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MACON, GA., WEDNESDAY MORNING. SEPTEMBER 5. 1891.
IN THE TRACK OF
THE FIRE DEMON
Wot a Human Habitation Left Stand
ing For a Stretch of Twenty-
Six Miles.
HORRIBLE SCENES ON ALL SIDES
Bodies of Men, Women, Children, Horse*
•nd rstile'Mark the Coarse of the
Fire Flem!’* March of
Destruction.
Duluth. Minn., Sept. 4.—In a stretch
of territory twenty-six miles long and
from one to fifteen miles wide, not a
single human habitation has been left
standing, except a section house at Mil
ler, and in every part of tile track of
the flumes bodies of men, women, chil
dren, horses and ca»;tle were found.
The position of every body found out
side of Hinckley allows that shelter of
some kind was sought by the sufferers
und the dead are foundin holes, behind
overturned stumps, trees, marshy de
pressions, and in every wuaer course.
The general shape of the fire-swept dls-
totets is like a huge cigar, with a south
western end itfxmt Mi.*$ion creek uud
the upper terminal a few miles cast of
FliiLiysou, or ItuHedge. From This a
Humber of -branches extend uorthward
to beyond the tracks of The Eastern
(Minnesota, railway, The work of the
flames has been complete and cyclonic
in onoracter. Where the fire held sway
not a jingle tree is standing, except as
a blackened stump. 'itaousands of ov
erturned <ircvs are lying prostrate and
the roots were burning fiercely up to
last evening when the welcome rain
fell. A careful canvass reveals the fact
thst seventy-two settlers’ homes, out
side of towns, fell. As near as,can be
learned TheJe were 500 people in these
homes.
At Brookdale, a little town on the
Eastern Minnesota, road, south of
Hinckley, about ninety persons took
refuge In the water ot a small creek.
Out of 'this place sixty-seven dead bod
ies were taken and buried and some
thirty living persons Were- rescued,
some badly burned. Conductor James
Sargent of the 9t. Paul aud Dulu'th
railroad has bc**n working for the rail
road with an imporvtsed train consist
ing of i'hree handcars spliced together
with planks, picking up and Identifying
the bodies of the dead. All the bodies
were carefully examined, and. in many
oases fully identified, and in every case
a complete record was made of every
thing that could possibly lead to lden-
fifioa'tion. ,
By the Duluth relief committees the
most remarkable work has, been done.
Without regard to age, sex or social
standing, hundreds of people, including
those of the very highest social stand
ing. have been working-day and night
since Saturday night, having organzed
thoroughly Into all needed sub-commit
tees, and have In a systematical way
taken care of men, women and chil
dren. Special committees have been
caring for the children. Over $8,000
has been given for the relief, and goods
and clothing valued at as much more
have been given.
8. A. Thomason, who wentoift on the
burial train yesterday has returned.
AO tho way down the trainmen almost
had »o throw people off who wished to
go along and take in the grave sight.
Alt Ftmlaysoii a paTty headed by Ed.
Finlayson dropped oft and went east
several miles, visiting among other
places the Bllledeaut farm, where the
bodies of three children were found.
The rest of the family had gone to
Bandstone. A party headed by Fred
Reynolds dropped off near Ekunk Lake
nod got 'the bodies of Mrs. Lind and
three children, whose homo was half a
mile west of the track. The train
picked up the bodies of LitMe nnd El
der, two operators of the North Ameri
can Telegraph Company, who had been
sent out to the scene of the trouble.
The train picked up eleven bodies, In
cluding that of General Passenger
Rowley of the Winnipeg railroad, near
the track. It was learned Unit Pine
Lake, a settlement seven miles west of
Finlayson, was un'touched, hut nothing
ha/? been heard from Sand Lake, a
settlement away from the railroad, and
It is fearM It has gone up in smoke.
Another body was discovered In the
mud at the edge of Skunk Lake, but ft
could not be gotten out. At Miller, A.
A. Farrington and Robert Forbes head
ed parties and started for Sandstone,
and have not «inoe been heard from.
Thomson Hester headed a party that
picked up seven bodies in the Wester-
land cellar, half a mile west of the
wreck. Another party, headed by
Lynch, goT the bodies of Ed. Green-
ireld's five children, a half mile south
of the wreck, near the track. The
burial reached Hinckley at 6 p. m. The
coroner of Pine county said there wore
J87 bodies already ] ricked up in Hinck
ley alone, with more to follow. They
were plied up in boxeB and coffins -near
the track, like so much cordwood.
FOOD FOR THE SUFFERERS.
f A Special 1 With Supplies and Medical
ReCHef Sen* to Hinckley.
