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( THE MORNING NEWS.
J Established 1 8fi0, Incorporated 1883. >
) J. H. ESTILL, President, J
BALMACEDA FLEEING.
the government turned over
TO GEN. BAQUADERO.
Valparaiso Well Organized—Re-Em
barkation of the Foreign Forces—A
Mistake in a Cipher Dispatch Ex
plained—The Steamer Presidents
Pinto Ready to Leave Kiel.
Washington, Aug. 31.—Official oorrob
"eretion of President Balmaceda’s defeat has
reached the stats and navy departments.
This morning Acting Secretary Wharton
received the following telegram, dated Val
paraiso, Aug. 30, 9:30 o’clock p. in.:
President Balmnoeda has turned the govern
ment over to Gen. Eaquadero and fled. Gen.
Canto goes to Santiago to-night to assume con
trol until the arrival of the Junta from lquique.
■Good order prevails here.
McCreery, Consul.
Acting Secretary Soley also received the
following cablogram from Admiral Brown,
dated Valparaiso, Aug. 30.:
The president of Chile has surrendered the
government to the Chilean general, llaqua loro,
and he has left Santiago. Valparaiso Is well
organized. The foreign forces have re-embarked.
Brown.
The abovo is somewhat obscure, but it is
interpreted at the department to mean that
the police force iu Valparaiso is so well or
ganized as to reliovo the foreign admiral of
the further necessity of keeping their ma
rines on shore duty.
MISTAKE IN A CIPHER DISPATCH.
A friend of the Chilean miuister is au
thority for the oonjecture that a curious
mistake was made at some point, in the
transmission to the minister of the dispatch
of last Thursday anunouucing the surrender
of the insurgent army at Vina del Mar. The
dispatch came, as these dispatches usually
do, in cipher, and it contained the equiv
alent of tee Spanish word “rindieron,”
meaning in English “surrendered;" where
as, what was doubtless meant was tho word
“ranrtiran.” meaning “will surrender.”
The dispatch was received in the same
terms at the Chilean legation in Europe. It
is thought, however, that the dispatch
mj<bt possibly have been a bogus one.
PRKSIDENTE PINTO READY TO SAIL.
Kiel, Aug. 31. —Tho now Chilean war
ship Presidents Pinto has coaled and Is dow
ready for sea. Her commander is awaiting
instructions from Chilo before leaving this
port.
The cruiser is now preparing to sail with
a view .of shipping war materia! from the
Armstrong vessels outside the three-mile
limit.
A DAR NG 3ANK ROBBERY.
Af4pr All Their Trouble the Mon Get
Only $690.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 31.—A daring
and successful bank robbery took place to
day at Oordera, a small station oa the
Chicago and Alton railroad, near Higgins
ville, Lafayette county. Cordera is a small
Sown, and the America bank, a branch of
thoHigglasvillobaukof the same nam9, is a
small bank. It has out}' two regular employes,
a cashier and a bookkeeper. The book
keeper was out on business at 2:30 o’clock
this afternoon when two men rode up to the
bank, dismounted, walked into the bank,
shut the door uud locked it before the
cashier noticed what was going o i.
TWO REVOLVERS AT HIS HEAD.
When the iatter did notice he noticed that
two revolver ; wore leveled at his head. At
the same time one o: the men commanded
him to throw up hi, bands. He obeyel.
One of the men kept him covered with a re
volver, while the other went through the
bank. He secured only $690 in currency,
representing the receipts of the day, and a
small balance which was not included in
Saturday’s remittance to the parent bank
at Higginsville. Having obtained all the
money in sight tho robbers mounted their
horses and tied in tho direction of Lexing
ton. Officers are in pursuit.
T£i2i STATESVILLE DISASTER.
The Coroner’s Jury Finds the Railroad
Company Guilty of Negligence.
Ralexgn, N. C. f Aug. 31.—The coroner’s
. jury in the cose of the Boston bridge rail
r ad wreck near Statesville rendered its
verdict to-day, after a four days’ continu
ous investigation since the aisas ter occurred.
The jury finds that the wrecking of the train
was caused by a loose rail, tne bolts and
spikes of the same having been taken out
by some person or persons unknown to the
jury with tools or implements belonging to
; railrond company, which tools or imple
ments were left by gross negligence of the
railroad company in an opea shed accessi
ble to every body.
THE CROSSTIES UNSOUND.
Ihe jury also find that several crossties
near where the rail was removed were un
sound, and that the superstructure of the
track was in part defective. The high rate
‘Of speed maintained in going over the
bridge is also censured. This verdict, al
tlKJugh it condemns the railroad, aocoptsthe
t.ieory teat the prime cause ot the wreck
the malicious removal of the rail by
soine miscreant.
GOV. BUCHANAN’S PLAN.
The State to Buy C oal Fields and Work
Them Wich Convict 9.
Nashville, Tbnn., Aug, 31.—The extra
sessioa ot the forty-seventh general assem
y ot iennessee convened at noon to-day,
and after listening to the reading of Gov.
Buchanan’s message adjourned until to
• In b “ 9 raessa ge the governor in
suggests the purchase of the un
,, < ; oal lands upon which a peniten
rected with a view to work-
L? ra !' ,BS with coaviot labor. The coal
“to t>. Vj,d to the public.
wil| o ?n*® r * J “-' r<oli folk of Maury county
row a Bill in the Senate to-mor
vilie * or “ b that the miners at Brice-
Down— *” u state of insurrection and etn
as ari s K' ,v emor to call such troops
acts ecossor y to suppress their unlawful
THE 81 MS GANG.
