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POWER QUESTIONED
The Authority ot the State Railway
Ccmmision
IS TO BE TESTED IN THE COURTS
And the Extent of its Official
Actions Defined
LIFE OF THE BOARD INVOLVED
The Sult Filed By Attorney General Terrell
In the Superior Court of Johnson County
[ .Growing Out of a Fine Imposed aS a Penalty
Ou the Wrightsville .and Tennille Ba'l
w»y.
j Altanta, July 17.—Attorney-Gen
eral Terrell has filed a most import
ant suit for the state of Georgia in
the superior court of Johnson county
against the Wrightsville and Tennille
railroad company. It is to be a suit
*. to test the powers of the railroad
commission, and a question is involved
that is being watched with great in
terest by the railroad men in Geor
gia.
The suit is for the purpose of col
lecting from the little railroad the
sum of $5,000 for a violation of one of
' the rules of the state railroad com
mission. The road acknowledges that
it has violated the rule, but refuses to
accept the ruling of the commission,
and the case will now be taken into
the courts for settlement. It is the
first case on record were the railroads
of Georgia have not accepted the
rulings of the commission, but have
appealed to the courts.
To Prevent Discrimination.
There is a rule of the board of com
missioners, fixed by law, that no rail
road shall be allowed to discriminate
in tariff or facilities against any other
connecting line or any continuation
,of its own line beyond the connect
ing line of its and pro
viding for a fine of $5,000 for any vio
lation of this rule.
The Wrightsville and Tennille road
runs from Wrightsville to Tennille.
4t Tennille the Central crosses it,
connecting with it for Savannah, and
the Augusta Southern does the same
thing. Complaint was made by the
Augusta Southern sometime ago that
the Wrightsville and Tennille was
discriminating against it in favor of
the Central, and it was refusing to
ship godds over Us lines to Savannah
except byway of the Central, al
though the shipper wished it to go
the other way.
Questioned the Board’s Powers.
The railroad commission summoned the
officials of the board to appear before it
and show cause why they should not be re
quired to conform to the rules of the body
which prevented such discrimination; In
the hearing that followed the officials of
the Wrightsville and Tennille said it was
true that they had been turning their
business byway of the Central, but deni
ed that the board had any right to say
which way it should ship.
It refused to obey the orders of the
board to discontinue what was claimed to
be a violation of the rule against discrim
ination, and Mr. Terrell, the state’s attor
ney general, was instructed to bring suit
to recover the penalty for refusing to
obey the rule.
The case will establish a precedent and
promises * to be a most important one
when it is called for trial in the superioi
court of Wrightsville, and some of the
leading attorneys from the southeastein
part ot the state will be pitted against
Attorney General Terrell who will be
there to look after the interests of 'he
state.
( Four Married at the Same Time.
RaIeKTH, July 17.—There was a nov
elty in marriages at Concord. A great
crowd filled the Methodist church to
witness four marriages at the same
time. The contracting parties were:
Bessie Freeman and Mr. P. W. Austin,
Miss Jennie Freeman and Mr. Robert
Lowder, Miss Mamie Small and Mr.
John Harris, Miss Pattie Shankle and
Mr. Q. G. Lowder. The Misses Free
man are sisters and the Messrs. Low-'*
ders are brothers. The octette left for
Blowing Rock on the same train.
No New Trial For Gentry.
Philadelphia, July 17.—Judge Yerkes
has filed his reasons for not granting a
new trial to James B Gentry, the con
victed murderer of Actress Madge
Yorke. The counsel for the condemned
man at once took an appeal to the su
preme court. The judge said the only
’Question in the case was the degree of
murder, and the court finds no substan
tial reason to disturb the verdict.
Two Young Men Killed by a Dummy,
Milledgeville, Ga., July 17. —E.
Denham and Arnie Vaughn, two young
men of this city, well known through
out the county, were instantly killed at
the dummy crossing. Both young men
were terribly terx and mangled by the
dummy engine, which ran into a buggy
in which they were riding.
A Fine Racehorse Shot.
