The morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, July 26, 1887, Image 1

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i ESTABLISHED I SAD. ) \ J. H. EBTILL, Editor and Proprietor, f {IE WILL VISIT ST, LOUIS. MAYOR FRANCIS MAKES THE INVI TATION VERY CORDIAL. fhe Whole State Represented as Ea ger to Do Honor to the Popular Chief Magistrate—Mrs. Cleveland and the Cabinet Also Included in the Invitation -The President’s Speech of Accept ince. Washington, July So.—The White flouse presented an animated scene this itternoon on the occasion of the reception ol the delegation from Missouri to invite the President to visit St. Louis during the State Pair in October next. The delegation num bered nearly one hundred persons, repre senting all the interests of the city of St. Louis, as well as the principal sections of the State. It was headed by Mayor Fran cis, of St. Louis, and included ex-Grov. Campbell, ex-Gov. Brokmoyer, Charles green, B. N. Anderson, Mr. Conoley, Robert White, S. C. Majors, Dr. Gray, Mr, Itozier, J. J. Russell, C. N. Mitchell, Maj. C. C. Rainwater, John G. Brest, Jamas W. Vena (colored), George Castlenian, John S. Mof fatt, Col. J. C. Butler and Dr. A. J. Mullen. Several ladies also accompanied the party. The President received them in the library and shook hands cordially with each. Mayor Francis marie the presentations and when all had been received addressed the President and invited him to visit St. Louis during the first week in October. MAYOR FRANCIS’ SPEECH. Mayor Francis said: Mr. President—lt was my fortune sixty days a?o. accompanied by twenty-five representative citizens of St. Louis, to supplement and earn estly endorse, in behalf of tne people of that city, an invitation extended to you to attend the nnnual encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic, to be held in ihe city of St. Louis dur ing the last week of September next. The suc cess of that mission in eliciting from you a favorable response was highly gratifying to the people of St. Louis and of Missouri. The disappointment late consequent upon your letters of declination was (lfpp and all-prevailing, but co-extensive with it was a sentiment of sincere approval of the patriotic motives which prompted you to such intentions. The citizens of St. Louis, irre spective of part 3% nationality or race, in mass meeting assembled the day after your letters were received, with one voice enthusiastically resolved to extend to yourself and to your esti mable wife a cordial invitation to visit this city during the first week of October next, and instructed their Mayor, with a commit tee of fifty citizens, to convey and deliver th* same in person to you. Assemblages of like character were promptly held in almost every county in the State, indorsing and em phasizing the action taken in St. Louis. Dele gates wore appointed at those meetings to pro ceed to the capital of the nation and thereto express to.the Chief Executive in a manner as effective as words and form would permit the warmth of the greeting which awaits him from the people of Missouri in the metropolis of the State. We are here, therefore, sir. in obedience to the mandates of our people icpresenting all sections of Missouri, ten* com mti -i il, manufacturing and agricultural in ti i‘ sir, and reflecting the desire of every city, town and hamlet within her borders, to urge von and Mrs. Cleveland to favor us with your jnesente. This invitation emanates from th 4 * p opb. your sovereigns ami our -, and not from any organization, civil or military, political or religious. It is the spontaneous out burst of a community that never siufers its reputation for hospitality to lie as- P*Tsed, and it is a vigorous and feeling protest r>m a generous host against the ab s lute declination of a distinguished guest, to be the central figure of an in v.ted company. The reasons wh}’ you should visit the West, arc even stronger now than on former occasion wh *n your reply ivus a favorable one. Whether viewed horn our standpoint or your own our appearance before you. in largal.V increased number:*, •• nningns we do from even the most ivniote r.vtiona of the State, furnishes an in li catioi*v,p the feeling prevailing at our homos. Tbf* people of th** West revere the h'gh office of the Chief Magistrate of the nation “ n 'l th-ir locality and patriotism impel them to uuiior him who fills that exalted position Es pecially is it so when the man vyoo <M'cu]d“.s it performs his duties with N 's lorn, fearlessness and patriotism which snaraoteriaes your administration. No organi ' ;i -.: o.wover strong, and no occurrence how important, will be required to mid interest b* l ‘’c • si on of your presence. The people of W vast i!iml)ers to meet, and welcome you in the commercial center of the Mississippi Valley. a*■ have designated the first week n October as the time for your v.'-i't hvan>** we thought that time would lv* st uiient and agreeable for you, because it is th< .vcnso.i when our fall festivities are at height, when our trades pageant gives its nocturnal display, when the mvstcrious veiled prepuet, surrounded with Oriental splcn j°|‘, makes his annual visit, when fJllr s treels are brilliantly illuminated by niches of blazing lights and on a scale niHgniflccncQ never approached, when our •*M'sitlun and agricultural and mechanical ~r'r ' “‘’* t tie greatest ofits kind on the conti : t ire in progress .and because, finally, it is | , ‘ ■' •‘•n when the sturdy yeomanry of the ’'“l the bulwark of the republic, and the k'i“v st contributor to its wealth, caii with i .1 detriment to their agricultural interests * in our cit> r to do you honor, u. Uu.vever, another time would better •uu your itvlinrition or engagements your ; ,, ; , oine would 1< none the less genuine. The 1 ' *i ‘"'l Louis, tlie State of Missouri, and the people of riic West, s;.y to the President of the united states, ‘Honor u with your presence,” tc-d to Grover Cleveland, the fearless man who so ably fills that high office. ‘ Come 111,1 " our guest.” 