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ESTABLISHED 1887.
WILL HE WITHDRAW?
A Populists Says the Maine Man Is to
Come Down,
WAITING ON THE STATE ELECTION
He is Probably Talking
Through His Hat
AND JUMPING AT CONCLUSIONS
If the Vote of the Democratic Party Falls
Ott In the September Contest, Bateman
Declares the Democratic Presidential
'Nominee Will Be Forced to Withdraw
I j In Favor of Watson.
Lewiston, Me., Au". 31.—Mr. Bate
man, Populist candidate for governor of
, Maine, says he has the assurance of
Po ulist leaders who are in close touch
With the national leaders of the silver
Democrats that, if he will take no fur
-1 ther steps at present towards notifying
Mr. Bryan of his nomination by the
Populist convention, the name of Sewall
will bp pulled down and that of Watson
put in his place. Mr. Bateman says
that if these promises are fulfilled he
will then let loose the dogs of war. He
declares that it is useless for the Demo
cratic leaders in this state to try to stay
his hand by charges that he has sold out
to the Republicans. He said:
“I violate no secrets when I say that
Mr. Sewall will be pulled down within
the next six weeks. The executive com
mittee of the Populist and Democratic
parties are simply waiting for the result
of the Maine election. Os course, you
and I well know what that result will
be. They do not know. But one thing
I can tell you, if the Democratic party
falls off the slightest in its vote this
coming September election, Arthur
Sewall will come down within two
weeks from that date.
•‘The leaders of the Democratic party
are not fools. They do not propose to
imperil Bryan’s election by having a
millstone hung around his neck. The
Sentiment in the south and west is
changing with the most astonishing
rapidity. Men who two weeks ago
were for Sewall are today open advo
cates of Tom Watson. In the one state
of Georgia 41 Democratic newspapers
have hoisted the name of Watson at
the head of their columns. The nomi
nation of Watson has appealed to their
sectional pride. Ours is the first party
j that has ever dared to place a southern
man on Its national ticket. The south
erners appreciate this fact. From one
end of. the country to the other the
Bopulist war cry is: ‘No Watson, no
“Bryan.’
“We mean business. This is nochild’s
play with us. Bryan cannot be elected
without our help. I have positive in
formation that he would accept our
nomination tomorrow if the committee
should notify him. As the secretary of
that committee, I have made all arrange
ments for the notification, but lam in
no hurry to press the matter. I had in
tended to dp it this week, but the posi
tive information that has come into my
possession that Sewall will soon be
pulled down causes me to let up for a
short time. Ido not wish to embarass
Mr. Bryan in the least. I desire his
election if Watson can be his running
mate. That is now almost positively
assured.”
The Situation In Missouri.
St. Louis, Aug. 31.—The Evening
Journal, the leading labor and Populist
daily in the southwest, says:
“A new factor has appeared in the
fight. The proposition of a division of
electors between the Populists and Dem
ocrats of Missouri, has been hanging
fire because of the failure on the part
of Chairmen Rosselle and Cook to agree
upon the terms of fusion on the state
candidates.”
Chairman M. F. Dowd of the state
silver committee, who is also national
committeeman for Missouri, said:
“I am tired of waiting for the Demo
crats and Populists to fix up an electoral
ticket. The Silver party of this state
will certify the full state Republican
ticket, in order that silver Republicans
may have every facility for voting for
Bryan. The certificate must be pre
sented within 40 days. I want the 42,-
000 Populists in Missouri to be given a
chance ' o have their votes counted for
Bryan. The Populists want four elec
tors and the Silver party one. This
matter must be settled within a week or
I shall take it before the national com
mittees; after that the Democrats and
Populists may do as they like about
their state tickets, but the electors must
be placed right away.”
Says Sewall Will Not Withdraw.