San Francisco, July 17. Realiza
tion, the well known racehorse, was
shot, a result of an incurable disease
which affected one of his legs.
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
MISS TILLMAN KILLED.
Eldest Daughter of the South Carolina
Senator Strack by Lightning.
Columbia, S. 0., July I?.—Miss Ad
die Tillman, eldest daughter of Senator
Tillman, and Rev. Robert A. Lee, rec
tor of the Church of the Good Shepherd
at Yorkville, were instantly killed by
lightning near Brevard, N. O.
Miss Tillman’s body was brought to
this city. Upon its arrival it was trans
ferred to the special train in waiting
and sent to the home of Senator Till
man at Trenton. On the special train
were Governor Evans and family, sev
eral state officers and the brother and
sister of the deceased, who were away
from home at the time.
Accompanying the body was Mr. T.
O. McNeely, general agent of the Hen
dersonville and Brevard railroad. Mr.
McNeely was in the party when Miss
Tillman was killed and was the only
eyewitness. He said:
“It was 10 o’clock on Wednesday
when we left Hendersonville for Bre
vard, which place was reached at 11:30
o’clock. By 12:30 the party were
mounted and on the way to ascend Rich
mountain, which is six miles from Bre
vard. When three-quarters of a mile
from the top of the mountain we were
overtaken by a thunder storm. The
Trescott House was a few hundred
yards away and all hurried to get out
of the rain.
“Miss Tillman, Mr. Lee and I stopped,
however, in order that Miss Tillman
and myself might exchange horses, as
hers was afraid of the thunder. By the
time the change was made the rain be
gan to fall and all three of ns took shel
ter under some chestnut bushes. About
40 feet away was a large oak tree. Miss
Tillman and Mr. Lee still remained on
horseback, the former with an upraised
umbrella, while I, 20 feet away, was
standing on the ground. It was while
thus waiting that a bolt of lightning
struck the tree and continuing instantly
killed Miss Tillman, Mr. Lee and their
horses.
“The shock was so severe that my
horse was knocked down, but I only
had my finger burned slightly. In a
few seconds I was by the side of the
two prostrated people. Not a muscle of
cither moved, their death was instanta
neous. There was no mark left by
lightning to show its fearful work.
“A wagon from Mr. McCreary’s, a
farmer living near by, was procured and
the bodies moved to the Trescott House,
where Mr. Carroll and Misses Pleasants,
another horseback party, gave all tho
aid possible.”
SOUTH’S WATERWORKS.
Many’Small Towns In Dixie Establishing
Sewarage Systems.
Baltimore, July 17.—Special reports
of southern business conditions to the
Manufacturers’ Record show that mu
nicipal improvements in the way- of
waterworks, sewerage systems, etc., are
attracting the attention of the smaller
towns throughout the south.
Athens, Ala., expects to build a $15,-
000 waterworks system; St. Augustine
will vote on $60,000 of bonds for water
works; a $25,000 waterworks company
has been oaganized at Beaufort, S. C.;
Gaffney City, S. C., has voted SIB,OOO
for waterworks; an artesian well com
pany, to drill artesian wells at different
points, has been organized at Columbia,
with a capital stock of $18,000; Madi
sonville, Tenn., will build an SIB,OOO
courthouse, and at Montevallo, Ala.,
$50,000 buildings for a girl’s industrial
school will be constructed.
A rice milling company at Mermen
tou, La., will build a 600-barrel rice
mill; the Noel Mills company of Estill
Springs, Tenn., having a capacity of
2,500 barrels of flour a day, will go into
operation after an idleness of a year or
more; contracts have been let during
the week for a $50,000 cotton mill at Al
bemarle, N. C., and a 4,000-spindle mill
at Bamberg, S. 0.; a cold storage and
abattoir plant will be built at Mont
gomery, Ala.; at Corona, Ala., a 1,100-
acre tract of coal land will be devel
oped.
A company has been organized at Lit
tle Rock to establish a horseless car
riage system over the streets of that
city in opposition to the street railway
companies; a companv has lc«n organ
ized at Winston, N. (5., to contract for
railroad building and general improve
ment works; a $25,000 tobacco company
has been organized at Greensboro, N.
