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FURIOUS FOREST FIRES.
Three Towns in Wisconsin Wiped Off
the Face of the Earth.
The 3,000 Inhabitants of Phillips
Homeless Shores Crossing' and
Mason Also in Ashes—Many Set
tlers in the Path of the Flames Lose
Their All—Many Reported
Lost.
Milwaukee, Wis., July 28.--General
Manager H. F. Whitcomb of the Wiscon
sin Central road this noon made the fol
lowing authentic statement with regard
to the forest fires in the northern part
of the state: “Trains from the
south have Reached the south end
of the Phillips yard. Trains from
the north have reached the first
bridge north of Phillips, about one mile
north of the station this bridge having
been damaged by fire. Nearly the whole
city of Phillips is destroyed, including
the saw and planing mills and box
factory of the John R. Davis Lumber Co.,
and Shaw’s tannery. About thirty
houses are left standing in Phillips.
“Aside from the homeless by the de
struction of the city of Phillips, a great
many settlers along our line have lost
their homes and all their belongings. The
fires in the forests are still burning, but
some rain fell last night and the fires are
not spreading. The loss is estimated at
several million dollars.
“The towns of Phillips, the county seat
of pine county. Shores Crossing and the
village of Mason, in Bayfield county, are
wiped off the map. Phillips was a town
of 3,000 inhabitants. Most of these are
homeless. The loss at Mason will reach
SI .000,000, and that at Phillips three times
as much.
“The entire northern portion of the
state, the lumber region, is full of forest
fires, which are doinig immense damage
to standing timber. It is reported that
many lives haves been lost, but of these
no authentic reports have been received.”
SUCCOR FOB THE SUFFERERS.
Milwaukee, Wis.. 11 p. m.. July2B.—The
total destruction by fire of the prosper
ous town of Phillips, in Prince county, as
a result of the devastating forest confla
gration during the week, brought quick
and generous responses to the appeals for
succor from all parts of the Badger
state to-day. The bare news that
3,000 men, women and children had
been suddenly rendered homeless and
destitute of the necessaries of existence
was sufficient to awake practical expres
sions of sympathy in which the state au
thorities and the business men of Mil
waukee were the leaders. The escape of
all the unfortunate victims from death or
serious burning was considered most mira
culous when they were surrounded by
the flaming forests and build
ings of the town. The big Elk
river which runs through Phillips,
afforded a haven of refuge to many of the
inhabitants. The destruction of Phillips
was followed by the prayed-for rain,
which soon quenched the forest fires
along the Northern Pacific. Omaha and
South Shore roads, between West Supe
rior and Ashland, as also the destructive
conflagrations to the south on the line of
the Wisconsin Central, and in the Michi
fan peninsula in the Gogebic range region.
'ifteen carloads of provisions, clothing
and tents are either in the hands of the,
Phillips victims, or will be to-morrow. .
The reports from Mason, in Bayfield
county, and Shores Crossing, which were
partly burned, show that the people are
hot in want of the necessaries of life.
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Quartermaster General; Auer t<day re
reived the following dispatch from the
governor:
Oconomowoc. Wis.. July 28.—Meet me at
the St. Paul depot. Milwaukee, at 8:30o’clock.
Arrange for two or three cars on the Wiscon
sin Central road to send relief to Phillips to
night. Buy 100 barrels of flour and 2.003
pounds of bacon, hams. etc. Buy 1.000 loaves
of bread. Get the things under way and we
•will arrange the rest on my arrival.
George W. Peck.
The following dispatch was received by
Gov. Peck from B. W. Davis, chairman
of the county board at Phillips, and re
peated to Gen. Auer:
Phillips. Wis.. July 28.-To Gov. Pack:
Send tents and blankets for 1.000 people.
B. W. Davis.
The following was received and read on
’change to day:
Phillips, Wis., July 28. Our city is entirely
destroyed by Are, leaving 3 OX) people with
out food, clothing, or shelter. Please take
immediate steps to send relief.
