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THE MACON TELEORAP
MACON, GA., MONDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3. 1894.
HlwgleOupj-,^ Cents.
Entire Families Cremated anil
Towns and Farm
Houses Burned.
MANY DEATHS
IN FOREST FIRES
Hinckley, Minn., Entirely Destroyed by
Flames Communicated by
Forest F res.
SEVERAL HUNDRED LIVES LOST
Railway Train. Canght Bilan. 8(a.
tlon. anil llurned—Thrilling Exp.'
rlenc. of Famine. Fixing for
Safety—Horrible Scene..
St Paul, Minn., Sept. 2.—The town
of Ulnoklcy, M'lnn., tvas completely de
stroyed by forest Arcs Inst night. From
150 to 200 lives weru lost. The loss of
Ufo at other points will likely swell the
total to 400 dead.
The firet report of the horrible catas
trophe at Hinckley was received from
Pino Oity at 1 o'clock this morning at
St. Cloud through a message to tho
oUiclnls here, which said that Hinckley
had burned. The Groat Northern freight
building was said to bo tho only build
ing left, and thirty people perished. At
noon u dispatch said the loss of life was
300. The Great Northern road Is doing
nil In Its power to reach tho Are stricken
town. Ever since yesterday afternoon
work trains have been engaged In re
building burned bridges u.nd all the men
that am be used are being rushed to
tho front. Three largo bridges are
down. At 0 o’clock the road Is almost
clear to a point four rnllos west of
Mora and within fifteen miles' of Hinck
ley, but the officials do not expect to
get Into Hinckley until tomornow. It
is thought here that the town will be
reached quicker from Pine City. The
scenes ut tho frort where the work
trains are engaged are frightful. Due
crow reported that they saw llniues
sweep down on a house closo to the
track. • The place was enveloped In
Are before the people could escape. Tho
.workmen were powerless to reader tray
ussaitkince, although they were so close
that they could hear the people scream
ing as they were belag cremated. News
paper men are trjiaig to reach Hinckley
over the Great Noriuern from here, but
it Is not thought that they will get
there before tomorrow. All telegraphic
communication Is shut off, Tho east
ern Minnesota train wliiloh came hero
front Princeton lost night Is hp.I1 in tho
Groat Northern yards, the company
keeping the passengers at the hotels.
They will not get away before tomor
row. '
. DETAILS OF THE BURNING.
A Indy Who Witnessed tho Scene
Gives a Description of It.
Minneapolis, Sept. 2.—The Arst train
over the St. Paul and Duluth railroad
from tho scene of the Are reached Min
neapolis at 12:45 this afternoon. There
were about a dozen persons on Iward,
including Mrs. Luwrcuce, the only cue
of die passengers on tho “limited"
which smiled Saturday afternoon from
Duluth, which has not readied Minne
apolis.
The other passengers were tlioso who
went up on the ltnutetl yesterday from
tbroi end of the line and, Andiug they
Could go no further, they stopped at
Plue City anil returned to Mlnueapoks
on tho Arst train.
Mrs. Lawrence says the Arst'evidence
o£ the Are was noticeable about leu
miles north of IP.nckIcy, when the air
became utmost suffocating. lino mile
north of Illnukley a number of persons,
Mrs. Lawrence estimates the number ut
fifty, rushed towards the train scream
ing frantically. 111.- | n g
the (lunger they were in It they re
mained. stopped the train to let them
aboard. The heat became intense and
the whole volcano of lire seemed to
burst out In a mightv effort to wipe the
train und occupants off the face of tho
earth. Mrs. L-twroUM. describing the
scene, sold:
•At the Arst rnsU of the A imes to
wards the outs iut window panes
tnrsted and the train 1 copra sl-iwly to
return towards Skunk Like. People
screamed and men jumped through the
car windows. The wild panic was hor
rible. There was ftu humanity In It.
Every feur-ertzud person was tor U'm-
self and did not care how b" got out of
the swirling, rushing svnLiuclre et
Oames. My dross caught tire but I ex-
tmpu'shed the Aacies.
“I saw two Chnanu-n. I can retnem-
Mr dm softs* os If before me. They
were paralyzed by fright and nude no
effo: to get away, but limply bid fOetr
heart* under the fteafc* and were burned
to death. I itood It su long as I could,
and then I rushed out of the car.
Jumping over one or two poisons gnat
w»r ■ iyiug on the ground Injured. Some
of the people Jumped into Skunk lake,
hut I simply ran along the ties the
Ere hod burned away, and after run
ning until my strength gave out, I fell
down between the rails. I expected
every minute thait my diva* would be
burned from my body. I put out the
names in my dreaa half q. dozen times,
and had to hold my hands over the
baby’s face In order to keep it from
stiffovutton.'"
