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The Peoples Party Paper
VOLUME V.
THEFOURTHINLONBON
How Americans Celebrated In
dependence Day.
BPEEOHBY AMBASSAPOfi BAYARD
firhn Amorlofla Society's Fourth of July
Banquet Attended by Ovsr Two Hundred
Pereon*—Sir Richard Webster Proposed
a Toast to the President of the United
Stages—Mr. Bayard Gives a Reception.
London, July 7.—The American so
ciety gave a Fourth of Ju-.y banqiet in ,
the Great hall of the Criterion theater, I
Ambassador Bayard presiding. A statue i
of liberty behind the chairman was i
draped with the American colors. Two ■
hundred and twenty one persons at- ;
tended.
After a toast to the rueon had been
proposed by Ambassador Bayard, Sir |
Richard Webster proposed a toast to the I
President of the United States. He said ;
the reason he proposed the toast, was !
bocausd of his American namesake, i
panioh Ha referred to the greatness 1
and dignity of the office and hoped that
thr^ British monarchy would last as long |
» F''/he United States. He believed that •
vj.itrtver criticism had been passed on .
President Cleveland has added to the ;
dignity of his office and that he has |
worthily maintained the best traditions ,
of the presidency.
The toast wr.r. drunk standing, with ’
three cheers for the president.
Ambassador Bayard then proposed a
toast.to ’’The Day We Celebrate.” Ho i
id:
“Th' voluntary principle of the gov- |
erument of the United States is the true ;
one. That is the meaning of the day
we celebrate, the echo whereof is heard
in England. Let parliament, presidents
uud autocrats heed it.”
Ambassador Bayard complimented
J.im -s Li ice and then referred to 1776,
t.-anklng God for July 4, of that year.
Enthusiastic cheers followed, flags wore
waved and the band played “Hail Co
lumbia” and other American songs.
Mr. Greer of Now York proposed a
toast to “The Community of English
Speaking People.’’
James Bryce, M. P., replying, re
ferred to the heroes common to both
people, such as Washington, and said
the flags of both countries have the
pamo colors, only they are of different
pattei ns. He urged strongly on attempt
to make firmer the links which bind ths
countries together. Neither ought to bs
aliens in the other’s country. To put au
end to all trouble it Is only necessary
for the two countries to know each other
better.
The Rev. M. I). Hega then proposed a
toast to “the American society,” which
was greeted with loud cheers.
CHigh.'': hvr.died persons attended the
reception United States Ambassador
Bayard gave at his residence, in Eaton
square, in honor of the Fourth of July.
Jdr. and Mrs. Bayard received the guests
pt the top of the staircase, and the am
bassador and all the members of his staff
wore the national colors at their but
tonholes. •
Among those present were Mrs. John
A- Logan, Sir Francis and Lady Evans,
Sir Rober Rawlinson, General Thomas
Wilson, Mrs. Wilson and Miss Wilson,
Consul Lathrop, Miss Endicott, Colonel
Vivian, Mrs. Frank Leslie, Kajor Kem
penfeld, Professor Amrige of Columbia
college. Dr. Jones of Yale; Consul Fol
lin, James R. Rooesvelt, D. 0. Wells,
• Captain Beasley, Sir Francis and Lady
Cook, Naval Inspector Rhoades, Colonel
Kano and Lord Re volstroke.
STRUGGLE IN THE DARK.
A Negro Enters the Room of Young Ladies
mid Is Captured.— Will Not Be Lynched.
Columbia, S. 0., July 7.—News has
just been received from an outlying sec
tion of Oolleton county of an attempted
assault wit li a sensational denouement.
About 12 o'clock at night a negro
Hamed Joe Weeks, a bad character, en
tered the sleeping apartments of Misses
Lizzie and Mary Dawes, the daughters
of a respectable farmer of St. George's
neighborhood, by climbing through a
window, which opened on the piazza of
the house, where the young ladies were
Sleeping, but stumbling over a chair in
♦ho room ho waked them, and their
brought their father and brother
to the rescue.
Mr. Dawes and his son. failing to lay
their hands on firearms in the darkness,
boldly attacked the intruder empty
handed. He made an attempt to jump
from the window, by which he had en
tered, but was seized and after a des
perate struggle in the dark was thrown
to the floor. Chains were brought and
lie was finally seonrly bound and an
oftie&r sent for.
Ho was then taken to Walterboro,
the county seat, and on being given a
hearing, at which ho confessed his
guilty purpose, was sent to the higher
court. He would have been killed on
the spot, but for the darkness and the
absence of_ firearms, which gave the
father and brother time for reflection.
It is supposed that the law will be al
lowed to take its course, as there was no
Immediate threats of lynching.
Fourteen Prisoners
Guthiuk, O. T., July 7.—Fourteen
prisoners overpowered rhe guards in the
United States -jail here and escaped.
