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VEItNOR DETERMINED TO BRING
THE GUILTY TO JUSTICE.
HAS CLEAR EVIDENCE AS TO THREE
Five Hundred Dollars Facli for the First
Two Convicted; $100 for Kacli Addi¬
tional Conviction Secured.
The governor of Georgia has offered
a reward for the Ryder lynchers and
the names of tho most of them are in
his possession. He has clear evidence
as to three, and it is likely that evi¬
dence as to the others will develop on
the trial. The governor offers rewards
as follows:
Five hundred dollars for the first
two lynchers of Dr. Ryder arrested
and convicted.
One hundred dollars for each sub¬
sequent lyncher of Dr. Ryder arrested
and convicted.
Two hundred and fifty dollars for
each person arrested and convicted of
felonious conduct in preventing the
arrest or detection of parties guilty of
this crime.
This action was taken without hesi¬
tation, after an hour’s hearing with
Dr. C. A. Ryder of Gainesville, and
Prof. II. A. Ryder of Columbus.
The brothers are determined and
■will exert every effort to convict the
men who were concerned in the Talbot
county lynching.
Governor Atkinson was asked for an
expression of his views, and said:
“I am determined to do all that is
possible for the executive to do to
bring to justice the men who are guilty
of the murder of Ryder.
“There are two lines upon which we
must proceed iu order to rid our
country of this practice which is injur¬
ing alike the character of our people
and of our civilization.
“One is for the press, the pulpit and
all enlightened and patriotic citizens
to exert themselves to make such
offenses odious until.J'iglpt yiertes are
recognized^ " ftlicT conformed to by all
people.
“Those who cannot be reached in
this way must be reached by being
made to feel the force of the strong
arm of the law. They should be
given to understand that when they
attempt to take a prisoner from the
hands of officers their own lives will
be forfeited by their effort, and that
in case of a successful effort, they will
be punished by the courts. said about
“There has been much
the delays of the law, and yet to.one
who fully comprehends our system and
Its results this point will receive little
consideration. We have now in our
penitentiary and county chaingangs
over 4,000 convicts. We have had a
large number hung during my admin¬
istration, and where there is an occa¬
sional instance where a case is kept in
court a great while, it is a rare excep¬
tion and not the rule.
“In addition to that, permit me to
say that tho men who lynch and take
the lives of their fellow men in their
own hands are not the men who are
usually found on the side of law and
order, and if lynching be apologized
for on the ground that the law does
not conform to the views of everyone,
then there will never be a stop put to
it.
“This being true, let apology for
lynch law cease, let it be. condemned
in unmeasured terms, and whatever is
to be said about changing the law, let
it be said to the general assembly, and
not for the purpose of palliating a
crime lynchers, are guilty of.
i * I am satisfied that the good citi¬
zens of Talbot county fully realize the
enoTEidy of this offense and co-operation I expect
from them that hearty
which every good citizen owes to the
officers of the law under which he
lives.”
VIRGINIA POPULISTS ADJOURN.
Captain Edmund R. Cocke Nominated
For Lieutenant Governor.
The populist state convention at
Roanoke assembled again Thursday
morning. Major Gaines withdrew from
the race for tho nomination of lieuten¬
ant governor, and Cap lain Edmund
R. Cocke was nominated by acclama¬
tion and accepted. The convention
then adjourned sine die.
CHARTER FORTY STEAMERS.
Twenty Million Bushels of Grain to Be
Exported t*> Greut Britain.
The Philadelphia Record of Friday
contained the following:
“Forty steamers were yesterday
chartered to load cargoes of grain at
Philadelphia, New York, Baltimore
and Newport News for ports in the
United Kingdom and Europo, making
a day’s record which, it is claimed,has
never been equaled. All of these ves¬
sels will require over 4,000,000 bush¬
els of grain.
“During the past two weeks fixtures
for steam tonnage to carry over 20,-
000,000 bushels of coreals abroad have
been orderted.
IN PAMPHLET FORM.
