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The Jones County News 1^. T
M. 0. GREENE. PUBLISHER.
CALIFORNIA SHAKEN
People of Alamos Valley Flee in
Fright for Their Lives.
HILLS LIFTED; FISURES YAWN
Earthquakes Confined to Small Area,
But Considerable Damage is
Done in Towns Within th e
Radius of Disturbances.
A stretch of territory in the upper
portion of Santa Barbara county, Cali¬
fornia, in which are situated Lompoc,
Santa Ynez, Ballard, Los Alamos and
other smaller towns, was again visited
by an earthquake early Thursday
morning.
Much the heaviest shocks were re-
ported from Los Alamos, where heavy
damage was caused and where the in¬
habitants fled for their lives.
The disturbances began on Sunday
evening with a shock which caused
several thousand dol ars’ worth of
damage to property in the village and
the surrounding country, being more
severe and. most disastrous in the vi¬
cinity of the Western Union Oil Com¬
pany’s oil wells on the Carriga ranch.
This shock was followed by a number
of disturbances less severe and less
disastrous, continuing through the re¬
mainder of Sunday night, beginning at
12:10 o'clock, there was another series
of seven shocks, all of which were
iight.
The general direction of these dis¬
turbances was east and west, and in
action they resembled the waves on a
pond of water. The most severe shock
of the entire series occurred at 11:30
o'clock Thursday morning. Hills were
shaken and twisted to their founda¬
tions and the valleys trembled and
rolled like the unstable surface cf the
ocean. Great fissures were run deep
in the earth, hills and knol s appeared
in level valleys, springs of wat«r ap
peared in many places that had been
dry, and the general topography of
the valley was greatly changed. The
disturbance had no general direction,
but was w-hat is known as a “twister.”
It was preceded by a rumbling like
that of distant lAunder, which increas¬
ed until the earth began to rise and
twist and he tplis began to tremble.
With the first sliming of the sound of
the approaching disaster ibe terror-
„. .V'Cfcen people rushed into ihe streets
and sought places of safety fin vacant
lots and/roads, while many fled to the
neighboring hills. The first vibrations
were similar to the preceding disturb-
ashes in direction and effect, but they
were immediately followed by the most
terrific shock ever experienced in that,
section of the state.
The darth trembled and robed and
twisted until it was impossible for peo¬
ple to stand erect and the terror-strick¬
en inhabitants crouched together in
the darkness, fearful that the earth
might open and swallow them. The
terror Inspired by the rumbling and
trembling of the earth w'as increased
by the sound of failing buildings,
which gaVv some idea of the terrible
destruction that was being wrought.
When the most serious shocks had
passed and the rumbling sounds had
died away in the distant hi.ls, the peo¬
ple gathered in groups about the ruins
of their homes and places of business,
and when they saw the extent of the
damage done many of them, fearful of
a repetition of this experience. Imme¬
diately started on foot or 6y any con¬
veyance that could be had, for places
where the previous shocks had been
less severe.
"COLONEL” TRACY REAPPEARS.
Noted Outlaw Demands and Receives
Hospitality of Stranger.
Sam Evans, who lives fifteen miles
north of Ellenburg, Wash., reports that
last Monday a man came to his cabin
and said he was Tracy. He had a win¬
chester and two revolvers. He com¬
pelled Evans to furnish him with food.
The stranger showed Evans a wound
in the back of his head and said that
he was shot by a member of the pisse
on the west side.
BIDS NOT SATISFACTORY.
Uncle Sam Will Print His Own Stamps
For Next Four Years.
The government will print its own
postage stamps as the result of the
bids opened at the postoffice depart-
ment Friday for the contract of sup-
PJ'ing the adhesive postage stamps
for the United States for the next four
years. It has been stated that t ie
price asked by the bureau cf rngrav-
ing and printing was exorbitant and
that the work would have to go to a
private concern. The bureau’s bid,
however, proved the lowest. The only
other bidder was the American Bank
Note and Fnsrraving Company
GOTHAM HEBREWS AROUSED.
