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THE MORNING NEWS. A
Established 1850. - - Incorporated 1888. V
J. H. ESTILL, President. J
turkey still in trouble.
HV.tB SPECKS AGAIXT APPEAR ON
THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Bulgarians Restless and Turkish
Troops Concentrated on the Fron
tier—Russia. Cheeks Turkish Plans
for Strengthening the Fortiflea
tlona Along the Bosphorus hy
Threatening to Coll tor the Cnpald
portion of the Russo-Tnrkish War
Indemnity— Austria Also Has a
Grievance.
London, Nov. 15.—The usually well-in
formed Vienna correspondent of the Times
ea vs: "The final treaty of peace between
Turkey and Greece has not yet been sign,
ed and the negotiations of the powers with
respect to autonomy for Crete have hard
ly emerged from the initial stage when al
ready there are disquieting symptoms in
the Balkans. The relations between Bul
garia and the porte are strained. The
sultan is preparing for all eventualities,
end 100,000 Turkish soldiers are echeloned
on the Bulgarian frontier, armed with
Mauser rifles and amply provided with
horses and guns. 'Servia, of course, would
be implicated In any complications in con
nection with Macedonia; while recent ac
counts from Albania report signs of grow
ing unrest.
“On the whole, the outlook in the east is
in no wise reassuring.’’
RUSSIA TO KEEP TURKEY WEAK.
The Unpaid War Indemnity Held
Over the Head of the Porte.
Constantinople, Nov. 14.—1n connection
with the announcement just made by the
Russian embassy to the Turkish govern
ment that Russia will demand the unpaid
arrears of the Russo-Turkish war Indem
nity if the porte applies any part of the
Greek war indemnity to an increase of
Turkish armanents, it is now pointed out
that when, some time ago, Gen. Briall
mont submitted to the porte plans for arm
ing the forts at the entrance of the Bos
phorus, Russia intimated that she would
consider this a hostile act. In deference
to the intimation then given the porte
abandoned the Bosphorus scheme.
Russia’s attitude with respect to the
present plans for reorganizing the Turk
ish navy is considered here a logical re
sult of her recent policy to keep Turkey
Weak.
AUSTRIA AFTER THE PORTE.
Dismissal of the Officials and Salute
of the Flag Demanded.
Constantinople, Nov. 14.—Baron de Ca
lice, the Austro-Hungarian ambassador to
the porte, has demanded the dismissal
of the vali of Adana, Asia Minor, and of
the Mutessarif of Mersina, the porte of
Adana, the two officials responsible for
the recent indignity to the Austrian mer
chant Brazzafolli, agent at Mersina
of the Austrian-Lloyd Steamship Com
pany. He has also demanded a salute to
the Austrian flag. In the event of a fail
ure to comply with both demands, Baron
de Calice will quit Constantinople on
Thursday next.
According to dispatches to the Asso
ciated Press last Thursday the seml-oifi
cial Fremdenblatt announced that day that
‘‘a noticeable coolness" between the Aus
trian embassy at Constantinople and the
porto had resulted from the high-handed
action of the local authorities of Mersina
toward tho agent at that port of the Aus
trian Lloyd Steamship Company, a mer
chant named Brazzafolli. It appears that
he first incurred Turkish suspicion of po
litical intrigue by befriending fugitive Ar
menians and giving the most necessitous
cheap passages by the Austrian-Lloyd
•Steamship Company's vessels. Last month
the Turkish authorities expelled him
from Mersina. The Austrian government
protested, whereupon the porte allowed
Brazzafolli to return to Mersina. When
he came to land the local Turkish officials
maltreated him; not content with that
they also insulted the Austrian consul,
who intervened on his behalf. Austria
immediately sent a strong note to the
Turkish government, demanding an ex
planation. The note was followed up by
orders to the Austrian cruiser Leopard to
proceed to Mersina to protect the Austrian
consulate and the Christians at that port.
MOURNING IN MAJORCA.
The Bishop Who Excommunicated
Sonor J, Navarro Reverter.
Madrid, Nov. 14.—The bishop of the
diocese of Majorca, Balearic Isles, who,
last September, ex-communicated Senor J.
Navarro Reverter, minister of finance in
the cabinet of Gen. Marcelo de Azcarraga,
for an alleged conversion of church prop
erty to governmental uses, is dead.