B. W. Davis,
Chairman Relief Committee.
AN APAPEAL TO THE MAYOR.
Mayor Rock received an appeal from
Phillips, and immediately notified Presi
dent Hansen of the Merchants and Man
ufacturers' Association, and a call for a
meeting of that organization at 11 o'clock
this morning was issued.
It was decided to send three carloads
Os provisions, consisting of bread, crack
ers. meat and other articles donated, on
the B:3b o'clock passenger train over the
Wisconsin Centra).
The first contribution to the Phillips
sufferers to-day was a carload of flour
from the Milwaukee millers.
Reports from Phillips received at. the
central offices this afternoon state that
four carloads of provisions have already
been received for the fire sufferers. Wau
sau. Ashland and Portage each sent a
carload, while a carload of meat in tran
sit at Fairfield was also turned over to
the relief committee
Eight cars of provisions are already on
the road to Phillips.
A SUMMARY OF THE LOSSES
Following is a summary of the fire
osses:
The city of Phillips entirely wiped out.
The city of Mason practically de
stroyed, with the White River Lumber
Company and 80,000,000 feet of lumber.
Headquarters of the Ashland Lumber
Company near Shores Crossing, entirely
wiped out.
A special train of the Chicago, St.
Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha, consisting
of sixteen cars and two locomotives, all
burned, broke through the burning bridge
near Ashland Junction.
Camps of the Thompson Lumber com
pany, burned at White River.
. Two bridges on the main line of the
Chicago. St., Paul, Minneapolis and
Omaha railroad, one near Ashland Junc
tion ano one near Mason.
Two bridges on the Wisconsin Central
railroad, one at Chelsea, and the other
near Phillips, both on the main line,
south of Ashland.
BERRY PICKERS HAVE A CLOSE CALL.
Several parties of berry pickers from
Ashland narrowly escaped with their
lives, and it is almost certain that some
of the lone homesteaders scattered
through the burning district have per
ished in the flames, unless they have, in
some marvelous way, escaped through
tbe suffocating flames and smoke. About
noon refugees and homesteaders began to
arrive at Ashland.
Three thousand people have been
made homeless bi’ the forest fires
at Phillips. Not a building is left stand
ing in the town. When the fire
reached the city it swept from house
to bouse and in ar. hour had wrapped
the entire village in flames. The people
fled to the railway, where trains were
started and they were hastily conveyed
to neighboring towns. Nothing but a
few personal effects were saved.
At Phillips, twelve people are known to
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have lost their lives. Among the dead
are: Frank Cliss, an employe of the Davis
Lumber Company and his 2-year-old
child; James Lock, a butcher, his wife
and five children; Mrs. Davis Brydenand
two children.
S PUT OUT BY RAIN.
Ironwood, Mich., July 28.—The disas
trous forest fires which have been raging
in the Gogebic range this week were ex
tinguished to-day by a heavy pouring
of rain on the flames.
CLASH OF THE CELESTIALS
The Claim That War Has Not Been
Declared Yet Reiterated.
London, July 28.—The Chinese legation
to-day received a dispatch from Tien
Tsen saying the King of Corea had been
captured by the Japanese on July 23.
This is regarded as explaining the Col
lison which took place at Seoul, the capi
tal of Corea, between the Japanese and
palace guards.
The Chinese minister to-day said there
has been no formal declaration of war be
tween China and Japan, in spite of the
collisions which have occurred, and that
pourparlers tending toward a peaceful
settlemefit of the disputes between the
two countries stillcontinue.
SINKING OF THE SHIPS.
Shanghai, July 28.—Further news re
ceived here shows that in addition to the
Hugh Mathieson & Co.'s steamer, Kow
Shung, which was sunk by a Japanese
cruiser as it was being used as a trans
port for Chinese troops, all on board being
drowned, the Chinese Trading Company’s
steamer. Toonan, also being used as a
transport for Chinese troops, has been
sunk by the fire of a Japanese warship.
