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THE MORGAN MONITOR
VOL. IV. NO. 31.
DEATH CLAIMS VANDERBILT
Cornelius, Head of Famous Millionaire Fam*
fly, Expires Suddenly.
DEATH RESULTED FROM A PARALYTIC STROKE.
Was Enjoying Good Health and Had Just Returned
From His Summer Home.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, the head of
the Vanderbilt family and multi-mil¬
lionaire, died of a stroke of paralysis
at 5:15 o’clock Tuesday morning at
his home in Now York city. He was
in his fifty-sixth year.
, Mr. Vanderbilt arrived at home from
Newport Monday night, apparently in
the best of health. He imdved at the
Grand Central station at 9 o'clock,and
drove to his home, w r hich he reached a
few moments later. Mrs. Vanderbilt,
his daughter, Gladys, and his young
Ron, Reginald, were with him. He
had not been more cheerful or appar¬
ently in better health in a long timo.
Ho had spent-most of the summer at
Newport, partaking in a mild degree
of the social life There.
Immediately after reaching his resi¬
dence he retired and was soon sleep-
in c\ About midnight he was seised
with a serious attack, and the house¬
hold was aroused. Telegrams were
sent to. Dr.. Waller B. Janeway and
several physicians. Only Dr. Brown
could be located. Everything possi¬
ble was done for the patient, but he
grow rapidly worse until the eud.
Physicians worked upon the distin¬
guished patient for several hours, but
nothing they could do would revive
him. Mr. Vanderbilt remained in a
semi-conscious state for five hours,
when he died.
Tho attack had occurred with fuoh
Ruddennesa that there had been no
time to send for Air. Vanderbilt’s
friends or relatives in town. At his
bedside were only his wife, daughter,
young son Begiflald flndjjsotne of the
family servants. They were present
when the crid came at 5:45 o’clock, a
little more, than four hours after the
attack. The direct cause of death was
heart failure as the result of the stroke
. his of paralysis. brother, Messages were sent to
his sisters, his son Cor¬
nelius and other relatives and friends,
announcing Senator tho sudden ond.
Cbauncey AT. Depeiv was
•one of the first to appear at the house
of the deceased and he was deeply
.
moved by tho death of the man who
bad been his associate in business for
« number of years. William K. Van¬
derbilt, the brother, was next at the
Rccug, of death. He was weeping when
ha entered the Mouse. It was William
K. Vanderbilt who has managed the
great railroad properties of the Van¬
derbilts in recent years.
, Conelius Vanderbilt made a trip to
■ Europe last spring. He came home
on June 24fh in company with his wife
and daughter, Gladys. Tho family
went to Newport at once and remained
there until last Monday, He left,
Newport at 1:20 o’clock Monday afier-
i Cornelius mn for New York in his private car.
Vanderbilt, Jr., was in New¬
port. at the time of his father’s death.
Mr. Vanderbilt’s eon Alfred is now in
Japan. Ho left in June with two
friends for a trip around the world.
A cable dispatch was sent to Yoko¬
hama for Alfred Vanderbilt.
A coroner’s physician made an in- j
quest into the cause of death and found
that it was duo to cerebral hemor-
rhages. The coroner also viewed the
body and indorsed this finding. Per-
mission for burial was given and the j
calling body was in the embalmed. The that reason Mr. Van-j for j
coroner was
derbilt’s regular physician not with :
was
him at his death and a strange doctor j
was in attendance who had been called j
into the case less than twenty-four
hours before death eusued.
Cornelius Vanderbilt was born on
Staten Island November 27,1843. Wil-
linm.H. Vanderbilt, Lis father, was at
thattime a farmer, and Cornelius, at
Chicagoans Abandon Trip.
Indignation over tho outcome of the
• Dreyfus trial has caused a party of
over 700 Chicagoans, who were going
to tho fair in a body, to abandon their
trip. '
ONLY ONE STAMP NECESSARY.
New Order ISojc«rdl»)j Revenue Stain)** on
( .Jillie of Xttdiua;.
