Newspaper Page Text
ff Vnn CANNOT DO WITHOUT 2
<► XOU THR DAILY AND ♦
3 Sunday Tribune. ♦
o Sent unt|l January I, 1897, X
4AAAAAA♦ a AAAAAAAA AAAAAA A
ESTABLISHED 1887.
I A HORRIBLE CRIME
L A Young Ledy Assaulted By a
1 Biack Brute.
[fiß WAS CAPTURED AND INGRID
I *‘ Thus We Defend Our Women
From Outrage”
L HIS BOLY RIDDLED WITH BULLETS
I 'The Young Woman Who Identified Him'
I As H* r Assaulter is a Member of a Splen-
l did Spalding County Family-She is in
i a Precarious Condi ion A Terrible
A Deed.
Griffin, Oct. 15. —Mies Blanch
a young lady of a splendid
family, was going from a friend’s
; house to her sister’s, in northern part
. of the county late yesterday when a
’ '* negro fiend slipped up behind her and
seized her. Choking her down he
dragged her into the woods and as
saulted her in a most horrible manner.
After accomplishing his purpose he
.fled to the swamps. It was some time
before the young lady recovered con
sciousness. When she did she made
her way to her brother-in-law’s house
and told him of the fearful crime that
had been committed. Immediately
the alarm was sounded and a search
was begun for the brute. Every
minute the crowd on the hunt was
augumented and the woods were soon
> full of indignant peo) 1 ■ looking for
the brute.
About 1 o’clock this morning the negro
[ Henry Milner, was caught. As he was
being carried to a place of safety he tried
to escape and as he ran he was fired upon
and the ball took effect in his back and
1 he was soon recaptured.
i The man, in conpany with two others
I who looked something like him were car
ried before the young woman and tjhe
had no trouble in identifying him.
Henry Milner was a black brute about
23 years old who had but a few months
ago been released from the chaingang of
the county. After the identification the
bruite freely confessed the crime and told
all about the assault. He told several
i people then that he was sorry for his
•crime.
The men who had him in charge
him to Griffin and carried
■ him to a physician to have the ball
■ extracted. While he was in the hands
■ of the physician this morning a crowd
■ of determined and resolute men w'ent
B to the physician’s office and took the
man ouf and put him in a buggy. In
E the company of about fifty or sixty he
| was carried out about one and a half
I miles from the city.
In a grove he was hung and then
I shot to death. A placard was then
I attached to his dead person:
|_ “THUS WE DEFEND OUR WO
MEN FROM OUTRAGE. ”
K The entire affair was conducted so
K quietly that the crowd was out of the
■ city before officers were aware of the
purpose of the people. There was but
■ little excitement over the matter and
thq mob dispersed quietly in different
B directions. An effort was made to die-
Bk cover who was in the mob, but
B|'L they passed out so quickly and
by side streets that the citizens
Ml were not aware of the lynching
until it had been accomplished. The
body is still suspended to the limb
E awaiting the coroner’s inquest.
■ Miss Gray is in a precarious condi-
K tion and may not fully recover.
■ WHO WILL SUCCEED KEANE?
Vice Rector Gnrrlgan and Bishop O’Gor
man Are Prominently Mentioned.
■ Washington, Oct. 15.—The approach-
■ ing meeting of the Catholic cleirgy at
■ Washington will be oue of special ia-
K terest and importance.
Not only are the administrators of the
university to meet on the
•■-■.'^►twenty-first, but the archbishops, repre-
Lsenting the controlling force of the
.have determined tochange their
place of meeting, which was set for
m New Orleans, and meet here, following
V the university meeting. The two bod
ies are entirely distinct, as only six of
■ >the 18 archbishops have a vote on the
university board. The six are C.irdi'ial
Gibbons (also archbishop of i lie Balti-
M more diocese) and Archbishops Williams
|| of Boston, Corrigan of New York, Ryan
S' -of Philadelphia, Ireland of St. Paul and
B Ohappslle of Sant i Fe.
They hold their places on the board by
B virtue of being charter members. The
B other archbishops have an advisory
membership on the board, but no vote.
