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B UR LUST I! LYONS.
Attacked While Riding
to the Theater.
HIS SLAYER AN ITALIAN.
Police Save the Murderer from
Lynching.
The Wound Inflicted Between 9 and
10 So’Clock and Death Ensues Two
Hours Later—The Assassin an An
archist—The Populace Wild With
Fury Over the Tragedy.
Lyons, June 24.—The most intense ex
citement has been caused everywhere in
France by a successful attempt to assass
inate president Carnot. To describe the
excitement in this city would be almost
impossible. The president was here to
visit the international exhibition. Upon
his arrival here he was tendered a recep
tion at the prefecture, after which he
visited the exhibition. After spending
some time at the exhibition fco proceeded
to the Palais de Commerce, where a ban
quet was given in his honor.
At 9:25 o’clock to-night President Car
not started for the theater, where a gala
performance was to be given because of
his presence in the city. Several car
riages were in the procession, the first
one being occupied by President Carnot.
The president’s carriage was driven
slowly along in front of the palace of
commerce, and then turned into Hue de
la Republique, still following the walk of
the palace.
THE STABBING.
When half way down the street, which
was lined with enthusiastic crowds of
people who were loudly cheering, a tnan
rushed out of the crowd and sprang upon
the step of the president's landau.
•iu3t at this moment President Carnot
was waving his right hand, saluting with
his hat in his left hand in response to the
ovation that was being given to him by
the crowd. The people close to the car
riage saw that the man standing on the
steps had a knife in his hand. By the
glare of the electric lights they saw the
bright blade gleaming in the air, as the
assassin's arm descended and Wien Presi
dent Carnot was seen to fail back in his
scat, his face deathly pale. One of his
hands was pressed over his heart where
the steel had entered his body.
M. Rivaud, the prefect of Lyons, who
tvas seated beside President Carnot, im
mediately struck the assassin a blow full
la the face and knocked him from the
step, thus preventing the man from again
stabbing the president, which was his
evident intention,
DEATH TO THE ASSASSIN.
Instantly cries of “Lo president est as
sassine,” “Mort ala assassine,” were
heard on every side, and the crowd in the
vicinity of the carriage swelled to enorm
ous proportions, every member of it seem
ingly intent udou killing the assassin. He
was grasped by a dozen hands, and his
life would have then and there paid the
forfeit of his crime had it not been for
several sergeants de ville, who seized
him, and attempted to draw him away
lrom his captors. This was found to be
impossible, as the infuriated populace
wmre determined to lynch the man, and
the efforts of the sergeants availed
nothing, beyond saving the man from
instant death. Blows were aimed at his
face and head over the shoulders of the
police, who had by this time arrived, and
many of the blows landed fairly. At last
the police succeeded in driving the howl
ing mob back a foot or so from their pris
oner, but to get the captive away was a
Physical impossibility.
MORE POLICE TO THE RESCUE.
In the meantime the news of the at
tempted murder had spread with light
ning-like rapidity, and mounted guards
"ere sent to the aid of the police, who
were still struggling to preserve the life
of the assassin. With drawn swords in
their hands the guards rodo down into
tho swirling crowd, which slowly gave
way beforo the horses, and at last the
center of the mob was reached.
I'hen a cordon was formed around
Uio prisoner, and the captive was
niarched to the police station. Even thus
surrounded the prisoner was not safe, as
men in the crowd made frantic endeavors
to reach him. The guards repelled these
attacks with tho Hat sides of their
swords, while at the same time keeping
watchful eyes upon the crowd to prevent
the prisoner from being shot. Maledic
tions wore poured upon the captive, and
never beforo has suoh a wild indignation
auainst a human being been seen in this
city.
MB WOUND MORTAL.
tho meantime, physicians were
hastily summoned to attend the prosi-
P)e Jllijfttitt®
dent, who had almost immediately been
conveyed to the prefecture. A careful
examination was made of the wound, and
the doctors declared that the condition of
M. Carnot was hopeless.
The receipt of the news of the assassin
ation caused a great sensation at the
the tbeater, which was crowded to the
walls by the elite of Lyons.
All were waiting with impatience
the arrival of the president,
and were unable to understand the delay.
Suddenly a man appeared, crying at the
top of his voice: “The president has boen
assassinated!” The most intense excite
ment followed this abrupt announcement.
This announcement was received with a
terrible explosion of fury, as the audience
when the first report of tin! assassination
was received had, though greatly ex
cited, generally discredited it. The thea
ter resounded with shouts of, “a mort ala
assassiue,” and cries for vengeance on
him.
TIIE ADDRESS TO THE AUDIENCE.
