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voL. I. HR. lH Bf IK. Wives. am> daughters ofstrik- MAKE DEMONSTRATION. tIOMPERS PREDICTS EARLY VICTORY I’rnl<t/n>i •'(' Federation 61 ‘laffbor Believfcs the Wll Trlminetr Before The fie.l of Nepte'v'tiCr. A 'KiSprttdk from Pittsburg, P-, s*jys: The Wives and tlaughtersiof the striking miners at DeArmittli coke Salines, near Turtle Cir>ek, took a prom- Jiuetlt'part'ln the deiwonstration against Ahe workmg'miners Thursday. ' During the morning a dozen or 'more women gathered at the camp, •and with flags ‘and banners marched along 'the road leading toward the itipple. 'Or. 1 their way they met a number Of 'miners going to the pit and greeted them'with veils and'jeers. They de rided 1 the miners who were working .-and' ridiculed them in a manner which ■caused many ■ of them to hang their •heads'in ihame. iThe'women say they will make a ■demonstration every day hereafter. Superintendent H. O. DeArmitt and lour'deputy sheriffs commenced the work iof'evicting the families of the Plum'Creek strikers during the day. The work will be kept tip until the company has possession of all their : lion bos. W. J. ißrennan, attorney for 'the 'miners, iis'preparing his answer to the bills, of ithe 'New York and Cleveland 'Gas'Coal Company in the proceedings '.against the miners’, officials and strike leaders for contempt of court. Gus Dalle, Who is in charge of the sheriff’s deputies.at Plum Creek, was told by •the Sheriff’s attorney that under the injunction he could not'interfere with marchers who paraded with a band at ’their head. The only ones he can stop are those who are intimidating the workmen. Gompers is Confident. ‘President Gompers, of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, gave his view of'the present coal strike situa -tion to 'the Associated Press Thursday .as follows: “The Situation as .1 gather it from the re ports of our organizers indicates that be tween 60 and 75 per cent, of the mines in West Virginia are now closed down com pletely. A letter I have just received from the Cooper and Pocahontas districts is briming with confidence and says the work in that region has been reduoed one-half in the last fortnight and predicts a general collapse very soon. “So long as the West Virginia miner* con ■tinned operations there was, of course, little hope of an absolute victory for the miners because West Virginia could supply the ur gent needs of the market. But with the sus pension in West Virginia becoming general, if the miners in the states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Illinois and Indiana keep the ranks broken, as I am oonfident they will, the strike must result in an absolute victory for the men. “Before September 15 the lake trade must be supplied. The situation beeomes daily more acute, and while I hesitate to fix a day, I believe thestrike will terminate by the end of September and that a settlement will be made in favor of the miners.” When Mr. Gompers’ attention was called to the great destitution and suf fering among the strikers he said that the coal operators had taught the miners how to suffer. They had been drilled in hardship by the operators. They would continue to endure their trials a little longer in the hope of re lieving their situation permanently in the future. HE’LL TELEGRAPH FROM HEAVEN. Joseph Fife, a Negro Youth, Promised to Communicate With the Sheriff. Joseph Fife, a negro youth, con victed of attempted assault on Mrs. Marks, a widow, and who confessed to other like crimes, was hanged in the yard of the city jail at Richmond, Va., Thursday. He ascended the gallows with the stolid indifference about leaving this world which he had maintained from of his sentence. His last words to Deputy Sergeant Ralston were: “I will send you a telegram from heaven on the 14th of March.” A CHANGE OF BASE. Coal Operators Have Disagreements Among Themselves. A Pittsburg special of Wednesday says: Coal operators of the Pittsburg district have made a decided change in front. Internal dissensions mixed with fear on the part of some caused a split iu their forces and a change of base. On its face, the move looked to many like a temporary surrender to the United Mine Workers of America. This, however, is denied by the most prominent lake shippers, who say they are going to start their mines and sup ply the demand from the northwest, and not stand idly by and let a large volume of business go to operators of other states. NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR. Dr. Von Holben Appointed to Succeed You Thielman. The North German Gazette an nounces that I)r. Von Holben, the Prussian secretary at Stuttgart, Wnr temburg, has been selected for the post of German ambassador to the United States, made vacant by the appointment of the minister to the