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jj ore Men Join the Big Strike
of Coal Diggers.
fg£L OUTPUT GREATLY REDUOED
toiupI«‘« Suspension I* Expected la a-
r(V unya-Htrshtn Working Indnstrl.
oaalr For the Snoooea of tho Movement.
Operator* Say They Will Mako No Ef-
fort to Secure Now Force* Thu Tear.
Pittsburg, Au?. 4. — The striking
minors gained another viotory at Plum
Crook by inducing 20 more men to Join
ihP ranks. All of them were diggers.
Tins leaves the mine working with
,bout half the force of Tuesday. Com
mittees are working industriously in
tho houses of the miners. They first
ealist the sympathy of the women and
then the men are more easily induced
to follow. The strikers are turning
their attention entirely to the diggers,
knowing that if they come ont the
otli-'r employes will be forced to follow.
On the other hand the New York and
Cleveland Gas Coal oompany is making
e very effort to keep the mines going.
claim that all the Plum Creek
miners are working, while the strikers
mv that not more than 40 men are in
the pit. The full force of that mine is
K40 men. Before the campers came the
output was from 120 to 140 oars a day.
This output, however, was about 40
cars above the average when the other
mines are working. The output now is
DAVIS RENDERS DECISION.
AuUtaat Secretary of the Interior
an Important Ruling.
Washington, Aug. 4.-An important
decision, in whloh the interior depart
ment for the first time declares a reve
nue cutter to have been a part of the
United States navy, has been made by
Assistant Secretary of the Interior Web-
■ter Davis in the case of Wffliai* ~ v
Rogers, lieutenant. United
nue cutter ••Forward," a war
claim. The decision overrules the ac
tion of the pension bnrean under the
last administration and affeots a num
ber of claims.
Rogers was pensioned iu 1887 for ser
vice from June 3Q. 1846. to April 80.
1847, his vessel having been in active
co-operation with the navy, by order of
the president, in the Mexioan .war, but
he was subsequently drooped on the
ground that he was not legally enlisted
into the military or naval service. In
acting on the case Mr. Davis says it is
beyond dispute that the cutter Forward,
not in contemplation of the law, but
under actual provision and mandate of
the law, and by virtue of the president's
order, became part of the naval estab
lishment of the United States under the
direction of the secretary of the navy,
and henee the jurisdiction of the treas
ury over that vessel and the ship's com
pany meantime was temporarily ousted.
The officers and enlisted mea thereby
became, by merger, subject to the or
der of the commodore of the navy, and
amenable to the roles and articles of
war in their then war practice and oper
ation. It necessarily follows, the as
sistant secretary concludes, that the
pensioner had title to pension under the
act of Jan. 29, 1887, having actually
served more than 60 days with the
BIGSTRIKBlNmm SERIOUS POR SPANISH LANE ON THE OUTLOOK
Several Hundred Employes ol
a Cotton Mill Quit.
PAOTOFr ’0R0ED TO SHUT D0WH
Havana Is Practically Besieged
by Cuban Forces.
Alabamian Talks Interestingly]
of Crop Prospects.
TIE CITY IN A STATE OF ALABU PARKERS ARE IN GOOD CONDITION
not more than 20 cars. The complete
closing of the mine may be expected in I United States navy in MexiooThe not
a very few days. being barred by the act’s provisa Rog-
The march to Plum Creek mine was era’ name will be restored to the rolls
commenced at 1a.m. by the campers and ^e will be paid the accrued pension,
at Center schoolhouse. " — 1
They were re
inforced by large bodies from Sandy
and Turtle Creek The combined forces
arrived at the mine at 8 a. m., remain
ing until 6 o'clock, when they marched
back to camp, taking with them the 20
diggers who came out.
The campers at Sandy Greek bad lit
tle to da The mine is to all intents
and purposes shut down. The output
i* not more than two cars a day. The
Decide* to Cm N*po Help
la On* at tka Department* and tka
White Operative* Walk Oat—Nearly Oa*
Thou*and Man, Womaa and Children
Aflheted—May B« Sarlon Trouble.
Atlanta, Aug. 4 — Two hundred
women and girls employed at the Ful
ton Bag and Cotton mill* in this city
have struck because of the employment
of negro help by the management The
operatives learned that 20 negro women
were to be put to work in t^e folding
department The white females em
ployed in the mills gathered about the
main'entranoe and awaited the arrival
of the president Mr. Jacob Elsas. The
newly employed negro women were al
ready there. When Mr. Elsas came the
white women explained that they
wanted to know whether it was true
that he proposed to put negoes to work
with them. He said that he did, and
the white women refused to go to work.
