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Dinner Will Sire Ton All
Yhe into* of Coofen and Rock¬
dale Connl*.
you XiV;
0 COFFINS;
DEAD UNBURIED
fjjtjjos of Utah Mine Disaster
May Reach 250*
pEME ESTIMATE TOO LARGE
m of the Dead Belonged to
Secret Orders, and Their Re¬
mains Were'Sought.
Dispatches of Thursday from Seo¬
ul Utah, were to the effect that the
itreme estimate of dead was con
njed to have been too large, and it
j,i numerically impossible to place
U,e loss of life at 800 as there were
pt that many men in the mine. The
probabilities are that 230 will be
[bout the total number enough of dead. coffins iti
Ihefs were not
He camp to bury the dead, and to add
horror to the situation the bodies were
1£e werTfl/ty g ‘bodies for which
,o provision for burial had been
U e A joint committee of Odd
Allows and Knights of Pythias spent
lie day among the dead, identifying
Lmbersof Lout their orders. They the found dead,
twenty of each among
be school children of the city gath¬
ered a carload of in flowers special which at. their were
teat to Scofield a oar
(disposal. Subscriptions for the relief of the
Lfferers L are coming in from all over
state, and the total now amounts
L $13,000.
PBESIDBNT SENDS MBS8AOB.
President McKinley sent the follow
L telegram to the governor of Utah:
Iklay '■Executive Mansion, Washington,
3*—Governor Wells, Salt Lake
■City, Utah: I desire to express my in
|UnKsorrow on learning the terrible
which has occurred at Sco
■ trim, fieldaaJmy deep sympathy with the
children and friends of the un>
ffefinute victims of the explosion.
“William McKinlbt.”
CONDOLENCE FROM FRANCE.
The French ambassador called on
I President McKinley and Secretary
I Hay Thursday and conveyed the con
Idolenoe of the French republic to the
I people of the United States over the
Iaiije disaster at Salt Lake City, He
I handed the secretary the following
I personal letter on the subject:
I “Embassay of the French Republio
I I in the United States, Washington,
I May 3, 1900—Mr. Secretary of State:
The president of the French repubiio
I has just heard of the terrible catastro¬
phe which has taken place at Salt
Late City. He hits instructed me to
be his interpreter near the president
I of the United States of America, and
| to assure him of the sympathy which
le feels on accouut of this sad event.
In transmitting to me the expressions
of the sentiments of President Loubet,
Delcasse, minister of foreign af
fiire, likewise intrusts me to convey
to the American government the ex¬
pression the of the profound sympathy of
government of the republic.
“Be pleased to accept, Mr. Secre¬
cy of State, the assurances of my
high consideration.
“JULEB C AMBON."
WILL USE OWN TRACKS.
fiwlda Central and Peninsular Hires
Southern Notice To That Effect.
I Tie Florida Central and Peninsular
I uihfay system gave formal notice to
“ 6 Southern railway Thursday that
08 and after May 10th it would dis¬
continue the use of the tracks, bridge
•td terminals of the latter company at
ud near Columbia, 8. C., and will
operate their own trains over their
o»n tracks all the way from Peters
Track la., to Jacksonville and Tampa.
Richmond laying on the line between
and Petersburg has been
wished, and the new Seaboard Air
wne railway will soon ran through
nin service between New York and
ampa, using its own tracks from
‘ichmond to the extreme southern
Portion of Florida.
F ° lR KILLED; SIXTEEN WOUNDED
fillpinoi Surprise Iteconnoltering Party
of Twenty-Sixth Infantry.
A dispatch received in Manila Thurs
V fr °m Iloilo reports that a desperate
Jot took place at Leambanao, in the
^ pears ster that of the island of Panay. It ap¬
“ e Twenty-sixth a reconnoitering party of
bonded infantry was sur
and that four of the Ameri
'*? 8 were killed and that sixteen
tiers severely wounded were left on
. e “Id. The remainder of the sol¬
ars had a narrow escape. The dis-
1c “ s< Ws that re-enforcements were
, j«tf Iioilo
rom as soon as news of
tk'r??'! e *fiipiaos was retreated received, mountains. whereupon
to
J CRY ACQUITS ADKINS.
