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" j, H. ESTILL, President.
STRIKE IS ON IN BROOKLYN.
OI’KHATIVES SAY THE TE.\-UOIR
LAW IS !VOT OBSERVED.
Cars of Brooklyn Traction (’.
\ rr Kw Running— C’on stable*
\l)oard Those to Afford Protection,
j .-(Mi Policemen Engaged in Main
tiiininß Order-Strikers Thus Far
\ot Very Demonstrative— Cron (In
Kept at the Resorts.
New York, July 16.—Another trolley
luil’.e i on in Brooklyn. So far it has
lo i „. en as effective as the strike of 1893,
tui there is no telling how long or far
ni,.g it may become,
ii sutne weeks the employes'Of the
Vt , ra l i;nes controlled by the Brooklyn
Jl;1 p j Transit Company have been com
plaining that the management did not live
. [0 (he ten-hour law. The men de
-1 a revision of the time tables at
t , enl barns, and also claim that
nfV should be paid 20 cents an hour for
o\ * rtitne, which is equivalent to $2 a day,
t )- ( , j„- , which they set for a working
day of ton hours.
.M. ~ng have been held daily and night
ly for the last week, and It was inferred
f,vm t:p. reports given out by the era
j ,oy > an tiieir advisors since Thursday
1, that while a strike was imminent,
it would not occur for some days to come.
General .Master Workman Parsons and
P.siii t Master Workman Hines had
charge of the men’s affairs as the strike
w .is mailed at 4:30 o'clock this morning.
At this hour most of the motormen
ard conductors on the Brooklyn Traction
Company's lines had completed their night
trips, and the leaders in the strike told
tr m that was the best opportunity to
Le-.ii u .'tubborn tight with the tranction
company.
A heavy rainstorm was in progress at
that time, and there was very little pas
traffle. The Smith Street, Frank
lin Avenue and Hamilton Ferry Bines,
w:h are controlled by the Coney Island
Ku.iivud Company, having maintained
their regular terms with their employers
were not impeded in the .east, but on
allother roads the trains were stopped for
a while, and a good deal of congestion
followed in consequence.
Police Details Called.
Shortly after midnight, about 1,000 po
ll hkii from Manhattan and Bronx dls
n were conveyed to the different barns
ar.l many were placed along the several
rauit > comprising the territory covered
ly me Brooklyn Traction Company. Up
11 7:3u o'c lock there were very few cars
tunning over these lines, and those that
wuv -n( out from the different barns
vo policed by two or three constab.ea.
Too heavy storm of the early morning
v' ci-eipated about 10 o’clock, and from
that i uiir until well on in the afternoon
1 ’ b i biy traffic, which is usually very
b .vy to N’or h Beach, Bergen Beach and
Wiiuv Jsdand, filled the cars, but the
u * disturbance kept hundreds of
hi* away from these seaside resorts.
Trip of the Ampere.
&h*' h before noon President Rossl
-1 •' piivote tar Amieie started from the
'• > hud and made a round trip of the
1 lines. The Ampere, after run
t to the Flushing extension, went up
- x I venue to Bergen Beach and re
-1 1 "'vn Flatbush avenue, whence it
•ci ro Coney island. Coming buck from
( ! I'i.md the president's car traveled
' ' (!• F.fih avenue route, and as it
c m T\v< nty-third street and Fifth
a , those on board found their fur
■ progress impeded by a gtalfed car
1 c til. Fifth avenue barn. Here a crowd
■° m ‘' 5 0 people, many of
V:nm were women and children, had con-
and the moiorman of the Am
-1",( Howard Jackson, was attacked by
*-*'v*.-ral men who were strikers or in sym
l, a 'ny with their},
1 • motorman received some bad bruises
ht-ad and legs, but was finally rea
(U"l from the mob. Six arrests were
,n d (he track was soon cleared,
ighout the afternoon boulders and
r K' in. is of granite were taken from
- 1 nean.y yard and placed on the tracks
' ■ vi inity of Greenwood cemetery,
-i „ s cars came along at intervals of
' :V and thirty minutes, their further
ss was considerably delayed until
m, 0 were removed. No
v'' j 1 ° ars boss than the boulder*
> ' lon the tracks again. The po
i, H / ' unable to stop the obstruction.
3CO additional police were
v " • i tr m New York, arid close watch
‘ ' h "i a.ong ihe Brooklyn bridge to
/ Vlt ,u> person interfered with the
, v " rHM - The only cutting of wires
, " lo rhe Brooklyn police headquar
,, " 1 Partial destruction of the feed
]=i. r ! itbush avenue, but a score of
‘' this sufficiently to
I'lliriali in Conference.
tv V ’ l( r , ,‘ n tsle afternoon a conference
t ' a police headquarters. Among
Yr, r j. were Police Commissioners
‘ , Rncl Sexton, Chief of Police
},j Teputy Chiefs McLaughlin of
hi f i* ,n and McKeller of Brooklyn and
6lso r Gen. McLeer was
; !g ; v •** tendance, but said that as far
for h/ ‘ u see there was no necessity
if', / filing out of the military or its
j ’ ■' *• in any way.
t<, M Bo.ssiter said he was anxious
Pt Patrons of the several lines
Bi , . * n seaside as soon as possible
t , • had made arrangements to
r< ' Y,, , (, oney Island patrons os far
h. h,. Y. 1 ! trolley service, but that
for vi;e<l his assistants to arrange
or i 11 a, |sportation of the majority
, . 1 ’ hack to the city over the
T’h, r '• road lines.
