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__ tHE ORGANIZATION SENDS STRONG
LETTER TO BANK OF ENGLAN D.
aYER RESERVE THE MUSE.
Probability That the Knicllsh Govern¬
ment May Be Coerced In
the Matter.
Advices from London state that the
Jtrotest which the bankers of that city
drew up at their meeting in the clear¬
ing house Wednesday against the pol¬
icy of the governor of the bank of En¬
gland in announcing its willingness to
maintain one-fifth of its bullion reserve
in silver was presented to the bank
Thursday. The resolution was ac-
vmmpanied by a formal letter, and the
resolution itself is in the name of the
Clearing House association, as, although
the members were not represented at
the meeting, a majority of the mem¬
bership was represented and unani¬
mously adopted the resolution, which
is as follows:
“That this meeting entirely disap¬
proves of the Bank of England agree¬
ing to exercise the option, permitted
by the act of 1884, of holding one-
fifth or any other portion whatever of
silver as a reserve against the circula¬
tion of the Bank of England notes.
“That a copy of this resolution be
sent to the Bank* of England, the
prime minister, the first lord of the
treasury and the chancellor of the ex¬
chequer.” had begun
An organized movement
to induce other commercial bodies to
protest against the announcement of
the governor of iha Bank of England.
A high official who was a participant
in the negotiations between the United
States bimetallic commissioners and
the British cabinet said to the repre¬
sentative of the Associated Press:
“I fear the bankers will frighten the
government into receding from their
stand for bimetallism. They have for¬
gotten that parliament unanimously
resolved measures to secure a stable
ratio of exchange between Ilicks-Beaeh, gold and
silver, and Sir Michael
the chancellor of the exchequer,
pledged himself to do all in his power
.to carry the resolution into effect.
A t The English public have forgotten
also that ten of the fourteen members
«sf the agricultural commission signed
a report recommending bimetallism as
a palliative for the agricultural de¬
pression in India. The public and
newspapers seem to think the govern¬
ment is influenced merely by a desire
to secure the good will of the United
States, when it is attempting to carry
srat the declared policy of its parlia¬
ment.”
HAZELTON INQUEST ON.
Coroner's Jury Investigates the Killing; of
Miners at Lattimer.
At Hazelton, Pa., Thursday after-
soon, Coroner McKee began the in¬
quest into the deaths of the score of
striking miners, who were shot by a
posse of the sheriff’s deputies at Latti-
timer.
Nearly all the testimony adduced at
the first day’s session was a repetition
of that brought out at the hearing of
the deputies at Wilkesbarre. Most of
’the witnesses were foreign strikers,
Mzho' were in the march halted by the
deputies’ deadly fusilade.
They gave the details of the affray
as already published and all declared
that none of the strikers were armed;
that Sheriff Martin pulled a revolver
on them, but no one attempted to take
it from him; that no violence had been
offered that official, and that the miners
had no intention of making an unlaw¬
ful demonstration.
WILL FINISH NEW ROAD.
®Tringfiel<l,Ohlo Kiver and South Atlantic
Kailway to Be Completed.
A company of capitalists Paoli, was Ind., or¬
ganized Thursday at by
the election of a board of thirteen
■directors to push to completion the
building of the Springfield, Ohio River
and South Atlantic railway.
To this road a subsidy of $1,000,000
was voted by Knoxville, Tenn. It ie a
branch of the Great Black Diamond
system. William Kirby, of Toledo, was
elected president of the board.
Articles of incorporation will be filed
at Indianapolis.
EGAN TO SUCCEED COMER
A* President of the Central of Georgia
llailway.
For six months it has been reported
shat Vioe-President John M. Egan, of
the Central, would succeed to the
presidency at the next annual election.
Some time ago President H. M. Comer
resigned, but he was requested to hold
on, and he consented to do So.
The New York Journal of Tuesday
announced that Mr. Egau would suc-
«eed Mr. Comer at the election next
month. Mr. Egan was in New York
last week, and it is said that while
there he had had an interview with the
members of the voting trust who con¬
trol the Central's 50,000 shares of
common stock.
