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6 Relief Rapidly Extended the Homeless Unfortunates. Graphic Details of the Catastrophe— Train After Train Leaving:-Heavily Loaded for the Stricken District and Returning; With Vast Numbers of the Homeless—Burial of the Dead —Careful Work in Estimating- the Number and in Identification of Bodies. Duluth, Minn., Sept. 3.—A special cor respondent. investigating the result of the fire in the towns burnedori the St. Paul and Duluth road, counted 312 dead bodies. There are 217 dead at Hinckley, 17 at Sandstone, 22 at Pine City and 56 between Sandstone and Miller, with the; interior yet to hear from. So far as iheard from the forest fires which have shut Duluth outof communi cation with the outside world for over twenty-four hours both by wire and rail, have almost completely wiped out six towns. Hinckley, Minn., at the Junction of the St. Paul and Duluth and Eastern Minnesota railways, population 1,200 or 1,500; Sandstone, fifteen miles north on the Eastern road, a quarry town, population 1,000; Partridge and Mansfield, small stations farther north near the Wiscon sin border, population 800 each; Shell I<ake and Baronette, Wis., on the Omaha road south of Spooner, population 2,000 each, both lumber towns. Besides these Bayfield and Washburn, Wis., on Lake Superior, from which nothing can be heard, have probably suffered consider ably, and numerous little settlements all through thd northern parts of Wisconsin and Minnesota. No names can be obtained on account of interrupted transportation and telegraphic facilities. * THE SEARCH 808 THE DEAD. A relief train returned at 10:80 o’clock this morning from a run down the St. Paul and Duluth road, bringing about 250 destitute and blistered people from points •long the line. At Sandstone fifty bodies, most of which have been identified, were found. The work of searching for the dead still continues. Another train is being made up here to carry supplies, clothing and doctors, and will leave for the burned districts early this afternoon, A PLACE or MOURNING. Hinckley, Minn., September 3.—A gent tie rain is falling to-day and quenching the burning embers of the immense for est fires, that did so much damage in this city Saturday afternoon and night. The blackened ruins of two or three brick buildings is all that remains standing of the once prosperous town of Hinclfey. with its 1,700 jieople and its busy railroad and lumbering interests. This is to-day a place of mourning, and the burial of the charred and unrecognizable bodies of the hundreds of victims has saddened the sur? vivors even more than the disaster itself. The fire was so overwhelming in its im mensity that none could, in the first terror of the moment, realize how great was their loss. Each was so intent on saving his own life that little thought was given tc the disaster in general by most people, although many cases of hero ism have been reported. The bodies thus far recovered have been placed in rough pine boxes for burial and the ma jority of them have been buried without there being any knowledge of their.inden titv. NUMBER OF THE DEAD. St. Paul, Minn., Sept. 3.—A correspon dent of the Pioneer Press at Hinckle# says: “The latest verified reports of the number of dead do not materially alter the former estimates. In fact, that esti mate is proving remarkably exact, con sidering the confusion of the first day. One element that makes close figuring very diflicut, is the fact that bodies seen in the woods and along the track are not infrequently reported to two points ana sent out from each as among its dead. Then, too, the tendency of the occasion, bad as it is,ds to exagger ation. However, eliminating these doubt ful elements as far as possible, from its approximation, the Pioneer Press is con vinced that the total is Lu nearly exact as possible. The Pioneer Press correspond ent has actually counted 194 of these, and the margin allowed about all that is necessary. The figures are as follows: Hinckley, 200; Sandstone, 62; Miller, 12; between Skunk Lake and Miller, 12; Pokegama, 28; in lumber camps and scattering (estimate) 50. Total 364. Yardmaster David Williamson of Du luth received a message from Miller last night which said: “There are 150 people at Sandstone without food or shelter. For God’s sake get them out of there.” Within an incredibly short time an en gine in charge of Yardmaster Williams was on the way to Sandstone. The en tire road, after the burned district was reported, was patrolled and the engine kept up a continual whistling so that any persons who were near bj r would come at at once to the track. When the train ar rived at Sandstone Junction, or Miller, as it is generally called, it was met by nearly the entire population of Sandstone and Miller. The depot platform at Mil ler had been burned and there was not a house left standing anywhere in view. About 170 people were taken aboard, and a messenger was sent to Sandstone, who informed the people of the arrival of the relief. Very few remained but those with loved ones lying dead. Them was no attempt to care for the dead, who lay scattered with irregularity through the streets of the town. Everything inflam mable at Sandstone was