GENERAL NEWS
Current Events of the Day Epi
tomized.
BELLE OF MEMPHIS SINKS.
Insurgents Capture an Important Town In
Cuba.—Bryan at the Centennial Oct. 8.—
Nitro-Glycerine Explosion,—Ravages of
Fire.—Other News Notes.
Japan has placed contracts in this
sountry for the construction of thirty
locomotives. ,
r. T. Bray hung himself in a room
It Danville, Ya. Business trouble
taused the deed.
Julius Dexter of Cincinnati has been
nominated for Governor of Ohio by
(he National Democrats.
It is announced at Colon that a eon :
K-sSston to complete the Panama canal
has been given to England.
Athens, Ga„ has a negro who strikes
ladies on the streets at will, Efforts
to locate him have failed.
United States Senator Morgan of
Alabama sailed Tuesday on the steam¬
er Australia for Honolulu.
president Andrews has formnlly de¬
clined to withdraw his resignation as
(irfeident of Brown University.
The steamship Cleveland arrived.at
Seattle Friday morning,
about $400,000 from Ivlondyke.
By the explosion of a boiler at
brewery at Hoenstaedt, Germany,
eleven persons were killed and many
ifrere Injured.
Hon. William J. Bryan will be at the
Exposition on October 8.
preparations will be made at once
tocelve him.
: The Cuban insurgents have
(Victoria de las Tunis, an
garrisoned town in the province
Santiago de Cuba.
The large carbon paper factory
Mlttagc & Volger, at Parkside, N.
was totally destroyed by fire
'The loss is estimated at $50,000.
An explosion of nitro-glycerine oc¬
curred at Cygnet, O., last Tuesday,
which resulted in the death of six
people. Eight buildings were wreck
The contract has been let to build a
fine new depot at Borne, Ga., for the
Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis
[Railway Company at a cost of $20,
boo.
Jimmie Michael, Eddie McDuffie and
[Lucleu Lesna, the three fastest wheel
amm in the world, have been matched
to ride a 25-mile race on September 18
for a purse of $5,000.
Tho Bello of Memphis, a Mississippi
river steamer, sank Thursday - . There
[were 100 passengers on board, all of
whom escaped without accident. The
kteamer was valued at $60,000.
Miss Sarah Aired, who lived with
her mother six miles from Lexington,
N. C., suicided by taking two spoons¬
ful of medicine which her physician
had ordered her to take one drop at a
tirne.
The church, also used as a school
building, on Pike’s Prairie, eleven
mile] east of Kaufman, Tex., was sto
^*n bodily aad moved some ten miles.
jPhe neighborhood is much Incensed
f>ver the matter and money is Jeinjr
raised to prosecute tho thieves.
The Southern Railway Company’s
barge line is ready for the business of
transporting coal down the Mississippi
river. Alabama coal will be carried
on the Southern to Greenville and
from there to New Orleans on the
barges.
The preliminary arrangements to¬
wards marking the graves of Confed¬
erate soldiers who are buried from
Northern prisons have been made by
. joint committee from Lee Camp,
Daughters of the Confederacy and the
Sons of Veterans. Richmond. Ya.
Alfred U. Mason has been appointed
vice and deputy United States consul
at Cape Town. South Africa, to sue
ceed Clifford H. Knight. Mr. Mason
was born in Rockford. Ill., and lived
niany years in Michigan. He removed
to Cape Town in 1893.
The trustees of Furman Baptist Uni¬
versity, at Greenville, S. €., have elect¬
ed Pro.f. Andrew Montague of the Co¬
lombian University, at Washington,
president to succeed Dr. Manley, who
resigned because the trustees did not
wish him to fill a pulpit and the of¬
fice of president at the same time.
Gen. Pandro, in a letter to the Cu
ban senators and deputies, requests
them to hold a meeting and come to a
decision regarding the Cuban situa
tlon, declaring that the time has cooie
to speak out and fix the responsibiH
ty for the present policy upon its pro
motors.
Gen. James M. Longstreet, a major
general In the Confederate army, for¬
mer United States minister to Turkey,
and prospective commissioner of rall
roads to succeed Gen. Wade Hamp
ton, was married In Atlanta last week
to Miss Ellen Dortch, assistant libra¬
rian of the State of Georgia.
