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ESTABLISHED 1887.
AT PUBLIC EXPENSE
National Committees Ara Sending Out
Literature,
ALL PARTIES EQUAL OFFENDERS
The Government is Forced to
Pay Campaign Expenses
TONS OF LITEKATURE SENT OUT
Forty Million Franked Envelopes Already
Ordered For Political Purposes—Public
Printer Benedict Ums Been Obliged to
Put In New Presses, at Heavy to
the Government.
New York, Aug. 29.—A special to
The World from Washington says: It
will be news to the taxpayers of the
country to learn that under cover of law
the government is being forced to pay
the campaign expenses of the various
national committees in sending out lit
erature from party headquarters.
The public printer has been obliged
to purchase 40,000,000 envelopes, to buy
two presses and to order a third to meet
the demand made upon his office by
senators and representatives who are
abusing the privilege of the free use of
the mails granted by law for the distri
bution of their speeches to their con
stituents.
The respective national committees,
being hard up, have influenced several
senators and representatives to recently
order over 1,000,000 envelopes apiece.
Not only is the government made to fur
nish the envelopes free, but the printed
blank of the senator or representative
carries them free through the mails..
A reporter saw Public Printer Bene
dict and asked him about the matter.
What Benedict Says.
“I do not know the details,” he said,
“but I do know that I have been forced
to buy over 40,000,000 envelopes so far
this summer, and from the demands
that are coming in I judge that before
the campaign is over I shall need prob
ably 100,000.000 or more envelopes on
which to print the franks of congress
men, so that they may send them
through the mail free.
“I have also bought two new’ presses
and must get a third. These presses
will l e practically useless in the office
after this rush is over. lam comp died
by law to do this, and it is not for, me to
discuss the matter further. The orders
of some of the congressmen already
amount to over 1,090,000 envelopes each,
and, under the law, any one of them
can order 40,000,000, or 100,000,000.
There is no limit. I should have to fur
nish and print them just as I am doing.”
Mr. Benedict said that the change in
the statutes which made this state of
affairs possible was due to the insertion
of two words which were run into the
public printing laws in the short session
of the Fifty-third congress. These two
words were “without cost.”
Quantity Not Stipulated.
The law prior to this enactment pro
vided for the supplying of envelopes to
congressmen beyond a stipulated quan
tity at an advance of 10 per cent on the
purchase price and cost of printing. This
held the orders of the senators and rep
resentatives within bounds.
The 40,000,000 envelopes already or
dered have cost approximately $150,000.
As the campaign of education has
just begun, and any congressman can
order 1,000,000,000 franked envelopes if
he chooses, it is impossible to estimate
what the total expenditure for the job
will be.
The Republican congressional com
mittee is especially active in sending
out campaign matter at present. Chair
man Babcock said that 459,000 docu
ments were mailed daily from his head
quarters. The public is under the im
pression that the expense is being paid
by the committee.
It is said that quantities of the free
government envelopes are being shipped
to every state, district and county com
mittee in the Union for the mailing of
local campaign literature without cost
to the local committee for postage or
covering.
HENSON WAS A DYNAMITER
Wrote a Letter Confessing Hie Guilt and
Then Shot Himself, Dying Instantly.
Portsmouth, 0., Aug. 29.—The Te
cent dynamite mystery has been solved.
William Henson, aged 80, before com
mitting suicide, wrote a letter stating
how he attempted to blow up the elec
tric railroad power house, the Offner
street schoolbuilding. the Second Pres
byterian church and other buildings.
Thomas McKee is in jail for dynamite
outrages. Henson wrote his letter to a
young lady. Her father took the letter
to the police. W iea tiie officers went
to Henson’s house to arre-t him. he ran
into the cedar mid shot himself, dying
instantly.
A search of the pr»mis>’s 'unearthed
uin cans of n'w ior aim a bar “i of dy
nac iie sticks wa-
Two year- ■> a • waiiueied sever 1
months in tr- wo • .
LETTER FROM LONDON.
Duke and Duoliess of Marlborough Pre
paring a Great Fete, Etc.