Year-Old Boy. Charged With
Murder, Given Hie Freedom.
. uli»m L. Adkins, the young man
u w ith murder for the killing of
; ’“rooks on the night of March 2d,
.. *®quitted by a jury in the crimi
of the superior court at A i
f* ”*•> }nt Wednesday afternoon. than
„ 7 was out a little more
° ar a nd returning at 5:50 o’clock
H >
^-/i-oed ie ' Q 8 greed that a verdict of not guilty
npon.
The Rockdale Banner.
CHADWICK CALLED DOWN.
Secretary Long Writes the Cap¬
tain a Scorching Letter Anent
That Interview.
A Washington Special says: Secre¬
tary Long, after a conference with the
president, made public Wednesday
the Correspondence which has taken
place between the navy department
and Captain (jhadwick respecting the
published interview in whioh the cap¬
tain is reported as severely reflecting
upon Rear Admiral Schley.
The department’s action in the case
is a severe reprimand, and it is note¬
worthy that its letter has been made
public; a fact which, in itself, adds to
the weight of the punishment admin¬
istered. The correspondence consists
of two letters, one from Captain Chad¬
wick and the other from Secretary
Long.
In his letter to Secretary Long, dat¬
ed New York, April 27th, Captain
Chadwick says he was in no way privy
to the publication of the article. On
the 18th or 17th of this month he said
he met The Brooklyn Eagle corres¬
pondent, whom he had known for some
years and always favorably. The lat¬
ter had previously called his attention
to an Eagle editorial discussing the
controversy over Rear Admiral Schley
and proposing a remedy, viz, the pro¬
motion of both Rear Admirals Schley
and Sampson tobe vice admirals.
At the casual meeting mentioned he
conversed with Mr. Atkins, the cor¬
respondent, regarding the editorial,
and said in speaking of Schley:
“That very sentiment of military
honor demanded that Admiral Schley
should ask for a court to clear himself
of the charges against him, and that I
believed every officer of the navy
would be most pleased to see him
cleared, for the honor of the service,
and that I could certianly snv so for
myself.
“That so long ns he remained silent
under these, I would not take his hand
or meet him socially. That it was im¬
possible to advance Admiral Schley
(as he the editorial proposed) so without long as
rested under these charges
destroying the whole standard of
honor and duty in tho navy. That the
whole navy so far as I knew it was of
this opinion, and that its attitude was
a matter of 'self-preservation.
“The conversation was entirely pri¬
vate, and was so regarded, I supposed,
by Mr. Atkins.”
Secretary Long in his letter says:
“The department regrets that it has
provocation to reprimand an officer of
your rank and experience for inexcus¬
able indiscretion and offense against
the navy regulations.
“It appears from your letter that in
your interview with Mr. Atkins,whom
you knew to be a newspaper corres¬
pondent, you spoke of a fellow officer,
your senior in rank, in a way calcu¬
lated to bring him in contempt. You
knew this to be a violation of the naval
regulations, which forbid the commu¬
nication by interviews of such com¬
ment aud criticism. You knew it to
be against the good order and disci¬
pline of the service because it is the
example of one officer in high rank re¬
flecting upon the honor and character
of another—an example which, unre¬
buked and followed, tends to bring
the whole service into contention and
ecandal.
“You knew that the professional
business of your interviewer is to col¬
lect material for publication. While bo
may not have justification in publish¬
ing what you understood and regarded
as understood t y him,to be private con¬
versation, you knew the risk you ran
and within a year had been reprimanded
for similar misconduct in putting
yourself and the welfare of the ser¬
vice to the same risk with the same
result. You have thus again and far¬
ther impaired the confidence of the
department in your direction. „
“It is true that your case differs
from some recent cases of offense on
the part of other officers, iu that ob¬
jectionable remarks made by them
were made on occasions and under
circnmstauces which they knew assur¬
ed their publicity.