destroyed, and to-day’s investigations brought the num ber of dead at that place up to sixty-two with twenty-one missing. The scene at Sandstone was heart rend ing. The streets of the town were only a line of sand between heaps of ashes. Within these lines lay forty bodies scat tered at random, and twenty-two more were found dead in the outskirts of the town and in the hollows and marshes to ward the river bank. The bodies were lying exposed to sun and rain alike, and were readily becoming decomposed. They were identified as ftn; as possible and will be burled to-morrow. Duluth people are looking after the care and relief of the people on the line north of Hinckley. They are doing their work well, and will see that none of the living is allowed to suffer for food or clothing. One of the marvelous circumstances of the affair is the escape of so many cattle and horses. Many were absolutely unscathed, though no one can tell how they escaped the ordeal of fire. OVER 400 AT PINE CITY. Minneapolis, Sept. 3.—A private dis patch just received from Pine City, savs: “The number of victims in and near that place, from forest fires, will reach at least 425. RESCUED BY A TRAIN.. Pine City, Mi£h., Sept. 3.—When the forest fire reached Hinckley an Eastern Minnesota train from the south had just come in. and the people, panic-striken, flocked to it for safety. A number of box cars were coupled on and filled and cov ered with men, women and children. In all there was a motley crowd of about 400 or more. The train pulled out just ahead of the tire, and succeeded in ultimately reaching Duluth. This circumstance while fortunate in a degree that cannot be estimated, has made the confusion greater, for it is not known who escaped in this way. and many people are reported dead who may be in safety. Had not this number of people—largely women and children—left the doomed city when they did the loss of life would have vastly in creased . *rne h.aUtr With death. Probably 200 people left town on foot 1 or Ju vehicles, plunging into the woods to the north, across the Gladstone river, i whiou skirts the town on the north. 1 They were literally fleeing before the pursuing demon of fire. Over the hill that rises behind the Gladstone is a swamp, and to this most of the people with teams headed, but it proved no pro tection. The fire gave them no opportunity to go farther. Some abandoned their teams and ran into the lower portion, of the morass, but the fire sought them out. Not one was left to tell the tale, and there yesterday morning in a spate of little more than four or five acres, were counted over 130. corpses. There were families of five, six and seven, and there they lay, the men generally a little! in advance, the mother surrounded by her little ones, cut off by the most horrible of deaths. Nearly all the bodies were nude, the fire having burned every vestige of their clothing and blackened and charred many of the corpses beyond recognition, and whole families were wiped out as they were, and some of the bodies completely inciner ated. Identification is absolutely out of the question. HAD THEY BUT THOUGHT. The most sorrowful feature of the ter rible fatality at Hinckley is the thought that had the situation been realized in time not a single life among the residents of the town need have been lost. The Great Northern graven pit, in which only a hundred sought safety, is about ten acres in extent and broad and long enough and deep enough to have sheltered every soul in Hinckley, with all their domestic animals. There is a pool of water of considerable depth. The banks are bare of grass or shrubbery, and there was no imflammable material near the brink on the side from which the fire came. Those who did seek this have passed the hours of their enforced imprisonment in comparative comfort. This morning a detail of regulars from Fort Snelling, under command of Capt. Hale and Lieut. McCoy and an army sur geon came in from St. Paul. They brought some tents, abut finding that Adjutant General Muehlberg had sent up 100 state tents, the regulars turned in and put up fifty of them for the refugees, with reg ular army expedition. The local physi cians were about played out, and there was an abundance of work for the army surgeon. There is little probability of Hinckley ever being rebuilt to its former prosper ous proportions. The Brennan Lumber Company is not expected to rebuild its plant. Work had been crowded this sea son in the hope of clearing up all the tim ber, and another season would have been the last. SITUATION GROWING WORSE. Ishpeming. Mich., Sept. 3.