1 Sics* remarks were frequently inter j* u ib dby applause, the reierenoes to the and wisdom of the administration being loudly cheered. THE INVITATION ACCEPTED. In response the President said: n > to your very complimentary and n*‘> and IresH will lx* very brief and practical. •“* time you did me the honor, with so many ritv f'l i • °' v C * f ' 7/ ‘ MS to invito me to your I 1 *t wa an invitation which should not 1 , “'"i 'I feltthat .you hod something there 1 Y’lch you were deservedly proud. You hud P .y ;,!l [ locality there which it was only fw. / Jn*t that you should wish t hief Magistrate of the* coun ••I, b> see and appreciate. Of this ' ni'g I nave remarkable proof. It was not at Gin ' 7 s 11 v V* conv inoo me of your gn*| sincerity tliat so many of your good ' sf, ” ,, .'d come here at this inopportune l,; ';'! r " bring this Invitation, and yet you don't ; I - mv fnucli it has pleased me to see you ' * h**ersj. M y desire to come to see you •> an ivasedeaeh day. I don't feel now that I v ' 7 otherwise than accept your invitation. *, * V 1 fl Pl'laustj. The arrangement made lie !,7," as entirely free from any complications, n ' l ,! ''‘'*ent*'d no likelihood of any You on* ft "“ that I agreed to visit the city uni. ' Laiita early in October. I Ul , M l'ej\l: of this liecause when j ' -‘bout to determine upon the day when i„V ' ,s:t you this Atlanta visit must, Is* taken , ’' on ;id*>ration. However, this is a matter 1 m be arranged afterwards. Luckily wa ' !'!• i.i vof time. I shall Is 1 glad to lu***t or ~ i j‘,7l >^*| d with a eommlttee of your citizens, , 'J Hie date ami make arrangement* in d ‘ ait tlie thing muut be done. I will come, t* 1 *is point the President asked Mayor . aueis whnt. would be tile most attractive > r i the lair week. Thu Mayor replied: 1,..V day of the month, when the Veiled p, 1 1 ,k**t |*arad will occur, but If .you can't be , J'V 1, * miffht communicate with the Veiled V „,,1 "* mune way to postpone Ills visit as MM'limsc ] ,M)Kt r^ l,lKl y°urs.” [Laughter and *e • Mayor alao enjoined the President P ~ to bring Min. Cleveland, and ' i resilient responded: “She will not lot hie forget her.” i m members of the Cabinet and their bhea arc alao included in the invitation. litttffnittg | KANSAS CITY’S DELEGATION. Kansas City, July 25.— At 4 o’clock this afternoon the special train bearing the dele gation which is to present to President Cleve land an invitation to visit Kansas City this fall, steamed out of the Union depot for St. Louis. The train, which consists of a special engine, baggage car, four Pullman sleepers and din ing car, will run via tho Missouri Pacific. \ andalia, Pan Handle and Pennsylvania loads and will reach Washington at 7 o’clock Wednesday morning. If there is no accident the ruff will be the fastest ever made between Kansas City and Washington. The delegation, which numbers about one hun dred, is a representative one, being composed of busiuess men and manufacturers, without respect to party, and is headed by Hon. C. M. Allen, President of the Board of Trade, who, with George F. Winter, will join the party at Co lumbus, O. Mr. Allen will deliver the ad dress to the President. Several of the com mittee are accompanied by their wives and daughters. The invitation, which is beauti fully illustrated, contains 21,000 names, which were obtained in seven days by five young men. Although Mr. Alien, Chairman of the committee, is a Republican, the dele gation is iri no sense political. It is a repre sentation of Kansas City business life, and would require a tally to determine whether Republicans or Democrats are in the ma jority. ST. PAUL WANTS THEM. St. Paul, Minn., July 25.—Action has been taken toward appointing a committee to invite President and Mrs. Cleveland to visit St. Paul during their coming Western trip. COERCION DENOUNCED. Twenty-eight Prominent Liberals Sign a Vigorous Protest. London, July 25.—A protest against the Irish crimes act amendment hill (the coer cion bill) has been issued over the signatures of the Earl of Granville and twenty-eight Libera! people, including tho Earl of Rose bery, Marquis of Uipfcn, Earl of Kimberly, and Earl Spencer. The protest denounces the act as a source of lusting irritation, and of hatred and mistrust of tho law, and de clares that the measure deprives Irishmen of individual rights and creates and stimu lates the growth of secret societies. In the House of Commons this evening Mr. Morley asked what had happened to explaiu the proclamation of the whole of Ireland since the Govern ment had assured the House that it was as well obeyed in some parts of Ireland as in any part of Great Britain. Mr. Balfour, Ciiief Secretary for Ireland, replied that he had no reason to change his opinion that parts of Ireland were as quiet as parts of England. What tho Government had done was not to apply the whole crimes act to Ireland generally, but only sub-sections dealing with rioting, unlawful assemblies and obstructions of the police. Mr. Sexton asked whether the Executive, before issuing the proclamation, distinguish ed the counties where it was necessary to prevent crime from those where it was necessary to punish crime. Mr. Balfour said that in evert' case in which the county had been specially pro claimed the proclamation had been issued because the government believed in the actual existence of crime or intimidation. THE LAND BILL. The House then went into committee on the land bill. Upon taking up the first clause, extending to leasers the benefits of tiie act of 1881, Mr. Parnell proposed an amendment. The bill, as it stands, gives the option to a tenant or a landlord to make application to the court to fix the rent. Mr. Parnell urged that the tenant alone should have