C.; a 15-ton ice plant will be built at
Durham; the Cisco, Tex., Oil Mill com
pany has let a contract for a $75,000
mill; a 150-ton mill will be built near
Shreveport, La.; a large oyster canning
house will be established at West Point,
Va., and a $25,000 plow works will be
built at Lynchburg. /
In building operations a contract has
been closed for a $500,000 office building
at Atlanta, and negotiations are pend
ing for several other large office build
ings at that point. Norfolk people ex
pect to build a $400,000 hotel, and the
Plant railway system will build a large
hotel at Clearwater, Fla.
The Deed ot a Jealous Woman.
Butte, Mon., July 17.—Mrs. Rose
Heimback, wife of Ed Heimback of
Meaderville, became jealous of the at
tentions of her husband paid Mrs.
Thomas Snelling. In company with
her sister, Mrs. Haskins, she went to
the Snelling home, and, calling Mrs.
Snelling into the parlor, Mrs. Heimback
threw a pint of sulphuric acid on her.
Mrs. Snelling is terribly burned from
head to foot and will die. Mrs. Heim
back and her sister are under arrest.
The latter is a raving maniac in the
county jail and is expected to die also.
Cholera Raging In Egypt.
Caibo, July 17.—There were 195 fresh
oases of cholera reported on Tuesday
and Wednesday and 419 deaths from
that disease. *
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., SATURDAY, JULY 18, 1896
SIXTEEN LIVES LOST
A Ferryboat Loaded With Laborers
Capsized.
MANY STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR
A Most Appalling Disaster at
Cleveland
THE RESULT OF OVER LOADING
A Tasking Tug Splanhed Water Into the
Overcrowded Boat and a Wild Struggle
For Life Followed—Morgues Besieged by
Weeping Wives—The Lifesaving Crew
Remained on Duty All Night-
Cleveland, July 17.—A most appall
ing disaster occurred here Thursday
night. While a flatbottomed ferryboat,
loaded with between 40 and 50 laborers,
was crossing the old river channel it
was capsized and all the men thrown
into the channel, and 16 were drowned.
The accident was due to a panic
among the men on board. The boat
w>s so loaded that the gunwale was
only three inches above the water, and
a passing tug made waves which came
into the boat. At once there was a
rush to the other side and the boat went
under and spilled the men. They were
all members of a gang of ore handlers
and were coming to their homes. The
scene in the rive as described by the
men on the tug and the steamer was a
wild struggle for life.
Life Preservers Thrown Out.
Lines and life preservers were thrown
from both vessels and many were pulled
aboard. Others of the unfortunates
were rescued by small boats and some
swam ashore. The lifesaving crew was
summoned and the work of searching
for bodies at once began. Within a
short time seven of the unfortunates
were brought to shore and taken to the
morgue of identification.
The crowding of the boat was due to
the fact that the ore gang pay so much
per trip on the ferry and tho more they
get on the less the cost to the passen
gers. The majority of the men lived on
Gauge street and Selden avenue, which
led down to the docks and shipyards.
But one more body, that of a man,
had been discovered at an early hour at
the scene of Thursday night’s disaster,
making the total number of dead re
moved to the morgue 16. It is believed
there are several more bodies in the
river. At least two men on the boat have
not been accounted for. Weeping wives
besieged the morgues throughout the
morning and looked for their beloved
ones or hunted among the gruesome col
lection of clothing and dinner pails for
some one they might identify.
The lifesaving crew remained on duty
all night, and as soon as daylight ap
peared they pressed a greater number
of boats into service. Those were man
ned by rivermen, who were provided
with grappling hooks and lines. They
rowed up and down the river around
the spot where the bodies were supposed
to have gone down. At times their
grappling hooks would become entangled
in some object at the bottom of the
river which would deter the men row
ing. The hooks would bring to light
nothing more than a piece of water
logged wood.
Correct List of the Dead.