New Tariff Act Makes a Document of
Seventy Pages.
A Washington special says: The
ftrst copies of the tariff act in law form
tfor circulation have been received at
®he document rooms of the senate aud
bouse.
The law makes a pamphlet of 70
pages. The members of the house
will have 25,000, the senators 10,000
and the senate committee on finance
15,000 copies for distribution, making
$0,000 in all to be circulated.
9IARCHEI) WITH 1JKASS BANDS.
Miners Swoop Down Upon DeArmitfc
Armed wltU Walking; Sticks.
Oak Hill, in the vicinity of Turtle
Creek, Plum Creek and Sand Creek,
of DeArmitt, was invaded after mid¬
night Wednesday by an army of strik¬
ers who were on baud to attend the
great mass meeting held near the
mines Thursday morning.
It is estimated that by daybreak
there were several thousand miners
encamped upon the hills surrounding
the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal
company’s property. They came from
every direction, headed by brass
bands, and nearly all of them carried
heavy walking sticks, and some were
armed.
There were no threats of violence,
however, and no indications of drink¬
ing. Many were sspplied with food
enough to last two days.
Immediately upon reaching Oak Ilill
the strikers prepared for camp. In the
valley leading up from Turtle Creek
to one of the New York and Cleveland
mines the company had a powerful
searchlight. It was kept shifting about
in hopes of flanking any movement of
the strikers to creep within reach of
the mine unknown to the deputies,
who guarded every approach. Long
before daylight the strikers were up,
and after eating their frugal meal,
prepared for the day’s -work, The
intention was to see as many of De
Armitt’s men before they got into the
pits as possible.
About 4 o’clock 1,500 strikers as¬
sembled at Turtle Creek and headed
by three brass bands, with flags and
banners flying, marched by the houses
occupied by De Armitt’s men. The
strikers hooted and yelled and then
marched to the mines, where they
planted themselves before the pit,
thus compelling DoArmitt’s men to
run the gauntlet to get to work.
A short time later, Sheriff' Lowry,
who had been wired to for assistance,
arrived from Pittsburg with fifty depu¬
ties, armed with winchesters. The
strikers quietly withdrew and the new
deputies were placed on guard.
When the meeting was called to
order at 10 o’clock Thursday morning
there were 3,000 striking miners in
attendance, and before it was well un¬
der way there were 5,000 people in the
vicinity;- - — —
The demonstration had no effect
upon the men at Plum Creek, and all
went to work.
The strikers used all their powers
of persausion upon the diggers, but
none were molested and no threats
were made.
President Dolan was made chairman
of the meeting, and in a short speech
he accused De Armitt of insincerity.
He said if De Armitt’s men did not
come out, there would be a sympathy
strike all over the United States.
M. P. Carrick was next introduced,
and he said that workingmen all over
the United States wore interested in
this strike, because it will have a ten¬
dency to raise wages everywhere.
“If you men of the DeArmitt mines
will not come out now, we will march
60,000 men here and compel you to
come out, not by force, but by shame.”
When Eugene V. Debs was intro¬
duced there was great enthusiasm.
He said in part:
“I am here not to encourage passion
but to appeal to reason. You are in
the midst af the greatest contest the
world has ever known. Whether you
succeed or fail depends upon your¬
selves. In order to win, you must re¬
main absolutely sober until this con¬
test is over. Whisky clouds the brain,
robs you of your money and makes
you brutal, and also makes you do
just what your enemies want vou to
do.”
After the meeting the Sandy Creek
miners returned to work, and the
strikers went into camp and had lunch.
PENSION RULES REVISED.
Changes Will Make Many Modifications
In Fresent Practices.
A thorough revision of the rules gov¬
erning the adjudication of pension
claims under the second section of the
net of June 27, 1890, has been made
by Assistant Secretary of the Interior
Webster Davis at Washington, and
sweeping modifications in the present
practices are tho result.
The changes are embodied in in¬
structions to tho commissioners of
pensions, it is stated that representa¬
tions were made that the present rules
render the administration of the law
dificult and embarrassing.