—-The grav ity of the situation from the forest fires continues to increase every hour. The long continued drought displays no signs of abatement, while every morass adjacent to the city is aglow with flame. A dense cloud of smoke envelopes the country for many miles, ' obstructing business and offering constant menace to travel. Dust and ashes are falling in showers. The volunteer fire brigade is divided into convenient squads which are doing effec tive work. The district lying between the Bradford farm and the Dead river to the north is a vast fen filled with underbrush, and* is now a lake of fire. The same is true of the course of the Caro river. Con sternation prevails at the Salisbury. The force on special duty there is offering a stubborn resistance, and may yet save part of the suburb from total destruction. Sagota and Floodwood, cn the Milwaukee and' Northern, are being hourly threat ened, also Ewen and neighboring towns on the Duluth extension of the Duluth, South Shore and Atlantic Railroad Com pany* Much credit is due to the railroad for its service to the suffering. Box cars are furnished, and into them the househould goods of the homeless are being taken. No one is yet reported missing from Ish peming, but the rapid approach of the de structive element and the inflammable condition of vegetation covering the im mediate surroundings, together with a vitiated atmosphere and a temperature registering at blood heat, caused the most profound solicitude. SAY THE WORST IS OVER. Marquette, Mich., Sept. 3.—Railroad officials here say the worst is over along the line of the Duluth South Shore and Atlantic. They are already pushing the work Os reconstruction. The passenger train, for which so much anxiety was felt yesterday, arrived this morning twenty seven hours late. The wires beyond Nestoria are again broken and no definite news of the actual state of affairs this morning can be obtained. TOWNS SURROUNDED BY FLAMES. Ironwood, Mich., Sept. 3.—Tremendous forest fires are prevailing throughout the upper peninsular of Michigin and north ern Wisconsin. The district between Watersmet and Bessemer, over fifty miles, is a mass of seething flames, and homesteaders are making desperate ef forts to escape. Gogebic has been destroyed and it expected that Wake field will experience a similar fate. Iron wood, Bessemer, Hurley and Saxon are surrounded by fires. There is very little water and thousands of men are out with picks and shovels, and succeed in keeping the flames back only by throwing dirt upon the burning stumps and brush. 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They Are broad enough to the bright, and they help the lowest kind of work as well as the highest. In every sortof washing and cleaning, let Pearline help you. Peddlers and some unscrupulous grocers will tell you “ this is as good Odlvl as ” or *• the same as Pearline.” IT’S FALSE—Pearline is never it peddled, and if your grocer sends you something in place of 1L IjcXjL Xx Pearline, be honest— send it back. 428 JAMES PYLE, N. Y. LABOR DAY CELEBRATED. Grand Turnouts of the Toilers Every where in Its Honor, The Goddess of Liberty at the Top most Pinnacle of the Dome of the National Capital Crowned With a Gigantic Wreath—A Realistic Spec tacle. Washington, Sept. 3.—The first cele bration of Labor day as a national holi day was beflttingly observed in the na tional capital. Also for the first time in their history,all the local labor organiza tions united for a common purpose with out squabbles or jealousies and did hopor to the occasion. This was only befitting, inasmuch as Washington • organizations were instrumental in establishing the holiday as a national institution. Plas terers’ assembly No. 1,644, Excelsior as sembly No. 2,672, of the Knights of Labor, in this city, claim the credit of initiating the movement to pass a bill through con gress declaring the first Monday in Sep tember a national holiday under the name ’pf “Labor Day.” Many states had pre viously authorized a similar celebration, but this was the first attempt at national recognition. The bill was championed by Senator Kyle of South Dakota and was passed without difficulty, becoming a law by the Presiden|’s signature June 28 last. Local labor organizations paraded to day in fofir great divisions, each averag ing about 2,000 men in line. They as sembled in the vicinity of the city hall shortly after 10 o’clock a. m. Nearly every organization was headed by its own band, and the din of conflicting strains of ; music was deafening. Weather conditions were most favor- ! able. The haze which softened the sun’s rays was welcome in itself, though its presence was painfully suggestive of the calamitous fires devastating the north west. In the line of the procession were numerous floats representing the various industrial processes of the labor orgauj- , zations in different stages of progress. Old style Columbian hand printing presses were contrasted with modern printing i machinery. Horseshoers, brickmakers, | bookbinders, bakers, cigar makers, plate printers and numerous other mecnanics exhibited their handiwork in motion, va rious grotesque features were added for the amusement of t]be crowds, which were very large, as all the public depart ments were closed. ON THE PINNACLE OF THE DOME. The most novel feature of the day oc curred at the top of the capital building. The chief participants were Albert Ports and James Grace, riggers employed by the architect of the capital. Last week Ports distinguished himself by climbing up the gigantic figure of the Goddess of Liberty, surmounting the dome,, and placing there a circle of electric lights, which were used for illuminating the dome during the encampment of the Knights of Pythias. It was the first time a man had stood ' there since the Goddess was put in posi tion. This morning Ports started in to remove the