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I THE MORNING NEWS. i
■< Established 1850. Iscorpobatbd 188a 1
l J. H. ESTILL, President, )
FRANK C.ALMY CAPTURED
HE IS DISCOVERED IN THE WAR
DEN BARN.
Ha Waa Located In the H3y by Prod
dins With a Long-Handled Shove).
Almy Firea Through the Hay, Driv
ing Those Who Were After Him Out
of the Baru-He la Finally Taken
Alive After a Very Exciting Time.
Ee Makes Overtures—He Talks cf
the Murder.
Honover, N. H. Aug. 20.—Frank C.
Almy, the murderer of Miss Christie War
den, was discovered in Warden’s barn
this morning. Almy fired fifteen shots at
his pursuers, and wounded Azia Turner of
Norwich, Vt.
Chas. E. Stewart, a student at the col
lege, located Almy la tin* tiny by prodding
with a Jong-handled shovel. When ho
punched the hidden man a bullet was fired
up at him through the hay on which he
stood. The concealed man continued firing,
at the same time digging himself out of the
hay, and drove them from the barn.
ALMY TAKEN ALIVE.
Almv was taken alive after one of the
most exciting days that can be conceived of.
He was confined in the upper story of the
Wheelock house. Half a dozsn officers
with drawn revolvers were placed at the
foot of the stairs to hold back the excited
crowd.
Notwithstanding that little has been said
publicly, a vigilant search has boeu con
stantly going on for Almy. Monday ovens
insr Mrs. Warden, while looking for some
chickens in the barn-yard, discovered
a small opening iu the underpinning of
the barn which she thought might lead
to the chickens’ hiding place. She removed
a small board and found on the inside an
empty jelly tumblor, and further, twelve
cans which had recently contained salmon,
oysters, peaches and other eatables. There
were also empty wine and beer bottles.
Wednesday morning F. W. Davidson and
N. A. Frost made
FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
under the barn, finding more battles and a
i ludgoon about the shape but samewbnt
larger than a policeman’s club. The handle
was nicely whittled and quite fresh. Know
i g that the cellars of private families in the
village had been robbed of such material,
they visited these people and found beyond
ull questions that the goods came from
there, and further that some had been taken
as recently as Aug. 10.
5 ELast night Prof. G. H. Whitcher and
Sheriff Id. C. Brown watched the premises.
About 2 o’clock, while they were hiding in
some corn in a garden, a man whom they
first supposed to ha Warden came toward
them to somo apples within ten feat of
where they stood.
RECOGNIZED BY HIS WALK.
Prof. Whitcher says: "I thought it was
Warden, but as be came nearer I thought I
recognized Almy’s walk. Ho was baigj
footo.l, his pants were torn, and he looked
pale and thin. Ho had a bag with him ,and
no tilled it. while he ate ravenously. After
a little while ha laisurely and: unsuspect
ingly walked back to the barn and parsed
a: ound the eastern side. That was the last
wo saw of him.”
The watchers returned to the village and
aroused about forty men, who proceeded
to and surrounded the building, Sheriff
Stevens and Solicitor Mitchell wero on the
ground, and a
SEARCH OF THE BARN COMMENCED.
A council was held, resulting in the ap
pointment of the following ns a committee
of procedure: Sheriffs Stevens of Lancaster
and Clark of Lebanon counties; Gen. C. O.
Kurlburt of Lebanon and ex-Sberiff N. C.
Bridgaman. While many favored burning
the bai nto drive Almy out, a majority
favored entering the barn, and volunteers
for that purpose were calle 1 for. Twenty
two immediately responded. As the party
went into the barn Almy’s voice was heard.
He asked that John Fuller bo sent to him,
as he wished to talk with him.
MODERATION ADVISED.
Fuller and ex-Sberiffi Bridgemnn went
into the loft, and, after some conversation
with Almy, Sheriff Bridgeman returned,
mounted a ladder leaning against tbo house
and said to the crowd: “Fellow-citi
zens, Almy has been found. Now
I call upon you in the name
of law and good order to restrain
your anger and let the law tako its course
with this foul murderer. I soy this at the
request of the county officials —men whom
" e chose by our votes to act for us. We
all have confidence In them. Vv'e
have as good courts as there
are on the face of the earth.”
Then turning to County Solicitor Mitchell,
he said; “Solicitor Mitohell, I think I can
assure you that these 1,500 peoplo, most of
wh m 1 know personally, will consent to
let tbo law take its course.”
Tnese remarks w ore greeted with cries of
us, yes; let the law take its course.”
ALMY MAKES OVERTURES.
Sheriff Bridgeman further said: “Almy
is at this moment concealed under twenty
feet of hay. lie says: 'lf you don’t give
mo protection. I will sell my life a3 dearly
as possible, and then kill myself, but if you
will guarantee me protection, through John
M. Fuller, I w ill give up my arras and come
out.’”
The law-abiding spirit of the people was
Put to n severe test, but I he feeling soon be
came strong that Almy should die decently
after a verdict of guilty shall bo brought in
from a regularly onstituted jury.
sheriff Bridgeman, still perched on the
** if*"’ • “Your assurance that Almy
teall be dealt with according to law is satis
factory. I promise that yon shall ait have
an opportunity to see him. Form In line on
woh side of the road, and he shall pass
along between the lines.”
another conference granted.
