wednesday
morning to personally meet his invited
i guest, Hon. Garrett A. Hobart, who
’ wired Tuesday from his home in Pater
son, N. J., that he would call on the
governor Wednesday. He went, as is
Sual on such occasions, in the modest
mily carriage, drawn by a single horse
d driven by his nephew, Samuel
Saxton.
There was a large crowd of people
S gathered at the station to witness the
’ meeting of the two distinguished men.
(('.’he affair was informal in every re
nspect. Governor McKinley emerged
from his carriage, while the big crowd
in the station, divided, leaving an open
\ ,/ space for him topass through, which he
did, reaching the train just as the car
f. carrying Mr. Hobart stopped in front of
him. Governor McKinley quickly ex
» tended his hand and stepped sprightly
to the car steps, and the recognition
was equally prompt on Mr. Hobart’s
part. Governor McKinley took him by
the arm and they walked side by side to
the carriage amidst the applause of the
big crowd.
The meeting was only informal and
no public demonstration had been de-
I “ sired, the time of Mr. Hobarts arrival
I not having been made public.
Cleveland at Buzzard’s Bay.
i Bay, Mass., July I.—The
steam yacht Oneida, with her owner, E.
B C. Benedict, and President Cleveland
on board, arrived here after an une
ventful passage from Greenwich, Conn.
Fire In Birmingham.
BM Birmingham, Ala., July I. Fire
I started in the pattern room in the Wil-
HSIm liamson Iron company’s iron works
;®?Bfr°m heat from the cupola and partially
destroyed the works. The building was
||fiß''f wood and being one of the oldest in
Birmingham, burned rapidly. A large
full of patterns was almost totally
B|rlpß’'*l r oyed and valuable machinery was
badly damaged. The loss is estimated
HI a * over |IO,OOO. There was insurance
.carried on the plant to the amount of
■ 1*15,400. .
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
GREEKS APPEAL FOR AID.
The United States Asked to Send a Warship
to Care For Starving Fugitives.
New York, July I.—A dispatch to
The Herald from Athens says: Deputy
Scoulodi, a friend of the king and min
ister of marine, under Tricoupis, has
asked The Herald to express the wish of
all Greeks that the United States gov
ernment shall send a ship—say the San
Francisco—to aid the starving fugitives,
women and children. There are 5,000
at Gonia and 7,000 at Poibt Plata. The
children are dying by the hundreds.
M. Scoulodi says that the Americans
are the only people who cannot be sus
pected of having any ulterior motives,
therefore the only people who can un
dertake this great humanitarian work
without exciting jealousy and disagree
ment.
It may be called to mind that in 1868
Admiral Farragut took off the women
and children uuder similar circumstan
ces, when Mr. Seward was secretary of
state. When remonstrated with on the
occasion by Ali Pacha, Mr. Morris, the
United States minister at Constantino
ple, made the noble reply:
“When we Americans undertake an
act of humanity we don’t ask the advice
of any one.”
Deputy Scoulodi says that these peo
ple are dying or in immediate danger of
death or massacre.
“We are not asking money,” said he,
“but humanitarian aid.”
THE HENLEY REGATTA.
Much Interest Shown In the Americans
Who Are to Compete.
Henley- on-the- Thames, July 1. —
The near approach of the days set apart
for the Royal Henley regatta. July 6,7,
8 and 9, is increasing the already very
great interest manifested in the gallant
young Americans who are going to up
hold the glorious traditions of Yale on
the Thames. From the first moment of
their appearance here up to the present
time they have considerably improved
in form and have most deservedly won
the approbation of the press and the ,
public.
On all sides the New Haven oarsmen
are classed as thorough gentlemen and 1
sportsmen of the first water. Conse- ;
quently, however strong may be the de- i
sire among Englishmen to see the grand
challenge cup successfully defended by
a home crew, nobody will begrudge the
Yale boys the victory if they defeat the ,
crack crews of Great Britain, and their
triumph is certain to be greeted as en
thusiastically as if Leitnder or New col- !
lege turn out to be winners. The ut- !
most good feeling prevails on all sides, I
the cup of goodfellowship is overflow- j
ing, and when the rival crews measure .
oars on Tuesday next, it will be honest !
rivalry with no tinge of bitterness on 1
either side.
