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CARNESVILLE ADVANCE.
VOLUME II.
FEW COFFINS;
DEAD UNBURIED
Victims of Utah Mine Disaster
May Reach 250.
EXTREME ESTIMATE TOO LARGE
Many of the Dead Belonged to
Secret Orders, and Their Re¬
mains Were Sought.
Dispatches of Thursday from Soo-
field, Utah, were to the effect that the
extreme estimate of dead was con¬
ceded to have been too large, and
was numerically impossible to place
tbe loss of life at 300 as there
not that many men in the mine. The
probabilities are that 230 will be
about the total number of dead.
There were not enough coffins in
the camp to bury tbe dead, and to add
horror to the situation the bodies were
rapidly decomposing.
There were fifty bodies for which
no provision for burial had been
made. A joint committee of Odd
Fellows and Knights of Pythias spent
the day among the dead, identifying
members of their orders. They found
about twenty of each among the dead.
The school children of the city gath-
tred a carload of flowers which were
sent to Scofield in a special car at their
disposal.
Subscriptions for the relief of the
sufferers are coming in from all over
the state, and the total now amounts
to $13,000.
PRESIDENT SENDS MESSAGE.
President McKinley sent the follow¬
ing telegram to the governor of Utah:
“Executive Mansion, Washington,
May 3.—Governor Wells, Salt Lali6
City, Utah: I desire to express my in¬
tense sorrow on learning the terrible
calamity which has occurred at Sco¬
field and my deep sympathy with the
wives, children and friends of the un>
fortunate victims of the explosion.
“William McKinley.”
CONDOLENCE FROM FRANCE.
The French ambassador called on
President McKinley and Secretary
Hay Thursday and conveyed tbe con-
dolence dolence of Of the the French French rmmblin republic to to th* the
people of the United States over the .
mine disaster at Salt Lake Dity.
handed the secretary the ; following^
letter on tbe
.<«. ® mb u ff?7 of .
• * iSfo lte -
m May 3, w® iffO 0 —Mr, AT feecretaif .^J^te;
Iho president of the I rench-J^hbiic
has just heard of.the astro-
phe Lake which Oily. baS'tek^^pWfco He has^fijgpicted at me Salt to
b *V 18 It P i4! r V n ^^ e president
of tbe America, and
to assnre him sympathy which
he feels on -accatiqi of this sad event,
of In the transiti^t8|jg^o s®^nsen'fs of me President the expressions Loubet,
>
M. D MaSpmV-minister of foreign af¬
fairs, wkeyise intrusts me to convey
preS&km to tlgfr American government tbe ex-
ty&jsvernment of the profound sympathy of
of tbe republic.
pleased to accept, Mr. Secre¬
of State, the assurances of my
high consideration.
“Jules Cambon.”
WILL USE OWN TRACKS.
Florida Central and Peninsular Gives
Southern Notice To That Effect.
The Florida Central and Peninsular
railway system gave formal notice to
the Southern railway Thursday that
on and after May 10th it would dis¬
continue the use of the tracks, bridge
and terminals of the latter company at
and near Columbia, S. C., and will
operate their owu trains over their
own tracks all the way from Peters¬
burg, Va., to Jacksonville and Tampa.
Track laying on the line between
Richmond and Petersburg has been
finished, and the new Seaboard Air
Line railway will soon run through
train service between New York an 4
using its own tracks from
Richmond to the extreme southern
of Florida.
FOUR KILLED; SIXTEEN WOUNDED
Filipinos Surprise Reconnoitering Party
of Twenty-Sixth Infantry.
A dispatch received in Manila Thurs¬
day from Iloilo reports that a desperate
fight took place at Leambanao, in the
center of the island of Panay. It ap¬
pears that a reconnoiteriug party of
tbe Twenty-sixth infantry was sur¬
rounded and that four of the Ameri¬
cans were killed and that sixteen
others severely wounded were left on
the field. The remainder of the sol¬
diers had a narrow escape. The dis¬
patch adds that re-enforcements were
sent from Iloilo as soon as news of
the affair was received, whereupon
the Filipinos retreated to mountains.