Almy, however, refused to come out of
*>ie barn. Ho sent for Solicitor Mitchell,
no wont up in the barn on the hay where
imy was sitting. Mr. Mitchell reports as
opows: "I went up into the barn in ac
, ant* with the request of Almy. He sat
.‘, hdy. and said his leg was broken. He
r _‘j„ a large revolver in each hand
tin aourls^ them, pointing the a some-
H leS , ,ne an d sometimes at
„ n . own ,^ mß d. He asked me if I would
ti ?. i lteo b,m a fai t trial. I assured him
. * o uld most cortainly do so. Ho
tori-t*E now how much of his pa9t his
nn/,; aa< f found out, I told him we would
at hi= Seuss^ ba f' noiv ' Pointing a revolver
ha 1 i°r n h<?a 'f h 0 a3knd me if I thought ho
had better shoot himself. The result of the
comereuce was that ha refuled to colna
A a TAbKa about the murder.
co , i ;-^ n * lh - a medical student, had a
him he rtn W * £h Almy. He said Alnyy told
He said p d ot , nit " ai ‘ to kill Miss t hrlstie.
which Cr4t Bhot accidentally,
shi t her , w . blm into a frenzy, tiion be
had invited 1 ??' A!rs - Warden, h i raid,
gore rnziiT 1 !* m to tlie b° use b 0 should have
g 1 . CA PrURED AT LAST.
t*car> b'l,? tbu patience of the multitude
fwo2d, U and a number s,,, Sht
Pportututy to shoot Almy without
giving him a chance to do further harm.
It was determined to hold no further parley
with him. Finally the officers, with Win
chester rifles, poured a steady fire into the
hay, somo shooting through" the weather
boarding of the barn. Almy returned the
firo until his revolvers were both emptied.
Almy was not captured by a rush, but,
after the firing had lasted some time, he
called for another conference. Not
withstanding the dangerous temper
of the crowd this was agreed to,
and Solicitors Mitchell and Fuller
went up on the hay. Almy went
again over his rlgaramole about wanting
protection, and after some wild talk sur
rendered his p!6tOl.
Ex-Sheriff Bridgemaa had during this
conference secured a position and had
ALMY COVERED WITH A WINCHESTER.
An effort was made by the officers to
screen Almy from the sight of the crowd
when he was brought out of the barn, and
this nearly precipitated a riot. Almy
was placed in a carriage and rushed
to the Wheelock hotel. The hotel was soon
surrounded by a mob, wuo demanded a sight
of the murderer. The officers were obliged
to submit. Almy’s wounds were dressed,
and then 1,500 men passed in front of him
to get a good view. Finally Almy fainted
and the doors wero closed.
Almy has a broken leg and a wound in
his head, but
NONE OF HIS WOUNDS ARE SERIOUS.
Nobody was seriously hurt by Almy’s
firing. Almy had two Smith & Wesson
44-calibor pistols and a belt full of
cartridges. Ha also had a large knife.
An Associated Press reporter had an in
terview with Almy as he lay on
a cot in a room in the
Wheelock f|houso. He says he killed Miss
Christie, but had no idea of committing
rape. After he killed the girl he went di
rect to Warden’s barn and was there when
her body v/as brought to the house.
From his hiding placo in the barn he had
a full view of the house at the time of the
funeral. He says ho has beon about the
premises ever since, making frequent visits
to Miss Christie’s grave by night, and move
ing about for necessary food.
CONFERRING THE PALLIUM.
Cardinal Gibbons Invests Archbishop
Katzer With the Dignity.
Milwaukee, Wis., Aug. 20.—Cardinal
Gibbons conferred the pallium up in Arch
bishop Katzer to-day with the most impos
ing ceremonies e7or held in St. John’s cathe
dral, The procession of priests and prelates
who participated In the ceremonies was
announced to start from the bishop’s hall,
on Van Buren street, at
0:30 o’clock, but, like most other
processions, this one was late, and it was
after 10 o’clock when the clanging of the
cathedral bolls announced that it had
started. The spectators, however, were
prompt, and the crowd that filled the cathe
dral and overflowed upon the steps and
street, and the court house square opposite,
was on hand an hour before the procession
made its appearance.
THE CLERGY IN PROCESSION.
When the priests set out -from the school
house hall on Van Buren street, robed in
their cassocks and surplices, there were 315
of them in line, exclusive of the oardinal,
nrcnbishops, bishops and other dignitaries,
who joined the procession at the clergy
house, on the oorner of Jackson and Oneida
streets. It was stated to be toe largest as
semblage of Catholic clergy ever held in
Wisconsin.
At the head of the procession walked a
cross bearer and two boys bearing candles,
and the:; followed the priests uud friars. Of
the latter there were nine in number, some
boarded Capuchins from the monastery on
the north side, and others in the white cowl
of the Dominican order. The line wa3 so
long that before the priests had left tho
sphcol-housp the head vt the procession was
at tho church door.
CHURCH DIGNITARIES PRESENT.
The bishops, clad in their rich vestments,
marched cut of the clergy house and fol
lowed the priests intojthe '"cathedra!, and
after them came Archbishops Ireland and
Elder, walking together and having thoir
trains borne. Then followed
Archbishop Katzer, walking alone.
The archbishop’s vestments were
very elaborate, and his rich purple robe
ended in a very long train, which was
carried by two boys. Last of all in the pro
cession was Cardinal Gibbons, whom every
one distinguished by his scarlet robes. He,
like tho archbishops who preceded him, bad
his truin borne.
THE CARDINAL’S APPEARANCE.
The cardinal looked thin and worn, and
his figure seemed much more bowed than
when he was i t Milwaukee a year ago.