Bill Doolin and Dynamite Dick, the last
survivors of the Dalton gang, who wero
charged with the murders committed in
the Ingalls fight, at which four deputy
marshals were killed, were the principal
actors. Fourteen out of ofifl prisoners
escaped. They were all desperate char
acters. *
Itceord I>:eaVlu~ Speedy Justice.
x Webt Libruty, Ky., July 7.—Fate
Brooks was found guilty of the murder
of Cus McKinzie and sentenced to be
hanged. The murder occurred Tuesday.
It was the result of a quarrel between
drunken men. McKenzie was the son
cf the county judge. Brooks would
have been lynched but for the promise
vs a speedy trial.
North Siaie i’ro’ilbitlonlut,.* to'Mect.
Raleigh, July 7. The Prohibition
ttate executive committee has issued a
ca’.l for the state convention to meet at
fesdisbury Aug. ID to aoiuinatc a fell
ft ate ticket.
Ar. " r ‘'"F AT SEVEN.
Little Jennie Shu. e/) ? ,ves a .Comrade’s Life
When Caught On n 'lrc.tfe by u Train.
Jonesboro, Ark., July t. -—A wonder
ful exhibition of nerve and coolness in
the face of deadly peril was shown near
here by little Jennie Sheets, aged 7.
The cheers of 300 passengers on the
Kansas City limited attested their ad
airation of her bravery.
Passenger train No. 3 had just left
Cabool, Mo. It being the Fourth, the
railroad company had .sent out an un
usually heavy train of . eight passenger
coaches, two express carrs and two sleep
ers. A small trestle terminates a sharp
cu.ve a few miles east of Cabool. The
train was making 40 miles an hour
when the curve wk reached. As the
train approached the trestle the engineer
saw two women and two little girls on
the trestle. Tc stop in time was im
possible.
The women, who were the mothers
of the children, jumped to the dry bet.
of the creek below, but. the little ones
remained on rhe trestle.
Shouting to her little companion
across the track without response, Jen
nie Sheets crossed to her, threw her on
the extreme edge o f the bridge, sleeper
and held her until the train had passed.
DILKE PREDICTS WAR.
Britain, Singlehanded. Is to Fight Ger
| many, Russia and France, lie Says.
I London, July 7.—Sir Charles Dilke
! has just published an article predicting
that Great Britain, singlehanded, is
| destined to engage in a great struggle
against Germany, Russia and France
■ combined. The fight, he says, may
i come at any time within a decade, os-
■ tensibly about Egypt, but really on ac
‘ count of jealousy of Great Britain’s co
lonial expansion.
Therefore Sir Charles urges Great
Britain to hold herself free from any al
liance which might only prove illusive
and to devote herself to the develop
ment of her defenses.
The Spectator asks what role America
will play in such a struggle.
Two Mon Drowned In a Well.
Chattanooga, July 7.—John Hender
son, a prominent farmer residing near
Cohutta, Ga., father of Mrs. A. F. Fa
gala of Chattanooga, and a farmer
named Brnmlet met death in a well near
their home. It appears that the home
of Mr. Henderson caught Are and was
completely destroyed, along with the
effects. The family was compelled to
seek a place of shelter, and a suitable
house was found near Cohutta. On the
place was a well which had not been in
use for some time and was not consid
i ered clean by those in the neighborhood.
Colonel Henderson hired a man named
Brumk t to go into the well and clean it
out. Rrumlet hadno sooner gone down
than he was overcome by gas. Colonel
Henderson procured a rope anti went to
the man’s rescue. The unfortunate man
was drawn nearly to the top of the well
when the i»po broke and both men
dashed to the bottom - some 30 feet and
were drowned.
Monument to Dixon Unveiled.
Greensboro, N. C., July 7.—The
booming of cannon announced the
ninth annual celebration of the Guil
ford battleground celebrations. At 11
o’clock the speakers and distinguished
guests were driven to the auditorium.
Chaplain Egbert W. Smith, D. D.,
made the opening prayer, after which
Senator Marion Butler delivered the
speech of the occasion. Mr. Butler took
for his subject the struggle for civil and
religious freedom of North Carolina in
colonial days. The speech was well
prepared and showed considerable re
search. At its close the speaker was
presented by Mr. David Schenck, Jr.,
with a handsome souvenir spoon. At 3
o’clock a monument of granite to the
memory of Lieutenant Hal Dixon was
unveiled.
Summer Night Sangcrlest In Birmingham.
Birmingham, Ala., July 7. There
■will be a great summer night sangerfest
in Birmingham on Aug. 26, 1896. Ex
cursions will be run from all of
the state. A number of organizations
have already entered and will sing for
the prizes. There will be ..two prizes
offered and both are to be eltfgaKt. Each
society will have to sing three songs and
then a combined choir is to bo'-'formed,
with Professor Oetekingof Birmingham
as director. The affair will tree place
in Lakeview park. •;
Alabama Schoolteachers to Attend.