I ; 1 "fn mis sion er informed Mr.
i patrons an<l the public in
t u ' as the company’s properly
1 . . ' Property, would bo sufllcient
t . "Y lhe 1 30 * 106 force. In addi
? ' 1 * mmissioncr Hess inform 1
f * J* ih.it he thought the sending
, private car was not politic, and
i '; wn words, it was like “Shak
; in front of an enraged bull.”
were maile during
t ranks of the strikers and
e v. • ‘ ! •*'fflfcers, but no disturbance of
c r ‘ions nature occurred up to 8
Uill >o t Arbitrate.
t ; , !' Rossii er said to-night that
n Rapid Transit officials would
the str.ke d'fficulfy with
;N ,,‘‘ P 1 f niploye-. Asked how many
vir on B trike tills moinln?, he re
h^r,,.(
up, '' 1 ' I,C) a,ll ‘ 1.000. Not more than
,h " outside.”
f>v. . 'ts some trouble to-nlsht with
„ t in er of people that hail taken
1 ■ ’ r during the day for Coney
i r >ay of Ulmer l J ark. They were
l
let out at Ulmer Park nn<l tieing unable
t 0 Coney Island or return to the
e:,y proper for many hours, remained
there, eeveral small disturbances re
sulted.
A man was slightly wounded on Rock
sway avenue by a striker to-night. The
Brooklyn elevated engineers are meeting
to-night and may take action regarding
the strike.
Satisfied With Showing.
General Masler Workman Parsons
spent the greater part of the day in Brook
lyn and a considerable portion of the
afternoon in conference with Messrs. Del
chanty and Webster, of the state board
of mediation and arbitration. Mr. Par
sons said to-night:
“Everybody knows that I do not like
strikes. They are not phaeant an I, fur
thermore, they are expensive. But this
strike was or.e that could not lie averted.
The first twenty-four hours of a strike
neither wins r.or loses tt, and we are
satisfied with the showing that we have
made. There will ire fewer cars run to
morrow than there were to-day. The cars
are now manned by inspectors and the
men who remained. They are making a
showing, but it is a load ono.“
The Brooklyn elevated engineers to-night
took up the queecion of their transfer to
the positions of electrical engineers when
tlie Ihird-rall system recently adopted
should go inlo effect. They did not dis
cuss the question of Joining the surface
trolley roads in the strike.
This change for the engineers will mean
a groat reduction in wages, and it is not
satisfactory. The matter was referred to
Chief Arthur of the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Engineers, with which organization
the elevated engineers are affiliated.
ANDREWS PICKED UP AT SEA.
Navigator of the Doree AVns Unable
to Continue.
Liverpool. July 16.—The British steamer
Holbein, Capt. Sherlock, New York, July
1, for Manchester, which arrived here to
day, picked up Capt. William A.
Andrews, known as the "lone navigator,”
who left At.antic City July 18, in a little
craft named "The Doree,” barely twelve
feet in length, to attempt to cross the At
lantic.
Capt. Andrews was found exhausted on
July 12, about 700 miles from the Irish
coast. His boat was left adrift.
Capt. Andrews, when he left Atlantic
City, took an easterly course and headed
direct for the Azores, where he expected
to stay for a few days to reprovision. He
hoped to make the voyage to England in
sixty days. The British steamer Cam
perdown spoke him on June 20. Capt.
Andrews at that time was well and de
clined assistance.
BRINGS IN SMALLER STATES.
Resolution nt The Ifiigue Introduces
More Ministers.
The Hague, July 16.—The sub-committee
of the arbitration section of the peace
conference at yesterday’* meeting adopt
ed a resolution Ihat the permanent court
of arbitration should consist of the minis
ters accredited to Holland, instead of the
ministers resident at The Hague.
This will have the efrect of bringing
in the smaller states, wiiose ministers
are accredited to two or more countries
simultaneously.
DEROI’LEDE MADE A SPEECH.
League of Patriot* Wants n Plebis
citary Republic.
Paris, July 16.—Paul Deroulede, chief
of the League of Patriots, has resumed his
agitation in favor of a plebiscitary repub
lic. He lectured on the subject to-day In
one of the city theaters, which was crowd
ed with a demonstrative audience. There
were trifling disorders when the meeting
broke up.
M ILL NOT DELAY HER TRIAL.
