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THE MACON TELEGRAP
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MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING. JULY 30. 1894.
I Dnllr, |7,00 ft Y«»r.
I ttln«UCopy, a l«nt«.
town and forest
SWEPT BY FIRE
Phillips. Wis., Smouldering in Ashes
and Her People Scattered in
All Directions.
OUT OF 800 HOUSES 37 REMAIN
,.,.i people «» "** m
jl.nrW.nt l>.vr».n » Barulin
Tn.lli—Cta'Ur.a ll * n *' rom
(j.i.xllnc *■>»“•••
Wts.. July M.-At eayt.re.ik
,hl« morning a dense smoke covered
an area ot forest 100 miles square, and
the centre was this desolate, are swept,
entire city. More than 2,100 people have
tied to the forest or to the villages
near by. The town this morning was
a heap of ruins and the smoke was so
dense that the headlight of a locomo
tive could not ‘be seen fifty feet way.
Three relief trains reached Phillips
sowi after 6 o’clock this morning. One
was In charge ot oGvernor Peck and
the .tiff. The second, at Stevens’ Point,
WSS in charge of Prank Lamoreaux
and Crosby Grant, and the third from
juratiaifleld was in charge of Maj.
jj w . Uphara, Republican candidate
fjr governor. As soon as be arrived,
Governor Peck c_V.ed Whs staff tto
gether and directed the work of un
loading the provisions. There were sev-
eral car loads and a warehouse was
opened in one oi • cat few] buildings
that <i$e left standing in the’ town.
Through Che dense smoke Governor
Peck started out on a tour of Jnspec-
tton. ell soon found tow heavy walls
of masonry which marked the place
where two banka had stood. On in
quiring it wias learned -chat the vau'lts
of the banks contained $52,000, and Gov
ernor Peck Immediately swore In a
dozen men to guard the money In the
vaults. They were furnished with Win
chesters and ordered to remain on duty
In wo shifts, day iand night.
'Ane loss by tne great conflagration
in its entirety is difficult to estimate.
Out of 800 buildings in -the .town only
37 remain. B. W. Davis of tihe Davis
Lumber Company estimates «inre total
loss at $1,500,u0o, with scarcely half of
the fu.l amount could be recovered by
insurance. Tne LMVM Lumber Com
pany lost $500,000, 'fully insured.
The next largest loss is -ilhat of the
Fayette hnaiw Tannery Company .op
erating one of ‘the iarget tanneries dn
tne United tttates. Tne tannery was
destroyed, also the stock, aggregux-
iug a loss of nearly $200,000.
Tne >Blatz Brewing Company of Mil
waukee hd a distributing depot here,
which was destroyed, with 'loss of $3,000
or more.
There is no way of estimating The
[number of lives ‘lout in the Are, and
[even after forty-eight hours have
biased no one can be found who ven
tures an opinion of the loss'of life.
TWSnen the peole fled beforp the wifvo
'of Are the became separated and can
give no account of each other. It Is
known that sixteen persons perished
on a raft that was 'burned 4n the
Ibayou, and when the supports of the
■bridge were burned away it fell. Wo-
[men and children .were crossing at the
[time und some have perished.
| The churred body of Anton F.*Lentiee
[can be seen in the wreck of a brick
Twnmney. The man was attempting to
karry his trunk from a burning build-
linir when the brick chimney fell on him,
[crushing out hm life.
I As the fire wen* toward Jhe bridge a
number of children wenetseen to lake
refuge to The big lumber yard. Their
ertso were heard by others who fled to
ward 'the water, but the children have
never -been found. Of the sixteen per-
**** . w *w lost their lives on the reft
that burned to the bayou, eight nre yet
in the wuter. The body of Frank does,
n machinist, was found under a pile of
driftwood at noon today. Tne fatal Jen of
i#? ' w '* 0 am * cbSWren were removed
anorward. Dynamite was exploded all
y*¥. 1,1 th « bdyiou and a number of
>0( ' I I e * were raised by this means. Jim
ock ■ body was brought to the surface.
1,2? . w ®* butcher who was drowned
h,H in his arms.
The /true story of ithc ill fated roft
fever been told. The only mm
#I5°i: cHb a wmorohcnslve narrative of
[“)* 13 Bollen, a lumber-
m-in. He was Standing near a boat*
U?XS e when a number of women end
children came /toward him. There were
P* rc f. 0| * four men following. They
went h> the reft and attempted to pass
m>m /the shore -wihon it caught Are.
huLiSS? J^^hed- As the oonts were
overloaded, they sank. The raft burned
•° <he water’s edge.
