NEW YORK MOBS. o.'hey Givo Battle to Hundrods of Policemen. Tlir Slrrrl Hallway Men's Slrlkr ICx tentls 10 Manhattan and tlx- llc*iilt 1* that a KmiiUrr of IN-ople Have Kroken lleaoo pa trolmen that had been placed along the line. The exact ntimber injured is not known. Several policemen were removed to hospitals with broken bones and torn scalps. On the other lines throughout New York the strike was not at any time prominent during the day. Last night, however, the motormen 011 the I'igbtli avenue line to the number of 100 or more organized and declared a strike. They thereupon set about to persuade their fellow workment to leave their cars and with sufficient success to have ears running on only an hourly schedule by midnight. lu Brooklyn tin' strikers made some pains as far as the diminishing of trolley ear traffic was concerned. Few er ear were running on the lines, but the dynamite outrage in the early morning hours was undoubtedly a severe setback to the strikers. The police ia connection with the blowing down of the two elevated railroad col umns moved rapidly and made more than a score of arrests, sixteen of the men being held by the courts. The strikers deny any knowledge of the dynamiting. ' and General Master Workman I'arsons has otlered a le ward of $.",00 if it can be proved that a striker is responsible for it. Presi dent Rossiler. of the Brooklyn Huphl 'I ransit Co.. has otlered a reward of 51.000 for the conviction of the per petrator. The strikes now in progress in 111 ir citv affect all the surface lines of tin Brooklyn Transit Co. in Brooklyn am', all the electric lines of the Metropoli tan Street Car Co. in New York. On both side- of the river the elevated trains are running as usual. In Brook lyn the Coney Island and Brooklyn companies' lines have not been in volved and
    toiintv. liHiitm-Uy. T.ondon. K.v.. duly 20. The death ol I". I). I'isher makes four fatalities in the tight near Manchester on Monthly. The reposed death of IJobert Philpot i- ineornrt. but if is thought he will be the fifth victim. Green Griffin, who has both legs shot off, also will die. George Philpot and Alex Fisher are said to be recovering. It is claimed that the Philpots now have 100 friends assembled, firmed with Winchesters awaiting a threatened attack from the Morrises and Gritlins and Cluidwells who are reported only two miles dis tant with an equally strong force. Frankfort, Kv.. .Inly Gov. Brad ley decided latft night not 1o call a special session of the legislature or send troops to Clay county under pres ent conditions. A well-known moun tain official who was called on by the governor for an opinieYi as to what was the best means for 1 jn* restoration ol order in Clay county, responded that he thought the whole thing could be settled by introducing a better grade of whisky into Manchester to take th< place of "moonshine" liquor, distil leries for which are on almost every farm. Adit)ii« and Aldrldize Kxoncratrd. Albany, X. Y., July 120. The report of Austin G. Fox and Wallace Mae Far lane, the democratic lawyers assigned by Gov. Koosevelt to investigate the al leged frauds under the ${>,000,00(1 canal Improvements, was made public Wed nesday. It finds that neither ex-State Kngincer Adams nor ex-Snperinten dent of Public Works Aldridge can I)? held criminally responsible for the failure to complete the work, and that while there were some evasions ol the net under which the work was done by the engineer's department, such evasions were covered by the law. TREES SUGGEST SKEETERS. Tlir Lo llhm Ilia Full Say. 