ROUTE OF PROPOSED RAILROAD TO CONNECT ALASKA AND
SIBERIA.
A It c T. I c
A 5-/ 9/.5.7 /A Ojfcry, i
( \ 112 > ' ./if*' 1 ' i'ef L c
3 I D hjX /ALASKA !
* eaar * -y/l
v r i™ - \
"" iij Sj \ '•
rJ (rP tfORTH
i n p / nr. >,,? fACtrtC ocean!
——■! „ ,i .
French Kngineer Plans Line from Circle City, In the Klondike Region, tu Vladivo
:Stock. in Kus.-iiun Siberia, Whence There Is a Direct Kail Itoute to Europe.
NOT M Mil.;
Armed Boers in Cape Colony
Number 7,000.
LAST SHOT OF TJIE WAR.
It Probably Will be Fired, in
That Country.
CAN JiOLD OUT FOR A YEAR.
I'.ngliftiiiucii at the Capo are Alarmed
ut the Wonderful "Staying" <luuti
tle* Displayed by lite Boers—Au In
terview Willi .nr. Kruger.
London. Aug. 3.—The Cape Town
correspondent of the Daily Mail un
der date of July J", places the
.-t length of the lioers in Cape Colony
at between 7,000 and 8,000 men, al
most all of whom are rebels. The
Daily Mail contrasts this with the of
ficial statement not long ago that
there were only 4,000.
"The colonial authorities," the cor
respondent continues, "have just
awakened to the possibility that the
last shot in the war may be fired in
4 ape { olony, and unless vigorous ef
forts are put forth there is nothing
to prevent the Doers from holdiii
out another 12 months."
A communication to the Daily Ex
press of recent date says that the
Boer plan is to make :i final stand
south of the Orange river and that
they may hold out for six months.
A correspondent, of the Daily News
whose name the paper reserves, says:
"'We have deliberately armed the
natives. I have seen scores of them
with rifles. Once I traveled in a
train, which carried two truck loads
of arined blacks. I'hey are constant
ly to be seen about Kinvberley and
the north of that town. Armed Kaf
firs have been allowed to attack peo
ple on their farms in Bechuanaland,
m parts of the I'ransvaal, and in the
"vicinity of Mafeking."
Paris, Aug. —The Figaro pub
lishes a long interview with Mr. Krti
ger. After denying the cruelties
charged against, the Boers in Lord
Kitchener's report, Mr. Kruger de
clares that the atrocities of the con
centration camps were 20 times worse
than have been stated by Miss Hob
house in Great Britain,' and that,
when fully known, they would cause
tbe world to shudder with horror and
move the nations to intervene.
"We are defending our liberty,"
continues Mr. Kruger, "and when it
is granted we will lay down our arms,
(ircat Britain knows our conditions.
Jc is not for me to repeat tliem. We
will never renounce our flag and we
cannot accept any protectorate. 112
am convinced that the hour will come
when Great. Mritain will grant what
is our right. Moreover, lam confi
dent that God is with us and will not
abandon us."
I'oiNon in tiie Peaches,
Battle Creek. Mich., Aug. 3.—When
Mrs. Clara Wendell went to the door
of her home yesterday she found a
small paper bag tied to the door
knob outside, which contained two
peaches. Attached to it was a note
reading: "Expressly for Clara." She
ate the peaches and afterward was
taken to the hospital, where she suf
fered with spasms, showing indica
tions of strychnine poisoning. The
police investigated the matter and
arrested Edward De Forest on sus
picion. lie had been paying some
attention to the woman, but had
quarreled with her.
Will Wait Awhile.
Youngstown, Aug. 3.—The furnace
• operators announced last night that
they would take no action towards a
sympathetic strike until the outcome
of the conference between the Amal
gamated association and the United
States Steel Corporation is known.
The operators threatened to strike
on account of the order placed for
40,000 tons of Bessemer pig to be de
livered to the United States Steel
Corporation during August.
The 'Frisco Mr Ike.
San Francisco, Aug. :i.—Conferences
were held Friday with a view of
bringing the local strikes to a close.