tiie right to apply the period of such applications to lie limited to three years. Air. Balfour accepted the amendment with a limit of two years, Mr. Parnell agreeing. Air. Darnell proposed to extend the opera tion of the clause to all leases, except those in perpetuity. Mr. Chamberlain supported the proposal, but the government opposed it, and it was negatived. The government amendment, extending the term to ninety-nine years, was agreed to. SUPPRESSION of tiie LEAGUE. The Cabinet council to-day considered the reports submitted by Air. Balfour on the proposed suppression of the National League. The Cabinet approved the proclamations, Imt postponed all further application of the crimes act until the effect of the proclama tions has been seen. The Dublin Executive advises the prose cution of William O’Brien for tho speech ho made yesterday at Luggaciirran in which he incited the people to defy tho act. An Inspector of Police warned Mr. O'Brien be fore he began his speech. The Radical Unionists are incensed at the government for putting the act into whole sale operation without consultation or con cert, with the Unionists. Mr. Chamberlain haw warned the government that tho Radi cal vote will not support their action unless the Dublin Executive directed the exercise of the powers of the act with mildness and discretion. Air. Balfour’s explanation in the House of Commons shows that the warning has been accepted. The proclamations over tho greater area of Ireland are not operated ac tively but as mere measures of precaution. The Parnellites propose to raise the debate to-morrow, attacking the proclamations by a motion to adjourn. TYNDALL’S ANTI-GLADSTONE SCREEDS. Pr< f. Tvndall publishes another anti- Glaibt on t letter, making the candidacy of isii-G. u. Trevelyan on tiie Lilieral ticket for the Bridgeton division of Glasgow the occu. sion. Prof. Tyndall uses the following lan guage. “Something lias been gained for the cause of healthy political action when Sir Grerge O. Trevelyan, whoso presence hitherto lias been dry rot in the tissues of Unionism, takes his proper place under his appropriate muster. I must renew my solemn protest against tiie scat feted loyalists of Ireland being handod over to the tender mercies of the Romish hierarch and the Irish National Iseague. Were necessity to arise 1 would I"') inquired to go beyond mere protest against so Infamous a consummation. To what pass have we comet Liberal England and Lib end Scotian l fouled in the meshes of one perverted intelle I, Sir < JeorgeO. Trevelyan ha* abandoned tiie company of men of truth and honor to follow the fortunes of a lioHi'v rhetorician who sets at naught the plainest dictates of jxditical morality. Constable Underwood, of Naas, County Kildare, Ireland, lias resigned as a protest against the criuiits act. His departure for Dublin whs made the occasion for a de monstration. ... County of Antrim has been proclaimed under the crimes act. THE LEAGUE AT CORK. Cork, July 25.—The mayor presided at, a public meeting of the National League to night, In opening the meeting he said that the cause t f Ireland would proceed despite coercion, and that if the Dengue was unable to hold public meetings it would meet in prvate. Great enthusiasm WHS manifested during‘he meeting, with which the police made no attempt to interfere. Panama’ct New Loan All Subscribed. Paris July 25.—Paris jiapers declare that the new Pauama loan has already been subscribed hi full. SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, JULY 2<, 1887. NEW ENGLAND'S FLOOD. MILL PROPERTY CONSIDERABLY DAMAGED BY THE RISE. All the Rivers in the Vicinity of Dover, N. H , Higher Than Was Ever Known Before in Summer—Many Bridges Carried Away—lron Works at Mad ory Badly Damaged. Dover, N. H., July 25. —A1l the rivers in this part of the State are higher now than was ever known before in summer. The freshet in Lamprey river at Newmarket this morn ing carried away a large part of tho old dam of tho Newmarket Cotton Mills, and also the foundation of the No. 1 picker mill. The engines and derriek employed for some timo iu constructing the new dam wore swept away. A dispatch from South Berwick says five members of a fire engine company there, and a horse hauling a hand tub, while en route to the fire Saturday night, were pros trated by lightning, tho men being insensi ble some time. One of them had his feet burned. The horse was knocked down' Cocheco river is rising rapidly, and the depth of water rushing over the dam is fortv-two inches, the highest ever known here in summer. PATH OF THE RUSHING WATERS. Boston, July 25.—A special from Great Barrington says that the greatest damage by the storm was in the valleys of the Green and Black Grocery rivers, the major ]X)rtion of the Hood passing down the latter river, causing greater destruction on the New York side. Hillsdale was the first vic tim of the overflow. Bridge after bridge was cast from its foundations with a force that crushed tho staunch timbers and left them dangling and plunging in the eddies until cast upon the shore. IRON WORKS DESTROYED. The iron works of Madory at this point was wrecked. The large foundry of the concern on the West side of the Black Grocery river, however, withstood the shock and managed to hold together, yot its foundations were badly damaged, as was also a large amount of vnluuble machinery and stock. Half a dozen employes who worked bravely to save part of its contents had a narrow escape with their lives, they being submerged almost to their necks lit one time. A big bridge spanned the stream at this point in front of the foundry, aad after vigorously withstanding the force raging against it be gan to crumble at its eastern end, whore the water surged over and cut under the mas sive stone work. The abutment was com pletely wiped out pud the sixty-feet bridge, which was worth #omo $40,000, also went Twenty-three bridges at least have been de stroyed and the total loss is estimated at $50,000. ROADS WASHED OUT. Greenfield, Mass., July 25.