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A Blackened Waste and
Charred Bodies Everywhere.
• A TRAIN’S TERRIBLE TRIP.
Caught in the Blazing Woods, a Panic
Ensues Among the Passengers.
Frightful Experiences of a Hinckley
Lady Who Was Rescued— Humanity
Forgotten in the Mad Rush of the
Fear-Orazed Men and Women to
Save Themselves—Two Chinamen,
Who Were Too Scared to Escape, Put
Their Heads Under the Seats and
Were Cremated in That Position.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 2. —The first
train over the St. Paul and Duluth road,
direct from the great fire, reached Minne
apolis at 12:45 this afternoon. There
were about a dozen persons on board, in
cluding Mrs. Lawrence, the only one of
the passengers on the “limited,” which
started Saturday afternoon from Duluth,
who has yet reached Minneapolis. The
other passengers were those who went up
on the limited yesterday afternoon from
this end of the line, and finding that the.y
cbuld go no further they stopped at Pine
City and returned to Minneapolis on the
first train.
FIRST OF THE GREAT FIRE.
Mrs. Lawrence says the first evidence
of the fire was noticeable about ten miles
north of Hinckley, when the air became
almost suffocating. One mile north of
Hinckley a number of persons, and Mrs.
Lawrence estimates the number at fifty,
rushed toward the train screaming fran
» tioally. The engineer, seeing danger
they were in if they remained, stoj ,>€»d
the train, to let them aboard. The heat
became intense and the whole volcano of
fire seemed to burst out in a mighty effort
to wipe the train and its occupants off the
face of the earth.
Mrs. Lawrence describing the scene
■aid: “At the first rush of the flames
toward the cars the window panes went
out with a crash and the train began
slowly to return toward Skunk lake.
People screamed and men jumped through
the car windows. The wild panic was
horrible. There was no humanity in it.
Every fear-crazed person was for himself,
and they did not care how they got out of
the swirling, rushing avalanche of flames.
My dress caught fire but I extinguished
the flames.
“I saw two Chinamen. I can remember
the scene as if before me now. They were
paralyzed by fear and made no effort to
get away, but simply hid their heads
under the seats and were burned to death.
I stood it as long as I could and then
rushed out of the car, jumping over one
or two persons that were lying on the
ground injured. Some of the people
jumped into Skunk lake, but I simply ran
along the ties. The fire had burned away
and after running until my strength gave
out, I fell down between the rails, j
put out the flames on my dress half a
dozen times, and I had to hold mv hands
over the baby’s face in order to* keep it
from suffocating.”
This morning Mrs. Lawrence was
picked, up in the middle of the track
about two miles north of Hinckley by a
relief party from Duluth which made the
trip on a hand car.
“The site of Hinckley,” says Mrs. Law
rence, “is nothing but a blackened waste
with the bodies of dead and injured per
sons lying every where. There was fully
125 persons aboard the “limited,” but
> only' two were burned outright. These
were the Chinamen mentioned. About a
dozen persons, according to her state
ment, were injured in the panic which
resulted when the people tried to escape
from the car. Some rushed to the plat
form and Jumped off while the train was
moving, while others fought their way
through the struggling frantic mass of
passengers, in an effort to get away from
the scene. In this way many persons
suffered severe injuries, such as broken
bones und limbs
Mayor Eustis received a telegram from
• a citizens’ committee at Kush City, Minn.,
this afternoon stating that 150 lives had
been lost at Hinckley and the situation,
was horrifying. A carload of provisions
was procured but no engine was had to
take it to the sufferers. It will go out in
the morning, and to-morrow meetings of
the business men of Minneapolis and St.
Paul will be held to provide relief.
OVER 200 DEATHS REPORTED.
St Cloud, Minn., Sept. 2. —The first re
port of the terrible loss of life at Hinck
ley was received here early’ this morning
from Pine City, and a message to the
Great Northern officials here said that
Hinckley had been burned, the Great
Northern roundhouse being the only
building left, and that thirty lives had
been lost. And at noon a second tele
gram placed the dead at nearly 200, and
word wais also received to be prepared
to render assistance. The Great
Northern is doing all in its power to reach
the tire stricken town. Ever since yes
terday afternoon, work trains have been
engaged in rebuilding burned bridges. All
the men that can be used are being rushed
to the front. Three large bridges are
down. At 6 o'clock the road is almost
clear to a point four miles west of Mora
and within fifteen miles of Hinckley, but
the officials .do not expect to get into
Hinckley until to-morrow. It is thought
here that the town will be reached quicker
» from Pine City.
SCENES OF HORROR.
The scenes at the front where the
work trains are engaged are frightful.
One crew reported that they saw flames
sweep down oa a house close to the track.
The place whs enveloped in fire before
the people could escape. The workmen
were powerless to render any assistance
although they were so close that they
could hear tho people screaming as they
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were being cremated. Newspaper
men are trying to reach Hinckley over
the Great Northern from here, but it is
not thought that they will get there be
fore to-morrow. All telegraphic commu
nication is shut off. The Eastern Minne
sota train which came here from Prince
ton last evening is still in tho Great
Northern yards, the company keeping
the passengers at the hotel. They will
not get away before to-morrow.