While no appreciable result was
reached. Mayor I'helan, who is la
boring to bring aoout an adjustment,
•expresses confidence that the con
troversy will end with the week. The
new features of the day involved
Oriental labor. The Japanese labor
ers on the water front, have been
asked to stand with the strikers, and
the Chinese crew o! the Coptic was
prohibited from working ashore by
the federal authorities, in pursuance
of the exclusion act.
SOMEWHAT IMPROVED.
IIIIMIIM'MB Condition* are Roller Since
ilie Drouth I* Broken.
New York, Aug. 3. R. 0. Dun &
Co.'a Weekly Review of Trade says:
Continued favorable weather condi
tions have resulted in the saving of
much late planted corn, and in the
north west ideal weather for spring
wheat harvest has been enjoyed. As
this is the point that business in all
parts of the country has been most
carefully watching, the general feel
ing is better than a week ago, al
though the disposition on both sides
to settle the steel strike has not yet
resulted in any agreement, and the la
bor situation is thus kept prominent.
Official returns of pig iron produc
tion in the first half of the year show
a record-breaking aggregate of 7,-
674,713 tons, exceeding the remark
able output of the previous year by
32,044 tons.
Violent fluctuations have marked
the course of corn prices. The top
point of the previous week was not
regained but traders on the short
side of the market were compelled to
cover at a loss. Whatever benefit
may have accrued from the high level
of prices, it certainly has driven
foreign buyers out of the market.
Dealers in some drouth-stricken
districts have countermanded orders
for footwear, and these cancellations
are felt mainly by western makers,
but as a whole the industry is ia a
healthy position.
I*hiill|>» I*routine* to Resume.
Chicago, Aug. 3. —George H. Phil
lips will issue a circular to-day ad
dressed to the customers of his firm
announcing that he will be able to
resume active operations on the
board of trade by next Tuesday or
Wednesday at the latest, possibly by
Monday. The statement will also
promise patrons of the company that
before any new trades are made a
complete summary of what the books
show will be given to the public. Phil
lips asserts that the experts' exam
ination of the firm's books makes it
certain that the firm is not a loser
to a larger extent than $:i00,000.
Oil !.»}» 11»« I>n»t.
La Crosse, Wis., Aug. 3. 1 ln» C hi
cago & Northwestern Railway Co. is
trying the use of oil as a dust preven
tive, and if successful will adopt it
on the entire system. Five miles of
double track were selected for the
experiment, 2.000 gallons of crude oil
beinf* used to the mile. Pictures
taken before and after using show a
great improvement, the oil seeming
to do away with the dust. It is
sprinkled along the road from a ear
operated like a street sprinkler. The
first year's cost is SIOO a mile, and
after that S3O.
Imprisoned by Venezuelans*
San Juan, I'orto llico, Aug. 3.
Prof. Riddle, of tue San .Juan normal
school, who has been sojourning in
South America in the interests of the
L'nited States fish commission, has ar
rived here from Venezuela. lie tells
a story of imprisonment. While as
cending the Orinoco, accompanied by
an asphalt official, his launch was
held up at Tukupit by a small Vene
zuelan gunboat, which made prison
ers of the passengers and crew of the
launch. They were held in custody
for six days and were then released.
Adopted the Suffrage Bill.
Montgomery, Ala., Aug. 3.—Section
12 of the suffrage bill was yesterday
adopted without amendment in the
constitutional convention. This sec
tion provides that after January 1,
1003. any applicant! for registration
may be requited to state under onth
where he lived during the five years
next preceding the time at which he
applies to registrev; announ.e the
names he was known by during that
period and give the name of his em
ployer, if any, during such period.
Fourteen People Badly Injured.
Springfield, <)., Aug. 3. —The Day
ton, Springfield & Urbana trolley ear,
scheduled to arrive in this city from
Dayton at «.i: :>0 o'clock last night
crashed into a eoal car which stood
on an open switch near Donnellsville,
and as a result 14 persons are lying
in the Mitchell-Thomas hospital seri
ously injured. Four are believed to
be dying and others went to ih«'ir
homes with in juries which were eon
j sidered too slight to record.
A Short-Lived Strike.
Erie, l'a., Aug. 3.—One hundred and
fifty men, comprising all the motor
men and conductors of the Erie Elec
tric Motor Co., operating :»S miles of
city trolley lines, struck Friday noon.
