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ESTABLISHED 1887.
WAS LEFT FOR DEAD
The Datardly Wurk of a BLck
Fiend
IN THS TOWN OF SHELLMAN
Three Hundred Armed Men
Are in Pursuit
■HE WILL BE LYNCHED IF CAUGHT
The Brutal Perpetrator was Employed by
the Husband and Took Adv ntage of His
Absence to Carry Out His Hellish De
signs on the Unfortunate Woman.
Shelman, Sept. 14.—A a brutal as
sault was made upon Mrs. John Bass
at her home in the lower edge of this
■county this morning by Lum Warren,
a negro, who has been an employee of
her husband on his farm for three
years.
Mrs. Bass was knocked unconscious
with a large stick in the hands of
Warren, which crushed her skull,
knocking her eyes out. He then
dragged her to a nearby horse stable
and his hellish work.
Thinking her dead he went about his
work on the farm.
Mrs. Bass was found in this condi
tion by her husband shortly after
wards. Warren learning that Mrs.
Bass was not dead, fled and has not
been seen since.
Three hundred armed men are now
scouring the country in search of the
b ute, and if found he wi 1 be lynched
Pail Williams, who is said to have
loaned Warren a mule to make his es
cape, has been placed in jail. He too
may meet with the fate of Warren.
Mrs Bass became conscious after
she was found and told all. She sank
back into a state of unconsciousness,
t nl it is not believed that she can live;
it she should live she will be blind
and otherwise injured for life. She
was a comely young woman and the
family stand's high in this community.
The posse in pursuit are determin
ed to find the brute and nothing can
prevent a lynching should he be
found-
A heavy guard will be placed
around the jail to prevent the lynch
ing of Williams, or he may be secretly
removed this afternoon. So infuriat
ed are the people at the crime that it
is sure that an effort at mob violence
will be made upon the person who
abetted the brute in escaping from
the community.
The assault has created a tremend
ous sensation in the county. People
from every section are flocking to the
scene, many of them armed for the
purpose of joining in the search for
the brute who committed the crime.
Tue entire county is trembling with
excitement.
FEAR ANOTHER OL" BREAK.
The Foreign Population of < ■antlnople
Expect More Trou ■
[Copyrighted, 1896, by Assc std Press.]
Constantinople, Sept. X-There is
little or no change in the ] Xitical situa
tion here, and it is believed that the
powers will take action immediately iu
the case of the sultan, Abdul Hamid, a
great deal depending upon the result of
the czar's approaching visit to Balmoral.
According to the palace officials, the
audience of Sir Philip Currie, the Brit
ish ambassador, held with the sultan on
Friday last, resulted in the ambassador
assuring his majesty that the feeling
against him in Great Britain is much
more intense than he or his advisers
had realized and it was intimated that
Great Britain in eventualities might be
compelled to take action independent of
other powers, in preventing further dis
turbances here.
In spite of this assurance, it is notable
that there is a renewal of serious anx
iety among the foreign portion of the
population, that another outbreak will
occur at no far distant date. The re
fusal of the Roumanian authorities to
permit Armenian refugees to land in
Roumauia has created a very bad im
pression in European circles and may
lead to serious complications later on.
The joint commission of Europeans
and Turks, apnointed to inquire into the
recent massacres, held its preliminary
meeting ou Saturday, but the fact that
most of the Armeniaus who could furn
ish the necessary evidence to place the
blame where it belongs have be u killed, |
imprisoned or banished, leaves the com
mission little else to work on than the
Turkish police officials’ evidence, which
naturally amounts to nothiug at all.
But the work of the commision, hap
pily, has been forestalled by the em
bassies, where all the evidence necessary
to conclusively prove that the massa
cres were officially planned at and au
thorized from the palace has been col
lected and submitted to the governments
of the six powers.
It has been stated that the Softas had
planned another manifestation iu the
vicinity of the Yildis palace upon the
occasion of the Selatnlik of last week,
and a number of Mussulmans, it is re
ported, have been arrested in conse
quence. The precautions adopted to
guard the palace against the attack
were greatly increased in consequence,
but no manifestation occurred.