Bath, Me., Aug. 31.—Candidate Sew
all was in conversation with several po
litical friends at his home wh»n a re
■porter showed him Bateman’s statement
that he would withdraw after he Maine
f lection. When asked for an answer
to Mr. Bateman’s statement he replied
that he had nothing to say in regard to
it. Francis B. Torrey, a prominent
party worker, who was chatting witli
him at the time, said: “Well, you may
say for me—and I know Mr' Sewall
through aud through—that he will not
withdraw until after he has been
elected.” Mr. Sewall smiled assent to
Mr. Torrey’s statement.
A MOB ROUGHLY HANDLED.
The Council Bluffs High School Cadets
Were Forewarned and Forearmed.
Omaha, Aug. 31.—The Council Bluffs
High School cadets have returned from
Oakland, la., where they attended the
reunion of the Pot.towatomic Vsteraus’
THE ROME TRIBUNE.
association ibid had’ah' animated experi
ence with a mob. Great crowds of de
lighted visitors came to Oakland for
three days to view the drills. The ca
dets won distinguised consideration and
about all the honors they could carry
away. They received a warning that a
mob had been organized to tear their
tent down, smash up their accoutre
ments, occupy the property and 'run
them out of town, the supposed plan of
a rival military organization. There
were 48 members of the company pres
ent, and they prepared to defend them
selves.
A few minutes before 3 o’clock Mon
day morning a mob appeared, 200
strong, armed with all kinds of weap
ons. The cadets had thrown out a
double guard line, which met the hood
lums with their guns. The cadets did
not have their bayonets or they would
have used them with good effect. Lieu
tenant Charles Sayles met the leader of
the gang aud warned him away. The
warning had the effect of attracting the
attention of the leader to the young offi
cer and he was promptly attacked aud
knocked down. The cadets clubbed
their guns and rushed to the rescue.
The leaders of the mob were roughly
handled in the melee that followed, and
several cadets received bruises and black
eyes. The assault of the mob was be
coming so aggressive and dangerous that
cadets were on the point of using their
guns when the mob drew off.
A NEGRO SHOT TO DEATH.
Wash Atwater Assaulted a Young* Lady
and Was Riddled With Bullets.
Raleigh, Aug. 31.—News has just
reached here that Wash Atwater, a ne
gro, who assaulted Miss Canada in
Orange county, two weeks ago, was shot
to death four miles west of Chapel Hill.
Miss Canada’s father discovered At
water after he had assaulted her. At
water held the girl in front of him, and,
though her father was within 15 yards,
he dared not fire. Holding the girl be
fore him as a shield, the negro moved
backwards until he reached some
bushes, then he fled.
He was seen in the woods near Chapel
Hill going in the din ction of McCau
ley’s plantation. He went to the house
of a negro named Alston, one of Mc-
Cauley’s tenants, and asked him to get
him some dinner. The negro told him
to come back at dinner time. Atwater
returned at the time named. Dinner
was ready and he sat down and began
to eat.
Before he finished a crowd of white
men came up with guns on their should
ers. When Atwater saw them he
dashed out of the door and started to
run. They called on him to halt. One
man fired a gun to frighten him, but he
kept on running and the whole party
ridfiled him with bullets.
PROMINENT MAN ARRESTED.
Ike Weldon Accused of Being an Accessory
to the Killing of Sam Hodge.
Valdosta, Ga., Aug. 31. —Ike Wel
don, a citizen of the Lower Fork dis
trict, has been brought to the city,
charged with being an accessory to the
murder of Samuel Hodge by Plimp
Hodge, on Wednesday.
Weldon is a lawyer in his s ttlement
and was the firm friend of Plimp Hodge
in some cases which oame up in the
Justice court there. He was with Plimp
lodge on Wednesday last and, it is
said, advised the latter to beat the life
out of Samuel Hodge for challenging
his vote. He was very abusive to Sam
Hodge and dared him to challenge his
vote.
It is also alleged that he furnished
the knife with which the cutting was
done. Weldon is prominent among his
I neighbors and his arrest has caused a
I sensation among them.
A posse of several citizens are still
searching for Plimp Hodge. Though
nothing definite has been heard from
him, they are satisfied that he is still in
the section.
i
Drowned In the Pacolet River.