The act of ex-communication above men
tioned, with the friction it entailed be
tween the ecleslastical and political au
thorities, was believed at the time to be a
prominent factor in hastening the fall of
the Azcarraga ministry, which resigned
ot Sept. 29 last. The bishop of Majorca
issued the decree of ex-communicatlon in
deliunce of tho order of the archbishop to
the contrary; and it was read in all the
churches of the diocese on Sept. 19. Sev
eral influential prelates, however, ap
pioved (he course of the bishop, and their
attitude in the matter being absolutely op-
PO fr] to that of all the members of the
cabinet, who appealed to the pope against
the decree through the papal nuncio at
Madrid, raised a complicated issue. The
cablnet relied upon the dictum of the
nuncio that the bishop had no jurisdiction
0V( r the minister, and upon his further
assurance that the pope would undoubted
y censure the bishop. The fact that the
iat;er was a notorious sympathizer with
tne Carlist movement greatly aggravated
le situation. Eventually the Vatican ln-
Ermed the Spanish government that the
enurch would not withdraw the ex-oom
unleation unless it should be proved that
property alleged to have been confls
att,d did not belong to the church.
CARE OF RECONCENTRADOS.
The Governor General to Issue ail
Edict on the Subject.
Havana, Nov. 14.—The Gazette will pub
lish to-morrow an edict of the governor
general, with respect to the supply of food
to reconcentrados and the treatment of
those discharged as cured from the hos
pitals. This will state that it is Impossi
ble to annul at once the edict of concen
tration, as most of those affected by it
are homeless and destitute of means of
earning a livelihood, so that their condi
tion would be made worse by an immedi
ate annulment. It is, therefore, necessary,
the edict will declare, to proceed with
great care.
Those having property will be at liberty
to return to the country district after ob
taining permits from the local authorities.
Property owners will be at liberty to pro
vide themselves with the means of de
fense, and to use the revolver and the
machete to protect themselves, provided
they have previously obtained a license.
Such reconcentrados as are absolutely
destitute will remain in the towns, under
the protection of local bureaus of charity,
assisted by a state fund. A Junta of assist
ance will be formed at once with branches
in the prinicpal towns under the direction
of prominent people, and full protection
will be extended to insurgents to surren
der.
FILIBUSTERS MAKE A LANDING.
Last Expedition to Cuba Reported
Successful.
Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 14.—Three pas
sengers on the steamer Mascotte, just in
at Port Tampa from Cuba, report a suc
cessful landing of the last filibustering ex
pedition. They were of the filibustering
party, but refuse to give any details.
EXPORTATION OF TOBACCO,
Gen, Woodford Interviews Moret
Concerning the Prohibition.
Madrid, Nov. 14.—Gen. Stewart L. Wood
ford, the United States minister, had a
conference to-day with Senor Moret, the
minister for the colonies, and discussed
with him the prohibition of the export of
tobacco from Cuba.
London, Nov. 15.—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Daily Mail says: "Senor
Moret, minister of the colonies, has prom
ised Gen. Woodford to study the tobacco
prohibition carefully, and to-day he cabled
Marshal Blanco for information on the
subject. In view of the improving rela
tions between Spain and the United States,
Senor Moret is inclined to grant Gen.
Woodford's request."
GEN. LEE REACHES HAVANA.
Insurgents Dynamite a Train on the
Line to Sanctl Spiritns.
Havana, Nov. 14.—Consul General Fltz
hugh Lee and Walter B. Parker, United
States consul at Sagua la Grande, arrived
this afternoon on the Ward line steamer
Seguranca. They were welcomed by a
large company of friends.
The Insurgents dynamited a train on the
line to Sancti Spiritus. Several cars were
demolished, but only two persons were
injured.
The Insurgents attempted to enter the
town of San Juan Yeras, province of
Santa Clara. They succeeded in reaching
the outskirts, but, according to the official
account, the garrison repelled them, kill
ing eight, whose bodies were left in the
streets. Several of the Inhabitants were
wounded.
AUTONOMY DELAYED.
Publication of Decree Postponed to
Nov. 25.
London, Nov. 15,—The Madrid corre
spondent of the Standard says: "At the
request of Marshal Blanco the govern
ment has postponed to Nov. 25 the publi
cation of the decrees of autonomy for the
West Indies. This is with a view of ga
zetting all the reforms at the same time,
and of allowing Marshal Blanco, mean
while, to push operations against the in
surgents, and to complete the reorganiza
tion of the colony.”
Weyler Not to Be Welcomed.
Madrid, Nov. 14.—According to a dis
patch from Corunna, the partisans of
Lieut. Gen. Weyler have abandoned the
idea of a demonstration in his favor on
the arrival of the Montserrat.
JOCKEY SLOANE IN FAVOR.
The London Referee Speaks in High
Terms of Ills Biding.
London, Nov. 15.—The Referee, which Is
considered one of the highest sporting
authorities in England, pays a great com
pliment to-day to Tod Sloane, the Ameri
can jockey. It says: "At the present mo
ment we do not think we have a more
popular personage on the turf than little
Sloane. If the little American goes on
doing as well as he has been doing we
shall probably have a school of imitators
spring up. His method Is superior to
English, but only prolonged experience
and a comparison of the two styles can
determine which pays better.