The withdrawal of the Eton school- I
boys having been gracefully brought
about, there will be no necessity for
rowing a trial heat for the grand chal
lenge cup on July 6, and the contest for
that trophy will therefore occur on the
day following.
A change for the better in many re
spects was made in the Yale boat
Wednesday. The English oars have
been found not adapted to the Yale
crew. As a result they have been dis
carded and American oars will carry
the sons of old Eli to victory or defeat.
There is no cock-sureness about the
crew or their friends; but they will row
their best; they are in the pink of con
dition, and will at least come very near
capturing the grand. That is about the
situation of affairs from the American
standpoint, •dtliough Bob Cook appears
to look gloomy, shakes his head some
what despondently and pretends that he
is not satisfied with the work of his pu
pils.
Cook has been known to do the same
thing many a time before, and then this
crew would walk away from their oppo
nents to the great dismay of the latter.
In fact the throwing of cold water upon
the chances of the Yale crew is in some
quarters looked upon as being an old
trick of the master coach; so, not much
importance is attached to his cloudy
forebodings.
NO TRUE BILLS FOUND.
The Grand Jury Failed In Its Efforts to
Apprehend the Columbus Lynchers.
Columbus, Ga., July I.—-The grand
jury of Muscogee county has adjourned
for the term, its labors having ended.
The presentments returned contained,
among other things, the following, con
cerning the recent lynching here:
We beg leave to report that we have
made as thorough an investigation of the
lynching which occurred on the streets of
Columbus on June 1 as was in our power
to do. In our efforts to apprehend the
participants in the affair, we have had
before us our body officers of the court
and others, who were in the courtroom,
from which one of the victims was taken.
We have also examined the jailer, from
whose custody the other victim was taken;
also citizens residing in the vicinity of the
jail, who witnessed the occurrences, and a
number of merchants doing business in
the neighborhood of the place of the ex
ecutions, and who witnessed the execu
tions, and none of the testimony elicited
any information as to the identity of the
parties taking part in the lynching. In
this connection we desire to express our
unqualified' condemnation of lynching.
We fully realize that such practices are a
menace to our society and prove detri
mental to the general welfare of our com
munity.
Tarkish Troops Want Back Fay.
New York, July I.—A dispatch’ to
The Herald from Cairo says: Two Turk
ish battalions in Yeddah, who have re
ceived no pay since 1894, refused to
leave for Crete and barricaded them
selves in the mosque. It is said on high
authority that the khedive intends leav
ing for Europe, touching first at Corfu
and Phillopolis.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA.. THURSDAY, JULY 2, 1896.
NOTED WOMAN DEAD
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe Passes
Away at Hartford.
THE END CAMS MOST PEACEFULLY I
% .
She Made Fame by Writing
Uncle Tom s Cabin
Wi,S OVER EIGHTY FIVE YEARS OLD ,
Members of the Family Were at Her Bed- ’
side When She Breathed Her Last—Was
One of America's Greatest Women—Au
thor of “Uncle Tom's Cabin** Short
Sketch of Her Life.
Hartford, July I. Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe died at noon Wednes
day. Members of the family were at.
her bedside.
One of the greatest women Ameriflp
ever produced has finished her life work,
fl
EARLY PORTRAIT OF MRS. STOWE.
and the intellect that wrought out the
I glowing lines of “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
I
has passed under the cloud. Harriet
' Elizabeth Beecher Stowe, the woman,
! was subject to the ills incident to mor
tality, but the genius that revolution- 1
ized the feelings of a nation -was for all !
time.
The Beecher family stands in many re
[ spects without a rival in history. There •
; were 13 of Dr. Lyman Beecher’s chil
' dren, of whom 11 lived to a good age
' and at least six attained to considerable
. eminence, while one son is known
. wherever our language is read, and a ,'
' daughter has produced a work that is
I read in every printed language ai-'-l is I
■ probably familiar so more people than '
any other one work, except the Bible.