THE FATE OF A PASSENGER TRAIN.
Mora, Minn., Sept. 2.—One hundred
and forty-eight bodies have been taken
out of Hinckley and places in the vicinity.
The nearby town of Pokegama is wiped
out. The Eastern Minnesota train which
left St. Paul at 1:05 yesterday afternoon
and arrived at Hinckley at 6 o’clock last
night, took 300 people on board and moved i
westward toward St. Cloud. The train
has not been heard of since. It has not j
reached St. Cloud and has not gone back
to Hinckley.
BURNED WITH ALL ABOARD.
There is a general fear that it has
been burned with all on board. There is
no chance that they are alive unless they
have found a stream or slough into i
which they could go and escape the fire.
Every family in Pokegama is homeless
and in danger of starvation. A freight
train is in the ditch miles west of
Pokegama. Twenty-five people are in
the caboose, and the fire is all around
them. If they are not rescued soon, all
must perish. Hans Nelson, section fore
man at Pokegama, started away yester
day afternoon with his family on a hand
car to escape the fire, and has not been
heard from since then. It is certain that
they have perished.
FARMS SWEPT BY THE FLAMES.
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 2. —Three towns,
Hinckley, Mission Creek and Pokegama,
lie in ashes to-night, and more than 200
corpses lie in the region in the neighbor
hood of Hinckly. The vast valley be
tween the Kettle river and Cross lake is
laid waste, including several villages and
settlements. Besides the towns that
were reduced to ashes, farms were
swept clean by the flames. The
forests are still burning fierce
ly and rain is required to
down the fires that are sweeping over
that vast region. Whole families have
been cremated. In some instances only
one or two men escaped from a neighbor
hood to tell of the destruction. They
saved their lives by running to small
lakes, or hiding in potato fields, and
reached Pine City more dead than alive.
The dead are being picked up by the
score and brought here. Searching par
ties are penetrating the burned district,
but find none but the charred remains of
the inhabitants.
NEITHER HOMES NOR FOOD.
The people from Hinckley and Mission
Creek who escaped with their lives are
destitute, having neither homes nor food.
The relief sent out from St. Paul was
timely. The supply of provisions was
more welcome than even the blankets
sent out later, because the majority were
still anxious to continue the search for
the dead and sufferers. The tents Mid
hospital supplies were very necessary for
the injured and badly burned people.
Harris Richardson of St. Paul wired Gus
Nelson to send out more supplies of pro
visions and bedding.
RELIEF FOR THE SUFFERING.
H. H. Hart of the state board of chari
ties is at Pine City, collecting data pre
paratory'to providing state relief. Joseph
Manix of Minneapolis is here also to re
port the situation to Mayor Eustis, so
that supplies may be sent later from that
city. A committee of five from Stillwa
ter is getting information as to what lum
ber supplies are needed and will contri
bute building material. Assistant Gen
eral Manager Miller of the St. Paul and
Duluth road has been here and returned
to St. Paul to send out sleepers, hospitals
and camp supplies for the wounded and
homeless.
% CAUSED BY FOREST FIRES.
Marquette, Mich., Sept. 2.—Specials
from Nestoria and Ontonagon report the
wreck of a freight train on the Milwaukee
and Northern branch, twenty miles south
of Ontonagon near Port station, yester
day noon. Engineer Fred Almuquist
was killed and Brakeman Steven Or
ton’s leg was broken. The wreck was
caused by forest fires burning ties and
warping the rails.. Five carloads of logs
were piled on top of the engine and were
soon a mass of flames in which poor
Almuquist’s body was reduced to ashes.
The hamlet of South Rubicon on the
same road was reported burned yester
day.
BRIDGES AND TRESTLES BURNED.
Marquette, Mich., Sept. 2.—Telegraphic
communication has been re-established
as far w*est as Marengo junction on the
Wisconsin Central and Duluth South
Shore and Atlantic Railway. A trestle
B,COO feet long at Marengo was wholly
destroyed, but trains from here to Duluth
are ordered via Ashland. Two bridges
at Bilbon station on the Duluth road
were burned. The Wisconsin Cen
tral has lost three bridges south
of Marengo, but their officials
are as yet unable to state the damage.
The trestle at Marengo will not be re
built, the management of the Duluth road
having decided to make a new crossing at
Grade. Nothing is yet known of the
whereabouts of the Duluth passenger
train No. 8. due here this morning, but
Supt. Ketcnam expresses hope of locating
it before midnight.
DEATH LIST INCREASES EVERY HOUR.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2.-—The town of
Hinckley, seventy-five miles from St.
Paul, on the St. Paul and Duluth road,
a population of 1,000 to 1,200, was
Wi b edoutof existence last night by a
raging forest fire, which swept do*wn
upon the doomed village. The smaller
town of Mission Creek, a station about
five miles from Hinckley, was also wiped
out. 'I he loss of life is variously
estimated at from one to four - hundred,
and it is almost certain the loss will equal
two hundred. It will be several days be
fore the full extent of the disaster will be
known. All is confusion and excitement
among surviving parents who are search
ing for their children and children search
ing for parents.