London, Aug. 29. —The past week has
been a social blank. Every one of im
portance, who is not enjoying a visit to
the resorts of the continent, is either
shooting gro se on the moors, deer
stalking on the hills or preparing for
the partridge shooting, which opens
Sept. 1. London is bereft of royalty
tip? ipetpbgrs of. the., rural, fami ! .”
THE ROHE TRIBUNE. I
' muTeinaiii sciUterect until tiie reunio'iT
at Balmoral early in October to welcome
the czar and czarina. The queen starts
on Tuesday for Balmoral.
The discussion of the rumor of the
possible marriage of Mr. Waldorf Astor
to Princess Victoria of Wales has been
reopened by a leading society journal,
which regards the match as quite possi
ble, saying it will give the greatest sat
isfaction to all intelligent people in the
English speaking world, adding:
“There has been more than one royal
marriage in Europe during the past few
years which was not so promising as
will be the marriage of the daughter of
a future king to a man of good physical
attributes and moral and commercial
character, and who, under such circum
stances, would be speedily promoted to
a dukedom. ”
A paragraph which is read in a variety
of ways is in circulation here to the
effect that the Prince of Wales is recov
ering his old spirits and is resuming
many of his earlier ways
It is reported that Emperor William
and the Prince of Wales have been ex
changing telegrams of an unfriendly
character of late as to the fatal disaster
in the solent in which Baron von Zedt
witz lost his life in the collision of his
yacht Isolde and the emperor’s yacht
Meteor. The emperor is inquiring into
the affair on his own account.
The pitiable mental condition of the
recently released Irish prisoners is re
sulting in demands for inquiry into the
prison system here and the affair is
likely to a be burning question in the
•next parliament.
The Duke and Duchess of Marlbo
rough are preparing a great fete of an
unique character, which is to take place
at Blenheim on Sept. 5. The entertain
ment is for the members of the. Associ
ated Conservative clubs, and 3,000 peo
ple are ex ected at the luncheon, which
will be a feature of the affair.
Emile Zola has achieved one of his
ambitions. His novel “Rome” has been
paced on the index expurgatorius.
The season has now- arrived when the
American tourists begin to turn their
faces homeward. There have not been
so many travelers from the United
States this year as 12 months ago, and
the largest London hotels have suffered
in consequence.
VILAS MAY BE NOMINATED.
The Wisconsin Senator Being Urged For
First Place on the Gold Ticket.
Indianapolis, Aug. 29.—Credentials
of the various states and territories are
being received and tabulated at the na
tional Democratic headquarters. Among
them were those for Rhode Island and
North Dakota. Tne certificate from
North Dakota informed the committee
that a full delegation would attend the
convention. It is stated that proxies
will be few; that practically every state
which has named delegates will be rep
resented with a full quota. Applications
for tickets of admission are pouring in,
and from this city alone no less than
1,000 tickets have been asked for. It
will probably be the plan of those hav
ing the distribution in charge to give
the persons from abroad the preference.
Many letters from all over the United
States received at headquarters express
preference for certain candidates. Sen
ator W. F. Vilas is being urged as the
most logical candidate by several sec
tions of the country. The indorsement
of favorite sons by the different state
conventions may give the convention a
good deal to do, and it is not improba
ble that each claim for first place on the
ticket will at least be given recognition
by votes in the convention.
The friends of Vilas base their claim
on the fact that he attended the gold
Democratic conference at Chicago, and
that he was one of the first men to re
spond when the opponents of the Chi
cago platform were called together to
determine their course of action. It is
further urged that the plan of organi
zation and general scheme, under which
the convention meets, came largely
from Mr. Vilas’ attitude in that con
ference.
The national committee will convene
Sept. 1, at 10 o’clock, at the Grand
hotel, and the executive committee
meets on Monday at the same place.
Decision In the Louisville Contempt Case.
Louisville, Aug. 29.—Judge Toney
of the law and equity court delivered
his decision in the contempt case of the
mayor and board of aidermen Saturday
morning. The judge overruled the de
fendants’ response as insufficient, say
ing that he did not wish to degrade
them in the eyes of the people of the
community, believing that what they
did was done under the impression that
they were acting in the right. He,
therefore, gave them until next Satur
day to obey the terms of the injunction
as originally granted. Judge Toney was
very severe in his criticism of the de
defendants’ legal advisers.