Governor Peck discovered that a sa*
£ <* khe limits was
■Jrfn,,? . 8e veral men had tome in-
r h 2 < ! L The governor ordered the
jnerlff to close the saloon. A totopor-
CmJ. v 1 " 4 mad * by rapproprt-.iting an
EH** T ar ‘ lricxl relief com-
CJSf? 3 «ta?tement to the
th * B ener °ua citizens
KJJ lhe gt Ate for their liberal contribu*
B. Nldhofaoo, groceries; W. F. Dono
van, boats ami Hltocs;U. P. Hosrner,
hardimw; B. A. Turnbtl, restaurant;
Niuhifa A; Minir, tlnijta, T. lolwreooe,
dry goods; OMzons' Nutonri Batik; A.
A. Sulden & Oo. Util ore; J. Wheeler,
II wry; Hflrkfo Grovery Company;
Swcrtoc-lin, dothtot;; SwiCn ft Co.,
drugs; H. Shtfip, dry goods; L. Grlss-
mum, dry goods; W. H. Hanson, hard
ware u.ud upon house; Obtotgo and
Northmatem doixi: and offices; J. P.
ITto, lumber. Sen-nil dwellings amt
their oontnltB were also dostroyed.
The Bm’ley ts the only hotel left sitvud-
lug, aind !t wes saved only t>y n furtu-
miM.* I'lumae <"f wind So f ir .as
known, no one wos Mled und hut tew
injured. This fa a severe blow to
Belle Plain, and tt fa 11 givtre question
whether at will ever be rebuilt com
pletely.
GREAT LOSS BY FIRE.
|An Iowa Town Almost Brttiroly De
stroyed Yunrdtiy.
Belle Plain, la., July 20.—Tire cry of
F r e w«* beard tteougliout the town
|Me yoiterdwy afternoon. The citizens
>»/a liad the fire apparatus out, but
swing to the eugtaes Mlunning slowly
P* flames, wMeti bad storied In the
r :( of a livery stuble and were firmed
PJ a strong mat • wind, bad spread
p-Tos, the atTeut into tt.- business por
■fan of the chqr aajd mas toon beyond
ot the fliutuen. It was tuipos-
I’Ole to vt.g) «be dames with the uie
fwfiaa oo find god telegrams went
f ' 1 ”-to f-'edar Ifitpids awl Taiaia, hot
r> 3 o’clock fie btwtaess portion of
I , •j**' 11 . with fhe exceptioo of rbtwe
[w.dlaga, were In asbes.
1 tn oil over sixty imildlngs owl bust
P-*Mt IJQrpmd u'in> limit.«l .art vi'jh
eencerns were burued out, with a
<< WoO.Ouo, with dirsi.iimt tnsnr-
■ Tile l.irgejt lomes are as fwi-
: Gtwulce opera house. Herring
StVL« t Rtuk, hardware; J. D.
'fa- dry goods; W. II. Burrows &
duabing; Vtm Jitter A Oo., drugs;
THE UIUWAUKEE FIRE.
Milwiaukce, July 29.—Followtug is a
summary of the lire losses of hist
night: The city of Phillips, ontlerly
wiped out; the city of AIohou practic
ally destroyed, witih the White lUver
i.’imhir t\«ujiuaiy and 30,000,IKK) feet
of lumber; headquarters of the Ash-
lumi number Gumpajiy, near Shore’s
erosslhg, entirely wriped out; a special
ti'.iihi of tlio Chioaigo, St. Paul and Jlin-
tie.iip.ills and O.trahu, cvttsisUug of s x-
tet.n curs and tuvd kxvmwialvus all
burned, broke 'through the burning
bridge m«r Ashland .Iimotion; catnp*
of tl'ie Thompson LunA>er Company
burned; ait White River; two bridges
Ml the main line of the Chicago, St.
Paul, JlluhotiMtljs mad Omullia. ra.lruad,
one iiesr Ashland JunuMan nnd om*
mur Mlaaoil; the bridges of the Wls-
eausln Central wndroad, one alt Chelsea
nod the other mar Phillips, on the
tujui south ot Aslilaud. Several par
ties of berry pickers narrowly escaped
with their byes, und lit fa certain that
some of the tu-ie hoaiestenders scatter
ed along through the burning dhorict
have perished in the OmneAnulets they
have m some marvelous wiay rocajiei
through Hie sulfoeoltliug flames uml
stoofee. About noon refugees and
b.mKslidaxkTs begun to nnkvc nit Ash
land. TIim> Wruusnud [Hviple have
been made homeless here by tllte foriwt
liras at Phillips. Not u bulldjng was
left waitoiK ini the. town.
When the tire struck the city it
sprethl from hottse to house until tt
wmpp«l tho whole vllliiige in flamea.
The i*tjple rtn to Hie ttallrdad Where
trains were started and IraWtilly oom-
vejed them to ntlgliborCng towns.
Nothing hut u few lM’soital effects
were saved.
FIRE IN NEW YORK.