The death list increases every hour.
The wails of the railroad round house
and of the school house are the only parts
of buildings in Hinckley which remain.
THE FATED PASSENGER TRAIN.
One of the most thrilling events was
the experience of the train which left
Duluth at 2 o’clock p. m., Saturday for
St. Paul. It was the limited passenger,
the best train on the road, and was
crowded with passengers. The smoke
from the forest fires was so dense
that lamps were lighted in the cars.
When the train came within a mile of
Hinckley the engineer found he could
proceed no further, as the people were
already fleeing for their lives from the
town. Dr. W. H. Crary of this city, who
was on board, tells of the backward run
of the train for seven miles, until a small
lake was reached. His story, as given to
a Morning Call reporter, is as follows:
“The woods on either side were lashed
by a fierce wind blowing at the rate of
eighty miles an hour. On through this
weird scene the limitea sped, the situa-
tion growing more - alarming at every
mile. As the train neared Hinckley
it was discovered that the fire
had reached the railroad, but on
it sped, the engineer hoping to pass
Hinckley in time to escape the danger.
It was not until the train had come
within a mile of Hinckley that the engi
neer discovered his train was burning
and that it would be impossible to pass.
The bridge had already been consumed,
together with the mills and homes of
Hipckley.
MET BY FUGITIVES.
“Here the train was met by a hundred
or more fugitives from the burning town.
Mothers carried in their arms small
children, with others clinging to their
mothers’ skirts. Some carried a few
household goods and others were crying
and moaning on account of losses already
sustained. Many were so nearly
exhausted that they could scarcely climb
on the train. Nearer and nearer the
flames were approaching, and Anally the
engineer was compelled to reverse his
lever and run back, leaving behind scores
of unfortunate ones who bad not been
able to reach the train, their only availa
ble means of escape.
“Those on board could see many of them
sink to the ground, exhausted and over
come by the terrible heat, never again to
rise. Many came running across the
fields from small settlements hoping to
escape in the train, but only disappoint
ment and death awaited them. On rushed
the train through the fiery hot breath of
the pursuing flames, for a stop would
have been fatal to all on board.
As the weary passengers re
traced their steps Sunday morning,
some afoot and others on hand cars, they
found along the side of the track and in
the fields the charred remains of these
poor unfortunate wretches. In four
miles thirty-four bodies were found,
some burned beyond recognition and
others unscarred, having died from suffo
cation.
A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE.
“It was four or five miles run back to
Skunk lake, which is a little more than a
mudhole, the mud and water covering not
more than an acre. The train had gone
but a short distance before it was sur
rounded by the devouring flame. .Hot
blasts of flame struck the coaches, setting
fire to them in places and break
ing the windows on both sides.
The baggage car was soon a
mass of flames, which streamed back
over the tender and engine, setting fire to
the engineer’s clothes and Scorching his
face and hands. On either side of the
engine there was a stream of flame, but
never for an instant did Engineer Root
flinch.' To remain was apparently certain
death to him, but could ne hold out
for four miles the passengers
might possibly escape. To have
deserted his post would have been death
to all on board. Back of him stood his
trusty fireman, who occasionally poured
water on him. When the heat became un
bearable for the fireman he took a dip in
the water tank from which he drew the
supplv for the engineer’s shover baths.
At Skunk lake the engineer had scarcely
strength left to shut off the steam. As he
pulled the lever he sank to the floor ex
hausted, burned and bleeding, the broken
glass in the cab having cut him in a num
ber of places. Quickly two men rushed
to the cab and bore the form of the brave
engineer to the water below the embank
ment. Here he lay all night covered with
mud and dirty water, and dying, as most
of the passengers believed.
PANIC STRICKEN PASSENGERS.
A mile or two from the lake the coaches
were burning above and underneath. On
board the passengers became panic
stricken, and it was only by force that
many of the weaker ones were prevented
from springing thr<?ugh broken windows
or rushing out at the doors. To prevent
this men guarded the doors. Scarcely a
soul on board had any hope of escaping,
not knowing at what moment the burning
train would jump from its track of fire
into a bed of hot coals.
WATER AT LAST.
At Shunk lake sixty or more women,
children and men found refuge in the
shallow water and dirty mud, the women
walking out in the water until it reached
their waists. With their hands they
bathed their burning faces in mud and
water. Many of them were seriously
burned on the train. Many lay in
the mud, covering themselves with
it, and as often as this
became baked a fresh coat
had to be added. Many on leaving
the train rushed off toward a marsh and
others ran further along the track.
thought that many of those are lost.
Some few died of suffocation within a few
rods of the pond. Many women had their
clothes partially burned and torn from
their bodies.
ABANDONED AND BURNT.
One mother was found nursing her
suckling child to prevent its being suffo
cated. This place was reached some time
near fl o’clock in the evening, and when
morning came they ventured on a journey
to Hinckley, some five or six mileff dis
tant. The rails had been so badly warped
that nothing but a hand car could
be run over them. Two hand cars
were lashed together, and on these
some of the St. Paul passengers were car
ried to Hinckley. Between| Skunk lake
and Hinckley twenty-nine bodies were
counted and several ’more were found
near the lake. One man is reported’ to
have found 115 bodies along the old terri
torial road leading into Hinckley. The
train, after having been abandoned, was
completely consumed.
