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THE MORNING NEWS
fits! listed ISSO • - Incorpo rated lf8&
" J. H. ESTILL, President.
SRITiSH OFFICERS ARRESTED.
t HUU.i:i> WITH I\(ITI\G ItEBEL
LION IX TRANSVAAL.
prisoners Taken to Pretoria on a
special Train and Lodged in Jail.
Intense Exei lenient llns Reel!
t tiusetl by the lneltlent—Snitl These
It|licers Were Preparing to Orxnn-
I,|. :t ( orjtM in Xatnl anil llnil II.INK)
sic n enlisted.
lYeorn Transvaal, May 16.—The ar
ris: at Johannesburg early this morning
c; , _:,t aliesed former British officers,
rm: .1 Nichols, Allen, Patterson, Treut
len, E li: Fries, Hooper and Mitchell, on
Hi, charge o£ high treason, has caused
Im, excitement here.
The prisoners were brought to Pretoria
b\ si" ial train. After they had been
1. •! hi jail they were visited by the
Idti-h diplomatic agent here.
Tim arrests were effected by a detec
li,, v i joined the movement which it is
gssero'd was for the purpose of enrolling
ip,a in order to cause an outbreak of re
bellion.
Incriminating documents were found
upon ii)'- prisoners, and it is expected that
fun la r arrests will be made.
W ho the Officers Are.
The officers arrested, with their
lilies are: Capt. Patterson, formerly of
tii, Lancers; Col. R. K. Nichols, Lieut,
i: J, Tremlett, Lieut. C. A. Ellis, lately a
pi,. deiectifre at Johannesburg; Lieut,
j ,,111 Alien Mitchell, formerly of the Horse
Anilitry; Quartermaster Mitchell, former
raid. J. Fries, R. P. Hooper and Nichols.
None of them have been in the employ
of the British South African chartered
company.
it i said the commissioner of police
who had the affair in hand had been
working up the case for four months. Mr.
Beaty, the detective who effected the ar
rests, received his instructions last week
and secured the necessary warrants yes
terday.
Held a Secret Session.
The executive council of the Transvaal
is sitting in secret session this evening,
considering the arrests.
Further warrants have been issued.
It is asserted that the officers already
arrested were aiso preparing to organize
a corps In Natal, the British colony be
tween the Orange Free State and the
Indian Ocean, to assist the projected
movement at Johannesburg.
The British agent and charge d'affaires,
Mr. t’onyngham Greene, had an interview
willi President Kruger this afternoon and
expressed regret ihat men who had worn
the Queen's uniform should be concerned
in such a movement.
President Kruger replied that he would
not believe the prisoners were British of
ti, its until ,t had been proved, adding that
he hoped lhe affair would not Interfere
with the proposed meeting between him
f< If and Sir Alfred Milner, governor of
i'ape Colony and British high commis
sioner for South Africa.
Secretly Enlisting Men.
Pipe Town, May 16.—According to ad
v;.-, - from Pretoria, the charge against
the prisoners is that, while staying in the
Raid privately, they were really engaged
ia •nils'.ing men for the purposes of re-
In wheft they were ready to give "the
signal.
h said that the enlistment roste# In
t'ed.-il 2,000 men and that a number of in
< initialing documents were found at the
tail, and arrests were made.
WILL CAUSE A SENSATION.
Arrests of Bri<i*licra Looked on ns
n Serious Mutter.
1 ' dir,, May 16.—The advices from Jo
lim "-burg are also probably connected
WIM u mysterious dispatch received at
Jo! " i sburg from Pretoria on May 12,
nayin: , special train fully equipped with
1" r ,i iilkrymen, guns and a searchlight
app.tr.ii us was being held in readiness at
ih' orp;mi of. the Transvaal.
11 (atement was then declared to be
w ili' iii significance, but to-day's news
' w ■ n more serious light on the move
-1 id il is certain there will lie a great
"!i In ljttndon when the news of
1 .rn-stg becomes generally known.
1 afternoon papers print Jispatches
: • F; > Town saying seven men have
I ii jt- sled at Johannesburg, and have
1 " ii i ti.i i to Pretoria. The government
II ■ Colony. It further appears, is eon
s - 1 - the matter eecietly.
1 ! ws has caused great excitement
"Ut South Africa. The Standard
" I 'lagers News, the Boers organ in
j'" 1 has a dispatch from Pretoria
" ...vs the warrants were issued yes
-1 • veiling by tile state attorney and
outed at midnight. The dispatch
k it a plot to incite a rebellion is
a to have been maturing for four
and that the accused who are said
u ‘ been engaged by the South Afri-
Jc had already enlisted two
*’' • ! then.
h -les. the former premier of Cape
Hid resident director of the Brit
: tercel South African Company in
Africa, informs the Associated
it lie has heard nothing regarding
-ts made at Johannesburg, and
knows nothing about the reason
a they were made.