"'At both meetings last week Sloane dis
tinguished himself, and he has become
such, a factor among the racing constitu
ency that he now has a strong following
in the market, while his services are
much sought by owners and trainers.
Whatever may be the merits of his style,
there is no gainsaying that he possesses
the art of jumping horses oft quickly,
and also of keeping them going straight,
which is more than many can do.
“It is said that he will lay himself out
next year and go in for the best returns
in winning mounts. If so, he starts with
a great pull, as he can ride boy’s weight,
and can command a far greater number
of mounts than any of the top—Sawyers."
CROPS IN SOUTH AMERICA.
Dainnge hy Frost In Argentine.
Large Yield In Chile.
London, Nov. 15.—A dispatch to the
Times from Buenos Ayres says that frost
has damaged the harvest in the Argentine
at least ten per cent.
The correspondent of the Times at Val
paraiso, Chile, says that the harvest of
cereals will be a third greater than it was
last year, while crops of all kinds promise
above the average.
SAVANNAH, GA.. MONDAY. NOVFAIBER 15, ISO 7.
FIERCE FIGHT WITH FIRE.
FIFTY MINERS NARROWLY ESCAPE
LOSING THEIR LIVES.
The Rinse SOO Feet Below the Sur
face In the Smugglrr Mine Near
Aspen— I The Fire at Present Confin
ed to a Big Crib Containing Thou
sands of Cords of Dry Timber— The
Shaft Full of Dendly Gas and
Forty Men Overcome hy Its Fumes.
Denver, Col., Nov. 14.—A special to the
Republican from Aspen, Col., says: “A
fire that bids fair to close down every big
mine in the camp is raging in the eighth
level of the Smuggler mine. The cause
of the catastrophe is supposed to be spon
taneous combustion, although there are a
few who are inclined to the theory that a
careless miner and a candle are respon
sible. So far the fire is confined to a large
crib and is burning at a point about 800
feet below the surface. This crib is eighty
feet wide, 164 feet long and 300 feet high.
It contains many thousands of cords of
dry timber. .So far as known these tim
bers have not broken into a blaze, but the
supposition is that the entire base of the
crib is burning.
“All efforts to reach the fire
have proven unsuccessful, and
an attempt to place bulkheads In the con
nection came near losing the lives of some
fifty men. Over forty of those were so
overcome by the deadly gas that for a
time their lives were despaired of.
"The burning crib is located about thirty
feet from the Mollie Gibson and the Smug
gler-Mollie connection furnished draft for
the fire. The Mollie Gibson people at
tempted to bulkhead their connections, but
came near losing a number of men. At
one time twelve unconscious miners were
hoisted from the mine and stretched on
the shaft house floor. Shortly thereafter
six more were hoisted out in almost as
serious a condition. Although physicians
were on the ground, It took the energetic
and vigorous efforts of all the bystanders
to bring these men around within three
quarters of an hour. A miner named EM
Hodgson, while in a dazed condition, fell
down an ore chute and sustained serious
injuries.
At 10:30 Manager Hallette, Master Me
chanic Carsons and Cageman Wright
made a trip into the burning mine through
the free silver shaft. Although under
ground less than fifteen minutes, they
were all overcome by gas and had a mi
raculous escape from death.
‘'Manager Hallette, when asked as to
the prospect of saving the burning mine,
said: There are two possible chances. One
Is that the fire can be extinguished by
steam, which we will force In from below;
the other that the fire will soon consume
the crib and cause a cave-in sufficiently
large to smother the flames. There Is no
danger of the gas causing an explosion.
Flooding the property will probably not
be resorted to, although conditions may
arise that will make it unavoidable. To
flood the mines means the drowning out
of all the big mines in the camp.’
A force of men are at work putting in
a steam line in the eighth level. Manager
Hallette states that he ex
pects to have this in oper
ation by 5 o'clock to-morrow morn
ing. Should the disaster prove as far
reaching as It is generally supposed to
night, Aspen, as a mining camp, will be
seldom heard from until silver reaches a
figure far beyond its present value."
NEWBOLD AT COLUMBIA.
He Is In Hiding, and the Governor
Probably Known Where.
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.—Chief Detec
tive Newbold is In Columbia, but Just
where cannot be ascertained. He came
last night from Wlnnsboro, thirty mllesi
in a private conveyance with ex-Consta
ble Stevenson. Chief of Police Daiy spot
ted the carriage leaving the governor’s
mansion, but Stevenson was the only oc
cupant. Gov. Ellerbe refuses any infor
mation. Newbold is not in jail or at the
penitentiary. Stevenson admits coming
here with him, but will talk no further.
It is understood Newbold called on Ste
venson, asking his company to Columbia,
and said that, being a state officer, he
wished to surrender to the governor, but
on condition that he should not go back
to Spartanburg or be indicted by the grand
jury now sitting there. He,fears lynching.