ON BRINK OF DEATH.
’^Engineer Brings Train to a Stop Close
to Burning Trestle.
The Memphis and Charleston train
due in Chattanooga Saturday morn¬
ing was delayed eight hours, owing to
the burning of a trestle over Porter’s
creek, near Middletown, Tenn.
The engineer discovered the blaze
just in time to stop within a few feet
of the burning trestle.
’ Passengers had to be transferred to
dhaltancoga.
REYNOLDS AND BROOKS RESPITED.
While On the Threshold of Death a Short
Keiu-levo Is Secured.
Grady Reynolds and Bud Brooks,
who were to have been hung at Jeffer-
son, G»., last Friday, were respited at
tho last moment for four weeks.
Tho gallows was waiting and every¬
thing was in readiness for the execu-
'£4 the ■ herirw “ told t0 8tay
Brook’s attorney secured a superse-
deas in his case early Friday morning
and Reynolds was respited by Governor
Atkinson so that he could live until the
case of his partner in crime had been
decidod by the supreme court.
The postponement of the execution
was a great surprise to the 2,000 peo¬
ple assembled in Jefferson and
there was some indignation ex¬
pressed over the delay. Several hun¬
dred of tho crowd had come from
many miles away on an excursion and
their disappointment was bitter.
The affair lias only a parallel in the
case of the Pearl Bryan murderers,
Jackson and Walling, where the life
of one of the condemned was played
as a stake for the othor and in vain.
POLICE GUARD BUILDING.
Now Orienns Citizens Try tn Prevent
Establishment of Fever Hospital.
A special from New Orleans says:
Mayor Flower has ordered a force of
policemen to guard the Bqauregard
school, which a mob made an attempt
to burn Tkurssday night. Only a
portion of the building was burned.
and it is still possible to use the struc¬
ture as a hospital for the treatment of
yellow fever patients.
It was shortly after midnight Thurs¬
day night when a mob applied the
torch to the school, and thereby carried
into execution a threat that had been
repeatedly made. arrived
When the fireman on the
scene their hose was out, but the de¬
partment worked pluckily, and with
the assistance of a squad of police, ul¬
timately succeeded in extinguishing
the flames. The burning of the school
created intense indignation, and the
outrage was bitterly denounced.
Every newspaper in the city, in
ringing editorials, pledged itself to
support the mayor in whatever action
lie might take t6 punish the culprits
and carry into effect the original de¬
termination to establish the yellow
fever hospital in the Beauregard
schoolhouse.
MINERS DIE BY EXPLOSION.
Ma»7 Are Imprisoned In a Burning Pit
In Illinois.
An explosion terrible in its effA’ts
occurred in the Williamson County
Coal Company’s mine, four miles north
of Marion, Ill., Friday.
Fifteen wounded miners, two of
whom subsequently died, w'ere res¬
cued, while one w r as found dead when
the rescuing party went down the
shaft.
Several of the w'ounded were so se¬
verely crushed and otherwise hurt
that they will die. There are said to
be five or six miners still imprisoned
in the burning mine, but they cannot
be reached on account of smoke
and fire. These men are no doubt
dead, as there were no means of es¬
cape for them, the mine not having
be'.n provided with the usual escape¬
ment shaft.
Most of the men killed and wounded
are Russians and Italians, and it is
impossible to get their names as yet.
AT CAMP FONTAINBLEAU.
Many Refugees Arrive at Government’s
Fever Reservation.
A batch of about 100 refugees ar¬
rived in Camp Fontainbleau, Miss.,
Friday. Geddings, of the United
Surgeon hospital, arrivefl from
States marine
headquarters at Washington, ami will
be placed in charge of the observation
department. daily from the
The official report
hospital states that patients up to noon
Friday were doing fairly well.
Things are being more comfortably
arranged for the refugees with each
succeeding day. A sundry supply
store was opened Friday, also a bar¬
ber shop.