Weekly Bank statement.
New York, Aug. 29. —The weekly
bank statement shows the following
changes: Reserve, decrease, $346,450;
loans, decrease, $3.143,30c; specie, in
crease, $549,100; legal tenders, decrease,
$2,576,500; deposits, decrease, $6,333,800;
circelatiou, increase, $689,700. The
banks now hold $8,836,209 in excess of
the requirements of the 25 per cent rule.
To Raise Thoroughbred!* In California.
San Francisco, Aug. 29. —J. B. Fer
guson, the well known starter of the
■ California Jockey club, has decided to
! remove part of his famous Kingston
studs, at Lexington, Ky., to California
This piece of information will be hailed
With delight by every one interested in
the advancement of the breeding in
dustry of this state, as Mr. Ferguson is
i the first Kentuckian to recognize the
advantages of California for the raising
i and selling of thoroughbreds.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 1896.
ARMENIANS ALARMED
Few Venture Out In the City of
Constantinople,
ANOTHER OUTBREAK IS FEARED
The Gulnare Was Guarded All
Night By Warships
NUMBER OF VICTIMS STILL IN DOUBT
Tiie Scene of Wednesday's Rioting; Looks
Like a Battlefield, Fifty Bodies Being
Counted In One Street—Authorities Con
demned For Permitting the Slaughter
of Innocent Persons.
Constantinople, Aug. 29.—The Gul
nare was guarded all night long by the
British guardship Imogene and two
Turkish gunboats. It is still impossible
to give the exact number of victims of
the rioting. In the street, between Dol
mabagtche and Toplianes, it resembled
a field of battle. Fifty bodies were
counted there. The houses of the Ar
menians in various quarters have been
pillaged, and Galta and Pera are occu
pied by militia. Cavalry patrols are to
be seen in all the streets, the shops are
closed and few people venture out. In
addition, there are rumors of disturb
ances at Keumkapen.
The Armenians are greatly alarmed
and the outbreak of the revolutionists is
generally condemned as criminal mad
ness. But the authorities are censured
for permitting the Mussulmans to inter
fere and attack innocent persons and the
police and troops are blamed for being
passive onlookers. Saturday, however,
several groups of Turks were disarmed.
Tiie Turkish Officials Won’t Talk.
London, Aug. 29.—The foreign office
has received dispatches from Mr.
Michael Herbert, the British charge’d
affaires at Constantinople. The officials
there have declined to communicate
their text to the newspapers for the
present. But it was declared that they
confirmed the press dispatches describ
ing the situation, which is said to be
about as bad as it can be. British sail
,ors and marines have been landed to
protect the embassy of Great Britain,
the British consulate and the British
postoffice. The Mussulmans attacked
the Armenians and committed all kinds
of excesses.
The Seitan Postpones His Reply.
Athens, Aug. 29.—1 tis stated here
that owing to the recent riots in Con
stantinople, the sultan has postponed
his final reply on the Cretan question.
The British consul at Heraklion, fear
ing the consequences, has applied to her
majesty’s steamship Hood, and asked
protection for himself and for the Eng
lish residents of Crete.
A CANAL FOR BIRMINGHAM.
First Step Toward Building tile Water
way Soon to Be Taken.
Birmingham, Ala., Aug. 29. The
first step toward surveying and building
the proposed canal between Birming
ham and the Warrior river will be taken
in a few weeks.
Mayor Van Hoose started the move
ment two months ago to get water con
nection between Birmingham and the
Warrior river, and thence to the gulf,
hoping thereby to lower freight rates
for the products of this district by es
tablishing a waterway to compete with
the rail.
The mayor secured the assistance of
Congressman W. F. Aldrich and sev
eral others and the committee on rivers
and harbors of the last congress included
in their report of the last congress of
SIO,OOO, with which a survey of the pro
posed canal in this district was to be
made.