lights and connecting wires, with the assistance of Grace. They mounted the Goddess by means of a lad der held by capital employes from the topmost window of the dome. It was 5 o’clock a. m. when they began and the risky work was completed three hours later. By that time a big crowd had col lected in the capital grounds watching the two riggers, who looked like flies crawling aoout the great bronze figure. i LAURELS FOR LIBERTY. At 8:30 o’clock Grace sat astride the broad shoulders of the goadess and with the help of Ports placed a gigantic ; wreath on her brow. The wreath was nearly four feet in diameter and was com posed of palm florist’® asparagus, roses and carnations. Then Grace read an invocation to freedom, written by a WasffTngton woman, Mrs. Louise Bailey. . The people, nearly 500 feet below, could not hear him, of course, but they under stood what he was doing. They saw him fold the manuscript and then, to the ' horror of man y. Ports began climbing to the top of liberty’s cap. When he reached the pinnacle, he hesitated a moment and then slowly and carefully raised himself to an erect position. For a minute he stood therein the presence of t the crowd below with Grace still astraddle of liberty’s neck. Ports made the descent as slowly and carefully as he had made the ascent, and both he and Grace reached the landing in safety. The wreath was allowed to re- I main about the brow of the goddess until ‘ just before 10 o'clock, when Ports and Grace repeated their dangerous journey and removed it. A REALISTIC SPECTACLE. Another quite notable feature of the day was the first production of Innes’ new cantata, “War and Peace,” a spectacular musical production, at the National Base Ball park, in the hearing of an appreci ative audience of nearly 10,000 persons. The catchy use made of the war sones of north and south and the realistic effect of artillery and military movements ' under the direction of Capt. Domer, who commanded the crack prize drill company in the District of Columbia National Guard, supplemented by Innes' great band and drum corps, made the presenta tion a marked success. ' OUT IN FULL FORCE. New York, Sept. 3.—Labor’s great army made a grand triumphant march through our city streets to-day. The workingmen were out in full force. Every preparation had been made to make to day's celebration one of the larg est and finest ever seen in this city. The Central Labor Union had the matter in charge, and it turned out a grand success. Over 30,000 men were in ■j line when Grand Marshal William J. ■ I O’Brien gave the order of march. The phalanxes formed in Astor place and in Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth streets and on both sides of Fourth avenue. The march began a little ■ after 10 o'clock. The streets through ! > which the procession passed were lined - with people, who greeted the moving col umn with enthusiastic cheers and waving ' of handkerchiefs. It was a triumphal ’ march from the beginning to the end. The day was a general holiday through- ' out the city. All the exchanges were closed, as were the banks and other places of business. The custom house ana postqffice were opened 3 short time this morning. All the courts were closed, and so. too, the various branches of the city government. Suburban ■ places of summer resort had a great rush of visitors. The ’ race tracks and ball grounds Were well pat ronized. The clerk of the weather did his best to make the weather suitable to the occasion. The insufferably murky weather of the previous day gave way to a cooler atmosphere, making it easy marching for those in the Labor proces sion, and a delightfully cool and enjoya ble day to everbbody. Though the majority of Brooklyn’s wage earners either held quiet celebra tions of their own, or went to neighbor ing cities to help their fellows there to make the occasion a glorious one, enough remained behind and took, part in the parades to remind the public it was labor day; The chief parade was given under the auspices of the Knights of Labor. About 6,000 persons formed the parade. celebrated at st. louis. St. Louis. Mo., Sept. B—Labor8 —Labor day was celebrated here by a' parade and picnic of all the local labor bodies, except the typographical union. The printers re fused to particitate in the parade. The weather was cloudy and cool with oc casional showers. Nearly all the public I buildings were closed. Notwithstanding the fact that to-day is a legal holiday, the public schools opened for the fall term this morning. beaneaters Celebrate. Boston, Mass.y Sept. 3.—The observance of La.bor day ta-daj* was mere elaborate in the list of sports than in previous years and the big procession in the forenoon was the largest of the kind ever seen here. There was a general cessation of business, including the publication of the evening papers, and all the i theaters gave special matinees. A prominent sporting event was the sixth annual fall regatta of the New England Amateur Rowing Association on the Charles river, in which many known oarsmen participated. Among the other sports there were two league ball games between the Boston’s and Chicago’s, one in the forenoon and one in the afternoon; a sailing regatta, trotting races, bicycle races, polo and shooting contests. The weather was cool and pleasant. A DAY OF PLEASURE-SEEKING. I Baltimore, Sept. 3.