“In your case the department un¬
reservedly accepts your statement that
your remarks were ‘in no sense and
in no part intended for publication
nor considered as an interview.’ It is
for this reason that it takes no action
than this emphatic reprimand, the re¬
ceipt of which you will acknowledge.
Very respectfully. Seeretrry.”
•‘John D. Long,
FLAGLER ASKS RELIEF.
Seek. To Have Another Guardian Ap¬
pointed For HI. Wife.
Henry M. Flagler, Standard Oil
official, asked the New York courts to
relieve him as guardian of his wife,
Ida A. Flagler, who was declared in¬
competent several months ago.
Mr. Flagler asked that Dr. Carlos
McDonald, the insanity expert, be ap
pointed in his place, He asserts that
his wife is possessed of stocks and se¬
curities to the amount of 01,227,110
and cash to the amount of S'264,477.
Mr. Flagler says that he has decided to
make his permanent home in Florida,
and for this reason he asks to be re¬
leased from the commission.
Census Men Begin Work.
The collection of census statistics in
regard to manufacturing has been be¬
gun in New York aud Chicago, and
will soon be underway in seven of the
other principal cities. The collection
of such statistics must be completed
within ninety days.
More Work For Bill.
Emperor Francis Joseph of Anstria
has appointed Emperor William of
Germany field marshal general of the
Austrian army.
conyers. Ga.. Wednesday, may 9,1900.
BOERS RETIRE;
BRITISH MOVE
“Tommy Atkins” Is Doing Some
Hard Marching Just Now.
ROBERTS TAKES BRANDFORT.
The Irish-American Brigade Is
Discovered Fighting Under
Kruger’s Colors.
London advices of Friday contain¬
ed the followed “war” news:
The mounted infantry with Lord
Roberts, among which are the Cana¬
dians, have picketed their horses on
the south bank of the Vet river 18
miles north of Brandfort. The head
of Lord Roberts’ columns has thus
advanced thirty-two miles north of
Bloemfontein.
Little powder was spent. The Brit¬
ish work was hard marching, the
Boers retiring out of the reach of Brit¬
ish shells. The correspondents supple¬
ment Lord Roberts’ plain statements
with a few details. As General Hut¬
ton, with the First mounted infantry
brigade, drew near Brandfort, he-saw a
khaki-clad body of troops ahead of
him. He was surprised, but thought
they must be British. Soon, however,
they opened Are upon the men, who
replied heavily. They were the Irish
American brigade from Louronzo
Marques, and it is reported that the
Irish lost heavily.
The Boer flag was flying over Brand¬
fort as the British entered the town.
Several British wounded were found
in the hospital. The Boer postmaster build¬
gave up the keys of the public
ings to Captain Ross.
Lord Kitchener arrived at Brandfort
at noon and Lord Roberts at dusk.
General French’s cavalry is sweeping
the country northward. The expecta¬
tion is that the infantry advance will
be continued toward Krooustad imme¬
diately. Although no prisoners were
taken and although no hot pursuit was
attempted, the news greatly cheers
London. Nevertheless, it has not been
received with the fine rapture that at¬
tended the first successes of Lord
Roberts.
Brabant’s division now oocupies a
strong position on a range of hills on
the Ladybrand road, about twenty
miles from Wepener. The troops are
confronted by a large force of Boers
who recently occupied Wepener and
who have now been located in the
mountain known in the Free State as
Zwartlapherg. Friday morning the
Borderers Horse, under Colonel Max¬
well, came in contact with the Boer
outposts, but returned to camp after
having located the enemy. Later a
group of 500 Boers was discovered
marching past the Boer position, but
the British were unable to tell whether
they were friend or enemy until they
had disappeared in a hollow a few
miles away, when they proved to be a
Boer command.
General Hunter’s crossing the Yaal
at Win Jsorton brings the relief of Ma
feking, 195 miles beyond, almost
within a calculated interval. It is
now regarded as quite possible that
Mafeking may be succored before the
queen’s birthday. the
The debate in parliament on disap¬
Spion kop dispatches proved a
pointment to the supporters of the gov¬
ernment. The ministerialist papers
confess to a certain amount of incon¬
sistency and weakness in the state¬
ments of fhe spokesmen of the govern¬
ment. On the other hand, as The
Standard points out, the opposition
professes to be well satisfied with the
debate, as they believe it has injured
the government and has rendered Lord
Lansdowne’s continuance at the war
office difficult.