Savannah Quarantines Atlanta .,
Mayor Meldnm, of Savannah, Ga
declared a quarantine against
upon receipt of a telegram from
Dr. Stone saying that Atlanta’s board
health had declared one case of
fever. All inspectors wired
not to admit any person or baggage
from Atlanta.
VELASQUEZ FOUND DEATH.
Ex-Police Chief Was Implicated In thr.
Killing of Arroyo.
Eduardo Velasquez, ex-inspectoT
general of police of the City of Mexico,
committed suicide iu Belam prison
Friday by blowing his brains out with
a revolver.
Since the alleged lynching plot was
exposed, and Ire, with other police,
was imprisoned, he has shown a mark¬
ed change, being extremely reticent
and evidently suffering from intense
nervousness.
He was subjected to a long examina¬
tion by Judge Flores, and at the con¬
clusion of the ordeal, on his return to
the prison, it was noted that he show-
areat dejectienand anguish.
STREET CAR MEN DISSATISFIED.
Chicago Conductors, Motormen and Grip-
men May Kilter Upon a Strike.
Indications point to a general strike
of all street car conductors, motormen
and gripmen in the employ of the Chi¬
cago City Railway Company.
From the present outlook it seems
that the only block to a general walk¬
out would be tho reinstatement of
twenty discharged men, together with
the recognition of the new union by
P, Wl lid Of
IN CITIES OF NEW ORLEANS, BI¬
LOXI, EDWARDS AND MOBILE.
CASES; FEW DEATHS
Drcnil Develops Slowly—Town of
Edward. Needing An.istaneo In
Her L uneven struggle.
The Mississippi state board of health
issued an official bulletin Friday night
which states that the board is daily
requests from parties from
the north who are now in Jackson for
permission to return to their homes,
and has decided not to allow them to
do so for the present. After tho
board is certain that the fever is con¬
fined to Edwards and immediate vicin-
ity, quarantine will probably be raised
on railroads not connected with any
infected point. Vicksburg
A special train left Fri¬
day evening fer the vicinity of Ed¬
wards with four colored female nurses
and such supplies as were needed.
Efforts are being made to obtain.white
_________ nurses. It is felt that the few on the
ground are inadequate to the task of
nursing so many sick.
Total number of cases for Friday at
Edwards was 28; total cases to date,
130; total deaths to date, 4; convales¬
cent, 44; now under treatment, 85.
Cases under treatment having in¬
creased to eighty-five, the town is
short of physicians, having but four.
Their energies are sorely taxed.
At New Orleans.
The yellow fever situation at New
Orleans changed but little Friday,
three deaths and ten new cases being
reported. that in the Wood
Of the new' cases,
family wms developed where tv'o cases
already existed.
New' cases are developing slowly and
the death rate is maintaining its usual
ratio to developed diseases.
There is not, in the opinion of the
experts, any cause for fear that there
will he au epidemic, owing to the late¬
ness of the season, but experienced
physicians seem to feel that tha disease
will hang on in the city for somew'eeks
longer. New- Orleans, in the mean¬
while, is very healthy, but apparently,
until the fever is absolutely stamped
out, a widespread resumption of busi¬
ness is not expected.
The board of health of the state of
Louisiana officicaily announces the fol-
lowing status of affairs in New Orleans
as regards the yellow fever: “Dur-
ing the twenty-four hours, ending
Friday, September 24th, at G o’clock
p. m„ there were: Total cates of yel-
low fever, 10; total deaths, 4; total
cases of yellow fever to date, 98; total
deaths from yellow fever to date, 15.
One of the sensations of the day was
the announcement that the board of
health had decided to prosecute Dr.
Monlusein for having failed to report
a case of suspicious fever.
Mobile’s Record.
Friday was not the worst day of the
fever situation in Mobile, Ala., so far
as the face of the returns of the board
of health showed. There were four
deaths and three new cases for the
day. health bulletin
According to the
there have been so far forty-one cases,
six deaths, nineteen discharged and
sixteen under treatment. With one
or two exceptions the sick are doing
well. The new eases are in the in-
fected district in the south central
portion of the city.