There were in the procession besides tha car
dinal and Archbishop Katzer sixteen bish
ops and two archbishops. There wore also
two abbots, one arebabhot and Vicar Gen
eral Preston < t New York, who appeared
as the representative of Archbishop Corri
gan.
Two hours before tho ceremonies began
the side aisles of the cathedral were filled,
aud at 9 o’clock there was not a seat to be
had outside of those reserved for tho priests
aud city officials.
ARRIVAL AT THE CATHEDRAL.
The first strains of Blethovon’s march
from the great organ and tho rising of the
largo audience to their feet announced the
arrival of the procession. The crozier
bearer, with two attendants, oime first,
followed by the priests. Following the
priests came tho bishops and archbishops in
their purple robes,attended by their acolytes.
Conspicuous in tills division was the impos
ing form of Arcbiahop Ireland.
The new archbishop, with a purple can
and long Purple robe and train, which was
carried by two acolytes, came next, and
last of all came the cardinal, iu a scarlet
robe, with the attendant priest and acolytes.
IN THE CHANCEL.
Entering the chancel the cardinal was es
corted to the throne to the north of the
altar, and Archbishop Katzer took the
archbishop’s seat directly opposite.
The celebrant of the mass was Bishop
Bonicum of Lincoln. Neb., the assistant
priest being Vicar Genoral Brady of the St.
Louis diocese.
Before tho close of the celebration Cardi
nal Gibbons stepped forward to the front of
tho sanctuary and delivered, his sermon.
The cardinal then turned to Archbishop
Katzer and congratulated him on his acces
sion.
The church diguitaries and clergy after
ward took carriages for St. Francis Semi
nary, where they partook of a banquet.
TWO BOYS DROWNUD.
Indianapolis Visited by a Rainstorm
Resulting !n Loss of Life.
Indianapolis, Ind., Aug. 20.—A terriffic
rainstorm yesterday soon filled Pogue’s run
and State ditch, and the water spread all
over the adjacent territory. The gutters
and sewers wero entirely inadequate to
carry off the water, and many collars and
basements were filled, causing a great loss
of goods.
Oue boy was drowned in Pogue s run
(which flows through the city), and another
was sucked int > a sewer aud seeu no more.
Lightning also did great damage in tho
neighboring country.
LIVINGSTON RE-ELECTED.
THE GE3BGIA. STATS ALLIANCE
...4 MAKES HIM PRESIDENT.
Three Sessions Yesterday—Gen. Gor
don’s Position on the Ocala Plat
form Demanded President L. L.
Polk Introduced to the Convention.
Messages From Other Alliances.
Uniformity in Text Books Indorsed.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.— The moat im
portant thing tho state alliauce convention
did to-day was to elect officers. The elec
tion resulted as follows:
President- -L. F. Livingston of Nowton
county; unanimously.
Vico President—W. A. TVikon of Sumter
county; on the second ballot.
Secretary—AW. Ivoy of Thomas county;
on the second ballot.
Treasurer—W. A. Broughton of Morgan
county; no opposition.
State Lecturer—W. S. Copeland of Cow
eta county; without opposition.
Assistant Lecturer—J. L. Gilmore.
Chaplain—Her. H. R. Davis, no opposi
tion.
Doorkeeper—D. W. Rainey.
Assistant Doorkeeper—F. W. Waddill.
Sergeant-at-Arms—W. A. DaDiol.
Members of the Executive Committee —
Felix Corput, A. F. Pope and W. R. Gor
man.
they had three sessions.
President L. L. Polk was introduced this
morning, and ho made a public speech this
afternoon, followod in a good alliance
speech by Mayor Brown of Athens. All the
othor proceedings were secret.
A resolution was passed appointing a
committee to call upon Gen. Gordon and
request him to state to the convention in
writing bis position upon tho Ocala plat
form. His answer is to be had before the
convention adjourns to-morrow. Gen. Gor
don is the guest of Gov. Northern The
oommittee waited upon him this afternoon.
To-night he was asked for an interview.
“Not to-night,’’ said he; “I have nothing
to say to-night.”
A resolution was introduced to have all
judges, from the supreme court down, all
solicitors and ail appointive officers elected
by the people. It was tabled.
messages from other alliances.
The convention was stirred up by mss
sages from other state alliances, and by the
sending of return messages. One message
from tho convention was to Mrs. Living
ston, congratulating her upon herhusoand’s
re-election.
A resolution condemning Gov. Tillman
for his opposition to the sub-troasurv was
tabled. It was the seuse of the convention
that the South Carolina alliance might
manage that.
Congressman Watson was thanked for
his address.
A resolution asking the Goorgia legisla
ture to memorable congress m favor of
making the demands of the Ocala platform
a statutory law was passed.
A committee of one from each congres
sional district was appointed to nominate
delegates to the national alliance conven
tion atjlndianapolis.
A resolution to indorse the state school
commissioner’s position in favor of state
uniformity of school books was disagreed to.
A resolution was passed reaffirming the
alliance to the resolution passed two years
ago ot Mnooi), asking the legislature to
muke operative part 4. section 2, article 4
of the state constitution.
ELLINGTON MAKES A DENIAL.
Senator ElliDgt on this morning arose to
a question of personal privilo ge. denying
the charges made by the Constitution, and
denying that he hud had conferences with
Watson, Gordon or any body else about his
candidacy for state president.
A resolution was pissed expressing confi
dence in Folk, Maeune, Turner, and the
other national officers of the alliance.
A strong resolution of confidence and ex
pressing esteem for Col. Livingston was
passed.
A resolution was passed expressing ap
preciation of the services of Treasurer W.