"c II AS NOTHING OFFICI AL.
V ’ of Arrests at Pretoria Caused
Much Excitement.
h, May 16.—Joseph Chamberlain,
y of state for the colonies, this
-aid he hod heard nothing offi
-1 regarding the arrests in the Trans
id did not think that too serious
L nee ought to be attached lo ihem.
■ us caused considerable excitement
'he members of the House, but
1 -position was manifested to credit
• ors of a rebellious conspiracy.
!I1 V POSTPONE CONCLUSIONS.
• -
Lit h-li Papers Refuse to Believe
Officers Are Gailty.
n, May 17.—A1l the morning papers
devotfc their principal editorials to the
fpj,e Joofnitto
arrests in the Transvaal, counselling a
postponement of conclusions until the facts
of the case are ascertained, and declining
to believe that English officers or sub
jects have been guilty of what the Stand
ard terms “such treasonable folly."
CIVILIANS WERE RELEASED.
Charleston Pasties Tsvo Gunboats on
the Way to Manila.
Manila, May 16, 6:25 p. m.—Messrs. Car
rick and Holmes, the American and Cana
dian civilians captured at the Calumpit
rice mill, have been released by the rebel
Gen. Luna, who saw them through his
lines with several Englishmen who re
ceived forty-eight hours notice to leave
the rebel territory.
The United States cruiser Charleston
has arrived here from Hong Kong. She
touched at Aparri, communicating wilh
the United States gunboat Concord, sta
tioned at the mouth of the harbor, feome
native archers shot arrows at the Con
cord's boat which was sent ashore for
sand and no further attempt to land was
made.
The Charleston also spoke the United
States gunboat Wheeling at Lingayan. All
was quiet there.
Gen. Lawton’s advance force has left
San Miguel and is moving in the direction
of San Isidro. A rainstorm impeded the
progress of the troops and severed the
line of communication when the force was
within seven miles of its destination.
SPANIARDS WILL EVACUATE.
Rios Cables Tliat the Garrison Will
Leave Zamboanga.
Madrid, May 16.—Gen. Rios, in command
of the Spanish troops remaining in the
Philippine Islands, has cabled to the war
office here announcing that he has enter
ed into an agreement with Maj. Gen. Otis,
the American commander, for an immedi
ate Spanish evacuation of Zamboanga and
Jolo. Consequently, the dispatch adds,
the steamer Leon XIII has started with
American troops who will occupy Jolo tnd
render honors to the Spanish fiag and the
departure of the Spanish troops.
The I .eon XIII will proceed from Jolo
to Zamboanga, where the vessel will be
met by Gen. Rios with the steamers Por
to Rico and Uranus. The Spanish gen
eral will superintend the evacuation.
The dispatch further says the Ameri
cans will not occupy Zamboanga.
HAVE ISSUED AN ADDRESS.
Committee of Dewey Home Fund
Calls for Subscriptions.
Washington, May 16.—The national com
mittee of the Dewey home fund, consist
ing of Frank A. Vanderlip, assistant secre
tary of the treasury; Charles H. Allen,
assistant secretary of the navy; Brig. Gen.
Henry C. Corbin; Perry S. Heath, first as
sistant postmaster general, and Ellis H.
Roberts, treasurer of the United States,
have issued an address to the people of
the United States.
The address sets forth at length the
value of Admiral Dewey’s services tb tho
country and calls on all classes to testify
their appreciation by’contributions, how
ever small. Contributions sent to Eilis
H. Roberts, treasurer, will be acknowl
edged.
HE UPHELD AGUINALDO.
Ex-Gov. Itontwcll Undertook to
Answer Seeretnry Long,
Boston, May 16.—A conference of mem
bers of the Anti-Imperialist League was
held at Young’s Hotel to-day. The event
of the meeting was an address by ex-
Gov. Boutwell, president of the Anti-Im
perialist League, in which he upheld the
position of Aguinaldo and undertook to
answer Secretary Long.
ENGLAND MAY CONTRIBUTE,
English Officials Anxious to Go Into
the Pacific Cable.