This last feature is important in view
of the vote for the choice of a successor
» to Bishop Keane as rutorof the uni-
Mm 'versity. Seven bishops also have a vote
the board, viz: Spalding of Peoria,
■ Marty of St. Cloud. Maes of Covington,
V Foley of Detroit, Hortsman of Cleve
||r land and Keane, late rector of the uni-
K versity.
K Bishop Spalding is in Europe and will
||f not be present. Bishop Keane is not
|H expected to return for the meeting,
gs Mousiguor Early of New York and Dr.
H Lee of Washington, make up the remain
|B< ing voting members of the board. There
are three luy members. Waggaman of
W Washington, Jenkins of Baltimore and
III! Banigan of Providence who have no
■ vote on the choice pf rector, that being
a function of the clerics especially com
mitted to them by the pope. This makes
BBT 12 voting members, of winch seven con
atitute a mgjqntv. Thus far t|ie inline-
THE ROHE TRIBUNE.
metatiowa m connection witn the suc
cession to Bishop Keane can only be
conjectural, as it is expected that the
voting members of the board will come
here with a candidate to support, and
until they get together there is no
means of learning the concensus of opin
ion.
The prominent part Vice Rector Gar
rigan has taken in the affairs of the
university leads to the mention of his
name. Among the more prominent
teachers of the church who have been as
sociated with the university are Bishop
O’Gormon of Sioux Falls, an authority
on church history; Rev. Dr. Pace, herd
of the school of philosophy; Monsignor
Schroeder, professor of dogmatic theol
ogy, and some others. While there has
been no special movement toward any
of these names attention is directed o
them in view of the feeling that a teach
ing cleric will be named.
A TRAGEDY AT COLUMBUS.
Two I’otloeraen Instantly Killed and An
other Fatally Wounded.
Columbus, Ga., Oct. 15. —Two mem
bers of the Columbus police force, Rich
ard M. Adams and William Jackson,
were murdered on the streets of this
city, another officer, Charles Roberts,-
was fatally wounded, while a fourth,
Zeno Picket, was shot through the
thigh by J. A. White, an ex-policeman
and shoemaker, and his son, Henry
White.
In attempting to effect the arrest of
the murderer a posse shot him to death.
The Whites shot the officers for no
other cause than that they had served
the elder White with a subpoena to ap
pear in court for disorderly .conduct.
White and his son escaped the crowd
which quickly gathered, and they suc
ceeded in reaching their home, a short
distance from the scene of the killing.
The alarm was given, and the house of
the Whites was surrounded by 500 men,
determined to prevent the escape of the
murderers.
Officer Charles Roberts went to the
house and commanded the Whites to
surrender, but he was answered by a
shot from inside and a bullet plowing
its way through his body. The brave
officer fell mortally wounded, and he is
barely alive.
Some time after Roberts was shot, six
| men volunteered to arrest White and
his sen, and they surrounded the house.
The door •was broken down and fire
opened on the two men. White was
wounded at the first fire, and his body
was riddled with bullets by the attack
ing party. He died in * few seconds.
Henry White managed to escape during
the excitement, and succeeded in get
ting across the Chattahoochee river on
the Alabama side.
A big posse started in pursuit, and at
a late hour White was captured and
brought to the city. It is feared that
he will be lynched.
The tragedy occurred in front of
Rumsey’s saloon, at the corner of First
avenue and Thirteenth street.
SOCIALISM* NOT A .SUCCESS.
• ■
Failure of Experiment* In Switzerland.
Consul Monaghan Makes a Report.
WaShignton, Oct. 15.—The attempts
made in Switzerland to assist the work
ing classes by assuring an opportunity
for employment or maintenance to work
men willing to labor have not succeeded
so far, notwithstanding the fact that
Switzerland is- said to be further ad
vanced in the application of socialistic
principles than any other country in the
vvorld.
United States Consul Monaghan, at
Chemnitz, Germany, has made a report
on the subject to the state department,
recording the results of the efforts made
in this direction in the cantons of Bern
and St. Gall. The national government
has, by a decided vote, refused to un
dertake the scheme.