MARTIAL LAW IN BRAZIL.
Evidence of a Political Conspiracy
Increasing.
London, tNov. 15.—A dispatch to the
Times from Rio Janeiro says President
Moraes has issued a decree establishing
martial law for a period of thirty days.
The evidence of a political conspiracy in
connection with the recent attempt to'as
sassinate the president is increasing. The
city, however, is quiet and public opinion
supports the course of the executive. The
prefect of police, who is a prominent
Jacobin, has resigned. The police prohibit
the gathering of people in the streets. All
things considered the situation is improv
ing.
SCHWARZ-KAPPEN RECALLED.
Action Tukcn to Lessen nn Increas
ingly Dangerous Situation.
London, Nov. 15.—The Rome correspond
ent of the Dally Mall says: "A high of
ficer informs me that the recent recall of
Col. Schwarz-Kappen, military attache of
the German embassy at Paris, has vital
significance. It was due to the direct in
tervention of Emperor William, in order to
lessen an increasingly dangerous situation,
Col.Schwarz-Kappen being the person who
negotiated the purchases of the secret doc
uments which led to the condemnation of
Capt. Dreyfus."
MAIL CARRIER HELD UP.
A Lone Highwayman Gets Away
With 9-1,000 In Idaho.
Warren, Idaho, Nov. 14.—The mall car
rier was held up here by a lone highway
man and ordered to dismount from his
horse. The carrier was then told to cut
the mail sack open, which he did, and the
robber took'all the registered mall and
letters. There was about *4,000 In cash. A
sheriff’s posse of tea men Immediately set
out in pursuit.
PLATT ON LOW’S H ICE.
Senator Snys Ills Party Tried in Vatu
to Bring About Union.
New York, Nov. 14,—Senator Thomas C.
Plait to-night gave out tho following
statement:
"It is the plain purpose of those repub
lican fuctionists, who, failing in every ef
fort repeatedly made, to control the re
publican organization, projected Seth Low
into the municipal campaign, thereby di
viding the anti-Tammany vole, to force
into the public mind the impression that
the responsibility for this division attaches
not to them, but to the republican organi
zation, and, Just as during the campaign
they stopped at no act of treachery in
order to create dissension, so now they
are hesitating at no falsehood or calumny
in order to promote it and keep it alive.
'The* malicious misrepresentations of
these incurable factionisis must not go un
challenged. No fair-minded republican,
who will allow his mind to go back over
the events of the last six months, can fall
to remember that the attitude of the re
publican organization up to the very last
moment at which the law permitted a
nominating certificate to be filed, was
mucji more than favorable to a union with
the citizens organization. Fair-Minded
men will reme|nber that when
Mr. Quigg uafumed the pres
idency of the A county committee
he made the offer of union distinctly and
in terms. They will remember that his
offer was distinctly refused by those to
whom it was addressed. They will re
member, indeed, that when the Citizen's
union organized it adopted a platform
which was intended to commit its mem
bers to the 'go-lt-alone policy.' This plat
form denied the relation of a national po
litical party to municipal affairs. It chal
lenged the right of the republican party
to make a republican nomination. It placed
on the doctrine of ‘non-partisanship' a
new interpretation and one which forbade
the possibility of cO-operation betweeen
the republican party.and the Citizens’ un
ion.
“This was done, we must remember,
away back in the campaign and before the
average citizen had began to consider
what his political course should be. No
body paid any attention at the time, for
nobody supposed It could moan that the
citizens were going deliberately to work to
defeat themselves or that they could ob
tain a candidate who would stand with
them in such a suicidal policy.
“The republican leaders, however, who
had had long experiences, both of the im
practical political theorists who had de
vised this folloy, and of the republican
factionisis who were expected to advo
cate It, perceived its significance and the
perilous situation to which it was bound
to lead. It anticipated everything which
the republic* n party"woiud do to secure a
union, and repudiated all in advance. It
demanded the unconditional surrender of
the republican party, not simply to object
tionable candidates, but to impossible plat
forms. It demanded that the republican
party must say that in municipal affairs
it would not allow itself to be the republi
can party and would assert no right to
make nominations or define policies.
“The republican leaders met an insolent
challenge without bitterness and resent
ment. They found no fault with the can
didate whom the citizens union picked out
as the expression of its purposes and ideas.
They do not now deny regarding him as
practically the sort of a man he has turn
ed out to be—a vainglorious, self-seeker,
masquerading as a republican, but willing
at any time to wreck the republican ship
on the ledge of his own ambition.