Shamrock's Run With the Ilritnlnla
Will Re Had.
Southampton, July 16.—The Shamrock
has four masting sods, and will bend a
new one to-morrow. Yesterday's mishap
will not delay the trial with the Britan
nia. Sir Thomas Ltpton was on board
at the time, and has since expressed him
self as very well pleased with the yacht's
performance.
TREATY GIVES REDUCTIONS.
American and Aritenttne Goods to
I*nss at Lower Rotes.
London, July 17.—The Buenos Ayres cor
respondent of the Times says that the
new treaty between Argentina and the
United States gives reductions in the du
ties on Argentine sugar, hides and wool,
and on American canned goods, t.mber
and certain foods.
DOG CHEWED HIS THUMB.
Rudyard Kipling: Now tarrying His
Arm In n Sling.
London, July 16.—Rudyard Kipling's
right thumb has been bitten by a dog, and
is considerably inflamed. He carries his
arm in a sling, but it is not thought that
the injury will have serious consequences.
Now Inquiry Ordered.
Paris, July 16.—The minister of war,
Gen. Marquise de Gallifet, has ordered a
new inquiry into the connection of Gen.
de Pellieux with the Dreyfus affair. It
is expected that this will result in his dis
missal from the post of governor of the
military district of Paris.
RENFREW MAKES A DEAL.
Ha* Purchased Richmond Zinc Mine
for spi.NO.OOrt.
Joplin. Mo., July 16.—Ex-Gov. Renfrew
has made another big deal in zinc mining
properly for the American Z.ne, Lead and
Smelling Company. The property pur
chased is the famous Richmond mine, near
C'arterville, consisting of thirty acres of
mineral land and live plants. The price
paid was SlM.Oou.
none will refuse.
AH the 1,000 S. <V S. Men Will Re
turn to Work To-day.
Kansas City, Mo., July 16.—50 far as
could be learned to-day not one of the
1,000 locked-out employes of the Schwarz
schiicl & Sulzberger plam will refuse to
go to work Monday morning
SAVANNAH, GA.. MONDAY. JULY 17. is.)).
CRAFTY EAGLE MAY SWOOP.
CIVIL GOVERNOR IS BELIEVED TO
HE AS AGITATOR.
Pronunoiamento la Vccrrdlted <o
Hctnniourt of VlntanxiiM—Lun-
Kiinftt- Identical With Some He
Hfl* I netl Before—Military Govern
or May Take It I | —Dividend De
clared in American Gold—Say*
Americans Lack Culture.
Havana. July 16.—The pronunciamento
recently issued in the city of Matanzas,
signed "Betancourt,” and calling on Cu
bans to prepare to hurl from the coun
try the "crafty eagle,” as they had re
moved the "haughty and hungry Spanish
lion,” is now believed by many to have
been the production of the civil governor
of Matanzas.
The reasons for the view ore not very
convincing, but Senor Betaniourt has not
positively denied the authorship, and it Is
said that he expressed almost identical
sentiments in the Havana cafes on dif
ferent occasions.
He once used language closely resem
bling that of the "proclamation” in the
presence of an American brigadier general
and American colonel.
Both officers believe it quite probable
that he wrote the appeal. If not its au
thor, then, In their judgment, he was
cognizant of it, and agreed to the use
of his name. Many Cuban officers of high
rank also are satisfied that Senor Betan
iourt was in some way intimately related
to the publication of the address to the
people of Matanzas. Gen. Wilson, mili
tary governor of the Matanzas-Santa Clara
department, will doubtless ask the civil
governor for an explanation in case there
is no denial from him.„
Gold Dividend Declared.
The Banco-Espano, the largest financial
institution in Cuba, recently announced a
semi-annual dividend of ZVi per cent, in
American gold. The Advisador-Commer
clal, the leading financial journal, which
professes to be shocked at this sudden
change of policy of the bank, says:
"Its capital is Spanish. Why is not the
dividend made payable in Spanish gold?
Certainly the Idea must be to please the
Americans, in order to gain future bank
ing orders. For no other reason can we
see why the bank did not declare 3.85£ in
Spanish gold.”
A prominent banker says the real reason
for* the bank’s action is to place its cap
ital upon an American basis, particularly
at present, when Spanish silver Is inflated
far beyond justification. This authority
says he considers it will he only a matter
of months before silver is reduced to Its
former level, and it is better to get upon
the A before that reduction
is accomplished. It is understood that
for several weeks the bank has been get
ting rid of a large deposit of silver and
has consequently made Immense profits.
The Santiago branch last autumn brought
more than $1,000,000, at 50 cents. This
now stands at 84.
A Money-Loving People.
El Diarlo De La Marina says: "If the
human ideal is material interest, then the
United States possesses the highest form
of civilization, but, thank God, the Span
iard and Cuban have been taught in a
nobler school. The predominating influ
ence in the United States Is capital. Mo
nopoly, coupled with the use of machinery,
has only served in the United States to
curb personal and intellectual endeavor,
to disappoint ambitions and to make cul
ture and knowledge hardly worth the can
dle.