They Form Vigilance Committee as
Aftermath of Bad Treatment.
Hebrews in New York city met
Thursday afternoon and formed what
thev call the East Vigilance Commit-
the purpose being to prosecute an
investigation of the actions of the po-
ai,ring the riot of Wednesday. The
i abused by
Hebrews claim they were
the officers.
’ IITCBElL #EPl#RES RI#TIN(i ’
Call of Troops Presages Termination
of Strike, According to Opinion
of Many Operators.
A special from Wilkesbarre, Pa.,
says: The riot at Shenandoah Wednes-
night has had a depressing effect at
strike headquarters. President Mitch¬
ell was lip early and asked for newspa¬
pers. After reading the account of the
trouble he was asked if he had any¬
thing to say for publication and he re¬
plied:
‘‘I am very sorry this thing has hap¬
pened: but until I receive some infor¬
mation from District President Fahey
I shall make no comment. Later in
the day I may issue a statement.”
The Ninth regiment, N. G. P., with
headquarters in Wilkesbarre, is under
waiting orders. All the local mine op¬
erators deplore the occurrences at
Shenandoah. They say that the pres¬
ence of the soldiers, however, will en¬
courage the operators to start up their
mines, and after the collieries in the
Schuylkill district are put in operation
it will onlly be a question of time un-
til mines in other parts of the strike
belt resume, for the miners of the Wy¬
oming and Lackawanna valleys will
not be content to remain idle while
their brethren in other parts of the re¬
gion are working.
It is the history of past coal strikes
that the presence of the militia is al¬
ways an indication of the early re¬
sumption of the mining. 1 nose of the
local operators who could be seen are
of the opinion that the backbone of the
strike is now' broken.
The national board member, John
Fallon, w'ho arrived at President
Mitchell’s headquarters Thursday,
would not admit, however, that the af¬
fair at Shenandoah, unfortunate as it
was, would change the situation. He
said the great bulk of the strikers were
orderly and would continue peaceful.
As long as that is the case the opera¬
tors could have little hope that their
o d employes would return to work.
President Mitchell late Thursday is¬
sued the following statement:
"While I am not informed of the
causes of the regrettable occurrences
at Shenandoah, and consequently not
in a position to say whether the min¬
ers or the deputies are responsible for
it. I am nevertheless much grieved to
learn that there has been a serious vio¬
lation of the law. I have repeatedly
warned the miners that the miner who
violated the law was the w'orst e*hemy
tc the strikers, and I have directed our
local officers and committees to be con-
stantty on th e alert for any breach of
peace. Onr efforts in this direction
will be redoubled, and I trust that judg
ment will be withheld until the respon¬
sibility for the trouble at Shenandoah
has been properly located.
"JOHN MITCHELL.
President U. M. W. of A.”
Mitchell is Enjoined.
President John Mitchell has been en¬
joined. A bill in equity was filed in
the federal court at Charleston, W.
Va., Thursday by the Chesapeake anti
Ohio Coal Agency Company, a New
Jersey corporation, which has its prin¬
cipal offices in the city of New York,
in which fifty coal companies operat¬
ing in the new river fields, the Chesa¬
peake and Ohio Railway Company, G.
W. Purcell, W. B. Wilson, John Mitch¬
ell, .1. W. Carroll, J. A. Richards and
about 150 members of the Unite-d Mine
Workers of America are made defend¬
ants.
NEW ELECTRIC COMPANY
Petitions City Council of Atlanta For
Privilege of Streets.
The indications are that Atlanta,
Ga-, will have competition in electric
lights and power if the petition of the
At'anta Electric Company is granted
by the city council.
The petition asks for the right from
the city to place poles upon the streets
and string wires for the purpose of
selling electric light, heat and power.