There will be in Birmingham about
the middle of September, Major Wil
liam T. Rossellof the corps of engineers
doing government work around Mobile.
Major Rossell is an engineer of wide
knowledge, and he comes here to make
an investigation for starting the survey.
He is the major of the engineers at Mo
bile, and while the letter received from
him by Mayor Van Hoose does not state
that any a sistants will be brought
along, it is believed that one or two gen
tlemen will accompany him.
BROOKLYN’S FAST RUN.
The New Cruiser Logs 31 92 Knuts on a
Four-Honr Test With Forced Draught.
Boston, Aug. 29.—The new cruiser
Brooklyn, on her official trial trip, aver
aged 21.92 knots an hour during a forced
d -aught run of four hours. On a por
tion of the course, 7 knots long, she was
speeded at the rate of 22 9-10 knots an
hour. The cruiser by her performance
earns a bonus of $250,090 for her build
ers, the Cramp Ship and Engine Build
ing company.
In addition to showing greater speed
than had been anticipated, the Brook
lyn was eminently suecessi'ul in other
respects and naval experts who were on
board pronounced her ihe finest ship in
the new navy. She responded perfectly
to her helm, was steady in heavy seas
and her machinery worked beatif ally.
During all of the day’s run the en
gines averaged 138 revolutions a min
ute, the maximum being 140. The aii
pressure was 2U inches and the steam
pressure from 160 to 165 pounds. The
contract requirement of 11,6 >O-horse
power was exceeded by at least 1,000.
During the more than tour hours that
Che. shin w ;.- _ j
I tire and enginerooms’Were coiEfoft’able,
[ and it was not. once found necessary to
use water on the bearings.
The course over which the great race
was made is the regular government
course, 41}£ knots in length, located be
tween Cape Ann, Mass., and Cape Por
poise, Me., a few miles out from shore.
The stretch of water is seclected for the
reason that it is sufficiently close to
shore to permit of accurate measure
ments, and yet deep enough to get all
the speed out of a ship there is in her.
At no other point on the Atlantic coast
are the conditions so favorable.
The course is a straight line, 41J£
knots long, marked by seven big can
buoys, placed at an average of 6.9 knots
apart, the longest stretch being 7 knots.
Behind each of these buoys was a gov
ernment vessel, carrying naval officers,
whose duty it was to make observations
of the tide.
SHAKEUP AMONG OFFICIALS.
Eight Officers of the Southern Pacific to
, Leave the Service on Sept 1.
Tacoma, Aug. 29.—A general shake
up among Northern Pacific officials has
taken place and e’ght officers leave the
service Sept. 1. The most important
officers to go are Attorney A. F. Bur
leigh, new receiver; G. W. Dickinson,
formerly assistant general superintend
ent and now general manager under
Burleigh; James M. Ashton, formerly
western counsel, now chief counsel for
Receiver Burleigh, and Second Vice
President C. H. Prescott, formerly gen
eral manager of the Oregon Transconti
nental and Oregon Railway and Navi
gation company. None of these have
been re-elected.
It is a well known fact that the gen
eral officers at St. Paul, who have been
reappointed, are hostile to Burleigh,
Dickinson and Ashton, because they ac
cepted the management of the western
two-thirds of the road when Judge Han
ford refused to appoint the receivers
named by eastern judges. Dickinson
is a brother of General Manager Dick
inson of the Union Pacific.
Other officers who will go out Sept. 1
are Attorney W. O, Chapman, General
Manager Kingley of the Northern Pa
cific Coal company, Assistant Purchas
ing Agent D. Mason and Assistant Su
perintendent of Telegraph J. Q. Mason.
CRITCIZE OUR WHEELS.
The Cycling’ Press of the United Kingdom
Don’t Like American Bicycles.
Washington, Aug. 29.—American bi
cyc.es are having a run in Ireland, ac
cording to a report by Vice Consul A.
Donne Piatt, at Dublin, to the state de
partment. He says the cycling press of
the entire United Kingdom is wrought
up over the “American invasion,” as
the advent of American wheels is called.