_
JU RY AC({UITS ADKINS.
Sevonteen-Ycar.Old Boy, Charged With
Murder, Given His Freedom.
William L. Adkins, the young man
charged with murder for the killing of
Ed Brooks on the night of March 2d,
was acquitted by a jury in the crimi¬
nal branch of the superior court at At¬
lanta, Ga., Wednesday afternoon.
The jury was out a little more thau
an^hour, announced and that returning at 5:50 o’clock
a verdict of not guilty
had been agreed upon.
CHADWICK CALLED DOWN.
Secretarj Long Writes the Cap¬
tain a Scorching Letter Anent
That Interview.
A Washington special says: Secre¬
tary Long, after a conference with the
president, made publio Wednesday
the correspondence which has taken
place between tbe navy department
and Captain Chadwick respecting the
published interview in wbioh the cap¬
tain is roported as severely reflecting
upon Rear Admiral Schley.
The department’s action in the case
is a severe reprimand, and it is note¬
worthy that its letter has been made
public; a fact which, in itself, adds to
the weight of the punishment admin¬
istered. The correspondence consists
of two letters, one from Captain Chad¬
wick and the other from Secretary
In his letter to Secretary Long, dat¬
ed New York, April 27th, Captain
Chadwick says he was in no way privy
to the publication of the article. Ou
tbe 16th or 17th of this month he said
he met The Brooklyn Eagle corres¬
pondent, whom he had known for some
years and always favorably. The lat¬
ter had previously called his attention
to an Eagle editorial discussing the
aud controversy over Rear Admiral Schley
proposing a remedy, viz, the Sfciley pro¬
motion of both Rear Admirals
and Sampson tobe vice admirals,
conversed At tho casual with meeting Mr. Atkins, mentioned*®’ 'coat
the
respondent, regarding the editori^®
and said in speaking of Schley: A-
- -
“That very sentiment of iuf’’ - '
honor demauded that Admiral S
should ask for a court to clear kim^r-
of the charges against him, and tilaj®
believed every officer of, the bjWtjCS
would cleared, be for most the honor p’eased of j# the see 6ei§'ii!{£{ .'htj^
and that I could certiauly
“J 8 ® 1 /-
That so long as he
undsr these, I would not take'liis han»>
or meet him socially. That: it wajjfltg,
possible to advance Admiral.-fipbloy
fas the editorial proposed), so §§nf$Y
he rested under these ehargtwywUhout
destroying the whole staffd-ard of
honor and duty in theuavy: That the
whole navy so far as X'Jtuew it was of
this opinion, and thoLJt&rattitude was
a Matter ihe conversatj^jS'was of srif-prejstoYa.Uon.
vate, and J:<jgvmled, entirely pri-
was set I supposed,
Mr. >,
Secretary Long in his letter says:
provomjjfiw||ffo “The cktBKttment regrets that it has
reprimand an officer of
abWpftcretion experience for inexcus-
|^^ and offense against
egu i ation8 .
from your letter that m
with Mr. Atkins,whom
knew to be a newspaner corres-
ndent > J™ «P<>ke of a fellow officer,
fronr senior in rank, in a way ealeu-
lated to bring him in contempt, You
knew this to be a violation of the naval
regulations, which forbid the comma-
n i cat i on by interviews of such com-
ment and criticism. You knew it to
be aga i nst the good order and disci-
pUne 0 f the service because it is the
fixarap !e of one officer iu high rank re-
fl ect i ng upon the honor and character
o{ another—an example which, unre-
buked aud followed, tends to bring
tbe whole service into contention and
scandal.
“You knew that the professional
business of your interviewer is to col¬
lect material for publication. While ho
may not have justification in publish¬
ing what you understood and regarded
as understood t y him, to be private con¬
versation, you knew the risk you ran
and within a year had been reprimanded
for similar misconduct in putting
yourself and the welfare of the ser¬
vice to the same risk with the same
result. You have thus again and fur¬
ther impaired the confidence of the
department in your direction.