-te Deputy Marshal Captures Eight
acdisN OW After the Leader.
Marsh.["re-*V* A ‘’ Aus ‘ al —United States
D 3 (. ‘ f poase captured near
i yesterday and brought to
-1 ‘ ‘-’-day Js’uw Mosely, C. P. Sav
and ’ tvro * o,w T y ree a'-d William.
Georgian.? ” antl Mo**, and
law uf tr? ” o, ®P r ‘Campbell, brothers-in
with iliip,. Huu *. who ore charged
caught .lit ' I l3 *' Hobert Sims was not
•ix denim J uugh location Is known and
“eputios are out after him.
■ A Murderer Surrenders.
R-ufus°Ho'w Au *- 31.-On Mnv 8
Pieas Hou and^m 7 *^ ot .. an<l kiU and
Newport jn f WilUa . m Koldw ay, near
ground 'granted qU w!!S I over . QU “"0 of
derision fc V,“ nt6d noldway by a court
not se. n o murd,r9r scaped and was
rendered him. ?.* nd “ y night wbon h 0 61,r
--oounty; himself to Sheriff Alien of Cocke
THE 4 1-2 PER CENTS.
Secretary Foster Does Not Fear Em
barrassment in Their Redemption.
Washington, Arg 31. —Tbs amount of
4% per cent, bonds continued at 2 per cent,
to-day was $451,550, making a total to date
of $23,221,650. This leaves about $27,000,-
000 4% per cents, outstanding. It is im
possible at present, however, to make any
definite estimate as to the amount of these
that will be presented for redemption, espe
cially as the time within which they may
be continued at 3 per cent, is to be extended
beyond Sept. 2 for a period not yet fixed.
THE AMOUNT TO BE REDEEMED.
Secretary Foster said this afternoon that
he thought between *20,000,01,0 and $25,-
000,000 4% per cents will be presented for
redemption. This will be entirely satisfac
tory to the department, the secretary said,
as it would force that much money into cir
culation at a lime when there is a great need
of it in moving crops. The disbursement
of this sum of money, tho secretary said,
will not embarrass the treasury department,
as there is $106,000,000 available, including
the disbursing officers’ balance and exclus
ive of the $100,000,000 gold reserve. lie
said that a circular will be issued Sept. 2
extending the time for continuing tho
bonds.
It is estimated at the treasury department
that there has been an increaie of over
$6,000,000 in tho cash holdings since Aug. 1,
representing a decrease of the public debt to
that amount, according to the old form of
the debt statement.
THE SYNDICATE NOT FORMED.
New York, Aug. 31.—1 t wa9 expected
that a syndicate of bankers would be
organized by to day for the purpose of
taking tbe 4% per cent, government bonds
at the extended rate of 2 per cent, after
to-morrow. It was also understood
that some of tho bankers had
guaranteed to take $500,009 each, providing
ten or twelve banks could be found to
make up a syndicate. To-day it was stated
on good authority that the number could
not be made up, that the bankers preferred
to buy 4 per cents on the open market as
security for circulation.
RIDDLED WITH BPLLBiTa.
Tramps Pay the Penalty of Brutally
Murdering an Aged Couple.
Monroe, Mich., Aug. 31. —0n Saturday
afternoon at a farm house near Monroe
John Wilkinson and his wife were brutally
tortured aud murdered by two tramps.
The tramps went to the farm house begging
for something to eat, and finding Wilkin
son and his wife alone, with the exception
of a 10-year-old boy, undertook to torture
them aud make them reveal the hiding
place of their supposed wealth. The terri
fied boy in the meantime escaped aud gave
au alarm.
NEIGHBORS TO THE RESCUE.
A posse of neighbors started to the rescue,
but when they reached the b >use the couple
were dead. The tramps were sighted near
Maybee station, and b >th were shot down
by the infuriated citizens. The bodies were
completely riddled ij'ith bullets. The mur
derers were strangers in the county.
Tho old couple wore well-to-do
and highly respected citizens.
A DOUBLE MURDER IN CONNECTICUT.
Hartford, Conn.. Aug. 31.—A double
murder was discovered iu Littlefield this
morning, whan the badly mutilated bodies
of a German farmer and his wife were
found in a well. The farmer’s name was
B -.shenhageo. The murder was undoubt
edly committed by tramps to whom they
bad given shelter. No robbery was com
mitted. The murdered oouple were well
to-do.
SCOFIELD’S VACANT SEAT.
Quay May Not Succeed in Naming the
New Judge.
Washington, Aug. 31.— Senator Quay’s
opposition to President Harrison may cost
Second Controller Gilkesou the appoint
ment to the court of claims benoh as Judge
Scofield’s successor, which Senator Quay
asked of the President at their famous mid
night interview. President Harrison put
him off then on the plea that no vacancy
existed, and, indeed, none would have ex-
till the President was ready to act if
Judge Scofield had not died, for the judge
had promised President Harrison not to re
tiro until then. The President does not
feel now like obliging Senator Quay and
may take one of the republican ex con
gressmen, who were left at home last fall
and are now applicants for this place, of
whom Mr. ilcC'oraas of Maryland is the
chief. Still Mr. Gilkeson has other power
ful friends than Senator Quay, the Attor
ney General and Secretary of War among
them, and may succeed yet.
AX M&KER3 STRIKE.
The American Ax and Too! Company
in Trouble With its Men.