Over Eighty-Five Years O,d.
Harriet Elizabeth Beecher was born
' June 14, 1811, in Litchfield, Conn. Her '
i mother dying when she was but four !
’ years old, Harriet lived with an aunt
till her father’s second marriage, an '
event of which she and her brother,
Henry Ward Beecher, always spoke with '
enthusiasm, as it secured them a de
lightful home and a “second mother of ;
most lovable disposition.” Both the .
children gained an unusual educa- |
tion very young. Harriet was for some
years an assistant teacher in Catherine’s i
school at Hartford, and her mind ma- i
tured in an era of furious controversy. I,
All the old beliefs, good and bad, were
attacked at once and savagely discussed 1 '
—slavery and the divinity of Christ, I
grace, free will and predestination, the i
> authority of councils, the eternity of '
retribution, the imputation of Adam’s
guilt to the unborn and all the compli- ;
cated conundrums of supralapsarian the- i
ology. He who is often in battle must |
expect wounds, and to the last of her i
life Harriet’s writings showed traces of
the awful moral storm through which
she had passed at the most sensitive
age. A clear brain and sunny temper
finally brought her to a more cheerful i
view of human destiny, and she learned ■
to discuss the most exciting themes, not '
only without bitterness, but with a gen- ;
■ iality that often rises to humor.
The Turning Point.
The great event of her early life was
the removal of the family in 1832 to ■
Cincinnati, where Dr. Lyman Beecher j
was made president of Laue seminary,
a position he held for 20 years. In no
other place in the Union could she have
found conditions better fitted to excite a
healthful activity of the mind and cre
ate cheerfulness of the spirit.
| The city then contained but 40,000
people, but educational institutions
sprang up on every side. The city be
came a focus for medical, law and di
vinity schools, to which in 1842 was
added an astronomical observatory.
Many who conducted these institutions
or taught within them became authori
ties in their different branches, and a
goodly number were members of Dr. i
Beecher’s church.
| In such an environment, Harriet
Beecher’s mental growth was rapid, and I
in 1836 she secured a most fitting part
ner in her life work by marrying Pro
fessor Calvin Ellis Stowe, since eminent
as a writer on church history and simi
lar topics. They had seven children, of
' whom four survive.
General Young’® Condition improved.
New York, July 1 —General Pierce ’
M. B. Young, United States minister to
I Honduras and Guatemala, who is a pa- |
I tient in the Presbyterian hospital, is
reported to be improved.
Death of Mr*. J. W. Carlisle.
Columbia, Mo., July I.—Mrs. J. W.
Carlisle, wife of the city collector, is
i dead. She was related to Hon. John
' G. Carlisle, secretary of the treasury.
BLAND ON POLITICS
Missouri’s Presidential Candidate on
the Issues of the Day.
SAYS SILVER IS OUR SALVATION
He Has Just Returned From
a Conference at St. Louis
HE HAS NO OBJECTION TO TALKING
Thinks Other Nations Would Follow the
Example ot the Vatted States In Open
ing; Its Mints to the White Metal—Dele
gates Arriving In Chicago—Two-Thirds
Kale May Be Abrogated.
Lebanon, Mo., July I. Richard
Parks Bland, Missouri’s candidate for
president, has just returned from a con
ference at St. Louis with those who are
working in his interests. When seen
he interposed no objection to a brief
discussion of the political issues and
particularly of that issue which is of
his own creation.
“I do not know that I can add much
to my previous expression upon the sub
ject of silver,” he said. “It is generally
known that I urgently favor the resto
ration of silver as a metal and advocate
its free, unlimited and unrestricted coin
age at the ratjo of 16 to 1, to be main
tained in all respects at a mutual parity
with gold.
"I think the immediate effect of this
change would be to improve the indus
trial and commercial condition of the
country. I thoroughly believe that the
restoration of free coinage would be the
salvation of this nation. If the United
States were to open their mints to the
free and unlimited coinage of silver I
think other leading nations would
promptly follow the example.