New York, July 29.—Tho building at
the southwest miner of Fulton and
Gold streets, and numbered from S3 to
89 Fulton street, was gulitod by tire
this ovenitig. This bulldlmg was occu
pied by various Arms, including two
inauuflidturerM of chemical articles,
some of whhlli ailded largely to tlho
rophl spread of the flames. Five
nlarms wet’e semt out In quick succes
sion. bringing live wngnirs nil.l two
water towers to tiro scene. After
about two mid n hwlf hours’ hard work
the llremen sueeeisbst in gdttiug the
tire under control. Tlie loss will amount
Vo about $150,000. Tile following nre
burned out: Jlomlel & Alkni. reKtail-
i ia" and eiluiiw; s. llunslaivlMi, dealer
In potent in atloausi; Apell & Co., drap
ers and tailors; Lelimier & Brother,
steam printers; The Uuiv Journal com-
ptfakig rooms; A. LoaOBbury, maimi-
flaqtiuaOng Jtwveliv; Fbtrrtilld Bibs. &
Foster, lnainufaioturers of digestive fer
ments, amt Chtirliw Schelxe, lllliu-
grapher. 'Pile cause of the lire 1s un-
lrnuwn.
LOSS OF LIFE.
Phillips, Wfa., July 20.—Twelve peo
ple are known to have loot tlidir lives.
Among tlho dead nre Frank Closs, em
ploye of Davis Lumber Comjjamy and
2-year-old child, James Lock, butcher,
wife and live obildren, Mrs. David
Bryden und two ohlldreo.
THE FIRE SPREADING.
Wauxnr, Wls, July 29.—Nciwb from
the country is to the effoot ttluut forest
Ores are running In nil directions uml
destroying much property. All day
long the sun how been Obscured by
flense smoke, but this oily fa In no
ImaJUdlaite danger.
THE TENTH VICTIM.
Stevens Point. Wfa., July 29.-Ls.to
tbta ntftccnoon two bodies -wore tokim
from the bayou at Phillips, making teu
in number.
OSHKOSH IN A FIERY SWIRL.
Oshkosh, Wfa., July 29.—Fire started
at aboht 2 o’elok tb’s afternoon In the
lumber yards rtf SllatVhblder, Amos tt
Oo., and the flames, urged on by a
bnfak southeast Wald and with every
thing dry an a infer, soon beoame a e»
flwraMup that for three and a trait
hours thrrtattenod n> Kpe’ id Wo the man-
afadtmring dWriet and Hue residence
portion of the oity. The principal los
ers nre the Diamond Jfcateh Company,
$190,000. partfaJIy Invrt; Stwriholder,
Arms ft Oo.. $.10,990, fully Instinsl.
Five small dwellings were also con
sumed.
IDA WELLS IN ENGLAND.
Governor Northen Refutes Her ChurgM
Against Southern La«rles.|Deee.
London. July 29.—The Macon. Ga., cor.
reepondent of tl-e Spectator sende to that
paper a dental from Governor Northen
of a etory )f the lynching and flaying of
a negro In that etate, and In the course
of the dental Governor Northen wrltee:
“I am thoroughly diegueted with the
courro of the English papers. I am eat-
(sited that they do not want to know the
truth.”
To this the Spectator answers: There
stories and other Idles of a woman being
rolled in a bunel bristling with nails, n-
gro children being lynched for trivial or.
fencer, etc., come from American corres
pondent*. who are supplying falsehoods
to tho English press for the sake of ob
taining a few dollars. The Spectator adds:
"Wo are glad to get reliable contradic
tion of such stories.’’
TH WENCH IN NEW YORK.
New York. July 29.-Ida WelU. the fa
mous negr> leeturer. skote to eo enthusi
astic audience tonight at the African M.
E. church on Sullivan street. It was h»r
first public appearance since she returned
from England, where She ha* been for
the past six months, delivering lecturer
on lynching* In the South. The English
people, she said, were astound'd at the
ernefty perpetrated by American whites
upon the Southern negro. She declared
that the negro was not free today tint
he baa been deprived of the power of the
ballot and does not dare to demand Jus
tice. In coachjrfoa, Ida Well* said: "All
we ask Is that what Is crime and law to
to the white nan shall be crime and law
to too negro,”
THE JAPS SWEPT
THE DECKS CLEAN
Tho ChineJO Warships and Transports
Wero No Match for tho
Japanese Ctuisor.
MORE THAN 1,600 CHINESE SUNK
With the Troopship Kowshnng, Which
Had Been Disabled During tho
Fight—Troops Concentrating
at Chinese Feints.
London, July 29.—The Central New*
Agency bne tht* dispatch ^rom Shang
hai: The Chinese warship Tsaou Khan,
which was captured by a Japanese
warahip off the coaat ot Round Island,
la a vessel of an obsolete model. Al
though completely oPtmatohed by the
Japanese cruiser, the troop ship offered
some resistance and loat fully 100 men,
killed and wounded, before she yield'd.