The new code, it is said, will fur¬
nish a safe, speedy and uniform sys¬
tem of adjusting this class of cases.
FIVE HEARS FOR BRIDGES.
Ex-County School Commissioner Con¬
victed of Embezzlement.
The Bridges embezzlement trial
which had been in progress at Rome,
Ga., for several days was given to the
jury late Saturday afternoon.
The jury returned a verdiot of guilty
and Judge Henry passed sentence of
five years in the penitentiary.
Few cases in Floyd county have at¬
tracted as much attention or developed
as many sensational features as this.
It has been in the courts for nearly
two years, and it has been of enormous
expense to the county and from the
present outlook the drain on the
county treasury from this source is
not likely to stop soon.
CYCLONE KILLS SEYEN.
An Illinol* Farmer'* Home and Barn De-
mollshed By Raging Wind.
At 7:30 o’clock Friday evening a
cyclone struck the farm of A. C. Mc¬
Dowell, two miles north of San Jose,
Ill.,his house and barn were destroyed
Seven people were killed and three
severely injured. The killed are: A.
C. McDowell, A. C. McDowell’s
grandson, wife of Samuel Brownlee,
three of Brownlee’s children, Miss
Bessie Groves.
FOUND GUILTY AND SENTENCED
TO HANG AUGUST 25.
JURY MS OUT SEVENTEEN HOURS
Couvlcted Murderer’s Attorney Movog
Straightway for u New Trial—Argu¬
ment Will be Heard on the I4th.
Edward C. Flanagan was pronouucod
guilty of murder by the juryfat Deea-
tuj, Ga., Saturday morning.
He was at once sentenced by the
judge, Hon. John S. Candler, to die
on the gallows on Wednesday, August
25th.
Colonel Glenn, the prisoner’s lead¬
ing counsel, straightway filed a motion
for a new trial. It will be argued on
Saturday, The August 14th.
before jury was out seventeen hours
At reaching a verdict.
8:45 Saturday morning Flanagan
was led, handcuffed, to the oourt-
I house.
‘Let the jury come out,” said the
judge.
The 12 men who for six days had
patiently struggled with all the facts
of this remarkable case, filed into the
room.
“Gentlemen, have you agreed upon
a verdict?” asked liis honor.
“We have,” said the foreman.
Solicitor Kimsey took the paper on
which was written the prisoner’s fate
and read in clear tones:
“We, the jury find-the defendant
guilty.”
“I ask that the jury be polled,” said
Colonel Glenn.
The judge called the name of each
juror and asked: “Is that your verdict?
Do you agree to it?” Every man re¬
sponded promptly, ‘ ‘yes. ”
During this time Flanagan sat with
downcast eyes as if meditating the fate
that was in store for him.
Mr. Flanagan, stand up!” said
Judge Candler.
The man sb^'ly rose, and sentence
was pronounced as follows:
“It is ordered by the court that the
defendant, Edward C. Flanagan, be
taken from the bar of this court to the
common jail of DeKalb county and
be there safely and securely kept until
Wednesday, the 25th day of August,
1897, when, betw sen the hours of 1.1
o’clock a. m. and 1 o’clock p. m., he
shall be taken from there by the’ sheriff
of DeKalb county and in private in
the jail yard of DeKalb county, bo
hung by the neck until he is dead,and
may God have mercy on his soul. ”
“It is further ordered that in the
execution of the sentence said sheriff
have such guard as in his discretion is
necessary, ajid that he procure the at¬
tendance of two physicians to ascer¬
tain when life is extinct.
“It is further ordered that the de¬
fendant be allowed at the time of the
execution of this sentence to have as
many as two ministers of tho gospel
present, and such of his immediate
family as he may desire, to be limited
by the discretion of the sheriff'.”
After sentence had been passed the
judge discharged the jury, after thank¬
ing them for their attendance and good
deportment.
INSURGENTS CAPTURE A TOWN.
They Got ©40,000 In Gold, Besides a Big
Dot of Supplies.