At noon the 400 men employed in the
mills walked ont in obedlenoe to the or
ders of the Textile Workers’ union, and
in sympathy with the striking female
operatives. This forced the dosing
down of the factory. Strikers gathered
in angry groups about the mills and for
a time it looked as if there might be a
riot
The Fulton bag and cotton mills is
one of the largest concerns of the kind I and Weylet’s resources’are soVastiy su-
operatingln the south. The corpora- I perior, that it is a positive disgrace to
tion is spocessor to the old firm of El- | the Spanish arms that the capital of the
4U Effort* to Dlalodc* tho Insnrgant*
From Tholr Position* Pro** Total Pall-
nr**—Authorities Trying to. Prevent tho
Fablleatlon In tho Doited State* of tho
Trae Condition of Affair*.
St. Louis, Aug. 4—A special to The
Qlobe-Demoorat from Havana says: The
situation continues to be aerions for the
Spaniards around Havana. An attempt
made by the Spanish battalion of San
Qnintin to dislodge the Cubans from
their camps among the hills of Ma
nagua, 8 miles from the Havana suburb
of La Vivora, ended in the defeat of the
Spaniards. The insurgents occupied
such advantageous positions that the
Spanish fire iufliotad small losses upon
them. The Cabans had only two killed
and very few wounded, while the San.
Qulntin battalion had 70 killed and
wounded. When the foroes of San
Qnintin saw that they oonld not attain
their end they retreated to the capital.
The insurgents have been able to in
flict all this evil npon the Spaniards
simply becanse they have reoently re
ceived some expeditions from the United
States, whioh safely landed in Havana
province. They are now well provided
with arms and ammunition. Bat still
their numbers are so inferior to those of
the Spanish battalions in theoapital,
The Frasldaut of tho American Cotton
Grower*’ Association, Now at Galvoaton
to Attand a Big Mooting of Planter*. Say*
All Indications Point toon Era of Proa-
parity In tho South.
Galveston, Aug. 4—Hector D. Lane,
president of the American Cotton Grow
ers’ association, has arrived here from
Alabama to attend a meeting called by
Governor Culberson to take action to
ward preventing the selling of cotton
futures. Mr. Lane will make a tour of
the cotton belt. He will travel through
Texas, the Indian Territory, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Georgia and the piedmont
region, and the remainder of the cotton
territory.
When asked as to the condition of
the cotton crop, Mr. Lane said:
••The crop is in good condition, and
the indications point to a fair yield. No
living man can tell what the next six
weeks will develop. With favorable
weather conditions from now on we will
make a big crop.
“The farmers of the south are in bet
ter condition than at any time since the
war.
“There is a better tone to business all
over the sonth. The farmers owe less
and are feeling better, and everything
points to an era of prosperity.”
PEPPERY NOTE TO PERU.
NEWS FROM THE ORIENT.
| Japan to Abolish Export Unties—Flood*
la Fakal—Hangar Kill* Hundred*.
San Francisco, Aug. 4—Advices re
ceived by the Belgio state that the
Japanese government has decided to to
tally abolish the export dnty from the
— ... . „ , commencement .of the thirty-first fiscal
rapacity of the mine has been 100 cars I year on April next.
»ilny- , The floods in Fukni are said to have
Thera has been no change so far at | involved damage to 4,800 houses.
Oak Hill. A statemont made by the | According to latest native reports
miners that only two men were wort
Inc may be true. In that oase the out
put of eight cars claimed for Monday
and Tuesday will be decreased to one
car
The extraordinary capacity of the
mine is 1 aO and the normal capacity 90
cars The demonstration against DeAr-
mitt has had the effect of decreasing the
capacity of 340 cars to 12 oars, with the
probability of it being further reduced.
The campers at Turtle Creek were on
the march at 8 a. m.. aud went* to the
Oak Hill mine. They marched back at
6:80 a. m. and bad breakfast. Camp
life has been reduced to a system. One
hundred men were sent to Plum Creek
aud 300 sent borne, leaving 600 men in
camp. They have divided into compa
nies of 100 each, under a lieutenant.
Provisions seem to be plentiful. The
ramp will be policed by strikers of Bur
gess Teats, as borough police,
One of the notable features of the
strike of the miners has been the absenoe
of any effort of operators to get their
minors to work. There has been no
meeting by them to consider the situa-
tion, nor has there been any attempts
to start, mines with new men.
This was explained by an operator
who said be is satisfied to have the
•trike continue until January, as he has
enough coal to last him or can get it at
prices which will enable him to make
protit.
A NOTED CROOK ARRESTED.
Utn Wanted For Burglary and Grand
Larceny Captured In California.
San Francisco, Ang. 4—Harold Mar-
queise, alias Harry Kendall, a notorious
crook for whom the New York polioe
har o had a chase across the continent
and who Is wanted in Utica. N. Y. t for
five offeuses, two of burglary and three
of grand larceny, has left the city
prison iu company with Sheriff Weaver
from Szechuan, the famine there is still
at its height and people are dying from
atarvation by hundreds every day.