JAPAN’S EXPLANATION OF THE SEA FIGHT.
Yokohama, July 28.—The Japanese gov
ernment has issued the following official
statement of the recent engagement be
tween- fleets of Japan and China: “In
consequence of severe provocation, three
ships of the Japanese squadron were com
pelled to engage a Chinese fleet off Fan
tas, or Round Island. They captured the
Chinese warship Tsas Kian and sunk a
Chinese transport with soldiers on board.
Unfortunately one of the largest Chinese
ironclads of the northern fleet., tbe Chen
Yuen, escaped to China and the Chinese
torpedo cruiser Huan Tai escaped to
Fusan in Corea. The three Japanese
warships engaged were the Akitsushima,
Takachibo and Hi Yei. They escaped en
tirely without injury.
JAPAN PLEADS JUSTIFICATION.
A lengthy statement has be,en sent out
from an authentic source explaining
Japan’s position. It is claimed that Japan
has never gone beyond the rights given
her by the treaty of 1885. The statement
rehearses Japan’s demands as presented
to the government at Peking, and de
clares that if war results, the policy of
China will be answerable for it. It is im
possible, says the statement in conclusion,
to conjecture what caused China’s atti
tude in the face of Japan’s indisputable
treaty rights.
ITALY AND ENGLAND DIP IN.
Rome, July 28.—The following dispatch
was received from Tokio this morning:
“The Italian minister, acting in concert
with the British minister, has presented
the Japanese ministry of foreign affairs
the proposals made by the Chinese look
ing to a settlement of affairs in Corea.
These proposals will be ccmsidered by the
Japanese government, which has reserved
its reply.”
BANKEB3 ACQUITTED.
End of the Trial of the Officials of the
Banca Romana.
Rome, July 28.—The trial of Signor
Tanlongo, ex-president of the'Banca Ro
mana. and the other officials of that in
stitution, who were accused of fraudulent
practices, was concluded to-day, the jury
bringing in a verdict of acquittal. The ver
dict was received with applause by the
spectators in the court room, and the de
fendants were at once set ar, liberty.
Signor Tanlongo and his associate de
fendants were warmly congratulated
upon leaving the court.
The verdict in the Tanlongo case has
made a bad impression in government
circles, and preparations will be made at
once to push the charges against those ac
cused of purloining documents concerning
the mismanagement of the Banca Romana.
This second trial is likely to involve the
official acts of Giolitti, the ex-premier,
and Rosano, his secretary of state in the
home office.
BUSINESS BLOCKS BURNED.
A Loss of $125,000 With Insurance
of $75,000 at Brooklyn, la.
Des Moines, la., July 28.—The business
portion of the little city of Brooklyn, loca
ted on the Rockflsla nd road in Poweshiek
county, was wiped out by fire early this
morning. Seventeen building, nearly all
brick, were destroyed before the flames
were checked by the Grinnell fire de
partment, which came on a special train.
The fire in an unknown man
ner in the basement of Woods & Kelby's
furniture store. The loss will reach
f 125,000, with insurance of $75,000.
NO YELLOW JACK AT KEY WEST.
The’Fever There Only Dengue—The
South Uninfected.
Washington, D C., July 28.—Surgeon
General Wyman of the marine hospital
service has received Jreports from State
Health Officer Porter of Florida. Sur
geon Murray and Sanitary Inspector
Guiieras. who have been investigating
the nature of the tever at Key West. The
reports agree that the fever is “dengue,”
and state that there is no suspicion of
yellow fever at Key West.
Surgeon General Wyman said to-day
that there was no portion of the United
States suspected of being infected with
yellow fever.
THE WEEKLY NEWS (TWO-TIMES-A-WEEK): MONDAY. JULY 30, 1894.
ORANGES HURT BY RAIN.
They Are Beginning to Fall From the
Trees in Some Groves.
A Few Notes About Politics—Light
ning's Strange Freak—A Wedding
That Will Attract Attention—Other
Matters of Interest.