The story telegraphed from Havana
last about an attack by insurgents on
Mariano, a suburban town, is fully
confirmed by passengers who left Ha¬
vana on the Plant line steamer Mas-
cotte Saturday noon and arrived at
Tampa, Fla., Saturday night.
The engagement was short and des¬
perate. Forty-nine Spaniards were
killed and 120 wounded; two Cubans
were killed and twenty wounded.
The inhabitants of the town fled for
their lives, leaving the insurgents in
complete possession. They sacked the
place and secured $40,000 in gold
besides a lot of supplies that they
could carry away.
Twelve Mill Operatives Drown.
Twelve mill workers while crossing
a bridge at Thiemendorf, near Chem¬
nitz, Germany, were swept off the
bridge by a sudden rise of the river.
All were drowed.
COAL SYNDICATE SUCCESSFUL.
A Big Deal In Tennessee Has Been
Practically Consummated.
Mr. Henry Taylor, the representa¬
tive of the English syndicate which
has an option on most of the coal
mines in East Tennessee, has practi¬
cally closed the deal. The price ap¬
proaches five million dollars and
the properties employ 3,000 miners
and have an output of about three
million tons of coal annually.
The capitalists whom Mr. Taylor
represents are partly from Boston and
partly from England. The stock has
already been taken and the bonds sold.
Extensive improvements are contem¬
plated in the mines and a railroad
from Jellieo to the sea is projected.
APPOINTMENTS FROM CHAMPLAIN
Thouch (lie President is Awavfrom Wash-
ington He is Not Idle.
A Washington special says: Quite
a big batch of consular appointments
was announced Thursday. The presi¬
dent and Secretary Porter took with
them to Lake Champlain several ham¬
pers of papers, and up there, away
from the heat and the office-seeking
crowd, the president is making ap¬
pointments. His decisions are sent on
to Washington to be announced.
TAHIFF ACT CAUSES HOWL.
Protestations Pouring In From All Parts
<ir the World.
A Washington speceial says: In a
Into number of the Congressional Rec¬
ord containing speeches on the tariff
c mferenco report is a speech by M. N.
Johnson, of North Dakota, in which
i he makes a compilation of the protests
received by the state department
I from the representatives of foreign
governments against certain duties
imposed in the Dingley tariff bill
while that measure was peudiug.
Some of these protests have been
made public, others have been re¬
ferred to the committees having the
tariff bill in charge, and little or no
attention has been paid to them.
Nearly all these communications |
revert to the commerce between the
several countries and the United
States. They insist that the new
tariff bill will retard that commerce
and some of them intimate that it will
result in decreasing the demand for
American goods; some of the ministers
disclaim any intention to interfere in
the internal affairs of the United
States, but make the representations
of the benefit of the commerce between
the countries. Some suggestions are
made that the injury to be done the
treasury of the United States on ac¬
count of the imposition of the pro¬
posed duties will be Considerable-
Minister Brun, of Denmark,calls at¬
tention to the fact that the tariff on
American goods going into Denmark
is very favorable and that his govern¬
ment views with a great deal of ap¬
prehension the pending tariff bill and
the rates especially.
Sir Julian Pauneeforte sent two very
brief communication, one in Decem¬
ber, 1896, informing the state depart¬
ment that the fishery board of Scot¬
land protested against the high rate
on cured herrings and at the request
of marquis of Salisbury he represents
to the United States government that
the imposes high rates salt which mackerel the Dingley and other bill j
on
cured fish would cause grave injury to
the fishermen on the west coast of Ire¬
land. This note is dated June 18,1897.
The protest of Argentine against the
duty on hides and wool and of Japan
against a number of duties has already
been published. China made a pro¬
test on lines similar to those of Japan.
SMALLPOX IN ALABAMA.
Over Three Hundred Cases Dcrve-loped But
No Deaths Result.