Tbo latent information in reference
to revenue stamps is a circular sent,
out by the commissioner of internal
revenue, notifying railroad men and
shippers that hereafter tho govern¬
ment will require but one revenue
stamp for tha bills'of' lading of a con¬
signment of freight, instead of one
stamp for each bill, which has been
required into sinee the revenue act went
effect.
The railroads rejoice at the decision
of the revenue department, for it will
mean the saving of thousands of dol¬
lars to them.
FOUR NEW FEVER CASES
KeinSrtcd in New Orlenux, Making tlio
Total Number Seven.
The Louisiana state board of healtii
reported four cases of yellow fever
1 uesday, making seven in all. Three
iff' these cases wore reported to the
., board
board Monday still by the doctors. The
. thinks it unnecessary to
quarantine the rest of the state against
New Orleans, (he county members
agreeing with those of the city on this
point.
the age of sixteen, left school and se¬
cured a place as messenger in the Shoe
and Leather bank. His grandfather,
“the commodore,” learning of this,
sent for him and asked why he had
not applied to him for a plate.
“Because I did not want to ask you
for anything,” was the reply,
This pleased the commodore, and it
is said that he made a codicil to his
will a few days later, leaving $1,000,-
000 to his grandson.
Cornelius left the Shoe and Leather
bank to go into the employ of Ivissam
Bros., bankers, but later his grand¬
father asked him to enter the railroad
service. The young man was making
$60 a month, and ho declined to .leave
his place unless he got more money.
He was given $65, and he accepted it,
He was then about twenty-one years
old. The first place he was given Was
that of assistant treasurer of the New
York and Harlem railroad. His rise
was rapid, and he succeeded liis father
as bead of the Vanderbilt system.
Mr. Vanderbilt’s active career was
practically closed when he suffered tho
paralytic stroke in 1896,
Despite his enormous business in¬
terest, he fouud time to devote to
church and Sunday school work,
which ho began early in life. He gavo
freely to (he railroad branch of the
Young Men’s Christian association,
and to the rrork of St. Bartholomew’s
Protestant Episcopal church in New
York city.
Mr. Vanderbilt’s great business
career made his life necessarily method¬
ical, and ho wns noted for his punctu¬
ality. *
. When Air. Vanderbilt was twenty-
three years of age he married Alice
Gwynne, the daughter of a Cincinnati
lawyer. His first born son, William
IL, died in 1892, while he wa 3 a stu¬
dent in Yale university.
Mr. Vanderbilt left five children—
Cornelius, Gertrude, Alfred, Reginald
and Gladys. Cornelius married a
daughter of It. T. Wilson, the banker,
about two years ago, and later Ger¬
trude became the wife of Harry Payne
Whitney, son of the former secretary
of the navy, William C. Whitney. At
the time of his death Air. Vanderbilt
was president of the Canada Southern
railway, vice president and director of
the Beach Greek railroad, president of
the Detroit and Bay City railroad, di¬
rector of the Detroit and Chicago rail¬
road, director of the Dunkirk, Alle¬
ghany Valley and Pittsburg railroad,
director of the Hudson River Bridge
Company, president of the Joilet. and
Northern Indiana railroad, president
of the Leamington and St. Clair railroad,
president of the New York and Harlem,
president of the Niagara River Bridge
company, president of the Spuyton,
Duyvil and Port Alorris railroad, di¬
rector of the Wagner Palace Car com¬
pany, director of the West Shore rail¬
road, director of the West Shore and
Ontario Terminal company, director
of tho Toledo, Canada Southern Bail-
road company, director of the New
York Central and Hudson River rail-
road aid a dozen other affiliated rail-
roads.
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr., and Harry
Payne Whitney and his wife arrived
at the Vanderbilt mansion late Tues-
day. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, Van- Jr.,
remained at Newport. AllofMr.
derbilt’s children were in the city
Tuesday night with the exception of
Alfred, and ho will undoubtedly come
home.