Maitland, Fla., July 27.—The present
rainy season is peculiar in this immedi
ate vicinity for the severity of the daily
thunderstorms and the immense rain
fall. The lakes, which had become
alarmingly low on account of the pro
tracted drought, are now way up to high
water mark and still rising.
Oranges are beginning to fall from
many trees, and even the June bloom
fruit shows a tendency'to fall off in some
groves very liberally. It is claimed by
some growers that the June blooms sel
dom mature much of a crop. This year
the June blooming was almost universal,
and it led many despondent persons to
hope for a big crop of late oranges as the
result. For myself, I shall have a fine
yield, unless they fall off later.
Maitland feels quite proud of her dele
gation to the county democratic conven
tion at Orlando this week, as it was a real
municipal as well as representative body.
Hon. S. B. Hill, our efficient farmer
mayor, and Aidermen George T. Stith
and J. S. Simmons well represented our
precinct, and the latter two were selected
as delegates to the congressional conven
tion at Palatka. Mayor Hill’s friends
wanted him to go to the legislature, but
he prefers to give his time and talents—
although a lawyer by education—to in
tensive farming and fruit growing.
Bartow is to be congratulated on hav
ing secured Gen. Evandor M. Law of
South Carolina as a citizen, he having lo
cated there to establish the Florida Mili
tary Institute. I knew Gen. Law in Tus
kogee, Ala., as one of the foremost and
most accomplished educators in the south.
His gallant service in the confederate
army fits him in a peculiar manner to
conduct a military school, and I congrat
ulate, not only Polk county, but South
Florida, on his advent there.
Orange county will have two most ex
cellent representatives in the next legis
lature, Hon. B. F. Whitner of Sanford,
who made a splendid record in the legisla
ture of two years ago will be returned,
while Capt. T. W. Shine of Orlando, for
six years a zealous and efficient repre
sentative, will be succeeded by Hon. J. T.
Chapman of Plymouth, a native of Talia
ferro county, Ga.. and a most estimable
man, and well-fitted for the position. He
also comes from a section of. the county
that has not of late had a representative
to look after its interests with a personal
sense of responsibility.
It is astonishing how popular the east
coast has become as a summer resort for I
South Florida people. Armond, Day
tona, New Smyrna, Coronado, Mel
bourne Beach and other points are this
season being liberally patronized by
whole families from this section. Two
days ago I saw a party of about fifteen
going from Orlando. Rev. Dr. £. P.
Hooker and others from Winter Park are
preparing to go over and enjoy the sea
Dreeze and surf bathing. It keeps money
at home to patronize our own resorts.
STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
It has been a long time since we have
had any destruction of residence or farm
property in this vicinity by lightning, but
yesterday afternoon, during one of tbe
severest thunder storms of the season,
the old Maitland house, formerly kept by
William Pringle, opposite the passenger
depot, was struck in two places. It is a
large, two-story, handsome residence, and
had just beefl repaired and repainted
for the Bunnell heir of New Haven,
Conn., by Mr. Pringle. They had
recently sold the house and grove .
to Mr. Seaborn Thomten'bf VVoodnury**"
Ga., who had gone back home for bis
family. One corner of tbe parlor was
torn out completely, and the casing of the
front window, and similar damage was
done in the chamber over the parlor. At
the other end of the house, both up and
down stairs, the casings of the windows
were torn out, and other damage done.
There were two bolts, or else the light
ning jumped from one end of the house to
the other. It was very fortunate the house
was unoccupied. i
A NOTABLE SOCIETY EVENT. -
The formal announcement of the en
gagement of Miss Bess Hungerford of
this city to Fred Goodwin, Esq., a tal
ented young lawyer of New York city,
has created quite a sensation in the high
est social circles of South Florida. Hon.