THE DEAD OVER 300.
St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 2, 10 p. m.—A
special to the Pioneer Press from Pine
City gives the following: Estimates of
the dead—Hinckley, 200; Sandstone, 46;
Sandstone Junction, 25; Pokegama, 25;
Skunk Lake, 20; miscellaneous, 30. Total’
355, St. Paul was quick to respond to the
needs of the stricken people. Hardly had
the news been read this morn
ing before sympathy was aroused. The
Kelly Mercantile Company, the Hackett
Hardware Company, Finley Vanstyck
and others responded in a practical way
to the wail of distress, and these were
followed by a score of others. In an in
credibly short space Df time 84.000 worth
of provisions and supplies were raised.
Horej Bros, performed yeoman service at
their bakerj Beginning at noon, their
furnaces were aglow and their great
ovens filled. This firm at once turned
out 2,300 loaves. Five barrels of pork,
large quantities of hams and bacon, great
bales of blankets, quantities of crackers,
canned beef, coffee, sugar, kerosene, lamp
wicks, ten large sacks of beans and other
supplies were speedily hauled to the de
pot to be carried out in special trains to
the stricken people. Gen. Wesley Mer
ritt, in command of the department of Da
kota, United States Amy, issued
orders for hospital supplies, tools, etc.,
for the relief of the survivors. The spe
cial relief train left here at 3:3oo’clock in
charge of D. H. Moore and Jule H. Bur
rell, prominent merchants. Wires
northward are still In a bad state
of demoralization from Hincklev
to Duluth and there is but little com
munication in that direction. The roads
leading through the burning district—
SAVANNAH, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1894.
the St. Paul and Duluth, the Omaha and
the eastern railways of Minnesota—did
not attempt to send out their regular
trains to-night. One conductor stated
that near Baronett, Wis., he saw twenty
five human bodies, victims of the fire.
SENT TO SUCCOR AND SAVE.
Duluth, Sept. 2. —The relief train which
was sent from here last night on the St.
Paul and Duluth road ffoisuccor and save
the victims of the forest conflagration be
tween this city and what was the town of
Hinckley, returned at 12:30 o’clock this
afternoon. The party counted the charred
and half burned bodies of seventy
five dead people along the railroad
tracks. The doctors w’ho accompanied
the relief party estimated the total num
ber of dead to be 400 to 500. The
refugees from Sandstone, another town
which was wiped out of existence, caught
the relief train at Rutledge. On their
way across the country they counted the
corpses of sixty victims of the devastating
flames. The fire-swept region 'which
suffered the worst is embraced in the
Minnesota counties of Pine and Kanabec
and Burnett county, Wisconsin.
SURVIVORS COMING IN.
A train arrived here at 9 o’clock to
night bearing 600 refugees, many of
whom were suffering from the effects of
their experience. Another relief train
left this city for the blackened waste at
5 o’clock this morning. It returned to
this city bearing 500 living victims of the
fires. They were housed in empty build
ings and fed by citizens. Another relief
train was sent out on the Eastern Minne
sota yoad and brought in several hundred
survivors.
RELIEF WORK BEGINS.
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 2.—The relief
train from St. Paid arrived here at 8 p. m.
with 2,400 loaves of bread, clothing, hospi
tal material and a large delegation of St.
Paul citizens. At White Bear Lake 8400
was subscribed and three carloads of sup
plies were procured by the time the train
arrived hero.
The following committee has been se
lected to take entire charge of the relief
work: James Hurley, Pine City, chair
man, J. F. Stone, J. Y. Breckinridge,
Gen. Charles Bunker, E. A. Hough, H.
Berchers, and H. Hart, St. Paul; J. T.
Mannix, Minneapolis; A. E. Quinn, J. C.
Nethaway, J.. H. Burgman, J. P. Moon, J.
D. Markham, P. H. Kelly, G. R. Finch.
H. Y. King, D. F. Stone.
NO ESTIMATE POSSIBLE.
Anything like an estimate of the Joss is
impossible. Hinckley has been com
pletely destroyed, as has Mission CreeK,
Sandstone and several other small places,
and large numbers of people are missing.
The fire extends from Pine Citj’ as far
west as Carlton and Rutledge, sweeping
everything in its path.
A PREACHER’S STORY.
Rev. P. Knudson, a Presbyterian minis
ter of Hinckley, tells a graphic story of
the fire wljich swept down on the town
like an avalanche. He says over 200 of
those who perished in the flames might
have been saved had they kept away from
the river. The people lost their heads and
stamp'fled in trying to e:eapo by teams
and saddle horses. Knudson took ga hill
top. and when the fire passed over found
himself in a charred desert, surrounded
by hundreds of dead, while those who
survived were far from helo, and with
nothing to eat and drink. He
thinks the horrors of the
Chicago fire were nothing compared to it.
At Hinckley the bodies are being piled
in the grave yard, and will be buried as
soon as possible. Every effort is made to
identify the dead bodies. There are 600
homeless people in Pine City.