It is only necessary to get American
newspapers in order to find letters and
interviews with returned officers, which
have gradually changed the entire Ameri
can sentiment toward Cuba. While the
Americans may be richer, stronger, more
active and more business-like than our
selves, they cannot claim to lv cultured,
not even to the degree of the Spanish-Cu
ban offspring.”
Applicants Arc Insistent.
A major called at the palace yesterday
to ask for an interview with the governor
general, whom he said he would ask to
give him an appointment in the custom
house. Lietty. Castle of Gen. Brooke’s
staff informed him that he must make his
application in the usual way, setting forth
his qualifications and submitting a cer
tificate of good moral character. To this
the Cuban officer replied that he had
earned the position by fighting for the
revolution, and that if he did not get it,
he would take to the woods as several
others hal done.
During the afternoon another applicant,
a negro lieutenant, insisted upon seeing
Gen. Brooke, in order to make a demand
for $75. He said he needed the money,
and insisted upon waiting. After an hour
or so the man. who looked fat and happy,
asked Lieut. Castle for the loan of lo
cents.
The Commercial says: "The worst meth
od of treating the banditti Is the legal
method, as it puts honest men at the
mercy of robbers and frontier law. The
best method is to capture them, let them
try -to escape and then kill them. The
reason why Mexico has had Immunity
from bandits is that she has followed this
course.”
The temperature In Havana at 3 o’clock
to-day was 85 degrees.
DEPITIES ARE ON DITY.
Non-l nion Miners Swear Vengeance
at Inlikooda.
Birmingham, Ala., July IB.—There was
no further trouble at Ishkooda to-dav. Cor
oner Dallas began his Investigation of last
night’s killing. Only one negro, Richard
Cobb, was killed. Four were wounded,
however, and one of them will dir.
It Is the- opinion that the striking
miners did the shooting, and the non-union
men have sworn revenge. Two hundred
more negroes will be brought here to-mor
row night. Sixteen deputies are on duty
around the mines.
ANNOI NCERENT OF THE RACE.
Columbia and Defender Sail Off .New
port on July 21.
Newport, R. 1.. July 16.—The New'port
Yacht Racing Association gave out the fol
lowing circular to-day:
The first races between the Columbia and
Defender off this port, under the auspices
of th** association, will be held on Friday.
July 21. The start will be made from Tiron
ton s lightship at 11 a. m. f and the course
will be a triangular one.
TREATY EFFECTIN E TO-DAY.
I lilted States and Japan Will Have
Stronger Reintlon*.
Washington, July 16.—A new treaty be
tween the United States and Japan goes
into effect to-morrow, at which time new
treaties between Japan and most o.i the
countries of Europe and some of tin South
American republics also go into effect.
It is an event of far-reaching import
ance in the relations between Japan and
the United States, as it does away witn
the methods which have been in vogue
for nearly fifty years and .substitutes an
entirely new procedure.
The same is true in the relations of
Japan and other countr: . Taken as a
whole, tho many new treaties place Japan
on an entirely new footing with the world
at large, as she is recognized for the first
time as an equal in every respect.
The treaty with this country was made
Nov. 22, 1894. in Washington, between Sec
retary Gresham and Minister Kurinor, wio
then represented Japan here. The changes
it made were so far reaching that it was
determined the treaty should not go into
operation until
The countries with which Japan male
new treaties are the United States, Groat
Britain. Germany, France. Russia, Austria,
Italy, Spain, Portugal. Belgium, Holland,
Denmark, Sweden and Norway. Switzer
land and Fern. All of these go into ef
fect to-morrow exccept those of France
and Austria, which are deferred until Aug.
4. With mose of these countries Japan al
ready had treat.? relations, but they were
crude and unsatisfactory.
WAS HE BRUTE OH HI MAN f
Upon That Depend* n Man'* Inno
cence or Guilt of Murder.
Chicago, July 16.—A sffeclal to the Tri
bune from Bonesteel, S. D., says:
Upon the question whether his victim
was brute or human depends Archie H.
Browers’ guilt or innocence of the crim*.
of murder. Brower was one of the owners
of a small tent show which came here for
exhibition. Among their attractions was
a creature of seemingly a higher form of
animal life than a monkey and lower than
a man.
Brower and Thorndye called the animal
the “missing link” and laid great stress on
the alleged fact that no one was able to
say whether It belonged to the human or
the brute creation. Brower now' avers
that the freak was a monkey.
In a scuffle with it, the showman became
angry and, seizing a heavy club, dealt the
creature a l ard blow over the ear, from
the effects of which it died in a few hours.
The local authorities immediately placed
Brower under arrest on a charge of mur
der. At the preliminary hearing Ills law
yers set up the defense that their client
did not take the life of a human being, but
the magistrate bound him over to the
grand Jury.
SHOT BEHIND C HI HC 11.