“In case the other nations of the
world did not follow this example and
the United States had to maintain the
free coinage of silver alone, I believe no.
ill effect would be experienced in finan
cial circles. My idea is that the expres
sion of free coinage would mean the
awakening of trade and the allied inter
ests, and that prosperity would have
uninterrupted progress. The silver idea
will dominate the Democratic conven
tion and the silver candidates will be
very serious in next fall’s election.”
DELEGATES ARRIVING.
Georgia, Alabama, Dakota and Michigan
Already Represented In Chicago.
Chicago, July I.—The delegates from
North Dakota are expected to open their
headquarters at the Palmer House on
Thursday, and a number of the Michi
gan delegates are already upon the
ground. The men were expected to
make their headquarters at the Palmer
House, but have concluded to shift to
the Sherman House, and rooms of the
delegations are expected to be opened at
once. Three of the members of the
Michigan delegation arrived in the city
Tuesday night, but were averse to talk
ing to newspaper men.
Michigan is regarded as the pivotal
state, as, of the 28 votes, 13 are for
sound money, and there are three con
tested seats. It is supposed that these
contested seats will be given to the free
silverites, and in that case, the vote of
the state would make the requisite two
thirds majority. None of the Michigan
delegates, however, would submit to an
interview, and they would express no
opinion as to the outcome of the con
tests.
Two of the southern states —Alabama
and Georgia—will be represented in
Chicago Thursday. The Georgia dele
gation, while uninstructed, is said to
favor Boies for the presidential nomi
nee. Should Boies fail the delegation
say they will vote for Governor Mat
thews of Indiana, and as a third choice,
Bland of Missouri is said to be their
preference. The delegation favors free
silver.
From Alabama will come a big dele
gation headed by John B. Knox, chair
man of the state central committee, and
a number of adherents.
The Alabama delegation, said a mem
ber of it Tuesday night, who did not
care to have bis name published, is first
for Governor Mathews. Then it is for
Bland. The delegation is uninstructed.
Notwithstanding the protests of Sen
ator-elect Money to the contrary, it is
said the Mississippi delegates are largely
for Bland. Mr. Money’s claim is that
the men from his state are for Boies,
but several members of the delegation
declared that “Silver Dick” would be
its first selection.
The headquarters that the Indiana
men have decided to maintain for their
presidential candidate, Governor Mat
i thews, have been opened.
LEADERS CONFER.
Governor Altgeld May Be Chonen Perma
nent Chairman of the Convention.
Chicago, July I.—A conference be
tween Governor Altgeld, Governor
Stone and several other leading Demo
crats was held at the Sherman house.
The meeting was for the purpose of out
' lining a plan of action to be carried out
i with the national convention with re-
I gard to the temporary organization of
the convention.
The two governors breakfasted to
gether and at once left the diningroom
and met with other prominent free sil
ver Democrats and remained in session
the greater part of the forenoon. The
door to the room was closely guarded
and the guard said that he bad been in
structed not to permit any one. and not
even to taXe a card, should any be pre- I
sented.
There has been some talk that Gover
nor Altgeld may be chosen for perma
nent chairman, but the governor’s
friends declare he is not a candidate for
the honor and will not accept it.
TO CARRY THE CROWDS.
Railroad* Centering In the Windy City
Making Active Preparation*.
Chicago, July I.—Railroads center
ing in Chicago are making active prep
arations for carrying the crowds com
ing to the convention, but do not an
ticipate any big rush before Sunday ,
night or Monday morning. The Chi
cago Great Western road expects to '
bring in Monday morning four special
trains, three of them being loaded down
with Boies supporters. One train will
come from St. Paul and Southern Min
nesota. This road will have the honor
of bringing to Chicago the Horace Boies
club of Waterloo, la., which which will
escort Governor Boies. The Polk
county club, from Fremont, will also ar- I
rive over the Chicago Great Western ;
Monday. The St. Paul, Northern Pa- (
cific, Burlington and Wabash roads are
all arranging for running their trains in i
several directions. I
From the east the Grand Trunk will ;
bring in Sunday afternoon two special '
trains from Detroit and Saginaw, car- 1
tying the Michigan state Democracy. •
The Lake Shore, Michigan Central and ;
Erie roads are already beginning to j
show signs of convention travel, and j
some of the biggest clubs in the east ‘
will be landed here Sunday flight in i
time to add to the enthusiasm. I
The Santa Fe, from Kansas and the
territories, expects all kinds of crowds, i
They will come from all dirivrftions, but
will not put in an appearsjß a earlier |
than Monday morning. TEu railroad '
officials say that they are ready for the
rush, and the departments of all lines
are prepared to furnish all the cars nec- ;
essary.