Reliable information received by the
relief committee shows about 250 dead at
Hinckley and 500 to 550 homeless surviv
ors, most of whom are at Pine City with
nothing to eat or wear. Sandstone has fifty
dead and 225 homeless in the very worst
possible condition and needing immediate
aid. There are twenty-five dead at Sand
stone Junction.
Mayors Smith of St. Paul and Eustis
of Minneapolis will bo wired that the
situation is worse than first thought and
immediate relief is needed.
BECAME A RAVING MANIAC.
Conductor Sullivan of the train that
was caught by fire near Hinckley, and
backed to Skunk lake, be: ame a raving
maniac after reachingcomparativesafety.
He was heroic and cool while his burn
ing train was making its fearful run, but
at Skunk lake his mind gave way.
Engineer Root of the same train is so
badly burned that he may not live. His
fireman drenched him with water from
the tank. There seems no ckjubt that
this train would have pulled through
safely had it not stopped to pick up 200 or
300 people, who lined the track.
A VERITABLE HELL.
C. H. Vanhooven of Hinckley tells the
following story of the fire: “About 8
o’clock a. m. smoke was noticed coming
from the southwest. No particular atten
tion was paid to it until 10 o’clock, when
the fire department was called out. A per
fect hurricane of wind rendered it almost
impossible to do anything. At 3:30 o’clock
the heat was so intense that they were
compelled to abandon the engines and
flee for their lives. At 4 o’clock the
house of John Anderson was on fire and
in less than ten minutes the whole
town was a veritable hell, about 700
buildings being aflame. People had no
time to get out of the buildings; others
were caught on the outskirts of the town.
Vanhooven was saved by going into a
gravel pit with 111 others. Nearly all of
those who took to the river perished.
Two women died of fright and the sight
of burning men. women and children beg
gared description.
A HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 2.—Forest
fires have completely devastated the coun
try between this city and Superior, a dis
tance of 140 miles. Telegraph wires are
down and railroad tracks are destroyed,
making it impo sible to secure accurate
information from the scene of destruction.
From what meager reports that have
been received, however, it is believed
that the loss of life in this district is very
heavy.
CORNELL LOSES HEAVILY.
Chippewa Falls, Wis., Sept. 2.—The
heaviest loser by the forest fires in this
vicinity is Cornell University of New
York, which had nearly f 1,000,000 in
vested in pine lands located chiefly around
Long Lake, thirty miles from this city.
Their lands have been completely divested
of standing pines, and their loss will be
almost complete.
ANOTHER TOWN THREATENED.
Cadott, Wis., Sept. 2.—This city is sur
rounded by forest fires with a prospect
that it will be destroyed before morning.
The entire population has been fighting
fire all day, and many are giving up in
despair ana fleeing for their lives. A fire
engine has reached here from Chippewa
and with its help a portion of the town
may be saved.
FACTORY GOES UP IN SMOKE.
Bedford City, Va., Sept. 2.—A tobacco
factory with fixtures owned by A. C.
Hatcher & Co., valued at about fIO,OOO,
was destroyed by fire to-night. Insurance
8500. F. H. Love lost about $5,000 worth
of tobacco stored therein. Insurance $4,-
000. The fire is supposed to have been of
incendiary origin.
CELEBRATING SEDAN.
Emperor’s Opposition Throws a
Damper Over the Day.
Comments of the Press on the Demon
stration—The Burial of the “Red
Agnes” Proves a Fiasco—The Old
Emperor’s Sarcophagus Social
Democrats—The Catholic Congress.
The Von Kolze Scandal.
Berlin, Sept. 2.—The Loka] Anzeiger
says that the emperor has called the Ber
lin president of police, Frieherr von Rich
thofen, back from his holidays at Kissin
gen to give advice as regards the repres
sion of anarchism and socialism. Rich
thofen will go to Potsdam this week.
His advice undoubtedly will favor more
stringent measures against socialists and
anarchists. The emperor is understood
to occupy about the same position. He
contends that, while sufficient as a rule,
the existing laws are inadequate to many
emergencies and should be amended ac
cordingly.
ANNIVERSARY OF SEDAN.
If the police had allowed the Sedan
celebration to take its course to-day,
there would have been such a demonstra
tion as the empire has seldom seen since
the war. Not only in Berlin but also in
the provinces the rumors of an effort to
suppress the festival caused a strong re
action of feeling.
The anniversary of Sedan is observed
with the usual decoration of the streets,
although the popular enthusiasm has
been dampened by rumors of the emperor’s
disapproval. The Post, Koelnische
Zeitung, and the Reichsbote pass similar
comments. “This is a permanent national
fete. It is no manifestation of hatred to
France but a renewal of thanks to heaven
which gave us the crowning victory on
our struggle to establish German unity.”
The Koelnische Zeitung says: “The
observance of Sedan day is no display of
hostility to France. Even though the in
satiable self esteem of the French be of
fended by the celebration, the Germans
without desire to provoke their neighbors
cannot consent to refrain from showing
their consciousness of glorious memories.”
FUNERAL OF “RED AGNEP.”