E. C. Hungerford, father of this charm
ing young lady, is a well-known banker in
Chester, Conn., but years ago became one
of the earliest real estate owners in Mait
land, where he has a lovely winter home
ou the fashionable avenue at the foot
of Lake Maitland. Although he is here
in the winter, his wife and daughter
spend most of the year in Maitland, as do
their next floor neighbors, the Bronsons.
Mr. Goodwin is a son of Rev. Dr. Edward
H. C. Goodwin of Trinity church, New
York, chaplain to the garrison on Gover
nor's Island. He has spent two seasons
here, and last winter he and Miss Hun
gerford had a thrilling experience on
Lake Maitland by the upsetting of their
boat v about sundown. Fortunately, Miss
Hungerford being an experienced athlete,
they finally reached the shore, although
being an invalid then, Mr. Goodwin was
quite prostrated. This event no doubt
served to bind together two hearts al
ready congenial, and the result now is the
formal announcement of their engage
ment. Os course, the wedding of such a
couple will be a grand society event, and
as there is no more popular or beloved a
young lady in South Florida, it will
deeply interest a wide circle of friends
here and Con necticut and New York.
A PANTHER HUNT IN FLORIDA.
The reported killing of a couple of
bears in Madison county re
minds me that in this state almost any
kind of wild animals can be found by
hunters. “L. S. S.” in a late issue of the
American Field of Chicago gives a very
interesting sketch of a panther bunt in i
Florida, dated from Favorita, on the
east coast, near New Smyrna. In this
spicy sketch appears the following negro
plantation asong of< antebellum days 1
which Pbmpey, a typical old cornfield
darkey from South Carolina, furnished ’
him for publication:
Buckra sells de cotion hags.
Nigger gits de money:
Buckra has de bee gum, yet <
Nigger gits de honey. j
Nigger work de buckra corn,
He eat the ro’s’in'yare: ;
Buckra hab the ’tater patch.
But nigger gits his share.
Ole Missis lock the chicken coop.
Nigger gits his chickens— j
She make the ness,* sot de aigs, <
Nigger eats the chickens.
Buokra smoke the big segar,
Nigger suck de pipe;
Nigger hunt de Essex shote, ,
Buckra hunt the snipe.
Buckra’s face lak cloudy day,
Nigger s lak de sun;
Buckra hab de glory.
But nigger hab de fun. ;
Buckra ride his blooded mare,
Nigger ride de mule;
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En nigger am a fool. *
A Duel at Long Range. <
Paris, July 29.—Editor Drumont of La, 1
Libre Parole has refused to come home
to fight the duel to which Comte 1
d’Elva has challenged him. As Comte
d’Elva objects to breaking the law in
Belgium by fighting there, the duel is not
likely to take place very soon.
LOSS OF THE KOW-SHUNG.
Nearly 1,700 Lives Lost On the 11l-
Fated Troop Ship.
Her Decks Swept With Fearful Effect
by the Japanese Guns Before She
Foundered—A Gallant Fight Made
by the Tsao-Kahn Before She Sur
rendered—China Rushing Forward
Her Preparations For the Conflict.
England Favors American Media
tion.
Shanghai, July 29.—The Chinese of
ficial account of the recent engagement
between Chinese and Japanese warships
says that the Chinese ironclad Chen-
Yuen, which is one of the largest vessels
of her class belonging to the northern
fleet, retreated to Kotze, and escaped cap
ture by the Japanese.
The latter, the report adds, captured a
dispatch boat and sunk a transport. Six
other transports escaped.
News has been received here that on
the same day the naval engagement took
place the Japanese troops ashore attacked
the Chinese at Asan. No details of the
attack have been received.
The British twin screw cruiser Por
poise has sailed hence to protect the Brit
ish at Cha-Foow, on the Shan-Toong
promontory, a health resort of foreign
ers.
The principal division of the Chinese
re-enforcements sent from Taou has
reached its destination safely’.
The Japanese minister in Seoul request
ed the king, before his capture, to demand
the withdrawal of Chinese troops from
Corea. He refused, and thereupon the
Japanese troops advanced upon Seoul.