In Bern an insurance association was
formed, in which membership was -vol
untary, and every contributing work
man was guaranteed a pension in idle
ness that arose from reasons beyond his
control.
In St. Gall a similar organization was
tried, but in that case the membership
of all workmen was obligatory. In each
case the association fell behind in re
ceipts and the cantons were obliged to
make up deficiencies, so that it amounted
to state help to the unemployed. In
addition the people who were assured
of steady work protested bitterly against
being obliged to assist in the mainten
ance of their more unfortunate breth
ren. so that the result was unsatisfac
tory.
A national commission which has
been investigating the workings of the
plan is about to report adversely upon it.
Duel With Pistols at Montgomery,
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 15.—L. B.
Wi.liaingon and Edgar Summercamp,
two young men about town, quarreled
here about a debt of $2 and a pistol duel
followed. Summercamp got a ball in
the face and Williamson received one in
his right thigh. Both were painfully
but not fatally hurt.
• Jg t
Pos.es After Train Robbers.
Ogden, Utah, Oct. 15.—Several posses
are still out in search of the robbers
who held up the Union Pacific train,
but so far as heard from they have found
no clue. A bottle of nitroglycerine and
several sticks of dynamite have been
found near where the train was held up.
Three of the registered mailsacks rifled
were for San Francisco and four for
Sacramento. '
Killed Oyer a Gaine of < *Crapt.”
Evansville. Ind., Oct. 15.—Dud Hay
don and Jame< Hays with other ne
groes on the steamer Hopkins, were
playing craps and Haydon won all of
Hays’ money. The hitter demanded a
quarter or blood and reached for his
knife. Haydon was the quicker aud
almost cur Hays’ off.
THE ROME TRIBUNE, ROME, GA., FRIDAY OCTOBEH 16, 1806.
HR WATSON ACCEPTS
1 Formal Letter Maibd to Chairman
laiion Butler
HE WILL RUN FOR VICS PRESIDENT
He Will Confer Today With
Buttlerand Washburn
HIS THROAT ST.LL TROUBLING HIM
But His Physicians Say There <s No Cause
For Alarm—He Will Not BeAble to Make
Any More Speeches at Present, How
ever-The Official Statement as Given Ou (
Y,st rday by Watson’s Physlclanr.
Thomson, Oct. 15.—Hon. Thomas
E. Watson has mailed to Senator Ma
rion Butler, chairman of the populist
national committee, a letter accepting
the populist nomination for vice-pres
ident of the United States.
Mr. Watson, in confirmation of the
rumor that the letter had been for
warded, give the following signed
statement to The Journal today:
To The Atlanta Journal:
My letter of acceptance was mailed
to Mr. Butler yesterday. Apply to
him for copy,
Thomas E. Watson.
Mr. Watson will be in conference
tomorrow with Chairman Butler and
Committeman Washburn.
The letter was mailed to Washing
ton, and Mr. Butler will not see the
original copy before his return to that
city from Georgia. It is probable,
however, that the letter will be given
to the press tomorrow.
No Cause For Alarm.
Atlanta, Oct. 15.—1 n view of the
alarming reports in circulation concern
ing the condition of the Hon. Thomas
E. Watson, The Journal telegraphed
Mr. Watson’s physician for an official
statement of his patient’s condition.
The doctor said:
“The impression has been created by
some papers that Mr. Thomas E. Wat
son has been and is now quite ill with
throat And lung trouble, while another
has so misstated the facts and misrepre
sented Mr. Watson as to state that he
was not sick at all but pretending to be
from some cause, that he was out look
ing after his different farms in the
county, etc.
“In justice to Mr. Watson I state that
when he returned from his last speak
ing tour, his throat was in a fearful
condition, and his general system was
beginning to be impressed by it, but it
soon yielded to treatment, and he is
now in his usual good health, except
the local trouble in his throat, which
is very much improved, and I think it
will be entirely well in a few days.
Yet, I positively object to Mr. Watson’s
making any more speeches at present.”
Butler and Washburn to Visit Watson.