"The republican leaders do not deny that
they were then opposed to the candidacy
of 9eth Low, but they allowed their oppo
sition to take no definite or Irritating
shape. They simply insisted that the re
publican party did have a Just and inevit
able relation to municipal affairs; that it
did have the right to nominate and that it
must exercise that right; that the views
and wishes of its adherents were entitled
to consideration, and that there ought to
be a union between the citizens organiza
tion and the republican party, but that it
ought to be an honorable, friendly, equit
able union, under the terms of which both
should have a voice in choosing candidates
and in defining policies,
"This was the exact state of things up
to the time when the republican county
committee adopted Commissioner Collis’
resolution inviting all the anti-Tammany
organizations into a conference in order
that a day might be fixed when they
should all hold their nominating conven
tions so that ready conference and har
monius action might be assured.
‘The citizens union refused to partici
pate in this union, and frankly assigned
as its reason the fact that it was com
mitted to the ‘go-it-alone’ policy. Can
any honest man, in the face of that fact,
charge the responsibility for disunion up
on the republican party? Does not every
honest man know that if the citizens un
ion had gone into the proposed conference,
united action would have been inevitable?
It Is not plain enough that the republi
cans could not possibly have broken up or
have allowed to be broken up, a confer
ence which they themselves had origi
nated?
“The republican organization in New
York and in the city of New York, no
less than in the country districts, is still
powerful, earnest and devoted. In the
menace of another Bryonite campaign
factional controversies will soon be for
gotten and republicans will be republi
cans again."
EXPERTS IN BACTERIOLOGY.
Amcrlenn Public Health Associa
tion's Committee In Washington.
Washington, Nov. 14.—Drs. S. R. 0111-,
phant, president of the Louisiana state
board of health, Samuel H. Durgln of
Boston, and A. H. Doty of New York are
in the city. They are members of the com
mittee appointed at the recent meeting of
the American Public Health Association
to urge tho President to recommend to con
gress the appointment of a commission of
expert bacteriologists to visit Havana, and
make a thorough study of the cause, treat
ment and means for the prevention of yel
low fever. The committee will wait on tho
President to-morrow.
NEGRO MURDERER LYNCHED,
The Lynchers Prominent Citizens of
Osceola, Ark,
Osceola, Ark., Nov. 14.—Henry Phillips,
alias "Doc” Jones, a negro, a self-con
fessed murderer and moonshiner, was
lynched In the court yard here at mid
night last night by a mob composed of
prominent citizens of this town and the
surrounding country. The direct cause of
the lynching was the murder of a mer
chant near here by Phillips a lew days
ago.
REDSKINS DIE IN THE ROPE.
LYNCHERS STRING BP A TRIO Poll
A NE.YTI I'l.lO Ml RUHR.
One of the Indian* ConfoKne* Tlint
Two Ollier* llcKlilen Tho*e I<Jiif l li
etl YVere Implicated In the Murder.
The Avenger* Enter the Jail at
Midnight and Compel the Jailer to
Deliver the Key*—The Indiana
DriiKvrd From Their Celia With
Hopes Aronnrt Their Necks.
Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 14.—Alexander
Coudot, an Indian halflbreed; Paul Holy
track und Philip Ireland, full blooded In
dians, the first of whom was sentenced to
death for the. murder of si* members of
the Spicer family last Friday, and had
Just been granted a new trial by the su
preme court, and the latter two self-con
fessed accessories in the murder, were
taken from the county Jail in Emmons
county last night and lynched. The lynch
ing had been apparently coolly planned,
and was carried out without a break in
the programme. Williamsport, where the
hanging took place, Is about forty miles
from this city, and off the railroad. The
news of the hanging was received here this
afternoon, when a mounted messenger ar
rived and announced that three men had
been lynched. The sheriff of the county,
■Peter iShler, was in this city at the time
the hanging occurred. The men
had been In charge of Deputy
Sheriff Tom Gallagher, and they were
taken from the control and hanged to a
beef windlass, several yards from the Jail,
where their bodies were left swinging to
the breeze during the day.
There were about forty men concerned
In the lynching. They rode into Williams
port on horseback late at night and teth
ered their horses a short distance from
the city that they might Becure them
again after the deed was done. The Jail
In which the prisoners were confined Is a
substantial stone structure and was In
charge of Deputy Sheriff Kelly. Since
the confinement of the prisoners therein
so great has been the fear that they might
escape In some way that one man has
watched all night within the Jail and last
night Kelly was on guurd. There was a
meeting of the Lodge of Woodmen In ft
building near the Jail, und as Kelly was
a member he expected to meet some of
the members of the lodge after the assem
bly had adjourned. To while away the
time he was pacing up and down In front
of the cells where the murderers were con
fined.
About 2 o'clock in the morning there was
A rap on the door of the jail. Kelly arose
quickly and turned the key In the lock,
thinking that the persons he expected to
meet had arrived.