Hinckley, Mima., .Sept. 4.—A specif
train out by the citizens of Minne
apolis bearing supplies and m*Mlcal
relief to the suffering people of Hinck
ley and vlclnSty hud on “board eleven
physicians and surgeons with a full
supply of drugs and instruments uivd
fifty canvas cots. Pine City was (he
ma£n objective point, for it was here
that The relief supplies were to be dls-
krtbmed and the temporary ho^lpuis
h id been opened. The medical commit
tee were met at the depot by the he.
rule 'JUte wife of Dr. * Bornum. Uie
local physician, who with her husband
had been working day and night from
The time the flrot victims were brought
In until both were almost completely
WtJTO OUt.
”Gh. we’re so glad you oorae,” almost
sobbed tho little woman to Dr. Mc
Donald as he mopped from the train.
The pluafortn was crowded with in
quisitive but glnvi-loOking people wKh
blackened and ecurred Paces sod ban
daged hands and arms, bearing patoetfc
witness of the terrible experience.
Near the end of the platform mkt'j a
coffin box, in whtcu was enclosed (he
remains of what was once the general
passenger 'a’gcnlt of the Winnipeg and
Du'lu-th railroad—O’Rowley. The poo:
fellow was onoe one of the passengers
on Engineer Root's ill-fated (rain, and
the body was found yesterday morning
a a’iibrt distance from the burned
tra’in, but so charred and disfigured
that Its identity was only established
by the 'Initials printed on the Inside
of the burned fragment of a. linen, col
lar. He had been In the habit of com
ing down from Duluth every Saturday
and ©pending Sunday wirfi his Tamil
at Merrlam Park, 'ami was#*m his way
home when he met death.
The oorrospondent found Malt, not
withstanding reports received, matters
retaking to the number find condi tion of
’the wounded fund ithe necessity for sup
plies had been greatly exaggerated as
Oar ns Fine City was concerned. In
stead of 200 wounded to be oared for
there was n ban* uv-n':y, and many \»f
ihese had not been seriously hurt. A
the injured have been -brought In, too,
■said It wus learned that even those at
Duluth scarcely outnumbered those-ult
Pine Cfty. It appears ’cfewt It was -a
clean-cut calse of either life or death.
Most of those who escapdl did so with
AllTtle or no’iperceipltible hunt. The most
severe fend dangerous oases to Pine
O'jty had been taken to the improvised
hospital! a)t -the rink, and here nBne of
.the medical relief corps set to work
while the other thvo wenft on to Hinck-
h?V. Only about 'twelve paJtieflt* were
bfetng cared for at the rink, but, nil in
all, (they presented a pitiful hctirtrend-
Ing spectacle. Nearly all fehe patient*
fere Sca'mWnavtfems. Two women who
•lost all their relatives are maniacs as
well <aa dangerously burned. Between
Pine City and Hinckley the country
was«-sWept bare of everything living
or green. A'c Hinckley 'only about a
d’ozen, of-the itenits put up by tire state
author files were occupied. Thebe Is n-c.t
a building left standing. Every person
feherfe waa engaged in recovering, Iden
tify Eng or burying the ddad.
HORRIBLE DETAILS.
The Number of De-aJd Bddles Reaches
Four Hundred and Fifty.
Pine CUcy, Minn., Setpt. 4.—The gen
eral CortunRtee in charge of the re
lief work here made tt report W the
dead bv>dles recovered itlhua far as fol
lows; Hbncldley 271, Sandstone 77, Mil
ler rotten called fttndvtona Junction)
13, biij.veen Skunk Lake and Miller
12. Pokama 25, to lumber camps 50;
Weal 450.
Oho»Uls. are aft work nefer Sandstone.
A party from Duluth under Jjeneu
Bailey came down to help bury the
dead, and while searching around n
noon came upon tt gang wuo had broken
open and rific-d some safes, nnd when
Bailey and his party met them tfev.
had Jun found a cistern from which
they ihaU hauled fifteen dead bodies
and had robbed them of joweHry, rings,
■trinkelis, etc., and were throwing <tho
bodtas\t»ck foito the well. Bailey and
hit3 party were unarmed and the g Mauls
tofek t>o itfheirr heels and escaped.
A frame .powder magazine, aft Sand
stone, a portion of whlclh waa left
standing nnd which was empty, was
torn down for en<ftfO&l for coffins.
The fire was seen by the Sandstone
people four (hours bdflore tt struck the
ttown, and everything was packed up
In readiness to move to Rtfttle river,
east of the Village. Before any one
was anva/re of the real danger the fire
come upon the 'town, from tho Utorth*
west and due went, tind firing tttie town
tns-lde of five -minutes caused great
ateTin-. .Many were unafble'to reach tfhe
rtver and dic’d in the'streets. A black
smith wus burned to a crisp in h'.v*
chPP, where he was Shoeing a horse.
So sudden was the fire thaft not a thing
-was saved, nnd in thirty minutes tihe
whale town was swept off the earth.