New York, Aug. 31. —The American Ax
and Tool Company is composed of nine ax
factories, situated at Johnsonvi’le, N. Y.;
East Douglas, Mass.; Beaver Falls, Pa.;
Cleveland, Ohio; Mill Hall, Pa.;
Gowatda, N. Y.; Bellefonte, Pa.,
and Ball ton Spa, N. Y. This
company controls about one-half of the
production of axes, the other half being
produced by the Kelly Ax Company of
Louisville, Ky. ;the Collins Ax Company of
Hartford, Conn.; A. G. Peck, Cohoe% N.
Y., and Beveral small factories controlling
the local trade.
To-day the employes of (.he first five
named factories of the American Ax Com
pany went out on a strike, caused by the
efforts of the company to discourage the
growth of labor unions.
BOTH SIDES CONFIDENT.
Tbe factories are tho largest and most im
portant ones in the country. Both sides
uppear very confident of winning. The com
pany claims that it will permit the shop3 to
rot before allowing unions to exist in them,
and the men declare that they will leave the
different towns and hunt for other work
rather than abandon their organization.
Tho Federation of I.abor has agreed to
pay each married man engaged in tho
strike ?<> por week and each unmarried man
§3 per week while the fight lasts.
Hon. W. L. Scott's Illness.
Erie, Pa.. Aug. 31.—Tho proposed re
moval of Hon. W. L. Scott to Newport was
not effected to-day. His illness took a more
alarming turn this morning, and the physi
cians decided it unsafe to make the attempt.
There is no doubt Mr. Scott is danger
ously ill. Dr. Pepper, tbe Philatlelohia
physician who came here Friday, was called
away Sunday upou an important consulta
tion and has not yet returned. Late re
ports to-night as to Mr. Scott’s condition
are of an unfavorable character, and those
closest in the confidoiioe of tho family ex
press fears of a fatal termination of his ill
ness.
Mexico Wants Reciprocity.
City of Mexico, Aug. 31. —President
Diaz to-day appointed Joseph Ives Liman
tour minister plenipotentiary to arrange a
commercial reciprocity treaty with tbe
United States and Francis Mucin as his
secretary.
SAVANNAH, GA., TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1,1891.
PARK PLACE HORRORS.
GHASTLY REMAINS DISCOVERED
BY MAYOR GRANT.
His Inspection of the Ruins Led to
the Discovery—Who the Bodies Are
Supposed to Be—Surprise and In
dignation llzpres3ed—The Search to
Bo Continued—sl4,6o7 Subscribed
For Relief.
New York, Aug. 31.—Mayor Grant
made a personal visit to the soone of the
Park place disaster shortly before noon to
day. He poked about in the debris. In
the vault under the sidewalk be was terri
fied to discover the charred and mutilated
body of a man, and what looked like an
other human body lytDg near by. Word
was sent to the board of health and the
coroner’s office, and tbe mayor has issued
directions that all of the debris be cleared
away at once.
ohe first body discovered is supposed to
be t iat of Abraham Derkaveritch of No.
141 Delancey street. Ho was employed in
the bronze leaf factory of Rosenfeld & Cos.
The body was not much burned. The second
body is thought to be that of a man named
Blitz, who was algo in the employ of Roseu
feld & Cos.
THE NEWS CAUSES SURPRISE.
The news that two more bodies had been
found iu the ruins created surprise and in
dignation in all quarters. Although there
were a number of peoplo still missing who
were reported by their relatives aud friends
to have had business in the build
ing, it was positively stated by
Chiof Koilly that there were no more bodies
iu the ruins. When this statement was
made at 1:30 o’clock Wednesday ufternoon
it was taken as official, but there were those
who shook their heads in doubt as to its ac
curacy.
THE SEARCH TO BE CONTINUED.
The police are once more in charge of
the ruins, as the nows that two more bodies
had been found goon spread, and crowds bo
gan to flow to the scene. The search will
now be continued. Two more bodies are
supposed to be underneath the sidewalk in
the vaults, but could not be seen.
The relief committee met in the mayor’s
office at noon. Treasurer Donaldson re
ported that the total amount subscribed up
to 11 o’clock a. m. to-day was $14,607.
THE “AN PI-MONOPOLISTS."
Remarkable Story of an Organization
V\ ithin tho Allianoe.
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 31.—The Star
says It transpired during the recent state
meeting of the; farmer’s alliance at War
renton, Mo., that there was an organiza
tion within the alliance which believed in
force as a measure to attain the objects of
the Alliance. It was the knowledge of the
existence of this “force element” that
defeated the sub-treasury resolution
which was championed especially by the
latter element. When those delegates who
favored the sub-treasury resolution, con
tinues the Star, voted against it, it was
simply to defeat the force party. The force
party had forty-eight delegates in the con
vention.
A FORCE PARTY DELEGATE TALKS.
One of them told a reporter about the or
ganization. “If the minority will not do
what tho majority wills,” said the gentle
man excitedly, “it is high time for the ma
jority to hang the minority. If ballots
won’t do the business bullets will, and there
are lots of us pledged to it that far.”
Ex-President Hall, who asserts that his
life has been declared forfeited in under
ground meetings of these people, was
keenly alive to its existence. Before tbe
meeting at Pertlo Springs he sent out a
letter, dated Aug, 14, to every delegate he
could trust,
TELLING HIM THE ACTS,
and exhortiag them to be at the convention
ready to crush out the influence of these so
cialists, as he called them, in the alliance.
This letter was kept most profoundly se
cret, and its existence did not come to the
surface until late Saturday night, when
everybody was preparing to leave.