Chicago, Oct. 15.—Senator Marion
Butler, chairman of the Populist na
tional committee and George F. Wash
burn, who has charge of the western
branch, have departed for Georgia to
confer with Thomas E. Watson, regard
ing the action taken by the Populist ex
ecutive committee. A conference was
held with Chairman Jones at which it
Ts said the probable action of Mr. Wat
son was considered, and the visit pf
Messrs. Butler aud Washburn finally
decided upon.- The Populist politicians
say that the visit is largely a formal
one, as an agreement between Mr. Wat
son and the Democratic managers was
perfected by Mr. Watson.
COBB ISLAND SWEPT AWAY.
Summer Resort Submerged and All but
Three Buildings Destroyed*
Care Charles, Va., Oct. 15.—Cobb
Island,.which has been a famous sum
mer resort for 40 years, was entirely
submerged at high tide and was washed
so badly that an ordinary tide now cov
ers it. The hotel and adjoining budd
ings jwere completely demolished and
nearly all of the contents carried out to
sea.
The only remaining buildings are the
lifesaving station, the cottages belong
ing to Ashby Jones of Richmond and
Thomas Smith, a resident of the island.
The latter was built by the Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr., of New York three years
ago. The inhabitants were rescued by
the lifesaving crew, assisted by resi
dents of the mainland, during the
night. Warren Cobb, one of the own
ers of the island and hotel property, had
to be taken out of the second story win
dow of his house.
The tides are still running unusually
high, which will undoubtedly almost
complete the destruction of this histori
cal summer resort.
Nothing as yet has been heard from
Hog Island, vhere it is feared serious
damage has been done.
Mysterious Killing at Covington.
Covington, Ky., Oct. 15.—A myste
rious murder occurred here, Frank Ken
nedy, aged about 25 years, being found
on Willow street, near the railroad,
with his throat cut. The supposed mur
derer. who was afterwards arrested,
gave his name as J T. Canary. Both
are strange s and Canary was very
drunk whe arrested. R >bbery is the
supposed motive.
BRYAN IN MICHIGAN
Democratic Nominee Talks to People of
the Lake Slate
HEADED BY OLD INDIAN FIGHTER
People Up to Hear Him at Five
O’clock
HE EMBARASSES A QUESTIONER
Compliments the Citizens ot Petoskey,
Who Rose at 5:30 O'clock lu the Morn
ing to Hear Him, on the Interest They
Are-Taking In the Campaign—Speaks at
Several Smalt Towns.
Petoskey, Mich., Oct. 15. —St. Ignace
listened to free silver doctrine from
William J. Bryan as early as 5:30 a m.
and a large crowd heard him and ap
plauded him enthusiastically. He gave
the people a short talk, complimenting
them on the interest they were taking
in the campaign.
The special train was taken across the
straits of Mackinaw and at 7 o’clock
Mr. Bryan talked to the people of Mack
inaw. He explained that a dollar was
worth 100 cents the world over, and
when asked about the 53-cent dollar by
one of his audience, he answered the
'interrogator with his usual explanation,
but in such a manner as to somewhat
embarrass the questioner.
1 At Petoskey, Mr. Bryan spoke from a
' platform in the rear of the station to an
early morning crowd of several hun
dred. Many of those in the audience
wore yellow badges marked: “An hon
est dollar.” Noticing these, the candi
date demanded to know whether the
phrase referred to the gold standard or
to free silver. A voice answered: “Six
teen to one,” and this satisfied Mr.
Bryan, for he said no more about it,
proceeding with the discussion of the
silver doctrine.
Fair sized crowds also greeted him at
Charlevoix and Bellaire, where the nom
inee made five minute addresses. He
went over the same ground already cov
ered by him, dilating upon the right of
American people to oust from office, by
their franchise, candidates who have
proved unworthy to conduct the gov
el ument of the country.
THE SPANIARDS WEAKEN.
Will Give Up the Straggle In Cuba Alter
the First of Next March.