This morning Mrs. Lawrence was
Picked up In the middle of the 'track
alioul: two miles north of Hinckley by
a relief party from Duluth, who made
the trip ou a handcar. The site of
Hinckley, says Mrs. Lawrence, Is noth
ing hot a blackened waste, with the
Indies of dead and Injured petsous ly
ing everywhere.
There were fully 125 people aboard
Hie limited, bht only two were burned
out right. These were tho two China
men m-’iltir-licrt. About n dozen per
sons, according to her story, were In
jured In the panic when tho people
tried to Oft cape. Some rushed to the
platform. Jumping oft while the train
was moving, while other.- fought thro
w-ay through Uie struggling, frantic
mars of passengers in an effort to get
away from the scene. In this way
many persons' suffered severe injuries,
such as broken bune* and Unit*,.
Mayor Eustls received a telegram
from a citizens' oommiutee /it Ruch
City, Minn., this afternoon stating that
150 lives had been lost nt Hinckley,
nnd that the satuatlon was horrifying.
A carload of provisions was procured,
but no engine could bo got to’ take It
to the sufferers. It will go out lit the
morning, however. Tomorrow meet
ings of the business men of Minneapo
lis and St. Paul will be held to provide
help. v '
HORRIBLE HOLOCAUST.
Hundreds of People Succumbed to the
Raging ForeSt Flames.
Mora, Minn., Sept. 2.-—One hundred
and: forty-el gb'c bodies have been
taken out of Hinckley and In tbs vi
cinity. The neYgluborlng town of Po-
kumuln wiped out. The eastern Minne
sota train 'Which left St. Paul ait 1:03
o'clock yesterday afternoon and arrived
alt Hinck'.ey at 6 o’clock last night took
300 people on board and moved west
ward toward St. Cloud. The itraln 'has
not been heard of since. It has tint
reached St. Cloud and It has not gone
back to Hinckley. There Is a feur that
it lias been burned .with all on board.
There Is no chance (trait they are alive
unless they have found a stream in
which to escape. Every family in Po-
kama Is homeless and in danger of
starving to dttiith.
A freight train Is In a dltoh one and
a h'aJf miles from Pokamu. Twenty-
Ave people are In the caboose and the
fire fci all around them. If they are
not TescueU soon all musft perish.
Mama Nelson, section foreman nt Po-
kuns, started away yesterday after
noon with his family on u. handcar to
escape the fire and nothing has since
been heard or seen of them. It Is cer
tain that they have perished.
WHOLE FAMILIES CREMATED.
Beds of Ashes Where Once Towns,
Homes and Forms Stood.
iPlffe City, Minn., Sept. 2.—Three
towns. Hinckley, Mission Creek and
Poakma, He in ashes tonight nnd more
than 200 corpses lie in the region near
Hinckley. The vast valley between the
Kettle river and Cross Lake Is laid
waste, including several village* and
settlements: BetJaios the towns thait
were reduced to ashes, farms • were
swept clean by 'the tomes. The forests
are still burning fiercely and rain I*
required to drown Itho-tires that ure
sweeping ttHraa region. Whole families
■Wave been cremated. In some Instances
only one or two men escaped from the
.neighborhood to tell of the destruction.
They saved 'the'lr lives by running to
small Cukes or hiding In fields, und
reached Pino Oity omro deal! than
alive. The dead arc being picked up
by tine soore and brought here. Search
ing parties are penetrating the burned
districts, but find none hut ih'e charred
remains of inhabitants.
The .people from Hinckley and Mis
sion Creek who eeoaped with their
lives are destitute. Waving neither
homes nor food. The relief sent out
from St. Paul was 'timely. The sup
ply of provisions was more welcome
thUn even blankets sent opt4ater, be
cause the majority were still anxious
to continue She search for the suffering.
The tents nnd hospital supplies were
found very necessary for the Injured.
Harris RlOhurdson of 91. Paul wired
Governor Nelson to send on): more sup
plies of provisions und bedding.
H. H. Mart of «(h« suite board of
charities la at Pino City collecting if alt a
preparatory to providing state vellef
for .the needy. Joe Manlx of Minneapo
lis Is here also to report the situation
to Mayor Eustts so Chat supplies may
be sent later from that city. A commit
tee of five from Stlllwmer is gaitlng
Information as to what lumber supplies
are needed nnd will contribute building
molterlul. _ ■
Assistant General Manager Miller of
the St. Paul and -Duluth railroad hus
be--n here and returned to 9t. Paul to
send out sleepera, hospital and damp
supplies for tihe wounded and home-
less. ^
HORRORS UPON HORRORS.
The Discoveries Beoome More Appalling
and Searches Proceed.