Ex-Champion James J. Corbett has
just received a telegram from Chicago
informing him that the Northern Tu
lane Club of New Orleans, offers $20.
000 for a contest between Corbett and
Fitzsimmons. Corbett authorized the
Associated Press to say that he ac
cepts tile offer and will await Fitz¬
simmons' decision.
The Spanish Official Gazette at Mad¬
rid publishes the new customs tariff of
Cuba. Nearly all American goods are
subjected to lower duties, The tariff
prohibits the entry into Cuba of arms,
projectiles, munitions of war, dyna¬
mite. sugar (except Spanish sugar),
honey, molasses, silver or bronze
coins, tobacco (including snuffs), chem¬
ical tobacco and artificial wines.
The naval board appointed to in¬
quire into the question of establishing
a government factory for the mainl¬
facture of armor metal for the navy
department met Wednesday, and
with reference to the many offers of
plants and sites, decided that its or¬
ders gave it nothing whatever to do
with the selection of a site or the pur¬
chase of a plant.
A stranger, supposed to be J. B.
Paekett of Louisiana, was found at
the edge of the city of Vicksburg.
Miss., dead Thursday. He had several
knife wounds in his body aud the au¬
thorities there are not determined
whetlier it was murder or suicide.
If murder, the object of the attack
could not have been robbery, as $178
was found on his person.
GENERAL LEE RETURNS.
No Business Improvement in Cuba llutll
the War Is Ended.
Consul-General Fitzhugh Lee ar
rived from Havana on board the Se
guranca Tuesday. When asked as to
whether he would return fb Cuba ot
not, the general shook his head and
said:
"I cannot answer that, and I would
rather not talk on Cuban affairs until
I make my report in Washington.”
Iu speaking of the case of Evangelir
na Cossio Cisneros, the general sain;
"The young woman is now confined
in Casa Itecohidas. She has never
been tried, and I do not think it was
ever intended that she should be ban
iahed. The stories of her ill treatment
are very much exaggerated, and were
it not for tho hubbub whicli has been
raised about her, the girl would proba¬
bly have been released long ago. Iu
fact, 1 was given to understand that
her name was on the pardon list. She
has comfortable quarters, and Is treat¬
ed as well as possible under the condi¬
tions. There is a good dual of suffer¬
ing in Cuba, but the Americans, num¬
bering about 1,400, are being cared for
from the fund of $50,000 which was
appropriated for that purpose. They
receive relief daily and up to the
present time about $15,000 has been
expended.”
"Is there any sign of business im¬
proving or a change for the better in
Cuba ?’ as to; <1 the reporter.
"No, I’m sorry to say that there is
not,” replied the general, “and there
will not be any improvement until the
war is ended.”
"When will that be, general?”
To this last question General Lee
replied in Spanish, a free translation
of which is: “That is too much for
me; I can’t say.”
Gen. Lee’s Intentions.
Speaking of the report that Gen.
Fitz Lee might be coming to Virginia
to look after his interests in the con¬
test for Senator Martin’s seat or to
confer with the members of the itoard
of visitors of the university with ref
ercace to accepting the presidency
of that institution, a gentleman said
there "was no doubt that Lee was writ
ten to and urged to return to Virginia
for conference with his friends regard
ing both of these matters. As a rule,
it is those who are Lee’s warmest sup¬
porters for the senatorsblp who are
deslr<>us of seeing h j m made president
of Uu . imiV ersity. They wish to talk
jv ( , situation over with him, persuade
him> if possible> to take the presiden
ey> and failing in that, they will go to
work for him for the senators hip.
Monetary Commissioners.
H. H. Hanna, chairman of the ex¬
ecutive committee of the monetary
convention that nn-t in Indianapolis In
January last, announces that nine of
the eleven members of the monetary
commission that were to be chosen
have accepted, and authorize the pub¬
lication of their names. The follow
jug are the names of those who have
accepted:
George F. Edmunds, Vermont: Chas.
s Fairchild, New York; Stewart Pat
terson, Pennsylvania; T. G. Bush. Ala
bama; j. w. Fries, North Carolina; W.
k. Dean. Minnesota; Georg- E. Leigh¬
Robert S. Taylot-
STRIKE CRISIS.