—Labor day was generally observed here to-day. Ten thousand workmen participator! in a grand street parade and attended a pic nic at Barley park, wnere the remainder of the was spent in festivities and listening to addresses by labor leaders. Business was generally suspended; many business houses and dwellings along the route of the procession were handsomely decorated, and the day was, in a great measure, given up to pleasure-seeking. WORKINGMEN AND SOLDIERS PARADE. Philadelphia, Pa., Sept. 3.—the stock and other exchanges were closed to-day, but business houses which observed Sat urday as Labor day were open for busi ness as usual. The Pennsylvania legis lature fixed on the first day of Septem ber as the day for labor’s outing, instead i of the first Monday as in ocher states. About 500 workingmen, the ma jority wearing the red badge of the socialistic labor party, left the labor lyceum, the head quarters of the United German trades, this morning and proceeded to Washington, Park, where a monster pic nic and Labor day demonstration was held. The demonstration was under the auspices of the united German trades, Philadelphia's teutonic central labor body. Outside of the demonstration of the united Germafi trades, the veterans I of the regular army held a celebration at l Rising Sun parx, at which drills were ' given as well as racing, dancing and ath letic sports. Before going to the park a street parade was made. most enthusiastically. I Chattanooga, Tenn., Sept. 3.—Labor day was celebrated here in a most enthu siastic manner. The festivities began at 10 o’clock with 'a monster parade of all the trade unions of the city, headed by carriages, containing Gov. Turney, the city officials, the speakers and most of the prominept citizens. I At the conclusion of the parade there was amass meeting of the workingmen of Chattanooga at Eilectric lake, where an audience of 5,000 was addressed by Mayor George Ochs, Gov. Peter Turney, Presi dent J. W. Thomas of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis railroad, J. B. Osborne of Atlanta, H. M. Wiltse and. J. B. Hawkins of Chattaqpoga. The afternoon was spent in the enjoy ment off a barbecue and in games, races and dancing. TEXTILE OPERATIVES PARADE. New Bedford Mass.. Sept. 3.—The chief feature in the observance of Labor day in New Bedford was the parade of the various labor organizations, the greater part of whom were tex tile operatives, and it was superior to anything heretofore at tempted in that direction in this vicin ity, and, coming as it did| at the time of the greatest strike ever experienced here, created a great deal of interest, and thousands of people lined the route of the j parade. There were about 4,000 toilers in line, representing the typographical, ■ glassblowers, painters, bricklayers and masons’ unions, and the various branches of the textile trade. Noticeable features of the procession were 200 female opera tives ana a brigade of back boys carry ing brooms. A number of transparencies were displayed in line, bearing on the present strike troubles. After parading over a long route, the paraders took boats for Palmer’s Island, just off the mainland, where a gigantic clambake was partaken of. All strike matters were lost sight of in the observance of the day. ALL INDUSTRIES REPRESENTED. Nashville. Tenn., Sept. 3. —Labor day was celebrated in Nashville to-day by a practical suspension of work and busi ness. There was a procession 3 miles long, in which all the industries of the city were represented. There was a large assembly dinner and speeches at West side park. STREET PARADE AND PICNIC. Cincinnati, 0., Sept. 3.—Labor day was celebrated here by a street parade and picnic in which the unions allied with the building trade council took part. Al though the assemblies affiliating with i the Central Labor Union did not partic ! ipate as organizations, many of their | members joined in the procession and de voted the day to merry making. ON THE BANKS OF LAKE- COMO. E Birmingham. Ala., Sept. 3.-About 5,000 : people met on the banks of Lake C omo, at East Lake, one of Birminprhani’s most beautiful suburbs, to-day, to cele brate Labor day. It was the most orderly gathering ever witnessed in the Magic City, and did great credit to the laboring element of Jefferson county. The recent stringency owing to two great strikes prevented a parade, and it was decided to a grand rally and. picnic. The event of the day were speeches bv Hon. Frank P. O’Brien, member-elect of the legislature; Robert Warner, candi date for mayor of Birmingham; William \ aughan, representative candidate for congress; Col. J. J. Alman and D. Doug lass Wilson, president of the American Railway Union of this city. OF HAZE, BUT NO PARADE. Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3.—There was no Labor day demonstration here to-dav. but Atlanta has the haze from the forest fires in the northwest. It is reported on good authority that a shower of fire ashes fell this afternoon at the Cotton States Exposition grounds. MANY WORKERS OUT. Brotherhood of Tailors and United Garment Makers Will Strike. New York, Sept. 3.