United States, Baron Von Thielman as minister of the Germau imperial treasury. Banks County Journal. WOMEN ROUTE FOREIGNERS* First Attempt to Sturt an CUvi Failure. The first attempt to start any of the coal mines in the Pit'fsburg district was made at the Champion mines of Robbins A Company, ‘near McDonald, Pa., on the Panhandle road Friday morning. Two car-load's at foi-eigwens, gath ered Up from about Pittsburg, were sent to the tlkampion mines about daylight and put to work loading slack into cars. The miners beard of the aantkfal of the new men and with 500 women started to the mine. The new wen were attacked with stones and ■idnhs and driven from the oars. The women followed them up and ’the foreigners, without resisting, fled 'to Noblestown. The women then re ’turned to McDonald and dumped the 'slack that had been loaded 'from the ' cars. They were met by 1,000 strikers, • and headed by a band, marched a short distance from the mine, where they are now encamped, watching for the return of the non-union miners. The company say they are determined to load the slack, and a .conflict is ex pected if the new men are brought to the mine. UNION PACIFIC’S COMMITTEE Meet In Washington and Hold Commlta tion with McKenna. Chauncey M. Depew, General Fitz gerald, W. S. Pierce, J. H. Schaff, of New York, and Marvin Hugliitt, of Chicago, members of the Union Pacific reorganization committee, held a con sultation at Washington with Attor ney General McKenna relative to the decrees recently rendered in the United States courts for the foreclos ure sale of the Union Pacific to satisfy the mortgage and the government’s second mortgage. Some portions of the decrees were not satisfactory to the government, and the reorganization committee ap peared before the attorney general in the desire'to reach a satisfactory under standing with the government and thereby obviate further delay. SAVED A FORTUNE, __ But Shoemaker 'Hnssey Url Ai>laienlly In Abject 'Poverty. Thomas Hussey, the aged -citizen of Montgomery, Ala.., who was arrested in New York several days ago in a dazed condition with $30,000 in money and securities in his pockets, died Friday at the home of his niece in Brooklyn. He was more than eighty years old. Mi's. Harriet Mitchell, a great niece and one great-great nephew, both res idents of Brooklyn, will inherit the old man’s wealth, which is estimated to he in the neighborhood of a hundred thousand. He was formerly a shoemaker and had lived in Montgomery for thirty years alone and in abject poverty. PURE FOOD COMMISSIONERS. They Meet lit Detroit ami Perfect Their Organization. A Detroit dispatch says: The as sembled pure food commissioners have at last perfected their organization un der the name of the “National Associ ation of State Dairy and Food Depart ments.” At the last meeting Friday the following officers were elected: J. E. Blackburn, of Columbus, 0., president; G. I. Flanders, of Albany, N. Y., first vice president; J. A. Law rence, of St. Paul, Minn., second vice president; John B. Noble, of Hartford, Conn., third vice president; E. O. Grosvenor, Michigan, secretary and treasurer. Resolutions were adopted urging congress to pass laws placing manu factured food products in original packages under state laws wherever sold. MILLIONAIRE COLLET DIES. Wealthy New Yorker I'asso, Away On Hnar<l His Yacht. Mr. Ogden Goelet, of New York, died Friday. He expired on hoard his yacht, the Mayflower. The de ceased had been ill for about two months past. Ogden Goelet was one of the two sons of the late Robert Goelet, and a grandson of the late Peter Goelet, a very prominent member of society in New York, Loudon and Paris. The Goelet estate is one of the most x-alu able in New York, due to the increased value of the old-time Goelet farm. The latter originally ran from the section of the city where the Windsor hotel now stands to the East river. AZCARR AG A SPANISH PREMIER. Queen Regent Names the General as Can ovas’ Successor. The queen regent of Spain, Friday, conferred the premiership upon Gen eral Ascarraga, who is also minister of war. The cabinet will not be modi fied, but it is expected that there will not be instant dissensions. It is well understood that had Sa gasta, liberal, been appointed to suc ceed Canovas, there would have been wholesale resignations. It is said that General Weyler’s resignation is now in hand, bearing an “if” in reference to Sagasta. The belief is expressed that Sagasta would have 1 eceived appointment but for Weyler’s threatened resignation. CISNEROS CASE EXAGERATEI). Consul General Lee at Havana tele graphed the state department at Wash ington, Thursday, that the case of Evangeline Cisneros has been greatly misrepresented and exaggerated. He added that he could not ascer tain that there has been at any time any intention to