Two Young Men Disputed and Sims
Killed Face.
Birmingham, Ala.. July 16.—At Ashland,
Clay county, during a prayer meeting at
the Baptist Church, John £ims, chief
clerk in the probate judge’s office, and
Howard Pace, a young merchant, became
involved in a colloquy.
When the meeting was over Pace in
vited Sims to step behind the church. The
men retired, and a moment, later a pistol
shot was heard, Pace staggered from
around the church and fell bleeding at
its steps, in sight of the horror-stricken
congregation then emerging from the
building. He died a few hours later.
Sims is in jail and refuses to talk. Pace
said before he died that Sims shot him as
soon as they went behind the church, and
before they had an opportunity to discuss
the differences. Both men are highly con
nected.
JUMPED FROM A STEAMER.
Aiit Van lloeninw Committed Suicide
Near Peoria.
Peoria, 111., July 16.—Ailt van Boening,
state grand master of the Knights and
Ladies of Honor, aged 46 years, commit
ted suicide this evening by throwing him
self from the steamer Bald Eagle, three
miles above the Copperas creek dam. Do
mestic trouble is supposed to have caus
ed the act. He was also a state official
in the A. O. U. W.
EXPLOSION IN COAL MINE.
Men and Women deported Killed at
Kyiimliu Japan.
Victoria, B. C., July 16.—A terrible ex
plosion of gas occurred in the Toyokuni
coal mine at Kyushu. Japan, on June 15,
according to advices by tne steamer Olym
pia. There were 200 men and women In
the mine. The work of recovering bodi* *
was going on when ihe vessel sailed. The
loss of life was not known.
MEDIUM AC IN 11% II SHAPE.
Wreck Near Deep Water on Anti
eostl Inland.
Montreal, July 16—Tho latest advices
from the wreck of the steamer Merrlmac
ou Anticosti Island are to the effect that
the vessel is in a very bad position on the
locks and close to deep water. Her fore
peak is full of water. The crew alf reach
ed shore in safety.
WITH DINT FIIOM KLONDIKE.
City of Seattle Arrive* With S<3OO,4MH)
or *700,000.
Victoria, B. C., July 16.—The s’earner
City of Seattle from Alaska brought down
two hundred passengers and SSCO,CO) or
$700,000 in drafts and dust.
Late arrivals say the officials at Dawson
refuse to record any more claims on Bo
nanza or Us tributaiies.
M’LBAN IN MINORITY#
Committee Carried Out Wlklicn of the
Kllbourne Force*.
Toledo, 0., July 16.—The result of the
Democratic central committee meeting
last night shows that John It. McLean
was decidedly in the minority, and the
committee, by Id :tlon, practically cur
ried out the wishes of the Kllbourne for
ces.
WANT TO AVOID NEW DUTIES.
OLYMPIA IIKINGS ff.OOO TONS OF,
TEA AND W ILL 111 Kill HACK. i
Shipper* I)ci re to Get the Yeanel
V’ v ) Before Treaty With Japan
Inereaaen Duty—Steani*hip* <1 uar
il n tilled %\itli BulMinle Plnmtie
Aboard—Pen*nnt* Rioting in Jap
an— t liina Order* War Veaael* and
Tacoma, Wash., July 16.—The steamship j
Olympia, of the Northern Pacific Line, j
arrived to-day from China and Japan with !
3,0u0 tons of the new crop of tea. She le
-gun discharging immediately, and will
hasten back with freight that importers
are attempting to rush into Japan before
the new duties become effective. Several
cars of tobacco await shipment here.
The officers of the Olympia bring word
that the City of Pekin is quarantined ut
Nagasaki) and the American steamer Ma
ru at Yokohama, Ixuh of San Francisco-
Oriental Lines, with cases of the bubonic
plague aboard. There have been two
deaths aboard the Maru.
The Olympia brings Ihe following mail
advices: Serious riots- occurred near Kiao-
Chou on June 6. Thousands of armed
peasants rose by preconcerted signal and
attacked the guard of the railway, now
being actively pushed in the vicinity. The
rioters offered determined resistance to
the German infantry, and nine were killed.
It is expected the military will be able
to restore order without further bloodshed.
Two Russian engineers and ten Cossacka
have been killed by brigands near Kirin.
The Italian squadron is maneuvering on
the Yellow sea, and the Chinese authori
ties express anxiety as to Us intentions.
The representatives of the Powers do not,
however, believe Italy will take any de
cisive action against China.
The British and American residents of
Klnning district have been advised by their
consuls <o leave Foo-Chow in order to
avoid further attacks. One case of chol
era has appeared t Nagasaki.
On June 14 u great quantity of gunpow
der exploded in u “go-down” of the mili
tary division at Shinkei-Yle, Japan, and
over 800 houses surrounding the place
were destroyed and thirty lives lost. A
coal mine in Takawa Qori became filled
with poisonous gas, and about 190 miners
were suffocated.