PUGILISTS MATCHED.
■Jim Corbett and Bob Fitzsimmons Finally
Beach an Agreement.
New York, Sept. 14.—James J. Cor
bett and Robert Fitzsimmons met at the
Bartholdi, hotel and verbally agreed ta
THE ROHE TRIBUNE
fight for ‘slo,ooo a side, and t."?j largest
purse that any club in this country will
offer. The fight is to take place 60 days
I from the date of the contest between
Corbett and Sharkey, provided it is
brought to a successful conclusion be
fore Dec. 31, 1896. Should the contest
| between Corbett and Sharkey be de
clared off for any reason, Corbett binds
himself to box Fitzsimmons on or before
March 1, 1897.
| Fitzsimmons stipulates that in case
he should conquer Corbett that he will
not accept the Police Gazette champion-
I ship belt, which trophy he does not
recognize as being emblematic of the
1 championship. C rbett desires to fight
for the belt, and will accept it in case
he should win.
I The agreement was reduced to writ
. ing. It may be signed in a few days,
and $5,000 stake money be deposited by
each. These preliminaries will be car
ried out, it is said, so as to avoid legal
entanglements, probably outside of the
state.
Al Smith of New York was agreed
upon as a final stakeholder and George
Siler of Chicago will be asked to act as
referee. The meeting between Corbett
and Fitzsimmons was marked with con
siderable ill feeling, in which the lie
was passed, but it wound up with toasts
to the victor, whoever he may be.
TILLMAN IN PENNSYLVANIA.
The South Carolina Senator Has a Lively
Discussion at Pottsville.
Pottsville, Pa., Sept. 14.—Represen
tative C. N. Brumm of this district and
Senator Ben R. Tillman of South Caro
lina met upon the same stage in a pub
lic hall in Myersville, the home of the
congressman, and the greatest excite
ment prevailed during the discussion.
Personalities were indulged in between
the two speakers and upon several occa
sions a riot was feared.
Ths discussion was impromptu. Mr.
Tillman had gone there to hear a silver
orator named Thorpe deliver a speech.
Upon she conclusion of Thorpe’s speech,
the senator was invited to speak, but
declined. He would yield, he said, if
Mr. Brumm would repeat what he had
said of the senator in a speech at Potts
ville a couple of weeks ago in a speech
in reply to one made by Mr. Tillman
the week previous. Mr. Brumm as
sumed the stage and a discussion
between him and the senatorMjnsued.
Senator Tillman, in opening his re
marks, after his invitation to Represent
ative Brumm, stated that the represent
ative had criticized him and his people
and state in his Pottsville speech, and
he was there now to defend himself.
He referred to Mr. Brumm as a traitor
to principle. He then began to query
him as to his former advocacy of the
greenback theory. He forced Mr.
Brumm to admit that he believed that
with the government's stamp paper
could be made money. To this the sen
ator retorted by saying that if the fiat
of the government could make money
out of paper, why could it not make
money out of silver.
Mr. Brumm referred to slavery as be
ing one of the most injurious effects
from which labor in this country had
suffered and that the rebellion of the
south was the effort of that section to
continue the iniquitous system of bond
age.
MANY CALL ON* M’kINLEY.
Farmers and Woolgrowers Visit the Re
publican Presidential Nominee.
Canton, 0., Sept. 14.—Just at 11
o’clock a special train of 11 coaches
steamed into the central station of the
Cleveland and Vandalia railroad, with
a delegation of 1,000 persons of Cadiz
and Harrison counties. The crowd is
largely composed of farmers and wool
growers, and represents one of the fore
most woolgrowing sections of the coun
try. It was headed by the Cadiz city
band, a very excellent musical organi
zation, escorted by the Canton troop
and a large citizens’ committee at
tached to the McKinley home, where
D. W. Hollingsworth, ex-attorney gen
eral of Ohio, introduced the visitors.
The train was decorated with streamers
and the delegation carried numerous
campaign banners.
Each of the marchers wore a badge
composed of a buckeye, a little bunch of
wool and a sprig of golden rod. The
committee wore a badge of blue ribbon
with a little bunch of wool, and Major
and Mrs. McKinley appeared on the
front porch wearing one of these.