London, May 16.—The correspondent
here of the Associated Press learns on
undoubted authority that the chancellor
of the exchequer. Sir Michael Hicks-
Beach, is responsible for the niggardly
financial support offered by the imperial
government to the Pacific cable project,
but that the high commissioner of Can
ada, Baron Straihcona and Mount Royal,
and the other interested agents-general
are apparently satisfied, from the devel
opments of the last few days, that the sec
retary of state for the colonies, Joseph
Chamberlain, will ultimately urevail on
Che home government to contribute a con
siderable por.tion of the capital required
for expenditure in establishing the pro
jected cattle.
CIRCUS TENT BLOWN DOWN.
Police Had Hard Work la Prevent
ing a Serions Panic.
Akron, 0., May 16.—A cyclone struck
this city at 3 o'clock this afternoon and
did much damage.
The storm struck the tents of Main’s
circus and they collapsed upon the crowd.
Police men had hard work to prevent a
panic, but the spectators were finally re
leased without injury.
In East Akron, the Biggs Boiler Com
pany shjps were badly damaged, and a
portion of a store wall fell upon the of
fice roof, crashing through It and com
pletely wrecking the interior.
The shops of the Akron Sewer Pipe
Company also suffered heavily.
THIRD TO COMMIT SUICIDE.
Count nadeni Worried Over Hl*
Lo*c* on the Hace Coarse.
London, May 16.—Special dispatches from
Vienna say it is reported that Count Ba
deni, the former prime minister of Aus
tria, recently tried to commit suicide on
account of losses sustained on the race
course.
Count Badeni formed a cabinet In 1835.
His ministry resigned on Nov. 28. 1897. He
comes of an Italian family, which migrat
ed into Poland in the sixteenth century.
The fortune of the former premier has
been estimated at J2,500,tAW.
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY. MAY 17, 1899.
KILLED BY AN EXPRESS TRAIN.
EARL OF STRAFFORD FELL FOR
WARD UPON THE TRACK.
Body AVn* Decapitated and Mnnitlod.
AVn* Married to Mr*. Samuel K.
Colgate in New York I,n*t Decem
ber—AVn* In Good Health When
He Left London for III* Country
Seat—Family Fatales Are Very
Valuable.
London. May 16.—The Earl of Strafford,
who married Mrs. Samuel K. Colgate, In
Grace Church, New York city, last De
cember, was instantly killed tills evening
at Potter’s Bar by the Cambridge Ex
press.
The Earl was seen standing upon the
platform, awaiting a train from London.
When the express approached at a high
rate of speed he suddenly fell forward
upon the rails. The body, decapitated and
mangled, was taken to the nearest hotel,
where It awaits the coroner's inquest.
Lord Strafford left London this
for his country seat. He was then appar
ently in good health.
The Countess of Strafford left this even-,
ing for Potter’s Bar, having given Instruc
tions that her daughter should not be In
formed of the cause of her absence.
While on duty at Windsor Castle last
February as an equery lo the Queen, the
Earl was seized with a fit and his condi
tion has ever since been a source of anx
iety. He was In his 68th year.
On Dec. 6, last, he was quietly mar
ried to Mrs. Samuel J. Colgate, widow
of the noted manufacturer and philan
thropist in the chantry of Grace Church,
New Y'ork city, by Rev. Dr. W. D. Hun
tingdon.
The family estates are very valuable,
including about 15,000 acres of land in dif
%rent parts of England, as well as a
large section of the Millwall district of
London.
FOURTH VOLUNTEERS AT HOME.
Transport Dixie 1* Now Unlondina;
In sew York llnrlior.
New Y'ork, May IC.—The United States
transport Dixie, which arrived last night
from Manzanillo, Cuba, was passed by
the health officer to-day.
There were on board of her the Fourth
United States Volunteer Infantry, mus
tered from the District of Columbia, Vir
ginia, Maryland and West Virginia. In all
there were 750 men and officers. The regi
ment is in command of Col. James Pettit.
Four of the companies are from District
of Columbia, three from Virginia, three
from Maryland and two from West Vir
ginia.
Soon after the docking the belongings of
the men were taken from the ship and put
aboard freight cars, to be taken to Camp
Meade to-morrow morning when all the
members of the regiment will leave.
The regiment lost ten men in Cuba, all
through sickness.
STORM'S DAMAGE SEVERE.
Crop* Were Dninased anil Ten
House* Blown to Piece*.
Mount Pleasant, Pa., May 16.—The storm
which caught this section at 5 o’clock
this evening was the most severe and dis
astrous in many years. Rain fell In tor
rents and hail was so severe that it Is
feared crops are badly damaged.
Ten houses of the Illinois Steel Company
at Moorwood, Just under way of comple
tion, and one belonging to the workmen,
were blown to pieces. The large plate
glass windows in the company’s store at
that place were broken by the wind and
hail.
WHY AVHEELFII W AS LEFT OUT.