Aooording to a Tokio paper the For
mosa rebels seem in with the high offi
cials of China, and their plan is to at
tack foreign offices and residences or
otherwise molest foreigners, so as to
start international trouble.
Samnel Parker, who was minister of
foreign affairs in Queen Lilioukalaoi’s
cabinet, arrived from Honolulu on the
Belgio He said:
“If annexation is defeated Hawaii
will pnt her foot down. She will then be
ready to negotiate with Japan, England
or any other country. About one-
fourth of the people of the islands are
Japanese, many of them soldiers, it is
rumored. I do not think Japan will do
anything until the annexation and
treaty questions have been settled by
the United States.”
AMERICAN IN MEXICAN JAIL.
Rick Bauehor Hold It* a Wltnei
Indian Cattl* Thieve*,
Phenix, A. T., Aug. 4 — Gordon
Hunsacker, one of the wealthiest pio
neer ranohers of the Salt river valley, is
being held a prisoner by the Mexioan
authorities at El Plomo, in the state of
Sonora. About a month or more ago
Hunsacker left Mesa City for the south
ern part of the territory to find and iden
tify some cattle thieves.
Some time before be had purchased a
sas. May & Oa, and Jacob Elsas is its |
president.
About 600 men, women aud ohildren
are affected by the strike.
TAX TAKERS IN TROUBLE.
Governor Johnston May lUnon Sixteen
Collector* Prom Offloo.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 4 —Gov
ernor Johnston has demanded of Id
oouuty tax collectors in the state that
they show cause between this time and
Aug. 10 why they should not be re
moved from office,
The law requires county collectors to
settle with the state auditor between
July 1 and 10 in each year. They have
consulted their own convenience here
tofore as regarded the time of settle
ment, but when they failed to oome to
time last mouth Auditor White wrote
them and cited them to the law.
Many who were in arrears nrooeeded
without delay to settle, but 16 of th< oa
have not done so, and the anditor
ported the delinquents to Governor John
ston. The governor wrote the 16 col
lectors that they must show cause why
they should not be removed from office.
The total amount delinquent is $27,-
000. Of this amount Collector Lott si
Mobile owes $17,000; the collector ol
Wiloox, $8,000; the collector of BuIIock,
$2,000; the collector of Henry, $1,000,
while the other $4,000 Is divided up
among the 12 other counties.
It is likelv that most of the collector*
will settle the deficits against,them.
AgaiostlA NEGRO BRUTE ESCAPES.
island and the very stronghold of the
Spanish captain general is kept in a
constant state of alarm by the Cubans.
Havana, practically, is in a state of
•eige.
The principal desire of the Spanish
authorities here is to prevent the publi
cation of this newsiu the United States.
Nothing is happening except the “raids
of a few bandits,” according to official
declarations at the captain general’s
palace. The number of men in each
insurgent band is said to be not more
than ten, while the fact is that the
smallest Cuban force before Havana has
not less than 200 men.
Many letters have been received from
the different insurgent bands around
the capital, saying that there is not the
slightest prospect that the Cabans in
arms will accept home rule or anything
short of independence.
A LIVELY ROW IN ATLANTA.
Tke Administration Demand*
MeCord Claim Be Paid at
That th*
Ouco.
FEVER ATTACKS SAILORS.
Fallow Jack Among tha Maa oa Board
tho Spanish Warship*.
Washington, Ang. 4.—In his last re
port to the surgeon general of marine
hospital service, Dr. Bruner, sanitary
lnspeotor for the servios at Havana,
dwells upon the probability of a rapid
lnorease of yellow fever among the
Spanish sailors. He says that up to a
recent date there were no oases among
the sailors of the Spanish navy, but
that lately several have appeared. He
attributes this to the fact that some of
the warships have gone to the navy
yard, whioh is in close proximity to the
militarv hospital and the Tallapledra,
which is in bad condition.
“There are,” he says, “seven or eight
war vessels now in the harbor, and
their complement must aggregate 1,600
men, many of whom, I learn, are not
acclimated. This being true they will
be doubly exposed to the danger of con
tracting the disease, being in close prox
imity to the worst infected wharves of
the city.”
He adds that the report from the mil
itary hospitals show that yellow fever
is decreasing. Dr. Oaminero, inspector
at Santiago, says there are 2,000 Span
ish soldiers sick there of various dis
eases.
FRANCE IS TO BE FAVORED.
Paris Papqr Sara MoKlnley Will Grant a
Twenty Per Cant Tariff Cat.