A. Broughton.
A resolution wa9 passed condemning State
President Hall of Missouri.
A resolution was passed to'.raise a cam
paign fund and appoint a campaign com
mittee to carry on the work of educating
the peoplo of this and other states in alli
ance principles.
A resolution was passed to encourage the
organization of citizens’ alliance-.
The Southern Alliance Monthly was in
cluded in the newspaper boycott resolution
passed yesterday.
A resolution was passed asking the legis
lature to repeal the law appropriating $l5,
01.0 to the military encampment next year,
and to apply the money to the veterans’ aud
widows’ pension deficit.
A committee was appointed to confer
with a committee of the agricultural so
ciety exhibit at the world’s fair.
Tne committee on cott >n acreage made its
report. It rocommeu led that a convention
of all tbo alliances, agricultural societies
and farmers of thee >tton growing states be
held in Atlanta on the first Wednesday in
Ootobcr next to consider tko matter of re
ducing the cotton acreage. The report was
adopted.
A communication was read from L. H.
Turner, secretary of the national organiza
tion of s’ate alliances in Colorado, Ohio,New
York, Wisconsin and Oregon. He stated
that Washington, Idaho and Delaware were
now ready to form slate organizations; that
thirty-eight states would be represented at
Indianapolis, and that the net increase in
the alliance membership this year was over
100,000.
A resolution was passed asking the legis
lature to reduce the number of railroad
commissioners to live, threo of them to be
farmers, and to make the office elective by
the people.
A resolution asking the legislature to pass
an Australian ballot law, or a law giving
some similar ballot system, was tabled.
The executive committee met this even
ing. Felix Corpus was elected chairman
and J. W. Taylor secretary. They fixed
the salary of the president at ?1,000;
secretary, $1,590; treasurer, SHOO; chair
man of t e oxecu’ive committo, ¥190;
district lecturers, $5 for each county
visited ; state lecturer $3 a day while em
ployed by the executive committer-. Tbe
sergeant-at-arms, doorkeeper and assistant
doorkeeper and assistant secretary each, £3
a day while the session is in convention.
The £5,000 surplus fund was ordered de
p sited in the bank. Tho treasurer’s bond
wss fixed at SIO,OOO, aud the secretary’s at
$5,000.
ilie resolution about buying the paper
lets Larry Gantt out of a job. It will give
the executive committee the appointment
of an editor, and it is a foregone conclusion
that Harry will stay in aud that Larry
will go out. The sensation for to-morrow
is Gen. Gordon’s reply.
A resoluiion was passed to appoint a
committee of ten to submit a plan for the
purchase aud control of a state alliance
organ.
Another resolution was passed indorsing
the Ocala platform.
A serious mistake in tho proceedings ves
terday was unearthed to-day aud rectified.
One of the pipers mentioned in the boycott
SAVANNAH, GA., FRIDAY, AUGUST 21, 1801.
resolution was the Dahlonega Sentinel.
Thisshouldhavebeou theDahlonega Nugget
and the proper change was made.
The convention will adjourn to morrow,
possibly, with only a forenoon session.
VIRGINIA'S ALLIANCE.
The Covention Affirms tho Ocala Plat
form and the Sub-Treasury Plan.
Richmond, Va.. Aug. 20.—Tho alliance
convention to-day indorsed iu its entirety
the plank of the Ocala platform which says:
That the government shall establish sub-treas
uries or depositories in the several state*, etc.
Th 9 convention adopted this nm mdment:
“And we further demand that our repre
sentatives in the United States congress bo
given to understand that unless they can
agree to those demands thoy must give us
something batter, or as good.”
legislative demands committee.
The legislative demands recommend the
reaffirmation of the Lynchburg demands,
also tho appointment of a legislative com
mittee of live to consider and present to the
legislature matters of legislative importance.
Tho committee recommends the passage of
a law to insure a full listing of
bonds, notes, etc., by requiring
them to bear the commissioner’s
stamp cr be uncolloctible by proce.-s of law ;
the tenure of office act, limiting tha terms
of certain collecting and accounting offi
cers, both state and county, to two consacu
tivo terms; a law giving to school trustees a
fair compensation; a law retaining for tho
use of the agricultural {department money
derived from the fertilizer tax. The com
mittee also recommends for favorable con
sideration a resolution with reforouco
to the public debt, affirming th)
conviction that the provisions of the
Riddloberger law should lie carried out.and
condemning tho use of ooupnns in payment
of taxes. Also a resolution asking fair
treatment for those interested iu the oyster
industry against the eneroac imeuts of capi
tal monopoly. They reoommend for favor
able consideration a resolution condemning
the fraud of 1873, by which silver was
surreptitiously demonetized.
The report was reoßived and the recom
mendations agreed to. A resolution was
adopted looking to the passage () f u law to
prohibit trusts throughout the country.
KANSAS’ THIRD PAR IY.
One Hundred Delegatee Attend tho
Convention in Topeka.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 2J.— The Star’s
Topeka (Kan.) special says: "One hundred
delegates representing tho People's
party mot this morning iu Trade3
Assembly hall and organized au alli
ance commercial convention. A tem
porary organization was elYocto l
by the election of Noah Allen of Wichita
chairman, and Fred Bafioy of Wichita sec
retary. The work outlined is a mammoth
one, providing for the Amalgamation of
every business organization which ha3
grown out ot the farmers' upri ing in the
state.”