Stupid Negro Boy Carried Hl* Horae
to tke Wrong House.
Tallahassee, Fla., May 16.—The alleged
slighting of Gen. Joseph Wheeler at
Charleston on Wednesday last is explained
by Col. Fred Robinson of the adjutant
general’s slaff. as follows:
"Gen. Wheeler was not In the parade
because the negro boy who was sent to
carry his horse to him, through intention
or natural stupidity, curried the horse to
the wrong number, and remained there
holding the horse until the procession was
over.” i
HOTEL FIRE IN TOLEDO.
AlnioMt a Panic, Rut the Guest* Man
aged to Escape.
Toledo, 0., May 16.—The Madison, one
of the largest hotels in the city, narrowly
escaped total destruction by fire to-night,
the blaze originating from a disturbance
in electric light wires disarranged by the
storm to-day.
There was a panic among the sixty
guests, but they made their exit mainly
by fire escapes in their night clothes and
no lives were lost. The loss will be nomi
nal.
THIRTY NATIVES MASSACRED.
FornioNnn Head Hunter* Indulge In
a Snvnsre Feast.
Vancouver, B. C., May 16.—Formosan ad
vices give details of the massacre of thir
ty unarmed villagers by about sixty head
hunting savages near Taiko.
After the massacre the savages indulged
in a feast at which the heads of the mur
dered villagers were conspicuously dis
placed.
CHANCE FOR AN HEIRESS.
’•
Here’s a Baronet Without n Shilling
to Pay Hl* Ilent.
London, May IC.—Sir O’Connor Moore,
eleventh baronet, who. succeeded his fa
ther, Sir Richard Emanuel Moore, In 1882,
has been ejected trom his lodgings, owing
lo his inability to pay a shilling for a
week’s a com moda' ion.
The hep to the tite i h.s brother, Ste
phen, now living abroad.
BELIEVES GOMEZ IS SINCERE,
<*ot. Gen. Brooke Getting Hearty lo
Distribute the Money.
Havana, May 16.—Tho manifesto which
Gen. Gome* ia preparing to i?suo will not
only review hia own position as to the
payment of the Cuban atmv. but prob
ably will direct the forces to disband.
Following its publication. Gov. Gen.
Brooke will issue a modified order elimi
nating the necessity for tho participation
of any Cuban commissioner In the distrl
bution of the J3,000f00.
The governor general regards Gomez as
having acted sincerely throughout and be
lieves that his withdrawal from the ques
tion of the distribution to an attitude of
"friendly inactivity" ha. been forced upon
him by the desertion of those generals
upon whom he had relied.
Members of the late Cuban military as
sembly and other discontented persons be
longing to the new revolutionary club,
styled the Veterans’ Association, nu t lasi
night at Ccrro and indulged in a prolonged
debate on the question of the Cuban troops
surrendering their arms. One group was
in favor of entrusting the arms to the
brigade chiefs or Cuban municipalities.
Another group was opjiosed altogether to
surrendering the arms, saying it might be
necessary to "use them against American
pretentions.”
PROSPERITY IN SYNTIAGO.
Gen. AVood Fnnnil Tlint the \niiexn
tlon Idea 1* Grot, Inis.
Santiago de Cuba, May 36.—Maj. Gen.
Leonard Wood, military governor of the
Santiago department, arrived here yester
day, after his first trip into the .interior
of the province.
He went to Manzanillo by steamer, but
returned by tire overland route, accom
panied by Lieut. Matthew Hanna, It's
aide.
The country traversed ho found in a gen
erally prosperous condition. The planters
are planting cane and expect a full crop
r.ext year. Stories regarding bandits
seem for the most part to have been pro
moted by professional politiclanei, who
have an interest In maintaining disturb
ing conditions.
Everywhere Gen. Wood found the peo
ple anxious for greater security and the
annexation idea is undoubtedly growing,
in spite of oil efforts on the part of the
agitators to the contrary.
Along the whoie route he was received
with enthusiasm, and at several points
with very elaborate arrangements to wel
come him.
Decoration day services will be held on
May 30 throughout the province, particu
larly at Guantannmo and Siboney, as well
as In Santiago.
NOTHING SERIOUS REPORTED.
No Alarm Felt a* to tlie Condition
of Affair* in Cuba.
Washington, May 16.—Gen. Brooke has
not reported to the war department any
serious situation in Cuba, and It ts not
believed at tho department that any alarm
need Ire felt regarding the - condition of
affairs.
No advice is given Gen. Brooke, as It
has been the policy of the President to
clothe the officers in command in tho Bl
and with plenary powers to deal with sit
uations as they arise and hold such offi
cers responsible.