The physicians of Montgomery, agreed that-
Ala., have practically all
the twelve cases of sickness now in
the city’s pesthouse axe smallpox, al¬
though of a mild form. Compulsory
vaccination has been ordered and the
police are going from house to house
insisting on compliance with the law.
The smallpox situation in the state
is now somewhat alarming. The dis¬
ease is of the mildest type ever known
to the physicians, but it is spreading
too much for the public safety.
The very mild form of the disease is
shown by the fact that out of the 500
cases developed in Alabama within a
few months not a death has resulted.
This fact is acknowledged to be due
to the season of year. The physicians
explain that during the summer the
patients can be kept in well ventilated
rooms, whore the air and sunshine
can reach them, and these elements
counteract the poison in the patient’s
system. It is acknowledged that tin
less the disease is stamped out before
winter the consequences will be dis¬
astrous.
LOCOMOTIVES DESTROYED.
Western Railway’s Round House at Mont-
S<i:ner 3 r Burned to the Ground.
Saturday night the round house of
the Western railroad at Montgomery,
Ala., caught fire and in less than an
hour it was a complete wreck.
The building was full of engines,
and it is said that eleven were
destroyed, some of them the finest on
the road.
The machine shop attached to the
round house was also completely
wrecked.
The building was principally of
wood and, being very dry, burned like
pine lightwood. The damage is heavy,
but fully covered by insurance.
Only Need Material.
The Natchez, Miss., cotton mills
have posted notices that work will be
suspended on account of lack of raw
cotton to work on. Three hundred
people will be thrown out of employ¬
ment.
TWO SENTENCED TO HANG.
A Third Placed On Trial for Life—All
Charged With Heinous Crime.
At Decatur, Ala., Saturday night,
after being out three hours and twen¬
ty-five minutes, the jury in the case of
Walter Neville, colored, accomplice of
Lewis Thompson in the assault of Nel¬
lie Lawton, brought in a verdict of
guilty and fixed the penalty of death,
as in Thompson’s case. of the
The most sensational part case
began Monday, when Rosa Buford was
placed on trial. She is the negro wo¬
man who instigated the crime and de¬
coyed the little girl.
Feeling is much stronger against her
than against Neville, as it seems she is
responsible for the whole crime-
PRESIDE NT ON V ACATION.
Leaves Washington to Bnjoy a Rest On
Shores of Lake Champlain.
President McKinley left Washington
Wednesday for a vacation that will
take him away for six weeks. He
was accompanied by Mrs. McKinley,
Secretary and Mrs. Algier, Mr. Porter,
Assistant Private Secretary Pruden,
and Executive Cleik Cortelyou. The
white house steward and a maid ser¬
vant also were along, Mrs. Porter,
with her children, joined the party at
Jersey City.
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION OFFI-
Cl VL WRITES HOT LETTEH.
BROUGHT OUT BY SEAL FISHERIES.
Elliott Claims That Special Commissioner
Foster Ha* Misled Secretary Sherman
in His Reports On Sealing Matter*.
p ro f e ssor Henry W. Elliott, of the
c Smithsonian ... . institution, . ... ,. , has given out
the complete text of his recent seusa-
tional letter to Judge Day, assistant
secretary of state, regarding the seal
fisheries. It reads as follows:
Hon. W. R. Dat, assistant secretary
of state, Washington:
Dear Sir—In the Morning Recorder,
of Lakewood, Ohio, appears the text
of a letter to Lord Salisbury,, dated
May 10, 1897, and signed by Hon.
John Sherman, secretary of state, on
the fur seal question. This letter is
prefaced by an account of the great
embarrassment which its publication
has caused the president, and that it
has been held up for several days at
the request of John W. Foster, who
now fears the effect of his own work
a few weeks earlier.
“Inasmuch as I have a closer per¬
sonal knowledge of this preseut ques¬
tion than any other man living, and
vastly more extended, and inasmuch
as I am the author of the modus viven-
di of 1893, which is the only credible
step taken by our government toward
settling this seal dispute since it be¬
gan in 1890 up to date, I desire to say
that after a careful perusal of the let¬
ter of May 10th, above cited, the
president has reason to feel greatly
embarrassed, because it lays the state
department open to a crushing reply
from those not of the Canadian office,
and you will be in the same mortify¬
ing fix that Blaine found himself in
1890, when the Canadians simply
crushed his contra bonis mores letter
by the date which they promptly fur¬
nished in rebuttal.