The men Went out on account of the
dismissal of five men who were active
in forming a union. The strike was
called off at 1! o'clock last night, the
men agreeing togo back without the
discharged men being reinstated,
A Hot Town.
St. I.ouis, Aug. 3.—St. Louis was
the hottest place in the country yes
terday, a maximum temperature of
lUO beiny attained.
CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, AUGUST 8, 1901.
A JOKE ON BANDITS.
Tacklod tlio Wrong Car of an Ex
press Train.
Three flashed Men Hold t'p a B. <V O.
Train a leu ITUle.i ICast of Chi
rago, but Alter Wrecking Two
.flail Car* The)' 4>ive It
Ij> an a Bad Job.
Chicago, Aug. I.—The Baltimore &
Ohio passenger train from the east,
which was due to arrive here at 'J
o'clock last night., was held up by
three masked men between Edgemore
and Grand Calumet Heights, Intl.. 31
miles out from Chicago. One of the
mail cars, which contained no money,
was dynamited and wrecked. The
attempt at robbery was made after
the two mail cars had been detached
from the train and run a quarter of
a mile ahead. The failure of the
robbers to make a rich haul was due
to the fact that the express car,
which contained the train's treasure,
was in an unusual place. It was
the third ear in the train. After
wrecking the mail car and obtaining
7io booty, the robbers disappeared
without attempting to rectify their
mistake. The only loot that they
carried away with them was the gold
watch of the engineer.
The place where the robbery oc
curred is a lonely district in which
few people live, and houses are far
between. Xo better place for a
train robbery could lie desired by the
robbers.
The train was running at a high
rate of speed as it passed Calumet
Heights, and immediately after pass
ing out of sight of the station Engi
neer Collins saw directly in front, of
his engine a large fire on which some
rails had been placed. He slowed
down, and as he did so three men
wearing masks over their faces
jumped into the cab and covered Col
lins and his fireman, James Whipple,
with revolvers.
Just before climbing into the cab,
the three men commenced to fire with
their revolvers in order to frighten
away all assistance. The shots pro
duced the liveliest kind of a panic in
the sleeping cars, where the passen
gers made every effort to hide their
money and valuables before the role
hers could get at them. Xo attempt
was made, however, to rob any of
the passengers. The fusilade had the
effect of making them keep inside the
ears.
After mounting into the cab of the
engine, the robbers covered the en
gineer and firemen with their revol
vers, and made them step down and
go back the length of two ears. They
ordered the men to uncouple the first
two cars, which was none. They then
hustled the two trainmen back into
the ca.b, and still keeping the en
gineer covered with revolvers, th«y
directed him to pull up some dis
tance from the rest of the train.
Collins ran up 200 feet, and was
then directed to stop. He did so,
and while one oi them remained to
guard him, the others jumped off.
and hurling dynamite at. the door of
the car which they judged to be this
express ear, burst open the door.
Hastily climbing into get at the safe,
they were astonished to find that
they had broken into a mail ear.
They threatened the engineer with
death for not telling them that the
cars which he had uncoupled were
not express cars, and ordered him
to return at once and uncouple the
next ear behind the baggage cars.
Climbing once more into his cab. Col
lins backed his engine down, coupled
onto the third ear, which the fire
man was made to uncouple at the
rear end and, still with the muzzle
of the revolver at his head, Collins
was ordered to run down the track,
as before. He drew away from the
balance of the train about the same
distance as on the first occasion, and
the robbers, still leaving him under
the charge of one of their number,
made for this car. When they reached
it, they found that they had attacked
another mail car and that it contained
no money.
The train had been delayed now
fully 30 minutes, and, fearing that if
they delayed longer, help would be
coming to the train crew, the robbers
gave up their attempt to rob the
train, and jumping down ran into a
thicket of scrub oaks at the side of
the track and disappeared. The
train came onto Chicago and officers
were at once sent after the robbers.
Charles Cross, conductor of the
train, brought into the city several
sticks of dynamite that had been left
by the robbers at the side of the
track.