Communications that Gen. Brooke has
made to the department regarding the sit
uation are not given to the public, but the
officials' understand that the source of the
present trouble is that the generals of the
Cuban army are disappointed because (hey
are not likely to realize as much out of
the money appropriated for the army us
they think they should.
DOWN ON THE LIQUOR TR AFFIC.
IlniitiKt* Want No Member* NVIio
Deal In It a* a lleveraae.
Louisville, May 16.—Ho# Springs has
been chosen as the'next place of meeting
oft Tie Baptist conference,
C. H. Winston of Virginia was elected
president of the foreign mission board,
Henry McDonald president of the mission
board, and F. E. Fouik of Tennessee pres
ident of the school house board.
A resolution, affirming the hostility of
the convention to the liquor traffic and
stating It as the sense of the delegates
that no Baptist Church should allow a
dealer in liquor in its congregation, was
Introduced. This resolution upholds the
action of a Louisville Baptist Church In
turning out of its fold ail members en
gaged in the traffic of liquor.
The resolution was amended to Include
only those dealing in liquor as a beverage
and in this shape ii was adopted.
BRIEF IN THE CARTER CASE.
Oral Hearing Before the Attorney
General Will Follow,
Washington, May 16.—The brief prepar
ed by Cos!. Barr of the Judge advocate’s
office in the case of Capt. Carter and
which replied to the brief submitted to
the Attorney General by the attorneys of
Capt. Carter, was forwarded to Attorney
General Griggs to-day.
It is expected that oral hearings will
be granted after the Attorney General
has had time to examine the colonel's
brief.
PLEDGES SUPPORT TO MINERS.
Western Federation Denounce* Gen.
Merrlnm’* Order*.
Salt Lake, Utah, May 16.—The Western
Federation of Miners, in session in this
city, has adopted resolutions denouncing
in strong term* Gen. Merriam's order that
no miners shall work in the Coeur
D'Alene* without first renouncing the
miners’ union.
They pledge the moral and financial aid
of every national und subordinate labor
organization of this continent to support
maintain and defend the miners now un
der arrest at Wardner.
Svxernl I*uplln Infured.
Canal Fulton, 0., May 16.—During the
storm to-day the wall of a school house
WB9 blown in and the pupils were inlur- ,
*4, some of them quite seriously.
CONTENTS OF THE DOSSIER.
FORGED LETTERS ATTRIBUTED TO
EMPEROR WILLIAM.
Siilil They Existed In the l’acktii&e,
Hut Were Subsequently Destroyed.
Gen. Merrier Refused to Suppress
Them—Von Muimter Entered mi
Emphatic Pretest—Sensation In
IlniMNeln Out of the Drey*
tii* Case.
Baris, May 10.—'Tho Figaro, continuing
to-day Its summary and analysis of the
evidence offered before the Court of Cas
satfon in the Dreyfus revision inquiry,
pays it is in a position to give the exact
composition of the secret dossier.
This package, it asserts, contained seven
documents, each of which it proceeds # to
analyze.
Regarding the forged letters attributed
to Emperor William, the paper declares
that those existed in the dossier, but were
subsequently destroyed.
M. Hanotaux, former minister of foreign
affairs, on learning what was going on,
protested against the use of those on the
ground* that they were forgeries, but Gen.
Merrier, former minister of war, refused
to suppress them.
M. Hanotaux’s protest, according to the
Figaro, still exists at the war office.
Ann Minister'll Protest.
When in November, 1897, the Intransi
gent alluded jo these letters, Count von
Munster (German ambassador to France)
went to the foreign office and said:
“My sovereign does not concern himself
with your forgeries, but this is too mueh;
it is beyond all bounds; inane your press
shut up.”
“The matter was settled by an official
denial of the existence of the letters.”
The other documents in the dossier wer£
only those already made public. The Fi
garo then goes on to show that when
they were not forgeries they did not refer
lo Dreyfus.
Sensation in Brussels.
The Brussels correspondent of the Figaro
says a sensation has been caused there
by the discovery that the chief of the in
ternational espionage was on terms of in
timate friendship with the late Lieut. Col.
Henry. n
This funritonary secured an election to
the French Chamber of Commerce in
Brussels. When the fact of Ills connec
tion with Henry came out he was asked
to resign, but he refused. Tho French
minister to Belgium, M. Gerard, begged
the committee not to press the matter,
whereupon the entire administrative coun
cil of the chamber, with one exception, re
signed.
' CONSPIRATORS INDICTED.
Grand Jury Act* on the Great Hev
rnue Frutid Case.