St. Paul. Sept. 2.—Tho town of Hinck
ley. seventy-five miles south of St. Paul,
on the St. Paul and Duluth rond, with
a population of from 1,000 to 1,200, waa
wiped out bf existence kist night by
forest fires. The smaller town of Mis
sion Creek, five in lie* from Hinckley,
was also wiped out. The loss of fife la
variously estimated at from 100 tb 400,
and it Is almost ceruln the loss will be
1200 at least. It will be severs! days be
fore the full extent of the disinter la
known. All Is confusion among the «ur-
vlvora. who are searching for their chil
dren. and children searching for Ihelr
parents. The death list Increases hour
ly. The walls of the railroad round
house and a school house are the only
parts bf buildings In Hinckley which
remain.
One of the most thrilling events was
the experience of the train which left
Duluth at 2 p. m. Saturday for St Paul.
It WO* the limited passenger, the best
train on the road, and was crowded
with p.iasengeni. The smoking forest
fires were no dense that lamps were
lighted In the cars. When the train
came within about a mile of Hinckley
the engineer round he oiuld proceed
no further, as the people were already
fleeing for their Uvea from the town.
I>:\ 11. \V. (; i ■ i . ,,r l .il* . !ly, wh . w i-
on board, tells of the backward run of
the train for zeven miles until a email
lake wae reached. 4JJs story as given
to a Morning Call reporter Is as fol-
"The woods on either side were lashed
by a fierce wind blowing at the rate of
eighty miles an hour. On through this
wierd scene at limited speed, the situa
tion growing more alarming at every
mile. As the train nt-ared-Hinckley It
was discovered that the fire had reached
the railroad, but on It sped, the engin
eer hoping to pass Hinckley In time to
escape the danger. It was not until the
train had come within a mile of Hinck
ley that the engineer discovered that his
train was burning and that It would be
impossible to pu,o. The bridge had al
ready been consumed with the mills und
homes of Hinckley. Here the train was
met by a hundred or more fugitives
from the burning town. (Mothers car
ried In tlielr arms small children, oth
ers clinging to their mothers' skirts.
Some curried a few household goods nnd
others were crying and moaning on ac
count of the tosses already sustained.
Many were so nearly* exhausted that
they could scarcely climb on the train.
Nearer and nearer the flames were ap
proaching, and finally the engineer wae
compelled to reverse Ills lover and run
back, leaving behind sebres of unfortu
nate ones who had not been able to
reach the train—their only available
means of escape. Those on board could
see many of tihem sink to the ground
exhausted and overcome by the terri
ble heat, never again to rise. Many
came ronning across the fields from
small settlements, hoping to escape on
the .train, but to be dlaappolned. On
rushed the train through the fiery hot
breath of tihe pursuing tlames. for a
stop would have been fatal to all on
board.
Asittte weary passengers retraced
their steps Sunday morning, some nfoot
und Others on handcars, -they, found
along 'the side of lake track and M the
fields the clir.trivJ remains of it.lose poor
unfortunates mretethes wins could not
escape, in four mile thirty-four bodies
were found, some burned beyond recog
nition and diners unaearreil, having
died from suffocation. It was a four
or five tulle run back to Skunk Lake,
which is tittle more than a mudhole,
Mae mud and water covering not more
than «n acre. The 'train bad gone too.
a Snort distance widen rt wusi surround-
eded by the Vlevounog tlmmes. Hot
bklots of Itamea struck 'the coaches,
sekttag fire to 'ahem M 'places and break
ing the windows on boUt-sides, .The
baggage ear was soon a masa.of Jlamcs,
•wiateh streamed buck over the en'd.of
'the engine. saining fire to trio engineer's
clothes and scorching his bunds. On
eltiner Bide of the engine there was a,
stream of tome, but never tor am in
stant did Engineer 'Rode much. To re
main was certain death to Mo, but ,
he held out for four mflta toe PEMMen-
gers might escape; to have deserted
would hive been death to all. Back of
him stood bis itrufty fireman, who oc
casionally poured mater on him. When
Khe heat became unendurable for tihe
•fireman be took a d'lp in the wulier
•tank from Which be drew the.aupply
for 'the engineer’s Shower-bath. At
Skunk Da'ke -the engineer bad seaxvely
Strength to shut off tihe steam. As he
pulled* the lever he sunk to the floor
exhausted, burn'in'g and bleeding, the
broken glass In 'the dab having cut
iblm In a member of pr/acee. Quickly
two men rushed to -tho oalb anil bare
the form of the brave, berolo engineer
to the 'water below Uie embankment.
Here bo lay all night covered with
mud and d'irty water und dying, o'*
most of'the passengers believed. A mile
or two fum ithe lake the coaches were
burning albove and undenteu'th. On
board the passengers became panic-
stricken and '« .was only by force thut
•many of tihe weaker oho3 were pre
vented from springing out the broken
windows or rusnlng oult 'the doors. To
prevent this men guarded She doors.