Paris, Ang. 4—The Ganlois pub
lishes an interview with the minister of
commerce, Mr. Boucher, in whioh he is
quoted as declaring that it “should not
for a,moment be doubted-that President
MoKinley will spontaneously grant to
France 20 per cent tariff reduction,
permitted by the Dingley bill.”
M. Boucher is reported to have added:
'It is, of course, on this condition
that Franoe will continue to grant the
United States the customs concessions
arranged as quid pro quo for the eco
nomic advantages which have now dis
appeared. In asking for this reduction,
France will cite the favors accorded to
WRECK IN A WASHOUT
Train Plunges Through Bridge
With Fatal Results.
New York, Aug. 4.—A special to The
Herald’from Washington saysi An ul
timatum has been presented to the Pe
ruvian government by the administra
tion requiring the immediate payment I imports from the United States and the
of the McCord claim of $50,000. While | liberal legislation enabling Amerioan
no threat of coercion is made in the case
of refusal, she note makes the positive
statement that any farther delay on the
part of Pern to close the incident will
be considered as injurious to the oordial
relations existing between the two gov
ernments.
The Peruvian minister has cabled the
note to Lima and is now awaiting in
structions from his government
It 1b expected that the Peruvian gov
ernment will try to obtain farther con
sideration of the case, bnt snob an at
tempt will not meet with success. The
insurance companies to operate in
Franoe in competition with the home
companies*”
Stenographer* at the Show.
Nashville, Ang. 4—Several hun
dred stenographers from various states
attended the celebration of Stenogra
phers’ day at the Tennessee Centennial
exposition. Tbe session was held in
the Auditorium, and addresses of wel
come were delivered by Major John J.
McCann, representing the exposition,
and Buford Duke.
TWO MEN ARE KILLED OUTRIGHT
state department has informed Peru I by' J.1TStraohan of* ^Brazil, Ind. W A
that her liability is unquestioned ex-1 wa8 read hy Ml88 Qe rtnl de Becks
Ell Thom**ton. Who Mat* Two Attei
a! Auault la Oao Day. Free.
West Point, Ga., Ang. 4—Eli Thom-
as ton, a negro oharged with two
tempts to commit criminal assault in
one day, weft brought here by W. J.
Graves, who lives 1 mile Yrom this
place, on tbe Ohattahooohee river.
Thomas ton first attempted an assault
upon a young mulatto girl, about 14
outskirts ol
Mayor and Aldarmon at Ont* Oxer tbe
Conrthon*# Transaction.
Atlanta, Aug. 4—An interview with
Alderman James G. Woodward in re
gard to the recent purchase by the city
of the county courthouse has called forth
a warm reply from Mayor Charles A.
Collier. In the interview referred to
Mr. Woodward severely critioizes the
deal and intimates that it was “shady.”
He roasts the officials who made the
trade and declares it to be illegal.
The mayor comes book at the alder
man in a scathing card, reviewing Mr.
Woodward’s record, and closing as fol
lows:
“If Alderman Woodward intends to
intimate that there has been anything
shady in the courthouse purchase trade,
he is a liar and a scoundrel.”
cept by herself and that this govern
ment will not consent to a farther dis*
cussiou of the matter.
Southern Pig Iron Shipment*.
Birmingham, Ala., Ang. 4 — The
aemi-annual report of the southern iron
committee, just completed, shows some
big shipments of nig iron and oast iron
wlulo „„ „„„ . _ pipe from the south. The total ship-
horA n. r-nttin from Indiana These I y ear * old, living on the outskirts of I ments of pig iron for the six months
StfeprovSd to have been stolen and West Point. She screamed for help and | were 4,910,000 tons, and of cast iron
BOLD WORK OF BURGLARS.
Two Negro** Chloroform mnd' Rob tho
Occupant* of a Home.
Raleigh, Ang. 4—In Cumberland
oounty, Alexander Gilmore and. Isham
Wright, negroes, committed a daring
burglary at the honse of James McDon
ald. They chloroformed the occupants
of one room, and then removed a trunk,
dividing a considerable sum of money
they found in it
Gilmore is outlawed by tbe oounty
authorities, and pursuit of him has been
constant A posse was scouring the
oonntry east of the Cape Fear river and
caught sight of Wright, whom it knew
was Gilmore’s accomplice.
Wright ran and was shot down, an
entire load of shot entering his back.
He bad on three complete suits of
clothes, the outer one entirely new. He
has made a oonfession that he assisted
Gilmore. Wright will probably die
from his wounds.