— 0n the Fitchburg railroad, between Millers Falls and Ervinc, six nates, are twenty-five wash outs and eleven landslides. Some of these washouts are from 25 to 50 feet deep and 40 to 50 yards long. One heavily loaded passenger train is caught between the washouts, and the passengers will have to lie transferred by teams. Railroad men say its scarcely possible that the road can bo traveled short of two weeks, The country roads are as badly cut up as tho railroads and the damage to bridges, mill property, dams, farms, and stock can hardly bo approxima ted in figures. All of the before mentioned slides and washouts are within a radius of six miles of Miller’s Falls. GOV. SEAY’S CLOSE CALL. A Falling Electric Railway Wire Burns His Horse To-day. Montgomery, Ala., July 25.—Gov. Seay was the victim of a peculiar accident this afternoon. He and his private secretary, J. K. Jackson, were driving down the main thoroughfare of the city when one of the guy wires which support the over head cable of the electric street rail way broke and fell to the ground, striking the Governor’s horse. The wire was heavily charged with electricity, and tho horse liecomlng entangled, was scuocked and burned to death in a tew minutes. Of course a second later the wire would have struck the Governor and Mr. Jackson in stead of the horse. The accident lias created great uneasiness about the safety of the electric car system. HARDIN’S VENDETTA. The County Judge Warned to Leave on Pain of Assassination. Hariusburgh Ills., July 25.—The latest feature of the Hardin county vendetta is an anonymous communication in writing to County Judge Jacob Hess to leave the county. Similar notices were served upon Logan Belt and James D. Belt 1 >efore they were assassinated. Judge Hess is a brother in-law to Radclilfe, who was with James 1). Belt when the latter was assassinated, mid who was one of th** four defendants cleared in the Belt Hambrink murder trial. This notice to the county judge has caused great excitement, being construed as defiance of the law, and the rover heat is likely to caui* more trouble. AN OPEN SWITCH. The Carelessness of Freight Train Hands Causes a Wreck. Milwaukee, Wis., July 25.—A special from Hudson, Wis., says a south-bound passenger train on the North Wisconsin di vision of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneaixi lis and Omaha railway ran into an oiien switch at Cunilierland Station to-day. Jin gincer John Donohue and Fireman Web ster were killed, and Baggagemostor Alur phy was injured. The engine, express and Ixiggogo cars were wrecked A freight train nail been sidetracked to await the passage of tie* passenger train, and the freight hands failed to close the switch. A Murdereua at 7 Yeara. Greenville, S. C., July 25. -Virginia Hudson, aged 7 years, a negro child, was jailed here to-day l'or murder. She killed a child one year old in Butler township on Saturday and then threw the body in a well. She struck her victim over the head with n board till it was dead. This is tho youngest murderer ever known in that section. Her imprisonment is merely a matter of form. A Powder Mill Blown Up. Thomastiin, Me., July 25.—The Warner powder mill blew up this morning at 8 o’clock. The hands had started up the K -rm lling mill, in which were thirty keg* ot powder, three minutes previous to the explosion. George Bhepperd, aged 30, a workman, was killed, lining literally torn in piwres. The same mill was blown up a year ago. : A Cheese Train Wrecked. Port Jervis, July 25.—A washout oc curred on the Erie railroad last night, the track being curried away w hile a train was isueiug over it. Twenty cars loaded with cheese went into the ditch. NO TRACE OF McGARIGLE. Chicago’s Police Unable to Find Hide or Hair of the Boodler. Chicago, July 25.—Tho escape of ex- Warden McGarigle was the topic at police headquarters and the Sheri IT's oflice to-day. Tiie unsuccessful search which begun early Sunday morning, lias resulted in nothing. There is no clew as to tho direction taken by the notorious boodler, nor has anything been discovered to settle the question whether lie had started for some foreign shore or is still in hiding within the city. Marino men are not inclined to the theory that McGarigle made his escape on the lake Saturday night. The wind was blowing fresh from the northeast and very few ves sels of any description left port until after daybreak. SQUEALERS ON THE STAND. The escape of McGarigle gnvo fresh zest to tho trial of tho boodle commissioners to day, and tiie jam of spectators were afford ed the spectacle of two prominent contract ors, moved by liojie of immunity, testifying in detuil liovv they and twelve defendants had, month after month, robbed the county of thousands of dollars. The contractors were Henry C. Clybourne, a gravel dealer, and William Kolze, a wealthy farmer, who supplied milk to various county institutions. In one instance Clybourne furnished about $12,000 worth of material for a road to the county insane asylum, and to obtain the contract, e.zqiended over $7,000 among the defendants. The county eventually had to pay the $7,000 as Clybourne added that sum to his hill. Two station agents of the Milwaukee and St. Paul road were paid a couple of hundred dollars apiece to certify falsely in regard to the number of carloads delivered. Farmer Kolze, tho milk contractor, was the person who engineered the petition for the road, and who afterward distributed much of the bril* money, retaining SBOO for himself. Kolze corroborated Clybourne, and also told how the milk coutructs cost him about $2,500 each to obtain, but that in the end it all came out of tho county treasury. The testimony of both Cly bourue and Kolze was confirmed in numer ous particular by other witnesses of the defendants. Tho worst blackened by the day’s evidence was the Wurdeu of the asylum, H. C. Varnell. MRS. LOGAN’S INJURIES. She is Now Pronounced Improving in Every Respect. Bloomington, 111., July 25.