Williamston, S. 0., Aug. 31. —While
boating on the Pacolet river, near this
place, William Durham, the 15-year-old
son of the Rev. E. A. Durham of Paco
let, jumped into the river for a swim.
He became strangled, and his cousin,
W. H. Durham, who was in the boat
with him, reached to him the only oar
iin the boat. The drowning boy jerked
i the oar from his hand and sank. Then
his cousin dived after him aud reached
him, but being encumbered with his
clothes could not swim, »o let him
alone, and barely escaped drowning
himself. Searching parties are dragging
the river, but as yet have failed to re
-1 cover the body. The water at that
point is 20 feet deep.
A Wealthy Chicagoan Asphyxiated.
Chicago, Aug. 31.—1 t was learned
late Sunday night that Emmet R.
Schall, a Chicagoan of wealth and many
years residence, was found dead behind
the locked door of his bedroom in his
residence on Prairie avenue, at a late
hour Saturday night. The gas in the
room had been turned on and Schall
had died of asphyxiation. Mr. Schall’s
two sons talked with much reluctance
regarding their father’s death. They
said it was a case of suicide arising from
despondency. They said the old man
had not been in good health, and that
since the death of his wife 14 months
ago, he had been in depressed spirits.
Two Women Commit Suicide.
Cincinnati, Aug. 31.—The finding of
of the dead bodies of Miss Jennie Bel
leu and of Mrs. Henry Vennemeyer
Sunday, started sensational reports
again, similar to those surrounding the
finding of the bodies of women in this
vicinity recently. Both committed sui
cide and there was no murder mystery
in either case.
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THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., TUESDAY StPTtMBELi J, 1896.
AMERICANS’ DANGER
Uncle Sam Should Have a Warship at
Zanzibar,
HIS SUBJECTS NEED PROTECTION
From the Fierce Fanatical
Followers of Khalid
DEFEATED BY GREAT BRITAIN
The True Story of the Violent Change of
Government on the Island —Five Hun
dred of Khalid’s Men Were Either Killed
or Wounded Looting Succeeded the
Bom bar dune nt.
New Yoke, Aug. 31. —A special to
The World from Zanzibar, Equatorial
Africa, says: An American warship is
needed here. Although no American
was killed during the fighting attending
the bombardment of the sultan’s palace
by a British squadron, though no Amer
ican property was injured in the subse
quent confusion and looting, there will
be danger for the next two months.
Other foreign powers have men-of-war
in the harbor here.
The true story of the violent change
of government here this week is as
follows:
Khalid Bin Bargash, a son of Seyyid
(Sultan) Bargash, seized the palace last
Tuesday. He was ordered by Basil S.
Cave, the British consul, to leave the
palace, but refused to do so. Thereupon
200 marines and sailors were landed
from the British warships lying in the
harbor and they immediately occupied
the customhouse. Khalid had 2,500
armed men and nine cannon.
Admiral Rawson’s Ultimatum,
Admiral Rawson, in command of the
British naval station, arrived on Wed
nesday and in the afternoon of that day
sent an ultimatum to Khalid demand
ing that by 9 a. m. Thursday he haul
down his flag and return to his own
house, threatening that if he failed to
do so the British fleet would open fire
on the palace.
At 8:50 a. m. Thursday Khalid sent a
message to British Consul Cave refus
ing to comply with the terms of the ul
timatum. At 9a. m. sharp the British
gunboats Thrush and Sparrow aud the
cruiser Racoon took positions opposite
the palace, ready for action. The Glas
gow, Zanzibar’s only warship in the
harbor, anchored near them.
Many of the foreign women and chil
dren here had taken refuge on board the
cruiser St. George, Admiral Rawson’s
flagship, and cruiser Philomel, in an
ticipation of the bombardment. All
the consulsjremained ashore.
Th© Warship Glasgow
At 9:03 a. iu. the British warships be
gan to shell the batteries in front of the
palace. The Glasgow straightway en
gaged the Philomel, the Thrush and the
Racoon, and was sunk in 30 minutes.