Hunsacker was obliged to relinquishI
them to the owner. Then Hunsacker
went with the Mexican authorities to
El Plomo to arrest the Indian cattle
thieves, whom he had succeeded in locat
ing. A fight ensued in which one of
the officers was ugmnded. Hunsacker |
has been attested and is held as a wit-
- - __ __ . , ness against the Indians and the Mexl-
of Oneida county,N. Y The prisoner ^ authorities decline to release him.
was secured and Weaver expresses his 1
when her mother came to her assistant I pipe, 37,890 tons. The total shipments
a fight enst. d between her and Thom- I proper, which do not inolnde Anniston,
aaton, resol ing in the old lady being Bridgeport or Sheffield, were: Pig iron,
determination to see that he remained
so until he had him safely in Utica.
Marquetse posed in Utica aa a phy
sician and under tbe cloak of his pro
fession robbed the houses and offices of
friends, acquaintances and strangers
Fries* For Packing Over tha Pas*.
Portland. Or., Aug. 4—John H.
Smith of Portland, United States com
missioner for Alaska, writing from Ju
neau, says; “There are 600 people now
indiscriminately. He was arrested at ^ j)yea waiting to get over the pass
6yraouse, N. Y., last July, but escaped. there are several more steamer
He was recently captured at Los Galos, j oad s on the way. The Indian paokers
in this state. | Rnd the Dack animals have all the
«**,a-. <=--■■ sasfar jr ifftssA
Topeka, Aug. 4 —The federal an- ^ le w m be camping at Dyea and on
thonties and tbe state of Kansas will th e lakes aU winter eating the provi-
prebabiy clash. Last week Federal gions they have taken with them. Prices
Jud R e Williams, from Arkansas. held ra Zud Jadlha P° we ” ia
court at Manitou. Colo., and issued a I to 26 and 27 cents per pouua ana sue _ —
•weeping injunction on behalf of the Pikers are independent at that. | a Promi,
Mutual Life Insurance company of New . aotint* in Nn*ai circle*.
York, restraining Insurance Superin- . , Ui n _
teudent McCall from enforcing the state San Francisco. Aug. 4 For some
laws regulating insurance companies, I days past the battleship Oregon < has
aud also enjoining Attorney General I been nnder steam waiting orders to sail.
Byer or „ny other lawyer, on behalf of | Tha Monadnoo k is ready to put to sea
wounded on the arm by a ont from a
knife.
Thomaston then proceeded to th«
home .of Mr. Graves and attempted an
assault on Mrs. Graves. Mr. Graves
arrived with his gun just in time, how
ever, captured the negro and brought
him to this place, where he was put in
the city guardhouse for safe keeping.
During the night he escaped from the
guardhouse and has not been heard ol
since.
King Georg*'* Threat Ho* Effeot.
London, Aug. 4—A dispatch to Tht
Central News says that in an interview
M Skouloudis, Greek minister at for
eign affairs, declared that the Icing’s de
liberate and unalterable decision to ab
dicate in the event of external control
being imposed upon the Greek finances
836,827 tons; cast iron pipe, 17,079 tons.
The total export tonnage was 122,800
from the sonth, of whioh 120,708 tons
were iron. These figures show a great
increase over those of last year, ana the
big shipments are being maintained.
American Bicycle* In Germany.
Washington, Ang. 4—Consul Gen
eral Dekay, at Berlin, writes to the
state department at some length con
cerning the efforts that are being made
in Germany to prevent the importation
and sale of American bicycles in that
oonntry. Several schemes have been
devised and the probabilities are that
increased tariff rates to be imposed in
some form will be adopted to clrry out
the desires of the Germans. Mr. Dekay
also suggests that some international
plan should be adopted to protect Amer-
state of Kansas wiu the lakes au winter eating *ne P vu i bad been conveyed to the ambassadors [ caa bicycle trademarks in Germany.
Last week Federal Bions they have taken with them. Prices and had modified the views ol 7 !_
regard to the question.
the state, from bringing any oivil or
criminal suit against the company- It
is this order that Governor Leedy and
the state administration propose to
contest
on quick notice. At Mare island the
Charleston is being pnt in readiness for
immediate service. Her decks were
torn up and guns removed, but now a
large force of mechanics are rushing the
repairs on her under instructions from
the nival department to prepare her for
sea with all possible speed. The Wheel-
Drownod While In Bathing,
Acqcsta, Ga. Aug. 4—Florian Bind-
Tald, secretary of the Angusta Brew-
in« company, was drowned at Murray
Hill, a suburb of AugnstA He was in
hathiug in the lake and went beyond , ronn . u . n |„ m Rumor.
!‘ la depth, not knowing how to swim. Bho „ v wtl
Mr. Bindwald came to Augusta from London, Ang. 4—B. F. uawxsioy,
L'uisville. Ky. He was well known wnM i f or Cecil Rhodes, in an inter-
throughout Georgia and Sonth Carolina. I T i ew declares that the report circulated
Post of this city to the I
Inant Politician KllUd.