When silence was restored M. Kivaud
said that in the Kuo de la Republique a
miscreant, under the pretext of presenting
a petition, stabbed M. Carnot with a
dagger. M. Kivaud was interrupted with
shouts of “Death to the murderer,’’
“Revenge.” Waving his hand forsileuce,
M. Rivaud spoke again, saying, “Do not
give me a mission moro painful. The
president is in the hands of doctors. You
understand that under these conditions
our hearts are filled with sorrow, and no
demonstration in his honor can do good.”
The audience left the building, many of
them proceeding at once to the prefecture,
where they stood in the streets waiting
for reports from the president.
HELP A NEWSPAPER IN HIS nAND.
The assassin held a newspaper in his
band as he pressed through the crowd,
and sprang on the steps of the carriage in
which President Carnot sat. He snatched
a dagger from the folds of the paper and
plunged it into the President’s abdomen
near the liver. President Carnot sank
back unconscious.
The news spread swiftly to every part
of the city. Infuriated crowds filled the
streets. Before 1 o’clock an Italian res
taurant had been sacked, and the police
were obliged to strain every nerve to pro
tect the Italian consulate.
THE ASSASSIN YOUTHFUL.
Santo, the assassin, is a beardless
young man, 20 or 36 years old. When
arrested he was attired in a brown suit
and wore a peaked cap. He was marched
under guard from tbe scene of the
assassination to the station. He held his
head down, but his eyes glanced furtively
around as though he were seeking an oppor
tunity to escape from his captors. To have
made such an attempt would have been
the hight of foolhardiness, unless ho
desired to commit suicide, for there is not
the slightest doubt that had he got away
from the police protection afforded him
he would have been torn limb from limb
by the crowd, whose every action showed
that they were most excited.
HIS STORT OF HIMSELF.
Santo, who speaks French badly, when
questioned by Prefect Lepine at the po
lice station in Rue Moliere, said he had
lived at Cette, department of Herault,
for the past six months, and had only
come to Lyons to-day. He gave his age
as 32. His address was given coolly',
without any sign of bravado. He re
fused, however, to answer any of the
many questions put to him regarding
liis motive for stabbing the president, de
claring that, on this subject, he would
speak only before the tribunal. When he
was searched by' the police a book was
found in one of his pockets in which it
was written that he had been born in a
village in the province of Milan, Italy.
FURIOUS AGAINST THE ITALIANS.
Immediately after the death of Presi
dent Carnot Prime Minister Dupuy
started on his return to Paris to officially
announce the news to the Senate and
Chamber of Deputies.
After President Carnot had been taken
to tho prefecture it became generally
known that his assassin was
an Italian, ' and the feeling of deep
indignation among the crowd found
vent in the form of attacks
upon places kept by inoffensive natives of
Italy. Three cafes in the vicinity of the
Palaceof Commerce were totally wrecked
by the infuriated mob. French flags,
which were in abundance, were thon pro
cured by the crowd, and with cries of,
“Down with the foreigners 1” “Out with
them,” hundreds of men and
boys m-tr-hed to the Rue la
Barre, in which street the Italian
consulate is situated. There is no doubt
that the consulate would have been
sacked had it not been promptly guarded
by the police.
Tho excitement continues at fever heat,
and it would take very little to precipitate
a bloody anti-Italian riot. All over the
city threats arc made to take summary
vengeance upon the countrymen of Santo,
and the authorities, fearing that attempts
wall bo made to put these threats into
execution, ordered bodies of cuirassours
to patrol the city to prevent an outbreak.
Everywhere the troops aro greeted with
cries of “Long live the army.”
THE NEWS SLOW IN OETTING OUT.
London, June 24.—The Daily Tele
graph's Paris correspondent says:
“Among the comparatively few here who
are acquainted with the terrible news the
utmost emotion prevails. It was never
thought that President Carnot ran any
risk In visiting Lyons. Through
out all the anarchist outrages
the Elysee had never been molested,
and tho fact had more than once been tho
subject of comment. This was the first
occasion on which tho president had left
Paris on an official visit since the execu
tion of Vailiant and Henry. Already the
effect that this deplorable event
may produce in Europe is being dis
cussed, but Frenchmen of all parties may
rest asuresd that thereiis only a feeling
of sympathy for the president and coun
try ( and of reprobation for the treacher
ous and cowardly hand that dealt the
blow. President Carnot was universally
liked and respected.
SAVANNAH, GA., MONDAY, JUNE 25, 1894.
THE FIRST REPORTS.