Those who reached the river remained
most of the flight. The survivors are
entirely destitute and hfe-ve not even
any clothing tb their backs, except
such as Is provided by the relief a>m-
mkttee. Whole ramifies are wiped out.
President Sam Iiill of the Eastern Min-
ne.+otu. railroad came up from Hlnck'.Oy
this morning and took cl northern tral-n
over tihe 9t. Paul and Duluth rqad.
(Mr. Hill 'took the Duluth road to with
in a- mile of Sandstone anu walked
over. The Mg Eastern Minnesota
bridge over 'the Kettle river has a steel
aroh 180 feet long and is Mill intact,
though the wooden approached ore
burned away.
“The scene o! death and ruin along
the road Is a -terrible one,” c-ttid Mr.
Hill. "Not a sign of life Ib anywhere
to be seen; all is a blackened, charred
mbss of ru-lns. Dead animals and hu
man belhgs are everywhere an<l they
are bulled wherever found. In one old
well was found twenty-five snakes and
forty or fifty field mice, all In together
afive. There were many peculiar feat
ures of the fire. In one place, where
all alae was burned and blackened all
around we found a wagon with the bay
3n 'the box Intact, while the horses were
dead. Theffe.is yet to be cloeed up on
the Minnesota river a gap of twelve
miles between Hinckley and Duluth,
eight miles of which are between Sand
stone tmd Hinckley. There lire four
roller in the direction of St. Cloud which
will be closed by tomorrow. I noticed
•In one place that freight car wheels
were melted, while mot 300 feet ajvay
was another car untouched."
Judge Nethaway of Stillwater hes
been one of the most uotlve oneo In re
lief work and has been all over the sur
rounding country. He found the fam
ily bf Jack Robinson, man, wife and
eerven children, all dead and hferdly rec-
ofrtzflfble and also found J. O. Roewley,
passenger agent of the Duluth «*nd Win
nipeg road, seven miles northwest of
Hinckley today. He came to a spot
where a farm house had stobd. In front
was a well and over to the left could
be seen five human, bodies and several
dead animals. Judge Nethawny went
at once to tho well ito see if any one
w«» in there end found In the bottom
a little 8-year-bid bay in eight inches
of water, who had lived there since
Bfl'tui^dny. He was pulled oi*t anti said
he hod been put down there wnen the
fire was seen and an "awuful smoke
hud passed over him nnd It was awful
hot.” He asked the Judge tf he knew
where h-fs fatftttr and mother were and
his dog. Judge Nethaway took him on
his back to where lie could be fed, while
other panties went back after the five
bodies.
A GREAT DAY
FOR DEMOCRACY
Leaders of the Party Made a General
Attack on tho Enemy’s
Camp.
the coinage of gold and silver on a parity
free of mintage. 1 believe the parity can
be maintained at 16 to 1, and savor t‘i»b
until it be clearly demonstrated that it
cannot'."
PRIMARY IN SPAULDING.
Griffin, Sept. 4.—(SpeclaU—The result
of today’s county Democratic primary
was as follows:
A1. p. Morris for sheriff; J. ; C. Brooks,
treasurer; »\V. J. Elder, tax receiver; P.
H. Well, tax collector; W. M. Thomas,
clerk; T. R. Mills, J. A. J. Tidwell and
D. L. Patrick, county commissioners;
Tom Jordan, surveyor, and W, T. Latta,
coroner.
The primary was the meet excising one
over held here.
CLEVELAND AND SOUND MONEY
Blijor Bacon Made On* of Ills Strong and
Earnnl Speech*! In Warreuton
—Uen. Ev«m and Mr. Turner
In Hall County*
DKt GOODS MARKET.
N’pw York. Sept. 4.—Biislne.* Inn
been /nir In till tleieirtmenU of
dry stood* tra<le. With eonimU«U*i
hoi;*-* the chief requMt lias been for
spot >too<ls for <|Ulck shipment. Printed
calicoes are In very light stock and
some make* without a package. All
makes of kid finished cambrics are firm
at 2 5-8 cunts. Drown and blenched
cottons In free movements, ns are col
ored ?oods. Gingham* and donio*t!v*
in cowl request Clothing woolen* in
good demand for spring weights. Print
log oloth* in good demand at 2 7-8 cents
l.d and declined.
ASSASSINATED BY A NEGRO.
Max on, N. c.. Sept, t.—Mr. Jjme.
Martin. Hvimc aero*, the state line in
South Carolina, while asleep In bed at
his home Tax shot and killed Sunday
niche by a negro. A posse Is In pur.
•nil of the murderer and If caught he
will tw lynched probably.
Wlarrenton, Sept. 4.—(Special.)—Hon.