OBJECT OF THE CONVENTION. *
Mr. Allen stated that tbs first commercial
convention winch had ever assembled iu
Kansas was not intended as a political
organization. It wrn for tho boni
fit of democrats, republicans and
People’s party men alike. All alliance
leaders recognize that there have been
altogether too many business organizations
passing under the alliaucj name. It is pro
posed to investigate thoroughly nil of thorn
and decide which are worthy of supp'rt.
To put it briefly, the object of the conven
tion is to kill middlemen.
One of tho delegates this morning stated
that it was high time the farmers in interior
Kansas who had cuttle to sell wore finding
a way to dispose of thorn to another farmer
in au adjoining county without making a
deal through Kansas City or some commis
sion company. The convention was called
and seems to be manipulated by the Mu
tual Protealiva Association.
CANADA’3 BOODLERS.
The Government Will Prosecute Them
end Save Itsslf.
Ottawa, Ont., Aug. 20. —The govern
ment to-day dismissed J. A. Arnoldi, a
mechanical engineer of the public works
department, and Mr. Bronsklll, superintend
ent of stationery. They are implicated in
the boodle scandals.
disappearance of a member.
Quebec, Aug. 20.—C01. Smith, deputy
sergcant-ar-arms of the House of Com
mons, arrivod hare yesterday afternoon
armed with a warrant for the arrest
of Thomas McGreevy, signed by
the speaker of tha House of
Commons. MoGreevy’s rosidanco was
found closed, barred and locked, and in
quiries elicitd the information that the
member for Quebec Wes! had left town by
a morning train for Montreal, whence he in
tended proceeding to Old Orchard Beach.
WHOLESALE PROSECUTION.
A Quebec member of parliament, who
has just returned from Ottawa, reports
that Sir John Thompson has expressed to a
number o( political friends his intention, as
minister of justice, to indict in tne uarno of
tho queen for publio robbery and conspir
acy all of tho members of tho McGreevy
boodle gang ami tho public officials
they bribed, providing he is assured by the
local authorities that there is a reasonable
prospect of finding here a jury above the in
fluence of the b lodiers. It is considered
that this pr. seeution will save the govern
ment, and that thus the threatened political
crisis at Ottawa will be averted.
A FATAL QUARREL.
An Undo Stabs Hts Nephew to Death
About 5 Cents.
Jackson, Tknn., Aug. 30. A fatal quar
rel occurred eight miles south of this city
last night. Joe Hardin, a farmer, accusod
his nephew, J. L. Edward?, of liaving spent
5 cents which the former had entrusted
with tho latter. Edwards resentod the ac
cusation by striking his uncle over the bead
with a piece of iron, whereupon Hardin
jerked out his knifo and slabbed him to the
heart. Edwards died instantly. Hardin
was urrestod.
A FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILED.
Throe Whlto Mon, Two of Whom Were
Tramps, Killed.
Vicksburg, Miss.. Aug. 20.—A local
freight train on the Valley route was
wrecked thi? morning near Cleveland sta
tion by running over a bull. The engine
and fifteen cars were derailed and three
white men killed, two tramps who wore
stouliug a ride aud a brakeman.
Italy and the Conclave.
Rome, Aug. 30.—The government organs
assort that if the next conclave ii held
abroad tho government will occupy tho Vat
ican and excludo tbe new pope from it.
it is rumored that the pope has ordered
tbe Italian bishops to report on the number
of Catholics in each diocese entitled to vote
who arc opposed to the monarchy.
Gleegow Iron Founders Fall.
Glasgow, Aug. 20.—Thomas Eddington
6 Cos., iron founders of this city, have
failed. Their liabilities are placed at
*259,000.
MARTINIQUE'S CALAMITY
CONFIRMATORY REPORT3 OF THE
DISASTROUS hurricans.
Tha Most Severe That Has Occurred
Since 1817—Sixty or More Deaths
so far Reported—The Damage to
Shipping and Property f tupendous—
AU the Cultivated Fields and Forests
Swept Away—Sugar, Ccffoo, Cotton
and Cocoa Plantations Utterly De
stroyed.
Fabi3, Aug. 20.—A dispatch recoived
here confirms the report that all the ves
sels at Martinique were lost during the hur
ricane there. Tho dispatch makes no ref
erence to the loss of life among the ships’
crews, and there is great anxiety among the
families of the officers and crows.
Later official advices received hero an
nounce that the calamity is the most severe
sinoe the year 1817. The disaster is said to
equal the famous cyclone which swept oyer
the island of Antigua iu 1371.
over sixty deaths reported.
So far as can be learned there have been
sixty deaths or more, but it will be some
time before tho full extent of the disaster is
known. At Fort do France alone there
have beon twelve lives lost. At St. Pierre
fivo persons are known to have been killed.
Communication with the different ports
of the island was never an easy matter,
and it is excessively difficult to get dotailod
nows at present.
IN OTHER PARTS OF THE ISLAND.
.As reports from the various sections
reaoh St. Pierre it becomes evident that tho
extent of tho hurricane’s devastations has
not bean exaggerated. Destruction of prop
erty and loss of life are reported from ull
parts of the coast.
At Laraentiu ton lives were lost. At
Francois sixteen wore killed and a largo
number were injured, and at Riviorre
l’ilote two or more deaths, and so on from
all parts of the island come tales of woe and
desolation. La Trinite sends in a fisc of its
dead numbering ton, and numbers of more
or loss gevoroly injured.
1.088 TO SHIPPING AND PROPERTY.
The damage done to shipping and property
may safely bo classed as stupendous. About
two-fifihs of the island was under culti
vation and the mountain slopes wero
covered with forests. All cultivation
and all the forests in the path of tho
hurricane appear to have been swept away.