No sooner had he opened the doors than
the mob crowded into the corridors. All
of them were masked and the leaders car
ried ropes purchased for the occasion. The
lynchers were quiet, but determined. The
leaders presented a revolver at the head of
the deputy sheriff and told him they want
ed his prisonei sand demanded that he
open the cells in which they were com
fined. Kelly demurred, but saw that re
sistance was useless and unlocked the
cells.' n
Two of the prisoners were locked up to
gether and the other in ft separate cell.
They had been aroused from sleep by the
entrance of the men and sat up half awake
and trembling with terror. Holytrack and
Ireland were dragged from their beds,
ropes were fastened about their necks and
they were pulled out on the ground and
told to prepare for death. The men were
then taken to a huge beef windlass which
had been erected to suspend the carcasses
of slaughtered beeves and strung up on a
cross beam. Coudot was the first man to
be hanged. It is reported that he was
asked before he was hanged whether
Blackhawk and Defender had also been
concerned in the murder for which he was
about to die. He answered that they had
been. Holytrack and Ireland was so
nearly unconscious from the effects of the
dragging that they did not realize what
was about to happen when the ropes about
their necks were tossed over the beam.
They were unable to stand and were slow
ly raised from the ground on which they
lay until their bodies swung in the air and
dangled from the windlass with that of
Coudot. The mob then disappeared.
AN EDITOR STARRED TO DEATH.
Disagreement About a Notice of a
Lectnre Cause* n. Tragedy.
Hot Springs, Miss., Nov. 14.—At Ashland,
an inland town twenty miles west of here,
W. H. Harrison, editor of the Ashland
Register, was stubbed to death last even
ing by J. L. McDonald. The two men had
some words about a notice in the paper of
an npproachlng lecture. McDonald charg
ed that had the orator been a Methodist
instead of a Baptist, the notice would have
been more extended. Harrison replied
through his paper in a way that incensed
McDonald and the tragedy resulted. Mc-
Donald, who is highly connected, is In jail.
HAZLETON SHOOTING CONDEMNED.
Executive Committee of the Torn
bund I’OMra Resolution*.
Cincinnati, 0., Nov. 14.—The executive
committee of the North American Turn
bund to-day passed resolutions condemn
ing the recent shooting of striking miners
at Hazleton, Pa., by a posse under com
mand of Sheriff Martin and calling for the
punishment of She sheriff and his deputies.
JlI RDEH ON A TRAIN.
Negroes Indulge In the Canal Row
on an Excursion,
Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 14.—The negroes of
Covington to-day went on an excursion to
Newborn. A tow occurred during the trip,
Iri which half a dozen negroes toqk part.
Pistols and razors were drawn. One man
was killed. The name of slayer or victim
Is not given.
STRANGLED IN Hl! S l SPE ND EH N.
Lending Farmer In South Carolina
Commit* Suicide,
Columbia, S. C., Nov. 14.—Ira Lee, one
pt the leading farmers In Oconee, strangled
himself on hia farm yesterday by twisting
his suspenders around lug neck. He had
1 been In bad health.
THORN'S BLOODY SAW.
Mr*. Nnck Taken to the Spot Where
It I* Supposed to He Burled.
New York. Nov. 15.—Mrs. Nack was
taken from the Queens county jail early
this morning, and for the first time since
she was removed to Long Island City
from the Tombs, left tho court house
buildings. She went to corroborate a part
of her confession, nnl to-morrow the au
thorities hope to be able to locate the saw
with which it is claimed Thorn dismem
bered the body of Guldensuppe. The par
ty drove out Jackson avenue and through
Woodslde (but not near the now notorious
cottage on Second street, where the mur
der occurred), on through Corona and
Flushing to a point between Flushing and
College Point, known as College Hill. In
her confession Mrs. Naek had Indicated
that us tlie locality in which the saw was
buried. She thought she could find the
spot, and when taken there Indicated the
vicinity. She was not sure of the exact
place where the saw was interred, but
was sure she was able to tell within a few
feet. When the spot was located as near
ly as possible, the three re-entered the
coach and it was driven back to Long Is
land City.
The driver made a detour this time to
avoid going within sight of Ute cottage, os
It was now daylight and the cottage might
have been seen in the distance?. The coach
soon reached the Jail, and Mrs. Naek re
turned to her cell. No effort was made to
day to recover the saw. Digging will be
commend'd to-morrow. According to Mrs.
Nack it la but a short distance below the
surface.
Later In the day, Itev. Dr. Miles visited
Mrs. Nack and prayrd with her.
The identification of Martin Thorn as a
former convict by a keeper from Moya
mensing prison, Philadelphia, Saturday, it
was stated at the court house in Long
Island city to-night caused District At
torneys Youngs to take a sudden journey
to Philadelphia. It was also announced
that Detective Methven has left to Join Mr.
Youngs and work on the new feature of
the case.