At Ocean Springs there are eleven
old cases of fever under treatment and
one new case reported Friday.
Scranton, Miss., reported three new
cases Friday, with no deaths there or
in East Pascagoula.
The board of health of Biloxi re¬
ports the yellow fever cases to date
75, under treatment, 42; total deaths
to date, 4; new cases Friday, 15.
TRACY WILL ENTER RACE.
Announces That He Will Try For the
Mayoralty of Greater New York.
Chairman Quigg of the Republican
county committee of New York, re¬
ceived a telegram Friday from General
Benjamin F. Tracy stating that he was
willing to be the republican nominee
for mayor of Greater New York.
RAILROAD SUPERINTENDENTS.
Officers Fleeted By the American Society
At Meeting In Nashville.
The American Society of Railroad
Superintendents elected the following
officers at their meeting in Nashville,
Thursday: Price of Pittsburg,
President, C. B.
Pa.; first vice president, Seely Dunn, presi¬
Kussellville, Ky.; second vice
dent, G. B. Brown, Coaning, N. Y.;
secretary, C. A. Hammond, Asbury
Park, N. J.; treasurer, R. M. Sully,
Petersburg, Va.; executive committee,
C. H. Ketchum, Syracuse, N. Y., and
A. H. Smith, Youngstown, O. Various
topics were discussed and the associa¬
tion adjourned until the next annual
meeting.
EXPLOSION KILLS TWO.
A Farmer and nis Son Moot, Death While
Threshing Wheat.
A threshing machine engine ex¬
ploded Thursday near Argusville,
North Dakota, twelve miles from Far¬
go, in which Arthur Slingsby, one of
the most prominent farmers in the
county, was instantly killed.
Arthur Slingsby, Jr., son of the
dead man, and fireman, was fatally in¬
jured. Five other men wore badly in¬
jured.
CONFERENCE ONLY PRELIMINARY.
There Was No Ultimatum Given to Spain
Limiting Cuban War.
The Associated Press correspondent
learns upon high authority that the
much discussed interview between the
United States minister to Spain, Gen¬
eral Stewart Woodford, and the Span¬
ish minister for foreign affairs, the
duke of Tetuan, some days ago, was
merely preliminary. represented to
General Woodford
the duke the gravity of the condition
of Cuba and requested, in behalf of
the United States, that Spain would
And a method of speedily ending the
war and giving justice to the Cubans.
He offered tho good offices of the
United States in effecting a settlement
of the Cuban troubles, which practi¬
cally gives Spain an opportunity of
gracefully ending the war. If she does
not embrace it within a reasonable
time notice will be given that the
United States must interfere, though
General Woodford has not said so yet.
Spain cannot expect the aid of Eu¬
ropean powers, as the United States
ambassadors have ascertained that all
the European countries, except Aus¬
tria, recognize tkatthg interests of the
United States justify the latter’s inter¬
ference in Cuba. Austria, in this mat¬
ter, is influenced by tlie relationship
between the two dynasties, the queen
regent of Spain being an Austrian
archduchess.
DISPENSARY IN GEORGIA COURT.
An Atlanta Whisky Firm Makes Charges
of Collusion.
The South Carolina dispensary laws
have been brought into the United
States court for the northern district
of Georgia by a petition for injunction
which was presented to Judge William
T. Newman in behalf of a firm of
wholesale whisky dealers of Atlanta
against the Southern Railway com¬
pany. claims that for six
The Atlanta firm
weeks past, under a decision of Judge
Simonton, of South Carolina, they
have been shipping whisky in original
packages to that state and selling it
there.
They state that on the ICth of thie
month the Southern and other rail¬
roads issued circulars refusing to ac¬
cept their whiskey though tendered in
car load lots and in such packages as
the laws of South Carolina require.
Collusion is charged between the rail¬
way companies and the South Carol! •
na authorities to prevent ■whisky be-
shipped there from other states.