After the finding of the body early
Friday morning no further discoveries
had been made up to noon.
Following is a corrected list of the
dead : ,
Edward Ryan, 40 years old.
John Krinsky, 38 years old.
Charles Spoerke, 34 years o d.
Charles Nuqueen, 35 years old.
Fred Foyaltound, 34 years old.
Christ Gerlach, 32 years old.
Christ Gerhan, 33 years old.
Charles Bennister, 74 years old.
Julius Eske, 33 years old.
August Kaslen, 40 years old.
William Saunders, 40 years old.
Fritz Bartel, 36 years old.
Mike Lych, 42 years old.
Marick Kepock, 45 years old.
One man, about 35 years b d, uniden
tified, at Hogan and Sharer’s morgue.
William Buelow, 35 years old, fell off
the dock and drowned while on the way
to the scene of the accident..
Nearly all of the ’victims were mar
ried men and leave large families.
The Steamer Columbia Is Doomed,
Pescaderi, Cal., July 17.—The Pacific
mail steamer Columbia is still on the
rocks hard and fast and cannot be
saved. The first change in the weather
that brings a heavy sea will tear her to
pieces. Her compartments are awash
up to the ’tween decks, and the addi
tional weight of water holds the ship
down more steadily on the reefs. She
rolls steadily and bumps hard, but on
account of her strong build and the ex
cellent manner in which she is put to
gether she will stand that kind of treat
ment for some time. The crew is strip
ping the cabins, saloons, and in fact is
taking everything movable out of her.
There is not much cargo of any impor
tance left in the steamer, and what re
mains is ruined by water.
Skiff Run Down by the Steamer Telegraph
Louisville, July 17. —A skiff contain
ing Miss Fannie Howes of Utica, Ind.,
seven miles above Jeffersonville, and
Thomas Jarvis of Louisville was run
down by the Cincinnati and Louisville
steamer Telegraph on her way to Cin
cinnati. The boat was split in two and
Miss Howe was struck by the buckets of
the Telegraph’s wheel and killed. Her
body has not ye: been recovered. Jarvis
held onto a part of the wrecked boat I
and saved himself.
WAT PERSON'S ALARM
Thinks Civil War Would Follow
Bryan’s Election. * '
SAYS THE PLATFORM -IS MONSTROUS 1
Intervied by a New York Herald
Correspondent
HE EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS PLAINLY
Declare, That the Plank Which Opposes
Federal Interference to Suppress Blots
Opens the Door to Revolution—Favor, '
the Nominating of Another Ticket With !
Whitney or Carlisle at It, Head.
New York. July 17.—a dispatch to ■
The Herald from Geneva says: Colonfel
Henry Watterson, who is sojourning
with his family at Geneva, was inter
viewed by a correspondent of The Her
ald, touching the Democratic crisis in
the United States. Colonel Watterson I
has sought the seclusion of the Swiss
mountains, not merely for recreation
and rest, but for the purpose of com
pleting the life of Abraham Lincoln, on
which he has been engaged for some
time.
“For more than a year,” said Colonel
Watterson, “I have been out of active
politics, and on that account I have de
clined to be drawn into a discussion of
public matters and into exposing myself
to riticism and responsibilities which
could not be met.
“You see, I am not used to taking
blows without giving them, in a contro
versy combat, and I am loth to put my
self at a disadvantage in this regard.
But the condition of affairs at home is
too serious to justify the silence of any
man whose opinions may be desired.
What is it you particularly wish me to
speak of?”
“First, the ticket nominated at Chi
cago.”
“Personally it is an unexceptiona
ble ticket. Mr. Bryan is a most worthy
and well educated young man, with a
talent for what passes for oratory. He
is fervid, sincere, poor and honest. Mr.
Sewall is a Democrat of long standing
and credit. He is a millionaire from
Maine, who, having nothing to lose po
litically, thinks he can afford to gratify
caprice and amuse himself by playing
with Populism. It is a ticket that may
i be made to arouse a good deal of enthu
siasm, both real and artificial.”
Would Precipitate Civil War.
“And the platform?”