'Tis not of leu that one runs across a loquacious street cur conductor. Usual ly they are just about as talkative as graven images. J!ut there was a new man 011 the Indiana avenue line and he was hungry for a talk. Along about Forty-Seventh street a man took a standing seat, 011 the haok platform and the conductor fastened on him instantly, says the Chicago Inter Ocean. "That's a fine grove of trees," he re marked, pointing to a row of maples, "but whenever I see trees I say to my self 'skeeters.' Yes, sir; that's the very first thing I say to myself 'skeet ers.' I hate skeeters. I can't abide "em. Consequently I don't like trees. No. sir; I'm a treeless, plain man, I am — SENATOR MARTHA PAUL HUGHES-CANNON. W:Vm W 11'' -'jfl 1 A citizen of Salt Lake, Charles Mostyn Owen by name, has laid Information apainst President Angus M. Cannon, of the Salt Lake Church of Latter Day Saints, charging liim with polygamy. Mrs. Hughes-Cannon, the alleged fourth plural wife of the church dignitary, and herself a member of the rtah state senate, recently gave birth to a child, and President Cannon Is alleged to he the father. Mrs. Cannon was a physician before she married Cannon, and has always taken an active inter est in Utah politics. It is claimed that the high-caste Mormons practice polygamy openly, and the present suit was brought to suppress the jiraetice. a boundless prairie feller. Why, sir, I had a good job an' as nice a 1 i1 11«■ home as you ever see down east an' I wuz fixed for life right there. But it was down in Jersey. An' tlie skeeters bit me till I didn't know my own name; would have answered to the name of Smith or Jones just as well. Well, sir, 1 t hrowed up my job an' sold my home and I started for New York. But, Lord love you, sir, 1 got into trouble quick. They stopped me 'fore I could get into New York. They said I had the small pox, I wuz bit up so frightful. But I finally got west an' here I am. An' whenever I sees trees I thinks skeeters. Why, sir. down in Jersey, ninny's the time, I've seen t hem skeeters fly in' about smokin' clay pipes; yes, sir, smolcin* clay pipes to keep the other skeeters off 'em. Once 1 —" But here the passenger jumped off between blocks. ItritlKti \ it n I StatiMlicx. The British Medical Journal, which should be an excellent authority, re- ARKANSAS' PROPOSED NEW STATE CAPITOL. The breaking of ground upon the site of the proposed million-dollar state capitol constituted the principal feature of the big Fourth of July celebration at Little Kr.ck. Ark. This handsome structure was designed by Arehiteot Mann, of St. Jos eph, Mo., and when completed will be one of the most magnificent executive build ing sin the entire south. Appropriate and eloquent addresses were delivered by Senator J. D. Kimbell, of llot Springs, author of the capitol bill, and Hon. George V\ . Murphy, of Little Rock, member of the capitol commission. National air.- wwe discoursed by the best musical talent of the state. Following the close of these ex erc sc-s came the gorgeous trades' display, ball games, races, etc., concluding with grand pyrotechnieal exhibition at nignt. Hundreds of visitors from all sections of tht state were in attendance. por«s that between 1573 and ISSfi the annual marriage rate in Great Britain fell from 17.0 to 14.2 per 1,000 of the jopulation. Last year it rose to 10.2. The birth rate has been l<-ss fortunate. It reached its maximum in 1 ST<>, but sin.e that year there has been a steady decline, last year the births being 19 per < cut. below the number in i -T->. The marriage rate in the agricultural districts is lower than in the manufac turing districts, and the decline in the roii.l population is still further in creased by the enlarged number of re movals into the towns. Is the mother country going the way of France? Sola Ajaln. Mrs. Criinsonbeak—The fellow who sold you this porous plaster cheated you, John. Mr. Criinsonbeak—What's the mat ter with it "Why it's full of holes'"—Yonkers Statesman CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, JULY 27, 1899 VOORHEES' WIT I.OST. The Flit Man Ijion \\ liom ll«* Tried Ik 1111 111; tin' Jury \nnin*t 111* Client. "The greatest jury orator I ever lis tened to in my life was the late Daniel \V. Voorhees," said si well-known New Orleans lawyer to a Tillies-Democrat man."He had si jovial presence, a great, resonant bass voice and a bear ing so singularly compelling that I know of nothing except the trite word 'magnetic' that begins to define its ef- I feet. I heard him in si murder trial at | Louisville, and his speech on that oc ; easion was prefaced by si most amus ing incident which I have never seen in print. "It was a very warm'day, and the | courtroom was packed to suffocation. As Voorhees arose