Birmingham, Ala., July 7.—A largo
number of Alabama schoolteachers, ac
companied by friends, Ipft hero over the
Louisville and Nashville .railroad for
Buffalo, N. Y., where they go to attend
the annual convention of the Teachers’
association of the United States. The
Alabama Educational association last
week hold a very successful session in
Talladega, and many interesting and
valuable papers were read bjj pedagogues
from all sections of the state.
Dr. Winston Resigns.
Raleigh, July 7. —The executive com
mittee of the trustees of. the University
of North Carolina met here. Dr. T.
Winston was present and tendered his
resignation, .which was, with great re
gret, accepted. The trustees were called
j to meet on Aug. 1 to elect his successor.
His resignation takes effect on Aug. 15.
Sentiment in favor of Edwin A. Alder
man ns his successor is extremely strong.
Conductor Anchors Killed,
Anniston, Ala., July 7.—J. F. An
chors, a conductor on the Oxford Lake
lino, was killed by a special train on the
Louisville and Nashville railroad. The
■ engineer of the special failed to stop at
| the crossing of the Lake line and Con
ductor Anchors was on the real - end of
his car when it was struck. His left
i ieg was cut off and his body was terribly
. mangled. Death was instantaneous.
Atlanta Baptista Call Dr. Lan drum.
I Atlanta, July 7,—The First Baptist
! church of this city has selected Dr. Wil
liam Landrum of Richmond to fill th:
pulpit made vacant by the resignation
of Dr. Hawthorne. The cal! was
proffered hint by the unanimous vote of
the church, and his formal acceptance
was received by telegraph.
HIGHTS TO ALL; SPECIAL PHIVILEGES TO NOXE."
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JULY 10, 1896
rows™ PEACE
Are Desirons That the Cretan
Trouble Shall Be Settled.
TURKISH EMPIRE IS TOTTERING
European, Fear That a General Upheaval
on the Island Would Result In the Break
ing Up ot the Sultan’s Domain—Th.
Crow of a Turkish Torpedo Boat Hilled
by Cretan Ir.surge:it.»,
Berlin, July 6.—The foreign office Is
In a state of anxiety over the develop
ments in Macedonia and Crete. The
Kreuz Zeitung, usually well informer
upon official matters and particularly
those connected with the foreign de
partment, claims to know upon author
ity that the foreign office is chiefly con
cerned in the situation in Macedonia
and that the alliance of Servia, Monte
negro and Bulgaria, under the approval
of Russia means Russia’s desertion oi
the porte. If, the Kreuz Zeitung adds,
the rising in Macedonia should become
general, it will check Austria’s long pre
pared advance to Salonica, which port
tlie Austro-Hungarian government has
the coveted possession of for years, and
this would be likely to involve war.
The officially inspired press in Eerlin
touch the matter with a great deal of
difference. The Vienna Froindenblatt,
an official organ, declares that all of the
powers are desirous that the trouble in
Crete shall be settled at once, all of
them being aware that a general up
heave! in that island would lead to the
breaking up of the Turkish empire.
Therefore, The Fremdenblatt continues,
the powers are determined to maintain
the status quo at all hazards. How
ever, the paper adds that neither a un
ion of Crete with Greece, nor the grant
ing of autonomy to the island as claimed
by the Cretan radicals, will receive the
assent of the powers.
The Vossische Roitung has received
advices saying that the Turkish war
ships in Cretan waters are totally im
potent to prevent the landing of expedi
tions from Greece and narrates the cap
ture of the Turkish torpedo boat Edger
by a party of 35 Cretans. The Edger,
which was built at Dantzig for the
Turkish government, was capable of de
veloping a speed of 22 miles an hour.
She was surprised during the night by
the band of Cretans, wife killed all her
crew, except one of her engineers, a
German.
SCHOOL STATISTICS.
A Good Showing: Marl© by Commissioner
of Education Harris,
Washington, Jaly 6.—The total en
rollment in educational institutions of all
kinds in the UniLyJ States for the
school year 1893-91 was nearly 10,000,-
000, according to the report, for that
year just promulgated by Commis
sioner of Education Harris. Os these,
all but 400,000 were in the regular
schools, an increase of about a half
million for the year. The percentage of
total population enrolled in the schools
was 20.55. School property gained in
value during the year over $26,000,000,
and 1,103 more schoolhouses were in
operation. The report further says:
“In the past 20 years the south has
increased 24 per cent in population, but
its school attendance has increased 130
per cent—more than twice as fast as
the population. In the 20 years from
1874 to 1894 the value of school prop
erty in the south has increased from
$16,000,000 to $51,000,000, an addition
of $40,000,000, or $2,000,000 a year.
Higher education has also made a good
record.”
CHASED BY A WARSHIP. '
Alfonso XIII After the Three Friends.
Great Excitement at Key West.