"I heard some shooting," said tho
conductor, "and looked out to see
what was the matter. I saw the
engineer and fireman running down
the track followed by three men. I
had no time to look at more than
that, for I saw two flashes of flame
close to the car, and a bullet went
by my head as one of them called
out: 'Keep your head in there if
you don't want it blown off.' "
F. A. Applegate, of Xewark, 0., was
the express messenger, and was alone
in bis ear. He had no idea that a
robbery was being attempted until
he heard the shooting fin the out
side. He then seized a rifle and,
climbing on the top of the safe,
awaited developments, determined to
make the best fight in his power. He
was not molested in any way, how
ever.
It is estimated that $."0,000 was
stored in the express car, and it is
believed the robbers knew of the
large amount of money aboard.
Indieted lor ICmbezzleiiieiit.
Home, Ga., Aug. 1. —Y. T. San ford,
tax collector of Floyd county, was in
dicted by the grand jury yesterday
upon charges of embezzlement. It ia
alleged in the indictment that San
ford is short $34,24!), $15,243 being due
the state of (ieorgia and sls,S2.) to
Floyd county. A guarantee com
pany of Baltimore is on Mr. Sanford's
bond f<v $125,000. The bond company
claims it is not liable, for the reason
that the county authorities were
negligent in checking Sanford's books.
San ford has held the office four years
and has been prominent in local and
state politics.
PHECEDED THE FLAG.
A Hawaiian Judifo Hcclari* that lite
4 ohm i (11 tl oil Applied to llutvnll lit"
lore "Old Glur;" nan liaised There.
Honolulu, -Tuly 26, via San Francis
co, A 11?. 2. —The constitution of the
United States preceded the flag in
Hawaii, according to a decision just
rendered by Circuit Judge Gear. He
has already released on habeas corpus
petitions three prisoners sentenced
fur infamous crimes after the reso
lution of annexation was passed by
congress and was signed by President
McKlnley, on the ground that they
were not convicted by the unanimous
verdict of 12 jurors. A Wholesale
jail delivery of murderers, burglars,
larcenists and other criminals is
threatened under the decision, and
Honolulu is greatly disturbed over
the pri m
The decision was given under the
recent insular decisions of the su
preme court of the United States and
upon the clause in the Xewlands reso
lution, which stated that all munici
pal legislation of the Hawaiian
Islands not inconsistent with the
constitution, should remain in
force and that, therefore, the con
stitution extended to Hawaii immedi
ately on the signing of the Xewlands
resolution bv the president. Attor
ney (ieneral Dole is making a vigorous
fight against the decision and is try
ing to get the matter before the su
preme court.
SOCIALISTS ADJOURN.
The Conclave nt Indianapolis Han
Finished KM Labors*
Indianapolis, Aug. 2.—The national
socialist convention adjourned last
night after electing Leon (ireenbaum,
■of St. Louis, national secretary and
designating St. Louis as the national
headquarters of the socialist party.
As the delegates tiled from the hall
they sang the Marseillaise.
Much of the wrangle during" the
night session hinged on the effort to
embody in the resolutions a clause
prohibiting socialists from accepting
office under either of the "capitalist"
parties, and from entering the ranks
of the state militia. Hoth clauses
ware finally adopted. The judiciary
•of the country was branded as a
"servile tool in the hands of the cap
italistic class and hostile to the inter
ests of labor."
At the last moment a resolution
•was introduced declaring the estab
lishment of unity. In every ques
tion that came before the convention
the Chicago faction had been voted
down, and when this made its ap
pearance, Herger of Milwaukee, the
Hebs leader, signified his defeat by
declaring the convention had oceom
plished his purpose; that Chicago had
surrendered and unity had been es
tablished.
A BIG CONSOLIDATION.
Four-liltli* of the Coke PropertlcM In
tlie Coniicllsville IM»li-klNow I inter
One Management.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2. —The actiKil con
solidation of the coke properties of
the constituent concerns of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation occurred
Thursday when the 11. C. Prick Co.,
of the Carnegie Co., became para
mount in the coke operations of the
Connellsville district.
All the coke properties of the Fed
eral Steel Co. are togo into the Eu
reka Fuel Co., the largest coke con
cern of that company. All the scat
tered properties of the American
Steel and Wire Co. are togo into the
American Coke Co. and all the coke
properties of the National Steel Co.
into the Continental Coke Co. Thomas
Lynch, president of the Frick con
cern, becomes president of all four
companies.
Xo such sweeping changes have
ever occurred in the great Pennsyl
vania coke fields. The Frick Co. now
controls four-fifths of the production
and acreage of the district.