“Monstrous! It not only means na
tional repudiation and spoil, but it has
opened the. door to revolution. If the
leaders of this movement get into ,
power, those of them who have any
sense of accountability, any conception
of orderly government, would be quickly
set aside by rhe wild elements behind.
In this way the civil war, which was
foreshadowed by the Chicago outbreaks
last year, could be precipitated upon the
country. Then the strong hand of the
federal power was interposed, but if
this were held the reigu of the mob
would be easy enough.”
“What about the proposal to put an
other Democratic ticket in the field?”
“You will observe,” said Colonel
Watteason, slowly, weighing and meas
uring what he said, “that those who
are so quick to urge concentration of all
sound money men upon McKinley are
either Republicans who naturally seek
to swell their party ranks by such an
unexpected accession or those Demo
crats who, from a sense of sheer outrage
and disgust, leap at, conclusions, not
caring to take two bites at a cherry.
“But there are considerations which
neither class takes into account. There
are from 2,000,000 to 4,000,000 of staunch
Democrats who may not be so easily
transferred from one party to the other,
yet whose votes cau be made just as
effectual in suppressing anarchy as the
votes of the Republicans who support
McKinley. These Democrats must have
some abiding place.
Another Ticket the Sole Hope.
“McKinley cannot compromise an is
sue which he has made the cornerstone
of his political belief. It is true that
the money issue, not the tariff issue, is
in the ascendancy, but there must be
logic and consistency in all things, and
neither McKinley nor his party can ig
nore tariff pledges without self stultifi
cation. Hence a new Democratic con
vention with another Democratic ticket
and directed by wise councils is the sole
hope of the Democratic future, and is
the one future for those Democrats who
have nowhere else to go. A mixture
to respect the conventions and exigen
cies of these Democrats would, in the
highest degree, be safe. Between Mc-
Kinley and Bryan, the final outcome
would be that Bryan would get as maily
of these voters as McKinley, while
many would refuse to go to the polls,
but a sound money Democrat would get
them all. Thus, after the election, the
opposition may be on a sound basis, but
not regulated to the wild horses of Pop
ulism, with three years more of ruinous
agitation with another life or death
struggle at the end of them.
“It is not certain that a ticket headed
by Carlisle, or Whitney and placed upon
a real Democratic platform would not
get more votes than the ticket headed
by Mr. Bryan. Such a ticket would not
imperil the result, but would assure it.
A complete disintegration of the Dem
ocratic party is an event to be contem
plated by thoughtful persons only with
forebodings of evil.”
Nebraska Republican. Are Angry. b
Lincoln, Neb., July 17.'—The city is
crowded with people prepared to wel
come Hon. William J. Bryan back to
his home, and every residence and build
ing in the capital city is gaily decorated
lin honor of the occasion. Probably
10,000 visitors are already here and
every train is bringing enormous
crowds. The visitors are expected to
1 reach 25,000 before the presidential can
! didate arrives.
The Republican state officials are com
plaining that either a hotel or the pri
vate residence of Mr. Bryan instead of
the state capitol building would be the
proper place for a nonpartisan reception
to a distinguished Lincoln citizen. The
indignation among Republicans reached
a climax when an action of Adjutant
General Barry was brought to light.
He received a telegram from the adjut
ant general of the state of Georgia ask
ing for the use of a Nebraska flag to be
used in a ratification of the nomination
of Bryan by the residents of Atlanta.
! General Barry at once sent the flag,
i This is the first time on record that a
■ state flag has been forwarded to an out
-1 side state to be utilized in a partisan
ratification meeting.
The reception commttee will go to
Table Rock in a special car to meet the
Bryan party. On arriving here, Mr.
and Mrs. Bryan will be escorted to their
home on D street, where they will par
take of refreshments. At 7:30 o’clock
they will be driven to Lincoln hotel.
I Here the parade will form and march
to the state capitol. Mr Bryan is ex
pected to review the procession at some
point near the capitol, following which
it will disband Then the reception
proper will occur in the rotunda of the
state house. The east and the west en
trances will be closed and the throng
will pass through the building from the
north and shake hands with the candi
date, emerging from the south door.