“It is true that your case differs
from some recent cases of offense on
tbe part of other officers, iu that ob¬
jectionable remarks made by them
were made on occasions and under
eircumstauces which they knew assur¬
ed their publicity.
“In your case the department un¬
reservedly accepts your statement that
your remarks were ‘in no sense and
in no part intended for publication
nor considered as an interview.’ It is
for this reason that it takes no action
than this emphatic reprimand, the re¬
ceipt of which you will acknowledge.
Very respectfully.
•‘John D. Long,
FLAGLER ASKS RELIEF.
Seeks To Have Another Guardian Ap¬
pointed For His Wife.
Henry M. Flagler, a Standard Oil
official, asked the New York courts to
relieve him as guardian of his wife,
Ida A. Flagler, who was declared in¬
competent several months ago.
Mr. Flagler asked that Dr. Carlos
McDonald, the insanity expert, be ap¬
pointed in his place. He asserts that
his wife is possessed of stocks and se¬
curities to the amount of $1,227,110
and cash to the amount of $264,477.
Mr, Flagler says that he has decided to
make his permanent home in Florida,
and for this reason he asks to be re¬
leased from the commission.
Census Men Begin Work.
The collection of census statistics in
regard to manufacturing has been be¬
gun in New York and Chicago, and
will soon be under way in seven of the
other principal cities. The collection
of such statistics must be completed
within ninety days.
More Work For Bill.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
has appointed Emperor William of
Germany field marshal general of the
Austrian avmy.
CARNESVILLE. GA., FRIDAY, MAY II. 1900.
BOERS RETIRE;
BRITISH MOVE
“Tommy Atkins” Is Doing Some
Hard Marching Just Now.
ROBERTS TAKES BRANDFORT.
The Irish-American Brigade Is
Discovered Fighting Under
Kruger's Colors.
London advices of Friday contain¬
ed the followed “war” news:
The mounted infantry with Lord
Roberts, among which are the Cana¬
dians, have picketed their horses on
the south bank of the Yet river 18
miles north of Brandfort. The head
of Lord Roberts’ columns has thus
thirty-two miles north of
Bloemfontein.
Little powder was spent. The Brit¬
ish work was hard marching, the
retiring out of the reach of Brit¬
shells. The correspondents supple¬
Lord Roberts’ plain statements
few details. As General Hut-
i V<hilttke First mounted infantry
near Brandfort, orauuiori, be no saw su a
body b of troops ahead of
jha# ; surprised, rprised, but but thou thought
risk be British. Soon, however,
Sfiped ^'Heavily. fire upon the men, who
They were the Irish-
brigade from Lourenzo
and it is reported that the
lost
Tbe Boev flag was flying over Brand-
as the British entered the town,
^Several British wounded were found
the hospital. The Boer postmaster
vs-ave up tbe keys of the public build-
i ugg to Captain Ross,
Lord Kitchener arrived at Brandfort
a t noon and Lord Roberts at dusk,
General French’s cavalry is sweeping
the country northward. The expecta-
tiou is that the infantry advance will
be continued toward Kroon stad imme-
diately. Although no prisoners were
taken and although no hot pursuit was
attempted, the news greatly cheers
London. Nevertheless, it has not been
received with the flue rapture that at-
tended the first successes of Lord
Roberts.
Brabant 8 dmsion now occupies a
strong position on a range of hills on
tbe Larlybrand road, about twenty
miles from Wepener. The troops are
confronted by a large force of Boers
who recently occupied Wepener and
who have now been located in the
mountain known in the Free Slate as
Zwartlapherg. Friday morning the
Borderers Horse, under Colonel Max-
well > catfle in contact with the Boer
outposts, but returned to camp after
having located the enemy. Later a
group of 500 Boers was discovered
marching past the Boer position, but
*l»e British were unable to toll whether
the y were friend or enemy until they
bafl disappeared iu a hollow a few
mi| e s away, when they proved to be a
Boer command.