The total number of completed
ovens owned and controlled is IS.iiSj,
A "BLIND PIG."
iTlllltia Ollieers Arrented It* Owncri
and the l.atter Sue Tor SSU.OUU
age*.
'Springfield, 111., Aug. 2. —Col. Ar
thur E. Fisher and Lieut. Col. I!. .T.
Shawl, Third infantry, Illinois nation
al guard, now at Camp Lincoln, were
yesterday made defendants in a suit
at law by J. H. O'Brien and .T. \V.
Murray, Springfield saloonkeepers,
damages being claimed for $20,000.
Murray and p'"rien, it is alleged,
conducted a .ind pig" rear the
camp. Thj| .as raided on' Monday
night, by o«' .• of Col. Fisher and the
keepers v e arrested and detained,
illegally. l . they claim, at the camp
guard 1 ise :ill night.
The suits tiled are the "resn't of the
confinement, as the complainants al
lege that a military officer has no
right to imprison a civilian. They
•admit the authority of such officers
to close an objectionable place within
one mile of the entrance of a mili
tary camp,'but deny the right of ar
rest of any but a soldier by state
troops, under such conditions.
A Coivard'a Crime.
Orleans, hid., Aug. 2.—lleise £-. Sons'
flouring mill at Saltillo, nine miles
east of here, was destroyed by tire
Wednesday niglit. Several d: ys ago
the proprietors of the mill found a
note informing them that unless they
put a certain sum of money in a sack
and left it at a given point their mill
would be burned. A sack filled with
buggy washers was deposited and
men lay in wait several hours, but no
person approaened the sack. It dis
appeared shortly, however, aid the
mill was burned to the grotnni.
UlnrlilniktiScnil -tjessasje to tlrKlnlefi
Taeoma, Wash., Aug. 2. — The Taco
ma Machinists' union has ser.t the
following telegram to President Mc-
Kinley: "Mor.*wi Pros, at Seattle,
■with a strike on involving- all iron
workers, have been awarded a govern
ment contract, while men on the gov
ernment work at Bremerton have
been laid off on account of lack ol
work. A member of the Metal Trades
association here made a statement
before witnesses that the association
has influence with the administration
end that influence has brought v.bout
a change in plans."
A FLAT REFUSAL.
Steel Workers Can Get No Fur
ther Concessions.
J. P. Morgan Itet'iiscs to Iteo|>eii (lie
Wajfe Conference Wltli A ma l«a ma
ted Association Ollieiain The
B.HVi t Will be to 4 ontinue
the lilic Strike.
Pittsburg 1 , July 30.—Everybody is
on the qui vive in strike circles and
the coining conference of the leaders
of the two contending forces is
looked forward to with mingled hope
and fear. Hope, however, predomi
nates and peace is confidently expect
ed by most of those interested.
The following terms of settlement
of the strike come from an authori
tative source and can be relied upon,
in all probability, as the outcome of
the meeting of the conferees:
The Amalgamated association is to
drop contention for the signing of a
scale for all mills.
All mills are to be "open" mills in
the fullest sense of the term.
The company is to have the right
to place a non-union man in any
plant and keep him there.
In addition to the plants covered
by the expired scale, it is to be signed
for the following:
Dewees Wood, of McKeesport;
Painter, Lindsay & MeCutcheon, and
Clark mills, of Pittsburg, and Mones
sen plants of the American Steel
Hoop Co.
The question of making the Wells
ville sheet plant and the llonessen tin
plate plant directly covered by the
scale is to be settled by the conferees.
The Amalgamated association is to
have the privilege of organizing the
men in any of the plants.
Accessions to the Amalgamated as
sociation have been made in Wells
ville, Pittsburg, Mingo Junction and
Kiverside, W. Va., where one of the
Xationa! Tube Co. mills is operated.
With the American Steel Hoop Co.
the change has been most sweeping.
Before the strike, practically all but
two of the mills were non-union. At
this time all but orie of the mills of
this company are union, and are idle
from the strike.
Pittsburg, July 31. —Disappoint-
ment and apprehension pervade the
nir of Pittsburg because of the failure
of the executive board of the Amal
gamated association to ratify the
peace proposals arranged at the con
ference in Xe>v York last Saturday
between the national officers of the
Amalgamated association and Messrs.