—A1l the east side meeting places of the members of the United Brotherhood of- Tailors and the United Garment Workers of America, of which the tailors are a branch, were crowded this morning with strikers and sympathizers. - The operators held a meeting last night, and 1,200 men decided to go out on strike. There are now 12.000 finishers out. which will result in throwing out 3,000 basters, pressers, bushelers and tailors dependent on them. It is expected that by to-night, or to morrow, 20.000 workers in the clothing trades in this vicinity will be out. A committee has been appointed, which is conferring with a similar comriiittee representing Tailors’ Assembly No. 465, Kuights of Labor, with a view to aiding in the strike. About 2,500 members of the United Brotherhood of Tailors met this after noon at New Irving; hall to discuss mat ters relative to tineir strike. It was stated that 1,200 men went out this morn ing, making altogether 3,000 in this city 6,000 in Brooklyn now on strike. The ob ject of the strike is to do away with the sweating system at present in vogue. The men affected are operators, basters and finishers. A number of speeches, asking the men to reman firm, were delivered by the strike leaders. During the meeting a circular was re ceived from Boston, giving notice of a general strike in that city. GLADSTONE’S 100 POUNDS. Irish Members of Parliament Cor respond Concerning It. Dublin, Sept. 3.—The Freeman’s Journal published a number of letters which passed between Timothy M. Healy, M. P., and Bernard C. Molloy, M. P., on the subject of Gladstone’s recent contribution of 100 pounds to the Irish parliamentary fund. Mr. Molloy, in opening the cor respondence, asks; “Does the acceptance of Gladstone's subscription endanger our independence?” In reply to this question Healy writes: “Instead of asking Gladstone to subscribe to the parliamentary fund the Irish party ought to have voted him a memorial out of the funds on hand. The ingratitude with which Mr. Gladstone has been treated is fitly capped by appealing to him for support.” R. D. Sullivan, member of parliament, writes an open letter denying the asser tion that the managers are responsible for the circular which has been sent to British members of parliament appealing for contributions to the parliamentary fund. Sullivan advises the committee of the party to meet and issue a declaration explaining the master and disclaiming any responsibility therefor. He adds: “There is no necessity for appealing to the English parties.” YOUNG FARMER SLAIN. Took a Girl to Church and Kissed Her and Was Shot. Washington, Sept. B.—A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: “Near New Site, Tallapoosa county, this morning, James Ashley and his son Robert went into a field where Robert Cross, a young farmer, was harvesting. Robert Ashley held Cross while his father fired seven bullets into his body. Ashley fired as long as Cross breathed, remarking: ‘I am going to shoot as long as there is breath in the damned rascal's body.’ ” Cross went to church with Ashley’s daughter yesterday, and kissed her. She reported the matter to her father, and the murder resulted. A posse is in pur suit of the Ashleys* and if captured it is likely they will be lynched. - TREATY_CANCELLED. Spain Revokes the Reciprocity Treaty Concerning Cuba. Madrid, Sept. 3. —The Gazette to-day publishes the text of the decree cancel ling the reciprocity treaty between the United States and Spain concerning Cuba, the cancellation to take effect “the moment the United States applies the new customs tariff.” instructions have been sent to the Spanish colonies that cargoes which cleared from the United States before the new tariff went into effect are to pay the old rate of duty. Negotiations are in progress here for a new commercial treaty between the United States and the Spanish colonies. A NEW MANAGER. D. W. Caldwell Appointed Vice the Late John Newell, Deceased. New York, Sept. 3.—At a meeting of the executive and finanplal committee of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad Company, held to-day, D. W. Caldwell, president and manager of the Nickel Plate road, was appointed general manager in the place of the late John Newell, who was president and general manager. There was no president ap pointed, but D. W. Worcester was elected as vice president. Secret of Beauty is health. The secret of health is the power to digest sfrid assim ilate a proper quar-itv of food. This can never done when the liver does not act it’s part. Doyou know this ? Tutt’s Liver Pills are an abso lute cure for sick headache, dys pepsia, sour stomach, malaria, constipation, torpid liver, piles, jaundice, bilious fever, bilious ness and kindred diseases. Tutt’s Liver Pills 1 GOLD-DUST. ' GOLD DUST WASHING POWDER, t 1 1 '’■'* ’’"• < ' i ''''^4'’-^ ,, i(W^ r ''"j’t ;^^~*'Ss^-s_ _ *-s? s ''-- > . 1 |ji TFTTfligr fIUST w! , ■ INN IBCuG?kl o tesßiK Sold Everywhere. *•<!•«">» by THE N. K. FAIRBANK COMPANY, Cbicqo’o. St. Louis. New York. Boston. Philadelphia. TRADES’-UNION CONGRESS. Important Legislative Proposals as Af fecting Labor in Enrope. Business of the Gathering l Opened by John Burnq, the Noted Labor Mem ber of Parliament—Delves Re-elected President—Forecast of His Speech, in Which He Advocates Abolition of the House of Lords and Other Re forms. London, Sept. 3.