Philadelphia, May 16.—Bills of Indict
ment were submitted to the gratid Jury in
the t'nited States District Court to-day
against the principals and alleged con
spirators in the great revenue cigar stamp
counterfeiting case, recently exposed by
secret service men.
Included among the bills are one charg
ing former United States District At
torney Ingham with conspiracy and his
law partner and former assistant in the
district attorney’s ollloe, Harvey K. New
itt, with bribery of Secret Service Ojtera
tive McManus.
The others implicated, all of whom have
admitted their guilt, are William M. Ja
cobs and William I* Kendig, the Lan
caster tobacco dealers and ring-leaders in
the scheme of counterfeiting; Baldwin S.
Bredell and Arthur Taylor, the* engravers,
who made the plates for the cigar stamps,
and in whose place in this city was found
the plate from which the famous $!00 sil
ver certificate "Monroe" head counterfeit
vns printed; Samuel B. Downey of Lun-r
caster, deputy collector of revenue, whom
Jacobs bribed, and James Burns, a work
man in the J a colts factory, where thou
sands of stamps and tons of paper were
found.
After deliberating for two hours the
grand jury returned true bills In each
case. Separate bills were presented
against Ingham and Ncwltt.
IIOiIIIKIt V OK THE MAILS.
Serious Charge Against ex-Post ■nns-
Jcr j. c. Williams.
Columbia, 3. C„ May 16.—J. C. Williams,
until recently postmaster at Ridgeway,
S. C., has Ijoen arrested and put In I*ll
in default of $5,600 bond. Williams Is (he
brother of the sheriff of Kershaw counly,
and the charges against him are of a
very serious nature.
It seems that Williams had for months
been systematically robbing the malls and
covering his clime by forgery. His p ,r
--tlculur prey was pensioners—Confederate
and Union. He would abstract money and
checks, forge receipts nad return them.
He Is said to have gotten S6OO from one
.etter, while the total of his thefts will
.run into the thousands.
When Williams heard of the warrant
being issued he tied Into Kershaw, hut was
captured there by United States officials
and pul In Kershaw jail, In the keeping
of his brother.
Judge Townsend of the state Circuit
courf decides that if a Jug of contraband
liquor is found in a wagon, the whole
Warn is subject to confiscation, along with
the liquor. On the strength of this ruling
Henry T. Stroud of Greenville loses a
wagon, two fine mules and a set of double
harness. He was held up on the road
while coming Into Greenville from the
mountain section, and a Jug of corn
whisky was found In the wagon by the
liquor constable*.
TROUBLE MAY BE SERIOUS.
Arkansas Miners Supplied With
Arms iind Ammunition.
Huntington, Ark., May 16.—N0 further
rioting occurred here to-day. Three large
dynamite bombs were found in the stock
ade wheie the attack occurred last night.
It ia believed that the strikers Intended
to blow up the mine. Twelve deputy sher
iffs arrived from Fort Smith to-night with
orders from the Governor to disarm every
body. ,
No work was done In the mine* to-day,
hut an attempt will be made to put the
negro miners to work to-morrow. The
strikers are well supplied with arms and
ammunition
MAYOR VAN NVYCK WAS ANGItY.
Denied Thnt He Had Any Connection I
II ith Cool [looms.
New York. May 16.—Mayor Van VVyck
was on the witness stand to-day before
the Maze! Investigating committee.
Mayor Van Wyck gave it as his opinion
that the conduct of affairs under the new
charter has been remarkably satisfactory,
but refused to express any opinion regard
ing changes in the city offices that might
tend to Improve tho administration of the
city’s affairs.
There was not much of note olxmt the
Mayor's testimony, and only on one oc
casion did he ilml reason lo make an out
hreotk. I his was when he was questioned
by t ounsel Moss of the committee regard
ing the rumored connection of "a mail
named \ ail Week" with u number of
ixml rooms. Tiie Mayor bee-line very
angry at this and declared that Mr. Moss
lmd asked the question for tile purpose of
"insinuation."
)le demanded that if any evidence was
on hand to prove uny connection, it should
I>e produced before the committee. lie de
nied most emphatically that he hud any
connection with any ihx>l rooms whatso
ever or any illegal business.
MILLS Wild, ISSUE BONDS.
Deed of Trust Kileil to Secure .f11.A,-
000,000 of Them.
Duluth, Minn., May 16.—This afternoon
the United Slates Milling Company filed
with the registrar of deeds a big deed of
trust lo the Central Trust Company of
New York.
The document sets forth that for the
purpose of raising cash capital to conduct
Its opera I ions tho l>oard of directors has
authorised the Issuing of bonds to the
amount of $16,600,(W0, payable in forty
years in gold coin, Interest at six per cent.