“About 10:15 o'clock the first news was
heard in Paris. It was bruited myste
riously by a few officials in government
offices, such as the ministry of the inte
rior, but the functional - ’es on duty at the
prefecture of police were soon in full pos
session of the facts of the terrible
affair. On the boulevards, which
were full of people, there was no sign
that the murder had been heard of.
Crowds began to assemblo around the
newspaper offices after midnight, and in
the absence of telegrams, the people
maintained that the death was being
Kept secret by the government.
All the militia was ordered in readiness
in case of un emergency arising, but the
situation was not considered likely to lead
to any effervescence on the part of the dis
affected portions of the community. No
body can tell what may happen when ex
citement is aroused."
CARNOT DEAD.
Pnris, June 25, 8 a. m.—President Car
not died at 12:45 o’clock this morning.
The assassin is an Italian anarchist
named Cesare Giovanni Santo.
A cabinet council has been summoned
to meet this morning at 10 o’clock to con
sider the situation and take proper action
in regard to the death of the president.
M. Dupuy will confer with the presi
dents of theSenateand Chamber of Depu
ties and report to the cabinet.
. TELEGRAPH LINES SEIZED.
London, June 24.—The French govern
ment has seized the telegraph lines. All'
the news received from France since the
seizure has come over the long-distance
telephone.
WASHINGTON NOT NOTIFIED.
Washington, June 24.—Neither the
state department nor the French lega
tion has been notified of the assassination
of President Carnot.
Marie Francois Sodi Carnot was born
at Limoges in August, 1837, He was a
grandson of Carnot, “the organizer of
victory,” under the French convention.
He was a civil engineer by profession. At
the age of 20 he entered as a student the
Ecole Polytecnique, and passed, with dis
tinction, to a school of special instruction
in the building of roads and bridges.
During the selge of Paris in 1871 he was
appointed prefect of the Seine Inferieure,
and as commissary general Have valuable
assistance in organizing the defenses of
that department. In February, 1871, he
took his seat in the national assembly as
deputy for Cote d’Or, and subsequently
for Beaune. In 1886 be took office in the
Brisson cabinet as minister of finance.
On the resignation of President Grevy,
in December, 1887, Mr. Carnot was
elected president of the republic.
A SMOCK TO CIVILIZATION.
The London News Deplores the Brutal
Assassination.
London, June 24.—The Daily News, in a
leader on the murder of President Car
not, says: “The terrible news of the as
sassination of the President of the Repub
lic will be received with a shock of horror
all over the civilized world. No such
blow has been struck by political
hatred and fanaticism since the
bullet of insane Guiteau mortally
wounded President Garfield, or the
pistol of Wilkes Booth killed
Lincoln. M. Carnot, like tho presidents
of the sister republic, was a man who
not only his countrymen, but other na
tions regarded with tho utmost confi
dence and respect. In difficult and dan
gerous times he has tiled his exalted
post with a personal dignity and a politi
cal sagacity which have been of the
greatest service to the world. Ho
has brought tho republic through
more than one crisis which has
threatened its stability, and has
kept his country at peace. He was in
many respects an ideal president. He has
not obliterated himself, as his immediate
predecessor did, but has been sullicintly
in evidence to keep the idea of tho head
of the state constantly present to tho
popular mind. His removal at this timo
must be not only regretted merely for
France, but as a misfortune to
Europe. His period of office would
have concluded with tho present year,
and there seemed to bo every prospect of
his re-election. His presidency will be
regarded as the most brilliant and suc
cessful of these times. His death, follow
ing the brutal attack upon him, is a very
serious calamity for France and Europe.
The great audience who were waiting for
him at the Grand theater of Lyons last
night were not more pained and horrified
by the news of his attempted assassina
tion than the rest of their countrymen.
“This fatal event is likely to create not
only just and righteous indignation at
murder most foul and most horrible, but
also an impatience of the very existence
of the anarchist group. This assassin
struggled out of an enthusiastic crowd
and was allowed to get on the step of the
carriage, possibly in a momentary laxa
tion of watchfulness of those who had it
in charge.”
COMMENT OF THE CHRONICLE.
The Daily Chronicle says: “Lincoln
died in a theater at the hands of a luna
tic enraged at the defeat of the confed
eracy, which the President intended to
let down so gently. President Garfield
fell likewise by the bullet of one who was
not mad save in a political sense, and
died after two months of anguish. These
are the only parallels that history affords
to the fiendish atrocity of last night. The
assassination of the head of a free state
has little in common with that of the as
sassination of a despot. It was under
stood that President Carnot did not in
tend to seek a re-election that might have
been his for the asking. He was content,
however,having done his duty blamelessly
and Impartially, to retire to private life
carrying the good will of the nation, the
confidence of statesmen and the approbn- j
tion of his Own conscience. Who was to j
succeed him was becoming an urgent ques
tion. And yet we must turn from the con
templation of it, the mind being capable
for the moment of only realizing the
hight and depth of the catastrophe and
the appalling suddenness of the shock.