deport her. Minister De Lome has written a let ter to Mrs. Sefferson Davis, in which he shows how utterly unfounded the statements ar e. HOMER, GA., THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER 2, 1897. SOUTHERN HISTORIES WRONG ACCORDING TO MEMBERS OF THE . A. B. ENCAMPMENT. OFFICERS FOR THE COMING YEAR. The 'Closing Session Was Fraught With ‘interest—Next Meeting Will Be Held at Cincinnati. The Grand Army elected its officers at Buffalo, N. Y., Friday, for the er. suing year and the encampment has adjourned to meet at Cincinnati next year. TherS'cjal session lasted from 9:15 a. m. until 3:45 p. m., without intermission. Opening under the or der of business, the encampment took up the election of senior vice com mander-in-chief. Alfred Lyth, of Bidxvell Wilkerson post, of Buffalo, was placed in nomi nation by Major A. K. Smith, the com mander of his post, and was elected unanimously, there being no other nominations. The election of a junior vice com mander-in-chief was not accomplished until after noon, there being four can didates and several interruptions to the proceedings of the encampment by speeches and the admission of a committee from the Woman’s Belief Corps. F. B. Allen, of Connecticut, the candidate of the naval veterans, was chosen on the second ballot. Among the reports receiving favor able consideration in the executive session in the encampment was that of the pension committee. It recom mended a readjustment of a widows’ pensions and presented a form of proof and application in pension claims substantially the same as that embodied in the Pickier bill, which has passed the national house of rep resentatives, but has not passed the senate. The report stated the pres ent commissioner of pensions had con sented to adopt new rules substantial ly the same as those in force during the Harrison administration. The repor t also recommended that con gress pass a service pension law to apply to all veterans who have reach ed the age of sixtv-two years. The report of the committee having in charge the memorializing of con gress to purchase several of the most important battlefields about Frede ricksburg, Ya., and to connect them by government roads was adopted. The invitation of the Young Men’s Business Association, of Richmond, Ya., to hold the encampment of 1899 in that city was received and thanks extended. This association was in formed that the question could only be considered by the encampment of 1898. Another committee reported favora bly the proposition to establish na tional parks at- the battlefields of Vicksburg, Stony River and Appo mattox. Southern Histories Condemned. The report of the committee on text books used in the public schools was adopted. The report deals severely w ith some of the histories used in the south, charging that they mistake the facts as to the cause of the rebellion and present them from a southern point of view r . A regret is express that, after an ex amination of all the histories used in the states that were loyal to the gov ernment in the opinion, none merits the qualified endorsement of the organiza tion. The report closes with the following recommendation: “First, That this encampment urge the continued agitation of the question of improved text books in our schools that relate to the history of the United States, especially as to the events of the war of the rebellion. “Second, That the national encamp ment authorize the appointment of a permanent committee on the subject of teaching patriotism in our schools, which shall make a report each year. “Third, That it be urged upon each department of the Grand Army of the Republic and recommended to the Woman’s Relief Corps, the Sons of Veterans and all allied organizations that they give direct and persistent attention to the selection of proper text books for use in our schools and the exclusion therefrom of such as are improper. ” TO ESTABLISH KLONDIKE ROUTE. A Washington dispatch says: The coast and geodetic survey has author ized Augustus F. Rodgers, in charge of the bureau’s San Francisco office, to proceed with an assistant to the head of Linn canal, Alaska, and make a thorough search of that part of the Klondike route. Treaty Between Russia ami France. The London Times’ Paris corres pondent declares that a definite treaty has actually been signed by a curious distribution of portions of Russian soil and French soil on the de-k of the cruiser Polhuan. PROSPERITY IN KANSAS. Many Chattel anil ltenl Estate Moi'tcages Released. Advices from Great Bend, Kan., state the county recorder has reported the release of over $(10,000 in chattel and real estate mortgages since August 1 and half of the wheat crop hes not yet been threshed. It is predicted that by the new year the country will be in better shape than for years and will look back