Wepener is to be garrisoned Chermside’s with a
strong force from General
division, commanded by Lord Castle¬
town.
Henry F. Lucy, writing in The
Daily News, says he has ascertained
that Sir Alfred Milner’s letter against
ladies visiting South Africa was writ¬
ten as the result of an intimation from
QueeD Victoria.
OTIS LEAYES MANILA.
Ho Sets Sail For United States On Trans
port Meade.
The United Transport Meade sailed
from Manila for the United States at 5
o’clock Saturday afternoon with Major
General Otis and two aids de camp on
board. The warships in port fired a
major general’s salute as the steamer
raised her anchor.
The Twentieth and Fourteenth in¬
fantry, drawn up ashore in front of
the city walls, presented arms and the
bands played “Auld Lang Syne,”
while a shore battery sainted.
During the morning the supreme
court judges and many officers called
at the palace to bid farewell to Otis.
Jiussell May Defend Taylor.
A Raleigh, N. C., dispatch says:
A member of Governor Bussell’s staff
states that Governor Taylor, of Ken¬
tucky has been advised by some lead¬
ing Republicans to employ Governor
Bnssell as counsel for bis defense.
Burglars Make Big Haul,
The Massanutten bank, at Stras
bnrg, in Shenandoah county, Ya., was
robbed about 1 o’clock Friday morn
ing and some $5,000 was secured by
the burglars.
FIRED FROM STATEHOUSE.
Witnesses Locate Window From
Which Fatal Shot Was Fired
At William Goebel.
The most important testimony yet
in cofihedtion with the assassination of
Goebel whs brought out at Frankfort
Friday night in the hearing for bail
in the Culton case. Assistant Secre¬
tary of State J. B. Matthews and Mc¬
Kenzie Todd, private secretary to
Governor Taylor, were the star wit¬
nesses and gave testimony Ctfltoxi, nearly as
sensational as that of
Matthews stated that pardons were
issued also to Charles Finley, John
L. Fowers, Harlan Whittaker aud
possibly W. H. Culton. The wit¬
nesses first said a pardon later had said been he
issued to Culton, but
was not sure as to Culton, but said he
thought he entered a pardon for him
at the same time he entered the other
three pardons aud those to Caleb
Powers and John Davis, March 10th.
The Culton case was resumed Friday
with Captain J. F. Howe, a Barbour -
ville military officer, on the stand. Ho
testified regarding Caleb and John
Powers coming to him ten days before
the assasination and trying to get him
to bring his company to Frankfort dis¬
guised as citizens. He declined to do
so unless ordered by Governor Taylor,
and no orders came Until after the as¬
sassination.
Captain Chinn, who was with Goebel
when he was shot, stated that he was
sure the shot that hit Goebel was fired
from the executive building.
Ed Steffee, who was standing on the
portico iu front of the state house,saw
Goebel fall. Immediately after the
shot he looked toward the executive
building and he thought he saw the
barrel of a rifle pointing out of the
window of the office of the secretary
of state. The weapon was drawn in
and the window closed.
In the cross-examination, Steffee
said that after the shot was fired he
thought he saw a little smoke rising
above the window from which he saw
the rifle. He did not look to see where
the shot came from until alter Goebel
fell.
At the afternoon session arguments
were heard from attorneys of the tele¬
graph company in regard to the sub¬
mission of telegrams as evidence. The
courtruled that the writ should apply
only to messages bearing on the Goe¬
bel assassination.
Several telegrams were read to and
from the defendants, and relating to
the visit of armed mountain men to
Frankfort last January. At the night
sitting of the court, ex-State Auditor
L. 0. Norman testified that prior to
the assassination he overheard Judge
George Denny, of Lexington, say:
“Somebody ought to kill Goebel,
and Governor Taylor ought to pardon
the man that did it.”