Key West, July G.—The steamer
Three Friends’passed hero 9 a. m., pur
sued by the Spanish warship Alonso
NHL Both vessels wore under full
steam. The Three Friends was about
18 miles ahead of the warship.
It has been stated by those observing
the race that the warship fired upon the
Three Friends. The warship is cutting
the 3-mile limit very close and trying to
head off the Three Friends.
It is reported that United States war
ships and United States cutters are now
getting up steam preparatory to inter
cepting both vessels. Great excitement
prevails here.
Earthquakes On the Island of Cyprus.
Genoa, July 6.—The steamer Italia
has arrived here and reports that Larn
ica, Island of Cyprus, has been suffering
from earthquake shocks since July J.
The disturbances have been increasing
in violence and extend to Liinasol. A
general panic is said to prevail at Larn
ica, and the military authorities have
been providing tents for the affrighted
people. The town is deserted and the
government offices, banks and telegraph
office wore under canvass when the
steamer Italia loft.
Three Killed by Lightning.
Knoxville, July 6.—During a thun
der storm Arthur Peake, a farmer, was
instantly killed by lightning in the
Ninth district of Knox county. Peake
had sought shelter under a tree, which
was torn to splinters by the stroke.
Two sisters, named Rogers, living only
a short way off, were standing by a
window and wore knocked unconscious
and never recovered.
A West Virgin in Corporation Assigns.
New York, July 6. The E. L. Good
soil company, fruit auctioneers, a West
Virginia corporation, have made an as
signment to Victory McElheny, Jr. The
company was incorporated in 181)4.
To Succeed Cardinal Salol!I.
Rome, July 6.—-Tlie pope has nomi
nated Monseigneur Talconis papal dele
gate to the United States in succession
to Cardinal Satolli, who is expected to
arrive here on July 15.
Walling to Hang on Aug. 7.
Newport, Ky., July 6.—Alonzo M.
Walling, convicted of the murder of
Fearl Bryan, was Monday sonte-ived to
bu hanged on Aug. 7,
SIXTY CDBffi KILLED
Spaniards and Insurgents Fight
Near Quemado.
THE CONS’ LOSS WAS ONLY TWO
Smallpox Epidemic Extending Throughout
the City of Santiago do Cuba—k Span
iard Claim* to Have Discovered ’leans
Whereby He Can Maneuver Balloons In
Any Direction.
Havana, July B,—General IJnares,
hearing that Calixto Garcia, Jose Maceo
and others had inarched toward Ramon,
left Congo, Santiago do Cuba, with 1,-
500 men, and encountered on the Garro
Hills and nt Quemado numerous bands
of insurgents. A fiercely sustained en
gagement of six houra followed. The
troops, by bayonet charges, captured the
enemy's positions. The insurgents left
60 killed on the field and retired with
their wounded. The troops had two
men killed, two officers and 2-1 men se
riously wounded and. many slightly
Wounded.
in u skirmish that has j list taken place,
the guerrilla force of Santa Clara killed
13 insurgents, including Pedrasu, an in
su: gent leader.
Lieutenant Colonel Escudro, in the
Provice of Mstanzas, has destroyed
several insurgent camps, and has been
engaged with the insurgents under La
cret, Garcia, Sanguilly and others who
were intrenched. After an honr’<- fight
ing the insurgents were dislodged from
their last trenches at the point of the
bayonet. The loss of the enemy is not
known. The troops had two killed
and a captain, a doctor and 18 privates
wounded.
Iloportfi of Recent Sklrivilabel.
During skirmishes that have recently
taken place in the province of Santiago
Ide Cuba, Mantanzas, Santa Clara, and
i Havana, 39 insurgents, including Arfo,
a leader, have boon killed, 20 men were
Wounded, six prisoners were captured,
and eight men surrendered. In these
encounters the troops had four killed
and two officers and 15 men wounded.
The Mexican consul, Senor Clemente
Vazquez, acting upon the instructions
of the Mexican minister for foreign
affairs, has had a lengthy conference
with Captain General Weyler in .regard
to the treatment of Mexicans in Cuba.
The consul is said to have been highly
pleased with the assurances received.
A dispatch received hero from Carde
nas announces that ft man named Allo
jandro Sotolongo has been detained
there on the charge of being an insur
gent spy.
. Accused of Aiding; Insurgents.
■ The lieutenant in charge o’ the fire
■ men of Guauabuo-'-i ami tj .yet) hn.va
been arrested. Tile former is charged
with having been the chief of a detach
ment at the plantation of Loterin, from
which Fernandez Castro, a prominent
autonomist, sent arms and ammunition
to the insurgents.
At Sun Cristobal, province of Pinar
del Rio, Cavetano Valdes, said to bo an
i insurgent recruiting agent, who was
trying to induce volunteers to desert,
I has been imptsjsoned.
Joaquin Pordigon Pastrana, an insur
gent, was shot at tho Cabanas fortress
Tuesday.