Tho home-coming of Cornelius Van-
derbilt, Jr., was an unusually sad
one. The estrangement betwoen his
father and himself because of tho
young man’s marriage with Miss Wil¬
son had never worn away.
Ammunition For Krtigor.
A consignment of 547 cases' of nm-
munition, presumably , , , bound , for . the
Transvaal, has beon landed at Louren-
Marquez, Doiagoa Bay.
TV ASHINGTONIA X 8 1’li OTEST.
Blass Medina At National Capital Con¬
demns Groyfu* Verdict.
About 1,000 persons attended a mass
meeting at the Masonic temple in
Washington Tuesday night to protest
against tho verdict speiflcers of the Ifertnes
case. The included all
creeds, Hebrew, Protestant and Cath¬
olic.
After a number of addresses the
meeting adopted a set of resolutions
affirming belief in the innocence of
Dreyfus, condemning the proceedings
of- the courtmartial and pledging those
present to use every lawful and proper
.means to prevent the co-operation of
this country in the Paris exposition.
LEANDER CHILDS DEAD.
Prominent CAtlzvn of South CnroIInn
I’ftMBes Away Suddenly.
A Columbia, S.C..special announces
the sudden death at Saluda, N, C., of
Leander Childs. In his death South
Carolina prohibitionists who have
gained much strength recently, lost
perhaps their strongest advocate; Co¬
lumbia one of her wealthiest citizens,
and Carolina farmers a progressive
brother.
MORGAN, GA.. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 1899.
ANTI-TRUST MEETING
Distinguished Delegates Attend
Convention In Chicago,
“DOWN WITH MONOPOLY” THE SLOGAN
Tefcas Delegate Enlivens Steeling P»y His
Fierce Onslaught Against the
Trusts ana Combinations.
The Civic Federation conferences
on the uses and abuses ol trusts and
combinations began at Chicago Wed¬
nesday with less tliau half the dele¬
gates appointed by the various atates
in attendance. New York, headed by
W. Bonrke Cochran, and Wisconsin
were most numerously represented.
The meeting took place in Central
music hall and was .called to order by
Franklin EL Head, president of the
Civic Federation. The delegates lis¬
tened to an address of welcome to Illi¬
nois by Attorney General A kin on be¬
half of Governor Tanner, who by ill¬
ness was prevented from appearing in
person.
With the progress of the speaking it
became evident that mary of the del¬
egations had-Oome With lirni convic¬
tions for The or against trhdb combina¬
tions. speech of Mr. Wooten, of
Texas, delivered during the afternoon,
hammering the trusts in merciless
manner, aroused the wildest enthusi¬
asm in the ranks of the labor repre¬
sentatives and tho delegations from
many western and southern states,
white the easterners generally smiled
critical! y-
Air. Wooten was frequently inter¬
rupted by cheering and was rapturous¬
ly received by his follow delegates
from the Lone Star state upon the
completion of his peroration. He said
in part:
“Accepting hi good faith that
amendment which the heroic legions
of the south resisted unto death
or. a thousand battle fields, we be¬
lieve that ‘neither slavery nor invol¬
untary servitude, except, as punish¬
ment for crime, shall exist within the
United States or any place subject to
their jurisdiction,’ And We confi¬
dently assert that Hit) cohmicreial and
industrial bondage being rapidly im¬
posed upon the toil and taients of 70,-
000,000 American citizens by iho syn¬
dicated wealth of a few corporate mo¬
nopolies is more dire and dangerous
than tho slavery which bowed the
heads and burdened the backs of
4,000,000 southern black men.
"And ubovo and beyond these great,
written guarantees of equality and
justice, we look to the lessons of
history and appeal to tho authority of
existence. When we are told that the
spirit of commercial combination
promises golden rewards to the pres¬
ent tendencies of our economic system,
we remember that no republic has
ever survived the mercenary despotism
of merchants and money changers.”
Air. William Fortune, of Indianapo¬
lis, president of the Indiana state
board of commerce, made an earnest
plea for conservative procedure as a
more-hopeful course than the applica¬
tion of revolutionary or too radical
measures to an evolutionary problem.