New York, Oct. 15.—A special to
The Herald from Cadiz, Spain, says:
It is an open secret that if Spain has
not put down the insurrection in Cuba
by the first of next March it is the in
tention of the government to give up’
the struggle and let the island go. It
is said that the policy is being adopted
of exaggerating the magnitude of the
trouble in the Phillipines with a view
of preparing the people for the ultimate
design of letting Cuba go. W. G. Fos
ter, the manager of the Eastern Tele
graphic company here, speaking of the
I situation, said:
"There is no question that the gov
ernment is trying to use the Phillipine
| troubles to distract the people’s atten
; tion from. Cuba. There is no doubt that
Spain intends to do her utmost to crush
I the Cuban insurrection between now
and March. Failing in that, lam in
, formed that she will give up the strug
gle.
| “An important issue is the fact that
Cuba has a debt of some $500,000,000
and that if Spain puts down the insur
rection Cubs, will have to pay that debt,
whereas if Cuba wins, the payment of
the debt will fall on Spain, who con
tracted it on behalf of Cuba.
i “Naturally the planters, who have
been driven from their ruined planta-
, lions, however loyal they may appear
I to be to Spain, really want to see the
' Cubans succeed, as in that case they
\ would not be taxed by Spain to pay the
interest on the debt and theyconld start
: again under more favorable auspices.”
I The Phillipine islands comprise 115,-
000 square miles, as against 49,000 for
Cuba. In point of population, the Phil
i.lipines have 5.636,000 as against a pop
• ulation of 2,276,000 for Cuba and Porto
Rico combined.
TELEGRAPH AS A CIVILIZER.
Indian Outrage* Checked by the Efficiency
of Government Lines.
Washington, Oct. 16. In bis annual
report General Greely, the"chief signal
| officer, says that commercial business
over the military telegraph lines run
ning through mountains and desert re
, gions during the past year has largely
: increased, and the receipts now amount
to one-twelfth of the cost of operating
the entire signal corps.
j General Greely says these lines have
proved of benefit to commerce, opening
up otherwise isolated but important re
gions and deterring the Indians from
outbreaks. The interruptions to com-
i muHication, which were in the past fre
quently caused by the shooting down of
the insulators of the lines, were very
few last year. The speedy repairs were
due to a large extent to the use of bi
cycles by linemen in place of wagons.
Often repairs have been thus made in
less time than would have been con
sumed in obtaining a horse and wagon.
The corps is still experimenting to
find the most suitable type of wheel for
this work. A2sto 30 pound machine,
with pneumatic tires, has been found to
give the best results.
The experiments made abroad to de
velop the use of balloons in warfare are
referr-jd to. .aivjl General Greely says
That this is an American idea, origi
nating with General Fitz-John Porter
early in the late war. He concludes that
no movable balloon has yet met the re
quirements, notwithstanding the ex
periments made in Europe, and that
while the flying-machine, thanks to the
wbrk of Maxim and Langley, is near at
hand, the present recourse of the army
must still be in captive balloons.
Accordingly he has Supplied an outfit
to the post at Fort Logan, Colo., aud
will ask for SIO,IOO to complete the
work.
TINY BUT EXPERT THIEVES.
TlieF Stole While Their Mother Talked
Business With Victims.
Chicago, Oct. 15.—Mrs Carrie Meyer
and her three children are under arreSt,
charged with shoplifting. Thechildren
are Charles, 13 years; Agnes, 10 years,
and Henry, 7 years.
According to detectives, the Meyer
children are the most precocious crimi
nals the police have handled in years.
As their mother, with the air and ap
pearance of a thrifty woman of affairs,
entered a house, ostensibly to buy it or
rent a rocm for a brother, the children
would go in with her and begin to play
in the rooms. The youngsters would
pull out bureau drawers and take any
thing they could get their hands on in
the way of jewelry and money.
In this way Mrs. Meyer is said to
have operated all over Cook county.
More than SI,OOO worth of plunder has
been recovered.
PRINTERS ARE FOR BRYAN,
But Fear the Adoption of a Silver Resolu
tion Would Injure Their Union.
Colorado Springs, Oct. 15.—The In
ternational Typogranhical union, after
a warm discussion, voted to strike from
the minutes the following resolution:
Resolved by the International Typo
graphical union, in convention assembled
on the summit of Pike’s Peak, on this the
fourteenth day of October. 1896, that we
believe in the free and unlimited coinage
of silver at the ratio 16 to 1 and the adop
tion of laws restoring sliver to its rightful
place, as the same existed prior to 1873,
and this without waiting for the content
of any other nation.