The petition states that the plant is
to be built on the Chattahoochee river,
where a dam is to be erected, and that
electric power will be generated from
water power.
LAWYER AS EMBEZZLER.
Moncy of Estate Dissipated and 'an-
derlip Unable to Explain.
Wg own admission will/.-
yanderlip, a Boston lawyer, who has
had for years the care 0 f several es-
ta t eg> is gu nty of embezzlement, and
the eEtate of the j ate George Emerson
hag k een ^issipated in ways of which
y ander j(p j s , in ahte to give account,
Vanderiip was arrested at his home,
p r j day afternoon. He was arraigned
y, c charge of larceny of bonds val-
ued a} j 4 000 from John Lowe ii, a rela-
t j ve of jjr. Emerson, pleaded not gull-
ty, and was held in $8,000 bond.
FOR ENCOURAGING RIOTS
Grand Jury at Chicago Indicts Eleven
Union Brass Moulders.
Charged with paying rewards for
assaults oa non-union workmen, the
scale varyng according to the degree
of injury bflicted, eleven union brass
moulders »er e indicted by the grand
jury at Cheago Friday,
This is aid to he the first action of
the kind iken against laboring men
in the wel
GRAY. JONES CO.. GA.. THURSDAY. AUGUST 7,” 1902.
BIG FLOODS IN TEXAS
Probable that Hundreds of Lives
Have Been Lost in Lowlands.
FEARFUL DISASTER WROUGHT
Over Wide Area the Crops are Entirely
Ruined—Every Stream in th*
State Overflows and Situa¬
tion is Serious.
A dispatch from Dallas, Texas, un¬
der date of Wednesday- contained the
information that the flood situation
was nowhere improved in south Texas,
while in many places it was worse and
the area of destruction greater.
San Marcos Tuesday experienced
the most destructive flood ever .known
there. The water went three feet
higher than the record in the great
flood of six years ago. Property losses
will amount to thousands of dollars.
Thirty inches of rain fell at Kyle
within twenty hours. At Upland, G.
Smith, a blacksmith, was drowned in
Plum Greek. That stream is a mile
wide at Lockhart.
Advices from Cameron say that hun¬
dreds of ados of fine cotton are under
water from the overflow of the Brazos,
Little River and their tributaries.
Fifteen inches of rain has -fallen at
Palestine in three days, causing sev¬
eral washouts on the International and
Great Northern road.
At Texarkana torrents of rain fell
Tuesday night about 8 o’clock. The
streets were flooded and traffic sus¬
pended. Water was reported over a
foot deep in the Western Union Tele¬
graph office at 30 o’clock.
At, Brenham over eight inches of
rain fell, in eight hours—the heaviest
known there- and crops are said to be
ruined.
No trains reached Cleburne on the
Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe from the
south Tuesday on account of washouts.
There was a thirty-one foot rise in the
Colorado river at La Grange and at
Bastrop the river rose twenty-one feet.
Many hundreds of acres of valuable
cotton lands are under water along
Chambers creek near Co£?jcana, with
little At change Hcarne of the salvage situatiol^:os, ^ v
serious. The Brazos is steadily rk y -es
-ig
and spreading over adjacent farms.
A special of Wednesday from Hous¬
ton stated that flood conditions in the
Brazos valley continue to grow stead¬
ily worse. The river is again rising
about Waco and the crest of the flood
was only a short distance below that
point Wednesday. The first water is
now a hundred miles from the gulf and
the whole of the lowlands are inundat¬
ed with water yet to come down, which
will put the river over record mark.
Railroads and wagon bridges are
washed out and railroads are again in
very bad shape. All trains on the Min-
eola-Troupe branch of the Internation¬
al and Great Northern have been
abandoned and no trains are coining
into Austin from the south. The San
Marcos river is higher than ever be¬
fore as a result of the excessive rains
along the headwaters. The whole
country around Ran Marcos is inun¬
dated and heavy damages has resulted
in the Guadaloupe valley itself.