He indicated a grave doubt of the uso-
fulness of the doctrinaire in arriving
at a radical solution of the question.
Ho guardedly suggested tho danger
capital may bring to itself by heedless
abuse of its power and indicated the
importance to it of seeking proper reg¬
ulations which will make trust meth¬
ods acceptable rather than obnoxious
to the people by whoso permission and
toleration only can their existence con-
tinne.
The committee on permanent or¬
ganization met after the afternoon ad¬
journment of tho conference, Tho
committee, consisting of one delegate
from each state represented and each
organization of general scojie, was, in
part, as follows:
Texas, Hon. A. B. Davidson; Flor¬
ida, John Franklin Forbes; West Vir¬
ginia, J. B. Harris; South Carolina,
B. O. Kaufman; Mississippi, J, W.
Culver; Louisiana, W. TV Howe.
A programme for Thursday was pre¬
sented and adopted. It was the inten¬
tion to have W. Bourke Cochran talk
Thursday night, but he objected to
the arrangement and expressed a de¬
sire to apeak Friday evening, follow¬
ing W. J. Bryan.
ROBBERS KILL FAMILY.
Mother nnrt Tiro houa Jfralned Tl’Hh
Hutcliet In Thrlir Store,
Mrs. Joe Barber and her two .Ions,
Wiley and Levi, were murdered by
unknown robbers in a crossroads store
in Itastoke county, TexaR, six miles
from Pleasanton and twenty-five miles
south of San Antonio. They were
killed with a hatchet, tlicir heads hav¬
ing been smashed to a pulp.
A sack containing SI 00 in silver wax
secured by the robbers. Footprints
in the sand indicated that there were
three men implicated in the crime and
they left in the direction of San An¬
tonio.
Banged For Highway Robbery.
At Pulaski, Va., Noah Finley, a ne¬
gro, was hanged for highway robbery
and attempted murder. His execution
was the only instance in lute years in
which tho extreme penalty has been
imposed for this offense.
Famous Miller Dead.
O. A. Filisbtiry, of died Minneapolis, the
well known miller, in that city
Sunday evening of heart disease,
MONOPOLIES
CONDEMNED
Boarke Cockran Scores Trasks at
Chicago Meeting.
BRYAN DECLINED JOINT DEBATE
Democratic Leader Thought It
Unwise to Debate With
Eastern Elan.
A Chicago dispatch snysi The joint
debate looked for Friday flight be¬
tween W. j. Bryan and Bonrke*Coek-
ran on trusts did Hot take place. Cen¬
tral Music hail was packed with an
eager audience, but the people pres¬
ent had to content themselves without
tho oratory of the famous Nebraskan,
who however, occupied a seat on the
platform.
Mr. B i y an peached Central Music
lmli early in the eVeiling. tie went
direct to a room upstairs, where he
was greeted by Chairman Franklin
Head, Congressman Gaines, Balph M.
Easley and other members of the
programme committee of the Civic
Federation conference on trusts, Mr.
declining Bryan surprised the Committee by
Bourlte to speak at tho night session
With W, Cockran, ill accord¬
ance with the programme previously
Arranged. Mr.
wish Bryan explained that ho did not.
to let the Impression go out that
he wns to enter a debate with Mr.
Cockran. For that reason he said ho
Would not speak with Mr. Cockran at
the same session. Mr. Cockran was
sent for and he and Mr. Bryan dis¬
cussed the situation. The committee
withdrew to allow tho two orators to
settle the dispute among themselves.
Mr. Bryan asserted that he nover said
lie' would follow Mr. Cockran with an
address on the same evening. If the '
Uofllmitteomen got that impression ■
from the conversation ho had had With
them over the long distance telephone ‘
Thursday, he said they misunderstood
him.
Mr. Cockran wanted to talk ’ the
same session with the noted Nebras¬
kan, and offered to flip a coin to de¬
termine who should have the privilege
of delivering tile closing address. Air.