Independence, Kan., Ang. 4—Dan
MoTaggart. ex-state senator from Mont
gomery county and prominent as a Re-
E "' iafi politician, has been shot and
at MoTaggart’s mill, near lib
erty, by Henry Sheesley, lessee of tbe
pill MoTaggart’s 4-year-old son was
also shot in the arm. Sheesley was ar
rested. The shooting is an outgrowth
of a lawsuit
Second Dajfa Racing at Cow**.
Cowes, Isle of Wight, Ang. 4—In
C a revenue cutter atMare island, ia the race for the royal yacht squadron Castle Roc
being fitted out and coaled for a trip to prize of £100 over the queen’s conns doudbnnt has
Alaska, where she will be stationed. » -• ~ -■* I
Ring of Siam at PorUmoath.
Portsmouth, Ang. 4—King Chula-
longkorn and his suite arrived here
from London on his way to visit Queen
Victoria at Osborne. His majesty was
received at the railroad station by the
Prince of Wales. The warships here
were decorated with bunting and fired
a royal salute as the king proceeded on
his way to the Isle- of Wight. At Qs-
borne the king of Slam.will lunch with
the queen and later will take tea With
the Prince and Princess at Wales on
board tbe royal yacht OsbornA
Colorado Ha* a Cloudburst.
Rock, Cola, Aug. 4—A
occurred here, oausing
Thurmond I* Placed on Trial.
Columbia. S. O., Aug. 4—The trial
of Solicitor J. W. Thurmond tor killing
Will Harris on March 24, last, was be
gun in Edgefield. The jury was se
lected without trouble. The defense
put in the plea of self defense. Attor
ney General Barber is conducting the
prosecution in person, assisted by Gen
eral M. O. Butler. Only once before in
decades has the attorney general oon-
ducted a murder trial—that of the
Edgefield lrnohers in 1886. Ex-Gov
ernor Sheppard. N. G. Evans, J. H.
Tillman and George W. Croft are
among the lawyers for the defense.
A Duel With Revolver*. >
Chicago, Ang. 4 — Alexander L.
James, who olaims to bo a vaudeville
actor, and E. J. Curtis, a cabman,
fought a duel with revolvers at short
range iu Wabash avenue. James re
ceived a shot iu the forehead and Curtis
was severely wounded in the side. The
trouble was the outcome of a quarrel
over a woman. Neither of the duelists
was seriously injured, although a dozen
■hots were exchanged before the polioe
arrived.
No Inanrane* Far Gold H untar*.
Chicago, Aug. 4—The Chicago agent
of the Travelers’ Insurance company,
Hartford. Conn., has recived instruc
tions from his home office not to insure
any persons going to the Klondike re
gion. This is a risk the oompany does
Hot desire to take on account of the ex
treme hazard and becanse if death takes
place there will be a difficulty in ob
taining faotA
Fought Over Tholr Dead Fathar.
Columbia. S. O.. Aug. 4—Wiohef
of Chicago, president of the National
Association of Women Stenographers,
and speeches were made by several vis
itors.
Grain Arriving at Galveston.
Galve8L0n, Ang. 4—Grain for ex
port is beginning to arrive here in lively
style. One hundred and sixty-five oars
have come in during the past 24 hours.
Three vessels with engagements of 440,-
000 bushels will leave here before Sat
urday night arid a large amount of grain
is due to arrive within the next sik
weeks. The continued appreciation in
the price in wheat makes it difficult
for buyers to secure as large amounts
for export as they wish, but the average
amount to reach here seem to be no leas
than &00 cars daily.
The Situation In Wat Virginia.
Wheeling, Aug. 4—Except in the
Fairmount region, where J. W. Rae
and Joseph Wood appear to be making
some headway, the strike leaders are
losing courage. The strike in the Kan
awha valley is a failure thns far, while
in the New River region there has been
little to lend encouragement. In the
Norfolk and Western there is nothing
to indicate that a strike was ever or
dered, aside from a few disheartened
agitators, who are met coldly by the
miners.
Thermometer Reach** 100 Mark.
Louisville, Ang. 4—The thermom
eter reaohed the century mark at 11:30
a m., bn!> dropped back to 99 by noon.
There has been a good breeze blowing
and the intense heat was not felt to the
degree it has been daring the past three
days. There are many prostrations bnt
no deatha
M*jor Gregory I* Burled.
Washington, Aug. 4—The remains
of Major James F. Gregory, U. S. A.,
who died in Cincinnati on Monday,
were buried at Arlington cemetery with
military honors.
DAILY MARKET REPORTS
Che Live* of the Engineer and Baggaga-
mut*r Inatantty Crashed Out—Five Ah-
■anger* So Badly Injured That They Will
Die—Phvslelan* Leave Denver For the
Beene ot the Accident.