This secret order calls itself the "anti
monopolists.” Very few, if any, farmers
belong to it. Its strength lie3 mainly in
tho cities, and the farmers are its cats paws
to rake its political chestnuts from the fire.
TILLMAN IN CANADA.
He Denies That He Embezzled Bank
and Trust Funds.
Detroit, Mich., Aug. 31.—Tillman, the
cashier of tho defunct Falls City Bank of
Louisville, Ky., is safely across the Cana
dian lice in Windsor. He is registered in
his own name at the Crawford house. He
arrived on Saturday evening. A dispatch
from Louisville was read to him, which
stated that he had fled to avoid arrest for
embezzlement of the bank and trust
fuuds.
DENIES THERE IS A SHORTAGE.
"It is not true,” he deolared. "There is
no shortage, uud any one that publishes the
matter will be held responsible. The bank
was wound up and July 1U assigned to the
Mechanics’ Trust Company. A shortage of
837,000 does not exist. For three weeks
affer the assignment I was engaged,
together with Sanders, who was
secretary of the trust company, in
winding up the affairs of the bank. If
there was a shortage why didn’t they say
something at the time? An examination
had then been made. I was and am still
cashier of the bank as long os a charter ex
ists.”
TO RETURN TO LOUISVILLE AGAIN.
He was very much agitated while talking.
He declared tbe bauk official i and his
family knew he was going away and there
was no secrecy about it. He said ho came
to Windsor on personal business, which was
none of the public’s, and that he would re
turn to Louisville when that business was
finished.
Not Wanted in Arryent'ne.
Berlin, Aug. 31.— Advices from Buenos
Ayres are to tho effect tnat tho Argentine
Republic is opposed to tho wholesale immi
gration of Russian Jews, as planned by
"Baron Hirsch. Arnold White was iri con
sultation with Baron Hirsch in regard to
this new aspect of the question of what
shall be done with the refugees from tho
czar's dominions just before tbe former
started for Russia.
The press here is incredulous regarding
yesterday's report of tho Turkish sultan’s
submission !o Russia’s demands respecting
the recent detention of the Russian vol
unteer fleet steamers at the Dardanelles.
The Vossis-hs Zeit'iny says that such
action on the sultan’s part would Jus
tify the removal of Turkey frrm among tho
independent states of Europe.
Wrecked by a Broken Wheel.
Louisville, Ky., Aug. 31.—Near Tell
City, lnd., this morning a local mixed
yain eastboud on the Tell City branch of
the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis
railroad was wrecked by a driving wheel of
tbe engine breaking.
Miss Barbara Nalmer and a child whose
name could not be learned were killed.
Both lived in the vicinity of Toil City.
Twelve others were injured, some possibly
fatally. All were taken back to Tell City.
LUMBER DEALER3 FAIL.
A Temporary Receiver Appointed for
Austin & Boylaton.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 31. J. c. Clark
was to-day appointed temporary receiver
for Austin & Boylston, lurnher dealers. The
firm has been failing for several days, so to
speak, and the coup de grace which came
to-day was not unexpected. The petition
ers are the L ithrop-Hntten Lumber Com
pany and Stillwell, Milieu &( o. To these
firms Austin & Boylston are indebtod SO3O 80
and $4,303 75, of which amounts $293 and
$1,070 are past due. The petition is a
very salty document. It recites that on
Aug. 23 a mortgage was given Mrs. Hester
IX Boylston, o.varing theen'iro stock, for
$24,825. .vlra Boylston is the mother of
the junior member. On the same day Mr.
Austin gave Mrs. Boylston another
mortgage on his personal property to
secure the samo indebtedness. On the same
day Mr. Austin gave to Mrs. Mary R. Aus
tin and Mia* Minnie G. Austin, near rela
tives, mortgages on the same (pia) property
for $12,000 aud $3,000 respectively. The
petition charges that
THESE MORTG AGES IART: FRAUDULENT,
that the tax returns show that Mrs. Boyl •
s:on, Mrs Austin and Alias Austin couid not
i ave been possessed cf the amounts
claimed to have been advanced by
them. On Aug. 14 Austin & Boylston
prepared and sent out to their creditors a
schedule of liabilities and assets an 1 a state
mont of their condition. In this statement
no mention la made of any indebtedness to
Mrs. Austin or to Miss Austin. Mention is
made of an unseenr. i indebtedness
to Mrs. Boylston of #5,000 only. Since
that date the stringency of the money
markot has been such that it has
been impossible for Mrs. Boylston, Mrs.
Austin and Miss Austin to obtain the sums
of money claimed to have boen advanced
on anv sort of collateral. In the statement
of Aug. 14 the total indebtedness of the firm
was put at $33,960, but tho petition shows
that it must have been very largely i u ex
cess of tbat amount.
The petition further alleges that tbe
mortgages * wore made secretly, and that
there were divers irregularities in recording
aud handling them. Auother allegation is
that tho financial statements furnished by
the firm through Dun and Bradslroet were
falso and misleading and made with fraud
ulent intent. Still anoth- r allegation is
that recently the firm has teen selling lum
ber at uimccuuntably low rates to dealers
in Atiauta.
THEIR CREDITORS.
Besides the mortgaa|| already referred
to, tbe firm is ludebtH to tho Southern
Bank and Trust ComjWy about 223,010, to
Charles R. Codman S?A), to the Atlanta
Banking Company to judg
ment creditors about on opeu ac
counts and bills payable about SB,OOO, with
other indebtedness, moling a dotal of about
$113,000, an amount lafcaiy in exeess of
their assets. j
The petitioners asked for a temporary re
ceiver and for an injunction restraining
Austin & Boylston and the holders of the
mortgages from disposing further of the
property, that the mortgage be declared
null and void and for a permanent receiver.