A. O. Bacon addressed a torse au
dience here tbddy, composed-of Demo
crats and PopuHsts. Tho speech was
one of his best and he received Wi«
commendaiUon ot all who heard It. No
srronifer ar*umont haB been made for
Demborucy tihan the one so forcibly
presented by him today. The speech
will surely bear good fruit nnd has
placed the party of Y/atrren county
under oWgatlnna to the eloquent
speaker. *
•A'l the oonclusSon of ilaj. Bacon's ad
dress, In beautiful tones ho Intro
duced Hon. J. C. C., Btack,- who ft>r
two hOura, in a style peculiarly his
•own, gave un exsoounlt of tila stewnrd-
shlip land enthused ihls hdirers as he
on'iy oao.
Tae reception accorded both speakers
wus cordial nnd this was undoubtedly
a big day for Democracy to Warren.
GEN. EVANS AND H. G. TURNER.
GalmavJlle, Sept. 4.—(SpeclUll.)—Gen.
C. A. Ewans nnd Hon. H. G. Turner
spoke here today at the court house
to about 600 people.
Genera 1 ) Evans was Introduced by
Dr. Oelln In a very happy manner.
Gen- Evans 'began ep.-alting- at 11
o’clock and spoke for two houru. He
spoke at length on tho 'tariff. He de
dared himself in favor ot sound money
and asulnnt the free cotnsvge of stiver
ait ithe rn'tlo of 16 to 1. His speech was
weW received.
(At the close of Gen. Evans" speech
'the Hon. H. G. Turner was enMvu-
plastically Introduced by Col. H. H.
Perry. Mr. Turner said the tariff
Question is 'ihe great Issue affecting all.
On the money question he sulU repeat
edly: "I stand .-HiunrcHy on the Devno-
oraiiijc platform of ’92 alt Chicago, and
of ’94 In 'tihe state coovonkkm at At
lanta.” His speech avals the ablest eu
posSKl’on of the financial question ever
delivered 'to Gainesville, and had
wonderful effect.
G-A'KRARD ’AT HAMILTON.
Hamilton. Sept. 4.—(Speelnl.)—Hon.
Louie F: -Gojrturd-and; Oapt. W. A.
LOttle of Columbus spoke hero today
from 10:20 a. m. to 2 p. m. on the
Issues of the day. A large and enthu-
eJaiatlc crowd attended. Botlh genqiemen
ndvwoa'ted all the principles of Che Chi
cago platform.
Mr. Garrard has a good following In
'Shis county, ond will get at least a
portion of Ms vote tn the assembly. Hr
made a strong speech for himself and
for Democracy.
Mr. Little spoke In response to a re
quest ot the county Democratic execu
tive commlilteo. His address wn» • pa
triotic and purely Democratic. T.V.s-
oounty will go largely DemooroJttc tn
the October eteetton.
BIG DAY AT MONROE.
Monroe, Sept. 4.—(Specltfl.)—Hbn Joe
James and Luctus Mtddlobrooks ad-
dreesed Utile people here today. As to
currency, Mr. James adVoanted such
coinage ns would give every dollar a
equal purchasing power and contended
fflin't the ratio was tmmateTiuiJ. Mr.
Mlddlebrooks contended chat the Geor
gia plaitform required the free coinage
of silver wlwrtf the proper time urrtvell
tor eudh oalaage. Mr. Mark Irwin,
Populist, (billowed the Democrats, and
advocated the currency plank of his
party.
COX AT COVINGTON.
Covington. Sept. 4.-(SpeclaI.)-Capt. J.
M. Pace, chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee of Newton county, In
troduced the lion. A. 11. Cox, who spoke
here today at the court house to a large
audience.
Hie speech was one of lino thought and
full of good advice to all tried Democrat*.
It had the right Democnitto ’ring about
It.
Hts victvu on the money question and
the argument he made embraced the bi
metallist doctrine according to the sound
money construction of the platform.
Hl- was, throughout his speech, thor
oughly In accord with the administration.
THE DAY AT CAUROLI/TON.
Carrollton, Bcpt. 4.—ISpeclal.)—Ono of the
largest of audiences greeted Hon, It, L.
Berner nnd Hon. J. It. Conyers hero to
day. It Is estimated that over 1,200 peo
ple were out.
Mr. Conyers spoke first. He advocated
state banks burning notes for an Increase
of the currency and stood on the Chica
go and' Georgia platforms.
Mr. Berner followed, molting a strong
appeal lor pure Democracy.
CAHANIHS 18 NO BULKER,
FamtevUto, Slept. 4.-<r3pcetui.)—lion.
W. C, Glenn and Hon. T. B. oitxmlss
spoke here today to a crowd of Sf« Dem
ocrats. Both opposed sliver unless coined
on a parity with a-l'l
President Cleveland's name was loudly
cheered every time It was mentioned.
ALABAMA NOMINATIONS.
Nominations tor Congress In All tho
Districts by tho Democrats.
Montgomery. 6ept. 4.—In the Second
district Hon. J. F. Stcilllugs was re
nominated by ucolainatlon.