The supporters of Bryan and free sil
ver were largely in the majority, but
they thought the adoption of such a
resolution would injure the union.
David Dwight. Wells Weds In London.
London, Oct. 15. —At St. George's
church, Hanover square, at 2 o’clock,
David Dwight Wells, son of the secre
tary of the United States embassy at
London, was married to Miss Marietta
Ord of this city, daughter of a promi
nent West End physician. Although
it was intended to keep the function
fairly quiet, over 200 persons were pres
ent. The church was beautifully deco
rated with palms, ferns and lillies. The
services, which were a full choral,
were conducted by the Rev. Mr. Bain
bridge, rector of St. Thomas churia,
Regent street, to which the bride’s fam
ily belongs. 0. W. Everard, formerly
British consul at Ichang, China, acted
as best man. The bridesmaids were
Miss Evelyn Ord and Miss Beatrice
Oarpmall, cousins of the bride.
Annual Report of the Western Union.
New York, Oct. 15.—The report of
the Western Union Telegraph company
for the year ending June 30, shows: Net
revenue, $22,612,736; increase, $394,717;
expenses, $16,717,756; increase, $658,126;
surplus, $196,217; decrease, $243,625 aud
a total surplus $7,643,693. The increase
in expenses was due "in part to allow
ances for the construction caused by se
vere storms and especially the St. Louis
cyclone. The capital stock is un
changed. There were 920,000 more full
paid messages transmitted than in the
preceding year. Three hundred and
sixty-five offices were added to the sys
tem.
Corbett and Fitz May Flglii la Atlanta.
Atlanta, Ort. 15. —Sporting circles
of this city are considerably stirred up
over the presence here of John Ellison,
a Philadelphia sport, who is quietly in
vestigating the Georgia state laws on
prizefighting with a view of bringing
James J. Corbett and. Robert Fitzsim
mons together on Georgia soil, in At
lanta, if possible, in a battle for the
championship of the world. Ellison
reached Atlanta several days ago and
began, in a quiet way, to make his in
vestigations. He is now negotiating
with certain Atlanta capitalists with a
view to securing a purse to be hung up
for the battle in case the state laws are
not found to be too stringent in this
respect.
Failure of an Illlnnl. Bank.
Washington, Oct. 15. The comptrol
of the currency has received a telegram
announcing the failure of the Second
National Bank of Rockford, Ills. Bank
Examiner D. A. Cook has been placed
in charge. The bank has a capital stock
of $200,000, and at the date of its lost
report had deposits to the amount of
$620,000 and undivided profits aggregat
ing $70,000. Inability to realize on its
assets is given as the cause of failure.
Carlisle to Speak Io Kentucky.
Washington, Oct. 15.—1 n a letter to
George M. Davis of Louisville, Secre
tary Carlisle has fixed dates for his cam
paign speeches in Kentucky. These are
Oct. 22, 24, 26, 28 and 30. Carlisle ex
pressed a desire to make his first speech
at Covington.
The Bancroft Reaches Smyrna.
Washington, Oct. 15. —The Bancroft,
concerning ’hose trip to the Mediterra
nean sensa >nal reports have been pub
lished, has arrived at Smyrna.
♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦
| FOR SI.OO t
♦ THE DAILY AND ♦
♦ SUNDAY TRIBUNE *
♦ will be sent until Jan. I, ’97 J
+ -<■ A AA
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
TO HELP THE CUBANS
A Party Os Sbarpsbooters Will Sood
Leave Htw York.
PRESENTS ARGUMENTS FOR SILVER
All of the Thirty-Two Men are
Old Indian Fighters
HAVE BEEN ENGAGED BY CUBAN?
Aeorge T. A. Barljktett, Who Wa. General
Mlles* Chief Scout When the Ghost Dancee
of the Redskins Culminated In a Collis
ion With Government Forces at Wounded
Knee, Chosen as the Leader.