General Hunter’s crossing the Yaal
at Winlsorton brings the relief of Ma-
feking, 195 miles beyond, almost
within a calculated interval. It is
now regarded as quite possible that
Mafeking may be succored before the
The debate in parliament on the
Spion kop dispatches proved a disap¬
pointment to the supporters of the gov¬
ernment. The ministerialist papers
confess to a certain amount of incon¬
sistency and weakness in tho state¬
ments of the spokesmen of the govern¬
ment. On the other hand, as The
Standard points out, the opposition
professes to be well satisfied with the
debate, as they believe it baa injured
the government aud has rendered Lord
Lansdowne’s continuance at the war
office difficult.
Wepener is to be garrisoned with a
strong force from General Chermside’s
division, commanded by Lord Castle¬
town.
Henry F. Lucy, writing in The
Daily News, says he has ascertained
that Sir Alfred Milner’s letter against
ladies visiting South Africa was writ¬
ten as the result of an intimation from
Queen Victoria.
OTIS LEAYES MANILA.
He Sets Sail For United States On Trans*
port Meade.
The United Transport Meade sailed
from Manila for the United States at 5
o’clock Saturday afternoon with Major
General Otis and two aids de camp on
board. The warships iu port fired a
major general’s salute as the steamer
raised her auchor.
The’ Twentieth and Fourteenth in¬
fantry, drawn up ashore in front oi
tbe city walls, presented arms and the
bands played “Auld Lang Syne,”
while a shore battery saluted.
During tbe morning the supreme
court judges and many officers called
at the palace to bid farewell to Otis.
Russell May Defend Taylor.
A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says:
A member of Governor Russell’s staff
states that Governor Taylor, of Ken¬
tucky has been advised by some lead¬
ing Republicans to employ Governor
Russell as counsel for his defense.
Burglars Make Big Haul.
The Massanutten bank, at Stras-
burg, in Shenandoah county, Va., was
robbed about 1 o’clock Friday morn-
jag and some $5,000 was secured by
*be burglars.
FIRED FROM STATEHOUSE.
Witnesses Locate Window From
Which Fatal Shot Was Fired
At William Uoebel.
The most importune testimony yet
iu connection with the assassination of
Goebel was brought oat at Frankfort
Friday night in the hearing for bail
in the Culton case. Assistant Secre-
tavy of Stato J. B. Matthews and Mo-
Ivenzie Todd, private secretary to
Governor Taylor, were tho star wit¬
nesses and gave testimony nearly as
sousatioual as that of Culton.
Matthews stated that pardons were
issued also to Charles Finley, John
L. Powers, Harlan Whittaker and
possibly W. H. Culton. The wit¬
nesses first said a pardon had been
issued to Culton, but later said he
was not sure as to Culton, but said be
thought he entered a pardon for him
at tho same time he entered the other
three pardons and those to Caleb
Powers and John Davis, March 10th.
Tbe Culton case was resumed Friday
with Captaiu J. F. Howe, a Barbour-
ville military officer, on the stand. Ho
testified regarding Caleb and John
Powers coming to him ten days before
the assasination aud trying to get him
to bring his company to Frankfort dis¬
guised as citizens. He declined to do
so unless ordered by Governor Taylor,
and no orders came until after the as¬
sassination.
Captain Chinn, who was with Goebel
when be was shot, stated that be was
sure the shot that hit Goebel was fired
from the executive building.
Ed Steffee, who was standing on tbe
portico in front of the state house, saw
Goebel fall. Immediately after tbe
shot he looked toward the executive
building and he thought he saw the
barrel of a rifle pointing out of tho
window of the office of the secretary
state. The weapon was drawn in
the window closed.
Iu tbe cross-examination, Steffee
said that after tbe shot was fired he
he saw a little smoke rising
tho window from which he saw
rifle. He did not look to see where
shot came from until atter Goebel
At tho afternoon session arguments
were beard from attorneys of the tele¬
graph company in regard to the sub¬
mission of telegrams as evidence. The
court ruled that the writ should apply
only to messages bearing on tho Goe¬
bel assassination.
Several telegrams, wese road to and
from the defendants, and relating to
the visit of armed mountain men to
Frankfort last January. At the night
sitting of the court, ex-State Auditor
L. C. Norman testified that prior to
the assassination he overheard Judge
George Deuuy, of Lexington, say:
“Somebody ought to kill Goebel,
and Governor Taylor ought to pardon
the man that did it.”