CONFESSION OF VELASQUEZ.
Former Police Chief Says He Took Part In
the Killing of Arroyo.
fen or Lon N elasquoz, late chief of
Vohce of the city of Mexico has con-
lessed to the deed of the killing of Ai-
the assallant of -President Dmz
Velasquez was removed from office and
P]™f d ln Relaul pnapn on suspicion
of hkving acquiesced in the killing of
A 1 ’ 1 ; 0 ? 0 - Wednesday during the offi-
clal investigation of the affair the
f chief of police was placed on
the stand and asked to detail his con-
aection with the matter.
To a11 questions he responded that
L . ie ;vas a great admirer ot the presi-
dent and that he telt that the scanda-
j 0UB attempt on his life merited severe
punishment, permitted this evasive
The judge ordered
reply for some time and then
the inspector to reply directly to the
questions. Seeing no escape the chief
confessed without reservation the part
he took in tlie tragedy.
GOVERNOR ELLERBE IS RETICENT.
-
He Declines to Talk About Charge of Col¬
lusion With Southern Officials.
Governor Ellerbo, of South Caro¬
lina, returned to Columbia Wednesday
from Mt. Airy, N. C., where he spent
two weeks with Senator MeLaurin.
The governor declined to talk about
the proceedings in Atlanta charging
him with collusion with Southern offi¬
cials.
He will, he said, remove the state
constabulary on October 1st, as ke in¬
dicated some time ago, and returned
in time to close up any business he
may have with them.
CHARGED WITH PERJURY.
A Witness In the Angus-Craven Case In n
Bad Predicament.
The San Francisco Call says: The
grand jury has indicted Charles S.
Bartlett, the witness for Mrs. Craven
iu the Angus-Craven case on the
charge of perjury. The indictment
will not be filed until next week.
WHITECAPPERS ON TRIAL.
South Carolinians Charged With Harass¬
ing Mormon Elders.
The trial of the whitecappers of the
Mormon elders and converts began in
Winnsboro, S. C., Wednesday. In¬
dictments against twenty-four men,
some of them of the best class of
farmerss were given to tne grand jury.
True bills against six of the suppos¬
ed ring leaders were returned. Forty
witnessness were present, including
many women. Ten of these are girls
that held at bay a mob of 300 while
Mormon elders escaped from their
house. The testimony of several wit¬
nesses is directly against the indicted
men.
A TORPEDO BOAT GOES DOWN.
Fight of the Crew and the Duke Com¬
mander Find Watery Graves,
Advices from Hamburg, Germany,
state that Torpedo No. 26 capsized
and sank near the first light ship
Cux Haven, eight of her crew and the
commander, Duke Frederick William
of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.were drown- held
od. The duke was born in 1871,
the rank of lieutenant in the German
navy and was a brother of the
duke of Meckleuburg-Schwerin.
ITS ADVENT IN TEXAS TOWN
CAUSES CONSTERNATION.
THE SITUATION IS STILL SERIOUS
Keports of a Day From Ynrlong Towns
and Cities In tlio Infected
Districts.
The town of Beaumont, Texas, has
had a case of yellow fever. This is
the verdict of Dr. R. M. Swearingen,
state health officer. A majority of the
local health board differ from the state
official, but his verdict is the accepted
one and the town is virtually isolated
and tho citizens are fleeing to the
woods for refuge from the dread dis¬
ease. The illness pronounced yellow
fever, and which caused death, devel¬
oped in Thomas Lovejoy, aged thirteen
years. Tho little fellow was a news¬
boy and among other newspapers he
handled a New Orleans paper.
Houston is Excited.
The death of the Lovejoy boy at
Beaumont caused consternation in
Houston. The town is rigidly quar¬
antined. A number of health officers
met Wednesday for a conference ou
the situation.
Report From Now Orleans.
The official record in the New Or¬
leans board of health office Wednes¬
day night showed a total of twelve
cases for twenty-four hours and two
deaths.