This ordeal over, the pyrotechnic display
will begin on the north side of the build
ing under the direction of B. O. Kostka
and 25 assistants. Mr. Kostka is the
painter who recently decorated the Bry
an residence free of expense to its dis
tinguished inhabitants.
Governor Holcomb, Adjutant General
Barry, J. A. Edgerton and all other
statehouse Populists have returned
from the Populist state convention at
Grand Island. They express themselves
well pleased with the enormous ma
jority for fusion in the convention and
say that Chairman Taubeneck of the
national Populist committee will do but
little in the way of staying the ties for
national fusion with the Bryan forces
at St. Louis.
Ex-Governor Waite Will Be There.
Denver, July 17. —The picturesque'
ex-Governor Waite will be a feature of
the St. Louis Populist convention, but
the regular delagation take exception to
the reports which have gone abroad
that Mr, Waite is at the head of the
Colorado delegation, as they say he is
not even a delegate.
At the Populist state convention, held
in Denver July 4, he sought for admis
sion to it as the head of a Denver dele
gation claimed to have been seated at a
mass convention. The committee on
credentials rejected his claim by a vote
of 39 to 9, and 'the convention, without
a dissenting vote, sustained the cre
dentials committee. Governor Waite
then walked out of the state convention
at the head of his rejected delegates, all
from Arapahoe county, and went to
another hall, where they resolved them
selves into another mass convention and
went through the form of appointing
delegates to St. Louis for the state.
Only the rejected delegates, who were
from a single county, participated in
this mass state convention.
Governor Waite professes to be for
Bryan for president, but his opponents
in the party say the claim is a pretense
to win favor with the dominant mem
bers of the convention body and to help
him to seats for which he and the other
members of his delegation are contend
ing-
Scheme of the Populist*.
Washington, July 17.—1 tis said here
that the plan of the Populists is not to
indorse the nomination of Bryan and
Sewall in the St. Louis convention, but
to nominate Bryan and Sewall them
selves, and thereby take what credit
they can get for the ticket. They
reason that an indorsement would iden
tify them with the Democrats and that
the name Populist would go out of ex
istence.
The nomination of Bryan and Sewall
by the St. Louis convention would ap
parently leave many complications to
be overcome before the November elec
tion. It would force the Populists to
put out electoral tickets in tach state,
unless the state Populist conventions
were to meet and indorse the electors
put out by the Democrats.
Representative Newlands of Nevada,
who has been the only member of the
National Silver party in the house, is
here on his way to St. Louis. “I am in
favor of the indorsement of Bryan and
Sewall,” said he. “All of the silver men
with whom I have spoken also favor
this course. I think the western Re
publicans will fall into line all right,
and that the Populist convention will
indorse the Democratic nominees.”
Bryan Resumes Ills Journey.
Kansas City, July 17.—W. J. Bryan,
the Democratic presidential nominee,
with his wife and family, resumed the
journey to Nincoln, Neb., Friday morn
ing, leaving the city over the Burling
ton road on the regular 10:30 passenger
train. A hard rain was falling as the
party was driven from the hotel to the
depot and but few friends were on hand
to see the distinguished guests depart.
The train will reach Lincoln at about 5
o’clock. The trip promises, for the first
part of it at least, to be an uneventful
one. It is raining hard along the route
in Missouri and Kansas, which will
likely mar any demonstrations planned
, A Young Lady Drowned at Cumberland.
Cumberland Island, Ga., July 17. ,
Miss Mamie Massey of Scotland, Ga, i
was drowned here while bathing. 1
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BERMUDA GOES AGAIN
Cubans Preparing to Send Another
. Expedition.
THE STEAMER’S SPEED INCREASED
Cases of Rifles and Cartridges
Have Been
FORWARDED TO PHILADELPHIA
A Veteran of the Ten Years’ War Will Lead
the Filibustered, and Captain O’Brien
Will Have Charge of the Vessel—Yellow
Fever Has Attacked Foreigners In Ma*
ceo’s Army—Weyler’s Decree.