— A message to Com. Sweetzer, of tho Deportment of Illinois, Grand Army of the Republic, re ceived to-day from Dr. Roberts, of Carbon dale, 111., Mrs. Gen. Logan’s physician, says: “Mrs. Logan’s injuries are very, serious. To-day for tho first time since her injury she was turned upon her right side with soft pads under her injured left, arm. Her left shoulder was crushed by the wheel of the buggy running over it. The whole arm to the elbow is bluckened with bruises, and the foreurm to the wrist is slightly injured. Her head was stepjiod Upon on its top and left side, the horse’s snod foot tearing the scalp loose in a concentric shape, mak ing a wound throe and a half inches long. The skull is uninjured. She has suffered exceeding pain at the shoulder and along the course of the arm. We rejoice to say that she is improving in every respect.” WAGES OF COKE WORKERS. A Sliding Scale Under Discussion at the Conference. Pittsburg, Pa., July 25.—A conference of coke operators and Knights of Labor miners is being held here to arrange a sliding scale of wages. At the session this afternoon the miners submitted a scale fixing the rate for mining at $1 per 100 bushels aud coke drawing 80c. per 100 bushels, with $1 50 as tin* basis of the selling price of coke. These figures are the same as those that were paid previous to the strike when coke was selling at $2, so that if the selling price is reduced to $1 50 the mime wages will lie paid ns when the strike com menced. If, however, the selling price ot coke is reduced to $1 75 then the cokers would lie entitled to an advance in wages according to their sliding scale as presented, which proves that they shall get an ati vance for each rise iu the selling price of coke. The Almalgatnated association miners are not represented at the conference. Nearly all of the works in the region were in opor ation to-day. Knights at Coney Island, Nf.w York. July 25.— The annual picnic of District Assembly No. 4(t, Knights of Labor, at Coney Island to-day was not so successful ns had been expect'd. Instead of 40,000 participants, as it was thought, there were only 4,000. General Master Workman Powderiy, who was announced to speak, was not present. Rev. Dr. McGlynn and Henry George were there and were received very warmly. Iu their addresses they went over the same ground that they havelieen stand ing on since they came before the public. District Master Workman Quinn presided at the formal meeting. Ice Wagon Hands In Luck. New York, Julv 25.—The drivers and bcljicrs employed Viy the Alutual Benefit Ice Company struck successfully this morn ing for an advance of wages to sls and sl2 per week reapectlvely. Heretofore the drivers and helpers were receiving sl2 and $lO per week. The men employed by sev eral ice companies throughout theeffy in tend to strike for a similar advance. Changing tho Gauge. Butte. Mont., Juiy 25.—A special from Spring Hill, Mont., says: Tho great work of changing the gauge of the Utah ami Northern branch of the Union Pacific Railroad to tho standard, from Silver Bow to Pocatello, Avon made in a few hours to-day. The distance was 240 miles, divided into sections of six miles to each gang. A purse of $35 far the quickest lime was won by Foreman Bowling in three hours and forty-three minutes. This beats the record. A special train was run on the return trip from the South, at the rate of forty-threw miles per hour, after thochunge was made. On tho Wrong Tuck. Richmond, Va., July 25.—T0-night there was a meeting of the city Democratic Com mittee, and attention having been called to a series of articles lately written by Lewis H. Blair, a member of tho remimlttea, and which appeared in the New York fndi'jim rlrnt, charging the Domoernts in the South with fraud in elections aud intimidation of negroes, and advocating mixed schools and similar doctrine*, the committee unanimous ly adopted a resolution requesting Mr. Blair to resign. Mr. Blair is a wealthy anil prominent business man of this city. Nantlcoke'e Fatal Slopo. Wii.krsbarhe, Pa., July 25.—Another disaster occurred this morning in the fatal No. 1 slope of the Niisquclianiui Coal Com pany nt Nantlooke. Gas wiu* ignited by a bla*t and three miners were eo I sully burned and crush's] that there Is trimll hojieof their lives. One of them lost four brothers in the same mine hi 1885, when twenty-six tnen were entombed in a drift, where they still lie. CHINAMEN BURNED OUT. LOS ANGELES FIREMEN LOTH TO SUBDUE THE FLAMES. Twenty-five Buildings Which Had Housed 1,000 Mongolians Destroyed —But Very Little Insurance on tho Property Forty-Eight Horses Perish In a Blaze at Gotham. Los Angeles, Cal., July 25. —Yesterday morning about :i o’clock fire was discovered in a gambling den in Chinatown. The fire companies which wore ordered out soon ap peared, but the slow action of the firemen in getting water on tho flames seemed to indi cate that they wore not over-anxious to save tho buildings. The fire continued spreading until it consumed twenty-flvo buildings, which a short timo before had housed 1,000 Chinamen. Intelligent Chinamen place the loss at from SIOO,OOO to $175,000, but outsiders estimate tho loss at loss. There was but little insurance on tho build ings. Only a few (lavs lief ore the fire agents of the Insurance companies in Han Fran cisco enine down here and canceled tho in surance policies, saying that with tho exist ing fooling against the Chinese the risk was too great to continue tho policies. The ori gin of tho fire is unknown. FORTY-EIGHT HORSES BURNED. New York. July 25. —Fire broke out this morning in the building Nos. 43 and 41* West Tvveflth street, in which 100 horses were stabled, and forty-eight of them were burned to death. The building was occu pied by Fleishmann’s Vienna Bakery, the basement being used ns a mixing room, the first floor as a storage house for delivery wagons, and the second and third floors were tilled up with stalls occupied by 100 homes used in delivering bread t hroughput the city. a naphtha storehouse aflame. Bt. Petersburg, July 25.