Scarcely a. soul on bouud bad any hope
of escaping, not knowing at wl.ltt mo
ment the burning kiuln wduld Jump
the track of m e Into a bed of hot coals.
At Skunk Lake sixty more men, women
and children found refuge In the Shal
low waiter and dirty mud, the women
walking out In the waiter unkf) It
reached tlhelr walats and with their
bands klitey bibbed their burning Sacra
In mud. Many of them were seriously
burned on the train. Many My tn Mho
mud, covering themselves Wjth M, und
os Often ns this* iWcame baked a fresh
coat ih-aU to be added: Many on leav
ing the tram rushed off towuril a. enurr.i
and others rim further ulon's «he
track. It 1s thought many of these .ate
lost. Some few died from euffocaitlon
wMCria a few reds of the pond. Many
women 'had their clothes partially
burned and torn from 'their bodies.
One mother was found nursing her
suckling child to pravertt It being aufto-.
cated. This place was reached some
time near 0 o'clock, arid 'the men tried
to get to Hinckley. The rails had been
■o badly warped thait nothing but a
handcar couid be run. Between Skunk
Lake and Hinckley twenty-nine bodies
were counted aaul Severn I more were
found near 'oho lake. One man Is re
ported to 'have round 115 bodice along
ibe old Territorial road leading into
Hinckley. The train after having been
abandoned waa completely consumed.
A RELIEF TRAIN.
Efforts to Allcvinto Bufferings Front
Hunger und Wounds. >
Pine City, Minn., Sept. 2.—Tho relief
train from St. Paul arrived here ut S
p. m. with 2.4UO loaves of broad, cloth-
lug, hospital mullr.il and a large dele
gation of St. Paul citizens. At Whitn
Bear Lake 5400 wan miliserlbed nuil
three cure of supplies were procured
by the thue the train arrived here. Tho
following committal has been selected
to tako charts of 4ho ruliof work:
James Hurley. Pine Oity, chairman; J.
F. Stone, J. V. BrecUenrtilge, Jonn Bun
ker,'E. A. Ilough, If. Rercluts nnd II.
H. Hurt, St. Paul; J. T. Manlx, Minne
apolis: A. E. Quinn, J. Nothuway,
J. II. Burkinan, J. II. Moon,' J. 1).
.Markham, P. H.. Krtly, 0. R. Finch,
II. Y. King nnd D. F. .Stone. ••
Anything like an estimate of tlic loss
Is Impossible. Hinckley 1ms been com
pletely destroyed, us Ims Mission Creek.
Sandstone nnd several other small
places, and large numbers of people tiro
m'sslng. The lire extends from Pino
Cily as far west ns Carlton and Rut
ledge, sweeping everything in its path.
Her. P. K. Knudsuo, a Proahyturlgn
minister of Htuckley, tells a graphic
story erf the Are, which swept down on
the town like an uvaluuebe, He says
over 200 of those who perished In the
Aames might have Isom saved liad they
kept awny from ibo river.
Tbe people lost their heads timl stam
peded in trying to eseitpeby earns and
saddlehorses. Kmidsj.t tuokn hilltop,
and when the Ure passed over found
himself in n desert surrounded hy hun
dreds qf dead, while the survivors wel'o
fur frdui help, itli nothing to eat. He
th nk* the horrors of the Chicago Are
n dlilng oranparctl to It.
At Hinckley the Indies are being
piled In the graveyards, nnd will Ire
buried as s»a as possible. There ore
000 homeless In Plue City.
Reliable now* receiv.-d from the re
lief commlteo sh v.vs 250 dead at Hinck
ley, and 500 to 550 homeless survivors,
most of wliuui are atPlne (My with
nothing to eat or wear. Sandstone has
50 dead ami 225 hometuss. In tho very
w. I *l ..*:i«I:ti■ II I".—.'!)1.• ami le i rt.ii :
aid. There are 25 dead at Sandstone
Junction.
Mayor Smith of St. Pan! nnd Mayor
Eustls of Minneapolis Wall be, wired
that the situation is worse than sup
posed.
C. II. Van Hoover of Hlcfctey tells th«
following story of tho fin;
BUDGET OF.NEWS
FROM GERMANY
Stringent Measures to Be Adopted
tKo Suppression of Anarchism
and Socialism.
THE ANNIVERSARY OF SEDAN
Tbs German Prsi* Hectares tho Felon
Kutlonnl Celebration Without Any
Hostility lo Frniice—Soolnl-
1st* Create ■ stir.