Numerous sugar, coffee, oottnn aud cocoa
plantations, which felt tho force o' the tor
nado, seem to have been utterly destroyed.
Houses and barns, storehouses and at allies
have been crushed out of existence, and a
considerable period must elapse twfore tho
island from its terrible visitation.
Every hour adds to the list of horrors a!
ready long enough to startle anybody.
Horne of the poorer classes of the peopli
have lost their all, and tho same may,‘be sail
of u number oi the richer planters.
BGTZE .’A CLOUDBURST.
Forty Lives Reported Lost and Much
Property Destroyed.
Vienna, Aug. 20.—Farther details from
Botzen, near the'scene of the cloudburst
which, Thosday last, partially destroyed
tho village of Kollman, show that tho darn
age done aud tbe number of lives lost are
greater than at first Bunposod. Tho cloud burst
over the mountains, flooded tho lowlands,
converted a mountain stream into a torrent
which swept through the village of Koll
man, carrying away people and cattle, and
destroying half the housos in the place.
Forty persons wore said to have been
drowned by this accident, which also destroy
ed tha railroad for many miles.
It now appears that the water also flooded
the other side of the mountains and that the
hamlets situated on the hilltops have been
isolated.
Many corpses have been seen in tho valley
oa the other side of tbo mountain, being
carried down by the torrmns. Home time
must elapse before full details of the affair
are kpown.
It instated that by the Kollman floods
09,000 cubic meters of stone have been
hurled down the mountains a distance of
700 meters. Three hundred men are em
ployed iu diverting the wat-r. Sixty
nodies have been iecovero.l, all horribly
disfigured.
CHINA'S DISTURBANCES.
Germany Joins the European Powers
in Their Homonetranc?.
Berlin, Aug. 20. —The North German
Gazette to-day confirms the report that
Ilerr von Brandt, tho German minister to
China, acting in concert with the repre
sentatives of other powers, has remonstrated
with China in regard to !he outrages which
foreigners havo boon subjocted to in that
country. Tho Gazette adds that Gorman
trade has suffered in consequence
of tho disturbances. Referring to tho
occurrence in 1890, when the German
Catholic mission in the provice of Shun
Foong wits damaged by Chinese mobs, the
Gazette fays the mutter was under discus
cufsion in. Peking for about a year, lut
beyond promises nothing was gninod, aud
tho official chiefly responsible for this out
rage has lately received marks of special
favor from the Chinese government. Ger
many attacln s tne greatest importance to
the welfare of tho mission in tho province of
3han Foong, and would impress this fact
upon the authorities of Peking.
CHINESE NAVAL MOVEMENTS.
Shanghai, Aug. 20.—A strong Chinese
squadron has been ordered to Nankin, and
another is assembling north of the Yang.
tse-Kiang river. The Peking government is
alarmed at the threatened appeal to force
by the powers.
OFFICIALLY DENIED.
Herr Miguel Has Not Asked for a Sus
pension of Grain Duties.
Berlin, Aug. 20. Yesterday it was
stated that Horr Miquel, tho minister of
finance, who holds clo.e pergonal and ofli
cial relations with tho emperor, and who is
in favor of removing tho grain duties, had
made a personal petition to the emperor
requesting him to suspend for three months
the collection of tho import duties on grain,
as Chancellor von Caprivi had declined to
further discuss this question at the cabinet
meetings. This story gained considerable
crodonce, but to day It is officially denied.
Tlio Comte do Paris Displeased.
Paris, Aug. 29. —La Faix to-dav says
that, owing'to the support the pope has
given to Cardinal Lavigerie in the latter’s
democratic propaganda or policy of sym
pathy with the French republic, tho Comt#
do Paris ha> stopped the payment of his
regular contributions to the papal treasury.
German Missionaries Murdered.
Berlin, Aug. 20. —Two German mission
aries, Spoidt aud Boesch by name, have
beea murdered in New Guinea.
THE EXHIBITION AT TREVES.
The Ceremonies in tho Cathedral
Grand In the Extreme.
Berlin, Aug. 20.— The garment known
as the “holy coat" was exposed to view this
morning in the cathedral at Treves. Two
Knights of Malta, in full costume, with
drawn swords in tbsir hands, stood on either
side of the shrine inclosing tho “holy coat"
case, which was surrounded by tall lighted
candles on handsome candlesticks and sur
mounted by a large gold cross. There was
au impressive s -enn in the sanotuary, over
100 priests assisting in the ceremonies,
which were grand in tho extreme.
THE CATHEDRAL RICHLY DECORATED.
The cathedral was richly decorated for
the ocoasiou. and was (racked to lfc9 doors
with people. Bishop Korurn, during the
course of his address io the assembled mul
titude, earnestly urged the faithful to unite
in venerating tho garment from which
power and virtue proceed.
The nave of the cathedral was then
cleared so as to allow the municipal author
ities and parochial societies to march up to
the shrine of the “holy ooat” ami venerate
the relic.
COMMENT CAUSED BY THE ADDRESS.
Much comment has been caused bv the
remarks of Bishop Korum in his oirening ad
dress, when lie referred pointedly to the
spiritual significance of the “holy coat” as
being a soainless vesture and the symbol of
the unity of the Catholio church. Tnere were
many Roman Catholic members of the
Reichstag present, and it is said that the
bishop particularly, and in a manner not to
bo inistnkon, addressed his remarks to these
members.
THE “HOLY COAT.”