The witness said the tenor of Den¬
ny’s conversation was that Goebel’s
death would save tbe lives of other
people. Witness communicated the
remark to Goebel.
McKinzie Todd, private secretary
to Governor Taylor, testified that he
saw Culton and Youtsey at the gover¬
nor’s office several times. He did not
know Jim or Berry Howard. He saw
armed men around the governor’s
office the day of the mountaineer ex¬
cursion. Asked if he saw any gnus
in the office of the secretary of state,
witness said he saw two there on Sat¬
urday prior to the assassination.
Youtsey was in tho room and later
up one of the guns and took a
position near tho window. He asked
what he was going to do.
Youtsey said he thought there was
trouble in the legislative building aud
that “if it started he wanted to be
Youtsey said be would not start any
trouble, but would be prepared to pro¬
tect the building if it did start.
Public Printer George G. Fetter told
of printing badges for Caleb Powers
and John Powers which were used by
the 1,209 mountain men on January.
Private Dudley Williamson, who was
with the soldiers in the arsennl, said
that they got marching orders one
hour before the assassination, and
were uniformed and armed at the time
of the tragedy. The soldiers did not
know what had happened till they got
almost to the state house.
Direct From Tampa To New York.
Tbo transportation company of the
board of trade of Tampa, Fla., and a
number of business men are planning
for a direct line of steamers from that
city’to New York.
CREDITORS WILL “WHISTLE.”
Kx-Banker anil Society Man of Atlanta,
Ga., Declared a Bankrupt.
Creditors of J. Robert Collins, for¬
merly a private banker and society
man of Atlanta, Ga., are receiving
notices from St. Louis through tbe
mails 'that their debtor haB been de¬
clared a bankrupt in court, with lia¬
bilities scheduled at $226,274, and
assets scheduled at $50, claimed as
exempt.
The liabilities of “Bob” Collins, as
he was best known, it is said, are
debts owed iu Atlanta. He was pres¬
ident of the Home bank of Atlanta in
1296. The bank failed and Mr. Collins
left Atlanta shortly afterward.
PUBLISHERS FILE PROTESTS.
The American Association Sends a Memo¬
rial to Congress.
Representatives of the American
Publishers’ Association have present¬
ed a memorial to the senate finance
committee finally asking that some re¬
lief be afforded on account of the
higher price of paper. The delega-
tion said the association represented
22,000 newspapers. Noparticular legis-
lation was advocated.
AFTER MAYOR AGAIN
Parson Broughton Asks That Jas,
G. Woodward Be Iinpoaohod.
AN ATLANTA SENSATION IS REVIVED
Preacher From His Pulpit Charges Chief
Executive of Gate City With “Drunken-
ness ami Immorality.”
Mayor James G. Woodward of At¬
lanta was for tbe socond time de-
noanced from the pulpit by Dr. L. G.
Broughton at tlie Tabernacle Baptist
church Sunday night, and the second
arraignment, like the first, was on the
charge of drunkenness and immor¬
ality.
Dr. Broughton, in tho presence of
a congregation of 3,000 people, charg¬
ed that the mayor of Atlanta had been
on a drunken spree for the past week
or ten days, aud visited, while iu such
a condition, houses of prostitution.
In the same breaeh with the charges,
Dr. Broughton demanded that the
mayor be impeached, aud impeached
at once.
He gave a history of what he claim¬
ed to have been Mayor Woodward’s
conduct in the past, and said that
there was no longer any room for
mercy.
Iu makiug tbe charges aud the de¬
mand for an impeachment Dr. Brough¬
ton read what be had to say from three
sheets of paper. What he read was as
follows:
Before beginning my sermon to¬
night, I must beg your indulgence
while I speak of a matter which needs
the immediate consideration of every
patriotic citizen in Atlanta. I refer
to the present condition of tho mayor
of our city. I do not suppose I will
surprise you very much when I say
that the mayor of Atlanta is at present,
and has been for the last week, in a
beastly state of drunkenness.