—A dispatch from Nizhnee Novgorod states that the large naphtha spring storehouse, containing 1,000,000 pounds of naphtha, nt Balochua, twenty miles northwest of Nizhnee Nov gorod, is on fire, and that the flames have spread to structures enclosing other springs. A northerly wind is blowing and the fire is extending. LOSS OP THE LAWRENCE. Eight Hundred Lives Go Down in the Bay of Bengal. San Francisco, July 25. —The Pacific mail steamer City of Rio do Janiero arrived here last night bringing Hong Kong advi oes to July 1, and Yokahamn news to Juiy I*. By the loss of the steamer Kir John lAiwrence in tho Bay of Bengal, Viefore re ported, 800 lives were lost, mainly females of the best families in Bengal, on a pilgrimage to Juggernaut. From May 21 to 2(1 u cyclone raged in the Bay of Bengal with disastrous results to shipping and was attended with gi'Ba t loss of life. The storm was the severest i*x jierionced in that quarter since 1888, judg ing from the reports of vessels which weathered it. Tin* passengers on board the Sir John Lawrence numbered 750, the officers and crew numbering 50. LAW OF NATIONS. London’s Lord Mayor Gives a Banquet to the Delegates. London, July 25.—Tho Lord Mayor this evening gave a banquet to the members of the conference on the law of nations. Among the guests were Messrs. Phelps, David Dudley Field, Cameron, Waller, Hawlov, Halstead, Rrof. Baldwin, Prof. Bntta, D. Dougherty, Col. Burr of Phila delphia, W Dexter of Chicago, and Rev. G. Hawkins of Nebraska. Mr. Phelps, United States Minister, replying to the Lord Mayor’s toast to his health, referred with satisluction to the honor-America was held in in the city of London, and said there was no quarter in which Americans more appreciated such honor than in the groat centre of tho commerce end Intelli gence of the world. The Lord Mayor then proposed the “Jurists of nil nations,” to which Mr. Field responded. Pope Loo's Temporal Policy. Rome, July 25. —The Xfoniteur publishes the text of a letter addressed by the Pone to Cardinal Hampolla June 15, when the latter assumed the functions of Pontifical Secretary of State, in this letter th<* Pope explains fully the principles which he has followed in tne government of the church. He declared t hat, ho took ii|X)n himself the mission to reconcile the people and Govern ments of civilized States. Referring first, to Italy, the Po[io develops the idea ex pound's! in the Connstovy Allocution of May 23, when he laid down os the basis of pacification of Italy’s acknowledgment of tiie independence of the Holy Sec. England’a Great Naval Review. London, July 35. —Papers hero concur in the opinion that the review at Mpithead on Saturday was the finest display of naval strength the world has ever seen The Paris- Figaro savs. “A long time must elapse be fore it will Is* possible to again witness so sujierb a collection of war ships. England may Iw justly proud of tiie review. It, was an imposing manifestation of her strength and wealth.” Start of the Thistle. Olasoow, July 25.—The yacht, Thistle sailed for New York to-day. A gale was blowing when she took Her departure and she proceed'd under storm sails. Her crew numbers twenty-one men. Her owner and tier designer will sail from Liverpool for New York on tho steamer City of Rome during the latter part of August. Cluaeret and the Commune. Paris, July 25. —Gen. Chi sc ret has pub lished tho memoirs of his connection with the Commune, fl'lie preface is a diatrlie* again it the Thmrgeise. He, wurns tiie ruling classes that if they drive the people to de spair they will find the petroleuso of the future more deadly titan the petroleuse of urn. Cliolora’B Sweep. London, July 25.—Forty-nine new eases of cholera mid 22 deaths from tho disease were reported at Catania on Saturday. At Franeofonte there were 14 new cases and 7 deaths; at Paterno, 12 eases and 5 deaths, ami at, Aftemo 7 cases and 8 deaths. A few deaths are also reported ill other towns. Boulanger’s Supporters. Paris, July 25.— M. Liner, author of the Boulanger letters, promises to make public the names of the eighty-four generals who arc alleged to have pledged their support to Gen. Boulanger in a coup d'etat alter his duel with M. Cassagnac. A Volcanic Eruption. Malta, July 25. A violent volcanic eruption has occurred on the island of Gama, off the coast of Algeria. Streams of lava are Issuing from the crater of tho vol cano and tiie glare of the flames emitted are visible for fifty miles. STRUCK BY A TRAIN. A Negro's Leg so Badly Lacerated That. It Will Hava to be Amputated. Jacksonville, Fla., July 25.— This af ternoon Willie Anderson (colored) was un loading a car on the Jacksonville and At lantic railroad near Centro Park, twelve miles from Jacksonville, when the locomo tive struck him, lacerating one of his legs terribly. It is expected that it will have to be amputated. Anew channel was accidentally discov ered to-day in Ht. Augustine Bay, and the citizens think it can ho kept in good condi tion by dredging. If this can bo done, Ht.. Augustine will become one of the seaports of the east const. The Florida Sub-Tropical Exposition this afternoon decided to locate the exposition grounds near the water works, and will lease four acres from the city for the pur pose. This location meets with general satisfaction. Yesterday morning at 10 o’clock Jacob Cohen, who is one of the largest dry goods merchants in this city, was married to Miss Ilallio Halle, at the residence of the bride's parents. The ceremony was performed by Rabbi Kaiser, and