The Red river, Colorado, Trinity and,
in fact every stream in the state, has
more water in them than for years
past.
In the cattle country creeks which
have had no water In them for 20
years are now running hank full.
There is no way of even approximat¬
ing the extent of the damage, though
it is known to be away up in the hun¬
dreds of thousands of dollars as the
valleys are used largegly as cotton
fields.
A special from Austin says five lives
were lost and hundreds of head of live
stock were drowned in the flood which
struck the district located 40 miles
southeast of there. The district refer¬
red to is in Caldwell and Hays coun¬
ties, and distant from telegraphic com¬
munication, and therefore reports are
meager.
8WORD FOR KITCHENER.
Handsome Gift From Cape Town Pre-
sented by Lord Mayor of London.
Thursday night, in London, amid
tremendous enthusiasm, Lord Kitch¬
ener was presented with a sword of
honor, the gift of Cape Town. Sir Jo¬
seph C. Dimsdale, lord mayor of Lon¬
don, made the presentation in the
course of a South African dinner which
was attended by many notable persons.
Ixird Kitchener merely returned
thanks for the gift and expressed the
confident hope that in South Africa,
at any rate, the sword would not again
be drawn from its scabbard.
NOTHING WRONG FOUND.
Atlanta Cemetery Committee „ Cfcclare . i
Desecrated. ,
N 0 Graves Were
The cemetery committee of the At
lanta, Ga„ general council has com |
pleted its investigation into the affairs
of Oakland cemetery and everybody I
hag been vindicated. It has been final- I
ly concluded by the committee that,
there was nothing wrong with the
cemetery and that no mistakes have
been made that could not be explained.
i Cream of News.j wl
W W f fH ’WWt W t W
Brief Summary of Moat
Important Events
of Each Day.
—The finance committee of the At¬
lanta city council appropriates $8,000
to public schools. This appropriation
is intended to provide additional room
for the 2,000 new applicants for ad¬
mission.
—Hon. William A. Broughton, one
of the most prominent men in Geor¬
gia, is dead at Madison.
—Wife murderer at Norfolk, Va., re¬
fuses to ask for new trial and wants
death sentence of court executed as
soon as possible.
—Preferred stock of South Carolina
cotton mills is assessed at 100 by board
of equalization and owners protest.
—Twenty persons were shot in a
strike riot at Shenandoah, Pa., Wed¬
nesday. Governor Stone ordered two
regiments to scene of trouble.
—The funeral of Chief Rabbi Joieph,
in New York, Wednesday was marked
by a riot. The mourners were attaok-
ed by outsiders and a pitched battle
ensued.
^—Senator Thomas C. Piatt has as¬
sured President Roosevelt that he will
have a solid delegation from New York
in 1904.
—The republicans of Iowa in conven¬
tion Wednesday settled the fight, on
platform by reaffirming the declaration
in regard to trusts.
—Warden Ponder is he’d for death
of convict at a Georgia camp, caused
by sweating system of punishment. Dr.
Minder, charged as accessory, was dis¬
charged.
—Senator Tillman says he will not
take a hand in the gubernatorial cam¬
paign in South Carolina and that fac¬
tional lines have been obliterated.
—Judge Simoniton has remanded to
state courts the case of South Carolina
against the Virginia-Carolina Company
in its war against trusts.
—Commander McCrea, of the Ma
chias, has informed the state depart¬
ment that he has forbidden the bom¬
bardment of Cape Haitien without due
notice. He reports a mob in control of
the town.
—Rioting prevails in the anthracite
regions Thousands of men and wo¬
men urn marching and assaulting (he
non-union workmen.
—The gulf of California has been
swept by a tornado. Many vessels
sunk and several coast cities badly
damaged. It is supposed the loss of
life was large.
—The Cuban-Ameriean League sends
out circular in behalf of Senator Ma¬
son, of Illinois, and promises $400,000
in behalf of his campaign.