She was entirely disabled when the
Japanese hoarded her.
The troopship Kowshung tried to get
a way as »oon as the Japanese warships
began 'their attack and made bnly a
weak running fight. The Japanese
guns swept her decks and carried off
One Japanese soldiers by the score. The
latest estimate of the number aboard
her is 1,700. Only forty survived the
foundering of the ship. They say that'
all her olflcers were killed before she
went dowh.
Tne announcement that the rest of the
Chinese transports arrived safely at
Corea und landed their men 4s con
firmed. On the 27th the Japanese fusi-
laded heavily those iwho had landed
on the 23th at Yam Chang. The Japn-
ese officer* hoped 'thus to prevent the
Junction ot 'the Chinese with the Co-
reans near Seoul. Whether 'they accom
plished their object is not known. No
news ot the hostilities can be obtained
from Pekin. Code messages are re
fused at the telegraph offices and no
other messages referring to current
attains are accepted.
Tne ouc.ying battalions of the north
ern army are concentrating rapidly at
the A Taqua, the rendezvous from
which the regiments are embarked for
Corea.
The work of preparing harbor de
fenses here advances. A great amount
of ammunition has been purchased by
the government und is being collected
at the ports for shipment. The expor-
tultlon of rice and grain has been pro
hibited and the groin trade la par
alyzed. The coasting steamers and
Bmulli craft are afraid to leave too har
bors while everything looks and sounds
like war. The Ohlnose officials continue
to 'maintain that war has not been de
clared.
The Central News says that In official
circles here there is a strong! feeling
In favor of mediation on the parted
the United Bttcs, although few be
lieve that Japan land China would no
cept arbitration unless under consid
erable pressure.
ACCOUNT OF THE VIGHT.
Shanghai, July 29.—The Chinese offi
cial accounts of the recent engagement
between Chinese and Japanese war
ships says 'chat the Chinese Iron-clad
Ohen-Yu-En, 'Which Is one of the larg
est vessels of her class belonging to
tho northern fleet, returned to Kot*
uind escaped by the Japanese. The lat
ter. the report adds, captured a dis
patch boat and sank a transport. Six
other transports escaped. News has
been received that on the same day the
engagement took place the Jhpanrso
troops.ashore attacked the Chinese at
Asan. No details of the attack have
been received. The British twin-screw
cruiser Reapers has sailed hence to
protect the British at Chow Foo, on
the -Shun-Toonk promontory, a health
resort of foreigners. The principal di
vision of the Chinese reinforcement*
sent to Taou hits reached the destina
tion safely.
CONCENTRATING TROOPS.
Yokohama, July 29.—All the army
and reserves has been summoned Into
service. Chinese residents of Japan ore
fleeing In large numbers. Reliable nows
has reached Tokk) that the main body
of the OMnest troops arrived at the
northwestern frontier of Corea on
July 15.—In ofllolal clroles everybody
Is oonvlnced Chat China's recent nego
tiations were « mere subtefuge to gain
time and concentrate her foreu with a
view to combining the Coreans for an
attack. It Is rumored that tihe Japanese
ships have been fired upon again from
the shore.
A lengthy statement has been sent
out from un authoritative source ex
plaining Japan's position. It is claimed
that Japan has never gone beyond the
rights given her by the treaty of 1836.
The statement rehearses Japan’s de
mands as presented to tho government
at Pekin, and declares that If war re
sults tthe policy of China will be an
swerable for it. It is Impossible, says
the statement in conclusion, to eon-
lecture what caused China's attitude
in the face of Japan's Indisputable
treaty rights.
HOW'TO SETTLE IT.
London, July 29.—The Standard says:
The Japanese will And U difficult to
persuade Europe that they arc not the
aggressors. The incidents that have al
ready occurred and the preparations
of both powers leave little hope that
the quarrel will be settled without
further resort to arms. A hippy result
could only be secured If one or more
powers would Intervene with their ad
vice. backed up with a threat of com
pulsion.
The Dally New* sajt* thl* morning:
It I* certain that whenever the Japa
nese and Chinese force* meet, on land
or sea, they will fight, unless they are
compelled to refrain by some power or
combination of powers that both must
reaped. It seems too fate for mediation,
although the basis *R9f remains, China
being less sensible to the point of honor
than some other nations. That Corea
must be reformed all impartial ob
servers sdmlt. The test of Japan’s sin
cerity 1* her alleged willingness to re
tire on the completion of the, reforms
It ought not to be difficult for the
powern interested to gurantee the exe
cution of reforms nnd demand that
both armies retire.
BUDGET OF NEWS
FROM GERMANY
The Ponding Trouble Between China
and Japan Is Discussed in
Diplomatic Circles,
THE POST TAKES A SILLY VIEW
It Thinks Duels Sam Wilt Aid Japan to
tmbjugul* the "Heathen Chines"
nnd Thus Acquire Territory
la the Celestial Empire*
ot the secret police until the old em
peror commanded tt.