on the largest increase of wheat in Its history. SAVED TILLMAN BY CHEATING. Candidate Irby Makes a Sensational Ad mission 111 His Speed! at Manning;. In bis speech at Manning, S. C., Colonel Irby made the statement that he had cheated Tillmau into his nom- in 1890. The circumstance created a sensa tion at the time. Irby said: “I hatohed Tillman. The truth oj this whole matter is that Tillman and I joined teanjs in 1886 after his agita tion in 1885 for the purpose, first, to establish an agricultural college in South Carolina. On the question of college or no college, we were inglori ously defeated. [ “Tillman became disgusted and at tempted to organize the farmers of the | state, threw up the sponge, wrote a long letter to the people of the state ' expressing bis contempt and retired to I his home among the old hills of Edge field. “To get him back I originated the March convention idea a year before the convention was held and gave him the nomination on a silver waiter. On the question of nomination or no nomination in that convention we were defeated by one vote. I cheated the question of nomination, which saved Tillman, who was to be the nominee. The end justified the means, because persons opposed to nominations bad not been invited to that convention and they had no right to control its deliberations.” FATAL FLAMES IN FLORIDA. Three l ives tost By Fire In Port Tampa City ami Much Property Destroyed. At Port Tampa, Fla., Sunday after noon, Marie, the fourteen-year-old daughter of Mrs. Frances Valdez, w ent to the kitchen to start a fire. She poured on kerosene, and instantly there was a deafening explosion, fol lowed by the girl’s agonizing death cries as she ran from the room a blaz ing mass. Mrs. Valdez _at onee_ went to her daughter’s assistance. While she was attempting to extinguish the flames her own clothes caught fire, and the two ran screaming from the house. Both were burned beyond recognition about their faces. The house caught from the flames, and was soon a mass of fire. A small boy was burned in the house. The fire spread rapidly and five houses owned by the Plant Invest ment company were burned, there be ing no fire protection. ALABAMA (UAL FOR MEXICO. Large Cargo Will Be Shipped From Pensa cola to Vera Cruz. A Birmingham special says: The Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company is loading a cargo of coal at Pensacola consisting of 500 tons, which which will he shipped to Vera Cruz, Mexico, to he introduced to the trade in that country, now being sup plied by an English coal company. The discriminating duty on Mexican vessels loading coal at American ports having been abolished at the last ses sion of congress, Alabama will attempt to get into the Mexican market with her product. The Tennessee company, which will furnish coal to the Louisville and Nashville Railway Company, which will haul the coal from Birmingham to Pensacola, and the Gulf Transit Company, which will handle it over waters, are uniting on the first ship ment to the Mexican market. MUST FIGHT OR BACK DOWN. McLaurin Shoulders Responsibility for Everything Offensive to Evans. A Columbia, S. C., special says: It is a case of back Tlown or fight be tween ex-Governor Evans and Sena tor McLaurin. While McLaurin has been sick a quantity of campaigu litera ture lias been sent out from his head quarters at Columbia. Several of these reflected on Evan’s character. The ex-governor declared a few days ago, at Kiligstree, that unless Mc- Lanriu made a public disclaimer to the effect that he did not authorize or in dorse these circulars he would hold him personally responsible. It was not expected that McLaurin would notice this, but Saturday night he issued the following card: “I am responsible for everything in the campaign that Is offensive to Mr. Evans and ho need not put himself to the trouble of making any inquiries, hut may proceed when ho sees lit to hold me responsible. “John McLaumn.” This has created much speculation as to the outcome. VICTIM WAS NOT GULDENSUPPE. Man Murdered By Mrs. Nack Prnveg To He From Petersburg, Va. William A. Murray, the Petersburg, Va., photographer, who went to New York to see the body of William Guldeusuppe, at the morge, which he claims to identify as that of William S. Edwards, a nephew of his, called at the coroner’s office Saturday. He described perfectly the satchel found in the woods at Kingsbridge, near the lower part of the body of Guldeusuppe and asked to see it. He declared tlsit it was the one he had loaned to Edwards on May 30th last and identified two rivets which he had put in the satchel to make it stronger. SHERMAN TO SPEAK. He Is To Make an Address During Ohio Campaign This Fall, A Washington special says: Secre tary Sherman will make one speech in the Ohio campaign this fall. The time or place has