The witness said the tenor of Den¬
ny’s conversation was that Goebel’s
death would save the lives of other
people. Witness communicated the
remark to Goebel.
McKinzie Todd, private secretary
to Governor Taylor, testified that he
saw Culton and Youtsey at the gover¬
nor’s office several times. He did not
know Jim or Berry Howard. He saw
armed men around the governor’s
office the day of the mountaineer ex¬
cursion. Asked if he saw any guns
in the office of the secretary of state,
witness said he saw two there on Sat¬
urday prior to the assassination.
Youtsey was room
picked up one of the guns and took a
position near the window. He asked
Youtsey what he was going to do.
Youtsey said he thought there was
trouble in the legislative building and
that “if it started he wanted to be
prepared.
Youtsey said he would not start any
trouble, but would be prepared to pro¬
tect the building if it did start.
Public Printer George G. Fetter told
of printing badges for Caleb Powers
and John Powers which were used by
the 1,200 mountain men on January.
Private Dudley Williamson, who was
with the soldiers in the arsenal, said
that they got marching orders one
hour before the assassination, and
were uniformed and armed at the time
of the tragedy. The soldiers did not
know what had happened till they got
almost to the state house.
Direct From Tampa To New York.
The transportation company of the
board of trade of Tampa, Fla., and a
number of business men are planning
for a direct line of steamers from that
city to New York.
CREDITORS WILL “WHISTLE.”
Ex-Banker nnd Society Man of Atlanta,
Ga., Declared a Bankrupt.
Creditors of J. Robert Collins, for
merly a private banker and society
man of Atlanta, Ga., are receiving
notices from St. Louis through the
mails that their debtor has been de¬
clared a bankrupt in court, with lia¬
bilities scheduled at 8226,274, and
assets scheduled at 850, claimed bb
exempt. “Bob” Collins,
The liabilities of as
he was best known, it is said, are
debts owed in Atlanta. He was pres¬
ident of the Home bank of Atlanta in
1296. The bank failed and Mr. Collins
left Atlanta shortly afterward.
PUBLISHERS FILE PROTESTS.
The American Association Sends a Memo¬
rial to Congress.
Representatives of the American
Publishers’ Association have present
ed a memorial to the senate finance
committee finally asking that some re¬
lief be afforded on account of the
higher price of paper. The delega¬
tion said the association represented
22 000 newspaper*. No particular legis
lation was advocated.
MAYOR AGAIN
Broughton Asks That Jas.
G, Woodward Bo Impeached.
ATLANTA SENSATION IS REVIVED
Preacher Prom Mil Pulpit Charge* Chief
Executive of Gate City With “Drunken
ne»« and Immorality.”
Mnyot James G, Woodward of At¬
lanta was for the second time de¬
nounced from the pulpit by Dr. L. G.
Broughton at the Tabernacle Baptist
clrurch Sunday night, and the second
arraignment, like the first, was on the
charge of drunkenness and immor¬
ality.
Dr. Broughton, in the presence
a congregation of 3,000 people, charg¬
ed that the mayor of Atlanta had been
on a drunken spree for the past week
or teu days, aud visited, while in such
a condition, bouses of prostitution.
Iu the same breaeh with the charges,
Dr. Broughton demanded that the
mayor be impeached, aud impeached
at once.
He gave a history of wliat he claim¬
ed to have been Mayor Woodward’s
conduct in the past, aud said that
there was no longer any room for
mercy, the de¬
Iu making the charges aud
mand for an impeachment Dr. Brough¬
ton read what he had to say from three
sheets of paper. What ho read was as
follows:
Before beginning my sermon to¬
night, I must beg your indulgence
while I speak of a matter which needs
the immediate consideration of every
patriotie citizen in Atlanta. I refer
to the present condition of the mayor
of our city. I do not suppose I will
surprise you very much when I say
that the mayor of Atlanta is at present,
and has been for the last week, in a
beastly state of drunkenness.