(Continued’ on page t'/
Berlin,' Sept 2.—Tho LokaUtuzeiger
says that the emperor bus called tbe
Berlin president of police, Freihere vou
Rlohtbofeu, buck from Uls holidays in
Klsslhgcu to give advice us regnhls tho
refwenalon of uuaretlism and tweittlism.
Jtlohtliofun will go to Potsdam this
week. His advlco undoubtedly will
favor more stringent measures against
Socialists and Auarcblats. The em
peror Is understood to occupy about tho
same position. He contends that, while
sufficient, in the rule, the existing laws
arc lpufiquate to many emergencies
and sluurid be amended accordingly. If
the piliit laid ullonvod tbe Sedan celo-
hratloin to t-ake Its cotirso today there
would have beeu such a dciuimstratton
ns tbe empire bus seldom seen since
tlic war. Not only In Barilo, but also
In tho provinces the rumors of nn effort
to suppress flie festival caused a strong
reaction of feeling. /
Tho airriivorsary of Sedan Is observed
with the usual decoration of the streets,
although tho 'popular enftbuifasm has
boon dampened by rumor’s of tho em
peror’s disapproval. Tho port Koel-
alscho Zeltung und tho lteiohsliatc pass
similar oouimeuto.
"This Is a permanent nnrioenil fete.
It Is ns> mainfestation of hatred to
France, but u renewal of thanks to
bdaven wlilrtt gavo us tbe crowning
victory In our struggle to estubllsn Gel'-
-iTum uultjt”
The KotSrtsepe Zeltung says: "The
observanea of Seilon Is no display of
hostility to France, liven though the
Insatiable self-esteem of Franco be of
fended by ithe celebration the Germans,
without dctdriug to provoke their neigh
bors. caunot consent to refrain from
showing their oousdnuraow-q* glorious
memories.
In Bt-riai, nt tho suggestion of the au
thorities, racist of the schools lmd their
exercises and plonlo yeslerthty. Tho
social democrats were dl«ippo(ntod by
Urn change, as they expected to use the
big crowtH-as a background for their
domoustra tie or at flw fmieral of Agnes
WabnMs, the Socialist waitress who
killed herself in tlie.l'Telilershain cem
etery hist week. .- . . ,
Tlic Vorivaerts slwwa Its chagrin by
nublisltng on eulogy of “Red Agnes,"
as the was tailed. It rolls her n martyr
to the cause of humanity—a gonu.no
philanthropist, who soared far above all
questCoiiH of patriotism. Tlic* police
warning against a ,l>ig fiodur.st funeral
was obeyed Without protest, however.
Nu- great procession and no bands were
allowed to follow the lienrtio.
' A few delegates from Socialist dub«
and half a dozen personal friends ac
companied the tody to tho cemetery.
There, too, tho programme wiw disap
pointing. Tho gathering around the
gravo was small, the Breeches abort and
tame. ......
Brunowlle. leader of the Independent
Social Democrats, is stirring bid moon
among tho Socialist regular#*, prepara
tory to the national congress next
month. At a meeting of the Independ
ents In Kiel on Friday he denounced the
old loaders for practicing a system of
terrorism In their party. They had be
come tyrannical dictators, ho said, no
longer in touch with the InttUfctual and
spiritual movement which vitalized Ger
man Social Democracy. There was not
now a breath of freedom In the party;
militarism had been introduced by the
central committee, who had tronsfonn-
cd the whole body of Socialists under
their leadership into a political machine.
Brunowflle named several Socialist
Democrat agitators who had been boy
cotted ami suppressed by the central
authority because they did a little Inde
pendent thinking. Tl^ Vorwnerts, or
gan of the central committee, denies
Brunowlllc’s statements and denounces
him a* a promoter of dlucbrd. It says
that the success of .the Social Democra
cy haa been due largely to the obe
dience of tho rank and Die to their
trusted leaders.
•Kmperor William went to Chartotten*
burg today to attend the consecration
of tho nerfv marble sarcophagus erected
to the memory of <Bmperor William 1.
It was a grand function. Tho whole Im
perial family and most of the members
of tho court were present. The em
peror greatly di«.ippo)nted tho people
of Fran*cforl*on*theOder yesterday by
neglecting to pasa through the city un
hi* way to ahd from the maneuvers
near by. They had spent thousands of
marks for decoratlon-f und had taken
a general holiday mo aa to give a fitting
Wtltibme to him. Somehow no notice of
the preparations was given the »mepcr-
or. Aa *voon as he learned of them he
sent s messenger to Frankfort to ex
plain his regret and promise to visit In
state In the nenr future.
For the first time since Frederick
William II. died there was a concert
In the .S(itM-S*oucl.V palace on Friday.
The programme had been prepared un
der the emperor's special supervision.