"The present political leaders," adds
one editor contemptuously, "do not
need ithe protection, as tihe parties from
which the outrages are to be expected
are the supporters ot the government.”
The editor of the Norddeutsdh Alt-
gemlne Zejtung replies: “That 4s a
coarse end inexcusable Insinuation.
Suerly the Hamburg Nabhrlohten can
not believe 'that toe Social Democrats
oan keep Von Caprivt 4n power any
inun* Hi.in Miev did 'Prince Bismarck.”
Berlin. July 29.—Here, as else chore
on toe continent, all eyes have been
turned eastward throughout toe week.
Several daya ago Chancellor von Ca-
prtvl stmt his Instructions to the Ger
man mlniltflers tn Toklo and Pekin. He
to’d them to support strongly England':'
Initiative to restore peace between
China and Japan, and, In the event ot
continued hoetilHUca, to maintain an at
titude of absolute neutrality.
The Japanese legation here received
yesterday dispatches announcing that
active bosJUttlca had begun. At tho
Chinese lrffatSon, however, the officials
still persisted in assuming that the dis
pute would bcit settled without war.
Tho Pekin government oSIher neglects
to inform Its lied in representative of
current events or ithe Chinese minister
distorts toe official dispatches sent to
him.- The consensus of official opinion
Is that a - prolonged war is at hand and
that European efforts to restore peace
will be futile. This ts the opinion of the
diplomatists best acquainted with East
ern politics. *
The press comments tan toe situation
reveal some novel views. For instance
the post, familiarly known as tho “di
plomatists Oman," turns on the United
Slates government with the wolds:
"There Is no doubt that the Americans
covet territory In Haul Asia and see In
toe presenx crisis an opportunity. Cali-
Hermans are especially eager for a foot-
hfcfd on. toe cues Astatic coast and nat
urally feel a stronger attraction toward
the territory than (lo the Southern sen
ators. They are linked by the ocean to
Asiatic trading untoraKi, Americans
who look far ahead now desire to cre
ate In Japm a. point of vantage for
further Asiatic ventures. Therefore
they hick Japan ngalnwt Chinn, mind
ful of the fact tout by so doing they
give an irreparable shook lo toe much*
lauded end umiur.il friendship between
P.ussin und the United States."
The Vosslscho Zeitung maintains that
Japan will win in tho war and blames
Ghinu for rcluslitg lo n; J here - f o Itli ful.y
to the splrlb df her treaties nnd tbr try
ing to keep Corea In baroarlsin. China,
It Bays, is endeavoring to stop toe prog
ress of civilization in East Asia.
Tho majority of Berlin dallies lake
this view lit the conffk'i nnd express the
hope than nhe war will crush tho Ignor
ant self-conceit of too Pekin govern
ment. The victory of Japan, they say,
would moan .too reform ot the barbar-
.ous abuses of Cbrett’s internal ilffMrs,
the introduction of popular schools and
of telegraph und rallro:wfa and the open
ing of rich mines. 1
The dlKscutoms of the policy tto bo
pursued towatd toe Anurchlsts, howev
er, has become acute. Count Botoo Eu-
lenburg, tlie Tory premier ol Prusolu,
leads the ministerial group, who demand
exceptional laws to stop the spr-id of
anarchy und social democratic propa
ganda. Dr. Hlnapoter, once toe emper
or’s tutor. Is sold to bo exerting nil his
Influence In favor of Etilemburg’s pro-
pt>sib*. The emperor Is Baht to he unde
cided. While Inclined to favor repres
sive laws, he fears to oppose Chancellor
von Caprlvl, who undoubtedly would re
sign his office the moment Kulenburg’s
programme should be adopted. One way
out of the dilemma has been suggested,
possibly at toe emperor’s Instance, and
that Is to lav too whole subject before
.the federal council, not In the (brm of
u. bill, hut of ire us a mutter of discus
sion. The opinion of the federated gov
ernment could be obtained llms wllh-
out the Imperial government being com
mitted ‘to any definite policy.
Tho Swiss law proinulgatde ngulnirt
Anarchists went Into effect on Wednes
day. Tlie first else In which it wus
applied was that of l’aul Skdernas, a
notorious Anorchtsr. who wus expelled
from Franco in 1891. He sought refuge
In Geneva and there he continued to
plot. Under the new tow he was ex
pelled.