not yet been decided up on, but will be fixed by the chairman of the state committee. The secretary will not leave Wash ington until after the return of the president and First Assistant Secre tary Day. HI 11 HI THIRTEEN MINERS BRING BACK $575,000 WORTH OF DUST. A PRESS REPRESENTATIVE TALKS Gives Good Advice to People Who Con* template a Bush to the Alaskan Gold Fields. According to dispatches the steamer Portland arrived at Seattle, Wash., at 3 o’clock Sunday morning. She car* lied thirteen miners, eaoh of whom brought only a small part of his stake. The total amount of dust supposed to be on the vessel is $575,000. The Portland was delayed by the failure of the P. B. Weare to arrive at St. Michaels and by a storm on the north Pacific coast. The dhiners on board with the amount of their total mining profits, parts of which were brought w ith them were as follows: . J. Rowland, $50,000; Jim Bell, $45- 000; Joe Goldsmith, $35,000 N. YV. Powers, $35,000 W.W. Caldwell, $35,- 000;W. 01er,$30,000;C. K. Zilly, $25,- 000; F. IV. Cobb, $95,000; W. Zahn, sls,oCo;A.Buckley,slo,ooo M. S. Lan sing $15,000; B. W. Farnham, $10,000; M. R. Camlock, $15,000. I‘res* Representative Talks. H. N. Stanley, who went to St. Mich aels for the Associated Press, returned to Seattle on the steamer Portland. He says: . “I have been seven weeks at the mouth of the Yukon, at St. Michaels, where I saw all the miners coming out and interviewed As a_result I feel it my duty to advise everybody to 6tay out until next spring. Wild and, in many cases, exaggerated reports have"*Yeen circulated since the firsl discoveries w*ere made, “The strike, however, was, and is one of the greatest, if not the great est, in the world’s history. Probably $2,000,000 was cleaned up this spring aud next spring I look for from $5,000,- 000 to $7,000,000. The fields have hardly been opened up as yet, but those going in now must bear in mind that everything in that region was staked out long before any reports reached the outer world, and later comers must prospect for themselves, buy claims of the present owners or work for the owners. “No new strike had been reported up to the time of my leaving and an other may not be made from one to five years, although Alaska is an enor mous country and will yet, I believe produce more gold than we dreamed of. It is in mauy ways a bleak, bar ren, desolate country, a country inca pable of supporting any great amount of animal life and a country of such rigorous climate, both winter and spring, that none but the most hardy can possibly live in it. “The average man requires about one ton of carefully selected food and clothing for a year’s supply. In the summer of 1896 about 3,500 tons of supplies went up the river, aud the new population of 1,500 to 2,000 suf fered from want. Of this 3,500 tons probably 1,500 tons were tools, furni ture and supplies other than provis ions. This season, allowing for the most favorable estimates, not more than 4,200 tons of supplies can be car ried up the river, and fully one-half of this is rum and tools, as well as supplies other than food. There are more than three times as many people there as last winter. Figure it out for yourself. “Grub was completely out this spring, and last winter there was such a scarcity that moose hams sold for S3O each, flour $l2O per hundred, bacon $1 per pound. What will happen this coming winter? Why should not peo ple starve to death? “As to shelter, 90 per cent of Daw son was living in tents in July, labor is scarce and houses cannot be built. How are 7,000 people to withstand the rigors of a nine-months winter of semi darkness, when the mercury goes 70 below zero? “There are about 340 claims on Bonanza, Eldorado and Hunker creeks that will probably be worked this win ter. An average of eight men to each is, I think, liberal. If but 2,700 men are employed, and there are 5,000 or more seeking work, what must be the result? Wages must go down. DENTAL FROM RATCHFORO. President of United Mine Workers De clares That Miners Favor Arbitration. President Ratchford, of the United Mine Workers, has issued a statement replying to the operators of the Pitts burg district. He denies that the miners are op posed to arbitration. He says they fa vor it, but not on the basis proposed by the operators. The operators’ threat about gatliug guns anil Pinker ton men, he declares, will have no weight with the strikers. He declares that if the operators will meet them on fair terms there can be no trouble in reaching a settlement. M’LAURIN INDORSED BY TILLMAN. Senator Declares That McEaurin Is la Accord With His Own Views. In a speech made in Union county, S. C., Thursday to an alliance gather ing Senator Tillman said Colonel El liott, of Charleston, was the only con gressman from the state not in accord with the alliance