While the committee was waiting on
Major McKinley the Scio contingent
filed in front of the house and gave the
Scio college yell; a selection was ren
dered by the Scio band and by the Ca
diz band. Major McKinley was given a
great reception when he appeared, and
both he and General Hollingsworth
were interrupted by applause at short
intervals.
To Find a Remedy ror Texan Fever.
San Francisco, Sept. 14.—Dr. Sidney
Hunt, an eminent physician of Queens
land, and for many years physician of
the Brisbane board of health, has just
arrived here. Dr. Hunt has been sent
here by the Queensland government to
investigate and find a remedy for
Texas fever, as it is known in the south
ern part of the United States, which has
broken out on the big cattle ranches in
northern Queensland.
ITifee Men Fount! Dead In a Cabin.
Victor, Colo., Sept. 14.—Char Mc-
Govern, Charles O’Toole and George
Stevens were found dead in a cabin seven
miles from Victor. John Doyle and
John McDermott have been occupying
the cabin for some time and all have
been drinking heavily. The two latter
have been arrested on suspicion of pois
oning their, comrades.
THE HOME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., TUESD
BRYAN IN ILLINOIS
Democracy’s Leadir Speaks at
Mount Vernon,
OVER SIX THOUSAND HEAR HIM
It Was a Most Magnificent
Ovation
TO THE LEADER OF DEMOCRACY
J Man Who, Until This Campaign,' Has
Been a Republican, Presided at the Meet
ing and Introduced the Nominee—The
Platform Adopted bv the Republicans at
St. Louis Is Attacked.
Mount Vernon, Ills., Sept. 14.—Be
tween 5,000 and 6,000 people packed
themselves into the courthouse square
at Mount Vernon, waiting for the com
ing of the three-time nominee. The
ever present country band did its best,
and the Bryan club, dressed in white
duck suits, preserved a line from the
car to the platform, from which Mr.
Bryan spoke. Mr. Bryan was intro
duced by Judge Semple of the appellate
court, who announced that he had al
ways been a Republican until now. Mr.
Bryan spoke as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen:
I appreciate the fact that this meeting
is presided over by one who until this
campaign had been a Republican. I also
appreciate the fact that while our oppo
nents may say of me that I am young and
lacking in public experience, they cannot
bring that charge against a member of
the appellate court, whose judgment and
heart have led him to espouse the cause of
the people. [Applause]. lam glad that
from day to day we are finding recruits to
our cause from those whose position in
public life raise them above the standard
of those who apply the name of anarchist
or disturber of the public peace to those
who raise their hands against the en
croachments of syndicates and corpora
tions. [Apnlause], A few months ago
I was in yoi/r midst, then as a private cit
izen, simply representing a cause which
was near to my heart, and when I told
you here that the brand of my Democracy
was different from the brand which was
being presented by the administration,
your city was advertised by those who
tried to make it appear that I denied that
I was a Democrat. [Applause],
My friends, those of you who were here
know that not only did I declare myself a
Democrat, but I have always declared my
self a better Democrat than any man
[applause] who sought to undo what
Jefferson and Jackson did for the Ameri
can people. [Great applause] Since that
meeting great events have taken place.
Since we met here last March the Repub
lican party, in national convention at St.
Louis, did what no party in this nation
ever did before, solemnly de dared that the
fl ancial policy of this country should de
pend not upon what the American people
(TSSlred, but upon what foreign nations,
in their eompission, would allow the
American people to have. [Applause.]
The Republican platform does not say
that the gold standard is a good thing. It
in substance declares that a double stand
ard is better than the single gold standard,
becauses that platform pledges the Re
publican party to get rid of the gold
standard and substitute the bimetallic
principles. When? Not when our peo
ple need it. Not when our people desire
it, but as soon as the leading commercial
nations of the world will join with us in
doing it. [Applause],
I ask you, my friends, to study that
platform well, because we may fairly as
sume that a man elected upon a platform
will carry out that platform. When does
the Republican party say we shall have
bimetallism? It does not state the time.