Judge Richard Clark, before whom the
petition was heard, appointed a temporary
receiver, as stated above, and the motion
for a permanent receiver and writ of in
junction will bu heard before Judge Mer
shall J. Clark next Saturdav. Meanwhile
the defendants are restrained as per prayer
for injunction. Both Austin aud Boylston
are quite young men, aud have always
stood well here. Austin is a Sunday school
superintendent.
A PECULIAR SUIT.
Frances Peck Sues the City of Atlanta
for $2,000 Damages.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 31.—A peculiar
suit was instituted against the city and tbe
city tfiarshal this altera on by an old negro
woman named Francos Feck. She sues for
something over ST,OJO in the aggre
gate. About thirty years ago she
came into patfessioa of a piece of
land on which is now GletMi and
McDaniels streets. It was out in
the woods then, tut it is valuable
now. She has devoted her life since then
to keeping up tho taxes on that lot. Alter
these many years the property, through ig
norance of the law on the old woman’s part,
is about to be sold for taxes.
CLAIMS AGAINST THE CITY.
The lawyer who took hold of the case res
urrects a number of claims against the city
for encroachments upon the propertv for
public highways, more than one valuable
strip being tar. u without compensation.
There are other items of damages, no claim
foe which was ever entered, because tho
ignorant old creature was only toil glad to
have part of the property loft.
UNBUSINESSLIKE METHODS.
Avery readublo account is given of tbe
way City Marshal Lloyd conducts The sale
of property for taxes, charging, in effect,
that this is a vory unbusinoss-liko and slip
shod procedure. A temporary injunction
was prayed for and granted by Judge
Ciark, restraining tbe marshal from selling
the property. The case will be beard next
Saturday.
ATLANTA’S BOOK EXCHANGE.
A Scheme Which Will Greatly Benefit
Public School Patrons.
Atlanta, Ga., Aug. 31. —The public
school officials here have just inaugurated a
"Book Exchange,” the p an of which is ap
proved heartily. It is to allow children
holing books tnat hava been used in one
grade to exchange them for books that
have been used iu other grades. No charge
is made for those depositing books at the
exchange, and tickets are issued to thoie
making deposits to enable them after two
diys to obtain other books from tbe ex
change. This saves to the public school pa
trons the money that has been going here
tofore to the old bookstore mau.
COLUMBUS’ ELECTRIC LINE.
The Road to Highlands Park to be
Running Within a Month.
Columbus, Ga., Aug 3l. —Two hundred
tons of forty-pound steel rails arrived to
daf for the Columbus new electric milway
to North Highlands park. Contractor
Lynch is now pushing the grading, and it is
almost finished. The 100 horse power dy
namo, 130 horse power engine and two 100
horse poo er boilers are being p it in at the
Highlands. Tho road will bo in operation
within one month. The poles are now be
iog gotteil out at Albany.
Charged W Ith Smuggling Chinese.
Port Townsend, Wash., Aug. 31.
Capt. Toz.er of the United States revenue
cutter Wolcott tbit morning seized the
American steamer Geo. K. Starr, belong
ing to the Union Pacific Company and
plying between Port Townsend, Port
Anglia and Victoria, on a charge of
smuggling Chinese Into tbe United States
from British Columbia. Several Chinese
were found aboard tbe vessel, and when ar
rested they said they hod been taken
aboard at Viotoria by tho officers of the
vessel. The officers of tho steamer were
arrested.
RUSSIA ANI) THE I'ORTE.
THE DEMANDS RESPECTING THE
Dardanelles yielded.
The Detention of tbo Russian Volun
teer Fleet Bound for Vladvoietok the
Issue The Eights Claimed The
Porte’a Side of the Question—lts Sub
mission in tbe Most Humble Manner.
London. Aug. 31.—The information tele
graphed to the Standard of this city from
Constantinople to the effect that the porte
had yielded to Russia's demands respoc iug
the Dardanelles would seem to be
founded on fact. The question at
issue between Russia and the porte
referred to tho detention at intervals
of the Russian volunteer tleet of steam
ships bound for Vladivostok, tho eastern
terminus of the trans-Siberian railroad on
the Sea of Japan. Tho most reront case
was tee detention of the steamer Moscow
of the Russian volunteer flet.
RIGHTS CLAIMED BY RUSSIA.
Russia claimed that though these ships
were armed they were outside of tho cate
gory of warships, which are debarrol, by
the treaty of 1811 and confirmed at London
in 1871 aud at Berlin in 1878, from passiug
through the Dardanelles.
Tho treaty referred to was concluded be
tween tho five great powers and Turkey,
and provides that no ship of war belonging
to any nation save Turkey! shall pass the
Dardanelless without the express consent of
Turkey, all merchant ships being also re
quirod to show their papers to the Ottoman
authorities. Russia, besides, claimed that
tho vessels of the volunteer fleet were not
warships in the proper sense of tbe word.
THE PORTE'S SIDE OF THE QUESTION.
Tho porte, ou the other baud, repliod that
even wore this admitted to be a fact, the
vessels detained were war transport l , since
they had on hoard a number of troops iu
taudod for Vladivostok. To this Russia
replied that the men being conveyed to tbe
eastern terminus of the trans -Siberian
railroad were not soldiers, but re
servists, who wero doing duty as
railroad laborers. To these apparently un
answerable arguments from Turkey's pow
ful enemy, tho porte appears to have been
forced to submit in a most humble manner,
though there is no reason to doubt that
Turkey must first have asked the five
powers if tbey wore willing to suoport her
should she still further contest tho point
with Russia.