to begin his argu -1 ment he east his eye over the jury and | discovered tlisit one of the members had fallen asleep. Frowning with in dignation, he motioned tu one of the court otlicisils, and in a few seconds the slumberer was shaken rudely into con sciousness. He was a fat, timid-look ing man and was so mortified sind aghast at the enormity of the offense that he could hardly find words in which to reply to the sharp questions of ihe judge. Finally he managed to blurt out that he couldn't help doz ing off whenever it was wsirin and crowded. "If the gentleman always sleeps where it is warm and crowded,' said Voorhees, majestically, 'the gen tleman will no doubt cr.joy himself hugely in hades.' There was a roar of laughter, but the retort proved rather costly. The fat man hung the jury against Voorhees' client." Popular Falacy Kx|iluded. The Scientific American states that the venerable bogey of the crystalliza tion of steel and iron in bridge struc tures is persistently trotted out. It is probable that a large percentage of the passengers daily crossing Brooklyn bridge believe that the metal of the bridge is deteriorating "crystalliz ing" and that the wire cables, unless they are renewed, will in the course of time give way and precipitate NJH- who't. bridge into the river Tests 111 the la boratory and half a century's tests in i lie Held, supplemented by the recent earefill tests made by I'rof. Carpenter, of Cornell, prove that this view is nc longer tenable. There is no reason why, with careful inspection to pre vent oxidation by the weather, the met al of such structures as the Mrooklvn and Forth bridges should not iasi .i» in definitely as if it lay imbedded in the ore from which it was extracted, riuireonl in Ititly. Charcoal is the great Italian fuel Naples alone consuming 411,000 tons oj wood charcoal, at a cost of from sl(i tu per ton. The national consuiuptioii is 7U0.00U tons. I SUDDEN CALL Deatli Stills the Heart of Robert G. Ingersoll. WITHOUT A SIGH OK PAIN The Famous Agnostic Earth Life as lie Had Wished. A SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. He \va* Almowt lili Vear* A:;e and in tliat Time Had Acquired U «rld ■''lime a* all Orator siml Oj>|m»iiciil ol ■ (elision* llii^iiian. New York, July 22. Uobert In gersoll died sit his home near Dobbs* Ferry, I'ridsiy. His death was sudden and unexpected and resulted from the heart disease from which he suffered since 18i)6. In that year, during the republican national convention, he was taken ill and had to return home, lio never fully recovered from the attack and was constantly under the care of physicians. For three days Mr. iu gersoll lisul not been feeling well. Thursday night he was in better health and spent a portion of the evening playing billiards with Walston 11. Ilrown, his son-in-law, and ( • P. I'ar rcll. his brother-in-law and private sec retary. lie seemed to be in better health and spirits when he retired than lie had been for several days. Friday morning he rose at the isual hour and joined the family at break fast. lie then said he had spent it bad night, but felt better. Col. Ingersoll spent the morning swinging in a hammock ami sitting on the veranda with the members of his family. He said he was better and had 110 pain. At 12:*>o he stsirted to go up stairs. 011 reaching the head of the stairs Col. Ingersoll turned into his wife's room. Mrs. Ingersoll was I:OIU:I:T inokksoi.l.. there. Together they discussed what I hey would have for luncheon, and Col. Ingersoll said he had better not eat much. lie seemed in good spirits then. After talking for a few min utes Mr. Ingersoll crossed the room and sat down in a rocking chair. He leaned his head upon his hand, which rested on the back of the chair. Mrs. Ingersoll asked him liovv he was feel ing and he replied "Oh. better." These were his last words. A sec ond alter they were uttered he was dearl. The only sign noticed b\ Mrs. Ingersoll wsis that the whites of his •yes suddenly showed. There was not even a sigh or a groan sis death came. Doctors were hastily called, but their verdict was that death bail come ili st:' 111 ly. Death eamc to him as he had recent