How long does it say that we must main
tain the gold standard? For one year?
It does not limit it to a year or four years.
No, my friends, so far as that platform
goes, it declares that whether the Ameri
can people like the gold standard or not,
whether they suffer from it or not, they
must maintain it forever, if foreign na
tions insist on our keeping it. [Great ap
plause]. lam willing to submit the ques
tion to the American people. [Applause
and cries of - ‘That’s right’’].
I.ALIAN'BARK wrecked.
The Captain and Mate Suicided to Escape
Deatli by Drowning.
Highland Light, Mass., Sept. 14.
The Italian bark Monte Tabor, from
Tripani for Boston, with a cargo of salt,
was wrecked on Peaked Hill bar at mid
night. To escape death by drowning,
it is presumed. Captain Dellacassa com
mitted suicide by shooting, and his ex
ample of self destruction was followed
by the mate, who cut his throat with a
razor.
Four of the crew of ten, all of whom
were swept overboard, were drowned.
The remaining six reached shore on the
vessel’s deckhouse, which was the
largest portion left of the vessel a short
time after she struck. The sailors who
reached land are all foreigners and they
speak very little English, so that only
the mere details of the wreck can be ob
tained from them.
The Monte Tabor sailed June 24 from
Tripani. She is a wooden vessel of 592
tons gross. She was 153 feet long, 32
feet beam and 9 feet, 7 inches depth of
hold. She was built at Varasze in 1873
and hailed from Genoa, Italy.
Alabama Farmers Fight a Duel.
Birmingham, Ala., Sept. 14. —From
the Prestons beat, in Sumter county,
comes the story of a duel to death be
tween Sam W. Sibley and H. C. Dooley,
prominent farmers in that locality.
Both men had shotguns and each one
was filled with shot. A feud has been
standing between the two men for some
time. They met at a pond on Dooly’s
place, where they had gone to shoot
doves, and the quarrel was renewed.
Both men were good shots. Sibley was
killed almost instantly, while Dooley
cannot recover from his wounds. Both
men had families, .
Y SEPTEMBER 15, 1896.
A PLOI DISCOVERED
London Police Discover a Fresh Dynamite
Conspiracy,
INFERNAL MACHINES CAPTURED
They Evidently Intended to
Blow Up
QPEEN VICTORIA, OF ENGLAND
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Correspondence Secured Which Incrimi
nates a Number of Persons and Many Ar
rests Follow—Authorities Said to Have
Bren Given the Tip by Recently Re
leased Irish Political Prisoners.
[Copyrighted, 1596, by Associated Press.]
London, Sept. 14.—1 t is generally be
lieved here that the police, by the ar
rests of Edward, Bell at Glasgow, on
Saturday, J. Wallace and John W.
Kearney, at Rotterdam, and P. P. P-
Tynan (No. 1), at Boulogne-sur-mor,
France, have nipped a widespread dyna
mite plot in the bud. At Rotterdam,
in addition to arresting Wallace and
Kearney, the police captured a number
of infernal machines and a quantity of
correspondence, which is said to incrim
inate a number of people and which
may result in further arrests in the near
future.
Bell was arraigned at the central po
lice station court and after the usual
formalities had been gone through with,
the prisoner was remanded until Wed
nesday next. The alleged dynamiter,
who seemed cool and unconcerned, was
handcuffed while in court and guarded
by two specially detailed policemen.
Bell is about 28 years of age, of me
dium build, slim, clean shaven and of
sallow complexion. He wore a soft felt
hat and was otherwise dressed as an
American gentleman. The people of
the hotel where Bell stopped say that he
was always self absorbed and paid little
attention to his fellow guests. His pe
culiar manner made an unfavorable im
pression upon the proprietors of the ho
tel, but in spite of this, they say they
have no complaint to make regarding
his behavior and the arrest of their
guest was a surprise to them.
Edward Bell Is Mum.
The prisoner has very little to say
about his being taken into custody. The
only information which he has thus far
vouchsafed is that he is not a British
subject.