—The sinister rumors regarding
King Edward have been set at re8t by
the official announcement that he will
be crowned August 9. The king walked
a little Wednesday.
—Generals DeWet, Botha and Dela-
rey are being worshiped as heroes at
Cape Town. DeWet was borne from
church on the shoulders of his admir¬
ers. Botha and DeLarey will visit the
United States.
—Alabama received her first bale of
new cotton Monday. It was raised by
Captain O'Brien, near Selma. It Bold
for 12 cents a pound.
—Governor Montague, of Virginia,
has ordered troops to Alexandria, to
prevent the lynching of a negro charg¬
ed with attempting to assault a white
woman.
—One hundred Choctaw braves are
to play hall in Mississippi. After the
game last year eight of the Indians
were killed in a free fight.
—California, South Dakota, Nebras¬
ka and Iowa were shaken by earth¬
quake shocks Monday afternoon. Much
damage is reported at certain points.
—R. M. Rothschild, son in law of
Nelson Morris, the packer, killed him¬
self at Chicago.
—The republican primary in the first
congressional district of New Jersey
Monday was marked by rioiing. Four
men were wounded, two of them fatal¬
ly. Joe Goddard, the veteran prize
fighter, was fatally shot.
—United States Minister Buck has
forwarded a letter to Captain Rosehlll,
who claims Marcus island, advising
peace; but the letter may not arrive in
time to prevent a fight with the Jap¬
anese.
—Fighting has occurred in Hayti,
the forces of Firrain, who seek the
presidency, being driven back. An at¬
tack on Cape Haytien is momentarily
expected.
—Three girls, while crossing trestle
near Charlotte, N. C., Sunday were
struck by a train and their mangled
bodies were hurled to the creek below.
—Editors of labor papers are to form
an association and establish a news
syndicate.
—Senator Tillman takes hand in gu¬
bernatorial race in South Carolina.
—The anti-imperialists, in an open
the preBlde nt, indorse his ac-
tlon in the General Jacob Smith case,
but inform the president that there are
other officers in the Philippines who
should be punished.
—President Nieklin, of the Southern
Baseball League, has been served
with papers In a $10,000 damage . suit ,,
bought by the Memphis cub in the
St. Vrain matter.
4 i J KIE ’SHED TEARS
General Smith Has Arrived Home
From the Philippines.
IS APPRISED OF HIS SAD FATE J
I
When Shown Order cf President Retir-
Ing Him From the Army, Griz¬
zled Veteran of Many Battles
Succumbed to Emotion.
A San Francisco special says:
Standing on the bridge of the Thomas,
eagerly waiting with the ship’s cap¬
tain for a glimpse of his native shore,
General Jacob H. Smith, tried by court-
martial for having ordered the island
of Samar transferred into a howling
wilderness,, was doomed Friday morn¬
ing to first learn that the president had
retired him from the active list.
The pilot boat which met the Thom¬
as Ju6t outside the heads at 2 o’clock
a m., carried to General Smith the
first news of the president's action.
In the light of a binnacle lamp, the
veteran read the message apprising
him of his fate. An hour later the
dawn came and with it the sight of
land, but General Smith had retired
to his cabin, where, with bis wife and
chief aide, J. H. Shields, of the 12th
Infantry, he discussed the outcome of
the long ordeal through which he had
passed.
Six hours later, when the Thomas
reached the quarrantine station in the
harbor, Major Duval, of the transport
service, boarded the ship with his sec¬
retary and met both General Smith
and Lieutenant Shields at the door of
the general’s cabin.
A sealed document from the war de¬
partment was handed General Smith.
It contained the official notification of
President Roosevelt’s action, and upon
reading it General Smith retired, over¬
come with emotion.
General Smith was not seen again
until the United States custom house
tender, the Hartley, was ready to land
the party ashore. He denied himself
to all interviewers, who were met by
Lieutenant Shields. Together Sn/ith with his
wife, and aide, General proceed¬
ed to the Occidental hotel, repairing
thence to army headquarters In the
Phlllan building, where lie remained
during the morning.