Society cannot afford to be stunned even
by a blow like this, and it is only too
probable that tho fiul deed will give a
handle to the apostles of reaction
throughout Europe, yet will tho
heart of ever.. man in the
world, who is a man, turn
toward that deathbed in the great and
beautiful city on the Rhone in a perfecture,
which has been oc< upied for nigh four
and twenty rears by some|of the ablest
French administrators. The human
tragedy supplants, for to-dnv. the politi
cal aspects of the assassination.”
THE MOTIVE A MVSrERV.
Tho Daily Chronic le also says: “Never
was a man less likely to excite personal
vengeance, and unless wo are to suppose
that he has been the victim of a mad
man’s frenzy, it must be assumed that he
has been stricken because he did not
pardon the anarchists who were
recently guillotined for the murders
of innocent men and women. All
questions of the party and measures to
be taken and the consequences even, are
beside the subject of the moment. Car
not is lying dead, slain by the wild injus
tice of a blind savage. A president who
was elected by the united representatives
of a free people, resting his authority on
manhood, and who sustained
with equal dignity and the
charm of high personal character, tho
growing confidence of all that was good
and sound in France has fallen from his
high estate and welters in his blood. A
madness so perfectly imbecile as that of
his assassin the world has uover yet
known.
A BIOT AT A MINE.
Private Policemen Attacked by a Mob
of 1,000 Men, Women and Children.
Punxsutawney, Pa., June 24.—At 8:80
o’clock to-nightf7s private police arrived
at the Adrian mine. The car had no
sooner stopped than it was surrounded by
at least 1,000 miners, women and chil
dren, who climbed all over the car
yelling and hooting. The policemen
were unarmed. The militia was sent
for and Compauy F was ordered to the
scene, about 500 yards distant, but were
unable to dispose of the mob. Companies
1 and B were then ordered out and went
to the scene at double quick time, and
when the miners saw the re-enforce
ments they immediately dispersed.
1., W. Robinson, the general superin
tendent here, was with the police. He
was pulled out of the ear by the men and
beaten by them, while the women spat in
his face, but fortunately he escaped seri
ous injury.
The deputies Were armed with Win
chesters. but the sheriff would not give
the order to fire. The sheriff, who had
charge of the police, received a severe
blow above the left eye from the hands
of one of the women, and was otherwise
badly used up. As soou as he was able
to get out of the mob’s bands he went to
notify the militia.
The greatest excitement prevails at
Adrian, and at 11 o'clock to-night, shots
are being fired at the mine. Two car
loads of new men were this afternoon
taken there. Company B, Fifth jfsgiment,
will go there to-morrow morning to pre
vent any further trouble.
A GALE AT DERTOIT.
Caleb E. Mealy and the Misses Ort
wine Drowned Near Belle Isle.
Detroit, Mich., June 34.—After three
days of excessive heat, a storm came up
this afternoon, during which an inch of
rain fell in twenty-four minutes and a 60-
mile gale blew for half that time. Dur
ing the gale hundreds of trees were up
rooted and two electric light towers were
blown down.
Caleb E. Healy, the inventor of the
Healy Street Car Motor, and his daugh
ters, and two daughters of Capt. Ortwine,
of the fire department, were out in a
steam launch near Belle Isle Park when
the storm broke. The launch was upset
and Mr. Healy and the two Ortwine girls
were drowned, a passing steamer picking
up tho other two girls. There are rumors
that a sailing yacht was upset with five
persons, who are reported drowned, but
up to a late hour to-night there is no veri
fication of this report.
A MERCHANT SHOT DEAD.
Ho Attacked a Town Marshal and
Lost His Life.
Alexandria, La., June 24.—. TANARUS, M. Dufilo,
aged 26 years, town marshal of Boyce, in
this parish, came here this morning and
surrendered himself and was jailed for
having killed in Boyce, this morning, J.
Tom Carnahan, aged 44 years, an old
merchant of that place. The cause
of the trouble between tho men
was the action of Dufilo, as mar
shal, last night, in preventing an
altercation between Carnahan and a coun
tryman, which made Carnahan angry, so
this morning when they met on tho street
Carnahan attacked the marshal and
pulled his pistol. Dufilo also got out his
pistol and in tho rapid exchange of shots
Carnahan was killed and the marshal re
ceived a flesh wound in the arm. Carna
han leaves a wife and six children.