The milling eompuny reserves tho right to
redeem any of the l<onds after ten year*.
The mortgage cov. rs the following prop
erty; Empire mills, Syracuse, N. v.; Red
mill, l.ysander, N. Y.; Urban mill, Buf
falo; Faist-Kraus mill, Milwaukee; Daisy
mill. Mllwuukie, and Grand Republic,
Mankato and Freeman mills, West Supe
rior, Daisy. Lisitnau and Anchor mills,
Superior.
The mortgage also Includes bonds and
stocks of the Hecker-Jewel Company. The
revenue stamps on the documents amount
ed to $7,300.
IMMENSE STEEL CAR IT, A NT.
Corporation With $10,000,000 Capl
in! to He Organised.
Chicago, May 16.—An Immense plant, for
the construction of steel freight cars, will
he added to Chicago’s Industries. Tho es
tablishment will have a larger capacity
than any other steel car building plant on
the continent.
A corporation with a capital of $10,066,600
will be organized within the present month
and will start out with contracts already
placed for the construction of 700 ears.
All of the plants now engaged In the
building of steel cars In the United States
are located at Pittsburg, and fholr ex
iieaie capacity is contracted for eighteen
months ahead. The Chlengo concern ex
perts to he able to put Its first cars on
the market about July 1.
PRESIDENT TOOK A DRIVE,
Ills Dtn y Was a. Quiet One AVlth No
Official lliislness.
Hot Springs, Va., May 16.—President and
Mrs. McKinley drove to Warm Springs,
about five miles from the hotel, this morn
ing. The President drove himself, Mr.
Sterry offering his private team and trap.
Controller and Mrs. Dawes, Mr. and Mrs.
Rixey, Mr. Cortelyou and Mr. Barnes fol
lowed In a carriage.
The party returned Just before lunch
eon. They remained only a short time at
tho hotel at the Warm Springs. During
tlie afternoon Mr. McKinley took a walk
with Dr. Rixey. No official dispatches
were received or sent, it was a quiet Jay
for the President.
UItADLEY-M ARTf NS* FAREWELL,
They Gave a SIO,OOO Dinner to
Elghty-Slx nt I'nrllng,
New York, May 16.—Mr. and Mrs. Brnd
ley-Martin took their formal and final
farewell of New Turk society to-night at
the Waldorf-Astoria.
They took it in the form of a sumptu
ous dinner to eighty-six persons. It Is
sold the dinner cost SIO,OOO. It wont off in
a blaze of glory—viands, wines, flowers,
music,, service, all were |/erfect, but h was
not a promiscuous function like the fa
mous fancy dress bail of several seasons
ago.
GAFFOIID FOUND GUILTY.
He Must Serve a Life Sentence for
Killian: F. 11. Lloyd.
Greenville, Ala,, May 16.—The Jury in
the case of John A. Gafford to-day found
the defendant guilty of murder in the first
degree and fixed the punishment at Im
prisonment for life.
Gafford killed F. B. Lloyd, n member of
the legislature from Butler county, and a
well-known newspaper writer. In August,
11.95. He alleged that Lloyd had been
criminally Intimate with his widowed sis
ter. At Ills first trial he was sentenced
to be hanged, hut the Supreme Court re
versed the decision.
ROYAL ARCANUM’S SESSION.
Will Begin In Washington To-flny
nml Lust Eight Days.
Washington, May 16.—The supreme
council. Royal Arcanum, representing
about 190,000 members throughout the
country, will hold its annual meeting here,
beginning to-morrow nnd lasting eight
days. Most of the ninety delegates ar
rived last night. There la considerable
business to be brought up.
J. P. Apgar of Trenton, N. J., vice re
gent, it is conceded, will be chosen lo suc
ceed Edson M. Schryvcr of Baltimore as
supreme regent.
Will Be Launched on Jane St.
New York, May 16.—C. Oliver Iselln said
to-day that he had decided to launch the
Columbia, the new Ami-Flea’s cup de
fender, on June &
DAILT, $lO A YEAR.
_ 5 CENTS A COPY.
WEEKLY 2-TIMES- A- WEEK $1 A TEAR
OIL TRUST'S GREAT POWER.
MONETT GIVES INDUSTRIAL COM
MISSION SOME FACTS.
Standard Oil Trust In Ohio Itinis Ttn
Own Telegraph Lines nnd Works
With W estern Inion—Grass Re
ceipts of the Trust From the Ohio
Product Alone Arc SISO,ttOO,OOO n
Year—Suit* Begun iu Ohio Against
the Trusts.