About nine months ago, it will be
remembered that I denounced the
mayor as a drunken sot, a libertine
and a the gambler. You are all familiar
with outcome of those charges. A
committee was appointed by the coun¬
cil to look into them, and tho mayor
confessed them, and mercy was ex¬
tended upon hiB positive promise to
abstain from theso crimes in the
future. I want to say that no man
favored granting this mercy more than
I did. I believe in mercy, and though
I was naturally skeptical. I was for
giving him a chance to redeem him¬
self.
About two months after this he
trampled these pledges—made the
council and an outrraged community
—under his feet, and outraged us
again by a disgraceful drunken cake¬
walk at a dive iu this community.
Again ho was brought before ooun
eil and was about to be impeached,
when he succeeded in getting a com¬
promise by allowing him to hand in
his resignation to this high and hon¬
orable office—this resignation to take
effect just as soon as he was guilty
again. I was out of the city at this
time, and was surprised that tho coun¬
cil should permit such an outrage
again to be excused. Rut I kept my
faith in the matter, and have let -it all
alone.
Now what? After all this our com¬
munity must again suffer the outrage
of a drunken mayor. What is mercy
to a man like this? Who can stand such
an insult in the face of a patience al¬
ready worn threadbare? I say to you
frankly, I will not submit to it with¬
out as vigorous a protest as I know
how to make. Atlanta don’t deserve
this disgraco.
The mayor of this city ought to be
impeached, and that now, or the city
council forfeits every claim to our re¬
spect. There is no use whiniug mercy
now. The man who tramples the good
name of this city with its churches and
its business interests under his feet
and then disregards his own pledges
and outrages our patience don’t de¬
serve mercy.
I am sorry for him. I pray for him
in his weakness. - But are we still
to submit to such a disgrace while we
are losing everything and gaining noth¬
ing? Asa citizen of Atlnnta, in the name
of our city, our churches, our women
and our children, I protest and de¬
mand again that the mayor of this city
be impeached tomorrow at the meet¬
ing of council.
In addition to all of this there is an¬
other and more recent charge which
I would not mention but for the gravi¬
ty of the subject. The mayor was in
a house a prostitution just last week
and so maudlin drunk that he reported
to a police officer that the woman had
robbed him of 8100.
In the name of Almighty God, Chris¬
tian men and women, have we not had
enough? I for one have had, and I
say it shall stop, and stop now!”
Ex-Secretary Endicott Dead.
William Crowninshield Endicott,
secretary of war under President
Cleveland’s first administration, died
at his residence in Boston Sunday
afternoon of pneumonia, aged seventy
three.
CARNEGIE “COMES ACROSS.”
Helps Donglasa’ Widow Bat Is Shy of
the Dewey Arch Fund.
Andrew Carnegie, who refused to
contribute to the Dewey arch fund, has
given 81,000 to the fund for the widow
of Sergeant Douglass, who was killed
at Croton Dam daring the reoent
strike. In presenting the check Mr.
Carnegie said:
“Sergeant Douglass fought not for
'oreign conquest, but for peace and
order a ‘ hom «-”
Official Organ of Rockdale Coun
tjr. Huh Largest Circniation in
The County.
COLORED DELEGATES FEW.
North Carolina Republicans Meet
In Raleigh, Elect Delegates
and Name Ticket.
The white Republicans of North
Carolinu hud wade strenuous efforts
to have their state convention in Ral¬
eigh Wednesday the best they have
ever held in the state.
The negroes were so well restrained
and kept out as delegates that there
were only eighteeu among the 240 del¬
egates, while a few years ago there
Vi ere 180. There are thirteen counties
in the state with negro majorities.
There was considerable interest in
the selection of delegates to the na¬
tional convention, as the negroes had
said they intended to have one of their
race on as a delegate, or know the
reason why. First of all, Pritchard and
Ball were elected by acclamation, the
former being declared to be the “fore¬
most Republican in North Carolina,”
and Boyd as “Pritchard’s right bow¬
er.” McNamee, Reuuul aud collector
Carl Duncan completed the quartette
A resolution, offered by Charles
Beyuolds, was adopted indorsing Sen¬
ator Pritchard for vice president. Tho
senator said that he was no candidate
or aspirant for that nomination. Fol¬
lowing is the stnte ticket named:
Governor—Spencer Adamas, Gul
ford county.