“Inexperienced and ignorant men
should not write such letters dealing
with data about which they know no
more than so many parrots. John W.
Foster is utterly ignorant of the truth
in regard to the salient features of this
seal question on the islands; that letter
of May 10th is like all other prepara¬
tions from his hand on this subject—
full of gross errors,
“His dullness in making up the
American case iu 1892-93 cost its that
shameful and humiliating defeat which
we met with at Paris in 1893. Had
he been bright and quick witted, he
never would have met with such dias-
ter.
“Taking this commonplace naan up
now, after this record of fiat-failure is
stamped all over bis anatomy, and
putting him in charge of your sealing
question will only thrust yon deeper
into the mire than he and your prede¬
cessors have been placed before by the
bright men over the line at Ottawa.
“I am moved to write you on this
point because a senator of the United
States recently said to me that Foster
had assured the president that the
information which I gave the British
in 1890 caused the defeat of the Amer¬
ican case at Paris in 1893. The mean¬
ness and untruth of this charge will
be quickly seen by your turning to
my report of November 17, 1890, which
contains this information.
“Mr. Foster and his stupid associ¬
ates tried to suppress this report be¬
cause it contained the proof of my au¬
thorship of the modus vivendi of
1891-93, which he meanly stole from
me—plagarized in fact, but he was un¬
able to suppress it. And now that he
comes forward again to figure in this
question, I intend that he shall be re¬
quired at the proper time and before
the proper tribunal to give a full ac¬
count of his wretched record as the
agent of the United States before the
Behring sea tribunal at Paris in 1893.
“This whole sealing business, from
the day the trouble began in 1890-91
up to date, has not been in the hands
of a competent man for one moment.
It has been and is now the sport of
Canadians, and the languid contempt
of the British quoeu’s council is all
that it receives when it comes up
there. Very truly yours,
“Henkv V t . Elliott.”
MINERS BECOMING DESTITUTE.
Four Hundred Families Are Without Any
Means Whatever.
Miners in the Danville, Ill., dis¬
trict are in destitute circumstances.
Over 400 families are reported without
means. Citizens and many of the op¬
erators are contributing liberally with
provisions and money. There is no
evidence that the strikers contemplate
giving up. dispatch Provisions
A Chicago says:
for the relief of the suffering miners
of Illinois are coming in rather slowly.
The relief headquarters have been
open two days, but nothing beyond a
few cash contributions from labor
unions has been received.
REFUSE CUT WAGES.
American Sheet Iron Strikers Have De-
termined to Remain Idle.
The American Sheet Iron company
strikers held a meeting at Phillips-
burg, N. J., Saturday night, at which
the committee reported the result of
its conference with Superintendent
Danby. the work
The company offered men
at cut wages, but they refused to ac¬
cept this proposition, and decided by
a unanimous vote not to depart from
their stand.
AGREEMENT TO ARBITRATE.
Japan and Hawaii To S.ittln Thule nif.
Cervnvv* Faanaahly.
A Washington special says: The
Japanese government, has accepted the
offer made by Hawaii to arbitrate the
dispute between the two countries.
The state department has been inform¬
ed of the offer and the acceptance.
The subjects for arbitration will in¬
clude not only the difficulty over the
landing of the Japanese immigrants,
hut also will include other disagree-
meuts between the two countries, the
most important of which is the tax
imposed upon the Japanese liquor,
largely imported and consumed by the
Japanese in Hawaii.
The acceptance of the offer of arbi¬
tration, a brief synopsis of which has
been telegraphed to the Japanese min¬
ister here and given the state depart¬
ment, states that the Japanese govern¬
ment accepts arbitration in principle
ami is prepared to enter upon the
terms for a settlement of pending dis¬
putes.