The new cases are for the most part
widely scattered and several of them
at least do not seem to have been the
outcome of local infection. It is ap¬
parent that the microbes brought over
in baggage from Biloxi and Ocean
Springs are still incubating and that
many more casss of fever are to be
looked for.
Slight Increase at Mobile.
There was a slight increase in the
number of new cases of yellow' fever in
Mobile during the twenty-four hours,
ending at noon Wednesday, but this
w r as offset by the announcement that
there were no deaths to report, that
five of the patients were discharged
and that all of tho patients were doing
well.
Fever in Louisville. 4
The second case of yellow fever to
develop in Louisville, Ky., was an¬
nounced Wednesday by Health Officer
White. The first case was that of
Frank DeBumsey, who died August
ICth. Mr. DeBumsey wesfrom Ocean
Springs. Soon after his arrival he was
taken sick. He was removed to the
infirmary, where he died in a few days.
Every precaution was taken, and there
was no spread of the disease. The
second ease was reported by Health
Officer White Wednesday afternoon.
The patient is John MeDougall, a
machinist in the Louisville and Nash¬
ville shops at Mobile. MeDougall av-
rived from Mobile on September 9th.
Worse at Biloxi.
The fever situation at Biloxi, Miss.,
was less favorable Wednesday. The
record showed one death and five new
cases. The death was Michael Levy.
Dr. John Guiteras, the government
expert, passed through Memphis
Wednesday night en route to Cairo.
He was on board the government tug
Minnetonka. His mission was to
trace the origin of two cases of fever
at Cairo. At a point near Gold Dust
the tug sank. The doctor and crew
made their way to the shore in boats.
CONVICTS UNDER DISCUSSION.
Georgia Penitentiary Committee Hold an
Important Meeting.
The Georgia house and senate peni¬
tentiary committee met in the respect¬
ive chambers at Atlanta Tuesday
morning, and after a few preliminaries
went into joint session.
The first thing done was to notify
the .governor of their presence and in¬
vite any communications from him.
Pending his appearance General Roy
Stone by invitation addressed the
body, urging the employment of the
convicts in road work and the creation
of a state highway commission. He
told what had been done on the roads
of California by convict labor and
showed what beneficient results had
followed good roads in New Jersey.
NASHVILLE RAISES QUARANTINE.
Passengers from Many Points May Enter
Without Certificates.
Friday the Tennessee state bo ard of
health raised the quarantine as to east
and middle Tennessee and modified
the quarantine as to west Tennessee.
Persons from infected points can visit
middle and east Tennessee, but must
remain ten days under control of the
board before going into west Tennes-
see. West Tennessee is still subject
to a modified quarantine.
Knoxville, Chattanooga, Nashville
and Memphis asked for modifications
of the iron-clad quarantine and the
board issued tho new orders.
HUNDREDS OF MEN IDLE
As a "Result of Quarantine Against tho
Southern Pacific.
A special from Houston, Texas,
says: In consequence of the tie-up of
the Southern Pacific road from this
point to New Orleans by quarantine
about seven hundred men are out of
employment. include firemen, engineers,
They switchmen shop
trainmen, and em¬
ployees, who have been laid off
oause there are no trains.
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DENOUNCED LATIMER SHOOTING.
Executive Connell ot Federation'of Labor
Pass Resolutions. ,
The fourth day’s session oV tho ex-
ooutive council of the American Fed¬
eration of Labor, in session at Wash¬
ington, convened Thursday morning
at 9 o’clock, all members Ijeing pres¬
ent. Regarding the shooting at Latti-
mer, Po,, on September 1, the follow¬
ing resolution was adopted:
“Resolved, That we declare the act
of Sheriff Martin and his deputies at
Lattimer in shooting on the marching
miners then on strike, was a brutal
and unprovoked massacre, inspired by
the coal operators of that section to
ilefeat the demands of the men for
better conditions.