Deputy Sheriffs Fire Into Infuri¬
ated Miners.
MORE THAN A SCORE KILLED.
The Men Went Down Before the Storm of
Bu! eis Like Ten Pins, and the Groans of
the Dying and Wounded Rent the Air.—
Troops Ordered to the Scene.
The strike situation reached :v terri
ble crisis ou the outskirts of Latimer,
Pa., Friday afternoon, when a baud of
deputy- sheriffs fired into an infuriated
mob of miners. The men fell like so
many sheep, and the excitement since
lias been so intense that no accurate
figures of the dead and wounded can
be obtained, lteports run from litteen
to twenty-odd killed and forty or more
wounded. Many of these will die.
One man is said to have counted tliii
teen corpses. Four other dead are in
the mountains between Latimer and
Hartleigh. Those who were not in¬
. wounded
jured carried their dead and
friends into the woods, aud the esti¬
mate Is battled.
The strikers left Hazleton
ternoou, aunounciug their intention to
go to Latimer, As soon as this became
known a baud of deputy sheriffs was
loaded on a trolley car and sent whirl¬
ing across the mountain to the scene
where the bloody conflict followed.
After reaching Latimer they left the
car aud formed into three companies
under Thomas Hall, E. E, Leebes and
Snmuel Price. They drew up in line
at the edge of the village with a fence
and a line of houses in their rear.
Sheriff Martin was in command, and
stood iu front of the line until the
strikers approached. They were seen
coming across the* ridge, and Martin
went out to meet them,
i The men drew up sullenly and lis¬
tened in silence until he had once
more read the riot act. This finished,
a low muttering arose among the for¬
eigners, and there was a slight move¬
ment forward. Perceiving this, the
sheriff stepped toward them and in a
determined tone forbade an advance.
Some one struck the sheriff, and the
next moment there was a command to
fire. The guns of the deputies in
stantly belched forth a terrible volley.
The strikers were tjiken entirely by
surprise, and as the men toppled and
fell over one another, those who re¬
mained unhurt stampeded. The men
went down before the storm of bullets
like ten pins, and the groans of the
dying aud wounded rent the air. The
excitement that followed was simply
indescribable. The deputies seemed to
be terror stricken at the deadly exe¬
cution of their guns, and seeing the
living strikers fleeing anil the others
dropping to the earth, they went, to the
ald of the unfortunates whom they
had brought down.
Governor Hastings ordered out the
Third Brigade, of which General Go
bin is commander, aud instructed Gen
eral Seball to hold the First Brigade
in readiness. The troops mobilised
at Hazleton, and were ou the scene
before daylight. Capt, B. A. Paxton,
U. S. A., attached to the national
guard, started for Hazleton by direc¬
tion of the Governor.
SEEKING PEaRLS
People Flocking to the Ouachita Beds
Near Ma.vern, Ark.
The excitement over the discovery
of pearl-bearing mussels in the Ouu
chita river and its tributaries is run¬
ning very high at Malvern now, and
scores of people have engaged in the
occupation of gathering the mussels
and opening them in search of jewels.
Men aud boys in every station of
life, regardless of race or color, are
flocking to the streams in which the
mussels abound, and from early morn
ing till dewy evening can be seen
ing in the streams, shoveling out the
rough-shelled gem-producers, which
they are confident contains the highly
prized pearl.
Several very fine specimens of the
pink variety o. pearls have been found
and also those of a pure white varie
ty. In most every Instance they are
imperfect in shape, but occasionally
one of perfect shape awl uno orientisss
is secured.
Road Closed to Traffic.
Dr. H. S. Gulley, shite health officer
of Mississippi, returned Friday from
Hattiesburg, Miss., where he ordered
the Gulf and Ship Island Railroad,
running from Hattiesburg to Gulfport,
rloer*) 1 iobco to 10 traffic Liam of O any -“J kind until fur
tber notice. This was done to prevent
the spread of the fever from the In
footed towns on the interior points.
Cotton Average Lower.
The cotton report shows the general
average condition 78.3 on September
L as compared with 80.9 on August 1,
a decline of 6.6 points. The average
condition for the last ten years, 70 2.
war imminent.