In the Fifth Hon. J. E. Oobb was re
nominated by acclamation. The con
vention Indorsed the Chicago platform
nnd tho construction placed on It by
Cleveland. The nominee was Instructed
to vote to uphold Cleveland to hla
course In (Nd* aud currency.
The Third district convention, after
nominating Gou. George P. Harri
son, paused resolution* unqualifiedly
Indorsing tho present administration,
the "people's president,’’ and closed
with: "We commend his for Ills un
faltering Integrity, hi* bold adherence
to tho right, b'» uncompromising fealty
to his party and to his country; and
we look forward for such results from
hi* administration as shall secure the
fulflllmeu! of our pasty’s pledges ot
Republican misrule.”
HARlukON SUCCEEDS OATES.
Columtiue, Sept. 4.—A special to tho
Enquirer-Sun grates that the conven
tion of Ithe Third Alabama congress
ional district, held at Union Springs
today, nominated unanimously Gen. G.
P. Harrisoa of love county to tho full
uilexpiivil term of Governor-eleict IV.
C. Oates In . bite Fifty-third congress
and, also, for the full ’term of ithe
Fifty-fourth congress.
CLARKE RE-NOMINATED.
Mobile, ’ Sept. 4.—The first congress
ional district convention mpt here today
aud re-nomlna'ted Hon. It. H. Clarke,
who had no opposition. The conven
tion adopted s resolution which suys:
“Wo heartily Indorse the administra
tion of Grover Cleveland ns wise, pn-
triotla and. in all things, lending to the
Interest# of the people of the whole
country.”
THREE MORE GOOD MEN.
Birmingham, Sept, 4.—O. W. Under
wood of Jefferson wit* nominated on the
first ballot for congress from this, the
Ninth, district
William (1. Denson of Etowah on the
first ballot in the Seventh.
•Manila Wood of Dallna In the Fourth
district on the twelfth ballot.
Gen. Joe Wheeler was unanimously
nominated In Mio Eighth.
In the Sixth district there socma to
be a deadlock. Bankhead leads, with
Foster itecoud. Long toll'd and Chap
man fourth. Six ballots were taken,
and no nonfiBallon may bo renched for
two or tbrtge days.
SOUTH Ot&OLriJA NOMINATIONS.
Columbia, Sept. 4.—The Democratic
executive epiwmi'ttco met here tonight
and tabulated the vote of tho recent
primary.
Following tire congressional nomina
tions: First district, William Elliott;
Second district, W. J. Talbert; Third
dHarriet, a. C. Latimer, incumbent;
Fourth district, Stanyarn Wilson; Fifth
district Dr. T. J. strait. Incumbenit;
Sixth district, John L. MctLnuren, In-
cumben'.;" Seventh district, Dr. J. w.
Stokes.
BOOKLESS JERRY’S CAMPAIGN.
Wichita, Kan., Sept. 4.—Congressman
Jerry Simpson opened Ills campaign in
Mils city last night. Ho devoted most
of bis time to the ‘'Republican enemy,”
charging the Republican minority in
congress with the icspoiiHlblllty for
much of the legislation of the Fifty-
third congress. To bhe Populist mem
bers he credited the Income tax annex
to the tariff blill, find said It was the
only measure pissed in the interest of
the masses, and he alleged that the
people could expect no relief unless
they elected Populists to con grass who
are pledged to give tile country a cur
rency bowed not only on gold and silver
but on all the wealth of the people ot
all Che land. Mr. Simpson spoke iicart-
lly of woman suffrage. He was, appa
rently, remarkably well and spoke with
a strong voice nnd without effort.
A SOUTH CAROLINA HORROR.
The Criminal n White Man, the Victim
a Negro Woman—Lynching Feared.
Cheater, 8. C., Sept, 4—One of tho
most horrible crimes ever perpetrated
In any community has lust coma to
light, linring occurred on lust Thursday
In the eastern portion of thia counly.
Claude Rives, a young while mail,
committed tho crime, Ills victim being
a negro’ woman, who would have be
come n mother In about two months.
The body was found In a few hundred
yard* of Rives' home, with the skull
crushed, the throat cut from ear to
car and tho clothing burned up to tho
waist.
Rives' friends got him nwny nnd
brought hint to this place, where he
was placed In Jail tills morning. Gov
ernor Tillman bus ordered Ihe military
company to accompany tho prisoner
back to tho scene of the crime to hold
an inquest. Tho pcopid, both white and
black are no highly Snrensed that lvwh-
Ing Is feared.
STEVE CLAY AT MADISON.
Madison. Sept. 4.—(Speclol.)-Hon. A. B,
Clay addressed one of the largest audi
ences ever gathered at the court house.
He made a good speech of two hours,
which, was enthusiastically received. He
advocated bimetallism at the ratio of F,
to L'
LAWSON ON THE PLATFORM.