At 9:45 a. m. Khalid fled to the German
consulate. His flag was shot down and
the bombardment ceased.
Five hundred of his men had been
either killed or wounded.
Two of the palace buildings were
complete ruirls, and the big palace was
badly damaged. The Thrush hit the
palace 70 times. The gunnery of the
other ships was more or less effective.
Many Arabs were buried under the pal
ace debris. Thousands of dollars worth
of jewelry was stolen by the natives
and soldiers.
Many Indian shops were looted and
the occupants shot. Homoud Bin Mo
hamed was proclaimed sultan after
Khalid’s fight.
WRECK BARELY AVERTED,
a
But For Safety Breaks a Train Would
Have Dashed Down a Mountain.
Colorado Springs, Aug. 31. The
first accident on the Pike’s Peak Cog
railroad since it was first • opened five
years ago, occurred Sunday, and but for
the safety breaks used on all the cars of
this line, a train load of passengers
would have been hurled down the moun
tain to destruction.
Coming down the mountain the side
bars on the driving wheels on both sides
of the engine broke apart, rendering
the compressed air brakes on the engine
useless. Conductor Guyman applied
the automatic breaks in the passenger
coach and the train soon stopped.
The engineer and fireman were com
pelled to abandon the engine, which
was beyond control, and it went down
the grade at a terrific speed for nearly
half a mile, where it struck a curve,
jumped the track and shot through the
air for fully 150 feet, going clear over a
boulder 15 feet high upon the mountain.
It plowed immense holes in the moun
tain side and the trailer and engine sep
arated just as the engine exploded, hurl
ing iron and steel in all directions. The
train was a special, carrying Manager
Frederick Harrison and a party of Lon
don and Northwestern railway men and
Major S. K. Hopper of the Denver and
Rio Grande railroad.
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Large Crowdtf G"*ee? tne Bryan Party.
Chautauqua, N. Y., Aug. 31.—The
Bryan party left Lake wood at 5:30 Mon
day morning on the steam launch Co
laron of this place. The trip, with the
exception of a stop at Bemus Point,
was without incident. At that place
the crowds gathered about the dock
and shook hands with the Democratic
candidate. Mrs. Bryan, for about the
first time during the trip, did not get
out among the crowd aud shake hands.
When this place was reached the dock
was crowded to its capacity and there
were cheers and applause as the boat
anproaphed tfieJamling.
GOLD BUGS GATHER
Indianapolis Takes on tiia Airs of a
Convention City,
DELEGATIONS ARRIVING HOURLY
Will Grover Cleveland Be the
F ominee
OF THE SEWALL MONEY MEN?
The Hall In Which the Convention Is to
Be Held Is Almost In Readiness—Flor
ida Delegates Create Some Comment by
Naming Cleveland as Their Choice—Vi
las Don’t Want the Nomination.
Indianapolis, Aug. 31. —The city now
has more the appearance of a conven
tion town than it has before. Delegates
came in on the early trains and the ho
! tel corridors had something of a lively
i air. Arrangements are being made for
I state headquarters and decorations are
■ being put up throughout the business
! portion of the town and hotels. Tom
-1 linson hall, where the convention meets,
l is nearly in readiness. The finishing
! touches are being put on. The execu
tive committee has been at work com-
j pleting the lists of delegates, as creden
tials ale being received by every mail
i from the states which held late conven
i tions.
Talk of the candidates became more
1 general as the new arrivals came in,
but nothing developed early in the day
to indicate which Way the tide might
turn.
I Florida created some comment by tel
egraphing to have a banner painted
i with a picture of Cleveland and the
j words “Our Choice” upon it. There is
some talk among the late arrivals
against making a nomination, but the
indications are that they will be in a
i hopeless minority, as the temper of the
1 great majority is in favor of a ticket.
Among the most pronounced against a
1 nomination is H. H. Lassiter, a delegate
from Texas. He says that in the south
1 McKinley will ba much stronger than
if there was a third ticket. Delegate
Cunningham of Tennessee is also of the
same opinion. The Texas man also an
nounces that he will vote for McKinley,
even if a nomination is made.