Morgan, Schwab and Gary, represent
ing the United States Steel Corpora
tion. When the conference opened
Tuesday it was expected that an agree
ment would be reached in a short
time, but after a session lasting from
9:30 a. in. until 6:30 p. m.the meet
ing adjourned without arriving a»t
any conclusion.
Pittsburg, Aug. 2.—Another day of
suspense and the end not yet. The
third all-day session of.the Amalga
mated association executive board
passed without action being taken on
the New York conference peace pro
posals and another session will be
held to-day. The executive board was
waiting for a word from J. Pierpont
Morgan.
After the board had heard from
President Shaffer concerning his trip
to New York last week, it was decid
ed to request a change in the propo
sitions of Mr. Morgan and a message
was sent to Mr. Morgan on Tuesday
night announcing their decision on
this matter. In explanation of this
message, the Amalgamated Journal,
the official organ of the steel work
ers. says:
"The executive hoard desires an
other conference with the represen
tatives of the constituent companies
and w'ill remain in the city until an
answer is received. Upon the result
oi the answer will depend whether
the strike will be prolonged indefi
nitely."
The message sent to Mr. Morgan,
while not so stated, is believed to be
an ultimatum to the head of the Uni
ted States Steel Corporation. It is
viewed as such by the labor leaders
about Pittsburg. If the steel work
ers do not get their demand for this
conference, the strike will goon in
definitely. Xone of the officials of
the organization would discuss this
point yesterday. They said they
had nothing to give out. At noon,
after the executive board had been
in session all morning and in a for
mal manner waited for a reply from
Mr. Morgan, the members made an
official denial of the report that there
was a lack of harmony in their ranks.
The Coin mere ial Gazette says:"The
Amalgamated executive board last
evening received by telegraph a fiat
refusal from.l. Pierpont Morgan to
reopen the wage conference where it
was broken off at the Hotel Lincoln
nearly three weens ago. The pow
ers of the steel combine insist that
the only basis of settlement will be
on the terms which the financial
backers of the combine. President
Schwab and Chairman Gary laid down
at the meeting with the Amalgamat
ed executive in Xew York last Satur
day."
\ member of the executive board
of the association last night said:
These terms are denominated by
th(j,se who have the best interests of
tnc organization of the steel workers
at heart as the most unfair, the most
unjust ever proposed to any body of
workingmen by a set of employers or
a corporation. The terms are such
that the executive board of the Amal
gamated association cannot accept
and has already gone on record to
that effect."
A Japanese Tea Trust.
Xew York, Aug. 1. —The Herald
says that the tea growers of Japan
are about to take steps to control the
market for Japanese teas by limiting
the supply. . Papers incorporating
the Japan Tea Co. have been drawn
by Edwin Corbin, of this city, and as
soon ns the organization is complet
ed in Japan Mr. Corbin will apply for
a Xew Jersey charter. The capitali
zation of the company will be be
tween $3,000,000 and $5,000,000 and
the prospectus promises annual
profits of about $1,000,000. The
United States is the sole market for
Japan as far as tea is concerned.
WHITE SUPREM r,CY.
.Kuryland Democrat* Declare that ih>
Negro .Html C'eune to be a Factor ia
that State'* Politic*.
Baltimore, Aug. —The demoeratiff
state convention which met here
Thursday declared that the purpose
of the party, if successful in the com
ing election, is to eliminate the negr<»
from politics in Maryland, if such a
thing he possible under the constitu
tion of tlie state. Upon this, the
paramount issue of the campaign,
will stand the candidates nominated
for state odices and those chosen ii»
the various county and district CJI»-
ventions as candidates for places in
the legislature of I'JO2, which body
will elect a I'nited States senator to
succeed George L. Wellington. That
his successor, in the event of demo
cratic victory, will be Arthur I'UJ
Gorman is settled beyond question,
although no formal announcement o f
his candidacy has «s yet bee 11 made.