None of tho official* would say, in the
absence of Mr. Youngs, what tho develop
ments were that Induced the district at
torney to give the matter his personal at
tention. It was believed that Thorn’s rec
ord as a convict, as revealed by the Moya
mensing keeper, consisted merely of a
short term for the theft of a diamond pin
•from a customer In his burlier shop. Ho
was known ns "Thornlnsky."
Mr. Youngs said he expected to
ho gone only two days. He
thinks he can finish Thorn's trial
very quickly. Tho work of get
ting the jury will begin a week from (Mon
day. He expects to have twelve men In
the jury box by Tuesday, and to have a,
considerable portion of the testimony in
before tha adjournment for Thanksgiving.
MONTGOMERY'S MISSION.
The Aged Negro From Atlanta Now
nt the National Capital.
Washington, Nov. 14.—01d Uncle Andrew
Montgomery, bowed down by the weight
of one hundred and three years, has come
to Washington from Georgia to ask the
President to help him build a home for
aged negroes in the south. He arrived
hero Suturday morning and will remain
about a week before going to other cities
in the north, where he will ask donations
for his home. Gen. Longstreet will intro
duce him to the President to-morrow.
Tlis mission Is dangerous for one of his
age, nnd his friends in Atlanta tried to
dissuade him from the task, but they could
not move him to give up the work which
he thinks God had preserved for him to ac
complish. He will travel all through the
northern states, and if the weather per
mits and his health does not succumb to
the severe climate of the north, he will
push on under the direction of his young
friend, Nat Seals of New England Several
years ago, he conceived the idea of build
ing a home for Indigent ex-slaves In the
place of the squalid little house now used
for that purpose in Atlanta. He has no
definite plan made out, but It never occurs
to him that he will fall.
All his young masters live in Atlanta.
They have eared for the old ex : slave, for
they are people of means, and when he
took up the Idea of building a home they
could not persuade him to stay at home.
He comes with letters from prominent
people In Atlanta and throughout Geor
gia. Many preachers have Indorsed the
work he has undertaken.
ANACONDA KILLS A PONY,
First Crushed in Several of a Watch
man’s Ribs,
Philadelphia, Pa., Nov. 14.—<A huge ana
conda, on exhibition in a museum here,
to-day severely injured Samuel Masher,
the museum watchman, and crushed to
death a valuable trick pony.
The pony was tied to a feed box, along
side the anaconda’s cage. Masher saw
that the reptile had worked one of the
boards of Us cage loose and had stretched
Its tall out a short distance. He pushed
the board back believing the anaconda
would pul! within the cage again. Instead
It wriggled out and wrapped itself several
times about Masher. The latter screamed
for help, and the pony, frightened by the
big reptile, began Jumping about. This
probably saved Masher’s life, for the rep
tile unwound Itself from him and com
pletely encircled the pony.
Masher fell to the floor unconscious,
while the big snake continued to crush the
pony until life was extinct. When a num
ber of the employes reached the scene the
snake had begun to unwind Itself and ap
peared to be getting ready for more tight.
The men kept aloof until a lasso had been
obtained and the anaconda finally made
secure. Several of Masher’s ribs were
broken, and he was removed to a hospital.
AHMV OFFICERS IN SCHOOLS.
MaJ. Gen. Miles Think* Such Details
Are Too Numerous,
Washington, Nov. 14.—Adjt. Gen. Breck,
In his report to MaJ. Gen. Miles, calls at
tention to the heavy draft that Is made
on the effective strength of the army by
detailing officers to colleges and military
schools, and suggests that there be no
Increase in this direction. He says the
services of artillery officers are much
needed In their regular duties.
Langston’s Condition Unchanged.
Washington, Nov. 14 —'The condition of
John M. Langston of Virginia, who Is 111
at his home here, was unchanged this
, evening.
DAILY, *lO A YEAR.
R CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES-A-WEEK *1 A YEAR
POSTAL SAVINGS BANK PLAN.
GARY MAKES IT THE FEATURE OF
HIS ANNUAL REPORT.
The Time Looked I |in as Ripe foe
the E*tn lil l-li men t art the Deposi
tories—Million* of Dollar* Now
Secreted Would Fitful Their Way
Into the Channel* of Hu*lne*.
Would Also Tend to Better Citizen
*lii| and Develop Practical and
Enduring Palrlotls/m.
Washington, Nov. 14.—The first annual
feport of Postmaster General James A.
Gary to the President was made publio
to-night. Its feature is the strong ad
vocacy of the postal savings depositories,
u scheme over which Postmaster General
Gary has worked for many months In tha
formulntion of plans to present to tho
President und congress.
He says the time is ripe for their es
tablishment, and that tho adoption of a
weTl-orgunizcd system would oonfer a
great boon upon a large number of people
and ultimately be of Inestimable benefit ta
the whole country.