ESTABLISHES A PRECEDENT.
Apparently the powors havo not thought
the matter worth troubling about in 1891,
though ton years back such a demand
might have led to war, and so it Is that the
porte submits, and besides paying an in
demnity to Russia for tbe detention of tho
steamer*, a precedent is established which
will permit of all such vessels, in future,
being allowed to pass the Dardanelles In
spite of tbe treaty of 1841,
The first vessel of the volunteer fleet
bound for Vladivostok was stopped on
April 14. She was loaded with railroad
material and had on board a number of
"military workmen,” according to the
term used by tho Russian authorities.
HER COMMANDER APPEALED
to M. De Nelidorff, the Russian ambassador,
and after considerable parleying and ener
getic protests and threats upon the part of
the Russian ambassador, the vessel was
allowed to preoeed. Since then there have
been two or more vessels of a similar char
acter stopped in the Dardanelle, with the re
sult that In tbe case of one of them, the
Moscow, a test case was made and con
cluded in the submission of the porte and
the payment of au indemnity.
Tho St. James Gazette this evening,
referring to the Moscow affair, holds that
the submission of the porte to Russia’s de
mands establishes a precedent which per
mits Russian warships to use the pas-age of
tbe Darnanellos as they please, while war
ships of other nations must not enter those
straits. This news, according to the samo
paper, Is by far the gravest published
for some time.
ATTACKED IN THE CONGO.
Sixteen of Fourbaau’a Expedition
Killed and Many Wounded.
Paris, Aug. 31.—The government has
received a dispatch announcing that Four
beau’s expedition to explore tbo valley, of
Banga Haven, Central Soudan and French
CoDgo, was attacked by natives, with
the result that sixteen ware killed
and thirty-one, including Fourbeau him -
self, were wounded. All the merchandise
and many rifles belonging to the expedition
were lost. The expedition was obliged to
slowly retreat, being harassed by the na
tives.
DASHBD INTO A TRAIN.
Another Serious Railroad Disaster
S artlos Switzerland.
Geneva, Aug. 81. Switzerland was
startled this morning by another serious
railroad disaster, the third within a few
months. This time nn express train enter
ing the station at Zurich, the capital of
the canton of that name, dashed into a
train that was being shunted in order to let
It pass. Four of the passenger can of the
train which was beh.g shuntod wore
wrecked and many passougcrs injured.
LABOR IN GREAT BRITAIN.
A Federation of Sallied and Unskilled
Workmen to be Formed.
Leeds, Aug. 31.—At a conference here
to-day of delegates from the various labor
uniou organizations of Great Britain, repre
senting 30,000 workmen, a motion to form a
federation of unions of skilled and unskilled
workmen was approved. Subsequently a
committee was appointed to organize the
federation. Unions comprising a member
ship of 116,000 men have already announced
their adherence to the new movement.
A Landslide in Austria.
Vienna. Aug. 31.—An immense land
slide is in progress in the Valley of Drave,
forming a dam across the Lienzor gorge.
The inhabitants of tbo mouutain slopes es
caped, and a host of men are working day
and night to make a passage for the im
prisoned water.
A Cyclone in Italy.
Rome, Aug. 31. —A cyclone, which has
just pa-sed over the Ban Macro,Castiogloue
and Dassideno districts, has caused much
distress. A number of persons were in
jured and the crops in the path of the
storm were destroyed and houses damaged.
Bank of England Not Bobbed.
London, Aug. 31.—The cashier of the
Bank of England declares that there is no
truth whatever in the rumor circulated lost
night to the effect that the bank bad been
robbed of a very large sum of money.
A Russian Commissary Murdered.
St. Petersburg. Aug. 81.—The commis
sary of police was murdered to-day at Bie
laia ZorkofT, near Kietf. The assassin, who
is supposed to be a nihilist, escaped.
LOME AND THE CONCLAVE.
The Fosltlon of the Government
Creates a Deep Impression.
Home, Aug. 31.—Tbo attitude of the Ital
ian government with reference to next con
clave and the discussion of the same ques
tion in the Italian papers continue to pro
duce a deep and livoiy impression in en
lightened ecoledostioal circles. The leading
cardinals are much impressed wtth the pas
sionate interest manifested by the Italian
politicians in insisting on the necessity of
holding the conclave at Home.
CHURCHMEN PREFER FOREIGN SOIL.
Churchmen in prominent positions, how
ever, are persuade! that so long as Home
is occupied by two hostile powers it is only
in accordance with the dignity an 1 inter
ests of the holy see that tho couciave should
be held upon foreign soil, in order to
frustrate tho machinations of tho civil
power, and above ali in order to renew in
an efficacious manner tho periodic protesta
tions against the statu quo and against the
occupation of Horne by the f alian stato.
THE KNCLYCLICAL OF TOPE LEO
to the Portuguese bishops excites much re
mark in olerical anil political circles. It is
a fresh sign, and a very evident
ono, that tho pope accentuates more and
more the democratic tendency of the - holy
see and of the papacy in accordance
with the type and in harmony
with the maxims and practices
of the American church. Tho passage
touching the national council proves that
tho papacy tends with an increasing, deter,
minod and unvarying energy toward the
concentration of the ecclesiastical policy in
independent ami distinctive action
by breaking definitely with lnouarcbial
methods and by preparing for tho gradual
transition toward common right, perfect
liberty aud the independence of the church
with reference to the state.