Bynum Claims Kentucky aud Texas.
Mr. Bynum, who is the most promi
nent promoter of rhe movement here,
j says that the third ticket will carry sev
eral states and includes Texas and Ken-
I tucky among the number.
I Perry Belmont, who presided over the
New York meeting addressed by Bourke
. Cockran, was among the arrivals during
J the day. He came as a looker-on, but
: will possibly hold a proxy for New
York.
I Senator Vilas will not permit the use
’of his name in connection with the
1 presidential nomination, is the word
I brought here by Ellis B. Usher of Wis
consin, who was at the head of the
’ movement for the organization of the
I gold Democrats in the Badger state.
“Senator Vilas does not want the
I nomination in the first place,” said he.
' In the second place he is for General
i Bragg, for whom the state instructed,
i Our delegation will be here in force and
i go to work in earnest for Bragg’s norn
| ination. From what I gather of the
i situation since >iy arrival, it would ap
pear that Henry Watterson will beGen
' eral Bragg’s only formidable rival.”
! Vilas Not the Administration Candidate.
Mr. Usher further said that he did
■ not believe there was any warrant for
the statement that Vilas was the ad
ministration candidate.
He was asked about a statement which
was abroad in the hotel corridors tp the
effect that General Bragg had a green-
I back record which might make him un-
I available as a candidate.
“General Bragg," he replied, “was
never a greenbacker, but he believed in
1878 that specie payments could not be
resumed without an undue contraction.
He was mistaken and has long since
admitted that the views ha then held
were erroneous. The views he held at
that time will in no wise prejudice his
candidacy here.”
Mr. Usher said that Bryan would not
receive 50 per cent of the regular Demo
cratic vote in Wisconsin. How much
of the gold vote would go to the ticket
nominated here, however, he thought
was problematical, as his opinion was
that 40 per cent of the German-Demo
cratic vote would be cast for McKinley.
Mr. Uusher said there was considerable
silver strength among the Republicans
in the northern part of the state.
What Ist President Cleveland’s Position?
More interest attaches here as to Mr.
Cleveland’s position perhaps than to
any other feature of the convention.
By many it is accepted as a fact that the
president is in sympathy with the pur
pose of the convention. A deftlaration
of some sort from him would not sur
prise them. In fact they rather antici
pate something from Mr. Cleveland.
Those who are most active in the move
ment, however, are not of this opinion.
Mr. Bynum said he did not think that
the president would be heard from.
“It would,” said he, “be entirely un
likely that the president would make a
declaration in advance of the action of
this convention. Even were he in sym
pathy with it he would hardly indorse
its action in advance. Such a course
would commit him, no matter what was
done. No, Ido not look for any word
from the president to this convention.”
There is a decided feeling that but
one thing stands in the way of offering
' the nomination to the president. It is
| recognized that in case this action was
• taken that there would be a clamor
I against a third tejnu which might b»
tnrn&i* to a<".uunt~oy tntHsirver men and
prevent some from voting.
May Nominate a Mau Frtni the South.
A group of delegates was discussing
the matter of candidates, and one said
there were a dozen different men who
would make firstclass candidates and
that they would be mentioned now but
for fear that it would injure their
chances and cause them to decline in
advance of the convention.
It was stated that many men who had
been mentioned early had already de
clined because they felt stronger men
might be named. It was also said that
the sectional issue would not be allowed
to enter into the selection of a candi
date and whether a man was from
Florida or Oregon would make no differ
ence when the ballot was taken. It
seems, however, that there is a disposi
tion to take one of the men from the
south in the hope that it may have in
fluence in the southern states. In pase
a northern man is named for first place
there is a disposition to push either
General Buckner of Kentucky or Secre
tary Herbert of Alabama for first place.
The executive committee of the na
tional Democratic party held a meeting
to consider arrangements relative to the
hall, tickets to the convention, and to
settle the routine business of the con
vention as far as it could be done previ
ous to the meeting of the national com
mittee, which occurs Tuesday.
Agitation For an Income Tax Plank.