—The twenty-seventh annual trades’ union congress was opened at Norwich this morning. Three hundred and eighty delegates were present from all parts of the country. John Burns opened the congress with an' address, in which he said that, although the number of delegates in attendance was smaller than at previous meetings, the congress was no less a representative one. The strict enforcement of the standing orders in regard to delegates’ certificateshad kept out uncertified members, hence the reduced attendance. But this very fact, he said, would make the discussions of the Congress all the more valuable. The meeting was then called to order for business by the presi dent, Frank J. Delves. The pro gramme contained 120 separate resolu tions. Many of these related to mere amendments of the standing orders, while others naturally dealt with questions of union management; but the great majority embraced legislative proposals, some of them of unusual importance as affecting labor representatives. The resolutions in the exhaustive pro gramme dealt with one new factory bill, and called for its extension so far as to prohibit over time, and make the “giver out” of work responsible for the sanitary conditions under wUfb the work is per formed. . W One or two resolutions called for an in crease in the number of both male and female factory inspectors, while one ex pressed strong dissatisfaction with the government for appointing two women as inspectors who “had no industrial knowl edge and no practical factory or work shop experience.” These were passed. I With regard to technical education the congress adopted the following resolu tions: “That this congress, while admit ting that great and good work has been, j and is* still being done bylhe establish- I ment of technical classes'in various local- ! ities throughout the United Kingdom ■ with a view of assisting in the better : education of our handicraft and artisan work people, is of opinion that no others than apprentices and work people who are working at tho various trades taught • .should be allowed to attend such classes.” ! Frank J. Delves was re-elected presi dent, and the congress adjourned. At to- ■ morrow’s session President Delves will deliver an address, a forecast of which is here given: Delves will advocate the total abolition of the House of Lords on the ground that as the House of Commons directly repre sents the people, no second chamber is necessary. He will also contend that the hours of women and children employed in factories must be curtailed whatever may happen to the question of eight hours a day for men. His speech derides ' the no- tion that English workingmen have ! anything to fear from foreign immigra- j tion. The sweaters and the capitalists i , constitute the genuine danger, not the in- < flux of aliens. The natural consequence of restricting the flow of foreign work ingmen will be the restriction of foreign made goods, and that will imply, protec tion. What workingman would'dare to go back on free trade, the ultimate triumph of which implies prosperity not only to English workingmen, but to work ingmen abroad? Delves’ speech will end with an appeal for better organizations of trades’ unions, i with a view of securing ideals upon which j to base unionism. . John Burns, in an interview at the close ; of the day’s session said that the congress would show that the old unionism no longer exists, but that socialism is trium phant. The rapid extension of machinery and the urgency of the problem involv ing the unemployed workers, induces the most hidebqund individualist to adopt any method to deliver the workingman from the shackles that bind him. Both capital and machinery, instead of making | slaves of the workingman, must become his servants. The members of the con- : gress of all shades of opinion now desire to co-operate to this end. OABB INDICTED. The Grand Jury Finds True Bills Against Capt. King’s Murderers. , Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 3.—The grand jury to-day returned indictments against Alex. Carr for murder, and against John Carr, his brother, and B. E. Bailey as ’ accessories, the indictments being based on the killing of Capt. H. O. King, two weeks ago, by Alex. Carr. An indictment for murder was also found against Herschel McDonald for killing Michael Fontono, the Italian sculp tor, who came to Atlanta from Augusta. Mrs. M. E. Hicken, the notorious female crook of manj' aliases, who has been working Georgia and Florida, was in dicted for forgery. She is now the queen bee of the county jail, with a bright pros pect of being transplanted to Capt. Jim Smith's convict farm. Drowned in the Bay. London, Sept. 3.—A party of twenty seven pleasure seekers from Burnley were overturned into the water of More cambe bay by the capsizing of a boat they had hired. Os this number only seven were saved.* Foul-bodies have been re covered. HESTER’S REPORT. Statistics as to the Cotton Crop—New Southern Spindles. New Orleans, La., Sept. 3.