The formal letter of acceptance has
been sent to Hawaii and the conditions
of arbitration will be contained there¬
in. These conditions are not known
here. Pending the arrangement of de¬
tails, all other proceedings looking to
a settlement will be discontinued.
The sake tax, of which the Japanese
complain,, is ail increase of the duty
on this liquor from 15 cents to $1 per
gallon. This tax was passed by the
Hawaiian legislature and vetoed bv
President Dole on the ground that it
was unconstitutional,, and in violation
of the treaty with Japan, who had
rights under the most favored cause.
The tax was passed over his veto
almost unanimously, only one vote
being cast to sustain the- president.
The pressure for taxing sake was
from the saloon keepers and the man¬
ufacturers of liquors, as the Japanese
use this liquor almost wholly to the
exclusion of other beverages.
TEXAS DEMOCRATS ACT.
At a-Called Conference They Auftrm Unwa¬
vering Allegiance fco the Party.
Over a thousand Texas democrats
attended a conference at Waco Friday,
called by Chairman Blake of the dem¬
ocratic state executive eommitte.
The most important action taken
was the adoption of resolutions affirm¬
ing unwavering allegiance to the prin¬
ciples of the party as expressed in its
recent platform-, state and national,
and appealing to- citizens who desire
good government to stand as a unit
for its support.
The paragraph in regard to finance
is as follows:
‘‘That we hall as an advance sign of
the return to the principles upon
which the prosperity of the country
can alone be achieved, the disposition
of the people in other states, as ex¬
pressed iu the recent elections, to the
time-lionoied doctrine of bimetallism
and to the use- of both gold and silver
as the standard money metals of the
country, and to a system of fair and
just taxation-, opposed to the trusts
and monopolies, and to the principles
contained in the last national demo- -
eratie platform adopted at Chicago in
1896.” The resolutions conclude with
a denunciation of the republican party.
NEW PLACE FOR ANDREWS.
Deposed I^resident. Will Assume Chare©
of Another University.
A Providence special says that
President Andrews, of Brown uni¬
versity, will in September assume the
head of the university projected by
John Brisben Walker, the New York
millionaire journalist, along absolutly
unique lines. Mr. Walker is also a
silver man.
The university will at first resemble
the Chautauqua movement. It will ca¬
ter to the masses of the common peo¬
ple, and there will be no cost or ex¬
penses whatever to the student. Even
the textbooks will be free, and work
will be conducted by correspondence.
The institution will be liberally en¬
dowed.
President Andrews will be assisted
by an advisory board of ten of the
ablest minds in the country. Presi¬
dent Andrews, in speaking of the mat¬
ter, said:
“The course of studies will be work¬
ed out with reference to the real needs
of men and women in the various
walks of life; and will be designed not
only to produce broader minds, more
cultivated intellects and give greater
fitness for special lines of work, but
to make better citizens, better neigh¬
bors, and give a happier type of man
and womanhood.”
EXODUS TO ALASKA HURTFUL.
Many Gorermnuut Contractors Deprived
of Their Employes. *
The navy department lias felt the
evil effects of the gold craze. The
firm of Morgan Bros., located at Seat¬
tle, is building the torpedo boat Rowan
aud had made good progress until the
Alaskan exodus set in. Now they
have informed the navy department
that so many of their workmen have
dropped their work to go to Alaska
that they are obliged to appeal to the
navy department which complete for an oxtensionjfi| the
time in to
TWO THOUSAND SLAIN.
Dervishes and the Jaalons Have a FeuHS
and Deadly Coiilllet.
The has Egyptian received intelligence word of heavy d^H tH
ment
fighting up the Nile between the jM ^
vishes and the Jaalons.
The Dervishes, of the Khalifa, under defeated one of flj tH
generals and
Jaalons in a pitched battle occr
pied Metemneh on July 1st. .. j
The losses on both sides wipre ifl
, urge. The Jaloons are said
ost 2,900 killed.