A WATER TOWER FALLS.
A Man Watching the Fire Drill Killed
and the Tower Wrecked.
Columbus, 0., June 24.—At 6 o'clock
this morning, while several companies of
of the city fire department were drilling
on the public square in front of the board
of trade building, the tall water tower,
which had teen extended out too far on
one side, overturned Its truck and fell
with a terrible crash. It struck
a carriage in which James H.
Francis and his wife were sitting
watching the evolutions. Francis was
instantly killed. The carriage was com
pletely wrecked, but Mrs. Francis was
not seriously hurt. The tower had been
recently purchased and was never put
into actual service. It was extended to
the hight of nearly 100 feet at the time
and its weight was about four tons. It
was utterly demolished by the fall.
CAROLINA’S GOVERNORSHIP.
Gov. Tillman’s Brother Decides to
Run for the Office.
Columbia, S. C., June 24.—“ Uncle
George” Tillman, Gov. Tillman's brother,
is said to have positively decided to be a
candidate for governor, and that he has
written a letter to a friend stating that
he will make the race on the straight
democratic platform. The ex-congress
man’s appearance in the campaign will
cause a docided sensation, as on account
of his great ability as a stump speaker,
and his well known popularity, he will
probably upset the plaus of the adminis
tration and pass the home stretch ahead
of the whole menagerie. The news has
lust cropped out here to-night, and it is
said that strenuous efforts are being made
by the administration to prevent his can- ,
didacy. •
ENGLAND’S GRAB IN AFRICA
The Kaiser Induces Britain and Bel
gium to Yield to France.
A Revised Convention to Be Signed
at Brussels Shortly by the Four
Powers Interested Talk of a
Franco-German Alliance to Drive
England Out of Afric A Scandal
in the Army—Opinions Conflict as
to Kotzo’s Alleged Sending of Scur
rilous Letters to Members of tho
Emperor's Entourage.
Berlin, June 24.—Before starting for
Kiel, Emperor William celebrated a little
diplomatic triumph in the settlement of
the dispute over the Anglo-Belgian agree
ment. Ho influenced Belgium and Eng
land to come to terms with France and
thus prepared the way for the pacific con
clusion of tho whole incidont. It lias
been arranged that a revised con
vention shall be signed in Brussels
shortly by tho four powers concerned.
Tho emperor has been reproached on the
one side with pursuing a narrow German
policy, and on the other with showing a
strong English bias, but when the pro
tocols shall bo made public everybody
will see that tho reproaches of both
classes are entirely unjust. The dispute
was settled in harmony with the recog
nized principles of international law and
in the spirit of previous African
treaties. The English dynasty ex
perienced a revorse, and England’s
land grabbing policy must be
laid on the shelf temporarily. However,
tho English government, retaining the
good will of Germany and allaying the
hostility of France, relieved itself of
much painful embarrassment in European
politics. Commander Montell's African
expedition was ordered to start from
Barzzarville on June 21 for the Upper
Übnnghi. It will proceed, but will bo di
vested of its warlike features through a
reduction of the fighting force, and is
likely to becomo a mere exploring party.
HOW THE PRESS LOOKS AT IT.
The readiness of England to abandon
the Anglo-Belgian agreement has been
variously explained. The most likely of
the theories broached hero is that sho
feared the calling of an African confer
ence in which France would make every
effort to introduce the Egyptian question.
The old tory Kreuz Zeiturig. while finding
much fault with the settlement of the
dispute, expresses joy that England hns
received a moral check, and exhorts tho
government to show the same energy in
dealing with the .Samoan question.
France, moreover, is advised to pursue
her own policy in Siam regardless of En
glish schemes.
The details of Doputy Dr. Arendt’s in
terview with the French reporter on
England’s foreign policy have been repro
duced generally by the German press,(and
his plan of a French-German alliance to
drive England out of Africa, not even ex
cepting Egypt, has been the subject of in
numerable leaders.
The Tagblatt says Herr Arendt’s plan
is a pernicious dream. Giving Egypt to
Franco, it says, would never surrender
French claims on Alsace-Ixirraine. He
has caused a sensation by his project’s
uniqueness.
A SCANDAL IN THE ARMY.
The Colmar Zeitung and tho lieichsland,
announced on Friday that Lieuts
Albrecht. Baldinger and Karl Bren
zingor had been convicted of scandalous
conduct. The trial was held in Camera,
in Strassburg. Many other officers were
compromised by the discoveries
which led to the arrest of Lieuts
Baldinger and Brenzinger, but
the majority of them fled to Switzerland.