Insurgent forces, under Calixto Gar
cia, Jose Maceo, Ceoreco, Rabi, Capote
and others are reported to have passed
two miles from San Luis, province of
Santiago de Cuba, escorting a large con
voy of ammunition, loaded upon mules
and bound westward.
Tlie smallpox epidemic is extending
throughout the city of Santiago de Cuba.
To Use Balloons In the Cuban War.
New York, July 8. ■— The Herald’s
correspondent in Montevideo, Uruguay,
telegraphs that a Spanish resident, an
electrician, declares that he has discov
ered moans whereby he can maneuver
balloons in any direction in the air. The
inventor has been asked by the Spanish
government to visit Madrid, that his in
vention, if found to be practicable, may
be applied to use in Cuba,
Two Americans Drowned In Norway,
New York, July B.—Daniel D. You
mans of this city, the well known
Broadway hatter, better known as
"Youmans, the hatter.” and his wifo
wore drowned in a lake near Bergen,
in Norway, while driving along tlie car
riage road at the side of the lake. No
particulars of the accident have yet been
received. Mr. Youmans and his wife
left New York June 18 last for an ex
tended trip on the continent-. Mr. You
mans was born in Orange county, Now
York, 60 years ’ago. His wife was sev
eral years his junior. He came to New
York at an early age and engaged in the
business which lias made him famous
throughout the mercantile world. He
is reputed to be worth quite a large fort
une.
Georgia Crops In Floe Condition,
Atlanta, July 8. The abundant
rains for tho past two days have had n
splendid effect upon all crops in this
state. More rain fell during Monday
and Tuesday than fell during tho whole
of the month of May and within a few
hundredths of an inch of the whole rain
fail for June. The rains are general
throughout the cotton region and the
cotton weed is growing with great vigor
as a result. Reports from tho different
weather stations in tho south indicate
that tho crop wiil be a very large one
this year.
Reese and Lnckie Out on Bail,
Lancaster, S. U,» July B.—A motion
was made beforo Associate Justice Ira
B. Jones here for bail for AL R. Reese
and G. D. Luckie, charged with the
murder of Charles T. Williams cf Tun
nel Hill, Ga., at Blacksburg. S. 0., on
the night of the sixth of February last.
The motion was granted, the amount
of Reese’s bail being fixed at. $3,000 and
that of L,uckie at $2,000. Tho prisoners
were present- in the custody of the
sheriff of York county.
Mrs. Franklin Wnntx Damages.
Atlanta, July 8. —Mrs. Mary Frank
lin, the mother of the young man who
was instantly killed over a week ago by
a street car, has filed suit against the
Atlanta Consolidated Street Railway
company in tho sum of $20,000.
THIRTEENBUTCIIERED
Unoffending Cubans Hacked to
Death With Machetes.
THE BLOODY WORK 0E MELQUIZO
*tt«r From'an Austrian Army Offloer
T©Ug of the Atroolttns Being Committed
by tho Rpaninrdx—-An Important Vllibus
torin" Expedition Landed—Cuban Refu
gees Arrizp at Brunswick.
New York, July 4 —Captain Maxi
milian Janska, an Austrian army officer
who accompanied. Ruz on tho Lauradn,
writes from Mantanzas under date of
June 20 to a friend here:
“Tho atrocities the Spaniards commit
daily are beyond description. One of
tho most horrible took place near Man
tanzas on the estate of Raphael Ferxian
clez do Castro. General Molquizo sus
pected that three insurgents wero hid
den on De Castro’s plantation, so he de
liberately had put to death by the ma
chete IB people nt work there, among
them a child 12 years old.”
A letter received in this city from Os
car Alriuo, one of General Ruz’s lieu
tenants on tho Laurada expedition, an
nounces that General Ruz’s force has
been divided into two parts.
The first, commanded by Ruz himself,
is stationed at Cubitus, tho seat of tho
insurgent government, and.will be the
bodyguard of President Cisneros.
The other part, under Lieutenant Al
cino, is in Las Villas, having daily
skirmishes with tho Spaniards and
slowly working its way to Carlos Oes
pides, insurgent governor of eastern
Cuba.
I’rUons Crowded to Suffcation.
Key West, July 4.—Letters from Ha
vana state that now prisoners are being
thrust into the Cabanas daily and that
the cells are now crowded to euffcation.
All of tho prisoners tell shocking stories
of Spanish atrocities. Ono of the re
cent arrivals is Oiprian Perez, a one
armed man, who was badly wounded by
the Spaniards. Perez lived near Guan
ajay, and on Juno 20 was waiting on his
sick wife when his home was entered by
Spanish guerrillas. The unfortunate
man begged to be allowed to remain
with his wife, but he was stabbed with
a bayonet and. dragged bleeding to
Guanajay, whence ho was sent to the
Cabanas. Perez says that on Juno 19
the guerrillas raided an estate near
Guana jay, burning buildings and sho-d
--ing down the inmates ae they n.” out.