Montlcello, Sept. 4.—(Special.)—Hon.
Thomas G. Lawson spoke here relay end
stood squarely upon the Democratic plat,
form as adopted at Chicago.
OUERRY AT BAINBRIDOE.
B&lnbridge, Sept. 4.—(Special.)—Hon.-t B.
E. Russell and Dupont Guerry spoke
here today to a large crowd. Both of
these gcntleoven advocate the coinage of
gold and stiver on a parity.
JUDGE MADDOX AT BUCHANAN.
Buchanan, Sept. 4—(Special.)—Judge
Maddox spoke here today. His speech
wax pronounced Oi best ever delivered
In this place.
Among other things, he said-. -T am tor
A SMALL BUDGET
OF FOREIGN NEWS
The Situation in The East Becomes
More Ominous as the
Days Go By.
CHINA iS MASSING HER TROOPS
Th* Am«r!can Consul in lhiU||hBl Mity
Hav* Gotten litmaolC In Trouble
By Taking Two Japnn***
ipUt la flandi
Loudon, Sept. 4.—A dispatch from
Shanghai to tho Central Nows gtya: A
largo uumber of Chinese recruits are
arriving at Tien Tnln, where they are
receiving ttMtr arms and equipment*.
Tho provlnco ol Shnu-Tung Is showing
much discontent and little or no sym
pntby with tho war against too Japan
aud is withholding too men. and sup
plies which have been demanded of
that section of the country. The au
thorities of tho province, speaking In
tho name of tho Inhabitants, regard the
war like the actions of Japan as di
rected against tho government nnd not
against too pco-ple of China. On tho
contrary, too people of Miinchurin are
Intensely nntl-forelgn and nrgo tho
most nctlvo opposition to tho Japanese,
A mun was arrested ot Nling-Poo a
day or two ago ns a Japanese spy and
was tortured by having hl» ankles
.broken. It has turned out that too mun
was not a Japanese at all but a nnttvo
of »outhopn China, who was on a pit-
grlmgu to Foo-Chow. Two Japancso
who wero arrested In tho Shanghai set
tlement as spies wero surrendered yes
terday to tho native officials by tho
American consul. Tho foreign po-pu-
latlou of Shanghai: nro very indignant
at this notion. JTho Chinese authorities
claim tho right to arrest Japanese with
in the Unfit# Of ttie settlement. Tho
Unlled States govetrnineiit lias Instruct
cd Its consuls not to Interfere In any
way In tho difficulties between Ohluu
and Jnpnn.
THAT IRISH FUND.
Tho Circular Asking Funds Turns Gut
to Have Been a Forgery,
London, Sept. 4.—Tho subscriptions
of Mr. Gladstone, Lord Tweodinouth
and other English Liberals to tho Irish
parliamentary fund, In respouso to n
circular slgucd “Justin McCarthy, Wil
liam O'BrlciU, John. Dillon nnd T. I’.
O'Connor," bus led to mqulry, which
proves thnt tho circular was a flrgory,
designed to oomprotnlse tho MoCnrtliy-
ltafi. O’Brien declares thnt ho knows
nothing about tho circular.
McCarthy accepts tho responsibility
of taking tho English Liberal*’ contri
butions, hut repudiates the circular.
Dillun writes tout no appeal has been
made I" any Eagllshmaii, much less to
any member of tin- government, under
too knowledgo or approval of tho corn-
mittco of tho Irish party. Ho declines
to express an opinion as to whether tho
contributions of Gladstone qud Lord
Tivecdmouth ought to bo accepted, hut
expresses hope that tlio Imeldont will
not Increase too scandalous wrangles
of which Ireland has become thorough
ly sick.
In l-egnnl to tho statement made by
Timothy Honly that tho Parnellltes hail
been promised 2,000 pounds out of toe
national treasury, Dillon says It Is an
absolute falsehood. Healy himself, ho
says, knows (hat there Is not tho slight-
foundation for such n statement.
SENATOR JOME3 A POPULIST,
The Nevada Senior Senator Hira Left
the‘Republican Party.
Washington, Sept. 4.—The Evening
Star today suyu: "Today furnished tt
genuine vsenaatlon in political circles by.
th* statement that Senator John p,
Jones of Nevada, who hus represented
hie state In the United States senate
'for over twenty-one ye cars ae a Ropi-jbil-
oarr, has formally lonounced nls alle
giance to -that party and cast hla lot
with the Populist*.
‘Senator Jones has written n letter
to his constituents, which will be pub
lished In Nevada tomorrow and will ibu
the llrat intimation to the people of that
atito that ho has doffed the Republi
can garment* which he has worn with
such distinction so many yeans and will
don the gnob of the third paj-ty. His
intentions have been kept secret from
all but W# rawt Intimate friends, end It
wa« hi* Intention to have the announce
ment .first made public In hla political
home paper. With this end m view
Senator Jones declined today to speak
of the contents of his letter, but It is
understood that his chango ot politics
Is baaed almoot entirely upon the ques-
tion of silver.”