There may be a contest in the com
mittee on resolutions over the question
of indorsing the principle of an income
tax. The eastern delegates generally
oppose it, but Delegate L. O. Krauthoff
of Missouri is very earnestly advocat
ing such a ( plank.
“The convention,” said he, “should
commit the party to this fair and just
method of raising revenue. But the
declaration should set forth that in view
of the constitutional objections found
against this form of tax by the supreme
court that the first effort should be to
remove this objection, not in the revo
lutionary manner proposed by the Chi
cago convention of packing the supreme
court, but by the method proposed by
the constitution itself.
J. A. Cunningham, one of , the Ten
nessee delegates, denies that he is op
posed to the nomination of a ticket at
this convention.
“I have aud always have been in fa
vor of putting a ticket in the field,” said
he, “and all the delegates of the Tennes
see delegation desire a ticket. We are
Democrats and wish to preserve the in
tegrity of the party.”
ANNUAL ENCAMPMENT.
Tlilrtleth Reunion of the Grand Army of
■ the Republic—Walker on Hand.
St. Paul, Aug. 31.—An ideal north
western day with just enough breeze to
waft a welcome to the incoming thou
sands from the innumerable flags and
banners that fluttered from every house
and office building was given for the
openingjof the week of the thirtieth
encampment of the Grand Army of the
Republic. From sunrise the evidence
of the incoming hosts becalne hourly
more apparent until the streets were
crowded long before noon hour and the
strains of martial music from bands and
drum corps could be heard on every
hand.
With 15 or more regular trains from
all points of the compass and 23 specials
due during the morning, the union de
pot the scene of the greatest ac-
tivity. Complete street preparations
had been made by the railroads for the
hauling of crowds and there was no
jam, although the crowd was all the
time jrery great.
Commander-in-Chief L N. Walker
and staff were expected on an early
train, and the local posts, accompanied
by a baud, were at the depot to greet
the train, but it was delayed and not
until noon were the veterans able to
welcome their chief. He was at once
escorted to the Ryan hotel, where na
tional headquarters were at once es
tablished, becoming the center of the
Grand Army activities.
CATTLE DYING OF ANTHRAX.
North Carolina Veterinarians Unable to
Stop the Disease —Other News.
Raleigh, Aug. 31. Governor Carr
has been notified that 20 cattle have
died at a dairy near Charlotte of a dis
ease believed to be anthrax and that the
local veterinarians are unable to stop
the disease. The governor has requested
Dr. Salmon, chief of the United States
bureau of animal industry, to send ex
perts there immediately.
Officials of the state agricultural de
partment, who have in hand the reports
regarding cotton mills, say these show
that during the past 12 months no fewer
than 50 mills have put in new machinery
and that this marks an even greater de
velopment than the 12 new mills put in
operation within tl>;t time. They also
note a decided tendency from mere yarn
making and ordinary unbleached work
to fine classes of bleached goods, as well
as the manufacture of garments from
cotton in looms. There are now four
large bleacheries and ten mills have
changed from coarse to fine goods.
Russian Mluister of Foreign Affairs Dear!.
Kief, Russia, Aug. 31 —Prince Le
banoff-Restovski, the Russian minister
of foreign affairs, who accompanied the
czar and czarina on their foreign tour
recently commenced, died suddenly Sun
day while enroute from Vienna to this
city. The news of his death caused
profound sorrow and considerable sup
pressed exescement throughout Russia.
The regret felt is intensified by the fact
that diplomatic arrangements between
the powers for the settlement of the
vexed Armenian and Oriental questions
may now be broken off aud the czar
may be compelled to defer his proposed
visit to Germany, Denmark, France and
England.