Among those shot wero Jose Gonzak.
Serafin Carvajal',, Pedro Hanero, Joso
vio Castro, Juan Gonzalez, Meregito
Perez and Julian ’’three
women were also shot. In tho Spanish
official report this affair was reported as
a “raid on a rebel camp,” in which
several insurgents were killed.
Cubans Arrive at Brunswick.
Brunswick, Ga., July 4.—Ths Span
ish bark Triumfo arrived at quarantine
with a large number of passengers on
board from Cuba. There was no sick
ness on board, but iu accordance with
the rigid rules now being enforced by
the marine hospital service, Surgeon
Robert Burford ordered her to the quar
antine at Sapelo. This is the first list
of passengers from Cuba that have come
through this port direct, and they will
scatter throughout the country to places
where they have friends and relatives.
Filibustering Expedition Landed.
New York, July 4.—A special to The
Herald from Havana says: An import
ant filibustering expedition has landed
on the coast of the province of Pinar del
Rio. According to secret advices received
here, large quantities of arms, ammuni
tion and other munitions of war were
safely landed and arc now iu the hands
of the rebels.
Cubans Received by a Big Crowd. «
New York, July 4.—A special to The
Herald from Kingston, Jamaica, says:
The party of Cubans who recently
reached Jamaica and were detained in
quarantine have arrived hero by train.
They were received by a big crowd at
the station and wero cheered as they
passed through the streets.
DID NOT CANCEL TICKTS.
Conductors and Assistant Ticket Agent
Robbed a Railroad Company.
Chicago, July 4.—Officials on tho
Chicago and Alton railroad have dis
covered that the company has been sys
tematically robbed for more than a year
past by employes. loss is estimated
at $15,000. The p jßes to the robbery
are an assistant tujret agent and five or
six conductors. “
Two trains a <siy, ono in tho morning
and the other iu the evening, run be
tween Springfield and Chicago. Tho
conductor of the morning train collected
the Chicago tickets without cancelling
them.
He tied them up in a package and
when his train met the train going
south from Chicago to St. Louis he
handed this package to the conductor of
the St. Louis train, who, on reaching
Springfield, handed it to the assistant
ticket agent.
Tho latter resold the tickets to pas
sengers going by the evening train, but
made return to tho company for only
ono sale.
A Hanging- In Virginia.
Farmville, Ya., July 4.—Solomon
Marable was hanged here for the mur
der of Mrs. Lucy .lane Pollard, on June
14, 1895. He met-his fate, calmly, and
on the scaffold reiterated his oft re
peated statement that Mrs. Pollard was
murdered by a white man. Death was
caused by strangulation. Marable was
pronounced dead IS minutes after the
drop fell, but was allowed to hang 36
minutes. The execution was in the
jail and was witnessed by only a few
officers.
Fmperor William Makes a Speech.
Wilhelmshaven, July 4.—At the ban
quet which followed the launching of
the new Gorman ship Kaiser Frederich
111, tlie emperor, iu the course of a long
speech, said: “Our fatherland is resolved
to go its own way courting no one’s fa
vor, doing no one wrong, but ever ready
to uphold peace and order in tho world. ”
BIG FLOOD IN OHIO. •
Bnihllngs and Railroad Bridges Ewept
Away—Fiimlly of Three Drowned-
Bellaire. 0., July B.—A heavy rain
storm caused a flood along Wego n and
Pipe creeks, four miles aouth of this
city, which did much damage. The
Bellaire, Zanesville and Cincinnati rail
road lost nine bridges, and three miles
of track and some culverts and trestle
work were washed away.
The Favorite Preserving and Canning
company’s works, McMillen Bros’,
slaughterhouse, Nicholas Truax’s resi- •
deneo and shop, Henry Fish’s
residence and blacksmith shop, tho Am
binr postoflico building, tho Prenbytc- 1
rian church, and the Irwin schoolhouse i
were demolished. An immense amount ,
cf garden truck was ruined. At the
town of Businessburg only two of tho ;
nine dwellings are left standing. The .
home of James Berry was flooded and
Mr. Berry and his wife and child were .
drowned.
The Pittsburg and "Ohio Valley rail
way had a bridge and trestle washed J
out. The Baltimore and Ohio had two i
bridges near Moundsville, W. Va., i
washed out, and along the narrows
their track is covered by the hill slip- ■
ping down on the track, and a bridge iu .
Wheeling was wrecked. . !
The Ohio railway had about a mile of .
track washed away between Benwood, i
W. Va., and Moundsville, and a large '
bridge over Big Grave creek was swept ;
out into the Ohio river.
NAVAL VETERANS CRITICAL. !
Object to Being Ignored by the Citizens of i
New York—Aluian's Speech.