The American, Russian and German
ministers are engaged In negotiations re
gard.ng the construction of the Seoul-
Wousai Railway.
Juno 14 at Seoul explosives were thrown
at the residence of Sin Kwlzon, premier.
Pak Chong Yang and Pak Hwi Yang,
wounding one person severely. The
was thrown into a great panic. The Em -
peror has removed to the newly built li
brary, and the Russian mid American le
gations are closely guarded. Rome thirty
persons were arrested. They are suspected
of being connected with conspiracies in
Japan.
The Chinese minister at Berlin has been
instructed to contract with the Vulcan
works at Stetiln, Germany, for the con
struction of two armorclads of about 8.000
tons and six protected, fast cruisers of
3,500 tons, to he completed within thirty
months for 10,000,000 taels. An order for
fifty quick-firing field guns will also be
placed in Germany.
A telegram from Chemulpo on June 19
says two captains in the Korean army and
two other persons have been apprehended
on a charge of plotting to put to death the
present Emperor.
WOMAN KILLED HER MOTHER.
Turned the Pistol on Her IliiMlinnd
iiikl Then on Hemclf.
Libertyvillo, 111., July 16.—Following a
family quarrel this afternoon, Mrs. George
Trelder shot and killed her mother, Mrs.
Christian Foss, wounded her husband and
killed herself.
Tho shooting occured at the home of the
Treiders, a mile and a half northwest of
Grove, a village near this place.
Trelder was shot three times, but it is
thought will recover.
Tho quarrel was precipitated this after
noon by long standing family troubles.
Hot words were exchanged during the
morning between Mrs. Foss and her
daughter, and Trelder also became in
volved in the discussion.
The trouble was apparently over, when,
after dinner, It broke out afresh. Mrs.
Treider stepped into the bedroom, and,
appearing immediately with a revolver,
opened fire on her mother. The first shot
was fatal, and the husband, springing for
ward to disarm his wife, received three
wounds that sent him from the house in
retreat. Afrer leaving the house he heard
two more shots, the ones that killed his
wife.
Mrs. Treider leaves two children, 7 and
5 years old. She was 33 and her mother
80 years of age.
SKI LL < IM SHED WITH BAR.
Night Watchman \\ *•* Murdered on
III* \\ litirf.
Pensacola, Fia., July 16.—M. P. Athey,
night watchman on Perdido wharf, was
murdered early this morning while on duty.
It Is supposed that the murderer crept up
behind him and struck him on the head
with an iron bar. Ills skull was crushed
in, and death must have been almost In
stantaneous.
Athey had been close on the trail of a
gang who had been robbing freight cars
and stealing brasses from locomitives. H
is thought one of these murdered him to
get him out of the way.
PASSENGER TRAIN DERAILED.
Traveler* Ilndly Jarred and n Lady**
Knee Was 4 ut.
Redding, Cal., July 16.—A bad derallmen
occurred to a Southern Pacific passenger
train at Blue Cut on a bridge nearly 200
feet long across the Sacramento river. The
passengers were badly Jarred and a lady
in the Pullman had her knee cut. That the
car did not topple Into the river 1* re
markable.
Coidiilmlii of flic Ration*.
(Seattle, Wash.. July 16.—Twelve dis
charged sailors of the battleship lowa,
who have started for Brooklyn, say they
will lay before Secretary I#ong a com
plaint regarding the rations issued aboard
ihe lowa.
m ESTIONS AHOi r TIirSTS.
< oinmlttc** W until lii forum l ion From
Dfulrni anil Employ e*.
Chicago, July 16.—The gerural commit
tv on arrangements for the conference
oil combination* und trusts, called by the
civic federal convention of Chicago, bus
mailed a circular letter to 450 trustees and
commissioners throughout the country,
asking twenty-six questions. They are
such as the number of organlsations in
cluded in the consolidation, the number
yet outside, total original capital of the
various concerns now merged, the pres
ent capital employed by the combination,
the effect on prices of products, and the
effect on labor as to displacement of
wages.
Of the labor unions in the various crafts
employed in these combinations questions
are asked as to the effect on wanes, hours
of work and the number thrown out of
employment by the organisation of trusts.
The question addressed to the 500 national
and local traveling men’s organlbations
throughout the country are as follows:
How many commercial travelers In your
immediate vicinity have lost their posi
tions owing to trust consolidations? How
many of those discharged belong to your
local organisation? What effect have
these combinations had on the salaries of
commercial travelers retained in their em
ploy? Estimate the number of commer
cial travelers residing in your locality?
Whal is your opinion of trusts and in
dustrial combinations, and what is the
general sentiment regarding them?