The British makers try to show t hat the
lightness of the American wheel is at
the cost of strength and that it will not
last long. The points most criticized
are the shape of the tubes, the form of
the wheels, the crank bracket bearings,
the width of tread, the chain adjust
ment, insufficiency of mudguards and
especially the use of single tube tires.
The use of wooden rimsand light chains
are pointed out to be points of weak
ness.
The consul advises that American
wheels for the English-Irish market
should have a gearcase if desired. De
tachable or single tube tires should be
optionable. An early detachable brake
and mudguard should accompany each
machine. At the same time, the consul
says American manufacturers should
refuse to alter small details of construc
tion, as he predicts that the foreigners
will ultimately come to recognize the
superiority of the American machine.
Smith Makes an Important Decision.
Washington, Aug. 29. The secre
tary of the interior has made an im
portant decision in the exparte case of
the Northern Pacific, involving land se
lected by the road for indemnity pur
poses on account of losses claimed within
alleged primary limits of its grants in
Wisconsin east of Superior City. The
decision holds that arrangements made
between the Northern Pacific and Lake
Superior and Mississippi railroads was
such a confederation and association as
was contemplated by the land grant, a
connection thereby being effected with
Lake Superior at Duluth. Under the
grant, the eastern terminus of the road
on Lake Superior must be established at
Duluth and company’s rights of Thomp
son’s junction must be determined ac
cordingly.
Carolina's Manufacturing Industries.
Raleigh, Aug. 29.—An official report
on the manufacturing industries of
North Carolina has been prepared by
the state agricultural department. It
shows that Caere are 174 cotton spinning
or weaving mills, 15 hosiery mills, three
knitting underwear, four making bags,
two cordage, one nets, one calico, one
silk, eight woolen goods in the state.
Six mills are in course of construction.
Flower Will Be Temporary Chairman.
Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 29.—Ex-
Governor Roswell P. Flower has re
ceived a telegram from F. W. McCutch
eon, chairman of the executive com
mittee of the National Democratic party,
asking him if he would act as tempo
rary chairman of the convention, which
is to be held at Indianapolis. Mr.
Flower has accepted the invitation. The
ex-governor will leave Watertown Mon
day for Indianapolis.
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To Improve Eagle and Phenix Mills.
z Columbus, Ga., Aug. 29.—The Eagle
and Phenix mills have closed down for
two or three weeks. Some important
improvements and repairs are to be
made at the flumes of the mills, which
necessitates the closing down.
CALLED ON M’RINLEY
Commercial Travelers Visited the
Presidential ’Nominee.
WERE GIVEN A HEARTY . WELCOME
Five Delegation Were Sched
uled to Call Yesterday
NUMEROUS BANNERS WERE CARRIED
In Response to Chairman Corey’s Speech
Extending Greetings, Ihe Maj »r Made a
Talk, In W’Klch He Delivered a Slap at
the Present Administration, Declaring It
Has Been a School of Experience.
Canton, C., Aug. 29.—Five delegations
were scheduled to visit McKinley Sat
urday, the first arriving at 7:45. It was
the Commercial Men’s McKinley club
No. 1 of Chicago, 390 strong. The Penn
sylvania company cars, in which they
same, were gaily decorated and pro
claimed the identity of their occupants,
the starting point and their destina'ion
on a banner on the side of the train,
reading: “Commercial McKinley Club
No. 1. for Canton from Chicago.”
Numerous banners were carried by the
commercial men, conspicuous among
them being one on which were the pic
tures of McKinley and Hobart; “An
Honest Dollar;” elapsed hands of work
ingmen, on which were the words. “Pro
tection to Labor and Capital;” “Honest
Money in 1896 to Revive Trade. Start
Industries, Increase Wages and Restore
National Credit.”
The visitors were under command of
Chief Marshal George Green, who had
as assistants Marshals Charles Neely
Haskell, Joseph Pomeroy and Frank F.
Lewis. The party contained all the
members of the national executive com
mittee of the commercial men of the
United States. The officers of the Com
mercial McKinly club No. 1 were also
in line.
The March to the Harford House.