The nominal purpose for which the
convention met was to select candi
dates for the ■offices of controller and
clerk of the court of appeals, and it
fulfilled this task by unanimously
naming Dr. Joshua W. Bering, of
Carroll, and Frank Turner, of Tal
bot, to succeed themselves in the
places mentioned. This action, how
ever, was a foregone conclusion and
the real business of the convention
was the formulation and adoption of
a platform upon which the democrats
could go before the people of the
state with a reasonable show of win
ning. The combined sagacity of all
the democratic leaders in the state
was called into requisition for this
purpose and under the guidance of
Mr. Gorman the following declaration
upon the chief point in issue waa
evolved:
"The democratic party represents
more than 40,000 majority of the
white people of Maryland. They, in.
common with their brethren of other
states into which large masses of
colored voters have been injected into
the body politic, recognize that the
peace, good order, personal safety
and proper development of our ma
terial interests depend upon the
control of the commonwealth by its
intelligent white residents. Without
the aid of the 60,000 colored voters,
the republican party in Maryland
would lie a hopeless minority.
"We, therefore, without hesitation
proclaim that the success of the dem
ocratic party will mean that, while
we shall deal with perfect fairness in
securing all the benefits of good gov
ernment and full and free opportuni
ties for education to all classes, such
action must be taken as to prevent!
the control of the state government
from passing into the hands of those
who have neither the ability nor the
interest to manage public affairs wise
ly and well."
THREE ON ONE TREE.
A ,TII«SIM»I|>I>I :n«l> Lynchr* a !Sej*re*»
and Her Son and l>alighter.
Carrollton, Miss., Aug. 2.—The mur
der of Mr. and Mrs. Taliaferro culmi
nated last nifc'ht in the lynching of
Betsie McCray, her son, Belfield Mc-
Cray, and daughter, Ida McCray, nil
colored.
The mob was composed of about
50 white citizens of Carroll county,
who marched to the jail, demanded
the keys from .Jailor Duke, proceeded
to the cells of the negroes, bound
them by the necks and hands and
carried them to the corporate limits
of the town, where they hung them
to a tree by the public roadside and
riddled their bodies with bullets.
The mob resisted the earnest ap
peals of Judge W. F. Stephens and
lion. W. S. Hill, who stood on the
steps of the jail and appealed to the
mob in the name of law and order.
They even followed the mob to the
cell doors with their arms around the
necks of the leaders, pleading to let
the law take its course, but with no
effect.
Ida McCray confessed to the knowl
edge of the murder and stated that
her mother and brother helped com
mit the murder. She further impli
cated others who will probably meet
a like fate. Betsie McCray refused
to make any statement.
Gov. Longino arrived on the scene
bv special train from Jackson just a
few minutes after the hanging.
Kxdtcmcnt at Tampa.
Tampa, Fla., Aug. 2.—The cigar
manufacturers issued a manifesto last
night declaring that they will not
open their factories again if they
cannot manage their own business.
The Resisteneia has declared a boy
cott on all unfriendly interests,
which is participated in by all allied
unions. The situation is critical and
public feeling is high. J. M. Mercer,
a white man convicted of assaulting
a little girl, who was to have been
executed to-day, was respited last
night. The Resistencia union made
the demand for his respite and this
has added to public indignation
There are threats of lynching Mercer.
ITliiNt Fay Anua'» Creditors.
Ts'ew York, Aug. 2. —Judge Lacombe
in the circuit court yesterday hand
ed down an order directing George
J. and Helen M. Gould, receivers of
the surplus income of Anna Gould,
Countess De Castellane, to pay the
principal and interest past due upon
three mortgages 011 property of the
Castellanes in France. These pay
ments amount to $50,800. The re
ceivers are further ordered to pay
dividends of 10 per cent, to 104 credi
tors of Anna Gould. These pay
ments aggregate $230,000. Judge
Lacombe also allowed claims of 103
other creditors of the countess,
amounting to $1,450,000.
Hank liobber* Arrested.
Goshen, I ml., Aug. 2. —Detectives
employed by an Akron, 0., bank have
made an important arrest in a local
gambling den wljieh resulted in re
covering nearly $16,000 in currency
and gold coin. The two men who
were captured had rifled a vault io
the Akron bank ten days ago and
since then had been shadowed. The
men were hurried to Elkhart, and led
the way to the outskirts of the city,
where they had buried their plunder*
and every dollar was recovered. The
detectives and robbers later left for
Akron. The bank directors, fearing
a panic, had kept the facts .secret.
3