The six questions addressed to the
wholesale dealers are as follows:
Are any or all of the articles in which
you deal manufactured by a trust com
bination.’. If any, pfease state what. To
what extent are you able to buy these
goods from sources outside of the com
bination? What has been the course of
prices since the combination in the goods
you soil? Please give us as full a state
ment of prices before and after the com
bination as you can to supi>ort your state
ment. To what extent do you ascribe the
changes which have ocured to the effects
of the combination and to what extent are
they due to other coses? Give any figures
that you can of increase and decrease In
supply and demand, in support of your
views. Wliat Is jour opinion of the gen
eral effect of the combination in your line
on the trade, the distributor, the public
and the consumer?
WILL SPEAK AT ( liltAGO.
Bryan llim Accepted Invitation of
John P. Altgeld.
Chicago, July 16.—John P. Altgcld has
received a message from W. J. Bryun, In
which the latter says he will sp<uk at
the Chicago platform mass meeting, w hich
will be held at the Auditorium July 20,
the dale of the meeting in Chicago of the
Item or ratio national committee. Accord
ing to the Tribune, the supporters of May
or Harrison had strongly expected Mr.
Bryan to refuse Mr. Altgeld’s Invitation.
Mayor Harrison lias been invited to de
liver an address of welcome. He is invit
ed ns the Mayor of Chicago, and not as a
Democrat. "Mr. Harrison is Mayor of our
city,” salt! Mr. Altgcld, "and It 1* only
pro|M?r that w< should Unvlte him to wel
come the visiting Democrats.”
THE Ainu NITION WAS WRONG.
Rlm-Flre In Center-Fire Revolver
Prevented n Tragedy.
Marlon, Ind., July 16.—James B. Crosby,
a wealthy manufacturer of Marion, at
tempted to shoot his wife and family about
1 o’clock to-day. Mr. and Mrs. Crosby
had domestic troubles and separated last
January.
He visited Ids wife’s home to-day while
she and her six children were eating their
dinner and pointed a revolver at her and
puller Ihe trigger. The cartridge failed io
explode, and he tried the second. Mr*.
Crosby ran from the house. A son about is
years old attempted to strike bis father
with a chair and the father attempted to
shoot hltn, but the revolver was a center
fire and the cartridges were rim-41 re, pre
venting a tragedy.
WENT TO Hl* OVING MOTHER.
Oregon Volunteer Violated Quaran
tine Megnlat lons.
Albany, Ore., July 16.—Frank M. Girard,
a member of Company I, Oregon Volun
teers, has arrived here from Han Fran
cisco In violation of orders. On reaching
San Francisco harbor and while still on
ship, he received a telegram that his
mother, who resides near Monmouth, was
dying, and asked him to come at once.
He applied for a furlough, offering the
telegram as a reason, but it was refused.
By the aid of sympathetic comrades, he
was let down by a rope In a small boat
and went ashore, taking the train at
once for home. He says that he will re
turn to his regiment in few days.
TALKS WELL FOR HARRISON.
IV rLI ii m Soy* He Will He Governor
and Then President.
Cleveland, 0., July 16.—Vincent H. Per
kins of Chicago, who has been mentioned
as the successor of Carter H. Harrison,
for the mayorallty of that city, is vlait
ing in Cleveland. In an interview to-day
he said that Mayor Harrison was loyal
to William J. Bryan and would support
him for the presidency next year. "May
or Harrison,’’ he said, 1 will be a candi
date for Governor of Illinois to succeed
Gov. Tanner, and in 190-1 he will be a can
didate for the presidency and will be nom
inated." Mr. Perkins expressed th opin
ion that Mr. Altgcld has had his day in
politics.
BITTEN BV TARANTULA.
Tlie Poisonous Creature Wan Hid In
Hunch of lluiiuiihs.
Minneapolis, Minn., July 16.—Mrs. An
drew J. Hammond was bit tan this morn
ing by a tarantula, which was in a bunch
of bananas. Ther Is but small hope of
her recovery.
Git A AI) EXALTED LEADER DEAD.
The* Grand Lodge of Order of Elks
Loses Mr. f. M. Foote.
Minneapolis, July 16.—C. M. Foote,
grand exalted leading knight of the Grand
Dodge, Order of E.ks, died in this city
to-day from heart failure.
Dai BY. 919 A YEAR.
6 CENTS A COPT.
WEEKLY 2-TIMKS-A-WEEK JJ A TBAN
BAINBRIDGE IS FIRESIVEPT.
FLAME* DESTROYED TWENTY-SEV
EN Hi SINES* 1101 SE*.
Hotelier Urns.* Store tle First Build-*
b'S That f nuirlat— Spreail of tlo
Flames Was fin pi d—Stores That
Were Burned—City Now Without
W ntor— Estimated Loss fletivceii
mid ftKMIOO mill lumirunco
*:ui,noo.
Bainbridge, Ga.. July 16.—The largest
conflagration ever witnessed, here occurred
last night, when twenty-seven business
houses were completely destroyed.
The alarm boll sounded at midnight, and
the fire proved to be in the rear of tho
large mercantile establishment of Belcher
Bros , which was soon completely envelop
ed in flames. There having been no rain
here for several weeks past, everything
was as dry as a tinder-box, and the lira
burned rapidly.