Bryan would not accept this proposi¬
tion. Air. Gockran tlion agreed to ap¬
pear at any timo the Committee de¬
sired. The program whs then changed
to meet Air. Bryan’s wishes. Mr.
Bryan said he was anxious to address
the conference, repeated that his only
reason for changing tho program was
to aVoid any indication of public de¬
bate with Air. Cockran.
. At the morning session workingmen,
socialists, advocates of the single tax
theory and heard students of political econo¬
my were on trusts und combi¬
nations. A majority of tho speakers
spoke in vigorous opposition to indus¬
trial, financial and transportation com¬
binations. The problem in its rela¬
tions to the workingman were discuss¬
ed. The long list <5f prominent speak¬
ers announced for tho day served to
draw the largest crowd of the confer¬
ence.
Though disappointed in failing to
sea Bryan ami Cochran pitted against
each other, the audience, neverthe¬
less, enjoyed a rare trout, as Air. Cor*Ir¬
ian was punctuated at his best, with and Ids Hpooeh
was When applauso.il
Air. Bryan made his appear¬
ance it was the signal for tumultuous
cheering which lasted until the Ne¬
braskan had taken his seat on tho
speaker's stand. Air. Cockran said in
part:
“There is no reason why a sensible
man should grow excited, cither in
approval or of resentment, at a combi¬
nation, merely as such. A combina¬
tion may be good or bad, according to
its effect. For instance, a combina¬
tion for prayer is a church. AH good
men would subscribe to the success of
it. burglary {Laughter.) is A combination for
would call conspiracy. AH good
men out the police to pre¬
vent it, which (Laughter). Any industrial
system operates to swell the
volume of production should lie. com¬
mended; anything that operates to re¬
strict it should be suppressed.”
“Now, while 1 am fully conscious
that tho movement of prices depend
on many forces, or rather perhaps I
should say on every force—on the
bounty of the earth, on tho sun that
quickens tho crop, upon the rains that
refresh it, upon tho rivers that wash
tho soil in which it is imbedded and
fructifying, as well as upon the indus¬
try of matt, yet I venture to say that
neither side of this controversy is
wholly right or wholly wrong. There
are some combinations which operate
to appreciate prices and some which
operate to depreciate them. Now, if
I accept either, I should offend against
that other offender of which I com-
plain.
CHAM HERS TO Tt V. RE BARBED.
Former Chief Justice of Samoa May Get a
Federal .ImlBCWj,.
A private letter received in Moot-
gomery, Ala., from Washington con-
at the national capital ’’“•r.TVr which looks to
the appointment of the former chief
justice of Samoa, Hon. W. L. Oham-
of Alabama, to the ji^geship of
the middle Alabama federal district,
BOER’S REPLY
KEPT SECRET
Only a Forecast Is Received By
British Government.
IT CAUSED A GREAT STIR.
England Not Vet Ready For War
and Negotiations Are
SU11 On.
A London special says: A forecast
of tho first draft of thd Tfsnsvaal’s re¬
ply to the last noto of tho British sec¬
retary of stale for tho colonics, Mr.
Chamberlain, now r under discussion by
the volksrand, has beon received by
Mr. Chamberlain, but its nature is
not yet known.
At the colonial office a reporter of
the Associated Press was informed
that nothing will bo given out for the
present. It significant,
was regarded ns how-
over, that the nature ol iho Boor reply
was communicated to the comninndof-
in-chief, Field Marshal Lord Wolsoly,
who immediately summoned General
Sir George Stewart White, V. O.,
former quartermaster general, tho
prospective commander of tho British
fob cos in "Natal.
The tension now existing here and
at tho Cape may be temporarily settled
at any moment by tho publication of
President Kruger’s roply. On tlio
other hand, it may be several days be-
for tho the general public learns made. what If Pres¬ an¬
swer Transvaal lias
ident Krttger htts answered defiantly
it does not necessarily mean the British break¬
ing off of negotiate ms. The
would probably reply with an unmis¬
takable ultimatum.