New York, Oct 15.—The World says:
George T. A. Bartalett, formerly a
United States government scout at
Wounded Knee, S. D., and one of the
best sharpshooters in the country, has
been engaged by the Cuban, in this
oity to take a bank of 50. sharpshooters
to Cuba to aid the insurgents.
There are in New York awaiting
transportation to Cuba 32 men who
have been engaged by the federal gov
ernment in subduing the Indians in
western states. The Cuban managers
have engaged these Indian fighters to
assist the insurgents. The sharpshoot
ers are in hiding in different parts of
the city, where they will remain until
they shall receive instructions from
their leader to be ready to sail from a
port a short distance from New York.
Bartalett’s companions are Seth Hath
away, another government scout, aud
Harry B. Williams, who says that he is
a “scout, guide, interpret <r, sharp
shooter and sandwich eatei.” Both
men belonged to General Crook’s com
mand in 1876. When the ghost dances
of the Indians culminated in a collision
with the government forces at Wounded
Knee, S. D., in December, 1890, Barta
lett was General Miles’ chief scout and
had charge of the Indian police who
helped to route the redskins.
Bartalett is reticent concerning his trip
to Cuba. He simply says that he and
his party will go to the island unless
they shall be prevented from doing so
by government authorities. He has ob
tained the guns and ammunition that
his men will require. United States
Marshal McCarthy said that he had re
ceived ‘no instructions to prevent the de
parture of Bartalett and his detachment
of soldier..
WRECK IN SOUTH CAROLINA,
a
Trains Collide Near Swansea and Three
Men Lose Iheir Lives.
Columkia, S. 0., Oct. 15.—Passenger
train No. 35 and train No. 26, on file
Florida Central and Peninsular rail
road, came together near Swansea, 23
miles south of this city, and both engines
were totally wrecked.
The combination mail and baggage
car on train No. 35 turned over and
pinned down in the debris Baggagemas
ter Lines and Mail Clerk Thomas. The
car caught fire and they were burned to
death, being unable to extricate them
selves. None of the pas engers were
seriously hurt, thongh many were
bruised and badly shaken up.
W. E. Ulmer, flagman, is missing and
is undoubtedly among the killed. Ul
mer was last seen standing between the
first and secondclass coaches. He was
doubtless caught in one of the telescoped
cars and burned up in the wreck, to
gether with Lines and Thomas.
Thomas is supposed to have been
killed outright, as he was in the forward
end of the combination mail and pas
senger coach, which was telescoped by
being driven upon the terrier.
The engineers and the firemen of the
two trains jumped and escaped without
injuries. Mail Clerk James, Express
Messenger T. O. Farmer and Extra Ex
press Messenger F. W. Price suffered
slight injuries.
McKinley Men Win In Colorado.
Denver, Oct. 15.—The supreme court
has decided that the silver Republican
party is without standing in the court
and that the only vestige of organiza
tion rests with the followers of McKin
ley, as the bolters by repudiating the
platform of the St. Louis convention
forfeited all claim to recognition in this
state. The court goes into exhaustive
review of the proceedings incident to
the contest and then concludes that the
McKinrey men cannot be deprived of
their rights through the autocratic ac
tion of a state official whose duties are
merely clerical. The ruling gives the
McKinley men the right to select judges
and clerks of election and practically
place all the machinery of the election
in their hands.
Au Earthquake In Chill.
New York, Oct. 15.—A special to
The Herald from Valparaiso says: An
earthquake of great force has just
shaken this city. The shock was ac
companied by alarming noises from the
earth. There was a panic in this city,
but the damage done by the earthquake
was slight. The shock was felt in San
tiago, Chili, heavily, but no damage was
done there. There is a scheme afoot
here to organize a company to trans
form Juan Fernandez island, which is
famous as the original “Robinson Cru
soe” island, into a fashionable bathing
resort.
An Examination For At«<»i<taut Surgeon*
Washington, Oct. 15.—The surgeon
general of the marine hospital service
has given notice that on Feb. 3, 1897,
an examiiiatiou for the position of as
sistant surgeon will be held in this citjr-