After, a brief encounter they routed the
Coreans and occupied the royal palace.
The king appealed to the representatives
of the European powers to intervene, but
in vain.
JAPAN’S RESERVES ORDERED OUT.
Yokohama, July 29.—The army and
navy reserves have been summoned into
service.
Chinese residents of Japan are fleeing
in large numbers.
Reliable news has reached Tokio that
the main body of Chinese troops crossed
the northwestern frontier of Corea on
Juiy .25. In official circles everybody is
convinced that China's recent negotia
tions were a mere subterfuge to gain time
and concentrate her forces, with a view
to combining with the Coreans for an at
tack. It is rumored that the Japanese
ships have been fired on again from the
shore.
MADE A GALLANT FIGHT.
London, July 29.—The Central News
has this dispatch from Shanghai: “The
Chinese warship Tsao-Khan, which was
captured by a Japanese warship off the
coast of Round Island, is a vessel of an
obsolete model. Although completely
outmatched by the Japanese cruiser, the
troopship offered some resistance and lost
fully 100 men killed and wounded before
she yielded. She was entirely disabled
when the Japanese boarded her.
“The troop ship Kow-Shung tried to
get away as soon as the Japanese war
ships began their attack, and made only
a weak running fight. The Japanese guns
swept her decks and carried off the Chi
nese soldiers by the score. The latest es
timate of the number aboard her is 1,700.
Only forty survived the foundering of the
ship. They say that all her officers were
killed before she went down.
THE OTHER TROOPS LANDED.
“The announcement that the rest of the
Chinese transports arrived safely at Corea
and landed their own is confirmed. On
the 27th, the JapanqH fusiladed heavily
those who had laruMn on the 26th at Ya
chan. The JapanesAfficers hoped thus
to prevent the juMjon of the Chinese
-s-vW Whether-
they object is not
known.
“No news of the hostilities can be ob
tained from Pekin. Code messages are
refused at the telegraph office® and no
other messages referring to current af
fairs are accepted. The outlying battal
ions of the northern army are concen
trating rapidly at Takua, the rendezvous
from which the regiment is embarked
for Corea.
“The work of preparing harbor de
fences advances at the entrance of the
K ang-Tse-Kiang.
HEAVY PURCHASES OF AMMUNITION.
“Great quantities of ammunition have
been purchased by the government, and
are being collected at the ports for ship
ment.
“The exportation of rice apd grain has
been prohibited. Trade is paralyzed.
The coasting steamers and small crafts
are afraid to leave the harbor.
“While everything looks and sounds
like war, the Chinese officials continue to
maintain that war has not been declared.”
The Central News says that in official
circles here, there is a strong feeling in
favor of mediation on the part of the
United States, although few believe that
Japan and China would accept arbitration
unless under considerable pressure.
BOUND to BE A FIGHT.
London, July 30, 4 a. m.—The Dailv
News says this morning: “It is certain
that whenever the Japanese and Chinese
forces meet, ondand or sea, they wiil'fight
unless compelled to refrain by some
power or combination of powers
that both must respect. It seems too
late for mediation of the ordinary
kind, although the basis for it yet
remains. China being less sensitive on a
point of honor than some other nations.
That Corea must be reformed, all impar
tial observers admit. The test of Japan’s
sincerity is her willingness to retire on
the completion of the reforms. It ought
not to be difficult for the powers inter
ested to guarantee the execution of the
reforms and demand that both armies re
tire.”
The Standard says: ‘"The Japanese
will find it difficult to persuade Europe
that they are not the aggressors. The
incidents that have already occurred
and the preparations of both powers
leave little hope that the quarrel will be
settled without further resort to arms.
A happy result could only be secured if
one or more powers should intervene
with advice, backed up with a threat of
compulsion.
WANTS JAPAN WARNED.