Tho local newspapers hint that several
commissioned officers in the Strassburg
garrison are in trouble on account of rev
elations made at the trial, and that an
other series of disclosures and arrests is
at hand. These scandals, together with
the Hanover gambling cases, the Farkas
trial and Herr von Katze’s fall, have
afforded tho social democrats and anti-
Semites texts for many reflections on tho
foulness of high society in the empire.
THE YACHTING REGATTA.
The yachting regatta which opened to
day in Kiel will end next Friday. Young
Prince Adalbert, who accompanied his
father to Kiel, will bo presented to the
naval battalion as tho youngest lieutenant
in the German marine service. Deputa
tions from all German ports have gone to
Kiel, but they cannot restore the interest
which the races lost through the with
drawal of all the Danish and several of
tho Swedish yachts. The police, who
provoked this Danish and Swedish boy
cott by excluding Danish actors from the
Schleswig theaters, are severely cen
sured.
Emperor William will start northward
on the Hohenzollorn on July 1. He will
leave behind a superb silver cup to be
givtn to the winner of the international
amateurs' rowing match on July 14. Herr
Klderlen-Waechter. the Prussian minis
ter to Hamburg, will present the enp in
the emperor's behalf.
A CALL ON BISMARCK.
Recently Herr Klderlen-Waechter filled
his official obligation to cull on Prince
Bismark. He remained but a few min
utes at, the castle, and was not urged to
pro.ong his rail. The old chancellor is
said to have shown plainly his belief in
the Kladdordatsch stories that Her Kid
erlen-Waechter had made a business of
prejudicing tho emperor’s mind aguinst
him.
The iron rolling manufacturers of
Silesia proposed recently to the Austrians
in the same business that an Austo-Uer
man iron ring be formed at once for tiie
jieriod IBtt4-’P6, The Austrians assented
to the proposal on condition that the roll
ing mills of all Germany be brought into
tho combination. iThe Westphalian
manufacturers refused on Wednesday to
join the ring, and the whole project has
collapsed.
KOT/.E’S INCARCERATION.
Opinions differ greatly in the rase of
Herr von Kotze, who is in prison, charged
with sending scandalous letters to the
members of the emperor’s entourage.
One court party, in winch are most of
the slandered persbns, maintains that ho
is innocent. An equally Btrong party pro
claims his guilt. The emperor evidently
sides with the latter, for he has refused
all appeals in Herr Kotze's behalf. Ho
lias examined all the documents in tho
case and has declared that the legal in
quiry must proceed without check or
hindrance from anybody.
The Dresden police are expelling all
aliens who are known to be socialists.
During the last week eight such aliens
were taken to the frontier. Several sol
diers who betrayed their social ism bv de
dining to drink boycotted beer at the j
Canteen were arrested.
There are 111 entries for the long dis
tamv bicycle race arranged hi re. Among
the contestants will be the winners of the
Berlin-Vienna and Milan-Munlch races.
RACES ON THE WHEEL.
Zimmerman and Wheeler Win Frizee
at Florence.
Florence, Juno 24.—Arthur Zimmer
man, the American, won tho Indies' prize
at the bicycle tournament here to-day.
Harry Wheeler, American, won the inter
national race, heating both Italian and
German competitors. The Americans
present gave him round after round of
cheers.
a 24-hour race AT PARIS.
Paris, June 24.—The 24-hour bicycle
race for the gold cup was won by Hu ret,
who covered 736 kilometers, 948 meters.
Askinger, the American, was so far be
hind, that he was not placed by the
judges.
A GERMAN FINISHES FIRST.
Vienna, Juno 24.—1n tho Wheelmen's
derby here to-day the German clintnuion,
Is'hn, finished first. Angus Tinnier, of
Pittsburg, l’a , was second in the derby
and wou the handicap over twolvo com
petitors.
ENGLAND’S POSSIBLE KING.
Great Interest in tho Motherhood of
the Duchess of York.
London, June 24.—Thousands of per
sons have stood outside the gate at White
Lodge to-day, scanning tho bulletins con
cerning the Duchess of York and her boy
hab.y, the possible future king. Both
patients aro making satisfactory pro
gress. The sovereigns of Europe havo
telegraphed their congratulations. The
first of tho dispatches came from tho
German emperor.
Kir William Harcourt, with the rest of
the ministers called this morning and di
plomatists, members of tho court, and
tho most conspicuous persons of tho
nobility followed this afternoon.
The ceremony at St. Paul this afternoon
In observance of the occasion was es
pecially impressive. Tho cathodral was
crowded. After the service the great
audience rose and stood silent, while tho
organ played the national anthem. In
most other churches tho birth of the
royal heir was similarly observed.