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LI LEAVES NEW YORK
Goes to West Point Military
Academy
TO SEE HOW SOLDIERS ARE MADE
Under Uncle Sam’s Corps of
Instructors
HE WILL VISIT WASHINGTON
Were He Will Meet the Members of the
Chinese Legation and Many Distinguished
Civil and Military Dignitaries During
His Stay in the Capital of the Uni.ed
States*
New York, Aug. 31.—Early Monday
morning Li Hung Chang boarded the
dispatch boat Dolphin and in a few
minutes anchor was weighed and the
start for West Point made. The am
bassador will there inspect the military
academy and grounds. The proposed
visit to the squadron off Tompkinsville
was postponed, as there was not suffi
cient time to make it before starting
for W< st Point.
Will Visit Washington Thursday.
. Washington, Aug. 31.—At the Chi
nese legation it is said that it has been
determined that Li Hung Chang will
visit this city next Thursday, arriving
here at night. He will be met by all
the members of the legation, who will
escort Li and his suite to the Arlington
hotel, where he will stop during the two
days that he remains in this city. It is
expected that General Ruger, Assistant
Secretary of State Rockhill, Colonel
Fred Grant, ex-Governor John W. Fos
ter, John Russell Young, the Chinese
minister, the Chinese consul at New
York and other prominent men will be
in Li Hung Chang’s party when it ar
rives. At the legation it is said that no
public official display will take place,
but that Li Hung Chang will, on Fri
day, be quietly escorted to the capitol
and other public buildings.
INJUNCTION DISSOLVED.
The Southern Railway and the Seaboard
Air Line May Now Fight It Out.
New York, Aug. 31. A dispatch
from Charleston, S. C., says that the in
junction preventing the 80 per cent cut
in rates ordered by the Southern States
Freight association in retaliation for the
33 per cent cut by the Seaboard Air Line
association has been dissolved.
To Send Negro Troops to Cuba.
Muncie, Ind., Aug. 31.—The meeting
held at Salem for the purpose of raising
funds to assist Truman Stewart in de
fraying the expenses of landing 1,000
negro troops in Cuba to assist the insur
gents was attended by 1,000 people and
a satisfactory sum was the result from
the sale of tefreshments and subscrip
tions. Another is colonizing troops m
Georgia, and they will be shipped frem
Key West about Oct. 1. Stewart is a
fearless young man, ouce a candidate
for the legislature, and is the chief pro
moter. Since his plans have been pub
lished he has received hundreds of let
ters from military men and others anx
ious to accompany him, and many
donations.
Wholesale Liquor Dealers In Session.
Cleveland, Aug. 31.—Leading whole
sale liquor dealers and distillers from
all parts of the country are in session
here for the ostensible purpose of form
ing a national organization. The meet
ing is behind closed doors and the dele
gates are very reticent about the exact
purpose of the gathering. One of the
delegates, when asked as to the object
of the meeting, said the first matter to
be accomplished was the formation of a
national organization. Then the ques
tions of the present loose credit system
and the overstocked condition of the
market will be taken up.
Killed Mil Wife and’Himself.
Detroit, Aug 31. —Frank Baubien,
aged 40, shot and mortally wounded his
wife, attempted to kill his two children
and then blew his own brains out. Bau
bien, who is a member of an old French
family, was left considerable money
some time ago and has been drinking
heavily ever since. Monday morning he
went home drunk, and when his wife
remonstrated, drew a revolver and shot
her in the back as she ran. He also at
tempted to shoot his two children, but
both escaped injury. He then placed
the revolver to his own head and blew
his brains out,
Revolutionary Outbreak at Manilla.
Berlin, Aug. 31. —Official dispatches
received here from Manilla, capital of
the Phillipine islands, announces that a
revolutionary outbreak has occurred,
there, and that a state of siege has been,
proclaimed.
Spanish Warship Ordered to the Scene,
Madrid, Aug. 31. —The Spanish war
ship Isla de Cuba has been ordered to
proceed to the Phillipine islands imme
diately.
Tataliysii.'.i'bj' a» Pugilist,
Cincinnati, Aug. 31. —An outingclub
was spending the Sunday in a grove
near the suburb of College Hill, when
Edward Nelons, an amateur pugilist,
and his friends started a game of chuck
on the ground. Adam Prath of the out
ing party ordered them to quit playing
there. In the melee that followed,
Prath was fatally shot.by Nelons.