The Times says: “If Japan is to obtain
the moral approbation of Europe in the
conflict that she seems determined to
provoke, she must prove by more con
vincing arguments than any yet produced
that she is not wantonly disturb
ing the -peace in the interest of
national ambitions, or to subserve
the purpose of party chiefs. The gist of
the whole matter is that Japan is bent on
reducing an historical suzerainty to China
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to the condition of a purely ceremonial
relation, and China is resolved to resist.
If the powers are determined to prevent
a long and dangerous war, they must con
vince both that there are contingencies
in which they would proceed to some
thing more than mere exhortations and
• admonitions.”
THREE BOYS SUFFOCATED-
They Hid in a Closet in a Caboose and
Perished.
Hartford. Conn., July 29.—The three
Guyan children, who strayed away from
their home on Broad street/this city,
Thursday afternoon have been found, and
all three are dead. Chief of Police Bill
gave orders this morning that all cars
about the depot and the freight yards be
thoroughly searched. A few minutes
after 16 o’clock policemen who
had been searching cars in the
yard of the New York, New Haven and
Hartford railroad for about two hours,
came to a caboose from which sickening
odors came. They burst open the door,
and the stench, which had been strong
before, became almost overwhelming.
Keeping on at their work of investiga
tion, the officers traced the smell to the
closet which the trainmen use as a
clothes press, and. breaking open the
doors, they found the three little bodies,
naked and' mangled by rats.-
PILED ON TOP OP EACH OTHER.
Freddie, the 4-year-old boy, lay at the
bottom. On him was Raymond, 9 years
old, and on top of both was Leßoy, 7
years old. Under the three bodies were
the few garments the boys wore when
| they left home. At the autopsy thia af
ternoon nothing was found to indicate vio
lence. The condition of the lungs indi
cated death by suffocation, and the ab
sence of effusion and other marks about
the neck precluded the suspicion of
strangulation.
The theory is that the little fellows ran
into the car to hide from a passing police
man Thursday afternoon, and that the
door of the closet swung to and caught
them with the spring lock. The closet is
five feet, high and its floor space is 28 by
15 inches. It is impossible that the little
boys could have lived long in such
a confined space, and, the doctors
think they became unconscious in about
fifteen minutes. and t*iat ttte.v did not
live more than fifty minutes after the
door was locked on them. It is supposed
that the three boys had taken off their
clothes to play going in swimming, as that
idea was in their minds when they left
home.
HAWAII AT PEACE.
Some of the Natives Refuse to Take
the Oath of Allegiance.
San Francisco, July 29.—The steamship
Australia arrived yesterday morning, six
and one-half days from Honolulu, bring
ing Hawaiian advices to July 21. Peace
prevails throughout Hawaii and the new
government appears to be firmly estab
lished.
The jury system under the new consti
tution is causing some trouble in the
country districts. The constitution re
quires all the jurors to take the oath of
allegiance to the new republic and to
abjure all help in restoring the monarchy
in any form. In one country district it
has been impossible to get enough jurors
to serve, the Honolulu royalists having
sent out a circular stating that no an
swer had yet been received as to Presi
dent Cleveland’s intended action, and
warning the natives to keep out of poli
tics and to take no oaths of allegiance.
Even the most ardent royalists have
little hope that the commission recently
sent to Washington will be able to accom
plish anything in ex-Queen Lilioukalani’s
behalf
One evidence of the public faith in the
new government was shown just before
the steamer sailed; SIO,OOO of government
bonds, that previous to the adoption of
the new constitution had gone begging at
98, were easily disposed of at par.
STUFFED THE BALLOT-BOX.
Shameful Work in the French Cham
ber of Deputies.
Paris, July 28.—The Senate and Cham
ber of Deputies were formally prorogued
to-day, the decree closing the session be
ing read in the Senate by M. Guerin,
minister of justice, and in the chamber by
Premier Dupuy.
Prior to the closing of the session of the |
Chamber of Deputies. President Burdeau
announced the result of the inquiry as to
the miscount of the vote on Z M. Jaures’
amendment last Wednesday. M. Burdeau
stated that it had been found that some
members had put two and some three
voting papers into the ballot box instead
of one, as was required. He said that the
secretaries had also made mistakes in
counting the votes.