THE TWO-THIRDS RULE. |
An Effort May Be Made In the Chicago
Convention to Secure It* Abrogation. j
Chicago, July 1. —It is not yet certain i
whether there will be a great disposi- I
tion in the convention to follow the lead
made by the Illinois delegation in favor
of the abrogation of the two-thirds rule.
The action Os the Illinois people in the
matter has had the effect of reviving
the interest in this subject. ]
There is unquestionably a strong fac
tion favorable to the course outlined by
the Illinoisans, who contend, as did
Governor Altgeld, that the role is un- ,
Democratic and would like to see it can- [
celled upon general principles. If it is,
however, abrogoted the action will be
due to the difficulty of securing the ,
necessary two-thirds to nominate with i
the rule still in existence.
It is contended by many that by the
time that the nominating stage of the
convention is reached the silver men will
be able to command fully two-thirds of
the voting strength of the convention,
and they argue that if this should prove
to be the case there would be no neces- j
sity for changing the rules.
If made at all, however, the change
will have to be made before this period
in the proceedings, as it is suggested
that it may come at the opening of the
convention, a motion to adopt the rules
of the previous convention for the guid
ance of the temporary organization and
under it the committee on rules can
have an opportunity to pass upon the
subject. This is one of the questions I
which the silver committee will proba
bly consider, and until its verdict is ren
dered, no program will be made.
TRAINWRECKERS CAUGHT. '
Coon Parker and Bob Poland Derailed the
Freight Near Heflin For Revenge.
Heflin, Ala., July I.—Bob Poland
and Coon Parker were arrested near
Iron City by special agents of the South- :
ern Railway company for wrecking the 1
freight train one mile west of here,
Sunday morning, in w’hich two negroes
were killed and three others seriously
injured, derailing 12 cars and destroy
ing SIOO,OOO worth of property of the
Southern Railway company. Parker
made a full confession, in which he
says:
“Poland and myself were in Heflin
Saturday evening drinking and asked
the freight conductor to carry us to Iron
City, which he refused to do. Poland
became angry and said he would have
revenge before morning. We started
home, walking the railroad. On reach
ing the sawmill of Hunnicutt & Neal
we found a car on a siding partly loaded
with cordwood. Poland said he would
ride home anyway. He then pushed the
car on the main track. The car ran to
the foot of a hill and stopped at the end
of a trestle 50 feet high, where the
freight train struck it. ”
Many Mills Shut Down.
• Youngstown, 0., July I.—Every
mill in the Mahoning Valley, including
Youngstown, Warren, Niles, Girard
and Struthers have closed down pend
ing a settlement of the rate per ton for
boiling. The manufacturers offer to
sign the scale at $4 per ton, while the
Amalgamated association is holding out
for $4.50. Eight thousand five hundred
mill workers will be out of employment
until a settlement is reached. The con
ference committee meet again in this
city on July 9.
Made the riirchaao For Barnato.
Newmarket, July 1. —It is stated that
Marquis Beresford, who bought Coma
tose at auction for 1.110 guineas ($7,402)
after the horse won the maiden plate, !
made the purchase for Barney Barnato, ;
the South African mining magnate. It
is said that August Belmont of New
York is going to bring a stable to Eng
land in order to race on a larger scale.
PJRICE FIVE CENTS.
QUIET IN VENEZUELA
Officials Availing the Boundary Coni'
mission’s Report.
ALL TALK OF WAR HAS CEASED
The Spirit of Friendship For
the U. S. is Marked
I THE sentiment IN THE INTERIOR
Venezuelans Are Confident TTiat Their Po
titiou wftl Be Sustained—United State*
Kapital Being Extensively Invested at
Caracas—President Crespo Much Liked
by Americans.