The “holy coat” is distinctly visible In the
body of the cathedral, and is mush moro
plainly spen than upon any former occasion
of its exhibition. Too ol<J silken covering
boing almost entirely worn away, it ap
peared to-lay to be of a brownish yellow
color. The scene in the cathedral was
a motley one. English tourists iu
light twe: and suits nnd Prussian officers
iu uniforu , slubber >iy re.'u lug to kneel
before the relic, aid burgeoise citizens
in evening dress wore prominent in the
crowd. The eorvice, witn the monotonous
Gregorian chants and administration of the
eueharist to representative ecclesiastics,
seemed of the charaotor of a mediaeval cere
mony. Many persons wero overpowered by
their feelings, and several women faintod.
THE PROCESSION OF PILGRIMS
past the shrine, most of whom handed a
rosary or crucifix to the attendant priests
for contact with the relic, was accompa
nied by a low hum of paternosters and aves.
Among the pilgrims are agod cripples and
sufferers from almost ovory complaii.it.
There wero some saeaes of disorder owing
to tho somewhat violent attempts made to
gain early access to tho cathedral.
THE EAGER THRONG.
At 10 o'clock to-night pilgrims were still
filing in to behold the relic, and an eager
throng was besieging the doors of the cathe
dral. The police bad some trouble to pre
serve order. The whole town isiu commo
tion. Pickpockets nro rampant, aud eev
eral havo been arrested.
A SICKSNJNG SCENE.
Tha Hend of an Executed Murderer
Severed From His Body.
Liverpool, Aug. 20.—John Conway, a
steamship fireman who who was convicted
and sentenced to death for the murder of
the hoy Nicholas Martin, whose body was
found May 9 Inst floating in a sailor’s bag
in Hurdon dock, thi? city, was hanged this
morning. There was a
SENSATIONAL SCIINK ON THE SCAFFOLD.
As Berry, the hangman, was drawing tbe
black oap over Conway’s hend, the latter
said: “Hold on, I want to say something.”
This request B rry roplied to, “You can’t
spvak row,” and was about to proceed with
the execution, when a priest who was in at
tendance upon the criminal upon the scaf
fold hastily interposed, pushed the hangman
to one side ami heJj Conway’s band while tbe
condemned man in broken tones asked for
givoao9:i for his sins. Only when tbe un
fortunate wretch hud been speaking and
the priest had replied to hi* plea for for
giveness did tho lattor allow the hangman
to pr. ceed. This incident caused intense
excitement among those present at tbe
hanging, hut it wh? as nothing as compared
to the horrible scone which was to follow.
In duo course of time tho drop fell and
CONWAY DISAPPEARED FROM VIEW.
Almost immediately afterward the Driest
began to read tho confession of the hanging
man. In this confossion Conway said that
he was intoxicated when he murdered the
boy. a'd that tho reason for taking tbe
boy’s life was that he bad a morbid curi
osity to observe tlie process of dying. Con
way, in the same statomeut. added tbst he
did not outrage the boy, as at first sus
pected. While the priest was reaaiug Con
way’s confesaiou a streaming sound was
heard from the scaffold, as if a quantity of
water was falling.
A HORRIBLE DISCOVERY.
A hurried investigation was made by the
hangmen and by tho prison officials, aml,2to
tneir horror, they found that tho sound was
cause! by the blood which was pouring
uron tha prison floor from Conway’s neck.
The fall, it appears, had boon so severe that
the criminal’s head hod boen practically
torn fr. rn his body. In fact, tho head wsS
onlv held on tbo body by tho muscles of the
neck.
ARRIVAL OF THE FLEET.
Admiral Gervaia and the French
Squadron at Osborne Bay.
Portsmouth, Aug. 20.—Admiral Gervais,
in command of the French squadron, ac
companied by tbe senior officers, landed at
Oslxorne bay this morning and wai conveyed
in tbo royal carriage to Osborne palace.
While the French warships wero
firing tbe royal salute of
twenty-one guns, Queen Victoria,
accompanied by the Duko of Connaught,
Prince:.* Beatrice, Princess Louise aud a
number of lords and ladies attached to the
court, received tbe French officers in the
main drawing-room of tbe palace. The
French ambassador, M. Waddington, in
troduced the French officers to the queen.*
AN IMPORTANT POLITICAL MEANING.
Paris, Aug. 20. —The Repub'ique Fran
caise to-day, commenting upon the visit
aud reception accorded in England to the
French fleet, attributes to the affair an im
portant political meaning, saying that it is
in led to affirm England’s independauce of
all political ties on the continent.
A Cession Advised.
Berlin, Aug. 20.—A member of tho up
per house of tho Prussian Diet has written a
letter to the Tayeblatt in which he advises
a cession of the alliance of A'sace- Lorraine
on tbe condition that France joins the triple
alliance. Should France agree to take this
stop it would then be possible to compel
Russia to agree to a general disarmament.
War Begun In Chile.
London, Aug. 30. —A dispatch from
Iquique says that the congres? rnnal forces
havo commenced war operations in the
south by sea and land.
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BOLD TRAIN ROBBERY.
THE EXPRESS CAR ON MAIL TRAIN
NO. 13 ENTERED.
One Thousand Dollars Taken from the
Eafe The Three Men Who Com
mitted the Train Boarded it at Col
lier's—When tho Pistols Wors Bran
dished the Messenger Let Them do
as They Pleased.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 20.—A bold train
robbery occurred to-nigbt at 7:30 o’clock
near Collier’s, a small station between At
lanta and Macon. Three men entered tha
express car on mail train No. 13, bound for
Atlanta, and took SI,OOO out of the safe.