Lieutenant Governor— Claudius
Dockery, of Richmond.
State Treasurer—L. L. Jenkins, of
Gaston.
Secretary of State—J. F. Parrott,
of Lonoir.
State Auditor—Thomas S. Rolling,
of Madison.
Attorney General—Z. V. Walser, of
Davidson.
Superintendent of Public Instruc¬
tion—N. 0. English, of Randolph.
Chairman Corporation Committee—
0. 0. Reynolds, of Forsyth.
Commissioner of Agriculture—J. A.
Franks, of Swan.
Commissioner of Labor—Thomas S.
Malloy, of Rockingham. and
Electors—A. II. Price, of Roan,
J. C. McCrary, of Davidson.
Following is the plank in the plat¬
form in regard to trusts:
“We are opposed to combinations of
capital whenever they become de¬
structive of the rights of individual
citizens and such combinations should
be suppressed by adequate
enacted by the legislatures of the sev¬
eral states or by congress, if the re¬
sulting evils are beyond tho power and
jurisdiction of tho states."
Tho convention indorsed, without
erudition and with enthusiasm, the
administration of President McKinley,
and instructed its delegates to vote for
his renominatiou. Also the delegates
are instructed to vote for Senator
Pritchard for vice president.
MINE HORROR GROWS.
Victims of Disaster In Iflnh May Ilaarh lit
Neighborhood of Three Ilnmlreil.
A special from Scofield, Utah, says:
Wednesduy night’s estimate of the
number of killed in the terrible mine
explosion was 250, but the total death
list will probably yet reach 300. Re¬
lief work is Btill in progress, being
conducted by shifts of men.
Every house in the little town of
Scofield is a house of mourning.
The awful scene of Tuesday gave place
Wednesday to tho calm of despair.
When the removal of the bodies
from the mine began hundreds of men
volunteered their services for the pur
pose. The rescuers came from other
mines and towns surrounding and
worked incessantly to bring out the
burned aud mangled remains of the
dead miners.
Many of the rescuers came near los¬
ing their lives from the fatal after
damp, lint tho work was continued in
the face of all danger, nnd most of the
brave fellows remainod at their posts
until they wero almost ready to drop
from physical exhaustion aud tho
deadly effects of the poisonous fumes.
According to the closest estimate
there were about 398 men all told
employed at the two mines, which are
practically one. Wednesday 140 bodies
Up to noon
been brought out.
Arriving trains constantly brought outsTds
in relatives of the victims from
points and the coal company desigi na
ted a committee to carry the dead to
Balt Lake, Ogden and other citie*.
STEAMER STRANDS; SIX LOST.
BrltUh Moat Strike. Shoal, and Entlr.
Crew Take to the Boat*.
A special from Cape Henry, Va., says;
The British steamer Virginia, Cap¬
tain Charles Samuels, from Daquirl,
Cuba, for Baltimore, with a cargo of
iron ore, with a crew of twenty six
men, including one stowaway, strand¬
ed on Diamond shoal about 6 p. m.,
Wednesday, May 3d, during thick,
heavy weather. The entire crew took
to the boats and attempted to leave
the ship. One boat with fifteen of the
crew got away, but the other boat was
swamped and six men were drowned.
The remaining five got back on the
steamer and were rescued.
NETHERSOLE SUES PASTOR.
Actress Wanted *20,000 Damages For
Alleged Libel Uttered By Preacher.
Suit has been filed in the supreme
court of the District of Columbia by
Olga Nethersole, the actress, for
820,000 damages against Rev. Thomas
C. Easton, pastor of the Eastern Pres
byterian church, in Washington. The
attorneys for Miss Nethersole allege
that Dr. Easton in a sermon preaohed
April 1st, last, characterized Miss
Nethersole aa “a lewd woman.”
NO. 17.
TWENTY KILLED
BY FILIPINOS
American Garrison at Catubig Is
Almost Annihilated.