"General Smith has absolutely noth¬
ing to say for publication,” said Lieu¬
tenant Shields to a representative of
the Associated Press. "He is not at
liberty to talk and furthermore has
nothing to say. He has been hopeful
that the president would not take ac¬
tion against him and, of course, feels
keenly the force of the blow ho re¬
ceived.
"The general admitted to the court-
martial trying him that he had issued
orders which In effect expressed his
desire that the enemy if obdurate and
unconquerable, be not spared—in fact
that tho country be 'ai l waste and no
prisoners he taken. The literal con¬
struction of these orders and exact in
terpretation made up the bulwark of
evidence aganst the general at the
courtmartiai. There is no doubt bub
that General Smith did not mean all he
said. He certainly did not expect, the
action which the president lias taken.”
General Smith, who is wearing civ-
illian attire, appeared exceedingly ner¬
vous and worn. His sixty-two years
nre plainly read in his every action
and his intimate friends fear he is
breaking down under the severe strain
to which he has been subjected in re-
cent months.
General Smith’s sealed orders require
him to report to the adjutant general
at Washington and it is likely lie will
lose no time in so doing.
Repeated efforts made during the
day to induce General Smith to discuss
his campaign In the Philippines and
his courtmartlal failed entirely. He
liven declined to take up the subject
with intimate friends.
The transport, Thomas also brought,
portions of the Twenty fifth and Twen
t.y-sixth infantry regiments and Tenth
cavalry,
FEROCIOUS INDIAN GAME.
Braves Will Play Usual "Man-Killing”
Ball in Mississippi.
One hundred Choctaw braves will en¬
gage in their famous Indian ball game
near the little town of Forest, Miss., on
the 8th of August, and the event prom-
Ises to attract many visitors who will
witness the ferocious contest.
Fifty Indians will take part on either
side. Both teams are branches of the
o'd Choctaw tribe, and this Is the first
game of ball that has been played
since the memorable contest, of 1897,
when eight of the participants were
killed at the close (b the struggle.
BILL DECORATES AMERICANS.
The Red Eagle of Third and Fourth
Class Promiscuously Conferred.
A cable dispatch from Berlin says:
The German emperor has conferred a
number of decorations incidental to
the visit to the United States of
Prince Henry of Prussia. The Red
Eagle of the third and fourth class is j j
bestowed on a score or more Ameri- t
cans who met and impressed tho
prince.
VOL. VIII. NO. 37.
O’NEILL MAKES BAD BREAK.
Charges Preferred Against a Member
of Gate City Guard.
Charges have been preferred against
Captain Janies F. O’Neill, of the Gate
City Guard, of Atlanta, Ga., and it Is
quite probable that a courtmartlal will
bo ordered within the next few days.
T “° charK( ' B com « a « a result 0 f «n
Incident that occurred while the Fifth
regiment was in camp at Wrightsvllle,
N. C. Captain O’Neill is charged with
striking an enlisted man. The com¬
plaint was filed by.Corporal Henry
Dunwody.
According to an eye witness the facts
are as follows.
"One night during the camp Mrs.
Dunwody who was standing In the ho¬
tel with a party of ladles, when Cap
tain O’Neill approached the party and
stated to Mrs. Dunwoody that he had
been informed by the officer of the
guard that her husband had been too
much intoxicated to attend to his do
lies the night previous.
"Captain O'Neill's family and Cor¬
poral Dtinwody’s family had been on
such friendly terms with each other
during ihe camp that every one in the
party thought that the captain must
have been jolting. Mrs. Dunwody took
his remarks seriously, for she Immedi¬
ately burst into tears.