Tho estimates of the revenues and ex
penditures for the Hscal year ending Juna
30, 1899, are: Total postal revenue for 1897,
*82,685,44*2.73; add 5 per cent., *1,133,273.13.
Estimated revenue for 1898, *86,798,735.86!
add 7 per cent., *6,075,911.91. Total esti
mated revenue for 1899, *92,874,647.37; es
timated expenditures for 1899, *98,932,760.00!
deficiency for 1X99, estimated, *6,018,112.93.
No method of perfecting the organiza
tion of the postui service has proved more
effective than the consolidation of post
offices. The experimental rural free de
livery has been generously appreciated.
The report reviews in detail the opera
tions of the vurious branches of the de
partment.
The portion on tho subject of postal sav
ings banks, in brief, follows: Many mil
lions of dollars are undoubtedly secreted by
people who have little or no confidence in
ordinary securities and monetary institu
tions organized by private citizens. It la
dead capital, but if Us owners could be in
spired with absolute confidence In the se
curity of an investment It Is altogether
probable that the bulk of this fund would
find Its way into the channels of trade and
commerce. If the government undertook
this task, the service would undoubtedly,
lie gladly accepted by the people. Their
faith In the government is unbounded.
Their little savings which, separately
could hardly be put out ut Interest, would
amount In the aggregate to a sum that
could be invested to their advantage. It
would tend to cultivate thrift in a largo
class: realizing the advantage of deposit
ing with the government Instead of waate
fully und uselessly expending; it would
tend to better citizenship, bringing Into
closer relationship the government and
Its citizens and developing practical and
enduring patriotism.
This growth of patriotic sentiment and
good citizenship constitute a powerful ap
peal to statesmanship to make a way for
those bcneficlent consequences. The prop
osition is an accomplished fact in nearly
every country In Europe, In the British de
liendencles of both hemispheres, and even
In Hawaii.
In Great Britain, 7,000,000 depositors have
upward of *660,000,000 in savings accumu
lated during the past five years, and in
ten years fewer than 10,000 Hawaiian de
positors saved nearly *1,000,000. Deposits
in Canada in twenty years exceeded $22,-
OfIO.OOO. These vast accumulations have
been made with the least possible loss to
the governments, which guarantees their
repayment, and with a minimum of cos*
to the millions of depositors.
.More than a third of the postal savings
accounts in European offices are held by
minors, and over two-thirds by the most
humble callings. It is essentially the bank
of this class. Postal savings would not
conflict with these savings banks, but
would encourage savings rather than ac
cumulations. The conversion of money
order offices into savings depositories
would soon afford infinitely more facility
for receiving interest bearing deposit*
than the Interest paying banks do now.
The most aggressive opponents are among
the private institutions engaged In some
what similar enterprises, though associa
tions of the larger cities recognize it as
an available feeder to the financial cur
rents of the country. Security and not
the rate of interest is the primary and
essential condition of such a system, and
bonds of states, counties and municipali
ties and real estate furnish an illimitable
field.
Comparing 'other countries, the post
master general says nearly every country
permits Its most popular coin as the min
imum amount of the deposit, varying from
5 cents in India to *1 In Canada. Maximum
deposits vary from *285 In France to $2,435
In New Zealand. Deposits over that
amount are non-interest bearing and in
several countries the surplus is by law in.
vested in national bonds. Both deposit*
and accounts are usually small. France
made a profit In 1895 of *170.000 in handling
2,500,000 accounts aggregating *413.000,000
after paying three per cent, interest.
Great Br ! tain earned a surplus of $83,000,
after paying 2% per cent. Interest on $480,-
000,000 made up of 6,500,000 accounts. Tho
average commission paid to postmasters is
one cent per deposit. Any account may
be settled and withdrawn from another
depository In the country, the telegraph
coming into use as a means of with
drawal.
RYAN’S FIGHT WITH RI’HLIN.
.Mnlier to Meet tlie Winner for tho
Heavyweight Championship.
New York, Nov. 14.—" Tut” Ryan of
Australia, who has been matched to fight
Peter Maher for .the heavyweight cham
pionship, will appear In the Tulane Ath
letic Club arena, New Orleans, on Dec. 1,
In a ten-round bout with Gus Ruhlln of
Akron, O. The bout between Ruhlln and
Ryan will be watched with Interest, as
Maher, who is matched with Ryan, will
meet Ruhlln instead if the latter is declar
ed the winner.
Information has been received here to
the effect that Ryan, accompanied by Jim
Hall and Tom McCarthy of Rochester, N.
Y., his trainers, has arrived in New Or
leans for the purpose of preparing for the
match.
National Grange Memorial Day.
Harrisburg, Nov. 14.—The National
Grange of the Patrons of Husbandry ob
served this us their memorial day by
holding commemorative services this af
, ternoon In the supreme court room.