A Dispute in Guatemala Over the Dicta¬
torship.
News just received from Guatemala
is to the effect that the country U iu
a bad way, financially and commer¬
cially. During the month failures
amounting to $8,000,000 were reported.
This total is a trifle misleading, as it
represents Central American money,
which is very lunch depreciated in
value.
Beni Barrios, the man who was
president and who declared himself
dictator of the republic a couple of
mouths ago, is exceedingly unpopular
because of his recent high-handed ac¬
tion, and there is a demand that Pros¬
per Morales, a lawyer and former min¬
ister of war, be chosen to succeed Bar¬
rios. To prevent this Barrios intends
calling a session of the assembly very
soon iu order to have himself con¬
firmed as dictator. If he is successful
war is almost certain, because the
country will not longer submit to his
oppression. If he is defeated war is
just as sure, because he cauuot afford
to be driven out of office.
Ex-President BarlUos, who made it
possible for Barrios to succeed him,
has declared that he will never draw
his sword excepting to fight Morales,
who has threatened to stop his finan¬
cial operations.
Barrios is alleged to have killed a
number of prominent citizens of his
country because lie thought they were
not in sympathy with him. Besides
diese, 243 men of lesser importance
are said to have been slain by liLs or¬
der.
IRON MOVEMENTS.
Report of the Southern Iron Committee
for Month of August.
The report of the Southern Iron
Committee for the month of Augusf
has been made, It shows that th4
shipments of iron and east iron pi|<
have been for that month, as follows!
Birmingham District—Pig iron, 51,-
581 tons; cast iron pipe, 3,060 tons; to
tnl, 54,187 tons.
Anniston District—Pig iron, 3,760
tons; east iron pipe, 5,224 tons; total,
8,082 tons.
Nashville District—Pig iron, 1,003
tons.
Sheffield District—Pig iron, 7,105
tons.
Chattanooga District—Pig iron, 15,.
055 tons; cast iron pipe, 4,130 tons; to¬
tal, 20,091 tons.
Grand total—Pig iron, 80,163 tons;
east iron pipe, 11,106 tons; grand total
•Of 02,120 Tolu?.
Of the above amount of pig iron
there was exported, according to the
report, 0,088 tons of pig iron. These
export figures in the report do not in¬
clude business done by exporters
through New York and other ports,
who buy iron direct and ship on their
own account
WRECK ON THE SANTA FE.
Fifteen People Killed and Several of the
Bodies Cremated.
One of the worst accidents in the
history of the Santa Fe railroad oc¬
curred three miles east of Emporia,
Kan., last Tuesday. 'Twelve or fifteen
persons were killed and as many more
badly hurt. The fast mall train, going
east, aud the Mexico and California
express was pulled by two locomo
fives, and when they struck tho en¬
gine drawing the fast mail the boilers
of all three engines exploded and tore
a hole in the ground so deep that the
smoking ear of the west bound train
ran on lo]) of the three 'g****io s and
two mail ears and balanced there
without turning over. The ears in the
hole and Vie smoking ear burned la
ashes in t, Jhort time. In climbing out
of the smoking car several men fell
through the rifts Into the furnace, and
it is impossible to tell whether' they
escaped or were burned to death.
The west bound train carried seven
or eight coaches, and Its passengers
included many excursionists who had
]>eon to hear Hon. William J. Bryan
speak at the county fair at Burling
harne. Mr. Bryan himself vas on the
train, but was riding In the rear Pull
man some distance from the cars tnat
were wrecked.
It is stated that the wreck was
caused by a miscarriage of orders
from the trainmaster,
THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA,
Foot Ball and Base Ball on the Campus
Only.
The ruling to this effect made by the
Board of Trustees lat year is still in
force. Hence students will not travel
over the state and country playing
ball.
Some young men would prefer to
have it otherwise. But it is thought
tl h , ,, at th [ ! s uour,8 pareots t w, for i l mu,!t lhe a PP rob »’
n a many reasons.
They be i iere that u will p e more con .
t luciv« to study, the real purpose for
which they send their boys to college.