"Quite a sensation ensued. Tho mat¬
ter was reported to Corporal Dunwody
and he immediately sought out the offi
eer of tho guard ami demanded why lie
had made such a statement to the cap¬
tain. Tho officer of the guard denied
having made the statement.
"The next day Corporal Dunwody
went to Captain O'Neill and told the
captain that he thought lie was due an
aiiology for the remarks that had been
made in the presence oF the ladles.
“Captain O’Neill replied that lie did
not think it necessary for an officer
to apologize to his inferior.
“At this Corporal Dunwody became
angry and .'old the captain that if he
was usirg iris rank to keep from apol¬
ogizing lie was acting the part of tlie
coward.
"At this Capptain O’Neil struck Cor¬
poral Dunwody in the face.
"ThlR closed the Incident, as a num¬
ber of the members of the company
were present and they caught Corporal
Dunwody and kept him from resenting
tho blow. Corporal Dunwody was
placed under arrest, but was subse¬
quently released.”
OVATION TO BOTR LEADERS.
Generals DeWet, Eotha null Delaro.'
Welcomed in Cape Town.
Advices from Capo Town, South Af¬
rica, slate that General DeWet proved
that he could evade friends as success-
fully as he did enemies by arriving
thero unexpectedly Wednesday after-
noon and upsetting all tho elaborate
plans prepared for his reception. He
strolled trough the streets, casually
nodding to acquaintances and occasion-
ally to a former opponent. Arrange¬
ments were quickly made by tho Af-
ricanders to entertain the famous lead-
er Monday night at a semi-private din-
ner, tickets to which already stoor at
five guineas <$2(1.25) premium.
A striking contrast to Do Wet’s re-
turn was the scenes Sunday when Gen-
ernls Botha and pelarey attended
church. The building was packed main-
ly with women and the service was
scarcely concluded when tho Cape
Town admirers stormed the pew in
h“' h th generals sat Wlth ,
w «
ty they retreated to the vestry. 1 he
congregation followed and Generals
Botha and Delarey were lifted to the
vestry table. The pastor of tlio church
warmly 'remonstrr ted, whereupon a
number of those present, seized the
generals and carried them to carriages,
where another demonstration ensued,
NEW YORK FIRM FAILS.
-
For Half a Million Cumming and
Stockbridge Make Assignment.
Tho firm of Cumming and Stock-
bridge, export and Import commission ,
merchants at 11 Broadway, N. Y„
allied Monday. The liabilities of the
flrra are given as in excess of $500,000,
but the assets will not be known until
an examination of the books is made,
It is thought they will nearly or quite
equal the liabilities.
A statement issued by attorneys for
the firm says the suspension was im¬
mediately occasioned by the maturing
of a nummber of acceptances aggregat¬
ing considerable amount, drawn upon
the house by B. Duran, of Havana,
whose suspension was announced in
Havana last Friday.
Until definite advices from Havana
ar e received it will he Impossible to
give an entirely accurate statement of
the affairs of Cumming and StocK-
bridge.
Cumming and Stockbridge organized
about four years ago. Tin firm has
had extensive connections in France
and Germany. They are the local
agents for the Comstock Steamship
company.
CHOLERA’S FEARFUL RAVAGES.
Diseas e is Spreading With Terrible
Rapidity in Manchuria.
Official returns received in St.
Petersburg show that cholera is
spreading with terrible rapidity
throughout Manchuria. The epidemic
now claims hundreds of victims daily,
mostly Chinese, but Russians and oth¬
er Europeans are dying of the disease.
MINERS BEGIN RIOTS
Men and Women Make Assaults
on Non-Union Workers.
APPEAL TO TROOPS PROBABLE
Disorders Occur at Many Points irt
the Anthracite Fields—President
Mitchell to Make Tour of -
the District.
A Wilkesbarro, Pa., special says:’
There are indications that serious trou¬
ble is imminent in the anthracite re-
gion. Rioting is reported from sever¬
al points.