It is scarcely to England’s advan¬
tage to bring about hostilities until
the reinforcements are nearer the
scene of action tbau they are at pres¬
ent.
Whatever the naturo rit President
Kruger’s reply, it is probable that, sev ¬
eral more stages of diplomatic pro¬
cesses will be gone through with be¬
fore there is definite war or peace, un¬
less, of course, President Kruger
should take the initiative and raid
Natal. It makes is the definite possibility of of this
movo that news tho
reply so eager and anxiously awaited.
Iho consul general of the South
African republic, Mr. Moutaguo White,
said to a reporter of tho Associated
Press Thursday:
“I havo good authority for believing
that tho Transvaal reply will bo un¬
satisfactory to tho British govern¬
ment.”
The Morning Post, in iho second
edition prints a special dispatch front
Pietermaritzburg, capital of Natal »
saying the reply is “truculent, loqua¬
cious and blasphemous.”
The Alanchester Guardian’s corres¬
pondent at Cape Town, telegraphs that
tho outlook is of the gloomiest char¬
acter.
The Cape Town papers themselves
take a more hopeful view of tho situa¬
tion, basing their belief on the prob¬
able acceptance by President Kruger
of the franchise measures suggested
in Mr. Chamberlain's latest, dispatch.
But even they admit it is impossible
to learn or foreahadow President Kru¬
ger's at' .udo toward suzerainty of
Great Britain, which, after all, is still
tho main issue.
COMMISSIONERS RECALLED.
Col. Deafly antt Prof. Vt orct!*(«r Now at
Manila arc Or<lofe<l IlOpTe.
A Alanila special says: CoJ. ChaHes
Denby and Prof. Dean Worcester,
members of tho Philippine commis¬
sion, havo received instructions from
President McKinley asking them to
J tii
5ZTour r ex whether Septemter i * 26tf j.. ItZ ,
not known the clerical force
will EJ|,V. return with i them or remain "l““ at
j«.t
naass
VAN TVYCK A T1TTXEE8.
New York ClI.y’H Chief KjtcCutlvo Made ft
Interesting For Mr. Mom*.
A New York dispatch nays: Mayor
Robert A. Van Wyek occupied the
witness chair Thursday before the as-
sembly committee charged with inves-
tigating the various departments of
tho municipal government.
From tho outset tho examination of
tho mayor by Counsel Mohr took th<*
form of an acrimonious colloquy, in
tho course of which Mr. Van seeking Wyck |
intimated that Mr. Moss was
to reach a seat on Iho supreme bench
by pressing a partisan investigation,
and sneered at the counsel’s attain-
toents as a lawyer.
VANDERBILT’,S HILL.
,,„ cument Ih Hl0 Fliml „ Ilut j,
Not Made Fnl.llc.
i Chauncey M. Dopew gives out. (lie
nfor mation ti “* t the wi,! of Cornelius
, 1
I ho reading was heard by only the
immediate members of the family, tho
mmtor himself not being present.
Positively nothing will ho given out
about the will until it is admitted '
to
probate, >
NEGRO MINERS SHOT
f*
Bloody Eiot Occurs In Cartervillo,
Indiana,
CUillNATION OF AN OLD TROUBLE
\1 Iilto Union Minors Ordered the Colored
Men to Stay Away From the Town
Hut Threat Wan Ignored,
A bloody riot oconrred in Carters-
ville, Ill.,about noon Sunday in which
seven negroes were killed ard two
others received slight injuries.
Tho trouble grew out of the conflict
which has existed all tho summer be¬
tween the white miners of that part
of the state and negro non-union
miners.
Forty miners from tho Herrin mines,
it few miles distant, armed with Krag-
Jorgcnsen rifles, started for Carter-
tille to assist the white miners bb soon
ns they heard of the outbreak of trou¬
ble with iho negroes.
The labor trouble at Cartcrsville is
closely associated with that, at Fanil,
where conflicts between striking white
miners and negro non-union minors
resulted in considerable loss, of life,
and made it necessary to keep severnl
companies of the state militia on duty
for months. The trouble haH lasted
for over a year, and only a week ago
had the conditions become peaceful
enough to warrant the withdrawal by
Governor Tanner of the last company
of militia.