Denver, Ang. 3.—The fast flyer on
the Kansas Paoifio railway was wrecked
about daylight 40 miles east of Deaven
Two trainmen were killed outright, five
passengers are said to be fatally injured
and many others badly hnrb
The killed: John A. Ward, engineer,
711 Twenty-eighth street, Detvfert W.
B. Harrington, baggagemaster, Kansas
City.
The names of the injured passengers
have not yet been learnea.
The wreck was oaused by a washout
The rains of the nigh) flooded the
streams and carried out a portion of a
■mall bridge whioh spans ueBianohe
creek. The train was on time and run
ning along at the nsnal speed when ap
proaching the point of the aoeddeot
Without warning the engine plunged
into the abyss, followed bvthe mall and
baggage oar and the othw opr* were
piled about iu oonfusioQ, The engine
was promptly under water in almost
the middle of the stream and the engi
neer was under it Strange to say, the
fireman escaped death, bat is reported
to be badly hurt.
Instantly there was the wildest con
fusion. The fatally injured passengers
were riding in the forward cars. Some
sleeping passengers in the Pullman were
thrown from their berths and more or
less hnrb bnt none seriously.
Byers, the nearest town to the wreok,
was 6 miles away and the oonduo.tor
hastened to cover that distance on foot
He arrived at 5 o’clock and the railway
offloials in Denver were notified of the
accident by telegraph.
A special wrecking train, with Gen
eral Manager Dnell an<) other railway
offloials and physloions on board, started
for the scene of the wreck. ^ In the
meantine everything possible was beliig
done for the injured at the wreok.
Little additional Information oonld be
obtained after the first report?, owing to
the distance of the wreck from any tel
egraph offices.
Engineer Ward was one of the best
locomotive drivers in the oonntry. T^e
rainstorm was general in the plains re
gion and it is feared that many railroad
bridges have gone out
TREASURY IS NOW EMPTY.
Cotton Future*.
New York, Aug. 4
orss CLOSE
T.l4
T.18
....1.23
7.25
7.28
CLOSE
::: 1:8
..r T.i
- tl
Bona held the lead welL The Prince ltg tributaries were washed away. The
of Wales' yacht Britannia did not Btarb
bv The Mornink Foet of this city to tne
effeot that Mr. Rhodes and Alfred Beil,
the former resident director at Cape
Town of the British South Africaoom-
pany. had Person^ly^id tne Trans-
Bed Faint For Tholr Rival.
Mount Olbmbns, Mich., Aug. 4—1
During the night several meu in white
suitA armed with pot* of red paint and
Denver and Rio Grande and Santa Fe
Railway companies suffered some, bnt
the damage doss not interfere with reg
ular train service.
Ex-Senator tVataoo I* Dead.
Milford, Del., Ang. 4—Hon. Ourtis
formerly United States sen
ator from this state, died here. He was
cue of the owners of “Congress Hall,
0f Jr “h C |f a ieadiig g8 iiKhU Y 'of an thar“s O ort I lowera fX the^Tran"vaal in December. I “rtues°of‘Mi^eriU Springs.'in Indioi t, I department that Germany is turning I ^^ht ^^with
J&bSLSS I ZBOt -MR RonsensA” | ^are rivals of the Mount Clemen! | | £££?
would bury the body. They could not
agreA blows followed words, then knives
arid pistols were drawn. Walter was
■tabbed seven times and Howard Be- 1
verely shot Both are at the point of ]
death.
German* to Form an OH Trait.
void government £250,000 as indemnity 1 brna i, e8 , painted over a wall which had J ^^’^oheni^itz' writes the state
SSfi?3d of Dr. Jameson and Ws tol- with signs advertising tue
Steamer George Starr Sail*.
Seattle, Wash., Ang. 4—The steamer
George Starr got away shortly before
90 passengers and 20
January
February «...
March
Jane
July
August 7.51 ... 7.51
September 7.28 ... 7.2!
October 7.15 ... 7.1!
November ......7.08 ... 7.10
December 7.U ... 7.13
Grain and Provision*.
Chicago, Aug. 4.
OPEN CLOSE
Wheat—August
Wheat—September 7754&77J4..
Wheat—December.
Wheat—May
Corn—August.
Oork—September 28%(&28M..
Corn—December
Corn—May
Of
8.80
6.40
4.63
4 55
4.63
4.65
4.97
4.97
4.97
Pork—August.
Pork—September 8.15
Pork—December
Lard—August
Lard—September 4.40
Lard—October.
Lard—December
§ IBS—August...
ins—September
ns—September <
■s—October.
4 83
- -i was the most fashionable water-
“K place in the country.
Hobart I* Out of Danger.
San Francisco. Aug. 4—Walter 8.