Furthermore, College Athletics cost
money. It is believed that confining
the young men to their own campus
will be in the interest of economy.
These reasons will uommend them -
selves to persons who do not object on
the grounds of abuses that are likely
to follow in the train.
HOLDS ON.
Bradstfiet's Reports No Check in]
the Onward Movement.
COTTON FABRICS IMPROVED.
The Advance in More Than One Hundred
Articles Was .!• ( Per Cent in August^
Heavy Grain Exports Harks the W’eek’^
Record- Iron Strengthening.'
Bradstreet’s review of trade saysf
The business week lias beeti—•"•irg.id
by a continuation of comparative!*
tree buying from jobbers and eonmiW
slon merchants in antlcipaitlon of
wants, at almost all important distrib¬
uting points. At a number of centers
special rate excursions of merchants
have increased the week's volume o£
business, notwithstanding the inter¬
vention of a holiday.
Cotton fabrics have Improved their
position in view of increased demand
amt cheaper raw material. There has
been a falling off in general trade in
portions of Texas, due in p;ul to tna
unwillingness of planters lo well cot.
ton at its present price, but at central
western points, notably Chicago and
St. Louis, business has been quite ac¬
tive. Western Iron and steel mills at'fl
practically independent of buyers for
the remainder of the calendar year.
The August advance in prices for
more than 100 staple raw and mami.
factured articles, products, live stock,
etc., amounted to 3.4 per cent, follow¬
ing a 3.1 per cent advance In July.
During the first six months of the cal¬
endar year prices referred to fell away
about 2.6 per cent.
Exports of wheat (flour included as
wheat) from both coasts of the United
States and Montreal show a falling oft
from last week, but are still very
large, aggregating 5,461,500 bushels,
with the exception of last week, when
the total exports aggregated 0,268,241
bushels. They arc the largest for on$
week this year, and compared with ex-,
ports In the like week a year ago ot
8,000,101; in 1806, of 1,810,000; in 1804,
of 2,780,000, and In 1803, of 5,357,001)
bushels.
Corn exports are the largest for any
week since last spring, aggregating
4,043,348 bushels, against 2,650,000
1805, and 60,000 bushels in 1804, and
850,000 In 1803.
There are 173 business failures re¬
ported throughout tho United States
this week, against 198 last week, 308
in the week only a year ago, 213 two
years ago, 228 three years ago, and as
compared with 300 In the like wet'll
of September, 1803.
There are 32 business failures re¬
ported from the Dominion of Canada
this week, compared with 30 last
week, 41 in the week a year ago, 33
two years ago, and as contrasted with
80 in the like week of 18i>;t.
TWENTY-FIVE KILLED.
Two Trains Collide In Colorado and riany
Art Hurled Into Eternity,
The most disastrous railway wreck
that has ever happened in Colorado oc¬
curred near New Castle, Col., on the
morning of September 10.
The Denver anil Itlo Grande passen¬
ger train No. 1, west bound, collided
with u Colorado Midland stock train,
going east, wrecking both engines and
Several ears iu each train.
Shortly after the collision fire broke
out !» the ruins. The ni£ii> baggage
and express ears, smokers, day coach
and tourist sleeper were burned.
A number of passengers who were
not killed outright, but who were Din
Il( . ( ] j„ the wreck and could not lx- ex
trlcated, perished iu the flames. There
were about 200 passengers,
jt in estimated that twenty-five were
killed and as inany more wounded,
scalded and burned, of whom six aro
likely to die.
The accident occurred at the worst
possible point. Two minutes more of
running time and they could have
avoided the wreck, as each engineer
could have seen the approach of the
other train. The trains collided on a
curve around the mountain, and there
was no opportunity to even slack up
the speed.
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Postponed to September 28.
For several reasons that indicated
best, tho Btato Normal College at
Troy, September Ala,, has postponed its opening
to 28. This will suit many
students who could not enter at an
earlier date. Troy is u remarkably
healthy place, being 600 feet above the
gulf, has and no such thing as yellow The fever col*
ever been known there,
leg e authorities anticipate a grand
year’s work.
It is said that the filibustering stearn.
er La u rad a may lie sold at auction.
Here’s a chance for Weyler to strike a
blow for Spain by bidding her In