Bell’s paper and other belongings are
in the hands of the police, who, it is
said, have been shadowing him since
his arrival at Glasgow. The police at
tach the utmost importance to the ar
res s made and are observing great reti
cence on the subject. It appears, how
ever. that the police officials have been
cognizant for some time past of the ex
istence of a fresh dynamite conspiracy
and there is no reason to doubt that the
information in the possession of the
Scotland yard authorities is of the ut
most character, although it is difficult
to obtain definite facts as yet.
The Globe, which has close relations
with the government, in a long leading
editorial article, intimates that the ar
rests are made on the information re
ceived from one of the recently released
Irish political prisoners. It is added
that this man has also furnished the
authorities with valuable evidence in
relation to the Clan-na-gael, and it is
further stated that the government re
cently released several prisoners so as
not to furnish a clue to the source of its
information.
Revival of Fenlauisih.
One of the most notorious Fenian
leaders, it is also said, arrived in Great
Britain from the United States several
months ago and The Globe at that time
published an article about his presence,
pointing out that there was a general
revival of Feuianism in progress, and
as a result of these exposures, The
Globe claims, the Fenian leader alluded
to hastily returned to the United States.
Incidentally, it was The Globe which
first proclaimed the identity of the sec
ond man arrested at Rotterdam as be
ing John F. Kearney of New York, who
is charged with having been concerned
in blowing up the Glasgow Gas works
in 1892, a deed for which Terrance Mc-
Dermott and others are now serving
sentences of imprisonment for life in
Portland prison.
Kearney escaped to New York, and it
was said at the time his escape was
winked at by the highest authorities.
It was further alleged that Kearney,
under the pretense of friendship, led
Phelan into the trap when “Short, the
Butcher,” nearly stabbed Phelan and
Clancy to death in O’Donovan Rossa’s
office, on Chambers street, New York.
Kearney may now be charged with
the Glasgow outrage, as well as partici
pation in the alleged present movement
Tynan Is Arraigned.
A dispatch from Boulogne-sou-mor to
the Associated Press says that Tynan
was arraigned there before the deputy
police prosecutor. The proceedings were
confined to furnishing evidence of the
arrest and the establishment of the
identity of the prisoner, which the lat
ter fully admitted. Two Scotland yard
detectives were presented at these cere
monies, and eventually the prisoner was
remanded and taken to the town jail
while awaiting the arrival from London
of the documents necess ry to bring
about his extradition.
Tynan, who seems to have had no
idea that he was shadowed by English
detectives from the moment he landed
iu Europe, feels his position keenly.
He told his captors he knew that capital
punishment awaited him if he was
handed over to the representatives of
the government It appears that Tynan
during his continental tour, passed him
qglf off as a oueen’s messenger of royal
courier aim ciatmeu triatTieii, w.io was
traveling with him, was his secretary.
A later dispatch from Rotterdam re
ports that the men arrested were in bed
when the detectives entered their room.
Several infernal machines were found
in their possession, together with a
quantity of correspondence in cipher, a
key to which having been discovered,
the correspondence was read and is said [
to have been plans for dynamite out
rages, including an attempt upon the
life of Queen Victoria.
BAD WRECK IN CALIFORNIA.
Four People Killed and Sixteen Seriously
Injured Near Arcata.
Eureka, Cal., Sept. 14.—Four Per
sons were killed and 16 seriously in
jured as the result of a wreck on the Ar
cata and Mad River railroad, about five
miles north of Arcata.
The dead are: Miss Annie Holland
of Riverside; Miss Kirkman of Blue
Lake; Fannie Gregory of Eureka; Sandy
Cameron, brakeman.
The injured: Conductor Harvey Sam
mons, badly injured; Engineer George
Burke, badly scalded; Fireman Burke,
escaped with a few bruises; Mrs. Kate
Minor, arm and leg broken; David
Wood, badly injured; Mrs. David Wood,
both legs broken; Mrs. Winthrop, leg
and arm broken; Miss Winthrop, in
jured internally; Dan Mahoney, badly
injured; two children of Mahoney, badly
injured, one having its jaw broken; Miss
Mary Zantara, leg broken; Miss Annie
Zantara, seriously injured internally;
Mrs. Gregory and child of Eureka, both
in a critical condition; Sven Johnson of
Glendale, badly bruised about the body;
A. Sanders of Glendale, slightly hurt;
Herman Sanders of Glendale, badly cut
on the leg and otherwise injured; Miss
Rosie Buddetti, Italian peddler,, badly
shaken up.