WALES’ MINE HORROR.
The Number Killed by the Explosion
Placed at 861.
London. June 24.—The further explora
tion of the Pont-y-Pridd mine, in which
an explosion occurred yesterday, has
shown that the disaster was far beyond
anything imagined last night. The number
of dead is 251. The original report, that
only 300 men were in the mlno
at tho time, was duo to a mis
understanding on the part of the
manager, who thought that a shift of
miners had just come up. Many of tho
dead bodies were mangled beyond recog
nition. Crowds of women, who have not
slept since the explosion, still surround
the pit, awaiting news from husbands and
brothers. Exploration of the mine Is
slow and difficult, owing to the blocking
of the galleries with dead horses.
VIENNA’S SOCIALISTS.
Fully 30,000 Turn Out to a Universal
Suffrage Meeting.
Vienna, June 24.—An immense meeting
of socialists was held in tho Prater to
day, it being estimated that fully 25.000
wore present. The object of the meeting
was to declare in favor of universal
suffrage, for which the Austrian working,
men have been waiting for a long time.
The speakers urged that the agitation be
delayed till speaking commenced.
It was the intention of the socialists to
have a procession through the principal
streets of the city, but this was pre
vented by detachments of mounted and
foot police. A slight conflict between tho
would-be paraders and the police occurred
ami two socialists were arrested. Tho
crowd attempted to resist tho police and
the police used their clubs and revolvers
to maintain the peace. Tho crowd sang
a numbor of revolutionary songs but
there was uo serious disturbance.
MOCENNI RESIGNS.
The King Declines to Accept—He
Wants to Fight a Duel.
Romo, June 24. —Gen. Mooenni, minis
ter of war, bus resigned from the cabinet,
but the king has refused to let him retire.
He was insulted by Signor Imbriana, tho
radical leader, during a debate in the
chamber on June 15, ami he wished to be
relieved of his office so as to be free to
challenge Imbriani.
PANIC ON A STEAMER.
An Explosion Kills the Engineer and
Passengers Jump Overboard.
Yonkers, N. Y., June 24.—Tho side
wheel steamer Col. Chester, which left
Williamsburgh with a party of excur
sionists numbering I.OOU or 1,2011 this
morning, is in distress at Stony
Point. The Col. Chester stenmed
up the Hudson to West Point and
was on its return trip. At 7
o'clock to-night, when a short dis
tance south of lonl Island, the steamer’s
engine blew out a slaybolt, instantly
killing the engineer. The explosion
caused the wildest excitement on hoard,
and several passengers Jumped into tho
river. A number of boats were sent out
from the shore, and the unfortunate ex
cursionists were picked up. It is re
ported, however, that three or four per
sons were drowned. Tho passengers
were brought to this city by rail to night.
KILLED WITH A HATCHET.
An Aged Woman of Louisiana Mur
dered by a Robber.
Alexandria, La., June 24.—One of tho
most hosrible murders for robbery ever
committed in this parish occurred last j
night about half a mile from here. Mrs. J
Harriet D. Blackwell, aged 7t> years, was !
beaten to death with a hatchet. She
was drawing a pension as the widow of a
Mexican war veteran. There is no clew
to the murderer.
The Paco That Kills.
Atlanta. Cn., June 24.—Josie Cross, a
young woman living on Thomason street,
committed suicide to-day by taking mor
phine. She Is another victim of the pace
that kills.
Back From Bluefields.
New York. June 24. —The cruiser New
York, from Bluefields, arrived in New !
York harbor this morning. I
DAILY, *lO A YEAR,
S TENTS A copy.
WEEKLY, * TIMES A WEEK, *1 A TEAK.
A TUG GOES TO THE BOTTOM
Twenty-five Lives Lost Off the At
lantic Highlands.
The Tug Over-crowded With a Fishing
Party and is Said to Havs Been Top
heavy, Old and Rotten—A Difference
of Opinion as to the Exact Cause of
Her Foundering.
New York, June24.—The tug Jamea D.
Nichols, owued by William Reeves of
87th street, this city, foundered off the
Atlantic Highlands shortly before 1
o’clock this afternoon. The Nichols had
on board a party of excursionists number
ing 68 persons, and also a carried a craw
of five men. As near as can be learned
at this writing 48 persons were
rescued by the steamer Algonquin of the
Clydo line and the tugs Governor, Wal
lace B. Flynn and R. J. Moran. This
leaves twenty five persons unaccounted
for, and those have probaoly boen *
drowned. The names of the victims
have not all boon learned yet, and it will
probably bo several days before a com
plete list of tho dead can be gathered.
ON A FISHING FROLIC.