In Berlin, at the suggestion of the au
authoritles, most of the schools had their
exercises and picnics yesterday. The
social democrats were somewhat disap
pointed at the change, as they expected
to use the big crowds as a background
for their demonstration at the funeral of
Agnes Wabnitz, the socialist waitress who
killed herself in the Freidrichshain ceme
tery last week.
The Vurwaeits conceals itj chagrin by
publishing an eulogy of “Red Agnes,” as
she was called. It calls her “a martyr to
the cause of humanity—a genuine philan
thropist, who soared far above all ques
tion of patriotism.” The police warning
against a big socialist funeral was obeyed
witnout protest, however. No great pro
cession and no bands were allowed to fol
low the hearse. A few delegates from
socialist clubs and half a dozen personal
friends accompanied the body to the cem
etery. There, too, the programme was
disappointing. The gathering around the
grave was small, the speeches short and
tame.
STIRRING UP BAD BLOOD.
Bruno Wille, leader of the independent
social democrats, is stirring bad blood
among the socialist regulars, preparatory
to the national congress next month. At
a meeting of the independents at Keil on
Friday he denounced the old leaders for
practicing a system of terrorism in their
party. They had become tyrannical dic
tators, he said, no longer in touch with
the intellectual and spiritual movement
which vitalized German socialism year’s
ago. There was not now a breath of free
dom in the party; militarism had
been introduced Dy the Central
committee, who had transformed the
whole body of socialists under their lead
ership into a political machine.
Wille named numerous social demo
cratic agitators who had been boy
cotted and suppressed by the central
authority because they did a little inde
pendent th inking.
The Vorwaerts, organ of the central
committee, denies Wille's statements and
denounces him as a promoter of discord.
It says the success of the social democ
racy has been due largely to the obedi
ence of the rank and file to their trusted
leaders.
. THE OLD EMPEROR’S TOMB.
Emperor William went to Charlotten
burg to-day to attend the consecration of
the new marble pagus. sacred to the
memory of Emperor William I. It was a
grand function. The whole imperial
family, the grand general staff and most
members of the court were present. The
emperor greatly disappointed the people
of Frankfort—on-the-Oder yesterday by
neglecting to pass through the city on his
way to and from the maneuvers
near by. They had spent thou
sands of marks for decorations,
and had taken a goneral holiday, so as
to give a welcome to him. Somehow no
notice of their preparations were given
the emperor. As soon as he learned of
the mistake he sent a messenger to
Frankfort to explain his regret and
promise a state visit in the near future.
CONCERT AT SANS SOUCI.
For the first time since Frederick Will
iam II died, there was a concert in the
Sans Souci paiace on Friday evening.
The programme had been prepared under
the emperor’s SDecial supervision. All
the artists wore costumes of Frederick
the Great’s period. The furniture and
plate and even the attire of the guests
were of the same historical type. The
rooms were lighted only with candles.
Several of the great king’s compositions
for the flute were performed. Those who
were present say that the scene was
unique beyond description, especially
when the emperor stepped out before the
orchestra and directed it, which he did
several times.
THE CONGRESS OF CATHOLICS.
The Catholic congress in Cologne ended
on Friday after adonting Count Von
Precyin’s motion that the next congress
meet in Munich. A letter from the pope
was read at the opening of the congress.
It urged thus the special consideration of
social questions: “It cannot have es
caped the notice of German Catholics that
religion and society have fallen into a sad
condition. Socialistic and other fallacious
theories have obtained a firm hold on
many minds, engendering bitter strife to
such an extent that the public peace is
endangered. Catholics ought, therefore,
to remember the blessings gained for
their religion and Fatherland through
unity, and so refrain from jeopardizing
their strength through any sign of dis
cord.”
The congress presented no feature of
notable interest. It was the same old
story about restoring the pope's temporal
power, repealing the laws against the
Jesuits and extending clerical control
over the schools. The most notable inci
dents arose from the discussion of the
agrarian question. Freiherr Von Schrol
emer Aist, once leader of the aristo
cratic wing of the clerical parly, an
nounced that hereafter he would
oppose all legislation which should
have the appearance of favor
ing any particular class. True
Catholicism, he said, was democratic,
and knew’no class interest. His declara
tion led to much excited talk outside the
congress. The agrarian members ob
jected to such a surrender of an impor
tant part of the Centre’s programme, but
none of them ventured to oppose Schro
lemer-Alst publicly. Dr. Oleri, leader of
the Bavarian Catholics, and chairman of
the congress, showed plainly his sympa
thy with the anti-agrarian group of dele
gates.
GERMAN SUGAR INTERESTS.
Representatives of German sugar inter
ests met yesterday in Krollsgarden and
resolved to forma protective union. They
voted also that the union should adopt
such measures as would save the beet
sugar industry of Germany and allied in
dustries from killing competition or hos
tile legislation. A deputation called upon
Froiherr Marschall von Biebersteion,
Caprivi’s representative, and submitted
a petition for government protection of
the beet sugar industry against the new
American tariff. Just what kind of pro
tection they expect, the sugar men neg
lected to say. They were informed that
the government was aware that there
was likely to be trouble with the new
American tariff, and would give immedi
ate attention to the petition.