M. Rouanet said, therefore, that the
government majority on the amendment
seemed to have been reduced to a single
vote, instead of 40, as had been an
nounced.
EXPORTS OF SPECIE.
A Total of $5,864,081 Shipped From
New York Last Week.
New York, July 28. —The exports of
specie from the port of New York for the
week were 85,864.081, of which $5,314.-
040 was gold and $550,941 silver. Os
these amounts $1,530,000 gold and $533,-
794 silver went to Europe and $14,040
gold and $16,247 silver to South America.
For the corresponding week of 1893 the
exports were $901,840.
SUGAR FROM EGYPT.
The British Steamer Monkseaton,
Arrives From Alexandria.
New York, July 29.—The British
steamer Monksea toss, which arrived to
day from Alexandria, Egypt, has a full
cargo of Egyptian sugar. The importa
tion of sugar has assumed gigantic pro
portions, it being brougnt to this port
from almost all quarters of the globe, in
anticipation of its being subject to duty
by the provision of the Wilson bill.
Our lines of sl2 to S2O Suits have been aug>
mented and are still offered at $6, s7,sß and $lO.
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CHINA’S PLAGUE.
Superstition Running Wild Among
the Natives at Canton.
Washington, July 29.—Several reports
regarding the plague' in China have been
received at the marine hospital bureau.
Secretary Denby of the United States
legation says that at Canton a novel and
thoroughly Chinese method of checking
| the disease was hit upon. A fortune
i teller having given out that the
i plague would die away with, the
■ approach of the spring solstice, the
people in Canton, in order to
deceive the gods of sickness, made the
first day of the fourth moon (May 5)
their New Year’s day. Every ceremony
by which the day is celebrated was gone
through with exactitude. The local au
thorities assisted in this farcical per
formance. The New Year’s festivities, in
the presence of such widespread death,
had a somewhat ghastly character.
LACK OF A WATER SUPPLY.
Consuls writing from Canton say that
everything continues in wild confusion.
Business is almost suspended. Death is
in all parts of Canton. The United States
consul at Canton has remained at his post
through the whole plague, and says that
if there were means for securing® sappiy
of pure water for cooking and washing,
and for flushing the drains in time of
drought, there should be no such thing
as this plague, except where native
in congested localities, create pollution
of the air by overcrowding and violation
of sanitary laws. During all of this
plague, heathen processions have con
stantly marched, through the streets of
Canton throughout the night, pounding
gongs, exploding fire crackers, exposing
idols and other similar doings, supported
by contributions from the shops and
stores, to propitiate the evil spirits and
disperse the adverse elements.
AN ABCHDUKE KILLED.
Concussion of the Brain Caused by
Being Thrown From His Horse.
Vienna, July 29.—While the Archduke
William was riding this afternoon in
Baden, near Vienna, his horse bolted,
being frightened by an electric car.
The archduke was thrown. His
foot caught in the stirrup and
he was dragged more than a 100
yards. He was insensible when the horse
was stopped, and he died at 5:30 o’clock
without having regained consciousness.
The physicians who attended him say
that death was caused by concussion of
the brain.
The archduke was born in 1827. He
never married. He was inspector-general
and master of ordnance in the Austrian
army. •
THEE MEN KILLED.
A Boiler Explodes at One of the Le
high Valley Collieries.
Shenandoah, Pa., July 29.—8 y the ex
plosion of a boiler in a nest of six at the
Packers No. 4 colliery, of the Lehigh Val
ley Coal Company last night, one man
was killed-, two so badly hurt that they
havetsince died and one seriously burned.
The cause of the explosion is not known.
The bdilers were in the engine room and
had been inspected yesterday and the
men were engaged in making the steam
I pipe fitting and getting ready to fire up
i when the explosion occurred. The men
! were hurled in every direction and the
boiler house wrecked by the force of the
explosion.
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