TO FIX THE CIIURCHB’ POSITION.
Popo Io returns again aud again in all
his actions to this general idea. Profoundly
penetrated with a belief in the universal
triumph of domocr-icy, ho desires gradu
ally to fir for the church it < role and its
place in the Inow kind of civilization and
in a more effective play the popular forces.
For this reason he demands union, inde
pendent action and a revival of the ancient
national councils which, after the fadiion
of that at Baltimore, shall give to Catholi
cism independence, renewed youth and an
inexhaustible stability.
CRIBPI AND T'lffi VATICAN.
An Account of Pope Leo’s Plans of
Leaving Rome in 1889.
Rome, Aug. 31. —1n regard to the rumor
that ex-Premier Crispi will presently pub
lish documuuts intended to demonstrate
that France desired to have l'opo I,eo leave
Rome in 1889, It is learned at the Vatican
that any such statement would be quite
without foundation, and that consequently
in case Sig. Crispi should make it he would
be proved to have beeu misinformed.
THE POPE’S O.ttGINAL INTENTION.
It Is a fact that the pope did, in 1889,
form an intention of leaving Rome; his
first Idea was to go to Spain, but when he
considered that he would be in comparative
i-olation in so remote a country, he aban
doned that idea aud entered into negotia
tions with the Prince of Monaco, tho situa
tion of whose territory offered easy aud
convenient access to all visitors aud all
Catholics.
'The old prince sent as ambassador to
Romo, the bishop of Monaco, Mgr. Theuret,
who fully enjoyed his confidence.
WOULD NOT ACCEPT THE CONDITIONS.
Complete arrangements were made and
apartmonts for the pipe wore designated,
when a letter of extreme importance was
received from the prince making
certain conditions relative to tbe
sojourn of the pope. One condition
was that gambling should be allowed to
continue without interruption. Tho condi
tions woro such that tho pope could not ac
cept, aud u representative "was dispatobod
to Monaco with the hope of securing somo
compromise, but the plan fell through.
Big. Crispi had his suspicions that some
thing was going on, bat ho did not succeed
in getting tho correct idea of what it was.
DEATH IN A COLLIBRY.
A Firedamp Explosion Causes Loss of
Life and Property.
London, Aug. 31.—About 3 o’olo-k this
morniug an explosion took place in the
Malago oolliery, near Badminster, Somer
setshire. Luckily only a small forco of men
were at work in the mine at the time. The
concussion shuttered all tbo windows in the
houses near the shaft and wrecked all the
shaft workings. A dull, rumbling sound
underground, followed by a cloud of c >al
dust, issued from the shaft, was the first
announcement that some terrible accident
had happened. The alarm soon spread
throughout the neighborhood and orowds
gathered about tbo pit’s mouth. The wives
and children of the endangered miners
uttered heartrending cries, while the col
liery officials rapidly organized an explor
ing party. The latter had not been long at
work when they signaled that
FIREDAMP EXPLOSIONS
of the most, serious nature hail occurred,
and that they had already found four dead
miners. The bodies of these unfortunate
men were tbon hauled to the surface. A
moment or so later four other miners, all
seriously injured, were brought out of the
mine, and it was announced that others
were known to be either dead or seriously
injured. Later three more dead bodies wore
recovered. Additional exploring parties
were promptly rout down the shaft.
The greatest excitement prevailed
throughout the Bedminster mining dis
trict, and the police have their bands full
keeping the orowds away from the mouth
of the pit.
A TERRIBLE TYPHOON.
The Lumber of lives Lost Will
Retch Two Hundred and Fifty.
Vancouver, B. C., Aug. 31.—8 y the
steamer Empress of Japan, which beat the
Pacific oceau record by eight hours, news
was received here of the great typhoon in
Japan that caused the loss of over 300 lives.
This typhom struck the steamer on the
evening of Aug. 10 and lasted till the follow
ing night.
The Gorman vessel Kolen Riokmers was
driven ashoro from her anchorage and
thrown high and dry upon the bank, where
she now lies, ulmosi a complete wreck.
PART OF THE CREW DEOWNED.
Twenty or thirty of her crow are be
lieved to have been drowned. While the
typhoon was in progress the lighters which
were bringing her evrgo and provisions
were washed'a way, a number of men being
drowned.
Great damage to property and life re
sulted along the shore. It ie believed the
Ices of life will reach 350, most of them be
ing Japanese and Chinese sailors.
The meteorological report says the ty
phoon was the most violent that hat visited
the oriental seas for years.
Spurgeon Has a Relapse.
London, Aug. 31.—Dr. Spurgeon has had
another ie:a. ia to-day.
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LA LIBERTAD’S INCIDENT.
IT BEARS SOME RELATION TO THE
BARRUNDIA affair.
One of tho Party Concerned an
American Citizen—Alleged Revolu •
tionista on the Steamship City of
Panama—The Captain’s Refusal to
Surrender the Pass iu rare and
Threats to Throw tho , Command
ant Overboard.
{Covyright, IS9I, by Western Associated Press).
San Jose dk Guatemala, Aug. 18.— An
incident which occurred at the port of La
I.ibertad, in tho republic of Salvador, ten
days ago, bore some relation to the Bar
rundla affair, which happened on the
steamor Aeapuioo, in San Jose de Guate
mala during the late war between
Salvador ami Guatemala. One of tho
party concorned in this case, however, was
an American citizen, and the result might
have been the same as in the Rarrundia af
fair had it not boon for the prompt and de
cisive action of the captain of an Ameri
can stoumdiip. The Pacific mail stoamship
City of Panama, which runs between
Panama and Aeapuioo, Mexico, stopped at
Corlnto, Nicaragua, Aug. 5, on her regular
north-bound trip.