Senator Jones left Washington) today
for New York. His vote makes toe Ne
vada delegation Staidly Popullmjo.
rwnator Jones of Nevada nuMionscs tlio
•puhllcfillon of his letter announcing hla
parting: with the Republican party. It is
addressed to Enoch Strother, chairman
of tho Republican state central commit
tee of Nevada. Mr. Jones says:
“Having become fully convinooa that tho
Republican party organization ,'s unaltera
bly opposed to tho free coinage or silver
at the American ratio of 16 to 1 or at all
except with the consent or foreign governl
menls and at ratio to bo dictated by tjhem,
1 have to announce that I can no longer
net with that party. I have not arrived
at this conclusion without extreme re
gret. It Is always painful to sever as
sociations of long standing, but fidelity
to my own convictions nnd my Impera
tive duty, as I see It, to the people of
Nevada), who have long and creamy;
honored me, compel* me to tills course.
"To my constituents I need hardly say
that whatever change occurred in the
relation between tho Republican party
and myself la not a change in me. My
opinions are, In every respect, what they
have always been. I hold today, with *)\
the earnestness of the day of my election,
everyone of tho principles, for whoso
support In the senate, I was.tho fourth
thive honored by my constituents with a
zeal In that bddy. I abate not an iota
of my conviction** with reference to thw
beneficent influence on American indus
try of the policy of protection. A pro
tective policy I regard merely ns a means
by which <the people of tho country may
secure to themselves the doing or their
own work In such volumo and with such
complete variety nnd perfect co-onllnatlon
of Industries ae to afford uninterrupted
(tmiploiymerit for all. But while Cully con
victed of the moral and material progress
made possible for our people by their do
ing their own work, I am no lea» firmly
of the conviction that In the absence of
a monetary system ihat will admit ot the
quantity of money contitantly keeping
pace with demand, It is in vain to expect
such progression.”
Jones declares himself a protectionist^
but he holds that tariff and nil other Is
sues are subordinate to tho quosiUon of
the money supply,
WR8T3DRN HATLWAT OF Al*ABAJdA:
Washington, Bept, 4.—A special from
Montgomery says: At a mcetln'g of tlio
directors of the WesU'm railway of Al
abama, held here today, George C.
Smith of Bt. Louis vwia elected presi
dent and general mu mixer. This will
result In the retirement of flip former
president, C. II. Phlnlzy, and* General
Malinger E. I#. Tyler. Mr. Smith was
formerly general manager nf the Mis
souri Pacific nnd Iron Mountain rail
way- system. ,
A SMALL CYCLONE.
Louisville, Sept. 4.—A small cyclone
Struck the HOulhwe«teru part of tills
ct.y at 2 o’clock yesterday afternoon
and did JIQ.OOQ worth of d nn.ige. That
the destructive cloud was too high is
the only reason tin* terrible hcones of
the cyclone of IS00 were not repealed.
A* It wai the peopi • living ,|| t.im vicin
ity were nearly frightened to death and
several of them had narrow escapes
from being killed. Happily, however,
there were no fafalltlv.s atrendlng It.
POISONED AT A WEDDING.
Madison, Mia*., Sept. 4.—Forty-seven
persona were poieoned at a wedding
party laat Thursday ulght. Watt W.
‘Moore died yesterday morning and his
brother very ill. The other* Ore re
covering. The^doeiors say the people
atlng bolle£ custard.
WYClIUg. i J11* _ 11
were poisoned t>>
WANT J'ACKSON TO FIOIIT.
Sioux City, Sept. 4.—Threo prominent
buxinees men of this ci-ty, repreceatlng
the Sioux City AtlSvtfo Club, will leave
for Chicago tonight to endeavor to get
Jackson *o t>\ Ka tor the proposed fight
Aero.
TO REVIVE THE TREATY.
Madrid, Sept. 4.—Jt is re-asserted
that negotiations have been open I'd
hero for a modus vlvendl, or for n now
commercial treaty between the Spanish
colonics aud tho United States, In
view of tin* m<,procity I real y between
Spain and tlio United* States.
VIGILtAINT DAMAGED AGAIN.
Cowes, Bopt. 4.—Tho Vigilant hns
met with another mishap. While mi
passage from Portland to Cowes yes
terday she struck a rock near llnK-n*-
good Point and lost her ccntro hoard
again. Howard Could aud Air. Royd,
who wero sitting at'luuohemi, had a
narrow m-ape from serious Injury. An
tho boat struck tJio eruuk flow from
the ccutrc board aud struck Hie corner
of the tabic at which they wore fitting
with such force os to break off a large
piece of tho top of tho table. Tho cogs
were torn from the windlass Wheels
and the entire centre board apparatus
was generally disarranged.
dNMATlCfC IN A BAD WAY.