Washington, May 16.—Attorney General
Frantl 8, Monett of Ohio was before the
industrial commission to-day as a witness
In the trust Investigation.
His testimony related almost exclusive
ly to the Standard Oil trust, against which
he has been proceeding In his official ca
pacity in Ohio.
After detailing tho particulars of the
suits against tho Standard company
brought on behalf of the state of Ohio,
.Mr. Monett said the companies compris
ing the trust were so dlstrubted a to con
trol all the operations iierlalning to tha
production, transportation, refining and
delivery of tho products of the oil wells
in Ohio, Including even Its otvn telegraph
s> stem.
Referring to this telegraph line, Mr.
Monett said It had been developed that It
was exchanging business with the West
ern Union company, acting as a common
carrldY and making a cheaper rate to the
constituent members of the trust than to
other customers, functions which wem
outside the corporate authority of tha
trust.
He also complained of the discrimina
tion In railroad rates in favor of tho
Standard company tank lines, saying that
It was equal to 400 per cent, against ordi
nary citizens.
Speaking of the earnings of tho oil
trust, Mr. Monett estimated that the gross
receipt* were $120,000,000 a year on the Ohio
product alone, and that all was profit over
4 cents u gallon on refined oil. He placed
the value of the earnings of the company
per year as greater than the value of alt
the furm products of the state.
As to Huilrond Companies.
Referring to tin? necessity of controlling
the transportation agencies as an availa
ble remedy for the evils of which he com
plained, Mr. Monett said that no course
could lie too severe if nothing less would
produce the desired result. The slates had
the remedy of depriving the railroad com
panies of their charters and this should
be resorted to if they failed to treat oil
equally fair.
While he thought that for the past two
years affairs hud been drifting very rapid
ly toward tho control of the country by a
few individuals, the witness thought there
was no great danger of its going very
much further because tho masses of the
people were becoming thoroughly aroused.
He did not look upon the government con
trol of the public utilities as an effectual
t cmedy.
In conclusion Mr. Monett said that suits*
had been begun In the Ohio courts against
the brewers, (he tobacco and the tin plate
trusts and also against the eenti.il tratllo
association. There will be no more wit
nesses before the commission until next
Friday.
THEY MUST FAY DEMURRAGE.
Cor Service Association After Ex
port Colton Dealers.
Atlanta, May 16.—Export cotton dealers
have trouble In store with the Southeast
ern Car Service Association. They will
hereafter/ have to pay or make arrange
ments with the railroads.
This was decided at the annual meeting
of the car service association held hero
to-day. Nearly all the lines interested In
the association were represented at tha
meeting and approved tho resolution di
rected at the export cotton dealers.
Before It takes effect, however. It will
have to be submitted to some roads no*
represented at the meeting. This is, how
ever, merely a matter of form.
11 has been the custom in the past not
to charge demurrage on cars loaded with
export cotton, the dealers at the ports set
ting up the excuse for not unloading that
they could not secure ships, in this way
cars have sometimes been held from thir
ty to sixty days. The roads want to stop
this, as they are always In need of cars
during the cotton season, and hence tho
action taken to-day.
By this notion, ten days Is the limit al
lowed to the port jlealers. Upon cars not
unloaded within that lime, regular demur
rage rales will lie charged.
The meeting to-day re-elected all the old
officers of the car service association., In
cluding Capt. J. C. Haskell as manager.
LINK IN ITS SAVANNAH LINE.
Southern’s Purchase of CnroliuM
Midland Is t’ouflrined.
Charleston, S. C.. May 16.—At a meet
ing of the stockholders of the Southern
Investment Company, held In this city to
day, the sale of the Carolina Midland to
the Southern Hallway Company was ap
proved and ratified.
By this purchase the Southern acquires
seventy-two miles of road, part of which
can be used, in the new line which tho
Southern la to build from Columbia, S.
C., to Savannah, Go.
HE EXPECTS NO OK DERM NOW.
Gen. XVlieeler Was Not Called to
W n siting ton Officially.
Washington, May 16.—Gen. Joseph
Wheeler, who returned to Washington to
day from the South, said the report that
he came in response to n message from
the Secretary of W.r, and that he prob
ably would be sent to the Philippines, was
incorrect.
He received no such message from any
government official, and does not expect
to receive at this time any orders sending
him out of the country.
Raleigh Sails for Portsmouth.
Charleston, S. C„ May 16.—The cruiser
Raleigh, Capt. Coghlan, sailed at noon to
day for Portsmouth, N. H., where she goe*
out of commission. She will be thorough*
, iy overhauled and remodeled