The German newspapers ountfnift such
decisive action of the free ltWle rep ibllc
in handling revoIuttonWus with tho sel
fish policy of England. The Swiss lo-w
fa certainly severe enough tn pinnae the
most reactionary Prussian. It provides
five years’ Imprfaonnient for everybody
convicted of lncftlng to aots which Im
peril human life or working to upset, the
present social and oofStlonl order. It
;>enatlzes heuvlly tlie immufaoture and
the Illegal poosesslon of explosives. It
gives the government powry to expel
any native or foreign AnnrcMst ur pun
kill anybody falling to donounco those
who are known to be plotting anarchl.il
crimes. Tlie editors of Ocnmsn social
demoirattle journals printed In Zurich
and Butted ore preparing to move their
offices, possibly to London.
The conservative loumals here praise
Switzerland for passing this taw, which
■they regard ns an example In Germany.
Tne Wuriombcrg trj.les unions ligl-
tstur and murderer, Asperlon, was ar
rested last Wednesday In Bremen,
where he old while awaiting an oppor
tunity to get a wily to the United
State*. During toe main ytrlke In Zu
rich Asperlon and a. crowd of strikers
met toe Swiss wurklnumari, Hoessll,
who was Just leiviegVhe station to
visit In toe family. Hoessll, who was a
non-unionist, was attacked by strikers
and beaten to death. At a reunion of
Gerimui workingmen aevcrall weeks af
terwards a member said that Asperlon
struck the fatal blow and Induced his
comrades to subscribe a fund for bfa
escape. With toe money thus Obtained
be paid hi* expenses while waiting to
eirib irk. He bad seveftl German ac
complices. Among them fihnlesler,
chairman of iae strike committee.
Most of them have been arrested.
Prince IJIwnirck has consented to re
ceive a Posen delegation of 700 at Var-
sen the first week In September, and
he Is expected to give dim a review
and a defats* of bis policy against to
ward the Social Democrats. The Ham
burger Nachriabten said this week, in
an article defending bis repressive
laws, that Bismarck never feared the
dangers threatened by the Social Dem
ocrat!, and declined to have a guard
mure than they did Prince Btsmarok,
Several battalions of pioneer troops,
who bad been ordered out to practice
bridge building on tho Vistula In Au
gust, have been relieved of this ser
vice Indefinitely owing to toe spread
of cholera In 'the Vistula basin.
The cholera commission -met on Fri
day at the Imperial health office and
decided to increase toe frontier guard
and toe pb/stolatia’ corps In Bast Prus
sia. It Is impossible to get a clear Idea
of the spread of Che disease, ns too
boatmen conceal whenever possible all
death# from cholera and refuse even to
report coses of sickness, Tho Vistula
und Its tributaries have been declared
infected, yet tho boatmen and their
families still drink toe water. Outside
of tire Vlstul basin there Wave been
only a few Isolated cases of cholera tn
Prussia.
The Berlin committee for toe strik
ing brewer’s Journal have collected a
fund of 65,000 marks, of which tney
have spout but 26,000. Their subscrip
tions ore expocted as toe result ot the
boycotters' lnavis meeting on Friday.
The sugar manufacturers have held
scvervU conferences at the offices of too
imperial treasury So discuss too ques
tion of the eugar tariff of the United
Slates. They tire almost unanimous In
begging the government ito retaliate
In cose 'the American Import itax on
sugar be Increased, but the govern
ment treat" tho offers coldly. Officljl
opinion fa opposed to unythlng Hire a
tariff war with the United States.
Under tlie 'treaty of 1891 Oermnny
would still be the most Jtvored nation
even should tho 'tariff be left at tho
figure 'fixed In too Gorman bill. The
commercial journals advise the govern
ment to Increase the duty on Ameri
can petroleum. ,.
UNCLE SAM’S SHARP SERVANT
May Oause tho OutillscnWcni of 4,000
Barrels of WWIsky.
Unittinore, July 20.—'Four thousand
bam-lrt of iwhlsky tuuy bu oouAscnitcd
by the fodiv.il goveruinont utt tho re-
milt of mi ttiUto'iiiet to avoid tlie pay-
incut of $4,DUO or $5,000 utx. »aj« a
morning paper. Ft Is alleged than u
local diHttllcry firm u few flays ago
made uppllOatilon far release from
government wurehouse of 4,000 trarrcls
n Whisky. The sample barrels which
Ute gUtlgvr Itried showed aly tt fraction
■time proof und Wo became nuxplriuiis.
OtHier barrels were found to vary far
from flue Bitmpltw and always til u
roncto litifUer hIkavIh?. The gauger
badomlmg ttiilfaflal III tit the sample
UutcIh ted been "dootloirod" to unruld
the Txiymortt of Mailer tux, reported
dlls ititto lo tlie cutlcr.tor of imieiiual
revenue, Vandiver, uml, It fa uta'iwl,
yroli-nl.!)’ laid 'llln- itittc before Kistc-
twry fluMa If iihe scepilary nrdern
the ooliadtor to cauec itlho highest pen-
ulty fixwl by toe rovemuo law for vlo-
kiiitano, uno at toe hugest dMUterlca
In Hdtlmore will bo closed, Mb product
ltow In bond confiscated und sold by
the gaveramotn rind tlie owner or own
era rendered liable to Uno tund lmpi’fa-
unutcnit
ALL QUIET IN HAWAII.