The Chicago men presented a sight
which aroused much favorable com
ment as they marched with military
precision up the street to the Hurford
House, carrying in their hands McKin
ley and Hobart umbrellas and many of
them armed with the omnipresent grip.
It was nearly 10 o’clock when the
members of the delegation had fin
ished breakfast and reorganized the im
posing parade to march to the McKin
ley home to present their congratula
tions and listen to bis response. There
was by this time a large crowd on the
streets, and as the procession passed
these fell in the rear and the crowd
which surrounded the McKinley house
sent up a mi hty cheer as the major ap
peared.
Chairman Corey then extended, in
behalf of the commercial travelers of
the United States, greetings to Major
McKinley. He was interrupted at short
intervals by applause, and when Mr.
McKinley stepped upon a chair to,re
spond he was given a hearty ovation by
the immense audience before he could
proceed. When he could be heard he
said:
Major McKinley Make, a Speech,
Mr. Corey, Gentlemen of the Commercial
Travelers’ Association and My Fellow
C.uzens:
I bid you welcome, sincere welcome, to
my home. Thrice welcome are you here.
I am honored, greatly honored by the call
of this assemblage of commercial men
representing the commercial interests and
coming from every sect ion of our common
country. [A iplause]. Although you a :
not unused t calling on people, for thai.
I believe, is chiefly your business, let me
assure you. you never made a call any
where more agreeable to your host than i
this call to me. [Great applause anil cr: .
of “good, good,” and “hurrah for McKin
ley”).
It would be pleasant to me personally to
meet you on any occasion, but it is pecu
liarly gratifying to meet you now, coming
as a body to testify your un ted and con
fiilent devotion to the Republican prin
ciples enunciated by the national Repub
lican convention of ,596. I recognize your
influence as one of the most positive fac
tors in political contests, and I am glad to
know that this year, in a greater degree
than ever before, the commercial men
of America are united in the cause of the
Republican party. [Tremendous cheer
ing]
You have not always been in such close
agreement with each other politically as
now, but then you have had experience
and for four years, or nearly so, you have
been attending the school in which all the
rest of us have been pupils. [Great laugh
ter]. It has been a free school. [Great
laughter]; the tuition has been free, [great
laughter]; but the ultimate cost has been
very great. [Applause and cries of “that’s
right”] No body of American citizens of
equal number could properly have a deeper
interest in the success of the Republican
principles than you; and none. I am sure,
can do as much to insure their certain tri
umph as vou. [Great cheering and cries
of “We will do that all right, major”].
BRYAN AT HORNELLSVILLE.
The Democratic Candidate For the Presi
dency Addresses a Large Crowd.
HORNELLSVILLE, N. Y.,Aug. 29.—The
trip of the Bryan party to Hornellsville
was qui t and without speechmaking.
People were collected a-t stations along
the route. At Attica, 300 persons had
gathered; at Warsaw there were about
150. Hornellsville was reached at 11:15 ]
a. in. A crowd of about 1,500 people,
headed by a baud, were in waiting.
Opposite the depot a banner with por
traits of the Democratic candidates was
displayed, aad on the baulir-r were the
wor ts: “Candidates of the toilers. We ,
I rote-’t agmu-t any foreign power legis
lating f,t this country.”
A procession was formed which es
corted Mr. and Mrs- Brvau to the. resi-
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dene'e of Alderman Ci A. Dolson, "where
they were entertained. In the after
noon Mr. Bryan spoke at the fair
grounds, where the Hornellsville expo
sition is in progress.
CLEVELAND RECEIVES LI.
The President Greets the Chinese States
man at Whitney’s Residence.
New York, Aug. 29.—Li Hung Chang
arose at 6 o'clock Saturday morning.
His first caller was ex-Secretary John
W. Foster, between whom and the Chi
nese ambassador a strong friendship has
existed, especially since Mr. Foster’s
mission to the east during the Japan-
China war.
Another caller was Yan Phon Lee,
who was sent here by the Chinese gov
ernment as a student in 1873. He pre
sented an invitation from the governor
of Tennessee to visit Nashville on his
way west
The report that the ambassador and
the Russian minister had a conference
Friday night was confirmed by Edward
B. Drew, the commissioner of customs
in the Chinese service. Mr. Drew would
say nothing as to what had pas ed be
tweep his excellency and the minister.