was very quietly con ducted owing to the recent death of the bridegroom’s brother, who died in this city a few months ago. Hail it not been for tiiis reason the ivremony would have been one of unusual brilliance, as both contracting parties are well-to-do and am very popular with everybody. THE SUB TROPICAL. The organization of the Sub-Tropical Ex position was completed here to-day. Fol lowing are the officers: President, J. M. Kreamor; First Vice President, Sherman Conaut; Second Vice President, J. L. In glis; Treasurer, J. M. Schumaker; Director General. James H. Payne. It is intended to have exhibits from all over Florida, the West, Indies and Central America. Work on the buildings will be pushed as rapidly as possible, and it is expected that the oxposi tion will l>e the best display of sub-tropical products aver gathered. The capital stock is $ 100,000, of which a largo proportion hns been taken. The exposition will open about Jan. 1 next. KEY WEST’S FEVER. The Weather Bad but the Disease Be lieved to Have Run its Course. Key West, Fla., July 25. —Seven new cases of yellow fever have developed since yesterday, but no death has occurred. These new eases aro all among children. The weather is not favorable to health, fre quent showers falling during the day while the sun is shining brightly and hot. It is what is hero called fever weather, although from the small number of strangers now attacked the disease may be said to have run its course. CAPITAL CITY CRAYONS. The Report on the Bondurant & Jop ling Camp Unfavorable. Atlanta, Ha., July 25. —Dr. Westmore land has returned from the Bondurant & Jopting convict camp, where he went on an official investigation of the reports made last week. He filed his report late tills evening, hut it was withheld from the press. It will he given out to-morrow. It is under stood that the rejiort will dial severely on the condition of this eainp and the manage ment and treatment of the convicts. The Secretary of (State issued a charter to the Hawkinsville and Western railroad to day under the general law. The road is to run from Hawkinsville to Perry or Fort Valley. A land grant was issued from the Statu to J. K. Hopfier to 2HK acres of land in (’am den county, which was subject to heal rights. l'ite tax digest for 1887 of Glynn county was received by the Comptroller to-day. The total valuation is 188,<XK), showing the remarkable increase over last year of f581.,'{.12. Ware county shows an increase of #172,25(1, and Thomas county an increase of #1!12,25f1. The Governor this morning ordered the reward of $l5O for the arrest of B. F. Wil liams paid to A. S. Carlisle, of Alabama. Williams was arrested on a warrant charging him with forgery committed in Pulaski county. GEORGIA'S SOLDIERY. The Recommendations of the Military Advisory Board. Atlanta, July 115.—The Military Ad visory Board met this morning at the rail of the Governor for the second time since it organization. The object of the meeting was to consider the needs of Georgia’s mili tary system and recommend such legisla tion as is necessary. Those present were tint Governor, Adjutant General, Col. John fveely of the Governor’s staff Col. Peter Reilly of the First Georgia regiment, Col. C. M. Wiley of the Second Georgia battalion, Col. Joel S. Printup of the Eighth Georgia battalion, Capt. George M. Napier of the Walton Guards, and ('apt. J S. Simmons of the Hancock Vanguard. The hoard after a long session prepared and submitted to tlie Governor a memorial asking iitm to urgently recommend tlie legislature l< i appropriate J It',ooo annually to defray tho expenses of the State ciucampmcnt, at which ail the State troops could go into one cami> at least one week in each year, and the further appropriation of ♦ 115,000 for the support and maintenance of the volunteer troops. Col. Reilly of Savannah, lias been persistent and enthusiastic in this move ment, and is very hopeful of its success in tho legislature. AFTER A RAILROAD. Tho Rome nnd Decatur Anxious to Buy Out the Rome Road. Atlanta, (la., July 85.—A called meet ing of the directors of the Gisirgia railroad wiu; held here to day. Efforts were made to keep the proceedings secret, hut it leaks out that the object was to consider a propo sition of the Home and Decatur road to buy the interest of the Georgia and Central iii the Koine railroad at a figure which is not stated. Those two roods own a controlling block of stock in the Home railroad. Gen. Alexander was present at the meeting. The proposed purchasers agreed aim, p, |, U y the minority stockholders out at a some what lower figure, but asked an option on tlie Georgia ami Central holdings for sixty days. It was decided to givo them the option on the understanding that the minority stockholder* lie offered tho same figure. Col. L. H. Grant to-day retired from the Presidency of the Atlanta and West Point road. He is succeeded by C. 11. Phlnlzy. Pensacola’s New Yacht. I’knsacola, Fla. , July 85. Capt. illchard Himpaon arrived to-day from New Orleans with his handsome yacht, the Annie M. Pensacola can now boast of the fastest yacht in the Kouthem waters. Tho Annie M. ha* borne this title against all competi tors of espial size. Hhe is about seven tuns. (’apt. Himpson will change bor name to the Annie H. James Cnulson, one of Pensacola's busi ness men, died to-day of typhoid fever. l PRICE Sin A YEAR. I 1 ft CENT* A COPY, f | MEN 1 ANI) SEINES SEIZED. YANKEE FISHERMEN CAUGHT TOO CLOSE TO THE SHORE. The Bchooners Give the Dominion Cutter the Slip, But the Men In the Small Boats Unablo to Get Away - A Gloucester Schooner Seized at Halifax. Gloucester, Mass., July 25.