About nine months ago, it will be
remembered that I denounced tbe
mayor as a drunken sot, a libertine
and a gambler. You are all familiar
with the outcome of those charges. A
committee was appointed by tbe couu-
eil to look into them, and the mayor
confessed them, and mercy was ex-
tended upon his positive promise to
abstain from these crimes in the
future. I want to say that no man
favored granting this mercy more than
I did. I believe in mercy, and though
I was naturally skeptical. I was for
giving him a chance to redeem him¬
About two months after this he
trampled these pledges—mado the
council and au outrraged community
—under his feet, and outraged us
again by a disgraceful drunken cake¬
walk at a dive in this community.
Again be was brought before coun¬
cil and was about to be impeached,
when he succeeded in getting a com¬
promise by allowing him to hand in
his resignation to this high and hon¬
orable-e-firee—this resignation to tnke
effect just as soon as he was guilty
again. I was out of the city at this
time, and was surprised that the coun¬
cil should permit mich au outrage
again to be excused. But I kept my
faith in the matter, aud have let it all
alone.
Now what? After all this our com¬
munity must again suffer tho outrage
of a drunken mayor. What is mercy
to a man like this? Who can stand such
an insult in tbe faco of a patience al¬
ready worn threadbare? I say to you
frankly, I will not submit to it with¬
out as vigorous a protest as I know
how to make. Atlanta don’t deserve
this disgrace.
The mayor of this city ought to be
impeached, and that now, or the city
council forfeits every claim to otir re¬
spect. There is no use whining mercy
now. Tho man who tramples the good
name of this city with its churches and
its business interests under bis feet
aud then disregards his own pledges
and outrages onr patience don’t de¬
serve mercy.
I am sorry for him. I pray for him
in bis weakness. But are we still
to submit to such a disgrace while we
are losing everything and gaining noth¬
ing? As a citizen of Atlanta, in the name
of our city, our churches, our women
and our children, I protest and de¬
mand again that tbe mayor of this city
be impeached tomorrow at tbe meet¬
of
In addition to all of this there is an¬
other and more recent charge which
I wonld not mention but for the gravi¬
ty of the subject. The mayor was in
a house a prostitution just last week
and so maudlin drunk that he reported
to a police officer that the woman had
robbed him of $100.
In the name of Almighty God, Chris¬
tian men and women, have we not had
enough? I for one have had, and I
say it shall stop, and stop now!”
William Ex-Secretary Endicott Dead.
Crowuinshield Endicott,
secretary Cleveland’s of war under President
first administration, died
at his residence in Boston Sunday
afternoon of pneumonia, aged seventy-
three.
CARNEGIE “COMES ACROSS.”
llalpa Douglass’ Widow But Is Shy of
the Dowey Arch Fund.
Andrew Carnegie, who refused to
contribute to the Dewey arch fund, has
given $1,000 to the fund for the widow
of Sergeant Douglass, who was killed
at Croton Dam during the reoent
strike. In presenting the check Mr.
Carnegie said:
“Sergeant Douglass fought not for
foreign conquest, but for peace and
order at home.”
COLORED DELEGATES FEW.
North Carolina Republicans Meet
In Raleigh, Elect Delegates
and Name Ticket.
The white Republicans of North
Carolina had mado strouuons efforts
to have their state convention iu Ral¬
eigh Wednesday the best they have
ever held in the state.
The negroes were so well restrained
and kept out as delegates that there
were only eighteen among the 240 del¬
egates, while a few years ago thero
were 180. Therearo thirteen counties
in the state with negro majorities.
There was considerable interest iu
tlio selection cf delegotes to the na¬
tional convention, as tho negroes had
said they intended to have one of their
race on as a delegate, or know the
reason why. First of all, Pritchard and
Rail were elected by acclamation, tho
former being declared to he the “fore¬
most Republican in North Carolina,”
and Boyd as “Pritchard’s right bow¬
er.” McNamee, Rennul and collector
Carl Duncan completed the quartette
of delegates.
