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2 t 1aL 5 WEEK VOL. 44. ■m twin 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 ■ cchln aBOWI®' News. < THE MORNING NEWS. I < Established 1850. Incorporated 1888. > ! , J. H. ESTILL, President. ) 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. i WEEKLY, (B-TIMES-A-WEEK) $1 A YEAR. 1 v 1, 5 CENTS A COPY. NTt) 40 I DAILY, 810 A YEAR I vy * Xt7 * MONDAYS "AN"■ THURSDAYS 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 Continued on Sixth Page.