Siifcc then the white miners of Cnr-
tersville have refused to allow tho ne¬
groes to come into town, always meet¬
ing them and ordering them back.
Sunday, armed, marched however, into thirteen negroes, all
town, going to
tho Illinois Central depot. It is
claimed their purpose was to tako a
train fmd leave Cartcrsville. The usual
crowd of white miners gathered, how-
over, and a wordy ({barrel began.
While this was in progress some of
tho negroes pulled their pistols and
fired into tho crowd of whites.
This was the signal for a volley from
the latter, which brought down four
negroes.
All w ere instantly killed in the storm
of bullets that followed the first shots
from tho blacks.
This terrible ( Seentioh caused the
negroes to scatter find run, some flee¬
ing up the main street, While tho re¬
mainder started down the railroad
track. All who ran in the direction of
tho town escaped, tho whites fearing
to shoot in that direction .because of
tho danger to onlookers.
Tho negroes who lied down the rail¬
road track, however, were pursued
with a merciless tire.
Before tho noise of tho first shots
had died away, the streets began to
till with excited, armed men.
After tli© crowd of negroes had been
killed and scattered, it was the evident
In teal (on of tho infuriated miners to
go to Iho big noli union negro camp
and finish tho work.
All the afternoon an angry crowd of
men patrolled tho streets. Later the
projected trip to Greenville was appar¬
ently called off.
Appeal To (ho GoirnriWt.
Meanwhile Manager Brush, of the
St. Louis and Big Muddy mines, by
whom the negroes are employed, put
himsoif in communication with Spring-
field and appealed to Governor Tan¬
ner to send troops. The governor re¬
sponded promptly, and two companies
were hurried to the scene.
The negroes are gathered nt the
Brush mines, near the city, and arc in
a Violent state of excitement because
of tho killing of their companions.
The presence of soldiers, however,
may prevent ‘ them carrying out any
plan for revenge.
SQUADRON AT NEW YORK.
Slil pH of North Atlantic fleet Heady to
Welcome Dewey.
A New York dispatch says: The
North Atlantic naval squadron, Rear
A(lwirnl g am commanding, an
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will take part in tuo national welcome
**>“*»> 2°"'^
y Yor,: ’ "to flagship, the Indiana, Alas-
“*”•**■; “"»“»» “J PY“:, « i
sfe -
Tltll* WILL BE EXTENDED.
1 'roniiloflt Will Go from G'hfcnffo to MJn-
nnitpolli ami St. I’aill.
A Washington dispatch says: Only
four members of tho cabinet, Secreta-
lies (lege and Root and Postmaster
General Smith and Attorney General
Griggs, were present at Friday’s mect-
* u 8. Ike president announced that
i' u knd decided to extend his China go
trip to Minneapolis and St. Paul, and
considerable timo wns occupied in a
disenHHion of the arrangements for the
cornerstone laying at Chicago and
when and where tho members of the
cabinet, nearly ail of whom will bo
present, will meet tho presidential
party.
MOORE WANTS NEW TRIAL.
Cony,C.a KaU^r Claim, To Havo
covered New Kvl,1 B nce.
Application wns made to Recorder
Goff at New York Wednesday for a
to nineteen years’ imprisonment for
blackmailing and assaulting Martin,
,,H„ationisba3iidnpou'thVftIiegeirdig« hotel keeper of that cjty. Tiiqap-
of evidence, °
covery * new
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#1 PER YEAR.
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BRITISH MELD
TRANSPORT
Tlie Tartar Was Not Allowed
Clearance At Hong Kong.
CLAIMED SHE WAS OVERLOADED
Question of Authority For Deten¬
tion of the Vessel Assumes An
International Phase.
A Washington dispatch says: The
war department was informed Wed¬
nesday that the steamship Tartar,
which is returning to the United States
from Manila with a largo number of
soldiers oil board, was detained at
Hong Kong by tho local authorities
because of boiug overloaded.