ALLEGED REVOLUTIONISTS ON BQARD.
Among the passengers whom she t&ok on
there were Patrick Brennan, au American
citizen residing in Salvador, aud four na
tive Salvadorians, all former ofil
oers of that government. Tnese men
had incurred the displeasure of
President Kzeta and were regarded by him
as revolutionists. Tne steamer reached La
I.ibertad Aug. 8. Thero she was boarded
by officers acting under the direction of
President Ezeta, who demanded of Capt.
F. P. White, commander of tbo City of
Pauama, the surrender of Rrouuan aua his
four companions.
REFUSED TO SURRENDER THE PASSENGERS.
Capt. White refuses! to comply with this
demand and the officers returned to the
shore and reported the result of their visio
to tho commandant of the port. The com
mandant immediately went to the Bteamer
with a boatload of armed men and informed
Capt. White that tho latter could consider
himself under ins orders, as he had now to
take possession of the steamer and to arrest
tbe men. Capt. White’s indignation was
aroused at onoo and. without waiting to
discuss the matter at all, he told the com
mandant that if he did not leave the steamer
immediately
HE WOULD THROW HIM OVERBOARD.
The commandant evidently perceived
that Capt. White was disposed to carry out
bis threat, for he withdrew from the
steamer without any further discussion. A
short time before the steamer sailed from
La Libertad Capt. "White was
informal that President Kzeta had
been notified of the occurrences on
tho City of Panama and that
be had gone with a largo force to Acajutla,
the next port in Salvador, at which the
steamer was to stop. Tbo captain’s infor
mation was to the effect that President
Ezeta intended to await the arrival of tht
steamer at Acajutla and to take off thereto
goes at oil hazards. Capt. White accord
ingly determined not to go to Acajutla, and
thero was no other port at Salvador at
which the steamer was scheduled to stop,
so he proceeded to San Jose de Guatemala.
THE CASE BEFORE MINISTER PACHECO,
Mr. Brennan went at once to the city of
Guatemala and laid the facts of tbe case
before United States Minister Pacheco.
Tho men whom President Ezeta desired to
capture are now on Guatemala territory,
and he has requested tho authorities of
Guatemala to surrender them. Tbe exact!
details of the charges made against the men
by the president are not known hero.
Mr. Brennan has resided in Salvador for
some time and is a railroad contractor. He
Is said to be a man of means and of some
prominence in the country.
ASSISTED EZETA DURING THE WAR.
During tbo late war with Gautemala his
business operations wore interrupted, and it
is said that at President Ezeta’s request he
accepted a commission in the army of Sal
vador, enlisted his railroad employes in the
service and was instrumental in winning
one or more battles in which he was
engaged. At the close of the war ha
retired from the military service, and
when the revolution was threatened in Sal
vador some time later it is said that Presi
dent Ezeta again desired Mr. Brennan to
enter his service and enlist his railroad em
ploye*. He declned to do so ami it is sup
posed that in this way he incurred the Presi
dent’s displeasure.
THE FOUR SALVADORIANS,
whom President Ezeta wished ta
sei/.o were Don Ayala, who
claims to havo been legally elected
president of Salvador, but who has bam de
prived of the office; Gen. Letona, command
er-in-chief of the Nalvadorlan army in
1836, but who has been in exile for the post
five years; Gen. L. Hernandez, a wealthy
exile, and Col. Rivas of the Salvadorian
army, a nephew of Gen. Rivas, who was
executed by President Ezeta’s orders, for
the part which he took in the late civil in
surrection.
THE OAU/Sli R MAINE.
Successful Trial of Her Engines and
Machinery.
Ne\v York, Aug. 31.—The exhibition
trial of the engines of the 6,648-ton armored
cruiser Maine, was given this forenoon at
Quintard’s iron works, on the East river.
Becrotary Tracy and Chief Engineers Mel
ville, Baker, Moriey and Kaffer of the
navy department were present. The en
gines of the Maine are the largest ol
tholr kind ever buiit in this country. The
trial to-day was eminently successful. The
machinery was kept running for two and a
half hours. The action was smooth and
easy and the United .States engineers ex
pressed Jhenisolvei as highly pleased. It il
expected that the work of taking down the
engines from their temporary quarters and
sotting them up in the ship will soon
begin.
HEAVY LOGS BY FIRE?.
The Water Works Failed and the Fire
Had its Own Way.
WiNNKUCCCA, Nsv., Aug. 31.—Firs
broke out hero yesterday in an unknown
manner and spread with great rapidity,
I The water works falloi utterly and every
' building in the line of the lire except one
was destroyed. The total loss will be 5190,-
000; the insurance is 360,000. The princi
pal iossrs are: Levy & Cos., general mer
chandise, <75,000, insurance $40,000; J.
Schmidt, shoe store ar.d residence. $43,000,
no insurance; Masonic hall, $30,000, insur
ance $13,000. The Silver State (newspaper),
the gas works and a number of residences
were also burned.
Suicide by Morphine.
Valdosta, Qa., Aug. 31.—Mrs. Nat
Hewitt committed suicide yesterday by
taking morphine. She was buried to-day.
'lbis is Valdosta’s third suicide within six
months.