Berlin, fcept. 4.—Prlnco Disjnurck’s
houltli Is thought to 1m* Jeopardis'd by
his anxiety over tho *x>ndlUon of his,
wjfe, who hns been ill for weeks. Dr.
Bchwcnnlnger returned today from n
visit to Varsin. He reports that he
found the ex-chancellor much depressed
and in a slate of mental agitation that
threatens seif.ous consequences, al
though his pulse Is good and his phys
ical condition fairly satisfactory*
CHOLERA CAUSED A PANIC.
Vlenau, Sept 4.—Numerous members
of the Landwehr engaged in military
maDeuvres In Buckowlnn, have been
prostrated with an illness which re*
snublcs cholera. It is stated that the
merchants who have arrtved at Nljni
Novgorod, Russia, to atteud tho great
fjiY ;«n* I'-.mug <>u avomni -*f tin- mju<I
Increase of cholera. Tho population
has IxBcome panic stricken over the
spread of the disease.
DIRECTORS ELECTED.
Montgomery, Ala . Herd. 4. —'The
stockholders of th;» Athrnu and West
Point and Western railroad held here
today elected II. M. Comer, \Y. r.
Hhellman, M. VL Smith. J. 31. Falkner.
K. M. Green and A. M. Lady dlroeruto*.
The? offices of prea’.ihmt ntul gebergC
manager were consolidated aud <J. c
Smith elected to fill the position.
(NATIONAL BASEBALL GAMES.
\A't Brofelkyn— It H B
Brooklyn ... 0000000 1) 0—0 4 8
Oltfvtffcml ..0 0 0 0 0 0. 0 0 0—8 12 0
Baitt«?rles—S'belni an'di Dally; Cuppy;
and O'CSonflior.
At New Yortc— K H K
New York ....6 0 0 3 2 0 0 8—14 M S
Pittsburg ....3 0 00 5 1 0 0 4—1H 15 fi
Batteries—Meekln o/nd Farrell; Mcne-
fefe and Huuden.
Ait BaUlmore— BHE
-DaltAmore ...,1 1 0 1 2 0 4 0 x—9 11 S
Ohloa’g'o ......0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0-.1 U 1
Baltterloa—Hemlrtg +iid Robinson;
Terry omd Bchriver.
DEATH ON TIIE RAIL.
Andrew Wright Moots With a Horribla
Death.
Andrew Wright, a negro 24 yearo of
age, was run over and killed by an
East Tennessee freight train early yes-
toiday morning at Blake’s brickyard
cross lug, Just below tlio Macon cotton
yard.
From Uio boat Information that could
bo gained of tho affair, Wright was on
tho train and in some manner fell be
tween the curs. Both logs were rut eft
aud his thighs crushed so lluit he died
In a few Minutes after tin* accident.
After being run over Wright crawled
about flvo foot from tho truck, whom
no wus found in » dying condition.
Theft are several conflicting stories
n« to the mann<t in uln.eli Wright's
death was caused, ono of which is that
he was knocked <»f! ihe train with a
ploeo of ooai i»y om» of tin* train crew,
but. iiotiiing could be'^nind to support
the rumor, nnd the opinion of tho cor
oner’s Jury was that Ida dt*iih was
purely accidental. Fre'her -invmtiga-
tton will be made, butvc.er.
FLOYD RIFLES.
of LleiDt. JMer Hns Hmji
Accepted.
The Floyd Rifle* h«M their regular
'monthly meeting Monday utk’n’t and ao
cepteti nhe reelgn.etlon of First. Lieut.
W. O. Ikficr, who tendered his rtsig-
n.xtlon on account of removalf rvm ihs
City.
The nhme of Commissary Sergt. T.
B. Dhcvv hns been mentioned as Ideut.
Holer's successor# nnd will tu all prob
ability be elected. He is popular wlih
oh*? company as weil tin vrlvn every
body else and a thorough soldier. A
better selfotton ociuhl not be had.
The Rifles will not llst?a to any talk
of the resignation of Cap(- Jlaro.-rn.in,
who recently been itrtcted major of
tho Second Reyhnenfl. and will do all
in their power io keep bbu With
It Is seldom tf>it such etrjng tiffectlbn
is Seen anM| men os Huh Wnifei binds
Cipt Hardomun and the Hiflei lo-
THE AGITATOR,
J, B. Osborn. Will Air Ills Opinions
the Court House Tonight.
J. B. Ortborn. who h:m achieved tv
notoriety a* a labor agitator# and v. h
latest ^ff'.rt Is to bourn the P pull
wifi speak xt the court bouse tonlgl
Mr. Osborn spunks In Foro/h ul
but will come duwa and «nllghten
thos*.- who itc-I disposed to hear him
night.