—Secretary Hester’s New Orleans Cotton Exchange report on the cotton crop was issued in full to-day. ' After stating the crop for 1898-’94 was 7,549,879 bales, an exqess of 849,452 over last year, he says: The largest part Os the gain was in the group of Atlantic , states, consisting of Alabama, Georgia, Florida and North. Carolina, which ran ahead. The gulf states, Arkansas, Lou isiana, Mississippi and Tennessee, in creased 351,000 bales, while Texas dropped off 59,000. Mr. Hester puts the average commer cial value of the crop at $87.50 per bale, against $42.50 last year, $37.50 in 1891-’92; and the total value was $283,118,000, 1 against $284,150,000 last year and $338,- 812,000 the year before, showing the re- ■ markable fact that while the output of ■ the last year has been 849,452 bales in ex cess of the year before, its commercial value is $1,6i5,000 less. 1 Mr. Hester says that with an average of 7% cents per pound, which the crop brought, planters, as a class, would have been bankrupt had they adhered to their old policy of all cotton and little or no. food crops, and instances the significant fact that the cotton states produce over i $148,000,000 of corn, nearly all of which was consumed where grown. In reference to acreage he says the pub ! lished estimates are still unsatisfactory, : and comments on the intention of a change of the basis of comparison on that subject by the United States agricultural depart- I ment being first made known through an English source. I From this information the statistician of the Washington department has writ ten to a prominent member of the House, giving as his opinion that the cotton i acreage of 1893 was 20,000,000 acres, or more than 8,000,000 acras over the hereto ; fore published estimates. Mr. Hester announces the result of his investigations in this movement under a new system, saying that several hundred thousand bales have hitherto been cred-" I ited by the trade to Gulf states, which ! properly belonged to Atlantic states; and ■ that the facts show the seat of cotton production has not been moving westward as rapidly' as supposed. The comtnericial crop in bales is given as follows: In thousands and bales, for 1893-94: Alabama 985, Arkansas 625, j Florida 0, Georgia 1,125, Louisiana 400, I Mississippi 916, North Carolina 455, ■ South Carolina 750, Tennessee, etc., 275.' Texas and Indian Territory 2.059. Total crop, 7,650,000 bales. i In relation to American miles Mr. Hes ! ter says the season has been anything but favorable, north or south. On the heels of their largely decreased • takings for 1892-93, northern mills show a further reduction for the past season of 86,113 bales. The effects of the financial stringency and delay as to tariff legisla ; tion also were decidedly depressing influ ences in this industry, and for the first time since the war a setback is to be re corded. Instead of an increase of 37,000 bales, which, with anything like last year’s crop; would have resulted from bringing into full play the new spindles added in the south at the close of last year, and the early part of the present season, southern consumption has fa! len off 24,- 833 bales. The total takings north, as shown below were 1,601.178 against 1,687,- 286 last year and 2,190,766 the year before, while the mills in the south report as I their consumption (including takings i from ports) 718,515 against 743,484 in j 1892-93 and 686,080 in 1891,-92. j Commenting on the outlook for cotton j consumption in the south, Mr. Hester i says, with a return to normal conditions ; there is promise not only/or an increase | of 62,000 bales per annqm in the products of mills now in operation, but tables show* twenty-one new mills not completed with nearly 100,000 spindles, besides thirty-six idle mills with 130,000 spindles, a good, part of which would be brought into i play- In other words, the south has 2,000,000 | spindles with a consumptive capacity of 825,000 bales per annum. I A person is prematurely old when bald ness occurs before the forty-fifth year. Use Hall’s Hair Renewer to keep the scalp healthy and prevent baldness.—ad. KING CONGRATULATED- The Korean Monarch Said to Hsvjm* Achieved Independence. Jr Shanghai, Sept. 3.—The Japanese/far quis Saigonje arrived in Chemulpo on. I Tuesday last and congratulated the king of Korea upon having achieved his inde pendence. The provinces of Seoul and Hwang-Ho and the country adjacent to the treaty ports is in the possession of the Japanese, while the rest of the country is occupied by armed bands of Koreans. It is asserted that there is a strong and in creasing feeling of hostility toward the Japanese throughout Korea and that the natives are waging guerrilla warfare against them. ! Ayer’s Sarsaparilla has rescued many from chronic blood disease. Try a few bottles.—ad. CAUGHT IN A BUZZSAW. A Young White Man Meets With ai Severe Accident. Waycross, Ga., Sept 3.—Eddie ’Web ster, a young white man, was at work in a planing mill this afternoon, and his hand was caught by a buzz saw. Two fingers were cut off and his hand waa badly lacerated. 'HE bltwnu irWiNlf about ' the cures by Hood’s Sarssiparilla is hat they are permanent. They start from he solid foundation— Ptiro EBiood. Arthur Roteh, the celebrated Heston ar chitect, who died recently, left more than ?. 100,0 0 to local charities and sehools.