and that he was own ed by Simonton. He said that McLaurin was with him in his views for the good of the state. KEYSTONE REPUBLICANS JOYFUL. In State Convention They Claim Honor of Bringing Prosperity. The Pennsylvania state republican convention met in Harrisburg Thurs day to nominate candidates for state treasurer and auditor general. The hall was well filled when the proceed ings - ■ ~~ The convention organized by the election of State Chairman Elkins as temporary chairman. Chairman El kins congratulated the party on its victory last November and its pros pects of success in Penusylvaniajthis fall. ~ ' Referring to the state issues and the action of the legislature on the reform bills presented, he closed by saying. “With more gold on the Klondike, gold in the harvest fields, the republi can party directing the administration of national affairs, the Dingley bill on our statute books and McKinley bold ing the reins of government, peace and prosperity shall dwell within our borders, let us hope, forever.” The platform adopted ratifies and reaffirms the doctrines enunciated in the national platform adopted at St. Louis in 1896 and approved by the people in the last presidential election. In addition it says: “We rejoice with the people of the nation upon the passage of the Dingley tariff bill. Its enactment redeems the pledges made by the republican party to our pros trate manufacturing, commercial and business interests and holds out to | them the bright promise of prosperity j and material development, such as I has never attended upon legislation de | signed for the protection of home in dustries and the preservation of the home markets. “Dollar wheat” has sounded the deafly __the “fre§. jgoinage” heresy. In the Tate presidential ca&P paign the strongest bid made for the agricultural vote by the democratic party was the promise that their success in that election would raise the market price to one dollar per bushel —payable in silver. They met over whelming defeat at the polls and the farmer now receives for his wheat one dollar a bushel—payable in gold. The dollar he received will buy in the mar ket two dollars and thirty-five cents worth of silver, as measured by the coinage value of that metal. We pledge ourselves anew to the republican doc trine of sound money and ap honest dollar.” AERIDIS HOLD KHYBEU PASS. Insurgents Capture and Burn a Well Gar risoned Pont. Advices of Thursday state that Fort Lundikola, situated at the extreme ; end of the Khyber Pass, in the north ern part of India, aud garrisoned by 300 men of the Khyber Rifles, was at tacked and burned by the Afridis on Tuesday. The famous Khyber Pass, leading from Afghanistan into India, has now fallen completely into the hands of the insurgent tribesmen. The governor general of India, the earl of Elgin, has telegraphed to the government at London confirming the news of the capture of Fort Luudikola, addiug that one native officer was killed and one wounded. Continuing the governor general an nounces that nearly all troops at Fort Ali-Musjid have reached Jamrud. The soldiers succeeded in retreating with their arms. The following message was sent by the queen to the viceroy stationed at Simla: “I am grieved at the loss of my brave officers and men. I trust that the wounded are doing well. It is most gratifying to see how well my troops have behaved. The conduct of all of my troops has been ad mirable. Victoria.” WHEAT BOUNDS UP. September Options Reach the lligh Fig ure of H 1.03 at Chicago. A Chicago dispatch says: Wheat shot upward again Thursday. Sep tember, which closed Wednesday night at 96 3-4 c, started on the regular board with rates ail the way from 98 l-2c to sl. Within five minutes it was sell ing at $1.03. The market was very excited, but not broad. Before the upward rush ceased, the quotation was $1,034 for September. Today was the first time the bulge had carried the price past the dollar mark in Chicago, dollar wheat having only been just touched for a moment a few days ago. Opening quotations at Liverpool showed an advance equal to 2j@3c per bushel. A HEAD-END COLLISION. Engineer Fatally and Others Seriously Hurt—Many Cars Smashed. ( A special from Birmingham, Ala., says: Ahead-end collision took place Thursday morniug at 6.15 o’clock on the Southern railway, three miles west of Eden, 30 miles from Birmingham. Freight t in No. 45, bound for Birm ingham, from Atlanta, collided with an extra freight train going east. Both engines were badly damaged and ten cars broken up. JohuCheveß, of Atlanta, engineer on No. 45 was fatally hurt. About a dozen others of the train crews were more or less seriously injured. WEYLER ON THE MOVE. Heads a Small Force To Operate In Pro vince of Havana* Captain General Weyler left Ha vana Sunday morning with a small force for the purpose of