—A tele gram received to-day from United Stale* Consul Cnrleton at Souris, Prince Edward’s Island, states that the seines and boats with all ttie crews of the schooners Col. J. H. Franco and Argonaut wore seized yester day off East Point, Prince Edward’s Island, by the Dominion cutter Critic. It appears that the versel’s floats were close in shore, with seines set in the water when the cutter appeared. The vessel* cleared out and escaped the cutter, but be fore the boats could escape they were seized. Them was only one man left on the vessels anil it is thought they will lie seized before getting home as they will lmve to put in for assistance. The France is owned by Capt. John I. Sliolm and the Argonaut by Jtmie* G. Turresboo. A SEIZURE at HALIFAX. Halifax, N. 8., July 25.—A dispatch from Hhelbume says: The Gloucester fishing schooner Annie VV. Hodson, Capt. Morrison, was brought up the harbor to day by Capt. Knowlton of the Dominion fishing cruiser Advance. The facts con nected with the vessel’s arrest, as given by Capt. Morrison, are as follows: During a fog yesterday the Hodson lost a dory con taining two men. After boating around in a vain search for the missing dory, she at Inst mode for Shelburne harbor almut day light this morning, and a boat was scut ashore to make inquiries als>ut the missing men. Just, as the Hudson was gutting un der way’aguin she was boarded by a boat’s crew from tin Advance and Capt. Knowl ton, who took charge of her and brought her into the harbor, where sho is now an chored. Ttic charge made against her is vi olation of the customs laws in not reporting at the custom house. Capt. Knowlton de clines to give any information about the seizure. MILEAGE TICKETS LEGAL. Commercial Travellers Must not be Granted Special Rates. Washington, July 25,—Indecisions de liver'd to-day, the Interstate Commerce Commission holds that common carrier* may continue the issuance of miloage pas senger tickets, charges for which must tie reasonable and just, and free from unjust discrimination or unreasonable preference. Pei sons belonging to the class known a* commercial travellers are not privilege! 1 to ride over railroads at lower rates than arc paid by other persons. Whatever rcasonJLle rates commercial traveller* are made to pay other travelers may be made to pnjr. To charge one more than the other is unjust discrimination. And this is true whether the tickets issued am ruileag.i tickets or in some other form. The com mission docs not regard the fact that com mutation tickets ure put on sale at a given rate to le one that entitles the purchaser of a mileage ticket to complain of unjust dis crimination if charged a higher rate. “The circumstances and conditions,” tho opinion says, “are not the same.” carload rates. The ease of Ht. Louis grocers against the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company com plaining that tlie difference charged upon less than carload shipments ns compared with full carloads is too great, has not yet been decided, uli parties having assented to a postponement to give Now York people an opportunity to pul in like complaint* against other roods. In this connection it can Imi stated that. flv*i complaint* of thin nature against Western trunk lines were re oeived from New York to-day, but as they iiad not been verified ns required by tho commission they were returned. The ques tion involved will not tie taken up again till after the commission’s recess. BUSINESS BREAKS. The Louisiana Insurance Company Un able to Meet It’s Obligations. New Orleans, July 25.—Lucien M. Geix, acting President of tho Louisiana In surance Company, which suspended busi ness to-day, filed a petition in court asking for tlie appointment of a commissioner to effect liquidation of the company’s affairs, ami praying for forfeiture of the charter. Tlie assets of the eoiiqouiy amount to #22,- 000, and the liabilities to #51,000. Charged With Embezzlement. Portsmouth, N. H., July 25.—Richard H. Payne, a clerk under Paymaster' Put nam at the Portsmouth navy yard, was ar rested to-night charged witli embezzlement of about #2,000 of tlm paymaster’s funds. He was arraigned liefore United Htute* Cornmisiianer Ituckett and plead not guilty. Before further action was taken a detail of marines arrived and Payne was turned over to them for detention to await u naval fsourtnmrlial and wus taken to the navy yard under guard. Cattle Men Pressed. Fort Worth, Tex., July 25.—Attach ments to the amount of #115,008 have been run on the cattle firms of Curtis & Atkin son, and E. K. W. limrd, of Henrietta, Tex. Their liabilities are #550,000 ond their assets #1,115,000. 'Hie Henrietta National Bank, with a capital stock of #150,000 and deposits of #87,- 000, closed its doors at noon to-day. The cause of the failures is the depressed condi tion of tlie cattle market. Cincinnati’s Republicans. Cincinnati, July 25. —The Republican primaries, held under the Baily law, to night elected sixty-eight delegate* from Hamilton county to tnc Republican State convention. There were 1,700 votes cast for fifty five delegates in Cincinnati. The Hamilton county delegation is said to he a unit for tbe-nomination of Gov. Foraker, and ail are in favor of indorsing Senator Sherman for the Presidency except thirteen, who are noncommittal. Toronto Disgusted. Toronto, Ont., July 25. — Now that full details of the race at Pullman, 111., between Hanlon and Qaadanr have been published, there has lieeii a marked change in popular feeling since Saturday night. The general impression is that the race was nothing but a hippodrome. Thera was talk at first of having a general jubilation at the Imy when Han lan returned, with fireworks, music, etc., but that is knocked on the head now. Bloodshed In Kentucky. Williamsburg. Ky., July 25. —A bloody fight ls-gan in Bell county, which still pro gresses. The Sheriff summoned a posse te arrest a party of Turners living on Yellow creek in that county, who resisted, and in the fight which ensued George Thomas, of tlie posse, and George Turner, of the other side, were killed. Each side has been rein forced, and the fight is raging hotter than at first