New York, July B.—The business ses
sion of tho National Association, of Na
val Veterans began here, with Samuel
Alman in the chair. In his opening ad
dress, ho severely criticised Mayor
Strong of this city and the citizens gen
erally for their failure to notice the con
vention and provide for tho entertain- I
nient of the veterans.
He says that he wrote 1,000 letters to j
citizens and received only S2O, that i
being the contribution of Charles Broad- .
way' Rouss, an ex-confedertite. The
Grand Army of the Republic was also
criticised by Mr. Alman. He said that 1
the naval veterans had been tho tail to I
its kite too long, and henceforth must i
take tho lead. No important business ’
was transacted.
Congressman Cummings and Francis I
11. Wilson o,f North Carolina were to j
have made addressee at the ’night ses-’;
sion, but neither was present. Rear
Ad.mirnl Roe, U. S. N., sent a letter of
rogr.'t. Short speeches wero made, af
ter which tho exercises closed with fho i
presentation of .a goldmounted, dia
mondstudded medal to Rear Admiral i
Alman as a gift fzi .n the a;.«>ciatx, x
A General Shooting Aa'«‘ay,
Jellico, Tenn., July 8. —Ou Big Pat
terson creek, four miles from here, in
Whitley county, Ky., William Jones,
who is reported to have been a desperate
character, and six or eight others, wero
all out drinking and carousing together,
when a dispute arose among them over
some trival matter, which stirred up an
old grudge between Jones and one
Faulkner. In consequence a general
shooting affray ensued. Some 15 or 18
shots were exchanged and William
Jones’ body was riddled with bullets.
But it was discovered by ono of the
crowd that Jones still showed signs of
life and fearing he might survive tho
shots, he pounced upon him with a knife
and cut his throat from ear to car, and
thus finished his life.
Th© Live, of Tennoa.ceuiis Threatened
Chattanooga, July 8. A state of
alarm, amounting almost to a panic,
prevails in certain districts of tho moun
tain county of Warren. A communica
tion signed "The Mob,” printed in a
paper at the county seat, McMinnville,
made the startling declaration that 15
citizens of the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth
civil districts were marked men aud
would soon meet the fate of Starling
Miller, who was lately found hanging to
a tree on the highway. His murderers
were supposed to be moonshiners,
against whom lie had lodged informa
tion. Four lynchings, the victims being
generally farmers, have occurred in
Warren in tho past three months.
A Woman Accidentally Killed.
Columbia, S. 0., July B.—News has
been received of a very shocking acci
dental killing which occurred near
Woodruff, in Spartanburg county. Mat
Landlord, a young white man, while
walking along the public road behind a
buggy, containing John Fleming, his
wifo and three children, accidentally
discharged a gun, which ho was carry
ing for crows, the whole load emptving
into Mrs. Fleming's head, killing her in
stantly. Landford is a cousin of tlio un
fortunate woman.
••Mark Twain’’ Say# Uitlandon Will Win.
Cape Town, July B.—“ Mark Twain.”
in an interview after his tour in the
Transvaal, says the Uitlanders event
ually will become masters there, and
that without war. He thinks Jameson
was partly justified by the oppression of
the Uitlanders in his at tempt to assist
them. Iu this connection he refers to
tho Couconl-Lexington (Massachusetts)
battle in the American revolution.
"Twain” is being lionized in Barkley.
Wales and tlie •‘Ancients,”
London, July 8. —Tho Prince of Wales
has issued a number of special invita
tions to well known people for the. in
spection of the Ancient and Honorable
Artillery company of Massachusetts at
Marlborough House. Tho Princess of
Wales will receive the ladies of tho party.
Father O’Dea Made a Bishop.
Washington, July B.—The pope has
appointed the Rev. Edward O'Dea to
the bishopric of the diocese of Nes
qually, which comprises nearly all the
state of Washington. Father O’Dea is
at present rector of St. Patrick’s church
of Portland, Or.
A Russian Town Destroyed by Fire.
St. Petersburg, July B.—The town
of Kohrina, in the province of Grode,
has been burned. Three hundred houses
wero destroyed and 200 people are home-!
less- 1
NUMBER 4:\
BUSINESS £l'lll DELL
The General Outlook, However,
Is More Encouraging.
NO IMPORTANT STB IKES BEPOBTED
The Question of‘Wages Amicably Settled
In Most < uses—Renewed Activity In All
Branches of Trade Expected When tlie
Fall Season Opens—Many New Industrler
Reported For the Week.
Chattanooga, July B.—The Trades
man has received reports c veringmany
of the trade centers of the south during
the past w?ek, which show that business
is still dull, but the opinion prevails that
tlie general outlook is more encouraging,
and renewed activity in all lines of trade
is expected when tnc fall season opens.
The iron jiud steel market shows but
little change. (Quotations are somewhat
lower, mm a number of mills are stop
ping for the usual repairs made at this
time of year, which will decrease tiro
output. The question of wages, which
also comes up at this season, has been
amicably settled in most cases, and no
strikes of any importance are reported
or anticipated.