ATTACKED BY 200 INSURGENTS
Relief Came to Hand Just In Time
to Save Survivors—Be¬
sieged Five Days.
A Manila special says: Tho Ameri¬
can garrison at Catubig, Island of
Samar, consisting of thirty men be¬
longing to the Forty-third regiment,
has been attacked by rebels. Twenty
of the Americans wero killed. The
remainder wore rescued.
Tho Americans were quartered in
the Catubig church, which the enemy,
numbering several hundred men, sur¬
rounded aud fiercely attacked. The
Americans fought for two days and
then the rebels managed to ignite tho
roof of tho church, and it burned
away anil finally fell upon those inside
the edifice. The walls remained in¬
tact, howevor, and were used aa a
shelter by the besieged Americans for
three days longer, the enemy attack¬
ing the building on all sides at once.
The Americans continued firing from
tho doors aud windows of the church,
and did great execution among the
Fillipinos. It is estimated that over
200 of the latter were killed, many
dead bodies being removed from the
scene of the fighting. After five days'
resistance by the men, ft lieutenant
and eight men arrived and relieved
the men.
The fortunate arrival of these re-en
foroements prevented the annihilation
of tho American force entrenched in
the church, who had repeatedly de¬
clined to surrender whon ordered to
do so by the Fillipinos. food,
The ten survivors wore without
had little ammunition aud wero phys¬
ically exhausted when relieved.
This fight has encouraged the Fili
pinos, who are now acting in an ag
gressive manner and threatening that
section of the coumry, especially the
town of Catarina, when the garrison
probably will bo withdrawn to Laon.
NO WORK FROM OTIS.
Heroic Courage of Garrison at (’utablf
Excites Highest Praise.
Genera! Otis lias so far not reported
to the war department tho casualties
sustained by the American garrison at
Catubig. The officials believo that ha
is holding back the news with the ob¬
ject of supplying with it the names of
the victims of the siege. the
The loss reported in killed is
most severe Buffnrod by the American
forces since the beginning of tbo in¬
surrection, but evoiWsr* the officials at
the war department oould not but ex¬
press their admiration for the heroin
endurance and courage displayed by
the little garrison. department who
The officers at the
have seen servico in tho Philippines
are not surprised at the fact that an
officer with eight soldiers was able to
raise the siege. They say that the hili
pinos were probably dismayed at the
extent of the punishment inflicted up
on tliem by tho garrison before the
relieving party caino near, anil then
they supposed it was but the advance
guard of a formidable force and rau
off.
TO BUY KAVIS HOME.
question Discussed By Alabama Daugh¬
ters of Confederacy.
The main qnestion before the con¬
vention of the Alabama Daughters of
the Confederacy iu Montgomery was
whether or not the old Jefferson Davis
mansion in Montgomery should be
purchased. There was a lively scene,
and every delegate was ou the floor at
once.
The convention was abont evenly
divided on the subject, and it was
finally decided to let tho matter go
over nutil the eight chapters in the
state not represented at tho Tho conven¬ matter
tion could be heard from.
is the moat important ever before the
organization.
HENATOR MORGAN INVITED.
He Will Meet With Cotton Splnneri'
Aesodatlou In Charlotte.
Senator Morgan, of Alabama, has
informed Hecreiary Geo. B. Hiss tha*
unless the Nicaragua canal bill should
come up in the senate at that time, he
will attend the meeting of the South¬
ern Cotton Spinners’ association in
Charlotte, N. C. The senator saya
that he considered the invitation one
of the greatest compliments ever paid
him.
Gold Sent to Europe.
A New York dispatch says: Lazard
Frere shipped 01,000,000 gold, and
Heidelbach Ickelheimer & Co., $500,
000 to Europe Thursday.
Genera Conference Is Ratified.
The senate in executive session Fri¬
day ratified a treaty negotiated the world, with
all the maritime nations of
extending the Geneva conference reg¬
ulations to naval warfare.
Sixty Victims On a Funeral Train.
The greatest funera
America started , on
history of western
sad journey f rou ) “ co e
its had » *
Friday. The train np
remains of sixty victims of t
Quarters mine disaster.