Tliere Are Some Obnoxious Features In
tho Now Constitution.
San Frnitoleco, July 29.—Ths steamship
Australia arrived yesterday morning, six
nnd a halt days from Honolulu, bringing
Hawaiian advices to July 21. Peac« pro.
vails throughout Hawaii and the now
government appears to bo firmly entab-
llthed. The Jury system under the new
constitution Is censing some trouble In
tho country districts. The comtitutl'jn
require!) all Jurorsto take oat In! of ullo-
glance to the .tew rep ibllc and to adjure
all help In restoring tho monarchy In any
form. In ono country district It has boot
linposslhto to got enough Jmnrs to serve
the Honolulu royalists having sent out
a circular staling that no answer had
yet been rocclvod a* to President Cleve
land's Intended action, and warning the
natlvrs to keep out of politics and to tnke
no ontlw of alleglqnec. Even too most ar
dent royalist, however, have little hope
that tho commission recently sent tn
Washington will bo able to accomplish
anything n ex-Queen Lllloukolanl'o be
half. One evidence of the public faith in
tho now government was shown Just, he
ton the steamer sailed. Ten thousand dol
lars og government bonds toot, previous
to toe adoption of the new constitution,
had gone begging at 18, wero sully dis
posed of at par.
OOTnAM IN A SWELTER,
New York, July 29.—After a miserable
night of torture an-1 sleeplessness, tho In.
habltsnats of tola city arose thl* morning
for another day of agony. At 8 n. m.
the thermometer had sucoreded In mount-
Ing to 73 degrees, and during every minute
of every hour from then until a moling
breeze sprung up out of tho west lake
flits afternoon, It kept up an ihistrlous ad
vance until It hail reachod K‘i degrees
at > o'clock. That was tho offictal figure
made from the register high upon the
top of toe sheltered weather bureau,
where there Is always a breeze, no matter
what may be the condition below In the
streets, But down on'the street trust
worthy thermometers registered over 100
In the Shade. Three deaths were re
corded as resulting from th* heat and
u large number of prostrations
THE FIRST BLOOD SPILLED.
OMcago. July 29.—Prlvsle Chambers
of company B splKerl the first blood In
the Pullman campaign. He shot a man
who was walking through the Michigan
Central freight yards tet Kensington.
The usual omtmand to "halt" was giv
en three times, but tin In ruder did not
•top. Private Chamber* fired one shot
In tho (dr uml followed It by another
that struck the man In the right nrm
lust below tie shoulder and Came hut
near the wrist. At toe hospital the
man give Ids name is R. Keene. Ho fa
a Dane and wus formerly employed In
Abo packing house of Ifammood. fie
told Surgeon Adams that he did not
understand whst the sentinel's com-
mind to "halt” meant.
SHOOTING SCABS FOF FUN.
Danville. 111., July 29.—Shooting at
non-union men in toe Eastern I Knots
yards at Danville Junction Is a pastime
nt utmost nlgtfty occurrence. J. C.
Bryns, an engineer, wsta shot lest even
ing wnd died from th# effoot* of the
wound tt noon 1odav at St. Elizabeth
bowlMl. Ill* engine was crossing Fair-
field street when a man standing on its
sidewalk, but n few feot dhstant 'lellte
orwtely fired four shuts out of a revol
ver. Ilryne ww struck 1n the Hde by
rile first shut, tt passing through the
lung tod Into the abdomen.
SUNDAY CRIMES
AND CASUALTIES
Three Little Boys Locked in a Closet
in a Caboose and Were t
Suffocated. •.
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A HORRIBLE SIGHT WHEN FOUND
They Left Hems Thurzftay and, It U
Buppaeed, secreted Themeelvee In
the Closet, From Which They
Could Nst Krespe*
Hartford, Conn., July 29.—Thle tore*
Guinea children vrho strayed' aiway
from their homo on Broad street, thle
city Thursday afternoon have bean
found and alt three art demd.
Chief of Police Bell gave orders that
all care n'hout tho depot and freight
yards bo thoroughly searched. A few
minutes after 10 o'olook policemen iwhoi
hd Ibeen eearehlttg cars in. 'the yards ot
toe New York. Now Haven and Hart-
lord railroad for about two hours came
to a caboose, from which sickening
odors oamo. They burst open toe door
and toe etendh, 'Which hold been strong
before, became almost overwhelming.,
Keeping on at their work of Investiga
tion, the officers traced 'toe smell to
(he closet 'Which trainmen uso as a,
clothes press, and breaking open too
door they found the throe tittle boys
naked and mangled by rats.