ly expressed a desire it should. lie often in old times said he wished to die slowly, with a full consciousness, so lie might tell those about him how it felt. lJecentlv he experienced si change and desired to flic painlessly ind without warning. Uobert C. Int-'ersoll wsis born in Dresden. N. Y.. August 11, is::.",. Ilis father wsis si Congregational clergy man of such liberal views that he was persecuted for them, and in his earlier life Uobert (■• Ingersoll imbibed an intense hatred of C: Ivinisin which final I \ made him sill aggressive oppo nent of all generally received views of religion. I!v the removal of his family to the west, Mr. Ingersoll's boyhood was spent partly in Wisconsin and partly in Illinois: he studied law. and in partnership with hi~ brother began its practice in Sli iw neetowi.. 111 1557 he went to live at Peoria, 111., and there 'aid the foundation of si lucrative law practice. In I S| >2 he became captain of the Kleventh Illinois cavalry and after the wsir was over he began to be heard of as an orator ind campaign speaker. 111 is7(i Mr. Ingersoll proposed the name of James •<. I'Jaiile in the usi tional republican convention in si speech so eloquent that his fame ex tended to all pe.rts of the country. a lawyer. Mr. Ingersoll had been connected with many famous cases, lie defended the "star route" case smd usis associsited with others of nu ional importance. 'fl'o lleel in l<*ri«co in IflOl, Indianapolis. July 22. The Kpwor'h engue convention has selected -nil Frsincisco as the place for holdiui' the i9Ol convention. Siliooner and Three Live* I.oM. Port Huron. Mich., July 22. The schooner John I'reilcn .foundered off .exiugton. on Lake Huron. Friday in a lcavy gale. Three of her crew were Irowned. The name of only 1 ie, Jane "onnors, the cook, is known. The lireden was coal laden t'roi.i Cl io sorts. The wreck licr, in I'. feet of water, directly in the course if ves icls going up and ds;v.::. I arter'w Swoe|»inis I lialleiige. Chicago. July 22. Kngene Carter, he billiardist, has issued a challenge 0 play siry man in the world at eush -1 1 e : < three er ! ton es-.roms. IT IS A LOST CAUSE. Strike of Trolley men In (irratir New York IN a Fizzle. New York, July 22.—1n the boroughs of Manhsittan and Brooklyn the strike situation remained unchanged yester day. On Manliattan island ears on ull the lines of the Metropolitan system were run on praeticsilly the usual headway, and at night the ears on See ond, Sixth and Eighth avenues were under police protection, nit hough the elaim is made by the company that there is no longer any necessity even for this. Policemen still guard the deprtts of the lines. It is expected that they wil Ih» sent back to the sta tions Saturday or Sunday. The events of the greatest interest during the day were the arrest of President llossiter, of the Brooklyn Uapid Transit Co., on a warrant issued by Magistrate Hrenner, charging him with criminal libel, Albert 1.. Johnson, former president of the Nassau rail road being the complainant, and the notification of the ditflrreut district, at torneys within th«' limits of l!resiter New York that the ten-hour law was enforcable and asking them to com municate with Secretary Donnelly, of the building trade section of the Cen tral Trade anion, and submit com plaints to a grand jury or magistrate. The arrest of President Ttosslter will not, it is thought, have any marked effect, on the strike. Fx-President Johnson objects to statements made by President Ilossiter to Brooklyn re porters in a recent interview. In the interview Mr. liossiter is quoted as saying, sifter referring to the strikers charged with blowing up the Fifth avenue elevated structure with dyna mite: "Those are not my men. Mr. Albert T,. Johnson is welcome to them. Albert Tj. Johnson is the leader of them. I am told that there is evi dence against some of the men to send them to prison for 20 years. PINGREE'S CUDGEL. II l« Wielded 111 Hehulf of Mr. Alger and AgnlllM »*re*ldent lleklnlr). Detroit. Mich., July 22. —Gov. Pin gree issues sin authorized interview 011 (Jen. Alger's retirement. He utters [i terrific roast on President McKinlev, whose actions he csills cowardly, smd ssiys: "If it is any evidence of stsites ma 11 ship and diplomacy. 