A resolution, offered by Charles
Reynolds, was adopted indorsing Sen¬
ator Pritchard for vice president. Tho
senator said that he was no candidate
or aspirant for that uomiuatiou. Fol-
lowing is the state ticket named:
Governor—Spenoer Adamas, Gnl-
ford county.
Lieutenant Governor— Claudius
Dockery, of Richmond.
State Treasurer—L. L. Jenkins, of
Gaston.
Secretary of State—J. F. Parrott,
of Lenoir.
State Auditor—Thomas S. Rolling,
of Madison.
Attorney General—Z. V. Walser, of
Davidson. ,
Superintendent of Public Instruc¬
tion—N. C. English, of Randolph.
Chairman Corporation Committee—
C. C. Reynolds, of Forsyth.
Commissioner of Agriculture—J. A.
Franks, of Swan.
Commissioner of Labor—Thomas S.
Malloy, of Rockingham.
Electors—A. H. Price, of Roan, and
J. C. McCrary, oflPavidson.
Following is the .flank in the plat¬
form iu regard to trusts:
“We are oppos'd to combinations of
capital wheuevfV theV they become de¬
structive of rights of individual
citizens and such combinations should
be suppressed by adequate statutes
enacted by tbe legislatures of the sev¬
eral states or by oongress, if tho re¬
sulting evils are beyoud the power and
jurisdiction of the states.”
Tho convention indorsed, without
condition and with enthusiasm, the
administration of President McKinley,
and instructed its delegates to vote for
his renomination. Also the delegates
aro instructed to vote for Senator
Pritchard for vice president.
MINE HOUUOIt GROWS.
Victims of IMsastor In Utah May Pencil In
Neighborhood of Three Hundred.
A special from Sco field, Utah, says - .
Wednesday night’s estimate of tbe
number of killed in tho terrible mine
explosion was 250, but the total death
list will probably yet reach 300. Re¬
lief work is still in progress, being
conduotod by shifts of man.
Every house in the little town of
Scofield is a house of mourning.
The awful scene of Tuesday gave place
Wednesday to the calm of despair.
When the removal of the bodies
from tho mine bogan hundreds of men
volunteered their services for the pur¬
pose. The rescuers curne from other
mines and towns surrounding and
worked incessantly to bring out the
burned aud mangled remains of the
dead miners.
Muny of the rescuers came near lon-
ing their lives from the fatal after
damp, but tbe work was continued in
the face of all danger, and most of the
brave fellows remained at their posts
until they were almost ready to drop
from physical exhaustion aud the
deadly effects of tho poisonous fumes.
According to the closest estimate
)hore employed wore at about the two 398 mines, men which all told
are
practically one.
Up to noon Wednesday 140 bodies
had been brought out.
Arriving trains constantly brought
in relatives of tbe victims from outside
points aud the coal company designa¬
ted a committee to carry the dead to
Salt Lake, Ogden and other cities.
STEAMER STRANDS j SIX LOST.
British Boat Strikes Khonls and Entlr*
Crew Take to the Boats*
A special from Cape Henry,Va., says;
The British steamer Virginia, Cap¬
tain Charles Samuels, from Daquiri,
Cuba, for Baltimore, with a cargo oi
iron ore, with a crew of twenty six
men, including one stowaway, strand¬
ed ou Diamond shoal about 6 p. m.,
Wednesday, May 3d, during thick,
heavy weather. The entire orew took
to tho boats and attempted to leave
the ship. One boat with fifteen of the
crew got away, but tbe other boat was
swamped and six men were drowned.
The remaining five got back on the
steamer and were rescued.
NETHERSOLE SUES PASTOR.
Wanted 820,000 Damages For
Alleged Libel Uttered By Preacher.
Suit hns been filed in the supreme
of tbo District of Columbia by
Nethersole, the actress, for
damages against Rev. Thomas
Easton, pastor of the Eastern Pres¬
church, ia Washington. The
for Miss Nethersole allege
that Dr, Easton in a sermon preaohed
April 1st, last, characterized Miss
as “a lewd woman.”
NUMBER 26.