The socialists of Bavaria and Wurtem
burg met in Munich on August 30 to com
memorate Lassalles’ death- Vollmarand
Grillenberyer were the principal speak
ers.
Yesterday’s calendar announced that
twenty-seven Berlin hotels had gone into
bankruptcy and were offered for sale.
The decrease in the number of foreign
visitors is the cause of the collapse.
THE COURT SCANDAL.
The Koelnische Volks Zeitung says that
a woman in Paris recently offered* to tell
Frau von Koltz the name of the person
whose scandalous letters got Herr von
Koltz in trouble. The price of the secret
was 10,000 marks. Frau von Koltz sent
the money. Since it was received in
Paris, no more offensive letters have been
received by members of the Berlin court.
The Volks Zeitung says that the Paris
woman formerly was intimate with
Prince Ernest Guenther of Schleswig-
Holstein, the emperor’s brother-in-law.
The Russian police discovered Thurs
day a Nihilist printing office in Rulaga,
capitol of the district’ of Kulaga. They
seized the forms and arrested thirty-four
suspects.
THREE MARKS FOR A SNEEZE.
A mechanic named Detloff was sen
tenced on Friday to pay three marks or
pass three days in jail for bavin/ sneezed
loudly at night in the street, lie was ar
rested just after the sneeze as he was en
tering his lodgings in the Simmer strasse.
The charge against him was “gross mis
conduct,” and despite his plea of a cold,
it was sustained fully by the court.
FEWER NEWSPAPER ARTICLES.
Sedan day was observed throughout
Germany with the average display of
bunting and the usual celebration. It
was noticeable that there were fewer
newspaper articles touching on the occa
sion than formerly.
CELEBRATION AT HAMBURG.
Hamburg, Sept. 2.—The anniversary of
the battle of Sedan was celebrated here
to-day with great enthusiasm. Flags
were displayed on public and private
buildings and on the ships in the harbor.
Church bells pealed and the streets were
full of parading military. There was a
general air of rejoicing throughout the
city. At the various churches the ser
vices were largely attended. Meetings
were held at different points at which
the old war veterans heard patriotic ad
dresses. In the evening tableaux vivants
representing scenes in the Franco-Prus
sian war were given at several theaters.
The city was brilliantly illuminated.
SMASHED BY A MOB.
Greek Soldiers Get Up a Lynching Bee
for an Editor.
Athens, Greece, Sept. 2.—-For some
time past the Akropolis (newspaper) has
been publishing articles derogatory of the
army.
One hundred and thirty officers and
men of all arms proceeded to the office of
the paper yesterday and wrecked the
place. Nearly all of the attacking party
were armed with axes, with which the
press and type and type cases were de
stroyed. The books in the library were
torn and defaced, and finally the contents
of the building were thrown in the street.
Next the mob treated the residence of the
editor in the same manner. Twenty of
the participants are under arrest.
PARIS NO BETTER.
What a French Newspaper Says of His
Possibly Early End.
London, Sept. 2. —The condition of the
Count of Paris is not improved. The
Princess de Joinville, Prince Eman
uel d’Orleans and the Due d’Alencon will
arrive at Stowe house to-morrow.
The Paris Matin, referring to the Count
of Paris, says: “If his illness should
prove fatal, thoughtful Frenchmen will
feel remorse at seeing die in exile an hon
orable man. a zealous worker and the pos
sessor of all the solid qualities that
France needs to-day.”
RD SSIA’S FLEET.
Squadron for Korea to Proceed With
the Utmost Expedition.
St. Petersburg, Sept. 2.—The Russian
squadron destined for Korea is under or
ders to proceed with the utmost expedi
tion. It is officially stated that the dis
patch of the fleet does not imply Russian
military intervention in the Chinese-
Japanese dispute, but is merely intended
to protect Russian trade.
WAR PARTY UPPERMOST.
London. Sept. 2.—A dispatch to the
Standard says: “Tne war party, of
which Prince Tching is the head,
has the upper hand again in
China. This indicates that the war
will be prosecuted vigorously; a
large army is now gathering at Pekin.
Half of this army will guard Pekin, while
the other half are to go to Korea for win
ter quarters. When the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li
is frozen over the Japanese navy will be
practically of no use.”
china’s forced loan.
London, Sept. 2.—A dispatch received
in this city from Shanghai states that an
imperial decree has been issued in Pekin
ordering a forced loan. It calls upon
four native banks to loan the government,
if possiblq, IOjOOOjOOO taels.
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PRESIDENTIALCANDIDATES
Wilson for the Democrats, Norton
tor the Republicans.
The Harrison Faction Much Dis
turb'd by Morton’s Prospects, While
Reed and McKinley Are Alarmed. ’
Morrison or Wilson May Lead the
Democrats in 1896—The Campaign
Books Being Prepared.