All the artists wore costumes of Fred
erick the Greet period. The furniture
and plate and attire of the guests were
similar. The rooms were lighted only
with candles. Sever.il compositions for
the flute were performed. That) who
were present say the scene was unique
beyond description, especially when the
emperor stepped out before the orches
tra and directed It. which he did sev
eral times.
The Catholic congress In Cologne
ended on Friday after adopting Count
yon Precfnge’s motion that the next
congress meet in Munich. A letter
from the pope was read at the open
ing of tbe congress. It urged thus tbe
special consideration of social ques
tions: "It cannot have escaped the no-
lice of German Catholic* that religion
and society have fallen into a sad con
dition. Socialistic and other fallacious
theories have obtained a firm bold on
many minds, engendering Wtttr strife
to such an extent that the public peace
Ls endangered. Cathqllcs ought there-
1-1'-' i" ivnit iiiber tbe blessings gamed
for their religion/ and fatherland
through unity and ao refrain from Jeop
ardizing their strength through any
sign of discord."
The congress presented no feature of
notable interest, dt waa the same old
story about restoring the pope's tem-
pomi power, repealing the laws agalu»t
the Jesuits and extending clerical con-
ttbl over the echools. The fnoat nota
ble incident arose from the discussion
of the agrarian question. Freiherr von
tichorlemer-Alat, once leader of the aris
tocratic wing of the clerical party, an
nounced that hereafter be would op
pose all legislation which should have
the appearance of favoring a particular
cld*3. True Catholicism, he said, was
democratic and know no class Interest.
Uls declaration led to much excited
talk outisldo the congress. The agra
rian members objected to such surren
der of an important part of the Cen
tre’s programme, but none of them ven
tured to oppose Schbrlemer-Alat pub
licly.
Dr. Oterero, leader of the Bavarian
Catholics and chairman of the congress,
showed plainly hia sympathy with the
untl-agwrian feeling of some of the del
egates.
Keprusentatlveq of German sugar In
terest* met yesterday in Krolls Garden
und resolved to form a protective union.
They voted also that the union should
adopt such measures as would save tho
beet augur industry of Germany and al
lied Industries from killing competition
or hostile legislation. A deputation
pulled upon Frlherr Marschnll von Dle-
berstein, Oaprlvl's representative, and
submitted a petition for government
protection of the beet sugar Industry
against the new American tariff. Just
what kind of protection they expec the
sugar men neglected to say. They were
informed that the government was
•"A 1 * wafl Ukibr to be trouble
with the new American tariff and that
it would give attention to the petition.
The Socialist* of Bavaria and Wur-
teinberg met In Munich on August SO
to commemorate Lasalle's death. Voll-
mar and Grlllenberger were the princi
pal speakers.
Yesterday's calendar announced thut
twenty-seven Berlin hotels had gone
into bankruptcy and were offered for
, f: decrease In foreign visitors
la the cause.
Tho JCoelnisohe Volks Zeltung cays
that a woman In Paris recently offered
to tel, Prau von iKolze the name of the
person whose scandalous letters abt
Herr von Kolze Into trouble. The price
of the. secret was 10.000 marks. Frau
von Kolze aent the money. 31ncs it
was received In Paris no more offensive
. V? r> i mv .? ^ een received by members
of the Berlin court The Volks Zeltung
says the Purls woman was formerly In
timate wih Prince Ernest Guenther of
ScMjWlgnHolsteln, tho emperor * broth-
The Husejaa police discovered Thurs-
d ty a Nihilist printing blUce In Kaluga,
Itsl of the district of Kaluga. They
seized the forms and arrested thirty-
four euapects. 7
HER (BONES CRUMBLING AWAY.
Peculiar Spontaenous Fracture of Mrs.
Sarah Anderson’s Thighs.
(Philadelphia. Sept. 2,-Tlio sponta
neous fracture of both .thighs, or their
collapse, owing to the absence or dry
ing up of the bone matter, was the un
usual misfortune which yesterday took
Mrs. Sarah Anderson of No. 2325 Fed-
to the Jefferson Street Hoa-
*Her case la regarded as an exception
ally Interesting one. Indeed, It Is a re
petition, on un enlarged scale, of a com
plaint from which she suffered about
eighteen months ago. She was then 47
years of age. and while performing her
uwual household duties, without any
sudden Jar or other provocation, her
IJnibs refused .to sustain her weight and
i*ho sank to .the floor, suffering groat
Win above the knees. She find a upon-
tamwus frrdture of tho right thigh only
at tha/t time. She was llnully sent to
[\cr ^ home cured. Now both of her
thighs have similarly given away,
MANCHESTER MARKETS.