The tug Nichols was chartered by an
association known as tho Herring Fishing
Club, whose headquarters nro at No. 55,
First avenue, this city. Tho tug, with
the party on board, left the foot of Sixth
street, East river, this morning at 7:30
o’clock. She stopped at l’ler 3on hor
way to the fishing grounds, and off Sea
bright, where several moro persons were
taken on board, making 68 in all.
The fishing was Indifferent and the
weather threatening, and tho tug startod
homeward.
CAUSE OF THE ACCIDENT.
Stories differ as to what hapi>oned on
board the tug. According to one chaptor
of tho narrative, tho fishermen, to avoid
getting wet, moved around on tho dry
side of the vessel—that is, the sido where
tho waves did not strike with such force.
It is claimed by some that this action on
the part of tho passengers resulted In the
foundering of tho vessel.
With the increased weight on one side
sho toppled over, and the water ran into
her to such an extent that It was there
after Impossible to navigate her. She
struggled for a short distance, and then,
ns tho water continued to run Into her,
she sunk further and further into the
swells and went down.
SAID TO HAVE HERN OLD AND ROTTEN.
By others It is claimed that the shifting
of the passengers had nothing to do with
the ncoider.t. Theso alloge that the tug
was an old and rotten affair; that she
was terribly overcrowded and conse
quently top-heavy, aud that when she got
Into tho heavy sea shesimply turned over,
Sho blew hor whistle and attracted at
tentlon on board of the steamer Algon
quin, which was a mile away. The Al
gonquin lowered a life boat, but the tug
sank before either the life boat or tho
tugs named came up. As she sank out of
sight the top of the wheel house, together
with a raft and a life boat, remained
floating on the water.
ESCAPE OF THE SURVIVORS.
To every particle of wreckage clung one
or moro of the remaining throng. Tho
life raft was the most sought for, and
those who were so fortunate as to mako
it wore saved.
Tho tug’s lifeboat was found afloat, but
full of water. In it was the body of %
drowned man tangled up in the lines.
The water was so rough that tho Algon.
quin made no attempt to pick up her life
boat, but gave it a line and towed it*
astern until quarantine was reached.
TARSNEY AT HOME.
The Adjutant General Not Much the
Worse for His Adventure.
Denver, June 24.—Adjt. Gen. TarsnejF
is safe at home, and not much the worso
for his adventure with the masked men.
He has some blisters, caused by the too
liberal use of coal oil to free him from tha
tar, but lifi will suffer no serious harm.
When he was turned loose after the tar
and feathers had been applied
his face was turned toward Palmer Lako
and he was told never to show his face in
Cripple Creek or Colorado Springs agaiu.
He walked 14 miles before lie applied for
aid at a ranch house. Help was promptly
given him. After the tar was removed a
man who had been one of the Crippia
Creek deputies took him to Palmer I-aka
in Ills buggy, and thence he same by rad
to Denver.
AN INIGO NATION MEETING.
Denver, Colo., June 24,11:20 p. m.—A.
mass meeting of about 50.000 people was
held in the city to-day to condemn the in
dignities heaped on Adjt. Gen. Tarsney at
Colorado Springs. Gov. Waito was re
ceived with applause, and when he gave
his viewsof the outrage the crowd cheered
loudly and cried "Give It to them.” Reso
lutions were adopted condemning the
perpetrators, and declaring that if tho
peace officers of Colorado Springs did
not act, some means would bo made to
bring the miscreants to justice. Gor.
Waite will issue a proclamation to-mor
row. Adjt. Gen. Tarsney was very weak
to-day und still suffers from his adven
ture. A story is current that five depu
ties went to Denver nnd returned tli*
following day from tno south after Adjt,
Gon. Tarsncy's adventure.
SIMMS ROT T’S SHORTAGE.
The Commission Examining Hi*
Accounts Puts It at 925,000.
Chicago, June 24.—The accounts of W.
A. Simmsrott, ex-secretary and treasurer
of the Switchmen's Mutual Aid Associa
tion, examined by a special committee,
was concluded yesterday, it is said tha
result shows a deficit of about 925,000, al
though the committee refuse to say tha*
there is any shortage. It is known ims
itively, however, that the accounts were
found in had shape. Simmsrott is still
under inodical attendance, and it has not
been decided what course to pursua
toward him.
Evans Carried Stewart.
Atlanta, Ga., June 24.—Official returns
from Stewart county give it to Gen.
Evaus by 1)0. Stewart is the general’*
native county. It was reported for At
kinson yesterday. Aticiuson carried *
portion of tiie county. Returns from last
Friday s primary have only been routlived
to-night.