New York, July 17.—The Herald
•ays: Much activity has been observed
at the Cuban headquarters during the
last three days due to the preparations
for an expedition which is to sail on
board the steamer Bermuda. The steam
er’s machinery has all been overhauled
at Philadelphia and her speed power
has been increased. The expedition,
which has been ordered to leave Phila
delphia on the Bermuda, will be led by
Colonel Caberera, an old veteran ot the
ten years’ war.
Captain John O’Brien will have charge
of the vessel. Twenty cases of rifles
and nearly 200 hermetically sealed cans
of cartridges have been sent to Phila
delphia within the last three days, but
they are not one quarter of the material
to be shipped or which has been shipped
aboard the steamer.
Foreigner* Attacked by Yellow Fever.
Havana. July 17.—Reports published
here from the province of Pinar del Rio
assert that yellow fever has attacked
the foreigners amongst the bands of
Antonio Maceo, and that the disease
has even extended among the Cubans
and especially those who have been ab
sent for a time from Cuba and have
recently returned. Many persons have
presented book for foreigners according
to the decree of Captain General Wey
ler, that foreigners not so subscribed
within P 0 days will forfeit privileges as
to foreign citizens. At the present time
none of those who have presented them
selves have complied with the formali
ties of the law requiring them to fur
nish a document justifying their claim
to foreign citizenship.
A law was passed providing that
those who die in the army and navy of
yellow fever shall have a pension con
ferred upon their orphans and widows.
Colonel Nnnes Denies the Report.
Jacksonville, Fla., July 17.—Colo
nel Emilio Nunez, the Cuban loader, in
speaking of the report sent out from
Philadelphia to the effect that the Lau
rada had arrived off Jacksonville and
would take a cargo of arms and ammo |
nition for the Cubans, said ■ there was
nothing whatever in it.
"If such were the case,” said he, “I
would have known of it. There is no
truth in the report.”
“How about the story published from
Madrid of the capture of a filibuster
ing expedition by the Spaniards off the
coast of Cuba?”
“That is another of the Spaniards’
lie . There is no truth in it. It i< ab
surd, for there is no filibustering vessel
anywhere near Cuba. Tiese reports
are sent out to discourage the Cubans
in this country and their American sym
pathizers. Such stories are constantly
bein, sent out, but don’t you believe
them,” said Colonel Nunez.
Filibustering Venel Captured.
Madrid, July 17.—A dispatch from
Havana states that a Spanish warship
has captured a filibustering vessel, and
that all the crew of the latter have been
imprisoned. No further details are
given.
Many Railroads Cutting Kates.
Wichita, Kan., July 17.—Following
the action of the Santa Fe, the Missouri
Pacific and the Frisco roads in making
a 7-cent cut in the corn rates and a cor
responding cut in the wheat rate from
Kansas points to Galveston, it is stated
that the Kansas City, Fort Scott and
Memphis, the Missouri, Kansas and
Texas and other g ilf roads will quickly
fall into line, 'lue gauntlet has been,
thrown down to the Chicago lines, and
when the crop begins to move the gulf
roads intend to secure their share of the
business at any cost. The Santa Fe
also announces a reduction of 7 cents
per 100 pounds on grain products from
Kansas points and Superior, Neb., and
Fort Madison to Chicago. The Santa
Fe cut the rates in both directions, it is
stated, in order to secure some of the
business, whether it goes to the Atlan
tic seaboard or gulf or not.
Negotiations Advancing Amicably.
London, July 17.—The Marquis of
Salisbury laid before the house of lords
papers on the subject of arbittation.
His lordship said that the negotiations
between the United States and Great
Britain were not complete, but they are
advancing amicably.
O’Connor Re-Elected President.
Detroit, July 17. —P. J. O’Connor of
Savannah, Ga., has been re-elected
president of the International Ancient
Order of Hibernians. John O. Weadock
of Bay City, was elected vice president
and- Thomas J. Dundon of Columbus,
0., treasurer.