1 never want to lie called statesman." l'ingree states that McKinlev alone was largely responsible for many of the errors of the war charged up to Alger. The govertior instanced one case where he was present with Al ger and si. number of other wsir de partment officials and saw the presi dent curtly overrule one of Alger's recommendations for the ssile of sirmy horses nnd issue new orders of his own. In closing Pingree said: "There is a decided odor of trusts around the present administration, with Mark Ilanna sis the acknowledged king-mak er, and I. as one. can not stand by and see a Michigan man abused simply be canse he has had the manliness to cor rectly represent the true sentiment of the republican party by expressing his hostility to trusts." A QUINTUPLE LYNCHING. I'lti- Sicilian* are Sunns Into Eter nity i>y >■ tloli. New Orleans. July 22.- Five Sicilians were hanged yesterday by a 1110b at 'Pallida! a town in Madison parish, 1T miles from the river. The dead are: Joe Defatta, Frank Defatta. Cy Dcfer rachio, Joe Chereno. The five victims were strung up to trees for supposed connection with a plot to murder Dr. .T. Ford Hodges, si prominent physician of the place, who 011 Thursday was shot and fatally wounded by one of the Sicilians. TIL addition to this several acts of lawless ness which have occurred in the neigh borhood were attributed to the gang. Several of the men sire believed to have families in Kurope. Ouiet was restored immediately after the lynch ing and the grand jury began sin in vestigation of the affsiir. but. because of the feeling against the men, it is doubtful if action will be taken against any member of the mob. < at air) men lor the i*liili|>|>ine.«. Chicago, July -2. A Washington dispatch to the Tribune says: Csipt. .Tames Bockett was yesterdsiy commis sioned sis colonel of what will be known as the Kleventh volunteer cav alry, part of which will be recruited in the Philippines. It has 1 11 deter mined to place si large force of cavalry at the command of 'ten. Otis. ;is troops of this character can be used with great effect upon the Filipinos. Be side the eight troops of the Third csn'- nlry ordered to Manila a considerable force will be sent to enforce Otis. Tie will have about (>.OOO cavalry in all. Miners Strike. Nelsonville. .Inly 22. Nearly 1.000 coal miners in the three mines of the New Pittsburg Coal Co. went 011 a strike Friday. Trouble arose over tin scales sit mine No. 7. which, the miners claim, do not register correctly. The men sit No. sand struck in sympathy. The miners of all three mines belong to the same local union, which is one of the largest locals in the country. \ Victory lor striker*. New York. July 22.-—The striking freight handlers 011 the New York, New llaven iV Hartford road gained a victory Friday. the company conced ing the demands for 20 cents an hour for a ten-hour day on week days and 25 cents si 11 hour fur night and Sunday work. The men were getting 17'/'. cents an hour. v W ill Demand tlore Wage*. Miincie. lml.. July 22.—The Interna tional Flint Class Workers' association will conclude a two weeks' meeting lure to-day. The chimney trade com mit tee made its report Friday, recom mending the 111 p»r cent, advance in wages decided on sit si previous meet ing and regulsited the new patent blowing machine to eight instead of nine hours per day's work. The .'lo tion is si direct 'llow sit the Owens blowing machine and indicsitions sire that trouble to the 2.000 members of the chimney tradf* w ill be encountered «*ilh the man 11 faetureiu OTIS ANSWERS. Replies to Correspondents' "Round Robin. SAYS CHARG ES A R E FA LSE Assorts that the Scribes Would Have Imperiled Operations. TRIED TO TOSE AS MARTYRS. ■ Ii- Denlen that ill ili* Iteport* He Min imizrd (lie Work ot tlic Navy and Mate* that the Hmotit llarinoßjr K*- IxtN Between the Army am! Navy. Washington. .July '-2. —The war de partment lias issued a statement cpiot ing dispatches from Men. Otis in an swer to the press correspondents "round robin." The text of the state ment follows: '•(Jen. Otis in a dispatch under date of July 20 says that the press corre spondents demanded permission to cable that official reports sent misrep resented conditions. This was denied. They then demanded the privilege to send without reservation facts found by them and their opinion. This was granted if public interests were not iniperriled. The answer was not satisfactory, and they therefore sent by mail to Hong Kong. Otis says he is not conscious of sending misrepre sentations, but think* that his dis patches at times have been too con servative. The press affair appeared to be a threat. When the correspon dents were asked to be informed wherein Cien.Otis' dispatches were mis leading they offered nothing tangible except that his conclusions were un warranted. When told that they were disregarding military authority, it was apparent that they courted mar tyrdom, which it was unwise to give them. "In a later dispatch Oen. Otis says that the charges made by the press correspondents are untrue. He adds that the mftst. harmonious relations exist between the army and the navy. He gives the following extract from a letter just, received from a leading Fili pino at Tarlac, which is the center of the main insurgent army: " 'For some days have been trying to leave this band of thieves. Watched so closely that it is impossible to leave. A great many of the. people here long for American troops to advance, for every one is desperate with so. much savagery committed by Aguin aldo's army.' •'('apt. Parker, of the navy, who suc ceeded Admiral Dewey in command of the fleet, in sending the report of the commander of the Vorktown to the navy department, makes this endorse ment: 'I ain pleased to note the cor dial co-operation of army and navy.* " \s bearing upon the statement that the operations of the navy had been minimized, it may be stated that Hen. Otis has repeatedly recognized the work of the navv." MILITIA CALLED OUT. The Mayor of Cleveland Summon* the Naval lte*erve* to Protect Property —ltlob Violence Continue*. Cleveland. July 22. — A dynamite bomb was thrown upon the roof of the car barn at Lake View Friday morn ing. Xo one was injured, but a large hole two feet square was torn in the roof. A Wade park ear, which stood under the roof where the bomb en tered. was completely wrecked. Its entire roof was torn off and the car otherwise demolished. Several hun dred men were in the barn asleep at the time. The eplosion came without ■i moment's warning. A scene of pan demonium reigned. The force of the cxplosion was such as to cause the ground to tremble. Many windows were broken and for a few moments it seemed as though the barn would nave in. The identity of the perpetra tors of the outrage is not known. The two divisions of the Xaval He serves were officially called out for strike duty last night bv an order from Mayor Farley, which was issued in the afternoon. Nearly 100 men re sponded to the call. It is reported that the Reserves will be assigned to the protection of car barns and the power houses. This would take the police iway from the property of the com pany and allow them to be of service n places where they are more needed. Rarly last evening an attempt was made to blow up a Kticlid avenue car near Lake View with dynamite. .No lamage was done. On the Siuth Side hrec non-union men were pursued by i mob. The police came to the rescue, ind by the free use of their elubs dis icrsed the crowd. Large crowds as sembled Inst night on Willsoti avenue md attacked the cross-town cars with ttones. The police had several con victs with them. A riot occurred at the foot of Will son avenue., \ car passing beneath the Lake Shore railway bridge was stoned and the trolley wires were torn down. A Reranton avenue car was stopped by obstructions on the river flats and the police and non-union crew were stoned bv a mob. A mob threw eggs and stones at passengers on an open ear on Cedar avenue, near Rolton avenue. Otumwa. la.. July 22. In a race on a ten-lap track lasi night Harry o,- 000 from the Rank of Commerce at Boston, slipped away on a boat to the Klondike .just, as Detective McMurtiss wns lireuarinsr to arrest b'm. 3