Socrotary Root had a conference
with the president Wednesday after¬
noon regarding the matter. When he
returned to tho war department ho
gavo out the following two cable mes¬
sages as an ollioial statement of the
case:
“Hon© Kong, September 11,—Cor¬
bin, Washington: British authorities
rofnse to clear Tartar because over-,
crowded; authorize eight twenty four.
“Mitcalt?.”
“Minn, a, Bcptombor 13,—Adjutant
General, Washington: The Tartar was
sent to Hong Kong to dock, as re¬
quested by Alajor Long, no dock be¬
ing large enough at Nagasaki. 8ho
has capacity for 1,145 men and hack 111
cabin passengers. She took
1,244 men and sixty-one cabin passen¬
gers. On her trip from Sail Francisco
she carried comfortably 1,115 men uud
fifty-five cabin passengers. Otio. ”
A private cable meaoage front Hong
Kong says that on complaint made by
the 400 discharged regulars on board
tho Tartar of overcrowding, clearance
was refused. The Twentieth volun¬
teer infantry, with General FuiiHton,
is aboard the Tartar, but it is under¬
stood that the volunteers make no
cloarauoo complaint and are anxious to linve
granted tho ship in order
that they may proceed homeward.
The Tartar is a British ship. She
belongs to the Canadian Pacific Steam¬
ship company, plying between British
Columbia and Australia. She was
chartered by the quartermasters’ de¬
partment of tho United States army to
carry United States troops, but it is
not believed in Washington that this
charter could in any respect affect her
nationality. She could cease fo bo a
British siiip and become entitled to
American registry only by act of con¬
gress.
It was stated at the war department
that the Tartar matter had been re¬
fer rod to Ambassador Choate, which
makes an international question out of
it. Tho contention of the war depart¬
ment. is that notwithstanding tho Tar¬
tar flies the British flag, being char¬
tered by tho United Staten govern¬
ment, the assumption of British au¬
thority over her is unauthorized.
BERMUDA STORM SWEET,
No IIIvos Htported Lost But Damage
Wns ItniiKHiMB.
A cyclone swept over tho ixlahd of
Bermuda blown Tuesday night, Houses
wore down and othors unroofed.
The storm raged tho whole of the
night. No lives were lost, but heavy
damage, estimated at $500,000, was
done to public and private property,
fruit and cedar trees. The causeway
was badly injured and tho government
house was damaged.
Tho storm was tho worst known
since the liurricaue of 1880. In fact,
many of tho inhabitants say it exceed¬
ed the gale of 1880 in violence.
NO ACTION BY ENGLAND.
British Government Will Tnllo No Omolal
Nolic*o of Dreyfnn V«rdiot.
A Lon(loB ^Gai says: While the
papers are full of letters from individ-
mils and several Arms announcing their
<™ «■" 1W »Po>tu»
sms* -“*-■»
VANDERBILT FUNERAL.
Short Services field At /JurUioIomewg » n <I
At Yutulo.bUt Home.
A Now York dispatch says: Funeral
services wore held over the body of
Cornelius Vanderbilt l 1 ’rid ay in St.
Bartholomew’s Episcopal preceded church. The
church funeral was by abort
exercises at the house, to which only
members of tho family and close
friends wore admitted.
Tho llev. Dr. David II. Greer, rec¬
tor of St. Bartholomew’s, officiated at
both services.
( AHTER’S LAWYER RETURNS.
lVayne M«oV«Birh f» Hack From Kurope,
Hut Keens Mum.
Tli# lion. Way no MacVeagh, coun¬
sel for Captain Oberlin Carter, return¬
ed to New York Saturday from Eng¬
land on the American steamer St.
Louis.
Mr. MacVeagh went abroad some
time ago to visit places of interest in
Scotland, Germauy and England, and
escape for a while business cares. He
said ho had bee nmneh benefited in
health. He refused to discuss the
Carter case.