Washington, Sepff 2.—lt is credited to
Speaker Crisp that he said “the man who
can lead the most successful tight against
monopolies and trusts for the next two
years will be the successor of Grover
Cleveland.” Whether this came from
Speaker Crisp or not, it has a true ring of
prophecy about it, and sounds like his
sentiments. His chairman of the ways
and means committee (Mr. Wilson) has
spoken in unmistakable terms in
this spirit, and he has announced
his intentions to continue his
efforts which were baffled by the Senate
during the last session to disembowel the
power of capital. In his last speech upon
his renomination he dismissed the Repub
lican party in this scornful manner:
“If we have anywhere uncovered a
trust and found it too strong for com
plete dislodgment in the first attempt, we
have never failed to find the republicans
sturdily and solidly arrayed for its de
fence. “This is the cry that his advocates
in West Virginia will send ringing around
the country. West Virginia has coined
the expression “Wilsonism is contradis
tinction to Gormanism.”
This is the line on which Wilson’s
friends intend to make his fight for a
place on the presidential ticket.
Already there is a nucleus of politi
cians forming around W. R. Morrison and
William L. Wilson. Right here in Wash
ington the seed is being sown for this
ticket. A combination of the west and
the east they think a popular one. Mor
rison is living here, being a
commissioner on the interstate com
merce commission, and for six
months there has been a Morrison boom
on the horizon of politics. The Illinoisan
keeps concealed in his hole and will
neither be interviewed nor allow his
friends to be, but, all the same, he keeps
one eye open and is pretty friendly with
the Wilson faction. It is somewhat early
yet to begin to speculate as to the next
presidential ticket, but the seeds which
are-being sown now are bound to spring
and blossom in the next year, but whether
they will bear fruit is only a matter of
grave conjecture.
MORTON BOOMING UP.
Turning from democratic topics for a
moment and throwing an eye over the
republican field the situation thert
presents some funny goings on. The '
Harrison boomers see a large cloud rising
in the distance in the form of Levi P.
Morton. The enemies of thelndianian
have not forgotten the failure of the
national republican convention to renomi
nate Morton along with Harrison for a
second term, and they attribute this
to the selfishness of the ex-Presi
dent, who failed to turn either’ ,
hand to secure a renomination for
Morton. Morton now has the gubernato
rial nomination of New York republicans
in his hands. Should he carry the empire
state and defeat Flower, he will be a very
likely candidate for the presidential nom
ination. This is what the Harrisonians,
so to speak, fear, and they will do
precious little to secure New York for
Morton it he takes the nomination. He
is practically outside of the breastworks
of the tariff bungalow in which Reed and
McKinley are fighting for first place.
Reed has already announced his line of
policy and intends to fight it out with Mc-
Kinley on his own ground. It is true that
McKinley framed the defunct McKinley
bill, but then Reed appointed McKinley
to do it, and if there is any glory in pro
tection Reed feels that he is entitled to as
much of it as McKinley. He raised his
standard for higher protective duties in
his speech delivered at Old Orchard,
and Dußois of Idaho says he will keep
this lick up. Dubois is an enthusiastic Reed
man and has been appointed Reed’s lieu
tenant-colonel in the trans-Mississippi po
litical department. Though an ex-cow
boy, Dubois is pretty foxy. It was be
who got Reed to write his silver letter,
and he expects to spread this as Reed’s
platform in the west. This is where
Reed and McKinley separate. McKinley
will stick to the gold standard
and rest his faith on the old doc
trines of the party. But Morton’s
sudden appearance in the arena has more
or less spread dismay among the follow
ers of Reed and McKinley. Senator Hoar
of Massachusetts said the other day,
“Should Morton carry New York there is
nothing which can defeat him for the
presidential nomination, for they will de
pend upon him to keep that state in line.”
This is the presidential gossip which is
weaving itself in and out of congressional
campaign thought, and it is well to stick
a pin in it for future reference.
CAMPAIGN BOOKS.
Democratic and republican campaign
committees are busily at work on the
national campaign books which will be is
sued within the next two or three weeks.
The republican campaign books will con
sist of a distortion of the democratic con
gress and with excerpts from democratic
speeches which do not. add luster to the
democratic cause. It will give a review of
the protection doctrine and all that it has
accomplished for the good of humanity
from the time of Moses to McKinley. It
will close with Reed’s invective against
the democrats delivered at the close of
the session and reiterate his promises to
raise wages and bring about a millennium
in the labor world.
The democratic campaign book will
point with pride to what congress has
done. It will cite the repeal of the fed
eral election law; the repeal of the silver
purchasing clause of the Sherman act;
and the passage of the tariff bill. It will
include Mr. Cleveland’s last letter show
ing that the fight for tariff reform has
but begun and that the struggle for the
people against entrenched capital will
be continued. If there are any pages left
they will be filled with future promises.
Senator Faulkner of West Virginia is
chairman of the congressional campaign
committee, and bis choice has caused
some friction between the Senate and the
House members, because it is believed
that his selection is due to the influence
of Senator Gorman. The trouble first be
gan when a circular prepared by Senator
Gorman was spread broadcast over the
country giving a comparison between the
Gorman and the Wilson bills. Many of the
representatives thought this comparison
did the Wilson bill great injustice. Rep
resentative Tarsney wrote a letter to the
committee, in which he refused to send
the circular into his district. The sup
porters of the President and Chairman
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