carrying on military operations in the provinoe of Havana. It is stated that Evangeline Cassio Cisneros is still confined in the Casa Recojidas, occupying a well-ventilated apartment, into which is allowed the oompany of other ladies. NO. 22. PRESIDENT BOH 18 KILLED WAS IN ATTENDANCE ON NATIONAL FETE IN MONTEVIDEO. THE ASSASSIN WAS AN ANARCHIST. Twice Before Was Borda’s Life In Jeopar dy, But He Wad Miraculously Saved. Unpopular With the People. During a national fete which was, held at Montevideo, Uruguay, Wedues day, President J. Idiarte Borda was shot and killed by an assassin. The assassination of the president occurred as he was leaving the cathe dral, where a Te Deumhad been sung. President Borda died almost imiue diately after he was shot^ The assassin is nafied Arredondo, supposed to be an anarohist, and was arrested. Senor Cuestas, president of the sen ate, has assumed the presidency of the republic ad interim. -a* Senor J. Idiarte Borda was elected president of Uruguay for the term ex tending from March, 1894, to 1898. The fete at which he was assassi nated was being held in celebration of the independence of Uruguay, which' was achieved on August 25, 1825. ie mur dered president was about: ,7 7? avs . of a ß|. He wgs married ami had a family and also a brother who iff an officer in the Uruguayan army. Ho was elected three years ago, being a combination candidate” of several parties. So far as known he had not been very popularly identified with the peo ple nor had he held any number of im portant offices. His elevation to the chief magistracy is said to have been dis tasteful to the more advanced element of the people. Much interest attaches to the nationality of the assassin of the president. An attempt was made to assassinate the president on the afternoon of April 21st last. An unknown man met Pres ident Borda on the street nnd shot at him. The president escaped without injury ami the criminal was captured. On that occasion the president, ac companied by his aid, Lieutenant Col onel Turrene, had been horseback rid ing. As he dismounted in front of tinj government palace a youth approached him and drew a pistol. Before the trigger could be pulled Lieutenant Colonel Turrene struck up the arm of the would-be assassin and the ball passed over the president’s head. Another attempt to assinatehim was made on May 20th, when he received a bomb sent to him from LaPJata, Ar gentine. It was in a box and so ar raranged that it would explode when the box was opened. Fortunately sus picion was aroused and the box was turned over to the police and de stroyed. POLICE AND NEGROES FIGHT. A Bloody Riot Precipitated ut Ctiarieetoik Cotton Mill*. In the Charleston cotton mills, at Charleston, S. C., where colored labor is employed, fully 100 negroes meet at night when work is stopped to prevent the white ex-operatives from attacking the negro men and women as they march out of the mill. Wednesday afternoon as the work men were leaving a policeman went to arrest a negro, when he was mobbed by the whole gang. Two ether officers rushed Up, and the three were beaten with sticks and stones. The police men did not shoot for fear of killing the children, but managed to knock down a dozen negroes with clubs. The fighting was becoming furious and the riot call was sent in to polieo headquarters. This brought the en tire force, and the mob dispersed. WAGES WERE TOO LOW. iiungHi'ian and Italian Coliery Men at Hazeltou, Pa.. StifUe. The Hungarians and Italians em ployed at the shippings and canal at Van Winkle’s Colleraine Ooliery at Hazleton, Pa., struck Wednesday. Dissatisfacton has prevailed there for some time. The men say the price of provisions is going up and that they want an ad vance in wages. Superintendent Rod erick has asked to appoint n committee and he would confer with them. FALLING WAULS KILL FOUR. Disastrous and Fatal Biaze Occur* id Pittsburg, J*. Fire at Pittsbuig, Pa.. Thursday evening caused the death of two fire men, the death of two boys, the loss of $165,000 worth of property, injury to two firemen and created a panic iu the Seventh Avenue hotel. • Several hours after tie fire had been subdued and the firemen were coup ling up their hose, the wall of the Ed mundson A Ferrine building, three stories high, fell, burying under the debris two firemen. Two boyr., who weie watching the firemen w ork, are also supposed to be under the fallen walls. SPATN MAKES NEW L© k N. Government to Borrow Money Fsi Navy Improvement*. Adviceß from Madrid state that the Spanish government is arranging a fresh credit with the view of strength ening the navy. The navigation tax has been pledged as security for the loan. The government will immediately construct one large ironclad and six cruisers of from 6,000 to 7,000 tons to form the nucleus of three squadrons.