TWENTY KILLED
BY FILIPINOS
American Garrison at Catubig Is
'Almost Annihilated.
ATTACKED BY 200 INSURGENTS
Relief Came to Hand Just In Time
to Save Survivors--Be-
sieged Five Days.
A Manila special says: The Ameri¬
can garrison nt Catubig, Island of
Samar, consisting of thirty men be¬
longing to tho Forty-third regiment,
lias been attacked by rebels. Twenty
of tbe Americans were killed. The
remainder were rescued.
Tho Americans were quartered in
the Catubig church, which the enemy,
numbering several huudred men, sur¬
rounded aud fiercely attacked. The
Americans fought for two days and
then the rebels managed to ignite the
roof of tho church, and it burned
away and finally fell upon those inside
the edifice. The walls remained in¬
tact, however, and were used as a
shelter by the besieged Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attack¬
ing the building on all Bides at once.
The Americans continued firingfrom
tho doors and windows of the church,
and did great execution among the
Fillipinos. It is estimated that over
200 of the latter were killed, many
dead bodies being removed from the
scone of tho fighting. After five days’
resistance by the men, a lieutenant
and eight men arrived and relieved
the men.
The fortunate arrival of these re-en¬
forcements prevented me anudtvAftion
of the American force lahreechefi in
the church, who had repeatedly de¬
clined to surrender when ordered to
do so by the Fiitipinos.
The ten survivors were without food,
had little ammunition and were phys¬
ically exhausted when relieved.
This fight has encouraged the Fili¬
pinos, who are now acting in an ag¬
gressive manner and threatening that
section of the conn:ry, especially the
town of Catarina, when the garrison
probably will be withdrawn to Eaon.
MO WORD FROM OTIS,
Heroic Courage of Currlson at Catubig
Excites Highest Praise.
General Otis has so far not reported
to the war department the casualties
sustained by the American garrison at
Catubig. The officials believe that he
is holding back the news with tho ob¬
ject of supplying with it the names of
the victims of tho siege.
The loss reported in killed is the
most severe suffered.
fortes since the beginning of tho in¬
surrection, but even so, the officials at
the war department could not but ex¬
press their admiration for the heroic
endurance aud courage displayed by
the little garrison.
The officers at the department who
have seen service in the Philippines
are not surprised at the fact that an
officer with eight soldiers was able to
raise the siege. They say that the Fili¬
pinos were probably dismayed at the
extent of tbe punishment inflicted up¬
on them by the garrison before the
relieving party came near, and then
the) supposed it was but tbe advanoe
guard of a formidable force and ran
off.
TO BUY DAVIS HOME.
Question Discussed By Alabama Daugh¬
ters of Confederacy.
The main question before the con¬
vention of tho Alabama Daughters of
the Confederacy in Montgomery was
whether or not the old Jefferson Davis
mansion in Montgomery should be
purchased. There was a lively scene,
and every delegate was on the floor at
once.
The convention was about evenly
divided on the subject, and it was
finally decided to let the matter go
over until the eight chapters in the
state not represented at the conven¬
tion could be heard from. The matter
is the most important ever before the
organization.
SENATOR MORGAN INVITED.
Ho Will Meet Witli Cotton Spinners*
Association in Charlotte.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
informed Secretary Geo. B. Hiss that
unless the Nicaragua canal bill should
come up in the senate at that time, he
will attend the meeting of the South¬
ern Cotton Spinners’ association in
Charlotte, N. C. The senator says
that he considered the invitation one
of the greatest compliments ever paid
him.
Gold Sent to Europe,
A New York dispatch says: Lazard
Frere shipped $1,600,000 gold, and
Heidelbach Ickelheimer & Co., $500,-
000 to Europe Thursday.
Geneva Conference Is Ratified.
The senate in executive session Fri¬
day ratified a treaty negotiated with
all the maritime nations of the world,
extending the Geneva conference reg¬
ulations to naval warfare.
Sixty Victims On a Funeral Train.
The greatest funeral train in the
of western America started on
sad journey from Scofield, Utah,
The train had upon it the
of sixty victims of the Winter
Quarters mine disaster.