Manchester, Sept 2.—During tlio
week n fair bu»‘.ne*s was done for India
find (Mil,in, manufacturers luiViiiK more
orders tlian for sonic time. lT-liaa,
however, woro still near tlio lowest
point, oapcclnlly for low Chinn, cloths
nnd host HhlrtlUR*. The home trade
Showed improvement with the flno
weather, new orders hoi hr Riven with
greater freedom. Modcmto orders
were taken for South Amerlcn and
Ejrvpt. Yarns dragged In splto of tlio
lessened production. Homo Buyer, con*
tlnucd their hand-to-mouth policy, nml
of export bundles only Indian forties
sold fairly well at rather holler limits.
Price* were nominally unchanged
throughout
NEWSPAPER OFFICE WRECKED.
Athens, Greece, Sopt. 2.—For Homo
time past tho Altropnlls, newspaper, lias
been publishing articles derogatory of
tho army. Ono hundred nnd llilrly
officers ami men of u!l nnns proceeded
to tho ofilce of the paper yesterday and
wreoked tlio plant. Nearly all tho at
tacking party were armed with axes,
with which the press and typo and typo-
eases were destroyed. The books in tho
library were torn and defaced nml
Anally the contents of tho building
were thrown Into iho street Next tlio
mob treated tlio resldonee of the editor
In tlio same manner. Twenty of tlio
participants nro under arrest.
DEATH OF MR. S. L. HARGETT.
IHarednuin, Qa.i Sept 2.—(Special.)—
■Mr 8 L. Hargett, aged 31, amt chief
clerk of a large dry goods establish
ment of Columbus, died nt -thin placo
Thursday ev«nlng of slbw fever.
For about seven years IMr. Hargett
linsibefn connected with .the same house
and by his gentlemanly .hearing anil
strict attention to business lie had en
deared himself to a largo number of
people, to whom hi* unexpected death
will be a great shuck.
He was the son of Mr. L. C. Hargett
of Hanrl* county, and leaves a large cir
cle of relative* and friends to mourn
bis death.
THE CRISIS IS PASSED.
I.libou, Sept. 2.-The nSutsterlnl cri
sis ban passed by tho remodeling of
the cabinet. Uenlior Rllienro, the primo
minister, will retain the dunce port
folio, abandoning tho poslr.on of for
eign minister, which will ho taken bjr
Scnhor D'Avlla, the former minister of
public works. Industry aud commerce.
Kenlrir Henriqum will succeed -Senhor
D'Avlla.
THE PREMIER
13 INDIFFERENT
Roiebery Hoot* the Rumor That His
Follower, May Turn Away
From Him.
HE HOBNOBS WITH THE TORIES
or (ha lloue. of Lord., Which I. DIM
tasteful to tho Common*—Queon
Victoria to Giro » Homo
Forty- Soon.
NEWS FROM IIAYTI.
Quarantine, H. I„ Sept. 2,-Tlio
steamer Saginaw, Capt. Rockwell,
Which arttved Iran Azuu, San Domingo,
tontabt bring* no now* of nujr tl!*turb-
nnt <» in Ilayti. PrcHident Illppolyte is
H.tid to lx? mortally ill, and wlcn bo
die* It (• thotikbt that a very uucertatn
fttate of afTa!ni will prevail., uu l a rev
olution would be among tbe poealbll-
tttefr
London, Sspt. 2.—Mr. Glftdatono'* contri
bution or 100 pounds to the Irish national
parliamentary fund, following the speech
of Mr. Dillon, In Dublin on Wednesday,
when he Intimated to the government that
the Irish party would be obliged to re
consider their position unless the minis
try promptly and plainly declared tholr
policy in regard to the liouso of lords, by
everybody who discusses them, are under
stood, to have been Intended as timely re
minders to Lord Rosebery to fulfill tho
promises which he gavo when assuming
the premiership that the ministry would
contain the continuity of Mr. Gladstone’s
policy In regard to Ireland, the keynote
of which was sounded In Mr. Gladstone's
last speech In tho house of commons. In
this memorable speech the ex-premier de
nounced the house of lords and advised tho
people to Insist upon the abolition of the
veto power of the upper body as the only
serious hindrance to the granting of a
full measure of home rule to Ireland.
But Lord Rosebery's first session of par.
llament has been finished without a sign
of the government's 'mention of pushing
this part of the programme, and It Is nota
ble that Mr. Gladstone's mediator In the
100 pounds contribution, Lord Tweedmouth
Is the mly member of the cabinet who ad
vises the government party to make an
ami-lordp campaign beforu the country.
Lord Rosebery Iras gone to Dunrobin,
Bootlnnd, to Join the duke of Sutherland
in a shooting party, which, by the way,
consists almost entirely of Tory peers.