1895.
Charleston's Flr*t Bale or Cotton.
Charleston, Aug. 4.—The first bale
of new cotton at this port was received
A Tbs Collector Suspended.
K3KTOOMERY. A1a, Ang. 4—Gover-
at Tokio to organize a syndicate similar
to the Standard Oil company, or tho
Russian trust, for the purpose of in-
It ia also said that
Naval Store*.
Savannah, Aug. 4.—Turpentine, duU at
tt: sales, 1*9casks; receipts, 2,063 Rosin, Arm;
sales, 2.889 barrels; A, B, O, D, SI 20; R, S1.2S;
F, 51.30; a, si 35; H. SI 50; L SI SO; K, S1.55;
It, SI-*): N, $1.83: windowgl&ss, $2.05; water-
white, $2.40; receipts, 5^04.
Wilmington, N. O., Aug. 4.—Rosin, dull;
Aug; 4—waiter a. of new cotton 1 jnhnotoa has suspended from office tot' creasing production. It is ataosald that
Hobart, the young millionaire who has 1 from L. W. Youmans iff BarnweU **,£*£“ and neglect of duty a I* oil has beenfound in large quantities
{*en critically ill for several days past, oounty. It classed as middling and tax collector of Ooosa oounty. in Formosa.
Pa* beeu pronounced out of danger. gold at cents. •
Senator Potto* at Hama.
end EL W. Pettus, Alabama’s junior * Sia^^ia'^ntatun^ntine, nothing doing;
senator, has returned from Washing- SSJT&'S
Son. SlJto, $1.80 and $1.90; receipts, 24 barrels.
Japan In Flnanolat Strait* Owing t*
Increased Exn*ndltur*a.
Tacoma, Aug. 8.—T&e steamer Olym
pia, from the Orient, brings news that
the Japanese government has been seri
ously embarrassed financially owing to
the rapid pace at which the nation has
been going since the war with Obina.
Civilization has necessitated increased
expenditures, in every direction, par
ticularly in building railroads, telegraph
lines, new government buildings, Im
proving harbors and strengthening the
army and navy. The treasury was not
directly - benefited by the big jt&x in
demnity paid by China, because it has
been kept in England to pay tor new
warships and armament Owing to In
creased expenditures daring the past
year all the government’s reserve fnads
are exhausted.
The Russian government has (Jeter-
mined to keep open daring the wuiler
the harbor of vladivostook, Siberia, Mxe
terminus of the Transslberian railway.
This harbor is dosed by ioe from No
vember to May, bat tbe government has
just sent to Vladivostook two immense
:.ce crushing steamers like those used in
keeping winter communications open
between Denmark and Sweden.
There is great need of rain in Corea
and the governor has sent priests to |h*
mountains to petition the uo^i for
showers. It is certain that large im
portations of grain will be neceasarv,
while usually Corea exports to China
and Japan. ,
Dynamite Bomb Uudav a Hobml
Hudson, Mass, Aug. 8.—An attempt
was made to blow up a seotlon of the
tenement house owned by ([he J*
■ley Robber company, in wi
workmen employed at
the place of striking bin!
boarding. The explosion,
was caused '<y a dynamite bomb,
had boon pi 'ced under the,
tenement occupied by a *
The platform was demoUsl
of the underpinning blown
large seotlon of the floor Qf
was torn op, causing damage amount
ing to several hundred dollars. 4 .
Costly Memorial to Colfax,
Booth Bend, Ind., Ang. 8.—A statue
of the late Vice President Sohuyler Col
fax is to be ereoted in this oity, his
home, where his family now live- This
decision was reached at a meftting of
Commercial Athletio club, a leading
business organization of the oity, A
committee was appointed to soliolt
funds. The money Will be nutod In
South Bend and requests for funds w,J
be sent to Rebecca lodges thrraaAnt
the Union. 41rs. Colfax was the foua^_ i
of the Rebecca lodge and it is believed
that the lodges all over tne oonntry Will
respond, m
♦ 1
Hans Himself With Babbav Hos^
Akron, O., Aug. 8.—George Yofing,
the 18-year-old son of a respected family
of this oity, committed suicide by hang
ing himself with a rubber hose. The
determination of the lad to end his life
was shown by the position in whioh the
body was’found. The hose is a small
one for filling bottles, but tbe boy pulled
up bis feet and strangled himself. It
has not been ascertained why he took
bis life.
Work For a Hundred Men.
Philadelphia, Aug. 8.—The Ham
mond Edge Toolworks, at Ogopts, a
suburb of this city, have ressmed after
a shut down of two months. About
100 hands will be employed. Work has
been resumed at the Bohemian branoh
of the Wheaton 0b Co’s. Glassworks,
Millville, N. J. *