“Resolved, That ever ready use in
late years in court injunctions, armed
force and state militia in times of labor
troubles, is only part of the insidious
program to entirely subjugate the
workers of America for the most de¬
basing degradation.
“Resolved, That we condemn most
severely the wanton killing and wound¬
ing of poor miners at Lattimer and
will give our fullest help through the
trade unions and American Federation
of Labor to realize moneys for the legal
prosecution and conviction of Sheriff
Martin and his murderous minions,
that through the courts of our land
even-handed justice may be done to
atone for these revolting murders.”
Frank J. Walser, one of the federa¬
tion national organizers, was directed
to proceed immediately to the Luzerne
district, Pennsylvania, for the purpose
of helping in more thoroughly organ¬
izing miners and to endeavor to effect
an adjustment of the miners strike in
that region.
It was determined that measures in
the interest of labor should be formu¬
lated and presented to President Mc¬
Kinley with the view of his incorpor¬
ating them in his next message to con¬
gress. It was resolved that with the
revival of industry, every effort would
be made to organize the workers in
their trades unions and the organizers
directed to work along this line.
The members of the council were
appointed to investigate certain differ¬
ences existing between their organiza¬
tions and some of the employers of
members of their unions with a view
of m’aking report and adjustment.
The council adjourned in the after¬
noon subject to the call of President
Gompers, having completed the busi¬
ness for which it was convened.
NO WAR IMMINENT.
Uncle Sam Has Not Threatened Hostilities
Against Spain.
from'London A special to the New York Herald
says:
In reference to the sensational tele¬
grams from Madrid about the alleged
ultimatum and inevitability of war be¬
tween tho United States and Spain, the
correspondent had a conversation
with a distinguished American diplo¬
mat who, though not personally con¬
cerned in the American-Spanish ne¬
gotiations, is in a position to know the
exact state of affairs, but who for ob¬
vious reasons would not allow his
name to be mentioned. He said:
“I cannot, of course, pledge in ad¬
vance the government of the United
States, but so far as the present is
concerned, such a step is not in con¬
templation. The United States has
probably intimated through Minister
Woodford that the present state of
affairs is most deplorable and that if
we could be of any assistance in bring¬
ing such a condition of things to an
end we should be glad to offer our
services.
“But you may state absolutely that
no ultimatum has been sent to Spain
by the United States.”
BIG BREWERY IN ASHES.
Over $300,000 Lost by Fire in LaCrosse,
Wisconsin.
The brew house of the John Gund
Brewing Company’s plant at LaCrosse,
Wis., was destroyed by fire Thursday
morning. The malt house contained
several car loads of malt and about
5,000 bushels of barley, which were
totally destroyed. contained about
The cold storage
12,000 barrels of beer, which was also
destroyed. The total loss will exceed
$300,000, about half of which is cov¬
ered by insurance in various old-line
companies. rebuilt
Tim plant will be as soon as
the debris can be cleared away. The
output of the brewery was 100,000 bar¬
rels a year, and it employed about 150
men. It was founded in 1858 and has
been one of the leading institutions of
the city since that time.
OHIO DEMOCRATS ACTIVE.
The Campaign by Silverltes Opened by
Numerous Meetings.
The silver wing of the democrats
opened their state campaign in Ohio
Thursday. Each county held meet¬
ings, but the grand central meeting
was set for Thursday night at Colum¬
bus.
Hon. H. L. Chapman, for governor,
has talked some in the capital, but this
was his first speech of importance.
The committee dispensed with the
usual parade. The other speakers
were Congressman John J. Lentz,
Mayor James A. Rice, of Canton, and
General A. J. Warner, with a short in¬
troductory by Allen W. Thurman.
ALABAMAIltON ON A BOOM.
Furnaces Have Orders For All They Can
Produce For Some Months.
It is given out that Alabama furnaces
have sold pig iron up to January 1st
uext year. aral
As a result a number of orders
being accepted for delivery afterrfttH
date. Such conditions have notW
vailed in that section for mauyiuJB iron^B
and tho activity of the pig commofH
is the subject of much