Lord Rosebery still encourages his fol
lowers to regard him as a man of mys
tery. He hus suddenly vanished when
ever parliament has adjourned and upon
the occasion of the recent adjournment
ho quickly disappeared, allowing tho pa
pers to publish tho statement that he had
gone to Switzerland to recuperate, though
nobody was awuro that hts health was in
the slightest degree Impaired. It appears'
that he reallly went to Versailles, but ho
reappeared In London two days later and
started Immediately for Dunrobin, break
ing hi* Journey at Collodon for the pur
pose of taking his two little sons to visit'
the graves of tho highlanders who fell .
flgii'iiiK for Prince rii.irhw.
Tho personal friends of tho premier find
him in high spirits, but he flatly declines
to (IIhcuss or to listen to anything In the
shnp^of 1>alltlcB. Ho only laughs when
he hears his followers threaten disaffec
tion and In every way he appears to re
gard himself ns thoroughly tho master o£
the situation.
Tho other members of the cabinet, how-
over, aro not so merry at tho prospect
which confronts'them. They aro able to
sec plainly that It Is tho Intention of tho
labsr and Irlfdi parties to go Into open re
volt during the autumn. In tho mean
time It Is equally certain that tho Lnbqu-.^,
chere section qf the Itndlcais will carry
out their Intention of running parliament
ta<*y cundldntoM whoso first pledges will
be to refuse to serve under a premier who
1s a peer. Tho labor party, with a vlow
that they do not Intend to serve tho Liber
al party through thick and thin as here
tofore, are arranging to run Tom Mann,
tho‘labor agitator, against tho Liberal,
Fenwick, ns a candlduto for secretary of
tho trades union congress.
During tho coming week the queen In
tends to eelebnato the birth of the son of
the duke and duchess of York by a great
family gathering at Balmoral, at which,
besides tho Immediate relations of the •
royal family, Prince Henry of Prussia
will represent the emperor of Germany
and tho czarowltz will bo present on be
half of the czar. Tho gathering will last
several days and will bo reploto with ap
propriate festivities.
In tho menntlmo the critical condition
of the count of Paris caste a gloom over
the spirits of tho members of the royal
family. The head of tho house of Bour
bon 1m privately high esteemed 1 nnd res
pected by the various members of her maj
esty's family, including tho queen herself,
though tlielr meetings during later years
h ive boon infiequent. The cause of this
semi-estrangement was tlio hopeless love
of the late duke of Clarence bore for the
count's daughter Helene.
It is stated that tho entire large nnd In
teresting American section of exhibits at
the Antwerp exposition has been secured .
lor tbe exposition which Is to held In Car
diff in Ihift, und which will .be formally
opened by the prince of Wales. Tho may.
or of Cardiff hns been to Antwerp and
secured the transfer of several other prom
inent exhibits, and the coming exhibition
an such, if »n no other respect, promise*
to bd *in unquaJlfl id success. Some of the
exhibitors and attractions will go from
Antwerp to tho Cotton Btntea and Inter-
national exposition at Atlanta.
Tenders were received yesterday for th*
conveyance of malls across the Irish chan
nel from Holyhead to Kingstown. The de-
ciMlon of Mr. Arnold Morley, postmaster
general, fn this matter will go far to set
tle the question of ultimate victory for
Queenstown nnd Southampton os the point
of transfer fer American malls. If Mr.
Morley decides to spend 1.000 pounds a
year more than has hitherto been spent
upon tho Holyhead and Kingstown serv-
Ico. Queenstown cannot fail to be vastly
TSk* Glasgow Herald state* that British
capitalist* are greatly ngttated In regard
to tho purchase of tho Nicarauga canal
toncsMlon by th, contractor. In behalt ot
Great BrlUln.
It Is thought here that tho political
strusKlc In Norway will result in a re*
nowed Rad I cnl majority la th* itro'.hlnir.
Hteln. the Radical ex-premler. Is conduct
ing o vigorous -ampalgn, declarinp: that
tho fltamr ministry had no right lo at
tempt to rule, being In tho minority. Hteln
urse* tho Norwezlftns not to relax their
effort to obtain their great object, a .evi
rate foreign mlnl.ter. Into negotiation#
with Sweden for a •■OflSBOU foreign mini-,
ter. os It would result In the cementing
Of ft lolnt Mate, n which Hwedm would
play the leafing part. Ever elnco 1314.
ho ftecUrt*. the esotdon, of Sweden have
been dlrrctert w this end. The Stung mln-
latry. he asserts, In defence to Hv,'-rtcn
In which ;t hits found -it* only support,
ha* allowed Itsrtf to be led from one Ille
gal act to another.
IVBATHER INDICATIONS.
Wasli.iiBt ui. Sept. 2.—Fur Georgia!
Guuerally fulr; east wlntU.