Washington, July I. Senor An
drade, Jr., son of the Venezuelan min
ister, has returned from a month’s visit
; to Venezuela. He says the spirit of
. friendship for this country is very
marked. The American colony at Ca
, racas has grown of late to large propor
tions and United States capital is being
' extensively invested. Among the Ameri-
■ can residents Prespo is much liked, and
the most cordial relations exist between
• them.
I The syndicate of capitalists from thl#’
; country, which secured large conces
sions along the Orinoco, is pushing its
, work on the plants and securing ma
' chinery at the most desirable points.
Mr. Donald Grant, head of the syndi
! cate, returned with Mr. Andrade after
a visit of inspection.
I The sentiment in the interior is shown
by the determination of Governor An
drade of the state of Miranda to erect a
column at the state capital, on July 4,
: in behalf of the Americans who aided
i Venezuela in 1806. The governor is a
i brother of the minister here, and his
' action is in line with that of the gen-
■ era! government, which will dedicate a
I bronze column on July 4 to American
' heroes.
Mr. Andrade says that President
Crespo’s recent decree extending am
nesty to all political refugees is expected
to bring important results. It applies
not only to those connected with the
last uprising but to the many promi
nent Venezuelans living in Paris, New
I York and elsewhere. They have been
among the foremost men of the country
in the past and President Crespo’s effort
to get them back has given much pub
lic satisfaction.
> The Venezuelan consuls have been in
structed t» pay the expense of the re
turn trip of the refugees as a means of
encouraging the movement.
I The officials in Caracas are calmly
' awaiting the report of the Venezuelan
boundary commission at Washington,
and are confident that the Venezuelan
position will be sustained. All local
agitation and belligerent talk has ceased
pending this decision.
I CONSUL O’HARA’S REPORT.
I Does Not Advise Americans to Kush to
Nicaragua In Search of Gold.
Washington, July I.—lnstigated by
many inquiries, United States Consul
O’Hara, at Greytown, Nicaragua, has
submitted to the department of state a
most exhaustive report upon the gold
deposits of Nicaragua.
| He quotes copiously from local au
thorities and practical mine bosses to
show the extent of the deposits, the
i costs of labor, the materials and of food,
I and also furnishes estimates of the pro-
I duction of the best properties that are
' now being worked. On the Pacific side
of the country heavy operations have
| been carried on for years with English
capital and large mills are running
steadily. On the Atlantic side 14 mills
are either in operation or in the course
iof construction. There are no smelting
i or centralizing works in the country,
nothing but free milling ores being
treated.
The consul makes no secret of the
great difficulties and hardships that lie
in the path of the American miner, and
says that while he does not advise peo
ple either to purchase mining stock, or
to rush to Nicaragua in search of gold,
he does believe that a live agent might
sell considerable mining machinery and
supplies.
A RIOT IN OHIO.
Striker* and Deputy Sheriff* Exchange
Over One Hundred Shots.
West View, 0., July 1. —Over 100
■hots were exchanged by deputy sheriffs
and strikers at the Berea stone quarries
No one was killed, so far as is known.
One striker had his leg broken in two
places and many have sore heads as the
result of a hand-to-hand conflict.
The strikers approached the quarries
through a woods with the avowed in
tention of driving out the nonunion
men at work. They were met by the
sheriff and 40 deputies who commanded
them to stop. For an answer the stri
kers began firing and the fight then be
came general. After a few moments
the strikers were repulsed and fell back
into the woods.
The men in the quarries are quitting
for fear and by the importunities of
their wives. It is believed that the
strikers will shortly make another dash
for the quarries, and if such should
prove to be the case serious trouble will
follow.
A Brltjah Steamer Sink*.
Para, Brazil, July 1. —The British
' steamer Santa Renza, bound from this
■ port to Lisbon, has been sunk in collis
ion with the 4-masted ship Dundonald,
Captain Garvin, from San Francisco, on
May 10. The Dundonald was damaged
aad is leaking, but no lives were lost.