The lumber trade is steady, hut quiet.
At some points improvement. Is noted,
and collections are fairly* good. North
ern textile mills continue to closedown.
Tho southern textile manufacturers have
decided to curtail production, and will
run on short time during July and
August.
Tlie following new industries are re
ported for the week: Brick and tile
works nt Spilman. W. Va.; a $25 000
construction company at Alexandria,
Va.; an SBO,OOO power plant to be
erected at Knoxville. Tenn., by the
Knoxville Street Railway company, and
alight ii nd power plant at Manassas,
Va. A $20,000 fertilizer company has
been chartered at Spartanburg, H. C. |
glass V.orks will be built at Morgan
town, W. Va.; a $20,000 ice factory at
Crowley, La. j machinery works at
Selma, Ahi..; water and light plant
at Whitney. Tex., and $25,000 min-’
Ing company has been organized at
Richmond, Va. An organ factory will
bo established at Staunton, Va.; a cot
ton gin at Farmerville,. La.; lumber
mills at Jackson, Ala., and Livingston,
Tex.; a sawmill at Bedford City, Va. j
a spoke and hub factory at Black Rock,
Ark., and a Wagon factory at Ripley,
Miss. Other new industries reported
are bicycle works at Henderson, Ky.; a
box factory nt Pine Bluff. Ark.; a cot*
ton mill at Concord. N. C.; anelectri
cal plant at. Washington, N. O.; iron
works at Rock Hill, S. C.; a paper mill
at New Orleans, La.; a sawmiH at
Brewton, Ain., and a slate quarry at
'l’hr- .'i'’nonts for tne week
elude a furna.-u at Lena. ; x ;imn mid
wire works at .'. t'ant i. •1.. and Little
Rock, Ark.; machine works at Birming
ham, Ala.; a cotton mill at Gainesville,
Gn . and a lumber mill at Yazoo City,
Miss.
Among the new buildings is a $25,000
city hall at Richmond, Va.; a SIO,OOO
hotel at Huutingdou, Tenn.: a 10 story
office building at Atlanta, Ga., and a
SIO,OOO residence.at Chattanooga, Tenn,
CHRISTIAN ENDEAVORERS,
Fifty Thousand People Expected to Attend
tlie Fifteenth International Convention.
Washington, July 8 —Between 40.-
000 mid 50,000 visitors to the Capital
City are expected during the next ten
days to attend the sessions of the fif
teenth international Christian Endeavor
convention, which begins on Wednes
day, July 8, and continues through ta
July 13. A vast amount of work, pre
paring tho program for the convention
mid lor the reception and entertain
ment of tho Endeavorors, has boon done
by the local committee.
From the enthusiasm which has boon
apparent ail over tho country, as dis
closed by the communications that have
been received by tho local committee,
ami tho intense interest taken in the
convention, it seems to be an assured
fact that the gathering will be the great
est of its kind ever held. A seating ca
pacity of 40,000 will be available at any
time during tho convention, mid the
meeting places will be more numerous
than heretofore. Three great tents,
pitched on tho White lot. a government
reservation just south of tho president’s
mansion, a large hall mid a number of
tho churches will constitute the princi
pal auditoriums, and at certain times
mootings will bo held simultaneously
in all.
A prominent feature of this year’s
convention will be the great chorus of
about 4,000 voices, which has been iu
training a long time for the gathering.
Cholera Ra~ln£ In Egypt-.
OxißO, Egypt, July B.—Oholsra is still
Taglug iu Fayoum provlnco uuu nlso
whero in Egypt. Tliero have boon 37
cases of the disease, with nine deaths
from it amongst tho Egyptidu troops ut
Wady-Hulfa _
Killed bv Hmf Slater,
Georgetown, Tex., July 8. —At
Crockett, while two little gt-ls, chil
dren of William Sauter, wero playing
with n pistol, cue of them, aged 4 year©,
■was shot aud killed by bar sister, aged
6 years.
Ohl Eli’s Colors lowered.
llksley-on-the-Thames, July 8.
Yale was defeated in the third trial heat
for tho grand challenge cup. Leander
won by 1“-.; lengths iu 7:14. The record
is 6:51. Previous to tlie beginning of
tho racing -Bob” Cook said that with
the conditions as they wero there was
not tho slightest advantage in either ths
Bucks or the Berks station, and that il
was a perfectly fair course. Ho ex
pressed the belief that Leander would
win by from a length to a leugtli and
a half.
General Johnston to Fight a Dnel.
Havana, July B.—General Bradley T.
Johnston, tho correspondent of a Now
York newspaper here, formerly briga
dier general of cavalry in the service of
the confederate states, has accepted the
challenge to fight a duel, made to him
by Senor Manuel Ampedia. formerly a
captain in tlie Spuuleh army. Both
gentlemen named their seconds, and the
encounter will take piece probably
Wednesday.