The great feature of the day was
President Cleveland’s reception to Li
Hung Chang at the residence of Wil
liam C. Whitney.
Large crowds gathered in Fifth ave
nue early to see the parade to the Whit
ney residence. A large force of police
was ready to preserve order. Around.
Mr. Whitney’s house a clear space was
made, a dead line being drawn around,
each side of it.
Li Hung Chang and Secretary Olney
exchanged visits in the hotel, after
which they proceeded together to the
Whitney residence, escorted by a troop
of the Sixth cavalry. The reception by
the president was quite simple in char
acter and lasted only 25 minutes.
Among those present were Secretary of
State Olney, Secretary of the Treasury
Carlisle, Secretary of War Lamont and
Assistant Secretary of State Rockhill.
After the reception Earl Li returned to
the Waldorf.
KAIULANI TO BE RESTORED?
Humored That Dole Will Retire In Favor
of the Hawaiian Princess.
San Francisco, Aug. 29, per steamer
Rio Janeiro, from Honolulu, Aug. 22.
E. C. Macfarlane, a prominent roy
alist, left for San Francisco on Aug.
20. It is rumored he is on his way
to England to confer with Princess
Kaiulani, who is heir to the Hawaiian
throne. The rumor is contradicted by
the royalist papers, which claim his
errand is personal and has no political
significance. In the same issue the ed
itor says:
“The natural outcome of the present
situation is that President Dole will
gracefully retire and that Princess Kaiu
lani will be asked to head a new regime,
of which Dole and the present cabinet
officers will be the leaders.
“The royalists claim they have re
ceived information to the effect that
Kaiulani will be restored, while sup
porters of the republic are under the im
pression that President Cleveland has
empowered Minister Willis to negotiate
with the Hawaiian government.
“Either annexation or a protectorate
is acceptable to the white people here,
and, judging from the appearance here,
any attempt to restore a monarchy will
be met with a resistance.”
A THRILLING RUNAWAY.
Racehorses Dash Into a Crowd and Hight
Persons Are Seriously Injured.
Rushville, Ind., Aug. 29.—A most
thrilling racetrack runaway in which it
seems simply miraculous that several
people were not killed, occurred at the
fair grounds here. As it is eight per
sons are injured, two very seriously.
It was in the last half of the second
heat of the 2:50 pace. Mamie Wood
collided with the sulky of Czar. The
latter tore down the home stretch with
out a driver. Mamie Wood, racing at a
gallop, started toward a gap at the end
of the track. Fully 2,000 persons were
crowded near this gap. Into this crowd,
with fearful pace, dashed the terrified
racehorse, trampling under foot women
and children, for 200 feet, through the
crowd. The horse dashed on until it
became entangled among seats and fell.
The sulky was broken into a hundred
pieces. Great excitement was caused,
by the runaway and the crowd was
stampeded, men, women and children
making a frantic rush to get away.
Many were knocked down and bruised,
but not seriously.
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Production of Refined Lead.
Washington, Aug. 29.—The produc
tion of refined lead in this country dur
ing the first six months of 1896, as re
ported by Special Agent Kircheff of the
United States Geological survey, was
130,695 net tons, against 105,970 for the
first half of last year. Os this amount
109,592 tons was desilverized lead and
21,103 soft lead. The last item does not
include ores and concentrates handled
by the refining works. The apparent
home consumption for the first half of
this year was 106,932, against 241,802
for the year of 1895.
Forest Fires Raging I<i Washington,
Portland, Or., Aug. 29.—F nest fire?
are raging between Oak Point and Eagle
Cliff on the Wathington shore of the
Columbia river. An area three miles
square has already been burned over.
It is reported that a great number of
cattle have been burned, one rumor
placing the number at 200. Many mil
lions of feet of lumber have been burned,
estimates running as high as 20,000,000.
Benson’s logging and lumbering camp,
with the buildings, was also destroyed.
Many animals dropped dead from the
excessive heat.