The accident occurred to the regular
passenger train, consisting of an engine
and two cars, which connected at Ar
cata wharf with the company’s ferry
boat Alta, leaving here at 3:30 p. m.,
bound for Korbel, the terminus of the
road, about 12 miles above Arcata. The
scene of the accident was the compa
ny’s bridge across Mad river, about half
way between Area'a and Korbel.
The train had run out on the first
span of the bridge, when, without
warning, the stringers gave way, letting
the whole train drop 40 feet to the
gravel bed of the river, where the
coaches were smashed. The engine and
cars did not pile up or telescope, as all
dropped together. One span of the
bridge is still in position, uninjured.
In the coaches were between 30 and
40 passengers, and all of these, with the
exception of one man, who jumped from
the rear end of the platform, went down
with the train. This fortunate man was
Louis Everding, one of the owners of
the Riverside sawmill. All the others
were injured and ten or 12 are fearfully
mangled and are not expected to live.
CHANG IS A FREETRADER.
China, He Says, Pats a Small Tax on Lux
uries and Noue at All ou Necessaries.
Banff, N. W. T. t Sept. 14. —Li Hung
Chang, in reply to a question as to
what he thought of the tax on the Chi
namen imposed by the Canadian gov
ernment, said:
“It is unjust that the Chinese should
be taxed. In China we admit foreign
ers free, and I cannot understand why
there should be a difference in the treat
ment of our people. I cannot under
stand why Canada, a British colony,
should tax Chinamen. In the United
States it is different, because there the
Irishmen rule, and the Irish do not like
the Chinese.”
“What do you think of the high pro
tective tariff of the United States and
Canada?” was the next question.
To this he answered that he was a
freetrader.
“In this country you levy a very high
tax on luxuries and a lower tax on nec
essaries. In China we levy but a very
small tax on luxuries and none at all on
necessaries. ’ ’ •
SETTLEMENT IN SIGHT.
Italy and Brazil Will Not Go to War, Says
Senor < erquira-
New York, Sept. 14. —A dispatch to
The Herald from Buenos Ayres, Argen
tina, says: A correspondent in Rio
Janeiro, Brazil, telegraphs that the Bra
zilian foreign minister, Senor Cerquira
has informed a circle of friends of high
standing officially that he regards the
prospects of a peaceful settlement of the
Italian question as extremely favora
ble.
Senor Cesoiira says that the govern
ment at Rome is satisfied, but he does
not disguise the fact that satisfaction
will be demanded for all wrongs suff
ered by Italy in Brazil before they con
sent to enter into negotiations for the
final disposition of the matter.
Senor Bruno, the Italian representa
tive in Sao Paulo, declared in an inter
view with Senor Cerquira that the situ
ation in that state was still grave. Seven
thousand insurgents have left Sao Paulo
for Argentina. Tne United States gun
boat Castine will accompany the Argen
tina fleet in its evolutions in Brazilian
waters.
A Farmer Make, a Rich Find.
Corsica, Ga., Sept. 14. —Mr. John C.
Herrington of Covena was fishing in
the Ohoopee river and, getting tired, he
decided to rest awhile on a small island,
and while sitting under a large cedar he
noticed a strange looking place resem
bling a grave. He began to investigate
and on digging down about two feet,
was surprised to find an earthen jar
containing $1,500 in gold and silver,
among which were some coins dating
as far back as 1804. The money is sup
posed to have been buried by an old
settler. .
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SCORE ONE FOR HIM
The Competitor Prisoners Will Now
Have a Fair Trial.
SPANISH GOVERNMENT YIELDS
And Secretary Olney Has
Placed a Feather In His Cap
BY THE HIGH STAND HE HAS TAKEN
iaptalu General Weyllsr and Other Span
lards In Cuba, Who Were Anxious For
the Execution of the Men as an Example
to Others Engaged In Filibustering, Are
Greatly Disappointed.