•Freddie, the 1-year-old boy, lay at
too bdltotn. On him was Raymond, 9
years of age. and on top of both ot
them 'was Leroy, 7 years old. Under
the toreo bodies were the few gar
ments the boya wore when thoy left
home.
At toe autopsy this afternoon noth
ing was found 'to indicate violence.
The oondttkm of toe lungs Indicated
death by suffocation anil the absence
of obrnslon and other marks about
the neck precluded too suspicion of
strangulation.
Tho theory Is that toe lltftle boys ran
Into the oar to hide from a passing
policeman Thursday afternoon, and
tout 't'he door of tho closot swung to
find caught ftoem In, Which tho spring
stouroty 'locked. Tho closet Is five
feet high and ‘Its floor «pace Is 23 by 1G
Incites. It Is impossible 'tout too mtlo
boyo could have lived lung In suto at
confined space, nnd tho doctors think
they beramo unoonectous in about fit-
teen mlnutos, and they did not Hvo
more than -fifty minutes after toodoos
wna locked on them. It Is supposed
that the three boys had taken off toolr
clothes to play going in f.wlmmlng, an
that Idea was In toolr minds whet*
thoy loff homo. •
KILLED BY LIGHTNING.
Several People Slot Death In Various
Places In Massachusetts.
Pittsfield, Mass., July 29.—After sit ex
cessively warm morning, this city wns
visited this afternoon by a succession
of sovero thunder idorms, which killed
one man. shocked sevorul ((there nnd
wrougltt havoc generally. A>t Tbtamnf
Island, Onoto Lake, George B. Castle,
aged 28,was InslanWy killed and Charles
Johnson. 'Henry Wngnor and Lena Wag
ner were terribly shocked. These four,
with Castle’s wife nnd Mrs. Samuel tVII-
liaihs. have been camping for six weeks
and wore to break wimp tonight. Short
ly after 0 o'clock Johnson, Ciirtlo, Lena
nnd Henry Wagner went out under n
turgeilreo twenty foot from tho cottage.
The storm broke suddenly, n flush ot
lightning struck tlie tree und nil four
fell tt) Abo group J. Curdle* wns Instant-
ly killed; the other three tnado uncon
scious. Johnerft recovered In tin hour
nnd the others will, ooino out all right
In time. Cuntle wan a well known gro
cer and wiib mnrrlod.
Lightning struck a shed at toe fair
grounds In ilie upper part of Ahe city,
under which Murray Bturtcv.mt anil
Charles Urqubnilt had Uakenrefuge and
both were rendered unconscious and
will bo laid tin for some lime.
Another bolt struck .Pierce’s block
on North street, smashing wlndown nnd
doing slight duge. A double house at
the junction, owned by George Bridle.
Brldlo was .slsto ntrink. A large Inlca
Bridle was too Struck, a large hole being
torn In (he foor .but tho occupants in
tho 'hbuso were not harmonized,
MAD DOG ON 'A RAMPAGE.
Thomas vine Had Several People Bitten
Before toe Dog Was Killed.
•Thomasvitte, July 29.—(Specml.)—Al
mad dog on a rampage through toe
streets hero today created n great ileal
of excitement, ami of ter biting four
people gave toe officers end other*
considerable trouble before ho could be
illspMed of. The dog took In most of
the principal streets and bit toyoo ne
gro women omd Norman, the liltlu son
of Col. T. N. Hopkins, and tore# dogs
before he was killed.
Those who saw him say toera Is no
doubt about the dog being mail. Rome
of toe women were severely bitten.
Considerable anxiety fa felt by tho
friends of those bitten as to the resutl
of toe hltes. , ,
ARCHDUKE WILLIAM KILED.
Vienna, July 29.—While Ahe Archduke
William ires riding this uftocn'sjn ut
Baden, near Vienna, his horse bolted,
bring frightened by an electric car, and
the archduke was thrown, ills foot
caught In the stirrup nnd he wus
dragged more than 1Q0 yards, lie was
Insrneible when the horse was (Hopped
end lie died st 8:50 o’clock without haw
Ing recovered consciousness. The phy
sician* who attended him say death was
caused by concussion of the brain. The
urchduka was bom In 1827. He never
tn jrricrl. He was inspeator general and
master of ordnance in the Austrian
army.
HUSBAND AND WIFE BOTH DEAD.
Fort Wayne, Ind.. July 29.—The big
oil tank works of S. F. Bowser ft Co.
In this city were Atatally destroyed by
fir* tonight, eritaltlng * loss of 3109,0)0
sad throwing 1,000 men out of employ,
merit. The insurance amounts to abbut
120.900. The works will be at xteo re
built. ,
Frank Matftir. e laborer, was instantly
killed by picking up a Irrokc-q telephone
wire which had fallen across an electric
trolly wire. When Ms wife, who wea
in poor health, heard of her husband’s
death, she was completely prostrated
end soon expired.
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