At Shamokin one thousand men, wo¬
men arid children assembled at the
Mineral Company's- Cameron collieries
Tuesday evening and hooted and
cursed non union men as they quit
work. A delegation of boys stoned
several sub-bosses as they entered
town. Chief Burgess Thomas and tho
police charged the crowd and put them
to flight. The coal company officials
say they will ask for troops if there is
a continuance of the uttemps to annoy
the workmen.
Two crowds of strikers numbering
fully 3,000 men, women and children,
collected at all the Reading and Union
Company operations, between Mount
Carmel and Shamokin. Tuesday even¬
ing ami hurled stones and sticks at tha
non-union men.
Six of the latter were raptured by
the mob near Richards’ colliery and
v/ere badly pummekd. On promising
to remain away from tho colliery un¬
til the strike ends they were liberated.
A crowd of fifteen hundred nun and
hoys prove ntod the reeumpt.on of work
at the Wanke waslu ry at Duryeau
Tuesday morning. A number of men
eame- down from Scranton to work at
tha washerles. I hoy were at once sur¬
rounded by a threatening crowd. The
burgess was appealed to to protect
the men, who wanted to work, but he
thought he would not he
and be telephoned to S
The sheriff sent four do h
scene, but when they aw
had dispersed. i>y
Tho nisr who had t>‘ pi¬
n-orb' at the washery were / i-.idly $i
ened and when the train t for Scranton
came iilemg they jnmpe? aboard and
returned to that place. '»A volley of
stones followed them. The operator
of the washery says he wi 1 not make
another attempt to resume operations.
Mitchell to Begin Tour.
President Mitchell will start this
WM , 1( to pn engagements he has to ire-
jj ver addresses before United Mine
Workers’ assemblies in different parts
() f the anthracite region. Ever since
Mr. Mitchell established his heailquar-
ters in Wilkesbarre he lias been be-
seiged by committees from various ”lo-
cals” who wanted him to name a date
0 n which he could deliver an address,
Owing to press of other matters, tho
chief of tho United Mine Workers had
decline all such invitations. But
now that lie finds (hat lie has a little
time to spare, ho will try and fulfill
g ome 0 f his engagements, it is said
he will visit the Se| ylkill region first
and deliver address at Shenandoah
and Mahanoy City.
BATTLE FOUGhT IN HAITI.
Firmin’s Forces Repulsed by Small
Army Under Gen. Colin.
Acting Secretary Hill, Monday, re-
eelveil the following cablegram from
United States Minister Powell, dated
at Port an Prince:
"General Colin left Port au Prince
yesterday (Sunday) morning with.
2,000 men to repel Firmin’s army.
which was landed from the Haitien
naval vessel commanded by Admiral
Killick. After a skirmish, which en¬
eued, the forces of Firmin retreated to
the war ship. Colin returned to tha
city yesterday afternoon. The infor-
mation is that twenty were killed and
sixty wounded. The number killed on
the other side was still unknown and-
there was much firing in the city. Tha
Machlas has arrived at Cape Haitien.”
WOMEN AND LIQUOR.
Extremely Novel Case is Docketed In
United States Supreme Court.
A ease was docketed in the United
States supreme court at Washington-
Wednesday intended to test the , light .
0 f municipal corporations to prohibit
the sale of Intoxicating liquors to fe¬
males. The ease is that of Daniel Cro¬
nin versus tho city of Denver, Colo.
Cronin Is the owner of a saloon and
onened a wine room for women.
BILLY’S CAFV1PAIGN FUND.
Senator is Assured of $400,000 to Begin
His Race for Re-Election.
A Washington dispatch says: Sena-
tor Mason is assured of a fund of
$400,000 to commence his campaign for
re-election. The Cuban-Ameriean
League, with a membership of 400,000,
has sent out an a'arm circular urging
Us members to unite in every legiti¬
mate way to promote the candidacy of
Mr. Mas-on. The members may ba
taxed $1 each should the situation re¬
quire it.