Collier’s is a flag station, and to-night Con
ductor Reid stopped to put off a
passonger. Hers the meh got on. When
it pulled out of Collier’s they seised their op
portunity. It was not a difficult matter to
get the money. Byne, the messenger, is a
young man, barely grown, and is compares
lively a now man on this line.
WHEN TIIB riSTOLS WERE BRANDISHED
in his face, ha allowed the men to have
their own way. They took the money and
were unable to get off of the train without,
pulling the bell cord. The train was
stopped and Conductor Reid loaned out of
the baggage car to signal the engineer on,
thinking the airbrakes had failed,
when ho saw a man running
out through a cornfield in his shirt sleeves,
lie suspected that two of his passengers,
who had been boisterous all the way up,
wero in a difficulty, and he startod back to
see about them, when the express messenger
met him. He was very much frightened.
He told the conductor what had transpired,
and a sort of iuvestigation was made. The
safe in which the money was kept con
tained only a sealed pouch to Macon and
two or tbreo
SMALL MONEY PACKAGED.
The largo pouclms, containing silver ag
gregating nearly SI,OOO, waa gone. It wal
the daily receipts of toe Southwestern rail
road ami was addressed to J. W. Hall,
treasurer of the Richmond and Ilanviiie
Roilroad Company. When tho train ar
rived hero your correspondent saw the ex
press messenger about the robbery. His
car was the second to the engine aud be waa
the only person iu it. Ho said ho was mak
ing out his way bills and bad
HIS BACK TURNED
to the door through which the mon entered.
Undid not look up until they got close to him.
They had pistolß and they wore aimed at
him. The men wore black inasks, and one
of them was in his shirt sleeves. They told
him to get out t he; money; they wanted it
all. He hesitated and the spokesman de
manded it of him. saying: “Get that money,
damn you. We want it quick.” He looked
at thorn without moving, and the man iu
hit shirt sleevos stepped out and, putting his
weapon on him, said: “Now, damn you,
got U cr
; $ "i’ll kill you."
The messenger unlocked tho safe and took
his hat off of tho packages. The men rifled
it, as they thought, and turned and loft.
Tha messenger described the n ns rather
low, chunky men, and of medium age. The
matter was reported at police headquarters
upon tho arrival of tho train, nnd a special
train was sont down to C filler’* currying
Officers Crnine and Bedford, Express Agent
Owens and Conductor Reid. An eff. rt was
made to teoure hounds, but they were out
at the brlckynrd, and the special went out
without them.
VON MOLTKE’S HISTORY.
What the Count Has to Say of tho
War of 1870.
London, Aug. 21.—The Times this morn
ing publishes a long extract from Count
von Moltku’s history of the war of 1870.
Count von Moltke left the manuscript ready
for the press, which is, therefore, published
hefora his other posthumous works, al
though it is numbered volume three-
Tbe preface, signed by tho count’s nenhow.
explains tho origin of tho work, adding that
his uncle began to write it in tho spring oi
1877, and worked on it throe hours a day at
Droisau. The count returned to Berlin in
the autumn of 1877, and finished
tho work in January, 1888, after
which time be never referred to it. Ho in
tended it as a popular account, but invol
untarily arranged the details in accordance
with his own plan of campaign. Thus the
work becomes au expression of his opinion
of tho evouts of tho war. The book is writ
ten in Count von Moitke’s
CLEAR, TERSE AND PURE STYLE.
Thore are no foreign or Germanized
words in it, and it is certain to take a
foremost rank in the classic literature of
the century. The work is further charac
teristic of the author’s modesty, bis
own name being mentioned only twice,
once as an officer of the king deputed to
treat for the surrender at Bedan, and again
as the writer of a letter informing tha
governor of Paris of the defeat at Aurelia
and the occupation of Orleans. Elsewhere lie
is always simply “chief of staff.”
Beekers of now things wifi find little to
gratify them. The writer closely follows
tho general staff account, which was largely
the work of his own hands.
ideas of war.
In the introduction tho writer remarks:
“Warfare is no longer a question of a small
professional army. Wars ot tho present
day involve whole nations. There is hardly
a family that does not suffer. Thecouutry’a
whole resources are involved and winter
offers no cessation of hostilities.” Hu ex
prossoi tho hope that war, although inevita
ble, will, in the interest of humanity, become
more rare as it becomes the more terrible.
Proceeding, he states that it is no longer the
ambition of;monarch3 that endangers peace,
but the passions and dissatisfactions of
peoples and the strife of parties.
Even the bourses’ influence is enough to
precipitate a war to protect their interests,
it follows that parliaments declare war,
the responsibilities being more easily car
ried by au a-semby than by au individual.
Thus a weak government at tho head of our
neighboring state must be regarded as a
standing menace to peace.
INCEEAS3 OF RUSSIAN TAOOFS.
From a More Corps They Have Grown
to an Advance Guard.
London, Aug. 20.—The Standard’s cor
respondent at Braila reports an enormous in
crease ot Russian troops on the Austrian
frontier. Ho says that the Bessarabia
frontier guards, formerly a mere
gendarmes corps to prevent smuggling,
have grown iuto a permanent advance
guard, ready to invade Austria on a few
hours’ notice. Large forte and observation
towers are being rapidly Duilt, and the Rus
sian government ha* given a heavy subsidy
to tho Black Sea and Dauube Shipping
Company to erect a large dock
yard at Real aud to forward
troops to any part of the Black sea. The
construction of pontoons is actively pro
ceeding at Reni to be placed at venous
towns (or the transportation of troops, aud
barracks are being built in the vicinity of
Heal for 5,000 men.