Notwithstanding the fact that It was m
two-story brick building, it was soon com
pletely destroyed, and none of tho stock
was saved. Tin- lire was at once commu
nicated to adjoining buildings, south on
Broad streot, and cast on Water street.
The two-story brick buildings of M. \V.
tubers and Mrs. E. Born, one occupied by
W. H. Morrow, as a saloon, ami the other
by Dr. T. K. Warded as a drug store,
were completely destroyed, not even a wall
being left standing. Adjoining the drug
store of Dr. Wardell was a one-story
wooden structure, belonging to Mrs. K. O.
Dickenson and occupied by J. W. Patter
son us a saloon, which was torn down.
The fire was arrested at this ioint cm
Broad street.
Adjoining the building of Belcher Bros. a
on Water street, were two stores of D.
D. Stulls, one occupied ns a saloon, tho
other aa a general merchandise establish
ment. Both of these stores were com
pletely destroyed, as well us every other
building in the block.
Two stores of Mrs. \V. Q. Broome, on*
occupied by K. M. Moore and the other
t>y Mr. Skelton, both fancy grocery es
tablishments, were burned, and the flams*
then reached to tin* two Olyett stores,
one occupied by lielote, uh a harness man
ufactory. and the other by Mathis Bros.,
as a butcher shop. All of these men
tioned, except one, were brick buildings.
At this point tho fire crossed the street
and completely destroyed the following
buildings, which include all from Hlne*
& Callahan’* rurr.age repository on Water
strest to Broad; Hines A Callahan’s car
riage repository, Callahan’s livery stable,
Brackln & Cox’s livery stable, Kelly’s sa
loon, two stores used at. butcher shops,
.Wallace A Mills’ saloon. Mold* White’s
restaurant, two more butcher shop*, Mrs.
M. E. Knott’s restaurant, tv/o buildings,
owned hy Mrs. IS. Born, corner Water
and Broad streets, one used a* a grocery
store and tho other as a grocery store
and watchmaker’s shop.
On Clark street, below Brackin'* sta
ble, the following buildings were destroy
ed; Fire engine house, city guard house,
house and stable of A. W. Ford ham anti
the city water works’ pumping station.
The fire burned rapidly, and the entire
lot of buildings named were completely
consumed in less than four hours. Tho
loss of the pumping station throws the
city entirely out of water, except what 1*
hauled from a distance, * the people de
pend entirely upon the artesian well.
Hon, K. J. Willis, the Mayor, is doing
everything in his power to have tho
pumping station in shape for service in
the next forty-eight hours, so that tho
people can have water. It could not l**
ascertained whether nil of the
buildings will l>e rebuilt, nor could tho
amount of loss and Insurance le learned
definitely. The estimated loss Is between
I-Vj.ooo and 160,000, with Insurance probably
aggregating 135,000.
THOM \NVILLE SENT AID.
Fire Apparatus Went to FI a lit Itnln*
bridge Flames.
Thomasvllle, Ga., July 16.— A telegram
came this morning at 2 o’clock from Bain
bridge stating that the business part of
that city was burning up and asking for
help. The steamer and a reel cart and
hose were sent over on a special train,
leaving here an hour later.
B. F. Walker, a prominent citizen of
Deorv county, Florida, living just across
the line and well known in this county,
died Friday night at the home of Mrs.
David Copeland In thla city, where he
had come for treatment.
WANT Hit VAN TO SPEAK.
Mansncli u set t Democrat* Will Auk
Him to Visit Them.
Boston, July 16.—At a meeting of the
executive committee of the Democrats
state organization it was decided to have
a meeting early in August of the state
committee to appoint a time and plac®
for the state convention.
George Fred Williams, who attended th#
meeting, will leave to-morrow for Chi
cago, where he will attend the meeting
of the national committee. He will carry
with him several suggestions from tho
state committee, one of which is an in
vitation to Mr. Bryan to speak in tho
Massachusetts campaign.
Although Mr. Bryan’s time is nearly
token up hy the campaigns In several
Western states, he has intimated that ho
would visit Massachusetts when he oamo
East, nnd arrangements will be made to
hove him speak In Boston, Lawrence,
Dowell, Fall River, Worcester, Holyoko
and Springfield.
It is expected the convention will be
held early, but whether at Worcester
or Springfield has not yet been decided.
WILL MAIL ON THE TARTAR.
Gen. Joe W heeler Drove In tlo
Golden Gate Park.
San Francisco, July 16.—Gen. Joe Wheel
er spent a quiet Sunday with his daugh
ter, Miss Annie Wheeler. He* was busy
most of the day attending to his extensive
correspondence, but found time to take a
drive through Golden Gate Park.
Several officers paid their respects to tho
old soldier, among whom were Gen. Bab
cock and Oapt. Green. In the afternoon
Congressman Devries also made a call.
The general will leave for the Philippines
on the transport Tartar about the end
of the week.