New York, Sept. 14. —A special to
The Herald from Washington says: The
Spanish government has yielded to the
demands of the United States for a trial
by civil court of the Competitor prison
jrs. Authentic information to this ef
fect has reached the state department,
unofficially, and the formal announce
ment is expected in the next mail from
Minister Taylor in Madrid. The Span
ish government reached this conclusion
some time ago, but has withheld the
formal announcement of its decision un
til after the cortes adjourns in order to
escape criticism from that body for mak
ing concessions to the United States.
While expecting this decision, the au
thorities have become impatient of late
aver the long delay on the part of the
Spanish ministry in complying with
the demands for a fair trial of the Com
petitor prisoners who have been in
prison under death sentence imposed by
a drumhead courtmartial, nearly five
months ago. Petitions have been pour
ing in on the state department from all
quarters urging prompt action in behalf
of these men. Despairing of favorable
iction to the request for a civil trial,
tome of these petitioners urged that an
ippeal be made to the Spanish ministry
tor the pardon of the men.
The department has no intention of
Asking a pardon. Secretary Olney has
insisted from the first that the men
were irregularly tried and in violation
of express treaty stipulations. He re
quested a retrial, not byway of favor,
but as a matter of right, and, in answer
to inquiries from members of the senate
committee on foreign relations, he em
phatically stated that the administra
tion would never submit to the carrying
out of the sentence of the summary
courtmartial.
It is a matter of considerable relief to
the authorities here to know that Spain
has found it expedient to comply with
the demands of the United States in re
gard to these men. For some time past
it has been regarded as one of the most
troublesome questions in dispute be
tween two countries. They will, how
ever, watch with some concern the
effects of the decision .in Spain and
among the Spanish in Cuba. It is un
derstood this action will be a great dis
appointment to General Weyler and
other Spaniards who are anxious for the
execution of the men, as an example for
the others engaged in filibustering, but
it is hoped that time has served to allay
the bitter feeling which has existed in
Spanish quarters when the men were
captured. It was stated then that Gen
eral Weyler would resign if the Madrid
authorities overruled the decision of the
drumhead courtmartial, which he ap
proved.
RATES MUST BE REDUCED.
The North Calollna Commission Issues Or
ders to Railroads.
Raleigh, Sept. 14.—The railway com
mission gave a hearing to the leading
tailways with a view of ascertaining
whether their present through rates dis
criminate against any local rates in
North Carolina. The Southern railway
was represented by Vice Presidents
Baldwin and Andrews and General
Counsel Henderson. The question was
asked by the commission whether the
cut rates have so far increased business
as to make it profitable in comparison
with the former rates and whether the
rates are based upon the long and short
haul section of the interstate commerce
or are only in effect to competitive
points.
The commission reduced passenger
rates a quarter of a cent, making them
3 cents per mile flrstclass and cents
seeondclass. The commission found
that the long and short haul clause was
violated by at least one road and or
dered that the local freight tariffs be so
reduced as to be proportionate to the
cut through rates. A hearing as to the
reasonableness of reduced rates will be
had Sept. 22.
Covington, Ky., Sept. 14. —Sheriff
Brock of Mason county, Ky., has ar
rived with Robert Laughlin, sentenced
to be hung for the murder of his wife
and neice. Laughlin was in Maysville
jaiL It was learned. that a mob was
coming from Brooksville, where Laugh
lin was tried, to, Maysville to lynch
the prisoner. Laughlin lived in a cabin
with his wife and neice. When his
wife caught him assaulting his niece he
murdered both women and burned the
cabin with their bodies. The feeling
was intense in Laughlin’s home and he
I will be kept in jail here until the day of •
the execution.
Fire Damp Explodes In a Coal Mine.
Pittsburg, Sept. 14.—A dispatch from
Walker’s Mills, Pa., reports an explo
sion of fire damp in the old Hawkins
coal mine. The report says that one ]
man was killed and that other miners ]